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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1908)
AN INTERESTING CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT Any Child Can Do It The Result Is Almost Like Magic Useful Too. Anything in the nature of a chemi cal experiment is always interesting and usually educative. Here is a sim ple experiment which any child can perform and which is instructive in a very practical way : Get a bit of White Lead about the size of a pea , ai piece of charcoal , a common candle in a candlestick , and a blow-pipe. Scoop out a little hollow in the charcoal to hold the White Lead , then light tnc candle , take the charcoal and lead in one hand and the blow-pipe in the other , with the large end of the blow pipe be ; ween the Ips ? ; blow the flame of the carl ! < - sjc.ulily against the bit < > f " \ \ ! iiiiLt . : < ! on the Hiarcoal and if the Whit" L'-arl is pure it will present ly resolve its ll into little shining glob ules of metallic lend , under the intense beat of the blow-pipe , leaving no residue. If. however , the White Lead is adul terated in the slightest degree , it will not wholly change into lead. So. il will be seen , that this experiment is not oniy an entertaining chemical dem onstration. but also of practical use in the home. White Lead is the most im portant ingredient of paint. It should ibc bought pure and unadulterated and mixed with pure linseed oil. That is the best paint. The above easy experi ment enables any one to know whethei the paint is the kind which will wearer or not. The National Lead Company guar antee that white lead taken from a package he.i ring their /'Dutch Boy I'-j inter" trade-mark will prove abso lutely pire under the blow-pipp test ; iuid to encourage peonle to make the teat and prove the nu'rity of paint be fore using it. they will send free a blow-pipe and a valuable booklet on paint to any one writing them asking I'or Test Equipment. Address National JLead Ompajiy , WoodbrSdg'e Buildiiig , w York dry. 1'aiiencc i > id you ever attend a cooking school ? Pair'.c-e Oh. yes ; I've had that kind of dyspepsia , too ! Yonkers State- JHKUl. $16 AX ACHE WAS REALIZED On n Croi > in "Western Canada Year Another Karitier Itcnlize * 52 . -o per A re from His IVhent Croj * . Charles McCormick , of Kenville , Alanitoba , writes : "During the season of 1907 I had 100 acres in crop on the SW. . quarter of section IS. township 35. range 27 , west of the Principal Meridian , West ern Canada , yielded as follows : Eighty acres at ± ! bushels per acre , which I sold for 90 cents per bushel , and 20 acres oats yielding CO bushels per acre I sold for 35 cents per bushel , so that my total crop realized $2,004 "From this I deducted for expenses of threshing , hired help , etc.100. , . leaving me a net profit on this year's crop of over ? 1.GOO. " , I Thomas Sawatzky , of Herbert , Sas- ' JkaL'hewnn , snvs * " : * ' I3 " -3 "The value of my crop per acreof wheat i$22.r,0. i . i threshed 1,750 bushels - ' els of wheat from 70 acres , and was offered 00 certs- bushel for it oats , 35 acres , 500 bushels , and barley. 5 " acres , SO bushels. I do not know "if I have been doing the best in this dis trict , but I know if all the farmers \vcre doing as well , Western Canada _ \yoti'd have no kick coming as far as fc'varn growing is concerned ; and I fur ther say that if you want to put this ' ; ln one of your advertisements , this is Ur-ae and I can put my name to it. " v $ l * . < c I six Fooil In Germany. , In IJXRf there were slaughtered for & > S3 in the kingdom of Saxony 12.922 fcorses and 3.72U dogs. This was an in crease of 22,1 horses and 133 dogs over the year 1905. In the whole empire in 39(10 ( there were slaughtered for food 3S2.000 borsus. and it is estimated that iibo t 7,000 ( logs go into food in the empire annually. "Horseflesh is very generally advertised in the German newspapers , especially in those of the large industrial centers. " says United States Consul Ifft. "and most German cities have at least one market which makes it a specialty , claiming for it a higher percenlaire of nutriment than that of either beef , veal , mutton or pork. No ! t her is it unusual to find ad- vortNenwists of dog meat or for the purchase of dogs for slaughter. Nor Is it possible to read the German news papers for any length of time without coming io the- conclusion that a great fiinuy dogs are killed and eaten that do not give up thir lives under odicia ] inspection. " , bk bo o : e.1 e.1I eia MOTHER GRAY'S P'cl ' 1)o 1)v ) , i , " fv A < 'ert 'nOnrofor JVveri 'Iines3 v ; SNL'V'JX ' l > ! t'r a.t" I f c : . 