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THE WAGEWORKER By W. M. MAUPIN XEBR1IKA The envelope was Invented in 1683 ad was in disfavor for a long time. The average elevator in a large of fice building travels about 20 miles an hour. An effort is being made in England to foster the tobacco-growing industry of Scotland. ' Mr. JacitTiinns is of theTeal stuff of which heroes are made. He refuses to to on the stage. Right here itTseems appropriate to mention as an interesting fact that this country consumed $14,000,000 worth of peanuts last year. Paderewski, while performing in New York, split the nail on one of his fingers. Our dispatch does not say what happened to the piano. It Is no mere play upon words to remark that the congressional spoils men are spoiling for a fight and that the odds' are on the despoiler. Again we are reminded that money does not have a loud voice, but that it la a very penetrating voice and carries even to the fortified places. The American battleships have made a record in their long voyage which will always be an interesting feature in the world's naval history. "War is knocking at our doors," says Congressman Hobson. Gertrude, pleaaa go to the door and' tell War that we are not at home. Cleveland, Leader. Now comes the word that the "pneumatic pompadour" is to take, the place of the old-fashioned "rat." Thus suggests a use for olj .automo bile tires. England has been roused to a fine pitch of military enthusiasm by a thrilling play. It is not, however, any thing with soul kisses or Salome dances in it. French scientists say that the earth's crust is hardening, and ama teur gardeners who will begin their spring digging soon will no doubtu agree wun tnem. Only about 50 per cent, of the peo ple who die in New York die natural deaths, which is not astonishing, con sidering that only about one per cent, of them live naturally. In 1907 Great Britain furnished 30, 000 bicycles to Japan, and in addition $270,000 worth of parts, while the United States furnished 3,218 bicycles and $178,000 worth of parts. Because of the fight and resultant damage attending the last University of Pennsylvania underclass dinner the freshmen have found it almost impos sible to get a hotel to supply their din ner. It is said that women and children re braver than men in an earthquake. Possibly the weaker members of the family are used to having father come home and tear the house down over their heads. Our thoughtful and benevolent con gressmen, says the Chicago Daily News, are now engaged in the great work of distributing garden seeds among such of their fellow citizens as have either gardens or votes. The Michagensian, the college an nual at the University of Michigan, has asked students with cameras to chase up the members of the senior classes to get photographs of the 1909 folks without their knowing they are being taken. Apparently the milk producers have not become discouraged in their ef forts to change the milk- standard, even though the agitation of the sub ject had an effect to reduce the con sumption of milk by several millions of gallons last year. " Looking at it from a purely financial standpoint, does it pay? , The spoils system impels men to make all they can within a limited time. The merit system admonishes them to play fair and so hold their Jobs without reference to political in terference. One tempts a man to graft while he has the chance. The other prompts him to so conduct him self as to retain a good thing. This waives moral considerations but ao do many politicians. , Speaking by the card, Mr. Rocke feller's latest gift of a million to Chi cago university brings the total of his contributions to the funds of that in stitution up to $24,375,365. Gifts from other sources foot up $7,128,484, ma king a total of $31,503,849. Of this - amount about $5,000,000 have been used for current expenses, leaving a balance of $26,500,000 as its present productive endowment. A handsome allowing, remarks the Boston Herald tor a university less than 20 years "A man's a fool it he believes every thing his wife tells him," says the Philosopher of Folly, "but he's a big ger fool if he doesn't pretend he does." ' Little Rollis, four years old, came to ke table, where we had tomato soup. which he is very fond. Being very igry, be could not wait for it to but hastily ate two or three ifuls; then, laying down his he exclaimed: "My goodness! soup la so hot It mriltes sparks own me. Delineator. CAPITAL CITY NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST AROUND THE STATE HOUSE. THE WORK OF THE LAW MAKERS Legislative