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CHRISTIAN BRIGHTNESS.

Think of the blessedness Of living, lifted
Up above all the uncertainties that rack men
when they think about tomorrow. Try to
realize the blessedness of escaping from the
disappointments which come from all earth
ward-turned expectations when the radiant
bubble bursts. and there is nothing left in
our hands but little dirty soap suds, as is
the case with so many Of our fulfilled anti
,ipations Of good. Try to realize the
blessedness of escaping from that despair
Ing hopelessness that creeps over as life
sbbs away and the years diminish. And re-
member the buoyant words OF the Psalmist,
who, because God was his hope, therefore,
though he was "old and gray-headed." sang,
81 shall hope continually" The brightest
olaze Of Christian hope may be on the verge
OF the darkness OF the grare.-Alexande
Maclaren, D. D.
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A PALACE OF HAY.
It VIII Be Feature at a Great Industrial
Exposition at Toronto, Canada.

A palace Of hay. Just think OF a huge
palace made entirely of hay! Such struc-
ture has just been decided upon by the d.
rectors OF the National Exposition to be held
at Toronto, Canada. A mammoth structure
will be erected from bales Of pressed hay on
the exhibition grounds Of the big American
fair. It will be used to advertise the vast
hay-producing country Of the West.
Large bales OF compressed hay will be sent
down from the Northwest, and the building
will be built Of these blocks. When COM
pleted the building will be festooned with
wheat and other grains in the sheaf and In
punches, and the entrance will be tastefully
arranged. Inside the space will be divided
off, 50 as to display the exhibits from each
district. Should 1t escape Its great liability
to destruction by fire 1t will form an unique
and picturesque feature OF the exposition,
and one Of unpsual attraction and interest
to farmers.
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RECKLESS JOURNEY,

When young man begins to drink 1t Is as
though he got on an electric car and went
asleep, says Temperance Cause. He crosses
one street after another without knowing It..
Total abstinence advocates come. like the
conductor every h tSe be es He
thinks he can get of when he wants to-.
There is another hand on the lever, and the
car rolls along in the same direction all the
time with low hummiug song that helps
him to sleep. When he finally gets his eyes
open he Is amazed to find that he has ridden
much further than he had any wish to 60.
He has big bill for extra fare charged up
AGAINST him. and he has hard and long
walk back, for there are no cars back In a
mans life. He has to walk. he will find
the journeya good deal more cheerful and
be much less likely to stumble II ne joins
the total abstinence movement and walks
along In good company.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-14
Odd Street Singers.

A curious sight is to be met with in
fashionable West End London squares.
where a green cart, well horsed, and
in charge OF a servant, perambulates
with piano and two vccalists and an
accompanist, all wearing masks: Re-
ports say they are hard-up titled peo-
ple, which we'll might be, for the oc-
cupiers of the houses seem to know
them and treat them well.
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WINS A FORTUNE BY So5RlETX.
George Crocker, OF San Francisco, Gets
S49O,OOO for Five Years Abstinence.

Suit has been brought OF San Francisco by
C. F. Crocker and W. 81. Crocker to termin-
ate trust under the will OF the late Charles
Crocker by. which they were custodians Of
400 $1,000 bonds on behalf OF George Crocker.
The terms OF the trust are that II within the
fifteen years Immediately succeeding the tes-
tator's death George Crocker should for five
years abstain from the use Of Intoxicating
liquor the bonds shnll be turned over to him.
Otherwise at the end of fifteen years they
are 10 go to the other heIrs--the children OF
C. F. Croker and W. q. Crocker and Mrs.
Alexander.
The plaintiffs aver that from September %.
1891, to September %, 1896, George Crocker has
abstained. They desire, therefore, 10 turn
over the money TO him and terminate their
trust and sue the other heirs to give them an
opportunity to establish in court any obiec-
tion they may have to such course.
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SLAUGHTER OF THE rNNocENTs.

slaughter Of the innocents as fearful aa
Herods OF old goes on year after year among
US. Little children. poisoned with whisky,
are carried to thpir graves, while their poor,
deluded, ignorant parents wonder why they
die after all the care they have taken OF
them. Parents, give those little children
whom you love chance to grow up into
healthy moral men and women, Stop giving
them alcohol for every little headache or
stomach.ache. Science says 1t is poison. IL
the use OF 1t does not kill them, it will create
in them an appetite which will be the ruin
OF them In later life. Give your children
chance and stop dosing them with whisky or
gin-Sacred Heart Review.
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INTERESTING DECISION.
Man Can BE a Citizen OF the United State
and q British Subject Too.

