\ THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M. RICE EDITOR
Official Newspaper of Cherry
County , IVebranJca
Thnrftday , July 24 , 1902.
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tisers.
FUSION TICKET.
For Governor ,
W. H. THOMPSON.
Lieutenant Governor ,
E. A. ( tlf.BEItT.
Secretary of Stale ,
Jon A POWERS.
Auditor ,
C. Q. DE FRANCE.
Treasurer ,
J. N. LYMAJT.
Attorney General ,
J. H.BKOAJJY.
Commissioner of Public Lands and BuilalHgs ,
J.C. BKKNXAN.
Superintendent of Schools ,
CLAUDE SMITH.
The silver issue may be dead as is
claimed , but it beats all how some
people are scared at the corpse.
The butchers of O'Neili were never
known to sell diseased meat before
D. Clem Deaver moved to the place.
Senator Hoar's speech on the Phil-
ipine bill makes a mighty interesting
campaign document for the demo
crats.
W. H. Thompson haa filed a certifi
cate with the secretary of state star-
ing that his nomination did. not oust
him anything.
Rosewater is ti nting the republic
an ticket in the supreme 'court and
supporting it in uis paper , ihcrc's
consistency lor you.
D. Clem Deaver tried to } > et a re
traction from the .Nebraska Inde
pendent and instead ui retracuuj-
was roabicil uardcr than ever , iuat
is the Ubual style ui a. ict.ra.cuuu.
Tnid paper ia lerninat reorganiza
tion , ll we should ever timd it neces
sary to njjnt tuc democratic party we
will change tne name 01 tne paper
and make an nuuest fight , Dut tnis is
among tne impossibilities as long as
the democratic party remains the
party oi the people.
The republican state committee
and the candidates held a love leaat
recently and alter iiiiiny eacn otner
warm air ail the evening tney mod
estly claimed the state by 20,000 to
30,000. Counting votes before they
are cast is as uncertain as counting
chickens before they are natched.
An Indiana democrat complains be
cause the party did not have a bin
' - campaign fund in 1896 and 1900 and
blames the editor of the Commoner
for it. Well , we could have collected
as much from the trusts as the com
mittee did in 1892 if we had been wil
ling to mortgage the party to the
trusts as it was mortgaged in 1892.
Commoner.
W. II. Thompson , Citizen.
The Grand Island Independent , one
of the leading republican papers of
the state , has the following to say of
our candidate for governor :
"The Nebraska democratic and
populist state convention did an hon
or to Grand Island in placing in nom-
inotion for governor , Hon , W. H.
Thompson of this city. It has been
many years since this city has had a
candidate for a leading state office.
But the democrats and populists of
Nebraska did something more , in
placing in nomination for governor
this fellow citizen of ours. They did
credit and honor to themselves.
"William H. Thompson came to
Grand Island from Polk county , Iowa ,
in June , 1881. In the twenty-one
years that have passed since that
time he has not only made a success
of his life professionally and finan
cially , but he has endeared himself
into the hearts of his townsmen and ,
it may safely be said , holds as high a
position in the esteem of the general
public , in the esteem of his fellow cit a
izens and neighbors , as any other one
man. While some of his neighbors
differ with Mr. Thompson along polit
ical lines Mr. Thompson is one of
the first men to give fullest credit for t <
honesty In conviction tc those who t !
differ from him none of hia fellow T ;
citizens , it is the conviction of the
s :
Independent , would knowingly permit
any statement calling into question , Pt
in the least degree , his fine ability , Ptl <
his ilrcogtb of character and hte ia- tl
tegrity , to go unchallenged. A clean
er , abler , more consciencious man
could not have been iound.
