THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M RICE EDITOR
tl.1H ) Per Year in Advance
PUBLIMIIED EVERY THUIWDAY.
at the rout-office at Valentine , Cherry
oountv. NehraitcA , an Second-olais matter.
8TATK OFFICERS
EZIIA P. SAVAOK , Governor.
C. F. STKKI.K. Lieut. Governor.
GKO. W. MAltHH. Secretary nf State.
CHAR. WKBTOX , Auditor Tub , Accts.
WM STKUKKU. Treasurer.
FIIAMC N. I'KOUT , Atty. General.
GEOH < ; B FOWLKII , Com. Tub. Lands and
LKK IlAKiiMAK. Librarian.
U. 8. SENATORS
H. MILLARD.
CHAK. 11. DIKTUICH.
CONGRESSMEN
RLMUK.J. BCUKKTT. Rep. 1st Di.st.
DAVID II. MKIIC.KK , Rep. 2nd Dist.
JOHN J. Roui.vsON.Fns. 3rd Dist.
WM. L. STAKK , us. 4th Dist.
A. C. SHALLKKUKKUKK , Fus 5th Dist ,
WM. NEVILLE , Fus. CthDist.
COUNTY OFFICERS
W. C. Sir ATTVCK , Treasurer.
C. S. RKKCK , Clerk.
W , R.lowjfK. JndKo.
L. N. LAYI-OUT. Sheriff.
A. M. MoimiHSKT. Attorney.
ETTA BKOWX , Superintendent.
"Lsnor LEACH , Surveyor.
ALFHEU LEWIS. Coroner.
COUNTY UOMMISSIONEKS
W. E. HALKV , 1st Dist.
ALEX BURK. 2nd Dist.
L. LAUKRK , 3rd Dist.
Charles II. Faulhaber
Brownlee
Breeder of
Rec'st'd Ilerelords
o
Hyam , No. 74,538.
at bead of herd.
Young bulls from 6
to 18 months old
for sale.
HENRY AUGUSTON
Blacksmith
Itrownlee , Nebr.
Docs general blackBmithiiigathard
times prices for cash.
PAT HETT
Valentine , Nebr.
Good , Hard Rook for sale in any
quantity.
H.M , CRAMER ,
City Deliveryman ,
Trunks , valises and packages hauled to and
from tho depot and all parts of the City.
{ "Telephone 12.
W. A. KTMBELL
Barber
First-class Shop in Every Respect
Euu de Quinine Hair Tonic , Golden Star hair
Tonic , Herpicide and Coke's Dandruff Cure.
Try Pompeian Face Massage Cream
LEROY LEACH
County Surveyor
Valentine or Woodlakc
GENERAL- UK PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
JOHN PORATH
Riege , Kebr.
Tubular wells and Eclipse wind
mills.
A. M. MOKKISSEY
f Attorney at Law
Valentine , X < kbr.
A. N. COMPTON
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Quigley & Chapman's
Drug Store. Nights The Don-
oher residence , Cherry Street.
Edward S. Furay
Physician and Surgeon
Office Fraternal Hall or El- i
at/
liott's Drug Store. P (
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F. M. WALCOTT
ATTORNEY AN ABSTRACTER
Valentine , Nebr.
Practices in District Court and U. S. Land (
Office. Real Estate and Hanch Property
bouchrand sold. Bonded Abstractor.
The Democrat
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Job Work.
F. E. AH. V.R.B.
TIME TABLE
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K81No. . 27 Frt. Dally 2:33 P. M.
No. 25 " except Sunday 0:40 A. . M
No. 3 Passenger Dally 12:4 : ! > A. M.
EAST BOUND
No. 28 Fit. Dally CM A. M.
No,2fl except Sunday 5:00P.M.
NO. 4 Passenger Daily 4:47 A. M.
SOCIETIES ,
K. of I . ChERUY LODGE NO. 1G9. meets 1ft
and 3rd Friday or each month at 8:30.
