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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1904)
Big Valley. J. W. . Groves went to town for a load of coal last week. As a rule stock looks fine' and everyone has plenty of bay. Jesse Brosius went to Woodlake one day last week after a load of freight for J. E. Cochran. Bernic Tinkham , ibe bandleader , bas been baling bay up by Ai abia , but is almost done now. W m. Banks bas a bad cold but is getting better. He must bave been working witb one overshoe off. Clarence Groves got some traps to catch some musk rats witb , but they , were a new kind and proved to be of no use. The Cherry Valley Cow Boy Band are intending to meet hereafter on each Saturday night and have a ' 'general round up of music. Paul Kennicott , Jr. has been work ing for George Bake well , but is at home at this writing and Charley Lydiatt is working in his place. We heard Clarence Groves and his brother out beating around in the dark the other night trving to play a tune on a base drum and an alto born. Of course they did not succeed. Joe Kennicott and "Buster" Dew has an invitation out for tender foots. Perched on a fence post is a box about two feet square shot full of holes. Tenderfoots that are not up to Gopher Gulch timea had bet ter look wise and stay away. BIG VALLEY WIZARD. Itritt Items. HOW de r to our huarts arc the N blizzards , When h\vlt'y ' thu old north wind carries thw.ii tb rough ; The whIUi glistening snow-drift , the cold J > iliMit sflow-imft , And oVu th * drep snow-drift that banked up the door. Edith Broad began teaching at Kewanee last week. Arthur Broad went to town last week with a load of corn. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are the proud owners of a baby girl. Mrs. D. Kellogg has been visit ing at Valentine the past week. Coyotes and rabits are as plenti ful as snow-drifts in this locality. Mr. Britt and his son , John , are out hunting today. Success to you , boys. Messrs. Sanner and Bullis were visitors at Dry Creek school last week. The people in the vicinity of Britt are kept busy now-a-days shelling corn. Andrew Miller and wife have moved to Valentine to enjoy city life for awhile. We wonder if anyone is still wishing for more wintry weather than w"e had last week. Henry Fowler and family have been visiting with old neighbors in the hay-flats the past week. Messrs. Bullis , Dunn , Kellogg and Novak have been putting up ice on Dry Creek. They expect to keep cool during the warm sum mer months. Mrs. McKay , of Illinois , is visit ing at the home of her daughter , Mrs. Dave Dunn , this winter. She is well pleased with Cherry coun- sty and we trust that she may de cide to make this her future home. BLYXKEX , NOD. Wood take. We have had some snow but is nearly gone .now. Elza Vandergrift was in town last week from Goose Creek. Mr. Klingaman was in town Fri day. day.E. E. B. Gowin has been sick for two or three days. Mrs. Paul has been quite sick but we have not learned the cause. The dance given at Honey's hall Friday night was well attended. Grandma Handy died Tuesday morning. Itev. Cumbow conducted ' the funeral Wednesday afternoon. . ; ' Pr. Hall was called out to Joseph Kreycik's Sunday on account ot the illness of little Charley who has lung fever. bMion Lavitf , who has heen work ing for Jim Wilson , returned to this town with a sprained ankle. Rev. Wells held service Sunday morning and evening. He will hold service again Feb. 5Mi. Everybody invited. Eev. Cumbow will hold revival meetings next week. Come every body. Anyone finding a brown hair switch in Woodlake , please leave at Young's store. Remember the literary FeK 5th- A leap year dance will be given at Honey's hall Friday , Feb. 5th Everybody invited. Roy Rnndell has been enlisted in the U. S. Army. Manly Wyman has arrived in ' Virginia we understand and is very proud of that country. A bunch of sheep were driven in town today. Mrs. C. E. Kinkead is in Valen tine on business. Allie Hayen , from Johnstown , made a flying trip out to Hollen- beck'y Monday. Mrs. Richardson's father , Mr Dayton , has arrived here and in tends to make his future home uith us. Mrs. Eva Blakcly left for Bone- steel w ere she will meet her hus band. They intend to make their home in S. D. WHO AM I ? HOGS AND THEIR CASE The bos is an omnivorous animal and needs "roughage" and green