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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1902)
A Veritable Sleuth. "That woman , " remarked the great detective as he pointed to what au or dinary mortal would have takeu for a handsomely dressed female , "is a man. " "A man ! " echoed his companion in astonishment. "Why , how can -wom an be a man V" . "What I mean. " replied the great de tective , "is that the party referred to fl man disguised as a woman. " "IIow d'o you know that ? " asked tho other. ' "Because , " answered thewise one , "I followed her into a dry-goods store and ehe purchased the first thing she priced nd never looked at anything else. " i 3 Hia Excuse. Judge Were you not here two weeks ago on a charge of burglary ? Prisoner I was , your honor. Judge And as 1 let you go then 1 suppose you thought you could keep it up , eh ? Prisoner No , your honor. I wai forced into it this time. Judge How's that ? Prisoner I was trying to raise mon ey to pay the lawyer who defended ma Guilty. "Do you know any thing about hypno Item ? " asked the girl in the pink waist "Well , " replied the fluffy-haired maid , as she held up her left hand to display a sparkling solitaire to better advan lage , "yon cau judge for yourself. " She AVa * Heal Rude. Shortleigh I dearly love to listen tc the patter of the raindrops on the roof. Miss Bifftou 1 always suspected IL Shortleigh Didyou ? And why , t > rayV Miss BIffton Because it is an amuse ment that doesn't cost anything. There Are Others. Ha/ulett 1 see by the papers thai aoratio Footlights is starring under his wife's management. Egglet Yes , and I know a lot of ther men who are managed by their vives , but they don't advertise the fact. Thou irhtf ill. President or Foreign Missions How In the world did all these sofa cushions auul fairy lamps come to he In this box for the Fiji Islanders ? Miss Hairhrain ( earnestly ) W-Whyl 5 thought , with all their spears and war 'clubs ' , that if they only had a few cush ions and jeweled lamps they could make such perfectly lovely cozy cor- aers ! Puck. Mubcuni Muses. Human Skeleton That salesman $ eems to be a pretty slick guy. Fat Woman I should say he was. He's just talked the "Legless Won- ier" into buying a pair of shoes. Hieh Hopes. "Hello ! You're looking unusually faappy to-day. " "Yes , " replied the optimist , "I have Jiopes of getting a line job. I just an- pwered an advertisement in the paper offering a canvasser's outfit for $1 that'll easily earn me $30 a week.- Phlladelphia E'ress. Point of View. New England Statesman Wasn't that a mortifying scene in the Senate thainber ? Statesman from the Breezy West- Mortifying ! It was disgusting. It was stopped before we could tell which oue -fvas the besi man ! Chicago Tribune. Deep Cut. Mrs. Uppish Just think , it's only six tnonths ago since we moved away from oextdoor 10 you. We're in a much better neighborhood now. M rs. Sharpe So are we. Mrs. Uppish Why , where did you .tuove ? . . Mrs. Sharpe Oh , we haven't moved M all. Philadelphia Press. Uu obstructed. Mrs. Blank My husband has the Clearest head of any man I ever mot Mrs. Frank Yes , my husband spoke - f it only yesterday. He said there was absolutely nothing in It. Proves His Heroism. "Did you say ? " asked the author's .friend , "that your hero , who is poor , la to marry the rich heiress ? " "Yes , that is the way he proves hla heroism. " Indianapolis News , The Vanishing AVeiuht. "This trunk Is overweight" "Now , look here , let me give you a Oh , very well , then. In that case It * sn't" Indianapolis News. Reasonable Inference. "Did the evidence In the divorce suit indicate that Mrs. Flash was giddy ? " "I guess so. The judge and five of the jurors wanted to marry her. " Brooklyn Life. Cut Off. "I. went to the play last night" "How did you like It ? " "Ididn't hear it I sat in front ol two women who were talking about 8 Bedding. " GETTING THE "TRUE BITE. " tin proper Mastication * Saya a Dentist Suoilu Kxprcssion of Mouth. An eminent dentist of Boston has ipent years in studying his profession oot only as a science , but also as an art. i he following ideas were expressed by him In the course of a conversation : "The most important point in a pleas ant or beautiful face is the expression Df the mouth. A beautiful face is spoil ed by a disagreeable expression and a plain face made attractive by a pleas ant one. Even large and shapeless mouths which are symmetrical and Lave an upward tilt at the corners are not devoid of charm. "A common defect In many an other wise well-shaped