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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1908)
SAVED AT THE CRISIS. Delay Meant Death from Kidney Troubles , Mrs. Herman Smith , 901 Bread Street , Athena , Qa. , says : "Kidney disease ( started with slight irregularity and weakness and developed into dan gerous dropsy. 1 Le- came weak and lan guid , and could done no housework. My hack ached terrlhly. I had hearing down pains and my limbs hloated to twice their normal size. Doctors did not help , and I was fast drifting into the hopeless stages. J used Doan's Kidney Pills at the criti cal moment and they really saved my life. " Sold hy all dealers. BO cents a hox. Fostor-Mllburn Co. , Buffalo. N. Y. LEAP-YEAR LAUGH. "Ybu look worried , .old man ! " "Yes. Had three proposals last night and I don't know which ono I ought to accept ! " The Cold Morning Bath. The cold morning bath is recom- nendod for those who can stand the : old hath , though countless many : annot. To prepare for it ono should flrst sponge the body with cold water ind step into a few Inches of water drawn from a warm water pipe. It will not bo warm or cold early In the morning. Splash the water over the body and wash hastily , letting the tub 1111 gradually. If the salt bath is used , do not throw the salt towel in the laundry. Let it collect the salt. In beauty bathhouses each individual has a salt towel that is used countless times , because It gets thoroughly sat urated and is more beneficial. A cold bath should not last longer than flva minutes. Thrift In the Family. A little girl was playing with a girl friend of her own age on the porch of her home In West Philadelphia. An elderly gentleman , her mother's father , and an elderly lady , her fa ther's mother , were sitting on the porch talking pleasantly with each other. The little girl had often wished her grandparents were of the same name , like other children's grand parents. Presently the little guest remarked : "What a nice grandmother and grand father you have. " "Oh , yes , " she said , with a sigh , "but they don't match. " The Sort of Thing He Liked. In an early day in Stone county , Missouri , a fanner's boy rushed into the olllco of Dr. T. , T. McCord of Ga- loiia and urged the doctor to como ( juickly to see his father , who seemed lu be dying. Said the doctor. "What alls him , and what has he eaten ? " Tliu boy said : "Oh , nothing much but 14 roastin' ears for supper. " "Well , " said the doctor , "just go back and throw him a couple of bundles of oats and tell him I will be up there in about SO minutes. " From Judge's Library- A Good Reason. "Why was Mrs. Smithers so violently lently opposed to the marriage of ono of her twins ? " "I fchink it was because of her being such a very particular housekeeper. " "What on earth had that to do with U ? " "You see , she hated to break a set. " WONDERED V/HY Found the Answer Was "Coffee. " I Many pale , sickly persons wonder for years why they have to suffer BO , and eventually discover that the drug caffeine in coffee is the main cause of the trouble. "I was always very fond of coffee and drank It every day. I never had much flesh and often wondered why I was always so pale , thin and weak. "About five years ago my health completely broke down and I was con fined to my bed. My stomach was In such condition that I could hardly take sufficient nourishment to sustain life. "During tills time I was drinking coffee , didn't ' think 1 could do without - out it. "After awhile I came to the con clusion that coffco was hurting mo , and decided to give It up and try Postum. I didn't like the taste of it at iirst , hut when It was made right boiled until dark and rich I soon became very fond of It , "In one week I began to feel better. I could eat more and sleep better. My hick headaches were less frequent , and within live months 1 looked and felt like a now being , headache spells en tirely gone. "My health continued to Improve and today 1 am well and strong , weigh 148 Ibs. I attribute my present health to the life-giving qualities of Postum. " "There's a Reason. " Name given hy Postum Co. , Battle Cieek. Mich. Read. "Tho Road to Well- ville , " in pkgs Ever read the above letter ? A new one appears from time to time , They arc genuine , true , and full of human interest LAST OF THE 7W& & FALLEN Oft EVIL 3QH.MNG PHILH ? ' If America can lay claim to any royalty It must go back to the original possessors and rulers of this country , and find in the descendants of the