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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-16
CHAPTER NXIV.

There was something in Mrs. Coles
manner that impressed Mr.. Grip strong
ly.
What is she up to nowT he asked
himself when he recalled her parting
words.
Gripp was, up to this time, as uncon-
cerned as any man apparently. He went
his rounds, met all his appointments,
was as methodical, as dry, as correct in
his language and department as any man
who contemplated and carried ont great
crime successfully. 1t is your halfway
| scoundrels who exhibit timidity, and leave
traces everywhere to the hand of the au-
| thorities.
There was a meaning in her words,
Does she suspect anything"
Then Mr.. Grip treasured himself
| Pooh! Why, the laundering detectives
had not even struck the first clew.
| There was Atherton's patent There
was a millOn-aye-mi in il. Gripp
who was of mathematical turn immedi
ately went off into a series of calcula
tons. The result was pleasing. Yes
there were millions-if the process wa
handled by a man who understood tn,
iron trade. And who knew it better thar
Grip?
He would begin by freezing Anterior
out of the business. Athcrton was in
tractable, pig-headed. Had ridiculous
notions about workingmen, labor of al
kinds, capital of all kinds. An imprac
ticable, laundering ass! Like all invent
ors and discoveries, only in the way.
He would build up a fine foundation
with Mr.. Mead for corner stone. Mi
Mead's reputation would suffice for an.
enterprise. 1t would not do to often,
Mr.. Mead Nor to squeeze him out. Nj
Mead was essential to the growth, tn
, perfection. the development OF Grpp'
master plan.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-16
STRENGTHENING THE CHURCH.
BY Henry Z. CoIesfOck. Pm. D

In the days of Christ many individu-
ais were attempting to solve the prob
lens of the inner life by regulating
their conduct according to an external
standard. Life was burdened with
innumerable restrictions. Jesus de-
nounced this method of living because,
while it gave responsibility to the man
who obeyed the letter of these re-
quirements, it did not necessarily
change the man himself. Things were
done or not done, taken into or eXclud-
ed from life, without any reference to
their effect on the individuals charac-
ter. Thus many acts were regarded
unlawful which were not in them
selves unworthy or harmful; many
acts were regarded with favor which
did not minister to the needs of the
soul nor enrich the spiritual life.
Would not many questions be SIM
plitied if we could approach them al
ways with this thought in mind: Is
this an aid or hindrance to the de-
velopment, the enrichment of the in
ner life? AS this thought becomes q
keynote in our lives, one of the great
est obstacles to the extension of
Christs kingdom will be removed. For
let Christians condemn things that are
/ in themselves harmless, and exalt vir-
| tues which are beyond the general ap-
| probation, and in this way the relig.
ious life is made repellant, and appears
as an artificial way of living. Would
not Christ condemn only what mars
or destroys the true life of man, and
commend only what ministers to the
enrichment of the human spirit?
If Christians were only wise enough
to condemn only those things which
are hurtful to the best interests of hui
manity, and to commend all that doeG
not destroy or mar these interests, thu
leadership of the church would bt
greatly augmented in every communi
ty. There are few greater sins thar
holding up an artificial standard O.
living; and in so far as the church doe
this, in so far as Christian parents d,
1t, will the Christian religion fail IL
its appeal to the community con
science and to the younger members O
the home.
Recall the homes where the parent
are Christians and the sons grow III
in perfect Indifference to Christianity
What is the most common cause o
this condition? Is 1t not in the fac
that the Christian standard held n
before the young does not always cor
denim what ought to be condemne
and approve what ought to be al
proved? Granted that there are man
, other causes why young men in Chris
tian homes do not more frequent
identify themselves with the churcl
yet the cause named is doubtless til
most prolific.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-16
DIVINE CHRIST A NECESSITY.


