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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18
TOO MUCH PROVIDENCE.
Of the Deacon Who Refus
ed to Sell His Fruit.

Conclusion OF the Deacon Who Refus-
ed to Sell His Fruit.
Years ago, when I was In the fruit
business" said Michigander the other
day, II used to take some long chances
on the apple and peach crop. mean
by that that l would buy the yield of
an orchard after counting up the trees
In blossom, and, strangely enough,
never met with loss Of any account.
My nearest shave was with good old
beacon, who had 500 peach trees IN ST.
Joe county. l knew the orchard well.
It always sent fine peaches to market,
and one season l determined to copper
the yield. l struck the place with
those 500 trees loaded down with blosf
SONS and estimated that the yield
could not be less than 1900 bushels. l
offered the deacon $1,000 cash In hand,
but he shook his head. Then went MP
$3.50, and finally made the figure ST.
500. That was 81 a bushel, and the
picking and packing was to nc at my
expense.
NO, l don't think I'll do it, replied
the deacon, after scratching his head
for a while
az don't believe you'll get better
offer.
'Mebbe not, but l think I'll trust
to Providence; may get at least $4,000
for my peachcs.'
II didn't care to raise my figures"
said the buyer, land so the matter was
off. / heard from the orchard Just as
the trees were covered with young
peaches but about that time drought
set in and things began to burn. There
wasn't a smell of rain for six weeks,
and there wasn't peach that wasn't
baked and shriveled and dried until
you couldn't tell what it was. The SOC
trees didn't yield five eatable peaches
Meeting the deacon along the last
week of August, ! said:
"'Well, deacon, I'm $500 in pocket
eyes he slowly replied
"'Going to trust to Providence an
other season.
"'Not entirely-not quite. I've fig
ured it out that If / accept 90 per cent.
Of good thing and trust to Providence
ibout per cent may be able to buy
ne pair Of new boots next year.
Detroit Free Press.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

New York than is consumed in France
which is the largest raw-silk consum.
ing country of Europe. AS to the sell
ing value OF the product, the United
states ranks second, being surpassed
by France, which still dominates,
without serions competition, the
worlds markets in church ornaments
and chasubles and Partisan specialties
representing the supremacy of Paris
fashions for women's wear. Many of
these are made on hand looms, the
quantities required in different pat.
terms and styles being so limited that
their production in the United States
by power loom weaving would not be
profitable.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

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Public attention Is usually occupied
with events that are of the day, and
that pass. Great changes that are fun
damental often 20 on unnoticed To-
day great change, amounting to
revolution in farm lfe Is in progress.
The rural telephone rural free deliv-
cry. and the trolley lines are bringing
so many of the advantages of tie town
to the country that the rising genera
ton will never he able to realize how
its fathers lived. The older men can
still recall the old farm village, remote
from railways, where year after year
everything centered about the petty af
fairs of an isolated community, neigh
boris children marrying neighbours
children. and making new homesteads
on the borders of the old A days
journey by team was an extended trip,
spread interest. The railway and telc-
graph ruined this old-time village. But
the revolution they worked genera
ton ago was nothing compared 70 the
revolution that Is now going on, revo-
luton that will In ten years make the
farm the ideal home of the well-to-do.
To-day more than 100000 farmers In
the United States have daily mail de
livered at their doors. This Is the re-
port of the Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral. AS result of this daily mail they
are sending out an average of two let
ters where before they sent one. When
rural free delivery was first proposed
1t was ridlculed as fad new means
of squanderlng the public money. 1t is
now in operation in every State in the
Union excepting Montana, where
mountainous roads thus far have made
1t impracticable. Even in Alaska there
Is route from Nome to Gold River
The department estimates that with
the present month 5000 routes will be
in operation, averaging twenty-five
miles in length. 1t Is safe to predict
that during President Roosevelt's term
every thiclly settled farm section will
have its daily mail. The rural tele
phone is not so far along as rural de
livery, and the trolley line is only being
experimental with in the West. But
who will venture that in ten years al
the important farm roads will not b.
lined with wire and many of them lait
with tracks? Hitherto it has been the
dream of the farmer to save enough t.
enjoy at last the conveniences and lux
urles of town life. Already the chang,
may be noticed. They are building theil
new homes on the farm. With tn,
facilities they now enjoy the town doe
not present so many attractions. Tn,
change is most fortunate.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18
Deadlier than the Fer-De-L,nc,

