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VALENTINE DEMOCRAT I. M RIOE LDITOR t-yr Yvitr tn THUUSDAV mi HI Iti ? friHt'Otllfv Ht Vali'iiun.- < . v 'hrstkA. as Swond-class matter. STAIK OFFICERS EZRA I' . SAVAGE. Governor. C. F. STKBLK. Lieut. Governor. GKO.V. . MARSH. Secretary of State. CHAR. WESTON , Auditor Pub , ACCIS. WM SiKurEit Treasurer. FKA.MC N. PKOUT , Atty. General. GKOUCK FOWLKU , Com.Puh. Lauds and LRK HA HUMAN , Librarian. U. S SENATORS JOSKPH H. MlM.AKD. CHAB. II. DIETRICH. CONGRESSMEN RLMKU J. BURKKTT. Kep. 1st Dlst. . DAVID II. MERCER , Rep. 2nd Dlst. JOHN J. ROISINSON.FUS. 3rd Dlst. WM. L. STARK , us. 4th Dlst. A. C. SnALLB-NnERHEH. FllS 5th DlSt. . WM. NEVILLE , Fus. cthDist. COUN'IY OFFICERS W. C. SHATTVCK , Treasurer. C. S. RJCKGE , Clerk. W. R. 1 OWNE , Judge. L , N. LAYTORT , Sheriff. A. M. MORRIBSBY. Attorney. KtTA BROWN , Superintendent , LKROT LKAOII , Surveyor. A.LFRKU LKWIS. Coroner. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS W. K. HAMCY. 1st Dlst. ALKX PURK. 2nd Dlst. 'L. LAUFER,3rd Disl. Charles H. Faulhaher Brownl e Breeder of Reti'st'd Herelords o Hyam , No. 74,538. at bead of herd. Young builn from 5 to 18 months old for sale HENRY AUGUSTON Blacksmith. Brown lee , Kebr. Does general blacksmithingathard times prices for cash. PAT HETT % t * * Valentine , Xebr. Gtiod , Hard Rock for sale in any 7 - ' " quantity. * . . r . . . . i . i I . . , . . . \ 1 . . - ! ! I. . . . . ! ! > t ) H.ltt. CRAMER , City Deliyeryman , Trunks , valises and packages hauled to and from the depot and all parts of the City. 12. T W. A. KIMBELL Barber First-class Shop in Every Respect Kau de Quinine Hair Tonic , ' Goldeu Star Hair Tonic , Herpicido and Coke's Dandruff Cure. Try Pompeian Face Massage Cream * 4 LEROY LEACH County Surveyor Valentine or Woodlake OTCNKRAL WOKK PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. JOHN PORATH Riege , Xcbr. Tubular wells and Eclipse wind mills. A. M. MOREISSEY Attorney at Law Valentine , Bbr. A , N. COMPTON Physician and Surgeon Office at Quigley & Chapman's Drugstore. Nights Thu Doii- oher residence , Cherry v > treet. EcLward 5. Fwray Physician and Surgeon Office Fraternal Hall or El liott's Drug Store. i9UD2 F. M. WALCOTT ATTORNEY A D ABSTRACTER Valentine , Nebr. . Practices In District Court and U. 8. Land T Office. Real Estate and Xanch Property tiniichtand sold. Bonded Abfttractpr % John Nicholson , Dentist. WtU.be . in Valentine on the 20. 21. 22 * s * * and SjSrd of each month. Bener.ve yqvft work for him. Office at Donoher House , ' ' P. B. AM. V. B. B. TIME TABLE WEST BOUND No. 27 Frt. Daily 2-33 P. M. No. 25 ' except Sunday 9:40 A. M No. 3 Passenger Dally 12-.49A.M. KAHT HOUND .So. 28 J'rt. lalj ! 6:50 A. M .No. 2f " t-xcept Sunday 5:00 P. M. No. 4 Passenger Dai i 4:47 A.M. SOt IK i . of I * . CnKRRY LODGE NO. 1C9 meets Iht aud 3rd Friday of each month at 8:30. M. V. NICHOLSON , MAUTIN CHKISTKNSEN , G. U. K.oflt. & . S.D VALUXTIXULODUE NO.2O5 1. 0. O , F Meets Thursday night each week , A SI OS ItAMMLL , J. T. KKKLEV , > , G. Seo'y. * SUCH A 1 > UZ A L.OWGK A. F. k A * 31. A'U ! / . - Meets 21 Tusday each moiuli T. C , bOKNjtv , \V , VV , THOMPSON , W. M. Sec'y. AO. . U. W. liO. 7O. Meets 1st and 3rd MUD day 01 each month. w. A , JficrrvcuKw , U. G , DUNN , M. VV. ' fctecordei . HOAOtt XO. 11 0. Meets 2nd and 4th Monday each month. jKNNlKPiSTTJJOHN , W. A.i'ETTyCltKW , C. of U. Recorder. 31. W. A. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays eacii mouth. M. V. .NICHOLSON , W. K , HALEV , v , < 5. Clerk FHATEKXALi UXIO * > 'O. 5O8 Meets every feature a > uifch J. A.HORNBACK , E. D , CLAKK , F , M. Scc'y. IIUYAL. AttlUtlJUOliM.-Meeta 2nd aim 4th Weduesdayo each mouth. MAKV QUIULEV , MINNIE DANIELS , Oracle. Kec and DauuhtfrH of i'roteviloii Au. G. Meets 2nd and 4th Fiidayseucli mouth. A. . E. I'KTTIfCRKW , W , A. JPKTTYCKJSW , Pies. Sec'y Highlander * * , Devon Ca Ue A > i > 2ll. Meets 2nd Friday eaca mouth. liu OL.AUK , . K. HALEY. 