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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1905)
THE VALENTINE DEMOCW t. M RICE EOITOP February . * xtrKer it , uBaeofi44lMft matter. . rr . ; TKBM8 O p r year in adviiRcej Si * Wfcen R t ? aM to adranoo. 81 oak ) copies EC. ZX pl r adrertlBlug 1 Inch single column IN- ' per tfl o or ffi.00 a jf r. Looal Mottoet , Obituaries , Lodge RMotatiun ai f ! etali for rsrvcmi * Se per line per If roc ti ' Ue 14.00 per year In advance J-Wper inch per yewengraTed rartiec IMag outuMo rfattrry county not pt aHy known re requested lo pay la advam- * ! per eeBt additional to above rates if overr oatfee la arreara. Jfetiew of IOMW of BtocX free to brand ? * ivw The reform editor of the Blair , Kebrtska Pilot clamored for a fHoux City expert to go over the books of the democratic county treasurer. The expert found the democrat even with the board , but uncovered shortage of two repub licans amounting to several thous- tad dollars. This seems to bo the popular ratio in Nebraska. Sioux City Tribune. Before Governor LaFollette's enemies had time to decide wheth er or not they were glad to jret bim out of the state , and into tin senate he announced that his ac ceptance of the senatorship was conditional on the disposition o ihe legislature to carry out the re forms that he has started in Wis onain. The governor seems to have caught them both coming and going. State-Journal. The Roosevelt anti-railroad policy lacks force in the fact thai he will have Paul Mortan at the bead of department of railroads a- member of the cabinet. We liavr been in hopes that President Roosevelt was in earnest in hi- Views on railroad matters , but i Moms to us that he is making > T6ry poor choice in his selection m men to put his ideas into practice. That railroad legislation is neede- BO one will deny and that the pow en of the interstate comraissioi fthonld be enlarged no one will dis pate but the trust magnates wh own the railroads. Presides Roosovelt has the chance to mak * himself deservidly popular witl fcba people if he is in earnest ir this move. O'Neill Independent < Should a public .official be re quired to give an official Ixtnd The 'history of Nebraska show * that the total sum collected f ron the bondsmen of officials who hav stolen public funds has been les ? than one per cent of the total pec ulations. The Telegram does no baliero a public offcial should lx required to give bond. He is the servant of the majority of the peo ple , He should be placed in offic en his-honor. If he betrays hi- trust he should suffer imprison ment for life. The whole history of bonds in Nebraska has beet- farcical. County and state tre'as- nrer'have stolen millions. The ; Cro what were regarded as jmo < Bonds , but by the aid of sleek law- yera'the bondsmen have escaped with the payment of cents in re turn for the dol.'a a a olen bih officials whose honesty they ha guaranteed. It is the sincere judgment- The Telegram thai official bonds do not prevent of ficial stealing. We believe then would be less official stealing with oat official bonds. Place men in office on their honor , and let them know that the penitentiary is al- , way just ahead of crookedness on 4tbeir part , and the'public defalca tions-would'be few. Under th - bond system the public official ar gues that if he shall fall shorfe a fow thousand the'influence of hip bondsmen will , be sufficient to forci t satisfactory settlement with the county and the state , and that in onJer-'to recover A part of tin ; fttealiogft the people will be satis fed .itbotit demanding puuisb- betrayer of a pnblir TbV tffatf to * signed by individuals , or by a sur ety company , is a promoter , rath er than a preventive of crime. Columbus Telegram. Judge Bicker , of the Cbadron Times , comes out with a double column article in which he scores the republican party , tho demo cratic party , the trusts and the people. Head what he says and if you don't entirely agree with him , you will admit that he has spoken the true conditions in many respects : Roosevelt is an expectancy. Let him do his utmost and he will prove but a feather in hell. The triumvirs who have the iron claw of power on the strings in Repub lican noses will let Mr. Roosevelt have just enough empty success to make the fools at the other end of the strings believe they have a patch of whales when they've got only suckers. That is the history of thirty years legislation , and tlie 'Uimb ' and driven people have been contented with it. When the cor porations found that railroad leg islation was inevitable , they set about shaping it , and gave us all manner of high sounding and widely lauded "commissions" that have had as much power as a mos- iuito in a cyclone. The Sherman mti-trust law was passed fifteen years ago with the result that the executive branch of the govern- nont has slept ami dodged and . > la.