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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05

When the war broke ont and cal
was made for volunteers, my husband
was among the first to join the regi.
ment; and as we had been married
but short time II seemed hard that
we must thus part. perhaps forever
But as we were both loyal to the Tn,
ion we concluded that il was our duty
TO answer the call. Three months af
ter my husband enlisted he was
wounded in battle and desired me to
send him something from home. !
replied that | would send n trustl
messenger with them soon. then
went out and purchased II suit of male
attire, put them on and started for
my husbands regiment. When found
him he did not know me. as ! had my
hair cut and face and hands stained
so | thought ii best not to reveal my,
self or he would insist upon my re-.
turning home. | was with the regi
ment only few days when the order
came to march, and the Captain came
to me and asked If | would volunteer
to carry important dispatches for him
to Sherman, about twenty miles away.
AS had travelled over the same coun,
try before. | concluded ii would be n
good chance TO make heroine Of my
self, so ! accepted the offer, and that
night at dark | started on my lonely
trip. 1t was a nice moonlight night,
and | had no trouble until about mid,
night, when from lonely clump OF
bushes by the roadside came the order
to halt, accompanied by the ominous
click OF muskct | had in my sup,
posed security walked right into trap,
| was then led to headquarters, which
was half mile away, and there
locked up for the night as spy after
first being searched in vain for papers
| did not think it probable they would
find my dispatches, as | had them too
well hidden. In the morning the Cap,
tain had me taken to his tent, and there
| had to answer a string of questions,
but he could get no satisfactory in.
formation. | was then returned to the
guard house, with the orders to make
II more rigid search for papers. ! now
saw | was in for it; therefore sent
for the Captain, as had information
for him. lie came, and | informed
him Of my sex and told him my father
was in Sherman's army, wounded. and
| had taken that plan to get TO him.
or course, he did not believe me. and
was sentenced to be hung next morn
Ing at sunrise. | saw now that unless
Providence interferrcd | was gone
Night came with all its horrors but
at midnight Shermans army advanced
and fired on the Confederate camp.
All was now confusion, in which ! was
forgotten, and made break for lib
crty. | had not gone far when | was
detected and pursued; but | was too
near the Union army TO be Overtaken
NV pursuers fred on me with almost
fatal result one ball cutting my cheek
and another breaking my left arm.
delivered my dispatches, was well re-,
ccivcd and cared for, ! stayed win
the army until the war broke up and
together with my husband went back
TO the farm.-Mrs. j. S., in American
| Tribune.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05

Captain John Lamb, who Representa-
the Richmond district in Congress. has
become famous as n lecturer on the
battle Of Malvern Hill through his de
Tense of General John Magruder from
the charge that he was responsible fol
the slaughter of Confederate troops iy
that engagement.
Captain Lamb at the time Of the bat
tie was an orderly sergeant attached
to the staff of General Magruder. I'll,
night after the battle he was In Ma
gruder's tent when General Lee cam,
in. The latter demanded to know why
General Magruder had ordered his mcE
to charge when inevitable defeat ant
disaster awaited them.
General Lee" Magruder answered
II charged because you three timeI
ordered me to. / was not able to Re
my men ready for the charge when vol
gave the order the first and second
times, but when you gave the order g
third time, we started"
General Lee, says Captain Lamb. ad
mitted that this was true, and that #
was not until recent years that General
Magruder has been charged with re
sponsbility for the disaster CAPTAIN
Lamb is the only man now living VIII,
has personal knowledge of the meeting
between Lee and Magruder the night
after the battle.-Washington Post,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05
Ask your Druggist for a free Pe-ru-na Almanac.

The Edinburgh Review, Byron's
"blue and yellow pestileDce has re-
Gently celebrated its crntaDhry.
"Put my gun IN my coffin. was
the request made in his will 10y Fran
els BagOly, Hungarian hIg game
hunter, who has died aged 80.
His fifty-IiIst sentence for proach-
ing has just been passed on prison.
er at Tewkcsbury. England. He has
been sent TO Jail for month.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05

"'rhe tence-rall habit" said the Ser
gcnnt, grew on man. There was no
more eNhIlaruting work than breaking
up seasoned cedar rail A man who
did 1t once wanted to do II again, and
after doing Il again lac could split a
cedar rail- into coarse or fine splinters
by the way he struck It on the hard
ground or a log had comrade who
had record Of breaking mp 500 rails
ana he reasoned that over 100000
cedar, walnut and oak rails I'm the
South We're burned 10y soldiers, and
that this wholesale destruction gave
as much impetus Ia the harhrd-wire
business as the settling up of the prai.
ric States.
lie located after the war in Nehras
ka, but got So lonesome with no fence
rails in sight that he returned to Ohio,
and moved from there when the pco.
pie began to replace the old rail fences
with board and wire fences. A year
ago he came To Chicago and took him
out to Fort Sheridan. and incidentally
called his attention 20 the fine grade of
the wire fence mclosing the resprva.
ton. He was furious. and said that
If the government really wanted first.
class, experienced soldiers il ought to
build at every fort. and camp an old.
fashioned rail fence and let the boys
steal and burn the rails. ms n reward
for close attention to duty. '-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05
A locomotive, when going at ex-

