Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, April 07, 1904, Image 6
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT I. M. RICE , Publisher. TALENTINE , NEBRASKA. The truth that hits is the truth we hate. The high livers do not reach the heights of life. Radium , you may have observed , Is now guaranteed to do all those things that liquid air was going to do a few years ago. lime. Nordlca doesn't get any ali mony , but her case Isn't so bad. She won't have to support the gentleman any more. It appears that when a society wom an writes a magazine article she fur nishes a paragraph or two and the editor does the rest Possibly the reason so many men make fortunes on a thousand or two a year is because they do not let the left hand know what the right hand is doing. The Hon. Bourke Cochran , who says the United States is the "hoodlum of the world , " has no objections to being one of the hoodlum's hired hands at $5,000 a year. The outcome of this war is going to be disagreeable either way. Every body hopes Russia will be whipped , but if Japan wins how will it be pos sible hereafter to hold the Jappies ? When it becomes established that radium will cure cancer It will then appear that about the only disease in the treatment of which medical science has made no progress since the Pharaohs Is baldness. A Chicago man wants a divorce be cause his wife insists on moving more than six times a year. Evidently that gentleman thinks there may be such a thing as running the brealdng-home- ttes business into the ground. Sympathy for "Whitaker Wright is now being aroused in England. Wright's great mistake was in not committing his sins over here , where b.e might , instead of taking poison , have taken advantage of a technical ity of some kind. "The king can do no wrong' even In an automobile. The act of parlia ment requiring the registration and numbering of motor cars and the reg ulation of their speed does not apply to King Edward , nor does his majesty need a driving license. Of the immigrants lauding In the United States during the fiscal year , 511,302 had less than $30 , and 1S3.GG7 could neither read nor write. It is no sin to be poor , but it seems wicked that there are so many adults in the world who have never been to school. Something wrong somewhere. According to the doctrine of chances , a boy who has no middle name is more than twice as likely to become Presi dent of the United States as one who has a middle name ; and the boy who has more than three names has no chance at all. Of the twenty-five men who hare filled the office of President , seventeen had two names each for Tan Buren is one name , and not twaw Since 1880 no triple-named President Sxas been elected except Mr. Cleveland , who gained a chance by dropping his test name. Lieutenant General Young , the retlr- ( lag chief of staff of the army , sent a package to General Chaffee , his suc cessor , with this note : 'Private Young. Company K , Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry , presents his com pliments to Private Chaffee , Troop K , Bixth United States Cavalry , and asks blm to accept this pair of lieutenant o yeneral's shoulder straps. " There never e t was a more significant illustration of the opportunities enjoyed by young iik iit men ha this country than Is given by t this note to the new chief of staff t from his predecessor. n h It Is a remarkable fact , when proper- Jy viewed , that a parent cannot be f.a f.I queath his own experience to his child. a I A parent can give his child the example c ample of right living , advice and a inoney , but he cannot give his personal s Experience. Suppose I could bequeath Xny experience to my boy ? And my Hr r < boy to his boy ? And so on. In a few u generations we should have a perfected u fiumanity. Why this plan of redeeming si ing the race did not recommend itself sit t : ( to divine wisdom we cannot say. As JR. matter of fact , every person must ibecome a pupil in the school of experi- jsnce. The old adage says , "Experience C ! 01 is a dear teacher , but fools will learn > n no other. " That is not true. Expe rience Is a dear school in which all men , wise and foolish , must learn. aj jBut One must distinguish between experience and wisdom. Wisdom is P < knowledge In action. Wisdom Is ap- tolied experience. Many persons learn p. lesson by experience and then fail to la toroflt by it Many persons suffer and fehen fall to get strength out of the Buffering. This Is true : The highest rood will to until fi never come you you ' lire prepared to receive it The best rifts of life will never be yours until ; he way has been cleared for them by a the applied lessons of experience. T Fear of the tomato , which arose fCrom the fact that it was a cousin to enbane , belladonna and the deadly ai Is rapidly disappearipw. 