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Boston Store
I. Nathan & Co.
1138 O Street Lincoln, Nebraska
Will show commencing
Monday, September 4th
The Best and Most Complete Line of
New Fall and Winter Dry
Goods, Ladies' and Children's
Shoes, Cloaks, Suits, Dresses
Waists, Skirts, Furs, Under
wear, Furnishings, Notions
shown in Lincoln. As usual our prices will be lower
than elsewhere.
We Have Attained a Reputation
for our remarkable ability in remodeling
and altering last season's clothes to meet
the present needs.
Why not send in that old suit and
give it a trial.
higby j. c. Wood & Co. CkX" and
1322 N STREET
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Dyers
Sorrow's Crown of Sorrow.
. Cook Please, mum, O'ive had a
great misfortune.
Mistress What is it, Bridget?
Cook I've burnt up the fruit cake,
in' it cost five dollars, and the worst
of It is me labor is wasted.
Sure Sign.
Mrs Climber There's no doubt
a bou i it. We nave at last arrived tin
good society.
Climber Why are you so sure?
Mrs Climber We go with, people
who Join want us and who never give
iuotiiir.: 'bat's really enjoyable.
THEY NEED "NO UNIONS.
Mississippi Roustabouts Control Their
Own Labor Market.
The most formidable aggregation of
laboring men known to students of
American labor conditions are the
roustabouts who work on the steam
boats on the Mississippi, river.
They furnish the most remarkable
example of what can be accomplished
by the "community of interests" theory
by which they hold together in their
demands for higher wages before hir
ing to the steamers that are ready,
to start on a trip.
Unorganized and without head or
leadership, they demand and obtain
during the busy season $90 to $120
a month for labor that requires no
skill, but considerable muscular
strength and endurance.
They are a refutation of the adage,
"In union there is strength," as they
have no unions. They are an amal
gamated labor anomaly, without or
ganization of any kind, having no
meetings, no officers, no walking dele
gates; they do not strike, the boycott
Is unknown to them, they are proof
against legal proceedings of any kind,
yet they have compelled capital to bow
to their demands, and the steamboat
men aver that the roustabouts are able
to defy "powers of God. man. the
devil and the civil laws."
Government by injunction is of no
avail against the roustabouts owing to
the lack of organization.
Efforts have been made by many of
the steamboat men to thwart the ef
forts of the roustabouts by employing
Italians, Greeks and Hungarians, but
the " foreigners do not take kindly to
life on a Mississippi river steamboat
They seldom remain on a boat more
than one trip, and the negro is again
importuned to go back to work.
The methods of the negro rousta
bouts in .enforcing, their demands for
wages are simple. They gather near
a boat that has finished loading her
cargo and await the call of the mate.
If his offer of wages , does not suit
they refuse to accept. The boat may
be filled with passengers, and the of
ficers may want to get away. If the
demands are not met by the officers
of the boat the negroes walk off, and
the boat may be delayed twelve hours
or more by their action.
Every hour's delay means additional
expense to the boat, and unless a new
gang can be obtained the officers of
the boat will be forced to come to time
by meeting the demands.
A Heartless Father.
MI need some help with my house
hold duties." announced a Maiden wo
man when her husband came home
the other night.
"What's the matter with our daugh
ter?" the husband wanted to know.
"Our daughter? The idea! Why,
Jim. you know she's awfully delieate,
and she would die if she had to do any
household work. She has her school,
and"
"And what? Her teacher's report
shows that she isn't doing a bit of
school work."
"But she Is the star member of her
basketball team, and you know she Is
eager to take the prize at the gym
nasium contest. But that s just like a
man wanting a delicate girl to en
gage in rough, hard labor. Be asham
ed of yourself, Jim Jenkins! You
have no feeling." Boston Traveler.
Modern "Dew Ponds."
The ancient "dew ponds" of Eng
land have their modern counterparts
on the rock of Gibraltar, where drink
ing water is obtained by the conden
sation of the abundant dew In espe
cially prepared basins. The primitive
process consists in making a hollow In
toe ground and filling, the bottom with
dry straw, over which is placed a lay
er of clay. On a clear night the clay
cools very rapidly, and the dew Is con
densed into water in the basin. Tbe
pond is improved by putting a layer of
asphalt or Portland cement under tbe
straw. At Gibraltar the present prat
Uce is to use wood instead of straw
and sheet iron Instead of clay.
Electrio Centipedes.
Least attractive among tbe insects
which give light are the so called
"electric centipedes." black crawlers
with many legs which have been liken
ed to serpents' skeletons in miniature.
They move in a snakelike fashion, for
ward or backward, leaving bebind
them a bright track of phosphoric light.
However, they are most accustomed 10
appear in the daytime, when the Il
lumination they afford is not visible.
London Times.
Made the Cannon Balls Fit.
The first battle ot the war of 1812
was fought at Sacketts Harbor, July 9.
1812, and consisted of an attack made
upon the village. The inhabitants had
but one gun of sufficient size and
strength to inflict damage, a thirty-two
pounder, for which they had no shot.
This difficulty was overcome by the
patriotism of the housewives, who tore
up carpets from the floors and with
strips wound the small balls to fit the
cannon.
UNION PRINTERS' HOME.
What It Costs to Maintain This Splen
did Institution.
The board of trustees of the Union
Printers' home in its annual report of.
the workings of the institution at Col
orado Springs shows that the receipts
for the year were $93,560.27 and h
expenditures reached a total of $87.
631.67. which included the cost of ex
tensive improvements made to build
ing and grounds and equipments,
therein.
uuring tne nscai year tnere was an
average of 127 members at the hoine.
Deducting from the total expenditures
($87,631.67) the following buildinjj ex
pense items building, repairs and im
provements. $5,262.79: cottage addi
tion, $404.36: heating plant addition.
$13,152.18; library addition. $1,525.23.
total $20,344.50 the net cost of
maintenance is fo.iind- to have been
$67,287.11, or $529.S1 per member per
year, or $44.15 per member per month,
based upon the average of 127 mem
bers at the home during the year.
Amalgamated Carpenters.
The fifty-first annual report of the
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters
and Joiners shows the following bene
fits distributed to its members during
the year 1910: Unemployed benefits.
$315,665; sick benefits. $185,525; tool
insurance, $14,495; trade privileges.
$6,540; accident benefits. $18,175; su
perannuation benefits. $268,080: death
benefits.' $31,880; benevolent grants,
$8,340; total amount paid in benefits
since 1860, $18,159,490. Thomas At
kinson has just been returned for the
fifteenth term as secretary to the Unit
ed States executive board.
a deluge on a small scale. . Tne young
minister of course was at his post, but
only one member of the congregation
..Jiad the courage, to turn up, an old
farmer. Cameron Lees suggested that
in view of the terrible weather they
should adjourn to his study and hold
their devotions there. - 1
"No. no," said the old Highlander.
"It is written, 'Where two or three are
gathered together In my name there
am I also.' You are one and I'm one.
so there's the two. and we'll have the
service as usual." And there was a
service for a congregation of one.
London Globe.