1. P. See'j. MILL PRICES FOR FEED. , bulk 75 per cwt $14 UV toi > horta bulk 85 per cwt $16.00 u- > creeuing8 70c " I13.UO hop Feed . . . .1.05 " | 20.00 Corn 95 " flS.OO " .hupcorn 1.00 " $19.00" 1.20 $2300" ETTA BROWN SUPf , PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Examination Third Saturday of each month and Friday preceding. VALENTINE NEBRASKA n Paint , Wall Paper , Calcimine. Brushes , Pure Linseed Oil Varnishes -AT Christ ensen's. Moses & Hoffacker. Simeon , Nebr M on right or leffi O shoulder of hors es O on left jaw. II on left side. H OB left thigh S. N. Moses SEQITAH (3267) Dark brown , Foaled Nov. 24th , 1889. Sire "Nirarod" (1066) ) , by (867) ( ) . Sequah's dam 289 Lady- "Comet" (151) ( ) , by "Eel ipse" (191) ) "St. Giles'- "Wildfire" by . Giles'(687) ) by bird F. S. Vol. 7 by Kes tless T. B. Sequah's G. dam by Larry wheat ( T. B. ) He will stand for season of 1902 at Sherman's barn. JVW. STETT.ER. Oanier. . . A FEAST THAT FAILED. The Story of a Raccoon That Wai Not .Served For Breakfast. It 1 ? within the memory of many 7ople that the custom of schoolteach ers "boarding around" was the usual thing in country districts. Although a custom which teachers sdUoui likia. it is doubtful if many-'of ilum had as hard a time as a young schuolmasrc ; ' who described his experience in tin * New England Galaxy for 1S17. 'The article was written bjLeonard. . Ap thorp , then an undergraduate of Bbw- doin college. The young schoolmaster was to receive $15 a month and his board. From the first day I perceived that I was at board on speculation and at the mercy of a close , calculation , he writes. One day the whole dinner con sisted of a single dumpling , which they called a pudding , and five sau sages , which in cooking shrunk to the size of pipestems. There were five of us at table. A few days afterward , on my return from school , my eyes were delighted by the sight of an animal I had never seen before. It was a raccoon , which the young man. Jonathan , had killed and brought home in triumph. When skinned , he seemed to be one entire mass of fat and of a most delicate whiteness. I was overjoyed and went to bed early to' "dream of delicious steaks which the morrow would brinjr Long before daylight I hoard th family stirring , and the alacrity of quick footsteps and the rrprat-d " ; > < ' " ing and shutting of doors oil jsavo as surance of the coming holiday. I was soon ready for breakfast , and when seated at table I observed that the place of Jonathan was vacant. "Where Is Jonathan ? " I asked. "Gone to market , " said they. "Market ! What market pray ? I did not know there was any market in these parts. " "Oh. yes , " they said , "he is gone to , about thirty miles to the south ward of us. " "And what has called him up so early to go to market ? " "He is gone , " said they , "to sell Tiia raccoon. " PICKINGS FROM FICTION The fool's ear was made for th knave's tongue. Ramaswami's "Indiar Fables. " Bad habits are leeches that wor.lc , suck a" Hercules to effeminacy. "A Speckled Bird. " Money buys things , and love wins things ; power takes things. "Fame For a Woman. " Duty is what we think about when ill or are reminded of by creditors.- ' " . " Davidson's "Dumas. When a man ceases to make love' to his wife , some other man ibegins.- "Fables For the Elite. " .People whose lives are anything bu a Joke are usually con tent"-with' th < - smallest jests. "The Vultures/ ' Mothers personify circumstances to children. We are symbols tothem , of baffling , cramping fate. "The Rescue. ' A woman is like unto a volcano which , even when inactive , is palpltat ing to spit forth its fire and which when it does vent its fury , bursts th-- bounds of its late enforced suppn * sion. "The Wooing of Wistaria. " Glrln Help Waiter * to Client. Among hotel employees sex dous not appear to make any difference , so far as honesty is concerned. , says the Brooklyn Eagle. Certain youn'women who act as checkers in hotelswork with certain waiters. Whenever one of the girls obtains a position the KI.