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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
In the A1arm-Clock Belt.

"Oh!' exclaimed the possible boarder,
in disappointment, $50 this is an alarm
clock neighborhood! What a pity. The
room is pretty. 1 like it, but l could
never stand all those clocks"
ooh, but there isn't an alarm clock
in the house." the landlady protested.
Gall our people are late risers. They
don't need to be called"
"But those people in the fats that
back up against this house do" said the
boarder. 81 know the conditions as well
as if I had lived here. I've been in
many other places just like it. like
your room, but an alarm clock block is
too hard on my nerves"
The landlady sighed as the prospective
boarder picked his way down the dark
stairs.
what crank" she said. 81 didn't
dare tell him the last boarder left on
account Of those clocks"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
StupendOus Farm Wealth.

The wealth production on farms in
1905 reached the highest amount ever
attained by the farmer Of this or any
other country, "a stupendous aggre-
gate Of results of brain and muscle
and machine" amounting in value to
$6,415, 100000, an excess over last year
Of $3.50, 100000. The wealth produced
on farms in 1905 exceeds that of 1904
by 4 per cent, that Of 1908 by 8 per
cent and that shown by the census fig
ures for 1899 by SO per cent. Should
there be no relapse from his present
position as a wealth producer three
years hence the farmer will find that
the farming element, about 80 per cent
Of the propulation, has produced an
amount Of wealth within ten years
equal to one-half Of the entire national
wealth produced in three centuries.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
.' S|8H|ElEANIEEZE lRSlN7

The enormous crops of our Northern
Grown Pedigree Seeds on our seed farms
the past year compel us to issue q spe-
cial catalogue called
sALzER's BARGAIN SEED BOOK.
This il brim full of bargain seeds at bar
gain prices.
SEND TETS NOTICE TO-DAY.
and receive free sufficient seed to grow 5
tons of grass on your lot or farm this
Eunner and our great Bargain Seed Book
with its wonderful surprises and great
bargains IN seeds at bargain prices.
Remit &c and we add a package of Co.'S
mos, the most fashionable, serviceable,
beautiful annual flower.
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lock Draw
n c., La Crosse, Wis.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15

and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of q wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1s43 she married Isaac Pinkham,
q builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and q
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days it
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in physician only in specially
urgent cases. By tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained a won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature SO
beautifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; so, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and her bs
of the field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi-
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was a rare combina-
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia e. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this SO far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as a
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were too
much for the lsrge real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, SO when the Centen-
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E., Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother. combined forces to
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15

Farm Incomes I'm Canada.
recent session Of the Canadian tariff
commission said that the average farm
In Huntingdon County represented an
Investment Of $1,000. On such farm
there would be twelve cows of total
value Of 1920. Two cows would fatten
two pigs and four calves. The revenue
from the milk and milk products Of
twelve cows amounted to about $420 a
year; from the two pigs and four
calves, 800. They would sell two
beeves at $40 each. From the sale Of
horses, one in two years, apples and
small stuff, there would be another
500. The produce Of the farm eaten
annually by family of six was esti-
mated at $3.50; therefore there was a
total revenue Of $40 a year. To work
such a farm required the services Of
two men and one woman, worth in all
value of $456 and their board at Sc
a month. Then there would be eXpendi-
ture for blacksmith's service, harness,
and various items of wear and tear, to
amount to 500. Thus, the total ex-
pense reached the sum Of $772, which,
deducted from a total revenue Of $40,
left balance Of $6S. Another speaker
gave the balance sheet of an average
dairy farm, showing receipts Of $1,2O5
and expenditures Of 1858, leaving $500
for living, clothing, education, excur'
sions, etc.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
SO good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filing gross of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
it, for always before they had given
it away freely. They hired job
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were, to great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used it
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the FAM
lily had saved enough money to COM
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success Of
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vege-
table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere, and many
tons Of roots and herbs are used annu.
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia e. Pinkham herself did not
live to see the great success of this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done it
herself.
Daring her long and eventful expe-
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful topre-
serve record of every case that came to
her attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands-received
careful study. and the details, includ-
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent a vast collabora-
ton of information regarding the
treatment of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world.
With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her
daughter : in law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when its origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued it, and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of a large family, took
it up. With women assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this great work and
probably from the Office of no other
person have SO many women been ad-
vised how to regain health. Sick wo-
men, this advice is "Yours for Health"
freely given if you only write to ask
for it.
Such is the history of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs; the one
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
woman whose name it bears.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
Wise.

