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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
All Was Beauty in the olden DAYS.

In those rose and lavender-scented
days In the beginning of the century
all men were chivalrous and all women
beautiful; at least so we are lead to
believe by art, by romance and by our
grandmothers. Who ever had a grand
mother, or maiden aunt, or elderly fe-
male relative of any degree for that
matter, who was not beauty in their
youth? And if we can trust these
sources of information, there were no
winters in those days, no clouds, no
broken hearts; there was no poverty,
no misery. Our ancestors were gay
and debonair, dressed like Brummels
and Recamiers. and drank tea out Of
old-fashioned china-cups, which, by
the way, were not old-fashined then
in shady arbors, or whispered poetry
and high-fown compliments in garden
walks between trim hedges of clipped
box. And they were always in love,
tOo-at least the men were; the girls
I'm told, were arrant flirts. But then
it was graceful, philosophical sort Of
love that relieved itself in tender verse,
and was as happy in being trampled on
as in being smiled on. We believe
all this because the old ladies that we
know have had so many love affairs,
and never strike a tragic note in telling
of them, but sometimes laugh till the
tears fill the cracks and crevices around
their eyes as the spring rains fill dry
bitches. ''Yes,'' we think, and sigh;
''all was comedy and sunshine then. -
The CentluV
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
Broad for Chicken Food.

The following method of making
bread gives complete food and will
keep for several days: Mix equal parts
of bran, shipstuff, oat meal, corn meal,
buckwheat meal, and half as much
bone meal, intimately together says
writer in Minnesota Farmers Institute
Bulletin. Place in a pot a quart of
beans and a quart of rice. with enough
water to cook it well. Add quart of
milk, two tablespoonfuls of salt, a
teaspoonful of red pepper, and tea
spoonful of tincture of IRON. When
the rice and beans are thoroughly
cooked add a pound of crude tallow
and slowly thicken with the grain
mixture until thick enough to easily
crumble when cold. When adding
the grain throw in a little fine char
coal or parched bran. 1t will be best to
make the mixture into cakes and bake
in an oven. It can be improved if
p'ece of beef or little fresh bulloclx's
blood be added to the beans and rice
while cooking. The bread being well
cooked, can be easily d gested, and
viii supply all the requisites of bodily
growth Three times a week few
Inches of sulphur may be given az
one of the meals to a brood.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
The Drum-Afaior,s Urniform.

The drum-major's uniform is usually
the gayeSt in the regiment. a Strik-
ing bit of color, and aiguillettes, com
bine with the bearskin hat to make.
him one of the most picturesque fea-
lures of a parade, especially if he has
been selected for his heighth and
soldierly bearing. Drum-major Lud-
wig Jorgensen, of the battilion of
engineers at Willet's Point, is among
the most striking looking drum jors
in the regular army. With his bear
inches, or within four inches of eight
feet. He carries a heavy staff about
four and half feet long, with large
head and long ferule. The staff is
considerably longer than the usually
short bamboo loaded in the cente r,
and hence is better adapted for signal
ing commands to the band and field
music, though the shorter stick is
easier to twirl. A clever trick with
these short sticks is for two drum
majors to stand some distance apart,
twirl their sticks in front of them,
and then let go, each drum-maj or
catching the others stick and return
ing it to him in the same way.
The drum-ma jor's uniform is so
gorgeous because his imagination is
not fettered by the United States
Army regulations, he being allowed
to wear any uniform which his co lionel
may consider appropriate. He will
usually have three or four uniforms,
changing them according to his fancy.
You see he is the artist of the regiment,
and so is allowed some freedom in
dress. The drum-major ranks as a
sergeant, but no regular sergeant in
the army could get himselfup as Drum
major Jorgenson does, with a red
breast-piece of Prussian Uhlan fLancer)
pattern, a broad gold and whit e
band, gold epaulets, and aiguillettes,
to say nothing of the towering bear
skin hat.-St. Nicholas.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others a1d enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it Is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you viii not
accept any substitute If offered.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
The Real Demon of the Marsh

