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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1908)
JUDGE CLELAND , FATHER OF CHICAGO PAROLE SYSTEM. Municipal Court Jurist Has Horror of Prisons Believes Our Penal Plan Is Mere Machine for Mak ing Criminals , Chicago. Municipal Judge McKcn- v.lo Cleland , father of Chicago's parole H.vHtem , Is nn earnest man. Ho was an earnest boy , and ho has taken life Horlously slnca the days when ho ultchcd hay on a Minnesota farm. Nobody Is altogether good and no body IB altogether bad , but most pee ple1 Btnnd In need of reformation. That Is the creed of Judge Cleland , nnd ho has made up his mind that pntt of that reforming must bo done by himself. There Is a strong strain of rugged Puritanism In the man , which , however , Is softened by a cer tain kindliness nnd tolerance which was conspicuous by Its absence from the characters of those stern old war- ilors who rode the chivalry of Eng land Into the dust and made the now world possible. Judge Clolnnd was born with a hori - i or of many things a horror of Irro- llglon , a horror of Intemperance , a horror of vice , and , above all , a hori - i or of prison ! ? . Ho Is Inclined to con- ( iinn the whole penal HVMtcm ns a note machine for the manufacture of criminals. To the general public Judge Clolnnd lu best known as tho'man who Intro duced ( he parole Hyslem. When ho left liln private practice to sit on the bench ut Maxwell street ho had bo- lore him nn uncqunlcd opportunity to put Into practice some of the theories Judge McKenzle Cleland. i which ho long had hold In regard to criminals nnd offenders against the lawo. Ho was called upon dally to do- oldo the temporary fate of dozens of the Inhabitants of one of the moat polyglot and poorest sections of many tovgued Chicago. The great majority of those who came before him were entity of minor offenses , such as drunkenness and potty thieving , and consequently formed good subjects for the reform judge. Drink , drugs , nnd physical defects ! In these causes Judge Cleland bcllovos ho has discovered the root of nearly nil wrong doing. His process of rea soning Is simple. The causes first must bo removed , and then the state must BOO to it that the offender has n chance to mend his ways. That pun ishment rarely corrects Is the belief of Judge Cloland , nnd so ho sot about to glvo those who foil Into the clutches of the law a chance of redemption without stripes. To ono of the simple nnd direct methods of thinking which character ized Judge Cloland precedents wcro of no Importance. Judge Cloland has expressed on many occasions bin detestation of prisons and his belief that they nro productive of more harm than good. AB well as being a deeply rellgloiiB man , ho IB an active church worker nnd ofllclates ns superintendent of the Sunday school of his church. Ho Is nlso on the boards of numerous re ligious and seml-rollglous organiza tions , and any cause which has for Its purport the betterment of humanity is Dttro to find a strong friend In the judge. Judge Cloland was born In Delhi , N. Y. , In 1SGO , but his family moved to Minnesota when ho was three . .years old and ho spent his boyhood on n farm. Ho graduated from Mqnmouth ( III. ) college In 1882 and went to St Louis , whom ho graduated from.Wash ington University Law school lnv 188-1. lie worked \ \ \ & way through the law school by doing newspaper work. The next year ho came to Chicago and darted to practice law , first as part ner with D. II. Plnnoy , ex-justlco of the Bupiomo court of Arizona , and Inter with Deloa P. Phelps , formerly assistant United States treasurer. When the tnutnlclpal court system was Inaugurated he offered hlmselt for election and received the hearty backing of the churches and law and order leagues of Englewood , whore ha has lived for 20 years and whore he la universally respected. He IB married and has four children. The judge is not a man who has much time for amusements. All his IIfo ho has been a hard worker and more than ever at present when In ad dition to his judicial duties ho take ? nn active part In the work of so man ; religious and other organizations. nun JuIJa However Indi viduals may feel on the subject of wearing mourning , the fact remalna that peopleIn the highest walks of II fo continue to show icapec ! for their dead , and command respect for their grief , by putting on mourn ing apparel. Good J u d g in cut has , however , modified materials used and heavy fabrics have been supplanted by these of lighter weight , In rich , deep black. AH whlto , or a liberal mixture of whlto with black , In suitable - able materials , Is accepted as correct mourning. In millinery nothing surpasses the beautiful hats of white crape and the combination of this