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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1903)
GOOD I Short Qiofiei $ ij-H-i-i-i-i-tTTTnitiuniltl - - - - - - P. T. Barnum was n great practical Joker. On one occasion be notified tbe dealer from whom he bought a large Amount of supplies that half tbe pep- iper'hc sent him was peas. The dealer indignantly denied the charge , and quite a warm correspondence followed , ft being finally ended by Barnum , who 'inquired whether half the letters in "the word "pepper" were not p's. On a recent day's outing in West ? Chester County , N. Y. , Ernest Haskell , the artist , was painting a bit of the green hillside > when a farmer came along , looked at the half-nnished wat- tr color , then gazed , much puzzled , it three flat pans containing water ta'hicljf the artist had put on the ground tlose at hand. Turning away with a look of disgust , he remarked , balf- -iloud : "Homeopath , b'gosh ! " In an article on "Some Humors of "Congress , " in the Century Magazine , ' Francis E. Leupp says that Represent ative Ilartcr of Ohio useU to be one of ithe most earnest and vigorous debaters' 3n the House. In the intensity of an argument he quite forgot his surround * 3ngs. One day he was laying down Ihe law in an impassioned way , and telling what ought to be done with a , 'Certain public abuse. "We ought to ; seize it , " he cried , 'as a terrier does a i-at , and shake the life out of it ! " In entire self-oblivion he reached forward , and seized Mr. McKaig , of Mnryland , a rather small , light man , lifted him by Ills coat , and shook him , suiting action lo words. McKaig was so astounded that he quite forgot to struggle , but .naturally he was much incensed at the indignity. It took the interference of several friends and the most profuse apologies from HaHer to avert hostilities - ties and restore good feeling. The Key. W. W. Waddell declares that in Brazil the elections are a farce. The ballots are hardly ever counted , ifor the government nominates its ticket , and then , after an election , an- iounces all its candidates elected. "A .year Or so ago , " he says , "an Ameri can , who had settled in Bahia , the sec- . pnd largest city In Brazil , was made n election clerk , and was told to bring the returns from an Interior town into' Bahia. After the election had closed , -the clerk took the returns and hasteu- 4sd away , guarding them with the greatest care. He rode .his horse hard , * tfor he felt that the suspense would be -.great at Bahia until the returns he was Carrying were received. What was his : Chagrin , therefore , to hand his package iover to the chief election clerk , only to see it thrown into the waste basket. Here , what are you doing-he shout ed. "Throwing them away , ' was the answer , 'we don't need , them now. ' { Don't need them , ' stammered the American , who had been brought up to iregard a violation of the election laws as treasonable. 'The government has ' 'elected its men already , ' was the an \ swer : 'we don't need any more votes. ' Here the inspector opened the pack age and showed the astonished Amer ican a quantity of blanks , each of jwhich was signed , with a space to be . . filled in with any number necessary to Jelect the government candidates. " . The Kind of a Man He Is. "Quinine was never cheaper than it 5s now , " remarked Mr. Bowersox as 'lie laid down his newspaper. "It can i > e obtained in a wholesale way at twenty cents per qunce. Some years ago the price was in the neighborhood of a dollar. " "How do you know ? " asked Mrs. Bowersox. "Well , I ought to know if anybody .ought. Many an ounce of quinine have 'I taken , for I.was a terrible sufferer from ague in my younger days , I can tell you. " "Well , that's just like you exactly , Benjamin Franklin Bowersox. " "What is just like me ? " asked Bow ersox in some surprise , for his wife's tone was one of severity. "Why , it was just like your extrav agant nature to contract the aguq when quinine was very expensive , and now that the drug is cheap enough to place the shakes -within the reach of all you are as free from it as if there wasn't any such thing as ma- . 