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CAREER OF CREBDE.
FoIIotced a Miners Fortunes and at Last
Struck 1t Rich.

FOLLOWED Miners Fortunes and at Last
StrUck 1t Rich.
The career OF N. c. Creede was one OF
hardship and adversely. After the war
he drifted West and became scout. AS
captain of band of scouts he fought the
Indians for several years on the frontier.
In the early seventies he went to Colo
RADIO and began the life of prospector.
For nearly twenty years he drlfted up and
down the Rocky Mountains, spending
most of his time in this State. He suf-
fered all the vicissitudes of his chosen life.
Occasionally he struck it rich enough
to sell out and obtain a years grub stake,
but more often he was broke and was
forced to work at whatever he could to
get enough money together to once more
roam among his beloved mountains.
He was always confident however, that
some day be would strike it rich.
The winter of 1890 found him 'busted"
in the little town of Del Norte. There
kindly butcher grubstaked him at the ex-
pense of less than 500, with the result
that both were made rich, and the great
silver camp OF Creede was founded.
The story of how it was plished
was best told in his own words in an inter
view published two years ago. Said he:
lam an Indianian by birth. was born at
Fort Wayne, that State, in 1S43. Ny parents
took me TO Iowa when was 2 years old, and
have never been east OF the Mississippi since.
In 1862, when was 10, yolun teered in the
United States army. and for seven years
served as a scout with the Pawnees. l re-
ceived the pay of q first lieutenant, though
held no rank.
went all through Nebraska, Colorado. Wyo-
m ing, Montana and the Bad Lands of the
Dakotss in the early days l was in the Black
Hills before gold was discovered. and when !
nf fboT 1nnf cot m K
ing about my lost opportunities. I began TO
talk to everybody l met who thought had
any knowledge of minerals, and by this
tell silver and gold float when / saw
them. But I've never bothered much
with gold-it's too uncertain. left the army
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ran Ca.ualty Near Corfan.

AUBURN, CAL, July 12.-James Kelly,
a miner and laboring man, was run over
by freight train at Long Ravine above
Colfax, yesterday. He was beating his
way and fell between the trucks, the
wheels severing his head from his body.
Kelly lately worked in the mines at Iron
Mountain, Shasta County.
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G. H. UmbSen G Co., IA Montgomery st.,

in said City and County of San Francisco. on
Thursday, the I'd day of september A. ID. 1897, at
II o'clock noon of that day, to the highest oder
for cash in lawful money OF the United States
and subject TO confirmation by said court, all that
certain 10 piece parcel of land situate, living
and being in the City and County OF san Fran
cisco, State of California, and bounded and par
ticularly described follows, 10 wit:
Commencing point where the northerly line
Of Bush is intersected by the easterly line
Sansome stree; running thence easterly along the
northerly line of Bush street one hundred and
thirty-seven O37) feet and six (6) inches; thence
at right angles northerly and parallel with San
some street one hundred and thirty ASH
feet and 90 inches; thence NJ right angles
westerly and parallel with Bush street. one hun
dred and thirty-seven 37) feet and six (6) inches
and to the eastery side of Sansome street; and
thence southerly along the easterly side of San
some street one hundred and thirty-seven q 37)
feet and six (6) inches 10 the point OF commence
ment together with the buildings and improve
ments thereon.
he purchaser shall take the said lot subject to
the right of John +. McCauley and Henry Thorn
ton TEN pleton, their heirs and as tgns to use the
brick wall along the northery line OF said lot here
in described a party wall.
Terms and conditions of sale-C in lawful
money of the United states Of America; ten per
cent OF the purchase price 10 be paid o The ref
cree on the day of sale, when the lot is knocked
down to the purchaser, and the balAn e on con-
frmation Of said sale by said court
Dated San Francisco, Cal, July !, 1897.
GUSTAVE II. UMBSEN, Referee.
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The HorSeman Resents an In
sinuation That He Stole
Points.
THEIR STORIES OF THE AFFAIR
DIFFER.
Each Claims That the Other We s
the Aggressor-Adams VIII
Recover.

