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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

or any person who offers to cross with
burden tl.lt might contain dutiable
material. Occasionally, on the Mexican
side. one sees Mexican soldier i'm UNI
form, but the Quartet near by is too
small to hold more than small detach.
ment, and neither soldiers nor Uniform
ed customs guards are ever in evidence
along the border.
The Americans live apart from one
another in individual houses Of all
grades. most of which are very neat,
and some of which are quite fine and
must have been costly. Their streets
run up the sides Of the mountain glen
in which the town is situated. They
have. Of course one large and fine pub.
lie school building and one or two
smaller ones; churches they seem to
have little use for. In among their
houses are the adobe cabins of the Mex
leans, who are their hewers Of wood
and drawers of water these terms be-
ing literally correct here, for the fuel Of
the country is knotted and gnarled
wood brought from the hills on don
ekys backs, and the town water won't
run up 10 the higher elevations)
The air, either with the scent Of the
burning wood or without it. says the
New York Post, is delicious and eXhil-
arating. The sunlight gilds the Santa
Rita peaks, the outpost OF Arizona fac
ing toward Mexico The climate of this
season is perfection itself; the nights
and mornings cool-almost cold, yet
without any chill at all-the day from
10 o'clock OH till sunset hot in the sun.
yet cool enough indoors and conducive
to slestas. The place seems to have
exactly the climate for winter and
sDring resort
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31
SECRET OF OLD ST. PAUL's.
Mystery of "A Man and Woman Who
Meet Daily in the Churchyard.

Mystery of Man and Woman Who
Meet Daily in the Churchyard.
4 man about 40 years old, silk hated,
frock coated and shod in patent leath-
err. goes into the old churchyard at st.
Pauls at noon every day. He passes
through the Broadway gateway, walks
around the path on the north of the
church and with eyes fixed on the clock
waits for the hands to point to half
past H. Then he crosses his hands
and walks down the path on the Full
ton street side Of the church.
Then Il woman appears on the scene.
She wears black silk and a dainty hat.
She passes around to the rear of the
churchyard, takes out her purse and
leaning upon the gray stone Of the Ben
jamin Haight vault, takes money from
her purse This appears to be signal
for the man to turn and go back along
the walk. AS he goes along the walk
the woman starts from the rear Of the
churchyard. AS they pass each other
she slips Il coin or bill into his hand.
Not word is spoken by either. Not
n smile wrinkles the face Of either. In
fact, If their cOuntenances depict any
thing they depict scorn. The woman,
who is about 30 years old, has large
black eyes, which have no more
warmth in them than has the wind in
winter. She stares coldly, gloomily, al
the man as he passes. AS to the man.
hateful to MIN is the coin or note she
passes to him-at least that is the way
the crowd on Broadway figures it out
Bustling Broadway stops here daily
to see the couple meet in the church
yard. Messengers, bank clerks, brokers
and typewriting girls stop and peer be
tween the rails of the iron fence. They
have long noticed this financial trans
action in the graveyard, for the strange
couple have appeared there daily fol
many months.
Typewriting girls, anxious to get q
glimpse of the woman's face, go into
the churchyard with novels and sit
reading, while they wait for the
strangers to arriJe.
When the couple go away Broadway
moves OH its way too, specializing OIL
the secret that these two persons pos
sess.-New York Sun.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31
MAKING FISH HOOKS.
Most OF Them Come from One Town IL
England.

