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SOCIETIES ,
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and 3rd Friday of each month at 8:30.
C. M. JJUNTEB , C. tf. GOULD.
C. C. K. of R. & . S.
VALENTIN JBLOWGEXO. 205 1. 0. O. F
Meets Thursday night each week ,
AMOS RASBALL , J. T. KICKLEV ,
H. G. Sec'y.
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M. W. Kecordet.
DEGREE OK HONOR NO. HO.Meets
2ud and 4th Monday each mouth.
ETTA BROWN , INEZ , PEirycKEw ,
C. of H. Recorder.
M. W. A. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays each
month.
M. V. .NICHOLSON , W. E , HALET ,
V.O. Clerk.
FJEEATERKAI. CJBIOX NO , 508-Meets
every baturoai nigh
J. A.-H.OBNBACK , E. D , CLARK.
F , M. Sec'y.
HOT AL SKIGIIBORS. Meets 2nd and
4th Wednesdayn each month.
aiABY QuiGLEy , MINNIE DANIELS ,
. . Oracle. " Rec.
8enM and Daughters of Protection
JLedse A'o. O.-Meets 2nd and 4th Fridays each
month.
HKNRYGBAHAM , Mrs. JENNIE LEWIS ,
Sec'y
Bayal DUsWanclcrs , Devon Cn tleKo.
291. Meets 2nd Friday eaca month.
ED CLARK , ' .E. HALET.
I. P. Sec'y.
Charles H. Faulhaber
Brownlee
Breeder of
Ren'at'd Hereiords.
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Hyam , No. 74,538 ,
at head of herd.
Young bnlls from 6
to 18 months old
for sale.
HENKY AUGUSTON
Blacksmith.
Brownlee , Nebr.
Does general blacksmithingathard
times prices for cash.
PAT HETT
Valentine , Nebr.
Good , Hard Rock for sale in any
quantity.
H.M. CRAMER ,
City Deliveryman.
Trunks , valises and packages bauled to and
from the depot and all parts of the City.
W. A. KIMBELL
Barber
First-class Shop in Every Respect
Eau de Quinine Hair Tonic , Golden Star Bair
Tonic , Herpicide and Coke's Dandruff Cure.
Try Pompeian Face Massage Cream
LEKOY LEACH
County Surveyor
Valentine or Woodlalte
GEJiKKAl.VOKK PJSOMI'XI/VT ATTEHDED TO.
JOHN PORATH
Biege , Nebr.
Tub alar wells and windmills.
A. M. MOERISSEY
Attorney at Law
Valentine , 3i br.
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A. N. COMPTON
Physician and Surgeon !
Office at Quigley & Chapman's
Drug Store. Nights The Don-
oher residence , Cherry Street. I
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:
, \ - Edward S Fur ay !
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Physician and Surgeon I
Office Frataiial Hall or El
liott's Drug Store i
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F. M. WAI.COTT
ATTORNEY * * , BC ' ! '
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' 6IME TABJLK
No. 27 Frt. Daily 233 P. M.
No. 25 " except Sunday 9:40 A. M
No. 3 Passenger Bally 12:49 A. M.
EAST BOUKD
No. 28 Frt. Dally G :50 A. M.
No.2P ' except Sunday 5:00 P.M.
NO. 4 Passenger Daily 4:47 A. M.
MILL PRICES FOR FEED ,
Bran , bulk 75 per cwt * 14.00 ton
Shorts bulk 85 per cwt $16.00 ton
Screenings 70c V * 13-00 "
Chop Feed . . . . .1.0520.no "
Corn 95 $18.00"
Chopooru . . . .1.00 " $19.00"
1.20 $2300"
John. Nicholson ,
Dentist.
Will be in Valentine on the 20 , 21 , 22
and 23rd of each month. 'Reserve
your work for him. Office at Donober
House.
ETTA BROWN
SUPf. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Examination Third Saturday of each
month and Friday preceding.
* ALENTINE NEBRASKA
Moses & Hoffacker.
Simeon , Mebr
on right or le ft
O shoulder of bora-
es
O on left Jaw. H on left side. H on left thigh
S. N. Moses.
right shoulder
O and hip.
