Custcr County Republican X > . M. Killliirnnil I'lilillnliri IBllOKlCN HOW , NKIWAHKA The old century fnllrd to got ftwny pcforo Alfred Austin did several things bo It In vcrsf. The trnln-boy WCUIIIH dc.stlnod to retire - tire from the Held ( if Ills nctlvulcs , mi- lamented , unlionored und unsung. According to statl.stlen , ( ho United Btates boRsiii the new t'cntury lirst In jomtnorce , induntry , wealth , education ind inonillty. A. Missouri woman si'onietl to tulco idvantngo of her linsliund , therefore ihe got him out of the penitentiary before - fore applying for a divorce. That plnte-glnss ( rust In Imposing on Cho wholesale frlnbs dealers i oculist the laying that tho.se who live In glass houses should not throw stones. Isaac Kahu Mofnklminmod Dovlct Is Ihe name of the new Persian minister to this country.Ve learn from relia ble Boiirecs , however , Unit he dou.sn't look It Husbands often have to pay for the BTcscntH their wives give them , but the poBUil authorities would hardly allow It to come under llio head of fraudulent uoo of the malls. An Eastern scientist has , after many rears of study and experimenting , pound that ducks lly at the rate of for- ly-aeven miles an hour. Isn't It glorl- ua to live In such an ago ? There never yet was a system of bru tality , at West Point or elsewhere , but that apologists for It could be found. Blavory and dueling were formerly do- by tlio snmo clans of "reason- It Is a mad world , my masters. 15. B- Jrucc , a llaltlmorc man worth $ : JOO- $00 , committed suicide because he had \oo \ much work. At about the same Umo In Chicago a poor man killed him- tclf because ho had no work to do. n A. rather curious ooniinontary on the r puck-vaunted West Point "honor" Is presented by the fact that all this ladctB Who have told of their partici pation In linxliig practices must have Jriolatcil thulr oaths , taken on entering fho academy. The future heroes of our bnllltary service need a little element- iry Instruction on the binding nature f a Bolcmn pledge. The circumstance that the \V. 0. T. p. lias characterized kissing as Intox icating will undoubtedly bring to the front that eminent oscillatory author ity , Dr. Frnuk W. Ilellly , who bran- jUsbcs a bottle of carhollzcd roscwatcr Ind declares that kissing Is a patho genic proceeding.Vo have an Idea , owever , that , despite the anathemas Vt tke W. 0. T. U. and the warnings 9t the dgctor , kissing will go on pretty yrach as usunl. Youth will have Its Eccentricities of genius do not tlgure rery largely In Mr. llowell' a recent jemlnlsccticea of our great writers of the last generation. There Is no com fort In his book for silly young men who try to excuse their own lapses firoiti decency by the examples of By ron and Pee ; for Mr. Ilowells shows that our foremost Americans were dean-living as well as hlgh-thtuklng citizens , The possession of genius does not confer exemptions ; U Impose * weightier responsibilities. The luckiest person probably who has urcr lived on this old round earth Is the American cltlzcU who In Uils year of p cc 1001 Is near to nrlddle age. A nmn. eay , of 40 or 50 , has witnessed moat of the developments In the way of practical science that have taken ptacc during the nineteenth century. In ddltlon to this valuable and Interest- tag experience the man of 40 or r 0 or tren 00 may reasonably expect to hco puaxy developments In the twentieth tcatury which will glvo him a most en- liable opportunity of contrasting the Achievements of two distinct periods f effort and progrcm "My boy there hasn't a habit not a luiblt of any kind , " was the remark of proud father onu day. What ho meant was that his son did not use to bacco , drink whisky , or do anything of that kind. His use of the word "hab it" is not uncommon , although It Is In correct. Plutarch said : "Habit Is second end nature. " Wellington added : "It to ton times nature. " Every person , it la often remarked , Is but a bundle of feablts. A good many of the physical jmd mental actions of our lives are purely Imbltunl. We arise In tko mornIng - Ing and dress mechanically , without considering which art'clo of clothing TTO ekall put on llrNi , almost without any mental attention to the physical movements necessary for dressing. Our minds may be In the South Sea Islands , while our nervous system , through what wo term the force of Jmblt. attends to the dressing for us. A learned college professor who has