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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
Butchers Hair Was Like waencr's.

Butchers Hair Was Like Wagncrs.
Wagner, a German folk tale relates,
became afflicted with headache and
determined to have his hair cut. He
accordingly arranged with a barber
to perform the operation on certain
day. That worthy resolved to make
a good thing of it, and accordingly
informed all his customers of Wag-
rer's impending sacrifice.
Most of them paid him a certain
sum down. To the BARRIERS horror,
Nine. Wagner superintendent the cut
ting, and when it was over appro-
priated the whole of the coveted locks.
The barber, in despair, confessed
that he had sold them many times
over, whereupon madam suggested
that the butcher had hair much like
Wagners.
And the story goes that that night
half Dresden slept with the butchers
hair under its pillow.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
A Great Discovery.

Clayton, Tex, May 1st.-(SpeciaD
That genuine cure for Diabetes
has been discovered is the opinion of
Mr.. ]. II. Bailey of this place. Speak
ing of the matter, Mr.. Bailey says:
II believe Dodd's Kidney Pills 10
the best remedy for Diabetes and the
only one that has ever been discover
ed that will cure Diabetes.
81 have a genuine case Of Diabetes.
have taken seven boxes of Dodds
Kidney Pills and am still taking them.
They have helped me so much that I
am now up and able to work some.
believe that II had conformed strict
ly to Diabetes diet would now have
been completely cured"
Dodd's Kidney Pills have cured hun
dreds Of cases of Diabetes and never
once failed. It is an old saying that
what will cure Diabetes will cure any
form Of Kidney Disease and that's
just exactly what Dodd's Kidney Pills
do. They cure all kidney diseases
from Backache to Bright's Disease.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
Two Great Men.

1t was when Odell was governor of
New York state and visitor to the
fair at Mineola l.. l., that a plain
looking, plainly dressed woman showed
her way through the crowd and said
to him:
Governor, | want your permission
to bring my husband here and intro
duce him."
whats the name, please?" querieG
Odell.
Jones, sir-Tim Jones'"
Jones? Jones? | beg pardon, but
don't remember to have heard OF
hum before"
mo, / don't s'pose you ever did;
hut he's just won the race for 3-year
olds, riding his own horse, and is now
as big a man as you are"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
Farmers Gamble on Weather.

The science of meteorology has not
yet taught men what a day may bring
forth in the way OF weather. Farm
ing operations are clouded with uncer-
tainty from seed time to harvest, and
from the nature of the case the most
enlightened and conservative tiller Of
the soil is compelled to gamble in
futures much as does the specula-
tor in the wheat pit. Unfortunately,
too, his stake is often his all. Delayed
or premature frost, too much or too
little rain, to say nothing of the vista
tons of creeping or flying destroyers,
always threaten him with loss or ruin
and keep him forever guessing. He
must bet his crops on the presence or
absence of favorable conditions, an ex.
exorable fact that in the coarse of
ages may have had something to do
with the ingrained gambling habit
which besets mankind everywhere
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
New Niagara in South America.

Last week there returned from
South America to New Orleans a
party of explorers which included sci.
entists from different institutions
With a score of natives they visited
the Rio Leon territory, near the equa.
tor, and penetrated a part never be.
fore seen by white men. Among the
discoveries was a wonderful cascade
which rivals that of the Yosemite in
height and Niagara in volume. Il
is crescent in form and has eight
cataracts, divided from each other by
islands smaller than those at Niagara.
It is thought to be only a question of
a few years when these islands will
be swept away and leave one vast
cataract.-Phiiadelphia Ledger
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

The main building of Vanderbilt I'M
Iversity, at Nashville, Tenn, was de-
stroyed by fire April 20, causing
loss of 100000, with insurance of
S115,000. The building was of brick,
and was erected in 1874. Vanderbilt
university was founded by Commodore
Cornelius Vanderbilt, and was opened
IN October, 1875. The endowment
was $1,0O0,00O, to which the city Of
Nashville added $4,000, with which
beautiful tract of twenty-five acres
Just outside the city limits was pur-
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
Liberty and Education.

