Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, September 03, 1903, Image 2
If THE VALENTINE DEAIOCRAT I. ML. RICE , Publisher. TALENTINE , NEBBASKA. As glrifl grow older they think less of dolls and more of dollars. That man who is always complaining must be awfully tireaome to himself. It is possible to lead any man to the fotaat of kttcmledse , but it's impossible to sake him drink. It is a mean woman irho will ask her late-returning husband to pronounce one of those Servian names. What a happy world this would be If every man spoke as well of his live neighbors as he does of his dead ones ! Usually in a fishing party there is one man who persists in quoting Izaak Walton aloud and often , and thus scares the fish away. In the peasant huts of Europe , mothers are putting the babies to sleep &y telling them that unless they are good somebody will make them kings. When last heard from King Pete was etill trying to think how the men who put him there might be punished in some way that would be satisfactorily all around. A Salem , Mass. , judge recently sen tenced two umbrella purloin ars to two xnontks * imprisonment. This Is the earns Salem that has been so often accused of burning witches. Hawaii has a pressing "labor prob lem" on its hands. It is the question how to make people work In a climate which produces food in such abun dance that they don't have to. Every American politician must secretly thank his stars that he was not born In England , where office holders are expected to resign when they are criticised by the public. With such sensitiveness to public opinion it would be dinlcult over here for the patriots who serve their country to amass even a moderate competence. A business woman who has a large correspondence says that women are guilty of two epistolary sins. One is the omission to send a stamp when a reply Is sought , the other the failure to indicate whether the writer is to Te addressed as Miss or Mrs. Each'of . "these sins generally brings its own punishment , and may , in time , work its 'own cure. English bacteriologists have taken a small piece from a woman's skirt which had been trailed through Lon don streets , and after washing It In dis tilled water , have examined the off scourings under a microscope. One ( hundred and fifty drops of the water contained more than twenty-five thou sand germs of such diseases as con sumption , diphtheria and typhoid fever. A train of misfortunes seems to attend the woman with a dragging Bklrt. "The number of criminals is on the increase , and the number of heinous offenses grows less as civilization ad vances , " said a New York criminals lawyer the other day. "This may seem paradoxical , but it Is easily explained. New laws are continually being made constituting new crimes , and while the number of violations of the law grows larger , th number of atrocious crimes diminishes. If you will consult the criminal statistics you Trill see that the increase is almost entirely In the nevr and lighter offenses. " In the International egg laying com petition In Australia the American hen laid all around the effete biddies of Australia , throwing a perfect shower of eggs , while the Australian hens were spitting on their wings and an nouncing that they were about to be gin. Not only in number , but in size and sturdlness of shell , the American egg carried off the palm , the Yankee hens winning first , second and fourth prizes. When they saw what the ladles had done , the American roosters all went out and had a little rve. People who seek to recover damages for incapacitating accidents should keep away from the photographer. In a case which came up recently in New > 'ork the plaintiff asked for five thou- nd dollars as payment for injuries frhich , he asserted , hid rendered him unable to do any but the ligMe f'kiiid of work. The defendant offered as evi dence a set of photographs , the date of which was proved to be later than that of the alleged accident , in which the plaintiff was shown in the act of carry ing a lounge , a bureau and a dining- table on his back from a moving- wagon to his house. The judge decided that he had no case. ' Literary workers as well as mechan ics seem to be enjoying the era of prosperity. Recent sucecssive num : bers of the London Athenaeum contain two unusual advertisements. The first , addressed "To Authors , " says that If the -writer of a historical novel , with out title , author's name or address , sent some weeks ago in a red box , will communicate with the publisher , he will hear of something to his advan tage. The other advertisement Is ad dressed "To Poets , " and announces a check for fifty pounds is waiting for the unknown author of a poem which was lately published. It will be in teresting to see how many authors will claim tn * novel and how many poets the check. And what becomes of the old belief that only authors with reput- tntion and