Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, November 06, 1902, Image 2
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRA I. Jkl KICE , I'ub iaher. TALENT1NE , NEBRASKA The young King Alfonso of Spain i very inch a boy. It lakes the constant labor of 00,00 jeoplo to make matches for the worlc Silence is golden when a girl pui wes her lips for the benefit of a youn nun. Love for a woman hopelessly beyon ils reach has ruined many a man' sareer. It doesn't take a United States wai fliip long to find a rock if there's on iresent. 1 A successful business man is one wh induces other people to buy what h loesn't want. Again , the trusts may be like the Mis ilssippi River because there is a grea fulf ahead of them. Sir Wilfrid Laurier declined a peer tge. "What an enigma he must be I WHUain Waldorf Astor. Probably Rujjard Kipling's idea o icaren is that it is a place where yoi tOn't meet any of your relatives. All civilized ideas come up out o tagunism ; the only trouble is , some o ihern seem to be drifting back to tin rlgiual starting point. There are forty-cr/ht different specie ! if the house lly , and each one of then laes the polished pate of the bald-head td man for a skating rink. King Alfonso says he's going to mar fy the girl ho wants. That's right /peak up , Alfey , and if she says no hii a good slap on the wrist. Once in a while the fool-killer ueg tects his business and somebody goes through the whirlpool rapids below Ni tgara Falls and escapes alive. Automobile racing has taken the jlai'e of horse-racing at some of tin tounty fairs. As long as the people car it in the stands and be safe let 'en : icorch. Jt is reported that the piano agents ire selling large numbers of these in itrnmcnts to the farmers. Alas ! Has Jie cabinet organ gone the way of ail .kings earthly ? Sixteen bears have been killed within ie city limits of Duluth within a short ime. During the same period quite si lumber have been seriously injured on Ja Salle street , Chicago. Andrew Carnegie is going to build a ( (5,000,000 ( home in London. Before long 't ' Doay be possible for the multi-million- tire to travel around the world and 4cep in his own palace every night. General Lew Wallace has made over ; i,200OCO out of "Ben Llur , " but he mys he would not advise any young nan or young woman to go into lilera- iire , as there is only one "Ben Ilur , " md , of course , but one Lew Wallace. The facts which the last census have Drought out regarding the boy and girl wage-workers of the country are a na- : ional sorrow. Approximately there are 50,000 children in the factories of the South alone. In the North , despite more Igid laws , there are other thousands > f laborers under a fit working age. 3ome day this burden of industrial tvrong will be lightened. We are living longer than our fore fathers did , according to a recent cen sus report This is a fine tribute to medical and sanitary science , but the extension of human life is only slightly revealed in the statement that the aver- ge age at death is rising higher and aigher. Our lives are not measured lolely by the "hours on the dial" and the figures on the mortality lists. In jomfort , In the annihilation of time and ipace , In the provision for the enjoy ment of existence , in the variety of his txperiences , the life of the twentieth entury man far outranks the life of his forebears. A big placard in the window of a 5lothing store reads as follows : The Complete Outfit of a Gentleman for $595. " The display includes every con- teivable article of gentlemen's wear from top to toe , night gown and house illppers included. What do you think f that , you whose annual clothing bill runs under § 100 ? You are no gentle- nan. That is to say , you are no gentle- nan according to the implication con tained in the above legend. You lack f500 worth of being a completed gentle- nan. Ask a child to define the mean- tog of the word gentleman. Nine out of * en will say , "A well-dressed man. " Bow many of them would include a working man , carrying home his din- oer pall , In the category of a gentle- jnan ? Isn't the clothing house legend Correct ? ? Does not commercialism edit Ihe modern lexicography ? The esoteric nan Is not recognized , the exoteric gets ill the credit Who looks for all the jnallties of a gentleman clothed in a § 7 lult ? Yet the qualities are often there. "Che old saying Is untrue. Fine feathers Io make fine birds. Edward Eggleston , one of the oldest | U9 well as the beat known of the coterie of Indiana author * , Is dead. His indus try waa as raried as his life was whole- ftome , for all of bin work was of an ele- rating and uplifting character. He er tered the ministry in 1857 , and fo some