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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-30
Preserving Soil Moisture.


In the regions which are practically rain
less during the seaaon for growing certain
crops it becomes important to know if any
system of cultivation can materially assist
in retaining the natural moisture of the
soil for use by the growing crop. The
answer is decidedly in the affirmative. By
careful and thorough cultivation whereby
the surface soil is finely pulveriZed, the
water naturally or otherwise in the soil is
largely prevented from evaporation, no
matter how hot the sun or how drying the
wind. Evaporation from any soil takes
place only as the water is brought to the
surface by the forces of capillary attrac-
ton; and whenever the capillarity is broken
up by the shallow but through cultivation,
evaporation must cease in corresponding
degree, since the saltwater fails to come
to the surface of the ground. In fact, the
well puverized layer of earth at the sur
face serves as mulch in retaining the
moisture beneath it. This should obvious
~ not be too deep, since the effect of con-
tinually stirring the SCil would be to eX-
pose to the sun and air greater surface
and hence expediate evaporation. Shallow
and frequent cultivation therefore, not al
lOW1LlS LAIC VI now tuOCo
by the gradual settling of the soil, is mani
testify the remedy against injury of GUILTY.
able crops from the effects of long cOntinu-
ed drouths. So well are these principles
understood in some parts of the rainless
belt that good crops of fruit and even corn
are raised without drop of rainfall or of
irrigating water during the period of their
growth. It should be said, however, that
this result can scarcely Ee attained except
the soil be of nature to retain moisture,
and except also it has been well soaked by
the rains of the previous winter season.
Those advantages of thorough cultivation
are strikingly illustrated among the orange
orchards of southern California. AS a
general rule the orange tree requires a
large amount of moisture. and when each
gallon of irrigating applied to an orchard
must be paid for, the quantity of water
used cuts figure in the years expenses.
1t is found, therefore, by ample experience
that by system of careful cultivation of
orchards as above suggested, considerable
saving in water tax may be effected, while
the resulting crop has been still further be-
Melted by this extra cultivation received.
Itmay therefore be regarded as a safe prac-
tice to cultivate crops thoroughly and often
during periods of drouth; ana this rule
holds as good for Ohio as Arizona As be-
fore stated, however,I the culture should
/ not he deep, and the finer the surface soil is
pulveFized the better, and if the top layer
of soil be as dry as powder and as fine it
viii serve the purpose of a mulch all the
better and give surprising resultS.-Irriga-
ton Age.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-30
Publication Notice.

TN the district court within and for the county of
Sherman and state of Kansas: American In
veStment Co. plaintiff, VS.. William K. 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 filed their petition in the dis
trict 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 said petition
on or before the 18th day of March, 1884,, said
petition will be taken true and judgment rem
dered accordingly against said defendants,
of $655 with interest thereon at the rate of per
cent per annum 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 certain mortgage given by said de-
PENDANTS, William K. Brown and Maggie Brown
and r. L. Brown 10 American Investment Co. to
secure the payment of S465.z5 and interest dated
Jam co. 1885, and recorded in the office of the regis
ter of deeds of Sherman county in book 6 of
mortgages page 5o4, upon the following
described real estate to-wit: The northwest
quarter of section 81 township s, south of range
50 west of the sixth principal MERIDIAN lying and
situate in the county of Sherman in the state of
Kansas and adjudging that the said plintf 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. PROCTOR. Attorney for Pia ntiff.
Clerk.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-30
Legal Notice.

First published Feb. 10
OFFICE of county treasurer, Goodand, Kansas,
~ February 6, 1894. Notice is hereby given that
the following 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 Goodland Kansas, on the
oath day of March, 1894, and that any person may
and shall have the privilege of making bid or
cffer 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 provided by law, to-wit
The northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of
per acre; the northwest quarter of the northwest
quarter of section SO, township 7, range 81, ap-
praised at $3.50 per acre, improvements SIz; the
southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of
section &C. township u range 81, appraised at s35
per acre; the southeast quarter of the northwest
quarter of section SO, township 7, range 81, ap-
praised at s.. so per acre. B. F. BRowN
Treasurer of Sherman County.
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HOBBIES OF NOTED WOMEN.

