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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1908)
. f ' Jt < iJ JtCU\J ( ' < t of Jnty : Pr , tft ( r How Josephi/Ze CSrown. Honored : by ; 93eauty ; judges in Three Big Ew'opear2 Cities , and Pestered by . f Proposals in C012seqrtet2ce , Has Just Given Her , . Hand to a Rising Young ! yew YQrk Doctor. - - - New York-The four gl'lm grar walls pf the city prison over on Dlacl - well's Island have been just bursting with the secret of D. l'OmanUc engagement - ment , and there Is a smile these days on the faces of the forlom crel1.tures forced to live there-for the fortunate man Is Dr , PhlIlp B , 1\Intz , assistant } 1h 'slclan to the prison and the friend of every unfortunate Inmate of that IJlace , according to the Sunday \Vorld , The herolno In the case Is 1\1lss Jo- sephlno Brown , who lives at No , 204 \Vest Ninety-fourth street , Now Yorl , It was on n mission of mercy to "the Island" that 1\IIss D1'Own met Dr , ! lIatz -but to begin at the beghmlng : A lIttle over 11 ) 'ears ago Chicago , was talrlng a very great Interest Indeed - deed In a little seven-year.old girl who ' < ! ould play the vlolln with the slel1l of a born artist. The little aile was .To- \ aephlno Drown , She had won her honors at a series of } JUbUc concerts. A 'eal' or two later she came to New YOl'le with her mother , and added to I lieI' I'amo as a violinist was her repu. tatlon for childish beaut . , The almost Jlorfectly .formed features of her face , t ; the magnificent black eyes and long , ! jet-black hall' acclaimed her wherever I she appeared. 'fhose who were < ! harmcd with her then predicted that I as she grew older she would become one of the most beautiful women In the world , : In New York Mrs. Brown secured for her daughter the leading violin teachers , and very soon musicians and artists were attracted toward the 1ltUe western girl. Photographers , artists In black and white ami these r who painted In all besieged the - mother to aHow .Tosephlno to pose for them , Mrs , Brown granted as nmny r of these requests as ] Iossible , and the I 1\1adonn3.l1lco fnco of Uta JltUe girl ecmne well Iwown In the artists' studios , of the city , All Countries Prnlse Beauty. Quite without the knowledge of Miss Brown 01' her mother , a little over a year ago one of the artists whO had been attracted bj' the beauty of the little girl when she first arrived - rived in New York , sent his ] Jortraits of her to London , Berlin and St. Po. . tersburg and entered them in beaut ' i contests then being held In those cities , .A different pose of Miss Brown was sent to each place , but In every city th'J judges were unanimous in awarding her the first prlzo fa I' beauty. , Pleased as she was by the honor I " 'nonn"- - than her ! Jeaut ' , had attracted the attention - tention of the law ' ' 'el' when she first came to the city , 'fhrough frlonds Mr. Hummel was Introduced to her IInd hOl' mother. Evontuallr he became the acknowledged patron of the lIttle girl. . Ho oJtalned ! the best teachers for her , n.rranged concerts at which she )1la ) 'ed and secured her introductions Into the homes of the socially } Iromlnent In Now York and NewlJOrt. What success - cess has como to Mis8 Drown she owes largoh' to the kindly Interest of Mr. Hummel , And 1\1lss nl'own was grateful. . She was not content to tell onb' of the many Itfndnesses ho hnd done for hel' and her mother , She did more , The first day the convicted In.w'or sent word to the outsldo world from his cell in )1rlson ) that ho would IIIco to see tlOS0 : of his old friends who still cared to see him , Miss Brown wns onl" of the first to hurry to him with flowel' and fruit n.nd some dnlnt . jell ' that her mother had made with her own hands , It was the sight of his little friend that brought the first smile to t lO face of the lIttle lawyer that anyone had seen after his con. victlon. Cheered Her Benefactor. Since then novel' a weele has passed that Miss Brown has not bccn tL vis. ltor' to the island. In her arms she has always carried flowers , fruit , bool.s-countless little offerings of de. votlon to malco the da 's of her bene. factor pass as qUlcltly as