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THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
X. M. KICK ,
YALENT1NB , M1RASKA.
The private detective is generally
Just about as wise as he looks.
Monkeys are great imitators of men ,
and-'Hen are great " 'Imitators 'of mon
keys. ,
t ' . t ' , - i
The wise man generally wants to
try to strike : i fair average with some
foolish woman.
Canada is compelled to harbor some
of our law-breakers , but sheIs , going.to
liar tlie cigarette. - *
From all accounts , Mrs. Burdick
might hive : sat for Bunie-Jones' picture
of "lliy woman that did not care. "
'rTlic remains of old Papa de Lesseps
must ftjel. like sitting up in their grave
rloilu's these Panama Canal resurrec-
tlf > : i days.
Of all the new word coinages for
\viich : the newspaper mint is respon-
K ! ! ) ! ( % "multi-murderer" seems about
the mo.st atrocious.
They are beginning to hiss Indecent
pays ! from the Parisian stage. How
Hit si things will draw when they are
brought over here.
Tlio American people stand squarely
with Dewey in his statement that our
navy is the best in the world , whether
the .statement is true or not.
Between the man who brags about
Inability to remember names and the
man who boasts of his splendid mem
ory for faces there is not much choice.
It might not be so embarrassing to
be shaved by a lady barber , if a fel
low wasn't all the time wondering
whether the lady barber was thinking
what a fool he was.
Young John D. Rockefeller is dis
tributing gold pieces among the poor
people of Mexico. Perhaps he has
found that the starving Mexicans un
derstand his gold pieces better than
his kind words.
For consumptive patients a medical
authority prescribes beef , in large
quantities. If the consumptive has
any heart trouble , however , all honor
able means should be used to keep him
from seeing the butcher's bills.
The famous men of history who have
possessed energy and decision were
Bilent men. When things went wrong
they did not air their grievances in pub
lic and grumble , growl and become pes
simists. They simply changed their
tactics. They did not relinquish their
purposes. They knew what they wish
ed to do and they kept at it until they
were successful.
It is a comfort to reflect 'that con
sumption has decreased 39.5 per cent in
Its death records since 1840. Pneumonia
may be more devastating or not , but it
can never have the dread to its name
that consumption has had , for pneu
monia Is a disease which usually yields
to scientific treatment and the resist
ance o fa good constitution , but con
sumption Is nature's worst treachery
to humanity. The battle has been long
against it , but the results show at last.
The story which the captain of the
ixcurslon steamer , recently wrecked
on the Bermudas , told before the in
vestigating committee shows how im
portant may be the consequences of
a little thing. There is a fixed light
at one end of the island and a revolv
ing light at the other. When the cap
tain saw a fixed light he assumed that
he was approaching the end of the
island , where the fixed light ought to
be. But he discovered when too late
that , through accident or lack of care ,
the revolving light was out of order ,
and when its signal was most needed
gave a misleading message to the
mariner.
Solomon's Temple tras about seven
years in building , but it stood for cen
turies. No one can estimate accurately
the life of a modern steel structure ,
which comes Into being in remarkably
quick time. In a recent instance in
New York an apartment hotel was
completed , leased and sold in less than
fourteen months after the purchase of
the site. The actual work of con
struction waa done In less than ten
months , although this was a twelve-
and-a-half-story building which
, cover-
id a lot seventy-one by one hundred
! eet , and contained more than two
*
lundred rooms. These marvels do not
* ome by chance. Every bolt and rivet
s planned and provided for before the
'foundation is laid , and a perfect sys
tem controls the gangs of workmen ,
who carry on the most diverse opera-
tjnns without getting in one another's
way.
There are three reasons why one
ought to control nla temper , and the
first is self-respect When one loses
command of himself and throws the
reins upon tbe neck of passion , he
may have for the moment a certain
i-njoyment in the license , but there
must surely come a reaction of regret.
