SUIIG THEIRLESSONS
Geography Set to Music an Old
Time Teaching Scheme.
A PLAN OF YANKEE ORIGIN.
On of tha Moit Popular Aire In tha
Lilt Uaad to Interact tha Pupil In
Thair Studiaa Waa "Auld Lang
Syn" "Bonny Doon" Alao Likad.
Singing geography una a popular
(ad lu the educutloinil line Id New
Vork Ui olden days, particularly lu up
statu mhool districts. It was of Yau
kee orlglu. It was never made part of
tbe common twbool system of tbe state,
but waa tuuht outside tbe regular
hours.
A set of wall maps known as i'cl
too's outline maps waa used. There
were no names of geographical divi
sions or places ou them. Tbe Instruc
tor would so over tbe map on wblcb
tbe lesson was found, pointing out
with a pointing rod tbe different coun
tries, cities, rivers, lakes or whatever
might be the subject In band, and at
tbe same time tbe name of each di
vision, place or body of water would
be mentioned In song. Tbe teacher,
usually a man. would lead tbe class
chorus as he pointed, and If tbe sub
ject happened to be political divisions
tbe sons would run like this, to tbe
tune of "Bonny Doon:"
Let North America be first
In our descriptive rhyme rehearsed.
Its northern bound the arctic waves.
Its aast the Atlantic ocean laves.
Tha suit of Mexico we see
Upon Us southern boundary.
Its western and southwestern stiles
Are washed by the Pacific tides.
Tbe geographical verses were con
tained In the pupils' text book called
"Tbe Key to Pelton's New and Ira
proved Series of Outline Maps."
Among other things tbe following is
found In the preface of one of these
old time volumes:
"With respect to tbe versification. It
Is merely necessary to say that the de
sign bns been to put all tbe Important
geographical localities on the globe. In
connection with much valuable matter.
In a form which can be most easily
committed to memory, and It Is confi
dently believed that the exhilarating
effect of harmonious sounds will great
ly facilitate the acquisition of this
knowledge, and care has been taken
that none but popular and approved
airs be Inserted In tbe work."
"Auld I.ang Syne" appears to bnve
been regarded as an especially "pop
ular and approved" air and was often
used. In the very first lesson the pu
pils were taught to describe the earth
by singing tbe following to tbls tune:
The earth la a large ball or globe
Whom surface has been found
Three-fourths with ocean waves sub
mersed And but one-fourth dry ground.
Two hundred millions of square miles
ERrth's surface does embrace.
Eight hundred million people here
All find a dwelling place.
Tongue twisting names did not em
barrass the geographical versifier, al
though the enunciation of all the pu
pils probably was not perfect when,
for example. In tbe lesson on Asia
tbey sang to tbe air of "Brace's Ad
dress" such lines as these:
Now in modulations sweet
Asla'a rlvera wa repeat.
Obi first In Russia greet.
Irtish river next.
Lost tn sand behold Helmund, '
Then northward seek Varkund;
Be not turbid Uxua shunned;
Slhon river see.
Ural liver next In place,
Attruck and Koor river trace;
Klill lrmalc then embrace
In our melody.
There were thirty-one states In the
Union when singing geography was In
vogue, and tbe pupils were taught to
bound each of them tn verse. Cali
fornia was then tbe newest state, hav
ing been admitted in 1850; was tbe last
on the list, and Its boundaries were
thus defined:
On California's northern aids vast Oregon
la places.
Both Utah and New Mexico upon the east
are traced.
Upon Ita aouthern borders next may Mex
ico be found.
And broad Pacific's sparkling waves conv
pose Its western bound.
Id thirty-tour stanzas set to the
tune of "Bouny Doou" tbe geography
class would make a tour of Europe
and glean bits of information about
various countries and cities visited.
Tbe tour would start lu tbls fashion:
Now be our geographic rhymes
Transferred to Kuropean cllmea.
The grand divisions first we teach
With the metropolis of each.
Norway, a region bleak and cold, '
By Chriatlania Is controlled.
Sweden, that Charles the hero bred,
Takea Stockholm for ita chief and head.
Russia In proud expanalon sits
And to 8t. Petersburg submits.