possible , Once in a while she would talw her violin and , ] llay over and over the fa. vorites of 1\11' , Hummel. She was in truth an angel of mercy. for while she I ] 1layod for 1\11' , Hummel the other men in the prtson hospital could hear and see her , and her visits made them ' happy , IBut : i\Ilss Brown was not the only friend of ! Ill' , Hummel during the da 's ' of his disgrace , One of the honor' students of the Long Island CoHego hospital , in the graduating class of 1J07 ! , was Philip U , Matz , l'oung : paltlmore student. Bis actuil Imowledgo of medicine , added tea I genuine kindness fOl' his fellow beings , made him more than successful In treating the cases the older 1I0ctors allowed him to handle durin : ; his senior rear , It was with a feeling that theh' pupil would acquit himself credltabl ' that the doctors se. cured him the assignment to Black. well's Island Immediately aCter his . - ' - - " noon' " \ \ f. . ! II : . MISS JOSEPHINE BROWN R E SADDLE. . - - - , and attention showered on her hy the artists , it WIIS the fl'lendship of those who toolt an Into rest in 'hor 111113Ical training that Miss Brown cherished most , A'nd it was this gratitude that led to the bewlldoriug nu1nbel' of can- gratulaton' letters and tele\'Ums ! which Miss Brown has been roceh'ing during the ] mst few da 's , \\Then "Abc" Hummel , the convicted - ed In.wyel' , was sent. disgraced and 1'0- \'lIel1 , to ben'o a 'ear's sentence In a felon's cell on Blacltwell's Island , there were man ' of his friends who came forward to toll of his deeds ot kindness during his ) 'ears of success , nnd foremost among them was Miss Brown , - Became Girl's Patron. Her sltlll on tbe ' ! lo.1n , oven enore , . o gl'adulltlon. And thelt. confieeu'e ! was not mlslllaced. Helped Unfortunates , lIe felt that the unfortunates he was caHed upou to treut In the 11rilloll hosl1ltul were human IlCil1gs JIIw him. self , and lUany a lUllU , sick with dls' grace ancl tired of lifo , fouuel new ill' Slliratlon in the ) 'olln doctm' , None , hnwovcl' , JIlted him better than "A be" Hummel , If ) 'ou taHtcd to the cOllvlctoel law. 'Ol' to-da ) ' ho would t ll 'nll nothlll has hoilled him to hem' his disgrace more than the cheerlllg talles of thu ) 'oung Ilh 'l > lcian. Not a day has . passell that Dr.Iatz : , even though he .lId not have to Ilrescriho fOI' his IHI' , tient , has ( ailed to visit hll > cot and chnt with him for Hi 01' : ! O minutes , or cOllrs ( ' , on se\'eral of those occa- ] slon8 : i\tlsn Brown was alll1oul1cml. 'I'ho ' doctor was Introduced. A11d thclI of course the ino\'ltablo haPl1ol1ed. g\'el1 ! Jorot.o he hall been formally l1resentot , Dr. Matz hnd hont' ' ' 'or tto ! ! Jeautlfu ! youn woman whoso gratl- tulle toward hOl' old friend had novcl' chunged In his adversity. Ho Itn heurd or her from Hummol , from the ot.ltor prlsonors , from the keepers , who hud como to look forward to her visits almost as anxiously as did HumlUel himself. Whnt has Collowed has been UIO se. cret the grim old place has kept so well for months , Now thut It Is out , : i\tlss Bl'own , with her Caco suffused with blnshes , wfll tell 'ou herself that the minute she saw DI' . J\tatz "ho ap. pealed to hOI' , " ami the doctor will toll 'ou that o\'en before he hnd met her ho hod ml1do up his mind thu.t so lo 'al a fl'lend as 1\IIss Dl'own hall shown herself to be was just the glt'l for him. Lovc's Young Drcam. The visits of 1\1lss Drown to the cold , forbidding prison bt'camo more and maI'o froquent-for or cOllrse , as she woul have told : rou a few weolts . .D.E p .JZ .7F > .AV1r.z , \ I , ago , : 'oIl' , IllIl11mel needed to be cheered UII lUore and moro as the days drag ed along. , Dut it was not onlr 1\11' . Hummel that saw her , Of course no one would over SUSIJect it , but there are pleasant walks and quiet nooks even on Blaclnvell's Island , anll a very 11I1.11l1Y roung COIIIJlo were often secn , walking along in the vcry shadow of the IJrison , more deeply engrossed - with cach other than with anything else in all the world , Now that the sccret is out , the quiet smiles of approval that have greeted the young COUIJlo f\"Om the associates of the 'oung man and the friends of