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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20
City Man Who Would a Farmer Be.

~ agricultural newspaper in Chicago having an
nounced that 1t will publish free all advertisements
of city persons wanting work in the country, is fair
ly swamped with applications. The letters are In
terestng, indicating general desire to escape the
crowded narrow and combining routine of city fe and get
into the open air But what is still interesting and
worthy attention the fact that almost without excep
ton the wouldbe farmers display decided lack OF Will
ingness to become actual farm laborers si.
% hle the real need of The farmers is for men to do the
round work of agriculture most Of those who offer
to the country want to be specialists They want TO
help gather the fruit of California round the cattle on
the plains do dairy work, or raise chickens The far
West has cast It's glamour most of the applicants Dis
lance lends enchantment rural life. There hardly
any who are willing to to work on the farms of I'LL
nos Iowa Kansas California Montana Colorado are
the favortes.
The letters far received typical not much of
genuine desire the part of poor families to establish
homes in the country as of the yearnng Of men of the
middle class for a change, for adventure
There is in the country for millions of people, and
there will be and the irrigation Of the
West progresses The hopeless incompetent, struggling
people who cucumber the great cities might find compar
alive freedom in agriculture, but for poor city to
establish home in the country grit hard work
and perhaps intelligent assistance from without. The spirit
of our pioneer ancestors has fallen off sadly in these days
Of city observation-disclosures Journal.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20
REALLY FINE PANAMAS.
Hats that Can he Entirely Hidden in
tho Closed Hand.

The fashion for Panama hats of the
last two or three years has made peo-
pie commonly acquainted with the fact
that the hats are not made In Pana-
ma, that the term Panama hat is only
Il trade name, and that the best Of
these hats come from Jipijapa, in
Ecuador, says the New York Sun.
But there are other interesting things
not generally known about Panama
hats.
Thus Senior Franco, who was can
didate for president at the last elec-
tion in Ecuador, had presented to him
not long ago by his friends a hat said
to be the finest of its kind in the
world. 1t is to be on exhibition at the
ST. Louis Worlds Fair with other
products OF Ecuador.
The whole hat, says the owners
son, who Is at Columbia University
can be pressed so small that ii can be
hidden entirely in the closed hand
When the hand is opened the hat will
spring back into perfect shape JUS
as If 1t had never been touched save
in the most careful manner.
In its making particular care was
used because OF the great desire OF
Senior Frances friends to give him &
hat that had 10 equal. 1t is very rare
that hat such as Senior Frances Ii
seen in the United States, and wheI
one is brought here 1t is not in a reg
ular shipment meant to be sold, bu
in the possession of some man VIII,
has just visited Ecuador or who ha
received it as a gift from native o
the country.
Ernesto Franco, the Columbia stu
dent. has one which, though not s.
line as his fathers is OF a quality no
to be bought in this country. 1t cam
to him by way of the minister 4
Washington, enclosed in little cyliI
drlcal box no more than an inch 4
diameter.
When his fraternity mates at Colun
bia were told that there was a ha
In the long box they refused to believ
1t. But when the box, looking juJ
about like neatly wrapped newsps
] per, was opened the incredulous ST.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20
Speculation.

I I OMILIES on the evils of speculation old
Ii the practice of gambling in futures, and evidently
l are regarded as belonging to that species of good
L advice" which nobody thinks of accepting.
Some who speculate in stocks grain cotton
made of such stuff that matter how unknd for
may be to them they are never driven to despera-
ton They are ph2soghsg as vel az aghtsEs, and are
willing blde the ting wheH another turn Of fortunes
wheel may restore to them what they lost n prevous
da!anss With Chs tickle jade" Such however,
rare Many men who are ruined by Speculation hs7S
neither the means nor the courage to renew the fght
against forune while utterly crushed and find
life longer worth living There is great deal Of pathos
in the of man who finds the wealth which it had
taken him years to accumulate swept away in day
through the manipulation OF markets by aggressive and
resourcefu Spectators Baltimore Sun
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20
The Jews in Russia.

