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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1905)
1 ALWAYS CALL FOR A CIGAR BY ITS NAME f MEANS MORE THAN ANY OTHER NAME I EROV7N BAIiDS GOOD FOR PRESENTS "Largeit Seller In th World. " Our Toial Population. The total population enumerated by the twelfth censusvis 7 < V5US7. : but while the area of enumeration covered Alaska and Hawaii it did not include Porto Kico. the Philippines , ( Juani < .r Samoa. The population of th-'se new ly acquired is'a"ds Ins , however , been "ascertained partly by ivtliiritis and partly by special censuses. Including tlusi. ' estimates , the t , tal population of the United States and its outlying po.s- Bissious in IDOO was * us follows : Area of enumeration 7GoOnP.S7 Philippine Islands 0,1)151. ) : ' > : ] ' . ) Porto Kico { )724 : \ : \ Guam 5)OUU ) Samoa 0,100 Total 81/JJU.OOU : The only countries surpassing the United States in number of inhabitants are the Chinese Empire , the Brit Mi Empire , the Russian Empire , and prob ably France , with the inclusion of its African po.-siscions. From Hon. W. R. Merrianfs "Noteworthy Results of the Twelfth Census" in the Century. ALL DONE OUT. Veteran Joshua Heller , of 70(5 ( South \Yalnut street. Urbana. III. says : "In the fall of ISD'I. after taking"Doun's Kidney Pills I told the readers of this paper that they had relieved me of kid ney trouble , dis posed of a lame back with pain across my loins and beneath the shoul der blades. During the interval which has elapsed I have had occasion to re- fiort to Doan's Kid ney Pills when I noticed warnings of an attack. On each and evi-rv oc casion the results obtained were just as satisfactory as when the pills were first brought to my notice. I just as emphatically indorse the preparation to-day as I did over two years a so. " Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo. X. Y. , proprietors. For sale by all druggists. Price uO cents per box. The Little Boy's Men. The little stars are out so late lu fields of blue they roam ; I wonder why the mother moon Don't call her children home ? I know they're sleepy in the skies Just by the way they blink their eyes. Atlanta Constitution. Wo offer One Hundred Dollars Reward tor aiiv oa e of Catarrh that cauuot be cured by Hall's. Catarrh Cure. F. ,1. CHKNEY R CO. , Props. , Toledo. O. We the miderMuru'd have known F. J. Choney for the last l.i years , and believe him perfectly honorable in all hnMiie < $ Iran-actions and finan cially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. WE.VI &TP.UAX. Wholesale Drafts , Toledo. O. WAUUNG. KIXVAX ic MAKVIX , Wholesale Dmxtribts. Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally , actlnc directly upnu tho blnod and invfous surfaces of the svstosn. 1'riee 7..c. per bottle. Sold by all ujxlst * . Tt'sUnwbtlfree. . Hall's Family Pllla are the best. "Topping" a toiMivu II-IH : moans breaking off tlu > upj > T eid : of the stem in order thnt the Mn-i th of I'tc ' plant in.iy all he concent rated in thp lojivcb rather than in flower * : in l < < . ' - . MEXICAN S cures Cuts , Burns , Bruises. * HW > UOiiuv TO THE ACRE IS TItF. KE--OUD OX THE FREE HGHESTS&B UfiDS Q ? WEST&H GAHA3& FOB 1804 The 1W 000 Funn'-f from the United Sia < M. who < ! urnf tS pitl se\en years h te * .no tu Can oa , p rticiQiU ! In U > i. prosperity. flioL'inted Ftt J - > ! ! ' son lirrorrf en Im/iortej1 f VThevt. urrh > f..rtu Western faim * ! * , Get a fr t 1 * nttateat ! or | A in n.j burudu on of X ! . " v niio will teli frmlcra it. Applrfo Info matioiitoS nin ) T. < \ ntof Jl.iu K n- tioii , O tawj , C iiH < : i > , or 10 1'I. . II ir.T > 31j . 