THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
L M RICK , Publisher.
YALENT1NE , NEBRASKA
iiie.i trust tu luck hi this world ,
and some others are lucky to get
trusted.
Some men are like pins ; they have
tHeir good points , yet they are apt to
itick you.
Speaking of airships we do not care
to soar on anything unless It is a
feather bed.
It isn't the shortcomings of a young
man that the girl's father objects to ;
It's his long stayings.
Even the rich have their sorrows.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller are
grieved because their new billion-dollar
baby Isn't a boy.
A fashion note by wireless teleg
raphy from Bogota is that Panama
hnts will not be extensively worn in
Colombia next season.
The man who tried to shoot the sec
retary of the Bank of England is said
to hold peculiar views on the distribu
tion of wealth. This is obvious.
By dint of unceasing activity Mr.
Rockefeller is able to keep ahead of
Mies Ida Tarbell to the extent of one
or two magazine articles all the time.
Information comes from scientific
sources that a number of "extinct ani
mals are still-living. " The wonders of
science grow more and more marvel
ous.
China's empress dowager is going to
spend 98.000,000 in building temples to
the gods of peace. Captain Hobson
will regard this as a shameful waste of
money.
Mr. Rockefeller will give $10,000-
DOO to aid the search for microbes.
Peary should contrive some way to
convince Mr. Rockefeller that the
north pole is a microbe.
It is a wonder that no great financier
has thought of the possibility of organ
izing the eligible noblemen of Europe
Into a trust and forcing American
heiresses to get their coronets at mo
nopoly prices.
There is a strong suspicion that
Japan is behind China , pushing her
forward to slap her great and good
Triend , the Czar. If she does , the
boundary line will gallop south a few
thousand more miles.
Edward Atkinson says mud will be
the substitute for coal , which will en
able the consumer to issue a new Dec
laration of Independence. If that is
the case , we shall all be ready to cele
brate two Fourths of July.
A member of the English commis
sion which is now investigating Amer
ican educational conditions has public
ly expressed the wish that in the next
Tew decades we give our attention to
turning out "two or three Miltons , one
or two Dantes and one or two Shak-
speares. " We are disposed to be oblig-
tog , but is not the demand rather large ?
One-twelfth of the estimated wealth
of the United States is represented at
the meeting of the board of directors
t > f the United States Steel Corporation in
when all the directors are present. dil
They also represent 200 other compan thi
ies , operating one-half of the railroad
mileage in the country , and control cor pr
porations whose aggregate capitaliza thi
tion is $9,000.000.
The Duke of Roxburghe is said to be coi
K > hugely disgusted , with Americans ha
that he has no desire ro return to this im
sountry. Of course the Duke reserves ga
in exception in the case of one fair as
American. But he may dismiss from sh
his mind any fear that a naval expo co
sition will1 be sent to bring him back ow
to America , deeply as his absence may tht
be deplored. So long as he keeps on ret
5he right side of extradition laws , he In
fcs quite safe. tur
tat
It is at once interesting and pathetic wh
bo see how completely helpless , in the att
grasp of the bureaucracy , is the notn- that
tnal "autocrat of all the Russias. " He cai
tias managed to make It manifest that fur
he Is a perfectly well-meaning man ; will
that he desires peace with all the
world , and particularly that he desires
\he advancement in civilization , Includ
ing political civilization , of his own pro
> eople. The more his good intentions -
ire manifested the more it Is manifest c-ou
iow absolutely he Is without power to "
rive effect to them. "
"The American people don't mind same
rraftlng , " remarked an experienced was
fhlladelphla politician , "but they hate ward
< candals. They don't kick so much on a no
I Jiggered public contract for a boule- "
but they want the boulevard and ii
fuss and no dust. " Unfortunately , beg
politician wasn't far from the iha
ith. The experience of almost every * 111
Imerlcan city will bear him out. This "
Peculiar attitude of honest Americans ji
toward dishonest politicians Is some lt
time * attributed to Indifference toward "
rabllc affairs. The voters are "too my
may , " It Is said , to pay proper atteii- up ,
k > n to their municipal government. Eur
tat this explanation reduces simply to
PhJlad jhla boss' statement that
people "don't mind grafting. " "
a w
w"i
years public-spirited people "i
