THE WAGlWORKlR
By W. M. MAUPIN
LINCOLN,
NEBRASKA
Camping in Germany.
The latest discovery In Germany la
camping! R. Julien writes about
It in the Berlin Tageblatt as "die neu
este Sommer-Romantik." "Like so
many new things," he says, "the
camping summer amusement conies
to us from the far west by way of
France. American youths it was, pu
pils, students, who first introduced it."
The Americans, he goes on to inform
his countrymen, convinced that tho
comforts of life In cities tend toward
effeminacy, make a regular sport of
camping. Not only during the sub
mer vacation, but often over Sunday
Ihey go alone, in couples, in fam
ilies, in clubs to forest or shore.
Sleeping in the open air steels their
nerves, while rod and rifle provide ad
ditional recreation. Mr. Julien sus
pects that "Trapper-romantik" and
inherited ancestral love of adventure
throw light on this American spe
cialty. Possibly, he adds, the paucity
of "Erholungsstatte" has something
to do with it. There he is, of course,
mistaken, but his guess suggests the
main reason, no doubt, why the Ger
mans themselves have not heretofore
known the delights of camping. A
German never takes a walk or excur
sion that does not end at an "Er
holungsstatte" a tavern or beer gar
den. Supply follows the demand,
and inns are so abundant, even in
out-of-the-way places, that tenting
seems a superfluity, if not an absurd
ity. For students, who, most of all,
might feel Inclined to "rough it" un
der canvas, dozens of special inns
have actually been built in the moun
tainous regions of Germany. It re
mains to be seen, says the New. York
Post, what effect fashion will have
in acclimating this new American fad,
which is said to appeal particularly to
automobillsts !
The Inspiration of Human Love.
A little story comes from Geneva,
Switzerland, that brings out the
thought that human love and devotion,
yes, and , self-sacrifice, know no race
boundaries. The heroine was I3ert.no
Gallard, a 19-year-old orphan, who in
this country would be known as a
"hired girl." She worked for kind peo
ple and cared for three children. She
loved them like a mother. A fire broke
out in the house, and the parents
rushed into the street in search of
help, leaving the three little ones in
an upper room. Berthe Gallard passed
through the flames, wrapped two chil
dren in sheets and carried them safe
ly. The roof was falling in, but she
went back for the third child. She
found it, and as the stairs were gone
she appeared at a window, wreathed
in flames, and tossed the baby into
willing hands. Then she leaped, from
the window herself and was rushed to
a hospital. She was burned from head
to foot. She whispered: "Please
bring the children," kissed them, then
turned to her employers, said: "Don't
cry. It is all right. I did only my
duty" and died. The inspiration for
the greatest courage is human love,
says the Chicago Journal. It may be
love for children, for men, or for
women, but the fact remains that
there is no finer emotion. It brings
the greatest joy. It turns self-sacrifice
into happiness, and the mere giv
ing up of life, with all its attractions,
seems a little thing where the love
is true.
Rules for Panama Hats.
Mr. William C. Hesse, who is the
government authority on Panama
hats, gives the following rules for the
care of your best Panama, says Tech
nical World Magazine. Don't crush
up a Panama bat as though it were
a cloth cap. It cannot stand such
treatment; it will break. The stories
of the indestructibility of Panama
hats are untrue. Don't attempt to
clean a Panama hat yourself except
with soap and water. It Is folly to
use lemon or acid on this sort of
hat, and it is the height of folly to
let the irresponsible and Ignorant
street fakir do your cleaning, for he
invariably uses the rankest acid. Don't
fall to brush your Panama at least
once a day. Straw hats should be
brushed as often as derby hats. I
brush mine twice a day, and it is as
clean at the end of the summer as it
was at the beginning. Don't fail to
remove a crease that, may be any
where in your hat. Such a crease is
bound to cut the straw. Don't be
careless of your Panama bat. Treat
It with consideration, and it 'will last
you all your life.
Pennsylvania comes to the front
With the champion baseball pitcher in
the person of a young girl, one of
whose feats was the putting out of
five men at once. A girl who can
throw like that must be a prodigy,
The female baseballer is not likely
to become a prominent feature.
