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The wageworker., 1910-05-06
His Unkind Fling.


II saw him holding your hand" said
her small brother. whereat all the 9TH
er members of the family looked up.
YES" she replied calmly; "he has
been studying palmistry."
"Oh!" said the small brother.
"He was reading the story of my
life." she persisted defantly.
For a moment it looked as if she had
subdued the small brother Then he
remarked, You must be pretty old,
Sis
"What do you mean?" she de-
manded.
ut was a long story"
Don't be absurd. Tommy
'And a continued brooklyn
Eagle
Memory and Intellect.
The possession of great memory
does not necessarily mean a strong
intellect Mozart when only thirteen
years old played new opera from
one hearing which had been composed
especially TO test his skill. But. in ad-
dition to reproducing the opera from
d
introduced in the second playing the
variations which struck his cultured
hearers dumb with amaZement. Blind
Tom rould probably have reproduced
the same opera. He die play Liszt's
celebrated Hungarian opera after hear
ing it once without missing Il note. but
he could not have created what Mozart
did. He had MoZarts memory. but
not his intellect. New York American.
Kindred Minds.
At one time when Napoleon was car
rying out an operation which could
only be accomplished with absolute
secrecy he rode one day to the head of
column, where he heard soldier
say:
Faith, If were general in chief l
know what l should do"
"Well." called Napoleon. what
would you do?"
| The soldier unfolded his plan. 1t
was the very one which Napoleon him.
self had evolved.
Rascal" cried the general. "Will
you hold your tongueY'
After the battle which had proved
LIE Wlsuou! VI luS pioJcSe Ac '"os'A'
about for the soldier whose mind had
mirrored his. The man was dead.
A Friendly Dig.
Ethel (confidentiallyI-Do you know
Clara. that | had two offers of mar
riage last week!
Clara with enthusiasm)-Oh, l an
delighted. dear. Then the report is
really true that your uncle left you
his money?-London Pick Me-UD.
The wageworker., 1910-05-06
True Hospitality.

A woman who possesses a charming
temper and cordial manners is sure 70
be popular. Said witty Boston wom-
an: II do like to have people behave
as If they were glad to see me. whether
they are or not. I think a hostess
should speak in pleased tone. even
If she only says, My dear Mrs. 40
and-So. am perfectly delighted 70
see you! Do sit right down on tnis
bent pint !'"-Harper's Bazaar.
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The wageworker., 1910-05-06
CARPENTERS ASK FOR AN IN
CREASED WAGE.
Want the Scale Raised from 35 to 40
Gents an Hour To Take Effect
Next SATURDAY..


The Carpenters met at the Labor
Temple last Monday night and decided
to make demand for an increase Of 5
cents an hour, effective on Monday,
May 9. The old scale was 35 cents an
hour, and it was decided to ask for an
increase to 40 cents, the eight-hour day
to obtain. It is asserted by the union
leaders that all the fair contractors in
the city have agreed to the new scale,
and no trouble is anticipated in secur-
ing the same from other contractors
who are compelled by force Of circum-
stances to employ union men.
The scale for carpenters in Lincoln
has been the lowest of any city or equal
size in the entire west, and even at the
new scale is still 10 cents an hour below
Omaha, Is cents an hour below Kansas
City, and 10 cents an hour below St.
Joseph.
Last Monday nights meeting was
one of the largest in recent months.
Clyde j. Wright delivered splendid
address on unionism and was loudly
applauded. The meeting was the cul-
mination Of the long membership cam
paign that has been waged. Twenty
The wageworker., 1910-05-06
Odd Way of Smoking.

