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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28
CITY THAT PAYS NO TAXES.
Income from the Property at Freudin'
stadt Pays All the Expenses.


stadt Pays All the Expenses
In the Black Forest Of Germany Is
the little city of F~reudenstadt, with
about 1900 inhabitants, a busy indus
trial place with iron and chemical
works of some Importance.
Small as it is, Freudenstadt is a full
fedged city, with a mayor, aldermen,
half a dozen policemen and a fire &C.
CINE. The public business is conducted
on an economical basis, and the total
expenses do not exceed $4,000 a year.
Freudenstadt has the distinction OF
being the only city in Germany, and
perhaps in the world, which does not
tax the citizens q dollar for municipal
expenses. The yearly net income from
the public property covers all the out
go.
This property consists Of about 5000
acres of fine forest, which, being man.
aged under the best forestry methods,
is Il permanent source of income. One
or more trees are planted for every one
that is cut down. No tree is cut till 1t
Cuu NIplu tue 1dAlLlIulu PIOhC
After deducting all the expenses Of
the industry the annual profit to the
acre is about S.. That is exceptional
even for Germany, where the annual
profit ranges from So to $3.50.
The question is often asked in this
country whether it will pay to keep
land under permanent forest. Unless
at least a moderate profit is possible
no II car be expected to grow trees
land that can be used for any other
purpose.
The Rhode Island experiment station
is now giving some attention to this
question, and in a bulletin prepared
by Prof. f. w. Card some interesting
figures are presented. He cites the ex-
p%erience of Zachariah Allen, Of Rhode
Island, who planted a worn pasture
with trees in 1920 and kept a careful
financial record till 1877, fifty-seyen
years. After deducting all expenses he
found that his profit was nearly Z per
cent per annum on the original invest
ment.
There is also a record of the returns
on a ~forty-acre tract of white pine in
New Hampshire for eighty years, dur
ing which time the average annual
profit was 1915 an acre. The facts
given by Prof. Card. seem to show
that only a moderate profit is to be
expected from forests treated as a per-
nanent crop. Perhaps we cannot make
Is much money in this industry as Is
made in Europe, where every part Of
/ tree car be marketed at some price,
wen the small branches and twigs be-
ng gathered into punches and sold for
ireWOOd.-New York Sun.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28
TALENT HAS DEVELOPED EARLY.
.Precocious Youngsters Who Are Max.
ing Their Mark in the World,

.P~recocious Youngsters Who Are Max.
ing Their Mark in the World.
At Grand Rapids, Mich, there Is a
%precocious child who recites selections
from Kipling, Paul Laurence Dunbar,
Eugene Field and James Whitcomb
Riley with apparently as much appre-
citation of the demands of the pieces
In the matter of expression and dialect
as many a professional elocutionist.
This child is Louise Remington Fay,
By years old, daughter Of Mrs. Helen
Remington Fay. She comes naturally
by her talent, Is her mother is an elo-
cutionist and has appeared more or
less in public ever since she was a few
years older than her daughter. Re
Gently Louise gave readings from Kip
ling and Dunbar before the Elocution
Club, and the event has been the talk
of it's members ever since. She has
also appeared in public on several 9TH
er occasions. The child's mind Ices
not seem taxed in the least by her
work.
A youthful inventor has just built a
wireless telegraph apparatus which he
has operated with success in the phys
ical laboratory of the indianapolis
Manual Training High School. He is
Arthur Berger, 10 years old. who will
be graduated with the June class.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28
The jap Surprised Her.

Travellers on their first trip abroad
are likely to place too low an estt-
mate on the intelligence and educa-
ton Of the foreigners they see. An
American woman was walking with q
mai in The Hague, when she saw a
Japanese standing in front Of a shop,
his e~xpressionless face perhaps ap-
pearing to her as an illustration of the
stolid, illiterate people Of the Orient
as she had imagined them.
"Oh, see, there is a Jap!." she ex.
claimed.
The native Of the far East removed
his hat, bowed gracefully and said in
perfect English:
Yes, madam; I am a Jap."-Detrott
Free Press.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28
SEVERE EsQUIMAU SWEAT BATH.

