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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16
HOSTETTER & HALLER'S
List of Property for Sale and Trade. and Rent.

the following properties for sale and part of them to
trade the list carefully and wish to buy trade
any hem call and also you have any property for
sale or trade list it with
CITY PROPERTY;
good brick cottage with outbuidngs not far from alroad
shops will sell for 5000 of which small amount must be cash.
balance in payments.
The property known the union hotel This property will be
sold very cheap for cash payments purchaser
The and building formerly occupied andy Fur
niture south of Dr. Gandy dwelling will sell cheap for cash
time. 1E@3 '*s A-1 @"AisE&
The lot and building side of Boulevard opposite HarPes
used feed store will sell building without lot Make
a offer either will sell very low.
The lot and building occupied by H Andrews law Office for
either cash or payments
The lot and building next south of C. H. Lees Office either
or payments
from c. B. JEWELS residence these lots
will make nice location for a residence
lot and close to business district for $oocash
or part time
and Tenth for sale cheap
lot south part of for 81 month";
or will sell very small monthly payments, cheap
FARM LANDS:
The following lands for sale and he
choice bargains this list and handy
at some future time:
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16
SOD HoUsEslOF THE WEST.

Few of These Primitive HabitatiOns Now
-f.5--~ Left in the Land.
':The sod house of the Kansas and
Nebraska plains is following the buffa-
l6ai4d antelope into the legends" said
William F. Arbuckle of Topeka, to a
writer for the Washington Post. ga
good many of the queer structures are
still standing and in some instances
are used as human habitations, but
most of them are used as stables for
horses or cattle and slowly crumbling
away to become indistinguishable in
their original earth. When first went
west years ago my father took up acres
as far as the eye could reach in what is
now eastern Nebraska. There was not
tree in sight of the knoll he had Sc
lected as the spot upon which his re-
sidence should be erected, and the
nearest place lumber could be secured
was go miles away. He put up small
tent in which to cook and eat; the
family slept in the wagons, and with
my brothers and hired man to help, set
about making house.
'The thick sod was cut from the
prairie like slabs about two feet wide
by three in length, and on the side of
the knoll, where an excavation had
been made in it's side, these slabs were
placed one on top of the other until
the required height was reached. 1t
was arduous work, and l remember
what a lot of excitement there was
when my father and my brother Lem
started off early one morning to go
after the ridge pole and rafters that
were to support the roof They took
only the running gear of our small
wagon, and I cried like a good fellow
when they started off because I thought
they had broken up my pet vehicle.
They were gone nearly a week and
reached home i'm the middle of one
night after their Journey of 100 miles.
They had brought long, round piece
of timber, like a slender telegraph pole
with numerous other small pieces, and
my mother nearly had a fit of delight
when they prou dIy displayed a door
and two window sashes, with a bundle
of glass for the latter. There was great
rejoicing when s.that ridge pole was
put ia place and the rafters run down
from it to rest on the sod walls, and
then came the IAb6rous task of putting
on the sod roof so that it would keep
out the rain. and SNOW At last it was
completed and we moved in. The house
had four rooms, which was unusual for
suck structures. and its two windows
soon made it known all over that sec
ton of the west. as the Shack With the
Glass Eyes There never was a more
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16
PEFFER,s RESOLUTION.

Tuesdays New York World OPENLY
asserted that the sugar trust had not
limited its agents to giving friendly
senators tips as to which way the mar
ket would go on a given report from
the finance comm ittee, but has actually
disbursed large runs in greasing the
wheels of legislation. That everybody
knows that since the Wilson bill reach
ed the senate the profits of the house
and senate restaurants have nearly
doubled. The lobby is renowned as a
great wine opener, and the popping of
champaign corks has lent an unaccos-
toned but pleasing staccato to the hum
of converse ton in the cafes at lunch
hour. Diligent inquiry fails to discover
any senator who is prepared to oppose
the PETER resolution in a speech. No
body appears to want to talk against it.
Nobody wants to go into the cage with
that animal It is the unanimous opin-
ion in the senate that the PETER re-
solution is loaded.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16
Publication Notice.