-II ' soon follow her , and the hotel proprie tor is victimized accordingly. The wait er who is in league with the checker makes a small private mark on the check with which he desires to cheat. She sees it , and instead of stampinr the prices against the articles ordered she puts her fingers over the figures on the die so that a slight blotch Is all that is recorded in the place for figures. The waiter docs the rest. She keeps- her account against her confederates , and they settle up later on the outside. Toncli That Molds Memory. Once upon a time there was a man who was a chronic borrower of money , and he was never known , to slight an acquaintance through neglect. He was extremely well'known by a large circle of acquaintances , which he was contin ually endeavoring to enlarge. The members of this growing circle never forgot him , and even after his death he remained green in their mem ories. Moral. A man to insure being re membered must keep , in touch with his friends. New York Herald. After the Sunshine. - "What became of that Sunshine club which Daisy started ? " "Oh , it's under a cloud. After the first annual election of officers , it was Impossible to get a quorum owing to the fact that no two members of the club were 'on speaking terms. ' " Chi cago Record-Herald. Unconventional. "You spoke of Gloobcr as1 being queer. ' Is he mentally unbalanced ? " "Not exactly that. He's merely ec centric and peculiar. He gives in his property to the assessor at the same figure he has it insured for. " Chicago Tribune. - "What He Realized. . Judge You do not seem to realize the enormity of the charge against you. Prisoner No : I ain't got my lawyer's bill yet. .but I'm expectin' the charge ' ! } be enormous , all right. Philadelphia Record. i _ _ _ Don't worry if your associates push yon to the wall. You will find the wall handy , as a brace when you get ready to push back , Vicksburg Herald. i i INCENTIVE TO EFFORT. fho Le * on Lincoln' * Life Tcnckc * to the Idle Born. It Is human nature to take it easy when we can , and with most people u big bank account will paralyze effort and destroy ambition. Who can tell what would have been the effect on our national history had Abraham Lin coln been born in luxury , surrounded with great libraries , free to the multi form advantages o schools , colleges and universities , the manifold oppor- ttonitics for culture that we. Jj be stows ? Who shall say whether the ab- senc * of all incentive to effort might not have smothered such a genius ? What wealthy , city bred youth of to day , glutted with opportunities for ac quiring knowledge , can feel that hun ger for books , that thirst for knowledge that spurred Lincoln to scour the wil derness for many miles to borrow the coveted "Life of Washington" which he had heard that some one in the neighborhood owned ? What young lawyer of our day goes to a law school or library with such a keen appetite , with such a yearning for legal knowledge , as this youth had when he actually walked forty-four miles to borrow Blackstoue's "Commen taries ? " Where is the student in college or university today who experiences that satisfaction , that sense of conquest , which thrilled Lincoln while lying on the floor of his log cabin working out arithmetical problems on a wooden shovel by the light of a wood lire or enthusiastically devouring the contents of a borrowed book , as if his eyes would never rest on its pages again ? On reading Lincoln's Gettysburg speech and his second inaugural ad dress foreign readers exclaimed , "Whence got this man his style , seeing he knows nothing of literature ? " Well might they exclaim , but their aston ishment would have been stili greater had they known that those eloquent utterances that thrilled tinnation's