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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

the Moose river is no, so much shorter
than that of Manitoba, one of the
greatest wheat belts of the world. Fiji
ty miles south of James Bay the eli
mate Is not affected by the changes of
the sea. Every Hudson Bay post has
its garden patch, where all kinds of
vegetables are raised.
The development Of these rich farm
ing lands would, it is thought, be big
investment for any road. The Moose
river drops 1000 feet in 425 miles, and
being a constant succession Of rapids,
offers wonderful opportunities for man.
ufaciuring through the development Of
its water power.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

waiting and uplifting character. He enA
tered the ministry in 1857, and for
some time travelled the circuit, and
from 1874 to 1870 he was pastor CT the
Church Of Christian Endeavor in Brook
Ign. In 1870 ill-health compelled him
TO retire from the pulpit. Prior to his
retirement he had edited several Inn
portant periodicals, among them the
Little Corporal Of Chicago, the National
Sunday School Teacher, and Hearth
and Home, and the Independent of New
York. After his retlracy from the min
istry he devoted himself entirely to lit.
erature and produced n large number
of biographical sketches, historical
works and stories, the best known OF
the latter being "The Hoosier School
master" and "The Circuit Rider
While not an author of the first rank,
his works are extremely popular and
his books for youth are among the best
and most useful Of their kind. All his
literary work, indeed, reflected the high
character of the writer
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06
FOR a HUDSON BAY RAILWAY.
Dream of Canadians Now Likely to
Become a Reality.

Dream of Canadians Now Likely to
Become "a Reality.
The statement few days age that
the Canadian government has equipped
a party which will begin at once the
exploration of the vast wilderness ly-
ing north of the Great Lakes seems to
indicate that the project for Hud-
son Bay railway, which has been a
dream for many years, may become a
reality in the near future. Little Is
known Of the character of the coun-
try between the lakes and James
bay, but what has been heard from
hunters and Indian guides leads to the
belief that the section is wealthy, with
deposits of coal and ore, with great
forests, and with land suitable for agri-
culture.
The task of surveying these extern
sive tracts win be Il stupendous one,
and the Canadian government does not
expect that the labors of the survey
ing party will be completed within
two years
Although Canadians realized the
wealth of the Hudson Bay country, and
talked about railroad for it for more
than twenty years, they finally were
forced to stand aside and watch Amer
lean capital do the business. The first
step was taken something over year
ago, when road was built north from
Sault Ste. Marie into the forests in
the Moose River country, chiefly to
carry pulp to the mills at the 800"
While it is by no means certain that
this road will ever get as far north as
James Bay, it is headed that way.
From the 800" to Moose Factory,
the southernmost point of James Bay,
Is n distance of about 500 miles. The
Moose river, from its headwaters at
Brunswick Post, seventy miles north
of the Canadian Pacific line, is 425
miles long, and the road would follow
its course for the most part, not much
allowance being made for deviations.
The upper stretches of the river run
for considerable distances through
muskeg, or swampy land, and for a
long stretch the surrounding country,
though heavily timbered is compare.
lively level.
1t would not offer any more diff.
ficult problems OF engineering in rail
road building than have been solved
satisfactorily in the pineries and
swamp lands in northern Minnesota
and Wisconsin.
1t Is not certain that the stories of
the vast mineral wealth of the Moose
river country are justified, for little
prospecting has been done But aside
from the timber, rich farming coun.
try undoubtedly could be opened along
the valley of that river by railroad.
Men who have Travelled through from
the American line to James Bay re.
port abundant evidence of the rich fer
tility of the soil.
With railroad, that section, now n
desolate waste, would become one of
the richest agricultural sections of Can.
ada. The argument made against its
agricultural development is that short
seasons would make diversified agricul.
ture impossible and that grain would
not thrive.
Those familiar with the country,
however, report that the season along
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06
Kindness Is Increasing.

