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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1908)
EfTect on the ; Xervcw of Gam- Mi UK. now run : i man do his daily work Quietly , which ri'iH'osj'iiK perhaps only Hie earn inof a fc\v shillings , WIIMI Ills anxious oth r neurotic self is won dering how a horse ho has never seen , ridden hy a jot-key he has only heard of , in a race he has only read about , is faring as to money ostensibly his , which he cannot afford to lose because be has not perhaps irot it if he should Lave to pay ? Is such an existence likely to add to the race value of our Block of Meeting patriotism ? Pry's PEOM 'SUNNY ORANGE GROVES. Tlie Tutfc-Told FX | > rrlfiir < i f u Snn Rcriittnlliio , Cnllf. , Mini. From Sunny San Bernardino , in the midst of orange jrroves. writes Lionel L3. Heath , of ] , 8 Eighth street : "For ( ifteen years I suf fered with pains in my back , freque-it calls to pass the se cretions , d r o p s y. rheumatic aches and other symptoms uf kidney trouble. I could jjet no relief until I u-'ed Doan's Kidney 1'tlls. Th-r cured me five years ago. and this is twice I have publicly said so. The cure was thorough. " Sold by all dealers. .10 cents a Foster-.Milburn Co. , P.uffalo. X. Y. \vjtb M'\fiitci'u mills d exclu sively In the bu-.h : > ss. ( lethe loads iu the manufacture of tissue How's This ? We odor One Hundred Hollar- ? Howard fet any cas < - of Catarrh that cannot lie cured l > y If all's Catarrh Cure 1' . .T. CIIKXEY & CO. . Tolo-U ) . O. Wo. the undor.xiirned. have known K. .1" . Cheney for the la.sr l."i years. : : ml believe him perf only honorable in all bu ine- trans actions. jtnd tlnanclally able to carry out any obligations .made by his firm. WAU > IN < ; . KINXAN & M AHVIV. Wholesale Drnj ist-s. Toledo. O. Hall's ( \itsirrh Cure is taken internally. nctinsj directly upon the blood and mucou * FJirfaee1 ? of the system. TestinvmlaN ent free. Price , 7. kper bottle. iold by all Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Gla. s has been used successfully by Trench criminals to counterfeit silver coins. It is heavily electroplated. You Can Gel Allen' * Font-Ease FIIRR Write to-dav toWlen S. Olmsted. Le Key , 2s . Y. , for a KUEE sample of Allen's Foot- Ease , n powder to shake into your shoe < . It cures tired , sweating , hot.swollen , ach- Inp feet. It makes new or titrht shoes ea < = y. A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it. li. c. A woman's idea of extravagance is to spend money for sensible things. ItN IVttlf * Eye Salve , that gives instant relief to eyeirriti d from dust. heat , sun or wind. All drug gists or Howard Bros. , Buffalo , N. Y. About two-thirds of ali cases of fuugus poisoning end fatally. Mrs. Wlnslov.-'s Soothing Syrup for Child ren teething , softens the snrws- . reduces in flammation , allays pain , cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Of Henry James , who. to the distress of many of his admirers , is revising "Daisy Mil lor , " "The Portrait of a La dy. " and his other early works , a Chicago cage publisher said the other day : "Here is something funny that hap pened during Mr. James * visit to Phila delphia. Two housemaids in the down town house where he stopped were dis cussing him. " 'He's a very finicky , fussy genlle- xnan. ' said the first " 'Indeed , you're right he is. ' the oth er agreed warmly. 'lie caught me using one of his razors the other mornIng - Ing to pry open a stiff window with , and kicked up an awful row. Some folks hate a 1 of fr - h air. ' " What a Settler Can Secure In WESTERN 160 Acre * Grnin-Growine Land FREE. 20 to 40 Bushels Wheat to the Acre. 40 to 90 Buthob OaU to the Acre. 35 to 50 BuiheU Barley to the Acre. Timber for Fencing and Cuildings FREE. Good Law * with Low Taxation. Splendid Railroad Facilities and Low Rates. Schools and Churches Convenient. Satiifactorr Markets for all Productions. Good Climate and Perfect Health. Chances for Profitable Investments. Some ot thelchoicest irrain-producinjr lands In Saskatchewan and Alberta may now be acquired In these most healthful and prosperous sections under the Revised bestead Regulations byvhich entry may be made by proxy ( on cei tain conditions ) , by the father , mother , son. ( lar.tflitc-r. brother or sister of intendirisr homesteader. Entry fee in each case is S10.00. For pampl.lct. "Last Best West. " particulars ; .s to rales , routes , best time to go and where to locate , apply to W. D. Scott , Superintendent of Immigration , Ottnna. Canada , or K. T. Ilo'rm-p , 31 = ; | .ick--oir St.i > t. J'aul. Mum , and J. M M.I. . L.vhl'ir. ] . < i Ii6 , Watertown. to. Dakota Authorized C.