6 THE REPUBLICAN , OUSTER COUNTY , NEBRASKA ,
How About That
New Suit
The allurements of spring are now nt Iheir
height , and summer is on its way.
How about a new suit something mmle to
your measure and your own choice of style and
fabric.
Come in now and look over the beau ( 'if til
array of pure wool samples. They're very nobby.
BBiiEGGEMANN & STEINWAY
Ship Your Li
To The
Farmers' Live Stock Commission co ,
Rooms 209 and 211 Exchange Bldg. South Omaha.
GUSTER CO. 31. . AND MATST
'F ' YOU have a snap in a farm , or ranch for sale
I list with me. If you want to buy a snap in a
farm or ranch come and see me. Phones , of _
fice 42 , residence , 129.
BROKEN Bow NEBR.
DID YOU EVlfll * STOP TO
FIGUR2L HOW MUCH M ON JOY YOU |
CODLD SAV1Q BY TKAUINCJ WITH US ?
We always have the stock to select from.
We manufacture our own lumber and can supply'
your wants in every respect.
Let us furnish you the screens for your holism
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the roofing for your roof , coal for your cook-stove.
Dierks Lumber ana Coa Company
J. S. MOLYNEUX , Mgr , Broken Bow , Ncli.
Sheppard & Bur
* Wish to call your attention to the fine line of
VEGETABLES they have on hand such as :
Carrots Onions
Parsnips Beets
Turnips Lettuce
Cabbage Celery
We have the FINEST FRESH OYSTERS \
in the city , shipped direct from Baltimore.
Sheppard & Burk
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The Restoration
By Melville F. Ferguson
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( CopyrlKht , by J , II. Llpplncott Co.
"Von want a piece for the paper ? "
Tlio Chronlclo reporter , poring over
the long list of trivial accident cases
on the hospital hlotter , turned and
found a solemn-vlsaged orderly at his
elbow ,
"What's doing , IJucklcy ? " ho asked ,
eagcily. "Murder ? Suicide ? "
"Murder ! " sniffed Huckloy. "I got a
piece for your paper that would make
a murder look like a lacerated thumb.
"Member the man we put a new
car on ? "
The Chronlclo man remembered.
Columno had been written about Dr.
Hoffman's achievement.
"Well , " the orderly continued , "wo
boon tut nlii * out now ears on the av
erage of one a month ever since.
Never dreamed there was such a mob
o' people without cars. It's as bad as
when now noses was the fad. Yes ,
sir , cars Is In great demand , and the
price Is rlsln" every day. "
"What's this leading up to an car
trust ? " the juportcr Incautiously in-
onlied.
Iluckloy transfixed him with a stony
glare.
"Keller came In here ono , day with
both ears shy , " he resumed , Ignoring
the Interruption ; "both , mind you. Wo
never put but ono on a man before.
Doc Hoffman was kind o' scared o'
the job. 'Sir , ' says ho , 'this Is like to
cost you $20,000 for the goods alone. "
'Very well , ' says the man ; 'fill out this
signed check to suit yourself , ' says he.
'An' you'll bo throe months In bed , '
says the Doc. 'Hang It , man ! ' says
the feller with the check , 'can you
do this Job or can't you ? '
"So the Doc put an ad. In the , 'Pcr-
sonal' columns , Hko this : 'So'und ,
"Back Comes the Man with the New
Ears , Klckln' an' GrowllnV
hoaltliy , cleanly men In reduced cir
cumstances , wlllln1 to undergo a sac
rifice In return for a comfortahlo for
tune , may hear of something to , their
advantage by callln" at room 408-0
Drown building , Friday afternoon , be
tween ono mid throe. ' Say ! I wish
yon could have seen the push ! Looked
lllco the whole town was In reduced
circumstances nn' hankerln' to under
go n sacrifice.
"Yet of all that mob there wasn't
30 that was both clean an' healthy
lookln" , an' when ears was mentioned
the whole bunch , was scared to death.