'i r P : ! ; c > /'S = 3 VSj SJi Kach'i'ronbU"Jf Tt'oth < | a IMhrr Cray. t.tc hp 01 . . . At nil * + 01e' WcrroiuChilil i. .urs. lTiKW * t e' ron'a llonie. h' mailed V FlIvM AdtJICM , ft. S. OLMSTED. Lo Roy. W Y FROM THE COMMONER rvR. BRV.AIVS A cvvspH ! . > ! ! rtr ' , eiiJ : The following letter explains itself : Lincoln. No ! ) . . March 13. 1MS. ! ) Mr. Win. K. ( ; nxiie . Ti ! State. Col UIJ'.MM. ' S. C. : .My Ipir .Mr. Con/ales Yuur ia- vor at hand. I appreciate the li I : ; which you are niakinir airain t i' : . ' imsn vi1- sentations indulged in by tl-e Ne.v Yorlc World and thoMvho.eehr. T < eHon-il : ? < . It is not for : i > e to di.siss"the t > u" > < ion of availability of candidates .1 havuerr stjited that 1 \vis the ii < > : . .r.vii'.y.ri ! - didale or thatonM ] ; ; oi' : V : nn - : viy > . That is uot .1 * < ; ; ir * i n ti- "ii.vhiMii IT.- judgment < : ljt Jo he vent.mn ! ; accej > ; - etl. I have j-iziij.\ ; ' . > -rae'l ; ( hat ii is ; < question for the voters of the p..rty io del ermine. As a Democrat 1 liave iv enled iic ! claim Hiat a few editors slioid ' dec'de ' this quest ion for ( lie peopl. > . 1 am fi be liever in free sjieeclnuid in u i'i'- " prc s. and I rec ) gnixi- t-.e ! right of an.etliiiv. . - . whether his circulation be ! . .iruir ina ! ! . to state his opinion and hi va-'on for it. liit tlio e who read his opmio i IMVC a right to give it such weighl a < ; they Ki'iulc it deserves. 1 have insisted that the reuil- eix ought to know what jje.-Mr.isiry mie-- ; est the editor has in the qui-s : IMJIS jiniler discussion. For ins ! a nee. I asjv < ' < l fh" World to .slate etliioriallyvlini iinancial intere.st its owner. .Mr. I'lili'.y.e- . l > a > in the , stocks or bonds of railroads and in the stocks and bonds of corpora ii.n.- ; com monly kno\\n as trust.- : . The World hns not yet .seen lit to answer tie ! ( [ lusiion. He is reputed to be intere < < "l in a innn- bor of corporations which araffecied by legislation , and his readers are emi led to know what hi > interests arc. If lie has interests adverse to the -ntcrests .if the public , he is not a disinterev.eil jurL as to candidates or jilatfor'n. If he iia - interests that would be injuriously aif-ct- ed by legislation needed by : he hen his opinions are worrh no move ban the opinions of Mr. llarrimau or Jr. Rockefeller. I do not d--ny tlie right if llarriman , or Morgan , or Mockefeller ir Pulitzer to own a paper and ; /re-eit ; heir views to the public , but I do content' hat in the interest of honesty and fair lealing , the owner of the paper should be mown and the interest of the owner in he questions frankly stated. The World's unfairness is evidenced in very editorial. lns the tirst place , it iir- lores entirely the election of 1S91Iien he Democratic party was overwhelming- y defeated. ThN ele.-tion occurred b'-- ore 1 had an influence in national poli- ics. It occurred when the jmrty wa leing conducted along the lines laid ( lo.vn y the World. It is deliberately unfair u ignoring this election and charging the Icfuat * of lS9t5 and 1900 to me , just as t is unfair in ignoring the still worse d < ; - eat of 190-1 when it was again the nav y's adviser. It is prophesying when it says that 1 annot carry any States that 1 lost before ml that sonic other Democrat can. How Iocs it know ? What gift of prophecy ins it ? It thought in 190 i that Judge 'arker would prove a popular candidate. t demanded his nomination and it ad- ised him each day as tovhat he should ny and do. What evidence , can it fnr- lish that it has more intelligence to-day ban it had then , or that its prophecies est on a firmer foundation' : There are several papers in your State1 ij\ieh were against me in 1S90 and have icon againsr me ever since. I do not now whether it is because of a difference' f opinion n s to vrhat ought