'in k on h' . . r t. 1'anl. M in . . ami .T. M. ' -L.u-nl n I.ox 111' . I'lecso saj .theru yu saw this aO VaudevHEeSongste ! A sonpboolt vorxhod , ' want . It's Coo 1 , " "You're Weicoisi' * : i > tli" Irl < nv < rs in May" and forivothor nw s niL's. J'hr < 'n' rentta'iiiih * i wiU'lmy it. A < Mr < - I-\ 1 . DKAX. SJlEEi . - I MUSIC STOJJi : . lfiX : Cl 1 Y. IA. TELEGRAPHY antJR ILROADACGOUHTIftC In.lori-1 ly 'l M.lr. . . I l..t . . \iOK-K X I.I. cliinatl. O. I.u Cro .c , to 91,200 a A Japanese Y/ar Story. La f radio I learn , the American wri er resident In .Ja ; : tn , .said in a recent etler apropos of the Japanese war : "My friendd here have no fear of ilnssla. The thought of war excite. ? : hein to pleasant laughter. Over our saki the other ni ht , your old acuaint- ; ance Mutsu told a Japanese war story that von may think interesting. "The third son of a .samurai ( h ? said ) boasted of his prowess. " 'What deeds did you do In the last battle ? ' asked his friends. " 'I went up boldly to one of the en- ernyV the young man replied , 'and cut off his feet. ' " 'His feetr said the friends of the samurai's son.Vhy his feet ? Why did you not cut off hLs head ? ' " 'Oil , ' said the youth , 'that was off already. ' " K-peeially for Women. Champion , Mich. . Jan. n. ( Special. ) A case of especial Interest to women is that of MI-H. A. Wellatt , wife of a well-known photographer here. It is best siven in her own words. " ! could not sleep , my feet were cold and my limbs cnitnped , " Mrs , Wellatt states. "I had an awful hard pain ru-ro.ss my kidneys. I had to get up three or four times in the night. I was \ery nervous and fearfully despondent. " 1 had been troubled in this way for five years when I commenced to use Uodd's Kidney Pills , and what they caused to come from my kidneys will hardly stand description. "Hy the time I had finished one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills I was cured. Now I can sleep well , my limbs do not cramp , I do not get up in the night and I feel better than I have in years. I owe my health to Dodd's Kidney Pills. " Women's ills are caused by Diseased Kidneys ; that's why Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure them. No Siore Old "Women. There are no old women to-day In the wide world of fashion. Not many years ago dressmakers de signed special dresses for women who had passed the sunny side of life. There were caps for old women and wraps and bonnets and shoes for them. Everybody called them "grand ma , " and their greatest pleasure was in sitting by the fireside and telling of the good old days. Now all this has changed. If to day you should seek to draw a. dis tinction between the dresses of your grandmother and your mother you would find it an exceedingly difficult matter , for in the fashionable dress making establishments of the city no rules of age prevail. In the swellest of the dressmakers' shops the other day three women wore selecting and ordering their drest-es for the fall and winter. The eldest of the trio was probably < ; . " > , the second 4L' , and the youngest HO. The choice of goods thej' made was practical- ! same , with the possible exception that the eldest woman selected colors a trifle more subdued than the other two. Bvit this difference was so slight as scarcely to be marked. The women were grandmother , mother : uid daugh ter , but one fashion plate answered for all. TWO YEARS OF AGONY. One Cake of Ctiticura Soai > ami Osie Box of Cuticiira Cured Usihy'd Awful Humor. "When iny sister was eighteen months old a humor broke out on her Rhoulder. extending clear across the back. For two years it caused her in tense suffering. It would scab over and then crack open and a watery matter ooxe from it. Then the scabs would fii'I off and it would be raw for a time. We had several different doctors and tried everything we could think of. but without effecting a cure. Then we got one cake of Cuticuru Soap and one box of Cuticura Oint ment , which cured her completely and without scar or blemish. ( Signed ) Li- ; luChase V'alker , 5 Tremont St. , Wood fords , Me. " I'hc Secret Out. "Why is it. " asked the youth , "that of all the people who coiue to you for advice none ever appear to go away dis satisfied ? " "That's easily explained , " answered the sage. "When a man comes to nw for advice I find out what kind he wants , and ffive it to him. " I can recommend Piso's Cura for Con sumption for Asthma. It has