1t may not be generally known, but
1t Is nevertheless n fact, that fully 90
per cent of the worlds fishing hooks
are made at Reddltch, England. In
making fish hooks few tools are used
dependence being placed more on the
skill OF the workman than on expensive
machinery. Nothing but the best steel
wire is used. This Is cut Off from 20
or more coils ut once, into lengths Of
about Inches, care being taken to
have all of one length Several hun
dreds OF these lengths are placed on
top of one another through two rings,
or washers, the end projecting about
threeQuarters of an inch. They are
put into a furnace and heated dull
red; then taken out of the fire and
rings, with n heavy iron bar. about
one and half inches square. This
softens and stra lghtcns the ware. At
ter cooling they are cut into lengths
sufficient for two hooks, and barb l.
cut in each end. The workman rest.
| the end OF the wire against II blocl
| OF wood and brings the knife In pc
sition. The point of the knife Is hinge,
10 the bench, and the blade is bcvelc,
on one side. With Il short caution
movement the barb Is cut, care bcin
taken 10 have il the correct depth. Tn
wire In then cut in two, the point iile
and then bent around Il metal shap
driven in the end of bit OF wood. TIL
barb is hooked around the end OF tn
shape and turn Of the wrist and
pull with the finger complete the bcnt
The shankS aEe then tlnttened, ringt
marked or reduced nv desired. and IN
hooks are ready TO he hardened. The
are placed In pan aud heated To a du
red, then dumped into caSk of oi
taken out again. allowed to drain an
are ready for temperng This Is II
most important part OF the whole bus
ness. lf tempered too much they wi
Stralghrn out and II left too britt
; they will break, so they have to |
just right or the work must he dol
over. The surplus oil that clingS
: the hooks after temperiug IL remove
= by shaking the hooks on tray
, sawdust. The hooks are put in revOl
/ Ing barrels to polish, and afterwal
, blued. bronzed or Japanned. They a
=. Howarth, In Recreation.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

There are persons who, on principle.
refrain from all sorts OF harmless
pleasures to save expense. What they
will do with the expense after they
have saved 1t depends on the type OF
person. Sometimes they spend II in
Doctors bills. or course, every one
has right to his own form Of pleas
could be got out of doctors bills than
out OF almost any other costly luxury.
When a man puts In the whole OF n
hot sumner toIling at his desk. refus-
ing to take relaxation even for day,
taking his business to table and to bed
with him; when n woman remains in
doors day after day, working over the
sewing machine or the cook stove. and
attending to the wants of fretful chill
dren. instead of lndulglng In day OF
recreation now and then. sooner %
later breakdown IL likely 10 come
Then the money saved from excursion,
goes % pay for medicine and nursing
OF course. when woman has Il famil!
OF small children. taking them out any
where liz sometimes good deal harde
work than staying at home; but even
then there are many harmless pleas
ares which can he had at home, II on
is more bent OH getting comfort out o
Hfe than on having One clothes or fur
ntture. 1t would be interesting to So
what could be made of life by n coupl
who should start out with the delil
crate intention of being as comforts
HE as possible, whatever happened o
did not happen: who were after happ
ness, and not ambition, or excitement
or ideals. 1t seems strange that
SHOULD be so. but such families ar
rare.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

We believe that the idea of an expert
commission for the purpose of inspect
ing volcanoes and reporting upon their
safety Is one Of the most ridiculous
propositions advanced apparently in all
seriousness that we have noticed In
many Il day. Boiler inspectors may
have proper function in the economy
of human affairs, although it is fire.
quently the recently inspected boiler
that explodcs into thousand pieces
and kills or wounds all who may be
within range of the flying debris.
Bridge inspectors, building inspectors,
and even mine inspectors may perhaps
be taken seriously, but we submit that
corps of inspectors whose duty con-
sistS In examining into the condition
of volcanoes and report upon their
eruptlvc or non-eruptivc possibilities Is
getting past the limit The strange
forces which exist I'm the bowels OF the
earth, the gases which they generate,
and the destructive power of which
they may become capable are frequent,
ly glibly discussed by scientists, but
scientists can no more forecast the nc.
ton of volcano than United States
weather bureau can foretell the
amount Of destruction which quickly
formed cyclone may bring about. Man
may be the very climax of all the won.
drous works of creation but this does
not lessen the force of the fact that
regardless of all that he Is and of all
that he has accomplished he Is still
the mere plaything of unframed forces
in naturc-foEces which he need never
expect to subdue or even understand,
and which will remain untamed until
the end OF time. In the face of these
fundamental truths we really believe
that all boards OF volcano inspectors
should throw aside their commissions
TO assert that they are capable of rem
derlng substantial service to their fel,
lowmcn Is to give touch OF opera
| bouffe to that which Is purely tragic.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31
Protestant Kittens.

