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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1896)
V hr Sf l L TJie deepest waiter yot known has been found by the EriMsh ship Pen guin in the South raeifie Oenu be tween the Tonga sroup 3f islands and New Zealand Soundings revealed a depth of 5022 0147 and 5lu3 fathoms I believe my prompt use of Pisos Cure prevented quick consumption Mrs Lu cy Wallace -Marquette Kan Dec 12 Uo Vergas powerful but dlsngreeable story Ui Lnpa in the dramatization of which Dnse refused to play has been given in Rome but proved too strong for even an Italian audience Mrs Windows Soothixo Srncr ror Children u ctbine Bottens the sums ream nillarnniatioii bllab iaiu curee ind colic S csnt a bottle A new form of insanity has been dis covered This is crused by rising from bed too early in the morninz Cm MM 13 1 B can Your blood in Spring is almost certain to le full of impurities the accumulation of the winter months Bad ventilation of sleeping rcoms impure air in dwell ings factories and shops over eating heavy improper foods lailure of the kidneys and iiver properly to do extra work thus thrust upon them are the prime causes of this condition It ii of the utmost importance that you Pisrsfy Your Blood Now as when wanner weather comes and the tonic effect of cold bracing air is gone your weak thin impure blood will not furnish necessary strength That tired feeling loss of appetite will open the way for serious disease ruined health or bieaking out of humors and impurities To make pure rich red blood Hoods Sarsaparilla stands une qualled Thousands testify to its mer its Millions take it as their Spring Medicine Get floods because Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier AH druggists Si Prepared only by C I Hood Co Lowell Mass MrrHc Dfllc arotho only pills to take with EUUU S fllib Hoods Sarsaparilla Gladness Comes With a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys ical ills which vanish before proper ef forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts rightly directed There is comfort in the knowledge that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis ease but simply to a constipated condi tion of the system which the pleasant family laxative Syrup of Figs prompt ly removes That is why it is the only remedy with millions of families and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all whoValue good health Its beneficial effects are due to the fact that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts It is therefore all important in order to get its bene ficial effects to note when you pur chase that you have the genuine article which is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co only and sold by all rep utable druggists If in the enjoyment of good health and the system is regular then laxa tives or other remedies are not needed If afflicted with any actual disease one may be commended to the most skillful physicians but if in need of a laxative then one should have the best and with the well informed everywhere Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction There is just a little ap petizing bite to HIRES Rootbeer just a smack of life and good flavor done up in temperance style Best by any test MtAt only bT The hirlcs K Hires Co Philadelphia A 25c package jaaiei b gallon Sold e exjwhere Mansfield Ohio May 27 1S93 Ripans Chemical Co Gentlemen I recently had an interview with Arthur Swendal who Is very entim siastic about Itipans Tabules and could hardly say enough in their favor because they have made him j feel as good as he ever did in his life Very truly yours A E BELL Rlpaas Tabules are sold by druggists or by mall II the price 50 cents a boi is sent to I he Rlpaus cheml eal Company No 10 Spruce Street New Xork Sample vial 10 cents HI RV DBI I SPALDINGS Baeball Guide New kLH DhLLKuI b r0 portraits Octs Dept U J Aineric n bpons Pub Co 2 11 Uroadway New York A 1 GUflES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Best Coach Syrup Tastes Good Use Ultima Bold by druKfrfst WQk wliMmlf JiP Gticsscd Exactly Squillin newspaper in hand Heres an account of a terribly bungled exe cution McSwilligen Couldnt the sheriff get the hang of it Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph The Hiatus She Ive seen just sixreen winters He Ah I see youve spent the rest of theru in Florida Yonkers States man Very True Professor It pains me William whenever I am obliged to punish you William I know that sir but it doesnt pain you on the same spot Fliegeude Blaetter It Always Pajs How did your daughter come to get the duke By advertising Nonsense You dont mean to tell me you advertised for a husband for your daughter No But I advertised my business Exchange Some Inside History See how clean of snow Browns side walk is and look at Jacobsons next door Yes but you dont understand What I saw Brown borrow Jacobsons snow shovel two hours ago Cleve land World Saw His Fate W I mKm ai Try Roentgens photography before proposing New York AVorld Honors Even Wool I met a Russian