time traveled the circuit , am from 1874 to 1879 he was pastor cf th Church of Christian Endeavor inBroofc lyn. In 1870 ill-health compelled bin to retire from the pulpit Prior to hi retirement he had edited several im portant periodicals , among them th Little Corporal of Chicago , tlie-Nationa Sunday School Teacher , and Heart ] and Home , and the Independent of Nev York. After lite retiracy from the min Istry he devoted himself entirely to lit erature and produced a large numbe of biographical sketches , historica works and stories , the best known o the latter being "The Iloosier School master" and "The Circuit Rider. ' While not an author of the first rank his works are extremely popular ant his books for youth are among the bes and most useful of their kind. All hi : literary work , indeed , reflected the hlgl character of the writer. Few persons who are familiar wit ! the genesis of slang and the condition ! under which it flourishes will challeng < the statements of Dr. Edward Brooks head of the Philadelphia public schools to the effect that slang not only culti vates inelegant forms of expression bu results in a lowering of the moral torn of those who use it. On this questior Dr. Brooks takes diract issue with Pro fessor G. Stanley Hall of Clark Uni versity , who is wont to publicly expa tiate upon the usefulness of slang ir aiding boys and girls to acquire "flu cncy of speech. " There is little doubl that the possession of an extended vo cabulary of slang tends to "fluency ol speech. " It naturally induces a readj and easy flow of words , which consti tutes "fluency , " but what kind of flu ency is it ? Why should fluency in the use of incorrect , inelegant speech be en couraged or cultivated in children 01 in grown people ? An easy flow oi words can hardljbe said to be an ac complishment if the words are coarse , vulgar or inelegant distortions of the mother tongue. Neither can it be con tended that such "fluency" induces the habit of accurate expression of ideas. The employment of such a vehicle to convey ideas are unworthy the serious attention or thought of any person who makes any pretension to refinement or rational thinking. Clean thinking and correct speech go together. Pure En glish is naturally the vehicle of pure thought and high ideas. It is impos sible for a person to think ennobling thoughts in slang. Unrefined or vulgar thinking is naturally clad in the ragged rhetorical raiment of the street. The troubles of the bicycle trust have led to expressions of wonderment at the collapse of the bicycle fad , but that had begun before the trust was formed , and there is no mystery as to its cause. Th.1 first of them was a reaction against this common American fault of overdoing things. Men and women half killed themselves by riding too far. Evei\\ pleasure trip became a pleasure exer tion , in which the weaker competitors were painfully exhausted. An absolute disgust for the wheel followed among the victims , many of whom would nev er mount a wheel again after one such heart-breaking and body-racking ride. Another cause was the cheapening of wheels , which brought them within the reach of the plainest people and raised social doubts among the aristocrats , who could afford to pay $150 per wheel. The incursion of the commoners came just in time to save the liverymen , who ivero about to expire , and brought back to the horse some of his old value. An other cause in many places was the de testable condition of city streets and ? ountry roads. Except on a first-class road , a bicycle is a sorrow , and the bi- ycle rider soon exhausts the delights if a few boulevards and an occasional lighway that happens to be in fair eon- lition. He wants variety and novelty ivithout getting them at the cost of ter- iiically hard labor and of considerable jodily peril. It is said besides that the exercise is not as beneficial as some oth- > rs. but under favorable conditions it iffords u pleasant means of getting ibout and seeing town and country , iud the probabilities are that the pres- > nt reaction will be followed by a per- od of increasing and healthy demand 'or wheels. In fact dealers and repair nen say that this period hasalready ) egun. Troubles of Map-Making. The geological survey of the United States has issued a report showing that .Ithough twenty years has been devot- d to mapping out the country , the arger part of it is still unsurveyed. In ome of the Western sections the work 3 attended with the greatest difficulties nd dangers. Recently a party sent to nap northern Montana was obliged by he severity of the weather to climb ! alf mountain no fewer than eight lines the last 1.300 feet on foot be- ore an opportunity was presented to