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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05
STORY ABOUT EDWARD CLARK,
Famous Capitol Architect's Extreme
Care in Spending Public Funds.

THE late Edward Clark, the archl-
tect of the capitol for so many years,
taken all in all was the most careful
man in the way of expanding public
money that ever knew" remarked
I'M experienced treasury official recent
ly, land his accounts, running way up
into the millions, We're always well
within the law and appropriation. He
would not eXpend penny that was
not appropriated in distinct terms and
took no chances.
Il remember on one occasion. having
business in his Office when we'll
known man. a newspaper writer by
the way, came in and urged him to
have sign painted with the words
10 the Dome on 1t and placed on the
door leading to the dome. 1t was dur
ing the centennial year, when the CAPT
tol was oyerrun with visitors. Mr.
| Clark Admitted that the sign would
10 n great convenience to visitors and
@ h rs. but said he could not have II
painted because there had been no dis
tlnct appropriation made for It. There
was an appropriation made that year
| fer painting the dome and the news
| paper mar argued that small amount
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05
SANDER Defined

You cannot Islander a man who loses
at poker. You can only SANDER the
man who wins. At least that is what
the Supreme Court of New York said
recently in throwing out the famous
Fidelio Club case, in which the plain
tiff asked for $4,000 damages becausa
the defendant said he had cheated. IL
is no Islander to say man cheated ar
cards, but it is SANDER to saw he
won money by cheating. You cannot
cheat ana lose: The court views thar
in the light of a paradox.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05


One day Americans are told by some
messenger of sad tidings that there is
no longer any chance in this country
for the young man. Another day 1t Is
proclaimed that there is no chance for
the old man. Another day the gloomy
news Is made public that there is no
longer any chance for a workman who
Is over 80. If all these statements are
true there is no longer chance for any
body unless he shall have been born n
millionaire. But the lot of those who
are fed from golden spoons and rocked
cording to some authorities they never
amount to anything. They never have
a chance. 1t Is said, because they are
loaded down with riches. AS nobody
has a chance 1t Is about time for the
appearance OF the angel spoken Of In
Revelation, who Is to cry out, Woe,
woe, woe, to the inhabitants of the
earth" This declaration that there Is
no longer any chance for the mechanic
or laborer who Is in the prime of life Is
based on what Is said to be the present
practice of railroads and some large
manufacturing corporations not to hire
men who are over 35. Only two rail-
roads have been mentioned specifically
and no manufacturing corporation has
been mentioned There Is no accurate
information as to the extent to which
the opportunities for employment of the
men who are over 30 have been limited
by this new practice. Until these OPP
portunitles shall appear to have been
really limited there is no reason why
the workmen of 40 years of age should
feel seriously alarmed rs to their flu
ture. Employers have whims and no.
tons sometimes. 1t may seem to one
employer that he can get more or better
work out of mechanics who are under
30 than out of those who are over that
age. Such an assumption would be cor
rect as to some workmen and incorrect
as to others. The efficiency of man
cannot be measured accurately by his
age. The presumption Is that most en-
| ployers viii not establish an age limit.
but will hire any man who is able to do
good work. The mechanics who are
over 80 should not be disheartened and
fancy that there Is no relief for them
except In the grave. Nor should the
young men be discouraged. There Is a
chance for them. There is chance
also for the sons of plutocrats. There
is still chance for everybody who is
deserving.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

High-mindedness and right-mlnded-
ness may probably be supplemented
by ''two-mindedness. which has been
defined as the habit of taking into ac-
rount what is urged ON both sides, and
trying to combine the essential parts
of the two opposing arguments into
one higher truth. Magnanimity, hon
esty, breadth-a trio of qualities worth
possessing, and the last by no means
the least
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05
HE HAS AT LIVING CHILDREN.
Now Has a Sixth Wife and Is Only
IO2 Years of Age.

