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The San Francisco call., 1898-02-12

ble had begun, and he found matters in a very disreputable shape After two or three days of work. during which he found that S50O0 of the $1OO0O furnished by the citizens of San Fran cisco had been spent in high living and in the lowest resorts of the city, he discharged all of the men who had come on with him, with the exception
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-12

Ensign Porter Dies at Phoenix.
 PHOENIX, Feb 11.-Ensign John Forter' united States Navy. died last night at the Catholic Hospital of tuhere culosis. He was a graduate of AnnanoI;s Of the class of '92
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.

.o4 degrees fortiand ..-.-.........-..52 degrees LOS AhSeles ........-....72 degrees san Diego ....,..........64 degrees
 FIRST PAGE.
 De Lome Incident Not Closed President Zelaya Means War. San Francisco Injured Abroad. Naval Officer Drowned Riots at Zolas Trial.
 SECOND PAGE The Santa Fe's Burned Tunnel Resources of Sacramento. Old Scandal of Los Angeles. Meeting of the Bikers
 THIRD PAGE. ( A Revolt in Guatemala.
 French Cable Problematical. Preacher Swallows Live Mouse. . Hickey's Body Sent Here. A Widows Home Looted. Belew Held for Murder
 The Barron Will Case
 In Fear of Mythical Foes
 FOURTH PAGE. Captain Rays Official Report Gold on the American Side. Canada's Vexatious Regulations Gunboat May Go to Skaguay. Days Session of the Senate Plyler's Wife Under Arrest. Tacoma Firm in Trouble
 FIFTH PAGE. Fire in the Phelan Block. Woman Swindled Them. Fair Heirs Win a Case.
 Cattle King to Wed Again.
 SIXTH PAGE. Editorial Where Will This End7
 Opening the Campaign. The People in Politics. Defective Ammunition. Canadian Impertinence. David Bennett HiIs Plans. Stories From the Corridors. Answers to Correspondents.
 SEVENTH PAGE. Fought Over a Woman's Cofnn pr. Hart Resigns
 News Along the Water From. George B. Sperry Shot. Tried to Swindle an Old Man
 EIGHTH PAGE. News of the Sporting World.
 NINTH PAGE. French Societies at War
 Fixing the Water Rates.
 What Happened to Jones.'' S
 TENTH PAGE. S The Commercial World. ~
 ELEVENTH PAGE. H News From Across the Bay. ~ May Bar a New Hospital. ~
 TWELFTH PAGE. m Racing at Oakland
 Justice C4rrolls Bad Fix. ~
 THIRTEENTH PAGE. H Births, Marriages and Deaths. A
 FOURTEENTH PAGE. M Schools Honor Lincolns Memory. m
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
PLANTS THAT EAT MEAT.
The Sundew One of the Most Interes
sr0 I,Socf:urr

The Sundew One of the Most Interest.
ing In~sectivOra.
Godey's Magazine has this to say
about plants that eat meat: Zone of
the most interesting of the insectivora
is the sundew. The five or six small
leaves lay close to the ground, and
each of them bore a crown of dew
drops, which sparkled in the sunshine
like rubies and diamonds. A slender
scape sprang from the rosette Of leaves
and from one side Of it dropped some
small white flowers.
"SundeW is the poetic name given it
because of the CLEANS of the gemlike
drops on the leaf surfaces, but in spite
of its beauty it is a little savage Of
vegetable life. Most plants absorb
nourishment from the soil and atmos-
phere, but the sundew will drink milk
and eat beef and mutton and hard
boiled eggs, if they are fed to it. 1t
does not keep a cook, however, so it
catches its own dinner. Each leaf is
covered with a number of tiny reddish
tentacles, and at the end Of each ten
tacle is a little gland, to which ad-
heres a drop of sticky fluid.
while watching the sundew we saw
a gay little fly in a gauzy draw near.
lowering over the leaf he lightly pois-
ed above it and prepared to sip che Wis
cid drops. In a moment his feet were
entangled and he was a prisoner.
The second the feet of the insect
press ever so lightly the glands-the
motor impulse, as it is called-hies with
unimaginable rapidity down through
the tentacles, communicating with all
upon the leaf, and they at once bend
in the direction Of the exciting object
the fly, in this case.
"As soon as the feet of the fly touch
ed the %tentacles, that wonderful change
in them, which is called aggregation;
began. The purplish protoplasm, which
flows increasingly in their cells, separ-
ated into tiny masses of purple matter
floating in a clear liquid. The fly had
alighted on the leaf Il little to the left
of the center, and the tentacles nearest
him naturally bent first and deposited
upon the next, and SO on until he was
gradually rolled to the center.
Meanwhile every gland secreted a
digestive fluid which is strongly acid,
and is, so far as can be ascertained,
identical with the digestive fluid of ami
mails. This fluid poured over the fly,
drowning him, the tentacles bent clos
cup and closed; when, after several
days. it should expand, all traces Of
the insect will have disappeared, di-
gested and absorbed into the life Of
the plant"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
FISH CULTURE.
Work Done in the United States
inc tho Yoo~ 1oOQ