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The excellent record of the' 'Mer
cantile' 'is attracting much attent
ion. It now has in Nebraska over
seven thousand policy holders and
over six million dollars bf insur-
ence in force. It has annually for
five years on an average declared
to its policy holders a div
idend of 15 to 20 per cent ; that is ,
it has saved in cost to its policy
holders that much. There is no
man but what would like to be in
a business that would yield him 20
per cent profit. The Mutual Insurance -
surance Journal.
The Mutual Insurance people of
the state can be proud of the fact
that Nebraska has within its boardth
ers some of the very strongest
Mutual companies in the world ,
Many both farm and city whose poli
cies are as good as gold anywhere
and : the reputation of which goes
unquestioned. Among the number
none are better than the Farmers
Mutual Insurance Company and
The Nebraska Mercantile Mutual
1I
Insurance : Company , both of Lin
coln , and the Trans-Mississippi
CiA
Mutual Fire Association of Oma
ha , and our readers should carry
in these companies all of the insur
ance they can place witli them up
to the full amount desired. No
person claims but that in case of
loss they are- fairly treated and
when the amount is agreed upon ,
paid promptly. The Mutual In
surance Journal.
These companies are represented -
ed by I. M. Bice of Valentine. In
these : companies together with the
German Mutual of Omaha he has
written thousands of dollars of insurance
VS
surance for people in Valentine ,
Crookston , Cody , Mcrriman ,
Gordon , AYooklake and throughout
Co
out Cherry Co. There has never
been a question as to the reliability
of these mutual companies and
0tJ
those holding policies in them can
tJtl
testify to the saving in cost of in
surance. There should be no dis
crimination against them because
they have saved thousands of dollars
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.
Running Water.
Lou Mosher was on the river
Sunday.
Al Smith was on the sick list
,
last week. .
Bob Ellis went 'to town the first
of the week.
The Niobrara Falls changed to
Becky Corner.
Samuel Heth and wife were vis
iting at C. Thompson's
Charley Beece went to his broth
ers and brotherinlaws.
*
N. S. Bowley went out to his
ranch with a load of freight.
S. L. Ellis went out home Sun
day with a load of goods for his
store.
The foot bridge in district No.
100 went out last Sunday , so there
is no more school. " * tl
tr
George Sedlacek just returned
Sunday from the dance and he
looked down at the lip.
The school in district 100 clo seel
last week. The teacher was sick
and she went to visit her stepmoth
er.
NIOBRAEA BILL.
Too Generous.
"Whatvis : the trouble between Ara
bella j and her young man that they
gave up the idea of marrying ? " asked
a former resident of Bushby.
"Arabella was always techy , " said
the young lady's aunt , with imperson
al calmness , "and that was the trouble
that and her being so literal. It's a
terrible * resky combination o * quali-
tics.
"They , kent having hitches all along.
but come Christmas time Albert asked
,
her right up and down what she want
ed , for fear of making the wrong choice ,
and she said. 'You can give me enough
candy to till my slipper , ' looking at
him ' real coy.
"Well , her feet aren't as small as
corns , but that wasn't his idea. 'Twas
be'ciiuse ! ho.'g gttnerous arid ubi ; literal. di
He sent her" a live pound bo's , n'o'oi' , de- din
lude'd critter , and she up and broke the t
engagement , and his little sister ate ttl
.the candy and enjoyed it by what 1
STRICKEN FILIPINOS.
Thousands of Them Arz Dying
of Hunger and Disease.
AN APPBOPEIATION ASKED POE.
TJic Secretary of "War Describes
the Terrible Conditions That Exist.
Plague , Pestilence and Famine Are
Devastating : tlie Ifilanils Failure of
"Benevolent Assimilation. "
The once prosperous Philippine Is
lands have come to a sad pass. After
/ !
war t , murder , torture , rapine and fire
ha devastated the greater portion of
th islands , the inevitable plague ,
pestilence and famine have followed in
their train. Two hundred and fifty thousand -
sand Filipinos are said to have been
killed in the war , and a like number
hare , perished from the plague. How
great is the number of the widows and
orphans that have no providers is prob
lematical , but the number must approach
preach 2OCOGOO of helpless ones. These
are now dying of hunger , and the nunic
ber is added to daily , for the plague has
not been stayed.
