i I M r y I tf uitKJV Trr Yhe valentine democrat RfcCCtSfiORTO CHERRY COimiY IHDEPEDEHT JEOBERT GOOD Suitor and BabSshsr Official Per of Cherry ty Nebraska tylGO Tear hi Advance PUBLISHED VEEY THUKSDA Entered at 1 ho Fobt offlce at Valenfcne Cherry county KcbrasKa as Secomfrfclass msttcr Thi paper will be mailed regularly to itetsubscribers until a definite order to -discontinue is received -sad all ar rears -are paid in full m Advertising rates -50 cents per inch perqiionth Bates percohiran or for long time ads made known on appli cation to this office TEUJ iSDAY BEG EMBElt 1896j - Walfc for the beet -sugar factory and while yvw are waiting 4work Thats what tunt8 work The 1 OelphosrOhio Herald Says that for the first time in -the history of the country r a busheV of corn will not buy fctSozenof eggs ry county needs a new court house is 0m3ha needs a new depot and that -means the extreme point of necessity The republicans are putting in tioe the old Mauery Whi it are we here for if not the offices M any of the as pirants however have ch knged this -to What are the -offices her for if not for us It is said that the amo unt of money in circulation 4ears no relation -to prices yet it is said by the same patties that the recent sudden rise -in ithe price of wheat--was stopped and wea back because of the scarcity f money- Farm Stock avtd Home -Bay by day the need of a court house h a Cheiry county becomes more and re apparent Everyone who has occi ision to transact business in the present building tf HI admit that fact and evfej ry stranger emphasizes it by his looks of disgust and carcastic remarks Ptof 1 Henry BCorbett Nebraskas present s tate superintendentof public instractlo o is one of the forty appli cantsfor the position of principal -of the St Pa uL city schools and is backed bj such influential men as Senator Jo hii M Thurston and Chan cellor McL an of the state university Corbtt sta uds a good show to win thia positioi l Its hard to keep men of hisalibr 8 down mores the pity w W i r Numerous cpapers over the state are takingup the woman suffrage ques tion and st xong pressure will he brought to be r upon the members of the next legislature to secure the sub mission cf an amendment allowing women tne ngi u to vote xnis is one of the Question which -are biennially agitatedand li te Banquos ghost will not down The re is stroRg probability that the question will besubmitted to the people at tho -next general election in this state - i The vacant seat on the -bench of the court of claims which gossip had as signed to oucof tho members of Presi dent Clevelands uabinet went to Assistant Attorney General Howey -whose ofEcial dutie3 have made him thoroughly familiar with the business f this court Judge Howeys legal attainments arehigh and there is no pftirsonalobiectiontohim but if the ida advocated by a considerable aium bet of silver men of hanging4jupali of Mr Clevelands nominations in the senate he carried out his nomination will fail with all the rest jxyia repuoiicans or wasnington arc in a -bad statp pi mind because a gold democrat has been slated for chairman of the JIcKinley inauguration commit tee and they have made a vigorous protestgainst his bemg given the place both to Mark Hannaand to Mc 3Qnley and the local republicans are right too but inasmuch as the gold democrat who has been promised the -place was a big contributor to Mark Hannas campaign fund their protest will probably -count for nothing It is customary to have all parties repre Eented 911 the isauguration committee but it this gold democrat gets -what he paid for jfewillt6 the first time that a chairman of the committee has not been V member of top party which elected tbe PnsSdent LETS REFORM iwy reforms tire being agitated for life beginning of the twentieth century manv of them sensible ones too The one occupying the latgest space an the public mind just now is that seeding a revision of our calendar which all admit is a very awk ward thing as at present arranged It seems strnnge 3foat the wise men who established air svstem of insr time did iKSt hit oroon thirteen montiis corresponding to the number- of moons in ths year instead of twelve- It would have been mcch more con venient to say the least as well as much5 more sensible he first twelve months could be composed of 28 days each and the thirteenth would have 29 and on leap year 30 days If the iew year January 1st came on Monday the lirBt day of each succeeding month would be on Monday of course and Ithatwould save a lot of bother Of course we would have to chauge our birthdays around to fit the new order of Ihings and rearrange the dates of maturing notes but that