M. V. NICHOLSON , MAKTIN CHRISTENSEN ,
C. 0. KoIR. & . S.u
VAI'K\T1.\KJLOI > GKVO. 031.O.O. F
Meets Thursday nijjut each week ,
AMOS RANDALL , J. T. KEKLEY ,
N. ( J. Sec'y.
JLODGK A. F. A
A- 31A'O. . | She. Meets 2st Tu > sday each mouth
T. C , HOKNBV , W , W , THOMPSON ,
W. M. Sec'y.
A-O. U. IV. NO. 70. Meets 1st and 3rd Moil
day ol each month.
\v. A , PKTTYCIIKW , U. U , DUNN ,
M. W. Keconlet.
! > * : < ; KRKQK I1O\OIC ! VO. 11O.-Meets
2ud and 4th Monday each month ,
W. A.PETTYCHKW ,
C. of 11. Recorder.
31. W. A. Meets lat and 3rd Weduesdays each
month.
ai. V. NICHOLSON , W. K , UALKY ,
v.(5. Clerk
rKATKKXALi UMO.V NO. 56Meeti ,
every SHturua Lij.li
J. A.UUUNKACK , E. D , CLAHK ,
F , M. Sec'y.
UO\'AIi A'ElGHBOllS.-Meets 2nd auu
4th WediiebdayB each month.
MAKY QUIULKY , MINNIE DANIEL ,
uraclu. Kec.
and daughter * of Protection
\o. 6. Meets 2nd and 4th Fridays each
munth.
A. , K. I'KTTYCRinv , W , A. PKTTVCKEV ,
Ptes. Sec'y
ICoyul IlishlanclerM , Devon Castle Xo.
2U1. Meets 2nd Friday eaca mouth.
EuCLAuic , . .E. HALEY ,
1. P. " Sec'y.
MILL PRICES FOR FEED ,
ttranr bulk 75 per cwt 114.00 ton
Shorts bulk 85 per cwt 116.00 IOD
Screenings 70c " 113.00
Chop Feed . . . .1.05 " | 20.UO "
Corn 95 " $18.00 "
Chop corn 1.00 " $19.00"
Oats 1.20 " $23.00"
ETTA BROWN
SUPF , PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Examination Third Saturday of each
month and Friday preceding.
VALENTINE NEBRASKA
Paint ,
Wall Paper ,
Calcimine.
Brushes ,
Pure Linseed Oil
Varnishes
AT-
Christensen's.
Moses & Hoffacker.
Simeon , Nebr
K on richt or left
Q on left Jaw. II on left side. H on left thigh
S. N. Moses. Jj
Jjii Jjs
ii
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shoulder liL
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SEQUAH (3267)
Dark brown , Foaled Nov. 24th : ,
1889. Sire "Nimrod" (1066) ) , by
(867) ) . Sequah's dam 289 Lady-
"Oomet" (151) ( ) , by "Eclipse" (191) ( )
by "St. Giles'(687) ) by "Wildiire" a
of
bird F. S. Vol. 7 by Kestless T. B. U
Sequah's G. dam by Larrywheat ai h
T. JJ. )
He will stand for season of
1902 at Shermaia's barn. ti
tid
J. W. STETTER. Cl
Owner * r
MENTAL TENSION.
Ilard to RcnlJr.e the Difficulty of
Keeping : a Xatarnl Pose.
We never know how active our Im
aginations can be till we let them out
or till they get the better of us for
some reason. A major in the army
recently admitted that whm he went
into action for the lirst time he was so
scared that he did not know which
way was north , but he had an over
whelming desirf to reach it , wherever
It was. Yet. after six or eight hnttlcR
and after being wounded a connle of
tlme.s. he regarded battles very much
as people hereabout regard the evening
fight at the Manhattan end of the
bridge , says the Hrooklyn Eagle.
Cases of wanting to run when bullets
fly are by no means difficult to find.
But a young soldier in Brooklyn con
fesses to a more queer experience. Ills
regiment was in camp and had been
ordered out for dress parade , as usual.
