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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1897)
DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES h -A S58Si5r2iBsSJSsl Arc JSuliL t 11211 ll - l -7 - U t V s r X A survey of the results of the recent Jleetious gives reason ror great en ouragemeut upon the whole to the Democrats It may xc considered a splendid triumph for Democracy a aiagnifieent refutation of the Republi can slander that the silver sentiment is dying out In New York State and i ity there has been a tremendous re action from the vote of last year New Tork City has elected the Democratic candidate Van Wyck by a plurality of aver S0000 the State of New York has changed a plurality for McKinley of 2GS4GD to a majority of S4000 for A B Parker as Chief Judge of the Court af Appeals Fully as interesting and significant as he returns from New York a those from Ohio Even though Bushnell has won by a small plurality and the Re publicans have gained tuts Legislature oy a small majority the Democratic cadency is unmistakable Last year the Republicans had llSou joint ballot ai the Legislature against 31 for the Democrats MeKinleys plurality was 18494 not very large all things consid ered but euouirh larger than Bushnells ins year to make Tuesdays voting un- leasaut to contemplate from the Re mblicau standpoint Even though not actually defeated in Ins Senatorial as pirations the very narrow escape of Mark Ilanna the chief magistrates persona i representative and the great est of the Republican busses is all but i complete victory to the reunited De mocracy This near approach to a tri umph over the boodle and bludgeons of the most impudent political bully of the age will be received with genuine re joicings by Democrats in every State in Jie Union It is an emphatic though a iardv rebuke to methods and preten sions that the great mass of the people ibhor and it carries with it an impres sive warning that should not be losr npou Republicans avIio have been quick o imitate the practices of the man who ame so near suffering a well merited lofeaL Keutui ky has swung once more into he Democratic column and as the fight in the Blue Grass State was made on the silver issue the victory is especially significant Nebraska has set the seal of approval on Democratic doctrine and the forces of bimetallism are firm ly in control Colorado although the vote was badly split up by local issues scored L victory for the silver cause Virginia faithful to the traditions of that crre rt State has rolled up a ma jority of 50000 for J Hoge Tyler the Democratic candidate for Governor Iowa shows great Democratic gains and although the Republican candidate for Governor has been elected by a greatly reduced majority the real vic tory Tests with the advocates of bimet allism Mr Shaws victory at the same time reflects great credit upon the Dem ocracy by reason of its splendid fight Mr Shaw employed in his campaign the methods pursued in his private bus iness and is bound hand and foot to the interests of the great railway cor porations He too has stirred up in ternecine strife in his own party and may count upon the hostility of the Gear faction from this time forward Both parties have claimed Maryland but there is now no doubt that the Leg islature will be Democratic and Gor mans success assured New Jersey has recanted her belief in Republican theories and marches once more in Democratic ranks In spite of Mark Raimas money and all the assurances of prosperity -which the national administration has so in dustriously circulated the victory is to the Democrats The party of the peoulc has great reason to rejoice What the Victory Means When Seth Low defeated candidate for Mayor of New York in commenting on the result of the elections said -The vear has been a heavy Democrat ic year everywhere he spoke a truth and implied a prophecy Following the election of a Republican President the passage of a Republican tariff bill the tremendous efforts of the subsidized press to impress the people that prosperity had dawned have come a series of Democratic successes culmi nating in the present tidal wrave The fact is in evidence that this has oeer a heavy Democratic year everywhere The prophecy is that Democracy will continue its triumphant march and in 1900 a Democratic President will take the reins of government at Washing ton The people have spoken They have expressed their faith in the Chicago platform their belief in bimetallism their disgust and disapproval as to Re publican doctrines and their hatred of the tyrannous gold standard They will submit no longer to the robbery ot trusts the domination of bosses and the oppression of the money power The condemnation of the hypocrisv and falsehood of the Republican party is crushing The men who deluded the people with false promises have been sharply rebuked William T Bryan has been vindicated as the advocate of the peoples rights and the true prophet gives the free silver demagogue a powerful text on the inadequate sup ply of money and puts his readers or his hearers into a receptive mood for false