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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18
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Near the old courthouse in Pough-
keepsie there stood years ago a tavern
kept by Mr.. Hatch Tt was no un-
common thing, says The Green Bag, to
see ''the court" jury, counsel, sheriff,
constabIes, prisoners and all adjourn
to Mr.. Hatch's bar for drinks.
On one of these social occasions the
prisoner, a horse thief, slipped away
from his constables. When the judge
resumed his seat the fact was made
known to him.
At first he said nothing, but appeared
to be in deep thought. Finally he arose
and with more than his usual gravity
delivered himself as follows:
Gentlemen of the jury, I am told
that the prisoner has informally taken
leave of the court and gone the sheriff
knows not whittier. This gives the case
before you more perplexed phase, as
the statutes distinctly provide that the
prisoner shall at no time during trial,
sentence or punishment absent himself
from the officers of the law.
'9ThereSRre it only remains for me to
say that further prosecution in this
case must be postponed until there
turn of the damned scoundrel who has
thus informally trifed with the dignity
of the court and the people of the state
of New York.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18
lay. as recommended 81 the state com

day. as recommended b the state com
mittee.
Secretaries of county committees
please forward certified lists of dele
gates to secretary congressional com
mittee. F. c. johnson, Phillipsburg,
Kansas.
1.-THE Peoples party at the outset, to
secure permanent control of the party
organization, unaffected by the inter
ests of those in public service. does
hereby, in the national convention
assembled at Omaha, and this 4th day
of July, 1892, establish this ordinance
as fundamental laws of the party or
ganization, viz: No persons holding
any Office or position of profit, trust or
emolument under the federal or any
state or municipal government, includ-
ing senator's, congressman, and mem
bers of the legislature, state and local,
shall be eligible to sit or votes in any
convention of this party, and a copy OF
this ordinance shall be annexed to
every call for any future convention OF
the party" F. G. JOHNSON,
Jos. DARLING, Secretary.
Chairman
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18
Mint Marks,

The 'mint marks" on our silver coin
age are so we'll known that almost any
school child can tell you where a piece
was coined. The ''s'' means that it is
from the San Francisco mint; ''cc'' that
twas made at Carson City, and ''o''
that it was the work of the New Orleans
money makers.
Besides the above you will find some
very small letters occasionally, espe-
cially on the standard dollar, the Col
umbian coins, and the 1893 design in
the quarters and half-dollar pieces. On
the standard dollar the letter is mi
croscopic SIN" on the left loop of the
ribbon which binds the wreath sur
rounding the eagle. Another 'm" of
larger dimensions may also be found
on the same coin at the lower edge of
the hair. These miniature letters are
private marks of Mason, the man who
made the dies.
On the Columbian coin we find a
clear-cut 3d. the initial of Barber, the
die-sinker.
Reference on the subject informs us
that it was formerly capital offense
for a European die-sinzer to mark his
coins, but from the enormous size of
the initials now used by most trades
men of that craft across the water we
should judge that the law was obsolete.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18
Victoria,s Old Clothes.

Queen Victoria has very pretty feet,
despite her bulky, unwieIdy frame.
They are smaller and dainter than the
feet of any of her children, according
to correspondent. She always wears
an old-fashioned congress gaiter, and
her last is in the keeping of the provin-
cial bootmakers at Windsor and Bal
moral, as well as the court maker in
London. Likewise have the provincial
diapers the block upon which are fash
toned her majesty's caps. The caps are
always made of fine white crepe lisse
The queen orders these caps by the
dozen. Six dozen caps generally suffice
for a single sojourn at Windsor castle.
Six dozen night dresses are crumpIed
during a Windsor visit. Never is the
same night-dress worn second time,
even after laundering. Who gets them?
All, that's the head-dresser's secret. It
is supposed that she plies a fine trade
in royal rubbish. Her majesty's man
ties are always made after the same
model They number six for winter
and six for summer wear. Black ma
terials of various degrees of weight and
warmth make the winter wraps, while
those reserved for summer are made
of rich white silk, daintiIy lined and
trimmed with four or six bands Of mar
row black braid or cord.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

