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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24
HOW BANK NOTES ARE MADE.
Details of the Intricate Process
Guard to Prevent Counterfeiting.

Details of the Intricate Process
Guard to Prevent CounterfeitinG.
First in consideration in making
bank note Is to prevent others from
making a counterfeit of it, says the
New York Herald. Therefore, all the
notes of a certain denomination or
value must be exact duplicates of one
another If they were engraved by
hand this would not be the case Hand
engraving is more easily counterfeited
than the work done by the process ac-
tually used. Every note" said an Of
fetal of one of the leading bank note
companies, lis printed from n steel
plate, in the preparation of which
many persons take part. If you will
look at a So greenback you will see
picture in the center, small portrait,
called a vignette, on the left, and in
each of the upper corners n network of
fine lines with dark ground, one con
tanning the letter and the other the
figure ). To make vignette it is first
necessary to make a large drawing on
paper with great care, and dagucrro-
type is then given to the engraver, who
uses a steel point to make on it the out
lines of the picture. The plate is linked
and n print is taken of it.
while the ink is still damp the
print is laid down on a steel plate,
which has been softened by heating it
redhot and letting it cool slowly. 1t is
then put in a press and an exact copy
of the outlines is thus made on the
steel plate. This the engraver finishes
with his graver, a little tool with
three-cornered point, which cuts
clean line, leaving no rough edge Now,
TINS plate is used to print from. 1t
must be made very hard, and this is
done by heating and cooling quickly.
A little roller Of sOftened steel is then
rolled over it by powerful machine
until its surface has been forced into
all the lines cut into the plate. The
outlines Of the vignette are thus trans
fCHred to the roller in raised lines, and
after the roller Is hardened 1t Is used
TO roll over plates of sOftened steel,
and thus makes in them sunken lines
exactly like those in the plate original
ly engraved. The center picture Is en-
graved and transferred to a roller, like
the vignette, but the network in the
upper corners and also on the back
Of the note is made by lathe. This
machine costs $1,000 price that puts
! 1t beyond the reach Of counterfeiters.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24
wOMENs SHOE STANDARD.
Athletics Has Brought About an III
tire Change in Hosiery.

Athletics Has Brought About an En-
tire Change in Hosiery.
The athletic girl of to-day is a sur
prise to people who have not been not
ing her development. She has grow
beyond all recognized standards t,
classical dimensions.
The bootmaker still calls n 4 sho,
his model, exhibits it in his window
and it is n pretty little thing to see
But the athletic girl, who has beer
brought up in family where she has
had an opportunity to live a healthful
natural life, with plenty of outdoo
exercise, laughs at such tiny things.
The athletic girl has brought abou
an entire change in the hosiery depart
ments of the shops, continues the Kan
sas City Star. There was never n tim
when there were prettier or more ex
travagant things for women in the cob
web varieties of fine Isle thread ant
silk. Women wear these eXpensiv,
things for outdoor sports as well al
for dress occasions, but the sizes hay,
developed with tive women who wea
them. Where g, S1a and . were worI
five years ago, the girl of to-day wear
912, 10, 1917 and she would wear l
If she could get it.
In the shoe shop there is the sam,
noticeable change. The boots are mad,
to go over the 10 and 1912 stockings.
In the misses department" of tn
fashionable shoe store spring hCe
shoes range from chidren's size up t.
boots so big that they might belong t.
young giantesses. They are for ath
letic girls who are kept children
long as possible and wear the sprin
heel boots until they are ready to max
their bow to society.
Gloves have changed with other aC
cessories of the feminine wardrobe
and the well built girl wears 6b,
and IN, in place of the 51a 81 an,
that have been worn. For one thing
her hands are not only large, for sh
no longer stops the circulation b.
squeezing her haqds into a glove siz
too small for her. She cannot tool I
coach or handle an automobile wit
hands in wise, so she wears some
thing that is an easy fit.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

