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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-01-21
.REES AND full

. line FRUIT TREES Of BEST VARI
ETIEs at BARD TIMES PRICES. Small
fruits in large supply. Millions of
strawberry plants, very thrifty and
Ucll rooted. Get the BEST neal homo
and. freight or express. Send for
price list to North BEND NURSERIES,
North Bend, Dodge County, Ne5.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-01-21
Notice of safe ev Guardian
In the matter of the guardianship of Lsta

Setter.
Notice Is hereby given that In pursuance of an
order of the Hon. N p. kInkaid one Of the
judges of the district court nj Cherry county
Nebraska made on the 9th day of August 1856
for the sale OF the read estate hereinafter dcS-
cribcd thsre will be sad az the front door Of the
court house. in Valentine Cherry count: Ne
O'Clock an. at public vendHe 10 the highest
bidde CT Tor cash the following described real es-
tate toEit: the VIZ ues 2ec IS Up 35R 3iE in
Cherry county Nebraska, said sale to remain
open one hour.
JOIN q. STExTER.
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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-01-21

II was the intention of this paper to
have given an historical. statistical
and "suggestical" writeup of the
public schools this week. but the nat
ter was crowded out Lock for it
rpgt vraah,
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-01-21

Onaha asks $350,000 for the Trans
mississippi exposition. The legisla-
esrs should not appro prtsse more than
e2o0.O0o. :
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-01-21

Cherry county is bless I'D with>a bot:
tee sst Of ecioials than my other eoun-
y % tho state.
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Below will be found the condition of
the various county funds as ,reported
by the county clerk:
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PUBLISHED EVERY THUIhsDAI.

un6ossl ut the Pcst-oface at Val eEtins. Cherry
1Danky, NeayaSk1. a. Secoadclass matter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

A deep loan or sandy soil should be
selected. The Cuthbert, where hardy
enough, is acknowledged by all to
stand at the head of the list for me-
dunn to late, where the Cuthbert win
ter kills, the Brandywine and Turner
should be substituted. For early the
Hansell is promising. Instead of
planting in the common hedge row
system, would recommend setting in
hills three by four feet, ground previ-
ously marked that distance, as for
corn planting; during cultivation work
both ways for the first two seasons,
using cu!tivator with knife to cut of
all suckers, which is absolutely neces-
sary to secure a good crop of fruit
The second season after planting,
about onethird of a crop may be ex-
pected. The third year, after the
ground is thoroughly cultivated both
ways. the plants will be large enough,
SO that the tops of each hill should be
divided. Half the canes should be
bent over in the row, overlapping
those of half the next, which should
be bent to meet; the tops are then tied
in the centre. The hills should be tied
in the direction of the wide rows, thus
leaving nearly four feet clear for culti-
vation during the season. The advan-
tages of this mode are: The plants are
kept from being broken down by wind
storms, the fruit is kept up from the
soil and more convenient for picking,
also leaving the centre of the hill
open, so that the new growth will not
be shaded. thus securing more
stocky and better growth for bearing
the following season, reducing the ex-
pense of cultivation, as hardly any
hoeing will be required. The old
bearing canes should be cut short soon
after bearing, which will allow the
ground being cultivated both ways
again. Atlanta Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

Says the New Orleans Times Demo
erat: One of the lacks of the age is
pleasant fiction. Vapid fiction we have
in large quantities, but there are few
novels which are at the same time
pictures of life and pleasant ones. A
book to-day is seldom called "strong'
or Important unless its tone is
gloomy, even despairing. Hopeless.
ness, in most of these cases, does not
seem to arise from experience or con
viction, but gives the impression of
being only popular literary pose.
The idea is abroad that work of fic-
tion ought to be bitter and painful
dose, and that it would not be fulfill.
ing its purpose if it proved ian ano.
dyne'' to anyone who wished to forget
his suffering.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14
Care of the Dairy Calf.

