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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
Teaching History.
the historical cards.

Use the historical cards.
Encourage the pupils to read.
Talk Familiarity; do not lecture.
Assign topics for historical effect
Pay great attention to biography.
Pay attention TO noted days III his
tory.
Require each pupil to keep a note
book.
Read extracts from books before the
class.
Give frequent exercises in written
work.
Assign the lesson by topics, not by
pages.
Call frequent attention to causes and
results.
Information is not the main end to
be obtained.
Pay especial attention to the inter
esting features in history.
Correct, systematic and supplement-
the matter given in recitation.
Show how the history Of a place or
country depends upon its geography.
Require each pupil to prepare maps
on paper, and to reproduce them.
quickly upon the board.
4 love for history, with some valu-
able methods Of pursuing it, is the
great result of classical work.
Read or tell stories from history to.
the primary and intermediate pupils
Texas School Journal.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
Political Pith.

Nebraska has $4,000 silver Republi-
cans and less than 100 gold Democrats.
Minnesota has 10000 silver Republi-
cans. Minnesota has no gold Demo
Gratis.
There are $1,000 silver Republicans in
Ohio. There are less than 1900 gold
Democrats in Ohio.
Wisconsin has 10000 silver Republi-
cans. There are less than 800 gold Dem
ocrats in the State.
Indiana has 100000 silver Republican
voters. W. D. Bynum is the only gold
Democrat in the State
Illinois has 115,0OO silver Republi.
cans. John P. Hopkins and sixty others
comprise the gold Democracy of the
State
There are 10000 silver Republicans
in Michigan. Don NJ. Dickinson and
eight others comprise the gold DemOc-
racy of the State.
Every voting precinct ought to have
its vigilance committee, to preserve the
purity of the ballot from the acts of
the ''holier than thou rascals.
Our precinct clubs must see to it that
the purity of the ballot is preserved.
We may educate to doOmsday without
good results, if we are not vigilant for
honest suffrage.
In these halcyon days of Mckinley
prosperity, when the laboring man has
run the gauntlet of the trust robbers,
the foctpads generally let him 90 free,
because he is not worth holding up
Retrenchment rather than revenue is
the need of the hour, according to the
Republican mahatmas. The trouble is
that we shall have neither the one nor
the other under a Republican admins
I tration.
The Republican party has always
been terribly distressed over the com
petition of foreign labor, but somehow
or other it thinIss the annexation of
thousands Of Japanese. Sanakas and
Chinese coolies would be q blessed
thing all around.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

1t is great advantage to a person to
be trustworthy in the midst of popu-
lace which nobody can trust. When
Korea was lately torn by contention
and the Queen was assassinated, the
King shouted for the American mis-
sionaries, and when one was admitted,
threw his arms about his neck, clung
to him like a child, and kept him all
night by his side To affirm that the
missionary is without political influ-
ence is erroneous. He may have the
best sort of Influence.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
Further Proof Unnecessary.

If the United States treasury deficit
of almost $4O,O0O,O0O for the fiscal yeal.
to date does not convince Congress of
the necessity of either rigorous re-
trenchment and economy in the matter
of government expenditures or of pro-
vieing additional revenue to meet eX-
travagant appropriations, it is unlikely
that anything will do so. Or if Con-
gress should not promptly recognize
that the Dingley tariff is a disastrous
failure as revenue measure, or as a
measure for the protection of domestic
labor, it will fail to recognize a clearly
demonstrated fact.-Philadelphia Led
ger.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
"ProsDerityD at Fall River.

In the favored and much protected
United States, within six months after
the introduction of the Dingley duties,
which represent the complete and final
sysem of protection, the wages of the
2S,OOO Fall River cotton spinners are
reduced 10 per cent. without notice and
without concern for the consequences.
AS lesson on the results of protection
the deficit in the pockets of the Fall
River cotton spinners is even more in
structiye than the deficit in the rev
enue.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
Empty chooI Houses.

\ public auction of schoolhOuses is a
novelty witnessed in Western Kansas.
State officials decided that school,
houses in depopulated districts, which
are not in use. may be sold to the high
est bidder. There are more than 100
of these buildings scattered over the
prairies that have not been in use for
years, the abode Of bats and owls.
They are decaying and crumbling.
They viii be sold to the highest bid
der. TO be used for cattle sheds or cut
up into kindling wood. In many cases
a single family runs school from the
taxes gathered from nonresident land
owners.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

1t is easy to believe the rumor that
Germany apprehends a conflict with
Russia, and that this is the cause Of the
preparations for putting improved can
non in the German forts on the Russian
border Immediately. Germany has
shown a spirit in the Chinese and Hay
tan episodes which is calculated 10
bring her into trouble with more than
one Of the big nations. The Kaiser, Of
course, is responsible.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
DisciDliue.


