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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
KNEW WHAT SHE WANTED.
And Resented Presumption on the
Part of the obliging
Salesman.

A tall woman, dressed in black, and
with a very businesslike manner
walked into a well-known London es
Enlistment and, declining the service
of the shOpwalker, made directly fol
the crepe counter. She had rather &
thoughtful air as she examined the
stock, and the obliging young shopmar
remarked affably:
1--WE have a large stock of crepes
madam Just allow me to show yoJ
some new French goods, very popular
Just now for every kind Of mourning
Now, these light crepes are all the rage
for mourning for cousins. May
may | ask, madam" he added, hesitat'
ingly, for whom you are in mourn
lng?"
Husband" said the customer
briefly.
"Ah, yes; then l have just the ma
terial you require, the best style is"
Young man." interposed the woman
Il am much obliged for your explana'
ton. You may know lot about fash
ion, but as l buried my fourth HUSBAND
yesterday, you may be sure I've got 6
grip on the subject"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
REQUESTED RECIPES.
Good Graham Twists, Nice Graham
Waters and Crackers and Some
Bran Biscuits.

Graham twists are made of three
or four parts of graham flour to one
part sweet cream. Whole wheat hour
-four, and, if very coarse, add half
white flour; have -four cold and in
u basin have cream cold and, drop
ping into the -four stir briskll With
a fork. allowing no wet pools to form.
This should make a very stim dough
which should not stick to the board
while being kneaded one-half hour, or
until a piece will give swapping
sound when pulled off. Roll thin ms
piecrust and cut into strips oue-nalf
to three quarters of an inch wide
twist with hands and lay in baking
pan: the oven should not be too hot.
When done they are crisp, and the
starch is deXtrinlzed (partially di-
gested) as in zweibach
Graham Crackers-Seven cuptuls of
graham flour, one cupful of thick
sweet cream Cor butter), one pint OF
sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing powder; sieve and rub the bak-
ing powder into the flour; add the
cream Cor butter, which should be
rubbed into the flour welD, little
salt, then the milk; mix well, and roll
as thin as soda crackers; cut in any
shape; bake quickly; then leave about
the stove for few hours to dry thor
oughly.
Bran Biscuits-One quart of milk
or water; three teaspoonfuls of bit
ter Tor lard) three tablespoonfuls
sugar; two tablespoonfuls bakers
yeast (any live yeast will dol; pinch
of salt, and flour, wheat and graham.
Take enough wheat flour to use up
the water, making 1t the consistency
of batter cake dough; add the rest
of the ingredients and as much gra-
ham flour as can be stirred in with
a spoon. Set away until morning.
In the morning, grease a pan, -four
the hands and take n lump of dough
the size OF large egg, roll lightly
between the palms; put into the pan
and let them rise 20 minutes, and
bake in tolerably hot oven.
Graham Waters - One-third cupful
of butter, one-third cupful of sugar;
half teaspoonful of salt; one pint OF
white -four; one pint of graham tour.
Mix the butter, sugar and salt; chop
this mixture into the white and gra-
ham flour mixed; wet it with cold
water into a very stiff dough; knoad
we'll, and roll out very thin; cut IN
squares or any shape desired and
bake Qulckly.-The Commoner
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
HE CERTAINLY WAS MEAN.
Made His Brag So Strong He EN-
barrassed the Credulous
Operator.

There is an exceedingly gulltble
young girl working in Denver
branch telegraph office, says the Post
of that city. She is new at the busi-
ness, having telegraphed less than q
month. The other day ~"ung man
approached her desk and expressed
desire to know how the instruments
worked. With a noticeable air of SUI
perior knowledge the girl explained in
detail. Then she sent message.
When she had finished the young man
handed her a paper bearing something
he had written.
What will it cost to send that mes
sage?" he asked.
She looked at 1t and blushed. Il vas
a reproduction of the message she had
just sent. He had copied 1t from the
instruments.
80 you are an operator, too, chr"
she said.
my dear little girl" replied the
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
CHEAP COAL IN AUSTRALIA
So Abundant in New South Wales 1t
Sells for Fifty Cents
Ton.