S00 way OT SUOkln9t
During the South African war a
Boer soldier named Frank Brown was
shot in the forehead with a rifle bull
let Strangely enough. it did not kill
him, and after the war he secured en-
plOyment on one of the transatlantic
steamers. When fully year had
passed he complained of trouble in his
head. and after a thorough examina-
ton the surgeon Of the ship decided
that the bullet, which had never been
removed. must be extracted. This was
done. and afterward. for the amuse-
ment of his friends. the wounded SOL
der placed lighted cigarette in the
hole from which the bullet was ex-
tracted and drew the smoke through
his nose.-Strand Magazine.
Thrifty Squanderers.
When Napoleon entered Genoa in
1905 the rich patricians of the city
exerted themselves to gain the favor
of the conqueror by all sorts of fat
tering attentions The most elaborate
of these was d banquet patterned aft
er the famous one offered by Antony
to Cleopatra. The tables were set in
an artificial garden. floating on pom
toons. which We're towed out to sea
during the progress of the feast. At
the conclusion Of the banquet-aglin
in imitation of Antony and Cleopatra
all the costly gold and silver plate was
flung into the sea- This little tribute
of honor to the emperor was not so eX-
pensive as it seemed. for the floating
Jo1 Il
the plate was subsequently recovered.
Cranberries.
Cranberries were formerly know
under the name of marsh or fel
whorts. fenberries. marshberries. moss
berries. In New England Rarities'
| O672, Josselyn described the cranberr.
as the bearberry. The word SO insep
arably associated in the New England
mind with turkey is not in Johnson.
or Bailey's dictionary. Perhaps th
colonists adapted it from the German
kranichbeere or kranbeere, the berr.
now known preferably by German lex
icographers as affenbeere. Whereve
the name came from. it appeared II
English literature in 1872. as note'
above. and from a writer of 1864 w
know that cranberry tarts were thel
relished. as they were later by Queel
Victoria in the highlands.-Fur News.
A Call For Cough Drops.
II tell you must have SOM
money" roured the king of Maritania
who was in sore financial straits
Somebody will have to cough up"
ALAS" sighed the guardian of th'
treasury. who was formerly the cour
iaster, 'all our Golfers are empty"
The wageworker., 1910-05-06

forced every local to pay into the gen.
eral fund So for every application for
membership favorably acted upon.
Note should be made Of the fact that
in the financial statement carried in
the journal the old age pension fund
and the general fund are carried as one
account The old age pension fund is
growing, and by this system Of book
keeping the deficit in the general fund
is covered" unless looked for. The
same old story OF the activity of paid
organizers about election time are COM
ing in. Vice President Tracy Of San
Francisco was in Baltimore a short
time covering distance Of 5000
miles to do some organization work. ;"
Superintendent Deach is making lec-
ture tour Of the east at the expense Of
the international, showing pictures of
the Home, and incidentally doing some
Organization work.
''The Searchlight'' puts the kibosh
on the candidacy Of the following for
delegates to the A. F. of L.: Max Hayes
Hugh Stevenson, T. w. Mccullough. 1t
also opposes Mckee, Fennessey and Nc
Caffery for trustees Of the home. And
the packages it hands to Lynch, Hayes
and Tracy are something fierce. Things
political may be warm in other sections
Of the jurisdiction, but right around
here they are remarkably cool.
The wageworker., 1910-05-06
AFTER EDGAR ALLEN POE
QUITE A LONG WAYS.

And the Congress, never fitting, still
are sitting, still are sitting on the poor
old Eight-Hour Bill, just inside the
Senate door; and their eyes have all
the seeming of a dreamer's that is
dreaming, and the spotlight Fer them
streaming throws their shadow on the
floor; and our souls from out that sha-
dow shall be lifted nevermore? Yes, it
looks like nevermore.-Machinists
Journal
The wageworker., 1910-05-06

applicants were admitted and thirty
applications remain to be acted upon
The local now numbers 300 members,
an increase of 24O since the campaign
opened less than three months ago.
Once more No. 1855, Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners, is the largest
trade union in Lincoln, and the men,
bership declares as one man that the
record is going to stand for all time.
The wageworker., 1910-05-06
CEMENT WORKERS WILL ORGAN.

The proposition to oranize the GEM
ent workers has not been abandoned.
On the contrary it is being pushed
harder than ever, and the prospects are
bright. Some forty men engaged at
that occupation have signifed their de-
sire to organize, and in a short time a
meeting will be held at the Labor Tenn
pie for that purpose.
The wageworker., 1910-05-06
PRINTERS NOMINATE THEIR
OFFICERS.