to be done , r whether they are connected with inter- pls that are hostile to the things which have been advocating. There are sev- ral papers in the United States which re known to be owned , in whole or in art , by the corporate interests which they efend. but I would not make such a barge atrainst the papers of your State , ecause 1 have no knowHl e ns 4.o the wnershij ) or as to the corporate interests -ith which tiie o\vnerK may be conm-efed. ad 1 ] refer to assume that the ( liffer- nces are hon ° 4 lifl"ereices unless I have ridence Io tin con'rary. Ilouever. it is only fair to say thnt Ihese pniriemHy editoi. < . however honest I hey may be. nr- only so many individual ual- , ' , and according to the Democrat- theory , they are entitled to such influ ence only a's their fellow citizens may voluntarily give to their opinions. If the voters differ from tlic--e editors , it must le : renu-mbered that ticy ! have a right to differ , and if it should prov that the voters ers are mistaken in jndgajont. they can console themselves with the relle.-jjoii that file r > f'for.- ; . ri'-\eielv ; ( > m have also ' ee-i r.n'n \ ' i't jinlTiii ! ! ( . : i- i > - s'.iowii Iy : the di > f --t of ! ' . : - ! . I ; . ! * ' iiol asking for any Iionor at the liasi : * of t ! ! i Deino-ruic party : I have lu-en honon-d far hc.iond . anything that I couid ch'im as a matter of right or as a matter of merit , and I especially appreci ate the generous support that has come to me from the Southern States. It has been gratifying to me to know that my democracy has been satisfactory to the r.iiil : and file of the Democrats of the South as well as to the rank and file of the Democrats of the North. If the Democratic voters believe that I can assist the party by being a candi date , why should 1 refuse ? 'And why should I take the advice of a few editors who have never been friendly rather than the advice of millions of Democrats who have been co-laborers with me for more than a decade ? The policy of the party nm ! be deter- miied by the voters and when I discuss Democratic principles I discuss them with the understanding that I have no power to coerce , as I have no disposition to coerce. I can only persuade , and I have never tried ! o persuade others to believe except where 1 myself believed. You have as much right to your opin ion as any other editor , and surely your democracy cannot be questioned when you unlike some other editors propose to < lest the popularity of measures and of men by the vote of the people. Popular government rests upon the riclit of the people to rule and every party , if it de serves a place under a popular govern ment , must recognize the right of the voters ers to rule. Power comes up from the people anJ not down to them. You are on sound Democratic ground when yon in sist that the destinies of a candidate , like the destinies of the country , must be plac ed in the hands of those who do the voting ing , for to be Democratic we must believe in the capacity of the people to govern themselves as well as iu their righf to self-government. Again thanking you for your generous defense of 'the principles and policy for which I am contending , I am. Very Irulj yours. W. J. BRYAN. Support Vour AVeeklie * . Democratic weekly papers are deserving of more support than some of them are receiving. There ought to be a Demo cratic weekly in each county to watch local matter ? and keep the readers inform ed as to tli2 more important matters' of State and nitional politics. There ought to be in each State a weekly paper which would be regarded as the official organ of the party. Th se papers ought to work in harmony with the local weeklies and should be supported and encouraged by them. The State weekly ought to deal ex haustively with all matters affecting State legislation and State issues besides giving more time to national questions than the local v.feklie5 : can give. Every Democrat ought to take his local weekly and his State weekly , as well as national papeis. ; Newspaper literature is the cheapest that there is. One dollar IP the usual price of a weekly paper , and a local weekly and a State weekly could be secured in clubs for not more than $1.50 for the two. In all probability a