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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16
FELINE FEROCITY.
Are the Symptoms Meant to Simulate
Serpentine Forms?

Are the Symptoms Meant to Simulate
Serpentine Forms?
All members Of the cat tribe wave
their tails to and fro when provoked.
l do not see how this curious habit Is
to be explained except as an instance
of what is called Protective Mimicry."
Among insects and other humble crea-
lures it is common to find those which
are comparatively defenseless adopting
the aspects and manners of their more
formidable neighbors, and thus secur-
ing immunity from attack. This de-
fensiye method is rare among the
higher animals. Nevertheless, many of
the cat tribe, when face to face with
an enemy, apparently initiate the be-
hayior Of venomous snake, and thus
avail themselves of the instructive hor-
ror of the serpent, which we find among
the warm-blooded creatures.
The Kissing and splitting INDUCED in
by kittens (and other young creatures
which have their natural nurseries in
hollow trees and similar places probably
has its use in the fact that few in
quisitive predatory beasts would care
to risk possible encounter with an
angry snake. The front aspect of an
angry cat, with its ears laid fiat against
its head, its eyes glazing and its fangs
exposed, is very snakelike. and the ex-
plosive kissing sounds it utters are ex-
acty similar to those uttered by some
serpents when about to strike.
Against the mimicry hypothesis is the
fact that q large and formidable
felidae, such as panthers, lions and IT,
gers, which assuredly need no protec-
/ ton Of this sort, wave their tails when
alarmed or angry quite as much as do
the small cats which stand in danger
from foxes, dogs and jackals. 1t must
be remembered, however, that all in
nate habits, such as those which we
are discussing and especially all hab-
its which are common to whole spe-
cies or family, are of the EXTREMIST an
tiQuity. And in early days of NAM
malian life on the earth all the ances-
tors of our modern cats, and, indeed,
all warm-blooded creatures OF every
kind, We're so small and defenseless
that they probably needed such STRAIT
egg as the above to avoid extinction
Pearson's.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16
GROWS LIKE UNTO A aouRD.

Rapid Development of Oklahoma In
Wealth and Industry.
Really no State or territory can show
record Of growth in the past decade
that compares In any way with that OF
Oklahoma That territory came into
being one fine spring day eleven years
ago, when at a signal that the promised
land was open there was rush of
boomers that has never been eQualed
or surpassed. Eastern visitors who
were in the southwest at the time
found everybody talking Oklahoma,
and thousands making their way thith-
er, some In trains, others In wagons
and not few on foot. There was such
an Oklahoma fever on that conserva-
tive Fasteners We're prepared 10 ac-
cept the prediction often heard In Texas
at that time that Oklahoma, born In q
boom, would collapse with the inevita-
Bile subsistence of the excitement.
But Oklahoma did nothing Of the
kind. 1t has now population Of $685.
245, which Is 5000 more than Vermont
has and more than double Delaware
population. There are 10000 more peo-
pie in Oklahoma than there are In
North Dakota. New Hampshire has
but 1900 more inhabitants than Okla
homa- Oklahoma remains n territory,
while Idaho with 161,771 inhabitants
Is a sovereign State. Oklahoma has
| lb5, 900 more inhabitants than Montana
and more than nine times as many peo
pie as Nevada. Moreover, OklahOms
has a very "solid" population which
goes In for public schools and ba -
which Is Industrious and thrifty. o.
homa's claim 10 admission as q State
cannot much longer be denied. Proba
bly, the delay Is in some measure due t.
Oklahoma's own desire for some agree
ment with Indian territory by which
the two shall be consolidated as Stats
of powerful proportions In area. popu
lation and Recommendations Tran
| ScriDt
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

