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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27
AFRAID OF TWO CORPSES.
An Experience of Burns, Who Guards
Millions Across the Continent.

An Experience of Burns, Who Guards
Millions Across the Continent.
Col. J. Fl. Burns, Of San Francisco,
has guarded 50 much government gold
across the continent that he could not
count it IN a lifetime-not if the sixty
five years he has already spent on earth
were doubled. The sum amounts into
the hundreds Of millions. Only last
week he arrived in New York in charge
Of a Wells-Farg express car in which
$1,O0O,0OO Of gold and $4,000 in silver
was packed for transfer from the SUBJ
treasury IN San Francisco to the sub
treasury in New York. The schedule
of such a trip is always kept a profound
secret, to avert robbery. For thirty
years Burns has been engaged in this
work, and in one year alone-1SS5-he
guarded over $4O,000,OOO in gold and
silver from the Golden Gate to Wash
ington.
did the robbers ever bother you?"
the colonel was asked. II never lost q
cen of all the millions intrusted to my
care" said he, in a quiet sort Of way
not with any suggestion Of s~elf-lauda-
ton, but in a tone intended simply to
let the facts be known. But / was
badly scared n time while travelling
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27
Bulow's Marvellous Memory.

1 have referred to Bulow's astonish-
ing feat of memorizing KieI's concerto,
which the mar who wrote it could not
accompany without notes. His accu-
racy was almost infallible. He was once
rehearsing a composition Of LISTS for
orchestra, in that composers presence,
without notes. List interrupted to
say that a certain note should have
beenplayedpiano. No." replied Bulow;
sit is sf0gzando." Look and see," peg
sisted the composer. The score was
produced. Bulow was right. How ey-
erybody did applaud! In the excite
meat n of the brass-wind players lost
his place. Look for a b-fat in your
part" said Bulow, still without his
notes. Five measures further on 1 wish
to begin."1Century.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27
HOUSES IN THE TREE-ToPS,
The Indians of Guiana Build Beyond
the Reach of Floods.

the Reach of Floods.
Interest in the Guiana country natu-
rally centers about the most fertile
region, that which commands the
mouth of its great waterway. AS you
approach the OriEoco from the gulf Of
Para you will see that picturesque
sight to which Humboldt refers In his
travels, 'innumerable fires in the tall
palm trees"-the dwelling-places of the
peaceful Guaraunos.
The legend that this strange tribe Of
Indians, once the masters of the Grin
oco, live in trees the entire year, results
from the great annual rise of the Grin
oco. At Ciudad Bolivar, three hundred
miles up, this amounts sometimes, in a
contracted place. to ninety feet. On
the broader delta it is always sufficient
to cover islands and low ground; there
fore the Inhabitants very wisely build
their houses well above the ground.
Fol this purpose four tall palm trees
are selected, and the crosspieces which
form the foundation for the houses are
lashed to the main support by pieces
of a tough vine indigenous to the delta.
Upon these is laid the flooring, and
then the sides and roof are matched
with large palm leaves, to which the
Indians have given the poetic name Of
"feather-of-the-sun."
There are many advantages which
this particular palm leaf possesses over
Others Of the same family, the principal
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27

from Kansas City to st. Louis on the
Frisco road. Two corpses frightened
me-not because they were corpses, but
because 1 was afraid they weren't. I
can't say what made me suspicious,
but 1 expected to see the sides Of those
rough boxes flap down any moment
and a couple Of robbers come rolling out
with r%eyolvers in their hands. 1 sat
watching those boxes for many weary
hours with a carbine across my knee
and a brace of revolyers near at hand.
But after all it turned out they were
sure enough corpses." The colonel is
a dead shot-one of the best in the Cal
ifornia National Guard, with which he
has been connected since he ended his
service in the civil war.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27
H FLYING DRAGON.
A Lizard with A%erop1ane and Balloon
Attachment.