New JERSEY lightning has popu-
larry been supposed to produce the
most completely paralyzing -.jag" in
the briefest space of time of any liquid
on earth. But it has failed to satisfy
the demands of the bibuIous citizens
of that state, and now the popular
drunk is the ''paregoric drunk and
that mosquito county is full of it
Paregoric contains both alcohol and
opium, and the victim of this new habit
enjoys the double sensation of hilarity
and sweet Inconsistencies beyond all
measure OF course, there's a great
difference in the morning, but this has
not stayed the growth, of the habit,
and the mayor of Plainfeld has been
compelled to issue a proclamation for
bidding the sale OF the stuff.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

for it and got it. [ lookedsaround for
the Franklin Pierce, but she was no
where in sight. The storm increased in
violence. It seemed as if there was
something under the water raising it
up all the time, and rode waves on
that coop that would have swamped
the Great Eastern, firmly believe.
'I reckon I'd been tossing about for
over an hour when a big black mass
seemed to come up out of the water in
front of me. At the same moment I
felt the water fairly jump under me,
and was thrown forward as if out of
a catapult. The shock broke my hold
on the coop and away went buried in
water. Then / struck something hard,
and grabbed thing that struck my
hand and held on like grim death. It
was rope. The water left me and I
opened my eyes, but closed them again
as another wave came. I knew I was on
a vessels deck and I lay down and
waited. The storm went down almost
as suddenly as it came up. Gentlemen,
as I stand here 1 found when I could
examine my whereabouts that had
been washed back on the Pierce"
As Captain Fallon concluded pro-
cession of limp men started solemnly in
the direction of the bar, and waited for
him to say the word.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

agony. Another, hurting through the
air with unerring aim, struck the bride
full on the head and knocked her
senseless.
This was too much for the BRIDE
groom. Leaping from his cart, with
his bale stick in hand, he set about to
thrash every one of the guests. AS
might be inferred, wild riot ensued,
or was about to, when policeman
came up and put a stop to it. Moth
ing, however could appease the dusky
bridegroom until the officer assured
him that he was not the victim of any
indignity, but merely the object of a
bridal custom such as white folks al
ways observed. = Cincinnati Com
nnaroial
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a FaiInre.

A young man who was to make his
first political speech this year in
Maine arranged with a friend in the
audience that at the first Indication of
embarrassment on the part of the
speaker he should pretend to have a
fit, SO that during the excitement
created the speaker should have time
to recover. The night came. The
young speaker began to stammer.
The ''chum," sitting in the second row
of the guidance, started twitching of
face and jerking of muscles that was a
very good imitation of a man about to
fall in a fit. But it happened that
next to the pretended sick man sat a
doctor. He at once began an exami-
nation, and within two minutes, rising
angrily to his feet, he said to the curl
Gus crowd, Gentlemen, this man is no
more i'll than you are His illness is
wholly pretended, and doubtless is
stimulated for the express purpose of
preventing our bright young friend''-
pointing to the man on the platform
-sfrom finishing his speech The
crowd became angry. They pounded
the sick" man, tore his clothes, and
threw him down two fights of stairs
into the street.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18
Capture of Merchantmen.

