HE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M RICE EDITOR
$ Ji.OO for year in Advance
PUBLISHED EVERY THTJESDAY.
Entered at the Post-office at Valentine , Cherry
county. Nebraska , as Second-class matter.
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The Loup Valley LTereferd Ranch.
Brownlee , Nebr ,
Urlnce Boabdel
1316U3 and Curly
Coat ll22Clat head
of herd. The blood
of Fowler. Anxiety.
Lord Wilton and Sir
Gladstone predomi
nates 10 my herd.
No stock for sale at present , llanch four miles
north-west of Brownlee , Nebr.
C. li. FAULIIAHEK ,
MILL PRICES FOR FEED ,
Bran , bulk 75 per cwt $14.00 ton
-Shorts bulk 85 per cwt $16.00 ton
Screenings 70c " $13.00"
Chop Feed . . . .1.05 " $20.00"
Cora. 95 " $18.00"
Chopcorn 1.00 " $19.00" ,
Oats 1.20 " $23.00"
, . J. E. iSNYDEK ,
OOTJE0PATH.
Office over T. C. Hornby's store by the
south stairway. Chronic Ceases a
specialty.
Hours : 9 to 1 A.M. 55 to4IV 31
John Nicholson ,
Dentist.
Will be in Valentine on the 20 , 21 , 22
'and 23rd of each month. .Reserve
your work for him. Office at Donoher
House.
ETTA BROWN
SUPL PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Examination Third Saturday of each
month and Friday preceding.
VALENTINE NEBRASKA
H. DAILEY ,
Dentist.
Office over the grocery deparment
of T. C. Hornby's store.
Will be in Rosebud agency July
3rd , Oct. 2nd and Jan. 1 , 1904.
HENEY ATJGUSTON -
\ Blacksmith.
Brownlee , Kel > r.
Does general blacksmithingatliard
times prices for cash.
H. M. CK AMEK ,
City Delivery man ,
Trunks , valises and packages hauled to and
from the depot and all parts of the City.
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W. A. KIMBELL
Barber
First-class Shop in Every Kespect
Eau de Quinine Hair Tonic , Golden Star Bair
Tonic , Herpiclde and Coke's Dandruff Cure.
Try Pompeian Face Massage Cream
LEEOY LEACH
County Surveyor
Valentine or Woodlake
GKKEKALVOKK PBOMPTLY ATTKNDED TO.
PAT HETT
Valentine , Kebr.
' Good , Hard Rock for sale in any
quantity.
A. N. COMPTON
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Quigley & Chapman's
Drug Store. Nights The Don
oher residence , Cherry Street.
Edward 8. Furay
Physician and Surgeon
Office Fraternal Hall or El
liott's Drug Store. i9im2
F. M. WALCOTT
ATTORNEY A % ABSTRACTER
Valentine , Nebr.
Practices In District Court and U. S. Land
Office. Heal Estate and Kanch Property
> oi7Elil' nH oolil Bnnrtud
IH-P-A-N-S Tabulcs
T , Doctors find
1M'
1 A good prescription
For mankind
The -cent package is enough lor usual occas
Slons. The family bottle ( CO cents ) contains a
fly lor & year. All druggists sell them.
BIRMINGHAM PICTURES.
They V * crc Merc , Pnncr , but Tlicy
Suliilucil llie ArtiKt Turner.
Tunic r. UHJ great landscape painter ,
v..s a curious mixture of parsimony
ad sonorositj' , dotcrmined money
grubbing and unrcckoning devotion to
bis art. He would drive u bard bar
gain one day and the next refuse to
sell at any price. Intending purchas
ers were sometimes excluded from his
gallery , and the refusal of admission
was communicated in anything but a
polite manner. ' i
Mr. Gillett , the wealthy pen manu
facturer of Birmingham , once proved
himself equal to the task of storming
the castle in the teeth of the gruff art
ist and his doorkeeper and achieving a
bargain. A book-on Turner gives the
story.
Mr. Gillett was met at the door of
Turner's house by an old woman , who
opened the door and asked the gentle
man's business.
"Can't let 'e in ! " she snapped out ,
when he told her , and tried to slain the
door.
Cut Mr. Gillett had put his foot in
side the door and withour waiting for
permission pushed past the enraged
janitress and Ir.irried upstairs to the
gallery. Turner met him like a spider
whose web has been invaded. The in
truder introduced himself and said
that he had come to buy.
