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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1903)
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT I. M. BICE , Publisher. YALENTINE , NEBRASKA Never walk across a bridge ahead of n train. Run. Thirty cents' wortli of ruffles put a. $10 rustic in a $2 skirt. Jealousy is a slow fire that sears the soul and keeps it in an unremitting agony. What business of the man is it if the women wear half hose or whole hose or holy hose ? The energy wasted in useless kicking would operate all our large factories anfl still leave a little to spare. It costs nothing to be polite and the other fellow knows it as well as you do when you are polite to him. Love is made in the same old way , but every boy thinks he has hit upon an important improvement. Bob Burdette compares Moses to Morgan. Moses , It will be remembered , was mixed up in the bulrushes , too. The little boy who recited the Bible verse "whom the Lord loveth , he chas- erh" made a hit with the entire Sun day school. Lucky is the boy that loves a wom an who is old enough to be his mother. The chances are that she will laugh out of it. King Peter has just had a birthday. We would strongly advise him to have as many of them as possible at his earliest convenience. It is said that General Botha will seek election to the British Parliament. We hope he will be elected. Nowhere else will be find his level so rapidly. Slum wants to borrow $5,000,000. Why doesn't the King of Siam show some enterprise and get one of his twenty or thirty sons to marry an .Ameilean heiress ? Presently the orator who wants to mafce a hit will refer to the boys not as the future governors and Presi dents but the future farm hands of our glorious country. Professor Wiley Is going to pasture t his young men on tobacco for a while and see what effect it has on their constitutions. We foresee their de mise at the tender age of 89 or there C abouts. A new life of Horace Greeley has been published. He was a man who a always gave good advice and is now universally respected by a world that refused to adopt any of it when he was living. Humanitarians would bo happier Ii over the abolishment of the cudgel and. knout in the Russian penal system if there vas not a new provision for S beating with birch rods up to 100 blows * for "slight offenses and misde meanors. " siPJ The moderate expectations of some PJm mortals are suggested by an advertise PJhi ment In a London newspaper : "Dutch hiol young lady , speaking English fluently , wants to give lessons in Greek , Latin , sc French , German , Euclid , algebra , history tlc tlm tory , in return for pleasant home in English family from middle 9f June m till " c October. J Thanks to the new immigration law. reqi Prince Victor Nackachidsee and his qi wife , Russian anarchists , whose expul reA sion from France was recently decreed , A may not come to the United States. re The new law excludes all anarchists. d As tlie prince has been expelled at mst various times from Germany , Spain , mm Austria , Belgium and Italy , as well as m from France , and may not go back to st Russia , where he would have to serve out an unexpired sentence of exile in Siberia , he will probably go to Eng land , where anarchists are still allowed S L to live. al Modern philanthropy seeks to do its riac work with increasing tact and deli ac cacy. It aims at prevention and heal lie ing , but it does not forget to be kind. at Out of regard for the feelings of the hi patients and their friends , the name lam of the "Insane Pavilion" of Bellevue laM Hospital , New York City , has been M changed to "Psycopathic Ward. " The a eame consideration for a natural sen CO sitiveness appears In the substitution fo of less depressing names for other city 0:1u : institutions. The "almshouse" is called ; u "Home for the Aged and Infirm , " and he the "Outdoor Poor Bureau" is now ev known as the "Bureau for Dependent the Adults. " The pure food law enacted during the late session of Congress has gone girl into effect. The need of it is amus ingly shown by the anxious inquiries of importers , both in person and by letter , as to what they shall do about goods already ordered. One man said lai that he had a consignment In transit which he "had lately been led to be lieve contained alleged deleterious substances Ft stances things not uncommon or In thou his opinion strictly injurious , " but Dut which would be under the ban of the po [ new statute. The Treasury Depart the ment tells all such complainants that inasmuch as Importers had fair warn i ing , nothing can be done for them. ] tomi Every German soldier , whether in mi fantryman , cavalryman , gunner , or en- ci gineer , must learn how to swim. Sue knowledge is considered as practical part