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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26

The operation of the postal savings
| 0ank system of Great Britain is Of
! great benefit to the people Of that coun-
try. Too much stress cannot be laid
on the Importance of such a system in
developing habits Of thrift in the young.
Much significance attaches to the fact
that so many of the depositors are chill
dren. If the youth Of the present can
be taught the value of money and in
duced to save, the number of spend
thrifts will be remarkably less in the
next generation, and poverty and want
will be far less prevalent. Postal say
ings banks have done much to allay
discomfort in England and to render
government more stable. Why should
this country do less to promote the well
fare of it's people and increase their in
terest in the maintenance and well-be
ing Of the Government? In Great
Britain the sums standing to the credit
Of depositors in the postoffice bank
amount to nearly $500,O00,00O. In this
country, with its larger population, the
deposits in a few years in postal saw
ings bank doubtless would be large
enough to absorb the entire national
debt. How much better the people of
this country would feel about it if the
interest on the national debt were going
to the small savings depositors instead
of to large money holders, considera-
BILE proportion Of whom are foreigners!
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
Beat the Drum in 1912,

Sunday, May IS, New Hampshire
only survivor of the war of 1912
EleaZer Smith, of Danbury. was 9e
years old, rounding out the century OF
. his life in unimpaired health, with
acute senses and with much of the
youth. notwithstanding a slight lame
ness. his carriage is erect and his
shoulders square. His eyesight is
particularly good fOs man of his age
Never has he needed medical attend:
ance, and only once. and that -four
years ago, has he ever suffered. EleaZe1
Smith was born in Grafton. y. H,
May is, 1898. and was one of family
of eight children. All his brothers and
sisters have been dead for more than
twenty years. one brother being killed
in the civil war. His grandfather was
a soldier of the Revolution. participat.
ing IN many engagements. He saw
General Warren fall at Bunker Hill
and was himself wounded. Eleaze1
resided Gil his fathers farm till 1912
when he became imbued with a desire
to go to the defense of his country
but his extreme youth made him in
eligible until 1914. when at IS years OF
age he enlisted in the face of opposi-
ton from parents and ridicule from
friends.-Hanover AIass.) Cor. Boston
Globe.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
Advocates of Robbery.

Will the advocates of a gold mono
metallic currency ever become honest
enough to admit facts or will they al
ways persist in prevarication?
AS facts are fatal to the arguments
of those who demand gold and gold
only, the hope that they will admit
facts is not to be entertained. Any
policy which forces up the value OF
money is nothing less than stealing.
When silver was demOnetiZed and the
volume of the circulating medium cut
in two the people were robbed of half
of all they owned, and the gold mono
metallists were the robbers.
Since the purchasing clause of the
Sherman law was repealed prices have
fallen II per cent, and it has taken
only four years to bring about this dis
aStrouS result What does this fall in
prices mean? 1t means that gold has
increased in purchasing power and that
every debt made four years ago has
grown II per cent through the I'M
earned increment of an appreciating
currency. This is the boldest and most
unblushinS robbery. The honest
money that is so loudly clamored for is
dishonest money. 1t is just as dishOn
est as short weight pound or a de
creased brlshel measure.
There is fraud in every gold dollar;
there is fraud in the demand for a
''stable currency" when it is made by
gold mOnometalliSt. because gold is not
a stable measure of value; it is con-
ment robs the debtor and impoverishes
the hardworking and honest toilers Of
the nation.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
Democrats Win in Indiana.

OF course, the ''silver sentiment is
dying out" Indiana has proved that
favorite Republican claim by making
big Democratic gains and Daralyzing
all opposition in electing the late Will
lam s. Holman's successor. Francis
Marion Griffith has been chosen to rep
resent the Democracy of Indiana in the
House of Representatives, and his Sc
lection by LARGELY increased Demo
cratic vote is great victory for the
cause of silver. The Holman district
was a close one, and the great personal
popularity of the ''great objector'' gave
him. on the occasion of his last election.
a plurality of 800 votes. Griffith has a
plurality of 1900 votes. Republicans
are aStOunded at the result, and can
find no reasonable excuse to urge for
their defeat. The free silver Senti-
ment has died OUT in the Holman dis
trict to the extent of multiplying the
Democratic plurality six times; it is
dying OUT in Ohio, Iowa and Ken
lucky at the same rate. 1t will con-
tinue to "die out" until Democracy
wins the conflict in 1898 and elects a
Democratic President on the free silver
issue in 1900
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
Cost of Lone on Schools.

