THE WAGEWORKER
By W. M. MAUPIN
LINCOLN,
NEBRASKA
Redeemed by Women.
Russell Sage was an lntliat
friend of Jay Gould for many years.
The two men had much in common,
though there were striking differ
ences. Gould, dying comparatively
young, left his fortune to his family,
and one of his children, a woman
alone In the world in the sense that
she never married, began at once to
redeem the name of Gould from the
taint of avarice. Sage, at the end
of a long life, has given all he pos
sessed to his widow, and she, in her
old age, is confidently expected to
emulate and surpass the charities
and philanthropies of Helen Gould.
Probably Mrs. Sage will do all that
Is expected of her, says the Cleveland
Leader. She has long been admired
for her piety and kindness of heart,
and her interest In all that makes for
the uplifting of the poor and unfor
tunate. She is a good woman, In the
highest sense of that term. All that
has been said and felt regarding Rus
sell Sage's indifference to interests
outside of and above business and
money-getting will doubtless accentu
ate his widow's desire to brighten his
name. She will wish to grace his
memory by great services to hu
manity, rendered by means of his
wealth. She can be trusted to re
deem him, In so far as she may be
able to do so, from the unfriendly
criticism excited by his absorption
in the accumulation of riches. It is
an old story. The history of nations
is full of striking Instances of the
efforts of women to atone for the er
rors or shortcomings of men near and
dear to them. They have redeemed a
multitude of men while living, and
brightened and lightened the mem
ry of many more after death.
The Postal Business.
The postal business of a country,
especially our own, is a fair indica
tion of general prosperity or the re
verse. Some figures made public by
the post office department are of par
ticular Interest as bearing upon this
proposition. These returns furnish
.the basis on which post office salaries
are adjusted at the beginning of a
new fiscal year, and it is seen that
the people as a whole were never
more prosperous. The first, second
and third class offices, which are in
cluded in this arrangement, number
5,651, and of these the revenues of
2,670, or447 per cent., Justify increases
which range from $100 to $120 per
year, while in only 309 offices has
there been a decrease in receipts.
That is, this year there has been a
net increase in 42 per cent, of the
offices. Last year the gross increase
was 33 per cent, and the net Increase
24 per cent. The aggregate increase
in salaries in offices of the classes
mentioned was $330,100, while in ad
dition there was an increase of $65,
200 in offices raised to the presi
dential class, an aggregate of $295,
300 increase, offset by only $37,100
decrease. The prosperity indicated
by the figures is fairly well distrib
uted, says the Troy Times, but it is
to be noted that the south and south
west get a little larger share pro
portionately than some other regions
That is in keeping with the story of
the development of those sections.
The Arab's Mission.
Our present thoroughbred Is a liv-
lng witness of the Arab's capability
as a founder and creator of racers.
Himself a natural racer, bred through
centuries for running rather than
draft, bred also for speed and stay,
the Arab possesses every gift and
' qualification, courage, docility, tern'
per, endurance, action, determination.
If he cannot go with the fliers of the
course, bred and trained solely for
speed, neither can he be called slow,
He has run two miles, with derby
weight up, in three minutes and 48
seconds, yet on the course he keeps
nearly to his normal speed. Long or
short, his race is run true from end
to end; moreover, so excellent are
his temper and constitution that he
stands training for years and years,
and has been known to win races in
his teens. In the point of endurance,
says Country Life in America, no
other horse is worthy to be named
with him. Under the trying Indian
sun, the two little Arabs, Honey
suckle and Greyleg, were matched
for two-mile heats, best three in five.
It took seven heats to decide the
match, and three of them were dead
heats. Fancy such questions being
asked of our thoroughbreds even the
best.
A curious survival of an old law
appeared in France recently when a
woman who had taken a couple of
buckets of water out of the sea at
Boulogne was threatened with a fine
by the customs officials for having
violated an enactment of Louis XIV.
The old law forbade the taking of
sea water lest those taking it should
extract the salt and so defraud the
revenues of the salt tax, and the
-woman was compelled to show that
she merely intended to give her
little boy a salt water bath.
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SWALLOWS A DOSE OF POISON.
Dcdge County Woman Kills Herself
on Farm Near North Bend.
In a fit of despondency at her home,
three miles northwest of North Bend,
Mrs. Joe Satarie swallowed strychnine
and thereby committed suicide. Mrs.
Satarie waited until her husband had
left the house to do his forenoon work
in the field, when she went to the home
of a neighbor and announced that she
was tired of life and would kill herself.