mouth is that the lips flo not meet at the center the under Jaw has slipped to one side. The habit of holding the jaw a little to the right or left of the facial center strains and stiffens the surrounding muscles. This til-feet Is noticeable in singers and pub lic speakers. " This apostle of the new art has found by years of experience that the lips may be made to rest symmetrically to gether , their corners to curve slightly upward , and the old , hard lines done away with by correcting the "bite" of the patient. Invariably an unattractive mouth Is caused by bad habits of mas ticatiou. Certain teeth are worn off or others extracted , and the teeth that na ture intended to meet in grinding and cutting food are thrown out of plumb. By a careful examination of the rela tive lengtlis of the teeth , by filing off a prominent one here and smoothing an uneven edge there the "false bite" is corrected. When the "true bite" is re stored notice the improvement It will be seen that the upper teeth form a gen tle convex curve and the lower ones a slight concave one , while the center of the upper jaw is exactly over the cen ter of the lower one. Several of the most prominent clergy men in the East , says the Detroit Free Press , have gone to Dr. in quest of a "true bite , " and without exception they have given testimony after a few months that there has been a marked Improvement in their enunciation and the resonance of their voices. Where- . the belles of Boston have found that nature intended each and all to possess a true Cupid's bow in the curves of their lips , and they have straightway gone in for a "true bite" as a very de sirable thing. Domestic Ability. An aristocratic East Superior street woman , who has had the usual number of failures in tlie way of domestics , having tried nearly every nationality , heard the other day that a number of girls had come here from Finland to seek employment as servants and that they were highly recommended aa strong , intelligent capable and general ly excellent help. With high hope the housekeeper hied her to the office where these paragona were on exhibition , and was sooa brought face to face with a brawny specimen , who could not speak a word of English. With the aid of an inter preter the following conversation tool ? place : "Can you cook ? " "Oh , no. " "Can you wash and Iron ? " "No. " "Can you sweep and dust or cleas house ? " "I have never done anything like that" "For goodness sake , " exclaimed the astonished matron to the interpreter , "ask her what she can do. " With calmness and complacency the reply came back : "I can inilk rein deers. " Duluth News-Tribune. "Wireless Telephone. An electrical inventor named N. B. ' Stubblefield , of Murray , Ky. , claims to [ have discovered an instrument bj which not only sound can be transmit-1 i ted through space without wires , but that the voice can be transmitted andt understood as clearly as with the telej j phone now in ordinary use. The In- : ventor claims that the ground Is a mag- . net and that with the proper use of big i Instruments , when they shall have beeu perfected , ships at sea can be commuui. cated with or battles directed from one ( i ship to another. He claims that bullft ; ' tins could be sent from Washington to every home in the country telling all i the important happenings of the day , at a slight cost As yet 300 yards is the longest distance he has talked. There "Was a. Boom On. A citizen of a flourishing Western town was boasting of the growth and enterprise of the place to a group of j I strangers in the smoking compartment i of a Western express train. I Only eight years old , and oue of tha finest young towns in the West" j i " 1 don't think much of It" said one of the smokers. "You don't ? " cried the man from tha town in question , aggressively. "When were you there ? " "Used to live there. " "When did you move away1' "Two weeks ago. " "Oh , well , you ought to see the placa now ! " Supply Water for New York. New-York City has at present 80Q miles of water mains , with three water sheds that supply 400,000,000 gallons a iay. What must be the length of tha water mains that will supply the great- gr city to come. Boston Herald. Heavy. "Germany's drink bill amounts to $730,000,000 a year , " said the man with the paper. "There's liquidation for you , " added the commentator. Philadelphia North , ' 'American , The recent sandstorm from the Mo- lave desert is said to have piled up jand in Santa Ana thirty feet Sir Robert Ball , professor of mathe matics and astronomy at Cambridge