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Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
The EeteI Nut.

Chewing the betel nut in Siam, be-
ing common habit, at every little dis
tance as you go through the bazaar of
Bangkok may be seen petty merchants
busy making and selling the prepara-
ton so universally nasticated. The
leaves in which the prepared mixture
is wrapped are from q vine known as
the chavica betel. The nut is from
The arica beteI palm, which reaches a
height Of about sixty feet, whose
branches bear several large punches of
nuts which harden and redden as they
ripen ard which resemble somewhat
the lunches Of fruit Oh the date bear
ing palm. The dealers cut UP their
green leaves into the proper triangu-
lar form. crack the nuts and with
wooden spatulas work the tumeric
stained juice into a paste. 1t is anus
ing to see how skillfully they form the
pieces Of green leaf into pointed. cone
shaped cups. into each one of which
they place Il portion of the ingredients.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
Enormous Lffffnr Power.

The shel!ess limpet pulls 1881 times
It's own weight when in the air and
about double when measured in the
water. Fleas pull 1.493 times their
own dead weight. Tie Mediterranean
cookie. Venus verrucosa, can exert a
pulling power equal to 2.07I times the
weight Of its own body. SO great IS
tie power possessed by the oyster that
to open it force equal to 1905 times
the weight of its shelless body is re-
quired. If the human being possessed
strength as great in proportion as that
Of these shollfsh the average man
would be able to lift the enormous
weight of 100000 pounds, pulling in
the same degree as the limpet. And
If the man pulled in the same proper
tiOnate degree as the cookie he would
sustain 4 weight Of no less than 3,10G,
500 pounds.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
To the Voters of School Dis
trict No. g:
Woodlake, Nebr., Jan. Z.

Woodlake, Nebr., Jan. Z.
At the annual school meeting
last June it was decided by ma
jority vote of the district to charge
tuition of nonresident pupils.
There has been no attempt at do
ing this by the school board. Only
one nonresident has paid tuition
for his children every month so
far, that one being Lou McDill,
cashier of the WoodIake bank.
Another paid for the first month
only, but not being requested to
do so again, naturally didn't.
Last year $12O was collected in
tuition, which more than paid for
the necessary text books for the
year. That this law is just and
right is proven by its enforce
ment in nearly every city, town
and village in the state. The tax
payers of this district cannot af-
ford to educate the children be-
longing to other districts. 1t is
not expected of them. There is a
provision made by law to pay this
tuition should these non-residents
or their parents be unable to do so.
1t certainly ought to be Of in
terest to every taxpayer of this
district whether his school levy
shall be Is mills or 25 mills. If
we are compelled to educate these
non-residents it will be necessary
to levy the full amount to meet
the expenses of the school year
and even then the expenses will
exceed the income.
We, as voters, should assert our
rights and compel the school
board to comply with our decision.
If the majority vote is of no great
er consequence than this, what is
the use of having an annual school
meeting? A VOTER.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
MORE FRAUDS AND GRATING
Need OF Thorough Reorganization o9
DeCRzxnl enta.