preaching about the benefits a fa
Some men hare even gone so "
to B&7 that soap IB the real
emblem of civilization. Whether this
is so or not , it Is well known that In
countries where the people are savage
there is no soap. It has been difficult ,
however , to get some people to accept
soap as a blessing or as a bulwark of
the home. In spite of the good work
the magazines have been doing by way
of disseminating soap advertisements
there are many Inhabitants of our
splendid country who continue to re
gard soap with suspicion if not with
downright abhorrence. But something
happened at Lancaster , Pa. , the other
day that Is likely to bring soap to the
front , to make It dear to the heart of
many a man who has heretofore pre
ferred to be soapless. Mr. James Wil
son , a burglar gentleman who had
been shut up In the Lancaster jail , suc
ceeded , after stripping and thoroughly
soaping himself , In squeezing through
a hole which had been supposed to bo
so small that no man could possibly
escape by it It must have made the
burglar shiver with horror to think of
, putting soap upon himself , but there
was nothing else for him to do if he
was to gain his liberty. How can the
people who have in the past shrunk
from soap continue to regard with it
fear or contempt ? The experience of
the Lancaster burglar should serve to
make soap precious to most of those
who have been spurning it. The man
who is an enemy of soap never can
tell how soon he may be shut in behind
bars. In fact , he usually gets there ,
sooner or later , and always deserves
to. He should therefore gradually accustom -
custom himself to soap before the
crisis comes. If Burglar Wilson's experience -
perience serves to increase the popu
larity of soap his escape will have been
far from a public misfortune.
The time is not very far distant
when this country will have to deal
with congestion of population in the
cities and consequent inadequacy of
the rural population. Indeed , the prob
lem even now presents itself urgently
every summer when farmers vainly
seek help to harvest the crops , though
thousands of men arc idle in the cities
tlT
The tendency is more and more towaru
the cities. Farmers' sons n , ) , longer be
come farmers. Thej" disdain the slow
and uneventful routine of life on tin-
farm and as soon as they become their
own masters they are off to the nearest
city or large town to make their for
tunes. In a large majority of cases
they : fare far worse in the city than
they would have fared on the farm ,
but their ill success does not deter oth
ers. The tide flows all one way. The
country boy comes to the city , but the
city boy never goes to the country.
Fortunately ' for the nation the agricul
tural population is considerably ,
though Inadequately , recruited from
abroad. A large proportion of the immigrants
alm
migrants from northern Europe , to
gether with some Germans and Irish
enter upon farming either for them
se selves or for others immediately upon
th arrival in this country. Most of
the Scandinavians become tillers of
the soil. In this way the growing dis
position of Americans to forsake agri
culture for urban pursuits is rendered
less : of a menace to our national fu
ture. It cannot but be regretted , how
ever , that the native American farmer
seems destined to disappear almost en
tirely , leaving the cultivation of the
soil entirely to immigrants. There is
no life so independent and vigorous
as that of the farmer and It is upon
the agricultural class that the prosperity
Its of the nation depends. When the
farmer is prosperous we all flourish ;
when he falls upon evil days we suffer
with him. The condition of the farm
ing : population is an index to the con "
dition of the country in general , and
the higher the type of that population
the better the prospect for national
prosperity. < It is not impossible that I
there may some day be a reversal of
the flow of population to the cities. We
an so rich In national domain in this
country that our native-born" citizens
have not felt the laud hunger which
Impels the European Immigrant to
gain possession of a farm as quickly
he can manage It The time will
shortly ( come when people born in this
country will realize the desirability of
owning a portion of the soil , and when
that realization comes there will be a
reflux from the cities to the country.
the meantime it is upon the agricul "
tural immigrants that we must rely to
take the plaees of American farmers
who are deserting their plows for the
attractions of city life. It is evident
the native-born youth of to-day
cannot be counted upon to follow the ed
furrow. Possibly his grandchildren
be glad to do so.
The Way of the "World.
