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
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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. "
Mr. Binks "Who says tbat I
doctor or a sboe maker ? "
NO HOPE THERE
Mistress ( thinking about dessert-
"What kind of pies are you most.
familiar with ? "
New Girl "Baker's "
pies , mum.
Dangerous Neglect.
It's the neglect of back *
nche , sideache , pain la
the hips or loins thai
finally prostrates thg-
strongest body. The kid
ney warnings are serioni
they tell you that the }
are unable to filter tha
body's waste and poison
from the blood the sewers -
ers are clogged and Im
purities are running wilcT
to impregnate nerves ,
heart , brain and every
organ of the body with ,
disease elements. Doan'i
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L. C. Lovell , of 415 North First
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past ten years. It was caused by a
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But as I neglected the trouble it be * ,
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or a slight cold was sure to be followed
by severe pain across my back. Then
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All the pain was removed from my
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FOC7ND AT LAST ,
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Friend "What good is that ? "
Inventor "It's a triumph. The
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