THE WAGEWORKER
By W. M. MAUPIN
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A ton of oil has been obtained front
the tongue of a Bingle whale.
And wise is the man who agree
with his wife rather than argue with
her.
The heart surcharged .with love and
benevolence Is ever happy and suc
cessful. The European monarchs are tinting
the rest cure. The king business has
fallen on strenuous times.
The woman whose affections are
priced at $1,500,000 by the husband
she is divorcing is certainly a dear.
In Tloston the automobile scorcher
la not entirely an evil. Ho has river,
the city a revenue of $i,715 in thre'
months.
An Illinois man has exploded the
theory that one can safely furry both
gunpowder and matches In the same
pocket.
New York is to have a poultry
show.- It Is generally understood that
there are some pretty game birds in
the metropolis.
It is up to some automobile company
to attempt to break the record made
by Pedestrian Weston with a ma
chine one-tenth as old as he is.
A food expert says that it is foolish
to live on peanuts exclusively. But
according to the experiment of a man
who attempted an exclusive diet of
peanuts, people don't live on it. They
die on it.
It has been discovered that mice
are dangerous, as they carry pneu
monia. This gives the gentler sex a
really good excuse for getting upon
chairs when one of the little creatures
makes its appearance.
A Chicago doctor prescribes ginger
snaps as a cure for insomnia. Thus
vindication comes at last to the unpro
fessional gentlemen in Kansas who
have long been accustomed to go to
sleep on a pint of extract of Jamaica
ginger.
A spool of thread is a little thing,
but the aggregate sales make a big
showing. One of the leading thread
companies In the country announces
that It will pay a 30 per cent, divi
dend this year, its profits amounting
to over $15,000,000, which is consider
ably larger than in 1906.
Chinese women of aristocratic fam
ilies presided at the tab'es where re
freshinents were served at the recep
tion given by the Chinese residents in
Shanghai to Secretary Taft on his re
cent arrival In that city. This is the
first time that women have taken such
a part In a social function in China.
The spirit of progress Is evidently
working in the orient.
That was a novel experience en
Joyed by the two men who went up in
a balloon from North Adams, and de
scended In New Hampshire. At one
time they struck a snow squall, but
were falling so rapidly that the flakes
appeared to be going up instead ol
down. That seeming reversal of na
tures's practices must have given the
Impression for a moment that the
world was turning topsyturvy.
Panama is the place for unat
tached women to go if they wish to
marry, says Miss Boswell, who lately
returned from a tour of the canal
'zone which she took at the request of
Secretary Taft. Many bachelors are
there and they are all lonely, she de
clares. Of course If any young wom
en visit Panama after this, it will be
understood that their motives are
purely altruistic. Nothing distresses
a woman more than the thought of a
lonely man.
A schoolmaster in Pennsylvania has
been sued because he punished a twin
for a misdeed of the other twin, or,
rather, he punished both for the
misdeeds of one of them. Or it was
like this: One was bad, and the class
teacher whipped the other. Then she
thought she had made a mistake, and
started to whip the one, but he
changed seats with the other, so that
the other was whipped twice. The prin
cipal, to make sure, whipped both.
Then the parent brought suit.
The late Mr. Darnum had an ele
phant plowing on a Connecticut field.
In view of passing railroad trains. To
a farmer who asked if the elephant
was a profitable beast of labor for
this country, the showman replied that
it was not unless ho had a circus to
advertise. Contractors in a New
York town, engaged In extensive build
ing, have imported two work elephants
to pull dirt cars. It may be, bow
ever that the contractors have caught
Hainum's spirit, suggests the Youth'i
Companion, and have sent the Btorj
to the newspapers for purposes of ad
vertisement. Prof. Brander Matthews modestly
calls attention to the fact that Co
lumbia has not specifically adopted
the system of spelling with which his
name is more or less conspicuously
identified. It has merely directed
that the orthography authorized and
Indorsed by the Century Dictionary
shall henceforth be, used In the pub
lications of the university. Score
another for the professor, who
never lets slip an opportunity to
demonstrate that simplified spelling
is indorsed by very distinguished au
thority. ;
Washington Gossip
Interesting Bits of News Picked Up
Here and There at the National Capital
BROTHERS IN OPPOSITE
PARTIES IN CONGRESS
WASHINGTON. The Fulton family
Is well represented in the Sixtieth
congress. There is a Fulton among
-tbe Republicans in the senate and a
Fulton among the Democrats of the
house. The senator is Charles Wil
liam ' Fulton, of the state of Oregon,
the member of the house, Elmer L.
