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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1897)
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-V Jrs 4 vA rf c vVCj wsmivr rjir iivr 2i WW Si mfltt ir W WTO aAsW rVP I 5 v Jv - tnv J a jerv i dJw kiibcniv xa it m u is in June it is in July and August and September and October according to other good authorities The fact is it all depends on what jou are going for and where you are going If you are after big game fall is the ideal season Thats when a crack of the rifle in steady hands brings down a deer Thats when lying flat down in the grass which a hoar frost or two has bleached to the color of his dead grass colored corduroys the sportsman creeps up with bated breath when whir whir zip and down comes a duck or a fluttering partridge And the forest is a dream of beauty But the hot summer days tempt many a veteran camper to fly from business long before autumn Fish remarks s one I tell you its always cool enough to fish Its never hot when you row out in midstream cast your line and wait for the tug The novice in camping is sure to bur den himself with cumbersome super fluities while he is likely to omit in- j dispensable requisites But with a proper tent a small oil stove blankets lanterns dishes campstools and a couple of packing boxes the primitive becomes the luxurious One who has never been camping would be ss Mt Mum M w xo summik iiotet for me ed to see the variety of temping dishes that can be prepared over a campfire With proper provision there is no rea son why the bill of fare should not in clude the perfection of the best table only that the beefsteak broiled on the coals and the brook trout just fresh from the brook cannot be duplicated outside of a camp fire environment There are of course vexatious mo- ments when the novice makes a sad jumble of the eggs or the cook of the day is shut out from congenial pleas ures temporarily but this is made up for when the camper proudly dresses his first 10 pounder or brings in a brace of birds just plump enough to be lus cious and tender Of late years this camping out idea his taken magical hold of church choirs classmates secret and temper ance societies and large parties of mu tua acquaintances omrsnr As many as 100 members of a lodge for instance plan for a two weeks camping out A committee of ar rangements takes charge ofall details tj camping site is generally near some popular summer resort where there is a lake woods hotels and ready transportation This little city enjoys itself thoroughly The merry crowd takes storms as novel experiences mishaps as something to talk about when home is reached The idea is a growing one and has been reduced to the minimum so far as expense is con cerned Vacation to some however either means a long visit to some relatives at a distance and amid strongly con trasting surroundings or a tour of the fashionable or lively summer resorts There is not much of rest for the bright spirited person in such a course Pleasure is the ruling influence boat ing by day picnics driving tennis a dance every night and meals up to the menu of a three dollar a day city hotel The experience is an expensive one for everything costs The roving un- t QUESTION - favorite among people residing in Buf falo Pittsburg Cincinnati Cleveland and the South and West Then there is Echo Lake in the Ad irondacks Lake George Delaware WHITE MOTTffTAIN COACHIXG PABADE Water Gap Mount Washington and innumerable places where profound en joyment has been reduced to a science There are the Thousand Islands free to all visitors and camping parties and excursionists may locate where they will on promise not to commit needless P SP7 T msS23Bm s i0 PEjglgggil ISSPJJJIQ satisfied element invariably appears in the professional tourist Summer va cation means change of air and change of scene and there are niauy folks who are continually changing their summer resort To have sojourned last year at Long Branch means a month in the White Mountains this season or a summer at Newport this year indicates a residence at Saratoga Springs next season We Americans are the most restless changing unsatisfied people on earth There is a certain class of city people however who cling to their favorite mountain or lake the kind of people who do not like the roaring sea and the board walk They want quiet moun tain air and scenery always So it ap pears that after all Saratoga Springs Lake Chautauqua the Thousand Isl ands the Catskill Mountains Lake George the Adirondack Mountains and the New England coast have their regular visitors and they are among the people with whom going to the country is almost as easy as it is for those more fortunate ones who have their own country homes There is an other smaller class of summer tourists who go to Europe for their outing The hard times the higher steamship rates the advancing prices for living in Eng land and on the continent and the de sire for retrenchment have reduced thh class considerably and many peo ple who once belonged to that body have sought country homes for the sea son Niagara Falls celebrated as Natures wonder throughout the entire universe has a large number of summer visitors The big hotels there on both the Ameri can and the Canadian sides of the Ni agara River are crowded with guests - ftaa MU OX LAKE CnAUTAUQUA - - i JZr depredation In a prettily shaded rock in a pleasant cove a student can pitch an A tent and spend the summer va cation in the midst of the life and beau ty of the river at less expense than he could have boarded in the dullest of country towns Of the Western resorts and midsum mer attractions for the tourist and rec reation seekers none can compare with the great lakes and more particularly A LAKESIDE NYMPH the shores of Lake Superior It is an outing in itself to but ride along the shores of this famous lake For hours one can ride along the shore whose ir regularities provide a wide diversity of scenery in woods among rocks and ev ery few minutes close beside the closed ends of the great bays which spread out into an ocean like endlessness of water There are many points of interest to mZZZSW0H3233 y tJl7 yiEt Jf ft ATfTR j vj JLy T ULAi mknJHHil ZrjJJn3 4KaPBfflBi Cv3wViAJK2aAr4 lirJAu 9W zmzpmui mir mm vw zzmmmcxj w imiTO aaiw m PIGEON FAMILY ON A SHIP Female IWade Her IMate Sit on tlie iijrs nrinj the Voyage On board the Neptune liner Delano Captain James which arrived recently ss sc from Rotterdam is a clear case of pet- ticoat government When the Delano left Rotterdam a pair of pigeons were occupying a loft on the vessel On the voyage across the Atlantic two eggs appeared in the nest over which there was a