davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Turks and Russians,

Turks and Russians is a game play
ed by two persons with slate and pen
ell. About quarter of the slate is
marked off by a line at each end, and
in each of the compartments 50
marked off are made a number of
dots about the size of a pinhead, those
at one end representing Turks and
the other Russians. The number of
Turks and Russians may be large or
small, as agreed on, but must be
equal. At one end of each compart-
ment is a small square which serves
as battery. Each player, in turn,
places the point of his pencil in his
own battery, and then draws a line
quickly in the direction Of his
enemy's men. This line must have
no angles in it, but must be straight
or curved. Those dots through which
the line passes are considered dead
men, and he who first kills all of the
encmy's mon is the winner. Some.
times the players are required to shut
their eyes or turn away their heads,
when drawing their lines.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Trusslnn Game.

The TRUSTING Game is played by
two persons, each of whom tries to
overturn the other. after both have
been tied or"trussed," as follows: The
player seats himself on the floor; his
hands, placed palm to palm, are
bound together at the wrist with a
handkerchief. and his legs are tied
in like manner above the ankles. The
knees are then drawn up, the arms
placed over them, and a stick about
four feet long pushed over one arm,
under both knees and out again over
the other arm. The player can now
move no part of his limbs except his
toes If he is overturned the ends of
The stick prevent mis- falling on his
side, but he cannot right himself
without aid. Two players "trussed
in this way, are placed opposite each
other in the middle of the room. their
toes just touching. The object Of each
is to tip his opponent over by means
of his toes, and he who first does this
is the winner, If either of the play
ers falls over, he must be placed in
position again by the spectators.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Lesson For Women.

JERSEY Shore, Pa, Sept. 26 (Special)
-"Doda's Kidney Pills have done
worlds OF good for me-" That's what
Mrs. C, b, Earnest of this place has
To say of the Great American Kidney
Remedy.
81 was laid up SICK" Mrs. Earnest
continues, land had not been out of
bed for five weeks. Then | began to
use Dodd's Kidney Pills and now am
30 can work and go to town without
suffering any. l would not be with
out Dodd's Kidney Pills. l have good
reason to praise them everywhere"
Women who suffer should learn a
lesson from this. and that lesson is,
cure the kidneys with Dodd's Kidney
Pills and your suffering will cease. .
Woman's health depends almost en-
tirely on her kidneys. Dodd's Kidney
Pills have never yet failed to make
healthy kidneys.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
w. N. w., Omaha.
No. 40-1904

Every housekeeper should know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will! save not only time, because it
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in A-pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you
a 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
ters 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, 1904-10-06
Wait Proved Himself Hero,

II there be degrees or kinds of hero.
ism, then perhaps that arising out of
unselfishness is the highest. At all
events, this type was we'll illustrated
by a sailor lad many years ago. He
mad been sent, a poor waif, to the
training ship Chichester, and when his
time was up he went to sea. His ship,
bound for New Zealand was run down
in the English channel, and almost at
once began to fill. In the confusion a
woman rushed on deck and shouted
for the boats. A sailor told her the
boats had been swept away. Madam"
said lad standing by, you can't
swim; / can. Put on my life buoy"
The lad kept himself ahoat until he
was rescued in the last stage of eX
haustion, and, though nearly all lives
were lost, the woman to whom he had
given the buoy was among the saved
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
ThY frown or an nnkindnes1
a Sneedv Sailhont.

The boat that is here shown was
designed especially for a boy who
had no patience. tools or skill He
wanted boat, and one that would go
fast. A board with sail stuck up
On it was not to his liking, and so
this entirely original affair was pro-
duced Nothing in the boat was of
value, except as kindling wood, but
the making and sailing of similar
tainment. Each day when the wind
was blowing off shore one or more
of these boats were set adrift in Long
Island sound. Off they would so like
catamarans, sometimes at an angle
with the wind, but always out of
sight, never to return. Once in a
while one would be adjusted just
right and then it was hard to keep
up with it by rowing, it would go so
fast. The seas would go over them,
but as they had no deck on they
would 60
1t was found after awhile that too
short a boat would not steer very
well. A long boat on the other hand,
would keep pointing about right, so
that they were made from two to
eight feet long. The best way to
build the boat was to find board
about four feet long and six or eight
inches wide This was sawed diagon-
ally across the center, and the angle
made on each piece was made the
bow. These two pieces were held
side by side eight inches apart, and
two narrow strips were nailed across
bow and stern; an extra piece having
a hole in it was nailed on the bow
strip and a stick about a foot long
was stuck in it for a mast. The best
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