University , says America is doing more ind better work in astronomy than the tvhole of Europe combined. The American Bridge Company , of Philadelphia , will construct twenty ateel bridges along the line of the Uganda Railroad in East Africa , the cost to be about $1,000,000. The force known as heat Is of great Importance. The earth is hotter below the surface and probably has a very high temperature toward its center. In gome places not very far below its sur face It contains highly heated rock. , which occasionally flows over the sur face during volcanic eruptions. In oth er places we find hot springs ha connec tion with volcanic action. One of the peculiar Industries of Ire- laud which has recently received a fresh stimulus is the manufacture of poplin , a kind of goods in which silk and wool are so combined that the silk constitutes the surfaces and the wool the interior part The silk conies from China , but it is all dyed in Dublin , be cause they aver in the Irish capital that there is some quality in the Dublin water which insures a brilliance and permanence of color that has not been attained elsewhere. The charm of the yellow metal sel dom asserts itself more clearly than in the account given by tlugues Le Roux , a French explorer , of the method of collecting gold from the placer mines of Abyssinia. The precious metal is found by the natives in small nuggets and dust in the beds of streams. They carry it to market in large quills , which are as transparent as tubes of glass. The brokers who buy the gold work it up into the form of circles of the aver age size of a heavy finger-ring. But these circles are not quite closed , be cause the purchaser always insists on twisting them , like strings of molasses candy , in order to detect possible adul terations. Experienced lingers can tell if the yielding metal possesses the "ex act malleability of gold. If it were not for the countless tril lions of dust particles that float , sep- jarately invisible , in the atmosphere , there could be no rain-drops , snow crys tals or hailstones. From a perfectly dustless atmosphere the moisture would descend in ceaseless rain with out drops. The dust particles serve as nuclei about which the vapor gathers. The snow crystal is the most beautiful creation of the aerial moisture , and the hailstone is the most extraordinary. The heart of every hailstone , as Arthur H. Bell shows in Knowledge , is a tiny atom of dust Such an atom , with a little moisture condensed about it , is the germ from which may grow a hail stone , capable of felling a man or smashing a window. But first it must be caught up by a current of air and carried to the level of the lofty cirrus clouds , five or six , or even tea miles high. Then , continually growing by fresh accessions of moisture , it Begins its long plunge to the earth , spinning through the clouds , and Hashing in the sun like a diamond bolt shot 1'iorn a rainbow. Humor in New Jersey. The following note from Camden , says the Philadelphia Record , shows the progress of humor in that interest- Ing New Jersey community : Cauideu , N. J. , March 13. Mr. Editor Dere Sir I thout I wood rite you what happened here the othor day My big brother goes to the high school and there Is a lot of girls In one of his class's and the other day uis historic teacher sed that the old iiluck what started first the lawyir lis- IQCSS made his skollers argeue for ipracktice that black is wite andvite Is black and then one of them hoys sed I can proove tht and she sed you can ? and he sed I cau and he sed there is a gurl on our street name Wite and she married a chap name 'black and now wile is black and black Is wite , but Wite and black are both wite and both are black and then the igurls all laffed and my big brother laffed to P. S. My brother is in the See Class and 1 wont sign my name , do you that is funny ? In the Justice Court. In the rural district a prisoner was ] Drought before a justice who had been his chum in boyhood. The prisoner , being on familiar terms with him , ad- Iressed him as "Bill , " and contradicted him several times. "I'll have to line you for contempt of eonrt" said the justice. "That's all right , Bill , old boy , " was : he reply. "Do what you like now , but Lord have mercy on you when I git ou outside ! " Atlanta Constitution. A Vegetarian Argument. It Is estimated that twenty-two acres 3f laud is necessary to sustain one man m fresh meat The same space of land f devoted to wheat culture would feed people if to oats , forty-two ; eighty- sight ; potatoes. Indian