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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-16
Report : That Commissioners Have
81 Awarded Us the Boundary
Decision.
Baronetcy for MeorIey-.. British Cabinet Changes.
Murdered for Lack of Love---President
Removes Marshal.
ASSOCIATED PRESS oAsLEoRAms.,

in the Alaskan Boundary dispute
IT the American have carried their
that Great Britain will all claim Dyea Skagay Juneau
and large stretch OF territory along the of British Columbia
including valuable mining districts The British
American commissioners have for
London going countries relation to
the boundary.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02
Meet Me by Moonlight Alone.

Meet me by moonlight alone,
And then | will tell you tale
Must be told by the moonlight alone,
In the grove at the end of the vale.
You must promise to come, for | said
/ would show the night flowers their
queen
Nay, turn not away thy sweet head,
IT'S the loveliest ever was seen.
oh! meet me by moonlight alone,
Meet me by moonlight alone.
Daylight may do for the gay,
The thoughtless, the heartless, the
free,
But there's something about the moons
rays
That is sweeter to you and to me.
Oh! remember, be sure to be there,
For though dearly moonlight | prize,
care not for all in the air,
If l want the sweet light in your eyes
So meet me by moonlight alone,
Meet me by moonlight alone.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

round to the man again, the woman
broke out with:
"Oh, owe you five cents"
THAT'S all right, madam" replied
the man, looking up from his paper.
mo, but | must pay you
9TH do some other time" he said,
evidently tired of going through the
process of making change.
oh, no, I'll pay you now" she in
sisted, taking out her pockctbook and
looking all through it for a nickel, II
haven't five cents in change, but If
you give me the ninety.fve cents I'll
give You the dollar"
At that moment the man noticed that
the car had stopped at his corner and
he made n rush for the door, his brain
in a whirl and trying to make out
whether 1t was he or the woman that
was crazy, or whether the conductor,
or all three, were prospective patients
for n lunatic asylum.-New York Sun.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02
Some Confusion of Thought.


EX-President Cleveland is an omniv.
orous newspaper reader. Though a
subscriber to many papers it is said
that he is always glad to see one more
one of his neighbors, member of the
Princeton faculty, takes Il certain Chi
cago daily, which Mr., Cleveland does
not subscribe for and last June at
the time of the annual exodus this
neighbor suggested that as he the pro-
fessor was to travel all summer, his
Chicago daily might be sent during
the summer to Gray Gables. Mr.. Cleye-
land accepted the offer. When they
met again in the fall the professor asks
ed him how he had enjoyed the paper.
81 didn't see any of them until yes
terday," said Mr.. Cleveland.
Until yesterday" inquired the pro-
fessor.
Yes, got them all in a large bunch
yesterday"
what was the trouble? Had they
sent them to the wrong addressW
EVERY one of them" said the ex-
President, with an interesting twinkle
in his eye, according to the Saturday
Evening Post, was addressed to The
Honorable Grover Cleveland, Gray Ga.
bles, Oyster Bay, l.. IL"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02
HONEST AND TRUE MONEY.
Uncle Sam Deals Out Thousands OF
Dollars in New York City.

Uncle Sam Deals Out Thousands OF
Dollars in New York City.
Beneath stout bars guarding a wide
arched window in the United States
assay office, in Wall street, New York,
thousands of dollars worth of little
gold bricks, the honest and true kind,
pass every day from Uncle Sans cof-
fers to the hands of jewelers. and bank
ers. And all that Uncle Sam charges
for the exchange is cents on 500 for
the small ones.
The bars Uncle Sam dispenses are of
two general sizes, the $1,000 size for
bankers and the $3.50 size for jewelers.,
the small size being about an inch and
a quarter long, three-quarters wide,
and perhaps half an inch or less in
thickness. Very often they run up to
5000 or even more in value. Their size
adapts them to the size of the jewelers.
crucible. AS for the banker he does
not melt his gold; he contents himself
with shipping it back and forth across
the ocean. a remarkable feature of
the exchange of legal tender for gold
bars is that one cannot always get just
the amount he wishes. If jeweler or
banker wishes $4,000 in gold bullion
Uncle Sam gives him as near that
amount as he possibly can. 1t may be
$9,970.50 or $10,000.3O, because the bars
vary in size and weight, and practical
ly all of them have odd cents in their
value. Two bars the cashier handed out
one day recently were stamped $531.7
and $123.10.
In buying gold bars the purchaser
first tells the cashier at the assay Of
flee how much he wishes. The cashier
comes as near this amount as he can
with the bars on hand, and then the
purchaser goes next door to the sub
treasury, where he deposits his legal
tender, gold certificates, greenbacks or
gold coin for the amount designated by
the assay office cashier as the nearest
to the desired amount, receiving there
for certificate which, upon presenta-
ton at the assay office, insures the de.
livery of the bars. But before they may
be taken away the recipient must sign
for them in the register, which lies open
beneath the bars of the wide arched
window.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

