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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-05-13
Millisack is in town.

Millisack Is in town.
MillisaCk's for shoes.
Millisack's for ladies parasols.
Millisack does as he adVertiSes.
MlllisaCk the wizard is in town.
For dress goods see Millisack's.
Milllsaek's for gents furnishings.
Millisack's for anything you want.
Go to the big racket at Millisack's.
Milllsack knows how to buy goods,
Milllsack buys everything for cash.
Millisack sells everything at bedrock
/ 200 doz. eggs wanted at Millisack'
1000 lbs. butter wanted at Millisack's
Buy the WittelshOfer bankrupt pants
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-05-13

Millisack's for anything you want.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-05-13

Milllsack'S for gents furnishings.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-05-13

Mlllisack the wizard Is in town.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-05-13

Millisack does as he advertises.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-05-13

MllllSaCR s Tor shoes.
Millisack's for ladies parasols.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-02
THROWING PENNIES AWAY.
a Superstition Il..-i A-ensfts the Sharp
sighted Street Arab.

a Superstition Ili.-i A-enSfits the Sharp
sighted Street Arab.
Have you ever picked up a penny on
the street? If so you probably have
not stopped a minute to think how the
copper coin came TO be lying there. II
probably never entered your mind that
the former owner of that penny threw
it away purposely. Your natural con-
clusion after finding the coin was that
some one had accidentally dropped it.
1t is a fact that Chicago has many
men whose superstition takes the form
of regarding the possession OF copper
coins as unlucky. These men viii never
keep "a copper in their pockets if they
can help themselves, for which news.
boys are profoundly grateful Should
a stray penny find its way into the
clothes of these superstitious creatures
il is flung away with sigh of relief
and as quickly picked up unless invis.
IDLE to the Chicago eyes.
This habit is common among poll
ticians, spectators, gamblers of the
ordinary kind. actors and some bust
ness men who would rather lose good
dinner than be among thirteen at the
table. These men, who look upon the
despised but useful copper as a hoo
doc. are the same men who carry the
left hind foot of rabbit, horse chest
nut. or other supposed charm in their
vest pocket to ward off the evil genius
known as bad luck.
Some of these cranks go so far as to
keep pennies out of their homes, and as
long as the children get their pocket
money in more valuable metal there is
no objection to the boycott on copper.
There are men in the city hall and
county building who honestly think
they would be beaten at the polls or
lose their Job if penny got into their
pockets.-Chicago Tribune.
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ther adding TO the confusion, willie the
cattle were believing, the bell jangling
and the boy putting in his share, not
withstanding the peril of his situation.
Finally he knew by the smoother
ground that they had struck into a trail
ard were nearing the clearing. Faster
and faster they went. and in a moment
dashed into the little home-feld and
rushing for the yard. leaped through
the open gateway and were safe. The
next instant. from the edge of the
woods, the panther gave vent to his
disappointment in a long, spiteful wall.
At once measures were taken TO warn
the animal from the cattle; a brush
heap was set afirc, several pitch pine
torches were lighted and stuck up in
the ground in the field around, and Mr..
Barnum discharged his rifle two or
three times. IL was a well-known and
not pleasant fact on the borders, that
when a panther commenced mischief
around a settlers place, the life of ami
mails and hannah beings was insecure
until the creature was killed or thor
oughly frightened away. II seemed to
regard the forest-inclosed farm as sort
of corral, furnishing it with a constant
supply of food, like ''man-eating" lion
around an Asiatic village.
In the morning one of the cows was
found badly scratched across the hips
where the great cat had leaped upon
her. But shortly after large panther,
supposed to be the same. stalked into the
clearing of Mr. Barnum's nearest neigh
Dor and fell victim to the hunters I'M
erring rifle, much TO the relief of all the
settlers in the vicinity.
In later years when Charley was an
elderly man, favorite riddle which he
often gave to boys who had not heard
the story was: 'How could a cows tail
save boys hfe?"-Lamar Beaumont,
In nnfrcit Ernn pr-aSs
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No sta, was TO be seed, no LANDMARKS
existed to direct him. That sense of
feeling in regard to points of compass.
