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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1905)
v- One Hundred Years Ago. Over 100 persons lost their lives by the great flood of the river Tiber. The United States frigate KSSPX , Commodore I.nrron. arrived at Tricst German journals announced the march of 1.10,000 Prussians to the fron tiers of Europe. Algerian pirates raptured a Portu guese frigate with 100 men , carrying thorn nil' into shivery. In Asia n Spanish ship with valuable cargo and $280.000 in gold was cap tured by a British privateer and sent lo Falmouth. -Seventy-five Years Age. Several towns were destroyed by an earthquake in South America. Navigation in the Black Sea was opono'l to American vessels. The standing army of the United States numbered but G.OOO men. The bill for a national road from Buffalo to New Orleans was rejected in the house by SS to 10. , . In New England the right of suffrage w.-is granted to every male inhabitant of 21 years , except paupers nnd per sons excused from paying taxes at their own request. Fifty Years Ago. A free state convention drew up the Topeka constitution. A pro-slavery legislature was organ ized in Kansas. A cloud passed over New York City which caused a darkness equal to night. A new running record for a mile was set by Henry Perritt on the Metairie course at New Orleans in 1:42. : A mob In Plattc County , Missouri , ordered that no person belonging to 1he Northern Methodist Church should preach in that county under penalty of tar and feathers or hemp rope. Forty Years Ago. President Lincoln was shot by ! Wilkcs Booth in Ford's Theater , Washington , D. C. Secretary Seward was attacked at home and wounded. } President Lincoln the next day died from the wound inflicted by Booth. An- tlrcw Johnson was sworn in as Presi dent. dent.A A convention was reached between li General Sherman and General Johnson { Confederate ) for the surrender of the hitter's army , but was disavowed later by the government. Investigation in Washington by mili tary and civil authorities fixed the identity of the murderer of President ( Lincoln as J. Wilkes Booth. Thirty Years Age , Two aeronauts were suffocated and a third nearly perished in an ascent of 20.000 feet in Paris by balloon. A plan of putting iron gunboats in the Rhine to offset a similar proposed plan bv France was announced bv Gcr- * j t ninny. 1 Emperor William of Germany sign ed the bill withdrawing the rights en joyed by the Catholic church. A pro- : papal newspaper in Berlin was sup pressed. I ' i The British House of Commons re jected a petition to dismiss from the bench the judges who had presided in the Tichborne case , on the grounds of partiality , and to impeach the speaker for similar reasons. Twenty Years Aga , A mob at Pierre , Dak. , lynched a i white murderer on a flagpole in front of the courthouse. The body of C. Arthur Preller. of ' London , slain by Maxwell , was found . in a trunk in a St. Louis hotel. ! I The presence of the Princess of j ! Wales alone prevented violence to the j | Prince from a mob in the streets of Cork , through which the royal party passed. Ten Years Ago. Joseph B. Greenhut was deposed from the presidency of the whisky trust after he had refused to resign. The body of Blanche Lamont was found in the belfry of the Emanuel Baptist Church in San Francisco , in the library of which the body of Min nie Williams had been found on the previous day. San Francisco police believed they had fixed the murder of Blanche La mont and Minnie Williams on STheo- : lore Durant , and formally charged him with'the crime , for which he later was hanged. John MPalmer and friends in Chi cago organized the Honest Money League , to oppose the free silver move ment of Governor Altgeld. Nicaragua's attempt to evade the pnyment of debts to England nearly in volved the United States in a contest with Britain. PAUL JuN S' BODY FOUND. Moved fir.in 1'arin Cemetery AVhcrc It Uim liuriud in 17iL\ The body of iwl .Jonos. ths famous admiral otie ! American revolution , buried in the old fcJt. Louis cemetery in Paris more than a hund-ed years ago , has been foui'd. after a search lasting for five years. The body will be brought to the United States by an American warship , possibly the flag ship of the European squadron. Paul Jones died in poverty and neg lect in Paris on July IS , 1702. All rec ord of his burial place was lost years ago. General Horace Porter , the American ambassador , began a search for the body five years ago. After many false clews it b < ; tmed certain that the famous admiral had been buried in the old cemetery of St. Louis , a square of ground long since covered with buildings. General Porter employed a large force of workmen and tunneled and cross tunneled beneath the basements of the buildings. The body was found : to be well preserved , owing to its be- JOHN PAUL JONES. ing immersed in alcohol. It was wrap ped in a sheet , with a packing of straw and hay. All present were immediate ly struck by the resemblanc of the head to that on the inedalious and busts of the admiral. As was antici pated , no uniform , decoration , or sword was found , as all such articles had been accounted for after the burial. Paul Jones ( his real name was John