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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
BEAUTiFYlNG A STATE.
Two caIifornians Imported Birds and
Turned Them Loose.

uTneu mem LooSe'
whenever | see any of these prop
agandas for identifying a city, said
Senator Perkins of California, the
other night, IL always, think of the
work done to beautify the State of
California by citizen of Altadena,
which is hard by Pasadena. The
mans name is Andrew McNally. and
when he came to California there
were few birds at Altadena, and
those few were hardly what we would
call beautiful. McNally made up his
mind that he land needed birds, so
he built him an aviary and imported
many hundreds of his feathered
friends Once year he would open
the doors of his aviary and let the
young birds fly whithersoever they
would, and in short time the whole
country was populated with feathered
creatures of every variety of hue and
song. His example was followed by
Joseph Grinnell and Mrs. Grinnell.
both of whom were ardent ornitholo-
gists, so that now the country around
Pasadena Is a garden spot for birds
of beautiful plumage. Many of the
birds that were imported came from
Japan and China. So you see there
are more ways than one of beautify-
ing a city or a state. Philadelphia
Press.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
Faithful to His Friends.

One thought had he, to live his life,
TO link with joy its utmost ends,
But i'm the thickest of the STRIFE
lie was faithful TO his friends.
Cared not he for right nor wrong,
Honor's call nor duty's way;
He but lived among the throns,
Lived among them for day.
Thus he lived and thus he died
Yet each one now his life defends;
For we saw the rule applied,
lie was faithful to his friends.
Rough and tempest tossed the road.
Crooked was the path he trod;
Oft he staggered meath the load,
And swore loudly at his God.
But after all his varied years
No reason he to make amends;
He left no payment In arrears,
lie was faithful to his friends.
Henry II. b. Briggs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
Can the Democracy Get RIuht?

The Democratic party in Congress,
under the leadership of Senator Cor
man, has engaged in systematic oppo-
sition to the increase of the navy-to
any increase of the navy
The Demo ats admit that their pol
fey is futile. 1t is astonishing that
they do not see that it is also suici-
daily foolish.
The United States has a greater ex.
tent of seacoast than any other ma
ton except the British empire.
FurtherHore, the United States Ia
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
Looks Suspiclous.

A Chicago man refuses to testify
court whether he had a bank accooc
of 100000 NJ not, on the ground
that he might incriminate hims1
Must not have had il, ANY man WI
that much money Is in no danger
being iucrIminateS.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17

stead. Why isn't he Just the man I'm
looking for in this little deal?" he
soliloquized. Il can make good use
of him and do. him good turn at the
same time" He smoked on thought
fully for some time, then looked at his
watch Guess I'll look the old fellow
up" he concluded As he rose he
glanced complacently at the prosper
Gus. elegantly attirei figure reelected
In the cracked mirror and thought Of
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
Deer Make Pretty Picture.

A Middlesex, VT, farmer, while
drawing logs two or three days ago.
saw a group of eight deer on a mea-
dow about a mile and half south OF
the village. He describes the animals
as sleek and in good condition. and
says they made picture well worth
looking at.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
GOOD POINTS OF POVERTY.

l do not curse my poverty.
1t has its better points:
No govt has ever come my way
To stiffen up my joints
do not. all the long. long night
All anxious lie awake
And wonder what the chances are
For the fool bank TO break
/ do not go about with black
He'll goggles on my nose
My coat of arms a monkey wrench
And gasoliny clothes.
! do not have to dress and go
Somewhere o. nights and stay
Till u o'clack. and stand it while
They talk me old and gray.
Ohol I put my fee. upon
NY old typewriter and
I smoke my pipe and thank my stars
That L can understand.
Why Providence all-wise has cast
My lot where sunbeams fall;
A toast to poverty 1t has
It's good points after all!
San Francisco Bulletin,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20