Philip Hichborn, Rear Admiral United
States Navy, writes from Washington,
D. c., as follows:
"Aher fie use of Peruna for a short
oeriod, 1 can now cheerfuILy recon-
mend your valuable remedy to any one
who Is In need of an invigorafing
Ionic. "-Phiiip HichbOrn.
No remedy ever yet devised has re-
ceived such unstinted eulogy from so
many renowned statesmen and military
men as Peruna.
Our army and navy are the natural
protection of our country. Peruna is
the natural protection of the army and
navy in the vicissitudes of climate and
exposure.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
The Tent in Position.

help. Get three old sheets or snawls,
rope and some safety pins and fol-
low this picture and description:
Tie the rope between two trees, so
that you may walk under it without
touching your head. Throw sheet
or shawl over it. Tie four strings as
long as yourself to each corner of the
sheet Zone on each corner). On the
other end Of each string tie a pointed
stick. Drive these sticks into the
ground as far from the rope as you
can. The sheet will now make a good
roof. Two more sheets are now used
for the sides of the tent. Each sheet
makes an end and one side.
Use safety pins to pin up these
sides. The hole at each end of the
tent under the roof is necessary to
keep it cool and comfortable. Most
tents are very stuffy and hot, but this
tent is as satisfactory an arrangement
as can be made.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

Of the honcysuckles. One must be
very still. for the slightest noise fright
ems it away.
1t has very gorgeous coloring The
upper parts are shining green, the
wings and tail are quite dark, and the
throat Is a blazing red.
In the winter it goes from southern
Florida to Central America.
The nest is very cute structure. 1t
is made Of plant down, then covered
over With moss lichens and small
plant hbers and is usually built in
orchard trees or oaks. The eggs are
two in number and CT beautiful pure
white.
It's fayorte dish is the honey and
small insects which it discovers in
the flowers that it frequents.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
ROLLING THE BALkY HOOPS.

DO you know that you can roll a
hoop backward? That is, start it roll
ing in one direction and have it sud
denly stop, and then start rolling in
exactly the other direction. Well, you
can, and very easily, too, and that is
only one of the queer things one can
do with hoops.
A vaudeville performer used to
amuse large audiences by making
hoops roll in lots of queer ways, turn
ing corners, chasing each other in cir
cles and acting generally as if they
were alive and were playing tag
games OF their own.
1t takes lot of practice to be able
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

pair Of tongs, such as come in candy
boxes. Each person must try to re-
move the peanuts one at time with
out stirring the other nuts. At the
end of twenty minutes a bell is rung,
and the one having removed the larg'
est number of peanuts is awarded a
simple little prize
Another simple but amusing pastime
is to have a ring hung from the chan.
delier at a convenient distance from
the floor. Each child must walk di.
rectly up to the ring, and without hes.
itating try to run pencil through the
ring. This sounds very easy, but if
you try it yourself you will be sur.
prised how difficult it really is.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Hay in the Now.

The moisture content of hay when
it is put into the NOW varies greatly,
this depending largely on the way in
which it is cured. Some hay that is
maze from grass cut late and cured
in dry weather has in it so little
moisture that during the winter it
may frequently increase in weight.
AS a usual thing hay does not in.
crease in weight during the winter.
If it is cut quite green and stored in
an imperfectly cured condition it will
often be found with such a large per.
centage Of moisture in it that spon.
taneous combustion is possible. Hav
cured properly will have in it a con.
siderable quantity of moisture and
will tend to lose this moisture during
the winter, and this loss will equal
ten per cent Of the bulk in many in.
stances.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
C2lassgss5 ~,
~ -2tzs ssI .ls.J-e,ss!gg
e-..St'E ~ tq&,B1 y SstM,-,
A.y3 J Z a,1;,->,
AGRICULTURE
The Cost of Production.

The question is frequently asked
whether the farmer should try to
make money by getting larger price
for the things he grows or by cheap
ening production. We reply both,
but in the main it must be by cheap.
ening production. The reason is that
the control of cost of production is
more under his hand than the control
OF selling price. The selling price is
regulated by conditions extending far
beyond the boundaries C his own
1arm. This depends on the kind OF
crop he is growing. If he is pro-
ducinS crop that is perishable he
Will be facing prices controlled by To-
cal conditions largely. If he is grow
ing wheat he will be facing prices
that are made by worldwide condi-
tons What is the use of a man
stopping production o. wheat and say
ing that before he produces any
more wheat he will help shove the
price up to a figure far in excess of
that prevailing at the present time?
Some men are saying that, but these
DNAAiN AA4Nh Shll nav III llOlC SLltNI vi
the price of wheat in the world than
the man that owns a meadow brook
can affect the tides Of the ocean,
which flow back and forth in response
to great laws vary far beyond the
control of man.
The man in his wheat field has to
considerable extent the cost of plo-
duction under control and his ability
to manipulate the factors that enter
into the cost of production will de-
termine his profit or his loss. The
cost of production Till be determined
by numerous things, among them the
yield of crops. There is many a
farmer that says he is making money
from the averages he now raises and
is not particular about making more.
If that is so he should be contented.
But there are thousands of farmers
that if they kept books on every crop
would find that they were annually
losing on some of their crops. or
this they are now ignorant. The in
crease of the average yield is the
first and most important means of de-
creasing the cost. That these yields
can be immensely increased under
better methods of culture is proved
beyond all controversy by the results
that have been attained in different
European countries. The average
yield of wheat per acre in England
is double what it is in the United
States. This alone shows how great
ly we can yet reduce the cost of each
bushel of wheat grown on our farms.
Another great factor in reducing
the cost is drainage, this letting the
air into the ground and making more
available by oXidizing it the manure
now in the ground or that is annually
placed there. We go on year after
year burying manure in the ground
and then so saturating it with water
that the air cannot make it suitable
for plant food. The complete utiliza-
ton of all the fertility placed in the
soil is one of the most complete ways
of reducing the cost of the crops.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

