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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1904)
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT * I. M KICK , Pub isher. YALENTINE , - NEBRASKA What Is home without a home rule ? For the man with a pull the best la Bone too good. A man In reduced circumstances Isn't awoman's Idea of a bargain. The T's , Z's and X's of the alpha bet are working overtime these days. If San Domingo insists on being a yellow dog she shouldn't object to a few Justy klcka Try to fancy the Russian newsboys yelling "Here's your Blrzhevlya uxtral All about the war ! " Dig around in your back lot and If you can find a few grains of radium you can quit working. Japan raising a $50,000,000 loan right at home reminds us somewhat of the way in which Uncle Sam prepared for his bout with the don. A man SO years old has just been admitted to the bar In Nebraska With fair luck he hopes In time to be able to build up a good practice. The farmers of the United States now have In stock $217,532,832 worth of mule and are well prepared for good , cheerful European complications. People -who have done a little some thing In mines will appreciate a late definition of the word bonanza. A bo nanza is a hole in the ground owned by an infernal liar. A little girl was killed by her sor- for "Little Eva" while witnessIng - Ing a performance of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" at Port Huron , Mdch. Isn't it about time to have "Uncle Tom" stop ped by law ? One of the Chicago banks has decid ed that Its employes must not get mar ried unless their salaries amount to at least $1,000 a year each. This will give the boy who is in love a good ex- case to strike for a raise. Seventy thousand arrests were made In Chicago in 1902 , the latest year for which complete returns are available. More than twenty-one thousand of those arrested had no occupation. They did not even call themselves laborers. It is usually so ; It is the Idle hands that make work for the police. Three hundred thousand people in London live in one-room tenements an average of five to a room and 30,000 homeless persons walk the streets every night So much for being the world metropolis. Stick to the small towns , where there is more room and where street walking at night is un known. Baldness may be becoming more common , but it is not by any means a modern ailiiction. A French Egyp tologist has unearthed a papyrus which gives a recipe for the cure of bald- L S , prepared for King Oheta , the second end sovereign of the first dynasty , who reigned about six thousand years ago. The prescription was made for the use of the king's mother. This earliest of hair tonics -was a salve compounded of dates , the paws of dogs and the hoofs of asses , mixed and boiled in elL As no testimonial from the old lady has been discovered , the salve cannot be recommended. English Is making its way steadily fa. the contest with French and German as the International language. In the recently negotiated treaty between China and Japan which was "Done at Shanghai this eighth day of the tenth month of the thirty-sixth year of lleiji , corresponding to the eighteenth day of the eighth moon of the twenty- ninth year of Kuang-Hsu , " It is pro vided that in case there is any diver gence in the interpretation of the Jap- anece and Chinese texts of the treaty , the difference shall be settled by ref erence to the English text The treaty Is signed In all three languages. Work has begun on what promises to be a better and more comprehensive economic history of the United States than any yet produced. It Is to be prepared by specialists , according tea a plan devised by the department of economics and sociology of the Carne gie Institution In Washington , Thu economic development of the country will be considered from eleven different points of view , taking in respectively , population and Immigration , agricul ture and forestry , mining , manufactur ing , transportation , domestic and for eign commerce , money and banking , the labor movement , Industrial organiza tion , social legislation , and last , federal and State finance. The history , when completed , will contain the data from .which scholars and statesmen may draw their conclusions respecting what must be done to increase the national prosperity. Germany's colonial empire is not so extensive as that of Great Britain , but the Germans have hopes. The German Colonial Society has recently erected a flve-story building In Berlin for use AB Its headquarters. Besides the offices of the society the building contains how rooms inwhich the products of the colonies are exhibited and offered for sale , The society interests Itself in Germans abroad , whether they live voder German Jurisdiction or not. and strives to keep the love for the father land alive in those "who have left It For several years the society found II difficult to persuade the Germans al home that the colonies deserved muea attention. In 1896 it had only eighteen thousand members , but it has at last ' aroused the people to an appreciation of the importance of fostering the emigration of Germans to German tei > , rltory , not only to relieve the conges tion of population at home , but also to provide a friendly market for the sur plus products of the home country. The society now has a hundred thou sand members , and is co-operating wltii the government in Its plans for ex pansion. The Pan-German