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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
JAPs GET MUKDEN.
Another Russian Stronghold Is Cap.
tured

Another Russian Stronghold Is Cap.
tured.
TOKTO--Field Marshal Oyama tele.
graphed as follows under Fridays
date:
We occupied Mukden at 10 o'clock
this morning. Our surrounding move
ment in which we have been engaged
for some days past. has now COMPLETE
~ succeeded The fercest fighting
continues at several places in the vi
cinity of Mukden.
We captured a great number Of
prisoners. enormous quantities of arms,
ammunition. provisions and other war
supplies. There is at present no time
TO investigate the number of these.
NEW CHWANG According to re-
liable information received here, the
Russians, having been driven out of
Mukden and Fushuan, and, with the
railroad cut are retreating in a de.
moralized condition to the hill country
toward the northeast.
Detached bodies Of Russians are
i'"ShlN VhNltH'uluS WIN VIC" w
checking the pursuit, but no great
rear guard action is being fought.
1t will be impossible for the Rus
slams to keep up any sort of resistance
for many days, as there are no means
of provisioning in the rough country
through which they are retreating.
1t is believed that the Russians may
attempt to reach Kirin, 225 miles
northeast of Mukden through the val
leys, but special Japanese corps
from the direction of the Yalu river
probably General Kamamuras
forces) threatens to cut them off.
The casualties on both sides have
been enormous. The Russian Sixteenth
army corps was practically annihilated
at Tatchekiao. Eight thousand Rus
slams fell at Leuliuanpao
ST. PETERSBURG asst night all
our armies commenced to retreat"
The greatest defeat in the history of
the Russian-Japanese war was made
known in ST. Petersburg last night,
but only in the paltry eight words
from General Kouropatkin to Emperor
Nicholas, which were flung about the
streets in newspaper extras and pass
ed from mouth to mouth. Two
thoughts formed instantly in the minds
Of everyone, and two wordG we're or
every ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for
Dler dreaded, TIE latter hoped for.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
Bedroom Climate.

A person at the age of sixty years
has spent about twenty years of his
life in his bedroom. Have you inves-
tigated the average sleeping room eli
mate? If you were sent as a mission
ary to some distant pestilential spot
the climate of which was as unhealth-
full as that of the average bedroom,
would you not feel that you were risk
ing a great deal for the sake OF the
heather?
On the tombstone of tens of thou
sands of those who have died from
tuberculosis might appropriately be
Inscribed, Disease and death were
invited and encouraged by a death
dealing bedroom climate"
To show that this is no eXaggera-
ton it is only necessary to call at
tention to the fact that fully half of
the tubercular patients placed in out
door consumptive hospitals make a
satisfactory recovery. If fresh air
will cure the disease, it is certainly a
wonderful preventive of it. 1t is not
more reasonable to deliberately
breathe impure air than it is to drink
impure water or to eat unhealthtul
food or wear infected clothing.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
How to Resist old Age.

A chain is as weak as its weakest
link. The body is as weak as its
weakest organ. To combat the on
ward march of old age all organs must
be marshaled to harmonious resist
ance. This resistance can be devel-
oped best by cultivating reaction"
This means that the body forces act
against some external stimulation and
overcome it.
The best developer Of reaction is
cold-either cold air or cold baths.
This must be done gradually, espe-
cially if one is already weak Guilt
vate the power of resistance by daily
exposure to cold air. Live out OF
doors as much as possible. The abil-
ity to resist cold will also enable on*
to resist pneumonia, dyspepsia, ape
pleXy, diabetes, obesity, old age.
The cold morning bath is a wonder
ful youth preserver. Try it. RegiE
carefully. At first rub face, arms an6
chest with the hands dipped in cole
water, Then the rest of the trunk and
the legs. Dry quickly and exercise for
ten or fifteen minutes, In a month
you will hardly know yourself. Try it
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
Some Chinese Baths.

