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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
MENAGERiE ANIMALS.
Their Cost Ranges from a Few Dollar
fUp Into Thousands.

Their Cost Ranges from a Fe" Dollars
fUp Into Thousands.
People who see all sorts of tamed
animals in their cages at city geologic
al gardens and circus menageries are
curious to know the cost of the ami
mails. The annual quotation of prices
from the worlds greatest animal mart
Hamburg, Germany-was recently
received and is as follows:
Female Indian elephant, 6 feet high
trained to do several tricks, carries six
people to saddle, $1,000; female ele-
phant, ) feet inches high, no tricks,
$1,000: young, fresh imported male ele-
plants. to ) feet high, from Burmah,
$1,000; females, $1,10O; Zebras, 5 years
old, per pair, $1,000 and both broke to
drive in single or double harness; g
month-old zebra, male, $3.50. and fe-
male, 3 months old, $3.50; Nubian wild
ass, 6 months old, 5000; wild asses
from the Russian steppes, per pair,
$500; double-humped camels, per pair.
$500; llamaS, years old, per pair, $3.50;
Axis deer, from India, per pair, $500:
Ska deer, from Japan, per pair, $50;
waterbuck antelopes. = years old (cOun-
try not given) per pair. 500; Bengal
tigers, male, 6 years old, female, 3
years old. per pair. S1,I5O; Bengal
tigers. female. years old, each, $3.50;
Nubian lions, years old, per pair,
$1,5OO: Nubian lions, 211a years old, per
pair, $1,000. and IA years old, $500;
female jaguars, is months old, each
S225; pumas, years old, per pair, $3.50;
Indian leopards, male, $175 each;
striped hyenas, each, $75; Russian
wolves, each, S10O; young polar bears,
per pair, $3.50; polar bears, IS months
old, $3.50, and fully grown, $1,000 per
pair; young Russian bears, $50: Afri-
can and Indian porcupines, each, $40;
male kangaroo, S125; beaver rats, $50
per pair; male ourang outang, 1 years
old, $1,000.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

By refusing to accept the plea of in
toXication advanced by an illegal
voter in extenuation Of his offense, a
Philadelphia judge has taken a stand
which good citizens will generally sup
port, and which has reason, Judgment
and common sense back of it. In
vigorous manner the judge charged the
Jury that if they found the prisoner
had voted illegally, as charged, it was
their duty to convict him without re-
gard to his condition at the time,
whether he was drunk or sober. The
jury promptly convicted the man.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF.

There is truth in the assertion that
| house divided against itself cannot
stand, and the Republican party is be
ginning to recognize this fact.
On many questions the g. o. p. is a
house divided against itself, but on nc
question is it so markedly divided as
upon that Of the currency. With Secre-
tary Gage at one extreme and Senator
Chandler at the other, there exists a
great gulf between the two which
| neither can pass.
But the great mentor of the Republi,
can party, Secretary Sherman. does not
stand by the side of Secretary Gage.
On the contrary he is on record as be-
ing in sympathy with the views held
by Senator Chandler. When Sherman
was Secretary of the Treasury the
same struggle was made by the bank
ers which they are now making to re-
tire the greenbacks, and this is what
Secretary Sherman told them:
United States notes are now, in
form, security and convenience, the
best circulating medium known. The
objection is made that they are issued
by the Government, and that it is not
the business of the Government to fur
nish paper money, but only to coin
money. The answer is that the Gov
ernment had to borrow money, and is
still in debt. The United States note.
to the extent that it is willingly taken
by the people, and can, beyond ques-
ton, be maintained at par in coin, is
the least burdenSome form of debt
The loss of interest in maintaining
the resumption fund, and the cost Of
printing and engraving the present
amount Of United States notes, is less
than one-half the interest on an equal
sum of per cent. bonds. The public
thus saves over $7,O00,000 of annual in
terest, and secures a safe and convent
ent medium of exchange, and has the
assurance that a sufficient reserve in
coin will be retained in the treasury be-
yond the temptation of diminution,
such as always attends reserves held
by banks
Secretary Gage need not call upon
Gompers to argue the question of
finance with him. He can find a foe
man worthy of his steel sitting close to
him at the Cabinet table. The gold ad
vocating Republicans have plenty of
opposition in their own party without
seeking trouble with the captains of
organized labor. Let them fight itout
together.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

A short cut to notoriety has been ef-
fected by woman of Paris who con-
tributed and collected 10000 francs to-
ward the Guy de Maupassant monu-
ment, recently unveiled in the Pare
Monceau, on the condition that her own
portrait be introduced. The ludicrouS
result, the figure Of a fashionably
at the foot of a bust Of the poet, is
characterized by writer in a London
newspaper as IAN advertisement in
marble for some leading dressmaker. !"
Human vanity takes many forms and
worlds gaze, even at the expense OF
self-respect or of life itself.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
Trusts Under the Diug1ey Bill.