doctrines Thus this gold advocate admits a fact and denies the inevitable conclu sion in the same paragraph The Dem ocrats maintain that there can never be a sufficient supply of money -with which to do the business of the coun try on a gold basis and the facts con firm this contention Taking simply this one phase of the question is it not clear that no matter what England may say or do the silver craze can not die out in the United States Mexico tor Silver Mexicos great journal the Two ne publics gives the following reasons why that country will not accommo date the money power by adopting the single gold standard We consider the silver standard a blessing for this country and do not prefer the gold standard for Mexico We do however prefer it for the uni ted States for the reason that our in terests and our welfare are now bound up in this republic and it is to the inter est of Mexico that the United States continue on its present basis The ad vantage which otherwise might accrue to that country now is commencing to come to this While the one is standing still or retrogressing the other is forg ing ahead at a tremendous pace and that progress though it might not be altogether stopped would receive a se rious check were the United States to make a change in the monetary sys tem We found our faith upon what ap pear to us to be substantial reasons We consider the silver standard tt blessing for Mexico because It is furnishing a currency which is not constantly appreciating in value to the detriment of all other forms of wealth It is furnishing a currency which cannot be cornered manipulated and controlled by the few to the injury of the many It is enabling the producing classes of the republic to realize from their products more than the cost of produc tion It is setting in motion the wheels of progress and attracting to this country by reason of the immense advantage afforded by the difference in exchange the idle capital of the gold standard countries It is the main and paramount cause in the awakening of the nation in enabling her to take on new life and activity in overcoming the effects of ages of oppression strife and turmoil in taking her stand on an equality with the nations of the modern world in short it is the main spring which is setting in motion the other workings And there are other reasons Bijr Promise Small Performance President McKinley may consider tne results of the election in New York and ouio a rebuke to his administration and reflect upon the fatal contrast between MARK HANNA OH WHAT A FRIGHT 1 HAD miea5ii Walsall jS tai Bl Wattk a mfJifM sm I sSswmtBmSL i - - - of prosperity Plutocracy has massed all its forces against the plain people and has lost Victory for the cause of right and the advocates of silver is as sured in 1900 That Silver Craze The decision of the English Cabinet not to join in an international mone tary council has been greeted by the Republican press as a crushing blow to the silver craze in the United States Were the silver craze based on the theories held by the speculators and money changers of Lombard street instead of upon the sad and evil experiences of twenty four years of de monetization there might be some ground for the expression of an opiniou that the cause of bimetallism had re ceived a crushing blow But the people of this country have been plung ed too deeply in disaster and have lost too much in the value of their property and are suffering too greatly from de pressed business to forget that the cause of all this distress and loss and suffering is the gold standard which England wishes to be maintained This stupid talk on the part of Re publican editors is discounted almost daily by their own news columns and yet they persist in babbling about the dying out of the silver craze The Manufacturer of Philadelphia admits that the revival of industries is ham pered by the small amount of money available and says that this fact liberal promises and scant perform ance He came into power pledged among other things to a radical re versal of the Cleveland policy toward Cuba He has adhered to the Cleve land policy as if it were his own so that to day we are no further advanced with the troublesome question of the Cuban war than we were the day the Republican national convention adopt ed its platform There were other extravagant prom ises that have not been fulfilled A tariff bill that was to produce a surplus is producing a deficit and although we have had some approaches toward a revival In business these have not been due to special legislation and they are pitiable at best by comparison with the boasts of a special dispensation that were made a year ago It is a poor practice that of hoodwinking the peo ple and in the end it never pays Chit cago Journal Queen Victorias New Yacht Queen Victoria is to have a new yacht within two years It will cost Sl 000000 and will be the most luxurious craft afloat Other European sover eigns use war vessels for pleasure trips Quee Victorias yacht will be built after designs submitted to her and Avill have guns only for firing sa lutes Fools throw kisses but