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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1907)
A Little A group of interested Citizens was observed standing in front of a bill board in one of Chicago's suburbs , read ing a large poster that had just been put up. Some of them were greatly amused , while others were highly In dignant A nearer inspection showed that the purpose of the poster was to advertise a. "Genuine Colored Minstrels' Enter tainment" that was to be given at one of the local amusement halls. The par ticular portion that had roused the emotions of the crowd was printed in great , flaring letters : "It will be enough to make a Mule laugh ! Bring your Wives and Chil dren ! " CUBED QF GRAVEL. Wet n. Single Stone Ilns Formed Sinci Uwiiif ? Bonn's Kidney Pills. J. D. Daughtrey , music publisher , of Suffolk , Va. , says : "During two or three years that I had kidney trouble I pass ed about 2M- pounds of gravel and sandy sedi- 1 ment in the urine. 1 haven't passed a st < jne since using Doan'sKid ney Pills , however , and i that was three years Jago. I used to suffer the most acute agony 'during ' a gravel attack , and had the other usual symptoms o : kidney trouble lassitude , headache pain in the back , urinary disorders rheumatic pain , etc. I have a box con talning 14 gravel stones that I passed but that is not one-quarter of the whol < number. I consider Doan's Kidne : Pills a fine kidney tonic. " Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box ffoster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. The Shrlkf or Botcher Bird. There is a strange little bird , abou as big as a robin , which nearly ever : vrinter brings us. He is generally alone Hike a tiny black and. gray hawk ii cnany of his ways , but related truly t < the gentle vercos and waxwings. He ii the northern shrike , or butcher bird and he gets a cruel living by catchinj mice and little birds , which he hang ! on locust thorns , sharp twigs , or th < points of a wire fence , as his little feet unlike the hawk's , are not stronj enough to hold his prey. But he is J .handsome fellow , and rarely one mai 2iear a very sweet little song as h < Bits on the top of some leafless bush particularly late in the winter. Bui generally he is silent , like the tru < birds of prey , or at best gives only i rasping squeal. While She Waited. Grocer's Clerk Step on this scale Miss Bucksum , and I'll give you a weigh , Plump Customer I'll do it , Mr. Grig- eon , if you'll promise not to give nu away. ITGURES OF A CROP IN WESTERB CANADA. HOVF a Svrnn River Settler Ha. Succeeded. Benito , Manitoba , November 20 , 1906 J. Obed Smith , Esq. , Commissioner oi Immigration , Winnipeg : Sir At Swan River Valley h y , 1900 , a settler took up a 'home stead on Section 30 , in Township 34 Range 29 , West of the 1st Meridian. Jit that time 50 miles from a railway , school or church. There 1 : SL railway within two miles of his , and all these other advantages close at hand. J His story is : "After making mj Ihomestead entry fee of ten dollars , 3 ttrad $45 total ( forty-five dollars ) capl tul. Through doing homestead duties ii slack times of the year , I managed t < ; get a start I am a married man 25 .years of age. "I built my first house or shack , and broke up eight acres , putting five acres - Incrop the first year. i ' "This year , 190G , I had SO acres ir 'crop 65 acres in wheat , 20 acres ol \vhich yielded 850 bushels or 42 % bush els per acre ; 15 acres of oats , whici yielded 355 bushels , and one stack oJ oats in sheaf for feed. "Receipts for the year : Sold 1,755 bushels ofwheat for $1,037.10 In granary , 110 bushels 71.5C In granary , 355 bushels oats. 88.72 One stack of oats in sheaf. . . 50/X Garden roots and vegetables. . 25.0C I $1,272.32 ' 'Expenses of year : JBlue stone for seed $ 1.6C { Paid for binder twine 30.0C paid for hired help 120.00 iPald for threshing 107.0C $ 25S.X ( Beceipts $1,272.35 'Expediture ' 258.60 Balance $1,013.75 Assets. | 160 acres of land valued at. . . $2,500.0 < ! Frame house 20x26 valued at. 600.00 Farm implements 425.0C 1 team horses and harness. . . 400.0C 15 head young cattle 75.00 2-hogs 15.0C .Receipts of this year's crop. . . 1,015.7 ? $5,030.7 ? Liabilities. Xoan on farm $ 500.0C Balance to my good $4,530.75 Particulars as to how to secure low railway rates to the free homestead lands of Western Canada may be secured - cured from any Canadian Government agent. London society -women are forming " "prayer circles" in connection with thf "Torrey-Alexander revival. ff O St. Tltni' Danr * * nd all I7errotn Ctuet FB 19 Permanently Cured by Dr. Klta ' 0r tl ' . - * " - ' - - 'kEMtorar. Stndat rK SfP r-1 B.