She ran back home and before anyone
could overtake her had procured some
strychnine from a closet and swallow
ed it. A physician was summoned,
but by the time he arrived the woman
was dying. Domestic trouble is said
to be the cause for the woman's rash
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HON. W. J.
Nebraska's distinguished citizen who
t'tM'Z$ f 'T ' ' ''' tt!&
present week, and be greeted by an immense crowd of fellow citizens. He
Will reach Lincoln, Neb., September 5,
citizens of the state will give him a he
act. She was a widow with children
and Satarie, a widower, with three
children, when the couple were mar
ried. There are five children to sur
vive the mother.
SHUMWAY FOR CONGRESS.
Sixth District Democrats Make -Him
Their Candidate.
The democratic congressional con
vention at Broken Bow, ror the Sixth
district organized by selecting W. B.
Eastham of Custer for chairman and
H. M. Davis of Valley secretary. The
report of the committee on resolu
tions was adopted. Hon. G. L. Shum
way of Scott's Bluff was nominated
for congressman by acclamation. A
central committee was selected, one
member from each county and the
nominee was permitted to name the
chairman and secretary of the commit
tee. Mr. Shumway addressed the con
vention and avowed his expectation of
being elected. Other delegates spoke
hopefully of the prospects and the
meeting closed within an hour.
Auburn May Lose Headquarters.
The question of chancing: the Mis
souri Pacific division from Auburn to
Falls City is again being agitated and
another step has been taken by the
railway officials in this direction. Ef
fective September 1 the local freights
which run from Auburn to Omaha via
the Nebraska City line will be extend
ed to Falls City and run from that
point to Omaha. For the present the
rest of the trains will stop at Auburn.
A number of high officials have been
In the city recently, however, and it is
current conversation at the station
that the Lincoln and Crete trains, as
well as the local freights, will go to
Falls City on the new time card. If
the division is moved over sixty fami
lies will be taken from Auburn.
Caught with Stolen Goods.
Two men went into Hartwig's shoe
store at Seward and while one en
gaged the clerk in conversation, the
other appropriated and concealed un
der his coat, which he wore over his
shoulder, two boxes of shoes. The
sheriff gave chase to the men, who
were making for the B. & M. tracks.
He caught them with the stolen goods.
They were brought before Judge Glad
wish who gave each of them a $50 fine
and a lecture.
GOVERNOR MAY REMOVE THEM.
South Omaha Police Board Must
Stand Trial.
Governor Mickey has asked for and
received an opinion from Attorney
General Norris Brown in regard to the
power of the governor to remove the
fire and police commissioners of the
town of South Omaha. The opinion
holds, that if the fire and police com
missioners of South Omaha knowingly
permit the law to be violated the gov
ernor may remove them. The gover
nor has asked for an opinion in the
matter of the city of Omaha's fire and
police commissioners and it is believed-
he will receive a similar an
swer, though the charter of the two
cities differ.
BRYAN.
will reach the United States the
on the evening of which his fellow
arty welcome home.
Governor Mickey will proceed to try
the South Omaha board on charges
recently filed by Joseph Spelts.
SOME STATE FAIR POINTERS.
The Beatrice Creamery Company
are arranging for another fine exhibit
at the coming State Fair, Sept. 3rd to
7th, having employed the famous but
ter sculptor, Mr. John K. Daniels, of
St. Paul, Minnesota, whose excellent
work at the St Louis World's Fair
was admired by thousands. It is a
"cinch" that every lady interested in
butter making and its possibilities as
a material for moulding, will see this
exhibit in the Dairy Building.
One of the big feature attractions
that will appear at the State Fair this
season is Vanity Fair, a mammoth
scenic vaudeville production direct
from New York City, introducing the
latest and most sensational, myster
ious and fascinating vaudeville acts
on the American stage today.
The citizens of Lincoln are expect
ing a large crowd during fair week,
Sept. 3 to 7, and the Commercial Club
will open Information bureaus, one
down town and one at the Fair
Grounds, where a list or 1,000 rooms
will be at their disposal. No one need
to stay at home on account of accom
modations. There will be a grand re
ception to W. J. Bryan, Wednesday
night and thousands are expected.
House and Contents Burned.
A farm house belonging to J. C.