31 Ten years ago a hundred and five mil lion cans were put up in this country. Last year the output of the canuers in the United States and Canada was two hundred and forty-two million cans , of which Maryland produced more than the total output o 3803. Indiana , West Virginia , DelaAvare , California and New Jersey , in that order-follow Ma ryland as the chief tomato States. To matoes are not the only fruit that grows in cans which appeals to the cultivated American taste. Green corn is about half as popular as tomatoes. Illinois is the chief corn-canning State , with a record of about twenty-five mil lion cans. Iowa comes next , and New York third. It looks from these fig ures as if the vegetable-raisers amend the alleged practice of the fruit-grow ers in the West can all they can and eat all they can. But it is not vegeta bles and fruit alone that are preserved In tin. No one need eat fresh food un less he prefers it , for the market con tains canned roast beef , canned tongue canned chicken , canned veal loaf , can ned soups , canned pork and beau canned beans , canned beets , cannot , peas and canned almost everythin except canned digestion , and that ] put up In glass bottles at the druggists ready to be taken along with the thing.- in tin. A club lady in Chicago , in a meet ing of matrons to discuss the great is sues of life , when asked how to man age a husband so as to secure doiupstu tranquility , promptly answered "Feet the brute plenty of good , well-cookei food , " and the club ladies all made a note of it , and it is believed the ex periment is now on extensive trial ii the windy city. This recipe for do mestic happiness suggests a menageri view of married life , and may furnisl a reason for the tendency to boaro rather than keep house , that Is S ( strong upon many married people. Ir this view it is complimentary to thr sense of justice of the brute. Fo what dyspepsia he gets at a boarding house table he does not blame his wife but the landlady. She cares nothin for the growling of the animals a' feeding time , provided they don't di in the house and will be buried fron the undertaker's melancholy parlors This new plan for peace foreshadow also the permanent disarming of th domestic forces , since young ladie1- about to assume the task of marrying one of the brutes will be impelled to acquire a knowledge of the mysterip of cooking in order to live happy evo' after. When this art is generally at tained tbe boarding-house landladie will be overtaken by lack of trade an. will be punished for their many tran * gressions. So a beautiful vista open in front of the American home and the dove is likely to build her nest ii the stomach of that brute , the Am on can husband. Abbreveyated Courtship. Dan Cupid shotte atte my sweteherte' . herte , Butte shee dodged , and ye nrrowe Mr See I tooke avme atte hyr swete reddt lippes And , in spyte of hyr dodgeying , Kr. Ye dere lytel soule was quyte dysmayd , Butte , explayning I was ye Dr. , I quyck applyde more two-lyppe salve , And in my urines' craydel Rr. Slice whyspered that sheeM a syster bee , And "woldent I bee juste a Bro ? " "Notte muche , pette ! " I sayd , "trie thy * instedde Heir I jentlie gayve hyr Ano. ? 'My trewe luve , canst thou notte bee 013 bryde ? " I questyoned and pressed for ye Ans A softe voyce behynde myue eare replyde "You're see pressyng , perhappes 1 Cans. " fl fln Nowe , "faynte herte never wonne laydi fayr" Nee , nor ever chaynged Miss to Mrs. An ye luve a mayde , bee notte afrayde , Butte , when arrowes flie wyde , trie Krs. Harper's .Magazine , Housekeeping in France. In a talk by Miss Maria Parloa on French housekeeping , she said thai economy and patience were two strong traits of the French housekeeper. Many Inconveniences and conditions un known to American housewives have a to be overcome , but , notwithstanding tills , the French home is a model of t neatness and comfort outside of , per haps , the one point of temperature , Cor . in France the question of fuel is in important one. According