-H. KLINE , -UfKl ArS of Great Papers oo Important Subjects. THOU SHALT NOT BXLL. IIOU Shalt Not Kill" neds no learned com mentator to argue that it means just what it says. It neither excuses nor modifies. It.does not say that its mandate may be abrogated and sot at naught by any "un written law" that modern euphemism which excuses murder. The particular people ple for whom the law was promulgated understood ex actly what it meant and no juggling with words or mongering of sentiment can iopi al that ages-old statute that places the seal of sanctity upon human life and inveighs against the wanton laying of a fellowman. In the Ishmaelitish days of the world , when every man's hand was against every other man , it was right , because it was necessary , that each man should sec to his own protection. But when society was organized men gave up their weapons to the delegated authorities and the civilized law of the world places the burden of protection upon the authorities. Xo individual has any right , moral or legal , to take into his own hands the administration of those laws. Civilization is nullified by such a theory and the world goes back to the age of barbarism when the fairest was the prize of the strong est the jungle life of tooth and claw , of club and fang. The last word of the whole matter is the word that was engraved upon-the tables of stone. < % Thou shalt not kill" means "thou , " and "thou" ' means everybody. Kau- eas City Journal. INDEPENDENCE OS RAILROADS. N plunging at breakneck speed down a steep grade , have you ever allowed yourself to think of the terrible consequences should something happen , say , for instance , should the brake prove defective ? This is a thought which has doubtless crossed many minds , and a glance through the daily press con vinces one that fear of unsafe equipment on the average train is only too well justified. The operator fails in his duty , the signal don't work , a rail was broken , a trestle gave way , a defective brake and a thousand and one ready excuses are offered daily by the great railroads in a strenuous effort to shirk responsibility for the awful calamities which arc now a daily occurrence. It is so convenient to say that a brake proved defective that this excuse is always relic ; ! upon in a pinch , the rail roads knowing full well that it is one of the many ac cepted generally with scarcely a murmur of condemna tion. tion.Why Why is it that the public stands by while an astute official with a slims of the shoulders murmurs "defective brake , what are you # oSns to do about it ? " That is precisely the question. "What are you going to do about It ? " Admitting that the brake proved defective , for in stance , is clearly an : ulmi > c3on of guilt in maintaining faulty or defective mechanical equipment , and consequently quently it is unnecessary to convict the railroads of criminal carelessness or npidigonce. as. by their own admission , they convict thorns-elves , aud yet a railroad company will calmly ask. "What are you going to do about itV" A claim agent i * employed to settle for loss of loved ones with : i few piltry dollars , the company SAWDUST EXCELS LUMBER. Material from It Hotter than the Sawed Timber. Perhaps the old man "who ued to eat sawdust with a spoon" was eating sugar. They make botli sugar and al cohol from sawdust. It practically is pure cellulose and easily convertible into these products. Also sawdust in the 20th century is more valuable than solid lumber. By the use of hydraulic pressure and intense heat the particles are formed into a solid mass capable of being molded into any shape and of receiving a brilliant polish. The only materials used are sawdust , alum and glue. Imitation marble can be manufac tured from a mixture of sawdust with ivory waste , water , glass and glue. In Norway acetic acid , wood naphtha , tar , and alcohol are produced on u commer cial scale out of sawdust. Factories have been erected in America and Eu rope for converting pine needles into forest wool. This is used for mat tresses and furniture , for manufacture into hygienic articles such as under- vests and chest protectors. For many years bituminous coal op erators threw away slack as waste. Now it commands at the mines 75 cents a ton. The increase is due largely to the demand coming from makers of ce ment Formerly they bought lump coal and pulverized it. Now they use slack. Quartz rock was not long ago consid ered worthless. Now glass is made from it. Bricks , coffins , tombstones , tillings and similar articles can be made of this glass. The annual value of the by-products of the packing industry , all of which are manufactured out of what -was waste material thirty years ago , is approximately $200,000,000. Cot ton seed not long ago was waste mat ter , giving