Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1897)
cjJKssis5cffiEttiaaife V- 5fe nhniim jtenocrnt HOBERT GOOD Editor and Prop VALENTINE - NEBRASKA The Philadelphia Item caltoraiIy re marks Speaking of wheels weve got em Open confession is said to bo good for the soul The New York Sun probably is right In suggesting that too many people are drowned every year How many would be about the proper quota any- way A Boston resturateur advertised in the window choice molluscous bi valves and a visitor from Philadel phia walked right by the place four times looking for an oyster stew More than a century ago Horace Wal pole wrote How unfortunate that lit tle countries should retain a spirit of independence which they have not strength to preserve and that great nations who might throw It off court the yoke Thus he anticipated the Greece and Germany of to day A woniaa recently returned from the Klondike says she received fifty offers of marriage before she was fifty miles np the Yukon But she waited until she reached the mines and married a man who was panning out 50000 a month Declining a score of proposals a day in Alaska must be almost as try ing as the mosquitoes Kaiser Wilhelms plan of making war In a Pullman palace car looks a little like an attempt to revive the methods of the ancient Greeks at the siege of Troy The wooden horse worked beau tifully and so may the Kaisers on paper as many of his devices do laut the latter might prove slightly im practicable if the enemy should happen to capture the track upon which his car fortress runs According to a Tacorna special a whale has been utilized as a motive power for boats in that vicinity This Is a hint that may be of interest to gold seekers impatient to reach the region but unable to find vessel room The most serious objection to the whale as a motive power grows out of the fact that the power might take it into its head to go in the wrong direc tion or even take deep sea soundings which might prove a little inconvenient to the argonauts following him While most institutions of learning are reaching out for students and mak ing every effort to accommodate new ones Williams always an exclusive college is preparing to restrict the number who will be taught there Not only are the standards to be raised and the requirements to be increased but fewer pupils will receive financial aid As this is not done to nidet the require ments of economy the advisability of the policy may be questioned But our colleges are undergoing some strange changes of late Another attempt has been made this time by Colonel Higginson to write a Suitable national anthem for our coun try and to furnish it with music which shall be at once original and dignified SChe endeavor is a worthy one But one cannot help remarking that the nation al songs which find places in the hearts of a people are rarely if ever the prod act of deliberate and conscious effort however patriotic They are struck out as by inspiration in the heat of some national crisis in the stress of some na tional movement The conditions have never yet been ripe for the birth of the real national anthem of the United -States The golf widow is a new institution fit the seaside A Newport correspond ent says the golf widows have hus bands who play all day stay away to lunch then come home at night all tired out and want to sit down to a sup per of beefsteak and potatoes declar ing that they are too hungry to trifle with a course dinner After a hearty meal they smoke a strong pipe on the veranda and go to bed at 10 Golf wid ows are of all ages even grandfatherly husbands deserting their wives to chase a bouncing ball over half of the Island The game should be modified Bo that the grandmothers may share in the fun Some men in Chicago are working up on an umbrella sail which they pro pose to experiment with upon small Bailing craft This sail was tried at the Cowes regatta and made a sensation among the sailors of yachts Scientists and navigators believe that with cer tain modifications this sail will be made to take the place of the ordinary can vas article manipulated by ropes TI19 new sail resembles a Japanese umbrel la and its upper edge is secured near the top of the mast with blocks and halyards and the main sheet is fasten ed at some distance from the bottom of the sail The shape nvuy be changed at will to suit the occasion by opening or shutting it just as though it were an umbrella It can be adapted to the ease or violence of the wind with much more facility than the ordinary sail Not only landlubbers but expert sailors liave long thought that there could be Improvements made in the present snanner of handling sail ships The old method of sails has always seemed very clumsy and uncertain and maybe this umbrella arrangement will sim plify and make much safer the hsad Jing of small boats The town of Lewiston Me is gov erned by a Mayor who pays only 24 in taxes seven Aldermen who pay an average of 48 and twenty one Gouncil xnen who pay an average of 37 each There are busybodies in Lewiston who thing that this is not fair to the tax payers