One who has been over the world sa VS.
Your Martinique friend fer de lance
Is not to be compared with the dukite
snake of Australia. 1t is like the pic
lures you have seen of sin, long red
snake, with eyes the living embodi-
ment Of evil, The dukltcs never go
alone. If you are unfortunate enough
to kill one without killing its mate the
latter Will follow your trail remOrse
lessly, like death, or fate and though
you camp twenty miles from the spot
will kill you as sure as you killed its
partner"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

The rich young man who will not
work and who spends unprofitably and
foolishly the money his laboricus ia.
Their left him is one Of the fSvorlte
topics Of the stern moralst, who usu.
ally has little to spend and who thinks
he spends his little wisely. a pro.
fessor at the University of Chicago en-.
lvened and humanized his lecture on
the dry subject of Rent and Interest"
by holding up to scorn the idle and ex-
travagant sons Of the rich. He brand.
ed them as parasites" who should
not be allowed to draw their interest.
ut is said the professor, "a crime to
society to pay them interest on money
which they did not earn and which
they are not using for the good Of the
community the good of the com
munity' Is understood by political
economists They reprobate all ex-
penditure for cakes and ale, fast
horses yachts and costly social func-
tons. The "crlme against society"
which the professor deprecates Is as
old as society itself and will last as
long as it does. Unless the possessor
of unearned wealth is so madly extrav-
agant as to warrant the appointment
of guardian, there Is no way in which
he can be deprived of his interest and
forced to abandon the life of a drone
for that of toiler. The world must
take the sons of rich men as 1t finds
them-the bad with the good. When
the unimpassioned statistician looks
the matter up he will find that the
percentage of the favorites of for.
tune who do not work and only
spend Is small, and the percent
age of the sons Of rich men who
centage of the sons of rich men who
make proper use Of their money Is
large. The good which the latter dc
far exceeds the evil the former do. Tn
fortunately. the son OF rich man al
his office desk Is not so conspicuous as
the son Of the rich man driving furi
ously in his "sea green automobile
and the one gets little praise, while thu
other gets much censure. The para
sites have their uses. What woult
the men who wish to point morals ant
adorn tales do without them? Whel
the preacher, the censor of manners, o
the political economi~t who objects t.
expenditure which Is not reproductiv
needs a text or horrible example
he can always find a wealthy spend
thrift to serve his turn.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

Hate generally halts when It's victim
Is on his deathbed. Yet the story that
comes from st. Petersburg emphasizes
he fact that the Slav is a little differ
ent from the ordinary man that we
meet on the streets. He can hate even
while Death seems fighting for prece-
dence In the household of his foeman.
1t seems that Russia's world-plans con-
templated long-drawn war In the
Transvaal. 1t meant almost the tying
Of the hands of the Bears great rival
In Asia. IT meant that Great Britain's
brains and sinew and guns must be
mobilized under Kitchener, lest another
Majuba Hin put period to English
aspirations for ascendency in the Boer
land. And meanwhile the never-sleep-
ing Slav could plot the Russianizing Of
Asia. But peace came to the weary
warriors In the wales and on the kop.
jies. 1t meant happiness the world
over, except in Russia. There Britain's
hardships were counted gain, while her
successes of any nature were cause for
vain regrets. Indeed, so upset was the
government at the unexpected victory
Of peace in Africa that its dlsappolnt
ment evercame its courtesy, and wher
King Edward lay, as thought, upon his
dying bed, no word of sympathy was
sent to the embassy of Great Britain
at st. Petersburg. OF course, it might
have been that some one forgot, bu
forgetfulness in diplomatic matters fire
auently leads to a request for pass
ports. The Slavs are a queer lot. III,
world would not be too safe in thei
keeping.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