1
1t is principally by capturing the
! enemys merchantmen and national
cargoes that cruisers can damage him,
and for this purpose commercial
steamers armed with some heavy gun
can very efficiently be employed, as
their swiftness enables them to escape
the pursuit of hostile cruisers, says
The Contemporary Review This me.
thod of injuring the enemy's commerce
is in no way hindered by the declara-
ton of Paris of April 16, 1856, and in
itself is as legitimate to destroy the
enemy's commerce as to attack his
fleets or fortresses. Nevertheless, the
advantage of the seizure of the enemy
property on the high seas has been
much exaggerated First, as Lord
Palmerston himself acknowledged in
his speech at Liverpool. November 7,
1856, the fate of war is never decided
by loss of private property on the sea.
In the war of 1841-8 against France
and Spain, England lost no less than
3,298 ships, yet at the peace of Aix-la-
Chapelle she came out of the trouble
victorious In the same way, during
the Napoleonic wars the French priva-
teers heavily damaged the British mer-
chant service, yet at the end of these
wars British commerce had trebled.
On the other hand, during this time
the French commercial marine was an
initiated, no merchantmen dared leave
port, but it was solely through decisive
defeats of her armies that France was
vanquished
The Alabama and other cruisers of
the southern states certainly did in
finite harm to the shipping of the
north, but they did not prevent the
defeat of the south. In our days even
the force of destruction is greatly di-
Unfinished. As soon as war is declared
the telegraph informs all ships liable
to seizure, and they enter the nearest
national or neutral port, where they
remain until the end of the war. Very
few German ships were taken in 1901
although the French navy had the full
command of the sea; the whole damage
Germany suffered was that her com
mercial navigation was suspended,
while she could easily draw all the
goods she wanted from neutral coun-
tries. The fact is that the Paris dec
laration is all in favor of neutrals; to
them goes the whole commerce.of the
belligerents, because their flag covers
the cargo.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

The basis for said representation is
two delegates at large for each county
and one additional delegate for each
$50 votes, or major fraction thereof,
cast for R. S. Osborne for secretary of
state, determined by adding the vote
cast for him in 1890 and in 1892, and
dividing the result by two.
Delegates to the said convention will
be elected by regularly called county
convention of the party, and it is re-
commended that conventions for cleo
ton of delegates to this convention be
held in all counties in the state on the
24th day of May, 1894, and that the
primaries for electing delegates to said
county convention be held on Tuesday,
the 22d day of May, at such places as
may be designated by the call for
county conventions.
It is also recommended that, at the
county conventions held for the pur-
pose of electing delegates to this con-
vention, the county central committee
for the campaign of 1894 be selected,
and that said committee meet immedi-
ately after the adjournment of said
convention for the purpose of organic
ing; that the selection of the county
committee be made the first order of
business in said convention after per-
manent organization.
The secretary of said county conven-
ton will forward to the state chairman
list of the delegates and alternates,
together with list of the county cen
trail committee selected, Immediately
after the adjournment of said conven
ton.
Tt is recommended that in the selec-
ton of delegates to said state conven-
ton the several committees refrain
from electing any state officer or state
employee.
It is further recommended, that all
persons, irrespective of former party
affiliations, who believe in the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1; who believe in more money
and less taxes; who believe in strict
economy in government affairs; who
believe in a graduated Income tax; who
believe in government ownership of
railroads; who believe the promises
made by the government to the soldier
when he enlisted be strictly fulfilled;
who believe that freight and passenger
rates in Kansas should be based on the
actual cost on construction and Iegiti-
mate expense of operating the railroads
and that such rates should be reduced
to correspond with the reduced prices
of products of labor; who believe that
the wages due railroad employees should
be first lien on all property Of the
road, payable before any other claim
whether the road is operated by the
company or by receivers, and that no
officer or stakeholder of any railroad
should be appointed a receiver thereof; /
and all who believe that the legislation
outlined herein will restore prosperity
to the country, and enable thousands
who are now tramping the country in
enforced idIeness to secure profitable |
employment and enjoy the fruits
thereof, be invited to participate in the
primaries and conventions.
JOHN w. BREDENTHAL, Chairman
CHARLES s. DAVIS. Secretarye
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18
Congressional Convention

A delegate convention of the Peoples
party of the Sixth congressional dis
trict, is hereby called to meet at Colby,
June 6. at 11:30 o'clock a. m, for the
purpose of placing in nomination a
candidate for congress from said Sixth
district.
The basis of representation is one
delegate at large from each county,
and one delegate for every 800 votes
or major factions thereof cast for Hon.
L. D. Lewelling for governor in cleo
ton Of 1892
The several counties are entitled to
ranresoufa4ioD a. ff,IIoxvs-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18
County Convention.

