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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1903)
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT i , M-RICE EDITOR fl.OO Per Yenr In 4 < ivti tcf PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. Kutared at the Post-office at Valentine , ( .berry county. Nebraska , a * Second-class matter. STATS OFFICEHS EZRA P. SAVAGE. Governor , C , K. STKKLE. Lieut. Governor. GROV. . MARSH. Secretary f State. CHAS. WESTON , Auditor Pub , Accts. WM STKUFEU Treasurer. FRAMC N. PROUT , Atty. General. GEOHOE FOWLER , Com , Pub. Lands aud Hdn ! LKE HA RDM AN , Librarian. U. S SENATORS JOSKPH 11. MlLLARU. CHAS. H. DIETRICH. CONGRESSMEN ELMER J. B-ORKKTT. Rep. 1st DIst. DAVID H. MERCER , Rep. 2nd Dist. JOHN J. ROBINSON.Fus. 3rd Dlst. WM. L. STARK , us. 4th Dist. A. C. SHALLENBEROER , Fus. 5th Dist , War. NEVILLE , Fus. GthDist , COUNTY OFFICERS W , C. Sir ATTACK , Treasurer. C. S. REECE , Clerk. W. R.TOWNE , Judge. L , N. LAYI-ORX. Sheriff. A. M. MOKRissEr. Attorney. ETTA BROWN , Superintendent , LBKOT-LBACH , Surveyor. . ALTHHD LBWIS , Coroner. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS W. E. HALKT , 1st Dist. ALRX BURR. 2nd Dist. L. LAtJFER , 3rd Dist. Charles H. Faulhaber Brownlee Breeder of Rec'at'd Herefords. o Hyam , No. 74,538. at head of herd. Young bulls from 6 to 18 months old for sale HENKY AUGUSTON Blacksmitli Brownlee , Nebr. Does general blacksmithingathard times prices for cash. PAT HETT -i j- , . - Valentine , Nebr. "iGqodj'Hard Rock for sale in any quantity. H. M. CRAMER , City Deliveryman. Trunks , valises and packages hauled to and from , the depot and all parts of the City. 1. W. A. KIMBELL Barber First-class Shop in Every Respect E u de Quinine Hair Tonic , Golden Star Hair Tonic , Herpicidc and Coke's Dandruff Cure. Try Pompeian Face Massage Cream LEKOY LEACH County Surveyor Valentine or Woodlake GKNKRAL WOKK PIIOMPTLY ATTENDED TO. JOHN PORATH ftiege , Nebr. Tabular wells and Eclipse wind mills. \ A , M. MOKRISSEY es O ' Attorney at Law Valentine , N br. A. N. COMPTON Physician and Surgeon Office at Quigley & Chapman's DrugStore. Nights The Doii- oher residence , Cherry btreet. f Edward S. Furay i Physician um Surgeon Qfflce Fraternal Hall or El liott's Drug Store. 1 ) un2 ( F. M. WALCOTT " ATTORNEY AND ABSTRACTER by Valentine , Nebr. raetecs ) In District Court and U. 8. Land Office. Real Estate and 1-tancb Property hnuchtaod sold. Bonded Abstractor ( John Nicholson , . Dentist. * * . - . - - 7 . i Wilfebc.in Valentine on the 20 21,22 ' and , 23rd'ofeach month. ; fteerve "your work for him , Office at boSoher ft . F. E. AM. V.B.B. TIME TABLE No. 27 Frt. Dally 2:33 P. M. No. 25 " except Sunday 9:40 A. M No. 3 Passenger Daily 12:49 A. M. EAST BOUND No. 28 Frt. Dally C:50 A. M. No. 2P " except Sunday 6:00 P. M. NO. 4 Passenger Daliv 4:47 A. M. SOCIETIES , K. of F. CbERRY LODGE NO. 1C9 meets 1ft and 3rd Friday of each month at 8:30. M. V. NICHOLSON , MARTIN CHKTSTHNSEN , C.U. K.OIK. & . S.D VAL.KXTIXE LOI > CE MO. 2O5 i. O. O. F Meets Thursday night each week , AJIOS KANDALL , ' J. T. KEKLEV , N , G. Sec'y. 311MVKCI1AUUZA LOUfciK A. F. & A. M. AiO I 2. Meets 2st Tu. aday each month T. U , liouMcv , W , W , THOMPSON , W. M. Sec'y. AO. . V. IV. XO.7O. Meets 1st and 3rd Mon day oi each mouth. w. A , PKTTYCUKW , U. G , DUNN , M. W. Kecordei. . JUKNOK NO. 11O.Meets 2nd aud 4th Monday each month. JENNIE PKTTIJOHN , W. A.PETTYORKW , C. of H. Kecoruer. 31. W. A. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays each month. At. V. NICHOLSON , W. E , UALEY , v.j. Cleric tLMOSJ NO. SOS-Meets every featuitaj niyh J. A.HORNBACK , E. D , CLAKK , F , M. Scc'y. ROY Aii AtKfittlllSOltS.-Meets 2nd aud 4th Weduesdayu each mouth. MARY QUIGLEY , MINNIE DANIEL , Oracle. Kec. B oii * and DauKhtrrH of Protection JLodge Ao. C. Meets 2nd aud 4th Fridays each month. A. E. PETTTCREW , W , A. PKiTYCREAr , Pi s. Sec'y Royal Highlander * ; Devon Castle Xo. 2 1. Meets 2nd Friday eaca mouth. Eu CLARK , , E. HALEY , ' I. P. Sec'y. MILL PEICES FOR FEED. bran , bulk 75 per cwt 114.00 ton Shorts bulk 85 per cwt 116.00 too screenings 70c $13.00 " Chop Feed . . . . 