Copyright, 1904 by Joseph W. Bowles.)
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20

good. and that he got so he could
climb tree-just shin right up like a
cut-and that you were the bravest
boy he ever saw. and that you would
fight bear as quick as eat. Such
boy l am proud TO call my friend.
What was it about your fighting bears,
single-handed, with no weapon but
empty tomato cans? You ought, to be
in the history books. Your dad said
bravery runs in the family"
"Oh. get QUIT Did dad tell you about
that bear story?" said the bad boy,
as he sharpened his knife on his boot.
We'll, you'd dide right there, if you
could have seen dad. He is one of
these men that is brave sort of inter
mittent. like folks have fever. Half
the time he is darn coward. but
when you don't expect it. for instance
when the pancakes are burned, or the
steak is raw, and his dyspepsia seems
to work just right. he will flare up and
sass the cook, and l don't know of
anything Drawer than that: but ordi-
naS.ly he is meek as a lam. l think
the stomach has good deal TO do
with mans bravery. You take a SOL
der in battle, and if he is hungry he
is full of fight, but You fill him up
with baked beans and things and he
II NlLiilS 10 postpone uSnl, ana ne
don't care whether there is any fight
at all or not. think the trip through
Yellowstone park took the tar out of
dad. Those geysers throwing up hot
water, apparently right out of the hot
place the preachers tell about, seemed
TO set him to thinking that may be
had got nearer HI, on a railroad
pass. than he had ever expected to get.
He told me, one day. when we stood
beside old Faithful geyser. and the
hOte water belched UP into the air a
hundred feet, that all it wanted was
was for the lid to be taken off. and
HI would be yawning right there,
and he was going 20 try to lead a
different life. and if he ever got out
of that park alive he should go home,
and join every church in town, and he
Vvnuld adNisn ministers To Ger The sim
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for damages for running my reputa-
tion, if he didn't come over here with
a club and take it out of your hide.
Dad can stand a good many things,
but when anybody insults one of our
family, dad gets violent, and ne had
rather kill a man than eat. You read
about their finding the body of a man
in an alley, with his head crushed?
Well, / don't want to say anything,
but it is rumored that dad was seen
near that alley the night before, and
that man chased me once for throwing
snOwballs at him. We move in good
society. and are looked upon as good
citizens, but dads temper gets worse
every year. Can I stay around here
more or less. or do / have to go out
into the world, branded as a criminal.
because an old fool fell into a basket
of his own eggs? Say. now. answer
up quick" and the bay boy sharpened
match with a big dirk knife and
picked fig seeds out of his teeth.
"Oh. sugar, no; you don't need to
CO." said the old groceryman, as he
came up to the boy, wiping the soap
suds off, and trying to smile Il was
only jOshing you, and, honestly. I en-
JOY you. Life is a dTeary burden when
you are away. Somehow l have got
so my blood gets thick, and my APP
petite fails, when you are away from
town, and when you play some low
down trick on men. while / seem mad
at the time. it does me good, starts
the circulation, and when you go away
! seeem a new man. and laugh. and
feel ike | had been Oft on a vacatio
fishing. or something. 1t was a great
mistake that | did not have family
OF boys to keep me mad part of the
time. because "A man that never has
anything to make him mad is no good
I envy your dad in having you around
constantly TO keep his blood I'm circu-
lation. ] suppose you are responsible
for his being. at his age, as spry as a
boy. He told me when he and you got
back from Yellowstone park last sum
mpr that the trim did him q world OF
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7 He scat Of honor-was near the
head of the bed. As 1 entered it
was vacated by young woman
who bore a smile OF victory. She had
seen and talked with Clara Morris,
says Burns Bantle in the Chie9go In
ter Ocean.
The actress herself lay upon the
cOunterpane. She was bright and
cheerful and beautifully hospitable. but
she was propped up against the foot
board, and, although ] knew that she
had become accustomed to the inva-
lids position, the feeling OF intrusion
that crept over me was not lesseued
by that knowledge 1 blamed himself
for an incoEsiderate brute, and Won
dered if l had the wit TO frame a
graceful excuse and withdraw.
/ recall that ] was quite certain in
my own mind that were j an actress
with troublesome back I would tell
all the admirers and all the newspa-
per men 90 go hang. while | rested and
prepared for the task of the day. I
certainly would not be gracious enough
TO devote the few hours leisure I had
TO talking with a lot of people / had
never seen before and would likely
never see again-nOt !. There were
some things that were rally too much
to ask. and some things too much to
