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The San Francisco call., 1897-09-12
Park Music To-Day.
yiolatinp the Game Laws.

Fish and Game Warden Mogan secured q
warrant in Judge Conlan's court yesterday for
the arrest OF "John Doe" Mitchell COM
m ission merchant at $40 Wash ingion street
for violating the game iaws. Nosan seized a
sack OF quail on Mitchelps premises.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-12
BARRELS OF MONEY.
The Interior Commercial Banks Are
All in q Prosperous Condi-
tion

The Bank Commissioners have issued a
report showing the condition OF the 157
comm ercial banks in the interior for the
month OF July last. The report is as fol.
lows:
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-12
ADVOCATES THE ELECTION OF
STATE EOUALIZERS AT LARGE.
The Next Legislature Will Be Asked to
Submit a Constitutional Amend
ment to the Voters for
Ratification.

covers were destroyed. The smell attracted
the attention of the prison-keepers, and the
hose was quickly turned on the burning stun
and the flames were exunguished.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-12

is ia Bile to be deceived by artful people
and thus deprived of hi. property.
Very little is known of Witbeck in this
City, except that he is a wealthy citizen of
Chlcago, ms annuity representing only
that part of his estate which needs the
immediate attention of uardian.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-12

recommend and most heart
lily indOrse the position taken
by THE CALL in advocating
that the members Of the State
Board of Equalization he
elected by the State at large in
stead OF by districts, as is the
case now.
The State Board of Equaliza-
ton IL called upon TO equaIize
the assessments of the state.
In my Judgment, the board
under the present law IL sec
1iOnaI in character. This is
wrong.
At the next session of the Leg
iSIature 4 shall recommend d
that an amendment 10 the con-
stiIutiOn be submitted to the
electors OF the State at the cleo
tiOn nfOlIOwing,sa sal d am endn nj
changing the present law. per-
nitting the electors Of the en-
tire State 10 decide who their
EquaIizers shall be.
believe this Is right. be-
ieVe III just.-GOverner James
HI. Budd i'm an interview.
The State Board of Equalization has re-
duced from 10 10 Is per cent the assess
ments on nearly all the important coun-
ties in the ate, but has slgDaly failed to
reduce the assessment on San Francisco.
q county which contributes largely TO the
running expenses of the State.
Two mem bers OF the State Board OF
EquaIlzatlon-Mr. Beamer and Mr.. More
house-faVored raising the assessment of
San Francisco. Mr.. Beamer 20 per cent
and Mr.. Morehouse %. Such action, il
adopted, would have worked irrepara bic
wrong to the taxpayers of This City, who
ieeI heavily the present assessment, know
IN that 1t Is excessive. Mr.. Beamer and
Mr.. Morehouse were thwarted in their
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-12

Pockets in ladies' dresses first appeared
In England during the reign of Ed
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17

A st. Louis man with a picturesque
name, who is at the head of a million
aire dry goods firm I'm that city and Is
also president of the Sunday School
Teachers Union there, has been ar
rested in New York ON the charge Of
trying to Smuggle diamonds. When he
landed from the steamer $4,000 worth
Of the gems were found concealed in a
belt around his waist He indignantly
denies that he intended to Smuggle and
SAYS that the diamonds were intended
as presents for the members of the;
Sunday School Teachers Union. He
and a companion had declared that
they had but S25 worth of dutiable
goods ON their persons. His partner at,
home says that someone will pay dear
ly for the outrage, meaning the arrest.
and that If the arrested man had dutia
BILE goods he was ignorant Of that fact.
Here is man who imports many thou
sands of dollars worth OF goods every
year, and who probably knows the
schedule almost by heart, trying to
evade the law and setting up the plea
Of ignorance when detected. What sort
Of an example is this for a respected
man to give the public? What would he
do to one Of his clerks whom he caught
taking goods from the store at less
than the regular rate or below cost!
What will he say to the members of
the Sunday School Teachers Union?
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17
Political Notes.

