li < Did you know that our
Coffees and Teas
are the FINEST in town ?
'Nuff Said.
T. C. Hornby.
T
Some soaps contain such
a large proportion of
alkali that the cleaning
process removes the
natural oil that keeps
the skin from being dry ,
chapped and rough.
Chapman's
Violet Cream
puts back into the skin
| what soap takes out of
it. It moistens and
softens the skin and
promptly removes
_ chaps , roughness and
| irritation.
Though it doesn't cost
much it could not be
better at any price.
PRICE 25 CENTS.
VALENTINE. NEB
TheLoupralley Hereford Ranch.
Browniee.Nebr.
So'dier Pree r * l-
uni"us 17th i.u ; ) . " ) ( )
a. M > n ot Cola in ms
17th , a half Di other
oftbeSlO.OOOCnaiii-
pion Drtle , an < 1
rnuceBoabd1131.-
(593 at head of herd.
I will have no hulls for sale until 190S , liivlnj ;
sold all of llK)6 bull calves.
C. H. FAULHABEK ,
JOHN F. POKATH
Riege , Nebr.
Tubular wells and windmills ,
me up by Telephone. .
J. W. McDANIEL ,
COUKTY SURVEYOR
Valentine - Kebr.
All work will be given prompt
and careful attention.
H. M. CEAMEK ,
City Deliyeryman ,
Trunks , valises and packages haued to and
. from the depot and all parts of the City.
N. J. Austin. J. W. Thompson
Austin & Thompson ,
General Blacksmithing
and Wood Work.
HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY.
H. S. LOCK WOOD
Handles the
SHARPLESS CREAM SEPARATOR ,
FLOUR , GRAIN AND HAY.
Opposite Postoffie. Phone 71.
H. BAILEY ,
DentivST.
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"Sm. " ' 4 contest * are as ohl ah the
* iiJi.- . . ; J an antiquary. "Uo to Brit
tany , lake in a Breton 'pardon. ' and
you'll see a smoking contest sandwich
ed in between the dancing matches
and the wrestling bouts. "
The old man look out his notebook.
"The first smoking contest of which
we have any authentic record , " he said ,
"came off at Oxford , the English seat
of learning , in 1723. The conditions
wore that you should smoke throe
ounces of tobacco without drinking or
leaving the stage , the person first fin
ished to get a prize of 12 shillings.
"Ueanie says I copied it down here :
" ' .Many tryed. and 'twas thought
that a journeyman taylor of St. Pe-
} . rs-iu-the-East would have been the
victor , ho smoking faster than and be
ing many pipes before the rest , but at
hist 1:2 : was so sick that 'tAvas thought
he would have dyed , and an old man
lhat had boon a builder and smoked
gently came off the conqueror , smok
ing the three ounces quite out. and he
told mo that after it he smoked four
or five pipes the same evening. ' "
A German Duel.
A young officer quarreled with a
friend who was a solicitor , [ lot words
were exchanged , and the ollicer struck
his friend. Here the matter might
have ended there was something to
forgive and regret on both sides. Dut
the officer's legiment heard of the af
fair , and a court of honor decided that
he must challenge the civilian. So a
duel by command took place , and the
young laviyer fell mortally wounded
by his friend. When the ollicer re
turned home he was arrested on the
information of the president of the
court of honor which had fored him
to fight , no was tried by an ordinary
tribunal and sentenced to three
months' imprisonment. The president
of the court of honor knew he WPS
urging the officer to an illegal deed
when ho insisted on the duel , but hon
or , as he understood it. must be satis
fied at all cost. Berlin Letter.
TIic Cigr r Moutlipiece.
A rich Russian banker had been dis
covered murdered in his house in St.