\L-U- merit Agents Please tay whew yon taw th ! a-lvDrtUp UutU-r on the Farm. There are two prime essentials in making butter on the farm a profitable business. In Hie first place , one must have plenty of pure , cold water , and then a good enough grade must be turned out to make and hold custom ers. The trouble with nine out of every ten farm homes is they are not equipped to t.ike care of milk and cream. When one goes into this work to make money , better put np a milk room , where pure water may be had from pumping or from a spring. Concrete rioor and walls may now be built as cheaply as with lumber , and It is a great deal better than lumber. Don't stop here. A barrel churn and a butter maker \\ill be necessary in turning out a uniform product. It looks easy simply separating the cream , churning till the butter comes , and salting , and the trick is done. That is where so many fail. The cream must be churned at the right temperature ; It must be neither too sweet nor too sour. Work ing and salting butter to secure uni form-color and flavor is a very nice art. Don't try to learn to do it Infallibly in two or three weeks , but by all means lon't practice on your customers. That means loss. It is better to wait two or three mouths before you seek custom ers. And. before you ship , find out how your commission man or private customers prefer to have their butter put up. Sometimes the package means a difference of two or three cents a \ \tiraetivu ( Jateway. This rustic gateway , which was built at a small cost , may be worth imitating , modi lied , of course , to fit the surround- inijs. Tins one ib between two cedar trees , and from it a winding path leads to a pretty rustic cottage. Such a gate would be entirely out of place at the en trance to a stately ' . or formal building. ' - - IM > 1 . . * * 1 v. UA i 1 < The cuts give an idea as to how the gate is made. The two uprighLs and the cross-piece on tiu ? top are of locust. All the rest is of cedar. Tarts of the smaller branches have been left on the pieces that go to fill up the gate. A gateway like this would not prove effective against pigs or chickens , but would turn larger ani mals. It is not only cheap and dur able , but decidedly attractive , because -4r - - - s j ' - - - . ' --J i.1 TWO CEUAKS STAXU GUARD. so perfectly in harmony with its sur roundings. E. E. Miller , in Farm and Home. Color of HKK * an Asset. One of the most potent factors , per haps , that should be considered when selecting a breed for producing eggs for inav at Is the demand of the mar ket at which the eggs are to be dis posed of , says The Outing Magazine. Some markets , notably New York City and cities Immediately adjacent , pre fer white-shelled eggs , and the best trade in those markets will accept none other. Boston prefers brown eggs , and pays a substantial premium for them ; and , taking the country over , the pref erence is for brown eggs by a large majority. However , in many markets no preference at all is expressed ; in fact , those just mentioned are practic ally the only markets in which the color of the egg receives attention to the extent of inlluencing prices. Where there is a preference , and whichever the preference is , one should keep a va riety of fowls that lay eggs of the pre- Ccired color. Idaho Mail FlndN > "ew "Wheat. A new variety of wheat has been dis- ravered by a farmer living near Juli- ? tta. Idaho. He says he found a few kernels of the wheat growing wild in jLiaska , and being struck with their plumpness , hardness and other appar ent good qualities , he brought home n few kernels and planted them. From those few kernels he harvested enough the tirst year to plant several square rods of ground the second year , the yield from this planting being at the rate of more than 100 bushels per acre , well-filled heads ; the kernels are large , plump and hard and millers say it makes good fiour. The Cur.se of AVceils. It is for the conservation of moisture that we keep up the cultiation of the crops in the summer , but the evapora tion which can lie checked by thi.s means is small when compared with the amount of water taken up