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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1910)
f I O O ? ? ? ? 7 ! iSa'IslSlssossssssssIss ' gjui Odd News . From Big . Cities n f-f m. mi | | I ! ! | IBIILU J III ! ! Mll l Stories of Strange Happenings in the Ssl Metropolitan Towns Gun Fires Million Bullets an Hour IEW YORK. A gun that , its inven tor says , cnn shoot n million bul lets nn hour at a cost of $20 ; that uses neither powder nor compressed air , and that fires bullets that do not require shells , was shot for the en lightenment of a delegation of Now York reporters. The reporters saw the gun shoot , but they wore not per mitted to see that part of the gun out of which which the little steel bul lets came with such rapidity. ' A Swiss named Bangorter wns in troduced as the Inventor. In order that the secret should bo maintained , that part of the mechanism that it Is said causes the rapid shooting was covered with oilcloth. Only the motor that operates the gun and the little bucketllko receptacles Into which the bullets are poured by the quart were vislblo to the reporters. There were targets made of n series of big boards arranged in box fashion , each plank about a foot behind the ono In front of It. There were four boards In each target. When the bullets started to fly , they riddled the target into n pile of splinters n foot high , nnd they did It in less than n minute. A11 ln n" ' * waa estimated that no less than 15,000 bullets pierced the target. The reporters wore permitted then to enter the gunroom. They saw n motor from the wheel of which n bolt was operated. The belt connected tha motor with another wheel which wa a part of the mechanism on the top of which was the oilcloth covered weapon out of which the bullets came. They alco saw the little buckets , on either side of the gun , Into which the bullets are poured as they are need ed. The reporters asked to see the gun In operation. Mr. Dangertcr or dered another target swung Into posi tion. There was another whirl and a second storm of bullets struck the tar get. The fusillade lasted about ten seconds. Again was the target de molished. But Mr. Bangcrtor and his asso ciates refused to say anything about what was under the oilcloth in the little gunroom. They did give out a typewritten statement , however , sayIng - Ing that one of these guns "could face an army of thirty regiments of sol diers or 30,000 men , and could mow down that entire body of men as easy as a knlfo cuts the grass. There is no earthly possibility for any army to successfully face the fire from a gun of this kind which pours a veritable hailstorm of bullets Into the attackIng - Ing forces , who must either sacrifice their lives or turn in retreat. " West Pointers Inflict a 'Silence' POINT , N. Y. To the average - WEST age man who doesn't rub up much with army officers the West Point "si lence , " which has been Tfnfllcted on Capt. Rufus E. Longan , Instructor In tactics here , is a eood deal of a mys tery. Most people understand that a "silence" is a refusal of the cadets to talk in the presence of the offending instructor or ofllclal , but that Is about as far as their information goes. A 'silence" Is a well organized pro test on the part 'of the students of the Military academy against some act of ono In authority. It may oven be an expression of general dislike , as seems to be the case In the Ignoring of Captain Longan , who had only recent ly been assigned from the Eleventh infantry to do duty at the academy , how it originated no ono knows , but It has been practised at the military 6chool for many years , and In several cases has bren effective in causing the removal of officers who have ceased to bo useful because of their general unpopularity. The "silence" Is most effective in the mess hall , and It is here that it Is almost Invariably "sprung. " While discipline Is relaxed at mess , neverthe less the etiquette is strict. A cadet captain , by virtue of his corps rank , Is superintendent of the mess. At the head of each tables sits a mumbcr of the first class the graduating class. Every private of the first class is an assistant of the mess hall under the cadet captain , and the tables take their cue from his conduct at all times. Tables do not ply kulfo and fork until the first class man gives