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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1911)
A SKILLFUL SHOT, Th Way to Bring Down an Overhead Incoming Bird. j One of the cardinal rules of the oll tune shooting school cautioned the - gunner against ever trying to stop an . overhead incoming bird, but to wait " until it had passed by and to the rear and then take chances on what is un doubtedly the harder shot of the two. -.. It Is. surprisingly how difficult it is lor some sportsmen to sueeessruuy i wno can soenungiy cope witn game in .?.any other, mode of flight will halritual "ly balk at this shot and acknowledge . their Inability to make it. Tet once its principle is understood and the lesson learned the dropping . of an overhead incomer is as easy as anything can well be. The miss is al ways made by the sportsman shoot ins under and behind the bird, and "there Is but one way in which the er- tor is to be avoided. To make the shot the gunner should wait until the bird is about to pass oyer him, then, bringing up his gun, .follow in from behind, cover the bird and' swing in ahead of it and, main taining the same rate of speed, press the trigger the iustant the bird is hid den behind the barrels. Do not stop the swing of the gun and be sure the bird shall have disappeared from sight. If the shooter will observe this rule he will be surprised how easily and invariably he will kill his bird. Recreation. Where Money Buys Life. The rich Chinaman if condemned to death easily procures a substitute. Some poor wretch, without money to secure his spirits from becoming wan dering devils, with the price of his mis erable life can purchase proper care - lor his spirit. Anything, in fact, can ' be done if you have the money. . It is . this belief that causes, the Chinaman to commit suicide by .taking his life on the premises of his enemy to take venge ' ance on him. His spirit, he believes, will forever haunt him. There is an other reason also. He knows that as sure as .fate the officials will under such circumstances come down upon his enemy and strip him of everything. Poor Chinese have been known to sell everything they possessed, tear down i their houses to sell the timber, sell or rent out their wives and children and . even sell themselves to procure money for the proper rites for the peace and comfort of the ancestral spirits. One - thing alone a Chinese will not do j namely, sacrifice his son. Kenneth F. J; Junior, M. D., In National Geographic j Magazine, . : Hia Testimonial. . Ueutenant Colonel Sir Henry Smith. .formerly commissioner of the city of London police, tells an amusing story In his book of reminiscences. Eari" Grey once complimented Sir - Henry Smith on some of his lestimo ' "ti, "I say, my dear fellow-- -emark-. ed on coming to a most e orate one, this is the best MMmwitwi I ever ; read in my life. "1 am very pleased, indeed, to hear your opinion of it," Sir Henry replied, f or I "wrote it myself.'' . nVhutS ht Tnnr saYtai?? What - do von meanr asked Karl Grey in as- 5 tonlshment. This Js what I mean,' Sir Henry answered. "If a man has not intel - lect enough to write a testimonial in I his own favor and energy enough to stand, over a friend till he signs It he's n6t fit for the position I aspire to." A Pretty Busy Man. "When a man's business prohibits bis caring for the chickens, when his af faini frym- Important Wit hff'T' no longer shake down the furnace, help dress one of the children or tinker about the place with a hammer and saw, then that man's business had better be put into the hands of a re ceiver temporarily; his books do not balance, says Dallas Lore Sharp in the Atlantic I know of a college presi dent who used to bind (he may still) a cold compress about his head at times and, lying prone upon the floor, have two readers, one for each ear. read simultaneously to him different theses, so great was the work he had to do, so fierce his fight for time time to lecture to women's clubs " and to write bis epoch making books. Oh, the multitude of epoch making books! Hugo's Practical Sid. It may not be generally known that Victor Hugo used to draft the adver tisements of his own books. Instead of leaving the task to his publishers. His correspondence with his Belgian pub lishers gives the following example of the great novelist's advertising style: -After the middle ages, the present time: Such is the subject of Victor Hugo's double study. What he did for Gothic art in Notre Dame de Paris' that he has done for the modern world in Les Miserables. The two books figure in his scheme of work as two mirrors reflecting the whole human life. An encouraging example to those young authors who cannot make up their minds how much modesty is enjoined by the best literary tradi tions. London Globe. Why They Got the Freedom of the City Extracts from old records, showing how people had earned the honor In former days, were read at Canterbury by Alderman Mason when the mayor and ex-mayor were granted the free dom of the city. One citizen received the freedom for "undertaking to serve as cook at every mayor's Michaelmas feast," another "because he cured Nicholas Johnson's leg and a third "because he married a widow -with a large family. Pall Mail Gazette. Many Sided Kicks of the CanSel. A camel's hind legs will reach any whereover his head, round his chest and on to his hump. Even when lying down an evil disposed animal will shoot out his legs and bring you to a sitting posture if he wants to. Com pared with a camel, a mule Is really a most considerate kicker, so beware when the camel looks as if he is going to kick. New York World. History. History is made by one set of men and written by another. The character of the written history depends upon the politics of the his torian. Most histories are written many years after the history was made. In these circumstances no one can step forward and dispute the historian. History is studied at school and for gotten at home. We are told to Judge the future by the past, and after we read the his tories we . are as badly muddled as ever. Some statesmen make history, but most of them mako speechesc-Judge. John O'Groafs House, John O'Groafs house was formerly situated on Dnncansby head, the most northerly point of Great Britain. It took its name from John of Groat, or Groot, and his brothers, who came, it is said, from Holland about 14S0. The expression so often heard, "From John O'Groafs to Land's End," means the whole length of Great Britain from north to south, like the other ex pression, "From Dan to Beersheba, meaning the entire length of Palestine. A HIRED SPY. Patternmakers of Providence, Rhode Island, recently obtained proofs that one of their members was a paid employe of the union fighting Metal Trades association. He was very busy in fomenting trouble of all kinds in the union, and well paid for it. His name is W. H. Drummond, and the fact of his expulsion together with his portrait will be extensively circu lated. There are probably hun dreds of such spawn of sheol fak ing as labor leaders, and making trouble for organized labor. JUDGES AND PEOPLE. . Th founders of our government undoubtedly intended that judi cial officers should be servants of the popular .will just as much -as legislative or executive officers. There is nothing in the record to indicate that they intended the ju diciary to be a master over an un willing people. Nevertheless a federal judge is to all practical intent an autocrat, accountable to nobody; and with a life tenure of office. And, being appointed by the president, his selection does not depend on the approval of the people over" whom he is to rule. When, for example, the president, whose residence.. has been Cincinnati, New Haven,, the Philippine Islands and Washing ton, came "to the appointment-of a judge, format western' circuit with which' he was - unacquainted, it was ; not. unlikely 7that he would pick af man whjqse habltti of thought were ? ouf. j 6f harmony with those of the people of thai re gion." And hr such acase" you have a case ydu have a master over an unwilling-people. If we are intelligent enough to be trusted withrthe choosing of our own senators, why hot! also our own judges? JThe interpreting of laws ought not to-be more in comprehensible . to - -;the z common citizen than the making of laws. Omaha World-Herald. COMMERCIAL STEREOTYPING Mounting and Mortising on Wood or Metal Borders. Duplicate Half-Tones and Line Gits, Tint Blocks. " All Work Guaranteed to be First Class B. E. LARGE Entrance, Side Door, Down Stairs, 1118 U St. . 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