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
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' 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
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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
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