Wiltse, a few miles south of Humboldt,
was burned to the ground together
with the contents, property of James
uedtisen and wife, tenants. Mrs. Ged
out from some mysterious cause, and
tisen was asleep when the fire broke
barely escaped with her life, saving
none of the belongings. The family is
left practically destitute and help was
tendered by the business men and
citizens of Humboldt.
Struck by Heavy Lump of Coal.
Leslie Finn, a Table Rock boy, some
nineteen or twenty years of age, who
was at work for Section Foreman Bill
ings, on his section at Falls City, -siet
with an accident that will lay him up
for some time. With tie other section
men he stepped aside to let the pas
senger train, No. 44, pass, and a large
lump of coal, weighing forty or fifty
pounds, fell from the tender, striking
him on the leg and inflicting a severe
injury.
BACKACHE IS KIDNEYACHE.
Get at the Cause Cure the Kidneys.
Don't neglect backache. It warns
jrou of trouble in the kidneys. Avert
the danger by cur
ing the kidneys with
Doan's Kidney Pills.
J. A. Haywood, a
well known resident
of L u f k I n, Tex.,
says: "I wrenched
my back working in
a sawmill, was laid
up six weeks, and
from that time had
pain in my back
whenever I stooped or lifted. The
urine was badly disordered and for a
long time I had attacks of gravel.
After I began using Doan's Kidney
Pills the gravel passed out, and my
back got well. I haven't had back
ache or bladder trouble since."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
A wasted opportunity never comes
back for a second trial.
Economv Is the road to wealth.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYE is the
road to economy.
Life is never a burden to the wom
an who carries her age well.
The average girl has more faith in
a four-leafed clover than a woman
has in a man.
The First Quill Pens.
Quill pens came into use in 553 ; the
first steel ones in 1820, when the first
gross of them sold for $36.
That an article may be good as well
as cheap, and give entire satisfaction.
is proven by the extraordinary sale of
Defiance Starch, each' package con
taining one-third more Starch than
can be had of any dther brand for the
same money.
New Term of Opprobrium.
Frederick Townsend, charged in a
London court with maliciously wound
ing James Ridley, pleaded in justifi
cation that Ridley had called him m
'Glasgow Irishman."
Schools Spreading In China.
A few years ago the foreign mis
sionary schools were practically the
only institutions in Foochow offering
facilities for the acquisition of west
ern learning. There are now at least
30 native schools fashioned after the
foreign model. Foochow is a city of
600,000 inhabitants, and these schools
embrace about 2,000 students. Post
ers placarded all over the city adver
tise the opening of various modern
schools, which are springing up in
every nook and corner of the place.
Scarcely a week passes without the
announcement of the opening of a
new school.
Immense Leaves of Palm.
The palm family bears longer
leaves than any other known tree.
The Inaga palm, growing on the
banks of the Amazon, has leaves
which reach from 35 to 50 feet in
length, and 10 to 12 feet in breadth.
Specimens of the talepot palm, a na
tive of Ceylon, has been met with 20
feet long and 18 feet broad. These
leaves are used by the natives to
make tents, and, thus employed, they
make very efficient shelters from rain.
The leaves of the double cocoanut
palm are often 30 feet long and sev
eral wide. The leaves of the canni
bal tree of Australia resemble broad
planks and are frequently 15 feet
long, 20 Inches broad and 1 feet
thick at the base. These boardlike
leaves all shoot out at the top and
hang down so as to form a sort of
umbrella around the stem. The um
brella tree of Ceylon has leaves of
such enormous size that a single one
will cover from 15 to 20 men, and
often serves as a canopy to a boat,
or a tent for soldiers. A specimen
leaf taken to England measured 30
feet round.
Witnessed Marriage from Afar.
Getting a man to witness a mar
riage ceremony at long distance by
looking through two windows and
across ah area between adjacent
buildings is a rather novel way of
obtaining a witness, but it served the
purpose at Portland, Ore., recently
of legally and securely tying the mat
rimonial knot that made Manuel Pi res
and Grace Sophia Schuster one. The
ceremony was performed in the law
office of Justice Waldemar Seton, on
the third floor of the Commercial
building. W. W. Espey, a real estate
agent, was at work at his desk across
the area and Justice Seton asked him
to look across while he made the
couple one. The mother of the bride
was . the other witness. When the
knot had been tied Espey noted that
the bridegroom failed to kiss the
bride. "Hi, there, young man!" he
shouted across the area; "you for
got to kiss the bride." "She won't
hold still long enough," shouted back
the bridegroom. Then Judge Seton
brought the marriage certificate
around to Espey and secured his sig
nature.
