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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
THE uEw INSURANCE AGENT.
He Comes in with the New Law--Psul
Morton on His Opportunity.

The new insurance law of the State
of New York has opened up promis.
ing field for both men and women
with brains and energy in the sale of
life insurance. The law now provides
standard forms CT policies. each of
which practically bears the hall mark
Of the State of New York and this new
order of things has established the
sale of life insurance on correct
basis.
The prohibition against rebating and
extravagant allowances to agents has
driven out of the business the old
type of insurance agent, who in many
cases virtually bought business, with
large rebates instead OF selling It,
His place is being taken by profes.
sors, lawyers, school teachers of both
sexes, and others, who find that being
a life insurance agent under the new
system offers greater reward than
their previous vocations. The law has
reduced commissions but all of the
commission now goes to the agent
Life insurance is something that
everyone needs and under the pres
ent system its sale is being conducted
with becoming dignity and propriety.
Paul Morton, president Of the Equita-
BILE Life Assurance Society, has taken
the lead in building up an agency Or
ganization that is in keeping with the
demands of public sentiment, and the
standard he has set for his company
He says: I'VE want new agents, both
men and women, but none except en-
ergetic, able and truthful people need
apply. For such there is splendid
opportunity"
Mr.. Morton's policy of injecting new
and vigorous blood into the agency
force of the Society is meeting with
success in all parts oSthe country.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06

soon he was taken in as a member of
the firm. Age and hard knocks and
brushes with the business world de-
veloped in him marked business acu-
men. He forged to the front as a
fnancier and a philosophical citizen.
AS years passed he prospered. Early
and late he was ever looking after his
vast business interests. There were
times that he longed to be again in
the small home town. Often in his
youth he dreamed of some day being
chairman of the village board. Only
once since parting from the old home
had he returned, and then to find the
town just the same only little more
delapidated, and in the weed-over-
grown kirkyard the neglected graves
of his good parents.
Strenuous business life and assid-
ious attention to the accumulation of
capital without vacation, caused him
to suffer from what the doctors pro-
nounced neurasthenia, and advised
total rest from mental effort. The man
had labored too diligently in amass-
ing money. Residence in a quiet place
was recommended and retirement from
all commercial worries. The Great
Merchant sold his vast interests to
combine, and after careful thought,
concluded that he would seek rest and
a renewal of health in the town where
he at one time attended the little red
schoolhouse, and where in childish i'm
agination he would be powerful and
famous by becoming chairman of the
village board. Accordingly he retired
from the CITY, purchased the old home
stead where he was reared and picked
potatoes, and also built a residence
and became a Great Factor in the
town. Time had made few changes in
the landscape. Buildings and streets
were the same, only showing the raw
ages of decay. The old stores were in
possession Of the descendants of the
owners who conducted them when he
was a boy. They were not doing the
business that they should. One great
innovation was the town had a rail
road. All about was suggestive of
peace. 1t was an ideal place for a
man who desired to pass his declining
days in contemplation of the here
after. There, life was much like unto
death. There was fresh air in abund-
ance. All of nature layishly spent it's
beauty over the country and the town,
and even the weeds on the streets
were allowed to spring up, bloom and
| reach maturity without interruption
by the scythe or the sicle.
Within a year the Retired Business
| Man had regained much of his old.
time spirit and health Habits of ac-
tivity and love of business impelled
| him to once again seek work that
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
ONCE THE PATH WAS SMOOTH.
Discard That Old Adaee About tho
Course Of True Love.

A remarkable wedding has lately
taken place at Naples, remarkable be-
cause Of the extreme youth and alert
ness of the happy couple. When Ce-
lestino Giordano, aged 10, with Gicelia
Nappi, his chosen bride, went to the
registry Office to be married, the COM
missioner waS very loath to perform
the ceremony, for the pair had not
reached the age limit prescribed by
the civil code. The young folks had
evidently expected to have to over
come difficulties to their union, for
while the commissioner was hesitat-
ing as to what he should do, they
sprang surprise on him and settled
the matter by producing a royal de-
cree of dispensation, which they had
obtained direct from the king. This
being proved genuine the children
were joined to wedlock in the pres
ence of their parents and large gath
ering of interested spectators.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
BABY lTCHED TERRIBLY.
Face and Neck Covered with lnfamed
Skin-Doctors No AvaiI-Cured
by Cuticura Remedies.

