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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10
Farm Notes.

Bordeaux mixture controls downy
mildew on lima beans.
The Iron Mountain is rich peach
and almost melts in the mouth.
haphazard, gO-easy way in farm
ing is not going to bring a big profit
this year
Make the boys interest in the farm
SO profitable that he will be anxious 10
make farming his life work.
ChicOry culture was started by Long
Island farmers several years ago, but
II did not pay and has been abandoned
The farmer as well rs the business
man who is going 10 forge to the front
these times is the one who thinks and
plans.
Broom corn should have frequent
cultivation till the plants are two feet
high. Then the cultivation may he
stopped unless needed to retain moist
/ ure.
1t has been demonstrated that in the
sections where thorough drainage is
practiced larger crops are produced,
| and at less cost than wher drainage is
neglected.
The currant worm is ready to begin
work on the first approach OF warm
weather. Powdered hellebore is the
remedy. which may be used with
water or applied in the dry condition,
while the leaves are damp from rain
! or dew.
String beans can be obtained during
the entire summer by planting once a
month for successive supplies. The
seed terminates quickly in warm
weather, and the plants grow rapidly
They can also he extensively grown
for picking.
When the old strawberry beds are
out of use pillow them under for late
cabbage or turnips. II preferred the
land may remain for garden plot
next spring, but IL such is preferred
Il bed must he seed Late in the
fall cover the beds with manure ana
pow the plot next spring.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

years and is producing all kinds Of
vegetables in abundance and of fine
quality. 4 few gardens have been
watcred by wind-pumps. This method
gives excellent results, especially where
small reservoir is used. Other gar
dcns have been watered by pumping
from streams. This mode of irrigation
must necessarily be limited. as the
amount of water in streams is very
small during II dry time. In fact, |
have seen 1t almost dry.
The water is usually run between
the rows of the various crops, some
times between every row, or mt most
every third or fourth row. The plan
proposed is to have main bitches. with
several sets OF laterals dividing the
fields into squares, varying in size ac-
cOrdlng to the slope of the land. In
stead of bitches for the second set of
laterals, back burrows may have to be
| substituted If the fields have much
slope, for the water is too valuable TO
| permit of waste. The illustration
shows how few "catch" the water
| from artesian wells 1t may be dis
| tributed as best suits the gardener or
| farmer.-L. G.. Hendricks, in Farm and
| Home.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

Summer frecklcS are easily removed
by applications of diluted lemon Juice.
To remove the OdOr of onions from
your breath eat little parsley dipped
in vinegar or drink cup of strong cof-
fee.
Cucumbers and Strawberries are soy
ereign cosmetics If prepared properly,
and even when used raw the former
has bleaching effect on the skin ana
the latter a bleaching effect on the
teeth.
Tooth powder containing camphor
sometimes causes the enamel of tho
teeth to crack, and therefore 1t Is better
avoided, since the cracking of the
enamel means the first stage in the de-
cay of the teeth.
Sleeping with flowers in your room ia
dangerous, for during the night thew
give off the carbonic acid gas they have
taken up during the day, and, more.
over, they consume some OF the oxygen
of the room, ali of which you need for
yourself
Woman's greatest charm is perfect
health. The healthy woman. full NJ
bounding life and enthusiasm, centerS
attention on herself, is admired by men
ana cnvied 10y other women. She ia
never melancholy. Jealous. irritable, ex-
citahle, nervous, hySterical or subject
to rainting,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10
A Hint to Girls.