such good things" out Of which they
make money.
At whose expense? They never stop
to think. They need money; he puts
them in the way Of obtaining 1t. No
further do they trouble. Leaving his
haunted wife to roam through the cor
ridors of his palace" he looks on the
wine while it is red, basks in the smiles
Of the fair, enjoys the incense of the
venal press and varies his pleasures by
taking frequent trips to Paris, where
his face is as well known as in London.
He is perfectly well aware that he is
a swindler who has wrecked thousands
Of homes But he Is equally well
aware that the law can not touch him,
that lawyers, divines, aristocrats, Off
cials and even judges can be bought
by a portion of his ill-gotten gains
And he drains the cup of pleasure to
the dregs--cynical insouciant. a typic-
al product of the age which invented
the Fl share for the better despoiling
Of the ignorant and the innocent
Shortly he will float another big com.
Dany.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16
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In his STORY of the Cowboy" Elmer
son Hough gives the following quar-
terly report of q foreman to an Eastern
ranch owner, which constituted his
most serious labor of the year: Deer
Sur, we have brand 800 caves this
roundup we have made sum hay pc.
tatoes is a fare crop. That Inglishman
yu lef in charge at the other camp
got to fresh an we had to kill him.
Nothing much has happened sence yu
lef Yurs truly, JIM"
one day at rehearsal, w. S. Gill
bert observed a girl crying, and asked
her the cause of it. Between her sobs,
she declared she had been insultCd by
one of ne costumers, who had said to
her: You are no better than you
ought to be-" Gilbert Immediately
looked very sympathetic, and said
well, you are not, are you, my dear"
TO which she replied, promptly: Why
of course not Mr.. Gilbert" "Ah, that's
all right" he said, and she went away
perfectly comforted.
The other day q Sunday school SUI
perintendent in talking to his pupils
about cruelty to animals, said: only
IA coward would abuse creature that
has no way of protecting itself. Why,
children, once knew little boy who
cut off calf's tail! Think of it--took
knife and cut the tail right off! Can
any one tell me verse In the Bible
that would have taught this cruel boy
that he should not have cut OF the
calfs tailT After a moments silence,
small boy held up his hand, and
when asked to quote his verse, ven
tured: What God hath joined togeth-
er, let no man put asunder"
One Of the packages of seed provided
by the Department Of Agriculture was
| recently returned to member of Con.
gress by one Of his constituents, with
the following modest request: Il ap-
preciate your goodwill in sending the
seeds but my eldest daughter, Matilda,
Is going to marry the doctor down to
the village next month, and wife and
| think of giving up the farm and go.
Ing there to live. If we do, the seeds
won't be much good as we shan't have
4 garden, so If you could change them
'or some stockings, No. 8, and some
handkerchlefs or nice spring bonnet
for Matilda, l would be much obliged"
When Dion Boucicault was playing
The Vampire" at the Princess Thea
ter, London, the opening scene repre-
scented the highest regions of the Alps
by moonlight, while = thunder storm
ragged In the distance. One night, In
the height of the season, a tremendous
clap of thunder startled the audience,
and interrupted Mr.. Boucicault in the
middle of a speech. Lowering his
voice SO that it could be heard only by
the property man, he said: VERY well,
Mr.. Davids, you are making more mis-
takes. That clap Of thunder came in
the wrong place." Mr.. Davis replied
in stentorian tones, which could be
plainly heard all over the auditorium:
mo fault Of mine, sir; it wasn't my
thunder. Thunder's real out of doors
perhaps you can stop 1t there"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16
RICHES, RANK AND MISERY.
These Three Are Inseparable to the
Life of Some Titled Englishmen.

