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About Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1898)
rjr Vj h b y IV if p en T J i VJT r Y r i T K H V B rv Most Curious of Planie Tcrbaps the most curtous fad pur sued by the wealthy land owners of England is the training of various vines and shrubs to represent human figures and pieces of household furniture like chairs and tables In one case a large brush had been pruned and trained until it assumed the shape of a round table laden with spirit decanters and -wine glasses perfect in every detail A famous group of shrub people are the Siamese twins and the Princess of IWales Thousands of people have gone to the estate wherethcse unique shrubs are planted aud paid an admis sion to see them at close range Working Elephanis In India elephants over twelve and up to forty five years of age are deem-ed-best to purchase and will generally work well until they arc eighty years old Its Your Own Fault now long have you had lame back Its your own fault St Jacobs Oil would have cured it promptly and will cure it now no matter how long it has remained reirloeted Canadas Southern Boundary The southern boundary of Canada stretches over fully 4000 miles along which southern Ontario has the lati tude of central Italy Manitoba and Vancouver that of central Germany 4K XMEE k ilfea Each Relieved A Vir5Zj T mP WJBSf tffcJJ menstrua more than little hook Iiouse and some of Lydia Liver Pills I a new woman past I shall for what it has 36S Lisbon St la 1 to 5 daj I lm ff Q sarantced VJ IJVsrf oat to Kruisre iftCfirnnnii ciciuih 0 JmQg kw - nsfj xsryjT ATHeEyaNSOkEHIULCo cent or poiwnous T WFIUlM ilOI J V V JSUX S I br xpre prejaid for 100 or 3 bottlM 276 Circular tent on roast- His Own Epitapb Randolph H Waters an inmate of the Soldiers Home at Leavenworth Kan visited a cemetery at Elmwood Kan and read the epitaph over a grave which was supposed to be his His sister had placed the headstone over the grave two years ago Waters ran away from home at the beginning of the civil war and after it was over he went west What Cubas Lo3 alcana to Spain The loss of Cuba means to Spain the loss of the very sustenance of the nation In the same way the loss of your appetite moans starvation to your body If any reader of this notice wants to fully enjoy hearty meals we can recommend Hostet ters Stomach Bitters It cures indices- tion dyspepsia and constipation A Big Meteor A special dispatch to the London Daily Marl from Cape Town says that a meteor that is described as being half the size of St Pauls Cathedral has fallen at Port Alfred It made a hole in the ground fifty feet deep 120 feet long and flO feet wide Lighted the Sea Bottom At Toulon recently the bed of the sea was lighted up from a balloon attached to a tug in the hope that a lost tor pedo would be detected The experi ment was successful WOMEN of Periodic Pain and Backache A rio of Fervent Letters Before using Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Com Dound mv health was nraduallvbeimr undermined I suffered untold agony from painful menstruation SivVS backache pain oa top of my head and ovarian trouble I concluded to try Mrs Pinkhams Compound and found that it was all any wo man needs who suffers with painful monthly periods It entirely cured me Mrs George Wass 923 Bank St Cincinnati O For years I had suffered with painful men struation every month At the beginning oJ tion it was impossible for me to stand up fos five minutes I felt so miserable One day s of Mrs Pinkhams was thrown into my I sat riglit down and read it I then got E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound and can heartily say that to day I feel like my monthly suffering is a thing of the always praise the Vegetable Compound done for me Mrs Mabgaket Andekson Lewiston Me Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has cured me of painful menstrua tion and backache The pain in my back was dreadful and the agony I suf fered during menstruation nearly drove me wild Now this is all over thanks to Mrs Pinkhams medicine and advice Mrs C aerie V Williams South Mills N C The great volume of testimony proves conclusively that Lydia E Pinkhamfa Vegetable Compound is a safe sure and almost infallible remedy in cases of irregularity suppressed excessive or painful monthly periods The present Mrs Pinkhams experience in treating female ills is unparal leled for years she worked side by side with Mrs Lydia E Pinkham and for sometime past has had sole charge of the correspondence department of her great business treating by letter as many as a hundred thousand ailing women during a single year LyaiaEPinKiiamsVegetaWeCompoundiAYomansRemedyforWomansIlls fffifffffffliWffffwfifff m c r m I TffeMI m No use for a cluster there s no dust on BattleASfc It sells too fast I Every dealer who has handled Battle Ax knows this to be a fact There is no old stock of Battle Ax any where nothing but fresh goods as Battle Ax sells five times more than any other brand in the world