So desperate are the conditions that
President Roosevelt has transmitted to
congress" a message inclosing a letter
from Secretary Root describing the terrible -
rible conditions that prevail and asking
that a special appropriation of $3,000I
COO be made for the relief of the destit
tute. The secretary of war says :
"It seems to me that the conditions
resulting from the destruction by rin-
derpest of 90 per cent of the carabaos ,
the draft -animals of the islands , and
the consequent failure of the rice crop ,
followed by an epidemic of cholera , are
so serious and distressing as to will for
action by congress beyond that for
which the commission specifically : isks.
I think the cccasion for relief
in the Philippines is now greater than
it was in Cuba when congress approi
printed $3.0Ul .000 for the payment of
the Cuban soldiers out of the treasury
of the United States , or limn it was in
Porto Rico when hundreds of thousands
of dollars were contributed by tinpeo -
pie of the United States and mere than
$1,000.000 paid out of Iho national'
treasury for the relief of tlu snir.irrs
from the hurricane of August. 1JWV
Never before has n unbare of a president -
ident to compress presented such a end
and disastrous condition as cistir.g in
any of the territory of the United
States worse than Cuba after the iron
despotism of Spain and the brutality of
Weyler had devastated that fair island.
Could < any parallel be worse ?
CPi The great heart of the American pco-
pie freely gave relief to the Cuban dis-
trcas and now will respond with even
gi fibcrality. for Cuba was only a
n < in distress , but the Filipinos
are our own people , whom we have undertaken
aid
dertaken ( to provide for. We bought
them with a great price and have spent
tlihi
hundreds of millions to force our government -
ernment on them. We have been told
erT are there to stay whatever betides.
The more reason they should be cared
for. There should be no delay in rnak-
ing this appropriation to relieve this
indi
distress , for which we are at least par
tially responsible. If $3,000.000 is not
tiiei
enough , let it be doubled or even ten
fold appropriated.
The government we have instituted
m the Philippines collects all the reve
nues , and , sorry to relate , most of it is
expended on our own officials who have
been sent there to administer it. The
beF
Filipinos are helpless ; their fate is in
our hands.
Whatever disposition is to be made of
the Philippine Islands will be srttlo !
hereafter. The present is no time for
quibbling on political conditions when
thousands are dying of hunger and dis
ease.
The Republican administration of
benevolent assimilation for the islands
is a failure our chief officials acknowl
edge it. Instead of the pictures of con
tentment and good government that
have been the constant theme of the
imperialists , they are now forced to
portray impoverishment and distress.
Is it to be wondered at that ladrones
are organized into bands , even for
plunder , with gaunt hunger stalking
through the land , up to the gates of
Manila ?
Government of the people without
their : consent has always been disas
trous to the governed and usually
brought misfortune to those who have '
attempted it. '
Monroe Doctrine Laid Array.
It is interred in the Republican grave-
ard by the side of the Constitution.
Fcelinj ? tlie Trust Pulse.
We are informed by a Washington
ispatch that the house judiciary com-
uiltee : will "not take hasty or precipi1 !
ate action in the matter of regulating I
he trurts. " This is surprising news , i c
mt iiQkabsolutely incredible. Chicago *
TRUCKLING TO TRUSTS.
Treasurer Roberta * Deception an to
the Cause of Hi h Prlcca.
As u rule the present heads of the
government departments and bureaus
{
recognize the trusts as the real power
behind l the Republican throne and un
derstand what is required of them if
they wish to hold on to then. ' jobs. In
short , they serye the trusts. Some serve
in their official capacity only ; others
curry favor and promotion by serving
with all their faculties at all times.
These latter .are the wise ones , as is
evident from the kind of men appointed
to commissions , bureaus , etc.
Treasurer Ellis II. Roberts was un
doubtedly right when he told the con
vention of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science that ,
with all other things equal , large ad
ditions to the currency carry up the
prices of commodities measured by it. "
He then said that "notable advances
have taken place in the prices of arti
cles of necessity during the last five
years. " His estimate of the increased
cost of living as 23 to 30 per cent is un-
doubtedlj- low , however.