SAN RAFAEL, CAL. July Thames S.
McCue, the horseman, fired two shots
from revolver at Jere Adams, the pro-
prietor of the Partisan House, this morn
ing at o'clock while the men wers quar-
reling over game of seven-lp in the Of
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Murd.r at salt Lake.

SALT LAKE, UTAH. July 12-John
Eyan was found dead in the rear of q
Main-etreet saloon early yesterday morn
ing. To-day three men-Jesse +. McMil-
Ian, Bob Skives and Charles Phelps-made
a com plete confession of the crime. Egan
arrived several years ago from California
and opened saloon. Later he engaged
in the mining business. He was drugged
in wine room by the men, who merely
intended to rob him.
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Je,o.n Taken by a Bmrorar.

LOS ANGELES. CAL, July 12.-Some
time last night the iswelry.store of S.
Aufrlchtig, at 35S South Broadway, was
entered by a burglar and robbed OF $1,000
worth of watches, jeweiry and gold bul-
lion. When the proprietor entered the
place this morning the trays that had
contained the valuable goods lav scattered
upon the floor, they having been taken
from wooden safe in which they had
been placed Saturday night.
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COAST FOREST RESERVES.
Ex ems We Investigations Having IN View
fhe Preservation of T mber
r. &c

TACOMA, WASH. July 12.-The ques-
ton of Government forestry reserves is to
be thoroughly investigated this year, with
a view of discovering the best methods of
protecting the natural resources of the
coast. Frederick V. ColviIe, at the head
of the department of botany in the Agri-
cultural Depar tment OF the United States,
is here en- route TO Oregon and California
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REFEREES SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

DY VIRTUE OF TWO DEGREES OF THE
ID Superior Court in and for the City and County
OF San Francisco, state Of California Department
No. 10y, The first of which DEGREES was made and
is dated the 22d day of November, 1895, and the
second of which DEGREES was made and is dared
crees we're made and entered In action pending
in said Superior Court, wherein Adam Grant Is
plaintiff ana Daniel 7. Murphy ana others are de-
fendants being case No. 49,033 in the said court,
the undersigned, who was by said court appointed
referee in said action, Will sell at public auction,
at he auction rooms OF
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Aefor Rofolsf.,. Case Continued.

NEW YORK, N. Y, July 12.-Actor E.
J. Radcliffe, who is charged with having
assaulted his wife, the daughter of Peter
de Lacy, was in the Court of General Ses.
sions to-day TO plead to assault in the sec
ond degree. Ratclitie's counsel secured
an adjournment.
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Price: 25c, SOC, Sl.O0 per Bottle,

L CALLIsCH, Wholesale Agent for the
Pacific Coast, San Jose, Cal.
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For sale by ali druggists. The trade supplied
by Redington & Co., Mack q Co. and Langley
d Aiehsels. San Frau"'sca
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-04
A Dry Rain.

According to the Kansas City Star
there is one place in the United States
where a man may be out in a heavy
rain and not get wet, even though he
has neither macintosh nor umbrella.
In the Colorado desert they have
rain-storms during which not a single
drop of water touches the earth. The
rain can be seen falling down the
clouds high above the desert, but when
the water reaches the strata of hot, dry
air beneath the clouds it is entirely alb
sorbed before falling half the distance
to the ground.
1t is a singular sight to witness a
heavy downpour of rain, not drop Of
which touches the ground These
strange rain-storms occur in regions
where the shade temperature often
ranges as high as one hundred and
twenty-eight degrees Fahrenheit.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-04
The Presidential ResuIt.

