THE WAQEWORKER By W. M. MAUPIN LINCOLN. NEBRASKA The Blue Blood of England. The blue blood of England, like Salry Gamp's gin and water, Is a little mixed. More than one woman has stepped from the stage to lordly hails. Harriet Mellen, the actress, who was the second wife of Thomas Coutts, the banker, became after his death the duchess of St. Albans, and having no children left all her wealth to her granddaughter, who became the noted philanthropist, and died the other day as Baroness Burdett Coutts. Some of the Royal Progeny of Charles II., the "Merry Monarch," were the children of Nell Gwynn, the player and former orange girl, and Mrs. Jor dan, the comedienne celebrated by Charles Lamb, had sons who owned William IV. as their father. The duchess of Clarcarty, who died the other day, was Belle Bilton, an old time music hall performer, and her offspring are, of course, noble, in the sense of having a titled father. Many more women who have faced the foot lights professionally, says Boston Bud get, might be mentioned who have become aristocratic dames through marriage, thus showing that the no ' blllty of England have done more than rub elbows with the common people. Actors, however, have not been so fortunate as -the feminine players, and have seldom, or never, been wedded to women of high de gree. The Public and the Director. More important than statutory re form for the future of life insurance is the reform of reason and moral sen timent. We must come to consider unpaid officers who give their time to public affairs as persons making a charitable contribution to the wel fare of the community. The corpo rate members and the directors of an insurance company, like the corpo rate members and directors of a sav ings bank, must consider themselves, and must be considered by others, to be engaged in a work of public char ity. A savings bank, indeed, Is sup posed to be a receptacle for the sav ings of the poor, though the supposi tion is not always true; while a life insurance company Is a receptacle for the savings of some well-to-do or even rich. Charitable or public serv ice, however, declares Francis C. Lowell In' Atlantic, may be rendered, even where some beneficiaries are jtbjg.CO pay for the services. Where the well" being of the community, or of many of Us members, requires great service rendered alike to rich and poor, those fitted to render it may be asked to give their labor with out pay, if, for any reason, that is more convenient. This is the rule with colleges and libraries, art mu seums and hospitals. Cost of Discovering America. A Chicago antiquary has discover ed that Columbus received a salary of 1320. He estimates that the whole cost of the expedition that found America was about $7,000. John Knox received a salary of $220, and a leading lawyer In the time of Edward IV. was content with a fee which amounted to one dollar in our money. A sumptuous Christmas dinner could be bought then for 17 cents. A dol lar went a long way In those days, but the salaries of professional men and the wages of laborers seem ab surdly meager when compared with the best-paid ability and skill In these modern days. The good old times, says the Philadelphia Ledger, would present no attractions to those who imagine there was a time when labor was much Better rewarded than it is to-day. Despite the monopolies and the trusts, a moderate fortune can be acquired now more readily than it . could In former times. In 1820 a man who had $20,000 was accounted rich, and such men were very scarce. A real mastodon which has been in eold storage for many centuries will jbe one of the exhibits at the Alaska-lYukon-Paclflc exposition in Seattle in !l909. It is one of the gigantic animals which formerly roamed the Yukon val jley and northern Siberia. , This one was discovered on Cleary creek, above Nome, by W. E. Thomas, and has been bo well preserved that when the ice melted and exposed a part of its back some time ago it was attacked by dogs and partly eaten. The hole in its back is the only break In the skin, however, says Youth's Companion, and the pelt will be stuffed and mounted on the prepared skeleton. The United States have at last dis covered how to successfully compete with England in the effort to win the trade of South America. The bead of the leading department store at Rio de Janeiro says that it was only after several years of persua slon that his store succeeded in get ting an American shoe manufacturer to make shoes in the way the Bra zilians wanted them. Now the store Is Belling hundreds of thousands of pairs of these shoes. It formerly sold only British shoes. CAPITAL CITY (HAT COMMITTEE ON PRIMARY CILL 4 REACH AGREEMENT. DECIDE ON STATE-WIDE PRIMARY BILL After Full Discussion of All Phases Committee, by Vote of 10 to 4, Adopt Motion of Senator Ai rich of Butler County. State-Wide Primary Bill. , By a vote of ten to four the joint committee on direct primary ,at a meet ing held on Monday evening, February 4th, decided to draft a bill state wide in effect for submission to the legis lature. It "was only after a general discus sion of the primary bills now before the legislature, together with methods for nominations employed in various states, that the committee reached a decision. Some of the members of