General Weyler, he of the blood
stained reputation, has a king on his
hands. Spain's Minister of War is
nothing If not self-seeking. His am
bition leaps high. The army he con-
sidered his private property. If he had
his way all the gold lace in Spain
would be decorating his uniforms.
From ruler of the army to ruler Of
Spain seemed not impossible leap.
The Queen Regent he counted as an
ally In the young Alfonso he hoped
to find a shrinking youth who could be
roerced, II not cowed. But something
sprang up In Alfonso's soul when the
kingly words were said. A craving ia
be ruler in fact as In name. So, lately
when the palce was still slumbering
be has been In the habit of ordering a
regiment of artillery out for review as
substitute for breakfast. He has PAID
The officers and men for their trouble
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18
10@%4 90 1V~e-e1@e~%0@~N
GOOD
Short Stories

The Living Church quotes this ex-
tract from Connecticut woman's
diary, dated 1870: 1--WE had roast pork
for dinner, and DR.. S.. who carved,
held UP a rib on his fork, and said:
Here, ladies, is what Mother Eve was
made Of Yes said Sister Patty,
and It's from very much the same kind
of critter.'
General Horace Porter the American
minister to France, says that when he
departed for his post five years ago, his
parting words to Mark Twain, as he
was about to board the steamer for the
other side. were Mark, may the Lord
be with you" yes" the humorist re-
piled, with a slight cough, "and l hope
He may occasionally find leisure mo-
ment to pay some attention to you
also"
An unlettered Irishman applied to the
Philadelphia Court of Naturalization
the other day, when he was asked:
Have you read the Declaration of In.
dependenceY mo, SIR" was the re-
ply. Have you read the Constitution
Of the United States?" mo, sir"
"Have you read the history of the
United StatesT" NO sir" he repeated.
NO exclaimed the Judge In disgust;
"well, what have you read?" "Oi have
red hair on me head, your honor" was
the innocent reply.
In a series of sketches. entitled
Lights and Shadows in a Hospital"
Mrs. Terton tells of melancholy man,
depressed with rheumatism. in her cot
tage hospital, whom she wanted to
cheer by reading. Ordinary hospital
literature was no good. At last, said
the nurse: II shall read him Three
Men in Boat and If that doesn't
amuse him. shall give him up as hope.
less" SO she read, till finally "a re-
luctant smile came over his face, and
he said, with slow satisfaction; 4 do
think they he three rum uns." That
was the turning point in his Illness.
He recovered completely, and left the
hospital bright and cheerful man.
1t is said that Senator Jones, of Ar
kansas, dropped into Mr.. Hoar's com
mittee-room to see what the Massachu-
sets Senator thought of Governor Da-
Wis act in pardoning negro on condl-
ton that he go to Massachusetts,. "Why,
/ accept the governors compliment for
State Hoar is reported to have re-
piled; while the negro was looked
upon as criminal, it seems that Gov
ernor Davis regarded him as fit sub
Ject for Arkansas. But when he found
that the negro was innocent and ca
pable of good citizenship, he was di-
rected to go to Massachusetts, where
we have only good citizens. Please
convey to the governor my thanks for
his compliment to Massa chusetts.'
Senator Perkins says that once when
he was sailor, tremendous storm
came up, and II looked as If the vessel
were doomed to go under. In the midst
OF the excitement minister. who was
one of the passengers, asked the cap.
tain If he could have prayers. ooh
never mind about the prayers" said
the captain; "the men are swearing too
hard to stop for prayers. and as long as
you hear them swearing" added the
captain, there is no danger" The
minister went back to his cabin. A lit
tie while later. when the storm grew
worse, the preacher went on deck to
see what the sailors We're doing. Their
he went back to his wife. THANK Godr
he said, fervently, those men are still
swearing"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

7fM
New York printers union has started
movement to erect Labor temple.

