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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-19
MARRIAGES lN ENGLAND.
Peculiar Unions OF May and December Re.
ported to tho Registrar.

OF the many interesting matters that
como under the notice Of the Registrar
General there is nothing more sur
prising than the frequency with which
youth and age try the paths of matri-
mony together says Manchester
paper. OF 1896 brides over so years
of age who were married last year, one
secured youth of 20, three were &C.
commodated by men of 81, and four
teen others kept their choice OF strip
lings below rs. In one of the last
named cases the good lady was 40
years older than her partner.
Turning to the veterans among the
husbands there 10 even greater dispar.
ity. There were never fewer than 500
bridegrooms above 20 years Of age, and
of these one took girl of IL, another
one OF 10, and four others kept under
q. Between 80 and 20 years of age
2,0Si men married. Three of them
took girls under 10, and twenty-seven
others were content with partners who
had not reached their majority. As
many as 1876 males whose ages
ranged between 90 and 60 were also
brought to the altar, and here again
n score of the wives were in their
teens. A hundred were not more than
81 and 249 were under %.
Among other strange matches was
one between couple Of octogenarlans,
while three ladies Of "8b and upward"
got husbands whose ages were rs, 65
and 90 respectively. Taking the gen.
tlemen of "S5 and upward" we lind
that one Of them secured bride Of 45.
But oven greater contrasts are to be
seen in the venerable Adonis OF 70, who
got mate of 81 and In the 75-year-
old buck who secured blushing dam.
sci Of 10.
At the other end of the scale we have
q marriage between n girl OF 10 and a
boy of IS, and another when the con.
tracing parties were l6 each, and o
third where men of u saddled them
selves with wives of IA. Two husbands
Of thirty took partners whose ages
were under Is, while no fewer than
seventy husbands Of forty found wives
of from 10 to 20 years Of age.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-19
The GreenbacIk.

The greenback, pure and simple,
will yet come to the front and assert
itself on an equal footing with any
currency that the government puts
forth, and there 10 no good and tangi-
BILE reason why it should not
There may be a thoughtless and
unreasoning prejudice against it as
full fedged, legal money but it
amounts to nothing for its legality
and constitutionality have been estab-
lished beyond all question.
The decree of the supreme court to
this effect is all-sufficient and estab-
fishes the fact. What more can be
desiredP 1t is enough, and more, for
all practical purposes.
If coin is needed, the government
can now easily secure it. There need
be no lack in this respect, while the
greenback answers every demand for
paper money, and can be modulated
to suit the healthy conduct OF the
business OF the country 1t is con-
venient safe and attractive.
Oh, for a God-send of this useful,
economic, unquestionable money!
1t is the acme Of financed
The boon OF the people!
Let 1t come. New Era
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-19
Posted Their Letters.

"Last summer VIC staid at an out-ofo
the-way country place, through which
the trains ran but once n day" said q
woman artist to the Woman About
Town of the New York EvCni,lg Sun.
Two is Bertha Won Hillern aud my
self.
"One morning we started to the
town to mail our letters, as we usually
did, on the train. We chose the rail
road track as being the most direct
route to town. We had got in sight Of
the station when we heard the noise Of
the coming train behind us. We
can't reach the station in time to mail
our letters now l said to Miss Won
Hillern.
"'Yes, we can too, she said, catch
ing me by the hand; don't get of the
track, but run"
I'm an instant we were flying like
deers down the track, with the train
close behind us. They whistlcd and
whistled, but on we ran. keeping
straight on the track.
I'VE are still good many rods from
the station and would have jumped
to one side save that Miss Won Hillern
still held my hand and would not let
90. Keep on, she painted. They
were slowing down and the station
was getting nearer.
Il don't quite know how we did II,
but we reached tho station just few
inches in front of the cow-catcher,
while all the people rushed out to be
in at the death il there was to be any.
"Why didn't you get off the trackm
asked man, rushing up wildly; did
you lose your headsP"
"Oh, no, said Miss Won Hillern as
coolly as her gasping would allow, as
she handed her letters upto the postal
car, we wanted to keep the train back
till we could mail our letters. That
was all
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-19
1t Has Been Tried.