At the Parents Congress, recently
held in New York City, considerable
discussion was called out by the ad-
dress on Government of Children" by
Rev. DR.. Mcconnell of Holy Trinity.
Church. Some of his views are set,
forth in this brief extract:
l never knew a child and never want
to have an intimate acquaintance with.
one that did not need punishment
This punishment need not be harsh andt
should never be humiliating, nor such
as to lower the dignity of the child. Il
believe that child may be spanked
with dignity.
1t always irritates me to hear a
mother say that she cannot trust her
temper to punish a child when the
fault is committed, but waits until next
day. l do not know of any more dia-
bOlical punishment than this fad of
weak mothers.
Trifiing physical punishment, when
the offense is committed, is less trying
than delayed punishment, which keeps
the little one on the rack and tries it's
nerves. In closing, let me say
word about the so-called decay Of
family discipline. / do not believe in
it. There is less of the decorOus be-
haviOr of children towards their par
ents than was customary a generation
or two ago, but there is more comrade-
ship and a better understanding be-
tween the individuals making up the
family group, and society, in conse-
quence, is better for it.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

A few weeks ago the United States
court of appeals at st. Louis held that
a boycott by labor against capital is
criminal conspiracy. Later an Illinois
State court ut Chicago decided that a
"blacklisting' by capital against labor
is equally unlawful and has awarded
a "blacklisted;' laborer sol ,666.33 dam
ages. If the boycott We're sound in law,
then the blacklist would also be sound.
But these courts, dealing out even JUS
tice, have declared the truth that
blacklist and boycott are equally
odious. equally hostile to democratic
institutions ard ideas. 1t is fortunate
that these two decisions came so close
ly together. The object lesson they
present will rot be lost upon either Ia
Dor or capital.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

condition that Germany does not coerce
England IN Egypt but it is a reflection
On the position of England that such a
story should even be told. Time was
when England was not suspected ca
pable Of such trades and agreements.
England in an earlier age would have
asked neither advice, assistance nor
liberation in holding Egypt. There is
nothing more remarkable in modern
history than the self-abandonment Of
Great Britain Of the position Of a first
class power.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
Acknowledging the Truth.

of the bag. In a recent discussion Of
the Dingley bill he said that in future
we must look less to duties on imports
for revenue and rely more upon an in
crease of internal revenue taxes to
raise the necessary revenue for the
government. This tears the mask from
the whole Republican scheme Of taxa
ton and reveals it as a system devised
solely for the purpose of bestowing
benefits upon one class of the people at
the expense of another.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

This is an age of progress and the
church cannot afford to stagnate. The
clergyman of to-day takes advantage
of modern improvements. He pays
pastoral calls on a bicycle; he lights
his church by electricity and he is ex.
perimenting with the plan of giving his
sermons wider circulation by trans
mitting them to his pariShioners by
telephone. The newspaper is by far
the most effective aid he can employ.
1t is the ultimate manifestation of mod
ern progress and energy. The church
cannot do without it.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
Hone of the Republic,

The Democratic party in power in
1900 controlled by the common people
will, without doubt, experiment boldly.
1t will lead OK government into new
and untried ways, as our enemies very
clearly and very truthfully predict. 1t
will make many improvements and it
may make some blunders. The one
thing that above all and in spite of all
it is pledged to do, is to arouse the Uni
ted States government from it's paraly-
sis, stupor and corpse-like state of be-
ing experimental ON, and declare that
whatever the experiments of the fu-
ture. instead Of being made on the Uni
ted States, they shall be made by the
United States.-Walter Vrooman in
New Democracy.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

John Sherman from the Senate to make
a place for himself and dragOOned a
Governor into appointing him, now
having to make a desperate struggle TO
get the vote of the Republican mem
bers of the General Assembly. And all
this in little more than little year
Cincinnati Enquirer
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
Rennb1ican Opportunity Lost.

The hue and cry about prosperity,
based on an accidental and temporary
advance in wheat, evoke merely taunts
and jeers from millions who have been
still further exploited by legislative job
bing schemes and protected monopo-
lies. The Republican opportunity has
been lost The tide of popular indigna-
ton and discomfort. with irresistible
sweep. is bearing down upon the perni-
cious and guilty crew who betrayed a
peoples trust.-Dallas (TeXas) News.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
The Tariff Question Will Not Down.

