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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

Work is now in progress in southern
California upon boulevard intended
TO pass through the Colorado desert In
a straight line from the projected town
of lockwood to CaleXico, on the Mexi-
can border. 1t will be 100 feet wide
and thirtynve miles long. Along
either side of the boulevard and down
the center will be rows Of trees to
shut off the glare of the desert sun.
Also on either side will be small can
ais, which will not only iTigate the
shade trees, but also will be utilized
to lay the dust when the road is com.
pleted. 1t viii require only two meu
TO care for the entire thirty-five miles
The rapid growth Of trees in the
desert country Will insure Il magnifi,
cent avenue in a very short time. Al
the international line l4-mOnth-old viii
lows are growing on the banks of the
imperial canal seven inches in diane
ter and thirty feet high. The boule
ward Will give access to the towns
of lockwood, Brawloy, Imperial, Sills
bee, CaleXicO, MeX.cala, Mexlcula and
many new villages.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

AS result Of dietary experiments
carried on in Chicago and other cities
the department of agriculture mt Wash
ington Is able to announce some in.
terestlng facts as 10 the cost OF llv-
ing. Although living expenses are
VIGOROUSLY high, 1t has found that
families may be maintained In com
parative comfort at a surprisingly low
cost The observation Of the food
consumed by one family comprising
four adults showed total expense OF
1888 for the meals Of one week, the
bill Of fare including sirloin steak,
mutton chops, pork, fish, eggs and Il
variety of vegetables. A family Of
six, two of whom were children, eX-
pended S0.1S for the food supply Of
one week. IN another household the
weeks food supply for the parents
and five children cost only 1913. Al.
together the experiments show that the
cost of diet for each person per diem
varied from 1917 cents to ~ cents, the
average being about p cents. 1t Is, OF
course, of no especial value TO know
for how small an amount human be-
ings can live. Indeed, no experiments
are needed to show that at pinch
man can live for a sum much smaller
than any mentioned in the agricultural
departments reports. BY restricting
himself to the cheapest food and tax
ing the minimum amount necessary
to keep body and soul together man
might keep alive indefinitely on few
cents a day, but his experiment would
be valueless. 1t is Of Importance, how
ever, that men and women generally
should know how so to arrange the
family food supply that the largest
possible benefit may be derived from
whatever sum Is to be expended. The
object should be not to see how cheap.
ly families can live, but how well they
can live upon such sums as they can
reasonably afford to eXpend. Studied
with this end in view such expert.
ments as those now made by the de-
partment of agriculture may be re
garded as helpful BY avoiding waste
and using good judgment in buying
the family supplies many families
could enjoy larger and more varied
bill of fare than they do now and with
out at all increasing the expense. The
experiment should be considered Ii
this light and as an aid to better lv
ing conditions. The worlds best work
ers, the most intelligent and progress
sive men and the best developed chill
dren come from homes where food lie
nutritious, well cooked and ample in
quantity.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
MAN WHO DESERVES PITY.
He Who Is Compelled to Eat Restau
rant Breakfasts to BE Consoled.

He Who Is Compelled to Eat Restau.
rant Bre akfasts to BE Consoled.
A plea for pity is entered by an east
ern journal on behalf of the unfortu-
nate man who. through the summer
months Is forced to eat a restaurant
breakfast or wait until luncheon time
to break his fast. And the commisera-
ton is solicited because someone has
complained that restaurant keepers do
not give the amount of attention to
serving the days first meal that they
do to the two later ones. There are
no hard and fast figures at hand to
prove that this Is SO, but 1t Is rather
general conclusion that left-overs
from the day before are used for the
first Corners and that this Is hardly
square dealing.
Then, besides the matter Of food be-
ing none too fresh, there Is complaint
that there is much of setting to rights
in the restaurants during the hour one
wishes to take breakfast, which ere.
ates a confusion calculated to make
even an appetizing meal unenjoyable
| Sweeping, busting, filling of salt, pep
per and vinegar receptacles go on un
der the patrons very nose, while the
walters display a sang froid that tell,
him, or appears to do so, that he has
no business TO eat in strange places
that II he has home he should b'
in 1t and that If he hasn't n place t,
call home he is very poor specimen
| indeed, and not worthy of more con
sideration than he is receiving.
With these complaints at hand, then
it seems we shall all have to take /
for granted that there's a foundation
OF fact for them and do what we cal
to impress 1t upon restaurant keeper
that their first duty in summer is L
do their share toward making If
pleasant for the self-sacriticlng ma,
who sends his family to the countr
while he stays behind and earns tn
money to pay their bills and his owl
An awakening to this duty swep
through the ranks of purveyors o
life's necessaries and pleasure year
ago and the results have been as sa'
isfactory as substitutes, or, we Nigh
say, compensations could well be. lie
the restaurant keepers join this ban
of home missionaries and the deserte
husband may find that desertion ism
all the bad things that some folks d.
clare 1t to be.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Why 1t Tnsted Ritter.

