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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-02-02

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the future.
Mrs. Minerva Harden has been
quite sick the past week or more
but is better.
A. Trapple and John Kudelka
were down from Kilgore last Fri
day on business.
Born, to MIR. and Mrs. Grant
Boyer, Tuesday, January 81, 1905,
a seven pound girl.
DR.. Lewis is recovering from
his attack of pneumonia and is
able during good weather to be at
his office. his first trip down town
being last Thursday.
Friday night the school gave an
entertainment at the M. f. church
charging small admission fee.
We haven't heard any comments,
so it must have been satisfactory
to it's audience.
Ed Parry and Lee Shepard re-
turned Monday night from their
trip to Florida where they had
taken two cars of horses to dis
pose of there. They have been
gone about six weeks.
w. f. Elmer has sold his har-
ness shop, building and business;
to L. n. Layport and son. How
ard is learning the business and
they will keep Mr.. Elmer a few
months for that purpose.
Lester Green is suffering some
from a boil on his right middle
finger which seems to be getting
worse and some fears are enter
! tanned of blood poison. He is Oar
rying his arm in a sling.
S. L. Ellis came in last Thurs
day to get wagon load of sup
plies for his store before the deep
SHOWS came, and now thinks he
was just in luck. Hitch up to a
bob sled Ellis and come again.
Mack Cramer is delivering goods
in his sleigh the past week which
he fixed up by putting runners in
place of the wheels of his delivery
wagon. It's lower and runs light
err, being very convenient rig
and Mac tlkes a sleigh ride the
whole day long and says he doesn't
care if it's winter all summer.
G.. II. Cornell was made the eX-
ecutor of A. f. Thachers will and
Louis Brownell was made guard
ian Of the minor heirs of j. NJ.
Thacher. The mercantile business
of Davenport & Thacher continues
without interruption for the pres
ent. j. t. Kelley was employed
to assist with invoicing the stock.
A big fire in Lincoln last We'd
nesday destroyed nearly 1925
100000 worth of property, three
blocks east of the postofice. 1t
was so cold that fireman nearly
froze in handling the hose, and
though they had an early start it
seemed impossible to do more than
keep the fire to the limits of the
three buildings.
The ladies and officers of Fort
Niobrara played before a good
audience at the court house
last Saturday night. The stores,
closing at $50 O'Clock in our city,
helped materially in bringing out
an audience on that occasion.
The plays we're appreciated and
St. Johns rectory fund was in
creased considerably.
DR.. j. L. Workman has disposed
of his drug store at Longtime and
other interests and came up here
Monday to look after his interest
in the bowling alley, which when
disposed of, he goes to Colorado,
there to study mines and mining
for awhile, and then to Alaska to
look after a brothers mines at a
good salary. We wish the Doctor
| l.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
Comfort for RaIdheads.

everything in this world has its
sompensaticns, and a writer in a late
medical journal conveys the comfort.
e Information that b~allheaded per.
ms are immune from . pulmonary
tuberculosis. With another cerebral
stlmulant the case - slightly diffos.
ent. Badness Is certainly promote1
b! mental application. As a general
thing, bald pcrscns are intellectual,
or, at least, persons whose minds ara
overtaxed either by study or by wor-
ry, and it IS a well known fact that
intellectual activity is promotive Of
health in general 1t often happens
that a patient who had been bedrid-
den or an invalid for years Is cured
by becoming mentally excited over
something, sometimes in a moment
of time. As the brain and the lungs
have large arterial and nervou 0 n
nections, it may be true that mental
activity such as produces badness
might also yitalize and energize the
lungs and heart. We do not pretend
that this is a wholly satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION, and we respectfully sug-
gest the propriety of a convention OF
baldheads to find out whether bald
people are ever ~consumptive, and, If
they are not, what is the explanation
Of such a singular phenomenon =
Chicago Chronicle.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
GUST H DEMON.
A Tussle With Coffee.