A divine Christ is not only the gra-
tuitous gift of the love of God; lie
IS also the necessity of the human in
tellect and the dire necessity of the
human heart. Man has always known
this, and through all history we find
him looking not within himself, but
looking without himself, and above
himself, for his Redeemcr. He has al
ways believed in divine humanity,
I'm Savior who should be the perfect
fusion Of the human and divine. The
Jews looked forward to Messiah;
Greek poetry, Greek myth Greek
philosophy is full to the brim with the
conception of Son Of God. And to-
day, with all our science, with all our
practical philosophy of life, with all
our hard and prosaic materialism, the
spirit of man demands something more
than the natural. Bestow upon man
the whole world of things-all wealth,
all power, all honors, all fame; be-
stow upon him the whole earth and
the fullness thereof, yet he is not sat
isfed. He reaches out toward a
higher good. There is divinity with
in him that claims the greater divinity
about him.
Now, why does man look for
| Savior outside of himself? 1t is for
this reason. that man must have an
objective confirmation of the great
faith in the world eternal that he finds
in himself. He believes in God, but
what witness has he that this belief
is reality? He believes that there
Is a providence that wisely orders and
regulates and determines his life to-
ward rational and noble issues. But
what witness has he that this belief
in divine providence is true? He be-
leves in a celestial world; he believes
that beyond the world visible and ma
terial, the matter world that he can
see with his eyes and touch with his
hands, there Is an invisible world,
the world our Lord had in mind when
He told His disciples that in His ia
Tiers house there are many man
sions." But what evidence have we
that this faith of ours in an invisible
world of ever-ascending and ever-in-
creasing glories has any foundation in
reality?
Man cannot, no matter with what
vigor and penetration he may think
transcend the limits Of the temporal
And If his faith Is to pass out of the
domain of glorious Imagination, out
of the domain of pure SUFFICIENTLY; il
1t is to impinge upon fact--in Other
words, If it is to terminate upon an
objective reality-then it is quite clear
at least quite necessary, that the eter
nal must emerge from the silence anC
the secrecy of his own infinity, an(
manifest himself. And the only way
in which he can manifest himself Il
man-to the deepest intellect, to thu
highest reason of man-is through
man, through the perfect man. AnC
when the divine speaks through TIT
. perfect man we have the higher Christ
the Jesus of history.
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|E77iIzf 4 POPULAR
Yf0fA7Y) PULPIT

state, but the great harmonlzing power
of religion.
The main universal element in liter
allure Is represented by the prayers Of
the ages. If the selection be high
enough, Catholic saint, ostracized her.
ctic. rescued inhdel, Protestant believ-
err aud pagan inhdel all join In the
chorus.
Theodore Parkers great work was
entitled "a Discourse of Religion"
This book shows that the primal YER
tiles of religion the thought of Cod
of duty and of the immortal life, were
present and primal in all the great re-
liglons of the world. In the great
parliament of religion held in Chicago
in 1893 it was demonstrated that the
our Father was indeed a universal
prayer. over and over again did Cath
Ollie and Jew, Buddhist, Brahmin and
Parsee join in this great topical an
them. They all were ready to pray
for the coming of the kingdom Of
God. And deliver us from evil' were
words consonant and precious to the
hearts and lives of the Hindu and
Chinaman, European and American,
black and white rich and poor,
learned and ignorant.
The Mohammedan calls his book the
Koran The Cry" The very title
gives it place in the breviary of man.
kind. All religions Is but a cry of
| tha Hnita tny ~ hn inAnitn
from the seen to the unseen, a cry of
the erring for virtue, cry OF
the selfish for love. This cry, en-
forced by science literature and trav.
ell, Is bringing in a catholicism. The
age of schism is gone or going. The
sects in religion are doomed; the pro-
vincial appeal of the denominationalist
falls upon unrespOnsive ears; aye, fails
of clear utterance on the part of him
who leads the task of sect building.
We talk much of the combinations OF
trade and the trusts of capital. But
they are only the reverse side of the
shield-the worldly and oftentimes
wicked perversion of the great law OF
brotherhood. great catholicism, 8
church of humanity, of which the
church of Rome in its mighty achieve
ments is a feeble prophecy, is the OBJ
verse side of this shield. The word in
religion, as in craftsmanship, is MOI
clannishness, nor partisanship, mol
patriotism, but cosmopolitanism, uni
versalism of some kind or other. Ii
time and eternity is the demand Of
the heart and the head, the necessity
of science, the dream of the sage, thu
promise Of the bard, the inspiration
of the prophet, the gospel Of the living
God, as revealed in the slowly unfold
ing pages of history and reflected IL
the ever-clearing and climbing lif
, Of the soul of man.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-16
CHAPTER XIII.

