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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
"CoFFEE JAGS."

The Doctor Named Them Correctly.
Some one said Coffee never hurts
any one" Inquire of your friends
and note their experiences.
A Phila. woman says
During the last or years I be-
came subject to what the doctor called
coffee jags' and felt like | have heard
men say they feel who have drunk too
much rum. 1t nauseated me, and felt
as though there was nothing but coffee
flowing through my veins.
Coffee agreed well enough for a
time, but for q number of years have
known that it was doing me great
harm, but like the rum topper,
thought ] could not get along without
1t. 1t made me nervous, disordered
my digestion. destroyed my sleep and
brought on frequent and very distress
ing headaches.
when l got what the doctor called
a coffee jag on, ] would give up
drinking it for few days till my
stomach regained a little strength,
but / was always fretful and worried
anu Itl NOuo I'LL L Woo bblC w lCSulhO
the use of the drug.
about a year ago | was persuaded
to try Postum, but as / got it in res
taurants it was nothing but a sloppy
mess, sometimes cold and always
weak, and of course l didn't like it.
Finally | prepared some myself, at
home, following the directions care
fully, and found it delicious. / perse-
vered in its use, quitting the old cof-
fee entirely, and feeling better and
better each day, till | found at last,
to my great joy, that my ailments had
all disappeared and my longing for
coffee had come to an end.
II have heretofore suffered intense
ly from utter exhaustion, besides the
other ailments and troubles, but this
summer, using Postum, | have felt
fine" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Restaurant cooks rarely prepare
Postum Coffee properly. They do not
let it boil long enough.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
THE DANCE OF THE sEAouLLs.
Why Does Their Rhythmic Tread
Bring Worms to Surface7


Bring Worms to Surface7
at is no uncommon sight to see
gulls, or other birds, dancing or pad
ding upon the sand" says writer.
"Curlews and most other shore.feed-
ing birds do the same thing, the OBJ
ject being to frighten the worms from
their retreat below, when they APP
pear to be instantly swallowed up.
But the really interesting part of the
performance is-why should the
worms be so frightened by the shalS-
ing produced in the sand as to come
to the surface?
"The inference, OF course, is that
they have greater dread of some en-
envy beneath whose approach they be.
lieve to be heralded by the vibration
which his movements through 1t inn
part to the sand.
when the angler wants to collect
earth worms, in a place where it Is
not convenient to dig, he is accus-
toned to push stick into the ground,
and ysmoving that about impart
vibration 70 the soil around, which has
the effect of forcing those worms
within its influence to crawl to the
surface. This is precisely the prac-
tice followed by the dancing gull and
with the same result
But on land we are led to suppose
that 1t may be an attack from mole
which the worm fears; while on the
wet sands there are, Of course, no
moles to be dreaded.
Are the worms thinking back,
through remote ancestry, to a time
when they were jewellers upon dry
land and were acquainted with the
mole, or his forbears, or what is the
true solution of the matter?"-Chica.
go News.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
Pleased by Congressman's Error.

Colored cloakroom attendants in the
house of representatives are individu-
ally and collectively voting thanks to
Congressman Hughes Of West Vir-
He favorably reported from the COM
mittee on accounts a resolution in
creasing their salaries from $50 to $40
a month. The resolution was agreed
to at once. Just as the result was an
nounced Mr.. Hughes realized that he
had been directed by the committee
to report the resolution with the rec
ommendation that it should not pass.
Next day he moved to reconsider the
action. But his motion was laid on
the table by a vote of 90 to Al, thus
affirming the increase.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
a LIvInu Christ.


living Christi Not far away, but nearl
TO Emmanus, with him, we journey here;
The hidden mysteries He doth open still.
Himself reveal to all who do His will
A Christ who suffers with each Christian
soul,
Who bids us all press onward to the goal;
Who welcomes Magdalene, nor ever
SpurnS
The vilest sinner who, repentant, turns.
The hands and feet once marred by cruel
nail
He still doth show when darkest doubts
assail;
He turns TO look when Peters still deny.
And sorrows when he meets a traitors
eye.
living Christ, who still Himself doth
give;
BY faith in whom We each Of us may
To whom "Rabboni" some adoring cry.
Whilst others shout the cruel "CIucify!"
Helen Coolidge
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
ALL TRUE.

