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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10
DIET OF THE FUTURE
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT TO RE-
PLACE MEAT.
Dictates Of Destiny Point Strongly To-
ward This End-Abundanc and
cheapness Of Natures Production
Bound to Turn the Scale.

That Americans are great meat eat
ers may be considered a fact of de
rivation from the hunting and fishina
stage Of the country's life. So long
as meat was abundant and cheap II
had the recommendations which led
to its choice as the principle article OF
food. The vegetarian who here and
there raised his voice in protest
against the consumption of flesh foods
was little needed A people are guti'
ed In the selection of their foods very
little by deliberate choice. They eat
the things which are closest to hand.
The time may come with that remote
future to which is referred everything
Utopian when nations will deliberate.
ly select the predominating articles OF
their diet with reference to the devel.
opment Of specific racial characters
tics. But at present people in general
are not even convinced that what
they eat has relevancy to what, as q
nation, they become.
For few centuries to come, Amer.
leans certainly vii! continue to eat
the food convenient to Them" while
spontaneously allowing the sereal-
lists to tickle their palates with health
foods. But even American independ-
ence or Indifference Is amenable to
the dictates Of destiny. Just now
Americans seem destined to drift more
strongly than ever toward a fruit diet.
The moving consideration Is the fancy
figures, with an upward tendency, at
which flesh foods are sold. The other
consideration is the abundance and
cheapness Of fruits. AS wisdom takes
counsel of necessity, third motive,
which Of itself would not have great
weight, is the superior wholesomeness
Of fruit foods.
We produce the biggest apple crops
IN the world, our peach crops are un-
paralleled, our watermelons and small
fruits respond in abundance to the
mere tickling of the soil with a hoe.
The same story holds true of all do
mestice fruits. But this term has be-
come elastic. California distributes
throughout the country great quaint
ties Of tropical fruits and the area Of
cultivation of these Is constantly ex-
tending. When the Panama trench is
dug the Pacific coast fruits can be
brought to the eastern markets with
greater celebrity and less cost. Mod
srn means of transportation have
made the plantations of the West In
dies also almost the same as though
they were within the country confines
It Is safe to predict that the con-
sumption of bananas especially will
soon be increased. Oranges are being
consumed in rapidly increasing guam
titles. Certainly during the summer
months fruit will be king. During the
winter months the force of habit will
prevail and more fruit and less meat
will be eaten.-Baltimor Herald.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10

They buried the gunboat Benning-
toms dead at San Diego Sunday--for-
ty-seven of them-in common grave
in the little military burying ground
on the promontory Of Point Iona.
All about them lie those who died in
the nations service in more trying
times. Gravestones, yellow with age,
bear the names of men who died at
Monterey, in the Mexican war; others
who gave up their life in the conquest
OF California, who followed Commo-
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10
Freak of Lightning.

A curious freak CT lightning Is re.
ported from the French town of Mont.
rouge. While number of persons
were assembled in the Office of the
commissary of police a fearful thun.
derstorm burst over the place. There
was loud crash, followed by a vivid
streak of lightning. This ran along
the hoor of the room, up the legs of a
table and set fire to the wood and to
some papers lying on top. None Of
the many persons in the room suffer
ed any Observation-Disclosures Globe
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10
From strennth to strsnnth.

DtIVHIT NHyI VdIIyI SUUH IHl6
Never can whelm thee. trustful soul.
AS God lives, some time, soon or late,
Thine Is splendid goal.
AS frosts. that grip, and storms that
shock,
And droughts that fire the verdant
lands
But warp and closer interlock
The oaks reluctant bands:
So are they friends. not enemies.
Who seem to work thee foulest wrong:
Scorn, buffet and rebuff, though these
Thou growest but more strong.
True, night may find thee sick. forspent.
Fain to give DER the strife; but dawn
VIII nerve thee with more brave intent
For all these hurts foregone.
Henry Jerome Stockard.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10
Small BOYS Mixed History.