Ry the official count Mckinley is con-
ceded and declared to have received
271 electoral Totes and Bryan 1l6. Ac-
Quiescence in the popular viii is the
corner stone Of oar Government, and,
much as Democrats may depiore the
temporary deiusion or panic Of last
November, they submit as good citi,
zens, though they viii try conclusions
again in the year 1860. The beginning
of the nineteenth century brought good
fortune to the Democracy, when
Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, our
party leaders, oyercame in 1900 the
Federal party led by Adams and Ham
ilton, and it may be that the twentieth
century will be ushered in by similar
triumph, won by the intelligence and
progressive spirit OF our people.
The election OF Mckinley, in spite of
all the agencies that worked for him
the banking power. the newspaper syn
dicates, the coercion of the poor by the
rich. the detection of many of our
chiefs. the stility Of the administra-
tion-is by very narrow majority. 1t
is true, il would have required change
of forty-eight electoral votes to have
elected Bryan. But most of these forty
eight were given to Mckinley by mar
row pluralities Kentucky would have
given Bryan thirteen electoral votes
had $50 more Democrats there voted
for him. One thousand more ballots
would have given Bryan nine electors
in California. Another thousand would
have given him Oregon's four electoral
votes Two thousand more Bryan Dem
ocrats would have carried Deiaware's
three electors. Aad other States were
nearly as close. In fact, change Of
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-04
About LYMAN p. CAGE

The attitude announced by the presr-
dent Of the First National Bank of Chi
cago, Mr.. Lyman J. Gage, as to the re-
demption of the greenbacks, by putting
out great national loan Of from two
hundred to six hundred millions of dol
lars, payable, with interest, in gold. has
startled some of those people who voted
for Mckinley and Prosperity in No
vember. 1t is fixed and settled that this
national bank president Gage is to be
the Secretary Of the Treasury, and
much curiosity is felt to know exactly
how far he will insist as a member of
McKinley's Cabinet on this particular
policy. Some of the Mckinley organs,
such as the New York Sun, think it
very unwise, but others applaud the
idea, or are discreetly silent.
There has, however, been sufficient
attention directed to this particular
bank president by the discussion to
bring forward an objection to his ap-
pointment as Secretary OF the Treas
ury, which is giving some discomfort to
the coterie who have been busted at
Canton in putting together McKinley's
Cabinet. 1t is in this same vexatious
Federal statute of 1889, which declares
that mo person appointed to the office
of Secretary of the Treasury shall di-
rectly or indirectly be concerned in the
purchase of any public securities Of the
United States" Now, Gage, being a
bank president, of course is and has
been concerned in the purchase Of Gov
ernment bonds, on which the paper
money issued by his bank is based. Has
he right to act in the Office of Secre-
tary of the Treasury, or has Mckinley
a right to appoint him?
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-04

Although the year which has just
passed away was leap year, reports
show that in many large cities through
out the country there were fewer mar
riage licenses issued than there were in
the previous year. This leads the Phila-
delphia Inquirer to say: There must
be something wrong about this. Here
was the new woman given an opportun-
ity to exercise prerogative which tradi-
ton hasso long accorded to her, and yet
she does not seem to have availed her.
self of it. Hundreds Of men were living
in alternate hope and fear that the
great question would be propounded to
them, and it was never asked. 1t can
not be that she was afraid the answer
would be No. for none of her sex was
ever known to make that reply when
the right man came around, and surely
there are thousands of good men in the
world who would have made excellent
helpmeets. 1t may be that the ran
somed and disenthralled young woman
deemed it beneath her dignity to as
sumo the old-time privilege, and if this
be so she will have ample time to re-
pent before another leap year rolls
around. Eight years is long time to
u,cit"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-04

DR.. John III. Girdner, an eminent
physician of New York, is starting a
movement for the abatement of the un-
necessary noises with which city peo-
pie are afflicted by night as well as by
day. The doctor suggests a society for
the prevention of noises, with powers
similar in scope to the powers Of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals. "It should" he says, make
a study of the noises of the city, and
through its own powers, and by advice
and cooperation of various city de-
partments, suppress such noises as are
unnecessary and reduce to the mini
mum Of disturbance those that are nee
essary. Such a work could not fail to
be Of immense benefit to the public,
both in the matter of comfort and
health. And the last word on the ad
vantage of city of comparative peace
and quiet cannot be said until account
is taken of the assistance such a state
of things would render the individual
in securing that inward peace which
passeth understanding"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-04
Now Let Confidence Come.