1t was a little thing, but the other
day young girl was noticed following
her callers, two young lads, into the
hall as they took their leave. She even
accompanied them to the stoop, this
undoubtedly because she did not quite
know how to say goodby and dismiss
them in the parlor. There was noth-
ing formal in the call which was mere
ly a drop-in of some schoolboys. but lt
would have been good time for that
young girl to practice the little dignl-
fed conversation Of the hostess. that
presently she will very much need. A
girl may be all that Is charming and
companionable and cordial and hospit-
able, and yet preserve the ceremonouS
forms that are the necessities of socaB
tercourse.-Harper's Bazaar.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

Many farmers feel so sure of success
with artificial watering that they are
putting down artcsian wells and in
tend to build reservoirs as soon as pos
sible, the past dry seasons causing
them TO realize the necessity Of most
constant supply OF moisture. Nearly
all the wells are Inches In diameter
and cost from 90 to 80 cents per foot.
The flow amounts to from 10 to SO
gallons per minute. One 312-inch well
that cost 500 and Is 2O5 feet deep
flows about 1900 gallons per minute,
though the amount has never been ac-
curately measured. IL Is thought the
flow of some wells near this large one
has diminished and it is possible that
the artesian water supply may be lin
tied
few fields nave been flooded or
wet up" direct from these wells dur
ing the fall and winter, and have pro
duced the following season % to 30
bushels of wheat to the acre, and other
crops In proportion, while fields not 30
treated produced less than half this
amount. Irrigation here is largely con-
fined to gardens, the water in most
cases being used direct from the wells,
but n few farmers have reservoirs
which aid in the economical use of the
water, thus giving much better results.
One garden has been irrigated five
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

be planted AS early as any of The
smooth sorts without injury, and \
said to be the only wrinkled variety
with which this can be done. The
growth OF the vine is strong and
Of the best The pods are large, hold
ing from eight to ten peas, While the
sort is comparatively new, it has been
tested quitet extensively, and il It does
as we'll generally rs in the localities
where 1t has been tested il will be an
acquisition
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

DIR. Cyrus Edison, health officer of
New York, finds many reasons why
reputable physicians should advertise
their business in the daily newspapers.
Besides the benefits to the doctor him
self-bcnefts to which he is clearly
entitled and of which he is robbed by
negiecting to advertise lit il great
convenience to the public to learn at
first hand where to find IA physician
who makes a speciality of n particular
class of diseases. DR.. Edison il conf
dent that the ban on advertising will
soOn be removed.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

When you are yearniug for wealth
did you ever stop to wonder IL you
rouid stand it? Poverty has wrecked
the minds of many. Sudden afilucnce
has had the same result. 1t takes u
level head to withstand the shock of
sudden prosperity. A young man in
one OF the West States always wanted
money. He tried lot of ventures
that didn't pay, and finally went into
land speculation. He took Ia $4,000
in three weeks ana went stark, gibber-
Ing crazy. Three thousand dollars isn't
much. Mr.. Morgan could put twice
that amount in his inside pocket and
forget 1t. But riches are comparative.
A dollar is fortune TO a beggar and
% cents looks like great wealth to the
average boy. To the young man this
money seemed like Unlimited wealth.
He gave diamond rings aud music
boxes to his friends, presented gold
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10
Deem Flowing.

We used to believe in what we read
when young about the value of pillow
ing deep to bring up the fertility that
had leached down through the surface
soil into the subsoil. our opinion was
changed when we tested the deep
blowing upon II field with a clay sub
soil that we planted with corn. Later
experiments have more thoroughly con
WINGED us that deep blowing, Ivy which
We mean depth of more than four to
six inches, Is seldom beneficial. IA IN,
climate, whatever II may hc in other
sections of the country. The crops Ike
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

Those who find the best profit in rails
ing the wrinkled varieties of peas will
be glad to have the GraduS. shown in
the Illustration. Not only is the quality
of this variety equal to that of any
wrinkled sort, but it is better than any
of the smooth sorts that are early in
season. The Gradus combines quality
with extra earlinesS and extreme pro
ductiveness. Most Of the wrinkled sorts
are rather tender, but this variety may
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

