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fbe eowbsv's Handkerchief.

Have you ever wondered why the
cowboy pi,'fure"s by painters who have
made study Of western life depict
the man of tb' plains with his red
bandanna halfway down on his chest
instead of fitting Snugiy around his
neck?" qupripG u ranch owner Of Cali
fornia
I'll tell you. When u cowboy starts
on long ride over the plains one OF
his principal annuyances Is having to
wipe dust from his eyes. His heavy
gauntlpts make II impossible e. use
his hands. and he ties his handkerchief
loosely around his neck and when
occasion requires Uses il TO clear his
eyes. 1t is thS most convenient place
to carry the ha -ldkerchief while riding
a horse. Washington Post.
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forth of conveyance Of and to exA
anime the title of the land to he
conveyed to the state of Wisconsin.
SECTION 8. The governor and
secretary of state are authorized
and directed, subject to the approx
al OF the encouragement. as to
forms of conveyance and title to
execute in behalf of the state such
conveyance to John Henry Sykes oil
the above-described real estate, ST.
authorized to be conveyed and to ac-
cept in behalf of the state the con-
veyance of the real estate to be re-
ceived by the state in exchange for
the same.
SECTION 4. This act shall take
effect and be in force from and after
it's passage and publication.
Assembly: Ayes, 70; Noes, 0
Senate: Ayes, 20; Noes, 0
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intr DIDN'T LAUGH.
Mark Twain Was Funny, bat His An
dience Gave Him the Stony Stare.

Mark Twain Was Funny, bat His An.
dience Gave Him the Stony Stare.
There was one occasion when Mark
Twain's humor went astray and in
stead of the hilarious laughter he ex-
pected poor Clemens got only sad and
stony stares from the three literary
lions at whom he had aimed his mirth-
full efforts as well as from the rest Of
the banqueters who were all Worship
ers of the burlesqued trio. The story
Is told by f. M. Colby in the Book
man:
Mark Twain had gladly accepted the
invitation to address the diners and,
knowing that Emerson, Longfellow
and Holmes were to be among them,
had prepared, in high confidence, a
little skit telling of three absurd Inn
posters who had announced themselves
by these distinguished names at a
miners cabin in the far west. Ac-
cording to the story, melancholy min
er at whose cabin Mark Twain found
shelter one night told him that three
other '1ittery men" had stayed with
him the night before and given him
much trouble. They were Mr.. Elmer
son, Mr.. Longfellow and MT. Holmes.
In reply to Mark Twain's question the
miner gives an account Of the visit.
They were a rough lot, but that's
nothing; everybody looks rough that
travels afoot. Mr.. Emerson was q
seedy little bit of chap, red headed.
Mr.. Holmes was as fat as balloon
He weighed as much as 800 and haC
| double chins all the way down to his
stomach. Mr.. Longfellow was built
like prizefghter. His head was crop
ped and bristly-hke, as IL he had a
wig made of hairbrushes. His nose
lay straight down On his face, like a
finger with the END joint tilted up.
They had been drinking. I could see
that. And what queer talk they used!
Mr.. Holmes inspected this cabin, and
then he took me by the buttonhole, and
says be:
Through the deep caves Of thought
I hear voice that sings,
Build thee more stately mansions,
my soul!''
Says I, II can't afford it, Mr.. Holmes
and, moreover, / don't want to-
Blamed If / liked it pretty well, either.
coming from a stranger, that way.
However. ! started to get out my ba-
/ con and beans when Mr. Emerson
came and looked on awhile, and then
he takes me aside by the bHttenhole
and says:
"Give me agates for my meat:
Give me cantharides to eat;
From air and ocean bring me foods,
From all zones and attitudes"
Says I, "Mr, Emerson, If you'll ex
cuse me, this amt no hotel"
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DIRECTORY
officers.