Actors and Singers Particularly Notice
able for Their odd Fads.
The princess of Wales has mania for
collecting postage stamps. Queen Vic
tOria'S hobby finds vent in the collection of
curious coins. The late ComtPSSe RuSpOli
spent many years of her life in collecting
NapoleOnic relics and succeeded in acquir-
ing very valuable assortment.
Professional women are, according to the
Philadelphia Times. most given to this
sort of thing. Clara Morris and Mrs.
Langtry dote on horses. the latter having
put to good use her love of them by the dis
erection she exercises in buying those that
win many a purse for her on the turf
Mrs. Bernard Beere buys mechanical
dolls as other women invest in bon bonS,
and her collection is a large and valuable
one. Fanny Davenport goes in for antique
jewelry and odd hair pins, while Pauline
Halls more modern taste inclineS her
toward sapphireS and turquOises. 1t is said
she posses more beautiful marquise rings
than any woman in the profession.
Christine Nilsson has fancy for fans of
rare lace and exquisite workmanship. This
little hobby is one of the most expensive
ones that can be thought of, and unless one
possesses royal friends or royal pocket
book the mania should be transferred to
something less apt to bankrupt one.
Agnes Repplier, as a representative lit
erary woman, divides her time between
her essays and large and interesting
family of cats that she adores. Bernhardt'S
fads are too numerous to mention, while
there many women in private life who let
their fancy run rampant On shoes, old sill
yer, laces, autographs and in fact hundreds
of queer fancies, for individual tastes, lie
in different directions, and the world of
women is ever growing larger.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-30
Startling.

Here is n word of solemn warning we
find in an exchange, which we commend to
our young lady readers. Two Paducah
young ladyS, while on visit to Louisville,
saw in photographers case picture of
some pretty girls peering through hole in
a newspaper. Sliced with the idea, the
visitors FASTENED to knight of The snap
shot and had themselves cameraed in like
position The pictures were printed and
delivered. At first the young ladies were
delighted with the likeness, but when sew
eraI had been given away, mostly to gem
tleman friends. the girls made most hor
rifying discovery. The photographers had
used a Louisville daily for framing their
heads. and directly beneath where the two
smiling faces appeared was the big adver
tisement of a large clothiEg establishment,
beginning as follows: There are no flies
on rs. Our pants are reinforced in the
seat
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-30
Alias Notice-Timber culture.

First published March I6.l
TINTED States land office, Colby, Kan, Feb
~ TO- 1894, No II1I6. Complaint having been
entered at this Office by E. S. Knight against
Louis Stupke for abandoning his homestead entry
No 1861, dated May 2, 1893, upon the southwest
quarter section II, township south, range 80
west, in Sherman county, Kansas, with view to
the cancellation of said entry contestant alleging
that the said Louis Stupke has wholly abandoned
said tract that he has changed his residence there
from for more than six months since making said
entry, that said tract is not settled upon and cult
waited by said party as required by law and that
said Louis Stupke has not built, fenced cultivat-
ed residad upon in any way improved said
tract any part thereof since the date of his said
entry and that each and every such failure exists
at this date, Nov. z5 1895. The said parties are
hereby summoned appear at this Office the
10Th day of April 1894, at O'Clock to respond
and furnish testimony concerning said alleged alb
andonment. CYRUS ANDERSON,
G. L. CALvERT, Register.
Attorney for Plaintiff
Service by publication allowed.
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Publication Notice.