that the Russian Jews do engage in agr-
culture work in the field They allowed to
| do They not permitted to even to rent
land, and confined, passing their lives within alot-
ted pales Of settlement lying almost wholly the cities
They restricted by arbitrary laws certain trades
Fvesxths OF all the Jews in Russia leave the pales
and have chance to much less overpower and
destroy the peasant by whose fanced serngs the am
bassador Is moved. AS simple matter fact the
Jews of Russia class abjectly poor the few
Of them who are wealthy enough to have money lend
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

in position practice extortion On the face Of It
to plead the of the people of RI sa at the hands Of
a small class, oppressed corraed kept under every
barbaric persecution of the detestabe characteras
the justification for wholesale butchery absurd And
of course they were not peasansthey citizens of
capital city populated by 10000 peope-who fell upon
the Jews Of Kisheneff and smote them with slaughter,
while official looked Can such nation claim the
decent respect Of mankind 1t entitled to be regarded
as civilized country philadelphia Ledger.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20
Women Gamblers.

~ EOPLE who have made the matter study contend
49, that when the getrchq quick microbe attacks women
1t is not easily exterminated or made harmless. The
phantom pictures which rise and fall with the click
Of the ticker ascnate them, and they play the game of
chance with the reckessness of gamblers Hun
dreds of give their orders clandestney. and the
fact that they have interest in tho stock market
their daily examination of the market reports prompted
by anything beyond desire to be informed is
any their brokers' These good
for brokers' sigh oyer statement showing balance on
the TF3Tg side, vow "neYer 10 60 50 any more
order given Jus! to get syenS the usual sequence
There Is Another class OF women stock gamblers in
which the bad loser largely represented This class sup
ports bucket shops IN the rssidSSs paris & the sy lke
the which faided a few days ago. WheR these
women win they happy but when fortune EoTns on
them they are horrd They want their money back from
the bucket shop pr6preors They cry scold finally
threaten to tell the things who took their mar
gins In order to shield themselves the threat often
carried into execution and the bucket shop
business at the old stand taking money from women
who succumb to the temptations of the tape 1t
Ing to know that once IN while woman gets so thor
oughy because Of her losses that she does
toward breaking the bucket shop business She would
do such thing II her speculations
hence all good citizens should rejoice when she losesNew
York Tribune
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

There Is Il good deal of preaching
nowadays about the irreverence Of
young people and their Impotence
with religious life. The people who
have children are more to blame for
this than anybody else. If they would
look after the training and education
of their own people instead of adopt.
ing machine methods of kindergarten
and Sunday school instruction in piety
probably there would be very mark.
ed change in public sentiment toward
the things which used TO be regarded
ms sacred.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

Two German explorers are planning
TO go to the north pole in submarine
boats. They think it will be easier
TO steam under the iee-pack and come
out at or near the pole than to climb
over the pack with dog-sledges. They
are not afraid of getting lost, for they
intend to use wireless telegraphy to
keep In communication with their base
of supplies. Let us hope that they
may be more successful shan Andre,
who sailed away in a balloon to find
the pole. and has not been heard from
since.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20
lie One NoCro a small Enter2

There is Il very popular but yer.
erroneous belief that the negro Is 8
heartier eater. than the white man.
said an obesrvant citizen. but afteI
some little observation have come tc
the conclusion that the negro Is really
n much smaller eater than white
man. My attention was called TO TIT
matter some time ago by Senator Ans,
McLaurin of Mississippi, who asked
me II | had noticed the fact that ne
groes, as rule, when well fed, and
when they could get their meals reg
ularll, ate less than white men.
frankly confessed that | had notices
no such thing, and said further tina
l did not believe 1t was so, or course
my conclusion was merely hasty gen
eralization, and was due mainly to tn
popular belief. My interest in the mat
ter was reused by this rather firr
statement made by the Mississippi
statesman, and so l made series Q
observations, the results of which hav
been a revelation, for they have upse
the opinions of lifetime. am no'
In a position TO assert that IL the negr
Is well and regularly fed he win es
at least third less than whit
man. New Orleans Times Democra
| Fl
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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20
Former Minister White has settle,

