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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27

One Of the strange things about the
collecting" habit is that which some
book collectors have of gathering all
the editions of the Bible rendered rare
or curious by misprints or errors due
to imperfect translation. There are
said to be nearly hundred such Bibles.
Among them are the "breeches" Bible,
in which our first parents are repre-
sented as sewing fig leaves together to
make themselves "breeches;" the win
'egar" Bible, wherein that word is SUBJ
stituted for vineyard in the parable;
the 'placemakers' Bible, where that
word takes the place of peacemaker;
the wicked Bible, which omits mot"
from the seventh commandment, and
the bug Bible, in which we find this
phrase in the ninety-first psalm: 'Thou
shalt not need to be afraid for any
bugges by night This in reality does
not mean insects, as at first supposed,
but bogies, or terror, as it was later
translated This edition, which is mem
orable for more than the modern mis-
conception of the word referred to, was
first printed in 1549 at Antwerp and
reissued in 1851. Another curious
thing is the sixteenth century idea of
family discipline eXemplified in the
translation of the first epistle of st.
Peter: 'And if she (the wife) be not
obedient and helpful unto him (the hus
band) endeavoreth to beat the fear Of
God into her head, that thereby she
may be compelled to learn her duty
and to do it,
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27

autograph fiend is always there in force,
and the bric-a-brac hunter is omnipresent.
One hour is given up TO this class OF call
ers, and at 1 o'clock the President goes
to lunch with his wife. One hour is CIV
en- to lunch and to family gossip, then he
goes back TO his desk.
At o'clock promptly he filings care and
business aside and goes out for an hour.
Sometimes he walks, sometimes he rides
a horse, sometimes goes in carriage. On
returning the President glances over the
daily papers and rests until dinner time.
Dinner is served at o'clock promptly, and
the President dons evening dress for it.
He often invites friends to this meal in
formally, and it is very seldom indeed that
the President and his wife sit down to a
meal by themselves. After dinner, if
there are men to entertain, the President
takes them into the little room off the hall,
where they smoke and tell stories.
There's No Let-up.
In the evening there is very often music
at the White House, and music of the
best character, and there are always call
ers. 1t would seem as though public men
might respect the evenings of the Presi-
dent and leave him to his family, unless
specially invited, but they don't. They
invade his home life, and talk consulships,
secretaries, ministers. revenue collectors,
appraisers. commissioners, and so on
through the list, till 10 O'Clock or after,
when they go and leave the President to
go to his Office to look at the bushel of
kilograms the two bushels of letters. the
half ton of documents to sign, all Of
which must be cleaned up before he goes
to bed, else one days work would soon
cover another, and he would never get
through. BY the time the last paper is at
tended to the President is as tired as
though he had been working in the har-
vest field all day.
Three days in the week he gives an hour
to shaking hands with the general public
in the East room. This time is 3 O'Clock
and it is a motley assembly that greets his
eyes. There are old men and young ones
old women and young ones, all colors
classes and conditions of humanity and
little children make a large contingent
Two days a week are given over to cab
met meetings, from II to l, and it is then
that affairs of national Importance are
considered. These days are particularly
hard upon the President because he must
consider conflicting interests and harmon
ize them, he must keep his finger on the
pulse of the people through all Ills cab
met officials. and decide firmly and wise
ly the questions that are brought to him.
All this work is crowded upon the Pres
ident, and he has one state dinner week,
to say nothing of the dinners he must at
tend, the state receptions and other So
ciety functions which demand the time
and presence of the President; with bills
of Congress to read and sign, and mes
sages to write. it will be seen that the
man who digs cellars has much the best of
it as to time; he works eight, and the
President nearer eighteen hours of the
twenty-four.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27
TelepraDhic Breyities.