Facts and Gossip News of the State Capital. House Working on Appropriations. The house bpgan the consideration of the big maintenance appropriation bill Tuesday afternoon. The appropriation for the gover nor's office was allowed to remain as the committee proposed, amounting to $7,900. The budget for the board of public lands and buildings was also allowed to stand at $36,600. Pool ob jected to the item of $1,400 for extra janitor service during the legislature. After a hot discussion the appropri ation was cut out. The board of educational lands and funds was given an additional $1,000 for traveling expenses, making the total $6,000. The board of purchase and supplies is given $100 for the biennium and the commissioner of public lands and buildings $2,200. The state library commission is given $3,000. This is an increase of $2,000 over the appropriation of the 1907 session. The secretary of state is given $t.- 600, a sum $300 less than two years ago. The auditor is given $i,tw in stead of $12,600 given the office two years ago. The house agreed in giv ine the insurance department $3,500, a thousand more than was given the department two years ago. The at torney general was given $13,000, this sum being less than was asked. The attorney general anticipates much lit! gation in the next two years and he asked for enough to go through witsi the work. The appropriation for the payment of state treasurer's bond was cut to $4,000. Case of Frontles thought the bonding companies were practicing a holdup and that the amount should be cut to $980. Other members feared however, that if so large a cut was made that the bonding compauies might refuse to supply the bond mid that the treasurer would be forced to secure a personal bond. Persoral bonds were not at par in the estima tion of some of the members. Case's- suggestion was not accepted but the surety company pie was clipped one fifth. The state board of irrigation was given $4,300 as before. Howard attempted to secure an in crease of $6,000 in the appropriation for the labor bureau but this was voted down vociferously. ' The house Tuesday morning passed the following bills: S. F. 149 by Bartos, providing for submission to the question of chang ing city to village government ani of the retention of village government when towns reach a population of 1,000. Passed, 84 to 5. S. F. 120 by Miller, requiring one year's residence for application for divorce. Passed 76 to 12. H. R. 263 by Eastman, providing for submission of public buildings ques tions at general as well as special elections. Passed 82 to 2. H. R. 189 by Skeen, appropriating $40,000 for Peru normal library. Passed 75 to 7. S. F. 13 by Tibbetts, prescribing uniform acknowledgement of deeds, Passed 78 to 10. H. R. 144 by Taylor of Hitchcock, providing against revival of dormant judgments after five years. Passed 67 to 28. The house was notified that Gov. Shallenberger had signed H. R. 80, Frank Dolezal's bill, prohibiting the sale of blank cartridges and giant firecrackers. . A Saloon for Fort Crook. Fort Crook gets a saloon, or, more than one as the little village of two hundred people known as Crook, shall designate. This was decided Tuesday in a senate committee of the whole when the Gates bill was approved and rec ommended for passage. That is it will get a saloon unless Governor Shall enberger should ' see fit to veto the measure. " The bill in question was that of Representative Gates providing for a few changes in the license laws, and primarily for the permission of the state that Fort Crook should be given the saloon privilege that was taken away from it two years ago. A letter was read from Col. Gardner, the com mandant of the post, asking for the permission to be granted for the es tablishment of a saloon there, and a few petitions were sprung from Om aha citizens asking , that such act be passed for the benefit, of the metrop olis. It was claimed by -the Omaha triumvirate that drunken soldiers are a menace to the city and that if they could be kept at Fort Crook they could be better controlled by the army officers. When the vote was taken on the bill two county optionists, Senators Don ohoe and Bodinson, voted for it, while Hatfield and Meyers, who have been considered doubtful, also approved the bill to give Fort Crook the privilege of granting saloon licenses. Guaranty Bill Passes House. With seven Republicans voting for a Democratic campaign pledge the bank guaranty bill passed the house Tuesday morning, with 72 ayes and 23 nays. Every Democratic member voted for the platform promise, four of them, Boyd, Broderick, Gates