Hut there was two a German an' a
liyetallan that was wlllln' to talk
business for fl0,000 per oar. The Doc
talks Dutch , an'come to terms with the
German in ton minutes ; but ho could
n't buy i but ono car off of him. So I
got an interpreter , an' him an' the Doc
an" the Eyetallan Jabbered all after-
upon. It was flvo o'clock before the
iloaj wna finished. , 'Knckloy , ' says the
Doc , 'we've got 'em. Ono off the Ger
man an' 0110 oft the Eyetallan first-
class stock. '
"Well , the next day wo took an oar
off the Eyotallan an' put It on the pa
tient. Six weeks later wo fitted our
feller with the Gorman's car , an1 in
uuotlior sx | weeks wo discharged him
as good aa now , only that Jio was a
Httlo lumpy where the oa.ru growed
onto his head , an' ono stuck out u
trifle more than the other.
"Tho Doc was so cocky you couldn't
got within a mlle o' him. Hut in
about a week , back comes the man
with the now cars , klckln" an" growlln1.
BiilU lit ) was Btono deaf. Knowud when
you was talkln1 , buciuiso Jio CPiild
hear n sort o" Jumble o' words , but
could only understand what was wrote
out a bit o' paper.
"Mo an' the Doc was simply knocked
Billy. Kwry other man wo put a now
nap on could hear bettor than over ,
nn' wo never had no cull to exchange
the goodfl. Day after day that feller
Uopt comlii * In , an' the Doc pryln1 into
Ills euro , but no uao.
"lly an" by ho began to got melan
choly , an * wo shipped him off. 'If it i
don't do him any good/ says the Doc ,
'at least it'll bo good for lie. Wo'll got
n rest. ' Oh , ho was sorot
"First thing when he reached South
ampton the man cabled Doc that ho
wasn't no better. An'overydaynttorthat
ho'd cable twice , askin' what to do , an'
thveatunln * to como homo. Doc used
to tear them cablegrams uo la 1UU
pieces an" Jump on 'cm. Fourth day
ho cabled back : "Travel. Keep on
the move. Make the grand tour' 'an'
go to Jericho , " ho says to mo. 'If wo
keep him busy , maybe ho'll have no
time to poster us with these fool
cables , " says he.
"It was u month ago the Doc sent
that cable , an" from that time to this
mornln" wo never hoard a word from
liln nibs. 'I don't wish him no harm , '
the Doc was sayln' to me , 'but If un
fortunately ho should have died'
when In walks the man himself. You'd
never knowcd It was the same feller
but for the funny lookln" ears. lie
Boomed bright an' cheerful , an' stopped
lllco a two-year-old.
" 'Hlcsa you , doctor , ' says he , shakln *
the Doc by the hand like as If ho
would wring his arm off. 'Dless you !
How arc you ? Is there anybody hero
that speaks Gorman ? '
"Why , yes , I can make a stab at It , '
says the Doc.
' "Hoy1 says the patient. 'Don't sit
there an' mumble. Get somebody that
speaks German or Eyotallan. '
"Doc pulls out a pad an' writes : 'I
can talk German. What do you want ? '
" 'Talk It , then , ' soys the man with
the now cars , 'an' we'll got along all
right. '
" 'Yes ? ' says the Doc , In Dutch. 'Do
you mean to say that you win hear an'
understand all right when I talk Ger
man ? "
" 'Thai's what I mean , exactly , '
says he.
"An' then the whole thing como
out. My boy , that feller had a Ger
man's ear an" an Eyotallan's ear. Ho
couldn't make out a word o' English.
When ho was travolln" In Europe , the
minute ho sets foot in Germany ho
finds he can understand the lingo of
the natives with ono car as if he was
born an" bred In the country. It takes
him a week to tumble to the truth , an'
then ho makes a bee-lino for Italy an'
tries the other ear. It works Hko a
charm he's as good as a native-born
Eyetallan. Now he's como back tb
settle up his affairs on this side , an *
then he's goln' over to live In Germany
or Italy ho hasn't made up his mind
which. Soon as ho learns to speak the
Jargon ho can hear bo'll be all right. "
The Chronlclo man , forgetful of the
press hour of his paper , headless of
the importance of the story , conscious
only of the marvelous genius of Dr.
Hoffman and of Buckley had long-
slnco ceased to take notes , and sat
there stupefied. The orderly'shook
him gently by , the shoulder and
pointed to the clock.
"My boy , " said he , "it's gottln' late
bettor run along. When you put
this plede In the paper , keep mo out of :
It I mught lose my Job. Just say you
got It from the family of the patient ,
an' that as they don't Hko publicity ,
they asked you not to print his name. "
COCOANUT AS STAFF OF LIFE.
