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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1896)
M 0 7 0 4 SAVED PEOM THE GBAVE MR JOHN ARTUS RELATES A RE MARKABLE STORY 11a Saj o He Truly Believes If He Had KotHecran the Uae of Dr Willinxna PinkPillB at the lime Ifc Did He Would iNow lc in Hi Grave JFVorn Bulletin Journal Independence loica John Artus is one of the oldest ami most respected citizens of Independence Iowa lie is a larye contractor and was for yours Superintendent of the masons and plasterers during the building of the Iowa Hospital for the Insane often hav ing us many as -50 men imuer iii ciare Said Mr Artus to a reporter recently I had for years been troubled with rheumatism often having it so severely that I was compelled to keep my bed for weeks at a time I sought relief from home physicians but in vain 1 tried all remedies which I could get took the ad vice and remedies advanced by my friends but all to no avail At times I suffered so severely that I wa all but dead Had often heard that Dr Will iams Pink Pills were an almost infal lible cure for my ailment but having tried so many advertised cures and never having found any relief I had about given up hope of relief when at the sug gestion of a friend 1 began on Pink Pills Thank God I did so for from the very first dose 1 found relief I continued fa to take them until in a short time I lost all signs of rheumatism It has been over tline years now sice las I took any of the pills and to this day no sign ot my old malady has returned As true as I believe that there is a God in heaven so true do I believe that had I not taken Dr Williams Pink Pills at the time I did that I to day would be in my grave I give this testimony willingly and freely hoping it will shed light to some other poor sufferer of that awful disease Signed JOHN ARTUS Dr Williams rink Pills contain in a condensed form all the elements neces sarv to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia partial paralysis St Vitus dance sciatica neuralgia rheuma tism nervous headache Pink Pills are sold by all dealers or will be sent post paid on receipt of price 50 cents a box or six boxes for 250 by addressing Dr Williams Medicine CoSchenectadyN A Simple and Effective Constant dipping of the pen into the fnk while writing may be avoided by inserting two pens of the same size in the penholder the inner one to project a little The writing is done with the inner pen The ink collected between the two pens is sufficient to last through several pages of manuscript iiud yet it will not flow more freely than is desirable The pens must be cleaned frequently in order to get the best results An Important Difference To nuke it apparent to thousands who think themselves ill that they are uotal llicled with any disease but that the sys tem simply needs cojausing is to bring comfort home to their hearts as a costive condition is easily cured by using Syrup of Figs Manufactured by the Caiilornia Fig byrup Company only and sold by all druggists Where Children Name Themselves In New Zealand the Maori priest re peats to the infant a lengthy list of the names of its ancestors fixing upon the one which the child by sneezing or crying when it is uttered is consider ed to select itself A copv of The Companions Art Cal endar for 1SD7 which rivals the famous Yard of Roses published by The Com panion a few years ago is given free to every new subscriber to The Companion for 1S97 To new subscribers the paper is also sent free from the time the subscrip tion is received till January 1S97 Thus new subscribers will receive free a hand some four page folding calendar litho graphed in twelve colors The Compan ion free every week to January 1S97 and for a full year to January 1S9S by sending the publishers 175 one years subscription Illustrated prospectus for 1S97 free Address The Youths Com panion 203 Columbus avenue Boston Mas Monument to an Aeronaut A monument has been erected at Boulogne in honor of LHoste the French aeronaut who first crossed from France to England in a baloon He crossed three times successfully but was drowned in the fourth attempt State op Ohio Crrr of Toledo l Lucas Codntv fss Frank J Chenet makes oath that ho is tho sonior partner of tbo firm of F J Cheney Co doins business in the City of Toledo County and State aforesaid and that said firm will paj the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLAKS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured bv the use of HaiiLs Catarrh Cure FRANK J CHENEY Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this 6th day of December A D 188S A W GEEASON r jxouiry iruonc Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system Send for testimonials free v F J CHENEY CO Toledo O JB3Sold by Druggists 75 cents The general postoffice St