Austria, with Ita Imperial crown,
Vienna takea for Ita chief town.
Turkey, In southern Europe placed.
la by Constantinople graced.
Oreece. once for arts and arms re
nowned.
With glorious Athena atill la crowned.
Thus tbe geography pupils sang on
through tbe list of European nations
and capitals. New York Sun.
Enlivened tha Play.
"Aioute cristo" was playing to a
crowded bouse In a New York theater.
In a box sat a man who had looked on
tbe wine when It was red. When
Monte mounted tbe rock in the sea
and exclaimed, "The world Is mine!'
tbe man In tbe box shouted, "What'll
you take for Hoboken?" Brooklyn
Life.
SHence is a figure of speech, unan
werable, short, cold, but terribly se-
vere.-rarker.
SENATORSill
In announcing my candidacy for United States senator subject to the
democratic and people's independent primaries to be held August 16th I am
responding to a call that has been made upon me by a large number of person
al ami political friends. It is true I would like to represent Nebraska in the
United States senate but I would not have entered the race unsolicited and I
am acting now after the most thoughtful consideration on my own part and
after consulting Avith democrats and populists in various sections of the
state. .
I assume that in nominating their senatorial candidate the democrats and
populists in Nebraska will select the man whom they regard as most available
in the contest to be waged against one of the most skilful politicians ever elect
ed by a western state to a seat in the senate. Should the men with whom I
have affiliated for nearly a quarter of a century of Nebraska politics conclude
that I am the available candidate, I will make an active campaign against my
republican opponent and will do my best to win.
As reporter and political writer on the Omaha "World-Herald from 1888
to 1896, as editor of the World-Herald from 1896 to 1905 and as associate edi
tor of the Commoner since 1905, my views on public questions have been made
known to the people of Nebraska.
In general, I take my democracy from Jefferson, Jackson, and Bryan. If
it were republicanism, I would take it from La Follette, Cummins, and Bristow.
Practically, I do not see material difference between the two brands, so far as
present day problems are concerned; and if I were elected to the senate I
would take counsel of the republicans I have named sooner than from men
who, elected as democrats, follow, in one way or another, the Aldrich leader
ship. I would not be bound by any party caucus against what I conceived to be
the welfare of my constituents. I would follow democratic principles, as I have
learned them, where ver I found them and would co-operate with men, regard
less of party affiliations, whom I found faithfully enunciating those principles
and undertaking to enact them into law. This is my conception of the duty of
a democrat who realizes the necessity for prompt action on the part of the pa
triotic men of all parties who would perpetuate popular government and make
our union of states fairly representative of the sacrifices that have been made
in their behalf fairly representative of the hopes and the aspirations of the
rank and file of American citizens, regardless of political prejudices.
My opponents, Mr. G. M. Hitchcock, and Mr. Willis E. Reed, are both rich
men, while I am a wage-earner. It will not. therefore, be possible for me to
make as active a contest for the nomination as those gentlemen will make.
But I am not without confidence that from now until August 16th, some of the
men whom I have met upon the firing line and with whom I have stood shoul
der to shoulder in defense of the very principles that seem .popular today will
lend me a hand so that I may not, after all, be greatly handicapped in the race.
I enter this contest with "malice toward none, with charity for all." I
would not knowingly sacrifice one personal friendship upon the altar of am
bition. While I shall stand resolutely for the things in which I believe I grant
to every other man the right to his opinion and respect it accordingly. I hope
nothing shall occur to tarnish the fair friendship that has existed for many
years between myself and the two good men who are opposing me. I shall try
te so act that both Messrs. Hitchcock and Reed will be able after the primaries
have closed and the real battle is on to give me that cordial support which
I have it in my heart to give to either of them in the event of my defeat.
RICHARD L. METCALFE.
PASS RESOLUTIONS.
Central Labor Union Sends Communica
tion to Governor.
Some time ago a protest was made to
Governor Shallenberger against Labor
Commissioner Maupin, it being charged
that Maupin had employed a St. Louis
factory inspector to go about in Lincoln
and under the guise of inspection
foment among the women employes dis
satisfaction with their condition and
wages. The following resolutions adop
ted by the Central Labor union of Lin
coln has been received by Governor
Shallenberger.
