THE VALENTINE DEMOCRA1
I. M KICK , I'uli I1 r.
VALENTINE , NEBRASKA
Women seem to be about all a rcbbei
has to fear these days.
Witty Oliver Her Cord is creditec
with remarking that a hair in the hea < ;
is worth two in the brush.
SJeop is the great restorer. It is bet
ter to call a wideawake policeman ,
however , when your purse'is stolen.
There Is lalk of another duel between
French Deputies. If this thing kec-ps
up , somebody may be accidentally
hurt.
The Crown Prince of Siam has been
presenting sacred umbrellas to his
American friends. There Is nothing
BO sacred as the borrowed umbrella.
' Great Britain hag just ordered two
more of the fastest and most powerful
cruisers afloat. When It comes to ships
Mr. Bull always has the price handy.
Dr. Gunsaulus says every baby is a
messenger from heaven. Well , we
were all babies once and ifs taken
some of us a long time to deliver our
messages.
Admiral O'Neil knocks the speed
madness in battleships. What is bet
ter , he thinks , is fighting power. But
51 battleship that fights and runs away
may live to fight another day.
A Cincinnati girl declined to marry
the man of her choice because he re
fused to give up tho secret societies to
which lie belonged. Some men are de
termined to hang onto the night key at
nny cost.
A great to-do is being raised over an
article by Mr. Roosevelt on the presi
dency , written while he was Governor
of New York. What he thinks about
the presidency now would be really
\vorth sitting up nights to road.
The medical societies might as well
cut out their resolutions condemning
kissing , because kissing is an insti
tution that is going to flourish right
nlong , regardless alike of doctors and
microbes. It will continue as Tbng as
there are red lips.
Plans are completed for the laying of
the corner stone of the new campanile
in Venice on April 22 , 1003. If the
modern structure lasts as long as the
old , the people alive in 2903 may say
that the builders of the twentieth cen
tury were as capable as those of the
tenth.
Peary has come back from the Arctic
circle convinced that the region of the
north pole has great possibilities as
a health resort. He regards it as the
host possible place for consumptives ,
und declares that ordinarily healthy
men gain weight there unless they are
cixposed to great and unusual hard
ships. His conclusions are in line with
the experience of many physicians who
are sending consumptive patients into
cold regions and keeping them in the
open air with excellent results.
Another outrage has been perpetra- |
ted upon the poor automobilist. A Mr. ,
Marble has been fined $1 and sent to
jail for a year for running into and
killing a careless driver of a delivery
wagon. Mr. Marble cheerfully agreed
to pay the dollar , but remonstrated
against a jail sentence as setting an
extremely bad precedent. The fact
that the victim drove a deliver wagon
had been taken into account , however ,
and the judge felt that he could not
further diminish the sentence. It is
apparent that if chauffeurs learn that
for every dtath caused by them they
must go to jail for a year , much of
Ihe sport of the automobile will be lost.
What's the use of wealth and a $10-
000 conveyance if the petty laws
against careless driving are to be ap
plied ?
Dmerson's law of compensation
holds. For instance : Edmund .T. James
is president of Northwestern Univer
sity. He has positl n , honor , fame ,
but he Is not happy. Neither is his
wife. They have a crippled chilJ.
Their daughter Helen will never romp
about as other children. She is suffer
ing from congenital dislocation of the
hip. Dr. James and his wife had hoped
much from the skill of Dr. Adolph Lo-
renz , who came all the way from Vi
enna to perform the successful opera
tion on the Armour child. When the
examination was made by Dr. Loreuz
he shook his head dubiously. "She is
too old for a successful'operation. A
long course of treatment must precede
and even than it is problematical. " Dr.
James offered a large sum , all his sav
ings , in fact , if the physician would
stay and treat his 13-year-old daugh
ter. But the eminent physician said it
was Impossible. At the time of the
child's examination the president of
Northwestern was being installed in
his high office , and the attendant cere
monies were most Impressive. What
were this pomp and circumstance of
Installation to Dr. and Mrs. James be
side their anxiety and pity and lore for
their crippled daughter ? Ajid always
there will be a sob in their Hearts when
they see their child a hopeless invalid
for life. Yes , the law of compensation
holds.
