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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1908)
n Illft Impression. Mr. White Tell me , Uncle Rufiu fcow did you feel when that savag catamount jumped on your back as yoi were coming through the woods in th dark and began to claw and rend you Undo Ilufns Rank Uh. well , sal tell yo' what's a fact , thankee I 'lovt ed 'twuz muh wife ! Yo' see , 1 was ut pittin' home doss a little bit antiquatei Cum de lodge o' de Cullud Knight end Shivvyloors. and muh nach'l s'pi j ? " < cion was dat de lady had got tired c r > < vaitiif and come to meet me. If I't * l organized dat 'twuz a catamount da , had 1110 by de back , I reggin I'd uli be'n skeered plumb to death ; bul thinkin' to muhse'f dat 'twuz nobod ; but mub wife , I , dess breshed de var mint aside , acoawdin' to muh custom . , and come uh-bogin' along home , happ ; V ( in muh igmmoo. Puck. 4 ! Women as Well as Men Are Mad Miserable by Kidney and Bladder Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind discoiirsi-esandlessensambition ; beauty vigor and cheerful ness soon disappea when the kidneys an out of order or dis eased. Kidney trouble ha become so prevalen that it is not uncom iiion for a child to bi born afflicted will i\eak kidneys. If tin child urinatestoooften , if the urine scald : the fievh. or if. when the child reaches ai age when it shoxild be able to control th ( passage , it is yet afflicted with bed-wet ting , doT > end upon it , the cause of the diffi L culty is' kidney trouble , and the firs I- step"should be towards the treatment o : [ / these important organs. This unplcasan trouble is due to a diseased condition o ; the kidreys and bladder and not to i habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men arc-made miser nbleJih kidnev and bladder trouble mid both need the same great remedy. The r.iiiil and the immediate effect o : S wamp-Rcot is soon realized. Itjs sole by dnijjijists. in fifty- ent and one-dollar i _ f s : . ; e bottle , . You may have a sar.jpie uottle - l > v mail free , a so a Hone of s ramp-Eoot. txnnphlft telling all about Swamp-Root incluninjr many of the thousands of testimonial menial it-tiers received from sufferer : cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co. . 3 > ii laniioi , X. Y. , be sure and nientior this pper. Don't make any mistake , bat rcr.enbcr the name , Swamp-Root ' and the adV - Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root , V dress. Binghamtou , N. Y. , on every > < - bottle. V/OULD BE A STERN PARENT. Fr.tlier IV.-iil.N fur Voiuisr Son lo Com * Home Aflt-r 11 O'clock. She cane into his study gently. " 1 1 hate to disturb you , dearie " lie looked up "but it is after 11 and Diet l" s not come home yet and it i. = the second time this week he has stay ed out. 1 did not wish to speak tc yon Lut a boy of 37 " She faltered. lie was looking ai her with a strange , fixed expression. 'I understand. Leave him to me. I shall wait up until he conies in. " "Don't be harsh with him , " she said * ' leadlnsrly. "Oh. I. am so sorry I told : yon I Remember , he has always been ? . . snch a pr ocl boy . " "My dear , -you have nothing further 1 to do with this. 1 must deal with my ; sou in my own way : I request you not ? to interfere. You had better go quietly - * > ly to your room. I ask you to do so | I want him to find me here when ho ? .sees fit to return to his home. " jf , She retired with her mother heart /.nnxioubly beating and waited until tin- -click of a latchkey sounded in the street door. She listened , trembling- ready to rush out a penitent peace maker. She heard : I ? "Dick , is that you ? " f ; -"Yes. sir. " f. ' -Is the dog in the hall ? " | , Yes. sir. " .j . "Well turn out the gas ! G od- | j -night ! " Woman's Home Companion. i BAlSnSHED. Cofft-c Finally lind lo Go. The way some persons cling to coffee ev < ? n after they know it is doing them harhi. is a puzzler. But it is an easy - * matter to give it up for good , when ? i 1'ostuni Food Coffee is properly made [ | smd U M ! instead. A girl writes : "Mother had been ! l Buffering with nervous headaches for ; seven weary years , but kept drinking ( coffee. "One day T asked her why she did aot give up coffee , as a cousin of mine had done who had taken to Postum. But Mother was such a slave to coffee she thought it would be terrible to give it up. "Finally , one day , she made the chance to Postum. and quickly her headaches disappeared. One morning while she was drinking Postum so free ly and with such relish , I asked fern n taste. "That started me on Postum and I now drink it more freely than I did coffee , which never conies into our lioate now. "A giri friend of mine , one day , saw aie drinking