Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, January 21, 1904, Image 2
IHE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT J. KL RICE , Publisher. TALENTINE , - NEBRASKA. Noiseless powder is something the \\oril never Leans of. As a fashionable disease , brain fag threatens to put appendicitis to the bad. If God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb He may take pity on some of the shearers also. The dog is man's best friend. When a man has a cold the dog never tells him what to do for it. A Minnesota man is said to have mastered the cat language. A charge of buckshot sometimes masters this feline conversation quite neatly. The New England woman who pre tended suicide , and came home to find her husband married again , seems to have put up a fine joke on herself. Astronomers say our sun is one of the younger set of stirs. May not the spots now reported as having broken out be only a sort of Infantile rash ? A New York beggar dropped dead when the police insisted that he should Jake a bath , lie knew the dangers of exposing Iiis system to these out side iullueuces. It is obviously incorrect to char acterize some of those syndicate promoting meting schemes as gambling opera tions. In a gambling game the victim to be lleeced is allowed to win a little something once in a while. Dr. Wiley , chemist for the Depart ment of Agriculture , says that woman has long hair because she is still a Kivage. Well , even so , keep her just as she is. Don't want high civiliza tion and a head that looks like a quinine capsule. A recent announcement of the Brit ish war ollice of medals awarded for distinguished service in Soinaliland mentions the names of Sergeant Botes , Corporal Ilerbst and Trooper Dreyer , ail Boers , who are now fighting shoul der to shoulder with their former enemies. Rather a good omen. Lieutenant Peary suggests that if Americans can spend millions to hulld yachts to defend the cup , they iught to build ships to go to the north Stole. lie * ? ays that the syndicate of sporting men that "lifts" the pole will have no successor and can never be beaten. Certainly the course would ns t be overcrowded with pleasure- boats. ral Booth proposes to stop wars b.v having each nation , whenever any f its lorritory is wanted by another , uivo up the land without first resort- ui to a ti = r of strength. After he 'ts the nations to adopt this policy : .i misht make the world still hap- ] i"r by inducing such individuals as Mr. Rockefeller and Mrs. : H. Green to io it. F ranee and the French government Lave ceased to be objects ofsuspl - rhi ; in the minds of the European monarch * . The kings and emperors have made many formal visits to Varis in recent years , and have been jpceived by the president. This year , for the first time , the wife of the pres ident had a place in the reception to royalty. Last summer Madame Lou- bet , as the social representative of the republic , welcomed the state visitors. History is full of the wonders worked by cultured and gracious women. The \vife of the French president may > omc day be added to the list of femi nine political magicians. The steady concentration of fie lmntin.tr and fishing privileges of America .into the possession of clnbs is illustrated by the reported lease of George W. Vanderbilt's famous North Carolina estate , Biltmore. A < -lnb of ten members will thus have a monopoly of 125,000 acres. It is true ' that hi this case the land was already monopolized by a single owner , but -this is not true of the holdings of most of the new clubs which are being or ganized all over the country. The obvious fact is that there Is no longer , us formerly , enough game for every body who cares to shoot or fish , and the time is near at hand when sport of this kind will be , as In England , the .prerogative of a privileged few. Witk a population of 8,000,00(1 Switzerland is without any coa ! sup ply of her own. None of her rivers ia narigable and all her coal Imports have to be brought In by rail , which makes it very expensive. Her coal bill is about $12,000,000 a year. In order to make her outlay for fuel as economical as possible the government has decided to establish a federal testIng - Ing station , attached to the leading Institution for technical Instruction at Zurich , At this station every kind or" fuel used in the little republic is to be scientifically tested , to deter mine Its exact heat-producing' , which will be made known to tbe pub lic through periodical publications by the government It Is intended to re form the whole coal trade by sub stituting heart-producing value for