possessed bv most persons. was of no
use now. Standing perfectly still he
listened for any sound that might guide
hlm. Somewhere in the distance an
owl was calling: ''HOo, hoo. hoo,
hoorah:'' night bird of some kind was
pouring pIaiutive song on the air; now
and then a rustic among the leaves
reached his ears: uut there was nothing
by which 10 locate himself and take a
correct start hOmeward.
Lads not familiar with the great
woods would not have known a single
Charley understood some things not
taught IN the grammar school The
necessities of frontier life impart an
education peculiar to itself
lie made his way To a tree and, feel
ing with his hands on all sides of its
rough trunk. soon decided which way
was north. for the north side of forest
trees Is almost always slightly messy
and the bark not SO hard and dry, but
more easily crumbled. This is the re-
suit OF shade on the north and sunshine
on the south side Carefully satisfying
himself on this point, he placed his
back against the northeast side and
putting forth his hands TO shield his
face from brush, set forward in what
he deemed the right direction. Slowly
walking few rods, he felt the bark
upon another tree to correct his bear
ings- In this way person who under
stands it can go long distance through
the forests by night in an almost
straight line OF course, in dense
WOODS one cannot steer by the stars
On and on Charley CROPPED, occasional
" humping against tree or stumbling
over log. but steadily holding his
course.
After awhile, rs he was examining q
tree to keep himself right, he heard
a vigorous rustIing of brush net far
away, and listening intently. his ears
We're saluted by a distinct sniff from
some animal.
At first Charley was inclined TO be
alarmed. but reasoning that it was
probably some small creature, raccoou
or opossum, he kept on his way. But
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side of post. This is sunken its thick
ness into the post, is parallel with road
way and feet from the ground. / bolt
the levers g, II, one at each end of this
cross piece The levers are IA feet long
and 11lx4 inches at the largest place
and tapering to the ends. They are
bolted SO that when horizontal the in
ner end lacks few inches of meeting
On the inner end of each lever is a
spring latch (any can make them)
connected by small iron rod, /, 1, to a
finger-iron at the outer end. A cog
wheel, h, about inches in diameter is
fastened against face of post by a
screw-bolt Goose enough to turn cas-
ily.) This wheel is placed at suGh a
height that the inner ends of levers
latch in opposite sides of wheel when
the outer ends are about 9 feet from the
ground. When levers are latched in
wheel, rs in Fig. ?, draw down the end
of track c, which projects past post
Figs. l and y till il is about foot
lower than at A. This gives you the
length of rods to connect end of track
with inner ends of levers. The track
is now held down so hogs cannot tilt it
by roofing at the gate; levers are up so
cattle cannot break them or be injured
by them, yet within easy reach of s
person in a wagon, no matter from
which side you approach. Spring the
latch and press town on lever till the
end of track is raised about feet and
the gate rolls back of its own weight.
When past, push up on the lever just
beside you and the gate shuts itself
with bang and latches itself. This
gate is as convenient for pedestrians as
any other.-Country Gentleman.
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If the wild beast had sprung at her.
whereupon the whole herd set off at a
headlong run. the bell COW leading
Charley hanging Ola to her tail. Tramp
ling plunging. snorting believing.
like a herd Of crazy creatures. away
they rushed through the woods, the
bell jingllng, iangling in the most
brazen manner. Charley's heels few
in the liveliest way and his steps
seemed to him a rod in length Alarmed
and depressed as he had been a few
minutes before. in the uncertain silence,
now his spirits rose TO the opposite
pitch. showing to what an unnatural
tension his nerves had been wrought.
He y as amused. even 10 laughter. at
the figure ne cut. and only wished that
it was daylight that he might see him
self. In his excitement he shouted and
yelled in the most outlandish style,
every sound adding 20 tie din and haste
among the COW.
Pretty soon the commotion seemed TO
infect the pursuing beast. for an un-
earthly Shrek rent the air. so much
sharper than any previous noise that
Charley thought his hair was all stand
ing straight up. But that shrek
showed that the animal was panther,
the most fearful creature Of the region,
and at the discovery his hands frightened
convulsively in sheir grip on the cows
tail On they went, every moment
another fearful scream from the PAN
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-02
PITH AND POINT.