material , both In black and white , with other fabrics , In making up elegant mourning. Crape Is the insignia of mourning nnd by using it ns a trimming , or finish , light weight nnd elegant hats and bonnets nro made. Mourning millinery Is con ; ceded to bo the highest typo of milli nery art. Recently n medium large lint was shown in Paris , made of whlto silk with a wide border of whlto crape about the edge of the brim. A cluster of bows of whlto ribbon at the front , studded with white orchids , trailing off Into a half wreath about the crown , was chosen for the trimming. As nn example of elegance In millinery nnd exquisite beauty In Itself , this bat created a sensation , oven In the city of wonder ful millinery. The white orchids were almost llko shadows of that ethereal FOR A BIG FAMILY. Twirling Tray Docs Much to Expedite Table Service. There Is n novelty extremely smart as well as sensible , that solves a problem of many a housekeeper , both those with plenty of servants nnd thoao with none. This Is n twirling tray to expedite table service. To have the meals of a. largo family daintily , even comfortably , served re quires a skilled waitress. Even so there are apt to bo long waits or shoving. The English fashion of being more Informal for breakfast and luncheon than for dinner , is gaining headway with us. While the side-table serv ice , with each one helping his or her self , has by no moans become general oral , It is being more and more adopted , especially In country homes. A convenient substitute Is found In one of these trays. They are made to match the table , either mahogany or oak , and nro about 24 Inches In diameter , though they can bo made to suit any width table. Each tray has n rim nnd rests on a standard on which It slides easily. The twlrlcr Is placed In the center of the table , In reach of till , nnd on it nro placed , butter , preserves , bread nnd ' 'rolls , the molasses pitcher , and such relishes ns radishes , celery , or cheese. As these are the things that nro In constant demand , nnd keep the waitress busy , it Is a great time- savor to have them reached by simply a twirl of the tray. Ugly ? Not all nil ; ratho'r un usual looking at first , but the tray can bo mndo very dainty with Its snowy embroidered cover , n vnso of flowers In the center , and the other dishes en circling it. II ono cares to go to the expense there nro sectional dishes made that Just fit these trays. They are shallow ann rimmed , and have a circular dish In the center , with six or eight tri angular dishes radiating from it to form an outer circle. When the family Is extra largo two trays nro used , ono at each end of the table. table.While While these trays are only consid ered "tho thing" for breakfast nnd luncheon , nnd nro generally used on the bare table ; when there Is no maid they can bo used us convenience die- tutes. Well-Spent Time. Let a woman who has been working all the morning over the countless details of housekeeping put on her hat and go oiXfor n brisk walk. If It Is only for 15 minutes it will do her untold good her head will bo clearer and her heart lighter. Time thus taken is not wasted , but the best kind of nn investment , as < she will find she can do much more In the long ru.u. flower , nnd might bo termed Angel orchids very appropriately. The mourning millinery illustrated hero shows the combinations of net nnd crape , allk nnd crape , and whlto crape alone. In the snllor hat the shape la covered with folds 'of crape. The ruche about the crown and the veil IB short and full nnd the model ono of the bcBt , nlwnya In style and becoming to nearly every face. A very smart hat of whlto crape Is shown. This Is Intended for a young woman. Bonnets and veils of this exquisite fabric arc worn by women with white hair nnd the effect Is very striking nnd charming. For a widow or moth er in mourning the bonnet of black silk grenadine trimmed effectively with folds of crape Is serv iceable and very appropriate. The veil , when worn In the summer , Is of net bordered with crape or silk grenadine. For winter It Is of silk grcnndlno bordered with crape , except when ono Is In deep mourning , when It Is entirely of crnpe. A word of caution to those buyIng - Ing crapes and grenadines. These fabrics are sometimes almost Imper ishable. There are varieties , how ever , that are easily ruined by mois ture. Always test the material by Immersing a piece of It In water. In the right kind the color will not run , nor Iho crimp come out. These fabrics may bo successfully reno vated nnd made to look like new- by steaming them , when the mois ture-proof kind Is bought. MATERIAL FOR THE COLLAR. Fine Mull In Thread Tucks Is Now Much Worn. The new separnto collar to attach tea a thin whlto blouse