The demands OF the farmers ALI.
ance for government loans upon land.
at 2 per cent interest. is no new or
untried scheme. The same thing
worked admirably in the early history
OF Pennsylvania
1t met with unqualified success In
the state of New York, and Its success
has never ceased to be o matter OF
congratulation to the people who
loaned their school money to farmers
with the very best results.
In Oregon the thing is now in vogue,
and If We are to believe the reliable,
unbiased authorities the people OF
Oregon are abundantly satisfied that
the principle OF making government
loans of money direct TO the people
is not only q safe but very desirable
one to put in operation. OF course.
every proposition to loan the people
their own credit in the form of treas.
ury notes, at a low rate of interest
has often met with the violent opposl-
ton of bankers who are loaning their
notes (their debts) at a high rate Of
interest Bankers have always con-
tended that bank notes (bank debts)
were much safer at high rate OF in
terest than the treasury notes at low
rates OF interest. Self interest has
made them ardent advocates of the
rather equivocal proposition, that gov.
eminent credit loaned at bank count.
ers, at high rates of interest for the
benefit of the banks is much safer and
better for the people than the same
government credit loaned over treasury
counters directly to the people. at low
rates of interest!
Fifty years ago Switzerland passed
through much the same ordeal that
the farmers of the United States are
now enduring. Bank issues OF money
at usurious rates OF interest had i'm
poverished the people They were
mortgaged heavily and there was Q
prospect that tho usurers would take
the lands in settlement OF the mort
cages. Then the patriotism OF STAN.
phi suggested remedy. A govern.
ment bank was established. Tho pub.
lie credit was printed on notes and
these notes were loaned to the farmers
on mortgages running thirty years al
81 per cent interest the borrower tC
pay one-thirtieth OF the principal
back annually. The old mortgages
were taken up. Shylock kicked. but
of no avail. The people were re-
lieved and they have since been happy
and prosperous, because they had the
sense to see that they could use their
own credit for money and profit by
the transaction. Farmers Advocate.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-19
WHY IS THIs9

When the land Is full of workers,
Busy hands and active brains,
When the craftsmen and the thinkers
Feel about them binding chains;
When the laborer Is cheated
OF the work his hands have wrought,
And the thinker vain of logic,
Sees that reason comes to naught;
When the forces men have harnessed
And have trained to do their viii,
Ought to leave no homeless people
And no hungry mouths to fill,
Have but proved themselves the servant
OF the shrewd and selfish few,
And the many have but little
For the work they find to do;
When the labor of a million
Goes to swell the gains Of one,
As the serfs Of ancient Egypt
Starved beneath the burning sun;
When the schemer and the sharper
Hold the wealth and rule the land,
Using up the thinkers brain force,
Mortgaging the craftman's hand;
When the many shear sheep
And the few secure the wool,
And the gallows claims its victims,
And your costly jailS are full
Then the men who dreamed of progress
And the hopes of peace and bliss,
While they weep and wonder vainly,
ask each other "Why is thisP'
Light Of Persia
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-19

His ~G0od-bye" said 70 Mr.. Lorraine
he went into the library 10 fetch a book.
lit would not be so very long now be-
fore he must find his way to the station
But he had only been alone in the room
few minutes when the door opened
and sue came in.
She appeared taller than usual in the
long white morning dress; no color any.
where, and his heart ached when he
saw her.
"You do not look fit to be walking
about" he said kindly, taking her hand
in his. II hoped that you were resting"
"No," she said, Il wanted to see you.
could not let you go without saying
goodbye, and thanking you" her
echo Of its usual tones.
"You were so kind" she began again.
And then, altering to fresh sentence,
"Are you going to-day"
"Yes," he answered.; don't worry
about me-"
"Why do you gop" she asked; you
know father likes you being here
you" hesitatingly, were going to stay
longer than this"
ut is better" he answered.
He did not turn his head as he spoke.
"Your father is coming up to town in q
fortnight, and will see him then"
She did not answer, but remained still
for moment, looking at him, as il
wondering what to say next, and then.
with q few steps, she stood beside him.
and he knew she was speaking again,
her voice very soft and low.
"Please do not 60" Her voice was so
unsteady, that he could scarcely catch
the words, and he turned his head, and
looked down at her where she stood be.
side him, her hand resting on his arm.
al think" she began falteringly, "that
it is | who wish you to stay-you know
everything, viii you stay nowY / think
want some one to take care of me-"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-19
THE HOLY OF HOLES.
The Privileged, Very Few and the Un-
privileged, Very Many.