Influence succeed in getting a hearing ? People may find it hard to believt ' when surrounded with every luzury , that the money in the bank may some day suddenly melt away like a snow drift in the spring sun. But it hap pens so sometimes. And poverty is most unkind to those who have onc& known opulence. Ten years ago Jas B. Ledydon was one of the wealthy men , of Boston. He was a broker , rated at least-a half million. But the panic of ' 88 cleaned him out and left him pen- nileaB and broken in spirit. His abili ties eem to have been atrophied , for he never got up in finance again. The other day he was arrested in New York for permitting his children to peddle on the streets. For two years he had been living in a small miserable room , supported wholly by his two daughters , aged 11 and 5 , who sold per fumery. A 13-year-old-boy is in the juvenile asylum. Now , broken hearted and disgraced , the once rich man lies in prison , separated from his children and charged with violating a city ordi nance. It is a pathetic but significant rebuke to the insolence of wealth. People are apt to entertain the idea that if they can only get rich they are fixed for this world , if not for the next. Usually , a man who loves money well enough to accumulate a big fortune loves It well enough to cling to it. But not always as this case and many an other testify. Money is a nice thing to have , but It is not a safe thing to fasten one's life ambition upon or to pin all of one's hopes to. While they are talking in BostOL about the length of- the college course , consider one thing : Why is it that civilized man arrives at maturity so much later than the savage ? An Athka Aleut is an independent hunter , and perhaps a married man. at 10. A Tahitian - tian sets up a aort of group life with other Tahltians of his own age when he Is 8 or 9. A Khursur in the Caucasus begins a civic and military life In his ninth or tenth yenr. Meanwhile , what Is happening to the civilized child ? He is still a child. He is .slowly gathering up In himself the inherited experience of a long line of civilized ancestors. He cannot arrive at maturity so early as the savage because he has so much more to learn. The accumulated ex perience of his race cannot be acquired by him In the first decade of his life.l He is fortunate if he has acquired it , . or any appreciable part of it , at the j end of three decades. It is this "pro longation of infancy" that gave John Fiske so much material for study and discussion. Without such a prolongaai tun , said Fiske , the human race conll never have reached its present position. As the human heritage of clvilition becomes greater and greater the period which the human child must spend in assimilating this heritage will become longer and longer , and human infancy will stretch farther and farther toward middle age. Listen , therefore , to Pres ident Harper at the convention of the National Educational association when he speaks about a two year college course Listen to President Eliot when he speaks about a three year course. Listen to President Butler when he , spenks about a dovetailed liberal plus a professional course. These educators are not only exposing the tumultuous , weltering chaos of modern educational thought ; they are also drawing atten tion to one of the greatest problems of modern society. How shall the modern prolongation of Infancy , which keepa a man in college till he is 25 and defers his marriage till he la 30 , be prevented from becoming too great a burden and exasperation both to society and to the man hims lf. On the one side there Is tn obvious fact that long courses of study are necessary for the acquisition and assimilation of all the scientific , political , social , and ethical elements of modern life. On the other side stands the equally obvious fact that a man may be kept so long at his studies that > before he has begun really to live he is past his physical anl psychical prime. How are these two facts to be recon ciled ? The Novelty Had Worn Off. A good Indirect comment on the American idea that a live man is a w live workman is contained in this aj ajt from the Chicago News : t "Your father must be getting along in years , " said the city cousin. "Yes ; he's night on to eighty-nine. " "Is his health good ? " "No ; he Ifnsn't been right pert for s time back. " n nR "What seems to be the matter with R him ? " P Pni "I dunno. I guess farming don't ni agree with him any more. " tl in Giving Definite Information. 61 61dz Next door to Alderman King's office dz in the Ninth ward is an Italian shoe maker. A lawyer called at the alder h man's office the other day. The alder as man was not in. The lawyer went to the Italian. W "Do you know , " asked the attorney , 01 'where Alderman Ivlug is ? " ot "Yes , " said the Italian. re "Then where is he ? " asked the at- tl tlhi orney. hi "He is out , " was the reply. Indian tl apolis Js'ews. re reHI HI Conditions Had Changed. HIfii He Remember , madam , that you si were only my typewriter when I mar sifc ried you. fc She Well , what of it ? You will tl please remember at the same time tl : Lhat you were my boss when you mar sc ried but I . Com sca .me , now am yours. a ] fort. w Disinfect Small Gains. wai < St Petersburg's authorities now dis- ai nfect small coins. 