feed for bis best health and growth. A certain amount of grain feed is needed to grow bogs with the greatest profit , and still more is necessary to fatten and tit them for market. When young animals have an abundance of range with a good supply of nitrogenous foods , like al falfa , clover , vetches and cowpeas , corn makes a valuable addition to the ra- tioiu but should not be given in excess and will usually be found rno'fe profita ble if mixed with shorts , bran or other feed containing a large proportion of protein. For young pigs bran is not so good as shorts , and ground cowpeas may be used in the place of the latter when the price exceeds $20 per ton. Feeding for the finish should not be gin more than ten or twelve weeks be fore the hogs are to be sold. For the last six or eight weeks corn is undoubt edly the best grain , as the feed con sumed during this time greatly influ ences the quality of the meat. Hogs take on flesh rapidly during the first weeks of heavy feeding , but longer feeding means slower gains. Quick work pays in fattening as well as in growing hogs , and when the animals are on good feed and fail to make a gain of at least one pound daily they should be sold or butchered. Market your hogs at six or eight months of age , at which time they should weigh 200 to 230 pounds. A greater per cent of profit is secured than if you keep them until ten or twelve months old. because you avoid sixty to 120 days of daily animal waste. However , a hog which is made to weigh SOO pounds at one year is quite profitable. Farmer's Advocate. How to Market Hogs. After I have my hogs fattened I would not drive them to market , says John Cownie. I live three miles from a railway station. Whenever I have driven them that distance I have a loss of from five to seven pounds. If I hauled them I have never had a shrink age of more than one and a half to two pounds. Then I would have my cars well bedded , ride with them myself , go with them to market , stay with them in the yards , water , feed and stay by them until they cross the scales. When ever I get some one who can tend to that better than I can I will turn it over to him. There is money in the hog business if it is properly conducted. There is no money in it if it is not properly conducted. HOST Cholera. Ilog cholera is rare in the southwest. In fact , it does not exist unless imported in infected hogs or infected stock cars , says Farm and Ranch. The bureau of animal husbandry is now working on a formula for the cure of. hog cholera , and it is claimed with some hope of success. . The Usual Way. "I suppose Jinks is proud of his boy. but he hasn't taken the usual way of showing his friends that he is. " "What do you mean ? " "He hasn't told them that his son is so big for his age that he has to get a suit made for a fourteen-year-old when he is only eleven. " Cincinnati Times-Star. A Little Outside Help. "I understand that politician is a self made man. " "He is , entirely except for a couple of coats of whitewash which he has received from investigating commit tees. " Syracuse Heralfi. HOR.SES AND THEtR CARE The farm and stock papers are all giving treatment for ba'king horses , most of them recommending as a cure certain manipulation * of tin * animal's foot. This treatment has beer , prac ticed for a hundred years. We have tried it. having had much experience with balkers. says Farm and Hunch. We have known a balky horse to stnvt immediately after hammering on the sole of one front foot , and we have known many such treatments to fail entirely. At best we consider this treatment only a temporary expedient. Here is a treatment we have often used and never known a failure , and if persisted in for a week or two it cures the fault permanently : Take a small rope and firmly attach it to the horse's tail. Take a turn on the doubletree or crossbar , giving slack enough to tighten the traces. If the horse -e- fuses to pull lighten this rope until the draft comes on the tail. No horse ever refuses to pull by his tail. Wh n the horse starts the tail hold may be relaxed until the draft comes on the traces again. Many balking horses will refuse to start , and others will stM't oil all right , but if stopped will refpse to pull. The way to treat this form of vice is to pull on the tail rope until the draft comes partially on the tail. Then he will go. The