Big Valley.
( Crowded out lor lack of space last week. )
Health is the vital principle of
bliss.
. , Mrs. Groves and daughter Lillian
are on the sick list ;
Wm. Banks passed through Big
Valley last Friday.
Foreman Banks is chief cook at
the Joe Stuart ranch.
Buster Dew is riding a pitch fork
and herding cattle nowadays.
J. W. Groves went to Johnstown
last Thursday after a load of corn.
Miss Anna Tillson closed a most
successful term of school in district
No. 86 last Friday.
We un lerstand that Joe Kennicot
is intending to go to Wyoming to
follow the cattle trail.
We saw some fish hist Sund-u
that Dave Groves caught some
where , but we don't know just where.
David Groves has be uu to shov
el hay. He will be a little soft we
expect after going to school all win
ter.
David Eichardson and son Arthu >
passed through Big Valley last we * k
from the lakes where they bad lxen
trapping. They report the rats al
most all caught.
A report from Minnesota says
there were three weddings in one
family the same day. Of courts *
this is leap ypar but they hadn'i
ought to all leap at once.
( ThH wciX'8 itumi. )
Jesse Brosius has some hay t < >
sell cheap.
Clarence Groves went to town ilu
middle of last week.
Willis Barnard pas-sed through
here one day last week.
Mr. Harris passed through Big
Valley last Thursday.
David Groves has been hauling
hay since shhool was out.
Love can neither he bought uoi
sold , but it may be exchanged.
' , Billy Brosius is working for JOP
X' * 3fGoehran in his brother Je se place.
J. W. Groves was a caller at Wil
son Hros. ranch end day last week.
Mrs. Joe Leader is visiting in
Chadron.Ve suppose Joe makes
a good housekeeper.
A great many are trying alfalfa
in this part of the county , hut we
do not think it will be a success.
March came in like a timid , pit.-
ful , bleating lamb. That is a sign
that it will go out like a wild and
roaring lion.
Last Wednesday was quite breezy
in Big Valley. The wind turned
over sever al hay stacks and raised
up a little sand.
It seems queer that Dave Groves |
does not go over to XVill Smith's
any more. Atl winter he has been
going there from two to six times a
week.
week.We
We noticed a question in the
Woodlake something like this : 'If
a man goes to town to buy bis wife
a silk dress and himself a jug of
whiskey and a plug of tohacca , which
would he forget ? " We are not sine
that he would forget either , hut if j
he did , it most surely would be the
silk dress. *
BIG VALLEY WIZZATID.
Now is the time to get your in
surance on your buildings and
stock. Storms have already begun
> and if you are without insurance
it'will ' be your neglect. It costs but
a trifle to insure against fire , light
ning and tornadoes in the best state
companies. They are represented
by I. M. Rice , Valentine , Nebr.
*
One of the best sales of registered ,
cattle ever held in Northern Ne
braska will be the Hereford offer
ing to be maee at Plainview , Neb.
Friday , March 25 , 1904 , by L. L. !
Young , of Oakland , Neb. , and Holt
Bros. , of Laurel , Neb. Fifty-five
animals of the very best Hereford |
blood strains will be offered. The ,
sale will attract for miles and ;
breeders will be in attendance from
far and near. Eead the advertise
ment elsewhere in this paper , and
write L. L. Young , Oakland , Neb.
for catalogue.
Jv
Plans For Installing Exhibits Complete , and Work Is
Being Rapidly Pushed Transportation Companies
Have Solved the Problem of Caring For
Increased Freight Traffic.
'ITII the opening days of 1001
work on the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition passed into the last
stage , that of installation of ex
hibits and beautifying.
Yet progress on these final touches
has kept pace with the work of con
struction for a major portion of the last
twelve months , so that the line of < lc-
markation between actual building op
erations and final endeavor is diilicult
to Indicate. Thus , even while roofers *
were employed on the Palace of Ma
chinery , the great steel crane , itself an
exhibit , was swinging parts of engines
that might -well be called mammoth
into position , so that the dawn of 1901
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN , IN FKONT OF THE
ELECTRICITY BUILDING , WORLD'S FAIR.
shows nearly all of these modern crea
tors of force in position. And so it is on
Agriculture hill. Nine months ago thou
sands of rosebushes were planted in
order that they might gain strength
from long tenure of the soil , and in like
manner other exhibits of nurserymen
were in place long before snow com
menced to fall.
Tracks are laid in the huge Palace of
Transportation , and turntables have
oeen placed on solid concrete founda
tions. These are being burdened with
locomotives of the latest construction
and with modernly equipped coaches.
In other palaces floor space that has
been marked off is being decorated
and other wizards , transferring bare
walls into places of enchantment.