Then Proceed to Put in Some Strong
Plugging for the Allied Print
ing Trades Label.
Special meeting 1:30 p. m. Sunday,
May 8, to discuss label matters.
Lincoln Typographical Union No. 2O9
met in regular monthly session last
Sunday afternoon and nominated Off
GERS for the ensuing year. President
Bingaman will have no opposition for
reelection unless candidate by petit
ton appears in the field. AS usual
Vice President Pcate had no opposition.
John Zubriggen and G. 0. Jones were
nominated for delegates and Bert Rood
will have no opposition for the honor
of alternate Secretary Meyer and
Financial Secretary Hebbard were re-
nominated by acclamation and for the
'steenth time Sargent-at-Arms Sayer
was handed the honor on a silver plat
ter.
1t was announced that the score card
for the Lincoln ball team had been
given to a shop that can not use the
label, and Immediately the printers got
busy. By an overwhelming vote it was
decided to fine any member $5 for at
tending a ball game at Antelope Park
until such time as the score card ap-
pcared with the "little joker" thereon.
Immediately thereafter similar fine
was provided for the member who at
tended any place of amusemenr, or pur-
chased any Lincoln publication, the
tick cts for which or the publications
themselves failing to show the label.
This drastic action caused some COM
ment, and there is a disposition to call
a special meeting and modify it.
There seems to be no excuse for the
score card deal. The ball club man.
agement tgot right on the painting
and carpenter work, and it knew the
conditions existing in the printing
trades There are plenty of fair shops
equipped to furnish the score cards,
and the Western League management
has by resolution agreed to have all it's
printed matter bear the label.
There is practically nothing doing in
union politics apart from the local end.
The printers are being swamped with
campaign literature from various can
didatorial committees, but no one seems
to be giving them more than passing
notice. About the warmest campaign
literature is ''The Searchlight," +" hailing
from Denver Tt shows that the deficit
in the general fund during the last
twenty-four months is SITS, ,429.81. At
that rate-$7, ,435.57 month-the gen
eral fund will be exhausted in just
eleven months more. This, too, despite
the fact that the St. Joseph convention
The wageworker., 1910-05-06

committee Immediately found him
job in another city under fair condi-
tions.
With this single exception every
man is standing firm, and no one is
worried with doubts about the sticking
qualities Of the rest of the strikers.
Tuesday morning couple more car
loads Of ''scabs" were brought into the
shops. To date $50 men have been i'm
ported to take the place Of the 14O
strikers, and the blacksmith and ma
chine shops have had their forces re-
duced because Of the failure Of the
boiler shops to make time.
The "scabs' are sticking close to
their quarters in the shop yards. Sew
eral times they have made bluff to
the effect that they would like to go
over into town, but to date they have
failed to make any of the bluffs good.
They are being treated like princes of
the blood royal by the railroad man-
ayers. They sleep in Pullman cars, are
fed on the fat of the land, and are pro-
vided with bath house. With all the
extras they receive they are being paid
100 per cent more wages than the
strikers asked for. On top Of this ex-
pense should be placed the cost to the
railroad company of recruiting them
and bringing them from distant east
ern point The ''scabs" have a little
store near the special train Of Pullman
sleepers where they can purchase TO-
bacco, underclothes, overalls, etc., and
it is interesting to note that the stock
Of tobacco is made up chiefly of union
made brands.
The strike pickets are on duty all the
time and never a man passes the gates,
coming or going, who is not politely
accosted and the situation explained
in full
An official of the company in con-
versation with Wageworker repre-
sentative said: ssThere has not been
the least sign Of trouble. The men on
strike have conducted themselves like
gentlemen"
The strikers meet regularly three
times day, and the benefits are COM
ing through with clock-like regularity
All reports of desertions at other
points are denounced as false.
"The engines are getting light re-
pairs only,' said one of the strike
leaders, and pretty soon the company
will be up against the real thing. An
effort to sneak Burlington engines into
the Union Pacific shops at Omaha has
been nipped in the bud. If ycu don t
think the company is getting up
against it, you just keep track of their
passenger trains. Despite every eff
fort they are beginning to fall away
from their schedules. We are 60
ing to win, and DON t you forget it,
The wageworker., 1910-05-06
Fakina a Birthday.

A neighbor OF the Lysander John
Appleton family recently gave birth
day party. at which there figured a
cake covered with candles The next
week the Appfetons celebrated Chaun-
cey's birthday. and the cake was deco
rated with electric lights. The neigh
bors say it really wasn't his birthday;
that his mother faxed up birthday IN
order to get ahead of those candles
Atchison Globe
The wageworker., 1910-05-06
BENEFIT FOR THE LABOR
TEMPLE.

