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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1902)
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT I. J\I IlICE , Pub lnher. VALENTINE , NEBRASKA. The north pole continues to maintain Its splendid isolation. Wouldn't it be a snd old world if there were no ridiculous people in it ? Do women with splendid necks wear their waists cut low , just to keep cool ? It is the most unhealthy sort of sen timent that sets the late Harry Tracy up as a hero. Mr. Fitzsimmons announces that he is through lighting. But is he through talking ? That is the question. Most people know where their next meal is coming from , but they don't know how much it is going to cost. Rose Coghlan has about decided to settle in this country. She ought to know by this time whether she likes it or not After hs reference to "common American clay" Emperor William will have to do something pretty nice to keep up the brotherly relations. A Boston man is trying to start a home for poor inventors. It should be fitted up with a number of good padded cells for the perpetual motion crowd. George Francis Train has been writ ing his autobiography , but he says he doesn't expect to get rich from the sale of it. Mr. Train always was a modest man. It has been found that a Londoner .vho died supposing he was worth .about a million really possessed about ten millions. There aren't many of us who have nine millions in small change in our pockets for which we cannot ac count. The Kaiser's belief that the cost of militarism is more than repaid by the discipline and training secured Is sim ply another way of expressing his con viction that a few years in the army is calculated to eradicate any anti- monarchical ideas that the citizen may have imbibed previously. It is not so much the welfare of the country as the stability of the throne which he con siders. There had been a domestic crisis in the Weeks family. The maid of nil work had been 111 ; company had arriv ed unexpectedly , and the weather was very hot. But Florence Weeks had Just come home from college , and prov ed a re-enforcement that saved the day for the tired mother. When the skirm ish was over her mother said , "Flor ence , I believe you sweep and dust and cook aad wash dishes better since you studied calculus ! " "Why not , mother ? " answered the girl. "Isn't that what Calculus Is for ? " Good George Herbert exhorted women to devout service when he wrote : Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws Makes that and Ui' action fine. To-day his voice is echoed by the ed ucator and the political economist. To be able to do what needs to be done , and to do it at a minute's notice , is to be the most perfect product of modern education. A woman Is urged to it not alone by religion , as in earlier times , but by every social consideration as well. That a woman can read Greek or calculate an eclipse makes her move , not less , ready for service in an emer gency in kitchen or laundry or diuiag room. That she knows how to use her bead and her hand for large matters Is ground for expecting her to be skill ful in small ones when occasion re quires. Children's day was celebrated at Ocean Grove. N. J. , on a recent Sunday. After SOO little ones had sung songs and received souvenirs in the shape of aluminum cards with new pennies in the center the Rev. J. O. Wilson , D. D. , arise to address them. He had selected ns his topic , "The Best Thing in the World Good Heart. " Before repeat ing his text to the children , however , the good man spread out his hands as if in benediction and said : "Now , my little friends , I am going to ask you what Is the best thing In the world ? " 'Money. Money , " came in a shrill -chorus from the 800 Interested listen ers. And It is thus that the teachings .af young Mr. Rockefeller , who says money Is not all , and of Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Schwab , who sadly declare that money does not bring happiness , are ignored. It Is littlewonder that the good preacher was so startled that he forget what he had Intended to say. But why should we consider those children lost ? They simply showed that they possessed the power to ob serve and had the honesty to state the conclusions to which their observa tions had led. The difference between those 800 children and most of the grown people who pretend to give their opinions as to the greatest thing in the world Is that the children were truthful. Most of them , however , will live to learn that money is not the best thing in the world , "even though it so occupies the thoughts of men that its possession seems necessary to their happiness. The habits of a rich man are always Interesting to the general public. If he have both health and wealth public curiosity regarding his dietary , his rec reations and his daily regimen , is ac centuated. If a man can accumulate riches and at the same time lay up stores of bodily and mental vigor to draw upon In old age he becomes such a rare biological specimen as to Invite study and contemplation. The recent physical collapse of President Schwab of the United States steel trust has stimulated public Interest in the habits of other notables of the industrial and financial world. It appears