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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1903)
THE VALENTINE DEMOCR I. M KICK , 1'iib TALENT1NE , KBBRAS1 Social distinctions at Yale are to Abolished. Thus the march of deni facy goes Inevitably on. If Germany wishes to branch out ; might be able to work up quite a bi nes as collector for other people. The last of Connecticut's fami triplets is dead. They lived to be 72. and 82 years of age , which shows tl It isn't so bad to be a triplet. If the pituitary gland is responsi for the physical growth of such gia : as Abraham Lincoln , Winfield Sc ( and. Phillips Brooks , let it alone. It might be well hereafter to seal onr diplomats for concealed weapc before seeding them upon their m Blons of friendship to foreign Ian Rockefeller has recently bong PopocatapetJ , not for the simple plei ure of having a volcano in the fami but because there was a deposit of s phur there. An American firm has bought t Mexican volcano Topocatapetl. It h not been announced as yet whether t thing will be moved to St. Louis Coney Island. Three hundred American residei want to know who owns the Isle Pines. It's an awful queer lot "American residents" who ask such question as that ! We are informed that the Sultan Muscat has been ruined by the expen Incurred in organizing his customs sc vice on the advice of the Britis American and French consuls. T < many cooks. A Mississippi judge has instruct the grand jury to indict people f < -playing progressive euchre for prize Perhaps he has a nice , nattering pi hire of himself that he would like have published. Mr. Morgan has received the thanl 9f the Socialists for aiding their caus and we suspect that it will not take tl king of mergers more than seven mil utes to see how thoroughly the incidei te permeated with raiher more than de ( cate sarcasm. It is supposed that a mixture of "n breakfast , " raw food and mental sc ence , tangled up with scarlet feve : caused the death of a young woma In Chicago. It Is also said she wrot for the magazines. The wonder i that such a combination , even witl out the fever , did not accomplish it fell purpose long ago. It will be very difficult to fim enough men to fill the ranks of th navy , which have been increased 01 paper to about 32,000. But when th nation needs the men so much that i will pay more for them , they will b < forthcoming. No better way to Ira prove the personnel of both the arm : nnd navy can be found than to estab : ish better wages for soldiers and sail ors. A learned medical scientist rises t ( announce that he has a sure cure foi St. Yitus' dance , another submits thai ho has found a specific for leprosj nnd a third casually remarks that ht can cure anything from fits to bu bonic plague by stimulating the pitu itary gland. In che meantime the citi zen who has a cold in the head con tinues to sneeze and snuffle along in the old way and not a medical scien tist can do a thing for him. This seems anomalous. It cannot be too clearly kept In mind that our isolation Is our chief defense Kvery mile of ocean voyage for a for eign fleet is worth a battleship or so to us. To throw down the bars that now protect South America would be to deprive us of a very great advan tage. It would make for war rather than for peace. With coaling stations and naval bases on this side of the ocean the problem of the invasion of this country by A European power would be vastly simplified. All this , it H'ems to us , is perfectly clear. We -ire going. If we can , to keep Europe : : t arm's length. It has now come to be a regular tiling for rich men in New York City to assess themselves for taxes on per sonal property. The public authori ties , to be sure , venture to make an assessment of their own , but this by way of assuming something for pur poses of discussion. The rich man comes around afterward , Bays he should not properly be taxed at all , hut that he would not appear as a taxdodger and then names a sum on which he is willing to pay. If this is not accepted he will proceed to swear off the whole tax and so his own as sessment is accepted. It la a great farce more than that , & great injus- t'ce against persons and estates whose personal property I * where the taxing power can get at it with some accu racy. The annual report of the Department of Railways and Canals of the Domin ion of Canada contains statistics which show strikingly the extent to which DP transportation facilities , necessary t > ! hc development of the country , have } ff > \ provided. Disregarding double and sidings , Canada hut now 18- 8G8 miles of completed ra ! way , which 18,714 miles are in operation seventy-nine companies. The pnk capital of the roads is $1,098,852 , Up to June 30 , 3002 , the Canadian j ernment had expended for subsl and construction a total sum of $ ] ' 090,338 , and in addition there had I ; expended on consolidated fund ? ! 