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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1903)
" 1 _ _ THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT I. M BICE , Publisher. TALENTINE , NEBRASKA. A sensible woman seldom wastes lior time on a handsome man. A woman will forgive a man any thing except his refusal to ask for giveness. ' Some of the new millionaires seem to have got ahead by thinking with their elbows. The fall of water In New York City recently was the heaviest ever known except in Wall street. As far as some of our eminent Uni ted States Senators are concerned , it ieems to be merely a case of second boyhood. ' ' Dowie says he never kissed a wom an outside of his own family. 'A good many men make remarks like that in the presence of their wives. . Over in Canada there is still some talk about secession. Canada evidently believes in crying over the spilled milk us long as there is a spot on the car pet. H. B. Marriott Watson , the English novelist , says American women are de generates. But he has had a chance to study only those who have married Englishmen. v Father Hagerty advises every young woman to drop her lover if he doesn't hold a uiiion card. Might not a mar riage license be liberally construed as tilling the bill ? We might merely remind Russia thai it is not the number nor the size of Che siiips that count in a naval < truggJe. but the way they are maii- r .jed and the number of shots that hit the mark. Algernon 'Sartoris , General Grant's grandson , wants to go'over and annex , Canada to the United States. Algy's grandfather was a man who generally coulined himself to dealing pretty vig orously with trouble when it came. An American syndicate is buying Popocatapetl , and on the installment plan at that , in order to market the r ' 'sulphur de-posits. This commercializa tion of one of the world's greatest vol canoes suggests that nothing in nature is too big to escape our propensity for peddling. If the common people of the United States will resolve to let Morgan and Schwab' and Keene "and Rockefeller buy and sell stocks entirely with each other the power of stock gambling to in.ure the people will be emasculated. There Is but one way for the ordinary man to provide for his future. . Tlfat is to stick to work and to invest his savings hi some form that be can see b for himsalf is stable. g The number of women now employ ed in business and confidential posi tions which offer opportunities to dis tc honesty Is very great , but it is rarely tca that any embezzlement , defalcation- 6' breach of trust is committed by them. 6'n This is perhaps to be explained largely Ii by the absence among women of many Iicl of the temptations to which men so cloi often lay themselves open , and also in oiPJ . great measure by that sensitiveness PJoi as to reputation which Ls more acute tl among women than among men. it itel One of the precious few gifts whose el givers will forever remain unknown of is the $250,003 which a gentleman hand in ed to the late Mr. Hewitt one day , indc tejlhug him to give it to the Cooper at Union and never reveal the name of atw the giver. Mr. Hewitt accepted the a gift with the conditions attached and lit he died without revealing the secret. 63 At the annual meeting of the Union to the ether day it came out that none of in the present trustees knows or suspects pc ' 'j j'ame-of the donor. And they wi.l th u > t try to find out. ht soar One ol the States of the Union'has decided that its Legislature shall meet arTl . only once in four years , and that even te then irs proceedings shall be strictly teuc J vst rained to extremely short sessions. a\ ' 1 11 various parts of the republic the acs > .eu.incnt . against annual meetings of ca th ? . Soioiis of the capitols and against case Vr-longed ( liberations and/ discussions sear when the sages do assemble Is evidently ar dently gaining ground. The belief that th : earlier generations have been legislated up for to excess , and that there has been too much talking through weary months in Statehouses is steadily mak ing headway. to The ultimate upon which all rests is the average. This fixes the place of a naticn lather than sporadic genius. Avu-age intellect , average virtues these make national character. While this is sound , the nation prospers ; he wliL-ii it decays the nation dies and a - multitude of geniuses cannot save it from dt'struction. It Is unwise to dwell ' . o much upon cases of great wrong- * < - flnimr. They are so exceptional that tor t hey prove nothing. Numerous as they ] ,11 rihey arejtoo few to Justify a gen ] eralization. The average is sound. HIV That is the important fact which be should control all thinking on the sub- me JiM-t of nati'nal