New York printers union has started
movement to erect a Labor temple.
A French contractor has been in
New York looking over the skyscrap-
RS there, preparatory to building a
.wenty-story apartment house in Paris
IN an acre-and-a-half site.
Eight thousand employees of the
oittsburg Plate Glass Company at
xokomo, Ind, were notified of an in
,rease of ) per cent in wages. Skilled
men will also be given premiums for
he least breakage of glass in handling.
The contractors of indianapolis have
signed the new scale of the Carpenters
Union, which calls for an increase of
i've cents per hour. A few of the con
tractors would not agree to the scale
1ntil after strike had been ordered
and the men had been out for about
week.
iional Typographical Union paid pei
capita tax on AZ. 144 members to the
American Federation Of Labor for the
month of May this year. This Is the
largest number of members the organ
lzation has had since it's foundation
fifty years ago.
A German firm has just secured a
contract for thirty-two locomotives FOL
George Hamilton, Secretary of State
for India, says, the price made is 20
per cent below that made by English
firms, while the goods can be delivered
in much shorter time.
Fully 10000 men employed along the
lake front in Buffalo are perfecting an
organization which will have for its
principal object the abolition of all
Sunday work. The list includes scoop
ers, shovelers, coal beavers, lumber
showers, freight handlers, pile drivers,
marine tiremen, engineers and tugmen.
Santiago Iglesias, the representative
Of the American Federation of Labor
in San Juan, who was sentenced to
three years Imprisonment for "at-
tempting to raise the price of labor, "
and who has been acquitted by the Su-
preme Court of Porto Rico will be re.
CURED to pay the fine of $50 imposed
upon him by the lower tribunal for con
tempt We hope the dignity of the
court will be fully appeased by the
| fine.
| The Journeymen Tailors' Union OF
America Is conducting campaign fol
free workshops through the columns oil
it's magazine, which is bearing fruit iI
many localities. In an editorial in the
last issue Editor Lennon invites al
who think that home work, tenement
house work and outside shops are
preferable to free shops furnished by
employing tailors to write to him
space will be given them to controvert
the arguments submitted in favor OF
the free shops.
The New York labor bulletin shows
that the amount of idleness among the
organized workers of that State wa:
this year than for any similar periot
since statistics have been kept. ThI
proportion for the quarter was 60 pei
cent. The average number of day,
worked by men was 67.3, ana the aver
age wages Il little over 1854. The mum
Der of labor organizations in the Stat,
at the end of March was 1890, an in
crease of tifty-nine since last Septem
ber The aggregate membership is nov
279,950, an increase of only $500 sine
asst September.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18
Crown Jewel Pawned

The great ruby supposed TO have
Deen swiped from the Swedish treas
ury was not stolen at all, but merely
pawned by member OF the royal fam
lily. Which Of the princes went to the
pawnbroker with II is still secret,
but the king could put hand ON the
jewel at any moment II at the same
time he could Put his ether hand In
his pocket
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18
Making German Soldiers Economical

One of the peculiarities about the mil
tary service in Germany is the paternal
interest that the officers are required
% take in the frugality of the men.
The pay of the soldier is only six cents
| day, but the army regulations guard
jealousy. Each man is expected 20
Keep his money in Il little bag suspend
ID from string around his neck, and
my officer during inspection may de-
nand to have the bag opened and their
.ontents shown. II it be found that
he soldier is spending his pay too free
y he is reprimanded and punished. He
compelled to make his pay cover his
upenses.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

A woman's club recently debated this
question:: How long should a wife
submit to a beating before she leaves
her husbandY' That's easy. She
should submit long enough to get hold
of the iron poker.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18
Government of Journalists.