870,310 , a total of $258,800,054. ' total revenue to the government to same date had been ? S4,357,753. the fiscal year of 1902 574 miles of i road were built , and the paid-up c tal was increased by $5GOGGGG7. ' gross earnings for the year were S GG6,502 , and the net earnings $20,3 911. Over twenty million passen and over forty-two million tons freight were carried. The total m ber of miles run was over fifty- ] millions. Among the countries of world Canada stands eighth as to railway mileage , and considering large extent of territory and wid spread population such a range mi well be expected. In proportion to population its railway mileage Is i terially larger than that of the Uni States. The mileage of this count d'sreganling sidings nnd double tra is now close to 200,000 , or someth less than eleven times that of Cana while the population of the Uni States is fourteen times that of C ; a da. Budgets for 1903 have been uu up bj" the railway systems of 1 country , and conservative estima based upon them disclose the fact tl during the current year at least ? 3C 000,000 will be spent for betteruiei and new equipment and between ? SC 000,000 and $1,000,000,000 for bett meuts and maintenance combined. large portion of the betterment app priation will be used in continuing t rebuilding of railroads on the ba : required by the necessities of mode American traffic. Systems which ha hitherto been able to transport on single track all traffic offered ha been forced to double track , and < rlGi'S for power given one year a upon the theory that they would pi ride for future needs will have to luplicated owing to the urgent nec < sity of the present. Both in their 1 : omes and expenditures Americ : railroads are now dealing in figur svhich are almost incomprehensil ind which exceed some of the larg jovernment appropriations. By e lenditures which in the aggrega lave passed the $1,000,000,000 mai nany of the big railway systems ha1 > een rebuilt and re-equipped durii he past three years , and the work < 'ehabilitation on the new scale coi nensurate with phenomenal expansic if traffic will not be completed for a ither three years at least. Curre : terns of railway expenditure and i : : ome are instructive not only as mi oring the country's prosperity , bi .Iso as showing the unbounded fail f financiers and railway manag icnts in the future development ( be United States. It is this fait rhich impels men who own railroac 0 spend nearly 17 per cent of tl : ross income of U)02 in improvement nd added facilities during 190 ; 'a ken in connection with the gros timings the betterment figures nr specially interesting. Gross earning sr 1901 surpassed those of the pr < ious year by about $110,000,000 , an lore than twice that sum was ei ended in betterments during 190i ross earnings for the calendar yea * 1902 on nearly 200,000 miles of roa < ere about $1,700,000,000 , and exceed 1 gross earnings of 1901 by abou 105,000,000. Probably three times th .tter sum will be devoted this yea i improvements. Despite these enoi ous outlays , which have doubled ipled and frequently quadrupled thi irrying capacity of the roads In > lved , the provision made has no jpt pace with the increase in traffic msequently 1902 and early 1903 hav < itnessed the most aggravated freigh ngestion in railway history. In th ( ? ht of these facts who shall say thai e railroad official's faith in the fu re is too optimistic ? At the Court of Morocco. Travelers received by the Sultan ol > rocco were at one tune required t < 3 ike the customary obeisance of thd intry ; but that ceremonial Is noW titted. The reason , according to dy Grove , in her "Seventy-one Days' raping , " goes back to a slight social kwardness involved in carrying out it prescription : V distinguished naturalist had been isented to the Sultan. , and as he bowt his head to the ground , instead oi ) porting himself with his hands , hd ced them behind his back. Conse- mtly his forehead came against the rble floor with a loud bang , and he i some difficulty in recovering hinn ? he