weight as the basis of its price per ton. Was there ever any doubt of the greatness of Maximo Gomez ? The old man is poor. Ha never fe&d a. dol- lar that did not belong to his country , or a penny tbatwas not the property of his soldiers. Cuba It free and grate ful. She has not forgot ! i the darfc days. So the Cuban Congress made Gen. Gomez a present of $50,000 , as a slight token of the regard the country has for the liberator. Fifty thousand dollars is a good deal of money. It is a fortune in Cuba. It means com fort for a grizzled veteran for the rest of his days. It takes from him every vestige of financial -worry. But he -would rather worry than be unfair. Maximo Gomez can not forget the brave fellows who fought with him , endured privation with him and suf fered as much or more than he did. He has refused to cash the treasury warrant for the money till hi * soldiers are rewarded ! There speaks tae spirit of true brotherhood ! You know now why Gomez's soldiers loved him , why they -followed him cheerfully into the very jaws of death ; why they sang when they were hungry and laughed at their wounds. They were led by a man. Cuba has paid a great tribute to her general. He has paid a greater tri bute to the men behind the guns. Since the last tuberculosis congress in Germany the interest of physicians and bacteriologists has been largely centered in the rapid development ol theories regarding the prevention and cure of consumption. The announce * inent by Dr. Koch that consumption is not an inherited disease , that it is communicable and preventable , appeal's to be generally accepted by the medi cal fraternity. Beyond this there ap pears to be abundant ground for dis agreement. The most revolutionary theory regarding the origin of the dis ease is proclaimed by Professor Von Behriug , a noted German bacteriolo gist. He accepts the announcement of Dr. Koch , that consumption is not an ihherited disease , as a proved scientific fact , but he challenges the correctness of his theories as to the cause and infectious character of the disease. He declares that consumption is not In fectious in the ordinary sense , and is not acquired by inhalation of germs in the air ; that it is not communicated to adults from cattle through milk ; that it is conveyed during infancy through mother's milk , and that about 90 per cent , of persons over 30 years old have the germs in their bodies and consume the germs daily. It is Pro fessor von Behring's contention that the Infant stomach has not the same power of digesting the germs as the stomach of an older person. In tlit infantile body the bacilli find a favor able breeding place , and remain qnies cent until the body stops growing when they take on new life. He cite * the fact in support of his theory thai in many families a few of the offspring have the disease , while one or tw < escape and are healthy and strong- lunged. The obvious deduction fron Professor von Behring's theory is thai consumption might be stamped out am the chain of continuity broken by feed ing infants upon nothing but sterilized material. MODEL OF THE TABERNACLE. Sacred Edifice Reproduced in Minia ture in Minute Detail. The tabernacle erected in the wil derness by Moses during the journex of the children of Israel from Egyp. to the Holy Land has been reproduce * in miniature and in costly detail at Utrecht , Holland , in the biblical inu seuin. It is by far the most interest ing sight in the museum. Raised abou table-height above the level of the ground , the , court of the tabernacle i no less than twenty feet long by abou ten feet wide , and is strewn with sane , brought from the wilderness of Sinai where the actual tabernacle was first pitched , and is surrounded by cur tains of fine linen made expressly foi the model from Egyptian flax. Sixty pillars of pure silver uphold the curtains. The altar of burnt offer ing is made of stone taken from one of the original walls of the Templi platform at Jerusalem and it is fillei within with earth brought from tlu Haram area the site of the anciem temple of the Jews. The sevei branched candlestick , ark , incense al tar , table of shewbread are made in pure gold and are veritable works of art. Two miniature tables of stone , made from a piece of granite rock of Mount Sinai , on which are engcavof the ten commandments In minute He brew characters , may be found in the ark. The model represents years of patient study and work. The niosi skilled artificers have been employee' upon it and no expense has been spared in the attempt to render the smallest details accurately and wlti scrupulous