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THE WAGEWORKER By W. M. MAUPIN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA The College Degree. The degree-giving habit, says the World's Work, came to us from the English universities, and the medieval badge once meant something to edu cated men. Hut now, remarks the Writer, It no longer has any special significance to any body of men, and men of actual attainment are quietly dropping tho explanatory letters that are supposed to indicate their educa tional achievements. Nowadays a col lege graduate has spent from two to five years in an Institution where ha may have eaten a substantial Intellec tual meal, or may have tasted instead a vast number of tempting education al dishes or merely had a good time and hired a coach to do the required thinking. He may have entered col lege after a thorough training in a good fitting school, or he may have been "accredited" by a perfunctory school teacher, and have been really unprepared for any higher studies. Under such conditions the conferring of degrees is a piece of scholastic bunebmbe, endeared by tradition and of some supposed commercial benefit to the recipients. It is natural enough that young people in college should confound the taking of a degree with the getting of an education. But what Is really more lamentable is that American colleges seem unable to put their stamp upon their graduates in some more enduring manner than by giving them little rolls of parchment and the right to add some capital let ters to their names. Earthquake a Health Tonic. There was too, in San Francisco, an Improvement in the general health of the people after the earthquake. It Is an undoubted fact that a great many women who were In a poor state of health before the shock, with bad appetites and defective digestion, are now eating all they can get and di gesting It without trouble, while the mental condition, which so often ac companies the dyspeptic state, has equally improved. The explanation, says the London Hospital, is as simple as It Is rational. These people were fortunately deprived of their drams, alcohol and luxuries; they had noth ing but simple food, and they were compelled to take exercise In tho open air to get it. The men have found It possible to live without cigars or whisky and the ladies with out candy. They have cooked their simple meals in the streets, to the better ventilation of their houses; for lack of light they have gone to bed early, with tho compensation that they have risen with the lark. They have had the enforced benefits of a sani tarium, and good health is the result. Women are sometimes regarded as likely to lose their heads and grow hysterical with fear in times of sud den danger, but every little while some incident occurs which puts them In another light. An open car filled with passengers ran away down a long hill In New York the other day. When it was found that the car was beyond control many passengers screamed and jumped and some were badly hurt, says the Youth's Com panion. A woman who had a baby In her arms stood calmly up in her place, motioned to a man on the street who was watching the ap proaching: car, tossed the baby to him as the car passed, and then sat down. The man caught the baby, and in a few moments . the mother walked back, thanked him, and took the child. Nothing panicky about that! Ocean freight rates are kept re markably firm considering the tre mendous increase In the world's out put of ships. There were put In the water on the Clydo in June a greater tonnage than was ever before floated in any one district. Lloyd says there are now 377,500,000 tons of merchan tile ships and over 30,000 vessels. Of these two-thirds are steamers and the others sailers. British yards alone floated 207 vessels during the first half of the present year, the tonnage of which exceeded that of any previ ous six months by more than 100,000 tons. All the old sayings seem In a fair way to be disproved. That lightning does strike twice in the same place has been demonstrated. In fact, down at Cape Henry, Va., It struck the same place twice In the same day, and that was the reason why the wireless tel egraph station went out of business temporarily. The harvest of the sea has not been as bountiful as that on land. There is likely to be a scarcity, if not an actual famine, as regards certain kinds of fish, owing to the poor success of the fishermen on the Labrador and New foundland coasts and elsewhere. It Is claimed that in the English army maneuvers the battle of Antle- tant has been fought without its mis takes. Uncle Sam will hardly attempt a similar experiment with the Boer war. Htbraska Dews ii FREEBERN SERIOUSLY HURT. Jack Slipped and Car Body Struck Him Near Base of Brain. Robert Freebern lies at St. Eliza beth's hospital, Lincoln, seriously in jured, and with but a Blight chance for recovery, as a result of a lifting jack slipping and allowing a car body to strike him with great force. He was working in the switch yards of the Beatrice Creamery company, near Seventh and P streets, when the ac cident happened. H was lifting a car with a jack, and