When he is calm again and the fit has
passed away , every serious person
umst be ashamed of what he said and
vfcat he did , of the manner in which
ii gve himself away and tbe exbibi-
' . ) n he made of himself. He will re-
11 the amazement on the faces of his
: 'ends and the silence which they
'J as a protective measure and
the soothing language which they
used , as if they were speaking with a
baby , and the glances which passed
between them. lie will not soon hold
again with them as strong as 'he did
before this outburst , nor will he have
the same claim upon their confidence
as a sound and clear-headed man. He
has acted like a fretful , peevish child ,
and has for the time forfeited his
title to manhood and the place of a
man.
The only human being who finds any
pleasurable reflections in the * contem
plation of the. Burdick-Pennell nastiness -
ness is the confirmed bachelor. "There !
I told you so ! " he can growl , trium
phantly , "what man of sense would
take the chances of running up against
.a thing like that ? And cases like that
'are common. The newspapers are al
ways full of them. Deliver me ! " Yes ,
the newspapers are always full of such
cases. But that very fact proves in it
self that such cases are out of the or
dinary. They are news because in viola
tion of the regular order. The myriad's
of cases of marital fidelity and felicity
are too common to occasion remark. If
marriage success were the exception in
stead of the rule , then that would be
! demanded by the public in all its de
tails , and the newspapers would be full
of such cases. So the crusty bachelor's
argument falls to the ground. It is
grossly unjust to womanhood and wifehood -
hood to tolerate for a moment the sup
position that Mrs. Burdick is represen
tative of her sex. In the millions of
happy homes of the land , loving and de
voted wives and mothers can contem
plate her confessions only with a thrill
of horror.
Why do authors , and especially the
younger ones , so often select subjects
which would be unfit topics for con.-
versation ? Are no problems worth
considering except those which have
to do with persons who have sadly
sinned in their youth ? Have we not
had "Resurrections" and "Redemp
tions" enough already ? I plead for
a revival of jmre romance ; for such
books as ihall make us better by
representing f'-jc ideal side of life.
Men are madi ? better by tire sight of
virtue rather than by the dissection
of vice , says Amory H. Bradford in
Booklover's Magazine. If I am told
that art must deal with things as they
are , I reply , true ; and authors and
artists will , no uoubt , in spite of my
protest , continue to choose such sub
jects as most appeal to them thereby
revealing both their taste and charac
ter. Few of us need to be made to see
evil more vividly , but all of us re
quire reminding again and again that
pure love , happy homes , deathless de
votion are still to be found among the
common people , and may be the glad
possession of all who will seek for
them. An artist may paint lizards ,
spiders , snakes , but it is better to
paint flowers , birds , happy children ,
mountains , splendid clouds , and the
glory and beauty of the day.
Miss Mary Van Vorst , who spent
weeks as a factory girl and mill girl to
gain material for her book , "The Wom
an Who Toils , " has emerged from her
strenuous experiences with the firm
conviction that every girl who can
should marry. It is the modem girl's
disposition to take care of herself , she
says , that brings upon the factory and
mill girls the unalterable evils they
suffer. It is no new argument that Miss
Van Vorst offers. The right ideal for
the inspiration and development of the
mind and soul of the young girl is mat
rimony. The right state for the stimula
tion and fructification of the mature
woman is matrimony. But that there
is a growing tendency among American
girls to remain single and shift for
themselves is clearly evident. The fields
of employment for girls are overcrowd
ed , but girls patiently wait for openings
or even work at starvation wages , while
marriage is the last thing they think of.
History is luminous with tbe great
dedes of women. Literature is rich with
thought from women's minds. But
among the names of eminently great
women of any period or any pursuit you
will look in vain for that of any old
maid. Joan d'Arc Is the one possible
exception that emphasizes the rule , yet
it must be admitted that the world does
not know whether she was married or
not. Anyway , she was little more than
a child. A tree transplanted from its
native clime and nurtured under un
natural conditions may lire and seem
to thrive , but It is not by such that the
richest fruit is borne. And it is the same
with a woman out of her natural ele
ment.