and Graff, being absent. One Republican, McColl, was absent. The seven republicans were Allen. Barrett, Chase, Oriffen, Johnson of Adams, Roberts and Thiessen. A number of the republicans who voted against the measure offered short ex planations of their votes. Senate Kills Insurance Bills. The senate insurance , committee Tuesday practically completed its work for the season when it reported to the upper house its opinions on a number of the bills about which there has been so much discussion in insur ance circles as well as among the leg islators. The committee killed Sen ator Bartos' measure' providing that life and fire insurance companies should furnish the auditor with a list of all of the stockholders as welt as the policyholders of the companies. The measure, senate file .No. 302, that was introduced by Senator Miller by request, was killed. The feature in the bill that the committee did not like was that which provided that the sum which should be deposited with the auditor by any company as a guaran tee fund should not exceed $100,000. The Bartos measure providing that any insurance company should not pay more than 6 per cent to -its stockhold ers, was recommended for passage, as was Senator Ollis' bill providing for an annual statement to the auditor of public accounts showing the salaries and the fees paid officers and agents and the miscellaneous expenses of all of the companies. The Bartos bill, No. 391, providing for the examination of rates and premiums of all surety and fidelity companies and providing for the limiting of all rates that are charged was recommended for passage and placed on general file. The Bartos measure, permitting the investing of insurance funds in United States, state municipal and irrigation bonds, was approved by the insurance committee. Nettleton's Bill Failed to Pass. The long campaign between Dan Nettleton and the insurance lobby over H. R. 56, resulted Tuesday morn ing in the defeat of the measure, It falling seven short of the required constitutional majority. This meas ure provided that all premiums should be non-negotiable until the signer should have endorsed thereon his re ceipt and acceptance of the policy. The measure was mashed flat in committee of the whole a couple of weeks ago. Nettleton moved that the house refuse to concur in this action and the house duly refused. After a momentary victory the lobby was put flat against it by the unexpected ac tion of the house in refusing to con cur in its own report. The insurance lobby went to work with blood in its eye. The hundred or more agents and managers who had been working against the bill redoubled their ef forts. The result of this energetic, far-reaching campaign showed this morning. While it is probable that the resources behind some of the lob bies operating at the state house wer greater than the support behind tne insurance lobby there is no uestion that this lobby wields a wider and more diverse personal influence than any other. The Nettleton bill was aimed fit fraudulent practices but many of the members were clearly of the opinion that the passage of the act would in terfere with the transaction of busi ness by honest, well-intentioned agents. A Boost for the Attorneys. The Bartos bill providing for an increase in the salaries of county at torneys passed the senate Tuesday with but nine dissenting votes. There is no change in the salaries in coun ties of less than 14,000 people, but above that there are substantial in creases. The measure provides that in counties not more than 2,000 popu lation the salary to be fixed by the county board no exceeding the sum of $300 per annum; in counties having over 2,000 and less than 4,000 popula tion a salary of $500; .i counties hav ing from 4,000 to 8,000 population a salary of $300 per annum; in counties having from 8,000 to 16,000 population a salary of $800; in counties having from 16,000 to 22,000 population a sal ary of $1,000; in counties having from 22,000 to 30,000 population a salary of $1,200; in counties having from 30,000 to 50,000 population a salary of, $1,500; in counties having a population of 50, 000 and not more than 125,000 a sal ary of $2,500 and in counties of more than 125,000 inhabitants a salary of $4,000. Kill County Option. By a close vote the state senate Tuesday afternoon defeated Senator Miller's county option bill. Sixteen of the thirty-three senators voted for the bill and seventeen against it. One vote in the negative turned to the af firmative would have sent the bill through the senate. Ketchum of Thay er, a man who never took a drink of