THE WAGEWORKER
By W. M. MAUPIN
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KBRASKA
Japanese Method.
A grim story of Japanese ingenuity
comes from the Island of Formosa, for
merly Chinese territory, but now a
possession of the Japanese, who are
waging war against the savages of the
Interior. These are represented to be
of the ferocious order, the head-hunting
variety of barbarians who are re
lentless in pursuit of enemies and to
whom accordingly it is deemed use
less to show mercy in time oi"nostili
ties. At least it is represented that
very effective means have been taken
to bring the savages to terms. As the
story goes, whenever a band of the
insurgents can be located a strong
barbed-wire fence is constructed all
around the area, and is heavily
charged with electricity. Then the
Japanese troops advance, the head
hunters falling back before them.
The result is inevitable. If the sav
ages face the Japanese they are killed
by rifle fire. If they continue to flee
until they bring up against the wire
fence they are shocked to death by
electricity. Certainly a few applica
tions of that sort of medicine will be
effective on the patient. Before such
scientific warfare the occupation of
the head hunter is gone. And If he
persists the head hunter goes him
self. Revolutionists In Russia may be
punished but not cured, and the aris
tocrats among them hold to their
principles even more pertinaciously
, than do the representatives of lower
classes. Dispatches record that Mme.
Breshkovskaya, a woman 70 years
old and one of the first aristocratic
converts to the terrorist propaganda,
'Us been cast into prison in St. Pe
tersburg for distributing terrorist liter
ature. She was sent to Siberia in the
early seventies but succeeded In es
caping. The experience, however, only
strengthened her revolutionary ideas.
As in France in the time of the revo
lution, it is the flery determination of
the women that does much to keep
the spirit of rebellion alive.
Princess Louise of Orleans was mar
ried to Prince Charles of Bourbon In
England recently,. In the presence of
the king and queen of Spain, and
neariy 40 other members of royal
families. She is the youngest daugh
ter of the late Comte de Paris, who
with his brother and uncle served on
the staff of Gen. McCleUan In the civil
war in America. The count's history
of the war has been translated Into
English, but he and his family have
never stirred the national Imagination
as did Lafayette, that other French
roan who fought with American
troops.
They are shipping apples from Port
land, Ore., to Vladivostok, Russia, on
the opposite side of the Pacific, and
the fruit brings $7.50 per bushel. Of
course' the apples are' carefully se
lected and packed, but the fact that
such prices can be obtained fully war
rants the trouble. When an American
. product as perishable as apples can
be shipped 10,000 miles 'across the
water and sold at a big profit It should
be encouragement to try the same
process with other articles. There are
hundreds of things which the United
States can supply, and the field is
waiting to be improved.
There will be music in the air when
the big battleship fleet is not engaged
in naval practice. No less than 26
pianos with pianolas were taken along
on' the ships, having been furnished
by private subscription for the delec
tation of officers and men. That gives
at least one Instrument to each ship,
and some of the vessels will have two
pianos with mechanical attachments.
And as a full supply of both classic
and popular music goes along there
isn't a doubt that the boys will have
. some delightful times. The pianolas
will play when the guns do not.
A recent chemical Investigation by
the New York health department dis
closes the pleasing intelligence that
bologna sausage and Uverwurst are
all that they should be. Frankfurters
are uncertain, however, because some
of them are seasoned with borax or
sulphite. In view of the doubt that
was cast on these delicacies some
months ago this information will be
welcomed by would-be consumers
whose faith was undermined. As tor
a little borax, there might be worse
things in sausage!
Our navy certainly is a wonder. One
hundred men from each of the battle
ships which paused at the Island of
Trinidad were given Bhore leave and
there were no brawls. Can other na
tions blame us for pointing with
pride T
EDUCTIONAL
THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL' OF MUSIC
Affiliated with tbe University of Nebraska at
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WILLARD KIMBALL, Director, Lincoln, Neb.
OVER FLORIDA KEYS
MORE ABOUT WONDERFUL EN
GINEERING WORK.
Railroad, In Conjunction with Panama
Canal, Is Expected to Make
. Key West One of World's
Great Harbors.
By using the Florida keys as step
ping stones a railroad is being built
over the open sea from the mainland
half wayt0Ct:iS:"""'-'i.iie railroad goes
ts ;ca from a point below Miami on
the east shore and after crossing 75
miles of open water by bridge or via
duct and traversing 42 islands or keys
terminates at Key West.
It will soon be possible to enjoy the
speed and luxury pf modern railroad
travel practically out of sight of land.
A great harbor is to be built at Key
West, where trains may be run direct
ly upon great floats which will carry
them to Havana in unbroken pack
ages. This direct connection with the
mainland, with its saving -of 18 hours'
time In transportation, it is believed
will make Key West, with the opening
of the Panama canal, one of the great
est seaports of the country.
Engineers of the new road from the
first have been confronted by new and
baffling problems. Much of the road
being far out at sea, will be exposed
to all the storms to which these trop-
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ical waters are subject. A wide swath
must be cut through many of the isl
ands, while others must be laborious
ly built up from below the sea level.
