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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-10-30

paid; the failure to meet interest
charges means bankruptcy; the con-
tinuance of dividends at the regular
rate is the salvation of credit.
The first saving is made by stop
ping Improvement work out OF sNr-
plus earnings; then the current ex-
penditures for materials for the main
tenance Of way and equipment are cut
down, and along with this economy
goes the pruning of the cost of labor
the biggest item of railroad expense.
It is interesting to note, in attempt
ing to realize the magnitude of these
outlays, that the 100000 owners of
American railroad securities, from the
Rockefellers and Morgans and Harri-
mans down to the little one-share in
vestors. all received in dividends but
little more than was spent on coal
to be fed to the locomotives; that all
the bondholders. spread over Europe
and America, received no more than
was spent on the upkeep Of rolling
stock, and that the heavy taxes but
slightly exceeded the cost Of wooden
ties.
steel is either prince or pauper,'
said Carnegie-and it's railroad buy
| ing that turns the wheel of fortune in
the industry. The railroads are the
| foundation of the steel trade, for they
buy more than third OF all the prod
ucts that are made from the ore Of
F. American iron ranges. When the rail-
roads stopped buying in the silent
panic" Of 1903, the steel business
dwindled to the pauper stage. and the
shares of the new steel trust tumbled
from $55 to So.
Again. when the panic of 1907 closed
the railroad purse. gloom spread over
the Alleghenies, and steel shares col.
lapsed a second time. Late last win.
ter, when all up and down the ALE.
heny and Monongahela valleys blast
furnaces were cold and dark. Pittsburg
was in the doldrums because the rail.
roads didn't buy. Prices were slashed
and the gloom spread to Wall street
Steel shares sold at SAL. Weeks went
by. and then the news came across the
mountains, THE railroads are buy
ing" Now there is hardly an idle
blast furnace to be seen in the valleys
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-10-30
Balloon on Railroad Track.

A surprise meeting took place be-
tween a balloon and a train on the
P. l.. M. line near Chalons-sur-S aone,
in France, which might have proved
disastrous to the aeronauts. The train,
which carried passengers, was ap-
preaching the station of Romaneche,
and had luckily begun to slow down,
when the balloon Anjou, which had
started for Ruell with two Partisan
aeronauts on board, landed on the
track. The train was brought to a
stop at once, and this gave the bal
loonists time to let their airship
bound up again and land in q less
dangerous spot.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-10-30
FIRST SLEEPING CAR BUILT
The "Pioneer" Cost $4,000, in 1864,
and Was Regarded as Reckless
Extravagance.

The first sleeping car was built In
1864. 1t was called the Pioneer" and
the builder further designated it by
the letter CA" not dreaming that he
would soon exhaust the letters of the
alphabet, Outing says. The Pioneer"
was built in a Chicago & Alton shop
and cost the almost fabulous sum of
$4,000. That was reckless extrava-
gance in year when the best of rail-
road coaches could be built at a cost
not exceeding $4,000.
But the Pioneer" was blazing
new path in luxury. Without it was
radiant in paint and varnish, in gay
stripes and lettering; it was a giant
compared with Its fellows, for it was
foot wider and two feet and a half
higher than any car ever built before.
1t had the hinged berths that are the
distinctive feature of the American
sleeping car of to-day, and the porter
and the passengers no longer had to
drag the bedding from closets at the
far end of the car.
The pioneer" was not only wider
and higher than other passenger cars,
but 1t was also wider and higher than
the clearances of station platforms
and overhead bridges. But when the
news came of the death of President
Lincoln the fame of Pullman's "Pio-
neer" was already widespread and it
was suggested that the new car should
be the funeral coach of the president.
This involved cutting wider clearances
all the way from Washington by way
Of Philadelphia, New York and Albany
to Springfield. ILL.,, and gangs of men
worked night and day to make the
needed changes.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-10-30
racks and equipment already