cifldc a Kpwliil study of "habit" pays that the great thing In all education Is thus to make our nervous pystom our lly Instead of. our enemy , by giving to It the care of as many details of dally life hs posrlblo. In other word * , we should let hnb't attend to all the ordinary affairs , and so save our men tal strength for otl.etr things "There is no more mlscra'il" ' human being , " rtie professor ro.i.nrK * . "titan m > In Kboru nothing IH Ualiltnal but luclo- Blon. " AbRpiit-mlndcdnesfl Is not to bt desired , but It Is Btlll less desirable t < compel the mind to decide each ( Inn which nock shall be put on llrst. Tin knppy mean between tke two Is to BO lect the best way of doing tke ordlnarj routine things of every-day life , gel Into tko kablt of doing them In thai way , and then let the nervous systen carry out tko program. There IB one sort of "colonial expaa ston" to which no man can object. I | has no politics In It. It otters a prob lem that should be studied and solved by all Americans. It Is the reclama tion of the arid deserts of the West Out there Is 11 land of perpetual BIIII < shine ami of amazingly fertile soil. All that nature needs to make It an Eden U water. There Is plenty of water to In had , but the construction of a graft Irri gating system Is a matter of millions , Prof. V. II. Newell , of the United Stntei Geological Survey , can write a bettei editorial about this subject than anj editor. Here arc some of the things he says : "llrlolly stated , there are l ) . " 0 , 000 square miles , or 1100,000,000 acres , of vacant public lands. This does not Include arid and semi-arid lands held by Individuals or corporations. Ol these : )74OUO,000 acres are suitable foi grazing , 1)0,000,000 ) acres are covered with woodland , In which there Is also gimlug , and from which fuel , fence posts , etc. , can be had ; there are 70- 000,000 acres of forests of commercial value , and about an iMiunl area of abso lutely desert laud having no present value. There la water sulllclent for the Irrigation of from 70,000,000 to loo.ooo- 000 acres , depending upon the method ] of conservation employed. The average - ago Kho of an Irrigated farm In about 40 acres to a family of live persons , not Including in this the grazing range hind. Probably 10,000,000 people could tlnd homes on the farms and be self- supporting .If the water supply were properly regulated. The experience ol the old world has shown that there Is almost no limit to'the density of popu lation within the arid region , where , with ample water and continuous sun shine , the soil produces tin ; most wonderful - dorful succession of crops.1' A Chicago physician expresses the belief lief that people can live 1100 years , and cites himself as an example of a mail of SO years renewing his youth , The belief , or rather the expression of It , is not original with the Chicagoan , IHil the theory does not seem to be reducible to fact. There Is no known method ol prolonging life that somebody has not sometime adopted ; und the t'rainuiitlj longevity appears to bo In delianco ol all sclentlllc teaching. The whlskj drinker , the tobacco user , the glultou and tko grossest violator of the laws ol nature In other respects , often live to a ripe old age , while those who live ul > stemloim lives , and are faultless In nil their habits , frequently fall before the three score years and ten are half end ed. It Is true that the majority of people ple are suicides. Life usually Is u reck less defiance of death , but the comiucroi of us all eventually hoists bis Hag of tri umph. It may be safely concluded that no person on earth to-day could extend his life UOO years ; and It may be safely concluded that nobody will ever llvo who can. There Is a natural limit to the life of the human being , as there late to the lifeof machinery or of the ani mal. The wild beast of the forest lives under perfectly natural conditions. Na ture places Its creations under Just such conditions as conduce to their best In terests. Hut they live a certain period and die. The mechanism wears out , their work is done and the I'not Is so universally recognized thai mc.n have sought "the spring of perpetual youth" and resorted to other folly to repair H mechaiilsjn that was worn out and practically useless ; and seventy yenn Is the highest average of time for the human Ixnly to wear out or rust out The exceptions are due more to heralltj than anything