A locomotive, when going at ex-
press speed gives 1866 puffs per mile.
While mining in Mexico VIM. p.
Durham, Of Denver, visited what is
considered the highest waterfall in
the world. 1t bears the Indian name
OF BasaseaChic, and is located about
one hundred and ninety miles west
OF the City Of Chihuahua, near the
summit Of the Sierra Madre Noun
tains. The elevation Of the noun
tain is $500 feet above sea level
The cascade falls 97S feet.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05

5 only in his bu
me founder OF the Mrck9n Bank OF Napoleon Ohio lie elected TO the
in The
of
his
" last leruna
Hartman the
thereby from catarr The head fee encouraged believe that
thirty years standing David Meekison Member
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05

About $50 tons OF British money
are constantly in circulation.
Thirty-eight guineas has been paid
at yarmouth, England, for Louis
XVI clock that formerly belonged to
Mrs. Siddos, the actress,
Missouri is now credited with the
greatest corn yield, estimated this
year at 3l5, 900, 900 bushels. Iowa is
il close second, with 300. 600. 600 bush
els, and Kan as and Nebraska follow,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05
Goes to Missionary Field

Bishop Isaac W. Joyce OF the Methc-
dist church, Minneapolis, has depart
ed for his missionary field along the
west coast of South America, with
headquarters at Buenos AyIes.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05
difference.

"What sort Of man is my hus-
band? Well, before we were mar
Iied he wouldn't leave the house be-
fore midnight, and since he never
enters it before journal Amusant.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05
HE season of catching cold is upon
us. The cough and the Snceze and

II HE season of catching cold is upon
us. The cough and the snceze and
the nasal twang are to be heard on
every hand The origin of chronic ca
tarrh, the most common and dreadful of
diseases. is cold.
This is the way the chronic catarrh
generally begins. A person catches cold,
which hangs on longer than usual The
cold generally starts in the head and
throat. Then follows sensitiveness of
the air passages which incline one to
catch cold very easily. At last the per
son has n cold all the while seemingly,
more or less discharge from the nose,
hawking, splitting. frequent clearing of
the throat n0striIs stopped up, full feel
ing in the head, and sore, intiamcd thront.
The best time to treat catarrh is ut the
very beginning. A bottle of reruna
properly used, never fails to cure n com
mon cold, thus preventing chronic ca
tarrh.
= n 81 r
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05
United state. MORTALITY stati.tIcs

Among the foreign born residents
OF the United States the mortality Is
greatest in Irish and Germans and
least in the Polish.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05
Poor Division Of Wealth.

Practically the entire commercial
wealth of India's 300, 900, 900 inhabi-
tants is in the hands of 80, 200 Par
sees and Rajahs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05

Lemon juice may do TO destroy ty-
phuid fever germs in water until
some scientist rises to tell us what
sort of deadly germs infest lemon
mice
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for

Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
In the Children's Home, in New York.
Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teeth
ing Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 80
600 testimonials. At all druggists, 25c.
Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen
8. Olmstead, Leroy, N. Y.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05

CITc Permanently Cured NO uts or nervoumessHTVss
III q nrst days use OF DR. Knne's Great Nerve Re
storeL Send for EREE e9 90 rial bottle and treatise
DIR. r. II, KLINE Ltd, sSl ArcH 81, Philadelphia Pa
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05

While many people have been cured
of chronic catarrh by II single bottle of
Pcrma, yet, ms rule, when the catarrh
becomes thoroughly fixed more than
one bottle il necessary 10 complete a
cure. Peruna has cured eases iDnumer-
able Of catarrh of twenty years stand
ing. 1t is the best. If not the only inter-
nal remedy for chronic catarrh in ex-
istence.
Every person subject e. catching cold
should take Peruna nj once nj The slight
est symptom of cold or sore throat at
this season of the year aud TINS prevent
what is almost certain to end IN chronic
catarrh.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05

Any one can dye with PUTNAM
FADELESS DYE, no experience re-
uuired.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05

Always speak politely and kindly IL
servants.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05

Send for free book on catarrh, entitled
"Wintcr Catarrh," by Or Hartman.
Heath and Beauty" sent free to
women only.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-18
Chalk wonders.