A Great Man Worsted.
In an interesting case where Rufus
Choate and Daniel Webster were both
retained by a Boston shipping house ,
Mr. Choate examined the tritnesses.
He had before him in the witness-box
one of the ship-owners , whom he wish
ed to confuse , and consequently he be
gan by asking a long and complex
question.
George Francis Train , who tells the
story , says this question wound all'
round the case and straggled through
every street , in Boston.
"You say , " asserted Choate , "that
you did so and so , that you went to
such and such a place ; after this you
did so and so , and then thus and so. "
But'the man was an Irishman of
perfect nerve and an unshaken cool
ness. Mr. Choate went on coiling up
his question and tying knots in it ;
and when he had quite finished the
witness merely looked at him , and
said , calmly :
"Mr. Choate , will ye be afther r -
pating that again ? "
The bench and the spectators roared.
Mr. Choate wa worsted. Yet he won
his case.
Most people tutilre their teeth.
Jfafe6
Raipinjr Gceac.
Except in certain small sections the
raising of gee.se for profit is an almost
untouched industry , yet one in which
good money may be made if the work
is carried on intelligently after obtain
ing the experience. This preliminary
experience is essential , for the raising
of geese differs in many ways from
raising chickens. While both ducks
and hens- are frequently used for
hatching goose eggs , the best results
generally come from letting , the goose
incubate her own eggs , care being
taken not to give her more than eleven
for a sitting. The ganders are permit
ted to mingle with the geese during
incubation mainly for the purpose of
protection when the goose leaves the
nest to feed. When the goslings are
hatched they should be kept indoors
on an earth floor and given some kind
of green food to pick at as they will ,
their main food , however , being a mix
ture of corn meal and bran , mois
tened and fed when it may be crum
bled up like bread. Water for drink
ing should be supplied in abundance ,
but so placed that the young goslings
can drink without getting into the wa
ter and wetting their down , thus catch
ing cold. This is an important part
of raising young goslings. It is essen
tial that every effort be made to keep
the goslings from getting wet and
chilled when they are young , and not
to crowd too many of them in a pen.
As the weather gets mild they should
be given access to grass , yet have a
shelter where they may go in case of
storm. By midsummer they may have
free access to a shallow stream. The
Embden breed , a good specimen of
A SHAPELY GOOSE.
which is shown in the Illustration , is
attracting attention because of its
hardiness , size and the quality of both
feathers and flesh , and to those inter
ested in geese raising is worthy of
consideration.
Poultry and
The total number of chickens , includ
ing guinea fowls , on farms and ranges
in 1900 , according to the Government
census , just published , was 283.598.085 ;
the total number of turkeys , 0,599,307 ;
geese , 5,076,803 and ducks , 4.807,358.
According to the returns received poul
try was kept on S8.S per cent of the
United States. The .total value of the
poultry raised on.farms and ranges
in 1899 was $136,891,877. "The produc
tion of eggs in 1899 was 1,293.819.18(5 (
dozens , an average of 5.5 dozens per
chicken. No consideration was given
to turkeys , geese or ducks in calcu
lating this average , as eggs from those
fowls are used mainly for breeding
purposes. " The total value of the eggs
was $144.286.158 , or an average value
of 11.2 cents per dozen.
Difference in Milkers.
A cow may bo made to shrink great-
in milk yield when left to a rough , un
skilled milker. This is generally
known , and the practice is common to
let the boy learn to milk by. practicing
with cows which the owner is ready
to dry up. But the definite cash value
of quick , gentle , clean work is scarce
ly realized. At one of the Western
experiment farms , where one of the
men was an especially skilled minker.
a record was kept of the average dif
ference in product , as compared with
the other men , and it was found that
he was worth nearly $10 a month
more , on account of the extra milk
which he obtained. The milk was also
richer , owing to his care in getting ail
the rich strlppmga.
