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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1907)
. . - - - - - " tIt..d : : ' "V . . " adopted by t l\rd , by tnRni.1 mous vote ; WUUr.AS , Th'ro aeema to be a I misunderstauding umong Borne of the County omcil\ls RS to who is en. titled to the use of U.\o \ adding ma- chinu. 1 61'efol'e , be it l\ESOIVEl > , 'rlmt it is the scuae of this UOfml thnt , snid adding lU " chi. . c is for the usu of 1\11 county officinls , and that the countj' OmCCrR ( are requested to 60 arrange their I work , that onch of the onicef : ! mo.j' have tho"u6e f said mRchine n8 the work of the otlico l'l.luirca , BCN P MOHlUs. It WUI : ! woved awl cnrrie to mt. jouru ill e 'ith , , 1 U07. : i : , c SCHOOLS FOR THE DUELIST. Paris , Dcrlln and Vienna Have Their Regular Academics. I . . . . . : . - r Regular due1ing schools have just ecn estab1ishcd in Pllris-m well as ! in Home and BCl'lin IUld Yicnnu- Inot merely for swordsmal1ship alone Ibut (1lso for regular practice with the I ong-bllrl'eled dueling pistol , suys the Scientific American. ' 1'1C } principals jwear long padded overalls nnd curi- lous Inasks like those of the deep-sea diver , with a thick glass plaque in rent of the face. ' 1.'he "bullets" used ure pellets of cluy , which , however , might do very serious nmllgo to the pupils in these I : remarkable academics were it not for , itbe glass , protection over the face. ' tLcssons are first of all given in the ! [ elaborate etiquette of dueling and Inext comes instrudion in the necessary - ! sary "department. " Last n d most important of all comCB the duel proper , with the ! mcasuring out of the ground , the croading of the pow9rf _ spring pistols - , tols with the soft clay balls nnd the i : aiming on the part of ench combat- , nnt (1t 0. vital spot-usuully the hend. o doubt the knowledge that the 'shooting ' is innocuous tends to make iha duelists' o. In nccuro.te , but there ; ClUl o.lso be no question tho.t it familiarizes - , , : miliarizes a mun with the entire routine - ; ! tine of a procedure which , without he initiation , would be extremely I idisconcerting to the bravest. . Necd ess to say , the majority of ! the pupils by no means have real ; duela up n their hands , but among a passionate people like the French , , quick 'to anger and to a'enge real r , fancied , iqsult , there is. no .lack of : attendance at the various schools , of : wh ch three or four have already ibeen opened in , the French capital. NO r4ORE , FORENSIC'ORATORY. . , - . Inspiration is a lost art in the court room. Nowadays no true lawyer - yer advises , prepares documents or , tries q case without n careful prep- aration. Forensic orn.tory 1ms ! pRssed away. No longer does the , crowd gather in the country court house 1to listen to and be moved by 1ho wit , pathos and eloquence of the advocate AS for hours or days he address9s the \lry. \ , 'l'he cop t 'room may be : ( illed ; but it is largely with the ubiquitous reporters , many of whom are IlS destitute of teurs ns Sahura of wnter" nnd as cullous to emotion ns the mummied sleepers of Egypt. No lQnger is jt true that weeping men and women with handkerchiefs to their eyes , are moved hy the eloquence of counsel. ] nther J11ny it more truly be said thnt distunt 'rex s find the far Pacific - cific slope hung breathlessly on the reporter's imagination and Illanu- fm.tul'cd cloquence. ' 1.'ime is 0. presaing factor. Faets rather thm : eloqucnce is the demand.-Atlantic 1\1onth1y. THEN HE GOT FIRED. - . . - Deaoon Hayrick-No , Iarson , I don't think wo ought tew glyo' you a vacation. You know the devil never tnkes ono. Rov. Gudely-llo would , deacon , II you don't keep him so busy.