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Custer County Republican
D.M. AMBItlCltKY , IMItor mill IMibllrilicr
HUOKICN Bow , NKIMASKA
The antl-clgareUo forces show no disposition -
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position to Biiioko the pipe of peace.
The country's birth rate is Increasing.
AH n kind of national baby show It Is
all right
Tlie tin can trust might begin busi
ness by canning n few of thee Jokes
about itself.
Infernal machine. ' ) should not be used
In courting. rlt , IB bad enough that
blowings up Jake place after marriage.
About the only use of the pick Eng
land encourages In that Isthmian canal
proposition Is to pick Haws in the prop
osition.
There is this resemblance between
loaded trolley and a man that wny.
Bach always seems to have room for
one inoro.
Russell Sage doesn't like the wny In
which Andrew Carnegie spends his
money. It sets n spendthrift example
to other millionaires.
Th statistics of crime in Chiesgo re-
real the fact tbnt $7,200 worth of um
brellas wore fitoU-n In that city Inst
jonr. The humorists arc t Indicated.
"Tho prime secret of my success , "
nj-8 Mr. Schwab , "is loving my work. "
Watch the man who is always kicking
about his work. He rarely gets $1-
000,000 n yonr.
As France has ordered thirty-live new
warships , she clearly purposes doing
something with her mysterious accumu
lations of coal. For once ft French
political secret has been well kept.
The ordinary woman may love her
husband Just as much as Queen Wll-
helmlna loves hers , but she hasn't the
fcappy privilege of naming an ironclad
ftftcr him , OB the Queen of the Nether
lands has done.
The Spartan stolhliicss of the Amcr-
kan people is shown In tlie fact that
Bet n single agonized wall has come
from them since Waldorf Astor an
nounced that his book should not be
published or sold In this beastly conn-
"try.
The fact that corsets for men arc be-
tng extensively manufactured In Franco
was brought out In a recent trial be
tween two partners of a corset llrm In
that country. The evidence showed
that 18,000 corsets were made annually
( or Frenchmen and li.OOO for UiiKllsh-
men. Those shipped to England are
worn It Is said , principally by army
fllccrs.
L
It is queer that so many persons are
swindled by JjnnUo stcerurs and conll-
dunce men. Kverybody knows who
ever goes to the theater that the bunko
teorcr Invariably slinks around witli
bis elbows thrust out , Ills shoulders
tlcvatc'd and his chin aspiring , while
the conlldcnce man Is distinguishable
by hl predilection for cigarettes and
plug hats , and his ponclmnt for evenIng -
Ing dress In the early forenoon.
U was once stated by an eminent nut-
vrullst that If three varieties of dogs-
bulldog , greyhound and common yellow
cur were placed on a desert Island and
left to themselves , after a certain num
ber of years the canine population of
that Island would be all yellow dog ,
because that Is the nearest to the orig
inal tame wolf. It Is exactly the same
with the human race. The common ,
"yellow dog" mongrel specimen , mix
ing half a dozen types in lilii one body ,
Is the typo to which all the others re-
Tcrt under unfavorable conditions.
It used to be that the divorce court
was the place of hist resort when
wmlded life was nn lunger tolerable ,
and even when sought under such con
ditions divorced persons felt some deli
cacy about their domestic infollclies
and forbore for a period to parade
themselves In society. Now , however ,
there Is no longer any suggestion of
moral 111 in the breaking of .sacred
vows of wedlock , and.divorce lias come
to be bo common an occurrence that
the Institution of marriage mom and
more takes on the appearance of a pro
bationary contract.
i What power will Interfere to save
the Kusshin people from the brutality
of the Uusslan government ? \Vlillo
Dial nation Is posing us u pacluVntnr In
China and annexing large sections of
that empire as the price of UK etl'urts to
restore older. It Is treating its own people
ple with barbaiily that shocks the
world. Tlie raid of the St. Peterslnirg
police on the bludonts who were i-olo-
bratlng the anniversary of the emanci
pation of the serfs furnished an aston-
iKiilng exhibition of barbarism. The
abolition of serfdom forty years ago
1ms had little ell'ect In making Hits-
blans in authority le.vs tyrannical. Tim
recent exhibitions of ruthlessness In
Kleff and In St. Petersburg afford cor
roborating evidence of the possibility
of the truth of the dreadful stork's of
Itusfiinn barbarities in the Chinese em
pire , which it was hoped would prove
Jo bo false or grossly exaggerated.
