( THE VALENTINE DEMOORA
I. M. RICE EDITH
[ Mutual companies pay loaaec in f u
discount I. M. RICE , Agent.
JUST LIKE MOTHER.
An EnrZ ? Morales ? Letter With a
Important Announcement.
* That domestic ambulance corps <
which mot' T or wife or sister h
charge , bei : : accustomed to all the a
cideuts tliiu befall heedless men foil
can sometimes deal with them at Ion
range. Thus the New York Mall an
Express tells how , at C o'clock in tl
morning of the wedding day.a pos
office messenger rang the bell at tt
home of the bride to be and handed ot
a special delivery letter.
It was addressed to th < ? best mai
who had come 'forty miles to second h :
best friend in the ceremony , and wa :
with several others , the guest of tL
bride's parents. The best man wa
still sound asleep , but he was prompt !
awakened on the supposition that tL
letter must contain something of irapoi
lance.
It did. indeed. Rubbing his eyes i
an effort to understand , he tore opf
the envelope and was astonished t
find a sheet of letter paper , with a larg
needle of the sort men always choos
when emergency compels them to sei
thrust through it and a foot of blac
thread doubled and trailing in a loos
tangle down the page.
The best man thought it was a jok <
but he could not see it , and he wa
about to become resentful when , upo
turning the sheet , he found this hastil
written note :
Dear Brother Mother says there Is
button off your dress coat. It Is in you
waistcoat , right hand pocket. Sew It or
Crawling out of bed. the best man 03
amiued his coat and laughed to see tha
the situation had been accurately di
scribed in the letter. "Just like motl :
er , " he said. "She has probably lost ;
whole night's sleep thinking about tha
button. "
Later in tho day four bridesmaid
gleefully assistedin , making the repairs
and this telegram went to mother :
Button aeweii en. Don't worry.
KEEPING A LOGBOOK.
The Syiilem of Abhreviatlons Used 01
Merchant Veitiels.
How many landsmen know how i
logbook is written up ? It seems just a :
complicated as don'.le entry-bookkcep
Ing when one docs i.ot know , but aftt :
a little careful attf. tion and study it'i
as easy to keep a lccbook as to eat ho
gingerbread. Thereis a list of letter
arranged. ad they look like so mud
Greek to thi1 uneducated.
The letter b. for instance , stands fo )
blue sky. whether there be clear 01
hazy atmosphere. C means rloudy 01
detached , opening clouds ; d denote.-
drizzling rain : a-sinali .1 , 'fog ; capital F
thicL fog : g. gloomy , dark weather : li
bail ; 1. lightning , and in. misty or h : : :
so as to interfere with thy view.
Tbe letter o represents overcast i
whf.M the whole sly Is covered with oiu
impenetrable cloud. Passing showm
are noted by the lettvr p. and q indi
cates the weather to be . - finally C'on
tinuons rain is indicated by an r. sno
by ai * : \i \ > 3 thunder by a t. 'Any ugly ,
threatening appearance in the weathei
calls for the letter u. and visibility of
distant objects , whether the sky be
cloudy or not , is represented by the let
ter v. A smallv is wet dew. A full
point nr dot under any letter denote ?
an exiraordinary degree. As an exam
pie of how the letters are used taki
q p i 1 t. This reads very bard squall.--
and showers of drizzle , accompanied by
lightning , with very heavy thunder
Numerals denote the force of the wind.
A cipher Indicates calm. 1 light air.
llgbtbreeze , o gentle breeze. 4 moder
ate brece. : 5 fresh breeze , i strong
breeze. 7 moderate gale , 8 fresh gale.
0 strong gale. 10 whole gale. 11 storm.
1hurricane. . This system of abbrevi
ation Is generally adhered to on all
merchant vessels.
Quicksands have a horrible fascina
tion for writers ; ind reader * of fiction ,
and the reality is every bit as bad as.
fancy paints it. One of the most re
markable quicksand accidents occurred
years ago in New Zealand. Two pros
pectors were wading across the mouth
of a small stream running into the sea
In the north island of New Zealand
Both stepped into a quicksand. One
who merely touched the edge of it got
loose. The other sank rapidly and. in
spite of his companion's efforts , was
sucked under. When an attempt was
made to recover the body , it was found
that the sand was enormously rich in
goid. I'roni .a single ton of it 300
worth of gold was washed. Pearson's.
Ilia Audience.
First Pianist Did you have much of
on audiencf at your recital yesterday
afternoon ?
Second Pianist Splendid ! There-
were tvo mm. three women and a
boy. The ! > : > y. I aftrnvanl learned ,
was finployrjl almrt tTare ! { , and the
two mi'ii raiiMin fs > r's.c'Iter ! , as it was
rthsmr at tin * iim vlrutrhi * three wom
en wennil Tight.Tbe'y came to hear
me. I know , for' ! gave them the passes
myself. Boston Transcript
Took the Watch.
