Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, March 21, 1907, Image 2
Hoxv It Where's the little girl ? " Playing out In the street. Didn't just sec her dodge an automobile ? " "Where's the little boy ? " "Out on the back lot throwing stones at the neighbors' cats. " "Where's the baby ? " "Down in the basement playing with a box ol | matches. " "Great Scott ! Where is the mother ? " "Over to Mrs. A.'s helping hoc to write an article for a mother's maga zine entitled : 'How to Raise Chil dren. ' " Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Dis tress from Dyspepsia , In digestion and Too Hearty Eating ; A perfect rem edy for Dizziness , Nausea , Drowsiness , Bad Taste lu the Mouth , Coated Tongue , Pain In tha Side , TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE. CARTERS Genuine Must Bear ITTLE Fac-Simile Signature IVER PJLLS. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. Mexico now has 11,183 miles of rail way. _ _ _ _ Stootl the Test. Allcock's Plasters have successfully stood the test of sixty years' use by the public ; their virtues have never been equalled by the unscrupulous imitators who have sought to trade upon the repu- 'tation ' of Allcock's by making plasters 'with ' .holes in them , and claiming them 'to ' be "just as good as Allcock's. " Allcock's plasters stand to-day indorsed iby not only the highest medical authori ties , but by millions of grateful patients 'who ' have proved their efficacy as a house- bold remedy. Norfolk County in England , gave a name to the Virginia town. Garfield Tea just simple , health-giving herbs ! The best medicine you can take" It regulates the liver and kidneys , over- 'comes ' constipation and purifies the blood. Got the Full Benefit. "When I first came to Kansas and found that the State had no grand jury system I thought surely I was beyond the limits of civilization , " said Col. Bill Hackney the other day. "So I im mediately became a reformer and start ed for a law creating grand juries. I nvas sent to the legislature two or three Ttimes , and at each session I tried to 31W ; get a grand jury law through , but 31h ifailed. Then I went to the Senate for : h TI couple of times and kept up my fight , > e but failed. f "Then as a member of the third n 5iouse for a couple of terms I threw 'a any influence in favor of a grand jury ibill every time one showed up. Finally rafter seventeen years of ceaseless toil : h I was amply rewarded. A grand jury m law was passed. I went home happy. in I had helped to do something to protect IQ ho rights of the people. rev "In order to see how the thing > v worked , the people of my own county , where the agitition had been the fierc est Iiad a grand jury called and I was sic the first man indicted : I was accused of betting on election. " Kansas City ill Journal. 01 Effect of Overvrorlr. Adam had just named the giraffe. ) "It really ought to have been a longer name than that , " he said , "but I'm all nc nccl tired out from naming the megatherium : cl and the ichthyosaurus. " TO Wearily turning away , he deferred the an job of christening the ornithorhynchus un : anh ( til the next ( lav. au FOOLED THE PREACHES. en ia A Doctor's Brother Thought Pontnn Was Coffee. . A wise doctor found out coffee was hurting him so he quit drinking it InN ! He was so busy with his practice N ( however , that his wife had to write ? ej bow he fooled his brother , a clergy the man , one day at dinner. She says : jri "Doctor found coffee -was injuring na him and decided to give Postum a trial . and we have used it now for four yean with continued benefit. In fact , he is lei now free from the long train of ills thai leid follow coffee . drinking. iol "To show how successful we are ir ) f making Posrura properly , I will relatt &u an incident At a dinner we gave the Doctor suggested that we serve Post : er um instead of ordinary coffee. rf "Doctor's brother , a Clergyman , sup posed it TTOS old fashioned coffee and remarked , as he called for his second 1 1 < ? un , 'If you de preach against coffee 1 im see you haven't forgotten how to makf pet t it' " This goes to show that well-made is fully boiled Postum has much the flavor isner neri vor and richness of good coffee , al i " though It has an Individuality all its Mr own. A ten days' trial will prove thai air It IMS none of the poisonous effect oi ordinary coffee , but will correct the Co- troubles caused by coffee. "There'-s a reason. " Name -furnished by Co. , I/tfl. , Batfte Creek , Mich. of Great Papers oft Important Subjects , 'd ' EXPERT