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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
ATAX|A IS DURABLE.
REPORTED CURE STANDS TEST OF
PULL INVESTIGATION.
A Former Victim of Locomotor Ataua
Now Free from Suffering and
Actively ut Work.

Former Victim OF Locomotor AtnAS
Now Free from Suffering and
Actively Mt Work.
eyes" said Mr.. Watkins to reporter,
"it is true that l have been cured OF
ataxia by DR.. Williams Pink Pills"
care you sure you had locomotor
ataxia?"
"The doctors themselves told me 30.
Besides recognized the symptoms" Il
What were they?"
Well, the first indications were .
stiffness about the knee joints that came
on about four years ago. A few months
after that appeared, my walk got to be
uncertain, shaky-like. lost confidence
in my power to control the movements
Of my legs. Once, when 1 was in the
cellar, started to pick up two scuttles
of coal, and my legs gave way suddenly,
and tumbled all in heap in basket.
I couldn't close my eyes and keep my
balance to save my life. Then l had
fearful pains over my whole body and I
lost control over my kidneys and my
bowels"
"How about your general health ?"
Sometimes I was so weak that had
to keep my bed and my weight fell of
twenty pounds. Things looked pretty
bad for me until I ran across a young
man who had been cured by DR.. Will
Jams Pipk Pills and who advised me to
try them" I'D
did these pills help you right away?"
II didn't see much Improvement un.
til had used six boxes. The first bene-
fit noticed was better circulation and
a picking up in strength and weight. !
gradually got confidence in my ability
to direct the movements of my legs, and
in the course of seven or eight months
all the troubles had disappeared"
"Do you regard yourself as entirely
well now?"
II do the work Of well man at any
rate. l can close my eyes and stand up
all right and move about the same as
other men. The pains are all gone ex-
cept an occasional twitch i'll the calves
of my legs"
Mr. James H. Watkins resides at No. 70
Westerlo street, Albany, NY. Dr.Wil-
liams' Pink Pills can be obtained at any
drug store. They should be used as soon
as the first signs of locomotor ataxia ap-
pear in peculiar numbness Of the feet,
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01


EY&a earnest philosopher at Seneca Falls sees in the
ERG&ke dress suit peril when owned by young man
who has this modest income He does not
consider the spike tal coat per The danger
he conceves is in the expenses its possession involves
Perhaps there is something in this. When has
got dress suit he have dress shirts When he has
them he have studs modest Respondent. Calf
shoes don't look well with dress suit its
have patent dress shoes He will regard evening
incomplete until he has the proper kind of hat.
The possession Of costly and fashionable raiment i'm
plies its A young flushed with his first dress
suit and opera hat likely find the vulgar
conveyance He have carriage the theater. A
sack coat raises objections to in the gallery
and that if it can't oll in box it least be
taken above the ground floor.
Dress shirts, dress Shoes silk hats carriages ST so
81 seats at the theater-these but costly
of the dress suit The Seneca Falls philosopher
plrsues the theme, young he reasons can't afford
to have these things SIS week. gets debt robs
his employers TILL commits forgery. The of
the SIS young thus becomes the it's
owner going to Jail, where he will not have it.
Whether the Sis week young mans dress suit him
In Jail or not-and there many such young who
have dress suits, and yet probably will go jail
it is pretty sure if he lives up keep finances
depressed. The dress suit is all right. 1t is thing
beauty and joy forever although certain esthetic people
trousers substituted for panaloons accessories
of the dress suit unobjectonabe Life be
worth living without them But it toleraby plain
that the SIS young had better postpone indulgence
them until his salary shall have been considerably
creased The attempt to out dress suit
sack suit income has kept many busy lodging
ttors the best part of their lives-Chicago Tribune.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
The Need Of Commercial Schools

The Need of Commercial Schools.
The most interesting educational de-
velopment in Germany TO me is the de-
velopment Of higher commercial edu-
cation, writes Frank A Vanderlip in
Scribner's. We recognize that an engi-
neer or a mechanic will profit by
technical education. There is no longer
a doubt that technical education will
enable such a man to outstrip in the
long run his fellows who have equal
ability, but have learned only in the
slower and less scientific school of ex-
perience. There are as good reasons. l
am convinced, for giving the banker Or
the merchant technical commercial
education. The schools do not turn
out practical engineer, nor will they
turn out a practical banker Or mer-
chant, but l believe that there is q
great amount Of informa ton needed by
man in commercial life which is ca
pable Of scientific classificat ton, and
can be taught with much greater eff
ficiency. and with much less loss of
time, in properly organized school
than it can be gathered in the ordinary
course Of an apprenticeship in a bust
ness career.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01

ought at once to be locked up You
are wrong, my friend replied Esqui-
rOl with smile. The quiet, we'll
dressed man who talks so nationally
has for years 1abored under the delu-
sion that he is God, the Father; where
as, the other man, whose exuberance
and self-concelt have surprised you, ie
NJ. Honore de Balzac, the greatest
French writer Of the day"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01

the post which
Mr.. r COS ev ell t
himself had at
the outbreak Of
the Spanish war.
H sue e e d S
Charles II. Oar
lington Of Yer
mont, who resign
ed in order to ac-
cept another Fed
eral appointment
op5 also tp DO
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
Notes of Current Event..