Mayor Gustav A. Herring
Clerk Hart p. Axelberg
Treasurer Nels Lee
Assessor Nels Westerlund
Chief of Police Boyd Cameron
Health officer T. F.. Spears
Pound Master Joseph Boushey
Alderme1-E. Bryan John OSullivan H.
II. Peavey. o. M. Olson o. Wescott, Hans
Amply. Andrew Peterson, Ole Hanberg
Barker Thompson, Nels Martinson, VIM
Potvin, Angus Ross.
Standing Committees
Judiciary rules and ordinances-O Wescott,
John OSullivan and VIM. Potvin.
Finance and claims-E. Bryan, o. M. Olson
and John O'Suliivan.
Licenses and Assessments-Nel Martnson
Ole Hanberg and Barker Thompson,
Stationery and Printing-Wm. Potvin, o.
Wescott and A. Ross.
Education and Public Buildings-A. Ross
Hans AMPLY and H. H. Peavey.
Charities and Cemetary Grounds ole Han
berg, And. Peterson and Nels Martnson.
sanitary AHairs and Sewerage-John O'Sulli-
van, 0. M. Olson and Ole Hanberg.
Public Property and Public Grounds-And.
Peterson, VIM. Potvin and O. Wescott.
Sidewalks. Grading and Paving Streets-B.
Thompson, H. H Peavey and e. Bryan.
Repair OF Streets and Bridges-H. II. Peavey
Barker Thompson and E. Bryan.
Fire and Water works o. NJ. Olson, Hans
Amply and Andrew Peterson.
Lighting Streets and Public Buildings-Hans
Amply. Nels Martinson and Angus Ross.
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PNEUMONIA.
....1III :
The Importance of Fresh Air tn
Treating This Disease,

treating ms Disease,
In talking of pneumonia to peo-
pie in general it is necessary to say
and repeat many times that pneu-
monia is not bad cold run mad,
for this conviction appears to be in
vincibly lodged in the lay mind.
Pneumonia is first, last and all
the time an acute local disease of
the lungs, which, according to the
gravity Of the case, become more or
less consolidated or choked up. The
more of the lung tissue that is thus
choked the less the lungs are able
to breathe. The first consequence
of this helplessness on the part of
the lungs is that the heart-that
gallant organ-labors to get enough
blood to keep things going, and this
is why we see the distressing rapid
and shallow breathing so character
istic of the disease.
With all the heart can do it can
only pump blood; it cannot oxy-
genate it-that is the function Of
the lungs. Presently, therefore,
the blood stream becomes more and
more impure, owing to lack of oxy-
gen, and in those cases ending in
death one of two things happens
either the heart gives out entirely,
unable to stand the strain put upon
it, or else the system is overcome by
toxins-that is to say, by the impu-
rity induced by the lack of oxygena-
ton.
1t has long been recognized that
what the pneumonia patient needs
is oxygen, and we are now sure
that this is best supplied by direct
current of fresh air from outside
and that this fresh air should be
the basis of all treatment from the
very beginning.
Too often has life been lost by a
failure to recognize this truth or by
a belief that rushing in canned oxy-
gen at the last moment would eff
feet cure. There is less pneumo-
MIA among country dwellers than
among city people. There is less
pneumonia among people who venti-
late we'll than among the stuffy.
And there is less pneumonia in the
summer than in the winter, because
in the summer there is free circula-
ton of air through all our houses.
The ideal treatment of pneumonia
is to carry the patient into the open
air and keep him there with proper
precautions against wind and
weather. But as this cannot always
be done the patient can at least be
placed in the largest, sunniest and
best ventilated room in the house.
Ii possible a room with windows
on two sides is much to be preferred
to one which can be opened only to
one point of the compass. BY
system of screening it can always
be managed that a direct current of
very cold air shall not blow right
on the bed, but the air of the room
should be- constantly renewed and
always cool.
Of all "cranks" the "fresh air
crank" is the sanest, and his re-
ward in the pneumonia sickroom is
a rich one.-Youth's Companion.
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PUeFeD THEIR OWN WARES.
Authors In the Coed Old Days Threw
Bouquets at Themselves.

authors IN the GoSd Vic bays 'hrs"
Bouquets at Themselves.
Authors in 1.-The good old days" were
not above writing their own puts.
Charles Reade wrote a long article on
himself for Once Week. In which he
said:
1t Is impossible to speak too highly OF
"The Cloister and the Hearth" It Is one
Of the most scholarlike and learned as
well as one Of the most artistic and beau
tiful works of fiction, in any language.
Read him. Resign yourself to the magic
spell of his genius The effect of Foul
Play" Is perfectly marvellous. 1t leaves
the stories Of every other sensational nov
Ell writer far behind.
Nor was Balzac in France above
praising his own works. IF you have
not been born a story teller" he wrote
In a review. "you will never obtain
the popularity Of Nj. de Balzac. And
what story teller! What verve and
wit! How the world is dissected by
this man! What passion and cool
ueSs!'
But the height of literary advertis-
ing in the first half Of the last cen
fury was reached In the case Of Eu-
gene Sues famous novel 1.-THE Wan
dering Jew" Every little while the
daily installment in the newspaper in
which 1t was appearing would be miss
ing, and in it's place would be an an
nouncement that NJ. Sue was suffering
from a slight indisposition and read
ers would be obliged to wait forty
eight hours for new developments Of
the narrative. So well did these meth
DDS succeed. says Mr.. Tassin. that 1t
was impossible to buy outright copy
of the journal. but instead copies were
rented out at 20 sous for half an hour.
the time thought necessary to read the
installment. "And all the while Sue
himself was industriously abetting the
publishers by posing overdressed and
with spurs to his boots at the Cafe de
Paris in an attitude. of deepest alb
straction. as II wondering what the
next installment would be about
Bookman.
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PseuIiaritIss Of the opsssum.