Practical Women's Club.
In Watertown, Mass., the Woman's
club, through its forestry committee,
is paying the expenses and managing
the business of a flourishing farm gar
den, where 40 children are cultivating
plots of ground varying from 9 feet by
13 to 9 feet by 30, raising not only
vegetables, which they can do any
thing they like with, but several of
the more popular flowers. The classes
meet twice a week for an hour each.
and if a pupil is absent a substitute is
sent. Another of .these school gardens
is run by the Homecrofters' Guild, ia
connection with the social experiment
which George H. Maxwell has initiated
at Watertown.
BEAT GOIHAMI IB
BRYAN HOME FOLKS FIRST TO
WELCOME TRAVELER.
MEET THE STEAMER IRENE ON ITS WAY
Mebraskans Able to Execute Success
ful Coup Charter Tugs and Take
Bryan Aboard Ahead of
Goltra Yacht.
New York, Aug. 29. Over a hundred
unobtrusive Nehraskans, whose free
dom from hirsute adornment had ex
cited some comment in the press of
the metropolis, executed a flank move
ment upon the wise guys of Gotham
today and extended a warm and
wholly unexpected greeting to Mr.
Bryan hours before New Yorkers had
opportunity to even know that he had
arrived.
Plans had been cunningly laid with
full knowledge that if some such
movement were not executed the New
York members of committee would
take possession of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
and simply crowd the Nebraska bunch
out of any effective communication. So
it1 was that last evening full arrange
ments were made for the entire Ne
braska contingent to go dow(n the bay
and overhaul the Prinzess Irene at
quarantine. Two large steam tugs
were chartered and at 2:30 the Ne-
braskans, without divulging their
plans to anyone, embarked for the trip
down the bay. Meantime Mayor Brown
in the private yacht owned by his
nephew, Ed Goltra of St. Louis, and
accompanied by Norman E. Mack of
Buffalo, D. G. Campau of Michigan
Chairman Hoge of the local commit
tee and one or two others, had gone
down to the quarantine station to
meet the vessel and disembark the
Bryan party.
But the plan did not materialize ex-
ctly, for just as the big steamer hove
to for inspection two steam tugs con
taining the delegation pulled up along
side. A banner bearing the Nebraska
emblem was floating aloft at the bow
of the foremost boat, and the cry went
up from that band of cornhuskers that
soon brought Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and
their daughter Grace to the ship's rail,
There was no mistaking the glad sur
prise of Mr. Bryan as he recognized,
one after the other, more than a hun
dred familiar faces upon the decks of
the two steam tugs thirty feet below
him, and the enthusiasm created by
the spectacle among the several hun
dred passengers who swarmed along
the decks wlas hardly less marked
than that upon the two small steamers.
It was when Mr. Bryan looked down
Into the faces of those devoted boys
from Nebraska that the plan to take
him away upon the yacht failed, for
at his direction the two steamers were
lashed to the ship's side, a ladder was
lowered and Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, with
their luggage, were soon assisted to
the decks of the smaller vessels. Miss
Grace was timid and did not board
the tugs, going into harbor on the big
boat.
Then, while half a dozen newspaper
representatives who had been permit
ted to board the boat were sweating
and scrambling for pictures of Bryan,
he circulated about upon the boats
eagerly grasping the hands of Nebras
kans and exchanging delighted greet
ings. It took more than an hour for
him to finish this exchange of cour
tesies. During that time he spoke
few words to the party as a whole,
telling them how much he was sur
prised at meeting them six days be
fore he had expeeted to enjoy that
pleasure and assuring them that his
command of words was not adequate
to the occasion.
After everyone aboard had grasped
his hand repeatedly and had extended
similarly cordial greetings to Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan, both disembarked into a
launch and were taken to .Mr. Goltra's
yacht Before Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
had left the ship, however,, Mayor
Brown and other members of the
yachting party had climbed up the
ship's side and aided Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan in preparing to leave the ship.
It was the arrival of the two steam
ers before the party had left the ship
that made the surprise complete, for
Mr. Bryan was taken wholly unawares,
which would not have been the case
if he had gone first to the Goltra
yacht.
Fatal Mississippi Affray.
A bloody tragedy occurred in Web
ster county, Miss., in which Samuel
Hightower and his son James were
killed by WalterCooper and the latter
fatally wounded. The killing was the
result of an old quarrel.
Fear Extension of Strike.
