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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

half cleared farm Of 16O acres not far
from Carroll. o. There they built a
log cabin of two stories.
My father was a devout churchgoer
for many years. but finally turned
evangelist and preached in the open
uir. declaring that churches were a use
less expense and that the money spent
on them should be devoted to the poor
instead.
| was born in the old log cabin on
the Ohio farm. like my brothers and
sisters. So suppose if hadn't taken
up fighting as profession l might
have had as good chance to become
president of the United States as Abe
Lincoln James Garfield and other log
cabin men.
On my mothers side descend from
the earliest Holland Dutch settlers in
this country. My mothers home was
in Royertown, Pa, and her name was
Rebecca Boyer.
Her father was Christopher Boyer,
and he was "a strapping big fellow too.
He was IL natural fighter, and they say
that when he died over fifty years
ago he carried the scars of many
hard ring battle fought with bare fists.
He was the champion of his part Of
Pennsylvania and fought for the fun
of it.
So l suppose fighting is in my blood
and | come by the fighting instinct
naturally. At any rate, having few
| lighting ancestors has always furnish
ed me with a good argument and
| good excuse at home.
When | was born in the old log
cabin my lighting weight was just
fourteen pounds. My parents never
suspected at the time that they were
bringing up the future worlds cham
/ pion of the ring.
To develop me gradually they start
ed by making Il strong. healthy farmer
boy of me. my father always contend
ing that to round out a natural life
man should work hard until forty
years of age and after that should
turn to the cultivation of the spirit.
On this theory he has never given up
hope for me in spite of my ring ca
reer. I've always been grateful for
the right kind Of start. for if I'd been
broughi NJ, in a city like some boys,
| with Ii" healthy and natural out of
door life. 1 might not have been worth
much rs IL tighter.
1t WIS in 1881 that my father took
his family to California, where we
settled down on Il ranch just outside
the city of Los Angeles. Father built
fine fourteen room house and laid
out ninety-Stven acres of fruit trees.
Our place WAS at Arroyo Seco canyon
Arroyo Sero means dry river.
This was grand home for us.
There were my two older sisters and
one younger. Lizzie. Alameda and Lii
lie, and my brothers Cal. John. Tom
and Charlie. afterward known as
Jack.
don't think any of us stunted our
growth working on the ranch. When
father went away to town III the morn
ing he'd send me out to do some work
in the field. After little while the
sun would get up and the sand would
be pretty hot Then I'd go back to the
house and tell mother it was too hot
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03
CHAPTER II.

l KILL MY FIRST DEER AND HAVE MY
FIRST BIG sCHOOLBOY FIGHT.
z WAS only eleven years old when
l killed my first deer l had the
first rifle my father gave me, and
it wasn't any toy rifle picked out
for boy. My father didn't care for
fancy outfits either for hunting or for
fishing. So he gave me a 1910 Win
chester That gun was big enough to
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03
NUTS" POST SUES JOURNAL.

Indianapolis, Ind, May &c. ".
Post, the millionaire food manufactur-
er of Battle Creek, Mich, who has
made war for years in favor Of the
open shop, brought suit here today
against the Typographical journal,
or $4,000, charging libel.
He AYERS that the Journal published
an article charging that the products
of the firm are adulterated.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

Jack, did more real fighting. On one
occasion he fought big boy for full
hour and fairly massacred him. 1t was
a fair fight. all arranged before 1t be-
gan. The other boy had second, and
I seconded Jack. He was a game kid.
At first the fight went against him.
but he stuck # out until he beat the
other boy to a pulp. as the sporting
writer's always say in the newspapers.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

had grown up to a mans size, and he
didn't mind the idea of having been
beaten by me.
On another day a teacher threw a
ball at me and hit me on the head. I
picked it up and threw 1t back and hit
him on the head. but much harder.
wasn't punished for that, for 1t was
just tit for tat and no favors.
All through my school days had lit
tie scraps. like other boys, but none of
them serious. Ny brother Charles Tor
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

SOME FIGHTING THAT THE JEFFRIEs
FAMILY DID BEFORE MY TIME.
TT ERE at the start l want to say
that am an American all the
way through. l was born in
America. and so were all of
my forefathers for two full centuries
ahead of me.
The original stock of the Jeffries
family was Scandinavian or Morse
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03
ST { . ( Y
Or MY
uIIF
BY JAMES ]. JEFFRIES

Copyright, 1910. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate. Copyright in Canada and
Great Britain. All rights reserved.l
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18
FIRST WATCHES AND CLOCKS
Six Centuries Has Elapsed Since
Great convenienee Was Given
to the World.

