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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
EXPERIME NTS
Learn Things of Ya1ne


Where one has never made the expert
ment of leaving of coffee and drinkina
Postum 1t is still easy to learn all about
by reading the experiences of others
Drinking Postum is a pleasant way I'd
get back to health. A man of Lancaster.
IA, says: MY wife was a victim of ner.
Vousness and weak stomach and loss Of
appetite for years and was a physical
wreck; although we resorted to numer.
Gus methods of relief, one of which was a
ehange from coffee to tea, it was all to
no purpose
we knew coffee was causing tha
trouble, but could not find anything to
take Its place and cure the disease until
we tried Postum Food Coffee. In two
weeks time after we quit coffee and
USED Postum almost all of her troubles
had disappeared as if by magic. 1t was
truly wonderful Her nervousness was
all gone, stomach trouble relieved. anne
tie improved and above all a nights rest
was complete and refreshing.
ms sounds like an eERggeration. as
all happened so quickly, but we ara
prepared to prove it. Each day there ia
Improvement for the better, for the Pos
tum Is undoubtedly strengthening her
ana giving her rich, red blood and re-
newed life and vitality. Every particle
OF this good work ia due to Postum and
to drinking Postum in place of coffee"
name given BY Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich.
Ice cold Postum with a dash of lemon
delightful cooler" for warm DAYS.
send for particulars by mail of exten-
sion OF time on the $500 90 cooks' con-
test for 735 money prizes.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16

Chicago society is in furry oven
the approaching marriage Of two Of
our rich girls to foreign nohleInen.
How these mpecunious rakes must
laugh inwardly at the avidity with
which American mothers jump at
chance to annex their daughters to
a title and duke.
The preacher who tips to apoli.
gize every time he utteIS an uDpop.
ular truth. is an apology of a preach
er.
Never think ylurself too in.
significant or the thing too mean.
You and it have an infinite capacity
for absorbing, storing away, 1ayina
out gl"ry.-J. f. w. Ware.
Most of us am philosopher huff ia
xepect pain occasionally, but what
makes US mad am dat it allus comes
In Gle wrong place. -Detroit Free
Press
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
MONSTER LOBSTER is
CAUGHT AFTER A FIGHT

This fish story is about a lobster
but it's all right and its veraclty is
vouched for by Capt. Emery Gray
one of the most hardy and daring
fishermen on the island of Vinalhav
en-, off the Maine coast. In fact, Capt
Gray is the hero of the story, or. al
least, shares first honors with the lob
ster.
one morning, so the tale runs, the
doughty captain was strolling alona
the shore near the mouth of Indian
creek with a clam hoe in his hands
when he caught. sight Of a lobster
claw protruding from the sand. The
unusual side to this discovery was
that the claw was about hundred
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
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| Short Stories

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

When Paderewski was introduced
by Walter Damrosch to the champion
polo player of England, the other day,
he is said to have remarked: 81 know
we shall be good friends, for you are
Il dear soul who plays polo, whereas I
nm a dear Pole who plays SOLO"
On one occasion, Sir John Avebury
was showing the heavens through his
telescope to some neighbors and SER
wants, when one exclaimed: II do not
wonder, Sir John, that clever people
find out the sizes and distances of the
stars and how they move; but what
beats me Is how you ever could tell
their names"
Queen Victoria, on her last trip to
Italy, visited a church at Assist,
who escorted her through a chilly cor
ridor His head was shaven, and she
asked him If he did not feel the
draughts, wearing the tonsure in the
way his order did. His reply was not
in Italian, as she expected, but in per-
feet English, tinctured with Celtic
brogue: mo. madame, l don't suffer
at all in that way. You know, we
Irish are hot-headed race"
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, tells
this story of Mark Twain's journalistic
days in Carson City: HE boarded at
the home of his brother, who was a
model citizen and a Christian. One
morning | was a guest of this brother
ut breakfast. We had just seated our
selves at the table when voice drawl-
ed from the stairway above: Have
you read the Scripture lesson this
morningP Yes was the reply. Had
family prayersP continued the voice
from above. Yes, SAM said the host,
smiling at me. There was a pause,
and then in the now well-known drawl
came the further question: Said
graceT Yes, responded the patient
head of the household All right,
then came the cheerful comment from
the stairway, III be right down. And
presently the irreverent youth, who in
a few years was to promote the gayety
of nations, Joined us at the breakfast
table"
The Duke of Saxe-Weimar once In
vited John Sebastian Bach, the Nestor
of German music, to attend dinner at
the palace. Before the guests sat down
to the feast, Bach was asked to give an
improvisation. The composer seated
himself at the harpschord and
straightway forgot all about dinner
and everything else. He played so
long that at last the duke touched his
shoulder and said: I'VE are very much
obliged, master, but we must not let
the soup get cold" Bach sprang to
his feet and followed the duke to the
diningroom without uttering a word
But he was scarcely seated when he
sprang up, rushed back to the instru.
ment like one demented, struck few
chords, and returned to the dining.
room, evidently feeling much better.
IL beg your pardon, your highness," he
said, "but you interrupted me in a
series of chords and arpeggios on the
dominant seventh and l could not feel
at ease until they were resolved into
the tonic. 1t is as if you had snatched
glass of water from the lips of a man
dying of thirst. Now l have drunk the
glass out and am content"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
CONSIDERATION FOR PEOPLE
How the President Is Always Show
ing His Big