of a soldier's education as tli ability to scale a wall. The empir owns many natatoriums , equipped am used for the sole purpose of teachinj .its recruits how to swim , completel ; .accoutered with clothing , rifle , and am munition. The emperor does well ii making his soldiers swim. In time o. war that ability might save a regi ment , or even a whole brigade , houn of time on a forced march. Our waj department ought to take a leaf out & Germany's book , which on military matters is pretty complete and up t < date , and teach American soldieri how to swim. And , by the same token the States should see to it that swim ming is part of the crrriculum of iti militiamen. For the Knowledge of i1 would be necessary only in times o1 war , and in times of war the Stati regiments as well as the regulars wil be in the field. Xot many weeks ago a strike iiivolv ing several allied crafts took place ii Newark , under the direction of tin Masons' Union. It bade fair to spreac to other trades , nnd cause great losi and much ill feeling. Some one pro posed arbitration , and it was finally agreed that the union and the mastej unions should each prepare a list oj names from which the arbitrator ? Hhould be selected. When it was found that one man was on both lists it wai voted to make him sole arbitrator. H < accepted , went into the case exhaus tively , rendered a decision that covered the minutest detail , both sides heartilj accepted it , and the strike was ended at once. This arbitrator on whom mas ters and men relied for "absolute jus tice , so far as human judgment could define , " the phrase is quoted from the letter of thanks signed by botl parties to the controversy , is the pas tor of one of the largest churches ir the city. Probably there are still ir Newark , as there are elsewhere , per sons who would like to make us thinL that "working men are done with the church. " For the benefit of people who hesitate to believe , we record thif cheering incident. College authorities and others Intel estecl in education have recently been discussing ways and means of inter esting ; the students in the practical a fairs of life. The young man in colfi lege who takes an interest in politics isa the exception rather than the rule'j and those who do study public ques tions devote more attention to theli theoretical than to their practical side. One way to turn the atti tention of the young men toward politics < was recently suggested by Andrew D. White , formerly president of Cornell University , and more re ! oiC cently ( ambassador to Germany. Hd said that at the anniversary exercises Siol of St. Andrew's University in Scotland ola oldj few weeks ago he sat beside Ant drew Carnegie , and spoke of the greaj things waiting to be done in the Unify ed States. "Name some of them , " said Mr. Carnegie. The thing most need ing to be done , In Mr. White's opinion the education of young men for pub. lie service , just as they are educated tc be lawyers or physicians or electri cal engineers. He would have profes sorships and scholarships bearing di < rectly upon public affairs established IE about twenty-five universities. ThJ subjects to be studied would be conii ' parative legislation , comparative a < l < ministration , international law , th < history of civilization and the hfstorj ol the United States. By means o : . scholarships and professorships i these branches of study for whlc ] Mr. White thinks twelve or fourteei million dollars would be needed th country would soon have a group o young < men capable of assisting I reforming : many public abuses , ani qualified o do effective service in th routine administration of government } feiv of the larger colleges have al < ready made a start in the direction done. The desire to < io public servicj A must be fostered , and still more imj portant , tie ability to serve the publlj must' be developed by such courses d5 study as Mr. White has proposed. D Marie Cahill's Humor. T The quality which Miss Oahill pea sesses is the same as that which lifted Lotta < , Miss Yokes and Miss Irwin fai T above the level of their contempora- ' ries. < It is the power of making friendi across the footlights , of addressing "I herself individually to each and everj auditor. There is a genuine humor beT hind it , the ability to make peoplj laugh without the aid of grotesque make-up or violent physical exertion Q Miss Cahill makes her points quietly- little too quietly poine think and conveys the impression of a reservd force of entertaining qualities that sh < draw on at will. But more import than all is this rare gift of makiufl own distinctive personality fell nc even by those in the very last row oJ ; [ gallery. Everybody's Magazine. Her Envj- Was Natural. "Why do you dislike that Bickerford , hi so thoroughly ? " i "Well , it's because her hair is cur . 