of the tracks and equipment already
in use.
The greater part of the hundreds
of millions of dollars spent in recent
years has been devoted, not to new
mileage, but to increasing the ton
mage capacity of the lines built years
ago. Hundred-pound rails, hundred
ton locomotives, and 5O-ton cars have
replaced 60-pound rails, 5O-ton locomo-
tives. and 25-ton cars. 1t is in the
west that most of the mileage has
been built.
This extension and improvement Of
the railroads in boom times are paid
for partly from surplus profits and the
rest from new capital. Heavy out
lays are accelerated in boom times
by the ease with which new capital
may be raised in the worlds money
markets. The big profits make rail.
road investments attractive, and. as
everything else in the country Is ma
king money and searching for a place
to put it at work. new railroad Sc
curities find q ready sale. The rail-
road purse. therefore. in boom times,
Is doubly stuffed-by receipts from
big earnings and new capital from in
vestors. Money Is spent lavishly.
But the tables are turned in periods
of panic and depression. The country
produces less, trade slackens, and the
demand for the product the railroads
have to sell--transportation
"Car famines' are quickly followed by
miles of idle cars" on the sidings.
Earnings fall away. surplus profits dis
appear. The railroads. having more
transportation for sale than the mar
ket demands, have no need for big
OUTLAWS to produce more Transports.
ton. They could not spend much mon
ey. anyway. because of their declin-
ing profits and the disappearance OF
the investment demand for their Sc
curities. So. as the railroad purse in
boom times Is doubly stuffed, in pc.
RODS of depression 1t is doubly depict.
ed-by the cutting down of profits and
the withdrawal Of new capital. Hence
the rigid economy of lean" years.
When economy is forced on the rail
roads. money is saved along the line
of least resistance. Taxes must be
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-10-30
Revised Upward.

One evening at family prayers the
head of the kouse read that chapter
which concluass with, "And the wife
see that she .e~erence her husband"
After the eA-<sxses had closed and the
children has gcne to bed, the New
York Evening Post says. he quoted it..
looking meaningly at his wife.
LET us see what the Revised Yer
sion says on that subject" said she.
81 will follow the new teaching, if you
please
The Revised Version was produced,
and her chagrin may be imagined as
the head impressively read, "And let
the wife see that she fear her hus
band."-Youth's Companion.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-10-30
Enormous Amount
of Money Spent
On American
Railroads
Quarts Huge Sum
Worlds Po1uers
Pour Out on
Armament

HE news travelled fast
from railroad board rooms
to Wall street banks, and
the floor of the stock ex-
change, and then across
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-10-30

would seriously interfere with the OPP
Grafton of the entire system, because
the city is its mechanical center Be-
sides. the insurable value of the ma
chine and car shops, with the equip
ment in adjacent yards, is more than
$4,000, 900.
Gridironing the expensive machine
and car shops are more than seven
miles of large water mains, with u
two and three way hydrants, supply
ing 1874 streams of water. These af-
ford a protection which, from exhaus-
tive tests, has been shown to make
very remote the possibility of seri-
GUS fire.
In addition to two fire engine COM
panies, chemical extinguishers are dis
tributed through the shops, while sand
and water pals, hose racks, chemical
engines, water casks and ladders add
to the equipment with which these
railroad fire fighters are armed. Some
81 900 feet of cotton underlined hose
is available for utilizing the water
from the hydrants. which, owing to
the arrangement of the mains and
valves, cannot be shut off from their
water supply by breaks in the pipe
lines.
In the same way has this railroad
established its fire protection at every
large and small terminal and station.
At the more important points systems
proportionately as elaborate have been
installed to protect the property of
the company. Networks of fire mains,
with plugs at convenient places. make
1t unlikely that the company will suf-
fer serious loss from fire.
At the test at headquarters a num-
Der of supposititious fires were started
in different parts of the railroad shops,
and firemen, with their helpers, re-
sponded to fight imaginary flames.
Some thirty-two regular firemen and
score or more of the auxiliary force
directed the streams of water, while
inspectors checked up the results. To
make the test more thorough II
streams were brought into service. At
intervals of two minutes streams we're
turned on, and after all of them were
throwing water on the buildings read
ings were taken of the pressures. The
test continued for an hour and half
during which time some 185, 900 gal
Ions Of water was used.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-10-30

wealth OF all
combined
crosties
warshps
More in
MISUNDERSTANDING
many Russia Japan and
IIsh
maintenance OF the
mls-wfl the railroads
more Than al armies and naves
the steel mills
the dividends
tho bondholders'
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-10-30

OF It's nro ngntlng
facilities at it's
h e q d q u a r t e r s
where there has
just been finished
a new high pres
sure water sys-
tenn for fire pro-
lection purposes
only, and without
connections with
any other distri-
button pipes.
That it Is OF
great Importance
that this system
should have been
developed may be
realized In the
fact that a con-
Migration there
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-10-30
GIRDLED BY WATER
RAILROADS ELABORATE SYSTEM
OF FIGHTING FIRE.
More Than Seven Miles Of Large
Water Mains Surround Their Ex-
pensive Machine and Car Shops
at Mechanical Center.