Wise.
The good fairy brought an ingot of
lead and an ingot Of gold and laid
them down before him.
'Choose!" she said, simply.
The child thought a moment and
chose the lead.
''It's no heavier to carry, it's just IS,
good to eat, and it won't make every
body hate mew quoth he.
The good fairy laughed.
"You can be happy without any help
from me- she chirped, and few away.
Puck.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
Permanent Ash Hopper.

Permanent Ash Hopper.
We all know what a bother 1t Is to
have to leave pressing work to empty
the ash hopper, and how hard 1t Is to
lift the ashes out, 1t produces consid-
cradle vexation, too, when the wife
wants the hopper emptied and filled,
and husband thinks he hasn't time to
do 1t. If wife has 1t to empty, as
many do, why not make one that she
can empty in few minutes, without
any lifting? Here is the plan Of ours,
which holds about three barrels. The
cut explains itself. The upper end Is
made separate, boards fastened togeth-
er by means Of cleats, and sets inside
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
Cost of Feeding.

The Massachusetts, experiment sta
ton kept track of the cost Of feed eat
en- by three farm horses for five years.
The feed consisted of hay, corn, oats
and other common feeding stuffs. The
cost Of the ration averaged from 1919
to 24% cents per head daily. At the
Oklahoma station Kaffir corn was used
quite extensively. With Kaffir corn
and ordinary corn at 20 cents bushel,
oats % cents, bran 25 cents per 100
pounds, the average cost Of a work
horses daily ration was II cents. If
all horse owners understood how good
oats are for horse feed there would
be better horses in the country. Corn
is almost unfit for the hard worked
horse. If you feed oats the horses may
not look quite so fat, but they will be
in better condition. They will have
more life and feel more like working,
and it is a settled fact that they will
do more work during the season by a
great deal, enough more that it will pay
we'll to feed on oats.-Farm Home.
Good Water Trough for Hog.
A correspondent Of Practical Farmer
says: 1 am herdsman at the Oklaho-
ma Agricultural College, and have used
the following for more than year to
water hogs and sheep. Take a good
barrel, paint it heavily with tar or
lead. Bore a 7a-inch hole in side Of
barrel inches from bottom and a l.
inch hole in top; then make box 2
feet square and 6 inches deep put bar
rel in box, put plug in lower hole and
fill barrel with water by pouring in
top. Make an alright plug, coat both
ends with tar, drive in top hole tight,
remove lower plug and box will fill to
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. P1NKFlAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of 1872 Caused
it to be Offered for Public Sale i'm Drug Stores.

This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, COM
ing from good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
became known as woman of an alert
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
Well

"You say that Miss STRUGGLES father
will make her a wedding present Of his
most valuable gusher?"
Yes"
And do you love her very much"
Indeed, 1 love her well !"-Cleveland
Leader.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
Hadn't Burnt Much.

Elderly Relative Ito schoolgirD-
Amanda, you are looking pale. You
must not be too ambitious. Tell me
the truth, now; haven't you been burn
Ing the midnight oil?
Miss Amanda Cher paleness all
gone)-Why, yes, auntie. But-but
not much; we turned the lamp down
very low indeed.-Detroit News.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
Sister Liked Him.

Sister Liked Him.
''Have you any reason to believe that
your sister likes HE, Willie?"
Course she does. Just yesterday I
heard her say, Nobody could help likin'
the dear old easy mark cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
PORTABLE STOCK FENCE.

the same material as is used in the
frame. Nail them together as illustra-
ted and cut a notch in the crosspiece
at the bottom to receive one Of the
tongues on the fence frame; the other
the two upright pieces.-Farmers' Bull
letin.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15

or on top Of sides, and top cleat ex-
tends beyond inner edges Of posts, and
by raising up with lever comes through
notches in posts, thus taking whole end
out Of hopper. We use hollow tree
for trough, and If desired the whole
can be rooted over, and made to last
almost lifetime.-C. e. Pleas.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
The Little Woman.

The Little woman
Little Girl want to get a mitten,
please, an charge it to me mother.
Shopkeeper-A mitten? You mean q
pair of mittens, sissy.
Little Girl-No, just on'y one; one
that's suitable for a boy that's going
to propose an be Observation-Disclosures
phia Ledger.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
At the Stores.