Whereas, it has come to our notice
that the business men of our city have
filed complaint with the governor
against William M. Maupin, deputy
labor commissioner, for certain acts per
formed by him in official capacity, ask
ing for his dismissal and
Whereas, we understand the princi
ples of law to be the protection of inno
cent and weak from the oppression of
the vicious and strong and since Mr.
Maupin has used his office for such
purposes only, therefore be it
Resolved, that it is the sense of this
body that tbe actions of Mr. Maupin
are only those of approval and the ac
tions of said business men's association
are oppressive and vicious against cer
tain of the labor class who are other
wise unable to protect themselves, and
be it further
Resolved, that this body heartily en
dorse the action of said Mr. Maupin.
The resolutions were signed by Frank
Kates, secretary of the organization.
Lincoln Daily Star, August 2.
The protest filed against Deputy La
bor Commissioner Maupin was based on
an absolute falsehood. It was charged
that Maupin "sneaked" an organizer
into the garment factories of Lincoln
nder guise of an inspector for the
THE NEBRASKA
purpose of fomenting trouble between
the employers and the employes. The
facts are these:
Mr. Maupin asked permission of Gov
ernor Shallenberger to appoint a deputy
factory inspector to serve without pay,
and the governor granted it. Mr. Mau
pin then issued a commission to Miss
Kate Hurley, an experienced garment
worker from St. Louis who was in
Lincoln for the purpose of soliciting
aid for the locked-out garment workers
of that city. She was instructed to
say absolutely nothing about organiz
ing while making her inspection, but
to confine herself strictly to investigat
ing working conditions, sanitation, etc.
Mr. Maupin accompanied Miss Hurley
through two or three factories and
knows absolutely that she followed her
instructions to the letter. She made
her report to Mr. Maupin in due form
and her commission was then revoked.
The man or men who charged Mr.
Maupin with using his official position
to stir up strife, or in this instance to
further the work of organization, are
guilty ; of uttering a falsehood. Mr.
Maupin got his inspection reports from
one thoroughly qualified to make an
inspection, and the reports will appear
at the proper time and in the proper
place.
And Mr. Maupin has not worried a
bit over the protest filed against him.
GOOD FRIENDS NOW.
National Manufacturers' Association
Loses Its Big Factor.
The National Manufacturers' asso
ciation, through the Buck Stove &
Range Company of St. Louis are no
longer in the fight against the Ameri
can Federation of Labor for the "open
shop."
The efforts of five years is at an end
as' shown by-the following dispatch:
1D
"St.. Louis, July 23. Formal an
nouncement was made tonight by J.
T. Templeton, secretary of the Buck
Stove & Range Company, of the end of
the fight with organized labor. The
employes of the plant are to be organ
ized. The announcement says in part:
" 'The present management is, and
always has been, friendly to organized.
labor. We believe labor has a right
to organize for its protection and ad
vancement.' "
This is the case in which jail sen
tences were passed upon Gompers, Mor
rison and Mitchell of the labor forces.
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
Brief Bits of News About the Printers
of These Parts.
Lincoln Typographical Union will
meet next Sunday, at which time in
structions, if any, will be given to the
delegate to the Minneapolis convention.
Delegate Zurbrigan will probably leave
for the convention city Sunday night.
Lincoln 's representation at Minneapo
lis will be smaller than at any conven
tion during the past four or five years.
Richard L. Metcalfe, democratic can
didate for the senatorial nomination,
is an honorary member of No. 209.
Throughout the state the fake lia
bility bill is being published in full
by local papers. All of them bear the
earmarks of being paid for. All of
them have Archbishop Christie's name
on them as one of the fake commis
sioners. This gentleman withdrew from
the fake before the initiative petition
was filed and will not serve if the bill
passes. His name is being used by the
fakers against his written orders.
Portland Labor Press.
GENERAL MENTION. .
Brief 1 Bits of Labor News Deftly
Picked and Pilfered.
San Jose is to have a municipal free
employment bureau.
The anti-Jap forces in San Francisco
continue- to put up a good fight.
A union dollar for union goods means
more work for the union man, ,
Manitoba is to have government stock
.yards and abbatoirs in operation this
fall.
