V ? . l ? t.J. 5"
Tiiar UHy , July 15 , l
TERMS
Subscription f 1.00 per year In advjinc : 91.50
When not paid in advance , Single copies 5c.
Display adwiMglnK l inch singlo column 15c
pir tsaue or $ fi ( < i si year.
Local Nitflivt t Ui.jr.Vs J- ' -T < - Pr-p'-.tu-L-
siuvl'octal. . ' 'or . . ' : * u ff i r t < yr 5-o
.Brands. 1M ' < 'l.es4.co IHJ > t-j > r ii > uchaiice
additional span231W per inch peryearjcngraved
Mocks extra ; $1. < X > oach.
1'arties living outside Cherry county not per-
somtlly knowu are n quested to pay lu advance
10 per cent additional to above rates if over C
souths in arrears.
Notices of losses of stock free to brand adver
tisers.
'
FUSIOX TICKET.
For Governor ,
W. H. THOMjao : * .
Lieutenant Governor ,
E. A. GII.BEKT.
Secretary of State ,
POTTKR8.
Auditor ,
C. y. DE FiCAXCB.
Treasurer ,
J. X.
Attorney General ,
,1. IT. BJIOADT.
Commissioner of rublic Lands and
.I.C. Bur.N.VAK.
Superintendent of Pchools ,
CLAIIK SMITH.
Whenever a democratic senator fuii >
to note the insults of a republican sen
ator the republican oi'gans accuse him
of cowardice , and when ho does resent
the insult ho is accused of brutality.
It is unwise for a democratic senator
to waste time trying to please the re
publican orpans. Commoner.
There is some prosperity in Pennsjl
vania at last. The Philadelphia &
Reading Coal & Iron Co. have advanc
ed the wages of the miners * . * ho din
not strike 10 per cent. The raise will
enable them to revel in tho luxury of
dried apple pie OIICP or twice a 3fear.
Had Cleveland and Ilili b nn half as
anxious for harmony in 1896 as thr-
are uow , this counti ) would huvt * $ ; om
democratic by a handsome majority
and the country would not now be
suffering from a prosperity that is rep
resented by a full diiinet pail with the
bottom knocked out. Bryan was al
right in Ib06 and he is still all right in
19U2.
The Grand loland independent , a
republican paper , speaks highly of W.
11. Thompson , the fusion nominee for
governor. It gays : "Our citizeus would
not permit any statement calling in
question in the least degree his fine
ability , his strength of character and
his integrity , to go unchallenged. A
cleaner , abler , more consciencious man
could not have been found. "
The republican papers lay great
stress on the fact that Mr. ilickey was
born on a farm and is a successful
farmer. A great many people hav -
been born on farms anJ are neither
better nor worse because of it , but the
fact remains that Mr. Mickey's pros
penty did not really begin until he.vas
elected to an office which he held for
mauy years and his prosperity grew
with his term of office.
At the Tilden club banquet , held in
New York last Thursday evening ,
Grover Cleveland and David B. Hill
made speeches strongly pleading for
democratic unity. Inasmuch HS these
two men are responsible for the lack of
harmony in the party , it looks as
though it ought to be brought about
without serious trouble. All that is
necessary is for them to fall into the
rear rank and march with the pro
cession. Uatavia , ( Ohio ) Sun.
Some one has calculated that a man
getting $300 every day from the begin
ning of the year 1 to the present time ,
and consuming none of "his earnings ,
would only just now have as much H-
Mr. Roclileller has. Put it in aiiorh - >
way , imagine a town containing 3 ( ) (
working people each earning $7 per
week , the total wagwj earned by the
people of the town in successive gener
ations from the time of Christ until the
present day , would not exceed the
amount of Mr Km-kfeU-r' . , fortune , tl
which is euer.litvsinuauul at about
$200,000,000
The latest information from Wash
ington is to the effect that State Sena
tor Van Boskirk will not secure the ap
pointment of receiver of the land office
at'Alliance which was thought to be
within his grasp. At the last session -
of the legislature he was a persistent
is
supporter of D. E. Thompson for U. S.
