FAMOUS VESSEL IN MINIATURE
Model of the Old Warship Constitution Preserved in Boston Long
Had Hung Unnoticed on Wall of Office in Yard Where "Old
Ironsides" Was Constructed Present Owner Will Preserve
It as Sacred Relic.
While agitation is going on publicly
and petltlbns are being signed to save
Old Ironside from being sold for the
copper and iron in her hull, there re
mains hidden in a small paint shop on
Atlantic avenue a relic as interesting
in a way as the Constitution herself.
It is the builders' model on the lines
of which the famous war vessel was
constructed, and which was saved
from threatened destruction for flre
wood by Capt. W. S. Nickerson, the
present owner of the model.
When the newly organized United
States of America decided that a
structor Humphreys as to ' drafts,
molds and building instructions, and
Col. Geo. Claghorne of New Bedford
was selected for his knowledge of ship
building to superintend the work of
construction. How well these men
yard until the present owner got pos
session of 16, and began to tear dowi
the building preparatory to erecting
the modern storehouses on the prop
erty.
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larger and more efficient navy was
necessary, and it was decided to build
vessels of a size that would compare
with.,: those of her principal enemy.
Great Britain, Capt. Joshua Hum
phreys of Philadelphia was given the
order for the construction of the first
vessel.
As this first effort he designed the
Constitution, which according to his
instructions was to be the equal, if not
the superior of anything afloat. The
shipyard of Edmund Hart at the bat
tery, known everywhere as "Hart's
raval yard," was chosen as the best
place 'to build a ship of her size and
requirements. That nothing might be
left undone to make her a monarch of
the seas, Capts. Barry, Dale and Trux
ton were assigned to advise with Con-
performed the work allotted to them
can be judged from the fact that the
Constitution still remains afloat af
ter more than 100 years.
The threat of Secretary of the Navy
Bonaparte to destroy or get rid of the
famous vessel is not the first that was
made. A similar threat was made af
ter the Constitution had captured the
Cyane and the Levant in September,
1830. A storm of protest was imme
diately raised all oyer the country,
bnd Oliver Wendell Hoimes voiced the
protest in his famous poem, "Old Iron
sides." All this time and for years after the
model of the Constitution hung on the
walls of the office in Hart's yard, and
remained there unnoticed, and unhon
ored by the subsequent owners of the
workmen, was consigned to the lum
ber pile to be sold, or given away for
firewood. It was given to a man who
carried it off to break up. but he,
thinking to realize a desire-for stimu
lant, tried In vain to sell it in several
places, and finally brought it to the
shop of Capt. Nickerson, who gave
him a half dollar for it.
It was not until he heard the story
of where it was found that even Capt.
Nickerson recognized the model of the
i'amous warship. With patience he
cleared away the dust of years from
it, and restored-the model to its an
cient Hkenes3. Since theA he has
cared for the model with zeal, asd
has refused to take a price for it, and
it stands among the most sacred relics
in his shop. ;Boston Globe.
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NO ENCOURAGEMENT TO 8AVE.
Bank of City of Mexico Don't Want
Small Deposits. A
f Savings banks are practically im
t known institutions In this city. It a
man has a small amount to deposit,
with the expectation of being able to
add to it from time to time, be will De
at a loss to find a bank that will De
.willing to take care of his apparently
'insignificant sums and pay him inter
est on the money that is thus gradual
ly deposited.
j, As a matter of fact, there are only
about two places in the entire city
that will show any interest In his
small savings, one of these being a
little bank for working people, which
iwas organized a couple of years ago,
and the other place being the Monte
de la Pledad, which receives deposits
of any amount and pays 6 per cent In
terest per annum on them. The lit
tle savings bank has had a hard strug
gle to maintain Itself. It is a notice-1
able fact, however, that the bank in
question has few Mexican working
people as depositors, most of its pa
Irons being Spaniards who are work
ing for wages as grocery clerks and
bookkeepers. Mexican Herald.
Easier to Run Than to Stop.