Much of the land crossed consists of
almost impenetrable swamp. Although
a single-track road, the cost of con
struction will probably exceed $100,
000 a mile, or about $15,000,000 for 150
miles of construction. The idea of this
ocean railroad originated with Henry
M. Flagler, who will spare no expense
in making it a success.
One of the most interesting parts of
the work to the lay mind is the pre
cautions taken to safeguard the ex
posed viaducts against the sea. The
viaducts will be built of reinforced
concrete, resting either on deep piling
or solid rock. It has been found after
careful examination that the maxi
mum height of waves throughout
these waters Is 25 feet. The railroad
will be kept at a level of more than 30
feet above high water. The highest
waves known to this coast, therefore,
could not break over the top of the
viaduct. The engineers count upon
comparatively smooth water because
of the coral reefs which parallel the
track practically throughout the entire
distance. This natural barrier, al
though in many places below the level
of the water, forms a breakwater
which turns back the roughest seas.
Future of Persia.
At a recent meeting of the Royal
Asiatic society in London Sir H. Mor
timer Durand read a paper on "Nadir
Shah." The ancient monarchy of
Persia was, he said, among the nations
which seemed to be waking up to a
new life. The remarkable movement
which had recently swept over the
land had shaken the established order
of things to its foundations. As in
Russia, only a few years ago the
Persians in general regarded the mon
arch as their God-given ruler. Now
the position was very different, There
had been a sudden upheaval and the
autocratic power of the monarch had
been overthrown with extraordinary
suddenness. London Standard.
Build Strategic Railroads.
The administration of the Alsace
Lorraine railways has decided to build
at Saarburg a great' strategic railroad
station, 40 kilometers from the French
boundary. It will cost over $3,000,000.
Immense platforms will.be connected
w ith the barracks. The French are
building a strategic railway from Mal
medy to Stavelot.
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PENSIONS FOR OLD EMPLOYES.
Grand Trunk Railway System Has
Inaugurated Good Scheme.
On the first of January, 1908, the
Grand Trunk Railway system put a
new pension scheme in effect. At a
recent meeting of the directors In
London Mr. Charles M. Hays, second
vice-president and general manager,
who is also president of the Grand
Trunk Pacific railway, was able' to
persuade the management that it
would be in the interest of the owners
of this property to pension employes
who by old age and in other ways
were incapacitated. The sum of $200,
000 was set aside as a nucleus of the
pension fund, and it is proposed to add
to this fund $75,000 annually. By this
scheme the employes are not asked to
contribute anything .to the fund, but
all will participate in this benefit from
the highest to the lowest. Under the
terms of the pension every employe
must retire at the age of 65 years. If
an employe serves 15 years or more
he is entitled to an annuity of one
per cent, of the average annual salary
paid for ten continuous years. Thus,
if a man has served, say 30 years, re
ceiving $1,000 per year for any ten
years, he would be entitled to a one
per cent, of $1,000 multiplied by 30,
making a pension of $300 per annum.
Further provision makes a minimum
allowance of $200 irrespective of the
rate of pay or service. The fund will
be administered by a board chosen
from- the employes of the railway. It
is expected that this will serve as an
inducement ' to train and engine
men to seek service with this rapidly
growing system.
IN ICELAND.
There's going to be a railroad up In Ice
land In Iceland,
And what a funny railroad it will be!
I would never think of Iceland as a nice
land, -..
A nice land.
For week ends at a cottage by the sea.
For the trains will very likely go on run
ners like a sleigh.
And they'll harness up the engine In a
jingle bells array,
At least, I can't imagine it any other
way,
In Iceland.
You won't need your thermometers in
Iceland,
In Iceland,
And you won't have any fretful vls-a-vls;
For up there In that anything but spice
land.
But spice land, -The
cars are always cold as they can be.
Oh, they'll have to dig the sleepers out a
dozen times a day.
Or perhaps they'll tunnel through the
great big icebergs in the bay.
And that will be just bully till the ice
bergs move away,
In Iceland.
A journey will be jolly up in Iceland, .
In Iceland,
The scenery's so wonderful to see:
It will seem like nothing short of para
dise land.
Paradise land.
As the open cars go whirling o'er, the
lea.
They won't have any schedule, so there'll
never be delay, . .
The rates will be so low that almost any
one can pay.
For in that curious climate it Is Christ
mas every day.
In Iceland.
Montreal Star.
Railroading in China.
China is menaced with a new peril.
Her railroads have begun to pay. Not
since mummies were burned for fuel
on the Nile railway has the Orient
been so seriously invaded. Hence
forth it is farewell to the Idyllic peace
of the Chinese ruralism. If the sons
of heaven had refused to ride behind
the profane Iron horse of the foreign
devils they might have defended their
land from innovation to the last. Now
there is nothing for it but to submit
to having their rice fields cut up by
the steel rails. But one peculiar op
portunity remains for them to save
the credit of their country by mak
ing their railroads picturesque. If
they succeed in doing this, they can
be written down once more as having
achieved a complete novelty. The
train should furnish a brand-new mo
tive for that patiently elaborated Ori
ental art bamboo passenger coaches
decorated with choice panel paintings,
pagodas turned to account as switch
towers and locomotive designs, sym
bolic of the national dragon having
its tail twisted by a European power.