"When we were poor , " remarked the
prosperous man , reflectively , "we a
Io-kod forward to the time when we ho
L-ou.'d have a summer home. "
"Well ? " I
"Well , when we got rich enough to
one , we didn't like going to the
place every summer , because it
: monotonous , and we looked for- "
to the time when we could have
inother for variety. " bo
"Well ? " th
"Well , we got another , and then we th
began to long for a winter place , so sta
we wouldn't have to be so much his
the big house in the city. " AA'l
Well ? " mj
'Well , we've g t them all now. " old
'And are you happy ? " fol
I ] suppose so. At least I suppose time
wife is. She keeps tliem all shut nhi
and spends most of her time in out
Surope , but she knows she has them. "
Hie Watering Place.
"I'Te been spending the summer at Jai
watering place. "
"Why , Harry told me yon -were on a t
farm. " Bfc
"Yes , a dairy farm. " Princeton 1
what
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"That fellow , " said Alfred Henry
Lewis , the other day , when a certain
well-known Tammany man was men
tioned , "puts up a good bluff , but
there is nothing to him. Open the
front door and you are in his back
yard. "
Alexandre Dumas' good-natnred
vanity was so undistinguished that
his famous son once said of him in
his presence : "My father is so vain
that he is capable of standing in liv
ery behind his own carriage to make
people think he sports a negro foot
man. "
In a recent number of Cornhill
Magazine , Mrs. Richmond Ritchie
says that Miss norace Smith told her
father a story on which she declared
Thackeray based the opening chapters
of "Pendennis. " It concerned a fam
ily living in Brighton , somewhere
near Kemp Town There was a some
what autocratic father and a romantic
young son who had lost his heart to
the housemaid , and he determined
to marry her. The father made the
young man give his word of honor
that he would not marry clandestinely -
j"
ly , and then , having dismissed him ,
rang the bell for the butler. To the
butler this Major Fendennis said :
"Morgan" ( or whatever his name
was ) , "I wish you to retire from my
Asi
service , but I will give you two hundred
sid
dred pounds in bank-notes if you will
marry the housemaid before twelve
o'clock to-morrow. " The butler said ,
"Certainly , sir , " and the young man
next morning was told of the event
which had occurred , Miss Smith adds
that a melancholy and sensational
event immediately followed ; for the
poor fellow was so overwhelmed that
he rushed out and distractedly blew
his brains out on the downs behind
the house , and the butler meanwhile ,
having changed his two hundred
pounds , sent a message to say that
he had omitted to mention that he
had a wife already , and that this
would doubtless invalidate the cere
mony he had just gone through with
the housemaid.
TOOK. HIM f-OR A THIEF.
"Tourist" in Kansas Had a Koiurh Experience -
perience but Came Out Ahead.
A reformed "tourist" of the govern
ment printing oflice recently told hoAV
he Avas once captured for a burglar ou !
in Kansas , He and his partner had
succeeded in getting about 100 miles
west from Kansas City on the "blind
baggage" of an e&iress train , tea
p Jut where their ro.id crossed a norJi-
andrsouth road. There their train
stopped.
"Then , " said he , "everything alive
in - neighborhood seemed to be mov
ing , and , armed with pitchforks , hoes ,
clubs and all sorts of weapons , a mob
surrounded us and dragged us fr.ra
the platform of the car at least , thej
got me , but my partner kicked one oi
them in the jaw and broke his hold , -
and jumping on the again moving train
escaped. They dragged me up into the *
toAvn , calling me a thief and a scoun-
and other things , even saying thai
anybody could tell by my countenance
that I was a burglar. "
lie demanded to know the crimes
with which he was charged.
"Oh , we know you , " they yelled.
"You're the thief that broke intc
Baggs' grocery store last night and
stole five boxes of sardines. "
' Five b xes of sardines me ? I wist
was ! I haven't eaten as much as
that in six mouths. Oh , how I wish 1
had as much as one , only one poor littU
sardine. "
"Who are you , and where do yoi
come from ? " asked one.
"Im a printer , I am , " said he , "anc
I'm hunting work. "
"If you're a printer , where is yotn
card ? I am an old union printer my
self. "
"Here's my card , all right , " said he to
digging it up.