By an arrangcuent recently made be
tween a transportation company and
the railroads it is believed .there will be
no delay in delivciing the many train
loads of exhibits within the gules of
the Exposition. , Extensive preparations
have been perfected to handle all
freight that comes into the city , and. in
addition to service by a system of big
drays some propelled by steam , others
drawn bj * horses which is designed for
the smaller shipments , car load lots
will enter direct over the several switch
lines that wind in and out between the
buildings.
In order that no delay might be
caused by severity of the weather the
Exposition management looked espe-
ciallj * to the construction of the road
beds during the late fall of 1003 , and
now there is no danger that heavy
drays will be stalled in soft , muddy
places , but all can proceed on a smooth ,
hard surface to the place of destination.
Acting in accord with the general
spirit of facilitating rapid installation ,
the Terminal Railroad Association ,
which , controls all shipments of freight
delivered by roads from Hie east , has
doubled its capacity for handling
freight in both the St. Louis and East
St. Louis yards , and it is now believed
that during the busies } weeks , which
will undoubtedly be those of March and
April , there will be no congestion
across the two big bridges that span
the Mississippi. Should there be. how
ever , resort can be had to the ferry
service , which also has been increased
in order 1o care for any emergency.
Shippers all agree that freight is ar
riving in St. Louis better today than
ever before , and this notwithstanding
the fact that the terminal facilities arc
not quite completed and that a number
of tracks cannot be operated because
of laborers being engaged in their re
construction. A recent test proved that
H consignment of freight from Boston
was delivered in a building on the Fair
grounds seven days after its shipment
from .1 warehouse in that eastern city ,
and all persons who have any knowl
edge of such matters must admit that
this is very fair time.
As for the western roads , they all
have - spursleadingdirect to-the'Expo"- "
sition , and in many instances cars can
be switched direct into the grounds
without even a day's detention in the
yards.
Those who have the work of dcliver-
ing.exhibits in charge say that they can
keep pace with the men who do the in
stalling , and'that , unless the unfore
seen occurs , there should be no delay
in filling the palaces with the wares
that will comprise the wonderful dis
play.
The situation is very satisfactory to
all concerned , and the general belief is
that St. Louis will not only have the
greatest Exposition ever held , but will
also give to the world the only Fair to
be ready on time.
As for the beautifying of the Exposi
tion , it is only a question of putting
the men at work. Every plan has been
made ; all the preliminaries are com-
A FACADE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS PALACE , WORLD'S FAIR.
with handsome interior homes where
various exhibitors will display their
wares , and in many instances the
wares themselves are being placed in
position.
On Government hill several compa
nies of soldiers are preparing for the
mounting of the great rifled cannon
that will make such a formidable dis
play , and under supervision of men
from the United States navy the deck
of a. modern warship is assuming inter
esting proportions.
Art hill shows the palace of stone and
the two annexes ready to receive the
paintings and works of bronze and
marble.
Xo less forward are conditions on
that interesting adjunct to this Univer
sal Exposition , the Pike. All the large
amusement buildings are practically
complete , and within the walls now are
atggo carpenters , creatorg JQ illusions
pleted. The landscape gardeners have
laid out the grounds to meet the ap-
j proval of the most exacting critic , and
it needs only the warm rains of spring
to coax into bloom the seeds , bulbs and
I plants that within a week can be
placed In the soil. In like manner the
color scheme for the palaces has been
definitely arranged , so that painters
have but to follow instructions , and al
most within a fortnight the beautiful i
buildings will shine resplendent in the
j holiday coats that they will wear for
seven months , beginning April 30.
j Long ago eloctrip wire cables were
laid throughout the site , and now it Is
; but a matter of attaching the hun
dreds of thousands of globes which will
, illuminate both the water and the air ,
BO that at night the Wprld's Fair City
'Ehall shine even more resplendent than
luring tlie day.
CLAUDE . . .
.f .n
A Svrlnbnrne Story.
A5tv2ruon Charles Swinburne , the
poet , tells how when a schoolboy at
Eton he found himself once in thi- ame
railway carriage with the head master.
Dr. Goodford , who was grimly reading
a newspaper. Mr. Swinburne's father ,
.who did not know the peculiar shrink
ing of august head masters from
strange parents , interfered with the
reading by asking Dr. Goodford's opin
ion of Algernon Charles. ' 'Now. " con
tinues Mr. Swinburne , "as a matter of
fact Dr. Goodford had never set eyes
on me and probably did not even know
of my existence ; but. enraged. I sup-
postit my father's rather unconven
tional interruption , which he no donbt
considered a slight on his dignity , he
glanced down at me with a scarlet face
and said deliberately. 'Your boy. sir
your boj * is one of th" " < My worst in
school ! ' and then inlrene'jetl himself
once more behind his newspaper. " It
was no use for Algernon Charles to pro
test that Dr. Goodford did not even
know him by sight. "Do ; , ou think. "
retorted Swinburne senior.-"that I am
going to take your word before that of
your head master ? " So there were no
junketings for Swinburac junior in the
Christmas holidays.