of a town of that importance As a matter of fact all things being equal there should be no question as to the ability of the authorities of that place to govern it properly irrespective of the amount of their individual taxes As a rule howeverthe men who govern cities are aot the heavy taxpayers It is too often the case that the disposi tion of millions of public funds is in the hands of a saloonkeeper or some man who has failed in the retail grocery business By the way how many figures would it take to represent the taxes of the average alderman of Chicago Atlanta Journal The city boy grows up in a contracted space The square upon which he lives is his world the little things of earth he despises and he begins to burn the candle of exist ence too soon For him there is little opportunity for the display of sterling manhood or the enjoyment of life in its relation to nature The country boy is from the first a child of necessity and early learns the lesson of how to make ends meet The ways and means of life is a hard and effective school from which to graduate The pupils therein cannot sit down with folded hands and wait for help but they must help them selves and at once The broad fields give scope to the mind and strength to vthe heart the country boy is a man at 10 though he does not know it and at 20 he stands a young giant while his city cousin is the dyspeptic victim of vile cigarettes and bad hours The reported chloroforming of three adults and two children by burglars in an English town in order that the house might be robbed is looked upon by medical journals with some incredu lity It is said that the victims knew nothing of the presence of the robbers until they awoke late the next day and found that the house had been looted This is the point which raises the doubts of the medical experts They hold that it would be next to impossible for the robbers to have accomplished this without disturbing the slumbers of their victims Scientists have tried with poor success to place sleeping pa- tients under the influence of chloroform without disturbing -them Dolbear is said to have only succeeded in the ex periment with ten persons out of a total of twenty nine whom he treated This was when a trained scientist worked with the greatest care Physicians say that it is rarely except in the case of infants that the chloroforming of sleep ing persons is successful That burg- lars untrained in the use of anaesthet ics should succeed so completely as in this case seems most improbable One effect of the great changes which have taken place in modern warfare and especially the improvement in the destructive power of modern gunnery is the abandonment of the use of colors in the armies of Europe Lord Wolseley pointed out this the other day when he presented a set of the colors of the brated regiment the Sixty fourth foot to be placed upon the walls of a dral In the wars of the future the sol diers will have to draw their inspira tion from something else than the regi mental colors This too will do away with the brave and useful officer the color sergeant for as the English gen eral eiys it would be madness and crime to order a man in a war nowa days to cany the colors into the battle Every color so displayed would be shot away at the first fire and its bearer killed The German army while dis carding the colors themselves has still retained the poles upon which the flags once waved but these have to be car ried so as not to be seen by the enemy This it would seem could be of little service to their own soldiers It takes the actual sight of the national or regi mental colors to inspire the warrior Not to be able to see them will for the veterans be almost like seeing defeat There is no great loss without some gain The depression of the past year has been accompanied by a noteworthy diminution of immigration from the Old World The completed returns of the arrival of immigrants in the fiscal year ended June 30 1S97 show that one hundred and eighty thousand in round numbers landed in America This was a smaller number than in any previous year since 1879 The num ber was less by one hundred and sixty two thousand than in the fiscal ar ended June 30 1S9G and nearly a hun dred thousand less than in 1S95 which was reckoned a year of small immigra tion As compared with the immigra tion for 1S92 which was more than six hundred and twenty three thousand the figures for last year are indeed small They represent however a large mass in the aggregate and the fact that among them there were about thirty eight thousand not including young children who could neither read nor write shows that the immigration was larger than it should have been by at least that figure Until sue illiter ate immigrants are definitely Excluded our immigration laws will certainly be in a defective state The total amount of money brought into the country by immigrants presumably to be expend ed here is commonly spoken of as con tuting a new element of wealth for the country The immigrants of 1S97 brought with them a total amount a trifle in excess of six hundred and sev