that the great financiers of the country are 'n much better physical condition than might be expected in men who have strenuously applied themselves ro the building up of great fortunesmerl can millionaires are alive to the impor tance of recreation and relaxation as means for preserving health and induc ing longevity. The habit of "knocking of ! " from work to pursue various out door diversions for a good portion of each year is becoming more general among the captains of industry as well as among those whose business or pro fessional en.ieavor is on a more mod est scale , but who nevertheless feel the strain of its exactions. Russell Sage appears to stand out as a unique excep tion to the rule among millionaires and industrial magnates regarding recrea tion and diversions. Nearly every one of the others interviewed gives a cer tain amount of time to golf , yachting , billiards , lior.se racing , hunting , fishing' and automobiiing. But Russell Sage , at the age of 8U , is hale and hearty , de clares he never took a vacation , and lias "no diversion except making money. " We may not envy the very rich men , because we know that of all classes they have the hardest work , the heavi cst strain , the mo'st worry and the least real enjoyment. The instinct for" accumulation , being purely animal , overwhelms and deadens the finer senses through which wealth may bd enjoyed. But we do envy the rich men's wives and daughters , who need ] strive for nothing , but have freely poured into their laps all their hearts' may desire. And there we are might-1 ily in error. The unhappiest , most rest less women in this land are the idla wives and daughters of rich men. It is true they have fine houses , their carriages and automobiles , their fine dresses , their magnificent jewelry , their" state calls upon one another , theii4 grand dinners , their brilliant recep4 tious , and all that. But it is all a veneer. It Is merely a mahogany fin ish upon a base of ordinary , common timber. It is not happiness , but only a pretense of It an extravagant attempt at imitation of it. The great mass of women without wealth , who work in their homes , rear their children them-1 selves , cook the meals , mend the cloth ing and do the thousand and one un ending tasks of the housewife need not envy those glistening butterflies of fashion. The envy should be on the other side and is. The happiest wom en In the world are hard-working ones ; Not overtaxed drudges , whose lives are necessarily miserable , but the women whose time and minds and hands ard ever occupied In making the home hapj pier and life for those about them sweeter. Happiness must come from' within , and it Is no mere pious precept that the best satisfaction comes ofl service performed faithfully for somej loved ones service that requires thought and effort and application. An Ohio woman wants to know if she can safely send her young daugh ter to San Francisco alone. She can. Modern travel has not become a mat ter of speed and luxury alone. It has been made possible for a woman to go anywhere at any time , by rail and wa ter , covering thousands of miles , with out fear of insult. Her wants are quiet ly attended to , the few directions need ed are given her at the right time , and she now travels as independently and as comfortably as a man. The truth of that statement is a tribute to the char acter of men in the employ of transpor tation companies. They may not pos sess college degrees , but , in the main , thej' are high-minded gentlemen , who seldom forget that they have wives and daughters of their own. And year by year the mental and moral standing of these men is improving. Their positions carry more dignity and responsibility than they once Jid. A woman recently visited Yellowstone Park alone. Once that trip would have seemed an under taking. Once other women and not J > few men would have questioned her sanity , if not her morals , had she an nounced her intention of taking such a journey without an escort. It is differ ent now. Nobody questioned , nobody gossiped , nobody stared. The neigh bors' wives wished they could go , and that was all. Listen to the traveler : "The conductors and brakemen might [ have been my own brothers , so well did they treat me. I was not given a dis courteous word , I did not meet any mashers , and everywhere I found the real American gentleman , with his hat off. anxious to oblige , willing to do any thing for my comfort. I saw dozens of women traveling without escorts. My opinion of men has gone up 100 per cent because of this trip. " The world Is growing' better. You can see the signs everywhere , and the testimony of women who travel only clinches a fact. 1 < What He Thought. Mrs. Locuttc This is my new even ing gown. What do you think of it ? Mr. Locutte Whew ! Don't you cr wear anything else with it ? li Mrs. Locutte Oh , yes , a few flowers , of course. Mr. Locutte Well er you'd better get about two dozen sunflowers. When a man refers to the happy days when he was a barefoot boy , it indi cates that his bank account will tide tl him to the grave. Poor men never speak of any happiness in connection with bare feet A girl is as certain to sow her affec tions as a young man to sow his wild a oats. Signs of a Good