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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

a great majority Of the sufferers are small
farmers, they have been left entirely destl-
tute and will be unprepared for work even
ifter the floods have subsided.
The entire Mississippi Valley in Arkansas
Is flooded and communication with many
points cut off, In Mississippi a like condi-
ton exists. The levees in Louisiana, with
single exception, have held, but the water
is rising and the situation there Is reported
rs being extremely critical.
Under such circumstances the citizens Of
these States look for the cooperation and
support Of the national government in re-
lieving the pressing cases Of destitution for
food, clothing and shelter, which are be-
yond the reach Of local efforts. The authori-
ties who have communicated with the Ex-
ecutive recognize that their first and most
energetic duty is to provide, SO far as posi-
BILE, the means of caring for their own citi-
zens, but nearly all Of them agree in the
ouinon that after their resources have been
900, and possibly 100000. will be required
for Immediate use.
Precedents are not wanting that in such
emergencies as this Congress has taken
prompt, generous and intelligent action, in
volving the expenditure of considerable
In 1874 $59OOO0 was appropriated, and in
1882 $35O.OO0 was also appropriated for re-
lief in the same direction besides large sums
in other years.
The citizens relief committee of Mem
phis, which has taken prompt action, has
already cared for from 5000 to 1000 refu-
gees from the flooded districts. and they are
still arriving in that city in large numbers
daily. Supplies and provisions have been
sent to the various points in Arkansas and
Mississippi by this committee, but the most
that can be done by these efforts is to part
ly relieve the most acute cases of suffering.
No action has yet been taken for the great
majority of the inhabitants living in the in
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15
Sparks from the Wires.

Richard Dudley of Erie, Pa. and Gin
cinnati, died in London.
Marshall Russell, Maria Snoden and
Maggie Short were drowned at Aliens
vile, Ky, while out boat riding on pond.
Hugh Miller, the frebug who was con-
victed of arson twentyfour hours after
his arrest at New York, was sentenced to
twenty years Imprisonment
An alien labor bill, modelled on the ex-
listing law in the United States, and a
bill to amend the immigration laws hare
been introduced in the Canadian parlia-
ment
Levi Samuels has been appointed REF
ceiver for Marx d Frenkel, clothing man
ufacturers at New York, in proceedings
for a dissolution of the firm. The liabili-
ties are placed at $4,000. Assets consist
of outstanding accounts and stock.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15
FLOOD VICTIMS AIDED
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S APPEAL
is HEEDED.
He Asks Congress to Act at Once in
the Matter of Relief, and in a Very
Brief Time 100000 Is Appro-
priated.
Message from the President.

President Mckinley appealed to Con-
sress Wednesday for relief for Southern
1ood sufferers, and Congress was quick
% respond. Here is the text of the mes
sage:
Information which las recently come to
ne from the governors Of Arkansas, Missis-
uppi and Louisiana, and from prominent cit
IzenS Of these States and Tennessee, war
:antS the conclusion that widespread dis
.reSS, involving the destruction of large
amount Of property and loss Of human life,
,as resulted from the floods which have
been submerging that section Of the coun-
try. These are stated, on reliable authority,
20 be the most destructive floods that have
ever devastated the Mississippi Valley, the
water being much higher than the highest
stage 1t has reached before. From Marion,
Ark, north of Memphis, to Greenville, Miss,
distance Of more than $50 miles by river,
Is reported there are now at least fifty
owns and villages under water, and ter
:itOry extending from ten miles north of
Memphis to 200 miles south, and from five to
.Orty miles wide, is submerged. Hundreds
'f thousands Of acres of cultivated soil, with
growing crops are included in the sub
merged territory. In this section alone
here are from $4,000 to 10000 people whose
property has been destroyed and whose busi-
less has been suspended. Growing crops
lave been ruined, thousands of cattle have
been drowned. and the inhabitants Of GER
.ain areas threatened with starvation. AS
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

A singular omission in the matter OF
legal formalities is the failure Of the
Federal laws to provide for notifying
President-eIect of his election. The
electoral votes are counted, and the re-
suit Of the enumeration is recorded in
the journals of both Houses of Con-
gress; but it is left for the President
elect to find out the result in whatever
way he can and to present himself for
Inauguration on the next succeeding
fourth day of March. AS a matter Of
fact the person elected to the highest
office in the republic gets his notifica-
tion from the newspapers.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

The State of Washington is proceed
ing systematically in the work of re-
claiming its arid lands, the operations
being under the direction of an Arid
Land Commissioner A recent report
by this officer says that by the process
of irrigation over 100000 acres in the
State may be made fertile. The work
in hand is the reclamation Of some
$4,000 acres, which have been with
drawn from the public domain at
cost. mostly for personal service. Of
about $1,000. Abundant water for this
large tract can be had from the
Natchez River REINFORCED by series
of reservoirs, the water to be supplied
by canal 80 miles in length
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15
STORY OF THE WATERS.
10000 Square Miles Flooded, and 200
Lives Lost.