With a yawning chasm between re-
ceipts and expenditures, with protec-
ton in abundance and revenue a neg
ative quantity, the Republicans say
they want the tariff let alone for ten
years. No doubt, but the people who
pay these taxes do not propose to let
it alone. NAV, make Bill keep quiet;
every time hit him with the hammer
he hOllers. louisville Post.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
NobIemen's Prizes.

More English noblemen are married
to colonial than to American heiresses.
Since 1860, seventy titled Englishmen
have married American and seventy
ssven chosen colonial women. There
are nine American and eight colonial
peeresses. When it comes to dukes.
America is in the lead
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

The Audubon Society Of New York
City, in a jubilee meeting recently, On
tered vigorous protest against the
use Of feathers and even whole birds
as millinery adornments. Several en-
inent gentlemen took part in the exer-
rises, but no women of equal promi-
nence appear to have been present.
Of course, no particular result will fol-
low the meeting or the protest. The
women will argue that bird on bon
net has as much to do with the promo
lion of human happiness as bird in a
glass case in museum, to whose mas
sacre nobody objects.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

The whole mighty host of male peil-
sioners will rise up and howl down the
proposition to discourage the infant in
dustry of young women marrying old
soldiers and sailors for the purpose Of
becoming their widows and drawing
pension from the government. No old
male fool was ever convinced, except
by actual experience, that young fe-
male fool married him for anything but
love
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

A contemporary propounds ques-
ton both of language and of morals
when it asks: "Why is it that intelli-
gent writers will not cease using the
superfuous adjective trusted when
speaking of bank defaulter or embe2.
Zler? How would such men ever get
the opportunity to steal and defraud if
they were not trusted?''
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
" anted Authority.

Ethel, what are you doing with t
concordance" I'm looking through
the BIS, grandma, to see if there is any
thing in the Bible about bicycle-riding
on Sunday being wrong.
Words.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
Specimen Pension Fraud.

It appears that a woman who was
once the wife of regular army officer
who died years ago without pension
has married twice since the death of
her first husband, but as the wife of the
third is drawing pension which has
already yielded her over $4,000. Cases
like this afford the opponents of lib
eral system of pensions ready weapons
for attack.-IndianapOl Journal.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

The unpleasant incidents and accl-
dents of the indoor bicycle race in New
York degraded a sport and added moth
ing whatever to our knowledge of ply
sical prowess, nor does such an exhi-
bition in any way encourage whole
some development Of an outdoor sport
which is doing so much to improve the
health and raise the vitality of the
American people.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
RenubIican Notes Coming Due.

The Republican party is in trouble
because its own notes are coming due
and it has no way of meeting them. 1t
promised that its tariff would give ev-
erybody employment at good wages
and put a surplus into the treasury.
1t has had its own way about the tariff,
and wages are going down while the
deficit in the treasury is piling up. If
the Republican party had taken the
ground that commercial and industrial
conditions were Independent of the ac-
ton Of governments, it might be less
disturbed by a trade depression..-New
York Journal.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
How ProtectioniAids Trusts,

1t would not be half so hard TO frame
and enforce antitrust laws if cOmbina-
tions were not protected against for
eign competition. Protection gives
them power to manipulate the market,
and the fact ought to have become scar
ed on the brain of every man in the
United States that protection is never
used by favored interests for any 9th
er purpose.-Sioux City Tribune.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

An alleged liberal association of San
Francisco wants "In God We truSt'
erased from the face of our coins. This
is doubtless subsidiary to their wan--
ing it struck off the face Of the earth.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

Three Christian scientists in Rhode
Island have been adjudged probably
guilty Of illegally practicing medicine
and bound over. What they mean to
find out is how such conduct comports
with "soul liberty" in the land of Roger
Williams
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

1t seems to be the opinion Of Con-
gress that the motives of these young
women who marry pensioned veterans
old enough to be their grandpas are
not above the suspicion of sordidness.
There are only three survivors Of the
soldiers of that war draw pensions.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
Secretary Gage and His Hopes.