The tendency Of high tariffs to pro-
mote trusts was also faithfully pointed
out at the time the Dingley bill was
under discussion. but no one could have
foreseen that the rush in this direction
would reach such formidable proper
tons as it has assumed during the few
months that the new law has been in
operation. There has been such open
and indecent haste, and the effeci upon
articles of necessity so obvious that the
outcrs against the trusts has lost all
sembiance Of partisanship.- -Manches-
fer Union
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
Civil Service a Fixture.

Civil service reform has come to
stay. The only fault we have to find
with it is that it has not gone as far
as it should. But it will advance. and
any political party which dares to go
to the country on declaratio against
it will be beaten badly and viii richly
deserve the Observation-Disclosures Jour.
nal.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
Wages of CoIumbus, Crsv

curious discovery has been made-
in the archives of the Spanish navy
the bills Of payment of the crews who
composed the caravels of Christopher
Columbus. The sailors, according to,
their class, received from 10 to u
francs a month, including their food.
The captains of the three large caraveIs
had each so francs a month. AS for
Columbus himself, who had the title
of admiral, he was paid ], 500 francs a
year.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
Ruakin On the Bicycle

John Ruskin, who is opposed to rail
roads because they disfigure rural see
merry, and for other reasons, objects also
to all forms of cycling. His language
is quite radical: ITO walk, TO run, to
leap and to dance are virtues of the
human body, and neither to stride Oh
stills, wriggle on wheels, nor dangle oD
ropes, and nothing in the training Of
the human mind with the body will
ever supersede the appointed Gods
ways At saow walking and hard work.
kasA
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
The Truthful ComDositor.

A Georgia editor says: Times are
not improving very fast. We are jag
ging alone in the same old way" He
probably wrote it Jogging" but per-
mitted it to fall into the hands of a
compoSitor who was determined to tell
the truth, even if he lost his job
Cleveland Leader
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
On Its Last Legs.

The Republican party is Pickering It's
last flicker. 1t has Outlived its useful
ness. Every question that made it
great in Lincoln's time is settled. 1t is
travelling on it's shape, and just now
there isn't much left Of it's shape.-To-
ledO Bee.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

How little some people care for
money! The Provident Institution for
savings, in Boston, advertises list of
deposits that have had no attention of
any kind from depositors for twenty
years, and the figures in the thousands
column alone, disregarding hundreds,
tens and units, foot up nearly 100000.
Evidently the owners Of the money
deposited have had no use for it. How
many of them have forgotten it?
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

Rapidly the American bison has di-
minished in numbers since white men
Joined with the Indians in the work Of
reckless destruction, yet few of the
creatures still survive, in freedom as
well as in captivity, and the day Of
their complete extinction may not come
for decades, perhaps not for century.
The wild or passenger pigeon has been
less fortunate, OR, rather, more un-
fortunate, than the buffalo. Within the
memory Of men still young these birds
existed all over the country in literally
unnumbered millions. Single f1ocks
were seen so large that, even when
moving at express train speed, they
covered the whole sky for hours as
with a dense cloud. Lighting in a for
est, their weight often worked more
havoc with the trees than the severest
Of winter storms, and in a day they
could sweep broad fields as clean as
though prairie fire had traversed
them. Yet the Smithsonian Institution
announces that urgent appeals sent to
many States and the active personal
efforts of agents spurred to industry by
the offer Of large reward have failed
to bring in single specimen Of bird,
which, only few years ago, could be
and unfortunately was-killed by the
wagOnload with no better than sticks.
This result Of their efforts has con-
vinced the Smithsonian naturalists that
the pigeons have gone to join the great
aux, and they mourn the carelessness
that has left the United States without
even the poor solace to be found in a
museum case full of we'll assorted and
arranged specimens Of the departed
birds.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
Economy in Legislative Vacations,

The holiday vacation of the Legisla-
ture cost the people of this State only
$4,000, and it was cheap at that 1t
would have cost great deal more had
the Legislature been in session. in all
probability.-PeOria Herald.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
Gloucester Cathedral.