Work Done in the United STATES Dur
ing the Year 1896.
The annual report at WashinGton of
John ]. Brice, Commissioner Of Fish
and Fisheries, states that $4,000, 600
shad eggs were collected. andi from
these 100000 fry were planted in
streams emptying into the Atlantic
Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.i The
increase in shad eggs collected wAs 3d.
100000 ever the previous year, and If
a bill now before Congress Is ena&.ted
into a law auxiliary stations why be
established On most of the important
rivers Of the Atlantic coast and Will
result in immense increase in the out
put of this species. The output of lib
ster fry was 81, 200, 900, against 72,OOD,-
600 for the previous year, and Comma
sioner Brice says there is little dou !
that the output in another year will
Increased more than 500 pei cent.
While the attempt to keep up tt
constantly decreasing supply of mac
erel along the New England coast Wa S
more OR less experimental, "a, 900, cd ID
eggs were collected. Thirty-cne min \.
ion tsutog clam eggs wsre collected ii
buzzard's Bay, and II, 600, 600 fry wer1
liberated from them. Great i~ncreases.
II results at a large saving of Expense
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
After a Chinese Wedding

On the day following a Chinese we'd
ding, at least in certain provinces, the
brides youngest brother goes to in
quire after her and to take a present
from her mother of a bottle of hair
Oil. This is a custom so ancient that
lone know the origin thereof. No fur
Their communications take place be-
tween the bride and her family for
three months, when her mother sends
a sedan chair and an invitation to visit
her. If there has been neither a birth
nor a death in her husbands or in her
mothers house for 100 days she goes
and makes a short stay at her old
home. This visit over, she cannot see
her mother again until after her first
child is born, and not then, should the
child be a girl. Even then, If there
has been a death in either family the
visit cannot be made, and there have
been many instances where a mother
an6 daughter living very near each
ether have not met for years.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
From Small Beginnings to Wealth.

New York has two remarkable AL.
bany boys. Anthony Brady may be
said to have no official residence and
no legal home. l do not know where
his washing is done, but he pays taxes
neither in Albany nor New York, says
a New York exchange. His interests
here, however, are enormous. and his
wealth is estimated at between $685.
000,0 600 and $50, 600, OOO. He used to be
a bar man in the Delavan House, AL
bany- John A. Mccall. president of
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, a handsome and dignified execu-
tive. practically controls the DISPOSE
ton of $3.50, 600, 900. In other words,
he could lend that amount of money
to the Government. His salary is said
to be now $4,000 a year. MEGA. in
his salad days vas janitor Of the State
House at Albany.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06

