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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

Robert Malone says he will contest
the election of Mr.. Love. The contest
will be watched with interest, and
Bob will have the good wishes of
big bunch of men who do love a
gallant. square-toed fighter.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

Entered as second-class matter April
q, 1904. at the postofice at Lincoln.
Neb.. under the Act of Congress of
March 3rd, 1879.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15
Italian laborer Killed.

An Italian section laborer at Haig-
Ter. was killed by being struck on the
on which he was attempting to get on
while the car was in motion.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

Don't worry your head of about a
dry" Lincoln. meaning a poor bust
ness town. That is sort of argu-
ment that never did appeal to this
glorious banner of industrial free
dom.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

Well. why shouldn't the ''sassiety
clubs" have their bars closed down?
Does the ability to pay dues in a
swell club give a man any more
right to glass of beer than is pos
sessed by the workingman who has
to depend upon an open saloon?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15
Rice Raised in California.

Richard r. Smith of Stockton. Cal.
has been experimenting with rice
growing. He believes that rice can
be successfully grown in that section
of the state.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

Will the Traction Co. ever wake mp
and make some money-while making
friends-by giving some band con-
certs in the park.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

How many prohibitionists who
smoke are giving a thought to the CT
garmakers they have thrown out of
work? Let them show their real SYM
patty for the workingman by buying
Lincoln made cigars.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

If your merchant hasn't got what
you want with the union label on it.
so to some other merchant And keep
going until you find the merchant who
want
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15
THE ENGINEERS MEETING.
Official Organ Contains illustrated
Story of Meeting Place.

The current number of the official
tive Engineers contains a handsomely
illustrated write-up OF Lincoln. in
which announcement is made of the
reunion to be held in this city in the
latter part of June. The story of the
development of Lincoln and Nebraska
is tersely told.
Arrangements for the reunion are
being brought nearer to completion
each day. and il promises to be a
great event in the history of the or
ganization in the trans Missouri eoun-
try.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

Forty-six Nebraska unions have
elected delegates TO the State Fedora
ton of Labor in Lincoln. June a1-eS
Guess that looks good.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

II is not too early to begin max
ing arrangement for proper observ
ance of Labor Day. Let's get started
in ample time this wear.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

No Injunction has been issued pre-
venting YOU from refusing to purchase
goods with the union label-not yet
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

-Bootlegging" will be a mighty poor
business in Lincoln-at least until af
ter the home storage supply has been
exhausted
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

Mayor Love can do a whole lot to
square himself by re-appointing Cen
eral Tom Kelsey to the position of
city Westminster.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

BY the way, that bunch of unionists
at Haveloek is full of ginger, and
don't your forget it.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

Gee, but didn't Lincoln get into the
press dispatches.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

Perhaps it has done a lot of Lincoln
men good to take little water for
their stomachss sake.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

How does it seem to drink III
chaser" first, and then quit?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

There. little saloon. don't cry:
You can be a drug store by and by
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

If Col. Sam Meliek is made chief
of police will he try to save a little
money by having paroled prisoners do
police work.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

Tongue eracked2
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20
Great Korean Bell Recovered Through
Aid Of Wealthy Japanese
Antiquarian.

A great Korean bell which for 700
years has been lying 20 fathoms be
low the waves of the shore Of Chi
kuzen province, Japan, has just been
raised through the efforts Of a Japa-
nese antiquarian, and now, crusted as
it is with the sea waste of centuries.
1t stands on exhibition at Kanegasaki.
According to tradition, which is
only partially borne out by ancient
documents, the king of Korea decided
seven centuries ago that he would
send a fitting token of his respect to
Kiyomori, the powerful leader Of the
Heike clan, on the west coast OF the
southern island of Kiushiu. He or
dered the royal bell founders, many
and expert in those days, to cast q
bell.
The dimensions were to be these:
In height, / 10 6 shaku; in diameter,
8 shaku 8 sum-, and a circumference
OF 2 10 s shaku Z sun. Tradition says
it was a great bell, and in the absence
Of translated proportions tradition
must rule in the abstract in this par
ticular.
The bell was successfully cast and
was loaded or a mammoth junk at the
Korean tow Of Masampeo. The. junk
and q feet If convoys sailed for the
coast OF ChiA n, in Japan, when all
the royal augurs had agreed upon an
atspicious day. The augurs were not
I'D in their business, for about half q
mile OF the Japanese haven q heavy
sea tipped the junk and the gift Of
the Korean king plunged into the sea.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20
nTake Your Hand from Your Gun. You AIbino."