Select the most promising heifer
calves for raising ct any time Of year.
1t will require a little better man
agement for the best success in
cold weather than in warm, but the
conditions in either case should be
made as favorable as possible. The
calves should be kept dry, warm and
comfortable at all seasons of the year.
This is very important where the best
results are expected. As usually,
after few days or weeks old, SKINNED
milk is made use of, it will be found
profitable to feed this until several
months old-six or more. 1t should
be fed at the temperature it comes
from the COW and not in too large
quantities at first. A little Cruel made
from wheat middlings or oil meal ad-
ded to the milk will help make up for
the fat removed. After the calf gets
old enough to eat ground oats, or oats
and bran, the Cruel car be omitted, as
they should do equally well on the
other; and it will require less labor.
After the first few weeks they will eat
little hay, and care should be taken
TO have supply of fine early cut for
the purpose e. r. Towle, in Massa-
chusetts Ploughman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

the very young, will be so universally
liked as this. 1t is good for them
also. Many young children are every
year sacrificed, through fear that
fruits will develop bowel complaints.
People know that fruits are generally
laxative. But they are not unnatur-
ally so. 1t is far better to use fruits
freely, and thus keep the bowels laxa-
tive, than to refrain from fruits until
constipation begins, and then use
cathartic pills as a remedy. These
have their, place, but it is not nearly
SO large or important place as if
fruits were used more freely by every
body, and the laxative condition of
the bowels were thus always main
tanned.
Naturally the Bartlett pear has a
short season. But its popularity as
fruit leads to its extension at both
ends. 1t is one of the many kinds of
pears that overbear, but, unlike most
others, the immature fruit, if picked
and kept in dark place, between
tlannels, will ripen up and have the
distinctive Bartlett flavor. 1t will also
ripen while the fruit on the tree is
growing. Owing to the habit of the
Bartlett of overbearing, most Of the
fruit is not so large as it should be.
By beginning early and thinning out
the fruit when not grown more than
half its natural size, the latest ripen-
ing Bartletts will be nearly or quite
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

The Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegrnph
is authority for the statement that
comparatively few people have any
idea of the importance of the bitumin.
GUS coal industry in the United States.
Says this newspaper informant:
'Since 1898 it has led in point Of mar,
ket value the mineral products of the
country, the value Of the output for
the calendar year 1896, according to
the report of the geological survey,
being nearly S115, 900, 600. For sew.
eral years prior to 1898 pig iron was
:he most valuable mineral product, the
total for 1892 being S191. .0O0, 0OO
while the value of bituminous coal fol
the same year was $l25, 900, 600. Since
1887 there has been a steady decline
IN the price OF coal, while the output
has steadily increased The 1850.
900 short tons produced in 1896 solo
for less money than the lls, 200, O0C
tons produced in 1891. Pennsylvania
leads all the States in the Union in III,
production, its output Tor last yea
having been 40, 100. 600 tons, valued n
$35, 600, 600; but this was a millior
tons less than for the preceding year
West Virginia apparently supplantine
the product of this State, the produc
tion of our neighbor increasing 1900,
600 tons, and aggregating nearly l3,
900. 900 tons. valued at IS. 1856. 000."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

The Librarian OF the public library at
Kansas City, No, says that for year
there has been a greater call for works
on Alaska than for books on any other
country or section of the globe. She
has supplied the library, she says, with
everything trustworthy she could pro-
cure on the country during this time,
wondering all the while what had
aroused so much interest in that coun-
try in Kansas City. Readers, she
says, have studied writings on the
habits of the people in Alaska read the
Government reports on the Territory,
and given especial attention toroutes
to the Yukon country.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14
Household Hints.