It J told of the late Dr. Parker that
when a very. very , very good young
man tiimc to him asking whether he
should accept for certain special serv
ice ; > irold w-Mch , froni an-agnostic em-
plover he replied : "Take it , mylad ; '
tirfaIt If lie hid : been n Christian ,
perhaps he would uot have offered It to
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C F COOPER
Postofflce address
Oasis , Nssbr
Braud registered 20S
Cattle branded o
ieft side same as cu
Horses branded o
left hip
Also Htfi
' < nitiiled :
Range Smith .and. west of Haokbe.rrv
and Duck Lake.
ALONZO HEATH
Postofflce address
Cody , Nebraski
On left
side. Hor-j
ses left
shoulder.
Range north
Cutcoinli
UG. . Criger
Merriman Neb.
Brand recorded
No. 1087. ,
Brand eas
cut on si sam
AIS.
ieft hip
Range 10 miles
south - > f IMerri
man oil the Nio
hrara.
John Gresh
Merrlman , Neb.
On both sides
some on right sidi
and hi- ; .
Horses same with
out bar , left thigh
Range , Lake Creel
and LittleVhil -
River.
D. Bray
Rosebud S D
Cattle branded o ;
left thigh or hu
same as cut
Horse brain
same on"the lei
shoulder
A T DAVIS
Postofflce address
Hyannls , Neb
On right side
horses
on left
shoulder
also cattle
ou right side
Range 18 miles
north of H > anni !
J. J. Peck.
Cody , Nebr.
On both sides.
Horses DO 01
left thigh.
Range Head Pa *
- , Creek- . D
Seth Gary.
Merriman , Nebr.
On both side and
hip. Herd mark ,
dewlap.
Horses same on
left shoulder.
Range Lake
Oreek and Little
Whites River.
D' . A. Hancock
Blackburn , Mo. o >
Simeon , Nebrask
Cattle branded o <
left widf as on fiit ;
niso lii on left sift
\\llll .M ! > ! ! ' ! ! [
some caul ? ; aiso 01
on right side Hoi s.
brand , rake and it
on left shoulder o >
hip
Home ranch on
Dewey Lake. Range on Niobrara River , east o
fort Niobrara ; all In Cherry County. Nebraska
A , Benson
Address Arabia
Nebraska.
Range-North o
Niobrara river.
Sawyer Bros.
I ostofflce address.
Oasis.
G. K. Sawyer ha-
charge of these cat
tle. Horses DS or
left shoulder. Sonr
> to PEW left sidi
H r BtfArs same
TSffl
ift thigh. Range on Sinke riv
5O YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
TRADE MARKS
DESIGNS
COPYRIGHTS &c ,
Anrono sending a sUetch and description may
1 > ilclly ascertain our opinion free xvliatlicr an
invention Is probnWy pntetitable. Communica
tions strictly contidentlol. Handbook on Patents
aunt f rep. . Olilest ncency for securing ; patents.
Patents. taken tlironch JIunn ' & Co. receive
'tpecial notice , without chnrce , Intho
Scienftf ie HnterlcaM ,
A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Lnrpcst clr-
culation'of any scicntlUo jouumL Terms , $ &a
" ; four months , $ L Sold byall newsdealers.
Branch Office. G25 F SU Waahlneton. D. C
Work
/
theDEMOCRAT
DEMOCRAT ,
MILLS BKOS.
MerrJman , Nebr.
Cattle and hor
ses branded OD
left side or shoul
der.
der.Brand
Brand register
ed 1001.
Range ismUei
southwest of
Merrlman on rhe
nvpr
H A BUCK
Poslomce addre
Hyannis * N <
Branded on lelt si <
Range eighteen mil
north of Hvanni *
Kan
Neb
Kuan's
ivtae mark , slit
Itiftear
D N GOURLEY
Postofflce address
Rushville , Ne
r OO on left sidi
Horses
slumid-
Hange-Cedar Lah
Sandy Williams.
Uerriman. Nebr.
MosMy 01 , left
ide. Some on
ight side.
Horses same on
eft shoulder
Range Lake
reek , S , D.
.1 A SAULTP
Cattle on lef *
lip.
Horses on left
houlder.
Some stock
et bearing my
ormer brard as
luiwn be'ow. '
Postofflce address
Gregory i f
On left side or hij
horses fame on lei
shoulder
Range-Arkansa
Va ley and Snake
A'len & Sons
Niobrara.
