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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-07-09

ITO Aiso Pa111Pi1et telF Hdhhs OF sW1nre 100
ing all about 1t. including many Of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr.. Kilmer
& Co.. Ringhamton. N. T.. Be sure and
6enkins this papes.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-07-09

by druggists. in fifty
cent and one dollar
sizes. You may have a
sample bottle by mail
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07
A Double Point.

The old question of the scholastics,
How many angels are supported on
the point of a needles" was once charm.
ingly answered by the late DR.. Tai.
mage. The Philadelphia Times tells
how. Some theological students were
laughing over the question when in the
company of DIR. Talmage.
We'll" said he, "how many do you
think?'
AS no one answered, he went on with
characteristic decision.
''I'll tell you-five. Let me prove it to
you. One very stormy night l was re.
turning home late, and noticed light
in the window of room where a poor
woman lived whose husband was al
sea. l wondered what kept her up SO
late, and went to see. l found her
hard at work sewing by her lamp, while
her five rosy children were sound asleep
near her. There was needle support
ing five angels"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07
SLANG OF OUR COLLEGES.
Interesting Array of Barbarisms that
Only students Can Interpret.

Interesting Array of Barbarisms that
Only students Can Interpret.
In an article on college slang Pres
ident Thwing of the Western Reserve
university presents an interesting array
of words which the laymen would try
In vain to understand without the aid
of teacher or a glossary. Different
languages, he says, have different
words and phrases, land a few words
and phrases are common to many, such
ms swipe,' soak spike, JOSH hen
medic goose egg 'gring crib and
many others indeed. But there are
other words that are used only at a
few colleges. A student, for instance,
in one college may bat (make a per-
feet recitation and may sit in bear
box (the faculty pew in chapel. On
going from church he may become a
belt chaser walking with coed and
going to his dinner he has a berry
IA good thing. In the afternoon he
prepares himself for bib Chat Is, for
recitation in the bible). 1t is possible
that the belt chaser walks with bird
Ia girl to the bird cage "a dormtory
for women students). 1t is also possible
that the bird may be a birdie zone
who is eager to make acquaintance
with men without an Introductory.
HE may prefer to call his walk a
pike, and also he may prefer to walk
with 'plugger' rather than with a
bird and while walking to talk about
'polek political economy or 'poist'
| political science).
"a student may be 'moke IAN easy
going fellow, and in that case he is
apt to be porky' very poor N his
works, and consequently gets zip
Ia zero in marks, and is in danger of
being 'rusticated' (suspended). OF
course he must become repeater
Zone required to repeat a years work.,
II he hopes ever to get his rag (diplo-
MAJ. If the man is an ellie On good stu
DENT he will probably get the reputa-
ton of being whale "a phenomenal
STUDENT, in case be bones (studies)
hard and poles prepares lesson by
hard study.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07
What AGE Ia Hep

The Navy Department is trying to
answer the question; How old is
Rear Admiral Thomas o. Selfrldge, re-
tiredT Is he 80 or 100? The records
do not show and Rear Admiral Sell
fridge will not tell He says it is no
body's business how old he is. But as
he entered the navy in 1918, and must
have been at least 10 years old at that
time, the suppositlon = that he is be-
tween 80 and 100, The Admiral's old
est son, Rear Admiral Thomas o. Sci
fridge, Jr., owns to being &C years. The
senior Selfridge was born in Hub.
bardstOn, Mass.-Phlladelphla Press.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07