Paul ) was of Scotch birth , but be made his home in Virginia when 12 years old. He entered the revolution ary navy as a lieutenant on Dec. 22 , 1775. In command of the sloop Provi dence , and later of the Alfred , he cap tured many British merchantmen along the coast from Cape Breton to the Barbados. In November , 1777 , Jones sailed for Europe on the Ranger , harassed the coasting trade of Scotland , attacked the town of Whitehaven. His crew- plundered the house of Lord Selkirk , but Jones bought the silver plate and restored it to Lord Selkirk. After capturing the British sloop Drake and taking it to Brest , Jones found himself without a ship , the Ranger being ordered home. France gave him a fleet of five vessels. He rechristencd his flagship the Bon Homme Richard. The battle between the Bon Homme Richard and the Brit ish frigate Serapis is historic in naval annals. Jones captured the Scrapis with Its fifty guns and 320 men. King Louis XVI. of France present ed Jones with a sword of honor. Con gress voted him a gold medal. | OCCIDENT TO ORIENT. New Era in Transportation Facilities Across the Pacific. The Great Northern Steamship Com- pany in placing in service between Seat- tie and Yokohama , Nagasaki , Kobe , Shanghai and Hongkong the American built steamships , the Minnesota and the Dakota , makes a new era in transporta tion facilities between the United States and the Orient. These magnificent steam- ships , with their superior facilities in handling immense freight cargoes and the luxurious appointments for passenger travel have given an impetus to our ori ental trade. The North Pacific route to the Orient is rapidly becoming a popular one , and now that the Minnesota and Dakota have been put in commission , a further greater increase in our trade with the Orient as well as increased pas- scnger travel to Asiatic ports will be in augurated. The first sailing of the Min nesota , in addition to carrying the larg est cargo to the Orient ever carried by any ship in the world , as well as ail e.x- tensive passenger list , augurs well for the future. The Minnesota sails on In next voyage to the Orient on April 29. , The accommodations of the Great Northern Steamship Company in connec tion with the facilities afforded by the Great Northern railway to Seattle , the sailing point of the Minnesota , makes this route a popular one from Occident to Orient. of Minor Note. In a freight wreck on the Santa Fe road , near Raton , N. M. , two workmen were killed. The steamship Caledonia of the An chor line , Glasgow to New York , made a thrilling trip of 150 miles through fieli1 of icebergs , many of them of majestic height. The contribution of $25,000 from an unknown philanthropist toward the ex pense of a new building for the German Theological seminary at Blooinfield , N. J. , was announced. Lieut. Morton , dismissed from the ar my at St. Louis after failing to prove charges against his superior officers , says the papers were burned and will appeal to President Roosevelt. Fred B. Cooley of Oakland , Cal. , aged 25 years and a graduate of Berkeley university , was found dead on Big Nos < * curve on the New York Central , about thirty milesfrpm SchenecAady. YESTERDAY. Ship of To-day ! I watch you sail Across the lessening hours to me. What storm can those brave wings assail. What tempest toss that peaceful seaV All happy things you seem to bring , A cargo of long-sought desires. Rebirth of joy , glad songs of spring , And subtle hints of hidden fires. Yet stand I silent and apart. Unwelcoming your fair array , With eyes turned toward you , but with heart Still with the Shiy of Yesterday ! Century. ED pulled his cap down over his ears and drew on his mittens. He hoped hewould not have very far to go. He was out to borrow ,1 baby , and although he was rather particular as to what kind he wanted he did not anticipate any difficulty in finding one. He did rather wish it was summer , for he remembered that he had seen n lot of babies in the park in the warm weather , and it would have been easy work to borrow one of these. Now , he thought , lie would have to go to some house and ask for one. He had heard the nurse say that if the baby had lived his pretty step mother might have rallied , liut as it was they had very little hope of sav ing her life. Ted had not cared particularly for the baby , but he loved his new sweet mother very much ; he had been with out one a long time and to be a liittle boy without a mother is very sad. So he reasoned that if it was on ac count of the loss of the baby his moth er might die he would go out and borrow one for her , so that she could get well. Luck was surely with him. for he had not gone very far when he saw a woman come out of a house with a baby in her arms. . She stood as if un certain which way to go. She was not a very nice woman , Ted thought , but the baby looked nice , so he stepped up to her and said : "Please , ma'am , could I borrow your baby for a while ? " ' Lord love it , what's this ? " said the woman , and sat down on the stops. "Yer want to borrow the baby , do yer ? " "Yes , please , ma'am , I need a baby very much. " "Ho , ho , ha , ha ! If that don't beat the Dutch ! Yer need a baby well , I don't I was just wondering what