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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-01

Of tho twin suaft A. Tong ts there DO
possibility ofany ~ the men uci. .
alive, they feel II their tuty ~ con.
unur In tho work u attempted rsccuu.
In I've JanrsvlllB cave.in, ak men
wrfo imprisoned In brsnst ~ tn
mine Tor nineteen dnys. o. tue nine.
tenth Jay they we've ietohe1. Eve
msn were uead AMI one was uivr.
rbo living man was "Big joe" o.
Polaudtr. lie Il now en- .iUyed be o.
chtpeB.urat IA zeton. lie has been
lnttfviewed on tue probable ate Oi tue
men Ia the ptttin mine, aud saft
hat " they are alive ara the ait D.
iufe where they ate, ihoy wi y no ahlt
10 live Tor ten daisat least. u i tsktu
ior granted there Il water where hsy
arc, aud ~ toe men carried n Eu1l
iuYply OF food, winch could be usel
.paTiugy dufii Y their impfis nm'ni,
thuy may be able 10 live several day.
Another large eros gathered about
the mouth Of the shuil tnis mufning.
In tnt crowd wttt tWeivo griu..
stficksn women, wives Of the eulotnte d
mcr. rhty bHll nave hopes tuat thuit
loved ones Will bu hfuugh t out alive.
Tue nrptal ser oat ~ tue u ufI'.
Trade IL alfVnuy meeting win liNFHl
fesIousts. a luntlemun % M New
YpIk, who dorb not want D. = unmD
made public, sends 81 uJO. smnl ri
sub, cripuOns ranging ifom s. q go
nave DtsU uceivUI. Win tue uEtui
tlpu Of Superintendent LhuigAu's lam.
w, oil tue other iatnilies Oi ihs I'm.
piisonoJ men ATE In dta,llutu cltcum'
stausts. Sums NJ tuUm have Received
mporaty aii lT9m guo town auIuoii'
tee,
General Superintendent lawalt Of
the LouIgl g Wiiktsbafru CJai come
pauy, Morgan n. NJ ryau, on IL q
.upetlut,nJtut II tue same oJmpuuy,
uni other prominent mine tApuftf
neid conference today. They ~
Ueiyed reports OF the meu In unsfgu cd
toe rescue wufs, aul uiiuI dtscussing
tnum, u,Cilrd that tue wOtK OIL clear
ibg tue M Iurs SHOULD " 90. AZ nylu
II Nastn ! tubt toe props were hOi To-
better, auu that tho ftS,uCfa Wefu mph'
ing considerable htauNuy. MOI,
hcadWay he'd icon made uttSvtu III
anu y y'oiyCk tuan curing alI o. lat'
uighnl
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-01

We have coming am Immense
Dive boo Novelty Dros, Goods
u.utH' o. 80 rui. uu 10 u.l ar
We arc guug 10 sell them Inc
g1wn way
An opportunity you'll never
aEH 900.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-01

The csvc.in al Janeavill1 some years
ago offers a UIsCuJubt Tor The lllrIsls
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21

This estimate gives the free silver
people all they claim, but as it takes
454 votes tosconstitute a majority, it
will be seer that they still lack 50
votes. In this estimate we mark the
states of Louisiana and North Caro-
lima doubtful, and place one in the
silver column and the other in the
gold. Giving Louisiana to the silver
ties, they still fall short sc votes. Ne
braska will send two delegations to
the convention, but even if the silver
people seat their men they will have to
rustic 20 more votes. In order to be
perfectly fair we have credited Illinois
to the silver movement, though this IS
far from being certain. Can you fig
ure where they are going to get the
votes necessary to constitute a major
ity? THE DEMOCRAT can't.s
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

