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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-03-27

Quite the color of the king of wines !,
the new lace which bears no other name
1t is of delicate close mesh and N.
figures, while rather heavily done, are
so fine as not TO In any wise mar the del
lcaccy. These double-edged applioues
while useful in many ways, are shown IA
4 hat trimming.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-03-27
LETTERS ON PAPER MONEY.

(T'o be continued.)
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02

il is good luck to pick up a horseshoe in the
street still holds firm At least a number of
persons who stood on the corner of Park Place
and Broadway one morning last week and wit
messed the struggle of two old men for rusty
shoe which lay in the snow are so convinced.
They spied the horseshoe at about the same
moment. and darted into the street without de
lay. one was stout. the other tall. thin and
white haired The shoe lay where some horse
had cast it. between the car tracks The men
paid no heed Ia the clane of bells. and one of
them lodged under the front Of a big autotruck
in his edgerncss. y teamster blocked the course
Of the of flesh. and ne lost the
"A horseshoe. \ horseshoe exclaimed the
man with white hair. 1T Will bring me good
luck"
The stout man gazed the curve of iron
with eyes fun of envy. His clothes We're seedy.
and he looked as though he needed change of
luck.
IN hang it up in my office" said the victor
Wont you give me one of the nails?" begged
the stout man, as he followed the more fort
innate one back to the sidewalk. 1T might
change my luck"
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02

scrIbcd 10 the general service. a few years ago
Chinese would as soon have posed for his
photograph to venture to speak into the
talk box" or to hold the sound maker to his
ear. All the Chinese in the country except the
diplomats and consular officials were forced to
have their pictures taken when the Geary eX-
clusiop act went into force. and although il did
not hurt them, they have not taken kindly to the
camera They say that their gods would not
approve of it, and that the photographer is sure
ly an agent of the devil. Just how they over
came their fear of the telephone no one seems To
know, but it melted away when they found that
it was useful in their business.
E.,ry other store in Chinatown has its teIe-
hone. and the hello girls are glad there are
no moe Of them. The merchants have learned
to use the phone" other business men use il,
and cause Httlc trouble. They look up the mum
brr before taking down the receiver and take
pains to pronounce the numbers plainly. The
average Chuaman makes sad D,ss of it,
however. If he knows the name cr the To
whom he desires to talk. he seems to think
that Central" or the talk box" should do
the rest
"raIEe" mc to Hung Ii he sputters into the
tranSrittcr as soon IS lie gets over his surprise
at "Ccntr&Is" Number iIeasc?"
OF course, the girl at the exchange does not
Know Huui; IL and again comes the request for
4 number.
"Thr,e- forty four Second -abenue-s street.
says the. Chi-a nan, and likely as not the girls
reply makes hinl angry. His English flies to the
winds. and the junble Of Chinese jargon hurled
i"to the toci@one must almost tangle the
wires
once CONNECTED" the Chinese talk in their
native tongue and with considerable ease. They
can co"nde all sorts of secrets compromising
or otherwise, to The telephone with perfect con-
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02
HIS BAD BOY.
From The Chicago Record-HeraId.

From The Chicago RecOrd-HeTald.
Professor Harry ThurstOn Peck Editor of
The Bopkman.' has written delightful story
for children. Ii is entitled The Adventures of
Mabel y few days ago q woman entered one
of the Chicago stores TO buy book for her
little girl
How old is she?' the clerk asked.
Five"
Here is a nice tale for n child of that age"
the clerk said, handing out Professor Peck's
story about Mabel.
The woman took the book looked at the title
page, and then handed il back saying:
Mercy l don't want that in my house. I've
read some of that stuff he wrote about that bad
boy, and that's enough for me-
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02
END OF COLONNADE ROW
TIL! LA GRANGE TERRACE" IN LAFAY-
ETTE PLACE TO BE TORN DOWN.