given tu * ureat relie' . W. L. Wood , Fannersbur . InJ. , Sept. 8 , 1Q01. lleniarliablo Do s. First Liar 1 have a dog that ruus to a doctor eveiy time ho gets hurt. Spc-ond Liar Smart dogs are plenty enough , but 1 have one with : i sense of humor. "i gue s not. How does he show it ? " " 1C very time he sf es a tailor he pants. " TO CUKK A COLT ) JN ONE DAY Take Laxative Krouio Quinine Tablets. AH dru-rurists rerund the money if it fails to cum. E.V. . Grove's siunatuie is on each bos. .M. SheJlfciilrs lor Him. Johhcrtvok Yoar friend McekerUm appears to be a 111:111 of very derided views. Dinglebatz Yc > . did you ever meet his wife ? .Tob'nprwok No. I believe not. Diiuru r atWell , when you do you will understand why he has them. yr VfJLJ - v - y - v"f - - v - " % ' . v-v . . . . . > MT -v ? . y - 7-ViJ .i K For and X O From cold , hard labor or exercise , relaxes the stiffness and the sore ness disappears. The Old Monk Cure Price , 25c. and 5Oc. kUULUU * , r.- < ' * IS LIFE WORTH LIVING ? Ifc life t.'orth living ? How can you Look up into yon skies of blue In heaven's sunshine smile and bask. And t > uth a question dare to ask ? At hlo wc m .ime , how can j'ou hear I'.lithe messengers with notes , high , clear From branch and bough proclaim lib might. Without u thrill of glad delight ? How can you know the gentle press On cheek and brow of wind's caress , And not within 3'our bosom feel An earnestness , a new born zeal ? IH life worth living ? How can you Gaze lovingly in eyes o true , And not within their depths behold The light that blends each hour with gold ? How can you , the ones who wear the crown of motherhood , bright , fair , Bc-query thus , when 'gainst your breast Two little warm , red lips are pressed ? Xew Orleans Times-Democrat. SQUIRE GEOFFREY MAR- dingham lay in the big four-post bed , stricken down i.y a relent less disease. Around him gathered a number of re4atives , for in his hard life he had accumulated a large for tune , and each wanted it. Mrs. Fox ley , his eldest sister , a plump and gorgeously dressed matron , sat near the head of the bed , her eyes full of a tender concern. "Dear Geoffrey , " she murmured , "I hope you are better now. Please allow George to bathe your forehead with that bay water. " "I won't , " growled the interesting invalid , quite tartly. "My dear and venerable cousin ! " snuilled n tall , cadaverous-looking young man , in a while neckcloth , "if u chapter out of Nosey's sermons " "Xo ey be hanged ! ' ' sharply uttered old 'Squire Mardir.gham , with an emphasis which proved that there was yet some vitality about him. "Clear out , the whole tribe and generation of you ! If I'm to go into the other world I won't be badgered out of this ! " "If there should be any aid I could give you in your legal affair ? , ray dear cousin , " began a fat man with sleek , black hair ami keen , ferret-like eyes , "I am sure any little knowledge I pos sesswill be at your service. " "Get out of my loom , every one of you ! " sharply ejaculated Geoffrey Mardingham. "Let me have a min ute's peace and try to sleep. I tell you your chatter makes me mad ! " "And leave you alone , brother ? " remonstrated Mrs. Foxley , sweetly. "Naomi Bruce shall stay with me , " paid the 'Squire , a little impatiently. "She understands my ways she doesn't lill my ears with senseless clack ! Come here , Naomi , and sit by my bedside ; yon , at least , can keep still. " The assembled relatives glanced with unfriendly eyes at Naomi Bruce , a slender , soft-eyed girl , in a much- worn suit of some coarse material , as she advanced to fullill the old man's bidding. "A pert upstart and only his third cousin nt that , " said Mrs. Foxley , venomously. "Presuming minx ! " muttered the starched maiden lady , "with no more experience than a gosling ! " "Ah , " sighed Lawyer Lennox , roll- Ing up his eyes , "it's much to be feared that some undue inllucnce * ' Then the door shut off further coin- inont. All that night the relatives sat iu the adjoining room Availing to hear of their rich relative's