my babys face and neck were GOV.
cred with itching skin similar to ecze-
ma, and she suffered terribly for over
year. / took her to a number of doc
tors, and also to different colleges, to
no avail. Then Cuticura Remedies
were recommended to me by Miss G..
| did not use it at first as | had tried
so many other remedies without any
favorable results. At last | tried Cuti-
cura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Resolvent Pills, and to my
surprise noticed an improvement.
After using three boxes of the Cuti-
cura Ointment together with the Soap
and Pills, l am pleased to say she is
altogether a different child and the
picture of health. Mrs. A. c. Brestlin,
III N. Lincoln St., Chicago, H., Oct.
20 and 80, 1906"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
DR.. TALKS OF FOOD
Pres. of Board of Health.

what shall eat?" is the daily in
quiry the physician is met with. l do
not hesitate to say that in my judg-
ment, large percentage of disease is
caused by poorly selected and improp-
erly prepared food. My personal ex-
perience with the fully-cooked food,
known as Grape-Nuts, enables me to
speak freely of its merits.
From overwork, l suffered several
yea, with malnutriton, palpitation Of
the heart, and loss of sleep. Last
summer l was led to experiment per.
sonally with the new food, which I
used in conjunction with good rich
cows milk. In short time after l
commenced its use, the disagreeable
symptoms disappeared, my hearts &C
ton became steady and normal, the
functions of the stomach were proper
ly carried out and l again slept as
soundly and as well as in my youth.
Il look upon Grape-Nuts as a per-
feet food, and no one can gainsay but
that it has most prominent place III
q rational, scientific system of feeding
Any one who uses this food will soon
be convinced of the soundness of the
principle upon which it is manufac-
tured and may thereby know the facts
as to its true worth" Read, 1.-THE Road
TO MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a
Reason"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
COULD READ THE SIGNS.
Little German Knew Well the Mar
rage Was at Hand.

A little elderly German who keeps a
stationer's shop amuses himself by
making up stories about his customers
and telling them to his family.
Dat young lady who has de pink
cheeks, she be married soon, t'ink, "
he announced one night
Now, my Carl, you know nottings
RI her whateffer, is it not so?" and his
wife looked severe.
ut is like dis" said the stationer
solemnly 81 observe, and 1 know. At
first she buys paper and envelopes de
same; later she buy twice as more pa
per, and den five times as more paper
as envelopes. So l know she is be-
trothed. And to-day she buy only
one-half dozen envelopes and five
times as more paper; and when l tell
her she get dem cheaper IL she buy
many, she say, I have no need of
more, tank you; SO know de friend
he comes soon and so comes de mar
riage on quickly. Compan-
ion,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06

the Storepeeker, caused Farmers to
bring in tons of butter and hundreds
Of thousands of eggs, and chickens
and other produce. The transforma.
ton was quick from a Dead Town to
a Lively Small City. A high school
was established, new churches built,
and some of the pious people were
shocked to see an opera house erect
ed The Panhandle & Skedunk rail.
road, which for years had been run.
ming 20 miles from the town so
changed it's route as to have it on the
main line, so the place had two rail.
roads. Enterprising men who wanted
to locate in a Live Town turned their
eyes toward the place Soon there
was smoke from half dozen big fac
tories, and in five years after the Pub.
lic-spirited Citizen had started his
store his old home town has increased
it's population 1000 per cent 1t was
no longer printed in little type on the
maps, but in capital letters.
MORAL-Do not underestimate the
possibilities of your community, or
fail to develop them. No city was
ever made great by its people buying
goods elsewhere.
D. M. CARR.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06