epeCt How could be welcome to chat
with this good lady when she talked
with an effort and when the day before
she had had a matinee and an even
ing performance, and, anyway, the
nerve Of
And now. sir. you can advance to
the seat of honOr."
l was called.
~ bruised ankle nay dear sir-and
H. nn
strings OF a harper I should have
done this visit up in style. J should
have. met YOU at the door and waved
you 10 a seat. and all the rest OF it.
And l smiled guilitly. though l pre-
tended that il was jOyfully at the
patient lady before me. And she
smiled sympathetically. for Clara Nor
ris is as fully of sympathy as The
Two Orphans" is full Of heroics.
You are very brave 10 receive any
one in any way" I declared. truth
fully. and with 20 though of saying
the appropriate thing al the proper
time. IF il were u
"Oh, bless you, I'm so used 10 my
pains now that sometimes l almost for
get them. But now l have cought cold
the old story of the dressing ROOM"
Like the days OF Old,Y said I. re-
calling something in the Morris reIni-
nicences concerning the failure OF car
penters and plasters and builders to
consider the poor player
Like old times" she repeated. You
know when I went into this thing it
was only for four weeks. Then when
il came 20 the question OF taking it
on the road they came To me and
They We're very insistent, | have no
doubt"
Yes, they were. It sounds absurd
for me 10 say it. but. really. they de-
clared that there wasn't any use Of
their trying TO go out without me-nice
or them, wasn't it2
Now. Miss Morris. they said. well
do everything that we can do for you
You shall have carriage and a state
room and everything to make you COM
Portable, and-and we'll raise your sal
airy.
" Well I said, now l know you are
serious. Compliments may roll off me.
but money sticks. And L promised TO
Bo-but only with the understanding
that / could leave at any time, with
out any i'll feeling and without any
thing else to stop me-for 1 didn't
know how l could stand Ibis road buf-
letting"
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at all. In one scene my stage mother
asked me if / loved my sweetheart,
and, without answering, / turned and
buried my face in her lap. The au-
dience understood so well that Mr..
DAILY told me 1 could leave out the
line altogether. I'm never so happy
as when can gain a burst of applause
without speaking a word. But this
bit of pantomime III Alike was an in
novation at that fine"
but in the Orphans you certainly
assume the old method"
We'll. the Orphans demands tit
is written to be acted in that grand
style. the language is stiited, the
scenes heroic, melodrama' is writttn
all over It. I have very little TO do
! with it in my small part, but believe
it is meant to be acted in the old fash
toned, broad style"
But, personally, you believe in the
reasonable and natural methods-in the
| sensible school, l call it?'
Thoroughly I'm proud 10 say, too,
| that no less a person that Charlotte
| CuShman watched my performance In
| New York on one occasion and pre-
dicted success for nue.. She is, they
! tell me the old actress declared the
/ first Of the new school, as we'll as the
| last OF the old And when they went
| TO her with their hands raised TO high
| heaven and their voices to a high pitch
1 and told her that l was going TO play
! Lady Macbeth as seductive and COO
! ing and in a red Wig-I, Clara Morris
who had come out of the ballet and
! had been in only three theatres i'm my
life, was going to so far defy tradition
she just laughed at them.
| She is perfectly right, she said.
! But you don't do it, Miss Cush-
man." they opposed.
Well" she answered, look at me
do 1 look ''cooey'' and "seductive?" ,
and they were silenced.
And just here word came that the
daughter-in-Iaw of Madame Helena
J Modjeska would like to visit a moment
with Miss Morris, and 1 felt my hold on
| the seat of honor was slipping.
/ And there came further word that a
young woman would like to chat with
| Miss Morris as woman to woman and
for purposes of publication And |
thought Of the performance that night
and of the twanging spine and the
throbbing ankle-and reached the con-
ciusion that that was where / made
my exit.
II have heard it rumored." I ven
tured. arising. that your tour will not
continue a great deal longer. If So
Will you return to your home and again
leave the stage for good and alp"
l expected franz and an enthusi-
astic affirmation. But l didn't get it.
1T all depends. / have had several
wonderful offers One man wants me
to play Article AZ again. told hin
that l was an old woman and wOuIdn'l
think of trying to play a young one
and he told me- I cOuId mako "a, az
Wen as ever, with laces around nay
throat and all that But ! wouldn't
! think of it. Then there have been Other
offers which are most attractive o.
course. my health is very frail, but it.:
hard to give up--eometimes.
j can understand that" I said
And as Nine. Modjeska's daughter.
in-law came in I passed out.
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By Hon.
rye w. Peck.

