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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1901-07-18
CORN IS SURELY king
It Makes Another Big Advance on Chi
cage and New York Markets.
BROKERS SWAMPtD WITH ORDERS
ais Begin Realizing Wheat COnspIcu-
ous BY Giving Corn q Close Race In
the Advance.

NEW YORK, July 13.-There was a
scene of great excitement in both the
wheat and corn markets at New York
today, the trading aggregaating one
Of the largest days totals in a year
or more, especially as to corn.
Prices jumped 2 So cents during the
day in corn, making 6B cents advance
for the week. Orders poured into the
market so fast that the brokers could
scarcely execute them at the prices de-
sired and the usually small crowd
around the corn ring was increased
to such an extent that at times it al
most o%utrivaled that in the wheat pit.
into their hands and in the face of
heavy realizing on the part of profess
SIGNALS have kept prices going until
the cry is for 60-cent corr in Chicago.
Where the present bull movement will
end depends a great deal on wealth
er conditions in the leading corr
states.
Wheat also took an extraordinary
jump today and from being in a posi-
ton almost entirely ~friendless at once
leaped into popularity with the bulls
and gave corn a close race for leader
ship in the advance for the day.
Prices in New York closed 2 and 3
cents higher than yesterday and prac-
tically at the top price. Professionals
were caught in this bulge in wheat
and some of them lost about all the
money they have made by selling long
corn to the bull public. For weeks
and for months wheat has been ham
mered persistently by everybody in the
belief that the crop would be a record
n and more than enough to make
up the foreign shortage. The result
has been a huge short interest, part
of which was caught in yesterdays
big advance. The remainder is in a
state of anxiety as to what the out
come will be, realizing that a much
greater upturn must mean the covering
of a big line of wheat. Today bulls
were still further encouraged by re-
ports that wheat in the Red river val
ley was being injured by excessive heat
after recent wet weather.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1901-07-18
THE LINE Up FOR LAND
Thousands Rush to Register for Claims in
Indian Territory.
SLEEP IN STREETS TO BE ON HAND
Not Until July 8 Will Early Corners Know
Their Luck-Lottery Deal Spells Pic
turesqueness-Excitement is When In
terlopers Try to Push In.

Ell RENO, o. T., July 1.-THE total
registration Of homesteaders at Ell
Reno yesterday was 4,018, 1913 being
women. Commissioner Richardson es-
tablished a separate registration booth
for women. Mr.. Richardson says he
can register 5000 daily from now on
or as soon as organization Of his
force is perfected.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1901-07-18

Ell RENO, o. T., July Hollow
ing out the proclamation OF President
Mckinley opening UP to settlement
by whites the 1900 farms in the XII
owa-Cemanche country, the first regis
tration Of h~omeseekers was made here
and at Lawton at 8 o'clock this morn
ing. Hundreds were still lined before
the various registration boards when
darkness came tonight and tomorrow
and next day the registration will
continue until all who come have been
given an opportunity to file their
names. The drawing by lottery will
begin July 20 and until then none of
the $4,000 applicants will know wheth-
er or not he has been lucky enough
to receive a homestead.
The lottery scheme robbed the open
ing of the picturesque run and the
exciting times incident to the great
opening of the Cherokee strip ten
years ago. Compared with that event
the affair today was tame in the ex-
treme. Although there are perhaps
10000 people in town practically no
disorder prevailed. AS a rule the
homeseekers were we'll provided with
money and provisions and aside from
the long wait in the sun before the
registration booths, no serious incon-
%venience has been experienced.
Last night hundreds of people slept
in the streets and alleys to maintain
their places in lines which began
forming yesterday at the six regis
tration booths in Ell Reno. Many had
waited on the border of the new coun-
try for two years or more and the
last night of their long vigil was the
most trying they had experienced. The
line was made up of the halt, the
lame and the brawny frontiersman,
sprawled out in the dust. The crowd
before each booth elected a captain
and each man and woman in line was
given a number which they pinned
conspicuously to their clothes. A
company member was permitted oc-
.casionally to absent himself from line
for a short breathing spell and inva-
his place was protected by his
fellow watchers.
AS the hour of 9 o'clock neared in
terlopers tried to push in and break
the numerical order of the line or
ganization. This instantly raised bad
blood and when word was passed
down the line a little later that the
booth officials would not recognize the
line organization, but would register
the first person to present themselves
were threats of violence and RI
oting seemed likely. Trouble was pre-
vented by the early announcement
that the line organization would be
respected by the government officials.
Cheers and waving of hats greeted :
he word and from this time forth no
sign of trouble was apparent. Ap- !
were admitted to the booths |
our at a time and the filing proceed |
ID rapidly all day long. l
During the day the heat became in l
ense, but no serious suffering was +
The numerous women in =
inc were treated CALAMITY by the men, !
Who shaded them from the sun with l
umbrellas and furnished drinks from /
he lemonade vendors who piled tneir u
anks. q
The second place of registration d
famed in the proclamation was at I
twenty-five miles overland, I
where similar scene to those enacted
Ell Reno were witnessed. t
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1901-07-18
Hon. Richard Hubbard Dead.

