J. A. Ganov ? and wife jverc in
town from Eiilow precincttoday.
Jas. A. Barwick , the wet weath
er man , left for Philadelphia this
morning.
Wm. Ballard and his friend , G.
M. Campbell of Omaha , were in
town yesterday. The latter has a
6iO acre homestead south of town.
Miss Frances Harden accom
panied her aunt , Mrs. Pease , to
Wagner , S. D. , Monday of last
week and will teach school in
Charles Mix county.
P. H. Young , GA. . Chapman ,
John Bachelor , Steve and Ed Estes
and several others went down to
Omaha with the two train loads of
cattle Monday and Tuesday.
Dr. J. M. Perrigo was in town
yesterday , and today went up to
Kosebud. He returns tomorrow
and will be at the Donoher hotel
Saturday to do professional work
as an oculist and neurologist.
Edward Lewis , of the Chi Psi
Cattle Co , , was in town yesterday
and tells us that he recovered his
horses as advertised in the DEMO-
CUAT , at Johnstown. Mr. Lewis
is a wide awake man and reported
his loss at once to the publicity
department. He believes a step
in ii > )0 saves nine.
It was a pleasure to eat dinner
atthe Valentine House. Fried
chicken and gravy , grapes , oranges
aud poaches on every table , celery ,
tiiivo different kinds of pie and
desert , besides a whole host of oth
er things. The Editor and family
en joy "d this dinner last Sunday.
Mr. llnoion i naturally a good
host and always makes guests feel
at home with him and he buys the
best on the market for his table.
Frank Bray ton had the trees cut
out from in front of the Elliott
drug store yesterday and took up
the sidewalk , preparatory to put
ting down a cement sidewalk of
the requirements of the city ordi
nance. Mr. Brayton is an enter
prising business man and does
things right. The trees were a
beauty and it was hard t. give
them up after caring for them for
years but it was necessary and
they had to go.
U. S. Deputy Marshal , John
P. Belding , arrested John Ar-
coren for larceny , this week and
Tuesday took him to Deadwood
for trial. He took the following
persons along as witnesses , Sorrel
Hor.se , Little Elk , George Walk
ing Eagle , Thos. "Walking Eagle
and U7m. Thunder Hawk as in
terpreter. John Arcoren is a
mixed blood living north of Cody
on the reservation and is charged
with stealing horses from Sorrel
Horse.
The Cost of Living ,
A careful analysis of the con
ditions which govern the lives of
the American people today , fails
ulterly.to show that anera of great
prosperity , such as administration
stump speakers picture , isexistant.
It costs the citizens of the Unit
ed States considerably more to live
now than it did a few years ago.
To be exact , the advance in the
past live years in the cost of the
commodities necessary to sustain
lift * is 17 per cent , while , if there
, has bqe-n any advance during that
periopl in the average wages paid
to tlie man who labors , it is not
appreciable.
The increase in prices is-attrib
utable to the combinations which
have' been formed for the control
oi foodstuffclothing , coal , house
hold goods , etc. , which combina
tions are fostered and protected by
national legislation.
The increase in the cost of living
has increased steadily in the five
jnwirs referred to. In 1902 the
prie < - oi food was 16 per cent high
er than in 1896 , the year when
food was cheapest , and nearly It
per c-t-nt. higher than the average
in 1890-99 , and nwv , in 190-1 , things
cost more than they did in 1902.
As a result of this increase a fami
ly spending § 1,000 in 1898 would
have to spend $1,170 for the same
quantity of things if purchasecUbis
.H'a. , : au it tueir incoinu be only
§ 1,000 per annum , they must nec
essarily curtail their manner of
living to escape debt.
The latest combination to boost
prices for one of the necessities of
life is that composed of the anthar-
cite coal companies of Pennsyl
vania. Beginning with lastjvoek
egg , stove and chestnut coal will
sell for from $ i.50 to § 5.75 a ton.
This is the advance for this fall.
When winter comes the trust may
decide upon a § 6 rate for the best
coal. No scarcity of output or
strike are responsible.