Former Minister White has settled
it. The kaiser is as much like Pres
ident Roosevelt as German could be,
an6 the President is as much like
Emperor William as an American
could be- Could anything more con
clusively dispose Of perplexing in
ternational problem?
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

While we deplore the disappearance
Of the forests as the cause of the ter
rible floods of recent years II is a
rifle disconcertlng to remember that
the. forests, for the most part, were
In their proper place at the time of
the great flood of 1914.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

After wiping the sword with which
ne had assisted in Staying the king and
queen of Servia and a few others and
hacking up their bodies Colonel Mas
chin objected to throwing the corpses
out Of the window. THAT" he said,
with infinite delicacy, that would be
barbarous!"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20
NEWSPAPERS AND HISTORY.
Dailies VIII BE of Value to the His
torian of the Future.

Yet one cannot from the standpoint
of future history writing, reckon The
value of the newspaper of to-day in
terms OF the unwieldy bulk of its ma
terials. And despite SarIsh cOiv?,u"
and distorted persq ct.ye the daily
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

A man who hides the truth through
fear Of bodily Injury Is cowardly, but
the one who for fear Of losing money
remains silent in the face of wrong ia
said by the world to be shrewd.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

Russia has notified King Pete that
he must punish the people who secured
his job for him. Perhaps that is Rus
sias idea of joke.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

It does not surprise us to hear that
the steel trust Is trying to take In
the world, In fact, If 1t should reach
out for the entire solar system there
would not be a ripple of public excite
mpnt
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

Now French theologian tells us
that old-fashioned truthfulness Is out
Of date. This may go into the box
with the criticism that our Sunday
schools are not swift enough.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

American cities are a long way be-
hind those in Europe in the art of
making streets beautiful with window
gardening. Streets in this country
"bloom" chiefly with enormous fences,
plastered over with all sorts of ad
Nertising deformties, privilege for
which the cities defaced receive but a
pittance,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

A newspaper eplgrammatist says:
"Every wife is the architect of her
own husband Then she shouldn't be
too severe on the edifice when she
botches the job. c-1sG-ssrE
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

The gist Of the Supreme Court de-
cision seems to he that the Constitu-
tlon follows the flag except when 1t
precedes II, remains behind or stands
20 sf -N-T-'- --------7--v,.--,,.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

Let our women learn to box and
then they will obtain their rights
There is no argument so effective as
muscle.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

Life Is seesaw-but the trouble is
so many Of us are always watching for
the fellow at the top to tumble, and
thus overlook our chance to so up
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

Education doesn't always bring re
iinement, but there isn't likely to be
much refinement where there is no ed
ucaton.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

Tea Oh all deaf and dumb persons the
barber trade and in this way relieve
the sufferlngs of bewhiskered human
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

Let every man among us learnspto
cook. Then. and not until then, will
our stomach be in safe hands.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

King Alfonso will review the Span
ish fleet 1t is something like taking
an inventory after fire or a freshet.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

We have found that, as rule, when
u grl enters this office hooking like a
princess, 1t Is to advertise a COW for
rll'.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

In declining possible honor, men
use about fifty times as many words
as they do. in accepting it. e ir... u
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

There ia no man so meal b... ,...,.
flowers will grow on his grave.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

Most men would RATHER win $4,000
on horse race than to honestly earn
It, even If the work were all done.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