Few people know what a wonderful
object a bit of chalk Is when exam7l
ined under a microscope. Take your
knife blade and scrape off a little Of
the loose powder, catch it on cleanI
glass slide and place this on the stage.
OF n good table microscope. Use a
quarter inch objective lens and illumi-i
nate the,feld with a cone of light from
the concave side of the reflector. The
powder will be seen to consist Of a
confused mass of beautiful tiny shells,
many of them Of the most curious
form.
A better way, however. is to rub
down a portion Of chalk with an old
toothbrush in n lumber half filed with
water. II you desire to prepare sew
eral slides, rub on about teaspoonful
OF the powder. Shake the tumbler
briskly, allow the sediment to settle for
a moment and then carefully pour off
the milky looking water.
Repeat this until the water remains
clear, and you will then have left in
the bottom only perfect shells or large
parts OF shells. Take up n small pinch
of this deposit and spread it carefully
over the center Of a glass slide. Dry
over a lamp and II you wish to pre-
serve the slide for future use, mount 1t
in Canada balsam, pressing out the
bubbles of air beneath the cover glass.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-18
Dug Mud, Not Holes.

"There used to be q famous charac-
ter in our part OF the world named
Frank O'Connor," said a Cincinnati
man, land the stories OF his doings and
sayings still form a large part Of the
staple anecdotes Of the country which
he used to permeate.
"One of his stock expressions has
passed from local to national use. II
any one did a particularly clever thing
or said anything that especially struck
him. O'Connor would say, That shows
almost human intelligence and now
when far and near l hear that express
sion used 1t conjures up memories Of
my genial old friend.
up in Ontario at one time III fortune
compelled O'Connor to accept a Job on
a farm, where a friend one day found
him, the sweat pouring Off his brow
and n spade in his hand. Hello,
Frank he unkindly called. Are you
doing very well digging out postholesY
I'm not was the tart response OF
O'Connor. who was nothing II not lit
eral. I'm digging out mud and leaving
the holes.'"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-18
PATHS Escort.

Adelina Patti, the great singer, on
one of her tours Of Europe was due at
Bucharest on a certain date. Owing to
Indictment weather however, madame
declined to bulge from Vienna. and
the poor manager went nearly distract
ed. AS storming had not the slightest
effect on her serene hlghness the man
ager set his wits to work. Soon after
ward a telegram arrived from Bucha-
rest, stating that brilliant deputation
of Roumanlan mobiles. with torchlight
procession and military band, was to
receive the diva The message was
handed to Nine. Patti, who was en-
chanted. and at once made ready to
start. On arrival, the band played and
the torches Jared, and madame was
put in the best Of spirits by being es-
corted to her hotel by the Ro"manian
mobiles. It is not known what SIZE would
have said had she been told that the
mobiles" were hired from the streets
and dressed up for the occasion by Il
representative Of the manager.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-18
ArnIyYing His Affection.

The young lovers sat beside the wa
terfall. The rapids and the nearby
whirlpool had a strange attraction for
the romantic young girl. She had heard
the story of the unhappy Indian maid
en- and the young brave who had gone
to their doom. clasped in each others
arms. to the slow music OF the Swan
Song" That seemed very beautiful to
her.
Jack" she said, III you saw me
struggling in the water near the edge
of the falls, would you jump in after
me-"
What would he the use, my dear,
when can't SWIM he answered.
But at least We could perish togeth-
err" she replied bravely.
Eyes, there would be no doubt Of
that" he returned, shudderinS at the
sound of the cruel waters.
But haven't you often said you
would die for meY she asked, piqued
at his GOODNESS.
NO, my dear" replied her practical
lover. "lf you'll remember, I've al
ways told you that l had an undying
love for you"'-Smart Set.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-18
A Bit OF Realism.

An instance Of the way in which the
acting Of a play grows may be taken
from Ellen Terry's playing in Mime.
Sans Gene" In the play in question
the washerwoman duchess Is having
lesson from Il professor Of dancing.
The business of the play requires her
to be awkward in her attempts at dane
ing. and the actress is awkward. de-
lightfully awkward. She has put on q
long riding habit in order to become
accustomed to manipulate her court
train in the dance and is so much trou-
bled with it that finally she tucks 1t
over her arm while she is learning to
take the steps. The train keeps slip
ping off her arm and has to be perpetu-
ally replaced. and the episode Is cause
OF much boisterous amusement
One night in a great English manu-
featuring city she was playing the part
with even more than her usual verve.
She was lost in the assumed character
so thoroughly that it was real TO her,
and the X-waSherwoman, with her
mind haraSsed and worried by the try
ing conditions of her artificial court
life, instinctiyely returned to the habits
Of her youth. In a moment Of abstrac-
ton. finding the fat coil Of stuff across
her arr. she instinctively began to
wiring it out. The response Of the audi
ence was electrical. Every woman
and man-whO had ever seen wash
tub recognized the sincerity Of the ac-
ton. This moment of creative instinct
was recorded in the actress mind and
has been repeated ever since.-Cosmo-
pOlitan.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-18
He NNnsn,t Dennrfcd.