In Now York City recently a degen
erate took the life of his wife In such
\vny as to shock the sensibilities of
the entire country. Why ? Look at the
man's picture. Study the details of his
Read his motive. Trace tie rec-
t
on ! of the man's brutal Impulse back
its course , and you will find weu
ness. The woman he killed was al !
weak. Not in body , but in mcntallt
in life-purpose , in character. There wi
trouble between the two. Neither w ;
strong enough to overcome the iustin
of the brute. The stronger brute pr
vailed. That is all. Thte man ar
woman stumbled , ayArid womc
have always stunibrcdT stumbled f <
thousands of years , over this grc ;
( ruth : Strength of character come
only through obedience. If you want
strong body you must obey til.laws (
the body. If you want a strong mill
you must obey the laws of mind. ]
you want a strong soul you must obc
the laws of the soul. Disobey and yo
become a weakling. It is inevitabl
Disobey the moral law , which by tli
way is not an arbitrary thing , but lai
deep iu your nature , and you are a mei
creature of impulse a creature dei
pised of nature and of society , a sel :
created weakling. It has taken age
for nations to learn that liberty come
only through obedience to law. Who
will Individuals learn that not only lil
erty but strength comes only throug
obedience to law ? And if this be take
for a sermon , let this be the exhortj :
tion : "Quit ye like men ; be strong. "
In the autumn of 1818 a plain , motl
erly woman , the wife of one of th
early settlers of Indiana , died , and wa
laid to rest with the simplicity chara (
istic of those pioneer days. There wa
not even a clergyman in attendance t
offer a funeral prayer. Eighty-fou
years have passed since that day. Th
poor woman would have said , had sh
been asked , that after so long a tim
her very existence would almost hav
passed from the memory of the living
Nevertheless , thousands gathered t
dedicate a monument to her memorj
The governor of the State , now one o
the foremost in the Union , took part ii
Lhe exercises in his official capacity. 1
celebrated soldier from a neighborini
commonwealth delivered the address
Special trains brought to tho seen
thousands of school children , each car
eying a flag. "What have I done ? " th
simple pioneer woman might well hav <
isked. The orators of this day woul <
reply that she had given Abraham Lin
: oln to the world , and had , with he
tiusbancl. trained him during thos <
> arly years when impressions for goo <
ire most lasting. She died before In
was ten years old. In similarly appro
> riate recognition of the part whicl
'alls to mothers in shaping the charac
: er of the child , the mother of Washing
on has been honored by a stately mon
unent at Fredericksburg. Among thosf
inknown to the larger fame , the work
s constantly paying its tribute to moth
? rs whom it has never seen.
The rare combination of genius , cour
ige and energy that made up the char
icter of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stautoi
.vould . have made any man great in hi :
xwn generation. It has made a womar
jreat In her century , and has stampec
in enduring impression upon the age
Tor fifty years this woman and hei
T-ork have stood in Ihe limelight o ]
mblic inspection , and been marks foi
idicule and open , often bit tor , opposl
ion. But she never faltered. She liv
id to see her movement respected and
eceiving the serious consideration of
ho host mon andvomeii of the time.
Vithout in the least degree divorcing
orself from the duties of wit'ohood
ind motherhood , she has immeasura-
> ly sweetened the moaning of those
; acrod words in tho minds of everj1
houghtful man and woman in the
: incl. and at the same time has made u j
eo that there is a sisterhood which
s far broaler than the environs oij
food relationship , and the spirit oi !
I'hich stands for better manhood , beh
er womanhood , hotter citizenship Wo
ay there are no miracles any more.
Tet a woman with an idea arose among
[ , won to herself a few associates ,
ailed conventions , sot on foot a prop-
gamla , perfected a groat and con-
tantly widening organization , sy.stom-
tizod it into a powerful influence at
he polls in many States and a potent ,
biding moral influence in every sec-
ion of the land. If this is no miracle ,
; must be admitted that a new human
orco has come into existence and has
omo to stay. There is no lack of op-
ononts still to the movements that
Irs. Stantou fought for. Cut there
re few earnest mon and women to-day
rho doubt the sincerity of her pur-
osos , the high moral attitude of her
[ )5rit or the infinite possibilities sug-
estod by what she actually accom-
lished.