1.05 " $20.00 " Com 95 * 18.00 " corn 1.00 " $19.00 " 1.20 $23.00" ETTA BROWN SUPF , PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Examination Third Saturday of each month and Friday preceding. * ALE\TJNE NEBRASKA Paint , Wall Paper , Calcimine. Brushes , Pure Linseed Oil Varnishes Christensens. Moses & Hoffacker. Simeon , Nebr on right or left shoulder of hors O on left jaw. H on left side. H on left thigh S. N. Moses V = Y left aide * f\ f\ W right shoulder . ' O and hip. SEQUAH (3267) Dark brown , Foaled Nov. 24th , 1889. Sire "Nimrod" (1066) ) , by (867) ) . Sequah's dam 289 Lady- "Ooraet" (151) ( ) , by "Eclipse" (191) ( ) "St. Giles'(687) ) by "Wildfire" bfrdT. S. Vol. 7 by Restless T. B. Sequah's G. dam by Larrywheat T. B. ) ' He will stand for season of 1902 at Sherman's barn. . J. W. STETTER. : . ' - - i. Owner. VERBAL ALIASES. WORDS THAT GET TOO FAMILIAR TO SUIT SOME TASTES. The Scientific Fad of Clothing : Old In STevr Te'rma Some Word * the Meanings of Which Arc Com- nionly MlimnderRtood. When the report was recently circu lated that a prominent public man had lost his life through accidentally in haling a quantity of carbon dioxide , the man in the street began at once in- quiring what carbon dioxide v/as. As a matter of fact , carbon dioxide Is merely another name for carbonic acid gas , one of the products of com bustion and a constituent of atmos pheric air. Carbonic acid gas is.known . by sev eral different names , as , for instance , carbon dioxide , carbonic oxide aud car bonic anhydride. Consumption as a name for a terri ble and widespread disease is known and understood by practically every man , woman and child in England. But the medical fraternity , ever on the lookout for something nc\v in the way of professional nomenclature , elected some years back to call it phthisis , and then just when that unspellable word began to be known and rccog- nized they evolved yet another tuber- culosis. And as with consumption so with most other complaints. A quarter of a century ago even eminent physicians were content to speak of smallpox , of typhoid fever , of lockjaw. Today they aVe called variola , enteric and tetanus respectively. A doctor when giving evidence before an ignorant east end jury the other day said that the immediate cause of death was "a violent and prolonged fit of combined epistaxis and stomator- rhagia. " It would , one would think , have been far easier for him to have spoken of a bleeding at the nose and mouth , and he would at all events have had the satisfaction of making himself understood. Most people now living can rememc ber the time when bacteria were known generically as animalcule a not very strictly scientific definition , perhaps , but one easily understandable , and con- veying , moreover , a distinct idea to any one of ordinary education and in telligence. For that very reason , doubtless , the title in question was voted out of date and old fashioned and the word "bacil li" was substituted. This means , liter ally , "little sticks , " certainly a most novel definition , but one that scarcely ' strikes the average lay mind as being either lucid or suitable. Nevertheless , it was accepted , and at last became familiar to the man In the street. That of course could not be tolerat ed. Imagine a bacteriologist using a word which conveyed any meaning to anybody outside his own charmed cir-4 cic ! The idea is both degrading and , preposterous ; so he set to work forth with and invented a whole host of _ ter-1 rific verbal aliases. He called them for example , schiz oinycetes , neuromubkelzellen , mega coo ci and polyrnorphonuelear leucocytes , as well as half a hundred other things ; while for the chemical substances in- cidental to the science ho invented such delightful terms as "tetruhydropara- methyloxyquinoline" and"tetnimetbyl- diarnido-triphenyl-carbinol-oxalate. " Ttye craze , too , is getting commoner ' auiorig'other than scientists. Take the word "reeking , " for Instance , and ask your friends what they understand by it. "Reeking ? " one will say. "Why , ' reeking means dripping with moisture , soaked with wet. " You will derive fi some amusement fromliis surprise when you tell him that reeking means " "smoking , steaming. ' * A chimney can reek. When a horse reeks with mois ture , it IB because Its flanks smoke and steam. tc The change from the real meaning to that giveu it in popular , present tiny phraseology can easily be traced. Any- thing very wet will reek iu frosty weather ; so the wetness has been as sumed to be the real characteristic of reek. Then there is "lurid , " which nine people out of ten use in an entirely wrong sense. Ask a man what color lurid is. and he may answer correctly , but the chances are that he will say. "Red flame , orange or bright yellow. " Of course , lurid means smoky or dull color. London fog is lurid.'Thick . , suf focating smoke is lurid. Lurid and livid are almost synony- yj jous. Lurid flames are flames choked and hidden by smoke. A lurid sunset Is not a brilliant one. but one dull and sir gray and cheerless. Of course , the use of verbal aliases sr . Is not au absolutely new departure.1 It Is only that we of this generation in our wild strivings after novelty have so enormously increased and multiplied them. The taste of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers lay rather in the direction of using over and over again two or three long and uncommon words. " "I Thus honorificabilitudinltatibus. as a synonym of fame , eminence , occurs and recurs with almost depressing reg ularity iu the plays of old pre-Eliza- beihan dramatists and is even used by Shakespeare on occasion. It was partly in ridicule of the silly custom of using this and other similar idiotie verbal doubles , which had sur vived iu part even until his time , that Rabelais makes I'antngrtiel speak of iu ' inoiTamborizeverzenjririzequociuernor- gasaclmquevezinemnffretidjnj ; niypoor eye" and ask angrily of Mr. Mauhound whether It wa.s not enough to have "morcrocastebezasteverestegrige- litfoscopapondrilluted UK all in our up- pri < members , but you must also apply sui'li mcwdpregrippiaTabirofrelucham- burdurecaqueluriutimpauiments to our you A HEROIC. TRIO. Trnvifl , Crockett and Bowie * a Neglected American Epic. The late Frank Norfls In an article in World's Work says that the Ameri can epic , which on the shelves of pos terity should bave stood shoulder to shoulder with the "Hemskringla" and the "Talcs of the Nibelungen" and the "Song of Roland , " will never be writ ten because the Hector of an ignored "Iliad" has been forgotten. "One of the requirements of aii epic a true epic is that its.action must devolve upon great juational event. There was no lack ofQsuch , in those fierce years after forty-nine. Just that long and terrible journey from the Mississippi to the ocean is an epic in itself. Yet no seri ous attempt has ever been made by an American author to render into prose or verse this event in our history as 'national * In scope , in origin and in results as the Revolution itself. The prairie schooner is as large a figure In tho legends as the black ship that bore Ulysses homeward from Troy. The sea meant as much to the Argonauts of the fifties as it did to the ten thousand. "And the Alamo ! There is a trumpet call in the v/ord , and only the look of it on the printed page is a flash of fire , but the very histories slight the deed , and to many on American born under the same flag that the Mexican rifles shot to ribbons on that splndid day the word is meaningless. Yet Ther- mopylai was less glorious , and In com- parison with that siege the investment of Troy was mere wanton riot. At the very least the Texans in that battered adobe church fought for the honor of their flag and the greater glory of their country , uot for loot