When lined up for inspection , every
man as stiff as a ramrod and not n
white glove moving , this young man ,
a lieutenant , began to ask himself :
"Suppose I should slip , or anything , to
break the quiet ? Suppose I should
fall ? " The Idea of falling kept grow
ing in Ills mind till before the Inspec
tion was over and the regiment was
allowed to use its feet once more he
could hardly keep on his legs nnd was
in a great sweat of agony from the
dread of tumbling over and making nn
exhibition of himself.
People who have never tried it do not
realize how hard it is to stand abso
lutely still and yet appear interested
and at case. Artists' models succeed
at it. especially those in Italy , and will
hold a pose not too difficult for an hour.
Actors , when they group about the man
In the center of the stage , who is en-
joyinu all the limelight and how they
hate them for it are required to keep
still , so as not to distract attention from
the great man's sayings nnd motions ,
and because they must group in such a
way as to form a picture and keep it
till it can be realized by the eyes in
front. I'ut this enforced statuesque-
ness is hard on the stipes. They are
not used to it. When they are put un
der the strain , and when as Roman
warriors they must stand jit the bak
without winking while BniMior Vir-
ginius or some oilier pontirro'i-i prvnn
unbosoms himself respective lorn or
politics , they are in a MivJi.v ! ! r\
One Kiirh last Kcasnn who coi'M PO les
ser abide It to l ! : ; ' ? to the .svij'-iv'y ' . >
the head man pilcbed ovct oa Ins f.-ico
and had to be lugged out by the arms
to the spoiling of the scene.
Ralticn Never Get Sensick.
"Babies never get Ptvifick. I have
carried thousands of them In my time. "
said an American line steward , accord-
! nc to the Philadelphia Record , "and
in rough wcati-er I have neon their fa
ther.1 ? , mothers , broUiern nnd sisters
keel over like soldiers before a cannon
ball ; but not ? o with the babies.
Whether It be rot'sh or smooth at
sen , a baby is always an excellent
sailor rosy , jolly and with the appe
tite of a horse. Do you know the ex- ;
planatlon of this singular fact ? It is'
as simple as the fact in strange. I a-
bles don't grt wasirk because they are
accustomed lo the rocking of the cra
dle. That movement in innch like the
rocking of a ship. A baby aboard ship ,
therefore. IK merely a baby in an un
usually big cradle , and there Is nothing
odd to him about the rock.'ng. for It is
what he has been accuste'iied to all
his life. "
of Boxen.
A box 4 inchfs square and 4 1-5
inches deep will contain one quart ; 8
inches long by 4 inches wido. ard 4 o
inches deep , one-half gallon ; 8 inches oa
long by S 2inches wide and 4 inches ii
deep , one gallon : 8 inches square and iis
8 2inches deep , one peck : K incliPP long P
by 8 2-5 inches wide and 8 inches deep , Pti
one-half bushel ; in inches square and tin
8 2-3 inches deep , one bushel : 14 inches SI
wide. 23 Iinches long and 10 inches SIc
deep , one and a half bushels ; 24 inches
long by 1(5 ( Inches wide and 14 inches
deep , two and a half bushels : 24 inches
long by 115 inches wide and 28 inches
deep , five bushels.
Rainirntcr Good if You Like It.
"When a man gets used to drinking [
rainwater , " said a New Orleans man to
the Washington Post , "there is no other
water in the world that tastes HO good. tc
Most of the people in New Orleans
have cisterns in their yards which hold
an abundant supply of water caught
from the clouds , the purest and best
in the world , according to my notion. sc
The winter rainfall alone is used , the
summer catch not being desirable. It in
that in northern
IB somewhat curious re
latitudes the cistern water does not
keep wholesome and sweet us it docs
in ! our country. "
to
Hado Time. tl
The Boy's Father Madam , let me V
ask if your daughter knows how to run ni
house can cook , for example , and tli ;
nurse the sick , meud clothes and , in fit
fact , is familiar with all tho multifari frt
ous details of domesticity ? lo
The Girl's Mother Certainly uot. sir ! nt
Why. if she had learned all those Is
things , her education would have been
neglected. Judge.