111 THE FEVKR OP LIFE. By Rev. Percy Olton , D. D. "And He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up and immediate ly the fever left her and she rainis- iered unto them. " St. Mark I. , 31. There are few who will deny the /act / that life in the great centers of Jidustry is for the majority ten times more of a burden than anything else , ind this not from lack of the neces- laries of life , but from the strain and tension which must be 'undergone to lecure the means of subsistence. It ! s not that the number of hours of : he day's labor has increased , but that .he amount of work per hour is great er. The facilities for lessening the Irudgery of work have made a great- jr demand upon the attention and , Ikill in producing the work. Every faculty must be trained and ilert If the intricate and delicately ad justed machine is to be kept running linoothly ; every nerve must be on ten- lion lest there be failure to supply the never-ceasing demands of the ra pacious monster that throbs and pants ind flies around in one ceaseless ivhirl. Work is done at high pres- ure. It is compressed. It is intense. It has been relieved of wearisome de tail , and only the essence of labor is ( eft. eft.Thus Thus It happens that , while labor Islet lot so exacting as regards time , it ieinands far more concentration. The oulk has been reduced , but the con tents have been Increased. This is true , also of other departments of our aiodern life. Education has become a test of the ability to store up the most information in the least possible . time. And so it is with the social life of the present age. The question of pleasure 1 l has become absorbing. The thing Is no longer a means to an end ; it has become the end itself. People live for pleasure. They exhaust ev ery energy in the pursuit of pleasure. Society has become more and more artificial. Simplicity and informality are two words not to be found in the dictionary of modern society. The life of the present generation is more complex , more exacting , more intense than of any former age. Our civiliza tion has developed a malady hitherto unknown , and no better term can be found to describe it than to call it the fever of life. Now , where shall we find the rem edy ? Certainly not out of the condi tions that have produced the disease. There is no indication from the state of things that the remedy for the sickness - ness will be found in the life of which It has become a part , and it is useless to expect that the trouble will dis appear of itself. On the contrary , it seems to be taking firmer hold. "Tha strenuous life" is a phrase with which we are all now familiar , and which we all admit is a true de scription of the present way of exist ing. ing.The The question of the hour Is , "What can be done to euro this disease this fever of life which threatens to con sume the vitality of the present gen eration ? Christianity points to the only One who has the power to per form the miracle of healing , and that One is the Great Physician , our Lord ind Savior , Jesus Christ. The Mas ter of Life is here to tell us the secret f living. He has come to show men bow to live. Oh , that those who call themselves His witnesses and messengers would lay stress on this truth that Jesus Christ has come to teach men how to live. He has come to restore the world to health , to free it of the bond age of death , to cure it of all its sins , its ! spiritual sickness. The world to-day lies sick of a fe- rer. It will never enter into full per fection of its life until it looks to Je sus , Avho has come to give it life. lie waiting to put His cooling , life-giv- ng touch on the fever-tossed sufferer and ] to give it strength.to rise up and perform its task. Both by teaching find example He has given mankind the : example of the perfect life. Just proportion as the world accepts this standard will it receive the more abun dant life which is its Inheritance. Jesus is the interpreter of life. He holds the secret of the life which is , well as the life which is to come. We don't know how to live , and wo will go on blundering and wearing ourselves out until we take Him as our exemplar. The fever of life is the result of our experiment with the things that ought to make for our happiness. Somehow we cannot get the right proportion , and instead of receiving joy and peace and a larger life from our use of the mixture , we find ourselves weak and feverish and sick at heart Let us go to Him and take His life for our example. Let us note what