5t "So is yours. " i "But her's curls naturally. " Gleve and Plain Dealer. [ Sanatorium " \Vithont Windows. The sanatorium for consumptives ai IK Frankfort-on-the-Main has windowi IKm that consist merely of openings , with * glass , so that the patients are ex < m osed to air currents day and night all si year round. Shorter Route Through Canada. From Iiiverpool to Yokohama by the U { trans-Canada route will be but 0.83G cj niles. By New York and San. Fran' > jisco It is 12,008 miles. HUNT WITH BLOWGUNS. Weapons Amonsr D-welicr of the Malay Peninsula. In several Oriental lands tree dwell ers are frequently met with. In the Malay peninsula these "sky parlor" In habitants are called Sakai and are really an interesting people. They do not live in trees because of conveni ence or for scientific reasons. They have chosen this sort of habitation to escape the wild elephants , the rhinoce ros and other wild beasts which haunt the jungle , and which they are uuah'o to fight because of their primitive weapons.- Men and women are on the same plane. The husband and wife share both toil and pleasure. They go hunting j together , and after the chase SAKAI I'KACTICING WITH BLOWGVJfS. they divide the spoils. The reason may be found in the fact that the men are almost womanly in nature. They are quiet and gentle. Religion seems to be a species of fear among them. The wind is the chief rource of evil and diseases are evil jpirits. To transfer the sickness to M > mo tree or stone is to effect a cure. The Sakai , like the North American Indian , has some knowledge of a mint ing ground after death and tails it the Island of Fruit. While the Sakai .spend their nights hi their tree habitations , they spend their days hunting with the blowgun. This implement of sport or war , as the case may be , is a hollow stick some six feet long with a quarter-inch bore , and by a puff of the breath the marksman is able to send a nine-incji dart into a bird , lizard , snake or monkey (50 ( or 100 feet away , with fatal precision. Snakes and lizards are regarded as particular ly tasty to the Sakai nalr.ie. When fighting a foe the mau with a btowgun ! poisons his dart , and dis patches the deadly missile into his vic tim from an invisible ambuscade. In hours of leisure or in courting a sweetheart the Sakai plays on a nose tin to. The blowgun gives him such strong \ lungs that he can breathe into tn's instrument with sonorous results. Our illustration is taken from Outing. A Bud Tooth. II was toothache ailed poor Jenkins , and his jaw hummed night and day Like a beehive m the orchard depths in honey-making May. lie tried everything to stop it that he'd heard or read about , But he didn't try the dentist for he wouldn't have it out. fiL fir There it stayed , the hateful , twisting , grinding torture in the jaw. Like a grinning little demon with the nerve clutched in his paw. Jenkins ' couldn't keep from howling ; he would groan and cnrs-e and shout , Till the neighbors thought him crazy but he wouldn't have it out. .Taw and chock and tongue were peeling from the stuff that he applied , And he couldn't 5leep the imp off ; for it woke him when he frird. lie wa.s sore , and weak , nnd wasted , nnd his tooth jumped like A trout ; But he clenched his fists and bore it for he wouldn't have it ant. So he languished wrenched nnd anguish ed for a fortnight black with pain ; Then he rushed to find a dentist and turned weakly back again. Awful visions rose before him , filled his trembling soul with doubt. And he slunk back to his torment for he wouldn't have it out. Deeper , blacker grew the anguish that was eating up his soul. Till his very life seemed ebbing through that little angry hole. And the imp kept twisting , twisting , with the bitter spite of gout , Till poor Jenkins writhed and whimper ed but he wouldn't have it out. will live it down ! ' ' he muttered ; and he went his feeble way. Till the pain grew like a .storm cloud , blotting all the light of day. On the last verge of endurance , with just strength to crawl about. He went cowering to the dentist and 'twas fun to have it out ! Brooklyn Life. Flis Time for Giving. Marcus Daly , the mining millionaire , * left a fortune of $11.000.000 and was * 'iccounted one of the most generous of he rich mine owners. lie had his own ideas , however , about the time and place of giving. c 'A newspaper woman called upon : iilm ono evening for a contribution to _ newsboys' home. 