"Don't want to , sell ! " was the an
swer.
" Birmingham pictures
"Have you seen our
tures , Mr. TurnerT inquired the. visit
or , as calmly as if he had been received
as a gentleman should be.
"Never heard of 'em , " said Turner.
Mr. Gillett took from his pocket some
Birmingham bank notes.
"Mere paper , " remarked Turner , who
evidently enjoyed the joke.
"To be bartered for mere canvas. "
said the visitor , waving his hand to in
dicate the paintings on the wall. His
tone perhaps also the sight of the
"mere paper" conquered Turner , and
when the visitor departed he had bar
gained for several valuable pictures.
THE MISSING FOWL ,
An Experience With , nn Absentminded -
minded English Artist.
Wills invited me to dinner one after
noon when I met him in the Strand. 1
accepted , reminding him that as he
was absentminded he had better make
a note of the evening. As he had no
paper in his pocket he wrote the date
on his shirt cuff. AVheu the appointed
evening arrived I went to his studio.
The door was opened by Wills , and I
could see that he had forgotten all
about the appointment. "Ah , old fel
low , " he exclaimed , "do not be too
hard on me. The cuff went to the
wash , and the date with it. But there
Is a fowl in the pot boiling here , " con
tinued Mr. Wills. "Just come in and
wait a few minutes. "
I had my misgivings , but walked in
side and sat down upon the only chair
not crowded with paint , brushes and
palettes. After waiting for about
twenty minutes , feeling deucedly hun
gry , I groaned. This had the effect of
reminding Wills that I was present
ne exclaimed in a dreamy voice , "The
fowl must be boiled by this time , " and
coming forward he lifted the lid of the
pot and peered inside. "It is very
odd , " he remarked , "but I camiot see
the fowl. Extraordinary ! No one has
been here , so the bird cannot have
been stolen. "
Well , the long and short of it is that
a week or two later I called again at
the studio , noticed a peculiar odor and
discovered the old fowl wrapped up in
a piece of brown paper. "Ah ! " said
Wills , "now I know how it all hap
pened. When the fowl was brought in
there came a smart visitor Lady G.
about sittings for her portrait. I must
have thrown the fowl behind a canvas
and forgotten all about It. But now ,
old fellow , do shut up ! " London Mail.
The Pnrsec.
The r.irsce , untrammeled by his sur
roundings , is seen in Bombay in all his
wealth of height and dress. The men
are , without exception , tall , finely
formed and stately and possess a ro
bustness and beauty quite at contrast
with their Hindoo neighbors.
Their street costume is a peculiar
long while cotton gown , wide trousers
of the same material and color and\a
tall miter shaped hat. They have a
general reputation for sobriety , frugali
ty and sagacity , and they seem to
thoroughly understand the accumula
tion of fortunes , in this respect resem
bling the Hebrews. The wealthiest
residents of Bombay are Parsecs.
"Where Cobras Arc Held to Re San l.
The Hindoos on account of their su
perstition are very loath to destroy a
cobra. It appears prominently in their
mythology , and it is venerated both as
a symbol of a malicious and destruc
tive power and also a benelicont one1.
According to Mr. A. K. Forbes , cobras
are looked upon as guardian angels ,
and there is a Beugalese tradition that
a male infant auspiciously shaded by a
cobra will come to the throne.
Jlarrt Vt'nrlc.
Mrs. A. I'm surprised that your
husband earns so little if he works a.s
hard as you say. What docs he deV
Mrs. B. The last thing he did waste
to calculate how ninny times a clock
ticked in the course of l.OUO years.
Easy to Meet.
"Have you any trouble in meeting
your creditors. oUl "i'ap : "
"No difficulty v. over. I meet 'em
everywhere , old boy. "
Xoiicommittnl.
Judge What is your age , madam ?
Witness I'm at least five years
younger than the neighbors think me.
Philadelphia Press.
'MADE TO STAND PULLING.
The Great Tensile Strength of the
Government' * 1'aper 3Ioney.
"Tile way some cashiers pay out
small bills in exchange for large ones
must make other men as tired as it
wearies me , " remarked an observing
business man to another Washingtonian -
tonian as they watched the cashier of
a fashionable uptown cafe pull at and
strip the ones and twos in exchange for
a ten as though he were pulling a piece
of molasses candy over a hook and
hated to let go.