Sultan was amazed. "Has gentleman had the honor of Ing the presence of his own sever i ? " he asked another visitor , later. Probably he has had that hmor , ' x majesty , " was the answer. Then , " said the Sultan , "he should re learned the art of making salu ons without the occurrence of sue ! idents. " Thereupon his majesty learned witli raishment that his lowly "form o $ Isance Is not observed at Europea rts , and he immediately decreed t none but the usual custom dej ided by European sovereigns shoulq required of Europeans when they' ' jred or left his presence. I Not % Definite Reply. eacon Johnson What yo' doin * | r , Abe ? be Hardcase Cleanin'.out a bank , eacon Johnson President , cashier , keeper or Janitor ? Leelle'i Week * CONSUMPTIVE HAS OPEN-AIR BEDROOM. Thomas Kccfe , of Brocton , Mass. , lleeps In this house , for the purpose of Euring consumption. Even in the cold est weather he slumbers there , with out fire. Keefe was a butcher , who weighed 200 pounds and was in robust health nntil tuberculosis attacked him. He front to the Millet cold-air sanitarium THI : orEX-AiR BEDROOM. at East Bridgewater , Mass. The nij of his arrival was an extremely CM one. He undressed in a warm roe and , after being biimlle.'l upv wheeled in a chair into the open 51 He was surprised to find that he sl ( soundly. After that his improvenu was rapid , and now he has returned his home. In the back yard he bti the shanty , to complete the cure. NEW WORK OPEN TO YOUNG ME Technical Schools Now Giving ; Cours in 1'oullry Farming : . For the brisk young fellow withe special mechanical ingenuity , but w dislikes the idea of clerking or of sc ing goods , a pleasant and proiital new field is opening. It demands abe four months of study and a capital something like $100 for board and t tion fees at a technical school. This the profession of poultryman , and a : young man who has any aptitude at i has , no difficult- getting a post , fact , he is snapped up before he & hardly get through his course. Scores of the great country seats ju outside the large cities are anxious establish poultry farms on a good-siz scale as part of their domain. Capital build and stock is not lacking up to ai amount. But the owners are hnr headed men of wealth , who realize th under favorable conditions their poi try can be made to pay them a go < profit , at all events substantial intere on the investment. The men to tna age , however , are difficult to get. Middle-aged foreigners German Swedes , Norwegians who are lookir for offers of this sort abound , but the ; are just the men the owners do n < want. Their eyes are open for kee : level-headed young American businei men. who have executive ability con billed with technical knowledge. Sue i man can at the start command $ ; [ o $70 a month and an interest in tl profits. The trouble to-day is that , as soon ,1 : hese men are well started and ha\ > saved up a little money they leave an jo out on their own account. Thus , e : : ellent posts are always vacant on th n-ivate poultry farms. Three technics ; chools are now turning out poultry nen. Briarcliffe Manor , at its new sit it Poughkeepsie , being one of then ind a school in Rhode Island another New York Times. Powder for Blasting. Blasting powders as cheap and po\v rful as dynamite but safer are com ag into use. Dynamite easily freeze nd thawing is dangerous , while th itroglycerin it contains easily leak ut and explodes. Dynamite deterio ates very easily. Some of the moden owders are solid and practically unin uenced by weather or explosion. A jast one is so tough that it can b < ammered on an anvil without ignit ig. It will burn but not explode anc lust be fired with a detonating cap. To Take a Nauseous Dose. A simple method of taking castor oil ithout producing any nauseating ef- ; cts is to instruct the patient to wasl ] it the mouth with water as hot as can i borne and then swallowing the oil , id following this by rinsing out the outh well with hot water. The first vallow of the water cleanses the outh , makes the membranes hot , so iat the oil does not stick and conse- lently slips down easily. Germany and Venezuela. Germany's trade with Venezuela is ifling in amount The statistics for re years show that but one-fifth of per cent of Venezuela's exports were Germany and but one-tenth of 1 per nt of her imports came from that untry. Tiny Air Engine. A. Danbury man has made a com- essed air engine which Is half an ch high and no larger than a dime , t it runs as long as the air is ap- ied. All Men as Plaintiffs. n an action for slander brought ainst a well-known anti-Semite of rlin all the male Jews of the town Konitz figure as plaintiffs. Gold Production. ? he estimated production of gold in 12 was $80,853,070 and of silver $31- 1,025. t's up to some men either to write stry or give the barber a job. Farm AVatcr Supply. I send sketch of my water supply which may be of interest to some. I find it very handy in summer. I hard ly ever put my mill out of gear and-I am never out of water , and water al ways cool in house. A is the windmill , B the pump. C is the manhole or dry well. D is pipe leading to house tank. E is house tank ; holds thirty gallons. F is overflow to house tank leading back to supply tank. G is sink where I also have hot and cold water and well water. H is waste pipe to sink. I is the tile drain for sink , cellar and dry well , and supply tank overflows. J is pipe leading to supply tank. K is a . " . . " > - barrel supply tank about 100 feel from house and 40 feet from windmill. L is outlet for supply tank to stock tank about GO feet off ; the supply is govern ed in stock tank by a float , nnd other T1IK FARM WATER WORKS. tanks sit on n level with main stock tank that are supplied and governed by it. I used galvanized % pipe for all but the outlet to house tank nnd supply tank , which must be P/i ; pipes are laid 33/2 feet under ground , through cellar wall and up into kitchen. My supply tank is near my feed yard where I put a stack of corn fodder around it and over it in the fall , to keep tank from freezing , nnd feed it off in late spring. My stock tanks are away from buildings far enough so I can aeat them with tank heater and a lit tle coaI. C. Ottgen , in Ohio Farmer. . . Profit in Summer Feeding. The greatest profit Is usually deriv ed from the live stock during the sum mer months. This is not due to the higher market prices , but , to the ad vantages afforded by the spring and summer conditions , and to the : heSp food that may be had in the form of pasture. Clover , rape and blue grass , with grain food , will so cheapen the cost of producing n pound of flesh that good profits are secured with a lower selling price. The farmer should plan to take every advantage of these favor able conditions afforded by the warm spring days. The young pigs , the frol- jeking lambs , the romping calves e-nn fit this season give the best account of the food they consume. It is the youmr animals that pay so well in the spring. The man with abundant pasture and n goodly number of well-bred young nni- inals to use it is sure to reap n < jood harvest from his summer's investment. Indianapolis News. Early Giant Crimson Radish. Among garden novelties the Early Crimson Giant radish is presented as n new type of the early turnip radish , re markable for its size , which is said to at tain sometimes a cir cumference of six inches. It is claim ed , however , that in -spite of this fact it does not become pithy or hollow , but is solid , crisp nnd juicy. French Breakfast , Early Scarlet Turnip GIAJJT RADISJI. and Olive - shaped Scarlet are among various other desir able early varieties. For summer the large white varieties are sown , such as White Strassburg and 'Stuttgart , while the California White Mammoth , Long Black Spanish and Scarlet Chinese are winter kinds which keep well. Keeping Ejrjrs for Hatching. Just how long eggs may safely be kept before setting Is not known. Care ful experiments along this line are needed. Last spring eggs kept five weeks seemed to hatch as well as thosi > which were fresh laid. How much longer they would have kept is uncer tain. Probably five or six weeks is close to the limit. These eggs were kept in a cool room in March and April and were not turned. The daily turn ing often advised and for which patr-nt racks and cases have been devised is not strictly necessary. But old eggs and fresh eggs should not be mixed in the same setting , as the term of hatch ing will be uneven. The length and manner of keeping eggs for hatching is of importance at this season. If March eggs are fertile there is no reason why they should not be saved until hens enough can be had to start i number of them at once. Exchange. To Ward Off Potato Blirfit. As the seed of iate potato blight seems to be planted with the seed pota toes , a European botanist suggests : hat by heating such infected tubers 'or about six hours at a temperature of 106 degrees