A physician had occasion to prescribe
quinine to a patient, an elderly lady
who was not used to modern ways of
administering medicine. The quinine
was ordered in capsules-twelve, each
containing four grains. About a week
later the doctor was called to attend a
daughter Of the old lady, and he no
ticed what he supposed were the qui-
nine capsules he had prescribed. Turn
ing to the mother, he asked why she
had not taken the medicine.
Sure, doctor, do you mean that bit
ter powder? Yes, took it, but had
hard work getting it out of those little
glass things it was put up in."-Phila.
Gelphia Ledger.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

Canada has been digging canals to
some purpose, as the diversion of grain
trade from Atlantic ports in the Unit
ed States to Montreal sufficiently at
tests. The fact that Canada is so far
north that her canals are frozen up
during many months Of the year has
not induced the Canadians to rely sole
ly upon rail transportation. They are
reaping the reward of their courage
in opening their water ways, which
serve not only to induce trade, but to
modify rates.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
AN HONEST MAN.
He Refused to Profit by Carelessness
in Recording Early Transfers.

he Refused to Profit by Care1essness
in Recording Early Transfers.
An incident, which exhibits the sterl-
Ing integrity of a man who could with
stand the temptations Of wealth rather
than do the smallest act of injustice
is told in II. NJ. Chittenden's History
Of Steamboat Navigation on the Mis-
souri, River" The principal actor was
one of the early settlers of st. Louis,
Mr.. LeBarge, who had purchased a
small tract Of land for which he paid
twenty-five dollars.
Land was then of very little value,
deed and with no more Formally than
In exchanging cattle or horses. In
this way Mr.. LeBarge traded his land
on what is now Clair street, st. Louis,
to Chaurin Lebeau for a horse.
Long years afterward, when these
transactions were almost forgotten,
and the property had become very
valuable, a lawyer presented himself
to the old gentleman and asked him
If he had ever owned any land on
| Cedar street. Mr.. LaBarge replied in
the affirmative, and described its local
ity. The lawyer then asked him when
and how he disposed of it, He could
not at first recall, but Mrs LeBarge
remembered the circumstances and re-
lated them to the lawyer, at the same
time remarking to her husband that
that was the way they got their horse
to set themselves up on the farm with.
The lawyer then assured Mr. Lee
Barge that the title to this property
was still vested in him, and that he
could hold 1t against all corners, for
there was absolutely no record Of the
conveyance in existence.
The old gentleman, with a look of
Indignation, asked the lawyer If he
took him for thief.
81 traded that land" said he, "to
Chaurin Lcbeau for n horse, which
was worth more to me than the land
was. ! shall stand by the bargain
now, If Chaurln Lebeau's heirs have
no title, tell them to come to me and
will make them deed before l die
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

A certain spinster in indianapolis
says the Journal OF that city, who has
lived alone in her beautiful and state
ly home for many years, is one of the
city's most notable housewives No
childish fingers have ever married the
Drilliance of her mirrors and windows
or played havoc with the handsome
bronzes and vases in the dainty cared
for dining room. At the home of heI
brother, where seven children roml
from morning until night, as may be
imagined, the same exquisite perfec
ton of housekeeping is impossible
One day her small niece returned
home AFTER tea party at auntie's, and
in an awed voice said: mama, saw
fly in Aunt Maria's house, hui
(thoughtfully) it was washing itselfr
The small boy always wonders If hi,
mother will ever get over being sur
prised at the things he does
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
CANDY AND CANCER.
An Indian Army Officers Theory Of
the Drenh Diacnae.


