Nebraska Newspapers

    THE VAL ENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M RICK. Pub Uher
VALENTINE , NEBRASKA.
Experience Is u school. It ia also
faying , at times.
Men are like eggs. Plenty of honest
men. but few ' 'strictly" honest
sweetest meat Is not always in
< ± he largest nut. A great pedigree may
contain littlo virtue.
In duo tiino It will be discovered
that Mattie Bennett , the head of the
murder merger * is a real lady.
alias Stone suys she will not lecture
oa her experiences. She may , however ,
.jneuUem the matter casually to her
Xnends.
2-ever Judge a cigar hy the name It
Jjcara. The gentlemen who christen
-cigars are paid for their extravagance
Jbi nomenclature.
Ura. Astor did not go so far as to say
; aat every man who has a college edu-
cjidon is a gentleman. Some college
graduates are moneyless.
In undertaking an air-ship perform
ance the fear that a man may iall down
At It is always more accentuated than
3u the cose of other enterprises.
One of General Funston's admirers
.refers to him as "a man of dasn and
jgo. " His record shows that "splash
go" would be nearer the truth.
JL Hussion promises a single-rail sys-
tem Lhat will cairy pasbeiigers at the
xate of 200 miles on hour. The ambu
lance will no doubt be on hand to meet
trains.
In municipal art , it pays to spend
money lor the best. Noble architec-
< ture is u perpetual instructor of the
people , a constant symbol of the high-
jex ideals.
Some people keep so busy trying to
let the world know they don't take
themselves seriously that they forget
ithat the world doesn't caro whether
they do or not.
Some men who claim to have master
ed the question of insurance in all its
details never do anything more prac
tical than solicit blotters from the in
surance companies.
A man has patented a ' 'windmill"
which is propelled by sunshine instead
4 > f wind. Perhaps it is only an adapta-
.tion from the Kentucky distillery ,
is propelled by "moonshine. "
I Mrs. Astor says that only men who
Srnve college educations can be gentle-
jinen. That is rather sweeping. How-
erer , not even women who have col
lege educations can be gentlemen. Had
Mrs. Astor thought of that ?
It is announced that the new presi
dent of the National Congress of Moth-
ra has children of her own. It is safe
to say , therefore , that she has neigh
bors who don't believe she knows the
least thing about the business.
Delarey'a magnanimity to the
wounded Mcthueu is in part , a * least ,
explained. Delarey's wife and chil
dren wore once British captives and
Methuen was considerate of them.
There is no place on earth where man
ly meu hare their being in which will
not be founJ the "touch of nature that
tnalr.es the whole world kin. * *
Woman has shouldered so many mod
ern burdens that even her voice has
learned to "carry. " A delegate at the
recent Daughters of the American
Revolution Congress said that she
heard all the speakers without difficul-
tyr whereas in the House of Represen
tatives , where she went one morning ,
she could understand little that wus
fiald. Her comment , "Men's voices do
not seem adapted for public speaking , "
Is one of the many humorous revenges
brought In by the whirligig of time. -
George Washington could not tell a
lie , but lies couhl be told to him. The
lollsh poet , Niemcewicz , wrote in his
diary , recently published for the Grst
time , that Uo prevaricated when
Washington , asked him about Kosciu-
sfco. The offense was committed for
the purpose of concealing the fact that
the patriot had left his country to head
a Polish organization. It must have
liecn as difficult to face Washington
with a falsehood as to have talked
heresy to Jonathan Edwards.
Tuera arc scientific experts whose
testimony Is to be taken with respect.
They deal in facts. For example , a
chemist will fln I what proportion of
iinison is contained in a certain sub
stance that may have been adminis
tered with mischievous intent A phy
sician will describe an injury and tell
< f results and causes where shot or
stab woonds are involved. An archi-
Jest will be able to explain how a
bridge or building has fallen. But the
loo usual export is none of these. He
is a man who for a grc.'it price offers
11 pci-sonal opinion as to handwriting.
A trial , especially one in which human
life or liberty is involved , should be
conducted solely on evidence. Opin-
4on Is not evidence.
The real weuluiess of flre insurance
(11 this country is the extravagant scale
of expenses. These are claimed to arer-
Age'40 per cent of the premium income ,
though an official of the board of ander-
prrlters was unable to acc < n t for
more than 28 per cent With all the
lavish outlay of the lire insurance coin-
. panics in drumming for business 30 pel
' cent of the premium receipts is a lib
eral allowance fur the r expenses. A
business that requires no gr at outlay
to secure and yet is carried on at so
, large a percentage of cost requires revi
sion elsewhere than in its scale of
i charges. To tax its profitable custom-
1 ers to pay the cost of corporate inca
pacity is an outrage that can be toler
ated only under compulsion.