ohN
Attachment.
The flying dragon is one of the freaks
of mammalia. 1t is nothing more than
a lizard that is fitted out with q skin
a%eroplane like tn. flying squirrels. 1t
is not adjusted in quite the same way,
but it amounts to about the same thing,
and enables the lizard that enjoys it TO
take long, soaring leaps from tree to
tree. 1t sails ninety or 100 feet in this
way with apparent east. Not only does
the dragon use his aeroplane, but he
seems to have a balloon combination,
for he puffs up three pouches Of the thin
skin that are placed under his neck
when he starts on a flight. When he
alightS he lets the sir out.
One of the most interesting things
about the flying dragon (Draco ~volans)
Is the supposition that he is the cousin
Of some monster flying lizard that lin
gered on earth until after the arrival
of men, and so gave a historic basis for
the fiery and hideous dragon which
figures in the folklore or mythology of
nearly all peoples. The dragon of fancy
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27
now THEY FIGURED 1T OUT.
Mrs. Harkins Proves that Marriage
Has Not Been a Financial Failure.

Mrs. Harkins Proves that Marriages
Has Not Been a Financial Failure.
Harkins had covered the backs OF
two or three envelopes with figures and
had begun on the third, says the De-
troit Free Press, when Mrs. HarkinS
looked up from her sewing and asked:
What are you figuring out thereT'
"Oh, nothing much"
well, it takes a good many figures
to figure out nothing. What's it all
about?'
"Oh, it don't amount to anything. L
was just making a kind of calcular
ton"
About what?"
"Well, if you must know, 1 was JUST.
figuring out how much I'd in all prob.
ability be worth to-day if l hadn't mar
ried and gone to rearing a family"
"Humph! S'pose you think you'd
been a millionaire?"
mo; but from the way 1 figure it OUT.
I'd been worth a cool fifty thousand
or so. Not that l regret marrying and,
doing my duty by rearing a family and
all that. Not at all, but"
How old were you when 1 took pity
on you and married you, Sam Hark.
ins?"
why, you know that 1 was So"
'And how long had you been in rev
ceipt of a good, comfortable salary"
"Well, about twelve years"
"And you'd no n to support but
yourself In all that timer"
well, &c. /"
"And how much did you have saved
up when we were married?'
Hang it all, Maria, you're al-
ways"
"How much, Sam? I'm doing a little
know"
"YOu know as well as L do"
Eyes, 1 do. Sam Harkins, you didn't
have money enough to last you through
u wedding trip, that's what you didn't
have. And l had to loan you $50 before
we got home, because"
you're always fiinging that in my
facet"
Its a good time to fling it in your
face when you sit right down before me
and try to figure out how much you'd
had to-day if you hadn't married me.
1t took you ten years to pay off your
bachelor debts after we were married,
and you'd been in the p%oor-house to-
day if l hadn't married you and help
ed you TO get rid of some of your fast
habits. You've got a roof of your own
over your head, and are a fairly re-
spectacle and respected citizen, which
you wouldn't have been if you hadn't
married; l can tell you THAR
And the CALLING part of this state
ment was that it was true.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27

Republicans and the Income Tax
The Mckinleyite organs and politi-
clans are doing their best to dodge the
income-tax issue in the present cam
paign. They know that the law pro-
viding for a 2 per cent. tax on incomes,
which was enacted by the Democrats in
1894, was n Of the most popular meas
ures which ever passed through Con-
gross. They know that the people are
Tired of a tax system which collects
public revenue from the goods used by
the masses, and that the injustice Of
tariff taxes are now everywhere under
stood. And they know very well that
in the public mind the tariff stands for
restrictions on beneficial trade; for
heavier taxes on the poor than on the
rich; the creation of protected monopo-
lies and trusts. At the same time it is
evident to even the dull brains of Nc
Kinley shouters that a tax levied on
the superfuous incomes of the owners
of great wealth is one which a large
majority of the voters want.
Of course it would never do for true
believers in the theory that taxes on
imports are good because they make
things dear, to favor a system which
made the necessities Of life cheap by
relieving them Of taxation. The Re-
publican party depends for it's very ex-
istence ON the funds contributed by the
trusts and manufacturing monopolies.
These, in turn, depend for their enor-
nous profits on the favors given them
by protection. Without the tariff the
corrupt alliance of plutocrats and poll
ticians would go to pieces.
There will be registered this year
about 100000 voters. If every man
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27

