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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1906)
Pnlnifwtry Vindicated. Tbe fair amateur palmist looked at tbe left band of tbe sweet young girl long and earnestly. Breathlessly sbe waited for the palm ist's next words. , "All I I see by your band tbat you are engaged to be married , " said tbe palmist. "How wonderful ! " exclaimed tbe bride-to-be. "And , " continued tbe reader of tbe future and tbe past , in a more cutting tone. "I fee tbat you are engaged to Mr. Loony. " "Ob , it's perfectly extraordinary ! " burst out tbe blusblng girl. "How could you know tbat ? " "By my long study of the science , " was tbe reply. "But surely the lines in my hand cannot tell you the na " "Who said anything about lines ? " re plied the prophetic one , with withering scorn. "You are wearing the engage ment ring I returned him three weeks ago ! " Answers. HERITAGE OF CIVIL WAR. ThonxnnilH of Soldier * Contrn d Chronic Kidney Trouble AVhiKin the Service. The experience of Capt. John L. ] > . of Co. E , 17th Ohio , now living at 0 ; > East Second street , Newton , Kansi : . will interest the thou sands of veterans w'i : came back from ti ! - Civil War suffer ! : ! . : tortures with kithw complaint Capt. K.y says : "I contract- I kidney trouble duri : the Civil War , and : * occasional a 11 a c finally developed i > a chronic case. At one time I hail : i use a crutch and cane to get about * ' . ' back was lame and weak , and besi. . < the aching , there was a distressing i tention of the kidney secretions. [ was nva bad way when I began usi" Doan's Kidney Tills in 1901 , but 1i remedy cured me , and I have been well ever since. " Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. WOMAN BEATS MACHINE , Automatic Ilonsc lcaninnr Devica Conld Xot Take Her Place. "I have called , " said the agent of the automatic house-cleaning apparatus , as related in the Detroit Free Press , "to try to interest you in our method of cleaning house. We have a machine here that will do all your work. " "Will your machine wash the outside of the upstairs windows ? " exclaimed the woman. "No , but " "Will it wash , stretch and iron the curtains ; take them down and put them up again ? " "No , but " 'Will it paper the little room in the hall and clean the wall paper in the bathroom ? * ' "No , it is not intended " "Will it prevent my husband from * -walking over a clean floor with hi ? jdirty feet ? " "JXo , madam , but " ' 'Will it take down the parlor stove and put up the ice chest ? " "No , but we are prepared " "Will it wash the winter bedclothes , . put camphor in my furs , -make my daughter help with the dishes , keep my Ibusband from grumbling about the cold rmeals , persuade him to do the gardenIng - Ing , keep the dog out of the parlor , paint the kitchen floor , gild the gas j fixtures and the picture frames , hang new portieres , carry the ashes sut of the cellar and find time to make new dresses for three girls and summei night shirts for ray husband ? " "Xo , madam , of course , our machine Jbas limitations. " "Limitations ! Of course it has. Ev ery machine has , but man expects a woman to have none. Limitations , in deed ! If it had any limitations it j wouldn't be long before this house ; would go to ruin. It will be a long time before you men'll make a machine to take a woman's place or do half the work. Good day. " Poor Fatlier. .Johnnie Pa , equine is a horse , Isn't it ? Father Yes. Johnnie And cow is a kind of an ox , isn't it ? Father Yes , a sort of an ox. Johnnie Then what is an equinox ? Philadelphia Record. A WINNING START. A Perfectly Digested Breakfast 3Ialve * Jfervc Force for the Day. I Everything goes wrong if the breakfast - fast lies in your stomach like a mud pie. What you eat does harm if you can't digest it it turns to poison. j A bright lady teacher found this to be true , even of an ordinary light , _ breakfast of eggs and toast She says : "Two years ago I contracted a very annoying form of indigestion. My stomach ach was in such condition that a sim ple breakfast of fruit , toast and egg gave me great distress. "I was slow to believe that trouble could come from such a simple diet but finally had to give It up , and found a great change upon a cup of hot Postum and Grape-Nuts with cream , for my morning meal. For more than a year I have held to this course ind have not suffered except when inju.'li ciously varying my di t "I have been a teacher for several years and find that my easily digested breakfast means a saving of nervous force for the entire day. My gain of ten pounds in weight also causes me to Tvant to testify to the value of Grape- 2sTuts. "Grape-Nuts holds first rank at our ttable. " Name given by Postum Co. , Battle Creek , Mien. "There's a