precision. Mountain of Alum in China. Iu China , about 12 miles from tlu village of Lion-Chefo , there is a moun tain of alum , which , in addition to be ing a natural curiosity , is a source 01 wealth for the inhabitants of the coun try , who dig from it yearly tons o alum. The mountain is not less thai 10 miles In circumference at its basi and has a height of nearly 2,000 feet The alum Is obtained by quarryinj large blocks of stone , which are firs heated In great furnaces and then ii vats filled with boiling water. Tin alum crystallizes and forms a laye. about 6 inches in thickness. This laye ) is subsequently broken up into block ? weighing about 10 pounds each. In the Clouds. "What are you moving over so fai for ? " asked the young man passengej on the air ship. "Well , " answered the sweet young " thing , "we're going to pass through another dark cloud In a minute , anc you wrinkle my waist dreadfully ev ery time you kiss me , " indianupoli Sun. REALM OF KING CORN. State * with MillioMi of Acres of This Crop Carnivals Held. The corn plant grows in about fery State in the Union , and people ; hroug-hout the country think they are | ! amiliar with it ; but to appreciate what corn really means one should make a tour through some of the Western States where the fields may De miles rather.than acres in extent , knd where the harvest of a farmer means nearer 100,000 than 1,000 bush- ris , says the New York Tribune. It Is In this part of the country that one I can as easily get lost in a cornfield as . he would in a forest , so vast are the fields. In the "bottoms" of Kansas Jlnd Nebraska a man riding through a patch on horseback will often be hid- flen from view , as the tops of the plants extend above his head , resem bling young trees in their proportions. It is no wonder that the people of many of the prairie States celebrate the coming of "king corn" as the Southerner does the appearance of ' 'king cotton , " for some of these com monwealths alone produce enough orn in a year to feed a nation. The : orn patch of Iowa , which covers over $ ,000,000 acres yearly , sometimes pro- luces 300,000.000 bushels. Nebraska is mother 8,000,000 State , but Kansas 3ie State of the sunflower , takes Hie iead with nearly 9,000,000 acres each rear devoted to this cereal. There are : ounties in Kansas where one can see square miles not acres planted en tirely with corn , where fields are so targe that standing at one end the visitor sees the horizon unbroken bj inything except a mass of plants swaying in the breeze. It is not strange that the corn har vest is made the occasion of fetes or carnivals in some of the Wesfern com munities. The idea probably origi nated from the corn festival of the In flians , but the red man would never recognize the old-time festival in the transformation which it has under gone. Weeks before harvest time prep arations are made. The prominent citizens of the town contribute to a fund for decoration , music and usually the entertainment of townspeople and guests at a banquet. The services of some leading orator are secured and the governor is invited to attend with other notables. A spe cial week is set apart at a time when Ihe farmers have finished gathering the grain and have leisure to attend The railroad companies are induced to offer special rates for transportation Biid with others offer prizes for the best designs and decorations. A pro gram is arranged , consisting of proces sions , public meetings , concerts and Jther attractions which will interest the townspeople and visitors. Gener ally a committee of leading citizens headed by the mayor , take charge and large sums of money are expend ed in arranging the carnival. Each resident vies with his neighbor ; n the decorations , and there is shown what can be done with the grain in ionor of which the celebration is held Some of the designs are truly wonder ful. As single stalks can be procured which are fifteen feet in height , an op- oortunity is offered to construct pa godas , booths and other ornamental Duildings with walls and roofs of the plant The stalks have such strength and lightness that they can be easily made into representatives of castles , forts and historic structures. The leaves are worked into an inconceiva ble variety of designs. The women and girls make costumes out of the husks , even to hats and bonnets. They are woven into parasols and umbrel las , while frequently the front of a building will be hidden by a covering ! > f them , thirty or forty feet in length. ; vith openings cut for the windows ind doors. The manufacture of corn milinery aas become an art