Information to prove the theory thai
King Solomons mines were located
there.
The energetic doctor has already
produced an interesting book of testi'
mony gathered on the spot at first
hand to indicate that the Ophir of the
Old Testament, which was the source
of the Queen of Sheba's enormous,
revenues, was none other than this
now darkened portion of Africa. IL,
says, furthermore, that the Queen OF
Sheba and Solomon and all the gen.
eratlonS of miners that went before
them and came after them merely
took off the top layers of the gold thai
lies there yet, only awaiting up-to.
date American mining machinery to
bring it forth.
DR.. Peters has had as many hair.
breadth escapes while exploring in AZ
RIGA as any man now living. He has
In his possession nearly thirty asse
gals, poisoned lances and ugly looking
spears which were captured by him
self at various times in personal com
bats with the natives. He is also
pretty well covered with sears rs the
result of these encounters. DR.. Pc
tiers used TO be personal chum o,
Kaiser Wilhelm, and at the time he
was member of the Reichstag wal
supposed to he sort of spokesman
for the Emperor. But the charges o.
cruelty brought against the explorer
when he was governor of German
East Africa caused a falling out be
tween the two.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24
Tclegranh Shorthand.

y complete Geographic system OF
shorthand has been laboriously worked
out by y. G. Barona and named "Pan.
telegraphy, Section Pape." 1t consists
in reduction of the Morse alphabet ia
10 short characters or sounds, which
are so manipulated by key as to ex.
press anything and everything by then
in such way as to give the public
greater privileges while at the same
time immensely reducing the work OF
the telegraph operator. A set of au.
tomato instruments is now being made
which will, it is said, make message.
so cheap that they will be largely used
instead of letters.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24
CUES FOOD.
They Thrive on Grnpe.Nuts,

Healthy babies don't cry and the vel
nourshed baby that is fed on Grape
Nuts is never a crying baby. Many
babies who cannot take any other food
relish the perfect food Grape-Nuts and
get we'll
my little baby was given up by three
doctors who said that the condensed
milk on which | had fed it had ruined
the child's stomach. One of the doctors
told me that the only thing to do would
be to try Grape-Nuts. so | got some
and prepared it as follows: | soaked
~ tablespoonfuls in one pint of cold
water for half an hour, then | strained
off the liquid and mixed L. teaspoonfulS
of this strained Grape Nuts juice with
six teaspoonfuls of rich milk, put in q
pinch of salt and a little sugar warmed
it and gave it to baby every two hours.
I'm this simple, easy way | saved
baby's life and have built her up to a
strong, healthy child, rosy and laughing
The food must certainly be perfect Ia
have such wonderful effect as this. i
can truthfully say l think it is the best
food in the world to raise delicate babies
on and is also a delicious, healthful food
for grown-ups, as we have discovered in
our family" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Grape-Nuts is equally valuable to the
strong, healthy man or woman.
Grape Nuts food stands for the true
theory of health.
Look in each package for a copy Of
the famous little book, The Road t.
MELVILLE"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24
FkMxSCienCe
8 sSgs!sllEllVeSntiOn
ONONN-NNONNNN