Milker. When it comes to buying or raising a dairy cow too many neglect to con sider whether the cow , from her gen eral appearance , seems to be fitted to do good work in the dairy or not. Now , it is to be admitted that you cannot ttll certainly whether a cow 'is a deep , rich milker from her general appear ance ; but still , so large a percentage of the high quality cows of the land have certain external signs that have come to be regarded as the marks of a good cow that it is folly to overlook these marks when selecting cows 'ir one's herd. One of these special signs that is extremely important may be comprehended under the term "ca pacity. " In order to turn a large amount of hay , grass , ensilage and grain into A GOOD MILKER. milk and butter a cow.must have a large , deep body and a large udder. The cow illustrated shows the great deep body and the splendid develop ment of udder that characterize the big milkers. A cow's body is a butter ana inilk factory. You cannot expect to make much butter and milk in a small factory. The "wedge-shaped" cow has a deep body where depth Is needed where the machinery of the body is at work converting fodder into dairy prod ucts. ucts.Notice Notice the fullness in the fore part of the udder and how well it runs up behind , with the large , well-placed teats and Its general appearance of large capacity. Such an udder , when milked out dry , will fall in loose , soft folds , like an empty bag. It is a good type to breed to. Plowing : Under Green Crops. While we advocate plowing under green crops , when they are not worth more for stock food th n for manure , we believe that there are some soils where this practice may do injury rather than good. If the soil is light and sandy , lacking nitrogen , or when it is stiff and needs to be made more porous , then almost any green crop is a good manure for it. Where it is low and. wot , and perhaps has too much acid in it , a heavy crop of clover or other green manure will usually be an injury to the succeeding crop , unless it is given also a dressing of lime in some form , and we would prefer to pay more for a good phosphate of lime or fine ground phosphatic rock , with an addition or potash , than to use either slaked lime or sulphate of lime. Yet In a limestone soil we have seen green manuring work wonders , and so it will on land recently cleared , where the bushes and brush 1md been burned on the ground. Phosphates , potash and wood ashes may be put on to grow the green crop , and if used liberally will benefit that and the succeeding crops. Sowed on the surface and har rowed in they do not waste or do any harm if the amount is much more than one crop needs. American Cultivator. How to Set a Hen. Here's a good way to set a hen. The . nest is made in a roomy box , with a cover. Nailed to one side of the box Is a little slat yard , slats on top also , n which water and food are kept con stantly. The hen can go out Into the yard at any time , eat and drink , and : : NEST i-OK A SETTEK. V , las no temptation to wander away and Vin et her eggs get cold. Where several tens are sitting , a contrivance like this or each saves all bother of looking fter them , to see that two do not get n one nest , etc. You put food and water i n the dishes the hen "docs the rest. " J. D. Young , in Farm and Ilome. Enriches Soil. The complete shading of the soil rap- Ily enriches it , even without the appli- ation of manure. It may be that shad- ug causes a deposit of nitrogen from he air ; every farmer knows that wher- ver a stack of hay or straw has stood or several months the ground under- teath is not only enriched , but grows , luch darker in color. Anyone may try i n experiment as follows : Select the loorest spot of ground on the farm. lay ova' a strip of any length , but about , a yard wide , a few inches of straw , and cover with a board , or , if preferred , lay only a board on the ground. If ! the place is seeded to something aftei the covering is removed the difference in growth between the portion previ ously shaded and that not shaded wilj ! be very marked Status of the Farmine Industry. There are 10,438,022 persons engaged in agricultural pursuits , while all oth er industries engage 18,845,000 persons. One-third of the entire area of this country is devoted to tilling of the soil. There are to-day 5.739.G57 farms in the United States , and the value of farm property , including improvements , stock and implements , is $20.514,001,838. The number of farms has quadrupled in the past fifty years , while the value of the farming land to-day is five times as great as the selling price of fifty years ago. More than 1,000,000 farms hav been laid out and fenced in by settlers , principally in the West , in the past ten years. Fifteen thousand farms were given away by the Government during 1901. When the Indian Territory is opened for settlement , about 1904 , 8,000,000 acres of fine farming laud will be offered for sale at low prices , and farming will receive another valuable acquisition to its ranks. There are 306- 000,000 acres of unsettled land in the United States ready for immediate oc I cupancy. The total acreage used for farminc I purposes is 841,000,000 acres an area which would contain England , Scotl. l. land , Ireland , Wales , France , Germany , Austria , Spain , Japan and the Trans vaal , leaving sufficient room for several smaller countries to go in around the edges. None of these countries , or all of them combined , would make a re spectable showing with our agricul : tural products. The value of farm ex ports in 1901 was $951,628,331. R& view of Reviews. : Yields of Cheese From Milk. With ordinary milk the yield is about 2.5 pounds of cured cheese for each pound of butter fat In the milk. The per cent of butter fat In different milks very nearly determines their rel ative values for cheesemaklng. Pro fessor Van Slyke found by a series of experiments that with milk rang ing from 3.4 per cent to 4.4 per cent the amount to each pound of but ter fa * was 2.72 pounds of green cheese , or 2.5 pounds of cured , five weeks. It was found that 5 per cent milk made but 2.4 pounds of cured cheese for each pound of butter fat , but the better quality of the cheese from the richer milk was thought to compensate for the slight difference in quantity. It : will be seen that a hundred pounds of 4 per cent milk made ten pounds of cheese and a hundred pounds of 5 per ' cent milk made twelve pounds of cheese. ) Corn-Huaking Pejj. Miles R. King , of Macoupin County , Illinois , writes in Iowa Homestead as follows : "I have not seen an illustra- tion or tlie new husking peg , and since a great many of your r e ad e r s would like to know about them , 1 send you a sketch of one that I have been using. It will require a short time to become accus tomed to one of them after the old- be fashioned peg has been used , but when ince a person gets used to them he can tr make good headway in taking out corn , rhey are sold in all the markets , and consist of a stout strap with a hook at tached. as seen in the illustration. " Sfr to Successwith Poultry. Those people who do not have good success in hatching eggs under hens , hi usually will not do much better with the incubator. They may be divided into two classes , one that is careless wl ind neglectful , and the other that .s altogether too fussy , who wants to ie stirring the hen , or feeding her. or : u aandling the eggs three or four times fu i day. For either of these to suc- RU eed with the Incubator there must be th i thorough reformation ; a determina- sti don to follow the Instructions given BU jxactly , and do no more and BO less han Is explicitly laid down , and to do eg t by the clock. This can be done , of 1 ourse , but how many can or will settle , - lown to those rules ? w Ideal Animal for Beef. he The first point observed in an ideal ca mirnal of beef type is his form. This vill approximate the rectangular. It vill show a body that is compact , sym- netrical , broad , deep and close to the ground. Legs are onl.r of use to carry he animal around. He is "straight in lis linos" that is , the lines from the op of the shoulder to the tail head , ml from the brisket back to the purse ire : is nearly parallel as possible , as are ilso those from the center of the shoul- lors to the center of the thighs , no devi- ition from the horizontal being allowed he top lino. This will give the form a octangular appearance. Get After the Borers. In August we get after the borers in he orchard. We find them by the wood lust around the stem of the tree. We ro after them with a sharp knife and small wire. If we do not get the job lone in August , we do it In September ; lays Farm Journal. PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR PRAISES PE = RU = NA. Chronic Catarrhai Ailments First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro , Ga. , and Its Pastor and Elder. " " HE day was when men of promi 1" nence hesitated to give their testi monials to proprietary medicines for publication. This remains true to-day of most proprietary medicines. But Pernna has become so justly famous , its merits are known to so manj people of hich and low stations , that no one hes itates to see his name in print recom mending Pernna. The highest men in our nation have given Peruna a strong endorsement. Men representing all classes and sta tions are equally represented. A dignified representative of the Pres byterian Church in the t > erson of Rev. B. 1 G. Smith does iiot hesitate ro state 1I iniblicly that he has used Peruna in his f family and found it cured when other remedies failed. In this statement the Rev. Smith is supported by an elder in lis church. Rev. E. G. Smith , pastor of the Presby terian Church of Greensboro , Ga. , writes : "Having used Peruna in my family for some time , it gives me pleasure to testify to its true worth. "My little boy , seven years of age. had > een suffering for some time with ca- arrh of the lower bowels. Other reme- lies had failed , but after taking two jottles of Peruna the trouble almost en- irely disappeared. For this special nalady I consider it well nigh a specific. WhiteHonae Visitors Counted. Every stranger who enters the vhite bouse at Washington is count- id by an automatic register. The ntsrument is held in the hand of ne of the watchman stationed at he door and for every visitor he ushes the button. Congressman , enators , members of the cabinet and lewspaper men are not counted. Washington Star. jk BnperriBor's Story. Lockport , N. Y. , Oct. 6th. Mr. George P. Penfold , Supervisor for the ? Irst Ward of the city of Lockport. has vrltten the following letter for publi- atlon to the newspapers : "It gives me great pleasure to rec- mmend Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure 'or Kidney Trouble. "My kidneys troubled me more or ess for years and treatment by local hysiclons only gave me partial and emporary relief. "An old friend , knowing my trouble , idvised me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills , oiling me at the same time how much hey had helped h'ni. "I used altogether six boxes and bund a permanent cure. "This was two years ago , and I have tot since been troubled in any way vith pains in the back or any of the iiany other distressing difficulties aris ng from diseased kidneys. " ( Signed ) George P. Penfold , 307 Church St. . Lockport , N. Y. A man seldom wants a thing after ie gets it. For Dr. Fowler's forty years Ex- ract of Wild Strawberry has been tiring summer complaint , dysentery , arrhoea , bloody flux , pain in the tomach , and it has never yet failed do everything claimed for it. The sculptor is obliged to carve out is own figure. ARE YOUK CLOTHJiS FADED ? Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them bite again. Large 2 oz. package 5 cents. . " - * For ] two pies take three lemons , two upfuls of hut water , two tablespoon- uls of cornstarch. two cupf uls of white ugar and four eggs. Grate the rind Into ie water and , together with the corn- tarch , boil for fifteen minutes. Add the ugar and. when cold , the yolks of the ggs and lemon juice , stirring well to- ether. Line two dishes with paste , pour the material and bake. Beat thp -hites stiff with six teaspoonfuls of rhite sugar , pour over the pies while iot , return to the oven and bake a deli- ate brown. "As a tonic for weak and worn * out people it has tew or no equals. " Rev. E. Q. Smith. Mr. M. J. Rossman , a prominent mer chant of Greensboro , Ga. . and an elder in the Presbyterian Church of that , place , has used Peruna. and in a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co. , of Columbus. Ohio , writes as follows : "For a long time T was troubled with catarrh of the kidneys and tried many remedies , all of which gave me no re lief. Peruna was recommended to me by several friends , and after using a few- bottles I am pleased to say that the long- - looked for relief was found and / am now enjoying better health tJian I have for years , and can heartily recommend Peruna to all similarly afflicted. It if certainly a great medicine. " M. J. Rossman. Catarrh is essentially the same wher ever located. Peruua cures catarrh wherever located. If you do not derive prompt ami satis factory results from the use of Peruna , . write at once to Dr. Hartman , giving a full statement of your case , and he will b * pleased to give you bis valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. H.irtman , President of The Hartman SHnitarium , Columbus , Ohio. easiest quirk breakfast : Mrs. Anstin * * Pancakes. Rendj t serve. At grocers. An inmate of an insane asylum in Vienna has to be closely watched to prevent him from standing on his head , which he wants to do all the time. If you wifrh beautiful , clear , whit * clothe * use Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package 5 cents. You can't take a , woman at her face value as long as cosmetics are OD the market. Two million Americans suffer the torturing pangs of dyspepsia. No need to. Burdock Blood Bitters cures. At any drug store. French aeronauts are planning to send a ballloon across the desert of Sahara. Pigeons will be the only passengers. Don't let the little ones suffer from eczema or other torturing skin dis eases. No need for it. Doan's Oint ment Cures. Can't harm the most , delicate skin. At any drug store , 50 cen ts. A happy thought Mr * . Austin's Pancake taste delicious. Your grocer supplies you. Had Been to n Circus , In a small school an inspector was examing a class in geography. He bad failed to puzzle the bright young sters , and in despair demanded ab last to know what is the equator ? There the was a momentary pause , and inspector smiled triumphantly. But the smile had haidly got to its widest limits when a fierce loukin ? bov with a shock of tangled hair growled out the answer "The 'nua- - tor" said he. "is a menagarie Ion running round the earth. " 4 ' The dog catcher's labors should be , f cur-tailed. Potato JHacnit. One cupful of yeast , on cupful of warm water , one cupful of sugar. en ? upful of mashed potatoes , one cupful ) f butter , three eggs. Set to rise in the Tiorning. at noon add the butter and iggs and knead it ; then let It rise like bread. When light , make rnto Rma Biscuits , let them rise and bake in a quick oven. Fwrty-eighb summons cases were disposed of by a Brooklyn magistrate the other day in forty-live minutes , establishing a record for the conrt. A T A * 1ET4 W Y W" % T LABASTIME THE ONLY DURABLE WALL COATING ' Kalsomines are temporary , rot , rub off and scale. SMALL POX and other disease germs are nurtured and diseases dissem inated by wall paper. ALABASTINE should be used in renovating . &l and disinfecting all walls. eanaot thrire. ° ALABASTINE COMPANY , Grand Rapids , Mich.
