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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Symphonies in ColorS.

Color Symphonies are engaging the
attention OF both millners and dress
makers at the present moment, when
novelties In tho way of new modes are
no longer forthcoming. All sorts of
fantastic ideas are being employed,
and so that the colors harmonic
there is no limit to the quaint and
lovely conceits that true artistic
modiste can achieve. One Of the most
original of these creations for eve
ming wear-but it is alas! only for
the fortunate few-is sunrise
fruck," In which all the tints of the
sky at sunrise are skillfully blended
The soft, cool gray of dawn, rose pink
an indescribable blue aud sort OF
mauve haze that trembles into white
are all intermingled so softly that one
Is conscious OF no details of the gown
only of the wonderful general effect
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Shepherd's Plaid in Eariy,

Shepherds plaid has made it's ap
pearance earlier than usual this year.
AS a rule, one encounters it only when
summer is drawing to a close, and the
'ping-pong" Of the sportsman's gun is
heard echoing across the moors. But
for once in her career, fashion has an
ticipated matters, and shepherds plaid
is included among the check patterns
considered modish in the way of taf-
fetas and voiles. Some very becoming
shepherds plaid gowns have been seen
in ginghams and fine lawns, but the
insistent little black and white check
looks at it's smartest in chiffon cloth.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Peach liuueur.

Take mellow, full favored peaches
wash but do not peel, slice, and put IN
a stone jar, which must be set for SIX
hours in kettle of boiling water.
Cover the peach kernels with brandy
and let stand till next day. Strain OH
the juice from the peaches, taxing
care not to squeeze the fruit nara
enough to make the liquid muddy.
Measure the juice and for each pint
take a generous pound OF the best re-
fined sugar Put sugar and juice TO-
gether and let stand until next day,
then bring the mixture to boil, skim
thoroughly, and strain it again through
a. bag of double cheese cloth When
it Is cool add to 1t the brandy In
which the kernels have been soaked,
putting one pint of spirit to two OF
tyrup. Let it settle, and If not per-
fectly clear strain again. 1t ought TO
be either clear pink, bright yellow
or a white, according to the fruit used.
Use clear glass bottles. Put In the
kernels, also a blade of mace, tied TO
bit of yellow lemon peel, and rag
ment Of stick cinnamon. Cork, seal
and keep in a dark place. The liquor
improves with age.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Deem or Shallow Soils.

Ordinarily 1t is desirable to have a
deep soil, that the roots of plants may
strike deep. The latter Is a desidera-
tum for the reason that deep root
ing plant Is less affected by the
droughts than any others. We see
this in the case of some trees, which
have tap roots and are seldom affect
ed by the dry weather. The shallow
soils are first to respond to drouth
and sometimes they are the slowest
to dry out, when the weather Is wet.
The deeper the soil and the more 1t
Is loosened up the greater the zone Of
earth that will he subject to the op-
erations of the bacteria that add nj
:regen to the soil. One way of deep
ening soil Is to pillow it as deep as
| possible with a common plow and
then put on crop of deep roofing
legumes. There are some legumes
that do not send their roots very deep,
such as cow peas, and there are
others that send their rotos to the
greatest possible depth into the soil,
such as the clovers and alfalfa. On
multitudes of farms q soil will re-
main shallow whatever the crop un-
less the land is drained. When this
Is done the drains should be as deep
as three feet. Then the frosts will
work in deeper than they otherwise
will and the air will be present on the
displacement Of the water. Subsoil
blowing is sometimes effective and
sometimes not, but it should not b
undertaken unless there is to be q
considerable benefit received from the
operation, as it Is an expensive one.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Old Mans Secret,

Alpena, Mich, Sept. s (SpeciaD.-
Seventy-nve years Of age but hale
and hearty is Mr.. Jerome K. -Four
nier Of this place. and to those who
ask the secret of his splendid health
he gives the good advice use Dodd's
Kidney Pills"
When asked for his reason for so
strongly recommending the Great
American Kidney Remedy, Mr.. Four.
nier related the following experience:
81 recommend Dodd's Kidney
Pills because they cured me of pia-
betes. suffered with my kidneys
for a long time and suffered terribly
from those Urinary Troubles that are
so general among aged people.
Then I started to use Dodds Kid
ney Pills and eight boxes Of them
cured my kidneys, regulated my wa.
ter and made me feel like hearty
young man"
Dodd's Kidney Pills make the cid
feel young because they make sound
kidneys. Sound kidneys mean health
and health is the other name for
| youth
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
IS SeedIess Fruit Fertilized?