"It is for this reason that Nebraska
fusionists did honor to themselves in
uniting upon Mr. Thompson as the
standard bearer of their party. And
the Independent feels that none of
his republican fellow citizens , neigh
bors and friends are inclined to , or
ought to , say less. "
No Bereavement
A western paper has become weary
of the customary resolutions of con
dolence and suggests the following
form as more truthful :
WHEREAS , Bad whisky , late hours
and natural cussedness have at last
got away with Brother John Smith ,
'
'
therefore be it ] . , . \ ,
Resolved , That in his loss this So
ciety sustains no loss whatever , but
on the contrary a substantial and
timely relief for which we should feel
thankful
Resolved , That his wife and child
ren are in big luck and haye ample
cause to rejoice that he can never
abuse and disgrace them any more ,
and the general public are well rid of
a possible luture subject for the tar
bucket or rope.
Resolved , That Divine Providence
never had anything to do with Broth
er John Smith , therefore it ia not ac
countable for hia death , and we ten
der our sincere congratulations to his
wife and family in this , their fortun
ate relief and the blessed opportunity
given them for future happiness and
prosperity.
Card of Thanks
We desire to extend our heartfelt
thanks to the many friends who lent
their kindly assistance during the ill-
iiess and at. the death of our wife and
sister. SAM. TBACEWJBLL ,
S. B. TRACEWELL
AND FAMITY.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
Al. Thacher put in a few days
at the Springs.
Max Viertel was down from
Crookston , Monday.
Teachers' institute will com
mence August llth and continue
two weeks.
The board of supervisors are
checking up the books of the
county treasurer this week.
A Lincoln engineer has been
here several days establishing a
grade and figuring on the best
outlet for drainage.
U. G. Dunn spent a day or two
with his family in Valentine and
returned to his work on E. Spares'
new residence in Cody.
Mrs. S. S. Bullard , of Kosebud ,
will visit for a month with friends
in Kearney and orders the DEM
OCRAT sent to that address.
Jos. Clements , of Sioux City ,
formerly a teacher in the Indian
school , visited old friends here
and returned home this morn
ing.
Some doctors say flowers in a
bed room are unhealthy and some
say they are heal thy. Others say
nothing about it but charge it up
in the bill.
Dr. Casteline , of Graef , John
son county , is getting rich too
fast and will start a newspaper
bo reduce his surplus. The plan
is usually effective.
F. -Davenport , the expert
iime lock man of Omaha , < was in
town yesterday. He has in his
3are nearly all the bank locks in
} his and adjoining states.
Wm. Epke was down from
Urookston , Tuesday , wearing an
ilegant limp. He had a little
nisunderstanding with a horse
ind came ou second best.
M. Jelly , of Sparks , was a pleas-
int caller at these headquarters ,
vlr. Jelly does not agree with
his paper on politics but he is
tot a crank on the subject.
The M. W. A. of Crookston will
lave a dance tomorrow evening
rith a supper served by the Roy-
1 Neighbors. Of course they
rill have a good time theyal-
rays do.
O. W. Morey went fishing yes-
arday and returned with a fairy
lie about getting into a nest of
attlesnakes and hearing them
ing. When a man reaches the
oint where he hears snakes sing
3 him it is about time to sign
Walt Mason says that any man
who is married to a poetess is
deserving of a great deal of sym
pathy. Does he speak from ex
perience ?
Charley Broderson , a traveling
missionary for the Metz brewery
of Omaha , was in town last Fri
day. He is-an old friend of the
DEMOCRAT'S devil and they had
a social visit.
The Modern Woodmen of Val
entine expect to introduce the
Oriental degree in the near fu
ture and they will journey across
the sands of , the desert in true
oriental style.
O. W. Morey bought a medal
of an Indian who visited town
this week that is evidently a rare
piece. It is made of silver , near
ly two inches in diameter , and
was presented by the govern
ment to some good Indian in 1789.
The president presented the
Pope with copies of his literary
productions and the Pope will
send a handsome mosaic in re
turn. Now let Secretary Hay
forward a sample copy of "Little
Breeches" and see what kind of
a prize he will draw.
