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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1909)
THEY KNEW HOW TO WORK , Cut Don't Ne - a to Work So Hnrd JVovr inVei icrit C'nimdn. The experience of the Hlaser broth ers inVestern Ctnui : : is similar to thK reported to every agent of the Ca nadian Covenimeit , w n.se advertise ment appears elsewhere. Wheatwyn , Sask. , Nov. G , 11)08. 'To the Commissioner of Immigration , Winnipeg , Manitoba : Dear Sir I , in company with my brother and other relations , arrived in ithis country in the spring of 3893. At jthe time we got off the train at Wolse , ley. .Sask. . we had only a few dollars , 'not ' enough to start farming on our own account , so we were compelled to work out for a considerable time in or der to make sullicient money to enable us to establish ourselves. When \\e thought we had money enough to start with , I and my brother took up one quarter-section (1GO ( acres ) land each in the Loon Creek district. In 1)00 ! ) we moved on our homesteads with one team of horses and one walking plow. While I was engaged with the work in the field , my brother built a shack and barn of logs , which we had hauled dur ing the time we were not able to work In the Held. We were certainly work ing very hard , but I am glad to saj that we made our fortune in this coun try. To-day we do not need to work so hard as we used to do , as we have three hired men steady , for whom we pay ? : iO.OO to10.00 a month , besides board and lodging during the summer time. I am also glad to tell you that to-day we are owners of -section and three-quarters of the best land , with first-class buildings thereon , besides having all the necessary machinery. We always do our own threshing , for we have a lilMiorse-power threshing outfit. Our success in farming in this , coun try also enabled us to get rid of a number of horses of less value , and in stead we bought ten pure-bred mare ? representing a value in the neighbor hood of § 5.000. Regarding raising grain , which is tin main factor in our district , I am prouc to say that we have always had good success. We have raised wheat as high as thirty-five bushels to the acre ; and this year , although we suffered from lacli of sufficient rain , our wheat went twen ty-seven bushels to the acre , and we had 900 acres in crop. We have broken this year about 100 acres new land and by next year we will have aboii' 1,110 acres in crop. For one carload of wheat which we have shipped a fe\\ weeks ago we got a price of 97 cents per bushel , and it was graded as No 2 Northern , although we have a quan tity of wheat which will surely go a Xo. 1 Northern. During the six year we have been fanning for ourselves , we have never had one frost around here EO that we always bad a good crop. I. for myself , feel compelled to say that our Great West is the land whore a person who is willing to work and turn his hands to anything can make a fortune , and a comfortable living. Our country is a thoroughly free country. and we have a good Government ; and. as long as we have good crops and a good Government , we are satisfied , and 1 think ihat is all we want. Yours very truly , LORENS BLASER. P. O. Wheatwyn , Sask. Viiele Allen Deniara. "It has always seemed to nie.M saio Uncle Allen Sparks , "that it's unjust tc call * em 'Ananias clubs. ' It isn't quite fair to Ananias. He didn't actually utter any lies ; lie only lied by implication. He wasn't really eligible himself to member ship in an Ananias club. " Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury , as mercury will purely destroy the P < MI ; > of smell and completely derange the whole stem > > tom when entering It through the murous surfaces. Snch articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians , as the damage they will do is ten-fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure , manufac tured by F. J. Cheney & Co. . Toledo. 0- , con tains no mercury , and is taken internally , acting directly upon the blood and inui-ous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken intermlH and made In Toledo. Ohio , by 1' . J. Cl.t-ney & Co. Testimonials Jree. Jree.Sold by Druggists. Price. "He. per lx > ttle Take Hall's Family 1'ills for constipation. ATI Uiiliiiriuil Picture. Rossetti secured permission in 18(59 to reopen the coffin of his wife in order to secure the manuscripts of some poems which he had buried with her seven years before. Some such incident might have oc curred in connection with .7. M. W. Turner if his desire to be buried wrapped up in his own painting of "Carthage" had been carried out. There was some difficulty in selling the pa'nting. and the artist kept the canvas by him. He always said he would be wrapped in it when he was buried and even went so far as to ask Chan trey if as his executor he would fulfill his wishes on that paint. "No doubt. " answered the sculptor. "I : : ) bury you rolled up in your pic ture if it is one oT the conditions of ydur will , but \\ould take you up next flav and unroll vou ! " DX > DtfS SuKT ; eiitIoii H-H ( "tire. Rev. Henry C. Hose has given to the tvorld a discovery which cannot fail to be