clubbing rate of not more than $2.25 could be fixed for a local weekly , a State weekly and a national weekly , like The Commoner. Three such papers coming into the home each week would keep the reader informed of all that was going on and enable him to-discuss issues with his neighbors. The Commoner endeavors to fill the na tional fi''ld and live up to the responsi bility of a national paper. II is dad to encourage State weeklies and loc.'l week lies , and it urges ali Democrats to rally to the .support of their papers . News papers cannot be run unless they am self-supporting , and the cost is so sin ill in comparison with the value of the pa per , th'at urging ought not to be neces sary to secure liberal and continued sup port for every deserving Democratic pa per. per.If If your local paper does not do what you want it to do. call on the editor and give him your opinion. If the State week ly does not do what you want it to do. write the editor and give him your opin ion. If the national weekly adopts a poli'-y you do nol like , let 111" editor know your opinion. While a nape- cannot hep0 to plea.-c everyone , it must , if it is goin ; to exist as a political propagandist , re ceive the support of a majority of ihoo for whom it speaks , and the editor is able to gauge public opinion by the commenda tion or the criticisms which his edito rials evoke. Support the weekly papers and then you are in position to urge them to meet boldly each issue in which the people have an interest. Asserting that the "cost of living is less" the Philadelphia Public Ledger says : "Only tea. vinegar , potatoes , npplo. grains and a few other food articles seem to be higher than at this time last year. " I > ut hasn't the Public Ledger included about all in its enumeration ? 'Potatoes ' and food articles made from grain con stitute the bulk of food consumed by working men. and higher grain mean * higher meat. "Tho * FnU Dinner Pail. " The Philadelphia Inquirer ( Hep. ) says : "To-day Theodore Roosevelt is Presi dent of the United States. There is an other industrial depression , and the tens of thousands are once more raising the bread cry. "It is useless to point out to them that Ot4 IT 3IAKES A DIFFERENCE WHOSE OX IS GORED the conditions are born of wickedness in high financial circles ; Miat this. that , and 1 the other tiring are responsible for the closed manufactories , the abandonment of railway development , the discharge of im mense bodies of men who had been em ployed at comfortable wages. "It is not theori.es that they are con tented with. They want bread. " And the campaign slogan was "Four ' years more of the full dinner pail. " n . w Tin * Tlnnd to Siii'eess. Xo new road to success has been sur- _ veved. Those who so in that direction " n t must travel the same old way. They must have the body strong for work and the mind quick to grasp the situation and > clear in its reasoning. But back of all they must have a purpose lofty enough to last for a life time. If one has only phy br sical strength , he is on a level with the ar beasts. If to physical strength he adds arA only mental strength , his power for harm A will be increased as well as his power for el good. But with a purpose to make his body and his mind subservient to a great th cause and to the common weal , he can hope to achieve and. in achieving , earn " not only the commendation of iiis fellows , vr but the happiness that comes from the kr approval of his conscience. ed Walter Wellnmn has discovered great or excitement in the South over the "Ohio jf ; th plan' ' of reducing southern representa tion. Mr. Wellman also discovered the CO north pole via the flving machine route. . < = dv "Boss" Cox of Cincinnati , dethroned T" t * by Taft. is one of Ohio's delegates and instructed for Taft. We presume that M the proper guards will bo sent along to ! ? < see that Mr. Cox stands hitched. so The Omaha yowns man who tried to frighten $5,000 from a banker by flour ishing a bottle of water made a huge mis fa take. Financiers do not make i their th money by using water that way. The Chicago convention may he com paratively noiseless , but the platform will emit the same clouds of smoke to obscura bj the real issues. r * s fCLY 1(521 Plymouth colony concluded treaty with the Indians. 