A Chancre. hi
"Well , " said Xonh as he hunted for
dry spot on the top of Ararat , "a lot cii :
] people came down to the pier to josh
us when we started , but I don't see ad
any of them around to poke fuu at our
home > coming. ' ' Life.
How It Happened. ur
Judge How did you come to club pr
this man so severely ?
Officer Well , yer honor , he kept parI'l
fictly shtill an * wudn't dodge a single I'j
crack Oi made at him. Judge.
He who gives a trifle meanly is mean- \ .
tUac the trifle. M
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SLEEP ON A COLD SMOKE.
an Kmpty Pipe Said to Be an
Innotnnln Cure.
After giving a fair and patient trial
to each of many alleged cures for
sleeplessness the writer stumbled across
a simple method of inducing somno
lence that has the merit of being harm
less and inexpensive. To smokers the
remedy involves no cost whatever , but
of nonsmokers the capital outlay of
the price of a pipe is required. It must
be a wooden pipe and curved , not
straight.
Having retired for the night , the suf
ferer should lie perfectly flat ou his
back , discarding pillow rests , and puff
steadily at an empty pipe until he feels
thoroughly drowsy. Thedesired result
usually is achieved after from about
sixty to n hundred puffs have been
made. The pulling should be done
slowly , with a deep inhaling movement.
The expelling motions must be made
Kcliberately with narrowed mouth.
During the entire operation the pipe
should not be removed , as each displac
ing and replacing movement tends to
wakefulness.
Those capable of great concentration
of thought should , if smokers , imagine
they see volumes of smoke , and those
who eschew the burning weed will be
helped by counting the puffs.
As sleep is often successfully wooed
while yet the pipe is in the mouth ,
bowls of meerschaum or clay are not
recommended , since these are liable to
be broken when the coming of slumber
allows the pipe to slide from the
mouth. Nervous people may be reas
sured that there is no danger in falling
asleep with the stem edge of a curved
pipe caught between one's teeth. Sleep
always occasions the grip to be re
moved. That may hold also of straight
pipes , but for other and obvious rea
sons these are less suitable than those
with curved stems. Xew York Mail
and Express.
LONDON'S LORD MAYOR.
Hln Power n "Well un the Area He
Knlen In Limited.
The lord mayor of London is not the
all powerful official he Is thought to be
on tho continent. lie is not the mayor
of all London , but only of the city of
Londond tho City is but frac
tion of thr whole , Greater London has ,
ronjihly. a population of (5,000,001) ( ) , but
in the 050 acres that comprise the C'ity
ih'.V" Its a resident population at night
of only S6.000 and by day of little over
300,000. And even Within this area the
powers of tho lord mayor and of the
tweuty-six aldermen and the two hun
dred odd common councilors are by no
means autocratic.
Much of what used to lie within his
and their province has been taken over
by the London county council. In fact ,
the average Londoner never thinks of
the lord mayor as an edict making ,
law giving ofiicial. HP stands altogeth
er apart in the popular mind from ques
tions of rates and assessments , schools
and police. Very few people could say
what legislative functions , if any , he
fulfills. They may have heard that he
Is the chief magistrate of the courts ,
but beyond that their knowledge of his
precise duties docs not stray. It is the
social and decorative side of his posi
tion that impresses the public. The
lord mayor irf never without his badge
and rarely without his robes and chains
of office , lie rides abroad in a magnif
icently gilded coach , with powdered
coachmen nnd footmen in cocked hats
and silk knee breeches , sending a gleam
of gold through the dirty drab of Lon
don.
don.The
The lord mayor's show on Xov. ! ) is
0:10 of England's few annual pageants
and. uncouth as it Is , har a warm place
in the hearts of the populace , and. be
sides : all this , he has some rights and
proviicires of100 year : ? ' standing. Xo
troops may pass tho City boundaries
without his leave. The sovereign him
self has lo ask permission to enter the
city : walls , jr.sr as h ? has to ask for
i-- -i\ io oilier the bouse of com- ,
55un.Jirper's Weekly. ,
Her Trick.