Denying the cros3 of the Legion of
Honor to Sarah Bernhardt Tlfty forc9
.another farewell tour as a vindication.
'Sarah cannot refuse response to such
an encore.
TERRIBLE SCALY ECZEMA.
Eruptions Appeared on Chest, and
Face and Neck Were All Broken
Out Cured by Cuticura.
"I had an eruption appear on my
chest and body and extend upwards
and downwards, so that my neck and
face were all broken out; also my
arms and the lower limbs as far as
the knees. I at first thought it was
prickly heat. But scon scales or
crusts formed where the breaking out
was. Instead of going to a physician I
purchased a complete treatment of the
Cuticura Remedies, in which I had
great faith, and all was satisfactory.
A year or two later the eruption ap
peared again, only a little lower; but
before it had " time to spread I pro
cured another supply of the Cuticura
Remedies, and continued their use un
til the cure was complete. It is now
five years since the last attack, and
have not seen any signs of a return.
I have more faith in Cuticura Reme
dies for skin diseases than anything
I know of. Emma E. Wilson, Lis-
comb, Iowa, Oct. 1. 1905."
Don't worry over trifles. If you must
worry, pick out something worth while,
then get busy.
The natives of the Malay peninsula
have in use the smallest current coin
in the world. It is a sort of wafer.
made from the resinous juice of a
tree, and is worth about one-twenty-
thousandth of a cent.
His Scheme Worked.
It is related that a certain man was
recently very sad because his wife
had gone out of town on a visit,
which she would not shorten In spite
of his appeals to her to come home.
He finally hit upon a plan to induce
her to return. He sent her a copy of
each of the local papers with one item
clipped out, and when she wrote to
find out what it was he had clipped
out he refused to tell her.
The scheme worked admirably! In
less than a week she was home to
find out what it was that had been
going on that her husband didn't want
her to know about. Pittsburg Press.
Three Great Conversationalists.
The three greatest conversational
ists with whom it has been my good
fortune to come into touch were Maz
zini, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and
Bismark.
Of these, Dr. Holmes was the most
spirited in the bcl esprit sense;
Bismarck the most imposing and at
the same time the most entertaining
in point of wit, sarcasm, anecdote and
narrative of historical interest,
brought out with rushing vivacity and
with lightning-like illumination of
conditions, facts and men.
In Mazzini words , there breathed
such a warmth and depth of convic
tion, such enthusiasm of faith in the
sacredness of the principles pro
fessed and of the aims pursued by
him, that it was difficult to resist such
a power of fascination. Carl Schurz,
in McClure's Magazine.
UPSET CLAIM OF DOCTOR.
Hallucination Proved, but Other Evi
dence Was Too Strong.
Chloroform, it appears, begets
strange visions which may be libelous.
A story comes from Paris' that a doc
tor's wife has been petitioning for a
divorce on various grounds. The evi
dence on her side included the state
ment of a servant girl employed in a
friend's house. The doctor was called
in to attend to the maid during an
illness. A surgical operation was
deemed necessary and the girl was
put under chloroform. On awakening
after the operation the first thing she
saw was the doctor kissing her mis
tress that is to say, his wife's best
friend and, of course, she told the
wife. Respondent has met this evi
dence with a learned lecture on the
effects of chloroform.
To attach credence to tee girl's
story argued ignorance of the peculiar
properties of the drug. The doctor
called Professors Brouardel and De-
bore to support him and both authori
ties agreed that chloroform is well
known to produce such oscfulatory hal
lucinations. These are not only fre
quent during an anaesthesia, but often
persist after the return of conscious
ness. The servant girl had been
dreaming of kisses, and on awakening
imagined that she saw the doctor
kissing her mistress. It was a mere
hallucination, and the doctor had
never thought of kissing the woman.
either then or at any other more fa
vorable time. The court was con
vinced by the two learned professors
and rejected the servant girl's evi
dence. Unfortunately for the doctor,
other grounds for a divorce brought
forward by the wife were proved to
be not hallucinatory, but substantial,
and she has won her suit.
Tone Culture Is Now on Tap.