These Three Are InseparabIe to the
Life of Some Titled Englishmen.
We have in our midst millionairess
who has never been reconciled to her
husbands illgotten wealth, says the
London Empire. On her countenance
one traces a look OF bemused bewilder-
ment that has become her habitual
expression. Dimly and dumbly she has
realized that such colossal wealth, dis
honestly acquired, must necessarily
constitute curse. She roams through
her barnlike mansion with an alright
ed air which betrays haunting obses-
sion.
One occasion she was found weep
ing on the doorstep-a victim of hys-
terical grief. The insolence and ex-
trayagance of the costly crudities with
which her husband has encountered his
palace" cause her simple soul to i'm
agine weird things. What are they
for? Why is she surrounded by these
objects, SO foreign to her lowly, prim-
tive nature? She lives in constant and
nervous dread of some impending ca
lamity.
TO alleviate her haunting misery she
has engaged four detectives to guard
her and her treasures. They are dress
cd as footmen, The principal pleasure
now INDUCED In by this pathetic crea-
ture Is to peer through the halls and
passages to make sure that her guar
dams do not relax their vigilance.
This pleasure itself Is beginning to
pail and there is every fear that her
millions will ultimately crush her and
deprive her of her reason.
Haunted by the ghastly specter of
her wealth, she starts up at night In a
feverish perspration, consumed by a
horrible dread of some frightful dis
aster which she is powerless to ays,t.
And her husband? He is tired of
her, of her miserable whining, her
haunting white face and generally de-
pressing temperament. He Is cynical,
jovlal. and never suffers from any
qualms of conscience. He has made
what he calls a pot of money" by
the promotion of shady companies.
And he intends to enjoy 1t.
He frequents the race course and
other resorts of the pleasure-loving.
The money squeezed from the widow,
the orphan and the curate is reckless
ly squaudered among all the vile par
asites which compose the fast section
Of London society lie is popular;
the press speaks well of him; he Is a
welcome figure in the most exclusive
society, He is so rich, he gives such
good dinners, he puts his friends into
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16
Helen Moons Case.

New Providence, Ia, Oct. 13th--khe
wonderful case of little 3-year-oh
Helen Moon continues to be the talk
of the neighborhood and everyone Is
rejoicing win Mr.. and Mrs. Il. ".
Moon, the happy father and mother.
1t will be remembered that this sweet
little girl was given up by the doctors
with Dropsy She was so far gone that
her eyes were closed up and her body
bloate6 til It was purple.
After velything else had failed
Dodd's Kidney Pills were used, and to
the joy and surprise of everyone she
commenced to improve.
This improvement resulted in com
plete gooe health and she continues to
keep strong and well and without the
slightest symptom of the Dropsy left.
The doctors are as much bewildeved
as anyone at the wonderful cure Of this
desperate case.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16
CHAPTER XVII.

The stranger stood in the doorway till
the sound of their receding footsteps had
died away. He then, having closed the
door, turned to Harleigh.
"If heard Alright" said he, your
name Is Clarence Harleigh."
'srhat is my name"
"And mine is Edward Elliston."
Zone that sha'n't be likely soon to
forget" said Harleigh, cordially offering
him his hand, "for It is TO Edward Ellis
ton that l owe my liberation from pris-
on"
"I imagined" said young Elliston, with
some embarrassment, that after the pre-
caution which had been taken to prevent
II, the name OF the person couldn't trans
pire."
"r couldn't suffer myself to be the re-
cipieRt OF signal favor without making
an effort to discover the author Of it," re-
piled Harleigh, though, after all, must
confess that it was revealed to me by
what may be termed chance, rather than
by any exertion OF my own. But why
should you wish to conceal what has
made me so much your debtorT
II hardly know, were | to attempt it.
~ / could offer any very logical reason
for so doing, and will, therefore, only
say that was sincere In the wish that il
should not be made known"
you didn't care TO make my acquaint
ance, is the only way can interpret YOU
reluctance" said Harleigh, smiling; "bu
IL you had any graver reason for wishing
10 avoid me. chance seems to have over
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16
When a glacier dlslodges itself and

When a glacier d{slodges itself and
sails away over the Arctic seas, 1t
never travels alone. In the wake Of
every large one floats line of small.
er companions. The Eskimos call
this phenomenon "the duck and
ducklings," and any one who has
watched the progress Of the elder
duck followed by her brood will ap.
preciate the aptitude of the name.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

A hearty kiss OF the ear of MIS-.
Martha Allen. by her granddaughter
fractured that lady's ear drum, and
she has been taken from Binghamton
to New York City for treatment.
The kiss caused puncture about
the size Of a pin head.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16
Trouble Begins.