a great boon to all downtnxlden wives. He calls it "the sleep cure , " and it consists in sneaking in when hubby is asleep and talking to bis sub conscious self. In this way. Kev. Mr. Rose declares , a woman of bis ac quaintance cured her husband of a bad case of going to the club , says Suc cess. "To-morrow night , " this neglected wife whispered into bis subconscious ear , "you will not go to the club to drink and carouse , but you will spend the evening with me. " The head of the family thus taken advantage of has completely forgotten his club and its annual dues , and now they have to send for a blacksmith to pry him loose from bis home. According to the New ark gentleman , this is only one of nu merous cases where people have been reformed against the better judg ment. It's all very well for the wife , but wkat of the rent-payer and provider of material blessings ? Has lie no rights which his own family is bound to respectV Somewhere a judge has decreed that a wife is justified in rifling her husband's pockets for small change. Is she also to be allowed to take away his inalienable right to make a fool of himself ? A hot bath taken at night affords re freshing sleep. Persons subject to rheumatism < ; r weak heart should not take baths that nre ice-cold. When the eyebrows- are too heavy and inclined to be coarse , a stick po made that holds the hairs in place is an excellent lotion to apply. For the baggy appearance ujider the- eyes , rub gently with the tips of the lingers dipped In alcohol. Afterwaid massage In the s-'iue way with cold cream. \Vhen shampooing. n < Trr rub the Bonj ; directly .r. .ia ii-.ir , as ii gums and Is almost impossible to rubjr riiiMoff. . Aluays have the su.ip ii ! come liquid form. j Olive > ' , ' . } . take : ! internally , is excel- j cut for biliousness. : ni < l will do mucM i to improve a yellow , pimpled skin. ' Commence by taking a sjmonful before breakfast and one at bedtime. Bushy , irregular eyebrows should be brushed lightly with a camel's-hair brush dipped in olive oil. The same treatment is good for stiff and harsh eyebrows and is said to make them grow. To help keep hands smooth for sew ing , make mittens of canton flannel , fleeced side next to bands. A half yard will make two pairs. If you cannot cut them , buy a pair of men's and baste them to fit. Then rip one and use for pattern. An excellent hair wash is to take one ounce of borax and one ounce of powdered camphor and dissolve in a pint of boiling water added to cold water in a bowl. The camphor will form into lumps , but a sufficient amount will dissolve. This will strengthen the hair and preserve the color. Attraction. The charm of woman lies not In beauty , but individuality If she could but be brought to understand that fact. It isn't the details that count. It is her carriage , her manner , her voice , her expression ; in short , herself ttiat makes or unmakes her charm. It is the woman , then , who haft the courage to be herself who attracts. Originals are much more desirable than copies , no matter how accurate the copy may be. If it be natural to wear one's hair in earless fashion , by all means do so nature is never mistaken. Itn.t let the admiring sister whom that same autocrat intended to be a tailor- made girl beware of disorder ; in her It would cease to be artistic. It would simply be untidy. Let every woman dare to be herself , develop her own individuality , not blindly copy some other woman , whom , it may be. her husband happens to ad mire. Let her think'for herself , act for herself and express her own honest - est opinions. Individuality , when com bined with that nameless something called mariner , is the most potent weapon pen in the possession of the sex. It is this which has given many a homely woman a reputation for beauty which a boua fide beauty , with faultless face and figure has sighed In vain to at tain. Ths.SccTil of JZr The ; iioim-m we set about the task of making every human being we come : : i contact with I-otter for knowing t- . more cheerful , more fvnirageous and with greater faith in the kindness of Coil cud : nuu that moment we begin to attain the third purpose of life personal happiness. Would you possess the magic secret of the alchemist which transforms all things to gold ? It is unselfishness or , to tise a better word , selfishness. lie who goes forth bent upon being al ways kind , always helpful. In the lit tle daily events of life , will find all skies tinted with gold , all his nights set with stars and unexpected ( lowers of pleasure springing up in his path way. And all his tears shall turn Into smiles. MILLINERY Hats are all trimmed on the risrht. and the favored way is to have the flowers or ribbon tossed on hazardous ly near the edge , as If just alnut to fall overboard. This jaunty , irrespon sible device Is supposed to lend care less grace to the millinery master piece. As variegnted as the crowns and the brims of the new hats are , there is a STYLES IN SKATING COSTUMES. sgafciss GV'fr-vy.