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THURSDAY , APRIL 2 , 1908.
A DRY TOWX.
Valentine , the-coramercial centt
of Western Nebraska , has fallei
The industry and business of th
past reflects its.brilliant splendc
upon the dull present. Benche
have been erected along Mai
street and the erstwhile busitfes
men are sitting in the sun , whi
tling and watching their whiskei
grow , dreaming of the past , j
small group of men have gathere
at the post office and are arguin
whether it will be advisable to a&
the village board to cut the weed
growing in the streets. In anoll
er place some are predicting rail
while still others are suspicioi
that a few drops still lurk withi
the town.
A meeting of the "antis" ha
been held and the sense of th
resolutions is a dry town. Dr
in everything business * m e
thirsting for trade , school chiklre
thirsting for an education , stocl
men thirsting for a drink of sorat
thing just so it is wet ; indeed , th
town itself looks thirsty.
A wagon rolls up Main stree
and everyone is on the alert. Som
days have elapsed since the last on
appeared. The liveryman awal'
ens from his morning nap am
takes in the team. Down to\v
everyone is at work. The windows
dews have been washed and th
commodities of the past have bee-
dusted. A smile permeates th
town. Business is picking up fo
"Si" ' just drove in. lie walk
from place to place and drive
hard bargains. Finally , with ;
sack of flour , a side of bacon ari <
fifty cents worth of sugar he leave
for home rEKFECTLY SOBEU.
Gilman has refused to exten <
his water contract and the main
are empty. An enterprising citi
zen has erected a mill near tin
center of the city. Xoon is approaching
preaching and the lethargy of tht
morning is cast oft' and the towns
people gather about the well. " .
prithee , give me a jug of water , '
interposes a meek little woman
A shrill voice is heard in return
ifor the third and last time , hov
much am I bid for this gallon o
pure , unadulterated aqua vita ? "
Some Statistics.
For the benefit of those who de
sire a dry town and feel that the
village police powers are sufficient
to meet the requirements of such
the following interesting statistic.
are taken from a current numbei
of the Literary Digest :
Maine adopted prohibition ir
ISiG , repealed 1S56 , re-enacted
prohibition in 1858.
Xew Hampshire adopted pro
hibition in 1855 , repealed , in 1903.
Vermont adopted 1850 , re
pealed-1903.
Massachusetts adopted in 1852 ,
repealed ISfiS : re-adopted 1809 ,
repealed 1S75.
Rhode Island adopted 1852 , re
pealed 1SI-J3 : re-adopted 1886 , re
pealed 1889.
Connecticut adopted 1854 , re
pealed 1872.
New York adopted in 1855 ; de
clared unconstitutional.
Ohio adopted 1851 ; annulled
by license-tax-law.
Indiana adopted 1855 ; declared
unconstitutional.
Michigan adopted 1S55 , re
pealed J875.
Illinois adopted 1S. > 1 , repealed
1853.
adoptul 1955' , ' v&
toed by governor.
Iowa adopted p"artial prohit
tion 1855 ; full prohibition 188
mulct law 1893.
Nebraska adopted 1855 , n
pealed 1S5S.
Kansas adopted constitution ;
amendment 1880.
North Dakota constitution :
provision 1890 , repealed 1896.
South Dakota constitution
provision 1890 , repealed.
Georgia adopted 1907.
Oklahoma adopted 1907.
Alabama adopted 1908.
The fate of state prohibition
the fate of local prohibition. Whe
a state cannot successfully handl
the question with its majesty an
power , what do you expect a litt
village to do ?
TO
Valentine , Nebr. ,
The eminent phj-sician on chroni
will visit our city
Saturday , April II , 1908 ,
and will he at the Donoher Hotel ui
til 5pm , one day ONLY.
Dr. Potterf , president of the sta
of the Boston Electro Medical [ nst
tute , is making a tour of the st-ite.
He will give consultation , exainin ;
t'ifin , and all ihe medicines necf-ssar
to complete a cureFFlEE. All partu
taking advantage of this offer are r <
quested to state to their friends th
result of the treatment.
Cuies DEAFNESS by an cntirel
new process.
Treats all curable cases of catarrl
Lhroat and lunjr diseases , eeand eai
-.toinacli , liver and kidneys , < rrave
rheumatism , paral\sis neuralgia
nervous and heart disease , epilepM
Rrijjht's disease and disease of th
Bladder , blood and skin dUea-es
L'qnor and tobacco habit , bi neck
5tammerin r cured.
Piles , fistula and rupture curei
without detention from business
Eyes , nose and throat.
Glasses fitted , granulated lids , cal
iracts , cross eyes straightened with
iut pain.
