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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23
Too Sharp a Dividing Line.

Elder discussing the new minister's
probation discourse-In my opeenlon
he wasna justified in dividing folk
into the sheep and the goats. L
wadna just say, Jamie, that was
among the unco guild, and wadna
say that you were among the unco
bad. SO whar do we come in? He'll
no do for us. jamie. Well not vote
for im.-Punch.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23
For the Alimony BRIGADE.

There's Tote of talk in the papers,"
said Mr.. Dumley, about the 'neces-
sity for uniform divorce laws Won.
der what they mean by that?" "Prob-
ably" suggested Mrs. Dumley, 'it's
to compel divorced people to wear a
uniform so other folks can recognize
em,"-Catholic Standard and Times.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23
Wise Provision of Mature

The skin of the men and women of
some nations is much thicker than
that of others, particularly in hot
countries. The Central African negro
has n skin about half as thick again
as that of European. That of a ne
gro is thickest over the head and
back-evidently to form protection
from the sun.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23

Takes Some Smartness to Do That.
Whenever we hear a woman boast
that her husband winds the clock
wipes the dishes and puts the chill
dren to bed we wonder If he is swart
enough to know how to do anything
else.-Chicago Record Herald.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23
Defamation.

/ never yet heard man or woman
much abused, that 1 was not inclined
to think the better of them and to
transfer any suspicion or dislike to
the person who appeared to take de-
light in pointing out the defects of
fellow Greater, says a writer.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23
Had its Ilses.

II love to Whit the aroma of the
burning leaves" said the poetical girl,
as they strolled through the park.
$50 do l." replied her tall escort;
ut browns the odor of gasoline from
the automobiles"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23
Your Wife. Mother or sie+sr

pies better than the expert cook by using
"OUR-PlE," as all the ingredients are in
the package ready for Immediate use.
Each package, enough for two large pies,
10 cents Order to-day from your grocer
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23
LYDIA e. PTNKHAM

| Nature and q woman'S work COM
bined have produced the grandest
remedy for woman's ills that the
world has ever known.
In the good old fashioned days of
our grandmothers they relied upon
the roots and herbs of the field to
cure disease and mitigate suffering.
The Indians on our Western
Plains to-day can produce roots and
herbs for every ailment, and cure
diseases that battle the most skilled
physicians who have spent years in
the study of drugs.
From the roots and herbs of the
field Lydia T.. Pinkham more than
thirty years ago gave to the women
OF the world q remedy for their pc
culiar ills, more potent and effica-
clous than any combination of drugs.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is now recognized as the
standard remedy for woman's ills.
Mrs. Bertha Muff, of 515 NC. ST.,
Louisiana, Mo-, writes:
Complete restoration to health
means so much to me that for the sake
of other suffering women am willing
to make my troubles public.
"For twelve years had been suffer-
ing with the worst forms of female ills.
During that time 1 had eleven different
physicians without help. No tongue
can tell what l suffered, and at times
could hardly walk. About two years
ago l wrote Mrs. PinlSham for advice.
l followed it, and can truly say that
Lydia Il. Pinlsham's Vegetable Com
pound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice re-
stored health and strength. 1t is
worth mountains of gold to suffering
women"
What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound did for Mrs. Muff,
it will do for other suffering women.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23

Farmer Jones Ito amateur hunter)
There wasn't q better water dawg
Twin until you shootin' gents took to
borrowing 'em. Now is ide's that
full of shots, he'd sink to the bottom
like briclk!-The Bystander.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23