reason. " Read the H * o Road to Wellville/ pi , . OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS ITATUBAL PEST KILLERS. CONGRESS having appropriated $100,000 for the importation of parasitical insects to devour the gipsy moths , the question arises whether another appropriation may not soon be needed to import something to rid us of the parasitical insects. If this sounds pes simistic , remember the story of the English sparrow. If less money were spent in importing experi ments and more were rationally devoted to adequate pro tection of our native birds , hundreds of thousands of dollars lars would be saved to agriculture and horticulture. Out of some thousands of birds native to North Amer ica scarcely a half dozen have proved to be injurious instead of beneficial. The cuckoos , warblers , chickadees and many of our other common birds have proved to be Invaluable as destroyers of gipsy moths. The rose-breast ed grosbeak eats great numbers of the potato beetles , and the scales are attacked most vigorously by the various titmice. The ornithologists declare that ven the hated chicken hawk destroys so many snakes , insects , mice and other small predatory animals , and so few chickens compara tively , that it is a benefactor rather than an enemy to the farmer ; while the amount of corn the crow destroys Is much more than offset by the vast number of insects he consumes. They say that a bird which deserves much more con sideration than it gets , either from the Audubon Society or the law , is the quail , one authority estimating that every quail is worth a dollar to the farmer for each of nine months in the year and 50 cents for each of the other three mouths , Its service being in its consumption of seeds of weeds , injurious insects and worms. Rational protection of our native birds costs little , and it cannot fail to give marked results in the country's food production. Cincinnati Post THE "BOSS" AISTD THE STATESMAN. EN of two distinct types rise to prominence in public life the party "boss" and the statesman. It is seldom that one man com bines in his own person the characteristics of both , for they spring from different ideals of public duty. The boss devotes himself to bringing about the success of his party because he desires to profit by the opportunities which accompany victory at the polls. His motto is , "Win ; honestly , if possible ; but any way , win. " Out of this policy spring all the frauds and scan dals * political campaigns. The frauds begin in the election of delegates to nom inating conventions. Contesting delegations are sent from districts where the machine is Aveak , and the packed con vention gives them the seats to which others have been fairly chosen. The other steps in the process are fraud ulent registration to make a majority in a doubtful dis trict , purchase of votes , and dishonest canvass after the polls are closed. Such practices are not general , nor even frequent , but they have been common enough to be responsible for the continuance in power of more than one State boss. With in a few years the ranks of such bosses have been greatly thinned. Some of them have died , others have lost their control of their party. The standard of political morality is perceptibly higher than it was. The other type of man is indifferent to political ma chines. He makes' his appsal direct to the people. His object is and the more statesmanlike he is the more steadily he pursues that object to carry out principles and policies , not simply to carry the next election. No mere party manager in American history enjoys a fame to be compared with that of thejhigh-miuded Wa-sh- ANCIENT CAVE DWELLERS. Btrange N"ew Mexican Race "Whose History Is a Mystery. While much is heard of the cliff iwellings of the southwest , it is not generally known that the United States government has assumed super vision of a park which contains iudis- ington , whose sole desire was for the establishment of free representative government Lincoln's unselfish toll for the preservation of the Union raised him on a pedestal so high that the party bosses of his time scarcely reach to his feet The vogue of the boss is as short as the gratitude of his followers when he has no more favors to grant This is a government by parties , and party managers are necessary ; but the pe ple seldom forget that the great principles for which their parties stand are of more im portance than the personal fortunes of any individual. Youth's Companion. AMERICANS ABROAD. EWSPAPERS are printing the customary summer stories of crowds of visitors from this country flocking to Europe and over running the hotels and public places. The treasury statistics show that about 150,000 Americans go to Europe every year , and the estimated average expenditure of this