1U2S Plans for the Massachusetts col ony completed. lu'7 ( Attack on Groton. Mass. , by In dians. 1709 The anemometer , a measurer of the strength and velocity of the wind , invented by Wolfius. 177(5 ( American Congress issued letters of marque and \re"prisal \ against Eng land. 1777 P.ritish force landed at Peekskill and seixed the military stores. 1779 Gen. Benedict Arnold resigned his command in the American army. I7S1 The planet Uranus discovered by Ilerschel. 17SS Large section of New Orleans de stroyed by fire. 1S01 Kingdom of Ktruria created by Napoleon. 1S01 Duke of Enghien shot by order of Napoleon. 1S15 Military operations on land in the war between the United States and Great Britain came to an end. 1S22 The United States acknowledged the independence of the South Amer ican government. 1831 The celebrated hill for parliament ary reform read for the first time in flie British House of Commons. 1S3G Texans and Mexicans engaged in battle near Goliad. Texas. 1SJ2 Montreal Board of Trade incor porated. 1S55 First train passed over Niagara bridge Investigating committe reported that the Kansas elections were carried by fraud. 1S5S Lucknow captured by the Britisl force under Sir Colin Campbell. . . . Senate passed a bill to admit Kansa as a State under the Lecompton con stitution. ISfil Kingdom of Italy established . Title of Kim : of Italy confcrrec upon Victor Emmanuel. 1S(51 ( ( Jen. Grant assumed command o ; all the armies of the Union. 1S(55 Gen. Sherman arrived at Golds- bore and joined the armies under ( Jen. Schofield and ( Jen. Terry. . Confederates attacked Gen. Slot-mil's division of Sherman's army near Bentonville. N. C. 1S07 Cession of Russian America to the United State s. 1SGS The High Court of Impeachmwit opened for the trial of ! President Johnson. 1S71 Insurrection broke out among the troops in Paris. 1SS1 Alexander II. of Russia killed by the explosion of a bomb thrown by Nihilists. 1882 Many lives lost by earthquake in Costa Rica. 1891 Steamer Utopia/sunk / in collision off Gibraltar with loss of nearly GOO lives. 1894 Walter Wellman Arctic expedition 3i sailed from New York. 3ri ' 1000 Lord Uoberts entered Bloemfon- J tein. a 11)07 ! ) Great floods in Pittsburg ; water the highest in seventy years American marines landed in Hon duras. NUBBINS OF FAUM NEWS. L Montana stockmen are preparing for xtra heavy shipments of cattle to the nrly markets. The excellent condition which the cattle went through the n rinter is the cause. h Register Schinit of the Helena , Mont. , t ttatc land office , has deposited $192,710 s n result of a half month's business in in he sale of State lands. The money 13 . u lacert to the credit of the State educa- ional institutions. At Iowa Falls. Iowa , action has been ronzht against the Peterson ITeat. Light nd Water Company , a DCS Moines corn- any , doing business in Iowa Falls , and. klden. to force the company to furnish leotric lights to two or three farmers iving along the high tension line between iie two places. At a durum wheat convention in Grand "orks. X. D. . composed of delegates from arious commercial clubs of Xorth Pa- I ota , resolutions were unanimously adopt- in which it was set forth that millers ' nd elevators have been unjustly discrimi- atinir against durum wheat in the mat- 5r of price , and it was recommended v liat durum wheat grower ? organize by ountios to protect their own interests. L. Cashel was elected president of the sociation to promote the interest of urum wheat , and ' ! * . U. Atkinson of lismarrk was made secretary. Tuiriig the past winter the State of linnesota hart < ; cction 3fi. in Itascn I'ark lenred of dead and down timb.er. The extractor banked SOO.OOO feet , which aid for $11 per thousand. The L.vCrops'1 County ( Wis. ) Agri- ultural Association , operating the county iSr. vet d to donate the fair grounds to iie State for the establishment of an griculturnl school and domestic science epartmet. John I'erg of Ilolman was lectert president of the association. An ppropriation of $11,000 Trill be made the county supervisors to assure th.9 stabKsincr.t ! of thr soh < jl. The Evolution of Household Remedies. The modern patent medicine busi ness is tno natural