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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-13

jurisdiction Of the Houston (Texas)
Typographical Union have the oppor-
tunity Of improving their evening
hours by a course of study at the To-
cal Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. The union has voted $175 from
who are forced to begin earning their
livelihood before their schooling is fin
ished, and the youths department Of
the association has been opened for
their benefit.
The printing pressmen have voted
against the proposition of the interna-
tional body to raise 100000 for the
purpose of establishing a sanitarium
for members afflicted with tuberculosis
and to maintain a home for superan-
nuated members. The reason for vot-
ing down the proposition is that, if
any special sum is to be raised at this
time, it should be for the further or
ganizing of the craft and strengthen
ing the unions.
labor laws and the compulsory educa-
ton laws are the parents and employ
ers-the former, frequently driven by
| poverty, demand that their children
shall contribute to the income of the
| family, and the latter using the labor
of children for the purpose of aggran-
| dizement. Neither of these people
ever regard the rights of the child or
of it's future usefulness to the COM
munity. Hence the necessity of the
| laws and of their enforcement.
| Representatives of the typographical
trade in the six states known as the
New England states have formed a
union of those states which has for
it's purpose the promotion of all
movements that tend to advance the
condition of the international Typo
graphical Union; to strengthen all sub
ordinate unions to extend the use OF
all labels of the printing trades; to
secure and promote publicity OF all
union endeavors, and to cooperate
| with the International Typographical
Union in exercising and executing its
| policies
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-13
One Way of Doing Business.

Billy Emerson, the minstrel, took
company of black-face artists to Aus
tralia in the old days, and had hard
luck. On the way back he landed at
Shanghai and gave show.
Emerson saw there was good
house. Doing pretty WELL he said
to the box-office man.
Fine that official replied; we've
got in $500 in money and $1,400 in
chits.''
"In what?" gasped Emerson.
'In chits."
What are chits?"
why, promises to pay. Everybody
uses chits here. Give chit and set
tie at the end of the MONTH
do you mean to tell me that you
have let $1,400 worth of seats go for
them chits, as you call them?"
"Sure; why not?"
And those people just signed their
names and didn't pay cash?"
Certainly"
what business / could do in the
states!" groaned Observation-Disclosures
Evening Post.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-13

the railroad branches will be repre-
scented.
According to the report of Secretary
Edwin Perry for the year ending Sep
TENDER 1, 1909, the United Mine Work
ers on that day had membership of
246,652, which is equivalent to a gain
of 51,654 during the fiscal year just
ended.
A strike of dry goods clerks in
eighty East Side stores has been de-
clared by the Retail Dry Goods Clerks
Association of New York. The strik-
ers demand an eight-hour day. with an
hour for lunch.
A project for the relief of work
while in the employ of Russian rail-
ways has been formulated by the min
istry of ways and communication and
will be presented to the duma.
In recent speech during his pres
ent tour about the country President
Taft had some graceful things to say
about organized labor. If he were a
tradesman he said, he would consider
it wise to be member of the union
having jurisdiction over his craft
According to reports from the coal
mining fields, a new issue has been
raised by President Thomas L. Lewis
of the United Mine Workers. Union,
which is a five-day working week of
| eight hours per day. Mr.. Lewis says
| he desires to inaugurate a system of
| five days for work, one day for God,
and one day for humanity.''
| The purpose Of the women's auxil-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-13
Kat Plant Stimulus.

Some years ago, after long and ia
tiguing climb by Americans I'm the
Abvssinian mountains, they were
served with libations of "todj," an ex-
tremely refreshing beverage in which
catha edulis, or the kat plant. was
used.
Certain tribes chew the leaves of
The plant commonly when compelled
to exert special or long continued ef
fort. the immediate effect being sleep
lessness and stimulation.
The freshly cut leaves have rather
pleasant taste and produce a kind of
lntoxication of long duration, with
none of the disagreeable features of
inebriety.
Messengers and soldiers, by chew
ing the leaves, are enabled to go with
out food for several days.
The better class of merchants chew
these leaves three or four times day.
the habit being fairly comparable to
the use of tea in the United States.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-13