The Master in Chambers at Toronto, Can
ada, handed out q decision in which 1t was
stated that man can be both q citizen OF
the United States and subject OF Great
Britain at the same time.
The case was that In which the agent OF
the New York Life Insurance Company In
Paris, France, was sued By g. q. Bolton on
a promissory note for $1,000. The defendant
sought to set aside the writ on the grounds
that he was a citizen OF the United States,
and that the service Of the writ should have
been made on him personally instead OF on
his solicitors. The plaintiffs solicitor. how
ever, contended that Langmuir was both
British subject and an American citizen, he
never having abjured his allegiance to the
English crown. The Master 80 decided and
Langmuir must appear on the writ OF sum-
mons, which, according to the decision, was
properly served. The decision established q
precedent
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WHISKY AND RAGS.

An item is going the rounds OF the press
to the effect that whisky is now manutac.
tured out of old rags. We see nothing re-
markable about this, says the Christian
World. Every one knows that nearly all the
old rags now in the country are manufac-
tured out OF whisky, and there Is no appar-
ent reason why the process Of conversion
may not work as we'll one way as another
from whisky to rags, and from rags to whts.
Ky. What u beautiful business 1t Is!
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Ornalla's City Flag.

Omaha, Ncb, has now city iog, follow
ing tho example of Cleveland and Chicago.
It is composed OF the eolors adopted by the
local organization Of business men, known
as tho "Knlghts OF Ak-Sar-Bcn." combina'
ton of red, green and yellow. They are
brilliant colors, and serve well for decorative
purposes on the streets and house tops. The
SYMBOLISM is sometimes given as req for the
good cattle which go to their slaughter in
the abattoirs Of South Omaha, tho green for
the alfalta-grasS which is another OF Me-
5raska's leading products, and the yellow to'
corn, the king Of all Ncbraska's grain.
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LIQUOR running ALASKA INDIANS.

"The Government will never have to seek
solution for the Indian question In Alaska" :"
says Captain R. D. Bell, Of that Territory
"By the time 1t will be necessary for the In.
dian to make way for the white man, there
will bs no Indians left to make way. Dis.
case and bad whisky are cleaning them out
at great rate. They are hard workers and
hard drinkers. Liquor has ruined them
physically, so that they are no longer able 30
stand elemental severity"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-14
In the Twilight.

Over the dusky verge
OF the quiet sea,
Slowly I watch emerge
The silver rim .-
OF the crescent moon; pale, dim, =:
The soft stars, one by one,
With holy glee -
Steal out and light their lamps;
For day Is done.
The tempests are ssleepi
Only the balm .....
OF some cool evening wind "
Ruffles the calm;
The listening ear OF Night
Can catch no sound, .-
Save when. In slumber bound,
Earth turns and sighs:
Peace rules the deep. %. .
r ... p
Aye, peace! across the dark O..
Star-paven sky -.
The Night-qusen's silver barh'
Goes gliding by;
With murm1ring faint, the streams
browse as they flow
In their hid channels; slow
Down-dropplng dows
Slide from the heavens, like CLEANS
OF Love.born dreams. ..-.
Frail bresths of violet,
OF roses fair,
Shy hints OF mignonette,
Rise through the air
From unseen gardens. there
Beneath my feet. =
All me! how at their spell
Swift fancies rise!
What touching sympathies,
What golden memories,
And thoughts how sweet!
Good Words.
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The greatest thing. says some cne, man
can do for his Heavenly Father is 70 be kind
to some of his other children. l wonder
Why 1t is that we are not all kinder than we
are? How much the world needs it. How
easily 1t is done. How instantaneously 1t
lcts. How infallibly it Is remembered
denry Drummond.
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SOME Whisky RESULTS.

