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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13
'ATAX|A FOUR YEARS
FOLLOWS MALARIA CONTRACTED II
SPANISH-AMERIOAN WAR.

Victim Had Become Helpless When He
Tried DIR. Williams Pink Pills, but
Was Cured in Four Months.
Because he did not know that there is
remedy for ataxia, Mr.. Ariel endured
four years of weakness, pain and the
misery of thinking his case incurable.
cat the outbreak of the Spanish
American war;" he says, 81 went with
Company B, Eighth Regiment, M.V.M.,
into camp at Chickamauga, and while
there my system became thoroughly
poisoned with malaria. When I was
mustered out, I carried that disease
home with me. After while locomotor
ataxia appeared"
Glow did the ataxia begin"
81 first noticed a pain in my ankles
and knee joints. This was followed by
a numb feeling in my legs. At times I
had to drag myself around; my legs
would shake or become perfectly dead.
I had constant trouble in getting about
in the dark. I kept light burning in
my room at night as could not balance
myself i'll the darkness. Even with the
aid of a light I wobbled, and would
reach out and catch hold of chairs to
prevent myself from falling?"
elbow long were you sufferer ?"
"Four years in all. During the last
three years I was confined to bed, some
times for week, again for three or four
weeks at time. When I was lying
down the pain in my back was fire.
quently so severe that I had to be helped
up and put in chair to get little re-
lief. I had considerable pain in my
bowels and no control over my kidneys.
The worst of all was that the doctor
could give me no hope of recovery"
Chow were you cured?"
81 read that DIR. Williams Pink
Pills had cured locomotor ataxia and
one or two friends spoke to me about
them. In the fall of 1908 I began to take
them for myself and had not used
more than one box before found that
the pains in my knees and ankles were
greatly relieved. Four months after
ward 1 became perfectly well man, and
am today enjoying the best of health"
Mr. Edward H. Ariel lives at No. 43
Powow street, Amesbury, Mass. Every
sufferer from locomotor ataxia should try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills without delay.
Any druggist can supply them.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13
BENEFITS OF LINE.

We do not know who is the author
of the following; but it is sensible
and timely: There is no preventive
Of roup so efficacious as lime. If the
floor of the poultry house, the yards,
and every place to which fowls may
resort, are sprinkled with fine air
slaked lime once or twice a week, it
is doubtful if roup will secure a hold
on the hens. Experiments made with
lime show that It will destroy the
germs of roup when it comes in con-
tact Herewith, and as lime is so
cheap, it may be easily applied" We
are doubtful about lime having any
effect on "the germs of roup," but we
know it to be an excellent deodor-
izer, and that it will keep poultry
houses sweet and clean-Farmer's
Home Journal
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13
PRACTICAL POTATO RAISING.

For the benefit of farmers interest
ed, 1 am going to tell them how
manage to raise good crops every
year, from 25O to over four hundred
bushels per acre. My potatoes for
the past twenty-three years have
averaged me seventy cents a bushel.
The first thing I do is to look my
ground over and see that it is free
from witch grass or very nearly so.
1 do not care how poor the soil is.
The land must not be too low, or
with too much clay in it. Potatoes
do much better on loamy or sandy
soil. I p1ow eight or ten inches deep
and try to have the burrows meet.
It makes very little difference wheth
er the land is plowed in the spring
or fall, but If have time l plow in
the fall to save time in the spring.
I like to plant quite early as the
early planted field generally proves
the best. But l never plant till the
ground is in good condition to har-
row.
The narrowing is a very important
feature Some men will harrow two
or three times and call it good
enough, I don't. I harrow till the
soil is like an ash heap, because it
pays to work the ground in good
shape. l mark out the field 81 feet
wide and about six inches deep,
either with a potato planter or with
a horse hoe. If a horse hoe I drop
the fertilizer by hand about sixteen
inches apart in the row, being careful
to run a chain through the rows in
order to mix the fertilizer well with
the soil; for good fertilizer will
kill the seed If it comes in contact.
For the past twenty years 1 have
raised my potatoes wholly on COM
mercial fertilizer without any other
dressing. If asked what kind of con-
mercial fertilizer used and consid-
cred the best l should say Bradley's
complete per cent potash.
Good seed Is necessary, and I con-
slider the Green Mountain the best
all-round potato l have ever planted
and least liable to rot. There is
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13
Eully ReciDrOcated.

