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her away! The dannasan
has only to speak, to be
obeyed by all. The beauti-
full okmsana and the little
master, who is pure like
the angels of the mission
aries, will thank him. Hama
will write to the parents
and beg them not to give
her to one she fears so
much"
With a flood of tears the
suppliant threw herself at
my feet. The little mas
ter" added his wall, and
the oknsama, in striving to
comfort the twain, gave
her fearful appeal.
To such influence any
family man must yield in
evitably. True, the law of
the land gave woman no
volition in the question of
accepting a husband. More
over, filial loyalty is SO
strong an inheritance with
the daughters of Japan that
the will of parents seldom
is questioned. Here, how
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AS She hneeled There the
Easily Understood

the house occupied by tenants and servants.
"Who is the stranger?" inquired of Kirnpatchi.
Till to-day never him, damnasan.'
Our seed-p planting was finished, and still the
stranger had not reappeared. Leaving the garden,
l passed through the corridor and entered the main
room of the servants house. Seated the floor
by the hibdchi knocking the ashes from his dTlinu-
tive pipe into the dead Goals, the man. who
bent to the floor in humble salutation as l entered
WHO are you, and what are you doing here, with
the servants all ABSENT" inquired.
tDdnndsdn, / am Boonto, and / seek Hama, the
nurse of the honorable infant. I from her
Province and bring a letter from her parents.
Passing into the house proper, found the child
and its mother, but maid Where is Hana?"
l inquired in surprise.
Flown upstairs She is hiding and doesn't
dare to come down. A man from her Province is
here and wants her to marry him. He insists
his right, by sanction of her parents. The poor
child is terrified says she is afraid of the man. and
doesn't believe his statement to her parents,
because they have written to her nothing about
him.
ga pretty state of affairs for a white mans
house! Why didn't you cali me?' | asked with
some feeling
Hama begged that the be allowed to go in
peace lest he avenge himself on her"
There patter of feet in the hall, and with
a humble obesance the little brown maid who held
the care of my heir as an exalted honor was be-
fore
''Oh, okusanra! (mistress) I have learned Ameri-
can ways, my parents wished, and | find it hard
to take for husband where love is not. Boonto
is not good. | tremble at his look. My parents
cannot know; but when they speak | must obey.
Protect the maiden from the man who would take
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and of late had devel-
oped such an insatiate
thirst for the tea which
Hama brewed in the SER
wants house, was al
ready in league with the
little narksman.
Several days passed,
and the demands of the
avowed sutton became
nearly forgotten. My
wife and | were going
out for the evening, and
left early in a jinrikisha,
leaving the little mas
ter" in bed with the
household of servants
on guard. Later the
cook, with Kimpatchi
and his wife, went to
the public bath, leaving
only Hama and TOki at
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O. .id ss q t sss ss4's
everything of
course is upside down.
Love there naturally
pursues an inverted
course; and the Incl
dents of one such
pursuit are here set
forth by an eye-wit-
ness.
Kimpatchi and |
were in the garden.
The Towering cherry
trees were powered
In their masses OF
pink blossoms. Over
the wall came the roll
of jinrikisha wheels.
The gate latch clicked.
A young man in the
dress of the CONNER
cial class entered,
came up the walk past
the well, and disap-
peared in the corridor
between the parts of
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veryehimg Is Upside Down
By H. E. STOCKBRIDGE

ever, the decision of parents
had come only through the inter
vention of the most interested
party, whose motives were not
above suspicion.
In moment | was back in the
servants house, where the COM
placent Boonto still sat and
smoked.
81 gave Hama your message.
She does not wish to marry you.
and you shall not have her
against her will"
4 1.-The dannasan must
"a know that in our country
the daughter marries at
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
Says Rates Built West.