could easily be done Have we not adopted a standard- of timewhich disregards all meridians and causes twelve oclock -noon to fall on the same minute over all ther space of vcountry between Long- pineiNebraskaand Pittsburg Penn sylvania And this changing of the months is a matter which the United States can indiiige in without the aid or consent of any other nation on earth Think -also what a blessing it would be to do away with that old verse Thirtydays hatlrSepteraber etc The opening of the twentieth century would be a fitting time for the inauguration of this reform and while we are in the reforming business we nnight as well discard our old-fashion ed clumsy method of measuring dis tance by I2 inches make one foot 3 feet make onejard 5 h yards make one rod 320 rods make one mile and adopt the metric system of the French not only iu regard to distances but weights and other measures We laugh at the English for computing their money in pounds shillings and pence but on avir part the measure oi value is the only sensible one- we em ploy Andat the same time why not have our clocks and watches made over so that the hours could be com puted from lto 24 eachi dayinstead ofi running up to 12 twica each day Theres bo doubt about it the United States is old fashioned regard less of its youth but as youth is al ways the fhstfco adopt improved sys tems the United States should be the first to take -up the reforms above quoted BRAIN IS INNOCENT With bis customary brutality and lack of decency C P Wiltse last week launched at the editor of this paper about a half column of abuse and rot which he flattershimself is sarcasm but never once in the article does he mention the name of E J3 Brain or attempt to s prove the charges made against that gentleman Instead he seeks to sinkthe matter into a person al or newspaper fight instead of keep ing it on legitimate lines This shows the weakness of his case As a matter of fact Wiltsedare pot attempt to prove that E B Brain was ever guilty of malfeasance in office Land his refusal tomake the attemnt shows that he realizes how futile the ettort would be aud is a practical ad mission that the charges made by him before election were false That is all this paper desired either proof of the charges or an admission that they were false By his silence Wiltse makes the admission He may vfill columns -with abuse of The Demo crat or its editor and neither will pay attention toit they are not built that way but ifhejenews his attack upon Brain both will be found on deck and if the charges arerproven both will do as mey agreeq viz aia toe prosecu tion This paper has no personal in terest in the niatter except tosee jus tice done It is the friend of all who are oppressed The subscription list of the isvorthStar Journal is increasing so rapidly that Prof left this paper off his exchange list last week but The Democrat is informed that rit received some good advertising free gratis Thanks Theres one thing commendable about the Star Journal at least its editor is a gentleman and confineshiroself to matters in baud which is piore than can be said of bis contemporary 30 miles down the road Mark Haosa it is offipjaily reported does not want fhe portfolio of secre tary of the treasury but is casting longing glances at the senate where Senator Sherman has long sat izzzzzszi2Z2 metropolitan newspaper- - - The Chicago Chronicle is a great and i its editors are supposedly veR informed on the topics whieh they from time to time but the following from an editorial regarding the recent irriga tion convention held in this state will not fail to bring smiles to the face of every Nebrasxau who reads it The -delegates tothe Nebraska are from various parts ot the state where wet and marshlands are a large part of the territory They are devising schemes to redeem the lands by drainage canals and other worlrs WonSer what the people oT Brown and Rock and Holt and Dawes -and Rdx Butte and the other counties in terested think when -they learn that tlreir counties are composed Javgely of wetland inarsh lands The fore gomgis good enough to vfarve vbeen published in the London Times or some otheir ponderouSEnglish cal IBard ftimes Who said hard times With prosperity all -around us how cats there be hard times here The man who continually ringsthe changes ouhard timess an -enemy to the community at large He -breeds dis content discontent magnifies mole hills into mountains and -small depri vations are looked upon asunbearable hardships when in this condition a man speedilybecomes an anarchist in thought if not in fact Thos ricner than he are thought of as personal enemies and lie curses them -because