If vou are improving under you
"amilv ph\sician do not take up ou
valuable time. The rich and the pee
ire treated aHke. Idlers and curios
tv seekers will please away. Ou
.hue is valuable.
Remember NOT A PENNY will b
; harged for the medicine required ti
uake a cure of all those taking treat
nent this tiip. Oflice hour 9 a. m.
Positively married ladies must b
iccompanied by their" husbands. Re
nember the date , Saturday , April 11
it the Donoher hotel , Valentine , Neb
Mountains Had Net lVovcd. !
The story is told that wlieu Judge
IVillhini Rogers \vas chairman of the
school committee in a New Englatu
toivn one examination day hoveni
irouml questioning pupils of the mid
lie grade. He asked a boy uame <
[ Cock yhoi'o the Rocky mountains were
rhy boy answered correctly , but fai lee
o be promoted that term.
The following year the judge asked
lie s : ' . ic question. Rock replied , "Tin
lame place thty were last year. "
V/hols cma Fesr.
Miss II. . the principal of a gr < unniii :
cho-l. was investigating a cas ? brough
ier by : i pupil.
"Arc you quite sure that was llu
vny it happened. Mrs. P. ? "
"Miss II. . that was just the way
'in telling you the truth. I wouldn 1
[ are tell you a lie. I'm not well cnougl
ni'ay. " u'omau's Home Companion.
University t osts.
One might say that the lirst test al
) : cfo.-d is athletic ability , the next so
uibility and the final scholastic abil-
[ y. When you have passed the first
.vo. yon are the admiration of you :
ricudsvhen you have shown your'
elf a scholar besides , you are the ad-
liration of your college. Rhodes
icholar in Sunset Magazine.
She Tlicy say that a ui.in
lo ! that with which lie continually as-
cv-iaU-s. He Ridiculous idea ! I've
'ebi ' a fehmonger all my life and can't
a j-jvl yet -London Of/m on.
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The tinrl Csme Another Way.
A distinguished actor was oiv t : ;
engaged at > : K uf ; ; leading pro. ,
cial ihwiu-iv. in : i Irnuiii in which I
attempts uu escape from a convict.iiri
on. lirst by getting rid of his fetters L
moans of a lile and lastly by getii :
over tlit' prison wall. In the act
doing this lit' is shot at by avavi
and kille : ! .
One pfikiir ! ni lit the < li'uia h :
run its usual court ; ; . ' up to ihe p i :
where l'.ii > actor r.tte : . . : . ! , ; tli < . > coi1. : ;
over the prison wall. Thi'vaih > r. ;
usual , presented his rifle , but instc :
of a loud report nothing but a fai ;
clicking sound was Iiear.l. The ril
was lowered nud after a brief dc ! :
again pointed , but with Jle same di
appointing ivsult.
The au iee nr.v bc : : i to hi.- ; ; : u
Jeer. The disgusted actor then gut ( .
till1 priron ' .vail and. stagge-"m IO-.YJT
the footlights. i'xrliial. : "Iff. all u ,
I've s-v.-aliowed t'.io lile ! " : ; n.l fell preen
on the stage amiJ the lauglUe.and. . : :
plause of the audience. 1'earson
Weekly.
Ccchclor Sec ! Skin.
"This sk\n. " saM the furrier , "cair
from a young seal bachelor , a youl
ignorant of love aul of life. "
"How do you know ? " the lady aykei
"By its fineness , its perfection. " li
replied. "The pile , you will note. i
like close c-ut velvet. Only bac-hek
seal skins have PUC'I a pi ! ? .
"The bachelor seal. " he went o :
"has a ir.ther sad life. The big bu
seals in the seal islands have each
household of fifteen or tv/enty wive !
but the yoig bachelors must her
bytheir.seiver. . Let oue of them a
tempt to marry and straig'itway a bu
slays him. Not till he is big cnoug
to fight and conquer a bull not till h
is fqurlcen or fifteen years old can h
kno.w the delight of settling down in
home of his own.
"lie leads a h-ird. ascetic , celibate lif (
only in the enl : as like as not to raak
a lady a very fine coat. All the ver ,
fine .coats. I repeat , are made from th
unhappy bachelor seals. " Cincinnai
Enquirer.
Jack Tnr and the Actor.
A famous Irish actor of the eigh
centh century named John Mood
early in life , before he went on th
stage , had been to Jamaica and worl
ed his passage home as a sailor befor
the mast. One night some time afte
lie had been engaged at Drury Lan
when he was octing Kteplmno in "Th
Tempest" a sailor in the front row o
the pit got up and , standing upon th
feat , hallooed out.What cheer , Jac
Moody what cheer , messmate ? "
This- unexpected address rather as
tonished the audience. Moody. ho\v
ever , stepped forward and. recogniziu ;
the "man , called out : "Tom Iluiletl
keep your jawking tacks aboard. Don'
listurb the crew and passengers. Whei
the show is over make sail for th
stage door , and we'll finish the eveniu ;
over a jug of puncnr < But till then
Tom. keep your locker shut. " Mood ;
it is related , was as good as his word
Cornhill Magar.ine.