'These poor little flowers of the street. " said she , "couldn't you give me goodly sum for them ? " " "There are only one kind of flowers like , " answered the miner. "What are they , Mr. Daly ? " "Four o'clocks. They never collect ioney after closing time in the after- noon. ' The visitor took the hint. Her next norning's mail brought her a good sized : check for the newsboys. New fork Times. Squirm as you will , the neighbora dave a good deal to say about your conduct , and you will pay a good deal attention to what they say. It GERMANY'S CECIL RHODES. Dr. Ca * I Peters to Lead Another Ex pedition Into Bast Africa. Dr. Carl Peters , who has been called the Cecil Rhodes of Germany because of the vast slice of African territory he bought undei the German flag , is now preparing to set out upon still another jour ney of adventure to East Africa , to continue the ex plorations b e g u D on previous expe ditions , especially with the idea ol DR. OABL PETERS , collecting furthei information to prove the theory thai King Solomon's mines were located there. The energetic doctor has alreadj produced an interesting book of testi mony gathered on the spot at firsl hand to indicate that the Ophir of the Old Testament , which was the sourc < of the Queen of Sheba's enormous revenues , was none other than this now darkened portion of Africa. Ht says , furthermore , that the Queen ol Sheba and Solomon and all the gen erations of miners that went before thorn and came after them merelj took off the top layers of the gold thai lies there yet , only awaiting up-to- date American mining machinery tc bring it forth. Dr. Peters has had as many hair breadth escapes while exploring In Af rica J as any man now living. He has in his possession nearly thirty asse gais I , poisoned lances and ugly looking spears i which were captured by him self i at various times in personal com bats with the natives. He is alsc pretty well covered with scars as th < result i of these encounters. Dr. Peters ters used to be a personal chum o' Kaiser Wilhelan , and at the time h < was a member of the Reichstag wai supposed ' to be a port of spokesinai for the Emperor. But the charges c ; cruelty ' brought against the explore ! when he- was governor of Germar East Africa caused a falling out be tween the two. WOMEN'S SHOE STANDARD. Athletics Has Brought About an En tire Change m Hosiery. The athletic girl of to-day is a sur prise to people who have not been not' ' ing her development. She has growi j beyond all recognized standards t < classical dimensions. The bootmaker still calls a 4 B shoi his model , exhibits it in his window and it is a pretty little thing to see But the athletic girl , who has beei brought up in a family where she has had an opportunity to live a healthful natural life , with plenty of out-doo exercise , laughs at such tiny things. The athletic girl has brought abou an entire change in the hosiery depart ruents of the shops , continues the Kan sas City Star. There was never a tinn when there were prettier or more ex travagant things for women in the cob web varieties of fine lisle thread an < silk. Women wear these expensivi things for outdoor sports as well at for dress occasions , but the sizes hav developed with tlx women who wea them. Where S , S1 and I ) were won five years ago. the sirl of to-day wear , O110 , ] 03/ { . and she would wear 1 if she could got it. In the shoo shop there is the sann noticeable change. The boots are madi to go over the 10 and lO1 stockings. In the "misses' department" of th- fashionable shoe ? ' store spring hee shoes range from children's si/.e up ii boots so big that they might belong ti young giaiitrssrs. They are for ath letic girls who are kept children a long as possible and wear the sprinj heel boots until they arc ready to mak [ [ their bf > w to soelety. Gloves have changed , with other at1 cessories of the feminine wardrobe and the well built girl wears and 7 % , in place of the o % , 5 % DI G that have been worn. For one tniim ilc her hands are not only large , for sh to no longer stops the circulation b. squeezing her bauds into a glove a six too small for her. She cannot tool : , coach or handle an automobile wit ] hands 1 in a vise , so she wears some thing 1 that is an easy fit. Clod's Country. n Do you know Avhtre God'b country i l located ? When we were out in th sc Territories enduring hardships and pr Is vations , we used to talk of "back ii the States" as "God's country. " Th. early pioneers of the West looked to ward the Atlantic seaboard and th country along the Ohio and think o "God's country. " Now the poor devil who are compelled to remain for ? time in the Philippine Islands knov that any part of the United States L lc "God's country. " Nearly all of then upon returning to American shores re Iry mark : "It is good to be back in God' ' y country once more. " It is not likely 1Co that Alaska is included in the gooi > o land , for men returning from the bi ; 10 Territory of the Arctic circle upoi Ji landing at Tacoma declare they ar iVI iVIh again in "God's