To determine the efficiency of its
own system of fire protection, one OF
the great railroad lines of the coun-
try has undertaken a thorough test
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-16
WEEKLY SUGAR REVIEW
MARKET THE SCENE OF FUR
THEIR DECLINES IN RAWS
DURING THE WEEK.
(By the Associated Press


New York, Feb. 1.-THE sugar
market was the scene of a further de-
cline in raws the past week to the
, Ia cent rate and freight, Cuba ev-
el, which had been predicted for some
time by the trade. The sentimental
effect was quite marked since last year
the lowest price reached a = Sic
cents and prophets are not lacking
who suggest even 2 cents before the
crop movement ends. Yet this contin-
gency is not generally considered like
~, as Europe must decline material
lS In order to prevent shipments from
Cuba to England which movement
refiners here do not want.
The factor making for lower values
of raw sugar is the heavy receipts on
the island which are only 100, 900 tons
less than for the big crop Of 1907
despite the fac that grinding started
then in November but this year a
month later. AS the recent cold
weather increased the yield. a crop OF
1,4oO, 5000 tons is not considered inn
probable. Arrivals of raw sugar here
have been heavy for the week, ex-
planning in part why refiners are pur-
suing a waiting policy, thus taking
advantage Of the pressure to sell.
The usual February dizziness in re-
fined is accumulated by the conserv-
atism Of distributors who are taking
r~anulate only in a hand to mouth
way. AS there is now a margin Of SO
points etWeen raw and refined SUI
| CARS a decline in the latter is awaited
just as soon as the Independents catch
| up with orders.
Rice.
The rice market shows q little firm
eI tone on JapanS which meet a some
what better demand from the country,
although the aggregate business is not
large being for actual needs. Hon
duraS sorts find more ready inquiry
in local wholesale circles than Japan's
displaying strength especially for
fancy heads which are non too plen-
tiful.
This is due to advices from the
South, jobbers, despite stories of ar
easier tone at primary points being
compelled to pay full prices, countel
bids. in many cases, being refused
There is an ample stock here fOl
country trade requirements n the
assortment continues good except fol
fancieS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-16
The SWelled Head
Inevitable on a Pinhead
BY DOROTHY DIX.
BY DOROTHY DIX.

fed in it's second summer.
Just give your baby a cucumber
to cut it's teeth on I once heard a
woman say to a young mother. That's
the way l always did"
How many children did you raise?"
l inquired.
Il had ~seven,' she replied, and III
Lord took them all before any one Of
them was 5 years Old"
Women 1hat FHail Full of Advice.
1t is the woman whose children
have turned out badly, whose girls
hav run off and married trifiing fell
lows, and whose sons are barrOom
l~oafers, that has the most beautiful
theory about how to bring up her
family, and whose inspired words on
child culture bring tears to the eyes
Of her listeners at the mothers clubs.
It is always the woman who looks
like the human ragbag who tells you
what sort Of a dress you ought to buy
and the style Of a hat that would suit
your face.
1t is the Onan who live a cat n
dog life with her husband, who knows
exactly whaI you should do in order to
keep your own husband SmOOthed
down the right way.
1t is the woman who is always in
debt herself who will give you inside
information abOut how. by the exercise
of economy and frugality you could
buy an apartment house out of what
you could save out Of your allowance
II YOU only did as she told you to.
Nine-tenths of the good advice in
the world IS no good because it is
handed out by people who have not
been able to make good.
Before anybody undertakes to tell
another person just how to manage
his own affairs, the least that the
oracle can do is to produce a guaran-
tee that he himself has been a sue
cess.
The failures should go away back
II sit down and keep mum.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-16
Scared With a Hot Iron

or scalded by overturned kettle-cut
with a knife-bruised by slammed
door-injured by gun or in any other
way-the thing needed at once is
Bucklen's Arnica Salve to subdue IN
flammation and kill the pain. It's
earth's supreme healer. infallible for
Polls, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Eczema and
Piles. 25c.~ at all druggists. .
Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-12
election Ordnance

