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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
HOW TO PACK AND MARKET APP
Piles.


At the recent Illinois State Horti-
cultural convention, c. II. Williamson
said in part: The arts of packing
and marketing apples are quite differ
ent in their scope, but yet are so re-
lated that it is quite within bounds
to say that to pack well Is half the
art of marketing. Yet to pack well is
not difficult if one has fruit that is fit
to pack. These are a few principal
rules to be observed: DO not face
your barrel with stuff entirely out of
character with that which is to follow
Don't make the face of your barrel a
lie, which you do when you put two
layers of fine apples on the face of
the barrel and then fill the rest of
the space with trash. Do not use
barrels of different sizes, but be sure
that the barrel contains room for
three bushels. The apples should be
alike in size and color as much as
possible. After each basketful is put
in shake the barrel well, so the ap-
pies will settle. and when they are all
in shake the barrel so well that little
pressure will be needed when the
head is put on.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

hand She never allowed a book or
chair out Of its allotted place.
After tea he sat down to think. Was
this solitariness to be forever the end
of his happy hopes? Was Miss Pike.
staff always to preside over his home?
He hoped not
1t seemed uncomfortable as the bright
Goals tinlied in falling from the CRATE,
and the pretty French clock licked
and echoed in the oppressive quiet.
Suddenly there was a ring at the
door bell.
Tom started up, as much because
his thoughts were unsettled as for any
other reason, for the maid usually
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

Not every farmer is so situated that
he can conveniently keep bees, but a
good many who do not might just as
well have a few hives. Their work
as pollenizers Is well known to fruit
men and gardeners, many of whom
have a few hives just for this pur-
pose, and the honey is a very accepta-
BILE form of sweet. more wholesome to
most people than sugar or syrups
Bees require some care, though not a
large amount. An essential also
worth remembering in other things
than bee keeping, is to keep ones
temper. They know when they are
misused If man slaps at them a
few times when around the hive, he
is sure to be made sick of the bee
business before long. Bees, like PEEK.
in ducks, are so easily excited that
they need no stirring up or loud talk.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
THE BARNARD FENCE.

The best fence 10 put around the
barnyard is one that is high, tight and
strong enough to turn all animals.
More or less stock will come up
against this fence every day in the
year, so that it must be built much
stronger than field fences.
There is nothing better than boards
placed one against the other to a
height OF 5 or feet These will
turn the wind and make the yard
much warmer through the winter.
Posts should be set or feet deep
and feet apart. Barber wire is very
Objectionable, as horses are likely to
get their feet in 1t and be seriously
injured, while COWS and other cattle
are often badly cut. 1t is suitable
only for hogs Woven wire is not
strong enough for a barnyard fence
and does not turn the wind.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

To make the most out of dairying
an important thing is to keep only
good cows. To know beyond rea.
sonable doubt that each COW kept is
a profitable one, a careful test should
be made of each cow separately in
order to ascertain as to the quantity
and quality of the milk she produces
and If the amount is not sufficient to
show a good profit discard her as
soon as possible. One or two COWS in
herd will make considerable diff
ference in the yield or profit, and the
only safe rule is to have each COW a
profitable one.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