TN the district court within and for the county OF
L Sherman and state of Kansas: American In
vestment Co. plaintiff, William X. Brown
and Maggie Brown and r. L. Brown defendants.
To r. L. Brown: You and each OF you will take
notice that the American Investment Co., plain
tiff, has heretofore flied their petition in the dis
trct court within and for the county of Sherman
and state of Kansas, against William K. Brown
Maggie Brown and r. L. Brown as defendants and
that you and each of you must answer said petition
before the 18th day of March, 1894, or said
dered accordingly against said defendants
William <. Brown and Maggie Brown for the sum
of s46575 with interest thereon the rate of II per
cent per from the Ist day of July, 1890, and
for cost of suit; and further judgment against
each and all the above named defendants for the
foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by said de-
PENDANTS, William K. Brown and Maggie Brown
and R. l. Brown TO American Investment Co. to
secure the payment of S46575 and interest dated
Ian. &C. 1885, and recorded in the Office of the regis
ter of deeds of Sherman county in book of
mortgages page 5o4, upon the following
described real estate to-wit: The northwest
quarter of section 81 in township 8, south of range
SO west of the sixth principal MERIDIAN, lying and
situate in the county of Sherman in the state of
Kansas, and adJudgiDg that the said plintif has the
first lien said premises to the amount for which
judgment will be taken aforesaid and ordering
the proceeds applied to the payment of the amount
due plaintiff and costs of suit and forever barring
and fOreclosing said defendants and each of them
of and from all right title estate interest property
and equity of redemption in and to said premises
or any part thereof. FRED A ALBEE,
w. H. PKocToR. Attorney for Pla ntif.
Clerk.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16
1.ESs0NS OF EASTER

EASTER which celebrates the resur-
rection of our Lord, is a festival that
more, perhaps, than any other express
ses the joy of christian faith Christ
mas is an occasion of rejoicing. 1t cele-
brates the beginning of the divine life
among men. But EASTER celebrates
its triumphant victory It helps us to
enter into the spirit of this great chris
tian festival, to stand in imagination in
the company of the disciples after the
crucifXion, and realize the sudden
flood of light and joy that burst upon
their hearts when they knew that Jesus
had risen from the dead.
But perhaps we gain still brighter
impression of the meaning of easter -
when we ask ourselves what difference
would it make to us if there had been
no Easter morning? A great many an
swers to that question will occur to US
all. If there had been no Easter morn
ing we should not have been certain, as
we are now, that there was an immort-
al life; we should not be certain, as we
INV r1LC O11ohO OOO0S was JIG Duh VI 0OO3
we should have no reason at all for be-
lieving that we have a living Saviour,
who has conquered our enemies, and
who loves and cares for us now.
In the outward world, what do these
warmer days, and the budding trees
and the grass becoming green, and the
nOrthward fight of the birds mean, but
this, that in a few weeks we shall be in
the glory and brightness of summer?
We shall have cold and dark days in
April and early May, but summer is
surely coming, and we rejoice because
the chains of winter are broken.
In the same way we rejoice in the re-
surrection of our Lord. He was the
''First-fruits' of them that slept. One
green blade of grass tells us of green
fields, one early rose tells of the album
dance of June, one robin, who has
found his way northward tells of the
multitude of feathered songsters that
viii soon be with u.s. So the resurrec
ton of Jesus tells US of better life, in
which death has been conquered. and
in which there is no sorrow, or crying.
or pain, or sin. He is the First fruit
of the coming harvest.
When we let such thoughts as these
linger in our. hearts, something of the
joy. and triumph of Christian faith
come with them We cannot make a
better use of "Easter" than just TO
think what it means, and then CARR
into the tasks at school, into. our home
life, into our business, and all our rela-
lions to other people, something of the
elevation Of spirit and the joy of heart
that Christ's victory for us has given
us.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16
AHEAD OF ZEE cOWcATCHER.