movement is progressing , along with the move ment for the unification of the British Empire on a commercial basis. The dearth of farm labor is pro claimed so often that neither the sub ject itself nor the lamentations and exhortations -which attend its discus sion can be deemed novel , but consid erable Interest should attach , neverthe less , to a presentation of the case which -was made before a Fruit Grow ers' Convention In California because It was unusually thorough and instruc tive. It appeared in the report of the chairman of the "labor supply com mittee , " which told of the efforts thai had been made to allure young men from the East to the neighborhood of California orchards where they might prove handy In harvest time. Ten representative fruit growers were senl to scour the country and round up the young men , and apparently they did the business in the hustling fashion that is characteristic of their State. They traveled far and wide , taiuea glorious climate -with short recesses foi eating and sleeping , and distributed 100,000 copies of an engaging booklel entitled , "Grasp This , Your Opportu nlty. " They also scattered other lit erature on the way and left application blanks for those desiring employment ; and the chairman said that they did their work judiciously , planting the seed like wise agriculturists where il promised the best and most abundant crops. But the same authority adds "The reports of these ten travelers now on file in our office show to tins committee conclusively that desirable agricultural help is just as scarce in the Eastern States as in California , We find the average farmer in the East so much hampered in his business by the scarcity of help that very manj are contemplating selling their hold ings and coming to California. " Now it is a fact that the CaJifornians have suffered so from the lack of help thai they have begun to talk against tne Chinese exclusion act and the inves tigators were much surprised to dis cover the condition of affairs In the East It would seem , therefore , thai the farmers who should seek relief in California must go from the frying pan into the fire , but they are tickled , with the prospect of remunerative small holdings which they may worh without help , and the resourceful Call- foraians propose to attract men of fam ily Avith the offer of five , leu cud fif teen acre tracts on easy terms , and to use them upon adjacent ranches while their own are coming into bear ing. The showing as a whole is very discouraging for those who regret the drift away from the farms to th < towns and cities because it indicates that this drift is constantly going on despite the law of supply and demand Assuming that the need of the country is as great as it is made to appear , In ducements in the way of wages and good living would naturally be forth coming , but apparently the attractions of city life outweigh them. As a par ticular instance of the condition of the market the committee states that dur ing the year it "has received from fmil growers , packers , canners and othen applications for 9,301 people to work , " while it has succeeded in placing onl.T 917 people from the Eastern States. Sugar. Few persons , probably , are aware that sugar was unknown to the an cients. Neither Greek nor Latin hag any word for it The word saccharon , from which our "saccharine" is de rived , signified a sweet juice crushed from the bamboo. Indeed , men and women who need not yet acknowledge that they are old can remember when sugar was a rare luxury in a working- man's family , used but sparingly even by the well-to-do. To-day it is one of the great food staples of the world , produced in quantities beyond the pow er of the untrained mind to compre hend , and distributed to every part af the globe. According to the latest estimate , the total production of the world this year will be nearly ten and Dne-half million tons. Those families who buy it by the pound may Jike to know that this quantity represents more than twenty-three billion pounds or enough to give every Inhabitant > f the globe fifteen and a half pounds , Youth's Companion. No Pleasure in It. "Oh , yes , I went to a theayter show , > f course , " said Sally Medders , jusf [ jack from town , "I guess you enjoyed It a lot , " re- narked Melinda Hayrick , enviously. "No , I didn't I wuz thet excited I Jurgot tew buy any peanuts afore I ivent In , an * tharwarn't nobody In the : heayter a-sellin' 'em. " Philadelphia Press. The Kentucky Code. "Yes , " said the Kentucky judge , 'the gentleman shot the man for call- ng him a liar and I acquitted him. " "But that was hardly an excuse , ; vas It ? " argued a Yankee lawyer. "Of course , why not ? It was a clear : ase of self-defense. " Detroit Free ? ress. A chauffeur Is a man who runs down yedestrlans and run * up repair bills. SIGHTS AT THE FAIfi. WONDERS OF THE GREAT ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION. There Are a Sufficient Number of In teresting : Features to Occupy One's Entire Time , No Matter How "Lons Hia Stay May Be. St. Louis correspondence : No matter how carefully one may have read of the wonders of the World's Fair , the visitor cannot couceive of its great tnagnitude , impressive beauty and in tensely interesting character until he visits it. The 1904 World's Fair Is the only treat exposition to be complete and ready for the opening of the gates on the time appointed. In a newspaper's limited space it is absolutely