The president of the British Iron and
Steel Institute. in his annual address. cali
ed attention to the remarkable growth of
American competition.
The Agricultural Department has sent
out 10000 pounds of beet seed to farmers
in various parts of the country and the
supply is now exhausted.
Cardinal Camille Siciliano di Rendi,
archbishop of Benevento. is dead at
Rome He was born in 1S47. and re-
ceived the red hat in 1887.
The Spanish Government has made an
other loan of $50.00O.000 from the Bank
of Spain to pay troops in Cuba. Foreign
financiers refused to lend.
President Errazuris of Chill and the
Chilian minister to Rio. Janeiro declare
that though the Chilian populace wants
war with Argentina. the better. classes in
Chill are opposed to if.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27
The New York Sun states that.

The New York Sun states that: A
new appointment has been made from
Waterford to the chair of professor of
Gaelic in Maynooth College, Ireland.
The new appointee is member of the
Gaelic League Of Dublin, and was the
first editor Of the Archaeological Journal
of Waterford. The opinion is very
general that Gaelic is an extinct lam
guage, or one nearly extinct, and the
1abors of the Gaelic Society in New
York to revive its use have lent some
color to that opinion. Nevertheless, as
figures show, the Gaelic tongue is most
tenacious, and, according to the last
reports. is spoken, though not exclu-
sively, by 100000 persons in the Brit
fish ISles-600,0 900 in Ireland. 35O, 1000 in
Wales. and 100000 in Scotland.
Though English is the official language
of all these countries, the popularity
of English increases slowly despite the
disadvantage under which those who
use Gaelic labor, that OF having no es-
tablished grammar and no recognition
I'm an official way. Gaelic fulfilis the
colloquial requirements Of the farmers
and fishermen in the counties remote
from the large cities. somewhat as ibe
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27

his head, he beheld swiftly moving train
approaching, the ties beneath his feet
quiverlng as the engine thundered on to
the trestlework.
Escape seemed impossible, and for a
second the boy was stricken with the ter
ror of impending death. Acting upon sud-
den impulse, however, he threw himself
fiat upon the ends of the ties outside the
rails and clung desperately to the pro-
Jecting timber. The whole bridge vibrat
ed as the train sped on it's way, but the
child clung to his position until the last
car had passed. Spectators of the incl
dent were Mortified at the boys peril, for
the projecting gear of the car axles almost
brushed his back as he lay upon the ties.
The danger passed, they came to his as
sistance and led him in triumph to his
homo
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27
The Greatest Mnrderess

Aqua Tofano, the poisoner, who lived
In the latter part of the seventeenth
and beginning of the eighteenth CEN
turles, was probably the greatest mur-
deress the world has ever known. It is
estimated her victims numbered near-
ly 900. mostly men. The poison was q.
coiorless liquid. devoid of taste. and.
put up In small bottles bearing the i'm.
age OF st. Nicholas, a martyr. who is
SAID to have been boiled in oil. The
Illness produced by the poison resem-
DIED cholera. Among the noted VIC
tims was Pope Clement XIV. In 1000
the arch-poisoner was arrested. and II
was given out that she had been serro+-
~ strangled, but some historians insist
that she lived until the year 1870 tba
Naples authorities making good use of
her abilities as a poison-maker
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27

Herr Altwald, member Of the Ger
man Reichstag, was an interested and
enthusiastic visitor to the pig-sticking
establishments in Kansas City, Mo-,
the other day. But when he looked
into the Government offices and saw a
number Of young women examining
with microscopes pork which was to be
exported to Germany, he grew strange
ly silent, and evidently thought that
some sort Of joke was being played
on him
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27
BOYS PLUCK SAVES HIS LIFE

Fred Lawson. Five Years Old, C1inss
to the Ties of Railroad TrestIe.
Fred Lawson. years old, the son of a
resident Of Edgewater Park, ILL.,, was
crossing the Northern Pacific railroad
bridge at that point the other day when
the sharp whistle of an express train caus-
ed him to stop short in alarm Turning
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27

Basque language continues to be popu-
lar in the northern provinces of Spain.
In this country Gaelic has made little
headway, though many patriotic Irish
men have by various methods en-
deavored to acquaint others less patri-
otic with It's advantages. While the
use of most European languages has
about doubled in seventy-fve years,
five times as many persons speak Eng,
lish as did in 1920.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27
WRECKED BY BANK PRESIDENT.