Martins-le-Grand London contains the largest telegraph office in the world Over three thousand operators one thousand of whom are women are employed Just try a 10c box of Cascarets the fin est liver and bowel regulator ever made On Nov G 1S41 a large volcano ap peared in the Pacific 500 miles off the coast of Japan It spouted fire for five days and then suddenly disappeared From Now Until Spring Overcoats and winter wraps will be in lashion They can be discarged tempor arily while traveling in the steam healed riums of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Hallway For solid comfort fot speed and for safety no other line can ompare with this great railway of the West Slight earthquakes are frequently felt in southern Mexico but they are very -seldom severe Jremature bal iiiess may be prevented and the hair made grow on heads al ready bald v the use ol Halls Vegetable jSiedian Hair Renevrer The average orange tree of Mexico raises 1000 oranges a year When bilious or costive eat a Cascaret candy cathartic cure guaranteed 10 25c The statue of Jupiter Olympus by Phidias was of gold and ivory and was fifty eight feet high It TFftS finished ilB tfce year 444 B 0 Tlie Array Worm While we do not think there is much likelihood of a recurrence of the army worm pest next year yet it may be well i1 case we should have another inflic tion to know a little more about it The New York Agricultural Experi ment Station has devoted Bulletin No 304 to an investigation of tne beist and from it we extract some facts which our readers would do well to hear in mind The eggs are very small lobuhn in foim and nearly white in coior They are usually laid in the leaf sheaths of grasses and grains and r3 early brood which does the mischief oi posit freely in the cut straw of ohl stacks in hay ricks in old com shucks and in bits of corn stalk that have boon left upon the surface of the goniul in pastures This will explain i fad that has been noted by many that the Avorms started in blue grass pastures on which cord fodder had b en fed to cuittle The young caterpillars come forth in about ten days from the tl oio the egg are laid In case the eggs were placed on fresh grass or grain the young lar vae feed for a time in -he sheath where the eggs were placed but final ly include the whole blade in the bill of fare They are full grown in about four weeks At this time a single lar vae measures about an inch and a half in length and a quarter of an inch in diameter They may be briefly de scribed as being smooth naked cater pillars moderately dark in color with longitudinal stripes running the full length of the body The third stage in the insects life begins when the cater pillars go into the ground or under stones to make the wonderful change from an active caterpillar to an appar ently lifeless creature This stage is THE AKMY WORM called the pupa stage or in the case of the butterflies and moths is more familiarly known as the chrysalic stage A single chrysalis measures about three fourths of an inch in length Capacity of a Corn Crib It is a safe rule in estimating the size of a crib to allow two cubic feet to each bushel of corn By a cubic bushel is meant 70 pounds of ear corn which is equivalent to 50 pounds of shelled corn The rule is to allow 14 pounds for cob in the fall and 12 pounds in the spring after the corn has been dried out perfectly Two cribs thirty feet long six feet wide and ten feet high will by this rule hold 1S00 bushels Ten feet is too high to throw corn easily with a scoop shovel but there can be two openings for each crib extending down to within four or live feet of the floor and when the crib is full to the bottom of these short boards can be placed across them as the crib is filled and most of the filling can be done with ease When the cribs must be filled to the top a boy or man can throw corn back to the ends and fill it so as to utilize all the space Subsoil Plowing Subsoil plowing is peculiarly adapt ed to fall work when the ground is apt to be dry It is never the right thing to subsoil land when wet down where the subsoiler works The ground would be left in a puddled con dition and worse off than if left un touched Lands that are continually dry are not improved by subsoiling as all moisture is absorbed by the bottom layer of soil For this reason spring subsoil plowing is unfavorable since it should be done when the soil is com paratively dry If it continues dry the surface soil has no moisture for the germination of the crop as it is ab sorbed by the loose layers of soil be low Fall subsoil plowing is therefore safest and best Dead Furrow a Nuisance The dead furrow is always a nui cance in preparing land for a crop unless it is upon wet lands which must necessarily be thrown into ridges a couple of rods wide to cany off sur face