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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1903)
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRA1 I. flL ItlCE , Pub.Ii.hor. TALENT1NE , NEBRASKA The man wlno forged the name of1 P. Morgan to checks knew how t ( dodge working a blind lead. Yes , time flies. The first babies wht .were named after Grover Cleveland are nearly old enough to vote. The 400 survivors of the Society Is lands who swam four miles through a raging sea deserve to be called "The 400. " "Eat a lemon" is the advice now be- tag freely given. If you arc despond ent , It will give you something else to think about We wonder what that grim and brave old salt , Admiral Cervera , thinks f > f our handling of our naval heroes by this time ? Be it noted with unfeigned surprise that It was a Frenchman whose cour age failed him when his duty called him to publicly kiss a woman. "It's the storm that makes the mar iner , " but the $10,000,000 set aside for & new naval academy indicates that Uncle Sam's money helps The dodors having told King Ed ward that he eats and drinks too much , the king may feel that he must frnake a change perhaps of court phy sicians. John D. Rockefeller , Jr. , says he owes $300,000. Why shouldn't a man with his wad pay up and find out how good it feels to be square with the world ? Foreigners should always remember that this country's attitude with re gard to the divine right of kings is the same as that of Ireland concerning the snakes. * According to a Berlin editor , no Eu ropean power recognizes the Monroe doctrine. Speaking precisely , that is true ; but they all respect it , which is just as good , and better. A man thinks he has discovered how to make a palatible food out of corn stalks. That ought to be easy after others have succeeded in making shav ings and sawdust so pleasant to take. The Russian army is said to be ready for whatever happens in the Balkans. And the Russian peasant continues to go stoop-shouldered under the burden which this constant readiness imposes. * ' Baron Avebury is given credit for 'coining the new word "manywhere" in his latest book. Perhaps some gray- haired Scotchman who learned the word on his native heath when he was a lisping infant will smile at this. 1 A New York artist has lauded Tweed "because he had imagination coupled . with dishonesty. We take it for granted - ed ; that the artist has Imagination , but ffts diglike to infer from his praise of 'Dishonesty that he possesses Tweed's. combination. In Minnesota a member of the State ( Senate has been trying to pass a bill .imposing a fine on any person with a jweak heart who indulges in kissing , lit is the fellows with "weak hearts" who do most of that business , and it does not seem fair to select them for exclusive taxation. Chicago used to boast of Its youth ; but according to the executive commit tee of Its historical society the city pvill be a hundred years old on Aug. 1 , on which date In 1803 Lieut. Swearen- gen established Fort Dearborn at the mouth of the Chicago river. There is some historical confusion as to the date and circumstances of the settle ment , but we all know that modern Chicago dates only from the fire , and Its achievements since then have been great enough to satisfy any one. General Booth of the Salvation army gravely announces the purpose of that 'enterprising organization "to go after the millionaires of the United States and enroll them as members. " They have not usually been considered prom ising revival material , but perhaps the effort to reach them has not been made In just the right way. The millionaire as an active member of the Salvation army would not be out of place. The qualities which have put him in the bosition he occupies , or kept him there f the formative work in building his tfortune was done by others , are very much those which it may be assumed { would make for success in the kind of Hvork General Booth wants done. It Is no longer possible to doubt that electricity Is the power' the immedi ate future. When the census of 1900 rwas taken the electric motors In use 5n manufactures in the United Stsites produced only three hundred and elev en thousand horse-power. Since then the Sault Ste. Marie canal has been fcompleted , which produces fifty-seven thousand horse-power , and a hundred and twenty thousand horse-power has been added to the capacity of the Ni agara Falls plant Canada Is treading close on the heels of the United States , for at Niagara Falls it Is building two jplants to produce a hundred c : d sixty thousand horse-power , and at Sault te. Marie It produces twenty thou sand. It is difficult to imagine what the census of 1910 will show. If One of the most interesting and at I the § &me time least noted changes of the. past' five years Is the enlargei mental outlook of the American pee pie. To realize how great this chang ( Is , It is necessary only to study the files of any large newspaper of a date previous to the Spanish-American war and then to compare them with the issues of the same paper at the present time. Five columns of matter pertain ing to foreign countries are printed now to one printed a few years ago. The change also manifests itself in the editorial pages , where public events in foreign countries and the purposes and bearing of foreign policies are discuss ed with a minuteness which shows that they possess a genuine