Is not spook, but reality. 1t is neither
'bogie nor ''kelpie nor any other of those
spirits which the credulous have supposed Il
haunt the banks of rivers and streams after
dusk. Its name IS malaria, and though invisi
BILE it is very terrible and tenacious when il
siezes you. Hostetters Stomach Bitters drives
it away. nor win it attack those whose systems
are forth ed with the great medicinal defensive
agent The miasmatic mists OF early morning.
the vapors exhaled at eventide may be safely
breathed by those protected by the Bitters. In
the tropics where every form OF malarial dis
ease threat ems the so ourner and is particularly
vlrulent wlen developed the Bitters is tne best
reIianI of the inha liant For dyspepsia liver
complaint lack of vigor, appetite and sleep;
for rheumatism and nervousness the BltterS
are safe and sure remedy.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
OBJ SAYINGS BY CHILDREN.


Quaint and Pithy Remarks Made BY Mem
beers Of Sunday School.
The first time a certain New York
Sunday-school class of nine boys
ranging in age from to years was
told the story of the flood their inter-
est was great Noah and his family.
the ark. its object and many of the
animals saved were graphically de-
scribed. says the Tribune Johnnie
years old. showed the most interest
and after the ark had been pictured
as loaded asked:
How long was they in there them
and the animalsP'
Forty days and forty nights. J." was
the answer whereupon the youngster
gave a short whistle and remarked:
my. but that must have been a
'nuf sight better IAN circus!"
Willie a sturdy young Irishman of
years showed that some of his an
cestors must have come from another
country. for after all the class had
given up the questions: What is an
atari" he answered. II hain't quite
sure but 1 think it's the thing you
Tie round horses neck"
Another young man of 8. who never
lacked for an anSwer. being asked.
..Wnat is forerunner?' in the sense
that John the Baptist was forerun
ner said: i don know. but should
think a dog would be a forerunner;
its got that many legs"
The same boy being asked What
was John the Baptists' clothing.
gave early evidence of understanding
the fashions when he responded. "a
cloth sack and ashes"
Another youth. without meaning to
be sacrillgious but with visions of
his own misdoings that had received
deserved punishment to the question.
why was our Saviour sent to this
earthP" (answer 10 save sinners")
answered 'Oh! I suppose we acted
SO bad they had to send him.
How we'll the 9-year-old boy voiced
the sentiment of many older malcon-
tents when. during discussion of the
creation he said; Il don't see what
the l-ord made rats for anyway. they
amt good for nothing.3 Being told
the uses of their SKINS he ruefully re-
marked: Maybe that's so, but if I'd
been a-making I'd left out rats and
had lots of things different"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
The missouri Growing Smaller.

The recent survey of the Missouri
river under the direct on of the / nited
States geog aohical engineering de-
partment resulted in discovery that
that stream is undergoing a peculiar
Transformation. During the survey
measurements were made of the vol
ume of water passing between the
banks at various points from Great
Falls. Mont, to Sioux City, says the
Journal of the latter place. 1t was
found that the volume at Great Falls
measured 4,796 cubic feet per second,
while at Fort Benton, twenty-five
miles farther down the river, the vol
ume was but 1881 cubic feet, a de-
crease of 455 cubic feet. Owing to the
large number of tributaries entering
into the river between Fort Benton
and Sioux City gradual increase was
noted, until at the latter point, where
the final measurement was taken,
flow of 14,776 cubic feet per second was
reached. In the opinion of some of
the engineers engaged in the survey
the decrease in the volume between
Great Falls and Fort Benton explains
the presence of that great subterra-
mean body known as the South DakO-
ia artesian basin. The dis :repancy
can only be accounted for by the pres
ence of an outlet in the bed of the
river somewhere between the points
mentioned.
Directly below the upper cataract
on the south bank of the river, about
half way between the towns, large
pool, in which, if frequent visitors to
the place can be believed. are to be
ound eyeless fish of the species said to
inhabit subterranean water courses.
In all proba bility the outlet, if one ex
lists, is located at this point, the al
legged presence of these fish tending to
corroborate the theory. From here, if
this surmise is correct, it would appear
that an underground channel running
in a southeasterly direction carries the
water into basin underlying large
area of South Dakota, thus forming a
huge ubterreaneln lake. which has
recently teen tapped by the numerous
artesian wells. Another queer dis
covery is noted in connection with the
survey just completed. In 1873 obser-
vations were taken in a similar man
ner, and. unless errors in calculations
ha e been made, since that year there
has been Gecrease of fully 20 per cent
in the volume of water in the river. If
no error has been made, and the ratio
of decrease continues, before fifty years
have passed the once majestic Missouri
will have dwindled into significant
rjvl1let
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
A Fine Idea.