Dispatches from Santander, Spain,
report serious conflicts with the troops
and strikers and numerous casualties
on both sides. Two brigades of troops
have been ordered to the scene. Offi
cial circles fear an extension of, the
strike to other great cities.
HOME AND HAPPY.
William Jennings Bryan Returns to
His Own Country.
New York, Aug. 29. Under gray
skies, but in exuberant, spirits and
bronzed by the suns of many climes
during a year of travel completely
around the world, William Jennings
Bryan of Nebraska, twice teh nominee
of the democratic party for president;
of the United States, and already en
dorsed as the candidate of 1908,
steamed up New York bay this after
noon on the Prinzess Irene and re
ceived an ovation from large welcom
ing parties which went down to Quar
antine to meet and cheer the Incoming
vessel and its distinguished passenger.
mr- nrvon 1M not. enlov his usual
health during the voyage, but. he was
much better today and said that he
felt sure he would be able to carry
out the nlans which have been made
for him during the next few days. He
was verv much fatigued "when ne
boarded the steamer and during the
entire voyage suffered from indigestion
and severe headache.
His illness was not serious- enough
to interfere with his work, however,
and he devoted a large portion of the
nice days at sea to preparing his
speeches and in keeping up his cor
respondence. Mr. Bryan will not land in New YorK
city proper until tomorrow afternoon,
when he will be received at the Bat
tery by delegations of prominent dem
ocrats from all parts of the country
and escorted to the hotel, where he
will make his headquarters while here.
NEW AGREEMENT WITH SPAIN.
Presidential Issues Proclamation on
Reciprocal Tariff.
The state department has made pub
lic a proclamation by President Roose
velt declaring and' putting Into effect
on September 1 the new agreement as
to reciprocal tariff concessions be
tween this government and Spain. Un
der the agreement American goods are
to pay duty according to Spain's' sec
ond tariff schedule, the rate accorded
favored nations, 'in return for Ameri
can concessions in the way of tariff
reductions on wines and other Span
ish imports into the United States.
The president's proclamation, dated
August 27, gives the following list of
articles upon which the Dingley tariff
rates are suspended with the rates to
be Imposed under the new treaty:
"Upon argols or crude tartar, or
wine lees, crude, five per centum ad
valorem. Upon brandies, or other spir
its manufactured or distilled from
grain or other materials, $1.75 per
gallon. Upon still wines and vermuth
in casks, 35 cents per gallon; in bot
tles or jugs, per case of one dozen
bottles or jugs containing each not
more than one quart and more than
one pint or twenty-four bottles or jugs
containing each not more than one
pint, $1.25 per case and any excess
beyond these quantities found in such
bottles or jugs shall be subject to a
duty of 4 cents per pint or fractional
partt hereof, but 'no separate or addi
tional duty shall be assessed upon the
bottles or jugs. Upon paintings in oil
or water colors, pastels, pen and ink
drawings, and " statuary, fifteen per
centum ad valorem." "
SCRATCH NAME OF TILLMAN.
Pitchfork Senator May Lose Out in
South Carolina.
Returns from the democratic prim
ary of South Carolina give Ansell,
anti-dispensary, a good lead for gov
ernor. The race will be settled finally
two weeks from now. -
J. Fraser Lyon, anti-dispensary, has
a long lead for attorney general, and
will probably miss a second race with
J. W. Ragsdale, his nearest opponent.
R. M. McCown probably will be nom
inated on the first for secretary ot
state.
' A. W. Jones and D. L. Walker are
running neck and neck for comptroller
general, with the chances In favor of
Jones. J. C. Boyd has been elected
adjutant general over Lewis Haskell.
Cansler and Sullivan are leading for
railroad commissioner. The legislature
is still in doubt, and it will require
the official count to determine the sen
timent of that body as to the state
dispensary. -
Senator Tillman has been heavily
scratched, amounting to from 30 to 35
per cent, ' ;.
Congressman Aiken, Finlay, John
son and Patterson have been renomi
nated. The , other three incumbents
had no opposition.
To Become Naval Stations.
Under an agreement reached be
tween Japan and Korea, it is under
stood that Chlnsaewan and Yongheung
will be converted into naval stations
at an ' early date at the expense of
Japan. Both are regarded as import
ant strategic points. ..
The powers, the London Standard's
correspondent at Rome asserts, are
changing views on the Drago doctrine
with a view to concerted action at The
Hague against the United States
should an attempt be made to uphold
it. --