-Clncln. BaU Commercial Tribune. Where Everybody D es It. "Dtd you ever Bee a man wl k h1 bls oleell ? " . ' ' , "Lots or Ulom : and k ard them tan at the same Umo. I stopped olr h : Fhlladelphla three or four days onco. ' -Kansas . City Drovera' . Tole&ram. I" " - : " , . . - - - - . . . . - ' . . . . ' . . ' . f . . " - - . . " - . ' - . . . . . . . , . . . . - , . . . . : - - - - : = , HIGH PRAISE. I : , - Edith-Is Lonelyvll e a good plnco to oIClul ! 01le8 ; vacntlon ? Jacle-Ycs : IC 'Oll go there you will wlah less that YOIl hnll gene somo. where 01130 thnu IlIl ) ' plnco I Imow ot.- Chlcngo Dnlly News. I' FATAL ALLUSION. - Sandy Pllms-So YOI' started drInk. Ing again ou nccollnt ot what do lady In de wnyshlo cottage said. What did she say ? Runntng Roblnson-Whr , I told horI I hadn't toucl\od \ a drOI ) In a month , an' she suld : "K op up the good worle , my poor man. " Ot course when aho called It worle I hnd to cuase. I THE MODERN STYLE. I I I I I Mr. Flclc1o-Is thl8 then to bo the end at 0111' romnnco ? , , MIss SlIcle-No. My law'or will call on you In the morning. I have a bushel and n half ot your lettors.- Clnclnnutl Enqulror. A DOUBTFUL VIEW. , ' 1 shall have to ask aunt for a few days. Shall I cnllit a visit , 01' what ? " "Woll , personally , I should call it I Tlllltatlon-Chlcugo Chronlclo. NOT IN TOUCHABLE MOOD. -no 70U know , I tool lIke askln. . IOU for a llound or two to go shopptn , With T" "Do you ? Well , just 'come roun , apWt In an hour or ao when the tee : 'DI baa worn oft" _ - - 0- . , , " ' , . . . . - ' < . . , ' . . . . , . . . " _ _ n - - _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ ' , - . . . . . r. . . . . ' " _ _ READY TO TAKE NOTES. Cruel Husband Had Stenographer to Rccord Wife's Remarks. Fredorlc 1rllllld , tit the hUll convene tlon or the Nlltlonn I Aspoclnton ! of Stellogl'llllhors lit Atlulltlc City , Bald ot a sOll1owhnt hurgh rohulw that ono slollographCl' hnd adminIstered to au. otlll'I' : " ' 1'hut rebulw WIlH 1\ little to cruel , was It 1I0t ? It I'omtllda 1110 ot the crU. elly of u WlIlllllngton : IIIl1n-a plCCl' of cruelty wherelll stenography played I1n ullwlttlng purt. "As thIs 11I1111 came to hed ono nIght hIs wll'o IJnld to him : " 'Jlon tllo strl1ngor gOlio ; 1 didn't helll' 11111I. ' " 'Olt , no , doal' . 110 hasn'\ gone , ' the h IISIJIIlld I'oplled. 'I ha vo Instrllctod ho lIIuld to lot hIm out tn thl'eo or fOl1r hours. ' ' ' 'rlw wIre 'looked amazed and Htupo , fled. " 'WI1I1t-why-who on enrth ts he , 11nYWI1Y 7' silo atmnlllOl'od. " 'M ' dellr , ' naltl the husllalHl , flulet. Iy , 'ho In u 111101'1 hmlll reporlel' . YOII CIOC , I nurl ' III wa 'H forget what YOIl Imy to 11I0 Iflll'ln'ollr / dll3courso from 11 till two 111111 omothnel3 i o to sleep , tllIo ) YOlI'l'f' talllng. So I thought I'd hl10 ' ' 10cllll'O , vrltton . \0 ) 0111' out to.nlght. /lnd / stlldy It lit lilY 101slll'O. 'l'he 'oung l1Ian 11:1 : all rend ' , the door Is open so f lIat he CIIII hoar YOII , und you may be , gIn nH Aoon liS YOIl llIte. ' " TURNED' ON THE REFEREE. Turtles Objected to H In Interruption of Their Fight. I Milton , T. Vreeland , a farmer livIng neilI' Plno Bl'Ook , N. .T. , was nearly drowned In the Pnsslac rlvol' 'estor- day aD the re lllt of his nctlng as ref. 01'00 hetweon two snapiling turtles. I says the New York WOI'ld.rrcoland , I wllo was tn ' 11 cunoe , watched the bout ! for a mInute or two and then decIded , tlU\t' It wns time for the combutants to brenl , away. ) lIe Illuldled up to thcm , renched over the side , callght thom by the talis , ono ' In each hand , and SWIIII ! ; them Into the 'canoe-one in the how , the other In the stern at the frail craft. nut tho' turtles dtd not accept this decIsIon. They wanted to fight on , and beIng 'unable to get at each othor' ' they at- taclcd { the self-nppolntcd referee. 