AHEAD OF THE COWCATCHER.
The electric headlight is now used on
many railroads, and W. B. Sparks, who
is interested in a southern road, re-
Gently told a writer for the Pittsburg
Dispatch that his company had found
it a very profitable investment. The
lights cost about 1925 each, fixed on
the locomotive, and they cost no more
than the oil light to maintain. The old
headlight would not throw its light on
a very dark night more than $50 feet,
and it is impossible for an engineer to
slow up his train in that distance, even
with the emergency brake. Quite an
item in the expense of the road used to
be claims for cattle killed. During the
rainy season the lands along the line of
the road become very wet in places
they are entirely covered with water
and the cattle come upon the track
seeking some dry spot on which to
sleep. When the old headlight was in
use as many as 13 COWS have been kill
ed at one time and the damage claims
have sometimes amounted to over a
thousand dollars per month. Now the
electric light throws its rays from half
to three-quarters of mile in front of
the engine. DISTINCTIONS can be easily
seen at that distance and some of the
engineers insist that switch disc can
be more easily made out by it at night
than in the daytime. The lights, more
over, do away with switch lights, which
is quite a saving to roads that use them
to any great extent. Mr.. Sparks says
that the engines using the electric
headlights on his road have never
killed a COW, and he is confdant that
the saving in stock claims alone will
moredhan pay for all the headlights
on the road within two years.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16
The TaIIow Tree of China.

The talIow tree, one of the most use
full plants in China. has two or three
representatives in our southern states.
The latter, however, are shrubs, while
the former is true tree. The tree is
valuable to the Chinese for several
purposes. It's seeds are thiclIy Gov
cred with a fatty substance, which,
when steamed, produces fat resem-
bling talIow, greatly esteemed for
candle making. The seeds themselves
yield. by pressing, a fine liquid oil.
The tree produces hard wood which
the natives use for printing blocks,
while its leaves make a fine black dye.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16
REPTRIJCAN sCHERIING.

The following Washington dispatch
explains the situation very graphically:
Both political parties are already
making preparations. for an unusual
contest in the congressional elections
next fall. Under the surface of a some
what cratic congress, the fiercest poll
tical duel of recent years is being
fought. There is so much on the sur
face which is distracting, so many small
conflicts and irritating disagreements
and disputes over what appear to be
small matters, the vital action is lost
sight of, and public attention is attract
ed to the happenings of today, yester-
day and tomorrow.
The conflict within the Democratic
party is irrepressible. Though the ad-
ministration has been generally able to
command congress, as in the silver
fight, the Hawaiian matter and other
things brought before the public, wicked
thrusts are being made constantly by
the opposing Democrats, and no unity
of thought or action is found. In a
hundred ways that do not attract pub
lie attention, Democratic senators and
representatives attack the administra-
ton, and there is a constant plotting
and contemplating for domination.
The Republicans in both houses are
striving for bigger game, and their &C
ton is governed by purpose to place
themselves in position where they shall
preserve their forces in compact order
for the struggle. The purpose of the
Republican leaders is to keep up the
conflict within the lines of the other
party as long as possible, irritating
first one and then the other to still
more bitter fractional disagreement
In the senate they might have prolong-
ed the contest over the federal cleo
tions bill indefinitely, and perhaps
have defeated it, but here the policy
controlled of giving their opponents
every opportunity to do what they re-
garded unwise, and the passage of the
bill was permitted in order to give
way for the tariff legislation, which
Wlt11O OppOo114SB OlAOy WOO4o PAOOoOAJ
not defeat if they could.
The current of talk is, that the pur
pose of all this fighting and plotting is
the control of the next house, because
of an Importance attached to it far be-
You'd the ordinary question of control
/ ling the legislative body. While little
is being said publicly on the question
there are very few who do not feel that
there is a probability that the next
house may be called upon to elect the
president. Mr.. Cleveland and his ad
visors are said to entertain this opin
ion, and so do Democratic leaders in
both senate and house. Whether adj
ministration or Observation-Disclosures
they believe that the dissatisfaction
among Democrats with Mr.. Cleveland's
administration will enlarge the vote OF
the Populists, besides losing the state
of New York to the Democrats, anC
argue if New York should go Republic
can and the Populists carry those
states they carried before, without
counting Alabama, which, it is believed
they will carry next time, the election
of president will devolve upon the
house. Therefore, the election next
fall of the house is looked upon as pos
sibly presidential as well as con
gressional election.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16
TOPEKA LITER NO. 5.
Farmer Smith Not GubernatOriaI Can.
didate-SiIver Shots.