Petersburg , says a writer in the ' reen
Bag. There was no clew , but in the
room there was found a cigar mouth
piece containing part of a cigar of such
an expensive kind that it was sup
posed the banker himself had been
smoking it just before the crime had
been committed. On close examina
tion the mouthpiece was found to bo
worn away by the teeth of its owner ,
but the dead man's teeth did not fit
the indentation. The servants were
one by one examined , and it w.is then
found that the hollows of the monlh
piece comjj irod exactly to the fen > i i-
tion of thj fr.mt teorh of the cool ; , tj
whom iu s'l'Mico'i had liooii attache4 , !
He afterward co.iieo-.o.l to thy murder
"Fiery D
In the year looli various parts of
Gre.it Britain were visited by a rc >
markabie ructeorologic.il phouomsiiun.
which the old authors rdor to as "tho
visitation of the fire drains or nr.f-
ous. " The author of "Conte laU i
of Mysteries" says : "In ye letter pane
of yc yeare ( Ijoi ) ye fieri dragons-
appeared flying by flocks or companies
in yc ayre. having swines' suowtes ,
and sometimes were they scene foure
hundred flying togither. " In speaking
of the fire dragons in another portion
of his work he says , "Common people
thinke fire drakes to be spirits \hich
watch over hidden treasure , but the
philosophers affirm them to bo ye re
sult of poisonous vapors which are
spontaneously lighted in ye ayre. "
Ireland's Const Cliffs.
The finest cliff scenery in the United
Kingdom is on the coast of the county
of Donegal , at the northwest of Ire
land , facing the Atlantic , where the
variety and grandeur of the cliffs are
most thrilling and impressive Slieve
League , south of ( JIou Cohimbkille. is
a superb introduction to Donegal's
coast splendors. In less than half a
mile from the sea the mountain roars
its height of nearly 2.000 foot. In the
island of Achill , off the west coast of
Ireland , the clilTs of Croghan , at
Achill Head , rise sheer from the wa
ter's edge to the dizzy height of 3,000
feet. London Standard.
Smoked Glass.
Murphy Well , this 'bates the nils
chief Dooley tole mo that if I shmok-
ed a piece of glass I'd be able to see
the sphots on the sun Sure , ain't I
fairly kilt \vid thryniu : to make me
pipe dr.tw ? 'Tis the \v.iy I'm thinking ,
that either 1 haven't the right kind of
glass or else Dooloy's been fooling me.
London Tit-Bits.
Took Wind Oat of Their Sails.
Addressing one of his southern audi
ences , Sam. Jones once requested all
the husbands present who had not
spoken a harsh word to their wives for
a month to stand up. He shook hands
with those who arose and then intro
duced them to the rest of the audi
ence as the "twenty-seven biggest liars
in Tennessee. "
Honesty and Ability.
Uncle You see honesty is absolutely
necessary , but ability is equally indis
pensable. Nephew That ha l > o. but
what end does honesty serve ? Uncle
To maintain your obligations. Xeph-
ew--\nd ability ? Cucle To avoid
' . ' t'-om II Moiido Umoristico.
-j n-ier Proposition ?
{ 'lie snake tempted
JL > i.Ws. . I suppose he
ing easy.
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PROSPERITY UFlhuS IS
Vast Sum Appropriated by the
"Corporations.
'
G , 0 , P , SYSTEM 0 ? PEOTEGTIOH ,
While Prici-s Itnvtr Advanced 3 ( > E'er
Cent , \VCCN Have Increased but li0
Per Cent Stiall Y e Stand Pat or
Revise tlie Tariff ? A Proposition
For Votei-H to Consider.
We arc all impressed with the pros
perity that ihe great business interestj
of the eouiitry are enjoying , but some
how many of us foal that we are not
getting our bharc. Yl.e'-e is no uisput-
ing the prosperity of the few , Irit there
is still stronger evidence that many
farmers and wage earners are iut get
ting just what should be coming to
them. The price of farm products ,
with the exception of wheat , has in
creased , wages of workinginen lu\o
advanced , and yet iirj "reatejt ecoii
omy is nut able to equalise tne greatly
increased outgo. The "fi m es" of Dun's
and Bradstreet's mercantiie agencie
show that the price of all commodi
ties has risen on an average over . U
per cent since 1SOG , but the statistic ?
of the average wages paid indicate an
increase of only about 20 per cent dur
ing the same period.