Is made of very fine mull In thread tucks , edged with a tiny border of black silk muslin at top and bottom. A line of this Is also run up the back and It Is fastened with tiny round silk buttons nnd cord loops. The little bow attached to the front Is of plaited mull edged with the black , and In the center there Is a butterfly of Irish lace. This stock Is especially effective with an all-white suit and carries out the color scheme If there are black pumps and stockings and a whlto hat trimmed with black satin. It is quite the fashion to finish the center of the stiff little bows worn in front of stock with a motif of heavy lace. Those can easily be picked up by the half dozen at sales. Another pretty idea in neckwear Is a largo how of messallno made with equal loops nnd ends finished with a heavy silk cord to match at all edges. These sell In some shops for $1.50 , but If a girl has a bit of messallno in the house she can make ono for the prlco of the cord. They nro worn at the base of the stock as well as with the thin turnover - over collar which Is taking the place of the thick linen turnover. Voile for Traveling. Few women can afford to keep n pown entirely for traveling. It must be utilized for walking nnd for simple and Informal occasions , and It should bo n gown that can bo worn In town in the fall. With all of these things pressing upon her mind the woman who goes out to buy a traveling dress bns much with which to contend. Voile makes n light traveling dross , nnd It Is durable If ono understands voile. A certain modlsto displayed a lllnc vollo which she said had been worn two seasons by ono of her cus tomers. This year , ufter a little reno- atIon , It was being treated to n nar- low trimming of braid upon the collar nnd cuffs nnd to a braided design down the back. A coat of lilac- colored braid , three-quarter length nnd j fastening loosely down the front , waste to complete the renovation of the lilac costume. A black straw hat faced with lilac silk and trimmed with lllnc flowers makes the costiuno ono of har mony. Making EssencS of Lemon. Do not throw away the rind of lemons , for It can bo utilized nicely. FIJI a bottle with rectified spirits nnd when using lemons cut away the yellow - low part from the lemon nnd place In the spirits. You will find this qutto ns good ns tho'essence of lemon which \you buy : " Essence of ornngo can bc > I tmiiiu'ln the snmo manner. of Art c/rr HOW THEW/ UM Of MTUAAL HMTORY MLL AW AR WHEff WPLETW When the three great museums of the Greater New York are completed In the years to come there will be given to the country and the world groups of art palaces the like of which the world has never before seen. They will represent an expenditure of $50,000,000 exclusive of the priceless collections which will find shelter within the spacious walls of the insti tutions. The Metropolitan Museum of Ait will bo the largest building de voted to art In the world ; the com pleted museum of natural history will overshadow the British museum , and the Hrooklyn Institute museum is planned along the same magnificent lines. In the case of the last named the eastern wing , recently finished , completes nn entire front of the struc ture , including the corner towers. In the case of the Natural History museum the great outer wall has Hnnlly turned the southwestern corner and Is being carried some distance northward. The new wing Is the first of the great side walls of the building. The Fifth avenue facade of the Met- opolltan museum Is being carried this year nearly a block northward from the main entrance. The new wing Is particularly Interesting , since It Is the first wall to bo built besides the en trance , on the outer line of the build- Ing. The museum will ultimately In- close the great hollow rectangle , whoso longest dimensions will parallel Fifth avenue. The main buildings of the museum to-day , those In red brick , will In time be completely Inclosed. The outer walls will bo of a light gray atone. The coat of this building when completed , It Is estimated , will be $22,000,000. Sir Caspar Pnrdon Clarke said recently that he believed the great museum would be completed In ten years , when It will certainly be the chief architectural feature of the city. Some idea of the proportions of this building may be had from the state ment that the present Fifth avenue facade , nearly two blocks in length , is less than one-fourth the length of the completed eastern front. The new wing Is built of a somewhat - what lighter stone than the main en trance. The same alignment Is main tained. It is two floors In height , with ' , a basement. One of the features of the now addition is a spacious lecture hall opening from this wing Into the Inner courtyard. The need of such a