Thf > other day the i'ii hler of a Penn-
lylvanla bank discovered that itemorse
IH the most awful and relent
less avenger that ever camped on
ilic trail of a guilty man. He
was a thief , llo robbed his bank
f s-o.OOO In small uiiinutits. When a
iuun steals It IK ten rlumvc , to one that
he will suiter u general moral break
down. It Is easier to commit half n
dozen crimes than the llrt one. Tin
tlrht step finds the feet halting. After
that life generally becomes a toboggan
slide for the thief. So the thief ac
cepted the offer of his son to shoulder
the burden of crime. The young man
did all things necessary to make it ap
pear that he had stolen the money , and
then left the city. Imagine the condi
tion of that father's mind. He had to
accept sympathy , to hear his boy de
nounced as a rascal. Ue read In the
papers of the young man who had gone
wrong , nnd every word was like a blow
In the face , wh'le ' night and day Con
science said : "Von did It. " "You are
a thief , liufl , what Is worse , a coward. "
That sort of tiling makes men old. It
turns the hair gray ; It mpJjes nerves
quiver ; It Invites paralysis ; It makes
life one long siege of hell. Then came
the real courage , for the culprit went
to tlie pio-stdent of the bank and clear
ed Ids son. Ho was almost happy In
his own disgrace , for at last he was
honest with himself. A prison will
probably have few terrors for that man.
llo deserves punishment. There are
few mitigating circumstances In his
rn o. but the mental torture he lias
suffered will do more to make him an
honest man than years In a lonely cell
possibly cnn.
The usual commonplace homilies
on the "blessings of poverty" by those
who are struggling strenuously to get
away from the "blessings" are of little
interest to the public mind. The only
person who la competent to dissertate
upon the "advantages" of poverty Is
he who has turned those advantages
n to a large accumulation of Industrial
stocks or the coin of tlie republic. The
man who has something to show for an
early Investment lu penury Is assured
of respectful attention , especially If
te Is suddenly Hashed before the pub
lic eyes as the head of a colossal steel
trust. When Charles M. Schwab , Pres
ident of the United Stales Steel Cor
poration , tells us how early poverty Is
essential to success and how little ho
could have accomplished without It the
young man with nothing but brains
and brawn and good health pricks up
hlu cars and takes a fresh start. He
begins to realize that there may be
something in the "poverty argument"
after all , notwithstanding Its temporary
discomforts and Inconveniences. And
the rich man's son begins to wonder
how lie can overcome the obstacles of
Inherited wealth. Commenting on early
poverty as an aid to his own success ,
the great steel employe says ; "The
rich man's HOU enters life's race with
a handicap. Not only ( lie handicap
which a fortune Is , because It deprives
him of the necessity to progress and
expand , but tin ; handicap of never be
ing able to appreciate what he has.
For everything lu life that U worth
while IB ten times moro worth whllo
when wo climb for It The tlrst great
blessing In my life was being born
poor. The fundamental principle * that
founded my character were the les
sons wrung out of early hardships and
privations and Holl'-denlals. I would
not give up the experience of a boyhood
barren of luxuries and paved with ob
stacles for any amount of money. It
would bn like pulling the foundation
out of a building. " It would bo Idle to
deny the force of such testimony as
this. The average boy Is prone to take
these scrmous upou the beauties and
latencies of poverty cum grano sails.
