The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-07-28

1t is Skaters victory, and Miles is
great enough to give him all the credit for
it.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Chicago is in danger of a milk famine
Evidently the city water works are out
of repair.-Salt Lake Herald.
Every time the Yankee pigs catch a
Spanish ship in the trough of the sea they
eat it right up.-Salt Lake Herald.
What Hawaii will do with it's three elec
toral votes will add special interest to the
next presidential election.-BostOn Her
ald
Admiral Dewey is to be congratulated
upon the fact that there was no Samp-
son at hand to write his eport.-Washing-
ton Post.
1t was the compositors fault, of course,
that made it read many of the Spanish
prisoners show the scares of battle. ."-Bos-
ton Herald.
Of course Christopher Columbus will be
glad to learn that the Cristobal Colon also
found land in the western hemisphere
Pittsburg Post.
TOraPs desire to be landed in Spain af-
ter he has surrendered removes the last
vestige of doubt as to his courage.-Phil-
adelphia Times.
''Say, Weary, dye expec' to get any Of
de new war bonds?" Nav. Limpy, me
an de banks is in de same boat" t."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The chances are that Aguinaldo will
head Dewey delegation from the Philip
TO f,,%,
Washington Post
When those Chinese rebels poured oil
on magistrate and lit it he fired up at
the insult. but the rebels made light of it..
st. Paul Dispatch.
Whenever the Vesuvius turns loose the
Spaniards imagine that the last days Of
FompeH have come again.-Memphis
Commercial-Appeal.
Woodford need not go back as minister
to Spain. When her case is disposed Of,
Madrid will not be worth the presence Of
vice ccnsul.-St. Paul Dispatch.
What makes this calling the nation
American pigs" more remarkable is the
fact that the exhibition in honor OF Co
umbus was held in Chicago.-Philadel-
phia Times.
n truce is an excellent thing when you
can bring up $500 men and six batteries
during its continuance. Gen. Shafter
seems to have known his business.-New
York World.
There are no bull fights at Portsmouth,
but our Spanish prisoners may be able to
see an occasional football match if the
war continues few weeks longer.-Mil,
Waukce Sentinel
Oh! Yankee Doodle came to town.
And pounded down a Dago:
Then stuck feather in his hat,
And called it Santiago.
st. Paul Dispatch.
The awful scene at the burning Of the
charity bazaar in Paris seems to have
been initiated on the deck Of the Bour-
gogne. Is that the best you can do, mon
sieur?-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Senor Sagasta is in some danger of
thinking that the time for suggesting
peace has not yet arrived, until the Span
ish Government finds itself without
place to hang up its Goddess Our-Hom
sign.-Milwaukee Sentinel
Those Capitalists" who tried to work
a corner III the neCeSSarleS OF life IN DaW-
son City may thank their stars that their
scheme failed. Otherwise, it is more than
probable that they would have been ''re-
moved months ago.-Boston Globe.
The Paris Figaro says we are merely
apprentices in the art of war. Go to. Mr..
Figaro. Look after your charity bazaar
and 'Bourgogne, past masters in the art
Of fighting women and children.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
What an exemplifcation of the irony Of
fate it would be if Weyler should be ar
rested in Madrid for criticising the Gov
ernment. When in Cuba he filled the
prisons with those who criticised him.
Turn and turn about is fair play.-Boston
Herald.
Spain has paid dearly for the treachery
which destroyed the Maine and sent to
their death 266 American sailors. and it
was entirely fitting that the shell which
finished the Vizcaya should bear with it
the admonition: Remember the Maine"
Chicago Dispatch.