9 Solomon made affinity with
Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took
I Pharoah's daughter and brought
= her into the city of David" Here
9 was the first step in course
= which was to work the ruin of
! SoIomon's life.
= "Be we not unequaIIy yoked to-
9 gether with unbellevers," is the
q ScripturaI admonition. 1t was
one Of the laws of the Jewish
T dispensation on which great en-
= phasis was laid, and IT is one of
9 the admonitions of the Chris
q tan dispensation which is clear
! iy and positively set forth by the
= Apostle Paul.
9 Why should this be so? Why
G cannot we have happy, success
4 full union between the Christian
7 and the non-Christian? The apos-
2 tie answers the question when
Q he goes on to ask: "for what
:. fellowship hath Righteousness
I with righteousness? and what
= communion hath light with dark
9 ness"
3 There is no relationship in life
so intimate and close as that of
T husband and wife, and hence If
= such relationship is to be endur-
8 ing there must be fellowship and
communion between the lives
thus linked together.
y 1t is then question as to
Q what direction such fellowship
and communion shall take. Will
| the Righteousness dominate the
= unrighteousness, the light, the
. darkness? Or will the heart of
!, the wording lead away from
God the one who has pledged
= himself to God? Will the world
? Illness stifle and quench the light
. of Gods truth which has shined
! in the heart?
7 Almost invariably the mar
? rage of the Christian with the
, non-Christian works disaster to
the faith of the former.
7 SoIomon's union with Phara-
Y obs daughter was a brilliant
, political marriage, with every
! reason from human and world
ly point of view to commend it.
: 1t gave him powerful ally to
, the south, assuring not only pro-
, lection from attack from that
quarter, but strengthening his
hands with the nations to the
, north and east. 1t gave a bril-
) liant aspect to the reign of King
Solomon and was the beginning
of that splendor and magnifi-
? cence which marked his entire
) reign. And further, it brought
into the national life of Israel a
liberal, progressive element
which was broadening in its in
; fIuence, commercially and So
cially.
And yet in spite of all the tenn
porary advantages which were
to accrue, it was an unwise, I'M
. safe, and unhoIy alliance.
Unwise, because counter to
the explicit command of God,
, and certain it is that violation
, of Gods command ultimately
brings ruin.
Unsafe, because it was not
, only weakening the national
|, ideals of a people wholly set
, apart to God, but a weakening
also of the individual ideals
, which were going to make the
, second step away from God
, easier.
UnhoIy, because violation /,
of righteous principle absolute ~,
|, ly essential to the moral and
, spiritual upiift of the human
race. Not even king could (
transgress the sacred obIea- ,
tons to God and escape the
, consequences.
"Be not unequaIly yoked to-
sether with unbelievers," is a ,
command as binding upon those
, who occupy the exalted places
of life as it is upon those of {
more humble station.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23

"Dey give him ten years fer steal
In 'possum," said the colored broth
err, IAN de worst of it wuz he didn't
get ter eat It,"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23

We ought not to look back unless
1t is to derive useful lessons from
past errors and for the purpose of
profiting by dear-bought experience.
George Washington.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23

He must see the difference between
unfair representation and desire Is
market goods to the best Of his adj
vantage.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23

We get no good by being ungener-
Gus, even to a book.-Elizabeth Bar
rett Browning.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23

A genius is a man who can ten/ a
furnace so that it will not send up
gas. st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23

Lewis Single Binder the famous
straight Sc cigar, always best quality.
Your dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, III.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23
Many Professional Men.

clergymen, teachers and singers use
Browns Bronchial Troches for curing
hoarseness and coughs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23

A man who says a mean tnIng
about another man isn't half as mean
as the man who repeats it.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23

For he that once is good is ever
great-Ben Johnson.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23

PILES CURED IN TO Ia DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any casa
OF Itching, Blind, Bleeding or PrOtruding Piles in
10 IL days or money refunded. 50c
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23

Our great care should be not to
live long, but to live well.-Seneca.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23

Elasticity of CO nscience has bee.
one handicap 70 cur fnancisi sys,en,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23

NOVPSIIsHN TV0'' " t1V auVnoIf W o hlsOhJ
Scripture Authority Kings 81;
11:1-4.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23
THE STORY.

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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-23
SERMONETTE.

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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-09
How He Did II.