enty thousand dollars This is a re spectable sum but as it amounts to less than four dollars to each immi grant it will be seen that the line which separates them as a whole from destitution on their arrival rs very nar row Moreover it is highly probable that more money was sent out of the country earned here to bring theso Immigrants than they brought with them in which case the balance of the account is on the wrong side of our ledger after all w j nt - Boldier of Fortune Met His Fate in the Athens Hospital A pretty Greek maiden wiho served as a nurse in the hospitals during the recent war between Greece and Tur key has just arrived in this country in company with the husband she re cently won Captain George Nelken She appears nappy and is proud of her husband who has had a remarkable career as a soldier He was born in Argentina but was exiled in 1892 for too active participation In a revolt of the radicals He speaks eight lan guages Ln 1S91 he fought under Ad miral Montt in Chili in 1S92 he took part in the Brazilian revolution serv ing under Admiral De Mello and later engaged in an uprising in Argentina under Dr Alene Since then he has traveled in many lands and becoming interested in Red Cross work in Spain was sent from that country as a dele gate to the international congress of the order At the time of the breaking out of the Graeco Turkish war Nelken was in this city The Greek cause appealed to him and he started for the front with 4 CAPTAIN NELKEX AND HIS BRIDE i shipload of patriots who were going to fight for their fatherland As soon as lines were cast off Nelken donned his Argentina uniform pinned his Red Cross badge to his breast and was elected captain by the votes of admir ing Greeks On the trip across he drilled the Greeks in the manual of arms Before starting for the front he was inspecting the hospitals and there met the Princess Marie Through her he was accorded a special audience with King George Nelken says he told the king he had traveled from America to aid the Greek and was as signed by the king to Prince Constan tines staff with iheadquarters at Imer beg At Atr3is Captain Nelken was mar ried to Mariantihy Mourabas a young Greek maiden who was in the city as a nurse He met her on the steamer Crete Her father her brothers and her cousins were all in the army and the girl wilio is only 17 years old had volunteered as a nurse an the army hos pitals at Athens His Red Cross badge admitted ihhn to the hospital at any time and he saw the young woman fre quently When armistice had been de clared and seeing no chance of anni hilating the Turk he laid siege to the Greek maidens heart and came off vic torious Mrs Nelken is petite and pret ty She speaks only half a dozen words of English but talks French fluently and says she likes America Heat in the Body An important source of heat in the body is du to the friction of the blood as it circulates in its vessels All of this resistance which is overcome by the heart is transformed directly into heat We may calculate the amount approximately If we suppose that 180 ccs of blood are expelled from the left ventricle at each stroke under a pres sure of one third of an atmosphere this would correspond to 0192 kilogramme metres at each stroke and at 72 strokes a minute this would give 443124 kilo grammemetres per minute If we sup pose that the right heart does one-quarter the work of the left or about 10 kilogramme metres per minute we have for the total work per minute 54312 kilogramme metres which cor responds to 12S calories per minute This is perhaps a rather high esti mate for ordinary conditions but where the heart is forced to pump a much larger quantity of blood in order to maintain the normal temperature this estimate is probably much exceed ed at times Since this friction takes place largely in the most constricted portions of the circulation it would be natural to expect that the blood which had been driven through the capillary system of a gland would issue much warmer than it entered and such we find to be the case Thus the blood of the hepatic vein has been observed to be 4073 while that in the right heart was 377 In the -muscles no contrac tion can take place without an in creased flow of blood through them with a simultaneous constriction of the capillaries which would naturally give rise to a considej ble production of heat a fact constantly observed San itarian Getting Down to Business Have you made any new discoveries to day with reference to that cast were working on inquired one detective Not yet replied the other I havent had time to read the newspapers Washington Star Some people who have been East within three months say it is no longer proper to use napkins at the table rmmnVs i M nffc TiWaWBiaHBaa A A AAAAAA A4vvvvvvvvr a POSTMASTER GENERAL GARY FAVORS POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS Postmaster General Gary is in favor of postal savings banks and proposes to rec ommend to Congress at the next session the establishment of such banks in this country It is very likely he said in discussing the subject a few days