'rhe fm'lIIor hnd found it un easy Inntter to catch hold of the turtles. talls when the- were in the wnter. ' but It was Imposslblo now with the canoe to leeep on an even lweI. Ho caught up the paddle' and with this mannged to be t off his assnllants for- awhile , but nt last the' canoe capsized. As It dId so ono'of the turtles dealt the' fm'I1I01' 11 blow In the back jllst below the belt. It clung to the place on the trollsers where It had rmplled nnd Vreeland found ho coul 1I0t swtm. lIe saya hImself he vouhl luive gene to the bottom but for Franl. .Tncobus , who t.urned n. bond in the rlvor in n , , canoe and towed mlln und turtles , ashoro. . Foolish Dietetic Fads. "It mell gTlmh' cat to live , the ' wlIi ! not IIvo Ion ! ; , " Inys ; Dr. Thomas La- throp StedmulI , In a protest against. the despol'llto serlousnesH with whIch. the 1)I'esent gellel'lltlon regards its , food. Dr. Stedman suggests that people - plo s\wllhl \ oat what they lIIee. "Appe- tite , " ho sa 's , "I's as necessary to di. , gestlon as Is mastlcntlon , and what is . enten without rollsh Is with dlfilcult ) . " If at nil , asslmllnted , for the stomnch desillseslIIsn VOl'y stuff and refuses to. sccreto sufficient l1ulll for Its dlges- , tlon. " The dietetic crnnlho adds , Is. sa ved trom the otherwlso InevItabll" results of his folly , hy the tact that his , entll\lslastlc allpreclatlon ot the un savory food which he Is persuaded will nssure him strength and Jong life , gives him a tasfo for It , nnd so the' motherly stomnch 1)I'ovlties an abund. , ance of I nstrlc julco ot the proper com- position. . Earth Becoming a Desert. Thut the earth Is becomIng 11 desert - ort anI ) that It Is only a matter of time when it wt11 bo a desolate wnste , was the statement made b ' Prof. LoWell III lecture betore the Lowell Instltuto at the Massnchusetts Institute - tute ot technology. The water contnincd b - the earth Iff' passing b'Tadunlly ocr Into Inter.stell/\ ! " space , and the great descrts such as the Sahara and those In Arizona are IncreasIng In sIze much more rapIdly than most people tblnk. AccordIng to Prof. Lowcll , what . were oneo well populated valleys In , the regIon ot the Sahara , Is now a , . dry , sandy waste. In Mars sImilar changes have been takIng place , and the planet Is now about three-eighths desort.-Boston Globe. Question and Answer. When Nathan M. Morse was trying the 'l'ucleerInan wt11 case before JtHlge McKim , at Doston , Dr. Jelly , the well. lcnown expCl't on Insanlt ) . , was ono of the wltnosses , Ono ot the hypothetical - cal questions nslccd of the witness by Mr. Morse contained no loss thnn 20- 000 wOI'ds. The lawyer started this. pithy quostlon at the opentng or court and closed enl ' a few minutes prior to the noon adjoul'nment. The point that Mr. Morse was endeavorIng to bring out I'olated to the mental condl. tlon ot the testator when he made hIs wt11. wt11.ThIs ThIs Is saId to hl\ve been the longest single Interrogation over made In n. court ot law , and the answer com. prlsed jUlit throe words , "I do not. " Ie The Cynic AgaIn. g We always dIslike a man who hag grasped an opportunity wo falled ted d see. When we lIay ot a man that ho I. won't listen to reason he Is probably sa .tng the same ofls.Tho Tatler. , ' . ' " - : : _ # _ - . . . . . ' " 'V'I.