a part of his body was under the car. The jack slipped and the car came down, striking him near the ba.se of the brain, on the neck. He was picked up unconscious and taken to St. Elizabeth's hospital. Yesterday consciousness returned at brief intervals, but his injuries are said to be very serious. Dr. E. I. Holyoke said: "He has a- chance fcr recovery, although his case is a seri ous one. Consciousness returned at times during the day." CIRCUIT COURT FOR LINCOLN. New Court Room to Be Ready for October Term. Judge Hunger, George H. Thumniel, clerk of the United States circuit court, and C. J. Goss. United States district attorney, all of Omaha, were In Lin coln the other day to inspect the new court room in the new federal build ing, and to see whether arrangements could be made for holding the fall term of federal court next month. They found that the building would be ready and the court room would be fitted up in good shape for occupancy by that time. Court will convene in Lincoln October 8. Let Contract for School Building. At the special meeting of the Grand Island board of education, called for that purpose, the contract was let for the construction of the new high school building, J. H. Wagenknecht of Wathena, Kas., being ,the successful bidder. The figure was $47,123. Other bids were: L. Crosby & Son, Kan sas City, $48,168; R. P. Baster, $48, 539; Falldorf & Fauble, Grand Island, $48,941; Jonas Prentz, Omaha, $53, 150. The board selected a gray press ed brick for the facing of the build ing above the water shelf. It Is esti mated that electric and other lighting fixtures, and the heating and plumbing will cost $7,000, which will still leave the board within the $60,000 voted, not including the furniture. Find a Gravel Pit. The Northwestern Railroad com pany has for some time been testing the land in the vicinity of Long Pine, in search of good gravel. They suc ceeded in locating an extensive bed of excellent gravel on the property belonging to Carl Pettijohn. The rail road company have leased the land and will install a sand sifting plant on the place in the near future. Man Killed at Bassett. Noah Crandall, living thirty-four miles southeast of Bassett, was killed the other day. Mr. Crandall was rid ing in the back of a buggy containing two hunters when one of their guns was accidentally discharged striking him in the abdomen. He lived only an hour. Mr. Crandall leaves a wife and three small children in poor cir cumstances. Woman Dies of Burns. Mrs. Elmer J. Miller of Grand Is land, who was frightfully burned in an explosion of kerosene, after trying to start a fire with the oil, died after suffering intense agonies. The be reaved husband is. helpless through the injuries he also revel ved in trying to rescue his wife. The family is in needy circumstances and the people of the community are taking up a lib eral subscription for its aid. Waterworks Bonds Carry. At the special election held in El wood to vote upon the proposition for bonding the village for $12,000, to con struct a system of water works, the bonds carried by the vote of eighty nine to six. This insures a first class system for the town. Work will com mence as soon as the bond are issued and sold, and the contract let for their construction: Fire at Dorchester. Fire originated in the restaurant kept by Mrs. Nevitt at Dorchester. The whole building was aflame before the alarm was sounded. Another building burned that was occupied by Mies Johnson as a dressmaking estab lishment All her effects were safely removed, but the restaurant stock was a total loss. Insurance on buildings is reported as $900 and stock $200, which is regarded as a fair amount. The cause of the fire is unknown. A steady rain alone precented the spread of the fire to other buildings. WRECK ON BURLINGTON. Two Men Killed by a Collision at Scott's Bluff. Freight No. 302 on the Guernsey line of the B. & M. was run into by an extra ore train at Scotls Bluff and two cars were derailed and the way car demolished. Four men were in the way car at the time and two of them, J. P. Kennedy of Denver, the labor agent of Maney Bros. & Co., and E. B. Dunkin, the representative of a whole sale powder firm of Kansas City, Mo., "were instantly killed. The other two occupants of the way car escaped with only slight bruises. A carpenter's bunk car, with seven occupants, fol lowing the caboose, piled on top of the way car, completely crushing it. None of the carpenters were injured. FLOOD AT JACKSON, NEB. Hundreds of Tons of Hay Washed Away and Hogs Drowned. Water from a cloudburst in the northwestern part of Dakota county and the eastern part of Dixon county rushed down the valley of Elk creek, sweeping away hundreds of tons of hay, drowning hogs caught vin pens, flooding cellars, washing away railroad tracks - and doing other damage, near Jackson, Neb., all of which is con servatively estimated at $100,000. The wave of water in the creek when it struck Jackson was seven feet high. The Omaha & Great Northern railroad lost considerable track. Henry Leslie Killed Himself. News has reached Rulo, Neb., that Henry Leslie, sr., of Shubert, Neb., aged seventy