ajro that some sort of legislation will he enacted at the approaching session and that we will make a practical test of postal savings banks within a year At this time I have no deflnite plans in view but propose to thoroughly investigate the subject so that I will be prepared to make an intelligent recommendation to Con gress I have sent for the blank forms and other matters used in this service in Canada and other countries and am col lecting all the information it is possible to find As a general proposition Gen Gary continued I am very much in favor of postal savings banks but as to how they should be managed what rate of in terest the Government should pay on de posits and other important details I am not ready to speak I believe postal sav ings banks would encourage thrift among our people and promote patriotism If a man has his money in the Governments keeping he is naturally going to do all that he can to protect the Government Ten years ago the Government might have had some opposition from the savings- banks had it proposed to keep the savings of the people itself but to day I believe the banks would be glad to see it take the money I myself have been for more than twenty years a director in one of the largest savings banks in Baltimore and wmImp Mil msKhWm 1 SAYINGS BANK OF THE FUTURE I feel sure that every man financially interested in that institution would be glad to see the Government establish postal savings banks The value of Government banks for the small savings of the people can scarcely be realized It can well be illustrated by the building and loan associations These I believe originated in Philadelphia and there are more of them in Pennsylvania and Maryland than any other States In my own city Baltimore they are very num erous and have been for years extremely popular with the small wage earners The result is that the working people of Baltimore are probably more thrifty and industrious than those of any other city in this part of the country Nearly every man in Baltimore owns his home and it has been possible for him to do that by the en couragement to save his little earnings that has been offered by the building and loan associations When every man owns his home he is interested in its preservation and he is going to think twice before he commits an act that may injure his property Years ago Baltimore used to he called the city of riots but in recent times riots have been almost unknown A Baltimore man thinks of his home and family before he joins a mob I say this to illustrate one of the advantages of postal savings banks If 3000000 or 5000000 or 10000000 of tb i people of these United States give their savings to the Government for safe keeping those people are going to do all they can to preserve the Government They are not going to join mobs to burn and destroy property They are not going to turn socialists and attack the institutions of the Government they will not attempt to injure the Governments credit ind financial standing they will all be interested in preserving and upbuilding the Government The habit of saving would be encouraged by postal savgRs vzyffps nafVg u would find in a few years boys and girls growing up to manhood and womanhood with lime savings riatmight be the foun dation of a fortune 0 O o A FOUND A BRIDE IN GREECE BACK FROM THE KLONDYKE Four Fortunate Bonanza Kincs Como Back Laden with Gold Four of the most fortunate bonanza kings from the Klondyke spent a week in celebrating their return to civiliza tion at San Francisco recently The picture printed herewith gives a cor rect idea of how they looked at the conclusion of forty eight hours busily spent in putting Bonanza Creek gold in circulation The picture is a copy of a photograph now in the possession of A D Gray of Grand Rapids Wis the youngest man of the quartet The hats worn by the men are not as old as they look having been purchased but a few hours before their owners faced the camera The four men were dead broke a year ago and now they are reputed to be worth at least 1000000 Mr Gray says he brought with him from Alaska 1 H C Anderson 2 A D Gray 3 Halcerman 4 William Hawley only 10000 which he figured would last him until spring when he intends to return to Dawson City for another year He has spent more than 5000 in thirty days and his companions are not less free with their nuggets The Liquor Problem I wouldnt of swiped the ham said the contrite prisoner but I was half drunk Ah said the city missionary Thats what done it If I had of been paralyzed as I ought of been at that time o night I wouldnt of got into trouble Indianapolis Journal Something of a Geolocrist Winkle says he knows what a gla cial period is now Hows that He has just been refused oy a Bos ton girl Detroit Free Press A girl is getting old as soon as she puts her hair up in a knot WHAT A CAR COSTS Alodern Railway Coach Worth 4000 to 3000 The auditing department of a great1 seats run lengthwise and therein lies the difficulty Some day as you arc riding down town watch the pyes of the man across from you He is gaz ing out of the window possibly