intoxicants in his life cast the decid ing vote against the measure. The membership of the senate is supposed to be determined in the stand it took on the test vote Tuesday and the friends of the bill have given up all hone of getting such a measure passed at this session. No effort will be made to reconsider the vote of Tuesday, ac cording to friends of the bill. In fact the opponents allege that they could pull one or two more votes over on their side if necessary. Loan Sharks Got a Bump. Salary loan sharks received a severe iolt when the house passed the Thomas bill, forbidding salary assign ments. H. B. Fleharty of South Om aha and Charles E. Stratton of Denver were busily engaged in fighting the measure. Their efforts will not be concentrated on the senate, where the margin is expected to be closer. To. Get the Reward. The claims committee investigated the coal mine in southeastern Ne braska Tuesday ahd report that they found a mine there with a drift sunk to a distance of three hundrded feet, with a vein of coal thirty inches thick, coal, real coal that will burn. Sev eral years ago the state offered a re ward for the discovery of coal in cer tain quantities and appropriated $4,000 for the purpose of paying it. The law by which- the reward was offered still exists but the appropria tion has long since lapsed. OF ITEMS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE OVER THE STATE. THEPRESS. PULPIT AND PUBLIC What Is Going On Here and There That Is of Interest to the Read ers Throughout Ne braska. Jury Says Manslaughter. Fred Ossenkop, a Lancaster county farmer, who lives just across the line between that county and Cass county, was convicted in the district court at Plattsmouth Saturday morning of man slaughter. The jury went out Friday evening at 6 o'clock and did not ar rive at a verdict until Saturday morn ing at 4 o'clock. The convicted man secured bond for his release in the sum of $15,000. The' bond was signed by his brother John Ossenkop of Lou isville, a rich - farmer. The district judge did not state when he would be ready to anounce the sentence. The prisoner went to. his . home Satur day forenoon near Bennett. Ossenkop has been on trial for some days on the charge of killing Charles Byrne in a fight at Eagle on the 16th of last September. Byrnes was a much smaller man than Ossenkop and the charge of the state was that in their fight he knocked Byrnes down and then kicked him in the head. Byrnes and Ossen kop's father had trouble some years ago, but the defendant insisted on the stand that he did not have any ill will because of this. Carried Away On Ice Cake. "The heaviest snow in -years fell in Box Butte county the last of Febru ary covering the ground to a depth of nearly two feet and drifting badly iln the pockets of the canyons. The warm weather of the last few days has melted this heavy fall of snow and the canyons are all full. Hans Hanson, a boy about seventeen, with his sister Nora, and Miss Olivia Moe were driv ing to town and drove into the man canyon about seven miles south of Hemingford. The strong current up set the buggy and threw them all in to the stream. Mr. Hansen and his sister swam out, but Miss Moe was carried down stream and finally "got footing on a large piece of ice and snow that was floating on the sur face. Emory Abley, a neighboring ranchman was notified . and he suc ceeded in lassoing her and bringing her safely to shore. Miss Moe is suf fering somewhat from exposure and shock but was not otherwise injured. Bound Over to District Court. Sheriff Fischer of Nebraska City re turned from Council Bluffs with the two men, George Clark and Frank Dickson, who were charged with bur glarizing the store of L. F. Teide, of Berlin. Part of the stolen goods were found on the men and they plead guilty when taken before Judge Wil son. They were bound over to the district court in the sum of $500 each, but not being able to give bail, will be held in jail. Johnson County Boy Hurt. While at work trimming hedge, a grown son of H. H. Schroeder, living in the northern part of Johnson county, was terribly cut just below the hip by an axe in the hands of a brother, the wound being accidentally inflicted. The cut was five inches long and four inches deep, the femur bone being reached by the edge of the instrument. Eight stitches were reuired to close the wound. The Two Italians Held. The preliminary hearing of N. Gol loro and C. Gosmono, the Italians who shot up a saloon at Uehling, was not finished till noon Thursday. The de fendants told a jumbled up story of a fight and subsequent get-away on their