tEIrSt published FEB. o.
N the district within and for the county of
L Sherman in the state of Kansas: Frank Felbel
plaintiff, Peter Boyd, Bell Boyd, E. S. Teagar-
den, Sarah A. TeagardeR and the Sherman County
bank defendants. The said defendants, E. s. Tea
that the said Frank Telbel plaintiff, did, the
9TH day of February 1894 file his petition in said
district court within and for the county of Sher-
man in the of Kansas, against the said defcn-
dants and that the said E. S. Teagarden and
Sarah A. Teagarden must answer said petition filed
as aforesaid before the 23rd day of March,
1894 said petition will be taken true and Iudg
ment rendered in said action against said defend
ants, Peter Boyd and Bell Boyd for the of two
hundred dollars S2ool with interest thereon at the
rate of per cent per annuEl from the Ist day Of
June 1893, and for of suit; and further judy
nent against said defendants. Z. s. Teagarden-
Sarah A. Teagarden, Peter Boyd Bell Boyd and
the Sherman County bank for the foreclosure of a
certain mortgage upon the following described real
estate. to-wit: Lots number and two II and p
and south half of northeast quarter (S1z NEA)
of section four al in township nine o.
south Of range thirty-nine (39l west of the
sixth principal meridian, lying and situat-
ed in the county of Sherman in the state of Kan
sas, and adjudging that the said plaintiff has the
for which judgment will be taken as aforc-
said and ordering said premises to be sold
with appraisement, and 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 re-
demption, to said premises any part thereof.
w H. PROCTOR HoYr ANDREWS,
Clerk. Attorney for Plaintiff
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THE GREAT
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TO The EAST.
Best Dining Car Service
In the IV0rLd.

The Rock Island is foremost in
adopting any advantage to i'm
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ment is thoroughly complete with
vestibuled trains and magnificent
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coaches, all the most elegant and
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The Importance of this line can be
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What is the great eastern termini
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Chicago. What other sub-eastern
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For full particulars as to tickets,
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ticket agent in the United States,
Canada or Mexico, or address
E. ST JOHN, JOHN SEBASTIAN,
GenI Manager. Genl Tiki & Pass. Agt
CHICAGO, ILL.
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Notice.

First published March O.
IT NlTED tates land office, Colby. Kan, Feb
u ruary 10. 1894, No. IIIz7. Complaint having
been entered at this Office by Frank A. Vincett
against William Ackley for abandoning his home
stead entry No. Io277 dated eptember ;, 1886
upon the southeast quarter of section g. town
ship SOUTH range AZ west. IN herman county,
Kansas, with view the cancellation of said
entry; alleging that the said William Ackley has
wholly abandoned said tract, that he has changed
his residence therefrom for more than six months
since making said entry: that said tract
tied upon ard cultivated by said party required
by law, that said William Ackley has never made
any improvements of any kind upon said tract;
that all of these failures this date February
:, Ieo4; the said parties are hereby summoned to
appear this Office the 10th day of May, 1891
O'Clock m. to respond and furnish teSti-
mony concerning said alleged abandonment
CYRUS ANDERSON, Register.
eTvice by publication
Heyt Andrews Attorney
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-30
Sherins Sale.

First published March ~
STATE Of kansas. Sherman county. IS Eaxeri
~ s. FreeIand plaintiffs, Henry Price, de
fendanf. By virtue Of an execution TO me directed
and delivered issued cut of the 34th district cOur
of the state Of sitting in and for Sherman
county. In said state viii, Saturday, the STst
day of March, A. D. 1894. between the hours Of Il
O'Clock q M and o'clock p m. Of said day, Al
the court house door IN Goodsznd, IN the county
and state aforesaid. offer at public sale and sell
10 the highest bidder for cash IN hand all flse
right, title and interest of the above nsUed de
fendan1 IN and the following described rea
estate property to-sFit- The southeast quarter Of
section seven (zls township seven u, soufh Of
rage thIrtyseyen al west OF the sixth principal
meridian Said property levied on and e be sold
as the properly OF the above named defendant
w k BKoNS. SssscS zEssP.
AtleIneY sor PIaIntiE. ShsEia.
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SheriTa Sale.