were accomplished IN salmon Matching
on the Pacific coast. The total take Of
100000 salmon eggs amounted to
three times as many as were ever col
lected before in the United States in
any Il season. 1t is proposed to eX-
tend over the entire country a perma-
nent and economical system of main
tanning the central h~atcheries, auyHi-
airy e~gg-coilectirg stations, to be oper-
sted only during the spawning season.
Another effort will be made to intro
dace PaciHc salmon IL Eastern waters.
Five million eggs will be transferred
from the California stations to stations
in New York, Vermont and Maine. and
the fry liberated in the Penobscot,
Kennebec, Merrimac, Hudson, Della.
ware and Susquehanna Rivers. At
tention has also been paid to increas
ing the output of Atlantic and land.
locked salmon at the Maine station
and indications point to a large in.
eggs collected will aggregate 1S,0O0,OOC
or 20,0O0,000. The cod work will sur.
pass all previous seasons, and 225, 0OO,.
O00 eggs are expected Eastern oysters
and Holsters were planted in Califor.
mia and Oregon waters in October, and
d~iamond-back terrapin in San Francis
co bay. Eggs Of the steel-head trout,
a California game fish, have been
planted in streams tributary to Lakes
Superior and Huron and the Penobscot
River.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06

By feeding poultry and stock with
cooked food during the winter months,
at least one-third of the food is saved;
also having stock in a healthy condi-
ton. preventing hog cholera among
your hogs. and insuring the hens laying
freely during the winter months when
eggs are always wanted at high prices.
This Cooker will pay for itself in one
weeks time and is without doubt the
best and cheapest on the market-just
what its name implies, a Farmer $
Handy Feed Cooker. Upon application
to the Empire Manufacturing Co., Gil
II street, Quincy. ILL.,, a catalogue, Civ
ing a full description, may be obtained.
They are made in all sizes.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
Deafness Can't BE Cured

By local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inhamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is
the result, and unless the can be
taken out and this tube restored to it's normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh.
which is nothing but an infamed condition Of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness caused by Catarrh) that we
cannot cure by taking Halls Catarrh Cure. Send
for circulars, free.
F.. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
Ran AWAY with the SDoOn.

Gimme a ham sandwich and q cup
of Coffee" yelled an excited customer,
who dashed into a South Thirteenth
street lunch house at lis yesterday
morning. as he laid 10 cents on the
counter and nervously ganced at his
watch. Hurry up, for l want to make
the 1:20 night car up Thirteenth" AS
he planted himself on the nearest stool
the cry Of wheat bread ham-draw
one" was passed along a line of wait
ers to the kitchen below. and in one
minute the order was served.
The customer had absorbed half the
sandwich when the ringing Of the troll
ley car gong was heard outside, but the
coffee was still too hot to drink. With
out pausing to reflect he damned the
remainder Of the sandwich in his coat
pocket, and grabbing the coffee cup
rushed for the street, reaching it just
In time to hop on the car.
Then he stood on the step and nm
ished the coffee. while the cashier of
the restaurant. who had just recovered
from his establishment. ran after the
car, yelling: THE spoon! The spoon!
Bring back that spoon" Three police
men. two cab drivers and a dozen other
customers joined in the chase and had
almost overtaken the car when the man
threw the spoon out into the street.
He was going to follow suit with the
cup. but the cashier shouted to him to
bring it back some other time. Spoon
and cup together were worth about 1915
cents.-Philadelphia Record.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
Why He Struck Her.

Mamma-Why did you strike little
Elsie. you naughty boy. you?
Dick-Well. what did she want to
cheat for, then?
Mamma-HoW did she cheat?
Dick-Why, we were playing at
Adam and Eve, and she had the apple
20 tempt me with, and she never tempt
ed me. but went and ate 1t all up her.
self,-Tid-Bits.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
Taking Things Easy.

Reporter-Anybody injured in Che
practice game to-day?
Football Captain-No; the boys
went real easy today. They are saw
ing themselves up for the champion
ship game tomorrow. Robinson got
his nose broken, Smith lost an ear, Dob,
son got a few teeth kicked out, Jacock
dislocated his jaw and broke a few
fingers, but nobody got what you real
ly call hurt.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
Similar Experiences.

did you ever run after q ferryboat
only to find that 1t was coming inY'
"Oh, yes. and at the time ! was court
ing my wife and thought was winning
out in a hard fight she and all her rela-
tives were combined in an effort to
make my escape impossiblc.-Phila-
delphia North American.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
Changed His Mind.