power of organized labor and to sys-
tematically build up a demand for the
union label. The wages of the organ
lied workers amount to about $4,000
000, 900 year, 50 per cent of which is
sufficient argument that the spending
lied.
John Burns, the British labor leader,
suggests that working hours should be
internationally adjusted, inasmuch as
petition with that of every other
nation.
While Minneapolis, Mimi. unions
as rule, have been making rapid
growth this year, some of them have
taken strides which are unparalleled
Among the latter are some of the rail
way organizations. Freighthandlers
Union in September added SO to its
membership roll, while Is were added
! to the clerks.
| Mr.. Gompers declares that the re
cent financial crisis would have lasted
longer had it not been for in the in
ing wages up so that the products OF
the mills could find purchasers. Had
wages been reduced, he declared, the
crisis of 1907 you'd have been as long
continued as some of the panics OF
the past.
One of the propositions to be laid
before the National Civic Federation
at its annual meeting is the calling to
gether of an industrial congress, rep
resentative of all nations to discuss
the labor question.
The International Brotherhood o.
Railway Carmen of America in its
convention voted to affiliate with the
American Federation of Labor The
Car Workers International is affili
ated with the A. F. of L., and it is pro
posed to amalgamate the two interna
| tionals under one charter.
officers of the International UnioI
of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers are arranging to have repre-
| sentative cover some of the north
western territory, with view to ascer
tanning what can be done to thorough
iy organize the territory and build
up and strengthen the unions which
are already organized.
1t is likely that the Plumbers Union
at Winnipeg, Manitoba, will be forced
600 damages made against the organ
ization in favor of the master plumb
ers. The verdict was secured by a
firm for the picketing of their prem
Uses during strike. The union
claims to have the right, under de
cision of the English courts, to carry
on picketing, providing it is legal, and
has taken an appeal to a higher court
II Apprentices employed under the
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-13
TYPOS GET BUSY.
Subscribe for 500 Shares OF Temple
Stock at Meeting Sunday.

Subscribe for 500 Shares OF Temple
Stock at Meeting Sunday.
Lincoln typographical Union met in
regular session last Sunday in the
Fraternity hall. with an unusually
large number present on account of
interest in the Temple proposition.
The usual routine was rushed
through when a committee from the
directors of the Temple Association
was received Each of the committee
made short address, stating the con-
dition Of their funds and appealing to
the prints" to come through with as
large a subscription as possible. The
committee then retired and after a
few moments discussion as to ways
and means, the union voted unani-
mously to take up 500 shares imme-
diately.
A motion was put and carried that
a committee be appointed to make ar
engagements for the Annual Ball and
further subscription to stock in the
Labor Temple. This shows that the
Typos in Lincoln are a live bunch and
II any of the local unions beat them
out they will have to get up before
breakfast and hustle some.
A large number also signed up"
for individual subscriptions on the
"dollar-a-month" proposition, which in
dicates that n widespread interest eX-
lists among the boys.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-13
Patrick Clogan, native of DR.

Patrick Clogan, native Of Dro-
nina, Charleville, Ireland, has just
passed away, having attained the re-
markable age of 112 years He en-
joyed remarkable health during life,
Notwithstanding the fact that he al
ways worked hard and often with
stood great exposure.
He had been, however, invariably
temperate in his habits and consti-
tuted in himself a remarkable expon-
ent of the cult of the simple life. He
had large family, his youngest sur
viving child being at present close on
70 years, while his eldest died some
years ago at the ripe old age of 80
years.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-13
Wealth in Chemicals.

Ultramarine is cited as an example
of the industrial value of chemical in
vestigation When this was made by
powdering lapis lazuli, very rare
mineral, the cost exceeded its weight
in gold, but since the chemists dis
Covery that the same material can be
made from such cheap substances as
sodium sulphate and carbonate, sui
phur, charcoal and rosin, the price
has fallen to few cents pound.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-13
Well Satisfied.