She had sweet eyes. That fact had
dulled brain, as he turned aside and
let the young lady pass him. He knew
well enough who she was-Tome &
Tapes new typewriter girl.
lie was not interested in girls just
new-in fact, he hated them.
What could have been more be-
quilting than Miss Sophie Silver, with
her fair, fluffy hair, and her pink
checks, and her darling little way of
looking at you as if she would eat you
up if she only had silver spoon?
Fair, false little Sophie She wasn't
worth the intense discomfort she had
caused him for the past four months.
She hadn't cared a button for him;
or for anyone else but herself, for
that matter
She only wanted him to think her
pretty, and to be sure she could cap
tivate him. She had allowed him to
think they were engaged. Engaged!
Well, she was three deep before she
saw him. There was her dentist, and
a theological student, and one of her
fathers statesmen dancing attendance
upon her, each believing himself the
favored one, when she met Tom, and
Immediately pinned him as victom
number four.
Miss Sophie liked to please people;
it wasn't a bit of trouble. She prom
Used to marry most of the young men
who asked her. AS these affairs null
tiplied she sometimes wondered how
they would come out, but never trou-
bled herself any further.
When Tom realized all this, when
he found her out, he could have beat
en- his head against the wall for a
fool. But that would hardly have re-
lieved the sting. 1t had been little
cruel. His dear old mother had died
and the house was unbearably lonely,
with the grimmest of housekeepers.
He had not a sister or cousin or
young woman friend in the world. In
fact, he didn't know much about girls.
He was only three and twenty, and a
little shy and awkward, though more
than usually good looking.
In his loneliness he was led to join
a social club called the Hyacinths, and
Miss Sophie saw him and marked him
for her own.
1t was all over and well over. But
young Tom" felt old and dull, and
when he saw a pretty girl he turned
aside with a wry face.
But the young lady entering Tome
& Tapes Office was not so remarkably
pretty. Only she had sweet eyes, and
Tom" thought a little about them
in spite of himself. He knew her
name; she was Miss Arethusa Dacy.
She was said TO be a very nice op-
orator. Mr.. Tome was doing some
business for him, and he mentioned
her as a very exceptional young lady.
Tom" wondered if she had ever
fooled any of the younger men who
had admired her. She did not look as
if she had. She had a little air of re-
serve about her, and then those frank,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
SHEEP ON WINTER RANGE.

The location of the winter range
is naturally chosen for its proximity
to the ranch house or to sheds or hay
stacks. Where deep SHOWS may be
expected, the sheep must be kept near
covered corrals and a supply of hay
provided TO prevent loss from starva.
ton by being caught in heavy storms.
A large section of range country is
very favorably located with regard tc
the amount of snowfall. Even where
the temperature falls quite low, there
is ordinarily little snow. Although
sheep are able to maintain themselves
without much extra feed, yet there is
always a danger of heavy loss from
big storms. Some way should be pro-
vided for short period of feeding in
case of fall of heavy, wet snow that
subsequently becomes frozen.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
The Czarevitch.

He doesn't know that God has been at
pains
To fashion him for splendid, lofty
things
He doesn't know that there is in his
veins
The sacred blood that quickens only
kings.
He doesn't know that millions of grown
men
Are whispering his name with awe to-
day,
He doesn't know nation trembles when
He, gagging, from the nipple turns
away.
By right divine raised high above the
mean,
The common ones, that hew and plant
and spin,
He doesn't know the difference between
Divine right and an open safety pin.
How wonderful! And yet how strange
withal
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
NO LONG VACATIONS.

you don't have to work more than
five or six months on fruit farm"
was a remark made to us recently by
gentleman, evidently not expert
enced in fruit growing. The fruit
grower should have recreation in
some way as well as workers in other
lines, but there is very little oppor-
tunity for long vacations. AS soon
as the busy harvesting season is over
the work of preparing for the next
season should commence. There is
always some profitable thing to be
done out of doors when the weather
permits and when it does not there is
time to do the more of the most i'm
portant part of the years work which
is thinking and planning. The fruit
grower who does not keep a diary
or memorandum book or record of
some kind in which to jot down things
to be thought of at a future time is
not making the most of his opportuni-
ties, and will not be prepared with
plans when the time comes for action.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
NOT THE SAM E.

Coin shoppin', pears to me,
Isn't what it used to be.
Used TO drive up to the store.
Leave the team out by the door,
Trade our truck for calico.
Tea and sech; and off we'd go.
Nowadays yere at a loss
TO pick out the real boss.
They don't stop to tell you jokes.
Never saw seCh drossed-up folks,
An the goods that they display
Fairly takes your breath away.
Every things trimmed up so gran
Looks to me like fairylaud."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Bee Culture for Women.

Mrs. Fanny N. Berthe, who superin.
tends the bee and honey exhibit at the
st. Louis exposition, is one of the
most successful apiculturists in the
world. She has an apiary at Winona
in Minnesota and for three years has
filed the office of treasurer to the
Bee-Raisers association of that state.
She says: II consider bee culture one
of the most pleasant and profitable
occupations for women"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Remarkable Work of Physician.

