GENERAL MENTION.
SULTAN'S DINNER IS EXPENSIVE.
Notes of New Gathered All Around
the Labor World.
Label League social Monday even
ing. September 25.
The American Federation of Labor
now has upwards of 2.000,000 mem
bers. Washburn-Crosby flour Is "scab"
and should be avoided by every union
housewife In the land.
"Jlmmle" Leaden is at work on his
annual Labor Directory and promises
to make it better than ever.
The Lincoln Traction Co. should
be compelled . to take up all unused
rails on the streets and repair the
pavement.
Chicago freight handlers are ask
ing for an Increase of 10 per cent,
and It looks like a big strike is bound
to come.
You can now get Lincoln made
brooms with the union labor on them.
'Ask the grocer, and If he don't keep
them go elsewhere.
The Painters and Decorators will
hold a convention this month, the first
In four years. The convention will
be held at Memphis.
Charles W. Post, of Battle Creek, is
now editor and publisher of a news
paper called "The Square Deal."
Doubtless he has put his discarded
wife on the free list.
. Show ub an unorganized trade that
enjoys short hours and good wages
and we will show you white black
birds, honest thieves and virtuous In
mates of disorderly houses.
The display of indecent pictures in
a bookstore on O street between
Eleventh and Twelfth, north side,
should be suppressed. A store mak
ing such a display should be shunned
by self-respecting people.
' Philadelphia carpenters asked an In
crease and the bosses refused. The
matter was left to a member of the
bench as arbitrator. He not only de
cided In favor of the carpenters but
gave them more than they had asked
tor.
Winona, Minn., carpenters working
'on a school building struck when non
union millmen showed up to put In
some work turned out by the mill.
The strike was short, for the carpen
ters got what they asked and returned
to work.
O, yes; the union busters put the
unions out of business In Colorado
not! In the entire United States the
ratio of unionists to population is
1 to 29. In Colorado it is 1 to 11.
The union busters, ought to get busy
again In Colorado.
It Costs Turkey's Ruler 95,000 Every
Day.
The Sultan of Turkey's dinner costs
aim $5,000 a day.
The table Is of silver, and It is said
to be the most exquisite specimen of
the silversmith's art that the world
contains.
The dishes are brought In upon the
heads of jublakiars, or cooks' assist
ants, and each dish is covered and
sealed with the royal seal. There are
always fifty or more dishes, and all
are set before the sultan at the same
time. He eats, usually, from about
six.
Though the sultan is himself a
total abstainer, the finest vintage
wines are always offered to such
guests as dine at the palace.
Every dish the ruler partakes of is
first tasted In the kitchen by the grand
vizier, lest it be poisoned, and It is
immediately thereafter that its seal
ing takes place. Always, before he
can fall to on a dish, the sultan must
break its seal.
It is not because he eats $5,000
worth of food himself that the sultan's
dinner bill is so expensive. He eats,
as a matter of fact, no more than a
half dollar's worth. But the guests
and retainers who dine at his expense
number daily several thousand.
MOSQUITOES ARE KILLING BIRDS
Attack Them at Ninht and Suck
Their Blood Away.
Scores of canaries and other birds
n Baltimore, Ma., are tee victims or
the merciless attacks of mosquitoes.
Great numbers of birds become weak
and die as a result of having the Site
blood sucked from their bodies by the
Insects at night.
"Scores of birds die In this city
each year," said James A. Graham, a
canary fancier, "of the attacks of
mosquitoes. Several years ago I
noticed that the legs of my pets wer
swollen and the skin cracked and
sore. The birds perceptibly shrunk In
size and were almost dead when it
was suggested to me that mosquitoes
had something to do with the trouble.
'I at once set to work, accepting
the mosquito theory as the correct
one. The cages were covered witn
net to keep out the pests, and as an
extra precaution the legs of the birds
were dipped in oil of pennyroyal, red
cedar and other remedies with per
fectly satisfactory results. The Insects
can bite through the feathers of the
canary with perfect ease. All birds
when they sleep during the summer
spread out their feathers, making it
easy for the long-billed mosquito to
reach their bodies.
A BIG WEEK.
Not Only for the Fair, But for The
, Wageworker'e Advertisers.
"The biggest fair week's business
In the history of this store," said A.
H. Armstrong when asked if business
was good doing fair week.
"When we closed Thursday night
ITS bad already equalled the business
for tha whole of fair week last year,
and that was the biggest fair week's
business we had ever enjoyed."