to Miss Parloa , French cookery Is not compli cated , as is generally supposed ; for ex * irnple , the usual French breakfast consists ' sists : of a cup of coffee or chocolate without cream and a slice of bread or roll , and high seasonings of food are g mknown , herbs and vegetables being i ised in preference to spices. This t statement of the situation Is contrary a o the general belief , and certainly if t tve accept it as literally true , the high- T y-seasoned dishes we obtain in Ameri .B can large cities must be originated by .Bf thers than Frenchmen. f .B They Favor the Other Sort. .BO "I suppose you and your daughters igree pretty well ? " "Agree perfectly , except on just one joint" "What's that ? " * "I'd prefer self-supporting sons-in- * aw. " Cleveland Plain Dealer. Not lor Bale. r "Lots for sale , " read the thought , rs rn 'ul man as he passed along the street s 'Yes , I suppose that's true , but thank f joodness , there are a few of us yet a hat money won't buy. " Boston a Cranscript tl * The Czar's Scepter. fn The Russian state scepter la of solid fold , three feet long , and contains 8 .rnong its ornaments , 208 diamonds , ° GO rubies and 15 emeraldi. c WOMEN WORKERS IN F7ELD& Of 4,41O,91O Ajrricnltnral Laborers in United States G01,1O3 Are Women. In an Agricultural Department bulls { In , the total number of agricultura laborers in the United States is placed at 4,410,010 , of whom 2,306,140 an "members of the family ; " that is , "som and daughters who help to work th old homestead" or " help Uncle Dai with the 'craps , ' " and 2,044,761 an hired laborers. A surprisingly large number oJ iwomen are classed as hired farrt help. The total number is 220,048 Naturally , the greater number of thest are in the South , where the negr < Women are an important factor In thi gathering of cotton , corn , and other crops. There were 441,055 women classed as farm laborers , "member * of the family , " and the vast majority of these were also found in the South where negro women taking an active part in the work in the field is an or dinary sight South Carolina leads in the nuiubei of women hired laborers , \vith 35,581. and Alabama Is next , with 34,083 Then come Georgia , with 30,805 ; Miss issippi , with 30,134 ; Louisiana , witl 23,290 ; and North Carolina , with 20 , 407. Virginia has 5,382 of thes- women and Maryland has 485. Mississippi leads all the States ir female laborers "members of the faui lly , " with a total of 77,599. Then fol low Alabama , with" 74,315 ; Souti Carolina , with 65,8G9 ; Georgia , witt 54,890 , and North Carolina , with 37 , 490. Virginia has 4.8-11 , and Marylam 387. 387.Farm Farm wages have almost uniformlj shown an upward tendency since 1891) ) and , in many States , they are no higher than they have been since the Civil War. The average farm wage * for the entire country for 1902 , as fai as could be learned , were $22.14 pel month , without board , as opposed it $20.23 In 1S99. Where board wai furnished by the employer the rat < of increase was still higher. In 1002 the average monthly wages of a farm hand who lived with 1m employer were $16.40 , and in 1899 wer < 514.07. The highest monthly wages , wit ! board , were paid in Nevada , $34.14 Montana , $32 ; Wyoming , 31.21 ; Idaho $29.79 ; Utah , $29.45 ; California , ? 29. 88. The poorest monthly wages , witl board , were paid in South Carolina $8,24 ; Georgia , $9.30 ; North Carolina $9.61. Maryland's average , with board was $12.67 per month , and Virginia's $11.29. The highest wages per day In har ' vest season , the employer furnishing the board , were paid in North Dakota , $2.18. The only other States that aver aged more than $2 per day were : Souti Dakota , $2.08 ; Minnesota , $2.04 , and o Washington , $2.01. Virginia's average pay at harvest time was $1 per day , and Maryland's $1.14. Kansas , which kicked up a lot ol excitement about its inability to ge- ' harvest hands at any price , paid f daily average wage of only $1.57 Ir c 1902 , an increase of only IS cents it 3t the three years from 1890. St Louii Republic. CHILD FORGOT HER MANNERS ' Why the Little Girl Was Rebnked bj Her Nejrro "Mammy.'r ) If you had happened to be walklnf down Executive avenue a little tirnt after dark on the day after Christinai you might have seen among the crowc * bf nurses and children issuing fron the iraite house a very stout elderlj negresa and a bunchy child in a whit * coat and