senator and it is said he was to be re
warded by the appointment in the land
office in his home town. But charges
! have been preferred against him in re al
ti gard tq some homestead filings and his
tin
n apoointment has been hung up , for the
tisi si present at least. Eimball Observer. to
rLJUffiT : i jrtrTi-c-ra > i-tttn
The few who arc defending Cleveland
should not lose sight of the fact that bo
is the only president that has gone into
office a poor man and came out wealthy
and this too in a time of financial do-
ni j wont n thtv,4ji and ' . .oi tl : * * ar
cumulations of years of toil and saving.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
Prt > f. E. E. Crandall returned
to Valentine last Friday and re
mained over Sunday.
G. W. Johnson , living twelve
miles southwest of town , reports
that the grasshoppers threaten
to take his crops.
riarman Balsh , a student of
the "Wesleyan university , and his
mother , spent a week with O. B.
Church and family.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Presbyterian church met at the
residence of Mrs. Levi Sparks
Tuesday af ternpon.
Mr. and Mrs. GW. . McFarlaud
rejoice over the arrival of a new
boy of the usual Nebraska size.
He arrived on the 12th.
Miss Hilda Belgard , who has
been visiting with Miss Mabel
Towne , returned to her home in
Iowa Monday morning.
P. Sullivan , one of the solia
democrats of western Cherry ,
was in town Friday and of course
he called on the DEMOCRAT.
Miss Skirving , of Ainsworth ,
who has been visiting with Miss
Stinard for a week , returned to
hei home Saturday morning.
Israel Mead , a prosperous Hall
county farmer , committed sui
cide Monday by taking carbolic
acid. Family trouble was the
cause.
Levi Sparks has bought an in
terest in the firm of Jackson &
Brayton. The new name of the
firm has not been given to the
public.
The weather clerk reports the
mercury up to 105 Tuesday. This
is the hottest since July 6 , 1889.
when the mercury reached the
same mark.
A tornado gave James Broth
ers' ranch , thirty miles south of
Long Pine , a touch of high life ,
Sunday night. Several buildings
were damaged.
The W. C. T. U. entertained the
Y and a number of invited friends
at a parlor meeting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Northrup
last Friday evening.
Lena Rohwer , a Gretna girl , .
threw herself in front of a train
in Denver and was fatally injured.
She had started for the moun
tains in search of health.
Twenty-two young people sur
prised Miss Frances Harden at
her home , Tuesday evening , it
being her 17th birthday. Anum-
ber of pretty and useful presents
were received.
Gejaerotu.
jL woman the other day gave a Lon
don cabman 2 sovereigns In mistake
for 2 shillings. When he discovered
the mistake , he returned to the house
and handed over the money to the
woman's husband , who , with tears In
his eyes , said : "You shall not be a loser
by your honesty , ray man. Your fare a
was a shilling. Here' * one and fourT
pence for you. " *
a
Am Ivyortoat < l Rlictiea.
First Burglar What did yer take
that brlckybrac for ? 'Tain't no good.
Second Burglar 'Tain't ?
First Burglar Naw. I tell yer , Jim *
my , if yer wanter make a fust class
ftttccasa In die bualaeu yer get to know
lomethin1 about art ! Puck.
That Wan Amvtker Qveitloa.
Fa ( from upper landing to daughter
Bntertalning her "steady" in the parlor ) t
-Gladys , tvbat time is it ? ti
Gladys I don't know , pa. Our clock tit
isn't going. t
Pa How about George ? Richmond li
Dispatch.
A Correctlea.
Neighbor The baby suffers from B
Ueeplessneas , does it ? SI
Mr. Jeroloman ( haggard tnd hollow
syed ) I didn't say It suffered. It seems "
enjoy it. I'm the one tint suffers. la
In oco of the euburbs of Paris a
wealthy merchant died the other day ,
and on the evening of the funeral his
neighbors witnct > d a curious cere
mony.
