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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Coin of Georue III.

A. o. Peabody of Wilton, n. H.,
picked up a coin a few days since,
On one side are the letters "Deorgius
III Del Gratia." in the center was q
cut of a king. On the other side
were the letters MBFET H-REX Ed.
BETLDSRIATE, coat of arms with
crown upon name. The date on the
piece was 1897.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Deer Just Looked Around.

A deer entered the garden OF Chas.
Morgrage of Goffstown, n. H., and
wandered around quite a while, not
offering to eat anything. At last it
squeezed out between the barbed
wires of the fence on one side of the
railroad, passed across and through
the other barbed wire fence without
iniuring itself in the least.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20

Every housokeeper should know
hat if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
vii! save not only time, because 1t
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
oound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in u pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
,ents. Then again because, Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
Gals. II your grocer tries to sell you
1907. package it is because he has
stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
:ers and figures "16 ozs.' Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
TRAGEDIES of Love and Life.

The end of love is tragedy, just
like the end of life. Both are facts
in nature, and must be accepted in
the same spirit. A person is no more
to be blamed when his love dies than
when his body dies.-New York
Times
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Peculiar Traits of Family.

In Brooklyn a father and mother
raised up a family consisting OF nine
daughters and one son. All the chill
dren are married and have offspring.
All the children Of all the daughters
are boys, and all the children OF the
son are girls.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Insist on Getting Ir.

Some groccrs say they don't keep
Defiance Starch. This is because they
have stock on hand of other brands
only II on. in a package,
Whichth ey won't he able to sell first,
because Defiance contains l6 OF. for
the same money.
DO YOU want l6 OF. instead Of IL OF.
for same money? Then buy Defiance
Starch. Requires no cooking.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Women Not Wanted.

One of the curious social laws of
Peru forbids women to attend funerals
and they do not appear at weddings
Except as one of the principals), an
less they are very intimate friends of
the contracting parties.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Weary Repetition.

No sooner does one generation get
through with its LITTLE part upon the
earth when another comes along, do
ing, thinking and acting the same
things. Indeed it's mighty hand
from an exhaustless urn that pours
forth the never-ending food OF years.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
MANY STRAWBERRIES from an Acre.

II. p. Woodwork OF Westheld, VT,
oas picked this year from a bed OF
less than an acre, 1000 quarts OF
strawberries. The picking season
lasted from June 20 until Aug /.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
they're Little. but o My!

The brain of Taguchi the Japanese
anatomst, weighed 1920 grams, and 1t
stands 3Oth on the list of brain weights
of men distinguished in the profess
sions, arts and sciences.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20

You never hear any one complain
about Defiance starch" There is none
to equal Il in quality and quantity, l6
ounces, 10 cents Try 1t now and save
Nour money.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20

am sure Pisos Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. TTos. ROBBINS,
Maple Street, Norwich, y. y, Feb. Il, 1900.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20

Murine Eye Remedy cures sore eyes,
makes weak eyes strong. All druggists, Soc.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20

Defiance Starch Is guaranteed big
Sest and best or money refunded. l6
ounces, 10 cents. Try it now,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20

1t is possible to get a Turkish bath
for ) cents in New York.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
WHAT ROME THINKS
THE PoPE's PHYSICIAN EN-.
DORSES AN AMERICAN
REMEDY.
Or. LapponI Uses Or. Williams Pink
Pills In His Practice Because Re.
suits Mset His Expectations.