The census figures show there arc
about oO.OCO.GOO people in this country
working for wages , receiving an aver
age of about $ (5UO ( each per year , so
the total wages paid amount to $18-
000,000,000. Deducting 20 per cent
would give in 1S1K5 for the same num
ber of wage earners $ ir .COO,00'J.OOO.
But as the cost of living is no'V .7) ) per
cent more ihan in 18fl ; > . and it cost all
the wage earners earned in IS' ) ! ; to live ,
it must now cost thorn $22.00U0,000. :
or # 000 each per year to buy the same
amount of goods and pay the increased
rent and other expenses of living
that it did in 180(5. ( Yet the evidence
shows that the wages paid are but 20
per cent higher , or $720 per year , in all
$18,000,000,000 , so the difference be
tween what the wage earners of the
country now receive and what thej
should receive if they fully participate
In the prosperity is $ i.oOO,000,000. This
amount approximately represents what
the protected trusts , co.nbines and cor
porations are receiving in profits over
and above the average profits the pro
ducers and manufacturers were get
ting in 1890. Surely the trusts arc
prosperous , and their prosperity is in
disputable , for 94.nOO.COO.000 is diverted - .
verted by the Republican system of' '
protect"mi"i intt. > . e romovolc
maw < or' ! -rpjraiioii nuv'nte.j ;
But lu\v .ib-f'.K the luli.re : of u- tl'iti
arc forced ? > y thc'-e tar. . ? foteiel trir-t ,
high prices to pay the extra J . .r.U'j.Ut'a- i
000 , or $130 each for the O.COO.O'-tj
workers ? '
No wonder thni'e3 \ inirost and thai
all who earn salr.rios and wa-j - . arc
demanding more pay : br.i. as tlio 'os {
of living is advancing sit the rate of 3
per cent : inii : : : lly. itvo l'i seei : tint
wages ant ! salaries will never catch up
with the cost of living.
As a political proposition the voter :
must remember that in 1SOG and foi
three years previous the Democratic
tariff rates were quite high , averaging
3S.GS per cent ad valorem , whereas un
der the present law the rates exceed
59 per cent , or over 20 per cent higher
That enormous increase fostered the
formation of trusts and combines
which very naturally , finding they had
a monopoly , have increased prices un
til they now exceed r 0 per cent ol
what they were in 1S9G under the low
er tariff rates. As every one is com
pelled to pay these increased prices , is
It not the reasonable and only way tc
reduce prices to so revise the tariff
tli.it at least these high prices may not
become higher , which are now increas
ing at the rate of o per cent ever }
year ?
The Republicans say , "No ; we will
stand pat and allow the present trust
prosperity to continue and hope that
wages will advance to a par with
prices , " which under the present sj-s-
tern experience shows they will not do. j
The Democrats declare for tariff revi
sion , so that there will be competition
with the trusts and force them to re
duce the price of their products to a
reasonable extent. The voters when
they elect the next president and con
gress must decide betwepn these two
propositions.
The War Expenditure. * .
Senator Hale calls attention of the
people to the fact that "two-thirds of
all the revenues of the government are
devoted to the payment of the burdens
of past wars , like pensions and ex
penditures in view of future wars. "
And the army and navy are both calling - j
ing for still greater expenditures , and !
the president recommends they be
made. This enormous burden on the
people provides no return in anj' way
and must be constantly repeated to
keep up the present military estab
lishments. Every warship we now
have will } ? worthless or obsolete in
ten years , every gun will be worn out
in practice firing in less time. The
large army is. useless except as a preparation - ,
aration for war , which can only come
when we are unwilling to keep the
pe-'ce. Half the number of warships
and Ktlf t'v present army are ample
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] ov - > ' t4 > ' * ' ; ° man who
Jf
1 uug
of congress.