An hour before the body was to be
taken to the cetneieiy the relatives of
the dead man , five or els in number ,
went out into the pirden adjoining the
house and walked solemnly and silent
ly around it. Each carried a lantern
and kept his eyes fixed on the ground ,
as though he were looking for some
thing. Finally they all baited in front
of a large pile of stones and , laying
aside their lanterns , proceeded to throw
down the pile. After every stone bad
been removed they examined minutely
the spot on which the pile had rested
and then slowly and with bowed heads
returned to the house.
This is an old Norman custom , and it
is observed in this instance because the
dead man was a native of Gison. There
U a tradition in Normandy that before
burying a body all the ground around
his dwelling should be searched in or
der to make sure that the soul has not
kldden itself somewhere. At one time
every family In Normandy faithfully
observed this tradition , but now only a
pay heed to it.
Tke Year 1SS1.
The year 1831 was a chronological
oddity of the oddest kind , besides being
a mathematical curiosity seldom equal
ed. From right to left and left to right
it reads the same. Eighteen divided
by 2 gives 9 as a quotient ; 81 divided
by 9 gives 9 ; If divided by U , the quo
tient contains a 9 ; if multiplied by 9 ,
the product contains two 9s ; 1 and 8
are 9 ; 8 and 1 are 9. If the 18 be placed
under the 81 and added , the sum is 99.
If the flgures be added thus 1 , 8 , 8 , 1
it will give IS as the result. Reading
to the middle from right to left or
from left to right It is 18 , and 18 is
two-ninths of 81. By adding , dividing
and multiplying ten 9s are produced ,
being one 9 for each year to the begin
ning of the last decade of the nine
teenth century.
No wonder the fortune tellers , the as
trologers and the mathematicians
weave so many strange fancies around
that curious combination of flgures. It
may have been what induced Mother
Shlpton to end her prophetic jingle
with , "And at last the world to an end
shall come in eighteen hundred and
eighty-one. "
A Wonder In Penmanship.
Among the curiosities preserved by
the Minnesota Historical society is a
lithographed copy of an engrossment
of the emancipation proclamation. The
engrosser , one W. n. Tratt of Daven
port , la. , was so very skillful in his
manipulations of the pen that he suc
ceeded , by careful and exact shading
of the letters , In producing a very ex
cellent portrait of Abraham Lincoln ,
the author of the famous document , in
the center of the copy. In other words ,
the lettering itself is made to form a
portrait of Mr. Lincoln , There were
probably a large number of them orig
inally struck off , but copies of It are
now very rare. As a specimen of pen-
work it is certainly very unique.
" \Vood In Egyptian Stonework.
Probably the oldest timber In the
world which has been subjected to the
use of man is that found in the ancient
temples of Egypt in connection with
the stonework , which Is known to be
at least 4,000 years old. This , the only
wood used in the construction of the
temples , is in the form of ties holding
the end of one stone to another. When
two blocks were laid in place , an ex
cavation about an inch deep was made
In each block , in which a tie shaped
like an hourglass if driven. It Is there-
fore very difficult to force any stone
from its position.
Expense.
A prince received from the house
Bteward his monthly statement of ac-
counts , In which occurred the item of
1.50 lire for the keep of a cat In tho
palace. The prince immediately wroto
In the margin , "If there are no rats in
the house , it ia no good keeping a cat ;
if there arc any rats , the charge for
the keep of the cat IB superfluous. '
And he struck out the item.
j
A Succesi.
E
"Mrs. Bilkins learned to play poker
to she could keep her husband in at
night. "
"And does he stay In now ? "
"I should say so. She wins so much
of his spending allowance that he
hasn't the price of a drink. " Philadel
phia Record.
Frlma Facie Evidence.
The late Lord Morris on one occasion
gave a characteristic illustration of the s
meaning of "prlma facie evidence. "
"If , " he said to the jury , "you saw
man coming out of a public house H
wiping his mou-th , that would be priina i
facie evidence that he had been having
drink. "
OntmaneHYered.