For some time there has been a be-
lief that seedless fruit is developed
without fertilization by the pollen.
There have been experiments carried
on to determine this and it was
thought that the experiments were re-
liable. Without doubt the men that
did the work believed that the fruit
was unfertilized and were entirely
sincere in their expressions in that
regard. In South Australia, however,
some very elaborate Investigations
have been put on foot to discover II
the Zante currant, the well-known
seedless current, was produced with
out the intervention of fertilizing
processes. In a word 1t is decided by
the experimenters there that the cur
rant, though apparently seedless, is
the product of fertilizing processes.
At first experiments were made to
produce seedless currants by remov-
ing the pollen a few days before 1t
was ready to be precipitated into the
| ovules. This work the experimenters
did with the greatest of care, but in
the end pronounced it impossible to
do the work so carefully that fec
grains of pollen would not get into
the ovules of the fruit. The investi-
CATION showed further that the ovules
of these seedless currants are really
| fortified and increase in size for
about ten days, after which they
abort. This prevents the seed from
developing, but the growth is started
by the fertilization In the beginning
This is probably the case with all Of
our seedless fruit. The growth is
started by the fertilization in the or
binary way, and then the seed forma
ton is stopped and this gives more
power to the development of the pulp
Of the fruit. This is as yet a dark
subject.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
For Toilet Details.

A capital notion is a large case OF
fax linen, daintily embroidered, with
different sized receptacles for holding
gloves, wells, c7avats, waist ribbons
and the hundred and one details that
nowadays go to make up well-turned-
out woman's toilet. Wells carefully
handled will last long time, whereas,
tossed into drawer without being fold
ed, and stretched out to their original
width, they scarcely last a week in
condition one would term respectable.
The tendency of all these open-mesh
woven things is to shrink. The fancy
for the long gauze veil, with deep hem
border, grows apace. That these
spend quite half their life thrown
back over the hat in nowise Affects
their popularity. Indeed, for such
were they apparently ordained. the
smart French and American elegantes
nagrantly adding an ordinary fine
russian net for actual use.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Pretty NecklacAe

Gold beads look very pretty worn
above the low collar of a summer
blouse. They are confined to day
wear at present, while longer chains
Of rare stones are liked for evening.
Coral necklaces, as well as those Of
turquoise beads, have come in with
the temperance of gold ones, and
when becoming either of these is a
very effective ornament. In one OF
the prettiest long chains the fine gold
links are interspersed with oblong bits
of cut aqua marines and swung on the
end of the chain is large locket
trimmed with the same stones, only
smaller, and in the center rests sin
gle diamond.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Nc Time Lost.

A mother, after days of preparation
for a weeks absence from homo, sud.
denly remembered, after the train was
we'll under way. that she had left a
bottle of certain well.known remedy
within reach OF the meddlesome little
fingers Of her three-year-old son. She
remembered, too. that there was moth
ing that the child loved better than
the aromatic contents of that particu
lar bottle.
Hurriedly calling the porter, the
anxious mother prepared a message
to be telegraphed from the first sta
ton. 1t read:
Hide bottle of Robbie's medicine
Left it ON table in my room"
An hour later she received this no
altogether soothing message from tn,
boys father;
TOO late. Bobbie got there first.
Chicago Record.Herald.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
BUILDING FOOD
To Brine the Babies Around.