condition. The automobile Is not sending * * l : i" t < i the boneyard. Contrary to pre- < l.iMions. it has not driven the horse k * : .IH ( of business. If he Is turned adrift - 3 MO dec out : in uncertain livelihood from t .1' Canadian thistles and mulleins highways it is.be- nd % cause he is too old and decrepit foi service and not because the automobil has destroyed his usefulness. The automobile , indeed , has not even affected ' ed the horse market The demand for 1 good horses all over the country is ai j great as it was before the automobile j came Into use , and the prices are as high. All this Is shown by report * i from 325 cities in the United States ! i collated and embodied ha a report to the national convention of Master Horseshoers In St. Paul. According to this rep oil , the figures from' each city show the usual normal increase ha the use of horses and that' the demand for them t is constant and without fluctua tious. 1 While there is little doubt that the perfection of a cheap and durable storage battery , suitable for all form * of trucking , would displace many horses In the larger cities , greatly sim- plifylng the problem of street cleaning , 1i is hardly probable that this would have an appreciable effect upon the general 1i demand for horses , or that it Avould \ discourage in any degree the 'l breeding of high-priced horse'flesh. The gasoline buggy is doubtless here to stay , but so is the horse at least for many years to come. All the talk about the Alaskan boun dary and revision of the tariff system of England and her colonies , and Ca nadian independence and Canadian an nexation , increases the interest of the American people in their neighbors on the north. And it does not take more than half an eye to discern a marked similarity between the development of Ciinnda and the history of the devel opment of 'the United States , or to foresee a period of remarkable and long-dniAvn-out prosperity for Great ] ii Stain's empire colony , from the rug ged banks of Newfoundland even to the farthest stretches of the Portland Canal. The history of Canadian prog ress will , for the period of a quarter of a'century , at least , revolve about the great transcontinental railroad that is opening up the Western reaches , just as the Union Pacific opened neAV nations to add bright stars to Colum- bia's diadem. The extent of the immigration - migration of the home and fortune seekers into Western Canada can be understood better by the statistics of the Canadian Pacific Railroad , which sold last year upAvard of 2,500,000 acres of laud , at an average of about $4 an acre. Three years ago its sales fell short of 400,000 acres , but the year following they 'increased to nearly 1,000,000 acres , which averaged about $3 an acre. So in three years 4,500 , 000 good , rich acres of the West have been taken up by individuals , AVUO doubtless will achieve the success that came open-handed to the early settlers of our AYestern plains and mountains. AYithin five years the gross receipts of the Canadian Pacific-have almost doubled , a slight earnest of the busi ness that is bound to come when the doughty pioneers begin to reap their golden harvests. Every little while some woman's lift isb saved by her corset Either the . bullet strikes one of the steel ribs and glances : off or the deadly blade Avhich the villain aimed at her heart is stopped \ [ ped ' by the tough fabric of the corset , and thus the arguments of the doc tors go doAvn in ruinous heap. When Avoman's life is saved by her corset every lady who wears a corset takea neAV < courage and draws the strings a little tighter. If the family doctor chides her because of the smallnesd oi her Avaist she shows him the dis patch from Schenectady , or Scranton , oi wherever the fortunate girl with the corset lived , and he knows that is useless to reason with her. Hq can theorize concerning the harmful effects of corset Avearing , but a yard theory is quickly demolished by an w inch of fact At last , however , thi doctor is to be furnished with a solid steel fact to flash in the face of tha woman who insists that the corset i * life-saver. When Mrs. William Hal- ' died at Buffalo a post-mortem to teat examination was made , and the doc at tors found two pieces of corset Rteel ri her flesh. One of these pieces had penetrated her heart It is supposed se that while very tightly laced she inusi liave bent her body or "been struck by m something , so that the steel- ribs broke tr [ and jammed themselves into her aide. ci Ibis is one of the most terrible disas vt ters on record , and the doctors musl not neglect to put it to good use as an pr iwful warning. There isn't the slight prw est probability that the unfortunate iy jasivof