Postuin and asked if it was conV < . I told her it was Postum ami gave her some to take home , but forgot to tell her how to make it. "The next day she said she did not see how 1 coud : drink Postuin. I found slie bad made it like ordinary coffee. So I tokl her bmv to make it ri ht and gave her a cupful 1 made , after boil- fng it fifteen uiiuutcs. She said she jn" . cr < ; riuk ; any cofTee that tasted as . .px1. . : r.l uow coffee is banished from 1/ > ui our homes. " Name given by p.i-'ir.u Co. , Battle Creek , Michigan. II-.I . the little book. "The Head to WolSvilie , " iu pkgs. "There's a Rea- of Great Papers on Important Subjects. Mir.xy.tj LOSSES Civ THE CATTLE RANGES. SPKCIAL commissioner of the American Humane Association has just made a re- pert of his investigations , extending over a year , into the condition of live stock on the ranges in the West. IIis report has boon prepared for the purpose of "arousing the American people to the necessity for action to stop this wanton slaughter of thousands of do mestic animals each year. " Government reports are cited to show that for the year ending March . ' ) ! . liHr . there was a-loss of U. S7.i : > 7 cattle on the Western ranges , duo largely to starvation and exposure. The commissioner asserts that the losses each year are at least I2.fi.00.000 animals , representing an estimated value of < ? l4.000.000. The burden of the commissioner's con- clu ions is that cattle ranging is cruel and inhuman business and should bo suppressed by law. Without quarreling with the figures quoted , although most reports of stock losses on the ranges are greatly exaggerated , the Humane Association is apparently working on a false promise and starting a crusade against an evil that is rapidly curing itself. The crusade urged against stockmen is apparently base ; ! on the the ory that there is malice and design back of his treat ment of the stock on the ranges. The fact is that stock men , while counting annually upon losses of cattle from various causes , do everything in their power to le.-seu the loss , just as men in other business take every pos sible precaution against losses. The day of the ranger is fast pas.-.ing. The meat sup ply of the future will bo furnished by stock growers who keep smaller herds , and. by making proper pro vision for their care during the winter , reap larger re turns than are possible under the range system. Omaha Bee. THE DEASTH OF TEACI-IEHS. U-VKX : IIUXDltKD vacancies existed in the teaching force in the schools of the city of Xew York last month , but there wore only nine hundred eligible candidates. It is estimated that three thousand now teachers are needed in the schools of the city every year. The supply never equals the demand. A similar dearth of teachers i.- ; noted in other cities , and even in the smaller towns. Uoards of education and school suporiutendeiits are struggling with the problem. It has in on explained that the stand ard of qualiiications ha < beer made such that it is not easy for candidates to pass the necessary examinations , and that the pay offered is so low that it does not at tract capable men and women to the profession. The charge that teachers are underpaid is unfortu nately true. A committee of the Xational Educational Association reported , two years ago. that a woman prin cipal in a certain city received only $ : MO a year , and that a man teacher in another , part of the country was paid only Jj'iMO. Those are extreme cases , but there are many others almost as bad. In cities where living ex penses are high , the salary of ? . > 00 or $000 paid to the lower-grade teachers is sometimes surpassed by the wages of street-sweepers or of city hall scrubwomen. The people of the cities are awake to the need of treat ing the teachers better , for efforts are making in some of them to lind money to increase their pay. As to the question of qualiiications , it is surprising that so many thoroughly trained men and women are willing to work for the pay offered ; but if it should ap pear that in any city appointment was denied to experi enced teachers from other places , because of inability to pass technical examinations in subjects of which .they need only a general knowledge , then the examination system ought to be revised. Youth's Companion. WAH ON EATS INTERNATIONAL. IIKTIIKli snakes or rats are the more de tested by human kind is immaterial. Kats are just now a special object of attack. As carriers of disease a heavy indictment is brought against them. The bubonic plague was probably imported to California and other States of the coast by Oriental rats coming across the Pacific Ocean on ships. Mr. Morley , Secretary of State for India , in his recent address to his