"Hooray!'' cried the summer-hotel-
keeper 81 have it!''
"You have what?" inquired his wife.
San idea-a bonanza" was the an
swer Something that will make the
hotel the most popular one in all the
land. I've been looking up novelty.
you know, so as to advertise it, and
attract people when I open in June. .
yes"
''WeIl. how's this?'' And he held up
an advertisements describing the beau
ties and advantages of his hostelry,
while below, in prominent letters,
was added,
Engagement rings q0iJE be loaned to
guests for the season.
Theren' cried the happy man. "Ihat
will bring the men!''-Hdrper's Maya
zialP
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
Buying and Using Kid Gloves.


Kid gloves especially demand care
in the keeping. says the Inter Ocean.
In buying kids examine the fingers
separately and look for broken
stitches. If when stretching the
fingers the thread pulls away from
the kid, leaving a white spot, the
gloves will wear well. When the kid
stretches easily and seems elastic, it
is likely to be a good quality, but if it
is stiff or unyielding it will neither fit
nor wear well. Always get a glove
large enough. If they are so narrow
as to require stretching they never
will look as we'll as if the hand was
the first stretcher. If they are shor t
fingered they convert the hand into
positive deformity, and do not wear
half so long as when they are of the
| proper size.
A great deal depends upon how
the gloves are put on the first time.
The hands should be dry and cool; if
they are at ali moist they should be
well powdered. First, work on the
fingers, keeping the thumb outside
the glove. When the thumb is put
in, place the elbow on the knee and
WOEk GuS glove GOWn Y.
Button the second button first, and
SO on to the top, leaving the first but
ton to the last. This may seem lit
tie thing, but it makes considerable
| difference in the appearance and fit of
the glove. The greatest strain is on
the first button, and when this is par
TALLY relieved by the fastening of the
other buttons, the drawing of seams,
tearing of the kid or enlarging of the
| buttonhole is prevented.
When removing gloves never begin
| at the tips of the fingers to pull them
off. Turn back the wrists and draw
them off wrong side out, and smooth
them out lengthwise. Never roll
them up tightly, one inside of the
other, as whatever moisture they may
have gathered from the hands dries
in this way very slowly, and makes
the kid stiff and hard. Strips of can
ton flannel are good to lay away be-
tween gloves.
Dry corn meal will clean light
gloves, but if much soiled it is better
to send them to reputable cleaner.
Benzine will clean white gloves, but
it is not to be recomme nded where
there is any color. Where black kids
have become rusty about the finger
ends they can be restored by adding
few drops of black ink to a teaspoon
full of olive oil, and applying with a
feather or camel's hair brush.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
Ole 8ouseItoId.
e Pluribus Unum