The Railway Age in discuss
ing the rate question says Moth
ing but the most intricate and
scientific adjustment of rates
with each other, so skilfully ar
ranged as to overcome the Unequal
tiles of distance and the disad-
vantages of location, has given
to the great prairie states, Him
OILS, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas,
Wisconsin and Minnesota, and
to the wheat fields of North and
South Dakota the marvellous pros
perity they have attained and The
position which they occupy In the
markets of the world. To build
across the channels of their CONF
merce the impediments of con-
stantly increasing distance from
the market would be to render
desolate and barren the garden
spots of American agriculture -
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17

In these ringing words A. ].
Earling, president of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway,
sums up the threat which the
proposed anti-railway legislation
holds over the farmers and manu-
features of the middle west. His
views on federal rate-making are
expressed in an article which ap-
pears in the May Goth issue of
Harper's Weekly.
Il have seen this western
prairie country develope as to the
railways have opened up ITS re-
Sources" says Mr.. Earling. 1.-The
company ] represent has always
been identified with its develop
ment. Therefore | may be par
doned if | look with no small
degree of apprehension upon the
threat Of serious impairment of
the. interests of this large and
important section of the country
which a distance tariff would in
evitably make"
After an illustration of the eff
feet of federal rate making upon
the great lumber industries of
upper Michigan and Wisconsin
Mr.. Earling forcibly states the
threat against general prosperity
thus:
Under the distance tariff sys-
tenn, with the consequent increase
in transportation rates which
must result from government rate
making, the mill which is near.
est a particular market will have
an advantage in every other mar
ket. In other words, the result
of fixing transportation rates or
a distance basis will be change
from the present broad, general
competitive markets to narrow,
restricted local markets, with the
inevitable increase in the cost tC
the consumer.
Freight rates that are deter
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17

seems to fear that federal COM
mission will not be able to make
rates eqitable to the western
trade and that the western states
will be injured by the equalizing
process that would be adopted by
a federal commission. This may
be true, but as freight rates are
much lower east Of the Missouri
river than in Nebraska, it seems
to us that an equalization of
rates would cause reduction
rather than an, increase in Me-
braska rates. The conservative.
people of the west do not desire a
rate that will prevent the railroads
from making fair profit on
their business, but what is de-
manded more particular is that
all shall have an equal show and
that one class or certain ones of a
class shall not be granted special
rates over his competitor. A
rate that is just to the transport
tation companies and just to the
producer is what is demanded.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
Communicated.

BROKEN Bow, Nebraska, Aug
ust Is, 05.-Editor Republican;
Rate making, in its broad sense,
is almost as much of a conundrum
to the average man as the riddle
of the sphinx. With the rami-
fcations and intricacies growing
out of greatly increased mileage
and the vast growth of commerce,
it has ceased to be a matter of
plain computation and has at
tanned the dignity of science.
In the first place, no rate stands
alone. So intimately connected
are the different tariffs, not alone
on one product but on the allied
commodities, that change of
one rat. necessitates a change of
a score, and in some cases hun
dred of others. These changes
actually are forced on the rail-
road companies, beause in re-
arranging one rate others. must
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
Republican County Convention.

The republican county conven-
tion is hereby called to meet in
Broken Bow, Saturday August
20, 1905, at IL o'clock a. m. for
the purpose of electing twenty
two delegates to the state con-
vention and to nominate candi-
dates for the following Offices:
County Judge, County Clerk,
Treasurer, Superintendent of
Public Instructor, Surveyor,
Sheriff, Coroner and for the trans
action of such other business as
may come before the convention.
The basis of representation is
one delegate for each ten votes or
fraction thereof cast for Presi-
dent Roosevelt at the last gener-
al election. The several town
ships are entitled to the follow
ing number of delegates.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
W. E. HITE and G. E. .TRACEWELL, Auctioneers.