" " his friend who
"It does , acquiesced ,
happened to be a United States treas
ury expert. "The way some cashiers
jerk , snap and pull at bills as they pay
them out is utterly absurd. The old
adage about pinching a silver dollar
until the eagle screams pales before
the way the up to tflate llbp cashier
jerks the long green he handles.
"In this connection I will give you a
fact that is not generaIIy known , and
that is the weight a new treasury sin
gle note , and four notes in a sheet , will
sustain without breaking. The iigures
may be accepted as official and ac
curate.
"A singk ) treasury note measures 3 %
inches wide by 7',4 inches long and
will suspend 41 pounds lengthwise and
91 pounds crosswise. Notes are printed
four to a sheet. A sheet will suspend
10S pounds lengthwise and 177 pounds
crosswise.
"The remarkable strength of a Unit
ed States treasury note may thus be
seen at a glance , and I venture to say
that not one person in a million would
have guessed the great tenacity of the
paper which , when properly printed
and stamped , becomes good money. "
The cashier had interestedly listened
to the treasury expert's explanation of
the weight sustaining and necessarily
resisting power of wear and tear of
our paper money , and then he said :
"You see , it is this way : Bills stick
together , see , and we cashiers have to
make up any shortage -out of our own
pockets , and that's one reason why we
snap and jerk the bills so hard , so we
will not pay out two for one , as might
be done. Again , a two dollar bill is fre
quently mistaken for a five , and vice
versa , and by counting out our money
as if it were drops of our lifeblood we
are less liable to pass out one for the
other. " Washington Star.
PICKINGS FROM FICTION.
Ambitious people must always be dis
appointed people. "Fame For a Wom
an. "
The best kind of courage often comes
from a full stomach. "Captain Mack-
lin. " ;
Love is like honey it must be taken
by sips. One must not swim in it
"The Pharaoh and the Priest. "
The man who is Aveakened in well
doing by the ingratitude of others is
serving God on a salary basis. "The
Power of Truth. "
Nine times out of ten a woman falls
through love , and she must be reached
by love if she is to be restored. "Down
In Water Street. "
Don't call yourself a friend and be
thinking all the time what the other
side of the friendship can do for you.
"Aunt Abby's Neighbors. "
Philosophy is primarily a matter of
food ; secondarily , a matter of clothes ;
it docs not concern the head at all.
"Two Thousand Miles on an Automo
bile. "
Half the trouble of this troubled
world comes from the fact that , for
one reason or another , women are not
able to look up to the men with whom
they have dealings. "The Vultures. "
A Couple of TiiscrijitJon.s.
"I was in New York one day and
took a trip down to Coney Island , "
said the agent of a Pittsburg nail
mill. "I had heard of the slick fellows
down there , and so I left my watch at
home and carried a dummy across
which I pasted a slip of paper bearing
the words , Look inside for a fool. ' I
hadn't got ( he salt taste of the ocean
yet when the watch disappeared , and
it was three hours later , as I sat in a
booth drinking beer , when I felt that
watch in a side pocket of my coat. I
pulled it out in amazement , and I
found my slip of paper replaced by
one bearing the words , 'Look outside
for an ass ! ' It mny be that I got the
bulge on the gang , but somehow I
have always thought that they came
out a trifle ahead Just a trifle. "
to Be an Art.
Time was when harboring was a way
up art. In ancient times barbers were
surgeons , the only persons who could
scientifically "let blood. " In London
there is still a barber surgeon class.
They possess a cap given the guild by
Charles H. Around the barber's pole
still twines the snake , the subtlest
beast of the field , a survival of the bra
zen serpent lifted up in the wilderness ,
the symbol of the healing art.
Concerned.
"Why don't you try to hand nn hon
ored name down to posterity ? "
"I don't know. " answered Senator
Sorghum. "Maybe I don't look far
enough ahead. So long as my signature
is honored at the bank I can't see that
my credit with posterity makes much
difference. " Washington Star.
Cynical.
Inquiring Young Man When a per
son says something nice about another ,
why is he saiMjlo "pay" a compliment ?
Crusty Old Man Because he expects
to get something for it.
Th'jre Are Others. , v
Old Emdee Well , how do you like'
your profession ?
