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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1903)
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Why AhoullI 'ou Cenr the cnnllymak. orn' truBt wIlen 'our best girl Imows bow to malce CtHlgeH ? St. Pnul lrlH nro orgnnlzlng ror the purpose of Jllllrr 'llIg unIon lIIen ollly , iet your worldllg cnrdH , boys. ! l'ho c1ergY1l1nll who hus a scheme to merge five churchcs Is entitled to be : A11cd n theological captllin of IlI uslry. The man who gets II wife Crom a mat- lmonlal agency generally has reason :0 : believe that the camera lies lII'e , by ; . A J < 'rench expcrt so 's the Amerlcnn IUI'\7 Is antique , but he Curnlsbes no Spnnlflb testimony to back up his cia 11M. When the , vomen at South America tloclde to organize a Daughtcrs of tbo JlCTolution society there will bo some- tklng Ilolng. The latest Messlnh hns made his np. etlrnnce In l.ndon. It Is tlmo the lIetlllahl ! gct together nnd term n trust tu prevent overproduction. A4u.ln : W claim tbnt Wu Is a heathen. 1'ho Ohlnello ex.mlnlster bas had the (1 ( e , to ask why Wo on't practice the golden role towm'd Ohlnnl The men who snt on the edge Qt a rrnter and lookcd Ilown two thousnnd feet gave n emonstrntlon ot the mean. tog ot the term "dcep InsIght. " It Is bard ror some people to believe that Jesus of Nazoretb wus relllly grent. ne died poor In spite of tbe ta t thut lie had many opportunities to get rlcb. Don't bo too qulcle to decl e thnt a thing Is Impossible. You'd be nston- Isbed to Imow how high n tence you enD jump It you're scare ( ] ballly eBongh. Maud Louise Ray says tbot her "Task" ( she confides tbls to Harper'H Mngazlne In a poem ) Is liTo Love Some One More Dearly Evcry Day. " We have our tlners ! crossell. Don Oarlos , pretenller to the Spanish i tbrone , Is discouraging his tollowers wbo propose ( U } uprising. lIe bns Ills. : covered that It Is cheaper nnd qulto as ' : . , "frectlve to do bls pretending at long range , , Bnlt Lake will l1uve Innrrled teachers no longer , believing thnt a "woman's I _ IIrst duty Is to her husband and Cnm- lIy. " Suppose thllt tal' one reason and " nnother her first dut . Is to support . . tbem , then what ? 101 ; 101I' On an uvcrllgo every man , woman anll . child In tbe Unltell Stntes has ] OS on . . leposlt In bnnk. Uncle Russell Sage , . however , heMs the proxlcs of n grent I' many ot these men , women nn chil- i. . dren" and Itll\lI ' sllves them the trou- 'Jle ot looking lifter their bnnlt accounts. The offcnses of ectll'slonlsts who cre. ate nn nrcn ot untidiness behln them by I1nvlng strewn ! thout the od s and ends at picnic prepnratlons , vex orller- , Iy souls the world over. A recent visItor - Itor to Tennyson's monument nt Ii'I'esh- water bad to remove n qUllntlt3' of bro"en gln8s Crolll UIC hu'C ahout the memorial beCore It wns safe to sit down. "Trippers" had not spared even that 1pot ; , dear to lovers at verse. . "Let us , tben , be up IInd doIng" II ! not the motto of all. A young Ohio farmer bttr/butes / a piece ot gOO fortune en- Irely to bls tatl1er's Inzhtess. A grcnt neld wl1lch bad never been clenre at stumps wall recently talten In hand by lbe son , who dlscovercd tbnt the hugo nnd knotty stumps were ot blnck wal. tmt , exquisitely grained. Ho sent tor a furniture-maker , who rcnll1.ed their ' -nluo tor vcneerlng , and pnld 1001'0 ror 'he ' stumps than tbe forlller'ulue ot the whole field. Pnternnl ' " 'dolence Is Jlot otten veneered with such quick- vlttedness an gumpUon In the son. , , Poor boyish King Alpbonso ot Spnln. no wants to mal'ry for Ie re. An be not bo lermltted to do so. 