et a photograph of the surrounding ountrj' . The photographic method is mployed in all such wild regions. Vhen the negatives were finally se- ured it was after waiting all day In a riving snowstorm. Then there was a ill of a few seconds , during which six napshots were made. During the other even days the snow was unremitting. Cowpea as Fodder. Tests made by H. J. Waters of the xperiment station at Columbia , Mo. , ; ave demonstrated that cowpea hay or lover hay is superior to timothy as ough feed for fattening cattle. He aade three tests , using steers of differ- nt ages each time , and found that the nimals gained much more flesh on the o\vpea and clover hay than on the tim- thy. This description , we believe , fits all oys : They are never on band when ranted to d anything. OLD- * FAVORIT LITTLE BREECHES. [ don't go much on religion , 1 never ain't had no show ; But I've got a middlin' tight grip , sir , On the handful o' things I know. I don't pan out cm the prophets , And free-will , and that sort of thing- But I b'lieve in ( Jod and the angels Ever since one night last spring. I come into town with some turnips , And my little Gabo came along No four-year-old in the county Could boat him for pretty and strong Peart , and chippy , and sassy , Always ready to swear and fight And I'd larnt him to chaw terbacker .Tost to ket-p his milk-teeth white- . The .snow came down like a blanket As I pa sod by Taggart's stores I went in for a jug of molasses And left the team at the door. They scared at something and started I heard one little squall , And hell-to-split over the prairie Went team , Little Breeches , and all. the prairie ! Hcll-to-split over I was almost froze with skeer ; But we rousted up some torches , And searched for 'em far and near. At last we struck horses and wagon , Snowed under a soft , white mound , Upset , dead heat but of little Gabe No hide nor hair was found. And here all hope soured on me Of my fellow-critter's aid I jest Hopped down on my marrow-boues. . Crotch-deep in the snow and prayed. * * * * * * By thisthe torches was played out. And me and Isrul Parr Went off for some wood to a sheepfold That he said was somewhar thar. We found it at last , and a little shed Where they shut up the lambs at uigat. We looked in and seen them huddled thar , So warm , and sleepy , and white , And thar sot Little Breeches and chirped. As peart as ever you see , 'I want a chaw of terbacker , And that's what the matter of me. " How did he git thar ? Angels. He could never have walked in that storm. They jest ttooped down and toted him To whar it was safe and warm. And I think that savins a little chilrl , And fetching him to his own , Is a durned sight better business Than loafing around the Throne. John Hay. FOR A HUDSON BAY RAILWAY. Dream of Canadians Now Likely to Become a Reality. The statement a few days ago that the Canadian government has equipped a. party which will begin at once the exploration of the vast wilderness ly ing north of the Great Lakes seems to indicate that the project for a Hud son Bay railway , which has been a iream for many years , may become a reality in the near future. Little is xiiown of the character of the co\m- try between the lakes and James' jay , but what has been heard from milters and Indian guides leads to the relief that the section is wealthy , with leposits of coal and ore. with great 'orests , and with land suitable for agri culture. The ta. k of surveying these exten sive tracts will be a stupendous one , md the Canadian government does not ixpect that the labors of the survey- ng party will be completed within : wo yars. Although Canadians realized the vealth of the Hudson Bay country , and : alked about a railroad for it for more Jian twenty years , they finally were 'orced to stand aside and watch Arner- can capital do the business. The first ; tep wastaken , something over a year igo , when a road was built north from 3ault Ste. Marie into the forests in : he Moose River country , chiefly to : arry pulp to the mills at the "Soo. " iVhile it is by no means certain that his road will ever get as far north as Fames' Bay , it is headed that way. From the "Soo' ' to Moose Factory , he southernmost point of James' Bay , s a distance of about oOO miles. The Ioose river , from its headwaters at Brunswick Post , seventy miles north if the Canadian Pacific line , is 425 niles long , and the road would follow ts course for the most part , not much .llowance being made for deviations. ? he upper stretches of the river run or considerable distances through nuskeg , or swampy land , and for a ang stretch the surrounding country , hough heavily timbered , is compara- ively level. It would not offer any