The cultivation of a pretty speaking
voice is a practice growing among
women in this country. One physi
cian who makes a specialty of treating
the voice is putting his patients who
have this end in view on a diet of
fruits which have a very soothing ef
fect upon the throat and vocal chords.
Much of the unpleasant quality ttoted
in women's voices is due to the effect
of the dampness of the climate.
One of the most valuable of fruits
for this purpose is t he pineapple,
now in its most perfect condition. For
tonsilitis and quinsy the fresh fruit
or even the canned variety is pre
scribed.
Tomatoes are thought to help in
giving a smooth, mellow voice. One
or two a day should be eaten raw,
Oranges, limes and lemons are also
effective in rendering a hoarse, piping
voice soft -and flexible.
HEARST HEADS THE TICKET.
Independence League of New York
State Names Straight Ticket.
In a harmonious and enthusiastic
final session in Carnegie hall, New
York City, the state convention of the
independence league put into the field
a straight ticket of state officers to be
voted for at the coming election. The
delegates cheered for thirty-three min-
uts when Mr. Hearst appeared on the
platform to make a brief speech of ac
ceptance. His address aroused much
enthusiasm.
The closing session of the league
convention began with a tremendous
uproar, started by the bringing in of
an immense portrait of William Ran
dolph Hearst, president of the league,
and the only man seriously mentioned
as its candidate for governor. The
roar of cheers, tooting of horns, ring
ing of bells and a thousand other
forms of noise drowned the music of
the band.
Clarence Shearn presented the re-.
port of the committee on resolutions,
covering first the reply of league to the
memorial of Norman E. Mack, W. J.
Connors and other elected delegates
to the democratic state convention,
which requested the league to postpone
nominations until after the convention.
The report said that the "convention
deemed it inadvisable to postpone the
important business which it has as
sembled to carry out."
The report as read was adopted and
a committee conducted Mr. Hearst to
the platform amid most tumultuous
scenes.. After the cheering had gone
on for half an hour Mr. Hearst himself
tried to stay the tumult with out
stretched arms. . He was finally suc
cessful. He then spoke briefly, saying:
"I am honored to have been nomi
nated by this convention. I am proud
to run on this platform. I am devoted
heart and soul to the principles ex
pressed in every line of it.
"I have said that my program is not
socialism, or radicalism, or extreme of
any kind. It is simply Americanism.
If this platform is not Americanism
then common honesty is no longer a
measure of American morajs. If this
platform is not Americanism then a
free ballot and a fair count is no
longer the basis of our American gov
ernment. If this platform is not
Americanism then Independence,
equality and opportunity have ceased
to be American ideals; then Jeffer
son's teachings have been forgotten
and Lincoln's labor was in vain.
"I am more hopeful tonight than
ever before. I believe we have begun
well our great work and that the solu
tion of all our difficulties lies within
the able minds and loyal hearts of
typical American citizens like your
selves."
When Mr. Hearst concluded the con.
vention immediately adjourned.
BRYAN FIRM IN HIS BELIEF.
Speaks for Himself on Government
Ownership, Not for Party.
On the occasion of his entry into the
south, where his recent declaration as
to government ownership of railroads
has aroused the most opposition, Wil
liam J. Bryan, at Louisville, Ky., Sept.
12, made a more explicit statement as
to his position in the matter. In dead
silence he made a lengthy statement
elaborating his position, but declared
that "the making of platforms rests
with the voters of the whole party, and
I never have, and never will attempt
to force my opinions or those of any
few men on the people." While thus
Indicating that the doctrine of govern
ment ownership is in the hands of the
voters, Mr. Bryan's speech indicated
plainly that nothing has as yet occur
red to shake his belief in the ultimate
efficacy and necessity of it. He de
clared that he would gladly make any
sacrifice in exchange for the assur
ance that regulation instead of gov
ernment ownership would answer the
needs of the people, but he expressed
grave doubts as to whether regulation
would ever suffice. He also took pains
to present arguments to convince his
hearers that government ownership of
trunk lines and state ownership of
state lines will not only preserve the
rights of the states, but will permit
the people of each to adopt govern
ment ownership w-hen- they are ready
lor it."