'I'he rill of Princess I.oulse ot li'rnnce has een tendered. But AIlhonso doesn't : , ke Louise overly well. no Inclines to "plebeian" wife. Whereat the Sllnn. Isb cral1l1ecs arc horriliell. It tIle ) 'ounl ; Klug bnd his cholco he would ( Darry an American h'l. IIo IIIces tholr 1tyle. And be openly flh'te with one urlng the coronlltlon ceremonies. On vnrlous occasions King Alphonso hils Itntcd thnt be IIIces the manner In which Amerlcnn glrl8 conlluct them. 'eh'c8 and hUB openly expresed his prferenco tor thcm. AIlhonso's ( dls- rrhnlnaUon Is only exceeded by his coed looks. UIB tuste Is excl'lIent. IIo , knows It good thing when ho sces It. ut It cnnnot boo Much depends upon : Jhls marriage. The tuturo of his coun. , l-ry rcstB upon It. And so wo have tbo D I.athotlc plcturo of the b011sh King I who has n tumler henrt InAldo ot blm ( IIR 'Oll hnd Ollce , gelltlo rClHlor ) 1 ( > (1 /llIollt hy the dlplotnlltH who seek to Htl'l'lIgtlI'n ) the posltloll nn prestige of Spllin hy n manlnge connection with 'HOllie loWerCul ally. Ollpld IIIU8t go oft RlIlI h/lve n good c/'y / when ho flees Huch : wllrtlesslless. Wouldn't you rnther he Cne to lIIarry the ono 'ou love than to bo the mng or HIHlIIIlnd cOlllpolle to lIIlIl'ry HOllie ono else ? Would you trudo 'our HweethIII't or your , ICe Cor n queen ? Would you ? JIow nil the " , 'orld loves Ii hl\byl It Is humnll affection thllt crops out evrywhere , anll It Is good Cor the peo- ple. The other day n tired womnn carrying a sleepIng InCant was wlllt- : Ing Cor a car. ' 1'ho llllhy was henvy. Ono look at the , vom/ln tel n Btory of devotion nnd CIII'O. It wns In her l'yes , III the lines of her race. Motllers give ull much for their little ones , Out of the corner drug store cnmo n tllll , fllhlonnbly nttlrell mlln , who toolc In the sltul1t1on I1t It glnllco. "Let lite hold the hnhy for you , mndam , " he snlll , and the child never Htlrred ns It wns tl'/lnsCel'l'ed to his sh'onglrllls. . It wns tell minute ! ! heCore tllo c/lr nr- rived. I1Ulldl'ls ! of pel'sons lool.ed In- qulr'lngly nt the taU mnn , the fnlle W011111n nnll tbe sleepIng Illthy. No- hody Inusbe , Cor nil realized thnt a good Cellow wns doing a hit of Iclnd- neSH , and other men wished they had volunteered. Irlnnlly "mothor" waH In a ( : nr sent , the bahy In her , arms , /lnd the tnll mnn touched bls hnt nnd went on about his buslnoss , feeling the better - : ter for his act. In Louls\.llIe a bnby i girl waR playing wltb n rng doll In n street car. She "mothercd It" anll Ielss. cd It , nnd nU of the pnssengers were Interestell. SUlldenly UtO car lurched , anll the 1l01l tell from n wln ow to the pavement. "Stop I" wns the cry from : the pnssengers. Every mnn In the cnr was on his feet , and a dozen hon R clutched the ) ) ell rope. "Stop tide cnrl" wall the commnnd , nnd the motormnn brought tbo vehicle to a stnndstill. I1alt a ozen men started down the track , The swiftest got tbo doll acter a wnlk of a squnre. and the party proudly trnmped hacle to the cnr nnd gave to the "lIttlo mother" her offspring. The reward was a smllo , and bnby smlles are worth almost any price you cnn think ot. O. D , Gibson , tbo author ot the "Glb , son Girl , " declares that women uro growing tnller , and ho Is supported In his statement by certain philosophers who bnvo loltere on the sl'nshores nt Cashlonable hnthlng places for the purpose - pose of mnltlng obseryatlQns. These nuthorltle8 declare tbe nverage belght ot the Amorlcan gIrl ot the present Is 5 teet 10 Incbes , and they give It as their dollbornto opinion that the , girl who IIvCB to subdue mnn wltb her I . smllo along about the yenr : WOO wlll he more tbnn 7 teet tall. 1\11' . Gibson clmms to bnve positive Intormntlon tbat the avern/e / helgbt ot Amerlcnn girls hns Increased nt least two Inches during the lost ten 3.enrs , a fnct which . he snys IH dUe to their nthletlc exer. clses ; nn