The following is an extract from q paper
read before the Twentieth Century CLUB OF
Hartford by Professor J. j. McCook OF Trinity
College.
"For twelve years the police arrests Tor
drunkenness alone averaged In Hartford 62-o
per cent. OF the whole number, while drunk
enness and its allied offenses numbered SO.67
per cent. This proportion Is perhaps some-
what larger than In most places, but It may
generally be expected to be at least as high
as three-flfths.
"Ninety-flve to ninety-seven out OF every
hundred incarcerated in our jails are SELF
confessed drinkers, although they pleasanty y
add "moderate'' to the title. and from 43.6 to
56.1 per cent. of them are there specially for
drunkenness, and fully 66 per cent. or two
thirds of them, are there for that and its re-
sultinc crimes. There were 1893 OF them
there last year out of total 21ll.
"Of the 381 captives in our State prison
last year 1873, or almost half, thought drink
had done it.
"rake special phases OF crime, for example.
"Abuse, neglect, or abandonment OF chill
dren. Those most familiar with the subject
in this neighborhood have put the proper
tion Of cases attributable to drink at or be-
yond two-thirds. From the Pennsylvania
Society to Protect Children from Cruelty.
with headquarters in Philadelphia, former
Vice-Presldent, In talking with me, fixed the
proportion roughly at four-ffths to nine
tenths. But the Secretary gives me definite
statistics for 1872 showing 3O9 cases OF
Drink out Of total 1854 in 1891 and 353 out
of 9s7 in 1922. e., from 35.8 per cent. to
1854 per cent. In some previous years the
percentage had been as high as So.
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coLoRED RECRUITS WANTED.

Orders Issued Curtailing the Enlistm ents
for tho Army.
The recruiting office Of the United States
regular army in Providence, r. l.. which has
been doing rushing business for more than
three years, will accept only colored mon
who wish to re-enlist ut present. Tho order
shutting of the enlistment OF white men
came from Washington few days ago. The
order announces that "the army Is approach
ing its maximum strength, and enlistment
will be confined to former soldiers and OK
ceptionally desirable recruits" The recruit
ing service at Providence has had many more
applicants for long time than could be
taken.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-14

Rededication and prayer are the indispen-
sable background to any Christian work
worth the doing. And without them Chris
ian living fails of acquiring that depth with
,ut which Christian doing is sure to be SUI
2ertlcial and inrtroctive.-H. G. Trumbuu.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-14
A Kiss at the End of the Race.

Over the meadows
Twin swift-speeding shadows
Over the meadows Of dew,
And now they lean this way
Love whispers ills kiss way)
And that way, DER roses and rue.
Speed, speed,
Where the wild winds lead,
While the pale stars fade from space
And simmer Of curls
Der the mornings pearls,
And kiss at the end OF the racel
Over the meadows
Twin swift-speeding shadows
Over the meadows afar;
And love meets the light
OF the broad sun and bright, d5
Nor weeps Tor the death OF a star.
Speed, speed, ~
Where the wild winds lead,
While the Iale stars fade from space,
A simmer OF curls
Ger the mornings pearls,
And kiss at the end Of the race!
IF. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution
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E
MUSE NM
Ambition.j !

Ambition.I
Long time he spent in moulding clay
To be an image fair as day;
At last was d ,ne.
He stood there In reflections pause
And looked. he only saw the flaws
Grace 1t had none.
For with his LABOR he had learned
So much that his past work he spurned
Within his soul.
And from the place he had attained
He saw, far off, there might be gained
A greater goal.
Wood Levette Wilson, In Life
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r,I,on patriots 10 Take the Field.

Gomez and Maceo arc preparing to begin
(leld operations in Cuba on large scale
sariy In October. Their armies are better
armed and lurser than ever before.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-14
Salvation Army Farms.

