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    SIBERIAN WASTES
S H O IP IP E R ' S
Clarkson's
Restaurant
, (Successor "a to Hams Cafe)
Best of Everything
In Season Prices
Right. NOKTH 13 St.
JS DRESHER
3 TAILOR
143 SOUTH TWELFTH STREET
HATS MADE TO ORDER AT FACTORY
PRICES. CLEANING, RETRIMMING, RE
BLOCKING AND REFIN1SHING : :
UNION MADE
BY UNION HAT MAKERS
Bullus & Moore
Lincoln Hat Store
Renovating a Specialty
Work called for and delivered
120 No. 12lh St., Lincoln, Neb.
WAIT TO SWALLOW UP INTREPiO
NEW YORK-TO-PARIS RACERS.
Glimpse of the- Land Towards Which
the Big Automobiles Are Headed
Conditions They Will
Have to ff.ce.
HERMINGHAUS & HELWIG
GUIDE
For Saturday Only
SI Worth of Goods
20 Lbs. Sugar
JFIM TEA & COFFEE CO.
fluto Phone 2158 Bell 21S7 206 So. Ilth
NEBRASKA'S SELECT HARD WHEAT FLOUR
WILBUR & De WITT LULLS
THE CELEBRATED
LITTLE HATCHET FLOUR
RYE FLOUR A SPECIALTY. TELEPHONE US
Lincoln, Neb., 145 So. 9th St. Bel! Phone 200; Auto 1459
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FXDR UNION MEN
Into the unknown and unexplored
desolation of the far north east of
Siberia the New York-to-Paris auto
mobile racers expect to plunge and
trust to pluck and luck to get safely
through -to parts of the Russian em
pire where help can be obtained if it
is needed. But over thousands of
miles of the way they will have to
1 trust entirely to their own resources.
Will they achieve that which they
; have started out to accomplish? If
they have found hardship and diffieul-'
ty in the trip across the United States,
and if they find similar and perhaps
greater difficulties in the regions of
Alaska, what won't they find in the
way ofbstacles in the Siberian coun
try? Many there are who predict that not
until they land on the shores of the
country of the czar will their serious
troubles commence. This will be due,
In brief, to the fact that the country
through which they have been travel
ing since leaving New York stands for
progress and civilization, while in the
land which they will enter upon land
ing near East Cape, Siberia, quite the
opposite conditions exist.
Tenderloin steaks easily obtain
able in Alaska, if one. has the prices
must give way to blubber, either that
of whale; walrus or seal, as they may
prefer, with occasionally a piece of
reindeer meat. No more of taking
refuge for the night in houses made of
logs or other lumber, for "igloos," the
tent houses of the Tschuktsch natives,
are the only kind in existence. For
thousands of miles after leaving Nome
no means of telegraphic communica
tion will be possible, "and -little mora
chance to communicate by post,' hence
weeks will probably pass before a word
of news from or about the automo
bilists can reach civilization, the first
point where telegraphic communica
tion with the rest of the world is pos
sible , being. Verchojansk, in Siberia,
3,450 miles from East Cape.i X
While East Cape is to be the nom
inal starting point in Siberia for the
autoists, the actual point of departure
will be the native village know by
the American name of Whaling.
From Whaling to the settlement at
East Cape is but 15 miles across a
neck of land, , it being easily possible
to make the Journey in two hours or
less over the: snow, with a good dog
team. At East Cape the Northeastern
Siberian Company has a large trading
station, where limited supplies may be
obtained. These include flour, lump
sugar, needles, certain kinds of canned
goods, cartridges, Russian "chi," or
tea, in brick form, and Russian tobac
co, also in the same form, for -the na
tives, loyal Russian subjects that they
are, will have none of American tobac
co or tea when the Russian article is
to be had:
Upon leaving Whaling the new ex
periences of the autoists will begin.