ho sees no reason why the ' i should stop growing as long as they continue to piny galt , swing clubs , swim , run , jump nnd engage In practices - tices genernlly that were unthought of by girls of n senernUon or two ngo , 'fhero seems , however , to be no In. crease In the nveroge size ot the mnle Inhahltnnts ot our glorious republic. In Cuct , tllo rover8O appenrs to be true. We loolt hnck to the time of I.lncoln. nnd furtller RUlI to the times of Weh , Httr IInd Ola ' , and wo say there were giants In those days. But the giants hl\ve pnBsed. It Is sold that the rules governing enlistment In the Amerlcnn army IlIn'o ho to ) ) e chnnged so as to ndmlt smaller men , becauHe there arc not enough big ones to fill the ranlcs. Whether this Is Ilue to clgnrrettes , can. finement In business ofilces , strong dl'lnk or n Inclc ot good coo Icing Is not Imown says the Ohlcogo Uecord-IIer- aid , 'fho only thing wo can bo sure of In this con net. .on Is thnt the conditions ought to be encouraging. It hils for several years post been fenred that men were giving up the hnblt of getting murrled. ' 1'ho country hils more olll bachelors tlum ever before , and , canso- quentl . , more tIIllnarrled women. But If the girls are going to be six Ceet tnll , or oven more than tll/lt , and the ho 's arc to remain scrawny , scrubby little cbaps wo ma ' bo stirI' thAt mat- rhnony wlll como Into CashIon ngnln. 1'\0 IIttlo mnn hns ever yet been able to lesillt the chllr1lls ot a big woman. JUhtin tram the 8nmplc. A Oongressmlln who thought thnt one ot tbe grcat national Imrtles was tr . - Ing too hard to find nn Issue when tllero was no Issue In slsht , rebnked his opponents by telling this story : A client ot mlno hils a lurge tnlnlJ ' , nm ) accor lngly Is rather pressell Cor money. IIo came to mo joyfully one Ilay , eclnrlng thllt ho hud roun 011 flowing trom n 8pI'Ing on bls lan , und bringing mo a sample , ] 'he bottle he brought was one which ho hnd plclto ( } up In a hurry somewhere /lhotlt the house. I forwardell It to nn expert chcmlst , anll m ' client IInd I waited wllh a SOO deal ot Interest for his repOl't of the atlltlysls. In Il Iluy or two wo got this telegram : 1Io'ind no trace of 011. Your trlend has IItruclt paregoric. " Amhl UlIUIi. 'I'css-I snw Ir. Huff glance at m ' toot 3''Steroay , and then mnko som rl'1IInrlc to 'ou. Was It colllpllman. tnrr ? . J I dOT\'t know. I aske him II he didn't think you 111\(1 a pretty toot , and he snhl It 'was Immensc.Pbll , allelphla Press. 'I'hree-tourtbs of tbe enrth's surtoe < cnnnot be cultivated , owing to mountain - tain ranges , 8\vamps and ban-cli ground. + + + + + + .H..H' + + + + + + + + + + 'Jo + + + t .F. 000D . f t ! + j . . . . - - - - - - - - I.ord Hosehery once Bat next to n tlll'mer nt his estate htnl'r , and the conl1dlng mun whllCretI to the host , when the Ice ptll dlng WIIS hrought : " 1'ho pudding hUH IJl'en CI'o1.nn. " 'fhe ex-Premier , thunldng the CnrlUCJ. , IIn(1 ( loolclng surprised , cnlled to a wnltur , Bill ( ] sOlUuthlng , nn then , tUl'nln to the farmer ngaln , Allld : "They tell mo the puddhtg hna been Crozen on purpose - pose I" When the tretful critic , Oumberlnnd , Bnld of IL perCormllnco oC " 'fbo ScllOol Cor Scnndnl" that he was surprlse Ihut It provolwd Huch ImnlOderllte Jllurhter , ns It did not mnlcc him even smile , Hherl lln , the wit , orator , /ln Illnywrl ht , Is said to have remarltell : "Cumberillud Is truly ungrateCul , for I SIlW IL tl'llgedy of his plnyed a COI't- nIght beCore nt Covent GlmlenIn ! ! I laughe from heglnnlng to end , " , 'l'he other d/lY Iln Inquisitive Indy , vas talldug wltb .Tnmes Whitcomb Ill. ley on how poorly pllid wnf ! the proCession - Cession of IIterntm'e. "But , Ir. Hiley , " snld Hhe , "sl1\'ely you have no