Salvation Army, OF Oakland, CAL, will fur
nish farms for tho unemployed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-14
A CRYING EVIL

1t must be regarded. We think. as fact
bsvond dispute. says the Insurance Observer
of England, that lntemperance is one OF the
most prominent evils from which this coun-
try suffers. 1t Is Il crying evil, In its 1ndlvi-
dual as we'll rs Its collective sense. socially
as we'll as commercially; and, while no doubt
the last decade has witnessed considerable
Improvement in this respect among the popu-
lation at large, and perhaps among the mid
die. classes In particular, still the veflest op-
timist will hardly deny that much remains
to be accomplished. Every influence which
tends to help forward the progress OF so de-
sirable a reformation Is therefore to be well
coined. The moralist may impress his gen.
GRAFTON with the Nervousness OF intemper.
ance as an offense against the happiness Oh
families The social reformer may show
and he will hardly experience much diff.
Guilty In doing so-lnat this vice, beyond all
other causes, alls our jails and finds occupa
ton for the hangman. The economist may
prove to demonst ration that expenditure on
intoxicants is mere waste. tending to bank
ruptcy and ruin, and that II applied In more
rational directions it would lead TO comfort
If not opulence. These, it must be confessed,
are potent II not unanswerable argumen 8,
which ought to carry conviction to oil VINO
are not past praying for.
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top OF your Bible and rejoice.
II it is nearer morning at three o'clock
than ii is at two, it is nearer morning at four
o'clock than it Is at three, then we are
nearer the dawn Of the worlds deliverance.
| Gods clock seems to go very slowly. bat the
| pendulum swings and the hands move, and
1t will yet strike noon. The sun and the
| moon stood still once; they will never stand
still again until they stop forever. If you
believe arithmetic as we'll as your Bible, you
must believe We are nearer the dawn "The
day Is at hand"
There is a class OF phenomena which
makes me think that the spiritual and
heavenly world may, after o while, make a
demonstration in this world which will
bring all mortal and spiritual things to
climax. Now. l am no spiritualist; but
every intelligent man has noticed that
there are strange and mysterious things
which Indicate to him that perhaps the
spiritual world is not 80 far of a. some
times we conjecture au that after awhile,
from the spiritual uni heavenly world
there may be a demonstration upon our
world for its betterment. We call 1t mag
netism, or we call 1t mesmerism, or we cal
it electricity, because we want some term
to cover up our ignorance. do not know
what it is. I :vsr hoarl an audible voice
from the other world. I am persuaded oil
this. however: That the veil between this
world and the next is getting thinner and
thinner. and that perhaps after awhile. al
the call of Goi-not at the call OF the Dav'
export Brothers. or Andrew Jackson Davis
some Of the old Scriptural warriors, some o.
the spirits Of other days mighty for Gods
Joshua, or Caleb or David, or Paul
may come down and help us in the battle
against unrighteousness. Oh, how I would
like to have them here--him Of the Red Sea
him Of the valley OF Ajalon, him of Mars
Hill! English history says that Robert Clay
ton, OF the English cavalry, at the close o
the war bought up all the old cavalry horse
lest they should be turned out to dru1ger!
and hard work, and bought piece OF grount
at Knavesmire Heath and turned out thes
old warehouses into the thickest and riches
pasture to spend the rest OF their days n
compensation for what they had done il
The Goodland republic., 1896-03-06
puBLleAIlaR NOTICE.