BE IL ordained by the city Coauoi
OF the city Of Bryan
That an election for city Officers
TO wit Marshal Secretary aud fhre.
members of the City Council. shall b.
held by the qualified voters OF sa..
CITY. az the County Court House 90
grau ON Gre fr., Tuesday n A..i
next it being the sixth day Of sal.
month: and the presiding officer. to
gcthcr with such others as be ma.
appoint. shall hold said election Do
accordance with thc CRY Charter an'
Ordinances and the State Law govern
ing elections
Adopted by tho city Council au.
approved by the Mayor this the lth da,
of March. 1909.
o. r. MALONEY Mayor
ID. u. HINES. City Secy
Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-12
Er.nk Shot Pu,tsrs.

a Tho University ~ chicago has the
oldest bunch Of 5hot puiters that ever
connected fnr ANY toam. When Coach
A A. stage of the maroons sized up
his field in this event he found that 10
had the most frcaklsh set of shot put
ters I'm the world The men who are
working nj tins event are Schommcr.
Crowley. Hubble. Kelly. Gcrcnd. Rade.
machsr. rrnther auI Mcnaul. The last
fonr are members of the freshmen
team. OF this bunch Kelly. Prnthcr.
Rademachcr and Gercnd are left hand
ers
Kclly. the great tackle Of the maroon
football team. * well known In eastern
athletic circles. and any one who has
ever seen this gight competing in the
shot put Is suryl to have noticed that
he puts the weight with his left hand.
Last year prnther appeared In local
athletics. and he. too. was q south paw.
Radcmacher. the giant Of the fresh
man football team. was the next left
hanser who attracted the attention OF
Caich stage to the popularity OF his
'ncld ~ shot men
The hnal surprise came when Ger
end. o. 22n FOUNDER. appeared on the
scene aud also showed the weight with
his i.ft hand Coach Stage spoke 10
G,rcud about the Held of lcrt handlers,
aud Gcrrud surprised the Wizard ~
the Midway by putting the weight
equally well with his right arm
Coach Sagg is pcrpIeXed over the
situation. llc is able to coach man
who Is right handed or one who Is left
handed. but when DO comes to one who
cam do the same distance with either
hand the gasc Is hard 10 handle lie
O.. unable t1 decide which way Gcrcnd
should put the shot as neither way
.Iar, any advantage over the other.
Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-12
kiplina and IN. Bus Owner.

Annoyed by the Injury done TO one
~ his trees 10y the driver " the local
bus. Mr. Kipling once wrote vigor-
Gus letter of complaint to the bus
owner. who II also a landlord " an
Inn
The landlord laid the letter be.
fore the select company ~ the bar
parlor. who advised calm Indifference;
also Crocsus among them offered 10
shlllings IN cash for the autograph
letter
Both advice aud cash Were accept.
Cd. A second aud stronger letter
followed. and this also found a pur-
chaser this time AZ n. as bcGitcd its
increased violence. Boniface again
said nothing To him next day enter
cd Mr. Kipling hrlskly wrathful
WHY didn't ! answer your letters.
sSrs Why ] was hoping you'd send
me a fresh one every day They pay
20 deal better than bus driving
ton Times
Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-12
plsnrAN ANp pRAISER.

consists Of q series ~ rods and cross
bars terminating 20 one end Ia a dish
support or bail The dishes aS theS
ere washed bon "a, forward end ~ the
cishpan are supported on edge on the
rods. the first dish being leaned against
the ball BEING supported Ia upright,
position. The dishes will drain readily.
aud while Ia the drainer boiling water
may be- poured upon them 10 rinse
them. Since the dralner and dishpan
are combined In single article the
dishwasher will be- saved many I'M
necessary steps
Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-12
Combined Dishpan and orainsr.

= useful household article has re-
Gently been invented which will facili
tai" thr washing and draining "
dishes snys scientific American n
consists " q dl,hpan of greater length
than lbs width and preferably formed
with g rounded Inclined wall eco one
end ~"' iuu This pan 1t thr opposite
end. i dish f'a.ucr formed with
sheet metal wall. aud having sbe'r
tom bottom I.H d1igcr is arranged
10 Or snugIg 'nn the dishpau ,o that
n viii De- beta herein by fractional cn
gagcm,ui rhr bottom ~ thr drl.ucr
Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-12

Cut six apples into quarters. take the
core out, peel and cut In slices. Put In
the saucepan an ounce ~ butter. then
n row over the apples two ounces Of
9Th, lr powdered sugar and two table
spoo- tuls - water. Stew quickly
wheu\ tender. cut two or three slices
o, brcs,h half an inch thick and fry In
the frying nan nice yellowish color
In little hu>' When nice and crisp
place them ga h iislr'and sprinkle with
q little sugar nlt on>npples an inch
thick. Serve hOt
Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-12
Chicken Jelly FOR lnyallas.