Here are instances of one day in
President Roosevelt's itinerary which
show that he has great big heart"
was the remark of western repre-
sentative the other day. "The Presi-
dent was passing through the lower
tier Of counties in Iowa. 1t was rain
ing, but at every station there were
thousands Of people who had come
many miles in their wagons to see
him. Several speeches had been sched-
uled, and open stands erected, so that
Q good look at the President might
be obtained. At the other towns
%here No. even stops had been ar
ranged Ia, President ordered his train
TO pass l& Ju..h at Tie pace of a man,
ana AZ s,nod on the rv,t platform.
AT watel.A station whore tn train
stopped only minute, there was a
large crowd and the President was
asked to make short speech. Mr.
Roosevelt began, but all of sudden
he stopped talking. 81 will not &c
on until that old gentleman is given
a seat" he declared, pointing to q
decrepit old man standing in the cen
ter of the crowd. Some one rushed
away to nearby house and back
again with a chair, and the President
concluded his little talk amid a gen
eral exclamation Of approval for hi.
act.
"When the town where a speech
had been arranged for was reached
1t was raining hard The stand wa,
only few steps from the train, ant
the President might have stood OF
the train platform and have kept dry
but the people could have not seeI
him so well. Without hesitatlng h,
got Off the train and stood in the rail-
and delivered his address, At III,
next place, where mile and hal
carriage ride was part Of the loca
program, and it was still raining hard
a closed carriage had been provided
Cant this be opened?' asked the Pres
ident. If these people can stand on
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
A SLAVE OF CUSTOM.
African Servant Was So Industrious
He Was Annoying.

He Was Annoying.
To have a servant so Industrious as
to interfere with all chance of com
fort was the unfortunate experience
OF Mr.. Portman, who lived In Africa,
and Ia the author Of Station Studies"
Buttons that disappeared one day were
replaced before the dawn of another in
entirely inopposite spots. New flannel
shirts were shrunk In unnecessary
washing until they were past all ser
vice.
The trouble was, writes Mr.. Port
man. that nothing could stem the flow
of his good intentions. | had only,
for instance, to leave my lodgings for
few moments to find on my return
my campbedstead carefully folded up
In one corner of the room, the mattress
and blankets forming neat roll in
another. and any clothes which had
happened to leave about snatched
away for washing. 1t mattered moth
ing that / wished TO lie down on. the
bed, use the mattress to encourage my
siesta and change into the clothes; all
this lay outside Hamis's view Of his
study.
Nothing would induce him to swerve
from his unvarying rule of life, nor
any remonstrance gain any response
but the three words delivered with a
pitiful smile at my ignorance, 1T is
custom"
Custom" for example, decreed that
he should sprinkle water on the YER
anda at daybreak to lay the dust. II
mattered nothing that flood of rain
had been pouring all night and had
removed all possibility or dust fol
hours to come; custom still had III
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
TOMB OF A KING OF THEBeS.
Last Resting Place of Thothmes "
Unearthed in Egyot.