else. The length of life , however , Is of much less consequence than the Improvement of the time we do live. The world would be better oil If some people did not live as long at they do , while the useful life accom pllshes all that should bo expected 01 I asked of an Individual even wlthlt thre < > xfiiore : years and ten. Time ear bi very much better occupied than It the study of how to live UOO years , evei If the problem were capable of mtln tlon. A IturniCNO Dlvoroo. ICasy lire the methods of settling do mestle dllllcultlcs In Upper Burma \Yliou n husband llnds that Ills bettei half IB not the unalloyed blessing li has been led to thliilt , ho cullH Into Ills house nil tin ; old men nnd women ol Ids village nnd expresses his desire tc divorce her , and u trial by candle 1 ? prosecuted. The husband and tlio wife are each given a candle , which thoj light simultaneously nt the order of the eldest person present and place In the middle of the tloor. Then every one In the bouse sits around and watches tr see which candle burns out llrst. If Hit wife's does so the husband has n right to divorce her , even against her will and turn her and her relations out ol his houpo without more ado. If. on the other hand , the husband's candle burnout - out llrst , the wife has the option am right of either refusing n divorce 01 agreeing to It , and turning her husbam' and his relations out of the houst which , with all goods and chattels h contains , becomes her personal prop erty. Tito Hiiuuy Knullsli Sparrow. On the corner of 4-1 tk street and hex Ington avenue , New York city , klgl above the pavement , there Is carved i lion's heart. In the mouth of which j pair of sparrows recently built thol nest and raised tholr young unmolested regardless of the ferocious eye an mouth of the king of beast a. BLUE AND THE GftAY BRAVE MEN WMO MET ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. Tlirllllne Ot41leof tlie Rebelllon- Ol < ISnltllev atil Knllorn Kelnte Iteml * nlnCenccB of I lfc In Cump niul on the Kleld-lnclcJrnti , of the War. DON"T quite llko this talk about 'cavalry raids , " snld the Colonel. "Thu Intimation Is that Infantry nev er made any raids , but they did , nnd they made pretty good time , too. During the Civil War nearly all raids In the mountains were made by Infan try , and we 'foot cavalry' had some rich experiences. The p'.an was like this : A brigade would march out to a given point within striking distance of the district to be raided , would go Into camp as n reserve , and a regiment would bo sent out In light marching order to do the real work of the expe dition. "On one occasion our regiment hur ried almost nt n double-quick through a series of narrow valleys to destroy Rome rebel salt works. The people along the road lied from us as from a pestilence. Unionism UK well as rebels scurried up the mountains as we ap proached. No one stopped to nsk any questions , bin everybody ran away , and Iho panic extended to the horse" , cows , hogs , and dogs. All this seemed very Uncanny , but the column In blue went Hwceplng forward without n straggler nr a looter , to do Its work. The next { lay a raid was made In another direc tion , our regiment covering thirty miles In fifteen hours and destroying mills hvhlch the rebels had been using , t "Some months later we were raiding another mountainous district which had been patrolled by rebel cavalry , Svlicn we came down Into a settlement hear the river. Here the people did not prim awny , but watched our movements with Interest. The boys feared an am bush , and details were sent to see thai 310 men were In hiding In the several liouses. One man sitting on the front liorch of a brick house was asked : "Any J-obel cavalry hero lo-duyV He replied : , 'Not since breakfast , ' and when we M'ococdcd to search the house made no ibjcctlon.Vc were so Impressed by he homlness of the house that wo ipologlxed for the Intrusion , but the bwner said : "That's all right. If you eirc not going to stay It Is just as well that you searched the house. If you lire going to stay , It doesn't make any difference My name Is P.rowulow. ' " 'Any relation to the ParsonV asked one of the boys , and when the man said 'Yes' nil our squad shook hands with him. and the spokesman of the crowd finld In an easy way , waving his hand toward the main column , 'If you don't HOC what you want , ask for It. ' There was good feeling all round , but