An English journalist , writing about
what ho c-alls "the Americanization of
the world , " gives full credit to the
work of American women in this direc
tion. He quotes a remark which the
late Lord Dufferin made some twenty
years ago : "Few people have any idea
of the extent to which the diplomatic
service is Americanized by the influ
ence of marriage. Nearly all the at-f
taches of the various embassies at
Washington are captured before their
term of office expires by American
beauties and American heiresses. The
result is that the diplomatic service *
the only service which is really cosmo
politan , is Americanized through and
through. " To show that our women
are doing a corresponding work in the
Oeld of business and finance , the En
glish journalist quotes a Parisian edi
tor who has advanced an interesting
theory , that through American mar
riages the titled houses of Europe are
postponing for a time the downfall'-
which must follow the invasion of
Yankee trade and democratic'leas. .
Thus the daughters and sisters , by
means of the millions earned by the
fathers and brothers , are temporarily
preserving a state of affairs which
those very millions have doomed. In
ternational marriages have heretofore1
been a subject rather of impertinent
jest than of grave consideration on
broad economic grounds. Contrary to
the general impression regarding these
marriages , they are usually happy , and
few of them are brought about by
mercenary considerations. Moreover ,
to think of the American girl who mar
ries abroad as an agent in the "Ameri
canizing of the world" gives her an im
portance which her brothers seldom at
tain.
The speculative spirit of the age has
done much to turn tlie minds of young
men in the wrong direction. Without
doubt some large fortunes have been
built up by speculation , but the rec
ords of every speculative market will
show that where one man has acquired
riches by this means , hundreds have
been utterly ruined. The pathway of
speculation is strewn with financial
wrecks. In considering this subject it
should not be forgotten that the world
hears only of the few successes. The
many failures interest us comparative
ly little ; hence we seldom are told of
them except when they end in suicide
or u penitentiary sentence. William J.
Ouahau , president of the Home Savings
Bank of Chicago , says truly that too
many young men to-day have become
infected with the passion for specu-
latiug in stocks and grain. There is
a haste to grow rich. Conservative
methods in business are regarded as
too slow and out of date. The hope of
gaining fortune without labor has be
come very alluring. All this , however ,
is a fatal delusion. Even where wealth
Is thus gained it Is more often a curse
than a blessing. The fortune quickly
gained and without labor generally is
is speedily dissipated. Yet the adver
tisements in daily papers constantly
> ffcf flattering opportunities to young
'
men for the making of fortunes by
some short cut , and the fact that these
idvertisements continue to appear indi
cates that they prove alluring. But the
"act remains that , as a rule , to which
: here are few exceptions , permanent
"ortunes must be the product of sound ,
conservative building ; and this Is truer
: o-day. almost , than it ever was before.
Most of the wealthy men of to-day be-
jan fortune-building from the ground i
ip. They began by cultivating habits
) f thrift and frugality , and at a time1
ivhen these habits were far more gen-
; ral than they are now , and , while they
worked longer hours for less pay , they
> aved more money. Fortunes built up
n that way are likely to be much more J
lermanent than those which are the
mtgrowths merely of some lucky
itroke In speculation.
In Old Mex co.
"Mexican laboring men , " says a Kan
sas man who has been visiting in Mex-J
co , "work for 12 cents a day. This may
leem incredible , but it is a fact. Yon 1
; ee more copper cents in that country
mil more are used , perhaps , than in
my country on the globe. It is not
rncouimon to see a Mexican woman gt >
o market and buy a cent's worth of
vood , a cent's worth of corn or coffee ,
ind a stalk of cane. She will make a
ire in the center of her adobe house
ind prepare a meal for the family ,
rhey eat cane as we would an apple ;
C"he ox cart an i wooden plow are still
n use. The ox teams are hoirnessed so
he pressure of the load comes upon
he head , just in front of the horns ,
nslead of the shoulder and neck. " '
Past Disappearing.
It is estimated that there are fewer
ban ten thousand wild elephants left
n all the countries on the globe , and
hat five of these will be killed ofl !
vhere one is born. It is a matter of
inly a few years when the last one
nust go.
A Question.
"My father weighed only four pounds
it his birth. "
"Good gracious ! Did he live ? "
Jmart Set
If there is one word more than an
ther we long to open the back door of
hearse for , and slide it gently in , It Is
GIRLS.