the 'oung gil'l have been turned into real ohl.rushloned can. gmtnlationsIessengel' : boys and lostmen ) are IW1t : busy all day long bringing letters and telegrams from all OVOI' the com1trr , "I'm getting almost as manr letters now as I did just acter I won these 111'ize8 abroad , " Miss Bl'own saitJ , "They 'are quite different , though , 'l'hen they were from Jeolle ! ) who suid they were Connt This and Duke 'I'hat or Lon } Something glso , nnd the ' all wanted me to ma\T ' them , Just fancy malT 'ing n man 'on nevol' saw , Some did Inclose thuh' pictures , IInd they wure certainly a funny-Iooldng lot. . I'm ! ; lad 1 dilln't let m ' early experience turn m ' head , though , for now I've got something hetter than a dulte or count -I'vo got a real man , " True Amcrlcan GI I I S)1lendlll ) t 'fle of Ihe American gil'l I is the fiancee of DI" l\tatz , equally at . . home In the drawln 01' music room , I I ai' on the golf links , Fond of all i healthy outdoor sports , she is a splen. did horsewoman and a skillful wielllel' of the golf clubs. 'rho showers of congratulations coming to Miss Brown helong more 1)\'OJerl ) \ ) ' to Dr. Matz , who has won so charming a brido. 'fllat their married Ufo ma ' be happr anll long will he the wish of all who cherIsh - Ish sentiment and are glad when the I path of true love la occasionallY smooth. FIW THOUCHTS ON MARRIAGE , Hints for the Man Who Is Seeking Happlncss and Success. A man Wlllli wants halplness ] and success In lIfq ought , as n I'ule , not to marn : a girl oldel' than himself , In fact she ought to be at least five , hot. tf'r still. ten 01' oren Hi 'ears 'OII11 ! ; ' PI' than tlw man , larrlage il ! not meant for the pleas. 11\ \ ' ( ' and ( 'omfnrt of the husband and wife alone ; it Is 1holy institution m ( > ant fOl' the futnre ! ; Unel'ution , The question always Is , or should bl' , what will the children . bo . ? Is ' ' ' t o'd ' , , 'l 1'1011' health 'JI ely' .s n , h . ono of the parents IB dlslroportiouate- ! b' old ? Chllren , 11eollio ought novel' 10 forgot - got , ol't' not onlr nul' son8 anti daugh. the ' ' also ' rathel's 1\nd tor8. : , 111'0 011I' \ mothol's. They make Ul ! or reo 111ake lis. 'rhe sight of one's hl'althr and normal - mal chlldrcn Ilonrs now lIfo Into one. Finally , a grent dlslll'oJorUon ) of ago between a 'oung husJond ! I\nd un el , dorly wHo Is maI'o than likely to load to complication ! ! of the Cutll0US prob. 10m which 'no man hns 'ot tried to sol\ ' without suffering acutely for It. 'I'ho q\ll1s11on has often been I'I\lsed whether the ' should' 'oung man stndy the mother of the girl Ile Is to mnrr ' mhl'e nttentl\'e ! ) ' tllll1l hel' other reI a- th'cs. With rl'gnrd to this , It In not \In. lII11JOI'tont to remark that lIearl ' o\'er ' ono of liS r sombles an ullclo or Hllnt moro tHstinctl . than oven his father I\nel 111othOl' . Rescmblanco 01' horell. . lly goes tl'l\nsvorsol ) ' , sldowa 's , not In 5t1"Oight JInes. A study of the IIncles ancl aunts of the girl is , to Bay the least , oxtreme. Iy IJI"olltaJlo ! , anI ! ml\ ' reveal tralta thllt are I1B yet latent amI thus unob- sel'\'aJlo ! in the girl. III adtJltlon to this the 'OImg man must 110\01' forget that a girl of 20 . - o . Is bodily and mentally \'CI'y much riper than a 'oung man of 20 , De- Ing riper , "oIlier , " she is in all , appeal" ances notwithstanding , much cooler , much soberer and less romantic than II boy of her age , or a few 'earn older than she Is , ' 1'0 put It plainly , she is much the more 11ractlcal of the two , She goes straight for the point , lIol' imagination is inllnitely leDs hoat. c > d than that of the young man , She will , in , ! JJ ! cases out of 100 , chonso the bread with the butter on it. Wpl'ds 01' letters do not menn much itt this matteI' , It Is wholly n. thing of actions , When , after talclng all precautions , fI , ' ( ) ung man has chosen IL young , energetic - ergetic , lively and ordinary girl , ho may rest I\ssured that 110 has do no \'cr ' 111uch for the subsequent suc- 'ccss and happiness of his life. Man is 1I0t 11 soJitary , but a binary h'ln , Ono IA two , and two are one , 'ro be a mlln is in n. vast majority of cuses to be a malTiol } man and a fa- thet' or chllllren-Chicago American , Patriotism In the Making. I'atriotism In New Yorle is cosmo- politan. 