"Wall, Judson, how did you make
out with yeour summer boarders?
asked the tall pumpkin on the fence.
oval, tolerable," drawled the old
farmer. '"Three of them were art
lists. so got them to paint the barn.
and the two that skipped board ran
away with two of my homely daugh'
tiers, SO can't kick, be gosh"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-13
GENERAL MENTION.

Bits Of Labor News Picked and
PiIfered From Everywhere.
Bulgaria has ten thousand trade
unionists.
In Budapest. Hungary. there are
1000 female hodcarriers.
Blacksmiths' International has in
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-13
New Broadcloths

Our showing of IMPORTED BROAD
CLOTHS is now most complete and
comprises all the new shades as we'll
as staple colors The qualities shown
are unexcelled at the price, being pos
sessed of a beautiful drape in addition
to being thoroughly shrunk and spot
proof.
81 and Sc inches wide Per CO M
yard, $3.50 and .UOsVV
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-30

channel, with all its windings. in the
dark
The scene as we left the Albert lake
and entered the White Nile was of sur
posing beauty. The sun was Just set
ting behind the high, jagged peaks Of
the Congo mountains TO the westward.
One after another. and range behind
range, these magnificent heights-rls.
ing perhaps to 5000 or 5000 feet-un-
folded themselves in waves of dark
plum coored rock, crested with golden
fire. The lake stretched away appar-
entity without limit like the sea, to.
wards the southwark in an ever
broadening swell of waters-flushed
outside the shadow Of the mountains
into a delicious pink, Across its sur.
face our tiny flotilla-four on a string
padded its way toward the narrowing 2
northern shores and the channel of the
Nile.
The White Nile leaves the Albert
lake in majesty. All the way TO Nj
mule it is often more like u lake than
river For the first twenty miles Of
its course il seemed TO me to be at least
two miles across. The current is gen
tie, and sometimes in the broad la
goons and bays into which the placid
waters spread themselves it is scarcely
perceptible. ] slept under an awning
in the last and smallest boat OF the
string, and except for the native
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bank Of the river stood a long row
of tall, peaked, thatcbed houses, the
walls of fort and buildings Of Euro,
pean construction, All was newly
abandoned TO ruin. The Belgians are
evacuatlng all their posts IN the Lado
Enclave except Lado itself. and these
stations, so laboriously constructed, so
long maintained, will soon be swal.
lowed by the jungle.
We dIsembarked and climbed the
slopes through high, rank grass and
scattered boulders till we stood amid
the rotting bungalows and shanties of
what had been a bold bid for the ex.
istcnce Of town. Wadelai had been
occupied by white men perhaps for fifty
years, For half century that feeble
rushlight Of moderuity. of cigarettes.
of newspapers, of whisky and pickles,
had burned on the lonely banks of the
White Nile TO encourage and beckon
the pioneer and settler, None had fol.
lowed. Now 1t was eXtinguishcd; and
yet when ! surveyed the spacious land
scape, with its green cxpanses, its
lofty peaks, its trees, its vcrdurc ris-
ing from the brink of the mighty and
majestic river, could not bring myself
for moment to believe that civiliza-
tion has done with the Lado Enclave,
or that there is no future for regions
which promise so much.
All through the day we padded
prosperously with the stream At
times the Nile lost itself in labyrinths
Of papyrus, through which we threaded
tortuous course, with many bumps
and brushings at the bends But more
often the banks were good, firm earth,
