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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1902)
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT I M KICK. I'ub VALENTINE , NEBRASKA selfish people neeuu able to pleasantly J0f the brotherhood f peoplt who are willing to bury a dead man wouldn't a crust ofbread. . 1 is as annoying to the Anglo- telegraph company as a Jan- thair Is to the coal man. The man who laid in his winter's snp- My of coal in the fall does not object to ing classed as one of the lias bins. Jerry Simpson , "Socklesa Simpson , " ff Kansas , Is a grandfather. It is un derstood the granddaughter arrived barefooted. Civilization even develops , new Ills , following the "house maid's knee" Is * the petticoat wrist , " caused by hold- iag up surplusage of skirts. Hall Caine says he Is Indebted to the ible for much of his literary success , hls is one of the worst setbacks the tlble has received for some time. There Is talk of a John Smith exposi- fcon at Jamestown , Va. , in 11)07. If all fke John Smiths give it their support 'tke affair can't help being a rousing reccess. American wheat is pouring Into Mex ico at the rate of 250,000 bushels a day. there is a suspicion that all the world irlll be hungry before this year's crops ire ready for market A Brooklyn jury has awarded ? 8,500 :4 : a woman who incurred a stiff finger Ut the result of a railway collision. The Company ought to be thankful her whole hand wasn't stiffened. That a thousand persons were unable i t gain admission because of the great ttowd to Cornelius Vanderbilt's lecture 1i 1 i $ t the Institute of Technology In Bos- i0n shows an interest in locomotive 1i 1 1i Rollers and fire boxes the suddenness i tod extent of which is not to be wholly I accounted for by our new commercial E axpansion. I The only way in which the truly great \ Jrt. finance and captains of industry may I Preserve their reputations ( at the possl- I.t IC fele expense of their pocketbooks ) is to . .tt : accede to the popular cry for publicity , .tC : ot entirely for the good of the public , C fcut for their own good. By disregard- r tag this advice they will but hasten the t time wheii the "sucker" will refuse to Ir Hto businesji with them. t The American public will await with f fonfident hopefulness the results of the li lit notable experiment now about to bo liL Biade toward harmonizing the differ- L pnces between labor and capital. There t fcas never , probably , been taken a step C f BO great significance as bearing up- S n the industrial interests of this coun a try. Full credit to all concerned will t ; freely given In the event of success. s su so Aa obsenrant person remarks that o * * ne public likes as well to read inter liti acting matter In the advertising col- tin Bins as in the news columns. " There tie ll nothing surprising about this , since e tfce facts which arc advertised have a q Direct personal interest to the public. iih 53 e advertiser offers to the people only h # cch things as the people need , and e : tftoct the character and prices of oa widen they want information. A per- a ctetent advertiser is bound to win the Inu attention of all newspaper readers. u i- . _ . _ . a ! Railroad builders do not lay a double \ track unless the traffic warrants it , yet , ays a contributor to agricultural paper , the authorities in the average Ui country town contemplate wide high 1 ? ways only , and since "the town thinks & it cannot afford such , 110 good roads ol get builL Wry not , he asks , buiid tlat " "single-track" roads in the less popu atw lous regions ? Why not , indeed ? Grunt w ing that there was something to come . foack to. a driver woull rather turn out for another team once in a while than to pursue on uninterrupted path jjf misery. I tl For a century and n half Russia like has been ' K ! England a mighty land-grab- ber But a century ago Russia saw and to adopted the policy that IK making her e : stronger every day. While England n ( ins been compelled to grab indiscrim- bi . Snately 'here , there and everywhere as j ' fr embling a vast j heterogeneous and es fccattered empire Russia has aban- , er Jioned all her isolated territories or sold ' 4 them and has simply extended her bor- j V ders. No matter wlwjre in the civilized i L ; world England with great difficulty ar- j at ; rives by 'sea , there she fiu is herself , Ih face to face with Russia. And behind ar England is the sea , while behind Uus- ia is the whole Russian empire. m One of the baliiing problems of city , en government is the increasing number , iSi , of dependent children from whose ifiiL ranks child delinquency is annually re L < cruited. From delinquent children arc graduated annual levies of youthful criminals whose career , once fairly be ne gun , rarely stops outside a peuifen- dl : ttary. The committee on dependent i 111 of tha charity organization of | its York City has ma e a report i de which throws some light on this prob lem. The report affirms that 50 per cent of the applications for the com a i mitment of children to 'institutions are ne due to desertion by the husband. Tha st < abandoned wife finds the struggle for existence kopetess In that proportion of 1 paees