from the soil by an ordinary growth of weeds. We can hardly estimate the import ance of killing the weeds. To Caiiva.i Hams. When hams are smoked , roll them in stiff paper , cut your brown muslin to lit them aud sew it on with a l rge Hint i < vSm- . rim make1 a srarrh of Hour aud yellow ochre , and with a small whitewash brush cover them with It. Hang thcMi up lo dry. < . ! ' . ' -VrJllify liy I < * : ic.t'n/.c. Land ke ; t constantly as a carden j-jses much of its fertility by leaching. A clover rotation is the best preventive of this. There should be at least two or three garden spots on each farm kept rich enough so that one year's ex tra manuring will bring it into the finest jjosible : condition for garden truck. If farmers could always plant gardens on two-year clover sod they would raise better crops and with less stable manure and other fertilizers than they now require. The clover does much more than furnish green manure to ferment In the soil. Its roots reach down into the subsoil , thus not only saving and bringing to the surface plant food that would other wise be wasted , but also by enlivening the subsoil , allowing the roots of crops to go deeper. C'lover sod to begin with , if well enriched , Is best for such crops as cucumbers and melons , that are al ways most likely to suffer from drought. It is quite impossible to make a good garden crop unless the land has previously been enriched by a series of heavy manurings. The fertility lost by leaching must be constantly renewed. Guide for Drnjj A very simple method by which out mail can manipulate a drag saw to cut down trees has been devised by a west- flr ) * < JW'rt ! > > -I ern timber man. in using these saws two in e n h a v e heretofore been necessary , one at each end of the saw. According to the new i n v e u t i o n , there is rested against a treet 1 ' rod from wlncu is OXE-MAX SAW. suspended ft corL At the end of the cord is an adjust able clamp , to which one end of the saw is secured. At the other end of the saw is a handle. In operating the saw to cut the tree , the end opposite the handle is supported by the cord in the same position as if operated by hand. With the employment of this guide the necessity of an extra man to in an a go one end of the saw is eliminated. T.abor of the Horse. Some one has figured out that It costi on the average only one-half as much to feed a horse as It does to feed a man ; and that the horse will do ten times the amount of work that it Is possible for the man to do. If this estimate is correct , then a dollar's worth of food given the horse will pro duce twenty times as much results as the same amount of money will if ex pended in feed for a. man. Therefore , when man domesticated the horse he immensely Increased his own power of securing results. When much farm work Is to be done there should always be enough horses to do it. Farmers try to economize on the number of horses and have to leave much work undone. In the event of hired help being scarce , it Is sometimes possible to offset this lack by increasing the number of horses kept. In some parts of the West and Northwest , declares the Farmers' Re view , the scarcity of help has resulted In more horses being used. Five are hitched to a double plow , and one driv er is thus enabled to turn two furrows at a time and practically double the work that one man has to do. This Is the result of the complete utilization of horseflesh. I antl by " The area of any piece of land , no matter how irregular the boundary lines , may be accurately ascertained by means of a delicate balance as follows : Make a drawing of the plat of ground on pasteboard to a given scale , say 4. square rods to 1 Inch. Cut from some part of the sheet of pasteboard a piece exactly 1 inch square , which repre sents one acre , ori square rods. Also cut out the plat as drawn. Weigh the square and the plat. The number of times the weight of the square is con tained in the weight of the plat indi cates the area of the land. For exam ple , if the square which represents one acre weighs 20 grains , and the plat weighs 240 grains , then the plat con tains twelve acres. Scientific Ameri can. The Good Hen. If the cow is not by nature a heavj and rich milker , all the balanced ra tions one can prepare will not make her such. So with the hen. She will only return for food and attention up to her original capacity. Poultry