Shortly after the Chinese exclusion
act was passed the secretary OF state
received a letter from Pennsylvania,
signed by a Chinaman. The writer
said that he had been Interested In
this legislation and that he fell within
the conditions OF this act. He had
come to this country under false pre-
lenses and hence he should be deport-
ed Immediately. The request was so
strange that the secretary Of state or
dered an investigation. The agent re-
ported few days later that the Chi
naman's statement about the way In
which he entered this country was cor
rect and that he should be deportcd.
There was just one drawback to this
programme. however. The Chinaman
had been convicted Of murder and SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-18

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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-18
A Certain Duke and an Uncertain
Boy.

Boy.
A certain duke, while driving from
the station to the park OH his estate to
inspect a company of artillery, obsery-
ed ragged urchin keeping pace with
the carriage at his side. His grace,
being struck with the cleanliness Of
the lad, asked him where he was 60
ing. The lad replied:
ITO the park to see the duke and So
gers"
The duke, feeling interested, stopped
his carriage and opened the door TO
the lad saying he could ride to the
park with him.
The delighted lad, being in ignorance
Of whom he was, kept his grace inter
ested with quaint remarks till the park
gates were reached.
AS the carriage entered 1t was salut-
cd by the company and guns where
upon his grace said to the lad:
"Now can you show me where the
duke is?'
The lad eyed his person all over,
then, looking at the duke, replied quite
seriously:
"Well, dunno, mister, but it's either
you or me!-Spare Moments.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-18
EXtremeH In Iceland.

In Iceland nature seems to have de-
serted all her ordinary operations and
to have worked only in combining the
most terrific extremes which her pow
ers can command. Nor is she yet ST.
lent After the lapse Of ages the fire OF
the volcano still bursts out among the
regions of eternal snow, and the i'm
petuous laundering Of the geysers con-
tinues to disturb the stiffness Of the
surrounding solitude.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-18

A terrible shipping disaster took
place a short distance from Marseilles,
off the French coast, Sunday
when two passenger steamers, the In
sulaire and the Liban, both operated
by the Marseilles Steamship Company,
came into collision. At least 100
persons are believed to have been
drowned.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-18
GrnEcd In the Fog.

1t is not usual for ship on the high
seas to elect to cast anchor on the deck
Of a passing steamer, but that is what
n four mastrd schooner did once in the
Atlantic. The two vessels grazed In
the fog, and the "catted" port anchor
of the schooner caught in the steamers
deck "by a nuke." 1t fastened to an
engineers statcroom in such a manner
rs to bar his exit; but, fortunately, the
chain parted just as the room was be-
Ing ripped into fragments. The schoon-
er followed the steamer to It's destina-
ton to recover her anchor.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-18
CIenninr the Clock.

A farmer has an ambitious son, II
years old. who, being left alone for a
few hours the other day. tried to clean
the clock. He easily got the clock to
pieces, but his difficulty lay in putting
them together again after cleaning.
At this task he was only partly sue
cessful, and upon his fathers return
home he eagerly exclaimed:
Father, I've cleaned the clock and
got enough works left over to make an
other Oner-EXchange
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-18
KodoI Gives Strength

by enabling the digestive organs to d.
geSt, assimilate and transform ALL Of
the Wholesome food that may be eaten
into the kind of blood that nourshes
the nerves, feeds the tissues, hardens
the muscles and recuperates the or
gans of the entire body. Kodol Dyspcp-
STA Cure cures indigestion. Dyspepsia
Catarrt of the Stomach and all stomach
disorders. Sold by Remnants Phar-
macy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-18
uod TroubIc, of HI. own.

Sir" began young Timkins as he
entered the presence OF the dear girls
father. 81 want to marry your daugh-
ter
"Oh, don't bother me with your trou-
blesw interrupted the old gentleman.
"She told me some time ago that she
Intended to marry you. so you'll have
TO settle 1t between yourselves."-Ex-
cE1nua
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-18
How He Knows.

Fogg says that he has noticed that
women. never wear wells to protect
their compilations or to make their
wrinkles less assertve. They lnvari
ably wear them to keep their hair In
place. lie knows, because he has al
ways been told so.-Bcston Transcript