'larla in the world. Benjamin Frank lin Bowersox , if there is a more ag gravating man than you on this foot stool I wish some one would point him out to me. That's what I wish. " At this point the aggravating man put on his hat and went down street Worrying a Bad Habit. Worrying is a habit that grows verj rapidly. The more it is Indulged the stronger it becomes. When you dis cover that you are its victim , just stop and consider : Are you gaining any tiling from it ? If so , what Is the gain ? Are you losing anything froru It health , strength , cheerfulness , the power of helping others and the op portunity of doing the next best thing at hand ? Whatever you do , don't say "But I can't help it ! " ' * * * * ' Colossal Counter Claim. It is hard to get ahead of some girls. One who was presented with a bill for 49 for money spent on her by a re jected suitor nearly frightened him to death by only threatening to put in a bill for one shilling apiece for all the .kisses he had taken during the court ship. Spare Moments. Mighty rivers rise in quiet places , - but like some men the farther away from home fchey get the more noise ' 4-.they make. The Foruicr'H Gardeu. The common expression that Ameri ca Is a nation of dyspeptics Is gener ally understood to be tnie,4 and it is also true that , In proportion to the population , there are more dyspeptics among farmers and their families than among the city population. It is absurd that such should be the case , for If any class of people has a chance to be healthy it is the farming communi ty. The fact remains , however , that the majority of farmers cling closely to a diet In which there is little varia tion. Probably the lock of fresh fruits and vegetables has more to do with their stomach troubles than anything else. The writer remembers visiting one of the most extensive growers of ( ruck in the vicinity of Norfolk , Va. More than 500 acres of this man's farm was devoted exclusively to the raising of vegetables for market , yet during a stay of three days the , only vegetable placed on the table was a scant supply of cabbage at one meal. For some unaccountable reason fann ers seem to think that a kitchen gar den Is a waste of time and labor , and they go through the summer with scarcely a fresh vegetable of any kind. This Is a mistake , for the expense of a garden sufficiently large to supply an entire family with vegetables is so small that It ought not to be consid ered. Make the garden near the house where an hour of spare time daily will keep it in good condition and give that variety in food which Is necessary to good health. Surely there oyght to be enough variety raised on the farm in all lines to give the best of each to the home table , and with proper manage ment it can be done without cutting off the income materially. St. Paul Dispatch. Convenient Small Harrow. On every farm where small fruits and vegetables are grown a one-horse harrow is a great convenience. By its use the lighter weeding Is done and the surface of the soil kept loose at small expense of labor. If one has a lever harrow two of the beams may be used for this one-horse harrow , or the beams may be readily made with lumber of proper length , using long wire nails for the teeth. The beams are fastened together in a V shape , is shown in the cut and a wooden A HOME-HADE HARROW. frame Iscoustructed , as shown to sup port the handle. If a blacksmith is conveniently near the support for the landle may be two iron rods running from the corners of the harrow to the i ; > ndle. A board may be placed over the frame and heavy stones set upon t to weigh down the tool if It is found too light for certain soils. This tool will be found especially useful In corn cultivation during the early growth of the plants. Snmmer Shnde for Poultry. Where fowls are kept partially con fined there should be some arrange ment for furnishing the proper amount 'of shade. If the poultry yards can be built around a number of trees this ; wlll be all sufficient , but If this cannot 'be done , then plant a row of corn around the outside of the fence , on the sunny side , just far enough from the fence so that the fowls cannot reach it. A row of sunflower plants will answer the same purpose , or the plants may be castor beans , which will provide shade and ornamentation as well. A neighbor of the writer sets a 'double ' row of the tall growing cannas around the sunny side of his poultry yard , and thus obtains attractive bloom and the desired shade-at the same time. Plant seeds of whatever , is to be used of the seed kind now or set the plants of other sorts. Morn ing glory vines may be used by sowIng - Ing the seeds a foot from the poultry yard fence and running strings to.the top of the fence. This plan gives one shade quickly and at small expense. . Savinc Clover Hay. Saving clover hay is not a difficult matter If the climatic conditions are 'favorable ' , while it is almost Impossi ble to cure it in good condition in 'catchy weather. Where large areas have to be cured It Is impossible to adopt the method of shocking it , it .being much better to cut after the dew is off , starting the tedder shortly after the mower and rake up and haul the next day. In this way hand labor , which is .so expensive , is dispensed