First published March =
TN the district of the gath judicial district
L sitting IN and for the comfy of Sherman, in
the state of Kansas: The Nebraska Loan & Trust
Co., plaintiff. VS.. George NJ. Caldwell. defendant
BY virtue of order of sale issued to me, out Of
said district court in the above entitled action,
Will, on Saturday, the 3Ist day of March. a. D.
1894, at I O'Clock p. of said day. at the east
front door Of the court house in the city of Good
land, In the county of Sherman. in the state of
Kansas offer public sale and sell the highest
and best bidder for cash IN hand all the follow
ing described real estate to1yxit Southeast quar-
of section twenty (=o;. township eight 81 south
range thirty-nine so west of the sixth principal
MERIDIAN lying and situate IN the county of SheT-
man in the state of Kansas The above described
real IS taken the property of said defend
and is directed by said order of sale be sold
and viii be sold without appTaisement to satisfy
said order of sale SIMos KEMP,
G. c. PEzDTEU, Sheriff of Sherman County.
Attorney
DQted at my Office IN GoodIand Kan, this zzth
day pr February, I6o4.
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Forrot 10 KIM HImslef.

sThere are some queer people in this
world" remarked Justice Hause, the mat
rimonial magistrate, to the Louisville Com
mercial. Nov, used to know the most
absent-minded man in the world. BE lived
in Harrisburg, Pa. One time he was feet
ing particularly down-hearted, and he re-
solved to commit suicide. He went down
to the drug store and bought 10 cents
worth of arsenic, which he Intended to
take. On the way back he met number
of friends. had good laugh with them,
and by the time he reached home he had
forgotten all about his former intention OF
dying. Just after supper he found the
poison IN his pocket. He remembered buy
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AIleeed aTvths Defended

A recent writer maintains that Shake
speare repeated not myth, but truth. in
speaking of the poison which the toad dis
tills. Midsummer madness and moon mad
ness are recognized as facts by the latest
science. And if no man ever saw in life
the lind worm ana the griffin of Ten tonic
legend we need only to look into a palean-
tOlogieai museum TO find their prototypes.
Heredosus, with his story of a race of
dvvarfs in the region of the mountains of
the Moon and near the sources of the Nile,
was the very prince Of liars until Nr. stan
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-30
Alias Notioe-Tlmber Culture.

isl pubIISIled MATCH 10
TINTED States laud Office Colby. Kan, Feb.
~ 10. ISo4. No. IIIoI- Complaint having been
entered at this Office by Harry 81. Lower against
Calvin PIessinger for failure comply with law
as TO timbeT-cuiture entry No 65z8 dated May 10,
1888, upon the northeast quarter section 3D. town
ship south. range 81 west, IN Sherman county.
Kansas with view TO the cancellation of said
entry, contestant alleging that said Calvin Pies
singer has wholly failed at any time during the
present time TO Plow plant cultivate to trees.
tree seeds. cuttings single acre Of said tract
said tract has been wholly abandoned and left TO
grow I'D to dense mass ofw eeds and grass with
cut any care os cultivation whatever since the
summer Of 1885, and each and every faiiaTe exists
At this date. Oct ), 1853 The szEd parties are
hereby summoned 70 appear At this Office On the
I9th day OF April. 1884, at O'Clock a uf-to re-
stond and furnish testimony concerning said al
legged failure CFzUs ASDERsos
G. L CALvERr, Register
attorney for Plaintiff
Service BY pEbIicaffcn-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-03-30
SHE SNlCKEReO.
a Case Where the Astrology Racket Did
Not Work.