- / clearly expressed tendency toward pic turesque , artistic effects noticeable In them all. The idea of making the crown and brim of a hat of contrasting material , but in the same color , is new and haa evoked great admiration. Xewly imported beaver hats are small , cocked straight up on the left side , with a high roll of brim that gives them the semWauce of dashing riding hats. Oriiameut for Girl * Coiffure. There is quite a fashion for wearing a wide bow of soft satin or silver or gir ! gauze in the hair. This sketch shows just how this is adjusted. The double fillet is of thin silver and goes half way round the head bringing the triple bow of silver gauze at the side of the bead back of the ear. This is a v > ry pretty ornament , and is usually most L'L-v.mng to any girlish face. \ w the Eii Hdua. stop flattering me , or I'll put my hands over my ears. Hdward ( trying to be compliment ary i. Your lovely bands are too small Bystander. OHIO MAN WHO WILL SUCCEED FORAKER SENATE THEODORE E. BUKTOJT. Theodore E. Burton , who will suc ceed Foraker in the Tinted State Sen ate , served as a member of the Fifty- first Congress. He was defeated for another term later , but was elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress , and has been a member of the succeeding congresses. While in that body he served as a member of the Kivers and Harbors Committee , later becoming its chair man. While at the bead of this com mittee he took an active part in fur thering plans for deep waterways. In 197 be was nominated by the Repub licans for mayor of Cleveland and car ried on a tight against Tom Johnson , bis Democratic opponent , but was un successful in the contest. Mr. Burton is a lawyer by profession. UNCLE SAM AS A CONSERVATOR. Provision for I'arlc Tracts and Illrd and Animal Havens. For a young nation rhe United States N starting out at a rapid rate to acquire for its posterity not only national play grounds wherein some unusual beauty or freak of nature is preserved but national n > onuments of American antiquities , bird preserves and other features well worth keeping. At the pros-cut time , not in cluding n'Mrly 173 forest reserves under the jurisdiction of 'the forestry bureau of the Department of Agriculture , the Cnit- dl States has , under the Department of the Interior , twelve large national parks and reservations , as follows : Acrt" * . Vello-vston ? , in Wyoming . 2.142.S20.00 Yosomite. In California . 710 , ( > li2.)0" ) Feqiioia , in California . lG1..107. < tO t'onoral Grant , In California . . . 2r : ' . < 5.00 , Mo.iut Rainier , in Washington. . 207 , : ' 0.00 'rater Lake , in Oregon . loO.I'.GO.OQ Wind Cave , in South Dakota. . . 10r > 2 ± 00 Sullys IH11 , in North Dakota. . . 7SO.OO I'latt , in Oklahoma . S4S.22 Cnsa Grande ruins , in Arizona. 4SO.OO Mesa Verds , in Colorado . 42,870.00 ( -mile strip for protection of ruins ) . 17o.00.00 Hot Springs Reservation , in Arkansas . 011.03 Under the authority of the act of .Tune b , 190u , President Roosevelt ha * created out of the public lands , in addition to those set aside for the conservation of the national resources , the following nine national monuments of American antiqui ties : Date. Acres. Devtl'n Tower , Wyo. . .Sept. 24 , 1000 1.1.12 Montpzuma Castle. Ariz. Dec. 8 , 1900 100 tvtritled forest , Arizona. Dec. 8 , 1000 00,770 El Morro , New Mexico. .Dec. 8 , 1906 100 Chaco Canyon. N. Mex.Mar. 11 , 1007 20.520 Muir woods , California. Jan. 9 , 1908 295 Natural bridges. Utah. April 10 , 1908 120 Lewis and Clark cavern , Montana . May 11 , 1908 100 Tuinacacorl , Arizona. .Sept. 15 , 190S 10 For the native wild birds the President has set aside twenty-five reservations where they can exist in their wild state without interference , nine of which have been created since the close of the last fiscal year on June 30. In addition the President has assisted materially in the establishment of a great national bison range in Montana , the cost for fencing which aloue will be in the neighborhood of $30,000. The Doom of the Iligr Hat. The feminine hat with the dangerous reach , Ithe headpiece with the spear-like foather. the creation which obscures the scenery from view , will soon be no more. It has already filled too large a place in the world. Chicago milliners have band ed , as the Milliner.- ' Association , with a resolve to wipe out the giant hat evil , and with the motto. "Mutual protection and more artistic millinery. " By this means the Chicago milliners hope to up hold that city's reputation as the millinery center of the country. If they succeed in abolishing the big hat. they will de serve more than that. They will deserve the thanks of every man who doesn't want his face sawed ofT or his eyes goug ed out. They will win uhe gratitude of every husband and father who objects to bij ing sstraw and fvlt by the acre and flowers and feathers by the bale. They \\ill have the thanks and gratitude of every sen.ciblf woman who dislikes to be enslaved by fa-liion into a burden-bearer mil into a nuisance. Cincinnati I'oj-t. Xorth Alaska Mappt'd Out. Ernest Lofiingwell of Knoxville. 