part, and denied that they fired any shots. They were bound over to the district court under bond of $3,000 each. Being unable to give it, -both went to jail. Want Twenty Cars of Potatoes. If you have good potatoes to sell write, wire or phone us. Largest hand lers of potatoes in the west. Estab lished in 1872. Hargreaves Mercan tile Co., Lincoln, Nebr. Dam Went Out at Neligh. The ice in the Elkhorn broke up Saturday night and moved down stream, carrying with it the cement dam at the Neligh mills. The dam was completed last summer and was supposed to be strong enough to re sist any pressure of flood or ice that might be thrown against it. It will take months to repair the damage. New Company Enlarged. The Jenz Automobile company, which some time ago contemplated re moving from Beatrice, has decided to remain in the city, having closed a deal by which it secures the funds necessary to operate its business. A trust mortgage for $10,000 was filed in the office of the county clerk Sat urday, the mortgage being given up on the property of the company for the purpose of securing bondholders who have promised to purchase $10. 000 in bonds to be issued by the com pany. The bonds will be disposed of by the Commercial club. NEWS NEBRASKA NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS. State News and Notes in Condensed Form. By a unanimous vote of the Silver Creek board, George P. McGrew was elected principal of the schools for an other year at a salary of $1,000. The election to decide on the for mation of the Dodge and Washington county drainage district will be held in Fremont on Tuesday, March 16. While playing-ball near Freedom, Frontier county, Tim Bomar killed a playmate, Sylvester Cozad, with a re volver "he didn't know was loaded." ; John G. Routson, a former resident of Columbus and at one time the offi cial surveyor of Platte county, die4 recently at his late home -in National1 City, California. Cloth and clothing peddlers have, lately victimized numerous farmers in1 the vicinity of Hartington of from $69 to $95 each and got safely away -with the cash. Tracy LaForge, of Falls City, while cutting a rivet off with a hammer, got a piece of steel in his eye,- and took the train for St. Joe to have an expert remove the intruder. Miss Susan Gehling, who has charge of the kindergarten school at Falls City, has made a fine showing so far this year. Among the forty babies who go to school to her she has had only one tardy mark. After counting horns and hoofs since the blizzard of February 9, the Ditch company near Atkinson find they are short about 300 head of cat tle which perished in the storm. The loss exceeds by 200 head the first esti mates that were made on the basis of what was known the day after the storm. At a meeting of the stockholders of the, Nemaha county fair and driving park association It was decided to discontinue the fair .and will sell the fair grounds. They will 'plat the ground of about forty acres into an addition to the city and sell the lots at pub lic auction. This will not be done un til after the race meeting. "Jack" Smith, who was arrested in Kansas shortly after he had stolen a horse from A. Timmerman of Stella a few weeks ago, was tried in the district court of Richardson county at Falls City. He pleaded guilty to the offense and Judge Raper sentenced him to serve three years in the peni tentiary. ' . E. O. Bartlett, of Steele City.as filed a formal complaint with the state railway commission alleging discrim ination in charges by the Steele City telephone company. He states that the company charges toll for local service which is not made to all non- subscribers and this , he alleges to be discrimination. John Clarence, charged with the murder of John P. Thacker, near Mur ray, Cass county, was released on bail in the sum of $10,000 which was signed by John Clarence, sr. The hearing was in justice court before Judge Archer. The next term of court convenes in May when the case will be hear. Clar ence is a cripple, and besides gave himself up voluntarily' is the chief rea son he was permitted to give bail. The Madison county mortgage rec ord for February, as prepared ' by County Clerk ' George E. Richardson is as follows: Farm .mortgages filed, twenty-two, amounting to $71,672.50; released, thirty, amounting to $64, 850; city mortgages filed, thirteen amounting to $18,825; released, twenty-one, amounting to $12,251.39; chat tel mortgages filed, 146, amounting to $30,472.28; released, 105,, amounting to $26,598.42. As W. D. Walker and family of Ara pahoe were returning from church their conveyance was