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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
THIS MAN IS ALWAYS COLD.
Wears Heavy Clothing and an Over
coat in Midsummer.

Canton, O.-Among the recent ar
rivals here was Frank M. Bemis, trav.
cling man for a Michigan furniture
house. Bemis Is to be pitied, for he
is afflicted with a strange disease
which the doctors are unable to cure,
and which renders 1t impossible for
him to keep warm. even during the
hottest days of the summer.
The year around he is obliged to
wear five suits of underclothing, a
heavy overcoat, large pair of boots
and several pairs of socks. Despite
all of this he is always cold. He rare,
ly contracts a cold and possesses a
hearty appetite. He sleeps under
eight blankets, a number of quilts
and does not take off his clothes. Not
withstanding this he is none toe
warm. While at home his gas bill is
in the neighborhood of 800 a month.
He has been at number of resorts
to obtain relief for his strange dis
ease, but received no help whatever
Physicians are unable to determine
the cause of his condition.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
WEA THEIR IN CYCLES.

the years was as the assurance of the
salvation to the just. What happened
in 1S45 was bound to happen in 1855.
There was no getting around it. The
diary was continued on until the
twentieth century, the son taking up
the work when the father passed into
land where the storms of life do not
trouble. Now the younger historian,
getting well along in years, has, he
claims demonstrated his fathers the
DRY beyond any sort of doubt, and he
is giving his farmer friends the bene-
fit of it.
THE harvest of this year will be
dry" said Mr.. Claim. "The sevens
have been almost uniformly dry since
1910, and are fine years for small
grain. This year will be good for
peaches, and also the year following.
Including 1906, this will give us three
good peach years in succession. The
sevens and Fights are always fine for
this fruit.
But there is one ominous fight for
us this year. There will be a vista
| lion VI loSuoto, WHICH VIII ldoI dDOul
six weeks. The locusts come every
13 years without fail The record
shows that they were here In 1912,
1865, 1868, 1881 and 1894. That puts
them due in 1907.
Being forewarned, however, the
farmer can turn his hogs and chick.
ems into his orchards, and they will
eat up the pests nearly as fast as they
| terminate. The locusts have never
done near as much damage in this
section as the grasshopper and are
not to be dreaded as much.
UNLESS in unusually large numbers
they will not eat small grain. They
devour the slender stalks of wheat,
but don't touch the stronger stalks
They will appear in the latter part OF
May and disappear about the LIST OF
August. The hogs should be turned
into the orchards during April. The
locusts make fine feed for hogs and
chickens. They like them and thrive
wonderfully on the insects.
Corn will do fairly WELL but may
not be quite up to the average. Next
September will be little too dry foi
that grain. Wheat is the thing for
the husbandman to stick to in 1907
If he has the right character of soil to
develop it. The season is bound tc
do the rest"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21

that. And the small saving he Is able
to make by large purchases is more
than Offset by his larger expenses
These expenses must come out of the
purchaser so the mail order man 10
compelled to make a larger profit thar
the local dealer. It costs him more t.
market his goods. He must maintain
a large and expensive office force and
he must advertise. AS an example
Of what the mail order man expects
to make out of his customers, letter
written by prominent mail order
man might be quoted. Writing to 9
magazine he said: Advertising IL
your publication cost us II cents ar
inquiry and we made sales at cog,
Of only Sc cents each for advertising
This Is about half of our regular cost
This man was selling "A complete out
fit of clothes for $685." He was will
ing to pay dollar for each sale the
advertising brought him. Ask youl
local dealer how long he could keel
the sheriff away from his doors II he
took dollar out OF every ten dollar
sale.
You can't buy the same class o.,
goods any cheaper from the catalogue
houses than from the local dealer,
though one may think he can after
reading the catalogues. The differ
ence comes in the quality of the goods
There is a particular class of goods
known as mail order goods" This
trade term Is applied to cheap but
SNOWY goods and novelties which car
be sold at a large profit. 1t means
much the same thing as street fakil
goods" and, as Is the case with street
fakir goods, mail order goods are not
handled by the regular jobbers and
wholesalers. They cannot afford tC
handle them because their customers
want better merchandise. The street
fakir duplicates. in appearance, the
jewelry carried by a first class Jew
elry house and makes large profits
The catalogue merchant does the
same thing but does 1t on a large
scale and much more cleyerly.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21