years, died at his home from wounds, which he had made the day before with a razor that he had carried from the house to a shed on the, back end of his lot. Not returning to the house his wife searched for him, finding him with his throat cut. No cause for the deed can be assigned, unless. his advanced age, accompanied with poor health, caused him to tire of life. Mr. Leslie was a well-to-do farmer, who had retired from his farms five years ago. He owned two good farms east- of town, free from encumberance. He was a highly re spected church member and a resident of the Shubert neighborhood for forty 3-ears. Nebraska Man Finds Gold. While herding sheep on a mountain thirty miles from Spencer, Idaho, Ed Wiseman, a former resident of Colum bus, Neb., and afterwards of North Bend, Dodge county, saw a yellow glitter reflect the rays of the sun far up on the mountain side. Investigat ing, he found the mountain to contain great deposits of gold ore. He staked out a claim and paid the government fee. Wiseman has been unable to develop his claim because it is so far from a railroad and there is no water within twenty miles. He expects, however, that it will make him wealthy sometime. Mr. Lytle Took Poison. The funeral of R. M. Lytle was held at Benedict. He took strychnine and told his wife he had stolen it from the rats. He was a well-to-do farmer and had no domestic troubles. Several years ago Mr. Lytle was sick and was taken to a hospital and he had a dread of going Back. He had been ill for some time. Some think his act was on account of some trouble over an estate in Iowa. - Heavy. Fire Loss at Staplehurst. W. C. Hartman of Staplehurst, one of the heaviest dealers in horses in the state, lost his new barn and con tents from spontaneous combustion of hay. There being no wind the firemen vere able to save all outbuildings. To tal loss on barn $6,000; on hay and contents $2,000; partly covered by in surance. Will Rohmeyer Injured. Will Rohmeyer, son of L. H. Roh meyer, editor of Beobachter, at Au burn, while jumping out of a buggy recently, broke his leg. The young man was principal assistant in the office of the Beobachter, and as every printer does not understand a German "case," Mr. Rohmeyer, senior, is de cidedly short of help. Knocks Preacher Lorimer Down. Rev. W. M. Lorimer, who is pastor of the Presbyterian church of Utica, was attacked on the streets by Call Ragan, who knocked him down sev eral times with his fist and not being contented with having struck him, finally kicked him. The trouble was the result of the grand jury investi gation. Ragan was brought up for gambling, and was fined in the neigh borhood of $105. Ragan immediately after the assault went before a jus tice of the peace and pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $5 and costs. Gossip from Washington Interesting Items Gathered at the Capital Social Leader of the White House Must Be a Single Man Cleaning Up the Execu tive Mansion. could have succeeded half so well. He is hand some, dashing, a divine dancer and as a cotillon leader his reputation in Wash ington is unequaled. And now his romantic, marriage at the height of his popularity to the widow of Judge John Davis, of the court of claims, has been followed by the much discussed official announcement transferring Maj. McCawley to the Marine barracks at Washington, and placing a new major domo at the White House. "Beau Brummel is paying the penalty of getting married," is what official Washington is whispering. It should perhaps be explained that Maj. Mc Cawley has long been honored with the title of the Beau Brummel of Wash ington, and very deservedly, too. The incoming holder of that distinguished position is Capt. Frank Mc Coy, of the Third cavalry, now at Lewisport, Pa. Maj. McCawley was an obscure officer in the Marine corps until a little more than four years ago, when largely through the record and high stand ing of his father, the late Col, McCawley, of the Marine corps, he was chosen aide to the president. Since then he has loomed high in the social firmament at the capitol. POLISHING UP THE WHITE HOUSE. When President Roosevelt and his family come back to Washington they will find the White House as bright and clean as the proverbial pin. For weeks the executive mansion has been closed to visitors and in the hands of workmen repairing and' renovating the Interior. Congress at the last session appropriated over $50,000 for this work, and under the supervision of Col. Bromwell, superintendent of public build ings and grounds, every defect, inside and out side, has been noted and remedied. The contractors have guaranteed the work for at least ten years. A new roof has been put on the entire building and the leaks in the wings and office building have been stopped. The state parlors on the ground floor have been redecorated, but the well-known Blue, Green and Red parlors still retain their colors, while in the East Room the prevailing tints are ivory and gold. Upstairs on the second floor, where are the living rooms of the president's family, the same thorough renovation has been made. GROWTH IN OUTPUT OF COAL MINES. coal and lignite was 