Xote.s. Clean the droppings from under the roosts frequently. Grit is the hen's teeth. Provide her with plenty of it , so that she may di gest her food. If you expect the hen to lay freely , you must feed her the kind of stuff that will make eggs. Buckwheat is excellent for both young and old poultry. A laying hen should have constant access to lime or gravel. Feed only what the hens will eat up clean. Any kind of feed left from one day to another is apt to start disease. Watching the incubator carefully is the way to get the best hatch. A little carelessness is sure to produce disas trous results. Charcoal or burned corn occasionally is a good conditioner for the fowls. It prevents indigestion and other diaeaaea to which they are he : " HATURE'S DISISFECTABT , CLEANSER AND PURIFIER Everybody realizes the i3res-Ity of j some method of purification of sinks , drains and utensils in which may lurk the germ of a dreaded disease. Health is a question of cleanliness and proven ! Ion. Most people are familiar with the use of disinfectants in their ordinary sense all of which are unpleasantly asso ciated with disagreeable odors , on which are depended to kill the conta gion ( which disinfectants must of ne- 'jessiry be of a more or less dangerous character ) and must be used for this purpose and for no other , and in consequence quence kept from children and careless handling. ' There is. however , within the reach of all our readers a simple , safe and economical article that will not only an swer for every disinfecting purpose but can also be u.-ed for a multitude of domestic cleansing and purifying pur poses Borax. Borax is a pure , white harmless pow der coming direct from Nature's labor atory : in fact Borax has often been called "Nature's Cleanser and Disinfec tant. ' ' j Two tablespoonfuls 01 * Borax in a ( pailful of hot water poured down the grease-choked pipes of a sink , or Hushed through a disease-laden drain , cleanses and purifies it , leaving it clean and sweet. Bed clothing and clothes used in a sick room can be made hygienic-ally clean and snowy-white , if washed in a hot solution of Borax water. Kitchen and eating utensils , used during illness will be kept from all pos sibility of contagion if Borax is used when washing them. Pure as snow and harmless as salt , and because it can be used for almost every domestic and medical purpose , Borax must be consid ered the one great household necessity. UtMiiicU tioi : . "I have a 1 ways i > oc > n a good friend to you. Mrs. Jinx. ' siid Mrs. Lapsing , with blazing eyeas she rose to go : "but I am a friend no longiM- . You have talked about my husband. Kij-ht here is where our paths divulge. Good afternoon. " Garfield Tea , the herb medicine , insures a healthy action of liver , kidneys , stomach ami bowels. Take it for constipation and sick-headache. Write Garlield Tea Co. , Brooklyn , N. Y. , for free samples. LYritiinf ? MS She SJITT It. While little Gertrude was looking oul of a window during a thunderstorm she saw a Hash of lightning plaj along a telegraph wire. "Oh , mamma , " she exclaimed. " 1 just saw a pijece of the sun fall down from the sky ! " Xew York Press. THE CALL OF THE SOIL. i i Days * of Fimiuclul Stress Make Farm Lamlx Loci ] ; Ittcli. A staff contributor of a Southern newspaper has taken up the question of the return to the farm of maiy who had forsaken it for the glitter of the city. He says : "It is a well-known fact that the history of this government shows that those men who have been most successful in life and who have ! left their impress upon its people and its institutions as statesmen , soldiers , financiers , have as a rule been those , whose youth was spent on the farm , and it is to such as these that there ! comes with overmastering power TUB ' CALL OF THE SOIL. More especially does it come with re-doubled persuasiveness - , ness , greater power and sweeter pleadj j ing to the man of affairs when the clouds of financial unrest begin to darken - , en the sky ; when the cry of panic causes people to lose their wits and act like stampeded cattle ; when with rea son or without reason there arises be fore him the specter of ruin , grinning ) in his face and waving its gaunt arms ( in threatening gesticulation. ' The pitiable state into which some men were brought by the recent finan cial flurry , which happily is now pass ed , suggests these reflections. Some' were ruined and a very few became in sane because of their losses. Two or three took their own lives. j It is when such times come that the statesman , the great finan cier , and the man of affairs becomes j tired of the struggle. He lays down J ' his pen , turns from his desk and listens to THE CALL OF THE SOIL. There are hundreds of cases through out the United States of those who have money in the banks and are look ing for investment In lands. No investment is better or safer. Take for instance , the lands in West ern Canada that can be bought nt from $10 to ? 