lO2 Years of Age.
On the farm of Jason Gibbs, in Car
roll County, Tenn, lives a remarkable
old negro. His name is George Gwinn,
and he is one of the few centerarans
In Carroll County, being 1902 years of
age. But the most remarkable feature
In connection with this old darky is
the extensive list of his lineal descend
ants. They number more than 200
Gwinn was born in 1900 on Gwinns
Creek, Carroll County. While yet a
young man George was married. and
by his first wife had four children. He
is now living with his sixth wife, and
by the entire six is the father of forty.
seven children. All of the forty
are still living; all are married. and
have had an average of three children
each. making 140 grandchildren and
three great-great-g grandchildren
Gwlnn's first wife was taken from
him more than sixty years ago, sold
into slavery and carried to Little Rock
He never saw her again. He then mar.
r'cd Iris Dickson, an Indian woman
He then took unto himself Charlotte
Thomas, Maria Matthias, and Minerva
Randle.
Gwlnn is rather lively, considering
his extreme age. Although compelled
to go about with the aid of cane he
can still work some and very offer
does fairly good days work He uses
neither liquor nor tobacco, baving quiz
both several years ago because h,
thought they were undermining hi.
constitution. His mind is still goot
and he delights to gather about him ,
crowd and talk of events of four,scor,
years ago.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

The rude turning
sides boat pieces OK
rudder angular position tub OF water
in figure and fastened the ad Oh the
sucked
little hole side shown in figure The h Is ned WIN
to the
somewhat above the wall the BOAT 10
Of
the boiler with small Of cotton the center Pour some eon
the
Of eggshel The
ddonhat IS for
we seaming without wheels
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

what has become of the old-fash-
ioned woman who used to tell her hus-
band to save his money--that she did
not need new bonnet?" asks the
Washington Post. Oh, she Is still In
habiting the realms of fiction where
she was born and reared.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

The wife of one Of New York's pro-
fessional beggars had her diamonds
stolen. 1t Is hardly necessary to state
that this Is not case of having them
stolen for advertising purposes.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

The success Of Marconi's wireless
lelegraphy system is amply attested
by the fact that he has sold his Ameri-
ran rights of his patents for $6,5O0,-
boo.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

Rev. Thomas b. Hyde, of New York,
says women ought to be allowed to
propose marriage. A girl who can't
make her wishes known under the
present conditions hardly deserves the
fellow anyway.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

The New York Supreme Court has
handed down decision that no matter
what a wife chooses to buy, the hus-
band must pay the bills. Although the
decision Is rather lengthy, it fails to
say how hubby Is to get the where
with.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

A Kentuckian shot at man and
crippled blooded colt the other day.
This will be sure to start another last
Ing feud If the owner of the colt is a
Kentuckian.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

The average man never fully realizes
The truth of the adage about fool and
his money until after he has bumped
mp against some other mans game.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

Profuse diamond exhibits on the per-
son are not now considered In good
haste 1t is rule we have always OBJ
served.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

The chorus girls have formed
hnion. They think they are ms much
entitled to organize as other upholster-
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

So far as that tired feeling Is con-
ferned there are people who feel as
though 1t were spring the year around.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

The Prince of wales may do the
nervous prostratlon act, for which
Prince Henry now holds the record.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

That new hardware trust is right af-
Ter the man with the hoe.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

An agreeable man Is one who con-
Bents to being taught things which he
already knows.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

One OF society's hardest tasks Is to
knock the bottom out of the bucket
RhOn
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05
A Perpetual Praiser.

so he writes poetry for livingY'
NO for a dead, His speciality ls
epitaphs. philadelphia Bulletin.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

what Is a woman to call her divorced
husband2 That man. of course.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