Coal only takes its place with
other necessities , for which the
public pays more and more every
day.
Wages have not changed mater
ially one way or the other. Work
ers in the sweatshops draw the
same pay they did , but the rents
for their East side tenements have
gone up , and the loaves of bread
are smaller.
With the trusts the statisticians
place the burden of responsibility
for advances made on necessities.
They point out these as some of
some of the reasons why § 1,170
buys today what § 1,000 did a few
years ago.
A combination of packers have
formed a beef trust , which has
practically put the western farm
ers at its mercy and dictates the
price of meat. The packers also
control the price of eggs. The
formation of the National Salt
company under the trusts of Ne\v
Jersey , controlling ninety per c nt
of the salt plants of the United
States , was immediately followed
by an increase in fine salt from 85
cents to § 1.50.
The formation of the National
Carpet trust resulted in a gradual
increase in prices until soon the
public was paying 20 per cent
more for carpets than formerly.
Eighty per cent of the carpet mi Ik
in the eastern and middle sttt : " >
are controlled by the combination.
It operates in harmony with the
wool trust.
The wire and nail trust , the
chemical trust , the lumber trust
and the iron and stuel trusts have
made it more expensive to eivrt
residences , stores , flats and hotel- ,
and therefore figure well up in tin-
factors responsible for the co t of
living. Just why these trusts are
responsible is seen after a mo
ment's reflection.
The dry goods or department
store , at which the laborer's wife-
buys a few yards of clothis forced
to charge her a trifle more be
cause of the operations 'of ' these
trusts. In the first place , the
chemical trust has increased the
prices of dye-stuffs used in color
ing the clothes. The lumber trust
has added its mite to the prices of
the pine boards out of which the
packing case in which the cloth is
shipped is constructed.
The wire nail trust has added
something to the cost of the nails
with which the boards are fastened
together. The .nail trust makes
this increase partly for its own
profit and partly to cover tlin in
crease charged by the steel trust
for the raw materil. The iron
bands , which are nailed around the
packing case to strengthen it , cost
a trifle more than they formerly
did. In addition to these the oper
ations of the wool or cotton mill
trust have contributed their share
toward raising the price. Stoves
and kitchen materials have increas
ed about 50 per cent. The coal
trust has made a stiff increase on
one end of the most necessary
things iu life the production of
heat. In all each of the 300 or
more tursts have had their share
in reducing the purchasing power
of a dollar. Cosmographic.
0 , S , DEPARTMENT0F AGRICULTURE ,
_ _
Weather Bureau
The ! - iiii ! 'la'a , O"i - . . j > -
iod f 15 \ ' - , havthien conipMr * !
from the N e-iihcr Bureau rt'o rd- t
Valenti - \ VbTh iii'i i
i > v re i--ii'- <
show the c Miditionthit h.ivf IM
vailed , during the month in que-t-on
for the above period ofears , but
must m > the construod ns n force- * '
for ! xvC'ither I'miui'i-'DS ( or <
comin-r month.
OCTOBER-
Mean or normal temperature 50 °
The warmest month was that of
1900 with an average of 54 °
The coldest month was that of 18C8
witli an average of 48 °
The highest temperature was 94 °
on the 1 , 1899.
The lowest temperature was 0 °
on the 29 , 1895.
The earliest date on which first kill
ing frost occurred in autum , Sept. 12.
, Average date on which first killing
1 frost occurred in antum , Sep. 18.
| Average date on which last killing
frost occurred in spring , May 9
The latest date on which last killing
frost occurred in spring , June 21.
PRECIPITATION ( rai or melted snow )
Average for the month 185 inches
AveragS number of days > vith .01 of
an inch or more , 3.
The greatest monthly precipitation
was 2.12 inches in 1889.