Folly and failure roost on the same
perch.
Trying to avoid trouble will keep
any man busy.
A bad man is far less dangerous
than cunning one.
The woman who thinks only of her
looks always looks it.
Much that passes for love wouldn't
stand the test of curl papers.
Every dollar a man borrows Is a
step toward tho ill-will of his friends.
Marriage is the only thing that
will take the conceit out of some
men.
Anyway, there is more or less orig
inality about the man who rides
hobby.
The man who depends on inspira-
ton generally fails when 1t comes to
performance.
Looking on the bright side OF
things never caused any one to be-
come lopsided
He who seeks temptation is either
a fool or otherwise-with the odds in
favor of the otherwise.
A diplomat is man who has ac-
quired the art of knowing how to
wait patiently until his turn comes.
A tramp's working hours are short
err than those of the banker; yet the
average man would rather be a
banker.
There's nothing so meaningless as
the kiss one woman bestows upon an
other-unless 1t is the expansive
smile of hotel clerk.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
owes Much to Susan B. Anthony.

The late Susan B. Anthony was
great friend of the young reporter,
She had a keen news sense and lost
no time in giving facts to the inter
viewer. At one time young man
from the West had been given a trial
on a Washington paper and was told
to knock around town and see what
he could find. There was some sort
of a woman's convention there, so he
hunted up Miss Anthony and threw
himself at her mercy. She told him
at once all about the convention and
it's work, the result being that he was
permanently engaged next day and is
now a leading correspondent.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
srArx OF ONO, CRY or TOLEDO,

Lucas COUNTY. eo'
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he 10 senior
partner OF the nrm OF f. j. CHENEY & Co., doing
business In the City OF Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said Arm will pay the sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case OF CATARRu that cannot BIO cured by the Of
HALLS CATARRu CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed in my pres
cnce, this 9th day OF December, A. d. 1885.
49, A. w. GLEASON,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Hairs Catarrh Cure ia taken Internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system Send for Testimonials, free.
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 15c.
Take Hairs Family Pnis for constipation.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
Cause of Curly Hair.

Curly hair is a constitutional hered.
itary phenomenon. The curly hair
curls because 1t is fiat. Straight hair
is cylindrical. Being fiat, the hair has
a natural tendency to assume a spiral
shape. Cutting has no effect. as the
cause of the fairness lies in the shape
of the follicle. Hair issuing from
slantng, crooked folllcle is bound to
be flattened and twisted.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
Demand for Labor.

Labor is SO scarce in New Zealand
that the government of that colony
has asked its high commission In Lon
don to ind in England and send out
1000 laborers for the construction of
new railway in the North Island
Three years work is guaranteed, and
inducements will be offered them to
remain permanently. There is also
great demand for agricultural laborers
in western Australia.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
Innovation in Parliament.

An innovation is said to have crept
into the English House of Commons
recently, when hand clapping, fami-
liar the world over, but forbidden in
the mother of parliaments, was for the
first time heard. The custom of the
house calls for Hear! Heart" as the
expression Of approval, often ironlcal.
Hear Hear" according to learned
authorities, is a modern shortening
of Hear him. Hear HIM" the regul-
lar parliamentary shout of approval
down to the early part of the last
century.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
Oldest University.

The Oldest university in the world Is
at Pekin. 1t is called the School for
the Sons of the Empire" It's az
tiquity is very great, and grand reg
lister, consisting of stone columns, 800
in number, contains the names of
10000 graduates.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
In Affliotlon,s School

One month in the school of affliction
will teach thee more than the great
precents of Aristotle in seven years;
for thou canst never judge rightly OF
human affairs, unless thou hast first
felt the blows and found out the de-
ceits of fortune.-Fuller.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
Honiton Lace.

Honiton lace is made at Honiton, in
Deyonshire, Eng, remarkable for the
beauty of its figure and sprigs. "Honi-
ton application" is lace made by
working sprays, flowers and other
parts of a pattern on the lace pillow
and securing them to a net ground
made separately. In modern manu-
factories handmade sprays are often
sewed upon a machine-made ground,
"Honiton guipure" is a lace of large
flower patterns, with a very open
ground, which is generally sold under
the name of Honiton lace.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
Biggest Freight Car.