with. It is better , says Iowa Horne- "twid , to allow the crop to stand until the lirst heads we brown rather than out It during catchy weather , as it will spoil less standing than when cut. Keep Accounts with the Cows. If farmers would open individual ac counts with their cows , a great many of them would doubtless be surprised at the number of animals they are keeping merely as luxuries. It is not a 'safe rule to go by general impres sions. Those who have tried keeping iccounts have found that in many ases the cows that were thought to be the money makers of the herd did | not In fact yield any profit , while oth ers which had been considered lesi valuable provided a good cash income 'beep on Small Farmtu It is a mistaken Idea to suppose that Iprge areas are required on which to raise sheep. It is true , that It will not do to crowd too many on a small area with any idea that they will get their living from the vegetation there , but if. say , one hundred sheep were to .be kept on fifteen or twenty acres , prop erly handled , together with proper feeding , would bring desirable results. Taking twenty acres as the area to be > used , It would be a good plan to divide this into three fields ; two fields of five acres each and one ten-acre field ! The livo-acre plots should be sown In rape or some other special feeding crop , and the ten-acre field used for general grazing. In this plot there should be shade and water , and the grain feed ing should be done here also. The fields of rape should be used alternate ly : that is , give the flock of sheep ac cess to cue field four or five hours a day .for one week , then to the other field in the same manner. If these fields were profitably pastured the re sult of the droppings" would make them sufficiently rich for almost any crop when It was desired to use them In that way , which could be done by ha ng movable fences , so that other , fields could be used for the sheep ia other years. _ The Farmer Boy. The lot of the fanner boy is .undoubt edly lighter now than it was a half- century ago , as many old Daviesa County fanners can attest who have dropped corn all day by hand In a furrow "laid out" by a horse driven by a single line attached to a single shovel plow and keep it up for two or three weeks. Most old people who have lived on a farm have had this experience or have followed the boy who was dropping corn , day In and day out , covering it with a hoe. For ty years ago a boy who could drop for two coverers could earn his 50 cents a day , while the ordinary boy who waa not so swift could earn 25 to 35 cents a day. As a matter of fact a boy could get over more ground and plant a much bigger acreage than a man , but then , as now , there was an un * written law that he should not re ceive men's wages. 'Before the daya of labor saving machinery , , farm worl $ for the boy especially , was a constant round of drudgery , and it was little wonder they wanted to get away from it. Now it Is otherwise , and life on a farm is preferable to most other pur suits in life. Exchange. Depth of Corn Cultivation. Depth of cultivating corn variei with circumstances. In wet seasons It is often absolutely necessary to stir a soil deeply in order to dry it out Deep stirring is also necessary In wet seasons when weeds have once got the start of the cultivator. The practice of cultivating a uniform depth of four inches throughout the entire season 19 quite common , it being claimed thai ! weeds are most effectively destroyed at this depth , while the four-inch mulch conserves the moisture as well as a deeper one. There are those who advocate plowing deeply at all times , although , on the other hand , they are ! taken to task by others who claim' that it is just as prudent to remove the leaves from the stalk with a knife as to cut the root with a cultivator. One instance is given where a compari son of the deep and shallow method of cultivation gave a yield of twenty bushels per acre In favor of the shal low method. Iowa Homestead. Farm Notes. If f > * " * were as careful and sys tematlc ' " the management of then herds as the breeders of pure breeds are with their cattle , much better re sults would be secured from ordinary stock. Even the best breed will fai if not rightly managed , and all classes of stock can be made more productive if extra care is given. Veterinary surgeons state that th milk Is the first thing affected when a cow becomes 111 , and that the milh will show indications of coming milk- fever and garget a week before anj outward sign can be discovered. A sore , or anything that may be liable to poison the blood also poisons th milk at the same time' It is a mistake to expect that eggj will hatch precisely