to day who had served a long term of exile in Si beria Van Pelt My own brother lived for years in Brooklyn Exchange A Generous Nature Bangkrupt went into the Delarin the other night and after eating a hearty dinner summoned the waiter What is your name Alphonse he asked Patrick McGuffy replied Alphonse Thank you said Bangkrupt putting the name down in his memorandum book You have served me so well Ill place your name on the list of my pre ferred creditors for a liberal tip Har pers Bazar Doubtful Honors Bobby presenting a friend Mam ma do you see Tommy Jones Mamma Yes Bobby but Ive met Tommy before Didnt you know it Bobby But you know mamma that you said yesterday that I was the naughtiest boy you ever saw So I wanted you to see Tommy Jones Harpers Bazar Ten to One There was once a lawyer who indi cated his office hours by a notice on his door In from 10 to 1 An old sea captain who kept com Ini for about a week without finding him in at last furiously wrote under this notice Ten to one youre out Exchange Too Bad Litle Mrs Newbride tearfully Oh dear me I wonder what can be the matter with this cake Husband cautiously It is a trifle heavy that is a fact Little Mrs Newbride sobbingly It is as heavy as le-le-lead and I put in plenty of ruh raisins to raise it tut too Harpers Bazar A Greater lirooklyn Over-the-bridge people are now talk ing about Greater Brooklyn They must annex New York or New Jersey to become greater New Orleans Pic ayune Certainly Not flMX Mm Ella Do you think the bicycle will ever take the place of the horse Delia Certainly not They cant make sausage meat out of bicycles A Iife Position Have you got a permanent posi tion Jawley I think so Snip Co have em ployed me to collect your account witli them Harpers Bazar An Interesting Phenomenon Dear me said a South America r republic as it looked at Great Britains map of Venezuela It is really verj astonishing if it is not misrepresented What is it inquired a sister coun try The manner in which a country is liable 1o shrink in this warm climate Washington Star Many a True Word The office boy Der editor is busy jist drop yer stuff in de slot Miss Posey the sweet singer of Sing Sing Tell me does he get many poems The office boy disgustedly Poems Why hes got em to burn Judge Sure Indication Those photographs must flatter her Why Shes ordered another dozen from the same negative Science for the Household Extract from womans club proceed ings Many a man who goes to bed with insomnia becomes a cataleptic the min ute the baby begins to cry The Proprieties But why persisted the native do you serve the missionary for dessert Oh he was such a pudding re joined his wife lightly The propriety of the thing was too manifest to permit further discussion- Detroit Tribune Somewhat Misunderstood Clerk in jewelry store Gold rings Yes sir step this way please Eigh teen carats Mulvaney No sir Iive been aitin onions av uts anny o yure bizness New York Ledger Her Idea Mrs Dash can you tell me about your husbands incubator Oh yes this is where the dear little chicks hatch you know and thats the brooder What does the brooder do Why it lays the eggs f POOR TEXAS BONDS They Were the Seeds from Which a Mighty Fortune Sprang The late William H English of In dianapolis left a fortune of over -000000 It is of fifty years growth and began with the annexation of Texas Mr English was then 23 years old and clerking in a department at Washing ton He was richer in character than in purse He had some money at Lex ington his native town and had saved all possible from his salary of two years The bonds of the Texan Repub lic were at very low price not above seven or eight cents Jesse D Bright who anticipated Texas becoming a State was a friend to young English and told him that he might lay the basis of a fortune if he had ambition that way by buying Texas bonds Young English asked that the situation be more fully explained which was done He was then prepared for the consequences of his own acts nere was clearly his opportunity He got leave of absence as quickly as possible and went back home There he drew on the town for all the money he could borrow But the town was poor One of the richest men in it was a mer chant who had made a snug sum In swapping prints for produce and who ideed Bill English He was asked for a liberal loan He wanted time to con sider But time was money then or nothing No golden dream had ever suggested to him a speculation in bonds but on Englishs assurance he shelled out a thousand or so ne knew that make or break it would be returned to him That was in 1S43 English went back to Washington and put ev ery dollar he had in Texas bonds The Lone Star joined the constellation the bonds -went to par and Mr English made his pile Like the peach it grew and it grew and it grew But some of it returned to the old merchant at Lexington Enterprise had pushed him to the wall he had made other loans that were lost and the bank that held his money collapsed in a panic lie lived four years surviving his wife six months without a shelter or