Galveston, Mobile and Pensacola,
have always complained bitterly
of the refusal of the Panama
Railroad Company to give them
facilities by way of the isthmus,
which refusal, they claim, has
greatly injured their commercial
development.
On the Pacific side the railroad
has a contract with the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company which
gives that company a monopoly
of the traffic from all Pacific
ports north of Panama. The
steamship company operates YES
sells only to San Francisco, and
consequently the other Pacific
coast ports are deprived of
through rates. The railroad has
similar contracts giving mon
opoly of the Pacific business Or
iginating south of Panama to the
Pacific Steam Navigation Com
pany and the Compania Sud-
Americana de Vapores. Mer-
chants in Chile, Peru, BOLIVIA and
Ecuador complain that this mon
opoly is detrimental to commerce
between these countries and the
United States. The rates from
these countries to Europe are
much lower than the rates to
New York.
Mr.. Bristow finds that not with
standing its almost unassailable
position and an occupation of an
unsurpassed territory for more
than fifty years the Panama
Railroad Company has allowed
its properties to run down, its
equipment is antiquated, and it
has never even double tracked its
short Line. Instead of accepting
all the business offered it, and
lowering rates so as to bring the
greatest amount of remunerative
tonnage, the company has made
these monopoiistic contracts with
few favored steamship lines,
carrying their offerings at high
rates and shutting out the trade
of important cities on the Allan
tic and Pacific coasts. -Kansas
City Journal.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17

mined by the surveyors rod,
measured out to the industry Of
the country merely by the mile,
will not only arrest the CONNER
cial development and agricul-
tural growth of the country, but
will require such REIMBURSEMENT to
untried conditions as cannot fail
to be productive of the most SER
ious and lasting harm to the rail-
ways and to the people.
The burden of the above argument
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
To Test Municipal Ownership.

If the recommend ations III the
report of Joseph L. Bristow as
special commissioner of the
United Satates government on
the Panama railroad, are adopt
ed the United Statat will begin
a very interesting experiment in
government railroad ownership
on the isthmus.
Mr.. Bristow's report shows that
under the present operation OF
the Panama Railroad Company
a monopoly exists with regard
to transportation across the is
thmus. The railroad operates a
steamship line between Colon and
New York, and has refused the
use of the isthmus to any COM
peting line on the Atlantic side.
The gulf ports, New Orleans,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
Standard Cattle Co.
AUCTION SALE
Saturday, Sept 3 Saturday Sept g. Saturday. Sept TO- at
Hecla, Nebr., on the E. II WI.

On the above dates the Standard Cattle Co, will sell
by auction the highest bidder for cash. the following
catte $50 yearngs hefers and steers 500 to GEO cows
land calves caves unbranded $50 twoyear old heifers
and large number of threeyear old steers, threeyear
od spayed heierS twoyear old steers and twOyear old
|spayed hefers, numbering in all 1900 head;
These cattle are all dehorned and have been bred by
the Company on their Sand Hills Ranch from pure bred
Shorhorn and Hereford bulls and of excellent quail
lily.
At the same place and dates this company shall also
offer number of their saddle horses, wind mills, drink
ling tanks and standing fences their property.
The train from the east the Burlington leaving
Omaha at 111O p. m arrives at Hecla 1920 next
day and these sales will Immediately after
the arrival of the train. Arrangements will be made
for the accommodation of buyers after each sale and
ties are requested have bank references for pur
chases made.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
ANNOUNCEM EMIT.

BROKEN Bow, Nebraska, August 10, 1905 To
the republican voters Of Custer county: Upon
the resignation of Mr.. Chittck about two years
aud half ago | became your Deputy Register
OF Deeds. have tried to serve the publ during
this period To the best of my ability aud having
lived In our county for ~ years. coming here
the Republican principles and good govern
ment, believe have right to ask the nom
ination of Reg lister of Deeds and will announce
myself a candidate from my old home, "A lgernon
Precinct, and will abide cheerfuiiy by your de-
cision. Your Deputy Regis,er,
d J. II. WooD.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17

political point they refused to
provide for the six thousand dol
lar bridge indebtedness which
was contracted last year that was
mace necessary by the excessive
rains. But that would not have
been necessary had not the Re-
publican board used the 1904 levy
to pay the bridge debt contracted
the year previous by the pop
board.
Rather than to make provis-
ions, by transferring the cash of
1902 and 1908 and sufficient
amount of the sinking fund, as
has been the rule to meet the
outstanding accounts carried
from 1904, the board chose to let
the $50, 900 lie idle in the county
treasury that they might make
a political issue against the re-
publican party.
Had 1t been republican board
in control instead of populist
board every dollar of the out
standing accounts would have
been paid and the creditors would
now have had their cash.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
A Dead Hobby,