The least monthlv precipitation
was 0.00 inrbeH in 1895
The greatest amount of precipita
tion recorded in any 24 consecutive
hrs. wa1 6D i nches on the 1 M.3 and , ' 39
The greatest amount of snowfall
recorded in any 24 consecutive hours
( record extending to winter of 1884-85
only ) was 03 inch on the 12 , 1901
f'L < > UDS AND WEATE1EE.
Averse number ot clear d.i\s , 17 ;
p irtlv c'oudy ' , 8 ; cloud v , (5. (
\IND ,
Tne prevailing winds have been
from the N W
The average hourly velocity of the
wind is 10 miles.
The highest velocity of the wind
was 48 miles fr-.itn the north on the 3 ,
1894.
, ! . . ) . MCLEAN ,
Official in charge Weather Bureau.
c-
TEAS THAT ARE
WORTH FORTUNES
Twelve Hundred Kinds Are In China's
Show at the World's FairThe Most
Populous Nation of the World For
the First Time Makes an Exhibit
Worthy of Her Greatness.
Many expositions of stupendous ciinr-
ncter make up the World's Fair of
1004. Each part is a vast and distinct
show. Each building shelters many
acres of wonderful things wonderful
because they are the choicest of their
kind. Every nation on the globe is
represented. Every state and territory
is here with its best and making the
most of its greatest opportunity.
The fact that China has not been a
large exhibitor at world's fairs gives
to her great exhibit here a prominence
quite exceptional. It is a wonderland
of ingenious productions. We know
China best by reason of her extensive
exports of teas , which have found a
vast market in the United States fpr
generations. Iler commercial interests
therefore prompted her to make a dis-
plaj * of teas that we should not for
get.
get.In
In sealed glass jars China displays in
the Liberal Arts Palace some 1,200
" kinds of tea. Young Hyson and Old
Ilyson have a string of tea relations
longer than the genealogical chain of a
Plymouth Rock. They are neatly se
lected "chops , " in the language of the
tea farmer , and these classes do not
embrace medicinal teas , which are
quite another lot iu the rather modest
number of 400.
The teas exhibited vary in price from
n few cents a pc-und to some rare and
exclusive kinds that are worth their
weight in gold , the tea in the latter
cases being placed on one side of the
scales and pure gold on the other
that is to say. the tea of this expensive
kind Is worth about $20 gold an ounce.
Only a very small quantity of this ex
clusive leaf is exhibited , and it is
grown in carefully guarded tea planta
tions or gardens right under the shad
ows of the great wall of China. Its cul
tivation is prohibited for any use save
for the imperial family of China and a
few of the favored high officials.
Mention has been made of the word
"chop" in connection with tea , and it
"may be interesting to the everyday
reader to know what the word actually
signifies. The tea leaf is grown in va
rious districts of the Chinese empire on
large areas or ground wnicu me
mistaken for single plantations. This
is hardly ever the case , as the large
tracts are very often owned by hun
dreds of different men , whose individ
ual plots of ground bearing the tea
plants are carefully mapped out , so
that each individual owner may culti
vate and pick his ewn crop of tea.
v ach owner likewise markets his own
tea and puts his own special mark , or
"chop , " on the packages. Hence the
term "chop" signifies an individual
growth or picking of tea by one owner.
In an area of tea land of , say , a thou
sands acres , all apparently under ono
ownership , there may be some forty ,
fifty or more owners of the plantation
and consequently a like number of
"chops" of tea.
It must not be imagined tliat all these
different owners of the tea get the
same price for their commodity far
from it , as each of these individual tea
growers has his own secrets for im
proving the quality and flavor of tea.
Take , for instance , the Amoy ana Fu-
clmu districts , whence mbst bf th& tea
for the United States comes. The own
ers of "chops" of tea varying from 10
to 200 chests of 50 pounds each bring
samples of their goods to the various
foreign merchants for sale. These lat
ter turn tho Chinas * tea .crotfera over
to the good offices of the foreign or
American professional tea taster , who
I passes on the goods as to price. The
tea taster has the samples infused , not
boiled , in his presence and passes upon
the quality , flavor , twang and manner
of curing , fixing a price accordingly ,
from which there is never any varia
tion and which the tea grower must ac
cept or go elsewhere to dispose of his
wares. In a single tract of tea land
like the one cited above the price has
ranged from 14 cents , the lowest , to
43 % cents , the highest , per pound
among sixty-one different tea produ
cers. A matter of great moment that
also figures in the price of tea is
that very often tea from the same dis
trict will have the various "chops"
blended together in order to produce
special flavors.