in twenty-oni days. While this Is the rule , It Is no ] an invariable one. Some will hatch In nineteen days , others in twenty-ont days , and others will require twenty- five days for Incubation. The causei are various such as getting too cold too much heat , lack of moisture , wan ) of vitality of either or both of tht parents , and the age of the eggs. In giving salt to animals it should be done in a manner to allow eac animal to partake of as much as 1) ) desires and prefers , Instead of giving the salt iii tlTe food , thereby compell ing some animals to use more thai they wish. Each animal has its indi vidual preference , and the propel mode of allowing salt Is to place. IJ where the animals can have access tx It at all times , as each will use enl } the amount needed. The effort to produce the seeds of aj ipple exhausts the tree more than i\ \ produce the much better quantity ol meat , because seeds contain a mucj larger proportion of the mineral ele ments. As much .meat or pulp can ty frown on 500 fine large apple trees a | upon 1,000 small , inferior ones , bu | the production of seeds will be onlj jne-half as great Thus "thinning * not only adds to the value of the pros mt crop , but economizes the energl * > f the tree for future one * . COULD NOT AGREE ASSASSIN CURTIS JETT PERU. OUSLY CONVICTED SINGLE JUROR HOLDS OUT of Relief at Jackson Governor to U - U jjed to Kep a Coinpaoy ot Troopb , Jackscn , Ky , June 22 , But for one juror Curtis Jett would have heen convicted here yesterday for the mur der of Judge Marcum , and a major ity of the jury favored the conviction of Thomas WhPe , also. Both are to night almost 100 miles from home in jail Lexington , and their nexl trial will be at Cynthiana , over 100 miles fiorr Jackson , away from the untains and in the Llue grass cgion under very different condi tions fnm those existing iu Breath- ittcounty. The interest in therbanee of venue today was second only to the verdict. ' With general confidence in the surrounding of the next trial there is a belief here that "every- thing.is for tbe best afcer all. " If the verdict had been one of conviction the residents here feel that violence would have followed , and that it would have extended to others than witnesses , jurors and those who had taken part in the prosecution. It is thought now that after the trial of Jett and White in Harrison county the cases of other aassassins who are known here and who have never been ai rested , will be taken up with some assurances of justice on a change of venue. ( o'nnel WilMams was at Frankfort Jast night conferring with the gov ernor regarding the withdrawal of the troops It is understood that he advised the governor that no number of troops could stop the lurking fire bugs or hidden assassians but that at least one company should be re tained in charge of the town. The troops that escorted Jett and White to Lexington'tbis evening will not return. There is still much apprebenison in th j community for the future and many here share in tbe movement in different parts cf Kentucky to have Breathitt county parcelled out for annexation to other counties , al though it might depreciate valu- dtioLS after Jackson lost its prestige as a county seat. Some hold that in ihe loss of the so-called court bouse ring the town would gain much uore than it would lose. It is' claimed that all the feud troubles thit have afflected the county orig inated , in'contests for local offices and afterwards extended in profess ional , business and social affairs. Fierce Band to Encounter Washington , June 22. Capt. John J. Pershing , who was in command of the trcops at the tight at Lake La- nan , in thp. Philippines has written a letter to a personal friend in the war department , describing the bat tle. It has been shewn to Secretary Rort , who authorized its publication , daptain Petshing says : "I suppose your mail dispatches have or will have brought you a full account of the Bacalod incident in rctlity the best tight of the Mnro cjimpaig'bs ' ; not so many Mores killed as ali Bavan or Pananatan , one year FJLO but fought according to some system Of course I had worked on this tight as I foresaw long ago that it must come and the whole thing fiom beginning worked out.as plan ned. First we got behind them , much to their surprise , and could post our guns above and drop projec tiles do.vn into their fort , so that ar tillery fire in this cuse was not alto- jet her all noise. We had some work and some fighting to gain this posi tion. Once there it was only a ques- Lion of sitting down deliberately and waiting to see what the Mores would * 3o. Many got away before the place tvas invested thoroughly. "The fight begun in a flood of a rainstorm