In national school near Ballybeg
the principal ruled his pupils with a
rod of iron. Although really good
teacher. he was somewhat harsh in his
punishments and rarely appeared to
have due appreciation of youthful
spirits. One day he had occasion to
reprimand some senior boys for IN
seemly conduct and ended his remarks,
"Owen Girvan, you are a worthless
lad, and there is bad end before you;
I'm glad that I'm not your father"
"Yer nawt half as glad as OF am,
sorrg' was Owens undutiful reply.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13
A Useful Accomplishment.

DR.. Fridtjof hansen, the Norwegian
explorer, tells an amusing story of a
Norwegian girl who came to the Unit
ed States.
''This GIRL said DR.. Nansen, "jour-
neyed to the United States in search
of employment. She was taken into a
household as a cook, but failed to give
satisfaction Nearly everything she
undertook ended in failure, and, final
ly, the lady of the house asked, deS-
pairingly:
"Norah, is there anything you can
do?"
"Yees," responded Norah, with a
grin, "ay can milk reindeer"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13
Before and After Taking.

In a small town in New York State
two families live, one bearing the name
Of Steele and the other of Stole. They
are friends, and frequently appear at
the same gatherings.
Not long ago an evening house af-
fair was given at which stranger
from Illinois was present. When the
usual introductions were to be made,
Mr.. Steele and Mr. Stole CHANGED to
be sitting side by side.
May l present Mr.. Steele" said the
hostess. and Mr. Stole she added
sweetly.
The stranger waited for a second,
and then said, smilingly: ooh, yes, l
Observation-Disclosures and after taking"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13
COW HOLDING UP HER MILK.

COW HOLDING UP HER MILK.
One Of the mysteries that troubled
my boyhood days was how a cow
could hold up her milk, and that
same matter is worrying a good many
people yet. The fact is, COW does
not and cannot hold up her milk, but
she does what has the same effect.
she fails to elaborate it. Most Of the
milk a COW gives is elaborated; that
is, becomes milk after the milking
has been begun. Suppose COW were
shot just at the time of milking, and
her udder cut open, do you suppose
you would get the bucket full of milk
you would have expected had you
proceeded to quietly milk her in the
ordinary way? On the contrary, you
would have nothing but bunch of
milky, bloody glands. The milk is
not there. By some process known
only to nature, the milk producing
system of the cow relaXes when milk,
ing begins, the milk glands secrete
very rapidly and the stream flows out
in response to the pressure.
Sometimes, however, the milk fails
to respond to the manipulation as at
other times, and then we say the COW
is holding up her milk. The fact is
the proper relaxation has not taken
place; the glands are not working
with their accustomed activity, and
we fail to get the milk because it is
not there to get. Many causes pro-
duce this effect The COW may have
been chased or frightened in an I'M
usually way, she may have been beat
en-, strange mixer may be at her
side, strange people may be in the
yard, her accustomed feed may be
absent, or any other matter that dis
turbs her quiet or prevents her from
feeling entirely at home, may have
this unhappy effect. Some COWS are
much worse in this respect than 9TH
ers, because some are much more
easily disturbed than others.
The point is to learn the cows dis
position and make her feel entirely at
home at milking time. You may
break her from undesirable habits,
but you must do so at the expense of
a portion of her milk until she gets
accustomed to the change-Up,to.
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more in cutting potatoes for seed
than most farmers think. Some will
cut without looking to see whether
there are one or five eyes on cut.
| start on the stem end and cut up
being careful to get at least two eyes
on a piece, and when | get up to
where the eyes are close together
cut the seed smaller, but have no
less than two or more than four eyes
on a piece of seed. AS fast as | cut
the seed | sprinkle plaster on them
so that they will not bleed | cut
the seed six to ten days before |
pant.
When l an ready to plant l drop
one thousand pounds of fertilizer t
the acre in the rows, then drop the
about four inches deep. If man has
no potato planter, a good horse hoe
is very nice tool to cover with.
After planting l watch for them to
break ground, and as soon as | see
a few coming through l drop five hun.
dred pounds of fertilizer to the acre
between the plants where they are
up and sixteen inches apart where
they are not up and then cover up
the potato and fertilizer tightly AS
soon as the potato shows again |
again cover it. l cover three times
very lightly the last time, and at the
same time l run cultivator between
the rows twice a week, for the soil
cannot be stirred too much. By fire.
quent use of horse hoe and cultivator
l keep down the weeds.
I never use hand hoe, as there is
no need of it. The horses will dc
the work best if taken in time before
the weeds get start. After the tops
get about eight inches high l horse
hoe, and again when the tops are
about foot to fifteen inches high.
Checking bugs and blight-The
most important part is to keep down
the bugs and to spray so that the
potato will not blight or rot. | use
a hand sprayer and spray two and
sometimes three times. There are
years when potatoes do not blight or
rot, but we cannot predict those
years so l spray every year.-A. I
GribbfnS in Massachusetts Plough
man.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13