I'm giving the devil his due you are
liable to give yourself Congratulations
Globe.
Some men win do you a favor ano
then bore you an hour talking about it
-Atchison Globe.
Even the definition of the phrase
good weather depends entirely on the
point of view" remarked the man who
has umbrellas To hire.-Washingtor
Star.
An English lady has introduced
sewing into boys schools. She knows
that the man who marries the modern
girl ought to be proficient in it.-Texa,
Siftings.
-Commissioner-"D YOU ever see
this officer when he wasn't on the
beat?'' Antonio Bananjo-''Na; never
saw ana policeman who was not ona dc
beat. IN. Y. Herald.
"A Tip to Borrowe-''Why don't you
fight Drayton?" Borrowe (pompouslyl
- kill, sir. only a man who is my
equal" Reporter-''So? Then you'll
have to commit suicide. Detroit Free
Press.
"A newspaper writer asks the ques
ton: 'Why is it that young man vii
sit beside young lady for hours and
yet say hardly anything to her ali the
time?" We venture the suggestion that
perhaps he is too polite to interrupt her
Boston Transcript.
And when you have finished youl
lecture, said the professor of elocutior
and department TO young Dulle, 'bow
gracefully and leave the platform or
tiptoes." why on tiptoes?" queriec
Dulle $50 as not to wake the audi
ence," replied the professor.
"A Case of Necessity-Vo Bloomel
II understand that you have bought
a cottage at the seashore for this sum
mer" De Tootville-'I bought two
side by side Won Bloomer-''Whai
do you want two for, with your small
family?" DE Tootvile-''One is for my
wife's trunks.-Cloak Review.
Contradictory
"Can / keep my lips from chappinf
Queried Marion. young and gay.
Papa says I can. if only
VIII keep the chaps away"
'But, she smiled and blushed in smiling,
TO her dainty finger tips,
eli the chaps can not come near them,
What's the use OF nice red lipsY"
Pharmaceutical Era.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-02
KNEW HOW 1T WORKED.
The Boy Understood the Law OF RetaIia
tion.

The Boy Understood the Law Of RetaIia
tion.
$50 you're the boy who wants to 90
to work here, are you?" asked the senior
clerk
I'm de kid" replied the boy.
"You can read and write, of course?'
'Sure."
"And you're not afraid of work?'
Il kin sleep with it without bein
scared a bit"
'Are you lively in getting around?"
"Quiclzer'n a compressed air ordi
nance"
The senior clerk looked over the boys
recommendations and decided that he
would do.
Now. hold on, said the boy. docs
the boss kick much?'
"Who do you meanY
''The boss-the main guy"
whats that to you?''aslzee the clerk
sharply. "You have nothing to do with
him"
Oats all right, returned the boy.
''But / has with the fellers as gets
his kicks. and after he jumps on the m
they catches me by the collar and bangs
me up agin the wall and calls me
names. Every time the boss gets mad
/ gets jumped on by every Teller he
jumps on. No, sirreel ! gets all the
worst of it an there amt even a cat
around for me to kick. If the boss
kicks. Gully. / looks for another job.
See? / knows all about these places
where the boss kicks. Chicago Trib-
une
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-02
a VERY MEAN MAN.
Working Hard to Save Hisnself at An
others Expense.