want it moved through the mountains
like checkers for the next six months.
You know what 1 mean, George"
To McCloud the news came, in spite
of himself, as a blow. The results he
had attained in building through the
lower valley had given him a name
among the engineers Of the whole line.
The splendid showing of the winter
construction, on which he had de-
pended to enable him to finish the
whole work within the year, was by
this news brought to naught. Those
of the railroad men who said he could
not deliver a completed line within
the year could never be answered now.
And there was some slight bitterness
in the reflection that the very STUN
bling-block to- hold him back. to rob
him of his chance for a reputation
with men like Glover and Bucks,
should be the lands of Dicksie Dun
ming.
He made no complaint. On the d.
vision he took hold with new en-
ergy and bent his faculties on the op-
Grating problems. At Marion's he
saw Dicksie at intervals, and only to
fall more hopelessly under her spell
each time. She could be serious and
she could be volatile and she could be
something between which he could
never quite make out. She could be
serious with him when he was serious,
and totally irresponsible the next min.
ute with Marion. On the other hand,
when McCloud attempted to be flip.
pant, Dicksie could be confusingly
grave. Once when he was b%antering
with her at Marion's she tried to say
something about her regret that COM
plications over the right of way
should have arisen; but McCloud made
light of it, and waved the matter aside
as if he were a cavalier. Dicksie did
not like it, but 1t was only that he
was afraid she would realize he was a
mere railroad superintendent with
hopes of a record for promotion quite
blasted. And as if this obstacle to a
greater reputation were not enough, a
wilier enemy threatened in the spring
to leave only shreds and patches Of
what he had already earned.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20
BAD DREAMS
Caused by Coffee.

Il have been a coffee drinker, more
of less. eve since I car remember, I'M
til a few months ago 1 became more
and more nervous and irritable, and
finally / could not sleep at night for
/ was horribly disturbed by dreams
of all sorts and a species of distress
ing nightmare.
Finally, after hearing the expert
ence of numbers of friends who had
quit coffee and were drinking Postum,
and learning of the great benefits they
had derived, / concluded coffee must
be the cause Of my trouble, so l got
some Postum and had it made strictly
according to directions.
Il was astonished at the favour and
taste. 1t entirely took the place of cof-
fee, and to my very great satisfaction.
/ began to sleep peacefully and sweet
ly. My nerves improved, and / wish
l could wean every man, woman and
child from the unwholesome drug-or-
binary coffee.
People really do not appreciate or
realize what a powerful drug it is and
what terrible effect it has on the hui
man system. If they did, hardly a
pound Of it would be sold. / would
never think of going back to coffee
again. / would almost as soon think
of putting my hand in a fire after I
had once been burned.
"A young lady friend of our had
stomach trouble for a long time. and
could not get well as long as she used
coffee. She finally quit coffee and be-
gan the use of Postum and is now per-
fectly well. Yours for health"
Read "The Road to MELVILLE" in
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letters A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20
SYNOPSIS.