1t will take nearly S1j,000,00O to run
the public schools in the control of the
London School Board for the fiscal
year ending Aug. 1, 1893. This is the
estimate filed with the education de-
partment by Sir John Key, chairman of
the Finance Committee. Superintend-
ents and teachers alone will draw over
S6.000000 i'll salaries. Books and sta
tiOnery, which are furnished free. will
absorb another S50O.000, while 100000
is appropriated for the schools in which
cooking, laundry work and manual
training are made speciality.
The estimate, which will be approved
by the Government. is S2.0OO,000 in ex-
cess of the annual outlay two years
ago, this fact being due to the in
creased number of schools and heavy
additions of scholars 10 the old schools,
involving larger force of teachers and
other auXiliaries.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
Early Opposition to Anasthesia.

Every discovery has met with an
tagonism. Each advance in medicine
has been opposed until the proofs
have been so manifest that the great
majority of antagonists have been over
whelmed thereby. The Ninteenth Cen
tury has an article ON 1.-The Advance of
Medical Science During the Victorian
Era from the pen of Malcolm Morris,
f. R. G. S., in which the opposition to
the use of anaesthetics is described.
DR.. Simpson was it's champion. After
depicting the attacks of the daily
papers and the refusal Of suffering pa
tients to have chlOrofOrm administered
to them it says:
'These feelings were by no means
confined to the nOnscientific public.
There was strong opposition from
some surgeons who held that pain was
q wholesome stimulus: ON this ground
the use of chlorOform was actually for
hidden by the principal medical officer
of our army in the Crimea. The clergy
naturally bettered the instructions of
these enlightened professors of the art
of healing. | need only to quote one
philanthropic divine who anathematiz-
ed chloroform as IA decoy of Satan ap-
parently offering itself to bless women
but which Will harden society and rob
God of the deep, earnest cries which
arise in time of trouble for help"
Simpson answered those fools accord
ing to their folly. He quoted scripture
to prove that the Almighty himself per-
formed the first operation under an
aesthesia, when he cast Adam into q
deep sleep before removing his rib
He fought the battle of common sense
with such convincing logic and such an
overwhelming mass Of evidence-chem-
ical. physiological. clinical, and sta.
tistical-that he finally shamed his op.
pOnents into silence
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
An Electric Hanson,

The new electric hanson which is
now plying in New York has some
advantages over the ordinary hanson
as we'll as over the motor car. The read
er will see from the idea that ''fare'
can easily step in and out, while his
view is unobstructed by the horse. A
speaking tube enables him to speak
with the driver, and an electric lamp
to read by night There is no vibra-
ton, and the motor is noiseless in ac-
ton. The electricity is carried in ac-
:umulators under the seat of the dri-
yer, who controls the starting, stop
ping, and brake mechanism by hand
levers. The vehicle runs on pneumatic
tires, and bell warns people Of its ap-
proach. 1t can attain a speed of twen-
ty-five miles an hour on a level road,
but fifteen miles an hour is regarded as
the most suitable rate.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
Ohio Populists Fought.

The hand is that of CoXey, but the
voice is that of Hanna.
Ohio Populists have nominated Jacob
S. CoXey for Governor with no hope of
electing their candidate and with no
object to be gained except that of EN-
barrasSing the Democracy and the
cause of silver. Undoubtedly Mark
Hanna is back of this demonstration
and positive proof of this fact was
brought forth in the convention The
Rev. J. Fl Taylor. leading fusionist.
claimed Major Dick, Republican State
Chairman, agreed to pay the expenses
of headquarters, literature. ETC.. for the
anti-fusiOnist POpulists at the State
convection. In spite Of the most direct
charges of corruption and notwith-
standing the fact that indisputable doc
umentary evidence was produced. de
bate was chOked off and the anti-fu-
sionists nominated their ticket
The fight in Ohio is going to be most
bitter. and the Republicans will spare
no money to buy votes for the purpose
of returning the king of the trusts
Mark Hanna) to the United States Sen
ate. FOrewarned is forearmed, and the
Democracy will go into the contest full
ly aware of the kind of tactics they
will have to meet.-Chicago Dispatch.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26