In 4 few weeks building wreckers will pull down
the famous old Colonnade row, in Lafayette Place,
leaving the Astor Library only remaining land
mark in a street which once lined with the
houses of fashion. The has passed through
many hands since Seth Geer designed and built
it in 1886 The late Henry Hilton purchased
the property from Mrs a. T. Stewart many years
ago and now his estate has sold it to a syndicate
which will large business block. The New
York of siXty-five years ago was much surprised
when Seth Geer, architect, announced that he
would build row of city houses in Lafayette
Place The street had just been cut through the
VauXhall Gardens. and ii considered away out
in country. 1t virtually far removed
from the business district Yonkers is to-day,
and stage coach transit never rapid. People
said that Geer would lose all he put into the specu-
latiOn.
The COnvicts Sing Sing not only Quarried the
marble for the of houses, but they cut and
prepared it. This piece of economy aroused the
stcnecutters Of the city They paraded the streets
carrying banners. which insisted in big letters
Down with Convict Labor" Give Honest Work
ingmcn a Chance" Finally they caused a riot and
it was necessary to call out the militia. This at
tracted even more attention to the row, and, when
completed. everybody went to see it.
This is the way The Ladies' Companion de-
scribcd it in 1896:
"Of all the modern improvements which charac-
terize our city the sumptuous row of houses in
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02
SOUGHT HORSESHOE FOR LUCK.

Superstition regarding the number 13 may
be gradually passing away, but the belief that |
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02

can eat in hurry and al small cost. me SlSht
of the boys made me remember the restaurant.
Let's get them a warm meal john said,
and he agreed that they needed one.
- Come on, boys. he said 10 group OF four;
this ansel wants to buy you a supper Which
a nice way for him to put 1T, wasn't IL!
She amt no angel, said one of the boys;
she's only \ pretty woman which was nice OF
him. too
They came along without waiting for sec
Ond invitation Indeed, they reached the res
taurart before did. They blew on their red
fingers and rubbed their blue ears and made a
great deal of noise.
Now, boys. ycu can order anything you
want l said TO them, but you must be quick
about it, for we have to take a train.
What you kids want? demanded the waiter.
The boys hesitated, but finally one of them
voiced his wants and what do you think it was?
Ice cream! And I'd taken them in because they
looked cold
Gimme ice cream said the second boy, and
there was no variation in the response all the
way down the line. The last boy had this ad-
dition: Too bad they don't give you hot ice
cream in de winter, amt it?'"
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02
NEW PLAY AT THE EMPIRE.
ONLY ONE IMPORTANT CHANGE OF BILL
THIS WEEK.
PROGRAMMES AT MOST OF THE OTHER
HOUSES NUED-ATTRACTIONS
AT LOCAL. THEATRES

The second play Of the season of the stock
company of the Empire Theatre will be offered
there tomorrow night. This is a translation
from the German of Ludwig Fulda. entitled
Twin Sisters" 1t is said to have especially
attractive parts for Charles Richman and Miss
Margaret Anglin.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02
ovLD BOYS WANTED ICE CRElU

IT was one Of the bitter cold nights last
WeeS," said the matron with the big. warm
heaI7, "and the newsboys ON the Forty
st. corner, near the station, were blue with cold
Coming down the street had passed Of
those big, bright restaurants where poor people
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02

The second play of the season is also on the
Srdge at Days Theatre. where 'Notre Dame"
had its opening performance on "Wednesday
night. Burton Holmes Will give the third in
his double series Of Lenten lectures at Days
on Thursday and Friday afternoons at ) O'Clock,
the subject being Along the Line of the Trans
Siberian Railway"
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02

MANY MERCHANTS IN CHINATOWN USE THEM IN
THEIR BUSINESS.
1t has come to pass that Chinese merchants
in this city do not consider their stores COM
plete until they have rented telephones and sub
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02

Herbert Kelcey and Miss Eftie Shannon will
begin the second week of their engagement at
the Manhattan Theatre in Her Lord and Mas
ter tomorrow night. The run has opened
auspciously and good hopes are expressed for
its continuance.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02

Miss Amelia Bingham and her company con-
tinue to play The Climbers at the BijoU The
atre and the play is received by the audiences
in much the same manner as year ago Miss
Bingham has other plays in view, but definite
announcement as to her next one is not yet
made.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02

The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast wItl it's
glowing scenes. its crowds of dancers and sing
ers who fly as well as dance and walk: its music
and its jests is no less popular at the Broadway
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02

fidence that no pert telephone girl is listening.
In San Francisco so many telephones are rent
ed by Chinese that the company has put in
separate exchange and installed Chinese opera
tors Needless to say they are not women.
The plan works admirably. but there are not
enough Chinese in NewYork to warrant such an
innovation.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02

"A Message from Mars" which has had so
long and prosperous a run at the Garrick The
atre. will remain there for only two weeks lon
ger closing on March II. Mr.. Hawtrey and his
company will then return TO England TO I'LL en-
gagements. with the promise to return with
new play next autumn. "A Message from Mars
will be followed at the Garrick by the rural
play Sky Farm"
New-York tribune., 1902-03-02

CHINESE "TALKEE" IN TELEPHONES.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
Missionary rhank.ofisrlna.