the fact that they are making their
community poorer, reducing the per
capita of wealth, and dwarfing local
business, only to enrich concern al
ready rich enough TO buy several
counties. An extra thousand dollars
in any community will mean, during
the year, many thousands OF dollars In
business transacted and Increased In
come for practically every one in the
community Often the amount sent
to the mail order houses Is more than
enough to turn the balance the other
way and business depression exists
where prosperity would prevail under
normal conditions. Even II the coun.
try purchaser was able to save a snug
sum by ordering his supplies from
mail order house, the loss to the com
munity would be greater than the gain
for himself 1t Is needless to point
out that as the amount OF the mall or
der business from any community In
creases the amount OF loss to the com
munity also increases. until it Is only
question OF time until the individual
loss caused by the general depression
of business will exceed the individual
saving.
In fact II everyone in the commun
ity bought from the mail order houses,
local markets would disappear and
the farmer would be compelled to sell
as well as buy from the catalogue
concerns. The rural districts would
be devoid of business activity while
the wealth OF the country would be
conferred in one or two points. Buy.
ing by mail may be attractive, but the
most pronounced mail order fiend
must look with apprehension on any
condition whereby he would be com
PEELED to depned on the mail order
man for a market for his products.
But the idea of saving on indi yidua1
purchases Is, TO a great extent, o
fallacy. In spite Of his boosted ability
to buy in large quantities, he Is not
able to buy for much less than the
country merchant, Competition in all
! manufactured products Is too keen foi
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
MISSOURI PROPHET PREDICTS BY
DATA OF YEARS.
Each Decade Much Like One Before
Mild Winter Means Big Wheat
Crop, But Visitation Of 10.
Gusts Is Due in Summer.

Macon, Mo.-Macon has a weather
prophet whose forecasts seem to hit
the bull's-eye. In the latter part OF
August, 1906, he made this statement,
and files of the local papers verify it:
This will be fine year to SOW
wheat But it must be in before the
goth of September; it will be useless
to do any planting after that. We are
going to have mild winter, and that
means big wheat yield"
This weather soothsayer's name is
August T. Claim. He Is about SO. and
operates a 200-acre farm east of Ma
con. Such confidence have the farm
ers of Macon and Shelby counties in
Mr.. Claims forecasts that they plant
ed many thousands of acres OF wheat
in excess of the normal acreage.
And so far the weather has borne
out Mr.. Claims predictions to the let
ter. The winter in these parts has
been one of unusual mildness. with
frequent springlike rains. The Their
mometer has rarely gone lower than
20 above zero, and has more often
lowered about so.
Mr.. Claim uses no wizards wand
no crystal globes, and no occult aid
of any sort to tell year in advance
what Uncle Sans weather observer
will report He carries with him lit
tie book, well-thumbed with the pass
ing years, and full of interesting data
compiled from &C years back on down
to date.
Mr.. Claims father was the first his
torian. He took notion that the
weather came in cycles, and his OBJ
ject was to learn the extent Of those
cycles. After II years of close OBJ
servation of his weather diary, he
came to the conclusion that the sea
sons repeated themselves every dec
ade; that each year in decade hat
brand of weather peculiar to itself
Now and then, in long while, there
was a break-a cog slipped some
where in the universe. But sucf
things were rare. The harmony o
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
GUIDES CHILDREN.
Experience and a Mothers Love Mako
Advice Valuable.