Brown- low said -quietly : 4\Vc people of East Tennessee want you to come to stay. A raid like this will bring down on us to-morrow a regiment from the other Hide. 1 can take care of myself , but It Is hard on the women and children , and when I saw you swooping down the valley I hoped thai yon were coming to stay. ' The result , of that Interview was that our brigade camped the next day within a stone's throw of Hrown- 'low's ' house , and Mnjed there. " "Infantry raids , " said the Major , "were as common in our part of the nrmy as picket skirmishes. Most of the Iboys remember the .several uilds wo made toward Hod Clay caily In ISIJI. < ) ur regiment was there one day , and jho next a rebel cavalry rosrlmont occu pied the place. The day after that we S'rovo them out , remained a few hours , jmd our war guard \\ns scarcely out of the place when the rebels decupled It ngaln. Three days later we found the place unoccupied , swept around It , and wore returning when wo wore attacked , half way to camp. Italdlng Is not occu- patlon of a country. A raid has a def- ! i lulto object , and Its success depends ! ! ' upon the mobility of the moving col- nmn. "In tke Western army infantry came to have almost as much mobility as cavalry. Our regiment was often out u week ut a tlmo covering almost as much ground as a cavalry command would cover In the snmo tlmo , and wo bad all sorts of adventures. I remem ber on one occasion , asve approached a rather pretentious house , wo saw a man In gray walking from the stable to the house. Wo had como up quietly , moving quickly , and our arrival was wholly unexpected. "When wo reached the house an old lady who came to the door said there Svere no men about the place : that all her sons were In the Southern army , and that the men servants were away. The orders were to search the house Wo wont through every room without lindlng any signs of a man At last , before giving up the search. 1 said to the boys : ' 1 will look under the bed ' 1 did so , and was surprised In yond measure to tlnd a man In a Confederate olllcor's uniform looking mo in the i > ve. > . t covered him with my revolver and de manded that ho surrender. lie replied promptly : ' 1 will see you In hell n.-st. ' "I knew wo bad a tight on our hands , and wo disposed ours-elves to capture the otllcer who had the advantage in position. Ho was a plucky fellow , however , and proposed to make his tight In the open , but as he crept from under the bed one of the boys who was on the bed caught him by the hair and chucked his face down on the tloor , shouting for him to surrender. At this the old lady sprang forward , throw her iirms around the man on the bed , and pleaded with him not to murder her only son. The r < ply was : The ben way to save your son IB to tell him to surrender , ' and she oidercd that olllccr to surrender Just as If ho had been a boy 0 years old. "The olllcor obeyed , and cnmo out from under the bed crestfallen and In dignant. When he looked out of the window and saw the full regiment awaiting the outcome of the scrap , he said : 'All right. Hut It's hard ; It's devlllsk knrd. I paid $1100 for my fur lough , and I haven't been at home nn hour. Now , what are yon going to do with me ? ' He was taken away with the regiment , walking along with our captain , and talking easily about the war and the country. We captured several other olllcers and men at homo on furloughs , and caused n commotion tln-oughout the whole district through wklck we raided. Oklcago Inter Ocean. Uln I'rNniier Arrentccl Him. Have you over seen some dwarfish and Iiuslgnlllcnnt little fellow who had the bravery to light a circular saw In motion , provided there were two great , big , strapping fellows holding him , who were fools enough to believe hewould attempt such n desperate thing ? Well , you have an Idea , then , of the kind of ( soldier one man would have made. Hut ho wasn't n soldier further than stnud- Ing guard at Andersonvlllo , scouting around for deserters and escaped Union soldier made one. Ho was one of those "bravo" men whose affected "back" would not per mit his going into the regular service , yet as his patriotism was so strong and he could sco no need of a board of physicians examining Into bis disabili ties , a compromise was uuulu by giving him an easy place. There were larger men on guard at Andorsonvllle than he , yet no one gave such giant orders to the men while get ting