traveller in Mongolia writes
There are some hot springs on the
road about twenty miles north of
Chingpeng The place is named
Tangshan. The arrangements for
those anxious to benefit by their heal
ing properties are very primitive. A
row of twenty to thirty wooden boxes
the size of an ordinary packing case
is ranged beside the road. In these
sit bathers of every age and both
sexes, with their heads protruding.
Attendants with buckets continually
refill the boxes from the springs. For
less luxurious bathers there is accom-
mediation in a pool which has been
dug out close by. In this they squat.
scooping up the water and pouring it
over their heads with brass basins. 1t
is curious to reflect that establish
ments like Homburg and Aix-les-Bains
have had their origin in such begin
ningS."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
In Harmony with Nature.

Modern science as well as expert
ence has shown that contact with nat
ural surroundings, especially fresh air.
sunshine and the ozoning emanations
from growing plants, has marvellous
health-imparting virtues. In these
natural agencies is active the power
which created and maintains all things
and which is constantly communicated
to all living things as the essential
condition OF continued life. The more
closely man comes to Nature, the
more deeply he may drink from the
fountain of life and healing To live
in harmony with Nature in the fullest
and truest sense is to live in har-
mony with God; and to live in divine
harmony is to be happy.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
Training the Skin.

The usual effect of draft OF cold
air upon the back of the neck is cold
and a sore throat. Mary years ago
Dr. Brown Sequard, an eminent
French physician, devised a means by
which sore throat from this cause
might be prevented. BY blowing upon
the back of the neck with pair OF bel
lows, increasing the time each day, he
trained his patients until they could
endure this treatment for half an hour
without injury.
1t is not necessary to be exposed to
a draft of air on the back of the neck
in order to obtain this result. BY
means of the cold bath, the wet-sheet
rub, the shower bath, towel friction,
etc, the skin may be educated to con-
tract on the slightest increase OF cold.
Daily exposure to the contact of cold
air is of the utmost importance. 1t is
because of the constant exposure TO
cold that the Indians body is 'all face'
the skin of his whole body has
learned to take care of itself.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
A Cure for Cold Feet.

An excellent and simple remedy
for cold feet is the application of cold
water. Step into the bathtub, let the
cold water run in little faster than
it runs out. Standing in the water,
rub one foot with the other, rapidly,
ten or twelve times. Then change and
treat the other foot in the same man
rer. Keep up this alternate rubbing
for about three minutes. The feet
will have become very red, and as you
step out of the water, you will find
them burning and glowing with the
warm blood brought into them by this
means.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
render,Aearted savages.

One of the most anomalous features
of our Christian civilization is the
slaughter house, especially the abat-
toirs of our great cities, where veri-
table torrents of blood perpetually
flow. the ebbing life of millions of in
nocents which die that man may feast.
Indians are not noted for being
over-sensitive; and particularly de-
spise any exhibition of weakness. The
interior of a slaughter-house, however,
is said to have proved too much for
their powers OF self-control. The Chi
cago Record states that "a party OF
fifteen BlacEfo0t Indians recently Wis
tied the killing room of Armour
plant. One tainted, three more were
in. the rest covered mp their eyes
They were hurried out OF the place
into the fresh air.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
LAND FRAUDS FOUND IN UTAH
Agents Of Federal Government Said
to Have Unearthed Them.

SALT LAKE, Utah.-Special agents
OF the federal government are report
ed to have been engaged for some time
past in investigating public land
frauds in Utah. The Salt Lake Herald
states that hundreds of thousands of
acres of valuable coal lands have been
acquired by corporations by question.
able methods. Vast tracts of coal lands
are said to have been filed on and pat
ented as agricultural and grazing land
and then transferred to coal com.
panies. In many instances, it is stated.
lands have been settled upon as coal
lands under the law which permits
every adult citizen to acquire sixty
acres of coal land by purchase on
payment of ten dollars an acre for
such lands when situated more than
fifteen miles from any railroad, and
twenty dollars an acre when situated
within fifteen miles of railroad.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23