There is something fairly demonia-
cal in the way coffee sometimes wreaks
it's fiendish malice on those who use it.
A lady writing from Calf. says:
"My husband and l, both lovers OF
coffee, suffered for some time from a
very annoying form of nervousness,
accompanied by most frightful head
aches. In my own case there was
eventually developed some sort of af-
lection of the nerves leading from the
spine to the head.
81 was unable to hold my head up
straight, the tension of the nerves
drew it to one side, causing me the
most intense pain. We got no relief
from medicine, and were puzzled as to
what caused the trouble, till a friend
suggested that possibly the coffee we
drank had something to do with it, and
+. advised that we quit it and try Pos
tum Coffee.
"We followed his advice, and from
the day that we began to use Postum
we both began to improve, and in a
very short time both of us were en-
tirely relieved. Inc nerves became
steady once more, the headaches
ceased. the muscles in the back OF my
neck relaxed, my head Strengthened
up and the dreadful pain that had SO
punished me while l used the old kind
of coffee vanished.
"We have never resumed the use OF
the old coffee, but relish our Postum
every day as well as we did the for
mer beverage. And we are delighted
to find that we a give it freely TO
II children also, something we never
dared to do with the old kind of cof-
fee" Name given by Postum Co., Bat
lie Greek, Mich.
Postum Coffee contains absolutely no
drugs OF any kind, but relieves the
coffee drinker from the old drns poison
There's O reason.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
Women and Debt.

Some wives drift into debt with as
much indifference as if they would
neye be required to meet their oD-
legations. Women who are thus
rash and improvident are certainly
weak-minded, and are laying the
foundation for domestic trouble
The tempter tempts; the tradesman
or milliner is quite willing to trust
them to any extent, or, If they VIII
not. the butcher or baker Will, and
the ready money is spent on frlVo'
lous trifes. A woman assures her'
self by the fattering assurance that
II shall be sure to make it up some
how" Things go from bad to worse,
until at last the husband has to be
informed tfEt inpatient creditors
will wait no longer for their money
Then the dainty new bonnets and
dresses, which formerly seemed to
him so pretty, appear only as super
1uous fnery. A wife who has once
allowed herself to give way to debt
must exercise great vigilance upon
her actions, SO as to avoid a repeti
ton. 1t is so easy to give way, ant
in families of limited income such
extravaganza may mean serious IN
convenience.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
Bookbindtur as women,s Work.


Since the first woman took it up,
bookbinding has received a curious i'm
petus. Each year sees a few more dew
otees of the art among women, who
are peculiarly adapted for the work
by their delicacy Of touch. 1t takes @
strong wrist and a steady hand for
some of the finer ~tooling-in fact, for
most Of the workout when a woman's
hand and wrist become trained she be-
N more adept, as a rule, than a
man. Nobody quite equals, after all,
that great master b~ookbinder, Golden
Sanderson, who refuses all but a talent
ed few Of the many who apply to him
for lessons. His pupils must agree to
stay with him the length of time he
dictates, or he will have non of them.
There's a limited field for bookbinding,
as there must always be with any art
that takes great refinement and an
almost scholarly taste to appreciate.
Yet the women who have made a sue
cess of it, above all, those who are
able to make their own designs for
covers as well as execute them, have
as much as they a comfortably do.
And the work pays well.-Chicago
News.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
Tobacco Ashes as an Asset.

As everybody knows, the ash left
on burning tobacco is considerable.
four hundred weights of ASH, which
represents valuable mineral constitu-
ents withdrawn from the soil which
have to be replaced by abundant ma
nuring.
On the face of it there would seem
to be a fortune in store for that in
dividual who could devise a success
full means for the collection of to-
bacco ash, and it is a great pity that
so much valuable material should
forever be lost to the soil without
any attempt at direct restoration be
ing made.-London Lancet.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
Aprons.