The Lady Did any one call while I
was out ?
The Maid No , ma'am.
The Lady That's very strange. I <
wonder what people think I have a
day "at home" for anyway. Indian
apolis News. >
A Narrow Escape. w
"Bingle tells me that he had two li
lia
horses killed under him in one of the a
battles of the last war. " ii
"That's right. A railway car he was iiHI
HI
riding in backed into them. " Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Retort Covrteoa * .
"Hair's getting a bit gray , sir , " re
marked the barber as the next victim if
lettled back In the chair.
?
"No wonder , " rejoined the N. V.
"Just think how long I have been watt-
| y
"
* , -
Ilia Debut n an Actor.
Frank J. Mclntyre was a newspaper
man in Ann Arbor , Mich. , before he be
came an actor. He began as a "cub"
reporter while still a student in Mich
igan university and finally advanced
until the editor left him in charge of
the paper on one occasion when he took
a trip to Detroit.
Two important local items were to
be printed , one relating the sad demise
of a young man of prominent family ,
the other telling how a traveling sales
man had jumped his board bill at a
local hotel. "Mac" had to write the
headlines for these stories , and , after
scratching his head , he evolved "Pass
ed Away Quietly" for the obituary
atory and "Jumped His Board Bill"
for the hotel beat. "Mac" was proud
of his achievement and , lighting a big
cigar , leaned back in his chair and be
gan to realize how it feels to be an
editor.
The man who "made up" the paper
Bcanned the headings , transposed them ,
and the friends and relatives of the
deceased read that he had "Jumped
His Board Bill , " and the bereaved
landlord learned that his late guest had
"Passed Away Quietly. " New York
World.
Autumn Hnze.
"Autumn haze , " says a meteorologic
al expert , "is dust composed of the fin
est particles of soil , dead leaves , smoke
or ashes from wood fires , salt from
ocean spray , the shells or scales from
microscopic siliceous diatoms , germs of
fungi , spores of ferns , pollen of flow
ers , etc. In the still air of damp nights
these dust particles settle slowly down ,
and the morning air is comparatively
clear. During the daylight the sun
warms the soil , which heats the adja
cent air , and the rising air currents
carry up the dust as high as they go.
Under certain conditions this layer of
dust reaches higher and higher each
day. During long , dry summers in In
dia it reaches to a height of 7,000 feet ,
with a well defined upper surface that
Is higher in the daytime than at night.
The reason why we have more of hazy
weather in autumn is because there is
then less horizontal wind and more ris
ing air. "
* A Homo Beyond the Grave.
Dan , a colored man , was employed as
porter In a mercantile establishment in
a town in Florida , and his duties re
quired him to have the store swept by
7 o'clock in the morning. He had been
late for many mornings , and on the
sixteenth consecutive time his employ
er remonstrated with him thus :
"Dnn , why can't you get here on
time ? '
"Well. Mr. L. , " said Dan , "yer see , I
live the other side of Mount Hermon
cemetery and can't always get ycre on
time. "
"Why in the world do you live so far
from your work ? " said his employer.
Without a moment's hesitation Dan
responded :
"Yer see , it's dis yere way , Mr. L.
I'll be hones' wid yer I wants a home
beyond the grave. "
Carlyle'a View of Aprons.
Carlyle in his "Sartor Resartus' ' was
able to find a deep philosophy in aprons.
"Aprons are defenses against injury
to cleanliness , to safety , to modesty ,
sometimes to roguery. From the thin
slip of notched silk ( as it were , the em
blem and beatified ghost of an apron )
which some highest bred housewife has
gracefully fastened on to the thick
tanned hide girt around him with
thongs , wherein the builder builds and
at evening sticks his trowel , or to those
jingling sheet iron aprons wherein
your otherwise half naked Vulcaus
.
hammer and smelt in their smelt fur
nace , is there not range enough in the
.
fashion and uses of this vestment ? "
Ancient Sacrifice * to the Sea.