The number of deaths due to tuber-
| oulosis is tremendous. When the word
is spoken one instinctively thinks of
pulmonary consumption. This is the
form which attacks adults and which
we see daily gathering in its victims.
There are other forms, however, more
common in children that levy trib-
ute upon them without calling atten-
ton to the relationship between these
diseases and consumption of the
lungs
DR.. jacob is authority for the state.
n ent that Tuberculosis kills as many
people, old and young. as diphtheria,
Group, whooping cough, scarlatina,
measles and typhoid fever taken to-
gether." In all of our cities active
steps have been taken to protect the
eople from the above named dis
eases Until quite recently, however,
a few years at most. nothing was done
to reduce the mortality from tuber-
culosis.
Now, however, the attention of the
world, the common people and the
health authorities, has been called to
its durability and preventability.
The causes, the modes of scatter
ing, and the prevention are all being
studied, and an educational campaign
is on to wipe out this white terror"
The children suffer from tl.bercu-
losis of the bones, the bowels and
lymph glands. Tubercular meningitis
is frequently found in early life and is
uniformly fatal. Only by careful at
tention to the food and daily habits
can the rising generation be made inn
mune from these varied forms of tu-
lerculosis.
The fact that over one half of all
babies born die before they reach the
age of five years, proves that the con
stitutional capital" bequeathed them
is small. Is the proper attention paid
to the diet, exercise and out-ofdoor
life of the mother? If this were done,
the child would undoubtedly have
greater vitality and could by proper
care and education live above the tu
berculosis OF childhood and of adult
life
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
CUTS OFF sINEWs OF WAR
French Bankers Practically Refuse I,
Loan Money to Russia.

LONDON-The revolt of the French
bankers is considered by the London
newspapers as the most hopeful and
important news of the day, promis-
ing an early conclusion of peace be-
tween Russia and Japan. Apparently
the proposed loan has not been alb.
solutely refused, but only postponed"
This, however, is regarded as being
tantamount to refusal and is eX-
pected to speak louder to the Rus
sian war party even than Kouropat
kin's reverse at Mukden. II is regard.
ed that by the death of NJ, German,
the late governor of the Credit
Lyonnais, Russia lost its strongest
financial friend in France, and that
had he been alive no difficulty would
have been experienced. With the
American and English markets closed
to it, it is thought that Russia can
only turn to Germany, which is not
likely to be much more responsive
than France, and the only alternative
would seem to be to make peace.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
Funeral Of Mrs. Stanford.

HONOLULU-The mail room of the
steamer Alameda, which sails for San
Francisco next Wednesday, has been
appropriately draped for the recep-
ton of the body of Mrs Jane L. Stan
ford. Before the departure of the
steamer funeral services will be held.
at which Bishop Resarick will read
the services. Among the pail bearers
will be Governor Carter, United
States District Judge Dole and David
Starr Jordan president of Stanford
university. There have not been any
developments in the case.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
TaIkina of the Battle.

PARLIAMENTARY writer's here dis.
cussing General Kouropatkin's situa-
ton admit its extreme seriousness,
but do not believe a new Sedan will
follow, urging that the japanese army
is not heavy enough to compel a sur
render. Unstinted praise is give.
Field Marshal Oyama's military
achievement in the present battle, but
it is believed territory over which the
fight has been going on is too enor
nous to expect the Japanese to seri
ously plan to surround the Russian
forces.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
Work on Canal Can Go On.

Observation-Disclosures is authority
for the statement that the question
as to whether the isthmian canal shall
be made a sealevel waterway or con
structed on the lock system is one
that need not be determined at the
outset of the work In fact il is stated
that work could progress for five
years or more before this matter
would. necessarily be decided, and
without in any way retarding the
progress Of construction or causing
any delay, There is strcug recon-.
mendations for a sea level canal.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
Railroads DEFY Commission.