S2O,OO0,0OO Canned salmon was ship
| ped from Alaska In ten months to the
value of $S,401 1874, The surface of
Alaska has been scratched" for gold
in only very small part. There is
every reason to believe that valuable
minerals will yet be found in many
parts of that country not yet touched
by the foot of man. Agricultural pos.
sibilities for such country would
II few years ago have been the sub
ject of ridicue. But that was the re-
suit of ignorance and not the fault Of
the country. Extensive experiments
made by the agricultural department
and by settlers have demonstrated
that vegetables and some kinds of
fruit and cereals can be grown there
with success What was once ridi-
culed az territory of no value will sus-
tain population of millions and may
yet prove a very important addition
in every way to the United States. In
fact that has already been demon
strated. 5,t, . .Dir
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

A genuine sympathetic strlke-w when
the clock strikes the hour to quit.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

There should be law against
shooting hot air during the heated
term.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

In the last twelve months Alaska's
>mmerce. excluding gold. aggregated
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20
Saloons in Ohio.

Saloons in Ohio.
Ohio collects over 100000 in II
censes from 0,739 saloons
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

Little girls are very loyal to theh
kin; no girl talks about her kin unti
she is twelve or fourteen years old.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20

%. NJ AMsBERRY, EDITOR ruBLrsHEp
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-08-20
ABOUT COMPILATIONS.
Food Make. Them Good or Bad.

Saturate the human body with strong
coffee and it will in time show in the
somplexion Of the coffee drinker.
This is caused by the action OF coffee
On the liver thus throwing part of the
bile into the blood Coffee compilations
are salow and muddy and will stay that
way until coffee is given up entirely.
The sure way to recover rosy cheeks
and red lips is to quit coffee and drink
Postum Food Coffee, which makes red
blood. 81 had been for more than 20.
years an inveterate coffee drinker and
1t is absolutely true that had so COM D
pletely saturated myself with this drug
that my complexion toward the last be-
came perfectly yellow and every nerve
and fiber in me was affected by the
drugs in coffee.
For days at a time had been com
PEELED to keep to my bed on account OF
nervous headache and stomach trouble
and medicines did not give me any relief.
| had never consulted a physician in re-
gard to my headaches and terrible COM
plexion and | only found out the cause
of them after | commenced the use OF
Postum, which became known to me
through GrapeNu We all liked the
food Grape Nuts, and it helped us, so we
thought Postum must certainly have
INERT and we concluded to try it. We
found it so delicious that we continued
the use altogether, although | never ex-
pected it to help my health.
After a few months my headaches
were all gone and my complexion had
cleared wonderfully, then | knew that
my troubles had been caused by coffee
and had been cured when | left off cof-
fee and drank Postum in its place"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich.
Postum will change the blood of any
coffee drinker and rosy cheeks and
health take the place of yellow skin
and disease.
Leather waste is no longer wasted,
Manufacturers use it in a compressed
form instead of iron, to make cog
wheels.
Hard work does not shorten life.
Bancroft, the historian, died at 80,
Peter CoobeI at 80, and Humboldt
at 90.
The religion ov menny consists
iov Iepenting every night ov the sins
lov that day, and laying in stock fol
the next night.
Not more than $50 square miles o.
territory are under cultivation IL
henQuin or sisel hemp, yet on thil
Ismall area is produced is the 6be
that literally blinds the wheat har
vests OF the world. 1t is used alik
In Minnesota and Argentina, In 81
IBERIA and Egypt.
Method is the very hinge Of bust
ness; and there is no method with
out panctuality.-Cecil.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-08-21