Vegetables growing above the
ground should be cooked in salted
water, those below, in fresh water.
Colors which have been changed by
the application of acids may be re-
stored by the application of chloro-
form.
When cooking onions, set tin cup
of vinegar on the stove and let boil,
and no disagreeable odor will be in the
room.
Fruit stains, when fresh, may be
removed by pouring water through
the stained portion until the spot dis
appears.
Ink that is freely split upon carpet
should be covered with common or
coarse salt or Indian meal. , If all the
stain is not absorbed rub with lemon
juice.
Grass stains should be rubbed with
molasses thoroughly and then washed
out as usual. Another treatment is
to rub with alcohol and then wash
in water.
Our fruit stains may be removed
vita oxalic acid; wash the stained por-
ton in the acid till clear; rinse at
once in rain water, as the acid will at
tack the fabric if left upon it. Now
wet the spot in ammonia and give
final rinslng
When potatoes are thoroughly baked,
burst the skin, and you will have de-
hcious, mealy potatoes that will be
eatable for an hour or more if kept in
a warm place. If you are not in the
habit of doing this, you do not know
what an excellent thing baked pota-
to really is.
Rust and ink stains should be
rubbed with Juice of lemon and the
spot then covered with salt and the
cloth placed in the sun. If this treat
ment does not serve to remove the
stain, or if the fabric is colored and
SO cannot be treated with lemon
Juice, oxalic acid may be used as for
old fruit stains. ..
Tea, coffee and undoubtedly cocoa
stains, even those which had been pre-
viously washed, may be rubbed in
iavelle water, if the fabric stained be
white, otherwise the color will be
bleached. Take half-pint of the ia
velle water to a quart of clear water
and let the stained portion of the cloth
soak in it for several hours, then rinse
thoroughly in three waters.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

The cooperative movement has
reached such proportions in Scotland
that Dundee butchers have pledged
ourselves to support only those live
stock statesmen, dead-meat statesmen,
auctioneers, dealers and others who
refuse to have any dealings, directly
or indirectly, with cooperative soci-
eties, and not support any person who
deals with such society in any way. or
who deals with any retail butcher who
declines to sign and support this reso-
lution.' The attention of Parliament
has been called to the boycott.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14
The Causes of Corns and Bunions.

The feet are surely plant members
when they can endure the variformed
shoes that from time to time compel
them into new habits with each new
pair put on; yet they rarely rebel or
give trouble unless barbarously ne
elected Corns and bunions are more
often the result of wearing old shoes
than in wrong selection of new ones.
A constant change of footgear inures
the foot to variety, and even those who
confne themselves wholly to the ready
made article need suffer no i'll effects
if they will keep their shoe supply as
carefully replenished as is the rest of
the wardrobe.
tits one OF the most fallacious of prac-
tices to attempt to economic by wearing
old shoes about the house, unless they
possess all their buttons, have straight
heels and soles, and are daily brushed
and aired, as are their newer fellows.
Only in this way may the ankles be
continually braced into straightness
and the toes allowed to move gently in
an almost straight direction. When
the foot is thrown out of balance by
worn down heels, the toes, attempting
to retain level position, perform pre-
hensile feats which resemble the ac-
tion of the forebears some scientists
have ascribed to us. Moreover, the
combined heat and moisture of the
normal foot hardens the leather of the
continuously worn shoe into perma-
nent creases, which in turn render the
foot extremely sensitive, and strug-
Cling against its hard environment en-
larges the joints-and causes local dis
tress.-Harper' Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

Make n ten-gallon keg of strong
BRINE on which an egg will float. Put
the cucumbers in q bag made of a
yard of sleezy white cotton, tie up its
mouth with q string and place a clean
stone on it to keep it in place under
the brine, and every cucumber is safe
and sound until you wish to pickle
them. When that time comes, which
should not be for six weeks, soak
them in fresh water for twenty-four
hours. Then put them in preserv-
ing kettle with enough vinegar to
cover them. Set them on the stove
and boil gently until straw can easily
pierce them. Have ready jar that
will hold them. Remove from the
kettle and throw the vinegar away.
Put into the kettle nearly twice as
much vinegar as they were boiled in
and set on the stove to boil. Now
weigh the cucumbers, and allow a
quarter of a pound of sugar to every
pound of cucumbers. In every ten
pounds of pickle allow three onions
and half an ounce of mace, cloves,
alspice, ginger and two three-inch
sucks OF cinnamon, quarter of an
ounce each of tumeric, black pepper
and mixed mustard, one ounce of
white mustard seed and one ounce of
scraped horse radish. Slice the
onions, crack the spices, mix the
mustard and tumeric together into
smooth paste. Put all of the sugar
and half Of the spices into the vinegar
that is in the kettle; sprinkle the rest
Of the spice with the other ingredients
in alternate layers between the Gu
cumbers as You put them in the jar.
When the vinegar has been boiling
Just ten minutes stir into it the mixed
mustard and tumeric and remove it
insta,tly from the fire and pour over
the pickles. Cover it up closely and
set it away. In few days it will be
ready for use. The traveller was not
far wrong when he pronounced it
GLORIOUS pickle. Chicago Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