@. d. Gibson, the author of the Glib.
son Girl" declares that women are
growing taller, and he is supported in
his statement by certain philosophers
who have loitered on the seashores at
fashionable bathing places for the pur-
pose Of making observations These
authorities declare the average height
of the American girl of the present
Is 5 feet 10 inches, and they give II
as their deliberate opinion that the
girl who lives to subdue man with her
smile along about the year 1000 will
he more than z feet tall. Mr.. Gibson
claims to have positive information
that the average height of American
girls has increased at least two inches
during the last ten years, fact which
he says Is due to their athletic exer
cises; and he sees no reason why they
should stop growing as long rs they
continue to play golf, swing clubs,
swim, run, jump and engage in prac-
tices generally that were unthought of
by girls of generation or two ago.
AhNiN otViho' hoNcNtI, W NE no III
crease in the average size of the male
Inhabitants of our glorious republic.
In fact, the reverse appears to be true.
We look back to the time of Lincoln.
and further still to the times of Web
ster and Clay, and we say there were
giants In those days. But the giants
have passed. 1t Is said that the rules
governing enlistment In the American
army have had to be changed so as to
| admit smaller men, because there are
not enough big ones to fill the ranks
Whether this is due to cigarettes, con.
finement In business Offices strong
drink or lack Of good cooking is not
known says the Chicago Record Her
aid. The only thing we can be sure of
In this conneC ION Is that the conditions
ought to be encouraging. 1t has FOL
several years past been feared that men
| were giving up the habit Of GETTING
married. The country has more old
| bachelors than ever before, and, conse
| quently, more unmarried women. But
| If the girls are going to be six feet
| tall, or even more than that, and the
boys are to remain scrawny, scrubby
| little chaps we may be sure that mat.
rimony will come into fashion again
No little man has ever yet been able ia
resist the charms of a big woman.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07
mrs. HiIdebrandt's Discovery.

Lake Sarah, MINI, Nov. 24.-Mrs-
Hildebrandt of this place claims to-
have discovered a complete cure for
rheumatism and numerous people can
testify that as Mrs. Hildebrandt had
the terrible attllction and is now a well
woman, she appears to have good
grounds for her claim. Mrs. Hide
brandt speaks of her cure as follows:
II had the Rheumatism In my arms
SO bad that l could not sleep at night.
l was Induced to try Dodd's Kidney
Pills, and before had taken two boxes
l was much better. When l had taken
four boxes l was completely cured"
1t Is only fair to state that 9th ,rs
have made the same discovery as Mrs.
Hildebrandt, and that for Rheumatism
and other diseases arising from the
Kidneys, Dodd's Kidney Pills are rec
ognized as the one sure and permanent
cure.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07
Isn'tit Strange.

How many men neglect to reply to
heir correspondence
How many women think man has
no right to refuse to do them a favoiY
How many men laughingly break
an engagement with a woman9
How many men rudely repel the
afrectonate greetings OF a wife9
How many women show want OF
tact In a business transactions
How many men are victims tc hab-
Its which could easily be overcome?
How many wumen carry wrong
ideas regarding mems faithful ness?
How many men like TO talk about
their self-abnegation? y
How many women are actuated by
selfish motives in most things they
do?
How many men have a tendency to
ward flippancy when discussing wom-
en?-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07

USE OF WATER AT MEALS.
Ls9>&SS>&s9sosGsSS

DR.. Felix L. Oswald insists that the
avoidance Of water at meals is mere
sanitary superstition" 1t is not posi-
BILE for any normally constituted human
being to eat his way to the first quarter
instalment of a modern dinner of over.
heated made dishes and greasy viands
without experiencing q distinct longing
for cooling diluent, and before the
end of the second course that craving
assumes the urgency of positive dis.
tress, but he sufferer is warned to for.
bear Has not Professor Orthodox emu
merated five distinct sources of peril
from indulging that appetency, and
proved that the water instinct is wrong,
and that nature knows nothing about
It?
The most specious of these arguments
Is the alleged risk that the introduction
Of cold water would coagulate the al.
bumen of the ingesta, and thus compli-
cate the labors of the digestive organs.
But Is it not evident that those organs
should be allowed a casting vote in the
ueClSlOH Vi ludl controversy!
DR.. Schrodt, the author Of "Natur-
Heilkunde," holds, on the contrary,
that our diet is not half fluid enough,
and demonstrates that organic warmth
will soon reduce over-cold beverages to
the right medium, and that a craving
which nothing but fresh water will sat.
isfy is clear proof that the stomach
is suffering from an excess of calorio
and deficiency of moisture.
Just wait, and that distress will sub
side, insists Professor Ok. Yes; the
subtle chemistry of the organism will
eventually find means to satisfy its
needs from internal sources, just as the
agony of famished man will give way
to a dull torpor; the system has made
another forced loan on the reserve
stores of its own tissues, and made the
sufferer a little more comfortable
though also little leaner. Even thus
the disappointed stomach will make
shift to lead moisture from some other
part of the organism where it is less
sorely needed and the distress subsidies
though feeling of vague discomfort re
mains, suggesting that the sort OF
moisture reabsorbed from the lower ali
mentary duct Is not exactly what the
stomach wanted.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07