Quite a number of years ago there
lived in Bennington, Vt., several
wealthy gentlemen who weighed over
250 pounds each. They were very
jolly, and would meet two or three
evenings a week to tell stories and
have a good time. Finally one of
them proposed that they organize a
lazy man's club, anA that no man
weighing less than 2o0 pounds could
join it. The vote was unanimous in
tavor 'of this, and rules and bylaws
were adopted.
Two of the heaviest members of the
club were Knos Adams, a prominent
manufacturer, and Oliver Ayres, who
each tipped the beam at 300 pounds,
with James B. Meacheam, a leading
lawyer, a close third. One day Mr.
Ayres was seen going down a small
hill adjacent to the village in a so t
of shuffling trot. He was complain 3d
of by another member, arrested, ar
raigned and promptly "tried." His
defense was that it was harder work
to hold back than to run, and hi was
at once acquitted.
Compromise Verdict.
In speaking of the humorous side
of legal proceedings, a New York law
yer tells of an extraordinary verdict
rendered by a jury in .Arkansas. The
jury had gonp out to deliberate upon
the question whether the defendant
had inflicted damages upon the prop
erty of his neighbors by permitting
his cattle to roam at will.
The jurors had a - "deadlock," and,
according to one of their number, it
was soon perceived that they would
never agree. Consequently, it seemed
to them a good idea to effect a com
promise; so they brought in this ver
dict: "We, the jury, find the defendant
almost guilty." Harper's - Weekly.
WHEN RAILROADING WAS IN ITS INFANCY
Railroad men of the present cannot
withhold smiles when they see repre
sentations like the accompanying cut.
eighty years ago. This train comprised
an engine, tender, four "carriages."
for one can hardly call them cars In
truth, and two coaches.
' Railroading was in its infancy and
the cars for freight were simply what
they appear, stout wagons on wheels,
and the passenger part : of the train
was simply coaches on wheels. One
cbserves with amusement that the en
gineer wears a silk hat.
In 1827 John Rogers of Baltimore
publlphed a brochure relative to rall-
Brlde In a Basket
I For the man with an automobile
and who has been accustomed to the
ways of civilization the Arabic wed
fllng is an occasion for TCjolclng. It
is all so different from at home. The
bridesmaids are' not the center of in
terest. At a real swell function the
bride rides on the back of a camel in
a basket, accompanied by the husband
to be with his best man and a fui;
oomnanv of ushers on horseba
There la no dancer of sightseers
tacking the bride to secure trgghi
from her wedding dress. Fr the
sake of ventilation the wickewtrork S
vt wrtvpn too f'lORfl. and it. mav Ha
woven too close, and it mav ha
that there have been brideswho have
naancit nut SO that they 8 arrowed he.
cause there was a face in fte company
that tney iovea neuer ijfan tne onae-
groom.
. , . T!ia 8odaBathl
"Arc you taking baths?" is the
question w'-ilch wef,, are asking one
another nrost in.vnoVm The soda bath
Is declarad to bs specific for rheuma
tism besides relfderinR the skin soft
and sjipple and tLe Dathef beautiful.
Old-Time Train.
roads and motive power, in which
many facts which are now accepted
without question by schoolboys, are
announced as wonderful discoveries. It
appears that Mr. Rogers had given the
matter of railroad transportation con
siderable study, but it is not surpris
ing that he had no adequate concep
tion of the possibilities of the raiU
roading of the distant future, sag of
to-day. This' can be seen from, casual
Etatements here and thern.'
For instance, he says in passing:
"It may not be presumption to antici
pate the time, not far distant, when
persons and merchandise may be con
veyed by the agency of steam and
: Women haVe trie in turn the per
fumed bat,h; the mud bath ' and the
medicinal, bath, but no other bath has
ever m&t with the same favor as the
soda bth. It is said to come from Eu
rope and the method of procedure is
as follows:
One pound of washing soda is add-
o a tub of hot water and the pa-
must lie in -this for fifteen min
' Then follows the cold spray and
mther emerges with every trace
er aches and pains dispelled like
at;ic and her skin glowing like the
sky at sunrise. New York Sun.