hall has been felt for years. The walls of the now wing on the Inner courts are of whlto brick , and the greater part of the roof Is of grass. The In terior Is designed with the same ef fect of lofty spaciousness so charac teristic of the older halls of the museum. The management of the museum has long been embarrassed for room , and the new wing will be quickly taken up. The second floor , according to the present plans , will bo devoted to Robert Fulton and Hendrlck Hud son nnd their times. The display ol those collections will have a pccullai timeliness in view of the approaching Hudson anniversary. It IB probable that the Honchel collection , the prop orty of Mr. J. Plerpont Morgan , win also be allotted space In this wing. Although the new wing , as seen from the street , appears to bo practically complete , it is not expected that it will be regularly thrown open to the public for some months. The Natural History museum will be carried a step nearer completion this year by the opening of the south wing of the west facade and by a new approach preach to the central power house and tower. The museum , It Is perhaps not generally realized , will ultimately considerably exceed In size the British museum. It Is now nearly 20 years slnco the first hall was built , ono of the Interior wings , which Is now almost completely hidden. Slnco then the entire south fncado has been completed , an avenue block in It lift ti. The new wing carries the line of the corner tower on the west nearly a city block northwest , thus giving the first suggestion of the appearance of the west front as It will ultimately ap pear. The great building will some day occupy the entire space facing Central park , measuring three city blocks In length and ono avenue block In width. A great central tower will ultimately rise high above the present roof line. Despite the apparently endless corridors riders of the present structure the museum is badly cramped for room.- There are tons of valuable material , gathered at great expense , which It Is impossible to display. Space in the wing with Its five broad floors Is , how ever , already heavily mortgaged. With many exhibits demanding space , It has been decided to devote the new wing to the new Congo and Philippine collections. The Congo exhibit , re cently obtained In Belgium , of unusual popular as well as scientific Interest , is especially timely. It Is believed It will make a very strong popular ap peal and will amply justify the space devoted to it. The second wing , which Is available for exhibition purposes this year , leads from the central power house directly westward. While smaller than the south wing on the street side , It Is nevertheless an Important addition to the museum. This wing will be given over to various fish exhibits. It will soon be thrown open to the public. These wings together make the most Important addition to the museum In some six years. As in the case of Its neighbor , the Metropolitan museum , the new wing stands practically complete so far as Its outer appearance Is concerned. The brown stone used In Its construc tion Is of course somewhat lighter in tone than In the older parts of the building , but a few years of exposure will correct this. The now addition to the Brooklyn Institute museum has already doubled the capacity of the building. The work here has been completed some months In advance of the similar addi tions to the other city museums. The completion of this wing has done more for the general appearance of the building than have the additions to the other museums. An entire facade of the Brooklyn museum now stands completed where before a single wing appeared somewhat Isolated and de tached. The museum will ultimately inclose a great hollow square , with im pressive towers at the four corners and with elaborate staircases leading up at the center of each aide. The now wing carries the building from the central entrance to the corner , thus rendering the facades symmet rical. The now wing has so far cost $2.- 100,000 , and It stands to-day less than one-fourth complete. The central staircase and approach to the east wing cost nlono nearly $90,000. It Is In some respects the most beautiful architectural feature In the city. Wisdom of Economy. If men would only bo content to live on the right side of their incomes there would bd Httlo cause to fear panics , for they could bo easily averted when they threatened. The man of saving habits , of thrift , of economy , who never allows his output to exceed what he takes In , can al ways breast the storm and roach the port of safety. Cotton Growing In Uganda. American upland cotton grown In Uganda actually commands a higher price in tho-Manchester market than when It Is rown In the United