Fulton, who comes to Washington as
a member of the first congressional
delegation from the state of Oklahoma.
The oldest officeholder at the capital
fails to recall another case just like
that of the Fultons. Brothers have
served in congress before. In the last
congress Charles B. Landis and his
.brother, Frederick Landis, represented
(districts in Indiana. But both are Re
publicans.
Some years ago there were two
(brothers in congress at the same time,
tone in the senate and the other in the
bouse. They, too, belonged to the same
political party. But the Fultons are
the only brothers who have come to
congress together but divided against
themselves politically.
Senator Fulton was born in Lima,
la,- It was there, too, that the future
;Representatlve Fulton was born.
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THE season of social gayeties which
was ushered in by the opening of
.congress again calls attention to an
eminently useful personage In the
realm of fashion the social secretary.
Although the social secretary is a
creature of modern development, and
a most interesting one at that, her
place in the fashionable universe of
the national capital has become firmly
fixed and there are more positions at
good salaries than there are social sec
retaries to fill them. The demand is
so great and the pay is often so al
luring that a number of Washington
girls whose social status is near the
upper edge of the top crust, but who
are not as well favored financially as
some of their sisters in society, are
preparing to take up this as their life
work.
Some one has said that "good social
secretaries are born, not made," and
there is much truth in the observation.
She must be a natural born diplomat
or she will not be a success, but she
.must be more than that. It is neces
sary that she shall know intimately
the society with whom her patron will
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT TO
DECIDE OFFICERS' WEIGHT
CONFLICT of expert opinions as to
what kind of army officer should
ride a horse has brought about such
a state of confusion, especially in tbe
engineer corps, that the president and
Secretary Taft will be compelled to
solve Jhe problem. For instance, one
board appointed to determine the fit
ness of officers to take the equestrian
test prescribed by President Roose
velt, decided that the -exercise would
cost Col. Charles E. L. Davis, .other
wise known in the army as "Alpha
bet Davis," his life. He was accord
ingly ordered here from Detroit, where
lie was In charge of river and harbor
.improvements. Try as hard as it could
Jt appears the board which has been
known as the Davis retirement board,
found no physical disabilities which
would warrant his retirement.
Oddly enough a testimonial from the
Lake Carriers' association came along,
telling what wonderful work Col.
Davis has been doing. Then an order
YOUNG QUENTIN A TRUANT;
IS FOUND BY DETECTIVE
QUENTIN ROOSEVELT, aged eight,
one time the protector of Pete, the
White House bulldog, and charmer of
snakes that terrified cabinet members
and sent chills up and down the spines
of diplomats, gave the White House
another jar the other day.
When time came to dress for dinner,
which is seven o"clock, Quentin was
nowhere to be found. Garret and
cellar were searched, but no Quentin.
Then the grounds and the offices were
hunted for traces of snakes or bull
dogs or bonfires, but never a trace.
The secret service squad was called
out next, and a search of all Wash
ington was begun for the truant.
With knowledge born of experience,
a couple of men were dispatched to
the hwcnble bome where lives a pretty
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From there the family went to Paw
nee City, Neb., where the brothers
studied law and were admitted to the
bar. Charles later went to Oregon
and was elected to a lot of offices as
a Republican.
Elmer went first to Stillwater, Okla.,
then to Pawnee, and finally settled
down at the practice of law in Okla
homa City. In 1903 the term of Sen
ator Joseph Simon, of Oregon, expired
and Charles Fulton came to the sen
ate as his successor.
When congress passed the bill ad
mitting Indian Territory and Okla
homa to statehood Elmer was
announced as a candidate for the
house in the Oklahoma City district.
He was nominated by the Democrats
and was elected, defeating ex-Gov. T.