red man those who are entitled undisput- ably to the distinction and honor. Two princesses of royal blood of the American brand are to bo found In Now England , and only two , and the f ct that these two are not living In regal state or are not accorded any ot the honors , and distinction consonant with their high birth , brings them into notice especially so as at the present tlmo these princesses have fallen upon evil days and are likely to lose the little land they now possess out of all the vast country to which their regal ancestor , the great Indian king , Mas- sasolt , laid claim. . With all the glory of the past only a disturbing memory and with poverty pressing them upon every side , Teweeleoma and Wootonc- kannske arc living on the shores of Lake Assawampsett In Massachusetts where once their kingly forefathers ruled supreme. With only a few acres remaining of a heritage which lu tlm time of the Pilgrim Fathers comprised whole states the aged are facing possible dispossession. They are subjected to numberless persecutions of a petty sort ; but then they have grown used to that. For as their mother oneo said during a recital of the wrongs of her race : "There seems to ho no law lor the Indian. " "They have left us little , " says Prin cess Teweeleema. "They have made us light steadily for what we have kept , and now they want the little that we have. " An effort is being made to secure for these last of the loyal blood of the Wampanoags a material recogni tion of their rights and of the services which their ancestor , the mighty sachem , Massasolt , performed for the pioneers of New Unglnnd. For with out Mufafaasolt'u friendship and protec tion the struggling colonists would have been swept from the land. 'I'lla royal Wampanoags lived con tinuously on the tract about Lake As sawampsett from the time Tuspaquln , the Ulack Sachem , son-in-law of Mas sasolt , set aside about GOO acres for his heirs , until 40 years ago , when Mrs. Zorviah Gould Mitchell , the mother of the princesses , moved to Ablngton that her children might ho educated in the white man's way. As the place was left without a caretaker , it was gradually encroached upon ; and the neighboring whites finally went so far as to soil portions of Hie tract. The oldest princess Is suffering from consumption. She Is practically help less , and upon Princess Wootone- kanuskc falls the care of the house hold and of the invalid. She boars it patiently , oven uncomplainingly , with the fortitude that la the legacy of her blood. She accepts the hardships that have followed their later 11 fo an a matter of course ; she regards them as part of the blight that has pursued her race and has doomed It and fears them all as part of the great tragedy. Xot so the elder sister. Them is in her a flash of the old haughty spirit t-f her ancestors , some of the unconquerable pride of race which made Masaasolt the autocrat of warring tribes and spurred King Philip to a hopeless struggle that swept tbo longtn and breadth of New Knghind v.Jih death and Humes When Ptinn-s-s Tewio leema bpeiuts of her wronga awl the injustices of the wlnu mtiudeis , ht-i aged eyes regain their youthful fire , her gestures take on the slmplo grandeur of her Illustrious loruuars. The town of Warren , It. 1. , has done something toward the memory of the sistprs' ancestor , Massasoit. On Oc tober 10 , 1907 , a tablet was unveiled over the spring which has always been known by the name of the mighty In dian sachem. It bubbled near his for est home and the Massasolt Monument association walled it up and improved the surroundings that the spring might run for all tlmo as a reminder of the white man's Indebtedness. On a huge stone was placed the tablet and on the tablet is this Inscription : "Thlc tablet placed beside the gushing wa ter known for many generations as Massasolt's spring commemorates the great Indian sachem Massasoit , 'friend of the white man , ' ruler of this region when the Pilgrims of the Mayflower landed at Plyjnoulh in the year of our Lord , 1G20. " _ " When the "Pilgrim Fathers landed In America Massasoit's empire extended from Cape Cod to the Narragansott. Thirty villages owed him allegiance ; 30,000 Indians obeyed his word. But u furious plague broke out and when the white men met with the sachem his people had been almost exterminated ; whole tribes had been decimated. The early historians say that the savages "died in heaps , " and only u remnant of about 300 warriors was left to the ruler In his lodges