constituents at Arbroath. referred to the rats of India as the great distributers and reminded his hearers that the dilllculties of the Indian government in chock ing the ravages of the disease wore enormously increased by the religious objections of the Hindus to destroying animal life. Altogether the rat situation in India is remarkable , and the P.ritish government's problem of rat extermination promises to be a long time in reach ing a solution. Hitherto in the world's history these animals have been hunted and killed by man chielly because of their depredations. Human beings also have an instinctive aversion to them , and "ratting" in former times was a sport in recognized standing. Nowadays we are more dignified and do not travel miles to see the rats killed when an old barn is torn down. It is. however , the nsodwn discovery that rats carry disease that will re new uie war with a thoroughness that never before was observed. Even if they perform some good service as scavengers , which must he givatly minimized and even extinguished in communities and abodes where modern sanitary ideas are understood and practiced , the evil ihey do far outweighs it. Kats and house tlios should be granted no quarter such is the decree of medical science. And from that decree there is evidently no appeal. Springfield Republican. .UIN FSOJI SAITK EAILTJEE. LJ The illustration , by Marc Cowper , pictures a scene in front of n. suspended , bauii daring the terror of financial panic which threatened New York. All ranks of society felt the imminence of the strin- j gencywhich meant ruin alike for the man of wealth and. for those of humble mer.ns , vrho found thetn- ' selves on the same dire level of poverty. MILLIONS OF SLATE PENCILS. Germany lire Greatest Pratlueer : iml AI HI UN I Sjj'MJlie * tJie "World. To supply the school children , of this country with slate pencils a great many millions of those little writing instru- . moiiis are made annuajly. In fact , in 'addition to the domestic output , no fewer than 20.CIO.OCO ( imported ones are used uj ) in a t\\vlvo-months. nearly all of them from CJermany. I The slate used for pencils is a kind -of schist , of so line a grain that its jutr- J tides are not visible to Ih ? naked * 'yo. , Occasionally impurities nro necourtn- i bio for "scratchy" slate pencils , which. j instead of making a soft. th-Hble iim-I : . . are liable to score th smooth surface , to which they are applied. This kind of stone is largely f-ilica : ijj < ! Hr- black color is due to the carbon K contain. ? . J CJermany supplies all tli : > w.lrt with Blate pencils , producing noa-'ly ; ? riO. ; < > . - OOft annually. They are oV-iir.i > ; l ' : - > n ( ! quarries in the tieiglibr.rho-d < ; " i-i- ncl'i. in Moningpii. Xe.-.rly nl ! ! 'h > w > rk is done by'han > l. nrrl is so : . > i - ] \ - ini 1 ; tha ! 1:2 : marks ( S.r,7vo > : : ! - i < . - . ' 1- ! oivo ! fair wages for a > ! ; . y'i \ in [ order lo earn 1/s { ! ! > ! > ! . , : : < ! ' 'upon ' his wif" r'-.ul c-hlM- ; : > ! : ! * Mm. i Though w\-r : * ; : s- i v.--'i ! ' - . ' . : in ' | the l'niio.1 r ; : . - . * ! : ' . . ; ; s : , ' manufactured ; ; ; > . . ; : . v. : : : i . Imported aruok' J.y t'M t ! : \ ' f > f ; - . . : \ > ; : . - ery. The rougli sto ; : : * i.- ; sawn Info pieces of a cerlnia i'e ! : : , c.-.v'j of % v-.k- ] : , when run through a machine , yields six p.-IK-US of standard length five and a half inches. They come out in cylin drical shape and are pointed by boys on emery wheels. Finally they are packed in cases of 1 < > . < ) ( ' < > . selling for $ r .7. i. or about one-fifteenth of a cent each. Most of th ° domestic slate pencils come from a quarry in Pennsylvania. From the same deposits which yield pr'.ieils. are obtained slabs for slates and school bl.-u-kl/oards. Efforts have bi'ou made to fiir.l some composition suitable for bhvkhoards and school slates , but nothing is equal to the nat ural product. There are a good many sv.j-ealK\l slate pencils of soapsfono , whicli is a kin : ! of talc with a soapy "fWl. " but they are inferior in qual ity. BSAS D ? THEIS Their yfioep. In tin * \Y5Iliins : rivc-r country of \Ve.c ! Viriia : ] : th - ' .ic.irs are greatly on ih ii"-re.se. aexonlicg to llecreatiou , : - . ' ! iij- ! i ? a lih.o grass settlement : i , . ; tli'v < ro. ' ! * houl : of the river 1 : ' . . : < : ' . < . ; " . wlu'ch has all Imt ' .v . < lr' 'ii uiii < .f the * slioej ) busiuos by Juki's. Tills i a hr'rdsliip to small ' wl- % firi ! : . lie at too ! ; . M v.'ors : i\ ; > , / . ' r - : : ; 'v-v. > ; ! . . ! t. > r.uso g-iin. : ; c . ! " TM . ; ' . : y.i"t ; : P run --1:0 man ' . . ' 1 i , 1. - . - ' : , ! " . ! , J\-l the signs of 1 ,7 ! : : . i'K ii : < . .pday' hunt. That r. s . .3 : : 'Cl i.