The start, which those conversant
with weaher conditions in Siberia de
clare should be made not later than
October, will take them on the shore
ice to Cape Serdge, 70 miles from East
Cape, and thence to Koliachin bay, 85
miles beyond. . -
From the mouth of the Kolyma;
river the a.itoists' Toute, leads inland
to the city of Nishne Kolymsk, 343
WITH THE LIVE ONES
"The uttltude of some of our pro
luUlion friends towards those who
f'Iffer from them," said the Old Timer,
reminds me of an incident in mv
l;oyhood. My father is a minister, and
h) always looked with horror on many
tiiin.es in themselves harmless. W
lived in a small town in Missouri
There was a club, of business men
there and there was a billiard table in
their club rooms. One day I hap
pened along the hall, and say a busi
new man shooting the balls around
and stopped to watch him. He asked
me to try my hand, and I did. While
I was punching at the balls my
father eair.e dow"n the hall and saw
me.
"Well, I knew there would be
something doing when I got home
and there was. Father called me into
the sitting room and after telling me
what a horribly wicked game billiards
was, gave me a licking that was thi
genuine article.
"The next week father, who was an
ardent lover of croquet, went over
into the court house yara ana won u
nedal as the champiou croquet
piayer of the county.
"Say. I've lived thirty years since
then and o has father but for the
l'te of me I am still unable to see
the difference between knocking ivory
balls around on a green cloth and
V'lOcklng wooden balls around on the
g-een grass."
the "Live Ones." Next to the section
men the clerks are the poorest paid
t mployes in the railroad service. And
U is always the clerks who get thr
first wage "reduction. "Reduce a"
viiiges save in departments where wo
have contracts with the unions' is the
cemmand and down goes Mr. Un
organized Clerk's wag-s. Why don't
ll:ty wake up?
Thompson has been feeling sore ever
ibince.
Lancaster is a republican county
so overwhelmingly republican that ths
only hope organized labor has of se
curing representation in the legisla
ture Is through that party. And now
is the time to begin preparation for
ii. Under the primary system it wil!
be possible for union men of the re
publican faith to nominate two- or
three union men for the legislature
There is a lot of mighty good legisla
tive timber In the union ranks of
Lancaster county, and it ought to be
I.rought to market. The Wageworker.
would like to hear from unionists n
t'.tin question. It has in mind one
I'imlghty good man and he lives !n
University Place. His initials are J.
W. ' Dickson.
Lust Wednesday morning was rathv
chilly, and when "Doc" Righter im.t
John Marshall on the corner of Thir
teenth and O they referred to it.
"Pretty chilly weather," said M'.
Marshall.
"Goes right to a fellow's bones,"
.said Righter.
"He pretty chilly in a box car on a
ij- like this," said Marshall.
"O, it's a snap to make a box car
comfortable, even in the coldest
weather," said Righter, who has been
through the printer game from Alpha
to Omega, from Omaha to Breakfast.
'All you got to do is to take a couple
of old newspapers into the car with
you. Then you carefully close all the
doors, side and end, and .burn the
papers. Say it warms things up
bully."
"I've never tried that," replied
Marshall, but I do know that news
papers folded and buttoned under the
vest, one on the back ' and one on
the breast, are as good as an over
coat."
Then "Doc" and John stood anJ
talked and looked like they would
dearly love to hike for the railroad
yards, duck around and into a box
cat aud take a trip just for old times'
sake.
Tony Donahoe balked when the
li-owne resolution endorsing Taft and
instructing the district delegates to
vote for the Ohio man was presented
lo the Second district congressional
convention. Tony is a leader in the
ciiinp of organized labor. Organized
labor as represented by the central
bodies of the unions is unequivoca11
opposed to Taft. Mr. Donahoe could
not very well sit -quietly by and per
mit the resolution to pass without pro
test, even when he was convinced he
would be wholly without support in
his opposition. Some enthusiastic
Taft men were disposed to find fault
with Mr. Donahoe for giving voice to
his feelings under the circumstances
but the labor uuions commend him
for his action. That is worth some
thing to the president of the Central
Labor Union of Omaha. Omaha Ex
i-elsior.
mnd; him read the '"written "writin' "'
o:'. the wall. Now, if ("tie people whi
are touting Taft will do a little read
ing they might avoid a headache.
Omaha Western Laborer.
Tschuktsch (Natives; at East Cape,
Siberia, the Landing Place of the .