The navigators of antiquity , to whose
,
Imaginative ignorance the ocean seem
ed peopled and beset with chimeras
dire and supernatural agencies of all
sorts , used often to sacrifice human
lives to the mysterious water gods. It
is regarded by tradition that Idome-
ncus , king of Crete , vowed to sacrifice
to Neptune the first living thing he met
after escaping from a storm , and this
happening to be his son he fulfilled
his vow religiously. Medea nearly be
came a sacrifice during the return voy
age of the Argonauts.
\ I < egal Xoticc
In the County Court of Cherry coun
ty , Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of Lizzie
Seadore , deceased.
Frank E Sala having fled in my
office a petition prayinp for the ap
pointment of William E. Haley ad
ministrator of the estate of Lizzie Sea-
'ore deceased , all persons interested \
> iid estate will take notice that I have
fixed Saturday. July 26 , 1902 , at 10
o'clock a. in. as the time and my of-
< -p in Valentine , fttiprrv countv , Ne-
mska. as the n'ace ' 'or hearing said
petition , at which time and place all
persons interested in said estate mav
ppear and show cause , if any there
he , why said administrator shall not
HP appointed.
Witness my hand ; ind seal this 9th
- day of Julv , 1902.
SEAL f W. R. TOWNE ,
' > ' 25-3 County Judge.
Estray Notice
Taken up at my place , 8 miles north
west of Valentine , on May 24th , one
light sorrel horse 4 years old , weight
nbout 750 pounds , left shoulder caved
in. Branded BSB on left shoulder
nd L on left U P
22-5 B. P. PETTYCREW
Estray Notice- .
Taken up at my place , 2 miles east
CrooKston , on June 7 , 1902,1 brown
inrse branded BD on left thigh about
vpars old ; also 1 bunkskin horse ,
Branded on right shoulder about 2
rears old. ED PIKE , 1
22-5 Crookston , Nebr.
' Legal Sotice
hi UIP County nun lier-y cou y ,
> 'i > ris-.a. !
I 'In * mutter of iliestate of J hn
. " ! tdi-r - , ( ii'Wjisi d.
- | jjea'iure h v.nir Hind ? ' un
i c j a pe'Hon i rariy fur i.he > t | >
! rment of WJlium E , rltlj\ ; u !
-iUM-si valor of til' ' e.-rat..1 of John B
" 'tui'U * ' iu' ( trivet. Ail persons Miter-
v.ied in bald estate * will take uutio
that I have fixed Saturday , July 26 ,
1002 , 2 o'clock p. m. as the time and
my office in Valentine , Cherry county ,
Nebraska as the place for hearing said
petition at which time and place all
rs ons i pt west cl hi.i" < i rotate may
. } - r inn ! Mm * < MU-f. if ; r-y there
, . } , , . . } ' . . .
v a-i'ij"- : ' > r * ud nor'
s im nun and M'-JJ this 9th
s day of July , 1902.
SEAL - W. R TOWNE ,
< ' 25-3 Counu .fu ge
OI ire of Sa !
to a iiretisi' granted by the
nurabieJ.iI. Hwington , judge of
n j District ( 'ourt of Cherry counti.
- . - i > ri-ka. I will , at 10 o'clock a m.
. th tir l ( Jaof Au nsi. I'.iO' ' . at tl e
unt door of the court house in VJI'JMI '
lie , ( 'herry county , Nebraska , wll at
u.blic auction for ca h to the highest
idder the interest of Eddie. E Cox.
race E C < > x , and David E Cox.
iinor heiiN of James B. Cox , in thn
.ilowmg real es-tate situated in thc-
diinty of Cherry and state of Nebra > k ,
. -M" : sinw } ui > v J , Seo 22. Tp 3" ,
. 80 , u\v , w : i6. TP 35. H 30 and
tin swj , rc. . 2G , Tp. 35 , li. 30.
> ated July 7th , 1902.