silent per mission. When it is agreed to inflict "silence" on an officer , no ono looks at him as ho appears in the mess hall. The first class men at the heads of the tables fold their arms and look straight ahead The second , third and fourth class" men Imitate the atti tude. There Is absolute silence , not a sound or a movement being made to break the stillness. The extreme penalty provided by law for this degree of insubordination is dismissal from the academy. Ex treme measures , however , are resort ed to only in unusual cases. Texas City Runs Its Own Abattoir IT DOESN'T HELP ME ANY ) pARIS , Tex. The first and only mu- i nlclpal r.battolr and animal reduc tion plant in the United States is in this city , and has been in successful operation for several months. It marks the beginning of a how era in munici pal ownership of Industries that di rectly concern the welfare of the pee ple. ple.It It is said that the idea is practical for all cities and that it would work to particular advantage In towns of 10- 000 to 100,000 population. If generally adopted it may lead to a solution of the problem of high cost of meat and other food products. In Paris , with an estimated popula tion of 15,000 , the municipal sanitary department found it very difficult to supervise the several separate slaugh ter houses maintained by the butchers. The health of the people was con stantly menaced by the unsanitary conditions under which the animals were slaughtered and the meats han dled. dled.These These private slaughter houses wore rudely constructed and most of them were In some swamp or thicket. Dur ing the summer files were about tha premises In untold millions. They covered the slaughtered animals. The odor was terrific , and , indeed , the whole surroundings were such that It appeared to all that the meat slaugh tered under such conditions was not at all fit for food. The city then determined to estab lish its own abbatolr and to provide rules and regulations that would In sure the slaughtering of only healthy and well-conditioned animals and the delivery to the people of meat In per fect sanitary condition. The proposi tion was agitated and mot with general - oral favor on the part of the public An issue of $10,000 of bonds was votei for the construction of the plant. It was equipped with sanitary arrange ments and is modern and complete in every respect. Drinking Cup Sediment Kills a Pig /CHICAGO Public drinking cups are Vdangerous. . They are excellent mediums for transmitting the germs of disease. Especially is this true In public and parochial scholsvhoro a largo number of children are com pelled to use the same cups , according to the health bureau. Statistics show about ono person in Elxty has tuberculosis , and among echool children there always are thoBo who have some of the commun icable diseases in light form , and these undoubtedly are communicated by the use of the common cup. So fully Is this understood that sev eral states have passed laws abolishing ishing the public drinking cup , and compelling railroads and public car riers to supply individual ones. The | plan also has been advocated In schools , but the better and safer plan is believed to bo the Installation ol what are known as "bubbling" cups with the water flowing over the rims all the time. A cup used In a high school for several months without having been washed was found to be lined Insldo with a thick brownish deposit. Un der the microscope this deposit proved to bo composed of particles of mud thousands of bits of dead skin , am millions of bacteria. Some of thla sediment was injected under the skin of a healthy guinea pig and forty hours later the pig died. An oxamlna tlon afterward showed that pneumonia germs had caused death. A secom guinea pig was Inoculated with some of the sediment from the same cuj and developed tuberculosis. Carofu Inquiry showed that several pupils In this school from which the cuj was taken were then suffering from consumption. An agitation Is urged asking * h school board to Install the "bubbling" cups In all schools. NEBRASKA IN DfllEr. News Notes of Interest From Varloui Sections. John P. Cond , a prominent banker of South Omaha , died last week. Mrs. linger of Holmcsvlllo vicinity was thrown from her buggy at the railroad closslng north of Wymoro nnd sustained n broken