B. Ferguson in what was supposed to
be a Republican district. He was as
sisted in his campaign by William J.
Bryan. Pawnee City is Mr. Bryan's
district, and he had known Elmer Ful
ton there. Bryan made five speeches
for him in the campaign, in each
speech emphasizing the fact that Ful
ton stood well with the people of the
Nebraska town.
MUCH TROUBLE IS SAVED
BY SOCIAL SECRETARIES
have to deal. She must not only be
able to segregate the social mounte
banks from the real factors of society
but she must have an exhaustive ac
quaintance with the maze of prece
dents and formulas and distinctions
for which Washington society is noted.
A good social secretary has all of this
information at her tongue's end and is
able to steer her patron's social bark
past all the reefs and rocks that ren
der navigation so uncertain and dan
gerous for the tyro.
Fashionable Washington is com
ing nearer every day to the belief that
a good social secretary is as essen
tially a part of the household equip
ment as a good cook. This view is ac
centuated by the sorry spectacles pre
sented by women of the ultra fashion
able set who come to Washington to
establish reputations for polite hospi
tality, only to end in sad failure be
cause they have no one to inform them
as to the real members of the smart
set, and the pretenders, or to point
out the numerous social distinctions
that are peculiar to Washington life,
the Infraction of any one of which Is
counted an unpardonable mistake.
was issued granting Col. Davis leav
until February when he would be re
tired by age.
Too fat, as fat as Taft, is tbe charge
that the Davis board has brought
against Col. W. L. Marshall, of New
York, in charge of the Ambrose, chan
nel work. The preliminary examin
ing board could find nothing the mat
ter with Col. Marshall, but Gen. Fred
Grant excused the big fellow from the
ride out of sympathy for the horse.
The last "board to examine him could
find no disability except his corpu
lency. His retirement has been held
in abeyance until Taft's return. The
secretary and the president will decide
how fat a man can be and yet be serv
iceable in constructing a big channel.
Meanwhile Col. Marshall is said to be
reducing his weight by the delicate
process of rolling on the floor. Offi
cers are scarce in the engineering
corps and a retirement of half a dozen
would create havoc. -. . ; ,
little dark-haired, dark-eyed lass of 12
or 14 years, the object of Master Roose
velt's affections. But he was not there;
he had left two hours before, bound,
so the girl said, for a snake and bird
emporium. But he was not at the em
porium. Quentin was finally found playing
in Massachusetts avenue, a couple of
blocks from the home' of his little
sweetheart and near the school. The
detectives hustled him home.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt has given his
check for $10,000 to St. Mary's Prot
estant Episcopal church, in " Ports
mouth, R. I., near his Oakdale farm.
Half is for the endowment fund and
the other half is to be used for any
purpose the officials deem necessary.
sn rz,j i but
The first consists of a blouse of lace worn with an overbodice of cash
mere to match the skirt; the edges of overbodice are bound with silk, the
fronts being connected by points composed of silk strapping, each point orna
mented with little jeweled buttons. The lace sleeves are trimmed with
pointed straps of the silk. Materials required: Four yards silk for the
blouse, one and a quarter yard cashmere 46 inches wide for overbodice,
one and a quarter yard silk on the cross for trimming.
The second is a simple skirt blouse of white wincey; the back is cut with
a yoke pointing in the center, the front has three deep tucks and a box-pleat;
stars are worked with green washing silk in long stitches up box-pleats, and
just inside the stitching of tucks; the deep cuffs of the bishop sleeves are or
namented to match. Material required: Three yards wincey 30 inches wide.
The third sketch shows a dinner blouse of spotted silk muslin. It is gath
ered at the neck to a high lace collar-band, the elbow-bands also being of lace.
The over-bodice is of pale pink and pearl gray chine silk, edged with plain
gray silk, on which are worked knot stitches in pink; the points are finished
with silk tassels. Materials required: Four and a half yards silk 22 inches
wide, one quarter plain silk on the cross, eight tassels, two and a half yards
silk muslin 40 inches wide.
TAKE PROPER CARE OF FACE
Many Women Have Poor Complex
N , ions Because, They Neglect
Simple Precautions.