The appropriations of Francis Bret
Harte called forth by his death have
strangely omitted to give him the credit
he deserves az the father Of the modern
short story. His service to literature
In this respect Is more clearly discerned
In England than In America. We have
not yet fully grHsped the fact that to
Bret IIarte, more than to any other
writer. belongs the honor OF giving the
short story Its most perfect and human
form, Poe and Hawthorne had brought
the older type Of story TO perfection,
but their tales dealt largely with an
Imaginary world. 1t remained for
Bret Harte practically 10 create the
story of local color and Of local char
acters. From the appearance of THE
Luck of Roaring Camp" in the Over
land Monthly in 1870 we may Justly
date the rise OS the modern short story
with n flash Of genius the young author
put into his tales the strange. Wild
Kaleidoscope life Of the mining camps
M he had seen ii in his most impress
s'onnble years, setting each picture
into an exquisite framework of Sierra
scenery, and casting over his unkempt
characters just enough of the glamour
of romance to make them attractive.
The distinctive thing about the stories
was their essential realism their frank
portrayal of real characters in a pc
culiar environment This type OF story
has become so universal now that we
take 1t as matter Of course. Mr.. How
ellis has applied the method to New En-
gland, Mr.. Cable to Louisiana, .-Ir.
Page to Virginia, Mr. Allen TO Ken
lucky, Mr.. kipling to India, and so on
through the list of the best story
writers Of the day. The short story
now Is closer to the hearts of the peo-
pie than any other form of literature.
1t will ever remain Bret Harte's chief
| glory that he brought 1t out of the air
and down to the soil and the lives of
real men and women.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

"a New York man recently called on
me-" said Commissioner Evans re
Gently, submitted list of fifty men
and asked me If the names of any or
them were on the pension rolls. Dur
ing the Civil war he said, there was n
bank on the river front in New York.
Across the street was Il recruiting sta
ton. one day fifty recruits came into
the bank In body aud each deposited
his bounty. None Of them has ever
called to obtain his money. Interest
was allowed for twenty-five years. My
visitor was trying to locate these men,
80 the accounts might be closed. | had
the pension rolls examined and found
six of the names Of the fifty men who
had deposited the money forty years
ago Each OF the six, by proving his
Identity, will receive large sum"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10
Glycerine.

Many people think glycerine a PERI
fectly good and healing application for
the skin. This is a mistake; pure ely.
cerine is very heating and parching.
Sometimes it has to be taken instead OF
cod liver oil, and it leaves a very un-
pleasant and burning sensation in the
throat. 1t has strong affinity for
water, and absorbs all the moisture
from any surface it touches, so that ii
dries and hardens the skin. Mothers
and nurses will sometimes apply pure
glycerine to baby's tender, chafed
skin, which gives it much pain and
really Injuries the skin. Glycerine ought
always to be mixed with an equal
quantity of water. Rose water or elder
flower instead of plain water makes IL
more agreeable to use, and it can then
be applied with great benefit to tho
most tender skin.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

You may go about among nine
tenths OF the comfortable homes in al
most any civilized country and find
that the sun is counted by the typical
housewife her especial foe. She does
not allow him even to peep into her
parlor. that holy of HOLES, whore her
best furniture and her finest carpets
and costliest hangngs are-oh, no!
Science has clearly shown that sun
light properly used decreases mortali-
ty. Both physically and morally we
should let the sunlight have free right
of way into our lives. If we let it into
tine physical sphere it will find its
way into the moral, There Is no such
thing as too much sunlight.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

corn, that like 10 spread their roots
near the surface where the soil is
warmed by the sun, certainly do not
need to have the earth stirred very
deeply for them, while those that send
their roots down into the subsoil, as
onions, clover, beets, etc, can do so
almost through the hardest subsoil or
anything excepting a gravel in which
there is no moisture.-American Cult
VatOr
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10
Advice to Wives.

