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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1903)
i 7 t-JL. The threat To. . .n * ic. . . . . ; . . . . Government' * * P | ser Monty. . "The way some cashiers pay out Bmall bills in exchange fur hir c or."S must make other mcii as d us it wearies me , " remarked au j.wervlug business man to another Washlng- tonlan as they watched tlie cashier of n fashionable uptown i..fo j v . i atrip the oneti and twos in exchange for a tea aa though he were pulling a piece of molasses candy over a hook and hated to let o. "It does , " acquiesced his friend , who happened to be a United Staff * treiin- ury expert. "The way sonio < : - . . -r jerk , snap and pull at bills .i.- i.e.\ j o them out Is utterly absurd. The oM adage about pinching a silver dollar until the eagle screams pales before the way the up to sflatc Hfci cashier jerks the long green he handles. "In this connection I will give you a fact that is not generally known , and that is the weight a new treasury sin gle note , and four notes in a sheet , will Bustnln without breaking. The tigu s may be accepted as official and ae- cnrate. "A single treasury note measures 3 % Inches wide by 74 Inches long and will suspend 41 pounds lengthwise and 01 pounds crosswise. Notes are printed four to a sheet. A sheet will suspend 108 pounds lengthwise and 177 pound * 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 nnd stamped , becomes good money. " The cashier had Interestedly listen' ' to the treasury expert's explanation i the weight sustaining and necessarily resisting power of wear and tear of our paper money , nnd then he said : "You see , It is this way : Bills stick together , see , and we cashiers have tr- make up any shortage out of our o\ . pockets , and that's one reason wl y snap and jerk the bills so hard , so will not pay out two for one , as mUi.i be done. Again , a two dollar bill is fre quently mistaken for a five , and vlcp versa , and by counting out our money as if It were drops of our lifeblood w. are less liable to pass out one for the other. " Washington Star. PICKINGS FROM FICTION. Ambitious people must always be c.i appointed people. "Fame For a Worn an. " The best kind of courage often coiuo.- from u full stomach. "Captain Macl. lin. " Love is like honey it must be taken by sips. One must not swim In it "Tiie Pharaoh and the Priest. " The man who is weakened In w- . dofag.br the ingratitude of others : . serving God on a salary basis. "TI.- Tower of Truth. " Nine times out of ten a woman falK through love , and she must be reache * . by love if she is to be restored. "Dow : : In TVnter Street. " Don't call yourself a friend and 1 thinking all the time what the oiln . \ side of the friendship can do for you "Aunt Abby's Neighbors. " Philosophy is primarily a matter cf food ; secondarily , a matter of clothe- : it does not concern the head at all. "Two Thousand Miles on au Automo bile. " Ilalf the trouble of this troubled world comes from the fact that , for one reason or another , women are i r nble to look up" to the men "with whom they have dealings. "The Vultures. " A Couple of Inscription * . "I was In IS'ew York one day an \ took n trip down to Coney Islam , 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 the palt taste of the ocean yet when the watch disappeared , and it was three hours later , us I sat in a booth drinking beer , when I felt that watch In a side pocket of my coat. I pulled It out lu amazement , nnd I found my slip of paper replaced by one beating the words , 'Look dtitside for nn ass ! ' It may be that I got the bulge on the grtng , but somehow I have always thought that they came out a ttifle ahead just n trifle. " Barberiug" Used to Be nn Art. Time was when barbering was a way tip 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 n cap given the guild by Charles It. Around the barber's pole Brill twines the snake , the subtlest beast of the tleld. a survival of the bra- fccn serpent lifted up in the wilderness , the symbol of the ; healing-art. Corricerncd. "Why