Mrs. Lenora Bodenhamer, r. II. u. /.
Box 90, Kernersville, N. c., writes:
81 suffered with stomach trouble and
Indigestion for some time, and nothing
that ate agreed with me. was very
nervous and experienced a continual
feeling of me asiness and fear. took
medicine from the doctor, but it did me
no good.
found in one of your Peruna books
description of my symptoms. l then
wrote to DR.. Hartman for advice. He
said / had catarrh of the stomach. l
took Peruna and Manalin and followed
his directions and can now say that
feel as well as l ever did.
81 hope that all who are afflicted with
the same symptoms will take Peruna, as
it has certainly cured me.
The above is only one of hundreds who
have written similar letters to Dr.
Hartman. Just one such case as this
entities Peruna to the candid consider
alton of every one similarly afflicted If
this be true of the testimony of one per-
son what ought to be the testimony of
hundreds, yes thousands, of honest, sin
cere people. We have in our files great
many other testimonials.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
HOME TRADE FABLE
HOW THE TRANSFORMATION OF
A TOWN WAS EFFECTED.
A STORY WITH A MORAL
One Public Spirited Citizen Who
ReaIized the Big Possibilities and
Cultivated the Field to .Ad-
vantage.

Once upon a time there wae q Man,
who in his youth was reared upon a
farm located near a Small Town of
Great Promise Two weeks in each
year when he was not saving wood,
feeding the stock or picking potatoes,
ne was allowed TO attend the little red
schoolhouse in the town. BY hard la
Dor during the day and persistently
reading a fow Old books which were
heirlooms in his family, and each week
absorbing the intelligence contained
in the Weekly Mirror he, by the time
he could mark down his age at IS
years, had accumulated sufficient
knowledge to run away from home.
He wandered to large city and there
his great muscular power assisted to
gain for himself a position as Chief
Scrubber in a large store He had not
acquired the cigarette habit, and his
faithfulness 90 his scrubbing brush,
and his unwillingness to know all
about his employers business. soon at
tracted the attention Of the Old Man,
and at the end of a year he was pro-
NOTED to Head Rustler in the shipping
department at the large salary of eight
dollars week.
His disregard Cor scooting when the
closing time CAME, and his total lack
Of swelled head SO pleased the Old
Man that from time to time the ambi-
tious youth was advanced until at the
end of six years he was drawing the
biggest salary paid by the house, and
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
Ghosts of Dead Lakes.

In the great basin between the
Rockies and the Sierra Nevadas lie
the ghosts Of many dead lakes. Riv.
ers still flow down to the dry edge Of
these one-time great reservoirs and
are licked up by evaporation and the
chinook winds. Of all the lakes that
once lay there, only Great Salt Lake,
Lake Tahoe and Bear Lake are left.
The Southern Pacific rolls for 1G5
miles across the bed of what was once
Lake Lahontan, and the passengers
gazing idly from the windows may see
the terraces and wrinkles in the crust
and defrauded of it's crystal treasures
ages ago.-EXchange.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
Worlds Submarine Cables.

The total length Of submarine
cables in the world is about 45O 1000
kiloms-279,6 22 miles, of which 60 per
cent. are British, ten per cent. Ameri-
can, little more than nine per cent.
French, and about seven per cent.
German. A great advance in this do.
main has been made during the last
few years by Germany, whose efforts
tend to constitute an Independent sys.
tem.-Memorial Diplomatique.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
Civilization In Abyssinia.

A sawmill Is already at work at
Ads Ababa, Abyssinia, and Greek ar
tisans are engaged in quarrying and
stone bewing. Machinery in connec-
ton with house building generally is
likely to be in demand as soon as the
means of transport are simplfied. The
government is already building in Eu-
ropean style and stone houses may be
seen, some even of three stories in
height in the capital
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
One Hundred Years AGO.

Gen. Zebulon Pike was discovering
the peak that bears his name. THE
reason why l know I'm the first white
man that ever saw it," he said, us
that 1t hasn't got any patent medicine
signs on it," Regretting that he
couldn't spare the time to stop and dis
cover the gold that lay hidden all
around him, he took parting look at
the snowy summit of the peak and re-
sumed his toilsome march.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
All Misfortune.