\ed truant , ami uhr-n forced to die wall actually discredited the law by saying it was a sickly bant- iing afflicted with measles , croup , nmmer complaint and the entire fjitognry of infantile disorders. i5uh ! the people are fool < , and the A'ord fool doesn't half express their condition. For three ant : thirty years and more monopol.v > n-liininaries and > roceeding-j have "M " en going on , and men and wom- ri of insight and patriotism have j' n throwing out warning signal- , f the breakers ahead. " Tn | PX- loiters replied with the harr names of "calamity howler , " "an- trchist" and a few dozen more choice epithets , the babbling fo.oU joining in the chorus , and to th * nd that their rascality and lying might be intrenched , they first subsidized and bribed and then > ought up the press of the cities ind to perpetuate their power have nade a raid on the higher school' if learning. Now cometh Tommy Lawsnn in a one-horse shay filled with fine irray of flashing fireworks and a rushing expose. The dear pi-o- le , what of them ? For acentur.v hey have patted themselves on : , he back and exhausted the lang- lage for words of self-praise for iieir own vanity to feed on , do laring that they are the universal Tankee nation , able to lick the ; ; arth and all the inhabitants there- > f ; that they are freer , more en- 'ightened and wiser than all God's . ; reation , past , present and future .Vow behold the amazement of the pigmy self-conceits at Lawson'- lisclosures ! The infamy has been ifoing on before their faces with heir active consentand assistance , * nd while * the details were to H large extent secret the lab.vrinthian tnicture of lawless iniquity of monopoly and pint 'c acy hasgrown u uieir hands until a monster of tiieir own creation , stronger than the government itself , is drawing < uck from the vitals of society. The republican party and the jugrnent of the democratic party tfith "figurehead" Cleveland for jftss-idol , have done it. How may he lost ground be recovered ? 3ne way kill the republican party > y keeping it in power the demo cratic party is dead. The voting : ols when they begin to stagger vith starvation will take guns and turround the industrial center * , mrn the plants over to themselves , nake fair appraisement of thei ; ralue and pay the owners for Jiem. The government must run iera. They cannot bo regulated , feguktion is a sham device of uoQopoly and the people haven't ense'enongh to safeguard their cannot be trusted. The judiciary is undemocratic. The people are fickle , swayed by tho gastrometer of the stomach. Corruption every where. Whose fault ? The peo ple's ! Chadron Times. Penbrook Qailln. Mr. and Mrs. Swain went to town Saturday. Mrs. Burdick was at the post- office Sunday. D. A. Hancock was down at Penbrook Sanday. Frank Thompson went to Nor- den the last of last week. Mrs. Thompson has been on the sick list for several days. We understand that another fight took place down the river recently. Henry Grooms and family spent one day last week with his mother Mrs. M. J. Grooms. Sam Gleason left last week , af ter a three weeks visit with rela tives in this locality. Dock Grooms and Billing Bros , caught five coyotes Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. Mr. Hartman , of Valentine , was in this locality last woek with the intention of buying cattle. Miss Liura Tillson is teaching in the Foster district. There i.s always a good demand for good teachers in this neighborhood. The Porcupine went to town the. last of last woek to buy a last , to mend the last pair of shoes he bought to make them last a little longer. What has become of Youngster ? The Porcupine's mule has been still for a long time without get ting roasted a little from some where. The Porcupine attended the joint installation of M. W. A. and Roy al Neighbors at Valentine. last Wednesday night and enjoyed a nice time. The entertainment and box so cial at Highland school , given by Miss Effie Starr , was well attended ami a fine program was arranged and carried out. The money re ceived from the sale of baskets , amounting to § 15.75 , was given to the M E. church at Sp-irks This is to be followed by another on Friday night , Feb. 17. A fine program will l > e arranged and a irood time is expected. Come ev erybody and bring all your friends and enjoy a good time with the most sociable sot of people on' earth. The proceeds of this en tertainment , will be for the High land school. Soon we'll hvar the fanuer'rf whistle AH hp walks alongr th * fenct * ; , Patching up tho broken pi ices ErpririL > w wi-rk Induf ! < corntnnee. . Then whiMi t-wrvtht'i M busv Hwill the" not have to ntop , To < ) and bring hit c title home Fn m out of hit neiglibur's crop. PORCUPINE. l > i ln't Advertise I knew a merchant once who wasn't wist ; He wanted trade but wouldn't d vertise. \Vln-n thus approached , this his ' ' " excuse , "You see [ t doesn't par , for everyone knows me. " But , U HIP < M ne , IIN was a luck less lot ; Hie propiipised : him by they knew him not , ! ! didn't do a blessed ihing but fail , : \JH ! thenvas advertised at sher iff's sale lis goods and chattels , every style and size ; Ind all wpr .sold it pays to ad vertise. Lincoln Journal. 3tili > li < * Church A it u o. 111 < > llt On Sunday next , an early mass v\\\ \ \ \ be said at 7 o'clock in the n rnintr Solemn high mass at .0:30 : a m. Catechism class at 3 'clock in the afternoon. WANTED a good all around arm hand on dairy farm. Mar- ied man preferred. Steady W0rk. 7on e furnished. Pen Picture of Dnnyan. In the life of John Buuj-an byV Hitle Whits the author of "Pilgrim's Progress" is described as follows : "He appeared in t > uutenance to Le a stern and rough tcaine * . but in conversation mild and affable , not giveu to loquacity or much discourse In company unless ome urgent occasion required it. He never boasted of himself or his parts. lie abhorred lying and swearing , being Just in all that lay in his power to his word , not seeming to revenge injuries , loving to reconcile differences and make friendship with all. Tie