'fhey have II flag drill in the schools in which the children of C\'pry race and clime , as the hymn book say : ; , are taught to salute the fturs and strlpcs and give "theil' hpuds , their hands and tholr heart to their country , " And in some of tll ( ' hlg down.town schools you l11a- : tWO chlldl'en rrom homos German , ItalIan - Ian , Syrian , Scandinavian , Jewish , Ilullgal'lan , Chinese. Armenian , Greek , ani ! heaven knows how many more nationalities - tionalities , all joining in this plcttlr- f'1IUO ( ceremony , It gives ono a rel\l- izillt ; sense of the vl1rloty of material which Is } Jut into the cruclblo Wo call IL city , and which in another generation - eration or two w1l1 bo simply American , I Rescl'nblcd "the Other One , " Imagination , of COI1\'SO , IJla 's n. largo pllrt in the deceptions of the nur ory. A chilel of 1'01101' \ 11\0 was giving an account to her parents of the capt\ll'o of a snaltc at the end ot the garden , I..IImany grown.up raconteurl ! , she Ilml'cI nB havln ! ; ! ) ( ! on IJl"esent , thollgh she > had the story In roallty from her sligh tl ' older brother , who had been 11 lIelighted witness. gnarging ! on ovcry detail , she was at last pulled up hy her fl\ther , who knew how much at het' evidence WI1S circumstantial , " . \\I ) ( what WI1 ! ! the color at this 5I1alO ? " holskel ! . 'l'hls WllS n. llOser. ' 1'0111 hall omitted to tell her the color , Hilt Hho was not going to 1.10 daunted b ' minaI' dotall of this sort. "It was the Hame color I\S the sImko tl1n.t 'fom saw , " she Da.1d. I . - - THE DISEASES WlllCH A TT ACK THE POT A'fO . . . . . . . . Arc Persistent. ami TroubIcsomo.-Do maged Tubers May Do Soely Fcd t.o t.ho Li vcat.ocJt. Potato dlseaso ( ph'tophthora-col11' ) man In I nHlund-IB nol the only trou. blo which affects the potatogrowcr : \lnfortl\nl\tol \ ' , there arc othl1l' dll1caSOH -leaf curl , blacl IJcnb. . potato scab , wet rot , ete-al1 of which IWO maI'o or . - - A Dlscnsed Tuber. lOlls dostl'uctlvo. In the case of po , tate scaJ , though It Is not exactly In. jUl'lous to the tubel' , if the sIehl Is badly spotted , nl\tul'l1l1 ' enough the marltat valllo of the CI'OIJ il ! lowel'ed , 'fho lllustl'ntion of potl1to scab In all its unsightliness Is sul11clent o\'lIlenco of reduced mal'lwt value , The gl'ow- I er from whoao crop the specimens illustrated - lustrated were tal\On had tons of the ! lame ltind , man ' hundreds of thou. sands of tubel's being in nn equally diseased stl\te , and n. gl'eat many much maI'o so. 'fho loss to this particular - ticular grower cun bo easily Imagined. Scab of this Itind may be prevented if the sets uro sOl1lccd fa I' two hoUl's In .a solution of fOl'maHn made up at the rate of 0110 pint of formaHn to 30 gallons of water , the sets being dried before planting , During seasons when dlseaso has made inroads \IlJon the quality of the crop hllrvestcd , thol'o \lsually more or less dlBcusslon and difference of , opinion as to the food value and the : desirability 01' othOl'wlso of feeding stock with diseased potatoes. It Is In U10 main ull a matter of degree , . Of course , thel'o are co.ndltlons und i stages of rottenneSH when It would bo muo short of foH ' to do an 'lhlng but destroy them , On the ether hand , that n. moderately diseased potato , the tgh unfit fOl' cullnury purposes , has a definite food vuluo fostock. . and may boIsed with perfect safety as food for piss , no practical farmer in the countl' ' will fOl' ono moment deny , provided that the potatoes hn.ve - - - - , - Leaf Curl. remulncd firm am } hard , and are not in the least. degree soft and pulp ' . 