interest for American readeis. And it "shows itself again in the position of the foreign news the "display" which the edi tor gives it , and the headings under which he sets it forth. This enlarged horizon Is the corollary of the indus trial and political expansion of the United States. To build bridges in In dia and railroads in South America ; to feed an army in Africa and place one of our own in China ; to co-operate with the great powers of the earth in a military expedition , and to contejid with them successfully in diplomacy ; to assume the guardianship of islands on the opposite side of the earth and on the other side of the equator this is to learn geography , and to learn it effectively although , it may be , expen sively. Nor is the process of educa tion ended. The cable which will con nect the old East with the new West has already touched Honolulu on its way to Manila. Great steamships are building for trade with China and Japan , and others already ply between Atlantic ports and the West Indies. Re ciprocity treaties are pending , and questions of international importance arc under consideration. He was only ten years of age , but he was a hero. While playing on the rail road at Madisonville , Ohio , little Mars Shawber was run down by a train and his lower limbs were crushed into pitiable mass of 'shredded flesh and bone. The boy's first thought was of his mother , and he said to those who tenderly picked him up : "Please don't take me home. It will worry mamma. " The sorely wounded little fellow kneAV his mother had many worries. She was a poor woman , and care had made life's burdens heavy for her to bear. * He knew her anguish would be greater than his , and he sought to shield her. That alone stamped him as a heroic soul. But there was more. When the boy awoke to consciousness he was In bed in the little home. The surgeons had done their ghastly work , and there were pitiable small blotches of blood on the white counterpane. For the first time he realized his legs were gone. But he did not flinch ! This lad of tender years had kept in his heart a pathetic secret He had mapped out his life's career , summed up In a resolve to go to school another year , and then go to work to "help papa and mamma. " Now he had lost his legs. But that made no difference. And here was the greater heroism : Lying in his bedj the strip ling commander readjusted the scheme of his campaign. In the battle if life his regiments had. been flung back by the enemy , battered , beaten , but unwhlp- pedl As calmly as Napoleon rearranged his lines in the teeth of defeat he made a qew alignment o't his forces. Think * ing it all out , he said : "Never mind , mamma. I will get well and I will be able to work , for I have my hands left ! " O , ye who murmur when the march is long , or when a redoubt is to be taken where is there a braver utterance ? Not that of Cambronne when the English begged him to surrender and he flung the word "Murde ! " at them and died fighting , the last of the old guard ; not Curtius at the bridge nor Leonidas at the pass. And then the lad began to fight death with only a broken sword and a boyish smile. But the shock had been too great Smiling , he died , mur muring as he went that he would be able to work , as "he had his hands left" Died , did we say ? Can such ? dauntless , tender spirit ever die ? The Trne Nelson Attitude. In a speech made by Lord Warwici at a banquet in England last fall , he quoted a letter from JNelson , which was published to the world for the first time. It was written to the Lord Warwick of Nelson's time \eply to one which suggested a new piece of armory. The significant phrase in the original letter' was underlined with a flash , and is a characteristic of self- revelation' Morten , Sept 3 , 1S0.1. My Dear Lord I feel very much obliged for the favour of your letter , ind although I am not a good judge of mechanism , yet I dare say your in vention for making cannon range their shots farther than at present will an swer your expectations , and on shore , in particular , it will be most useful. Woolwich Is the only place where such in experiment can be vainly tried by scientific men. On board ship our wish is to get as closes as possible to ; he enemy. I always endeavour to ii - nilcate the doctrine , "Get close , and rou will be the victor. " How They Calculated. "How did you come to re-elect that man who was so generally suspected of irregular methods ? " "Well , " answered Farmer Corntos- sel , "we figured it out and concluded that he ought to be pretty comfortable ind satisfied by this time. anf that it ud be better to let him hang on than turn the office over to some one that would come In fresh and hungry. " Washington Star. ' London's Poverty. There are In London 200,000 human > eings who have to subsist on food hat falls far short of the dietary re- [ Ulred for prison Inmates and 80,000 vho are homeless. THE ORIGIN OF EASTER. _ J / ; / . ' OSTERA , THE PAGAN GODDESS OF EASTER. , the oldest church festival , comes down to us from the ancient Hebrews. With them , however , the time was not associated EASTERTIDE with the death and resurrection of Christ , but with the season of the year when the earth puts forth its freshest blossoms and the revivifi cation of nature the springing forth of life in the spring. It is from this that the Easter egg custom springs , and centuries ago , even before the