All who chew it never change 9 ft V when you buy aoain S CURE YOURSELF aiipharges inflammations oi mucous membranes WRITING TO ADVERTISERS WHEN please any you saw the advertisement in thla paper CUfttS WHEflE ALL ELSE FAILS Bast Coosa Syrnp Tastes Good Use mtinie goia joy druggists Mite Wigm JIow to Teat Hie Oven Put half a sheet o white kitchon pa per oil the shelf of the oven on which the cake is to be placed and shut the door If at the end of live minutes the paper is charred the heat is too great Gool the oven by leaving the door a lit tle way open for a minute or two and then test again with another sheet oi paper If it is dark brown after being in for live minutes the oven is right for baking small pastries and thin cakes The temperature of a few de grees below this icsred by a piece of paper turning a light brown will be suitable for baking ordinary pound cakes pie crusts ek When the paper turns only a dark yellow the heat is suitable for puif pastes sponge cake mixtures and meringues Slielliajr Peas witli a IWacliiiie This novel device it is said removes all peas from Ihe pod without crushing or bruising them and it automatically - MACHINE KOIi SnLTlXG TEAS deposits tlie peas and pods in separate receptacles The sheller is operated with a crank aud is mounted on an arm that can be clamped to a kitchen table as shown in the illustration The whole thing is not over seven inches high It is made of galvanized iron and can be washed without injury to the parts Xew York Tribune Potato Xeast Recipe In the evening take a handful of hops and pour a quart of hot water over Them and boil with four large potatoes until the potatoes are done Scald a teacupful of flour in a deep china bowl with the water from the hops mash the potatoes up finely in the scalded flour and set this aside until cool then stir in two yeast cakes that have been dissolved in warm water and two big spoonfuls of sugar mix thoroughly cover with cloth and set in a warm place over night Next morning stir in some meal and let rise two hours then stir in again cornmeal enough to make it roll cut in round cakes dry one week before putting away and the yeast is made for use Rural Ilome A Household Dissrrace There is no justification for the feast and famine principle or the blue Mon day idea in Ihe home They arc ever an arraignment against the intelligence and womanliness of the mistress moth er and home maker It is the boast of some wives that their husbands accept uncomplainingly whatever is put be fore them be its quality what it may Alas that any woman should make a boast so self accusing And alas that any good but mistaken man should be come a party to selfish neglectfulness and indolence by his complaisance Womans Ilonle Companion Sweet Balciiisc Apples So many people are dyspeptic and cannot eat pie because of its crust that they ought to know that baked sweet apples are as good as pie and can be eaten by anyone with impunity Most of the sweet apples remain linn when baked and are excellent eaten with milk if care is taken to remove the skin which should remain on while the apple is baking Then the skin will come off as thin as a wafer aud leave all the aroma on the apple which is lost when the apple is peeled while raw The best of any kind of fruit is iust un der the skin A Preventive of Fire To prevent fires where flues and chimneys pass through inflammable partitions water jackets of tin or light metal are placed around the openings the solder of the pockets melting in the heat and discharging the fluid on the fire Handy for Darning To assist iu holding wearing apparel while darning holes therein the materi al is stretched over a flexible metal ring the ends of which lap each other and engage one of a series of catches to expand the ring to the proper size To Remove Mildew In case of mildew a rare occurrence in good housekeeping the linen is wet ted and a salve of brown soap is put above and beneath French chalk is powdered and put on the spot thickly and it is then exposed to the sun Brooms Brooms will last longer if they are dipped once a week in boiling suds This toughens the straws and also cleanses the broom They should al ways be hung up when not in use Tar Stains Any grease will remove the stains but a few drops of salad oil is a handy and always ready form f the remedy 5 v From the War Urine the genua of malaria fevers and other disease which may prove conta ions in their own families Hoods Sar Mipariiin is u special boon to soldiers bc itise it eradicates all disease germs builds up Ihe system and brings back liiiuh Every returned soldier and every friend and relative of soldiers should take Hoods Sarsaparilla Americas Greatest Medicine 51 si v for 33 Hoods Pills cure sick headache 25 cents MRFP0F h vry SfiSKN Jl U vn VWTis rfWli7N mCr t Z wr xl Jfa km Aii m WBiMW OF SYBUP OF FIGS is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination but lilso to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the California Fig Syrut Co only