DR.. Lapponi, the famous physician
to the Vatican, whose name has re.
Gently come SO greatly to the front
on account Of his unremitting atten-
ton to His Holiness, the late Pope
Leo KILL, and the high esteem and
confidence with which he is regarded
by the present Pope, His Holiness,
Piux ", Is man OF commanding
genius. He is more than a mere man
and independent mind. Untrammeled
by the etiquette" of the medical pro-
fession, and having used DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People in his prac-
tice with good results, he freely avows
the facts and endorses the value of
this remedy with an authority which
no one will venture to question.
DR.. Lapponls Letter.
II certify that l have used DR..
Williams Pink Pills in four cases
of the simple anemia of develop
ment. After few weeks of treat
ment, the result came fully up to
my expectations. For that reason
shall not fail in the future to
extend the use of this laudable
preparation not only in the treat.
ment Of other forms of the cate
cory OF anemia or chlorosis, but
also in cases OF neurasthenia and
the like" (Signed)
GIUSEPPE LAPPONI.
Via del Gracchi 1872, Rome.
The simple anemia of develop.
ment" referred to by DR.. Lapponi is,
Of course, that tired, languid condition
Of young girls, whose development
to womanhood is tardy and whose
health at that period is so often i'm
periled. His opinion of the value OF
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale PEG.
pie at that time is OF the highest sci
entifc authority and it confirms the
many published cases in which anemia
and other diseases of the blood, as
we'll as nervous diseases, such as ner-
vous prostration, neuralgia, st. Vitus'
dance, paralysis and locomotor ataxia
have been cured by these pills. They
are commended to the public for their
efficiency in making new blood and
Strengthening weak nerves. After
such an endorsement they will be &C
cepted by the medical and scientific
world at their full value.
warehouse in Paris has been built
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20

"Dyspepsia Tormented Me for Years. DIR.
David hennsdys FAvorite Remedy cured me-" MS g
y. Dougherty, Mnlyills n j. Used over 80 years HOO
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20

A warehouse in Paris has been built
with glass floors.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20

FITS permanently cured No s or .ftss
or. send for FREE %. 90 trial bottle and treat,s.
DE- H. H. KLINE Ltd, 93l Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20

In fifty years suicide has increased
in Great Britain by 200 per cent.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.
n children teething, sOftcns the gums, reduces In
mIuatiua, alays pain, cures wind collie 25C bottle.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13
FIREARMS MOST
CAPRICiOUS THINGS
Tendency Of Even the Most Ordinary Gun is to
Go Off Anyway

loaded all his cartridges except one. He
that before ne began 10
load This last one he blew little dust
out Of the loading block lthe little
block with hole in the center on
which the base Of the cartridge rests
so that the primer will not touch any
thing). Then he placed the cartridge
into it and loaded it. The minute he
began to ram the powder in il exploded
and tore off three fingers II was
found that, in some mysterious way,
a little piece of iron had lodged in the
hole Of the loading block. The armor-
er was sure that il had not been there
in that instant when he looked at il.
and, besides he could not imagine
whence the iron could have come, for It
was unlike anything that there was in
the armory. But ii was there and 1t
did the work.
Nothing shows the uncertainty OF
explosives more than hang fires.
The hammer drops. you wait an IN.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13

Col. J. S. Morgan Has Lived Through
Great Racing Epoch

Cleveland Plain Dcaler,-Co! ]. S.
Morgan Of this city, although III his
Slst year is a regular attendant at al
matinees of the gou,lcmau's driving
club at Glcnviue. Col Morgan is q
New Yorker by birth, and in his early
days was o prominent owner o. laet
and high.nred horses in RrooklNn
lie knew intimately such o'alimc
horscmen as Robert Bonner George
=. Alley Daniel Willetts, +. Y. w.
Snodcker Hiram Wondurf Dan 3"3
"Rcn" Mace. Johnny" Murphy Hiram
Howe, Dan" Phefrer, William Shaw,
simeon Hoagland, William Whclau.
Congressman carl, Archie Bliss
"Gabe" Case, Burr and many others.
The colonel still has a keen and clear
mind, particularly on anything rolat.
Ing to horses or horse racine
In conversation a few days ago, as
he sat in one OF the boxes of the grand
stand at Chenille, he became rcminia,
cent. and with great junction told Of
the day when Lady Suffolk made n
mile in 2.2S on the Fashion track on
Long Island. He said every one
Thought then that the limit had boon
reached for trotting horses, but later
on. when the matchless little brown
mare Flora Temple. made a mile IN
210A, the whole country was aeog
with wonderment. The colonel has
witnessed every notable horse race
since the day Lady SUFFOLK made her
then famous mile. Aong In or about
September, 1867, Col Morgan, Daniel
Wiletts and z. V. w. SnedCkCr wor"
nj the road-house of Hiram Woodruff
on Long Island Woodruff al thi-
time was training the celebrated DcN
Ter, then owned by George b. Alley a
New York banker, and the converse
ton turned to the possibilities of DoX
ter making a mile in faster time than
had Flora Temple. The result Of me
conversation was that Col Morgan
Messrs. Willetts and Sncdeker made a
wager with Hiram Woodruff Of $1,000
against $4,000 that Dexter could not
beat Flora Temples time, to go as Mr.
Woodruff pleased. Woodruff chose
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13