When a little human machine (oI
large one) goes wrong, nothing is sc
important as the selection of food
which will always bring it around
again.
my little baby boy fifteen months
old had pneumonia, then came brain
fever. and no sooner had he got over
these than he began to cut teeth and,
being so weak, he was frequently
thrown into commissions" says Col.
orado mother.
81 decided a change might help, so
took him to Kansas City for a visit.
When we got there he was SO very
weak when he would cry he would
sink away and seemed like he would
die.
when l reached my sisters home
she said Immediately that we must
feed him Grape-Nuts and, although
and for few days gave him just the
juice Of Grape-Nuts and milk. He
got stronger so quickly we were soon
feeding him the Grape-Nuts itself and
Ia a wonderfully short time he fat
tened right up and became strong
and well.
THAT showed me something worth
knowing and. when later on my cir
came, | raised her on Grape-Nuts ant
she is a strong healthy baby and ha:
been. You will see from the little
photograph I send you what strong
chubby youngster the boy is now, bu
he didn't look anything like that be
fore we found this nourishing food
GIape-Nuts nourished him back t,
strength when he was SO weak h
couldn't keep any other food on hi
stomach" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
All children can he built to NOR
sturdy and healthy condition upo
Grape-Nuts and cream. The foo
contains the elements nature d.
mands, from which to make the sol
gray filling in the nerve centers an
brain. A we'll fed brain and stroni
sturdy nerves absolutely insure
healthy body.
Look in each pkg. for the famou
little book, We Road to MELVILLE"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
For TaiIor-Made Gowns.

Chiffon cloth is being largely USED
for tailor-made gowns this summer. II
is perhaps the most fashionable of al
the thin fabrics, and, while it has al
the suppleness and evanscent beauty
of chiffon, it also possesses the dura
bility of cloth, and works up into the
most fascinating of dresses. In the
soft pastel tones it is exquisite, and Il
lends itself so very easily to the pic
turesque draperies and sagings that
are now the mode. Lace is charm
ing adornment, especially that of 6
fairly coarse weave, and it looks wei
in conjunction with galloon, or sill
braid, or even embroideries.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
HOPTICJN 1lPT,
The FIat-Headed Borep,

The destructive tree borer so we'll
known to horticulturists as the Flat
headed apple tree borer and to ento-
biologists as Chrysobethris femorata
is found in all parts of the country
and annually destroys vast numbers
or trees. 1t attacks apple, pear,
ounce, plum, peach, cherry, ash, elm,
maple, box-elder, sycamore and willow
trees. The injury Is done by the lat-
headed borer during its grub or larval
stage. The adult insect Is q beetle
about half an inch long, nattish-ob.
long In form, shiny greenish-black
above and copper colored below. The
female deposits her eggs in the crew
ices OF the bark of the trunk and
main branches, usually on the south
or southwest side, where the effects
Of the sun upon the tree is greatest
In our locality the most of the eggs
are probably laid during April and
May. Although eggs are sometimes
deposited by this insect upon healthy
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Smallest Monarchy on Earth.

The sovereign who reigns over tho
smallest monarchy in the world Is tho
king Of Cocos, a group of islands near
sumatra. These islands were dis
covered about 300 years ago by tho
captain of the Keeling, but were COM
paratively little known till 1925. When
MIR. Ross, an Englishman, visited them
he was struck by their beauty and
took up his abode there. 1t is his
grandson, George Ross, who now
holds sway over the Cocos.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Moot Spoken LANGUAGES.

There are cS2, ooo, 600 Chinese speak.
ing the sane language, making Chi
aese tho most spoken language. There
Arc 80 many dialects which are entire
~ different that they seem scarcely
70 belong to the came tongue. The IN
aabitants Of Mongolia and Thibet can
barely understand the dialect OF the
people in Pefin. Putting Chinese
aside, the most spoken languages are
ls follows, in ca!llions; English. 12o;
German. 70; Russian, 6s; Spanish, A;
Portuguese, 80.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15