Pressed for Il little ready money 4
Kerry ''hhoy" took it into his head that
perhaps q Protestant clergyman would
buy from him "A couple OF kittens. The
bargain. however, could not be struck,
even with an Endorsement from Conn
that they were sound Protestant kit.
tens" and he returned to his cabin.
About a"week later. and things gone
from bad to worse, il struck Conn that
perhaps the parish priest might take "A
fancy TO the kittens, and off he set
with them, one under each arm. for tho
presbytery. och, your reverence. do
buy them. Sure, they are good Catho.
lie kittens, anyhow" But You said
the other day, that they were sound
Protestant kittens" replied the father,
who had heard in conversation about
Conn's offer to the other clergyman
"Thrue, father dear, and so they were
but their eyes weren't opened then. :"
And the kittens We're sold.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31
WHY WOMEN LIKE FICTION.
Reared in Romantic At m osphere and
Read for Love of a Story.

Ncau Love OF Il STORY.
Do women find in fiction the roman,
tic element they crave, and perhaps
do not find in sufficient quantity in
life! How otherwise are we to ac-
count for their devotion to novels,
without which the story-writer would
fare but i'll upon the slim diet of an
untitled purse, and the publisher share
the disaster? II Mr.. Carnegie should
be able to keep out Of libraries, as he
suggested, all fiction under three years
old, it might safely be said that the
women would be against him-which
means that the thing could not be
done. Women like new fiction; they
want the book that is Just out" If IL
is historical novel, they feel that they
are gathering Information, heaven
bless them!
IL 1t is a romance, pure and sim.
pie, they forget over its pages the do.
nestle trials Of the morning or the af.
ternoon. 1t does them no more harm
than has been done for countless gen.
erations. For women are nouiished
upon fiction from the days of their
birth. Our girls are reared in an at
mosphere raretied and cleared from all
impurities. The world is shown them
through a rosetinctured glass. Here,
dearest is city, a wonderful city OF
happy homes, OF beautiful art, OF heav,
emily aspiration. And theSe-these are
men, noble, high-minded beings who
will always guide and teach and pro-
tect you. These other are women,
lovelier than everything else" And so
on.
Fiction without discrimination is fed
TO the girl who looks with heavcn-giv-
en- trust into the eyes Of her we'll
meaning teachers. And when she be-
| comes woman, the habit has sent
| its roots into her soul. and be she hap.
| by or pensive, she reads fiction.
With men it is different They do
not expect from life what women do.
| When they read novels ii is to forget
the rigors OF business, to enter DELHI
erately a region which they know does
| nor exist. But women can seldom
quite believe that it does not exist To
them life tx romance. II it does not
| turn out well. so much the worse for
| life. and they turn to books, where the
happy ending is fairly sure to be count.
| ed upon. In women's love for fiction
there is something more than is super.
fcially apparent.-Harpers Weekly.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31
CoIumbia's Little Sister.

Miss Columbia has little sister now
Who looks as il inclined to be afraid;
The curls are dark that hang about her
brow,
And the Lord has heard prayer that
she has made.
There are hoIows in her sunburned lit
tie cheeks.
She'is ragged and her little feet are
bare.
But there's music in her soft tones when
she speaks.
And when she smiles her little face is
Oh. little Cuba. cease to be afraid,
The road DER which you've come is
rough and steep.
But fair way lies before you, little
maid.
Where flowers bloom and happy foun-
tains leap.
4 little hand Is on Columbia's arm.
A little maid looks anxiously ahead;
Let him beware who seeks to do her
harm,
And God protect the Leader and The
Led.
S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record Herald.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31
manship the trend Of European art
IL - IL