to 108 degrees la a dry ) ven the fungus might be killed with- rat injury to the tubers. It has not > een fully demonstrated , however , that his treatment destroy ! the ftmjras , and ev&n If It does it la not poetical for tl ordinary potato grower unless some i genious fellow will devise a machii from an old incubator that will reg late the heat at about the point nee ed. American Cultivator. Dishwater for Swine. It Is a general custom among farr ers to feed the dishwater to swine , tl idea being that they are thus given tl greasy water that comes from the dis es used on the table. This plan mig ] be valuable were it not that soap used in dishwashing , and soap of cheap quality , as a rule. It does m seem as If it were necessary to uj the dishwater for swine , and the pra tice should cease. Where there is dairy of considerable size on the fan and the separation is done by han < the skim milk can be used to advan age in mixing the bran or grain fete to the swine or the water used fc cleansing the milk pails can be use for this purpose , 'and would be nine better than using the dishwater. If i were possible to wash off the greas from the plates in clear , warm wate which did not contain any soap , the there would be no objection to the us of dishwater , but it is doubtful if th value of this water would pay for th trouble in thus obtaining it. If th [ ) latcs from the table were scrapei clean of grease and all the particle thus gathered fed to the laying hens the returns would bo more profitabl : han when fed to swine. Tile Draining. Tile draining will undoubtedly bi ; iven more attention in the future thai t has been during the past. On lam : hat is naturally Avet the drains wi ! ) ay for themselves in two years , provid ng there is a good outlet and they ar < n-operly put down. It frequently hap ) ens that a thorough system of drain- ige is not necessary , providing ths iloughs are under drained. These are generally the most productive parts ol he farm when they are brought inta condition by removing the water. On cvel lands one can make considerable all by cutting the drains more shallow t the upper end. Tiling out land undei ny conditions is expensive work , and t will generally pay to employ the ser- ices of a surveyor , providing the own- r is not expert in the use of the level , n the past there has been considerable . * aste on account of using small tile , 'our-ineh tile seem to be the smallest commended for lateral drains. Out- its should be built up with brick oi tone so as to keep them in good shape. -Iowa Homestead. Bracinc Wire Fence Posts. The most successful wire fences are lose built of the smooth wires , with a ngle barbed wire at the top. Such a sice is generally animal proof , even FOR Tlin FEXCE POST. against lioys , if the wires are put clos enough together. One of the dilflcultk one has in building wire fences is t find some way of effectually bracin the posts. No bettor plan is in use thn the one shown in the cut , which cor sists simply of fastening n strong wir strand to the corner post of the fence c-sirrying it off eight feet nnd looping i about the brace post , as shown. Tin brnce post should be made of toug ] wood and driven into the ground fa enough to stand the strain on it. Thi : is a simple plan and works success fully. A Good Grafting \Vax. In response to several inquiries for : good grafting wax , the following form ilia is given , and may be relied upor to produce a good wax if directions ar = followed : Take four parts of resin , bi weight , two rarts of beeswax and ont [ > art of tallow. Melt together and poui into a pail of cold water. It should then ae pulled until nearly white. It will ba necessary to grease the hands well in mler to properly handle the wax. It nay be made into any convenient shape , and will keep for a long time. tVhen wanted for use heat enough to ioften it to the dwired consistency. Coloring .Matter Not Injurious. The dairy commissioner of Miune- ota has been carrying on scientific ests of the effect of butter color on nimals to determine whether or not it 5 injurious.