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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23


As time goes on the consumers or
fruit tnlarge quantities, which ARE main
y found In large cities, are becoming . Vi
ucated to quality. The time has gone
when they are deceived by appear
ance. The writer has seen many con
sumers go to stores for apples and
taste several varieties before buying.
In this way they learn TO fight shy
Of such ~nne-looking fruit as the Ben
Davis apple, which tS 80 devoid Of
quality. Then there is a decided in
crease in the consumption Of baked
apples in restaurants and hotels, hence
the owners Of these places have
learned TO buy those varieties that
have good quality rather than good
appearance. and. as d rule, are quite
willing to pay for what they want.
Growers of fruit should take this les
son home and make up their minds
that in future the consumer must be
catered to if fruit is to be sold at a
fair margin Of profit. The question of
grades must also have attention. for
these city consumers who are willing
TO pay for quality want that quality
in size and perfection of fruit as we'll
as in the flavor. There is Il market
for second and third grades as we'll as
the first grade, but they must be dis
tinctly separated to bring the best re-
turns for each.-IndianapOlis News.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
Some Insect Pests,

Dust asparagus beetles with lime or
spray with paris green or heilebore.
Stop the %apple-tree borer by applying
paris green In whitewash TO the trunks
and large limbs. For common fruit
and ~leaf-eating insects keep the foliage
covered with bordeaux and paris green
mixture. Paris green will kill cur
rant worms, cabbage worms. striped
beetle, celery and tomato worm, etc,
but hellebore is a little safer to use
Zone ounce in two gallons water. For
cabbage and turnip fly dust with
ashes. Tree and plant lice are killed
by tobacco water or insect powder
Exchange.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
Attachment for Team Harness.

There are but very few of the ar
.icles used by u great-grandfathers
which still retain their old form, with
little change or improvement, but
among this number may be counted
the harness which is used on horses
for hauling purposes. Practically the
same pattern of harness has been used
for many years past, while other
things introduced with it have been
altered beyond recognition or displac-
ed altogether. That there was still a
chance for improvement is shown by
the picture here represented. ilIlustrat-
ing a change in the construction Of a
heavy team harness., which will at
least add TO the comfort OF e the ami
The principal advantage Of this
arrangement is hat it does away with
the strap passing around the animals
body, which Of necessity interfered
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
USES OF FRUITS.
Often More Useful Than Prescriptions
of PhYaician

of Physician .
Many Of Our common fruits are Just
as useful and much nicer tban doctors
prescriptions. The apple. for instance.
Not only is the apple an excellent puri-
fer Of the blood, but it is a cure for
dysentery, and has also the peculiar
effect Of restoring an intoxicated per-
son to sobriety. A diet of stewed ap-
pies, eaten three times a day, has
worked wonders In cases Of confirmed
drunkenness. giving the patient an alb
solute dlstaste for alcohol in any form.
The pineapple Is another fruit most
valuable In throat affections. Indeed,
it has saved many a life of a diph-
thereto patient. The juice squeezed
from a ripe pine Is the finest thing
in the world for cutting the fungus
like membrane which coats the throat
in diphtheria. and is used in time never
fails to cure.
After a Seyere attack of influenza the
throat is often relaxed and the tonsils
painful. An old-fashioned remedy still
in Use in many parts of the west of
England is a conserve of roses. This
is a sort Of jam made from the hips
of the common wild rose. 1t is not I'M
pleasant In taste and certainly pos
sesses strongly aStringent properties.
To eat a grape a minute for an hour
at a time, and to repeat this perform
ance three or -four times a day, eating
very little else meantime but dry
bread, may seem a mOnOtOnOus way of
spending the time. This treatment
works wonders for thin. nervous, an
emic people whose digestiOns have got
out of order from worry or Oyerwork.
lit is no mere quack prescription. but a
form of cure recognized and advised
by many well-knOwn physicians.
GRAPES are, perhaps. the most digest
;lble of any fruit in existence.
A cordial made from the blackberries
lis greatly recommended by the Devon
shire country folk as a cure for collie,
and many a farmers wife makes black
berry cordial as regularly as elderberry
"Ih0' 1Hc IdtCtI, heated anu IulAeu
with a little cinnamon. is one of the
best p%reyentives known against a chill.
flowers. too. of the elder come in
useful. An ointment made by layering
them in mutton suet and olive oil is
soothing in case of boils. Nowadays
doctors forbid equity patients to a
any kind of sweet foods, but recon-
mend them to eat at least a dozen wal
nuts a day. There is no doubt that
walnuts are most useful to equity sub
jects, or in cases of chronic rheuma-
tism. Swelling goes down and pain
Answers.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23

somewhat with the muscular eXerton
and added to the discomfort in hot
weather. In this Improvement a short
curved strap is laid over the back. be-
ing held in place by s. strap passing
from the breechins to the collar, and
only coming into play when the ami
mails are backing. The traces are en-
tirely free Of the harness from collar
to whitHetree, and afford q chance for
a straight pull, without interference
from any other portion Of the harness.
Frederick L. Ainsworth of Turner.
Kansas, is the inventor.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
Feeding Soft Corn.