prANloSoug Hory many
Does the farmer student of political
economy realize that when he attempts
to lift the bar that closes the door to
the temple of financial truth he seeks
to enter upon sacred groundP asks w.
I. VIM, in the National Economist
In all ages and chimes, among all
countries and people there exists a
holy OF holes a sanctum sanctorum
which may not be trOd by profane
foot Go where you will Cor where
you can) in royal or other circles. and
you soon come to door at which one
must, to gain admittance remove the
shoes and walk barefooted and with
uncovered and reverential head. Even
those acts of debasement are not al
ways sufficient to gain one an entry
unless one be high priest and puri-
fed by long fasting and much wash
ing. The privileged few, how few
they are! and the unprivileged many,
how countless are they! Our country
is said to be the land of the free. How
freeP To pay taxes and die? To
vote as the bosses way voter To think
and act as the political overseers say
think and actp But l hear you say
that you can speak and write as you
please and there is none to molest or
make you afraid. Think so? To test
this matter. just write a few lines
upon the financial question advocat-
ing doctrines contrary to the
opinions of the sub-boss who get
their mental pabulum from the bosses,
and they in turn from the head bosses
whose headquarters are in Wall
street. What will be the resultp
Why just this your ideas will be set
down as undemocratic unrepublican.
and yourself as an anarchist! You
have attempted to enter the sanctum
sanctorum. the holy Of holes where
no dog of an unbeliever can enter and
live! You are bounded politically.
bounded socially and bounded in a
business way until you curse the day
you were born. 1t is sacred ground
sacred to the use and occupancy Of
the elect, the chosen, the called (self-
called), and it is proclamation,
worse than proclamation, it is
sacrilege for you to enter
thereon! Your grandfather fought at
Bunker Hill. What if he didP You
surely do not suppose that the war of
the revolution was fought to give him
and his descendants or anyone else
right Of liberty Of speech or action,
save the select 81, 900 who are the
called and elect according to fore
knowledge OF the money powerp No,
my Christian friend, do not let the
idea that you are free man, find
lodgment longer beneath your hair.
You are serf slave fool an I'M
mitigated ass, and can never be al
lowed under any circumstance to en-
ter the financial holy of holes. You'll
make the attempt though all the
furies Of hell array themselves against
you Fool! Greater than these bar
the way. See you not those cleaning
blades beside the doorP Cleveland
holds the one and Blaine supports the
other, while within easy call are score
upon score Of Pinkerton thugs! Bow
the head and bend the knee!
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-19
Blood Manure for Roses.

English rose-growers are using blood
manure for their vines with much sue
cess, it Is said. They take sixteen
pounds Of blood and as soon as it be-
gins TO purify pour into it four ounces
Of muriatic acid and four ounces Of
proto-sulphate Of iron, previously mix
ed, which turns the blood into a dark,
dry powder that will keep for any
length of time. A half pound Of this 10
mixed with the soil over the roots Of
each rose-bush.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-19
TOIllng On.