States. There appears to bo practically no natural difficulty In its cultivation throughout the larger part of Uganda , A great development la only a ques tion of organization nnd money. ONE KIDNEY GONE But Cured After Doctors Said There Was No Hope. Sylvanus O. Vorrlll , Mllford , Me. , says : . "Five years ago a bad injury paralyzed mo and affected my kid neys. My back hurt mo terribly , and the urlno was bad ly discolored. Doc tors said my right kidney was practi cally dond. They said I could never walk again. I read of Doan's Kidney Pills nnd began us ing them. Ono box made mo stronger and freer from pain. I kept on using thorn nnd In three months was able to got out on crutches , and the kidneys were acting better. I Improved rap idly , discarded the crutches and to the wonder of my friends was soon completely cured. " Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Fostor-Mllburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. ONLY A COW. Artist ( who has' boon bothered by rustics breathing on him all the morn ing ) My good fellow , I assure you that you can see the sketch with more /advantage from a little distance ! DEEP CRACKS FROM ECZEMA Could Lay Slatc-Pencll In One Hands In Dreadful State Permanent Cure In Cutlcura. "I had eczema on my hands for about seven years and during that time I had used several so-called rem edies , together with physicians' nnd druggists' 'prescriptions. The disease was so bad on my hands that I could lay a slate-pencil In ono of the cracks and a rule placed across the hand would not touch the pencil. I kept using remedy after remedy , and while some gave partial relief , none relieved as much as did the first box of Cutl k. cura Ointment I made a purchaao of Cutlcura Soap and Ointment and my hands were perfectly cured after two boxes of Cutlcura Ointment and one cake of Cutlcura Soap were used. W. H. Dean , Newark , Del. , Mar. 28 , 1907. " Microscopic Writing. A remarkable machine raado by a lately deceased member of the RoytU Microscopical society for writing with a diamond seems to have been broken up by its Inventor. A specimen of Its works is the Lord's prayer of 227 let ters , written In the 1,237,000 of a square Inch , which Is at the rate of 53,880,000 letters or 15 complete Bibles , to a single square inch. To decipher the writing It Is necessary to use a 1-12-Inch objective , which Is the high power lens physicians employ for studying the most minute bacteria , Popuit-vp China. The population of the Chinese em pire la largely a matter of estimate. There has never been such census of the empire as that which is taken every decade in this country. But the estimate of the Almanach do Gotha for 1900 may be taken as fairly reliable. According to that estimate , the population of the empire Is , In lound numbers , about 400,000,000. It Is probably safe to say that if the human beings on earth were stood up in line every fourth ono would be a Chinaman. Wanted to Go the Same Way. Wo were taking a little trip Into the country. The only vacant seats In the train were turned so as to face each other. I told my little girl , four years old , to take the seat In front of would not me , aa riding backward make her sick. She hesitated , and said : "I know It won't make mo sick , but if I ride backward will I go to the same place you are going to ? " AFRAID TO EAT. Girl Starving on Ill-Selected Food. "Several years ago I was actually starving , " writes a Me. girl , "yet dared not eat for fear of the consequences. "I had suffered from indigestion from overwork , Irregular meals and Improper food , until at last my stomach ach became so weak I could eat scarcely any food without great dis tress. ' "Many kinds of food were tried , all with the same discouraging effects. I steadily lost health and strength until I was but a wreck of my former self. "Having heard of Grape-Nuts and Its great merits , I purchased a package - ago , but with little hope that It would help me I was so discouraged. "I found It not only appetizing but that I could eat It aa I liked and that It satisfied the craving for food with out causing distress , and if I may use the expression , 'It filled the bill. ' "For months Grape-Nuts was my pr'nclpal article of diet. I felt from the vor. first that I had found the right way to health and happlnesit , and my anticipations were fully re alized. "With its continued use I regained my usual health and strength. To-day I am well and can eat anything I like , yet Grape-Nuts food forms a part of my bill of fare. " "There's a Reason. " Name given by Postum Co. , Battle Creek , Mich. Rend "Tho Read to Well- vlllo , " In pkgs. t Ever read the above letter ? A new one appears from tlmo to time , They are genuine , true , and full of human V Interest.