The Armstrong Clothing Co. has
popularized ltBelf all over the west
by Its enterprising and straightfor
ward methods, and Us popularity was
well attested during fair week when
It was constantly thronged by out of
town visitors. At home, too, the store
enjoys equal favor.
THE RINGLING 8HOWS.
Will Be Here Saturday and of Course
We Are All Going to See 'Em.
There is more than big shows that
the Ringling Brothers can boast of.
They can boast of having one great
tented aggregation that Is run along
moral lines. Grafters are not allowed
to hang on. The public is treated
fairly, and a Ringling promise Is
rood. Boozers and foul talkers do
not get many pay envelopes from the
Ringling wagon. People who watch
the work on the grounds are not in'
ulted by foul language.
The Ringling (Brothers have made
their way to the front because they
have deserved to succeed. They have
the confidence of the public because
they have never betrayed it. And
they have the blgest show on earth
because they have kept faith with the
people.
Stranger up in Maine "I presume
you have seen a good many bears in
your time."
Hunter " 'Bout a thousand
Stranger "I wish you would tell me
a bear story a true one, of course,
every detail exactly as it happened
Hunter "Eh? Want a true bear
story? Waal, I swan! All right, I'll
give yeh one; but sho! you won't care
for It. Back in tne sixties, aoout sixty
nine. I think, or mebby It was seventy,
I was walkln' along, not thinkln' of
anything In particular, except Josh
Peabodv's chances ot election Josn
and me were great friends when, ail
of a sudden, Just as I'd crossed a log
over a strenm. and sat down on the
further end of the log for a little rest,
I felt a Jar, and, looking up, there at
the other end of the log, witn one paw
on It, was the biggest, ugliest-lookin'
bear you ever see. I had my gun, but
It was empty, and I hadn't as much as
a bird shot to load with Just going
home, you know. My huntln' knife
had got lost somehow that same day,
and all I had was an old-fashioned Bar
low nocketknlfe, a good deal the worse
for wear. Well, I looked at that critter
and he looked at me for 'bout two min
utes, when I sort o' sidled off the log
and crept along upstream about twen-
tv feet, meantime openin- tne oio. tar
low knife. I couldn't get any further
on account of a high bank, a thicket
of laurels and the Jagged roots of a big
tree that was blown over, wen, mere
I ntnod and there that critter stood,
me eyin' him and him eyln' me, fer
full ten minutes, when all of a sud
den Mighty good cigar this is."
fltrancer "Yes. yes; go on
Hunter "Oh. yes. All of a sudden
that hear crossed over the log and
walked away. .
How He Was Crushed.
A dudish young man sat on the end
of the seat of an open car with a
sense of proprietorship, when another
dudish young man Jumped upon the
footboard and stared at him for a mo
ment and then said:
"Thir, why donth you hitch along?"
"Why should I hitch along?" queried
the other.
"Because, thir because I lisp. If
you will pay attention you will see
thath I lisp. I have had a front tooth
taken out, thir. Yes, thir, I have bad
a front tooth taken out so as to make
me lisp, and I demand, thir I demand
thath you hitch along and give me the
end seat."
"You are way off, my lisping friend.
Can't you see that I have just had
my ears manicured and that they are
of a beautiful pink?"
"Oh, I thee," said the lisping young
man. "les, thir, I thee, and I will
admit thath pink ears beat a lisp, but
will climb over you and thit down
and feel duly . crushed," Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Reporters Joke With Loeb.
When some of the newspapers were
printing funny stories about William
Loeb, private secretary to President
Roosevelt, during the last campaign,
alleging that he was the "champion
blame-taker In America" because he
was always so willing to assume re
sponsibility for anything that went
wrong at the White House, Mr. Loeb
laughed with the very men who wrote
the yarns. But one day his patience
was taxed. The President's train had
been delayed seven hours between
Philadelphia and New York while he
was going to Oyster Bay. Next morn
ing one of the New York dailies had
these flaming headlines: "President's
Train Waterbound Loeb Not to
Blame." "See here, boys," said the
secretary next morning at Oyster Bay,
'that's going too far." "Very well,"
said the reporter who had written the
story, "I'll correct it to-morrow and
say you were to blame." Chicago
Chronicle.
The Passing.
I Just missed happiness to-day.
Coquette, she took another way.
Another turning.
Oh, she went up as I came down;
Only the flutter of her gown.