A thank-offering service will be held
in the First M. H church at 1880
o'clock. The Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society and the Young Peo
ple's Missionary Society will partlci
pate in the exercises, TO which the
public is invited. The program fol
lows:
Opening hymn-"Joy to the World
Devotional exercises-Led by Mrs.
w. c. Hawley.
Hymn--"Work for the Night Is
Coming"
Questions and answers concerning
the organization ami work of the w
f. M. S.
Recitation by Hattie Rigdon and
Lola Cook.
Report of superintendent OF Little
Light Bearers-Mrs A. A. Lee.
Paper on the organization OF Salem
Auxiliary of the w F. NJ. s., by Mrs.
A. Il. Miller
Song-"The Sweetest Voice" by the
Misses Lewis and Pohle.
Paper-Dr. Parsons.
Reading-Mrs. @. j. Atwood.
Song-Misses Minnie and Bessie
Cornelius.
Paper-Miss Jeanette Meredith.
Closing prayer-Rev. DR.. John Par
sons.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
THE MAGIC NUMBER.
A Suggestion by the Cynie That set
the OtheFs rhinking.

A Suggestion by the Cynie That Set
the Others Thinking.
'T often hear OF the magic number,
said some one. What number Is itY'
why. nine. OF course" replied some
one else There are uine muses., you
know. and you talk Of a nine days
wonder. Then you bowl nj nineplns'
and a cat has nine lives"
NONSENSE broke In another "Sev'
en- Is the magic number. Seventh
heaven. don't you know. and all that
seven cOlors In the rainbow, seven
days IN the week, seventh son OF a
seventh sOn-great fellow-and"-
"Tush. tushw remarked third.
Elves the number you mean. A
man has five fingers on his hand and
1--WE toes on his foot. and he has hye
senses. and
Three Is undoubtedly the magic
number" interrupted another because
people give three cheers, and Jonah
was inside a whale three days and
three nights. and II at first you don't
succeed, try. try agaln-three times
you see?
This was received with some con
tempt by the company, and a soulful
youth gushed out:
'"FwO. oh. two Is the magic mum
beF--oneself and one other. the adorcd
one-just two!"
A hard featured individual who had
been listening to the conversation hith
ertO unmoyed, here remarked In a
harsh voice:
''The magic number is. number one
in this world, and II you want 10 sue
eeed never forget IT,"
An interval OF deep thought on the
part OF all followed. after which they
went in silently TO supper.-PearsOn's.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
psafness CANNOT be cured.


by local applications. as they cannot
rach the diseased portion OF the ear,
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing OF the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when II is entirely closed deaf
ness is the result. and unless the in
fiammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to rs normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh. which is nothing but an In
famed condition OF the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case OF deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars free.
FL. CHENEY & Co. Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists, Use.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
THE MAJORS VENGEANCE.
Mckinley ana the Reporter Who
Persistently Assailed Him.

Mckinley ana the Reporter Who
Persistently Assailed Him.
During one Of his congressional cam
paigns Major Mckinley was followed
from place to place by . reporter for a
paper Of oppositepoliticul faith, who Is
described as being one of those
"shrewd, persistent fellows who are al.
ways at work, quick TO see an oppor-
tunity and skilled in making the most
OF IT," While Mr.. Mckinley was an
noyed by the misrepresentation to
which he was almost daily subjected,
he could not help admlrlng the skill and
perslstency with which he was assall-
ed. His admiration, too, was not un-
mixed with compassion, for the re-
porter was III. poorly clad and had an
annoying cough. one night Mr.. Nc.
Klnley took closed carriage for a near.
by town at which he was announced to
speak The weather was wretchedly
raw and cold. and what followed is
thus described;
lie had not gone far when he heard
that cough and knew that the reporter
was riding with the driver on the ex-
posed seat. The major called 20 the
driver to stop and alighted. Get down
Off that seat young man." he said. The
reporter obcyed, thinking the time FOL
the majors vengeance had come
Here" said Mr.. Mckinley. taking on
his oyercoat. you put on this overcoat
and get into that carriage"
"But. Major Mckinley" said the re-
porter, 81 guess you don't know who
am. have been with you the whole
campaign. giving It 10 you every time
you spoke, and am going over tonight
to rip you to pieces II can"
IL know" said Mr. Mckinley, "but
YOU put on this coat and get inside and
get warm so that you can do a good
job. -Chautauquan.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
SALEM SOCIAL WORLD
AND Co.
PERSONAL MENTION
TRAINED ANIMAL SHOW.
Norris and Rowe's viii be in Salem
April 26th.