a Case Where the AstrOlOgy Racket Did
Not Work.
The brOWn-eyed, blonde young woman
from the west had charmed swell young
man with her large and commodiouS for
tune, and he was doing all in his power to
win her, says the Detroit Free Press. She
wasn't fool by a great deal, and that
made it 90 per cent more difficult for him,
and forced him to develop all his resources.
At last he struck upon a plan which he
thought had the prize package in II: -
81 have never told you,' he said to her
one evening, ''that long before 1 ever saw
you fate had directed me to you.''
"Indeed ?'' she responded, so sincerely
that his heart beat faster, and her face
blushed at the compliment.
Eyes, and it came about in Il remarkable
way. Just for fun, one day, 1 consulted an
astrologist, and she told me that I would
never care for any woman until had met
one who was then only a schoolgirl,
beautiful golden-haired creature, with
wonderful brown eyes, whose home was
toward the setting sun. l laughed at the
prophecy, but found that the words of the
seer were true, for 1 never cared for any
woman until [ saw you
Then he stopped, embarrassed and palpit-
ating, thinking she would fall into his
arms. But she did not; on the contrary
she snickered.
care you sure your astrological friend
spoke of a aOlden-haired schoolgirl ?'' she
asked.
GLOW could l ever forget ?'' he respond
ed, intensely.
''YOu couldn't probably she twittered;
''only when 1 was a schoolgirl 1 wasn't
golden-haired. I've only been using blond
inc for the last year, don't you know ?"
And then heavy weight seemed to fall on
him and he staggered away.
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ing it, but for the life of him he could not
think for what he had bought it. Finally
he decided that his fine pointer dog must
have done something to deserve death, and
he administered the poison. The dog was
just making his last kick when the man
remembered. He put up monument on
the dogs grave with the Inscription, Gave
up his life for his friend -
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Had the Old Man freed.

Whoever has sent the Washington mOnu-
ment in Baltimore, with the crouehing
bronze lion of Barge near its base, will APP
preciate the story they tell about the rustic
huntsman OH his first visit to town. He
was shown all the objects of interest in
Baltimore one by one, but gave each only a
passing glance and not even so muck as a
word of comment. When he came in sight
of the Washington monument, however, n
new light shot from his eye. at last it was
obvious that something had been found to
interest him. He scanned the shaft for
some minutes, running his eye from the
base to the point on which the statute
stood and back again, then fastening his
gaze on the crOuching lion as if fascinated.
His lips parted, and his city friends drew
near to hear his criticisms of the sculptor's
art. At last out came the words, ''B' CAD,
he's got the old man freed, amt he ?''-
Kate Fields Washington.
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SOME OF oyR sroeEHorpERe.

c. Dunlap, ......: $500. Topeka, Kas.
Gen. Snpt. c. R. 1. & p. RY. Co.
Allen Moore, ..............C hillicOthe, Mo-
Pres. ChillicOthe Norm. & Bus. College.
Ed. Sager, ............. Stanberry, Mo
President Bank of Conception.
A. l.. Tomblin, ............. Stanberrv, Mo.
President Bank of Stanberry.
L. l. Lancaster, ...-.... Presley, KaS.
Farmer.
odSer " SaSeT, Clyde, Mo.
Bankers.
w. r. Morton, ..............G Oodland, KaS
TrainmaSter G. r. 1. q p. Ry. Co
John Fitzgerald, -. .GO0dland, Kas
ROadmaster e. r. 1. & p. Ry. Co.
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II. Hutchinson. ....... ....Goodland, Kas.
ROadmaster's Clerk.
VIM. Mcclellan, .Goodland, KaS.
Engineer G. r. l. 4; p. Ry. Co.
II. Andrews, ............. .GOOdland, kas.
County Attorney Sherman County.
4. i. Keith. ............. .Goodland, kaS.
Engineer e. r. 1. Il p. Ry. Co.
NJ. B. TOmbiin,. ......... GOodland, kas.
President Sherman County Bank.
j NJ. JORDAN. .SIOOQiauOs Ane
Canister Sherman County Bank.
b. F. Brown, .GOodland, Kas.
County Treasurer Sheman County.
Mary II. Maxwell, .........G OOdland, KaS.
Guardian.
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what Efectricity Is.

Here is the answer of Professor Galileo
Ferraris. a genial Italian scientist, to a
you2g lady who pr0pounded to him the
question. ..Nhat is electricity % Max
well has demonstrated that luminous "
brations can be nothing else than periodic
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DIRECTORS.

H. WPFcM HG6E6v A l. TQMB6N WM MGIEiLAN ~ JoRPA
r l. LANCASTER, Q: DUNLAP. NJ. b. TOMBLIN
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ley rediscovered those very dwarfs in that
very region and Emin Pasha sent some liv-
ing specimens back to civilization.
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Capital and Surplus,

Designated Depository for County Funds, and
Bankers for c. r. l. & P. Ry. Co. at GoodIilnd