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Might Live Too Long.
Old Gotrox "I proposed to Miss
Peachly last night and what do you
suppose she said?"
. His Friend "She said 'yes,' doubt
less." Old Gotrox "No; she said before
giving me an answer she would like
to look at my family Bible. Now,
what do you suppose she wantS to see
that for?'! ', ',, '" ;f ...
' His Frtend-r-lfOh', she probably
wants to see you come of a long'
lived family,
machinery from Baltimore to the Ohio
river in about thirty-four hours.".' In
1827 such a statement' doubt zm "was
received in an Incredniasspirit by
many, and yet wh.P an tinder-statement
of possibilities it was, for now
the modern passenger train runs from
Baltimore to the "Ohio river," that Is,
from Baltimore to Pittsburg, in about
ten hours, the -distance being 342
miles.
Trains also run from Baltimore to
Parkersburg, a distance of 398 miles,
iff a little .over twelve hours. So, gen
erally speaking, passenger trains ran
three times faster than it was be
lieved possible in 1827.
Repartee Among Parrots.
' Half the world knows that Lady
Iveagh, hostess and beauty, is possess
ed of some of the most famous dia
monds and pearls in 'all England, but
only her intimates seem to know that
she also owns several parrots.
-This amounts to more than it may
sound, for the birds are of rare breed,
of especially gorgeous and heaw plu
mage and are, moreover, all of them
conversationalists. One will make a
remark, the next will answer. A third
may contradict; but then there are a
fourth and a 'fifth, and one of these
would almost certainly settle the
question. They even use some French
phrases, and their accent is better
than is usually heard in Grosvenor
Square or Dublin Park.
One morning not long ago as their
mistress passed through the conserva
tory where they are kept, one of the
parrots squawked out: "Merry Christ
mas!" :
"You ailly bird!"' replied Lady
Iveagh. fit's not Christmas."
'And. like a flash came the remark:
"Sorry ! spoke." The Sunday Maga
ztaa. ' ' ; ; -.
'" ' . . -
Long Cloth 7c
Long Cloth; fine grade, 12
vards in a bolt, and there
are 300 bolts to sell ; sell
ing at. '71
the yard jC
The White Cam
Nainsook 25c yd
White Nainsook, 50c qual
ity, about fifteen pieces of
the best quality we've ev
er had to sell at thisnr
' price regular fcOC
ival tlie Most
Interesting Trade Event
OF THE
YEAR
INTERESTING to the particular women of Lincoln and vicinity because of the beauty and variety of goods shown, and be
cause of the very modest prices ther are sold for. Ah ; what a .sight it is, this superb collection of snowy white undergar
merits. Delicately, -deliriously dainty, and trimmed with the filmiest, foamiest laces, and richest patterns in" embroideries, and
beading ribbon, that add still more- to" the beauty of them. ' . i ' . ' ( , . ; i
Choose your share now, while assortments are at their best
HERPOLSHEIMER'S
: HERPOLSHEIMER'S
Women's Drawers for 25c J Women's Nightgowns for 39c
Two lines at this place that we arssure you will quickly
pronounce the best 30U have seen' for the money.
Women's Cambric Drawers, with ex
tra full ruffle of India Linon. trimm
ed with hemstitching and 5 dainty
tucks, selling at the pair, - JC
' while sale lasts . . a ' . . . . OC
Muslin Drawers, with five tucks above
hemstitched ruffle, and five tucks on
ruffle ; very special at,
the pair
Women's Drawers, handsomely trimm
ed with lace or embroidery. Come
in open or closed style ; our Cf
special price, pair. .......... 3"C
Women's Drawers, in extra sizes,
. Yoke or French style, and plain or
trimmed; priced from 7CS
-r
25c
handsomely
37c the pair to
COME EARLY
Made of good material and trimmed.