The proportion of sightless to seeing
persons has been watched with especial
interest in Great Britain and the lat.
est statistics indicate that 1t has fallen
In a half century from about 1920 In
the million to some $40, or more than
II per cent. This decline has been SO
timed as to show pretty conclusively
that it is the result of better conditions
of living, improved surgery and doubt,
less decrease in the ratio of perilous
to non-perilous employments for the
masses of the people.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

A big placard in the window of n
clothing store reads as follows: The
Complete Outfit of a Gentleman for
1896" The display includes every con-
seivable article of gentlemen's wear
from top to toe, night gown and house
clippers included. What do you think
VI that, you whose annual clothing bill
runs under 500? You are no gentle
nan. That is to say, you are no gentle.
nan according to the implication con
hined In the above legend. You lack
$500 worth of being a completed gentle
man. Ask child to define the mean
ing Of the word gentleman. Nine out Of
zen will say, "a well-dressed man"
How many OF them would include a
working man, carrying home his din
per pail, In the category Of a gentle.
han2 Isn't the clothing house legend
sorrectH Does not commercialism edit
he modern photography? The esoteric
nan Is not recognized, the exoteric gets
Ill the credit. Who looks for all the
qualities of gentleman clothed in ST
Iuit? Yet the qualities are often there
Che old saying is untrue. Fine feathers
10 make fine birds.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Justice Of the Peace Henry Bundy,
Of Jersey City, recently married Mrs.
Mary Becker, and the ceremony was
performed before a mirror. Tht
bridegroom Officiated as the minister,
and, looking in the glass asked tie
usual questions Of his own reflection,
and answered them himself. Then
he pronounced the couple man and
wife, kissed the bride twice. once
for the jusicte, and once for the
groom, and then started on his honey
moon trip.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

The troubles of the bicycle trust have
led to expressions of wonderment at the
collapse Of the bicycle fad, but that had
begun before the trust was formed, and
there is no mystery MS to its cause. The
first of them was reaction against this
common American fault of overriding
things. Men and women half killed
themselves by riding too far. Every
pleasure trip became pleasure eXer
ton, in which the weaker competitors
were painfully exhausted An absolute
disgust for the wheel followed among
the Victims many of whom would new.
er mount wheel again after one such
Another cause was the cheapening of
wheels, which brought them within the
reach of the plainest people and raised
social doubts among the ariStocrats
who could afford to pay $3.50 per wheel
The incursion of the commoners came
just in time to save the liverymen, who
were about to expire, and brought back
to the horse some of his old value. An
other cause in many places was the de-
testable condition of city streets and
country roads. Except on first-class
road, bicycle is sorrow, and the BIZ
cycle rider soon eXhausts the delights
of few boulevards and an occasional
highway that happens to be in fair con-
ditlon. He wants variety and novelty
! without getting them at the cost of ter
rifically hard labor and of considerable
bodily peril. 1t is said besides that the
exercise Is not as beneficial as some 9th.
ers, but under favorable conditions 1t
affords pleasant means of getting
about and seeing town and country,
and the probabilities are that the pres
ent reaction will be followed by a per.
iod of increasing and healthy demand
for wheels. In fact dealers and repair
men say that this period has already
begun.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

We are living longer than our fore
fathers did, according to a recent cen
sus report This Is n fine tribute to
medical and sanitary science, but the
extension of human life is only slightly
revealed In the statement that the aver
age age at death is rising higher and
higher Our lives are not measured
solely by the "hours on the dial" and
the figures on the mortality lists. In
comfort, in the humiliation of time and
pace, in the provision for the enjoy
nent of existence, in the variety of his
experiences, the life of the twentieth
century man far outranks the life of his
sorebears.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

The facts which the last census have
brought out regarding the boy and girl
wage-workers of the country are ma
:ional sorrow Approximately there are
10000 children in the factories of the
South alone. In the North, despite more
:igid laws, there are other thousands
Df laborers under fit working age.
Some day this burden of industrial
wrong will be lightened
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06
Sound Sleen.