Miss Taylor , the western girl
who was bounced from a govern
ment clerkship out into the cold ,
cold world for the awful crime of
criticising President EooseBelt's
speech on "the flag must stay
put , " has obtained a writ of man
damus or some other kind of pro
fanity to compel Secretary Root
to reinstate her. She claims he
is discriminating against the
right of free speech.
" "
AUTHORS' BLUNDERS.
Some Mistakes In Which the Moon ,
San and Wind Figure.
The moon proves a terrible pitfall to
most writers. Wilkie Collins once per
formed the marvelous feat of making
It rise in the west. Rider Haggard , In
"King Solomon's Mines , " relies for the
effective rendering of one of his most
thrilling scenes upon an eclipse of the
new moon.
Coleridge placed a star-between the
horns of the crescent moon , forgetting
that to be visible in such a position the
star would have to be between the'
earth and the moon or , say , 230,000
miles away only.
Next to the moon perhaps the sun Is
responsible for more glaring errors
than flny single concrete cause. At
the beginning of a certain famous nov
el , the title of which a few years back
was In everybody's mouth , an invalid
character's room whs said to have
been lighted by one window looking
directly toward the east. Yet at the
end of the book , when the invalid dies ,
the author , wishing to make him de
part this life In a flood of glory , suf
fuses this eastern windowed room with
"the red glare of the setting sun. "
Kingsley , too , made One of his heroes
row out into the eastern ocean after
the setting sun. But even this glaring
absurdity has been capped. In a novel
published by a well known iSrm there
occurs the following passage , the scene
being laid on board a big sailing ship :
" 'How's the wind ? ' asked the skip
per. 'East-northeast , ' replied the mate ,
glancing at the masthead pennant ,
which was streaming blithely In the
direction Indicated. " So that in the
world , according to novelists , we
should not only find the sun setting in
the east , but pennants would "stream"
against the direction of the prevailing
wind.
A TOPSY TURVY ROOM.
A Frenchman Who riaj-u Practical
Joke * on His Gnestfl ,
A "topsy turvy roomwrites a cor
respondent , not Illusory , but actually
BO built , existed near Paris some years
ago and may still exist. One who saw
it thus describes It and the use to
which It was put : "I was the guest of
the owner of the house , " he says ,
"from Saiurday to Monday. He was a
bachelor , very convivial in his tastes ,
and we were a very jolly party of men.
When we woke up , about 2 o'clock on
the Sunday morning , one of our num
ber , sound asleep on the couch in the
billiard room , was carried out like a
log by a couple of servants , My host
gave me a solemn wink and tpld me
that If a sudden summons came I was
to rush from my bedroom or else I
might miss a sight worth seeing. I
wanted nothing but sleep and was re t !
lieved when the summons came to find n
that It was broad daylight. *
"Yawning , I followed the valet and
found myself , with four others , silent
ly peeping through little holes in the
wall. The scene was absurd , ridicu 81
lous. A dazed man slowly waking to 81PI
full consciousness was lying on a plas.-
tered floor , looking up in horror at a
carpeted celling. Two heavy couches ,
an easy chair , chairs and tables se ti
curely fastened etapefl down at him titc
from above. The man's eyes at last tc
ested on a flowerpot directly over his tcCJ
bead , from which a flaring rose , ap- CJ
mrently real , was blooming. He gave CJW
i cry and , rolling over , grasped with
'renzied hands the stem of the chande-
ler , which came up through the floor.
Clio host burst into the room , with a
oud laugh. 'They all do It , ' he cried. E
They fear they will fall up to ttfe ceil- In
1
FOOD AND THE SEXES.
The aialc Human Xeed.i to Eat Mora
Than the Female.
According to a writer in the Lancet ,
the male human needs more food than
the female not only on account of his
larger stature , but also because he is
the more katabolic of the two. The
man tends to expend energy and the
woman to store it up in the form of
fat ; he burns the faster. This sexual
difference shows itself in the very
blood. The man has a larger percent
age of .chromocytcs than the woman ,
showing that he needs a proportionate
ly larger quantity of oxygen in order
to maintain his more active combus
tion , a fact which one may associate
with his comparative freedom from
chlorosis. Moreover , weight for weight ,
his pulmonary capacity is greater than
that of the woman , whose smaller re
spiratory need is further shown by the
facility with which she can without
discomfort diminish her breathing
power by means of the corset.