Lancaster, n. Y, March 3O.-Post.
master Remers is Still in recent of
many letters asking if his cure has held
good.
1t will be remembered that some
time ago the particulars of Mr.. Rem
ers' case were published In these col
mnns He hau been very low with
Diabetes. Physicians could do nothing
to save him and he grew worse and
worse till someone recommended
Dodd's Kidney Pills, A treatment of
this remedy was begun and when eight
boxes had been taken Mr.. Remers be.
gan to see an improvement which con.
tinued as the treatment proceeded till
he was completely restored.
lie has since enjoyed perfect health
and is as robust and able a man as any
IN Lancaster. Interviewed the other
day, he said:
Many people wrote to me when the
story of my case was first printed and
some write to me yet, asking II the
cure was only temporary and II the
diabetes has returned. | have only one
answer to everybody. Three years ago
| was very low VITA Diabetes. The
best physicl ms failed to help me and
Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me. / am
well and strong and have not had the
slightest return of the old trouble"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02
a WOMAN AND HER MONEY.
Incidents of Attempt to Pay Five Cents
Car Fare with so Bill.

! Var are Win PO Dill
A woman boarded an uptown Third
avenue surface car the other day,
rendered the conductor hve-dollar
bill and received in change four silver
dollars and handful of small change.
She looked at the silver, then cast
lreproachful glance at the conductor,
who was making his way toward the
door.
After handling the money for some
time longer, and giving expression to
her views on the inconvenience of sill
yer, she turned around to the passen-
ger sitting next to her-a l-dressed
man, reading a newspaper-and said
would you mind kindly giving me
bills for these silver dollars?"
mot at all, madam" replied the
man. taking roll of bills from his
pocket and handing her four single
dollar bills, which she folded up and
put away in her pocketbook. She was
still iingling the small change in her
hand and the conductor passed she
asked:
conductor will you let me have a
dollar bill for this changer"
Certainly said the conductor, tax
Ing bill from his pocket and handing
it to her, in return for which she hand
ed him the nmety-five cents.
beg pardon, but there's only ninety
five cents here" he said, as he counted
! over the change.
Yes, you know | gave you five cents
before was her reionder.
That's all right, but | need five
cents more to make up the dollar" in
sisted the conductor.
Don't you see" persisted the wom-
an. 1.-THE ninety-dve cents and the five
gave you before make one dollary"
THAT nickel you gave me was for
your fare madam" said the conductor
YES, and that with what I've given
you now make up the dollar" insisted
the woman
Emptying the change in her lap and
went forward to collect other fares.
Turning to the obliging passenger next
to her again, she said:
81 don't like to trouble you too
much, but could you give me one dol
lar for this change|
with pleasure, madam" he said as
he lay down his paper and took out
his roll of bills for the second time,
He was well aware of the fact that
he was a nickel short, as were the
other passengers, who had been watch
ing the proceedings with good deal
of interest and amusement After the
bill had been neatly folded up and put
away in the womans pocketbook and
he had resumed reading his paper, it
looked for few moments as II the
incident had come to close; but such
was not the case. Suddenly turning
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