out slabs or digging trendies In which to bury the dead. In fact , the great navy pistol he always carried buckled around him , and the musket under tke weight of which he staggered , were the real Incentives to bis bravery. Ho never seemed to appreciate any favor ; the only thing that ever seemed to please him were words of praises. To Illustrate his Ingratitude , It was re lated that that on one occasion he over- calculated kls ability to leap n deep ditch , and In making the attempt was precipitated to the bottom , and though a good swimmer would , due to the weight of that great pistol , have been drowned , bad ho not been rescued by one of tko men he was guarding. He over afterward bold that prisoner In contempt. Ills greatest ambition was to do some thing that would distinguish him , whlck was realized byv all bis compan ions. Ills greatest craze was arresting , unnecessarily , privileged prisoners. Some boys reported that a 'tblue coat" bad been soon In a skirt of woods , when our man Immediately set out to make tke arrest. IIo felt of no less Import ance when he found that all his as sumption nt bravery had been made ID capturing a real coat. Hut this Incident only made him am bitious and alert to find some victim to I pounce upon. / \ few days later just beyond the line , bo came across a "blue Jacket" asleep. "Wake up , you , and march. " The Union man raised Himself to a sitting position , rubbed his eyes and began to yawn. "Trot , or I will have to waste some ammunition In killing a dog. " The man began to move along. "I will have you hand-cuffed , you big bully , you. " and ke gave the man a kick. "I Enve n notion to waste a load on you any way , you cowardly hound , " and ho administered another kick. Endurance had been taxed to Its ut most , the prisoner could stand no more ; ho wheeled , snatched the gun , and BOOB had the drop on our man. "Now , I guess you will have to march , " came the command. Our man hesitated , but ho soon de cided that discretion was the better policy and was inarched to headquar ters , where the trusted Union prisoner AVIIK allowed to go about his business. The lloop-l'otc Clinrn . Shortly after the battle of Ghlckanmu- ga , our command of mounted Infantry was sent to Harrison Landing for picket and patrol duty , where , after outing all that the Government had , and the citizens also , we were relieved by Infantry , and sent to Bridgeport , Ala. , to recruit up our forces. There we got four months' pay , n new suit of clothes , and two or three rations , and then we felt fat and saucy. While we were at Bridgeport , a sut ler camped there one night with n load of supplies , and we got it Into our heads wo would like to sample them. It had to bo done without creating any racket , so wo armed ourselves with a good twelve-foot hoop-polo apiece , marched quietly up to the lire , and commenced paying thorn down. There were three or four soldiers that belonged to our regiment sitting by the lire talking with the sutler , and to remove them , though It was against our wishes , wo had to pay them oil' with hoop-poles , too. The sutler got up and cocked bis revoher. whereupon some fellow- hit him a crack on the wrist and ho dropped It and took to the brush , together with the others that were sitting there. Quick as a Hash each one of us seized a box and took to the brush , too. There we di vided up , cached our plunder and re turned to camp. The sutler left next morning for parts unknown , and we supposed nothing was known of the affair outside of our regiment , till some time afterward , at Itlnggold , Ga. , when facing a line of the enemy our com mander , General Kilpatrlck. yelled : "Now , go In , you d d hoop-pole clmrg- i ersl" WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES Regard Rerun as Their Shield Against Catarrh , Coughs , Colds , Grip hnd Catarrhal Diseases. MRS. BELVA A LOCKWOO" ) , LATE .CANJIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. Mrs. Belvn Lock wood , the eminent barrister , of Washington , D. C. , U the only vrotoi nn who tins ever been a candidate for th i'ri'MdPuey of thu Uiil ctl Stiitps. She U th $ liest known woman In Amvrlun. As the pioneer of her sei In the liwil profusslon shb hai . gathered fame and fortune. In a letter toThe I'eruiia Medicine Coiuiiauy , she sayst ; " / have used your Peruna both for myself and my mother Mrs. Hannah J. Dennett , now in her SSth year , and I find it