-uv ; l ara i > nt I've hunted and lisliod so long and told about my adventures at s , > many camp- tires that 1 cannot consistentTy deny anything. Xovertiieless. every now and then a hunter runs on to a boar and kills it. Premeditated killing of bears is rarely known , as this wisest of the forest animals knows well how to avoid men. A rabbit is courageous compared to a black bear. This shows the superior intelligence of P.ruin. About twenty years ago an unarmed fisherman killed a boar with a large stone at the lied Hole. He was resting at the top of a precipitous bank of Mauch Chunk shale when a bear , chased by dogs , came to the river and passed at the foot of the bank. The man cast a large stone down upon it and stunned it so that he was able to kill it. It was a two-year-old. The occurrence is well authenticated. The sheepkillers are generally the biggest bears' of them all. and are very ! wise. They never enter a field without first making a complete circuit to see - . - > l ihe i'em-o. If he if a man has ere ---i : ; has , they "withdraw. " One sheep miser found thai by hanging half -a dozen lighted lanterns about his farm caused the bears to leave his liock se- vcrelv alone. What has become of the old-fashion ed woniau who u.-c'l to say. "Well , if I'm erazy , I hav lot * of company ! " All people are not as busy as they imagine they are. DWINDLING GiVESGUETOGBITIC ; Military Men Say Force Is Reduce Beyond Point of Safety for the Nation. NEED OF EEEOUSI IN SEEVICI Low Pay and [ Requirement of Har Practice Marches Are Main Points of Attack. The War and Xavy Department" ai trying to reach an agreement by whic the marines are to be withdrawn troi the Isthmus of Panama and two reg ments of infantry are to bo sent to tak their places as guards. It is fully e > pected that before long two regiment or fo' t will be on their way to th cMial zone. This diverting of arm regulars to a new Hold will moan thi the forces in the I'nited States are t be depleted beyond that which utlicer believe to lie the danger point. The infantry problem is one of th most serious factors in the greate problem of the army's weakness. O paper we are supposed to have . ,0. < . )0 ) in fan try men. but in truth we have i.otl : in/ / ; like that number , and unless til increase of pay bill pass Congress , it 5 perfectly evident that the ranks wil be thinned still further. An army oil ; cor who knows conditions tells a Wasli ington correspondent that in a case o emergency there would be less tha : 7,000 infantrymen who could be brougli with anything like dispatch to an. threatened point within the limits o the United States proper. There are two chief army measure now before Congress , one dealing vvit ! the matter of the increase of pay am the other dealing with the matter o the increase of the infantry. A COITC spondent says there is precious iittl hope that both bills can pass. It prol ably would be folly to pass the soi-on : bill without passing the iirst. for i would be useless to provide for an in crease in the ranks if no inducement v.-ere held out by which the ineroasi cuuhl be effected. Interviews with enlisted men disclosi three chief objections to army life , and in order of numerical precedent , the : rank like this : .Monthly practice marches. Poor pay. Xon-military duty required of the en lifted men. Some of the ranking ollioors of the army have inveighed constantly ag.nnsi wh.it they call the folly of the freipTfrst I'r.-idice marches. The men are kept it line physical condition and as hard as .vuits : ! : through the < laiy drills , ttir curd ; : duty , the good f-ioil. and the reg- u- ! : living generally. Yet they arc compelled at least once a month t i hike out on the road under heavy bur dens and trying conditions for the , ur- pose of keeping in trim so that th-n- will be ready for the field in case of ! ni < tilitie. > . The practice march , fairly luiiir continued and to oomo at long in tervals , has its uses , and the men like ii : but they don't like it coming as it ili'os every three or four weeks. Jicks : , n Pay : it Chicago \vis : : i fir : ililfcrcnt affair from that of tli - Xw York gatlieriusr. Tlioro the banquet giv- ! 'ii by tin- J'-n.