Norris and Rowe's viii be in Salem
April goth.
Norris and Rowe's Big Trained An
imal shows will exhibit here Saturday
April 26th, giving two performances
at 2 and p. m. The aggregation is
the largest of It's kind in America
and the performance which is given
entirely by animals, is decidedly of a
novel character. Almost every act ac
complished by human performers in
circus is successfully initiated by
this wonderful aggregation Of animal
actors. Some of the principal fea.
tures Of the shows are the trained ele-
phants, seals, camels, goats, lions,
mirth provoking monkeys, and the
pretty ponies that have delighted
thousands during past years in all the
principal cities of the United States
and Canada.
A grand free street parade will be
given at II o'clock on the morning Of
the exhibition, at which time the en-
tire company of over 300 animals will
De seen all decked out in their gor-
geous trappings.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
PERSONALS.


Mark Savage was in Portland to
day.
r. D Mason, of Albany, is in tn,
city.
/ Mr. and Mrs. A. o. Condit are home
from Turner.
VIM. Bachelor is spending a few
days in Portland.
Mrs. G. A. Fletcher has returned
from a visit at jefferson.
r. c Baker, of Portland, was in sa
lem Wednesday afternoon.
d. f. Huntsinger has returned from
a trip to his old home in Indiana.
MISS Gertrude Bashor has returned
from an extended visit at Grants Pass
Miss Minta Gulss, of woodburn is
visiting her sister Mrs. e. Cooke Pat.
ton.
Secretary of State and Mrs f. /.
Dunbar went to Portland this morn.
ing.
Mrs. j. j. Dalrymple and daughter,
Mrs. Joseph Albert, are visiting in
Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Livesley, of
Portland, are visiting T. A. Livesley
and family.
Superintendent Wentz and daugh-
Ger, Miss Vera, of the deaf mute
school, were in Salem today.
Mrs. NJ. Kittridge, of San Francisco,
is expected to reach Salem today on a
visit to her sister, Mrs. w. T. William.
son.
J. r. Whitney, of Albany, the Re.
publican nominee for state printer,
was in the city today, to file his nom
ination.
Miss Carpenter, who has been visit.
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. M.
Parmenter, in this city. has returned
20 Portland.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
Moon and Mirror.

Some night when the moon Is at It's
full and the air Is free from haze go
outdoors with hand mirror and hold
II so that the moons image will fall on
IL. Make the experiment, preferably.
when the moon Is well up In the he0y.
ems.
Instead OF seeing one Image AS you
will expect, you viii see four.
One of these images will be very
bright. but the other three Will be dull
like unburnished silver.
They will be In a straight line, one
of the dull images on one side Of the
bright Image and two On the other side
Of IT, Turn the mirror slowly around,
and the Images will appear to revolye
around on common center.
The explanation Of this queer little
phenomenon may he found In the fact
that there are two surfaces In a mirror,
one In front and the other In the back.
where the quicksilver Is.
The brightest OF the images Is from
the moon Itself. The others are what
are knOwg MS secondary images, re.
fected from the front 10 the back Of
the mirror and thence TO the eye.
A similar experiment may be made
with the planets Venus, Jupiter and
Mars or with any OF the first magni.
tude stars. such ms Sirius. Capella.
Arcturus. Vega and Antares.
The planets aud the stars. however.
make only three images. the number OF
Images depending on the breadth Of the
object A perfectly clear night is es
sentlal.-Ncw York Herald.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17

In comparison with the English
tongue foreign tongues seem parsimO-
nlous IN some ways OF expression and
wasteful In others.
For instance, II is impossible to kick"
a man ia French. You must give him
a 'blOw with the foot" The POrtu-
guese do not wink" at one; they "close
and open the eyes"
In the languages OF the American In
dians there Is no word with which TO
convey the idea OF stealing" perhaps
because the idea OF property Is 80
vague II Is related Of one OF the early
missionaries that In attempting %
translate the Bible into Algonquin he
could hnd no word 90 express love"
aud was compelled 20 Invent IL.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
NEWS FOR THE AFFLICTED.