the com mittee voted for the drafting of a state wide bill who, in their discussion, ap peared to have doubt as to the result of such a law. But in the end, the committee seemed of the opinion of Senator Aldrich, who said the state wide primary law was a good way to nominate men for office who have "ab solute individualism, independence of thought and action, who are of un doubted integrity of character, who know what the people want, and will stand for it." During the first part of the com mittee's deliberations the discussion took a wide range, the members giving every evidence of a sincere desire to give to the public a bill which would be satisfactory, and would be able to accomplish what it is intended it shall accomplish. After every phase which could enter into the question had been discussed, after all arguments for and against a state-wide bill had been made, Sen ator Aldrich moved that a bili, state wide in effect, be drafted. The result was as follows: For state-wide primary Farley of Hamilton, Dodge of Douglas, Brown of Lancaster, Alderson of Madison, Phil lips of Holt, Wilson of Pawnee, Hoi brook of Dodge, Patrick of Sarphy, Thomas of Douglas, Aldrich of Butler. For limited primary McMullen of Gage, Mackey of Custer, Marlatt of Kearney, Luce of Harlan. Dodge of Douglas moved that a sub committee of five be named to draft the bill, and it carried. Chairman McMullen of the joint committee on a primary bill Tuesday named as the sub-committee to draft the bill the following: Senator Aldrich of Butler and Patrick of Sarpy; Rep resentatives E. P. Brown of Lancaster, Dodge of Douglas and Mackey of Cus ter. Senator Patrick and Represent ative Mackey are fusionists. Of the number on the sub-committee, one, Representative Mackey, voted against a state-wide primary. All the others appeared to favor the idea. Visits of Committees. I Randall of Madison, chairman of the ' committee on public lands and build ings, headed the delegation represent ing the visiting committees visited the state institutions at Grand Island, Kearney and Hastings. The commit tee found that the soldiers' home at Grand Island asked for a $15,000 building for ward purposes and at Kearney the state normal asks tor a building costing $100,000. 'There are 1,000 inmates of the Hastings asylum for the insane and that institution is not asking for any new buildings, but it is asking for an increase to $400,000 for maintenance. At the soldiers' home at Grand Island there are st6 men and 153 women, making a total of 519. Commandant Askwith of the soldiers' home at Grand Island reports that there are on file eighteen appli cations and that there is no room for the old soldiers who desire admittance. He is of the opinion that for the next ten years the state must prepare to keep as many members of the Home as it now has. This is contrary to the general belief that the number of sol diers at state and national homes will soon diminish. He finds that men who it was thought would never be compelled to ask for admittance have been compelled to apply for a place in soldiers' homes. Patrick Charges Corruption. Charges of corruption against the brewers and the Nebraska retail liquor dealers' association were made public lv Tuesday afternoon by Senator Pafr rick, fusionist, of Sarpy. He said it was understood that two years ago members of the legislature were cred ited by from $3,000 to $5,000 for their votes against the county option bill and similiar bills and that within the past two weeks a fund of $50,000 had been raised in Omaha to defeat the Gibson bill, to prevent brewers from having an interest in saloon licenses and similiar bills. Senator Patrick has himself introduced one bill that pro vides that signers of a petition for a saloon shall be equally liable for dam ages with the saloonkeeper and his bondsmen. The charge was made by Patrick in an impassioned speech. Money for State Fair. The house finance committee has agreed to recommend an appropria tion of $75,000 for the state board of agriculture, If the money is to be ex pended at the discretion of the board. A bill by Walsh of Douglas, appropri ates this sum for a machinery hall. The board feels that it will be able to make the necessary permanent im provements from time to time out of the profits of the fair. County Option Has Inning. Before the judiciary committee of the house last Thursday afternoon, county option in the matter of the sale of intoxicating liquors was the topic of discussion by the supporters of the measure. It was an open meeting, called for the purpose of giving every one interested in the bill, either for or against, an opportunity to be heard. Speeches were made by Rev. W. M. Balch, Chancellor Andrews, C. C. Flansburg, Rev. Z. S. Batten, A. G. Wolfenbarger, C. M. Clarks and others. The arguments presented resolved themselves into the need for the bill, the public sentiment in its favor, and the claim that its provisions give the best possible solution of the temper ance question for the conditions that now exist in Nebraska. Chancellor Andrews, in his talk, took the ground that the open saloon is a menace to the youth of the land. He said the bill would not make it impossible to get liquor, for those who wanted it would get it, but there was often a strain