death ; but old 'Squire Mardingham had more endur ance than they had any idea of. lie rallied , and for this time they went home outwardly rejoicing' , but in real ity sorely discomfited. Naomi Bruce alone remained by tho old man's side. But even this arrangement was not for long. Geoffrey Mardingham had always led a lonely life he preferred it "Go bark to your work , my dear , " he said dryly. "You've been a good , attentive girl , and yon will not lose anything by it ; but I shall do very weli by myself now. " So Geoffrey Mardingham was left alono. And one day they shut the old sun-warped shtiftrrs , and hung som ber streamers of black nvpe on the tloor , and when the relatives arrived the funeral was over , and a little old lawyer , with a rusty red wig , blue spectacles and a grizzled beard , was Kitting at the further end of the par lor , with a japanned box labeled , "G. Mardingham , " on his knee. "I suppose you are all ready to hear the will read , ladies and gentlemen , " he said in a cracked voice. "Please excuse the bandage on 103face it's neuralgia ; and I find of late that with rheumatism and ague I don't grow any younger hee , he ! " Mrs. Foxley put her handkerchief to her eyes. "Poor , clear Geoffrey ! " she sighed. "Oh. go on , Mr. " "Mr. Peckham , of the firm of Peck- ham & Marble. " "I thought Mr. Peckham was a- Foung man , " said the disciple of Rev. Kehemiah Nose3\ "So he was ten years ago , " said the cracked voice lawyer. "Ahem ! Shall I proceed ? " "By all means , " said Mrs. Foxley's Smsband , "unless , " with n severe jlance at the corner where poor Saomi Bruce sat , "that young woman nronld prefer to defer the proceedings L little while longer , while she cries t out I do despise such affectation. " Naomi shrank back. Poor child , she had but few friends , an.l stern old 'Squire Mardingham had been good to her in his bluff way. Mr. Peekham read out th < > preamble of the will in his sharp , high pitrlu-d voic * . . Mr. Lennox no.hkd approval the while , and the room was tilled v\ith an atmosphere of breathless silence as he n ared the important words , for which all listoiud so in tently. "I Geoffrey Mardingham , do give and bequeath the whole of my fortune and estate , real and personal , for tha founding , erection and endowment ot" an asylum for fools , idiots and insane , that my name may be remembered and honored after my bones have turn ed to dust , " the lawyer read out , slowly and impressively. Mrs. Foxley fell back in her chair , uttering a hysterical , gasping sound ; there was a sudden babel of voices , bursting into discord. "Oh ! oh ! oh ! " shrieked Mrs. Fox- ley. "Not to remember me , that al ways did so much for him. " "Fools and idiots , indeed ! lie was one himself , " cried Mr. Foxley , grow ing purpJe in the face. "I always knew he was an old blockhead , " cried Mr. Lennox , jump ing around the room as if he had the Sc. Vitas dance. "An unregenerate sinner ! " groan-d the pious young man ; "think how the sweet utterances of Nehemiah Nosey would have been completely thrown aAvay on him ! " "Old fool ! " cried Mrs. Foxley , sud denly emerging from the tide of her hysterics. "Oh , Foxley , Fo.xley , you always told me he hadn't any brains , but I never gave credence to you. " The maiden lady tossed her head in the air. "I wish now I hadn't worked those slippers for him , " said she ; "an un grateful , unprincipled , hoary repro bate who " But Noami Bruce ro-.e up among them , slender and pale , yet instinct with womanly dignity. "Hush ! " she ejaculated , uplifting her slender finger. "How dare you speak so of the dead ? Uncle Geoffrey was good and generous to all of you , as he was to me. What right have you to expect aught else ? His money was his own to do as he pleased with , and I for one , shall not sit mutely by and hear his name decried. " There was an instant of astonished silence , and then Mr. Peckham , of tho firm of Peckham & Marble , jumped briskly up , tore the luxndage away from his month ami chin , pulled off the red wig , false beard