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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1903)
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT X. M RICE , Pub'labor. ' TALENTINE , NEBRASKA Arbitration should come before , not after , a strike. Housecleaning is never as bad as the poems written about It The racing automobile Is the dead liest toy that mlllionairlsm has ever amused itself with. If men were compelled to sit In the bet sun and fish all day they would consider It a hardship. The Russian bear believes in the open-door policy so long as he sits in the door , It would seem. Following the Karageorgevitch dy nasty may come in a short time the Krag-Jorgensen dynasty. In due time the Servians will become tired of shouting "Long live King Ka- rageorgpvitch ! " It is harder to say. Senator Lodge says that our peril to day Is "irresponsible wealth. " A little of this brand of peril would not go so bad ! Some men stick to a.thing like a postage stamp all the better after be ing licked into a realization of what is expected of them. 1 As long as your sweetheart finds fault with ypu , you are safe. But when ehe finds fault in. J u , be sure to look for another girl. Solomon in all his glory was nowhere beside the boy in uniform who comes home on his first vacation from the military academy. The young men who argue that there are germs in ice cream are the ones Who combat thetheory that there are microbes in kisses. The new King of Servia became greatly excited when he was Informed of his election. We can't blame him. Being elected King of Servia is no laughing matter. A New Jersey man has found a $400 pearl in an oyster. Still , itwill not be idvisable for any man who has a good , Steady job at something else to give It up for the purpose of hunting pearls. It is all right to tell us it is not al ways wrong to tell lies , but will the eminent gentlemen who advance this theory and go farther and advise us how to compel others to believe the lies ? Fluorine gas has at last been lique- Ged and solidified. This only leaves one gas , helium , to be experimented upon. Helium only exists in the so lar atmosphere , and it will be hot tvork getting any. Clerical gentlemen who assume to Bit in judgment upon other clergymen , not even of their own denomination , need to be reminded that there is an eleventh commandment , which is of great value even though It was not graven on the Siualtic tablets. It reads : "Mind your own business. " The stress of national rivalries is probably too great for any language to have the universality that French once had In Europe. But If any tongue tri umphs , it is likely to be English. When the Emperor of China telegraphed to the Mikado of Japan a message of sympathy for the death of a relative , he sent it in English , and the Mikado's reply was also In English. English Is no doubt easier to telegraph than Chi nese , but the selection of English in stead of some other European lan guage is significant Uncle Sam moves so quietly and swiftly that very few people would be aware of the work going on at the 11 ew fortifications if It were not for the newspapers. For the past two years at Cushing's and at Great Diamond mend Islands two of the most mod ern and strongest forts on the Atlan tic seaboard have been In process of construction. They are the results of the highest engineering skill in the land. The fortifications embody the latest and most approved points in military construction and both forts mount batteries of the largest guns In the world. When completed Port land , Me. , will be the most strongly fortified port in America , and as a strategic point one of the most im portant in the country. When the greatly afflicted Mrs. Vroo- man received her divorce hi a Missouri court she was so much affected that she fainted. While we have not close ly studied the manners and customs of divorcees , we suspect that this was rather bad form , quite unwomanly anf undignified , in fact Our very best people , In New York , Newport and Chicago , would scorn to be guilty of an action exhibiting such a surprising lack of self-control ; still we must not for get that our very best people usually have a wedding date so near at hand that they realize the responsibility which rests upon them and nerve them- pelves to extraordinary self-possession. Moreover , the first time a woman Is di vorced if she belongs to the ordinary , respectable middle class her emotion al nature overcomes her ; In time she becomes accustomed to the ordeal and meets it calmly and unflinchingly. Let us not be too harohwith beginners. Let UB remember