Why send away for your
Job Printing
wlien the best can be had at
THE DEMOCRAT OFFICE ?
i
I. M. RICE ,
Editor and Proprietor of
The Valentine Democrat
Published Thursdays. $1.00 a Year in Advance.
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CORRUPT PRACTICES.
Cost of Elections In England ami the
United States.
The cost of elections in England at
the last election , both personal and
governmental , was an average of ? 1.0G
per vote polled. The official returns
state all the items of expenditure and
include the expenses of the successful
and defeated candidates. The corrupt
practices act of 1SS3 has virtually
abolished the purchase and sale of
votes and limits the expenditures : of
candidates according to the size and
population of the district. The effec
tive provision of the corrupt practice'5
act is that if corruption or evasion of
the law can be shown against the suc
cessful candidate he is unseated and
the next highest candidate is declared
electc.l unless his election is aNo de
clared tainted with corruption. Tin ?
provision of the law not only prevents
the expenditure of money unlawfully
by the candidate and his friends , but
also limits the activity in that direc
tion of the party organizations , for the
risk of discovery is too great to pay to
take chances.
The attempts to limit corrupt prac
tices in the United States ly iusulfi-
cient statute could well be re-enforced
by limiting expenditures and unseat
ing candidates elected whose election *
have been shown to be tainted. Such
provisions would cause each candidate
his friends and the party organization ?
to act as detectives on each other and
naturally tend to discourage evasion of
the law.
Legislators who are really intent on
enacting a law to prevent political cor
ruption should investigate the English
corrupt practices act and adapt it
stringent provisions to apply to condi
tions here. But such can never be
accomplished until the voters first vote
to turn the rascals out by electing hon
est representatives. The leaders ol
the Republican party are evidently
loath to enact laws that will really prevent
vent corruption , for it is a fact that
the amount spent in close and douht
ful elections is the chief cause of Re
publican success. It is certainly with
in the truth to say that for every dollar
lar expended by the Democrats there
is $10 and even more spent by the Re
publicans. In 1S9(5 ( the Democrats had
less'than $1,000.000 in their campaign
fund , while $10OOOtOOO were supplied
by the banks , railroads and special in
terests that were assessed for the Re
publican campaign.
PROPOSED TAXATION.
Republican Plait a Poor Substitute
For That of tlio Democracy.
The inheritance tax discussion has
commenced in congress , although there
is 110 possibility of the bill iutroducec
by Mr. Perkins of New York being con
siderecl at this session. This Ropub
licun plan of confiscating one-half 01
less of a man's property after his dc
misc is a poor substitute for the nmcl :
desired legislation to prevent the ac !
cumulation of vast fortunes by abel
ishirig the special privileges that have
led to their amassing.
Most of the states already have ar
inheritance tax and \vill be loath tc
divest themselves of this form of taxa
tiou. The sri""ij e ta : : would ? eeni tc
. f\ <
uii inc.orne. tas w is in
eluded in "the tarifl ; 'bill of ] SO-J. Bui
what is the good of talking about in
heritance or income tax that would
raise hundreds of millions of dollars
unless the tariff stand patters are dis
lodged from their control of congress *
the tariff tax is reduced will be
time enough to talk about other forms
of taxation.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
Ileimblicaiss of Xciv Yorlc "Would
Stiile Free Speech.
New York Republicans are preparing
a bill for the present legislature ta
compel editors "to print daily , in a
conspicuous place , the name of the re
sponsible owner and also the name ot
the editor responsible for utterances ill
the editorial and news columns. " If
the corrupt Republican ringsters think
they can stop honest newspapers from
denouncing and exposing their corrupt
political doings by that kind of a blufl
they are certainly mistaken.
