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.
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