that it takes a. gen eration or two of the higher social lifo to face the divorce court as one of those annoying but necessary Incidents which should be encountered with a lofty scorn and a superb indifference. j "More men fall from the want of I force than from want of judgment , " said Dr. Smith , twho preached the bac calaureate sermon at New York Unit versity , "and it would appear that ed ucation often tends to reduce rather than add to a man's forcefulness. " This very deftly hits the nail on the head. Knowledge develops caution and an Indisposition to take risks. It also develops sensibilities that are so finely attuned that the possessor of them is apt to go a long way round to avoid a shock to them , and thereby- loses the race. Some Ignorant man with narrow vision has seen nothing but a short cut across , and has taken It While knowledge , confused ancj rendered timid by Its breadth of view , Is weighing complications and consid ering chances , ignorance , seeing noth ing but the end to be attained and the means , plunges blindly and recklessly onward and triumphs. The educated man Is apt to spare himself at crucial times. He is apt , too , to place a far lower estimate upon material successes than does the ignorant man. He seosi far more in life than a Avarm back am } a full stomach , and so his aspirations and efforts are divided. It is perhaps not so much a Jack of force as a di vision of It Dr. Smith has scored a strong point against higher'education , If we are to look upon mere selfish achievements as the standard of suc cess. But , on the other hand , the edu cated man has subjective delights in dependent of material achievement that must be counted Into the reckon ing. It is a problem , says the Baltimori News , that means much to the ind. trial and physical well-being of a large portion of our population the problem of mastering and using the rainfall in the Mississippi watershed , instead of permitting it to go on an annual ram-i page , a menace to the numerous popu lation skirting the banks of the river. There are arid lands along the course of the Missouri which need badly each season the flood water sent down to swell the lower Mississippi torrents in the early spring. In all the territory drained by the upper Mississippi scarceljr a season passes when there is not a lack of rainfall at a critical time. Forests throughout that region have been swept away. Swamp land has been drained. Every channel Is open and free , and as soon as- the winter snoAvs melt the waters hurry over the frozen ground into the rivers , and there is a flood. Scientists of to-day have found that not only are the for ests important in the preservation of life-giving moisture , but they also tent ! to prevent floods. Even the dust of the desert plays Its part , for meterolo- gists tell us that -without it rain cloud would probably not form. Men , in their rush for wealth , seem to have de nuded the country of forests and de veloped a drainage system which means alternate flood and drought. It might , be well if they would now try to learn something of the conditions under Avhich nature will supply moi ture without a deluge. Bringing about these conditions would seem more ad vantageous to a symmetrical develop ment and much safer for dwellers up on great rivers. Levee building must be supplemented by more extensive at tempts to hold flood water where if falls. A rich , self-made Chicago man put himself to a great deal of troublq to write a book tending to show by sta tistics and other facts that for poses of success In business the college ] education Is a failure. Many of the ] college people are laughing at him and beyond question he does go to thq extreme of an extreme. At the samq time the man is honest , and the sound iiea In his book will bear fruit. Tlierd Is a theory , says the Saturday Evening Post , that the body can be properly developed only by forms of manual labor - > bor which are otherwise absolutely use : less. Hence a boy scorns to learii farming or gardening or a trade , and spends years in studying football , hand ball , polo and billiards. There is a theory that the mind can be properl developed only by forms of-mental labor - , bor which are otherwise absolutely useless. Let the ordinary college grad uate honestly answer this question : Except for "making a. front , " how. much use have your Latin and Greekj your analytical geometry and different tlal calculus , ever been to you ? The fact is that at the basis of much "sport" and much "higher education" lies the notion that there is superiority in al i'ity to do , or plausibly to profesa a ! iilty to do , what the mass of mankind - " kind has not had the leisure to learn to do. As the run of humanity is secret ly snobbish , the c/avlug for ornaments that are supposed to constitute the "gentleman , " for the useless handq and impeding friileries that are supj posed to constitute the "lady , " would perish indefinitely but for one unsur-i mountable fact That Is more and ] more the world is getting to be a place ! -where only the worker , only the lusty , alive "hustler , " can maintain a foot hold. And the colleges will have to recognize the fact and to drop thelu beloved , moth-eaten trappings of evalism. No Time for Them. "Bragg says it keeps him busy thesa days keeping track of his social oblk gatlons. " "That may be true ; at any rate ha doesn't seem to have time to bother with his financial obligations. " Phil adelphia Press. Some merchants won't adrertls aven on a circus elephant HAfiB TO FORECAST. FEW HINTS AS TO FALL FASH IONS YET ABROAD. Great Diversity of Opinion Among Supposed Authorities-Wide Variety of Modiah Wraps Elaborate Way in Which Summer Gowns Are Trimmed. Ne.v York correspondence : ASHIONS for sum mer reached their prime only a few weeks ago , their best display being long delayed by un favorable weather , yet now the talk is of fall styles. Wom en at the resorts , not yet over the fa tigues of the season in town , a considera ble item of which lay in fittings and the other worries of getting up summer dresses , upverttieless are already anxious to know what is coining , and women 1 in town , dressmak ers , particularly , are on the lookout for hints of the coming season. Little that is reliable is forthcoming. The reason is that current fashions are much varied , and it is difficult to foresee which items of them will fall by the way and which those who had a lot of shirt waist suits : made early in the spring for summer. Not In the memory tras there ever a wider choice of wraps. Very few tight- fitting jackets are worn , for this gar ment looks best when it can be worn tightly fastened , but there is an abun dance of loose coats and jackets , and it is almost impossible to be out of style if only your coat is light in color , of coarse weave and loose. Many are white or in cream colors but such are by no means the only proper thing , for women who require a wjap that must ive hard ser vice recognized the impracticability oi chese early in the season , so turned theis ' attention to more serviceable ones. A ! white wrap may be essential for evening dress wear , but for ordinary service ans , blues , grays and reds are availab'e. Red is * pretty- , but apt to look warm if the day is sultry and hardly isn wise choice for a woman who isnt to have but one wrap. Many linen ones are seen , but look fresh for such a short time that they must be worn with discretion. Porfgee coats are great favorites , even thojugh they need frequent pressing to keep them in condition. Many of them are bright ened with a bit of stifching or cording in color , a little of which relieves greatly the trying pongee shade. Unless a wom an has a fresh complexion this color i3 apt to be very trying , nml the addition of a bit of color next the face will help mjich. Four selections from the current display of coats and wraps are pictured herewith. In the initial is a bolero wrap of light tan canvas cloth , trimmed with braid of darker shade , with tabs em broidered in shades of brown nnd with brown silk tassels. In the- group are a dark blue taffeta , cut hi ' circular THREE STYLISH WRAPS. will hold over. This -naturally is the time when new features are few in the shops , so little evidence of what is com ing can be seen , and when the shopper takes to advising with supposed authori ties , she becomes confused because she finds much diversity of opinion among them. Early fall styles will probably be those of summer to most inteits and pur poses. Then the older fashions will blend into the new , instead of coming to an end with a right-about. This has been the way for several seasons , a develop ment that cool springs and late summers .may have assisted. The blending pro cesses are pleasant , anyhow , especially for women of limited means. These processes are suggested strongly by the new wool fabrics offered for early fall tailor suits. These goods vary very little from the present ones. They in clude many fancy suitings showing either flecks , dois , stripes or fancy figures , all of which points to less elaboration in make-"up , but it won't do to be sure of a widespread change in this direction. Many new fabrics show fancy borders , often on both sides of