Her mocking laughing for my frown
And wistful yearning.
A moment more, a moment less
Had won or lost her Happiness.
But ah. worse this Is;
To come Just near enough to see
What might be and what could not be;
Just near enough her Hps ah me!
' To think of kisses.
Just near enough to realize
How glad her smile, how blue her eyes
How swift her pace Is.
Alas, just near enough to say.
"So close was Happiness to-day
I know, who might not bid her stay.
How sweet her face is."
ThPodoHla Garrison, In Woman's Home
companion.
Unreliable.
"Martha, said a westport woman
to her negro cook, "when are you and
Abe going to be married?"
"Doan" know es Ah'll mahry dat
man," replied the cook.
"What's the matter, now?" she was
asked.
"Well, ma'am," the cook said, shak
ing her head, "Ah hear Ab been run
Din' around wif emu than woman. Ah's
full ob susplclosity 'bout dat man."
Kansas City Times.
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Mrs. Stubbs carefully unfolded the
paper.
"Listen, John," she said. "How is
this for a thrilling account of a great
naval battle: 'For four hours the
huge man-of-war spoke Incessantly
and"; '.
"Hold on!" Interrupted Mr. Stubb.
"You say it spoke Incessantly for four
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HAS WOUND UP ITS BUSINESS.
Labor Day Committee Finishes Its Task and Submits Final Report
of Its Doings.
The general, committee havirve in charere the observance of
Labor Day met last Sunday afternoon and wound up its business.
Every member of the committee was rejoicing over the success of
the affair, and the committee is unanimous in expressing the belief
that it means the biggest celebration ever in Lincoln next year.
W.' M. Maupin, treasurer of the committee, submitted his report;
which was accepted. The report follows :
RECEIPTS.
Burlington Ry . $ 75.75
Carpenters' Union
60.00
.Bricklayers 40.00
Plasterers . . 10.00
Laborers 10.00
Teamsters 25.00
Elec. Workers 25.00
Label League 15.00
Plumbers 25.00
Nels Carrell (Tickets).. 63.45
Mrs. Wright (Tickets) . . 6.30
Mrs. Baker (Tickets) . . . 5.40
C. E. Woodafd (Tickets) 96.95
Ed. English '. 21.20
EXPENSES.
Burlington Ry $250.00
22.50
10.90
3.00
Woodruff-Collins
Fred Karcher . . . . . .
Century Printing Co,
Committee 31.50
Wageworker 15.00
Label League 15.00
Carpenters 40.05
Bricklayers 26.30
Plasterers . . . .' 6.45
Elec. Workers ... . 16.40
Teamsters 10.40
Plumbers 16.40
Rent 2.30
Total $478.6c
Total -...$478.65
The amount remainmg from the guarantee fund put up by the
unions above mentioned was pro rated back, with the exception of
the Label League, which was repaid in full. The others contrib
uting received a refund of 67 per cent. I respectfully submit that
I am ready to pay over these amounts at any time after 10 o'clock
a. m., Monday. September 11.
WILL M. MAUPIN, Treasurer.
The report of the treasurer was checked over and being found
correct, was accepted. The bills have been paid with the exception
of one or two, which will be paid as soon as the parties call or can
be located.
A communication from Beatrice conveyed the statement that
die Beatrice unions were rejoicing over the success of the affair, to
gether with the intimation that they rather expected to celebrate in
Lincoln next year. There being no further business the committee
adjourned sine die after extending a vote of thanks to the executive
committee of three.
..v - I woman -of-war
TRUST CIGAR STORE COMES TO TOWN.
Handles Only "Scab" Cigars and Tobacco and is Owned by Parties
Who Care Nothing for Lincoln.
Trust cigar stores have two phases one as the United Ciear
Mores Co., and the other as the Conway. The latter has opened up
m Lincoln These trust stores handle only "scab" goods, although
they usually keep one box of union made cigars hidden away so
that when a man insists they can hand one out. Then they can
claim to 'handle union goods." The claim is, of course, a monu
mental bluff. These trust houses handle two or three widely adver
tised brands of cigars, and then push thirty or forty brands of doped
and doctored scab" cigars. .