Working Hard to Save Hi1nself at An
Others Expense.
They had been talking about mean
meh VIXEN a lawyer said:
Il think / knew the meanest man in
New Hampshire, at least. We were in
school then, and most of MS were poor
enough, fighting hard to get an educa-
ton. On the floor OF the house where
/ lived had room at one end of the
hall, and at the other end was the room
of the meanest fellow in New Hamp-
shire l did not drink ana he did.
When i was absent from my room he
used to come down the hall, open my
door, and throw his empty whisky bot
ties out of my window, SO that | would
get the credit of the thing, or the dis-
credit, as it was sure to De in that town.
1--WE had t. pay for everything in
that house which we br5lSe. Once when
this fellow broke a laIp chimney he
gathered up the pieces of broken glass
carefully, carried them into my room,
and distributed them around the floor.
Then he got stone and left it in my
room to make it seem that some one
had thrown it through the open window
| anu uLOhtn lily Adinp CHIMNEY. vi
course he took my chimney and put it
on his lamp.
But the meanest thing which / ever
knew him to do was when he broke
window pane in his room. 1t was lit
tie bit of thing, not worth more than
ten cents, and he could easily have set
the new one himself. de preferred to
play the same old stone game, however.
He actually gathered up every splinter
of the shattered window pane, both
that in the room and that which had
fallen outside into tho yard. He dis
tributed some of it on the ground I'M
der my window and tine rest in my
room. Then he went to work and re-
moved the whole sash ia his room and
the one in mine, exchanging the two,
so that when came home found that
! had a broken window pane in my
sash, while splintered glass was strewn
all over my floor. The stone which he
had placed in my room was so big that
l doubt if man could have thrown il
up TO the window, for we were on the
fourth floor. l paid for the window
pane, as | paid for the lamp chimney.
But think how hard that man worked
to have the satisfaction of knowing
that he was the meanest little sneak in
New Hampshire IN. Y. Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-02
a DAKOTA PIONEER.
He Had Had some Bad Luck, But Wa
Not Discouraged.

Not Discouraged.
"Winter pretty cold?"
winter? Don't have any winter
here, stranger.
Flows that?"
''only have three seasons-spring
summer and early fall.
He was Dakota pioneer and lived as
he said, fifty mile from any place"
what do you do for doctor when
you're sick?''
Never get sick"
'But you can't help it sometimes, can
you?"
Certainly. faint possible. We
won't get sick and there's no two ways
about it"
''How far is it to your nearest neigh.
bors?"
Fifty miles"
"You don't have much society, then,
do you?"
Don't need it. There's five of us
mother me n the kids. That's society
enough, amt it?"
"How far must you go to church,
"Have it right in the shack every Sun.
day. Got an organette, Joe has, and he
turns crank and grinds out any hymn
you ever heard tell of just as nice as you
please. Then Marthy and all the rest
of us sing, then | read something from
the Bible, then we sing again, an pray
an church is out"
There was something pathetic in this,
and it went to my heart.
GLOW about crops?"
They're big, | tell ye-that is. when
we get 'em. Three years ago had
every promise of splenid crop. Had
lots of snow that underground was
plenty wet an the wheat was loolxin'
fine whe, all at once, we had hot south
wind that burnt everythin' up slick an
clean"
And the next vear?"
Things looked just rs promisin
Wheat was waist high, yeiler as gold,
an | was goin' to cut it ia few days
when along came a hail-storm and beat
the whole field down"
s'Then the next year?'
SCOT nipped by the frost"
"And the next?"
That's this year, stranger, and just
look at the wheat around We. Nothing
could be finer than the outlook. Guess
III have good crop this year, but if
cont He paused.
''We?"
.'Well. If don't" he said with = quiet
smile I'm mortgage my horse $ to gel
seed and try again. TIN be hard pinch
in, but ! did't have anything when
came here and I'll stick to the country
as long as can live in it. A man can't
have hard luck always, you know.
Things are bound to turn. It's long
lane that hasn't crook somewhere"
wrung his hand warmly and rode
awaV.-Detroit Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-02
Set right