DerRZtn eIlts.
With more land Cfice frauds and
grafting charged against the patent
Office there would seem TO be need OF a
thorough reorganization OF those de-
partments. There must be winking
at fraud if not participation by those
in charge Of the government land of
ice, for the clerks could hardly carry
cut fraudulent work without the con-
nivance of their superiOrs, or if they
can those over them are entirely IN
competent for the work they are paid
to do. The origination of these corrupt
doings mostly had their inception in
the Mckinley administration, when
the Democratic chiefs Of bureaus aod
divisions were nearly all removed 20
make place for Republicans who had
aided Hanna and Perry Heath and
Senator Dick in debauchinS the voters
OF the United States in 1896 The Re
publican officials charged with impli
cation in the frauds have strong inter
eSts back of them, which the RO0Se-
yelt administration does not seem to
have been able to cope with or else
fears to fight them for the sake of the
party" The Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific railroads, with Hartman
at their head are charged with fraudu-
leutly obtaining title to thousands of
acres of coal land in Wyoming and
other states, and it will be interesting
tn ,,o+n tho oX-iInTcn Of ND iS, mo
duced how much the Republican lead
ers, senators and congressman and
others have been mixed up with the
matter directly or indirectly.
The corrupt ring that rules the Re.
publican roost in Wyoming has been
kept in power by the money and back
ing of the railroad corporations, and
what would be more likely than their
rendering aid in the land frauds in re
turn? There is an OminOuS effect being
made by corporation influence to have
that dead duck Lacey of Iowa ap-
pointed commissioner Of the general
land office, who was deprived of his
congressional seat by an outraged con-
stituency because he declared himself
"a stand patter from Standpatter-
Vile" \ self confessed tool of the
tariff protected trusts is hardly the
man to clean out the mess made by
Hartman ana his railroad corpora
tions. The lid has been pretty effectu
ally kept on to cover up these frauds,
and what President Roosevelt needs is
not a Taft to sit on the lid, but some
one who will take it off and keep it off
until these and all other frauds are dis
covered and the perpetrators punished
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
Turks aad McerscilauIl.

According to the best authorities
upon the subject, the idea Of using
white tale in the manufacture Of pipes
is of comparatively recent date com
pared with the age of the habit Of
smoking, and what is still more curious
is the fact that in the oriental coun-
tries which produce white tale, or
meerschaum, as it is called. and where
the use Of tobacco forms part of the
education OF the faithful the people
never dream of making this substance
into pipes. They make bowls and
goblets of it, but no pipes. 1t may be
that the long pipestems which allow
the smoke to cool and lose its acridity
before reaching the mouth leave the
oriental smoker quite Indifferent in re-
gard to the quality OF the bowl. At
all events, one never sees a Turk with
i meerschaum pipe.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1907.

with 10000 miles of track and q
capitalization of 1926, 900, 900. The
government will hold an absolute
majority of the stock, and the
board of directors of twenty-one
members will contain a majority
of Mexican citizens, although a
local sub-board of nine members
will have its headquarters in New
York.
According to the statement made
by Minister Finance Limantour
to congress the danger that the
lines would be dominated from the
United States and run, not in the
interests of the Mexican industries
but of foreign railroad systems, is
what compelled this action. In,
cidentally he expects great bene.
fits III the way of transportation
peace and fair dealing at home,
but he made it clear that the gov
ernment did not act of it's own de-
sire, but because it felt forced tc
take measures of protection.
1t is we'll enough known that
the state railroad lines in Europe
we're acquired by the govern
ments mainly out of military
considerations, and even Japan
had military needs in mind in its
new projects. Always it is COM
pulson, Of one form Or another,
war or peace, foreign or domestic,
that forces governments to enter
such undertakings. And this is
as true of the present conditions
in the United States as anywhere
else. It cannot be insisted too
often that the conditions which
will decide the outcome in this
country arise solely from the actual
manner in which our railroads are
conducted, and that the railroad
managers have their fate entirely
within their own hands.-Chicago
Record-Herald Rep.) Dec. 16.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
BRYAN'S IDEA ENDORSED.

Within the last six months ia
pan has taken over the ownership
of six railroads, aggregating about
1850 miles in length, the COM
bined purchase being S123, ,50O,O 900.
Plans for the acquisition of eleven
other roads have been announced
and the transfer of ownership will
proceed gradually in the immediate
future.
Now Mexico joins the procession
of the states that see no other So
luton than public ownership. For
several years the government has
had the controlling interest in the
Mexican National lines. Now it
has made deal with the American
owners of the Mexican Central
and several other roads by which all
will be merged into one great system
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
Senator Burs8ett Talks About
Grazing Lands.
. VOTER.
meeting?