WORLD'S FAIR
SPECIAL DAYS
Events of Worldwide Importance Crowd
One Another on the Season's Pro *
gramrne"-Many Congresses and
Conventions to Meet
Each of the remaining days of the
World's Fair season has a programme
filled Tvith special events that offer ad
ditional attractions for late visitors.
National and state governments , mu
nicipalities , secret societies , trade or
ganizations and college fraternities
have arranged to participate in the
special days allotted to them , and
thousands of persons will be drawn to
the World's Fair upon these occasions.
Missouri is to have an entire week at
the Exposition , and the Lumbermen
of America will be present for six
days. St. Louis day Sept. 13. will be
ono of the big days of the Exposition
in point of attendance. Some of the
largest events , including the great air
ship races , have not yet been sched
uled , and they are not included in the
list of attractions given here :
SPECIAL EVENTS FOR AUGUST.
22 Missouri week begins , Pythian day and
convention of National Firemen's
association.
Horse and mule show in Live Stock
section ; closes Sept. 3.
23 Rathbone Sisters' day.
24 Deutscher-Krieger Bund day.
25 Conventions of dental examiners and
Institute of Bank Clerks.
25 Ramsey family reunion.
27 Liberal Arts day.
0 Inauguration of great Olympic games ,
hammer throwing , running and
jumping.
CO Tennis tournament and Marathon race
In Olympic games.
31 Eagles' day and Tyler family reunion.
International tug of war in Olympic
games.
SPECIAL EVENTS FOR SEPTEMBER.
1 Tennessee and Indiana day.
Dumbbell competition and hurdle
races In Olympic games.
2 Jewelers' and Silversmiths' day.
3 Sons and Daughters of Justice.
International team race in Olympic
games.
6 Labor day and beginning of Lumber
men's week.
0 Oklahoma day.
7 Convention of postoffice clerks and
Brigham family reunion.
8 Modern Woodmen day.
9 California , Odd Fellows' and House ot
Hoo-Hco day.
10 Reunion of Spanish "War Veterans.
12 Maryland day.
World's amateur cricket contest.
Cattle show opens in Live Stock sec
tion ; closes Sept. 24.
13 Catholic Knights of America.
14 Woodmen of the World and State of
Louisiana day.
15 St. Louis day.
1G Mexico day and Germanic congress.
17 Massachusetts and Colorado day.
Congress of arts and science and Ari
zona day.
Olympic golf championship tourna
ment.
20 Nevada day.
Archery contests.
21 Illinois day.
22 Arkansas day.
23 Lewis and Clark Centennial exposition
day and Virginia day.
24 Idaho day.
26 Fraternal day.
Military athletic carnival.
27 North Dakota and Apple day.
8 International congress of lawyers and
justices and Utah day.
20 Knights and Ladies of Security day.
SO Kansas day.
SPECIAL EVENTS FOR OCTOBER.
1 Indian Territory day.
Equestrian polo championship con
tests.
3 New York day.
Sheep and swino exhibition In LIva
Stock section ; closes Oct. 15.
4 New York State and Advertising
Men's day.
5 Rhode Island day.
C Maine , Ohio , New Jersey and German
day.
7 W. C. T. U. and Daughters of Con
federacy day.
8 Chicago Press day.
10 Cuba's national day.
11 Missouri day.
12 Italian and Michigan day.
13 Connecticut and City of Detroit day.
14 A. A. U. Wrestling Championship day.
15 Mystic Toilers' day.
17 American Library Association day.
IS Alaska , Nebraska and Helen Keller
day.
ID Jefferson day.