"When l was connected with GER
tain western railway" says a promi-
nent official of an eastern line, 1--WE
had in our employ brakeman who.
for special service rendered to the
road, was granted a months vacation.
HE decided to spend his time In a
trip over the Rockies. We furnished
him with passes.
He Went to Denver and there met
a number of his friends at work on one
of the Colorado roads. They gave him
a good time and when he went away
made him present of mountain
goat.
Evidently our brakeman was at a
loss to get the animal home with him,
as the express charges were very
heavy at that time. Finally, however,
hitting upon a happy exped ent, he
made out shipping tag and tied it to
the horns of the goat. Then he pre-
sented the beast to the Office of the
stock car line.
'Well, that tag created no end of
amusement, but it served to accom-
plish the end of the brakeman. 1t was
inscribed as follows:
"'Please pass the butter. Thomas j.
Meechin, brakeman, S. S. and Il. Ry.'"
-Harper's Weekly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-09
unintentional Sabbath Breaking.

In the elrly days of New England it
was the custom to keep the Sabbath
from shutdown Saturday night until
the same hour on Sunday. That this
practice was attended by pitfalls Is
shown by an incident told in "The Pa
pers of the Connecticut Valley Histor-
teal Society,",
There lived in Ryefield thrifty
dame. an enterprising. driving woman
and notable housewife. The good wo-
man was not willing to lose Sunday
evenings out Of her catalogue of house
work, but she was pious withal and
strictly kept the day to the sunset
limit. AS soon as the sun was fairly
below the horizon she would begin her
washing and get her clothes ready for
drying bright and early on Monday
morning.
One cloudy Sunday she, supposing
the day was ended, changed her Sun
day gown. rolled up her sleeves and
went to work. AS she was scrubbing
away in the kitchen, her face toward
the west window, the clouds suddenly
broke, and the great round sun shone
in full on the poor Sabbath breaker at
work. She gave one cry of amazement
and horror and fed the kitchen.
After that sinful day she never be-
gan her work on Sunday evening.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-09
Ant Merchants.

Ant merchants, clad in leather un-
derwear, are to be found in Paris,
London and several other European
cities. Wherever pheasants are pre-
served the ant merchant is in demand.
1t is not, however, ants, but the eggs
Of ants, that the man chiefly deals in.
From every part of Europe ants are
shipped to him, and he keeps them in
ant runs-places similar in their nature
to chicken runs-and he feeds and
tends them carefully, SO that their
health will keep fine and they will lay
generously.
The eggs he packs in wooden boxes
and ships to various earls, dukes,
counts and other game preserves in
different parts of the world. And the
ants themselves he Stays as soon as
they cease to lay, pressing them and
selling them in black blocks similar
to plug tobacco to dealers in birds and
bird food.
1t is interesting to be an ant mer-
chant, but leather underwear is essen
tial to the business, as the little crea-
lures bite unmercifully.-New Orleans
T1mes-Democrat
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-09
Lincoin's Rules.

On one occasion President Lincoln
on entering the telegraph office of the
war department., writes Mr.. Bates in
"Lincoln In the Telegraph Office" was
heard to remark to Secretary Seward
"By jings, governor, we are here at
last" Turning to him in a reprOving
manner, Mr.. Seward said, "Mr. Presi-
dent, where did you learn that inele-
CANT expression?" Without replying
to the secretary, Lincoln addressed the
telegraph operators, saying:
"Young gentlemen, excuse me fol
swearing before you. BY jings' is
swearing, for my. good old mother
taught me that anything that had a
by before it was swearing.'
One day Secretary Seward, who was
not renowned as a joker, said he had
been told that short time before on
street crossing Lincoln had been
seen to turn out in the mud to give q
colored woman chance to pass.
eyes," said Lincoln, ''it has been a
rule Of my life that if people would
not turn out for me / would turn out
for them, Then you avoid collisions"
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Coincidence.