ITS about Dan Atherton's girl"
what! Irene! What has happened 2"
Mayberry grasped Jack Jones coat in
voluntarily.
II carried her the news. She Just
laughed. 1t was so ridiculous she said.
And | was bringing her to see him
when all at once she weakened.
DO you mean she grew taint2"
Yes; that's what | said. Aud l was
mt to it to know what TO do with her
nacn seed u woman a little piece of.
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Well Supplied.

Ida-Yes; ten girls gave him the
mltten in the last summer.
Mayhem that is five pairs. He
certainly will not suffer with cold
hands this winter
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Fearful of Conse luences.

Fearful of Couse luences.
Mr.. Kallow-Er-beg pardon, Miss
Snappe, but can | smoker
Miss Snappe-I'm sure l don't know,
but IL you've never tried before please
don't begin here.-Philadelphia Press.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-16

Spectators love dogS--at least they
are fond of good pointers.
: ShirtwaiSts Of hair-ilne velvet in
gun metal coloring, frightened by
dash OF some gay tint, are included
in the seasons productions.
"Beware OF saying or doing any
thing hastily" sad the man who
gives much advice. IL have no fear
on that score" answered the eminent
statesman 1.-The discipline of my ca,
reer as United States senator has
removed all danger. "-WaShingtoh
Star.
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I G <: S i: =, :.

THE GRANARY OF THE WORLD"
THE LAND OF SUNSHINE"
The NATURAL FEEDING GROUNDS for sToCu
Area under orsp In ieos-I,ssT,sso Aor..-
hieidih iSos-iiTsas.rS1B saAsIs.
ApH9ndanoe Of watsri Fuel. Pis.saful Ch.,n R,iIa
n GOOD 6ra.s for ltaEs, and MAJ tsTtI.
sns ana az SadsaHAte .sASoa Of xreuth hemastesd
entry oloss 70 Snarshs sss s1ly ehArE. being enc
all settled dlstriots 'NA'>@~ s'n-i hAnSAIs tap
send for Atlas and other nt.r.lur. q. s...rIn.
, Inusnt OF immigration. ottsws 6.ASAs. Or 70
Nsb the snS sst ~ Neg Y9Tt IL. Blas. oAahs.
rawsg rs Iou with 0srOAts sviAs 1 ss1Sssd
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Patient waiting is often the highest
way Of doing Gods will.-Collier.
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Time Limit of Horses

and this asymptote represents the
ultimate rate of speed.
With Lou Dillon at the two-minute
mark, point is indicated on the
chart showing this hyrerbolic curve
as the law of Improvement. 1t is now
possible to pass the curve of hyper.
bola through the record points of
Trouble in 1926. Dutchman in 1899,
Nancy Hanks in 1892, and Lou Dillon
in 1903. This curve will be within
few seconds OF many other records
in which the time was notably re.
duced.
The notable records of Maud S..
in 1881 and 1885. with the high-wheel
sulky, are ~ to 3A seconds above
the curve, which would indicate that
the change to the pneumatic sulky
will account for this measure Of the
improvement.
This curve places the ultimate limit
of trotting speed at a mile in 631a
seconds, which, though constantly ap.
preached. will never be reached &C.
tually. and it indicates the minute
and a half mark as two centuries
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One Command He Needed

have broken nine of the Command
ments, the tenth one have preserved
inviolate. 1t has always seemed such
a foolish thing for a man to break
this one Of the group. Why covet an
OK? Nothing short of pair of them
would do any good, and then only if
you have a ranch.
why covet a jackass? There's no
style about them. Their ears are too
long. Besides, given a fair chance,
you can nearly always make one of
yourself, and then the coverings
wasted.
"Lastly--what sane man would
covet his neighbours wife? Kind
heaven! Would he want two, for
whom he would have to match sam.
pies? Two who would wait up for
him and insist on knowing why he
wore his cravat as a shoulder knot
Two who would bring their mothers
to live with them? No, indeed. It's
a very foolish thing to covet. l once
knew a fellow who coveted, though l
drew Jour kings and he coveted them. I
would have given him some, but there
were no more in the decl-so I think
he ought to have been ashamed OF
breaking one of the Commandments
Don't you'll. c. d. in Philadelphia
Ledger.
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Becoming Princess Gown.