15 per acre whieu yield a revenue equal to and often greater than their original cost. ' These lands make a certain Invest ment. During the past two months large investments in these lauds have been made , some intending to use the lands for farniiug purposes of their own , others to re-sell to farmer friends. The agents of tlie government Of Canada located at different points throughout the United States have In their possession particulars of districts , In which there are free homestead grants of 1GO acres , each accessible to ' railways , markets , schools , churches , | etc. These are valuable lauds. These i agents will be pleased to give informa tion to auy desirous of securing and will tell all about the railway rates , etc. S. C. X. U. - - No. 17 l OS. A. I'nrl.x HeKtntirnnt. The Parisian men are not likely to grumble at being asked to dine In dress clothes in any particular London restaurant , for they have in Paris one dining place when- this unwritten law has ahvi\s Iti-cn enforced. No man ever gws to diic at the Armcnonville in the Hois de P.uulogne without put ting on his dress clothes. Why fashIon - Ion has decreed that a Frenchman may dine at any of the boulevard restaur ants in tenue de ville. but must wear a swallowtail coat when he drives to the big park of Paris to dine , no one knows. It is custom , and there to a Parisian is the end of it. Bellman. SKIN SORE EIGHT YEARS. Spent $ .1OO on Doctor * and Reme dies , lint Got Xo Itellef Cutlenra Cure * In it "Week. "Upon the limbs and between the toes my skin was rough and sore , and also sore under the arms , and I had to stay at home several times because of this affection. 1'p to a week or so ago I had tried many other remedies and several doctors , and spent about three hundred dollars , without any success , but this is to-day the seventh day that I have been using the Cuticura Reme dies ( costing a dollar and a half ) , which have cured me completely , so that I can again attend to my business. I went to work again to-night. I had been suffering for eight years and have now been cured by the Cuticura Kerne- dies within a week. Fritz Herschlaff , 24 Columbus Ave. , New York , N. Y. . March 2' ) and April ( T. ] { ) ( ) ( ' . . " The General Demand of the Well-informed of the " \VorIcl ha * always been for a simple , pleasant and- efficient liiiid { laxative remedy of known. ' value ; a laxative which physicians coul& sauction for family use because its com ponent parts are known to them to b - wholesome and truly beneficial in effect , ' acceptable to the system and gentle , yt prompt , in action. In supplying that demand with its ccllcnt combination of Syrup of Figs a Elixir of Senna , the California. Fig SyrujJ- Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies " on the merits of the laxative for its remark able success. That is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is give * the preference by the Well-Infbrrae& To get its beneficial effects always the genuine manufactured by the fornia Fig Syrup Co. , only , and for sate by all leading druggists. Price fifty per bottle. the Connection. Mrs. Chiigwator. in looking over tisfc morning papT , had come across a lba that looki'd like this : i gffeozzwkwlwhyojjjtjjyblcizarxxtbzzuggiaJ "Josiah. " she askod. showing it to him , , "what does this mcanV" "It mean ? , " said Mr. Chugwatpr , "thaj- the line's out of order. Same old story , ' ' " Can't you see' : Eor Infants and Children. ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. AVcgelablcPrcparalionrorAs- sirailaiingtiicFootfaraJRegula- - Bears the linglhcSiomachsanlBovrclsof Signat Promotes Digestion.Cheerfiir ness and Rest.Containsneither OpiunuMorphine nor Mineral w NOT NARCOTIC. in Seed Bi Ce Ham Seed - Ctpifad Sapr > Imcr-pta } tfaxr. 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