At this season of the year the best
method for caring for poultry is TO give
them the greatest liberty and encour-
age them to make the best use Of it by
giving them but little grain food of any
kind, and especially by not feeding
them corn at all Treated in this way
they will spend the livelong day hunt
ing for insects and seeds of all kinds,
and will thus keep healthy, active, and
in the case of laying hens, producers
of eggs. Throw open the henhouses
and give plenty of ventilation, and
thus encourage the fowls to continue
to roost in them and not in the trees,
from which they will only have to be
broken later. Young chickens will
grow faster treated in this way than
cooped upin small yards, though they
should always have sufficient grain
given them to ensure their going to
roost with full crops. This, also, is
the time of year when the focks should
be culled over and the old hens and
roosters be sent to market before they
commence to moult. Select from the
earliest Matched chickens the best pull
lets and roosters and mark them, so
that they may be safe from being mar
keted OF killed until it is seen how
they feather ont and grow. These are
to be the foundation for next years
flock, and should receive extra care,
so as to ensure the pullets being early
layers in the fall and winter months.
The chickens not desirable to keep
should be pushed on and marketed as
soon as possible. They will sell for
as much as later, and will cost much
less to keep. By constant care and
close attention to cleaning ont the hen
houses, the lice may be kept down. Use
kerosene freely in and about the nests
and roosts and on the chicken coops
and spread air-slacked lime in the
houses and yards.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14
Canning BIackberries and Raspberries.

Select firm raspberries, and put
: them into colander, which sink gradu-
ally into pan Of cold water. Left and
drain. Arrange neatly in the cold jars,
then fill with cold water, adjust the
rubbers and place the lids carelessly
on top. Do not fasten them. Place a
little hay, straw or excelsior in the
bottom of an ordinary wash boiler, on
which stand the jars. Pour into the
boiler sufficient cold water to come
nearly to the neck of the jars, cover
the boiler and bring slowly to boiling
point. As soon as the water reaches
boiling point lift each jar carefully and
screw on the top. Stand out of the
draught to slowly cool. Strawberries
and blackberries may be canned after
this rule. Mrs. S. t. Rorer, in Ladies'
Home journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

But you must take my place to-day,
Cut the grass, and scatter the hay.
SO sharpen the scythe and bend the back,
Swing the arm for an even track:
Through daisy blooms and nodding grass
Straight and clean must the mower pass
Straight and clean is the only way
You'll find that out
In other things than cutting hay,
| make no doubt.
So be sure through the nodding grass
Straight and clean with your scythe to
pass;
10 is far better than any play
10 NOW the grass and to toss the hay.
SO sharpen the scythe and bend the back,
Swing the arm for an even track:
Through daisy blooms and nodding grass
Straight and clean must the mower pass.
Detroit Free Press
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

Simplicity Brings Life's Best Pleasures.
For poor and rich alike the highest
pleasure and utility in life will come
from simplifying it, writes "Droch"
of Vacation Meanderings' in the
Ladies' Home Journal 1.-The content
ment that can only be had from nerves
that are not overstrained is to be
found by reducing your daily life to
the simplest terms. This applies with
equal force to the hard-working man
or woman with small income, or to the
rich who are numbered with many
cares. Poverty has been made just
as complex as riches by the many
things that ill-advised teachers have
taught poverty to expect that it ought
to accomplish. What both must learn,
for the best results in their own lives,
is not how little can be had for great
deal of money, but how much of real
and permanent value can be secured
for little money. That is the high
est economy and it cannot be taught
it must be learned by experience, and
you cannot begin it at a. better time
than when seeking vacation"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14
MOVING.