Certain spiders sail in airships made
Of silken threads, and now an insect
that travels in balloons has been re-
ported by two American naturalists.
Small balloons, a quarter of an inch
long and composed of tiny bubbles,
having been observed. it was found
that each carried fly genus Empis),
resembling the hornet-hy, with dead
fly, supposed to be food. AS the males
also attract females by the balloons,
Henri Coupin suggests further study.
Easily fusible alloys for casts of
leaves, fruits, insects, etc, must con-
tain cadmium, according to a German
authority, to preserve the articles from
injury. Such an alloy is Woods metal,
which consists of two parts of tin,
four OF lead, seven to eight of bis
muth, and one to two of cadmium,
and which fuses between 66 and y
degrees c. Lipowitz's metal, which
softens at So degrees c., and becomes
perfectly liquid at &C degrees, consists
of four parts of tin, eight parts of lead,
fifteen of bismuth and three Of cad
MUM.
DIR. w. w. Keen, in his presidential
address before the Congress of Ameri-
can Physicians and Surgeons in Wash
ington on May 10Th, remarked upon
1.-THE immense advantages of a good
hospital over the most luxurious
homes" for the care of the sick. The
poorest patient in a hospital, he said,
is better cared for, and his case is more
carefully investigated by bacteriologi-
cal, chemical and clinical methods,
than are the well-to-do in their own
homes. In many instances lives that
would be lost in homes are saved in
hospitals. where the many and COM
pick modern appliances for every sur
gical emergency are provided.
Experiments recently made on Erie
railroad ferryboats between New York
and Jersey City have shown tie prac
ticability of transmitting speech by
wireless telephone from one moving
boat to another. Each boat carried in
its pilot house a telephone connected
with aerial antennae carried on the
hagpole, and with copper plates dip
ped in the water Messages were dis
tinctly heard between boats passing at
a distance of 500 feet. A. f. Collins,
the inventor, believes the range can
be extended to thousands of feet; but
no great range is aimed at because
the special purpose is to furnish river
and harbor craft with a means Of
quick intercommunication for prevent
ing collisions.
Not only natural productions but
sometimes manufactures are largely
dependent upon peculiarities of eli
mate, and are consequently almost con-
fined to particular parts of the earth.
An example in point is furnished by
the manufacture of anhydrous paper,
which forms the best delectric for I'M
derground telephone cables. This pa
per was formerly made in England,
but experience has demonstrated that
to obtain the best results the paper
must be manufactured in drier at
mosphere than that of the British
Isles. Accordingly this industry has
forged ahead in America, and has fall
en- into disuse in England, although
the use OF anhydrous paper there is
very extensive.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24
IN THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH
Scientist Suggests Establishment OF
Subterraneau Observatories.

Scientist Suggests Establis n ment Of
Subterraneau Observatories.
A proposal to install several hundred
subterranean observatories at depth
of anywhere from few hundred yardi
to mile or so may appear sufficiently
STARTLING. 1t ceases to be so, however
when we learn that the observer
themselves are to be OH the carths sur
face; it is only their instruments thai
it is proposed to place so far under
ground, and these may be lowered into
borings such as are now made for ar
tesian wells. The principal measure
ments would be of temperature; but
is claimed by NJ. A. Lasant, who ad
vocates the plan, that its results woult
add greatly to our knowledge of tn,
earth's crust and its phenomena, both
normal and abnormal. NJ. Laisant set
forth his plan in La Raison as follows
"While astronomical instruments in
volve considerable expense on account
of their high precision, the apparatu,
in use for meteorological observation.
cost much less, and this would alst
be true for those that would be EN-
ployed in subterranean observation. Il
would be sufficient to sink at q certain
number Of properly chosen points holei
in the same manner as arteSian wells
or, still better, in the way that II
used in America to bore FOR petroleum
The depth would be more or less con
siderable, according to the region ant
the nature of the geological strata; II
should be governed by data known t.
science, but should in general be Oh
great as possible 1t would probably
not be chimerical to think of reaching
depth # several kilometers in som,
places, while in others a few hundred
meters might suffice.
AS to the locations of the borings
and their number, here. too, the geol
ogists can furnish the necessary in
dications. Deep borlngs while in course
of making will give interesting geo
logical information, since they will fur
nish continuously specimens of the
strata traversed, which may be studied
and analysed When the boring has
once been finished it will be easy to in
troduce into it measuring apparatus
and especially thermometers. The
study of the pressure at these great
depths, that of the composition of the
gases that are encountered, the cleo
trio and magnetic state of the me
dunn and other elements will possess
equally great interest. With the regis
tering apparatus now at our disposal
most of the indications mentioned will
be easy to obtain when the installa
ton has once been made without the
necessity of displacing the instru
ments.
when large part of the surface OF
the globe has thus been covered with
subterranean observatories properly 10
Gated, the systematic Capitalization OF
the observations and daily exchanges
of them will soon furnish an important
contribution to terrestrial physics, and
we shall see that there is a necessary
correlation between the variations OF
temperature pressure, etc, at the diff
ferent spots and also between these va.
riations and certain exterior phenom
ena."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