The American opossum Is one OF the
most curious animals living In the
United States. II isFthe only one that
carries its young In q pouch like the
kangaroo 1t is the only animal that
can feign death perfectly. It is re-
markable for hanging by its tail like a
monkey. II has hands resembling
those Of human being. Its snout is
like a hogs. while its mouth is hber-
ely furnished With teeth. Its eyes
are like rata. and it Kisses like .
snake
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The Profitable Cow.

A cow must produce about 1000
pounds Of milk and 100 pounds of but
ter fat to pay for her feed and labor.
This is the dead line: 5000 pounds
milk, $40 profit; 5000 pounds milk, SAC
profit-four times as much. Ten cows
averaging 5000 pounds of milk are as
profitable as forty cows producing
5000 pounds. The cost Of keep In
creases but $35 per COW, from 1000 to
10000 pounds Of milk given, yet the
income increases $115. or over three
times as rapidly.-Professor w. ].
Fraser, University of Illinois.
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Ant Traps Are the Latest.

Trapping ants is new method of
elimination Of insect pests which the
department of agriculture experts are
watching. In Louisiana and California
the Argentine ant, the most persistent
ever known by the biologists of the
government. has been damaging horti-
culture by carrying scale insects from
infested to uninfested trees and in
other ways, and all anti-ant cam
paigns have so far failed as to this
species. ~
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They haln the Justicea.

Each United States supreme court
justice has Il body servant assigned to
him. and this servitor Is a sore trial to
many. The body servants. now called
messengers" descend from justice to
Justice Several are old men. Their
usual attitude toward their particular
Justices Is that of tutor toward pupil.
They dictate In all matters of etiquette
and are generally bOthersome. But
there's no getting rid of them. They're
an institution having precedent-San
Francisco ArgOuaut
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SUNDAYS
Read these Connections

Resd these Connections .,l
The 6:1o q. IN, boat out of Ashland connects
with the morning N. P. out OF Washburn.
The 7:1b a.. m. boat cut of Washburn con.
meets at Ashland with the outgoing morning
trains on the N, P. and Omaha. All of the
incoming morning trains at ashland connect
with the $50 a, m. boat for Wsshburn. The
morning N. P, the train from Duluth con-
uscts at Ashland with l1:3s .. m. boat fer
Washburn. The p. m. boat out d Wash
ourn connects at Ashland with the afternoon
N. p. for Duluth. $40 p. M; the Omaha for
st, Paul, $40 p, m. and the @. & N. w, foI
hurley, 1870 p. m. The 500 p. m. boat cut
of Washburn connects at Ashland with the
evening south bound trains. The w. O. O.
Il N. w. and N. p. evening trains connect at
ashland with the 7:25 boat for Washburn,
Ind the evening N. 2. at Washbu I'm connects
with the p M. boat for Ashland.
LISTEN:-2 whistles are blown Is minutes
nd whistles minutes before leaving time.
CAPT. JOHN e. DOMERTY, Manager,
New Phone No 1H No. Fiheld Place
Ashland WlscO nsin.
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Women loves clear, rosy COM
plexion. Burdock Blood Bitters
purifies the blood, clears the skin,
restores ruddy, sound health. For
Sale by all Druggists.
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Speaket of tue Assembly
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School Boards,
WASHBURN, WIS
President L. NJ Clausen, H. p Axelberg, Sec.
S. A. Oscar, City Superintendent
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uttered at the poSt-office at Washburn
Wisconsin, as second-class mail matter.
The wageworker., 1911-01-20