Murray Sinclair and his gang of wreck
trs were called out to clear the railroad
tracks at Smoky Creek. McCloud. a
young road superintendent. caught SIN
the wrecked train. Sinclair pleaded IN
nocence, declaring it only 70 q
small sum-a treat for the men. McSloua
discharged the whole outfit and ordered
The wreckage burned. McCloud became
acquainted with Dicksie Dunning, a girI
of the west, who came to look at the
wreck. She gave him a message Tor Sln
clair. Whispering Gordon Smith told
President Bucks Of the railroad, OF Nc.
Clouds brave fight against a gang OF
crazed miners and that was me reason ~
his high Office. McCloud arranged TO
board at the boarding house OF Mrs. SIN
clair, the ex-foreman's deserted WE,
picksie Dunning was the daughter OF the
late Richard Dunning, who had dice OF q
broken heart shortly after his wires
demise, which occurred after one year Oh
married life. Sinclair visited Marion SIN,
clair's shop and a fight between MN ana
McCloud was narrowly averted. smoky
Creek bridge was mysteriously burned.
McCloud prepared to face the SITUATION.
President Bucks notified Smith that ne
had work ahead. McCloud worked Tor
days and finally got the division running
In fairly good order. He oXeriearoM nc
Sinclair. A stock train was wrecked by
an open switch. Later a passenger tram
was held up and the express car ropoea,
Two men of a posse pursuing the Dandits
were killed. McCloud was notified thai
Whispering Smith was to hunt the des-
peradoes. Bill Dancing, a road llneman,
proposed that Sinclair and his gang De
sent to hunt the bandits. A stranger, ap-
parently with authority, told him to go
ahead. Dancing was told the stranger
was whispering Smith," Smith ap-
preached Sinclair. He tried to buy him
off, but failed. He warned McCloud that
his life was in danger. McCloud was car
ried forcibly into Lance Cummings pres
1900 D,,~;nr rnf1CA1 tho railroad a
right-of-way, he had already signed for.
Dicksie interfered to prevent a shooting
ARRAY. Dicksie met McCloud on a lonely
trail to warn him his life was IN hanger.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20

knee with her bridle-rein, was looking
down and past him as If the light upon
his face were too bright. Before she
would start away she made him re-
mount, and he said good-by only after
half a promise from her that she
would show him sometime a trail to
the top of Bridger's Peak, with a view
of the Peace river on the east and the
whole Mission range and the park
country on the north. Then she rode
away at an amazing run.
McCloud galloped toward the pass
with one determination-that he would
have a horse, and a good one, n that
his salary. He exulted as he rode, for
the day had brought him everything
he wished, and humiliation had been
swallowed up in triumph. 1t was near
ly dark when he reached the crest be-
tween the hills. At this point the
southern grade of the pass winds
sharply, whence it's name, the Elbow;
but from the head of the pass the
grade may be commanded at intervals
for half a mile. Trotting down this
road with his head in a whirl of ex-
element, McCloud heard the crack of
a rife; at the anne instant he felt a
sharp slap at his hat. Instinct works
on all brave men very much alike.
McCloud dropped forward In his sad
die. and, seeking no explanation, laid
lis head low and spurred Bill Dan
eing's horse for life or death. The
horse, quite amazed, boIted and
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20
CHAPTER xvi.
New Plans.

New Plans.
Callahan crushed the tobacco under
his thumb in the palm of his right
hand. $50 I am sorry to add" he
concluded to McCloud, that you are
row out of a job" The two men
were facing each other across the
table in McCloud's office. Personally,
! am not sorry to say it. either" added
Callahan, slowly filling the bowl Of his
pipe.
McCloud said nothing to the point,
as there seemed to be nothing to say
until he had heard more. Il never
knew before that you we're left
handed" he returned, evasively.
It's a lucky thing, because it won't
do for a freight-trafic man, nowadays,
to let his right hand know whatt his
left hand does" observed Callahan,
feeling for a match. Il am the only
left-handed man in the traffic depart
ment, but the man that handles the re-
bates, Jimmie Black, is cross-eyed.
Bucks offered to send him to Chicago
to have Bryson straighten his eyes,
but Jimmie thinks it is better to have
them as they are for the present, so he
can look at a thing in two different
ways-one for the interstate COM
merce commission and n for him.
self. You haven't heard, them" con-
tinued Callahan, returning to his rid
die about McCloud's job. why, Lance
Dunning has gone into the United
States court and got IN injunction
against US on the Crawling Stone line
tied us up tighter than zero. No
more construction there for a year
at least. Cunning comes in for him
self and for a cousin who Is his
ward, and three or four little ranchers
have filed bills-so it's up to the law
yers for 80 per cent. of the gate re-
ceipts and peace. Personally, I'm glad
of it. 1t gives you a chance to look
after this operating for a year your
self. We are going to be swamped
with freight traffic this year, and |
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20
CHAPTER XlII.-Continued.