more dif- icult problems of engineering in rail oad building than have been solved atisfactorily in the pineries and wamp lands in northern Minnesota nd Wisconsin. It is not certain that the stories of he vast mineral wealth of the Moose iver country are justified , for little respecting has been done. But aside rom the timber , a rich farming coun- ry undoubtedly could be opened along lie valley of that river by a railroad , ten who have traveled through from tie American line to James' Bay re- ort abundant evidence of the rich fcr- ility of the soil. With a railroad , that section , now a esolate waste , would become one of ie richest agricultural sections of Can- da. The argument made against its gricultural development is that short jasons would make diversified agricul- ire impossible and that grain would ot thrive. Those familiar with the country , owever , report tbat the season along the Moose river is not so much snorte than that of Manitoba , one of th greatest wheat belts of the world. Fi ty miles south of James' Bay the cl mate is not affected by the changes c the sea. Every Hudson Bay post ha Its garden patch , where all kinds o vegetables are raised. The development of these rich fara ing lands would , it is thought , be a bi investment for any road. The Moos river drops 1,000 feet in 423 miles , ane being a constant succession of rapids offers wonderful opportunities for mar ufaciuring through the development o its water power. WAS A FAMOUS FIGHTER. Portrait of Gen. Clark Hjinjis in th War Department. In the otlice of the Secretary of Wa there hangs a fine oil portrait of Gen George Rogers Clark , which is of inter est just at the present time , as it is tin Gen. Clark who figures prominently ii a popular novel and play. Moreover the painting attracts additional interes from the fact that its origin and hoA it reached its present place are ques tions which no one now in the War De partmcnt seems to be able to answer The portrait shows the General in th < old buff and blue uniform of our fore fathers' times , saj's a writer in tin Cleveland Plain Dealer. His face ii rather of the puritanical type , with i high forehead , close-set lips and a firu and rather sharp chin. Gen. Clark was born in Albemarh County , Virginia , in 17.r > 2 , but spent tht greater part of his life in Kentucky ant : Indiana. In 1778 he raised a small vol unteer force in Virginia , crossed th ( Ohio , reduced nearly all the Britisl : posts between the Mississippi and the great lakes and arrested the incursions of the Western Indians. His marches through the pathless wilderness were sc rapid that he generally took the enemy by surprise , his prudence so great thai he rarely lost a man , and his daring has never been surpassed. In attacking A'in- cennes in February , 1779. he was five days'in wading his army across the val ley of the Wabash , flooded with melted snows for a breadth of six miles , gener ally waist deep and sometimes up to the shoulders an exploit that paralleled Hannibal's crossing of the Thrasymene marsh. Gen. Clark was variously employed by the State of Virginia and the United States up to 17SG in maintaining pos session of the western country and sup pressing Indian hostilities. lie died in ISIS near Louisville1 , Ky. Tin's conquest anel armed occupation ) f the northwest territory bj * Gen. 31ark was made the ground on which ihe Count de Vergennes anel the Ameri can commissioners obtained for the United States , by the treaty of 1783 , a boundary on the line of the great lakes nstead of the Ohio River. THEY OWN 700,000 ACRES , A-nd Over 3OOOO Head of Cattle Roam on Their Lands. It requires no small degree of finan- ial genius anel administrative ability o acquire and maintain a tract of land 700,000 acres in ex tent. On this area from 30,000 to 40- 000 head of cattle are constantly roaming and fatten- 1 n g for market. Land and cattle are owned by the fa mous Turkey Track Cattle Company , which operates in u. v. i'Ae KAUD. Sonora. M e x i c o , md in Arizona. Its members are Bur- lett Aden Packard and W. C. Greene , 'ackard is a native of Portville , N. Y. U 23 he located in Pennsylvania and vent into the oil busness , remaining intil 18S2 , when he located in Arizona , ettling at Tombstone. There he took i ] ) mining , and later went into the attle business. AH Sirloin. Ilolman F. Day's "Pine Tree Bal- : uls" tells in verse a number of stories hat actually happened "down , in laine , " and are remembered there to ny by old narrators. One relates to .arney McGaulelric , a landlord of that tate , at whose house famous men lik- d to stay , that they might enjo3 * a aerry joke. Barney was always loyal to his rieiuls. At one time a new meat