Pa rij ell's 1C yes.
"Anent .your allusion to the color of
ravnell's eyes , ' ' writer ; a lady corre
spondent , "many years ago a young
girl passed a man on the staircase of
the Itailway hotel. Wcstport. Ireland.
There was tragedy written all over
him. So uncommon were the man's
eyes that they made clear to the * girl a
phrase in Shakespeare she had never
before understood. 'Eyes like carbun
cles. ' The girl joined her friends and
said , 'I have seen a man with eyes
the color of a solid mounted carbuncle. '
The late Captain Boycott , who was one
of the party , said , 'Then you have seen
Parncll , for he is the only man I know
with eyes that answer to that , and it is
not likely to be he. for if he wcr * in
this neighborhood he would be at Newport - '
port House. ' The party 'traveled to |
Dublin by the evening's mail train. |
At Mullingai1 larnell got into the same
carriage and sat opposite the , writer
who wrote on the margin of the paper
she was reading , 'The man I saw in
the hotel , ' and passed it to Captain
Boycott , who returned it with the add
cd words , 'It is Parnell. ' " London M.
A. r.
A "VVclsh IiC
In Wales there is a legend of Irish
smugglers who arrived at Llar.ddona
many years ago in a boat without rud
der or oars. They were looked upon ,
according to- the Irish custom of send
ing malefactors to a sea doom in this
plight , as outlaws. However , they had
been allowed to land , and a spring of
water bursting forth in the sand at the
place was taken as a sign of their right
to a refuse. But they ill repaid the
Welsh. The men lived by smuggling ,
the women by witchcraft. It was not
possible to overcome the smugglers iu a
fray , for each carried about with him
a black lly tied in a knot of his ker
chief , and the moment the knot was
undone the lly Hew at the eyes of the
opponents and blinded them. If Ihe
Llanddona witches attended a market
and bid for anything no one ventured
to bid against them.
Provisions From Trees.
There is a tree which grows in Su
matra , Algeria and China which is
known as the vegetable tallow tree.
From its fruit large quantifies of oil
and tallow are extracted , and the fruit
is gathered in November or December ,
when all the leaves have fallen. Excel
lent candies arc made from the berries
of a tree which grows in some parts of
Soutli Africa and the Azores.
At Sierra Leone is found the cream
fruit tree , the fruit of which is very
agreeable in taste. In Ceylon there is
the breadfruit tree , from which a food
is made in the same way that we make
bread. It is said to be equally good
and nutritious. In South America we
find the milk tree.
The Xtnrcljonc Family.
The celebrated name of Praise God
Bare-bone was borne by a member of
the Cromwell parliament called togeth
er after the dissolution of the Long par
liament in IGdo. The royalists called
the assembly "Barebones' parliament. "
At the time when General Monk was in
London Barebonc headed the mob that
presented a petition to parliament
against the recall of Charles II. Of the
Barebonc family there were three
brothers , each of whom had a sentence
for a name Praise God Barebone.
Christ-came-into-the-world-to-save Bare-
bone and If-Christ-had-not-died-thou-
liadst-been-damned Bareboue.
Business Vie v of Health/
"Old fellow , yon cught to eat more
fruit. It's cheaper toan paying doctor
bills. "
"But I don't have to pay any doctor
bills as it is. I am never sick. "
"That may be. but if you'd eat more
fruit 3-011 would be able to draw divi- ]
lends on your health. " Chicago Tribi i
line. J
i
Trying : Them On.
"My new play is sure to make a hit , "
said the eminent actress. "It gives me
an opportunity to show twenty superb
gowns. "
"Gracious , how many scenes do you
appear In ? "
"Only five , but one of them's a scene
at the dressmaker's. "
Too Much For Him.
'Tli ° y say that after seven re
hearsals Charley Swimmingtoh actu
ally stumbled through the wedding
ocivqiony. "
"Overtrained , I suppose. " Cleveland
Plain Dealer. .
It ia useless to attempt to reason a
man out of a thing he was never rea
soned iuto.T-Swift.
W. T. Bishop , '
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Valentine , Nebraska.
(1st ( door north 1st National Bank. )
Lincoln Des Moines
Meals Lunches Short Orders
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First class meals at all hours ,
I a.\ ai.d iiij.1.1. C . .Mteisiu
season. Pies , cakes , dough
nuts always on hand.
l.L. Cohota , Prop.