Kidney Pills re-
lieye and cure it.
II. B. McCaryer,
of POI Cherry ST.,
Portland, Ore, in
spector of freight
for the Trans-Con-
tinental Co., says:
Il used Doan's
Kidney Pills for
back ache and 9th
er symptoms Of
k i d n ey trouble
which had annoyed
me for months. l
think a cold was
responsible for the
whole trouble. 1t
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13
GOOD COW BARN.

A well know Iowa dairyman, Mr..
E. G. Bennett, recently described a
good COW barn in the Wisconsin Far
1t is Is feet wide by IS feet long, with
box stasl at one end. He says:
Make the platform for the COWS to
stand upon as long as the building
and as wide as from the manger to
their hind feet. This depends upon
the size of the COWS. Mine is f1fty-slx
inches wide A few cows and helfers
can use a narrower platform, and
some large COWS may need one four
feet and ten or eleven inches wide.
at one end than at the other if COWS
of widely varying sizes are kept.
! have manger with sloping rear,
so as to give all feed a tendency to
slide towards the COWS. Some have
the back part of manger perpendicu-
lar, and some omit the back wass
but COWS will strain after feed which
gets out of their reach, endangering
their muscles, and sometimes slip
ping their hind feet off the rear OF
platform and seriously hurting them
selves
The usual distance apart of STAN
chions here is three feet. If the COWS
are unusually large, two inches more
should be allowed. l find that even
one inch less than three feet answer
for ordinary Jerseys.
AS to the height of platform, have
tried four inches and six inches for
the rear, and one inch higher for the
front. My preference is for the lower
-four inches for the rear and five
for front. This slant is to permit
drainage to the rear and into the
drop" If any droppings get on the
PLATFORM
1t makes much difference which
way the COWS face. My building runs
east and west, and the COWS face the
north. This is so l can let the sun
shine upon them from the rear. l
have a small window at the rear o.
each Of two cows, and keep the plat
form well bedded This makes 1t
pleasant and sunny in winter, and the
windows are opened in hot weather,
ana wire screens keep out the flies
and let the air circulate freely.
This Is simple, but means much in
the way of comfort for the COWS and
for those who do the milking. If the
building runs north and south, | rec
ommend windows on the west Side,
and the cows facing the east, if con-
ditions permit. West windows let in
the light well, but they are colder in
winter than south windows. / use
two-inch planks for floor of platform
and the space in rear of COWS. The
space under the platform may be
PLANK or earth, as desired Some
have earth floor in rear of platform,
but it is too apt to get sloppy with
me. I find that width of two feet
at the top and eighteen inches at the
bottom is satisfactory for the man.
ger. The height is immaterial, so
long as it will hold the feed and not
be inconveniently high. I had mine
thirty inches high in rear and six
inches high in front. l wish to en-
phasiZe the need of plenty of win
dows. Sunshine is death to tubercu-
losis, and it has been found that COWS
more subject to that and otner dis
eases than other COWS in the same
stables, but in good light.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13