things : He counted precious and what things He rejected as harmful to the soul. Let us accept Him as the way and the truth and the life , and He will enter the room in which we are now lying sick of the fever of life and He will take us by the hand and * lift us up and fill us with .new life for service to His glory and salvation of our fellow men. PROBLiEM OP PROPORTIONS. By Jenhln Lloyd Jones. Civilization has use for the money maker. The shop and the ship and the railroad train are all permanent and lasting features in the elevation and development of man , but they ara only instruments and not the end. The eye cleared of the fogs of selfishness that penetrates through the mists of passing and transient forces has a right to ask of us , What do you do it/ / for and how do you do it ? In th perspectives of life the words "pros- perity" and "success" are words of no significance. They condemn perhaps more often than they commend. A. C. Hams worth , the proprietor of the London - don Daily Mail and thirty other pa pers and magazines , is reported to have said : "As to the word 'success , ' I detest it. The more I see of success the better I like failure. How many earnest , brave men one meets , men of splendid head and heart , who lack the small combination of fortune or wits that brings monej- and reputation. What people call success is a poor standard by which to judge a man. Taken as a whole , successful men are- persons to keep clear of. Opportunity largely makes the man , and the poor creature should remember that. " It might be added that the oppor tunity which brings the so-called suc cesses of life oftentimes contains as one factor a dull conscience , that is saved from nice discriminations of duty ; a cold heart , not susceptible to the holy agonies and divine sympathies - - thies that most humanize the human1 soul. The true perspective of the business man puts the final test bej yond the banker's footing , beyond his bonds and his real estate. Sooner or later , in health or in sickness , in joy or in sorrow , in triumph or defeat , in time or eternity , the business man's money will be put into this longer per spective of God , and will be judged * not only by the motive and the method - * od by which it was acquired , but by ; th i end to which it was devoted and' ' the condition in which the fortune leaves the fortune-maker. The same delusion goes with the word "prosperity" as with the word "success. " Is he prosperous who starves his heart in order to feed his stomach ? Is he prosperous who loses Ilia sleep in order to find his business ? Is he prosperous who is impaled upon the financial spit , suffering daily a\ \ iiMirtyrdom like St. Lawrence on his' Tidiron ? Is he prosperous who , grown ing ] weary of the ever-changing miracle - ; cle of dawn and darkness , of summer and winter in his own land , tries to $ hide himself from his weariness in ! foreign lands , and there finds that } what was not beautiful at home canj not ] be beautiful long abroad ? He is prosperous ] whose soul Is forehanded. He is prosperous whose life is linked to lasting interests , whose heart is an chored in permanent joyg and grow ing inspirations. He alone is prosper ous ( whose healthy body is a cradle tea a healthy mind , whose diligent handj is open to the best causes , who never ( hesitates between the lower and the ) higher issues , who first pays for these ) things that have first claim upon his life , who lives here as in the constant a atmosphere of heaven. heaven.'p RELIGIOUS IDEALS OF TODAY. Ky Key. Wllsoa M. BackHt. s It Is as ignorance gives way to knowledge and fear becomes k > v that ; religion becomes expressed In higher terms until it reaches the highestpoint the educated man of to-day knows which is faith In a moral government r of the universe. The man who is pos sessed of this faith knows no fear , he freely and boldly does that which his hand finds to do , never questioning but what it will be well with him in the ) end. But this progress means n constant change in the elements of belief , a fj shifting from -lower to higher ideals : Men have never laid aside the great tl problems of life. We preachers some tltl times feel that because men have in < i tl : measure deserted the church that they ; have also deserted their religion , but it is because we do not un tlu derstand. Men feel to-day that re u ligion is human helpfulness and be cause they have mistaken the effect IT for the cause it docs not impugn theii honesty. a BI ; The difference as a religion betweenBI > heathenism and Christianity is the hu man element of Christianity. The , words of John , "he who loveth not his brother whom he hath seen , how can lie love God , whom he hath not seen/ ' , . have gradually won upon the Chris tian conscience until to-day they anl dominant. The result is that charity ! and brotherly love prevail to a greatei' ' degree than ever before. It