Would Probably Kill a White Boys
Natives, However, Enjoy 1t.
Boys who make q fuss because their
parents Oblige them to take frequent
baths should be glad they are not
Esquimau children, living on the
shores Of Norton Sound. In that cold
region of Alaska all the boys ere
obliged to take q sweat bath once a
week, and this bath is no joke. A fire
of driftWOOd is built in the center of
the floor of the kashim-the one room
house, where the men and boys of the
village pass most of their time-and
when the smoke has passed off and the
wood is reduced to red, glowing Goals,
a is put over the smokehole in
the roof, and the place becomes in
tensely hot. The boys then must take
Off their clothes and sit about the fur
nacelike apartment until their skin be-
comes as red as the shell of a boiled
lobster and seems on the point of Bills
tering.
Owing to the intense heat, the bath
ers are obliged to wear re~spiratOrs to
pIOIcCI IucII luuSS. these reSDlraCOrS
are pads of ~shavings bound together,
concave on the inside and convex on
the outside, and large enough to cover
the mouth, nose and part of the cheeks
of the Wearer. Across the inside runs
a little wooden bar, which is held by
the teeth to keep the respirator in
place. The boys sit there until they
are dripping with perspiration. Then
they rush outside into the intense cold
and roll in the SNOW.
E. w. Nelson, who spent between
four and five years in investigating
for the government the Esquimaux Iiv-
ing about Behring Strait, y "On
several occasions 1 saw them 90 from
the sweat bath to holes in the ice on
a neighbOring stream, and, squatting
there, pour ice water over the. backs
and shoulders with a wooden dipper.
apparently experiencing the greatest
pleasure from the operation" AL
though the Esquimau boys seem to
Withstand such a bath as this all right
II seem even to enjoy it, it would, in
all probability, kill any white boy who
tried it.-Detroit News-Trfbune.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28
Fear of the Surgeons Knife.

r HE millionaire who killed himself rather than suffer
a surgical operation for appendicitis is a type of
many individuals who prefer death to the thought
Of going under the scalpel. 1t is by a strange men
al process that they come to such a choice. Often, as in
his latest case, the pain to be endured is vastly exag-
Eerated by Imagination, while 1.-The sense of death is most
b apprehension for the removal Of the Vermiform ap-
iendix, save in cases of acute development, is rarely deadly
~towadays.
Perhaps this wretched man had such a case Of NERVES"
when he was ordered to the surgeon that his system was
trung to the swapping point and only needed the sugges-
lion Of the knife to induce recourse to the revolver. Again,
bis may have been somewhat like the experience of the
brave and gallant duelist Of whom De Maupassant has
tven US such an intense study-the man of certain marks
hanship who pondered all night over the act Of killing
his man on the morrow until from certainty his mind
irifted to doubt, from doubt to fear, from fear to panic
ind insanity, until the pistol that was to kill his adver-
larry he turned on his own brain.
1t was long contemplation Of the operation, no doubt,
hat made death welcome to the man with the appendix.
1t was Shakespeares Brutus who truly said, towards die
hany times before their Deaths" This individual was
afraid Of pain, but Of death he was unafraid. It is q Gu
dous process Of the mind that makes mere physical fear
dominate the moral courage it takes to blow out ones
brains. 1t is a part Of the dark, impenetrable Mystery of
Life-New York Press.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28
FIRST TORPEDO o A

James EaStman's yard, and called it
the Little David. That was in 1862.
When it was finished we saw the big
Yankee war vessel IronSides Just out
side of Charleston harbor, and sent the
Little David after her. The boat was
In charge Of Mr.. Mills, who kept the
Mills House, and the crew were Lieu
tenant Lascelle, Charles Hance, who
acted as pilot, and a big Irishman; l
forget his name. The Little Da yfd
went straight for the Ironsides, the
torpedo was lowered and exploded
against the hull. The water washed
over the Little David, and some Of it
went down the smokestack and put out
the fire. Lascelle and the Irishman
Jumped overheard, but Hance and
Mills managed to get the Little David
back into the harbor, and she often did
good work after that The Ironsides
did not sink, but was so badly DAM
aged that she had to be lowed away
by two other vessels"
Mr.. Cousins, who was born in New.
castle-on-Tyne, England, has had a
long and varied career by sea and by
land. After a trip through the Baltic
be sailed for many years in the Med
Iterranean, and in addition to the sea-
ports has visited Jerusalem and othe,
cities Of the East, and also Rome. He
was unfortunate enough to be ship
wrecked five times. He worked in a
shipyard at Quebec about fifty years
ago. but, becoming tired of the job,
travelled through the States and on to
Cuba. But yellow fever at MantanzaS
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28
LOnuer Life for Mankind.