Unearthed in Egyot.
II. M. Davies, an American, who has
for two years past been eXcavatils iI
the valley of the tombs of the l- !.
at Thebes, Egypt, has just discovered
previously unknown royal tomb, that
of Thothmes ", a pharaoh Of the
eighteenth dynasty. This kings mum
my has been for some years IN the
Cairo museum, having been found IT,
the tomb of Amen-hotep IL, to whicI
1t had been conveyed for concealmenl
probably in the period of the twen,l,
first dynasty. Mr.. Davies found ia
the new discovered tomb various wall
paintings, magnificent granite Sar.
cophagus with texts from the Book OF
the Dead and mummified ducks, geese
legs of mutton and loins of becf-of
ferings made to the dead king some
$500 years ago.
Clay seals attached to the door,
show that the Egyptians of the eight
zenith dynasty had to some extent II
ticipated the printers art, as the rails
part of the seals had been smcarpd
with blue ink before being impress
on the clay. An inscription dated I
the eighth year of King Hor-em-A /
stated that the tomb had been pl 4
dered by robbers, but restored as "a.
as might be by that pharaoh. 7 4,
robbers doubtless got away ". n
the jewelry and other precious object;
deposited with the mummy, but mucl
was left for the archaeologiSt OF to
day. The floor was covered with vases
dishes boomerangs, symbols of lifa md
other objects in blue faience, nearlg al
wantonly broken. Among the rest ,rert
cups and vases of blue and varieglteC
glass and also of Opaque white lass
with pieces of what looked like mod
ern beer bottles.
There was also piece. of cloth II
which hierglyphic characters hal
been woven with wonderful skill. Til
chief find" however, was the actua
chariot of Thothmes used by the kim
in his daily drives at ThCbes. Ii wa
of wood, covered with papier.mach
and stucco, carved inside and out wit
scenes of the kings battles in Syria
Along with the chariot were fouNd tn
pharoah's driving gloyes.-Baltmor
sun.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
Better or Abroad.

HE has sold out his business and
is going to Europe"
Eyes; he made an enormous profit
from the transaction, but everybody
considered 1t more or less crooked
All, see. The profit is withow
honor in his own country. "-Philadel
phia Press.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
Winter at Capo Henry.

1t is announced that the govern
ment will erect the greatest wireless;
telegraph station in the world at Capl
Henry. The principal use Of the sta
tion will be to commur cate with wal
vessels Mt sea, Tampa, Key West ant
Dry Tortugas and Northern nav,
yards. The poles will hp POO feet high
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
Favored hY Royalty.

Sandringham is the favorite retreat
of both the king aid the queen, eveI
in the winter months. Il is nothing
more or less than fine country house
beautifed and made more homelik,
each year,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16

Time is called the Despoiler, but
he often robs us more by what he
gives than by what he takes away
Life.
If human experience proves any
thing it is that every life needs the
personal and practical help-the d.
rect touch and word-of One who Is
divinely powerful and divinely pa.
tient.-E. p. Roe
People who are always telling you
things for your own good mean well.
But they do become awfully tiresome.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16

About the most helpless thing OF
earth is an automobile seven mile,
from country store with its gasoline
tank run dry.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
Compressed Air

Compressed Air for Glass Blowing
Machines for blowing glass by com
pressed air are being tried expert
mentally by the window glass trust. II
they do all that they promise they viii
displace the present process of glass
blowing by hand--or rather by mouth
which is slow, costly and very wear
ing on the health Of the men.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16

Hero Of Historical Novel--Look
here. II you are going to write Il
sequel to this story, cut out fee
''gadzUOkses ~ and 'oddsboddikils-
Ses!" and Just substitute a few plain
damns. Life
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16

here in the rim 10 see me I guess I
can r''o FRO il' rain to give them the
oppor ....t he carriage top was
thrown og.A aud the President rode
in the rain during the eNtire dis.
lance" w ashlngton Star.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
His Turn To, Oren

Fligg-I see they're go,ng TO open
''reatless tavern" in %w Torl;.
Fhgg-Well. that YIN be treat
Philadelphia Bulletir
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16

We may blush for some OF tns
pioneers Of civilization but,
fortunately, the advance agent is not
the whole ow.-Puck.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
TATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO, o,