Natures Glories.
Georgie's aunt was worried because
e failed to understand or appreciate
nything not strictly practical. Har-
er's Magazine tells of an experiment
he tried to test his esthetic powers.
In her desire to rouse him to a per-
option of better things she took him
a Niagara Falls. The train brought
lem into sudden and magnificent vie\v
f the great wonder. She watched him
losely as the moment for the test
revr near , and was dolighted to sea
im press his face to the window , and
eep it there.
Then he turned to her with beaming
ountenance , and pointing to a hill-
ide In the background , said , "Say.
ee them goats ! "
Helped to Hurt a .Little.
"What do you think ought to b
one with the trusts ? "
"I don't know , " answered Sonatoi
lorghum. "Heaven knows , I've dont
iy best to make 'em give up some oJ
beir money. " Washington Star.
Trip to tho Bottom.
It IB gravely proposed to utilize tht
ubmarine Goubet for carrying pas
engers om trips to the bottom f Lak <
recera at $ S a head.
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Pimple Poultry Brooiler.
E. A. McNear , of Melrose , Mass. .
sends plans of a brooder which is his
} wn idea and which he claims will
saise every chick put into it. It can
be made any length , partitioned off ,
and the chicks can go in and out of
'he sides instead of the end. Take a
DOX 3 feet long , 1 foot wide and IVj
feet deep. Cut a round hole in each
ind six or eight inches in circumfer
ence , according to the size of the stove
pipe. I use eight-inch common tin
pipe , the same as they use on a fur-
SIMPLE IlKOOUCK.
nace to heat a hon.se. The cover and
bottom can be on hinges , so they can
be let down or lifted up and cleaned in
two minutes. The pipes should have
two elbows. The one at the back
should turn down , and tho one at the
other end should turn up , so there can
be a cover to it , with two or three
small holes punched in the cover so as
not to waste too much heat. I use a
single burner oil stove. This stove
will hoat a brooder ten or twelve foot
long. Poultry Keeper.
SluikcT Dairy in ii.
The Canterbury Shakers of Now
Hampshire have some1,000 acres of
land , and the community numbers
about 100 persons. A large quantity
of dairy products is consumed by a
family of that sizo , aud some years
ago with an ordinary dairy and nioth-
Dds , some butter had to be purchased
for home use. That necessity caused
more attention to bo given to tho dairy.
Poor cows were sold and more scien
tific methods of feeding adopted. In
order to fnrthor improve the herd and
increase its butter capacity , two thor-
DUghbrod Guernsey bulls wore pur-
Chased about four years ago from Mr.
Mister's , of Barro. Mass. By constant
2aro , and tho raising of tho best heifer
calves , the dairy has steadily improv
ed , until last season , with a dairy of
forty cows , fifteen of which were two-
year-old heifers , an average of 300
pounds of butter por cow was made.
Instead of purchasing butter for home
ronsumption. S'J.OOO worth of butter
was sold and # 1.000 worth of stock.
They have now about 120 head of cat-
He , sixteen of which are pure-bred
Guernseys. Tho sifters take entire care
Df tho milk after tho milking is done ,
tin the separator , including the engine
which furnishes tho power , care for
; he croam and milk and make the but-
: er. Now England Farmer.
Use.
For IIiv-Killing
A. J. Borry , of IIanc.ck County , In-
iliana. writes Iowa Farmer : As the
time for butchering is approaching
there will bo a desire to know of sim
ple aud yet handy do vices for aiding
the work in butchering. I have made
at n vory little expose a very com
plete arrangement fur butchering hogs
ind my neighbors enjoy it as much as
[ do. It is made by taking a large pole
about thirty feet long for a lever and
another about ten feet long for a post
which Is set in the ground. A clevis-
shaped iron is made for the top of the
post to support the lever and permit
ting it to swing around in any position.
The lever can be used in lifting the
hog In any part of the butchering op
eration. It can be swung from the
scalding vat to the scraping table ,
thence to the hanging bracketwhich
can be made for several hogs if de-
lired. I believe this to be the simplest
ind most Inexpensive arrangement for
sutchering hogs.