among the Western women. At a carnival held in Atchi- jon the principal milliners of the town jrodfced some wonderful creations of Headgear entirely _ from the silk , husks ind tassels. Many of them were worn Juring the carnival week by the belles > f the place. England's Superior N'tural Gas. The English natural gas has two ad- rantagcs over the American. In the Qfeathfield district near London all the .veils show a pressure of at least 120 > ounds per square inch , which is jnough to carry the gas to any town n England. The other advantage is hat , while American gas , when burnt 11 a fish-tail or Argand burner , has iractically no illuminating power , the ormer , when burnt under the same onditions , cannot be distinguished ave by an expert from the ordinary oal gas in common use. Heathfield .as gives 20 per cent more light than ioal gas under like conditions. JNew Substitute for Rubber. Gutta-jootalong is a new material vhicli is utilized as a substitute for iud in con. unction with india rubber , .t is a product of the East Indies , ihiefly the Island of Borneo , and in he form in which it is imported is de- cribed as "whitish in color , looking omething Irke marshmallow candy , duelling strongly of petroleum and xidizing on exposure to the air , be- oming hard. " Its importation has in- reased from 6,500,000 pounds in 1890 o 14,000,000 pounds in 1903. of Wealth. "Wealth has its penalties , " said the rite philosopher. " " Mr. Cumrox "Yes , answered , wealth is what compels a man to eat ancy cooking the whole year round nstead of having cakes hot from the riddle and home-made preserres. " Washington Star. The average man wants others to Be him as he seas himself. AH Done Out. Veteran Joshua Heller of TOG South Walnut street , Urbana - bana , III. , says"In the fall of 1899 af ter taking Doan's Kidney Pills , I told the readers of the paper that they had relie\ed me of kidney trouble , dis posed of a lame back with pain across my loins and beneath the shoulder blades. During the inter val which had Mnpsed I have had occasion to resort 10 Doan's Kidney Pills when I noticed warnings of attack. On each and every jccasion the results obtained were just is satisfactory as when the pills were first brought to my notice. I just as emphatically endorse the preparation to-day as I did over two years ago. " Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. . proprietors. For sale by all druggists. Price 50 cents p r box. Didu t Regret His Absence. Skids "Did your frieurj , Cbesterius Me Uianrer , the tragedian , enjoy his vacation ? " Scads "I can't say as to whether he enj-yed it or not , but the public [ lid. "Baltimore American. A Good Father. Smith "Brown is certainly doing his duty as a par ent. : > Jones "How's tbat" Smith "He's trying his best to bring up his children the way he should have gone " ChicayO News. When a Japme = e lady enteis a rail road car , she removes her tiny shoes , then steps ou the i-eat and gradually brinus down her body until she is seated with her feet doubled under her. 55 Famous Doctor-Chemist Has Discovered a Secret Compound That Grows Hair on Any Bald Head. Discoverer of This Magic Compound That Grows Hair in a Single Nignt. He scuds a trial package of his new and wonderful remedy free by mail to convince people it actually grows hair , stops hair fall ing out , removes daudrull and quickly re stores luxuriant growth to shining scalps , eyebrows and eyelashes antt restores thi- hair to its natural color. Send your name and address to the Altenhelm Medical Dis pensary , 1170 Foso Building , Cincinnati. Ohio , for a free trial package , enclosing a 2- cent stamp to cover postage. Write to-day. The nicest thing about grand operate to women are the tbe clothes that go with it. Two bottles of Piso's Cure for Con sumption cured me of a terrible cousrh. Fred Hermann , 200 Box avenue , Buffalo. N. Y. , Sept. 24 , 1901. As for beauty unadorned , what's the matter with the chorus girl ? MEXICAN cures Cuts , Burns , Bruises. A woman can't help feeling proud of a ' ushanct who cets lots of tele grams. Largest growers of 2nd Vegetable Seafls In tbe World. Our Prices range from 6 0 cents to $1.50 per pound , and no better seed is found on earth. How io grow 1,200 bushels Oniocs per acre IOC. with each ounce order. Oz. , 20o. i Catalog Sc , fir portage. John A Salzer Seed Go LA CROSSE , , , , V.'IS. Give a wornau undisputed swuy and she will he sure to prnan over the burden Philadelphia Bulletin. PLEASANT FIELDS. "Yes" inused the person who lets out an occasional audible though f , "he certainly makes hay while the sun