36,599,882 short tons. A portion of these increases in both anthracite and bituminous production is traced by Mr. Parker to the efforts of operating companies to provide a supply of fuel in anticipation of a suspension of mining in April, lauis, wnen tne wage scaie agreements in the organized coal producing states and the award of the strike commission in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania would terminate. In each decade the output of the United States has been practically doubled. The report shows that there are 626,174 men and boys employed in coal mining in the United States. , The larger part of the increased production in 1905 is credited to the great activity in the iron industry, as is shown by the fact that the amount of coal made into coke increased from 31,278,537 to 41,412,323 short tons and that the larger increases were in the coking coal producing states and those which furnished fuel to the iron furnaces. VETERAN CONGRESSMEN BEING RETIRED. This ha3 been a hard summer for the veterans of congress. Early in the season old Gen. Grosven or, of Ohio, went down in defeat before a young rival. A few months later Representative Bankhead, of Alabama, the Democratic Father of the House, was unhorsed by Richmond Pearson Hobson, he who would like to have a fleet of "5,000-ton bat tleships." Now comes Samuel Matthews Robertson, of the Sixth district of Louisiana, who is now serving his tenth term. He lost out at the primaries held recently. He was elected to fill a vacancy in the Fiftieth congress and stood next to Bankhead in years of service in the house. His defeat leaves De Armond, of Missouri, the Democratic Father of the House; although, in comparison with Gen. Ketcham, Gen. Bingham, Hitt, of Illinois, and Speaker Cannon, he is only a newcomer. The first mentioned is now serving his seventeenth year term, but as they have not been continuous and there has been one hiatus in the record of Speaker Cannon, the 14 terms of Gen. Harry H. Bingham, of Philadelphia, make him the Father of the House. De Armond's jump into the Democratic premiership in the matter of service was made positive by the defeat of Bankhead, of Alabama, who has since been elected "alternate senator," to the death of either benator Morgan or Senator Pettus, both of whom are more than 80 years old. . No honor will come to De Armond by reason of his premiership unless the Democrats control the next house. In such an event he may be designated to administer the oath to the Democratic speaker, John Sharp Williams. OUR SOLDIERS WEAR GOOD SHOES. vides the boots for inspectors changes thrown on gobble up. not get a finest shoe on the market for high grade leather and good workmanship.- "Tho TTtiitnii states amir marching shoe of to-day has a cap and is a shoe for a man to be proud of. The cap heel, and it gives just that toucn o tvi n n liUfK- "Its sole is only moderately heavy, It Is eight and a half inches high. It lacing, then five hooks, and at the top binatlon of fastenings which has Deen triea out ana iouna to oe tne Dest lor getting the shoe on quickly and for strength. "Contrary to popular belief, Uncle Sam does allow his soldier hoys to wear a low shoe or Oxford, although it is never worn on the march. They are more for undress and are made of dongola kid and are called gymnasium shoes." . WASHINGTON. It is openly declared that the president has decreed that the major domo of the White House must be a single man. Those who make this assertion point to the removal of Maj. McCawley, for nearly four years leader of social functions at the White House, who re cently married the widow of Judge Davis, as their proof. No recent White House announcement has created has as, much comment and concern in official and high social circles as the order de posing Maj. McCawley. It was upon Maj. Mc Cawley that most of the important details con nected with the Roosevelt-Longworth wedding de volved. Maj. McCawley has held a much similar relative position in the White House under the Roosevelt regime as Harry Lehr holds in Mrs. Astor's "600." Without him no social function According to the report of Edward W. Parker, statistician of the United States geological survey, the production of coal In the United States in 1905 amounted to 392,919,341 short tons, having a value at the mines of $476,756,963, surpassing in both quantity and value all previous records in the history of the country. Compared with 1904 the output in 1905 exhibits an increase of 41,102,943 short tons, or over 11 per cent, in quan tity, and of $32,385,942, or over seven per cent., in vglue. . Of the total production in 1905 77,659,850 short tons were Pennsylvania anthracMser with a value at the mines of $141,879,000. The total produc tion of bituminous coal and lignite was 315,259,491 short tons, valued at $334,877,963. The produc tion of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania in 1905 wels 4,503,151 short tons more than that of 1904, while the increase in the production of bituminous fill the vacancy that may be caused by. "Uncle Sam keeps well in mind the saying, 'A man is not well dressed unless he wears a good