Since celebrations are the order of
the day, why not observe the sixth
century Of the 5fntroduction of clocks
It was, we are told, in 1909 that the
drst clock known to the world was
placed in the tower of San Eustorgio.
In Milan. E
The greatest astonishment and ad-
m1rat1on were manifested by crowds
VINO came to see the timepiece. In
1874 clock was installed in the pal
ace OF the mobiles at Padua. This was
q wonder of mechanism indeed, for
besides indicating the hours it showed
the course of the sun, the revolutions
OF the planets, the various phases of
the sun, the months and the fetes of
the year.
, The period of the evolution from
the clock to the watch was II years,
not so very long all things considered,
and the record of the first watch is
1880. A half century later an alarm
clock made its appearance. This, we
are told, was looked upon by the peo-
pie of that age as "un instrument
prodlgieux."
The fortunate possessor of this clock
was Andrea Alciato, councillor of
Milan. The chroniclers have placed
on record that this clock sounded a
bell at stated hour, and at the same
time little wax candle was lighted
automatically. How this was done
we are not told, but it must not be
overlooked that until about 70 years
ago we had no means of obtaining a
light other than the tinderbox, so that
the Milanese must have been centuries
ahead of us in this respect.
Not much progress was made With
the watch until 1740, when the second
hand was added.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18
Government Declares War on Sparrows

hunts the nesting PLACES and destroys
eggs and young blue birds, house
wrens, tree swallows and barn sWal-
lows. The robin, the catbird and the
mocking bird it attacks and drives out
of parks and shade trees. 1t has no
song, but drives out the song birds
and brings only noise in return.
After having learned all this about
the sparrow, after an extensive in
vestigation, the department Of agricul-
ture shows a way to destroy the
bird. First, whenever sparrows roost
around your house, destroy their nests.
If they roost at night on your caves
trough, drive them away with a long
pole. By destroying nests wherever
they are seen the increase can be pre-
vented.
The sparrows likes to nest in cavi-
ties and can be trapped through this
preference 1t will roost in boxes
that may be put up to make it's cap
ture easy. 1t may be lured to spread
grain and shot and killed in other
ways, or may be poisoned
Wheat soaked in strychnin is said
to be preferable. This method has
been adopted in California, where it
was necessary to protect ripening
fruit.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18
Old Italian Pantomime.

If we can believe a travellers tale
the pantomimes in Italy of the seven
teenth century exceeded even present
day productions in strange stage eff
fects. An anonymous writer quoted
In "Broadbent's History of Panto
mime" describes a piece called
"Nerone 1nfante," produced in Rome
at the Theater Capranio in 1898, in
which was exhibited the interior ol
hell. ''The stage opened" says the
chronicler, "and discovered a scene
underneath representing the river oI
Lethe full of Internal spirits splitting
hre, while Charon's boat made its
way across. Upon landing a prodigi
GUS monster appeared whose mouth
nearly covered the whole of the stage
and emitted a number of monstrous
snakes. The monster moved toward
the audience, who shrieked with hor.
ror, but in moment it was trans
formed into multitude of broad
white butterflies, which flew into the
pit so low that some touched the spec
tators' heads. At the same time the
scene changed into a beautiful gar
den."
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18

r HE English sparrow is the pirate Of
! the air, just as the rat is the free
booter of the earth, and ought to be
exterminated So rules the depart
ment of agriculture in a bulletin just
published, which also tells how to get
rid of the pest.
This declaration of war by the gov
ernment is in striking contrast to re-
lief movements started in certain Cit
les recently to save these birds from
starvation because Of the severe win
ter.
This sparrow studiously, says the
department bulletin, hunts and eats
insects that are beneficial to plant life,
while it passes over more or less those
that are harmful The only good thing
it does is to eat the seed of weeds and
prevent their spread. Aside from that
there is nothing to be said in it's favor
More than that, it is murderous. It
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Orders a Lunch at the Stamp Window