WITNESSES. OTU in civil and criminal trials there frequently circumstances in which the testi mony of experts is highly desirable. To determine the equities in a civil suit special ized knowledge is often necessary , and to determine the degree of responsibility in a criminal case the same is tiue. It is an un fortunate fact that in the American courts , except per haps in poisoning cases where a chemist gives the direct results of his analysis and confines himself to that such a thing as honest expert testimony is almost unknown. We have , indeed , a disreputable- of testimony which masks itself under the name of "expert , " and which we hear of entirely too often. It is the testimony given by men hired either by the prosecution or by the defense to help its cause. But this is not expert testi mony , unless , indeed , the very skillfulness of the prosti tution of knowledge that is sometimes exhibited may it self be called expert When an expert takes the stand the first question put to him should come from the judge , and it should be in this form : "Have you accepted , or agreed to accept , any fee from the prosecution or from the defense ? " as the case may be. If the answer is yes , or if evidence is produced of the payment of such a fee , there should be a law permitting the prosecution of the witness for briber } * . Chicago Record-Herald. TO MAKE TAXES POPULAB. AXES are paid more reluctantly than any other indebtcducss. One of the reasons for the reluctance lies in the belief , which pre vails widely , that other men are not paying their fair share of the cost of government There Is foundation for this belief , since no tax.xt'on ' system is perfect In every case it is the result of tinkering \\ith old systems without a comprehensive idea of what should be done to cure the evils. New York has lately had the benefit of the suggestions of a special commission appointed to recommend an im provement in its system. In that State all the expenses of the State government are paid by special taxes levied on corporations , on liquor-selling , on stock transfers and on inheritances , so that there is no levy upon the general taxpayers for State purposes. Consequently the tax which has to be pajd to the local collector is for local purposes alone. This tax is levied on real estate and personal property. The commission has recommended thatthepersonal prop erty tax be abolished , and that a real estate tax and a tax on the rental value of the house a man occupies be prac tically the only taxes the citizen has to pay. This is to be supplemented with a rc-visi-d inheritance tax , the pro- ceds of which shall be divided between the State and the community in which the property is situated , as the excise tax is now divided. Attention is called to this report , because it is a valua ble contribution to the discussion of the taxation ques- 'ED" WAS BARBED. Under the close scrutiny of his wife ad sister , Mr. Hanson sat unhappily L his chair , drawn up to the cheerful laze , to be sure , but between the lairs occupied by the feminine meni- ? rs of his household. "Well , now , what difference does it ake ; whether Letty's husband is well- tvored or not ? " he demanded , irriti- y. "I've told ye there weren't any o' lose folks in that little town o' theirs uch to. look at. Why ain't that lough for ye ? He's a mighty good ] How , Ed Xorton is. Everybody'll tell J he's got the best disposition that er was , and he's smart , too. " Mrs. Hanson leaned forward and fitched her husband's coat by- its oeve. "Is it true he's the homeliest man in I that part o' the country ? " she de- andcd. ! "If ' looks don't make any ff'rence to you , why don't you speak and tell the truth ? " "Long as you've worried it out o' e , " said Mr. Hanson , reluctantly , "I'll II ye. There's a game they play , ung un1 old , when they have one o' eir gatherings in the little hall ey've built If anybody's made dough- its that day I mean whoever' ? made n , or coo.kies or what not instead o' inding 'em round with the rest o' the od. they do 'em up separate , all in .pers and boxes and lied with strings hard knots , and then they'll give 'em the children to deal out , saying , ow that's for the man with the big- st mouth. ' 'That's for the man with e largest ears. ' That's for the man th : the longest nose. ' 'That's for the in with the biggest hand ? , ' and so You see what I mean ? Thej' men- m what you'd generally call personal fects , I take it "Well , it makes consid'able sport , and body's sensitive. I was there to one those times , and saw how it worked , it just before they began to play it e man that was kind of master of remonles , he stood out in the center the flo.or , and said he. 