shines. " "What haymaker do yon refer toV" asked Iiis friend , who was afflicted with the rubber habit. "Why the man who marries a grass widow "replied he of the clam- oruus thoughts. The vrrv peer hav no friends , nor even reiashuns. UABRIED NO SAMPLERS. I He traveled for an important wholesale house. Seated corufurtahly in th ? railway" carriage hi foun'1 be side him a rather sedate locking Ken- tleman , with whom he sought to con verse , and after the manner of his kind , began by telling what goods he sold , lor whom he sold , to whom ho sold , and in what large quantities be sold. sold."And you , my friend , " be said , "what is your lin- ? " "Brains , " answered bis sedte and would-be retiring companion. "Ah brains , you say ? That must be nice. You carry no samples , eh ? " Dr. Williamson Swears. Yorktown , Ark. , Jan. IS. Last week a statement -was published from Leluml Williamson , M. D. , of this place to the effect that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best medicine for all Kidney Diseases , and that he uses them with uniform success in his daily practice. No one who knows Dr. Williamson Will doubt for a moment the complete truth of his fearless declaration , butte to completely clinch the matter in ithe minds of those who may not have the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with this celebrated physician. Dr. Williamson has appeared before Mr. H. B. Green , J. P. for Montgomery Comity , and made a sworn statement. In this sworn statement the doctor has cited a number of cases which have been completely cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills. Here is case Xo. 1 : "Henry Hall. Sr. . aged 48. an Ameri can , attacked with Malaria Ilacmatu- ria or Swamp Fever , temperature rang ed from 101 to 105. highly coated tongue , constipated bowels , hemor rhage or passage of blood from Kid neys , used febrifuge and Dodd's Kid ney Pills tp relieve the inflammation and congested condition of Kidneys and to render the urine bland and non- irritating. Recovery complete after two months' treatment of the Pills. " Lightning burned a chimney hole in a hay rick on Mr Allison's farm , on West Grand river , near Grant City , Mo. , The rick was not far from the house , ana a couple of boys , seeing it sinokiog went to it at once. They found in the top of the rick a small bole , from which the smoke was issuing and thrusting a wisp of hav into the hole smothered the lire. When tbe end of the rick was cut off it was found that the lightning had burned a hole from the top to the bottom of the stack about two inches in diameter. Cuiiiiot Uu Cured nv local applications , as they cannot reach tht diseased portion of the oar. There is omy one way to euro Deafness , and tliat is by coitititu- tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an In- I'amed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachlan Tube. When this tube gets inflamed vou have a riimblln < : sound or imperfect hear [ nic , and -when it is entirely closed Deafness h the result , aiid unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tubd restored to ifc , normal condition , hearing will bo destroyed forever ; ulno cases out of ten are causea by ( atarrh. which is nothing bin an inllameil condition of the mucous surface.- . . We will ci\e One Hundred Dollars for anj cai > o of Deafnass ( caused by catarrh ) that cannot be cured by Hairs Catarrh Cure. Send for cir culars , free. F. J. CHENEY & CO. , Toledo , O. Sold byDruccist 7" c. Hall's Family Pills are tbe best. Let conscience be your eruide at all times. Use comm''U sense in every act of your life. Be couiacreous , up right and just. You cant' make money out of enemies , so have a care not to make enemits. BEAUTY , COMFORT. rr.RFE TIOK : Kewest thing out. Bj > rinfrcorii Gar.cr " ' rents delivered. TLLbA MAIL. OKDElt t O , Tulsn , Ind. Ter. Of the entire human race it is esti mated that 500 000.000 live in bouses , 700000,000 in huts and caves and 250,000uOO have virtually no shelter at all. _ Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for chil- Jrii teetbiug , often the Kiims , rednces Inila- matlon , allays pain cures colic. Puee'25c bottle Baldne s is ten times as common among men as among women. It Mas also been noted ibat a man's hair turns gray five years sooner than a woman's. S 5c IX STAMPS and you will receive postpalc a large 19c bt > r of the strongest and roost Perfect TunVfr bluine made Send today to Franklin Bla- ing Works , If at first you don't succeed , don't count tbe nisttime. JUNE TINT BUTTER COLOR makes top of the market butter. "I suppose P.arnum went to heaven when he died. " "Well , be certainly had a good chance. In fact be had tbe greattst show on e-irth. Qnit Couching. \Vhy cough , when for 23c and this no tice you jet 25 doses of an nbsolute- y. guaranteed cou h cure in tnblet form. 