The biggest freight car in the world
is being constructed in the st. Paul
railroad shops at Milwaukee. The
largest freight cars at present are of
100000 poundT capacity and are
looked upon as monsters. The new
car will have a capacity of 100000
pounds. 1t is being built to transport
ninety-ton section of base for a
blast engine which is being shipped
to Bethlehem, Pa. The car is forty
one feet long, has four instead of two
trucks, and sixteen instead of eight
wheels
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12

Trust Baking Powders
sell for IS or so cents per
pound and may be iden-
titled by this exorbitant
price. They are a menace
to public health, as food
prepared from them con.
tains large quantities Of
Rochelle salts, O danger
Gus cathartic drug.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12

The famous "tower of gold" of Sc
vile, a huge octagon in three stages,
was so called by its royal Moorish
builders because of it's yellow color,
which is brilliant in the Andalusian
sunlight and moonshine. 1t is used as
a prison by Peter the Cruel.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12

We would like to say something
about the co, Bridges and tell the
good people of this co. how the bridge
prospects are progressing, but we can
not say anything which would be con-
sidered good NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
(Tenn.) Gazette
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12

When a girl is nice 20 you it's hard
to tell whether she really likes you
or wants a favor.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
Calumet
Baking
Powder

The only high
grade Baking
Powder S old
at a moderate
price. Com
plies with the
pure food laws
of all states.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
Important 20 Mothers.

IN UbU FOr OVCr % 1tAFs
The Kind You Have Always Bought
The Washington times., 1906-05-06

fered in an open market The price
gradually rose. 4 thousand dollars for
a dash at a hornets nest of Morgan's
guerrillas; $4,000 for charge upon the
trenches OF Lees veterans.
And from that IT is only a step TO
a higher rate for-'la mort sans
I-hrase se"-d eath straight and a clinched
insurance contract. In the arior of
rrmpetition companies on the plan CT
mo questions asked have sprung up
I'll over Europe a0d North America.
Or Budapest concern distinctly
gCarantees payment "cn proof OF
death from whatever cause, ten fin
gers of grog or a twenty-fOot gibbet.
for al the agents care An anti-Suicide
prOvisO saves appearances but amounts
only to a trifiing legal dificulty-
Hardly even to that, says this Hitler
The Washington times., 1906-05-06

where It was before the strike The
poor people. the ones who buy by the
bucket or the basket. are the ones who
suffer. of course A bucketful of coal
costs cents more today than II did
ten years ago. Figure up what that
means on a ton. and YOU will begin
to understand what 1t costs 10 be
poor.
The price of meats has gone up on
an average at least IS per cent. not
the price Of your sirloins and tender
loins and filets. not the price Of spring
lamb. but the price OF the very cheap
est cuts. which the poor ought TO be
able to afford. Even soup meat costs
nearly half as much again as 10 did
The result is the soup is thinner and
less nourishing. md the family eats
less meat. But it can't afford any bet
ter TO fill mp on vegetables The cheap
- est vegetables. potatoes and cabbages,
two principal articles OF diet among
the working classes. have increased .
per cent in price IN the last decade.
The accompanying table shows some
thing Of the rise in the cost OF pro-
visions during the past ten years
Twenty-Five articles of food: staples.
not Iuxuries. have been selected
Wholesale prices are quoted because
as already noted there is less variation
IL, -,
over they do not depend on the loca-
tion and the class OF customers They
represent the basic prices OF cOmmOdi-
ties-not the varying prices Of charged
individual customers. according to the
part OF town they live in. They are
taken from the published lists of COM
mercial newspapers Of the first week
in May, in the years 1896 1901. and 1906.
The comparisons are perfectly fair for
in each case the same grade and quail
ity OF the particular article priced has
been carried through. The figures show
an increase Of from 80 TO 50 per cenc-
an average Of perhaps 40 per cent.
II is hard to say whether that in
crease in the most OF provisions or
the increase in rent is more serious.
Food and shelter are about equally
necessary The higher rents compel
either greater expenditure n that
line. and a consequent retrenchment
in some other line-which, Ia view OF
the equally higher price of provisions
would seem out Of the question; or
occupancy of poorer quarters for the
same price The higher prices Of food
mean almost inevitably, among the
poor AT least. reduction in amount
ana qnaliiy-which in turn. means less
nouFishment. a constantly deteriorat-
The Washington times., 1906-05-06