the wise men deliver them in person NOTES ON EDUCATION MATTERS OF INTEREST TO PU PIL AND TEACHER One Educator Ad vises the Use of News papers an Text Books Teachers Sal aries and Their Expenses Total School Enrollment of United States A Wise Schoolmaster J M Greenwood at the Kansas City meeting of teachers in the public schools proposed that newspapers be used in the public schools and gave some excellent reasons for their use The alert mind craves the freshest and most reliable information in every field of activity said Mr Greenwood To keep in touch with all lines of thought and action the gathering transforming and publishing of news as soon as the events happen is the function of the daily newspaper the great reflector of public opinion giving odor and tone to the daily history of all nations VI submit the following suggestions of the utility of newspapers in the school In the upper grades two pupils may be chosen for one or two weeks as editors They can clip from the papers siifh itpms ns are suitable for the school to hear read Let a few minutes be set aside daily for the reading of the selections The feasibility of such a scheme requires no experimental stage Such reading would give pupils s better view of foreign and domestic af fairs in general than could be obtained in any other way All selections shoulc be carefully made The art of making suitable selections is no mean acquisi tion Properly directed it will cultivate taste in various directions The responsibility involved is a bet ter preparation for actual appreciation of the best in literature than reading in a perfunctory manner classical ex tracts however well chosen Cities have always been centers ol public opinion radiant spots so t speak The newspaper invests the grea cities and their commercial relation with a human interest There is all the difference imagin able between a dot and a place wheni people live and think and work Ir this way the newspapers enhance thij study of geography and history Teachers Expenses A1 no time in the past ten years has fhere been so general a reduction in teachers salaries in the country as dur ing the present year In some cases doubtless this action was justifiable In a great number however salaries already low have been reduced to an extent that cannot result in good to the community Before making any sweeping cut in the salaries it might be well for many boards to do what one board in Iowa did attempt to examine into teachers necessary expenses and see to what extent reduction in salaries is desirable or practicable This board collected data from the teachers as to their expenditures for attending insti tutes associations and various meet ings bearing upon the teachers work also the amount paid for magazines school appliances and necessary ap paratus They found that the best paid teachers were spending far more towards self improvement than the poorly paid ones and it did not require any great skill in figures to determine that the teacher getting forty or fifty dollars per month for nine mouths and keeping anywhere near abreast ol t times by attending meetings and buy ing necessary books and papers had to figure closely to come out even at the end of the year There are some lines in which the teacher cannot auuiu iv utuuuium In the first place teachers cannot go to cheap lodging houses but must pay the current price for good board which by the way has not fallen in price as a re sult of hard times Then the teacher must dress reasonably well She can not wear her clothes as long as other working women and ought not It is a duty she owes the school and the public to dress neatly and tastily There may be those who will contend that it is not a boards business to in quire into the expenditures of a teach er It seems to me that the spirit of a teacher is very often reflected in the character of her expenditures The teacher who is slouchy or stingy or both no difference how good her meth ods can not progress very far It is money well spent that goes out in the form of salary and comes back in a better presence a fuller mind and a broader spirit In the schools referred to above ex penditures for attending associations institutes etc ranged all the way from nothing to sixty dollars and for magazines school aids etc from three dollars to twenty dollars A general cut of wages would have fallen the hardest on those least liable to stand it on the most progressive members of the corps The teacher who gets fifty dollars per month for nine months can not save as much as the kitchen girl who gets twelve dollars a month In deed most grade teachers would rather have twelve dollars a month with board and washing aud the district pay for all necessary school aids than the average salary paid to intermedi ate grade teachers There are not many schools than can afford to cut tho present salaries Western Teacher Women on the Committee The School Committee of Boston Mass consists of twenty four mem bers three of whom are women Mrs Fanny B Ames Dr Elizabeth C Kel ler aud Mrs Emily A Fifield Of the ix supervisors but one is a woman Miss Sarah L Arnold