Young Emdee Profession Is 0. K.
It's the practice I'm kicking about.
Town and Country.
Wedding Bells
Married at the home of the
bride's parents in this city July
22 , 1903 , Lieut. Harry. E. Parshal
and Miss Jessie "Webb , Rev. Father
Muyssen officiating.
This was one of the prettiest
weddings of the season. Just at
8 o'clock the bridal party entered
the parlor to the strains of Mcnd-
leshons wedding march , played by
Miss Maggie Stcele. The party
was led by Miss Frances May , first
bridesmaid , followed by Miss
Grace Bonnell , Miss May Daven
port and Miss Lou Webb maid of
honor , and lastly the bride walking
alone. The groom met his bride
under a canopy of stars and stripes
where the vows were taken which
united them for life.
The ceremony was performed in
the presence of the bride's family
and the following guests : Mrs.
Chas. May and daughters , Frances
and Etta of Fremont , Miss Maud
May of Fremont , Dr. E. S. Furay ,
A. E. Thacher , Mr. and Mrs.
Jackson , Miss Grace Bonnell and
Miss Mae Davenport of Valentine ,
Lieut. Donald of Ft. Niobrara ,
and H. Stees of Minneapolis.
The bride was dressed in white
silk chiffon over white taffeta
trimmed with white applique and
panne velvet and carried brides
roses. Maid of hoton , Miss Lou
Webb wore white opera batiste
with red roses , Miss Frances May
first bride's maid , blue silk veil ,
tucked , with lace and ribbon trim
mingsand carried white roses ,
Miss Grace Boncll pink silk chiffon
over over white taffeta with lace
medallons , carried pink roses , and
Miss Mae Davenport in white point
DeEsprite with satin ribbons car
ried red roses. The mother of
the bride wore a costume'of black
lace over black taffeta and carried
dark red roses. The groom
was attired in the full dress uniform
of his rank as was also the best
man , Liuet. Donald of Fort Niobra
ra. The decorations in the parlor
composed of the stars and stripes
festooned with smilax and banked
with ferns and plains were beauti
ful and suggestive. Cut flowers
roses and sweet peas were every
where present.
At 9 o'clock the doors were
thrown open and a reception given
in which the bride's mother assist
ed by Mrs. Jackson received the
many friends who came to offer
congratulations to the newly wed
ded pairOaftcr which the guests
entered the dining room under an
arch of flags where refreshments
were served , the bride cutting the
the bride's cake with her husband's
sword. The compliment was re
turned by the other cakes being
cut by Lieut. Donald.
The following is a partial list of
the presents received by the bride :
A beautiful hand painted china
bonbon dish , Mr. and Mrs. Rey
nold of Fremont ; set of silver tea
spoons , C. H. May and family ;
silver crumb tray , Jos. May of
Fremont ; silver butter knife , Mr.
and Mrs. Savage ; silver salad fork ,
Mrs. Frank Fischer ; silver tray ,
C. H. Cornell and wife ; clock , W.
E. Haley and wife ; mirror , E. S.
Furay ; hand painted pitcher , Miss
Etta Brown : set of olive forks ,
Lieut. Donald ; chaffing dish , H.
Stces ; cut glass olive dish , Mr.
and Mrs. M. V. Nicholson ; cut
glass olive dish , the Misses Beckman -
man of Omaha ; cut glass creamer
and sugar bowl , parents of bndc ;
cut glass creamer and sugar bowl
A. E. Thacher ; cut glass rose bow ,
Dr. and Mrs. Lewis ; cut glass
olive dish , Grace Bonnell and Alf
Lewis ; cut glass celery dish , Mrs.
E. Davenport andfamilycutglass ;
water pitcher , Mrs. I. V. Hickox
of Fremont ; cut glass bonbon dish
Mrs. May Althen of Kan. City.
Mr. Parshal is Lieut , of Co. B ,
22nd Infantry , U. S. A. , which
was at one time stationed at Fort
Niobrara but is now at Ft. Logan
H. Roots , Ark.
Miss Webb is the youngest
daughter of Mr , and Mrs , J. Webb
proprietors of the Donohor hotel.
Both have many warm friends in
Valentine who wish them heavens
choicest blessings while they fight
lifes battles together.