Around the great striking figures
OF history the small boy weaves curl
GUS answers. "Moses's mother pitched
his little cradle within and without
with pitch and left him there in the
pool Of Sloan. But when the daugh-
ter Of Solomon got the green leaf from
the dove she fastened and brought
food convenient for him, and the babe
crowed thrice and grew up in her
court.-Century Magazine.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10

feared for long time that just such
an accident would happen. One of the
men said that year ago last Febru-
airy, while the ship was at Magdalena
bay, the engineer of the cruiser New
York was sent for to inspect the boil
ers, and he reported that they were
in good condition. While the vessel
was in San Francisco last year the
talk Of defective boilers again arose,
but no steps were taken to remedy
them.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10

A portion of Mont Blanc has boon
sold for 100000, and is to be broken
into large squares of granite TO- build
Ing purposes. The rock in question 10
a world-famous stone which, broken
of from Mont Blanc In the glacial
period, was deposited in the Rhons
valley at Montbey.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10
IMPERIAL HERNIA CURE.

DR.. o. S. Wood cures Rupture by
a new process, in few weeks, with
out loss of time or inconvenience.
Rectal diseases cured without the
knife. Send for circular. o. S. Wood,
M. D., 521 N. Y. Life Bldg, Omaha.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10
Other Lost Warships.

The destruction of the gunboat Ben
nington in San Diego harbor was an
appalling disaster. But 1t does not
justify the intimation that warships
are more liable to accidents than other
vessels. The very opposite is true.
as the vessels of the American navy
have been singularly free from such
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10
Rat In His Strong OK.

M. Aumont, a Belgian farmer, has
committed suicide owing to the loss OF
valuable securit. IS. Rats gnawed their
way through a wooden deed box and
destroyed the documents.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10
Insist on GETTING IL.

Defiance Starch. This Is because they
have a stock on hand of other brands
containing only IL OF. in a package,
which they won't be able to sell first,
because Defiance contains 16 OF. for
the same money.
Do you want 16 OF. instead of ~ OF.
for same money? Then buy Defiance
Starch. Requires no cooking.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10

A mans wife may not object II he
becomes economical with his kisses
six months after marriage, but she's
sure to kick II he acts the same way
with his money. --Chicago News.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10

When man tells his wife he has
surprise in store for her, she hopes 1t
isn't basement bargain.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10

FREE-62page copyright book, advice to
Drs. Van Hummell. GA 14th St.. Denver, Cole
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10

Defiance Starch Is guaranteed bigges,
and best or money refunded. II
ounces, 10 cents. Try 1t now.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10

The want of worthy motive has
caused many scaling down in the
value Of seeming service.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10

Death has evidently traded his pale
ssrse for an automobile.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-10

Blessed is the sorrow that cures of
selfishness.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14
Mare Kills Herself.

Supposedly Respondent because OF
her uselessness through old age, Kate,
the aged family horse Of Moses Farms
worth OF Troy W. Va, drowned her
self after one unsuccessful attempt al
Suicide.
The mare was: % years old and had
been owned by Farnsworth ever since
her birth. Having outlived her useful
ness, she was turned cut 10 pasture.
Whenever another horse was hitched
to the family carriage Kate would
neigh, kick and show her disp!aasure
few days ago Farnsworth drove
away with the carriage drawn by an
other horse. Kate tried to kick the
fence down to, get to the carriage. AT
ter the rig had disappeared old Kate
wandered almost mile to creek
near the home of j. d. Talbot. Walk
ing out on high rock that overhangs
the deepest part of the stream, the
more deliberately plunged into the
water. Talbot saw the act, and, rush
ing to the place, drove the horse out
with stones. He led her from the
spot, but later in the day old Hates
dead body was found in the water
underneath the rock
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14
Matinee Day Candy Sales.

No fewer than dozen shoppers were
thrown off their balance by the impet.
uouy onslaught of the woman in gray
Presently she brought up with a grand
rush before the veil couster.
"Dear me-" she said. "What is this
Why. you have made change. There
was candy here last Saturday, and now
It's wells. Where's the candy-those
little ten-eent matinee boxesT'
They are at the other end of the
store" the clerk explained. And as
the woman in gray fed in that direc-
ton the saleswoman explained. to the
other shoppers.
I'VE keep candy near this door only
on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It is
moved up here then for the accommo-
datiOn of the theatre crowd. Every
store located in the theatre district
has q special counter near the most
convenient entrance for the "Wednesday
and Saturday sales Of candy. We sell
twice as much candy OH those days az
we shonld if the matinee buyers had
to go back to the regular counter to be
waited on."-New York Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14
The Flag Fremont Unfurl>d.