Tim example of Mr. Schwab hug boon
multiplied so numerously In thU coun
try , however , that the young man does
not need to listen to sermoulr.erbi. llo
has but to look about him to see hun
dreds of Schwabs somewhat linver In
the llnaiH-lai scale , It U true lu his
own town. It reiiulres no profound
study of analysis of human nature to
discover the cause of the Impelling ,
power of poverty. Want and desire I
are the stimulus to endeavor , it takes
an extraordinary man to accomplish j ' I
anything If alt his wants are antici
pated and provided for. The hardships ,
Inconveniences , discomforts and em
barrassments of poverty stir a young
man to action. Ills desire to possess
tliu things of which ho has been de
prived by the accident of Indigent par-
outage Illls him with energy and deter
mination , and hence poverty becomes J
the foundation of succosh. Fortunate
Indeed Is the young man who Is dowered - i
orod with "magnltlcent poverty. " He |
miiy become a Charles M. Schwab. |
A Family ot I'lo-IOniorH. I !
Aery busy woman Is Mra. John
'
Walters , of Blair County , Pcnnsylva-
niu , who has every reason to bellevo i
that she Itolds the plo-baking record. I
at least In her State. |
For tint your ending Doc. 1 Mrs. Wnl
tors baked S , : > 0. { pies for various de-
lions , which wore disused of mainly
by her husband and seven sons.
In .Inly she hroko the monthly record - I
ord with a total of ft pies , forced to J
this unusual exertion by the fact that
suvoral farm hands had boon added to :
the harvesting ferro
In an amusing rak-ulation It IK de
veloped that Mrs. Walters' pies , If t nt
all in a string , would rom-h thirteen
miles and a half. If put one on top of
the other , they would be 1500 feet higher
than tlie IlnVl Tower. If put a slop
apart they would roaeh 411 .V10 mllon ,
and a man would tra'np on a pie at
every stop
Mr. 'Wallers Is (15 ( years old , and Is
apparently none the worse for his pie
diet. Ho' llguroM on tl'uvo plos a day.
and thinks that on this basis ho lias
t.'l.tSOO pies since his marriage.
Pulilio Hitbs ill Knglaml.
The tlrst public bath In Hngland for
hot bathing purposes was opened in
D17I ) .
Dry goods clerks have a contempt
for any man who buys his wllVa
clothes.
PUOS WAS A GOOD WATCH DOQ.
Oven Her Muster Wn Uunlilc to Ilrenk
1'iittt Her Olliirit.
"Talk nbont your watchdogs , " nald
in acquaintance of nilitu. "Say , I've
? ot n rat that will beat 'um all holler ,
jiid It'u only a Kitten , too.
" 1 \\iMit liomu after tlie city govern
ment meeting was over the other night
tml I'uui.il the house dark and louked
up. My wife was down to the club , HO
I out with my latchkey and fumbled
around the keyhole.
"Tlio key went in all right , and I wtu
laughing to myself when nil at once
the confounded key broke off. Sea
there , " and he held up as evidence the
broken key.
"Well , I went around ; and found ona
of the windows unfastened , shoved it
up and started to climb In. when gee
whiz ! I heard such a gmwllngl It waa
my kitten. I called to him 'Kitty ,
kitty , kitty , " but It was no use. Ho
didn't know me , and kept right on
growling , once In a while letting out
a vicious spit.
"Well , I climbed up nml got my head
nnd shoulders Inside , when Unit cat
gave a spring and landed plumb on iny
head. Ills claws stuck Into my hat ,
and both headgear and hat fell to the
floor , while I fell on the snow outside.
You ROC , I wasn't prepared , and It
came as u surprise to me.
"When I recovered everything was
quiet inside , and I thought I would
make another attempt As soon as 1
approached the window that growling
and spitting began again.
"I shooed at him and said seatl Hut
he held his ground and growled back ,
"Then I tried to scare him by Imitafc
ing a dog. 1 growled and barked to
'beat the band , ' and he growled and
mewed and spit back * until we made
such a noise : i lodger in the next house
shoved up his window mid hollered
'Shut up I'
" 'Shut up yourself , ' said I.
" 'Go 'way from that house , ' said he
'I live here , ' said I.
" 'Then go Inside and keep still , ' said
he , and lie closed the window with a
bang.
"Then I tried to get in again , but th
cat heard me and still confrouted me.
Will you believe me ? I had to stay out
side there nnd wait half mi hour longci
In the cold until my wife came home.
" 'Why , what are you doing out her *
without any hat on ? What's the matter
tor ? " said she.