spicuous feature of which In thote
momcter like hawk and adds chiIlea
water from time to time to keep the
temperature of the mixture down
Should II evince sudden desire 10 ttsG
there Is nothing for all hands 10 do
but run
After all the acids have been nddeF
the mixture IL allowed to stand, anti
then the nltruglyCerlno comes to the
top like cream In milk, II is slmmod
on and carried 70 another house, where
II IL mixed with the prepared raw nla
terinl principally saw.dust
When the coalition has been effected
the result Is loose dynamite, looking
for all the world like brown sugar Il
Is conveyed to another building, cnllcd
the pack house, whore II Ii stuffed into
the cartridges Tho loose dynamite
is placed In dampened trough on IA
damp table and the men fiji the long
narrow tubes with the stun, using
wooden scoops, Great care is taken
that mono Of IL drops on the floor
as a happening Of that kind might ho
tho preliminary Of big disaster. In
this room the cartridges are packed foe
shipment.
The women In the factory are EN-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13

Somebody has said that a gun is
dangerous without stock, lock or bar
rel. That is almost true. Guns and
reyolyers seem to load themselves mys-
teriously. In handling firearms a pro-
portion of humans in this world appear
TO be AFT .cteL with mental weakness
that makes it impossible for them to
count straight or to see solid OBJ
iects. They draw four cartridges out
of fiyc-chamhered revolver and care.
fully count the four cartridges as five
Or they look anxiously into the breach
Vt double. barreled gun and fail TO see
that only one barrel is empty, This is
not a humorous description, or an eN
aggeration for the sake of making a
point. Every man who handles weap.
oas much will admit that the eye, hav-
ing become accustomed to peering into
guns, and the mind, having become &C
customed to thinking of them, become
indifferent and prone to illusions.
When familiarity breeds a contempt
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13

ipal railroads and tho Delaware river,
by these means the commodity is
shipped through the country and to the
seapurts,
The factory spreads over n mile OF
swamp land and Is nothing moro than
threc.score OF wooden buildings. one
story IN height and not very securely
Quilt For the most part they look
for all the world like the rundown
negro cabins Of the south and are just
about as handsome. They have one
modern appliance. however, and that
is an attachment for doprivlng light
ming Of its powers.
None of these shantjcs are very close
to the other Plenty Of open space is
necessity whca tens Of thousands of
pounds Of dynamite are always lying
around Commercial prudence nc
counts for the cheap and scattering
look of the factory. Experience has
taught the owners that single big
building would be rash enterprise.
Explosions occur once In a while. no
matter how carefully they are guarded
against, and It Is an easy matter 10 re.
place the shanty.
a more potent reason IL the protec,
ton II affords to the work people
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13

years ago, after one of the workmen
had stepped on tiny piece of dyna-
mite the nails Of his shoe causing
ii 10 explode. The shock caused quite
4 quantity ot the stun on one OF the
work tables to SO on, the Shanty was
blown UP and there were some fatali
ties among the workmen,
There Is no need OF employing
special men 10 see that the precaution.
any rules are observed, as every work.
man is SPY upon his neighbours, Tor
he knows that his safety depends quite
as much upon the others as upon him
self
Dynamite IS principally mixture OF
Hulphurje acid, chilli saltpetcr and box
wood sawduSt There are n good many
other things which enter into its com.
position, and before it takes the shape.
of the finished cartridge 1t paSse"
Through n variety OF hands, There are
a go0d many other things which Cuter
into Its composition. and before II
takes the shape or the hutShod cart
ridge Vt passes Through variety Ut
hands, There is one thing that the.
dynamite worker Is thankful ion and
that is his job will never he usurped by
machinery,
Nearly dozen OF the shautICs are.
chemical houses, They are called.
safety buildings" and are used Tor the
storage of the many acids which help
to make dynamite what It is,
one of the iuitjatory stages OF the
cartridge Is cooking" Of the dynamite
Gclatnc. Tho product of the cook III
nitroGlycertue. Many acids are pouroA
into n big leadcn tub, the most con.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13
A FACTORY FULL
Of k[ENEST FEAR
DYNAMITE MAKERS EAGER TO
oEEN ALL SAFETY RULES,
MIXING THE EXPLOSIVE
Twenty Thousand Pounds Turned Out
a Day in Group OF Shantles in
Jersey ENTHUSIASTICALLY Of a
Dangerous Business Little Dyna.
mite Kept on the Grounds,