-rson Club was tin- scone of a liryan love foast. in which ( UK ) Dcm- ; ) ( rats cliopivil riotously the words of the Xobraskan. Yiscoun' AokS. the retiring Japanese ambassador , in an interview at San Frsin- : isco. declared in positive terms that there COM 1 1 bo no such thing at present is war between this country and Japan. [ Ie sai'l the questions at issue were not nidi ns would cause war and that all : lie hi h officials of Japan were convinced if the good faith and friendship of this ' -ountry. Secretary Taft. who will soon begin the ) reparation of an extended report on his ihservations in the Philippines , in a ro- ent interview expressed himself as highly ( leased with the progress already made n the islands. Peace , ho says , prevails lirotishout the Philippines to a crreater 'Xtent ' than ever before in their history , ; nrl agriculture is proceeding without fear rom predatory bands. He finds the naives - < ' ives receptive to education and to mod- rn western conceptions of religion and ) olitics. an < l says there is no diiTerence letween the educate ; ! and th ? ignorant "ilipino that cannot be overcome by the duration of one generation. The Secrc- ary thinks the people should not be in- nistorl with seif-government until their rimary and industrial education is com pete , and this may require more than a x-noration owing to a lack of funds for ducational purposes. The Ohio Republican State Onti-al A nmiiltpo at its recent meeting decided .o give the members of tlie party an op- > ortunity to express by direct vote thf ir hoieo for a presidential candidate en vlarch 11. when delegates to the Itopubli- tm State convention will be selected. : irirtor Fornkor has issued a statement loclarhifr that he will not abide by this .ction of the committee. Eight-car i-pin- ; ; rro to be rnn on the foston eleviitttl Hut ; iu tlie endeavor to ope with the traffic offered. 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A typical F.ngHsliwoman. whea some one spoke the other day or a certain man having a "swelled head. " looked dazed. "Really : You don't mean it ! " cried the Ki IJshwoman. "I'm very sorry. " A day or so later the English woman , happening to meet the wife o the man in question , observed that she was so sorry to hear that .Mr. Blank ; was ill. "But he isn't : " cried the wife. "Ho was never better in his life. " "Is that s. > V" said the Englishwoman. "Why , what could Mrs. Dash have meant the other day when she said ha was suffering f * opi a swelled head ? " WOSK WEAKENS THE KIDNEYS. The Experience1 of Mr. AVooil.s IN tlie K.vpfrifiice < tf Thousands of Otiicrn. r.orm-.rd P. Woods , of Jackson street , onaconing. Md. . says : "Hard work and heavy lifting weakened my kid neys. I was tired every morning and my limbs stiff and sore. Dizzy spella and headaches were frequent , and the kid ney secretions much disordered. This con tinued for fifteen years and until I beg - g a n us5ii Doan's Kidney I'ills. Then I improved steadi ly until cured , and naturally , I recom mend them strongly. " Sold by all dealers. f 0 cents a box. Foster-Mil burn Co. . Buffalo , X. Y. The great Lick telescope will pick out a star so small that it would mjuirp : ' , ( ) . - ( M'O of them put together to be visible to the naked eye. AV/FTJL EFFECT OF ECZEMA. J7n i-uri.-d will * Yellow Sores CreTF XV rx ; I'arunts DiHeoKrascsrcl Csitiviiru Di-ove Ssorc.s Away. "Our little girl , one year and a half , ) Id. was taken with eczema or rhat was what the doctor called it. We toolr her to three doctors , but by this time she was nothing but a yellow , green ish sore. One morning we discovered it little yellow pimple on one of her S'.ves. Dot-tor Xo. : ; said that we had -otter take her to some eye specialist , since it was an ulcer. So we went t jsxvcgo to doctor Xo. 4 , and lie said the yesijrht wasgone. . We were nearly Hscouraged. but I thought we would ry the C'utioura Treatment , so I pur- Iiased : i set of Cuticura Remedies. vJiic-h cost me § 1. ami in three days , > ur daughter , who had been sick about iuht months , showed great improve- nent , and in one week all sores had iisappeared. Of course it could not t-store the eyesight , but if we luul i od Cuticura in time I am confident ; hat it wr.uhl have saved the eye. Mrs. 'rank Abbott. II. F. D. Xo. ' . ) . Fulton. Jswogo Co. . X. Y. . Aug. IT. 1000. " First lirobcr Any excitement on , tfte itrp"t to-day ? Second Broker Yon b < * t I Sudden drop : n copper. TVolIfy rriro broke. Mrs. Winshiw's Soothinp S.rrup for ChiM- en teething. softens the jcunis , reduces in- : iiinit ! ' ! ! . allays paiu. cures wind colic. . " a bottlo. i'.s Tramp. X. O. Goodwin , the comedian , was raising in New York the modesty oC celebrated playwright. "Why. " said Mr. Goodwin , "the man's iiodesty is almost ludicrous. It re- sinds me of the tramp and the old : fy. The oh ! lady g.tve the tramp : t iimo. Then she looked at him closely. Ie was a very dilapidated specimen iHleecl. " 'Poor man ! ' she said. 'I suppose- on have undergone a great many rials ? ' " "Trials , rnum ? ' said the tramp , ham- ly. 'Great heavens. no ! They don't i.-ive no trials for the Iik < 'S of us. Tliey iist hauls u up brf < . : - ( > the magistrate ti the morning. ' "