other end around a branch of tree
as far away from the trunk as pos
sible. Let the board be not more
than six or seven inches wide.
A good athletic boy can have great
fun with such a swing. There is a
knack in handling it, but when once
mastered he can swing back or forth
perfectly straight in any direction.
Grasp the rope as high as you can
reach, stand far back and with a
quick jerk lift yourself off the ground
and straddle the swing. The board
should be far enough from the ground
to let the toes touch, then, by touch.
ing the ground occasionally it is pos.
sible to keep going straight and not
revolve. If some one is near by to
push you can be pushed in a circle
like a "merry-go.round." There is
enough variety in this style of swing
to make it worth while to make it.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Fertilizers Without Humus.

Where soil does not respond to the
labor of the husbandman it has been
the general practice to apply CONNER
cial fertilizers, and the marvel has
sometimes been great that even these
did not seem to bring out the strength
of the land to produce crops. Until
recent times it has not been realized
that the supply of humus in the soil
was of very great importance and
that the resupplying of the humus is
the first thing to be looked after when
the land is to be brought back to its
former productivity. A man will do
well to first ascertain if there is a
lack of humus in the soil and in case
he finds that to be the case he should
at once proceed to add humus This
may be done in various ways. In
case the area is small it can be filed
with humus best by the application of
barnyard manure, which always con-
tains great deal of vegetable mat
ter. We have sometimes said that
fiber, which is largely carbohydrate,
has no manurial power. That is true,
but it is not the manurial quality that
counts with humus. The humus holds
water and prevents the land drying
out and it at the same time holds
with it some manurial elements that
are let loose on the decay of the fiber.
A farmer should use every occasion
to get humus into his soil. The burn.
ing off of the corn stalks and stubble
of grain is proceeding that tends
to destroy the supply of humus.
These should always be turned under.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Europcan Forests.

The percentage of the wooded areas
of European countries, as compared
with their total areas is as follows:
Finland, o1.2; Sweden, 1913; Russia.
404; Austria, 1926; Luxembourg, pol;
Hungary. 277; Germany, 26,1 Servia,
24.9; Turkey, 234; Norway, %; Rou-
mania and Switzerland 21.4 each;
Bulgaria, 20.S. The other European
countries have less than 20 per cent
of woodland. England has the smallest
wooded area, SO per cent.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
The MARRIAGE Partnership.

Marriage is a partnership, and as
one partner in q business house Is
not grateful to the other partner for
paying him his portion, so a wife
snould not be expected to be grateful
to her husband. And if she has a right
10 her money she has a right to her
own life. which is the gift of Cod
Everybody's Magazine.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

to do this, although a little twist of
the wrist does it ALL but it takes little
or no practice to make a hoop roll
backward.
Take the hoop ia your right hand,
your finger ends on the inner side and
your thumb pressed firmly on the out
side. Now give it an underhand pitch
away from you, at the same time turn
ing your hand swiftly over so that
your fingers are above and your thumb
below. This will make the hoop re-
volve toward you, although the force
of your throw carries il q little way in
the other direction. In an instant this
force Will be overcome by the force
OF the twist YOU gave il, which nakes
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

it revolve toward you. The hoop will
stop, and then roll toward you, pass
ing you if you have given it a strong
enough twist.
When you have mastered this, as
you will at your very first trial, you
are ready for very pretty little pas
time. Get one of your friends to pro
vide himself with a hoop, and have 9
backward race with you. Draw two
lines, ten yards, or thirty fees, apart
and standing on one line throw your
hoop past the other line, at the same
time giving it the backward twist
Your object is to make it roll toward
you, to pass you and roll rs far be
hind you as it will. Then your play
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Wouldn't That Petrify Youl