the Dread Disease,
In an article in the Indian Medical
Gazette, Captain t. II. Rost, |. NJ s.,
attributes the rise in cancer mortality
10 an increased consumption Of sugar,
In the form Of sweetmeats ana other
delicacies of modern confectionery,
and n corresponding dlm;nution in the
nse of salt-preseryed articles of diet.
His theory is that malignant disease is
parasitic in origin, and is due to the
Invasion Of the body by saccharomy-
Sete, the growth of which Is favored
py glucose, but inhibited by sub
stances containing chlorine, and only
admissible when the amount of chic
line in the body falls below normal.
Some of his experiments, which he re.
cords i'm support of this view, are rath-
.r remarkable lie has cultivated sac
eharomycetes from a variety of tn
mors on sterile cane sugar, ana has
also prepared what he describes as "a
kind of tumOr JAM" by preserving por.
tons of tumors in the same medium.
Sections of this jam" show "the tu-
NOR cell as usual, but the saccharo-
mycetes Astounding in and between
them" lie passed chlorine gas
through his cultures of succharomy.
cetes, and found that it rapidly killed
the organisms, and il is evidently the
chlorine that is the active agent"
According to Captain Rost, the guild.
ing principle in the treatment of can.
Ger should be to diminish the amount
of glucose in the body and increase
the amount of chlorine, thereby rem
dering the patients body an unfavor-
able culture medium for the specific
micro-orgauisms. lie has put this
theory into practice upon ten patients,
his treatment consisting first, of a
strict diabetic diet, and, secondly, of
plling in sodium chloride into the
body, and preventing its eXcretion as
much as possible" The results are
said to have been most successful,
but, unfortunately the patients them
selves do not appear to have been
unanimous as to the advantages of the
treatment they were receiving, since
four out Of their number ran away.
Experiments were also tried upon ami
mails, cancerOus material and "saccha-
romycetes" obtained by culture from
cancers being used for incubation;
various LESSONS were produced, and in
some instances the influence of a salt
diet upon the affected animals was
studied. In imitation of the human
patients, zone guinea pig and one cat
nbsconded," apparently before the
benefits of sodium chloride had been
accorded to them.
The announcement that sweetmeats
predispose to cancer, if it finds its
way into the cheaper sensational jour
nalism, may prove alarming to sun
dry Juvenile and feminine readers; but
If it checks their appetite for confec-
tionery 1t will at least improve their
digestion; and, although the use of So
dunn chloride as an antidote would
engender a thirst which might be
slaked unwisely, there is little fear Of
SO unpalatable a remedy becoming
popular. Still, we think that Captain
Rost would have been wise in defer
ring the publication of his theories
until he had established them on a
somewhat broader scientific basis
British Medical Journal.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

of the material of food in the world,
Americans have been backward in tie
art of preparing it properly for use.
Especially is this true q the country.
although popular opini.u may be to
the contrary. The schools are giving
good training, and there IS need OF
II all. "The kind that daughter
makes" may yet replace the older and
more common phrase
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

sandy-why are yer running so fast,
pa-d?
Cinders-Dere's a lynchin' mob be-
hind me.
Sandy-Dey don't want to lynch yer,
do dey?
Cinders-No, but dey want dis
clothes-line I'm wearin as suspenders
fer de rope.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

Assuming that the people at church
In the morning and evening are not the
same, one person in every four and a
half goes to church every Sunday in
London. The London Daily News has
ascertained this after a canvass Of six
months. 1t has discovered that the
Church of England leads in total at
tendance, that the non-conformists are
second and the Roman Catholics third.
THE non-conformists lead in the at
tendance of men, with hundred and
twenty thousand in church every Sun
Way, against ninety eight thousand men
in the Church Of England churches.
There Is not seating accommodation
In the churches for quarter of the
population. London and many, II not
all, large American cities differ In
this respect from many small villages
where the churches are so numerous
that they could readily hold every man
woman and child in the place.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
End In Sirht.