deal- r caine to town , and tried to secure lie lanellord's trade. "I have always bought meat of Jed laskell , " said Barney , "and I guess won't change. " "But , " said the other , "old Haskell oesn't know his business. He doesn't ven know how to cut meat. " " " drawled "I've al- "Well , Barney , - rays found that he knows enough bout it to cut sirloin steak clear to the orn , and that's good enough for me. " Blindness Is Increasing. The proportion of sightless to seeing ersons has been watched with especial iterest in Great Britain and the lat- st statistics indicate that it has fallen i a half century from about 1,020 in ie million to some 870 , or more than i per cent. This decline has been so med as to show pretty conclusively mt it is the result of better conditions C living , improved surgery and doubt- iss a decrease in the ratio of perilous > non-perilous employments for the lasses of the people. A woman gives birth to a boy , and , ith care and devotion , raises him to ars , and makes a man of him. After venty-five or thirty years of her influ- ice he marries , and In six months they e saying his wife "made" him. It is as hard for a new husband to ire up to expectations as It Is for the ilef mourner at a funeral. The United States produces 25 pe cent of the world's coal. A combine of all the peanut factorie in Virginia is under way. Mrs. J. C. Smith will supervise th. construction of the lake channel in th < St. Louis fair grounds for her hus band. During July the Pressed Steel Ca Company turned out an average of 10J cars per day , of a total value of ? 3 , 2oO,000. It Is told that the gross membershii of the labor organizations who are con nected with the American Federatior of Labor exceeds 1,000,000. An attempt is being made to con solidate the leading malleable iror foundries of the country , with capita ! from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000. One of the results for England ol the Boer war is that the wages of tin working people fell off nearly $8,000 , 000 last year , as compared with the previous one. New York capitalists are promoting a $25,000.000 trust to take in all the ax manufactories , handle manufactories and grindstone factories in this coun try and Canada , the plants to be op erated under one management. The production of iron ore in France is centered principally in three districts that of the northeast , or the Meur- theet-Moselle , is the most important , producing 4,500,000 tons of the 5,500- 000 tons or iron ore mined in France annually ; that of the Pyrenees , pro ducing 250,000 tons , and that of Nor mandy , 150,000 tons. The monks who manufacture the Chartreuse liquor in France have let to an American syndicate for ninety- nine years their cloister , factory and grounds , Including the mountains where the wild plants required for the liquor are gathered , together with the recipes and good will. The rental is said to be $2,000,000. A census report on the manufacture of locomotives in the Uniteel States during the census year 1900 fixes the number turned out at 3.040 , of which 2,774 were built in twenty-eight inde pendent establishments and 272 in tAventy-six railroad shops. The inde pendent concerns employ an aggregate capital of $40,813,793 , and pay $10- ? i'Vi4 ! for wages. Cornelius Vanderbilt , the millionaire inventor , keeps half a dozen mechan ical draughtsmen busy on drawings > f his inventions. When in New York jity Mr. Vanderbilt spends most of his : ime with these draughtsmen in his of ice on the seventeenth floor of a busi- icss block on Broadway , where may be ; een models and drawings of fire boxes , ioal cars and other devices Avhich he las patented. Statistics compiled by Carroll D. iVright show that the business of tak- ng summer boarders footed up the ather startling sum of $ GG09,3G4 in s'ew Hampshire alone in 1899 , and it las , to all appearances , steadily in- ireased since. Not sentimental results ilone have followed Governor Kollins * ngenious conception of the institution if "Old Home Week. " The annual visit if so many of the sons and daughters if the State from all over the country tas revived their recollection of the greeuble New England summer cli- nate and has boomed the summei loarder industry. Ben Tillett , who has returned to Condon after a tour among the labor rganizations of the United States , has ssued liis report on the position of American labor. Pie dwells upon the nioyant and hopeful demeanor of the rorkers , and the prevailing franker nd more businesslike relations be- ween capital and labor than prevails : i England. The power of unionism eemed to be growing. American em- loyers are more scientific than those tiere , and the worker does not