and m t part with her children \ ' to save them from becoming delin quents reasonably sure to develop Into criminals. The chairman of the com mittee recommends that wife desertion be made a felony punishable by Im prisonment In the penitentiary for at least a year , the pay for the wife-de serting felon's service * to b turned over to his wife and children. While the humane are striving to create suit able refuges for delinquent children to save them from turning from depen dency and delinquency into habitual criminality they should also strike at a root * the Increase In the number of dependent children. The Minnesota law making wife desertion a felony punishable with penitentiary imprison ment ought to be on the bookg of ev ery American commonwealth. There is perhaps no feature of social life in the United States which foreign ers condemn more universally thun the frequency of divorce , and whenever a number of Americans have assembled in convention they can be depended upon to pass resolutions denouncing the laws that facilitate separation of hus band and wife with the same unanim ity and unction with which they pass resolutions favoring the extension of civil service or demanding the suppres sion of anarchy. Indiscriminate con demnation of any Institution , however , from the saloon to the spoils system , may readily lend to error If there is any truth in the old adage , we ought to find that there are two sides to all questions even to that of divorce. If one commences consciously to searca for the redeeming features of the situa tion he is likely to observe a striking correspondence between the increase in the employment of women and the growth of divorce. According to the Federal census returns , the number of women in the United States having "gainful occupations" Increased froui 1,830.288 in 1S70 to 2,647,157 in 1SSO. and to 3,914,571 in 1890. It is , of course , pos ? ! e to interpret the parallel be tween this increase of money-making among women and the increase of di vorce in two ways. A carping pessimist may say that it shows that independent employment unfits women for becom ing happy wives. A taste of the inde pendence and excitement of earning their own living makes the traditional ly felicitous state of matrimony intoler- ibly dull to women , and hence they are eady to avail themselves of slight provocation to return to their former state of single blessedness. But there s a more charitable interpretation that ivlll also seem more just to the great najority of persons. Respectable woni- > n are by no means anxious to rid hemselves of their husbands , and if hey do so at all It is likely to be be- ause of some serious cause that makes narried life unendurable. Whenever he man in any union lives down to his oputation as the worse half and makes lis wife miserable by dissipation , or ibuse the average American wife does lot feel it her duty to allow her whole ife to be ruined because she misjudged lie character of the man whom she narried. And in this stand she seems 0 be supported by the sentiment of the onimuuity as a whole , for most people eom to feel that it is better for a woru- ii to leave a thoroughly unworthy man nan to endure his mistreatment of her- elf and her children indefinitely. But nless the wife has property of her own r can find some means of earning a ivelihood she may be compelled to con- inue her life of matrimonial wretched- ess. The fact that opportunities for mployment are becoming more fre- uent makes it possible in an increas- ig number of cases to choose the less umiliating alternative of Independ- nce. In so far , then , as the increase f divorce is due to thefact that wives re no longer compelled to suffer any ( dignities that unworthy husbands put pon them , it is a symptom not of mor- 1 degeneracy but of economic welfare. Vlves are more likely to be treated rith decent respect and consideration rhen they are bound to their husbands ot by the fear of starvation but mere- - by bonds of affection. But like most ood thing.this greater independence I women is capable1 of abuse. It opens je door to separations for which no 1 equate provocation iias been given as ell as to those which the imp.irtial .lectator would regard as justifiable. Bntterfltes Mniie to Oilier. M. Stnndfuss of Zurich has taken up le old experiments of Weiss-maim on le variations in butterflies produced v temperature acting on the chrysalis. e finds that the chrysalid. , according the temperature to which they art * q > osed. have given birth to butterllies 3t of the kind they are derived from. .it kinds belonging to countries far oin Zurich. Thus , pupae of the Vau- ssa urtica. which is commUK in Switz- land. when kept at a temperature of to ( J decrees centigrade , produced the tiucssa polaris , a species proper to aphmd. Others of the same sort kept . ' 57 to 3D degrees cantigrailc producvi ! le Icimusa , found only in Sarilin5-i id Corsica. A still higher temperaturo educed Icbnu&oides. found sometimes temperate regions during hot sura ers Other chrjvalids gave binh to iLirely new speeies. The general result that cold or heat produces butter- es found in coid or hot countries. radon Globe. New Tlonifsly. . German physicians are