may be ; that in the process personal righteousness - ness has become less , but the next step in progress is for men to see that any form of evil , even of the most personal nature , is an offense against human ity. ity.It ti It is through new knowledge that tiCI new ideals ai formed. Out of pres CI ent unrest better things shall come. Je Until the imagination perishes the vis In ion of some higher good will form and InVI VI reform in the heart of every age. It tier is the inspiration 'of art , the aim of or every noble employ , the glowing hope ai of every soul and , above all , an evi 01 dence of abiding life that shall fulfil ? er its purpose. Aa Aid in CIconinr Well * . Every farmer should hure hi well and clean for the winter months. jH re is a dealgu for a handy well der rick. The Bcantlinjrs are Y2. feet long 2x4 inehe * thick , made of elm. The jthree pieces at each end and the mld- dle are 4x4 inches , also of hardwood , jspiked to the scantling. A 1 4 inch liole is l > ored nt the top about 14 Jinche * from the end. Another hole , the * amt > size. N bored at the bottom tibout 1 ! feet from the end. The cut shows the derrick set up for . pse. The legs are 11 feet long. 4 inches thick , and of good solid timber. A J'OR CLEAXIKO WELL. .inch hole is bored through the top for the bolt to go through. The Inaide part of the leg where the hole is bored hould be made like a wedjpe. so as to fit closely against the scantlings. The pulleys are 12 inches in diameter , and are made of wood. The rope should be put over the top pulley and under the bottom pulley. The legs should be jsuuk in the ground so that they will not slide and let the derrick fall. A good strong hook should be securely fastened on the rope. A steady horse can operate this all right , once it is understood. Harry II. Pestle in Ohio Farmer. A Cheap Drajr. While there are some dracs on the market that are very desirable , it is possible to have a home-made one that is quite ns good and which will cost lic considerable less than the boughten one. Such a drag is shown in the illustration , lustration , and is made of two strips of timber and three fence posts. 'These posts may be of any size desired to give the needed weight ; indeed , by A HOME-MADE DRAG. v making several of these drags of posts tl tlm > f different weights , one may have a 3rag for almost any use. The cross- piecefi are apiked on HO that the pofrta ir about a foot apart and , aswill cl se noticed from the illustration , the in ? oat are placed so that the rather ine iharp edges are forward , which pre- e rents clogging. As will he readily stHi Hi seen , the cost ef nurfi a drag is very Higi nnall , and there is nothing in ha con- gi rtruction but what may b * done on the IBP farm where the ordinary tools may be P 'ound. St. Paul Dispntc-h. * Poultry and Small Prnita. toy That there Is good profit in rawing w poultry in connection with umall fruits hz laa been repeatedly proved ; on the to ther hand , many failures have result- in id solely because provision has not in seen made to keep the fowls from the inm Iruit plots. If this is done tlrre will 3e no trouble in working both Indus- Ties to advantage , for the time when he fruit needs the most attention is u he period when the fowls need least. n working this combination it is a jood plan to raise poultry largely for w he sale of the carcass in the fall and fein viuter production of < grs ; then , it' the roung chicks are hatched early in the in spring , the work of the poultry will in nterfere but little with the necessary ! > ittention which must be uiven the mall fruits. By proper arrangement tf f poultry yards and runs and the imall fruit plots there should l > e no thw rouble in keeping tlu-m apart. For a w nan who' must handle a small farm to , ilone there is no better combination ban that of poultry and small fruits. w- wy Indianapolis News. y SJJ Navy JJeans. A crop which can profitably be 01 Iff rown to a much greater extent and iver a much larger area of the coun- ry than is now done is the common an iavy or field bean. There is not CO nough grown to supply home de- se aands , beans beinj : imported every br ear , although it is a rrop of coinpara- th : Ively easy cultivation and one that of ays better than most field crops. of Jleaa land , of good quality , should be elected , and the bean * p' mod in drills fr nmedlately after the < ri is in. Culti ac vate as soon as the plants are above he ground , and when ; hcre is no dew th rain on the leaves , as that will spot thX nd spoil the foliage. Cultivate thor- X ( ughly until the growth of foliage cov- mi rs the ground and stops the growth of my reeds. When two-thirds of the pods in \ are ripe pull by hand and lay In rowt > until well dried. Threuh on a dry , clear day , otherwise the bean * may not * easily come out of the pods. 01eom rKarin Btill Flenriako * . During the past several months the