all the proper functions of wo-
manhood. DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is the remedy. 1t
regulates and promotes their &C
ton, and removes the obstruc-
tons and suppressions which cause
trouble and misery. At the two
critical periods in a woman's life
the change from girlhood to woman
hood, and, later, the "change of life "
it is a perfectly safe and an es-
pecially valuable remedial agent,
that can produce only good results.
It's a powerful, invigorating tonic,
and a soothing and strengthening
nervine a legitimate medicine
purely vegetable, perfectly harm
less-and carefully adapted, by an
experienced physician, to woman's
delicate needs.
For all the arrangements, irregu
larities, and weaknesses peculiar tC
the sex, the "Favorite Prescription y
is a remedy so certain that it can be
guaranteed If it doesn't give salts
faction In every case, the money is
returned. No other medicine for
women is sold in this way.
No other medicine can be.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-02
EARLY FIREARMS.
How Some of the First Specimens Ever
Used Were Made.


Used Were Made.
As weapon of war the hand-gun ha,
been in use since the latter half of the
fourteenth century; but the opposition
of knights to the introduction of fire
arms will account for the lack of orna
mentation upon cannon, guns and Dis
tolls at a time when arms and armol
were lavishly decorated.
II was not until the commencement
of the sixteenth century that, with the
invention of a wheel-lock in Germany
the gun became a sporting weapon anc
attained popularity. Efforts were ther
made tastefully to fashion and decorat,
such firearms as We're destined for us,
by the followers of the chase.
The shaft of che sporting cross-bow
was the model from which the butt OF
the early sporting gun was designed
and the ornamentation chiefly consisted
of carved scrolls, of figures and arabes-
qucs-designs cut out of horn, bone.
metal or fancy woods, inlaid in the butt
and fore end of the gun.
The barrels. thick and heavy, wers
usually octagonial, but occasionally
deliberately fluted and chiseled into
the resemblance of a column, with
Corinthian capitals and figures in full
relief. Suhl, in Rhenish Prussia. which
in the fifteenth century was famed foI
its swords and crossbows, commenced
early in the following century to man.
ufacture the hand-gun. winning an en-.
viable reputation for this weapon, al
though individual manufacturers OF
Suhl have never enjoyed the distinction
accorded some of the Dresden rife.
makers of the seventeenth and eivh.
teenth centuries.
The sporting guns and rifles made in
Saxony, had barrels Of great weight.
permitting elaborate carving, fiutinp
and turning of the metal whilst barrels
made in the neighborhood of Brescia
were more accurately executed and
finished. more simple in design. than
those Of German manufacture, owing
less to the carver and turner than TO the
smith for their beauty.
The maker of the barrel rarely mount
ed il, and the mounters or gun-makers
depended upon the jewellers. carvers,
chiselers and kindred artists for the or.
namentation of the weapons.
With single-barrel guns, the makers
IN their method of ornamentation inva-
riably treated the barrel as a column,
more frequently the Corinthian than
the Doeic order. With the adoption of
small shot into general use. lighter
guns were demanded, so that deep fut-
ings and carved capitals were discarded
for the Spanish form"--a term re-
tanned by gun-makers to denote a
model. which is still manufactured in
modified form.
In this style the breech-end, one-third
of the length of the barrel, is oetago-
nal, forming the plinth of the column:
there is fanciful fiLet, and the barrel
is continued cylindrical, or slightly Ia
pers TO the muzzle, where another fillet
is the finishing capital-Magazine of
Art
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horizontal board, letting it project sc
as to protect the rollers. This also
helps to k sep track from swaying back
and forth. Under A place on track a
triangular piece of plank, d, stretch
over top of this a small iron rod and
fasten at each end of track.
The rollers are bolted to end-pieces
of gate which extend up TO the track.
Rollers should be fitted so that lifting
of gate cannot get them off the track
A latch is placed on gate, to hook into
taple in post. A short post placed
at bottom of gate will keep it from
swinging outward.
For opening and closing place
across outside of post b, at right angles
with gate, a PKG scantling, +, Fig 2, IL
feet long, feet projecting on either