The masses OF humanity to-day are
tolling and pinching, and saving,
from one years end to the other
and they receive only miserable
pittance upon which to subsist, and
nothing is laid aside for a rainy day.
We see this in our own immediate
Observation-Disclosures with families to
support who barely earn the food
they eat and are unable to procure
sufficient clothing to keep them COM
Portable. The outlook is dark to
them, and that their children must
inherit only hardship and toll growing
more severe with each succeeding
year. Where shall relief be found?
Will the plutocrat release his grip on
the throat OF the toiler, or the bonds
man grow weary of turning into his
Golfers the earnings of his slavesP
Shall we look to the men who have
brought degradation and poverty to
the toilers to remove the burdens they
themselves have imposed upon them?
History lifts its warning voice, crying
from the shores of Ireland an alarm
made more terrible by contrast with
the happy past Pauper labor pre-.
walls throughout the old countries.
and the tendencies in this country are
in the same direction. Aliens are
constantly securing immense tracts of
land in this country aud every effort
is being made to control legislation
in the interest of the plutocrat, and
against the small farmer and the
laborer. Toiling on, day after day.
the laborers have allowed these
wrongs to pass unnoticed, until now
their removal will require hercu-
lean efforts. The wisest counsels
must prevail and organization must be
perfected, and educated up to the
needs of the hour There is no call
for anarchy The American people
have weapons all powerful in the bal
lots they are as yet permitted to cast
1t is no longer question of whether
this or that party wins, but human
liberty is at stake and a revolution
must take place in order that labor
may receive the hire of which it is
deserving. Laboring men - before
you is a struggle as sure 10 come as
the revolutions OF the earth. Bare We
your arm for the work now; to delay
means the awful arbitrament OF force.
Wait not for the resolution born OF
despair. To-day your blows will be
ballots tomorrow you may SOW drag
ons' teeth In burrows of a present OPP
portunity. Alliance Advocate.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-19

Chief Justice Fuller has presented,
through the Hon. w. l.. Putnam, fine
portrait Of himself to the Cumberland
(Me.) bar. 1t will be given place In
the attorneys Office at the City Build
ing at Portland.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-19

The Farmers Advocate: How
much longer will 1t take for the
people Of this country to realize the
fact that what promotes the prosper
ity Of the farmer solves the problem
of national prosperity. Truly. when
the demands of the Alliance are clear
ly and fully understood the present
antagonism will disappear like morn
ing vapor before the rising sun. If
every one would read as in On earnest
search for truth, they would not be
long in grasping the situation
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-19

The Ottumwa World: What means
the great choking OF the avenues of
commerce. Why is there more grain
and stock to be carried to market at
this time than the railroads can carryP
The consumers do not need it at this
season more than another But the
rush is very great Who will hold it
until needed by the consumers? The
farmers are blamed if they conspire
to hold back the grain from the glut-
ted market He is told that it is
wrong to interfere with the regular
channels of trade. But it is just as
sure as fate that somebody must hold
the crops until needed to sustain the
life of the people If the producer
doesn't hold them it will be the
moneyed men who buy and hold for
gain-for the rise. The farmers can
not hold; the man of money. the
spectators can. What lesson does
this teach? just this-that there In
an injustice, a wrong. somewhere
that places the producer at a dlsad-
vantage and gives the profit OF his in
dustry to the men who manipulate the
product of his labor. II the producer
were rot so placed at disadvantage
he would not be compelled to hustle
his crop off so soon on an overloaded
market which bears the price already
too low. Give US laws to more fairly
distribute the productions and we
will have the crops going to market
when needed and transportation dis
tributed evenly in the different
monthA
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-18
The ruz. OF Insects Wings.

Critical investigation has warranted the
conclusion that the wings play no part Tor.
IL Chcy 10 1t Is but Il minor One) in the
DuzzinS noises so often heard to come from
the direction of insects OH the wing. /
Know that the sUppo,ticn that the wings
niti>c the nose is even more than plausi-
Die on first thought, but the results of re-
peateti experiments by the best cntonolo-
giS;S show that the prevailing, hypothesis is
erroneous. 1t has been fountl that horse
Ines, bees, bilnblcbces and other insects of
that lk. can be held by the legs and made
to proG"ce the humn;ing or buzzing noises
so characteristic Of the two winged insect
taini!y, even though their wings be entire
~ removed, and that II partial (say tho
clipping of n half or two thirds of each
wing) removal of the organs of flight ONLY
serves To increase the shrillness of the noise
The part of the insect by which alone the
sound is produced is the cavity known as
the thoraN, which corresponds with the
chest or breast of larger animals The in
SIDE lining of this cavity is n thin, resonant
membrane, to which are attached the wing
anu leg muscles. Two small holes or mir
passages communicate with this natural
'Eoll'tn harp, and the motion of the insects
wings and legs causes these holes to omen.
anu close with every turn made necessary,
py the divers ms and outs of light The,
inflow and outflow of air through thesei
holes (Which may be compared to breath
ing and which really is species OF that in
teresting operation), is the true cause of
the sound which we call the Cumming"
OF 'buzzing" of the wings Any curious
person SO disposed can test this by catch
pg an insect of the class named and clos
ing the air holes with wax BE careful
not to injnrc the creature or the results of
The experiment will prove unsatsfactory.-
st. Louis Republic.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-18
He Ifud n Limit.