about Massasolt spring. It was on Thursday , March 22 , 1021 , only 101 days after the Pilgrims had landed on the new continent , that Mas sasolt met them formally for the llrst time. He had previously given an audience to two of their emissaries , ono of whom was Edward Winslow , ' and had expressed friendliness for the white man. So to this meeting he , came In all good faith , accompanied by his half-brother , Quadeqnlna , and GO of his warriors , all armed with bows and arrows , their faces painted. "Seme had skins on them and some naked ; all strong , tall men in appear ance. " The Indian chief appeared dramat ically on what is now called Watson's hill , and lined up his men , making an Imposing array. To thoin came Ed ward Winslow , carrying a pair of knives , a chain and a jewel for the chief cmchcm ; also a pot of strong water , with some biscuit and butter for a treat. Winslow stayed with the Indians as a hostage and Massasoit , followed by 20 of his warriors , de scended the hill toward the Pilgrims. Capt. Standish met him with a lllo of six musketeers and gave him a salute , afterward escorting the chief to a hastily erected building , furnished with a green rug and three or four cushions. Here a treaty was made and signed between Massasolt and the Pilgrims. Winslow offered himself as a hostage for the keening of the agreement : Mas sasolt declined. A regulus as to honor himself , ho scorned to accept a pledge. Honor was to him as the breath of llfo , and for 50 years he kept the treaty to the letter and the spirit ; until his death , In fact. It was the Pilgrims themselves who violated it. The gieat Indian's fidelity to this agreement made the American colony possible. So great was the fame of Massasoit's wisdom and goodness that It reached King .lames of England , and that mon arch sent his red brother' silver pipe as a mark of esteem. This Massasoit carefully guarded , hut when ono of his warriors did a great deed of valor , the chief was HO moved to admiration that ho made him a present of this , his greatest treasure. Ho was a philosopher , too , in his crude way. And of the bigness of hia heart numberless acts testify. Ho fa vored a strange custom of his people , formed on the Idea that happiness Is only a matter of comparison. Acting upon this , ho once , when making a journey with Winslow , sent messages into Plymouth to inform the people that tholr leader was dead. When the chief and his friend entered the town , the general sorrow was changed to re joicings. "Why did you sent us word that Winslow was dead ? " asked one of the Pilgrims. "To make yon happier on my re turn , " was the reply. Several times during his rule , Massa solt prevented raids by warlike tribes upon the almoht holpluss colunlsts. For > i-ui3 he In Id NarragaiisottB in check Ho died in 1CG1 , and his death j < iH-HoJ disabtt r to the colonlst-a. RUSTY CANS RUIN FLAVOR AND .QUALITY OF THE A Grout Handicap to the Checsemuker By Georyco A. Oluon , Asst. in Agricultural Chemistry , Wlsconutn University. Milk comes In contact with iron In the form of rusty cans or poorly tinned utensils in practically all creameries. The quality of the milk will to a largo extent depend upon the condition of utensils Into which the milk Is poured , kept , and Dually hauled to the factory. The degree of Intlu- unco of Iron on milk will depend largely upon the temperature of the milktho length of tlmo kept In the cans , and the amount of exposed HUT- face. It la not necessary to describe hero the American milk can , and espe cially the cheaper ones ; If not the llrst time , surely the neeond or third tlmo these onus are used , ono will find places where they have been dented In. Au the number of Indentations In crease the ( In ( logins to crack , leaving ilssuroH or Inroads for milk and water , and acid. Often this thin layer of tin does not cover all of the Iron , thus leaving microscopically small surfaces of Iron exposed which also become the sources of damage by water and acid. Under such conditions the tin peels or falls off , and It Is then only a Hhort tlmo before the cans bccomu unlit for use. use.Tho The accompanying Illustration shows a wagon load of cans which were In a poor condition , and from which milk was accepted. This load is Wagon Load of Factory Cans In Actual Use. Nearly all of These Arc Unfit and Should Be Rejected. only an example of several equally bad , If not \\r > rs > . The same condi tions were found to exist at several factories. The creamery to which