0 Meeting of Colonial Dames of America.
21 Congregational day.
22 Fraternal Mystic Circle. I
24 Bankers of the World day and Nation
al Council of Women.
Poultry , pigeons and pet stock exhibi
tion in Live Stock section ; closes
Nov. 5.
23 Clergyman day.
Dog and cat exhibition In Live Stock
section ; closes Oct. 28.
26 Nut growers , dairymen and silk cul-
turists * congress.
27 Farmers' mass exhibition.
Turners' mass exhibition.
2S A. A. gymnastics championship.
29 Home missionary convention.
A. A. U. gymnastic championships.
SPECIAL EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER.
V Convention King's Daughters and
Sons and National Humane society.
8 Collegiate Alumni association.
p Missouri University day.
7 Interscholastlc football games.
Southern breeding cattle exhibit in
Live Uock section ; clones Nov. 12.
ID College relay racing.
12-Cbllege football.
13 Brooklyn day.
16 Association football.
17 Cross country championship.
IS Association football.
19 Interscholastlc football.
Keatl-this week's
Business Notices.
tice * mirier this headlnjr 5 cents per line
each ii : < " ' - i' ti. Among reailing matter , lOcenta
per li.if ' ' It inst-rilou.
Try a dinner at the Chicago
House.
Buy a 21 moal ticket for $5.0f
at the Chicago House.
| Everyone is satisfied with meals
i at the Chicago House.
Guitar and case for sale. In
quire at the Chicago House.
Let Chef Stark prepare you a
dinner at the Chicago House.
to American Koyul
ILlye Stor.k at .Kansas City,3Io ,
Via the North-western Line. Ex
cursion tickets will be sold Oct. 15
to 19 , inclusive , limited to return
until Nov. 8 , inclusive * Apply to
agents Chicago and North-western
B'v. 373
* Albert Pike informs us that he
has lost seven head of two-year
steers and heifers branded P u
on left side. They have been gone
some time and any one seeing cat
tle bearing that brand will please
notify him at Crookston. 074 :
If you want to buy a Heating
Stove call on Red Front Merc. Co.
Don't forget that the corn husk
ing time will soon be at hand and
the largest line of Corn Huskers ,
Husking Gloves and Mittens , Corn
Knives and Hooks ; also , cotton-
flannel Gloves and Mittens , Pine
Tar , etc. , can be found in the hard
ware department of the Eed Front
Merc. Co. 35
Look out for the dates of Dr.
Barne's , eye specialist , next visit.
A first class Table d hote break
fast , dinner or supper for 50 cents
at the Chicago House.
H. S. Savage having purchased
the Star Livery Barn of C. E.
Sherman , has formed a partner
ship with Hammond & Bullis to be
known as the Star Livery Co. The
Star livery barn will be used ex
clusively for the livery business ,
and the Hammond & Bullis barn
will be used for a feed and sale
stable and will be known as the
Club Feed and Sale Stable. We
wish to thank the public for past
favors and solicit your .patronage
in the future , believing that with (
'
our splendid equipment we can
please you and give better service
than heretofore. Yours for busi-
ness , W. B. HAMMOND.
C. H. BULLIS.
H. S. SAVAGE.
STRAYED from Dewcy Lake
ranch , one bay horse mule , 3 years
old , branded Z on leL't jaw. Lib
eral reward. Notify
382 J. A. SPARKS , Valentine , Neb.
Julius Eauer and Frank Klud-
iskofsky are in town today.
Miss E'eonora Tankred , graduate
of Eoyal Central Institute , Stock
holm , Sweden , and Masseuses of
Waukesha Springs Sanitarium , will
give massage and Swedish move
ment at patient's residence or Dono
her hotel. This treatment is espec
ially recommended for those wishing
to reduce or increase their weight ,
nervous diseases , poor circulation ,
chronic headache and paralysis.
For information apply at Donoher
hotel. 38
FOR SALE Boiler top desk. Apply
to Mrs. Harry Parshall. 38
SO YEARS-
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TRADE
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COPYRIGHTS &e.