or the possession of the person of ah adulteress. Young men are taught to consider the "Iliad , " with its butcheries , its glorification of inordinate selfishness and vanity , as a classic. Achilles murderer , egotist , ruf fian and liar is a hero. But the name of Bowie , the name of the man who gave his life to his flag at the Ala mo , is perpetuatedonly In the des ignation j of u knife. Crockett is the hero only of a 'funny story' about a sa gacious coon , while Travis , the boy commander who did what Gordon with an empire back of him failed to do , is quietly and definitely ignored. He died qii in defense of an ideal , an epic hero , a legendary figure , formidable , sad. He died facing down Injustice , dishonesty and crime ; died 'in hiK boots , ' uud the same world that has glorified Achilles and frgotten Travis fiuds none so poor to do him reverence , " \eeillcss Alarm * Dangerous things look safe , and safe things look dangerous. The trouble is all in the beholder's eye , ns the common expression is. An Englishman was ou a voyage to Spain. Ships were flying by of varying . shape , rig aud color. One , the English man noticed , was bearing slowly down toward him , with her cargo piled on deck half way Up the masts. What could ( she be ? How could she hope- , laden In this way , to live ont the faint est suspiciou of a gale ? The English traveler was consider ably exercised about her. Something surely i ought to be done to make such rascally "deck , loading" Illegal and im possible. ' He scanned the vessel with his glass. The breeze was light , but she rode buoyantly. At last a sailor , cleared up the mystery. it "Why , sir , " he said bluntly , "she's only a coaster loaded with cork. " Advantage of Advertising. "Will you allow me to ask you a question ? " interrupted a man in the audience. "Certainly , sir , " said the spellbinder. ca "You have been giving us a lot of cao figures about immigration , increase in wealth and all that , " said the man. sc "Let's see what you know about lig- O urcs yourself. Kow do you Und the greatest common divisor' : " tl Slowly and deliberately the orator tlo took a drink of water. to : Then he pointed his finger at the id questioner , lightning Hashed from his eyes , aud he replied In a voice that itit made the gas jets quiver : it "Advertise for it. you ignoramus ! " itm Chicago Tribune. a He CnnRlit Him. pc Slick ( to Blossom ) Is this Mr. Bloom si er's office ? Blossom No. His office is across the hall. Slick ( leaving the door open as he ; walks ont ) Thank you , sir. Blossom Hi ! Come back and close that door. Haven't you any doors in your iiouse ? Slick Yes. sir , but they all have springs on 'em. Allow me to show you. , my patient double back action door spring. It closes without a bang and Profen.ior Was Noting Things. IK "Wasn't it a terrifying experience , " IKM nsketl his friend , "when you lost your foothold and went sliding down the Ti mountain side ? " Ir "It was exciting , but extremely in teresting , " sail ! ihe college professor , C could not lu-ip noticing all the way M down with what absolute accuracy I Mn was following along the line of least resistance. " Chicago Tribune. in ai No Dettcr Off. to "Puor Robinson ! He couldn't make a living and married a woman with P money. " l v Jo "Rut Isn't lie ail right now. ? % , 'Ilarclly. She is so .clone witlTtt that * has to work harder than ever , " pj Life. SI < ljDnt They Help ! ? ot n. Little. "Of course , clothes don't avike the " ed . man. ectil " " til "Certainly not. "At the same time. ' if you have a new suit you'd better put it on-when t > enit to usk for credit. " Chicago Post , Fenbrook Up . Dave llamar is hauling hay. Mr. Green has fenced his farm. A good beginner for a new year. Geo. Do en an was enjoying a N West breeze Sat. Dave Owens went to town last week on business. Good solid corn in this community for 35c a bu. Win. Graddy went to Valentine one day last week. Tom Owens will go to Seattle , Wash , with his sister. Miss Randall