There is promise Of an unusually
large tobacco crop in Connecticut this
wear. The Cape Cod cranberry growers,
too, are happy. The plants in their
region got through the winter better
than in many years.
The planet Neptune, which had for
countless ages revolyed in the heavens
unseen by anyone on earth, was dis
covered simultaneously and independ-
emily in 1916 by Prof. Adams and NJ.
Leverrier, the two most brilliant as
tronomers of the day.
Investigation shows that the
amount of carbolic acid in the air de-
ponds largely upon the character OF
the ground, comparatively little being
yielded by q clay soil. Another influence
of soil is noted in cases of summer
d~iarrhoea, the mortality being much
less on clay than on sandy soil.
Worms that have no eyes are be-
lieved to gain information of the pres
ence Of light from some other sense
than hat of sight. Light is always dan
gerous 10 an earth worm and when
taken from the earth and placed in the
light a worm will always exhibit un-
easiness and make an effort to conceal
itself.
A short time before DR.. Charcot
died he said in a letter hat semi-Scient-
lists had for more than so years ridiculed
the idea that the full of the moon was
"a dangerous time for mad people. Bet
t~er-informed men are coming back to
that old-time notion, said DR.. Chareot,
as the result of increased learning on
the subject of earth tides, similar TO the
oscillation Of sea tides, 6
Switzerland has called for a meet
ing OF the countries that took part in
the Berne conference, to decide on q
metric standard for gauging screws.
The slight deviations between the pitch
and thread of screws made by the Eng
lish standards from those made by the
metric scale form a serious obstacle to
the real adoption of the metric system
in countries obtaining machinery FROM
England.
Prof. Bell, Of telephone fame, Is pro-
mitigating a new idea in airships. The
proper method, according to him, is to
propel the ship by a kind of trolley
method, in which the rod would hang
down to the feed wire instead of extend
ing upward, as it usually does. He
thinks the time occupied by inventors.
in working out the problem of aerial
navigation by the usual gas-bag method.
is time wasted.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21
THURSDAY, MAY 81, 1896.
Our Platform.

Following is the platform adopted
by the Democrats of Cherry county, in
mass convention assembled, Saturday,
April Is, 1896:
We, the Democrats of Cherry county, in mass
convention assembled, do reaflirn our allegiance
10 the principles of the Democratic party as
formulated by Jefferson and eXemplified by the
illnStrious line of his successors in Democratic
leadership. from Madison to Cleveland.
We still denounce the Republican doctrine of
protection as a fraud-a robbery of the great
majority of the American people for the benefit
of the few. We still adhere to and maintain the
Democratic doctrine of "a tariff for revenue
of our population will be best conserved by the
collection Of such taxes as shall be limited to the
necessities of the government. honestly and
economically administered.
We express our faith in the time honored doc
trine Of the Democratic party as to International
trade relations-san interchange by which the
countries participating shall enjoy reciprocal
advantages. We denounce the sham reciprocity
scheme of the Republicans, which juggleS with
the peoples desire for freer exchanges by pre-
tending to establish closer relations. while en-
acting prohibitive tariff taxes against those
countries of the world that stand ready to take
our entire surplus OF products III exchange for
commodities which are necesSaries and comforts
of life among our W people.
Approaching the condition OF the public mind
with reference to the financial policy of this
country, and recognizing the Importance of a
proper solution of this question, we unhesitat-
Ingly express cur unalterable opposition to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver, except by
international agreement; and, until snch agree
ment can be procured, we favor the present
standard Of value. We denounce the action of
the Republican county convention in intention
ally emitting TO state its views on this important
question as a repetition of the cowardly and dis
honest practices of that party.
Finally, we endorse the administration for it's
excellent conduct of public affairs, its vigorous
foreign policy and its unparalleled management
in maintaining the pnblic credit against foes
from without and foes from within.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21
WIRE NAILS.

The wire nail industry is receiving
a great showing up just now by the
opponents OF monopoly. The wire
nail trust has met three times recent
ly and raised the price of nails until
consumers are now forced to pay $2.45
per keg. These same nails are sold
for export at Sl.4s per keg, and yet
this is called one of the "infant" in
dustries of the United States. The
difference between the home and ex-
port price is SO great that some job
bers buy ostensibly for export, ship
the nails, have them returned to this
country without unloading, and &C
ually sell them at 20 cents per keg
lower than the trust price after paying
the freight both ways.
This is only a sample of the way the
tariff protected manufacturers fleece
the American people, The way in
which all kinds of American goods are
sold abroad in competition with
foreign articles exposes the protection
humbuggery. The foreigner pays a
lower prizes for his farm machinery
and other articles or American manu-
facture than do our own people, and
the manufacturer pays the ocean
freight besides, while in the United
States the consumer pays the freight
in addition to the increased price.
These facts are being brought home
to the people with ever increasing
force, and they will vote this fall to
let the "infants" take care of them
selves.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21
WHERE rs HE AT'2