'Before we Sin I will ask Ed Norton to step tslde , ' he said. 'I understand there's new brand o' cakes on hand to-night some o' the rest of UK men want to 'em by rights , ' he said , 'and not ve to depend on Ed Norton's bounty , we've done at the last two cntertain- mls. ' "Nojv I hope you're satisfied , " and . Hanson closed his eyes with the of one from whom no further in- jpiation could be dragged. Youth's snponlon. Constancy of Purpose Only. Sen. Sir Alfred Horsford , once in au- nrlty at Aldershot , believed in an tion , and is an attempt to make taxes popular by remov ing some of the inequalities of old systems. | L The report is important , too , because it recommends co-operation among the States to secure uniform tax laws and to protect those sources of revenue which belong to the State from the encroachment of the national taxing power. Of course the only way to reduce the burden of taxa tion is to reduce expenditures by economies and purity in administration. It is not excessive taxation of which the people complain so much as an inequitable distribution of the burden. Youth's Companion. DOWN WITH THE BROOM ! HE broom threatens soon to be as obsolete as the old copper Avarming pan , judging from the number of vacuum dust removers which are being placed upon the market. The change is one which must meet with the unqualified approval of all who know what a breeding ground of disease is the common dust of our houses. Every housewife who is possessed of cleanly instincts should welcome an apparatus which temoves dust instead of scattering it in all directions , lost to the senses , so to speak , for a time by its atten uation in air , only sooner or later to settle again on the shelves , pictures , curtains and carpets In a thin film. Moreover , the removal of dust and Its collection In a receptacle _ by means of the vacuum cleaner permits of its absolute destruction by fire. Bacteriological science can easily demonstrate the ex istence of disease germs in common household dust , and there is evidence of an eminently practical character that dust Is otherwise a source of disease ; there could hardly be a more effectual means of spreading the infective and irritating particles than the old-fashioned broom. London Lancet OYSTEES AND TYPHOID. NVESTIGATION has shown that oysters eaten raw frequently cause typhoid. Not the thin , grayish oysters , fresh from the briny deep , but those which , In consequence of the consumer's demand that the bivalves be good to his sight as well as to his per verted taste , are subjected to a bleaching process which makes them plump as well. To securethis appearance the salt water product is placed in fresh water , frequently in fresh water streams. This bleaches them , and owing to the fact that nowadays few fresh water streams are pure , that the oyster ab sorbs so much water that it appears plump , and that its digestive functions are retarded by the unnatural con ditions , any bacilli in the water absorbed rapidly mul tiply , thus infecting the oyster. This infected food , often shipped long distances , be comes a menace to health of whole communities. This practice of bleaching and fattening the oyster certainly should be discouraged by epicureans and consumers in general. What to Eat army of unmarried men. and invariably turned a deaf ear to privates who were in love and who wished to take wives. When Ilorsford was in command of a battalion of the rifle brigade , says Sir Evelyn Wood in his recent entertaining volume. "From Midshipman to Field Marshal. " a soldier came up to him for permission to marry. . "No , certainly not" was the curt re ply. "Why does a young man like you want a wife ? " "Oh , please , sir , " said the soldier. "I have two rings ( "good conduct" badges ) and five pounds in the savings bank , so I am eligible , and I want to marry very much. " "Well , go away , and if you come back this day year in the same mind , you shall many. I'll keep the vacan cy. " On the anniversary the soldier re peated his request "But do you really , after a year , want to many ? " "Yes , sir ; very much. " In spite of himself , Ilorsford was visibly impressed. "Sergeant major , " he said , "takehis name down. Yes , you may marry. I never believed there was so much con stancy in man or woman. Right face. Quick march ! " At the door the man turned. ' Thank you , sir , " he said , gratefully. "It isn't the same woman. " NEWSPAPERS EOK ROYALTY. How Rulers of the "World Keep In formed of Eveats. Most presidents and kings and rulers of countries are far too busy to look over the columns of all the daily pa pers that are published in their respec tive lands , says the New York Herald. At the same time , those who are re sponsible for the welfare of their sub jects and their citizens must keep in formed on all topics of national and international interest. In order that they may do this with the least possi ble effort and -waste of time it occurred to the Emperor of Austria to arrange , or have arranged for him , a morning journal of clippings which would pre sent all the important features of the day sexthat his time would not be aken up with glancing over extraneous mat ter. The journal that his majesty perused while partaking of his coffee and rolls was a neat little leather affair that served as a binding , and into this his secretary slipped the columns of print ed matter which was to furnish the emperor's mental food-for the day. If the articles were to long then it rras the duty of the secretary to condense them and present thorn to his majesty in neatly typewritten sheets. As a matter of fact royalties are usually well rend and well informed personages. JTany of them devote con siderable time to the perusal of foreign papers and magazines , and they can tell you offhand more about the way government affairs are going on on the other side of their world than many of the people in that world can. Nearly all of the world's great rulers belong to press clipping bureaus , a'ud the majority of them insist upon read ing all that is printed about them. If a single unfavorable article is suppress ed the fact and the article usually come to the knowledge of their majesties. Once the faithful secretary of one Eu ropean emperor took it upon himself to save his royal patron the embarrass ment and discomfort that were sure to follow the reading of a certain news paper "roast" But that very morning the emperor had decided to put his newspaper secretary to a test , and lie ordered copies of every paper that vtfas sold In his country. What was his sur prise to see himself liberally carica tured and featured with anything but flattering comment The result was that the secretary received a sound scolding , and ever after that he was scrupulous about inserting in the leath er journal all articles about the em peror. Measure Jjiprlit of Stars. Various attempts have been made to estimate the light of stars. In the north ern hemisphere Argelander has regis tered 324,000 stars down to the 9 % magnitude , with the aid of the best photometric data. Agnes M. Clerk's new "System of the Stars" gives the sum of the light of these northern stars as equivalent to l-i ± 0 of full moonlight and the total light of all stars similarly enumerated in both hemispheres to the number of about 900,000 is roughly placed sit 1-1SO of the lunar brightness. The scattered Tight of still fainter ce lestial bodies Is difficult to evoluate. By a photographic method Sir William Abney In 1S9G rated the total starlight ofboth hemispheres at 1-100 of full moonlight and Prof. Ncwcomb in 1901 from visiral observations of diffused sky radiance fixed the liglit power of all stars at just 728 times that of Ca- pella , or 1-S9 of the light of the fttfl moon. It Is not certain , however , that the sTcy TTonld be totally dark if all stars were blotted out Certain processes make the upper atmosphere strongly luminous fit times and < ? ne never can fco sure that this light is Absent. Unsympathetic. "Don't you feel any sympathy fop him ? " "Not a bit ; he didn't need sympathy till he got found out ; an' a man that gets found out doesn't deserve sym pathy. " Houston Post. Women often say , "How the children enjoy Christmas ! " True enough ; bet why should old people butt Ia2 BLAST ON WAESBDDP. HUNDREDS KILLED BY MAGA ZINE EXPLOSION. French Ironclad Jena Blown t Pieces at Toulon Compressed Alt Torpedo the Cause Most Deadly JTuval Disaster Since the Maine. A powder magazine on board the. French battleship Jena blew up Tues day , -while the vessel -was in the MIssI- assy dock , at Toulon , owing to the explosion of a compressed-air torpedo. It was reported that the casualties number from 200 to 800. There were about 630 officers and men on board the Jena at the time of the disaster , but many of them jumped into the water. The authorities declare that the victims number over 200. According to cablegrams , the explo sion took place