with here and there beautiful cliffs Of
red sandstone. followed by the water,
and rising abruptly from its brim,
crowned with luxurant foliage. In
places these cliffs were pierced by mar
row roadways. almost tunnels. winding
up to the high ground, and perfectly
smooth and regular IN their construc-
ton, They looked as if they were
made on purpose to give access to and
from the river, and 80 they had been
by the elephants.
Legions OF waterfowl inhabited the
reeds, and troops of cranes rose al the
approach of the 6otila. Sometimes we
saw great, big pelican kind of birds,
almost as big as man.. standing con-
templative on a single leg. and often
on the trcetops fish eagle, glorious
in bronze and cream, sat summing him
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who commanded the escort. went TO the
right with the doctor; Colonel Wilson
and another officer set out at right
angles to the river bank; and I went
to the left, under the guidance of our
friend, the engineer. ] shall relate very
briefly what happened to each of US
The right: hand party got, after an
hour s walking, into a great herd Of
elephants, which they numbered at
sixty, They saw no very fine bulls
they found themselves surrounded on
every side by these formidable ami
mails; and, the wind being shift, the
hour late, and the morrow free. they
Judged 1t wise to return to camp with
out shooting.
The center party, consisting of Col
onel Wilson and bis companion, came
suddenly, after about mile and a
half's walk, upon a fine solitary bull
elephant. They stalked him for some
time, but he moved Off. and on per
ceiving himself followed, suddenly,
without the slightest warning on his
part, aud no great provocation on
theirs, he threw up his trunk. trumpet
ed and charged furiously down upon
them; whcreapon they lust had time
to fire their relies IN his face and
was followed for some miles, but it
was not for three months afterward
that we learned that he had died of
his wounds, and that the natives had
recovered his tuaks.
So much for my friends. Our third
left party prowled of, slanting grad
ually away inland from the river s
bank. It was n regular wild scrub
country, with high grass and boulders
and mauy moderate-sizcd trees and
bushes. interspersed every hundred
yards or so by much bigger ones. Near
the Nile extensive swamps. with reeds
fifteen feet high, ran inland in long
bays and fingers. and these, we were
told, were the haunts of the white
rhino.
We must have walked along YEARLY
and laborously for nearly three quar-
trrs of an hour, when / saw through
glade at about two hundred wards
distance great dark animal. ,Judg
ing from what ] had seen in East AZ
RIGA. ] was quite sure it was Il rhinocer-
os. We paused. and were examining it
carefully with our glasses. when ali of
n Sudden il seemed to treble in size,
and The spreading Of two gigantic cars
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steersman and piles of baggage. had
it ol TO myself. 1t was, indeed. de-
lightful to lie famed by cool brcezes
and lullcd by tho soothing Iappings Of
The ripples, and 10 watch, as ii were
from dreamland, the dark outlines of
the banks gliding swiftly past and the
long moonlt levels of the water
At daybreak we were at Wadelai, In
twenty. four hours from leaving Fajao
we had made nearly hundred miles of
our voyage. Without the sigh of a
single porter these small boats and
launch had transported the whole of our
safari' over distance which would
on land have required the labors and
sufferlngs of 800 men during at least
week Of unbrokcn effort
Wadelai was deserted. Upon high
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Hunting the Elephant White Rno and the t1ppopotas Along the White