SAN FRANCISCO-The law depart,
ments of the Southern Pacific and
Santa Fe have reached an agreement
respecting the orange rates They
have decided to ignore the recent de
cision of the Interstate Commerce
commission, which decided that the
rate of $l.26 on oranges from Cali
fornia to all eastern points was un
reasonable and should be reduced tc
$1.15.' In other words, the railroads
propose to require the payment OF
the existing rate unless the orange
shippers can find relief in court.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
orenz Strict TsetctaIer.

At banquet given to DR.. Lotenz,
wine was served. He pushed the
wineglass aside. Someone enquired II
he was a total abstainer. He an
swered:
Il am a surgeon. My success de-
ponds upon having a clear brain, a
steady nerve, and firm muscles. NO
one can take any form Of alcohol with
out bunting these physical powers;
therefore, as g surgeon, must not use
any form of spirits. OF In
ebriety.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
WHERE FIGHT WAS BLooDlEsT
Troops Stumble Over corpses Un.
buried for Days.

puIiSu IuT lays
MUKDEN-The Japanese last night
pushed up from the south across the
abandoned plain between the Shakhe
and Hun rivers and are as this dis
patch is filed, about five miles south
of the latter and from the Hun, oppo-
site Machiapu, and northward Japa-
nese batteries are pouring in cease
less fire.
The Japanese succeeded in emnlac.
ing siege guns and mOrtars at Dius-
hantun, about six miles west of this
city, whence they opened FIRE before
dawn.
Dlusnantun was the scene yester-
day of the bloodiest and most desper-
ate fighting of all this terrible battle.
It's possession was vital to the Jap
anese who stormed it again and again.
The Russians dislodged them but the
Japanese finally recaptured the vii.
lage after much hand to hand fighting.
Eye witnesses say the dead, scat
tered in the streets, court yards and
houses have heen unburied four days.
Rifles and other arms lie about
wrenched and twisted Hand grenades
were thrown by the Japanese and the
garrison was subjected to the concen-
trated fire of as many as a hundred
| guns. Once Diushantun in their hands,
| the Japanese can train guns on Muk.
| den railroad station and it has been
held at a frightful cost. The Japanese
are also concentrating their efforts
about seven miles north Mukden and
about five miles west of the railroad
with the object of breaking through
and cutting off the surrounding troops
| below
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
Decides AGAINST oovernment,

NEW YORK-ludge Wheen, in the
United States circuit court, handed
down an opinion, which, If finally sus
tanned, will cost the United States
government five dollars. This money
the government viii have to refund Ia
the American Sugar Refining com
pany for duties paid to it on raw
sugars imported from Cuba in 1903
and upon which the company contend
ed that reduction of 20 per cent
should have been allowed under the
then existing treaty, The suit IVES a
test case.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23