that lasted till dark and econonitering was difficult , so we 3id not find tbe avenues of escape intil next day and I am glad now we did not , as they had su > .h confi dence in this fort that they have 3nen constructing for a year , that ihey took many women and children nside and they escaped during tbe unht. The next day and nicrht we beld them fast , however ; tried to get Lhem to surrender , had two talks inder flag of truce ; but no , they would fight it out. So there was then ) nly to finish it. Killed Husband With Axe Pomeroy , Wash. June 22. Amanfla De Lartiguehas confessed that she rilled her husband on the night of September 23 , 1902 , with an axe and mried the remains in the front yard if their farm near here , where they fere found recently. The womaif isserts that De Lartipue came to her icdside while she slept , roused her irid threatened her life ; that he pur- ued her into the yard shooting at ler when she seized tbe aze and sank t into his bead. ME FCR MOB TYA'CHI > 'G OP NEGRO FINDS PUBLIC - APPROVAL. NO ARRESTS TO BE MADE T OF CRIME HELD TO' US- TIF1T ACT. of Slen Hint ot Vengeance Too Or. ut forth < Offlc.TsiTo Cope With * " * A 4 A IJoy 11 tli CrowVt U Very U idly Injured. Wilmington , Del , June 24. All is quiet ; iu this community today , fol lowing the horrible Ivnching of George White , Helen Bishop's con fessed slayer , at an eaily liour this morni g. Of tha ruob of nearly oCOO that uve'poivcred the' authorities stormed } the Newcastle county workhouse and1 gord fiora his cell the tr < .mbing ! wieleb , and burned him at the stake fche imrue of only one is publicly known. That person is little Peter Smithtwelve years old who fell when the workhouse guards fired a volley * into the ranks of the attacking mob. The lad was struck by a bullet which entered * bis back , and is bho ght to have penetrated his kid neys. At the Homeopathic hospital , where tbe injured ho/ was taken , it was siated at 9 o'clock this morning that he is in a seri ius condition. After the mob liad completed its awful work ol vengeance the body of the negro ravisher and murderer was Icfc chained to the stake with the fire buiniug all ar > uud it , and the members o the lynching party went home. A rain which began falling later extinguished the fire and at daylight the charred body still hung limp in in plain sight of passersby. Public sentiment here , so far as ex pressed , appears to approve the lynch- g of White , and it is not believed ihere will he any arrests. White's confession , made just be fore the torch was applied to the oil- Soaked bushes around him , was an admission of everytning and more ihan had heen charged aigainsthim. He is stated to have said : * 'I was sent hyMr. Woodward So the cornfield to hoe some corn. I saw Mr. Woodward's daughter aud ntended to assault her. but a couple uf men came along and I did not dis- lu b her. Then I saw the Bishop girl lud followed her. I seized her and. asked her 'f ' she had auy money she vould give me tn let her go. . She give rue sixty cents. Then I again seized her and she cried : 'Please don't l.urt me. ' I choked her and iccunplished my purpose. Then I asked her if she was going to tell on ue She said she was. I gave her a hack in the throat with my knife ind asked again if she * as going to nform on me. She said she was. a id then I cut her throat twice again ind left her. . After that I went , back to Mr. Woodward and told him' ' here was no good water to drink down there , and he sent me some- vhere else. I went back once , but o n left. ± lien I wait back to the louse and put on a white hat in stead of the cap I wore. YOJ would hot do this if i was a white man and aid that. " The negro's confession rendered the alreudy incensed crowd even norc desperate and some wanted to jear him limb from limb before they ; eachcd the scene of execution. The aegro begged piteousiy not to be iurned. but no mercy was shown the Culprit , and although his sufferings ivere terrible , White remained cun- icious and rational to the lust. While at times during the night there were at leastl OOO peopie around ihe workhouse , the men who actual- ' .y took part in the lynching did not lumber over 500. The leader was a nan who said he was from Virginia , fris face was familiar to most people Ind it is believed he is a resident of iVilmington , although some say he , aad been imported for the purpose of' foading the mob. The lynching is believed tn have jeen the result of a plot which was loncocted several days ago and was ! o have been put into execution Sat- 3rday night , but on that occasion [ here was a misunderstanding and * hs attempt failed. Cotton Again on the Up Turn. New York. June 24. One of the nest exciting