Princess GOWNS are among the feat
ures of the season and arc exceedingly
becoming to well formed women. The
one shown in the large drawing is both
novel and handsome and allows OF va
riations without number. The model.
however, is made OF broadcloth. in the
new shade known as LOmbardy plum.
with the epaulettes and cuffs OF velvet
in the same color OVERLAND With APP
plique of heavy lace, the square yoke
and collar of cream chiffon, tucked and
enriched with lace. and trimming OF
fancy braid piped with velvet. The
color is as beautiful as it is new and
the combination Of materials Singh
larry rich and attractive, but the gown
can be made entirely of velvet. of cloth
or of similar material. As illustrated
tho closing is made illyisiblE at the left
shoulder seam and beneath the TRIM
ming at the left front seam. but it can
be effected at the centre back if pre-
ferred.
The gown is made with centre fronts,
side fronts, backs. side backs and TIN
der-arm cores. Both the centre front
and the back are full length, but the
side fronts, undor-arm goers and side
backs are Heightened by the circular
lounce which is joined to the edges OF
the front AMI the backs. The epau
, lettes are arranged over the shoulders
and the neck is finished with a regnla-
ton stock. The sleeves are among The
newest Of the season. and show deep
flare cuffs, which extend we'll over the
hands, and above them for.a full droop-
ing puffs.
The quantity OF material required for
fine medium size is fourteen and Il
quarter yards twen:y-one inches wide.
twelve yards twenty-sevcn inches wide
or seven ami quarter yards forty
four inches wide, with seven-eighth
yards Of velvet, threc-eighth yards OF
tuclSing and six yards Of braid tc trim
ILLUSTRATED.
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Shoulder Capes.

Small capes that cover and protect
the shoulders make Il feature Of the
seasons styles and are greatly i'll
vogue both us parts Of costumes and
as general wraps. The two May Man.
ton designs illustrated are admirable
and arc one round, giving Il smooth
fit over the shoulders, the other cut i'll
deep points that fall in handkerchief
style. Both are double and both show
the stoles that are preferred to every
other form Of neck finish. AS illus
trated the round cape is made Of tan
colored cloth, the pointed cape Of the
same material in the shade known as
mole-skin, both being finished with
stitching in corticelli silk. The stole
OF the round cape is made OF heavy
ecrl lace finished With drop ornaments
but that of the pointed cape is cut from
the material. simply stitched aud fin
ished with fringed ends and drop orna.
ments placed ut the neck and midway
of it's length.
The round capes are cut in one piece
each and arranged one over the other
and finished at the neck With the stole.
The pointed capes as Illustrated also
are double and finished with the stole.
but can be made with the under por-
ton cut from the outer edge to the
depth Of the stitching on the upper
cape only and joined thereto, thus CIV
ing the effect of two capes without the
additional weight.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is for round cape two
and thrce-eishth yards twenty-one
inches wide. one and three eighth yards
forty-four inches wide or one and ali
eighth yards fifty-four inches wide,
with one yard of a!i-over lace for the
stole: fer pointed cape three yards
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feet ease and without danger OF rump-
ling. This May 1anton one includes
several novel features and is adapted
to variety of materials, but is shown
in pastel tan broadcloth with the cape
collar of velvet trimmed with fancy
braid and edged with heavy ecru lace.
The inverted pleats. that are stitched
with corticelli silk, give exceedingly
becoming lines while providing the full
ness and flare that are much in vogue.
The sleeves are novel and effective as
well as comfortable.
The coat is made with yoke portions
to which the fronts and backs arc at
tached. Both the coat and the sleeves
are laid in inverted pleats, the outer
ones being stitched fiat for their entire
length, the inner left free for portion
thereof to provide flare at the lower
edge. The sleeves are in bell shape
and fit with comparative snugness
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"In my day and generation I have
been accused of having broken nearly
all the Ten Commandments-an with
perfect truth. To begin with, have
blood outlines on my soul. Saul has
slain his thousands. but / have slain
my tens of thouss ads But it was in
Jersey-and my windows were un-
screened. SO there were extenuating
circumstances.
Il have bowed down to a craven
image The image was that of my
sainteS wife
sis that you, George?'
Eyes
What time is it?'
"'Plenty minutes after eleven!
murmured.
"a church clock nearby slowly
chimed three-then the bowling to the
image began, as 1 carefully lodged
the shoes.
81 have borne false witness with a
childlike simplicity that would have
brought tears to your eyes when my
companion on LIES journey has asked
me in moment of tenderness wheth-
err l ever regretted having married
her.
$50 much l confess to. But one
thing I know-that whereas / may
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and invested with sanctity by theiI
medicine men,"
Most of us know that the Christmas
tree comes to us direct from Germany.
And we know of the tree worship OF
the Druids which obtained in England
and France. and which probably had
some influence on the later use of the
tree in the Christian festival. But we
do not ell know that a similar festival,
with the tree as GROWING feature, il
observed among many heather ma
tons, and that it comes from sun wor-
ship, which is older than history. The
revival of the sun after the winter sol
stice has ever been the subject Of re
joicing, and of celebration by ceremon-
les which represent the new light
brought back to the world. Our tree,
with it's small candles, it's gilded knick
knacks and toys for the children, is a
direct descendant of this old festiva!
in honor of the sun.
Traces of it exist in Iceland, where
the service tree" is found adorned
with burning lights during Christmas
night. The English yule log is faint
survival of this festival. But it goes
farther back than all this-to China,
that land of so many wonders. 1t has
been shown that as long ago as 247 B
c. tree with hundred lamps and
flowers was placed on the steps of the
audience hall. This appears again in
the records of Princess Yang, who
lived 1885 A. D., and who caused a
hundred-lamp tree 80 feet high to be
erected on mountain. 1t was lighted
during New Year night. and the illum
ination was seen for hundreds OF
miles. eclipsing the light of the moon
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The gradual lowering of the trot-
ting record during the last century
from a mile in three minutes to the
new record of Lou Dillon on August
"a has led many to question IL limit
is ever to be reached.
The mathematician has a rule to
>/guide him in a guess at the answer to
Just such question. In 1892 the writer
undertook to discover the law of trot-
ting improvement.
A mathematician can construct
curve of speed, just as an astronomer
plots a comets motion.
A curve is sought that will pass
through as many of the points as pos
,sible. or close to them, and the con-
tinuation of this curve across lines
indicating future years shows the
best answer to the main question
that the facts warrant.
IL the curve proves to be hyper
siboIa, it will afford confidence in the
accuracy OF the solution, for a prop
serty of the hyperbola is that it con-
sanity approaches but never reaches
.raight line caller N asymptote,
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The Ancestry of Toys