Count Nacum-Ah, Get seems Eat re
rich American girls are getting scarcer
and scarcer for us.
Count Dodo-Yes, monsieur, all re
get-rlch-quick' concerns are receiving
hard blows in America
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Her Only Comment.

Nevertheless, my dear" said tn,
masculine portion of the combine
there are number of men in the
world who are my mental interiors"
John" rejoinJd the wife of his
bosom as she looked him square in thu
eye, you were always a confirmed
cYnic."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Schemc Tint Failed.

say exclaimed the man in a
hoarse whisper, as he met his wife at
the depot, didn't | telegraph you not
to bring your motherf"
YES" answered she, "but she open
ed the message and insisted on coming
along to Investigate. Chicago Daily
News
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
He Was a Rude Man.

John" said the young wife who
prides herself on being sensible right
up to the limit, Just notice how easy.
fitting my new shoes are"
Yes, l see," answered John
"And John" she continued, do you
know why l always get my shoes Sc
large?
oh" replied the ungallant Other
half of the sketch, Il suppose it's be
cause you have such big feet"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

No one need find anything paradox
cal in the statement that cooking
which is one of the oldest OF femin-
Inc occupations, offers new profess
sion to women. 1t is true that women
have always cooked but not in the
modern sense. Surveying is the foun-
dalton Of civil engineering, and Wash
ington had the reputation of being n
good surveyor; but If he were alive
to-day, and were put at work beside
a young graduate of technical school,
the chances are ten to one that the
young man would easily outclass the
father Of his country. Cooking has
gone through somewhat the same kind
of evolution as has civil engineering.
"The kind that mother used to make
is a term of pleasant Renaissance
rather than a descriptive accuracy
The admission comes hard and sounds
ungrateful, but truth demands 1t. The
other day a young woman was ap
pointed official dietician to the city OF
New York, She sits at a big roll-toI
desk in the office of the department OF
charities, and by means of tho tele
phone controls all the cooks In all the
hospitals and other institutions under
the rule Of the municipal authorities
she owns her position to her knowl
edge not merely Of the preparation OF
food, but the chemistry of II. Two
college girls, after a thorough course
of study relating to foods, have oppn
ed bakery. 1t was their idea to make
hnd sell better quality of bread thar
the ordinary baker provides. They
pre- doing 1t with so much success tina
lhe business has already outgrown tn,
plant and an extension OF their build
pg Is necessary. These are bul in
stances OF tendency which show
itself in many ways; for example, II
,he hundreds OF health foods" whlcl
pre- 30 generally advertised and s.
widely sold. The greatest producer
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

A Philadelphia millionaire has receiv-
ed two hundred and twenty-five thou
sand dollars for the rent of his. steam
yacht in the past fifteen months.
Happy thought: let us all rent our
steam yachts and get rich quick.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Feminine Charity.

He--Miss Elderleigh certainly has q
very expressive face.
She-Yes, indeed. It's the very best
money can buy.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

A girl would rather have half
with red ribbon round it than
pound of S0-cent candy in paper bag.
-SOmerville Journal.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Quite Another Matter.

Before l give you my answer" said
the fluffy-haired summer girl, II would
like to know if you are in a position
to k, ep me in the style to which 1 have
always BEEN accustomed"
IF the styles don't change too often
l am" replied the wise youth. "Other'
wise the odds are in favor of my going
broke"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

A German actor has been sent to jail
for getting off stage jokes about the
emperor. If they were anything like
the American stage jokes we can't
blame the emperor for shutting him up.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
LIKES THE ARMY LAssES.
Millionaire Manufactures Says They
Are His Mascots.