Exchanging Amenities.
A blatant sample of the loud voicec
> clf conscious. look-at-ie variety o
nan took his seat in a bus and calloi
: o the conductor :
"Docs this bus'go all Hie way : "
"Yes , sir. ' responded the conclucto
) olitely.
"Does it go as far as Oxford street
[ want to get out tlierc. "
"Yes. sir. " was the rcp'y.
"Well. I want you to tell 11:0 wliei
, ve get there. You'd belter : : lcU :
; lain : > 0:1 your r.ose or put a straw I :
; our mouth or tie a knot ii oe o
'our lips , so that you won't forget it. '
"It would not be convenient for ou
n my position to Oo so. " said the con
luctor courteously , "but if you wil
Lhully pin your ears round yo-r r.eel
think I si- ! ! ! remember to tall you.- "
.oiuion Scraps.
The Sins cf Matters.
If any tradesman has a lot to answei
'or it is surely the hatter. He wil
uo.t unblrshingiy tell you that a cor
ain type of hat is suited to your par
icular style of beauty , knowing thai
he information is iVJre. and all the
vhile you have a dull suspicion thai
on don't lool ; veil in it. Yet you arc
bilged to believe him. His persuasive
lowers are so cultivated that I liruily
lelieve he would make a dwarf tulu ! ;
liinself "a fine figure of a man. "
" 13's Magazine.
May Do It New.
"In the olden times it is said that it
ras possible for a man to render liim-
elf invisible. "
"Pshaw ! That's not at all remarka-
'le. ' Men in this country are doing it
very day. "
"You don't say so ! How do they
janage it ? "
"By marrying famous women ! "
How It Was Becoming.
"That dress is becoming , my dear. "
slid the man who thinks he is a "diplo-
lat. i
She looked at him coldly for a mo-
icut and then replied :
"Yes. It is becoming threadbare. "
Brutally Frank.
Scribbles When I take a dislike to ? i
lan I use him as the villainous char
e-tor iu one of my novels. Criticus
h. I see ! You punish the poor fellow
y burying him alive , as it were.
Why They Fly.
Bobby Mamma. do the streets of
naves flow with milk and hon \v ?
[ amma Sckbe Bible says. dear. Bob-
5T And isthat why the angels "have
'
ings , 'cause the walki'u's so bad ?
Obedience is better than sacrifice.
HukCi < peare. * ' i
i rials of Writers.
George Kiiot in one of her lettni
referring t < > her novel "Daniel Derci
3a. " writry. as follows : "My bo1
ti-ems in me so unlikely -ever to 1
finished in a "way that will make
ivorth while giving to the world th
it is a U.r.t ! "f ga ! . in which 1 beho
31 y infirmities. " Again of the san
svork. "As usual. I am suffering mui
i.'oni doubf as to the worth of what
uu doing ami fear lest I may not 1
ible to co : iplete it so as to make it
Contribution to literature and not
srre addition to the heap of books. "
Moiites'juieu wrote thus to a frien
' { thought I should have killed m
self these three months to finish
'norceau ( for his great work ) which
wished to insert on the origin at
evolutions of the civil laws of Franc
Von will read it in three hours , but
'in assure you that it cost me so mi (
labor that it has whitened my hair. "
The eminent modern French writj
[ Juflave Flaubert suffered tortures
iiis efforts to attain perfection. Win
Composing , lie would sometimes sprii
; o his feet , shriek aloud and call hit
self "blockhead. " "idiot. " No soon *
ivas one doubt' removed than anoth <
arose. At other times he would sit :
Iiis writing table as one magnetize
est in contemplation. His friend Tu
renofi' declared that it was exceeding
touching to see his struggles with la
ullage. lie would work avhole d. :
niii sometimes all night on a sing
Traps cf the Ant Lion.
We iv.ul of the tigiM- traps in India
jreat pits' dug in llie ground and co'
? red lightly with pliant bamboo. TL
.iger sti'ps upon the false top and b
"ore itan retreat is precipitated in !