Feeders who tried finishing cattle on
soft corn reported very unsatisfactory
results. But the Iowa experiment sta,
ton recently marketed some cattle fed
on soft earn alongside others fed on
sound corn of the 1901 crop, and the
results were decidedly favorable to the
former feed. At the prices for soft
and sound corn prevailing when tho
cattle were put on feed the advantage
was with the lower priced corn. And
the steers fed on it outdressed by a
margin those fed on sound corr.
The difference in killing, however, Ia
not greater than might occur In any
two Lots Of cattle. Either the feeders
have been wrong ia their estimate Of
the value Of soft corr or the Iowa
experience is exceptional.
Probably difference in the quality OF
the corn may account for it, as some
feeders include in their definition Of
soft corn the light, chaffy. imma.
turs stuff OF comparatively low feed,
Value.-St0ckman and Farmer.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
WARDS OFF THE LIGHTNING
Clothing Warranted to Protect Wearel
from Electric Strokes.

Thanks to the researches of a Rus
sian savant, man may now, like Jove,
defy the lightning's stroke. He has in
vented a garment that is said to be a
certain protection against a stroke of
the electric fluid. It is light and fieX7
with the movements of the wearer.
The garment is made of fine gauze. of
brass threads, and consists of a shirt
and trousers that reach below the feet.
The sleeves end in gloves that are pro-
vided with buttons for fastening. A
hood covers the head, buttoning on the
body part of the safety garment.
When the wearer of this garment ap,
prOacheS too near the current of an
electric machine, intead of harming
him, the current is conducted to the
ground by the suit of gauze and the
person inside experiences no inconven7
fence. The wearer of this suit can
stand between the two poles of a high,
tension current of electricity and the
sparks will pass from to the other
across his intervening body without
shocking him. the discharge going
through the metallic covering.
The inventor of the lightning pro-
tector donned his gauze garment and
placed himself under a conductor that
had a tension of $4,000 volts. With his
hands. his elbows, his arms and his
head he attracted brilliant sparks, but
was not the least Inconvenience. He
grasped with his hands two electrodes
Of LOCO volts pressure and caused
to pass through the protecting garment
electricity amounting to 100 amperes,
a current so strong that when he with
drew his hands an electric spark two
feet long shot out from the machine.
At the termination of the experiments
it was found that the gauze garment
had not been damaged by the sparks.
with the exception of small holes at
the points of contact, that did not i'm.
pair the protecting action of the inven.
ton.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
Silage and Slower

Where II is desirable to somewhat,
the silage and get best re-
suits from cut slower the latter il
more relished if mixed with the oman.
my OF sllage to be fed and allowed ia
lie covered with sacks or blanka.
from one feeding time until another.
Ii not TO be used In with
shase' II mixed with cut hay In GUAM
tity sufficient for several DAYS, fooa.
nag n well moistened with waten
n kept covered. or If treated so with.
u being mixed with hay or otho,
material the cows will eat more ana
with much less waste than if fed dr.
National Stockman.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
An Ants Great Strength.

A. r. Miller recently weighed a
small ant and a dead grasshopper,
which it was dragging to its nest. The
weight of the grasshopper was found
TO be sixty times greater than that of
the ant. The force exerted by the ant
in dragging the grasshopper along the
road was therefore proportionately
equal to that of a man weighing $50
pounds, pulling a load of four and a
half tons, or a horse Of 1920 pounds a
Dad of thirty-six tons.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
New Way to Make Butter.

L. 81. Williams, vice president of the
Akron tO) Cold Distilling Company,
claims to be the discoverer of q meth
cd of making butter without first re-
moving the cream. He does not 90 in
to details, but says:
"The discovery is not one of mere
chance, but is the result Of a years
hard work. was given the insight
from our cold distilling process and
have spent much time and study on it.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
Poultry in the South.