Customer (who has fallen downstairs)
Help. I've broken my leg.
Shopwalker-Yes, sir, you'll find
crutches, bandages, etc, on the fourth
floor, front.-Birmingha England)
Post
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15

You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE
Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted LIE Roy,
N. Y, for FREE sample Of Aliens Foot
Ease, powder to shake into your shoes.
1t cures tired, sweating, hot, swollen, ach
ing feet. 1t makes new or tight shoes easy.
A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
A Portable Stock Fence.

The frame Of this portable fence Is
made IL feet by 3.5 feet, Of 1 by 6
inch lumber, that will not twist or
warp. The pieces are securely nailed
at the corners. Wire fencing is stretch
ed over the frame and we'll stapled.
The hurdle is made Of three pieces Of
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15

1.-TWO or three times year am
troubled with my throat, kind of raw
feeling, turning to bronchitis. l have
had the services of my physician in each
case. Two years Ego, when felt a
spell coming tried Peruna to check
it, and to my delight was not troubled
with the smothered and choking feeling
and never have been since. can check
it every time with Peruna."
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15

The Archaeological Society in Constan.
tinople has recently obtained the Sultan's
permission to begin excavations at Ephe-
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
Potato Eyes Mailed.


Many Of the seedsmen mail potato
eyes put up in plaster, so that they
will reach planters in good shape. The
eyes are taken out Of the tubers with
knife made expressly for that pur
pose, which carries a pretty good-sized
piece Of the potato. They are quite
sure to grow and make fair crop re-
CARELESS of the small beginning. This
is a cheap means of getting started In
new varieties or Of obtaining pure
stock from some Of the standard varie-
ties.
One hundred eyes, assorted to in
clude half dozen sorts, may be Or
dered packed in one box. These will
cost about 81, with charge prepaid.
The cost is hardly worth mentioning
when compared to the advantage Of
having some pure stock Of known va
rieties. They are not mailed until
danger Of freezing is past.
Curing Hams.
Hog raising has declined so much in
some sections that farmers are reduced
to the purchase of the coarse and
chemically treated hams sold in the
markets. These are far inferior to
farm raised, corn and milk fed hogs
Of the smaller breeds with the hams
cured in the old-fashioned manner. A
plan still practised is to hang the hams
In a barrel which connects by a con-
duit with a great hole in which are
burned large quantities Of cobs. The
cobs make a very clean, wholesome
smoke and there is no danger Of fire, as
in the use Of the ordinary smokehouse.
Care of Stock.
The care Of stock takes precedence
Of other kinds Of work at this season.
The animals are now in their winter
quarters and wholly dependent on the
owner or caretaker. Their present con-
dition and future usefulness will! large
" correspond with the carefulness and
good Judgment exercised in their favor
during the coming few months. Com
Portable stables, judicious feeding and
kindly treatment are things that will
pay right along.-American Cultivator.
Farm Notes.
To pour drops from bottle moisten
the edge.
A good way to destroy bad habit
or practice Is to get something better
to take its place.
1t Is not best to let any dealer Sc
lect the best lambs from the flock and
leave the culls behind.
There is an old notion that a COW
will fail in her milk when fed on pump
Ory..
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15

South America has about twice the
area and about one half the population
Of the United States.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15

During the year 1904 Siam exported
more than S12,000,000 worth of rice.
lockwood is second in value.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15

he absolutely alright. Best to place
on q floor for hogs.
A New Movement in Education.
The Missouri State Board Of Agri-
culture in cooperation with the Agri-
cultural College has just inaugurated
a new educational campaign. Lectur-
ers are being sent to the country school
houses in various parts Of the State to
speak to the children and parents upon
practical problems Of farming. Usually
two lectures are given at each place.
one in the afternoon and one at night.
In many places IS to 100 farmers at
tend the meetings, often going miles
over muddy roads. The funds in the
hands Of the board are not sufficient to
enable it to send lecturers to every
schoolhouse, but the enthusiasm with
which the farmers receive the instruc-
ton leads to the belief that Missouri
is beginning new era in agricultural
education.
Maple Sugar Information.
A very good source Of information
on the maple sugar industry in all its
phases Is included in Government
bulletin entitled 1.-The Maple Sugar In
dustry," by Messrs. W. F. Fox and w.
F. Hubbard. 1t can be obtained from
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture. The material is a little out
Of the ordinary line, including expert
ence and directic on locating and
planting a sugar grove, the care Of a
mature grove, besides all the usual ma
terial relating to sugar and syrup man
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15
q AvIEn FROM cATARRH OF LUNGS
OAVLO so COMMON IN WNTER
BY TAKING PE-RU-NA.