Treasurer Roberts would have us in
fer that these Increased prices and high
er cost of living are due entirely to the
additions to the currency of the coun
try. The Increase in gold alone in this
country , he said , bad averaged $107-
733,039 a year since Jan. 1. 1S09. He
said nothing about the marvelous
growth of trusts since the passage of
the Dingley act in 1307 and the proba
bility , amounting almost to a certainty ,
that most of the advance in prices is
due to the monopoly of our markets by
these protected trusts. In fact , most
of the notable advances can be traced
to some trust formed since 1897 or to
natural causes , such as poor crops
abroad or poor crops at home. Some
farm products are selling for less now
than in 1897 in spite of the great scar
city abroad. Thus Mr. Roberts men
tions wheat as being lower now than in
1897.
That the trusts are the real culprits
in putting up prices is evident from a
consideration of foreign prices. France ,
England ] and Germany have increased
their i gold holdings since 1S9S almost
as much as has this country. Yet the
cost of living in those countries has in
creased only about one-third as much as
here ] and , in fact , has probably declined
considerably during the last two years ,
in j spite of poor crops there nnd while
it j was rapidly rising in our own trust
ridden country. Sauerbeck's "index"
tables i show that prices in England de
clined 5 per cent in 1901 and were only
1C per cent higher than in 1890. Prices
there probably declined further in 11)02. )
although most-meat and other products
imported j from the United Slates were
higher. ]
It is up to Treasurer Roberts to tell
us i why , with greatly increased curren
cy < both here and abroad , prices have
not risen almost as much there as here.
"With all other things equal , " he said.
Will he please tell us what other things
that might affect prices were as une
qual , in this period as the growth of
trusts 1 here and abroad ?
No , he will not. He prefers to play
the 1 sycophant and to apologize for the
trusts. \
Tnrnlns : on the Battery.
1
Coal Trust Give 'im all he'll stand !
Unnecessary Convention * In OIio.
Boss Ilanua has nominated his friend
Ilcrrick of Cleveland as the candidate
of the Republican party for governor
of < Ohio. lie will ailow the party to
hold I a convention next fall and indorse
his I selections for governor and other
candidates. < Quite a number of Repub
lican editors of that state want the
party to hold an old fashioned conven
tion and make the nominations in the
ancient way. These are supposed to be
sympathizers with the ambition of
Congressman Dick , whom Boss Ilanna
placed at the head of the state commit
tee. For the past seven years Boss
Hanna has had undisputed control of
the Republican party of Ohio. As the
Republicans of that state evidently like
to be bossed , the objections of these
Republican editors will probably be
futile. What is the use of holding Re
publican conventions in Ohio anyway ?
They arc expensive luxuries and under
the modern boss system entirely un
necessary.
Unfair.
Following the declaration of divi
dends aggregating 45 per cent for the
year , and following a gift of $1.000,000
from Mr. Rockefeller to the Chicago
university , comes a further advance in
the price of kerosene oil of no less than
a cent a gallon , making a total advance
of 2 cents since September. This I * a
mean performance Avhich no end of
gifts to Dr. Harper's Chicago institu
tion can excuse taking advantage of
the stress of the people who. in Iho
scarcity of coal , are obliged to report to
such substitutes as oil to keep warm.
If the Standard Oil trust were a poor
cqrporation. struggling to earn no more
than (3 ( per cent en an honest capitali
zation , its conduct would be v"'wed
with more leniency. But when it r iscs
prices which \r.\il sufficed to yield J" > per
cent on a watered capital the ? unpnlar
sense of decency and fairnoj-s Id out-
THE MATRON'S SPEECH.
Eloquence That Quelled a Riot la *
Military Hospital.
In the "Memories of a Llospftnl Ma
tron" a \ "t.r in the Atlantic Monthly ,
who was hc-ad of a Confederate hos
pital dur ! ; : . the war. relates tins u-
citing ine.Y.ent :
"Our s"owird. n meek lkij > man.
came to i.e one day , pale with fright ,
and said that the convalescents had
stormed 1 e bakery , taken out the half
cooked I : ul ami scattered it about
the yard , beaten the baker and threat
ened to Iianjc the steward. I hurried
to the scene to throw my > xlt * into the
breach before the surgeon saould ar
rive with the guard and arrest the of
fenders. I found the new bakery lev
eled to the ground and 200 excited
men clamoring for the bread which ,
they declared , the steward withheld
from them from meanness or stole for
his own benelit.