big white hat says the Wash ington Post The child was eagerlj telling of the wonders of the party , t and mammy was listening with intens < tx pride. Suddenly mammy stopped short "I done forget to ask you till this minute , " she said. "Did you pay youajr y respects to the president's lady ? " The child looked bewildered. M "I don't know , " she said. "Did you tell her good-by and 'spress youah enjoyment of the party ? " "I forgot it" the child confessed much abashed. Mammy sighed. "My lan'l" she said in utter discour agement "If that ain't the mortify- Ingest thingl Here I done brought yet to the white house , and tol' you to b [ sure to shake hands with the presi Q dent's lady and tell her you certainlj time and is rnuci has had an enjoyable ti obliged to her for the honor of invitins tifi you , and you goes and forgets. I cer fin tainly is mortified to death. The pres ident's lady is a-telling her childrer n 'bout It this very minute. She's a-say- a ing : 'That little girl what had on th < fi great big sash certainly did look .fine fitl but she ain't got no more mannen tl than a shanty child. ' You's Just goni tlI and disgraced your fam'ly. You cer tainly is trying. You's been to tin white house , and you's certainly acted [ shameful. My lan'l " And as the crestfallen child who ha < forgotten her manners was led awaj n up the street mammy delivered hersel' of her final shot of humiliation : "I certainly blushes for you , I does , ' I she said. li Curling Popular In Canada. liI lit One of the most popular of Canadiai I winter sports is curling , which is sai < n have originated in Scotland. Ti the uninitiated the sight Is that of fou ; s men sweeping the Ice ; but there Ii 1 ; method In the game , and the curling n stones and tees are arranged carefully nP nt for a scientific player is keen to taki P advantage of every ruling. The tea 3 are placed thirty-eight yards apart the players stand behind a tee , and thi score is marked on he Ice seven yard ! front of each tee. Of course thi , g&me la to keep the stone > wlthu certain limits , a feat not easily aa compllAhed. St Nlchoio. STILL A CHILD Old Man "Wbat ! Marry tbafc cfclirl ? " Suiter "Your daughter is no longer a child , sir ; sbe is a woman. " Old Man "Nonsense 1 Wny , she isn't a bit bossy SMALL BILLS Friend "If your wasner worann charges by the piece it must be rather expensive. " Young Housekeeper "Ob , no. She loses so many things that her bills are never hijjh. " In the Spring : . Lowndes , Mo. , April 4th. Mrs. H. C. Harty. of this place , says : "For years I was in very bad health. Every spring I would get so low that I was unable to do my own work. I seemed to be worse in the spring than any other time of the year. I was very weak and miserable and had much pain in my back and head. I saw Dodd's Kidney Pills advertised last spring and began treatment of them mul they have certainly done me mor good than anything I have ever used "t was all right last spring and felt better than I have for over ten years. I am fifty years of age and am strong er to-day than I have been for many years , , and I give Dodd's Kidney Pills credit for the wonderful improvement. " The statement of Mrs. Ilnrry is only one of a great many where Dodd's Kid ney Pills have proven themselves to bo the very best spring medicine. They are unsurpassed as a tonic and are the1 only medicine used in thousands of families. Truth witnesses in vain where malice is the judgp. Ram's Horn. Among the scale buddings MisS - S mri Louisiana , Oklaln-nn , Arizona , Utah , Connecticut and Nevada aie finished. Iowa and Kansas are 99 per cent finished and work on tin remaining pivillions Is sufficiently to warrant the statement that all will be completed dy th ( dav set for tbe opculog of tbe Ex ) position , April 30. Everybody trims his siils to ketcn \v , the wind , whether on sea or land. > Fruit nciiTs will not stain goods dy with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. A woman likes to be suspicious s- the can feel so confident afterwaid- Wo use PIso's Cure for Consumption it preference to nny other couicb. metliciin -Mr S. E. Bonlen. 