Fifty cents ton is the price they
pay for coal in New South Wales.
Coal is so abundant and cheap in New
South Wales that 1t can hardly be
said, in places, to add to the value of
the surface. 1t is drawn out by ponies.
Beside 1t are an inexhaustible field of
limestone and permanent water, both
ON railway line. Rates of haulage
on minerals are extremely low. There
are enormous deposits of iron ore of
richness varying from GO to 80 per
cent.
The chemical composition has been
found satisfactory to experts in
Europe, and these deposits usually are
alongside deep water, thus facilitating
transport. At Burnie, in Tasmania,
the deposit from water level up is es-
timated as 20,0O0,000 tons. In New
South Wales the deposits within sight
are 60,000,000 tons. The deposits
known as the Iron Knob and Iron
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
IN orhAR LANDS.

An electric railway will probably
soon connect Moscow with st. Peters
burg.
In the insane asylums OF Germany
more than a thirG of the patients owe
their condition to strong drink.
Last year there we're 1921 millions
matches sold in France, bringing into
that nations treasury S5,216,950, this
being a state monopoly.
A man of so, elected a judge fol
Frutigen, Switzerland, Is to go through
a university course in order to enable
him to pass the examination required
by law.
A proposal to enact that no newspa-
per shall be edited composed or print
ed from Saturday midnight until sun
rise on Monday morning, has been
negatived in the French senate.
Denmark holds the record among
nations for thriftiness. Her inhabit7
ants have, on an average, G10 9s
apiece in the savings banks: English
people have only E3 rs. a head.
In Australian gold mines it is con-
sidered that ventilation becomes bad
when the proportion of oxygen falls
below 20 per cent, or less than 70
cubic feet Of air a minute is supplied
for every man working in mine.
The city of London's chief inspector
OF weights and measures reports that
the weight of all loads of coal test
ed last year was satisfactory, and that
Tin most cases the weight exceeded
the amount specified on the ticket"
One of the labor party's members OF
the new house OF commons lately re-
ceived from constituent who thought
he had grievance to which the gov
eminent should give attention, let
ter of no less than LOO closely-writ-
ten pages
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
BOYS HEAD ONE SOLID SORE.
Hair All Came out-Under Doctor
Three Months and No Better
Cuticura Works Wonders.

Mr.. A. G. Barnett, proprietor of q
general store in Award, Oklahoma,
tells in the following grateful letter
how Cuticura cured his son of a ter.
rible eczema. my little boy had &C.
zema. His head was one solid sore
all over his scalp; his hair all came
out, and he suffered very much. J
had physician treat him, but at the
end of three months he was no bet.
ter | remembered that the Cuticura
Remedies had cured me, and after
giving him two bottles of Cuticura
Resolvent, according to directions
and using Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment on him daily, his eczema left
him, his hair grew again, and he has
never had any eczema since. We
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment
and they keep our skin soft and
healthy. I cheerfully recommend the
Cuticura Remedies for all cases of
eczema. A. G. Barnett, Mar. 80,
1905"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
SAYINGS OF THE TOTS.

Mamma" said little Ethel, w was
looking at the pictures in a Sunday
school hook, how do the angels get
their night gowns on over their
wings?"
Il think papa and mamma likes the
baby better than they do me- said
four-year-old F'lossie to the visitor,
cause he let's en- do just as they
please
Tommy" said the teacher, don't
you know better than to talk aloud In
SCHOOL,"
But what is a Teller to, do?" quer.
ried Tommy. you said the other day
l mustn't whisper"
1t was the roll of distant thunder
that caused little Margie to observe:
"They muse be cleaning house IN
heaven to-day, mamma"
why do you think so, dear?" asked
her mother.
II hear the angels movin' the furn!-
ture around" replied Margie.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24

one eye to the other. The table-cloth
was Of the material called tapestry
by shopmen and rather brightly col
ored. The pattern was in gold, with
a small amount of crimson and pale
blue upon a grayish ground At one
point the pattern seemed displaced,
and there was a vibrating movement
of the colors at this point.
Hapley suddenly moved his head
back and looked with both eyes. His
mouth fell open with establishment.
1t was a large moth, or butterfly,
its wings spread in butterfly fashion.
1t was strange it should be in the
room at all, for the windows were
closed. Strange that it should not
have attracted his attention when
fluttering to its present position,
Strange that it should match the table
cloth. Stranger far that to him, Hap
ley, the great entomologist, it was al
together unknown. There was no de-
fusion. 1t was crawling slowly toward
the foot of the lamp.
Looking around him for some
means of capturing the moth. he rose
slowly out of his chair Suddenly the
insect rose, struck the edge of the
lampshade-Hapley heard the ping"
and vanished into the shadow.
In moment Hapley had whipped
off the shade, so that the whole room
was Illuminated. The thing had dis.
appeared, but soon his practiced eve
detected 1t upon the wallpaper near
the door. He went toward it, posing
the lampshade for capture. Before he
was within striking distance, however,
1t had risen and was fluttering round
the room.
The third time he overturned the
lamp, which very luckily, went out.
aapley was left in the dark With
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
English Women Retrograding.