Anyone sending a sketch and drpcrintion rnsj
quickly ascertain our opinion free whether ar
invention la probably p.itcntable. Communion
lions strictly conOdcutlal. Handbook on Patents
eetitfree. Oldest acency forsecurinffpatents.
1'atenta talrcn tbrouch Munn & Co. rccelvt
I notice , without charce , iu the
$ ci
Ahnndsotnclyillnstrntcfl wc klv. T.nrjrest eir
culatioti of any scientltle journal. Tevr.ia , 53 t
yeiirj four months , ? L Soldbyull newailealFi >
Professional Cards.
Lotip Valley Hereford linnch.
Brownlee , Nebr ,
Prince Roabdel
131603 nn.l Curly
O-nt * : ; at head
of lii-nS The blood
o ( J-'iiwIer Anxiety.
l.or.1 Wilton and Sir
Cl.ul.ttone predomi
nates IG my herd.
I can li'i nlers foi hulls of ; ill ajres : it any
i time. H' i" tour miles north-west of l.rown-
lee , Nebr
C. II. FAUi.HAr.Kit.
MILL PEICES FOR FEED ,
Bran , bulk 75 per cwt | 14.00 ton
Shorts bulk 85 per cwt $16.00 ton
Screenings 70c " $13.00 "
Chop Peed . . . . 1.05 " $20.00 "
Corn 95 " $18.00"
Chop corn 1.00 " $19.00"
Oats 1.20 " $23.00"
Qenevieve Adams Hewitt ,
1Teiclxei * ot *
Scientifically correct methodiof chest
development , deep breathing , articu
lation and tone poising , correction of
defects in singing and speaking voice
Chicago Jiounc.
Eobert G. Easley ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
i grOffice over Red Front
GENERAL LAW PRACTICE
G. H. Hall , M. D.
Physician anil Surgeon.
All calls promptly attended to day
or night. Drugs and Phar
maceuticals furnished.
W od Lake. -
H. DAILEY ,
Dentist.
Office over the grocery deparment
of T. C. Hornby's store.
Will be in Eosebud agency July
3rd , Oct. 2nd and Jan. 1 , 1904.
A. N. COMPTON
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Quigley & Chapman's
Drug Store. Nights The Don
oher residence , Cherry Street.
H. M. CEAMER ,
City Delivery-man ,
I'nmks , valises and packages hauled to and
from the depot and all parts of the City.
C. M. SAGESEK
Barber
First-class Shop in Every Respect
Eau de Quinine Hair Tonic. Golden Star Balr
Tonic. Ilerpicide and Cokn's Dandruff Cure ,
Try Pompeian Face Massage Cream
JOHN F. POEATH
Reige , Kebr.
Tubular wells and windmills.
2325 Keeley St. ,
CHICAGO , ILL. , Oct , , 2 , 1902.
I sufferedwith falling and con
gestion of the womb , yrith severe
pains through the groina. I suf-
rered terribly at the time of men
struation , had blinding headache *
ami rushing of blood to the brain.
Vf hat to try I knew not , for it
seemed that I had tried all and
failed , but I had never tried Wine
of Cardui , that blessed remedy for
sick vromen. I found it pleasant
to take and soon knew that I had
the right medicine. New blood
seemed to course through my veins
and after using eleven bottles I
was a well woman.
Mrs. Bush h now in perfect
health because she took "Wine of
Cardui for menstrual disorders ,
bearing down pains and blinding
headaches when all other remedies
failed to bring her relief. Any
GuHerer may secure health by tak
ing "Wine of Cardui in her home.
The first bottle convinces the pa
tient she is on the road to health.
For advice in cases requiring
special directions , address , giyiag
symptoms , "The Ladies' AdviEory
Department , " The Chattanooga
Medicine Co. , Chattanooga , Tenn.
Don'fc forget that the Eed Front
Merc. Co. carry a complete line of
KtatingStoveSjRangPS , Cook Stoves
'etc ' , 35