army of visitors is $1,000 , so that European hotel owners , store keepers , transportation companies and other purveyors to sightseers receive about $150,000,000 annually from the overflowing American pocketbook. The money spent by 150,000 Americans in foreign lands containing 200,000,000 people or more seems like a small matter , relatively , but it cuts a large figure in the balance of trade and in the international banking exchanges. The United States sells annually to foreign countries mer chandise valued at upward of $500,000,000 more than the value of merchandise imported. Here is a huge balance of trade which must be settled in some way. If Europe were required to ship gold in payment for this difference , foreign banks would be in the stress of a financial crisis in a short time. Of course , the Americans who go abroad have no purpose of saving Europe from this condition , but as a matter of fact the $150,000,000 of American money that are spent in Europe every year help to maintain an equilibrium in interna tional exchange , without which there would be a serious derangement of the current of trade among nations. Kansas City Star. . , TRAINING FOB MATSIMONY. HE worthy bishop of Ripen laments that England has no schools for engaged couples. It is an oversight from which our own coun try also suffers. There is no end of schools of law and medicine , schools of typewriting and trade , dancing , dramatics , cooking , cor respondence , china painting , wood carving and leather burning by mail. But no benevolent million aire has yet endowed a preparatory school for matrimony. Yes , matrimony is the most important condition of life and should command the most careful preparation. A few primitive prescriptions of boneset tea , sulphur and treacle and flannel and goose oil are passed down from generation to generation , but the truly scientific courses of the lecture room and laboratory still remain to be founded. In France a paternal government after the ceremony , presents bride and bridegroom with an attractive little booklet of advice about family affairs. We have not got that far in England , or this country. But when we come to think of it , there is a school , too , kept by Experi ence , where folks can learn a few things about matrimony as about most other subjects. The bishop of Ripen is free to improve upon it if he can , but , for our part we do not believe there is any better instruction to be had any where. And then let us not forget what Dr. Holmes said about training a boy "The best time to begin is a nun.- dred years before he is born.Pittsburg Press. generally not over four feet high. Some times there are small rooms connected with these living rooms. These were probably used for storage , as they will not average over .six feet In diameter. Some of the rooms have been rudely plastered , and smoke stains are to be found in them , but little else has been discovered to shed any light on the manner of life of these ancient cave shed some light on the people who drew them. Wanted ] VeTV Lock. "I'll take the apartment , " said the man , "if you'll agree to put a new lock en the front-door. " After a good deal of arguing the agwit consented. "We have to do that frequently , " he § pppM | | ; | pPifcS p : | ' CLIFF-DWELLINGS AS THEY WERB IN THEIR PRIME. putable evidence of a race of people that far antedated the cliff dwellers , ancient though the latter were. InPajarito Park , about twenty miles from Santa Fe , are thousands of cave dwellings , which must have been in habited by a race totally unlike the cliff dwellers or their descendants , the Pueblo Indians. The cliff dwellers built walled houses on the ledges of cliffs , but these cave dwellers simply scooped out holes In the solid rock. Here they must have lived like wild animals. In some of the steepest cliffs will be found row upon row of these caves. The doorway will be from two to five feet thick. Then comes the main room , which is a circular , oval , or rec tangular hole in the solid rock , from 6 to 20 feet hi diameter. The ceiling is dwellers , who must have lived when the petrified forests were green and when strange monsters roamed the earth. Not even the crude hammers and other implements of the cliff dwell ers could have been theirs , or some such implements would have been found. Scientists incline to the belief that this metropolis of the cave dwel- ers must have been visited by a vol canic downpour of poisonous gas and flame even worse than that of Pelee. In this cataclysm of fire everything but the imperishable cliffs was .reduced to ashes , leaving only the caves ha the solid rock to tell the story of tfce oldest 'inhabitants of this continent Pictographs - graphs of crudest design have been found on the cliffs. These have been photographed by scientists and may explained. "Many prospective tenants of Louses and flats now demand that new locks be provided before they will sign the lease. They say that this has been made necessary by the failure of old tenants to turn over the keys when moving away. There is no telling inio , whose hands these keys may fall. A crook is Just as likely to get hold of them as an honest man. Many of the robberies in flats and boarding-houses nowadays are attributed to the careless ' distribution of keys by old tenants. " Chicago Inter Ocean. "When a woman has a "voice" and belongs to a church , look out for squalls. The trouble with the marriage list is that it bas to be revised so often. 