The man gave the doctor two dollars
and went away.
That night he toiled painfully up
the stone steps of the post Office. He
had resolved, though he had dis.
obeyed Injunction No. 1 that day, he
would at least keep two and three.
He presently found himself in front
of square, open window. Behind
the window stood a man-several,
mayhap.
"Well?' the man asked.
The would-be purchaser braced
himself with hands. He wanted to
remember Just what two and three
were and which was which
"Well?" the man asked, his tone 4
little sharper.
The situation was becoming some
what embarrassing. Why couldn't he
remember? What-what-his mind
CROPPED back through his visit to the
doctor. Quit-eat-write home His
face frightened. He beamed upon the
man bac4- of the window.
"Ah, yes',' he murmured. "Sof' boil'
eggs, toas' an coffee"
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18

w ties of the job of secretary of war
put cobwebs on the brain OF Jacob
NJ. Dickinson of Tennessee and Chi
cago? They do not, chorus all the
members of the Tennessee society of
New York, who sat in front of their
crumpled napkins at the end of the
annual dinner Of their organization at
the Waldorf recently and listened to
some new ones that were uncorked
to pop and sizzle by the genial Ten
nesseean and Chicagoan who holds
down the portfolio of war in the Taft
cabinet.
when I heard that this was a rep
resentatative body of Tennesseeans,"
said the secretary after he had arisen
from his place at the speakers table
and cast his eyes around on the FEM
mime products of that heralded state
where the bluegrass grows in fiction
and song, when I heard this l could
not believe it."
Here there was slight gasp of an
ticipat1on and doubt from the fair
ones.
Because" the secretary hurried to
add, with touch of gallantry, II said
to myself, If any state turns out all
this galaxy of fair women there can't
be enough left within it's borders to
make it real state.'"
That set Jacob M. Dickinson solid
with about one-half the 300 Tennes-
seeans gathered about the tables, and
he proceeded in a mellow vein of rem.
iniscence.
"You know fellow from Tennessee
came to New York a few years ago
and before he came he told the peo-
pie down home that he intended to
show those New Workers they didn't
know it all. He reckoned there were
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18
RAW ECZEMA ON HANDS

Il had eczema on my hands for ten
years. I had three good doctors but
none of them did any good. 1 then
used one box of Cuticura Ointment
and three bottles of Cuticura Resolvent
and was completely cured. My hands
were raw all over, inside and out, and
the eczema was spreading all over my
body and limbs. Before I had used one
bottle, together with the Cuticura
Ointment, my sores were nearly
healed over, and by the time I had
used the third bottle, I was entirely
well. To any one who has any skin
or blood disease I would honestly ad-
wise them to fool with nothing else,
but to get Cuticura and get we'll. My
hands have never given me the least
bit OF trouble up to now.
my daughters hands this summer
became perfectly raw with eczema
She could get nothing that would do
them any good until she tried Cuti-
cura. She used Cuticura Resolvent
and Cuticura Ointment and in two
weeks they were entirely cured. l
have used Cuticura for other members
of my family and it always proved sue.
cessful. Mrs. M. E. Falin, Speers
Ferry, Va, Oct. 19, 1909"
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4 WASHINGTONIAN decided he
"a would cut it out. He went to a
doctor looked him over.
"Oom hoom," the doctor said cou-
pie of times. Then he asked: Got
any relatives in town."
Nope. All live up north"
do you write to them?"
Nope. Never write letters
FLOWS your appetite? Eat much?"
Nope. Haven't any appetite"
Well" said the doctor, you do
three things. Stop dissipating. Eat
regularly. Get into touch with your
relatives. That's all the mental and
physical recipes you need"
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Dickinson Is a Merry Wag