The latest American wonder is a
complete skeleton of the human
nerves, prepared after an incredible
amount of work and patience by DR..
Rufus b. Weaver, professor of anato-
my at the Hahnemann college, Phila-
delphia. There is nothing to equal it
in any museum in the world. The
nerves of the hand, the foot, or some
portion of the human anatomy have
been separated from the body and
shown in the same fashion as the re.
markable skeleton made by DR.. Wea
yer, but no one has had the patience
to prepare complete nerve chart, us.
ing as the material the actual nerves
withdrawn from the body. A picture
of the nerve chart has been sent to
the Museum of Medical Curiosties at
Loncoln's Inn Fields, London, and the
creator of the chart has been con
graduated by the great surgeons of
London on having built up one Of the
most marvellous anatomical structures
of the age.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

innocent eyes, dark blue as pansies,
and with curling lashes.
But glasses and lassies are brittle
ware" quoth Tom" with a groan, as
ne recollected SOphies smile and the
little curls on her forehead.
He went home that night unusually
depressed. He had seen great many
people during the day. and they had
-ad the effect on him OF making him
EEL more alone than he did before he
saw them. 1t was little relief to be
at home. The rooms were the pic.
sure of comfort and neatness, though
= little stiff, under Miss Pikestaf' E
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Is Double Of President Lincoln

Representative John Lind Of Min
resota, who has twice been governor
of that state and has been nominated
for Justice of the supreme court, IN
said TO bear a marked resemblance tc
Lincoln, In fact, he seems perfect
double of the martyred president;
even the expression Of his face is sim
liar, as well as its contour, He is Hx-
tremely tar and gaunt aad he. q
shambling ga.'.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Originally all the ostrich plumes

Originally all the ostrich plumes in
use were obtained by killing the wild
birds. Thlrty-tive years ago it was
found that these birds could be do
mesticated with the result that in
South Africa to-day there are 4,O00,-
900 tame ostriches, producing plumes
of yearly value of $6,OO00O0. Within
few years the raising of these birds
has been undertaken in California and
Arizona with much success.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
Churchman's Hioh Position.

The archbishop Of Canterbury, now
on visit to this country, occupies
the highest social position in England
next to the crown and the immediate
descendants of the king. He takes
precedence after the prince Of Wales
and his son and above all dukes, earls,
vlscounts, above the lord chancellor,
the premier and the secretary of state
and all ministers from other countries
to the court of st. James.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06
DRAINAGE IN IOWA.

Probably the most valuable bulletin
ever issued by the Iowa experiment
station is that on drainage After
several seasons of water-logged fields,
its appearance is timely The new
drainage law has just gone into effect
and the bulletin furnishes much i'm
portant information which the land
owners who contemplate an effort to
establish bitches under the new law
will appreciate.
The excessive rainfall of the last
two years has helped to emphasize
this subject, for it has made much
land unproductivc which, in ordinary
times, is productive and has sharply
called the attention of the owners
OF this class of land to the subject of
scientific drainage.
Information which is conveyed to
the public by the bulletin is compiled
from valuable data secured by the
soils department of the division of
agriculture, supplemented by exhaust
i've notes and tables on drainage en-
gineering, prepared by the civil engi-
ncerine department of the division of
engineering.
Prof. Curtiss says of the bulletin:
This publication is of special value
to the farmer and the drainage engi-
neer, and is an instructive handbook
for students and others interested in
this important line of investigation. 4"
Iowa has vast areas susceptible of
drainage and present land values will
not permit the owners of these tracts
to let them be unremunerative.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

Prof. l.. H, Bailey of Cornell uni,
versity is one of the highest authori,
ties on horticulture. He says: MY
conclusion is, after having had the
question in mind for a decade, that a
heavy application of lead paint is the
best all-around dressing for common
pruning wounds; and this, believe,
is the commonest opinion with careful
orchardists."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

A backyard is sometimes uninviting,
but it is generally supposed that no
one sees it but the family. Let the
family take pride in seeing that it is
well kept and contains both grass and
flowers. 1t is no place for a hobsled,
old hoops and rubbish.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