applying a sw remedy lecilhlne to the cure of ' abases v. hich require treatment of e nerves and nutrition. Lecithiue and compounds are said to have a ten ancy to increase weight and growth. i Aftor all , it is easy for a man to get reputation for having a cool head ; liu sver has four things cooking OH the ave at once. Eow mysterious two men when talk- 5 lodge business ! FROM WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. "Friends and Fellow Citizens : Tho'po- rioil for a new election of a citizen to ad minister the executive government of the United States being not far distant , and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothedvith that important trust , it appears to me proper , e/.pecially ns it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice , that I should now apprise you of tht resolution I have formed to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made. . . . "It is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your col lective and individual happiness , . , . . accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as the palladium of your po litical safety and prosperity. . . . "Citizens , by birth or choice , of a com mon country , that country hag a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American , which belongs to you in .vour national capacity , must always ex alt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. . . . "The basis of < 5ur political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. . . . The rory idea of the power aa < l the right of the people to establish gov ernment presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established govern ment. . . . "In all the changes te which you may be invited remember that time and habit are at least as necessary to Gx the true character of governments as of other hu man institutions ; that experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution of a country. . . . Remember especially that for the efficiont management of your common interests in a country so exten sive ns ours a government of as muclt vigor as IB consistent with the perfect security of liberty is indispensable. Lib- trry haelf will find in such a government , tvith powers properly distributed and ad- lusted , its surest guardian. . . . "In governments of a monarchical cast patriotism may look with indulgence , if not with favor , upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character , in governments purely elective , it is a spirit not to be encouraged. And , there being constant danger of excess , the effort ought to be , by force of public opinion , to mitigate and assuage it. . . . "It is important likewise that the hab its of thinking in a free country should inspire caution. In those intrusted with its administration , to confine themselre * within their respective constitutional spheres , avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroach ment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one , and thus to create , whatever the form of governmeat , a real despotism. . . . "Promote , then , as an object of pri mary importance , institutions for the gen eral diffusion of knowledge. In propor tion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion it la essen tial that public opinion should be enlight ened. . . . "Observe good faith nnd justice toward all nations ; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoins his conduct , and can it be that good poi- cy does not equally enjoin it ? It will te worthy of a free , enlightrned , and at no distant period a great nation to give mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by aa exalted justice and benevolence. . . . "The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred or ati habitual fondness is in some degree a stare. It s a slave to its animosity or to its affec- ion , either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. "The great rule for us in regard to for eign nations is in extending our commer cial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible. . . . "It is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another ; it must pay with a portion of its indepen dence for whatever it may accept uader that character. " BIRTHPLACE OF THE STARS AND STRIPES. The jnvat army of American Jounsts who invade England during the summer and early autumn visit nil the "sights" of interest , including , of course , the an- [ oieut church at Great Briiijcton , Northamptonshire , wherein repose some of the am.