in the blood of a young man that made it impossible for him to walk past a saloon. If it were not there, the temp tation would be removed and he would live and flourish. "What would you do with the drug stores?" asked Repre sentative Walsh of Douglas. "Even the sale of liquors in the drug stores," replied the chancellor, "would be bet ter than the open saloon. The. com mittee took no action, though It is confidently expected the bill will get before the legislature for its consider ation. The measure was introduced by Hart of York, being House Roll No. 5. f- This question was up in the senate Friday, when a motion was made to recommit Senate File 128, by Wilcox, known as the county option bill." The result of the discussion was that a public bearing will be given in the senate Wednesday night of this week at 8 o'clock and S. F. No. 103, and S. F. No. 101, both by Patrick of Sarpy were made a special order for consid eration in the committee of the whole Thursday of the present week at 2 p. m. The bills make signers on a petition for a saloon license, the sa loon keeper and his bondsmen, equal ly liable for damages that may result from the sale of liquor, and provide that saloon licenses shall be revoked when the holder violates a city ordir nance. The public discussion of county op tion in the house and. the action of the senate is taken as an indication that the question is arousing deep interest. The friends of the bill have asserted that they will have a majority of ten in the house and five in the senate. Interurban Railways. ... stiff fight occurred in the senate Thursday afternoon over senate file 25, by Thomas of Douglas, which was the special order. The bill provides that street railways may take an interest in the interurban railway companies and aid them by subscriptions to capi tal stock or otherwise. It also contains a orovision that street railways may acquire an interest in stock in inter urban roads and may dispose oi some. ABhton. of Hall and Aldrich of Butler, sought to amend the bill, the object of the amendments being that notice must be given of sales Of stock.'Tfifeir fear being that railroad corpdrations would get control, and thus conitnue their monopoly. Burns of Lancaster vigorously defended the bill. Senator Thomas explained that it merely meant that the Metropolitan Street Railway company of Omaha should be given the right to extend its lines into the country and to stand behind the bonds of inteururban companies. On motion of Aldrich the bill was referred back to the judiciary committee. Railroads Want a Hearing. ' The joint railroad committee has been asked by the attorney of at least one railroad company to be heard be fore the committee on the railway commission bill and the two-cent fare bill. The anti-pass bill does not appear to interest the railroads, senator wn- sey of Frontier, chairman of the senate committee on railroads, is ready to grant a hearing as a matter of cour tesy, but the date has not been set. The sub-committee that is preparing the railway commission bill has not contemplated the work of placing the bill in form to present to the main committee, though all of the provis ions have been agreed to. The anti free pass bill, which contains many exceptions, is being carefully consid ered for the reason that it is reported that Governor Sheldon will not sign a bill that does not conform to the reDublican state platform. The plat form excepts only bona fide employes of railroads, their families and the caretakers of livestock in shipment. Protect Game Birds. Byrnes of Platte, has decided views on the game laws of the state of Ne braska. He is in favor of affording further protection, not from the stand point of a sentimentalist, but from the standpoint of a sportsman who has stood behind the gun many a day. He will nrobablv introduce bills amendin the game laws in this state, though some of his ideas are already covered by a bill offered at the request of the game and fish commission. The sports man is said to be the best friend of the same and insectivorous birds and the fish in the lakes and streams of Ne braska. The sportsman is distin guished from the slaughterer and pot hunter of game and fish. One is sup posed to be imbued with instincts of humaneness and the otner is lmmiea with the desire to earn a few dollars even if his gratification is followed by the extinction of the noblest birds of the air and finest specimens of the fish tribe. Byrnes of Platte in the first place would stop all spring shooting. State Farm Improvements. Representative McMullen of Gage county has introduced a bill appropriate ing $180,000 for improvements on the state farm in Lincoln. It is house roll Mn "Kd nnd nnnronriates as follows Completion and equipment of the wo man's building, $38,000; heating and power plant, $40,000; horticultural kiiiiriinc S40 000- veterinary Clinic building and stock and grain judging pavilion, $40,000; cattle feeding plant, barn lor implements and machinery, houses for farm attendants, j.o,uuu; poultry plant, ?o,uu'j. j AILING WOMEN. Keep the Kidneys Well and the Kid neys Will Keep You Well. Sick, suffering, languid ; women are . learning the true cause of bad backs and how to cure them. Mrs. W. G. Davis, of Groesbeck, Texas, says: "Back aches hurt me so I could hardly stand.. Spells of dizziness and sick headaches were frequent and the action of the kidneys was irregu lar. Soon after I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills I passed several gravel stones. I got well and the trouble has not returned. My back is good and strong and my general health better." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. His Practical Idea. A benevolent old man who lived on his farm in Iowa never refused shel ter to any who might ask it of him. His many friends remonstrated with him about this characteristic, know ing that many unscrupulous hoboes would avail themselves of the oppor tunity, and that there was great dan ger of the old man being robbed. To these remonstrances the old man re plied that he believed in "practical Christianity." "But," said one of his friends, "this seems very impractical. Suppose one of these men took it into his head to rob you one night?" "My dear young friend," was the re ply, "I bid all enter in the name ol God, but I prove my belief in practi cal Christianity by locking up their pants during the. night." Caution. Imitations have been placed upon the market so closely resembling All cock's Plasters in general appearance as to be well calculated to deceive. It is,, however, in general . appearance only that they, compare with Allcock's, for they are not only lacking in the best elements which have made All cock's so efficient, but are often harm ful in their effects. Remember that Allcock's are ' the original and only genuine porous plasters the best ex ternal remedy known and when pur chasing plasters the only safe way is to always insist upon having Allcock's, Jews In Senate Chamber. Simon Guggenheim will be the sixth Jew to sit as a member in the United States senate. The first Jew chosen to that honor was David Yules, who rep resented Florida from March, 1840, to March, 1853. He was born in the West Indies and his name was David Levy, by which he was known when he was elected as a member of the house of representatives in 1841. The second Jew In the senate was Judah P. Ben jamin, who served from 1852 to 1857.. He also was born in the West Indies. He represented Louisiana. Benjamin F. Jonas was born in Kentucky and represented Louisiana in the senate. Joseph Simon was a senator from Oregon from 1898 to 1903. Isidor Ray- ner was chosen as a senator from Maryland in 1904. Her Method of Indorsement. A bride's mother presented her With a check on Christmas day. With a feeling of the utmost importance she took it down to the bank in which her husband had opened an account for her. The cashier took the check, then handed It back politely, saying: "Will you please Indorse it, ma dam?" "Indorse it?" repeated the bride, puzzled. "Yes, across the back, you know," replied the man, too busy to notice her bewilderment. The bride carried the check to a desk, laid it face downward, and nib bled the end of a pen thoughtfully. Then inspiration came. Dipping the pen, she wrote triumphantly across the back: "For Fanny, from Mother, Christmas, 1906." Lippincott's Maga zine. FEARFUL BURNING SORES. Boy In Misery 12 Years Eczema in Rough Scales, Itching and In flamedCured by Cuticura. "I wish to inform you that youi wonderful Cuticura has put a stop to twelve years of misery I passed with my son. As an infant I noticed on his body a red spot and treated same with different remedies for about five years, but when the spot began to get larger I put him under the care of doctors. Under their treatment the disease spread to four different parts of his body. The longer the doctors treated him the worse it became. Dur ing the day it would get rough and form like scales. At night it would be cracked, Inflamed, and badly swol len, with terrible burning and itch ing. When I think of his suffering, it nearly breaks ! my heart. His screams could be heard downstairs. The suffering of my son made me full of misery. I had no ambition to work, to eat, nor could I sleep. One doctor told me that my son's eczema was incurable, and gave it up for a bad job. One evening I saw an article in the paper about the wonder ful Cuticura and decided to give it a trial. I tell you that Cuticura Ointment is worth its weight in gold, and when I had used the first box of Ointment there was a great improvement, and by the time I had used the second set of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Oint ment, and Cuticura Resolvent, my child was cured. He is now twelve years old, and his skin is as fine and smooth as silk. Michael Stein- man, 7 Sumner - Avenue, Brooklyn, Oats Heads 2 Foot Long. The John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse. Wis., are brineine out a .new oats this year with heads 2 foot long! That's a wonder. their catalog tells! , Spetz the greatest cereal hay food America ever saw!