Reports Received at Washington on
the Logansport Failure.
Reports received at the Treasury De-
partment tend to show that the failure
of the State National Bank at Logans-
port, Ind. was caused by the dishonesty
of John f. Johnson, the president of the
institution, who, it is claimed. appropri-
ated not only the capital stock of the
bank. 100000, but also the undivided
profits, amounting to 100000 more. and
falsified the records so that the extent
of his peculations cannot be determined
at present. The bank examiner in charge
believes that 100000 can be realized for
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27
A baltimore minister has declared

A Baltimore minister has declared
that all ministers who are spiritually
alive must denounce from their pulpits
dancing, card-playing, theater-going
and bicycle riding. This pastor is evil
dently panied at the sight of seeing 9th
ers happy. We think it was Macaulay
who said that the puritans abolished
bear-baiting in England, not because
it hurt the bears, but because it gave
pleasure to the spectators.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27

Prof. Arlo Bates, of the Institute Of
Technology, addressing the grammar
school teachers in Boston Friday, ex-
pressed solid truth when he said 'Ethe
literature best for adults is the litera-
ture best for children" This is just
being rediscovered, says the Springfield
Republican. The old school readers
were all made up of masterpieces of
literature
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27
Ihe Valrrfi,,e Aemorraf
ROBERT GOOD, Editor and Prop.

The announcement or stamp coIIec-
tor that he has for sale about $4,000
worth Of the original unused issue Of
the Columbian So stamps at $1.75 each
looks as if Uncle Sam had got the bet
ter Of this little speculation.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27

Women are going ahead in France.
The Minister of Fine Arts has submit
ted to the Chamber of Deputies pro-
posal to admit women on terms OF
equality with men to the Beaux Arts,
as they are already admitted to the
Sorbonne and to the law and medical
schools
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27

The Alabama statesman who mas
brought in a bill forbidding women to
wear any article resembling masculine
clothing, including bloomers, tights, di-
vided skirts and shirt waists, is rather
an iconoclast than an old fogy, so much
have times and fashions changed.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27

John Sherman as a Business Man
This is a business mans admins
tratiOn, and John Sherman is a busi-
ness man. He has been very fortu-
nate, or very Skillful, in his business
ventures. The only unsuccessful one
which is recorded of him was away
back IN the early days of Ohio. when
he was boy of fifteen. He had bean
working with party of SURVEYORS dur-
ing the summer and when winter came
on ne TOOK 1t into his head to 90 and
see his brother Sampson, who was at
work ON a Cincinnati paper. He had
not much money, a failing common To
most heroes in their youthful DAYS. and
as means of paying for the trim he
bought a barge and loaded it I'D with
barrels of salt and apples. thinkingt
that before the river froZe over he
would get to Cincinnati and sell his
san and his apples at a good price.
salt was dear in those days. and the
price went up like a rocket after tho
river froze, so that if young Sherman
mad reached Cincinnati before tho 9th
er boats were detained by the ica no
"ould nave realized several hundrad
per cent. on his investment. Rut no
didn't. He got caught in the ice and
had TO wait for the January thaw so
that when he and his salt reached Gin
cinnatl the price of the latter was av-av
doWn and the cargo sold at a loss or
SlO0. One of his fathers friends how
ever, seemed much pleased with voung
sherman, expressing the opinion that
II the boy had the pluck and tba nor
severence to go into such an enterprise
and carry it out it did not so much mat
ter whether he made anything on if or
not. In this he was probably right
But for a long time after that. when
he seemed to be embarking in some
wildcat scheme, the family would re-
mark: John, that is one of your salt
speculations. s.'-Washington Cani+a1
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27
DAY WITH M'KINLEY.
PRESIDENTS BUSY LIFE IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
One Day Would Make Many a Man
Crazy-Every Moment of His Time
Occupied-Has Less Time than He
Who Digs Sewers.
Leads a Busy Life.
Washington correspondence:

Washington correspondence:
The Office of the President of the United
States is no sinecure. 1t is one of the
hardest in the gift of the nation to fill, as
a sample day lived by President McKin-
ley will suffice to show.
President Mckinley rises at Z o'clock
and breakfasts with his family at $50.
For half an hour after breakfast he
lounges around with the family a half
hour which is probably the pleasantest of
all the day. By 10 o'clock the President
gets into his Office. His special mail is
all laid out fer him to glance over. Here
is where the secretary of the President,
Mr.. Porter, gets in his fine work. He
gets to his desk at least an hour before
the President, and, with the stenOgrapher,
goes through the three or four hundred
letters IL at are the advance guard of the
avalanche that comes during the day. The
President does not see much of that mail,
however. 1t is carefully culled, applica-
tons for Office going into the proper bu-
reau, political TRADES into the waste bas-
ket; begging letters, crank letters and let
ters Of unsolicited advice are all consign-
ed to the same cavernOus NAV, which
yawns for them handily. 1t would doubt
less astonish the writer's of this class of
letters to know that the President never
sees one of them. In the nature of things
he could not, because life is short and time
is feeting.
The Raid of Visitors.
From among the hundreds, YES thou
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27
Argentina Growing.

Argentina's population. according tc
the census recently taken. is 4,O90, 600
nearly double its population In 1869
the date of the first census. The city
OF Bnenos Ayres has 663,S5O ipbabi
tantS.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27
DANGERS FROM GAS.
It's Poisonous Nature Should Be Mors
Generally Known.

OCnGGally
Gas for heating or lighting is known
to almost everybody who inhabits or
visits large towns or cities, but 1t is not
as generally known as it should be that
gas Is sometimes very poisonous.
Natural gas" derived very much as
well-water is, from natural subterra-
mean reservoirs, though not good to
breathe is not especially poisonous. The
same is true of gas derived from oil,
including gasoline, and also OF that
common variety of Illuminating gas
made by simply distilling soft coal, and
known as ''cOal gas"
But there is another common kind.
called water gas" which is exceeding
ly poisonous. This is made by passing
water-vapor (steam) over hard coal,
previously raised to a white heat. In.
this case the white-hot coal (carbon)i
first decomposes the steam (water) into
it's elements (oxygen and hydrogen, and
then unites with one of them Oxygen
to form a deadly gas known as car
bonic oxide.
When coal is burned in a stove with
an abundant air supply it unites freely
with the oxygen of the air to form car
bon dioxide, or carbOnic acid gas But
if the air supply is for any reason in
sufficient the far more poisonous gas,
carbopic oxide, may be formed instead;
and we read occasionally of cases Of
poisoning from this '.coal gas" which
has escaped from stoves. This form OF
coal gas is not an illuminating gas
and is really more like the water gas
than it is like the ''cOal gas" above de-
scribed 1t Is formed only accidental
ly; never, like the other gas of the
same name, Intentionally or for sale.
1t can be avoided in stoves and fur
naces by making sure that the draughts
are good and the air supply abundant
The important dangerous substance
in all these gases is the carbonic OK
ide, which has a peculiar action on the
red blood-cells of the animal body. II
is the duty of these red cells to carry
oxygen from the air to every nook and,
corner Of the body. Carbonic oxide.
turns out the oxygen within the cells,
sells in its stead. But carbonic oxide
cannot feed the tissues, and so a kind
of internal suffocation takes place lead
ing, If continued, to the death and de-
struction of the body.
The most remarkable eases of gas
poisoning are those in which persous
in houses not supplied with gas have
been found dead or dying; the gas
which killed them having worked it's
way from leaky main in the street
into the cellar, and thence upward
through the house. 1t is also believed
by physicians that many headaches
and other ailments of obscure origin
are due to small and unnoticed leaks
Of gas long continued
SO long as any kind of gas remains in
the pipes, or is completely burned on
it's escape from burner, it can do no
harm; but unburned gas, whether from
leaky pipes in the house or street. or
from defective fixtures, or escaping
from burner after the flame has been
accidentally or Intentionally blown
OUT is exceedingly dangerous to hu-
man life.-Youth's Companion.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27