considerable trouble to get rid of ; but in 1900 the by-products of cotton seed were valued in the United States as more than $42,000,000 , which probably has doubled by this time. The Wise Girl of the Day. "You have been engaged more than * year , haven't you ? * ' "Yes. " "Any talk of marriage ? " "No. And there -won't be as long as I'm having such a good time. " Cleve land Plain Dealer. A Friendly Otter. * "I always take a sleeper when I travel. " "Is that so ? Well , you can have that one in my front office. He's no good . " Baltimore American. Ever occur to you that many of your sorrows are silly sorrows ? That is , sorrows that are not important being fully aware of the average citizen's ignorance of the first principles of law , as the aversion to "going to court" is one so well recognized as being worth } ' of comment. First , by admitting the existence of faulty equipment , and , second , by maintaining a claim department to buy up prospective suits , the corporations clearly indicate that they are fully aware of their guilt , but relying upon the tremendous influence of the almighty dollar they rest in absolute security from prosecution of the right kind. Is it not time that the public , seeing that it is being de liberately swindled daily , should not rise and take effect ive action to throttle the monstrous practices of these powerful corporations ? Cincinnati Post. MONEY AND MANNERS. of this blessed country have more money and less manners than any other people on earth. The more money the more neglect of manners. We rush through life in such a hurry these days that there is little time or thought for the refinements and courte sies that in the good old days of our grand parents were considered necessary elements of good breeding. We have cut courtesy out of business hours. We have come to regard it as a time-consumer and a waste an indefinable and rather boresome something In the way of an affectation which we may put on with our best clothes for weddings , parties and other such affairs , but not to be carried about with us on ordinary occasions. The man or woman who has really good manners , now adays , we distinguish as being of the "old school. " Un fortunately , the old school is passing away and there is no new one to take its place. So far have we sunk that the man of genuine courtesy and polish must balance it with some sort of coarseness or be damned as a "sissy. " Maybe it is ill-mannered to say such things , but the fact , no less than the ill-mannered assertion of it , fits the times. Garish vulgarity taints what Is regarded , com monly at least , as the best society. How much richer may we get before degenerating Into utter savagery ? Indianapolis Sun. EXPERT TESTIMONY. HE expert witness hired by the State sees the case only from the State's point of view , while the expert who sells his services to the defense naturally undertakes to deliver to that side the commodity for which he draws a fee. The whole business of sum moning hired men to testify for one side or the other in a case involving human life or liberty is immoral. It reduces the judicial processes to a com mercial basis. The court itself should secure such wit nesses , should protect them from confusing Inquisitions , and should insure that their findings are presented to the jury in clear and compact form. Such a system would eliminate the confidence-destroying element of commer cialism from criminal trials as now conducted , would shorten them and would safeguard the interests of both the public and the accused. Washington Star. . FIRST WHITE WOMAN TO CROSS EQUATORIAL AFRICA. MADAME CABRA IN TRAVELING COSTUME. The proud distinction of being the first white woman to cross Equatorial Africa belongs to' a Belgian lady , Madame Cabra , who , with her husband , Commandant Cabra , has lately returned from a journey across the Dark Continent Madame Cabra had already had some experience of African travel , for she had previously traveled with Commandant'Cabra in the Congo Free State. Last year the pair landed on the coast of German East Africa and worked their way up to Uganda , where they were greatly impressed at the changes wrought by British rule. After visiting the Albert Nyanza and Albert Edward Nyanza Lakes the caravan , with 300 porters , traversed the Congo Free State to the Atlantic Ocean. The journey occupied nineteenth months , and Madame Cabra , during all that time , kept her health , although she lost considerable in weight She speaks modestly of her remarkable achievement and says she had no adventures and met with no dangers in the course of her journey. The natives were everywhere well-disposed and friendly , and , never having seen a white woman before , they regarded her with