The familiar toys with which ch;l.
dren play have long ard honorable
ancestry. In PAST ages these play.
things were regarded as seriously as
the tools and weapons and other ap-
purtenanccs CT man. More than that.
they were often his most cherished
possessiocs; they were symbols of his
religious aspirations, factors in his
worship, sometimes the very images
of the gods themselves.
What a very ordinary ard amusing
toy is the jumping jack! Almost ex-
actly like it is an idol which was made
by the Maoris of New Zealand. They
used this idol in their religious dances,
swaying it to and fro. We find the
same curious object amcng the Indians
of the northwest; it closely resembles
our toys. but is employed as an in
strumert in ceremonies to propitiate
the gods.
A baby's rattle looks Innocent and
simple enough; it seems just to quiet
children; in reality it is one of the
Oldest and most sacred implements Of
worship Cnat the WOTIu huoWS' WHICH
you shake a tin rattle before a baby's
eyes to make him stop crying you are
doing just what priests 1000 years ago
did when they worshiped their gods.
Up on the great plateau of Tibet
Buddhist priests in strange garments
still shake a gruesome rattle. made
of two human skulls covered with
parchment, when they want to drive
out evil spirits or to call attention to
Dir prayers. The well-known chill
s ''hobby horse" is an almost ex-
1tation OF toy horse used by
IndianS in their war dances
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above the elbows, and at the neck is
the cape collar which can be further
enhanced by fringe knotted into the
lace when desired.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is five and q quarter
yards twenty seven inches wide. three
and quarter yards forty -four inches
wide or three yards fifty-four inches
wide, with one-half yard of velvet for
the cape collar, four and half yards
of braid and one and three-quarter
yards of applique to trim as Illus
trated.
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Very Fashionable Stockings.

Stockings Of striking effect have mar.
row bands of lace inset. many Of them
of contrasting colors, the most strik'
ing being black in white. An inch
band of lace in some of the stockings
undulates serpentine fashion over the
instep and UP the leg. In other stock
ings the inch bands are put in to form
conventional designs over the instep
and in others inch bands Of lace arc
set around the stocking from the ankle,
perhaps the length Of it.