With rigid economy in all the depart
| mentS of the government there will no
longer exist a necessity to tax the peO-
pie out of their boots.
In the meantime it will be noticed
that Senator HOar's conundrum has
not been answered: Is the United
States Senate a circus?
Mir. HOar says the United States
Senate is degenerating. What the Uni
ted States Senate is saying about Mr.
HOar has not yet assumed form fit tC
print.
The clash of interests between the
Americans who have lumber invest
ments in Canada and Americans whose
lumber interests are all on this side of
the border places the tariff robbers in
an awkward position.
Thirty thousand tailors on strike in
New York City means over a hundred
thousand people in danger of starva-
ton. How far would the $4,000 voted
by Congress to aid the 500 starving
Cuban-Americans go in helping the un-
fortunates in New York?
Despite the higher wages in this
country the labor cost Of making a ton
of steel rails. billets or bars is less in
this than in any other country in the
world. And what is true of steel and
iron is true of many other products on
which the protection mendicants Insist
a prohibtive tariff shall be laid.
Perhaps you have noticed that the
papers that howl loudest about foreign
discrimination against American pro-
ducts are the papers that are most en-
phatic in their demands for tariff dis
criminatiOn against foreign goods. In
their case that which is sauce for the
goose becomes quinine and aIoes for
the gander
If the sugar or any other trust has
been regularly debauching the politics
of the country, the Senate several of
whose members have been accused of
helping in the dirty work. ought GER
tafnly not to drop this matter until if
has satisfied the public of at least it's
honest desire to purge itself of the
charge of deserving the contempt of
the nation.
Dingley's claim that his tariff bill
was intended to increase the revenue
was so palpably false that even the
Republicans of the Senate Finance
Committee We're compelled to expose
it and to offer 500 amendments to pre-
vent the government from going into
show that the Dingley bill is intended
to increase the revenue. but not the
revenue OF the government.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17

The most practical work Of providing
cheap and good city and suburban
homes for people of moderate means is
that undertaken by the City and Sub
urban Home Company of New York
City, the annual report Of which has
just been made. This organization,
which is member of the united char
tiles of the metropolis, is backed by
some Of the largest capitalists of the
place. 1t is not a philanthropic insti-
tuition, but proposes to provide these
homes at rates at once satisfactory to
the workmen and to the man who in.
vests his money. 1t is no visionary,
utopian scheme, but one which has
been thought out by practical business
men, assisted by the experience Of SIM
liar plans abroad. The stock of the
company, or at least the first issue Of
it, amounting to S1,000.000. has all been
placed since December of last year.
and it is good to know that the greater
part Of it has been taken by small in
vestors. The shares are $40 each, and
out Of the 80 shareholders 800 own
ten shares or less. Three building
sites have already been purchased and
work has been begun upon one of
these. 1t will contain 275 apartments
of either two, three or four rooms each
and five stores. These homes will be
sold to people Of moderate incomes upon
the monthly payment plan, an interest
rate Of 6 per cent. being charged on
deferred payments and life insur-
ance, the whole amounting to a little
more than is charged for ordinary rent
ais for similar places. The second site
is also in the city, but the third is in the
suburbs. The apartments will be mod
ern in every respect, and will be con-
structed with especial relation to the
best sanitary conditions of city life 1t
will be but a short time before other
cities will have to take up this problem,
and the experience Of New York will
therefore be watched with more than
the usual interest.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17
Have the Lantern Ready.

A good lantern should be considered
Indispensable on the farm. 1t should be
kept in perfect order, ready for quick
use, should an emergency require it's
use. 1t should have a certain place
where It should be kept when not in
use, and never should be set aside from
its regular place of storing for any rea-
son when not in use
If anything happens at the stables,
or there is an alarm at the hen house.
at night the lantern Will be The first
thing needed If it is in its place, ev-
cry member Of the family knowing
where It is, it can soon be ready.
Quick Investigation is therefore a
mere matter of form under such con-
ditions. II would be very different.
however, where a mere haphazard
method of caring for the lantern was
observed. An alarm comes; John has
heard a great commOtion among the
poultry. He hastens for the lantern;
no one knows where it is. Tom had
seen it somewhere, and thought the
governor had used it last. After five
or ten minutes it is found. with no oil
in it, and then there is 4 hunt for the
oil can By the time the lantern is in
readiness for Use. no knowing what
damage this unnecessary delay may
have cost
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17