"Drudgery is simply work in which
the body is solely engaged. Get the
mind onto any subject, become thor
oughly interested in it, interested suf-
hciently to study how to do it in the
easiest possible way, and it ceases to
be drudgery. Any kind of work that
we do not like is drudgery; any kind
of work which does not employ the
intellect and for which there is not a
good motive is drudgery. We can
transform drudgery into pleasant,
healthful toll by becoming interested
in it and doing it, not as time service,
but as a duty to be performed con-
scientiously. Drudgery kills men.
Honest work performed with brains
and skill actually lengthens life.
Whether work is drudgery or whether
it is pleasure depends altogether on
the spirit with which we perform it. "
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

The town possesses no advantages"
over the country. 1t is an undesirable
place in which to raise a family-it is
false and artificial from start to finish.
Hold to the farm, for in it is living
and competence-a certainty which
cannot be had by any other equal in.
vestment.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

The venerable Daniel Webster was
wise, of course, but he would be seized
with frigid vibrations were he to drop
into Colorado now and see our grand
industries, like the beet sugar mills,
humming along. Webster made the
mistake of his life when he said: II
oppose the expenditure of a single
penny by the government in the at
tempt to develop that great American
desert beyond the Mississippi"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-06

mir. wragg invites contributions OF
any new ideas that readers of this de.
partment may wish 10 present. ana
would be pleased to answer correspond
ents desiring Information on subjects
discussed. Address NJ. j. Wragg. Wau-
kee, lowa.l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-30
Property Transfers.

Richmond: John Apgqs.nes ws rnstea ne e te
Maple Street, north OF Poplar Street 1;o, sss,'
John Powers and Wis to % Y; Street a1saG
feet south q IVY Street $780, q % Morsbol p
Gordon 20 foot on east line Rowland Street,
15s "a feet south Of Ivy Street $500 - . AZ !,
"a, II, Teiser Ia J. n. aud Annie !. ramsay,
80 feet on north line Federal Street. CD feet
su Posnlie Miihiser Gustayus Mlllhiser.
Emanuel Miiihiser and wife, Clarence Mill
hiser and wife and Samson Kirsh ana wife 70
james r. Williams, so feet on south slde o.
Graham Stree, between {, oo1 Eu'ton street aha
James Augustine and Yfg ;ss Ar M Wsst M1 mo
OF Maple, Street, north q Poplar street, sp ,,a
Bridget md Josie @. Grace and Heil,s ,, and
r.. IL 5MsClare and Maggie and Joseph y,
Baccigalupo 10 G. w. Glnss, q feet on east
line Eighteenth Street between broad ana
Grace Streets, $500, !,
iienrico; Nrule and "; A., Coles to liz. I. Z,
Hulihen Williams lots Y and is IN block
ii in plan Of Chestnut. nm, $1,000 ,.a,.,. .,
j. Ii. Hord and wife 10 ", a Cairns ~
acres near Fair Oaks sl7h
Walter Davis Moses and Wife 70 Al'feu
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-30
RICHMOND PRODUCE MARKET.

Corrected daily. Unless otherwise stated these
quotations AFRO wholesale prices)
POULTRY dive>-Fairly active. Quotations.:
Chickens, large, per pound 1891 medium, per
pound, lic small. Yer pound, l5c.; hens, per
pound, lie. ducks, old. per pound, &C.; ducks,
1toung, per .dnni. 1ldplSc-i uoosteFs, per
piece. CSC, :. -
17c per pound; fancy dairy. packed, l60gl7c.
per pound; choice dairy packed, i6e per pound
l2Qlsc. per pound common. 90, par pound d.
laid zoe pur dozen crates. other sections. zoe.
per dozen, barrels and boxes l9c. per- dozeni
FRuiTs AND VEG ABLEs-Apples per
choice hanapaeled sl75; per barrel medium ,,1
paeked, cloth Covered si;.s9l,50i psr bar
rel, choice handpacked cloth! covered s sl,oo,
10 good, s.;5oalSos lnIxad pr bushSel slss@
busiei, 6Oe. No 4. per barrel, $l7S; NO; q
per barrel! ileifel, toi sulls ner 6a Ad9 SIG
basket carrier. choice. slal.l5; common : 500
T5c 5pcanl,ts-Farmers. per pound, 3fsMnc.
isacon- Hams, small. 15@l6c. hams. large ladp
iic; sides, smoked. 1oalsc.; shoulders smoked,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-30
COT TON.