Locked up in the vault of one Of the
banks Of Redding, CAL, is flag that is
second in historic Importance to Cali
fornians only to the Bear flag that is so
jealousy guarded by Pacific Coast pio-
neers. The flag referred to is the one
that General Fremont unfurlcd from
the summit of the Rocky Mountains
in 1S41. when he and his small party
were on their way to California before
the Mexican War. The banner is the
property Of p. M. Reardon, managing
director of the Bully Bill mine at
Delamar. 1t was given to him few
years ago by Mrs. Fremont herself.
1t was made by her own hands on the
eve of her husbands path-finding ex-
petition to the West. The flag differs
from the ordinary emblem only in the
field, on which is wrought a large
American eagle, done in embroidery of
great delicacy and beauty. About the
eagle are clustered the twentysix stars
that In 1871 represented the States in
the Union. On the reverse side OF the
flag is pinned silk scarf bearing the
inscription in golden letters: Rocky
Mountains, 1S41.' The banner Is in
a fairly good state of preservation
considering its age.-Seattle Times.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14

New Hampshire has taken most re-
markable step in the direction of a
better system Of public highways. A
measure has been enacted into law
appropriating no less sum than three
quarters Of million dollars for the
permanent Improvement of the main
highways Of the State. The money is
to be raised at the rate Of 1925, 900 q
year for six years.
This amount will build a great many
miles OF macadam road, and will no
doubt lead to still further construction
In years to come.
1t is what we will all have to come
to, sooner or later. The State must
do the general road making. The cities
and villages and even counties are too
small units for so large a work. But
State and towns in combination can
accomplish great deal and the bur-
den will be lighter. New Hampshire,
in reality, has only taken place in the
march Of process.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14
The Tame Cow-Whaie.

A genius up at the Balena whale
fisheries has, according to veracious
reports, succeeded in demonstrating
the cow-whale. The whales are not
exactly household pets yet, but ac-
cording to Prof. Muller, their owner,
they are very useful. Fifty of the
whales come daily to little inlet and
are MIXED, each of them giving five
to seven hogsheads a day of milk
When the adventurous Prof. Muller
began to experiment with cow-whales
he found great difficulty in persuading
them to keep still white being MIXED.
The whales could not understand the
process. But they like good things tc
eat, particularly sweets. They were
lured, few at time, into an inlet
where they were fed with choice
whale food. At last they were taught
that no milk meant no food. And they
submitted. They now stand without
hitching, and have never been known
to put foot in the pail when stamp
ing to keep off flies.-New York Trib-
une.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14
a Girl Mt Auction.

Don't stand too near the auctaoneen
especially il he be humorous sort
or your may make your own the expert
ence of young girl in Sweden.
This girl pushed her way through the
crowded auction reem until finally
abe was SO close to the auctioneer thai
she hampered his exaggerated gesticw
lations. Instead OF becoming angry
he saw an opportunity to exploit hid
wit, and SO offered the girl ASIAN exl
cealent bargain, we'll educated, pretty
and only nineteen.
Starting her at 5000 crowns, the girl
soon reached 10000 crowns, offered b3
an elderly farmer.
All those present thought 1t good
joke. but it proved reality when, on
the next day, the girl and farmer were
welded before the Mayor and whole
tpwn, aE9 the cir. received tie +0.eGJ
browns from her husband as gift.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14
BARBARlANS AT PLAY.
Miss Edith Was HorTif1ed Till She Learned
the Truth.