The Manx Language Society has been
formed and to carry out its purpose of
preserving the language Of the Isle of
Man will send a photograph to different
parts of the island, and old men whose
accent is pure will speak into the re-
ceiver passages from Scripture, folklore
stories, idiomatic sentences and proverbs.
When the records are complete they will
be kept at the society's rooms in Doug
las
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13

seemed to settle in my kidneys. Doan's
Kidney Pills rooted it out. 1t is sew
eral months since l used them, and up
to date there has been no recurrence
of the trouble"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price SO cents per box. Eos
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13
No Sign,

Ethel-Are you sure the count was
last night?
Edythe-Positive. Why, he couldn't
pronounce his own name.
Ethel-But you must remember that
he is a Russian count.-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13

"Were you ever called to serve on a
jury before:' asked the lawyer.
NO, SIR" answered the juror. ''This
Is the first time my intelligence has ever
teen questioned"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13

Piso's Cure for Consumption promptly
my little 5-year-old sister OF
L. A. Pearce, e Pillins
street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Oct. 2. 1901.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13

A Cleveland (Ohio) pastor pro-
poses to erect a nine-story church.
He expects to be the first sky-pilot
to have a sky-scraper, declares the
Baltimore Sup
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13
CONSTANT ACHING.

Back aches all the time Spells your
wearies the body, worries the
mind. Kidneys cause it all and Doan's
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13
BiiSterful Ignorance.

Mrs. W1nslow's SOOTHING syrup for Children
thing; softens the gums reduces Inflammation al
lays pain, cures wind collie. % cents q bottle.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13
IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.
Women Obtain Mrs. Pinkha0'a
Advice and Help.
She Has Guided Thousands to Eealth.-
How Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound Cured Mrs. Fred Scydcl.

It is great
~EESAA satisfaction for a
ny woman to feel that
fSkEEasxSY'kE&:hS she can write to
Ss XS Is another telling her
~ the most private
EsaT - Sf3#H:t and confidential
- as details about her
H illness, and know
s#1k Tz that her letter will
NVsAWs SysAESZG be seen by wO-
TNNMARy<E1 man only, a wo-
NN@yI man full of SYM
S ETovde1 pathy for her
sick sisters. and
above all. g woman who has had
more experience in treating female ills
than any living person.
Over one hundred thousand cases of
female diseases come before Mrs. Pink
ham every year, some personally,
others by mail, and this has been GO
ing on for twenty years, day after day.
Surely women are wise in seeking
advice from woman of such expert
ence, especially when it is absolutely
free.
Mrs. Pinkham never violates the con-
fidence of women. and every testimO-
NAL letter published is done SO with
the written consent or request of the
writer, in order that other sick women
may be benefited as they have been.
Mrs. Fred Seydel, of 412 North 54th
Street, West Philadelphia, Pa, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
cover a year ago / wrote you letter asking
advice, as | had female ills and could not
carry child to maturity. | received your
kind letter of instructions and followed your
advice. l am not only well woman in con-
sequence, but have beautiful baby girl. l
wish every suffering woman in the land would
write you for advice as you have done SO
much for me-"
Just as surely as Mrs. Seydel was
cured, will Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound cure every
woman suffering from any form of
female ills.
No other medicine in all the world
has such record of cures of female
troubles as has Lydia L. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound. Therefore no
prudent woman viii accept any substi-
tute which druggist may offer.
If you are sick. write Mrs. Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass for special advice. It is
free and always helpful.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-13

The genuine has date and number stamped
On the la bel-take no other from your druggist.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-08-11
A juno Bride.