tail draft uviy then be gradually relaxed until all * 'io draft rests on the traces. Persist > n this treatment , and a permanent ref ormation is a sure result. A Texas Star. The illustration show * Harry Gray , .the first prize combined horse at the San Antonio ( Tex. ) fail1. Hov - Your Colt 3Iny Be Ilnrt. Too many people who allow the suck ing colt to follow the mare do not remember - ' member that a young colt is not strong enough to follow cither in a long.dri"e or at work all day. If they stopped to think how young the colt is and how little muscle he has they would shut him up in some cool , comfortable place while the dam is in use. The rule is that a young colt should be where he can lie down and rest two- thirds of the time. At first , until he gets a little used to the separation , great care should be taken to shut up the colt where he cannot possibly injure himself. Don't put him in a pasture where he can rush against a barbed wire nor in a stable with a large win dow where he can jump out and break his leg. A plain box stall without undulations in the floor , without manger or ties of any kind , is best. No other young ani mal is more likely to get into trouble , and no other is so easily damaged. Farm , Field and Fireside. Xo Patent on It. Some of the best horses ever brought to America were bred by the farmers of England , France and Belgium. These men got a good mare or two. used them to work their farms , bred them to the best sires they could find , pro ducing stallions that had admirable conformation and disposition for draft horse sires. Some of the best trotters ever bred were produced by farmers who owned well bred road mares and mated them to good stallions. Who will say that these men , who use the dams for the purpose for which their produce is intended , cannot produce horses that are equal to those of the great breeding establishments ? asks Stockman and Farmer. They can and often do. There is no patent on horse breeding , no advantage in favor of the millionaire who keeps his brood mares in idleness over the farmer who works or drives his. It will pay any man who has a good mare to give her a chance to do her best , and that means to mate her properly and take care of her progeny. Barley an Food For Koraca. While it is undoubtedly true that oats are the standard grain food for horses and will probably continue to be so through all time , yet there is a wide place for the feeding of barley , not only to colts while growing , but also to horses at work , and for fattening old horses it would probably be correct to say that there is nothing like it. In feeding barley it is not customary to feed it right along , the same as oats , although to young colts that are grow ing it may sometimes be fed once a day to advantage , suggests the Farmer. To horses at work it is usual to feed it two or three times a week , but when the object in feeding is to fatten old horses and put them in condition for selling then it would be well to feed barley to them every day. The favor ite old time method of preparing barley ! for such feeding is to steam it. This is considered preferable to boiling. It is thought to be a matter of some importance to know just how far the steaming process should be carried. It is not considered judicious to steam it to the point of causing the grains of barley to burst open. It is steamed enough when it allows moisture , to es cape when squeezed between tfcq finger A Costly Care. The hydrinus. or serpentine , called in Italy ranocchia , or frogskin , from its Ui. ttil ! appearance , a stone of a rich , dark green color , with shades and s-pott ; resembling a serpent's skin , is ptnular- ly believed to be a sppcitic for rheuma ' tism. CamilJo Leonardo , one of the earliest authorities to describe carefully the virtues of precious stones , thus quaint- Jy speaks of it : "It restores such suflVr- ers to health if they will stand in the sun. holding it in the hand for three hour ? , as it causes the discharge of all the poisonous moisture in the body. " Great care , however , must he taken , he warns us , in using it. as it tends at the same time to abstract the natural mois-1 ture of the body. Ground to a powder and taken in wardly , it ij ? said to cure the stone and vet < omous bites , and in particular it I * a potent charm to drive awayserpents of aII