A writer in the Standard of London
boldly asserts that the intellectual
level of English women has been low
cred in the last so or GO years and
bases his conclusion on a statement
that English women nowadays read
only the lighter forms of literature.
They read French novels and plays
and sensational English fiction gen.
orally. Their grandmothers, he de-
clares, used to read SCOTS poems and
romances, and they also read history
for it's own sake. Such girls now
would regularly read Freeman,
Froude, Carlyle and Stubs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
TRANSFORMATIONS.
Curious Results When Coffee Drink
ing Is Abandoned.

ing Is Abandoned.
1t is almost as hard for an old coffee
topper to quit the use of coffee as it is for
a whisky or tobacco fiend to break off,
except that the coffee user can quit cof-
fee and take up Postum Food Coffee
without any feeling of a loss of the
morning beverage, for when Postum IL
we'll boiled and served with cream, IL
is really better in point of flavor than
most of the coffee served nowadays,
and to the taste Of the connoisseur it
is like the flavor of fine Java.
A great transformation takes place in
the body within ten days or two weeks
after coffee is left off and Postum Food
Coffee used, for the reason that the poi
son to the nerves has been discontinued
and in its place is taken liquid that
contains the most powerful elements OF
nourishment.
1t Is easy to make this test and prove
these statements by changing from cof-
fee to Postum Food Coffee
There's reason"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
MALE FISH RAISES YOUNG.

ton the eggs are pressed from the
mother to the pouch of the male. All
the eggs are not transferred at once.
After a first transferrence all the egs
are in the upper part of the pouch,
where no more can be received until
these are shaken down into the lower
end. These processes are repeatd IN
til the pouch is filled. In about ten
days the young pipe fishes are
Matched.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
Hotch Potch.

Hotch potch is an old-fashioned
Scotch dish, made in the spring, when
there are plenty of fresh vegetables.
1t is a thick puree-like soup. 1t may
be made either from fresh or cooked
meat. This Is one way of making it.
Three or four pounds of loin chops Gre
put into a saucepan with about three
quarts of boiling water, Peas, harri-
cot beans, carrots, half turnip, pars-
ley. a little bit of cabbage and some
green onions are added. Boil this very
slowly for an hour and a quarter, sea-
son with pepper and salt. 1t should
be q thick broth when done.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24

The new man, in his role of nursery
maid, has long been in evidence in GER
tain piscatory families. The males
of the strengthening pipe fishes take
charge of the eggs, which are given
them by the female parents, and nurse
them in a special pouch on the under
side of their own bodies. II seems
that the male and female fishes inter-
Irvine their bodies in the form Of
double letter S, and that in this posi-
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
Peanut Candy.

Two cups Of New Orleans molasses.
Two cups of soft A sugar.
One cup of butter
One saltspoon of salt.
One teaspoon of vanilla.
Six quarts of peanuts.
Put the butter, sugar and molasses
on together, adding the salt after it
comes to boil. Boil until it forms a
soft ball in cold water, then take
from the stove and beat vigorously
ten minutes. Return to the stove and
boil until a spoon drawn through 1t
makes a slight path. Add the vanilla
and heat again. When beginning to
grow cold, stir in the peanuts and
pour into buttered pans.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles)