manship the trend Of European art
and Woodworking skill
The first is called the English toma-
hawk, for the reason that 1t was the
kind made by the English, and traded
by them to the tribes with whom they
came in contact in their settlement Of
the new world. The English made
tomahawk is patterned after the old
English AK. The fore part of the tom
ahawb runs in perfectly straight line
from the pipe" or hammer" down to
the edge of the blade, while the rear
part of the blade curves upward and
inward toward the handle The French
style of tomahawk is altogether differ.
ent. The pipe" is the same as in the
English for that matter, all tomaS
hawks are, in this respect alike, but
the blade was shaped exactly like an
ace of diamonds, forming IA sort Of
double triangle that caused the weapon
to look like a spear-hcad set in the
side, rather than in the end OF the
handle or shaft. This idea the French
took from the pike weapon very
common and popular in the French ar
mics of that period
The tOmahawk which the Spanish
traders sold to their Indian customers,
ana which was manufactured in the
steel foundries of Toledo differed very
much from the other and is the raress
of the three. The Spanish tomahawk
was an exact copy, only on n smaller
scale, Of the old halberds, which were
exceedingly popular during the cru.
sades and had reached high state Of
perfection in Spain.
AS general thing says the Wash.
ingtOn Post, one would be most apt to
find the English type of tomahawk
among the Iroquois, Delawares. Shaw,
nees, CherOkees, Greeks, ChoctawS
and other tribes that lived within the
AngloSaxon sphere of settlement; the
French style among the Ojibwas, Chip,
pewas, Ottawas Sioux, Nez Perces,
FlatheadS and Crees with whom they
dealt and came in contact before any
other whites, while the Spanish type
would be most apt to occur among the
Semnoles, Kiowas, Zunis and
Apaches.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31
AN INTERNATIONAL TOWN.
Nogales on the Mexican Border-Hov
the Laws Are Enforced.


1t would be incorrect to date a letter
from either Nogales, Aliz., or NOgales,
Mexico, alone. for the town belongs so
thoroughly and completely to both that
neither half is town at all. 1t is the
most completely and curiouSly interna-
tional place that can be conceived OF.
There is no separation OF the two parts
visible as you look down on the town
from the hills, and the life and the or
binary traffic of the place flow back and
forth with no one, apparently, to say
them nay, However, 1t must not be
Supposed that there Is free trade across
the thoroughfare, which on one side IN
rallied International street aud on the
other the Gale International.
In the middle OF the street. where the
Gale Elias, or main business street,
crosses tn. II '.rnational avenue. stands
stone oue.ibI about twelve feet high,
and in the EQUITY OF this are always
one or two guards in civilian dress. who
pay no atteahon TO empty handed
passers ny but will stop any carria 90
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31
MAKERS OF TOMAHAWKS.
English, French and Spanish Made
the Metal India Weapons.

the Metal Indian Weapons.
Before the discovery Of America by
columbus the Indians used as weapons
# war stone axes, or celts, such AZ one
inds occasionally in opening mounds,
blowing fields or digging foundations,
he general form of which is familiar
to almost every one. With the arrival
Of the whites the Indians discarded
lhcse clumsy weapons Of the stone age
and began using tomahawkS OF iron or
steel which they obtained from the
white traders, and which, after the
vans OF the Indians came to be better
known, were manufactured for the
Nma'icaR.lrade in various parts Of Eu-
rope. Win the Improvement in fire
arms the Indians came IN time to have
very little use even for the tOmahawk,
50 that none We're made after 1894.
Thus il happens that these metal
tonahawks are OF more value and
greater interest than the earlier stone
axes. or celts. by reason Of the fact
mai the latter are fairly common and
AN be found in almost any mound.
whereas the tomahawks OF European
| ranufucture are to-day exceedingly
are and also because there are three
| nffevNnt varieties OF the latter, show
Rs In their design and EczerAl Werk'
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31
\ Drug store story.

The present rate war which is aging
among the local druggists recalls the
old story of the man who rushed into
drug store late one night and inquired
the price Of a certain patent medicine.
"One dollar : bottle" replied the
druggist
But haven't dollar" replied the
man, and my wife is very sick"
at will cost YOU dollar" Insisted
the druggist, but without further par
ley the customer, made desperate Ivy his
wife'S plight, suatched the bottle, and
putting down dime on the counter
turned and ran out OF The store.
Following him as far as inc door, the
story goes the druggist LANled after
him. Iriumphantly:
lever mind; I've made = hrGdre,!
Yer cen; Oh the meti.r!Gs iuS taS
sa~s.'-STrtCuse Herah
Do yeu roaSS people 20 their face, or
behind their backs, faS last trick is
covArdiy; the other foolish.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