Fro. 8.-Chrasobothrts femerdtG: q, larva;
b, beetle; C, head OF male; d, pupar-twiee nab
urnl size (originnD.
well-established trees, it evidently
prefers to select sickly or newly
transplanted ones, especially those
whose bark has been injured by ex-
posure to the sun. The eggs hatch
within few days after being depos-
tied. The young larva soon eats
through the bark and proceeds to bore
at some depth beneath the surface,
leaving behind 1t flattened channel.
Sometimes a single borer will girdle
tree and cause It's death. The larva
reaches its full growth by the end Of
the summer, being then pale-yellow-
ish grub about half an inch long, with
a broad, fat head. During the winter
1t remains quiescent. The next spring
1t bores out nearly through the bark,
then moves back little and under
goes its change into the adult beetle
form the transformation being COM
pleted in about three weeks. The
beetle then cuts an opening through
the bark and escapes to continue the
work Of destruction begun by it's an
cestors. During the warm part of the
day it may be seen flying about in the
hot sunlight.
There are three ways Of combat
ting the borer: % by destroying the
srubs while they are at work in the
tree; (2) by the application of some
substance that will prevent the eggs
being deposited or will destroy the
eggs and newly Matched larvae, and
(3) by wrapping the trees with some
thing that will prevent the females
gaining access to the bark. But, by
the best methods known, borers are
difficult insects to combat. The larvae
make their way into the wood sc
soon after the eggs are deposited and
keep so completely out of sight as
they work, that they may do much
injury before their presence is sus
pected, and are difficult to kill wher
detected. 1t is case where an ounce
of prevention is most decidedly more
effective and more economical than ,
pound of cure.-Arizona Station.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Ion Much Mater.

The turning yellow Of wheat Is fire.
quently caused by too much water in
tae soil. This same effect is some
times seen in house plants when the
owner has been too attentive to them
and has watered them too often. In
he field Of wheat or other crop this
condition may exist when the surface
soil appears fairly dry. The presence
Of too much water retards the ripen-
ing of the crop and frequently de-
sreases its yield. 1t may be that this
is one of the chief causes why corn
on low land Is eight by the frost
when corn on land only q dozen feet
higher is not injured. 1t has been
assumed that 1t was a difference in
temperature, the cold air running into
the hollows, but it does not seem like
ly that so few feet would make all the
difference. But the low land fire.
quently has In it more water than Is
good for the crop and this retarding
the maturing enables the frost to find
the corn en- the low land more imma.
ture than that ON land little higher
The result is that tho corn is injured
more because 1t Is immature than be-
cause the temperature there Is sc
much lower than on the land little
| higher. This is theory, and we dc
not know that 1t can be proved by
facts.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
The Collar for SILK Frocks.

For wear with silk frocks and rib
bon stocks there is decided demand
for the modified medici collar, which
takes the place Of the plain ruching,
now rather out of date. The new
medici rufre is of net or lawn. edged
with valenciennes or mechlin lace
knife pleated, and is from one and a
half inches to three inches deep. o..
stands out very stiff and somewhat
saucily from the stock.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Makinu II Emphatic.

Concerning certain archdeacon In
the English church a tale of modesty
Is told. He forbade one of his friends
to call him doctor" saying, III you
call me doctor | will do the same for
you" ooh. but you can't" replied
the other. 81 am not doctor" You
soon will be-" was the answer III
no - II am" came the retort.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
"Pen Stammerlnq."

pen stammering" is the name Civ
en- by DR.. Bertillon' Of Paris to diff.
Guilty in writing analogous to stammer-
Ing in speech. Many persons, he says,
are Incapable Of writing even one of
the letters Of q word az long as any
one is looking at them. Hypnotic sug.
gestien. hs thiaks. will cure this nerv.
Gus trouble. az we'll as writer's cramp.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Bacteria In Soil.

BACTERIA IN SOIL
A bacterium Is such a small thing
that the human eye cannot detect 1t.
IL takes the microscope to bring out
this minute form of life. 1t takes
some thousands of bacteria to do the
work that Is done in a single tubercle
On the root of n leguminous plant.
Nevertheless, small as they are, bac-
terra are of immense Importance to
the farmer and often the success or
failure OF crop will depend on the
kind Of bacteria there is in q soil.
The kind Of soil and its physical
structure also have great deal to
10 with the abundance of bacteria.
rich in humus, that is, has much
vegetable matter in 1t, Is better suit
ed for the development of bacteria
than soil that has in it very little
humus. 1t has previously been be-
!ieved that the only advantages in
having the humus was that 1t was a
source OF nitrogen and that it also
held moisture and kept the ground
from drying out. The third good
quality must now be added, that OF
making bacterial life more abundant.
Whether this connection between the
humus in the soil and the bacteria is
important because the humus fur.
nishes food for the bacteria or
whether 1t Is important because the
humus keeps the ground light and
moist and let's the air work through
1T easily, we do not yet know. Both
are reasonable suggestions. We are
sure to understand more about them
In the not distant future. 1t is now
certain that we can introduce new
kinds Of bacteria into soils and that
we can by doing this greatly increase
the productive capacity of the farms
for certain crops.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15