Mrs Catherine Waugh McCulloch In a
good-tempered address before a WON
ans club Mrs. McCuloch sees the In
justice so often wrought to wives by
penurious and selfish husbands, and
she deplores the fact that women are
forced to resort to underhand means in
order to obtain their rights" In short,
wives are often reduced to such desper-
ate straits that many wives are actu-
ally compelled surreptltlously to ex-
tract money from their husbands pock-
cts to enable them to contribute toward
some charity of which they approve
but their husbands do not" Mrs. Me-
Cullochs ample knowledge of the law
compels her, doubtless, to assent to this
tlme-saving operation. 1t Is true that
the wife might take legal measures to
force her husband to give her the sum
required for her charitable intent. But
here would begin vexatlous delays. The
case would be postponed from time to
time If 1t went against the husband
he would appeal to the Supreme Court,
with the result that two or three years
would be dragged out in annoying It'll
CATION. Meanwhile the charity would
anguish and die, and the opportunity
to benefit mankind would be lost for
ever. Under these conditions lovely
woman Is absolutely forced to take the
law into her own hands and tn dig into
the gentlemans pockets, as he slum-
hor hnnaHf nf nifu M
married man in these charitable times
should be without portable safety de-
post box
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

The question of the property rights of
wives has been very ably set forth by
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

There never was farmer so big and
fierce looking that he didn't wear n
meek expression when he stands by
and hears his wife bargain with the
grocer in selling her butter and eggs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05
1T WASALOAD OF HAY
ire PASSAGE THROUGH CITY RE-
CALLED OLD TIMES.

Sweet Reflections Came TO the Wearied
Man Who Had Once Been Bare
Footed Country Boy, Living Near
TO Natures Heart.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05

tits as bad" said man. speaking
of brass band. las the third band in
a circus parade"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-05
ATLAS Nose.

Attila, the Hun had a nose so short
that from the front it presented the
appearance of two holes in the middle
of his countenanee, surmounted by Il
small wart.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-03
THE GENESIS OF
LITTLE BREECHES,

People have not yet forgotten Mr.. Hay.
the literary man. in Mr. Hay, the states
man. Treaties with England may be more
important than ballads from Pike county
but they are by no means more entertain
ing One is glad, therefore, that Mr.. Hay
has found time to tell an interviewer Just
how it was that he came to write Jim
Bludso,' Little Breaches" and ''Banty
Tim Little Breeches,' it appears. was
what might be called the mother ballad.
It was the first of the series and led to
the others Mr.. Hay first heard the story
Of it on a hot Sunday morning when he
had gone to church and sat listening to a
drowsy sermon. The minister knew the
story and told it. He told it in the Pike
county PhraseolOgy and from the Pike
/ county point Of view That phraseoIogy
and that point Of view is the same, says
Ar. Hay, in Pike county. H.. and in Pike
county. Mo. just across the river As
Dir. Hay went cut of the church he car
rIed with him deep impression of the
/ story he had heard On his way down to
| New York he put Little Breeches'' into
verse When he reached New York he
showed the poem to WhiteIaw Reid It
appeared Immediately in the New York
AsIbLHS- Bg lNdL TINE MI Hay mad got
the swing and rhythm of the ballad form,
and within a week turned out Jim BIud-
( So, Banty Tim" and the rest. Then.
Curiously enough. his inspiration stopped
suddenly He could do no more Pike coun-
( ty ballads Mr. George Cary EggIeston.
/ then editing a weekly, offered him what
I vas in those days a large sum Of money
/ for another poem in Pike county style.
I but he was unable to accept the oppor-
tunity. The Pike county ballads were a
4 phase, an episode. The impulse came,
stayed about ten days, and then left. At
( least, that is the way Mr. Hay puts it.
One may suspect, however, that perhaps
Mr. Hay was wiser in his generation tran
some Of his successors have been in
/ theirs. He may have realized the foolish
ness Of working IN a single vein too long
/ There are certain literary men who, II
. they had been lucky enough to make
hit with Jim Bludso," would have been
writing a Pike county ballad every week
ever since. Fortunately, Mr.. Hay did
nothing of that kind. He wrote ballads as
long as he felt he could write them well,
and no longer. He did not sell the lees
and dregs Of his Chicago
Tribune
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-03
The Voice Of the Wind.