the above load was delivered , did not re ceive milk on Sundays , and the quan tity of milk brought In on Monday was generally twice as large as on any of the other days , and consequently re quired twice the number of cans. Among the large number of cans re quired for Monday's shipment , ( hero wore naturally more poor ones. In our other Illustration IH shown two of the cans which were used for Mon day's lot of milk. Ono of those cans had been used for 111 years and when closely examined contained no losn than 40 soldered holes , some of which were covered with lead patches over two Inches in diameter. Of course this is an extreme typo Cans Like the Three Shown Above Have a Deleterious Effect Upon Milk for Cheesemaking. of poor can. Milk kept over night In cans of this kind when treated with rennet would , require In BOINO In stances as nutch as 40 minutes longer to coagulate than milk kept In good ones. Hy using cans of the typo Illustrated It Is possible to accept from patrons milk which teally has developed more than two-tenths per cent , acid which cannot he revealed by either the Manns or Fanlngton alkaline tablet test , owing to the neutralization of the acid hy the Iron. The unsanitary conditions that still exist at some Wisconsin factories at the present tlmo aio largely duo to the use of unclean ntenslla , such as starter cans , Iron pipes for conductors , who.v tanks , etc. Where such rondlilonu exist at the factory , it Is not burpiis Ing that the patrons also become nugll ( gent. The managcnuni of chueso fac i torles and rieamerlen should first of all see that theli opi'iator a good. rollnblo man , who will practice clean liness above all other things. Then the management should sec that all uton- slls used by factory and patrons are In ilrnt-class condition , 1. o. , with no exposed Iron In vats , rusty cans , etc. , ttlnco neatness and cleanliness In all .dairy methodH would ho Ineffectual It poorly tinned or rusty cans , otc. were USIMl. The operator should not hesitate to refuse milk which Is hauled In poorly tinned . runty onus , for In addition to the retarding , Influence of the Iron on rounot action , and the neutralization of the acid by the lion , there are also produced taints or off flavors. Competition among creameries , choose factories and city milk supplies has Indirectly resulted In making patrons more careless. This practice leads the Indifferent milk producer In to bad habits and discourages the tidy and progressive ones. If milk or cream was bought on Its merits , then the painstaking patron would bo en couraged and would lead the careless one-to bettor effort u. It IH too often the ease , however , that the camo-prlco Is paid for all milk or cream , whether good or had. If milk Is to ho bought on Its merits It would bo necessary to have cooperation between creameries , cheese factories mid city milk dealers , for then only will such a system bo satisfactory. It Is possible where the patrons are the proprietors of the cheese factories or creamorleH to adopt a Hystem Ilku thin , realizing that hot ter milk makes higher grade dairy products , which will neil for higher pi-Icon and consequently yield more profit for the patrons. Several systems for buying milk on Its merltH have been proposed. Among such uyBloinu may bo mentioned ( I ) The use of the score card ; (2) ( ) the method of sorting tainted milks from thoHo of excellent conditions ; (3) ( ) the practice of accepting only milk of ex cellent condition. By Prof. IlaccUor , Minnesota. For growing ralvcii I consider sep arator bklm milk at least equal to whole milk , though calves will not lay on as much lat as they will when the latter Is fod. There IH nothing In but ter fat that a calf can use In building body tisKiie. Nutriment can bo sup plied more cheaply with ( lax meal which contains Horn 30 to 35 per cent , oil. When the calf is dropped I let It suck once and then remove It from the dam. If It Is removed In tlm morn ing I give It no food until the follow ing nioi nlng. Thlu Is done BO the calf will ho hungry and will drink milk without the linger. I glvo from three to four pints of Its mother's milk twice a day , Immediately after milk ing. A small calf gets three pints and a largo calf four pints. Tills 1 continue for ono week. Then for ono week I glvo whole milk half and oklm milk half , twice a day , giving only from three to four pints. The third week 1 feed all separator skim milk , adding a teaspoonful of ground flax I gradually increase the skim milk