birth of Christ , colored eggs were given and received by celebrants of the feast The egg for all time has been regarded as symbolical of the spring , when the earth receives from nature its new life. Not only the ancient Hebrews , but the ancient Persians , employed the colored eggs in their celebrations of the feast of the solar new year , In March. The fact that the Anglo-Saxon name of Ap"ril was Estermonath induces some to believe that Easter Is of pure Saxon origin , but Germany , where the month Is called Ostermonath , seems to have a prior claim upon the word. With the Hebrews the festival was called Pasch , and the name still lives , with slight alterations , among many nations. The French call the festival Paques ; the Dutch term It Paschen , the Danes Paaske , and the Swedes Pask. In the early days of Christianity the influence of the Jewish Pasch upon the holy day commemorating the slaying of Christ and His resurrection waft such that It created many bitter dissensions between the Western and Eastern churches. Finally the" discussions assumed such a threatening aspect that Polycrates , Bishop of Ephesus , appealed to Victor , ffishop of Rome , asking for a general council to decide the much-vexed question. Accordingly , councils met in all the countries , as well as at Rome , but alas , for visions of harmony , they could not agree. They finally decided to recognize the day as their respective fathers before them had done , and no sect should censure the other for a difference of opinion. Many warm and even bitter discussions still continued on the subject of Easter celebrations , and it finally led to the great Emperor , Constantine , in 325 , Issuing an order for the dispute to be settled by the Council of Nice. It was the momentous' theme of the day. In obedience to royal command , 318 bishops and some 2,000 inferior clerics assembled at Nice In Bithynia. The first sessions met in the church , and as the council continued its work the place of meeting was transferred to the imperial palace , where special apartments were reserved for this august body. The main trouble was be tween the Jewish Christians and the Gentile Christians. On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month the Jews observed with all the solemnity and regard for the Mosaic law the Feast of the Passover ; thus they celebrated the death of Christ as represented by the Paschal Lamb. The first Sabbath after the fourteenth day of the March moon the Gentile Christians celebrated with joyous religious services the resurrec tion of Christ Neither sect would recognize the other's festive day. and the Council of Nice was greatly perplexed how best to please all parties. After continuing their debates , pro and con , for several months , the eccle siastical dignitaries announced that the bitterly waged war of dispute was settied. Easter Day was for all time to be the first Sabbath immediately following the fourteenth day of the March moon. By this arrangement the world may celebrate Easter , justly called the "Queen of Festivals , " as early as March 22 , and again it may not arrive until April 2o , when nearly the entire earth is fragrant with spring buds and blossoms. The word Easter is derived from a Pagan goddess of the early Teutons called Ostera. The German word for Easter is Ostern , but some philologists maintain that both the German and English words come from the ajicient Saxon word Oster , or Osten , meaning "rising. " Ostera , the German goddess , was credited with being the personification of the morning , and of tile East and also of the opening year. Ostera was worshiped very generally in northern Germany , and it is believed that the fame of the goddess spread to England , where the Saxons joined in worshiping her. Until the beginning of the present century court was paid to Ostera by the kindling of great bonfires and in other ways , and even to-day in some of the remote districts where many superstitious beliefs are treasured by the peasantry the fame of Ostera still lives. Nell's ' Easter Embroidery ; : HAT a magnificent piece of embroidery , Nell ! I'll give you $20 for it , " said Angela White , is sJie bounded into the room where 'fellie ' Vance sat in a tangle of white and ; old and green silk floss , busily working Caster lilies upon an immense square snowy white linen. And truly , though Lngela was a connoisseur in art-needle work , the piece of work in question sight have evoked a like exclamation j rom one less enthusiastic ; for Nellie' ' fas an expert needlewoman , and long j iractice , added to an artistic tempera- aent , had made her a past mistress of he art of embroidery. The lilies shone pith a satiny luster against the dull lackgrounu of the linen and the delicate ; reen of the leaves , with their perfect tanding , stood out in beautiful contrast , rhlle a Greek border in dull pink and : old completed the effect "Thanks , Angela , " said Nellie , "but I lo not care to sell It" "You silly gooee ! " responded Angela , just think what 'you could buy with $20 ! You could get a handsome spring coat , or the swellest kind of a hat for Easter. Before I'd wear out my eyes and patience for nothing over such a glorious piece of work as that , to hang over a church pulpit ! Come , I must have that for an Easter gift to Aunt Mary , in New York. I'll give you $25 if neces sary. " But Nellie was obdurate. She had thought and planned