the goods , so a lot of the border can be used in the gown. .This border is submitted as a substitute for lace , passementerie and other elah- llounces and finished with blue passe menterie and Russian lace collar ; a nat- rul color pongee banded : md stitched with red. and a light tan voile self-stitch ed and finished with Irish lace. Besides all these stylish sorts , there are beautiful laoe wraps , which are an expensive grade because they niu. = t have lining of .1 silk that has body enough to set the lace out well and give it a finished ap pearance. Most light colored loose coats are adorned with lace collars or other lace trimmings. The heavy laces are es pecially attractive in such uses , as they stay in place much better than do lighter ones. In some wash suits and waists of white linen it is hard to say whether the suit is laee trimmed with linen , or linen trim med with lace. The lace insertions often are so wide that there is as much lace showing as linen , and on one waist the entire top and bottom were of Irish lace , a band of white linen just below the bust and across the elbow being the only linen showinsr. Much the 5ame is tr-ue of white suits and of linen dresses gener ally. Three of them are put in the second end of to-day's pictured groups. The first was a white handkerchief weave trim med with embroidered nainsook inser- MIDSUMMBR'S ELABORATE TRIMMING. orate trimmings. The fabrics arc light in weight , many of them noticeably wiry. Oanvas , voile and etamin fl can be worn late hi the season , and the sen sible plan to follow for her who has to practice economy is to make her cummer tailor gown d till late in the fall , when It will be possible to know definitely what is the proper thing. It la disap- poluting to have a gown made and think that yon are fired for the coming season , and then to have that 'particular style lump. * This has been tk can with tions. Below it is a light blue linen fin ished with insertions of wh'ite embroid ery , and at the right hand is anothe * white linen elaborated with Mexican , drawn work. The remaining : gown of this group was white figured swits , with ! insertions of point de Paris lace. Swkl gowns are made up very dresaily , as this picture indicates , the ro dresa-up is much elaborated. It certain- ] .ly do s not convey any hint of chnplic' ' Ky for autumn. LET US ALL LAUGH. 1 IOKES FROM THE PENS OF VA RIOUS HUMORISTS. Pleasant Incidents Occurring the World Over-Sayings that Are Cheerful - ful to Old or Young-Funny Selec- that You Will Enjoy. ' ' ' ' ' she said I've refused'George twice , , I "but it's uo uf = e. " "No use ? " I "Not a bit. He believes in predes ' . . . - tination. ; , * ( ! "What'has "that'to doVith 'it ? ' \ ' 'Wliy/he thinks I'm predestined1 * to be his -wife , and o courser if that is j BO , I'll simply have to give in , . no ! matter what .papa says. He can't ex pect me to d f/frife. " ' Pay l > ay in i Milesr Shortun married an heiress last week and he declares she is all ' the world to him. | Giles So he's getting ready to collect - lect the debt , eh ? Mil's What debt ? I Giles Why. the one his wife owes him. I heard him pay one time that the world owed him a living. r I'assinjr Amenities. Growler Hi ! Hi ! Carn't yer look out wlier' yer a-comin' ? Omnibus Gam ! Shut up , Jack-in- the-Box ! Punch. Moat of the Stories'True. A story is told of a New England minister who often speaks-in behalf of a charity in which he Is interested. At the close of one meeting at which he had spoken with great effect and a large gain for the charity had been the direct result a little old woman approached preached the minister. "Oh , " she said earnestly , "I've been so Interested , in hearing about "those poor dear chil dren ! And I suppose a great many of those stories you told are really true , aren't they ? " A Paying Investment. "Was It worth while to send your four daughters to that fashionable school ? " "Sure. One eloped while she was there and the others came home en gaged. " New York Times. Must Take Hi * Turn. Enraged Reader I have come in to horsewhip the editor. Oflice Boy You'll have to wait , sir ; there are two others ahead of you. Life. How She Cured Him. Mother You say' your husband no longer spends his evenings at the club ? Daughter I soon broke him of that. "How did you manage ? " , "Before going to bed I put two easy chairs close together by the parlor fire , and then held a match to a cigar until the room got a faint odor of smoke ? New York Weekly. Why Not , Indeed ? N. Ane Willie , I forgot to wind my watch this morning. Will you bring it down to me ? Willie Why don't