- . . . r . - . . . . . . lint. . , , , ' - , . . . . I PROVED HIM AN IMPOSTOR , udge'o Clever Ruse Uncovered TrIck. ery of Plaintiff. ! : I Joseph Chonte fnlnous lawyer , related at a dlnnor party at LenoJC : . ROIIIO IntOl' stlng remlnlscencus of tho. I bar IIl1d bench. i "A strIking CIISO , " said tr. Choate , I , "transpired In the 'GO's. It was a CIISO ; of u workman who claimed to have lost till' sIght of his loft o 'e tn an ex. ' Illosloli. " 'l'hol'O was no doubt about the ex. plosloll und there was no doubl thnt the worlelllan's eye had been Injured , hut the physlclunB clahned that ho could HCO out"ot It , whllo ho stoutly dl'clured thut the sight was utterly deHlroyod , " ' 1'ho jUdge heard nil the evtdence , 111'0 und con. Then , sending the work. man fro III tllo court 1'00111 , ho said : " 'Got a blacleuoarll Ilnd wrtte 11 sen. tence on It with gl'con chalk. Also got u 111I11' of sllectaclos lth ordinary clear glnss for t110 lort eye and red Iast ! for the rIght. ' "This , In the courae of an hour erse so , WIlS done , 'I'hen the workmun WIIS h'Ought ! bncle and ho wus ordered to IHlt the queCl' glas03 on. "lie Il\It \ them on unci the judge said to him : " "I'ul'n the blnckliolll'd round and see If you can road what Is wrItten. ' " ' ) 'he man read the sentence without' ' hesitation , whereupon the jUdge said to him sternlr : " 'Your case Is J3mlssed. You are an hnpoHtor. You must huve read that sentollce with your left eye , for the red glass avel' the right ono turned the grccn writing blacle and made It qwte invIsible on the hlackboard. ' " DEFORE AND AFTER ELECTION. Prcllicient Buchanan Ha Had All the Visitors He Wanted. President Duchannn's home still standI : ! In the outslclrts of Lancaster , Pa. Ducllllnnn wat ! a close friend of Abraham N. Cassel. lIe was presl. dent of the turnpike company which owned a I'ad leading from Lancaster Ilust the Buchnnnn residence. During tbe campaign which gave Pfnnsylvanln. her only president this turnpike prospered on the tolls of the callers who dall ) ' thronged to the candIdate's home. "Abe , " snld Duchanan ono day , "can't you abolish the tolls , or give n specIal rate , for ul1 these people ? I wnnt to encourage them to come- . want .emal1 to corne. " MI' . Cassel promised to consult his directors , and a concession was granted. After election came the ofilco seek ; ers , and the hone of the president. elect was compassed about like a be- leagured camp , Meeting him , Bu. chanan again entreated the road OWUCl' : "Cassel , " he 'saill. "for heaven's salce lcoep 'em awar ! Can't you build toll gates clelll' up to the sley so they can't climb over-Suturday Evening Post. Couldn't Afford It. About a year ago Sewell Ford became - came n resIdent of Rye , N. Y. He had lived there only a short time before he dIscovered that one of his neigh. bors was Simeon Ford , The revela. tlon was made over the telephone. "Hollo ! " said a voIce , "is thIs So- wel1 Ford ? " The author ot "Shorty" admitted that It wns. "Wel1 , " went on the voice , "this is Simeon Ford. Sone one's sent : me your meat bill , " "Good ! Why don't you pay It ? " " 1 will It you'll pay mIne. " saId Simeon. " At Inst accounts the bargaIn had not been concluded. Simeon runs a hotel.-Exchango. Carelessness About Firearms. A few days ago at Drockton , Mass. , II 6-year.old child blew a man's head off with n shotgun ; at Danger , Me. . a small boy lellled hIs Infant sister with a loud of shot , and sImilar occur. rences hnvo recently been reported from other places. Nlnety.nlne per cent at gun acctdents mIght have been avoided by the exorcise of a small symptom of common sonse. The chll. dren referred to In the dispatches found the guns In their homes and the guns were loaded. To lWOI ) a leaded gun In the house Is next to criminal carolessness. 