had a tliarp , quick eye , accompanied with an excellent discerning of persons , being of good judgment and quick vrit As for his person , hewas tall of stature , strong boiieJ , though not corpulent , somewhat of a ruddy face , with spar kling eyes , wearing his hair on his up per lip after tlie old British fashion , his hair reddish , but in his latter days time had sprinkled it with gray. His nose was well set , but not declining or bending , and his mouth moderately largo , his forehead something high and his habit always plain and modest" The Art of Drnirn Work. Perfllado , or dr wn needlework , oc cupies the same place in Mexico ns lace does In Brussels. The city of Matamoros is the center of Its pro duction , and large quantities of this beautiful work are exported to the United States. Women and girls arc employed in the manufacture , and some of it is very expensive , for a year may be required to make a single piece. The linen or silk is placed in a frame , the threads are drawn ont one way , and with a needle and the finest pool thread the design is worked. Terfilado is taught In the public schools. Among the articles made are handkerchiefs , tablecloths , bedspreads and covers for chairs or lounges. The work is hard and difficult , and the earnings are on an average less than a shilling a day. Onions AM Weather Prophets. One of the rites performed by the French peasants on New Year's eve Is the forecasting of the weather for the coming year by means of onions. When the bells ring for midnight mass they scoop out the middles of twelve onions , sot them In a row on the kitchen table , fill them with salt nud name them for the months of the year. Then when they return from mass they examine the condition of the salt If it has melted In any of the "mouths , " those months will be rainy ; if the salt remains dry , It indicates drought ; if half melted , the first fort night of the mouth will be wet The peasants have such implicit faith In this means of foretelling the weath er that they plant their crops In accord ance with the prophecy of the onions. The Fifteenth Centnry Gambler. Ill the time of King Ilcnry IV. of England I lie "smart set" managed to play bridge or its equivalent without shocking the pusceptibilities of those who think it wrong to play for money. The fifteenth century gambler , accord ing to one historian , "played at cards for counters , nails and points In every house more for pastime { han for gam. " "Everie scholar or petyte ( little one ) that plaies for money is to bo ex pelled , " ordains a grammar school charter of the period. One of the du ties of hospital sisters was "to make dilygentt searche amonge the poore for cards or dice. " Insulted His Apropos of kneo breeches a corre spondent of the London Express quotes an anecdote from Captain Gronow's "Recollections" which puts _ the whole case in a nutshell. The balllie de for- rette was always dressed in knee breeches , with a cocked hat and a court sword , the slender proportions of which greatly resembled those of his legs "Do tell me , my dear bail- lie. " said Montrond one day , "have you got three legs or three swords ? * ' Soon after which , wo should imagine , the baillio went home. Damages Enouprl : . There had been a railway collision near a Scottish country town , and an astute local attorney had hurried to the scene of disaster. Noticing an old man with a badly damaged head lying on the ground , he approached him with notebook in 'land. "IIow about dam ages , my man ? " he began. The In jured man waved him off with the re mark : "Na na ; ye'll get nae damages fae me. It wasna me that hit yor bloomin' auld train. " The Other Kind. "Do you tliinU there is anything re markable in love at first sight ? " asked a romantic youth. "Not at all. " replied his cynical friend. "It's when people have been looking at each other for four or five years that it becomes remarkable ! " The Retort Amiable. Mistress I don't want you to have BO much company. Yon have more call- era lu a day than I have in a week. Domestic Well , mum , perhaps if you'd try to be a little more agreeable you'c ! have as many friends as I have. Serious Mistake. Dr. Cutts I made an awful mistake when I diagnosed that man's case ar appendicitis. Dr. Slash What did th' operation discloso ? Dr. Cutts That IK flldn't havr ? a cent. Cleveland Leader Cruel Fate's Favorn. The Poet My mail contains nothing but rejected manuscripts ! ITis Wife- Aud mine nothing but invitations rr millinery openings ! Brooklyn Life. On and Off. Kcobbs They sny poverty him on to tlie stage. Snobts Tes. nn * the gallery egced him off. Princeton & # * IIEXKY TAVLOK. OH A XT BOYER. TAYLOR & BOY Contractors and Builders , Carpentering. All kinds of wood work clone to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes B5f"\Vork shop in Charbonneau's blacksmith shop. VALENTINE - - NEBRASKA. A. JOHN CO. , DEALER IN Dry Goads s Notions CAVDIES AND FRESH FRUIT TOBACCOS AND CIGARS Special Prices on Winter Underwear and Hosiery. OLD POSroFr.C . BUILDING. VALcNllNE , NEBR. W. B. Hammond. C. H. Bull is. H. S , Savaga. very keeps tinfinest n < rs and be-t. teams of any live.ry stable \ \ - ( > - > l of O nahi. If you want your teams to ifL fat and look .slick put them up at the CLUB FEED when ever you come to Valentine. 1ENTAL WORK A SPECIALTY. PHONE 11-24. Nice Furnished Eccms to Rent At the Chicago Hotel $5,00 Per Month , B HULL W A TAYLOR. 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