Let the gentle art of revenge be left
TO women. They understand better
than men how to insert the metaphori-
cal poignard under the fifth rib Of their
enemies and to drive the iron into the
souls of those who have injured them.
Speaking Of revenge, that was n neat
turn which Mrs. Smythe of Atlanta
gave to her dagger. Her husband had
been a candidate for the collectorship
of Georgia, but had been turned down
by the President. who appointed ne
gro barber to the position. Finding that
all her neighbors had indorsed the ne
gro in preference to Major Smythe, she
has thrown them into CONSERVATION by
offering to rent her mansion to the ne
gro at q nominal sum. No one but
woman would have thought of that.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
The new minister from Bolivia. III

The new minister from Bolivia. The
FIRST, by the way, ever accredited by
that country to this, in speaking of the
resources of Bolivia, said that there
was more gold there than there is in
Klondyke and that one :ii,l not have to
freeze or starve to death to got it.
There is not a stream in Bolivia where
gold cannot be washed out. All that is
needed, he says, is capital and p,oiern
machinery. There is great deal of
truth in this, but up to tie presen. time
few Americans have found it profitable
to put very much capital in South
American enterprises, owing to the un
stability of the governments.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
HANNA'S HEAVY GUNS.

For people who claim to have an easy
eictSry in sight, the Ohio Republicans
are importing fighting men to an un-
precedented extent. Mark Hanna an
nounced that President Mckinley
would make speeches during the cam
paign, but this suggestion was met by
such storm of protests from the press
of the United States that Hanna was
forced to withdraw it. However, judg-
ing from the list of speakers now made
public, the great statesman of Ohio is
not going to lack advocates in his Sen
atorial interests.
If there is such a thing as being
talked to death, the people of the Buck
eye State have grave cause for appre-
hension, as up to date the following
SpellbinderS have agreed to talk for
Hanna this fall:
Senator Foraker, Senator Hoar,
Senator BarrOws, Senator Gear,
Senator Carter, Senator Gallinger,
Senator Frye, Senator Allison,
Senator CullOm, Senator Lodge,
Senator Fairbanks, Senator Hawley,
Senator Nelson, Senator Wolcott,
Senator Wilson, Senator lnufStOn.
Senator Spooner. Senator Wellington.
In addition to the heavy artillery,
composed of Senators, there will be
flying squadron of Representatives and
all around orators. as follows:
Reed, Maine, Sherman, n. u,
Bromwell, Ohio, Dingley, Maine,
Bingham, Pa, Babcock, Wis,
Mahany, New York, BellSnap, Illinois,
Cousins. Iowa. Boutelle. Maine.
Republicans are not going to spare
expense in the Ohio campaign. Such an
array of talent will cost more than a
grand opera company, but Mark Hanna
and the trusts know where the money
is coming from. Monopoly has much at
stake in the outcome Of the Ohio con-
test. and never before in the history OF
the United States will have been pre-
sented such carnival of corruption,
bribery and intimidation as that which
will disgrace Ohio in Mark Hanna's
Senatorial campaign.-Chicago Dis
patch.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
Growth in Pension Outlaws.

The growth of the expenses of pen
sions is attracting wide attention. One
third of the revenues of the Govern
ment now goes to pay pen>ions, and
the number of names ON the list is
growing so rapidly that it is estimated
that there will be a big deficit in the
pension appropriation at the close OF
the fiscal year. 1t is now disclosed that
new fiscal year all allowances for new
pensions were held up until the new
year began, because there was no
money to meet them.-.Utica Observer.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
PUZZLED BY AN OWL.
Savants at the Capital Thought the
Monument Was Haunted.