swarmed. And these rhinoceros. he it
observed, were none of your common
black variety, with two stumpy horns
almost equal in size, and a prchcnsile
up to their noses. Not at all; they
We're what are called "whiten rhino-
Burchcll S white rhinoceros, that is
their full style-with one long thin
enormous horn, perhaps q yard long.
upper lips. Naturally we were all very
much excited, and in order to gain
day on our itinerary to study these
very rare and remarkable animals more
closely we decided not TO land and
pitch camp, but to steam on all
through the night Meanwhile, our
frlend the engineer undertook to ac-
complsh the difficult feat of finding the
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We changed our position by flank
march of admirable CELEBRITY and from
the top OF a ueighboring ant hill watch
ed. at the distance OF about loo yards.
the stately and awe"inspirlng process
sion of eleven elephants. On they came,
loafiug along from foot TO toot-two
or three tuskers of no great merit. sew
eral large tusk!ess females; ana TWO
or three calves. On the back of every
elephant sat nj least one beautiful
white egret, and sometimes three or
four. about four feet high, who pecked
Mt the tough hide-I presume for very
small game-or surveyed the scene with
the consciousness of pomp,
These sights arc not unusual TO the
African hunter. Those who dwell in
the wilderness arc the heirs of its won
ders. But TO me ! confess it seemed
a truly marvellous and thrilling expert
ence to wander through forest peo-
pied by these noble Titans, TO watch
march, to see around on every side, in
large trees snapped off a few feet from
tho ground, in enormous branches torn
down for sport, the evidences of their
giant strength. And then, while we
watched them roam down toward the
water / heard Il soft, swishiug sound
Immediately behind us, and turning,
saw not tofty Yards away splendid
full grown rhinoccros, with the long,
thin horn of his rare tribe upon him
the famous white inoceros--Burchell
himself-stroling placidlv home after
his evening drink and utterly uncon-
scious of the presence Of stranger or
foe.
We had very carefully Judged our
wind in relation to the elephants. II
was, 10 consequence, absolutely wrong
in relation 10 the rhinoceros. | saw
that in another fifty yards he wonld
walk right across 1t. For my own part.
perched upon the apex of n ten.foot
ant-bear cone, 7 need have no misgiv.
ings ] was perfectly safe. But my
companions and the native orderlies
and sailors who were with us enjoyed
no such security. The consequences Of
not killing the brute at that range and
with that wind would have been a mad
charge directly through our party, 4
sense of responsibility, no doubt. re-
strained me; but | must also confess
TO the most complete astonishment at
the unexpected apparition.
While was trying to hustle the |
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ever had in Africa. Meanwhile, the
elephants had disappeared.
We returned with empty hands and
beating hearts to camp, not without
chagrin at the opportunity which had
vanished, but with the keenest appe-
tites and the highest hopes for the NOR
row. Thus, in three hours and within
four miles of our landing place, our
three separate parties had seen as many
of the greatest wild animals as would
reward the whole exertion of an ordi-
nary big game hunt As l dropped off
to sleep that night in the little sailing
boat moored in the bay, and heard the
grunting barks of the hippo floating
and playing all around, minging with
the cries of the birds and the soft
sounds Of wind and water, the African
forest for the figst time made an appeal
TO my heart, enthralling, irresistible,
never to be forgotten.
At the earliest break Of day we all
started III the same order and with The
stcrneSt resolves. During the night the
sailors had constructed out OF long
bamboo poles a sort of light tripod.
which, serving as a tower of observa-
ton, enabled us TO see over the top Of
the high grass and reeds, and this
proved of the greatest convenience aud
advantage, troublesome though il was
TO drag along.
We spent the whole morning prowl-
ing about. but the Jungle which twelve
house before had seemed so crowded
with game Of all kinds, seemed now
utterly denudcd. At last, through a
telescope, from trectop we saw, or
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as big, they seemed, as the flaps OF
French windows-proclaimed the pres
ence of the African elephant. The
next moment another and another and
another came into view, swinging leis~
urely along straight toward us-and
the wind was almost dead wro;ac.
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others by signals and whispers into
safer places, the rhino moved steadily,
crossed the line of wind, stopped be-
hind little bnsh for moment, and
!hen, warned OF his danger rushed off
into the deepest recesses of the Jungle
L had thrown away the easiest shot
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Charged by a Bull Elephant.

We thought it was much too late to
attempt any serious shooting that day.
There were scarcely three and half
hours of daylight But after thirty
six hours cramped on these little boats
walk through the jungle was very at
tractive, and, accordingly, dividing our
selves into three parties, we Sarted
in three different directions-like the
spokcs Of wheel, Captain Dickinson,
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self and watching for prey
1T was nearly IN the afternoon
when the launch suddenly linked to the
left out of the main stream into n
small, scmi-circular bay, 500 yards
across, and We came to land at "Hip-
no tamp -
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Next week Mr.. Churchill will bring
his series of African articles TO a close
by describing his Journey down The
White Nile to civilization again. Be
sides being an account of river travel
in Africa s heart. the article brings
out vvidly the big game hunting and
the peris that viii be Colonel Roose
Welt 5 TO the very last day of his year
in the African inieriorl