Work in Winter.
There Is plenty of work to do in win
ter if the farm is rightly managed. It
Is the season of the year for all re
pairs and renewals. Every implement
jr piece of machinery should be over
hauled and all repairs ordered , so as
to be ready for spring work. An im
plement that Is in good order saves
labor and enables the farmer to hurry
with the earlywork when every day
Is valuable. The farmer who does not
place his implements under cover at
this season may be forced to buy new
ones much sooner than be expects.
Most and L.eibt Profitable Crops.
Out of I'll correspondents of the
Board of Agriculture sixty-two callec
potatoes the most profitable , and twen
ty-seveu called them the least profit
able ; eight called corn the most protit
able and sixty-four thought it the leasl
profitable ; forty-one consider hay the
most profitable ; thirty-two apples ; teu
oar.s ; seven tobacco ; seven crauber
ries ; six cabbages ; six sweot corn ; sto
strawberries ; four each favored on
ions , tomatoes , beans and fruit ; thret
each peaches and pears , two market
garden crops and two asparagus ; one
each for rutabagas , forage crops , eel
ery. milk , plums and root crops ; nine
thought hay the least profitable ; seven
tomatoes ; six apples ; four each said
squashes , cabbages and sweet corn
three each milk , cranberries and beans
two each said onions , pears and cu
cumbers , and one each asparagus ,
grapes , cauliflowers , beets , melons ,
peas , small fruit and market garden
crops ; sixty-two considered the season
to have been profitable ; eleven as
above the average for profit ; sixteen
as an average for profit ; eighteen fair
ly profitable , and thirty-seven thought
it had been an unprofitable one. Thus
it will be seen that much depend ?
upon the location , and more perhaps
upon the individual as to the profit on
crops. In nearly every country corn
and potatoes were less than an aver
age crop , but the loss on amount in
potatoes was largely made up by the
high prices.Massachusetts Plough
man.
Farm Investments.
Investors ought to be satisfied witli
a low rate of interest in agricultural
investment on account of its relative
safety. As yet it is a little soon in oui
history to expect that the new agricul
ture of tho future shall have any spe
cial attractions for capital. But the
time will come when all of our old
depleted lands will be regenerated and
revived , through tho era of invested
capital. There is very little chance foi
any regenerative work in agriculture
without such investment. The pooi
man must either keep to the skimming
policy , or work for others until h
has put bj' enough to be a capitalisl
himself , in a small way at least. 1
have always been averse to recom
mending any man to go in debt foi
anything. Yet most of the successe.
of this world are made by those who
venture in this respect. A never for
gotten remark I once heard by a nice
old capitalist was to the effect that h
always loaned money to the man who
wanted to buy manure with it-
Hoard's Dairyman.
Handy Garden Baskets.
Every orchard and garden shoult
have a supply of wire baskets of dif
ferent sizes and shapes. They are tin
cleanest and most dura
blc , besides allowing tin
free circulation of aii
through their contents
In use in a gardoi
where a water tank am
hose connection an
available they are i
great labor saver. Tht
baskets may be filled with potatoes
and other vegetables , the hose turnec
on and the contents immediately wash
od without touching the vegetables bj
hand. "When not in use they are oasih
hung up out of the way. Exchange.
Milk and HOK Cholera.
During seas-.ns when hog cholera ii
prevalent it has been noted that wha >
are known as tho creamery and dairj
sections of thy country suffer much lcs <
from the disease than those section ;
whore the steer takes the place of tin
dairy cow. The reason assigned is thai
pigs in the dairy sections get a gooc
ration of skimniilk , one of the best bal
anced rations to be had , and are thus
bettor fitted to resist the disease thai
purely corn-fed hogs. Creamery Jour
nal.
Farm Notes.
Late fall plowing is what hard , stifi
soils need.
Vory dry road dust is the only form
of earth that will kill lice and thai
hens will bathe in. .
The short peppermint crop has
brought the price to the highest point
over recorded , according to a trade au
thority.