Trouble begins with the first back,
ache. Backache comes in many
forms-sudden twinges of pain, sharp
stitches, slow. exhaustive aches.
Most backache pains are kidney
pains. The kidneys fail to perform the
duties nature intends them to do and
the warning of trouble comes through
the back. Neglect the kidney warn
Ing, grave complications will surely
follow.
Urinary Observation-Disclosures Brights
Disease-are the downward steps OF
neglected kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure every kid.
ney and bladder sickness and the cure
lasts. Read this proof Of 1t:
Mrs. Adam Guntle, residing at TOl
South Plum street, rawfOrisville
Ind, says: II made a public state
ment In 1897 saying that Deans Kid
ney Pills had cured a member of our
family after he had suffered for years
with weak back and kidney troubles
de took three boxes OF this remedy
ana was completely cured. Now three
years have elapsed since | made this
statement, and | am only too pleased
to re-endOrse it. l have also used
Doan's Kidney Pills myself, obtaining
the best results. 1 have recommended
this remedy to my friends and neigh
bors as one which can always be de
pended upon"
A FREE TRIAL OF this great Kid.
ney medicine which cured Mrs. Guntle
VIII be mailed on application to any
part OF the United States. Address
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists. Price SO
cents per box.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

In many nations II has been believed
that an individual bitten by dog may
cure himself by placing three Of the
dogs hairs ON the wound. The idea is
expressed in the English prOverb, The
hair Of the deg Is 'gssd for the blte."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

did you have an interesting literary
club meeting, Alice"
"Oh, yes; every woman there was
working ona new pattern of Battenberg
lace. "-IndianapOlis Journal.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

"It was almost miricle. BurdoGk
Blood Bitters cured me of terrible
breaking out all over the body. lam
very grateful" Miss Julia Filbridge,
West Cornwall, Conn.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

The two American cities in which
the number OF colored inhabitants is
increasing most largely are Washing
ton and PHILADELPHIA.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

A boon to travellers. DR.. Eowlep's
Extract Of Wild Strawberry. Cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, seasickness, naa-
sea. Pleasant to take. Acts promptly.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

ONLY one remedy in the world that
will at once stop itchiness of the skin
In any part Of the body. Doan's Oint-
ment. At any drug store, so cents.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

In recent number Of the Scottish
Medical and Surgical Journal Sir Ar
thur Mitchell holds that dreamlCss
sleep is a myth.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

l find Piso's Cure TOR Consumption the
best medicine for croupy chiIdren.-Mrs,
F. Callahan, la Hall street, Parkeys.
burg, w. Va, April IL, 1901.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

Eight new theatres will be opened
in New York City within the next
eighteen months.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

The lowest death rate in the woEld
is that of Sweden. The annual ay-
erage for the last ten years has been
l6. 40 per LOCO.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

Emlgrants to South Africa are
officially warned to wait until land
can be secured for them.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

San francisco leads American cit
les with the largest ratio Of suicides,
Of 39.1 per 100, 200 of population.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

The population of Damascus. pe-
puted the Oldest city in the world, is
calculated at 225. 900 souls.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

Clear white clothes are a sign that the house
keeper uses ked Cross Ball Blue. large 2 OF
package cents
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

King Edward looks like such a freak
with his crown on that we have lost
all desire 10 become an angel and
wear eAs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW
II so, use Red Cross Ball Blue. It will make
tnem white az snow. 2 or. package cents
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

Taking the world as whole Is ser
cent die before they reach the age Of
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

hrs Austin's famous Pancake -four, made
rom the three great stats Of nfe-wheat,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

Mrs. Windows SOOTHING SYRUP for shndEsn
eething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation
allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

Georgia fruit growers are claiming
that the peach crop of their state
yields more money to the producers
than does the cotton crop.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

In 1900 France expor. led 3, 200 horses
more than she imported, whereas
Germany had to import $4,000 more
than she exported. ..-
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-16

HALLS CATARRH CURE
is taken internally. Price 10 cents.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-19
CLUB ACTIVE.
Talk About the Second Ward
Democratic Organiza-
ton Disbanding Set
at Rest.