impossible to de scribe , or even catalogue , all of the fea tures that will appeal to the visitor. The Inside Inn solves one great prob lem hotel accommodations. A month before the opening this great hostelry , with accommodations for 0,000 guests , \vsxs ready for the reception of guests. It is the largest hotel in the world , and Is entirely within the exposition grounds. Features of its equipment are 2,500 sleeping rooms. The kitchen is 2GO feet long and 72 feet wide. There are 84 feet of range , thirty steam roasters , veg- ttable cookers and soup stock kettles ; four dish washing machines with n c.i- jincity of 40,000 pieces of china an hour ; n battery of 15 mammoth coffee urns. tThere is a sub-kitchen , a laundry , a bak- fery and a store room , all in the base ment A force of 1,800 trained employes are required to operate the hotel. The rates prevailing at the Inside Inn are controlled by the Exposition man agement , and they do not exceed those charged ut any first-class hotel in St. Louis in ordinary times. On the Euro pean plan the World's Fair visitor may be comfortably located for ? 1.50 per day , including admission to the exposition. Prices for a luxurious room with bath range up to $5 per day. Thirty-eight of the States of the Union hnvo erected magnificent club houses in the wooded section of Forest Park , and have created what is called the Plateau of States. Every type of approved ar chitecture is represented. The World's Fair visitor , no matter from what sec tion , will find the hospitable portals of these mansions always open to him. Despite the immensity of the World's Fair grounds , covering , as they do , 3,240 acres two square miles every section is of easy access. Thirty-five miles of splendid roadway intersect the grounds. The Intru-Mnral Railroad , with 14 miles of tracks , whisks the visitors to any sec tion in rapid time on the payment of one fare. The miniature steam railways have 12 miles of track and complete tlie most elaborate transportation scheme ever designed for any exposition. The Cascade feature of the World's Fair , the center of the "main picture , " for beauty and grandeur totally eclipses all the courts of honor of former great expositions. Crystal waters , springing from three monumental fountains , plunge down as many cascades a distance of 3Ut > feet , with a fall of 80 feet , and enter the grand basin. Here the waters di vide and fill two miles of marble-reve't-d lagoons two miles in length. Beautifu1 and picturesque small craft ply these waters and afford the World's Fair vis itor an unrivalled view of the majestic architecture of the splendid structure of the main exhibit palaces. Eleven million dollars will scnrcelj cover the United States government's participation in this greatest of all World's Fairs. The government buildinn is the largest , handsomest and most ex pensive ever built for exposition pur poses by any government. In it are un rivalled displays by the Smithsonian In stitute , the Navy , War , Postofllce , Treas ury , Agriculture and other departments. The display of big guns is made outside of the building , and the largest and most powerful guns ever made are mounted and manned by Uncle Sam's most expert artillery men. The Govern ment Fisheries , in one of the most grace ful of the many handsome structures , possesses exhibits of the keenest interest. A group of sea lions , a school of stur- creons and other animals and fish of the sea sport in ail immense pool in the center of the structure. The denizens of the sea , lakes and streams are shown in great glass tanks of clear water. Inter- in the most minute detail. It is suspend ed by cables from the ceiling in the big government building and may be seen * from any point in the great structure. The Pike is the great amusement street of the Exposition , and it is more than a mile long. On both sides of the wide , vitrified brick boulevard are assembled the shows of all nations. To attempt to enumerate the great list of interesting ervthing that is edible has a place In this great structure. Two acres immediately west of the Palace of Agriculture have been con verted into a natural garden. There may be seen all the wild flowers and shrubs indigenous to the Mississippi and Mis souri valleys. The Palace of Transportation is crowded with a collection of exhibits PALACE OF EDUCATION. attractions would be to portray all the quaint customs of all the queer peoples of the world , together with the amuse ments of the people of all lands. The games of ancient Rome , the divertise- ments of the Orient , the latest and greatest creations of the most famous illusionists , the most comprehensive col lection of wild and trained animals , and all other forms of entertainment to amuse and instruct find a place in this unparalleled resort China , that most ancient of all nations , whose development has heretofore been shrouded in mystery , lifts the veil at the 1904 World's Fair and displays her progress and attainments. In the for eign section the National Chinese pa- viliou is among the most striking. It is a reproduction of the residence of Prince Pu Lun , of the royal blood , and that po tentate is at the head of the Chinese Commission to the World's Fair and : : f'vwmi " - ' 's' ' > / * - /If / iMk > % A , ' - &jBk , * V' ' V. ' s' V § a S § Jf * * * 1 ' j \ \ f * ViA W > KESTAUKANT PAVILION. presides in person. China's exhibit is largely confined to the Palace of Liberal Arts , one