place I'd better take this one to the 'sylum or the station house. Its moth er lodged in my house , and she went to the hospital and died. " "Well , she said , half to herself , "if it wouldn't be an easy thing to get rid of this kid to give it to that other one. Here , " she said suddenly to Ted , "take the baby and run along with it. " And she hurried into the house and shut the door. "Here , nurse , I've brought a baby for her so she won't die , " said Ted when he marched home , very tired , but very happy at his success. When the nurse heard his whole story she took Ted in her arms , to gether with the "borrowed baby , " and , with a mingling of smiles and tears , said. "I'll try it. " She dressed the baby in the pretty clothes of the little one that was gone and took it upstairs to the sick wom an. With a sigh of content the invalid clasped it to her and went to sleep a quiet , deep sleep which spoke of re covery. "I 'spose , father , " said Ted one day , when his mother was pronounced cut of danger , "I 'spose it's time to return the baby. " He looked troubled as he said it , for the baby had won a large place in his heart. "No , " caid his father. "I think , Ted I think we'll keep your 'borrowed baby' forever ! " Indianapolis Sun. PA FINDS A GAS LEAK. Sla's Sensitive Olfactory JCerve Scuds Henry on a Nocturnal Hunt. "Henry , " cried Ma .Tones , arousing the sleepful Pa some time between the dead of night and early the next morning , "I smell gas. " "Well , don't do it , Mary ; it is a fool- ish habit , " replied Pa. as he turned over and started to snore again. "Henry Jones , do you hear me ? " shouted the alarmed Ma , "there is gas escaping in this house , and I Avant you to get up and see what is the matter ! " "Madam , " returned Pa , irritably , "your fancy is taking another flight ! \ Your imagination is working on wheels ! What you smell is the soft coal smoke from a locomotive running . twenty miles out on the Main Line ! Forget it and go to sleep. " "Henry , I teli you it is gas , " said Ma , earnestly , "and if you don't get up this instant I will go downstairs my self , even if I am asphyxiated on the spot ! " "Mrs. Jones , " returned poor Pa , as he climbed out of bed and started for his shoes , vest and suspenders , "you make me weary of this terrestrial life ! You make me yearn for some hallowed place where the angels know enough to fold their wings and sleep instead of smelling around for the fumes of gas ! " "What in the world are you doing ? " flemanded Ma , looking at the slow- moving Henry. "Are you going to put on a full dress suit , shine your shoes end comb your hair just to go down stairs and look for a leaking gas pipe ? " "Madam , " returned Pa Jones , "I may have to go all the way to the reservoir before I find that leak , and 1. certain ly do not care to be mistaken for a omntmbullst , not to speak of the dia- NEW RUSS5AN COMMANDER IN MANCHURIA. < - GENERAL L1NEVITCH. General Nicola i Petrovitch Liuevitch , who succeeded General Kuropatkin as supreme commander of the Russian forces in the Manchurian campaign , is an active man , despite his seventy years. He is called by his men Papa Linevitch , because of his extreme age , which might well entitle him to the sobriquet of "grandpa. " Grizzled and gray , his long years of service have given him a countenance that bespeaks the typical fighter. He did not , as has often been stated , rise from the ranks. Such a thing Is scarcely a possi bility in the Russian army , most high commands being given only to officers of the Guard. He won his spurs by hard service and active campaigning. To-day , despite his many years , he endures all the hardships of a strenuous campaign with as few signs of fatigue as the most hardy of his men. As a leader he bids fair to become as well beloved by the rank and file of tho army as was his predecessor. He knows no fear and has always been at the front. comforts that I would experience from an unkindly temperature. " A few minutes later the procession started in quest of gas , Pa marshal ing the assembled forces , which by that time included Norah and dear lit tle Fido. Ma was sure that it was es caping from Mother-in-Law Smith's room , and thither they went. "Mother , are you dead ? " asked Pa. in a hopeful sort of voice , as he pound ed on the old lady's door. "Not dead , my son. or even sleeping. " returned Mother Smith , "but I think I smell gas. " Next they went to Willie's room and Johnny's room. No gas. Then to Sis' boudoir and Edythe's boudoir. No gas ! "Are you satisfied now , Mrs. Jones , " said Pa , "or do you wish to keep up the Mummer's parade until we have gone over the entire route , and passed the grand stand in the cellar ? " "No , I am not satisfied , " was the emphatic reply. "I smell gas , and I am not going to give up the search un til I find out where it comes from. " The procession then countermarched to the head of the stair , passed down single tile , and reconnoitered in the parlor. No leak was found in the chandelier , but Pa admitted that the atmosphere was a little frowsy , and thought it might possibly be due to an exposed gas bill. In the dining room it needed no searchlight nose to detect it. and seem ed to be rolling under the kitchen