of -their riches When a man is ever lastingly talking hard times times are very apt to be hard frem sheer hperverseness Jb ortune never smiles upon the grumbler and none can biame her Cheer up brothers get out of the slough -of despond Cease being a pessimist- become an optimist and you will be surprised at the change in this old planet and can exeteim with the Spaniard It is a pretty world senor Try it once and -see always remembering that be your lot ever so t hard to bear there is some one whose lot is harder iration First the courts charge really fiibui uie pusisesions or -a left tn intelligent jury no groUnd on Rl iygVt iMMIfcTIMrnl - J HMHTTWlfclgM strips m iitimak skin Converted Into Ba zor Strops by Medical Students x nrnenvsne Trnfflo Carried On by SZf pecnnfcKurOperatora in tho Avcg Boom How the Strops Are Made The razor stropOflhumanBkin ex- of a heartless -medical student steelexi to insensibility of tbesacrednessothe corporeal body by- constant contact xvith it in the dissecting room that thisrazor dtrophad its origin You never can tell to what heights of audacity the average medical student will reach iu his professional profana tion of the corpses -upon which he is called to operate This is pa overbial the world over and it has come to pass that he looks upon a human cadaver it was called it merely he who first a ly a fleshly commodity which the vital spark once gone from it becomes so much clay to beworked over and ma nipulated in any way he sees fit Now you do not believe possibly enough that tftcTozor trop or uum skin is an actuality You aire far wrong t is in existence in -New York but the traffic in them is carried on sur reptitiously and as an occasional means of helping some poverty stricken med to ekeout a lining It is well known that in dissecting the most delicate and finest of steel instru ments are used It is necessary to keep these instruments extremely sharp The ordinary coarse stone or strop would utteTly destroy the delicate blades It is also well known that a razor can be nicely finished on the palm of the hand This fact led to the use of small crude strops made of bits of flesh se cured in the dissecting room The pon sibilities of this human flesh strop ap pealed so forcibly to the practical mirid of one of the students that he began experiments which have resulted in the introduction very quietly on the mar ket of a razor -strop made of human flesh One side of these strops is made of black flesh and the other side of while -flesh The skin for these strops is se cured in this way When students are given parts of the human body to dis sect the skin is usually removed aud thrown away This waste skin is now in jyreat demand The leg skin ie the part most prized as it is from thie that the most able strips of flesh for razor strops are Be5UmL The epidermis and the NO WAR NO FILIBUSTERS mis arre carefully removed together m a The result in the Lauraaa case ought strip 18 inches by five inches All fat o carrv a hint or twoi to the admin is is cut away and the flirip is then put in a stronfir solution of arsenic nnd water where it is allowed to remain for about five hours It is now changed to a weaker solution of arsenic asid left for fthich to convict ftVe -have no law 1days aad no treaty forbidding merchants -to Fext it s placed in a secret solution hich additional firmness to 8endgoods to I18 or persons ffoto any - rj M plt 1 -V rubbed hard with a iLrrLCfBnlt inLafiiiii GATHERING THE BHTUKHS Scone ALont New iork Polite JjrajJiiuar iors ou Eleciiou Night The election bureau of Lhfj poliee board la ihe -official recipient o the returns from the precinct This bureau furnishes each poll with bfejiks for the official record and also vith four sets of small blanks for each ctEe As soon as the count ior an office jk finished the four inspectors sign all Tfour blanks and a take omplifieatne flnaesieeiemaiiierwui them t a police headquarters the age to means luju tauua ao c i iarcely besaid that it was in the brain it Ernest Tngexsoll in Centurv and ciiicldv returns for others Thus the count goes on until it is completed sometimes not before midnight Meantime there have gathered in a large room at police headquarters all the commissioners the superintend ent a great number of newspaper re porters with pencils Sharpened at both ends while the r walls are lined with messenger and telephonerboys As soon as a report js brought it is read out by the superintendent taken down bj the newspaper men forwarded to their editors as rapidly as possible By eight oclock the returns come thick and -fast artd nothing is heard but the scratching of pencils and the footsteps -or -racing