real pigeon chuckle that drew the attention of the crew and investigation proved that a family was expected Great care was taken by the sailors in wild weath er to see that the mother and her eggs were not rolled out or washed by the seas Then the sailors discovered that there was more petticoat government visible in the treatment of the male by the female than was recognized in the ethics of the married men who were on board As an instance it was seen that after the mother had taken a Mog watch keeping the eggs warm she would catch her better half by the col lar and drag him into the nest and make him take her place on the esss No sailor would stand such treatment as that without complaining to the British Consul or the Board of Trade OF THE VACATION SEASON WHERE TO GO many of them from foreign countries There are many points of interest about Niagara City and the big falls are not alone the attraction Not many miles distant is the far famed Lake Chautauqua one of the most magnificent bodies of resh water in the world The lake is some twenty six miles long and from two to six miles wide Steamboats ply its waters and there are big hotels at each of the dozen landings along the shore It is an ideal sumsaer resort and a decided be found in a voyage of the lakes dif fering from those found anywhere else in this country There are the celebrated pictured rocks the Indian tribes of the North the famous copper mines and scenery unsurpassed People residing in Chicago St Paul and other cities and in the country contiguous resort every summer to hotel and cottage life at Delavan and Waukesha at Lauderdale Lake Ben ton Harbor Mount Clemens and- IslaDd All along the great lakes The male pigeon performed his duties without a murmur and the eggs in the nest promise to yield a sea crop of pigeons Again the female dragged the male into the nest and made him take his place on the eggs Then she stood out side the nest and spruced her plumage which she had disregarded at sea Then looking several times into the home and seeing that everything was ail right she raised her wings and flew away At tea time she had not returned and v V 3ZZ mfflwmm - iVl lUI iAll ST VI i MJA siVVVliH V - 3V are scattered beautiful nlaces of re- sort and some have economical fea tures that give the slim pocket book a fair chance The person who gets the most good outof his few weeks of summer vacation does not own a cottage at any resort He goes to a different place each year never makes the same trip twice It is the most tiresome thing in the world to be obliged to go to the same cottage and have the same neighbors and dp the same things and dress in the same fashionable sort of clothes that you do Ul the rest of the year After such a season one feels as if he must now take a rest elsewhere and he needs it far more than he did at the beginning of summer Dont go where you will meet any one you know if you can help it Dont go to the same place you have gone perhaps for years Go to some new place not a fashionable resort but one which is comparatively new to every body some wild place where civiliza tion has not ruined the natural beauty of the scenery Get near to Natures heart and stay there Fill your days with out of door pleasures Lie on the pine needles somewhere in the North woods and take in all the good clear sweet breath of the woods and study by observation everything or anything in Nature Dream dream all day long and sleep and eat It will not be neces sary to lay any command down to eat for any one who spends his time in the woods by the lakes cannot help but eat The appetites of sojourners in those regions are something astound ing Above all dont hurry Whatever you do take your time This is a time of general relaxation and should not be utterly spoiled by trying to crowd too much pleasure into a short time Take all you can leisurely and conveniently and leave the rest for another season A couple of stanzas by Dr Van Dyke just expresses the true idea of a vaca tion Only an idle little stream Whose somber waters softly gleam Where I may wade through woodland shade And cac the fly and loaf and dream Only a trout or two to dart From foaming pools and try my art No more Im wishing old fashioned fishing And just a day on natures heart 4 fj imimm 11 NW lMTO l M m mwimKmmmmi K u m wmvam ivirf mvvn 1 - Ylmv v THM lm iff m ill L I m ill 1 I l m - tt r I rt s6Zl v sZfflsSrJl fcgga AmKV z Captain James i bothering his head as to what he -will do -with the orphans if the father follows the mother Ho hopes that Immigrant Commissioner Robinson -will not put him under tha same bond that he does -when stowa ways escape from ships Baltimore Sun Dangers ol Smolcinjr While many surgeons deny the exist ence of smokers cancer others indi cate tobacco as the cause of cancer of the lips and nasal fossae The disease from this cause is said to be tabulated epithelioma sometimes of horny tissue It shows particularly among smokers who pay no attention to the cleaning of the mouth who smoke short clay pipes PICTUPED TOCKS IAKE SUrERIOK to the bottom and who use an inferior quality of tobacco The under lip or part of the tongue most in contact with the overheated stem of the pipe is most frequently attacked These neoplasms grow in -he base of the tongue and on the tonsLs of those who have lost their teeth ami who hold the pipe deep in their mouth The weight of the pipe is a source of irritation and the cancer is found on the side where the pipe i3 held Contagion from two men using the same pipe may result When an early operation is performed on can croids situated on the lip the prognosis may be favorable but the reverse is the case when the tonsils or tongue are attacked Smokers should use a pipe with an amber mouthpiece and it should never be smoked to the bottom Acrid tobacco should be avoided Chi cago Inter Ocean Dodging the Question It is dangerous to possess a reputar tion for superior knowledge or wisdoms It is hard to live up to it Next in im portance to knowing everything per haps is to be ranked the ability to conceal ones ignorance Brown said Jones Smith and T here have had a dispute and have agreed to leave the decision to yoti Which is right To morrow is Friday or To morrow will be Friday To day is Saturday isnt it said Brown after some reflection Yes Then neither one of you is right And he waved them aside A Short Term The shortest perfod that a member of parliament has represented a consti tuency is two hours Lord Georgot Hsmilton was re elected as member of the Ealing division of Middlesex on being appointed secretary of Strw fw India and the parliament to which ha had been admitted was dissolved two hours after his election