Mr.. Asquith, the English statesman
said in a speech at recent press ban
quet that nearly every member Of the
present British cabinet, from the pre-,
mier down. had worked for the press
at one time or another.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

That Vermont farmer who went
away from home just before dinner
thEty-nine years ago and has just re-
turned deserved to find his dinner cold.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

We wish that we could take care of
future ambitions as a girl speaks of
getting married, and use when" In.
stead OF "f."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

Gossip AYERS that the boy king of
Spain is acting like bad boy; but Cos
sip Is responsible for many untruths.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

The wings of riches enable them to
fy up and roost on the highest
branches.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

One-half the world may not know
how the other half llves-but II has
suspicious.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

Don't wait for great opportunities. A
long, continuous walk will get over
more ground than a short run.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

Dent imagine man belongs to the
vegetable kingdom because he Is IL ven
cradle sage.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

The Gar Is going in for reform and
the COssacks will be given more tar
get practice.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

A man who fights for freedom and
Wins Is a patriot; If he fights and loses
he rs q pig-headed old imbecile.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

Lord Salisbury has refused duke
dom. How that man must be pltied
by william Waldorf Aston.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

J. Pierpont Morgan says poker is a
wicked game. Pierp Is hard loser.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

All royal roads now seem to include
q run through America.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

Nest of us would prefer to have the
dawn come without the dark hour in
front.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

Sclf-luterest is more likely to warp
a mans judgment than anything else.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

Some people put on airs because that
is about all they have to put on.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

D. N. AMsBERRY, EDITOR PUBLIsHER
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-09-18

Clasp your hands behind you and
turn your wrists outward as far as
possible. This will be found beneficial
exercise for those who have round
shoulders.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-02
CITY or PROVIDENCE.
PROPOSALS FOR SLOW SAND
FILTRATION FLANT.
Department of Public Works,
Commissioner Office. City Hall,

Providence, X. j.. June u, lSVz.
Sealed Proposals will be received at
this office until II o'clock a. m. TUES,
DAY, July IS. 1902, for all the labor and
materials NECESSARY for constructing sd cur gc,,s a
OF Providence, r. l., near the Pettacon.
sett Pumping Station of the Providence
The principal items are as follows, viz:
so 9g3 cubic yards OF earth excavation,
1857 cubic yards of Portland cement
concrete,
Building superstructure OF pumping sta
ton and screen house,
Building superstructure of regulator
and about p%P s feet OF cast iron
ter pipe In sizes OF rs inches, 80 inches,
30 inches. "a inches, 20 inches. l6 inches,
'iayi LAYING % about 200 feet of vitrined pipe in
sizes of 20 inches, "a inches IL inches, IL
inches, s inches In diametE. outside OF
$3.50 feet of 2o-inch vitrihed pipe in filter
e $50 feet of s-inch vitrihed pipe in filter
5000 cubic yards OF gravel in filters.
SS, 72O cubic yards of sand I'm filters,
6 manholes,
8 sets sand washing apparatus.
2 movable electors,
l-yard steel sand cars.
4 A-yard steel sand cars,
1900 feet permanent and movable rail-
road tracks,
a dam across the Pawtuxet River.
All proposals must be made upon the
blank forms which will be furnished for
that purpose.
Plans may be seen and specifications
and forms OF contract can be obtained at
the office OF the city Engineer, In Provi-
denCe, II. J.
Each bidder Is requested to give refer
ences as to his business standing and to
state generally what experience he has
had I'm such work rs here proposed.
No bid will be received unless accom-
panied by a certified check or bond FOR
the sum OF five thousand dollars. A sat
isfactOry bond for a sum equal TO about
one-nfth OF the estimated amount Of the
contract. conditioned upon the faithfuI
performance of the contract Will be re-
uuired OF the Successful bidder.
The right 10 reject any or all pro-
ROBERT Il. SMITH.
Commissioner OF Public Works.