DALLAS. Tex, July 13.-Hon. Rich
ard B. Hubbard, a former governor of
Texas and during President Cleye-
lands administration United States
minister to Japan, died at his home in
Tyler, Tex, today.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1901-07-18
A DefauIter in Limbo,

DUBUQUE, Ia, July 1O.-Thomas j..
Ward, accused of being a defaulter for
$4,000 as cashier Of the Lemars bank.
is in Jail here, brought by a United
States marshal from New Jersey,
where he was arrested.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1901-07-18
RUSH IN REVENUE OFFICE.
Demand for Refund Of War Stamps
Makes Business Brisk.

VI OAuh w "aL Ab Ho
Makes Business Brisk.
OMAHA, Neb., July 10.-The de-
mand for the refund of money used
in the purchase of stamps under the
wal revenue law which are not re-
quired under the amendments to that
law which went into effect July 1, is
keeping the Office force of the inter-
nal revenue collector busy.
It is estimated that in this dis
trict there are $50, 900 in stamps sub
ject to redemption, but these stamps
are so scattered that the redeeming
Of them is a slow process. Applica-
tons for refunds come from people
holding hundreds of dollars in stamps
and from those whose total refund will
not exceed 25 cents and the work re-
quired in each case is the same.
1t is believed that the revenues of
the government will be swelled to a
marked extent oVer estimates by the
failure of many persons to have their
money refunded, as in many cases
the time necessary to prepare the nee
essary papers is Of greater value
than the stamps to be redeemed. The
redemption of these stamps coming at
the beginning of the fiscal year when
the force is busy preparing the reports
for the year just closed, together with
the fact that several new clerks are be-
ing instructed in the duties of the Of
fee, consequent upon the change in
the head Of the Omaha office, keeps
the force at work overtime.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1901-07-18
Utah Sends MANY r.u,.

SIDNEY, Neb., Jp2y 10.-A big ship
ment of southern Utah cattle was de-
liVered acre via the Burlington rail-
rssd for the st. George Cattle COM
pany.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-19

law, committee of three has
been appointed for the Sandhill
Township. This committee en-.
ploys the teachers and has the
general care of the schools. Mr..
Len Packard of Pineblutf, and
Messrs. Henry Page and j. Nc
Keithen, Of Aberdeen, constitute
the committee for the first term.
The County Superintendent Of
Education commended most high
ly the work of Mr.. Packard, when
on the Board of Trustees, declar-
ing him most faithful and efficient.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-19

Thirteenth Annual Convention and
Tournament, North Carolina Fire
men s Association Charlotte, July 23-
26. Rate from Southern Pines for
individuals for the round trip $3.45;
tickets on sale July 2122-23rd, fnal
limit July 18th. Fire apparatus OF all
fire companies will be transported
free of of charge.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-19
WHITE MAN TURNED YELLOW.

Great CONSERVATION was felt by the
friends of M. A. Hogarty of Lexington
KY, when they saw he was turning yel,-
low. His skin slowly changed color. also
his eyes, and he suifred terribly His
malady was Yellow Jaundice. He was
treated by the best doctors, but without
benefit. Then he was advised to try
Electric Bitters, the wonderful Stomach
and Liver remedy. and he writes: after
taking two bottles l was wholly cured"
A trial proves it's matchless merit for all
Stomach. Liver and Kidney troubles.
Only soc. Sold by all druggist.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-19
Pine Bluff Items.

INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS,
PERSONAL AND OTHER
WISE, FROM OUR SISTER
TOWN.
Mr.. Sanders returned North be-
cause it was too hot for him here.
Wonder what he thinks now?
Two COWS belonging to Patsy
Muse (colored) were struck by
the fast freight going south, near
Pinebluf recently, one being kill
ed outright and the other severely
injured.
A large eel, over three feet long,
got tangled up in the water wheel
of John L. Patrick's printing plant
Tuesday, stopping everything in
the place for a few minutes.
Mr.. McMinn is preparing to
build on his land opposite his pres
ent residence. Messrs. Jones and
Roller are drawing lumber and
brick for the house.
Owing to the many fires Of last
spring, the huckleberry crop this
year promises to be a large one.
Little boys with tin pals will now
be the fashion.
Mr.. Fowler has obtained posi-
ton in the Postotfice Department
at Washington, as Inspector of Ru-
raj Delivery Routes in Fairfield
County, Conn. Congratulations
to Mr.. Fowler
We shall all expect to eat lots
of good things next winter, con-
sidering the way the housewives Of
the town are bustling around jam
ming and Earring. Pineblutf is
well preserved.
If all things 90 we'll, and as the
proverb reads, the Lord is willing
and his Satanic Majesty has no OBJ
jections, we shall have public
school in Pinebluf pretty soon.
Next we want church.
Mr.. Bryan has been selling out
his stock Of dry goods, ETC., at
Aberdeen, and it is rumored, in
tends to concentrate his business
at Pinebluff. Mrs. Bryan will su
perintend the running of the hotel
next winter.
Mr.. Patrick is going to unite
business and pleasure, as usual, by
taking his yearly vacation in the
North, looking after the Southern
Exhibit. Some of the northern
people will get a chance to see a
good specimen OF Southern Yam
kee," when they meet Mr.. Patrick.
According to the new school
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rr AnrrRrp r1rn oAsR

She had looked the house over ana
was satisfied with 1t, but as she re-
turned the key to the agent a thought
struck her, and she said:
"Ah, there is one more thing. Let
me ask if anyone has eyer died in the
house."
why, yes, I believe So" he re-
luctantly replied.
THAT settles it then, and / won't
take the house."
but people are dying in houses all
the time" he protested.
Eyes, but the idea is uncanny. I'll
look for a new house."
"But listen, ma'am. This was no
ordinary death. 1t was a poet who
had the house, and one evening they
found him dead in his chair with a
half completed poem, TO Night In
his hand. The angels took him as his
soul searched for inspiration"
ooh, well, that alters the case, and
I'll take the house. I thought some
body might have died of pneumonia or
something"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-12-05

cleaning through the little whirl of
foam that she made with long, grace
full, overland strokes.
But before Van Holden had decided
that a noiseless retreat was his cue,
she caught sight of him; and then,
with a little scream, seemingly more
of fright than surprise, she turned
quickly and started seaward again.
But something seemed to retard her
progress, and in a moment more the
golden head, with masses of soft hair
piled high upon it, had disappeared
beneath the water.
Van Holden sprang to his feet, and
threw off his coat. Waiting only to
see that she was indeed in need of as
sistance, he tossed his pipe and hat
beside his coat, and plunged into the
cool waves, and struck out for the
spot where she had gone under. Accus-
toned as he was to fresh water swim
ming, he found it easy enough to
make speed here, and by the time she
had come to the surface again, he was
beside her. Slipping n arm beneath
hers, he turned upon his back and
swan back to the beach, in that mat
ter-of-fact way in which he was wont
to do everything. Once there, he car
ried the dripping little figure to a dry
spot and laid her down. The girl was
unconscious and Van Holden turned to
pick up his coat to throw over her,
when a sight met his gaze that took
away what breath he had had left.
Heavens alivei" he muttered, 81
have rescued a mermaid, not a mortal.
Either that, or l am clear crazy!" She
lay on her side, her hair, shimmering
with water, her eyes closed, the upper
part of her trim body clothed in a reg
ulation bathing suit; but at the waist
line reality stopped and romance be-
gan. A delicately shaped, tapering
extremity like that of a great noun
tain trout, dotted with spangles OF
gold and red, finished the ~uncanny
picture that Van Holden beheld. Fol
a moment he could only stare; then
recovering himself somewhat, he pick.
ed up his coat and spread it gently
over her. Recovering his pipe also
he walked dazedly to the rock from
which he had first seen her.
So rapidly had the remarkable Incl
dent occurred that he found the tobac
co still alight, and for the space of
minute he smoked fast and furiously
trying to think what he could say o
do. At the end of that time he turne,
and looked at the pathetic little heap
and saw her stir.
What an idiot I am" he cried
springing to his feet. Mermaid O
girl. she needs attention, instead O
foolish gazing at-where's my flask?
He found it, still uninjured in HI
hip pocket, and STOPPING, he gentl
forced the pretty lips apart and poure
a few drops of brandy into her mouth
Where am II" she said, pressin
her hands to her ears, and maxim
that time honored remark in excellen
English. did l go under again?" A
embarrassed expression came acros
her face, as she added, "And you ha
to go after me? 1t is too bad-but
am very grateful, sir"
Sir? Van Holden looked again. Sh
u was a mere child, not over fifteen
5 sixteen at the most, and-Graciou
u Heaven! she was stripping off tn;
I remarkable extremity, as if it wei
made of rubber!
AS she shook herself free from it ar
y stood up in a very fetching bathir
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-12-05
THE | NJ TO LAUGH.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL AND
SELECTED.
1t Was a Close Call, but the Postal
Clerk Anticipated the Danger in Time
Fact Alter Cases-Reason for the
Deed.
Ir WAS a CLOSE CALL.