Washington, D. c., Jan. T.
Senator Burkett today conferred
at length with Clifford Pinchot,
chief forester, and other represen-
tatives Of the land office, concern
ing legislation for the control of
the grazing lands of the public do
main.
Last April Senator Burkett in
troduced a bill providing that the
president be authorized to estab-
lish grazing districts on the public
lands, under charge of the secre-
tary Of agriculture, who shall
regulate their use, issue permits
to Craze on them, make rules to
restore and improve their grazing
value, fix fees for use Of the lands,
and make contracts therefor.
Lands available for agriculture
shall be leased for grazing only
under annual permits, while lands
useful only for grazing may be
let for periods up to ten years.
Five per cent of the receipts shall
60 to the state for the use of the
counties in which the land is situ-
ated, Of the remaining amount
Is per cent shall go to the re-
clamation fund, and 20 per cent
shall constitute special grazing
land fund to administer the pro-
visions of this act.
This measure met the strong ap~
proval of the president, who rec
ommended practically the same
thing in his special message on
public lands, December II. The
matter is of the greatest concern
to Nebraska and other states hav-
ing large semi-arid areas. World
Herald
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
Two Poor Ones,

During one of Edwin Forests en-
gagements in Boston poor artist call
ed several times to see the great actor
at the old Winthrop House. Each time
he brought a picture which he had
painted He finally left it with 4 note
stating that he was in needy circum-
stances. Forrest read the note and
took the wrapping from the picture. It
proved to be 4 painting of himself as
Spartacus. Forrest gazed upon it q
moment and then calculated to the
clerk: Give him so. If he is as poor
as his picture, he must be on the point
of starvation"
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10
The O'Neill Frontier in an arti

The O'Neill Frontier in an arti-
Gle regarding the government
ownership meeting the previous
week in Omaha, under the caption
of Hard Sledding," took occasion
to say:
The agitators that are looking
for the democratic party to take
up the government ownership pro-
paganda are following delusive
dream. Government ownership
is the opposite of democracy. The
principle of democracy is individ-
ual government, while the opera
tion of commercial industries by
the government is the opposite
principle. The parental govern
ment idea being in conflict with the
basic principles of democracy, the
agitators will never be able to
force it onto the main body of the
party.
A few old populist agitators who
thrive on discord and were never
known to do anything to strength
en- the hands of the government
they are supposed to uphold and
which protects them, have started
on another revolutionary measure,
right on the heels of their previous
dismal failure to turn the world
upside down, but they are having
hard Shedding, as it is not an easy
matter to stir up a political up
rising in good times like the last
eight years of republican pros
perity.
We want to ask what does the
writer of that article know about
basic principles of democracy?"
Did he ever build or help to build
any such principles, or has he
been engaged in the dissecting of
such 'principles," or has he only
sought discord and treachery while
processing to analytic something
of which he evidently knows so
little as to condemn all, rather
than give an honest thought full
sway in his Uranium? If Holt
county republicans enjoy such
mis-statements and perverting of
ideas, then they are probably tax
ing many such doses of reckless
and extravagant statements of
what the basic principles of
democracy" are.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10

The editor of this paper is in re-
ceipt of some literature and copy
of the platform adopted by the
Roosevelt third term boosters.
That is all right. We have no
kick coming on them sending us
such stuff. In fact we rather en-
JOY it. But why tie to a man like
Roosevelt? To be sure be is the
only pebble on the beach worth
anything, or that ever did make a
pretense of doing some things that
we have known for some time
would be the only means of re-
lieving the people from graft and
corporation rule, but there are
dozens Of men outside of the re-
publican party who are more
strenuous than our Teddy and
have put him on to what he now
knows. 4 third term is a poor
proposition to say the least. then
Valentine Democrat., 1907-01-10

a man in Roosevelt's position
knows that a third term is the
VERY last and he might become
Cleveland. No. Give us a Bry-
an, Folk, a Johnson or Watson.
-Rushville Standard.
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Church Notices.