7 l--t tt-l4lss'N-t ffi7atL-IIt j tia-
u tho district cours within aud for tho county
of Sherman IN tlc state of kansas. William
II. Male, bcnialiu Graham, William Halls, ir.,
aud Harris II. Hayt.en, plaintiffs, Ys. SORhie
Larson islngiei, W =. BOwdou aud John Doc,
real naIio unknown. and i. l.. Allen.
receiver tef the American Investment
company, of E.nmettSburu, la. defendants.
Doc, real namc unknown and lmcIican Invest
alent company, defendants, viii take notice thar
tue SAID William III, Maze, BENJAMIN Graham.
William, Halls, ir., and Harris II. Hayden plain
nus dd, es tsle 2. Gle day Of January, 1Sg6, file
Iutir ifdston iu sad district court, within aud
iur the tolfts 0t Sherman, In the state of Kan
sfiS. asilnS, 3uu, ana each OF you, the said de-
ienGaHts, lna that you, anu each of You, must
answer SAID PETITION llsd as Aforesaid on or be-
lore the litp day OF March 1885 OF said petition
VIA pe taken as true, and q Judgment rendered
~ ellu a'Jlon against SAID defendants, Sophie
Larson ,sinsiHl, Ter the sum Of two hundred and
hit5 dollars, with interest thereon at the rate of
lu per cent per annum trOm the lst day OF Jane,
losi ahd for the further sum of $50, with I'M
terest thereon al tie rate Of 10 per cent per an-
mum from the lst day of December, 1Sel; and for
tho Iufther sum OF So.ia- with intCrost thereon
az the rate OF 10 per cent Per aunum from the lst
day ol Juue. 1873; and Tor the further sum of
SS.ta. with interest thercon at the rate uf TO Der
cent per annum fT0H the lst day OF December,
1895 and for the further sum Of $50, with in-
num from the lst Cay of june, 1886; and Tor tho
further sum 81 $50, with interest thereon at the
rate ot ib pc! cent per annum from the lst day of
December, 1886; and fer the further sum of SS.15,
with Interest thereon 7t the rate Of 1eVor cent
pcr anuum from thc list day of June. 1857; and
ioF the further sum of s2,5, with interest there
ou at the rate OF 10 per cent per anuum nom the
+th Gay OF October 1855; and for costs of suit;
and further Judgment against said defendants,
and each and all of them, for tho foreclosure Of
a certain mortgage upon thc the following de-
scu6od real estate. to-vit; the southeast quarter
iset4l of section thiTty-0ne i3i) in township six
l6l south, OF range thIty-cight l3Sl west of the
sixth PRINCIPAL meridian, lying and situated In
the county OF Sherman, in the state Of Kansas,
and adjudginG the said plaintiffs have the first
lien Cn said premises, to the amount for which
judgment viii be taken as aforesaid. and order
ing said premises to be sold without appraiso-
ment, and the proceeds applied 20 the payment
OF the amount duo plaintiff and costs of suit +;
and forever barring and foTeclOSing said defend
ants and eacn OF them, of and from all right
uuo estate. interest, property, and equity of
redemption, in OF to said premises or any part
thereof.
Attest: l.. II, HANEY, HOTT ANDREWS,
Clerk, Attorney for plaintiffs
The Goodland republic., 1896-03-06
SHERIEFS SALE.
b. Dnhlished Jannarr "a.

Lltbt puoucHeu UdLuulg ~
Tn the district court of the Thirty-fourth judi
! ciai district, sitting in and fer the county Of
Sherman in the state of Kansas: The People 3
Building, Loan and Saving Association, plain
tiff, vs.. Frank RobidouX, Josephine RObidouX,
husband and wife John Foster, Benjamin
Foster Thomas Foster, doing business under
the firm name of Foster Lumber company, S.
B. Carl and Nancy J. Carl, husband and wife
Z. E. Steinke and Mrs. Z, Z. Steinke, husband
and wife) q. B. Dickey and Mrs. g. B. Dickey.
his wife, first name unknown, George Hess and
Katie Hess, husband and wifel j, NJ. Watson
and Eleanor II. Watson, husband and witel
Robert Lemon and Mrs. Robert Lemon, mis- wife,
first name unknown, defendants. By virtue Of
an order Of sale issued to me- out of said district
court, in the above entitled action. / will on
Friday the 6th day of March, a. D., 1895, at
1 O'Clock D. n. OF said day. at the east front door
of the court house IL the city of GoOdiand IN
the county of Sherman in the state of Kansas,
offer at public sale, and sell 70 the highest and
best bidder, for cash in hand. all the following
described real estate, tOwit; Lots six l6l and
seven (7) in block two l2l in ShaFps addition
to GOOdland, Kansas, according to the recorded
plat thereof. lying and situate in the county Oi
Sherman IN the state Of Kansas. The above
described real estate Is taken as the property
Of said defendants and Is directed BY said order
OF sale 10 be sold, and vii be sold without
appraisement to satisfy srid order Of sale.
HoYT ANDREWS, ". Z. DUSTIN,
Attorney. Sheriff OF Sherman County