during a gun drill which brought the bulk of the crew into the vicinity of the magazine. While the crew was lifting a torpedo from the magazine some defect in the compressed air apparatus caused a pre mature discharge. The shock of a bursting torpedo caused the almost instantaneous explosion of the entire magazine. The members of the torpedo crew were blown into shreds. Scarcely enough of their bodies remained to make identification possible. The deck was swept by shreds of steel and sec tions of the debris of the wrecked com partment. Scores who escaped death in the initial blast met death in the hail of missiles. Thirty seconds after the explosion the deck of the battleship -was a mass of shattered and bleeding corpses. Here and there injured men moved feebly , , but most of the victims were killed ' outright. Calls for help were made by the few officers left unin jured , and the surgeons began the task of giving relief to those to whom a chance for life remained. The most of the men who perished were asleep in their bunks and ham mocks between decks when the explo sion came -which lifted the great ship almost clear of the water and tore a huge hole in its bottom. Many of the men were killed as they slept. Others were drowned as they sought to es cape to the deck by the inrushing tide of water. Within a few moments the vessel had sunk to the bottom of the harbor , where its wreck lies to-day. The Jena , a Modern Ship. The Jona was built at Brest and launched in 1SOS , being completed in 1901 , so that she was one of the newest of the French war vessel ? . She had a displace ment of 11.SG1 tons and an indicated horse power of 16,500. Her length was 400 % feet , beam GS % feet and draft 27 % feet. Like all now French battleships , tha Jena had three propellers. Steam was supplied to her three vertical triple-ex pansion engines by twenty Belleville boil ers fitted with economizers. The fur naces were so arranged that petroleum could be used with the coal. The normal coal supply was 820 tons , giving an en durance of 5,500 miles at ten knots , and 1,000 at full speed. The cost of the bat tleship was $ ooOO,000. DESTRUCTION OF THE MAIXE. Greatest Previoas Xaval Dlsastei Due to Explosion. The greatest previous naval disaster due to an explosion was the destruction of the American battleship Maine in the harbor of Havana , which precipitated the Spanish-American war. Two hundred American sailors lost their lives in this explosion , which , according to the testi mony of experts who carefully examined the sunken hull , was caused by the firing of a mine under the warship as it lay peacefully at anchor in a supposed friend ly harbor. The Maine was blown up Feb. 15 , 1898 , and so strong was * the evidence that the destruction of the ship and 200 of its men and the injury of many others was due to an almost unparalleled act of wan ton treachery on the part of Spanish au thorities of the island that it Voused a fiery wave of anger throughout the Unit ed States. This resulted in an over whelming demand for a declaration of war against Spain. The Orange ( N. J. ) dog that ate a $250 glass diamond no doubt now has a pane inside. Mrs. Harry K. Thaw seems to have de voted a large portion of her life to tlie photographers. That $1,000,000 loan to the Jamestown exposition makes Virginia think her credit is pretty good. The earth is still giving expression in various parts of the country to that | j shocktd feeling. The idea of abolishing the weather bu reau is absurd. What would we have to find fault with ? Women are to wear cheaper hats this spring , but like as not they will want twice as many of 'em. a Next we will have the Amalgamated Order of the Used-to-Be Heads of the Panama Canal Commission. Delaware wanis to whip wife beaters and tax bachelors. The woman's millen nium is beginning to dawn. The Indiana Legislature is considering w a bill to tax bachelors over 40 years of 1 ! age at the rate of $10 annually. But & ersn at that rate it would still pay fo 1 I Sncfc Their Sucking is a natural stimulant lot babies. A very young baby tries to gel the whole band in Its mouth , but , find * ing this fraught -with danger , he growa more cautious and finaUy falls on tha thumb as the most enticing member of the hand. Sucking the thumb acts as a safe pick me up to laggard organs. The beneficial effect arising from the act of deglution Is one of nature's happiest stimulants. It is generally melancholy and fretful children rather than those who are strong and full of life who develop decided tendencies in