Announcement That Interests Many
Or. Dsrrln. the Eminent Specialist,
10 Visit Salem April 2ist 20 June let
While adverse 10 drawing the Rtten.
tiOn Of our readers TO any advertise
ment which partakes OF a medical
character, we feel more than justified
overriding this objection with re.
spect 10 the announcement in this IL.
sue Of the coming visit OF Dr. Darrin.
This far-famed physician (late from
Portland). who has achieved such a
great reputation throughout the coast
and the Northwest, has been prevailed
upon. by urgent request OF many IN
this vicinity. % visit Salem. as they
could not afOrd by their time and
business % consult him at his oflces
at Portland The doctor has at last
consented 10 visit this city 10 accom-
mOdate the sick and afflicted. and will
have bis once at the Willamette hotel
Those wishing 20 consult the doctor
will md II 10 their advantage 20 con.
suit him while there. and during the
first part Of his stay. as many require
more than one treatment BY elec.
lefty
He comes 10 as laden with testl-
mOnials from the whole Northwest.
and the authentic reports of some oi
his cures seem nothing short OF mir
aclss. So many thousands are a.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
University Notes.

The girls basketball team goes to
Corvallis this evening, where they will
play match game with the o. A. C.
girls. They will be accompanied by
Prof. Mccall and several students.
The college boys and faculty have
challenged the "preps." to a game Of
baseball, to be played in the near fu-
ture.
Miss Mable Carter, professor in
elocution, who has been detained in
Portland by illness, has returned and
resumed her classes.
Miss Mabel Kenady. a former stu
dent, has returned to her home in
Woodburn.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
A STORY oF TWO FLAGS.
How q Mans Life was saved Mt ths
Nrrr InaA Mnrnnna

4 How MANS Life WAa saved Mt Oh q
Very Last Moment.
The following stirring incident OF the
two flags happened at Valparaiso.
Chile, and was related at Montreal in
1881 by the Rev DR.. J. o. Peck. DR..
Peck said:
"The man who gave me the facts |
am about TO relate was Mr.. Hasklns,
an American sailor who had sailed to
port in Chile. On going ashore, he
said. to enjoy his day Of liberty he
drank little aud became hilarious.
One OF the police officers, instead OF
warning him not to make a noise In
the street. drew his sword and, strik
Ing him a blow. knocked him down.
On that the American sailor got up
and Knocked the policeman down In
return He was on that arrested and
tried and condemned TO be shot In the
morning Of the following day.
"Mr. Loring the American consul. ex.
postulated with the authorities that It
would be monstrOus to shoot the man
for such an offense. but they paid no
attention to him. so he thereupon made
a formal protest I'm the name Of the
United States government against the
barbnrous net. Mr.. Haslllns the sail
or. was I'm the morning brought out
plnioned 90 be shot.
"As the English consul was prepar'
Ing to hoist the union jack he saw the
crowd In the field opposite. where the
execution Of the American sailor, OF
which he had heard. was to take place.
Rushing over the American consul, he
said. Ioring. you're not going to let
them shoot that manr
"'What can | dor he said. L have
protested against IT, ! can do no more
"Qulck as thought the English con
sui shouted. Give me your 6agg And
I'm trice the stars and stripes were
handed to the English representative.
At once. taking his own union jack in
his hand he hastened across the field,
elbowed his way through the crowd
and soldlery. and, running mp to the
doomed man, he folded the American
Gng around him and then laid the un-
ion lack over II. Standing few PAGES
back. he faced the officers and soldiers
and shouted defiantly. Now, shoot. II
YOU dare. through the heart of Eng
land and AmerlcnP
And they dared not do IT, for they
feared the consequences, so the mar
wns nj once released. In telling me-"
said Dr. Peck. "Mr Haskins said to
me. with tears streaming down his
cheeks even then. They loosed me
then, aud. oh, how longed TO embrace
those two fiagsg g"-Anglo-A American.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
Use Allen,a Foot.Ease.

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Relieves corns amt bunions Of all
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