Greece would have esteemed 1t a pr1vi-
iege to die npon the field leading their
troops rather than to retreat even be-
fore superior force. But the sons or
King George are evidently not made OF
that stuff Not only has Constantine
behaved with poltroonry, but his broth
er Nicholas, if reports do not belle
him, also acted with singular cowar-
dice. During the fight at Dokomis he
remained in a house and watched the
conflict from window, and when his
troops were at last forced to retreat, he
led them, as usual, in a carriage. The
house Of Denmark may not be descend
ed from vikings, but it would seem as
if tradition might count for something
with its princes. If Leonidas in the
shades can communicate with any Of
those old northmen they must weep
bitter tears.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17
A Railroad Above the Clouds.

There are several places in the world
where the iron horse actually climbs
up mountain sides to spots which are
situated far above the clouds. In Peru
they have built a railway over one of
the most elevated ribs of the Andes,
and in Switzerland the steam engine
snorts and puffs around and up the
sides of peaks where it was formerly
considered hazardous for q Sure-foOted
Alpine climber to attempt 10 worm his
way.
The engineers Of the United States
have been equally as enterpr.sing as
those of Europe and the Spanish-Ee-
publcS of South America They have
proven that there is no mountain too
broad to be tunneled or too high for
them to send Il locomotive TO the sum-
NIT. The plateau ON the top of Pixies
Peak was once thought to BE- almost as
inaccessible TO human beings as are
the canals of Mars to mundane naviga-
tors. To-day all is changed. Since 1891
the locomotive has made its regular
trips UP the sides of the Pride of the
Rockies" seemingly doing it with as
much ease as the regular makes the
journey from the Union station at
KirkwOOd
At one time the Pixies Peak "cOg''
was the most elevated railroad in the
world, its upper terminus being at a
spot 14,147 feet above the beach line
at Galveston, Texas. Since the Peru
Wan railway, mentioned above. was
built, the Pixies Peak "eievated'' takes
a back seat 1t is still a wonder in
engineering, however. being nine miles
hong (high), and having several grades
Of % per cent. The engines used on
this queer railroad weigh forty tons. ;
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17

ent who We're soliciting orders from the
foreigners, who also were present, We're
impatient because Congress was so
slow in passing it.
The foreign guests must have thought
our professional friends of commerce
were a strange lot. If they have any
grasp ON economic truths what must
they have thought of this from the
President of the United States, "Amer-
lean energy has not been destroyed by
the storms of the past. 1t will yet tri-
umph through wise and beneficient leg
islation," meaning tariff legislation, Of
course?
What must intelligent foreign guests
have thought of this assumption that
American energy is dependent for sue
cess upon an act of Congress putting
taxes on foreign products? What must
they have thought of the energy which
has to be protected against foreign
competition by duties running UP as
high as 100 per cent. and in some cases
higher? What must they have thought
of American enlightenment when they
heard the President of the great repub-
lie expressing such superstitious belief
in the magic efficacy of such q fetch as
a bundle of high taxes ON imports p
Chicago Chronicle
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17
To Promote Trade by Strarcling.

Mckinley went to Philadelphia the
other day to pronounce his benediction
upon what purports to be a movement
for the promotion of commerce be-
tween the United States and other
countries.
How much his heart is in any gen
uine movement of that kind appears
from his speech at the big banquet i'll
the evening He told the Philadelphians
that it would do them no good to grum-
bic because a new law to make show
ers of prosperity fall was not passed in
a day. And he went on to say: -
tariff law half made is of no practical
use except to indicate that in Il little
while a whole tariff law will be done,
and it is making progress. 1t is reach
ing the end, and when the end comes
industrial activity"
This was fine talk. surely, at a gath
ering ostensibly assembled in the in
terest of foreign commerce Every body
present knew that the pending bill is
framed from beginning to end not to
promote commerce, but to restrict 1t.
Everybody knew that it was hostile to
trade even with those countries for
whose custom the Philadelphians were
bidding. and that with its high duties
on wool and hides it was admirably cal
culated to repel the foreign guests Of
honor at the banquet.
Yet the President fully indorsed this
g, md hn
assumed that the Philadelphians pres
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17
THE LOVELY CZARINA.
She Is the Most Charming Sovereign
Lady in All Christendom.