The business district of Flora. Mis-.
was destroyed by fire. The loss is esti.
mated at 100000
New York Aldermen have passed .
resolution to investigate the barring ~
children from fats by landlords
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
he Waa Sk

Il can tell the character of any
woman by her hair" said the wise
man
Nonsense" rejoined the skeptical
person Many q true woman has hair
that is false"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
Different Diet,

The bird was observed to be asleep,
although the sun was high in the
skies.
Are you going to spoil the fable?"
asked the friendly squirrel. Get I'D
and be the early bird and catch the
worm"
Not for mine," yawned the lazy
bird. Il don't eat worms. I'm a vege-
TARTAN"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
The Bard RetOrts.

want to give me those poems for Q
years subscription to my paper"
snapped the editor of the rural week
ly. why. they are worthless"
II know that" retorted the long
haired bard. You don't think I'd want
to trade them for your paper If they
weren't worthless, do you?'-Chicago
Daily News.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
As Others See Us.

Yes" said the young man, II am
about to get political job, where 1
will have nothing to do but sit around
and look wiser
We'll" rejoined his fair companion
In the parlor scene. I'm sure you
requirements all right enough"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
kZ6FDITORIAIS6Z
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT Subjects

and at the time the watching nearby burn
ing with the anxiety love-
True heorism--all the so because it seldom has
the encouragement of deserved prases rule among
hyscians.-Philadelpha North American
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
DiDIOm2cy.

terday?
Ryder-No.
Walker-Good. You are the very man
I've been looking for.
Ryder-Why so?
Walker-I want to borrow SIS.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01

the murder of Dan.
iel S. Berry. killed
himself Thursday
morning in the hay
loft of his barn. His
death makes the
second tragedy in
the town of Savan-
ma in which the
names of the muir.
dered man and the
wife of the suicide
have been closely
connected.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
Jones' Accident.

Il saw Jones get his mug smashed
this morning"
1.-THE dickens you did! What was he
doing?'
Getting shaved; the barber drop.
ped it."-HOustOn Post.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01

It is about time for the big towns
to devise something new in wedding
parades, 20 Promise Me" HAVING
cached the smallest villageA
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01

The British Sentinel
eed war craft ahoa In her trial trip she made 255
equipment aboard displacement of
ships
bridge
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
Do Your Feet Ache and BuruS

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot -Ea Sc
a powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns Bum
Ions. Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet. At
al Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample
sent FREE. Address Allen s. OImsted. L.
Roy, n Y -
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01

We use Pisos Cure for Consumption in
preference to any other cough medicine.
Mrs. s. E. Dor len, 442 P street, Wash
ington. D. c., May Is, 1901.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01

come out boldly and declare that they Mr. Rookie
refers money whether it is dirty clean fortu-
nate for the church that this unscrmnang greed
roundy denounced because when all said and done it
IS not the Mr. ockefeers, other money kings
support the religious institutions of this country The
hundred thousand dollars that multi millionaire NAV
give here or there at intervals excite commentator Of
his religious spirit to molfy bitter criticisms of his
business methods count nothing against the small
steady contributions Of the millions plain American cit
liens who the true supporters of the church. with
their financial aid and with their moral principles and
practices.
Let the American people understand that the
church be bribed withhold condemnation of in
justice, oppression and crime-for every these
IN the indictment against the Standard Oil Company-and
hey VIII as surely set their faces against the
they have against the who extor their hundreds of
millions from the public contributing these gains
the smallest fraction either pentence the char.
latans aim OF hoodwnkng otherwise good people into
sort of public approval of their acs-New York Press
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01

the most influential officials connected
with the administration, and that he
will in time be promoted to be head
Of the Navy Department
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01

Owing to the high price Of wool. the
wolf finds it rather expensive masous.
rading la sleeps clothing.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01

officers and i'll wounded 4, OOO
half have returned to active service while about 81 900
still the hospitals The killed in combat during
years ostiles, which include several bloody battles
placed from 10000 10000 This is a heavy toll
DEATH but it would undoubtedly have been much heavier
but for the fact that the small bore rifles kill
fewer proportiOnatey than the big caber muskets
formerly employed. the Japanese the proportion
both from illness and wounds among them
described both by official and non-ocia observers
prsngly arge.-Philadelpha Bulletin
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
The HerOism of Physicians.