10000 Square Miles Flooded, and 200
Lives Lost.
Ten thousand square miles of flooded
farm lands, 200 lives lost, and $1O0,0OO,-
600 worth of property destroyed. This is
the record of the huge yellow monster
that coils it's length like the slow spread
ing tentacle of an octopus from the Brit
ish line to the Mexican gulf. 1t is the
record of the insatiate Mississippi. Seven
States are wailing and wallowing and
foundering in the muddy torrent, and
thousands of people have gone sailing
over their farms and into the flooded for
ests on logs, on RATS, on the roofs of
their houses. On the small knolls that yet
rise above the deluged lands in Arkansas,
Mississippi, and Louisiana, little groups
of half-starved men are gathered with
their families and farm animals, waiting
for the rescue that comes so slowly.
And still the tide rises and sWells and
widens and sings it's long song of death
and disaster through the broken levees,
and still the six-foot SHOWS of Mime
sofa and the Dakotas melt and pour their
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15
The English newspapers are becom

The English newspapers are becom-
ing venturesome. One of them has
sent correspondent on a secret mis-
sion. of which it speaks in the follow
ing mysterious terms: "We cannot in
dicate his destination. for the journey
that lies before him is one of the most
perilous kind, and whisper of his
identity or the purpose of his mission
would seal his death warrant He pur-
poses to tread path that has never
known the foot of a white man, and
will travel with such a following as no
newspaper correspondent has ever
mustered for his private ends. Hun
dreds of men and scores Of horses will
follow his banner and every man of the
party will carry his life in his hand"
Whewi
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vast volume into the already unprecedent-

vast volume into the already unprecedent-
ed current. Levees from st. Louis to
Vicksburg are broken and destroyed. Gre
vases are everywhere. Twenty thousand
men have fought night and day, and are
still fighting the roaring waters. In the
backwoods and isolated lowlands of Ar
kansas and Mississippi thousands of poor
settlers have been deluged and are cut
off from communication or rescue. Thou
sands of farm animals have been drown
ed. Culverts and bridges have been wash
ed away and railroad traffic impeded. Re-
lief is slow and inadequate, and the end
is not vet
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

Philadelphia Record: The kindergar-
ten lies at the bottom of the public
school system. 1t is little nearer to
bed rock than our system of education
has ever before attained Congress
man Barrett. of Massachusetts. is right
when he insists that more kindergar
tens should be established even if the
high schools should have to be aban
doned. We are expending too much
money on the roof and too little on the
underpinning of our schools.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15
DRAPER DID TIE DEEL.
Confesses to the Murder of Charles L.
Hastings cit Jacksonville, Ill.

Charles L. Draper has made to his pas
tor, Rev. DR.. Morey, a complete confes-
sion of the murder of Charles l.. Hastings
in the abstract Office of Judge Kirby at
Jacksonville, ILL.,, March 81. He said that
he had been in the employ of Judge Kirby
for some time, when Hastings came back
to the city without means and in despair
over losing his property. Draper said he
interceded for Hastings with Judge klr-
by and secured him a position. They
went to work together and from that time
the trouble began. Draper claimed that
he had shown Hastings every kindness
only to be rebuffed. He would do great
amount of work preparing papers and
Hastings would label them with his
name and take the credit of preparing
them.
The trouble eliminated when Draper
pressed Hastings for reason why he was
so cool and was answered with an oath
that he wanted nothing more to do with
him. An appeal to Judge Kirby had no
effect and Draper resigned and then be-
gan business for himself. In order to get
through with his work he had to have
access to the books he had helped to pre-
pare. He had kept a key to the door,
and decided to see if the combination on
the vault door had been changed and
found it had not He went there night
after night to take off the abstracts of
titles. He was suspected and was shad-
owed by detective for over month, but
he held off until the detective went off
duty and a day or two after made his
last visit to the Office. Hastings unex-
pectedly entered and Draper says at
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

An English actress called her COM
pany together the other night, took
leave of it. gave the members her jew
elry and dresses and announced that
she had Joined the Salvation Army.
The woman was Ada Ward, not un-
known in this country, and her conver-
sion appears to be sincere. There has
been nothing similar to her change of
heart since James Sheridan Knowles,
actor and playwright, abandoned the
theater to become an extreme evangel-
list and preacher at Exeter Hall.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15
News of Minor Note.