Make a square of Persian lawn,
twenty-four inches when finished,
trimmed with tucks and lace around
the edges. From the middle Of each
side make a diamond square of bead
ing; cut six yards of ribbon into four
lengths, and Il them through the
beading, leaving it very loose on three
sides and drawing it quite tight OH the
fourth, to give a little fulness at the
waist line of the apron. Make hard
knots at all four corners, and then tie
double bowknots. By lifting these
bows you can draw it up into a bag.
But if you unite the bows, not the
hard bows, at the ends of the shirred
side, you have four long ribbons to tie
about the waist. While sewing you
have on what appears to be an ordinary
apron with a pointed bib. When you
stop you pile all your things into your
lap, unite the ribbons about your waist,
retie the bowknots, take hold of all
four bows and drag it up into a bag
Boston Traveller.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
R FRZLs ]M
ZM%AAEAsHgoMA

Dress stuffs, organizes, and dimities
and Swisses are selling.
A parasol of blue silk-a strong shade
of blue-has a handle of blue-enameled
wood.
Hand-painted parasols are stunning,
but the embroidered ones are still more
popular.
Japanese styles are less good in them
selves Though they're stunning) than
rs inspiration for other parasols.
For "dress-up" gloves everything
mousquetaire is liked--suede mousque-
taire being the newest of all.
Nowadays the riding skirt reaches
barely to the instep, and is lighter in
weight than the average walking
skirt.
All the talk about returning to bus
ties and crinolines becomes nonsense
when the increasing nationality of fash
ion is observed.
Several narrow silk ruffies stitched
and corded i'll the hem have been found
to fulfill the function of. holding out
the skirt quite successfully.
Such good looking outing hats as the
milliners are turning out! They're soft
felt hats with soft wings-ail pale
gray or all white or gray and white to-
gether.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
The Dinner Coat.

There is more than a little to say in
favor of the dinner coat, which has
added itself to the long list of separate
garments of the present day wardrobe.
The dinner coat is essentially a varia-
ton or play on the Louis XVI. coat
adapted to indoor usages. 1t is at its
best, in fact, it is only consistently
made, of brocaded silk.
The long, tall, big revers, and courtly
looking cuffs flaring upward from the
elbow are salient characteristics. The
tails are narrow enough to just escape
being seen from the front. They fall
nearly or quite to the hem of the gown,
and are, perhaps, smartest when they
are rounded at the ends into what has
been described as a spoon shape. The
scantiness of the sleeves is offset by
the laring elbow cuff and the wide
revers. Old silver or paste buttons
are essential.
The woman with a brocaded silk
gown folded away for many a day will
find use for it now in these separate
Jackets, which are of divers shapes
and kinds. With sleeves of different
material from the bodice possible short
lengths come into excellent employ
ment.
A dinner coat designed to accompany
two skirts, one of plain amethyst vel
vet, the other of palest mauve chiffon
very fully pleated, is made of pale
amethyst silk, brocaded with roses in
a deeper shade of amethyst and bright
ened by the Interviewing of fine silver
threads. The coat has a bertha of
point de venise lace, laid over anne
thyst velvet.
The waistcoat is of silver tissue,
trimmed with fiat buttons of amethyst
crystal, covered with silver flagree'
The coat is perfectly suited to the
matron who wears it. 1t is being
copied in white satin, brocaded with a
pompadour design of pink roses for a
debutante, who will wear it over a
white point d'esprit skirt and a white
chiffon skirt.-Philadelphia Telegraph,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
Another Device for Preventing Sea.
sickness.

An ingenious self-leveling sea bunk
for vessels, the object Of which is
to overcome the discomfort to the
passenger of mal-de-mer, has been
devised by a London dentist. 1t has
now been in successful operation
u.on one of the mail-boats plying
across the English Channel. The de-
vice comprises a swinging cot with
four cords passing from the corners
to electric brakes, which automatic
ally check any attempt of the cot
to depart from its position. While
the cot remains level, the cords are
free to pass on and off the pulleys
on the brakes. The slightest loss
of horizontally of the cot causes
mercury in four tubes to fall in some
of them and rise in others, and SO
complete the electric current to the
particular brake required to be put
in operation ITO check the further
loss O horizontally. The loss OF
level from the variation of the posi-
ton taken by the passenger is auto
matically compensated; water being
practically the same specific gravity
as the human body, a heavy man will
press more water to the foot of a spe-
cially-designed water bed than a light
weight, as also from side to side.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
E;va MINDS of Grippe.