a few tricks to be learned from a real
live one from Tennessee. A friend
met him after he'd been here three
months and asked him how it's was 60
Ing.
"'Wel,' said this fellow who'd had
ambitions, I've about made up my
mind that if they'll let me have mine
they can keep the:r'n.'"
"You all have heard the story about
the fellow who'd been bitten by rat
tlesnake." said Mr.. Dickinson, in 4
gentle query. "No? Well, the fellow
got bitten by the rattlesnake and he
was in desperate condition. A friend
of his grabbed quart flask and start
ed for the place where he knew he
could get the only recognized antidote
for rattlesnake bite.
"The man there started to fill up the
flask, but it was one Of those eastern
commercial TASKS that didn't hold a
quart when it ought to have. You
know the kind, gentlemen. The man
who was filling the flask had about
a three finger dose left over and the
kind friend who was waiting to take
the flask to the stricken man saw
there was this much left over.
"'What shall I do with this left
over?' asked the man who was filling
the flask.
"'Well, come to think of it, that
pesky snake took an awful leap at me-
said the fellow who was waiting for
the flask, and he pretty near got me.
too
And, speaking of TASKS, there was
the fellow who went to the legislature
down in Nashville once, and he stood
up and started to make speech.
Maybe he'd been treating his bald
spot with that stuff that comes in
TASKS; anyway, one of the opposition
party-and there isn't much of an op-
! position party in Tennessee legisla-
ture at any time-got up and hollered,
You're drunk!'
"I may be drunk the member said.
IF am, that's temporary condition.
But you're damn fool, and that's
a permanent condition.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18


justice by permitting delay technicalies.
II advocate that the states enact into legislation
appeal
Judgment should be
Il maintain that
latitude
laws of the
THE only exception would make the
cases as involved serious constitutional
THE required legislation
This could best matter
which should be
held in Washington
Lawyers could deal facilitate
they would and we haven't enough cabe
nowadays
rifing detail
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18
Practical Christianity.

"On behalf of the sewing circle of
this church." said the pastor at the
conclusion of the morning service, II
desire to thank the congregation for
81 buttons placed in the contribution
box during the past month. If now
the philanthropically inclined donors
of these objects will put half-dozen
undershirts and three pairs of other
strictly secular garments on the plate
next Sunday morning, so that we may
have something to sew those buttons
on, we shall be additionally grateful"
-Harper's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18
Charley Mann Discovers a Taxpayer

ber OF the gang" and he carefully
notes all telephone calls. So all you
have to do, in the rush and hustle. il
to keep in touch with Mann. and the
managing editor will never have cause
to complain Of delay.
A stranger came bustling into
Mann's room one day.
'What-what?" said Mann.
"Oh, guess l can stay here" said
the stranger. I'm taxpayer. l want
to see what my representative is do.
ing"
Mann at first was for having him put
out. Time he changed his mind.
You say you're a taxpayer?" he
asked.
"Yes, I'm taxpayer"
well, you come with me-" said
Mann. You're a dodo bird-or al
most. Your kind is pretty nearly ex-
tinct"
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18
A Successful DISGUISE,

It Is safe to say that nobody but an
1rishman could be the hero of the fol-
lowing story. Mr.. Murphy, says a
writer in the Brooklyn Citizen, was
1nquiring Of his friend, Mr.. Doolan
how his wife was feeling, after the ex
citement OF the recent wedding OF
their daughter. "She's well enough"
replied the other, Excepting that she's
grieving over a pair of illigant new
kid gloves that got lost on her that
evening.
"She's feeling bad about thin, but
I've advertised in the paper, and I'm
thinking she'll get thin back again
befoor Ion. They cost Mrs. Doolan
two dollars and forrty-five cints!"
"Ain't you afraid whoever got thin
will be slow to answer the ADVERTISE
ment?" inquired Mr.. Murphy.
Its meself that knew how to fix
that" returned Mr. Doolan. Il adver-
tised thin illigant gloves was an ovid
cotton pair, bursting away at the
seams and wurrth nobody's keeping!"
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18

Sloan's Liniment is the best
remedy for sprains and bruises.
1t quiets the pain at once, and
can be applied to the tenderest
part without hurting because it
doesn't need to be rubbed all
you have to do is to lay it on
lightly. 1t is a powerful prepa-
ration and penerates instantly
relieves any Inflammation and con-
gestion, and reduces the swelling.
Here's the Proof.
Mr.. L. ROLAND, Bishop of Scrau-
ton, Pa. says:- "On the 9TH of
this present month, as was leaving
the building at noon for lunch, I
slipped and fell, spraining my wrist.
1 returned in the afternoon, and at
four O'Clock I could not hold PEN
Gil in my hand. I returned home
later and purchased a bottle of
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18
Limited Exnerience,

Gentleman (hiring valet)-Then /
understand you to; have some knowl-
edge of barbering You've cut hair,
of an on?
Applicant sir, but never on
Boston Transcript.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18
TAKING a Rest.