Tenement made cigars are always non-union cigars. They are
made in the foulest sanitary surroundings and are always put up in
the most gaudy boxes and given the highest sounding names. Con
sumptives, diphtheretics, scrofulitics, syphilitics and men, women
and children afflicted with a dozen or more other contagious and in
fectious diseases, are engaged in making these cigars in surround
ings that are filthy beyond description. A dozen people of both
sexes, representing almost as .many contagious diseases, eat, sleep
and make cigars all in one room not to exceed fifteen feet square, and
this room's only openings may be a door into a dark hall and a win
dow into a dark air shaft. In such conditions and in such surround
ings the "scab" cigars are made to sell to the trust stores and thrust
into competition with well paid and well situated labor. There are
two strong reasons why the smokers of Lincoln should smoke union
made cigars. One reason is that they guard themselves against filthy
and loathesome diseases by so doing. -Another reason is that the
union made cigars sold' .in Lincoln are made in Lincoln, and every
Lincoln made cigar; consiumed means jjist that much' more patronage
of home industry.?' V !
! WHERE UNION MEN CAN HELP.
The Time at Hand When a Big Boost Can be Given to the Union
Teamsters of the City. -
The season of year is at hand when the union men Of Lincoln
can be of immense help to the union teamsters of the city' who are
struggling hard to better the condition of themselves and their fel
lows. Everybody in Lincoln burns coal, and the "everybody" in
cludes not less than 1,700 union men, every one of whom should see
to it that his coal is delivered by a, union teamster.
This is an important matter for more than one reason. In the
first place such a course will be of material benefit to the union,
teamsters of the city, and thus indirectly a benefit to all the unions.
In another place, it will be an experience' that will strengthen the
unionism of every man who adopts the practice. And lastly, but
by no means least, it will show to the employers, of the city that
organized labor is united in this city and determined to have a "square
deal."
The teamsters are not asking anything unreasonable or unfair.
They merely ask fair pay for their work artd recognition of their
union two things that can not in fairness be denied to theni.
Their request, if properly backed up by the solid support of the,
other labor organizations, will' certainly meet , with consideration.
The teamsters have been against a tough proposition all summer,
the greater share of their business having been the hauling of build
ing material. A Structural Trades council would not only help the
teamsters but would be even more beneficial to the buildings trades
men of the city. Once let it be understood that the unionists of Lin
coln will deal only with dealers who recognize the teamsters anc5
the men upon the wagons will have little difficulty in securing recog
nition. This is a very important matter and The Wageworker trusts
that the unionists of the city will make up their minds to give the
teamsters undivided and hearty support. The teamsters may be
depended upon to reciprocate when the opportunity arrives.
PHILADELPHIA END OF THE CHICAGO STRIKE.
A Score and a Half of Men Refuse to Go to Work, but Join the Union
After Enjoying a Nice Excursion. " : ,
When the Chicago Typothetae offices locked out their union
printers a couple of weeks ago they immediately started a represent
ative for Philadelphia to secuTe men to take their places.
He came with a blare of trumpets and opened headquarters at
the Windsor hotel.
And he did a splendid business. The applicants came so fast
that he had difficulty in making out requisitions for transportation.
In two or three days he had signed up twenty-nine men and arranged
to take them to Chicago. . ' " -V
In his calculations, however, he had ignored the fact that No.
2's charter has not yet been revoked. 'He did not take into consider
ation the fact that the officers of No. 2 always remember that eternal
vigilance is the price of safety. As a result his twenty-nine supposed
scabs included half a dozen loyal, aggressive members of No. 2, sept
by the officers of the local union with instructions to ,see to it that
none of the men went to work when they reached Chicago. : -1
And well did they do their work. When the party reached Chi
cago they were steered direct to Union headquarters, and those who
were not already members of the union were obligated. Of the
twenty-nine whose transportation and expenses the .Typofhetae had
paid not one" did a tap of work.
Most of them returned this week, laughing heartily over the
discomfiture of the Typothetae agent.
It is said that this agent is again here. He will probably get an
other bunch equally serviceable to him. Trades Union News.
As the Boy Understood It.' '
"During the taking of, a religious
census of the District of Columbia the
past winter," relates a representative
from Tennessee, "a couple of young
ladies who were engaged in the work
stopped at my home on Capitol Hill,
and when the bell rang it was answer
ed by the negro boy I brought from
Tennessee with me. The ladies asked
him:
" 'Will you please tell me who lives
here?', - r. .
" 'Yessum; Mistah Johnsing,' was
the answer. v
' 'Is he a Christian?'
" 'No, ma'am; he's er congressman
from Tennersee.' "
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