"I explained while we were going la
and what do you think ? When that
cat saw us coming In the proper waj
he came up and rubbed himself against
us , purring as nice aa could be.-
Watertown ( Me. ) Mall.
The Oiliest I'fttcnt.
The Question us to the holder of tb <
oldest patent In this country Imi
brought out from the heirs of .losopk
JenckH some facts which tend to show
that ho wns the tlrst Inventor In thli
country. Patents granted from tin
j sovereign power of England for land
I water and other privileges were no
uncommon lu early colonial times
Joseph JenekN , of Lynn , Mass. , a ntim
her of years previous to receiving 1
patent for an Invention of a scythe
had iM'en granted one for "an applies
tlon of water power to mills. "
Biographical notes state that Mr
Jencks Introduced to the Massaohu
setts colony the Idea ( if patenting lu
ventlons , and that he might protect
nnd Introduce bis Ideas seem ? to him
been his reason for coming to the nevi
country. The grass scythe patented
in 10512 was perhaps the most valuabl
of his Inventions. The Improvcmen
over the old English scytiie , with it
short , thick blade , like n bush scythe
consisted In lengthening the bladt
making It thinner and welding t
niiuaru bar on the back and strength
enlng It. To-day this scythe , practi
cally unchanged , Is used In Europe and
America. The patent was wlthhoU
from Mr. Jencks for nine years , as I
wiw thought to be too valuable to Iw
monopolized. Hartford Courant.
What I''iiif > r Nails Show.
Thut the mental condition of a purse
sull'urlng from some physical allmeii
may be judged from MID condition o
his linger nails was recently shown b ,
Dr. Marco , an Italian physician , wh
has for sumo time IHUMI making hives ,
t ( gallons In this direction. Accordlnt
tn him , a patient whose nulls are no
iulie | .smooth , but contain many fin
rows. Is subject to acute discuses , sine
It Is the Inability to tiike adomiat
nnurlshim-nt , caused by such diseases
which makes the nails defective. II
also maintains that a series of groovi.
will bo found in Hie mills of those pe
sous who are mentally unbalance )
and e.speolallj of those who are peri
odically allllcted by some form of men
lal disturbance , and that from a sim
ple examination of the nails any
skilled physician cnn tell how frequent
and how violent the mental atat-Us will
be.
As Dr. Marco has carefully examined
the nulls of hundreds of patients and
Isldel. . \ Known as a scientist i.f high
rank , his novel tloririn > In ivg.ird to
the value of nails as indicators < ( .
health l naturally attracting wide at
jontlnn.
lletruycd lloi > oir
"I am very much Inclined to suspect
that you misled me when you said that
you had experience on IMP stage , " re
marked the stage manager ' the ;
Dashing Daisies' Ilurlo-i.ue Company.
"Why , Isn't my work satisfactory ? "
Inquired the comedian.
"Yes. Hut you took It very good-na
turedly wlion the manager said he'd
pay you part of your salary now and
the rest later. " Washington Star.
Don't whistle ; It takes the attention
of the people from their own affairs In
wondering what tune you are trying
to hit.
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Poll Tax In
The man in Mississippi who docs not
> ay a poll tax cannot rote or servo on
tirles , and ofllelal returns show 20,371
vhlte citizens have neglected to pay
p tula year. This neglect disfran
chises them for two years.
TO emu : ACOUI IN ONK
'akc Laxative llmiMoQainlne Tablets , All
< tnii > glHittrelnml the ; money Kit ( ails tocnrc.
J.V. . Grove's slgtiiituroin oneach bor 25o.
'A rmnlly Ticket.
Mr. Suburb-"Sco here ! What did
you take tip my family commutation
ticket fur ? "
llallroad Superintendent "That
ticket has boon presented to our con
ductors by forty dllYcrcntomeu
within a month. "
Mr. Suburb "Oh , that's all right.
They were servant girls. "
No aiiirlirt.
"Well Kayton , were you successful
In Introducing your breakfast food
among the Parisians ? "
"Far from It. Why those pay Paris-
Inns sleep so late that they don't eat
any breakfast. " Chicago News.