4 12 P street , Wash 'ing on. D. C. , May 25 , 1001. LOVELY WO.MANS1 AMIABIL ITY Mrs. Jinks "If you are so fonr Df phying poker , why rfon't yo each me , and speed your evening it itome ? " Jinks "Dm suppose I should ft-.n" Mrs. Jinks "I ha e plenty o' money. Sit riaht down" Mr. Jinks ( the next day ) "Nc man can understand women. TUPA ire mysterious. Why , sir , my wif Insisted on my plvinn poker witl ler last night. Of course , I w n ; pile from her. Well , sir , she pair ver the money with a smile on he race -didn't mind it a bit. " Caller "Bpy pirdon , but I am Mr. ifouseowners' gent , and havi called for the rent. " Mr. Jinks "Why don't you go tc the house as usual ? I left the rent Money there for you a week ago. " Caller "I just came from there Mrs. : Jinks said sha gave the monej to you last niglu" Samuel Ball of Grand Jlipids. Mich. , is the holder for the present rear of the fellowship in gas engineerIng - Ing supported at the University ol Michigan by the Michigan Gas Asso- riation. EMPTY NOW. Ilovr One Woman Qnit Medicine. "While a coffee user my stomach troubled me for years , " says a lady f Columbus , Ohio , "and I had to lake medicine all the time. I had what I thought was the best stomach meilicin-i could get , had to keep getting it tilled all the time at 40 cents a bottle. 1 flid not know what the cause of my trouble was , but just dragged alon ? from day to day suffering and taking medicine all the time. "About six months ago I quit tea c nnd coffee and began drinking Postum , and I have not had my prescr ptiou filled since , which is a great surpris * to me , for it proves that coffee was the cause of all nr trouble , although never suspected it "When my friends ask me how I feel since I have been taking Postum say , 'To teU the truth I don't fe l at nil only that I get hungry and eat everything I want and lots of it and it never hurts me , and I am happy and well and contented all the time. ' "I could not get my family to drink Postum for a while until I mixed it In a little coffee and kept on reducing the amount of coffee until I got it all Postum. Now they ail like it and they never belch it up like coffee. "We all know that Postum Is a sun shine maker. I find it helps one great ly , for we do not have to think of nches and pains all the time and can use our minds /or other thingj. " Name given by Postum Co. , Battle Creek , Mich. The one who has to bocner wilh cof fee aches and pains is batt'y handi capped in the race for farae and for tune. Postum Is a wonderful rebuild er. There's a reason. c Look in each pkg. for the famous j little book , "The Bead to Wellville , " c MANY HAWDS MAKE LIGHT WORK Tourist ( Jo Utah ) "Pdlycamy is no longer practiced , I am told. " Ex-Morman ( dejectedly ) "No and it's a shame. Ouly one wifel What good is one wife ? Just a trial , tnat's all. " "How so" ? "Everything is at sixes and sevens. Nothing ever done. Buttons off , meals half cooked everything wrong. In the g od old d.iyse had one wife to stw on buttnns , another to daru stockings , another to boss tin- servants , another to do the shopirg. and another to attend to the duties "f society. A man had some com fort then. " HE WOULDN'T DO Railroad Superintendent "Yes , , I have decided to open a bureau of information , for the accnmmudatinu of passengers who wish to know about trains , and 1 am looking for a good man to run it. " Applicant "Well , sir , I have been a railroad ticket agent for a good mauv years. " Superintendent "Then you won't do. I wane a man who is accustomed lo giving information. " THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE Cholly "Whafs the mattah with Alcy. He's cutting all bis friends dead. " Chappie "He has to , poor fellah. fie cawn't master the new English handshake , don't cher know. " Now we net far more illumination from electricity than from gas. Ac cording to tiguns just issued from the Census Ortlce there ate neaili 4,000 elHctric light stations in tbe United States , and not quite a ihnusiind gas plants The electric i ht plants are earning about 885- ' t'0 ' 000 a year , and tbe gas plants s75,000OGO a year. i No one is useless In this world vho lightens the burden 1'or some ne else. Dickens. j i Reach the Spot. To cure & ing back , I The palna rheumatism. The tired-outT feelings , ' You must reach ! the spot get afl the cause. j In most casear- 'tis the kidneys. Doan's Kidney ] Pills are for tiio- kidneys. Charles Bier-j bach , stone contractor - tractor , living aJ } Uo .id Chestnut street , Erie. Pa. , saysf "For two years I had kidney trouble and there was such a severe pain through my loins and limbs that I could not stoop or straighten up with < j out great pain , had difficulty in getting about and