Alphonso, the boy king of Spain, ac-
r0rding to Madrid dispatches, Is OPP
posed to the Spanish national sport If
bull- fighting. Alphonso has doubtless
lmbibed his sentiments from his moth
hr. who Is not II Spaniard and who has
carefully supervised his education. He
regards the sport as cruel, and desires,
30 IL Is said, to Introduce horse-racing
Oh n substitute. In opposing the nation
n game Alphonso Is putting himself
In an unpopular situation. Buli-ilght
Ing has been part of the Spaniards sport
for centuries. Wherever he goes he
takes the barbaric spectacle with him.
The boy kings expression does credit
10 his humanitarian instincts, but does
not speak so well for his discretion,
BY removing the royal sanction Al
phonso would strike great blow at the
rory entertainments with which the
Bpnniards make holiday, but he
would arouse an Intense popular preju-
dice. The uneducated peasantry would
consider that half their JOY In living
had been destroyed were they denied
The bloody spectacle 1t will require
years OF education to induce the Span
ssh people to give up hull-hghting. and
should the young king act rashly In this
matter he Is likely to encounter serious
trouble
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

Changes made in street railway lines
originally constructed for the horse-car
In order to equip them for electricity.
are typical of the industrial movements
of the age. A thin rail on II wooden
sleeper gives place to heavy rails on Il
U-shaped steel structure, embedded
aeep i'm the ground. As the power Is
rheapened, the size and weight of the
ployes on each car is the same; but the
longer runs which the new system
makes profitable, and the greater bust
ness which it stimulates. require more
cars, more drivers and more conduc-
tors.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

Santos Dumont thinks it will he pos
sible to build air ships that can pass
trom America to Europe in two days,
Apparently, however, he hasn't thought
sf any suitable thing they may bump
against when they arrive.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

suffer in Hong Kong than in the Lake
Michigan metropolis. The Rev Fran
els Funk, Baptist minister, declares
that ne has seen more wickcdness and
more forms OF vice In Chicago than IN
London. Bishop Fallows Of the Epls-
copal church, for many years n resi-.
dent of Chicago, takes issue with his
ministerial brethren. The Bishop says
he saw more forms Of wickcdness I'M
der the shadow OF St Pauls Cathedral
and Westminster Abbey In two sue
Ccssive nights Of stunning than he
has seen in all his twenty. years
of residence in Chicago He challenges
the statements made by Bishop Tho
burn and the Rev. Mr.. Funk ana says
they are libel on the city. since the
controversy involves no reconcile theO-
logical tcncts layman may be per-
mitted to suggest that none or these
reverend gentlemen are up on com
pnratlve wickcdncss They come in
touch with the best that is in society
and see only gllmpScs of the seamy
SIDE OF metropolitan ne. AS HlhtIcr
Of fact every great city contains wick
cdncss Of which good people scarcely
dream. London is older in vice than Is
Chicago. but human nature is about
the same everywhere and what Chi
cago lacks in experience she makes up
by inycntiveness. SO long as the wick
edness of London and Chicago does
not exceed the wickedneSs Of Sodom
and Gomorrah there is hope for both
Of them. And If history is to be be
licvcd modern evil Is not to be com
pared with ancient vice.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

Aladdin had to rub his lamp when he
wanted things. when j. picrpont Nor
gan has an Aladdinsh feeling he just
goes and takes them without any rub
bling,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31
Proof on Tap.

Clara-Was ii case OF love on her
part, do you think?
Maude-lt certainly was, Why. She
gave up position paying a salary of
SO week to marry him and he is only
getting $40.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

Hero Hobson is to he retired But
salary from the United States for go
ing around the country occurring want
to be RETIRED
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

SO long ms we have not introduced
football into the Philippines the
charges of cruelty made against us
must fall dat.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

Only one person who was in st,
Pierre at the time OF the destruction Of
that city survived. He was Il criminal
who had been confined in an under
ground dungeon for trying to assault
Dis keepers There is no likelihood that
he will be used as Il proof that virtue
b its own reward.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

Eastern doctors are treating Bright's
unpopular disease by surgery If you
recover you get well
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

II must keep Jacob Riis busy to live
mp TO his reputation as the most use.
ful man in the United States
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

Andrew Carnegie has given his niece
H,OOO,OOO as Il wedding present This
Ia another plan that will help one to
avoid dying rich.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

J. Plerpont Morgan has bought
vtntuette of Hercules for $4,000. why
Hercules, Pierp? Atlas is the boy for
VIM
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-31

1t is good plan for a man to leave
mis- widow some hfs insurance in or.
der that Hope May Take Root Again
in her heart