is living with Mrs Hittle this winter. Henry Grooms and family spent Sun day at his mothers. John Graddy is visiting at Dave Arch ers for a few days. . Alta Burdick has been on the sick list for some time. The Burdick boys are hauling hay from John Grooms Jr. The dance at Dave Archers' Friday night was well attended. _ , Mr. Hittle has been on the sick list but feels like himself once more. Roy Kuskie lost a horse and saddle on a bet one day recently. I. O. Jones is fattening a car load of cattle for the spring market. Dave Archer and family were visitors at B. L. Graddys4 last week. Albert Hutchison made a Hying trip to town in his sleigh recently , Everybody enjoys a sleigh ride now days and most everybody has one. Dick Owens has moved on to the Walter Shackelton place for the winter Mr. Osborn has built him a new wood sled , having loaned the one he owned before. John Grooms Jr. put a new floor in his house recently. Hello John ! Why not dance a little ? Grandpa Grooms has been visiting for the 'past month with relatives in this community. Miss Grad'dy , a cousin of Mrs. Cora Archer came out from 111. recently to visit with relatives near Norden. School began Monday morning in the Pleasant Valley school house , district No. 28 with Miss Clara Crowe as teach- P er. a e onng fellow hung up his socks Xmasandgoir something.in them.It' . must have been a new pair ot feet for be says he has not found his socks yet. Anybody having trading property in the line of horses , watches and suits of clothes should tackle John Owens , I. O Jones or Bro. Enyert. But look out boys you may have to rue the bargain the committee gets after you. WHISKERS.s The Greatest of its Kind. The excellent record of the"j\ler- cantile"is attracting much attcnttl c ion. It now has in Nebraska over seven thousand policy holders and over six million dollars of insur- r ence in force. It has annually for five years on an average declared o its policy holders a div idend of 15 to 20 per cent ; that is , has saved in cost to its policy holders that much. There is no . man but what would like to be in business that would yield him 20 per cent profit. The Mutual InA surancc Journal. t tti $ Thc Mutual Insurance people of ti he state can be proud of the fact titi that Nebraska has within its board(1 crs some of the very strongest a Mutual companies in the world , Many both farm and city whose poli cies arc as good as gold anywhere and the reputation of which goes unquestioned. Among the number none are better than the Farmers Mutual Dlnsurance Company and The Nebraska Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company , both of Lin coln ( , and the Trans-Mississippi Mutual Fire Association of Omab , and our readers should carry these companies all of the insur ance they can place with them up the full amount desired. No person < claims but th'at in case of to loss $ hey are fairly treated and when the amount is agreed upon , paid promptly. The Mutual In surance Journal. ' ' These companies are represent by L'M/Kice of Valentine. In - these companies together 'with the Gtij&gi' Mutual of Omaha he has on vhritten thousands'of dollars of in- ' . _ . ' -i * .r % XT / Crookston , Cody , . Merriman , Gordon , Wooklake. and * through- out Cherry Co. There lias never been a question as to the reliability of these mutual companiesand those holding policies in them can testify to "the saving' in cost of in surance. There should be no dis crimination against them because they have saved thousands of dol lars to policy holders , and insur ance rates have been lowered 25 per cent by virtue of the existence of these companies , in which even those opposed to mutual'insurance have profited. They insure'city and farm property , school houses and churches. The Commoner , Mr. Bryan's paper will be especially interesting and in structive during the present session of congress. The action of this congress will probably determine the issues up on which the next presidential cam paign will be