Max O'Rell, in his book, Her Royal
Highness, Woman" gives this advice
to wives: ITO rule your husband. my
dear Lady, do exactly as you please, but
always pretend that you do as he
pleases. That is where your ability
comes in. Men are ruled. as children,
are, by the prospect of reward. The
reward Of your husband is your ami
ability, your sweetness, your devotion
and your beauty, of which you should
take constant care.
Always let him suppose that 1t is for
him that you wish to remain beautiful
The woman who believes she is assert
Ing her independence every time she
puts on a hat particularly displeasing
to her husband is as clever and intelu-
gent as the Irishman who buys a re-
turn trip ticket at railroad office, and,
on entering the car remarks to the pas
sengers, 81 have bought return tick
ct, but don't mean to come back I"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

watch to a hack driver. Then he was
sent to an insane asylum. The posses
sion of money Is good and an
ambition to honestly gain pos
sion of wealth is laudable. This case
simply shows that money without
brains to care for It, without mental
balance to make good use of IT, Is a
calamity instead of an advantage.
When you demand from Destiny great
wealth, ask for wisdom with It.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

side of the cistern is built filter.
made of soft brick. A lead pipe leads
from this to the cistern pump in me
kitchen. All cisterns should be provided
with an overflow pipe to let off the sur
plus water in times of food We ind
this a better plan than to depend on
cutting off the flow in the inlet, as that
viii sometimes be neglected"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

Here is n lovely refrain for news
paper poet-When Hetty Pulls Her
Cum. Reference to Walkers rhyming
Stationary will show scores OF suitable
,hymes for Green" and gun" and he
must be a pretty poor order of poet
who cannot work up a poem of solid
indiana merit on such theme. And
when Hetty does pull her gun there'll
De something doing in legal circles.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

ground cistern: |
would like one so
the pump can be in
the house" To this
the editor of the
Homestead replies:
"A cisteIn is bull,
according to tn q
customary methods
with an inlet for
the rain water. In
the bottom or to Clr
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

Food sharps state that what the
working man needs for his proper
nourishmcnt Is about 5000 cNlorieS or
heat units The man who attempts to
feed n hungry workman on calories is
hkely to get slapped with the tin din
her pail
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

Mothers never have any trouble with
the naturally curly locks of their chill
1ren. 1T is the straight ones that per
pick them. If child's hair be brushed
upward instead of downward from in
fancy 1t will acquire tendency to curl
by the end of the first year.
| Hairdressing is a detail that does not
receive much attention in the case OF
little girls. Probably not one mother
IN fifty studies the contour of her
daughters face with view TO ascer-
tanning the most becoming head-dress-
ing.
| To the intelligent mother a baby's
Try should be the best index to its ply
steal condition. The healthy baby cries
very loudly and in lusty, explosive,
angry manner, and the tears flow free
ly The sick baby, or the one on the
verge of sickness, cries peevishly or
whines in a low tone.
( Watch the manner in which the baby
takes its food. If it is perfectly well II
will attack the bottle greedily and will
! express its satisfaction much in the
same manner as any other young ami
mal--that Is, by soft and inarticulate
noises and grunts If, on the other
hand, the baby contemplates its food
before touching it, or, after tasting,
turns from it, be sure there is some
hing wrong.
Don't play up to the sky and down
again" suting the action to the words
BY tossing the half-delighted, half
lcared and wholly excited baby several
!eet skyward and catching him as he
ZONES down, while he gasps and trem-
,les, undecided whether to laugh or
Try. Babies have nerves, and such
games will make neurotic martyrs at
In early age.
Education Is Her Life Work.
The first woman in the history of the
Congregational church to receive the
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10
The Welsh Language.