One of the greatest evils that beau
ty doctors have to contend with is the
fact that women do not properly dry
their hands and face after washing.
Nine women out of ten thoroughly
wash their face with soap and water,
carelessly wipe it off with a stiff, towel,
then go right out in the wind. It will
take you days, and sometimes weeks,
to undo the harm that this careless
ness has caused. If you have not time
to dry your face and hands then do
not wash them. Rub a little cold cream
on your face and wipe that off with
old towel this will answer the pur
pose if you are in a hurry. Then, too,
do not wash in "hard" water. If the
only water you have is "hard" then
add a few drops of benzoin to the
basin every time you use it, or throw
a handful of bran or oatmeal in the
water. Any of these will soften it.
Be liberal with your use of cold
cream on the face and hands. Use a
little of it every time you wash, wipe
it off the face and apply a good qual
ity of powder. Powder does not hurt
the face if well washed off every night
with warm water, so that the pores
are left well open while you are sleep
ing. The use of good powder proper
ly applied, never- hurt- anybody. It is
the girl who buys a highly scented
powder with a fancy name, dabs it on
in spots and never thoroughly washes
it off, who has a muddy skin caused
by the use of powder.
For the hands - that are badly
chapped the following pomade is
good:
One ounce of ' cocoa butter, one
ounce of oil of sweet almonds; one
drachm of oxide of zinc; one drachm
of borax; six drops of oil of berga
mot. Heat the cocoa butter and the
oil of almonds in a double boiler, and
when they are well mixed, add the
borax, and also the oxide of zinc.
Stir these four ingredients until al
most cool and then add the oil of
bergamot.- The oxide of zinc con
tained in this formula has wonderful
healing properties.
NEW FASHION HINT.
A new juniper effect made of em
broidered black voile bands over green
taffeta and finished with two large tas
sels. Gold Net.
- In the Brussels mesh there is a rich
gold net for gowns, and laces for
flouncing have the design and edging
worked in gold thread.
AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE
Woman Makes Mistake Who Appears
. at Morning Meal Unbecomingly
Or Untidily Attired.
Tho finest compliment we have ever
heard told to a woman was by her
husband, and he said, in speaking of
her: "We always think of her as a
morning glory, because1 she looks so
bright and cheery and pretty at the
breakfast table." , . .
How many breakfast tables are pre
sided over by women who make no
efforts to be dainty? and there are a
great number who are at once untidy
and even uncleanly to look at.
The claim that household ' .duties
keep women from looking well in the
morning is easily disproved, for in
many a household where the lady
gives a helping hand in the kitchen
a big apron will thoroughly protect her
dress, and then, too, cooking, unless
one makes it so, is never dirty work.
That woman commits an error who
looks uncared for and badly dressed
in the morning. The other woman who
wears any old thing to the breakfast
table, is also making a mistake, for
that is the time when the men of the
household ought to see a woman at her
best, and not specially rely on her ap
pearance in the evening, when the soft
and charitable light of the gas will
hide many defects.
Old-Fashioned Hair Tonic. '
One of the, best tonics in the world
to stop the hair from falling, nourish
it and induce luxuriant growth is an
Infusion of the leaf of the common
sage. The leaves should be as fresh
as possible and guaranteed by one's
druggist to be grown the year they
are used. A liberal quantity should
be placed in cold water and allowed
to stand in a porcelain or agateware
dish - in some place where they will
not boil, or boiling water, may be
poured over them and then be set
aside for several hours. They must
not be boiled at all ; an infusion, not a
decoction, is the thing needed. When
cold strain the tea and add to each
half teacupful a tablespoonful of fine
French brandy, bottle, and keep In the
ice box or a cool place. It should be
made fresh every week.x It should be
applied as often as convenient, once
a day if possible, for several weeks
to get a good start, and twice a week
after that.
Immensity of Muffs.
Sumptuous is the only word that ex
presses the newest muffs. Some oi
them are simply immense in regard
to size and all are of the richest furs.
Even the fancy muffs are extremely
large.