with ruffles and tucked yoke. Can't
sell more than two to. a customer,
for they cost pearly what : we sell
them tor ; . " 1
at
39c
Women's Gowns, in high or low necl:
; style, in plain finish or trimmed .vrth
pretty lace or embroidery, ... C ! -
Good selection at, each:
Women's Gowns, extra .sizes,
' priced from (!5c
each to ". C .
are
$2.25
HERPOLSHEIMER'S
Women's Gowns, low neck and short
' sleeves, for summer wear, are in this
sale too, and you'll find many beau- - .
tiful things that are new to you if you look them, over., '
' HERPOLSHEIMER'S STAY LATE
Children's Muslin Wear
Children's Drawers, with cluster- of three tucks and six but
tonholes worked in band ; for ' Aif
children one to four years.
Children's Drawers, with cluster of tucks, and buttonholes
worked in bands; for children "1 2lc
5, 6 and 8 years old -. ...A,2'
Same, for children from 9 to 14 -years of age, - C
at. pair ,. A "''
Children's Skirts, dainty and prettily made, with 22c
tucks above hem, priced at, each. :
Children's Skirts, with French hemstitched flounce, OQc
idling , - .V,... .....................
Children's Skirts, with flounce of India"" Linon,
sneciallv. nriced now at, each
Other styles at, each. -. .85c to $1.00
Children's Gowns, in many different styles, priced jCQ
f mm ' 4flr earVi and UD to' .'.
50c
Corset Covers1 for 10 Cents
Women's Corset Covers, in high or- low neck style, ' With -fine
tucked front, good assortment " V 1
and perfect fitting ; each . . , i ... .;. ; . ... ... . ... ... "C
Corset Covers for 25 Cents
25c
And you have 25 styles to select from, too. Full French
- style or tight-fitting, trimmed with , ,
lace or embroidery; choice.
Corset Covers, extra' full front, trimmed with itwo jows of
, lace insertion and neck and -sleeves trimmed' v '
with lace; excellent values ; at only. . .-v. . . sSSjC
Corset Covers, of Nainsook, Long Cloth or ' Cambric,
French style or tight-fitting, low or high neck, and all
nicely trimmed; superb values; ' 1 ' ' Cn
at only ..........iOviC
Send in Mail Orders for These Satisfaction Goes with Every Mail Order
"JUST AS EASY."
Good Story That Linotype Operators
Will Thoroughly Relish.
Every time I see a group of visitors
pass through this division and hear
some gentle voice exclaim that oper
ating a Merg. is just like operating a
typewriter, memory goes back to a
little incident that happened in a west
ern town some twelve years ago. Now
operating a macnine a. few years ago
was by no means the cinch of today.
The safety appliances were not so nu
merous, and when an operator was not
dodging hot metal, he was cursing the
assembling of mats, etc. In this west
ern town I speak of one or tne opera
tors who worried over the machines
until he lost bis mind asat work
one night when a partjrbf visitors ar
rived to inspect the Jdergs. Things had
gone pretty rockjfwith the aforesaid
operator all that' evening, but the ltmit
was reached when a lady who was
with the party and who had taken up a
position directly behind him, made the
remark that it was "just like operat
ing a typewriter," at the moment when
something -happened and the line of
mats he was assembling fell to tbs
floor.
Bang, went the shut-off lever, as the
operator pushed' it in. Then he arose
and faced the lady who had made the
remark.
,'Madam," said he, "yon Know a h 1
of a lot about it, don't you?" : ',',
Down the steps he went and out into
the middle of : the 'street, where ' he
stood for ten minutes cursing the ma
chine and shaking his fist at the
building. ,
It was- the last night he operated
the machine, for soon thereafter he
found a home in an institution provided-
by the. state for the weak and
feeble-minded. Charley Gtinn, In
Washington Trades Unionist.
Union Men.
Patronize the merchants who adver
tise in your paper. Tho Wageworker is
appreciated by those merchants who
are in sympathy with the workers'
cause, or who look for the business of
the wage-earner, and they use its ad
vertising columns. There is hardly a
firm in the city that could stand out
openly and say it did not care for the
workingman's trade, but names could
be 'given of business men who have
nothing but hard words to hand out in
return for a generous business patron
age. Stand by the business men who
stand by you. You can -purchase as
cheaply and advantageously from. The
WB9Worker advertisers,with as good
treatment thrown in, as rrom any or
all others combined.