Inc South seems to be cominp 10
ware the front as a poultry saction
Ah georgia during the yea 1900 Their,
were 4,549.144 chickens over thro,
months old, 1O3,41G turkeys. POS eei
geese and 64,895 ducks, all vaIuod .,
Sl'4oS,oo3; the eggs produced zyera vol
ued at $1,615,53S and punborad
ooo'sSo dozen Alabama, although
smaller State, produced 18,77s.9s0 do
en- eggs, which were valued at s1.s25,
91S during the same year
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23

sun rose IN q glory tnat nooded the
room and shone pink on the weary lit
tie face lying on the crumpled pillow;
and then, when the pink glory had fad
ed and left only one bar Of gold peep
ing through the blinds, and resting
lovingly on the yellow curls, he came.
Straight to the little bedroom he
came.
You see, queen of the garden"
babbled the restless little voice, .'it
hurts rather bad. He loved you the
bestest of all; but he won't come-and
1 mustn't cry, you SEE. But it hurts!'
He bent over her, her tiny hand In
his.
joan"
Joan's beaming smile greeted him.
HE has come, queen Of the garden
Man Daddy has GOMEZ" she said:
with an infinite content, and fell asleep.
When she awakened the pain had
"most gone"
81 knowed you would take 1t away,
Man Daddy, but'-wistfully-"I didn't
find you, did II"
He glanced across the bed at the
woman's down-bent head. .
Eyes, Joan, you did. If you hadn't
looked for me l should not have come"
She half smiled.
But
Never mind now, little one. 1t is
ali through you 1 am here"
Honest Ingin, Man Daddy"
Honest Ingin, JOAN"
She beamed, satisfied.
IF l hadn't looked for you, you
wouldn't have coined. Aren't you ever
so glad, mother?"
Low and earnest came the wOman's
answer:
Yes, dear"
May 1 go and tell the flowers now,
Man Daddy?"
Not yet, Joan"
But you haven tied up my STUN
mick into a dolly"
Not this time. Lie still and be good.
little one
Yes, Man Daddy. Kiss me-"
He bent over her and kissed her.
You, too, mother" Then suddenly
she dimbled g%leefully. 81 want a
tumble kiss" she said.
There was a little constrained pause.
You haven't forgotted, Man Dad
dy?" in shrill tones of woe.
NO
Then be quick" holding out her
hands. Come long, mother"
I'VE must humor her" murmured
the mother, with downcast eyes. 1T
is a foolish game, but"
The man kept his arm around her
when the game was over.
I'VE must pretend well, she is so
sharp" he muttered, weakly.
Joan lay and chuckled drowsily.
When the long lashes rested on the
baby's cheeks, the woman made a
slight movement away from him; but
his arm frightened.
Suppose she wakened?" he said.
There was no sound then in the room
emily he spoke:
Nora, l cannot go away again."
~"Stay"-she breathed-'I do not be-
lieve that tale"
God bless you, dear!!"
Silence again. Then
Il should have denied it, Nora"
Mono; 1 was wicked to doubt
you
Il deny it now, before"
But she stopped him with a kiss.
Man Daddy, kiss me, too. May l
go and tell the flowers in the morn
in? | am ker-wite we'll now"
Go to sleep again, little one"
She shut her eyes Obediently, then
them with a gleeful smile.
"All the Sleeps are jumping over
the gate now, mother." she cried-'ev.
cry one of them!-"-Quiver.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
How He Keeps the Dog. OFF.

Il have for several years used a pre-
Ventive for sheep killing by dogs THAI
has neve failed to work" said G.. T
Robertson. a LOudOun County. Va.
farmer, to a man at the Arlington
Farmers raising sheep are ANNOYED
TO 4 large extent by providing dogs get.
ting into their focks and killing Oh
many OF the animals, to say nothins
of running the flesh off the others. Tn,
I'll | devised the system | now prac,
tlce | spent many ~sleepless nights
watching for the providers, but with.
out success. The nights | failed "a
watch l generally lost a sheep or a
lamb. Finally l got some owderad
cloves and put it in little bags. which
L hung around the neck of each sbean
The dogs made one try for the sheer
after the bags We're put on. but sine.
that time they have let nv sheen 60
Yerely alone. A smafl q,
powdered cloves each year saves m.
many a dollar, L can tell you."-Wasb,
Star.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
Too Curious.

There is never any uncertainty
where l stand" said the pompous
speaker at the ward meeting. Il am a
;talwart"
Whereupon the little man with a
squeaky voice half arose. and, putting
dis hand to his ear, inquired: What
kind of a kansas City Jour
nal
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
Uniform EGGS for H,.