OT long ago in this department
the question of manners was
touched upon , the suggestions re
lating to the manners of the girls them
selves. There is another side that still
deserves mention. This Is that young
women should be exacting in the mat
ter of the manners of the young men
who are their companions. Little lapses
of manner should not go unrebuked.
In an article in one of the magazines
last winter the story was told of a
French princess' rebuke of the rude
playfulness of a distinguished writer.
He was a guest in the drawing room of
the princess , and was enjoying a chat
with her when another gentleman
joined the group. "Go way , you big
jealous person , " said the first comer ,
"we don't want you. " The princess in
stantly resented and rebuked the fa
miliarity. She rang for a servant , and
on his appearance , said , gravely : "Or
der M. About's carraige. He does not
dine here to-night , " and M. About had
nothing to do but make his adieux and
pass out dinnorless and mortified. It
is admitted that this rebuke was al
most too radical , but the incident will
serve to emphasize the care all women ,
and particularly young women , should
take to repress undue familiarity on the
part of young men.
Of course it is conceded that the girl
requires a little courage som-otiines. and
the young woman dreads to give of
fense or to have herself dubbed
haughty , but this should not deter her
from holding her associates of the other
sex to the standard of manners which
she should set high. Some young men
have an abominable practice of touch
ing a young woman unwarrantably ;
they will take her arm on the street
to help her over a gutter or up a stair
when there is not the least need for the
assistance. It is only exceptionally ex
pected nowadays that a man need offer
his arm to a lady with whom he is
walking at night At a dance not long
ago a young girl seated herself , fol
lowing a waltz , in a large arm-chair ,
whereupon her partner perched himself
: > u the arm. Instantly the girl rose , and
not daring to say anything , rebuked
liim by her look. The young man also
quickly stood up and begged her par-
Son. It is safe to say that his manners
will never be lax in the presence of that
girl again. Another girl at the same
fiance was noticed permitting her part
ner to fan her with her fan , which was
iittached to her belt by rather a short
ribbon. She should have detached her
Can and handed it to him outright ,
riiere is not space in the limits of this
paragraph to multiply instances , only
to sum up , girls , that your manners
should not only be dignified in them
selves , but command dignity from
those around you. Many young men .
2rr through ignorance , and will be' '
grateful , if they are the right kind of
roung men , for little Lessons given with
i deadly courtesy that Is yet unmistak-
ible. Harper's Bazar.
Food for Younpr Children.
It is a common mistake for parents
: o begin feeding their children solid
'ood too early , writes Helen W. GooUe ,
H. D. , in Good Housekeeping. For a
: hlld under 14 months it is much the
safest course to give no solid food at
ill. It is true that many children seem
: o be able to digest solid food at an
jarly age , but it is also true that giving
t at this period is frequently responsi
lie for the digestive disorders during
he second year.
After the child is a year old it should
mve some form of farinaceous food
idded to its milk diet. The best metli-
d Is to make a gruel of some cere-U ,
'or example , oatmeal , if the child Is Iiv
: lined to be constipated , barley if its
jowels are inclined to be loose , and
idd this gruel , after straining , to the
> aby's milk. Beef juice ( made by broil-
ng a piece of round of beef lightly
ind squeezing the juice from it ) , may
> e added to the diet as early as the
burteenth month. Begin with a tea-
poonful and gradually increase to two
ir three ounces at a time. The child
nay take oranges and prune juice as
: arly as the fifteenth month , and a lit-
le later strained prunes and baked ap-
> les without the skins. Fruit is an
mportant part of a child's diet , and
hould be given regularly after the
ifteenth month , except in cases of
iarrhoea. After the eighteenth month ,
mlf a solf-boiled egg may be given in-
tead of , or in alternation with , the
icef juice.
Divorce Amonff the Rich.
"It is among the rich or , at any
ate , in classes above the so-called
Corking classes that divorces most
requently take place.
"Opponents of divorce laws not in-
requently urge in support of their po-
ition the many marriages and divorces
f certain popular actresses. I think
he matrimonial habits of actors and
ctresses should not be permitted to
omplicate the nodern problem of di-
orce. The kaleidoscopic alliances of
liss Blank give the ordinary sober
itizen moral vertigo. He usually
nows little about the men whose very
ames the footlight lady disdains. The
fhole transaction has an appearance
f unreality and vulgarity that is dis-
usting.
"Children are guardians of the home.