nading the signs of the business houses just to kill time First his eyes glance ahead of the car fall on the sign and as passes by his eyes turn back Then they shoot ahead again This constant shifting of the eye is very rapid if n passenger watches the people on the sidewalk In half an hours ride his eyes will have twitched back and forth with a continuity that brings on fa tigue But he keeps it up to the end of the ride and later in the afternoon wonders why his eyes are weak antf tired A Favorite Abiding Place In a little English village there is a bakers shop over the door of which is the following inscription One piece of bread to be eaten on the premises given to any one passing through Broughton direct until 10 p m This extraordinary sign board was affixed to the shop some years ago by Sawrey Cookson of Broughton Tower who re coups the baker for the bread which he disposes of in this singular way As may be expected the shop is a favorite halting place for tramps and artisans out of work who are making their way to the busy town twelve miles from the village Stealing Electricity New inventions give rise to new crimes Not long ago a Brooklyn mait was arrested on the charge of stealing electricity from one of the trolley rail roads and using it to light his salooic with The man denied any knowledge that the electricity came from thf com panys wires and claimed to haver made arrangements with two men to supply his lights It is said however that the company has evidence than other people have been tapping its wires and other arrests are promised Modern Gossip Iiss Quizzer Do you believe all the disagreeable things you read in the newsptpers Miss Buzbuz I do if theyre about people I know Boston Traveler - a8aajgaaiirwM 3 r American railroad corporation rivals in respect of its records and transac tions a governmental department The earnings of all the lines of the railroad system in a year av erage about 130000000 and the gross earnings of the Vandervilt system amount to rather more 45000000 from the New York Central 21u0000a from the Lake Shore 10000000 from the West Shore and Nickel Plate 33 000000 from the Chicago and North western 13000000 from the Michi gan Central and about 15000000 from collateral lines or sjstems These fig ures are large but they appear stilt larger when they are compared with items of federal revenue The total receipts of the United States govern ment from customs during the fiscal year ending in 1S9G were 150000000 and from internal revenue taxes 140 000000 The two together made up 200000000 of public revenue for the government of the affairs of a natioia of 75000000 inhabitants but the two railroad systems referred to sented together receipts of 275000000 and if a third big railroad system were1 added the receipts of the federal gov ernment would be exceeded The accounts of big railroad corpora- tions require care and much hard work and the system of precise book keeping in railroad accounts now w special branch of accounting has beeir carried close to the point of perfection by the Pennsylvania railroad which for instance gives to the fraction of a cent the expenses incident to the con- struction of a car or a locoirotivej There are 30000 passenger cars in ac- tual use on the railroads of the Cuitcd States and the ordinary passenger can costs anywhere from 4000 to 5000 the difference representing added 11a provements in furnishing There has recently appeared a dc- tailed statement of the cost of con structing at the Altoona shops of tiiq Pennsylvania railroad a sample first class modern up-to-date luxurious passenger car and some of the items are of interest The wheels and axles represent a cost of 33235 the tracks upon which the car rests cost 53302 the air brake represents 13175 the seat fixtures twenty five in number cost 5050 the three bronze Limps 1350 the two gas tanks 34 the chandeliers 5072 and the item oP screws which might not apppar to be an important one 518S For the- building of a car like the one taken ini illustration 24S0 feet of poplar woodi 3434 of ash 1100 of white pine 2350 of yellow pine 450 of hickory 400 of cherry 700 of Michigan pine 500 of oak and 439 of maple veneer were re quired To build the car there were required in addition 13 gallons of var nish 45 pounds of glue and nearly 2000 pounds of iron exclusive of SOOl pounds of iron castings For the fur nishing of the car there were required G9 yards of scarlet plush 44 yards of h green plush Gl yards of sheeting andr 243 pounds of hair The springs on the car seats cost 4317 The basket racks -cost 7735 the sash levers 42 the bronze window lifts 2440 and the gold leaf for the embellishment of the woodwork 145S For the window fasteners 1547 worth of material was required two stoves cost 7750 and the tin used on the roof of the oar 41 44 The labor in the construction of the car represented a cost of 120394 bringing up the expenditure to more than 4400 New York Sun Constant Shifting Oculists say that one of the common est affections of the eye is produced by continuous riding in street cars The- U r j f i 1 f VA1 V rt