Itrunro of Ointment * fur Cntnrrh tlmt
Contain Mercury.
nt ineronry will surely destroy theaenioof
Miii'll nnd completely' derang'o the whole
nymeni when entering It through the
niuroua Hiirfnoca. Such articles should
never lie UHC > ! except on prescription from
reputable phyHlciuns , ns tlie damage they
will do IH tenfold to the good yon can pos-
Hibly derive Irom thorn. Hall's t/utiirru
'lire , manufactured by P. J. Cheney A Co.
Toledo , O. , contains no mercury , and is
nlen Internally , netlng ilireetly upon the
iloO'l ' nnd in icons surfaces of the system.
n buying Hall's Catarrh Cure bo sure you
get the commie ; . It is taken internally ,
md niiidu in Toledo , Ohio , by P. J. Cheney
t Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists. I'rice 75c. per bottle.
Now 1'crll Tor th i Colored Kaon.
Dlx "Did you hear of that chap
vho proposes to revolutionize. Geor
gia ? "
llix "No. How is he going to do
t ? "
Dix "ITe has submitted a proposl-
.lon . to the Agricultural Department
to raise whlskymelona down there In
stead of watermelons. Detroit Free
Press.
Pronounce It ,
Slpridur Jousdottlr , V * ' t
Kirmarstodum , ' ' " * .
Ueykholnsvelt ,
Bur dust randa my slu ,
Iceland , Europe.
Tills is the address given In an order
for Dodd's Kidney Pills received and
fllled by the Dodds Medicine Company
of Buffalo on April 10.
This unique direction means , that to
reach the sick people of Iceland , the
parcel must travel to New York , then
to London , England , then northwest to
Greenland , to be landed finally on the
lonely Island at the edge of the Arctic
Circle ,
This la a pointed Illustration of how
United States goods find their wny to
the remotest corners of the earth.
America to-day produces better med
icines , ns well as better manufactured
articles , than any other country in the
world , nnd this fact accounts for tlie
demand for Dodd's Kidney Pills from
erory part of the known universe.
Lurtxl Into Overdoing.
"The boss raised my pay ; ho said it
was because I was so cheerful. "
"That was appreciation , truly. "
"Yes , but in a month ho cut me
down again ; he said I had been ton
cheerful. " Chicago Ruuord-11 erald.
Un WbuUv'i SOOriUNfl BYRUr for ckllclro
ttf , oft iix the win ) * , redtirf * tnflamjtllon
pilft , cuivi wind culli * ttta hotllv
Iii tlie schedule of a New York
bankrupt recently Hied in court it ftp-
p-urs that he ows $ UO for beer and 82C
for pow rent.
CITO IVriwiiiMtUj Cutv < 1
II 10 Uri > t iUy' uv of I > r. Kllnc'n Unt . " rv It *
turnr R'odrorl KKKfJ ( Mi'rUtboUiAanillnatUn
* 1 > H K. 11. RUM : . l.tiL.Kln ! n ( . . I'hllaJcljilila ) .
How to l > Hnppjr Tliongh
More and more men as well as wo
men are coming to think the belief Is
well founded that real marriage is
comradeship. Mil ton believed It when
he declared that the end of marriage
was conversation. To make good com
radeship that will last through life
both must have Interests that are
worthy and permanent , both must
have the power of growth , both must
huve the love of service , if life is to bo
closely II red together.
How Three Women Found Relief.
While no woman is entirely free from periodical Buffering , it docs not eecm
to have been the plan of nature that woman should suffer BO severely. I ydia >
13. Plnklmm's Vegetable Compound is the most thorough female regulator
later known to medical science. It relieves the condition which produces so
much discomfort and robs menstruation of its terrors.
The three letters bore published should encourage every woman who suffers I
Aug. 0 , 1808.
" DRAB Mns. PIMKUAM : 1 have
Buffered since the age of sixteen with
painful menstruation. I have been
treated for months , and was told that
the womb had fallen a little. The
doctor says tlmt is now in place nfjaln ,
but I still have the same pain. I'luaso
tell me what to do. " MKB. EMMA.