An Ills. mother writes about feeding
children:
IF, mothers would use Grape-Nuts
more for their little ones, there would
be less need for medicines and fewer
doctor bills.
'1f those suffering from indigestion
and stomach troubles would live on
Grape-Nuts, toast and good milk for a
short period they would experience
more than they otherwise would be-
lieve.
"Our children have all learned to
know the benefit of Grape-Nuts as an
appetizing, strengthening food. 1t is
every evening, with few variations,
like this: Mamma, let's have toast and
Grape-Nuts for breakfast; or, let's have
eggs and Grape-Nuts' forget
ting the latter
"One OF our boys in school and Is
years of age repeatedly tells me his
mind is so much brighter after having
Grape'Nuts as a part if not all his
breakfast" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the lit
tie book, "The Road to Wellyillo," In
pkgs, There's a Reason"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
MIX THIS AT HOME.
Valuable Prescription Which Anyone
Can Easily Prepare.

The following simple homemade
mixture is said to readily relieve and
overcome any form of Rheumatism by
forcing the Kidneys to filter from the
blood and system all the uric acid and
poisonous waste matter, relieving at
once such symptoms as backache,
weak kidneys and bladder and blood
diseases.
Try it, as it doesn't cost much to
make, and is said to be absolutely
harmless to the stomach.
Get the following harmless ingreci
ents from any good pharmacy: Fluid
Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce;
Compound Kargon, one ounce; Com
pound Syrup of Sarsaparilla. three
ounces. Mix by shaking we'll in bot
tie, and take teaspoonful after each
meal and again at bedtime.
This simple mixture is said to give
prompt relief, and there are very few
cases of Rheumatism and Kidney
troubles it will fail to cure perma-
nently.
These are all harmless, everyday
drugs, and your druggist should keep
them in the prescription department;
if not, have him order them from the
wholesale drug houses for you, rather
than fail to use this, if you are af-
fiicted.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
Increasing American Purchases of the
Italian Supply.

Washlngton.-Com with the
request of a Kentucky firm as to the
manner of getting out briar wood
blocks in Italy, Consul James A. Smith.
of Leghorn, submits the following in
formation:
THE larger part of the Italian briar
wood is found along the Mediterrane-
an coast, extending from Savona on
the north to Calabria on the south;
the Ligurian Riviera, Tuscany, UNI
bria, the Roman provinces, the three
provinces of Calabria, as well as the
islands Of Corsica and Sardinia fur
nishing an abundan. supply. The work
of excavating the root of the briar
wood tree is carried on from October
until the end of May. A kind of grub
bling spade with one sharp edge for
cutting away the large billet or heart
of the root (the valuable parD from
the surrounding small roots Is used in
this work. The billet is known as the
ciocco. After being thoroughly cleaned
and trimmed, 1t is brought to the mill
| and by means of circular saws cut in
to small blocks corresponding rough
ly to the shape of a pipe bowl and
stem. These blocks are of various
sizes, depending upon the dimension
and shape of the ciocco, Afterward
they are immersed in boiling water for
period of about ~ hours and then
thoroughly dried,
This process completed, they are
sorted, (the imperfect pieces being
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21

All OF these cost him rs cents. He
wagons together and he didn't do q
very good Job of 1t. for one Of the
seats refused to sit in the right place
and he had to get local blacksmith
to help him fix It. This cost him
another half dollar and delayed him
so much that he and the boy had to
go TO the hotel for their dinners; an
additional expense of 70 cents. So
before he got his team hitched to the
wagon 1t cost him $3.50. allowing him
= saving of $1.10, which was very
stingy pay for the time he had lost.
OF the amount he spent for the wagon,
only $1.95 remained in Boone county.
The railroads and the mail order
house got the rest Of 1t.
In the meantime his neighbor, Mr..
Jones, bought the $75 wagon from the
local dealer, who made a profit OF
SIG. on the sale. AS the vehicle was
already assembled and there were no
extra parts or tools to buy, the amount
paid for the wagon represented all OF
the cost to Mr.. Jones. The dealer
spent the SIG profit for new sign on
mis- building: the sign painter hired a
carpenter to repair the roof on his
house; the carpenter paid his bill at
the butchers and the butcher bought
q hog from Mr.. Jones. And so the
SIC kept going in the county until a
Warmer with the mail order habit got
hold OF it. He sent 1t to Chicago and
hi never came back.
But this wasn't the last of the two
purchases. A few weeks after the
two wagons were bought, Mr. Brown:
bow and Mr.. Jones boy. driving the
new vehicles, ufet on the country road
They drove too close to each othe
and a smash-up resulted. The weak
est part of each wagon gave way; al
axle ON the mail order product wa
broken and a doubletree on the othe
was smashed. Both breaks were plain
iy because of defective construction
Mr.. Jones took his broken doubletre
TO town the next day and the deale
gave him a new one. Mr.. Brown al
tempted to explain to the Chicago firm
that the axle would not have broker
II at had not been defective ant
.oupled this explanatio with re
quest for a new part, but after severa
weeks of correspondence with tn
niece as far away as at the begir
ming. he gave 1t up and bought tn
axle himself This experience toll
Mr.. Brown why he should trade wit
home merchants instead Of patrons
ing the mail order houses.
In Boone county and in every othe
county there are many who send tho'
sands OF dollars out OF the count
every year, without ever conslderin
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
Briar Wood Pipe Material.