In New York the other day President
Faunce of Brown University praised
the virtues of disadvantages, and de-
plored the success and fame and for
tune that came too easily to some
young men. He called attention to
this fact: Last summer, when $500
recruits were wanted for the navy, the
recruiting officers were instructed to
go to the country first, because the
boys there learn to do things by hav-
ing to do them. Is there anything I'M
the human line more unpromsing than
the rich mans sor who has father
so deeply miners business that
he forgets he has children, and a moth
er who says Eyes" when she should
say no" because 1t is easier? You
can find those worthless young men by
the score in cities. They can suck
cigarettes and discuss women and
haunt stage doors before they pass
the spanking age. If thrown upon
their own resources, most Of them
would be hopeless and helpless. They
have not had enough adversely. In
the country 1t is different. There, let's
be thankful, the worker is honored and
the shirker despised Even the lazy
rich are viewed with suspicion. The
boys have to work. Most of them have
to earn living as soon as they safely
can. They do without many things
that they cannot afford to buy, and use
their brains instead. On the farm you
can find the healthy, tanned, bigm
ced lad who is a bit of carpenter,
knows something about mechanics and
engineering in n crude but practical
way; can pillow, dig, reap, doctor sick
animals, mend n harness or break q
colt. The average farmer boy is an all
| around lad. He respects all women,
is an ardent, if bashful, lover, and
makes good husband and citizen.
When he comes to the city, If you
| study his clothes and see him gazing
at the tops of tall buildings, you set
him down as green. The chances are
that his head contains more practical
knowledge, the kind that can be ex-
changed for food and other material
things than can be found in the brains
of those who would sneer at his awk-
wardness and laugh at his speech. 1t
is no wonder that the government goes
to the farms when it wants stout
hearts and bodies and all-around men,
for the farmers made this great nation
possible, and are to-day, as In the be.
ginning the hope of the land.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02
POISON OF SNAKES.
Tho Apparatus of Defense Used by
Serpents.

The Apparatus of Defense Used by
Serpents,
There exist numerous degrees in the
pc. affection Of the poison apparatus Of
serpents, certain species having at
tached to the upper jawbone two or
more long teeth or hollow fangs, pro-
vidcd with a dropper from which the
venom flows. These teeth are firmly
fixed to the subjacent bone, and are
immovable. The ophidians which are
provided with the best poison appar-
atus are the solenoglyphes, their very
short upper maxillaries being NOV
able and each provided with a poison
fang pieced with a central canal and
not with simple dropper, this canal
communicating with a poison gland on
each side.
These poison fangs, movable or inn
movable, with a dropper or with a
central canal, are distinguished from
others by their greater length and by
their needle-like points. The canal Ia
pierced by two openings; circular
one is found near the root of the teeth,
which permits the venom to enter
from the venom glands during the
time the mouth is opened. The lower
opening is situated at the point of the
tooth, and serves as the distributor Of
the poison.
If one Of the teeth is broken the
neighboring teeth supplement it, and
sometimes three DAVIS after the acCi-
dent the new fang is completely form
ed. Snake charmers, to prevent this
replacement, not only remove the
fangs, but also the folds of the gun
In which they repose. The poison
glands are the salivary glands, the up
per labials, the saliva of which con-
tains the poison. They are occasional
ly very large and in certain species
reach the abdominal cavity, but or
dlnarily they do not pass the neck.
At the moment the fangs rise the
sacks are pressed against the tenn
poral muscles and the secretion flows
into the wound.
The venom is limpid fluid similar
green. Its active principles Is an
Rzotized matter which coagulates in
absolute alcohol, and upon being dried
resembles a varnish, keeping its dan
gerous power for years. 1t is at the
same time a poison to the blood and
a poison to the nervous system. La
Science Illustree.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02
The Emperor and the Little Boy.