111. . who went into the far North with Capt. Mikkelson throe years aco. has ju t re turned from tilie northern part uf Alaska , whore he remained to m ike maps and geological surveys after the rest of the party came Lack. He Ins brought with him a map of the coa-t of northern Alaska for a d tance of 200 miles and extending back to the Yukon Divide That , FellowT Ten or twelve years ago , when a si married , she left such a debt fo : wedding clothes and expenses tint I ordinarily took the family six year to recover from it. Fathers shoul take off their hats to the modern girt She earns the money to buy her ov wedding out tit and in many cast < has little left to help buy things for new house. The modern girl is more of an improvement over the young woman of twenty years ago than tn * ' modern young man is . .ver the yonnjj man of that time. OFTEN THE CASZ. 1 Woiiifii StriiKKlo Hopelessly Suffering Hneltaehe , Dixxy S ] ] 2iiifriior , ICto. / Women have so much to go through in life that it's a pity there is so muck suffering from backache and other * common curable kid ? ] ney ills. If you sufv fer so. profit by till1 wo ma n 's example:1 Mrs. Martin ! * > " & . lass. 52 Cedar Sttf Kingston. N. Y.t says : "I bd 4j lame , aching bacSq ! \ dizzy spells , head1-1 aches , and a feeling ; of languor. I'art of the time I could not attend to my u'or and irregularity of the kidney secret ; tions was annoying. Doan's KidnejJ Pills brought me prompt relief. " Sold by all dealers. HOc a box , F tcr-Mil burn Co. . Uuffalo , N. Y. flrny ami t ! e Klrxy. Thomas ( ; ray kept the elegy by hiua for nine years before be gave 't to the world. He polished away at it all those years as a lapidary polishes a gem. .ind the result was he m.-idt ; it a gem. In his whole life he wrote comparatively little , and when asked why he had written so little he replied. "Hernuse of the exertion it costs in the labor of' composition. " FIRST CITY TO USE GASLIGHT. "TJKThlliou.se" Wax IltilK in ISOto Illuminate Kichiuond , Va. The old stone house is the oldest structure in Richmond. Va. . ami in its glory it entertained many noted people , \ t says the Boston Post. Here George Washington had his headquarters : here Lafayette lived for a time , and James- Monroe was at one time its tenant. A favorite meeting place for the lead ers of the South , it became known as. the political capitol of Richmond , it. still contains 111:1113 * relics of" its noted- occupants. A curious bit of forgotten history was enacted near the old lionin 1801' . There came to Richmond -me- Henfrey in that year , and he announced to the citizens that he could pour tiniue- from a teakettle instead of steam or water , lie showed the astonished citi zens this feat , and as a result was asked to see what he could do toward lighting the city. He erected near the old stone bouse- an octagonal tower of brick with : L large lantern with many jets on the top. Here he proceeded to gem-rate gas in a kind of still in the basement , and conducted it by a pipe to the ? burners. The experiment was wonder fully successful , and Richmond thus , had the distinction of being the first ; city in America to use gas lightin-r. Ilenfrey failed in one thing , as elee- triclight pioneers failed later. He ex/J period that his 'lighthouse" would il- ; lumlnate the whole city. This was .iot : a ciimplisbed and the novelty wore off. and finally Heufrey's tower was aban doned. Half a century later gas came into * general u.-e. and Richmond , which refused - fused to support the pioneer , was ? forced to adopt gas lighting. An Kxiiericnceil lker. Champion Hayes , of Marathon famea praised , at a dinner in New York , q. walker. "He a walker : " some one said. "Yes. " said Mr. Hayes , "and the nexi race he enters , mark me. he will win. " "Why. I didn't know he bad had uuj experience as a walker , " said the other , in a puzzled voice. Mr. Hayes laughed. "No experience as a walker , eh ? " said he. "And the fellow's owned : m $80 second-hand motor car for the lasf two years ! " JOY WORK And the Other Kind. Did you ever stand on a prominent corner at an early morning hour and' watch the throngs of people on their way to work ? Noting the number who- were forcing themselves along because- it meant their daily bread , and the oth ers cheerfully and eagerly pursuing their way because of love of their work. It is a fact that one's food has mock to do with it. As an example : If an engine has poor oil. or a boiler js fired with poor coal , a bad result is- Certain , isn't it ? Treating your stomach right is tn seystone that sustains the arch of health's temple and you will find Grape-Nuts" as a dally food is the- most nourishing and beneficial you ' -aus use. use.We We have thousands of testimonials , \ real genuine little heart lirobs. from- people who simply tried Grnpo-Nut ? out X.I Df curiosity as a last resort with t he- result that prompted the tostimonia' . If you have never tried Grape-Nuts- it's worth while to give it a fair , im partial trial. Remember then ; are mill ions eating Grape-Nuts every day they snow , and we know if you will u < e- iJrape-Nuts every morning your wort ! s more likely to be joy-work , because- fou can keep well , and with the brain , svell nourished work is a joy. Read : Hie "Road to Wellvilie * ' In every pack- I < TQ 'There's a Reason. "