- is reported that he has ed colors to quite a number of rab- its , guinea pijrs , cats , etc. , and in ev- ry case death was the result. This is n old experiment ; but , as no one Is i the habit of drinking butter color as hot weather beverage , we see no ause for alarm. Only a very smal mount of it is used in a pound of but ir not enough to injure any one but le manufacturers of oleomargarine , Garden Crops on Old L > and. Experiments with wax beans Indicate jat the crop can be grown continuous r on the same ground for at least eight ears. The tomato crop has been grown > r eight years in succession at the New ersey station without much trouble onr * disease , but the vines were spray- 1 and the diseased fruit was promptly onoved. Crosses of the red and yel > w varieties appeared to have greater igor than either of the pure kinds. xchange. Good Feed for Hoga. Corn , oats , sorghum , alfalfa , sweet ) tatoes and Jerusalem artichokes are 1 good food for hogs , and hogs are > od things to have for sale. And , rthermore. these are all exempt from e ravages of the boll weevIL These e facts worthy the consideratJtm of ir farmers. Farm and Ranch. Mrs. Laura L. Barnes , Wash ington , D. C. , Ladies Auxiliary ta = Burnside Post , No. 4 , G. A. R. recommends Lydia E. Pinkham's- Vegetable Compound. 1' In diseases that eome to women only as a rule , the doctor is called in , some times several doctors , but still matters- go from Lad to worse ; but I have never known of a case of female weak ness which was not helped when. Lydia E. Piiiltltnm's Vegetable- Compound was used faithfully. For young women who are subject to- headaches , backache , irregular or pain ful periods , and nervous attacks due to- the severe strain on the system by Borne organic trouble , and for women of advanced years in the most trying- time of life , it serves to correct every trouble and restore a healthy action or all organs of'the bodv. " Lydia K.PinL-inim's Vegetable Compound is a household reliance in my home , and I would not be with- 3ut it. In all my experience with this medicine , which covers years , I have found nothing to equal it and al- , vays recommend it. " Mns. LAURA. L. BARNES , G07 Second St. , N. E. , V * ash- ngton , D. C. $5000 forfsit If original of iboue letter proving genuineness cannot be produced. Such testimony should be ac cepted by all -women as convinc- ng evidence that Lydia 13. Pinlchani's Vegetable Compound itands without a peer as a rem- : dy for all the distressing : ills of vomen. One disadvantage of being ; ery rich 3 that you are certain to 'be sued ow and then for breach of promise , ind ib serves yon right. When a jan has enough he should let up and ive other people a chance. A small giil being asked at the , lose of her first day at school how tie liked the new teacher , replied : do not like her at all ! She is jusfe 5 saucy to me as ray mother ! " toman's Ilome Companion. Of the 165 kinds of snakes * found i the United States , but twenty are enomous. They are the copperhead nd water mocasin , which aie closely ilatedthe coral snakes of the south- est , the two species of Sistrurus nd the fifteen species of rattlesnake. ' 'he ' most dangerous o them the ater mocasin is not seen north of 'enncssee ' , . After Four Months in Powersville. Ky. . April 27. Mrs. .1. Monson , Avho has been 51 ! for over irht 3cir.s. says : f "Yes , it is truly wonderful. I am 36 ? ars of n.ire nnd for the last eight jars 1 have suffered with acute Kid- jy trouble. "I tried all the doctors within reach id many other im-dic-ines , but got no lief till I used that new reined v , odd's Kidney Tills. "I was confined to my bed for four onths this winter and had siu-h a tin in my side I couldn't ; ret a good enth. I had smothering spells , was Cht-hcaded and had given up all hope , r I didn't think I could live long. "After I had taken a , few of Docld's , iey pins i began to improve and I . % on till now , as you can see. I am ell. "I have been up and doing my own srk for sometime now and haven't It pain or weakness since. "I praise the Lord for my wonderful storation to health and will always commend Dodd's Kidney Pills. " . Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever. ) H.T. FELIX COUKAtI ' 8 OKIKNTAfi 9 CREAM , OK MAGICAL , Skin > - < U ea s , ami tTeiy blemish detection. It hat r ? CilB , find Ifl S9 harmless we tante It to be EH re It Is prop. erly made. Accept no counterfeit of simitar nani . .Dr. I * A. Bayre said to a lady of the hant-ton ( a. patient ) : "Aa you ladies will ne tbeni. i I recommend * Gour- | aud'a Cream * as tbc least harmful of all the Skin . prepara. tlona. " For sale bf - all DrufrgiKta and Dcy-Goods Dealers In the n. 8. , Caoada * and uropa FEED. T. HOPKIK3. Prop'r. 17 Or l Jaoci St , Jf.T. ASTERN CA1MADA HAS FREE HOMES FOR MILLIONS ! 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