A delegate convention of the Peo-
pies party of Sherman county, Kansas
will be held at the courthouse, in the
city of Goodland, on Thursday, May
"a, 1884, at 1920 o'clock a. M, for the
purpose of electing four delegates and
four alternates to the state convention
to be held at Topeka on the 18th day of
June, 1894, and also to elect three dele
gates and three alternates to the Sixth
district congressional convention to be
held at Colby on the 9th day of June,
1894
The several voting precincts will be
entitled to representation at said con
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

A NUMBER of Cinnamon, who were
being sent back to the FIowery King
dom in accordance with the deporta-
ton clause in the anti Chinese law,
left the steamer at Victoria and are
now at large under the protection of
the British flag. This escapade sug
gests the advisability of securing the
assistance of Great Britain in carrying
ont the law or of shipping Cinnamon
on steamers that do not touch at
British ports en- route. "For ways that
dark and for tricks that are vain the
heathen Chinee is peculiar
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18
Earth Has Begun WabblIne.

Observations are to be made stimuli
taneously at Washington and at Manila.
in the Philippine islands, which are al
most directly opposite Washington on
the other side of the globe, to see what
is the matter with the axis of our
planet. Observations show that for
some time the earth has not been re-
volving on that important, if imagin-
airy, support, as she has done for cen
turtles, and scientists have decided that
it is time to find out, if possible, what
it all means. Those who have studied
the subject declare that, If the varia-
lions continue IN the course of some
very long and very definite period We
shall have an arctic climate at Wash
ington, and the latitude of every place
on the globe viii be changed and or
Biographies viii be useless. "A equa-
toriat telescope has been finished and
sent ont to Manila. and before long
diligent inquiry VIII BE made into the
why's ana wherefores Of the peculiar
performances Of old mother earth.
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has completed recommendations to the
state legislature for changes in insur-
anee laws. He is very severe in his de-
punciation of the old line life insur-
ance companies and viii recommend
the enactment of strict regulations for
agents and officers of the companies.
He says that the publication of annual
statements is often made which in no
sense are similar to the reports fled
10 this or other state departments and
this is apparently done purposeiy to
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18
The Bride Knocked out.

A well-known drummer returning
from southern trip relates the fol
lowing story as an actual occurrence at
negro wedding in Charleston, S. G.
After the ceremony had been con-
Guided in the most approved style, the
bridegroom, who was employed In one
of the phosphate mines, few miles
from that city, bundled his bride into
a rude cart, loaded some household
effects into it, and prepared, among
salvos of cheers and best wishes, to
take her home.
At this stage of the proceedings one
darkey, who had travelled and been
present as waiter at the wedding of
some white folks, suggested that the
proper thing to do was to throw shoes
after the departing couple as they
drove away.
The idea took immensely, and such a
scrambling as followed when the col
ored bellies and beaux began to divest
their feet of boots md shoes of various
sizes and weightsi Many of the men
had no stockings on beneath their
shoes. but that made no difference.
They all hung back, suppressing
their enthusiasm until the happy
bridegroom brought a bale stick down
on the back Of the mule and started
his bridal trip. Then with howl Of
joy, the guests burst forth and began
a fulIisade which was by no means
reIished by the happy pair
The air was filed with flying mis-
siles. One gigantic boot struck the
BRIDEGROOM IN the small Of the back
and drew from him Wild yell Of
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

IT gives a graphic idea of the cost Of
modern warfare to know that such
missiles as were fred in the recent
tests at Sandy Hook cost $3.50 each
and the powder for each discharge
cost S105. The armor-p plate target and
its backing, which were destroyed by
four shots, cost over $4,000. Tt is
expensive now even to play at war.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18
Habite "a q Horse.