James Wilson, of Iowa, professor of
agriculture in a college of that State,
has accepted the portfolio of the Agri-
cultural Bureau. With this announce
ment should come a return of prosperi-
ty. Iowa is a fertile State, and the
new Premier of the Crops ought to be
fertile in resources. Under his able
administration, We can expect larger
ears of corn, bigger grains of wheat,
fatter pigs, sweeter apples, Oleomar-
garine which even science cannot de-
tect from genuine butter, and persim-
mons that will puckef up bad times
and make this a great and glorious
country.
With a prospect that the barns and
granaries shall groan beneath the
weight of bounteouS harvests, how the
treasury will be run will be of small
importance. We may raise big crops
that will delight the farmer-but, un-
less the people have more money to
buy, he is apt to find abundant harvests
do not mean bounteous returns.-Phila-
delphia Item.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-04

Medical science is kept busy by the in
ventions for taking human life. In re-
cent years the latter have produced
some terrible explosives, bullets which
rend and tear when they strike the hui
man frame, making what heretofore
was a durable wound certain death.
The latest war gun is the product Of
a French engineer and is a rifle which
contains a steel cartridge the size of
a mans thumb. This contains 800 bull
lets which can be shot as rapidly or
slowly as is desired, the whole con-
tents costing only 21a cents. There is
no smoke or flash and only low re-
port. The gun itself is much lighter
than the ordinary rifle and the projec-
tile force is furnished by liquefied air at
a pressure hundreds of degrees below
zero, no powder being required. Med
ical science will be one of the most I'M
portant features of future wars, but it
now seems as though the invention of
arms was going to make war impossi-
BILE, paradoXical as this sounds.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-04
Is HAud-shakinG Doomed?

'There is Mgr more danger in the GUS
tom Of shaking hands indiscriminately
than most peopf$. imagine" says a well
known doctor. :.
Contagious diseases may be trans
mitted in this manner, though the
hand-shaking does nSt necessarily
spread the disease. The manner in
which the disease would be propa-
gated in given combination of cir
cumstances is this:
suppose man to be afflicted with
typhoid fever. He way be unaware
of the nature of the disease germs in
his system. He meets a number of
other men whose hands he shakes.
Those men have come in contact with
disease, the germs of which their
hands retain.
''NoW, if one of those men were to
light a cigar and smoke, he might draw
contagion in his system.
"The germs Of disease on the skin
of the hand, remaining there, await
only inhalation into the system to pro-
duce their inevitable effect.
when contagion is in the air we
should guard against it. To refrain
from shaking hands with the infected
is but ordinary prudence.
inhalation is the source of danger.
One is more likely to inhale into the
system germs on the hand than germs
in some other conceivable situation,
since the hand is more or less likely to
come in contact with the mouth or
nose.
"This is the chief danger involved in
shaking hands with a patient whose
malady is thus capable of transmits
sion, or in being brought in contact
with the germs by the means of general
hand shaking
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-04

1t seems incredible that two men VINO
have been officers any considerable time
in city like Louisville could have been
so ignorant of the very elements of the
law governing the making Of arrests as
to cross over to Indiana and undertake
to arrest even a fugitive from justice.
Yet there is an impression that there is
no limit to the jurisdiction of an officer
if he calls himself detective. When
stimulated by the offer of a reward.
State lines disappear and the official
mandate of court is Of no conSe-
quence. They seem to assume that
detective, in order to detect, must have
autocratic power. 1t does not yet ap-
pear why the Louisville officers shot
Rippey, but it is possible that they mis-
took him for the escaped prisoner
whom they were looking after, and,
having gun in his hands, he was shot.
Whatever the cause, there was no eX-
cuse for it. The Louisville officers had
no right to be seeking any sort of a
criminal in Indiana, unless they were
accompanied by duly qualified Indi-
ana officer holding a warrant 1t seems
that officers of every grade should be
made to understand this fact whep
they are first appointed.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-04

Notwithstanding the efforts of mis-
sionaries and other workers in savage
lands to put a stop to cannibalism, the
practice still continues. But the menu
of these anthropophagus peoples is not
entirely confined to roast missionary
and cold boiled curate, notwithstand-
ing popular opinion A diet of laymen
is not despised, as witness the recent
killing Of eleven miners in the Solomon
Islands for gustatory purposes. These
unfortunate individuals were penned
up like shotes and carefully fattened
until killing time and then eaten at a
great feast, to which all the neighbors
were invited
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-04