'fo leeep a loaded gun In the house whore there are children Is Idlotlc-Washlngton Star. Passing of Wedding Rings. "Perhaps because rings as simple ornaments are so completely out of fashIon , few marrlod women wear the symbolic gold band at present , " said a fashlonablo manicurist the ether day. "Of the several dozen pntrons who frequent our ootabllshment In the busy season every day not ono In six or seven or the married matrons Is so dlstlngulshod. The rragllo lookIng cll'clo whIch of past years has grad. ually been losing somethIng ot Its solldtty 's ' carefully preserved , no doubt , with other Intorestlng souven , Irs nnd keOlSakes. It Is seldom worn. " Too Careless. "Did YOtt bring the engagement ring , Henri ? " "Yes , I lluvo it hore. Dut fair an BOftly. Gwendolln. Defore I plaeo It upon your taper dlgtt I must ask fOI lIufficlont security to covel' Its fah value. " "Security , Henri ? " "Aye , socurlt . . I have lost no les ! than three rlnglJ by beln ! ; cal'eloss Ot this point. , No sec\U'It ) . , Owenny , nc rlDI. " . . L - . ' - . - , ' - - . . . . . , . . , - - , . . . . . . . . " , ' . . - " . . - - . . - , . I nEAL TRANSFOn.MA : O , "Tellm , does the 'Tower or Sturva- , tlon' stili exIst in your old castle ? " "Certatnly , but I have trnusformed It Into a restalll'unt. " \ CH ! : : 3 SO. - - - - . = - - Hubby-It becomes very trying , my dear , you'ro always saying' cheque , cheque , cheque. I feel as if life wore a long game of chess. Wifie-Well , Edward , if YOy don't glvo mo some money , I shall have to pawn , pawn , pawn , and it would still seem like a game of chess , wouldn't It ? FLIPPANT. ( Edith-Is that your earliest ances. tor ? Chawlo-Nawl That's only the guy that left us the money to buy thQ others wlth-Chlcago ! Dally News , NOT ALL ALIKE. - Enthusiastic Golfer-When you know thnt a ml\.n is devotee of golt. you can bo absolutel ) " certain of hie mental caliber and be nssul'ed- PlaIn Man-Oh , como ; I wouldn't say that. I don't doubt that some men play golf who arc renlly qulto sonsl. ble.-Clnclnnatl Enquirer. RIGHT PLACE. - "Whore can I get good quarter about here ? " "Well , you mtght try St Frlzbeo' general storo. SI ain't never been IItuck with a counterfeit since he' . been in buslnoss. " . . . . : : : : _ _ . _ _ d _ . : . - , GOT THINGS EVENED U" . Convict Suffered Inconvenience . . Have La on Law. J The late Capt. "Joo" Nicholson used to toll or a tong.tlmo prisoner who had been In the house of correc. \ tlon while thQ captain ran tbdt Instl. : tutlon , ; Just before his term expired the convtct cabled the captain that jus. , , lice was noW do no and that an hon. ! cst man would start ntresh In the . ' I World. "But you have told mo several times [ hnt you were Innocent of the , hargo on which you were sent here. " : "So 1 was , Capt. 'Joe , ' and 1 caD. ; ! provo it. Here are tbe names ot ! , three witnesses. Got their stato"l monts and see whether 1 am lying. ' " I Just as n. matter of curiosity the , : captnln complied and found couvlnc. ing evidence of the man's Innocence. i 'rhe convict was called In and In dlgnantly uslcod why he llad not usoo' \ hts evIdence In getting a new trIal. , "I'll tell you , captatn. In my tllnt t 1 was acquitted three or four times , when 1 was guilty , so when I was con , I vlcted of something 1 never dtd , . . . Just thought I'd oven things up by tak. , . . , . . . # - Ing m ' medtclne without' Iclclclng. Be. sides that , It sort. ot tlcleled me to . . . , 1111(1 that justlco had missed me at : every shot.