A rjim.r-K-Touy old farmer , who
. ; a r cd with nnything his
! S" I. .ID , ciimc home one wet
lay : : : H ! . paring his back to the tire.
sto 'l : ' > " dry. .
Af'.f.i- . ! little time his wife turned
him iiiiil said :
"John , you'd better watch yoiirsel * or
vou'll burn your flannels. "
To which John replied :
a
"I thiuk I'll need to burn my trou-
sers first. " J
"Indeed. John , you'll need to do naeth-
ing of tho kind. They're burnt al-
ready. " London Tit-Bits.
b
bh
Improve * h
It is a solemn duty devolving ou nil
make the Utmost possible out of
s
themselves. : Men seek the highest de-
tt
relopmcnt of their tiock and herds
ind grain imd flowers. The result is
he improved flora and fauna of those
those of . Dut
lays over prior ones. ti
should this evolution cca. e with the
order ? Should the of
ower body cre-
itlon improve and not the hcud , which alhi
?
man
hi
Hi * Line. taa
Hook So he is n poet , eh ? What is
ils particular line ? aihi
lie
Nye The Market street line prin- tl
lpnlly. althnigli 1 occasionally see his
erses in some of the other cars. Phil-
idelphia Record.
lo
lool
ol
IVIint Did He Mean ? olci
ci
Patient ( after giving the doctor ? 3
In
ind receiving a prescription' Dut sup-
se. doctor , this doesn't cure me ? stC
C (
Doctor- that case come back , and
Iu
11 relieve you again. Detroit Free Iuh
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It 1 is stated that on the lower Elbe no
.
ilL-iur nr farm is free from malaria.
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EARMER LIFE IDEAL
THE LOT OF THE TILLER OF THE
r/L ! IS TO BE ENVIED.
Drnd rea In CKr Shop * KiiovrOth -
inc of His Independence , a ad Jkl-
thonjfli the V nrU In Hard nnd In-
ceisant the Reward In Sore.
If some of the farmers who are dis
couraged because they have not made
a fortune off their farms and who feel
inclined to envy their brother toilers In
the city , imagining that life in the city
is more desirable than theirs , easier
and filled with plenty of leisure to en
joy all the pleasures with which the
rustic imagination gilds and glorifies
those distant scones and activities ,
they need only try to find out their
mistake. "Far fields are greon" and
lose much of their attractiveness upon
a nearer view.
To the city man of ordinary means
and opportunities , who. like the ordi
nary farmer , has no bank account to
fall back upon in case of emergency ,
life is one "uemnition grind" and with
out the soothing influences of nature
that surround the farmer to quiet the
ferer and unrest with which the strug
gle , competition and turmoil around
him keep his nerves on the rack day
after day. As a rule , such men are not
their own masters , but must order
their speech , demeanor and inclinations
to please the powers that have control
over their daily doings in order to keep
bread in the mouths and clothes on the
backs of both themselves and their
families.
The farmer , if he does not feel well ,
can rise in the morning at whatever
hour it pleases him so to do. for an
hour or so or a day or two docs not
make much difference in his affairs ,
except at the most critical periods of
planting and harvesting , lie can have
his own opinions , and voice them , too ,
on politics and religion and all the
stirring questions of the day without
fear of antagonizing the powers that
be , who can "sack' him if his views
and opinions do not happen to coincide
with those of his masters or "over-
lord" ( the boss ) .
That the farmer is a hard worker no-
body can deny. Tilling the soil is not
easy work. Since God gave the com
mand to man to "earn his bread by the
sweat of his face" the farmer's life f
has been a life of toil. It takes some !
strength nnd effort to dig a living out fr
of the ground. It Is not easy to earn a
living , much less a fortune , without
effort , nnd the farmer in not the only
one who "sweats. " Brain workers
have no sinecure , although some per
sons imagine that all they have to do
is to sit at a desk and add up figures
or to twiddle n pen in their lingers. The
life of a salesman behind the counter
1t is 1 most wearisome and monotonous.