water The reversing plow is now used and highly recommended when it is desirable to have lands level We shall investigate this revers ible plow and report upon its practical utility another season The Advance in Wheat The price of wheat has advanced in all parts of the world and is due to legitimate causes jnrst came a drouth in Australia which cut down the last crop in the colonies very materially Later the advices from Adelaide indi cate great need of rain and the next crop there tuay be dwarfed on that ac- count Two bad years in succession J in lidstralia are improbable but not impossible The crop in the Argen tine Republic is short for the same reason and this is also true of India and Russia The spectacle of Califor nia shipping wheat to Calcutta is one the world has never before beheld A lime for Liberality A little neighborly help and counsel may go a great ways toward keeping some people from failure There are in every community those who are in a position to either distress or to help their less fortunate neighbors In most cases it will do these people no good to draw the lines too tightly while such action may cause the failure of some who would otherwise have avoided it A man may be pretty hard up financial ly and yet be all right If his creditor knows this and takes advantage of it in a time of financial unrest the debtor and the whole business community are wronged usufc with no advantage to the creditor No one is urged to take any great risk for the sake of accom modating a neighbor yet all should realize the gootfcthat a little leniency may do and the harm that may resu from the opposite course Poultry Feeding Rack For the bottom take a board 1 inch thick G inches wide and G feet long ends 1 inch thick G inches wide and 18 inches long NaiJ solid to ends of bot tom their ends flush with underside of bottom Two strips half an inch thick and four inches wide are nailed to the edges of the bottom thus making a trough three indies deep with ends IS inches high Then take strips one quarter inch thick 3 inches wide and nMhflffiffifr GUAIX WASTE PREVENTED IS inches long pointed at upper end and nail them to the sides of the trough leaving a space between pickets of 1 inches for chicks or 2 inches for fowls This gives a complete and durable feed rack where the weak have equal chance with the strong and no wasto of feed Farm and Home No American Fat Stock Show There will be no American Fat Stock Show in Chicago this year The Illinois State Board of Agriculture has decided that the time is too short to allow for proper arrangements being made The stockmen too are of the opinion that it would not be convenient for them to at tend the time being too short for them to get their herds in condition It is probable that another cause has oper ated to some extent The Springfield fair involved them in debt about 15 000 and they had asked to have a guar antee fund of 20000 raised if the fat stock show was to be held Only 15000 of the latter sum had been subscribed What Cultivation Does Soil in its natural state is more apt to crack and fissure and dries out much sooner than soil that has been stirred with an implement StiiTing the soil gives it a more uniform tex ture and makes it more receptive and retentive of moisture Thorough cul tivation enables the soil to hold more water and feed more roots Dairy Dots It is well to remember that culls will come with the best of breeding If a cow has a sore teat milk very carefully and apply extract of witch hazel If a cows teats are muddy or covered with other filth they should be washed with water and then wiped dry before beginning to milk With temperature under control and churning direct at the right time the butter will come solid so as to be easily handled and free from buttermilk When the butter is marbled it is either caused by leaving too much but termilk in the butter at the last work ing or the salt has not been distributed evenly Much of the average farm butter con tains many of the essentials of good quality but because it fails in one or more essentials it fails to bring best prices The laws enacted during the past two years with reference to oleomargarine seem to be slowly but surely reducing the output of the stuff and they are cer tainly of great benefit to the legitimate dairy interests Agricultural Atoms It is easier to keep a farm in good condition than to make it so Chinch bugs winter over among dead grass in corn shocks piles of rubbish and along fences especially hedges The potato blight is on the increase Bordeaux mixture for blight and Paris green for bugs will have to be kept in stock by the potato grower For storing corn fodder either shred ded or bulk any sort of a shed that has a rainproof roof will do All that is necessary is that it be kept dry Land that is rich enough to