cauHe Cor complnlnlng. You must be a very rIch man. I understand you get n dol. lar a word for all 3'ou write. " "Yo-e-es , ma llm , " snld Hiley , with his slow drawl , "but sometimes I sit nil day nnd cnn't thlnlr of a -n word. " A photogrnpher who arrlvell at Oyster - ter : Bny the otber day nsJced permission - sion to tnlcc BOllle "Iews. Tbe Pres I- dent was amlahle , nnll tel blm : "You nre welcome to photograph nnythlng you IIko , except my wlCe nnd cblldren , but IC I catch you tIolng that I'll tbrow 70U off tbe plnce. " Those Ilre the or. ders to the secret-scn'leo men. They are authorized to permit ltOdalcers to shoot at an .tblng they see except 1\Irs , ltoosevelt tI.nd the chllllren. A New York clubmnn , whose reputation - tation as a conceited IInd Insuffernble bore wns a hyworll , was once attemptIng - Ing to Impress a group of men liS be- )1.1g n society pet. "Whllt a hospitable Ccllow BlnnIs / , " he snhl , naming one of New York's cleverest men ; "I Ilrop- ped In on him the other night , anll he und his wlfo Culrl3. Insisted that I stny for dinner. Such IL time us I had getting - ting nwnylVh ' , when I started to e/l"e , the - came rlgbt out In the hllll mul bllclccd up against the front door , " "After you'd g.g.sono out ? " sarcnstlc- (1113. Injulred one of his wearied listen. 'ers. J3nedcJccr's Is generally regul'dcll as fL hnrmless boolc. Not so In Turlcc ' , fls a German truveler hils leurnell to his grief. 'fh. . toun In his trunl , "a guhle through 'I'urkey , " nnd conlls. cnted It. The next morning the Bae- deicer wns returned to the Germnn , but with mom than n hundred IIIIg-eH , contJ1ll1lng a description of ( 'onstnntl. hople , torn out. 'J'he' tl'll\'elel' went to the censor's olllce to comllIlu ) of this Inexpllcuhle treatment of his heel , . : Uut the censor eXlllolned to him , wltll Irreslstlhle logic , thllt un accurnte de- crlptlon of Conwt/lutillople coul not tIC Muffered , Alnce a Imowledge of the loeallt ' waM cllicuilltcd to facilltnto an nttemt ) on the Sult/ln's life. SLANG OF OUR COLLEGES. IntcrclitinJ : : ArrllY of Burhnrhllns thnt On ! ) ' btilltclltli CUll Jntcrrrct. Iu nu urtlcle on college slnll ; PresIdent - Ident Thwing of the Westol'1l Ueserve \IItI\'erslt ' 1l\Sents ! IIn InterestlllJ. ; arr/l . of wOl'ds which the laymen would tr . in Yllin to underRt/llld without the /lId of a tencher or n glossllr ' . DltTerent Inngullges , he sn 's , have different 'worlls nml Ihrases , "III1 a few words nnd phrascs nre commoll to nH\\1 ' , such liS 'swle ) , ' 'son It , ' 'spllw , ' 'Josh , ' . 'hen- nedlc , ' 'goose egg , ' 'g1'llIg , ' 'crib , ' I\nd lI1an ' others Indeed. But there l\I'e bther words thnt al'e used only at a rew colleges. A student , Cor h\stllnco \ , n ono college may 'bllt' ( make a per. fect recitation ) alld mo ' sit III a 'benr ilOx' ( the faculty ) ) ew In chllpel ) . On going Crom church ho mnr hecome 1\ "helt cbllsel' ' ' ' nnll , wnllclng with n 'coed' olng to his dillner he hns a 'berr " a oo thing ) . In the nCternoon he prepllres himself Cor 'bib' ( that Is , for recitation III the bible ) . It Is possible thllt the 'belt chllser' wnlks with a 'blrll' a girl ) to the 'bird cllge' ( n dormitory tor womel } students ) . It Is also possible tI\I\t tl1e 'blrll' mn ' bo a 'birdie' ( aile wbo Is enger to make acquaintance with men without on Introduction ) . "lIe may proter to cnll his wall. a 'pUce , ' and nlso ho mny prefer to walk with a 'plugger' rather than with n 'blr , ' and while wlllking to tnlk nhout 'polel , ' ( political cconom . ) or ' 1)Olst' ( polltlcnl science ) . "A stullellt Inn3' he n 'Inoke' ( on ens . - goln , ; fellow ) , anll In t Ia t cnse he Is opt to he 'porl , " ( \'er ' poor ) kt bls worl'H , IInd conselltlCntl ' getH n 'zip' ( n zero In nuu'ks ) , and Is In danger ot belrt ! ; 'rustlcllted' ( suspended ) . Of course , be must become a 'repenter' . ( one required to repeat II 'ell-.s : wOl'I , ) , It he hopes over to get his 'rllg' (111)110. ( ) I mn ) . It the man Is IIn 'elle' ( II good student - dent ) he will prohllbl ) ' ot the rClllttll- lion ot belllg 'whnlo' ( II ) lhcnonH'1I1I1 ttlllent ) , In clIse he 'holies' ( studies ) llllrd nnd 'lOles' ( ) lr'IJnI'rs a Irsson b ' Jtro st ud . ) . , HE CREATc.D A SENSATION , , Towu' . 