BAPTIST
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CORNER
Broad and Twelfth Streetsl-I'he pastor. Rev.
Go W. MCDANIEL. viii preach a. q A. "
held A. this meeting the pastor and the sew
eral committee and societies viii make their
rU$T,s. ful attendants Is expected. Sun
day school 90. s. Mccarthy. supt) 81 A NJ
SECOND BAPTIST CHCRCH-DR w. y.
J.. SMITH pastor worship at u a NJ $50.
service at uiKi- on account ~ annual meeting
at g. T. NJ sunday School @ 90 a NJ Thomas
GROVE AVENUE BAPTIST C1fURcH-
Rev W Fl WHIST. D. d. IL. ID viii de-
preach AZ s p n Subirct The F6fiv and
GRACE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
S9EHsT a@e G s2f TSHsh'f ib''e9s
Sunday school a, $50 NJ Preaching BY
the pastor a. Il A. NJ and : p NJ. Prayer
WEST VIEW BAPTIST CHURCH GROVE
AtenLe ana AleaIo~ StteeD-"M- LOS hIaA hI
p NJ SUNDAY School at $50 4 NJ Prayer
meeting Wednesday at p NJ. seats free.
's'' '''' METHODIST.
CENTENARY METHODIST X y X n
Grace street between Fourth and Fifta
Services ana sermons BY the pastor at II A.
BY Expectation ming subject THE World
Moves. Shall We Stop It2'' sunday school an
$50 A. 81. All seats free: all are invited
ty-fourth and sireets)-Rev. r. N MAXEY.
pastor. Preaching az II A. NJ. and p. NJ.
SUNDAY school 81 $3.50 A NJ
AsRT-RY PLACE VI. p CHURCH SOUTH
Gianover ana Lornhar'iy Streets Rev. q. y.
McFADe.N. pastor.-Ireaching at Il a. NJ
and = n Evening subject "A Great Work
sunday School 90 4 n The public cordially
Invited 20 attend these seryices
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-THE
rastor DR. T. T. McFADEN. win conduct the
services at this church on Sunday morning
A' SECOND PREsBYTERIAN cHURcH-REv.
RUSSELL. CECIL. ID. d. pastor.-Sunday ser.
vices at II A. NJ. and ? N. Wednesday 8
p NJ Sunday School Al Gas A. NJ
SERVICES AT GRACE STREET PRESBY-
Quoted by the pastor. Rev. JERE WIIiiEh-
StcqIrTRcH or THE COVENANT. REV J.
CALVIN STEWART. D. D.. pastor.-DivIns
services tomorrow at II A. NJ and p. Nj.
conducted by the pastor sabbath school $50
NJ Devotional service Wednesday p. Nj.
AL welcome. .u..
SEVENTH STREET CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Services sunday a. II A. N. and p NJ. con-
Quoted by the pastor. Rev. J. J. HALEY.
Morning subject. "Cannots and cans: even
ing subject. "Charactcr Making
WEST END CHRISTIAN CHURCH ION
Morris between Main and Floyd Avenue). 49,
PEARCE ATKINS at II A N and 2. y.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST
Corner Belsidere ana Main streets).-Sunday
perfence and Testimony meeiing every
nom IS located in the Chamber Of
Commerce Building. ana Is open every week
NTW JERUSALEM MISSION. REV. j. %
SPiEIs. pastor Services u A. ". Free
/ Swcdenbogr library and reading room. Sunday
School 70 =. ~. All welcome.
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Bankrupt Notices.
oTIcE OF FIRST MEETING OF