dent IN the biE cities Living Is re-
duced TO a science In them; statistics
are never available Tbs poor are
poorer in them. the rich richer But
all over the country the facts remain
the same. though the figures that f.
Iustrate the facts may differ widely IN
different localities. Everywhere the
cost Of living has increased out OF all
proportion 10 the increase IN the earn
ings OF the worker. All sorts OF hg-
ures may be produced 20 prove that
the workingman was never so well
paid as now-but no one Will for a
moment pretend that wages are 80 per
cent higher today than they were
ten years ago. and living is. It looks
rather Ike the school boys proposition,
Two into one. ye can't"
Then agsin-perhaps people are be-
coming extravagant. Year by year It
becomes harder 20 be economical. Tho
temptation is always 10 do as others
do. TO keep ones end up. And this is
becoming constantly harder. The de-
mands Of life are becoming constantly
more mercness. more exacting- The
temptations TO spend increase on every
side The cost OF everything keeps
going higher-only the income remains
unchanged
The Washington times., 1906-05-06

ing or washing. The children as babies
must get along as best they can with
out anyone to care for them At home.
And long before they should they must
put-their tiny shoulders TO the wheel,
and contribute their mite to the family
earnings Then the world cries out in
horror against child-labor. and tells
piteous tales OF the mites who are darft-
ed into the factories from their cradles.
almost. It is not the heartIessness OF
parents that Is responsible; IL r. the
cruelty OF conditions. the tremendous
increase IN the cost OF mere living.
And there has been no increase in
wages 10 make up for this increase
in the cost OF necessaries- While not
only the men. but the women and chill
dren. have to work to meet this bur
den OF increased cost. they have to go
into the struggle with less nourishment
al. consequently. always less. and yet
less. strength
Nor IS this increased cost OF living
pre Slem only for the poor. Even the
man OF moderate means has to study
and figure how he Is COINS to solve IT.
While the millions who are dependent
on very small wages for existence,
have the problem OF adequate food
and shelter. there are yet other mil
lions who are confronted with a some
what different phase OF the same ques-
ton The clerks and stenographers.
IA department employees. the young
men who are struggling TO establish
themselves In buslness-people whose
salaries range from. say SIS TO Ss5 a
The Washington times., 1906-05-06

coroner. On the eve Of his departure
an intelligent immigrant 10 a better
world can break a window IN his back
kitchen, raise the sash and arrange
track of No. u brogans 10 the door
Of his bedroom Similar tracks from
the rear veranda 10 the next public
road Wire fence filed Lock Of kichen
door picked with skeleton wire Sew
eral test wires dropped in the haste
Of departure. Also. a burglar mask
Then go to bed. swallow a deOdorized
opiate. and just at the brink Of total
stupefaction. whack a club over a pre-
arranged bruise on the skull No crack
ing Of bones needed
'SIugged and died from congestion OF
the brain. II will be the verdict OF nine
cut OF ten luries. Murdered and prob
ably robbed by unknown intruders.
To which a BROOKLYN lawyer adds
verdict of his own: "PardOnable expedi-
ent no living men can get even with
the Doodle tricks Of those insurance
trusts"
And few living men OF merit can com
pete for prize in the lotteries OF our
consular service.
Poor Thomas Mast had TO content him
self with tropical death trap and seem
ed to have forebodings of his fate when
he shook hands before the removal of
the gangplank. "Fevers, crocodiles, and
revolutions he said. "that ought 10
give my buzzaris a business chance. 4"
alIuding 10 his cartoons OF the municipal
vIltHres- Consul Richard Burton. too.
died for the sake OF a small pension TO
his widow.
A weird experience. but worth whis-
pering in Az era when every days press
bulletins almost brings accounts OF fell
low-beings who have taken passage for
the land of rest by the rat bane route,
paris green, and, worst of all eouceiv-
The Washington times., 1906-05-06

better than the laborer. The wives
have been accustomed 70 a certain de-
gree OF home comfort. They must first
OF all be respectfully housed-accord-
ing TO their ideas Of responsibility.
Their first problem is that OF rent
Such fats as they can AFFORD are re-
duced now TO the poorer quarters OF
town Three courses lie open 70 them.
The first is to reduce their standard OF
living 10 a lower level which imme-
diately breeds family discomfort The
second is 70 pay the higher price In
town. and trust TO luck 10 find some
way Of raising the extra money. The
third Is 70 move 70 the suburbs. where
the cost OF transportation quickly
adds to the fixed charges.
OF course these things are more evil
The Washington times., 1906-05-06