corn and rice , 17G ; and if to the plantain or breud- ruit tree , over 0.000 people. Poultry in United Suites. On the date at which the census was taken there were $85,79-1,990 worth of poultry on foot in the United States. When a girl goes to have her fortune told , she acts as guilty as a boy going Into a saloon for his first drink. MINER WAS SHOT DEAD FIRST BLOODSHED IN CONNEC TION WITH STRIKE. Wilksbarre , Pa. , July 2. The. first loss of life during the anthra cite strike occurred at the Wildam. A colliery at Duryea Antoniio Gui- seppe , an Italian , was shot dead by one of the coal and iron policemen from behind the stockade * of the colliery. Reports differ as to the cause of the shooting. The friends of the dead man say he was walkng on the road near the stockade when he was fired upon. The man was on his way from Scran ton to Duryea at the time. Another report is that the Italian tried to get over the fence and would not heed the warning frcm the policeman lo , go away. He insisted on making his way into the stockade and was fired upon. There is much indignation over the shooting and the sheriff of Lack- awana county was summoned to take steps to preserve order , as it was re ported that there would be an upris ing among the foreigners and that they would attack the stockade be fore nighi. The body lay in the roadway for some time. The coal and iron police would not venture outside the stockade to remove it , and the peo ple living in the vicinity did not want to take it away until the arri val of the coroner. When the sheriff of Lackawanna county reached the suene he ordered the body removed to an udertaking estaolishment. Pottsville , Pa , July 2. Several hundred strikers assembled on the streets of St. Glair today , and , head ed by a drum corps , paraded around town. They then seperated and marcher ! to the various highways and paths leading to the washery of the St. Clair Coal company , vhich commenced operations yesterday. Workmen on their way to the wasb- ery were stopped and required to return home , This many of them did , but enough retured to work to permit the washery to operate later in the day. No violence was at tempted Couple Weds in Secret- Fremont , Neb. , July 2. The rela tives of two young people of this city were taken by surprise last evening to learn of their marriage at Wahoo | on June 21. The matter had been kept a secret by the pair and it was revealed only by accident. The couple are Lloyd Haven , son of Mr. and Mrs. Platt Haven , and Miss Pearl Ryan , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ryan. The young man is not yet nineteen years | of age and the girl is but seven teen , but notwithstanding this the parents of the twain say they will let the marriage stand. Two weeks ago Miss Ryan went to visit a friend at Wahoo. Miss Bellows , for a few days. While she was there Haven told his folks that he was going to Omaha but instead be took a train for Wahoo. He procured a license there by representing himself , it is alleged , to be twenty-one and the girl j eighteen , and the county judge after ward married them. ' They Qcame to Fremont and went to their respective homes , having agreed not to disclose the marriage to any of their relatives or friends here for a year , Yesterday a party of Fremont peo ple attended a wedding at Wahoo , the groom being a young man who is known here. When he obtained his license he said thatsomFremont peo ple were to be present at his wedding , and the judge remarked that he had married a couple from ibis city only a few days before. Mr. Meilenz , the prospective groom , looked at the rec ord and found the names of Mr. Ha ven and Miss Ryan. He reported this to the Fremont people and they in formed the relatives of the girl when 'they returned. Best In State's History , Chicago , July 2. The Chicago , Burlington & Quincy crop report , issued today , complied from reports o f nearly a thousand correspondents shows that in Nebraska the corn crop is in betner condition than ever before in the history of the state ; the acreage is about the same as last year not less. The crop is well advanced , and all conditions most favorable. The Nebraska acreage of winter wheat is larger than ever before. The crop is ready for harvest and the yield will be heavy. Compara tively little spring wheat was sown. Oats are in excellent condition. In Iowa good prices tended to in crease the corn acreage. All reports covering corn , oats , wheat and pota toes are most favorable , and the same applies to northern Missouri. Dine With President