The strange story told by default
ing debtor Of his being recognized after
he had been for six years trying to
live down the past is not so strange a
story as one which came within the
ken Of Professor JoWett. A good man
went wrong, was caught and sentenced
at Liverpool to Imprisonment After
the sinner had served his term Jowett
and others helped him, and he obtained
a colonial editorship where his past
was unknown. He did we'll; was a
new man. One day a tornado swept
off the roof Of his office. Under the
roof was discovered a batch Of old
English papers which had been placed
there and forgotten after the mail had
brought them. He set members of his
staff to work to get out of the derelicts
anything which might be interesting
enough to print. The first thing that
they found was a full report Of the
trial and conviction of the man him
self, their editor, at Liverpool all those
years before.-St. James Gazette.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-09
STYMlEST LEASES NEWSPAPER.

Our old friend, w. J. Stymiest,
has leased the Rainy River Region,
published at Baudette, and has gone
out on the deep" of the briny sea
of journalism. We have been true
friend of Stymiest, and have always
advertised him for the best; but we
now wash our hands of him. With
such horrible example as ourselt
ever before him as to what consti.
tutes Journalist" we had pre-.
dicted better things for him. In a
letter to the Pioneer man, Stymiest
says:
Friend 'Doc':-I am sending
you my first offense against litera.
ture CD. I remember you having
told me once, in all sincerity, that
unless I mended my ways I would
come to some bad end; but I never
anticipated anything like this. Yours
in Distress"
We have received "offense against
literature" (same being the copy OF
the Region, with Mr.. Stymiest at
helm, and we are agreeably sur.
prised at "Bill's" efficiency in get.
ting up a rag" He will undoubt.
edly make good" at Baudette; any.
way the boundary line is in close
proximity, and he can make his
getaway" if matters get too warm
for his comfort.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-09
What He Meant.

Park row at a.. m. and policeman
and a sailor in conversation.
"Keyside, keysidev' said the sailor.
"'Ow will Hi reach the bloomin' key.
side?"
"G'wan wild ye. Dye think I'm a
locksmith, that I know about yer old
key and it's side? There's one key and
lock III be after givin' ye, and that's
to cell. Move on now"
"Keyside! Hi said keyside as plain
as Hi could, blime!'
Just then a high brow who had been
to the postofice buying stamps so that
his rejected contributions would come
back to him stepped up.
"The man wants the keyside, what.
ever that is, and Dunno" said the 20,
liceman. II believe he's looney and
I'll run him i'm
"He wants the quayside-the docks,'
said the high brow as he directed the
man to the water front, while the pc.
nceman said:
"Well, I'll be blowedr-New York
Press
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-09
CAUSES SOME DAMAGE.
Fifty-fve-MiIe Gale Experienced at
Chicago.

Chicago, March "A high March
wind caused damage in the down town
district The gale, which at times
reached velocity of fifty-five miles
an hour, blew down chimneys and
smashed in several store fronts.
A load Of gravel on the roof of the
Merchants building was blown into
the street, pelting pedestrians and
covering their clothing with dirt. A
chimney was blown off the Sherman
House and the bricks tore a great
hole through the glass canopy over
the sidewalk.
In the suburb Of Gage Park, which
is flooded with water on account of
the rapid thaw of the last few days,
the wind drove the water into waves
which rolled into the first floor of
residences, driving the tenants to the
second story.
The heavy iron smokestack Of the
Grand Pacific hotel was blown over,
the heavy plates crashing down into
the alley between that building and
the Illinois Trust and Savings bank.
An unknown man who was passing
through the alley was struck and seri-
ously injured.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-09
Pants and TroIsers