-est rs of George Washington. Strange to say. however , no pilgrimages are iualy ! made to A place only a few miles from Great Briugton , which should j be of still greater historical importance to American citizens. The national flag , of tinUnited Stares is believed TO have originated at Su'grave ' Manor , the gift of lleary VIII. to Lawrence Washington. There Lawrence Washington lived prior to his residence in Bringtou. He caused to be erected over the porch of tne manor house the family crent of three stars a d two stripes , which also appears over iiis tomb. Though this crest of Lawronce Washington is believed to har been i lie genesis pf the United States flag. American visitors to England appear to have lost sight of the fact. TLe illustration shows Suhjrave Manor. "IV.ishiugtoii in i7OT. Isiae Weld , a coutemporary of Wash- ngton.vrote as follows of the Presi- ! oit : ii the close of his second terra : His chtst is full , and his limbs , though . .ther slender , well shaped and muscu- MIlls head is small , in which ho re- t niblps the make of a number of his nuucrymen. His eyes are of a light gray oior , and in proportion to the length of .is face his aose is long. Mr. Stuart , the .niiu'Ht portrait painter , told me that here were features in his face totally 'ifferont from what he ever observed in ny other human bving. The sockets for ' .5 tycs , for instance , are larger than n t-ver metvith before and the upper rt oi' the. DO'S * ? broader. All his fen- res. observed , were indicative of the r.nigest and most ungovernable pns- t : \ u ml hu ! he been born in the for- s : > it wji.i hopinion that he would I.T e been the fiercest man among the trills. " ti is h .voriel where nil men pay for heir mistakes. The Supreme Sacrifice- It Didn't Yi'orfc. : ; This cuts little boy with his list In bis Siild : "In order to be u g.-eat man ' I'll t.u i down u tree : " but 'twixi yon anf tue , ' Bis dad didn't aoorove of the FLAGS AT HALF-MAST. kt Flrat Marine Signals of DUtrtM , Now Signs of Monroinjj. "What Is the origin of the custom of Usplaylrig Sags at luilf-staff , or , as peo ple usually say , half-mast ? " This question , when it was put to m tie other day , appeared to have an easy tnswer : "It Is borrowed from the navy. The ensign or pennant at hu If-mast If I recognized sign of mourning. " "Yes : but was It at first a sliip's rtf- lal of distress , as some say even BOBQ * i > f the good dictionaries ? " 1 have heard that in the seventeenth bentury it was so employed by the Spaniards : but. at any rite. toward the Mid of the eighteenth century the sig aal of distress recognized hy French ind English sailors was a different af fair , as the following story .shows : Anno. 1783. The French ship StbHK l powerful thirty-six gun frigate , i * lighted off Cape Henry by the Hussar. ) f twenty-eight guns. Now. the > ybille I few days before , in a drawn tight tfithoneof the ships of tht * Er.gH.sh se t to which the Hussar bo-It ngs , M : < I.III . ! Hic-h injuries that she Iuii nb--iiif-nUy | been di.sina.sted in a puff of wind and te under jury masts.a she is therefore finable to chase the IIu > sar. she series to entice her alongside in order to take her by boarding , and accordingly slip hoists to the peak the French ensign under Ihe English , as if admitting tbut she ia captured. All ; hia is legitimate , whether the Hussar ta e * the bait or QO. Rut the Freri < h captain goes to. > far. He hoists in t' : . * m-iin shruiids an ensign reversed a" ' lied in weft or loop. Now. this beii : a well-known sig nal of distress an appeal to n common humanity which no generous ollicer could disregard- riu.star at once Closes. I'ortunaiely , however , her crew I iri at quarter1 * when the SyMlle. haul- j Ing down ihe Knglish flag at the peak i and hoistici ; the French above , cuileav- Drs to run her on board. The extreme rolling natr.rMl t < < ship not steadied by sufficient sail xrmses the Sybill 's bottom , and B -\-ral shois from the Hussar go throuirh her very bilge. Hy this time another English man-of-war comes up. and the Sybille strikes her flag , the reversed ensign with its vreft , so dishonorably bolsed , remaining In the shrouds. So much for the signal of distress theory. We know that flags were commonly used at funerals In England , especially before the middle of the seventeenth century , not reversed or tied in a weft , but floating in their normal position. This practice was discontinued little by little , though no doubt some trace of its Influence is still seen in the universal display of military flags on occasions of national bereavement. New York Herald. PAYING OIL WELLS OF JAPAN. Blodcrn Methods of Drilling irave De veloped Petroleum ludubtry. Mr. Ueniiers of the British consular service in Japan has submitted to the British Board of Trade a report on the petroleum industry , which has of late attracted much attention and reached considerable dimensions in that country. The only place in which the oil is produced in large quantities Is in the province of Echigo , on tho west coast , the center of the industry being the town of Arnase , where the largest oil company in the country has been at work since 1888 with machin ery imported from the United States. Here wells were dug in the sea and carried above the sea level by a double [ ring of piles filled In with earth. In the northern part of the province oil was discovered in 1889 and led to : i fever of speculation. In 1892 there were between GOO and 700 speculative companies with small capital at work in Echigo. and most of them failed. On their ruins arose large companies working on a great scale and with Imported machinery. ] Hand boring has almost ceased to ex- ( 1st , and with improvement in methods ; of winning the oil came improvement 1 In the transport of the oil to the re- 1 : fineries. Pipe lines were introduced \ to convey it from the wells to the re- j T finereis and