and llax meal so that by the end of the fourth month the calf Is receiving U heaping teaspoonful of llax meal and ton pl'tts of milk twice a day. After the Hrst mouth It has access tea a little early cut alfalfa and whole oats or a mixture of whole oats and bran or shorts. The Important points are strict regularity In tlmo of feeding , quantity and torn poratnro of milk , which should be from 98 to 100 degrees F. Begin Small. Any HiicccsHful husl ness Is the result of a healthy growth Hy this Is monnt the beginner should start In a small way and grow Into greater things. The poultry business IH no exception to thlw rule. Only those who begin in a small way nud then grow , over succeed. The poultry his tory of the country Is filled with fail ures of thoof who thought they could boKln with a ten thousand capacity plant and niaUIt pay as large a per centage as the farmer who has only 100 WA3 TOO MUCH FOR PAPA. Chlldloh Questions Were Becoming Entirely Too Personal. There Is a member of the faculty ot OeorRo Washington university , who , to use the words of a colleague , "la ns rotund physically as ho lu profound metaphysically , " says the Philadel phia Ledger. One day the professor chanced to : ouio upon his children , of which ho las a number , all ot whom wore , to Us astonishment , engaged In an earn * st discussion ot the meaning ot the word "absolute. " "Dad , " queried ono of the young- stern , "can a man bo absolutely good ? "No. " "Dad , " put in another youngster , 'can a man bo absolutely bad ? " "No. " "Papa , " ventured the third child , a ( Irl , "can a man bo absolutely fat ? " Whereupon the father fled in- : ontlnently. IT SEEMED INCURADLE Body Raw with Eczema Dlooharged from Hospitals as Hopeless Cull- cura Remedies Cured Him. "From the ago of three months until fifteen yearn old , my nqji Owen's llfo wiui miulo Intolerable by eczema In its worst form. In splto of troatmontn the dlacaso gradually spread until nearly ovcry part of hlo body was quite raw. IIo used to tear himself dreadfully in his sleep and the agony ho wont through IB quito beyond words. The regimental doctor pronounced the case hopeless. Wo had him in hospitals four times and ho was pronounced ono of the worst cases over admitted. From each ho wan discharged as In curable. Wo kept trying remedy after remedy , but had gotten almost past hoping for a cure. Six mouthn ago wo tmrchar.od a sot ot Cutlcura Remedies. The result was truly mar velous and to-day ho is perfectly cured. Mrs. Lily Hedge , Camblowoll Green , England , Jan. 11 ! , 1007. " IN TOYDOM. Billy Block A Teddy bear ! And hero 1'vo wont and shot mo last stone at a canary bird ! Drat the luck ! Laundry work at homo would ho much inoro satisfactory if the right Starch wore used. In order to got the desired stiffness , it is usually ueccs- aary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness , which not only destroys the appearance , hut also affects the wear ing quality of the goods. Tills trou- bio can bo entirely ovorcorno by using Deflanco Starch , as It can bo applied much inoro thinly because ot its great er strength than other makes. Just Suppose. "Just suppose , " aald Brother Dickey , "heaven wuz ono big watermelon patch , an" it wuz do Fo'th or July do year roun ! " "Go long , man , " said Brother Wil liams , "you almas' makes mo want tor go dar ! " Atlanta Constitution. Important to Mothora. Examine carefully every bottle ot CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children , and see that it Bears the Signature In Uoo For Over : JO Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought Most Unusual. "My ! " suddenly exclaimed Ilenpeck , with a start. "I must have been dreaming. " . "Why ? " snapped his wife. "Why , I haven't heard you say a word to mo for 15 minutes. " Lewis' Singlu Binder Htrai lit Cc clear la good quality all the tinm. Your , dealer or Lewis' Factory , Pcoua. 111. You can't flatter an honest man by telling him that ho Is honest. . WlnMmY'H Koothlnt ; Syrup. For children tcuthlnu , eufli'm MioKiiniH.retlucci In- lUumiiUlou , allaj a palu , cures lud collu. ! Hc u bottlo. A man isn't necessarily a wood saw yer because ho says nothing. If Your I'm ! Aclxi or Hum cct a : > packiiK" < > f Alli'ii i > ! ' " ot-Kuo. : It Rlrea culck | roller. Tuu mllliun | ii > 'kjK s bold yearly. It Isn't a secret If a woman hesl- tatca in the telling of It. \VHOOWS'unllor N EW LAW obtnlnoa w W T YCwjr"vmT * * -AQHN W * MORRIS ) ! PENSIONS wusiiiusum , D. o. IThompson's Eye Watnr