leg. The Midwest Llfo has good openings for active , competent men to repre sent It locally. Write the president , N. Z. Snell , at Lincoln , for particulars. Jnmes ZIggnfoos lias sold his quar ter section of land south of Pnlrfleld receiving $140 per ncro from locnl parties. This is the record price in that vicinity for purely farming land. A two-aero pntch of strawberries lu full bloom in October nnd bearing strawberries In largo quantities and of good size , color nnd llnvor Is n curiosity of which Central City boasts. Charles Ulakcly of Omnhn , heir of the Into Mrs. Mnrgnrct Blnkely , pnld Into the treasury of Gage county $553.43 , the amount recently found due from the estnte under the Inhe ritance tax law of Nebraska. W. J , O. Grnvos nnd his family of Honey Creek vicinity were chased for a half mile by Henry Horns , a Wlnne- bngo Indian. A dispute over fifteen bushels of corn wns the Incentive thnt put blood In the brnvo's eye , nnd he was going to settle with cold lend in stead of yellow dent. Shouldering his shotgun he sot out on the chase. Ho was finally captured. Melvln John of Seward county , a lad about sixteen years old , was sen tenced to the fitnte Industrlnl school nt Kenrney , by County Judge Colnmn. The boy wns caught with stolen prop erty In his possession , consisting of three suits of clothes nnd one suit cnse , which ho hnd taken from the camp of the telephone men who are building the now line. Governor Shnllenberger hns Issued a requisition for the return pf Joseph French from Tncoma , Wash. , on n charge of deserting his seven-year-old child , Merl French. The complaint is signed by Mrs. Mary E. French , the wife of the accused. Sam M. Mellck of Lincoln was appointed agent of the state at the request of the county at torney to bring French bark. Albert Calhoun and B. M. Lynch , the former n ranchman and the latter a carpenter living In Kenrney , hnvo Installed throughly modern machinery for a broom factory. Mr. Calhoun raised seven acres of broom corn this year and will make n thousand dozen brooms. They will plant n Inrgo ncre nge to broom corn next year and will manufacture It into brooms. A statement which appeared recent ly that the York high school hns the Inrgest senior class of nny school In the stnte , not Including Lincoln and Omaha , has created considerable com ment In Pawnee City. The Pawnee City high school has an enrollment of 175 and the senior class numbers thirty-six , which it is claimed is a much larger class than the senior the York high school. This year marks the fiftieth annl versary of woman's organized work in America for foreign missions. The central committee on the United Study of Missions , together with the boards of Woman's Foreign Missions , decided to hold a series of meetings in thirty of the largo cities of the country , beginning In October and cul minating in a great gathering In New York City In the spring of 1911. The meeting in Omaha will be the 27th and 28th of October. Burt Simpson , a farm hand , Is being sought by the sheriff and deputies oi Dodge county on the theory that he is the man who stole a horse and buggy. A horse disappeared from the resi dence of William Burt , ten miles northwest of Fremont , and simultan eously Burl's neighbor , William Keel- er , missed n new buggy. The horse hitched to the buggy wns found Inter nenr Fremont. Evidently It hnd hcen abandoned near there. The fact that Simpson , who was employed on Bur't farm , hns disappeared , fnstens sunpl cion on him. Julius Thlele , n prominent citizen of West Point , died recently. He wns a native of Germany nnd had been a resident of Cumlng county for forty three years , coming there from Wis consin as a small hoy. He received his education In the public school of West Point and in 1883 was elect ed county clerk of Cumlng county ant ex-ofllclo clerk of the district courl which positions ho held for three terms. His estate is extremely vnlu able , consisting largely of choice rea ! estate in this and other states. Chicken thieves of York county visited the poultry yards of Mrs Ross of York county nnd took the en tire Hock , Including some setting hens and young chickens. Many fnrmers hnve lately reported the theft of poul try and several have made arrange ments to give the thieves a warm re coptlon with a shotgun. F. O. Bunnell , engineer of tests for the Rock Island railroad , was In Fair bury making an nnnlysls of the water furnished passenger and freight loco motives. For some tlma past the Rock Island engineers have been ex perlenclng considerable trouble with foaming boilers The York County Poultry associa tion Is after chicken thieves that nn contemplating "lifting" any of \ > pr fine productions nnd are offering reward - ward of $50 for the arrest and cunvlc- tlon of anyone stealing from meiiib ref of the association. The Phclps county fanners' ii tute and the woman's auxiliary held their annual meetings In Holdrefee. The largest attendance ever rccoidui characterized all of the ses&Ions. Prof Pugsley of Lincoln wns unable to bt present nnd his place wns tnken by Prof. Irving Hopt , who gave n lecture- on "Alfnlfa Raising. " A TRAIN LOAD OF TOBACCO. Twcnty.four Carloads Purchased for Lewis' Single Binder Cigar Factory. "What is probably the biggest lot of nil fancy grade tobacco hold by nny nctory In the United States has just jcen purchased by Frnnk P. Lewis , of Pcorla , for the manufacture of Lewis' Single Binder Cigars. The lot will nako twenty-four cnrlonds , nnd is se eded from whnt IB conoldnrod by ex perts to bo the finest crop raised In many ycnrs. The purchnso of tobacco , s sufficient to last the fnctory moro thnn two yenrs. An extra prlco wns [ iald for the selection. Smokers of Lewis' Single Binder Cigars will appre ciate this tobncco. J'corta Star , January 16 , 1909. "Thank You's. " The mnn who Is not thankful for the lessons ho learned in adversity didn't learn any. There must bo plenty of thankful ness In the world If those who have loved and lost could know just what they hnvo lost. "Why are you giving thanks ? They took $10,000 from you in Wall Street R little while ago , didn't they ? " "Yes ; but I got out with $20 they didn't know I had. " Judge. How's This ? W offer One Hundred DoUiri n mkn ) for any line ot CaUrrb Hut cinnot lx cured by Hall's CtUnh Curt. F. J. CHENEY A CO. . Tolrfo. O. We , the undesigned , he knonn F. J , Chrner far the Uut 15 ) r § , and believe him perfectly hon orable In all builntu traniactloni and financially able to carry out any obllr tlon mad * by hu firm. WAUMNO , KINNAN A UARMN. Wholesale Druenlstn , Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Curt la taken Internally , acting directly upon the blood and mucoui lurfacn ot tha l ) stem. Testimonials aent fre * . Price 75 centi p r bottle. Bold by all DruKfcU. Take LUU'a Family I'llli ( or conittpatloa. Slightly Mixed. Two Englishmen wore resting at the Rod Homo inn at Stratford-on-Avon. One of them discovered a print pictur ing a low , tumbling building under neath which was printed : "Tho House In Which Shakespeare Was Born. " Turning to his friend in inlld surprise ho pointed to the print. Ills friend exhibited equal surprise and called a waiter , who assured them of the ac curacy of the inscription. " Ton my word , " said the observing Englishman , shaking his head dubious ly. "I thought ho was born In a man- cert" Tit for Tat. Lloyd C. Griscom , In an Interview in New York , said of party dissen sions. "They are nnlmntod by a nasty spir it , a tlt-for-tnt spirit ; and they go from bad to worse. "It's like the case of the engaged couple at the seaside danco. The young man , a little jealous , said cold ly to his fiancee at supper. " 'Let me see was it you I kissed In the conservatory ? ' " 'About what time1 the young girl answered , with a little laugh. " TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY for Red , Weak , Weary , Watery Eyes and Granulated Eyelids. Murino Doesn't Smart Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists Bell Murino Eye Remedy , Liquid , 25c 50c , $1.00. Murino Eye Salvo In Aseptic Tubes , 25c. $1.00. Eye Books and Eye Advlco Proo by Mall. Murino Eye Remedy Co. , Chicago. Prudent Bridegroom. "Tho uncertainties of llfo In Now York are reflected In wedding rings , " said the jeweler. "Of all the wedding rings I have sold this season more than half were brought back after the ceremony to have the date put on. The rest of the Inscription was engraved when the ring was purchased , but In order that the date might bo correct It was cautiously omitted until after the knot was tied. " - When Rubbers Become Necessary And your nlioen pinch , ahake Into your slioes Allen'H Foot-Ease , the antiseptic powder for the feet. Cures tired , aching feet and taken the sting out of Corns am Bunions. Always use It for Breaking In New shoes and for dancing parties. Bold everywhere 26c. Sample mailed FREB. Address. Allen S. Olmsted , Lo Roy , N. Y A Biased Opinion. "Do you think buttermilk will pro long one's life , Col. Soaksby ? " "Ahem ! I have no doubt , Miss Plumper , that If a person had to drink buttermilk every day it would make life Gcera longer. " We once heard of a man who loved to pay his debts , but wo have forgot ten his address. To accept defeat gracefully , start your retreat in time. Blra. TVIn low * Soothing Byrnp. fnrehllclrcn tni Ilnntr. widensHKIKUIUB , rruuci-ntn. The word "tired" Is much used and abused. . CONVINCING PROOF OF THE VIRTUE OP Lydia E. PinkStam's Vegetable Compound What is the use of procrastinating in the face of such evidence as the following letters represent ? If you arc a sick woman or know one who is , what sensible reason have you for not giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound a trial ? For 30 years we have been publishing such testimonial letters as these thousands of them they are genuine and honest , too , every one of them. Mrs. 8. J. Bnrbor Bays : "IthlnfcLydlaE. Pinkhnm'a Vegetable - table Compound is the best mccll- cine in the world for women nnd 1 fcol it ray duty to lot others know the Rood it baa done for nio. Throe years ago I had n tumor which the doctor I said would have to bo removed by nn operation or I could not live more than ft year , or two , nt most. I wrote lira. Pink- bam , at Lynn , Mass. , for advice , and took 14 bottles of Lydia E. Pink- barn's Vegetable Compound , and to day the tumor ia gone nnd I am a perfectly well woman. I hope my testimonial will bo of bonollt to oth ers. " Mrs. 8. J. BAIUJEB , Scott , M * Mrs. E. F. Hayes says : "I was under the doctor's treat ment for n fibroid tumor. I suffered with pain , soro- noss'bloatlng. and coil Id not walk or stand on my foot any length of time. I wrote to Mrs. Plnkham for nd- vice , followed her dirootiono and took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. To-day I am n well woman , the tumor was expelled nnd my whole system strengthened. I ndvlso nil women who are nfllleted with tumors or female troubles to try Lydia E. Plnkham's VeROtablo Compound. " Mrs. E. P. HAYES , 1800 Washington St. , Boston , Mass. Economy la the art of living as though you are poor when you are really not BO ; whereas , If you are really poor and llvo that way that's Btlnglnesi. Facts for Weak Women Nine-tentht of all the sickness of women is due to some derangement or dls ease of the organs distinctly feminine. Such sickness can be cured Is cured every day by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription It Makes Weak Women Strong , Sick Women Well. It acts directly on the organs affected and it ot the same time a general re _ tora- tive tonio for the whole system. It cures female complaint right in the privacy of home. It makes unnecessary the disagreeable questioning , examinations and local treatment so universally iniisted upon by doctors , and so abhorrent to every modest woman. We shall not particularize here as to the symptoms ol those peculiar affections incident to women , but thoie wanting full information as to their symptoms and means of positive cure are referred tn the People's Com * rnon Sense Medical Adviser 1008 pages , newly revised and up-to-date Edition , sent free on receipt of 21 one- cent stamps to cover cost of mailing only ; or , in cloth binding for 31 stamps. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce , Buffalo , N.Y. JUCrs. Gcorcro May Bays t 'No ono knowa what I 1mvo Buf fered from fo- mnlo troubles , neuralgia palno , nnd backache. My doctor said ho could not give mo anything to euro it. Through the ndvico of a friend I began to use Lydia E. Plnkham'a Vege table Compound , and the pain soon disappeared. 1 continued ita use and am now in perfect health. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound has been n Oou-sond to mo as I bollovo I should have been in my praro if it had not been for Mra. Pinkham's advioo and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 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