Pop" said Farmer Korntop's little
boy, what does 1t mean when you
say 'misfortunes never come singly?'"
"Wal," replied Farmer Korntop,
"thet's just about the truth. First
comes a wet spell thatll spite the to-
matoes an then comes dry spell that
spiles everything else"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
STATE OF ONO. CRY OF TOLEDO q,

FRANZ j. CHESHY makes oath that he is senior
partner OF tho arm OF f. !. CHENEY q Co., doing
business in tho City OF Toledo County and State
aforesaid, and that said nrm win pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
OF CArARRH that cannot be cured By tho use OF
HALLS CArABRu CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed In my presence,
this 9Th day OF December, A. D. 1885.
A. w. GLEASON,
SEAL NOTARY PUBLIC.
Hairs Catarrh Cure ia taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Send for testimonials, free.
f. CHENEY CO., Toledo o.
Sold by all Druggists f5c,
Take Halle Family Pills for constipation.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
Har Anawer.

Nov, children" said the kindergar-
ten teacher, II have explained to you
how many trees give us food, In the
way Of fruit, and in other ways. You
remember that said man taps the
maple trees to get maple sirup.
Where does the taploca como from.
them" Il guess" said Olive. after
pause. that you tap the oaks, don't
you7"-Judge.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
No Time for Extraa.

Tiny Sister Crushing into big SIS
ter's room) hurry, Lulu; Mr..
White Is downstairs. Lulu very
grandly, while she dabs her face with
the powder puff-Very we'll, dear; III
be down. Tiny Sister (nervously)-Oh,
please don't wait to straightforward
Home Companion.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
A Counter Irrltant.

"Have you made arrangements to
prevent fraud in the election?" NO."
answered Senator Sorghum; Il
couldn't quite manage that. But I've
done the next best thing to defeat the
opposition's iniquity. I've made ar
rangements that'll make their fraud so
insignificant by comparison that it
won't be noticed"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
Dreams Go by contrarles.

What do you suppose is every Lon
doners day dream"'
II don't know, unless it is to be-
come a knight mayor. '-Baltimo
American.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06

To be on good terms with human ma
ture BE Well Garfield Tea purifes the
blood, cradicatcs disease, regulates the di-
gestive organs and brings Good HEALTH
Manufactured by Garfield Tea Co., Brook
lyn, N. Y. Sold by druggists.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06

Perfectly simple and simply perfect r.
dycng with PUTNAM FADELESS
DYES. loo per package.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06

1t is frequently easier to be sure you
are right than 1t Is to so ahead.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06

Lewis Single Binder straight SO cigar.
Made of extra quality tobacco. Your
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
A Fowl Question.

"Pop?"
Yes, my son."
do Mother Careys chickens come
out of the ships hatches?"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06

The quality of the life of every one
Is the same as the quality Of his love.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
krsuse's Cold Cure,

For cold in head, throat, chest or back.
Best remedy for La Grippe. Druggists, 25c.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06

Never Judge what a man knows by
his knowing look
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing syrup.
For chlldrcR tccthnr aoftcns tho gums reduces IN
nammaton, allays pain, wind colo. 25c bottle
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06

Work OF Trained Oarsmen.
Eight trained oarsmen pulling
boat exert about two horsepower.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06

W. N. w., OMAHA, NO. %, 1907.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-06
DEFIANCE STARCH s :: ss. 'i i..s.

If . ssa,' s;s. y a.s Thumpsuns Eye watsr
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-02
International
Stock Food

INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD
for Horses, Mules. Cattle. Hogs ana
Poultry.
1t will pay you to use this best OF
Stock Foods.
A guarantee is given with each QUO
package to do as claimed, or money
will be refunded.
| have it in all siZes-25c, 5Oc ana
25 lbs. pals at $3.50.
| have the exclusive sale in York
vile.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1907.