NEW YORK. September o9-I have re-
ccived many Inquiries as to what will be
the indicated crop, provided the condition
shown by the government report, to be
published on Monday next, is this, that,
or the other figure. take this means of
replying to such inquiries.
Tho indicated crop depends upon which
year is taken as a basis of comparison.
The following table shows the Indicated
crop on the basis OF tho October condl-
ition for the last ten years, allowing for
the increase in acreage this year and
assuming conditions after tho date OF
the report to be the Same this year as in
each year previously with which COM
pariSOn Is made; a t4t 4-lasN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-30
DR.. Pollard Honored.
(speclaii 10 Tho Times Dispatch

"A ST. LOUIS, MO. September 29,--One OF the
features OF the International Congress OF Arts
and Sciences were tho two Sunday sessions.
sideration Of the science Of religion Among
tho distinguished sneakers We're Or. Hugh
Black. Of Scotland; Or. j IT,. MeFadyen, Of
sity; Josiah Strong. OF New York. and Or.
Edward - Pollard. of Georgetown, NY DR..
Pollard, who has made an envIahle reputa-
son OF Professor John Powell and was reared
in the city of Richmond. lie had tho honor
of being ono OF the few southern men spe-
cially invited to address the congress.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-30
RIGGS SAG,
But EASILY
Nothing Prccipitatc III The Fall,
Which Resulted From
Heavy Realizing.
READING The MAIN STAY
Low Level Was Reached III the
Final Hour When There Was
al, Irregular Rally.
ny Associated Press.)

4
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.--.rhe stock mar
kot was subjected again TO very heavy
realizing and prices are lower as a conse-
quence but II must still be aaid That the
realizing was well taken and the drop was
by no means prccipitate. Tho movement
was not accounted for By any news de-
velopments, either to induce selling or TO
cause advances In the fow stocks that
showed strel1g TIL The coalers furnished
tho principal support for the market, al
though Tie August earnings of the anthra-
cite carriers proved very unfaVOrable
compared with the showing of some other
railroads. This was n fair example or
the Disregard Of news which chtTac-
tcrized the movement. Reading was me
main stay OF Lie market and bid upssgain
and again with ra1lyng effect from the
declines caused by tie prolit.taking. The
higftprccd .coalcrS were conspicuous, sell
ing up TO 800 on bidding for lU share lots
Stocks which had been. the leaders Of the
recent advance were freely sold to-day
This was especially true OF United states
Steel preferred The sharp reaction In
signal for :lsdeclIne in Union Plclic, ana
aroused suspicion Of n tnanipulative
source for the numerous rumors In clrcu-
lation Of late or compromise in the
Northern Securities case. The grangers
#and Pacitcs sympathizcd with the heav-
mess OF Union Pacific. and even ST PAU,
which was lifted 4 point, lost II again.
Weakness in some of the Vanderbilts IN
view. Of Il session Of the New York Central
directors caused n bad impression. Prices
{'touched The low level IN. the final hour
and made an Irregular rally.
Bonds were easy. Total sales. par
|valne. s..S3O.0 COZ. United States bonds were
unchanged on call. IS
The total sales OF stocks for The day
amounted to 5000 shares. s
MONEY AND EXCHANGE-CLOSE
Money on call firm at ,-4G2 per cent;
closing bid, ga per cent: offered at !:
q percent. time loans. fl rm; sixty days 8
months 3 3-a per cent; prime mercantile
& paper 1-2Is5 per cent. Sterling exchange
4, weak. then firmer. with actual business in
and at .S3.3Ju4.o3 ~ for sixty day billy:
posted rates, sl.SiGp4.Si 1-2 and si.s6 Leg
4.s7; commercial bills, S4.s23-aGiAs3 T..
bar silver. 5iI-s; Mexican dollars, 3-4.