'rho dlseasOtI Ilotato lllustrnted , and sections of the same , are qulto firm to the touch , and In that comlltlon the altemtlon aI' loss of ( oed constltu- onts was but slight ; the carbo-hY- dl'ates had 1I0t varied to an ' consld. erablo degree from that In a normal1y health ' potato , 'rho change that had taken 111aco was mainly In the flesh- forming or albuminoid matter , the proof I of which \Isual1y fully In cvldollCO , I as the ammonia and other cOll1pOUndB - - . \1'0 , 'ollltlllzed as the decay Increases. It may bo of Interest to look Cor n. moment - ment at the a\'erngo annlysls of 1\ henlthy potato compared with the analysis of a swede turnh1 : Potato . , TurnIp 'Yater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; r.o ; 89.4 AlbuIIIIII0ld8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2t 1.4 I l\t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0,3 0.:1 : Carbo-h'llt'ates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G 7,1 l lbro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.1 1,3 Ash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.\1 0.0 Pcrhaps In Qrdlnary forming prac- tlco wo scareoly reallzo wherein the dlftcrenco Hes , 'Dy the above table It can bo observed thl1t there Is 1\I nl'ly three times au milch carbo.hydrates In IJotatoes coml1l\red with the quantity fOllntl In sweden , I1ntl lIeal'ly twlco as . much albllmlnold mattOl' , ' und , moreover - ever , It ma : , ' bo adtlo 1 thal 60 poumln of potatoes rOIH'esont an Increase of ono pou11t1 lIve weight , whereaa It tnkeB toJ ! IJOund8 of swede to glvo the same result , A high analytical value , as here lIoted , whllo good In Its wa ' , Is 1I0t ovorythlng that cl\n bo snld , 'I'ho prlco of the matorlal ami UIO dl- gestlvo IIO'\\'er of the animal have to , bo talccn Into account , for It Is we111 Imown thut roodlJtuft having D. Jawor ] 1el'contago of nutrltlvo material In I m'go I' hul1e Is moro roadlly dlgostod. In feeding diseased IJotntoes to pigs and catUo In Germany , a aeries of ox. perlments have been carrlell out .wlth' the crop of lDO : Dr , Otto Appel , w\'lting In the , Toul'nal of the Imporlal DIalogical Station , ItatoH that , when the tubol's wel'e SlllJpIlod to the stock in small quantities , elthor raw or ! Jelled , no 111 effects foHowed ; but when Increased amounts wel'o given , the aninmls were slightly scoured , 'l'ho ropol't , though luldlng to our Imowl. edge , Call11ot , of course , bo looked U1on ] as concluslvo olthel' way without further - ther eXllorlmon1. Most fnrmct's who have had eXIJerlollCo In feeding 110ta. - - / I Scab on Tubers. . toes to stock in this country Imow fllll well that even healthy tubers , 011- tlrely free frol11 dlseaso of any Itlnd , If given for some time , wlll cause lJUl'glng , anti that to n. consillerablo oxtent. Prof , Wrightson , a well- kllown authority on the sclenco allt I 11\'actlce \ of agriculture , blls Imt all , r.tJcol'd quill > recentl ) ' : "Diseased 110- Section Showing Disease. tatoes are good food for pigs and have boon given to cows oven In a. raw state with proHt. ' 1'0 sell the sound tubers and have the lIamaged ones for atocle is not altoether ! had business , hence a mild attack of 1Iiseaso may be berne with equanimity. " And , further , as to the wholesomeness of diseased potatoes - toes for stock , "It remember ono case in particular in which thel'o were L\ number of diseased ones In the CI'OP , I nnd these were given raw to cows in I milk without any ill.effects , " In stacie feeding 01' farm practlco of any kind , as In man ) ' other occupations , ono cannot lay down absolute rules antI say , do this aI' that , and cortuin othel' things are bound to happen ; but In this instance wo can to a largo extent , If not altogether , secure 1m. munlty from an ' tl"Oul1lo l1lwly to result - sult from the use of dlseasod potatoes , anti thl8 b ) ' using only reasonable precautions in ] 1ro1aring ] them as food for stocle 'rho 110tatoe8 should be carefull ' overlooked and thorollghly cleaned before use , all the soft , ! Jadlr rotten ones thrown on one sldo to be destro 'etl , the presumably fnlrl ' good , ones coolwtJ , preferably steamed , The accumulaletd experiments of the lost few years show clellrly the bonol1clal effects of SIJra'lng , and the BOI'deaux mlxturo now so commonly used Is only at real practical servlco when used as a prcventivo rather tlULI1 a curc. Earl ' in JuI ) ' , If the weather Is dull , wal'm and moist , It suggcsts that at any hour an outbreak of dls- eaae ma ) ' oCCUr. It. were bettor tn.r not to walt tor sllch conditloua betoru striking \'Igorous blow toard : oft tbo )1rnspoctI\0 cnemy. , . . . . , , ' ' ,