The dude was visiting epenitentiary
accompanied by an official and a news
paper man, and the party were talking
to one of the prisoners.
"Have n cigarettes" said the dude as
they were about to depart, Offering him
IL package.
"Much obliged" responded the pris
oner, shaking his head. I've stole
bosses and robbed chicken roosts and
broke into houses and killed man or
two and had four or five wives and made
counterfeit money, but never smoked
cigarettes, and heaven helpin mo |
never will. So long," and the cell door
went to with bang rs pronounced as
the one the dude wore in his hair.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-18
Journcying to tho Nenrc,t Star

In lecture on FIXED Stars" DR.. David
Gill wanted to give an illustration of the
distance to Centauri. This is what he
said: "Weshall suppose that some wealthy
directors for want OF outlet for their en-
erSy and capital construct railway TO
Centauri. We shall neglect for the pres
ent the engineering difIiulties-a mere de-
tail-and suppose them overcome and the
railway open for traffic.
eve shall 90 further and suppose that
the directors have found the construction
OF such railway to have been peculiarly
easy and that the proprietors Of interstei-
lar space had not been exorbitant in thei-
terms for right Of way.
Therefore. with view to encourage
traffic, the directors had made tho fare ex
ceedingly moderate-viz., first class Mt two
cents per 100 miles. Desiring to take adj
vantage of these facilities q gentleman, by
way Of providing himself with small
change for the journey, buys up the ma.
tional debt Of England and few othe.
countries. anil, presenting himself at the
office, demands Il first class single to Cen
tauri
For this he tenders in payment the
scrip OF the national debt of England
which just covers the cost of his ticket,
but ut this time the national debt from
little wars had been run up from $780,
CO0.O00 10 $500, 100000. Having taken his
seat it occurred to him to ask, AT what
rate do you travelf'
Sixty miles an hour, sir, including
stoppages, is the answer.
'"Then when shall we reach CentauriY'
IN As. cC3, GOO years, sir."-Boston Globe
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-18
RED MEN.
Report OF the Council Fire of tho Great
Council of California-Sh0rt Talks.

Report OF the Council Fire Of tho Great
Council of California-Sh0rt Talks.
The great council Of California kindled
Its council fire in the hunting ground of
Fresno on the I'd sun of Sturgeon moon, at
the 18th run rising OF the sum- The long
talk OF the great chief of records pro-
nounces the order in very prosperous con-
hition. While there had not been boom.
Still for several moons past good progress
had been made, and class of support
brought within the order that had come to
stay and that would be source of pride to
the order The number of tribes in the
reservation Is 3G, q net gain of during
the great sun. The number of members
on the Both OF Hot moon, 4Ol, was 2.636-a
net gain OF 1853 for the great sun. The
number OF past sachems is 1913, and of past
great sachems, II. The great chief of
records reported 12 councils of the Degree
or PocaEontas existing on the 30th of Hot
moon. 4Ol-a net increase Of /; and the
humber of members 6S3, n net gain of S.
The Improved Order of Red Men is a So
cial, fraternal and benevolent association,
secret only in the sense that the privacy of
a home circle is the property of it's own
members, to be held secret and involate.
There is a branch Of the order, of which
brothers Of the order and any woman of
good moral character over IS years may
become members, which is known as the
Degree Of Pocahontas