Churning is not agreeable work , but
considerable time can be saved by the
use of a thermometer. Butter comes
rapidly or slowly , according to the
temperature , and a thermometer saves
labor and costs but little. But few
use the thermometer when churning ,
yet it is almost indispensable In the
making of choice butter.
Every farm shotitd have at least a
small flock of sheep as scavengera
There are so many things that sheep
will consume that they are considered
necessary adjuncts to farming , il
waste materials are to be utilized. A
well-managed flock will pay a large
dividend on the capital invested the
first year.
The small and unsalable sweet pota
for the fat
toes are just as valuable
tening of hogs as those that are ol
marketable size. Sweet potatoes con
tain a large proportion of sugar , and
suitable for the
are , therefore , very
fattening of stock. They should be
cooked and bran added. Being very
wholesome , they may be fed liberally.
THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME
Are Never Without Peruna in the House
for Catarrhal Diseases.
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MR. AND MRS. J. 0. ATKINSON , INDEPENDENCE , MO.
date of January 10. 1S)7. ! Dr.
UNDER received the following
letter :
"My wife had been suffering from a
complication of dise.'ises for the past 25
years.
"Her case had bnflii'd tiip skill of some
of the most noted physicians. One of
her worst troubles was chronic consti
pation of several years'standing. .
' She nl.M > wns passing through that
most critical period in the life of a
woman change of life. In June , ISO. ) .
1 wrote to you about her case. You ad-
vihed a course of Periinn ami Manaliii.
which we at once commenced , and have
to say it completely c-iired her. She
firmly believes that she would have been
dead only for these wonderful remedies.
"About the same time I wrote you
about my own case of catarrh , which
had been ofJ. . years' stamlimr. At times
I was almost past piiii . I commeinvd
to use IVruna according to your iristruc
tions , and continued its use for about a
year , and it ha completely cured me.
" Your remedies do a I ! that you claim
for them , and even more. Catarrh
cannot exist where Peruna is taken
according to directions. Success to
you and your remedies. "
John O. Atkinson.
"Love letters should be avoided. '
says the "Hon. Doc. " Brown , of tin
Kentucky legislature. "Never mak <
love to a woman out of an ii k bottle , '
lie advised in a recent politica
speech. "Why , when I courted mj
wife , I just grabbed hold\f her and ]
.said , 'Sallie , yon are the sweetesi
'thing ' on earth , and your beautj
'baffles the skill of man and subdue ;
his ferious nature , ' and I gob her. '
Chemical vinegar , catsup and table
.sauces contains no vegetable mattei
whatever.
Siitisngvs nre Rpady.
The butchers of Berlin have 2
curious way of informing their cus
tomers of the days on which frcsl :
sausages are made , by placing a
chair , covered with a lar e , clean
apron , at the side of the shop door.
Popular in Iowa.
Grand View. Iowa , Doc. 20. The
most complete satisfaction is expressed
in this district over results obtained
recently by tiding Dodd's Kidney Pills
for those complaints resultini : from dis
eased Kidneys. This satisfaction finds
frequent expression in words. People
who have been cured seem to take
pleasure in tolling of it. Take what
Mrs. Lydia Parker says for example :
"I was troubled with Backache."says
Mrs. Parker , 'and all the time when
I was stooping over a stitch would take
me in the back ami I could not straight
en up for n while.
"I sent and gi r a couple of boxes of
Dodd's Ki.liioy Pills , ami h.'fort' I nad
finished taking tho first , the r-ritch h : d
gone and it has n > t boon back since. "
Other people h k hvtvp had < ; iiiii'ar
expediences with Do-Id's Kidney Pills ,
and their ripularitjvs ; steadily on the
increase.
Fine G nc t-rs in Montana.
But fft.v people are aware that there
is in M inttma some of the finest gla
ciers iu the world.
CltimiifV Siv M'ps stirred Up.
London chimney sweeps , who are
prohibited from s Ii citing custom by
knocking at doors and alsu from using
their familiar cry in the streets , will
voice their grievances at a demon
stration in Trafalgar square shortly.
Catarrh ami Hay Fever.