country. " But sine : h our colonial acquisitions , the sobrique ir "God's country" is fast becoming rec ognized as meaning the United States ie ivi Millionaires of New York. lo There are in New York City to-da ; in 1,320 millionaires , as against 294 twen ino ry years ago and twenty-five in 1S53 ih There were no millionaires in the citj ihy 100 years ago. The first person t inS reach that distinction was John Jacol Astor , who became a millionaire abou the year 1S20. Kind words are never lost unless j . woman puts them in a letter and give S to her husband to mail. toi > No " 'New-Fancied" Farminxr. Xbw the farmer dons his go-to-meetin' suit ind he hies him to a grangers' institute , There to hear , in learned lectures , Agricultural conjectures to hark to professorial dispute. On the platform sit the experts , wise , sedate , Bach with hoards of useful knowledge 'neath his pate. And they tell the farmer how He should milk the speckled cow tn the fashion most approved and up fro date. There are papers on "Rotation of the Crops , " Dissertations on "The Proper Poles for Hops , " And a long , intense debate On the question , grave ami great , 'Should the Barn Bo Cleansed with Pitchforks or with Mops ? " "How to Trace the Wily Weasels to Their Sources. " "Helpful Hints on Painless Dentistry for Horses , " "How to Build a Stack of Oats" As a "Winter Shod for Goate" There are many more such edifying courses. Jsow the farmer sagely nods at all they say. 4.nd at sundown , having spent a pleasant day , Homeward hastens to his toil And proceeds to till the soil tn the very good old-fashioned Jersey way. Newark News. "Wagon Liouclinjr Attachment. Farmers have a vast deal of hard lifting to do at best , and , therefore , should be quite willing to adopt any suggestions that are practical which svill lighten their labors. 'One of the hard tasks on the farm is loading pro- luce into the wagon. The illustration ihows a plan whereby one can walk lirectly into the wagon with any bas ket one has in hand , and thus save 'the heavy lifting which would be nec- ? ssary without this attachment. A board or boards the width of the wag- DII body are cut long enough to give the proper slope to make the ascent easy. Across the board floats are aailed at proper distances , and in one nd are bored two or three holes as shown in the illustration. In the wag- : > n body hooks are fastened at dis tances to correspond with the holes in the board. When the board is in use c c e AVAGOX LOADING ATTACHMENT. iimply lift it so that the holes will rcme over the hooks and it is secure , The cost of making such an attachj nc'iit to the wagon is small and after ne has used it for a while he will vender how he ever got along without t. Indianapolis News. , GroTrins : Potatoes. Th quantity of seed potatoes re- uired for an acre will depend a great eal upon the size of the potatoes and he sze ; of the piere > oaoh sped potato s cut into at planting time. Asa gen- ral rule it requires from ton to twelve mshels planted in rows three feet part and eighteen inches apart in the ow. This is suppo.s ng that the potar oes are of medium size and are cut o that each piece will have two or hree eyes. The land should be rich , xmni , well fertilized with stable aanure , is as good as any soil that can ie had. If the potatoes can be planted n clover sod , so muc/'i the beitfV Prai- ie sod will grew jji.nd potatoes , pro- ided the sod ran lie well cut up into mellow seed bed. Ordinarily the ccond year after luxMkintr the prairie better than flic firbt. Ground Avhich t ad no crop last year and Avas c > vered rith Aveeds will contain a gre-it num- er of weed seeds , and much 1-ibor will e required to keep the potatoes clean. -Orange Judd Farmor. _ q Whitewnnhinir a Poultry House. Whitewash needs to be Avell made to its work effectual ! . ; . too often.it n omos off in flakes , once the house is . ry , if the woodAvork is touched. Fine- slaked lime should be dissolved in ot water , making the lime as thick as ossible ; add a little soft soap and me paraffin , and we get a whitewash aat will kill the lice and stick to the woodwork. It should ! applied hot , ie Avails of the p-niltrv house being/ / A rst swept down to cU"n them of cob- rebs and dirt , and tit * perches and est boxes removed. ! > i hiring the walls ith a thin mixture of lime and water s oes little or no pro I. The porches to ad nest boxes should also be treated tlf a coat of whit-\vash : the work f ( lould be done in tin morning , so that tcdi nightfall the hoii e and porches diPi id nest boxes are dry nsr.iin. Mas- Pidi ichusetts Farmer. di re ProfitnlI'liiMjo. . rem The Maryland pin i specialist , J. W. tl .err , states tint \ \ aerever the peach tc entirely hardy it is a very satisfac- tl ry stock for ph-uis and