Monument Was Haunted.
In one of the many glass cases in the
Smithsonian Institution at Washing
ton is stuffed owl. This particular
owl is the one, in the words of the
late President Hayes, that Jared the
Washington monument" and therein
lies the story.
During centennial year Congress re-
solved to provide the necessary funds
for the completion of the monument,
which UP to that time had been work
ed at only while the several smaller ap-
preparations lasted. 1t was discover
ed, however, that the original founda-
ton was likely to prove incapable Of
sustaining the enormous weight of
marble necessary for carrying the shaft
$50 feet above terra firma. A new
foundation was therefore needed, and
architects thought solid concrete bed
100 feet square and nearly fourteen
feet in thickness would accomplish the
strengthening desired.
During the operation of replacin the
old foundation it was considered ex.
pedient to provide means for noting
carefully the slightest vibration of the
walls lest the monument might be in
danger Of collapsing. Accordingly a
heavy weight was suspended by a
stout thread from the apex to a pan of
thick sirup located in the base, so that
no chance drafts of air would be likely
to sway the weight. An ingenious con.
trivance was so attached to the weight
that the slightest vibration of the shaft
would be faithfully recorded, and it's in
security would at once be an establish
ed fact.
One morning q few months after
these careful precautions had been
taken there was great commotion
among the wOkmen. a complete rec
ord of numerous pertrlrbations and
tremblings had been written on the in
deX, showing conclusively that the
mammoth obelisk had Jared. swayed
and settled during the night. Scientific
heads were obviously shaken. After
much persuasion one of the men finally
consented to go to the top and examine
into the cause. The astonishing report
came into the midst of the anxious
throng below that an owl in seeking
shelter in the lofty tower had somehow
managed to catch it's wings in the
thread and was still hanging there,
suspended to the interior of the monu-
ment, and the innumerable fappings
and struggles Of his owlship had all
been recorded by the index as testi-
mony against the stability of plumb
laid marble blocks and solid concrete
Philadelphia Record.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26

A German publication revives the
idea of restoring Metz to France. This
was advocated by Bismarck in 1871,
but the advice Of Won Moitke prevailed,
he holding that it was necessary for
military reasons. The newspaper SAYS
that the presence of Germans in Metz
Is a constant menace to the French,
WHO will never forget their thirst for
revenge so long as the Germans retain
the city. 1t thinks that the Germans
should take this first step toward recon-.
ciliation.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
Protection and Pillaee.

|
A Chicago paper engaged in booming
the Dingley tariff prosperity idea, the
monetary reform idea and all the other
plutocratic and Republican, party ideas,
quotes the local market reports with an
accompanying flourish on it's prosperity
trumpet
1t is not necessary to comment at
| length on this matter, because it
speaks for itself. The gist of the ar
| ticle is contained in the following quo
tatiOn: "A cursory examination of the
market discovers that during the last
week there have been advances in the
following articles used in the ordinary
households:
Dried fruits of all sorts.
Dried and salted meats.
Dried and salted fish of every kind
Beans.
Wheat -four.
Rye flour.
Hominy.
Corn meal.
|. Japan rice.
All sorts of farinaceous foods.
Canned tomatoes.
Canned peas.
Canned peaches.
Cheese.
Pickles.
Sugar.
Syrups.
Glucose.
Jellies.
Preserves
Medium and low grades of tea.
The declines are as follows:
Lamp chimneys of certain undesirable
sizes.
Coffee.
All that need be said is that necesSl-
ties of life are advancing in price and
that wages are either stationary or go
ing down. This kind of benefit from
Republican legislation will result in
making the voters think seriously be-
fore they give their suffrages again to
the party Of protection and pillage.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26

unusual qualities of discretion and tact
in it's incumbent. The fOrgetfulness
and the garrulity Of old age have be-
come Mr.. Sherman's dominant charac-
teristics. More than once he has
brought the nation to the verge of a
diplomatic crisis by his unguarded and
irresponsible prattle upon subjects of
grave international Importance. This
is heavy price to pay for the presence
of Mark Hanna in the United States
Senate.-New York Journal.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
Kansas CITY has an ordinance i'm

Kansas City has an ordinance impos-
ing a fine of two dollars and Il half on
every elector who fails to vote at
general election. But the Supreme
Court of Missoori has just declared the
ordinance invalid, on the ground, so it
is stated, that it is degrading to asso-
ciate the franchise with money value.
1t might be well to experiment with
suggestion, made some time ago, that
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
Fighting Sp;rit Has Returned.