whose salary 3S50 is one of the largest paid to any woman in any occupation in the HIS EMPTY SLEEVE How Col Bradford Lost His Arm An Unusual Occurrence If Sir Edward Bradford had given no other service to his country than those which during the past few years he has so brilliantly performed as head of the metropolitan police force he would have well earned the honor that his sovereign has just bestowed upon him and which may be regarded as her per sonal LCSllIUOUy lO LUU lllttUiumttij sagacity with which the arrangements for the safety of the public during the Queens day were conceived and the literally perfect manner in which they were carried out Colonel Sir Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford is 01 years of age and had a very distinguished career in the army before he was appointed to the office he now fills so worthily So far back as 1S3 when John Company still swayed the destinies of the Indian peninsula he joined the Madras army lie became lieutenant two years later In 187 he served with the Fourteenth Light Dragoons during the Persian ampaigns receiving the medal Later on in isS and 1S39 he took part as m officer of Maynes Horse in the op orations conducted by General Michel icainst the celebrated Chief Tantia Topee and shared the perils and glories of many a hard fought battle ne be- aine a major in 1873 lieutenant v 1 in 1ST and colonel in 1S8S At the time of the last jubilee he was secre tary iu the political and secret depart ment of the Indian office When in 1800 the post of commis sioner of metropolitan police fell va cant and was offered to Sir Edward Bradford who in lS8r had been pro moted from C S I to Iv C S I there were many who expressed dissent from the policy of again placing the civil guardians of law and order under a military man But that no better choice could have been made is evidenced by Sir Edwards career in his present post Many of those who saw him on Queens day doubtless wondered how his left sleeve came to be empty Years ago while still an officer in India Sir Edward Bradford was a very keen sportsman with a strong liking fof that most dangerous of all pastimes tiger shooting One day while engaged in this hazardous diversion he fired a a tiger which only wounded charged upon him and bore him to the ground Never losing his presence of mind for a moment the intrepid hunter with a view to preventing the infuriated ani mal from attacking his head thrust within his jaws his left arm The tiger simply gnawed it off but the life of the cool nimrod was saved by his com rades who arrived in time to shoot the creature before it had time to inflict Sir Edward any more serious Injury upon ward When the late Duke of Clarence visited India Sir Edward Bradford was among those specially selected to ac company him From 1889 to 1893 he was an aide-de-camp to the Queen London Telegraph A Diffident Prince In the October Century there is an article on Marie Antoinette as Dau phine by Miss Anna L Bicknell In describing the relations between and her husband Miss Bicknell says On one of these occasions she ran to her husband and embraced him saying earnestly I feel that I love you ev ery day more and more Your honesty and frankness charm me and the more I compare you with others the more I know how much greater your worth is than theirs This effusive speech although so evi dently sincere did not suffice to give confidence to the too diffident priiee Some time after this incident he sud denly asked his wife Do you really love me She earnestly replied In deed I do and every day I esteem you more highly He seemed happy on receiving this assurance but his uncouth manners and awkward ways often irritated the Dauphine who lost patience and re proved him sharplj He showed no anger at these remonstrances but his eyes would fill with tears When she saw tliis she would embrace him and her own tears would flow but notwith standing her efforts and his good in tentions the attempt to civilize the Dauphin seemed hopeless As a boy he had been neglected and with his very sensitive heart the ab sence of all tenderness and affcetlon about him had made him shrink within himself and become incapable of ex pressing what he well knew how to feel After the death of his mothe he said mournfully Whom can I love now No one loves me here He now loved his wife but could hardly be lieve that she returned his affection A Wont Slip Tire A tire has been placed upon the mar ket for which it is claimed that it will not slip under any condition of surface such as wet car rails asphalt concrete plank or macadam road The makers even guarantee that it will not slip whit ridden on ice In addition comes the ciaim -hat it can be ridden with much ease on rough roads and that the teeth or projections which appear on the thread of the tire form a cushion for the tiw It is also claimed that the tire is very fast over smooth surfaces it gives an air space between the sur face and the tire and obviates suction that it is 90 per cent puncture proof on account of having rubber teeth- that it throws but little mud as the teeth have a tendency to release