What is influenza? is the question
lately ~propounded by DR.. R. Bernard
to a recent meeting of the Societe
Medicale des H%opitoux de Paris. Ac-
cording to him. there are at least i've
kinds. of which he distinguishes the
grippe pneumococcique, the grippe
streptococcique and the grippe a bacilli
de Pfeiffer. all named after the special
bacilli attached to them. Besides
these, he distinguishes several
'grippes'' caused by microbes the
nature of which is not yet perfectly
ascertained, among which that OF
F%riedlander is the most recognizable.
AS for the real grippe Influenza ne
declares that it must have a special
germ, although lie is unable to identity
1.-THE Athenaeun.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
NEEDLES. Yer AL SEWING MA.
ShUllLkS, Sselsr.. sLELOcK
REPAIRS. MS; SC o0 p;o39IIss.L So.
$500 From An Acre.

Last years little garden was the
most satisfactory we have ever had,
says a writer in The Golden Maya.
zine. The area was little more than
one-third of an acre, which was
plowed by a colored man for S2.25. The
dead weeds and other trash were re-
moved for So, SO that when the gar
den was ready for planting the total
investment amounted to 1925. The
ground slightly declines from the
north to south and faces the sun for a
good many hours each day.
We sold $40 worth of products,
which gave us $40 over the original
cost. A careful account of all the
products sold, used given away, or
put away for Winter showed our gar,
den was worth $110 in cash.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
The Road.

A road is like a work of art-it in
cites the Imagination. In this | con-
tend that it is an educator of no mean
worth. 1t promises a healthy interest
in the brain, and scraps of wisdom
may be found scattered along the way
for those who will to pick up. There
are as many sorts of roads as there
are many kinds of books, each sort
filling it's place. The grand turnpike,
with it's fine estates, speaking OF
wealth; the country byways limiting
modest contentment and ease; the toll
road. with it's gate and its wayside inn
for travellers; the river road, following
the stream, now giving glimpses OF
the broad sweep and now but sparkles
of light through the foliage as the
trees obstruct the view. There is the
hilIy road where one loses the view OF
the highway ahead as it dips down
into the valley, only to rise with a mar
rowed u on a further hill, and the
wood road with it's continent paths anu
trails. One of the strongest lures is
the road built at a time when 1t was
en- sier to go around or over a hill than
through it; better to find a safe ford
than to plunge anywhere into the
stream or build a bridge. The high
way which goes straight from one
point to another is a scientist and not
a poet. 1t may be a fine servant, but
as a friend and companion give me the
meandering road, with its constant
surprises, its up hill and down dale, its
sunshine and shadow. One which may
be seen a mile ahead may be a fine
speedway, but it is not capable OF
rousing the Imagination. = Walter *.
Stone, in Recreation.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
An Accident


On the whole Johnny Ralston was a
very good boy; but he had one fault
which 1t seemed impossible for his
mother to overcome-he would fight
with other boys. Times out of num-
her he had been reproved for this
and the last time he promised faith.
fully that he would battle no more.
But that evening he returned from
tchooi with a cut cheek and a nose
like a swollen be%etroot.
Johnny" said his mother sadly.
didn't you promise me you wouldn't
fight any more?"
But haven't been fighting, ms.
This is the result of an accident.
An accident?"-doubtfully
Yes, ma. l was sitting on Tommy
Riggs, and / forgot to hold his feetl"
American Cultivator.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
A New Method of Cooling Rooms.

A New Methou OF Cooiih9 no0fHsr
John Arbuckle, the rich Brooklyn
manufacturer, has invented a method
of cooling and drying the air OF
rooms. no matter how not and humid
1t may be outside. The plan con-
sists of pipes containing brine, which
is carried around the room, being
forced very much like the heat is
forced in winter, and the o In
tense the pressure the lower will be-
come the temperature. The secret
of it is that the moisture is taken
from the air, being CONCEALED on the
pipes. from which it is then removed
and the humidity is thus done away
with. No ice nor chemicals are used.
This method of cooling has been ex-
p%erimentally demonstrated at the
Hotel Margaret and those who have
seen It in operation say 1t Is a great
success.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07

Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vegetable Compound
made me a well woman, and / feel 80 CRATE.
full that l am glad to write and tell you Oh
my marvellous recovery. IL DrooSh1 n0
health, new life and vitality"
What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley it VIII
do for every woman who is IN poor
health and ailing.
It's benefits begin when it's use begin
1t gives strength and vigor from
start, and surely makes sick woHnen
well and robust. ,
Remember Lydia E. Pinkham's V,ege-
table Compound holds the record Tor
the greatest number of actual cures OF
woman's ills. This fact is attested TO
by the thousands of letters from CRATE
full women which are on file IN the
Pinkham laboratory Merit alone can
produce such results.
Women should remember that a cure
forall female diseases actually exists
and that cure is Lydia E. Pinkham.s
Vegetable Compound. Take no substl-
tute.
If you have symptoms you don't
understand write to Mrs. Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass, for special advlce-lt Is
free and always helpful.
,orcd 0ueceexe Where others rail-
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
His Strenuous Finish.

eyes," said the sad-faced young
man in the smoking car, I'm out of
baseball for keeps. Why, in my first
game this season they got onto me in
the third inning and pounded me all
over the field"
"Oh, you shouldn't let a little thing
like that discourage you" replied the
hardware drummer. MANY a good
pitcher has been up against similar
luck"
eyes," continued the victim, "but,
you see, / wasn't the pitcher; ! hap
pened to be the umpire Chicago
Daily News.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
WOMAN'S WORLD.

Bead Work Much in Evidence.

Bead Work Much in Evidence.
Bead work of all sorts come up sur
prisingly this season. They and their
cousins, the spangles, are used In pro-
fusion for all sorts Of purposes. In
millinery hats are edged with beads
both in jet and colors, and f%estoons of
beads are mingled with the lace which
is so much employed for brlms and
edgings. Bead embroideries done OH
velvet, silk or cloth are very smart for
all sorts of dress and millinery pur-
poses, while the short bead collar
pieces and long bead lorgnette chains
are very much worn by smart women
here. The chains, of course, are not at
all the hideous things one sees on bar
gain counters, but fine, artistic COM
binations specially designed.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
What komura Looks Like.

Baron Komura is a diplomat II the
purely Oriental type, suave and un.
readable. In appearance he Is small,
blacke"el and slender. His counte.
rance is wrlnk1ed Ike old parchment,
his jaw pointed and firmly set, and
his m%oustache black, scanty and
stiff. Ills bristly hoir Is streakei
with gray. lie Is well versed In dip
lcmatic usnges, and especially with
the effective roundabout diplomacy
characteristic of the Russians.-New
York World.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
The City Might Profit.

Oneida County has unanimously ap-
proved the issue of $4,000 900 bonds
for improving the country thorough
fares. The State meets the county half
a and all the highroads are prompt
" improved. AS New York is located
in counties, we are free to take advan-
tage Of the same law. There are roads
within the city limits that need repair
ing quite as much as the worst mud
holes in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Top
iac
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
A sehoolboy,s view Of Tennyson.

The following remarks on Tenny-
son were recently handed in on an
examination paper by a schoolboy in
an English literature class: Lord
Alfred Tennyson vas a celebrated
poet, and he wrote a lot of beautiful
PONIES with long hair. His greatest
pome is called The Idle King He
was make a lord, but he was a good
man and wrote many oads."-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
Bad Road building.

An exchange puts it this way: There
ought to be a law to stop fools build
ing highways. This idea that the
outer edge of a highway-sod. dirt and
stone, all-should be thrown into the
centre of the road. ought to entitle
the people who do it to ninety days in
Jail.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07

A Brooklyn young man took his
best girl to church, and as he reach
cd a partially filled pew he turned to
the usher and asked:
DO you suppose we could squeeze
In here?"
you might be able to-" replied the
usher, politely. "but | would advise
YOU to wait until yoii get home"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07

dreaded their approach. This was my
condition for four years. Doan's Kid
ney Pills helped me right away when
/ began with them, and three boxes
cured me permanently"
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all dealers. Price, so
cents per box.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-07
Outdone.

An English and an American mer-
rhant were discussing the relative
importance of their businesses.
Why" said the E%nglishman, Gin
my firm the clerks use 10000 gallons
of ink in a year,"
"Oh, that's nothing" retorted the
American; I'VE saved that much ink
in a year by ordering our clerks not
to dot their i's."-Harpers Weekly.