AutomobHists. -
miles distant-, and to Svedne. KolynSfek,
220 milef beyond. From there it i3
1,500 miles to Verchojansk, where the
first telegraph station since ' leaving
Nome will be found. To the city of
Yakutsk, on the Lena river, it is 620
miles, and from thence to Irkutsk -2,000
miles. This important city is' on the
Trans-Siberian railway, and there the
autoists will at least find themselves
again in complete touch with- civiliza
tion. The journey from Irkutsk to
Paris will present no obstacles that
may not be easily overcome.
The territory contiguous to East
Cape, which is on the' Tchukotsek,
peninsula, is not infrequently visited
by American miners in search of gold,
who argue that as so many rich gold
deposits have been found at Nome and
on the Seward peninsula, on Bering
sea, facing the Siberian coast," there is
good reason to believe that the same
geological conditions exist on the Si
berian as on the opposite American
coast. '
UGANDA RAILWAY
"I've got the utmost respect for the
courts," remarked EH. Bly the other (
cay, 'but I ve got an almighty poor
opinion of a lot of the judges at the
iioad of them."
President McDonald will confer a
fror on a long-suffering public if h?
will run a lot of those big Traction
company cars into the shop and hav-;
the steps lowered. It's like falling out
!o a second-story window to step
down from those cars.
The United Railway Mn's associa
te n organized in New York by the
five brotherhoods has declared its op
position to Hughes an.1 Taft. Yet the
Taft boomers attempt to make it apt-ear
that the railway men love the
fat man because of .his celebrated in
junctions forbidding them to strike.
Cleveland Citizen.
Some of these days The Wage
woiker may be able to record. thi?
inllway clerks of Lincoln as anions
George J. Thompson of Chicago,
lfjbel secretary of the Chicago Cigar
makers' Union, lias been in Lincoln
fcr the past week. He. tells a good
story on himself but he doesn't
In ugh much when lie tells it. A few
years ago he was nominated by the
dtmocrats of his senatorial district
for state senator. The district is 3,
000 republican and Thompson declined
to make a campaign, feeling that
k was hopeless. So he remained at
work and let the campaign go by de
fault. Yet, despite his failure lo
hustle, his republican competitor was
elected by just thirty majority. And
Newspapers of every description
from far and near (including our
local papers) during the past few
weeks, have contained diabolical ar-
t.t'es scathing the lal-or movement
t'i!d union leaders in general, from
I'ost the union hater. These papers
Live been going into the homes of
tur union people and the articles are
r'itd by them with hardly a comment.
c an effort to put a stop to it and
tliese papers are still going into these
same union men's homes. On the
ether hand, let a labor paper ( unin
tentionally) make tne least mistake
a Ml the whole labor forces would be
up in arms and ready to boycott it.
Fox River Leader.
Of coui-rie Congressman Littlefield
v. as not influenced in tendering his
resignation by any recollection of his
last c:mpaign. Of course not. Little
field is a man of considerable ability
r.nd it is a pity he lined up against
tiif- legislation asked by the working
pt ople. The labor conference in
Washington - last week must:; have
Woman Favors War.
Society is in a process of growth,
has not yet arrived at its maturity, or
its equilibrium of forces, and, there
fore, must have its public and pri
vate war until social adaptation be
complete, and war thereby come to an
end. It is well ' that the so-called
peace advocates" are in a magnifi
cent minority, since with a whole na
tion of peace men you would have a
people like the Chinese. Mrs. Halde
man in Modern World, Denver.
Short has been the life and many
the vicissitudes of the Uganda railway.
It cost nearly $50,000 to build, but the
road is already doing what it never
expected -to do within any reasonable
period it is paying its way.
We may divide the journey into four
main stages the jungles, the plains,
the mountains, arid the lake, for the
lake is an essential part of the rail
way, and a natural and Inexpensive
Extension to its length. In the, early
imorning, then, we start from Momba
Isa station, taking our places upon an
ordinary garden seat fastened on to
jthe cow-catcher of the engine,' from
whic.h position the whole country
can be seen. For a quarter of ' ail
He Didn't Care.