awe and admiration. The Gift of Henllngr- A physician who had attended a side woman , the wife of an immigrant , through an illness that lasted from De cember Into January , in due time sent a bill. Some months later the husband came into the doctor's office. "Mr. Doctor , " he said , "dat bill you zent , he's all right ; but vone of dem visits you makes mem wife you makes him on Gristmas day. You should make me a present of dat visit' ' The doctor says that the request was so original , so different from the more usual ways of asking for d discount , that he did make the man a present of the Christmas visit At first it seemed to him that that visit should have been charged for at double rates , for it had taken him away from his Christmas turkey. But the doctor enjoyed the joke , and made good use of it. On every Christmas day since , when he has been called to a poor patient , Fie has told the story of the Christmas- present visit Thus he has brought a laugh Into the sick-room. Then he goes on to explain that the visit he Li now making is to be a Christmas pres ent , too. So the doctor has enjoyed his holiday even when he missed his Christ mas dinner. Youth's Companion. The most stylish arrangement of a girl's hair now seems , to be to makq it look as much as possible as if it had been combed with a sofa pillow. 1312 Suppression of the Order o Knights Templar by a papal decree 1421 French defeated British at battli of Anjou. 1549 Thomas Seymour , lord high ad mirul of England , attainted and be headed. 1678 Ypres , in Belgium , surrendered t < the French after a siege of sevei days. 1752 First issue of The Halifax Ga zette , first newspaper printed ir Canada. L765 The British stamp act became law 1791 British under Cormvallis tool Bangalore , India , by storm. 1799 Princess of Furstenbcrg killed al the battle of Stockache. 1801 Paul , Czar of Russia , assassinat ed Sir Ralph Abercromby mor tally wounded at battle of Alexan dria. 1807 Alexandria taken by the British under Fraser. 1810 Bonaparte issued a general am nesty to prisoners of state in France. 1815 Sloop of war Hornet captured British warship Penguin off Cape of Good Hope. 1820 Commodore Stephen Decatnr mor tally wounded in duel with Commo dore James Barrow Jesuits ban ished from Russia by decree of Czar Alexander. 1831 Austrian troops entered Bologna and subdued Italian revolution. 1834 First issue of the "New Yorker. " by Horace Greeley and two associ ates. ' .836 Col. Fannin , Texas soldier , surren dered to the Mexicans with 500 men , who were massacred one week later. 1S3S Sir George Arthur took office as lieutenant governor of tipper Canada. Sir Francis Bond Head resigned office as lieutenant governor of upper Canada. 841 Duke of Clarence defeated and killed by the Earl of Euchan. 1S47 Bombardment of Vera Cruz , Mexico ice , began by American ships. 1S49 Charles Albert , King of Sardinia , abdicated in favor of his son. 1S52 "Uncle Tom's Cabin , " by Harriet Beecher Stowe , published in book form. .854 Two shocks of : earthquake felt at Macon , Ga. 855 The Arabs defeated at Hasheon. . Unsuccessful attempt at revolution made in San Domingo Ramon Pinto , eminent Cuban lawyer , gar rotted at Havana for conspiracy against the government. 862 Battle of Winchester. 863 John Morgan , with 4,000 men. de feated near Milton , Tcnn. , by troops under Col. Hall. 864 Battle of Henderson. 865 Fort Stedman taken by the Con federates and retaken by the Union troops. 877 John D. Lee , convicted of com plicity in the Mountain Meadow mas sacre , executed. 1881 Opera house at Nice burned , sixty- two lives lost 1882 Edmunds law. aimed at Mormonism - ism in Utah , passed. 1883 Chinese troops attacked the capi tal of Tonquin , in French possessions. 1891 Prince Napoleon buried at Turin. 1892 Col. Barnaby crossed English channel in a balloon Standard Oil trust dissolved. 1893 Mayor of Moscow assassinated. IS95 Manitoba defied the Dominion gov ernment to enforce its order to re- tftore to Roman Catholics the separ ate schools. IS97 Christian and Turks fought near Malaxa , Crete Fleets of the pow ers began the blockade of Crete. 1S98 Ten lives lost in hotel fire at Butte , Mont..Forty-eight seal hunt ers perished on ice floe off Bay de Verde , N. F. , ' 899 Mrs. Place electrocuted at Sing Sing for the murder of her step daughter France and England signed agreement on Nile boundary question. 