Farmer Smith Not a GubernatOrial Can
didate-SiIver Shots.
TOPEKA, March 12.-Last week Farmer
Smith came out in a long letter declar
ing that he will not be candidate be-
fore the next Republican state conven-
ton for the Office of governor. Farmer
Smith might have saved himself con-
siderable labor as well as ridicule by
never writing that letter, as no sensible
person ever thought for moment that
he ever possessed so little political sa-
gacity as to even contemplate such a
break. The sooner Smith gets it into
his head that the people have no more
use for a single standard farmer than
they have for single standard Wall
streeter, the sooner he will show him
self to be a man of ordinary judgment
and political sagacity Smith is dead,
politically speaking, beyond resurec-
ton. Even Major Morrill, has got this
lesson to learn. We are told that one
of the main reasons why the Republi-
cans of Kansas want a banker for gov
ernor is that his candidacy will empha-
size to the eastern shylocks that the
party in the west is with them, that
they will the more readily and freely
contribute in cash to assist in downing
the populists who are for more money
and for the free coinage of silver at the
present ratio of 16 to l. Major Morrill,
may be nice man and all that, but his
ideas of finance are parallel with east
ern Republicans, and for this reason. if
for none other, the people of Kansas
will not put him at the head of our
state government.
The Republican and Democratic par
ties both declared in 1892 for both gold
and silver for money, yet 113 Democrats
and la Republicans in the house voted
for the unconditional repeal of the
Sherman law. In the senate the vote
was % Republicans and % Democrats
for repeal. Thus it will be seen that
while the Republicans are charging the
Democrats with inconsistency and
keeping bad faith with their promises
| the republicans beat them in both
! houses in the number of votes for the
repeal of the Sherman Iaw-the only
law that recognized silver for money
use. Read the promises of both parties
in their platforms in 1892 It is not
necessary to label them as both mean
| the same:
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16

LEwELLNG, governor of Kansas, prob
ably has had more newspaper attacks
than any living statesman, and yet it
does not seem to hurt him much. His
public and private life has not only
been intruded upon, but that of his
family as well. But the common peo-
pie, the people that are the nation, I'M
derstand why it is thus and are the
means of turning these assaults into
fboomerangs to the writer.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16

YELLOW fever has in less than week
carried off more people in Rio Janeiro
than have fallen under all the bonn
bardments of over 30 weeks. In Brazil
the truth of 'the medical axiom, that
disease is more dangerous than great
guns, would seem to be beyond ques-
ton.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16

.AHoRRBLE disclosure has been made
in Biskupitz, Austria, by the arrest-of
a gang Of men who for some time have
zen engaged in gripping children for
begging trade. Several unfortuna-
% ehildren were found in the house
with their legs and arm broken and
6pund IN positions of deformity. One
lttle girl Lad both eyes gouged out.
Instruments which had been used in
peeaucipg physical deformities were
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16
Legal Notice

First published Feb. I6.1
OFFICE of county treasurer, Goodland, Kansas,
~ February g. 1884, Notice is, hereby given that
the following described school land situated in
Sherman county, Kansas, will be sold by me at
public auction to the highest bidder at my Office
in the court house in GoodIand, Kansas, on the
z4th day of March, 1894, and that any person may
and shall have the privilege of making bid or
offer for said land or lands between the hours OF
10 o'clock a, m, and O'Clock p. of said day Of
sale and bid will be received for less than the
appraised value of said land and improvements,
payment to be made as provided by law, to-wit:
The northeast quarter of the northwest quarter Of
per acre; the northwest quarter Of the northwest
quarter of section go. township 7, range 81, APP
praised at s. 50 per acre, improvements SIz; the
southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of
section So, township 7. range 81 appraised at s.
per acre; the southeast quarter of the northwest
quarter OF section SO, township 2, range 81, APP
praised at s. so per acre. B. F. BRowN,
Treasurer of Sherman County.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16
while the above were the average