"The great contrast between the
metabolic activity of the two sexes , "
continues the writer , "was forcibly
brought home to me by a military dis
play given by a troop of dusky ama-
zous , with whom were also a few male
warriors. The women , in spite of their
daily exertions , were all rounded and
plump , some very much so , no single
muscle showing through the skin , and
It was'noticed that their movements ,
though full of grace , lacked energy
and 'go. ' The men , on the other hand ,
were spare , their muscles standing out
plainly under the shiny skin , and they ,
In further contrast with the women ,
displayed a truly amazing agility ,
bounding about and whirling round In
a most astounding fashion. The wom
en , In short , were essentially anabolic ,
and the men were katabolic. I may
here draw attention to the fact that
men are apt to be larger meat enters
than women , just as they are , possibly
In consequence of this very fact , more
prone to drink alcohol and to smoke
tobacco. "
SLEEPING HEROES.
Blighty Men of the Pnt That Are
Expected to Return.
Is there any race that has not its
Bleeping hero ? A correspondent re
cently pointed out that the time for the
fulfillment of the prophecy that the
tenth of Krishna will restore to India
her independence is near at hand , and
every nation has sonic such savior to
whom the people look. West country
rustics still believe that Arthur did not
die , but sleeps in Avalon , and that in
the hour of Britain's need he will
awake , deliver the land and restore
the golden age. In Germany it is a
popular belief that Charles V. will
some day wake from his enchanted
sleep to reign over Germany , Spain ,
Portugal , Denmark , Belgium and Hoi- ,
land. Thousands of French peasants '
hold that Napoleon is only sleeping
and that at some future time he will ;
reappear and rule. And Mr. Newbolt
has enshrined the Devon legend that
Drake is only listening for the drum.
The Irish peasantry steadfastly re
fuse to believe that Mr. Parnell is
really dead. They assert that his death
was a ruse , that he was an interested
spectator of his own funeral and that
when the time comes he will emerge
from retirement to give Ireland her in
dependence. Every true Moslem be
lieves that when antichrist appears
Mohammed Mohadi will awake and
conquer him. A Moorish legend de
clares that Bobadil el Chico sleeps
spellbound near the Alhambra and
that ono day he will awake to re-es- '
tablish the Moors as rulers of Grana
da. The Servians look to King Lager ,
slain by the Turks in 13S9 , as their
final hope , and should Switzerland be
again threatened by tyrants Swiss
folklore declares that the three mem
bers of the Tell family who are sleep
ing at Rut HI , near the Vierwald-
Staten-gec , will rise from their en
chanted slumber and maintain tho
freedom of tho land. London Chroni
cle.
Hopi Conrtshlp ,
When a Hop ! maiden decides which
) f the eligible young men of the tribe
she wisiies to marry , she goes and sits
jj his house and grinds corn until he
s sufficiently Impressed by her indus-
Ty to marry her.
After the ceremony , which is an
ilaborate one , the couple go to live in
: he wife's house. If she tires of her
jusbaiul , she cnn obtain a divorce by
nerely throwing his saddle out of the
louse. After marriage the house , fields
ind all their property except the herds
> elong to the wife.
The Ilopis are indulgent parents.
Fhe rjght of tho children to do aa
hey please is never questioned ,
a Woman Gets a Seat.
"I will tell you how to work it , " said
L woman , whose figure showed she
rould be tired by standing , to a coin-
anion in a Broadway car. "When
here Is no vacant scat , watch for two
ion who are In conversation and
{ and rjght m front o | them.
