THE VALENTINE UEMOGBAT I. M RICE EDITOR fl.OO Per Fear in Advance PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. Entered at the Postrofflce at Valentine , Cherry county. Nebraska , as Second-class matter. STATS OFFICERS EZRA.P. SAVAGE , Governor , C , F. STEKLK. Lieut. Governor. GBO.V. . MAK8U , Secretary of State. CHAS. WESTON , Auditor Tub , Accts. WM , STEUKEB. Treasurer. FBANK N. PKOUT , Atty. General. GEORCE FOWLER , Com , Pub. Lands and Bldg LEE HABDMAN , Librarian. U. S. SENATORS JOSKMI H. MlLLARD. CHA9. H. DlETBICH. CONGRESSMEN ELMEB J. BUBKETT. Rep. 1st Dist. DAVID H. MEBCEB , Rep. 2nd Dist. JOHN J. ROBINSO.V.FUS. 3rd Dist. WM. L. STABK , Fus. 4th Dist. A. C. SHAI.LKNBEBGEB. Fus.Ctb Dist , WM. NEVILLE , Fus. cthDlst. COUNTY OFFICERS W. C. SnATT CK , Treasurer. C. S. HEECE , Clerk. W. R.TOWNE , Judge. L , N. LAYroBT , Sheriff. A. M. MOBBISSEY , Attorney. ETTA BBOWN , Superintendent. LEBOY LEACH , Surveyor. ALFBED LEWIS , Coroner. COUNTY COMMISSIONEBS W. E. HALEY , 1st Dist. ALKX BUBB. 2nd Dist. L. LAUFEB , 3rd Dist. Charles H. Faulhaber Brownlee Breeder of Ren'st'd Herelords. o Hyam , No. 74,538. at head of herd. Young bulls from 6 to 18 months old for sale. HENRY ATJGUSTON Blacksmith Brown lee , Kebr. Does general blacksmithingathard times prices for cash. PAT HETT Valentine , Nebr. Good , Hard Rock for sale in any ' quantity. H. M. CRAMER , City Deliveryman , Trunks , valises and packages hauled to and from the depot aud all parts of the City. C27"Telephone 12. W. A. KIMBELL Barber First-class Shop in Every Eespect Kau de Quinine Hair Tonic , Golden Star Hair Tonic. Herplcide and Coke's Dandruff Cure. Try Pompeian Face Massage Cream LEKOY LEACH County Surveyor Valentine or Woodlake GEXERAL WOKK PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. MMHMMMMMMI MHiMi HMWMMHMM * BB MBVB BViB BMi BMMMMMM * W JOHN PORATH Riege , Nebr. Tabular wells and Eclipse wind mills. Wells guaranteed five years. A. M. MOERISSEY Attorney at Law Valentine , Xe.br. A. N. COMPTON Physician and Surgeon Office at Quigley & Chapman's Drug Store. Nights The Donoher. Edward S. Fwray Physician and Surgeon Office Fraternal Hall or El liott's Drug Store. 19im2 F. M. WALCOTT ATTORNEY AABSTRACTER Valentine , Nebr. Practices in District Court and U. S. Land Office. Real Estate and Kanch Property bought and sold. Bonded Abstractor. The Democrat -FOB- - / FOBJob Job Work. F K.A3I. V. B. K. TIME TABLE WEST BOUXD No. 27 Frt. Daily 2:33 P. 81. No. 25 * ' except Sunday 9:40 > .M No. 3Passenger Daily 12:49A.M. : EAST BOUND No. 28 FrUDally 0:50 A. M No , 20 " except Sunday 5:00 P. M NO. 4 Passenger Daily 4:47 A. M IT Located on Cherry St. 2nd nn south of Smyser's livery , furnishes excellent board and lodging. Meals same old price 25 cents. A hearty welcome to all. ' J. F. JOTTER. MILL PRICES FOR FEEDi Bran , bulk..1.50 per cwt 120.00 Shorts bulk . . .1.15 per cwt $22.00 Screenings 40c " $7.00 " Chop Feed . . . .1.25 " $24.00 " Cora 1.05 ' $20.00" Chopcorn 1.10 " $21.00" Oats 1.50 $29.00" ETTA BROWN SUPT , PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Examination Third Saturday of eacl month and Friday preceding. VALENTINE NEBRASK 009 * 00900909.09.09.0900 * Paint I Wall Paper , I o I Calcimine. o o s s o 8 Brushes , § Pure Linseed Oil * o i Varnisheso o O AT C o I Christensen's. § o 090909090909090909090909 M. P. HALEY'S HOME MADE LINIMENT. Tliis is a Spanish Herb Linimen Cures Bheumatism , Swellings , Sprains , Bruises , Aches and Fains. Cures numbness in the limbs , restor muscles to healthy and vigorous a tivity. It is the great remedy f Paralysis , Lame Hack and Lumbar NOTICE : This Liniment has bee tested and proved to be a cure for the above described aliments. M. P. HALEY , VALENTINE , NEB. Directions for using : Shake well an turn the mouth of the bottle onto sponge or flannel cloth and apply upn the soreness or afflicted parts. Lo i.o apply upon cuts or open sores. . Shak the bottle well before using , D. A. Hancock Blackburn , Mo. o Simeon , Nebrask Cattle branded o " left side as on cut ; B also 1C on left sict E3 1 with n. on left hip 7 some cattle ; also s fM H on I right side Hoi - brand , rake and on left shoulder f hip Home ranch on Dewey Lake. Range on Niobrara River , east o Fort Niobrara ; all in Cherry County. Nebraska PS ROUSCHB Postofflce address Brownlee , Neb .On left side or any I part of animal. Ear- I mark right ear cut [ off ; horses branded same on left hip. Also has stock branded H \ on side or shoulder , lorJKorWorOiVL | orO or FZ. Also the-following , the first one being on side and hip SEQIIAH (3267) ( Dark brown , Foaled Nov. 24th , 1889. Sire "Nimrod" (1066)'by ( ) "Comet" (151) ( ) , by "Eclipse" (191) ( ) by "St. Giles' * (687) ) by "Wildfire" (867) ( ) . Sequah's dam 289 Lady bird F. S. Vol. 7 by Kestless T. B. Sequah's G. dam by Larrywheat ( T. B. ) He will stand for season of 1902 at Sherman's barn. J. W. STETTEK. Owner- NECESSITY OF SLUMBER. Death by Sleeplc snciui a Chinese Punishment. "A person absolutely without sleep for nine dayswill die , " says -writer in Ainslee's. "Sufferers from insomnia sometimes maintain that they have gone for weeks without sleeping , but it has been proved that they do sleep without being aware of it. At a cer tain point sleep is inevitable , no mat ter what the bodily condition , the al-1 ternative being death. Prisoners have slept on the rack of the inquisition. And the Chinese found that only the greatest ingenuity and vigilance could carry out a sentence of death by sleep lessness. This mode of capital punish ment was long in favor in China and is said to be so today , while as a form of torture deprivation of sleep is consid ered one of the most efficacious weap ons in the Chinese judicial arsenal. In some such cases the prisoner is kept in a cage too small to stand up or lie down in and constantly prodded with a sharp rod. Death by starvation , also a Chinese punitive method , is a slower process and therefore , one would think , more calculated to appeal to the oriental mind if it were not that death by sleeplessness is thought so much more painful. In the lat ter case the brain is the first affect ed of all the organs of the body , while In case of starvation the brain longest retains its normal weight and charac ter. ter."A "A corresponding mode of taming wild elephants is said to be depriving the animals of sleep when first caught. In a few days they become compara tively spiritless and harmless. The brain of the elephant is held to be more highly developed than that of any other wild animal , but of course as compared with a human brain can be easily fatigued by new impressions and so made very dependent on sleep. The wild elephant in his native jungle , however , is said to sleep very little a further point for the theory of the uni versal ratio of sleep to intelligence. A man taken out of his habitat and placed in conditions which he never could have imagined if transported to Mars , say would doubtless need an extraordinary amount of sleep at first. There is the almost parallel case of a German boy , Casper Hauser , who up to the age of eighteen was kept in one room where he had no intercourse with human beings or sight of any natural object , not even the sky. At eighteen he was brought to Nuremberg and abandoned in the street. For the first few months of his life among men he slept almost constantly and so soundly that it was very hard to wake him. " The Sense of Fcelinpr. Some of our most important organs for instance , the heart , the brain and the lungs are , strange to say , quite" Insensible to touch , thus showing , that not only are nerves necessary for the sensation , but also the special end or gans. The curious fact was noticed with the greatest astonishment by Harvey , who , while treating a patient for an abscess that caused a large cavity in his ide , found that when he put his fingers into the cavity he could actually take hold of the heart without the patient being in the least aware of- what he was doing. This so interested Harvey that he brought King Charles I. to the man's bedside that "he might himself behold and touch so extraor dinary a thing. " In certain operations a piece of skin is removed from