outgrowth of tha old-time household remedies. In the early history of this country , EVERY PA3HLY HAD ITS HOME MADE MEDICDSfES. Herb teas , bitters , laxatives and tonics , were to ba found in almost every house , compound ed by the housewife , sometimes assisted by the apothecary or the family doctor. Such remedies as picra , which was aloes and quassia , dissolved in apple brandy. Sometimes a hop tonic , made of whiskey , hops and bitter barks. A score or more of popular , home-mafto remedies were thus compounded , tha formulae for wliicii wera passed along from , horae to house , sometimes written , sometimes verbally communicated. The patent medicine business is a natural outgrowth from this whole some , old-time custom. In the begin ning , some enterprising doctor , im pressed by the usefulness of ono of these home-made remedies , would take it up , improve it in many ways , manu facture it on a largo scale , advertise it mainly through almanacs for the home , and thus it would become used over a large area. LATTERLY THE HOUSE HOLD EEMEDY BUSINESS TOOK A HOEE EXACT AED SCIENTIFIC Pernna was originally one of thesa old-time remedies. It was used by the Mennonites , of Pennsylvania , before it was offered to the public for sale. Dr. Hartman , THE OEIGIITAL COM- POTJHDEB OP PERTJHA , is of Ken- nonite origin , First , he prescribed ife for his neighbors and his patients. The sale of it increased , and at last ha established a manufactory and fur nished it to the general drug trade. Peruna io useful in a great many climatic ailments , such as coughs , colds , sors throat , bronchitis , and eatarrhal diseases generally. THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES HAYS LEAKSED THE USE OF PEHUITA and its value intho treatment of these ailments. They have learned to trust and believe in Dr. Earfcnan's judgment , and to rely- on his remedy , Pernna. "Wot do ye think. ' said the sailor * "of usin * live babies for bait ? We dona it in Ceylon. " "Birbies for bait ? Fishing for shark ? " * "Xo ; crocodile. Ha by bait is the cnly thing for crocodile , and everybody uses it. Ye rent a baby down thera for half a dollar a day. "Of course. " the sailor went on. "the tiling ain't as cruel as it sounds. Xo harm ever conies to the babies , or else , D' course , their mothers wouldn't rent 'em. The kids is simply sot on the soft mud bank of a crocodile stream , and the hunter lays hid near them , a sure protection. "The crocodjle is lazy. He ba ks in the sun in midstream. Xothi'n * will ilr.nw him in to shore , where ye can pot him. But set a little fat naked baby on the bank , and the crocodile yoon routes up. In lie comes , a greedy look iu his dull eyes , and then ye open tire. "I have trot as many as four croeo1 dileK with one baby in a mornin's tish- in" j . Some Cingalese women wet lives near i good crocodile streams make as much as $ 2 a week reg'Iar out o * rent- in j * their babies for crocodile bait. " ' A Si route The colonel of the attacking party faced the comma nder-in-chicf. "General. " he hotly cried. "I wish you would call up the peace conference * at i once. The corn ! net of the enemy is a disgrace to civilized warfare. I sim ply can't get my veterans to meet them at close quarters. " "What seems to be the trouble , colonel nel ? " the chief inquired. "Why. half tiie men of their line of defense have been eating garlic and the other half limburger. " Cleveland Leader. A ( ioi > : ! A small boy who lives near a lake was fishing : ind his mother had to call him five times to make him hear , says the ! Philadelphia Telegraph. Finally , she ! lander ! on him. and. shaking him a terrible manner , wanted to know why he .lid not answer. This was tbo reply : "I didn't hear you for the first three times , and the last time I had a . lay { > e permanently overcome cy proper - wnicK oucto cnaolcft ortn rc uar Kaiitg ciaily So ihat assistance to na ture may be Ara uc j' dispensedvA K yj 1 ° \ ' \ tf \ * - f n ho confer ncccJoq astae best oj veqmrcd , arc to assist nature anctndto supplant the nctur. must depend uifri- To get its ffects , buy maixujacturcd ty t/ie / rr v * cr- - f nti . FIG -Svsup Co. ONLY SOLD EY ALL. LEAD I DRUGGISTS cue size only * regular price SO ? j > er