Lyric Stock Company Will Play Again
to Put Money Into Labor's
Building.
Manager German and the Lyric
Stock Company have again evidenced
their interest in the Labor Temple by
proffering another benefit The first
benefit rendered about two months ago
put upwards Of 800 into the Temple
treasury. This time it will be more.
Monday evening, May 8, the Lyric
Stock. company will give benefit per-
formance for the Temple, and tickets
are now on sale. Every Temple boos-
ter ought to get busy and sell the
house out in great shape. But not con-
tent with an evening benefit the man.
agement goes further and offers matt
nee benefit on Wednesday afternoon,
especially for the women and children.
There is no advance in prices, and
the play that will be presented will
please everybody. Show your loyalty
to the Temple and your appreciation of
the courtesy and iberality Of the Lyric
management by packing the house full
Monday night and Wednesday after
noon.
The wageworker., 1910-05-06
BouERMAKERs SEND A BOY TO
SCHOOL.
Take Fourteen Year-Ol Youngster Out
of Havelock Shops and Will Pay
Him to Attend School.

''He is the son of widowed mother
and sne needs the little wage the boy
can earn.
That is the excuse put up for the en-
ployment OF a l4-year-Old boy as rlvet
heater in the Havelock shops. The
lad was employed to take the place OF
the rivet heater who walked out with
the striking boilermakers four weeks
ago. In justice to the shop authorities
it should be stated that the lad was re-
fused employment until he presented
legal certificate. He presented GER
tihcate showing him to DE fourteen
years and two months old, and that he
was in the fifth grade at school. The
law speclhcally states that if under six
teen he must have completed the eighth
grade. The certificate was signed by
the superintendent OF the Havelock
schools, who issued the working per-
NIT,
When the strike committee heard Of
this case it Immediately notified the
deputy labor commissioner to this ef-
feet:
"That boy ought to be in school.
We know his mother needs the little
money he can earn, but the boy needs
a chance to get an education and we
are willing to help him. If he is taken
from the shops we'l pay his mother
the wages he is earning povided he
will 60 to school and bring us each
school day a note from his teacher to
the effect that he has been present at
both sessions. And when school is
over we IL land him job that will pay
him as well or better and be more con-
ducive to his health.''
That sounded good, and acting upon
the word given the deputy ,aDor COIN
missioner notified the shop superinten-
dent that the boy ought to be let out.
AS result the lad is golng TO school,
and his mother is receiving from the
striking boilermakers as much wage
as her son earned in the heat and
smoke of the shop, surrounded by
gang of strikebreakers recuited from
God knows where.
- Tuesday showed the first sign of
break in the ranks of the strikers, and
it was soon men.la1. One ,nar was Ill
duced to desert by lot of fair prom
ises. He went back Tuesday morning:
and at noon came out under an escort
of three guards. The pickets hailed
him and despite the efforts of the
guards induced him to "get right" He
said<he had to have work and the strike
The wageworker., 1910-05-06
Loves Recompense.

think there is no unreturned love:
the pay is certain one way or an
other.-Walt Whitman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-05-28