While the above were the average
prices in our pr ncipal markets, yet the
farmers of Kansas get from 81 to Al
cents per bushel for their wheat. What
is you party toyouif it persists in pass
ing laws to rob you? Would you still
cling to an old friend who had thus
shamefully connived with a band of
robbers to steal all you had? Then why
hesitate to turn you back upon your
party for thus plotting with the gold
sharks to rob you and your family of
your hard earnings by manipulating
the laws to that end JMP.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16

comfortable building erected than a
sod house. They are not at all damp,
as one would suppose, and are warm as
you could desire in winter, while in
summer they are the most delightfully."-
cool places imaginable. But they are
rapidly disappearing now and when
you see one you are sure to find near
it modern cottage with its windmill,
just as you do at our place"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16
Qualification Notice.

tETSt Published an. 20
I N the District Court, within and for the county
F. Federman plaintiff, Marcus Brown, OTilla
Brown, c. P. Russell and Orisa a. RUSSELL defend
ants Marcus Brown, OriIla Brown, G. P. Russell
and OTisa A, Russell will take notice that the said
William F. Federman, plaintiff, did, on the 25th
day of January 1894, file his petition in said dis
trict court within and for the county of Sherman,
in the state of Kansas, against the said Marcus
Brown Orilla Brown, c. P. Russell and Orisa A.
Russell, defendants, and that the said Marcus
Brown, Orilla Brown, c. P. Russell and Orisa a.
said before the zznd day of March, 1884,, or
said petition viii be taken true, and judgment
rendered in said action against said defendants,
Marcus Brown and OrIlla Brown husband and
WIFE for the sum of one hundred and twenty-nlne
and twenty one-hundredths dollars, with interest
the Ist day of March, 1893, and for costs of suit;
and q further Judgment against said defendants,
Marcus Brown, OTilla Brown, G. p. Russell and
OTiSa A. Russell for the foreclosure of certain
mortgage upon the the foilowing-described real
estate, tO-wit; Lots No. twenty-five Isl, twenty
six (z6) and rwenty-seven tz7, in block one IL in
the First (Ist) addition to the city of Goodland,
Kansas, lying and situated IN the county of Sher-
man, in the state of Kansas, and adjudging that
the said plaintiff mas the first lien said premises
as aforesaid and ordering said premises to be sold
with appTaisement, and the proceeds applied to
the payment of the amount due plaintiff and costs
of suit and forever barring and forecfosing said
defendants, and each of them OF and from all right
title, estate, interest property and equity of re-
thereof. And that aTeceiver be appointed TO take
possession. control and charge of said premises
and collect the rents and profits thereof during the
pending of this action WILLIAM P FEDERAdAS.
By F. a. Albee and Il. Andrews,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Attest. w n PRocToR Clerk
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16

In spite of the interest long felt in
the cliff dwelers of the west, there are
still some fine examples of their work
in eastern Utah as yet unexplored. The
approach from this side is. over the
ranges and high mesas of western Colo
rado, a country most difficult to trav-
erse, and peopled chiefly by miners too
eager for gold and silver to give much
Time or thought to ethnography. This
may explain the fact that SO interest
ing a region remains negle ted.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16

SHOT and shell with an occasional dy-
Mantle bomb served to make life at Rio
enjoyable this week. But the yellow
ack says nothing, makes no noise and
kills two people where explosives kill
ono
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-16

THERE are occasions when the United
States government can afford to spend
some money for a sentimental purpose.
The historic ship of war Kearsarge, re-
Gently sunk on West Indian reef, can
be raised by the expenditure of a few
thousand dollars. There should be no
hesitation about ordering the expendi-
ture. The old vessel may not be worth
raising from material standpoint, but
she occupies a place in American naval
history second only to that of the fri
gate Constitution. 1t would be pitiful
economy to allow her bones to rot on a
coral reef for the sake of few dollars.
She should be raised, towed to one of
the national navy yards and retired
from service as an honored veteran
whose fighting days are over.