you let it run down ? New York Sun. ins : Like a Weed. ! xi 11 v "Why , Tommy , how' you do grow ! " "Y'os , Auntie. I think they water me too much. Why , I'm bathed night and morning. " r Facta and Fancies. "Does it cost much to live In the tity : " asked the rural youth. "About the same as it costs to live in tke country , " replied the Tillage sage , "but it costs.like fury to keep up app&arances. " Defined. "A souvenir , " said the thoughtful man , thoughtfully , "is something that we consider xto be worth a whole lot more than its value. " Chicago Even ing Post. Cause and Effect. "Women evidently have ntf sense of humor , " remarked the bald-headed philosopher. "Why do you think thusly ? " asked the youth with the ingrowing mus tache. "If they had , " replied the philosophy dispenser , "they would never get past the love , honor and obey part of the marriage ceremony without an audible giggle. " Milesian Notion of Stratagem. An officer once asked an Irishman If he knew what a stratagem was. "Yes , , of course I do. " "Then , " said the- officer , "please explain one to me. " Pat ( after five minutes' pause ) : "Suppose you were firing at the enemy and you. run short of ammunition and you don't want the enemy to know , why all you- liave to do Is to keep on firing. " Correcting Misapprehension. "And this , " exclaimed the traveler from the old w.orld , emerging from his state room and gazing dreamily at the shore line ancad of him , "Is free Amer ica ! " "No , " said the bored looking passen ger in the steamer chair. "That 1 rNew York City. " Made a Mistake. "You don't mpan to say , doctor , th'at you can tell people's ages by their teeth , the same as if they were horses , . do you ? " "Certainly , madam. " Which explains why this particular patient never went again to that particular - ticular dentist. 9 H Neatness. "I say , " said the man who has to- board out , "I've found the ideal place- at last. " "What Is the advantage ? " asked the- raau who has married. "The neatness of the place. The- landlady keeps all the left-over crusts- separate and labeled , so that each man. gets his own bread back in the bread. pudding. " London Tit-Bits. She Wa a Treasure. Towne That was a brave act of Ur- ban'srushing Into the water to save * a woman from drowning. Suburb Brave fiddlesticks ! It'was - merely an act of selfishness on Dis part. Towne Why , how can you say that ? Suburb The woman he rescued was- a cook that had been with him for six. months. Chicago News. HOTV He Proposed. Miss Charmer How did Fred pro- pose ? Miss Milyun He said he didn't know what he would do unless'he got" some money right away. Baltimore- American. , ' A Slight Difference. Haggard Looking Room Hunter - Little girl , does your mamma keep- boarders ? Honest Little Girl No , sir ; she takea- boarders , but she 'don't keep 'em. New York Herald. Opportunity. She Yes , papa is suffering terribly from gout he can hardlv more hi foot He Bah Jove , Miss Goldie , some * thing seems to tell me to speak to bin ? , v about our engagement to-day Ban Jove. As to the Fquallop . "It's a shame the way those Squal' lop children are growing up , without any parental restraint whatever. " . "Yes ; when their mother joined th woman's literary society nnd began at * tending all the meetings Mr. Squallop got sort of reckless and joined a don't worry club. " Chicago Tribune. * A Human Clod. Tes& Some men are awfully slowj aren't they ? ; Jess Yes , and they're so aggravaj ting. There was one sat , alongside of me coming down in the car this morn * ing. * i Tess You wern't trying to flirt wltti him ? Jess Gracious ! no ; but he was read , ing a novel , and he was never ready to turn the page when I was. Phib del phia Press. Her Prafercnce. "Shall I administer gas befora ex tracting your tooth ? " asked the den tist. tist."Well "Well , " answered the fair patient from a back township , "If It doesn't cost any more I'd pather you'd gl me electric light. " No Trouhle in IIonae-Hnntinjr. Hicks I understand that you Jenkins have both found desirable tenements. Wicks Yes , Jenkins moved , into mj flat and I moved Into his. Somerville Journal. "Wasn't Superstitious. Giles Robinson Crusoe must havl been a queer sort of chap. Miles Because why ? Giles Because It was Friday 'ever ? lay In the week , with him. Something : Wrong. Meeker There's crape 'on the dool over the way. Old man Jones must bl lead. Mrs. Meeker I haven't seen the dee tor there for over a week. Told the Truth. Edyth Aunt Margaret used to E&J she wouldn't marry the best man < n airth. Mayme And did she keep her Edyth Yes ; but she-got iesame. _ _ _