Abdul Hamid, Sultan Of Turkey, Sc
cluded as he is in his palace at Yildiz,
is not lonely man by any means. The
officials and retainers of the imperial
household number $1,000 people, in
Guiding 5000 ladies of the harem. Of
the latter, however, the Sultan can only
show marriage licenses for seven, as he
is not permitted to espouse more than
that number Of wives by the Moham-
medan law. There is a family tradi-
ton among the heirs of Osman that 1T
is necessary for them to speak in a
loud voice, originating probably from
the habit Of terrifying their subjects
and inspiring feeling of awe for the
commanders of the faithful, and it is
said that the present Sultan's voice is
strident and imperious.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-04
THE PEANUT.
Some Interesting Facts About the
Great American Luxury.

Some Interesting Facts About the
Great American Luxury.
Everyone eats peanuts, and scarcely
anyone knows anything about them.
The peanut crop is one of the most
profitable of the South. The yearly
production of peanuts in this country is
about 100000 bushels of % pounds
each, the bulk of the crop being pro-
duced in Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee
| and North Carolina. These 100000
bushels constitute but small proper
ton Of the peanut crop of the world, as
the expectation from Africa and India
to Europe in 1892 amounted to nearly
OO,0OO,OOO pounds. half of which went
to Marseilles to be made into oil.
The largest amount of the American
crop is sold by street yenders, but
quantities are used by confectioners,
chocolate manufa cturers and oilmakers.
Peanut oil is used for lubricating and
for soap, and is a good substitute for
olive oil, lard, cottolene and butter.
The residue from oil-making, known as
peanut cake" in Europe, is highly val
ued as a cattle fodder, and is also
ground into fine -four and used as hu,
nan food.
The Virginia running variety of pea
nut is the typical American peanut. I+s
vines are large, with spreading branch
es, growing fiat on the ground and bear
ing pods over their entire length. The
pods are large and white. There are
many other varieties grown in the
other States, some Of them being up
right bushes instead of vines.
The peanut is sorted in the factory
into four grades, the first three being
sold to venders and the fourth sold to
confectioners for making burned al
mond' and cheap candies. The $10,-
100000 worth of peanuts America uses
are not counted in the staple food, but
are eaten at all intervals as luxury.
The peanut is used by the planter as a
fattener of his hogs
In the old world millions of bushels
are made into Oil, in which the nuts are
very rich, 80 or 40 per cent OF the
shelled nut being oil. It has an agree
able taste, and is more impid than
olive oil. Peanut oil is used as a light
ing oil, but does not give very bril-
liant flame. The peanut cake left after
the Oil is extracted is sold for $50 ton
in Germany, and fed to the cattle and
sheep. Experiments were made in
Germany on an army biscuit to be made
from peanut flour, but they were not
successful, though the -four is most
nourisning.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-04

Hangchow, one of the two ports Of
China to be opened to commerce under
the treaty with Japan, is commercially
the most important city in that country.
The city contains nearly 100000 in
habitants, and is said to be the richest
and finest in the empire. 1t is the cap
ital Of Chekiang, the most extensive
silk and tea district in the world. The
Province of Chekiang contains no less
than 35,O00,000 people. and produces
two-thirds Of all the silk exported from
China. and is also the largest cotton
growing province
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-04

publisher stated his ratio Of acceptances
as about four in every hundred manu-
scripts received. These publishes rep
resent the class which deal fairly, *Dub
a business Of preying on the vanity os
young authors. So it seems that even
under the most favorable conditions the
aspiring author has only about eight
chances in the hundred Of getting into
print at some ones else expense.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-04

The story is told in Maryland that ex-
Tax Collector George w. Smith, of the
First District Of Howard County, has
a petrifed human body Of great size,
which was uncovered by the plow Oh
his farm on the banks of the Patapsco.
1t is so large that it is declared to be
The body of some member of a prehisto-
ric giant race. 1t is said to be perfect,
except that the head and forearms are
missing, even the ribs being clearly de-
fined. 1t is at Mr.. Smiths home, near
Leicester.