gosh. just as quick as ] could run this
knife into your liver. I missed dad. he
just yelled 'Eennery. this is the limit.
and here is where your poor old dad
sprints for tall timber" and he made
for tree, and ] yelled. Hurry UP,
dad and ne said: Il amt walking,
am I?' and YOU ought to have seen
his short legs carry him TO the tree,
and help him skin up it. / have seen
squirrels climb trees. when dog was
after them. but they were slow COM
pared 10 dad. When he got up 10
limb he yelled 10 me 10 come on up, as
he wanted to give me a few last in
structiOns about settling his estate, but
/ told him l Was going 20 play l was
Daniel in the lions den, so / studied
the bears for a while and let dad yell
for the police, and thep 1 picked up
an aunful of tomato cans and made q
rush for the bears, and yelled and
threw cans at them, and pretty soon
every bear went off into the woods.
growing and scrapping with each
other. and I told dad TO come down
and l would save him az the risk of ny
life. Dad came down as quick as he
went up, and / took his arm and led
him to the hotel. and when we got 10
the room he would have collapsed, only
/ gave him a big drink of whisky. and
then he brased up and said: "Hennery.
! when il comes 10 big game, you and L
are the wonders of the world. You
are brave, and I am discreet, and we
make "a team hard 10 beat" ] told dad
he covered himself with glory, but
that he left most OF his pants on the
tree, but he said he didn't care for =
few pants when he had a boy that was
the bravest that ever came down the
pike. When we got home alive he did
not join the church. but he gave ne J.
gold watch Well, III have TO depart.
and the bad boy went out and left the
old groceryman thinking Of the here
after.
Copyright, 1904, by Joseph w BowIes.)
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ners to take trip to the park, if they
wanted to work religion into them.
Dad would wake UP in the night, at
the hotels in the park, when a geyser
went of suddenly, and groan, and
cross himself. as he had seen religious
people do, and tell me that in a few
days mere we would be safe out of
the d-n place, and you would never
catch him in it again.
well. there is one hotel where a lot
of bears come out of the woods in the
evening, 10 eat the garbage that is
thrown out from the hotel. They are
wild bears, all right, but they have
got so tame that they. come right near
folks. and don't do anything but eat
garbage and growl. and fight each
other. The cook told me about it, and
said there was no danger, cause you
could take a club and scare them into
the woods.
1--WE got to the hotel i'm the after
noon. and dad went to our room TO
say his prayers and take a nap, and
had his supper taken to the room, and
he was so scared at the awful sur
roundings in the park that he asked a
blessing on the supper, though it was
the bummeSt supper | ever struck.
After dark j told dad we better go out
and take a walk and inspect the seem
cry, Cause it was all IN the bill, and
if you got a bum supper and didn't
get the scenery you We're losing money
on the deal. / saw the man enptying
the garbage and 1 knew the hears
would be getting in their work pretty
soon. so 1 took dad and we walked
away off, and he talked about how God
had prepared that park as warning
to sinners of what was to come, and
! knew his system was sort of run
nhlg down. and knew he needed ex-
element, a shock, or something, TO
make a reaction. so / steered him
around by the garbage pile.
Say, before he knew it we were
right in the midst Of about nine bears,
grizzlies, cinnamon bears. black bears.
and ali Of them raised, up and said,
'Whoof!' and they growled, and, by
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TOBACCO
HABIT.
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TROLLED M
MEDIATELY-
AND QUICKLY
CURED.
TAPE WORM
REMOVED.
HEAD AND ALL,
IN A FEW
HOURS, OR
NO PAY.
REMEMBER
THE s. A MONTH
RATE FOR
CATARRH IS
A SPECIAL
| OFFER-YOU
MUST NOT
DELAY IF YOU
WANT TO BE
| CURED AT THE
LOW RATE
ALL MEDICINES
FREE.
| CONSULTATION
ALWAYS FREE.
CALL Or
WRITE.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20
SIS a Month by Mail.