"Sure. " said his new-found friend
"This fellow is all right This caid
shows that ho left Kansas City this
morning ; so how could he have burgled
Baggs' Last night ? "
He was turn 3d loose. is
"Do you want to go to work ? " ask a
the friend. "What can you do ? "
"Anything that anybody else can d <
straight type , ads , job work , ben < to
rules , drive in dutchmens , kick a press ish
anything at all. "
" All right ; I'll give you a job $1 see
week , " said the country editor foi
It Avas.
"You're on , " said the printer ; "bu
want to get fixed up a litle first bn
besides , it's too late to go to work to in
day. " log
"Here's a dollar , " said his new boss ine
"you'd better go to the hotel to-night. tin
Mr. Printer went and got shavec the
boots blacked , brushed up. supper a ma
( hotel , and everything that hi sti
thought ( was coming to him. and wa1 in
standing out on the sidewalk , picking cai
teflli. Avhen he heard
another trait ered
whistle for the same crossing. H
made ] a break for it , climbed up to hi tioi
perch on the "blind baggage , " anc and
followed after his "pard , " a litle behin the
, but a shave , a shine and a suppe often
ahead of the game , beside the changi pi a
of the dollar. Washington Post roots
Without a Dress to Match. w
'Tour symptoms , madjam , indicat and
Jaundice , " 1)ra
"Jaundice ? But , doctor , I haven , next
suitable dress for thatl" Fllegend * Irat
Blaetter. ' und
ly
Lazy men are always boasting c sized
they are going to do to-inorronr Of i
A "dying ground" of elephants , a re
sort Avbere these animals go to die , was
an interesting discoA-ery by Major
PoAvell-Cotton in eastern Equatorial
Africa.
A sand Avorrn of the northern and
western coasts of France seems to
, ,
liaA-e a sense of time. It is knoAA'n as
"convoluta , " and M. Helm states that
Ji makes green spots on the sand at
IOAV tide and disappears as the tide
rises , and continued ibis course durIng -
Ing fourteen days in an aquarium.
Flowers out of the natural season
are usually obtained by keeping tbc
young plants in cold , dry bouses , and
forcing them later by heat and mois
ture. It is possible to giA-e young buds
premature development by exposing
them to ether , and A. Maumene claims
that such development is not only more
rapid but more regular and complete.
A curious investigation by Alfred
Binet of the Laboratory of the Sor-
, ,
benne lias revealed differences in the
,
handAvriting of the sexes. Numerous
characteristics are traced such as
carelessness in tbe writing of Avomen
and firmness and simplicity in that of
men and an expert graphologist has
,
been able to giA-e the sex of tbe Avrit-
ers of 141 addresses out of ISO. Tbe
AA-riting of old men resembles that of
women.
The latest addition to American or
namental stones reported by Dr.
George F. Kunz has receiA'cd the name
of Califormte. It AVUS first found
about ninety miles from Yreka. Cal. ,
Avhere it outcrops for tAvo hundred feet
as a hard green stone of varying
shades , and taking a high polish. The
material , at first supposed to bo jade ,
proved on analysis to be a massive va
riety of vesuA'ianite. Fine slabs five
feet { square and two feet thick haAe
been found , and the supply seems to
be largo. Similar massive vestiA'ianitc
exists elscAvhere in California ami in
Europe.
The Department of Agriculture is in
formed that the climate of Porto Rico
is favorable for the cultiA-ation of
what has sometimes been called the
finest of tropical fruits , the mango.
But although mangoes abound in the
island , they are seedling trees , and the
fruit is inferior to that of the famous
Bombay mango , which is a grafted
Jroe. It is believed that fine mangoes
could ' be groAvn in abundance in Porto
Rico , . by importing the best grafts , and
that . the industry can be developed
into an important one as soon as the
excellence of the fruit becomes known
.
in the United States.
The Japanese haAe attracted so
much attention and admiration by their
remarkable progress in the ideas and "
practice of western civilization , as well
as by their native genius in art , that
the results of an investigation of the
brain AAreight of the Japanese people
as compared with Europeans must in
terest everybody. For ten years Prof.