Hiere there are few or no chil iren
i the family there are many lurking
angers. These dangers are more fre-
uent among the rich than the poor.
. church la New York attended by
many people of wealth undertook to
have a Sunday school for the children
of these persons , because there was
some objection made to regular Sunday-
school on the ground that it was filled
with poor children from the ten
ments. But it was discovered thai
there were in the whole parish only
twenty-nine children of Sunday school
age from homes of wealth , and five of
these were in one family. Family life
suffers incalculably from limitation of
its numbers. The maternal instinct
even in a wife who believes she lacks
it. Is a restless force that lea Is to many
dangerous quests and is often respon
sible for conjugal alienation.
"But not only Is the natural hunger
of a woman's nature satisfied by chil
dren. In talcing care of them she has
a soothing and engrossing occupation if
she will be truly a mother. Moreover ,
when a strain comes between husband
and herself she is strong in the
strength of her children. Their com
panionship and their inspiration help
her to stand firm and to be patient and
without authority or love to do what
she considers her duty. " Kev. Percy
S. Grant in Ainslee's Magazine.
A Small Waist Beantifnl.
Now of course I am expected to say
that a small waist is ugly , but on the
contrary I think that a small waist is
beautiful , writes Ethelwyn Wetherald
in Good Housekeeping. Not unnatural
ly small , not grotesquely and ridicu
lously small , as those of fashion plates
always are , but with the natural small-
ness of nn erect , healthy , full-chested
woman. To attain a beautiful , natural
slenderness one needs not to compress
the waist but to develop the shoulders
and chest and to restrain and direct
the appetite , so that the stomach is not
filled with indigestible food which
bloats and distends the waist A little
"bag of bones" with a twenty-inch
waist is a revolting spectacle ; the same
bag of bones flattened out Into the
similitude of a bedslat is only a little
less repellent : a huge woman who can
with difficulty achieve any waist at all
Is not attractive ; but the firm-fleshed
crirl with strong arms , solid shoulders.
Cull chest , and a twenty-six inch waist
lias a magnificent figure admired by
men and women. If she marries she
will have healthy children ; if she re
mains unmarried she is abundantly
able to take cure of herself. Her motto
Is not "Health before beauty , " but
"Health and beauty before ruinous
fashions. "
A Mahogany Restorer.
A la 'y writes - garding the way in
which she dealt with furniture that
ivas old and had become sad In color
"Kerosenewas not successful , and
: urpentine required too much rubbing ,
ind even then was not satisfactory for
: he carved parts. So we tried a little
; > iece with a solution of two heaping
: ablespoonfuls of sal soda to a quart of
varm water , put on with a toothbrush
> vell soaped , the place being iminedi-
itely rinse > l with cold water and dried
ivith a soft cloth. Since then we have
ised it on several woods , natural and
stained , and , homely as the recipe may
sound , it has never failed to give good
esults. Afterward the wood should
) e rubbed with a mixture of raw oil
md turpentine. One mahogany an-
: ique a hundred years or more old-
hat was so discolored as to hide the
uitural grain of the wood came out as
> right as new under this treatment. "
Box Plnita.
Box plaits are quite the rage , and
ange from a profusion of narrow ones
o the broad namesake of Gibson. An
sxainple in beige etamine shows clus-
ers of five at both the back and front
if the blouse , with corresponding clus-
ers on the skirt so arranged as to
eem continuations of the upper
ehenie. Two clusters of box plaits are
et in at each side of the skirt , each
laving a point at the top of which
tardly reaches the knee. There's a Tit
le turndown collar of embroidered
izard-green velvet
Hat Hints.
Flower hats hold.
Forget-me-nots are especially liked.
Ribbon roses are as durable as they
.re lovely.
Straw embroidered grass linen drapea
aost gracefully.
Chiffon scarfs en applique hare the
ame advantage.
Stocks are a feature among the love-
y old-fashioned flowers.
Straw loops and black quills trim
rhite San Toy charmingly.
A charming pale blue hyacinth hat
.as the crown of fine foliage.
An Irish lace picture hat is trimmed
nth a white plume caught by a pearl
abochon.
There is something in mere pretti-
ess that turns even a woman's head
-men have been willing victims since
be world began.
It's invariably the one-hat woman
rho chooses a gala garden party affair ,
'en to one , too , she's the woman who
ever goes to garden parties , so she
j never well crowned.
Indeed , choosing a hat is Just like
lioosiug a wife , or a house , or a horse ;
ou want something as handsome as
ossible , of good quality and style ,
ractical , durable , sensible , in accord
rlth you and yours , not pretentious ,
either stupidly simple just fine and
ght If you're beginning the hunt we
el for 701. Philadelphia Record.