The sun glared fiercely on the ely
pools of water standing in the street as
Miss Edith stepped from the entrance
of the tenement house. Half overcome
by the reeking odors of the place she
had just left, she leaned against the
area railing, oblivious of the chatter.
ing, shrieking group Of small childreH
playing in the gutter across the street.
Presently their shrill shouts attracted
her attention and she watched them
intently. They seemed to be playing
some game. On the top of a wooden
garbage box, standing at the curb line,
sat a wee and dirty faced boy. attired
in a pink undershirt, a blue calico
skirt and a vest of his fathers, at least
twenty sizes too large for his gaunt
little shoulders. All about him in the
gutter were gathered a dozen CIR more
little girls. Each Of them was armed
with some instrument OF torture. A
majority carried pins aud needles. ons
or two hairpins, and the leader and
largest 4 long hstpin. They were
taking turns sticking their respective
weapons into the tender leg Of the
baby on the garbage can. !
"The little fends!" said Miss Editk
aloud, and rushed across the street I'd
stop the torture. AS she came near
she heard the girl with the hatpin crJ
out II went in de furderist dat time.".
You wicked, wicked, children" Aied
Miss Edith, what do you mean bJ
abusing that poor little chiidi''
The poor little child" on top of tb(
garbage box looked up at Miss Edit4
and Srinned conniacently through hit
dirt. The rest giggled aggressiveiy.
Don't you know you might lame him
for iife!'' she demanded.
Jaw. go-an." said the girl with iht
hatpin, finally. 1T don't hurt him
none. Hes got piasker cast on hit
leg-see y'-Chicage Tribune.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14
He Got tho pills.

A Druggist In northwest Baltimore
thinks he has discovered among his
customers one of the most penurious
men in the city. The druggist sells 100
luinine pills for twenty live cents, and
the man in question was among those
who invested. Some time after he had
left the store the customer returned
and informed the druggist that there
were only ninety pills in the bottle
he bought. The druggist handed out
the four pills, but he is doubtful il
they repaid the customer for the time
and trouble lie took to count the pills
and walk several squares to the store
and baek.-Baltimore Sum-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14
Bonnets Made Of Glass.

Articles of dress are now being ex.
tensively made Of glass. A Venetian
manufacturer is turning out bonnets
by the thousand, the glass cloth OF
which they are composed having the
same simmer and brilliancy OF color
as silk, and, what is a greater az
vantage, being impervious to water.
The spun glass, when soiled. is simply
brushed with hard brush and soap
and water, and it is none the worse
for being either stained or soiled. The
material is to be had in white. green,
lilac, pink and yellow, and bids fair
to become very fashionable for even
ing dresseS.-AnsWerS.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14
Child Played With Lion.

The spectacle of lion playing with
child is reported to have been wit
messed at Vryhefd. in Natal. A Dutch
farmer, accompanied by his wife and
little boy, was out shooting game.
Suddenly the attention Of the parcr is
was drawn to the child who had tod
died a short distance away to gather
wild flowers. Growing with delight.
the little fellow was pulling the hair
Of the full-grown lion, and the animal
appeared to be enjoying the opera
ton. The lion skipped sportively
round the boy. until. startled by loud
shouts from the parents, it walked
quietly away, followed by lioness.
which, up to then, had lain concealed
in the long grass.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14
x-Rays in Her Ewes,

A young lady of Narbonne possesses
the strange gift of being able to see
with the naked eye as il with the
X-rays. Her wonderful achievement
has created a furore in scientific cir.
cles, and she has been found very use.
full by surgeons in diagnosing frac,
lures and examining the interiors OF
patients bodies.
DR.. Ferroul Of Narbonne and Dr..
Grasset of Montpelier, who have ex.
amined her, declare that she can see
through opaque bodies as clearly and
penetratingly as ii her eyes generated
Rontgen rays.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14
Afterward.

Il had lover once" she sighed.
Twas In the golden long ago,
When you were groom and I was bride.
All! how could he forsake me so!
Nay! tell me not my love is dead
For tbs not true; and yet. some how.
It seems from out my heart he's fled,
I wonder where my love is nowT' q
Il had q sweetheart once" he cried,
In those same olden. golden days.
When I was groom and YOU were bride,
She walked beside me all my ways
Alas! I fear though he's not dead.
The missing lover you hemoan,
He has. the tickle rascal fed
With the sweetheart l used to own
~. w. Foley in New York Times
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14
Care with Model Roads.