Taguchi of Tokyo University has been
studying the brains of his felloAv coun
trymen. He shows that with adults ,
the brain weight compares favorably
Avith that of Europeans of similar
stature , and may even be slightly su
perior. There is one striking differ
ence , however , in the fact that the
Japanese brain grows more sloAvly dur-
ng infancy and early youth than is
the case Avith Europeans. In Japan ,
as everywhere else , there is found a
) ositive relation betAveen brain weight
and staturp. that is , the larger brains ,
enerally speaking , go with the larger
bodies.
FAST BECOMING EXTINCT. at
Said Eaclcs Beinc Sacrificed to the or
Milliners of the Country.
"Our white-headed or bald eagle is
becoming rarer every year , for our na
tional bird is being sacrificed to mihi-
ners. Before long that may be Its only
habitat , " said an attendant at the zoo one
a Washington Star man.
"When on some wild coast we see
one of these birds rise from a cliff and
begin to circle upward , then his mate , ing
larger eAen than himself , and finally a
is
two full-sized broAvn-headed birds of
the
the year follow their parents , the sight
to
worth waiting many years or going
bin
long distance to see. We folIoAV them
with our eyes until they become tiny
motes , then just the trace of one comes
our straining sight , and' they van put
and are lost from view. difi
"In Washington , however , we may ality
the 'courtship gallop' of the bald ing
eagle , watch its nest-building and ob in
serve the domestic economy of this bird fan
the male on guard and tbe female The
brooding her white eggs. The first year tier
which tbe eagles nested in the zoo- love
log-cal ; park the female sheAved great tester
inexperience in her housekeeping. In ster
large flying cage where they spend the
winter in company with crows and enact
magpies they collected a quantity of sen
sticks < and grass around a small hollow upon
the ground , and after lining the nati
cavity with moss the nest was consid ous
finished. refc
"Both birds took part in its construc whc
, and. from the continual chuckling ean
screaming , are presumed to have tL
thoroughly enjoyed their work. Eagles State
nest In trees , and these birds
placed the nesting material round the E
of several saplings , the stems of aroi
\vhich , protruding through the sticks ive-l
moss , looked not unlike the top ivelM
branches of a tall tree. Naturally the E
thing to be thought of was eggs , casl :
this pair of birds had original Ideas caslM
intended , for a thne , at leaat , mere the
to play at housekeeping. A god- : ; Son
stone was brought In the talus
the female from anothar part f Ike
cage ! and placed in the nest and the
work of hatching bi'gan. The male an j
female ( sat on the nest on alternate
days and the bird not so engaged was
1 always perched on a log near by or
1guard. 1 . The following year two egg }
were laid , bluish-white In color anc
about three inches in length.
"The temperament of these birds un
dergoes a complete change at the tim <
of the nesting season. At other timei
they are easily caught in a net and an
not difficule to overpower , seizing everj
opportunity ' of making their escape
But when they begin to plan for theii
nest one cannot approach within twen
ty feet without being attacked by enter
or both eagles. When they rush for
ward , one on each side , and strike witl
beak and uplifted feet , it Is no easj
matter to escape unharmed , as I found
when trying to photograph them , theh
talons | reaching the skin every time
clothing or shoes affording little or nc
_
protection. , "
HIS BESETTING SIN.
How Kph Was Cleared on the Charci
of Dattcincr.
Bphraim A\-as a man of importance
being an elder in the Baptist churc ]
and much given to exhortation , pray
er ] and song , says Lippincott's Maga
zinc. His cabin Avas the scene 01
many a "reviA'al , " and the powerfu
prayers offered by Ephraim on thesi
occasions were fche AAronder and ad
miration of the colored population.