fought. The Commoner proposes to carry on a campaign of ed ucation and organization to the end that democratic principles may triumph. In addition to the editorial depart ment , which receives Mr. Bryan's per sonal attention , the Commoner con tains a Current Topic department , wherein a non-partisan discussion of topics of timely interest and other val uable information will bo found. The Home Department is conducted by an experienced womanwho is widely known as a writer of household topics and who is an authority on the art of cooking in all that the term implies. This department alone is worth the subscription price. The other depart ments of this paper are all interesting and ably conducted , among which is u summary of the world's news told in narrative style , and Mr. Maupm's de partment Whether Common or Not contains original anecdotes andwit , moral lessons in homely phrase and verse , and appeals to old and young alike. The Commoner as a whole is clean. entertaining and instructive , and ' ita rapid increase in circulation now amounting to 140,000 is proofof tho paper's atrength-and influence. . - . . . p.M Arrangements have. .been made ; w-ith Mr. Bryan whereby Tiib'-Uouimouef can e supplied at a very * low rate'with THE VALENTINE .DfctfocRaTVbb'tfrpa- pers < for one-year for $1:60. ThisoSer applies ] to both new and ' .Ven/ewal / sub-- scriptions , and should be taken , ad vant age of-without delay. . . AU orders should be sent to II MV'RlCE ; Valentine-Nebr < r -'i * ' ; i. An 111 Wind That Blow * , . Etc.- The Standard Oil coinp.iujadvanced the price of kerosene oil 1 cent per gallon on Dec. 10. This makes. 3\a- \ cents advance since lljc beginning of the coal strike. The New York Com mercial says : "There has been no advance'hr. tlic Standard Oil products shipped to for , eign countries because there is no coal cisi strike there nd because there Is com petition Tvitli Russian oil. P1u "The Standard Oil company has been using every possible means to develop the use of kerosene in heating and cooking < stoves since the beginning of the coal strike. The increased con tlSI sumption , a Standard Oil official said recently , has been very large. The gen eral impression in Wall street lately has been that the Standard Oil com pany is trying to make its profits large enough to pay 50 per cent dividend during the present fiscal year. " The coal strike is a godsend to the hungry Standard Oil trust. It is coin * Ing . money out of the misfortunes of the poor. Santa Clavi t'p Agalniit n Toy Tram. A toy trust is the latest to organize. All the principal kinds of children's toys will in future be the product of the National Novelty corporation , with $10.000,000 : capital. This monopoly of the gifts that Santa Claus disburses in the stockings of the little oneswill doubtless add to the cost aud make it more difficult for the poor folk to bring gleam of sunshine Into the home at Christinas time. There is a tariff duty of from UTi to GO per cent on all toys , which will illow the trust'to' add that much to what the cost would' other- wise be. be.A A Too Common Attitude. . A , small girl who had just begun to attend school brought home a pumpkin seed and told her mother that the teacher said that , although the seed was white , the pumpkinwould be yel- low. "And what trill the color of the Tines < ? " asked the mother. The little girl replied that the teacher had not taught her that "But , " said her mother , "you know. , dear , for tve have pumpkin vines In our garden0 ! "Of course I do , but we ain't expected know anything until tve are taught. ' ' Youth's Companion. Firnt Ohio Canal. The construction of canals was be- gun ia 1825. and by 1S32 400 miles of navigable canals were completed. Tho opening of the first Ohio canalwraa accomplished July4. . 1S2T. On that day the first boat - descended from Akron to Cleveland. "She was chaereci her passage by thousands of people , who assembled from thv adjacent conn- try to witQHf ti aovtf asd i&tcratigf