When Texas revolted from Mexico
Its declaration of independence con-
tanned the following: at (Mexlco)
has failed to establish any public sys-
tenn of education, although possessed
of almost unlimited resources (the
public domaln), and although 1t Is en-
axiom in political science that UNI
less n people are educated and en-
lightened it is idle to expect the con-
tinuance of civil liberty or the capa-
city for self-government."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
An Assurance.

Summers tunln' up again;
Hear 1t sweet an low
In de murmur of de win
An whah de waters flow.
De robins swingin' in de tree
An listenin' close an long,
A-waitin' fob to catch de key
An jine de general song.
Oh Miss Indy,
Don't you weep, or sigh.
Because you see, dar's gwinter be
concert by an bye.
Oh, de steamboat whistles BLOWN
An de engine ring de bell,
An whah de country's goin'
Is mo- dan l kin tell.
But when de breeze Is strayin'
Frum de stars across de wood,
We will listen to de playin'
An we feelin pretty good.
Oh, Miss Indy,
Don't you weep, / say,
Cause you'll have n invitation
When de music stahts to play.
Washington Star.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

to Play for Stakes on Sundays,
"a few weeks ago, while sojournifis
in Carson City, the capital of Nevads,
! witnessed a scene that struck me as
exceedingly curious, and which prob
ably was never duplicated anywhere
in this country" said T. b, Gardiner
OF Chicago at the Shoreham.
"A friend of mine who was on good
terms with the warden of the state
penitentiary took me to- that institu-
lion on Sunday afternoon, and there
/ saw all the convlcts, numbering sew.
eral hundred, assembled in the long
dining room of the structure. playing
poh2r, seven-up, monte, faro and near.
ly all the gambling games known to
western sports. Don't think for a mo-
meht that these men were merely
playing for fun they were betting
chips which stood for sure-enough
money and the play was just as Sc
rious and as much on the level as
though 1t were taking place in a reg
ular gambling establishment.
This gambling, my friend told me,
was never allowed on any other day
but Sunday, the idea being that as the
state laws licensed it there was no
valid objection to the inmates of the
prison engaging therein. Every con.
Wet was issued checks showing how
much cash there was to his credit
and If he chose to lose these checks
representing his money Mt cards 1t
was his own affair. While the men
played, which they did with all the
fervor of free gamesters, couple of
guards sat watching them with loaded
Wlnchesters in their laps, ready to
put down the slightest outbreak or
least indication of disorder with a
form of argument that scarcely ever
fails to persuade. Washington Post.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
BACK TO PRIMITIVE TIMES.
Nature Seeks to Draw Mankind, De-
clares Scientist,


Nature tends obstinately, Michelet
thinks, to bring beck toward primitive
animalitv, to unmake the civilized
man, says Gustave Lanson in the Quar-
terly Review 1t is perhaps still her
dream to have sons like her, men all
nature. Humanity, in It's earliest age,
could be but that, and legitimately.
1t had then to take possession of the
world which had just been born. It
engaged in sternest combat with the
primitive, shaggy creatures, well arm
ed with teeth and claws, that looked
with contempt at this lastborn of crea-
ton, without claws unprotected by
hair all naked ana unarmed. 10 con-
quer these creatures maR must be like
them. He also must belong to this
lower world, or rather he must take
on the two natures-that is to say, he
must needs become at once man and
beast, possessed of instructive craft
as we'll as bloodthirsty fury. The
victory, which rested decisively. at
so many points of the globe, with the
weaker, shows none the less the
original superiority of the conquered
In the manbeast, at first controlled en-
tirely by physical fatalities, slept al
ready as in the crysals the true man,
who walks upright and with his face
to the heavens" And thus true man,
little by little, set himself free. ITO
day mind is decidedly the victor. To
the heavy dreams of troubled blood,
to the energy of the brute has sue
ceeded the nervous life of delicate, in
telligent sensibility; in short, the high
er life" But the beast is not dead,
he must be watched.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
Protesting Aoalns. Fate Reduction.