door in large bundles. "I told you so , " cried the trumphant Ma. "But you didn't produce any direct evidence to prove it , Mrs. Jones , re plied Pa , "therefore the gas was enti tled to all reasonable doubt. Norah , get me a candle ! " "What are you going to do with a candle ? " asked Ma , showing some symptoms of agitation. "I am going to locate that leak , " was the assuring answer ; "did you think I was going to use it to anoint my corn ? " "You don't strike a light in that kitchen until I get a half-mile start , " said Ma. "Shure , an' it's ther same at this iud , " announced Norah. "Bow-wow ! " barked little Fido. "Madame , Norah , dog , " rejoined Pa , majestically , "I will have you one and all understand that I knowchat I am doing. The only logical , the only sci entific way to locate a gas leak is to look for it , and since there are neither electric lights in the kitchen or owl optics in my head , I presume you will admit the necessity of recourse to a candle. " With this Pa opened the door and struck the fatal match. But it went out the next instant , and so did the gentle Henry , for there was a flash like a twenty-five horse power dia mond , a rumble like Japs throwing Russians over Tie Pass , and sxindry yelps from Ma , Norah and little Fido. "Well , I guess you are satisfied ? " exclaimed Ma , glancing at the smoking kitchen. "Not entirely Mrs. Jones , ' was Pa's calm reply. "I am a little curious to know how many feet of gas it took to kick an able-bodied man , two howling women and a dog across a dining-room table. " The next day the gas man came and some time later Pa Jones got all the information he desired. Philadelphia Telegraph. Some men die hard and other * are dead easy. FOR CROSS KEY RAILROAD. Millionaire Mailer's Plan to Connect Key West with the Main Lund. Key West is to be hooked to the mainland by 140 miles of railroad , and the island city will soon become the most important port in the Southern States , says the St. Louis Post-Dis patch. Such is the program announced by Henry M. Flagler , whose engineers are at work pushing the double line of rails south-ward from Miami , across the keys that stretch to tho southward from the homestead country. Along 100 miles of keys and forty miles of water the road will be run and In three years Key West will be the southern terminus of the Florida East Coast Railroad. These keys are all rich , low lying hummock land. They are black with richness and fruits and vegetables thrive. Cocoanuts , pineapples and all kinds of tropical fruits grow lustily in the soil , and as the land is absolutely safe from the effects of hurricanes and cyclones , they are highly desirable farm lands. Already extensive farms and plantations are laid out and being worked on Key Largo , the first key off the Florida coast. The key is forty miles long and is separated from the continent only by a shallow channel of some miles in width. Then the keys extend on In a chain farther and farther south and all of the same de scription. They are rich and fertile. They are .well covered with foliage and trees , and they form a perfect set of links for the railroad that Flagler will build. Key West Is IG-i miles from Miami and 13S miles from Homestead , which is the largest town in the southern end j of the peninsula. The road , which has . already been built as far as Cape ' Sable , forms the first of the links of the chain. Stalling from the mainland the road will go by trestle to Key Largo , where a solid rock roadbed will be filled in for nearly forty miles. From Key Largo the track will go by trestle from key to key until it reaches the Bahia Honda , which is just north of Key West. Here a long trestle with draw bridges will be built and the last link of the line will be complete. Alto gether 100 miles of solid rock roadbed on the keys and forty miles of trestle and bridge work will bo needed for the completion of the line. The tremendous advantage that this remarkable plan has is that It demands no special or laborious engineering work. There are no intricate problems or feats of great difficulty in the way. It is merely a question of good roadbed construction for most of the way and careful trestling for the rest. The keys are high enough above the water line to be amply protected In case of storms or winds. Th.Te is an outer line of coral reefs for the whole dis tance which acts as a sort of break water , so that when the storms heap the Atlantic up against the shore the keys are protected at all times. Trees along the whole way afford another protection on the keys. Most of the channels are only five or ten feet deep and the bottoms are of good clay or soft limestone , which make ideal hold ing ground for the piles where perma nent trestles are needed. Look Be Tore STou Shoor. The true sportsman may be definefl. as one who looks before he shoots. Amateur Sportsman. , Don't be a misfortune teller. TVeaUh of Oklahoma. Oklahoma is composed of 20 conn * ties , with an annual production ex-v Deeding $1CO,000CO in value , with 8- 6&L9-if acres of farm land.with $00- (300,973 ( worth of taxable property ( an increase of $ ( J,474. ( > 01 during the last year ) : with 3.222.75 miles of railway ; with property the assessed valuation of