Mrs. Halliday , of Buffalo , will ause any woman to quit wearing cor ch sets , but as long as the doctors must dc xrgue on the subject it is fortunate OB hat.they may at last back'themselves SU with something Inore than theory * SOfa * George Kepeuts Himself. "And you told George he must speab " - * . ra your father ? * fate Yes. " ii ' \ . "I know what lie said. " ' "V- toml > ml How do you know ? " re "Well , George isn't original ; " en "What difference does that make ? " "Of course , he said the same thing said when there , don't get mad.r : -Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Ruling Passion. Ish Dying Actress Can't I recover , doc1 ! Ishmt mt Physician Impossible. Dying Actress Thea , send fev tlu. udertekcr and let's hav a dress re > earaaL ; The part Is entirely new 'ft ' ha . Baltimore American. Ladies First , Always. ha Mr. Newlywed How ifcire you swea hawl 2fore ay wife ? WJl Indignant Chanffeur How was I t o\r your tfife wanted to swear first' so i -New Y rker. noi ) At the age of 16 a girl stops wylsj , begins to weep. f - - ( j , ' Milking Stool. Any one who has tried milking * bal anced on a stool with one leg will ap preciate the convenient stool shown in the illustration , particularly as it may be made at a small cost and by any one handy with tools. Take a piece of board of convenient width and EAST MILKING STOOL. length and shape It as shown. Cut out a circle In front and then attach a portion tion of a barrel hoop so that when the stool is in use the pail used Avill rest on the floor nnd have but little space between its circumference near the top and the hoop. The legs are placed at the angle shown and a hole is cut in the back end of the board so that the device may be hung up out of the way Avhen not in use. Any one Avith a few tools and a little lumber can make several Of these milking stools in a day. so that each milker will have his OAVII. By the use of such a stool the milker is comfortable and there is no danger of the pail slipping from between the knees , as It often does in the old Avay of milking. Indianapolis NCAA'S. For Haulinc ' Incked Corn. Washington Pierce , of Marshall County , Kan. , sends Iowa Homestead a sketch and description of a rig for hauling shocked corn that lias been in use for the last ten years for hauling to a shredder and for feeding. It is made , he says , with the side sills from ( hardwood sixteen feet long , with a 2x4 through the middle to stiffen the inch boards nailed crossAvise. The axle which is long enough to leave the wheels outside the frame is one foot n front of the center of the frame and an top of it unless the Avheels are loss than thirty inches. It needs good i ii : ; HANDY WAGON. rheels from thirty to thirty-six inches in ink 3 diameter. When the driver is on it k rill nearly balance. Use n drop tongue xtra long. Prnnin-r Fruit Trees. Apple and pear trees may be pruned 3 advantage during the summer , even fcni ' s late as the latter part of July , pro- ni idcd the pruning is not lee severe. LS a rule most orchardists prune too ti ererely at all seasons , but during the > ummer the Avork should be but a little lore than "pinching back , " unless the eos are half-groAvn or older , when the alit utting back may be a little more se- it ere. There is no danger of the : roAvth which is made after summer nining being so tender that it Avill : . nnter kill , for the cut will heal rapid- r , and the growth will not be very reat. This plan of summer priming ° liecks the tall upward growth , and ocs much to form the 'desirable head n the tree. Try it on a few trees this itkc t and note the next kc : ammer growth sea- re this IIome-Mn'le A short illustrated article in the Cos- lopolitan ( shows Avhat the poorest isfo fo irmers can accomplish \vhen driven the last ditch. Home-made wind- pe lills constructed of. box boards , bur- face il ! staves , scrap iron and odds and ' ids of discarded threshing machines 3d farm implements , costing in cash jout 30 cents , hare been made in the ce airie States to irrigate farms , pump da ater for thousands of cattle and th icep , shell corn nnd relieve the farm- be of what used to be the hardest nc anual labor. Fee-liner I'ijrs. ne I have raised thoroughbred Chester a Elites for the last fifteen years. I se ive n little of eight fine pigs two er eelfs old from a Chester White sow gc ed to a Berkshire boar and expect to In ive them eating out of the trough hen they are three weeks old. I al- m ays keep a trough outside the pen. th here the pigs have free access to it sc < they can eat at their leisure -ind t be worrying the flesh all off the rw * At six weeks old they wu.