thrown aside, placed In large jute
bags, and are then ready for ship.
ment. The waste pieces unsuitable fol
pipes are sold for firewood, being an
excellent material for this purpose
Expectations of briar wood from this
district to the United States have
shown a decided increase during the
past few years. In 1905, 1904 bales
were shipped, with a value of over
100000, while during the first nine
months of 1906 nearly 10000 bales,
with value of over $125,00O, were ex
ported from Leghorn.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
WHEN HIS BABY WAS DYING.
The MIIkman Was Late That Day, but
None complained.

A few days ago people on Linwood
boulevard who patronize a certain
milkman missed his familiar before
breakfast ring, says the Kansas City
Star. 1t was late in the morning when
he finally made the rounds. And the
women scolded
"Ill have to take milk from some
body else!" one irate housewife snap
ped
"All right madam" he said, softly.
Something in his voice made her
pause.
What made you late?" she demand
ed, still angry.
A tear wavered on the milkmans
eye and trickled slowly down his
cheek. @
"When-when l left home" he be-
gan.
He paused and gulped at something
in his throat.
when l left" he said, my baby
was dying. l knew someone-would
be-angry-withm me If didn't-come
30 I"
He could say nothing more. The
woman said, gently:
I'm sorry"
Next day the milkman failed to APP
pear. The second day he was around
very early.
1--WE buried her yesterday" was his
explanation.
No one chided him. They under
stood. His baby was dead.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
OIL SOAKED EELs BURN FINE.
Forest Of Natural Candles Near New
ton, N. ].

Newton N. IA company to mar
ket cells to be burned as substitute
for gas or lamps Is being formed here.
The promoters swear they have "the
electric eel beaten by several candle
power" At least 10000 cells, from six
available. All that need be done is to
pluck them out of the mud on the
banks of the Paulius Kill, where they
are standing on their tails.
A big iron tank, full of petroleum
and acids, which had been in use at
the old Newton gas works, was
dumped into stream tributary to the
Kill. The liquid slowly percolated in
the Kill. Quickly it poisoned all the
fish, and thousands of them were
found dead. But the cells were
tougher. Soaked with the oil and
acids, but trying to escape. they bur.
rowed into the soft mud of the banks
Then came a hard freeze, and re.
Gently thaw. 1t left the 10000 cells
preserved by the cold and the acids
oaluI aIeu WiIh PelioieuHi, ullie
forest OF natural candles waiting to
be lighted"
Already many families in the sub
urbs of Newton are using the lumin
Gus eel for household purposes" say
the promoters. "The light is soft
white, brilliant, and reliable. There
is no odor perceptible. and in many
ways the new light is considered pref
cradle to any illuminant available in
the town"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
Bible In New Language.

London.-A polyglot printing house
here which published the Lords pray
err in 400 languages has been asked
by missionary in central Africa to
print the grammar of new language
he has discovered. The missionary
had to draw and send sketches Of the
letters. The grammar is ON the Oden-
dorf system and the missionary IN
tends to teach the natives Of the jun.
gle to read and write.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
Expensive City to Live In.