which is $11,10.GG7 ! : with G7 flouring mills having u daily capacity of ll.uun barrels ; with 2SO grain elevators hav ing a capacity of : j.52."i,000 bushels ; with 33(3 ( banks carrying deposits ag gregating $ lS.S4,3i.S4 : : : : ; with school buildings exceeding $ : i,000OCO in value ; and all this has been accomplished within ir years. For Growing Girls. West Pembroke , Me. , April 21. Mrs. A. L. Smith , of this place , says that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best remedy for growing girls. Mrs. Smith emphasizes her recommendation by the following experience : "My daughter was thirteen years old last November and it is now two years since she was first taken with Crazy Spells that would last a.week and would then pass off. In a month sho would have the spells again. At these times she would eat very little and was very yellow ; even the whites of her eyes would be yellow. "The doctors gave us no encourage ment ; they all said they could not help her. After taking one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills , she has not had one bad spell. Of course , we continued tho treatment until she had used in all about a dozen boxes , and we still give them to her occasionally , when she is not feeling well. Dodd's Kidney Pills are certainly the best medicine for growing girls. " Mothers should heed the advice of Mrs. Smith , for by so doing , they may save their daughters much pain ami sickness and Insure a healthy , happy future for them. Cheaper than Stones. George Meredith , the author whoso novels deal with English social life , lives simply. Some time ago he tin- ished building a home for himself , which is described as being charm ing , but somewhat small. While the completion of his little home was going on a young woman visited the author and presented a let ter of introduction. Meredith , with some pride , took the young Avoman through the building , but with an ex pression of disappointment she re marked : "In j'our books you describe hugo castles and spacious baronial halls ; but when you come to build , you put up a little bit of a house like this. Why is it ? " "Well , " replied Meredith , "it is be cause words are cheaper than stones. " THE Tip fOE A LITE ALWAYS THEEATEEED BY NEBVOUS PBOSTKATION. Ono "Who Broke Dovrn from Six Tears of Overwork Tells How She Escaped Misery of Enforced Idleness. "I had been teaching in the city schools steadily for six years"said Bliss James , whose recent return to the work from which she was driven by nervous collapse has attracted attention. "They were greatly overcrowded , especially in the primary department of which I had charge , and I had been doing the "work of two teachers. The strain was too much for niy nerves and two years ago the crisis came. " I was prostrated mentally and phy sically , sent in. my resignation and ntver expected to he able to resume work. It seemed to me then that I was the most miserable woman oil earth. I was tor tured by nervous headaches , worn out by inability to sleep , and had so littlo blood that I was as white as chalk. "After my active life , it was hard to bear idleness , and terribly discouraging to keep paying out the savings of years for medicines which did ine 110 good. " "How did you gefcbackyour health ? " "A bare chance and a lot of faith led1 mo to a cure. After I had suffered for many mouths , and when I was on the very verge of despair , I happened to read an account ; of some cures effected by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The state ments were so convincing that I some how felt assured that these pills would help me. Most people , I thiuk , buy only one box for a trial , but I purchased sia boxes at once , and when I had nsed them up , I was indeed well and had uq need of more medicine. "Dr. Williams'Pink Pills enriched my thin blood , gave me back my sleep , re stored my appetite , gave mo strength to walk long distances without fatigue , in fact freed me from all my numerous ail ments. I have already taught for several months , and I cannot say enough in , praise of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. " Miss Margaret M. James is now living at No. 123 Clay street , Dayton , Ohio. Many of her fellow teachers have also used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and are enthusiastic about their merits. Sound digestion , strength , ambition , and cheer ful spirits quickly follow their use. They are sold in. every drag store in the world. His Appeal "Was in Vain. "Backward , turn backward , O time , in thy flight. " wrote the poet whose watch * was la pawn. But. alas , though hia ticket was still as the night , time kept rolling remorselessly on. If Yon Expect To Visit. The Lewis and Clark Exposition this , summer write for beautifully illustrat ed booklet giving full particulars of the Exposition and description of the trip across the continent via the Great Northern Line. Also information about rates , routes , etc. Address FRED ROGERS. G. I * . A. , W. & S. F. Ry. , Sioux City , Iowa. A good furniture polish consists cf two parts of raw linseed oil and one of tur pentine. Mix thoroughly by shaking. Apply a thin coat with a flannel cloth and then rub thoroughly and briskly witi a dry cloth.