heart had fallen from the lips of one who in his youth had access to but four books the Bible , "Pilgrim's Prog ress , " Wecms' "Life of Washington" and Burns' poems. Success. LAY UP YOUR TREASURES. No Han Should Spend the Whole of His Income. Is any one too poor to save ? is an im portant problem which the readers oC a London daily are at present attempt ing to solve. The question is not by any means a new one. It is one whicb has troubled past generations , just as , in all probability , it will affect the gen erations yet to come. We cannot say that this latest discussion of the sul > Ject is throwing much , if any , frcsb light upon it. In the first place , there is a diversity of opinion regarding the term "poor. " One man , who derives an income of ' $1,350 a year from private property , fancies he conies under the category , while another 'does not consider any one poor who has an income of $300 a year , says a writer In Leslie's Weekly. It is manifestly impossible to fix any limit in a matter like this. Very much depends upon the locality and the con ditions and surroundings of the indi vidual. An income that would be amply sufficient to insure a family a comfortable home , excellent social ad vantages and a good living in a coun try village would mean many priva tions and sore discomforts in any large city. city.On On the whole , however , we are in clined to believe that Max O'Rcll'a views on the point under discussion come nrr.rrr the safe and common sense rule than anything we have s. en. "I do not care. " he says , "hovsmall the income of a man is , he should naver spend the whole of it. especially if he has a wife and children. II > should at least save enough to pay every year the premium on a good life policy. No man is worthy of the name who docs not do this , at Icr.st. at the price of whatever privations he has to submit to. Some pleasure may be derived from high living , but certainly no hap piness. " Why ? One of the wonderful things is that a woman of fair intelligence will paint her checks like a clown's and appear on the streets. Why does she do it ? Does she imagine that people think the paint is blconi of youth ? Does she not know that people laugh at licr ? There are two things that people are quick to notice when a man wears a wig and when a woman paints her cheeks. Atchison Globe. The Oculist. Patient I can't see that there's a thing wrong with my eyesight. Oculist Jonniwyse The most posi tive proof that you need glasses , my dear sir. when you are unable to see anything KO phiin as that ! Lcs lugeles Herald. Accomplished. Mrs. Gil-1 ; Is Miss Stitchrr much of a ilrcF.cmi * ' cr : Miss Pins Splendid. She r.evci h..s lo u-1. : . " : ' . dress over mere ta.m tv. ur .hr . ' tim.'s. Boston Transcript Fruity. Rise's - . " ; - " ! the applo of Jiis " o tic . . .i ; jjj ; shr was a peach. " "SoV H. : il any rate , they are a ( inp lo'i u p.-iir. " -Indianapolis News. T-o % ' < ! < : " : --s.sh : Soda 3Iint. . . . ; - -'L-lal and asii : ; ; , - - . . . . is probably a . at > ; : : ni- ! : . tiLimi than beartLurn- : ; i.s. Indiuaoiis ] ) News. Advisp r.n old uinn to marry -woman . -.ning enough to be his ( hnirliter ; , and iumay r.sUi'f you take him for a fool , but ho will not be offeuded. Atchison Globe. X * MODERN-METHODS OF GOVERNMENT. OLD STYLE CONSTITUTIONAL ) , NEW STYLt < UNCONSTiTUTIONAL. ) ( BY COMMISSIONS WITH UNLIMITED FORFREEWINDOWGLASS Knights of Labor Journal Has a Bill For This Purpose. GIVES EEASOS3 FOE ITS STAUD. Snvngrcly Attack * Trust and Blow er * ' Organization Says Both Are "WcrlclRK Together to Fleece the Pulslic ac.sult of Factional Fi .Iit In the Order. Chving to a tight to u tinish between the two factions of the Knights of La bor some important disclosures as to the evils of protection on window glass are being made. The worst that the "wicked Democrats" have ever charged against the high protection on window glass is now repeated editorially in the Knights of Labor Journal just out. Window glass that sold for $1.