IN breaking himself of bad habit y
man usually accumulates tie bad habit
OF boasting about it. Ar
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27
Lepions of Ofice-seekers.

Among the walters will be found as
pirantS for foreign consulships and the
under Offices. those who are seeking pre-
ferment in this country. and those who
come to give timely protest against cer-
tain appointments. Each xnd every one
of them has an ak to grind and they use
the Presidents nerves for a grindstone
This Senator has a candidate for berth
abroad, and he rings the changes on his
right to have this appointment, day in
and day out. day after day. while his col
league. who is at his heels. urges some
other man with just as much persstency
for the very same place. Here is a po-
litical boss who wants to place one
of his lieutenants in political work He
talks and argues and all but tries to brow
beat the President into appointing the
ward heeler. There is an all-around good
fellow. who has friends everywhere. to
all of whom he feels under obligation.
and he comes in with pockets and hands
filled with recommendation for half
dozen or more. He urges the claims of
each. and in effect tells the President
that his place in the House or Senate. as
the case may be. depends upon his getting
hours this sort of thing keeps up, the
President listening. always listening. new
er talking much, except to ask a few point
ed questions, and then at noon the com
mon herd is run through into the secre-
taryS room, and from there is cut out in
punches and corraled in the Presidents
room, where he gives few moments to
each. This is perhaps the most trying
hour of all.
Among the cranks who slip in at such
times are women who are Shaving them
selves to death to pay off the mortgage on
the homestead so they inform the Presi-
dent. and they haYe come to him, as he is
rich, because he draws such an enormous
salary, and ask him to give them hun
dred dollars, or fifty, or five. as the case
may be, toward that desirable end. Others
want him TO indorse notes for them. The
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27

perhaps a dozen or two are found worthy
Of his special attention, and these are on
his desk for his perusal. He also finds
a lot of docsments ready for his signature
These disposed of, he talks for a few mo-
ments with the private secretary about
the business of the day, and by that time
the great American public is clamoring
to be turned in on him. At 10 o'clock the
raid begins. The waiting room is study
at this time. There are legless and arm
less veterans. in faded blouse of blue"
and in the nattiest of spring attire, but
the bit of bronze button on the lapel of
each is often associated with tiny knot
of ribbon, which means a medal of hon
or man. There are cranks who have
inventions that they want the President
to see and recommend. There are other
cranks who have presents for the Presi-
dent, which they desire to present in per-
son. There are myriads of curious peo-
pie who want to shake hands with the
President in his own office, instead of
performing that ceremony down stairs in
the East room. as they would have an OPP
portunity to do each afternoon. The
women have schemes all their own. 1t
is not often that they are after Office.
though some women who want postotfices
prejudice their chances by coming to make
a special plea of the President, because
they are women" Many of them have
sons whom they want appointed to cadet
ships at West Point or Annapolis. Doz-
ems of them have schemes for raising
money. which they are sure will go like
hot cakes if the President will just in
dorse them. Others work the charity
racket. They have concerts, or fairs. or
plays. or something equally as frivolous,
which they desire the President and his
wife to patron" with their names
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-05-27
The Raid of Visitors,

From among the hundreds, yes, thou
sands, of letters that come to the White
House bearing the name of the President,