The London Medicol Press thus is
sues call for heroes: THE top hat
Is ugly, unhygienic and embarrassing.
It's sole claim to support is the ap-
pearance Of respectability it gives. II
only q few medical baronets would
drive to their consultations in Pana-
mas and cloth caps they would break
the tyranny of habit over health and
cemeliness, and at the same time earn
the undying gratitude of their humb-
lsr confrerss."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Wild Dogs Of Central Africa.

The wild dog OF central Africa, an
explorer writes. is common enough.
He is an ugly looking beast, with q
pied body, coarse hair, short head and
large upright ears. These wild dogs
play fearful havoc with game, occa-
sionally clearing out whose districts
precisely in the Same manner as the
red dhole Of India, before which even
the tiger is said to retreat.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
EIenhants Iona for Freedom.

In captivity elephants always stand
up when they sleep, but when In the
Jungle, in their own land and home.
they lie down. The reason given for
the difference between the elephant
in captivity and in freedom Is that
the animal never acquires complete
confidence In his keepers. and always
longs for liberty.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Rpefreshments In Church.

Family pews were introduced at the
beginning of the seventeenth century.
Come Of these had = table and fire.
place, also curtains and window
BINDS. so rs to secure the utmost
privacy. This led to abuses. IN
some Of the closed pews card playing
was not uncommon and the tedium Of
a long service was sometimes relieved
BY light refreshnents,-The Reliquary.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Girls Apron.

Pretty aprons are ever in demand.
This one is novel and becomes orna-
mental at the same time that it serves
the practical end of protecting the
trock. AS illustrated It is made of
white lawn with trimming of embrold-
cry and fancy stitching, but all the
materials used for aprons are equally
correct. white for the better sort, col
ored chambray. Bingham and the like
for those OF harder usage. :
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Insects Don't Touch Rice.

A remarkable fact connected with
the rice plant is its almost entire Inn
munity from the attacks OF insects,
and from those diseases which infect
the cereals and other vegetable
,growths, as also that 1t supplies q
wholesale diet for one-half the popula'
ton of the world.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
% lnanrsnt % Rnlidera.

Prof. Charles L. Norton OF the Mas.
tachusetts Institute of Technology
Gays that great deal more care
should be taken in protecting steel
work and wrought iron work from cor
rosion. Concrete is far better safe
guard than stone or terra Gotta against
Gre, he says. The Boston skyscrapers
are viewed with suspicion by Prof.
Norton.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Wife Drove Pests Away.

A Yorkshire man whose poor rela'
lions pestered him continually, mar
ried the worst scold in the county in
order to have guardian who would
protect him from the importunate
legacy hunters. The venomous anc
incessant vituperation Of the woman
had the desired effect.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Force of Blue Whale.

A blue whale. harpooned by New.
fcundland whaler in Placentia Bay In
March, 1903, towed the steam whaler
Puma 1922 miles, the screw being re.
versed, at full speed the whole time.
and not until twenty-six hours
elapsed was exhausted and killed.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Snake That Stole.

While working close to farm
house at Fulbeck. IN Lincolnshire, a
laborer was astSnished to see a snake,
over a yard isns. swim across a
stream. with some trouble he cap
tured 1t and foRnd IN it's mouth a
cheese cake which 1t had stolen from
the farm house larder on the other
side of the river.-London Daily Elk.
press
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Few Americans in Eurons

Travellers returning from Europe de.
clare that the scarcity of Americans
at continental resorts is very notice
able this season, and hotClkeepers are
complaining that not In years have
they come upon such hard times.