@When Iswas down IN Nicaragua, =
said the man with the bronzed face and
glasses, IT had horse which proved to
be most intelligent animal was ac-
crstomed TO riding him out of Grey
town and on the road somewhere stop
ping for a drink of whisky or some
thing, and the latter was always brought
out to me by the proprietor or his man.
I sold the horse to a gentleman who
wanted it for his daughter to ride
One day. long afterward, I met the gen.
tIeman in New York and incidentally
inquired about the horse.
. That horse?' said he, Iookingly at
me quizzicalIy, that horse is all right,
but It was a long time before we could
break him Of stopping before every
gin mill and waiting for my daughter
to get q drink sP ittsburg Dispatch.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

CARLO BARBER of Rocky Fork. ".
Va, died at the age of 80 years He had
conducted a grist mill for 80 years, and
in all that time had never taken toll
from widow or an ex-seldier. He was
quite wealthy.
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Doomed to pisbelfef.

$40 one can ever believe the truth
of an incident in my lIfe,' said Captain
Webb Fallon, an old seafarer who now
runs whaIeback on Lake Superior, in
the hearing. of a Washington Star man.
aThere are half dozen men scattered
over the world, though, who can vouch
for it
Just after the war 1 was second
mate of the Franklin Pierce, Boston
boat that was engaged in the sugar
trade with Cuba She was big three
masted schooner and remarkably sea
worthy. In the spring of 1867 We were
on our way south when bowling
storm came along almost before we
knew it, just like simeon, and strip
ped off our canvas like shirts off a
clothesline. We pitched and rolled the
worst / ever saw, and all of q sudden
somebody yelled warning, and the
next instant a million tons of water
seemed to hit cur decks. was stand
ing near the mainmast. and before I
could grab anything away went A
chicken coop went With me, as well as
everything else on deck that WASH
nailed. and when / came to my senses
the coop vas near me. 7 struck ont
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

JAPAN has the least poverty of any
nation in the world, and yet the people
of the United States pay many dollars
every year to send missionaries to
Japan to instruct that benighted PEG
pie in our better Christian ways. Goals
to Newcastle.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

Iris said that the gold contained in
the medals, vessels, chains and other
objects preserved m the Vatican would
make more gold coins than the whole
of the present European circulation.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

QUERY has been made as to the ma
tionality of Nine Adeliaa Patti, who
was recently referred to. as Spanish
American. She was born in Spain, of
italian extraction, came to America at
the age of one year and had all her
early musical training in this country
and at present pays taxes to England
on a castle in Wales.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

CoxEY has left Washington on an
order from the commissioners, who
allege that he was maintaining a nuis-
ance A poor man with a grievance is
always nuisance, but a rich man with
a petition is blessing in that hallowed
spot, where even the grass is sacred.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

LONDON papers have discovered that
General Coxey commanded the Min
nesota recruits in the Riel rebellion
and was rewarded with the appoint
ment of congressman from the district
of Ohio in the state of Indiana.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

Now that Mr.. Corbett is in England
he might drop around to Westminster
and make a few pertinent inquiries
about the BehrinG sea trouble. Great
Britain might as well understand that
we are in a position to insist upon our
ouy1
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

SIxTY-FIvE and half million pounds
of fruit were shipped from San Jose,
Cal, during the season just ended. Of
this amount 28,639,52O pounds we're
prunes, an illustration of the remark
able growth of prune growing in the
past few years. Eight million pounds
of Bartlett pears were among the ship
mentS.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

That idea docking congressman for
absence is a good one. Now if some
ruling will be put in force timing them
for being too loquacious. the country
can expect at least one bill to be passed
Der session.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18

A PROPOSED law that any new build
ing erected in London shall have its
front not less than twenty feet from
the middle of the street has brought
out the fact that there are in the heart
of the city 30 miles of street less than
forty feet broad.