"McKinley doesn't have to declare
himself on the money question. He
will be nominated and elected, no mat
ter what his views on finance are or
what platform is adopted at st. Louis
Coming as it did from one who is a
business man; n who stands high in
the estimation of his fellow citizens: a
staunch republican who will attend the
national conventions; TIE DEMOCRAT
naturally concludes that the foregoing
remark is the sentiment of the 1epub-
lican party. The expression is worthy
of a place in history, because it 81
forcibly illustrates the retrogression of
the republican party. That once, but
alas DO longer proud party is groveling
at the feet of a craven image; an idol
who cannot or will not speak; in fact,
who is not expected to speak and de-
clare himself on any question whatso-
ever, knowing as he does that his 81
lence makes him Ievered and looked
to as a model of wisdom.
The New York World recently sent
a special correspondent to interview
Mckinley at his home in Canton, Ohio.
The reporter was affably received, Civ
en- a cordial invitation to stop and chat
awhile, and made to think that ali his
questions would be answered in an
honest, straightforward manner But
when it came to finance his only an
swer was. 81 have nothing to say"
Undaunted by the failure of The
World to secure a direct answer to a
direct question, the New York Herald,
that great, independent, republican
newspaper tried to get Mckinley to
speak, bat received the same answer.
In al editorial the Herald says:
1t is i~nconceivable that the great re-
publican party will put forward rs its
candidate for President a man who
either has 10 convictions On this domi.
nant question, or who, if he has any
convictions, lacks the courege to avow
them. His reticence may be regarded
by bis advisers as good politics" but
it stamps him as a man lacking the
two essential qualities Of leadership
namely, sincerity and courage.
This is strong language to be used
by the Herald, which is usually mild
spoken 10 republicans, but it voices
the growing sentiment OF the people
of the whole country. Silence is a
good thing when taken in small guam
but large doses are nauseatiDg.
McKinley's dose is extra large.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21
PLAT'T''S WISE WORDS.

Senator Platt is very confident of
the success of the republican party at
the polls this fall, but he is no: so GER
tain of its success afterwards. He
says: "We must not only draw a bill
that can be put through a republican
congress, but we must draw one that
will not be open to serious criticism as
class legislation. 1 foresee the great
est dangers to the republican party as
the result of extreme tariff legisla-
ton" This is good enough to have
been said by a democrat, and THE
DEMOCRAT must congratulate Mr..
Platt on his wisdom. The present
tariff, though admittedly imperfect in
many respects, covers the difference
in the cost or labor here and abroad
IN almost every schedule. In many of
them the duty is more than the entire
labor cost of the protected" articles.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21
An Athletic Governor.

The new governor of British GUIANA,
Sir Augustus Hemming, who is about to
pass through the United States en- route
to Georgetown, is especially celebrated
in England as a cricketer. being re-
rowned as n of the oldest and most
successful Of amateur players, a rival,
indeed, Of Hon. Alfred Lyttleton. He is
one of the founders of the Sports club
ID London, and has only just resigned
the presidency of its committee in con-
sequence of his departure from Eng
land. His principal associate in the
founding of this renowned institution
was the late Sir John Ashley. popularity
known as "The Mate" Sir Augustus
is likewise an expert knight Of the
wheel, and, in spite OF his mature years,
remains to-day what he was 20 years ago
"a typical, clean-buiIt athlete-N. Y.
Times.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21
A subscriber who desires to know

A subscriber who desires to know
whether President Cleveland's recent
civil service order includes fourth class
postmasters. is informed that it does
not. But the president in making the
order asked the civil service commits
sion to formulate a plan to put them
under the civil service rules. This in
dicates his W view of the desirabili-
ty of such a course and probably that
he will make such extension of the
service before his retirement.-Saoua
City Tribune.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21
The Wilson tariff, according to the

The Wilson tariff, according to the
platform of the Indiana republicans,
''has almost destroyed our American
industries" meaning specifically
American manufactures. The official
reports of the treasury department
show that for the nine months Of the
fiscal year ending with March the ex-
ports of American manufacturers
reached the unprecedented total of
$163,1S7,826, which is 100000 more
than the figures for the whole twelve
months of 1892, when Mckinley reel
procity was in full blast; and the fiscal
year of 1912 was the "crack" year
of McKinleyism.-Pittsburg Post.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21