and dreamed too long about her Easter gift to the church to give it up in a moment She was not rich like her cousin Angela , and even the materials for the scarf had cost no small sacrifice , but she was proud of her tal ent. This much she could and would do , and though she had in common with the other girls her share of vanity and love of finery she resolutely put away from her all thoughts of accepting the money for herself , although she recog nized fully how hard it would be to wear her old clothes while the other girls shone resplendent in their new spring outfits. Days passed on , and the last stitch was lovingly set in the altar cloth , which , wrapped in pink tissue paper , was laid carefully away in Nellie's bureau draw er. On the Saturday before Easter as she was pasing 'through the kitchen she found Bridget , the washerwoman. In tears. - "Why , what isthe matter , Bridget ? " she kindly inquired. "Are you in anj trouble ? " "Oh. bad luck to the day I iver was born. Miss Nellie , " cried Bridget , burst ing into loud sobs , "and shure I don't know why it's afther livin' I am. Wid me man Tim down wid the rheumatism and five childher to clothe and feed , and only me two poor hands to depind upon , and the rint due last week , and me wid- out a dollar in me pocket , and the land lord thritenin' to turn us out this blissid day if it's not paid. Och , hone ! Och , hone ! " and the poor woman covered her face with her hands and sobbed pitifully. "Who is j-our landlord. Bridget ? " "Deacon Green , miss. " "And what is the rent ? " "Tin dollars , miss , " wailed Bridget "Oh , the Blissid Vargin , and how am I to git tin dollars betwixt now and to- merry night ? And the childher wid no breakfast. " It was only a moment that Nellie hes itated. Straight to her room she went , and taking from the drawer the precious pink parcel she walked swiftly to her cousin Angela's home. "I've concluded to accept your < ffer , Angio , " she said , as she threw it into her lap. "Thought you'd come to your senses , " said Angela. "Say , if you want a hat go down to Stewart's and get that gray chiffon with the violets. " It's a perfect dream ! " Nellie almost sobbed as she hurried back toward home , her purse enriched be $25. She made straight for Doaoon Green's. "I've come to pay Mrs. O'Leary's rent , Deacon , " said she. "Will you please give me receipt ? " The deacon looked somewhat abashed , and muttering something apologetic about "heavy expenses and hard times. " jnarte out the receipt which Nellie accepted , and thanking him hurried on'to the near est , grocery , where she ordered a bill of groceries to be delivered at Tim O'Leary's that cause dtho clerk to open his eyes in mild astonishment She re served $5 of the money for n final call , which she paid to their own family phy sician , who , after listening to Nellie's story , promised to look after Tim until he was able to go to work again. Eight people were happy that night , and as Nellie stopped at the O'Leary's next morning on her way to church and saw the children's happy faces and heard the heartfelt thanks of the honest wom an and her helpless husband already bet ter from the little encouragement that had brightened their apparently hopeless prospects , she was more than repaid for her sacrifice. Her cousin Angela's look of astonish ment and disgust as she entered 'he church posing airily in her pew arrayed in an imported gown and artistic hat , had no terrors for her , and as the beau tiful notes of the Easter anthem rose and swelled around her and she inhaled the perfume of the lilies which drifted "I ACCEPT YOUR OFFER , ANGIE. " to her from the altar , she bowed hei head upon her hands in silent prayer af peace with * all the world. Cincinnat Enquirer. The White JLily a Symbol. Of the many species of lilies grown throughout the world the white lily of the Orient has the oldest history as a cultivated flower. Its origin is supposed to be in China , but long before the daj's when annalists took cognizance of the cultivation of flowers it was common throughout western Asia and Greece. It is the lily generally referred to in the Hebrew Scriptures , although commenta tors say that "the lilies of the field" spoken of by Jesus in the rermon on the mount were the red anemones , with which all the hills of Galilee arc dotted in the spring. In heathen Asia the white lily was the emblem of purity. The Greeks had a myth that it sprang from the milk of Hera , queen of the gods , with H-hom the Roman Juno was afterward identified. The Greeks also held the lily to be the highest type of purity. In the jarly centuries of the Christian era the lew religion made this idea a little more sublime , and the lily became the symbol ) f heavenly purity. Thus the lily is fit- : ingly associated with the Easter cere- nonies. Pittsburg Dispatch. Symbol of the Easter Egg. When the nations of the west , or Eu- ope , were converted to Christianity , the sentiment of the egg was universally ac cepted as a suggestive sj-mbol of their ! aith in the risen Savior , and it has ever since remained the most favored figure f the Easter festivities all over the con- Irient The children , who rule the heart ind home of mankind , are doubtless re sponsible for the keeping alive of this > Id custom , for they love and demand the isit of the rabbit , with his nest of beau- iful eggs , on the glad Easter morn , just is they love and