ment of It's police department The
force was small in number, but Of its
members was almost a giant In size
six feet four and a half inches tall
and broadly built. There CHANGED to
be a hitch about the delivery of the
mems uniforms, so that only one was
received promptly and the Goliath Of
the force stalked forth in his splendor
alone.
Naturally he created a sensation. AS
he patrolled the long winding street
that run the whole length of til place
there were many comments upon his
personal appearance, most of which
were discreetly uttered after he had
passed out of hearing. At length, how
ever, a stumbling, shabby, sly-eyed,
crack-witted ne'er-do-well stepped up
and touched the gorgeous figure on the
arm.
Say, mister" he whispered humbly,
tell me the safest law to break and
III break it--for the honor of walking
down Main street with them buttonsr
The information requested was not
vouchsafed and the giant marched on
in his buttons and his dignity. But a
little farther along a small boy who
was playing in the front yard was no
less impressed, although more Devil
dered, by the glittering and mighty ap
partition. He gave one look, eyes and
mouth at their roundest, and then dash
ed indoors, crying to his mother:
"Oh, mamma, look! look! Is he wal
or the circus?'
Even after he had become a familiar
figure to the citizens the huge gardian
of the peace retained some of his i'm.
pressiveness. To one prisoner at least
he so embodied the terrors of the Jaw
that the man submitted to an arrest
which few words Of explanation at
the time could have averted. When,
in court, he did at length explain, the
judge inquired in establishment why he
had not done so before. Smiling conf.
dentially at his honor the accused re.
piled:
well, judge, it's like this: You're
folks; but as for that Bunker Hill mon,
ument with helmet on top, he may
be first-rate hand-cuGin' machine, but
he amt man. I didn't darst argufy
with him. No, sir! I'd as soon thought
of tryin' to make my position clear to
the town fire engine"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07
Loved His Lot.

The venerable Bishop Williams OF
Connecticut, for many years presiding
Bishop of the Episcopal church in
America, and who lived all his life a
bachelor, was talking one day with a
young man from the West about pos.
sible tax Western State was trying
to impose on bachelors, the tax to be
increased a certain per cent for every
ten years of bachelorhood.
"Why, Bishop" said the young man,
"at your age you would have to pay
about 500 a year."
WELL" said the Bishop. quietly, and
in his old-time vernacular, tits wutb
lt."-New York Times.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07

How all the world loves babyl 1t
is human affection that crops out
everywhere, and 1t is good for the peo-
pie. The other day tired woman
carrying a sleeping infant was wait
ing for n car. The baby was heavy.
One look at the woman told n story
of devotion and care. 1t was in her
eyes, in the lines of her face. Mothers
give up much for their little ones. Out
of the corner drug store came a tall,
fashlonably attired man, who took in
the situation at glance. Let me
hold the baby for you, madam" he
said, and the child never stirred as it
was transferred to his strong arms. 1t
was ten minutes before the car ar
rived. Hundreds of persons looked in
quiringly at the tall man, the faded
woman and the sleeping baby. MOI
body laughed, for all realized that n
good fellow was doing n bit OF kind
ness, and other men wished they had
volunteered. Finally mother" was in
a car seat, the baby in her arms, and
the tall man touched his hat and went
on about his business, feeling the bet
ter for his act. In Louisville a baby
girl was playing with a rag doll in
street car. She ''mothered 1t" and kiss
ed 1t, and all Of the passengers were
interested. Suddenly the car lurched,
and the doll fell from a window to the
pavement "Stopr' was the cry from
the passengers. Every man in the car
was on his feet, and n dozen hands
clutched the bell rope. stop this carr
was the command, and the motorman
brought the vehicle to standstill. Half
a dozen men started down the track.
The swiftest got the doll after a walk
of n square, and the party proudly
tramped back to the car and gave to
the little mother" her offspring. The
reward was smile, and baby smiles
are worth almost any price you can
think Of.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07
FLOWERS FOR OUR RULERS.
Bouquets Are Supplied Bountifully 60
Congressman aud Senators.