don't you" try to hand nn hon ored mane down to posterity ? " "I don't know , " answered Senatol' SorghUto. "Maybe I don't look far enough ahead. So long as my signature is honored at the bank I can't see that toy credit with posterity makes much difference , " Washington Star. Cynical. Inquiring Youug Man When a per son soys something nice about another ( wliy Is he said to "pay0 a compliment ? - -Crusty Old Man Because he expects to get something for It. TIi re Arc Other * . Old 12HideR-Well. how do you like y < Hir profession ? Your r Emdee Profession Is 0. K. It's the practice I'm kicking about E'RMINGHAM PICTURES. They Were Mere Pajier , but They Subdued the Artint Tnrnrr. Turner , the great landscape painter , was a curious mixture of parsimony and generosity , determined money grubbing and unreckonlng devotion to his art. lie would drive a hard 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 n polite manner. 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 tbe door and asked tbe gentle man's business. "Can't let 'e in ! " she snapped out , when he told her , and tried to slam the door. But Mr. Gillett had put bis foot in side the door and without waiting for permission pushed past the enraged janitress and hurried 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 tbe an swer. "Have you seen our Birmingham pic tures , Mr. Turner ? " 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 T jrner , 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. Ills 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. Am Experience With nn Auaent- mindcd Enffliith Artist. Wills Invited me to dinner one after noon when I met him in the Strand. I accepted , reminding him that as he was absentminded he had better make a note of the evening. As he Lad no paper in his pocket he wrote tbe date on his shirt cuff. When 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 tlr ro is a fowl in the pot boiling here , " con tinued Mr. Wills. "Just come In and wait a few minutes. " I had niy misgivings , but walkorl h\ Bide and sat down upon the only e"--,5r not crowded with paint , brushes .ul palettes. After waiting for abmi twenty minutes , feeling dencedly IM..I- gry , I groaned. This had the pffnct of reminding Wills that I was prison. . He exclaimed in a dreamy voice. "The ; fowl must be boiled by this time , " nnd coming forward he lifted the lid of the pot and peered inside. "It is very odd , " he remarked , "but I cannot see the fowl. Extraordinary 1 No one : * < been here , so the bird cannot hnv-- * been stolen. " Well , the long and short of it is t"ul 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 Parade. The Parsee , untramtneled 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 white 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 nnd 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 Parsees. Where Cobras Are Held to Be Sacred. 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 beneficent one. According to Mr. A. K. Forbes , cobras are looked upon as guardian angels , and there is a Bengalese tradition that a male infant auspiciously shaded by a cobra will come to the throne , Work. Mrs. A , I'm surprised that your husband earns so little if he Works as ! hard as you say. What does he do ? Mrs. B. The last thing he did waste to calculate how many times a clock ticked in the course of 1,000 years. I I to "Have you any trouble in meeting your creditors , o1"'mp ? " "No difficulty over. 1 meet 'em everywhere , old boy. " Noncommittal. Judge What is your age , madam t Witness I'm at least five yean younger than the neighbors think me. Real Lstate Transfers Henry B Newland to Ant Poitivan. w d 8350 nenw 28 4J5 25 Chas Ganow , B , to Thos Gates , w d 8500 enw nwmv 27 nene 28 26 38 Frank K Thompson and wf to Cha3 A Austin , w d S250 ene nse 20 31 28 Bertha C Sparks and bus to Henry Stetter , w d 81100 lot 18 blk 6 Valen Chas B Carey.s , to Jacob Vander- bayden , w d 8125 wnw 34 35 29 U S to Marv J Carroll , pat nene 30 , sse 19 , swsw 20 32 39 U S to the heirs of Jos Bucklin , pat nw 13 31 40 Mrs Fidelia A Swan to Britania H Lane , w d 8e lots 10-11 blk 21 W Lake Sparks Bros to Jas W Beed , w d 8400 sesw swse 28 35 30 Joseph A Barr to W E Eberhart , w d 8300 lots 17-18 blk 24 Woodlake. Samson Bradley to Christopher C Thompson , q c d 869 lot in 29 wnw 32 33 28 Eliza E Sutherland and bus to Sam son Bradley , q c d 820 above land. Jos Kounovsky and wf to N C Riggs mte 81000 snw 28 31 26 other land. Jas W Beed and wf to J A Sparks , s 8600 se 29 35 30 other land. C A Johnson to Joseph Kounovsky , rel nnw nne 29 31 26. Gee C Bakewell to Jos Kounovs-cy. rel snw 28 sne 29 31 26 U S to Gee L Coleman , pat nse 7 , nsw 8 31 32 U S to Wvlie Koskinsnn , pat snw 14 ene ] o 31 32 i U S to Ltt'iier \ Sims , pat sse nes- 8 , nwsw 9 31 32 U S to Marie R Sims , pat nwse nsw 17 , nese 18 31 32 Roscoe L Wilhite to Shadbolt & Fliuchman , w d 8450 saw wae 13 31 27 Wtfl Sutter to John Ormesher , w d ,8900 , wnw 29 ene 30 33 27 I Frank EcofTev to Anchor Bank , mtg , 8732 72 lot 4 blk 1 Merrlman John D Green and wf to Thos Gates mtg 8300 swsw 22 , wnw 27 33 37 L B McCray and wf to H McNamee mte 8200 swBw 27 , wnw senw 34 33 37 Fred a Robinson and wf to Anchor Bank , mtg82625 nw 34 35 3d ! John Simpson to G W Sialer and wf , marff rel ane nae 1 34 30 - - * U S to Win Brown , pat n * 0 34 29 , U S to Marie Pavlik , RR 8200 ne sese swne 17 32 25 Horace ( T Lvon and wf to William Beamer , w d $100 aw 1 32 40 I Wash Honev and wf to Ames Nelson - ' son , w d 815 lot 2 blk 35 Woodlake' Now is the time to get your in surance on your buildings and stock. Storms have already begun and if you are without insurance itlwill be your neglect It costs but a trifle to insure against fire , light ning and tornadoes in the best state companies. They are represented by I. M. Rice , Valentine , Nebr. TEA ROOT CARVINGS. Fantastic Wooden Objects That AW Fuslliofced In the Orient. The fantastic wooden objects which Come from the for east nnd are known aa tea root carvings hate long been the basis of a prosperous industry in the populous city of Fticbnil , Strictly ipeaking , the name IB a misnomer. Some of the carvings nre made from old tea roots and tea trunks , but the vast majority ninetcnths at least , nre made from the roots nnd trunks of hardwood tfeesi The carvings nre almost Invariably made in two partfi , a pedestal and one or more hnmntt figures fitted to the lat ter by pegs and holes , The former is made from a root and the latter from n trunk , The roots nre selected with.con- Bldcrnble cnre , They must be compnra- tively free from dry rot , decay and worm holes and must possess n rude symmetry , They nre cleaned , scrub bed nnd scraped and sawed to about the desired size ; then the artist with chisel , gouge , knife nnd pinchers re moves rootlets and roots until the fig ure is completed. The simplest design is a three legged pedestal , of which the base is n rough cylinder of weHs and knobs , Any num ber of legs may be used , A curious specimen seen by the writer in the Grand hotel , Yokohama , has fifty legs , while the body has been so treated as to suggest a horny centlped. A second type of pedestal is the rvishroom. A third type 1 < an animn ! , iin. such as the blilfalo , tiger , unicorn , elephant or dragon , Nearly always the chisel is guided by humor or satire , If It be a saint who is depicted , the look of piety or suffer * Ing is replaced by a leer or drunken grimace ; if it be a warrior , every limb and muscle la molded so as to suggest decrepitude or a desire to run awny. Quang TU the Invincible Eoldit * prince , is frequently portrayed stand ing on one leg. witfe tbe other extended like a profession rope York Post/ A FREE game inside each package of Lion Cof f 60 different games. Business Notices. Notices under this beading 5 cents per line each Insertion. Among reading matter , 10 cent * pnr line each insertion. All kinds of heavy hardware and vagon wood stock at E. Breuklanders. 20-tf The Red Front Merc. Co. carry a complete line of sporting goods. Good fresh Meat and Lard at Stetters Meat Market. 