Honest politicians are but rarely at
tacked in the newspapers , and if they
are unjustly they always find defend
ers , even from editors who are political
opponents. It is the galled jades that
wince , and the editors and publishers
of newspapers would be delinquent in
their duty if they did not tell the trutlj
about them.
This back fire against the newspapers
may be aimed at the great dailies or
the country press , but the latter verj
generally give the names of both pub
Ushers and editors , and in any event
it is Common knowledge in the com
munity who is the owner , publisher
nnd editor. This Republican effort tc
try to restrict the activity of the press
has always failed and will fail again
for the right of free speech which in
cludes freedom of the press , is one of
our cherished liberties.
"Wakiiisr Up.
Senator Ilansbrough , a stand patter
representing the tariff reform state of
North Dakota , is waking up to the
fact that the protected harvester trust
Is an octopus and wants it investi
gated.
A Dsjscrou.s : Combine.
The rivalry in Xew York between the
Republican factions is so mixed up
with railroad and trust domination of
the G. O. P. that it becomes of nation
al interest. Tiie frenzied financiers
and the politicians have joined hands
to control the political destinies of the
nation , but there is a contest between
the two centralized groups of Wall
street for supremacy. On one hand
are the Rockefeller-Harrinian group ,
with Odell as the political leader , and
these hope to see Fairbanks nominated
for president. Opposed to them are
the ? , Iorgan-Vanderbilt croup , with
Root and his friends expecting to dic
tate a successor to Platt for United
States senator and the control of the
delegation to the next national conven
tion. Xo wonder the voters of Xew
York repudiated both fac'/ons at the
last election nnd arc looking to the
Democracy to preserve them from the
corruption and grafting that naturally
follow the association of corporations
and political leaders.
Protests In Vain.
All the protestations of Secretary
Shaw that he was trying to aid legiti
mate business by doing what Wall
btreet asked with ihe deposit of public
money seems fo have gone for naught ,
fo" + 'M > c-t , f.i- " in : * Ie"s are tue only
'i' -"ed. The re-
We
Sell
Lumber
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TRACE MARKS
DESIGNS
COPYRIGHTS &c.
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Invention is probnbly pntcntahle. Communica
tions strictly conUdential. Handbook on Patents
sent free. OldPst ncency foe securinjrpatents.
Patents taken tlirouch Munn & Co. receive
tpeclal notice , without charge. In the
" cfentific Btiericaii.
A handsomely Illustrated woekly. T ircest cir
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year : four mont s , $1. Sold fey all newsdealers.
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Weather Data ,
The following data , coverine
iod of 17 years , have been colnplrexf
from , the Wea'her Bureau records a'f "
Valentine , .Nebr . They are issuecftb-
show the conditions that ha.ve.pre- ; : .
vailed , during the month in question ,
tor the % above period of years , but
must not be construed as a forecast
of the weather conditions for the
cominp ; month. " . "
January. - :
TEMPER ATURS. , . 'C.
Mean or normal 17 °
The warmest month was that of 1900 ' ' " '
with an average of 31 ° , . .
The coldest month was that of 1S90 *
with an average of 11 °
The highest was 68 ° on 30 , 1892
The lowest was -33 ° on 24 , 1894
PRECIPITATION.
'
Average for month .60 inches. _ ,
Average number of days with .01
of an inch or more 6
Toe trreatest monthly precipitation
v.is 1 27 inches in 1889.
The It-rist monthly precipitation
< b 0 04 inches in 1900-01.
Tne greatest amount of precipita-
1 ion recorded in any 24 consecutive -
nours was 0 37 inches on 31 , 1894.
The greatest amount of snowfall
recorded in any 24 consecutive hours
( record extending to xvinter of 1884-85 -
mly ) was 4.4 incbea on 25 , 1902
AMD WEATHER
\ --a of clear days , 15
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S : "Kl , 8.
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