With all his religious ardor , how
ever , there Avere times when the pleas
tires of the Avorld appealed stronglj
to him. Seeing him approach om
morning with downcast eyes and ai
air of general dejection , Colonel Sneac
accosted him thus :
"Hello. Eph ! You look as if yor
\vere going to your own funeral
What's the matter ? ' '
"Well , kunnel , I feels bad , suh , "
replied Eph ; "de 'casion am a ser'ous
one , suh. You knoAv de young folks
done hab a party at Nick Finney's J {
udder night , an' as I's been a'wrastlin
in prayer fer de sahration ob Nick's
soul for a pow'ful long time , I dom
thought I'd 'cept der invertation an
go , an' maybe I mout drap a Avord 01
two dat would tech his heart. Bui
dey was mighty leetle chance ter tali
ter Nick 'bout 'ligion , fer dat niggoi
will dance wheneber he heah a fiddle
Well , suh , I went , an' now dey claims
as IIOAV I was a-dancin' , an' I's ter b
tried ter-day an' put outen de chu'ch. "
"Well , Eph. that's pretty hard luck
but they ought to know that an eldei
of your standing would not indulge ir
anything so Avorldly as dancing , " re
plied the colonel with a twinkle in his
eye , well knowing that Eph's besefc
ting sin was not tripping the light fan
tastic.
"I hopes so , kunnel , I hopes so , " re
joined Eph in a tone of utter despali
as he trudged on toward the town.
Late the same afternoon Colone
Snead heard a voice singing lustil ]
"I'se gwine ter jlne de band , " an <
recognizing Eph , he asked :
"How did the trial go , Eph ? "
"Dey cl'ar'd me , kunnel , bross di
LaAvd ! dey cl'ar'd me "
"Cleared you , did they ? that's good
Then you proved you'd not beei
dancing ? " said the colonel.
"No , suh , kunnel. dey proved it oi
me all right , but dey 'lowed I was
drunk an' didu' knoAV Avhat I was do
in' , so rey cl'ar'd me , kunnel bresj x
do LaAvd ! "
Turbines.
Tbe idea of the steam turbine ii
quite simple , and is similar to that oj
the water turbine or impulse wheel
The practical difficulty which hat
preA-ented the development of goo <
steam turbines lies in the high A-elocitj
which steam can impart to itself in ex
pansion , and the difficulty In efflcientlj
transferring this motion to the wheeli
speeds practicable for constructior j
practical use. Steam expanding
from one hundred and fifty poundf
gauge pressure a square inch into th (
atmosphere is capable of imparting tc
itself a speed of nearly three thousand
feet second , and if it is expanded frorx
hundred and fifty pounds gaug
pressure into tAventy-eia&t inci
vacuum , it can attain a velocity of foui
thousand feet a second. The spout
velocity of water discharged froa
nozzle from one hundred foot head
eighty feet a second , which showi , .
e radical difference in the condition ! ! .
be met in steam and hydraulic tup
bines.
tel
A Trinity of Dangers. In
The trinity of dangers which the re
public has to fear are immorality , in-
differentism , and fanaticism. Immor
produces one or the other , accord Wl
to temperament Unfortunately Jde
the body politic , indifferentism and
fanaticism do not antidote each * other ma
( one is dry rot ; the other , combus
and swift destruction. Men whc sto
< their country enough to be glad red
serve It , and are wise enough t < Wl
steady it ; who honor the law , and of
therefore : are careful what laws thej to
; men who can hasten ultracon be
servatives without losing their hold kin
t
them , and are able to check fa on
aatics without driving them to riot Sod
extremes ; men who discern when gan
-eforin ends and destruction begins and
wish to possess only what thej stai
assimilate and beneficially govert
these in each generation can save thi
, and these only. Century. aga
Bat He Has a Full-Dress Suir. this
Ethel That young man that goa
iround with M-yrtle Is quite impress thoi
ve-Iooking. did
Maude Yes , he works for a bank. and
Ethel What is he paying teller 01 only
ashler ?
Maude Well , I think he only doej
sweeping and the errands Post
lomeoriUe Journal Lc
the
9&sd ! 'a feafcvs aJwsjai foiler ? it Well
LASTING RbLicK
J. W. Walls , Superintend -
perintend ent of"
Streets of Lebanon ,
Ky. , says :
"My nightly rest
Avas broken , owing to irregularities of
the kidneys , suffering intensely from
severe pains in the small of my back
and through the kidneys and I Avas an
noyed by painful passages of abnormal
secretions. No amount of doctoring re
lieved this condition. I began taking
Boan's Kidney Pills and I experienced
quick and lasting relief. Doan's Kid
ney Pills will prove a blessing to all
sufferers from kidney disorders who
will give them a fair trial/ '
Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , Is. Y. . M
proprietors. For sale by all druggists , , i !
price 50 cents per box.