81 want, SIR he said as he got
speech with the chief clerk at the
p~ostofice the other afternoon-"I
want to report to you that on Novem-
Der 23 l wrote a letter to my brother
in Kalamazoo, Mich"
II see," replied the official.
I'm that letter, sir, / inquired about
celery-how to prepare the soil, how
to grow it, how to bleach the stalks
to a milky whiteness."
eyes"
81 inclosed a dollar bill for seeds
and asked my brother to respond at
once. l folded that letter up sir, and
directed it and stamped it and mailed
it. The days went by. Day after
day fed into the past, and no response
came. My Kalamazoo brother is not
a procrastinator. sir. On the con-
trary, he is chain lightning at an
swering letters. When a fortnight
had passed without a response, I wrote
him again"
"And he hadn't received the first?"
said the clerk as he tapped his nose
with his pencil.
"He had not. My epistle had never
been placed in his hands"
"And her you came and filed a re-
port?"
mo, sir. I decided to handle the
case myself. l had my brother watch
the Kalamazoo postofice while l
watched this and had a friend in
Washington keep an eye on the post
master general. Night after night,
sir, I have walked around this build
ing at midnight in disguise. BY day
light or darkness my eyes and ears
have been open. 1t was the same with
my brother at Kalamazoo, the same in
Washington"
"And haven't you struck a cleW
yet?' was asked.
at have, sir. Yes, sir, up to las
night I had a clew leading up to thu
guilty party and was certain that hi'
punishment could not be long delayed
when a strange thing happened.
discovered the letter lying under SOM
papers on my desk. 1t had not beef
mailed"
: "All through your own carelessness.
Eyes, sir"
! "And your clew was knocked into
cooked hat"
Eyes, sir"
. "And you have 40 case against tn
Postal Department"
n mo, sir"
"Well?"
J well, sir, I thought I'd come an
n tell you about it and say that I ha
q abandoned the case and no n woul
be arrested, but at, the same time, 81
Il at the same time, in the interest {
justice and integrity"
"You feel it your duty to warn l
8 not to do so again." finished the CHI
d clerk as the other hesitated.
lie That's it exactly and to hope th'
this narrow escape may be a lessc
If to you all the days of your life. That
% all, sir, and now I wish you all goo
to day, SIR"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-12-05
The Mermaid.
BY r. LACK

Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
He sat on a gray, wave-scarred rock
and gazed thoughtfully out to sea- IL
was early morning and a tiny salt
breeze was blowing inland, of which
Van Holden was pleasantly but tndo-
lently conscious. His straight, aristo-
cratic nose was tilted at the proper
angle to catch this odor SO keenly ap-
preciated by those who live far from
the ocean, and his soft hat was tilted
the other way, over his keen blue eyes.
Van Holden was not in love. he
was not even contemplating suicide.
He had merely arisen early to ENJOY
the, novelty of such a thing n a
wandered half a mile from the summer
hotel to this protected little cove. AS
his digestion was excellent he took
from his pocket now a briar pipe, filed
it and struck a match.
eff it were not so beautiful" he re-
marked aloud, looking out to the sea
as the match burned up, "if it were not
a real sacrifice to disturb the absolute
harmony Of this scene-and II other
people did not go in SO much and muss
the water up-T believe / would TAX
a dip right here and now" The
match having gone out, Van Holden
struck another and lighted his pipe
Then he clasped his hands about MS
knees and rocked gently back and for
ward. 81 ought really to be love-
he went on, $50 that l might spout
poetry this very minute. Poor Ole
ocean! How much you nave borne
from love-sick individuals who insist
on numbering good verse, with you as
an audience! 1t is really too Dad. Blu,
1 cannot improvise, and | never coulc
quote. so you'll be saved this morning
1 ought to be in love, but as no mod
ern Venus is apt to rise from th'
waves-by all the gods, I'm no 81
sure! What's that?"
His eyes opened widely as his solilo
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t Il
Then All Was Wen.