Probably you have heard of the
great feud between Hapley, the en-
tomologist, and Prof. Pawkins.
1t began years and years ago, with a
revision of the microlepidoptera
(whatever these may be) by Pawkins,
in which he extinguished a new spe-
cies created by Hapley. Hapley, who
was always quarresome, replied by a
singing impeachment of the entire
classification of Pawkins.
1t was long struggle, vicious from
the beginning, and growing at last to
pitiless antagonism.
In 1891 Pawkins, whose health had
been bad for some time, published
some work upon the "mesoblast" of
the Deaths Head Moth. But the work
was far below his usual standard, and
gave Hapley an opening he had COW
eted for years.
In an elaborate critique he rent
Pawkins to tatters, and Pawkins made
reply, hating Intellectual, with pain
full gaps of silence, and yet malignant.
There was no mistaking his will to
WOuhu I1dplty, hui HIS luCdpdClIy W
do it. But few of those who heard
him realized how i'll the man was.
Hapley had got his opponent down,
and meant to finish him. He followed
with a simply brutal attack upon
Pawkins, in the form of a paper upon
the development Of moths in general
The rejoinder of Pawkins was to catch
the influenza, to proceed to pneumo-
mia, and to die.
In his private thoughts Hapley
could not forgive Pawkins for dying
1t left Hapley's mind with a queer
gap in 1t. For 20 years he had worked
hard, sometimes far into the night
and seven days a week, with micro
scope, scalpel, collecting-net and pen
and almost entirely with reference to
Pawllins. 1t had killed Pawkins; but
it had also thrown Hapley out of gear
so to speak, and his doctor advised
him to give up work for time and
rest. So Hapley went down into q
quiet village in Kent, and thought
day and night of Pawkins, and OF
good things it was now impossible tC
say about him.
At last Hapley began to realize in
what direction the preoccupatior
tended. He determined to make 6
fight for it, and started by trying tt
read novels. But he could not ge
his mind off Pawkins, white in the
face, and making his last speech.
1t was on the third day afterward!
that Hapley became aware of move
addition to the local fauna. He wa!
working late at the microscope, anc
the only light in the room was the
brilliant little lamp with the specia
form of green shade.
One eye was over the instrument
With the other eye Hapley saw, as i
were, without seeing.
Suddenly his attention drifted from
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
Shocking Precocity.

What is the result?" asked the
teacher of the primary class in arith-
metic, when you put two and two to.
gether?"
"A kith," lisped the curly-headed
little girl in the front row-Chicago
Tribune
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24

youth without cracking a smile, 81 am
Mr.. Morse, the man who invented teleg-
raphy." Then he left.
"Oh, he embarrassed me So" said
the girl. telling of it later. "Just
think, there l was explaining teleg-
raphy to the man who invented It,"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
Monarch in South Australia are stated
to contain 10000 900 tons.

The first great demand of Australia
has been stated as the comprehensive
production of iron and steel from her
own ores. These basic articles will
then be available at half their present
imported cost, just as Australia now
supplies herself with the purest of all
salt, another basic article, at less than
half the price she formerly paid for
her importations.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
Ha Didn't Understand

IO W.T. . Vr'IrVr'
where did Columbus first land?"
asked the teacher.
IL don't know, num-" was the re-
spouse of little Johnny textbook. II
didn't read de accounts of de mill."-
Detroit Free Press.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
Probably Needed It.

Bibbs-Who was the man you gave
half a crown to at the hotel this
morning?
Gibbs-An old literary friend OF
mine; author Of How to Get Rich
Royal Magazine.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24

Smallest British Possession.
Gibraltar is the smallest British
1t measures less than
two square miles. Canada is the big
gest, with 3,746,000 square miles.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
There ie no Rochelle Salts, Aiu-n,
Limo or Ammonia In food m a de with
Calumet
Baking
Powder

NOT IN THE BAKING POWDER TRUST
u makee pure food.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-18
inc selection. Remember. we are going out of bu
 must be sold by January 1st regardless of co

This design is simple. but attractive and eoltans every element necessary to insure long wear The solid ienclcd ends have extra broad arms The framework is built of choice quarter sawed oak. golden finish or close grained northern birch finished with inn tation mahogany. Spring work is the ..National n- destla1cble with heavy duck springs full spring edge When in Daycn port is seventy nine inches long and 4 inches wide When back is lowered it provides luxurious bed S l- ches wide. Upholstered with nine of deep lift ing full spring seat and back. Filling Is fine with elastic top Fitted with automatic device permit ting it to be instantly converted from Davenport o bed. The roomy box under the provides hen1y receptacle for bedding and other articles Bought to sell at $500 to 5000: go from $19 to S35.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-09-01
8latise Tamtltea=Tsbae.

