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
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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