sorts. - t Though soft enough to be easily cu , ' or turned , serpentine admits of a high polish and is much prized for orna mental purposes. j IJcanty and the Uea.sl. There was as much truth as boasting in the statement of John Wilkes. the famous London alderman , "Ugly as I am. if I can have but a quarter of an hour's start I will get the better of any man. however good looking , in the graces of any woman. " Of Wilkes' abnormal ugliness thoiv was never any question. "The children in the street ran away affrighted at the sight of him. " And yet his powers of fascination were so treat that women of beauty and fashion vied with each other for his notice , while handsome men of all courtly graces were neglected. It was said that there were few beau ties of the day whose hand Wilkus might not have confidently hoped to win. lie married one of the richest and loveliest women of his tim . "Beauty and the beast , they rail us. " Wilkes once said to a friend , "and I cannot honestly lind fault with the de scription. " Murk Twniii and \Vlii tler. Mark Twain thus described his iirst meeting with James MacNoiil Whistler : "I was introduced to Mr. Whistler , " he said , "in his studio in London. I had heard that the painter was an in corrigible joker , and 1 was determined to get the tietter of him if possible. Seat at once I put on my most hopelessly stupid air , and I drew near the canvas that Mr. Whistler was completing. " 'That ain't bad , ' I said-'it ain't I bad ; only ifcrc in this corner' and I made as if to rub out a cloud cflVct with my finger 'I'd do away with that cloud if 1 was you. ' "Whistler cried nervously : " 'Gad , sir , be careful there ! Don't you see the paint is not dry' ; ' " 'Oh , that don't matter , ' said I. 'I've , got my gloves on. ' "We got on well together after tlujt. " Pascal's Early Observation , Blaise Pascal , who wrote a remarkable - ! able treatise on the laws of sound , was constantly observing the familiar oc currences about him even as a boy. When he was only ten years old he sat at the dinner table one day striking his plate with his knife and then listen ing to the sound. ' What are you doing with that plate , Blaise ? " asked his sister. "See , " ho replied. "When 1 strike the plate with my knife it rings. Hark ! " Again he called forth the sound. "When I grasp it with my hand so , " he continued , "the sound ceases. I wonder wbj * it is. " Michael Angela. Michael Angelo , while painting "The Last Judgment , " fell from lite scaffold and received a painful injury in the leg. lie shut himself up and would not see any one. Bacio lioiitini , a cele brated physician , came by accident to see him. He found all the doors closed. No one responding , he went into the cellar and came upstairs , lie found Michael Angelo in his room , resolved to die. His friend the physician would not leave him. He brought him out of the peculiar frame of mind into which he had fallen. Brazilian Coffee. Brazilians are great coffee drinkers. Numerous cups are drunk each day by the average man and woman. The beverage is made very strong and very sweet. It produces an exhilaration of a more intense and lasting kind than beer. Those addicted to this habit be come very restless and scarcely able to sit still or stand still even for a mo ment. ITucd to Fill Up. Mrs. liillus ( after the company had gone ) Johnny , you shouldn't have eat en those preserved fruits. They were not Intended to be eaten. They were put on the table to fill up. Johnny Billus Well , that's what I used 'em for. mamma. AH Exception. Aseiim He's particularly pleasant when yon get him in a reminiscent mood , don't you think ? Borroughs Not always. He was in | just such a mood the other day and re called a loan of $3 he had made to me. ' Exchange. , The Better Way. ( "Shure an' I hate to be 1'avin' ye , Dennis. " "Ach , Xora , me darlint , I can't bear the siperation. If we must part let's go t'gither. " Kansas City Journal. t Experienced. - ' 'Women feel where " men think , said \ the female with the square chin. - , 'Tes , " sighed the man who had been married three times ; ' 'that's why men ft , . . . T3 I - i'i M : Is Lunches Short Orders 1 : ! : -SU j I ( , ' First ckws meals at all hours , ' di.v : and r.ljihl. O.vstci > in : ' season. Pics , cakes , doigh- : mits always on hand. Jh.L. Cohota , Prop. THE ST i IM Only Double Track bvttrwn Jinnonri tnui Cliivityo. Diiwt line to St l'tuil-JIliiiH' < ij > - > l is. I > it'-rt dm' to linic/ : Hill * ' / ' / ' ' / / fl > " ' " * ft tltJCII' / ! ' I'tltfr- nut ft find fillli' rtli'lls Business Notices. Notices under this heading 5 < ! erit pr-r line I'liHi Insertion Ainotu reading mutter , 10 rent * p > r 'lne eacb insenlou All kinds of heavy hardware and wood Htock at E. Breuklanders. Good fresh Meat and Lard at Stetters Meat Market. 