produce crops on the intensive plan does not need rest but a judicious rotation must be kept up with clover mixed in somewhere Make your cellars frost proof white wash them and let them at all times have light and be capable of frequent ventilation A cellar may be of great er value or a nuisance The preponderance of evidence seems to be against the replowing of com laud for wheat The land is in good condition without plowing Cut the corn off low and drill in the wheat To tell when pumpkins are ripe chip them with the finger nail Ef the nail makes a snapping noise when break ing through the rind it is ripe but if it makes no noise or the chip eojnes off soft it is not ripe mmmmmmmmmmmmmmamemmmMmmam RODE INSIDE THE COWCATCKIR Novel Journey of a Tramp in the State of Washington The man who rode in a cowcatcher bids fair to become a hero among the knights of the road as well as a mar vel to railroad men Ilis name is Will iam Errixson and his years are 20 twenty years as replete with adventure as a chapter out of a dime novel Beat ing his way over hundreds of miles of territory has become second nature to him and a trip on a brakebeam is a positive luxury But wherein William Errixson has transcended all the feats of the migrat ing hobo is that he was the first and only individual of his kind to conceive and execute the audacious project of caging himself within a cowcatcher and beating a ride in that perilous and essentially melodramatic situation It was thus that he traveled from Wiu nemueca to Wads worth He had to be careful in selecting his locomotive to find one that had no forward steam exhaust He has some knowledge of locomotives and so was able to pick out one with only side exhausts In side of the cowcatcher there is only a small space and he found it necessary to sit upon timbers which are used for braces for the frame of the cowcatch er Then he was in a half recumbent position his hands clutched around the cowcatcher bars while the train was running fast Being ahead of the drivers and the machinery he was jolted terrifically by what is technical ly known as the fall of the locomo tive Every little depression in the track permits the dead weight of many tons of iron and steel to fall with the added speed and momentum of the train and then in an instant rebound which is followed by another fall As the track through Nevada is not level much of the way Errixson in his novel eyrie had the most thorough shaking up of any man who ever stole a ride west of the Racky Mountains The air was intensely hot and the smell of the oil and other odors from the locomotive was stifling The dis tance between Winnemucca and Wads worth is only thirty six miles but there are eight stops and it seemed an age of suffering to Errixson before he reached a place where he could climb down and out of his perch He climbed under the cowcatcher in the pit of the roundhouse and got out in Wadsworth His back was wrenched his arms seemed ready to fall from their sockets and his eyes were bloodshot He staggered from the train undetect ed and fell half exhausted in the sage brush where he slept several hours awaking with a terrible start from a dream in which he was once more speeding over the alkaline wastes with the machinery of the locomotive pound ing terrifically just back of him San Fmcisco Examiner Concluded Not to Fisht The earl of March who was known as Old Q on one occasion was chal lenged to fight a duel by an Irish sportsman Lord March appeared on the ground accompanied by a second surgeon and other witnesses Great however was his surprise to see his opponent appear with a like retinue to his own but increased by a third per son who staggered under the weight of a polished oak coffin which he do 4 posited on the ground end up with its lid facing Lord March and his par ty Surprise gave place to terror when his lordship read the inscription plate engraved Avith his own name and title and the date and year of demise which was the actual day as yet scarcely warm The earl at once approached his facetious antagonist and upbraid ed him with so unseemly a joke to which the Irishman replied Why my dear fellow you are of course aware that I never miss my man and as I find myself in excellent trim for sport this morning I have not a shad ow of a doubt upon my mind that this ppn box will shortly he better calcu lated for you than your present dress Lord March was so impressed by his antagonists confident manner that n peace was patched up between them Pulling Teeth by Electricity One can have teeth pulled painlessiy without gas nowadays Electricity does the job neatly and quickly The person in the dentists chair grasps two han dles which are connected with a bat tery by wires At the same time the operator seizes his forceps which like wise are on the end of a wire He