7 may be truly said that no class Of men risk
death so frequently or SO freely and there is
no gainsaying that the motives which impe
them are Of the highest and most unselfish sort
For they not only dare, il the cause of human
ity. such swift and fatal torture as marked
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
TRUMAN n. NEWBERRY.
Michigan Man Appointed Assistant
Secretary of the Navy.

Truman H. Newberry, who has
been appointed assistant secretary OF
the navy by President Roosevelt, takes
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
PULFORO A SUICIDE.
Man Suspected of the Berry Murder
Takes His Own Life,

Boutwell, PulfOrd, the richest man in
Savanna, ILL.,, whose name has been most
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01

one by what he has To the money worshiper exernals
are everything character is badge of responsibility
Have and you somebody: be money
you are not worth considering. The money worshiper
processes love for because it tactfu but
he dSdainS the artist if the artist
He calls immortality "bOhemiansm" and the
simple life as being pebean He is narrow, selfish,
proud, material and unmaginative.
All the energies of the pulpit and the rostrum, the
school and the press should make this sitting
tendency Of the age 1t is that very
life Of the human If the subject is old, the
should not for that be dropped hand
because it is DID, the attacks should be continued with
growing earnestness-LOuisvie Courier Journal.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
Mortality in Modern War.

He mortality in modern war, notwithstanding
the marked progress that has been made in the
construction of rapid fire artillery and maya
zine rifles does not seem to exceed that of for
mer conflicts, if the alleged Russian official fig
ures on the subject are measurably correct.
Thus it is asserted that out Of total of 100 900
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
A Peril to the Church,

p I is fortunate for the churches Of this country
Ethat clersymcn generally take emphatic e1-
Exception to the attitude of the Board of Mis-
4 siops, which is said to have decided unani-
N mousiy that it will accept Mr.. John D. Rookie
tellers gift of 100000, and to the attitude Of
those other ho nn,- IT.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
Money Worship.

HE cheapening effect on human nature that
money worship has cannot be declared too
often Money worship overlooks good deeds
and honest hearts 1t snubs deserving men
and shows no respect for women 1t mistakes
clothes for the man and showiness for brains
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
BOOK OF BOOKS.

Over 10000, 900 Published.
An Oakland lady who has taste for
good literature tells what happy time
che had on The Road to Wellville.'
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
Perils of the Dress Suit.

CORRESPONDENTS of New York newspaper
have been discussing in its columns the import
apt question whether a young man on salary
Of SIS per week should have a dress suit. An
earnest philosopher at Seneca Falls sees in the
dress suit a peril when owned by young man
who has this modest income He does not
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03

THEo. p. sHoNTZ. will have absolute
charge of construction work, but Mr..
Shonts will be the executive head and
the direct representative Of the Pres
ident.
Theodore P. Shonts is prominent
railroad man, having long been presi-
dent of the Toledo, Peoria & Western
Road. He was born in Crawford Coun-
ty, Pa, fifty years ago. and graduated
with the class of 1876 at Monmouth
College. He was graduated with the
degree of B. a., and three years after
the degree Of NJ. A. was conferred up
on him by the same institution. In
July. 1881, he became president of the
Iowa Construction Company, which
was then building railroad and a
year later he was made general su.
perintendent of the Indiana, Illinois &
Iowa Railroad, which position he oc.
cupied for four years. In 1856 he be.
came general manager of the same
road, and In 1898 was made president,
1t was in the latter year that Mr..
Shonts and Paul Morton secured prac-
teal control of the Three rs, as the
Indiana, Illinois & Iowa Railroad is
commonly called.
Later they sold to the Vanderbilt
system and made million each on the
deal. He then went into the Clover
Leaf Road, as the Toledo, Peoria &
Western is known, and his executive
ability was shown there. His income
is 100000 a year.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
Forests Duo to the Foxs,

A peculiar climatic feature exists in
the southern part Of the Congo valley
for 10 degrees south of the equator.
The rivers and lakes are found to be
bordered with dense vegetation,
which extends out from the water
distance proportional to the extent of
the water surface. Adjacent hills and
mountains are often covered with
dense vegetation on one side and are
bare on the other. Beyond tins Dor
dering vegetation there are plains, al
most treeless or with small scrub
growth and thin grass.
The explanation is given as follows
From May to October there is dry
season, with hot days and fairly cool
nights (often so degrees Fahrenheit).
The evaporation Of the daytime is fol.
lowed by condensation into fog at
night. This fog moistens the country
adjacent to the water surfaces and
causes a luxuriant growth Of vegeta-
ton. The morning winds blow the fog
against the exposed sides Of hills and
mountains and up the valleys of trtb-
utary streams. Wherever the fog Is
not carried the country is dry.
The natives reflect this Characters
tic Of their hills by shaving of tho
hair from one side of their heads.
Dense forests are found where the
fogs prevail, while out Of range Of this
moisture there is only sparse vege-
tatton.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
SKIN BOATS MOST ANCIENT.
Primitive Craft Made of Hides Al,
Still Used in ErYnt