this direction. The reason of this is evident. In states of depression , wheth er casual or chronic , less blood goes to the brain ; If. then , the thumb be pul Into the mouth and a sucking process Indulged in the heart will be stimu lated , new blood will be Font to tha brain and contentment will take the place of peevishness. FADED TO A SHADOW. Worn Dovrn by Five Years of Suffcj Inp : from ICldney Complaint. Mrs. Remethe Myers , of 380 South Tenth St. , Iroutou , O. , saj-s : "I have worked hard in my time and have been e x p o s d again and again to changes of weather. It is no won der my kidneys gave out and I went all to piecea at last. For five years I was fading away and finally "so weak that for six months I could not get out of the house. I waa nervous , restless and sleepless at night , and lame and sore in the morning. Sometimes every tiling would whirl and blur before me. I bloated so badly I could not wear tight clothing , and had to put on shoes two sizes larger than usual. The urine was disordered and passages were dreadfully frequent. I got help from the first box of Doan'i Kidney Pills , however , and by the tlra ? I had taken four boxes the pain and blotting was gone. I have been In good health ever since. " Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. Xot Made Clear. A bulletin from Washington said tha ceremony had gone off "without a hitch. " "It's them sensational papers , " re marked an observer. "I'll bet they were tied all right. " THREE BOYS HAD ECZEMA. Were Treated at Dispensary Did ITot Improve Suffered 5 Month * Perfect Cure by Cntlcnra. "My three children had eczema for five months. A little sore would ap pear on the head and seemed very itchy , increasing day after day. The baby had had it about a week when the second boy took the disease and a few sores developed , then the third boy took it. For the first three months I took them to the N Dispensary , and they told me that the children had ringworm , but they did not seem to Im prove. Then I heard of the Cuticura Kemedies , and I thought I would -write you about my case , and when I got the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment I bathed the children's heads -with warm water and Cuticura Soap and then applied the Cuticura Ointment. In a few weeks they had improved , and when their heads were well you could see nothing of the sores. I should be glad to let others know about the great Cuticura Remedies. Mrs. Kate Kelm , 513 West 29th St. , New York , N. Y. , Nov. 1 , 5 and 7 , 190G. " Recreation of an Expert. The detective at the boarding hous table , having satisfied himself that no body had observed him. folded up hii magnifying glass and put it back in his pocket. "Yes , " he said to himself , "they've got the same girl they had when I was here two years ago. I recognize her thumb print in the butter. " Oatn Head * 2 Feet L.onr. The John A. Salzer Seed Co. , La Crosse , Wis. , are bringing out a new oati this year with heads 2 feet long ! That'i a wonder. Their catalog tells ! Spetz the greatest cereal hay food America ever saw ! Catalog tells I FKEE Onr mammoth 148-page Seed and Tool Catalog is mailed free to all intending buyers , or send Gc in stamps and receiv * free samples of new Two Foot Long OaU and other cereals and big catalog free. John A. Salzer Seed Co. , Box C , La Crosse , Wis. Essential. "Young Roxley is learning to be a machinist. " "Ah , very commendable ; wants to have a trade so that if anything should hap pen to his fortune he can - " "Nonsense ! No , he simply -wants to ba able to keep his automobile going. " How's This ? We offer One Hundred Dollars * Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Care. F. J. CHENEY & CO. , Toledo , O. We , the undersigned , have known P. J. Cheney for the last 15 years , and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry . TT it. Druggists. Toledo. 0. Halls Catarrh Cure is taien internally. acting directly upon the blood anfl mucon * enrfaces of the system. Teetlmonlals sent . To cents per bottle. Sold by all Take Hall's Family Pills far constipation. Something to Admire. "Count Boni de Castellane is not so slow , " observed Mr. Gayboy. "He man aged to catch the Gould family coming and going. " Garficld Tea , the mild laxative , bene- 5ts the entire system. Best for liver , Sidneys and bowels ; for constipation arid sick headache. China holds the world's record in tha vay of executions. There are at least L2.000 legal executions yearly. _ _ EJ I p g Si. 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