a political treaty guaranteeing each
others rights and territory. John
Lockert Of Guthrie. KY, was whipped
by might riders Sunday night. Lock-
ert was whlpped'because he talked too
much about the Tobacco Growers as
sociation. .. An expedition in search
of the south pole has sailed from Lon
don. An automobile will be used in
the effort to reach the pole. .Rals
Un, the Moroccan bandit, threatens to
kill his prisoner, Caid MacLean, an
Englishman, unless the sultan OF Mo-
rocco withdraws the troops which. are
trying to capture the bandit. "A
new contrivance for examining the in
ternal condition of the eye, has peen
invented by a Paris doctor. r..... .Plans
are under way to construct another
naval base on the Pacific coast, PROB
ably at San Diego. Cal. one man
was killed by a boiler tube explosion
on the United States gunboat Will
mington, at Shanghai, China, Tuesday.
The corner stone OF the Carnegie
Peace Palace was laid at The Hague
on Tuesday with elaborate ceremonies.
The Farmers Union Of Texas has
31S warehouses in rhat state with
capacity of more than 100000 bales.
The Union will demand Is cents for
the next cotton crop. "A break In
the Erie canal at Syracuse, N Y,
Tuesday afternoon caused Sl00,00o
damage. Two passengers were kill
ed by the wreck of the Baltimore and
Ohio .rain which ran into an open
switch at McKeesport, Pa, Wednesday
afternoon. Mrs. Mary Sykes OF
Greensboro, n. c., committed suicide
Tuesday because of grief over the
death of q son.
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Nothing
Is Cheaper

Than advice, and nothing is more
common than to tell other people what
they should do. The bird in the fable
could not understand why the fish on
the bank of the stream was so uneasy,
but if the bird had plunged in the
water, he would have been no less
troubled. 1t is very easy to give ad-
vice to others when we do not know
anything of the circumstances.
Money loaned on good security.
For Sale-Lot on Kings Mountain
street, S5 by 800 feet No delay.
For Sale-Residence on Kings Noun
tain street, well located. $4,000.
Fur Sale-Valuable lot near Graded
School on bargain counter. $625.
DR.. M. w. WHITE.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-02
Better be Safe
Than Sorry

The kind Of Fire and Accident In
surance written in this office makes
the assured absolutely safe against
loss to the extent Of his policy. Wise
men insure their property against loss
or damage by fire or tornadoes, and
they insure in companies that are time
tried and fire tested. I am In the m
surance business exclusively and make
nv living by selling insurance. l nave
had II years practical experience and
know something about the business: l
hope. Being in the business Tor
keeps" does 1t seem reasonable thax
should be willing to offer the pubic
anything except the BEST as matter
of policy, IL for no other reason? Cheap
insurance is as good as any, II you
don't need 1t, and none at all Is stu
better IL you never have a fire. BE
wise, insure and buy from company
that will be on the spot when you
need indemnity, always bearing In
mind the fact that 1t is better TO De
safe than sorry.
SAM M. GRIST,
Insurance Headquarters.
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FOR SALE.

.HNE HORSEPOWER Woodruff HAY
" PRESS at a bargain price. See
me quick. o
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YORK FURNITURE CO.
FURNITURE, STOVES,
Undertaking Supplies
PAINTS, OILS, Etc.

Our stock Of FURNITURE AND
HOUSE FURNISHINGS is the largest
and best assorted stock we have ever
had. We can suit most every one in
new styles and finishes, and the prices
are as low as can be found anywhere.
II we haven't in stock what you want,
we make a special order for you.
PIANOS and ORGANS, we carry
in stock all the time and can show
them, and 1t is more satisfactory than
buying from a catalogue. Be sure and
come to see them when you are ready
to buy.
Come and see our line Of Lace Cur
tains and Window Shades, White Cot
tage Rods and Curtain Poles.
WILL C. FREE and NEW HOME
SEWING MACHINES.-The Will c.
Free Machine is a new Machine, and
has all the latest improvements. Buy
a Will c. Free Machine and be up with
the age of mprovement-the oldest is
not always the best. Twenty-one
points Of superiority contained in the
Will C. Free Sewing Machine, by test
the lightest running Sewing Machine
sold any where. II this Machine is
not all we claim and more, you know
where it came from.
Terms-cAsH or. CREDIT.
YORK FURNITURE CO.
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Ghe Cotton Market.

Yorkville, Aug. Cotton IL to 13a.
New York, Aug 1.-Cotton, spot
closed quiet, middling uplands 1910;
gulf 1925; sales 300 bales
Futures opened firm and closed barely
steady as follows: Aug. 11.53; sept
1853: Oct. 1913: Nov. ll:9o; Dec
1903: Jan, 12.l2; Feb. i2;d6; 10 March
1921; April 1925; May 1880.