give the maximum of work for the minimum f wages , as he does in England. Til- } tt maintains that in England the ighe&t quality of skill and energy is laimed by the employers to constitute hat they call average ability. In .merica , on the other hand , superior roficiency always received extra com- ensation. Trials of the Dry Goods Clerk. ' ' V'l Clerk This Louis XVI. material is $1G a yard. Customer Well , haven't you any Louis XXX. for 30 cents ? Sound Sleep. We sleep the soundest between three and five o'clock in the morning. An hour or two after going to bed yon sleep very soundly ; then your slumber grows gradually lighter , and it Is easy enough to waken you at one or two o'clock. But when four o'clock cornea- yon are In such a state of somnolence that it would take a great deal to wak en you. j 20 MILLION BOTTLES SOLD EVERY YEAR. * ' TRADE MARK * - Happiness Is the absence of pain , and mil lions have been mads happy through being cured by ST JACOBS OIL of RHEUMATISM. NEURALGIA. TOOTHACHE. HEAD ACHE. LAMENESS. SCALDS. BURNS. SPRAINS. BRUISES and all rains forwhlch an external remedy can be applied. It never fails to cure. Thousands who have been de clared Incurable at baths and In hospitals have thrown away their crutches , being cured after using ST. JACOBS OIL. Directions In eleven languages accompany everbottle. . CONQUERS PAIN Justice of the Peace Ilonry Bundy , . of Jersey City , recently married Mrs. Mary Becker , and the ceremony wat performed before a mirror. The bridegroom officiated as the minister , and , looking in the glass asked tt usual questions of his own reflection , and answered them himself. Then- he pronounced the couple man and wife , kissed the bride twice , onc for the jusicte , and once for the groom , and then started on his honey moon trip. A Wonderful PilL Freedom , Mo. , Nov. 3. A splendid remedy has recently been introduced in this neighborhood. It is called Dodd's Kidney Pills , and it has cured Rheu matism right and left. On every handi may be heard stories of the remarka ble recoveries and from what has been stated already there seems to be no case of Rheumatism that Dodd's Kid ney Pills will not cure. One of those who has already tested the virtue of Dodd's Kidney Pills if Katie Anderson of this place , who says : " ' for Dodd's Kid "I can't say enough ney Pills. They have helped me so much. I suffered very severely with Rheumatism. Five boxes cured me completely. They are certainly the most wonderful medicine I have ever used. " Osage County abounds in just such cases and If the good work keeps on there will soon be no Rheumatism , left in this part of the State. A professional "Wild Mao 01 Borneo , " named Calivn Bird , a ne- ; ro , went to a hospital at Syracuse , N. Y. , to have his horns removed. [ Jnder bis scalp a silver plate bad aeen ingeniously inserted , in which stood two standaids. Into these standards , wben he was on exbibi- ; -ion , Bird had screwed two goat's iorns , and thousands of people bav * > aid f see bis horns and hear him PUTNAM FADELESS DYES pro- luce the brightest ami fastest colors. The Cathedral of Gothenburg , vrhich was only built in 1815 , tbreat- ns to collapse. Mrs. Austin1 * fnmnns Rm-kwhont makri he lini' t Km-kwhoat rnkos. Itcsidv in a t. At-k for it. Itcfnsp substitutes. France's Scciety of Dramatic Ar bors collects fcr its clients son c 850.000 a year. Mr . Austin's Hiu-kwli it is tlip rrnl thins : Ivos you tin1 real m-nninc old Inirkwhrat iavor. I'p 'Jiirp and cot the No amount of millinery can evd perate as a substitute for a woman'd weet smile. Energy all gone ? Headache ? Stom- cb out of order ? Simply a case 01 orpid liver. Burdock Blood Bitter ? nil make a new man or woman ol ou. An Irisuman in speaking of an ac Dr said : "He acts the part of z ead man true to life. " Piso's Cure for Consumption cured m f a tenacious and persistent cough. Vm. H. Harrison , 227 W. 121st street 'ew York. March 23. 1901. What a relief it would be if musi- ians were born instead of being mad y practice. Gnncl > p-wshy Wliolesftle. A postal card sent from Billville t ne of the absent brethren reads : "Dear JimNuthin' but gord ews to tell you : Your crap paid oil je mortgage , your brother broke nt o : jail , an' your daddy has jesl ut $1,000 out the railroad for run- in' over his leg. Ain't Providence rovidin' ! ' Atlanta Constitution. Nrvrent Imported DoIIieH. Violets , roses and daises have dis- ppeared fiom the doilies used foi jremonial table setting. The new- it importations are plain white , is eavy Irish embroidery. CASTOR I A Tor Infants and Children. he Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the signature of HAMLIN'S WIZARD OIL SORE FEET ALL DRUGGISTS SELL JT