We sleep the soundest between three
and five o'clock in the morning. An
hour or two after going to bed you
sleep very soundly; then your slumber
grows gradually lighter, and 1t is easy
enough to waken you at one or two
o'clock. But when four o'clock comes
you are in such a state of somnolence
that it would take great deal to wax.
en- you.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06
Good News by Wholesale.

A postal card sent from Billville t.
one Of the absent brethren reads:
Dear Jim:-Nuthin' but good
news to tell you: Your crap paid of
the mortgage. your brother broke
ont o. Jail, an your DADDY has Jest
got $1,000 out the railroad for run,
min over his leg. Amt Providence
providin' ATLANTA Constitution.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06
Troubles of Map-Makink.

The geological survey of the United
States has issued report showing that
although twenty years has been devot-
ed to mapping out the country, the
larger part of 1t is still unsurveyed. In
some of the Western sections the work
is attended with the greatest difficulties
and dangers. Recently party sent to
map northern Montana was obliged by
the severity of the weather to climb
Calf mountain no fewer than eight
times-the last 1900 feet on foot-be-
fore an opportunity was presented to
get photograph of the surrounding
country. The Photographic method is
employed in all such wild regions
When the negatives were finally Sc.
cured 1t was after waiting all day In a
driving snowstorm. Then there was a
lull of few seconds, during which six
snapshots were made. During the other
seven days the snow was unremittlng
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Sixteen bears have been killed within
tme. During the same period quite a
number have been seriously injured on
"a Sale street, Chicago.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

and in Arizona. Its members are Bur
dett Alden Packard and w. G. Greene.
Packard is a native of POrtville, n. Y.
went into the oil BUSINESS, remaining
until 1882, when he located in Arizona,
settling at Tombstone. There he took
up mining, and later went into the
cattle business.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06
Cnwnea as Endder-

Tests made by II, ]. Waters of the
experiment station at Columbia, Mo-,
have demonstrated that cowpea hay or
clover hay Is superior to timothy as
rough feed for fatteninS cattle. He
made three tests, using steers OF differ.
ent ages each time, and found that the
animals gained much more flesh on the
cowpea and clover hay than on the tim.
othy.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Few persons who are familiar with
the genesis of slang and the conditions
under which 1t hourishes will challenge
the statements of DR.. Edward Brooks,
head Of the Philadelphia public schools,
to the effect that slang not only cult
Yates inelegant forms of expression but
results in lowering Of the moral tone
of those who use 1t. On this question
DIR. Brooks takes direct issue with Pro
fessor G. Stanley Hall of Clark Uni
versity, who Is wont to publicly eXpa-
tate upon the usefulness of slang In
aiding boys and girls to acquire FLU
ency of speech" There Is little doubt
cabulary of slang tends to "fluency of
speech" 1t naturally induces a ready
and easy flow of words, which consti-
tutes "Huency," but what kind Of flu
ency is It? Why should fluency in the
use of incorrect, inelegant speech be en-
couraged or cultivated in children or
in grown people? An easy flow Of
words can hardly be said to be an ac-
complishment if the words are coarse,
vulgar or lnelegant distortions of the
mother tongue. Neither can 1t be con
tended that such ''fluency" induces the
habit of accurate expression of ideas.
The employment of such a vehicle to
convey ideas are unworthy the serious
attention or thought of any person who
makes any pretension to refinement or
rational thinking. Clean thinking and
correct speech go together. Pure En-
glish Is naturally the vehicle of pure
thought and high ideas. 1t is impos-
sible for a person to think ennobling
thoughts in slang. Unretined or vulgar
thinking is naturally clad in the ragged
rhetorical raiment of the street,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

A woman gives birth to boy, and,
with care and devotion, raises him to
years, and makes man OF him. After
twenty-five or thirty years of her influ-
ence he marries, and In six months they
are saying his wife "made" him.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