from the latter to tiie rail- j way stations , and it has been proposed . to construct n pipe line all the way to ' c Tokyo , the capital , about twenty miles away. j Petroleum has also been found in s t Yezo. the northern isiaud. and it is beJ | lieved that the supply there is as rich f ' as it is in Echigo. in one place in the c island wells have been dug and worked j > y hand for some years. Here the oil ' a overflows into the sea , and in stormy I 0 weather boats take refuge there on J j iccount of the smoothness of the wac- ; r. In 1899 the total production of the ) H in Japan was 18.833.915 era lions , of which 18.713.230 gallons were produc ed in Echigo. London Telegraph. Moilernizin ; * It , "George , dear , you must ask papa's : ousent before another day goes by. " "What Is the hurry ? ' ' "He ought to know it , George. He ivouldn'c forgive me if I failed to have rou 11 him. " "It seems to me like a foolish cus- om. It ought to bo reformed out of , 1 jxistence. I'm too progressive to sub- j ' nit to it. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'm : oing to Pittsburg to-morrow , and I'll , ] ' nlione him over the long distance from here " Cleveland Plain Dealer. leephiff Tobacco Stores in France To have the right to keep a retail to- mcco and cigar store in France is coa- idereil a privilege worth working for. iml it is said that every change of uiiu- slry is sure to give an opportunity to he exercise of the appointive power ot he government , which augments the lumber of retail tobacco dealers. When you see a free horse , isn't it a act that you feel a longing to hop on nd ride ? MBS , J , LjroOHHELL Was Sick Eight Yean wig Female Trouble and Finally Cnred by Lydia E. Pi Vegetable Compound. MM. PIXXHAM : I In my life jflven a tetttr before , but you have done to mnuh far m that I feel called pon to fir * yo thii unsolicited acknowledgement off ME3. JENNIE E. O'DOXNELL , Preildent of Oakland Woman's Hiding the wonderful cirative value of E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. For eipht years 1 hud fexnfls trouble , falling1 of the womb and otho ? complications. During that time I wa more or less of an invalid and not muck pood for anything , until one day I found a book in my hall telling * oS the cures you could perform. I becam interested ; I bought a bottle of Lydia E. Piiiklmm's Vegetable Com pound and was helped ; 1 continued it * use ajid in seven months was cured , and since that time I have had perfect health. Thanks , dear Mrs. Pinkhaa again , for the health I now enjoy. " Jlus. JEKXIE O'DoxxEi.1. . 278 East Bt. , Chicago , 111. 5000 forfeit if testimonial Is not gcnulna. Women suffering from any form of female ills can bo cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound. That's sure. Mrs. Pinkham advises sick "wo men free. Address , Lynn , Mas * . The soldiers capable of the mo 3 endurance are men of s'-ort stature , from five feet to five feet seven I * heierht. As a rule , tall men bar * bodies out of prnporl n to their lower limbs ; that is smaller than they oupht to be. The result is , they are unable to bear the fatigue wlalcfc comes easier to shorter men. Mrs. Win-low's POOTIUNO SVROT for t * > Pililnr. loftvm the trams , rfxluri aHa.jnr > .ln , curefl Ind colic. Uc hottta. In pr6portion to population , Spain , Norway and Ireland have more blintf people than any othei European countries. Spain has 216 per 1CO,00& ; "Norway 203 , and Ireland 111 WAfTKI > L nlnI Fmnn In crcry cHj , to no * * well known .rbrpnt I'lOAR oth trH < ? e. SA.N l > EI f i JIEYKK , 80-0 Ln Salic M. , Eobert Douglas , a colored man of Paris , Texas , has an oyster bed iu his well. Two years ago he Imnigbe home an oyster which wag coverefi with little oyster shells , and one of his children threw it into tha well. Now he bottom of the well LJ cut oyster bed , and often the well Is found covered wilh young TITB Peraaapntly Cured. ITontiornerro n _ I 11 U flrrt eUj's us * ot Or. Kliue'a UraU Xfsrr * . DR. B. H. BX1KB Ud..9Ul8t. . . Piikkilp&fc.l'U. ' Xotee. Attractive scarfs for walking bain , ire now made of bright Scotch effects , with the ends of the scarf fringed plain or knotted. Another pretty trimming used on hats of the sirapie * order is -osely 1 woven galloon ot & mingling of dull tinsel and Oriectzpi colors. This is much used as a band ing about the crown. The storm veil has mncte its ap pearance. It is in reality two v ) ne the regulation comlpexioti ind the other nf heavy chiffoo. The latter is draped over the top of tha iat when not required to protecttba vearer's face from the sharp , cutting ivinds and nipping frost. Fur trimmings are now very popw- ar , lor the reason thnt they are seas- mable. It cannot be claimed that , hey are warm , or even thift there l& my utility connected with their use. ut the fact that hey areseasoeabto. 'ashionable and pretty makes thflie , * iesirable. Gilt buttons are also fasbionabia- is a trimming. One waist of banter's freen has as decoration a qtraintif nnciful design of tiny gilfc vhicb are set ; on in groups. THIS IS IT by the sign rttRK. St. Jacobs iH * CURES Rheumatism Neuralgia , Sciatica , i Lumbago , Sprains , : Sruises , Soreness , ; : Stiffness. ms mi I