- : let xrat three pailfHle of good srvvHi i day. If you want them to gain a pound a day after weaning them give them good feed and all they want and a dry nest to sleep In. Correspond ence American Agriculturist Fnttenina : Poultry. It Is natural that the poultryman- farmer turns to corn for fattening pur pose , for he has more of that than of other grains , but the man who would make the most from a select trade In poultry will feed some variety during the fattening period ; not so long as when the fowls are fed for eggs , but still long enough so that the Increased Aveight is obtained and at not too great cost A man A\ho has long supplied an exclusive trade Avorks on the fol lowing plan : Six 'Aveeks before th" foAvls are intended for market they are fed oats , barley and millet in con nection with corn. That is. in ev ry feed of corn at least one-third of the ration is some other grain Avitli a dash of oilmeal. The claim of this feeder is that the J grains usc-d give flesh of good weight , while the corn supplies just enough fat to make the fowl proper for the table. He claims , and rightfully , that the corn-fattened bird is too fat and that the fat does not weigh as much as the flesh formed by the use of other grains. This plan is worth the attention of those who have fowls to prepare for % market Good Pis Troncrh. An Ohio Fanner correspondent has had the hog trough here sketched in successful use for some time/ Pigs cannot get their feet into it and can not get in the way when pouring in . slop. The height , E. H , is 2 feet ; F , H , 1 foot ; Avidth of opening at B. 2 . inches ; C , D , G inches ; D , E , S inches. i FT. . t : ] ati tif ' f ! V Vtl tlAA AA 1Ctl tl tlfl ai 11VI VI VII I : ! PIG TROUGH. tri Slop is poured in at A and runs down di through the 2-inch opening into the trough , the rear side of Avhich slopes if fonvard so that the pigs can reach all the slop in bottom of trough. . The Hoc the Money Maker. of Everybody knows that the hog Is b money maker ; that his mission in this ivorld is to eat , grow fat and make > more money for the owner ; but they to- tlso know that Fonie people's swine o iiake more money for their owners ' lmn others. It is true that the hog ia of he farmer's mortgage lifter , his tax "h1 wyer. his rent payer , his banker and lis money getter. He builds the barn , he house , sends the children to col- ' (1ge. gets the piano , carriage and oth- .t r comforts of the farm , but In ordei mi ror him to do this he must have a ha nee. He must be one of the mosl ? mproved breeds and types , and he nust be handled by a farmer who for cnows : how to handle him , one thai mdpi-stands his business and has d ' ] ) { d successful methods after years if experience. The hog in the hands > f such a feeder will make more monej 'or his owner than the one who knows sle lothing about breeding , feeding and uis f aising hogs. The one is a skilled ar- isan. : the other a bungler. American ? wineherd. uar Farm Notes. thi Shredding is fast becoming fashion- flat ble. We are learning how to manage or and save it so as to get the most aw Oed from it. In the vicinity of Santa Anna , Gal. , .200 acres of the peat lands have een set to celery this season. The A. 003 crop is placed at over 1,500 car- j .ads. In promoting progress in agriculture the is desirable that practical farmers in eep a careful record of facts which X E > elate to the culture of the soil on id heir farms. ff The inference that the flavor of eggs olov materially affected by the kind of has oed given the hens during the laying woi eriod seems to have no foundation in eve act Such is the conclusion reached fost fter a thorough test made at the West raj ) 'irginia experiment station. B 1 Irrigationists do not depend on un- wlu ertiln summer showers , but build a her am. to be filled with water during i slori lie winter months , so that crops will Pl' ° supplied with the water they will nt eed. tion If a man is more than a horse he s eeds more than horse sense. If he ia . business man he will need business C1 nse. and if he is an up-to-date farmyo"1 he will need all the sense he can nu v. rt in any direction that may be of use pnii his business. succ if it Is desired to raise a calf , give it , , i ? i'ik fresh from the cow , and. warm. n le vessels to be scrupulously clean. If ours occur give a tablespoonful o/ L round dried blood once a day. Lin- - , jed meal jelly is also wholesome , but j the calf depend mostly upon the [ d arm , fresh milk. scte * ' " * * " ' ' * I'- - * * Girls Who Want Faultless Husbands. It is very nice , and perhaps very natural , that a girl , especially at the romantic age of 17 or 18 , should set her mind upon an ideal man who is some day to win her heart and hand. As time goes by , however , she realizes that the perfect man , like the perfect