Bacon-I think Billy's wife has got
excellent taste.
Egbert-I thought 80. too. until l.
smoked a cigar out Of q box his wife
had given him for q birthday gift
Yonkers Statesman.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
French Wine

a Paris paper says that the vine
Yards OF Gard and Herault have recoy-
cred from the phylloxer2, and tina,
wine Is As cheap as 4 was in 1875,
Nevertheless, the population is turning
more and more to alcohol.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
Shameful.

whats the price Of these gloves?'
she asked.
IA dollar and se~venty-fve cents"
said the clerk: "but I'm afraid we
haven't any small enough for you. We
can order an extra small size, how
ever"
"Oh, these will do. I'll take three
pairS."
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
The Dear Girls,

First Girl-Did you meet Miss Cute?
4. Second Girl-Oh. yes. Do you like
her?
First Girl-Yes. She's rather nice;
but do you?
Second Girl-Er-yes: pleasant com.
pany. but--Philadelphia North
American.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
Do You Dance Tonight

Shake in your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions. Chilblains, Frost Bites
Sweating Feet. At all druggists and
shoe stores. 25c. Sample sen FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
sWallows and Pigeons.

Some time ago the experiment was
made Of letting loose at Compiegne a
swallow belonging to Antwerp in COM
pany with a number Of pigeons. The
swallow Immediately made a bee line
for home, and arrived there in one
hour, while the pigeons required three
hours. :
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
1t Keeps the Feet Dry and Warn

It Keeps the Feet Dry and WARM
And Is the only cure fOr Chilblains.
Frost Bites, Damp. Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. ASK for Aliens
FOot-Ease, a powder TO be shaken into
the shoes. AT all druggists and shoe
stores, Csc. Sample SEM FREE. Adj
dress Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
Has Heard the Expert Evtden,

H"S deoru ne Expert Evidence. .
You say" said the president Of the
university to the applicant. that you
wish to be engaged as professor of
anatomy. chemistry and osteology"
Yes. DOCTOR"
yet you admit that you are not a
university-br bred man and have no di.
ploma?"
THAT also is true"
This is most extraordinary. I wish
you would tell me on what you base
your belief that you could fill that chat,
satisfactorily"
I was a juryman in the Luetgert
trial at Chicago, DOCTOR"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
A soft Answer.

Mrs. Housekeep-Wha5 do you mean
by coming to the front door, you scala
wag!
Soiled Sammy-Sure. mum. an
knew l wouldn't find a true Teddy like
yoreself in de kitchen.-New York
Evening Journal.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06

that her nerves are failing, that her strength is going and that something
must be done to help her through the coming trials ofm maternity.
Build her up at ono by a course of some tonic with specific powers Such as
Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. You "a get it at any druggists
Following w e publish by request a letter from a young wife-of her own ac
cord she addresses it to her suffering sisters" and while from modesty she
asks to withhold her name she gives her initials and street number in
Chambersburg, Pa, SO she can easily be found personally or by letter:
To my Suffering Sisters:-Let m e write this for your benefit, telling you
what Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound has done fr me. am but
nineteen and suffered with painful menstruation, leucorrhaa, dizziness, burn
ing sensation back of ears and top of my head, nervousness, pain and
soreness of muscles, bearing down pains, could not sleep well, as unable
to stand without pain, and oh! how Ilonged to be well!
One day / wrote to Mrs Pinkham telling her all, knowing could do so
in perfect confidence.
She wrote mt a lovely letter in reply, telling me exactly what to do.
After taking nine bottles of the Compound, box of Liver pills and using
onehalf package of Sanative wash, 1 cal say I am cured. / am 81 happy,
and W my happiness to none other than Mrs. Pnkham.
Why will women suffer when help is near? Let me-, as a who has had
some experience. urge all suffering women, especially young wives, to seek
Mrs Pinkhams advice-Mrs f. S. R, lib E Catherine St, Chambersburp, Pa
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06

Some people win a reputation for
being good-humored because they lack
the, backbone to fight when they are
imposed upon.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
No Necessity for 1t.