could be hid at rates varying from
5000 to $500 francs Csay. $500. Eiln I
hundred dollars as a fair compensation
for the risk of facing twelve yearly
bullet storms, bayonet charges. and
canOnades. not to mention the peril OF
drowning in the alcoholic squivalent OF
5000 dimes For. as rule, the substi-
tutes declined the offer IF a safe de-
TOsit for the price Of their blood IN
conditional prepayment. or no sigma
tdre If they had To leave the world
they wanted a bit of farewell fln
And all that not in mOribuud mon
arches only. We tried il in our model
republic and with perfect success. Dur
ing the third year of our civil war the
whispered requests for altrutSts. as Ben
Biltler called the,I. became pretty
aJdiaIe, and the supply was soon Of
The Washington times., 1906-05-06
DYING AS BUSINESS IS NOT ORIGINAL WITH AMERICANS

ere of hundred would fail to ratifv
the bargain by answering tae grim
summons
imagine an attorneys business com
bun ication: My Dear Sir: In pursu-
ance of our witnessed agreement of the
10th ult. will you kindly come and be
hanged at your earliest convenience?"
And returned with marginal: 20. X.
Grease the rope. Yours for b, An
Sin"
But. after all. what else is our Gus
tom of military substitutes. in some
cases? In France. during the agony
of the first empire, friends wept and
moaned over a prisoner on his way to
execution Twenty survivors of bri-
sade thought themselves iuCSv at the
end of the Russian campaign; vet. even
under these circumstances. substitutes
The Washington times., 1906-05-06
Conditions Growinq Worse

or course, IT is alHays the poor
who suffer. There is entirely too much
truth in the demagogue's cry that the
poor are getting poorer and the rich
are getting richer. All over the coun-
try organizations are being formed
under one name or another "for i'm
proving the condition of the poor.
And vet the condition of the poor
does not improve. Things that peo-
PIE must have cost from one-tHird to
one-haif more than they did one short
decade ago. Quarters for which a
working mans family formerly paid
- month. now cost S1a. The actual
figures differ. OF course. in different
localities. but the proportion remains
about the same. Fuel has increased
in price outraseousIy. OF course. there
have been periods Of strikes and labor
troubles when the increase was ex-
plainable: but 1t should have been
merely temporary. and in nine cases
out OF ten IL hasn't been. Coal has
gone way up during a strike. After
the strike it has gone down. 10 be
sure, but II has not gone down 10
The Washington times., 1906-05-06

made that dying has become a
Prohtable business speculation
ana that scores of Americans
volunteer 4 jump into Nirvana every
Year 10 raise bodies for the proxies OF
an Insurance policy.
As a novelty the idea looks like a tri
umph OF American enterprise. but. as
usual the hope of lodging Chinese pri-
cTlty claims may prove delusive.
Knew all men about that three thou
sSnd odd hundred years ago" chuckied
'Ee Mohgols wnen the invention Of gun
Iowder blazed aloft in western F,,1rope.
end almond eyed historians have re-
corded the fact that the code of Kubia
Khan allowed death-ceU prisoners to
furnish substitute. For political Of
tenders there was probably no hope.
but 4 the friends Of highway robber
NOuched FOR the sincerity of his CONVEX
sion they were permitted to march him
nome In the van OF a brass band, pro-
Nlded an admirer OF the new-found
SAINT offered TO mount the scaffoId in
his place The substitute called
buddha to witness that he had passed
weeks IN prayers for spiritual gui-
oance; hut it was a suggestive circum-
stance that metropolitan law firms
could furnish such volunteers at short
notice.
lhey had private Offices and private
conferences with applicants who de-
sifeo TO arrange some provision for the
support or helpless relatives. and who.
with fierce contempt for the hopes of
e''rlhlN existence. did not care one
Ts't II they entered the chamber OF eter-
haI rest few years sooner or later.
Father Hue. the trustworthy pioneer
or Nsiauc exploration. states tina. in
cases o. that sort it was ,ustouar1 70
accom' mddte candidates Of death with
q small advance payment, and that not