messengers commis sioners soon go to their private offices for thev know that anrious candidates 1U called t jo their f ate aitnoagn arrery Jair idea has spread abroad by nine or ten oclock as to how the state and city have gone on the principal issues In the case of the election of November 1804 every body knew that Tammany was beaten long before that hour But the -fun of the street is uot for that band of reporters at headquarters nor for those other bands of writers in the newspaper offices down town who With almost superhuman diligence and endurance are tabulating and put ting into type and commenting irpon these returns for delectation of the pubile next morning The tenement house districts have been alive with people since sundown dancing about the fires They have learned long ago the outlines of the result and those ou the successful ide are rejoicing -lit their tumultuous way sure of the support of all the boys As the evening advances the ex citement spreads to Broadway and up town The newspapers will issue ex tras every hour or o from nine p m to two in the morning but they do not hesitate to give nil this news away upon their bulletins as fast at thsj got Decimal CI odes The latest in clocks and watches is distinctly oriinal ft comes from j France The suggestion is that the decimal system should be adopted for i clocks and watches bidding to our old friends It and 12 oclock entire ly and to divide therlace of the clock into ten instead of twelve sections This system is now used by the graphical bureau of the French army and it is tirged that it diminishes the labor of calculatiomby two thirds and lessens the chances of mathematical eror from four to one The following is an outline of the rulesof the decimal powei a boarrl to dry Two days in the sun fOtem ae applied -to timepieces A ith which we are at peace as we are is required for the drying and it is then i The day from midnight to with Spain No possible question b brimmed and cut to the required size A night following is to be divided into Piece of flefh of the size described will 30 equal parts known as 4cesV neutrality can arise where there is n shriDk in fte procegg of foup he subdivisions according to the war and neither Spain nor our own teenby three and a half inches decimal plan are or tenths government has recognized the exi4 Next it is thoroughly saturated with centices or hundredths milliees or tenee of anv war in Pnh -if i nt linseed trl to soften it and after thousandths -v aw v n ji mootn rounc VJJC Ui T uijiiuui cue ees What their purposes mav be of white linen duck is used for backing- This say the scientists is the itis impossible for the Government to and the sttiP of flesh is pasted to it possible system but the poor lay Irridw anrt imnQrHn0nf with a thin solution of f urniture glue mhid we are afraid will not quite r - - The two sides of the strop are made one quire Of black flesh and the other of white becondly inrefusinstoconvict the flesh The black flesh jury very plainly intimated an un willingness which tenths of the Araericanpeople to lend is prepared in the same manner as that of a whit 1 1 I - is shared bv nine- ZT 1S mre dIfflcUlt to The two strips of human flesh -are further aid to Spain in conquering the pasted together back to back arid make f mate MDtrirtfe VV Q razor Strrtn it rnlA T ulxUla uuiuicuug shooting wounded A Granite-Hotel- for the iosemite All the so called hotels cottages tents and other makeshifts provided for the accommndatinn nf tdcitnvo i Cleveland carried Illinois in 1892 by the Yosemite valley are to give way in 26993 and liryau received 33479 more he Tiear future to a handsome impos in and fireProof structure to be built votes than Cleveland received rVet Mc- Kinley carried Illinois rC 1 agree with such a conclusion aud Six a m sounds far more acceptable than 25 ces its decimal equivalent West minster Gazette A Tie of Sympathy Isnt it strange how people thrown together abroad will become said a lady who had iust re- i uoncomoatanis - l - wiub turned from a European jaunt We 1 J wno have thPTn uspn no oi World INTERESTING FACTS Several editors have discovered that Cleveland carried California in 1892 by 147 and dBryan received 220U0 more votes than Cleveland received and yet McKinley carried California Jij i i tell m with some Cleveland ionlp mi JLUCU iUiU UULUUllf iC uluut rizor t learner v 1 -1 tu strop hospitals with their helpless inmates The dark side is used to siwt ni These are hints that should be heeded the white side to finish the razor The advantages claimed are that it is softer and more flexible and that the pores being closer together than in leather it offers