Everybody talks we'll when he talks
In the way he likes, the way he can't
help, the way he never thinks of. The
rest is effort and pretense. The man
who says trousers" because he likes
to say it and the man who says pants
because he likes to say it are both
good fellows with whom a frank soul
could fraternize, but the man who says
trousers" when he wants to say
"pants" is a craven and a trucker,
equally hateful to honest culture and
wholesome ignorance. He belongs in
the same sordid category with the man
who wears tight shoes and high col
lars that are a torment to the flesh,
who eats olives that he doesn't relish
and drinks uncongenial clarets in imi-
tation Of his genteel neighbor in the
broWnstone front.-Atlantic.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-09
Where the Shoe Punched,

1t was easy for Mr.. Randall to bear
with his wife's remarkable decision OF
character at all times, but her obsti-
macy he found most difficult to endure.
Il can't quite comprehend her." he
conhded to his brother after one try
ing experience. MANY years as we
have been married, she still surprises
me. Why, all in the same day, some
times In the same hour, she will settle
disturbance in the kitchen, put the
children just where they belong, adjust
some matter in the church and then,
when her judgment ought to be at It's
best, display the most astounding OBJ
stinacy In attempting to regulate my
goings out or comings in. lists in
comprehensive
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-09
A Slap at Mother,

Dinner was done, and the family was
assembled in the sitting room. Mother
had taken up the evening paper and
was reading an account of how a high
wayman had been operating in the sub
urbs. Father was down on his hands
and knees trying to act like a horse
while little Willie drove him around
the floor.
"Papa," finally remarked the good
lady, glancing toward her husband,
"here is a story about another man
who was waylaid. Do these holdups
always stop you with pistol and then
60 through your clothes?"
"Oh, no." grinfully replied father,
arising from the floor. Sometimes
they wait until you hang your clothes
over the back Of chair and go to
Sleep Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-09
His Brothers.

At the usual monthly petty sessions
court held in a certain provincial town
some weeks ago the following Incident
occurred:
One of the local police constables had
summoned neighboring farmer on a
charge of ''haying number of asses
wandering at will on the public road"
The defendant failed to appear, but
his brother was present in the person
OF the clerk Of petty sessions, who on
hearing the sentence of the presiding
magistrate, "Fined Is. I'd. and COSTS"
rose to the occasion by replying:
They're my brothers, your worship
I'll pay the fine"
He was shocked when his becoming
exhibition Of fraternal love for the
asses was rewarded with an outburst
of laughter.-London Graphic.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-09
Book Evolution.

"Books" have progressed from the
days when they were only wooden rods
or bits of bark. For the derivation
which connects "book" directly with
"beech," both having been "boc' in
Anglo-SaXon, is the favorite one
"Buchstaben," the German word for
letters Of the alphabet, means literally
"beech slaves" Many book words go
back to such vegetable origin. The
Latin sliber," book, whence comes
our library" was properly the inner
bark or rind of a tree, especially of
papyrus. The Greek "biblon," whence
"Bible" and 'bibliophile," meant much
the same thing. A "codex" was a
block of wood, and ''leaf'' is obvious.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-09
A "Fine Old Woman"

During the evening a gentleman
came to Mrs. Siddons and said, mad
am, I beg your pardon for asking SO
rude question, but in consequence of
a wager allow me to ask your age"
She replied, "Seventy-eight years
DID,"
Hang It," said he, II have LOST
And he abruptly went away.
Mrs. Siddons Immediately said, "Pup.
pyv
Every true" observed, 'but why
did you tell him you were so old?"
She replied. whenever a lady Of an
uncertain age, as it is termed, is asked
how old she is she had better add ten
or more years to her age, for then the
inquirer goes away saying. What a
fine old womanv "-"Journals Of Sir
George Smart"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-09
Nevertheless He Got Her.

"You say my daughter loves you"
questioned the old man.
"I'm sure of it," replied the young
man.
swell, WE'LL" returned the old man,
looking the young man over critically
"There's no accounting for tastes, is
there?''
And somehow, although the young
man knew that he ought to be happy
over the possession Of the girl, he
couldn't help scowling and specializing
on that remark of the old mans.