'Each one will want his friend to
dinic he is very polite , so both of them
rjll jump right up and offer then ?
eats. That's the way I do , and it nev-
p fails , " Jsew Tori ? JleraUl ,
An Effective "Way ,
"They say , " said the young drama-
st , "that I shall have to cut my play
own , but T really dcm't know whero
> bogJu , "
"Why not start at both ends , " his
indid friend asked , "and work to- *
ard the middle ? " Chicago Record- *
lerald.
OnpoHlte Meanings.
"Cleave" is the best instance of an
nglish word with two opposite mean-
gs. "Nervous , " "let" and "propugn"
e other instances.
Xoticc 1'rolmtc of Will
Notice probate of will , John II. Shore , de
ceased.
in County Court , Clierry Cauniy , Nebraska.
The State of Xebmsnii to the heirs and next
kin of the said John II. Shore deceased :
Take notice. That upon filing of a written in.
strumeiit purporting to be the last will and tes
tament of John H. Shore for probate and allow
ance , it is ordered that said matter be set for
hearing the 2Cth day of .July A. D. 1902 before
said County Court , at the hour of 10 o'clock A.
M. , at which time any person interested may
appear and contest the same ; and notice of this
proceeding is ordered published three weeks
successively in tne Valentine Democrat a week
ly newspaper , published in this state. In tes
timonyvheref , I have hereunto set my hand
, ' , and the seal of the County Court at
- : SEAL > Valentine this''d of July A. D. 1002.
, ' 25-3 W. K. TOW.VK , County Judge.
Notice of Sale
Pursuant to a license granted by the
Honorable J. J. Harrington , judge of
the District Court of Cherry county ,
Nebraska. [ will , at 10 o'clock a. in.
on the first day of August , 1902 , at the
front door of the court house in Valen
tine , Cherry county , Nebraska , sell at
public auction for cash to the highest
bidder the interest of Eddie E. Cox ,
Grace E. Cox , and David E. Cox ,
minor heirs of James 13. Cox , in the
following real estate situated in the
county of Cherry and state of Nebraska ,
to-wif : sinwj , niswJ , Sec. 22. Tp. 35 ,
R. 30 , nw } , Sec. 26 , Tp. 35 , R. 30 and
the s\v } , Soc. 26 , Tp. 35 , K. 30.
Dated July 7th , 1902.
LORILLA Cox ,
Guardian of the minor heirs
53 of James B , Cox.
By F , M. WALCOTT , her Attorney.
Estray Notice
Taken up at my place , 8 miles north
west of Valentine , on May 2-ith , one
light sorrel horse 4 years old , weight
about 750 pounds , left shoulder caved
in. Branded &jjffi | on left shoulder
and L on left 2fll ip
22-5 R. F. PETTYCIIEW.
Estray A'otice
Taken up at my place at Kennedy , one small
red heifer , no brands or ear marks. Has been
at my place all winter.
FRANKS PAKKKH ,
22-5 Kennedy , Nebraska.
-r.
Take
A Bellows
when you get home
with that bulk coffee
and blow the dirt and flies and
foreign substances out of it. Then
of
open a package
Lion Coffee
see how clean and fresh it looks
and note its rich aroma.
The asaled packaue Insure uniform QU llt7.
Notice of Probate of Will.
In County Court , rUierry County , Neb.
The State or Nebraska tn the heirs and next ot
kin of the said Sarah Graham , deceased.
Take notice , that upon filing of a written In
strument purporting to be the last will and tes
tament of Sarah Graham for protate and allow
ance , it is ordered that said matter be * set for
hearing the 2nd day of August , A. D. 1903 before
said County Court , at the hour of 10 o'clock a
in. , atwljicli time any person interested may
appear and contest the same ; and notice of tnls
proceeding is ordered published three weeks
successively in the Valentine Democrat , a week
ly newspaper , published in this state.
In testimony whereof , I have hereunto set my
. . hand and the seal of the County
\ SKA i , [ Court at Valentine this 15th day of
' , ' JtilyA.D.IU02. W.B.TOWKK ,
I0-i : County Judge.
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