A corner for octoroons will be es
tablished in London , near tbc bank
of unjrland. In a stylish restaurant }
there the waitresses are to ba octoroons
eons of the most , approved chocolate
cream tint. They are to be import *
ed from Louisiana.
Millioni in Oats.
Snlzer's New National Oats yielded in >
1903 in Michigan 240 bn. , in Missouri 25 ?
bu. , in North D.-ikota 310 bu. , and in 30-
othcr States from 150 to COO bu. per
acre. Now this Oat if generally groAvn
in 190-1. Avill add millions of bushels to-
the yield and millions of dollars to the-
fanner's purse. Try it for 1904. Largest
Seed Potato growers in America.
Salzer's Speltz , Beardless Barley ,
Home Builder Corn , Macaroni Wheat ,
Pea Oat , Billion Dollar Grass and Earli
est fanes are money makers for you ,
Mr. Farmer.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10c-
in stamps to John A. Snlzer Seed Co. ,
La Crosse , Wis. , and receive in return
their bis catalogue and lots of farm
seed samples. ( C. N. U. }
ASTO1E
He had called at a house iu the-
suburbs on business , and as he arose
to go lie said :
' 'I believe you were in the lake dis
trict last summer ? "
"Yes. "
"Go fishing. "
"Yes. "
"Catch anything ? "
"One little percb. "
" 'Ha , ha. ha ! Tuat's what 1.ex
pected. Well good night. "
When the caller had gone tbeyir
sairl , inoigoantly :
" 'Kichurd , how can you sit there
and tell stories in that bold way ?
You know we caught over twenty fish
weighing five pounds a piece ; and
that big jack weighed eleven pounds. "
"My aear wire"rpturned the bus-
band soothingly , "You don't know
human nature. That man is now
willing to take my uord for 8500. If
I bad told him of ihore fish he would
have gone aw y believing me to be
the biggest fibber in the country. "
Mrs. j Window's SOOTHING SYRDP for chil-
tfu teetninp , softens the cams , reduces inrta-
matlon , allays pain cures colic. Pi ice 25o bottle.
BROKEN CHINA
Superintendent We are likery to
have a brisk sale of china-ware this.
year , Mr. Tiler.
F oorwalker What makes you
think lhai ?
I see it statpd that long flowing
sleeves j are coming into fashion.-
Boston Transcript.
Poveity and pleasure are not dis
posed to gohand-in-band.
To git beat in sum arguments ii.
more kredit to a man than to win.
I prefer the gravity ov the owl to
the flippancy ov the jakdaw it iz
better to lojk wize than to talk
phoolisb.
Karakter should furnish a man
with hiz habits , not habits with 1m
karacter.
The grate mass ov man kind hav
no karacters at al ! distinkt from
their habits. Such iz the histoty ov
the goose.
DR. FED HIMSELF ,
Fonnd the Knocl tl Tsnvcd
in , Ilfe
A
. good old family physician Avith a
lifetime experience in savin- norm ! * .
finally found himself sick uno Sh
Medicines failed
and-but
let him
? , ' : "For the In * time
mr life of 61
years I
am impelled
to-
' t0 tbc value ?
of a ' "SO
article and I
certainly
not pen these lines except Ta ?
what ]
seems
to
me a direct act of
Mence saved my life and I
S Tat ] t is a bomden
make it known.
"For 3 years I kept failing
' -from my normal
weight
I got too low
to treat mysell 3
put mSv ° f PhySidanS advised m °
my house ia order/ for I would
quickly going the way of all
; /-uf about that time J
° f * * * Predicted
. P -
Curiously enough it quickly be- '
-
to build
me up , appetite returned
dajs T sained G > s. That
to health
case am