the forehead to the nose , and it is stated that the patient , oddly enough , feels as if the new nasal part were still in his forehead and may have a headache in his nose. Chambers' Journal. In the Snmc Situation. A funny story is told about a physi cian at Monroe City. A resident of the town set out shade trees for the doctor. A short time later the physi cian was called to attend the mother- in-law of the man who had set out the trees. The old lady died , and the phy sician presented his bill. After paying it , the citizen thought of the trees and made out and presented a bill for them. "But the trees died , " protested the doctor. "So did my mother-in-law , " retorted the other man. The doctor paid the bill. Kansas City Journal. Settling the "Tip" Question. The awkward question'of the tip was solved by a big New Englauder from the state of Maluo who was dining in a London restaurant the other evening. Having paid his bill , he was informed- by the waiter that what he had paid did "not include the waiter. " "Waal , " said the stranger , "I ate no waiter , did 1 ? " And as he looked quite ready to do so on any further provocation the sub ject was dropped. London Chronicle. The Doer That Sines and His Master. "Billingsley has taught his dog to sing. " "Does he sing well ? " "He sings as well as Billlngeley could teach him. " " "I never heard Billingsley. Is he a good singer ? " "Well , the dog has been shot at seven times. " Cleveland Tlaiu Dealer. Analysis. She After all , what is the difference between illusion and delusion ? He Illusion is the lovely fancies we have about ourselves , and delusion is the foolish fancies other people have about themselves. Life. Uncertain Footing : . The fellow who stands on his dignity , may discover that dignity is just as slippepy ap a banana skin. St. Louis , Republic. In Turkey red hair Js counted a great beauty , and the women dye tlieir hair that tint ROOM FOR ALL GRADUATES Nature Adjusts Matters and Preserves an Equilibrium. Once a year the schools and colleges of the country harvest a crop of grad uates , and once a year the wise men of the land write essays for publica tion on the surplus of men who are eateHng the law , medicine and other callings that are open to the newcom ers. If the wise men are to be be- 1'oved ' , it would seem that all the oc cupations were filled and that the young man had arrived too late. Fortunately for the tenderfoot , the wise men have always been wrong. No philosopher has ever presented a logical argument that did not leave something to be said on the other side. Every year since the world set up for business a new crop of young men has arrived , and that new crop has even tually become the stay of the race. What has been going on eternally will continue. The young chaps will locate themselves. It is no argument that lawyers have their signs staring at you from every hallway on half the streets within several blocks of every courthouse In the country. The har vest that includes a new lot of law yers also raises a lot of new litigants. Nature takes care to preserve an equilibrium. If the fledgelings of the medical schools do not find bones to saw , some of them turn to sawing wood. The boy who has gone through college with the Intention of becoming president of the United States finds a satisfactory job as master of ceremo nies in a coalyard. A few jostles and the new man adjusts himself to cir cumstances , and then he has become a part of the machine , which runs on as usual. It is unnecessary to become alarmed about the surplus man. If he is in law , medicine , theology , horse trading , ped dling milk or anything else , he finds it out , and he arranges the matter in some way without any upheaval in so ciety. The surplus man is surplus only until he gets his first job. After that he is one of the establishment. Pittsburg Times. SCIENCE SITTINGS. The sun's flames spring at times to a distance of 350,000 miles from its sur face. In dry air sound travels 3,442 feet per second , in water 4,900 feet and in iron 17,500 feet. The amplitude of vibration of the diaphragm of the