Democrats need not look beyond the
Fourth Indiana District for renewed
courage and fresh hope. The unmis-
taxable evidence is there of Democrat
ic buoyancy and harmony which augur
party unity and victory. The Demo
Gratis of the Fourth Indiana District
have demonstrated that the party's old
time fighting spirit has returned. Now
and march resolutely on to the glories
of victory that await them this year,
next year and in 1900.-St. Louis Re
Dublc
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
New Danger to Firemen.

At a recent fire in the basement of a
Chicago electric power house, the fire
men had great trouble in getting at the
blaze. They had to chop holes in the
floor of the dynamo room before they
could get stream on the blazing pile
of waste Not waiting for the dyna-
mos to be shut down, they crept
through the black smoke and turned a
stream on the flames. In an instant
they were flung to the ground with
great violence, and the hose was sent
flying into the air. A heavy current
had passed along the stream and had
shocked them. Though unconscious
when rescued, they quickly recovered.
People make themselves very miser-
l. Ill
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26

The Cleveland Leader reports that "a
West Side woman wants $1,000 for sew
eraI kisses" Before closing such deal
we should insist on having a positive
understanding as to how many ''sev-
eral' are in Cleveland.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26

Vanity Fair of London sweetly re-
marks that ''the American eagle is a
noisy, Dragging, would-be bullying
bird; the Americans themselves are of
stupid mind, and the Yankee reminds US
OF a toy terrier swapping at ourselves
In the person of a mastiff" Oh. dear,
dear. Really, this is too bad. What a
change from 1776 and 1872!
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26

After the contumely OF years has
been heaped upon the women Of Chi
cago because Of the supposed abnormal
size Of their feet revenge has come in
the statement by st. Louis physician
that the greater portion of the women
in that city arc in danger of death from
lockjaw by re son Of tight shoes. AS
they say in the play, 1T is for Chicago
to lauCh"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26

Up in st. Paul the other night young
woman hastily left spiritualistic
seance because when she jabbed hat
pin into the leg of a spirit she dis
tinctly heard a ghostly swear-word
enunciated with great fervency. Well,
there are some things that no self-re-
spectipg ghost will tolerate.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26

a cablegram announces that the
Prussian under secretary for foreign
affairs has been compelled to take
long vacation in order to regain his
health Probably the hot weather had
something to do with lis retirement;
his name is Baron Won Rotenham.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26

A woman of Chicago has taken a
very good way to put down the practice
of scorching, so common with a certain
class Of wheelmen. She was run down
by one of these fellows, and alleges that
she sustained severe bodily injuries.
Instead Of having him arrested and
fined So, she has brought suit against
him for $4,000 damages.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26

Those who are in a position to speak
with authority concerning Alaskan af-
fairs say that it would be folly for a
poor man to start for the Klondyke
now without a few thousand dollars.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
A Moving ADDeaI.

A Wabash college boy, having been
admitted to the same Greek society to
which his father belonged. introduced
his next request for remittance with
"Dear Father and Brother."--Minne
apOlis Journal
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26
Tornado Drills in Kansas schoo

Tornado Drills in Kansas Schools.
\ movement has been started in
Kansas to have a tornado cave at
tached to every schOOlhOuse as refuge
for the children in times of those de
structive visitatiOns which are there so
frequently, requiring special provis-
ions of refuge ad protection from them.
Once in the cave, no matter how viO-
lent the storm. the children are safe.
In some of the schools tornado drills
have been instituted
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-26

Another important gold discovery
was made in New Orleans. A saloon
keeper discovered that he had paid ST.
600 for two gold bricks" worth about
cents pound.