and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing1 the true and original remedy As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co only a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par ties The high standing of the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co with the medi cal profession and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of its remedy It is far in advance of all other laxatives as it acts on the kidneys liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them and it does not gripe nor nauseate In order to get its beneficial effects please remember the name of he Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO SAW FKANCISGO Cal JOFISVILLE Ky NEW YORK NY i arm oi Cecil Rhodes A Loudon paper contains the descrip tion of a farm belonging to Cecil Rhodes in Mashonaland South Africa The house is of cut stone and at a lit tle distance are stables and outbuild ings Surrounding the house are im mense gardens where flowers of all sorts rare and otherwise flourish in the fertile soil Further off are fields of grain and great squares of cabbages promising a plentiful harvest lie has already planted 4000 trees and hopes by next year to add about twenty times the land he now has to his estate Mr Rhodes also indulges in stock raising and with success AVho knows The joys of agriculture may wean the cele brated colonizer from politics and he may yet repeat to his followers the say ing of the Roman emperor If you could only see the beautiful cabbages that I cultivate myself Dr Thomas Pophani Philadelphia Your rophans Asthma Specific has nearly cured me I have been afflicted with asthma since infancy 20 years For two years previous to the use of your medicine the disease had become periodi cal coming on every morning in severe paroxysms I used every asthma medi cine I heard of without success I had become very weak and disheartened ha I almost despaired of receiving any beuiii ftom medicine saw your medicine adver tised in the paper and sent for some imme diately used it twice a day for one ycir and have had but one paroxysm for the past six months Yours truly ADDIE ELLIOTT Sheridan Iowa None to Scud The steamer rolled and pitched in the waves Deah boy groaned Cholly at the end of his first hour on shipboard promise me you will send my remains home to my people A second hour passed Dcah boy feebly moaned Cholly you neednt send my remains home There wont be any Hamilton Time Go South This Winter For the present winter season the Louis ville and Nashville Railroad Company hat improved its already nearly perfeel through service of Pullman Vestibuled Sleeping Cars and elegant day coachc from Cincinnati Louisville St Louis and Chicago to Mobile Xew Orleans and the Gulf coast Thomasville Ga Pensacola Jacksonville Tampa Palm Beach and other points in Florida Perfect connec tion will be made with steamer lines for Cuba Porto Rico Nassau and West In dian ports Tourist and Home Seekers excursion tickets on sale at low rates Write C P Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky for particulars For Exhibition Purposes Only Mrs Betterhawse I am told that you allow your husband to carry a latch key Mrs Greymair Yes but it does not fit the door I just let him carry it to humor him He likes to show it to his friends and make them think he is in dependentCincinnati Enquirer The Best Time No autumn or winter is so good but may be bad for Rheumatism The worst time for it is the best time to buy and use St Jacobs Oil to cure it because it cures promptly It Was Greek to Him Drug Clerk Well sir what is it Customer Thats just what I would like to find out Drug Clerk What do you mean sir Customer Ive got a doctors pre scription here but I havent the least idea what it calls for it i Why They Did It At an ancient church at Yalsbol in Russia it has been customary for the congregation to turn to a blank wall and bow reverently before leaving the church Why they did this nobody knew except that their forefathers had done so and had handed down the cus tom In making some repairs recently the origin of the custom was discov ered for beneath many layers of white wash and paint a picture was found of the Yirgin Mary which must have stood out brilliantly on tL3 wall five or six centuries ago Tender Flesh The more tender the flesh the blacker the bruise The sooner you use St Jacobs Oil the qivcker will be the cure of any bruise and any bruise will dis appear promptly under the treatment of the great remedy The Word Bond Dont you realize that mar riage broadens a man Benedict Oh yes I suppose it can be put that way but flattens is the word Ive always used Boston Traveler i Are You Goinjj to Florida Do you want maps rates routes time card or other information If so address II W Sparks T P A 231 Clark btieer Chicago Simple Headache Cure A novel and simple cure for the head ache is announced It is for the suf ferer to walk backward for about ten minutes Hows Tins Vc otTer 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