telephone receiver in reproducing speech is about the oue- twenty-millionth of an inch. Fresh air contains about three parts of carbonic acid in 10,000 , respired air about 441 parts , and about five parts will cause the air of a room to become "close. " Holophane glass is a pressed glass resembling cut glass , having vertical prisms on the inside for diffusing the light and horizontal prisms on the out side for directing the light. The following are found to be the densities of the planets , water being 1 : Mercury , 3 ; Venus , 5.14 ; earth , 5.50 ; moon , 3.34 ; Mars , 4 ; Jupiter , 1.35 ; Sa turn , O.GS ; Uranus , 1.G9 ; Neptune , 2.29. The-star Arcturus , the hottest of ce lestial bodies , gives us as much heat as a standard candle six miles away. This fact was ascertained by the ra diometer , an instrument which will show the amount of heat given off from a man's face at 2,000 feet dis tance. He Was "In the Soup. " "Mon ami , " said the Marquis de Croisic the other day , "the hotel keep er's life is an unhappy one. If he does not look to the least little detail , the whole thing goes what do you call it ? Ah , yes , on the blink. "Here is example of what I say. When I had the Logerot , there was ; once a dinner there at which Chauncey Depew was a guest. I told the chef to put in the menu some dish in honor o'f him , and I forgot to look at the menu before it went to the printer. "What do you think that imbecile of a chef had done ? There" , ' And the marquis produced an old menu card on which among the "soupes" appeared the following : "Puree de niarrons a la Depew. " Gently Sarcastic. The following church notice was re i cently exhibited : "The service on Sun- day morning is at 11 a. ni. The suppo- : sition that it is ten minutes later is a mistake. Young men are not excluded l from the week night service. The seats * In the front portion of the church have been carefully examined. They are quite sound and may be trusted not to , give way. It is quite legitimate to j join in the singing. The object of the choir is to encourage , not discourage , : ' the congregation. " London Answers. I ! Giving : Her Light to Die. A small farmer in Aberdeenshire , having a wife that had been long ail- Ing and confined to bed , was of so nig , gardly a disposition that he grudged the poor woman so much as a light. She in a pet one night exclaimed , "Oh , isna this an unco' thing that a pulr body ' 11 nae get light to see to dee. " The husband rises up and lights a can dle and , placing it at the bed foot , I says to his wife , "There , dee hoo ! " Scottish American. A Deep Look. "Yes , " said the lawyer ; "there are many things to be investigated in this case. The first thing to be looked in to" . "Is my pocketbook , " assented the cli ent , with perfect assurance. Judge. : The Hnngrry Sen. "Why do they sucak of it as a hun- ' ! gry sea ? " t ti "It takes the dinner right out of a i person's mouth. " Town and Country ; , , . _ . Accommodating the Captain. One of the sea captains In the em ploy of Stephen Girard had a rural Yankee's fondness for whittling with his jackknife and on one trip suc ceeded In getting away with a large part of the rail , although , feeling that he was not without the artistic sense , he really regarded the rail as greatly Improved in appearance. When the vessel came to Philadelphia , Girard .went aboard , made a general inspec tion in the captain's absence and as he was about to return to shore asked one of the seamen who had been cut ting the rail. The seaman told him the captain and then , afraid his telling might have unpleasant consequences were the captain to learn of it in a roundabout way , informed that official of the Interview with Girard. The captain was in terror of a reprimand , but , hearing nothing from his employ er , supposed the incident closed. As he was about weighing anchor ready to leave port a dray loaded with shingles drove down to the wharf , and the driv er hailed the vessel. "There must be some mistake ! " shout ed the captain. "Our bill of lading doesn't mention shingles ! " "This Is where they belong ! " sung