Wit elmer tlaffsnben Wunbe tiber
bem re9ten Muge muroe lsste Nadi
fur3 bor IL ubr Robert 3. Goffitt,
802 Warion Npe., gum Dispsnfarium
gsbra9t, bon mo- er, na4oem er ber.
bunoen worben mar, nat Hummer
Slider abgefhbrt purbs. SoiRtt fam
9efiern In betrunfensm 3uffanbe mad
6auie uno fina 6dnbsl nit isinsr gbs.
bdlfte on. Sein SGwassr SEQ Stan.
Isp Der I'm Nsbenbauis. 804 Wariou
Npe. mobnt. b6rte bis raubsn Wortt
bss Beiruntenen uno fu9te ibn, inbsm
er isiner Sdwdserin beifanb. 3u Be-
fdwi&tisen; bur9 oieie ginmii9unq
entifanb ein Wortifreit 3wii9en bsr
Wdnnsrn, mel9er 3u 8bdtIidieitsr
ausarteie, In osrsn 8erIauf StanItt
isinsm e9waasr 9Oiitt einsn S9lnq
bsibra3ts, mel9sr bie oben erwdbntt
Solge batte.
Die Beamtsn Dillon uno Wcainnsp.
tpel9e sufdllig In Der Ndhs tparsn.
idli9teten ben Streit unb fie0ten BIZ
@ubs tpiebsr Der. inbsm He bic frsitsn'
ben S9wdssr In isparate 3sllsn osl
poIiseifation unterbra9ten. Gtanlst
purbs megsn e9ldssrsi angetlagt uni
SoIRtt psesn 8runisnbeit uno &ubs'
h6rung Grretirt.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-09-01

Daoib pri@ett, 203 @oob
Nbs., tpurbe bon ben Rablerpoli3iifen
WulIin uno 1aq untsr Siebfablsan.
flage berbaftet.
2ouis gtber aus Neu Aus
9uffa. Snb.. eiM W:l9bdnbIe, tpirb fi4
gegen bic antlaes. minbsruertbigs
Wil9 psrtauft gu baben, berantiuortsn
mhRen.
BiIlie 81 m mer auf GIsSs.
fanb. O., Greb WeDonaIb. Der angsb.
LID tsine 6simatb bat, uno Sobn Rssb
aus 2ouispiEs, 8p., uurben BON ben
Detseiips Qinnsp unb Worgan Der.
baftet. @sqen Rseb wurbe bie NnfIags
bss Diebfabls erbobsn. Gr fpn elmer
bisRgen 3eituns grsmplars ibrer Gus.
eobe sutpenbst baben.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-09-01
Gbrlia mabrt am ldasten.
2ei9tiinnise SanoIunssn baben ibipere
5ol9en.

@sorg W6asr bon go. 428 Sno
DeIcpare. StraBe. elm Metallpolirer In
Gisnifsn Der Armfrons Suraical Co.,
muros 9eifern bon ben Tetectibs @erber
unb 2arfb berbaftet unb unter oie ans
flaos bes @robbisbfabls gefelli.
N6(lsr ift beI9ulbiat, fsinen Arbeits
gsbern udbrenb Der 3sit feinss Sisn'
Ess, 10 nod unb nad, apparate unb
@srdtbe i'm Wertbs BON anndbsrno
5000 seifOblen su baben. st ber'
iu@te, laut Nngabsn Der pOli3ei, bie'
ielbsn su nsrfaufsn. uno uuroe BON
ben Teisetibs angsbli9 babel angetrofs
fen, aIs er nit elmer gan3en 9anbtafde
boiler Snifrumsnte i'm Spred3immea
zines Mrstss sri9ien uno bieislben bort
anbot.
Nad Musiagen bon @apit1n grap
ioa W6aer bic DiebHdbls eingefanoen
babsn, bod f9eint er F& Der S4wers
ieines Ysrbrs4ens. ba sr oie Sa6en MI,
sinseln nabm, ani3sineno gar ni9i
rs9t bspuBt.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-09-01
Serfeblte Spefalattoa.

90. Nepton, 628 Stib W2ihouri
Str, tpurbe sefsrn Nbenb bonn Su.
manitdtssBeamten III. Smith berbaf'
tst unb bic Mnilags bss 2Isinbisbftubls
uuroe gegen ibn erbobsn. Smith
bate am 0ormittage ein altes pferb
eonbsmnirt, bate benz gefbsr aber sr-
laubt. fsinsn Wasen ausrf nod 6auis
an fnbrsn, bate bsmielben a5sr biz
0srpi1i4tuns aufsrleet, bas pferh
oann 3ur Station 3u bringsn. bamil
oafelbe bsieitigt msrbe. Der BeRbe,
iol bas pfsro benz Nswton tbsrgsbsn
babsn, oamit berislbe bisiss In be,
Station abIiefere. Gnfiatt nun biefsn
auftrag aus3ufiibren, iol Reipton bas
pfsrb einsm 6dnoler berfauft babsu.
Smith. Der bas pfsrb bort iab uni
iOfort wisoer ertannte, fsllte Rsder9er
on unb Nsp ton tpurbe bsrbaftst.