'ostpaid. WISCONSIN DRUG CO. , C/A CRQSSE. WIS. ( C. N. U. ) When a dour key hangs up ontside a house in Sweden , it is a sign that the family is not at home. A little eirl was taugnt to close her evening praver during the ab sence of her p pa with : "Please * atch over my p i pa. " Her papa re turned and her mamma bl.ished when the child added : "And you'd better kpep an eye on mamma too.1 The way my broiber got out of jail was tbis : The governor visited the jail one day and my brother acci- dently stepped on his foot. He sjid : "Pard ID me , governor , " and tbe governor did. THE LITTLE TMLBR OH THE HILL. By Margaret Wicldemer. I asked the little tailor as he sewed' upon the hill , * "How can the little busy bee the- poet's words fulfill ? How could that little animal , sup pose he had the powers , ( Or anybody else ) improve already shining hours ? " Says he , "Oho ! * ' You're very slow ! * Why , shine them with Sapolio- ! " * I asked the little tailor as he a-catching flies , "Why was the man who jumped J within the briar bush so | wise ? ? For leaping into brambles , I would plainly say to you , Is not a thing the average man is-V very apt to do ! " "Oh , don't you know Why he did so ? " 3 In that bush was Sapolio ! i a "Oh , little tailor , " once said I , "I wish you'd tell to me , ' Why , when I take my walks' abroad , so many poor 1 see ; And why they're always dirtier ' than anyone I've seen , > And even have objections to myjv * garments being clean ? " | * Said he , "They go * , | All dirty so , Because they've no Sapolio ! " . t ' I asked the little tailor _ as he ; " smoked one windy night , f "Pray tell me why the little dogs ] , , delight to bark and bite , ? For , though I own a little dog , I . do not think that he Has ever barked or bftten at friends or yet at me F' "Dojjs are a foe To dirt , and so Bite those who hate Sapolio ! ' ' . i. I sat down by the tailor on the hiir and asked him this : "Why can you always tell me what the reason for things is ? And why are both your wisdom- and your scissors always- bright , So they light our little village om v the very darkest night ? " Jr "Before you go , " -f He said , "Just know . 't ' The answer to all's ? ; Sapolio ! " ' - I i & t I met the little tailor with my Grecian - , ' cian Hist'ry book , . > j Said I , "I wish at Hercules you'd give a little look , And tell me how it was he cleaned the Augean stables so By simply turning into them a little river's flow ? " "That river's flow , All writers know , Contained , " said he , "Sapoho ! " I watched the little stars that shine above the world so high , And I saw them wink and wiggle all in rows along the sky , Then said I unto the tailor , as I watched each little star : "Now don't you often wonder wbat those starlets really are ? " * "Wonder ? Oh , no ! , Those stars that glow" . Are pans shined with , ' Sapolio ! " \ I said unto the tailor , "I can't real ly understand Why Macbeth's wife made all that fuss about her stained hand ? They say she used to walk around the basement stairs at night , And wail about her fingers till the house was in a fright T He said , "Her woe , ( You surely know Was lack of Hand Sapolio ! " ' ' A bee , unladen , will fly for by milei an hour ; but one coming home laden with honey does not travel fasfcei than twelve miles an hnnr. UTany School Children Are Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet 1'oxvdtrs for Children. . is'-d l > y Moth-r Gray , a nnrse Sn Children's Horna \"W York , Break no Colda in 21 hours , cure Coa s i' a'ion. Feverish ness , Headache , Stomac > Troubles , Teethinjj Disorders , move n l he bowels and Destroy Worms. Sold by druszMs or by mn 1. 25c. Sample mailed PEEE : Vddress ALLEN S. OLMSTZD , Le Boy , N. Y. In the coldest parts of Siberia a- rainbow may so-uetimes be seen all- diyhmg in a cloudless sky. It is. supp sed to be due to tb2 reflection' f the sun on fine particles of snow ! in the air. , "So you have boupnt tbe pictures W 'hat artist was showing WI I "Yes , " answered Mrs. "He's a very clever man. " " "Ob IT 1 don't knuvr tbat * ife took so much 1I clevern- Most anyone can sell I insb'.inds thinjrs nowadays. " Thousands have been cured of ' Pain's Master every form of pain and chief IT Rheumatism Every nook and corner JACOBS of this and other coun tries has seen embla- Ne zoaed the wards Price . 25c. and S