800 PEEISH AT SEA , ITALIAN STEAMSHIP SIRIO FOUNDERS - DERS OFF CAPE PALOS , SPAIN. ( i Strikes Reef and Sinks Im mediately Unable to Gain Decks , Steerasre Passengers Are Borne to TJielr Grave. Crowded into the steerage , unable ta gain the decks above , 300 persons , in cluding women and children , were car ried to the bottom with the Italian steamship Sirio , which went on the rocks off Cape Pales , Spain , Saturday evening and sank almost immediately. | Five hundred other men , women and children were rescued after one of the most harrowing experiences in mari- j time history. Thrown into wild panic , , with almost certain death staring them in the face , they leaped , screaming and praying , into the ocean and were picked up by fishermen. Others escaped in the small boats. I The captain of the steamer added to the tragic of the catastrophe by com mitting suicide. He blamed the wreck to his own imprudence and declared bimsclf no longer worthy of living. Bishop Is Among the Lost. ftlost of the passengers drowned were Italian and Spanish emigrants bound for South America. The bishop of Sao Pedro , Brazil , was lost , and it is re ported that another bishop , identity un certain at this time , was also drowned. Several of the fishermen who aided in the rescue were killed , j Those rescued from the vessel are now at Cape Pales in pitiable condi tion , being without food or clothing. | The Sirio , an iron vessel of 4,141 tons and 5,012 horse power , left Genoa for Barcelona , Cadiz , Montevideo and . Buenos Ayres. The disaster happened 't off Hormigas Island , when about 800 ' persons , including the crew , Vvjere on board. The Sirio struck a rocky reef ' known as Bajos Ilormigas , and sank soon after , stern first. Honnigas Island j lies about two and one-half miles to j the eastward of Cape Palos. The Sirio was owned by the Xavigazione Italiana of Genoa. She was built at Glasgow I la 1883. Death Scene Is Horrifying' . The scene as the Sirio went down was so horrifying that some of the spectators were forced to close their eyes. Those who leaped into the water could see the sinking vessel rapidly filling with water until it sdemed al most immediately the stern 'settled deep into the water and sank below the surface. This forced the bow up until it overhung the ocean. For a moment the bow hung thus , while the death screams of the hundreds of unfortu nates imprisoned in the steerage es caped from the depths of the doomed ship and could be heard for many rods. rods.Then Then with a splash the bow followed the stern below the surface of the water , there was a great swell of the waves and the Sirio , laden with human freight , had passed forever from sight. Involuntary sobs broke from the hun dreds of spectators , most of whom had by the closeness of an eyelash escaped from the death which they had just seen befall their less fortunate ship mates. Before he committed suicide the cap tain declared the steamer had 645 pas sengers on board and that her crew i numbered 127 men. The Sirio had 570 passengers when leaving Genoa , but ad ditional Spanish passengers were taken on board at Barcelona , where the ves sel touched a few hours before the dis aster. END OF FAKE JEWELRY. Doom of Brass 3Iasou era dins aa Gold Sounded uy ] S"e\v Law. The doom of gold-coated brass jewelry marked eighteen carat , of eight-carat rings , marked fourteen carat , of watchcasea ; marked far above their real quality , ' "gold" cuff buttons with bass links , cheap alloy wedding rings boldly called eighteen carat , "gold" chains which were brass "dipped" in a solution of gold and sold as the solid metal and a hundred and one other devices successfully worked for years upon an innocent public has 'been sounded. A new law will protect the public from unscrupulous manufacturers and dealers in joTC lry who have for years been foist ing on the public spuriously marked gold articles. Now it becomes a misdemeanor to stamp any article of gold or silver aa being of a quality more than it will as- say. This fraud has been a crying evil in the jewelry trade , and it has been by