back the driver. "Mr. Girard iimself told me to deliver them ! lie said they are for the captain to whittle ! " Phila delphia Times. The Cat Nature. The cat's spirit of independence is the most distinct characteristic of her nature. As Mine , de Custine rightly said , the cat's great difference from and , according to her sentiments , su periority to , the dog lie In her calm insistence on selection which invari ably accompanies her apparent docil ity. To the dog proprietorship is mas tership ; he knows his home , and he recognizes without question the man who has paid for , feeds , and on occa sion kicks him with all the easy famil iarity of ownership. He follows that man undoubting and unnoticed , grate ful for a word , even thankful for an oath. But the cat is a creature of a very different stamp. She will not even stoop to conquer , nor be tempted out of her nature by offers of reward. She absolutely declines instruction ; nay , even persuasion is lost upon her for any permanent effect it may be de signed to have. You may be the legal possessor of a cat , but you cannot govern her affections. St. John's Eve. Curious and quaint beliefs still pre vail in some parts of England concern ing St. John's eve. Lassies still place their shoes , before retiring for the night , at right angles , forming a T , re citing the lines : Hoping this night my true love to see I place my shoes in the form of a T , under the idea that their future hus band will be revealed to them in dreams. Formerly supper was placed on the table with the belief that the future husband would enter by the open door. There is , too , a prevalent idea that especially fortunate are the children born on St. John's eve , the rhyme running : Under the stars on the eve of St. John , Lucky the babe that those stars shine on. Waited For a Yavrn. Two young fellows recently went out on a shooting expedition , driving to their destination in a'trap. They had excellent sport , and toward night fall they returned to where they had hobbled their horse and were proceed ing to hitch up when they discovered that neither of them knew the way to do it. In about an hour they had most of the harness on ; but , try as they would , they could not get the bit into the horse's mouth. At last one of them sat down in despair , and his compan ion said : "Well , Tom , and what arc yougoing to do now ? " "I'm going to wait till that brute yawns , " > was the reply. And they did. St. Louis Republic. Elephants * Xovc Tor Finery. Strange as it may seem , the elephant is passionately fond of finery and de lights to see himself decked out with gorgeous trappings. The native princes of India are very particular in choos ing their state elephants and will give fabulous sums for an animal that ex actly meets the somewhat fanciful standards they have erected. For these they have made cloths of silk so heavi ly embroidered with gold that two men are hardly able to lift them. Pear son's Weekly. They Felt Hungry. She Well , Clarence , dear , the situa tion is not quite as rosy as it was pic tured to us before marriage , is it ? He Well , not altogether so , love. She I wish er I wish He What do you wish , dearest ? She I wish we had the rice and the old shoes they threw at us when we were married. Her Tletr. A little three-year-old miss while her mother was trying to get her to sleep became interested In a peculiar noise and asked what it was. "A cricket , dear , " replied her moth er. ' "Well , " remarked ihe little lady , "he flight to get himself oiled. " Chicago News. Honecty. If honesty is the best policy in busi ness , it is also the best policywhen one has done wrong and is confronted .With the question whether he shall confess everything frankly or mako excuses. A transparent excuse is worss than none at all , After a man is married he discovers that his wife's golden tresses are noth ing in the world , but red , hahv Helphia Beqort. . . Breaking Up "Chatler. " The famous painter Fusell bad a great contempt for "chatter. " One af t- ernoon u pnrty of friends paid a visit to his studio , and after a few moments spent in