26 I am now ead } to take orders for line Knil Underwear for ladies and and children. MRS. ELMORE. 86 For all kinds of Undertaking Goods and Undertaking work call on the Ked Front Merc Co. 27 Do not pump water by hand. Buy the old reliable Eclipse Wind Mill. 47 LUDWIG LUMBER Co. Lit ics Hiul 11 * ' * * Kkirt . Orders taken for Beady-Made Tailor Skirts at leasonable prices. MRS. ELMORE . LOST ! One brown yearling horse colt randed , jjJBji on left hip. 2 I ) . STIXAKD , Valentine , i will be paid for information lead ing to the recovery of one brown mare , stolen from my homestead northeast of Valentine , Christmas night. Said mare is branded H S L under mane , is 10 years old and about 1100 pounds ; has white spot in forehead , one white hind foot , one front foot scarred above fet- l"ck from wire cut , and is of alow > nd Mocky build. F.V. . MUMFORD , 50 Valentine , Nebr. Chicago Minneapolis Ilia Wood Alain Office Manhattan Building , ST. PAUL , MINN. Dealers * in Stock , Grain , Provisions Bi > uiriit and s ld tur c.ish m carried rj > etsi > nable martins , upon Ahich a commission will he oiiar 'il of i m gram , mi storks an i i o- < flax | Private Wires. I u rite for out m.irkiM letter and pri- j t' tel nr-ph cipher mailed fre . . HP Y U Q I I US' i ' 'Minn ? Returns BeFa Lil r.i | . \ l\ .IM ) r- Usual Commissions BRANCH OEFICE Valentine , Nebraska. FirM < > o r irtlnif Kisit .Nal. m l Cank. Lincoln Des Moines The Red Front Merc. Go. carry a complete line of sporting goods. FOR SUROR KK-T Salmm building , togi'ther with fixtures and furniture complete. Also good five room dwelling house with excellent well and small barn. Easy terms. A. B. EXES , CrookstpUi Neb. Professional Cards. Th L < ij \.i ! ' - \ Hereford linuch. UrowiiIe ' , 'Xebr. ' ' Prince iu : K : i ami Curly Civil 112-ji si ilCt ; < | of li > r l Tin1 i > io Hl ol I'mvl " . Aii'Viy. l.l'HltilOII ill .I MP ( lU'lstoiif I > r -.1- s in my I. * . . * . . No strw-k fale : it pruienl. Ki.iU ; f-nr rule.- . LOI th-wL > 4 f Brounlcvi Nebr. C.ll. FAUt.HAItKK. MILL PRICES FOR FEED. Bran , bulk 75 per cwt $14.00 ton shorts bulk 85 per cwt $16.00 too Screenings 70c $13.00" Chop Feed . . . .1.05 $20.00 Cora . .95 " 118.00 " Chopcorn 1.00 " $19.00" Onts 1.20 " $23.00" John Nicholson , Dentist. Will be in Valentine on the 20 , 21 , 22 and 23rd of each month. Reserve your work for him. Ollice at Donoher ETTA BROWN I SUP F. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION , Examination Thiid Saturday of each month and Friday preceding. VALENTINE NKBRASKA 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. 1 , 1904. HENRY AUGUSTON Blacksmith Brown lee , A'ebr. Does general hlacksraithingathani times prices for cash. H. M. CK AMER , City Deliveryraan. Trunks , vsilisus and packages ImuJed to and mini tin.flf pol mid : ilt parts of the City. W. A. KIMBELL Barber First-cla B Shop in'Every ilespect K-.II df ( jiuiiiiir Hair To io , Goldeu Star Iialr loui . HtTpteide and Coke's Dandruff Cure. ' ry Pompeiau Face Massage Cream LEKOY LEACH County Surveyor Valentine or Woodlake 1 hit KHAL.'OKK rKOMPTLY ATTENDED TO : A. N. COMPTON Physician and Surgeon ' > fhVe ? it Quigley & Chapmah'i i > rng Store , lights The Don r residence , Cherry Street. Edward S. Furay Physician and Surgeon Offlce Fraternal Hall or El liott's Drug Store. 10uri2 F. M. WALCOTT ATTORNEY * ABSTRACTER Valentine , Nelir. - M h iu District Court and U. S. Land 'flic . * . . Real Estate and Sanch Property - M < -.nd Robert G. Easley , ATTORNEY AT IiAW. Office over Cied Front GENERAL LAW PRACTICE Vsilcntine , DR. F. M. BLAKE , DENTIST. CPBooms at Mrs. Shore. Valentine - Nebraska. M. WILSON , Proprietor of Valentine Dray , Will do all ki s of draying- , express and freight work. Special attention give , to tine furniture. If you need a gun or some am munition call on the Bed Front Merc. Co. the , can supply all your wints. . ' 36 8-