HAS Johnson said anything bright
lately?" asked Shakespeare of Arte.
ridor.
NO." said Ward. Boswell sprained
his wrist the other day, and it hasn't
been worth while
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18
BREWER HITS COURT DELAY

David Brewer, associate justice of the su-
preme court OF the United States, says criticism
OF courts their delays, and cost of litigation are
just. In a recent interview he favored the
granting of but one appeal after trial. Justice
Brewer declared an implicit faith in the capa-
bility of the American people to maintain and
perpetuate the republican form of government
"The courts, their delays and the cost of liti
CATION are justly criticised" said the venerable
jurist. mo Judge ought to object to any fair
criticism and no honest Judge will object. There
is no duty more imperative upon the bar and the
bench than to do what they can to simplify mat
ters and put technicalites out of the way and
see to it that substantial justice is administered
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18

Chancellor
Churchill CALLING
will Mr. de
cdes to
King Edward the royal palace
will
Mr. Asquith had anything
and the militant have bounded him
battle
Offices his home followed
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TIT FOR TAT

Farmer Trustworthy here! I
want ter know what yer mean by
sleepin' around here? Ye've been
snorin' so loud they kin hear ye a
mile away! If ye'd keep yer mouth
shut We wouldn't make so much noise!
Bo Bill-Neither would you.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18
Strong Men of Paris,

The strong men of Paris wear the
largest hats in the world. They are
from the markets and are famous for
their teats of strength. They wear, as
a sort of badge, large felt sombreros,
each being yard in diameter. The
custom is very ancient one and the
men think they are the only ones en-
titled to wear the hats. The hats
are considered a protection to the
head, as the greatest portion of the
heavy loads are carried there. The
strong market men compete for prizes
every three years and some of their
feats of strength are wonderful.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18

The decollette gown demonstrates
that when a woman is in the swim she
wants to wear as few clothes as pos
sible
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inconsistent.

THAT woman temperance advocate
has such strident voice."
But if she had soft, low voice,
wouldn't she be advocating speak
easy methods"
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Young America.

The HIS lived in the country, kept
chickens and lived the simple life.
sit on the front veranda and watch
the sunset and Roberta, aged four, sat
and watched with them, but it was a
rather tedious as well as solemn occa-
sion for her and one day, after watch
ing in silence for quite while, an
explanation of the whole thing sud-
denly dawned upon her and with the
delighted enthusiasm of discoverer
she exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, l know
now why it takes the sun SO long to
set. It has to hatch out so many little
rs!"-LOs Angeles Times.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18
ASQUITH SNUBS THE KING
Premier Asuuith. VIII,

Premier Asquith. who has left London for
vacation on the continent, may relinQuish the
premiership when the new government is formed.
He will decide this question during his trip He
declared before the elections he would not con-
tinue In office unless the country gave him full
authority to carry out his policy in dealing with
the house of lords
1t can hardly be said that the result of the
elections contains any such mandate. 1t now is
practically settled the liberals will not have
clear majority in the house of commons and the
coalition with the nationalists and laborites will
not have sufficient authority to inaugurate any
radical constitutional changes
1t is an open secret that Mr.. Asquith has
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will again be heard
Mr. gets talking
advisable continue
closing hours
talking
surrounded him
ceremonies Then he bed
order that he should dnotb disturbed for a day.
Carters
in
that where he learned to talk WELL he has
neve the agents plea
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18
Civilizations Decimatlna Diseas,

Civilizations Deeimating Diseases.
After stating the statistics as to the
mortality from different diseases in
Panama, at different periods, DR.. Os-
Ter said that in 1908 the combined
tropical diseases, malaria, dysentery,
and beri-beri, killed fewer there than
the two great killing diseases of the
temperate zone pneumonia and tuber.
culOsis.
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18
The Doctrinaire.

TIE 0OCI1IIId
"He always was doctrinaire and
faddist with his Fletcherism, occul-
tism and one ism after another"
what is his latest ism?"
''The one that's killing him, alcohol.
lsm."
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-02-18
A Linen Shower.

Helen-The friends of the bride.
elect are going to give her a linen
shower.
Harold-What's linen shower?
Helen-It's a shower in which the
rain comes down In sheets.