and goggles , and rising to his full height , confront ed the astonished audience old Geof frey Mardingham's self , alive and veil ! "Well met , ye hypocrites , " he said slowly and distinctly , "I can scarcely express my gratitude for this oppor tunity , which has given me such a clear insight into the characters of ev ery one of you. 1 am not dead and buried ; no , nor likely to be at pres ent , but I have learned a lesson for the future. Come here to me , Naomi , " he said , his face softening as he held out his hand. "You , who were the only one to defend the dead old man. shall be his adopted child for th i present , his heiress for the future. As for the rest of you , I only want to have iny house cleared of your odious presence ! " There was no gainsaying his stern words and sneering lips. One by one the expectant relations , now , alas ! so woefully disappointed , sneaked out of the room and house Mr. ami Mrs. Foxley , the lawyer , the old maid , and the "regenerate" youth , together with the lesser satellites. For they had no more hopes from Geoffrey Mardingham's will , and tho little Naomi Bruce was now a a heiress ! Indianapolis Sun. WESTERN FARM COLONIES. ; A Plan thnt Pronisesto Work Socio logical Ucucfita. TVhile I stoppwl at Killings , Mont. , George II. Maxwell , the executive chairman of the National Irrigation Association , addressed a meeting of the people at Avhich he unfolded a plan for putting people on land , which , if it can be worked out , will become one of the most important sociological movements of the times. He said that if tiie people of Billings would take it up and co-operate , he would undertake j to secure subscriptions suilicient to a > - i tablish at the outskirts of the town an ' acre farm colony , where 1UU acres could be secured , with a good irriga- j tion supply , and divided up into oae- acre tracts and provided with compe tent farm instructors , so that men in the Eastern centers who had saved a iittle money and wanted to get a little . ' country home could come out and stay [ > n one of those acres for a year or two : md be taught how to farm and to ir- ' rigate. Then thoy would fc l confi ' dence in looking about the buying a five or ten acre farm and making their uome upon it. The working out of such a plan , Mr. Maxwell said , would furnish a supply | > f ideal colonists for any new country , ind it would at the same time tend to relieve the congested centers in the ' , E asr. That it was not a chimera of liis brain , he stated that one of the Southern transcontinental railroads lad already started the system in Ari- ' cona , in the irrigated Salt River YalI I ey , ami was now dividing up a 1GO- ' icro tract into acre farm gardens aii-1 ' md engaged one of the best fanners i ' n Arizona as an instructor. North- vestern Agriculturist. ; Jokemaker's Complaint. j Laugh at another man's Jokes and ) le will laugh with you ; spring one of j ; our own and you laugh alone. PhUI I ' idelphia Telegraph. Mrs. Fairbanks tells how neglect of warnng symptoms will soon prostrate a woman. She thinks woman's safeguard is o Lydk E * Pmkham's Vegetable Compound * MRS. PIXKHAM : I. norance and ncglcc-t arc the cause of untold female suite rinjr , not onlyvith the laws of liealth but with the chance of a cure. I did not heed the warnings of headaches , organic my acnes and pains appeared , and I a iin felt the glow of health tlirough my hod } ' . Since J have been well I have heenmore careful , I have also advised a number of my sick friends to take Lydia E. Piziklmm's Vegetable Com pound , and they have never had reason to he sorry. Yours veryinly , MRS. J\LAY FAIKKANKS , 216 South 7th St. , Hiinnenpolis.iMinn. " ( Mrs. Fair- hanks is one of the most successful and highest salaried travelling sies- \vomen in the West. ) When women are troubled with irregular , suppressed or painful menstru ation , weakness , Icucorrhoca , displacement or uloeration of tbe womb , that bearing-down feeling , inflammation of the ovaries , backache , bloating ( or flatulence ) , general