K0RUX , 112 Trautman St. , Brooklyn ,
K. D. , N.Y.
Jan. 10 , 1890.
"DitAn Mils. PUWIM.M : After re
ceiving your reply to my letter of
Aug. 0 I followed your kind advice ,
nnd am glad to tell you that I have
been cured of the severe pain at time
of menstruation through the UMS of
Lydia E. I'inkham's Vegetable Com
pound , I have taken six bottles of
it , felt better after the flrst bottle ,
nnd after a while had no more pain
or womb trouble.
" I had doctored from the age of six
teen to twcuty-six , and had lost all
hope , but your medicine has made
me well.
" I would like to have you use my
testimonial , so that others may BCC ,
and be inspired with hope , and talc a
your medicine. " Mna , EMMA KUKIII. ,
11J Trautman St.UrooklyuE. D..N.Y.
Teh. 5X > , 1000.
" I saw your medicine BO highly
recommended I thought ! would write
to you for advice , .
" My menstruation occurs every two
weeks , lasts a week , and is painful. I
have been troubled in this way for
borne time. I Buffer from siek head
ache and backache all the time , appe-
If there ie anything about your cus ;
advice , write freely to Mrs. Pinlcham.
Kurely help you , for no persou. in Ameri
ing female ills as she has hail. She
women back to health. Her address ii
You art- very foolish if you do not ae !
tite poor , sick at
stomach every
morning , every
thing I cat hurte.
me , am very weak ,
thin , and sallow.
" 1 have tried * .
doctor , hut he did.
not seem to do m
any good. " MlBB-
MAGGIE POLLARD ,
310 So. 4th St. ,
Richmond , Va.
April 23 , 1000.
"Since receiving your answer to-
my letter I have hcen taking your
Vegetable Compound , and it has done
me more good than any medicine I
have ever taken. My menses arc all
right now , and appear once a month ,
and I feel RO innch stronger. I shall
always praise your medicine. " Misu-
MAQOIE I'OLLAUD , 310 So. 4th St. ,
Richmond , Va.
" I was troubled with female weak *
nesslrregular and
painful menstrua-
at ion , and Icu-
corrhoea. The
doctor's medicine
did mo no good ,
I hare taken one
bottle and a half
of your Vegetable
Compound , and
thanks to your
medicinemy pains
arugoue. I advise
all women suffering ns I have to nst *
your Vegetable Compound. " EMMA
J. Pnnjm.rc , Indianola , 111.
e about which you would like special.-
No man will see your letter. She caa
lea has such u wide experience in treat-
hutt helped hundreds of thousands of *
Lynn , Mass. , and her advice is free.
> t her kind invitation.
. -Wp bare ilupujltol with tbo Nntlona ] City Bank of Lynn , GOOO , I
be paid to any ptx tun wliocnn nnd tlmt.lhent.oro testimonial letters
uot gcmnlud , or wur publlnhnl before obniliilni ? tlie n riterV special per-
LY01A K. miKUAM MEDICINE COT
The Arkansas Legislature hu ; indef
initely postponed * bill to make Sun
day fishing a misdemeanor.
I.or rnrrlnl to
"Therr are ca.ses where allection
will revllv : ire to the ends of the earth
for it object. "
"I're never met them. "
"How about trmt love of science
which starts men searching for the
poles ? " Phnadelphla Times.
Two gypsies have been arrested in
Washington on suspicion of Iwtug im
plicated in the kidnapping of Willie
MeCormio.
The Cuban delegates have been con
vinced that the United States sincere
ly desires the freedom of their country.
j
Tlir Wnnhliili"i Montuni'iit.
The Washington monument ln >
WalJinifton D. C. Is f .V feet high , being -
ing the loftiest structure In the world
eicept the Eircl Tower in Paris.
The base is 55 feet square , with wallc-
Ifi feet thick. The exterior Is of crys
tal Maryland marhle , while the Inter
ior , lighted by electricity , is occupied
by a stairway of 600 steps , extending-
ftom the bottom to the top , and an-
elevator which makes the asc nt lc *
! seven minutes.
them , wrlto to
tlio ncarcct
onency of