The beautiful days of spring go by.
the 1 birds are singing as they build
1t their 1t nests , the flowers are blooming in
the valleys and on the hillsides , and the
grass is growing greener and greener
in . the meadows , yet never a glimpse
does he get of the beauty of the bright
world except when he can take a car
ride of an evening or on a Sunday or
holiday.
A grocer's clerk works mure hours
and harder than the average country
boy , who can go to the 'Vorncr4' aii'I
pitch quoits and gossip with hiscronirs
when the city young man is just get
ting from work , nnd , us for the man
who delivers milk in the city , ha has
even harder work and longer hours.
At J 4 in the morning and oven earlier
his wagon is heard on the streets and
himself racing from top to bottom of
the high apartment buildings in the :
cold and sleet of a midwinter's morn
ing or in the r-ncrvating heat of sum
mer. At breakneck speed he got p. and
one could almost Imagine that his life
depended upon getting through bis
rounds in due season. Competition is
so grent that he must neglect nothing
and always be pleasant and obliging
to the most unreasonable of customers
for fear of losing one. There are the
Icemen , carrying fifty pounds and often
100 pounds of Ice tip four flights of
stairs , which is no easy task , nnd us it
la not skilled labor the pay Is probably
not more than It should be. considering
the amount of strength expended.
Hard as the work Is nnd moderate as
is the pay. no man can afford to lose
his job , so he has to be very careful not
to antagonize his employers.
The man who does biu > ineg on a
small scale and Is his own boss prob
ably finds it no easier to make a living ,
for he has to do the greater part of his r
own work , and in the case of a bad or c
unprofitable season is sometimes not so ti
well off as his hireling , who is sure of tiB
his wages at least. r
That man who owns his land and
has good health Is n poor farmer who
cannot make at least a living for him
self and family. It may not be a sump s
tuous living , but it may be a compara la
tively comfortable one. This cannot laP'
P'
be ( said of all sorts of occupations. P'a
There is another hope ahead for the
farmer. If he doesn't have good luck ti
this year , he may the next. There is tiC
always a chance that there will be a ft
better < yield in crops and a better price
the market. The element of uncera
tainty adds zest to life which a settled w
imount ] of wages frotn month to month cl
ind from year to year cannot give , and clT
is always sure of enough to eat en
tj :
the farm of some sort or another. "
tc :
The time is coming and is not far dis
tant when the farmer's life will br
looked upon as the ideal life by many
the world weary tollers of the
crowded cities. 12 von now the one seSI
Bright dream of many ; t drudger In the SI ?
stores and otlicea is of a happy time SIpi ?
oiiilngwhen he1 will have n farm , a pi
ionic all his own in the country , where si
can rest ills tirt-cTbrain and n.rves It
he sitv beneath his own vine and Cl
Clcr.
or a ppl" tret' . Whoever despises a cr.
f.'r.MHT's life is n fool : it i * the most tlai ;
t life on earth. - - Country ai
jo ;
Indecent Haute for W r.
Secretary Soward in 1801 , when the
allied powers of England , Spain and
France invited
this
government to
join them in obtaining
by forcible
measures the payment of claims against
Mexico , gave th's reply :
The United States do out feel inclined
to resort to forciblo remedies for their
claims at the present moment , when
the government of Mexico is deeply
disturbed by factions
within and war
with foreign nations.
The plea that was good for Mexico
then is good for revolution-racked
Venezuela now.
However jnst the claims of Great
Britian and Germany against Vene
zuela may be and however
unquestion
able may seem their right to soizo
Venezuela's ports and conGscate her
customs to satisfy those claims , the
fact remains that those two powerful
nations have taken a mean advantage
of the little republic's dire distress.
A remarkable feature of the affair
ia that the German and British min
isters at Caracas , backed by powerful
fleets of war vessels , chose as the time
for handing in their demands a festi
val day , when all the public office *
were closed , delivering their notes in
to the hands of a servant at the pri
vate residence of the Venezuelan
minister of foreign affairs and then ,
as if to preclude all possibility of ami.
cable response , closed their legations
and repaired to the war ships , as if
war bad already begun.