The Honeymoon Special.
The Honeymoon Special Is the
latest invention of the man who sits
up nights to think of catching names
for trains. This one is run between
Chicago and the Pacific coast. It made
its first trip December 18, and will
repeat the performance according to
the state of the matrimonial market..
The trip is for 30 days, which has
led unfeeling persons to speak of the
passengers being sent up for that
period. Some plain ordinary folks are
carried partly as ballast and partly to
fill up the corners; but they must be
bomb proof so far as billing and coo
ing are concerned.
The management of the Honeymoon
Special has been entrusted to a crew
well grounded in the subjects "What
Is the Chief Use 'of a Tunnel?" and
"Rice as Food and Otherwise."
Extending Canadian Lines- .
The coming year will witness an
unusual activity in railroad construc
tion in Ontario and Quebec. A num
ber of new lines and important exten
sions are under way, and the total
mileage added to the lines of the coun
try will exceed that of any year since
the building of the original lines be
tween Toronto and Quebec. )
Women as Baggagemen,
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Ten women in the United ' States
earn their living in the . capacity of
baggagemen. . 1
DOG SELLS PENCILS
MIRZA IS FAITHFUL ASSISTANT
OF HOBOKEN MERCHANT.
Basket Containing Wares Fastened
Around Neck Canine Taught to
Sit for Hours' Holding
Pipe in Mouth.
New York.-- Over on River street,
Hoboken, close by the ornamental
gateway that marks the entrance to
the Hamburg-American piers, there
sits all day long an old man who
eke out a living by the sale of pen
cils. He has for an assistant a yel
low dog of many breeds, who is as
fat and comfortable looking as his
master. To judge by their appear
ance there are few trades in the
world so conducive to comfort as that
of selling lead pencils on a sunny
street, with the world of commerce
flowing by one all day long.
The old man has been selling pen
cils in the same spot for the last six
years, and in that time he has had
two dogs as assistants. The old one,
which died more than, a year ago,
never was . much of a help. . All he
could do was to sit up with a little
basket tied around his neck and blink
in ah unconcerned way at persons
who stopped to buy ; the wares his
master had to sell. " He wasn't so
ciable and he didn't have the true
commercial Instinct. In fact, he
never took the slightest interest in
building up trade, nor could he , be
taught to do any tricks to stimulate
business. But when he died and three
little girls who live in West Hoboken
presented the old sidewalk merchant
with the present animal, then there
was a doggie of parts, even if she was
only three months old when the ped
dler set her up as his assistant and
sign board.
That Mirza is not a dog of high de
gree is apparent at a glance. . She
has the yellow coat of a mongrel and
a mixture of breeds is to be noted in
her head and face that suggest a fox
terrier for wisdom and a more phleg
matic sort of dog from her placidity.
If dogs had any say as to just what
they should work at they probably
would like to have a job like Mirza's,
for she has a box all to herself set
up alongside of her master's, with a
little pen on top of it that keeps
all the draughts off her legs. More
than this, she wears a fine coat of
dark green cloth, all braided round,
and a separate "garment" for her
legs that suggests the sort of
trousers Balzac used to have made,
with feet in them to keep his extrem-
Mirza, the Dog Merchant, of Hoboken.
ities as warm as possible when he was
writing. One naturally thinks of
French things when writing about
Mirza, for her master is an old
Frenchman whose name, Noel, is
French for Christmas.
One might think it displayed no par
ticular intelligence on the part of
Mirza to sit up In a little tray and
wait all day long for her master to
close up shop and go home to. a
warm fire. But that is not the end
of Mirza's accomplishments. Around
her neck is a little basket in the bot
tom of which are a half dozen pennies
as a suggestion for generous folk to
add to their number. If you drop a
coin in the basket Mirza is all at
tention at the click of the coin, and
she will draw one of her forefeet out
of her "trousers" and extend it to you
In greeting and thanks. - All her
sleepiness is gone at this mark of ap
preciation of her being at business,
and she is one of the most wide
awake dogs in Hudson county the mo
ment she realizes there is a penny
being added to the store in her basket.
So many dogs hold baskets that
this would be a too common accom
plishment to attract attention to the
business of selling pencils. And so
Master Noel has taught Mirza to sit
for . hours holding a great briar pipe
in her mouth.
Of course Mirza never smokes. She
is too much of a lady for that. But
that Mirza is an old hand at keeping
the pipe in her mouth is evident by
the careless way she permits it to
hang down by her jowl.
Besides acting as a living signboard,
Mirza is the best of watchdogs. In
spite of the fact that she is only
16 months old and has been "working"
for 13 months, her master can, and
does, leave her in charge of the stand
while he goes away for a little
while, and he knows she never will
stir from her box until he returns.
Master Noel never has any labor trou
bles with his assistant, for she never
has gone on strike, nor has she ever
asked for more pay. She just attends
to business, shaking paws with the
generous handed passersby, "smok
ing" her pipe the while and giving a
fine lesson to those who read as
they run of a peaceful, philosophical
life.
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