The Emperor Francis Joseph was
leaving the Church of st. Antonius the
other day after attending the ceremony
of conservation, when lad dressed as
a bakers apprentice pushed his way
through the crowd, evaded the swarlns
of detectives and ran right up TO the
emperor's carriage, which was already
In motion. He held up letter which
he wanted to hand to the emperor, and
Francis Joseph had the carriage stop
ped to take the missiVe. 1t ran as fol.
lows: Dear Mr.. Emperor: My mother
has been very i'll for many years and
no hospital will admit her because she
Is an incurable. | can earn enough for
myself but | cannot earn enough to
give my sick mother the things she
needs. l beg you, dear Mr.. Emperor,
to order that she shall be admitted to
some hospital" Two hours later (says
the Vienna correspondent of the Morn
ing LEADER an ambulance arrived be.
fore the lads house and conveyed his
mother to charitable institution,
where she can end her days in peace
--Leslie's Weekly.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

/ Some Senators, representing large
4 business interests, said that labor was
so scarce that they feared the effects
Of curtalmcnt Of the stream of Inn
migration. Senator Elklns of West
Virginia tells of the extraordinary
wages which Italians now command in
that state, in railroad building; the
farmers Of the Mississippi valley have
complained much during the last sea-
son OF their inability to get suitable
help. From many quarters this Is the
report. In spite of the almost magical
development OF American machinery,
there still remains plenty of downright
hard work, which no mechanical con
trivancc has ever relieved. Even in
the operation Of railroads, which is
typical Of labor-saving methods, the
pressure of expanding steam has by no
means lifted all the weight from weary
human muscles. A scientific journal
recently pictured each class of railroad
employees as one man, his size varying
according to the number of persons in
the United States in that group. The
man who stood for the general officers
was a dwarf. representing .ewer Than
five thousand. The telegrapher was
more than five times as large. The
clerk was still larger, and so on through
conductors ana brakcmen, station
agents and machinsts. But the giant
Of all was the "trackman and laborer,"
for he represented nearly four hundred
and sixty thousand, or two-tfths of
all. Who will do the hard work of the
future in this land of universal cdu-
cation? The children of the immigrant
sooD compete for the highest places in
the country Must there then be a
constant stream of new immigrants?
This Is an interesting question. Doubt
less machinery will do more than 1t
now does to relieve the strain of the
heaviest toll, but much can be accom-
plished by greater emphasis on the
old American doctrine of the true dig
nifty of all labor.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

In a smoking room of a hotel in
Dublin, where sat huge priest, some
men were soothing stupidity about. mira.
Giles. Up rose the priest and offered to
perform a miracle. He seized the most
blatant of the scoffers, carried him to
the door and kicked him into the
street
When the unhappy youth returned
says the New York Mail and Express,
the priest asked:
AN did We break your back?"
81 did not" was the answer.
"Well, it's a miracle We didn't" an,
swered the priest.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

AN interesting illustration Of the ex-
pansion Of the field Of American finan-
cial investment is afforded by the re-
port of large life-insurance company
that its assets include securities of the
governments of the. Argentine Repub.
lie, Austria, Brazil, Great Britain, Bull
garia France, Hungary, Switzerland,
Prussia, Queensland, Russia, Servia,
South Australia, Sweden, Spain, Mex
ico and Wurttemberg.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

In respect to promotion from the
ranks the army is in much better CON
dition than the navy. 1t is substan-
TALLY correct to say that any American
soldier of intelligence and energy can
raise himself from the ranks to shout
der straps, but the treatment Of the
men by the officers is such as to dis
courage ambitious but self-respectlng
Joung men from entering the army
nth view to climbing to the top.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02
GOING THE ENTIRE LIMIT.

Massachusetts Banker Gives Cham,
piou Sample of Yankee Thrift.
The proverbial Yankee thrift shows
up big in a story now going the rounds
reminiscent of a Western Massachu,
sets banker who died during the past
year He believed in the maxim, "A
penny saved is penny earned" with
n vengeance. His clerks We're denied
the luxury of pads of paper and were
required to figure on the backs of old
envelopes that had been carefully pre-
pared by the Office boy in his leisure
moments. The banker had SOn-in-law
who builded wisely by inviting his
father-in-law to spend a few weeks
with him at the seaShore. The close,
listed banker decided TO unlOosen ia
the extent of having the daily newspa,
pers that the bank had subscribed for
sent to him after the quotations had
been inspected. He left explicit instruc,
lions that the advertising pages were
to be cut out and the edges trimmed
so rs to save postage.
The papers, which We're sent evert
other day, were too heavy for the 1-cent
limit, though considerably inside thu
weight allowable for cents 1t was
matter of facetious comment in tho
bank that the "old man" was not get,
ting fun value for his 2-cent eXpendi,
ture for postage. The margin in favor
of Uncle Sam, however, diminished
appreciably after the third installment
of literature had been forwarded. thu
cashier receiving a postal card that
bore the following request:
mail papers in single wrapper every
four days, and they viii require but !
cents postage. New York Commer
cial.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