Brand registered
Jo 870
Horses branded
n left hip
Ilangp. Niobrara
ver 12 miles past
Valentine
G.H. Seager
'ostotllce address
Codv , Neoraska
title branded as on
it on left side , hip
1 shoulder ; horses
ime
aiige. Snake Creek
J. B. Lord
Neb
Stock bran dec
t ame as cut back o :
right shoulder ami
ou right hip
Range on tin
Niobrara
F. W. Jcrsig
Valentine. Vpbr
brands as follows
R Q left Hide , loin
or hip
leftthieh.
/Xfsj Left or eith
er side Also the
following brands
ileft side
Range between the Gordon and Snake
urh of the Niobrara river
J \Vallingford
Kennedy , Neb.
Jattle branded
ne as cut ; also
ne branded
| on lofthip.
PS ROUSCHE
Postofflce address
Brownlee , Neb
On left side or any
part of animal. Ear
mark right ear cut
off ; horses branded
same on left hip.Also
has stock branded H
on side or shoulder ,
or JKorWorO VL
lor O or FZ. Also
following , the first one being on side andhip
Wm
Rosebud 8 fc >
Same , as out
or with bar under
S : rieht ear slit
and dulapped
Horses branded
same.ua ! <
Garner Brothers.
Cody , Neb
Anywhere ou ca
tie.
Horses on le
shoulder.
North
F T. Hr. ckett
Riege , Nebr.
Brand Regi-rtcred
< o 1490
Bnind right
jr hip
Horseh same on
right shoulder
Range , Ninbrnra
fi miles < oiitli of
Kilgorf
F \I IVaei ! tt
Valentine. Neb
ln brand'1
on left hi ]
< 5. W. Bennett
Simeon Neb
Stock branded
with 7 on left hip
also same as cut
Range between
Gordon and Snake
creeks and ou the
Viobrara river
Frank T. Lee.
Brownlee. Neb.
Cattle on le
side ; horses sam
on left should e
Range - Foil
miles northeast c
Browulee
Char1 es Kichards.
Merriman , Neb
Robert Emery
RoRebudS- ;
Cattle brande <
on both sides.
Horses on lei
thigh.
Range on Cu
Meat creek.
D. M. Sears
Kennedy , Nebr.
Cattle branded
, is on cut.left side
Some on left hip.
Horses same on
left shoulder.
Range Square
Lake.
WILLIAM WILSON
Postoflice artdres ? <
Kilgore Nebi
Two half circles of
left hip and leftside
of neck Horses
same on leftshouldei
Some cattle brandec
reaper hook on left hii
H V OOWNING
PostoHice. addreas
Gregory , Neb
Un leftsidealso
C 0 L E on side
Range Stevenson
Lake
W. E. Haley
Valentine Neb
Brand registered
No 200
Range In Sharps
Ranch and German
precincts 6 miles
south of Kilgore
C. H Little.
Merriman , Nebr.
On either side
Horses same on
hip. Also Q >
Range Lake Creek
SD
WILLIAM BEAMER
Gordon , Nebr ,
Cattle branded
same as cut OD
left side.
Horses
branded
on left
shoulder.
*
T
Range 6 mile >
south of Irwin.
JULIUS PETERSON
38tofflce address
Gregory. Neb
-inded a * on cut
Range two miles
irth of tt
F. C. & M. O. Metzger.
i Nebraska.
Cattle branded on
left side as cut.
somehaVt.
Horses
s.itne/m left thigh
Some cattle
flirted Vp on
"left si'e. Range
SnaKe 35 miles so..tli of Merriman , Others
igo 8 miles n.-rthweat of Merrimau ,
James Goodfellow.
Cody. Nebr.
Cattle brande
on left side.
Horses J3 c
left jaw
Range Betwec
the Niobrara ar
Lake.
S. Rowley
Kennedy , - Nebraska.
Same a ? rut on left
side and hip , and on' '
left shoulder of hor
ses. AlsoBSai on
left Hide kiand
hip.
# on right hip and
F + on left side
Q on left hip of horses.
p on left jaw and loft shoulder of horses.
lilQ on left hip of horses.
R M Faddis& Co.
Pnstofllce address Valentine or Kennedy.
Cattle brand *
same as cut.
Rome brandt
on left
thigh.
Some on.
leftside or |
hip.
J P GARDINER
Postofflce address
Cody , Nebraska
On leftside of cat
tle ; horses O right
armRange
Range , north and
south of Niobrara
River,12-miles south
west of Cody
Frank Rothleutner
Postofflce ; ifldre ;
KilgoreNeb.
Cattle branded ou
side'as on cut s > an ;
oil lint
Some on le
George Heyne
Cody , Neb
Brand registered
No 1027
Horses branded on
left shoulder
Range north and
south of Cutcomb
I ake in Cherry Co
Pat Peiper
Klmeon Nebr
G. W. McFarland
Valentine , Nebr
Ranee : four
miles east of Fort
Niobrara , north
and eoiith'of
Rprry bridge the
G. E Wright.
Valentino JSebr.