J. L ArHBURM ,
< . extractor an. Build
er in Brick or St-one
Work.
Valentine , -
THE
Lint
Only
Double Track
! iitilr < HHt bt'tirt'1'ti
titnl C/i i < ? / / .
Diri'i't limttt * \t
His.
IHrrvt Hin > to ItHtrl ; Hill *
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Business N otices.
Notices under this heading 5 cents per line
iach Insertion. Among reading matter , 10 cenr >
per Hue each insertion.
All kinds of heavy hardware am
HV.HUI vinHi itnrU Ht K Mreulclander
The Red Front Merc. Co. carry a
3 < > mplete line of sporting goods.
Good fresh Meat and Lard at
Stetters Meat Market. - 26
For all kinds of Undertaking
Groods and Undertaking work call
> n the Red Front Merc Co. 27
Barred Rock , line bred , E. B.
Fhompson Strain , 30 hens , headed
3.y 2 cockrels from J. A. Penn ,
AJta , Iowa , scored by F. II. Shel-
aberger , one 88 , one 891 , Dec 23 ,
L903 eggs for sale , 15 for § 1.00.
Write leave orders Stet-
meor at -
; ers' Meat Market.
Miis. R. A. MARIIALL ,
8 A. Valentine , Nebr.
T1.HKTABM2
Lint"
at O'neili , Nebr.
ioing Kast. Going West.
Leaves 10.10 a m. Armes 9:50 : p. in
. Passenger. dail > except ( Sunday.
'onncctions with Elkhorn trains east and
vest-bound from all points west of O'Naill.
hottest route to Sioux City and beyond.
Through connections for Sioux Falls , Minne-
ipolls , St. Paul and all points north and west.
uy local ti kets to O'Neill.
FBED KOGEUS , G. P. A. *
Sioux City Jowa
sional Card
The Loup Valley Hereford Kanch.
Brownlee , Nebr ,
Prince Boalxlcl
131(593 ( and Curly
Coat 112201 at lieatl
of herd. The blood
of Fowler. Anxieiy.
Jxird Wilton and Sir
Gladstone predomi
nates ic my herd.
No stock for salt * at present. Ranch four miles
nori to-west of Brownlee , Nebr
C. II. FAVI.IIAIKIC ;
MILL PRICES FOR FEED.
iMii , oiilk 75 per cwt $14.00 ton
r orts bujk 85 per cwt $16.00 too
/Oc ' 113.00 "
, . Feed 1.05 $20.00 "
L/orn. . . . . . . . . . . . . .y D " $18.00 "
I .hop corn 1 .OU $19.00 "
fats 1.20 $23.00 "
ETTA BROWN
8UPT , PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Third Saturday of each
month and Friday preceding.
VALENTINE NEBRASKA
H. DAILEY ,
Dentist.
Office over the grocery depannent
of T. C. Hornby's store.
Will b in Rosebud agency July
3rd , Oct. 2nd and Jan. 1 , 190i.
A. N. COMPTON
Physician and Surgeon
1 > ffir.u at Quigley & Chapman's
t rug Store. .Nights The Don-
olier residence. Cherry Street.
Edward S. Fwray
Physician and Surgeon
UJflce Fraternal Hall or El-
lutt's Drug Store. 19un2
Robert G. Easley ,
ATTORNEY AT ] LAW.
over Red Front
GENERAL LAW PRACTICE
Vsileiitine , ISTc"biaslca.
. A. KIMBELL
Barber
Kirstclass Shop in Every .Respect
( ItWuiuuie flair Tonic , Golden Star Bair
'om ' > . Herpteide and Coke's Dandruff Cure.
ry Pompeian Face Massage Cream
John Nicholson ,
Dentist.
Will be in Valentine on the 20 , 21 , 22
ind 23rd of each month. Reserve
, our work for Mm. Office at Donoher
House.
LEEOY LEACH
County Surveyor
Valentine or "Woodlake
K > KRAL. WOHK PlfOMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
HENRY ATTGUSTON
Blacksmith
Brownlee , K
HI * general blacksmithingathard
Mines prices for cash.
. CRAMER ,
City Deliveryman.
nk.s. valises and packages hauled to and
mm the depot and all parts of the City.
'
M. WILSON ,
Proprietor of
Valentine Dray ,
do all kinds of drayinjf , express
nd freight work. Special atten-10 1
given to fine furniture-
-A-y-S Tabules
Uoctors find
A good prescription
For mankind
The 3-cent package s euoush tor usual occas
ions. The family bottle ( GO cents ) contains a
iupply for a year. All druggists sell them.