700, 900 acres in ex-
tent. On this area
from 10000 to 49,
600 head of cattle
are C on S t a n t ! y
roaming and fatten-
/ n e for market.
Land and cattle are
owned by the ia
nous Turkey Track
G "A t I ! e Company,
which operates in
SpDOTn NJ a Y r. n
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Andrew Carnegie Is going to build
100000 home In London. Before long
= may be possible for the multl-million-
sire to travel around the world and
aeep In his own palace every night.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

General Lew Wallace has made over
100000 out Of ben Hur," but he
nys he would not advise any young
nan or young woman to go into litera-
nre, as there Is only one ben Hur,"
ind, OF course, but one Lew Wallace.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Once in while the fool-killer neg
eets his business and somebody goes
through the whirlpool rapids below Nj
,gara Falls and escapes alive.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

1t In reported that the piano agents
ire selling large numbers of these in
rtruments to the farmers. Alas! Has
he cabinet organ gone the way of all
&ings earthly?
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Automobile racing has taken the
paee Of horse-racing at some of the
'euRty fairs. AS long as the people can
IL In the stands and be safe let 'em
IeeTeh.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Edward Eggleston, one Of the Oldest
% well as the best known of the coterie
Of Indiana authors, is dead. His indus.
Ey was an varied as his life was whole
some. for al Of hts work was of an ele-
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

King Alfonso says he's going to mar
~ the girl he wants. That's right;
peak up, Alley, and IL she says no hit
Ter n good slap on the wrist.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Violets, roses and daises have dis.
appeared from the doilies used foy
ceremonial table setting. The new.
est impoTtations are plain white, in
heavy Irish embroidery.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

There are forty-eiJht different species
VI the house fly, and each one Of them
ises the polished pate of the bald-head
I'd man for a skating rink.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

All civilized ideas come up out Of
,aganism; the only trouble is, some Of
hem seem to be drifting back to the
original starting point.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Again, the trusts may be like the Mis-
tlssippi River because there is a great
ruff ahead of them.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

The young King Alfonso Of Spain is
very inch boy.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Energy all gone? Headache? Stom
ach out Of order? Simply case Oh
torpid liver. Burdock Blood Bitters
will make new man or woman OF
uOi1
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

1t is as hard for a new husband to
live up to expectations as 1t Is for the
chief mourner at q Suneral.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Sir Wilfrld Laurier declined a peer
age. What an enigma he must be to
WAliam Waldorf Astor.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

No amount of millinery can ever
operate as substitute for a womans
sweet smile.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Al Irisnman in speaking of an &C
tor said: "He acts the part of
dead man true to life.n
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

A successful business man is one who
induces other people to buy what he
Doesn't want
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

frances Society OF Dramatic Au.
thorS collects fer its clients some
$3.50, 600 a year.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Probably Rujjard Kipling's idea Of
ieaven Is that 1t is place where you
t6n't meet any of your relatives.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Piso's Cure for Consumption cured m,
OF a tenacious and persistent cough
VIM. III. Harrison, 227 w. 121st street
New York. March %. 1901.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

1t doesn't take a United States war
dip long TO find rock If there's one
resent.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Love for woman hopelessly beyond
ais reach has ruined many a mans
mreer.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Mrs. Austin's Buckwhent Is the real thing:
gives you the real genuine old buckwheat
flavor. BE sure and get the genuine
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Silence is golden when a girl pur-
mes her lips for the benefit of a young
nan.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

This description, we believe. dts all
boys: They are never on hand when
wanted to do anything.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

1t takes the constant labor of 10000
,eople to make matches for the world.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

The Cathedral OF Gothenburg,
which was only built in 1915, threat
ems to collapse.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

What relief it would be If must.
clans were born instead of being made
by practice.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06
THEY OWN 100000 ACRES,

And Over 10000 Head of Cattle Roam
on Their Lands.
1t requires no small degree of finan-
cial genius and administrative ability
to acquire and maintain a tract of land
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