Protesting hgalns. Fate Reduction.
Atlanta, Ga.-The recent PROPOSE.
ton of ]. Pope Brown, Chairman OF
the Georgia Railroad commission, to
reduce the passenger rate in Georgia
from three to two cents per mile was
protested against by the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, the Order
Of Railway Conductors, and unions of
the blacksmiths, machinists and teleg-
raphers, boilermakers, railway train
men, carpenters and joiners, clerks
and car men. These organizations en-
ployed an attorney especially to rep
resent them, who urged that such a
reduction would work against the
prosperity of the state and lead to
reduction in the number OF railroad
employees, as well as of their wages.
The Travellers Protective Association
also protested that a reduction, as
proposed, would result in fewer trains
and poorer service.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
THE END OF THE GRIP
REACHED AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF
COMPLICATED TROUBLES.

Deafness, Kissing Sounds in Head, Stomach
Disorder, Palpitntion of Heart and
Debility Overcome Mt Last.
Mr.. Newman certainly had very
tough time with the grip, and it is no
wonder that he thinks that the remedy
that cured him can't be beat. His case
shows how profoundly grip poisons the
system and how obstinately it resists all
ordinary efforts to eradicate it.
Few cases can be worse than Mr.. New
mans for he had head, heart and stom-
ach troubles combined with great weak
ness. He recently said
"The attack of grip which had eight
years ago left me in q very bad fix. l
became nearly deaf and my head ached
continually and was filled with kissing
and roaring sounds. My heart futtered
and had regular running-away spells.
My stomach was so sore that I could
hardly bear touch on that part of my
body. I had great deal of pain in the
region Of my liver and the doctor said
that organ was enlarged. My kidneys
ached so at times that I could hardly
stand"
Didn't you give up and go to bed?"
he was asked.
Ono, 1 simply wouldn't. My head
and my back ached dreadfully, but
obstinately dragged myself about, kept
growing worse and finally ran down to
almost nothing"
What did you do to get relief"
First l tried a doctor, but he did me
no good. Then l took all kinds of adj
vertised preparations but nothing proved
helpful until began to use DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. AS soon as l got them
knew that 1 had at last hit the right
remedy for my case. The very first box
did more for me than anything else I
had ever taken. They gave me relief
right away and in three months they
positively cured me. I think I was
scarcely ever in better health in my life
than am at present"
Mr.. William A. Newman is o we'll.
known Camden county farmer, living at
Sagrada, Missouri. His case was q Sc
we're test for any remedy, but DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills met every requirement.
Other remedies merely drive the poison
of the grip into hiding, but DIR. Williams
Pink Pills drive it out Of the system,
They are sold by every druggist,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
GUARDS AMERICAN NEUTRALITY

Rear Admiral Charles j. Train, who
has made such disposition of the
squadron that the ships at once can OBJ.
serve the movements Of foreign fleets
near to or in Philippine waters, is the
American naval commander in the
Philippines. He was commander Of
the auxiliary cruiser Prairie during the
Spanish war, and later of the Puritan
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

Every housekeeper should know
that if they will buy Definace 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 ne has
a 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
tiers and figures 40 ozs." Demand De
fiance and save much time and money
and the annoyance OF the iron stick
Ing. Defiance never sticks.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
First Uses Of Perfumerx.

The use of perfumery among the
nations of antiquity was in the ma
ture OF respect and delicate homage.
1t had sacred attributes and was a
CONNECTION, after the art OF the
apothecary, tempered together, pure
and holy" Later, perfumery became
associated with luxurious Incidence
and sensuous relaxations. Its con-
tinued use to the present time is a
survival of the latest impulses.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

chased. In value of buildings and
grounds and in productive endowment
Vanderbilt university surpasses any
other institution in the south. 1t was
the express wish of the founder, now
recorded on the pedestal of the statue
erected in his honor on the campus
by the citizens of Nashville, that the
influence of the university might "con-
tribute to strengthening the ties that
should exist between all sections of
our common country" The university
has graduates in every section.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
YOUNGEST Bowdoin AIumnus.