26 I am now ready to take orders for fine Knit Underwear for ladies and and children. MRS. EMIGRE. 30 LOST ! One brown yearling horse colt randed , ifQI on left hip. 12 D. STINARD , Valentine , JSrebr. Genuine home made Lard at the new Butcher Shop. 26 For all kinds of Undertaking Goods and Undertaking work call on the Ked Front Merc Co. 27 ROUND THE WORLD Wonderful Traugj- Pacific of Six Months via /THE * O UTW ES FE KM JLIN E * A A D ITS O * K ECTJLO XS. ' , In.line with its well known policy oi development of trans-continental and trans-Pacific travel , the Chicago & North-Western Railway is now organ izmg a personally couducted round- the-world tour , to leave Chicago in October , visiting Hawaii , Japan i nina , The Straits Settlements , Cej- Ion , India and Egypt , returning via the usual European points of interest on the way home. The party will be most admirabl } ; provided for en route. The railwav Tip wul be made on luxurious fast trains through the great Mississippi Valley over "tbe only double trac * railwav between Chicago and tin Mississippi litver , " and west via Den ver and tnrough the mountain wend 't-rland ol Colorado and Utah. The trip across the Pacific will be on one 'Ot ' tUe magnificent new Pacific Mail < o's steamers. This trans-Pacific traffic has grown to such proportions that the service bas been improved and elaborated un- 'til in many respects it IB said to vie with that found on the finest transAtlantic - Atlantic greyhounds. The trans Pacific route is the com ing highway over which American pleasure seekers will travel for rec reation and sightseeing. Hawaii , .Ja- uanj China } Australia and our own Philippine possessions are full of int erest and the number of visitors to these faraway lands increases with the increased tacilities for travel. Notice of Sale tinder Chattel r OTtCK Is HKREUY GIVEN that by virtureo' acha t > l mi.rtKage uated on the 19th day of Nov ember IDOi.imd duly liled in the omce of the coun ty rler * .if Chenyc unty , Nebraska , on the 19th day of > o\emtier 1901 , < t > id executed by William A Kinibell to Obe uhurch to secure the payment bi'thf sumol 5450.00 ; and duly assigned toF. M Walcott. and upon wliich there is now due the sum of $215 00 , Default having beeu made in the paMtien of .taid sum , and no sti t or other nn-ceediiiA at law having been instituted ton - cover said dent or any part thereof , therefore. 1 will sell the proi-er'y therein described , viz : 2 Hydraulic Kochs barber obairs. No. 103. o ofllce chdira. One , 2-clmir combination stand. J.wash stand. 1 mug rack. 1 writ - ing desk. 8 dozen toels and hair cloths 1 mantle top wash stand. 2 lumber poles ' ball ) tub iti'd heater with iixtures. 1 merer water. - electric light fixtures. 1 looknm glass brach et 3 pictures. 1 ticket rackl ticket punches S shop bottles 1 i\ir > "iMcket 1 partition bath. 1 hat and coav rack. 1 whisk broom 1 ciothcs iTii h at public auction at the barker shop of William A Kinibell in the Village ol Valentine in Ulier ry County. .Nebraska on the Otii day of Novin ber , 1003 , at 1 o'clock f. M. cf said day. F. M. WALCOT1 Assignee of Obe Church. Mortgage * Dated thlB 15th flay of octob-r , 1003. . _ * The Valentine Bottling Works puts up eleven difi'orent kinds of drinks. 17 We have LOTS of Milk and * Cream. Best quality. Let US sell you some. KED GATE DAIRY. Meals Lunches Short Orders KANGAROO First class meals at all hours , day aid nijjit. Oysters in season. Pics , cakes , dough nuts always on hand. . D. Cohota , Prop. THE NORTH-WESTERN LINE Only Double Track Itnitrontt hfttccen jlimtonri Hirer ami Cliivai/o. Direct line to St oliti. Direct line to ISlac/t Hilts. Al > uly to near f tit ttycntfor rates map * ant ! time eartla. The Elite Restaurant and Chop House Meals at all hours. Fruits , Candies , Cigars . Good cooking and just as you want it. MRS , C , L , WALKER , Propr. MB1 CECELIA STOWE , Orator , Entro Nona Club. 176 Warren Avenue , CEICAOO , ILL. , Oct. 22 , 1902. For nearly four years I suffered from ovarian trouble ? The doc tor insisted on an operation aa the only -vraj to get well. I , however , strongly objected to an operation. My husband felt disheartened aa well as I , for home with a sick woman is a disconsolate place at best. A friendly druggist advised him to get a bottle of Wino of Cardui for me to fay , and he did so. I began to improve inafewdays and my recovery was very rapid , within - in eighteen weeks I was another being. Mrs , Store's letter shovra every woman how a home is saddened by female weaknes and how completely Wino of Cardui cures that sick ness and brings health and happi ness again. Do not go on suffer ing. Go to your druggist today and secure a § 1.00 bottle of Wine of Cardui. WORKING TOOL for the student and the writer , as an authoritative reference book for schools , families and business men , there is one book which of fers superior advantages both in the solid value of its information , and the ease with which it is ob tained. j One's admiration for Webster's International Dictionary increases daily as it comes to be better known. It never refuses the information mation sought and it never .over whelms one with a mass of misinformation - ! information illogically arranged , i The St. James Gazette of London , England , says : For the teacher , the pu pil , the student and the litterateur , there is nothing better ; it covers everything. The New and Enlarged Edition recently issued has 25,000 new words and -phrases , 2364 pages and 5000 illustrations. Our uaiuu is on the litlc-iiugv of nil t'-f ' autliuutie dictionaries of tbu Webster sc : > 'b LET US SEND YOU FREE Test in Pronunciation" which n'o- ? pleasant and instructive evening's > T meut. Illustrated pamphlet also fs- . "Money makes the mare go" Was said in days gone by ; Now , to set a fast clip Use a Buffalo Whip ; Makes the good steed fairly fly. For the "Tale of the Buffalo Bag. gy "Whip" call * m the Ked Front ' .sa j Professional Carfe The Valley Hereford Ranch. Brownletr , Nebr , Prince J3IOKI nml C'lirh nut iii-jin .it head of li'Til ' 1 In1 Miwul of 1'imler. Atixlf't. I'm ! VMlluri Hiid . ir Ula'Moim predomi nates ID my herd. No wtork f-T > ale at present. Hunch four m.Ic * north-tit * ! i-i Urowulee , Nebr. C. II. FACUIAUKK. 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 n $20.00 Corn 95 it 118.00 " Chop corn 1.00 $19.00 " Oats 1.20 123.00 " John Nicholson , Dentist. Will be in Valentine on the 20 , 21 , 22 and 23rd of each month. Reserve your work for him. OiHce at Donoher Houae. ETTA BROWN SUP ! , PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Examination Third Saturday of euch month and Friday preceding. VALENTINE NEBRASKA H. DAILEY , Dentist. Office over the grocery deparmcnt of T. C. Hornby's store. Will be in Rosebud agency July 3rd , Oct. 2nd and Jan. i , 1904. HENEY AUGUSTON Blacksmith. Brownlec , Xebr. Does general blacksmithingathard times prices for cash. ' H. M. CKAMEK , City Deliveryrdan , Trunks , valises and packages hauled Jo and irom tbe depot and all parts of the-Cit ? . W. A. KIMBELL First-class Shop in Ever/ Respect Kau de Quinine Hair Tonic , Golden Star&alr Tonic , Herpicide and Coko's Dandruff Cure. Try Pompeian Face Massage Cream LEKOY LEACH County Surveyor Valentine or Woodlake GEKKBAIi WOKK PKOMPTLY ATIKSDZD TO. * A. N. COMPTON Physician and Surgeon Office at Quigley & Chapman's Drug Store. Nights The Don- oher residence , Cherry Street. Edward S. Furay Physician and Surgeon Office Fraternal Hall or El liott's Drug Store. 19UD2 F. M. WALCOTT ATTORNEY AKDABSTRAGTER Valentine , Nebr. 1 radices In District Court and U. S. Land Ofllc0. Heal Estate and Banco Property nought anil sold. Bonded Abstracter. Robert G. Easley , ATTORNEY AT I.AW. SafOffice oyer Red Front GENERAL LAW PRACTICE "Valentine , N"et > iaslxii. Clothes Gleaning ! Dyeing and Pressing : Huts renovated and blocked , W3I. JOPilJT. ES Leave orders at Davcoport & Tbacber's. ladies ttad Kitties Skirts. " " " " \ Orders . tarn for Beady-Made t Tailor Skirts at Reasonable prices. If yon need a gun oir some munition call 'on the Bed Frcfe't Merc. Co , , tlley to supply ail your - 86-