''They are good, honest people" was
the comment recently made by a dis
tinguiShed member of the Society Of
st. Petersburg, concerning his young
Emperor and Empress. 1t is a strange
compliment to be addressed to people
of their rank. Yet it serves to portray
them as they are and to convey the
impression which Nicholas and his
lovely wife produce upon all those With
whom they are brought into contact.
Sincerity and absence of affectatiOu are
even still more rare at the courts Of
the old world than they are in modern
society. Indeed, court life is made uD
to a great degree of shams and artifi-
ciality. When, therefore. one finds
people there who are entirely natural
and thoroughly sincere, it is like a sort
of bright and cheering sunshine pierre
ing through the haze and fog.
This sincerity ON the part of the
young couple is in great measure due
to the influence of the CZarina, who
may be said to have inherited all the
many qualities not only of her lament
ed mother, the late Grand Duchess
Alice of Hesse, but likewise of her
venerable grandmother. Queen Victo-
ria. The Czarina lost her mOther-the
most brilliant. attractive and popular
of all British princeSSeS-at q very
early age, and from that time forth her
English relatives took charge of her;
her aunts, Princess Beatrice and the
Empress Frederick, and her cousins,
PrinceSSes Maud and Victoria Of
Wales, being especially devoted to fqr.
But the ONE who most fully assumed
the place of her mother was good old
Queen Victoria herself, and it was to
her that Sunny (the pet name by
which the CZarina used to be known
among her relatives turned FOR counsel
when hesitating between her love for
Nicholas on the one hand and her re-
luctance to abandon the faith in which
she had been reared ON the other. The
advice which Queen Victoria gave her
is best shown by the fSct that the mar
riage took place.
What is 50 winning about the Gar
ina is her estgerness to please, the man
ifest delicacy Of her sentiments, the
innocence of a mind that is far above
the average in the quality Of its intel
lect, and last, but not least. the lovely
face, exquisite figure and perfect car
riage, all of which contribute to make
her the most charming sovereign lady
in Christendom. ...
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17

The incident in the Spanish Cortes in
which the Duke of Tetuan boxed the
ear. Of Senator Comas, and which was
followed by the former resigning from,
the Ministry, now has a sequel in the
withdrawal Of the resignation. 1t is
also said that no duel Will follow. the
affair having been arranged. The
Spanish sense of honor is certainly not
what it once was or this commonplace
ending would be impossible But then
again, a liberal Senator may consider
It a privilege to have his ears boxed
by a duke.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17
The Way 1t Is Done.

From the way the Senate is proceed
ing with the new tariff bill it is easy
to see that the difficulties which have
arisen between the rival mOnopOlies
and trusts that contributed to McKin-
ley'S election will be smOothed oue not
by free and open discussion. but
through secret conferences and dick
ers. The clashing claims for ''recogiH-
ton" will be harmoniZed ION the dead
quiet and a public scandal will be
avoided.
Every interest that contributed It's
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17
Medical science in Enrone has

Medical science in Europe has discov.
cred that certain forms OF bronchial
pneumonia and of tuberculosis are di
rectly communicable by means of par
rots, the bird being subject to both
these diseases. In Genoa eight persons
out of fourteen stricken with the bron
chial pneumonia died. and in every in.
stance the disease was traced to sicb
parrots In the stricken families. The
ailment is called psittacosis and is he.
redltary in the birds.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17
An Eccentric Novelty.