He had just explained to her that
he could not possibly defer the mar
riage for longer than three months,
and that if she would not consent it
were better to break off things at once
than later. She had listened sadly,
wondering. She did not see why he
refused to wait longer for her-she
had asked but a year-and then she
consented to the limit.
do you know, darling, what I
would have done if you had not con-
sented?" he asked.
She looked quietly into his eyes. He
could see she had been hurt. Her
lips parted, but she said not a word.
why, l would have waited" he
said.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-12-05
HARpLY woRrH MENr1oN1Ne.

A clergyman says that he was one
day called down into his study to per-
form the marriage ceremony for a
couple in middle life.
"Have you ever been married be-
fore?'' asked the clergyman of the
bridegroom.
mo sir"
"Have your" to the bride.
well, yes, 7 have" replied the
bride, laconically; "but that was 20
years ago and he fell off a barn and
killed hisself when we'd been married
only a week, so he really amt worth
mentioning"
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guy was interrupted by the appearance
of a rapidly moving, graceful figure,
swimming easily toward him from
around the little promitory at his
right, and Van Holden held his breath
for a moment as he gazed at 1t. 1t
was assuredly what he had thought at
first glance-a girl, or a young wo-
man. swimming toward shore, her rosy
face turned to one side, her white arms
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-12-05
1T IN.

Hiram" said his wife, ct wish
YOU would go out to the shed and get
a bucket of GOALS"
"Coals!' muttered Hiram to him
self. as he went grumbling to comply
with the demand. Goals! That's her
way of reminding me that she could
afford to spend six months in Eng
land every year before she married
mel"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-12-05
Truly Indispensable.

"It seems to me that you take a
great deal of impertinence from that
bartender"
"Well," answered Bronco Bob, "he's
kind Of got us where we can't kick.
You see he is not only bartender, but
he runs the only undertaken shop In
town, and we've simply got to put up
with him."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-12-05
A Far-seeing Youth.

The father wanted the young man to
90 into business and the boy wanted
to be a lawyer.
(Which would o rather be-" ar
gued the father, "a lawyer or a million
aire?"
"Ill be both if you give me half a
chance" replied the son, and the ia
Their hurried him away to a law school,
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Holden is no longer a careless, ire
sponsible bachelor. If you care to
look him up, you will find him en-
sconced in a delightful little fat, deep
w and increasingly in love with his
wife-graceful and beautiful in every
way-and calling her, at times, "mer-
maid DEAR"
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HIS PREDICAMENT.

"I notice that the landlady only
helps you to the scraps" whispered
the new boarder. why don't you
leave?"
81 can't" responded the meek a
"You see I am the l~andlady's hus-
band"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-12-05
She Was Sure.

George see nothing but for US to
elope. Do you think your father
would forgive us?
Ethel am sure he would.
George-How can you be sure?
Ethel felt a little nervous On that
score, and-and 7 asked him.
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HAND TO MOUTH EXISTENCE.

81 hear you are making lots OF
money"
my leaf fellow, I lead a regular
hand-to-mouth existence"
"You don't say! What are you do
ing?"
'Practicing dentistry"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-12-05
An Easy Mark.

Bill-I've been to see a palm reader
Jill-And did you believe what he
told you?
Eyes, 1 did. He told me I was too
easy, and charged me two dollars"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-12-05
In China.

Some of these missionaries out
here" said the heather, "are regular
birds" +
Eyes; birds of pray" remarked the
other significantly. !!
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-12-05

The love of the law leads to liberty
in it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-12-05

Smith (who has forgotten his own
umbrella) Pardon, madam, but
might I not be of assistance in carry
ing your umbrella?"