Sore Throat Develops Into Bronchitis.
Mrs. Addie Harding, 121 w. Brighton
Ave-, Syracuse, N. Y, writes: II have
been a user Of Peruna for the past
twelve years. With mo it is a sure pre-
ventiye of colds and many other ills.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15

top Of lower hole and remain there
until barrel is empty. The barrel must
he absolutely alright Best to place
on q floor for hogs
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15

5 Tons Grass Hay Free.
Everybody loves lots and lots of fodder
Tor hogs, COWS, sheep and swine.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-15

ufacture and a general account Of the
location and condition Of the industry
In this country.
La Junta tribune., 1906-01-27
the MoasesMoe.
- w. sss eAase Aosias - lssh
- gssi o0ieiaA.


In Morocco iron Is e0nsiders1 .
great Ps0teesiOn against deDeaA.
vho are the line.l representatives.
after ~, Of the hostile spiFits |;
hence il u usual TO place . knife or
dagger under = sick mans pillow,
his illness being. Of eourse. sttribut-
ed 10 demoniAeSi possession In In
dis the mourner vho performs the
necessary but somewhat dangerous
duty Of putting fire into the dead
mans mouth carries . key OF .
knife in his hand 10 keep on the
evil spirits In short. bit Of iron 10
. very useful thing 10 have about
you st any time if you desire TO -
cape the unfsvorsble attention Of tie
ghosts, the trolls, the fairies and the
demons generally. Thisis good reason
for buying . poeketknife. II is also
. reason for mailing up . hor.eshoe.
But Why . horseshoe in particu-
lar" YOU ask. more than any other
odd piece Of iron:" Well, primarily
the good luck depends more upon
the iron as iron than on the special
shape or function Of the horseshos
% horseshoe.
But there are also many ressons
Why the superstition should happen
to hx itself more particularly upon
horseshoes We must remember that
in Europe st least il is the cattle.
the horres and the domestic beasts
in general that are specially liable
TO the hostile attacks Of The little
people" Therefore the elves and
trolls are most likely TO be dreaded
on farms or in the country, where
horses and cattle most do eongre-
gate. Nov, il you want 10 nail up
. bit Of iron - . protection against
the fiery darts Of the evil ones on
your stables or Gov houses, which u
the place where one oftenest sees
them. nothing 10 more likely to come
handy to your purpose than . cast
horseshoe. Besides il has obvious
congruity for the place and object.
and it can readily be picked up in
the road almost snyvhere Fur
thermore. it is provided beforehand
with convenient holes. by means Of
which you can readily hang it up.
either over your own house door or
over your sheds and stables. These
various advantages Of ehespness.
ease and readiness for filing would
have given the horseshoe fair start
in life, it is believed, ss . charm
against fairies, trolls and evil spir-
its generally, even without any 9TH
er and more special sdvsntssss.-
Cornhill Magazine.
La Junta tribune., 1906-01-27
ss.s,;.s N. Circle.

One Of the problems that are -
old ss the science Of mathematics
is that Of squsring the circle. By
squaring the circle is meant the
problem Of finding the sides Of .
square exactly equal in AREA to .
circle Of given diameter. To do this
either BY elementary geometry or BY
expressing it srithmetically in COM
measurable numbers has been found
to be an impossibility. In other
words, the ratio between the diane
ter and the circumference Of . cir
Gle cannot be exactly found even
though in the division the decimal
be carried out TO 10000 figures. Ths
above being the exact facts in the
case, We will say that the problem Of
squaring the circle is one that hes
long been given up BY the mathems-
ticians - insoluble.
La Junta tribune., 1906-01-27
a cAssssvs es.s,sA esrssa.

The visitor in the south vas Of
fering his sympsthies to the old col
ored psrson.
Its . shame. uncle" said ths
visitor, ''thst the congregation
should drop buttons in the plate
when you we're collecting your sal
ary."
dat dosn mAttsh, ssh," replied
the old man, with . luminous smile.
"Ah kin use dem on dat old path Oh
trousers de kernsl gib me-"
well, they dropped nails in thA
plate also."
Just what l need, sab. Yo' sse.
Ah'm guine to build . cohn houss,
en- Ah'll need de nails to drive in d
shingles"
"But the lead nickels. What ars
you going to do With them. throw
them sssy:"
NO, ssh. Ah'm guine to m.ka
sinkers fob nah fshin' lines. GLORY
halleluysh Chicago News.