The early muffs We're small and made
of satin or velvet, lined with fur; the
leopard skin came in with Queen Anne.
There is a print of an Elizabethan lady
with & small mutf hanging from her
girdle; before this date it was probably
looked upon as an eccentric novelty.
at least in England. A full century be-
fore, Venetian grande dame had car
red her lapdog in her muff; a fashion
that continued for long season. and
found it's way into France. In Paris
muffs were made for this express pur-
pose. French sumptuary laws conde-
scended to notice such minor details as
the color of a muff. The bourgeois
was obliged to restrict himself to SOM
Der black: the noble might please him
self. Under Louis NV. therefore, the
manchon of the courtier was brilliant
with gold lace and embroidered rib
hons
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17
Not the Same Thing

A man who is fortunate enough to
grow old slowly, is apt to be disagree
ably surprised when he encounters any
of his less fortunate friends 1t is re-
lated of Emile Augier. a French au-
thor, whose statue was recently dedi-
Gated in Paris, that on public occa-
sion an old, bent, broken man seized
his hand. and exclaimed: why. how
are you, old fellow?' Augier, who
showed very little effect of advancing
years, seemed somewhat taken aback.
why, don't you know me. old boy:
We were classmates Augier greeted
him affectionately. and then went on.
remarking to other friends who were
present: We'll, | knew that man was
just my age but didn't dream 1 was
his!''
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17
The national Woman's Christian

The national Woman'S Christian
Temperance Union is taking steps with
the aid Of the postal authorities to put
a stop to the practice OF renting post
office boxes to children without the
consent of the parents. It is said that
this practice has gained quite a head
way in large cities and thai the results
are sometimes for evil. 1t would be
an exceptional condition of affairs
which would justify the renting of a
box to minor. and the department
would perform a great service if it COM
municated with the parents before
granting this privilege to their chill
dren.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17

money on the Republican side in the
last campaign is c.dmOring for more
M'Otection than it expects to get on the
old principle that if you aim to hit the
sun you will throw higher than if you
aim to merely knock down the apple
on the tree. Each will. therefore, con-
tent itself with what it is awarded, and
hold it's peace for the sake of the gen
eraI cause of public license to plunder
The entire proceedings at Washing
ton is characteristic of Republican leg
islation. The underlying principle is in
each tariff schedule that if you want
this. want that, and if you take that,
| will take this. And the rObber tar
iff-tinkers know too well that they can
not afford to quarrel with each other, or
in public.-New York News
Swapping Free Hides For Dutiable Sugar.
"The senate tariff bill as whole,
SAYS Congressman John De Witt
Warner, lis a notice to eastern manu-
facturers of what they may hereafter
expect. Hitherto they have considered
protection as a sort of providential ar
rangement by which they were enabled
to feed on the rest of the country. Now,
like Polonius in Hamlet, they are in
vited by "a certain coavodation Of polite
worms to a supper not where they eat,
but where they are eaten The manu-
facturers of New England, New York
and Pennsylvania are to take their turn
at being mulcted for the benefit of 9th
ers who now control legislation. This
applies especially to the hide schedule. "
Cannot the New England senators
secure favorable changes in that sched-
ule?''
81 think not The bill as it stands is
satisfactory to the Sugar trust and prob
ably cannot be kept SO except by the
votes controlled by the Cattle trust Of
the west. We're the New England sena-
tors willing to risk offending the Sugar
trust, they could doubtless defeat the
duty Oh hides, but the fact is that Bos
ton and Providence, in proportion to
their size, are far more thoroughly sat
urated with Sugar trust influences than
is any other part of the country, and,
however much Senators Aldrich, Wet
more, Hoar and Lodge may bewail the
fate of their boot and shoe manufac-
turers, there is no prospect whatever
that they will sacrifice the Sugar trust
interests to help them."
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17

The man who wrecks a train clearly
intends murder If he does it he should
suffer the death penalty for it. Even if
he fails he should suffer that penalty
as matter of simple justice and for
the restraint of the most reckless form
of crime. except arson, known to mod
ern timeS
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-06-17

In New York the other day a young
fellow cut off the nose of a music hall
singer and slashed her husband with
a razor. When he was arrested let
ter was found in his pocket recommend
ing him as 'ta young man of quiet
tastes and steady habits" Wonder
what he would have done if he had not
been a quiet fellow?