' A tremendous yell arose when at the
finish of the statement Mr. Bryan,
with all the emphasis he could mus
ter, recalled to his hearers that:
"Whenever I saw a danger threatening
the people I have spoken out without
asking anybody's permission or query
ing what the effect might be on me."
Makes Plea of Not Guilty.
A plea of not guilty has been en
tered in the probate court at Findlay,
O., by John D. Rockefeller on the
charge of violating the anti-trust law
through the Standard Oil company.
Mr. Rockefeller was not personally im
court. He pleaded through an attor
ney. The defendants in the cases
against the pipe lines also pleaded
guilty in the same way and each de
manded a separate trial by jury. Judge
Banker adjourned until the first Mon
day in October to make this possible.
SICK FOR TEN YEARS.
Constant Backache, Dropsy and Se
vere Bladder Trouble.
Fred W. Harris, of Chestnut St., Jef
ferson, Ohio, says: "For over ten
years I suffered from
kidney disease. The
third year my feet
and hands would
swell and remain
puffed up for days at!
a time. I seemed
to have a constant
backache. Finally I
got so bad that 1
. was laid up in bed
with several doctors
I thought surely I
In attendance.
would die. I changed medicine and be
gan using Doan's Kidney Pills when I
was still in bed. The relief I found
was so great that I kept on until I
had taken about ten boxes. The kid
ney secretions became natural and
after years of misery I was cured. I
have increased, in weight, and show
no symptoms of my former trouble."
-Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
It's as difficult to find a friend as It
Is to lose an enemy.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color
Silk, Wool and Cotton at one boiling,
fast, beautiful colors. 10c per package.
Some muscians are able to borrow
real money on their notes-
A great scarcity of dimes is re
ported. Dollars aren't as plentiful as
they might be, either.
Facial.
"Don't you think her face too thin?'
"Well, I don't know. I can't see any
place where it's worn through. Can
you?" Puck.
Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrnp.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces In
flammation, allays pain, cures wind colli;. 25c a bottle.
South Africa's Gold Production. ;
The production of gold in the mines
of South Africa for the month of June
was the greatest ever recorded. In
the first six months of the current'
year the production was nearly
000,000 greater than in the corre
sponding time last year.
War on Liquor and Tobacco.
The Kansas Anti-Liquor Society has
adopted a new plan to fight the " liquor
traffic. It is mailing free a recipe for the
cure of the liquor habit. It can be given
secretly in coffee or food. Also one for
the tobacco habit that can be given se
cretly. The only request they make i?
that you do not sell the recipes, but give
free copies to friends. Their address is
Room 19, Gray Bldg., Kansas City, Mo.
No Fear.
"Bridget," said Mrs. Hiram Offer,
sternly, "on my way home just now I
saw that policeman who was in the
kitchen with you so long last evening,
and I took occasion to speak to him "
"Oh! shure, that's all roight, ma'am,"
Interrupted Bridget, "Oi'm not jealous.
Ol hov him cinched."
' Lincoln as a Lawyer.
A leader of the Lincoln party told
the other day in Philadelphia a story
of the astuteness of Lincoln as a
lawyer.
"When Lincoln was practising law,"
he said, "he had a case involving a
disputed will. The opposition claimed
the will was genuine and for several
hours adduced proof of this. For
Lincoln, who had to prove the will a
forgery, things looked black.
"Lincoln, however, only called one
witness, a retired paper manufactur
er, renowned ' the country over for
hi3 wealth and probity.
" 'Mr. Dash,' Lincoln said to this
witness, handing him the disputed
will, 'please hold that paper up to
the light and tell us what is the water
mark on it.'
" 'The water mark of my own firm,
Blank & Co.,' the witness answered.
' " 'When did your firm begin to
manufacture paper?'
'"In 1841.
" 'And what's the date of the docu
ment in your hands?'
"'August 11, 1836.
" 'That is enough. Gentlemen of
the jury our case is closed."
A curious survival of an old law
appeared in France recently when a
woman who had taken a couple ol
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.