Mrs. Austins famous Buckwhcat makes
the finest Bnckwheat cakes. Ready in q
moment. ASK for II. Refuse substitutes
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES pro-
duce the brightest and fastest colors.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06
Custer County Republican

D. N. ANsRERRT, EDITOR PUBLrsHEa
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

A professional "Wild Man OF
Borneo," named CALVIN Bro, ne.
gro. went to a hospital at Syracuse,
N. Y, to have his horns removed.
Under his scalp silver plato had
been ingeniously inserted, in which
stood two standards. Into these
standards, when he was on exhibit
ton, Bird had screwed two goats
horns, and thousands OF people have
paid to see his horns and hear him
oak.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06
A Wonderful Pill.

Freedom, Mo-, Nov. "A splendid
remedy has recently been introduced IN
this neighborhood. 1t is called Dodd's
Kidney Pills, and it has cured Rheu.
matism right and left. On every hand
may be heard stories Of the remarka
BILE recoverles and from what has been
stated already there seems to be no
case of Rheumatism that Dodd's Kid.
ney Pills will not cure.
One of those who has already tested
the virtue Of Dodd's Kidney Pills il
Katie Anderson of this place, who
says:
81 can't say enough for Dodd's Kid.
ney Pills. They have helped me SO
much. I suffered very severely with
rheumatism. Five boxes cured me
completely. They are certainly the
most wonderful medicine l have ever
used"
Usage County abounds in just such
cases and If the good work keeps on
there will soon be no Rheumatism left
In this part of the State.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-06

BROKEN BOW, NEBRAsKA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-14
Our
 Beautiful BriC-a-BraC.

Thousands of pieces, representing the cream of both our home markets and the markets abroad. Dainty pieces; elegant; massive pieces; use- full pieces; hundreds of pieces bought at half their value.
 You will be surprised to not the small prices we ask, and such pretty things, too. You will find pretty pieces at from 25c to $20.00. Here are some of them: Bisque Figures, Beer Steins, Tobacco Jars, Wedgewood Placques, Pin Boxes, Pin Trays, Vases, Wine Sets, Water Sets, Choc- olate and Coffee Pots, odd Cups and Saucers, odd Plates and Bowls, Bon Bon Dishes, Smoking Sets, Picture Frames, Pictures, Work Boxes, Hand- kerchief Boxes, Glove and Collar Boxes, Writing Tablets, etc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-14
This Sterling
 Silver Store of Ours

Is wonderful place to find gifts. Iris twice as large as ever before. All the designs on the silverware are con trolled by us, and some of the pret- tiest you ever saw, too. Besides the savings here for you are very large. If you intend to spend, say $10, in sil- verware that $10 will buy you from $13.50 to $15 worth here, as against jewelry stores; or if you intend to spend $10 at some jewelry store, why only bring $7 to us-that's enough for s10 worth elsewhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-14
Kid Gloves
PUT UP IN HANDSOME BOXES.

PUT UP IN HANDSOME BOXES.
 There's nothing milady would ap- preciate more-put up in these beau tiful glove boxes at special prices next week.
 BOX $3.oo-With four pairs glace kid gloves, all colors or white or black; worth $1 pair.
 BOX $3.oo-With pairs of our two- clasp royal gloves, in all colors or white or black, sell regularly at SIPS a pair.
 BOX $4.5o-With pairs of Gen. temri glace kid gloves, in blacks, whites or colors; these sell regularly at $1.75 pair.
 BOX $6.5o-With pairs Centemeri gloves, worth $1.75 a pair, and one pair Centemri evening gloves, 16-but- ton length, either black or white.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-14
Muff1erS for Men.

This craze has sprung up within . very short time and today is one of the most popular of the arts. Iris an art come to stay. There are many real works of art among these pieces. We are showing some 2,000 samples of Burnt Wood and Leather at HALF PRICE. See center tables.