Gov. Adams has signed the bill abol-
ishing capital punishment in Colorado.
Madrid is gaily decorated with flags in
honor of the victories of the Spanish
troops in the Philippine islands.
William G. Fisher, millionaire dry
goods merchant of Denver, Colo, died
at New York. He was 53 years old.
Henry Struive and two sons were
drowned on Gus Bulls farm, six miles
south of Frankfort. S. D. This makes
six deaths from drowning within two
weeks
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described.
Under these conditions. and having fully
eXerted themselves to the fullest extent, the
local authorities have reluctantly confessed
their inability to further cope with this dis
tressing situation unaided by relief from
the Government.
1t has. therefore. seemed to me that the
representatives of the people should be
promptly Informed of the nature and extent
of the suffering and needs Of these stricken
people, and l have communicated these
facts in the hope and belief that the legisla-
tive branch of the Government will prompt
ly re-enforce the work of the local authOri-
ties in the States named.
WILLIAM MKINLET.
A resolution was at once passed by the
House appropriating 100000 for the suf-
ferers and, the Senate giving it speedy
sanction. the resolution was carried to the
White House, where the President gladly
Sinnad Ii
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15
The Way of 1t,

Il heard your minister resigned from
his charge" well. no. not edzac' 'Iy."
How was it them" Why. you see.
we'd been resigned ter him as long as
we could stand it and we thought it
WIZ time for him to reciprocate. He
didn't resign. We resigned him
Washington Times.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15
Found His Calling.

Editor-in- Chief Ito applicant for posi-
ton on the Daily DistressJ-Do you
have fits?
Applicant-Alas. yes.
Editorial right. you can commence
here Monday. We want such man as
you seem to be to edit our Cuban war
news.-Cleveland Leader.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

A goat entered the Office of town
clerk in Willetts, Kan, and chewed up
a ledger before the invasion was dis
covered. The county officials think this
looks suspicious and are trying to get
at the inside facts
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

year he has been engaged in real estate
business and has made money fast. He
has been president of the Marquette Club,
social-political organization with great
influence in Republican affairs. In last
falls campaign he was a leader for Nc
Kinley.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

The reminder that this is the season
for tree-planting is a timely one, and
should be widely acted upon. Few
things would contribute more to the at
tractiveness of streets and roads than
rows of thrifty shade trees
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

had one sharp lesson there which it has
obviously not laid sufficiently to heart,
and it is just possible that it is prepar-
ing itself for another, an incident to be
more deplored than the forcible depor-
tation of every Italian in the common
raa1th
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15
Ihe Talenfine ltworraf
ROBERT GOOD, Editor and Prop.
VALENTINE, NEBRASKA

An Arkansas preacher declares that
he "has Just discovered that the devil
Is lawyer" If he is living in Arkan-
sas he is getting his just deserts.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15
A Success.

Man Of family-That burglar alarm
is a grand success; wouldn't part with
it for mint of money. 1t went off at
/ o'clock this morning.
Dealer-Eh? Did you catch a burglar
trying to get in?
NO; but it caught my daughters
young man trying to get outT'-New
York Weekly.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15
I.ifararv Thrift

Of course we write light literature.
And people really should expect It.
We thus save postage in sending our stuff
To- the publishers who reject it.
-E<troit Journal.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

Nansen already has made $150,0O0
out of his failure to bring home the
north pole. In his case miss appar-
emily was as good as several miles.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

Capt. Sam G. Cabell, one of the old
Mississippi steamboat captains, and
prominent figure on that river during war
times, died at Washington, D. c., aged
SO years. He and one of his boats were
pressed into the Confederate service by
Gen. Thompson early in the SOS, and
passed through many thrilling adventures.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

tackled him, and during the struggle which
followed he drew a knife and inflicted
the fatal stabs. Draper says he has re-
tanned Gov. johnson of st. Louis, and he,
with Col. Pat Dyer, will make stubborn
fight for the mans life.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

Among some women a certain dis
tinction is given the woman who takes
a death so hard her physician forbidS
her to attend the funeral.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

Wednesday her speed trial she herself the the 1nd
builders William Camp Philadelphia by making of
the hours trial the Government under the contract
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

Amined Dowleh has been appointed
president of the Persian Council of Min
listers of the Interior with extensive pow
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15
A LUCKY YOUNG MAN.
Charles U. Gordon, Chicago's New
Postmaster

The resignation of Washington Hesing,
postmaster of Chicago, made a vacancy
which President Mckinley lost little time
in filling. A young man got the plum.
His name is Charles U. Gordon, and he
is not yet 30 years of age. Since his 10Th
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15

A boy never expresses the love he
feels for his mother, and seldom feels
the love he expresses for other women.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-15
who killed G.. r. Dodge

C. F. Kleupfer, who killed c. R. Dodge
and Alexander Borland at New Hope,
Cal, six weeks ago, and who has since
been in the county jail at Stockton, hang
ed himself in his cell with handkerchief
tied to the grating of the window.
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WHY MEN NEED WIVES.
for Womau's Kingdom.