Its work Is so perfect that Il canno
be Initiated by hand. The lathe en-
graves the network on softened steel
and the figure in the middle Is then en-
graved by hand. 1t is now hardened
and transferred to a roller like the 9th
ers.
1.-THE plates from which notes are Ia
be printed are of softened steel and
large enough to print four notes al
once. Four engravlngs OF the note
must, therefore, be made on 1t, and
this Is done by rolling the hardened
steel rollers containing the raised
pictures over 1t In their appropri
ate places until the pictures ar,
pressed into its surface. The fine
lettering around the borders OF th,
note is transferred in the same way
but the other lettering is put on by
hand. This process saves good deal
of time and 1t secures absolute uni
formity in the four engravings on tn,
plate. The back parts of the note are
printed first, and when the ink is dry
the green back is printed, to be fol
lowed by the red stamps and numbers
1t is then signed and issued. For great
err security one part of the note is en-
graved and printed ut one place ant
another part at another place, wheI
it is sent to Washington to be finished
and signed But, needless to say, after
all this care and all these safeguards
many skillfully executed counterfeiti
have been made and issued, some o.
them so good as to deceive exper
in6ppS nf ponppv
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24
MANY Men

Have periods of depression which
make them unpleasant companions.
Show no consideration for a WON.
ans opinion.
Discuss sporting topics in way in.
tended to show great knowledge
Fail to understand that a son has
to learn to become sedate.
Find it impossible 10 get along, NJ
matter how elaborate their income.
Take pride in proving hey are gen
tleGen under all circumstances.
Save money on one form Of dissipa
tion to throw iU away on another
kind.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24
1hrGe Thinps.

Three things to love-courage, gen
tleness and affection.
Three things to hate-cruelty, ar
rogance and aflectation.
Three tn ngs to delight in-frank
ness, freedom and beauty.
Three things to avoid-idleness
loquacity and flippant testing.
Three things to fight for-honor
home and country.
Three things to admire-power
dignity and gracefuIness.
Three things 10 think about-life
death and eternity.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24
Gods Country.

Do you know where Gods country /
locatedl When we We're out in III
Territories enduring hardships and pr
vations, we used to talk of back il
the States" as Gods country" Tn
early pioneers of the West looked to
ward the Atlantic seaboard and tn
country along the Ohio and think o
Gods country" Now the poor devil
who are compelled to remain for
time in the Philippine Islands know
that any part of the United States /
Goods country" Nearly all Of thcr
upon returning to American shores r.
mark: 1T is good TO be back in God
country once more" 1t is not likel
that Alaska is included in the goo
land, for men returning from the bi
Territory of the Arctic circle upo
landing at Tacoma declare they ar
again in Gods country" But sine
our colonial acquisitions, the sobrique
Gods country" is fast becoming rec
ognized as meaning the United States
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

i hcy equal those
that have been cost
ing you from $500
to $500. Tho inn
nense sale Of w. l..
Douglas shoes proves
their superiority over
al other makes.
Sold by retail shoe
lealers everywhere.
Look for name aud
Drice on bottom.
That Douglas uses Cor.
ma Colt proves there IL
nlue In Douglas shoes.
'or0n1 IL the highest
trade Pat.Lcatlier made.
IHyf IDl1y, Ey,sI.,.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

Henrik Ibseu is again reported tt
be critically i'll at his home il
CHI istian.
Our ave age fellow citizen is a sane,
healthy man, who believes in decency
and has wholesome mind.
A healthy republican government
must rest upon individuals, not upor
classes or sections.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24
Texas Finds a Remedy.