Washington , July 2. The presi dent entertained at dinner Attorney General Knox , Senators Lodge , ' bpooner and Keen , and Civil Service Commissioner Garfield. The dinner , was entirely a social affair. Sena- , tors Allison and Dolliverand Repre sentative Hepburn of Iowa were among the president's callers. They | came to make some arrangements in-1 cidental to the president's prospec tive Tisit to Iowa. DRIVE FIRST RIVET TWO GOVERNORS SWING : HAM MERS AT KEEL LAYING- Seattle , Wash. , Jluy 5 The jformal laying of the keel of the battleship Nebraska took place Friday. The fastening of the first rivet in the keel was perlorraed by Governors Savage uf Nebraska and Governor McBride df Washington. The ceremonies began at 10 o'clock with the firing of a salute to the visiting governor of Nebraska , though the formal oratorical program was not opened until half an hour later. The distinguished guests arrived in the yards in carriages at half past 10 o'clock , and their arrival was the signal for the inauguration of the formal exercises. The procession moved from the carriages to the grand stand in the following order : Robert Moran , president of the Moran Bios. Co. : Josiah Collins and Hon. J. H. McGraw of the chamber of commerce committee ; Governor Savage of Nebraska and Hon. J. W. Clise , president of the chamber of commerce : Governor McBride of Washington and Hon. Thomas Burke , master of ceremonies. Members of the staff of the gov ernor of Nebraska. Members of the staff of the gov ernor of Washington. Col. Aldien J. Blenthen and Mrs. Savage. Ladies , members of the chamber of commerce and invited guests. The exercises were opened by Jos iah Collins , chairman of the chamber of commerce committee , who in a few brief remarks introduced Judge Burke , master of ceremonies. At the close of his address. Judge Burke in troduced Governor McBride of Wash ington who made the address of wel come and has had many complimen tary notices Governor Savage replied. The presentation of Moran Bros , company to Governor Savage of a small piece of steel , the material punched from the first hole In the first piece of steel shaped to become a part of the keel of the battleship under construction followed. Then a section of the battleship Nebraska was swung into position by the great cranes. A red-heated rivet was brought and placed in pos ition and the governors of the two states with their coats off and their shirt sleeves rolled up above their elbow , by atlernate strokes , flattened the rivet into position. When this task had been completed amid the enthusiastic cheers of the crowd and the tiring of guns , a repre sentative of the company appeared upon he scene and proceeded to pay off the distinguished workmen for their work. To each of the govern ors he gave a. check for three cents. With each of the checks was a vouch er which the recipients will be re quired to sign. Officers Suspect Foul Play. Sioux City , la. , July 5. rhe visit yesterday of I. D. Flandreau , claim ing to be an officer from Lake county. South Dakota , and who sought to thus obtain possesion of Maude Holden , thirteen years old , who was deserted this spring by her parents ar. Homer , Neb. , uncovered sensation al facts leadng officers to believe Lee M. Balr , who married Mrs. Nora Holden , MaudeHolden's mother , has been killed in Lake county , South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Blair left Sioux City in April in a covered wagon , with Mr. and Mrs. James Hainlein. Hainlein has lung been in love with Mrs. Blair which result ed in many quarrels. Three weeks ago Blair disappeared in Lake county , and it is understood Hainlien has left his wife and gone with Mrs. Blair. The Blairs took Maud Holden with them , and , though but thirteen vears old , her mother forced her to a life of shame. She was deserted at Homer , Neb. , and returned to Sioux City , where she has an uncle , but a few days ago. Flandreau , in the role of an officer , came to secure her. that she might be forced to - resume her life , but officers were notified and the bogus official thrown in' jail. The officers are investigating the reports about Blair. British Showed Neglect London , July 4. At the request 01 Whitelaw Reid. Commander Cowles , former naval attache here , and Mrs. Cowles met Lady Pauncefote and her family on their arrival in London this morning from New York , which city they left June 25 on the American line steamer St. Paul. Apparently owing to some misunderstanding , no British officials were present. But for Mr. and Mrs. Cowles , Lady