X ODERN sanitation and the improvement in the
IXN practice of medicine are showing notable results
in the prevention and cure of diseases and in
prolonging human life. The Chicago Health De-
partment, for instance, finds that since 1872 the average
length Of life has doubled in Chicago. In 1903 the aver
age age at death was AZ per cent greater than in 1882, and
III per cent greater than in 1872. The cause of this in
crease in vitality, according to the bulletin, is due to the
introduction of vaccination and the antitoxins, the discovery
of antiseptics and methods Of anaesthesia, and, most i'm
portant of all, 1.-The recognition Of the Importance of clean
illness, personal and circumferential."
Statistics recently made public in Massachusetts, show
that the number of deaths from consumption in that State
has been reduced about one-half in a little oven ten years,
The death rate from this disease has been greatly decreased
in New York in the past decade by the use Of sanitary
methods and the fresh-air cure. The gratifying results
from INTELLIGENT treatment and the enlightenment Of the
people regarding the prevention and treatment Of tuber-
culosis lead to the hope that the doctors will in course
of time conquer even this great scourge of the human race.
Baltimore Sun.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28
The Fool and His Money.

Towne-Our friend Lenders must b,
the proverbial fool.
Browne-Oh, come now; that's rath.
er hard.
Towne-Well, 1 heard B%orroughs re-
mark that he was a perfect gentle
man."-Philadelphia Press.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28
Not preciat

"Now, Tommy" said the fond moth
er. when you see people your senior
standing you must ask them to sit
down. and they'll like you"
81 asked old nan Sparks to sit down
and he tried to lick me-" replied Tom
my.
How was that?"
1.-THE pavement was wet and slip.
perry"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28
Importance of Tibet.

appealed to the general 1maglnat1on Chiefly IN
~ point Of its promise Of revealing to general
knowledge an unknown land and a hidden city,
t has, in fact, great actual Importance as England's first
ffort to check Russian influence in possibly the most vital
soint which it is to-day essaying to conquer.
Thibit is not in itself a delectable land-but it lies adj
accent to India. Lhassa, for all its secret, is known to
be comparatively an insignificant town-but it is the seat
If the Dalai-Lama, Pope of the Buddhist world, the in
.arnation Of the AIl-Mercful God for five hundred millions
If human beings. These form a large part of the popula-
ion of India, and they dominate China. 1t is by virtue of
he influence that has gone forth from the sacred hill on
which DalaiLama dwells that the present Manchu dynasty
has been maintained in power in the Middle Kingdom and
throughout the vast tributary realms which up to now
have constituted the Chinese empire. What the Buddhist
Iontff has done for Manchus he can do again for Musco-
tites. It was from Mukden that the Manchu lords ex-
ended their sway over the kingdoms to the south Of
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28

The Transaberfan railway is OF the complete piece of equipment which
1t Is popularity supposed to be- tt s not even actually continuous for al Lake
Baikal passengers and goods must be transshipped across the lake. In winter
this, OF course, has ito be done on the ice. The illustration shows two officials
being hurried across Lake Baikal O. the way to the East AS 10 as it be-
can evident that "a a inevitable the Russians put a enormous force of
men It work laying tracks across the lake. The thousands of e have
labored night and day, and it is o officially announced that this link will
be ready for service in a very short time. If this should prove to be rue
1t will greatly facilitate the transportation of men, horses and supplies from
Russia to the scene Of conflict
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28

stopped his ~journeying for a while.
After some years in Europe he came
out to Charleston, S. c., at the opening
Of the war, and Joined the Charleston
Light Infantry under Captain T. G..
Simmons. He spent four months in
render Of Major Anderson and after
wards took part in fourteen engage
mentS
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28
The Regulation Focus-

Fr1dlla-Papa, what is a society
manner?
; Papa-Well, meet your guests with
stylish cordially beaming out of n
eye and critical inspection gIaring OH.
of the other.-Brooklyn Life.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28
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the Russians would wrest it from their predecessors they
would find it the greatest possible aid to have a friend in
the Grand Lama, before whom Asia bows as Europe never
bowed before a Pope of Rome-Philadelphia Ledger.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28