1"lrat UIII forlllcil l'oUCCIIIIIII CHI.e \\'ouder IIlId Terror. The old Inhabltunts ot towns are rend ! , t cxcbllnglng remlnlscence8 or eurl ' Inys. This wus the cnse recentl ' In n I , mall New England city nnll ono ot the matters recnlled was the cstabllsb. , . mOllt ot I..s . police elartment. The Corce wns s11lall III number , but ot Its memhers WIIH nltnost II glnnt In size -six Ceet Cour nnd a hnlC Inches tall nnd hrolldly built. 'I'here chnncet : to lie Il hitch nbout the delivery oC the lI1en'a uniforms , so tbnt only one wns received prolllptly nnd the Golillth 01 the forc ! ! stnllted Corth III hie splendor nlone. Nntllrnlly he crente n BenHntlon. As he I'll trolled the 10llg wln lng street thnt run the wbole length oC tI : : place there were mnny comments upon hll lwrsonnl IIppellrnnce , most ot which wore IlhcrccUy utterell lIC1er he hud pUhsed out oC henrlng. At length , how , ever , n shnmbllng , shnbby , sly.eyed , crnck-wlttell ne'er.do-well st.cppcd up nllll touch ell the gorgeous figure on th ( arm. "Sny , mlstcr , " he whispered humhly , "tell me the sntest IlIw to hrenk nnd I'll hreak It-for the honor of wllllting own 1\Ialn street with them buttons I" ' 1'he Information requested was not \'ouchsltfed nlld the glnnt IIlllrched on In his huttons and bls dlglllt ' . But /I IIttlo Cnrther nlollg a fnunll bo - who WIIS Jlln 'lnJ. ; In the Cront 'lIrd wns no less ImJlrellse , nlthough mOl'o hewll. dered. hy the slltterlng unll mighty liP' Jlurlt Ion. lIe ga"e one 1001" eyes nnd month lit their roun est , and then ash , ed Indoors , cr 'lng to his mother : "Oh , mammll , look I loolel Is be wnr or the clrcus7" ven nfter he bed become a tamlllllr I1gure to the citizens the hugc gnrllinn or the pence retC1lned some oC lils 1m , presslveness. 'o one prisoner at lenst he so embodied the terrors oC the tnw that the mnn submlttcd to an arrest wblch a few wordH ot explnnatlon at the time couJ ( ] bnve avertell. When , In court , be did at lenh'ih' explain , the judge Inqulrell In astonishment why h ( had not done so before. Smiling confi. dentln1Jy at his honor tbe accused replied - plied : . "Well , ju ge , It's lIlee tbls : You'reI I lolls ; but ns tor that Bunl'er Hilt monument - ument with a helmet on top , he mny be a first-rate han -cullln' macblne , but he nln't a mnn. I dllln't orst nrguty with him. No , slrl I'd as soon thought of tr .ln' to mnke my position clear to the town fire engine. " The ABtonl hlnJ ; Trade in Bnlbs. 1'110 man with the little garden walks roun the public park IInd sees cro- cuscs and Ilnll'olllls , hynclnths and tu. lips by the thousonll. ne unllerstnn e , they are Imported direct from Hollnnd b ' vcry Inrge users of the bulbs. It I an astounding trade ns so measUl'ell and tnl < en ns lID eXllmple of whnt oth. ( ! rs do In the same line , as trndesmen sa ' , 'I'nlw the Jnpanese trade. which comes next In Importnnce to the Dutch , During last senson eighty tons of lily roots were sold , and this amonnts In numbers to ahout 3,000,000. But tbls Is nothing to the Dutch tralle , It we tulco the snme hasls ot weight and numbers ns In the Jllpnnese Instnnce. The Ilverage snle Is sixty tons per week , which Is In numbers about 2,500- 000. ' 1'he Benson lasts IIhout four months-sixteen weeks-so tbat In weight { JQO tons nre sold ; nn thle' ' nmounts In numbers to the nhnost In , credlhle sum ot 'JOooOOOO.