Congressman and Senators.
Cut flowers are supplied gratuitously
by Uncle Sam to a number of persons
and institutions in the city of Wash.
lngton and members of Congress have
come to regard them as among the most
desirable of their perquisites. The
greenhouses from which the flowers
cipally to supply the city parks with
the plants which make them such a
feature of the city's beauty throughout
the greater part of the year. After the
White House is supplied the hospitals
and other public institutions receive
flowers. Many other worthy causes
also share in the distribution. Fam.
lilies of members of the cabinet, the
supreme court and legislative members
come next. This custom, which has
prevailed for years, of distributing the
cut flowers Is still followed.
Besides the greenhouses in charge Of
the Superintendent of Public Buildings
and Ground, and the White House con-
servatory, other gardeners are those Of
the Agricultural Department and the
botanical gardens. The latter are un.
der the direction of the Senate Com.
mittee on Library. The gardens of the
Department of Agriculture are devoted
largely to the growing of plants other
than floral.
The flowers from the White House
conservatory are used for daily decora-
lions Of the executive mansion and 10
is for state functions and all other orr
binary occasions that the supply of the
park greenhouses Is drawn upon.
Through this source of supply not an
inconsiderable amount that would 9th.
erwise have to be spent for flowers for
many state dinners runs well up into
the hundreds and sometimes even thou
sands of dollars. The floral decorations
for the Prince Henry dinner, which
were most elaborate, would have cost
$4,000 If purchased in the flower mar
ket. AS it was the real expenditure In
the floral decorations was only few
hundred.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07
p 's''f'' = = = 'i''I'
: G O O D
Short StOris5
'-.f-..'s.

Lord Rosebery once sat next to n
farmer Mt his estate dinner, and the
confiding man whispered to the host,
when the ice pudding was brought:
"The pudding has been frozen" The
ex-Premier, thanking the farmer, and
looking surprised, called to waiter,
said something, and then, turning to
the farmer again, said: "They tell me
the pudding has been frozen on pur-
poser
When the fretful critic, Cumberland,
said of performance of "The School
for Scandal that he was surprised
that 1t provoked such imrnoderate
laughter, as it did not make him even
smile, Sheridan, the wit, orator, and
playwright, is said to have remarked:
Cumberland is truly ungrateful, for
| saw tragedy of his played a fort
night before at Covent Garden, and /
laughed from beginning to end"
4 The other day an inquisitive lady
twas talking with James Whitcomb Ri
ley on how poorly paid was the pro-
fesslon of literature. But, Mr.. Riley"
said she, surely you have no cause
for complaining. You must be very
rich man. / understand you get dol
lar word for all you write"
"Ye-e-es, madam" said Riley, with his
slow drawl "but sometimes l sit all
day and can't think of d--n word"
A photographer who arrived at Oys-
ter Bay the other day asked permits
sion to take some views. The Presi-
dent was amiable, and told him: you
are welcome to photograph anything
you like, except my wife and children,
but If l catch you doing that I'll throw
you off the place" Those are the or
ders to the secret-service men. They
are authorized to permit kodakers to
shoot at anything they see except Mrs.
Roosevelt and the children.
A New York clubman, whose repu-
tatiOn as conceited and insufferable
bore was a byword, was once attempt
ing to impress a group of men as be-
ing society pet. What a hospitable
fellow Blank is" he said, naming one
VI NEW 10TH CleNeTeSt ueH, L uIOp-
ped in on him the other night, and he
and his wife fairly insisted that l stay
for dinner. Such a time as l had get
ting away Why, when l started to
leave, they came right out in the hall
and backed up against the front door"
after you'd g-g-gone out?" sarcastic
ally inquired one of his wearied listen
ers.
Baedeker's Is generally regarded as
n harmless book. Not so in Turkey,
ms a German traveller has learned to
his grief. They found in his trunk "a
guide through Turkey" and confis-
Gated 1t. The next morning the Bae-
deker was returned to the German,
but with more than hundred pages,
containing a description of CONSTANT
hople, torn out. The traveller went to
the censor's Office to complain of this
ineXplicable treatment of his book
But the censor explained to him, with
irresistible logic, that an accurate de-
scription of Constantinople could not
be suffered, since knowledge of the
locality was calculated to facilitate an
attempt on the Sultan's life.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07