After a bitter strike for two months
the building trades of Milan, Italy,
have won out.
The non-union shop means- porter
house and buzz-wagons for the boss and
soup bones for the men.
The National Brotherhood of Potters
have unanimously forbidden its mem
bers to join the militia.
Convicts working on the road near
Bellinghara, Washington, have won
their strike for an eight hour day.
Carpenters in Washington, D. C,
through organization .and arbitration
have secured better pay and conditions.
Organized carpenters in Great Britain
will exchange membership cards with
the Brotherhood in America.
A strong effort is tp be made to or
ganize telephone girls as part of the
general telegraphers' organization.
One f the humors of the day is the
forthcoming lecture of T. Roosevelt
against Socialism in Milwaukee, Wis.
After weeks of strike the structural
iron workers have resumed operations
in Chicago, with increased pay.
A Pennsylvania judge has issued an
injunction forbidding any miners union
marching along the public highways.
Carpenters working in St. Louis brew
eries have won out for their contentions
of recognition and reasonable, .condi
tions. Under an injunction in an Illinois
court nine engineers who quit their jobs
without permission must go to jail for
contempt.
The Democratic platform and the
Democratic governor of Arkansas in
dorse the initiative and referendum
now before the people.
Many unions in California are con
tributing a dollar a month to the Los
Angeles fight against the Employers'
association lockout.
Men engaged in constructing a bridge
at Spokane struck because asked to
take unusual risks in cutting away the
false work of the span.
Th? Australian state of Victoria will
hereafter mine most of its own cosl
in it o-.vn mines, with an eight hour
day for the workers.1
About the only men who are heard
of in connection with the so-called
nominating assembly are the ones who
can be benefited by it.
The Chicago Federation of Labor has
recently unanimously indorsed the
Daily Socialist for its support of or
ganized labor in that ctyy.
A Massachusetts judge has issued an
injunction against a union receiving
donations. No injunctions issued
against the G. O. P. receiving any.
Diaz was not re-elected president of
Mexico. No! He was re-appointed.
Don't misuse the English language by
saying he was re-elected.
Owing to the increased cost of liv
ing a large number of the members of
the European Sovereigns and Princes
Union have demanded more ;pay.
Fighting increased freights is intense
ly amusing to the railroad magnates.
Some of them have gone to Europe to
laugh about it.
In Manitoba improvements on farm
lands are not taxed, nor are machinery
or live stock, grain, stored agricultu
ral products or household furniture.
Organized laundry owners met or
ganized laundy workers in San Fran
cisco in friendly conference. The re
sult is that 1,600 employes retain the
eight-hour day.
In Alaska the U. S. government owns
the telegraphs, and it is going to lower
its charges, which are already lower
than the trust charges in the rest of
the country.
Land speculators have stolen a ceme
tery in Mobile, Alabama. They seem
to have assimilated it without a qualm
of conscience or a kick from the living
or the dead.
The agricultural appropriation bill
slips in afew words which will prob
ably prevent prosecutions of adultera
tions in food products. Trust a good
lobby for tricks of that kind.
In some greater or less degree all
the states of the Union except Missis
sippi and South Carolina have passed
laws within the last two years regulat
ing childr and women' labor.
Organized boot and shoe workers of
Sydney; Australia, have asked-for the
removal of the duties on footwear and
declare the workers receive no benefit
from the duties levied.'
The comfortable people who live fat
on privilege are content to say: "To
the toilers the spoil." How long the
toilers will stand the burden remains
to be seen.
Freighthandlers in Dubuque, Iowa,
struck for a raise from the munificent
salary of $1.65 a day. The discontent
of some workingmen with "Republican
prosperity" is beyond explanation.
The employing cloak makers in New
York systematically discharged every
leading union .employe in the course
of three weeks, and then complained
that they had no notiee, of the strike.
Santa Cruz, California, has a popular
resort in which the non-union musician
prevails. Organized labor is likely to
take the matter up vigorously and if
it do?s he entire town will be affected.