The predictions on the wheat crop
of 1906 range from 700,000,000 to 740,
000,00 bushels. These are based on
acreage and on condition at f the pres
ent time, when a large part of the
crop is harvested. In 1901 the crop
was 748,000,000 bushels. This is the
only time that wheat has passed the
700,000,000 mark. The yield for 1906
is certain to be. next to the largest
ever gathered. As corn gives prom
ise to break all records in magnitude,
the American farmer continues to be
tn clover.
A Chinaman who has married a St.
Louis girl says he would rather return
to China with an American wife than
a fortune. An English duke would
be willing to go back home with the
fortune alone.
Nothing Succeeds Like "EG G O-SEE."
The man who preaches the best
sermon; the man who tells the fun
niest stories; the man who keeps the
best store, or the man who makes
the best goods, soon finds that people
come to him. Merit is the best ad
vertisement in the world. People
speak well of things they know are
good.. They pass the good word
along.
The best breakfast food is "EGG-O-SEE,
for it contains all the life-giving
properties of nature's best food,
which is Wheat.
EGG-O-SEE is deeply in debt . to
the thousands of wives and mothers
who use it in their' homes, for these
good women tell their neighbors about
this great food. . r
Children and aged persons alike
are friends of EGG-O-SEE.
Merit and common sense are things
that advertise EGG-O-SEE most.
EGG-O-SEE is cheap. A 10-cent pack
age contains ten liberal breakfasts.
EGG-O-SEE is sold everywhere.
Grocers must keep it if they want
to keep their good customers, for good
customers insist on - buying EGG-O-SEE.
The fact that no preparation, no
cooking, is required, makes EGG-O-SEE
very popular. Open the pack
age ; put in as much, as you like in
a dish; pour on milk or cream and
eat. It is delicious. It is wholesome.
It makes you strong. . . .
A lot of interesting facts about
EGG-O-SEE have been published in
book form entitled, "back to nature."
This book , also has a course of phys
ical culture fully illustrated. Any
one wishing this book will receive it
free by addressing EGG-O-SEE Com
pany, 10 First St., Quincy, 111.
Seeking Only Bare Justice.
Creditor So you've come around at
last to pay me what you owe me, have
you?
Debtor Not at " all just the con
trary. You made a statement at the
club last night that I owed you 600
marks. As a matter of fact the ac
counts show I only owe you, 560. . I've
come around to collect that balance ol
40. . . .
"Cut out hot cream of tartar bis
cuit" used to be a common, every-day
remark among physicians' when dis
cussing items of diet for their, pa
tients. But alum baking powder bis
cuits are never mentioned in this re
spect. Why? Because it's the cream
of tartar that is objectionable. and in
jurious, and yet there are some people
who to-day continue to use the old
cream of tartar baking powder, and
wonder why they are always ailing.
Subject for Another Lecture.
"Oh, dear,", exclaimed Mrs. Slap
dash, when they were finally seated
in the carriage, "I've only got one of
my earrings on. I left the other on
my dressing table."
"Huh!" grunted her husband, "just
like my lectures on your carelessness
in one ear and out the other."
One or the gravest perils besetting
the Romanoff dynasty is that its grand
dukes are hardly ever grand.
There is nothing truer than a sis
ter's love for some other chap.
STOP, WO!! AN !
AND CONSIDER THE '
ALL-IMPORTANT
FACT
That in addressing Mrs. Pinkham you
are confiding1 your private ills to a woman
a. woman whose experience with Wo
men's diseases covers twenty-five years.
The present Mrs. Pinkham is the
daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham,
and for many years tinder her direction,
and since her decease, her advice has been
freely given to sick women.
Many women suffer in silence and drift
from bad to worse, knowing full well that they
ought to have immediate assistance, but a natural
modesty impels them to shrink from exposing them
selves to the questions and probable examinations
of even their family physician. It is nnnecessary.
Without money or price yon can consult a woman
whose knowledge from actual -experience is great.
Mrs. Pinkham's Standing' Invitation :
Women suffering from any form of female weak
ness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs.
Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received,
opened, read and answered by women only. A
woman can freely talk of her private illness to a
woman; thus has been established the eternal
confidence between Mrs.Finkham and the women
of America which has never been broken. Out
of the vast volume of experience which
has to draw from, it is more than possible
,that she has gained the very knowledge
that will help your case, ene asKS notn
ing in return except your good-will, and
he advice has relieved thousands. Surely
any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if
she does not take advantage of this gen
erous offer of assistance. Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Following we publish two let
ters from a woman who accep
ted this invitation. Note the
result:
' First letter.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
" For eight years I have suffered something
terrible every month. The pains are excru
ciating and I can hardly stand them. My
doctor says I have a severe female trouble,
and I must go through an operation if I want
to get well. I do not want to submit to it if
,1 can possibly help it Please tell me what
to do. I hope you can relieve me." Mrs.
Mary Dimmick, 59th and E. Capitol Streets,
Washington, D. C.
Second letter.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
" After following carefully your advice,
and taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, I am very anxious to send you,
my testimonial, that others may know their
value and what you have done for me.
. The Age of Lead.
We are wont to speak of this era
es the "age of iron," and there is ncj
gainsaying that, industrially speakingj
iron is a "precious metal.',' j
Nevertheless, few people realize
how useful, if not absolutely neces
sary, to modern civilization, is thafi
other metal, lead. Soft, yieldingi
pliable, it is not much like its sister
metal, but those distinguishing quali
ties are what give it such a prominent
place In the arts and industries.
Modern- plumbing, requiring many
turnings and twistings, but withal
tight joints, would be almost impos
sible without lead pipe. The great
est civilizing agent In the world the
printing art is absolutely dependent
on lead. , Hand-set type, linotype
"slugs," monotype type all are
made of compositions of whtcli lead
is the chief component to say nothr
Ing of the bearings in the presses as
well as all other kinds of machinery
in which "babbitt" metal is used.
Solder is another lead product
what a field of usefulness ' that one
form opens up.
Then there is the most important,
use of all to which lead is put paint,
that necessary material which keeps
our houses looking pretty inside
and out and preserves them f rom
decay.
How many of us thank metallic leadj
for the comforts of paint? Yet the
best house paint is nothing but me
tallic lead corroded by acid to a white
powder known as "white lead." Of
course, there are many imitations of
"white lead,", some of which are sold
as white lead and some which are
offered by the ' name of -readytpre-pared
paint under . the familiar pre
tense that they are-"just as good" as
white lead. But all good paint is
made of the metal, lead, corroded and
ground to a fine white powder and
mixed with linseed oil.
"WThito load ia alan lispri In thia pnnt.
ing of fine oil cloths and for many
purposes besides paint.
"Red lead" - is another product of
metallic lead and is what is known as
an oxide of lead, being produced, by
burning the metal. Red lead is. the
best paint known to preserve iijo'n,:
steel or tin, and ' is used largely in
painting metal structures, such as
skyscraper skeletons, - mills and
bridges. ,
There are many other products of
the metal lead, such as litharge,
orange mineral, etc., which are es
sential to many of the arts in which
we never imagine that lead would be
of the least use.
Verily, we live in an age of lead
as well as of iron.
Something Wrong.
"Why did you fail to show up for
the performance last night?" asked
the soubrette. "Were you eick?"
"No," replied the comedian, "I
wasn't exactly sick, but I felt funny."
Bound to Change.
A practical adviser gives the follow
ing remedy for a red nose:
"Keep , on drinking, and it will turn
purple."
If Adam had eaten the apple first,
he would probably have declared -that
Eve dared him to. .
along
she
" As you know, I wrote you that my doctor
said I must have an operation or I could not
live. I then wrote you, telling you my ail
ments. I followed your advice and am en
tirely well. I can walk miles without an
ache or a pain, and I owe my life to you and
to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
I wish every suffering woman would read
this testimonial and realize the value of writ
ing to you and your remedy." Mrs. Mary
Dimmick, 59th and E. Capitol Streets, Wash
ington, D. C. . '
When a medicine has been successful
in restoring to health so many women
whose testimony is so unquestionable,
yon cannot well say, without trying it,
" I do not believe it will help me." If
you are ill, don't hesitate to get a bot
tle of Lydia E.- Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound at once, and write Mrs. Pink
ham,' Lynn, Mass., for special advice
it is free and always helpful.'