Into tho fields both young and old
With gay hearts wen.:
The pleasant fields, oil green and gold,
All flowers and scent.
And first among them old man Mack,
With his two grandsons, Harry and Jack
Two eager boys whose feet kept time
In restless fashion to this rhyme:
Sharpen the scythe and bend the back,
Swing the arm for an even track;
Through daisy bloom and noddinG grass
Straight and clean must the mower pass
There are tasks that boys must learn, no;
found
In any book
Tasks on the harvest and haying ground,
BY wood and brook.
When l was young but few could bring
Into the field Il cleaner swing;
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

Large farms, unless all their acres
are made available in some way, are
burdens instead of blessings. The
assessor takes in all the acres, and the
taxgatherer is quite as ezacting.
Hence, to make all the acres pay their
way, with something over for the lar
mer's purse, is to be in the middle of
the road that leads to goal OF success.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14
Prince Charles walking Stick.

Queen Victoria has paid $500 for the
walking stick Prince Charlie forgot by
his bedside at Culloden Castle when
he went out to fight the battle. 1t
has handle with two heads carved Cd
it representing Folly and Wisdom.
The bed on which the last of the
Stuarts slept for three nights brought
$3.50, and lieutenant's commission
for Macintosh, signed and sealed by
the Prince. $475.-New York SUP
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14
The Bartlett Pear.

The slightly musky taste peculiar
to the Bartlett pear is objected to by
delicate connoisseurs, whose taste has
been cultivated by acquaintance with
varieties that possess less decided
character Yet to the great majority
of tastes the Bartlett is agreeable, and
there are many acquainted with all
varieties who pronounce it equal to
the best. 1t is the largest early pear,
and though it has not the delicate,
spicy favor of the Rostiezer pear,
which ripens in August, it is in its
way quite as good. Probably there is
NO fruiS that. put into the hands oi
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.


Mrs. S. T. Rorer, the famous cook
ing expert, gives this, her favorite, re-
ceipt for making tomato ketchup in the
Ladies' Home Journal: Use half a
bushel of sound tomatoes. Wash and
cut them into pieces. Cook gently for
half an hour, then press through a
sieve. Cook again for one hour; then
add one ounce of ground ginger, one
ounce of mustard, one gill of salt, half
pound of sugar, and one quart of
vinegar. Cook to the proper consis-
tency; add five drops of oil of nutmeg,
and the same of celery, or table
spoonful OF celery seed. Bottle, cork
and seal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

Mainz has decided to celebrate the
birth of Gutenberg on Midsummer
Day, 1900, in order not to interfere
with Leipzigs celebration of the same
event in 1899. As the exact year of
the inventor of printing's birth is not
known, the difference of year or two
in the observation of the 5OOth ami
versary will not shock historical ac-
curacy.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

One hundred Paris detectives went
on strike recently; they objected to one
of the inspectors, and to being obliged
10 keep the run of travellers when they
leave hotels and boarding houses, as
they had all they could DO to watch
them when they arrive.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

The Queens Jubilee produced at
least one good poem, observes Har-
per's Weekly. Rudyard Kipling's "Re-
cessioral'' is edifying both 20 the ear
and TO the spirit
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

A correspondent of the Hartford
Times says that lather of ta- soap
applied TO the face and hands, and
then gently rubbed off, is a sure pro-
lection against mosquitoes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

The frog industry is growing. a
statistician enumerates "ffty-seven
frog farms now in successful opera
ton" in various sections of the com
try
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

A note of the Bank of England,
twisted into kind of rope, can sus-
pend as much as 500 pounds upon one
end and not be injured.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14

Chicago's rich people returned to
the assessors of last year $4,000 worth
of diamonds and $74 worth of silver
tableware
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-14
NOT TO BE DONE.


HE pain
ful confess
8 on is
mine, John
Spin dler,
de t C ii We,
Scotia n d
Yard, a n d
how it came
about was