Patronize our advertisers. .
Help your friends.
. Get Union Label goods.
GUNS FOR STRIKERS.
Joe Leiter Tells How He Will Run the
Zeigler Mine.
Joseph- M. Leiter, of Chicago, is at
the Planters, having arrived yesterday
morning with H. R. Piatt, a member
of the coal company of which Mr. Lei
r is president. Mr. Leiter has exten
sive coal interests at Zeigler, 111., and
is here with Mr. Piatt to look over their
noloin'g-----
At present the 'Zeigler mines pro
duce 1,500 tons of coal "a day. , Mr.
Leiter is of the opinion that when the
coal strike goes on, April 1, his mines
will produce 3,000 tons a day. He is
working toward that end, and that is
one of the things that brings him to
St. Louis. Mr. Piatt is helping him
outline a policy. -
Mr. Leiter said yesterday: "We have
a non-union mine at Zeigler, and we
think we can operate it in the face of
the strike. We now work 400 miners,
and we will double the working force',
probably, before the 1st of April, when
the big strike has been ordered. I
have my rapid-fire gun and search
light equipment at the mines, and when
it is necessary we will have protection
that is protection. I intend to give
personal supervision to all of the mat
ters pertaining to my company's pos
sessions." .
Mr. Leiter said that Lord and Lady
Curzon, the latter being his sister,
were in the south of 'France. Lord
Curzon resigned the viceroyship of In -dia
because of a .dispute with Lord
Kitchener about the way the English
army in India should be, , conducted.
His successor : has .followed out - hi3
methods, and now Lord Kitchener is in
bad repute. Mr. Leiter seems gratified
that Lord Curzon, his brother-in-law,
should have been i sustained In his
stand for the conduct of the army in
Irdia. St. Louis Republic.
The Winter of Our
) is eon tent
-,y4W OL. Bill Shakespeare made one of his char
L j acters speak about "The winter of( our : ,
r discontent." . That's what this winter has
been. We put in our usual line of winter goods, -
and it's been summer all winter. - Had a day or .,
two of winter, but if didn't help much. Butwi've '
' JUST GOT TO SELL 'EM
We mean the winter good's. Can't carry them rr .
over until next winter because that means too , v
much expense. We'd rather give you the benefit. -So
we've shaved a bit : more from' our already
attentuated profits. "Attentuated" means thin
and that's what our profits are. We've got any-
kinp yni wflifrojQjJj jp hr; and all hotiwn
SuitsfVomsfujsatidall gVlGses. Overcoats .
, ' ' ' from $5 up, and they are bargams.7""Shoes from
, $1.50 to $3.50, and w orth more"money.. Help us ,
i , . get rid of these winter goods. You'll profit by
it more than we will and we assure you that --,-.
we are not doing business at a loss. ::: :: ::
Xfncoln Clothing Company
TENTH AND "P" STREETS
Unfair.
"The Housekeeper," published ' in
Minneapolis, Minn.; is . fighting the
Typographical Union and have de
clared for the "open shop." The com
pany employs none but non-union em
ployes. If you are a friend of organ
ized labor, tell your wife, mother and
sister that "The Housekeeper" is fight
ing your Interests. - v
CHEAP
WAY
RAfES
iilllllMiriti4
On Safe Daily Feb 15th to April 7th, 1906.
Colonist Second Class.
Spokane
Ellensburg
' Wenatchee,
53 Butte
... Helena
5 Salt Lake
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Billings... .Y.... $15.00 . "
, v Call or write for full information.
- G. W. BONNELL, C. P. A.,
Cor. 13th and O St. Lincoln, Neb.
San Francisco
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The Butterick company is unfair. Its patterns and publications
in a union home easts suspicions .upon that home's unionism. Lest
we . forget.