that root in grafting Is incomparably snpcrter to budding in propagating on this aisck. T&e varieties Abundance and O&ftbot are considered the best of the Japan ese or hybrid plums. Milton and Wfiit- aker are considered the best among na tive plums. The author states that : there is more profit In an acre of Jill- ton plums than of any other variety. ' A Handy Wacon Rack. The ordinary rack , such as is used is hoary , and on a farm Avagon , very while it may be necessary to hare sech weight Avhen carting of large loads ia- done , a lighter rack readily handled bj- one man Avould be a convenience for field loading. In the upper part < r the- illustration the rack is shown in th < wagon box , the latter being indicated by the dotted lines , the lower part ol the illustration shows the details of each section of the rack. These sec tions are made of 2x2 material and held together where they lap fth a bolt. Figures 1 on this section indicate- where the side pieces are to be attach ed. Bach side of the rack is placed in position in the wagon , as shown , and when not in use can be folded up , tak en from the wagon and stored in an > WAGON BACK. convenient place. - The cost of sucb a rack is very small and all of the work , with the possible exception oi placing the bolts , can be done on farm. Care of "Work Hordes. Food and care of work horses IL warm weather is a subject that is wor thy of extensive discussion. Ordinar ily farm horses will do better if turn ed to grass at night than if kept OB dry feod. It is much better for then feet , and the change from dry to green food is beneficial in every way. One of the most common mistakes made is that of overloading , making two horses do the work of three. This in the long run is not economy. The majority ol teams-tors injure their horses by feed ing too much hay , while in the case ol road animals mistakes are often mad < by driving too hard when starting out ou a journey. One should start off at a slow jog. gradually increasing the speed , if this is necessary , after a mil * or two has been covered. On the reader or in the field , it is usually well t lessen the pace somewhat just before unhitching , as tyie animal .will then get much more good from the food con sumed. Horses should be watered a < frequently as possible , and it is much better if they are made to take the bulk of their drink before meals rather than after. During warm weather the horses will do much more work if they are given water some time during the middle of the forenoon and afternoon- Iowa Homestead. Grass for Rcneedine : . In reseeding meadows and pastures- particularly the latter , orchard grass has a- value that is not appreciated While there may be some question as to its feeding value as compared tc timothy j , in reseedlnjr one does not ex pect to obtain prime hay. the main 'ol > - ject j being to make the meadow lonsei lived. ] Orchard grass will stand hot and dry weather splendidly , seeming Iy i doing its best when other grasses have 1 burned out , growing and filling the spaces left in good shape. Horse ? like orchard grass fed just after cut ting ami do well on it , which Is not the case with other grasses , as a rule. While seed may be sewn alone at the rate of thrcf bushels per acre , nnd will make good pasture , as a rule it is sown with clover and ofcher . seeds , using one- half to bushel of one the orchard grass. The "r writer has experimented with thif grass for several years in connection with clover for reseeding pastures and has found it by far the cheapest seed ing and the best results on light and rather sandy soil. It is well worth test ing if you are not familiar with it. . Farm Notes. The cow that is the best milker ft the most nervous. Is black water running away from the barnyard ? Then there is a "hole in your pocket. The milking machine , the grain shocker and the field corn husker-ar < machines that have not become an un qualified success. Tlan to attend your fair. It does nr man any harm to see stock a little betr ter ' than his owu , and there are othei things at the fair beside stock , too. There is something more than feed ing in the management of a cow. H the cow's food were turned immediate Iy to milk any cow that is maltreated could be made to overflow the pail simply giving her a balanced ration cow has nerves that have to h * soothed in the business of caring her. fe Potatoes are ready for diggin- soon < as the tops fall down. It I dig them early in the day and o hem to remain on the ground for few hours , when they should be the farm and stored in a cool dry place ; but it is nofc aoWbte place too many In a single hea Diseased or injured potetoi removed from the lot , or they will hay more or less effect upon the whole I they will be the first to decay P t