At Knaresborough castle, in York
shire, in a dropping we'll, in which.
II pieces Of wood sprigs Of trees or
flowers are dropped, they are petri-
fed, or turned to stone. 1t would
doubtless serve a human being in tho
same way, only nobody appears will
ing to try the experiment,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

Sometimes a rope will be found
lying about the barn or back of the
house which could be used to make a
swing, but it is not quite long enough
for the purpose. That is the time a
single rope swing may be made
which will furnish enough fun to last
all summer.
The end Of soap box makes a
good seat. Bore a hole in the mid
die of a board, pass the rope through
and tie a knot in the bottom. Tie the
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

mate tries his hand and tries to make
his hoop roll back farther than yours
did
This sounds very simple and easy,
but it is not at all SO, for after a
hoop has rolled backward for little
way it will usually roll in a circle, and
ii YOU are not careful it will, after
passing you, roll clear around you and
stop between the lines in front Of you
after all.
1t takes :, lot of nice judgment and
n very delicate ense of touch to maize
a hoop roll straight backward till II
drops, and you will find that this pas.
time will call forth as much skill as
marbleS " 90 ~ tSpnis.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
How's This &?

We oNer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case " Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hals
CstHrfh Cure. -
r. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned have known L. j. Cheney
Tor the Inst Is years and believe him perfectly non
trAble In all business transactions and financially
lble " carry out any obligations made by Ills nrin
WALDiSG, KINSAN d MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo o.
HAIRS Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
Directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF tho
Iystem. Testimonials sent free, Price 70 cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggsts
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Worlds Fair Visitors.

Persons attending the great Exposition
al st. Louis should secure room close TO
the Fair and In a safe brick building Hoo
tel Epworth has all the conveniences OF a
first-class modern hotel, within four min
utes' walk OF Convention and Adminlstra-
ton entrance. Rooms sl.00 per day and up.
Meals at reasonable prices. From Union
Station, go to Olive street, take Delmar
Garden, car going West to $780, Our boys
meet all cars
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
WhN2

Why leave for the evening shadows
The duties of early day?
Why grudgc until bleak December
The kindness we owe to May
lis time for the bud and blossom
When skies are serene and blue;
Who soweth in chilly autumn
Reaps harvest Of bitter rue.
Thy frown or thy unkindnesq,
AS bitter as draught of gall.
May sting thee as scourgc Of ncttle5
Ere lowers nights sable pail;
Beware lest thy tardy kisses
ran madly on lips or clay,
Or heart thou this morn COuldst comfort
&c pulselcss ere close of day.
BE kind while llfes morn still fingers;
my love ana thy helpful hands
shall be as the tounts of water
To wandCrCr DER desert sands;
a word from the heart, In kindness,
May pierce the gray mists OF pain,
And arch Ger the hills eternal
The rainbow of hope again.
Mary l.. Klllilee In New York Sun.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

AN officer sent to investigate tho
affairs of a government farm in the
Transvaal, near Potcerstroom, found
an expert at $4,000 year, an assist.
ant at $4,000 and another ut 81 500 in
charge of 200 chickens. Similar man.
Agement had resalted in a loss, to
late, OF s1,500.000.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Intemperance among young women
in rural districts is said to be rare.
Home Visitors Excursion Tickets to
Indiana and Ohio.

Via The Northwestern Line.
will be sold at very low rates on four
Tuesdays, Sept. 18th, goth and 9th,
and Oct. 18th, limited to return within
30 days from date of sale.
For particulars as to territory e
which excursion tickets may be sole.
etc. apply
City Offices, 1401-1403 Farnam St.,
Omaha, Neb.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

and II It were rot
true | would not
recommend them.
1t was the strain
OF lifting that
brought on lid
ney trouble and
W e a k g n e d my
back, but since
using Doan's KID
ney Pills | have
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
The Hummlna Bird.

One of the prettiest and most inter
esting of birds common to the eye is
the humming bird. 1t is so very little
and dainty and goes abou, its work
with such Al air of authority that one
loves to " -ch it as It, fits in and out
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Brunettes Before Blondes.

"The majority of city men choose a
dark girl as typewriter in preference
TO a fair one, said the manager of a
typist employment bureau. "They APP
parently think the brunette more ener-
getic and business.like."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Millions In Melons.

Thirty million dollars have been
paid by the East to Colorado melon
growers in the Arkansas valley dis
trict since the discovery of the famous
Rocky Ford cantaloupes.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Golf Good woman's Game.

Golf is an excellent game for wom-
en-, as the maximum Of pleasure and
exercise is to be obtained with the
minimum of labor.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Games for Rainy DAYS.

Lots of fun can be had with a pea.
nut tournament. Have four people at
each table, and in the center of each
have a large bowl of peanuts, and a
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

It is suggested that perhaps one Iea.
son why martial law is so often pro.
s,aimsd in the South American repub.
liese 10 that :: susDend- Sao payment
OF debtA