The Beacon last week devoted
a column or more discussing the
county indebtedness. This is
the same hobby the Beacon has
discussed every campaign since
the pops were dislodged several
years from the county Offices.
The claim that the county was
$40, 900 in debt in 1890, when the
pops were elected to Office has
been stated so often by the Bea-
con that it may begin TO believe
it. But it does not make the as
sertion any near true than when
first stated.
The facts are that in the pion-
eer days of the county before the
homesteads were subject to tax
the expenses of the county ex-
ceeded the cash receipts. But
the Indebtedness did not exceed
the credits.
The pop administration, which
run through period of ten years
had the benefit of the land taxes
and the delinquent personal
property tax, on which one of
their sheriff's grew rich in col
Letting. More than $4,000 in
delinquent taxes were collected.
Republicans now fill all the county
Offices with but one exception, but
the money raising power has been
in the hands of populist board
forthe past fifteen years with two
or three years excepted.
In 1902 the republicans had a
majority on the county board,
but as The populist board had cut
the levy to seven mills in the
fall of 1901, after their defeat and
used up all the available funds
including the sinking fund an in.
crease in the levy was made nee
essary to meet the expenses.
Again in 1904 when the repub.
licaus were again in the majority
they not only cut the levy to
eight mills, but paid deficiency
of five thousand or more which
had been contracted by the popu
list board in bridge contracts auo
paid $1,000 back to the sinking
fund, which the pop board haC
appropriated.
Instead of leaving the county
in debt $4,000 as the Beacon
states the republican board can
celled SIS, 900 of pops debts an'
has to its credit between 800,
and $4,000 in cash subject t,
transfer $40, 900 sinking fun'
] cash on hands besides $40, 600 il
! cash of other funds.
Had it not been for the polit
! ical maneuveriug of the majority
! at the last session every dolla
of the present indebtedness o
the county would have been pro
vided. But in order to make
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17

be re-arranged in order to avert
the charge of unjust discrimin-
alton" and to offer no barrier to
the free movement of freight.
Taking as an example the
change in the freight rate on
potatoes to some central manu-
featuring point. The rate on
potatoes cannot be tempered with
unless the freight on starch and
all the products manufactured
from the tuber also are adjusted.
1t can plainly be seen if this pol
icy were not followed, either the
agriculturist or the manufacturer
would be unfairly dealt with.
Thus there is no way in which
one rate can be selected and
changed without affecting scores
of others.
1t requires no imagination to
see what the effect would be if
small, centralized body of men,
such asthe Interstate Commerce
Commission, had control of the
rate making power for the couu-
try. Without the local know
ledge necessary to fair adjust
ment of rates, the Commission
would be flooded with complaints
from every point of the country.
Every community seeking to Sc
cure a slight advantage over a
competitor would avail itself of
the opportunity to protest.
These protests would cost little,
and they mean. much. 1t is hum
an nature to take chance.
/ Now, the Commission would
find itself not only flooded with
protests, but with every change
of rates would be compelled to
revise entire schedules. Such an
undertaking would be a physical
inpossibility for such a body of
men, even if they were so omnis-:
Client as to act intelligently. The
result would be arrangement of
the freight tariffs of the nation
that would build up a dam to
halt the stream of commerce.
The logical result of all these
conflicting interests and the vast
amount of detail with which the
Commission would have to Crap
PIE, would be the distance tariff.
A distance tariff, in my judg-
ment, is what the farmers and
stock raisers of Nebraska do not
want. The products of the farm
and the range constitute Nebras-
ka's wealth and 1t is raw mater
ial. Legislate as you will, the
fact remains that Nebraska is at
the end of the long haul each
way. Her products from which
she obtains her wealth must be
shipped out. her manufactured
articles must be shipped in. A
distance tariff or a per ton per
mile rate would do much to des-
troy the prosperity now enjoyed
by the Nebraska farmer and
stock raiser, The products of
Nebraska farms and Nebraska
ranches must be sold largely be-
yond her own boundries and the
rate that will best accommodate
the traffic by giving her products
a low rate on long haul, is the
rate her citizens are most inter-
ested IN.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
What Japan Asks to End: War.