NOTICE or FIRST MEETING or
CREDITORS.
IL THE DISTRICT COURT OF ftE
UNITED STATES FOR THE EAST
EItN DISTRICT pF VIRGINIA.
In the Matter 81 No. 500
MORRIS WEINF- FIELD. IN
Bankrupt. Bankruptcy.
To the Creditors ~ Morris Weiufeld. 90
Richmond. IN the comfy ~ HenriC0
and district Aforesaid. bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the p
day ~ January. a. . 1907. the said
Morris Weinfeid was duly adiudlcat-s
bankrupt and that tho first meeting q
his creditors viii bc held Boz my Office.
Rooms Nos SOP and SOB. American Va
tonal Bank Building. Richmond Va.
on the lam day Of January 4. H. 1907
20 TO O'Clock IN tho forenoon. at which
time tho said creditors may attend.
prove their claims. appoint trustee
examine tho bankrupt ana transact such
"tuer business rs may properly come
before said meeting.
THOMAS r. sNEAD
Referee IN Raukrlptcy.
January o 1907.
Ny NJ ~ d HENRY FLEGFNTI ELMER
Counsel for Bankrupt
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Legal Notices


' Is, ~, a ~ TIE CIRCUIT CO1-P-r
'EMhEB - fg'8: ~ l'f--
J. r. Valentine ,,,.,...-
ca.taeeline Ga~pnlion and
andrew. j. G.erpillion. her
ei7nahd au1 The Davis
sewing Mac. ne Company
G,reditors ~ j. H. valen-
une described in tie
tFhth c.ass NJ a deed or
tin 1.s' 70 i = H. .va.en-
Httrd ne OH day OF Jam
r,itt, l''l and recorded lu
l'Hitco County Clerks Of
M.r 90 d. D. 1873. page !.
As ai other debts due Nv
J- IT, Valentine whose names
gie unknown. and others. Defendants.
,,..lne- OBJECT of Ais suit is 10 have par
.EHg on tno Mech anicsvi4!s TurnDiLe and
IS q. ROAD. ln The county Of Henrico.
100, ,..f Le nv of Richmond. Va now
~ 'flerpiilinn. and described In tho
.ro.' named deed Of trust as the Worth
49, "'a ~ lave the lien Of the said
,II -. 'iI'~t on the Interest Of J. a.
Valentine iu said land marked eatiseed.
VIC said j. III Valentine alleging that the
a'tle las been paid on and DISCHARGED
-" aHldat having been made and flied
ana tle rii of Complaint which is vert-
i'd uf o4ih. setting forth that The Davis
M "'"e Ni"' Poe company Ga corporation
u mons resident Of virginia. and that
W" names ~ tie creditors OF J. II.
0'. ili'. described ~ follows in SAID
deed ~ truet. Eighth class an Other
lrnta die hY raid j. H. Valentine" are
t' ~" plaintlr unknown. and that said
'ftniiprs AFRO made defendants TO said
3lh nY tne general description Of par
U"H Nlhurwu. aud that the said Davis
Sewing Machine Company "a corpora
u"iJ ana t.r said unknown parties
are sued. with resident defendanfs n il
ordered That ead Davis Sewing Machine
con p"ny and said unknown parties" DO
appear p'rc Within fifteen days after due
ppplcaHon and resting Of this notice,
ana 10 whatever may pc necessary TO
protect tucir interest herein.
= copy Tcffr.
SAINT EL f.. WADDILL. CLERK.
BlRrs. Attorney
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Man-Power Needed.

Another illustration there are hun
dred- cd them-where IS seen the need
for some action 10y the Board OF Health.
is ~ a family consisting Of "a mother.
daughter sixteen years OF age and
child nine years old. The mother Is an
invcteratc drlnkard. the daughter viii
not work Home for them has no mean
ing They live in a howell in which ths
conditions are absolutely disgusting. dis
graceful and abhorrent The Associated
Charities has done everything possible
To- secure positions for them and 70 place
the woman and her daughter on their
feet. But every cent Of money they re-
ceive is spent in drink. Yet there is no
law compelling such people % lessen the
fifth around them. which is menace
TO all their neighbOrs or 10 force them
TO live in "a more cloanly manner.
Confessediy the city authorities were
not able 20 compel the Morgan cuuple
TO move from their home, in which the
conditions were so foul and loathsome as
to be absolutely sickening. until the old
man WIS threatened with arrest a
vagrant. Yet the room in which thew
lived was q hotocd for all manner OF
infectious diseases. And this case is but
type OF hundreds of others many OF
which it is stated are worse
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Administrators Notice.
Commissioners Office.
Chesterfield County.