Miss Dunning, won't you listen just
a moment? Please don't run away"
McCloud was trying to come up with
ner. Won't you hear me a moment?
I have suffered some little humiliation
to-day; l should really rather be shot
UP than have more put on me. l am
q man and you are a woman, M 1t is
already dark. Isn't it for me to see
you safely to the house? Won't you
at least pretend l can act as an escort
and let me go with you? l should make
a poor figure trying to catch you on
horseback"
Dicksie nodded naively. with that
horse"
with any horse-I know that" said
McCloud, keeping at her side.
But 1 can't let you ride back with
me-" declared Dicksie, urging Jim and
looking directly at McCloud for the
first time. How could l explain?"
Let me explain. l am famous for
explaining" urged McCloud, squirting,
too.
"And will you tell me what | should
be doing while you were explaining?
she asked.
Perhaps getting ready a first aid
for the injured"
81 feel as if l ought to run away"
declared Dicksie, since she had clearly
decided not to-. 1T will have to be a
compromise. l suppose. You must not
ride farther than the first gate, and
let us take this trail instead of the
road. Now make your horse go as
fast as you can and I'll keep up"
But McCloud's horse, though no a
wonder, went too fast to suit his rider,
who divided his efforts between check
ing him and keeping up the converse.
ton. When McCloud dismounted to
open Dicksie's gate, and stood in the
twilight with his hat in his hand and
his bride owe his arm, he was telling
a story about Marion Sinclair, and
Dicksie in the saddle, tapping her
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20
SEVEN CENTURIES IN OCEAN

No attempt was made, either by the
emissaries Of the king or the retain
ers of the prince of Heike, to fish for
the bell. Within 100 years the de.
scendants Of the prince were crossing
ore the sunken bell in wal forays
against the kings of Korea and the
junks of the Koreans ravaging the
coasts of Kiushiu.
But among the folks Of the Japa-
nese island there sprang legends and
rainy-night tales about the sunken
bell of the Korean king. When the
sea ragged the fishermen declared they
could hear the booming of the great
bronze cup on the seas bed, and in
time of earthquakes the sea folk along
the shore listened to hear the mad
tolling of the bell, which they were
sure would sound the signal for a
tidal wave.
Last year it was that Yamamoto
Kikutaro, a man of wealth of the
province and devoted to the collection
Of ancient art objects, began to search
for the ancient bell. Through the
fishermen he succeeded in locating 1t
after long effort. and last month
divers raised it to the surface.
The bell has been cleaned Of its
corroding mass of barnacles and found
to be still whole. 1t will soon be
taken to Kyoto, there to be hung in
the Hongwanji temple.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20
h ArtIess Bow,

The boy bowed politely to the gro
Ger.
II understand" he said, "that you
want a boy, sir. Will you kindly look
me over"
81 only pay 49," said the grocer, abb
ruptly.
81 understood" said the boy, that
you paid four"
The grocer nodded.
81 did pay four" he said, until 1
saw in the paper the other day that
Millionaire Rogers began his business
career on SO a week"
The boy smiled.
But / don't expect to be a million
aire," he said. 81 don't car to be
rich-I'd much rather be good"
The grocer was so much pleased
with this artless reply that he COM
promised with the boy for three and
a half.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20
Your Salary.

The universe pays every man in his
own coin; if you smile, it smiles upon
you in return; if you frown, you will
be frowned at; if you sing, you will
be invited into gay company; If you
think, you will be entertained by
thinkers; and if you love the world
and earnestly seek for the good that
is therein, you will be surrounded by
loving friends, and nature will pour
into your lap the treasures of the
earth. Censure, critise and hate, and
you will be censured, criticised and
hated by your fellow men.-N. w
Zimmerman.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20
XIV.
A Test.