Brand registered
No. 374.
Brand
on right sldp -
C. P. Jordan.
Rosebud , SD
Horsei andcattle
same s-n cut ; also
CJBE Jj on nghl
hip.
Range on Oak and
Butte creeks.
A liberal reward
for information
leading to detection
of rustlers off
Baringany of these brands. f
Morey & Hewett
ordon , Nebr.
rand registered
92. On left hip
! cattle. Horses
, me left should-
; also 94.D
ft side.
inge douth of
sake 35 miles
of Gordon.
Eobert Quisenbery
Postoffice address
Simeon. Nebr.
S ' "ft hip on
\ " cattle.
Horses same on
right shoulder.
Range on Snake
River.
Jos. Bristol
Valentin , Nebr.
Range on Nio
brara river four
miles east of Ft.
Niobrara.
Horses and
cattle branded
i > Ji connected on
left hip or side a *
shown in cut
Albert Whipple & Sons
Rosebud , " * . D.
Cattle i-randed
SOS on left. sie
OSOonriuhtM'ie
Some cattle also
have nf ou neck
Some with A on
left shoulder and
some branded .
with two haas
across hiud'qnar-
Jters. .
sea branded SOS on left hin. Some cattle
nded AW bar connected on both aides and
hjp of hones ,
WILLIAM FERDON.
Postoflice address
Brownlee , Nob
Like cut on either
left side or hlpralso
| left side.
Horses
Jssmeaacut
on left hip.
S25Q.OO RE-
, , , ,
"
convii "oa of anyone unlawfully handling cattla
In tliesa urands.
Henry Flineaux SimeonXebr.
Brand Registered
No 816. Quarter
Circle Club.
C.Utle branded
on left hip. Some
without quarter
circle
Horses brand
ed on left shoul
der.
PIKK3ROS
Postoffice address
Crookston , Neb
Cattle branded JL'B
on "either'hip" er
right side.
Horses PE on left
shoulder.
Range-On
ebaduza 5
oaat of Crookstc
J.F. Swain.
Sparks , Nebr.
Cattle branded on
eft side as shown
n cat.
Range-South
of Sparks on Nio-
hrara river ,
FRANK MOGLB
Po'stofflc address
Cody. Nebraska
On either-side cattle
herdmark left ear
'clipped ' and riht ear
splithorses ; u anded
tme on left shoulder
IRange on Nip ara
land
D. Stinard.
Valentine , Nebr.
Ktate Brand reg
istered 15T 4.
( 'attle and horses
nranded same a $
< "at on left hip.
Range 2 miles
ast of Ft. Nio-
hrara.
Nebraska Land andFeeding Co.
Jartlett Richards Pres Will G Comstock , V. P.
C Jamison Sec&Treaa
Cattle branded on
any part of animal ;
also the following
brands :
horses branded the
same
Range between
Gordon on the F.E.
& M. V. , R-f R % and
3yanmson B&M.R. R. In Northwestern
vebraska. Address , BABTLETT RIOHAKDS ,
Ellsworth. Nebraska. '
Motzger Bros. ,
Gregory Neb
Cherry Co
Branded on left
side and thigh. ,
Karmark , SQUMTG
TOP right ear
Horses have
same brand on
left thigh.
Range on Gor-
< Jon and Snake
Creeks ,
A. ttetcerrff of $ ' 5O will be paid to any
nrson for information leading to the arrest and
" . r VroJ any person or pr.on * * tal.
. - W. BEAMER.
; . .Gordon , Nebr.
Cattle branded
on leftside a ic
cut , o-inch box
and 2inch circle
Brand registered
' - "
-87
eft shoui-
inch circle .1-in
soutb of
J I , R08EBERIIY
' '
'oatbfflceaddress
"Pullniah'Neb
! rande < Um left hio ;
orses same Her < jf-
larknlouble dew-lap
Range .fso.uth * ,
ast of Bnish Hill
A J PLUMER
Postofflce address
li , JTyanni3. Neb
'
right sideand'hip
have stock branded
riulit Side and hip
Horse1 ?
on rieht hip
mge-Southwestern Cherry
unty
J. A. YARYAN
r Pullman , K
Cattle 'branded JT
"H i
- O" * * * JilAC
Horses branded JY /
on right shoulder
Reasonable reward
for any information
leading to the re
covery , , f cattlo
strayed from my
*
. r/uige
SWEENEY BROS
stoffice address
Pullman , Neb ,
: tle branded as on
: hqrses branded
ie as rattle except
ersed s -
block
ige Rrever
I Stephenson
: es and South
reward will be paid to any .
tion leading to the arrest and convlptfon
? e KdQ orFersoM 8teaUa8 cattle with