A telephone system is being put In
1T Standpoint. .3,,i 4n. w I
A man named Pat Burke. while In.
stoxicated. was struck by a Great
Northern train east of Standpoint, last
Friday He was rendered uncon-
.scious but was not seriously hurt.
The White Pine baseball team was
defeated at Newport, Aug. 0, score 6
toI2. The Harrison team was dc
teated the same day at Rockford by .
score Of 2 to "a. it'i i
John Loan, who fell IA feet off th,
conyeyor at the mill at Post Falls
striking on his head, Is improving
rapidly at the hospital in Spokane,
The school trustees Of Harrison
have employed the following teachers
for the ensueing year: Francis Aiken
Of Pennington; Ida Calef, OF Oregon:
Margaret Habermann. of Casville,
Wisconsln; and Mabel Trowbridge, OF
Latah. --Searchlight.
A man by the name OF Bangs YVES
put off the westbound local train al
standpoint last week with one leg bad
" affected with gaDgrene. A purs,
of So or $40 was raised and the unfor
Junate man was taken to the county
hospital at Rathdrum.
The Bonners Ferry Lumber com
pany, in which the Weyerhanser com
panY is interested, expects to star
operations about September /, with
a capacity at first Of 10, 600 feet daily.
The company expects at an early date
to install its own electric light plant
at the mill. Ef AH
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-08-21
County News
Crushed Under Sand Bank.

William Lbar, aged as years, work
ing Ia the placer mining claim OF r..
Neil 10 the Tyson camp, was killed
Wednesday afternoon, last week, as a
result of.a sandbank caving in over
him. He was at work in ditch,
with the banks about seven feet high.
Workmen had warned Loar of the
danger OF the bank caving. but he
kept on working. In less time than
it takes to tell the. bank had caved
and completely buried the man.
Workmen at once started to dig for
him and found the body In about
thirty minutes. Life was left yet,
but he died in half an hour after be-
ing uncovered.
Deceased was buried at Tyson. He
leaves family, who are residing at
Tyson.-Courier.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-08-21
Justice BidVell
Accidentally Killed

Henry L. Bidwell, the prominent
and well known justice OF the peace
OF Hope. Idaho, accidentally shot
himself Aug. is, about 6 o'clock
while waiting for the passenger train
at Clark's Fork, to return to his home.
He had been summoned there to
hold an inquest over the body OF Jas.
McCann, who was supposed to have
been run over by a train three miles
east Of there early Sunday morning.
After performing the duties of the
coroner he went to the station and
whiie there an extra freight came a.
long. taking the siding for an east
bound passenger train. While talk
Ing and Joking with the engineer,
with whom he was well acquainted,
Bidwell reached In his inside pocket
for something and upon Withdrawing
his hand his revolver went Off, killing
him almost instantly. The bullet
passed through his body above the
heart and lodged under his shoulder
blade. A physician was summoned
Immediately, but the victim was
dead before the doctor arrived. i
Z Mr.. Bidwell was we'll ellconnected and
respected, having married the daugh,
|te. CT William Sisson, prominent
business man in Hope. He leaves b
wife and two small children to mourn
his loss. He was member Of sever
al benevolent orders. He was about
36 years OF age. 80 sssf3
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-08-21
State News.
Inmates Of Soldiers Home.

The report of Commander Chamber
lain of the Soldiers Home shows that
there we're 100 inmates in the institu-
tion on July 1, with three admissions
durlug the month. There were 23
members on furlough at the close of
the month and four IN the hospital.
There was one death during the month
one member was discharged at hisown
request, one was summarily discharged
and one dropped from the rolls, leav-
ing 90 present for duty at the close of
the month. The average number
present at the home was 95. The
cost of maintenance for the month
was $l108.43, OF which smount $70l.-
&C is due from the United States en-
dowment fund. The sum OF $27l.05
was spent for permanent improve
ments.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-08-21
IDAH0'S ASSESSMENT FOR 1903,
Substantial Increase Shown in Nearly all
Counties.
Kootenai's Increase Largest.

y.S~. 4 4 4 III : 4
The last of the county assess
ment reports of Idaho has been re-
ceived by the board of equalization.
Cf all the counties, of which we
learn, Kootenai has the largest in
crease Of valuation. The total as
sessed valuation Of all property in
the state, excepting railways, tele-
graphs and telephones. is $s5.aso,-
$3.50, an increase of S4,96o, 1917 :
2S over last year. The heaviest
assessment is that Of Ada county,
81. 500, COG; next is Shoshone, and
Nez Perce comes third, with ST.,
o3S, 379.