Are His Mascots.
Here, miss, take this money! For
the love of heaven, don't go away
without taking this money"
SO yelled ]. C. S. tombstone, a Min
ncapolis manufactures, as he ran
through the corridor of the Auditor
ium.
Have you seen herr" he demanded,
as he rushed to the desk and accosted
Clerk Shafcr.
"Who!" inquired the latter
"Why, the Salvation Army miss that
Just passed through"
went over to the Annex" answered
the clerk and the Minneapolis man ran
through the tunnel
Have you seen herr" he queried Of
the first bellboy he met
"Who?' inquired the bellboy in
amazement.
THE Salvation Army lass that col
lects money"
Just gone up the street." answered
The latter and the man from Mime
apolis might have been seen chasing
up the avenue minute later.
He caught her just as she reached
jackson boulevard.
Here, take this dollar" he said as
he pushed a bill into her hand. 81
don't know what | would have done
If hadn't caught YOU" and then he
returned to the hotel.
I'D been Il pauper in twenty-four
hours if l hadn't given that girl some
money" he explained to the people
who had watched the chase They're
my mascots those Salvation Army
Iasses. 1 know that | would have been
hoodooed if l hadn't caught her. I'd
been broke sure"
He was silent long time Haven't
seen one in ten years without giving
her money"
"Superstitious" inquired one of his
friends.
Call it that if you want to- but it's
Il conviction with me- | was sitting
right here about ten years ago when
one of them tapped me on the Shout
der and asked me for Il contribution.
Had dime in my pocket no more,
and no job. Hungry and room rent
staring me in the face Wondering
what l would do with that dime.
Didn't see why l shouldn't as we'll be
broke as have dime, so l turned it
over to her.
THAT left me without a cent. The
Lord won't forget" she said.
Neither will L. | answered, only
meant that | wouldn't forget that
was broke. \ man had just turned me
down for job. Turned me down cold.
was worrying, but | had time to
watch that girl. l saw her strike thir-
teen men without getting cent, and
saw the fourteenth man give her 81.
There was q lesson for me. | got up
md tried that same man again. l had
resolved to try him fourteen times, IL
necessary. But it wasn't. He gave
me a job because he liked my nerve,
and l want to tell you that l have
been mighty prosperous ever since
almost millionaire now, amt
you"
We'll, close onto it, and all because
that girl happened to strike me that
afternoon. And since then no Saliva
ton Army girl has ever gone away
without money when | was in the
neighborhood.
Hereafter l won't go to sleep when
I'm in this neck of the woods" he
continued. THAT girl came near get
ting away from me. If hadn't cought
her | know that l would have a tele-
gram telling me that my factory had
been struck by lightning. Well, fare
you-well,' he said, as he walked away.
But, say, any time that you see
one Of those girls give her something"
was the final injunction. BEST in
vestment you ever made. "-Chicag
Chronicle.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

The Puget Sound salmon crop Is re-
ported to be almost total failure. Alas
for the masses! With salmon beyond
their reach little that is worth while
will be left for them.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Hot Draft.

Mahoole-Aln't yez tn wan tina,
towld me nlver to dhrink wather wild
out boilin'?
Physician-Yes, sir,
Mahooe- Thin OF how moind b
murther ye Oh dhrank boiled watha
avn almost burned me mouth on.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
The Next Rest Thing.

"Polehunter talks about making m
Arctic trip in an automobile"
"Why, he couldn't reach the pol,
that way"
"No, but he could come back and
tell how he didn't"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

Vera Hitone-Will you keep YOU
promise and resign from your club just
as soon as | become your wife?
Cal U. Mette-T'll have to. Couldn't
afford both, you know.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

Pete-Dey tell me dat bully was al
ways coming around here looking fol
scraps. Did yo' accommodate him?
Sam-Should say so. All hit hin
wild a bowl oh hash.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

"Why, how rumpled your shirt waist
is, Edith
Dear me! and it has only just been
pressed, too"
Edith was quite as self-possessed as
ever. But St John colored deeply.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
a Severe Test,

Her Father (protestingly)-You wish
to marry my daughter, Ell? Why, she
has only just graduated!
Suitor (magnanimously)- know It'll
And yet love her!-Puck.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
She Knew Him.

He-When did you begin to suspect
] was in love with you?
She-The day you told me l could
have anything l wanted on the bill of
fare
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

One Of the unpleasant features of
life in Macedonia is the ever-present
possibility OF meeting a Bashi-Bazouk
In an alley.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

Henry" whispered the bride of two
hours, you don't regret marrying me,
even yetT'
"No, darling" replied Henry. mot
even YETI
The train sped on, and she was hap
py for another five minutes.