" 'And what do you say of the ma
tron ? ' I asked , rushing amonjr them.
'Do you think that she. through who > e
hands the bread must pass , is a party
to the theft ? Do yon acctwe ne.vlio
have nursed you through months of
illness , making you chicken soup when
we had not seen a chicken for a year ,
forcing an old breastbone to do duty
for months for those unrcns'iuahh * fel
lows who wanted to bee th- > chicken ;
me. who gave you a greater variety in
peas than was ever known before and
who lately stewed your rats wlit-n th ?
cook refused to touch them ? And this
is j'our gratitude ! You tear down my
bakehouse , beat my baker and want
to hang my steward ! '
"To my surprise the angry men
laughed and cheered. A few days later
there came to me a committee' of
two sheepish looking fellows to ask
my acceptance of a ring. Each of thl
poor men had subscribed something
from his pittance , and their old ene
my , the steward , had been sent to town
to make the purchase. Accompanying
the ring was a bit of dirty paper on
which was written. * I'cr our chief ina-
xtron , in honor of her" brave conduct on
the day of the bread riot. ' "
THE COOKBOOK.
To prevent eggs from cracking when
they are boiling , place a pin in the
saucepan.
If you get too much salt in the gravy ,
a pinch of brown sugar will remedy the
sakness without hurting the gravy in
the least.
When onions are of too strong flavor
to be pleasant for sauce , boil a turnip
with them , but remove it before using
the onions.
Never fry mere than six oysters at
once unless you have a very large ket
tle of fat. If more are cooked , they will
soak grease and take a long time to
brown.
Don't forget that mincemeat is a
great deal better to be made a week or
ten days before it is to be used. The
spices and cider , etc. , have thus time to
percolate the apple and meat.
Peanut salad is an excellent accom
paniment for roast duck. Soak a cupful
of peanut meats in olive oil. drain and
mix lightly with two cupfuls cf lincly
cut celery and a dozen pitted olives.
Serve with mayonnaise dressing on let
tuce leaves.
Pica For the Wooden Shoe.
"We have wisely taken to wearing
sandals. " says a Philadelphia physi
cian. "I hope that before long we will
learn the advantage of the wooden
shoe , or sabot. Do you know that a
great many disease.- ; are due to leather
shoes , due to the wearing all day long
of tight leather that is often , in bad
weather , water soaked ? And do you
know that by the wearing of wooden
shoes , which keep the 'feet dry and
which do not 'draw. ' all those diseases
might be avoided ? I have several
pairs of sabots , and so have my wife
and children. They cost about 30
fic
cents a pair and keep the feet dry.
without cramping 'them or making
them unhealthily tender. I believe that
the wisest thing Americans could do
would be to take up the sandal and
the sabot , discarding altogether the
shoe of leather. "
Didn't Know Almnt Canhboya.
Uncle Podunk ( shopping in town , to
saleswoman ) How much fer them
socks ?
Saleswoman Twenty-flve cents a
pair.
pair.Uncle
Uncle Podunk ( putting his hand in
his pocket ) All right Gimme a pair.
Saleswoman Yes. sir. Cash , here !
C-a-a-a-s-h !
- - - - -
Uncle Podunk Thunder and mud ,
woman ! Ye needn't holler it so dum
loud ! I know it's cash here , an * ain't
I feelin' fer it as fast as I kin ? New
York Times.
Gnlvnni * * Discovery.
It is to the wife of Professor ffalvini
of Bologna that Is due the credit of
having discovered the elrctricr.l bat
tery which bears his.name. . . Some
skinned frogs lay upon the table , and ,
noticing a convulsive movement in
their limbs , she called bur husband's
attention to the strange fact , who in
stituted n series of experiments , and
in 1701 he laid the foundation of the
galvanic battery.
Their Lnclc.
Must my luck. " said Unrein "She's"
always e.ut when I call. "
"So she was telling me , " said Miss
Pcpprey.
"She told you the same tiling , eh ? "
"Yes. " Only she said it was just her
lack. " Philadelphia Press.
Hard Lnck.
She Because l cannot marry you .U >
not be disheartened. You must face-
! he world bravely
He It isn't a question of the world ;
I've got to face my creditors.