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, :.
LUCAS COUNTY. o."
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
senior partner of the firm Of +. j. CHENEY s.
Co., doing business In the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use OF HALLS CATARRH CURE:
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my pres
ence, this 9Th day of December, A. ID. 1886.
l A. W. GLEASON,
! Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials, free.
i. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, U. I
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Great thoughts seldon come in
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16

Any girl would gladly give up &
chaperon for the privilege Of calling
some chap her own.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16

It's great thing to be grasping,
specially Ia the eyes OF the man who
has lost his grip or never had ANY,
Puck.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16

When two women task the subject Of
their conversation 10 nspicuousl,
absent.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16

Great thoughts seldon come in
punches.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-17
A Growing Reputation.

The stock farm OF Il. A. Eckstein s.
Bro. is steadily forming for itself a
wide reputation among the enterpris-
ing stock breeders for their Chester
White hogs and Belgian draft horses.
They have expended thousands Of dol
lars in buying and importing the
choicest Of the breeds and are now
enjoying we'll earned reward. Dur
ing the past season they have sold go
head of Chester White boars, the or
ders ranging from Oregon to New
York. Missouri and Iowa farmers are
the best buyers OF good stock, while
Minnesota, Illinois and Kansas are
close seconds, in the purchase of both
sows and boars of this popular breed.
lie Roy independent.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-17
The Post Office CHANGES Hands.

Cresco has new postmaster this
morning. Mr.. Burgess has qualified
and at the clse Of business last even.
ing, took possession. lie will retain
Wilbur g. Patterson and Miss Stella
O'Brien as his assistants, and we be.
lieve could have made Nd better choice
as both of them are fully competent
and their courtesy has been unfailing
during their previous incumbency OF
their respective positions. The retir-
ing postmaster has made good record
and leaves with the good will of every
patron Of the office. We believe that
Mr.. Burgess will sustain the high
class service given by his predecessor
as we'll as the courteous treatment o1
the public.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-17
Cresco High School Notes.

Basket ball girls had their team
picture taken Saturday.
The G. III. S. are looking forward to
reports Monday.
18th grade took up geology Wednes-
day.
John Stradley was sick the first
part of last week.
G. FL. S. rehearsed Barbara Friet-
chic for the class day program Thurs
day.
Frank O'Malley was absent Tues
day afternoon.
Valentines arrived in the High
School room before the 14th. The
north central row thought so, at least.
Good bye to the five.
The U. G's gave a dance in Platt's
Hall, Friday. A very pleasant even
irg is reported.
Attendance for week ending Fri
day, the 18th:
18th Grade-92 in 95.
11th Grade-7l in Is.
10th Grade-96 in 100.
9th Grade-99a in los.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-17
Accident To DR.. KesseIl,

DR. Kessell met with aserious acci-
dent last Sunday afternoon, sustaining
a fracture of the left arm near the
wrist, a broken nose and various cuts
and bruises. lie was making call to
VIM. Michcl's aud when near Steve
Dotzler's place, the king bolt in his
buggy broke, and in the shake-up, he
was injured as above stated. His
team went on and c,me back to him
twice, but he was unable to catch
|, them.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-17
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers were flee
with the County Recorder for th
week ending Feb. IA.
Andrew Ludwig to Purlee Mob
lett: attract of land containing
one acre in sec. 10-100-11. ....S 4
Stephen E. Kinney to Thos Di-
wer: y. sw4 sec 97-l4....... 48O
Kate G. Phelan to Marietta V.
Eddy: lott, blk II, Cresco.... 15O'
Samuel r. Ure and wife to Hen
ry Barenz, nw4 sec 34-99-l4. -. $50,
Augusta Sprung to Charles A.
Sprung, Il nw4 sec 9-9S.14....
T. G. Bratrud and wife to Geo.
NJ. Light, W 13O it lot 2 of sub
div lot 16 irrcg survey Sc sec
10-1OO-13. ......... ............. 95(
Joseph Mlady to Frank Hrdina,
NV sec 27-9S-11. -11.............. 10000
Chas. Miller and wife to Ear
nest Miller, Sc and e ], sw4
sec 1888. 49,. ....... SO9t
Diedrick Wehrs and wife to Chas
Miller, sc and e sw sec l.
. . . .
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-17
Something That Will % You
Good.