When the wind with saddest cadence on a
stormy winters night
Comes signing round the tree tops and
the bush,
It seems to bear a message fraugbt with
news that is q blight.
And there falls On all around a sudden
hush.
Oh, wind! what are you waiting to US
mortaIs here below?
Do you bring to US message from
above?
Or are you but the echo OF a voice we used
TO know.
The earessing hand of heavens tender
love?
Oh, tell Us quick thy message, wind, be-
fore it Is too late,
BY the saddened voice It's sorrowful. I
know;
Do .ou prophesy for me a dark and sad
dening fate.
When you softly vail in signs prolonged
and low?
Do you ever stop in pensiyeness and listen
to the wind.
And dream that God is whispering In
your ear2
Do you think it bears a warning TO ms
mortals who have sinned.
To ask the Lord to make ouF pathway
clear?
Aubrey B,wser.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-03
Developments in the Drama
Anxiety TO Know What
Viii Be the Coming
Fashion In PLAYS.

oW that the theatrical is the and will def
N ney in month is interesting speculate
possibilities Everybody
knows that there fashions
thing else and
know what they are likely to be
The manager has the difficult end of the
actor has firmly established reputation viii
people who viii they
good time But when 1t there the
friend Hamlet would parts soIoqey apply
force the reflections managers looking right things
plays
there IS one general law however,
fashion has gone as far as
can For time there
influence in
mas been toward large spread
out thin with paid details costumes prop
critics and
and no dramatic merits have held their
cenee OF Pueon This of thing stop Already
aer WI" bring out play with essentially
matte aeto and es and good all company handled
and the public viii flock play
body viii remember where the had
and several of
their thing public wants
something new.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-03

December ?, thirty-two days out. The news
he bore insured the Franco-American al
lance and the ultimate delivery of the
struggling colonies from British rule.
This was the first edition OF the Stars
and Stripes that Europe ever saw; the
first TO be salated by the guns Of a Eu-
ropean naval power: but, far beyond that
and beyond anything, it was the first and
last flag that ever went down flying on the
ship that conquered and captured the shin
that sunk her
"hen Paul Jones returned in the Ariel
to Philadelphia in 1871 he said that his
most ardent desire had been to bring that
flag home to America, with all its elories.
and give 1t back untarnished into the fair
hands that had given it to him nearly four
years before.
But he said to The lady to whom he
was speaking Miss Mary Langdon. one
Of the makers of the flag, Miss Mary. I
couldn't bear TO strip it from the Door
old ship in her last agony nor could I deny
TO my dead on her decks and who gave
their lives to keep it flying. the glory of
taking it with them"
You did exactly right, commodore. ="
exclaimed Miss Langdon- That flag is
just where We wish it to be-aying at the
bottom Of the sea over the only shin that
ever sunk IN victory"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-03
WAOE-EARNINO SCHOOL
CHILDREN IN ENGLAND
By THOMAS BURKE. in the @may Forum"

II THILE dreams OF world wide
NM empire and visions of the sub
lection Of the entire universe
to the denomination Of the vG-
cupants OF No 10 Downing Street, White
hall, are disturbing the rest Of the aver
age Briton. and turning even the late fol-
lowers Of Gladstone into the rampant
iingoes, thinking men are reminded, by
the publication of the blue books such
as the report just issued by the home
Office on the employment of school chill
dren, OF some of the evils which are eat
ing away the heart of the English nation
Child labor in England has been the sub
iect Of repeated legislation for nearly d
century. Children eight years Of age are
no longer allowed to work in factories.
nor are the hours OF labor for older
child workers so long as heretofore. For
the latter class system OF half work,
half school, has been devised; while a
series of acts of Parliament have been
passed forbidding the employment Of
young children in chimney sweeping.
acrobatic performances, etc, and severely
regulating their hours OF labor in other
and, in my opinion, equally objectionable
occupations. 1t was fondly imagined that
these enactments had finally exercised
the evil spirit Of child labor: but the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-03
PAUL JONES AND THE. FLAG