editor of this department has received many communications from dairymen say in * . In substance , that the oleo lavr , is in force , did not seem to I inrov matters much , so far as dairy interests were concerned. Investigation showt- that this is tru and also disclose the reasons why. Th law as it now appears on the statutes provides that if oleo is artificially colored so as U represent butter tha manufacturei shall pay a tax of 10 cents a pound on his output. If not colored artifi cially ( note the word artificially ) , then the tax shall be # of a cent a pound. Manufacturers have shrewdly found a way around the law by using in gredients which give the product s * cream color sufficiently like butter , especially during the winter , to past- readily for the genuine article. It i an open question whether or no th < ingredients used to obtain this color make the product more desirable as a food. The main fact is that no arti ficial coloring is used and hence the spirit of the law is nullified. The onlj. apparent way out of tha difficulty would seem to be to amend the laiv so that It would be a misdemeanor foK oleo to be colored in any way so that it approached the color of butter. It it- to be regretted that the amendment proposed when the bill was under dis cussion. namely , that oleo be colored' some shade that would absolutely identify it , could not have been passed. The matter as It no-vr stands is a seri ous one for dairymen and they shoultf get in communication with their Con gressmen so that soin way may he- found of properly and thoroughly pro tecting dairy interests. 1 The Knsimeas Bide. ff So much stress Is placed on science in agriculture of late years , that a * young man might almost suppose the books , bulletins and wine addresses tell the whole story about farming. The reason so much is constantly being said and written about the how and why of the latest methods and newest , ideas in farming is because these are all that can easily be taught. Fondness for hard work and a level. head , full of business sense , cannot be- acquired from bulletins or gathered : from expert advisers. The hew ideas- help the brain and spare the hands. , but farming is still much more a busi ness than a science. Now , as always , hustle and good judgment are better than a head full of new notions with out these qualities. System , order , promptness , honesty , shrewdness , econ omy , self-control , tact to manage work men , all such are strictly business qualities , and are likewise the foun dation of any great success in farm ing. Only nature and experience can- Impart most of these essentials , hence- the experiment stations say nothing about them. But they are as import ant as ever. An engineer without a locomotive and steam will not get oit. very fast , neither will expert agricul tural knowledge succeed without busi ness qualities. Qnick Betnr i froiu A correspondent to one of our : changes says : "On * of the advantages- poultry production is that returns eorne quickly. With the exception of strawberries , ther is practically nc line of small fruit * which you can t - gin to realize inside of three years ; a milk row does not approach her full power of production short of three and- half rears : apple trees do not begin bear freely short of seven or ei ht , years. < How is It with the hen ? Three weeks from the setting of the hen you/ have a hatch of chickens ; from four four and a half months from hatch ing the cockerels are ready for the market , and in five to five and a half months the pullets will begin .to layj'1- Farm Notes. Where's the harvester or other val uable ; tool ? There are now thought to be about 18.000.oiX ) dairy cattle in this country , which allows one cow for about every four persons. A writer on the subject of hogology , speaking of the chief points ofthe modern hojr. that says he has no points , but is round like a sausage. Let the middlemen understand that- the : fruit of your labor is yours , not theirs , and if they will not deal justly with : you , cut them out , and go straight > the consumer. ' The farm implement or machine w-hich will earn 25 per cent , on its cost yearly , as very many will , Is a far safer investment than bank stocks deposits. We must learn ttf do busk ifess with the farm. ( A The next time you purchase bran ex- 3 imine it carefully to see whether It Contains whole weed seeds. There was sent to Wisconsin last year a car of , jran that contained 52.900 sees to I he pound , says an exchange. Think \ \ Put n" the manure from i ten tons that bran on a field ! The young man in the country of frugal habits ' can' have a larger bank iccount at the end of the year on a V rage of 5300 , with board and laundry thrown in , than can the city fellow tvho gets a wage of $600 per annum Ser will it be necessary for the young- nan in the country to deny himself of the genuine pleasures e-f order to do this.