the mud when the tire leaves the surface over which it passes Stealings from New York Banks During the past ten years the New York banks have lost more than S5000 000 by thefts committed by their em plores If a busy and bothered man laugha at a joke it is the supreme tet that It is a good one How to Handle the Family Vasu The laundry work one of the iuos important of our domestic tasks is ai a rule left entirely to the management of untrained household servants writes Mrs S T Rorer in the Ladles Home Journal telling how to do the family washing And being untrain ed they naturally select the most dif ficult way of doing what under proper conditions should be easy work The person responsible for the family wash should really understand a certain amount of chemistry in order to pre serve the coloring in different fabrics and to understand how to remove stains and various spots To prevent the flannels from shrinkage she should know the condition and character o the fiber of wool and the difference between that and the fiber of cotton If the coloring matter in a colored gar ment is acid an alkaline soap will dis solve or neutralize it and the garment will come from the wash entirely fad ed The average housewife returns to the laundry all articles improperly laundered but she fails to pin to each article a little suggestion of how they may be made better with the result that the articles arc returned again the next week in exactly the same un satisfactory condition Flavoring Flour Very few housekeepers know how easily flour absorbs the odor of lime oil or many other things placed near it It should be stored in a dry but cool place Flour barrels should be placed on a rack that lifts them a few Inches above the floor This prevents their drawing dampness to the bottom of the barrel as they do when set on the floor Flour barrels should be kept closely covered It Is not sufficient to merely cover them loosely with an or dinary wooden cover though this Is better than nothing The wooden cov er keeps out the dust but an airtight cover such as are manufactured for this purpose keeps out atmospheric odors as well New York Tribune Panned Tomatoes Cut the tomatoes into halves place them in a baking pan skin side down sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper and put in the center of each a tiny bit of butter Bake slowly until soft Dish and add to the liquor in the pan one pint of milk Moisten two level ta blespoonfuls of flour with a little cold milk add it to the pan and stir con stantly until boiling Add a teaspoon 1 ful of salt a dash of pepper and pour it over the tomatoes Garnish with sauares of toast and serve Fruit Mnifins Sift together two cups of sifted flour half a teaspoonful of salt three level teaspoonf uls of baking powder and two rounding tablespoonfuls of sugar Beat one egg until light add to it a scant cupful of milk and pour them over the dry ingredients add two tablespoon fuls of melted butter Stir just long enough to mix Add one cupful of dried currants or any kind of fresh berries drop in greased gem pan and bake fifteen minutes in a quick oven Creaiu Candy Place over the fire a vessel containing two large cupfuls of granulated sugar and half a dozen tablespoonfuls of water Set it to boil until when a lit tle is dipped into cold water it will harden The moment it will do this add two teaspoonfuls of cream of tar tar Then turn it into a buttered dish and when cool enough to handle pull it until it is white cut into short lengths aud set away to get cold One Way to Cook Onious Remove the tops tails and thin outer skin of the onions but no more lest the onions cook to pieces Spread them over the bottom on a pan large enough to hold them without placing one on ion upon another Barely cover them with salted water and let them sim mer gently until they are well cooked without breaking to pieces Then serve with melted butter For Cleaning Marble Try common table salt It requires no preparation and may be rubbed di rectly on the discolored surfac itn a piece of house iiannel Salt will also clean washbasins and any other discol ored crockery Kitchen Economy Pastry brushes should be washed as soon as used and put in a warm place to dry A little water in the tubs or buckets will prevent them from falling to pieces A quart of fine sand at 2 cents will do the work of three pounds of scourimx soap costing 3 cents each Pieces of brown paper should be folded and put into a little wall pocket on the back of the pantry door New irons such as sad irons frying pans or waffle irons should be heated slowly or they will be likely to crack Brooms should be rested on the han dle or hung in order that the bristles may remain perfectly straight they should never be used for scrubbing Brushes are made for this purpose White of eggs saved one or two at a time kept in a cool place may be used for angels food cornstarch cake white layer cake apple snow or added to the various fruit sponges Old tablecloths may be cut into squares and hemmed to use overlie screen on which you turn your cakes and buns to cool They will also serve as silver cloths