Tho many and bright are the stars that
In that flag, by our country unfuri'di
And the stripes that are swelling in ma
jesty there
Like rainbow adjoining the world;
By deed that our fathers have done;
And they're leagued In as true and As holy
In their motto of .'Eany in ONE"
Prom the hour when those patriots fear
That banner OF starlight abroad,
Ever true to themselves, to that motto they
chung
As they Chung to the promise of God:
~ the bayonet traced at the midnight Of
war.
On the fields where our glory was won,
o perish the heard or the hand that would
Our motto of 'cMany in one"
Mid thesmoke of the contest-the cannOA's
How off it has gathered renown;
While those stars were reflected in rivers Of
When the Cross and the Lion went down !;
And tho few were the lights in the gloom
Yet the hearts that were striking below
Had God for their bulwark, and truth for
their power,
And they stopped not to numbsE the Zoe.
From where cur green mountain tops blend
with the sky,
And the giant st. Lawrence is rolled,
To the waves where the balmy Hesperides
Like the dream of some prophet of old,
fhey conquered and dying, bequeath'd to
our care,
Not this boundless dominion alone,
But that banner where loneliness hallOws
the air.
And their motto of ''Many in one"
We are '.Many in one" while there glittsrs
In the blue of the heavens above;
And tyrants shall quail mid their dun
geons afar,
When they gaze on that motto OF love-
1t shall CLEAN DER the sea, mid the bolts
Over tempest and battle and wreck
And flame where our guns with their
thunder grow warm.
Meath the blood on the slippery deck.
The oppressed of the earth to that stand
ard shall fly
Wherever its folds shall be spread;
And the exile shall feel tits his own native
sky
Where its stars shall float over his head;
And those stars shall increase to the full
ness OF time
LIS millions of cycles has run
TIL the world snail have welcomed its
mission Sublime, = 80 80
And the nations of earth shall be one.
Though the old Allegheny may tower to
heaven,
And the father of waters divide,
The links of our destiny cannot be riven
lille the truth of those words shall
Then, o let them glow on each helmet and
brand,
Tho our blood like our rivers should run:
Divide as we may in our own native land,
To the rest of the world we are onei
Then up with our Hagl Let 1t stream on
the airl
Tho our fathers are cold in their graves,
They had hands that could strike-they had
souls that could dare
And theri sons were not born TO be
slaves,
Up, up with that banner! Where'er it may
call,
Our millions shall rally around;
And a nation of freemen that moment
shall fall,
When its stars shall be tran'd on the
ground.
George W. CUTTER.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
Row Lay NE Down to Sleep.

The IRE upon the hearth is low
And there Is stiffness everyWhere
Like troubled spirits, here and there
The freight shadows f1uttering go
And as the shadows round me creep.
A childish treble breaks the gloom,
And softly from farther room
Comes: Now lay me down to sleep"
And. somehow, with that little prayer
And that sweet treble in my ears,
Ny thought goes back to distant years
And lin sers with dear one there
And as hear the child's amen.
My mothers faith comes back to me,
Couched at her side seem to be,
And mother holds my hands again
Obi for an hour in that dear placei
OH for the peace of that dear timel
OH for that childish trust Sublimel
Obi for a glimpse of mothers facet
Yet, as the shadows round me creep.
do not seem to be alone
Sweet ma .ic of that treble tone
And NOW lay me down to sleep"
-Eu gene Field in Chicago News
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
Unss Torte.

Beat half cup of butter and cup
of sugar to cream, add half a cup of
milk, two eggs, beaten separately, one
and half cups of -four and a tea
spoonful of baking powder. Bake in
layer tins When the cake is cool, put
the following mixture between: Take
some cream, sweeten it and flavor it,
and whip it smooth and solid, and fill
it full of chopped walnut meats.
Frost the top and decorate with
halves of walnuts.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
Aebestoa Mats.

It is the simple things after all that
add TO LIES comfort and economies
They are now making asbestos mats
to place under pots on the stove so as
to prevent the burning of the food,
while at the same time supplying all
the heat necessary for good cooking.
These mats, as you know, are practi-
caIly indestructibIe- They cost but a
few cents each. and as the patent
medicine vendors say about their nos
trums: Once used. no well-arranged
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
Breakfast Cakes.

Mornings when you bake bread, re-
serve a portion of the dough, and
make the cakes according to the fol-
lowing directions: Take some light
dough. roll 1t thin, and cut IN pie ces
four inches long and two wide; fry
them in deep fat like doughnuts.
These are especially nice at this time
of the year. They should be very
light and fully.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
Hot Strings. S. d.

Calls for your admiration, recommends
ton and patronage. 1t is the nearest,
most attractive summer, pleasure and
health resort to Lincoln, and possesses
the merit of being among the very best
in the country. 1t is located on the
Ell1horn railroad, the chair and sleep
ing car. route. Low excursion rates
are in effect For descriptive PAM
phlet and tickets call on or address,
j. r. Buchanan, Gen'l Pass. Agt., Om-
aha, or A. S. Fielding, City Tiki. Agt.,
Lincoln, Neb.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
Diphtheria.