- Catalog tells! Our mammoth 148-Daae Seed and Tool Catalog is mailed free to all intending buyers, or send 6c in stamps and -receive free samples of new Two Foot Long Oats and other cereals' and big catalog free. John A. Salzer Seed Co., Box W, La Crosse, Wis. United States' Banking Power. The banking nower of the TTnttl States, capital, surplus and circula tion, as revealed by Comptroller Ridgely's 1906 report, is $16,462,470,- oo. ah foreign countries combined have a banking power of only. $22, 952,500,000, or only $6,490,029,535 more than that of the United States alone. In 16 years the United States has In creased its banking power by 219 per Cent.; against 102.6 ner cent innronaa in that of all foreign countries com bined. Sheer white goods, In fact, any fini wash goods when new., owe much ol their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beau ty. Home laundering would be- ecmaK ly satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. Insignia of Royalty. The long tails of the shah of Per sia's horses are dyed crimson for six inches at their tips a jealously guarded privilege of the ruler and his ions. Garfield Tea. an. unusually practical household remedy; take it for constipation, to keep the liver normal, to purify the blood, to dispel colds, to cure rheumatism, to keep well! Men never fully appreciate the blessings of poverty until after they break into the millionaire class. Panthers and Grizzly Bears. Ship Furs Pelts McMillan Fur & Wool Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Write for prices. And by not getting married some men manage to live happily ever after. PIX.ES CURED IN O TO 14 SATS. 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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which is made from native roots and herbs, more successfully than by any other medicine because it gives tone and strength to the entire feminine organism, curing displacements, ul ceration and inflammation, and the result is less suffering and more than thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham'sVegetable Compound has been the standby of American mothers in preparing for childbirth., NotewhatMrs. JamesChester.of437 W. 35th St., New York says in this letter: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-"I wish every expectant mother knew about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A neighbor who had learned of its great value at this trying period of a woman's life urged me to try it and I did so, and I cannot say enough in regard to the good it did me. I recovered quickly and am in the best of health now." ' ' Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is certainly a successful remedy for the peculiar weaknesses and ailments of women. It has cured almost every form of Female Complaints, Dragging Sensa tions, Weak Back, Falling and Displacements, Inflammation, Ulcera tions and Organic Diseases of Women and is invaluable in preparing for mimbirtn and during tne Cnange of Life. Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women D Wftmen suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to H write Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free. B For Emergencies at Home Fbr the Stock on the Farm Slo&ite Limmeiyt Is & whole medicine chest Price 25c 50c 6 1.00 Sand For Free Booklet on Horses. Cattle. Hoa& & Poultry Address Dr. Earl S. Sloan., Boston, Mass. With a smooth irou and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt waist . just as well at home as the steam laundry can; it will have the . proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear., and -tear of the- goods, and it will be a positive pleasure to use a Starch that does not stick to the iron. At the marriage altar he agrees to endow her with all his worldly goods and she promises to love, honor and obey but do they make good? NERVOUS HEADACHES Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Will Cure Most Cases and Should Interest Every Sufferer. v ; ' Nobody who has' not 'endured the Buffering caused' by nervous head-m ache can realize the awful agony of its victims. Worst of all, the ordin ary .treatment "cannot be relied upon to cure nor even to give relief. Some doctors will say that if a 'person is subject to these headaches there, is nothing that can be done to prevent their recurrence. , - . Nervous headaches, as well as neu ralgia, are caused by lack ol nutrition r the nerves are starved. ' The only hway to feed the nerves is through the blood and it Is in this way that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have accom plished so many remarkable cures. Mrs. .Addie Merrill, of 39, Union Street, Auburn, Me., says; "For years I suffered from nervous! head aches, which would come on me every five or six weeks and continue for several Jays. The pain was so severe that I would be obliged to gd to bed for three or four days each time. .; It was particularly intense over my right lief. I had - no appetite and when the headache passed away I felt as if I had been sick for a month. My blood was thin and I was pale, weak and reduced In weight. "I read about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in a paper and decided to try them. I first noticed that they be gan to give me an appetite and I commenced to gain in weight . and color. My headaches stopped and have not returned and I have never felt so well as I do now." '.'' Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are Sold by all druggists or sent, postpaid,, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, ;six boxes $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medi cine Company; Schenectady, N. Y. 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