looking at the pictures they seated themselves and proceeded to in dulge in a long and purposeless talk. At last , in one of the slight pauses , Fuseli said earnestly , "I had pork for dinner today. " "Why , my dear Mr. Fuseli , " er- claiuied one of the startled group , "what an extremely odd remark ! " "Is it ? " said the painter ingenuously. "Why , isn't it as interesting and Im portant as anything that has been said for the last hour ? " Parliamentary Frontier * . On either side of the commons cham ber of our parliament house'there is a distinct line along the lioor , and any member who , when speaking , steps outside the line on his side is liable to be called to order. These lines aro supposed to be scientific frontiers , and the neutral zone between is beyond the length of a sword thrust , and , although members no longer wear swords , ex cept those who are selected to move and second addresses to the throne on certain occasions , the old precaution still lingers on. Westminster Gazette. Unhappy YonnRBter. Kind Gentleman Why are you cry- Ing , my little lad ? Urchin Boo-ooh ! Billy Wells hit me , an' feyther hit me because I let Billy hit me , an' Billy Wells hit me again because I told feyther , an' now fcyther'll hit me again because Billy ( Exit kind gentleman. ) Chums. At Any Rate He Aronxcd Dlnensston. Lucille Cholly is such an uninterest ing person. Helen Oh , I don't know. lie gavo rise to an animated discussion last night as to whether a person can bo considered nbsentminded when his mind is neither here nor elsewhere. Town and Country. Scant Consolation. The Tessimist The longer I live in the world the worse it seems to get. The Optimist Oh , well , don't let a little thing like that worry you. Per haps it will be better after you get out of it. Chicago News. Hlii Measure Taken. Aggie lie told me I wuz de only , gurl he ever loved. Katie Well , when a feller talks like dat gi\e him de googoo eyes reversed. He's nuthin' but a born diplermat ! Puck. Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbora. Confucius : Business Notices. Notices under this heading 5 cents per line each insertion. Among reading matter , 10cents per 'law each insertion. Full and complete line of candies at Uohle's. Fine stock of cigars always carried at iJohle's. Buy your bread , cakes and oies at Buhle's. Fresh every day. All kinds of heavy hardware and wagon wood stock at E. Breuklanders. 2Q-tf Highest market price paid for Chickens , Game and Man at the Don oher. 9 tf A 10x12 letter press , good as new and a large lawn mower for sale. Inquire at this ollice. 16 Hot air furnace suitable to heat a 10 or 12 room house for sale at the Dono her hotel. J , C. WEBB. Wanted Men to put up 800 acres of hay at Kilgore. J ? RANK ROTHLEUTNEI : . For Sale One large work team , ' weight about 3,000 pounds. ELMER C. AYERS 26 Crookston , Neb. For Sale 100 Head of high grade Storthorn cows , heifers and other young stock. Also same number of "high grade Ked Polled stock at my ranch six miles south of Eli , P. SULLIVAN. 26-4 * Ranch for Sale or Lease ! I 16 quarter sections , good range , hay water and timber. Will run 300 head of stock. For information address , box no. 154 , Gordon Nebr. or I. M. RICE , Valentine , Nebr. 42-tf Wanted To contract from 500 to 1,500 tons of hay in lots to suit , either mowing or stacking or both. Address METZGARBROS. , 26-3 Gregory , Nebr. Estray Xotice Strayed from D. A. Hancock's pasture on the Mobrara river , about July 4th , two mares , one brown and one black , weight about 1100 each. Branded Tj , on left shoulder. The brown man ; has § on left shoulder. Liberal reward lor information. MOSES &HoFfACKE3 -7-4 Simeon , Jfebv Killing Mites and Lice To prove that your hens have lice- and to show how easy it is to free your fowls fro/o the insect pestsb jnst nail up a wide board against the under side- of the roost , sprinkle or"paint it well' with Lee's Liquid Lice Killer and see - that the fowls roost over it at night. Next morning you will find all of that lice lying dead on the painted board. The ' genuine ja for tale by Quigley & Cha'pman.