\ trap. Walking along a sandy roai
ook for tiny circular pits sunk belo
: he sr.vface and then sit down an
tvatch : in exciting episode in the lii
) f the little still hunter which has du
: he pilfall. It is invisible , and f (
> ome line the whole affair seems lif' '
ess. Then an ant comes bluuderin
ilong and \vithont warning topple
> ver the edge and begins to slide dow
he incline. But the insect fights bar
'or life and seems about to make ii
jscape. when. lo. the saii'l grains heav
ipward at the bottom and with a jer
ire hurled like a miniature catapult . "
he ant. knocking it overlaid rolling
o the bottom. The ant lion , for sue
t is. now seizes its prey and aftt
sucking its juices casts the dry bocl
iway and mends its pit against th
on.ing of another victim.
lecord-IIerald.
Scientists' Corner.
Lord Kelvin was buried in Wes
ninster abbey in the spot which b
inalogy we might call scientists' co
icr. but it is such a very ugly phrasi
f pilgrimages are made there the pi
jrinis will be of another type fro :
hose whose shrine is poets' corne.
Vnd yet. when one thinlcs of the poet :
tow many 'of them have opened u
; tchvide spaces -imagination a
sewton and Ilerschel. Diirwin an
velvin ? If Shakespeare luul know
uch men he would have atlmitte
heir right to take their place with th
over , the madman and the poet wh
re of "imagination ail compact. " Bi
his conception has \penetrated th
topular mind , which is hardly ecjual t
Hire imagination unadulterated wit
motion and a good many primitiv
tistincts. London Saturda } ' Review.
Getting His Mcney's Wcrth.
A Now ITampshi/e man tel's of !
i'dit fisted man of alTtiirs ii a towi
f that state who until recently hai
ever bec'i ol'served totake an inter
st in church matters. Suddenly , how
vo" . he became a regular attendau
t divine service , greatly to the aston
-hment of his fellow townsmen.
"What do you think of the case o
Id Ket'-humj ; " said one of the busi
ess rieri of tlie place to a friend. "I :
: true that he has got religion ? "
"Well , hardly. " replied the other
The fact is it's entirely a matter o
usiness with him. I am in a positior
T know that about a year ago In
> aned the pastor 30. which the lattei
; as unable to pay. So there rcmainec
othing for Ketchr.ni but to take it ou ;
i pew rent. "
Struck Out.
Dr. C. . who always employs twf
prvants. man and wife , was talking
3 a patient one day about a coupk
e had just discharged because thf
Kin drank.
He remarked : "It is so strange , but il
i always the way with a man anc
Mfe. If one is good , the other is nc
ood. "
The patient asked him. "How is ll
ith you and -C.-Philadelphii
edger.
Home Life cf Genius.
The Actor ( before breakfast ) Where
re the papers , my dear ? His Wife
: ii actress , absentmindedly ) C-curse
on ! They are far beyond your reach ,
uuik heaven ! And I'll die a thousand
jaths before you can wr-r-r-r-ring the
; cret from oh er Jack , 1 mean , the
ay forgot to leave them this morning !
Puck.
A Reason.
"Pa. " asked Mr. llenpeck's little boy.
.vliy . did Patrick Henry say , 'Give me
lierty or give me death ? * "
"He may have been out five minutes
rter the curfew rang the night be-
" llecord-Herald.
ire. Chicago -
The Highest Applause.
You would compliment a coxcomb
Ding a good act. but you. would not
alse an .ingel. The silence that ac-
> pts merit as the most natural thin. ; ;
the world is th'e liighost ap'plilusd.-
niersou.
Experience is the extract of suffer
g. A. Helps.
C. B. BACHELOR , Propr.
Fresh Salt and Cured Meats , Fish , Oysters , -
-Vegetables , Pickles , Lard. We buy -poultry , '
butter and eggs and all kinds of live stock. "
Call or Phone 88.
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Valentine Nebraska
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Dealer in Hardware , Furniture and Coal.
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for nerve endurance , and building np the constitu
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nutritive and invigorating qualities. Has the re
freshing properties of fine tea , the nourishment of
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it f te
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! | , A laxative and thirst quencher. Effervescent and
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The above preparations may be had from all
Grocery and Drug Stores.
Valentine's Pore Liquor Center
public opinion- unerring , -public confidence sel-
1 dom misplaced. The true worth of every business
concern to the community in which it operates is
fixed by its clientele , the vajue-giving power of ev
ery commercial institution may be determined by
the amount of patronage it receives. The people
have unmistakably proclaimed their confidence in
The Stock Exchange ,
and its methods , by bestowing upon it a far greater
patronage than that accorded any other place in
Valentine , Where the major portion of the fair
the impartial , discriminating public buys its Liquor
and Beer , must be a gpod place for You , the in
dividual , to trade. Visit The- Stock Exchange when
you need anything in our line.
W. R A. MELTENDORFF
HE AT FOR HEWS