Poor boyish King Alphonso Of Spain.
He wants to marry for Il re. And he
will not be permitted to do so. The
band Of Princess Louise of France has
been rendered. But Alphonso doesn't
like Louise overly we'll He inclines to
! 'plebelan" wife. Whereat the Span
sh grandees are Mortified. If the
young King had his choice he would
marry an American girl. He likes their
ytyle. And he openly flirted with one
auring the coronation ceremonies. On
various occasions King Alphonso has
stated that he likes the manner in
which American girls conduct them
selves and has openly expressed his
preference for them. Alphonso's dis
elimination is only exceeded by his
good looks. His taste is excellent. He
Knows a good thing when he sees It,
But 1t cannot be. Much depends upon
this marriage. The future of his coun-
sry rests upon 1t. And so we have the
pathetic picture of the boyish King
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07

The offenses of excursionists who Gre
ate an area of untidness behind them
by having strewn about the odds and
ends Of picnic preparations, vex order
iy souls the world over. A recent WIS.,
itor to Tennyson's monument at Fresh
water had to remove quantity of
broken glass from the turf about the
memorial before 1t was safe to sit down.
"Trippers' had not spared even that
spot, dear to lovers Of verse.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07
The Astonishing Trade in Bulbs.

The Astonishing Trade in Bulbs.
The man with the little garden walks
round the public park and sees GRO
cuses and daffodils, hyacinths and tu
lips by the thousand. He understands
they are imported direct from Holland
by very large users of the bulbs. 1t is
an astounding trade as so measured
and taken as an example of what 9th
ers do in the same line, as tradesmen
say. Take the japanese trade, which
comes next in Importance to the Dutch
During last season eighty tons of lily
roots were sold, and this amounts in
numbers to about 100000. But this
is nothing to the Dutch trade, If we
take the same basis of weight and
numbers as in the Japanese instance.
The average sale is sixty tons per
week, which is in numbers about $780,.
600. The season lasts about four
months-sixteen weeks-so that in
weight 960 tons are sold; and this
amounts in numbers to the almost in
credible sum of 100000 O0.-Saturday
Review.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07
Singular Signs for Travellers.

On the banks of rivulet near Sra
bane is n stone with this singular in.
scription, which was no doubt intended
for the information of stragers travel.
ing by the road: take notice that
when this stone is out of sight 1t is
not safe to ford the river" This recalls
the famous finger post which is said
to have been erected by order of a sur.
veyor of roads in Kent: This is a
bride path to Faversham. If you
can't read this you had better keep the
main road"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07

who has n tender heart inside Of him
(as you had once, gentle reader) led
about by the diplomats who seek TO
strengthen the position and prestige
of Spain by marriage connection with
some powerful ally. Cupid must go of
and have n good cry when he sees such
heartlessness. Wouldn't you rather be
free to marry the one you love than TO
be the King of Spain and compelled to
marry some one else2 Would you trade
your sweetheart or your wife for a
queen2 Would your
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07
French Happy Home Broken Up.

A Partisan lady has been compelled
by the police to break up her happy
home, consisting of 20 hens, 90 cocks
80 pigeons, a goat, 4 cats, dogs, par
rot and a dozen small birds. Her
neighbors objected to being kept awake
all night by the cats and dogs, and ts
being reused up at an unearthly hom
by the growing of the cocks.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07

LET us, then, be up and doing" Is not
the motto of all. A young Ohio farmer
attributes piece of good fortune en-
tirely to his fathers laziness. A great
Held which had never been cleared of
stumps was recently taken in hand by
the son, who discovered that the huge
and knotty stumps were of black wal
nut, exquisitely grained. He sent for a
furniture-maker, who realized their
value for veneering, and paid more for
the stumps than the former value of
the whole field. Paternal 'Ndolence is
hot often veneered with such quick
wittedness and gumption in the son.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-05-07
Americas Cost.Iest insect.

The chinch bug has been called the
costliest insect in America. 1t has
cost as high as $100,000,000 20 feed
during n single season. A bug hardly
visible to the naked eye aud which
will provide 500 offspring is difficult to
cope with and Its offensive odor pro-
tects 1t from other insects which might
feed upon 1t.