Fate, Tex, Sept. 21.-Texas has sci
dom. II ever, had such a profound sen
sation as that caused by the introduc
ton recently of a new remedy for Kid
ney diseases. This remedy has already
been tried in thousands of cases, and
In almost every case the results have
been wonderful.
Henry Vaughan, of Rural Route No
3, Fate, says of it:
II suffered with Kidney Trouble for
over 1S months. | was very bad and
could get nothing to help me till
heard of the new remedy, Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. | began to use these pills
and very soon found myself improving
| kept on and now | can say | am all
solutely cured and free from any symp
tom of my old trouble.
Il am very glad heard of this won
derful remedy and | would strong ~
advise anyone suffering with Kidney
trouble to try it, for | know it viii
cure"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

Pills. | was subject to severe attacks
of backache, always aggravated If
sat long at desk 1t struck me that
II Doan's Kidney Pills performed half
what they promised they might at
least help This induced me to try the
remedy. 1t absolutely stopped the
backac che | have never had a pain or
twinge since"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Larlo
will he mailed to any part of the Unit
ed States on application. Address Eos.
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price 80 cents per
box
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24
Mathematics of New York.

There are in New York City to-da
1920 millionaires, as against 294 twer
ty years ago and twenty-five in 1856
There were no millionaires in the cit
100 years ago, The first person t
reach that distinction was John Jaco
Aston, who became a millionaire abou
the year 1920.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24
7eo-se. YORK. NEBRASKA,

A horse in wild state lives to he
from thirty-six to forty years old;
when domesticated he Is usually
played out at the age of twenty-five
1t is thus seen that civilization does
not contribute to the longevity of
the animal. /
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24
NEBRASKA NEWSPAPER UNION.

A strar &c accident befell boy
who was cu0pping wood near Augs-
burg, Germany. His ak struck a
wire clotnesline, and at the san c
moment flash CT lightning struck
the line, passed down the Ratchet
and killed him.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

he bought under
the German flag.
Is now preparing
to set out upon
still another jour.
ney of adventure
to East Africa, to
continue the ex.
plorations b e < Il I
on previous expe.
ditions, especially
with the idea OF
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

Some manufacturers of the so-called
"all tobacco cigarettes" use paper
for the wrappers. The paper is fist
soaked in liquid decoction Of It.
bacco and it has the appearance or
genuine tobacco.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24
There Are Others

Mrs. Wise (reading)--I see by this
that the Emperor of Japan has ten mer
to carry his umbrella.
Mr., Wise-That's nothing. | CUES.
twenty men have carried mine.-De
troit Free Press.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

Charles Stevens, secretary Ct the
Anti Vaccination league OF Minnea-
polls, died from smallpox. He had
frequently denounced vaccination as
inefiicacous and barbarous prac-
tira
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

The caraTy stops singing in his old
age, but the poets keep everlastingly
at it till the undertaken gets busy.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

1t is the man at the little end of
the horn who is either hUOted or APP
plauded by the crowd.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

Pisos Cure for Consumption is the best
medicine | have ever found for coughs
and colds.-Mrs. Oscar Trip, Big Rock,
ILL.,. March 20. 1901.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

A man may be the architect Of his
own fortune, but he can't induce
the sun to shine in every room.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

Money refunded for each package OF
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES IL unsat-
'sfactory.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

The most pitiful sight we know any,
thing about is an old woman in a reg
ular party dress; cut low in the neck.
with lace hXngs. and all that.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

Mrs Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for chill.
dren teething, softens the gums, reduces inba
nation, sllays pain cures collie. PIiCe 25c bottl,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

Kind words are never lost-unless 1
woman puts them in a letter and give
It TO her husband to mail,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

If every man would take as mucl
interest in his work as he does
trying to avoid it,puverty wCu,ds b.
be awold without meaning. -ChiCap,
Daily News,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24

No, Cordelia, don't think for min
ute that because every man has his
price he gets it.