was unable to rest at night , arising in the morning tired and worn' out. The kidney secretions were irreg * ular and deposited a heavy sediment Doctors treated me for rheumatism but failed to help me. I lost all confl dence in medicine and began to fee as if life were not worth living. Doan't Kidney Pills , however , relieved me s < quickly and so thoroughly that I glad ly made a state nt to that effect foi publication. This was in Ib98 , anc dn : ing the six years which have elaps ed I have never known Doan's Kidnejj Pills to fail. They cured my wifd of a severe case of backache ia thd same thorough manner. " A FREE TKIAL of this great kid ] ney medicine which cured Mr. Bierj bach will be mailed on application t < j any part of the United States. Ad | dross Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , Nj Y. For sale by all druggists , price 50 cents per box. The npcr . filed J'eb. 1 , sbow that nearly all of tbe mIn ; exhibit palaces are practically finished. Tbf main Art Palace , whicn Is a permaf ent structure , Is tbe muse backward , and it is 90 per cent finished. Yunp man , do yure bast , and Jeavt it to others to best It if they kan. Yn mite az well preach philosopbj to a lot ov vag irant auts as to preacft it to mankind ; men will listen to yu , and say : ' " . 'e s so , " and that's ail they care about it. * Mrs. Haskell , Worthy Vice Templar , Inde pendent Order Good Templars , of Silver Lake , Mass. , tells of her cure by the use of Lydia E * Pinfcham's Vegetable Compound. " DEAB MBS. PIKKHAM : Four years ago I was nearly dead with inflam mation and ulceration. I endured daily untold agony , and life was a burden to me. I had used medicines and washes internally and externally until I \ \ made up my mind that there was no relief for me. Calling- the home of friend , I noticed a bottle of Lydia JE. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. My friend endorsed it highly and I decided to give it a trial to see if it would help me. It took patience and perseverance for I was in "bad condition , and I used Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vegetable Compound for nearly five months before I was cured , "but what a change , from despair to happiness , from misery to the delightful exhilarating1 feeling- health always brings. I would not chaug-e back for a thousand dollars , and your Vegetable Compound is a jrand medicine. "I wish every sick woman would try it and be convinced. " MES. IDA BASKELL , Silver Lake , Mass. "Worthy Vice Templar , Independent Order of 3ood Templars. When a medicine has been successful in more tban a million 3ases , is it justice to yourself to say , -without trying- , "I do not believe \vould help me " ? Surely you cannot wish to remain weak , and sick and dis- 3ouraged , exhausted with each day's work. You have some ierangement of the feminine organism , and I/ydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will help you just as surely as it has others firs. Tiiiie Hart , of Larirnore , N. D. , says : "DEAR Mr.s. PINKHAM : I might have been spared many months of suffering- and pain if I had known of the efficacy of Lydia E. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound a few months sooner , for I tried many icmedies without find ing anything which helped me before I tried the Vegetable Compound. I dreaded the approach of the menstrual period every month , as it meant much suffering and pain. Some montha the flow was very scanty and others it was pro fuse , but after I had used the Compound for two months I became regular and natural , and so I continued until I felt perfectly well , and the parts were strengthened to perform the work without assistance and pain. J am like a differ ent woman now , where before I did not care to Jive , and I am pleased to testify as to the good your Vegetable Compound has done for me. * * Sincerely yours , MRS. TnjcjE HART , LarimoreN.D. Be it , therefore , believed by all women who are ill that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound is the medicine they should take. It has stood the test of time , and it has hundreds of thousands of cures to its credit. "Women should consider it unwise to use any other medicine. Mrs. Pinkham , whose address is Lynnr Mass , will answer cheerfully and without sost all letters addressed to her by sick women. Perhaps she has just the knowledge that will help your cas e try her to-day it costfi nothing.