In Many Forms It Is the Mainstay of
Inhabitants of the Tropical
Islands.
It Is moro than a coincidence that
the tree which furnishes a greater
amount of available material to man
than any other In the vast kingdom of
vegetables is the first to spring up on
the bare rocks of the newly arlson
coral reef. The cocoanut , so formed
that It may have floated half way
across the Pacific , Is thus universally
distributed throughout tropical islands.
It thrives best near the sea , seldom
penetrating far into the interior. Its
hard shell Is a coat of mall for the em
bryo plant , says the Now Ago , enabling
it to stand hard usage for a protracted
period and locking up securely the
precious life In miniature.
*
The fibrous husk which envelops It ,
and is seldom seen in the market on
account of the greatly increased bulk ,
breaks the jar which would bo Inovi-
taljlo should the hard nut fall unpro
tected from the tall trco to the ground
GO or 90 feet below.
Such a blow would scarcely fall to
break the shell , occasioning the loss of
the nourishing milk so necessary to
the germ. The outer husk not only
breaks the jar of a fall , but buoys It up
on the water , while the tough outer
cutlclo Is waterproof.
Thus is the tree which offers to man
almost In the raw state nil his necessi
ties freely scattered where the warm
seas and their borders offer a footing ;
and from it the humble native secures
sugar milk , butter , wino , vinegar , oil ,
candles , soap , cups , ladles , cordage ,
matting , thatch for roof and material
for raiment combining food , clothing
and shelter in a single gift , continually
making waste places habitable.
Weather In the Arctic Region ,
The Idea prevails that the Arctic re
glens arc always in the grip of King
Frost , A careful log Kept for the
Meteorological society for six months ,
with temperature observations taken
at eight a. m. ; 12 noon , four p. m. ami
eight p. m. shows during that porlod
that as far north as 77 degrees north
latitude , or about 2,000 miles to the
north of Ottawa , the average tempera
ture at noon worked out at 33.85 ilc-
greoa Fahrenheit. The greatest cold
noted was on October 28 at eight n. m.
in the Rovontioth degree of north latl
tudo , 18 degrees Fahrenheit. The
greatest heat occurred on September
8 at noon in the same latitude , and
was G2 degrees Fahicnhclt , The tern
poraturo observations were- kept from
May ; to October 31.
Penalty for Life-Saving.
There are no half measures about
the law. If It means to bo absurd , no- '
surd It will bo. The Lee coroner was
About to hand flvo shillings to a barge
man for nulling a woman out of the ,
vrator , when It' was pointed out that
the woman was alive when rescued.
AB a result the man got no reward ,
Had the woman boon dead he would
have been given AT * thUUnetj lioa-
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Mall. - - * * it m..f r. f. i
A satisfied customer is the best of aclver-
tisments. Read what he tcls ! his neighbor.
You get the best bed room f urn it HIT
You g-et the be t dining1 room furniture
You g-ct the best hall and ollice furniture
You g-et the best kitchen and miscellnnous
furniture
You g-et the best parlor and library furniture
You g-et the best chairs and rockers
You g-et the best rugs and carpets
You get the best prices best of all
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THE FURNHTURE MAN
RAS ANDERSON
DEALER IN
J\ \ / & 1 ?
Feed in larg-e ana small quantities at both wholesale
arid retail.
Special attention given to filling- orders for coal y
in any quantity.
Broken Bow , - - Nebraska
: VOCCXXXXN
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BY THINKING THAT WE CAN'T SELL
YOU LUMBER AND ALL BUILDING
MATERIAL AS CHEAP AS ANY ONE
FOR LIKE GRADES , AMOUNTS AND
TERMS. PHONE 79. *
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and expense in keeping it in good running condi
tion
uy Tke Mitchell Car
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If You Are Thinking
Of Borrowing Money
f BUYING A FARM ,
I BUYING OR BUILDING A HOME ,
FOR THE ERECTION OF A BUSINESS
FOU \ ULOCK ,
I PAYING OFF YOUR PRESENT LOAN ,
BUSINESS OR ANY OTHER LEGITl-
[ MATE PURPOSE ,
And desire money , nt lowest rate , without the pnymcnt of n commission ,
with every advantage hi matter of repayment and prompt action ,
SE12 Ross G. Moore
Attorney and Bonded Abstractor.