Don't try to hatch eggs from diffa,
N classes OF fowls at the same time
liens eggs and ducks eggs. for in
stance do not go well together. Neitho,
do eggs from different classes. sncb a.
Leghorns and Plymouth Rocks. As J
rule, dark-shelled eggs go well toeeth
err no matter what the breeds ana
the same Is true ~ white-sheIled eggs
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
Plan of Cattle Barn.


Eastman Bros, Of Illinois, In the
BREEDERS Gazette, describe the plan
Of a cattle barn which they have
used for several years.
The barn Is 90 feet by 4S feet. E
Is a pole barn with posts 20 feet high.
and a corncrib 80 by II feet runs
through the center Of the barn The
lower boards Of the crib are hinged
and feed boxes built on level with the
crib bottom so as to make practically
a self-feeder, especially when feeding
snelled corn. Hogs sleep under d
eorncrib.
Hayracks on the sides are eighty fees
long. Hay Is put in at the eDos OF
the barn. Sliding doors, controlled 61
weights, are used at the ends OF ths
NOW. They are closed when The nay
is In the NOW. There are doors along
side Of the haymow. When hll1ng the
NOW we leave a space OF four Feet
between the hay and the sides OF the
barn, which enables us to throw nay
into the racks when feeding. The
south end is open. The north end has
doors which we close in bad weather.
have lots OH the north, south and
east Of the barn and scales east OF
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
The

Sidney-When l owe a man So l pay
t as fast as l can.
Rodney-That's kind.
Sidney-Yes; he might owe $5-to
man who owes me $5.-Detroit
free Press.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23

the barn, so we can weigh cattle any
time.
This barn will easily accommodate
100 cattle. We are now feeding 101
head, ninety-seven of which are Here
fOrdSi. This kind of a barn is q great
time and labor saver. We keep it wei
bedded and it is always dry.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23

I have tested the machine before sew
eral prominent capitalists Of the city,
and they are now back OF me. we
will build a plant and put the producr
ON the market."-Creamery Journal.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
Tunnels Dug by Ants.

The ants of South America have
been known to construct a tunnel
three miles in length.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
Confession.

Heidi you think 1 would propose
io-night?
She-I didn't dare.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-03
A SPLENDID GIFT
TO THE UNIVERSITY
(specIal to Tho Times-Dlspatch.)

Especial TO Inc llIneS-DIspilCI'j
CHAPEL HILL. N. c.. October o.
The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars
has been given to the University by Judge
w. p. Bynum, Of Charlotte, N. c., for
the erection OF gymnasium. This gift is
for memorial to his grandson. William
Preston Bynum, Jr., member OF the
class of 1893, who diod at the end Of his
sophomore year.
Work upon the gymnasium will DO be-
gun Just as soon as the necessary plaf
can be prepared. Judge Bynum's gift VIII
make possible what has long been de-
sired by all friends of the University,
good up-to-date gymnasium.
The University was the recipient In
June Of the sum of four thousand dollars
to establish n fellowship In history, the
giver being John Sprunt Hill, ESQ, Of
Durham, N. G. 4
Work will be begun at once on the
building for the Young Mems Christian
Association. The alumni Of the University
have given the sum of eight thousand
dollars for this purpose, and 80 the work
will be pushed rapidly to completion,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-03
STOCKS DECLINED
seaboard System Not Affected by E"'
harra.sment OF Williams.


1.,,, 70 The Times Dispatch)
NEW YORK, October S'-Hepf.se 40.
uyes Of the controlling Interest M '"o
Gao hoard Air Line system OF raiiroaos 81
am phatic In their declaration tnat 'he
sa.oi., troubles Of John L. Williams ana
aons Of Richmond, and J. Wiillhn W." III,
sendorf and Company, OF Baitii'io u,i,,, ~
.ve No effect on the status OF poS'
this railway system. ,,h,,, this
IN" nv financing OF the deal by whicn ing
control OF the seaboard passed out % ~ ~
honds of John Shelton Williams M'u
dcndorf and their associates mas ose ao,n.
t,ral,, completed, and the railroad COM COM
80 10 not in a position to be aHecteo
t,, troubles-either temporary or pellha s
n Ny interests formerly assoc'Ateo
with 1t. dao,t In here
onlv on the curb. The common stoch -.
mr. Q "a points, and the preferred pon..s
IN the first hour to-day. the common.
witch closed yesterday at 10. opened AZ
!, m''o ond soon declined below ID on sales
~ thousand shares. Then 1t continues
- soc hy irregular stages until IL Ia was
cached after which 1t rallied point,
ond hung around that figure tor SUM
little time. ,,.a. .,,,
r. vas slgnihcant that the heaviest BUY
Ing on the curb to-day on the decMne "as
hw Arm that is a specialist In Standard
~, The baltimore interests sold GOOD
danl hut at the same time bought more
or less The chief market for Seaboard
stock Is In that city.
r. Ia understood that B. i. Yoakum,
president OF the ST. Louis and San Fran
cisco railroad, has been elected chairman
OF the Board of Directors of the seaboard
Air Line.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-03
THE TRIAL OF
HAYWOOD
A Fight for Verdict Of Murder
in the First Degree.
(By AssocIatcd Press.)