When a woman has children of the
croupy age, she looks like goose
grease from November till May.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28

single generation ago trade In any shape
IL or form was regarded by the japanese
as one of the most degrading pursuits,
and that all those who followed commercial avoca-
lions were classed in the lowest section Of the social scale,
we cannot fail to appreciate the splendid national qualities
which in thirty years have transformed a primitive agricul-
tural country into an industrial nation. The silk trade con-
tinues to rank as the leading staple industry, and year
after year the area of land planted with mulberry trees
increases. In 1902 the value of Japan's exports Of raw
silk reached almost eight millions sterling. Of late the
manufacture Of cotton yarns has undergone material ex-
pansion, and well-equipped mills have sprung up in va
rious parts Of the country. The manufacture Of matches ID
also a thriving industry, and it is worth noting that the
Coal and copper mining are as yet not fully developed, but
it is the opinion of local British experts that, with better
methods Of working the mines, the export trade in coal
could be brought up to between forty and fifty million
tons per annum.-LondonG Graphic.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28

Planets revolve, but shooting star
are not necessarily revolvers.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28

fortunate is the man who can Dor.
row enough money to pay his debts
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-04-28
Jdpan's Industries.

HEN we take into consideration the fact that q
single generation ago trade in any shape
or form was regarded by the Japanese
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
How Toads Undress.

For a marvel Of economy you Will
never beat the toad. He eats his own
clothes, says a devOut lover OF that
harmless and Shiny creature. At GER
tain seasons he begins to undress. He
begins by rubbing his elbows hard
against his sides, and pressing down
ward. In a second the old suit Eursts
open along his back, and he keeps on
rubbing until he has worked 1t Ali In
folds on his sides and hips; then he
seizes one of his hind legs and begins
to haul off one leg of his trousers, and
next the other leg is served in the
same way. Of course a brand new
suit is discovered by this disrobing
process. Before he takes off the rest
of his old clothes he folds his trous-
ers up quite neatly and swallows
them. Then, by raising and lowering
his head, and swallowing little by
little, he hauls off his coat until he
comes to the sleeves. Grasping one
of these with the opposite hand, he
drags it off, wrong side out, and swal
lows it also, rubbing his neck at the
same time, so that ais collar, cravat
and, in fact, every vestige of his old
suit, disappear altogether
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
WORLD OF LABOR.

Boot and shoe workers of Petaluma,
CAL, have formed union.
There is a strike for the free Sun-
dav among the Wisconsin paper mills.
Porthmouth On. H. musicians arc
planning the organization of a union.
Memphis, Tenn, will entertain the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
in 1906.
Membership in the Amalgamated
Society of Engineers now totals about
35.5oo.
The Association of Bureaus of La
Dor Statistics will meet at Concord, N.
H., July I2 to 10.
John Mitchell is mentioned as the
Democratic candidate for Congress
from Peoria (Ill.) district.
The cost of the various strikes IN
Colorado during the past 10 months
is estimated Of S23o36.ooo.
Wages OF sklIleo laDorers at the
Portsmouth (Eng) dockyard are to
be increased "a shillings a week. -.
British Amalgamated Engineers will
contribute $3.50 to the locked-ou
diamond workers at Amsterdam. :.
In 1908 S57,o46 immigrants landed
on our shores, of which IS5,oo7, over
IA years old, could not read nor write
At Milwaukee, Wis, the annual con,
vention of the International Alliance
of Theatrical Stage Employees, Will be
held the second week of July.
Over 100 judges and magistrates II
Italy have memorialized the Cabinet
for an increase of salary, limiting dark
ly at the possibilities OF strike
Terrence V. Powderly may again
be the head of the Knights OF LABOR;
1t is understood he will accept Il
unanimously elected.
Street railway employees at Leeds;
England have objected to the SWING
system after having given 1t tria'
for almost four months
A general defense fund OF $4,000
is being raised by the Amalgsnlatc;o
Association of Street and Elec'fi'
Railway EMPLOYEES Of America, a 80
Lieutenant General Sakharof r, re-
norts to St. Petersburg that tne Jap-
snese have occupied several villages
on the road from Siuyen to Aalehou:
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
The Talk of the Day.

A school for dogs is the latest devel
opment of the educational movement
1t has been established in Paris, with
the object of teaching, not letters, but
politeness. The schoolrOOm is fur
nished with chairs, tables and rugs
to give the necessary 'local color" tt
the surroundings. The dog pupils are
trained to welcome visitors by jump
ing up, wagging the tail and giving a
low bark. When the visitor leaves,
the dog accompanies lin t. the dooI
and bows his farewell by bending his
head to the floor. He is trained like
wise to pick up handkerchief, glove
OF fan that has been dropped and re-.
turn it to the owner. He is taught
further TO walk with proud and
prancing steps" when out with biz
n1lStr0SA ----~ a. 1890 =
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

R. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review
of trade says:
aside from the strike of garment
workers, developments of the past
week have tended to strengthen con-
hdence. One political convention has
ended, and, although its action was
almost a foregone conclusion, the
industrial atmosphere is slightly
clearer. The fiscal year is drawing
to close with national finance in
fine condition, the small shrinkage in
Federal customs receipts being nc
cause Tor uneasiness. The most I'M.
portant trade influence just now is
the progress of the crops and the
past week has brought no setback
Seasonable weather has stimulated
distribution Of merchandise, retail
business improving very noticeably
at many cities, although it is not Gus
toinary to find sales increasing at this
time. Railway earnings thus far for
June are surprisingly satisfactory, All
increase over last year Of AZ per cent.
being reported.
Failures this week numbered 227
IN the United States, against 223 last
year. and 81 in Canada, compared
with 10 year ago.
Bradstreet's says:
Wheat, including -four, exports for
the week ending June % aggregate
I,27I,437 bushels, against 2,o4A25I last
week, 3,5I8,I52 this week last year,
3,3S2,7oI In 1902 and 4,364,I47 in 1901.
FROM July I, 1903, to date they ag
gregate. I32,727.43o bushels, against
22o,Ioo,6oI last season, 244,I43,25S in
1902 and 2IJI5o8o2 in 1901. Corn eH-
ports for the week aggregate 3S7,-
o62 bushels, against 2o8,oo8 last week,
1,285524 a year ago, I3o,Io2 in 1902
and 2,455,46o in 1907. From July I,
1903, to date, they aggregate 5I,orS,,
o75 bushels, against 65,58s,6r4 last
season, 24S2a,o6s in 1902 and 17r,-
l7IJI6 in IOOI
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Kit Carson's Rifle.

1t is perhaps not known to all the
world that the rifle of Kit Karson, the
great Western hunter, scout and ex
plorer, is carefully preserved and may
be seen by those who know its where
abouts. At the time of Kit CarSon's
death he left this rifle to Montezum9
Lodge, F, &. A. NJ. of Santa Fe, N
NJ. in whose charge it has remained
ever since, an object of great interes!
and very highly priced by all members
of that society.
Montezuma Lodge is one of the old
est organizations of that nature west
of the Missouri River. 1t was organ
lied as long ago as 1910 at which time
the ancient town of Santa Fe was juS'
beginning to take in part the color o.
the western bound Anglo-Saxon civil
ization. Fremont's first trip to thf
Rocky Mountains was made in 1912
There were few white men in all thai
part of the West at the time of the
founding Of Montezuma Lodge, bus
Kit Carson was one of these early
members. TO his brothers of the so
ciety he left what may have been one
of his most cherished possessions
Field and Stream.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Baltimore, - FLOUR Quiet and
unchanged; receipts, 3,843 barrels.
WHEAT-Dull; spot contract, I.oI
@I.oIA; spot No. red Western, I.oI
@I.oIA; June, 100 asked; July, S3h
asked; August, 83N asked, steamer
No. 2 red, 84@84A; receipts, orc
bushels; Southern, by sample, 8oM
1.oI; Southern, on grade, 8o6I.oI.
COR Dull, spot, 5IH@5IM;
June, 5IM@sIM; July, 52@5aA;
steamer mixed, 48H@48N; receipts.
1880 bushels; Southern white corn.
5o@56; Southern yellow corn, So@56
OATS-Steady; No. 2 white, 46H
GA; No. 2 mixed, 44@44H; receipts,
8,oS7 bushels.
RYE-Dull; No. 2 Western, up
town, 70 asked
BUTTER-Steady and unchanged;
fancy imitation, 17@IS; fancy cream.
cry, 10; fancy ladle, 14@I5; store
packed, II@I2.
EGGS"-Steady and unchanged, at
CHEESE-Firm and unchanged;
large &C. oS s9H1@SsN; medium 5000;
small, oZ8Q9IS.
New York,-FLOUR-Receipt 49,.
2I2 barrels exports, 1876 barrels; quiet
and partially lower. Winter patents,
4.oo@5.25; winter straights, 4.7o@485;
Minnesota patent, 4.85@5.2o.
POTATOES Quiet; new South
ern, 7.oo@3oo; Jersey sweets, per
basket, I.25@I.75.
PEANUTS Firm; fancy hand
picked, 6@6A; other domestic, $40
6H.
CABBAGES-Easy; Long Island.
per 100, 3.oo@3.so; Southern, barrel
crate, I.oo@I.25.