We know Of no way in which we
can be of more service to our readers
than to tell them of something that
will be Of real good to them. For
this reason we want to acquaint them
with what We consider one Of the very
best remedies on the market for
coughs, colds, and that alarming COM
plaint, Group. We refer to Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. We have used
1T with such good results in our fami-
ly sn long that it has become house
ho.d necessity. by Its prompt use we
haven't any doubt but that it has
time and again prevented Group. The
testimony is given upon our own ex-
perience, and we suggest that ouI
readers, especially those who have
small children, always heep 1T il
their homes as a3safeguard a against
croup.-Camden (S.C Messenger.
For sale by Shuttleworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-17
Hearst's Chicago American.

We have made arrangements by
which we can send the evening edition
of this great paper 6 times week one
year, to persons on the r. F. D. routes
for 50 80. This will give subscribers
that paper the morning after its pub
lication, when the rural mail reaches
them, thus getting the Chicago mar
kets, full and complete every morning,
for the day previous. This feature, to
the farmer, is worth more than the
cost of the paper.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-17
Some EarIyHoward County History
As Cleaned from the New Oregon Plain Dealer Of 1868

| Chester
Improved lands 200 to 800
Unimproved 1.25 to 200
Oak Dale
Improved lands 1.50 to 800
Unimproved 1.25 to 200
Work horses were to be ass'd at $40,
mich cows 81, yoke of oxen $50,
sheep 50 per head, and hogs 81"
The Howard County Democratic
Clubs organization was noted in this
issue and its officers given as follows:
"Pres.-Loriston Averill, Vice-Pres-
idents-Michael Montague and Will
liam Nichols, Sec'y-Bradley Chaplin,
Cor. Sec'y-W. R. Mead, Treas
Caleb M. Munson, Bus. Com.-Alvah
Warrington, A. 81. Harris, and A. Fl.
Eddy"
"Died-In New Oregon, Jan. "a,
1868, Alice Arabella, only daughter Of
Samuel and Jane E Herrick, aged 1
year ard l6 days."
"MesSrs. Clemmer & Mitchell have
removed from LAWYERS old stand into
their new store, on the corner of Main
and Decorah Streets. They have by
far the best arranged store west of
the Mississippi, so far as we know,
and the best finished. 1t contains
LA drawers. The painting is done in
the best style Of the art. 1t is built
of native limestone, is 24x50 feet on
the ground, 2 stories high, the lower
one being II feet in the clear, the
upper IL. We are glad to chroni Gle
their SuccaSS in hnsinasS .,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-17
Road Work For Orleans.

Bids for doing the work upon the
public highways in Orleans township
will be received at the office Of G. O.
Brown, township clerk of said town
ship, up to the first Monday Of April
1903. The bids must be for the price
per day of nine hours actual work,
man and good team, and for days work
without team.
The township trustees reserve the
right to reject any and all bids. Dated
Orleans. Feb, a., 1903.
BY order of township trustees.
ltrW to Mich 30
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-17
Attention Comrades.

Memorial Post No. PIG and w. r. G.
No. 164 will meet at Post Hall on Fri
day, Feb, Goth. 1908, at $3.50, a. m. and
go in a body to the Cresco Public and
High schools to attend the flag day
exercises. All Post members are re-
quested to come in uniform. By order
of the Post.
CHAs. III. MILLER, P. j. McCULLow,
Adjutant, Commander.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-17

II have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for number OF years and
have no hesitancy in saying that it is
the best remedy f'r coughs, colds and
Group have ever used In my family.
have not words to express may con-
tidence In this Remedy.-Mrs. ]. A.
Moore, North Star, Mich /" For sale by
Shuttleworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-17
Attention W. r. c.

W. r. c. no. 164 and requested to
meet at Post Hall this week Friday,
Feb Goth at $50 a. M, to attend hag
day exercises at the school house.
Corps Sec'y.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-17
A Word Of Explanation.

The reason that Mr.. and Mrs. John
Light received no presents at their
Golden Wedding Anniversary, from
the guests, is because they were asked
not to bring them.
They just wanted an old time gather
ing and would had a larger one If the
house was larger.