Pauncefote would have returned to London with out a single person to receive her. Boy Drowned at Fairbury. Fairbury , Neb. , July 5. Homer , the thirteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. . E. R. Bee , was drowned while swim ming in a pond north of this city with three companions. None of the lads could swim but they floated about the pond on an improvisec raft and while Ithey were over the deepest place , little Homer slipped off. His companions being much smaller were unable to rescue Dim and he sank the third time NEBRASKA NOTES.r A charter hus been Issued for * jtate bank at Stockvllle. The stuto convention of the lian Endeavor socltics was helfl ? Ur Jmana hist week. Fremont girls have combined in a , .efusal of attentions from young mean ho ise tobacco. Prof.r Bruuer , of the state uniter-- Ity , experimented with moth : id caught GOOO in fifteen nights. Bellamy & Hornnng of Omaha * iade the lowest bid of 81,000 for aj. nange in the heating apparatus * I' the Omaha postoffice building- A system of four rural mail ; py mutes have been started frow larvard. The carriers are Charles , . ' mbrook , Samuel Martin , George I'nbertsou and William Johnson. The Rev Paul Bandy at Fairfield 'cis resigned as pastor of the Con.- rcgatijnal church at Fairfield auo > liifl fur Berkley , Gal. , where he ha * ccupted u call. T. W. Cole of Nelson has been ap- pointed postmaster at Nelson , Neb. , ; ind A. C. McFarland , postmaster imj Hoyd county to succeed J. M. McGin- itie , resigned. V. H. Herfel , a pioneer of A lie a county , a week ago fell 'and injured j his bead. He lingered on for several iliysbut : died from the shock a&d internal injuries caused by .his faJL Captain A. R. Talbot arrived Palttsmouth on his steamboat Hen- jietta , bringing with him the ueir pontoon bridge , which is to span tn * Missourj river at that point. George S. Nicholson , a farmer of Germanville precinct near Hayes. Center committed suicide by hang- himself in the barn. He had been in poor heatlb for some time and in beileveri to have become despondent. The complaint against Al Beard was dismissed by Police Judge Cos- yrove of Lincoln and he was orderett released. Beard was accused of th murder of J. Gillian and was brought from Kansas City for triaL While fishing in the North PlatU river Chris Marycot , of North Platto aged 16 , was seized with a fife , lell into the water and was drowned. The body was recovered in a few hours. Following is the mortage report for Gage coutny for the month , ol June : Number of farm mortgage ! filed 25 , amount $40,225 ; number re leased 32 , amount 336,278 ; number of town and | city mortgages filed 22 amount $15,295 ; number released 32 , amount $29,264. Mrs. Lydia M. Legg has applied for a divorce from her husband a jeweler of Sutton , on the rgoond of cruelty. She claims that two years ago her husband threatened t& cut her throat and that on Jnue 10 he endeavored to carry out bii threat. A cloudburst occured seven mile * southeast of Bayard and Red Willow reek rose twenty feet in half that many minutes. The waters washed away the house of Richard Vivian and Mr. Vivian narrowly escape drowning. A genreal rain and bail storm followed and did considerable damaue to small grain. Mrs. H. A. Lock wood was killed by a freight train while crossing Main street in Valley. Her horse was killed also and the buggi smashed. Mr. Lockwood , her bus * band was a candidate for county treasurer a few years ago on the fu sion ticket. He lives five mile nortb east of Valley. L. L. Wlnn whose real name i % F. E. Mills , and who succeeded in cashing about $300 worth of forge * school warrants at Norfolk waved examination and was bound cnrei to the district court. Two hundred dollars. of the cash was recovered having been sent to Omaha in a , typewriter. George Gould , assistant cashier of the wrecked Platte Valley bank at Bellwood , has been bound over to the district court on a charge ol being accessory to the issuing oi forged paper. George Gould was not officially connected with the bank , but assumed the duties of assistant cashier during the frequent absence of his brothers. The city council of Lincoln sitting as a board of equalization finished the hearing of the complaint against the assesed valuation of the Lincoln Gas & Electric company and tha Lincoln Traction company , nmde bj the commercial club , and adjuornet leaving the valuation as given if by the commissioner of taxes un changed. Three hundred and twenty acres oj farm land near Nebraksa City re cently sold for 825.800.