Rockford, Illinois, recently had a
trolley day" for charity's sake, the
Ladies Union Aid Society having
charge of all the electrical cars in the
city, the ladies acting as conductors
and ringing up fares in a business
like manner. About $1,000 was taken
in during the day. This fad promises
to spread to other cities and is the
natural outcome Of "woman's edi-
tions" Of newspapers, "weman min,
,strels," and such novelties.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21
AGASSlZ'S TEST.
Estimate of . Mans Worth According "a
His Faculty of Observing.

Estimate of o Mans Worth According 20
His Faculty of Observing.
It is said that however wisely Prof.
AgassiZ, tie famous Zoo4ogist, might
differ in his opinions from another
scientist, he never undervalued any
contribution which a scientific OPP
ponent made to zoology.
He extended the fame of Owen, the
eminent English zoologist, Ill this coun-
try, by enthusiastically pointing out
10 all questioners his grounds for . sim
it was only by chance that his auditors
learned how widely Agassiz' opinions
differed from Owens on certain much
disputed questions.
But for amateurs who took facts at
secondhand and built up systems by
specialists in science he had a some
what contemptuous indifference. One
of his friends asked him on one occa-
sion how he felt about the attack which
had been made on his scientific position
by a certain accomplished scholar who
idO StUulCu tIE dIliCiChS CiNOSlSo ~
vanced by eminent biologists, and had
decided hat Agazziz must be ranked In
the second class.
To the Amusement of his friend, who
regarded the attack as q matter Of con
siderable seriousness, Agassiz burst
into a roo of laughter.
Why, just think of it," he cried
The man undertakes to fix my place
among biologists. and he is not him
self a zoologist." And then, seeing
that his friend did not apparently ep-
preciate the joke of the affair, he
added, with evident enjoyment: why.
don't you know that he has never been
a Observer"
With him observation" meant ro4
only the training of the eye itself, bat
the cultivation and ~exertion of all the
faculties behind the eye. He once said
i'll reply to a friend who asked him.
after he had been IS years in this
country, what he considered the best
result of his teaching:
II have educated five observers. One
of them, to be sure, has turned out to
be my dcadliest personal enemy; but
L still affirm that he is a good observer,
and that is the best compliment could
pay him were he my dearest friend."-
Youths Companion.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21

We don't hear as much now about
Grover Cleveland wanting the demo.
cratic nomination as we did some time
ago. Opposition to the administration
is growing weaker, and all the "scares'
have been wore out. President Cle7e-
land recently said be "would net &C
.cept the a%o1ination If proffered," just
as all thiaSiug men knew he would.
This coRaes direct FROM Washington
Hesing, IA close political and personal
friend of Cleveland, and may be ac-
ycepted as liIal.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21

Senator Vest having begun to hold
office as early as 1860, and having
kept pretty constantly at it ever since,
the Louisville Courier Journal thinks
his intimation that he Twill bolt if the
Chicago convention is controlled by
Office holders" is every touching, as
showing the tenderness of feeling on
the part of the Missouri Senator"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21