-Satut'llay Hevlew. A Double Point. 'fhe old qucstlon of the scholastics , "How mll1l ' nngels lI\'e supported on the point of a needle ? " was once chllrm , IlIgI ' nnswercd b ' the I/lte Dr. 'fill , \IIage. 'fhe Phlllldelphin Times tells how , Some theologlenl students were IIIUghlllg over the question whell In the ( ' /1\11I"I11Y of Dr. ' 1'almnge , . " 'Veil , " sliid be , "how mnnr Ilo yoU' ' thlnlt 'j" As no one IUlswere , he went on with churacterlstlc decision , "I'll tell .ou-lIve. Iet me prove It to 'ou. One very stormy night I was reo turning home late , IInd I noticed a light In the window of a room where a poor woman lived whose husband was lit scn , I wonllered what kept her up so Inte , alld I went to see. I found hcr hard at worlt sewlns b ' her Inml ) , while her I1ve rosy children were sound asleep lIeor hcr. 'I'here was n neellie support Ing five onsels. " fJove ( } HIli IJot. , 'fhe ycnerahle BIshop \Yll1lnms ot : Connecticut , Cor mnuy years presl lng BIshop of tbe Bplscopal church In AmerlclI , nnd who lived nIl his IIfo u bachelor , wns t/llldng one dny wltb a 'oung mnn Crom the ' \Vest Ilbout a pos. slblo tax a Western Stllto was trying to Impose on hachelors , the tn.x to bo IncrenRcd n certain per eent tor every ten 3'ears of bnchelorbood. " " 'hy , BIshop , " said the young man , "at your nge 3'OU woul have to pay nbout $100 a year. " "Well , " sal the BIshop , quietly , ( u } In his old-time vern/lcular , "It's wutb It.-New Yorle Times. , " 'hat A o Is 110 / 'fho Navy Department Is trying to answer the qucstlon : "How old Is Item. Admlrnl'l'holllllS O. Selrrillge , retired - tired ? " Is he U'J or l00 ? The records do not show /lnd Hellr Admlrul Sel- CI'lIlo , : will not tell , Ile snys It Is nebo - bo "s huslness how old he Is. But as ho entel'ed the nln. : , ' In 1818. and UlUst hu\'e heen nt le/lst 15 years 01(1 at th/lt tlnw , tl1l' HUlllOsltlon ' that he Is be- tw'n UIlnd ) 100. 'l'hedmlI'Rl's ol . rst Hon , Henr Allmlrul 'l'holllas O. Sel- fl'hl c , , Tr. , owns to being GO ycnrs. 'J'ho Hl'nlor 8'lfl'lIlgo W/IS born In IIub. hltrdstonlsH.PhIIrHll'Ihll ' , Pr as. J\IIIl'I'ua'H ! l'u"I.1t8t 111111'ot. I'ho chhwh hug hml been clllled the COStill'st Insect In America. It hns cost liS high liS $ l00O OOOO :0 teell durln a Hingle Sl'/lHon. A bug hllr l ' \"llIlblt' to the naked eye and which will provide fiOO ofTsIrlng Is dllncult tt ) cope wlUIu1I1 Its ofTenslvo o or pro- teetH It rl'Orn ot1u r In cttl which might teed upon It. - - - " - - FLOWERS FOR OUR RULERS. UOlIlJlIChl Are Supplied BOIIII t 111111 , . to Coucrc lllUcn 011I1 bClllltors , Out flowers nre supplied gratuitously by Uncle S/111) to number of persons au lustltutlons In the city ot Wash. Ington and rnemers ) or Congress h/lve come tn regnrd them fiS amollg tbe most dcslI'Rhlo ot their perquisites. 'l'he greellhollscs Crom which the tlowcrs III question come Itre malntnlned prln. clpnlly to supply the city parlts with the plnnts which malw them such a Ceature of the clt . , s benuty througbout the sreater part of the 'cnr. After tbo White House Is supplied the hospitals /lU other pUblic Institutions recelvo flowcrs. Many other worthy CnUses IIlso share In the Illstrlbutlon. Fnm. 'lIIes of membCl's of the cabinet , tbo supreme court nnd legislative membcrs corne next. 'I'hls custom , wblcb baa Jlre\/llIed for .e l's , of lstrlbutlng the cut flowers Is still Collowe . llesl es the greenhouses In charge ot the SuperIntendent of Public llull lngs /ln Ground , nnd the ' \Vhlte lIouse con. serv/ltory , other gardeners are those ot the AgrlcultUl'/ll Depm'tment the botanlclIl g/mlens. 