Convicts of the state of Washington
will hereafter be engaged in making
materials for roads and in building
them.' The jute. mill did not pay. Also.'
it killed off the men with the lint enter
ing tbe lungs. ,
It has cost Standard Oil Sibley over
$40,000 to secure the nomination for
congress. The job is worth" the money,
although the salary is only $15,000 for
the term. The trusts need him on the
law dump. ' ,, . . ,
It would seem as it the Tacoma sub
urbanites have won over the street car
corporation trying to collect 10 cants
fare for 3 cents worth of service,- The
corporation will have to content itself
with 5 cents. ,
The steel trust has stopped the dis
tribution of the official report of the .
conditions in its plants. Taft and his
administration could not stand up
against the orders of Schwab, especially
when delivered in person. .
The humane Illinois coal , company
that last year installed shower baths
for its mules has found them valuable
investments this summer. . The men
would have shower baths, too, if they
cost anything and were property.
Since taxes have been taken from
improvements in Vancouver, B. C, there
have been more building permits issued
in three months than in four years pre
viously. And Vancouver had been
going some, too, during those four years.
Employing lithographers maintaining
the ' ' open ' ' shop in the east have been
compelled to grant the eight-hour day
to prevent organization of unions. If
there were no unions there would be no
eight-hour days, mind that.
The late chief justice Fuller left, an
estate of a million or jriore saved from
a salary of $13,000 a year for twenty
two years. Such thrift as this is what
workingmen should follow. '
Roosevelt says governments do not
derive their just powers from the eon
sent of the governed, but that they
exist for the benefit of the governed,
whether the governed like the govern
ment or not. This is what the czar of
Russia thinks, too.
Not being able to get rid of Judge
Lindsay, the "Beast" in Colorado is
about to have the supreme court declare
his office unconstitutional. In Colorado
the corporations own the supreme court.
In Oregon they expect to secure a bill
of sale for it.
Stuart Reid, the labor organizer
among the steel hells of the trust in
Pennsylvania, was ' once . a society
preacher. He got real religion, and
like the master of old, -went to dwell
among the workers. Naturally the plu
tocratic press maligns him.
Some years ago the Ontario legisla
ture granted laiiis to veterans of . the
South African war, and the unusual
conditions were that no taxes of any
iind were tu be. paid by the holders
of such lands. The result is thit the."
are not cultivated or improved..
Having worn nut its welcome the
Citizens' Al-'ar..e of Denver, Coorado,
lias collapsed. It started in several
years ago to bust up all the labo
lnions in Colorado. It is a tw'n sisti
to the Employer 's Association,
we have a sample in Portland.
The Union .Ion Works of Spokane
is turning out some very inferior water
pipe for that ity with a small, crew
of strike-breaker". It will probably
eost the city la i'tks and breiis inasy
imes its vain.;. AYith union men oa
-,ht: city council tuch scabby, stuff would
I,- turned back.
An Italian workman who suff;rs3 the
misi'ortune of awing both legi cut iff
while empl yec on the Panam , canal
is to be exported to his native land anl
lffc to its charity because within thiee
years of his. coming to this country he
has become a pub'ic charge. He-should
have known oetter.
If some one can invent a 9y-i? niR- .
.hine that will kill off specta'J.s often
er than occupants, it will be welce.ned
by the idle rich. At present the deter
mined tendency, of all makes of flying
ris to kill the operators has a depress
ing effect on the sports, as compared
with running an auto over a ch-id.
Agricultural students receiving an
education at the expense of the stato
are deliberately scabbing on the strik
ing - iron workers in Spokane. M th
people had the initiative and referen
dum in Washington some retaliation
might be attempted. With appropria
tions at risk the faculties of colleges-
would stop such things.
No strike in New York has ever been
as nearly unanimeus as the strike of
75,000 cloakmakers. The conditions in
the sweatshops of that city are fear-.
ful. It is said that in some of them
the bed-bugs are literally swept off
the finished clothing before it is return
ed to the contractor. Unfair clothing
is a disease spreader. ''" ,
The Teachers' Federation of Chicago
makes a specialty of going after tax-
dodgers. It brings in the millionaires
howling with rage every once, in a
while. One company that had escaped
for years has had to pay a total of
five and a half millions-in taxes. Nat
urally wealthy Chicago men do not
believe the teachers should organize.