No one need be deprived Of the advantages of this
special offer because Of living away from the city
WRITE DRS. SHORES AT ONCE, If you cannot call
FOR THEIR SYMPTOM LIST AND QUESTION
BLANKS, and take advantage of DIS Shores SPE-
CIAL OFFER TO CURE CATARRH AND ALI. CA
TARRHAL CHRONIC DISEASES FOR THE LOW
FEE OF s. 90 a month; NO OTHER CHARGE OF Elk
PENSE All Medicines Free This special offer goes into
effect AT ONCE and holds good to ALL WHO APPLY
THIS MONTH CALL OR WRITE; CONSULTATION
FREE WHETHER YOU TAKE TREATMENT OR
NOT. DO NOT DELAY. APPLY NOW.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20
Beware OF " Fake
Medical Companies. "

Drs. Shores in their many years OF practice In sat
Lake City have resorted to abuse OF any honest
physician-but the contrary Drs. Shores nave al
ways welcomed HONEST competition-but when
TRAMP DOCTORS and ITINERANT FAKIRS, ND
ing under the cloak Fake Medical Co., seek 90
trsp the unwary Drs Shores feel it a duty to can
attention to suc5 frauds EVERY DOCTOR I'm
TITLED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN UTAH HAS
HIS NAME AND CREDENTIALS ON RECORD IN
THE COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE If you in
tend TO consult a doctor, FIRST EXAMINE THE REC
ORDS AND SEE THAT HIS NAME is THERE IL is
an old time trick to advertise a Fake Medical Co.
and parade doctor possessing great skill (who
is either nonresident of the state is dead and
bured), and then palm off some Inscriptions Quaek
the sick when they to consult the doctor adj
vertsed DID YOU EVER HEAR OF A GENUINE,
REPUTABLE PHYSICIAN DOING BUSINESS WITH
THE SICK AS A FAKE Company The COM
PANY furnishes the cloak under which ANY QUACK
practice If go DR.. Smith. DR.. Jones'
be to SEE HIM IN PERSON and don't be salts
fled with who "REPRESENTS THE DOKE-
TOR a salary Of $50 per month.
Compare the picture of the doctor advertised with
the face of the who consults you-then ask him
who he is
Drs. Shores conduct their business under their OWN
NAMEs-if you consult Drs Shores & Shores. you see
the DOCTORS PERSONALLY. If you consult other
doctors, BE SURE YOU SEE THE DOCTOR HIM
SELF
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VINO Wants the Omen patesp

Ut. LOuIS Relubiic.)
Paris plans an exposition for 1920 Port
land is 20 have one next year and in
1907 Jamestown is TO give a land and
water show. The years 1910 and 1915
are yet open.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20
A woman's Dog.

'sWhat makes you think the dog used
10 belong TO a woman
cit appears to want to be carried and
kissed all the time
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PRIVATE
DISEASES.

Private diseases viii exist and must be cured. Drs
Shores have special department devoted exclusively
the of this class of ailments and such~cures
be proven by published testimonials like other
troubles Drs Shores prove their ability private
diseases by a special offer. you NEED NOT PAY
ONE DOLLAR UNTIL CURED UNLESS YOU WISH
TO- MOTTO of Drs Shores protects the I'M
fortunate puts the fakir business. Consul
tation free and confidentials
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-07-16
STRIKE CONTINUES.
Peace Negotiations at a Standstiil
Packing Houses Fill
All Orders.

Chicago, July IS.-Negotiations
for peace in the butchers strike are
at standstill tonight and the strike
will continue until one side or the
other abates the demands made up
to the present time.
Both sides are anxious for a
peaceable settlement but the stun
bling block TO final adjustment
is that neither side is prepared
to allow the other to dictate the
basis of arbitration.
This afternoon the packers con
sidered Mr.. Oonnelly's reply to
their proposal of last night and
found it unsatisfactory. Union Of
fcers were advised that it would be
impossible to reach an agreement
along the lines suggested by Mr..
Donnelly. In their answer to Mr..
Donnelly the packers declared
themselves willing to arbitrate, but
stipulated that the arbitration
should include the entire scope of
the strike and not be limited in any
way. This communication of the
packers was identical with the one
sent yesterday by them to Mr..
Donnelly and to which his counter
proposition of today was a reply.
With the reply of the packers
was sent note 70 Mr.. Donnelly
advising him that they would be
ready for his answer tomorrow, and
that if he desiredlanother confer
ence with themthey would pleased
to meet him in another effort to
reach a basis of arbitration. No.
have as yet been
made for another conference, but
the reply of the unions to the lat
ese note of the packers will be Sent
tomorrow, after which Mr.. Don
nelly will leave for ST. Louis,
where he will address a mass meet
ing Of strikers Sunday afternoon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-07-16
Dangerous Runaway

Mrs. Jas. Lewis and her two
children, aged eighteen months and
four years, respectively, had a very
narrow escape from dangerous con
sequences in a runaway which oc-
Cured about $50 yesterday after
noon. Mrs. Lewis had been visit
ing in town and had started to her
home in Tony Hollow, southwest
of town. At Fourteenth and Da-
kato. one Of the single-trees Of the
buggy broke and the team started
to run. Mrs. Lewis was holding
her baby in her arms. She man
aged to throw the other little one
from the buggy and then jumpout.
still holding the baby. 1t was al
most a miracle that none Of them
received any injuries. The buggy
was badly smashed up,