Gloucester cathedra1's lady chapel
one of the finest specimens of the per-
pendicular style of architecture in En-
gland, has been restored and opened to
the public, after being closed for twen-
ty-fve years.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

Uncle Sam doesn't mind having
young women marry veterans of the
war Of 1912 for love, but he objects
strenuously to having young women
marry them to make themselves eligi-
bic to a widows pension.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
CLAIMS TO BE Ao YEARS OLD.
Georgia Negro Who Says He Remem-
bers the Revolution.

bers the Revolution.
Samuel Andrew Gibbons is an old
negro, who, if his claims are true,
is the oldest living native of Chatham
County Gibbons says that he is 140
years old and that he was IL years
old when the revolutionary war be-
gan.
A reporter met Gibbons on Bay
street yesterday and had quite little
chat with him. He does not begin to
look as old as he claims to be, but
he gives circumstantial details which
go to prove him a very old man A
peculiar feature of his story is that
he says that up to month ago, when
he returned here, he had not been in
Savannah for seventy years. The old
man Is not in his dotage by any means,
and uses pretty good English.
Il was born ON Fairlawn planta-
ton, over that way (west of the city,"
he said, ''and 1 belonged to William
Gibbons. The GibbOnses owned q
whole lot Of property here then.
s'pose they own some Of it yet. l used
to run barber r-shOp right over on that
corner" pointing to the corner of Bay
and Montgomery streets.
Il don't know the names of the
streets now, 'cept one or two. They
didn't have all these streets when l
left here. That street they called
South Broad used to be the common
w
had market here then, but it was
wooden building. 1 don't know wheth-
er it was the same square the market
is now on or not.
''Yes, sir, / was here when the first
revolution in the United States of
them
You saw General Washington, of
course"
"Yes, sir; / saw him. All the peo-
pie turn out to see him, and they fired
guns
Did you see Lafayette?'
Yes, sir. He was the man they put
down carpets in the streets for him
to walk ON. They had a big gather
in in Monument Square and a whole
lot Of soldiers. They don't treat Presi-
dents now like they used to-"
The old man was evidently under
the impression that Lafayette was q
President.
II was sold away from here seventy
years ago. he said, "and brought 5000.
I have been living all about in Florida
and Alabama ever since. / remember
the falling stars. That was seventy
years ago"
The old man was positive in all his
statements. and could not admit that
he might be mistaken in any of his
facts.
Il left daughter in Florida when |
went to Alabama he said. She was
just big enough to tie in a napkin. |
went back there the other day and
found her, and her hair was whittier
than mine.'
This statement, if true, would appear
to be pretty good evidence of very old
age. If the old man was, as he says,
II years old when the revolution be-
gan, he would be 139 years old to-day,
SO that his statement that he is 14O
would not be much out of the way.
His statement that the failing stars"
occurred seventy years ago is not far
wrong. The great meteoric shower
occurred in 1888; that is, sixty-four
years ago. He gives crcumstantial
account of this event, which is not re-
markable, however, as, according tG
his own account, he must have been
an old man then.3Savanna News.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

1t is said that in the late municipal
elections in Georgia the negroes de-
manded and obtained from S. to $40
apiece for votes. Why should Geor
gia politicians ever advocate the lynch
ing Of citizens who are worth $40
apiece at the pollS2
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

Liquor is said to be scarce in the ma
tional capitol just now, the sergeant
alarms having announced "close sea-
son." in order to freeze out certain in
dividuals who have been accustomed
to tank up" and make too much noise
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
What Mckinley Has Done.

Mr.. Mckinley goes into the new year
with nothing accomplished for the
country or for mankind The nation
has only the farmer and a European
shortage to thank for what measure of
prosperity has been restored. AS to civ
il service reform. that is being knocked
out by office brokerage Louis Post,
Dispatch.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

A fast run Of 102 miles in ninety-sev-
en- minutes on a Western road, Is said
to he record breaker One of these
runs will yet prove to be a neck break
or as we'll
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

When extravaganza reaches the point
of having silver corn-poppers, senti-
ment calls halt. Like the old oaken
bucket, the wire pepper has a distinct
place in fond recollection;" but while
the bucket is largely a memory, the
wire medium for bringing corn to its
highest terms represents condition as
we'll as theory. Long may it wave!
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

A man has been lynched in Texas for
lying. If lynching is ever made the
recognized penalty for violations of the
Ten Commandments, what a hole it
will make in our American population.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
Prosperity in New England.

prosperity under the Dingley law has
struck New England with dull tnud
and the cotton operatives who have
been hit by reduction in wages, as
prosperity fell on the robber barons,
are expected to turn the other cheek ON
election day and vote to continue pros
perity'' for robber barons, and poverty
for the rest Of mankind.-LOuisville
Post
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

The Supreme Court of the United
States has given an important decision
against the Frankfort (Kentucky) lot
terry. It was claimed in behalf Of the
lottery that It's charter was contract,
and that as the United States constitu-
ton forbids any State to pass law i'm
pairing conracts, the provision of the
new Kentucky constitution revoking all
charters Of lotteries was invalid. The
Supreme Court took the ground that a
lottery grant Is in no sense a contract
within the meaning of the constitution,
but Is simply license which the
State, for the protection Of the public
morals, may at any time revoke. This
decision has a wide application, be-
cause, under the contrary view, any
lottery which had once been chartered
in any State would be forever secure
against withdrawal of it's privileges.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

With one Western inventor making
gold out of antimony and another max
ing hard coal out Of garbage, sawdust
and soft coal, the work Of improving
on the products of nature seems to be
running double turn.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
Know Each Other.