'I'he latter /Ire un. er the Illrectlou of the Senate Corn. mlttee on LllJrary. The gurdens of the Depllrtment of AgrIculture Ilevote } ltrgely to the growIng of 1IIInts , otlwr than tloral. 'I'ho fiowers from tbe White I10UM conser\"ntor ' are use for dally decorn- tlons of the executl'\e mnnslon and It Is Cor stnte tunctlons nnd 1111 other erA t1Inar ' occasions tbat the supply ot tbo parle greenbouses Is Ilra wn upon. Tbrough this source of supply not nn Inconsillernble amount that would otb. erwlse hnve to be spent for fiowers for mnn . stnte dinners runs well up Into the bundreds and sometimes even thou. san s ot ollnrs. The floral decorations for tbe Prince I1enry Illnner , wblch were most elaborate , would bave cost $4,000 If purchased In the flower mar- ltet. As It was the real expendlturo In tbe fioral decorations was only n fe\.J hundred. USE or WATER AT MEALS. - . . . . . . . . . . - Dr. Fcllx L. Oswalll Insists tbat tbd avoidance ot water at meals Is a mera "sllultary superstition. " It Is not possl. ble COl' nn3. normally constituted bumnr ! lJelng to cat his wa . to the fil'st qU/lrtcr Instillment of II mo erll Illnner of over. heated mode dishes anll greasy \'lrmd without experiencing a distinct longln < l Cor II coollnS diluent , and before thd end of tbe seconll course that cravln assumes the ursency ot positive dls. tress , but he sufferer 1& warned to for. bear. lIas not Jrofessor Orthodox enu. merated 11\'e t1Istinct sources of peril from Indulging tbat nppetenc ' , and proved tbnt tbe water Instinct Is wrong , and thnt nature knows notblng about It ? The most Hpeclous ot tbeso arguments Is the nlleged risk that tbe IntroducUon of cold water would coagulate tl1e al. bumen of the Ingesta , nn thus complicate - cate tbe Inbors of tbe lgestl\'o organs. But Is It not e\'ldent thnt those orsans sbould be nllowed a costing vote In the decision of that contro\"ersy ? Dr. Schrodt , the author ot "Nntur- lIelllmnde , " hol s , on the contrnry , that OUl' Illet Is not half nul ( ] enough , and demonstr/ltes that organic wllrmth will soon reduce O\'CI'-COJ bevernges to the right medium , anll tbat a craving which nothing but Cl'esh watcr will sat , IsCy Is n clellr pl'oof that the stomncb Is suffering Crom IIn excess of calorIc IInd n deflclcnc . of moisture , , Tust walt , nnll tbnt distress will sub , sl e , Insists Professol' O-x. Yes ; the subtle chemistry of the orsnnlsm will e\'ellh1ll ) ) . lnd means to snUsfy Us needs fl'om Internlll SO\1\'ces , just us the ngollY of a famished mnn wlllgivewny to n dull torpor ; tbe system hils made nllothcr force loan on tile reserve storcs of Its own tissues , anll made tbe sufferer a little more comfortable , though allo n little lenner. Even tbus the disappointed stoll1nch will male shift to lend molstme Crom some other port of the OI'gnnlsm where It Is less sorely needed an the distress subsilles , tbouSh tl feeling of , ngue dlscomrort reo mains , su gest1ng that the sort of molstme rellbsorbed from the lower all , mentnry Iluct Is not exactly wbat tltQ stomacb wantell. Singular 811:1111 Ihr Trnvolers. On the bllnls of n rivulet near Stra bane Is It stone wltb tbls singular In. scription , which was no doubt Intended tor tbe Information ot stragers travel , Ing by the road : "Take notice that when tbls stone Is out ot sight It I not snCe to ford the river. " This rccalls the fnmous finger post which Is snld to hnve been erected by orller ot a sur , \'e .or ot roads In Kent : " 'fbls Is II bridle path to Favershnm. It yet ] can't read tbls 'ou ho better lceep thE main rOftd. " French Happy lomo BrolteD Up. A Parisian IlIlly bns been compee ) ) ! > . the police to break up ber hUPPJ home , consisting ot 20 hens , liO cocks , ao pigeons , a goat , 4 cots , 8 Ilogs , a liar , rot nnd II dozen S1111111 birds , ! let nelghbOl's ohJectell to being kept await < < nil night by the cnts and Ilogs , and it helng roused UI ) at an tmell1'Ully hem ) ) ' the crowing of the coels. t-1tuntcll. Oltlmnn-I l1eal' Ule Popleys bav . mo\'ell out nenr .0\1. IIa'l ! you Hem theh. bllhy ? Isn't It a tiny IIttio mite : Subbubs-Yes , but 3'0\1 must remem ber It pnssed tIlO tlrst six months 01 Its lite In a nnt.