debility , indigestion , and nervous prostration , or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness , faintness , lassitude , excitability , " , rri- tability , nervousness , sleeplessness , melancholy , "all-gone' ' and " vrant-to-be- left-alpnc" feelings , blues , and hopelessness , they abould remember there is one tried and true remedy. ydia E. Pinkhani's Vegetable Compound at once removes euch troubles. Ilefuse to buy any otber medicine , for you need the best. " DEAK IMjis. PINKIIAM : For over two years I suffered more than tongue ran express with kidney and hladdcr trouble. } , Iy physician pro nounced my trouble catarrh of the bladder , caused , by displacement of the womb. I had a frequvint desire to urinate , and it was very pain ful , and lumps of bloodwould passwith tha urine. Also had backache very often. " After writing to you , and receiving your reply to my letter , I followed your advice , and feel that you and Lydia K. Piuklmm's Vege table Compound have cured me. The medicine drew my womb into its projier place , and then I was well. I never feel any pain now , and can do my housework with ease. " MRS. ALICE LAMON , KuicaU , Miss. ! K o otlier medicine for female ills in thevorld has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She Las guided thousands to health. Address , l < ynn , Mass. ' FORFEIT if wo cannot forthwith produce tho criminal letters and signatures of abovo testimonials , which will prove their absolute p ( n imiipsi . I.vilia K.T > inUlinm > .I i > i < > fi * > f'n . T.Tnn. in Paper. It is not a pleasant thought that the brilliant white note paper which your hand rests upou may have in It the fiber from the filthy garment of some Egyptian fellah after it has passed 1-hrouirh all the stages of decay until it is saved by the ragpicker from the gutter of an Egyptian town ; and yet it is a fact that hundreds of tons of Egyptian rair.s are exported every year into America to supply our paper mills. At Mannheim on the Rhine the American importers have their rag- picking houses , where the rags are collected from nil over Europe , the disease-infected Levant not eicepted. Our best papers are made of these rags , and our common ones of wood A GTTAKANTKICDCUKK FOTJ PTI.KS. Itching , Blind , iiecilin : < ; or Protrmlinjr Piles. Yourtlruj-'srist will rfun l money if P AZU OINT MENT tails to cure you in ( i to 14 ( lays. The lioilak Fiends. Beryl Why docs Ktlu-1 always wear that silly smiling expression on her fact- whenever she promenades the beach ? ybl She suspects thnt every person 0:1 tho beach has n camera concealed on them to take n snapshot of her in bathirc : costume and have it published in papers. Baltimore Herald. Qualified. "Such weather ! " exclaimed Mr. Henry Pock. "I'm free to say this ' ' "What's that , Henry ? " interrupted his wife. "Beg pardon , my dear , " he began nsrain , meekly. "I mean 'with your per mission I'm free to say' this is the wor.st : lirnate un < l T ( lie CIIH. " Exfh.ir.jre. Kussia has almost three times the pop ulation of Japan. It Cures Coals , Conc'-s. Sore Throat , Cronp , Inf.n- cr.za , Whc"'ini } ; Cotitrh , Brr.tu N.I t nn-1 A thma. A ccrti n cure for fon < nmpt..n in flrst * ta < * i ; . and alire r Iicf in a'lvanrul ra-'c , ? . Vse nt once ! YouviI ! gee the oxrlent ( -fr rt after takiii" tha flr t dopf. ? . , ; < ! bv ( Seam everywhere. bottles ii5 cents * inl 50 ceuta WILL CURE YOU ! SEKD FOR ONE AT ONCE ! S " 5 "i ? * : . .r. r.-fd S'lpenor to . . : . "jtker made Tio stIts , So and 310 Chic o Gen'l Supply Co. 3017 No Winchester AT , Chicago , II ! . iHatnaTMt CUCAT xir > f cr AND Liven cunt. 'Estes O" DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE lf' cR REWEDY , > - ' - wtf ! r . . , t > . r. Ifaiiiiciedvfiih Thompson's ' Eye Water sore Fycs , usa S . u. i : BEGGS' CHERRY GOUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds. \g\n \ \ CUt6nfLhEA L Lb FALS. Ecst i oueb rup. I"a.t3 o < xt. Use in t-rap. * t.c bv i * " ' r ; N g. m TKE FAMILY'S FAVORITE HE CAT2IAK.TIC BEST BOWELS . . - - -