greatervresistance to the razor and gives the blade a better and -more lasting edge NVY Journal shipboard going with whom we were A REMARKABLE FEAT Performed by tho Cirarapion Swim mer of Australia He Swinn Arro i tho Golden Gate Han FrainM t la One Hour ftort riftcen iliimtu Ajjiirjt Uio Till- at i The mor important feat in swim miirgin the histor3 ox the coast wqp ac riiomplishcd recently by Charles Cavill the champion swimmer of Anstralm Cavill xnanaged to breast tides and letween Fort Point and the Mar in -county shore and swam across the Golden Gate It -v-as 330 oclockvhen Cavill left Devils Point and just 1 hour and 15 minutes later hJe touched the -rocks about 200 yards seaward from Jbort Winfield Scott having cov ered a distance as the crow iiea oT over iys miles The Australiaifsperformance drewa bigcrowd The siore about Port Point wasiined with people and the wateraia the gatewere crowded with small crait of every description Tlie ferryboat had a place in the stream with unousanfl people aboard Tpom a swimmers standpointtheday was an ideal one The water was a smooth as could be desired its surface only rippled by the curling edges of the long swells that came Irotathc oceaa There was a slight wind blowing but it was not sftrong enough to kick up any disturbance ally and started for the San Francisco shore with energy Killick and Kahn and the Dolphin crew accompanying hm in boats The swimmer led off with a louy c asy rightrtside stroke and for the first few hundred yards- of the course the way was easy and his pace waH rapid About a quarter of a -mile from shore the Australian encountered what he say was the swiftest current he eer met The tide had turned since he left the ferry and was now pouring through the chamie with the speed of a mill race The ripples 1 oared like a miniature aea and threatened to engulf the boate Cavill struck into it bravely and at tempted to stay its progress by turn ing his fare toward Sausaiito and swim ming north The rowers in the boat attempted similnr tactics -but the rrzsh of waters toward the ocean carried every thing wzthit Seeing that it waa useless to attempt to withstand the force of the tide Cavill drifted with it lie was carried out almost to liefore he encountered the counter- 1 currents -on the Presidio shore eddy opposite Point Loboa couebt hi in iti grip and whirled him back again toward the bay From this time oa work was eomparatively easy lie swam leisurely and easily toward the fort followed by half a hundred boats and tugs A half a mile -from the unlawful for anv persons who please to - 7 T iandi l t he picked up an old felt sail for Cnha nr cph armo tr C M ulu -- - lx 7 nat tnar was itoatmg in thewaterand w vwj vumuoi oxe ana reaav tor A nippp Ul uiuu i uuarier 03 an nour or ootn put it on his hcadmuch to the amuse ment of the spectators As he reared the shore Cavm in- creased his speed The Dolphin crew and a boat from the life saving service f cleared the way There was e long j slow swell smashing against the rocks j and ou top of one of these breakers Cavill landed eosly There was a great crowd awaiting his arrival and s the swimmer walked up the beach he was given an ovation by everything and everybody from the small boy on the fort parapets to the big whistle of the steamer Sausaiito Cavill returned to acquainted only by name but in a the water almostimmediatelyandswam few hours we shared confidences like to the Dolphin clubs boat fronnvnich lifelong friends It was the same way wherever we chanced to find our-countrymen At Rome we ran across a Cleveland clergyman and you would have thought we were long lost rela tives from the cordial way he greeted the discovery thatwe were also landers In fact it is quite impossible to feel lonely if you know that any of your home people are about AlTthe frigid barriers of social distinctions are melted down and everyone- is on one plane of friendly equality Yes and they are not seaside acquaintances either when they meet again the old Cleveland carried Indiana ih 1892 by was developed nt a recent meeting of SeennSx0n Tf commo hiterent drawa - Liirin rsiiiiiii 1 vv l v if miwi nT rm i Tnot 7tl25 andjBry an received 42000 more tlie Yosemite commissioners during votes than Cleveland received -yet Mc- e Jiscus5101i -of to provide for the accommodation of visitors to the Kinley carped Indiana 1 vaiw t n in - o Harrison carried Iowa rln -1892 by -building that can be constructed from I Vaaderbii s ki m 2329andsBryan receive541 more Jhe stone -right on -the ground aid Said a business man of wide experi votes than Harrison received yet Mc- Gov Budd J doiit e H would ence and observation Have you ever Kinley