pair of shoes,' " said a government inspector, "for he takes care that the army is fitted out with the most comfortable and nattiest of footwear. To be sure, he does not go in for upper jawed, flaring soles, or twisted, ugly toes, but he pro finest of leather and insists that the his soldiers shall be well made. , His look after the shoes at very process In their manufacture, and any short cut of leather or negligently placed nails that might result In corns or sore feet are pointed out with condemn ing fingers and the boots are thrown aside. "Once in awhile the style in army shoes and then a big batch of shoes will be the market, which merchants eagerly The man who buys those shoes will new style army shoe, but he gets the is not only over the-toe, but across the ornameuiauuB wuicn uie wen aressea " and the leather Is the best box calf. has five eyelets at the bottom of the of the shoe Is another eyelet, a conv 1 PERUNA PRAISED. Box 821, DeGraff, Ohio. Dr. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio. Dear Sir : I was a terrible sufferer from pelvic weakness and had headache continuously. I was not able to do my house work for myself and husband. I wrote you and described my condi tion as nearly as possible. You recom mended Peruna. I took four bottles of it and was completely cured. I think Peruna a wonderful medicine and have recommended it to my friends with the very best of results. Esther M. Milner. Very few of the great multitude of women who have been relieved-of some pelvic disease or weakness by Peruna ever consent to give a testimonial to bo lead by the public There are, however, a few courageous, self-sacrificing women who will for the: sake of their suffering sisters allow their cures to be published. Mrs. Milner is one of these. In her gratitudc for her restoration to health she is willing' that, the women of the-, whole world should know it. A chronio. invalid brouclith.-irli- A GRATEFUL' LETTER TO DR. HARTMAN to health is no small matter. Word are inadequate to express complete gratitude. From cover to cover without feellns some of the symptoms. A wise man may profit by the ac tions of a fool. Unique Election Cry. A wooden-legged candidate for the town council of Claston, Eng., urged his fellow artisans to elect him on the ground that a wooden leg in the coun cil would be a pleasant variety among the. wooden heads there now. "Voter for Peggy!" was his inspiring slogan. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOR1A, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of la Use For Over 30 Years. Tne Kind Yon Have Always Bought. Plans Monument to Negro Poet. The Rev. Dr. David W. Clark, ot Cincinnati, is making an effort to se cure sufficient money to erect a monu ment over the grave of the late negro poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar. Mr Clark's father was a slaveholder, but he says "the man who wrote 'When. Mandy Sings' 'and 'When the Corn. Pone Is Hot' deserves a monument." Cheapens Cost of Liquid Afr. A Dane named Knudson is credited,, with discovering means of producing liquid air at the cost of no more than, one-sixth the usual price, and It Is said that his process, which is mechanical rather than chemical, will ultimately put liquid air on the market at not. more than about two cents a gallon. The same Invention makes It possible to sell oxygen at a cent a cubic foot, which promises to bring It Into rather wide industrial use. DOCTOR DESPAIRED 4. Anaemic Woman Cured by Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills Recommends the Pills to All Others Who Suffer. Antemia is just the doctor's name for bloodlessuess. Dr. Williams' Pink Pill cure anaemia as food cures hunger. They cured Mrs. Thomas J. BIcGauu, of 17 Lincoln Place, Plainfield, N. J., who says: "In the spring of 1903 I did my asual house cleaning and soon after ward I began to have the most terrible headaches. My heart would beat so ir regularly that it was painful and there came a morning when I could not get np. My doctor said I had anaemia and. he was surprised that I had continued, to live in the condition I - was iu. I was confined to my bed for nearly two months, the doctor coming every 4ay for the first few weeks, but I did not Improve to amount to anything. Al together I was sick for nearly two years. I was as weak as a rag, had headaches, irregular heart beats, loss of appetite, cramps in the limbs and was unable to get a good night's sleep. My legs and feet were so swollen that I feared they would burst. " Before very long after I tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I felt a change for the better. I have taken about twelve boxes and although I was as near the grave as could be, I now feel as if I had a new lease of life. I have no more headaches, the heart beats regularly, my cheeks are pink and I feel ten years younger. I feel that I have been cured very cheaply and I have recommended the pills to lots of my friends." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or will be sent by mail ou re ceipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes 2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. r