-Detrolt Nows. , I . GOOD AND BAD READING. Best Kind Must Arouse Reflection and Build Up Ideals. Schopenhauer said : "Tho surest way of having no thoughts of our own. Is to talee up a book every time wo have nothIng to'do. " That Is not the 1IOII\IIar Idea , for reading Is generally r garded ns the generator of thought and character. But It Is not so ot Itself. One must do somothlng besIdes - sIdes rend. He must dl est what ho reads. He must Increase the range of hIs perceptive powers , start up a new set of relatlons and draw some fresh conclustons. 'Ihere ; are people who read a great deal more Ulan other' people , but know a great deal less , They read just to read-to put In tlmo ; for a pleasurable sensation that one gets lying In a hammock or drink. ing n glass of soda. There Is no dl. gestive force in It that builds up brain fiber. It Is the 80rt ot reading that sustains Insipid talk and makes one in a lIttle social circle turn away In disgust when a serious subject Is ra- --Jr ferrod to. The fact Is the only ktnd of reading that Is worth the tlmo em. ployed Is that which arouses refiec- tlon and builds up Ideals. Deserved Rebuke. Lady Walrond , the wife ot General Sir William Walrond , M. P. , described at a dinner party In Boston the ure' or a maid of honor. "Ono of my friends , " she said , "was a maId of honor to Queen Victoria. She spent a part of each win tor at San Remo , wlwre I have a villa , and one January afternoon nt the Sports' club , where we were takIng tea under ? , an orange tree , a gentleman said to , her : " 'How Interesting your IIfo at court must bol And what a deJlghttul diary you must be able , to keep ! ' " 'No , ' said the maid or honor , 'that Is impossible. The queen makes it a condttion that we keep no diaries while at court. ' " 'Ah , ' said the gentleman , laughing , 'I think I should keep a very secret one , all the same. ' " 'Then , ' said my friend , with a c grave smlle , , 'I am afra.td you would i not be a maid of honor. ' . . ) ! Not So Much Needed. A family that. had struggled many years In poverty sUddenly eame Into Ilossesslon of an Income. 'rhey moved into a little place In the country and trIed to tmpress their neIghbors with their importance. They tnlked con. stantly or what "pcople in our posi- tion" should and should not do. Some of their city acquaIntances came to visit them one summer and the little daughter ot seven or eIght was showing them about the plnce. "What nice chickens ! " exclaImed one of the guests when they reached the poultry yard. "They lay every dn ) ' , too , I suppose ? " "Yes , " said the youthful hostess , "that Is , they could , of course : but In our posttion they don't have to. " Fish That Climbs Trees. "Thero are fish that sh > ot , fish that fish , fish that can't swim , " said the ; nature student , "but I didn't know tltl I visited Tongatabu that there was a fish that climbed troes. "Thoy ho.vo In Tongatabu n small octopus , or feke , to give It its native name , and this creature frequently r comes out ot the sea and ascends a tree overhanging the wator. On bolng " - disturbed It drops from the branches back Into Its proper element again. "In the far Pacific fslo ot TDnga. tabu the natives are fond of octopus fiesh and it Is no uncommon thing to see a brown-skinned lad go shInnIng up a tree In the hope of findtng a fish among the branches. " "Cult" of the Concertina. An attempt is being made in certain musIcal circles to promote the cult ot the concertina. It is quite likaly that in the hands ot skltted professional players the concertina Is capable of giving an excellent account ot itselt. But in the hands ot Incompetent ama. teur3-and most amateurs who handle I it are Incompetent to the point of crtmlnallty-it becomes an Intolerable I InSll'IlIllent of torture , and any ex. I ton81011 .or Its popularity In this nervo- I ridden age would bo nothIng sbort of . . . . , . calumtty.-LondoA World. . to