But the new departure of the Demo
cratic party assumes to be the voice of
the d~owntrodden and oppressed many
against the aristocratic assumptions of
the few, against the special privileges
enacted into law, by which during the
past few decades the wealth of this
great country has largely drifted into
the hands of a few, who corner it and
make financial panics or bond specula-
lions at will.-Cleveland Ohio Re
corder.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27

n being its similarity to asbestos IN
the quality Of resisting fire. In the 10
cation Of his house the Guarauno takes
another wise precaution in building,
and it is one that carries with it a les
son for the government under whose
sovereignty he Iives.-Century.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27
Never Did.

F1asher-So Easewan's dead. eh7
Poor fellow! How did he die?
Dumbleton-Without a struggle.
Flasher might have known it.; he
never was known to exert HIMSELF
Richmond Dispatch.
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st. Louis Post Dispatch.

written history to him. With the ex-
ception of Mr.. Cleveland, every presi-
dent since William J.. Bryan's child
hood has served in the field Of battle.
Four Yeas hence, when the next term
of office as chief executive of the Unit
ed States shall be concluded, all the
active business Of the country will be
IN the lands of the new generation.
Citizens Of the great republic who were
voters before the war will be aged men.
These veterans in politics will have
surrendered their places to- successors
who are contemporaries of the man
now opposed because he has not num-
bered two score years.
As a type of this latter day, no man
could be more representative than Mr..
Bryan. Born Of parents who stood as
the best examples of American citizen
ship, he was given the opportunities
that belong to every boy reared in this
great country. He inherited with his
extraordinary Intellectual talents a pat
r1otism that became the keynote Of his
ambitions. Realizing the full meaning
of the opportunity called life, he has
steadily held the highest aspirations
and patiently performed the everyday
duties that came to him. Accepting his
talents as a sacred trust, he has always
made the best use of them. Winning
many laurels as a statesman before he
had reached the thirties, he never real
lied that he had achieved more than
most men. He simply appreciated the
responsibilities put upon them and tried
to discharge them for the good of the
people and not for the requirement Of
personal fame.
With the warmeSt sympathy in hui
mainly in general, and having expert
enced all the financial struggles that
come to the a who has his way to
make, he is in the closest touch with the
people. Yet the real secret of his power
does not lie in this fact. Mr.. Bryan
still retains the high ideals Of youth,
the abiding faith in the destiny of the
nation, the vivid apprehension of the
possibilities encompasing each individ-
ual. When he speaks. his words are
the outpourings of earnest thought
and sincere conviction. Being true to
himself. the man who has been &C
knOwledged the finest orator of the day
lifts up and inspires all who come under
his influence.
Since acts are the outgrowth of
thoughts, Mr.. Bryan's biography is an
honorable record, in which no one can
find any unworthy pages. The Ameri-
a people will do credit to themselves
and to their country by electing him
preSident.-Denver Sun.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27

could hardly have been built up from
the creature in the picture, for he is
only a few inches long in real life, and
possesses an extremely mild and af-
tectionate disposition. He is very cas-
lily tanned.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27

VINO will be benefited by the adoption
Oh an income tax, or some other form Of
direct taxation instead of the unjust
ana oppressive protective tariff, will
vote according to his interests the Dem
ocratic candidates would be elected by
more than 100000 0 majority.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27
French Law as to Burial.