-Phlladelphla Press , A woman's Idea ot a bargain Is some thing she can't ufford wben sbe need ! It an wblcb Is offered at n reductlor wh"n , sbo h s no use tor It. . - - - - - - - - - - INu't It 8lrnngo. ! Jon' mnny l11en neglcct to repJy to J 'heir correspondouti ? How mnny wumen thlnlc n IDaD bnB 110 rIght to rcfuso to do thcm 1fl1vm ? , How many men Jllughlnjlly break' IIn engngemcnt with a womlln ? How IIII1'ny men rUdely repel tbo ! ufTectlonllto greetings of a wUe ? IIow mnny wumon Rhow wallt or tact In n buslnes trnnsnctloo ? IIow many men arc victims to bab. : Its whlclJ could easJly bo ovcrcomei now many wumen carry wroIJg1 Ideas regarding meo's tnlthrnlOess ? ! now mnny men Hke to talk about y their Belt-abnegation ? " \ . .Huw many women nre actuated l1y selUsh mati ves JD most things they. do ? IIow many men hnvo a tendency to' ward flippancy when dlseuslng worn- en-PhlJadelphla Bullotln , .nlrs. Jllldehralt's Dl oovcrr. ; Lake Sarah , : \lInn" \ Nov. 24.-Mr . IIlI ehrnllllt of thIs 1IIIIce clRhns to' lIa ve lsco\'ere < 1 a cOl1llllete cnre flT" HheulllntlslU an numerous Ieople cnnt h'stiCy thnt nslrR. : . Illlllebrnnut hnd the terrible nmlctlon and Is now It weU WOl/lltn , she nppears to have ; . ; oed gl'OUI/ Cor ber clallll.1I's. : \ . lIlIde- bl'andt speaks of hel' cure IlS follows : "I had the Hheumatlsll1 In my at'IDS so boll tbot I could not slcep at nl ltt. I was In uce ( ] to try Dodd's Kidney Pills , an betore I had taken two Ioxes ) I \Vas mucb better. Wben I bad taken lour boxes I wns completl'ly cured. " It Is only ralr to state tbat oUt 3m. have mnlle the same discovery as Irs. 1Ilidebrnndt , and that for Rheumatism an otber diseases arising trom th& I\ldne : 's , Dodd's Klllney Pins arc rec. ognlzed ns tbe one surc and pcrmanC11t cure. lie It 11Y. . Mrs. McCaul-Isn't this Jlttle Johnnv Gndnway ? Johnnv-Yes'm. Mrs. MtVaul-1 was just olng tj. ea1l on your mamma. Is she at home ? I Jolmny-'No'm. She's just wcnti It own to tha next bloclc to look .for - me.-lJhlladelphlu Press. Tbe streets of Bumbay are excellent - lent , as are generally the ma1a roadsl tbroujtbout : Indm. Th'cy arc thor- I oughly macadnmlzPd , , or metaled , aud / ' made smooth by beavy rollors. Military braid is a modish : trim- mlng. Powder boxes como In the form of silver vinaigrettes. An advertisement at a DOW nursing bottle contains the following lucl directions to Insure satisfaction In Its use : "Wben the baby is done- , drlnkln , It must b unscrewed an lal In a cool place under a tap. .n , the baby dops not thrive on fresb , milk H should hp. boll . " y , . Extract of Beaf T We use the best Iran beef , get all Ihe es.ence from It , and coneen/rate / It0 / Ihe uttermost. In an ounce 01 our I xlract Ihere Is all Ihe nulrltlon 01 many pounds of beef. To get lUore nutriment /0 / the ounce is impossible. Our " to Make Good Thin ! : ! 10 Eat , " wailed ree. liBBY , McNEill & . LIBBY , CHICAGO. , 1.ukI1. . tOt'Jln& I.U. " , at hll. . . dartn& apar4 bOUl" < llnelooe . " ' fo , ' . ; .t"lI11' I't : Ir. : jIIDI ' SupPl100m' ' an ) ' , } ' , 0 , DOl 6n , 1I0the" " , , N. Y , 1. . . . . fiTS . . . . = -n.nUCu" " , . "om.o'nent'UPL'tt . On , " ' . . . . . . . dA1" UloI or II" KI1108't O 111. I 110. . . , tIIH I. UEU'II.0C"rial : ' .nH u. . . . 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