Mrs. catharine Clark,of West Union,
Iowa, having a weakness for June wed.
dings, is being brought 20 book for
bigamy twice compounded. Mrs. CLARK
was a faithful wife Of the year round
until it came to June. Then she had a
sudden attack of the wedding fever,
and would go away to the next town
and marry the first man whose consent
she could obtain. II she could only
have been placed in a sanitoriun
through June she would have no trouble
But it came on her just like hay fever,
and now she is in the tolls Of the law.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-08-11
oaliforniana Attend the rair.

Portland, Ore, Aug. 11.-Today hav-
ing been set aside as Oakland, Alameda
and Berkeley day, several thousand
people from these California cities
have come here TO visit the fair and
attend the exercises and festivities ar
ranged for the occasion. The trains
containing the e%xcursionists arrived
here early this morning and the visit
ors we're received at the station by
committees, accompanied by bands,
which escorted them to their respective
headquarters. At ten O'Clock they
assembled at the California building.
Here they were welcomed by Governor
Pardee, who is acting as chairman Of
the day. The administration band
played several selections and several
prominent visitors replied to the adj
dress Of welcome.
After tho meeting an early luncheon
was served to the visitors at tho Inside
Inn. At three O'Clock they will again
meet at the California building where
President II. w. Goode, Of the expo
sition, win welcome tho visitors on boz
half Of the exposition and extend TO
them the courtesies Of the entire fair.
Mayor Mott win reply.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-08-11
A NEW BuNoo GAME.
Versatile Confidence Men Are Always
Ready for q Sucker"

Left yesterday afternoon by a
stranger, to guard a corpse at the de-
pot, Bruce Drake, a young stranger,
finally discovered that the $25 he had
lent 10 the corpse's brother, was really
given to a clever bunco man, says the
Seattle News. Drake, just arrived from
Hope, Ohio, found hope dwindle within
him, when he discovered that the bunco
had left him friendless and alone In
Seattle, with just 25 cents to his name.
Drake was taken in by an unusually
clever trick. AS he vas standing about
the union depot, a well dressed man APP
preached and engaged in conversation
Drake was finally rendered a ticket to
Alaska, out of the strangers superhu'
ity. who said he was going to Alaska
with his brothers dead body. The
man accounted for his surplus Of tick
cts by explaining that his brother had
intended TO use the extra one, had he
not died and been under the neees-
sity Of returning in the hold as
freight.
Jus at this time another stanger
appeared. He was the depot master.
that Is he said 80. He told the first
stranger that there were $25 charges on
his brothers corpse. The hrst strang
er rendered a check Of 1925 in pay
ment. The pseudo station agent had
no change. Drake was appealed to by
his new found friend to advance the
money until the check was eashed. He
did 80.
Then stranger No. l, eorpse's broth
er, disappeared TO cash the check.
Stranger No. 2 went away to attend to
his arduous and newly assumed duties,
an station master. Drake waited around
for a time and watched the corpse. 1t
was like "Watehing Tacoma grow"
no use. The corpse did not stir.
The idea slowly dawned on Drake
that he had been buneOed. In haste
and excitement he went to the police
headquarters, where he told his gul
hbility.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-08-11
Lost His Trousers and MONEY.

Eugene, Or, Aug. 1l.-W. G. Terry
a passenger on southbound passenger
train No, is, out Of Portland, was rob
bed Tuesday night of $l05 in money, a
gold watch, an Eks' charm and several
things Of minor value, the thief taking
a pair of pants belonging TO him, which
contained these articles. The theft Oe-
cured somewhere between Salem and
R~oseburg. The local officers were yes.
terday notified Of it and arrested two
suspieious-looking men here, but as they
had none Of the stolen goods on their
persons they were released.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-08-11
Price Of Fish VIII Run to the Highest
Ever Known.

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 1.-The run
of the sockeye salmon on Puget Sound
is over. For the past three days the
humpbacks, the despised member Of the
salmon family, have been pouring in
to the Sound, thus proving that the
reign of the soekeye is at an end.
Where the Sound packers prepared
to put up 100000 cases they viii have
to be content with only 100000 cases.
That means that the price win immedi-
ately jump to $3.50 per dozen tall tins,
or SO per ease, the highest price ever
quoted for Puget Sound sockeyes.