French law requires that a body shall
be buried within forty-eight hours af.
ter death, unless it is embalmed.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27

Blodds-Here's a rather clever little
book, "Don'ts for Club Men" Siobbs+
1t isn't the don's that worry me; it's
the Observation-Disclosures Record
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27
Eare White villa Geese.

A white wild goose was recently
shot at Mathews Island, Maine. 1t Is
said that these species Of geese are
very are and quite valuable.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27
Why Not?

why MOI!
We use more silver than gold in our
every day business. Why shouldn't
Silver be a standard money as well as
gold? A silver dollar has sixteen times
as many grains of silver as a gold dol
lar has grains of gold. Why shouldn't
the ratio in value be made standard as
well as the ratio in weight? We have
different standards of dry measure, of
linear measure, etc., and the value of a
bushel is in a ratio to the value of a
quart of any product. Why canno we
nave a double standard of values? WHY
cal we not make the value of so many
grains Of silver a fixed ratio to so MANY
grains Of gold, call each a dollar, and
compel the coinage of the two precious
metals to adhere to this standard or
ratio. The p~reciousness of gold to sill
yer is about as n to sixteen, estima-
ting from the respective quantities Of
each mined.
The Grown of Gold" This Time.
The st. Louis convention, in forming
its alliance with the feudal classes of
Europe, in antagonism to the industrial
classes in the United States, vainly
decorated it's leader with a crown of
gold and placed in his hands the sceptre
Of the taxing power; but they calcu-
lated at too low a value the spirit Of the
American people when they undertook
TO rivet the chains of monopoly upon
them and to load them with the burdens
of taxation under the Mckinley PLAN
Senator Morgan, of Alabama.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27
Revolutionary? Yes. Why n

RevUIutioHary. les. Why Not!
OF purse this movement is revolu-
tionary. All movements are revolution
airy that attempt to make a struggle
against the status quo, against "the go
ing scheme" OF course it contains
some error. All such movements do.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-08-27

we will serve the Lord.-New York
News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-04-24
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.

Admiral David ID. Porter once said
that he had asked a friend who had
fought all through the war, AMI ma lie
an excellent record, if hehad ever kill
ed man.
"Ies," he answered, in Il remosefuI
tone. cat Bull Run ran at the first
fire. A Confederate chased me for
ten miles, and then WIS so exhausted
that he dropped dead"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-04-24
TO PRODUCE

Likes, Berwanger & Co.
Makers and Retailers Ofthe Best Baltimore MateCothng
10 and Il East Baltimore Street Near Charles.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-04-24
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.

In one Of the great Paris shops:
Monsleur-'I think this material
will be becoming to you
Madame--"Oh, no, that is not worn
at all"
Monsieur-"TEen this
Madame-"What are You thinking
Of? Everybody is wearing that
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-04-24
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.

If a man has right to be proud of
anything, it is of a good action done as
it onght to br, without any base inter-
est lurking at the bottom Of it:
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-04-24

Nodd-"You say your baby doesn't
walk yet? Mine does. Same age. too
Your baby cut his teeth YET"
Todd-"No."
Nodd-"Mine has. all of them.
Your baby talk:?'
Todd Mot yet. Can yours
Nodd-"Great Scott, yes
Todd desperately -does he shave.
himself, or go to barber So /
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-04-24

When Baby was sick, we gave her rastorIa.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-04-24
Everything Required i'm Horse Furnishings!


and if it is be b mgmytng m his il
him..
No 1914 PxxsYN
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17
MARKETS AND STOCKS
Wall Street Review.