carried Iowa wstinore than to buildaReqimlly large observed the money making nose It j v vt x hotel of lumber up there in is astronir well formpd nnP Cleveland named Kentuck in 1892 tains where the Ruling of the lumber SSVt by40020and Bryan received 42336 C08ts more than the lumber itself crook in the nose is the unfailing sign more votes than Cleveland received Commissioner Sperry said that a -of money making ability I have ob cfrilMlirO TTl Vl 1frk KvnTn n11 vet narripd KmJxuiisv t - WAXlu ut straightway together and thev live those delightful experiences over again in sympathetic reminiscences Cleveland Tlain Dealer served it for years If vou doubt it j P up at a cost 01 4OOO0 to 95Q00G look about vou and you win find that Harrison carried Michigan iu 1892 He suggested that planscught to be every wealthy man -who has -made his by 20t412 and Bryan received 4000 cured to enable a proper presentation own money out of nothing has -more or moretvotes than Harrison received of the scheme to the legislature when less such anse A -very fine example yet McKinley carried Michigan Harrison carried Minnesotain more votes than Harrison received yet McKinley carried Minnesota Harrison carried Ohio in 1892 jiu appropriation wasasKea tor of the nose istaiatwliich Budd jaid he would in his message to adorns the face of Cornelius Vander IS92 the legislature call attention r ffip htlK to fhnmrh lv m tt tt o m by 21903 and jBryan received 16j714 jproposition San Francisco Call spoon in bis mouth has shown very 1072 aud Bryan reeeived 69000 more votes than Harrison i3siyed yet Mc Kinley carried Ohio Harrison carried Oregon in 1892 by 21000 and Bryan receded 9000 oiore votes than Harrison Beeoweu yet McKinley carried Oregoc Moon Mountains The mountains of the moon are or tne earth The moon is but one fortyniuth the size of the eartli but its mountain peaks are nearly as hgu Twenty two are higher than Ztfrunt Blanc which is within a few feet of three miles high The highest is a lit tie more than four relics- zn 1 1 kzli - Louis Hooubllc marked aoility in the increase of iii3 fortune fost of our bankers and rail way presidents have similar noses by mensely large in proportion than those London To Dav Egyptian Bells The invention of bells is cussion sacred icle attributed instruments to announce the etes of Onirla Chicago he was transferred to the Sausaiito Cavills performance adds a new notch to the swimming record of the coast- The time spent in covering the distance ia remarkably short consid ering contrary tides and currents and the fact that he was carried almost a mile out of his course Throughouthe swam on his right sidq usiajj a id stroke j At the finish he was almost as frerih as when he started The water was cold and when he touched shore after his long swim his right arm and leg were benumbed to the point of use lessness f The swimmers dimensions are Height 5 feet 10 inches weight 180 pounds chest measurement 43 inches I with the phenomenal expansion of I 0 inches He is the sou of Prof Fred Cavill of England who swam across the English channel in 11 hours mak ing a worlds record San Francisco Chronicle AxnericsCs Need of Cavalry Discussing the possibilities of a -war with England and the strength of the United States militia or national guard some of our newspapers lately Jjoastod that an army of 100000 men could be thrown into Canada within a lew weeks How many of these men would be mounted on horseback It is a very pertinent inquiry for it requires from three to six months training to make a cavalryman and some of the states which furnish large contingents to the national guard have not a single troop of horses If there is any lesson that the failure of the confederacy can teach I us it is this that an invasion of Canada and I do not mean that such by some of the best foreign a thing is in the least probable or cte logists to the Egyptians who are sirable made without sufficient caval iedwith having made use of such per- ry would be as barren of permanent results as it wonia be ii mad with an army of crossbowiaeri nncon Rote nturv i rJ y u X j M V B if 1 - uavui leic rjie oausaiiio wnen tne ncex arrived in midstream off Lime Point He had as companions Adolph Kahn the high diver of the California Swim ming clnb and Prof Killick of the Sutro baths life saving crew Thetido was at a standstill and the threemen chose a1 a starting point for the swim mer a bunch of reeks about 100 yarda north of Devils Point and a mile north of Ijime Point A selected crew from the Dolphin Ykxit club acted oa escort in a Whitehall boat Cn ill wore the regulation tights He dipped into thf water easily and natur v 4 1 v im X v