and spectacular upturns if the season in the cotton narket * occurred right after midday. The freoekly crops from Washington bad iust been read and rec ived a bearish interpretation , resulting in moderate Jecllnes. But almost immediately suyiog orders were received here from Sew Orleans and July was rushed up 10 812.75 , August to 812.29 and Sep- : iember to 11.39 , all of these prices ) eirjg new high records for the season. Notes E. Whitney , a well known con-t tractor and builder of Humboldt lert [ Friend wbere he has been engaged tot- erect a large new school * * Eddie the three-year old son of J. J ; Tbompson. of Bumboldt , got his hand ) n the cogs of the wringer while the family washing was being done , aod suffered the loss . of tht ends of three flngeis. * * A number of improvements are be ing made at Nebraska City in tbt Argo Starch works with a view ot doubting its capacity. The plant belongs - longs to the trust aod they are mak ing it furnish all of the starch -foi the middle west. . * * Julius Lenzer , a farmer living near Norfolk , has been arrested on.com plaint of an employe , Henry A rends , who states that early this morning Lenzer slabbed him in the arm with a picthfork while he was still in bed , because he refused to get up at 4 o'clock. John State of Leigh , Neb. , purchased - chased the "Elai n stock /arm and stock , paiyng Sio.OOO for the same. This ranch consisted of 1,000 acres of deeded land and 480 acres of leased school land. Mr. State will turn the property into a dairy fam and will commence by milking fifty cows. Alfalfa and dairy farming is payina handsome profits in this vicinity. * * "Tom" Peck who lives near Bur- well in Gartield county , was bound over to the district court Friday In tbe sum of $500. He is charged with attempt to kill by shooting bis son , William , in tbe shoulder during an altercation over the crossing of some > land owned by the alder Peck. The . sju's wound is painful but not dan gerous. * * Mrs. Sarah Dlckenson died at the State Home for the Friendless at Lincoln where she had lived for many years. She was born in Knox- vllle , Tenu. , eighty-five years ago , Her grandfather was general Meada- of the revolutionary army , a compa triot of George Washington. * * The board of education of Beatrice , has elected the following additional teachers for the coming year : Edna L Miller , Aurelia Orangle , Grace Baumgardner and Anna Fisher of Beatrice ; Ian M. Orcutt of Wahoo and Maude Beach of Superior. Prof. M. S. Calvin was re-elected supervisor ser , of music , and Miss Minnie Davl | wasreelected supervisor of drawing. * The farm house on the farm owned by Mrs. Ljttie Long of Cook and oc cupied by Louis Keunning was burn ed while the family was attending the Sons of Herm'an picnic at Talm- age. Cbarles Holscher a neighbor while passing by noticed smoke is suing from the bouse. He did "t at tempt to stop the fire but succeeded- in saving part of the furniture. Tba- loss is partly covered by insurance. * * * Only 135 students are registered for. Ihe summer school at the state uni versity. This falls far short of the-1 number registered last year. Such a condition of affairs is attributed to two things ; the establishment of junior normals throughout the state and the meeting of the National Ed ucation association at Boston .thia summer. Many who might have at tended tbe summer school are attend * ing the junior normal intead , and many others will take advantage of the rate to visit Boston and the East. The association meets In July , when the summer school is In cession. The Lincoln Legal club an organl- aztion made up of the young mem bers of the profession in the city , closed the year's work with a ban quet at tbe Lindell hotel. The club has for its purpose the rtudy and dis cussion of the pzobtams that confront the active practloner. John A. Ma- Iguire acted as toast master , * * Rev. D. W. 0. Huntlngton chancel lor of the Nebraska Wesleyan univer sity , preached in tbe M. E. church , at Ravenna last Sunday. In the morning he presented the cause of education and took np a collection for bhe univeisity amounting to $15.00. < En tbe evening Dr. Huntingtott preached one of the ablest sermons. jver listened to by the people of Ka ren na. Sometime ago Mm. Cal Vandevera , living north of Stella , fell Gn a defec- iive sidevalk In front of Lizzie Col- glaziers milinery shop and fractured aer arm. , Now it seems two Aubur.u awyers appeared before the village. aoad at their ssession and Intlmatedk : hat a 52,500 damage si/lt would bar iled in .the near future unless satis-r lactory arrangments were made with * ibe parly injured. The board baa , : h j matter under investigation t epori at iis first meeting.