Henry X. Bradbury of Hollis, Me-.
who recently died after practicing law
for over a half a century, is said to
have had the distinction Of being
graduated from Bowdoin college at a
younger age than any other of its
alumni. He entered college at IS
years Of age and was graduated at II
in the famous class of 1874.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

and Massachusetts. Admiral Train
was graduated from the naval acade-
my in 1864, was made a commander
in 1888, captain in 1898, and reached
his present position two years later.
Before going to the Philippines he had
been president of the board of inspec-
ton and survey, and has served in
many stations and in various capac.
tiles,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
Primitive corn.orindlna Methods

In the old Babylonian days. the
wheat and corn were crushed by hand
mills made from two circular fiat
stones, the upper stone moving on a
Nat wooden pivot, and turned with a
wooden handle.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

health. They brought great relief by
lessening the pain and correcting the
action OF the kidney. secretions."
Doans Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price. 90 cents. Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

-
fars wn.,--
the house for days at
ne. unable to do
a u.. what l suf-
anything. y he
fered can hardly
told. Complications
set in, the particulars
of which / will be
pleased to give In a
personal interview to
any one who requires
information. This l
can conscientiously
say, Doan's Kidney
Pills caused a general
1 ~ fNENrtN,,.n ,,k q. 800,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
In Her Dreams,

Miss Ascum-Just back from Palm
Beach, Ell?
Miss Bragg-Yes, and oh, you'd new
err dream all the proposals l had
there.
Miss Ascum-No; but I suppose
that's the way they came to you.-
Philadelphia Press.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

John @. Packard, rich Californi.
an, is having a $4,000 library build
ing erected for Marysville, Cal, be-
cause he got his start in life" there.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
In a Pinch, Use ALIENS FooT.EAsE.

A powder. 1t cures painful smarting, nerv-
Gus feet and ingrowing nails. It's the
greatest comfort discovery of the age.
Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for
sweating feet Sold by all druggists, Csc.
Trial package FREE. Address A. S.
Olmsted, Le Roy. N. Y.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
Raclnn in AhYssinia.

The first racing meeting ever held
in Abyssinia came off at Ads Abeba
recently. The chief event was won
by one of Emperor Menelik's horses.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
New Tooth in an old Saw

"Then he doesn't FIND that all the
world loves a lover'?"
mot exactly. His experience is
that all the world guys a lover"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

Lots of folks find it more to theiI
liking to argue about Christianity
than to practice it.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

Frequent reference to a charitable
deed gives it the appearance of a
commonplace act.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

To whatever extent any person is
able to annoy you, to that extent you
are his slave.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

Profit from one plowing.... $43.7S
am sending you the yield of these
two fields which are both in my home
farm. l thought they might be inter-
esting reading for you. Had 1880
bushels of wheat on my different
farms, and between 5000 and 5000 Of
oats and barley.
l remain,
Yours very truly,
(Sgd) Alfred Wilson.
Agents Of the Government of Cana
da will be pleased to furnish full in
formation as to rates.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
a VOICE IRON LIE puLPlr.

Rev. Jacob n Van Doren, OF 81
18th street, Fond Du Lac, Wis, Pres
clergyman, says: 81 had at
Si. i"cks of kidney disor.
byterian y. .,.b Lont mo in
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
Indian Head, N. w. T.,
Jan. goth, 1904.