touches the tooth completing the cir cuit and instantly a local anaesthesia is produced The teeth and neighbor ing gum are rendered for the moment insensible to pain and out comes the offending molar with a dexterous twist Its all over so quickly that the patient does not realize what has happened until the dentist smilingly holds out his palm for the fee New York Letter Tortoise Sbell The finest tortoise shell comes from the Indian archipelago and is shipped from Singapore and most of it is ob tained on the Florida coast of America There are three rows of plates on the back called blades by the fisher men In the central row are five plates and in each of the others four plates the latter containing the ibest material Besides these there are twenty five small plates round the edges of the shell known as feet or noses Too Fast Jones Did you dedicate your new march to Philadelphia Composer No but I dedicated a waltz Why not the march March time is too fast Texas Sift lugs Her Dear Friend Clara Mr Nieef ello said my face was classic What is classic Dora Oh most anything old Good News The Fnnlta and Folliohof the Ace Are numerous but of the latter none Is more rldi ulous than the promiscuous and random use of laxative pills and other drastic cathnr tles These wrench convulse and weaken both the stomach and the bowels If IIos tetters Stomach Hitters be used Instead of these no remedies the result Is accomplished without pain and with reat benefir to the bowels the stomrch and the liver Use this remedy when constipation Is manifested rud thereby prevent It from becoming chronic he oldcj r wooden building in the world is said to be the church at ior gund in Norway It was built in the eleventh century and has been pro tected by fret nun t coating of pitch It is built of pine and in fantastic Ro manesque design Dont Tobacco Spit and Smoke Tonr Life Away If you want to quit tobacco using easily and forever regain lost manhood be made well strong magnetic full of new life and vigor take the wonder-worker that makes weak men strong Many gain ten pounds in ten days Over iOOOOO cured Buy from your own druggist who will guarantee a cure Booklet and sample free Address Ster ling Remedy Co Chicngo or New York The Ceylon yellow silk spider has a body that weighs nine ounces The melody of music is divine but it is no more enchanting than a young girls face made supremely beautiful by the use of Glenns Sulphur Soap Druggists The valley of Mexico is 7G0O feet above the sea level Cascarets stimulate liver kidneys and bowels Never sicken weaken or gripe Cotton factories in Mexico employ over 25000 people Picos Cure for Consumption is the best of all cough cures George W Lotz Fa bacher La Aug 2G 1895 Mexico is about ten times larger than Great Britain Dobbins Floating Borax Soap Is not an Imitation li IborlBluaL Tbj only soap mat lloats contains liorai anil la 100 per cent pure It Is wormy a trial Every lady who tries it continued its use iteu wrapper Slavery was fully abolished in Mexico m 1837 Airs Wlnsovr 8ooTHTNa Brnup for Children teething sottens the guras rcauces iuflamuiatma llas pain cure wind colic S cents a bottltt The army of Mexico comprises about 10000 men fl irl Is just as surely a disease of the blood as s scrofula So aay the best authorities How foolish it is then to expect a cure from snuffs inhalants etc The seusible ourse is to purify your blood by taking the best blood purifier Hoods Sarsapa rilla This medicine has permanently iured Catarrh ii c multitude of cases It roes to the root of the trouble which is inpure blood Remember r vTI l5t BE J Vx uif rru iT 77 rune vmi makei Millions a Sarsaparilla fs the best In fact the One True Blood Purifier kinrtric OJlIc aro the only pills to take The Cyclists Necessity Is th REPAIR KIT for all ACCIDENTS Oncqualed for Quickly Healing Lameness and Soreness of Huscles Wounds Bruises Stiffness Rheumatism Rub thoroughly with PONDS EXTRACT after each ride to keep muscles supple pliant strong fry Ponds Extract Ointient for Piles Avoid Substitutes Weak Watery Worthless Ponds Extbact Co 76 Fifth Avenue New Yozlc Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Ry Owns and oparatos 6154 miles of thoroughly equipped road FIRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT Jt traverses tho best sections of iho States of Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Missouri Minnesota South Dakota North Dakota and the Upr Peninsula of Michigan For further information address CEO H HEAFFORD General Passenger Agent CHICAGO ILL Best Am the uois to Dump water and cut feed by nana tins win ter or havo an Aonaotor ouea iiSk 7ltli Aermowr fK IT- UCVCD WIU1 -A rnrF7F5 NHB TH1CKEHS y j ctaw --------- - Pnlrt in 1 r cat cans oj lmyi - dealers 20 branch 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