WASHINGTON When the car
calls the war council Tuesday he VIII
be able to inform his ministers that
the japanese will welcome peace on
reasonable terms and will promptly
name its conditions provided 1t re-
ceives trustworthy assurances That
they will be seriously considered
This, the emperor has learned from
friendly chancellories in Europe, as
well as the general terms acceptable
to Japan.
These It Is said. include the roten-
ton by Japan of Port Arthur, Jap
anese protectorate over Korea and
an indemnity.
From a high official the Associated
Press hears that Russia has recalled
its second Pacific squadron.
An attache of Russian embassy
in Europe is quoted expressing the
belief that Kouropatkins recent de
feat will force Russia to ask FOR peace.
Briefly, these were the reports cur
rent in the diplomatic corps, and as a
result Of this important information
official Washington believes that Rus
STA and Japan are on the verge of
peace, If it he true that the second
Pacific squadron has been recalled
even the most optimistic Of Russia's
friends admit that this is a strong in
dicaton that Oyamas mighty blow
has made for peace.
Count Cassini, the Russian ambas-
sador, is the notable exception in the
group of foreign ENJOYS here. How
ever generous the terms which japan
might offer" the ambassador said,
Russian prestige is not among them.
That is one thing for which the war
will be fought to the end. Victory for
the Russian arms will alone make
for peace If not at Tie Pass, then at
Hardin. Russia will assemble another
army mightier than before and with
that army it will settle the issue. 1t
may be six months, a year, or per-
haps two years. Time will be no con-
sideration."
At the Japanese legation it is de-
clared that St Petersburg and not
Toxic Is the capitol from which the
world must hope for peace proposals.
Mr.. Takahira, the Japanese minister,
said in the most emphatic manner
that Japan had not directly proposed
peace. He did not deny that neutral
powers, through their ENJOYS from
time to time, had sounded Japan as
to the terms on which it would accept
peace, but these, he said necessarily
changed with the progress of hostil-
tiles, the intimation being that Russia
could have obtained better terms after
the fall of Port Arthur than after the
capture of Mukden.
If the Japanese government were
assured that peace proposals would be
considered by Russia there Is author
ity for the statement that Japan would
respond Immediately. But it will in.
sist that these assurances shall be of
the most positive character Japans
experience in the negotiations pre-
ceding the war, it is said, will make II
exceedingly cautious in the future. II
will insist that such assurances shall
come from the Russian government
and not from this or that party OF
this or that friend OF the emperor.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"
! TUBERCULOSIS in CHILDREN
[ Appalling Mortality Among the Little Ones Due
) to This Cause-Proper Attention to Health of
Mothers Would Save Many Lives


dress negligently trailed over
smooth lawn jeweled with daisies, the
sight of a woman dragging her gown
in the street, sweeping up the filth
and collecting millions of microbes,
is a revolving spectacle; and yet with
long skirt the only alternative is
to hold it up, a practice which in
duces cramp in the arm, as well as
cold fingers in winter, and gives a
decidedly ungraceful walk and atti-
tude
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
Cause and Cure of Gastric catarrh.

Cause and Cure of Gastric Catarrh.
Chronic congestion of the stomach,
known as gastric catarrh, is usually
caused by one of the following errors,
or by all of them put together: Eat
ing too much or too fast; swallowing
food insufficiently masticated; the
use of such coarse foods as cabbage,
green's, etc.; mustard, peppersauce,
ginger and other condiments and
spices; pastry containing animal fats;
free fats, which lodge in the stomach
and remain there a long time; pork,
griddle cakes and burned fats-these
are the things that produce gastric
catarrh.
The first and most necessary step
in the treatment of this disease is to
remove the cause of the trouble. We
may induce activity of the skin by
hot applications followed by cold or
hot bath followed by short applica-
ton of cold; lamentations followed
by a short cold application to the
stomach. These treatments are use
full, but the most important factor is
the regulation of the diet. A fruit
diet is best, for the reason that in gas
trio catarrh there is a great accumula-
ton of germs, which are destroyed by
fruit juice. A well-prepared diet of
toasted bread, zwieback, granose bis
cult, etc, is also useful in these
cases.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
Spotted Fever" KiIRnu Msnv

NEW YORK-That corebro-spinal
meningitis, or spotted fever" is Kill
ing about forty persons week In
this city, was asserted by Commits.
sioner Darling of the health depart
ment
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
His KnowIedne Of Japan.

COPENHAGEN-The Russian min.
lister to Denmark, NJ. Isswclsky, starts
for ST. Petersburg. The authorities
there desire to have the benefit Of his
knowledge of Japan. gained while he
was minister at Toxic.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23
FOR PEACE
1T is SAID BOTH eELLlGERENTs
WANT 1T.
CAR TO CONSULT MINISTERS

Japan viii Submit Terms II Assured
that They viii Be Considered
Count Cassini, Russian Ambassador,
Says Victory Alone Will Make for
Peace.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-23

The abominabe practice of wear
ing Ion, skirts for the street is dying
out. Pretty as it is to see summer