Avoinan , is yet to be born , and , if she is a sensible little woman , brings her ideal to a lower standard. She learns to love a man who has faults , and ul timately recognizes that the warm , lov ing heart and generous nature Avhich he possesses more than counterbalance those blemishes Avhicb at one time she would not tolerate in a member of the opposite sex. On one occasion a wedded wife of about five years' standing said , refer ring to her husband who was far from being perfect : "It's an extraordinary thing , but I should not like him to be without his faults now. I believe I IOA-O them just as much as I do himself. " HOAV differ ent many married HA'CS AA'ould be if every wife could say the same , and . instead of deploring her husband's im perfections , Be to them a little blind. And to his virtues ever kind. There are some girls foolish girls was almost going to say who , hav ing decided that their husband must he an Admirable Crichton among men , refuse to moderate their aspirations in my way. The penny novelette some ? times furnishes such girls with their ideal man. and they become possessed fr.W af the idea that there must be such a W . nan in real life AA-aiting for them. Good to : looks and a tall , commanding figure ) ire probably essential characteristics \ .n the man they mean to marry , not to uention his power of holding his own sk .n the professional or business Avorld kn md on the athletic field. la Such a man AA'ouId be faultless in Hs heir eyes , even although his character th ; ind nature Avould not bear investiga- -rt .ion. NOAV and again a girl is success- 'rl In discovering the man Avho comes ery near to her ideal , but more often ch .ban not she fails completely , and no vhile AA-niting for him. neglects the OAC of a good and true man Avhose vir- ues are many , although he does not uifiil her particular requirements. "I could not possibly marry George. " n impressionable maiden was heard to xclaim on one occasion. "He .is a cry nice felloAv , loves me A'ery inu h. nd I beiieve I could love him if I ried. But then he is so short and ilain-Jeatiired , besides being such n iuffer' at athleti- that I am certain should never feel absolutely happy I married'nun. . " One could almost Avish that such Avere always left old maids. Some thorn are ; Avhile others , after vainly co raiting for their "perfect man" to tee oine : : loig , and losing the love of a fOl iian whose only fau'.ts were to be Oiind in his outward appearance , have H content them h-es with a husband i'ho can boast of none of the virtue- * .in ' their ideal , in order to avoid being i vc left the " ' -hc ; on shelf. Of ( course , a girl cannot be too par- inilar about choosing the man she ii 10 honor with her lifelong society , t the same time she must not pay too luch attention to the outer man. and ari eglect to study his inner self. Fine athers make tine birds , is a Aery true spii lyinjr. but they only make fine birds are ntho time being. Stripped of their Ilav lurr.ace , they probably have no other ln i irtues. . hmi And so it often is with the haud- nee mo. finely dressed lover. The partic- lar girl marries her ideal in this re- eet. only to lind after marriage that character and nature are by no leans in' keeping Avith his outAvard ap- sm.1 aranee. He proves -himself to be a of irroAv-minded , conceited man , who , ofwe ( iving been always accustomed to tra link ] of himself first OAATng to the ittery of admiring friends , has little } < . no 3 thought for his A\ife. It is a sad ' den ivakening. ; but it is Avhat invariably denL iipnens when a girl in search of a is inltless husband only looks for out- ur , , ard blemishes. Home Monthly. wj . Kind Word for ths Tvpswritcr. wel It is not surprising that "a defense fiud the 1 woman stenographer , by one of thai em : , " is given a conspicuous place T our esteemed contemporary , the the W York Sun. So much has been v" " in the light and airy persiflage ou the press about the flirting and frivWe jus typewriter that a mistaken idea men been created regarding this hardc . - arldng and invaluable attachment of ry ; busy man. The impression is r stored that the young woman stenog- it pber ] of our times is more or less of breezy : , bleached , blonde creature , ' ' \ dix-ides the tune that belongs to real duties among various di ver * ' ' ! , ms and entertainments which do not operly l come to a refined and intelli- ' woman. In this suggestive sitna- is it is unnecessary to say that the v. Biographer does not always appear the most favorable licht Just why E ( ense has been taken Avitli a class of nigh : ung Avomen who , perhaps more than > w other , deserve commendation and iiise , AA-e do not understand. The pose poseE ccessful