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Turkey Queen of Texas.
Miss Anita Martin is known
hroughnub Texas as the "turkey
liieeu" on account of the many tur
icys which she has raised on her
anch in that state. So great has
leen the increase in Miss Martin's
nisiness since she started with four
urlccys five years since that she now
jrnpl iys two women and a boy to
lelp her take care of her 100 birds.
Iiss Martin sells the turkeys
o regular customers , and claims to
Mve cleared $2,500 this year. The
nost expensive birds are those
yhieb. feed on nuts and other fancy
Kids , which render their flesh
weeter and more nalatable. AM the
4gs are hatched by incubators , and
he food which the turkeys eat is
rown on the ranch" , thus saving
uuch expense. Miss Martin heartily
ecommends women to enter the tur-
: ey-raisiug industry.
fon Can Get Allen-a root-Ease FREE.
Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted , Le Hoy ,
S' . Y. , for n FUEE sample of Allen's Foot-
% . se , a powder to shake Into your shoes ,
t cures tired , sweating , damp , swollen ,
i chins feet. It makes new or tight shoes
: isy. A certain cure for Corns and Bunions.
Ill druggists and shoe stores sell it.
Recovers Jetre'ry Cable.
Mrs. Kobert S. McGormick , wife of
he'United States minister to Aos-
ria , recovered a valuable piece of
ewelry by means of the Atlantic
able , says a New York Herald dis-
1,1 tch from London. Soon after
caching London from the United
tates Mrs. M'Cormck missed a
leautiful emerald ring. Her maid
lid nob remember putting the ring
n with the other jewelry at the
sTew Yoik hotel and , on a venture ,
> lrs. McCormick decided to cable
he" hotel. To her great joy a reply
i'as received in a few hours saying
he ring bad been found. The ring ,
t is said , cost more than $2.600.
Gon On' of Myle.
Miss Stone says thutMme. Tsilka's
: iby softened the hearts of the bri-
; mds , says the Chicago Eecord-IIer-
Id. Ah , what a wonderful thing a
i.iby is I And what a pity that it
las become unfashionable.
Ainrricjxn * HIT. ) Long Kiown It.
Santos-Dumon enthusiastically says
America is the greatest country on
: irth. Can he be foolish enough to
idieve , asks the Chicago Eecord-
lerald that this is news to us ?
The City Hall in Philadelphia cost
vor 316,000,000.
Electric pumps , to extin < ruisli ]
fires , are to be placed at intervals )
along tbe trolley car lines in Iloueo.
When necessary , the current is tc
be switched from the trolley wires to
the electric pumps , and water at
once thrown on the conHugratluo.
Advice to ICm cI Sage. |
Russell Sat'eis complaining because
his rent is to be raised this spring , }
says the Chicago Record-IIeralcU
Russ ought to save up and buy a ?
little place somewhere. ,
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The ColIar-lIuj-litglFlend.
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The collar buying liend , who nsnal
ly buys one shirt collar at a time an < 2
soils half a dozen others with his
dirty hands in the operation , says-
the Chicago Tribune , is coming in *
at last for his share of public denuo.4
ciatiOD.
Fish to the vaiue of $50.000,000 are.
landed in the United Kingdom ao
nually. This unknown harvest ofj
the sea is gathered by some 74OOQf
fishermen. '
JUSTTHIKKOFIT
Rrnry farmer bis
landlord , no in earn *
brances.his bankac-count-
iucruasin year by yvaJV
[ li nd yulue increa mg .
stooincreasing , iplea *
did climate , exo-lleot'
school * % nd churches ,
low taxation , high priceC >
for cuttle and Knin , ow railway rate * , and every
possib e comfort. This is the condition of the
farmer in Western Cannda , Province of MunitobV
and districts of A iniiwiu , Saskatchewan and.
Albert * . Thousands of Americans are now s ttletf
there. Reduced rates on all railways for home *
wek'er * and settlers. New districts are beinr
opened up thl year. Th - new 40-page Atlas at
WesternCanada sent free to all applican Is. A pply U-
P. Pedley , Supt-of Immi ration , Ottawa. Can. , or
to W. Y. Bennett. 801 New York Life Uldg. , Oro- .
ha. Neb. , Ax nt for the Government of
DR. n. H. KUNf. Ltd. . Sli R.St. . . Pl IJ < J lpJiJ P * .
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