struck and over turned by a running team which came up behind them. They were thrown out. Mrs. Walker becoming entangled with the wagon with which they col lided, was dragged about thirty feet and badly bruised. Miss Mary suffered a fracture of the wrist and Is other wise pretty well bruised up. Mr Walker escaped serious injury. - Hans Jensen, aged sixteen years, was shot and instantly killed by his companion, Walter Brandenburg, while hunting ducks between Plain view and Creighton, Sunday. The two youths were hunting near a pond. Jen sen raised up just as a flock of ducks flew up. Brandenburg, hot noticing Jensen rising, fired and the full charge of the gun struck Jensen in the back of the head, killing him almost in stantly. Miss Ada Patterson, who is account ed one of the very brightest among the band of "down east" newspaper women, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Patterson, of Franklin, Ne braska. She formerly attended high school and taught in Bloomington, and her first newspaper article was pub lished in the Advocate of ' that town in 1883. Today her work finds ready market, and is seen in her "Chats with players" in The Theatre Maga zine, in The Ladies' Home Journal the Munsey publications, The Smart Set for she is a prolific short story, writer and she has also published a volume entitled, "By the Stage Door." Her stories appear in the Sat urday Evening Post, the New Idea, the Delineator, and elsewhere. Miss Patterson last year compiled the bi ography of Maude Adams. A farm mortgage for $50,000 was recorded with County Clerk Houston this week, covering 2,200 acres of land, mostly in Eureka precinct, Jeff erson county. The farm is known now as the "Corsa ranch," though formerly it was called the "Eugenia Gregory land." The change in name came about through a matrimonial alliance some years ago when W. S. Corsa of White hall, Ills., married Bliss Eugenia Greg ory, who had inherited this land, from her father, who, at an early day pur chased every acre of it for $1.25 an acre. The land is worth at a very low estimate, $75,000 , TV 3 CVeaxvscs Ue System y Dispels colds awA Heada&hes AcXs xvoxxto, acsvvJty as aJLaxatvve. J teu young maQd. To $e s wre5Va e$$cs. oAways bwv Vre Gewivcve manufactured by ike CALIFORNIA Fig Syrup Co. SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS one size only, regular price 50 per bottle. Only One of Many. "That's a queerly. cut dinner jacket you have on." "This Is not a dinner jacket, It's a meal sack." Try Murlme Ere Remedy For Red, . 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Used the World wer to Cure a Cold in One Day. - &c. 1 A man would rather lose $25 at the racetrack than give it to his wife to buy a bonnet. Mr. Jack Binns is of the real stuff of which heroes are made. He refuses to go on the stage. j - Things past may be repented but not recalled. Livy. G30G3dS7 J SZ5 'Guara "A Little Gold is a Dangerous Thing" and often leads to hasty disease and death when neglected. There are many ways to treat a cold, but there is only one right way use the right remedy. DRJXJAYNE'S EXPECTORANT is the surest and safest remedy known, for Coughs, Croup, Bronchitis, Whooping. Cough, Asthma, Pleurisy. It cures when other remedies fail. Do something for your cold in time, you know what delay means, you know the remedy, too Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant. , Bottles In three ttxea, $1, 50c. 25 Western Canada MORE BIG CROPS IN 1908 Another 60,000 set tlers from the United States. ..New dis tricts opened for set tlement. 320 acres of land to each seta tier,- 160 free homestead and 160 at $3.00 per acre. UA vast rich country and a contented pros perous people." Extract from correspondence of a National Editor, whose -visit to Western Canada, in August, J ffoS, was an inspiration. Many have paid the entire cost of theii ferms and had a balance of from $10.00 to (20.00 per acre as a result of one crop. Spring wheat, winter wheat, oats, barley, flax and peas are the principal crops, while the wild grasses bring to perfection the best cattle that have ever been sold on the Chicago market. Splendid climate, schools and churches in all 1 ocalities. Railways touch most of the settled districts, and prices for produce are always good. Lands may also be pur chased from railway and land companies. . For pamphlets, maps and Information re garding low railway rales, apply to Superin- ; tendent of Immigration, Ottawa; Canada, or the authorized Canadian Government Agent: W. V. BENNETT. 01 Hew Ink Lib Building. Omaha. Nebnifca, W. N. U., LINCOLN, MO. 11, 1909. mm A