New York, Oct. 16-Business at the
Stock Exchange today was extremely
light, the sales amounting to only l05,-
156 shares. At the opening the tend
ency was downward. The early weak
ness In the general lists soon gave way
to strength, but the advance failed to
stimulate trading. The most favorable
developments of the day was the en-
gagement of over three millions gold
in London for shipment to New YORK.
The arrivals We're also heavy, aggre-
eating Sl,652, 500. A brisk demand pre-
vailed for the metal, and local bullion
dealers raised their commissions
slightly. Imports are likely to con-
tinue as long as the metal commands a
premium here and money rules stiff.
The failure of the market to respond
TO the gold importations Is due to the
1act that certain commission houses
are discouraged pending the national
election. The dearness of money also
operates against n broad speculation
on the bull side of the account. In
consequence the fluctuations in the
Grangers. Southwesterns. Anthracite
and Western Union were confined to
narrow limits. Speculation closed
barely steady. Net changes show ad-
vances OF laa7s per cent. In the spe-
ciaitles Consolidated Gas declined 2&:
fl!nt and Pera Marquette perferred
brought "a against 40 the last reported
sale for full lots
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Ing, rooms 7O5-7O6.
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they expressed their partisan feelings
up To the limit Of their lung power.
Mr.. Bryan, in the course of his re-
marks took a shot at Chairman Lauter-
bach, of the New York county Re-
publican committee.
The Republican he remarked, says
that you must submit to gold stand
ard, hot one year nor for four years,
but forever, IL foreign creditors say
that you must do it. Against this
policy 1 rebel, my friends. ;Checr3.)
Against surrendering the rights of suf-
frage to q foreign government, l enter
my earnest protest l am willing to
submit to any decision of the American
people. / am not like a prominent Re
publican of New York city who said
the people may not be willing to sub
nit. l say the American people will
submit to whatever majority of the
American people decide. (Cheers.)
Another great assemblage was at
Battle Greek awaiting the Nebraska
candidate. 1t appeared to be fully as
large as that at Kalamazoo. The brief
speech Mr.. Bryan made from u stand
near the Michigan Central station was
well received. 1t contained no new ma
terial. If the platform from which Mr..
Bryan spoke at Albion to about 1000.
had not been so low, Il serious accident
might have occurred. Mr.. Todd intro
duced the candidate, and the latter was
i'm the midst of n speech when the frail
stand from which he was speaking col
lapsed carrying with 1t Mr.. Bryan and
two score of others. The crowd had
hardly time to know what had occurred
before it saw the nominee pick himself
up and jump on truck to continue.
Nobody was hurt. Mrs. Bryan. who
usually sits on the platforms while ner
husband is speaking, fortunately re-
mained on the train at Albion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17
Del, Lack. and Western.
Effect Monday. October 10. 1896.


Trains leave Scranton as follows: Elk.
press for New York and all points East.
l.iO $50, sis, $50 and 9.55 a. m; 10 and
Express for Easton. Trenton. Philadel-
phia and the South. 5lo. 500 and 9.oo q. III.
1.l0 and 133 y. M.
Washineton and way stations. 3.45 p. m.
Tobyhanna accommodation. 6.l0 p. m.
Express for Bingnamton. Oswego, Ell
mira, Corning. Bath. Dansville, Mount
Morris and Buffalo, l2.20, 2.35 a. n.. and 1.5j
d. M making close connections at Buffalo
to all points in the West, Northwest and
Southwest.
Bath accommodate ton, 915 a. m.
Ringfamton and way stations, LOS D. m,
Nicholson accommodation, 5.l5 p. m.
p. m. -
Binghamton and Elnira express. 5.5j
p. m.
Express for Utica and Richfield Springs,
2.35 a. m, and 1.55 p. m.
Ithaca 2.35 and Bath 9.15 a. m. and 1.5J
For Northumberland. Pittston. Wilkes.
Barre, Plymouth, Bloomsbury and Dam
vile, making close connections at North
Baltimore, Washington and the South
Northum be rland and intermediate sta.
tons. SEQ. 955 a. m. and Los and 500 D. m.
Nanticoke and intermediate stations, sos
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stations. $40 and S.E p. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all express trains.
For detailed information. pocket time
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