of the magnificent exhibit buildings. The pavilions are all of ce lestial design and make and the Chinese section is a veritable forest of typical and ideal pagodas. They contain exhibits of Chinese manufacture never before seen outside of the Flowery Kingdom. England , France and Germany have all reproduced historic buildings as their national pavilions at the World's Fair. The Orangery , the Grand Trianon and the Castle at Charlottenburg represent three of the most famous and beautiful types of European architecture , and the gardens surrounding them are marvelously - ly beautiful. These three great nations have very large exhibits in all of the ex hibit palaces. Rivalry between them is keen and each government has expended more than a million dollars that their resources and national achievements may be exploited. of unrivaled interest Here may be seen the first steam locomotive ever built and in the same building is a modern iocomo tive mounted on a monster turntable The engine runs at the speed of 80 miles per hour , but the motion is taken u by a series of wheels and the snorting nimirter remains stationary- There are lour miles of standard gauge railroad trac' * * ? In this great building. The largest organ in the world has been installed in the Festival Hall , the great structure that marks the center of the Colonnade of States. Some of the pipes of this organ are so large that a pony may be driven through them. The Philippine exhibit is made at a cost of more than a million dollars. Forty acres of ground in the western section is given to this new and unique exhibit Here have been erected villages of the various tribes , and they are inhabited by more than a thousand natives. Many historic Filipino buildings have been re produced. A section of the walled city of ancient Manila is a feature. World's Fair visitors may enter the Philippine exhibit without extra cost. The North American Indians form the basis for a most interesting exhibit pro vided by the United States government Indian villages as they were two hun dred years ngo are reproduced and they in the picturesque are inhabited by real Indians turesque garb of their forest homes. Among the famous chiefs at the Exposi tion are Chief Joseph and Geronimo. A modern Indian school , with a full corps of instructors , explains how the United States government has educated and civ ilized the Indian. No exposition has ever possobsed the wealth of beautiful sculpture that is seen at the present World's Fair. In the Cascade region alone is displayed stat uary that cost more than half a million dollars. The work of the greatest living artists is shown. The electric display at the World's Fair is beyond compare. More than 500.- 000 incandescent electric lights adorn the buildings , and the beauty of architecture is enhanced after nightfall. The power generated by the Exposition engines is that of 50,000 horses. The greatest power ever generated at any previous exposition was at Chicago , when the power was equal to that of 12.000 horses. The Jubilee Presents of Queen Vic toria are displayed in Hall of Con gresses , immediately west of the Admin istration building. The presents of Pope Leo are also shown in the same build ing. Wonderful gardens surround the World's Fair Palaces of Agriculture and Horticulture. On the east side of Agri culture Hall is n ten-acre rose garden. South of it is the aquatic section , where the lily of the Amazon and the lotus of the Nile are star features. Adjoining are the gardens of the deserts , where the plants of the arid region attain per- UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BUILDING. ; sting exhibits are made of fish products , ish culture and models of government ishing boats are shown. For the first time at any exposition a eal mint may be seen in operation at : he World's Fair , in the government milding. At the close of the exposition ; he machinery will be installed in the nint at Denver and will continue to nake real coin of the realm. A great whale was taken off the coast if Newfoundland last year. Exact meas- irements were made and this monster of he deep was reproduced in papier mache Italy has erected a charming villa on a prominent site south of the Adminis tration building , and has surrounded it with typical Italian gardens. Italy makes a strong showing in art. The 400 paint ings displayed in the Italian section were selected from 4.000 paintings offered by the Italian artists. The Palace of Agriculture is the larg est exposition building ever built to con tain a single department It covers 23 acres and every foot of floor space is crowded with exhibits from every State in the Union and 51 foreign nations. Ev- fection on barren rocks and sand dunes. West of Agriculture building is a two- acre wild garden , where all plants indi genous to North America grow as they do in Nature. The visitor could go on admiring other places and sights than those enumerated here , and find new and mayhap mre interesting and beautiful sights. Even were he to pass every one of the 184 days of the life of the Exposition in ex ploring its beauties and wonders , there would still be things that he had not had time to see and admire to the full. NEVEB WAS WEST Veteran "I presume you beard an Indian war whoop.n Civilian 'N-o , bat I've beartf boys coming out of scbool. " EITHER MIGHT. Mrs. Binks ( reading ) "Womer can endure pain better tban men. 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