High prices continue to rule in Daw-
son City, which is probably the most
expensive town in the world. 1t Is q
thriving place with population OF
over 5000, with warehouses, churches.
banks, electric lights, wholesale and
retail stores and two up-to-date news
papers. The newspapers themselves
are worthy OF consideration IT. the
light Of expense, for they cost rs cents
copy. At this time of the year three
eggs ordered in a restaurant cost
$1.50, while caribou steak costs one
dollar. Beer is worth one dollar bot
tie and champagne $1,000 quart.
MIX THIS AT HOME.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
PRowHiskERs CLUB FORMED.
Girls at Harrisburg, Neb., to Reject
All Beardless Men.

Harrisburg, Neb.--A number of
young society women of this western
Nebraska town have formed a pro-
whiskerp society and have signed an
agreement which binds them solemn
ly to discourage attentions from
young, middle aged or old men who do
not wear boards and not under any
circumstances to marry men of any
age who do not wear full boards.
They read a newspaper story re-
Gently to the effect that the girls of
another town had agreed not to per
NIT men who wore boards to pay
court to them. The Harrisburg girls
say that their sisters in the other
town have assumed a wrong attitude
toward the whiskers question and that
they themselves have taken the cor
rect and patriotic stand.
They maintain stoutly that men
with whiskers are handsomer and
every way more acceptable as lovers.
husbands and fathers than are men
without them; that in earlier times it
was almost the universal custom In
this country for men to wear full
boards and that such boards were
then regarded as genuine ornaments,
but that through ridicule the good old
custom has been made obsolete.
They say that they have formed
their society and signed an agree
ment not to encourage attentions from
beardless men and not in any event
to marry men without full boards in
order to reestablish the good old Gus
tom of wearing full boards.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21

tack of kidney trouble and lumbago.
which caused him much suffering. He
began taking Doan's Kidney Pills and
was soon cured. We always keep
them on hand My husband was cured
of bad pains in the back by taking
only part Of a box"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Toster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
To pomestlcats a Cat.

1t is said that an unfailing remedy
for cat that will not accustom itself
to new home Is to grease its feet
thoroughly with butter and put 1t
down the cellar. When 1t has licked
its feet clean it will he thoroughly
domiciled and will cause no further
trouble by running away.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
Sues Railroad p.14o Times.

Appleton, Wis,-Henry Miller, q
farmer, has begun 2,14O suits against
the Chicago & Northwestern Railway
company for $21, 400. or ten dollars for
each locomotive that has crossed his
farm since he advised the railroad
company to construct a culvert and
crossing. The complaints in these
cases fill about 600 typewriter pages,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
MARRIAGE DAYS in italy.

In Italy Sunday is usually selected
for the marriage of those persons who
have never been married before
Widows, however, in accordance with
an old custom, usually choose Satur-
day.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21

sturdy old gentle
man, who works
In his own gar.
den, gives thanks
to Doan's Kidney
Pills for his sound
back and kidneys.
Mrs. Goetchious,
his d au G h t e r,
s avs: Father
had a severe at
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-21
WORKS IN THE GARDEN.
Eiahty.seven Years Old, But Has .
Sound Back.

Robert Scollan, 81 years old, OF 3D.
Garden St.. Seneca Falls. N. Y. q fine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19

Pain is natures signal of distress. warning that must not be ignored. Those sharp twinges in the back. those stab like pains that follow any sudden twist or turn, are simple signs of hidden dan ger in the kidneys.
 No trouble starts more easily, gains ground more rapidly. nor proves more often fatal than any disorder of the kid neys. All the outward appearances of health may remain until terrible dis ease has taken root.
 It Is best to learn the duties of the kidneys. to watch for early signs of trouble, and to correct any irregularity before its serious stage begins.
 The blood goes to the kidneys in an incessant stream, to be cleared of poison and relieved of surplus water. This is passed off by the kidneys in the urine. It Is the retention of poison in kidney trouble that breeds fatal disease.
 Don't wait. The moment you feel any uneasiress, lameness or pain in the back, the moment the urine shows irregularity, either in it's appearance, or in the quan- tity or number of the passages, begin with Doan's Kidney Pills. This remedy has been curing kidney troubles for seventy-six years and never yet has fail