Liquid Cream Balm is becomuijr quite
is popular iu many localities as Ely's
Dream Balm solid It is pn pared for
jse in atomizers , and is hi hlx prized by
Lhose who have been accustomed to call
upon physicians for such a nvatinent.
Ylany physicians are nsinc and prescrib-
ng it. All the medicinal properties of
: he celebrated Cream Balm are contained
n the Liquid form , which is To cts. . in
cluding a spraying tube. All dru ists ,
jr by mail. Ely Brothers , 5(5 Warren
street. New York.
Messrs. ELY BROS. : I sold your
Liquid Cream Balm to Mr. Wm. Lamber-
: on. 1415 Delaciiaise street. New Or-
eans ; he has used two bottles , giving
lim most satisfactory results.
GEO. W. M'DUFF. Pharmacist.
Norwegian farmers are wise , and
ire eager to possess farms at the
3arliest opportunityinstead of work
'
ing for other pe'ople. There are
ibimt 120,000 tanners in Norway , and
109.000 of them own farms.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Tfce Kind You Have Always Bought j
.Signature of
In a letter dated January 1 , 1900 , Mrv
Atkinson says , after five years' exne- '
rience with Pertina :
" / will ever continue to speak a good
word for Peruna. In my rounds as a
traveling man I am a walking adver
tisement Peruna and have induced
many people during the past year to
use Peruna with the most satisfactory
results. I am still cured of catarrh. "
John O. Atkinson ,
Box 272 , Independence , Mo.
When old ago comes on , catarrbal dis
eases come also. Systemic catarrh is al
most universal in old people.
This explains why Peruna has become
so indispensable to old people. Peruna
is their safeguard. Peruna is the only
remedy yet devised that meets theso
cases exactly.
Such cases cannot be treated locally ;
nothing but an effective systemic rein-
edy could cure them. This is exactly
what Peruna is.
If you do not receive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Peruna ,
\\rite at once to Dr. Ilartman , tfivi.i ; ; a
full statement of your case , and lie will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
rice gratis.
\d < ? -nv Dr. rinrtman. President of
The Llartman Sanitarium. Columbus. O.
Valuublo Italics Tor Museum.
The National Museum ab Belgradt
has come into possession of a collec
tion of 08,000 Roman copper coins re
cently unearthed near a Servian vil
lage. The oldest of chem belong to
the time of Caracalla.
Lfttl * Light From Moon.
If the sky were rilled with fun
moons the light would be no bright
er than that of ordinary daylight.
About 640,000,000 eggs are annually
sent from Ireland to England.
Forestry That Pay * .
In 18(58 Hungary's forests returned
little over a million florins a year.
Today , own.g to careful administra
tion , the yield is over three million
florins yearly.
A family of unusual size Jatelj
pissed ; through Kansas , entoute from
Iowa to Oklahoma. It was com
posed of Michael Streckendorfer ,
with sixteen s'ins. two daughters ,
and grandchildren enough to almosi
fill a cai.
It costs 2 cents to COOK a breakfasY
by elecricily aud 10 cents to cook a
dinner.
Miss Alice Baitey , oi
Atlanta , Ga. , tells how she was
permanently cured of inflanr/i *
tion of the ovaries , escaped sur
geon's knife , by taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
" ' I had suffered for three years with
terrible pains at the time of men
struation , and did not know what
the trouble was until the doctor pro
nounced it inflammation of the
OV ies , and proposed an operation.
* ' I felt so weak and sick that I felt
cure that I could not survive the or
deal. The following1 week I read an
advertisement in the paper of Lydia
E. Pinlcham's Vegetable Com
pound in such an emergency , and so
1 decided to try it. Great was my joy
to find that I actually improved after
taking1 two bottles , and in the end I
was cured by it. I had gained eighteen ,
pounds and was in excellent health. "
Miss ALICE BAUJTT , 50 North Boule
vard Atlanta , Ga , SfOOO forfeit If original
of aboo * letter proving genuineness cannot t * pro
duced.
duced.The symptoms of inflammation
and disease of the ovaries are
a dull throbbing pain , accom
panied by a sense of tenderness
and heat low down in the side ,
with occasional shooting pains.
The region of pain , sometimes
Shows tome swelling ;