-10 per box in July , 1S03 , sold for $4.SO in April , 11)01. ) The trust , taking advan tage of the tariff duties , averaging about 100 per cent , and of the strike in Belgium , which raised the price of for eign glass , put up prices here since 1SU7 to exorbitant figures. The win dow glass blowers have one of the strongest labor organizations in this country. The fact that every man who blows glass must belong to it. with se vere apprenticeship rules and the ex treme cost of initiation for foreign blowers , .keeps the 'number of ; blowers much below the number required "to man the furnaces. High prices and exorbitant prolits and the impossibility of manufactur ing glass without blowers ( blowing ma chines are just being Introduced ) have enabled the blowers to control the sit uation somewhat. As a result , they have been building co-operative or in dependent plants until nearly one-third of our window glass is now made by "independents. " These "independents" have all along been in alliance with the trust in fixing prices and in shut ting down factories to restrict produc tion. In fact , the blowers have often asked the trust to put prices still high er. The compact alliance between the' two ends of the trust is evident from the fact that the blowers' organisation ( L. A. 300) ) owns stock in the trust , and its head. Simon Burns , is a director of the trust , the American Window Glass company. In the split which occurred at the annual meeting of the Knights of La- bcr in November one faction , led by Labor assembly oOO. elected Simon Burns grand master workman of the Knights of Labor and the other fac tion elected John W. Hayes to this po sition. Mr. Hayes has been the secre tary-treasurer and the acting head of the Knights of Labor as well as the editor of their journal. It is Mr. Hayes , therefore , who has prepared a bill to put window glass on the free list , which he prints in tln > Journal and which he says will be introduced in congress this winter , and who has writ ten a long editorial on the iniquitous window glass tariff , from which the following are extracts : "The Knighis of Labor , as an organi zation , must uot be held responsible for the growth of the system that has culminated In a partnership between one of the Hssspinblios and the window glass trust , whk-h has resulted in cur tailing production and thereby rr-l'ie ing tinamount of labor ompKyfd ! : the industry "At no linuduring the last tw.-nty years has si tariff bvn ncces.siry tr preserve tlrduslr ! ? from destruc tion It h ; < s : > : i r i.vi iK evil and is m > w a" ! ' ! . . .Ugatidurs * > to : ; 11 i : this eon r.v. xcrpt ; i fvw ni.-i ufao turers and a fi w of \vorliiguif in partP"-silp ! with th-- : ! . > rs.- < -Im : trust. "Beenuse we have the cheapest ahr bi't silica , coal , gas and lumber in th world we should naturally prolucv the best and cheapest glass. Had window glass been on the free list when nat ural gas came as a trodscnd. in eighties , wi1 wtmld Mi ; * ' ] ' : : : . - ' . ' - ' the r.-orlTfs husel. : . es. as.r. . in their . : . : : .s a few y : ir > airh.ir - ' soon d.iiii- { ; ; ! the wori. . Hut with pruti'ctian duties a bout 100 per cent on window the mamifacti'.rors. not beiiigu-onipt * ! led to compete with modern factorio uml uu'thrds. took things , eapy air made : io attemp.t to take advantage o. th'jlr unrivaled opportuiiitlos. ' continued to use antiquated tttgr glum. Even now only about half of the glass made here is made in tank furnaces. It is only in the last few 3ears that the American glass has ap proached in quality the foreign glass. High protection has produced the same corrupting effects upon the labor end as upon the manufacturers * end of the trust The workers have been satis fied with mediocre skill and hi h wages for six or eight months of the. year and only