The very best that the Secretary or
the Treasury hopes for will leave an
enormous deficit in the affairs of the
United States treasury at the end OF
the fiscal year July 1 at the rate things
are now going. And it is highly proba-
BILE that what Mr.. Gage "hOpes for will
not be realized.-Cincinnati Enqairer.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

1.-The only yearly in the world" is the
subtitle of little newspaper published
by Eskimo schoolboys. Under date of
March %, the latest issue contains this
Informing announcement: Bryan
elected; the United States at war with
Spain. Special dog-sled despatch;
word comes by way Of the Yukon
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

The bills audited for the Philadelphia
celebration of the unveiling of the
Washington monument include $262
for ice water. This, of course, includes
of "chasers."
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

The life of Swift covered a period or
eighty-five years, from 1860 TO 11i5.
His works are comprised in a great
number Of volumes, but ''Gulliyer's
Travels" and "The Tale of Tub" by
which he is remembered, were each
written in less than a year.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
A Logical Result.

The Dingley tariff law is directly re-
sponsible for the situation in the Fall
River district. By erecting unparalleled
barriers to trade, it has enraged the
best consumers America has had for
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
Bright Outlook for Trouble.

Indications have cropped our thus
early in the session that Republican
brethren in Congress are inclined not
to dwell in harmony together. Their
rowing is a comforting spectacle for
the Democrats, who, as a solace for
being a minority party, will be treated
to the luxury of observing the rascals
fight against the honest incompetents
in the ranks of their political adver-
SarieS.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
Sparing Appropriations Advisable

Bearing in mind that the present
time is particularly inauspicious for al
lowing any but the most necessary eX-
penditures, it is unquestionably the
policy of wisdom to deal very sparing-
ly with appropriations for public build
ings. rhe nation can we'll afford to be
liberal in this direction when its rev.
enue is greater than its expenditures,
which is likely to be the case by the
next session of Congress. Until that
time these appropriations should wait.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
Only One Thing More Needed.

The Illinois Republican leaders pro-
pose to gerrymander the State again
in order to secure, if possible, few
more legislative and congressional
seats. If they could only deprive the
minority Of representation absolutely
they would rest content.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

Charles II. Cramp contributes to the
North American Review brief state
ment of what has been accomplished
by Japan in creating a navy, and points
out the significance of the movement
to the United States. He shows us
that there is rapidly building up
great sea power on the Pacific Ocean,
and that the United States will be
foolish If it continues to regard the
Japanese as a people too far behind in
power and civilization to be thought of
as a possible rival in trade or war.
Without going into the details given
by Mr. Camp Of the naval construction
now being carried on by the Japanese
Government, it suffices to say that at
present among the nations Of the world
Japan is second only to England in
naval activity, being ahead of France,
much in advance of Germany and vast
ly in the lead of Russia and the United
States. 1t is added that Japan is not
only building more ships than any ma
ton except England, but she is pro-
curing from British shipyards better
ships than England is building for her
own navy. The activity of the Japanese
in naval affairs does not in the opinion
Of Mr.. Cramp imply any direct men
ace to the United States. 1t is prob
able her government designs primarily
to put itself in a position to hold the
seas in opposition to Russia when that
nation completes the Siberian Railroad
and becomes a great power on the Pa
cific Ocean. 1t is none the less import
ant for us to be watchful of the in
! crease of naval strength of foreign
power on these western seas where we
have such great interests at stake. The
days when the United States was safe
in her isolation from the great powers
of other continents have passed. Steam
and improved machinery have brought
us into close relations with the rest
of the world. We carry on an exten-
sive commerce with al parts Of the
globe and sooner or later will have a
merchant marine sufficient to carry
American goods under the American
flag so that we shall not have to pay
tribute to foreign nation for transpor.
tation.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

her products, and they are buying else
where. Home consumption will not
take all the products of American cot
ton mills. Other countries which have
been liberal purchasers, finding our
ports shut against the products they
have to sell, are buying their cotton in
more friendly districts, and American
wOrkmen suffer in consequence.-Des
MOineS Leader,
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

Lynchings and attempted lynchings
continue to show that while ropes are
used in parts of this country life really
hangs by a thread.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

An Oklahoma young man shot a girl
four times because she didn't love
him." 1t seems queer that she didn't
love so lovable a character.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
Work Both Ways.

Civil service laws work both ways.
They not only protect the employe from
partisan attack, but are designed to
protect the service from partisan pro-
lection of the mploye.-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13
Republican "Reform" in Wis

Republican "Reform" in Wisconsin.
They have increased the state debt
Gin time of peace" till it has swung a
hundred thousand beyond the two and
a half million mark, and are now sell
ing the state lands TO throw into the
thew?
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-13

Curfew bells are based or the I.r.:-
ciple that children must not keep late
hours when they are tolled not to.