Tilling the Garden.
The garden should be the beet tilled
part of the farm. Rotation should be
practiced as well as in the case of
farm crops , because all plants will
grow better when they are not made to
succeed themselves on the same soil
each year. Some provision should be
made so that the horse cultivator can
be used for weeding purposes , other
wise the garden is apt to run wild with
weeds. Every family should have an
abundant supply of smaH fruit as well
as vegetables , for the reason that these
are .healthier foods than too much
meat. It often hapens that the garden
can be made to be the source of con
siderable income in addition to gup-
plying the family wants. Iowa Home
stead.
TTben to Spray.
No date CMS be fix 4 upon , yet spray
ing , mtist be done at the right time if
the best results are to be obtained.
The right time is immediately after
the blossoms fall and before the calyxes
of the forming apples close. If there
are belated btoesoms on the trees after
the great mass of. bloom has falen.do *
not wait for Ti.em if some of the
calyxes are closing. If the trees do
not all bloom nearly together , spray
the early blooming trees first and then
in a few days spray the others. Repeat
the application in one week or at the
latest ten days. C. P. Gillette.
Clean Up the Farm.
The necessity for cleaning up the
rubbish on the farm and burning it is
not entirely for the purpose of improv
ing the appearance of the farm , al
though it should be done for this effect
if nothing else were to be gained. Dur
ing the winter large .numbers of in
sects injurious to farm crops pass
their time among the rubbish , and are
generally in good shape early in the
spring to make havoc among the first
crops which appear. Therefore , if the
rubbish is gathered into neaps as early
in the spring as the work can be done
and the mass burned the insects will
l > e destroyed. The work requires but
little time , and the results are so de
sirable that one ought not to hesitate
a moment about doing it. It will pay
to get ojit the hay rake and go all over
the meadows and the fields on which
stubble of any kind has been left and
rake up the rubbish for burning.
To Protect Younc : Chickens.
Those who have raised chickens
know that one of the troubles with
which they have to contend is keeping
the little ones from being drowned by
COVERED RUX FOR CHICKS.
the hard and frequent showers of the
spring. Where brooders are used this
trouble is obviated , but , on the other
hand , the chicks ought to be given
some of the freedom of outdoors as
early as possible , so that even brooder-
raised chicks ought to have a run in
the open air. The illustration shows
a design for a coop with a covered run
attached which will prevent any trou
ble with the chicks. This run may be
made so as to attach it to the coop
when desired , and may be of any
desired dimensions. It consists simply
of a light frame covered with muslin ,
the frame being built on a slant in
the way shown in the cut By having
hooks at each corner and eyes screwed
into the corners of the coop this frame
may be attached in a moment. If the
day looks stormy , simply attach this
covered run to the coop , and you will
then be certain that no harm will come
to the chicks should a sudden and
hard shower come up.
Dried Vegetables.
In Germany an important industry it
being established in dried vegetables.
At one factory in West Germany Ias1
year , which paid a dividend of twenty
per cent , the following materials were
dealt with : 150 tons of French beans
( sliced ) , 360 tons carrots , 140 tons sav
ory , fifty tons celery , 110 tons potatoes ,
102 tons white cabbage , fifty tons on
ions , fifty-four tons turnips ; total , 1,070
tons. This firm is now doubling their
plant. When the factory was first start *
ed only twelve per cent of the vege
tables could be obtained locally , last
year thirty per cent was obtained in
the immediate neighborhood of the fac
tory , and the tenants of the farms in
the vicinity have found it so profitable
to grow a supply of the raw produce ,
that they now have 125 acres under
cultivation for this company , and an
other fifty acres at a little distance
away.
Insreninua fcheme of Ptillinjr Posts.