too willing to remain idle the remaining four or six months. "The best and most highly skilled of the blowers are tho imported Belgians , but L. A. . " 00 , the labor end of the trust , has made it next to Impossible to recruit our skilled labor ranks from foreigners. By its agreement with the manufacturers only members of L. A. 300 can blow glass. A foreigner can get into L. A. . .00 only on payment of several hundred dollars initiation. Ow ing to this heavy tax and to ironclad apprenticeship rules there are only about 2,400 blowers in this country with which to man the , ' 1,300 or more pots , including the tank capacity. Thus the labor trust is able to dictate terms to the manufacturers' trust and t combine its so called 'independent' factories with those of the manufac turers and even to take stock in the big trust' and to. , be represented in its board of directors. "Plainly the manufacturers and Avin- dow glass blowers are in nn allied trust to monopolize the-industry and to rob the American people. They hold up the consumer and compel him to pay t vo price'sfpr glass. Their instru meht of extortion is the high tariff on window glass. "Not only wouldthe ' consumer save some ? 8,000,000 p.r $9,000,000 a year on the 5,000,000 or 0,000,000 boxes of glass importedbut the effect of free glass upon both , the'manufacturers and workers would be wholesome and bene ficial. Instead of constantly dickering with each other over wage scales , price lists , times of shutting down and open ing , combinations to fleece the public , to'unsettle dealers and builders and of agreements.to keep the industry in u backward state of development , free glass , by compelling competition and attention to. legitimate details of the industry , would .soon result in a healthy condition .for all concerned. Our window glass would soon be going t to a.11 parts of the world , as most of our other manufactured goods are now doing. In no industry , perhaps , are the advantages more strongly In favor of this as against any ether country. "The tariff is certainly blocking the wheels of progress in this industry. Take it off. Give the people good glass at 51.00 to $2 per box instead of com pelling them to pay.$3 to 94 for poor or ordinary glass. Stop the importation of 500,000 to 700.000 boxes a year and * not only make.all our own glass , but make glass for the whole world. If a j few blowers get lower wages after breaking their unholy alliance with the | trust , which monopolizes the industry j and locks it up from , the people , others will get better .wages and steadier em ployment in the.enlarged industry which-"would soon be born. j "The United States , by putting wiuI I dow glass on the free list , Avould dis solve its partnership with this greedy monopoly of manufacturers and blow ers , who are a1 detriment to the indus try and a curse to the country. " Romanceof a 3IarrlaKC Licence. There is a record of a marriage li cense issued.to two parties , and written across the fcico of the entry in red ink is the note by the judge : "Returned un used. See page-so and so. " On turning to the page-rqfen-ed to there is another record and the same red ink note. In short , the record siows that a license was procured and returned unused four * . ] different times. The fifth time , liowevJ J er , was the charm , and they were mar1 ried , he at the age of sixtjvfour and i she at forty-eight years. Ottawa Re- j publican. ' _ | It "Was Bad. 1 The other day a young London street -arab , having fount ! a bad sixpence , \ras-tryiug-to make use of it at different places , bui t6 no'purpose. . At last he 'vreut into a tobacconist's and asked for a threepenny cigar. , J Having got the.cigar and also the change , lievas leaving the shop when man called out : "Come back : here ; it's a bad one. " "Never mind. , sir ' , " replied the youngI I ster. "I'U smoke'it if it makes me ill. " And lie bolted oiit of the door. I son's