Dynamite is a peculiar commodity
aud II is manufactured under peculiar
conditions Uncertainty is the ruling
lAmg about dynamite, and tuis domi,
mating feature peymeateS the whole es.
Establishments The factory is located
Al G,hhstowu, n J.. a place So small
ana IN a section of the state So sparse
" settled that the outside world would
never have heard of its existence, per
hapS, were 1t not Tor the dynamite
Its remotcuoss from everything was
the reason Of the factory hcng located
there. A branch railroad runs into
the property connecting with the pria.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13
RELIGION AND TIE rAEArEe.

"RcUniou and the thcater are thin2#
50 habjmally separated Ivy The habits
81 modern thought that It is s9mewna,
difficult Tor us To conceive of them
both MS ut one time mdiSsolully IU'1
ed. says Professor FcliN +. SrAy'lmH
II the October lippiucotts MAGAZINE
And yet the drama Of modern Europe
like that of ancient Greece took H.
rise in rclieiaus ceremony. The
church was the first theater. ana
monks and the Younger clergy wcr
the earliest actors as we'll as the CARL.
est writer's, projectors, and managers
ut plays The drama has been de
scrihcd as initiated hUman action, by
which is meant the necessity that a
play adhere to life itself in It's move
ment and activity The drama ha
also been somewhat technically dc0n
ed as an epic proceeding 6y lyric
parts all of which means NJ NOR
than that n play is story told ry
means Of the successive feelings and
emotions Of the characters involved
Now. n story told by moa # action
and the emotion involved comwc.
bends, first, the telling, which is mar
rativc. or cpic, and secondly. tee CIV.
preston or emotion in poetry or
cong, which is lyric Besides this, we
have gesture facial change. and pan
tomimc which Il action aud the use
e In, al .,
loglrc Each and all or these e'e.
ments of the drama have been found
by those who have searched for them
in the early services Of tn" Christian
church Thus the epic or narrative
element is to he found in the readin'
Of the Scriptures, the cpistlc and the
gospel, 10 the congregation; the lyri
cal or song element Is contained IN
the hymns. anthems. and other music
which formed an important and ipto~
oSting part Of the Christian soryic
from the earliest times The couErc
cation in certain parts OF the service
was expected to Join in responses and
the element of dialogue was accordin"
Il introduced. Two other elements
remain, that ~ action or Of panto
mime TO he found in the srmboiica
gCstures 40 nau a." D.. Cptn"S
The orciq'Iu" ur.c te ar' ''~@oe ..~r
IL which h,rtt"rs ri S. "d 'n'"
representing s. cu "~r ''e -
Christ or those ~ the sairt- wore
solcmnly borne through the church
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13

We're an the business concentrated IN
one building. and All explosion occur
IN any one department. the shock
would cause Instantaneous ,pheayals
throuebout the building. kilind or
manning every one N the place.
Several hundred people are employ
"a ID the factory, including a dozen
women. Each and every one III them
uIlr realizes the danger Of their call.
ing. aud they exercise the greatest
caution n performing their work
There are certain rules formulated by
the company which they must obey
aud this they are only too glad 70 d..
Ore Is that no matches, firearms or
exp,os yes u any KIND mnst be carried
on the person. Another is that no
iron or steel pegs caa be worn In the
shoes. Wooden pegs are permissible.
because they are safe.
This latter rule was formulated some
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13