To pull out fence posts easily , says
.7. W. Dysart , of La Porte , Ind. , take
a 2x4 scantling 3 % feet long and lean
it against the post at a 45-degree an
gle. A % iron pin driven into the top
end to pass through a link of the chain
PULLS A POST STRAIGHT UP.
will prevent it from slipping. Hook i
chain close to ground , passing it up the
.post over the top of the scantling.
One horse will pull all ordinary posts ,
as this method will lift it straight up.
Asparagus from Seed.
By starting with rooted plants a
year is gained. But with some farm
ers a little money counts more than
s. great deal of time , and rather than
pay a couple of dollars for the root
they will go without. Sow seed early
in spring , In a bed by itself , making the
ground rich , but avoiding weedy ma
nure. Keep down the weeds , and
transplant the asparagus the following
year , setting them a good distance
apart and deep enough so that harrows
and cultivators can be run over th
surface. Salt is of no use , but nitrate
of soda is one of the best chemica )
manures. American Cultivator.
Weeds.
To kill weeds which have perennia ,
root stocks a German authority rec
ommends fallowing , and early in the
spring a thorough and deep harrowing
over of tke land , after which the rooi
stocks are raked and burned. For th
eradication of equiserum or horsetail
a thorough draining of the Bofl iogethei
with cultivation are suggested. Fer
tilizers , particularly of limey ones , a *
recommended for combating sorrel
Soil in which this plant gre rg abund
antly are usually characterized by ar
acid oonditkm which requires the ap
plies cion of lime for its'correction.
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REGISTER OF THE U , S , TREASURY
USES PE-RU-NA FOR SUMMER CATARRH ,
Summer Catarrh
Afflicts Men and
Women.
. JUDSOX W. LYONS.
Itejiister of the United
States Treasury , in a letter
from Washington. D. C. . says :
" / find Psr'una to be an
excellent remedy for the ca-
tarrhdl affections of spring
and summer , and those who
suffer from depression from
the heat of the summer will
find no remedy the equal of
Peruna.--Judson W. Lyons.
No man is better known in
tbe financial world .than Jiui-
son W. Lyons , formerly of
Augusts ! , Ga. His napu * on
every piece of money of recent
date makes his signature one
of the most familiar ones in
the United Suites.
Two Interesting Letters from
Thankful Woman.
Miss Camilla Chnrtier , 5
West Lexington St. , Baltimore ,
Md. , writes :
"Late suppers gradually
affected my digestion and
mnde me a miserable dyspeptic ,
suffering intensely at times. I
took several kinds of medi
cine which were prescribed by
different physicians , but still
continued to suffer. But the
trial of one bottle of Feruna
convinced me that it would
rid me of this trouble , so I
continued taking it for several weeks
and I was in excellent health , having
gained ten pounds. " Miss Camilla
Chartier.
Summer Catarrh.
Mrs. Kate Bohn , 1110 Willoughby
Ave. , Brooklyn , N. Y. , writes :
"When I wrote you I was troubled
with frequent headache ? , dizzy , strange
feeling in the head , sleeplessness , sink
ing feelings , faintness and numbness.
Sometimes I had heartburn. My fowl
would rise to niy throat after every
meal , and my bowels were very
irregular.
"I wrote you for advice , and I now
take pleasure in informing you that my
improvement is very great indeed. I
did not expect to improve so quickly
At Norwegian state balls the
laries who intend to dance wear
white those who do not are expected
to appear in black.
The Kev. Dr. Clendennin , of St.
Peters' church , Westchesteu. tells
this story about how he was uncon-
soiously responsible for helping a
I notiss that them who gits angry
quik ; and 1 prefer to see a man
blaz ilke a kandle : if he must burn
than to see him smudge like a bun
dle ov web straw.
Hon. Judson W. Lyons.
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Address Dr. Hartman , President of
The Hartman Sanitarium , Columbus , O.
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I never knew anyone- who showed
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