stenographer , who is UOAV E ( OAVII as the "secretary" rather than . lypeAvriter of the establishment , Cl * her way solely by merit , and in ClA my. we might say all. prominent es- A belli lishments , success is Avon by indus- integrity and honesty. Some of SUgJ women secretaries in New York EurDi < places of a most confidential char- ' Di terl It is in their power ofttimes to dead do infinite harm , and yet , in' all the ? annals of betrayal of trust , the con spicuous absence of the private secre tary Is noticeable. This is the bes t evidence that a woman can keep a se cret , if It Is her duty to do so. It is time that the commonplace , and too often contemptible , flings at the wom an typewriter should cease. They ar.e > no longer amusing ; they are not even excusable. Leslie's Weekly. The Modern Enjcllah Woman. At one time the English woman had a reputation ana the comfort of hav ing come by it rightfully as the worst- dressed woman in Europe or America , according to the law of fashion. ' the most practically dressed , according to the law of common sense. And now ? tlS She observes the mode more scrnpu- iously than the Parisian and throws r-ormnon \ sense to the winds , as if eager to make amends for the crhnen o' { her ill-dressed past. I do not mean thut she can as yet rival the Parisian ; it is not in her nature to ; bnt shfc devotes < her energies to the attempt with such zeal that she rushes to the other ! extreme. Anticipating the hour * and their obligations , she appears at aihi high noon in gowns that , in the previ ous pluiso. she would have reserved for linner. She shops in chiffon and mus lin. She faces the winter's cold in. lace , and the summer's deluge in slip-- laPI rusrs and open-Avorked stockings. The luost abominable climate in the world armot check her ambition , nor the iirtiest town put a restraint upon her Tivolity. There was a time when it .vis ! the American who was supposed. o be the foolish one. indulging ifa erjiotual round of diamonds and silks. \Tow , if in Bond street or PiccadlGy , ou see a useful tailor gown , neat linen ikirl , stout well-made boots , you may mow the wearer for an American. The aWes ; are turned , and it is the Bng- ish woman who must be held up as he model of extravagant inappropri- teness. < No one living in London can ine failed to note the change , but as ot there is no Teufelsdroeclch to hronicle it Elizabeth Robins leil in The Atlantic Monthly. -1 An infant should be given no fee < 2 attaining : starch until it cuts its jeth. Starchy foods include biscuits , rn flour , tapioca , sago , rice , potato , Lc. An infant cannot digest any of MI' until its teeth are cut Violent oises and rough shakings or tossing < : : hurtful to a baby and should be voided as much as possible. Infants louid ne er be put into a sitting pos- tre until they are at least three ionths old. when they will probably up of their own accord. They louid be carried flat in the nurse's uis. for if the little back Is at all irved it may lead to curvature of the ine or chest disease. Until children e six or seven years old they should ive twelve hours' sleep every night , addition to this a nap for two Hire , cither in the morning or after- ion , will do a great deal toward keep- - then , bright and well. Ulessinsr of Kdncated So long as women were absolutely norant , men could pass as wise on nail capital ; but the growing mind woman lifts the mind of man with great forces heredity and ser-at- fU'Lon. Large-brained mothers make itter men , and the sweetheart who wise as well as kind can do won- H'S witl. her lover. Lord Chesterfield's advice to his son clear on this point He strongly ges ( him to marry a woman who is . ise ( s.well as rich , handsome ana all-horn , "for. " says he. "thou wilt there is nothing more fuNnaie an a she-fool. " To-day , with our new knowledge of laws of nature , with our great ad- nee in freedom of thought and ac- , Ihere is still less excuse for us. know now that a nation Is best insured by the position of its wom- Success. Faulty Machine. Mrs.ewlywed No , I can't say I think much of my new sewing icliine. It is disappointing. \frs. Oidgirl Why , it Is a very good ike. What seems to be the trouble ? Mrs. .Newlywed I don't know exact- but when I tried to sew some but- ou Mr. Newlytwed's shut yester- it broke every last one of them. Gone. Sdyth When I refused Charlie ht before last , he threatened to his brains out layme Well , he didn't He pro- 5ed to me last night Sdyth Indeed ! Then he must have . tt rid of them in some other way. i Hiicago News. large part of the machinery non- lug used to re-establish destroyed ar mills in Cuba Is coming from rope. Don't restrict your seasoning to the idly monotonous salt aid pepper.