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courage that cares 10 ehd"re an ana suller
all fer truth, duty, honor and most of all,
for love
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-09-27
TO LIVE IS ENOUGH.

Just to live is enough-to see the blue
domed sky
Unclouded on a dreamy summer day;
To view the earth wrapped in It's robe OF
green;
The changing sea. now blue, now green,
now gray;
To see the silver rivers lace the lands;
The frownng mountains, capped with
cleaning snow:
The jcweled prairies. shadowless and
bright,
The opalescent dawn. the sunset glow;
TO live ard see IS enough.
just to live is enoug--to hear tie torrents
UntrammeIed from the overhanging
wall:
To hear the surging and the sobbing sea:
The thunders roar, the avalanchcs fail;
The twitter of the wren at early morn;
The signing of the breeze as the eve
grows late:
The peal Of laughter from the light OF
heart:
The gentle talking of the lover to his
mate.
10 live and see Is enough.
Just to live is enough--to smell the rose
at dawn:
TO feel the rain upon your face AT night;
To brush tie dew from hedge and jeweled
To wa'ch the skylark in its heavenward
fight;
To drift and dream upon the rivers low;
TO listen to the cooling Of the dove;
70 mold Il tender rosc-leat hand IN yours;
TO kiss the dewy lips of one you love;
10 live and love S enough.
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He asked the mother for her daughter
and consent was given.
On December Is. 1885, he went for his
Christmas present-that present which he
had been thinking of for two years His
bride-to-be was IN readiness end there IN
the home of her mother With the soft
wt1ds blowing through the tree beneath
which they had pighted their tr1th, these
Two Were made man and wife.
This is how Aunt Susie turned match
maker and this is how the correspondence
begun five years before rirened into love,
and love into matrimony; but this is not the
end Of the story.
Mr.. Pickett took home his bride and the
only cloud was the parting of The mother
and her daughter. Eight months ago there
came into the home of these Two g little
one. 1t a girl and received the name
of Daphne" this name having come
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Constitution.

but It was not at the envelope or The per
fumed paper that he looked, it was at
what was written.
She was impressed with his large. boyish
hand and often wished to see the writer,
but they lived a long way apart and they
were only children. But the story runs
that they outgrew this childishness and he
was soon old enough to travel by him
self and she was old enough to receive
him when he came.
The letter that started tho correspond
erce was the following and it appeared in
The Weekly Constitution of October %,
1889:
cora Johnson. sewance TENN live
IN Sewauee, delightful town which has
q great many views. If any of the cousins
will visit mo / VIII take pleasure in tax
i1g them to see our views. / read Gan
Hamilton's letter and ! think his suGges-
tions xarr Very good. Miss Nellie Collins
w.sfEd the names Of some good books.
Il think she would like The Opening
Of Chestnut Burr and The Golden Gem
OF Lie ] am fifteen years old. Would
like a correspondents"
~ NJ Pickett, u young man OF Madison,
\. c.. saw this letter and answered. What
caused him TO do so no ono knows. 1t
may have been chance, or it may have
been q bond of affinity between these two
even before they knew of the existence of
the other. At any rate. he answered the
letter of the girl who suggested the Golden
Gem of Life" as II good book to be road by
a fellow correspondent.
She IN turn answered his letter, and so
the correspondence began to exist. 1t
with whit
but little interruption for four years. The
tone of their letters had changed Some
what and his boysh Land nad developed
into the easy, careless writing Of busy
man. Her envelopes stin continued square
and the perfume was still on them, but
the contents showed that the former girl
had grown to be a woman, with all the
beauties and sweetness of her sex.
Whey both often spoke Of a better ac-
ouadntance now, and she had invited him to
come, and see the little girl who had asked
the assistance OF Aunt Susie IN finding
q, correspondent. About four years aGo
ghe received a letter that sent the blood
thrilling through her tail and slender
frame, she knew not why-or rather, she
did know WHY, but She would not admit
It even to herself True, his letters had
often contained tender passages and sweet
sayings thar revealed the trend Of his
thoughts. but stiIl he had never seen her
and she would never acknowledge what
she knew to be true until he had spoken.
AS for him, he knew IN his big, manly
heart that he loved the girl already, and
yet he was afraid. Suppose he should
not find the sweet, winning girl he had
tfnagiued to himself in his thoughts? And
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from the mothers side OF the family and
having beCu borne by five generations
The two younG people waited four years
before they saw each other. and thcn TWO
years moro each waited for the other.
ana now they are waiting until little
Daphne is old enough to be told the story
of how her father courtcd her mother
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