One on this order fashioned from
caracul was made with flaring ends
faced with black satin, box-plaited
and edged with a ruching, black silk
cords adorning the front, a regular
granny muff, indeed.
Chinchilla and black lynx muffs re
sembled veritable pillows and ten
pelts of the little ermine went to
make a single muff, while a fashion
able one in Persian lamb took as
much fur in ' its construction as a
small coatee. ,
A Hatpin Fad.
One of the latest fads of ultra-fashionable
women is to have their waist
coat buttons, their hatpins and their
umbrella handles all to match. One
sees' the loveliest sets in pink and pur-v
pie quartz set in tiny rose diamonds
or in crystal set in thin rims of gun
metal. All hatpins are now very large,
and in all cases they must bear special
relationship to the hat with which
they are worn.
On the Make.
Some men who believe in making
the most of their opportunities un
fortunately regard every other man as
an opportunity. Philadelphia Record.
How to Make Furniture; Shine.
Take four tablespoonfuls of turpen
tine, two ounces of white wax, four
ounces castlle soap. Place together in
a clean enamel saucepan and dissolve
slowly over a gentle heat. Next add
a sufficient quantity of boiling water
to form it into a cream.
Death Grip of Octopus.
Measuring ten feet six inches, an
octopus, while being killed at Toora
din, Victoria, entwined a tentacle so
firmly around the foot of one of its
captors that the membrane had to be
cut to free the man. . "
Hopeful.
"I begin to realize," said young Mr.
Kallow, "that I am no. longer a mere
youth, now that I've got a little hair
on . my lip." "Yes;" said Miss Pert,
"and I suppose in a month or so
you'll have another one." Philadel
adelphia Press.'
Nitrogen in Animal Charcoal.
Why animal charcoal removes the
color from colored liquids, while wood
charcoal has no effect, has not been
understood. A European chemist now
finds that the action of the former la
due to the presence of five to seven
per cent of nitrogen. ,
New Government Monopoly.
Germany's government has decided
to monopolize the manufacture of
brandy throughout the empire. It
will guarantee the manufacturers
market prices for their spirit, but the
price of brandy to consumers will be
raised. The net profit to the govern
ment will, it is estimated, be about
$17,500,000 In the first year.
Pension for Mothers.
The pensioning of mothers by tbe
state is advocated by a University of
Chicago lecturer. The professor thinks
the pension should increase in amount
up to the third child, and then de
crease until the advent of the sixth,
when it should cease This seems to
be a sort of compromise between anti
race suicide and socialism. ,
Secret of Happiness.
Keep true to our best faith and dot
the day with deeds which love and-,
kindness prompt. Be just in your
dealings, and keep from stain 'of sin
in thought and word, and you shall
wear the crown of an approving con
science and know the secret of the
happy life. I. Mench Chambers.
, Everyday Woman.
About the everyday woman there
can be no mistake; she stands out
side of all isms and ologies; she
thinks of the day as it is, of people
as they look, of her surroundings as
they are; the great aim of her life
is to live through every day with all
the quiet, comfort, and the dignity
that she can. .
Too Sharp a Dividing Line.
Elder (discussing the new minister's,
probation discourse) In my opeenion
he wasna justified in dividing folk
into the sheep and the goats. I
wadna just say, Jamie, that I was
among the unco guld, and I wadna
say that you were among the unco
bad. So whar do we come in? He'll
no do for us, Jamie. We'll no vote
for him. Punch. , . .
Good Work- of Electric Clock.
The world's best timekeeper is said
to be the electric clock in the basement-
of the Berlin observatory,
which was installed by Prof. Porster
in 1866. It is inclosed in an air-tight
glass cylinder and has frequently run
for periods- of two or three months
with an average daily deviation of
only fifteen-thousandths of a second.
Extremes in Brazil. 1
Brazil has no middle class. There
are but two classes there the rich
nd the poor.
Lincoln Directory
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Skins. No commission or drayage. I carry a
fall line of HARNESS, SADDLES, FUR COATS
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mercnanuise.
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received for tanning. Highest prices paid for
hides. 313 and 315 O St., Lincoln, Neb.
Shipping tags and circulars mailed free.
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