The special attorney of the Los
Angeles Union Busting associa-
ton, Earl Rogers. has been ap-
pointed special assistant to the
prosecuting attorney for the pur-
pose of prosecuting the men sus-
pected of having blown up the
Times buildings. Rogers is
now breathing threatenings and
slaughter on every side. "Just as
sure as there is God in heaven
we will ge these union dynamiters
and convict them!' shouts Rog-
ers. What he really means is that
he and his union hating employers
will leave no stone unturned to
railroad a dozen or more union
men to the gallows He refuses
to disclose any of the evidence he
claims to have. but declares he
has enough to hang a half dozen
men. NJ. A. Schmidt, J.. B. Bry-
son and David Cap1an. members
of the metal trades unions, have
been indicted by name and will be
tried first. Six others are under
indictment but their names are
suppressed.
The wageworker., 1911-01-20

change of speakers between the
churches and the labor organiza-
tions. believing that mutual ad-
vantage. instruction and gain will
be the result.
After a strike which has lasted
for year, in consequence of re-
adjustment of wages owing to the
introduction of new machinery,
800 miners at Clifton colliery,
Nottingham (Engl have rejected
an offer of amended terms.
A commissary system on
large scale has been organized by
the Chicago Federation of Labor,
working in cooperation with the
Women's Trade Union league.
for the relief of the needy among
the striking garment workers.
The executive council of the
American Federation of Labor adj
lourned at St. Louis on November
% to meet in Washington on Jan
uary 16. At that time the West
ern Federation OF Miners appli-
cation for a charter probably will
be disposed of.
James A. Schofield. formerly
business agent of District Is of
the International Association of
Machinists in New York City is
suing the international. officials
for $4,000 damages. The cause
of the action arises from alleged
slanderous remarks made by one
of the vice presidents
The wageworker., 1911-01-20
CIGARMAKERS WIN.

In July, 1909, a number of cigar
manufacturers in Pennsylvania
and a few of their employees or
ganized the Universal Cigar Max
ers' and Packers union, with
headquarters at Hanover. After
receiving a charter. they started
issuing a label which G. w. Perk-
ins, president of the Cigarmakers
International union. Immediately
declared was an imitation of the
Union Blue Label of the Cigar
makers International union, and
Mr.. Perkins says consequently
a fraud and an attempt to deceive
dealers and consumers Large
numbers of cigars bearing these
labels were shipped all over the
county.
President Perkins took the mat
ter in hand personally. and in
structed I. B. Kuhn. McSherrys-
town. to get the necessary evil
dence upon which to base cause
for action against these people
in the courts. Union No. 316. of
McSherrystown. furnished con-
siderable valuable evidence in the
case. Jere S. Black, esq. OF this
city represented the Cigarmakers
International union
Judge Wanner, in granting a
permanent injunction on Satur-
day restraining further use of this
imitation label, ordered the en-
cravings and labels turned over
to the officers of the International
union.
The wageworker., 1911-01-20
THE RETORT COURTEOUS.

Recently a member of New
York Typographical union be-
came a convert to a straightlaced
religious sect, and after thinking
the matter over decided that he
could not reconcile his conscience
with membership in trades
union Therefore he sat down
and sent his resignation to the
secretary of Big Six" saying: II
have concluded that [ cannot con-
sistently go on with unionism in
the light | have as a Christian.
See second Corinthians. 5:14-
BE We not unequally yoked to-
gether with unbelievers for. what
fellowship hath righteousness
with unrighteousness. and what
communion hath light with dark
ness ..5
President Tole of Big Six" is
not unfamiliar with Holy Writ.
and he Immediately made reply,
accepting the resignation. and
quoting Joshua. 24:13 -"And I
have given YOU a land for which
We did not labor. and cities which
We built not. and We dwell in them /:
of the vineyards and the olive
yards which We planted not, do We
eat"
Perhaps the newly made con-
vert to righteousness is still think
ing it over and letting it soak in.
At any rate President Tole has
received no further communica-
ton from him.
The wageworker., 1911-01-20
IN ORGANIZED LABORS CHOSEN FIELD OF ACTIVITY

humanity. In season and out of
season it has fought for justice,
sometimes successfully and some
times without seeming effect. But
whether or no, it kept right on
fighting. Among the labor news
papers of the country the Chron-
icle takes leading rank, and its
services should be appreciated by
the group of toll. To the Chron-
icle and its editor. Mr.. Rist, The
Wageworker extends best wishes
for many more years of usefulness
and success.
The wageworker., 1911-01-20
ITS TWENTIETH YEAR.