1864
Du Sang had the sidewise gait of a
wolf, and crossed the street with the
choppy walk of the man out of a
long saddle. Being both uncertain and
quick, he was a man to slip a trail
easily. He travelled around the block
and disappeared among the many open
doors that blazed along Hill street.
Less alert trailers than the two be-
hind him would have been at fault;
but when he entered the place he was
looking for, Kennedy was SO close
that Du Sang could have spoken to
him had he turned around.
Kennedy passed directly ahead. A
moment later Whispering Smith put
his head inside the door of the joint
Du Sang had entered, withdrew it,
and, rejoining his companions, spoke
in an undertone: "A negro dive; he's
lying low. Now we will keep our reg
ular order. It's a alf-baaement, with
a bar on the left; crap games at the
table behind the screen on the right.
Kennedy, will you take the rear end OF
the bar? 1t covers the whole room
and the back door. George, pass in
ahead of me and step just to the left
of the slot machine; you've got the
front door there and everything be-
hind the screen, and I can get close to
Du Sang. Look for a thinnish, yellow
faced man with a brown hat and a
brown shirt-and pink eyes-shoot-
ing craps under this window. I'll shoot
craps with him. Is your heart pump
ing, George? Never mind, this is
easy! Farrell, you're first!"
The dive, badly lighted and venti-
lated, was counted tough among tough
places. White men and colored mixed
before the bar and about the tables.
When Smith stepped around the
screen and into the flare Of the hang
ing lamps, Du Sang stood in the small
corner below the screened street win
dow. McCloud, though vitality inter-
ested in looking at the man that had
come to town to kill him, felt his at
tention continually wandering back
to Whispering Smith. The clatter Of
the. rolling dice. the cultural jargon
Of the negro gamblers, the drift Of
men to and from the bar, and the
clouds OF tobacco smoke made q hazy
background for the stoop-shouldered
man with his gray hat and shabby
coat, dust-covered and travel-stained.
Industrtously licking the broken wrap
per Of . cheap cigar and rolling It
fondly under his ~foreinger, he was
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20
ReaIist-

Il am a great believer in realism"
remarked the poet.
"Yes?' we queried with a rising In
Election, thereby giving him the desired
opening.
Il sometimes carry my ideas Of
realism to a ridiculous extreme" con-
tinued the poet.
'Indeed!' we exclaimed namely,
somewhat impatient to reach the point
of his witticism.
"Yes," continued the poet, "the other
day l wrote a sonnet to the gas COM
pany and purposely made the meter
defective"
At this point we tainted.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20
by FRANK III. SpEARMAN q
Q ILLUSTRATIONS 9 h
BY ANDRE BOWLE5 O.
COPYRIGHT 1908 en- cHAS scRIeNER3 SONS
swerved down the grade like a snipe,
with his rider c%rouching close for a

swerved down the grade like a snipe,
with his rider crouching close for a
second shot. But no second shot
came, and after another mile McCloud
ventured to take off his hat and put
his finger through the holes in it,
though he did not stop his horse to
make the examination. When they
reached the open country the horse
had settled into a fast, long stride
that not only redeemed his reputation
but relieved his riders nerves.
When McCloud entered his Office 1t
was half past nine o'clock, and the
first thing he did before turning on
the lights was to draw the window
shades. He examined the hat again,
with sensations that were new to him
fear, resentment, and a hearty
hatred of his enemies. But all the
while the picture of Dicksie remained.
He thought of her nodding to him as
they parted in the saddle, and her pic
ture blotted out all that had followed.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20
Fitted for the Job.

The general consulted the topo-
graphical chart. you understand,
colonel" he said, "that this charge on
the enemy's fertilization necessitaties
the most reckless disregard for hu
man life?" Il understand, general"
the colonel replied. 1.-THE forlorn hope
that leads the movement will be com
posed exclusively of amateur chauf-
feurS."
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20

Edison, who has done SO much in
the way Of improving the telephone
for some time, is working on q
new transmitter, which IL very sensi-
tive, and enables conversation to be
carried on with extreme esse and less
liability Of error.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20

doctors failed to help. / was discour-
aged. Doan's Kidney Pills brought
quick relief and a final cure and now I
am in the best of health"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20
The Exempts.

"Why are all women 80 anxious to
get rid of freckles?"
Some of them aren't; but these
don't have freckles."
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20
For Colds and orIpp-capudine,

The best remedy for Gripp and Colds Is
Hicks Capudine. Relieves the aching and
feyerishness. Cures the cold-Headaches
also. It's L~iquid-Effects immediately-l0,
Is and SOC at Drug Stores.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20

It's bad enough to watch a man when
you can see his eyes. Here's hoping
we're cone with him!"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20

are the cause. Cure
them. Mrs. S. d. FL
lison, N. Broadway, La
mar, Mo, says: Kid
ney trouble wore me
down till / had to take
to bed. / had terrible
pains in my body and
limbs and the urine was
annoying and full of sed-