cLAuGHTER vs. Slaughter. In the
N Circuit court of Spotsylvania coun-
". Virginia BY decree entered i'm
this cause April 4th. 1910. it appears
that there is a fund Of s.. 492. Al In the
bands of the court for distribution
among the partnership and individual
creditors Of the late Franklin and j.
Warren Slaughter. Of fredericksburg.
virginia. after deducting the costs Of
thiS proceeding; and IL further appears
from said decree that said partnership
ard individual creditors Of Franklin and
j. Warren Slaughter are set forth in "A
report uieu IN said cause, ON December
eth. lS>2. whereupon the court decreed
as follows: And Il further appearing
that so much time has elapsed since the
ming OF said report of Dec. ). lSS2.
that an enquiry should be had by
commissioner with the view of ascer-
tanning who are now entitled 10 receive
said fund. the court doth by consent of
ali parties by counsel. appoint Il. T.
Willis, a special commissioner. 70 make
such enquiry and ascertain who are en-
titled TO receive said fund. taking said
report of Dec. :. 1872. as the basis of
such enquiry. And said special com
missioner shall publish the list of credi-
tors contained IN said report once a
week for sixty days in some newspaper
published IN fredericksburg. requiring
said creditors or their personal repre-
sentatives 10 report to said special com
missioner their postoftce address and
any information that will contribute to
the proper distribution of said fund
In pursuance of the provisions of the
aforesaid decree. I. h. Z. Willis, ape
eial commissioner. do hereby publish
the last OF the creditors of the late
banking hrm of F. Slaughter 4 Co.
and of said Franklin Slaughter and j.
Warren Slaughter. with the amounts
due to each as of the Sth day OF De
cember. lSS2. and hereby require all
sand creditors or their personal repre-
sentatives 10 report to me at my office
m fredericksburg. Virginia. on or be-
fore June 18th. 1910. their postoffice
address and any information that will
contribute to the proper distribution of
said fund. Personal representatives of
said creditors shall also state in what
court they qualified and when.
List Of sand creditors and the debts
due them Dec. Sth. lSS2:
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-05-28

Business growth tells briefly our
reason for moving from GOA Pa. Ave.
to 636 Pa. Ave. Our new home is
nearly twice the size of the old. We
have equipped it with every modern
convenience known to an up-to-date
liquor business, and we believe we
have the finest establishment of the
kind in the National Capitol. We
laid our plans very carefully in con-
structing our new building, and have
spared nothing that would promote
comfort or convenience. In our new
quarters we will be better able than
ever to handle local business and will
be particularly well equipped to look
after our mail order business, which
is increasing every day, and has
made this the leading mail order
house of Washington, We attribute
our phenomenal business growth as
a tribute to the merits of the goods
we sell.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-05-28

b. p. Willis,
Special Commissioner.
April l4th, 1910.
sltal6lw9w
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-05-28

II you are interested in the above you will send vour
orders to handle nothing but the hest and nySt
Inc following are few of our special brands:
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-05-28
Southern Railway

| N. b. Following schedule figures published A.
| information. and not guaranteed.
| Schedule effective Jan. 5. 1910.
Trains leave Washington from New Union
| Station.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-05-28
Record In Parcels POST.

Washington. May ga record de
livery OF parcels post package has
been reported TO the postmaster gen
eral The package was placed in the
mails at Bremen. Germany. on May 2.
and delivered to the addressee. at
Seattle. Wash. on May 14-twelve
days. This IS the best time ever re
ported for mail OF this character.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-05-28
KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEAN
How We Make Every
Customer Our Friend.

Everyone who enters oar store for
par OF Shoes or ONfordS are made
10 feel perfectly at home. They
can take their time about selecting
a pair that suits them in every par
ucular. We don't try to hurry up
your selection. and we will gladly
show you every style in our stock
We want TO give YOU entire salts
faction and make you n permanent
customer.
Give us a chance. Come in for 4
pair of our
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-05-28
WHOLE VILLAGE TO MOVE
Its Place to Be Taken by Ohio Re
formatory Farm.

Massillon. o.. May 26.-The entire
village OF Spring Grove, with its loo
inhabitants. is TO be removed bodily
TO make room for an extension OF the
Ohio state refOrmatory farm. This &C
ton was decided upon by the board OF
trustees when the recent appropriation
Of $50. 900 made by the state legisla
ture became available
The extension will consist Of l0l
acres. the site Of the village Of Spring
Grove, which is to be transplanted
nearer Mass.llon. At present the farm
consists Of coo acres.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-05-28
Fourteen Hurt In Mrrck.

Pueblo. Colo. May &c - Fourteen
persons were injured when two cars
OF Denver & Rio Grande train jump
ed the track two miles from Cucharas
Junction.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-05-28
OrOnOCO Rye

Is known to all. 1t is the ideal
quality whiskey, that is recommend
ed by the physician, and is invalu-
able for medicinal purposes: a whis-
key that should be in every home for
emergency. When you send in your
order be sure to make it out to the
new number
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-05-28
Smart 0xfOrdS

We can show you all the new STYLES
IN all feathers. Our Oxfords tit
smoothly and evenly around the
ankles. whereas ordinary low cuts
made. on high shoe lasts snag and
gap at the ankles.