linSs uae Charley Mac the other day
III mWsh better time
As@g co., %lrgaa returned from
tvE Nea.s service II the war az the
fesN.ou he taoh uH his old love tor
hoses ANA Awuc, ANA drove Ne fast
e>s ,vl,o. a y2&n mare ANA Whue
h2ne .N,O owned in BROOKLYN, or IN
Lens island, t&csr ,jme helms ahoay
-, both wi,h unknown rediGrees,
The M1s; wonderful horse the Io,one'
own, Was enc known as Yankee BOY
a,rr he was sad IL be the
gleatvs in his day, in the Wears 1891
q. }>.} When ,hc colonel is in %
Reminiscent mood 1t is interesting t2
hear hm toll Of the Ola days, When
rs h' >ayS, every race MAS n Shoes
race Car blood, rs wen as money.
The ro,onel is 4 great admjrer Of Lou
Dillon and thinks She is the greatest
pieyr VI horSedesh anyone ever saw
and predicts that she will 80 mile in
less than l51 Dutch Mowrcy Is
quito a tavorite With him also as ne
once owned a horse that yesemhlct
him in having :, rat tail" The co.,
one says that his admiration fog Lou
Dillon is only exceeded by that which
he has for hcr owner. whom he terms
Lon Dillon had beaten two minutes.
Col MORGAN said that away back IN
the simmer of 1866, he sat on the
porch Ot a hotel At North lslip. l.. |,
couvorStng with George Il. Alloy, DcN.
ter'S owner at that time, who remark.
Cd that he believed that the day would
come when some horse would trot a
mile in two minutes or better Mr.,
Alley was jcored at by his companions
as having taken too much wine, and
strange though il may he not one ot
those assembled on the porch that day
Is alive now except the colonel None
Of them lived 10 know nf MIR Alley 9
prediction COming true
The colonel has lived in Cleveland
for the past Ii years, He has retired
flom business and lives quietly with
his two daughters on Republic pace,
hut every Saturday finds him in his
accustomed seat at the Chenille mat
iucc. whore he Is a wcllkuown figure.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13

=. ~, 49, ,,,l o. Lroin oooinst onp's
IN t,,n oasn anonos worse Tim.
49, - ~ ,aa.t oar,f,,1 nf Guides IN
w ,I - - ~ Ioadinn sa,na sho1ls for
~. ~ r a. o can nort, or
S.t'l't Wy .,',,., , oar,inn ddw, thot
,.t,hf uo loaded the nowder in first.
gr1 az soon MS shell was filed with
ov,1a.i,o no laid If aside ana went ON
MN IN n,yt when ne had com,
,,,n,ad NJ uorl If LOADING me shells
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13

ploycd iii 4 ltllc house given over 10
making tho paper caps for the cart
ridges As there Is no danger about
this work, machinery is employed TO
some extent and as a result only
dozen women are employed.
As title finished dynamite Is kept
on the grounds as possible Stock IL
never ma utalncd The dynamite IL
shipped on as rapidly as Il is made in
10 cartridges and the burden OF watch
ing i passes ol TO others.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13

slant, there is an explosion. You
bring the gun down from the shou-
Ger and at once she goes off. Many
of the accidents Of the hunting field
are caused this way.
Guns have been known to explode
without a blow from the hammer In
a pigeon shooting club near Morgan's,
New Jersey, a man picked up a gun
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13

which had been loaded probably half
an hour before The hammers were
down and pressing on the firing pins
His first action was to raise them. and
az he did 50 the two barrels went CT
1t was evident that the firing pias had
been pressing 80 hard on the primers
Of the shells that the little movement
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13

the saddle. with Johnny" Murphy ri
ride. TIE event came off Ii the taI
q 1867 and Dexter won. making tie
mile in 2.1s Is.
Il lost nearly $4,000 on the event .
said the colonel, but ii vas worth it
as 1t was grand sight. one ! have
never seen since until | saw SIR. Bil.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13

There was i small bird, and his name
II was Billy
The things that he did are amazingly
silly:
He chewed all the rind' on tree in
the park.
And then he Insisted he knew how to
bark
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-13
TWILIGHT.

'Twixt a smile and a tear.
Twixf 4 groan and sigh
'Twixt the day and the dark
When the night drawetb nigh.
All. sunshine may fade
From the heavens above;
No twilight have we
To the day N our love.
Paul +. Dunbar 81 Lippinc0tt's.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-12-22

You can not keep the Sunny South
down.