Truly 1t is hard for a conscientious
dominic when presumably immoral
play strikes town. If he ignores it
the wisest course-he still finds him
self particeps criminis; If he de-
nounces 1t he gives 1t the jolliest kind
of advertising.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

Signor des Planches, the Italian am
bassador in Washington, says that II
you look intently at mirror you will
be cdred Of seasickness. On his way
across the ocean he was so sick that
he did not care whether he lived or
not, and even doubted that he was
himself. To reassure himself that it
was really he who was so wretched lie
looked in mirror and was Instantly
cured. He ate a substantial breakfast
and then told his experience to a Chi
cago woman on deck, and showed her
the mirror. What a fright l am"
she exclaimed, 'and my hat is not on
straight! Just hold the mirror min
ute till can arrange It," Her seasick-
ness disappeared as quickly as the
ambassadors. At any rate. that is
what he told the reporters.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

At London auction the other day a
lock of hair from the head of the Duke
OF Wellington was sold for $40. Let
the heroes go on. There is still some
sentiment in the world, and coal isn't
worth more than its weight in any
thing else after all.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02
The Conclusion He Reached

The dog lad been chasing his own
tail for quaretr of an hour.
Papa" quoth Willie, "what kind
Of dog is that?"
" A watch dog, my son. responded
the parent.
Willie pondered a moment.
We'll" he finally observed, "from
The length of time it takes him to
wind himself up think be must be
! Waterbury watch dog. Town and
Country.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02
To Save Time.

I'm looking for my slippers, dear. is
there any place where you're sure you
didn't put them"
She-What do you mean?
He-I want to look there for then
rst.-Philadelphia Press.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02
Thc Disoomfited CON Man.

Con Man-Why, how do you do
Cousin Henry? It's been years anC
years since l saw YOU
Silas Cornshredder-Mus' "a ben.
never seen you afore in m life.
Con Man-Impossible | couldn't bC
mistaken, Then your name is
Silas Cornshredder-Ya's Somethin
like that, | s'pose.
Con Man (scenting defcat-Well
honestly, now, don't l look familiar ID
you?
Silas Cornshredder-Look familiar'
Great han'spike! Look familiar! Ye
don't only look it, Ye talk it, We act it,
an t tell tn truth, yew actually are
famillar-most durn familiar. Good
day Baltimore American.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

What Is man? Man that Is born
Of woman is small cabbages and few
In patch. In infancy he Is full of
collie. paregoric and catnip tea, and
in old age he is full of cuss words and
rheumatism.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

1t Is claimed by a st. Louis lady
that she knows 500 women in that city
who gamble. She ought to break away
and try to get into moral set"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02
The largest Land owner.

John S. Billy Of Mitman, Mo-, Is
said to be the largest individual land
owner in the United States. He owns
about 10000 acres, located in seven
States.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

The ordinary everyday cook, who
never burns the beefsteak and who
always has the meals ready on time,
deserves as many medals as the one
who can Juggle aspic jelly and caper
sauce before a cooking class.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

We have forgotten for the moment
just who it was that warned us to
avoid entangllng alliances, but we
have no doubt that present talk at
Washington makes him uneasy in his
grave.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

The New York Sun is trying to float
a controversy over the lines Punch,
brothers, punch, punch with care,
punch in the presence of the passen-
Jaire.' Anything for little literary
excitement.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

A woman need not fear that her hus-
band is drifting away as long as she
can get him to button her waist down
the back
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-02

General Miles denies that he told the
Dowager Empress of China she was
model OF virtue He Is still silent con-
corning the things the dowager said
to him