LORILLA Cox ,
Guardian of the minor he1 s
3 of lameh IJ. < ' . -A ,
F. M. WALCOTT. her Attorney.
4\oi < - - I'robate of Will
Nofc M'robat of will. Jjhn H. * horde ,
CCSlSt1 I.
in Out1) < > urt. Cherry C-wnty , Nebraska.
nirtftufvofNubrv alothfc heirs and next
k-n of r/ie siM John H.SIn ro deceased :
I'tkf no cTrac upo.i filfnu of A written In.
snme : l pu-roruni : o l > e lie hist wtl and tiS-
Uimt-nt of .John n. Snonft > r probatrt and allow-
it is ordered tint s.iiil matter be set for
. ilioSGMid.iyoi.Iiiiy A IJ. 1S02 before
County court , at the iiour of 10 o'clock A.
M. , at which time any person interested may
appear and contest the same ; and notice of thia
proceeding is ordered published three weeks
successively In tne Valentine Democrat a week
ly newspaper , published in thw state. In tes-
. 'p.ywh * * T.I ' . : ive Jjervii'o vt ' "J" band
and ihHsoal of the ' "wmtv Court at
- ' SI-AL I Valentin * * this2 l of .July \ . I )
' , l 25-3 u K. TMWSK. Countv.
EHtrny A'otlce
Ta' en np at my pl ce at Kennedy , one small
i'i { he'.J'T ' , ' ; n braivl.H or car marks. Has been
it my pl ce all winter
PAIIKKB.
Kennedy. N
50 YEARS *
EXPERIENCE
SOTENTS
TRADE MARKS
DESIGNS
. , . , COPYRIGHTS Ac.
Anyone sending n sketch nnd description m y
quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an
tiivnntlon is probably patcntnble. Communlca-
ions strictly coiiUdetttlal. Hand book on Patent *
sent free. Oltlem nirency forsecurinzpatenU.
I'nlunts taken through Munn < x Co. receive
tpecial notice , wifhout charge. In tho
American.
A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest cir
culation of any scientific Journal. Terms , $3 a
year : four months , ? L Sold by all newsdealer * . <
ONN S Co.361Broad Hew York
Ilrancb Otrtce. fi25 1 ' St. Washington. D. C-
In Java
Natives do not glaze coffee with
a cheap and impure coating. They
have too high a regard for health as
well as for the naturally delicious
flavor of their popular berry. The
very American roasters who glaze
their pickage coffees do not dare to touch or glaze
their high priced Mochas and Javas. Why ?
is never glazed or
adulterated. It is
JUST PURE Coffee.
The sealed package Insures uniform qualltj and frealiness.
; ? K3r 3 g E * ? rjrjR Ec
U.G McBRIDE
I
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER ]
CARPENTER IN GENERAL I
I WENT1NE NEBRASKA
:3SE3&2S : i S2KS2K5
I PAINTING
PAPER HANGING §
CALOMINiNG.
R a DENNIS ,
Valentine Nebraska AU work well done
H. M. V. ffl HOL 9 < S.CaftMii >
K OF VALENTINE.
Valentine , Nebraska.
A General Banking Business
Boyj * and Sells Domestic and Foreign E
CorreponUftnta :
xXatlonal Bank. New York. Flm Natlona , Pank < Omaha
T. YEARNSHAW
THE OWL SALOON
JAMES B. HULL
-JL V * ? Sole Agents for
HERALD PURE PYE WHISKEY
Ale and Porter , And FRED KRUG'S BEER
Choicest Wines and Cigars.
VALENTINE x NEBRASKA
i your CATTLE SUFFER
from L.IUE , IICH or MANGE
GHLORO NAPTHOLEUM
Sold by Quigley & Ciiapman ,
valentine , Nebr.
Richards & Comstock ,
Ellsworth , Nebr.
GET AT
m YOUR PRINTING OFFICER
Ve Can Satiifr You to Oualihr Price and Vorksaan hip