TINE first Star-SpangIed Banner to
command the respect Of Europe on
i the high seas was that ordained
by Congress June II. III, which
Commodore Paul Jones hoisted on the
Ranger. and which went down with the
Bon HoIame Richard after the capture OF
the Scraps. The decree Of Congress or
dainIng the flag is Intimately associated
with the great fame and name of John
Paul Jones. for his appointment TO com
mand the ship of war Ranger is coupled
with the creation OF the flag itself Two
resolutions of Congress. thus linked to-
gether in Simultaneous act, we're as fol-
lows:
RESOLVED. That the flag of the 70 United
States of America be 15 stripes. alternate
red and white: that the Union be 13 stars
in a blue field, representing a New Con
stellation.
Resolved, That Capt. Paul Jones be
appointed to command the ship Ranger"
Paul Jones was accustomed to say: The
flag and I are twins; born the same hour
and from the same womb Of destiny"
Paul Jones sailed under the Stars and
Stripes from Portsmouth, " H. Noyem-
Der !. I777. in the Ranger for France. He
carried dispatches announcing the surren-
der Of BurgoyRe- He landed at Nantes
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-03

terrible disease Of poverty Is too deeply
rooted in Great Britain to be eradicated
by such measures; and though now and
again sore may be healed, It surely re-
appears in some other part of the body
polite.
Its latest development is to be seen ia
the spectacle Of children OF tender years
trading in the streets. or working Ia
shops, or engaged in some form of agri-
cultural labor which has not been for
hidden by any existing legislation. The
first symptom was noticed by the educa-
ton department through its school
spectores and six years ago an investiga-
ton was held by that body in order to see
whether the disease was quite so danger
Gus as represented. Inquiries we're made
from the various school managers
throughout the country, with the result
that it was reported that no less than
IA, 600 Children attending school were en-
ployed either before OF after school hours.
or both, for very small remuneration. at
some form Of work for periods ranging
from twenty to forty, fifty, and even
eighty hours a week. These figures rather
underestimate the total number, as the
eompilers did not include those children
who had u regular occupation after school.
or those whose work was not. in their
judgment, preiudiciaI to health
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-03

who washed their faces IN it before the
sun was up we're assured Of a beautiful
complexion throughout the following
year In many parts of the country dis
triets of England this custom is also
observed. but not so openly as in EdfB-
buTgh. for the practice has been subjected
to endless rid:cuie scnth of the Scotch
border One pretty custom still survives
in the villages, however, and that is the
ehiidren's habit of going "Maying." as it
is called. The little girls dress up large
dolls in white gowns and adorn them
with flowers, and then, equipped with
small May poles, march from house to
house. chanting old carols. collection
is always taken up at every house, and
the funds thus realized are, for the most
part. given to the parish church. while
the little May poles are used to decor
ate the interior for the following sun
days services.
In a great many towns in Germany.
among the southern states especially. the
singing OF May day carols is observed
every year. but so far as is known. this
is the only May day custom which still
survives. A large number Of the country
parishes in France also continue the OBJ
servance Of an old custom The pref
test little girl in the village, chosen by
popular vote, is CARRIED in white and gar
landed with flowers. and OF the afternoon
Of May 1 is seated On the front porch
of the church. while the children pay her
homage and execute pretty May dances
on the green before her. Rather tire
some for the little girl, as she is Obliged
to sit still for over an hour while the
other children enjoy themselves around
her. but it IS one eagerly sought after
by the girls. for the gown and flowers.
bought by popular subscription, become
her property. This is somewhat akin
to the old English custom OF electfng a
queen of May" though in France she
is termed, not the queen, but the lady
Of May
These are probably the only relics Of
the once popular May day festivals in
existence anywhere in the world