Primitive Craft Made of Hides Are
Still Used in Egypt.
Babylonian and Egyptian sculptures
show goat and COW skins, roughly
made into boat shape and used for
river craft. 1t is likely that this is
the oldest and most primitive form of
vessel in the world, says the Detroit
Free Press. and 1t came into use as
soon us man had advanced beyond the
stage Of ferrying himself across water.
ways on tree trunks.
In King Solomon's day the rivers
Euphrates and Tigris We're navigated
almost entirely by means of such craft
Old as this form of water transpor-
tation is, it has not disappeared by my
means. Bible land still is full of in.
land sailors who paddle skin boats
that are not bit different from those
that We're used In the time of the Jew
ish kings. The river front Of Bagdad
to-day harbors great fleets of exactly
the same kind of skin and rattan boats
that used to ply there in the days OF
Haroun AL Raschid.
Even in Europe there are races that
still use boats made of skins. These
races live in Albania and other parts
of the Balkan peninsula. The natives
tie three or more goat skins together
and stitfen the structure with thin
framework of rattan and tough
grasses.
Most of the boats are so small and
weak that the passengers must lie fiat
on them, while the boatman buoys
himself with n goat skin and swims
along behind to shove the boat on.
These boats look very funny, for the
natives leave the heads and tails of
the goats on the skins.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03

oETts
handsomely to his success business of catherine In
tuition fees. " ei"s III
out commercial schools together with private and nuh
ic SCHOOLS ake have reeated the flourish in handwriting
10 the maj resting place of the obsolete To the student
seeking the practical in business funcu is never
of and much less taught NN''
me tvpewritlng machine gnaws at the yitas of
public skill in its mode recording thought Snee1 of
cuton and facility in reading the typewriter page are Gle
mens which bring the stenographer her typewriter info
' e'u OF business us queen of the correspondence turf
For the bookkeeper and clerk a handwriting clnor 90
curate and brief retains Its hold the utility of hand
writing has not absolutely faded into sentiment nor viii
schoois eliminate instruction in the art while penmanshp
retains glmmer of its usefulness There seems To ba
uhanmity of opinion among contemporary propreors of
commercial colleges and those schools of penmonsn
mat some type of plain writing that resembles the time
honored systems affords the chief advantages
In the meantime, may writing alphabet be devised
which would be happy medium between onglland and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
TOYS Possess Real ynluc.

Miss Elizabeth Harrison, head o.
the kindergarten movement in this
country, says: Toys form bridge
between the great realities of life and
the child's small capacity" If this is
true then toys which bridge from moth
ing to nowhere are useless.
This was the case with the play.
things of the second family of chill.
dren with whom lived In the capac.
ity of nursery governess. They had
no connection either with the pres
ent state of the children's minds or
with any future stage of development
What possible pleasure or profit could
children of two and four get out of
n bagatelle board? They had not the
mechanical strength nor skill to shoot
the ball, still less the mental power
to count the points. and least of MI
any care as to whether they won OF
not. They had various mechanical!
toys far beyond their power to manip.
ulate or understand, and some Japan.
ese things in jointed bamboo the OBJ.
ject of which was never able ia
discover There We're no blocks. mo
balls, nothing to minister to their in
stinct for construction, but their spirit
of destruction was encouraged.
The possessions that seemed ia
please them most We're stick with
Il horses head ut one end, on which
they could pretend to ride: little
iron wagon which they could drag
around, some reins with which they
could play horse and mechanical pic
whose internal organs We're coiled
spring and wheel or two. They saw
horses and wagons In the real life
around them and pigs We're common
objects in the landscape. These TOYS
gave them little world of their own
suited to their capacity. to enjoy which
they did not need the help of an adult.
Miss Martha b. Bensley in Every
body's.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
"Lest We Forget"

There was time when tallow can
dies cost 10 cents each and gave less
than one-twentieth of the illumination
for dollar that gas gives.
There was time, and very recent
ly, when gas, per unit of illumination
candle power, cost the public double
what it now does.
There was time (still more recent.
ly) when there was no electric light
turning night into day.
There was time when we were
satisfied to travel four miles an hour
in an omnibus or horse car without
light or heat or transfers, and pay G to
10 cents for what we now get for S
cents with light and heat, and with
speed doubled.
There was time when we thought
1t was great thing to be able to tele.
phone to friend for Is cents, and vet
we are not atisfied.-American Gro