a table of his own and during all this time Mr English cheerfully supplied him with both Better than Refined Gold Is bodily comfort This unspeakable boon is denied to many unfortunates for whose ail ments Hostetters Stomach Bitters is a promptly helpful remedy The dyspepc lic the rheumatic the nervous persons troubled with biliousness or chills and fever should lose no time in availing themselves of this comprehensive and genial medicine It pro motes appetta and rnjrhtly slumber The Wife Objected Just before the ship America left her flock in San Francisco last week for a voyage to the fish canning station at Copper River Prince William Sound with a large party of canners and fish ermen a search was made for stow aways Down among the stores in the hold a stowaway was found who prov ed to be a woman the wife of one of the fishermen She objected to being parted from him for the several months of the fishing season and declined to leave the ship fiercely fighting the sailors who tried to take her from the hold Finally she was lassoed with a rope about her waist and hoisted out of the hold and over to the wharf where she sat crying bitterly as the ship was towed out into the stream The Ked Lake Indian Reservation Opens May 1st This valuable tract ot land in northern Minnesota just east of the Red River Val ley will be thrown open to settlement May 1st It is readied ironi Fosston Mc intosh and Thief River Falls towns on the Great Northern Railway and all close to the Reservation Ihe United States Land Office is at Crookston and the towns named are the bianch lines running from that place Persons who intend to locate can stop off there and visit the Land Office befoie going to the Reservation By netting tickets via Crookston and the Great Northern Rail way to any one of the three towns named the prospector will be near the land From Sioux City and points tributary buy tickets via the Sioux City and North ern concerning which address W B Mc Nider G P and T A Sioux City Iowa Rendered Justice After Many Years Thirty years ago the late Major Thos J Barry of Detroit in paying a bill gave out 20 too much the bill of that denomination sticking to another The receiver noticed the mistake some time later and made a memorandum of the fact intending to pay it The memo randum was lost and the incident pass ed out of his mind A few days ago in running through a desk he found it He lost no time in seeking out the wid ow of Major Barry and explaining the incident induced her to accept not the 20 but the accrued interest com pounded at 7 per cent making the to tal 15224 With all this honesty this man is too modest to allow his name to be made Dublic Halls Catarrh Cure Is a constitutional cure Price 75 cents Japanese juauncnes It is customary among most civilized nations when launching or christening a vessel to break a bottle of champagne or other wine over her bows The Jap anese with their usual thrifty notions do not believe in this unnecessary waste When they christen a vessel instead of breaking a bottle they liber ate a number of pigeons At the chris tening of the Yashima the largest and most powerful battle ship eAer con structed for the Japanese navy which took place a shore time ago at the Els wick ship yard on the Tj ne this un usual sight was seen Mme Kato the wife of a member of the Japanese em bassy christened the vessel and- let loose the pigeons at the same time It would be interesting to know what the origin meaning and intention of the custom was A Walkerville Mon tj womai clean ed up 4 worth of gold from the craws of three chickens a few days ago She is undecided whether to kill the rest of her flock or to try and find out where they scratch up the gold u J t yTnnlxcc Jingo The English language is capable of many queer twists and turns An American and an Englishman were once discussing the history of their re spective countries The American boasted that his people had repeatedly beaten the English in war What The Emrlish beaten I would have you understand sir that the English are the cream of all the fighters in the world answered the Englishman Whipped cream then I guess said the Yankee A Spring Trip South On April 7 and 21 and May 5 tickets will be sold f lom principal cities towns and villages of the north to all points on i lie Louisville Nashville Railroad in Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Florida and a portion of Kentucky at one single fare for the round trip Tickets will be good to return within twenty one days on payment ot -2 tongent at destination and will allow stop over at any point on the south bound trip Ask your ticket acent about it and if lie cannot sell you excur sion tickets write to C P Atmore Gen eral Passenger Auent Louisville Ky or CJeo JJ Iforner D P A St Louis Mo In proportion to its size a fly walks rhirtj five itimes as fast as a human being For 31 years Ootitrtns Electric Soap nas Deen imitat ed by unscrupulous wiap makers Wkyf liecaiihe it Isliext of till iul lias an Immense 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