Little Jim Jones read his composi
tion in school. It was so poor that
the teacher declared she would have
to write a note to Jim's mother about
it. "Go ahead an' write 'er, ef you
wants to. I doan care. Mother wrote
it herself." - "
" For a Felon.
Take common rock salt, dry. in an
oven, then pound it fine and mix with
spirits of turpentine in equal parts;
put it in a rag and wrap it around
the parts affected; as it gets dry put
on more.
Chromite Mines in United States.
The only active chromite mines in
the United States are in California,
where two mines furnish a - smali
product, used crude, for lining coppei
furnaces.
Real - Hardship. .
We speak of hardships, but ihe trut
hardship is to be a dull fool and per
mitted to mismanage our life in oui
own dull and-foolish manner. R. L
Stevenson.
Jest and Earnest.
Many a true word is spoken in jest
but the majority of lies are uttered ii
dead earnest. Judge.
Mombasa Station. ..
hnni- wc are still unon Mombasa is
land, and then the trala, crossing the
Intervening channel by a long iron
bridge, addresses itself in earnest to
the continent of Africa. Into these
vast regions the line winds persever-
ingly upon .a stiff up-grade, and the
land unfolds itself ridge alter riage
and valley after valley, till soon, wun
one farewell glance at the sea we are
embraced and engulfed completely.
All day long the train runs upward
and westward, through broken and un
dulating ground clad and encumbered
with superabundant vegetation. Beau
tiful birds and butterflies fly from tree
to tree, and flower to flower. Deep
ragged gorges, filled by streams in
flood, open out far below us through
glades of palms and creeper, covered
trees. Here and there, at intervals,
which will become shorter . every
year, are plantations of rubber, fiber,
and cotton, the beginnings of those
inexhaustible supplies which will one
day meet the yet unmeasured demand
of Europe for those indispensable com
modities. Every few miles are little
trim stations, with their water-tanks,
tignals, ticket-otfices and flower beds
complete and all of a pattern, backed
by impenetrable bush.- - In: short, one
slender thread of scientific civilization,
of order, authority, and arrangement.
drawn across the primeval chaos of
the world. '
In the evening a copier, crisper air
is blowing. The humid coast lands,
with their glories and their fevers,
have been left behind. At an altitude
of 4,000 feet we begin to laugh at the
equator. The jungle becomes forest,
not less luxuriant, but distinctly differ
ent in character. The olive replaces
the palm. The whole aspect of the
land is more friendly, more familiar,
and no less fertile. After Makindu
station the forest ceases. The traveler
enters upon a region of grass. Im
mense. fields of green pasture, with
ered and whitened "at this season by
waiting for the rains, intersected by
streams and watercourses densely
wooded with dark, fir-looking trees
and gorse-looking scrub; and relieved
by bold upstanding bluffs and ridges,
comprise the new panorama. And here
is presented the wonderful and unique
spectacle which the' Uganda railway
offers to the traveler. The plains are
crowded with wild animals. From the
windows of the -carriage the whole
zoological gardens can be seen dis
porting itself. Herds of antelope and
gazelle, troops of zebras sometimes
four or five hundred together watch
the train pass with placid assurance,
or scamper a. hundred yards farther
away, and turn again. Many are quite
close to the line. With field-glasses
one can see that It is the same every
where, and can distinguish long flies
of black wildebeeste and berds of red
kongoni the hartebeeste , of South
Africa and wild ostriches walking
sedately In twos and threes, and every
kind of small deer and gazelle. The
zebras come close enough for. their
stripes to be admired with., the naked
eve. We have arrived at Simba, "The
Place of Lions," and there is no rea
son why the passengers should not see
one, or even half a dozen, stalking
across the plain, respectfully observed
by lesser beasts. Indeed, in the early
days it was the custom to stop and
sally yit upon the royal vermin when
ever met with, and many a lion that
haa been carried back to the tender
in triumph before the guard, or driv
er, or anyone else could think of time
tables or the block system, or the oth
er Inconvenient restrictions of a regu
lar service. Farther up the line,
in the twilight of the even
ing, we saw, not a hundred yards
away, a dozen giraffes lollopping off
among .scattered trees, and at Nakuru
six yellow lions - walked in leisurely
mood across the rails. - -