Jan. EUln, lSU4.
immigration Branch, Department Of
the Interior, Ottawa, Canada:
Am sending you the return of two
fields of wheat grown on my home
farm vast year. These returns are
perfectly accurate, and not over-esti-
mated.
summer-fallow about one-third Of
my farm every year, and afterward
take off two crops and summer-fallow
again. The summer-fallow is ploughed
twice during the summer, first shall
low, afterwards deep and no weed al
lowed to grow. The stubble is left
as long as possible when cutting the
first crop, and is burned the following
spring, drilled directly afterwards, and
narrowed after drilling. This gives
much better result than fall-plough
ing.
Field No. 1. Quarter-section fall
lowed 1903, yield 81 bushels per acre
This wheat is netting at present time
SSe per bushel.
For 81 bushels, per acre. 800. $3.50
Per acre.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11


Cost Of summer-fallow-
ing in 1903. 1920
Seed wheat and seeding. 150
Harvesting ............. .65
Threshing Owners ma
chine), &c per BUSH. IA
Hauling to elevators at
&c per bush. .......... IA
$763
Profit after allowing expenses,
per acre. s2493
Field No. 2.-Stubble field, so acres.
Have sold the wheat at SSc per bushel.
Yield per acre % bushels, per
acre. $1,000
Cost Per acre.
Seed wheat and seedlings $3.50
Cutting, stacking. ....... .65
Threshing Owners ma
chine), &c per bush... so
Hauling to elevator, &c
per bush. ............. so
SS.15
Profit after expense. ....... 1885
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
In Western Prison They Are An~..
to Play for Stakes on Sundays,

-,veu
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

-'~N kept me in
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-03-25
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD

SPECIAL Low Fares-Summer Season
1905.
ASBURY PARK, N. J.-National Ed
ucational Association. Tickets on
sale july |, and 3. good returning
until July 10.
ATLANTIC cITY-capa May, Ocean
City and saa Isle City, N. J., Ocean
City, Md. and Rehob0th Bach, Del
Special excursions operated june %
July G. AMI 20, August 3. IL and 81
Tickets good ten days.
BALTIMORE, MD.-unIted Society o.
Christian Endeavor. July ) to 10.
BUFFALO, N. Y.-Benevolpnt and Pro
tectiv, Order Of Elks, Grand Lodge
July Ills.
DENVER. coL.-Epworth League
Very low rates. Tickets on sail
June % to July ,. good returning un
tit July IA, inclusive.
DENVER, coL.-G. a. R. En-.
eampment September a..
PORTLAND. oRE.-Lewis and clari
Centennial Exposition, june Oct
Is.
Special announcements later.
For detailed information call on o.
address Ticket Agent Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-03-25
SOME AFRICAN GIANTS.
They Are strong and Cunning and
Nine Feet High.

Nine Feet High.
There are many giants in Africa nine
feet high. Some of them weigh 300
pounds and are strong enough to kill n
panther at one blow. Perhaps you
think such big fellows must be clumsy.
but they are not. They can run faster
than any horse, sprinGing twelve to
fourteen feet at leap. This all
sounds like fairy story, but not so
when you hear that these African
giants are-ostriches.
Perhaps you have been told some
foolish stories about these birds. That
when pursued they stick their heads
in the sand and because they cannot
see they imagine that no one can see
them.
This is base SANDER. Instead OF be.
ing stupid, ostriches are very cunning.
Their long legs VIII take them away
from men-unless they have their fam
lilies TO protect. Then all is different.
The papa ostrich sends mamma ostrich
and the baby ostriches off at full speed.
while he runs the other way. What
do you think he does next? He rolls
Oh the ground, pretending to be hurt.
The hunter PUSHES toward the fallen
bird, thinking he can easily catch him,
mentally counting how much money he
can make out Of the splendid feathers
which adorn the birds tail. After the
papa ostrich thinks his family has got
a good start, up he jumps and skins
over the ground, leaving the disap
pointed hunter to think that the ostricli
is not as silly as he has been led to oe
lieve.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-03-25

ufAS ma BAL i''i'RfaO Ono
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Trains Nos, and run between
harrisburg and Sutton.
D. B. MARTfN,
NJ. p. T., Baltimore.
.. W. BASSETT,
G. P. A., Baltimore,
j. Nee. MARTIN.
p A. Parkersburg