The Cincinnati Chronicle, ed
tied bv Frank Rist. entered upon
its twentieth year On January 13-
This means that the Chronicle has
rounded out nineteen years of
splendid service in the interests of
organized labor and of common
The wageworker., 1911-01-20


ed sporting editor will be on the
job. and he will give the ''fans"
all the news that's going during
the radiator days. Unless it ap-
pears in The Wageworker it will
not have the earmarks of fact.
The Wageworker one year for
one dollar Now is the time to
subsoribe-and to pay up!
The South Australian Amalga-
mated Society of Engineers is
knocking at the doors of the Gov
ernment for better wages.
A big strike at Hamburg was
settled by the bosses accepting
oonoiliation proposals from the
German Industrial Workers
union.
The dispute in the Sydney
(Australial meat trade, which has
now lasted for many weeks, is
said to be in fair way toward set
tlement.
The big lockout in the ship
building industry on the Clyde
and in the North of England has
been settled. and the men are back
at work
Laborers employed ON the per-
manent way for trains at Hobart.
Tasmania. have laid down picks
and shovels for an increase of Is.
per day.
The threatened lockout of 150.-
600 cardroom workers in Lam
oashire, Eng. has been STAYED off
through the intervention of Prime
Minister Asquith.
The president of the Employ
ers' Federation in New South
Wales says that employers will
support any government that will
bring about a cessation of strikes.
Old Egypt is waking up out of
her long slunmber. A strike of
railway workers at Cairo recently
resulted in a riot. which was sup
pressed by the military and police
The Seaboard Air Line railway
on December 3 announced an in
crease of 5 per cent in the sal
AIRY of clerks receiving S1O0 a
month and up who have not re-
ceived increases within the last
twelve months.
The boilermakers' committee in
connection with the lockout on
the Clyde and in the north of
England. has advised the accept
anoe of the employers terms as
they are the best the men are
likely to obtain
j, Two hundred sympathizers
with the Chicago garment work
ers' strike were charged upon by
police on November 80. A num-
Der of the more stubborn men in
the gathering were clubbed. Three
leaders. two of them girls, were
, arrested.
The BARRIERS union of San
Francisco has inaugurated an ag-
itation for the adoption of the
, Kansas law for the regulation OF
t sanitary conditions in barber
: shops of California.
> Fined $4,000 for violating the
The wageworker., 1911-01-20

y
and connected with the Herald.
has been engaged as proof read
er in the house. MIR. HuckinS has
the experience necessary to make
a good proofreader and the COM
mittee will be satisfied with its
selection.
Dorothy Fighter. who has been
i'll for several weeks with Sc
we're attack of rheumtiSm, is re-
ported somewhat better. though
complete recovery is vet quite a
longs WAYS off. Miss Dorothy has
had severe seige OF it and her
many friends will welcome her
speedy recovery.
Mrs. c. III. Barn%rover of Den
yer is visiting with her daughter,
Mrs. Marguerite label. and in
cidentally welcoming the grand
son who put in his appearance
last Tuesday morning. A grape
vine telegram from Denver is to
the effect that Grandpa Charley
is beginning to show signs of re-
turning consciousness after the
shock of hearing the great news.
Frank CoffeS is about recov-
cred from his long illness brought
on by surgical operation. and eN-
poets to be able to resume work
in few days.
Will NJ. Maupin was in Has
tingS Wednesday. where he spoke
before a meeting of the Nebraska
Poultry association.
A huge brief for the attorney
generals office was turned out
from The Wageworker's printery
early this week 1t was turned
out in record time and in record
shape.
The Boilermakers' assistants in
Adelaide. Aus. are on strike for
an increase of one shilling per day.
Thirtv-two thousand Swiss
watchmakerS are threatened with
a lockout because they dared to
submit demand for an increased
wage.
The committee having in
charge the twenty-eighth annual
ball of Lincoln Typographical
union is already at work. and the
indications are that the event will
be record breaker.
y few DAYS ago a Knights OF
Labor convention meant the gath
ering of thousands of delegates
Last month the Knights of La
Dor convention at Washington
brought out twenty-four delegates
and they spent all their time
Knocking" on the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
The Order of Moose is prov,
ing attractive to hundreds o.
Lincoln wage earners, The loca
lodge is still being recruited un
der an open charter and to date
more than 500 names have beer
enrolled.
Work on the First Nationa
hank building has progressed ST
far that carpenters are now a
work on the interior. The Bank
erS' Life building will have th,