an invaluable remedy for cold , catarrh , hay fever and kindred dls * eases , " also a good tonic for feeble and old people , or those ruff down , and with nerves unstrung. " Belva A. Lockwood. , ' Mrs. T. Pelton. Mrs. T. Pelton , &G2 St. Anthony avenue , St. Paul , Minn. , writes : "Perunu has done wonders for me. It hns cured my honduche and palpitation of the heart ; has biil.t up my whole s-ysU-m. I cheerfully recommend Peruua to all suffer ers atllicted with catarrh. My mother Is never without Peruna. When one Is tired and generally out of sorts , If Peruna Is taken It luunedlnte'r ' removes that tired feel.ug. " Pcrunu cures catarrh by removing the cause , Inflamed mucous menihionrs. Dr. Ilurtman , the eompounder of Peruna , once Mild , In a lecture to women : "A great number of women consult me every year. I often have occasion to ay Thu oldest and most remarkable woman - man In the State of West Virginia < lives at llason City. She is Mrs. 1 o.gy Craw , a Gorman woman , and is I a little over 100 years old. She has the appearance o , a woman of 00 , per sonally attends tc all her own house hold duties , and , besides , earns a comfortable - fortable living with her needle. She is absolutely independent and depends upon hej own hands for her borne and living. "IIow that wind shakes the sashes , dear'said Mrs. Shadysldo nervously to her husbnud , while the gala was hlRh. "Yes , the windows are having a rat tling good time , " assented Mr. Shady- side.- Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph Uhnnglnr Hlgrtifloxnon of a Word. The word preposterous originally meant a process of reversing the nat ural order of things , such as indicated by the common expression "putting the cart before the horse. " By an easy gradation it has come to bo used in its present Bigniiicance. Cures a Cough or Cold at onoe. Nasal GATARR9Q In all Its etft ra tliero ehoutd bo clcuuimess. Ely's Cream Balm ccan ! o , eootlicsamUical3 tlio ilUeaeil ineuibraue. 11 cures catiurh and drives twity a cold tu tlia head quickly. Cream TJixlm It placet' Into the noitrlls , tpreadi over tlio mcmbruno nnd li absorbed. Kellef Is Immediate - mediate nml a euro follows It Is cot drying doei not produce ipcvzlns. I-vf ; Size , 60 oenti at Drug * Clits or by mail ; Trial Mzc , ID cents by mall. ELY imoTlIUHS.OJ Warren Street , New York. II afflicted lth ' ITlioipii'sEyeffatGi cak ) * , ui N.N.U. NO 65S.-9 YORK Ni B. to those patients , 'I fear you have CRtarrt i- mmlnin.They will generally reply , 'Oh , no , I HUVIT h.id catnrih. My nose Is perfectly cluiir , and my breath U not bad. I am not .troubled with coughing or spitting , or any other dlsngreonu.t ! symptoms of ca tarrh. ' But , my dear madam , you may have catarrh nil the name. Ca- tnrrh Is not al ways located In the head. You may have catarrh of the lungs , or stomach , or liver , or Kidneys , and especla.ly you m.iy Mrs. Julia C. Brown , have catarrh of of Pecatonlca , III. . the pelvic organs. " pays : "I have uuea The docto.t- went Peruna In my home on to say : " 1 have for the past four been prenchlni ; years and am thor this doctrine for oughly convinced that the last forty It U a reliable family years , but tiimc remedy. " Julia are a vast multi Brown , tude of women who have never heard It yet. Catarrh rat. ? attack any oriau of the body. Women arc- especially liable to catanh of the ptlrle organs. There arc one hundred caaei of Y catarrh of the pelvic organs to one of c tarrh of the head. Most people think , t > * > cause they have not catarrh of the bead , they have not catarrh at nil. This la a greaa mistake , and Is the cause of many case * or sickness and death. " If you do not derive prompt nnd iatl - factory results from the use of Peruns , write at once to Dr. Hartmnn. giving n full statement of your case and he will b plca .e < l to give you his valuable tdrlca gratis. Address Dr. Ilartman , President of Tim. Ilartmun Sanitarium , Columbus , O. ( London consumes eleven luiis ot daily. WILL KEEP You DRY TAKE No SUSTITUTC. FREtCATALOGUE , SHOWING FULL Line or GARMENTS MID HATS , A.J.TOWER Co. BOSTON. M * a. GREGORY unil * tbr gu r- ntt > . tl. utUkMi , But. Grand Island Route Double Daily Sen/tee FREE RECLINING CHMR CARS ON NIGHT TRAINS. For Information er Ritis , cill upon or ntireit Agent , or S. M. ADS1T , a. p. A. , ST. JOSEPH , MO. S ViritHt All Hit tAILS. Heat I'Mifli riynip. 'fa > iva Good. In lima Sold hy drugging