1890 Great cyclone in South Carolina. ' 1900 Canadian troops arrived at Cape ' Town to engage in war with the Boers. < 1901 Eighteen people killed in tornado ' at Birmingham , Ala. < 1903 Irish land bill introduced into the 1 British House of Commons Mis sissippi river at New Orleans reached i height of 19.8 feet. 1 Does Boiling : Kill 3Iicrobes. < An article by a French savant transj /ated for the Literary Digest , and published - lished in a recent issue of that magazine , takes issue with the commonly held notion - tion that boiling is an effective method jf sterilization. This writer claims that J simply heating water to the boiling point * does not insure the destruction of all 3 living organisms. To make sure of this I result the fluid acted upon should be I subjected to a high degree of heat under \ pressure in vessels specially designed for \i purpose. Tbc Simple Two rich girls of Cincinnati are de- Krrlbed as living the simple life. The older is 16 , the other almost 15. They have traveled all over Europe and have fceen in Egypt and Mexico. They learn ed French in France , Italian in Italy , German in Germany. They drive auto mobiles , ride saddle horses , play tennis and other outdoor sports , have lessons on piano , mandolin aud guitar , go to bed at 9 p. m. and breakfast at 8 a. m. What , after the amaziug calm of their early years , may these girls not do if they once decide to try the strenuous life ? New York World. A Positive CURE FOR CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm ts quickly tbsorbcd. Gives Relief at Once. It cleanses , soothes , heals and protects the diseased membrane. It cures Camrrh and drives away a Cold in the Head quickly. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. Full size 50 eta. at Druggists or by mail ; { Trial size 10 cts. by mail. Ely Brothers , 66 Warren Street , New York. That's Different. "Mr. Jinks , you wrote a personal let ter to-day during my time. That's steal ing. " "Well , sir , I have worked overtime fully 200 times per year for the last twen ty years. " "Ha ! Hum ! That's business. " Pitts- burg Post. People appreciate the delicate taste and natural action of Garfield Tea , the mild herb laxative. Best for liver , kid neys and bowels. Guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drugs Law. Fix United State * Area. The United States geological survey has issued bulletin 302 , by Henry Gan- nette , which represents the result of conference and co-operation of the land office , census bureau and geological survey in an effort to agree on what constitutes "the area of the United States. " The absence of a standard of meas urement for determining the area led : o a discrepancy between the tables of : he census bureau made in 1SS7 and : hose of the general land office pre- ) ared in 1899. The result of the co- > peration of the departments is that he area of the United States , proper , vhich is given as 3,026,789 square niles , has been increased over the cen- ius figures by 1,188 square miles. The mlletin gives the area of Alaska as 190,884 , the Philippines , 115,026 ; Ha- vaii , 6,449 ; Porto Rico , 3,435 ; Guam , ! 10 ; Samoa 77 , and the Panama canal trip , 474 square cniles. AH of the detached territory is sub- ect to change as the limits become nore correctly defined. Scientific Lmerican. Self-DefeiiKe. "I'm surprised at you , " said Jlgley , 'trying to borrow a dollar from that ellow Harduppe. You're surely not in uch awful need of money. " "No , " replied Shrude , "but I felt ure Harduppe was. Anticipated . hat's all. " Catholic Standard and ? imes. A FRIENDLY GROCER Dropped a Valuable Hint About Coffee. "For about eight years , " writes a lich , woman , "I suffered from nerv- usness part of the time down in bed vith nervous prostration. "Sometimes I would get numb and it rould be almost impossible for me to peak for a spell. At others , I would ave severe bilious attacks , and my icart would flutter painfully when I rouid walk fast or sweep. "I have taken enough medicine to tart a small drug store , without any enefit. One evening our grocer was sklng Husband how I was and he rged that I quit coffee and usePostnm , > he brought home a pkg. and I made : according to directions and we Were oth delighted with it "So we quit coffee altogether and sed only Postum. I began to get bet- sr in a month's time and look like an ther person , the color came back to mj aeeks , I began to sleep well , my appe- te wcs good and I commenced to take i flesh and become Interested. In every- ilng about the house. "Finally Iwas able to do all by own ork without tde least sign of my old ouble. I am so thankful for the mtle k , 'The Road to Wellville. ' It has me me so much good. I haven't taken edicine of anj kind for six : months id don't need any. "A frisud of ours who did not like > stum as she made it , liked mine , and hen she learned to boil It long enough , jrs was as good as mine. It's easy 11 > u follow directions. " Name given by jstum Company , Battle Creek , Mich. &ad the little book , "The Road to fejlville , " In pkgs. "There's a rea- ft. "