long for the coming of [ ear Santa on Christmas eve. "Easter in Early England. The Saxons and Angles celebrated the ime as "sacred to the Goddess Ostara , ind some part of her worship , taken every y the more austere Christians , survives till in the springtime festivals , especial- y in the countries of northern Europe. ror a long time the Christian Easter was in eight-day thanksgiving , approximat- ng the time devoted by the pagans to heir celebration. It was afterward cut [ own to three days , then to two and inally dwindled to a single day , commem- rative of the resurrection. A laugh , to be joyous , must flow from L joyous heart , for without kindness here can be no true joy. Carlyle. There Is no tyrant 1'ke custom , and f 10 freedom where its ed'cts are not eslsted. Bovee. ' I ST. JACOBS POSITIVELY CURES BacKaciie Sciatica Sprains Brmises Soreness Stiffness CONQUERS PAIN. THE IMPRESSIONS OF A WOMAN. What a Woman Says About Western Canada. Although many men have written to this paper regarding the prospects of Western Canada , and its great possi bilities , it may not be uninteresting to give the experience of a woman set-- ' tier , written to Mr. M. V. McJnnes , the agent of the Government at Detroit , Mich. If the reader wishes to get further information regarding West ern Canada it may be obtained by writing any of the agents of the Gov ernment whose name is attached to tjie advertisement appearing elsewhere in this paper. The following is the letter referred to : Ililldown , Alberta , Feb. 5. 1003. Dear Sir I have been here now nearly five years , and thought I would write you a woman's impression of Western Canada in Alberta. There are several ranchers in this district who , in addition to taking care of their cattle , carry on farming as well. Their herds of cattle number from 100 to 200 or oOO head , and live out all winter - ' ter without any shelter than the pop- . Jar bluffs , and they come in in the- spring in good ordqr. Most of the' ranchers feed their cattle part of the time , about this time of the year , but I have seen the finest fat cattle I ever saw that never got a peck of grain only fattened on the grass. You see ll have learned to talk farm since I , came here farming is the greatest ! business here. I know several in this3 district who never worked a day on ; the farm till they came here , and nave [ lone well and are getting well off. I think this will be the garden of the Northwest some day. and that day not very far distant There has been i great change since we came here , ind there will be a greater change in the next live year . The winters are ' ill anyone could wish for. We have eery little snow , and the climate is fine ind healthy. Last summer was wet , but not to an extent to damage crops , svhich were a large average yield , and the hay was immense and farmers svore a broad smile accordingly. We have , good schools : the Govern- nent pays 70 per cent of the expense ) f education , which is a great boon in i new country. Of course , churches of lifferent denominations follow the set- ' : lements. Summer picnics and winter concerts are all well attended , and as uuch , or more , enjoyed as in the East. kVho would not prefer the pure air of his climate with its broad acres of ine farms , Its rippling streams , its Beautiful lakes , its millions of wild lowers , its groves of wild fruit of ex- luisite flavor , Its streams and lakes eeming with fish and its prairies and ) luffs with game , to the crowded and itiff state of society in the East ? I vould like to go home for a visit some ime , but not to go there to live , even f presented with the best farm in Michigan. Beautiful Alberta , I will lever leave It And my verdict is only L repetition of all who have settled in his country. This year. I believe , will dd many thousands to our population , nd if the young men , and old men Iso. knew how easy they could make home free of all incumbrance In this ountry. thousands more would have ettled here. I would sooner have 160 cres here than any farm where I ame from in Michigan : but the people n the East are coming to a knowledge f this country , and as they do thev rill come West in thousands. All winE - E > r people have been arriving in Al- erta , and I in suppose other parts r.s rell , which is unusual , so we expect great rush when the weather gets . * ariner. We have no coal famine here ; coal an be bought in the towns for $2 to 3. according to distance from the lines , and many haul their own coal rom the mines , getting it there for 50 ' ents to a dollar a ton. Very truly yours. Signed ) MRS. JOHN M'LACHLAN. Prof. Tizzoni of Home believes her as dicsovered a serum for coring neumonia. Money refunded for each package f PUTNAM FADELESS DYES it nsafcisfactory. The chronic borrower seldom pays man back in his own coin. S007HUCG SYRUP for cWiOren softens the gums , reduces Hayi pain , cure * wind coUlc. S5c bottle. Onions should be kept in a cool , dry lace , but they should never be placed L the Icebox. They- win keep weri if at in paper bags and hung up. It is sometimes difficult to keep lisins ' , figs and dates away from an- cying' little ants and roaches , but this easily accomplished by putting them i paper bags that have been -well rushed over with strong borax watered od dried before the fruit fe p t "m. he little pests do not like the borax nd will not gnaw through the sack hen thw prepare * .