T. prepare ohickcl Jelly pound half
" raw chicken with a mollct bones
aud meat together Put O. in quart
~ cold water and heat slowly IN
covered saucepan Let ~ simmer uu-
an the meat i in white rags and the
liquid reduced oae.half Strain and
press hrs through q colandcr then
through % coarse cloth salt 10 taste
Return 10 he fire and lei simmer FOR
I've minutes longer skim when cool
Serve odd JUS from the Ice with
soda waters Keep on the Ice or make
II into sandwiches los putting the Jelly
between thin slices ~ bread spread
lightly with butter
Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-12
Repairing Isaky Roofs.

In the case ~ old smngIe roofs
leak may start az any time during the
winter. These leaks can be stopped
hy slipping thin piece 81 tin about
the same width as a shingle under
them from he outside This Il better
than 90 use 90 new shinglc. which MAJ
raise the edges Of those about g. and
thus make the leak worse. Farm
Press
Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-12
BAD STOMACH.
Many In Bryan are Being Thorough,
Purified by Mto-na, the Gusran-
teed Cure for Indigestion.

fAflIfQ " Nil-a.tNaf NINN Seai wv
teed Cure for Indigestion.
People of Bryan who suffer from
dyspepsia and other stomach troubles
are getting tired OF taking preparations
containing pcpsin because pepsin sim.
ply digests the food artihcially. Pep
sin relieves, n never cures.
And remember. pepsin only diges' =
animal food II has no effect on staSchy
food, such as potatoes. rice. bresd, etc.
Mona cleanses and purifes the
stomach and bowels and rones up and
puts energy into the stonach walls,
so tina, they properly mix d. food with
the natural digestive lnces OF the
stomach.
Mi.o-na tablets OUTLAY arouse the
stomach from h Faction and in a
few days IL Is abkto do its work easl.
~ and without exertion There will
b no more sour stomach. fermentation
OF food. dizziness. sick headache. belch.
ing 81 gas. or foul breath.
Mi-o-na only cost 30 cents large
box aud Is guaranteed by r. J. len.
kins 10 cure dyspepsia. sea or car sick.
ness. vomiting OF pregnancy, and s,om.
ach sickness resulting from ovcrin
diligence Of the night before. OF money
bacy.
Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-12

Nr Higlbr1w-lt was Michcieg !
believe. who observed That woman is
the salt of mans lfa" Miss keen
Quite true Young men aren't half $50
fresh after They cet u1rried Boston
Transcript
Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-12

Pa. what's Dead sea fruitf'
The good things you were going TO
buy with the profits you expected 10
have n your investment in mining
stock had turned out right"-Chicago
Record Herald
You cannot afford TO miss 1.-THE
price is comparatively nothing --th,
subject Is vital one The Noung
Man in Love" affects the whole world
DR. Butler. who delivers the lecture
is too well known TO Bryan prop,
Tor comment you Just must hel.
him-tonight
Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-12

Irle Rock. March The house.
adopted q resolution providing that
tta prescott session. which ends next
week. De extended until May 12
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
Burglar and His
Victim Both Miss
Council Bluffs Man Target for Bullets
and He Fires in Return
Police Still Looking.

At midnight Friday, while sleeping in an
upper bedroom at his home, his wife being
Ill and In a hospital. r. II. Ourcn, 3lg Park
avenue, Council Bluffs, was disturbed by
r noise, and on raising up on one elbow
he became the target of three bullets. One
penetrated his nightshirt. one glanced from
the rail at the head of his bed and the
third sunk in the wall at the side of his
ear. The burglar showed some desire to
fly thence, and Mr.. Ouren. who was by
that time somewhat aroused, reached unde
his pillow and pulled out a A-calibre Colt
he had deposited with war I'm view.
But as he had never taken a medal on a
target range one of his bullets imbedded
itself In the jamb of the folding door and
the other smashed the hinge of the kitchen
door as Mr.. Bad Man dissolved into vacuity.
An inventory of the wreckage disclosed
the contents of the bureau drawers well
shuffled. but still present and accounted
for, and Ouren's epidermis unscsrred, but
he will be obliged to engage a plasterer
and a carpenter to efface the results of the
near tragedy.
ut sounds nice to listen TO 4, no doubt
exclaimed Mr.. Ouren, but you ought to
have been there"