Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, February 07, 1907, Image 5
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. < " fh.v --v t.t ! If ! > i I. . C j - _ . -J-- , . , . . . . j. i- , . . .air.- * - - . . . : ' . . , ' f -A Context * . "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. ' * * t -i diet. < ' ! vf . . .tome - tf cook 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 < , . 11 - . , , . . TO--iremeuts. , - . ' ; i " V rl T'o , ] 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. 'frakV j k 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 CODY NEB. , ' i - - ' , - * . . - 5O YEARS * EXPERIENCE TRACE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &c. Anyone sending n pketrli nnd description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an 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 culation of any -lentlflc journal. Terms , $3 t year : four mont s , $1. Sold fey all newsdealers. OHN & Co * Hew YQrt. vnncii Orfire. i.25 V 'W'nahinctou.JD 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 * S : "Kl , 8. neen K , 'he. hi , " \ "Tj ' - * A v ! * * > v ,