Yisitor-I presume your daughter
lays the piano?
Mrs. Neuvoriche tproudly)-No. in
deed. Dear Ethel doesn't have to. Her
pa is rich enough to buy one of those
pianos which plays itself.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
School Teachers

Can hear of steady employment all the
time that pays we'll, or even during your
spare time while teaching. For further
particulars address F.. P. DRAM. Employ
ment Office, Sioux City, Iowa.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al Druggist.
refund the money II IL falls 70 cure. Csc
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06

1t doesn't always take the rufles out
Of a mans temper 70 iron him,
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06

Some girls get married just to let
others know that they can.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
The Merry Huntsman.

$50 you were u hunting with Jones
yesterday? Did either of you hit any,
thingT"
Yes, ! saw him hit a bottle several
times"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06

Two bottles of Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton cured me of a bad lung trouble.-Mrs.
]. Nichols. Princeton. Ind, Mar. &c. '95,
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06

tremendous Exodus to the
Despite the warnings OF those who have
been on the spot. and predict suffering In the
KIondike region. thousands of adventurous
Americans are vending their way thither-
ward. All OF them should be provided will
that medicinal safeguard. Hoststter's Stom'
ach Bitters, which warns and nourishes the
system. aud prevents malaria, r~he
kidney trouble, besides resnedyiAg liver CON
plant. dyspepsia aAd oaStipatton
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06

Mrs. WinslOw's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
%teething: sottens the gums. reduces inflammation,
allayS pain. cures wind colo. ~ cents q bottle.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06

Farmers Handy Feed Cooker.
We desire to call our readers atten-
ton to the Farmers Handy Feed Cook
er, which is sold at the low price of
$3.50 for 50-gallon capacity.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-09
Sure Thing In Lemon Pies.

A recipe for lemon pie that never
fails of approval calls for one teacupful
of sugar, one tablespoonful (scant) Of
butter, two eggs, juice and grated rind
of one lemon, one teacupful of boiling
water, one tablespoonful of cornstarch
dissolved in cold water. Stir the corn
starch into the hot water. add the butter
and sugar, and cook until clear, taking
care that it does not scorch. Remove to
edge of the range, add the we'll beaten
yolks of the eggs and the lemon and put
in she'll of paste, already baked. Whip
the whites stiff, adding two tablespoon
fuls of sugar and few drops of lemon
juice. spread over the pie and brown in
a slow oven.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-09
The Poster Pillow Is the Thing.

Poster pillows are novelty growing
from the poster idea which they imi-
tate. To make one, select large design
of two or three colors at most, one for
the ground and two for the figures.
Trace the figures on stuff, cut them
out and apply them to a plain ground
with COUGHING or buttonholing. If lines
are necessary for expression, use outline
stitch. The materials can be of the
cheapest, or may be velvet and satin,
according to preference, but the work is
intended to be effective more than ele-
CANT, just as posters are a cheap form
of good art. Poster pillows are good for
students rooms, for yachts and country
houses and make appropriate presents
for men.-Harper's Bazaar.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-09
LIVE STOCK MARKET

ne very firm beef market has been
|tinued with only a fair trade Ship
i continue to warn their statesmen
|e of the higher cost of cattle, and to
hand higher prices; but buyers in
New England markets are extremely
ewd. and it is hard to get higher
les out of them. Quotations have
|tinued steady and close firm. The
tvals of beef for the week have been
kewhat heavier, including $50 cars
Boston and 12S cars for export, total
,ES cars; preceding week. IA cars for
&ton and 81 cars for exports>a total of
bars; same week a year ago, 156 cars
Boston and IS cars for export, a total
AZ cars
buttons and lambs are fully sustained
The stronger prices noted a couple of
ago. Veals are in pretty full sup
with the quality rather inferior.