Weather which is at once cold and
wet favors the occurrence of diph-
liberia as of other throat disorders.
In many of the larger English
towns, where millions of pounds have
been expended in improving the
water supply and drainage, with a
consequent great reduction in typhoid
fever, diphtheria has steadily in
creased.
School rooms, especially, those in
which children are crowded, are re-
garded by some high authorities as
one of the principal means of spread
ing the infection of diphtheria. Cases
are cited in which schools have been
closed to prevent the spread of the
disease, only to have it break out
again on their being re-opened.
There seems to be no doubt that
children with acute attacks of sore
throat should be excused from attend
ing school, no matter what the nature
of the attack may be.
Teachers, especially during the
prevalence of diphtheria, are to be
commended if, in the exercise of their
authority, they excuse from school a
pupil so affected, since the dreaded
disease may be masked under an ap-
parently trivial sore throat.
Cows, cats, and possibly other do
mestic animals, have been known to
suffer from diphtheria. though cases
of infection from such source are
doubtless rare.-Youth's Companion.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
MICHIGAN LANDS.
FertiIel Cheap! HeaIthyl

And not too far from good markets, The
Michigan Central will run special Home
Seekers Excursions on July 10, Aug. Il,
Sept. Is, Ito points north of Lansing, Sagi-
nav and Bay City at one fare for the round
trip. Tickets good twenty days and to
stop over. For folder giving particulars
and describing lands, address o. W. Rug
giles, Gen, Pass. and Ticket Ag't, Chicago.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
Annie Pie.

One quart of sliced apples, one tea
cup of water, one of sugar, half a nut
meg, yoik of one egg, a little sugar
and milk, puff paste. Peel and slice
the apples, add the water. sugar, peel
of half lemon grated and the nut
meg. Stew until tender, then set it
away to cool. Line a shallow tin pie
dish with good paste; put in the
stewed apple half an inch deep. Roll
out some of the paste, wet it over
with the yoke of an egg beaten with a
little milk and a tablespoonful of
powdered sugar; cut it into very mar
row strips and lay them in cross bars
or diamonds across the pie; lay an
other strip around the edge. Trim off
the outside neatly with sharp
knife until the paste 1oosens from the
dish
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13

Burglar-Where 90 you keep your
money? Biggsby-Er-it's in the
pocket of my wife's dress. Burglar Ito
paI)-Come on, Pete; we amt no Stan
ley explcrin expedition. Detroit Free
cress.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
HER REAL RIGHTS.

h aie-I bel eve in woman's rights.
CT 1.tie-Then you think every wo-
man should have vote?
Mamie-No; but 1 think every wo-
man should have a voter.-Harper 5
Bazaar.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
AND MATRoNs
YOUNG MRS. WITHERRY BE-
COMES HER OWN COOK.

Put Not Your Faith In Young House
keepers Guides-HInts on Buying and
Using Kid Gloves-some PaIatable sum-
mer Dishes.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13
WorkadaY Iunches.

The afternoon is the longest half of
the working day. To eat a heavy
meal at noon, without being able to
nap an hour, is the mistake that too
many women make. Men don't count.
Nature fitted them with strong sys-
TENS and a quick digestive apparatus.
If foods like pastry, meats, fresh
bread'and pickles, that take from three
to five and half hours to digest, are
eaten, the stomach levies on the vital
forces and the brain AMI muscles get
sleepy ard stupid. With piece of
well-done toast and half pint of
cocoa, chocolate or hot milk woman
can keep up. her strength and keep
her wits sharpened till dinner time.
Another excellent lunch is bowl of
bread and milk Toasted bread is
half digested; so is crust. Hence
their whOIesomenesS
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13

household viii do without theln.r I
came near forgetting to say that these
mats are also excellent for toasting.
the bread being laid on them instead
OF being held over ire by fork or
ordinary wire toaster.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-07-13

Remarkable GOODNESS Tootsey's wife dis
played when their house was burning. y
''What did she doc" Carried out ten
pound piece of ice all alone"