1t is eminently proper that both par
ties to the Ohio Senatorial fight should
have employed detectives to shadow
their opponents. Everybody knows
that all Republicans will stand watch.
ing.-St. Louis Republican.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
No Pensions for Civil EmnIOyeS

By no stretch Of the doctrine of graft
tude can it be claimed that the Govern
ment owes clerks and other civil en-
ployes anything beyond the remunera-
ton which is paid with certainty and
a regularity that cannot be depended
upon in any commercial or other busi-
ness pursuit. 1t is, therefore, not only
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

With 153 competitors for positions
In Harvard freshmen crew, the eight
finally selected certainly ought to rep
resent the athletic ability of the class.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
Bryan's Good Advice.

1t is more important that we support
our newspapers than that we assemble
at banquets.-W. j. Bryan a. Jackson
Day Banquet.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
Raiding the Civil Service.

The Republican raid on the civil serv-
ice in Congress has commenced in ear
nest. The pie brigade has been strong
nal revenue service at every point. not
withstanding the protestations of the
Civil Service Commission and the false
pretensions of the administration. We
will see when the vote is taken where
question. The civil service law will
come out unscathed in Congress if Nc
Kinley really favors the law as it
standS.-Louisville Dispatch
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

Selling Kentucky steed for 100000
might be used as evidence that if the
luck in one horseshoe is doubtful,
there's something in four of them
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

1t is not true that Hannis Taylor Is
going to be the first president Of Cuba
Libre after the acknowledgment of in
dependence.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
Take Democratic Papers,.

Men who desire to bring about a re-
turn of prosperity to this country
should act upon the advice of William
J. Bryan and lend their practical as
well as moral support to the Democrat
| ic newspapers.
No agency is more potent for good or
i'll than is the newspaper. Recogniz-
the Democracy of the nation to sub
scribe for and advertise in the Demo
cratic journals, thus giving legitimate
support to the advocates of the peo-
pies cause.
During the Presidential campaign of
1896 the subsidized press of the money
power welded an immense influence,
deluding the people with false promises
and deceiving them by misrepresenta-
tion of the position taken by the friends
of constitutional money.
Democratic newspapers have saved
the people $2O.OOO,OOO recently by ex-
posing the Union Pacific steal and fore
ing the Republican administration to
demand a just settlement Of the ac-
count. The questions which are to be
discussed for the next two years are
vital. In their correct settlement lies
the fate of the nation: therefore, the
newspapers which befriended the peo-
pie should receive the support of the
people.
William ]. Bryan is a great orator,
but he is also practical man. and in
his suggestion that those who wish the
good Of the country should support
Democratic newspapers he has given
wise and eminently practical advice,
which should be promptly followed
Chicago Dispatch.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

John DAILY, the ex-political Irish pris-
oner, has had the freedom of Boston ex-
tended to him. In his case it is more
than mere compliment
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20
Republican Dissensions General

From nearly every section of the
country come telegraphic announce
ments of trouble and disagreements in
the ranks Of the Republican party. In
Ohio the party is rent in twain over the
Senatorial struggle. The same may be
State of Iowa matters are but trif1e
better, while in Illinois the party may
be said TO be split in fragments. The
same might be said of half dozen
other StateS-peOria Journal.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

IL, as Astronomer Falt reiterates, a
comet will hit the earth on Nov. 13,
1899, it will be a striking coincidence
with Ii being an unlucky number.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

The esteemed New York Tribune re-
ferred to an esteemed contemporary,
recently, in this delicate way: "The
Evening Sun lies. So does its morning
degenerate. If you see anything in
either of them about anybody or any
thing they could have any motive for
lying about, the presumption always is
that thew lie"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

The social ethics Of the bull-fghtins
profession seem to afford interesting Az
poets. Mexico has a light Of the bull
ring known as Ell Curita, who comes
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

In the meantime bets are about even
as to whether Ii Hung Chang retains
his yellow jacket or not.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

un-American in principle to establish
a civil pension-and that is logical
outgrowth Of the merit system"-but
1t is an outrage upon the taxpayers
ST. Louis Republic
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

Forakerism Good by Comparison.
Bad as Forakerism is and has been in
Ohio politics, it is sanity in its integ-
rity compared with Hannaism.-Co
lumbus, Ohio, Press.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

A scientific expert says that 80 per
cent. Of mushrooms is water. The 9th
er 10 per cent, of course, is toadstools.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

To all women: There Is no such
thing as bargain in cigars.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-20

Inventor Keely's air ship will fy, we
feel sure, just as soon as he perfeets q
few trifiing details In his motor.