January 8. 1901.
TO CHARLES NJ HAZEN AND NkL
other creditors Of Sarah +. Young. de-
ceased, and her estate.
You are hereby notified that acting
under n decree of the Circuit Court 81
Chesterfield county. entered December
10. 1906. IN the suit in equity styled Nv
J. Young vs.. Sarah Z. Young's Execu-
tor and others pending in said court,
] have fixed upon MONDAY. February
4. 1907. at II O'Clock A. NJ. at the ONCE
Of Judge J. NJ. Gregory. Hull Street
Manchester, Va. 10 take an account OF
the debts for which said Sarah r. Young
is bound, and to inquire whether she
left any personal estate. and II not
whether sucu debts should be paid out
of the proceeds Of her real estate, sold
In said suit, at which time and place
you are required to attend. with the
necessary evidence.
Given under my hand, as Commis-
sioner I'm Chancery, in said court. this
third day OF January. 1907
GEORGE MASON.
Commissioners.
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NOTICE. 10 lie PUBLIC.

ON ACCOUNT or REPAIRS TO BE
made 20 the FIRST Street Vladuct. 10 will
Do" necessary 10 close rame to vehicles
during tho progress 81 the work which
VIII begin Monday. January eth. The
DHre VIII coutluuc 10 run. and tho foot
way viii be lrft open for pedestrians
BIoooKLANu RAILWAY & IMPROVE
MENT co.
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Meetings.
NOTICE

The annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the First National Bank. Richmond
Va. will be held I'm their Banking House,
at 1904 East Main Street, Richmond Va.
on Tuesday January s. 1907. at twelve
O'Clock noon.
JNO. NJ. MILLER. JR..
CasDier
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Meetings.

NOTICE OF MEETING OF STOCK
hoiders Bank Of Richmond. IucorpO-
rated Notice is hereby given. pursuant
. resolution Of the board q directors
mat a meeting of the stockholders OF
the Bank OF Richmond. Incorporated.
vii be held AZ the hankiug-hou-e Of
said corporation. in the city of Rich
mond al the corner q Ninth and Main
streets. that being the place % JOS prin-
Cllal Office, on the Srh day OF Jan-.arv
1sN az ! o'clock T. NJ for the purpose
or passing upon the question II author
ling and sanctioniDg an increase 81 the
capital stock 81 said corporation from
*@oFo 20 81 No.plO. which proposed in
crease has been approved BY The direc-
tors or said corporation az meeting
GUY called ana held on the l9tn day
T. X. SANDS. Secretary.
BY order OF the Board OF Directors.
NOTICE OF MEETING or STOCK
holders Planters and Merchants Bank
or south Boston, Notice ls hereby
gwen. pursuant ~ resolution ~ the
Board or Directors that "A meeting ~
The stockholders Of the Planters and
Merchants Bank viii b. held 70 the
banking-house OF said hank AZ South
BOSTON. va. on the Str dav ~ Jaruar,
ltG. AZ O'Clock +. n for tho purpose
of considering tho advise hiiity OF con
ana Merchants Bank into or as n ma
uDnM bank and. ~ deemed advisable
~ said meeting 20 90 so. Of adopting an
sucn resolutions as may DE necessary or
proper Tor the purpose OF carrying such
conversion or reorganization into eject
pursuant 90 law.
BY order OF the Board Of Directors
December -. 1916
HENRY EAsLEY.
President
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