understood that the twelve conditions propos-
ed by the Japanese
Recognition of Japans preponeance of influence Korea
Russian Chinese Arthur Hardin
Transfer authority and Lao Tung peninsula
Cession of Saghaien.
Granting of fishing privileges the mouth of the Amur
The evacuation o
The granting of commercial privileges at Vadivostok.
s. The transfer of interned warslips.
Limitation of Russias naval in the far East
Remuneration for the
Recognition of the independence of China.
Return China of Russian mining privileges Manchura
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
ANNOUNCEMENT.

hereby announce myself a candidate for the
office of County clerk sub iect to the will of the
Republican County Convention. | wish TO
thank those of my friends who have already
pledged me their support. and to state that
should the party see fit TO honor me with the
nomination, and the people Of Custer county to
elect me, that will do as always have done
in the past give my undivided attention and
en,rgy to the business OF the Office.
los, pIGMAN.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

The republican electors Of Cliff township. are
hereby called to meet AT the Hicks school
house Ia Clih township, Friday August IL, 1905,
at y, M. for the purpose of electiug eight dele
yates to attend the County convention to he
held at Broken Bow, August oath, zoos, to place
IN nomination a coEnty ticket aud to transact
such other business as may come before said
caucus. w. j. RICE, Comm.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

The republican electors of Garfield township
are hereby called to meet at the Swiss Valley
School house. Saturday August l9. 1905, At
o'clock y. M. TO elect six delegates to the
County convention AT Broken Bow August %,
aud for the transaction of such other business
as may come before the meeting.
PAUL HAuMoNr, Comm.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
Secretary.
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

The republican electors of Custer township.
are hereby notified that the republican primary
VIII be held at Success school house, district
2iS, Saturday August ~, 1905 at 2 o'clock p. M,
for the purpose OF clecting eleven deleg ates to
the Republican ouuty convention TO be held at
Broken Bow, August 70, 1905, aud for tue trans
action of such other business as may come be-
fore the convention, w, S, TU RNBULL,
Comm.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
number of delepates.

1t is recommended that the
primaries be held Saturday, Aug,
10, and no Proxies be allowed at
the County convention and that
the delegates of the several pre-
cincts present cast the vote of
their respective delegations.
ID. M. AMsBERRY,
jon PIGMAN, Chairman.
Secretary,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

Notice is hereby given that the Republican
electors OF Wood River precinct are called TO
meet AT the town hall on Saturday, August 10,
1905, 10 elect fourteen delegates To attend the
Republican County convention to be held in
Broke Bow on Saturday, August 20.
A, EONDA. Com m
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

The republican electors of Lillian preciuc
are hereby called TO meet In caucus at the Ok
lord school house Saturday, August 10Th, at
O'Clock p. m for the purpose OF electing 10 dele
gates To the county convention, TO be held at
broken Bow August %. aud for the transact ton
OF such other business as may come before the
convention. L. N. BIsHop com IA tee M an
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

The Republicans of Westerville precinct are
hereby called To meet In westerville. August
iPth, iSoo AT O'Clock y. M for the purpose of
electing fourteen delegates to attend the County
convention to be II cid at Broken Bow, August
<oth, i'u5, TO nominate a township ticket and
transact such other business as may properly
come before them. CE CANNoN Com
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
REPUBLICAN, PRIMARY.

The republican electors of Broken Bow town
ship are hersby called to meet In primary, at the
court shousc, Saturday August ~. l9Us, at ,
O'Clock y. M, Tor the purpose of eiecting thirty
e!aht delegates TO the County convention aud
for the transaction of such other business as
may come before the convention. -s
ID. NJ. AMsEERRY. Chairman. Comm.