There clearlyshowe upon the face
of this action a determination not
only to receive no answer from Vene
zuela , but to insult her , to inflame her
wrath and tc prod her , if possible , in
to striking the lirst blow.
This indecent haste with which
hostilities were begun may have been
due to apprehension lest the United
States might offer Venezuela assist
ance in meeting her obligation * * and
extend to her the protection , that
under , . the Monroe doctrine is right
fully hera. There
seemed to be more
eagerness for war than for adjust
ment.
Surely if any nation can ever afford
to l be fair ; and-patient , these two
great powers might have sbowu some
little . 'generosity to Venezuela at
this juncture'
Decent respect for the opinion of
mankind , if not for fairnesa to the
shattered little republic , ought to
have moved them to at least give her
an opportunity to reply to their de
mands.
A prospect of her making provision
for payment of their claims was cer
tainly no-menace to their .just rights
Payment was all they could justly
demand. Omaha Daily News.
WAVES QF WATER.
The Nile is the only river in the
world that flows for l.HOO miles without
a tributary.
Off the Capo of < Jejod Hope WKVPS
thirty-eight feet high from trogh to
crest have I.een noted.
Prismatic lake , in tinYcllmvs [ um
National par ! : , is the largest body of
hot water i ; : UNworld. .
Three rivers : is .bi-j : : ; s the Rhine
would just oqual in vulim the < Itn- :
< > . three ( lunges * = t' : - Mississippi
; iul lw j MKxN ippirs the Amazon.
The St. Lawrence river is fro/en four
months of tlif year. : > ; ! 1 Ii.s navigation
is so dirticuit that n average ofone -
steamer a mouth ia wnektd in its wa-
u-r ? . , .
Askel Chin , iu THet. is the lake
whirh lies at a greater hHzM tin ! any
other in tho world.4. \ < Ir-vl is l..rjij ?
feet. Th < ? lowest i ? thn ! > ; iil > " : i , J.l'i.Hj
feet below th" M.-I l vl.
Vot All Il Tor MMl. '
At a rlinwr civil } ) \ a philnnthrrip : t
to tho Soriery i > f H 'fo-in " l Criiuinnj-
gentleman compliin ? 'fl to ij 's iiocr mid
way through th ? f srh itk-f that hr > bad
lost his watch. The h ° st wa ? a nin of
great ingenuity. He caused all ths
lights to be turned out. Then he ob
served : "Some one'here has a watch
that does not belong to him. If by tho
time I have counted a hundred it ip net
placed on the floor in the middle of the
room < , the police will be sent for. " He
counted < a hundred , and the lights wore
turned on again. Thirty-three hand
some ( watches lay in the middle cf ti2
room.
Hay'Type of Stateambc.
"Our matchless diplomacy" dos not
seem to have Its axles well greased
lately. The Houm.-inJjin .lew note to the
powers ' his : been received witb { ili'scs
and has certainly not helped the c : >
presped Israelite ? . TCP Cu nan negotia
tions for reciprocity are in a chaotic
i-onditiou. The treaty with Colombia
For the Panama canal concession is
Imng up for repairs. ac i in tlie Samoa n
arbitration we have bun thrown down
tvith a thump that tho liny state ma-
-hine will feel for its 'vi ! .le risten < r' .
Fhcse amateur stat"-r ft1 of the Il.iy
ype should be discard. J < r more ( lisas *
ers will follow.
Coal Still Mneh Too HJsrb.
It is December , and bard coal ! s still
ellinj ; in eastern cities at from ? T to
10 per ton. the average bein : : about
0. This is at least $3 above last year's
irice and is ? ' ! or $7 higher th.-tn it
should he. If congress is not d rrHf-t ill
duty this winter to the poi : > t of
cruelty , it will take the duty offilf
oal. This is the least it should do tor
ln fr"o/nr ; prople and for those who
ire spending u'O'iey for fuel that should-
for food &nd clothing.