the hard and earnest work of the best in terests of the 'trade that the attention of Congress ha ? been effectually called to the abuses which have been in vogue. Nol waiting for outside reformers to investi gate trade conditions , the jewelers them selves called upon Congress to penalizes fraudulent work , and so to protect hon est manufacturers and dealers , as well aa the public. The average man buys jew elry with his eyes shut , figuratively speaking - ing , and * up to the present time he hag had very little protection. The new la-w makes it prohibitive for any manufac turer to run the risk of deceiving the re tail dealer or of abetting him in the d ception of his customers. Notes of Current Events , The Milwaukee Mechanics' Inguranca Company has withdrawn from the Cali fornia field and will pay all losses. The fall target practice of the Nortlj 'Atlantic fleet will take place in Massachu setts Bay the last part of September. Five blocks , including twenty residence ! and eight business plants , were burned at Suisun , Cal. , causing a loss of $100,000 , East Liverpool , Ohio , was chosen as th place of next year's convention of th National Brotherhood of Operative ten. Some Facta About Bostoa. Boston is the second largest port -In the United States. It lo the largest market for boots and shoes in the world. It is the largest market for hides and leather in the world. It Is the largest market for wool in the United States. It Is historically the most interesting city in the country. It Is the great market of the country for domestic dry goods. It Is the rich est city in the United States in point of wealth per capita. Its annual output of rubber boots and shoes is 32,000,000 pairs , the largest in the United States. It has more people within a radius of fifty miles than any other city in the United States , excepting New York. It manufactures over $11,000,000 worth of clothing per annum. WILD WITH ITCHING EUMOB. Eruption Broke Out in Spots All Over Body Cured at Expense of Only $1.25 Thanks Cuticura. "The Cuticura Remedies cured me o my skin disease , and I am very thank ful to you. My trouble was eruption of the skin , which broke out in spots all over my body , and caused a con tinual itching which nearly drove me wild at times. I got medicine of a doctor , but it did not cure me , and when I saw in a paper your ad. , I sent to you for the Cuticura book and studied my case in it I then went to the drug store and bought one cake of Cuticura Soap , one box of Guticura Ointment , and one vial of Cuticura Pills. From the first application I re ceived relief. I used the first set and two extra cakes of Cuticura Soap , and was completely cured. I had suffered for two years , and I again thank Cuti cura for my cure. Claude N. Johnson , Maple Grove Farm , R. F. D. 2 , Wal nut , Kan. , June 15 , 1905. " ITaHty Explanation. Gunner There goes a saintly looking man. I bet he is temperance from his heart Guyer That might be , but I saw him lying out in the middle of the road an his back the other day. Gunner Did , eh ? Well , that shows how looks deceive. The idea of a man like him drink Guyer Who said anything about drinking ? He was lying down on his back under his automobile repairing a breakdown. Baltimore Sun. Capable women who want to be inde pendent , self-supporting , have plenty of pocket money and secure a regular monthly income , we have the moneymaking - making plan you are looking for. You can secure an assured monthly income , in a pleasing and extremely profitable occupation. If you are ambitious and have confidence in your ability you can easily make from § 3.00 to $5.00 per day. In addition to this you can obtain Wearing Apparel and personal effects of every kind and description ABSO LUTELY FREE. Address' "EVERY DAY'LIFE , " No. 1S2 Main St , Buf falo , N. Y. Playinpr Safe. "Why did you shoot this highway man ? " asked the policeman. "In self-defense , " answered the pe destrian with the big gun. "But he was running away from you when you fired , " said the officer. "I know it , " replied the other , "but I was afraid he was going to run around the block and attack me in the rear. " the Baby. Do not be afraid to make the baby ac quainted with water , but commence at six weeks to give him a plunge bath every morning. Fold a soft towel in the bottom of a basin and place him on it , being very careful to have the water the right tem perature. Use Ivory Soap in preference to any other. ELEANOR R. PARKER. Too Methodical. "As for me , " said Aunt Clarissa , "I haven't any use for a woman that takes three or four handkerchiefs with her -when she goes to see one of these heart interest plays. She's too business like and calcu lating to be the genuine thing. " Mr * . 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