E.<srfE.& y H-2T<tsSAr1F1
Herbart's child was an artificial
student: Frocb-l's. Il natural student.
Both sought to interest the child but
one resorted to artificial incentives.
while the other relied upon natural
incentives. While Herbart was read
ing to his infant class fables and
myths in the prison cell Of the school
room, Froebel and his group Of child
rem were digging in the sand bed,
along some Streamlet. constructing
dams, representing oceans, gulfs, bays
and hills, into streams and lakes.
They had a garden and each child his
work to do. Hour after hour he
answered their busy queries about
flowers growing there and took advan-
tage of this natural interest to lmpart
to them the great lesson of nature.
They knew all about the insects that
visited the nectared blossoms. And
they knew what they knew by obser-
walton not by memory.
Herbart imprisoned the restless
limbs of the child upon the bench of
the schoolroom. Froebeps pupil was
ever active, yer moving, ever EN-
ploying all his five senses instead OF
only hearing. His limbs ached from
exercise and not from want Of it. His
feet dangled from a rock in the
streamlet and not from the wooden
bench Of the school room. Froebel
taught that while the physical organs
are growing Sc fast there is no per-
ceptible development of the mind, and
that the early training of the child
must therefore lie of the senses (prln-
cipally at least through the senses.
Herbart sought to impart directly to
the mind. Froebel taught tho the
medium of the senses, the most active
part of the child organism.
Says he, "Physicial impressions are
the only possible mediums for awaken
ing the child's mind"
With his little group of children
Froebel practiced every M of his
theories; further they are being prac-
ticed all over the world. Herbart did
not depart from old methods far
enough to arouse any opposition, and
so OF course is known today only as an
improver of educational systems. His
greatest theory was that the periods in
the chlld's life correspond to the
epochs in the history Of the human
race. AS the first epoch of the human
race was the mythical age, Herbart,
consistent with his philosophy, crowd
ed and into the infant mind floods of
Grecian and Oriental myths.
Froebel, in speaking of this theory
asks "Can the child, who is only "a
bunch of senses, see the fairies, Or
hear them talk; can he act ont the
ridiculous, unnatural tragedies of
Grecian myths, or, if he could, should
he?" The million ojects of interest in
nature he can see, feel. hear and taste,
and use. Why take imaginary
flights to a mythical wonderland when
the child's feet step upon wondres, his
ears hear wonders and his eyes see
wonders.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21

Henry Bolln, ex~-treasurer Of Omaha,
received q sentence Of nineteen years
in the ~penitentiary and d fine Of $2I1,-
900 last Saturday, for the embazz.e-
ment of $105,5 500 from the city of
Omaha. Judge Baker gave the SEN
tence. A few more sentences like
this will deprive the crime of embezzle-
ment of its chief attraction the prob
ability of escape with a light sentence
If convicted.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21

The action of Judge Weslover in
dealing with cattle thieves will have a
tendency to check the practice of al
lowing the love of beef or lucre to
tempt the otherwise honest citizen to
rustic his neighbours stock. Horses
are too cheap to pay for the trouble of
stealing, and if a few more cattle
thieves are sent to Lincoln the bust
ness will fall into ~disrepute.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21
He NATIOVAL C0VVEN7ION

THE NATIOTAL CONTENTION!
The democratic national conventions
will be composed CT 900 delegates from.
81 states and territories. Thirteen
state conventions have already been
held and 288 delegates elected, of
which number 166 are for sound mon
ey or gold standard and 1872 for free
silver or silver recommendation. There
is much speculation as to the probable
strength of contending factions at the
Chicago convention, and with a view
to enllghtening it's readers The Dem.
oCRAT gives below what it considers a
conservative estimate.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21

Armenia and Turkey seem to have
vanished from the face Of the earth
and all that remains to remind us of
the atrocities committed in the former
country is an unpleasant memory OF
our lack of action and apparent dis.
inclination to assist the poor Christians
OF that faraway land.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21

TIranklin Sentinel, of thisgtate,
has disc0Ve<ea and given to a vliting
world the true Mckinley platfdm on
the money question which viii be
adopted at st. Louis June L.. Here
it is:
That every w~hidhness of the why
ness should be equal to and inter
changeable with every phase of the
whatness; therefore we demand that
every American whers ~foreness of the
whichness shall be equal in value tc
every whenceness of the whatsoever
ness Of the whole civilized world.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21
At great q New York name,

At great expense a New York paper
secured a cablegram from Mrs. Nan
sen saying: "Nyheden overmaade loes
nogle autoriteter antager nogel tilgrun
andre tvioler oprindelig keide stea
vides like deFfor heller intet ON hoor
fran sbUlG& yaefe eIler yentes." This
clear a2d explicit statement. we be-
ifeve, should prove entirely satisfactory
to gil %concernes
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-05-21
Saved a Thousand Lives,

To have saved yer 1000 lives is !.
somewhat unique experience. This
record belongs to Capt. Weiss, OF the
steamship Belgian King. to whom a
presentation was made IL Newcastle.
England. recently. Ithas been his good
luck TO pick up several yesSais In dis
tress at sea. intending the Liner Pal
n'yra. With $50 people On boardSpe
troit Free Press.