Rumor that the Second Ward Demo-
cratic Club is about to disband was
thrown to the winds after what happen
ed last night. There was meeting OF
the officers and directors, and it was de-
1ided to call q meeting for Thursday,
Osfobe 2 ana begin ca1npufgn work.
+ was decided to keep the club open
every evening through the campaign and
hold mass meetings as often as possible.
President Peter Kane presided last
evening and urged the officers to do all
they could to promote interest in club
affairs among members. 1t was thought
advisable to begin the October meeting
with short entertainment.
EThere was much talk about the Assem-
bly, fight. Lawyer William D. Kelly,
who everybody seems to think will get
the nomination in the Ward, and who is
secretary of the club, attended last
nights meeting. He was alluded to as
Assemblyman" by practically every
officer Of the club.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-19
A LONELY spot
Features Of the Plankroad
and Canal About Where
the Body Was Found.

The general locality in which the body
one in which to hide the evidences of a
crime, but the exact spot chosen by the
murderer was the worst which he could
have selected on account of the drearth
of water in the canal when the tide is
low nthe rivers This makes it prac-
tically impossible for an object of any
size to be successfully hidden except
while the tide is high.
The spot where the body lay is about
a quarter of a mile west of the Hacken-
sack River bridge. There is no halbita~
tion near it, except the house occupied
by Superintendent Mundy, of the New
Jersey Zinz and Iron Works, which is
located about two hundred and fifty feet
west of the Hackensack bridge and fully
one hundred feet distant from the Plank
road The ground on each side of the
Plang road is an impossible swamp COW
cred with a heavy growth of rushes and
in many places large pools of water.
The canal at this point is known as the
"Cut," and at high tide it can be readily
entered from either end at the Passaic
or Hackensack rivers by canal boat.
On the west side of the Passaic river and
the east side Of the Hackensack river are
situated at the entrance to the canal,
locks, which effectively prevent boat
passing into either river from the canal
from Jersey City on one side and New.
ark on the other Therefore the only
open water approach to the "Cut" is by
way Of the rivers.
The cut is about twenty-five feet in
width and the inner bank is not over
fifteen feet from the outer rail of the
eastbound tracks of the Traction Com
pany.
When the tide is high in the river
there is about FIVE feet of water in the
canal, but at low tide in the rivers. a
strip about three feet wide is the only
portion of the bottom of the trench
which is covered with water and hat
to a depth Of but two or three inches.
The bottom Of the canal is covered with
thick, Shiny, black ooze, not firm enough
to bear person walking uprighk upon it..
LOCATION or THE BODY.
The body Of the murdered womah was
found about q quarter Of q mile west
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-19
ENDS HIS TROUBLES.
Body OF John Johnson, a Sui
eide Found in the Hudson
River.


John Marker, watchman, found early
today the body of man later identified
as John johnson, forty years old float
ing in the Hudson River off one of the
docks just south of the West Shore Rail
road grain elevator.
johnson had been boarding with Charles
Lawson, of Bulls Ferry road and Seven
teenth street, West New York, by whom
he was identified He has been missing
since Monday and indications point to
suicide.
Eight or ten years ago Johnson came
to this country from Sweden, leaving, it
is said, wife. Some time after his ar
rival he met woman i'll New York.
Several months ago they had trouble and
he left. She sued for non support and
he crossed the river to West New York
to escape her johnson is said to owe
considerable money. 1t is supposed that
his troubles were too much for him.