At recent eisteddfod at Dolgelly
Wales, one of the principal speakers
stated that in 1871 AS many as l.OO6.
100 persons spoke Welsh, but in 1891
the number had fallen to 9ll ,2SO-a de
crease Of 95,Sll, though the population
had meanwhile increased.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

The trimming Of plum trees is SINH
lar to that of the peach. Do not trim
a plum tree for two or three years as
the little shoots bear the first fruit.
and let them remain until you have
had a good crop. Afterward trim the
trees Systematically, says Mr.. Skill
man. successful New Jersey plum
grower
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

Sans faithful SER
wants and has just
distinguished b err
self for making the
best money order
record In the ruraI
system in 10 w a.
She is 10 years ola
and was one of the
first girls to become
a rural mail carrier.
Miss Glotfelty for.
merly lived in this
,.ta- a-1 -
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

A Kansas man has named his baby
laughter IL. Plurlbus Unum. He isn't
~ crazy, however, as might at first be
supposed She is his eleventh, and the
nther ten are living.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

A college President died of grief be
cause the students didn't like him.
What II dropping Off of college presi-
DENTS there would be If that complaint
became generally fatal.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

Frank X. Stockton, Sol Smith Rus
tail. J. Sterling Morton, Amos j. Cum
pings. Potter Palmer, Archbishop Cor
rigan. Bret Harte and Admiral Samp
ION constitute list that the world can
hot lose without painfully missing.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

Gated in the Eldora public schools. Her
brother, Charles Glotfelty, has been
given position similar to that of HIS
accomplished sister and both have the
warm regards of the farmers they
serve
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

Florences A. Fen
sham of Constant
nople, upon whom
the honor was re-
Gently conferred in
Chicago, after she
had taken a course
i'm the Chicago The
illogical Seminary.
Miss FenSham is
n native of East
ID q u z ! as, Mass.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

New York Is going to expend $1,000
300 for churches during the coming
kear-almost AS much az the average
naagnate Is willing to lay out ON his
summer cottage.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

. 1t In presumed that the money con
trfbuted by Americans will last Pad
srewslsi about four years He Is com
ing back at the end of that time.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

III all actors were like the late Sol
kniith Russell nobody would have any
PAUSE to complain Of the demoralizing
Influences of the stage.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

John Pierpont Morgan is simply
trcat big overgrown promoter And he
feceives great big overgrown commits
bons ON his deals.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

Having invented Gor publications.
zone of the greatest wonders of mod
srn times" Mr.. Tesla has turned his
Attention to something else,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

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cure position as teacher have reached
their highest ambition and are content
to spend most Of their time in merely
holding what they have as the way Of
living out their monotonous lives with
the least annoyance and friction. TheE
are satisfied If they draw their salaries.
If they read, 1t is not the quality OF
reading that develops mental power or
broadens or deepens the sources Of
knowledge. AS much as many do Is to
read something of a fugitive nature in
order to pass away the time or, as they
say, "for recreation" Their reading 10
chiefly mental dissipa tion.-The World'a
Work.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

We are a thrifty people. selling as we
10 warships to Russia, and mules to
nngland. meantime carrying on quite
4 war OF our own.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

Any farmer who can grow corn sue.
cessfully can succeed with sorghum,
and will find 1t n decided addition to
the winter supply OF stock food, al
though those without great deal Of
experience with it seem to think Il
can be used to advantage only as q
supplement to the pasture. To grow
sorghum successfully the soil must be
put in good condition, broken up deep
and well prepared. Make the seed bed
fine and sow the seed any time this
month. Grown for hay, the seed is
sown broadcast at the rate of two
bushels per acre and narrowed in. but
1t is better to grow it in rows two or
three feet apart, the latter distance
being preferable. enabling one to cult
vate with the horse. When grown in
rows the culture should be the same
as with corn. and the plot should be
kept free from weeds. Stock Of all
kinds eat sorghum readily and it will
pay to experiment with small plot
of ii this season In feeding it, MS
with all foods that are new to the ami
mails, it should he given in small guam
titles mt first until the animals get
used to it,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

Mr.. Carnegie talks of buying and op.
srating n number OF newspapers. Fer
kaps he is not getting rid Of his money
last enough.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-10

Did It ever occur to you what would
happen to the country If the women's
sIubs were all suddenly to discover