Considering the importance Of good
roads, it is of vital moment that object
lessons in their building should be
well taught. For this reason none but
the most skillful engineers and tho
most conscientious contractors should
be employed in building model roads.
II the Improvement proves good and
permanent, Il will soon convince the
taxpayers that more such road il de-
sirable, and development in that line
will follow. Should the model road
prove defective, it would be serious
setback to the cause.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14
Love and Middle Age.

Rumor tells us that the middle-aged
woman is again to oust the JENNIE file
who has had sort of innings" OF late
And as the stage sets great many o,
our fashions, it looks as il rumor wer,
correct for once in a way. At al
events, the love affairs OF the middle
aged are just now occupying oui
stage to considerable cINHt Lon
enn World.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14
The Deepest Haul.

Near the Tonga islands. in the Pa.
clfic, some time ago. a fish net was
sunk $4,000 feet below the surface.
That is the deepest haul ever made.
1t took a whole day to sink the net
and raise it. Life was found even al
that depth, over four miles, where the
temperature was just above freezing
and the pressure 5000 pounds to the
square inch.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14

Partisan has invented camera
shaped IKE a book in order that, while
he appears to be reading. he nay take
pictures OF his friends. BY this means
he expects to be able to get very nat
nral poses. The machine is said So
resemble a pocket dictionary.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14

A small fractions of an ounce OF ra
dunn, properly employed, would pro
vide good light sufficient Tor severa;
rooms and would not require renewal
during the present century.
In Utah there are large deposits OF
radioactive uranium ores and COM
pounds that are about to be worked,
and by analysis it has been shown that
the radium In these ores is about one
gram for each ton of ore.
lie Blant has found on forty-twe
mummies exact indications of the age
at which the individual died. So far
as this allows any inference, 1t indi.
Gates that two-thirds of the ancient
Egyptians died before they reached
the age Of forty.
Papier mache mushrooms and toad.
stools will form an interesting and in
structive exhibit prepared for the
Worlds Fair by the Massachusetts
Agricultural College The difference
between the edible and poisonous
mushrooms will be made clear.
It is stated i'm an English jorEnai
that the private subscriptions toward
Captain Bernier's projected North Pole
expedition amount to $4,000, of which
Lord Strathcona was given $4,000. II
IS also stated that the Canadian Gov.
eminent will probably build and equiE
the vessel for the expedition.
From Investigations carried out by
J. Elster and H. Geitel. it would seem
that cave and cellar air acts as il fl
were itself radioactive or had be-
come So. Air aspirated from rock.
masses is specially active. Masses Gi
air absorbed under the earth's surface
must therefore be exercising an fnffrl.
ence upon our atmosphere, ironiMns
it and the like.
The members Of the expedition OF
investigation to the Bahamas, which
was sent out some time ago by the
timore Geographical Society found
that skin diseases, and especially lep-
rosy, to be very prevalent. No effort
is made to prevent the spread of iep
rosy, and many instances were neted
where persons suffering from that dis
ease were engaged in the sale Of pro
visions.
Plant life is much more tolerant thar
Ienimal life of the extremes of temper
cure, growth having been observed
in some instances, as low as zero, and
in other instances as nigh as seventy
two degrees centigrade. 1t is perfect
| ~ true that a freezing process doet
not destroy life. A fish or a frog viii
be frozen solid, and on rethawing be
come quite lively again. The seeds
pf plants can actually undergo fol
hours temperature of liquid hydro
gen, the coolest temperature known
and yet retain their germinative power
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14

N the first place, bad roads
are an extravaganza, and
the second place they con
tribute much to the isola,
ton OF farm life. "A thirl
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14

The valne of the Pennsylvania fer
ries between Jersey City, New York,
Brooklyn and the Bronx is $5,69S, 0OO.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14

y Submarine signaling has been tried
SecsesefuNy II the McEseH.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14

holds the good fellow" in abhorrence
He is austere, religious, absteminous,
industrious, and
A Millionaire.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-14
k}akO pa. RA r.
&a,scIENtl.C,E

A small fractions of an ounce OF IA
dium, properly employed, would pro
vide a good light sufficient Tor severa;
rooms and would not require renewal
during the present century.