RALEIGH. N. G., Oct. 2-The second
day Of the Haywood-sklnner murder tr RI
saw the State well under way and L,,,rd &C.
in the first degree is being fought for
amined. eight Of whom we're character
T en t 7S5 oinfas M to
anyth i &c Of the killing until they
were attrac s,,dt ~ ~ the 50 sounu Ha9 OF
wood standing on the sIdewalk near the the
smoking pistol leyeled at Skinner, who
AS he came near to the center OF 1t,
the second shot came as he slightly turn
ed and then he continued stumbling IN
on his face. dying almost at once.
The last two witnesses Of the day were
Messrs. Sauls and Woods. two men who
had net testified in the hsbeas te e4rp sd
that they saw Ernest Haywood and Lud-
low Skinner standing talking peacefully
at the foot Of the south b. steps Of the the
and as he was leaving the sidewalk Hay
wood shot once, and that the second shot
came as described by the other witnesses.
hundred witnesses and it is understood
that they expect the case to last ten
days to two weeks. The courthouse is
packed at each session and interest IN
creases as the case proceeds.
All witnesses, save one were the same
who testified at the habeas corpus hear
Ing, and their evidence does not materl-
sauIs. Of McCuller's, who swears he saw
the whole tragedy from a point In front
Of Citizens Bank, ,diagonally across Mar
he saw Haywood and skinner talking in
front of the postofilce; that there was
nothing to INDICATE quarrel; ths t. he !,
when he saw Haywood with his pistol
extended toward Skinner, who was go.
ing into the street. He saw the first and
second shots, and saw Skinner fall.
On Cross-examination a statement nc
had previously made was read to him
(Sauls can't either read nor write him
self) and he admitted several discrepen.
cies, among other things, that he haG
said he saw Haywood and Skinner come
out Of the postoffice together, and thai
both shots were fired when Skinner
back was turned to Haywood.
Sauls was the last witness examined
and counsel for the defense state thai
they will destroy his evidence with ad
Taf:e character witnesses.
Bernard A. Schmitz arrived from Bal
timore to-day He Is star witness FOL
the defense, having seen Skinner knoci
Haywood down before Haywood shot
him, corroborating r. N. Simms anC
other witnesses Of Raleigh.
j. r. Austin, travelling representative
of Walter A. Wood Machine Company
Richmond. testified to-day to having seeI
the tragedy after the first shot.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-03
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.

.rho Mechanics Institute begins the new
session with Il full attendance and with
e,ycry promise of a successful year This
school has done great work IN Rlchmohd
and has fitted many young man for
useful career. 1t was never more flour
ishing than It Is to-day, but 1t could DO
n much larger work II 1t had more
liberal support from the public 1t could
use most effectively larger sum OF
money, and those who are looking for
good Investment, for an investment OF
money that will be blessing to him that
invests as we'll as to those VINO receive
viii find a splendid opportunity In the
Mechanics Institute.
Schools Of this character are growing
in Importance and usefulness throughout
the United States. and It Is said that
Mr.. C. NJ Schwab will spend part OF
his wealth In the interest of industrial
education. Mr.. Schwab ia a self-made
man, and he knows the advantage of
technical training TO fit hoy for any
| industrial pursuit. The more Of such
| schools we have In the country the
better It VIII he for our young men and
the better It will be for our industrial
system, We hope that Mr. schwab will
not conflne his donations to northern
| communities, but will be generous to the
South. The South is not passing around
| the hat but she is greatly interested
! in the subject of education, and Will
graciously receive any gifts that do not
carry with them compromising or en-
barrassing conditions,
\ But while speaking of industrial edpaa-