The Goodland republic., 1894-12-14

it wants to take a nap, how can mamma
lull her darling in a bifurated lap?
When the chickens go a grUbbing in
the garden in the spring, how can
Bridget "shoo" the creatures with no
skirts to flop and fling?
A crazy man was found walking
around the bicycle track Tuesday, and
was put in jail by Sheriff Kemp for
safe keeping. He probably thought
that he was on the longest stretch of
road he ever struck that had least un-
changeable scenery. He belonged in
Cheyenne county, and was taken away
by his relatives Wednesday.
That gold should exist in the ocean
is an induction that DR.. Henry Wurtz
claims to have presented in 1866, and
IN 1879 the discovery was made by E.
SOnstadt. Assuming 0.9 grain for each
ton Of sea water, it is computed that
the entire ocean contains oyer S80,0O0,-
000,000,000,000 of gold. One of the prob
lens Of the future, Dr. Wurtz now pre-
diets, will be the getting Of some of
this gold by electrolysis.
One acre of land devoted to fruit
growing produces much more in value
than an acre to grain growing. Fruit is
an important product and is becoming
a much more common article of diet
than 1t was a generation ago. There
are w'famiiies who do not pay more
for fruit than they do for bread, and in
many families the fruit bills amount to
10 times as much as the bread bill. The
fruit farm, therefore, becomes a more
valuable farm than a grain farm. With
care, proper irrigation and planting, q
fruit farm will become of great value,
Fruit culture is the most important
feature that enters into the develop
ment of the great plains country
Irrigation Farmer.
Besides being a firstclass farmer, 1.
?. Farmhouse is a trapper of no small
note. One night last week he set two
wolf traps and the next morning he
had a pair of the varmints in each
trap. This is what we call "luck," but
I. P. says if you know how to set trap
it is not an uncommon thing. Mr.,
Farmhouse is a trapper Of many years
experience and has caught more fur
than any other man in northwest Kan
sas. He makes a shipment once a
month, and if you have any fur for sale
he viii pay you the top price. Anyone
wishing instructions in trapping will
derive much benefit by seeing Mr..
BarnhOise.-BiFd City News.
The other day there was a fellow
came over here from Goodland, who
was somewhat of an eater himself. He
went into the G. A. R. restaurant and
called for a 10 cent meal. He was
waited upon and he very deliberately
began to eat. When he had finished
the bill of fare, he calmly passed the
dishes back to be filled the second
time. This was done, and when he had
drank his third cup of coffee and had
eaten all the celery, etc, in sight, he
very composedlY pushed back, and
casually remarked to the proprietor,
81 really don't see how you can afford
to feed all these people for 15 cents
0EAGAIs " . AftAACa ~ 4E1lA II lA0 A1ALAEa
but as he was from GOodland, it is sup
posed that it was the Hungry" of base
ball fame. Colby Tribune.
Perhaps after some of our esteemed
contemporaries have quite finished talk
ing about the decline Of Populism," +"
"the busting of the Populist bubble" {"
and the like, they may have time to
note that the Peoples party was the
one party in the late elections which
cast a larger vote than it poiled in the
United States in 1892. Nearly 100000
populist votes were counted this year,
while in 1892, with the stimulous of a
presidential election, only 1.041,0
we're cast. Democratic leaders and
democratic journals that ignore these
significant figures are guilty of the
most stupendOus folly. There cannot
be 100000 populist votes cast in 1896