Mr. and Mrs. Parshal left on
the 5 o'clock train this morning
for St. Paul on a tour of the lakes
after which they will be at home
at Ft. Logan H. Roots , Ark.
THE DEMOCRAT extends con
gratulations.
Business Notices.
Notices under this heading 5 cents per line
each Insertion. Among reading matter , 10 cents
per line each insertion.
All kinds of heavy hardware and
wacron wood stock at E. Breuklanders.
, 20-tf
Go to the Red Front Merc. Co.
for all kinds of heavy and shelf
Hardware. 27
Wanted to Contract
800 acres of valley hay , put up
two miles west of Georgia.
FRANK KOTHLEUTNER ,
22 tf Kilgore , Nebr.
LOST !
One brown yearling horse colt
branded , fga on left hip.
12 D. STINAKD , Valentine , Nebr.
Wanted to Contract
Hay , either cutting or stacking
or both , in lots to suit. Address ,
METZGAR BROS , Gregory , Nebr.
23 4 :
"Imperial" Castor Machine Oil ,
the best on earth. Sold by the
Red Front Merc. Co. 27
Estrayetl
One sorrel horse branded knife
on left shoulder ; also one blue horse
branded I D , 1015 and knife right
side. Addcss , HENRY KNIFE ,
25 Rosebud , S. D.
Genuine home made Lard at the
new Butcher Shop. 26
For your Barb "Wire , Field Fenc
ing and Poultry Netting go to the
Red Front Merc. Co. , hardware
department. * 27
Wanted to contract 1000 tons of
hay cut and stacked.
"W. Gr. BALLARD ,
16 Woodlake , Nebr.
Estrayed. ,
Strayed from my ranch after
April 15 , 1903 four head of horses.
One grey mare , one chestnut sorrel
rel with bald face , one brown marc
heavy with foal , all branded 16 and
cockeye on left shoulder. One
blazed face bay 2 year old stallion
branded'mjjk on left hip.
N. S. ROWLEY.
22 Kennedy , Nebr.
RANCH FOR SALE-
6 quarter sections of Deeded land
and some school land. Range for
200 head of stock and is the best
range now vacant. 200 tons of hay
can be cut on this ranch and there
is a good house , corrals , cattle sheds
stable , two windmills with never
failing wells and stock tanks. Al
so open water on a part of the
range the year round.i,000 will
buy it. Call at this office or write
I. M. RICE ,
Valentine , Nebr.
TOIE TABLE
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Passenger , daily except Sunday.
'oiniections with Elkhorn trains east and
west bound from all pomts west or tj uill.
Shortest route to Sioux City and beyoiul.
Through connections for Sioux Falls , Minne
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Buy local tickets to O'Nrill.
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rate ? to St. Paul , Minneapolis \
and Duluth during the sum
mer months.
Better figure on spending
3'our vacation at Lake Min-
netonlca , White Bear or some
other Summer Kcsort in Min
nesota or North Wisconsin.
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ern Line for particulars , or
address
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1 ' - "T. 3"C ± t-C2i
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clay and night. Oysters in
season. Pies , cakes , - doughnuts
nuts always on hand.
E. D. Cohota , Prop.
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STOCK
D1C1NE
Stock and poultry have few
troubles which are not bowel and
liver irregularities. Black-
Draught Stock and Poultry Medi
cine is a bowel and liver remedy
for stock. It puts the organs of
digestion in a perfect condition.
Prominent American breeders and
farmers keep their herds and flocks
healthy by giving them an occa
sional dose or Black-Draught Stock
and Poultry Medicine in their
food. Any stock raiser may buy a
25-cent half-pound air-tight can
of this medicine from his dealer
and keep his stock in vigorous
health for weeks. Dealers gener
ally keep Black-Draught Stock and
Poultry Medicine. If yours does
not , send 25 cents for a sample
can to the manufacturers. The
Chattanooga Medicine Co. , Chat
tanooga , Term.
ROCHHLLB , GA. , Jan. 20,1302.
Bl&ct-Dranght Stock and Poultry
Medicine is the best I ever tried. Our
stock was looking bad when you ssnt
me the medicine and now they are
getting BO fine. They are looking 20
per cent , better.
S. P. BSOCKINQTON.
For all kinds of Undertaking
Goods and Undertaking work call
on the Eed Front Merc Co. 2T