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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17
KAFFIR CORN FOR THE ARMY.
The African Cereal Being Recommended
for Rati8ns.

The African Cereal Being Recommended
for Rati8ns.
The army officer who is stationed at
Fort Sill, Indian Territory, in charge
of the Apache prisoners under govern
ment espionage at that place, has made
an interesting proposition TO Secretary
Of War Lamont. The officer in ques-
ton, Captain Scott, has sent some
samples of Kaf1r corn to the war de-
partment, as an example of the product
of Oklahoma. This corn has fertility
in the seasons of great drought preva-
lent drought the west, and is therefore
more to be depended upon than other
grains.
In times of drought the cavalry
horses in the west must depend upon
importations from the east, which are
expensive. It has recently been found
that the Kafir corn may be converted
into suitable -four for bread making,
and affords a satisfactory feed for
horses, while the refuse is adapted for
use as prOvender for swine. Captain
Scott, who has been watching the ex-
piments with the Kaf1r corn, has re-
commended to General Miles that the
government purchase this cereal for
the army supplies. Should the recon-
mendation be acted upon it will make
a good market for the new grain, which
is to prove, if all reports are correct,
such a boon to western farmers.
A gentleman of this county who has
experimental with Kaf1r corn says
that the grain will make a crop no mat
ter bow dry the weather or how adverse
the conditions. Being a fodder, grain
and food cereal in one, Kaff1r corn
should be cultivated extensively by
western farmers as a life saver in the
time of drouth. The local mills have
experimental with Kafar corn and find
that it makes a very fair quality Of
-four.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17
Best IN the CelsstInI.

J. D. Cuilins and Leo Cow, the Chin
csc laundTyman, got mixed up in a
quarrel last Thursday night which re-
suited in Cullins treating the descend
ant of ConfuciGs to a thoroughbred slug
ging match.
The Chinaman sought revenge and
balm for his wounded feelings and
bruised anatomy ia the law, but when
the officers sought the sssailsnt they
found he had taken the opportunity as
Favorable for trip to Cripple Greek,
and Was already beyond their jurisdic-
siOn.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17
Why?
Why DO YOU BUY COAL OF
ARIGH CORPORATION THAT
SENDS ALL ITS PROFITS
EAST?
WHY not?
Why NOT BUY COAL OF A
MAN WHO LIVES HERE AND
NEEDS THE PROFIT TO LIVE?

varieties" The cottonwood ranks high
est as it should, being, if there is such
a thing possible, the only variety native
to the great plains.
While the forest trees of the state do
not loom up to great advantage, the
orchards make better showing, having
1,97O,588 apple trees, 1871, 500 pear trees
4,974,2O2 peach trees, 1.217,56O plum
trees, 1885, 73 cherry trees.
Sherman county is credited with
1874 fruit trees.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17
We aooDE MANS OATH.

Ye gOOde man of ye house doth sweare
Start not yet, ye gentl fOlkD
To quaff no drinke for this one yeare.
tHe IOEeth well his iOkeD
His wife saith Bravo Ye must know
She is right gladde he sWeareth sol
His oath, he saith, hath register
In holy court above
Unto his wye he saith to her;
Thee more than drinks 1 love;
Yet. ere my wOrde doth skyward pass.
pledge thee in this farewell glssseF'
Then tilted he ye lagOn bright
As though to paint ye town,
and ere again 1 saw the light
A gallon gulped he down
And quOth Ye good man; "NOw sWsare
Ihsve enough to last ali yeareP'
ATLANTA Constitution,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17

EMETsBUBG, Ia, Sept. I'm REQ
inson, GoOdland, Kansas: Dear Sir
You may say that Brooks Irions
formerly was the agent Of the
American Investment Co. and did
some little business for me before he
left the country last spring; that DO
notified me that be would not be sbia
to attend to my business any longer
and that ], therefore, appointed you as
my agent in his place, and you are
hereby authorized TO demand and col
lect any and all 1895 rentals on the
lands controlled by me In Sherman
county, Kan, and your receipt for par
ties for such rentals viii be complies
evidence that they have paid, and they
viii be protected against any other
demand. +. Z. ALLEN. Receiver.
American Investment Co.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17
SubsOiIing,

Many people object to subsoiling be-
cause they understand it to be the
turning of the subsoiI on top. Such a
system is Objectionable. But that the
lOosening of the subsoil is beneficial
cannot be questioned. Some subsoils
are pretty nearly as hard as a rock.
Nothing can penetrate them, neither
roots nor water. When the water in
the soil that has such a subsoil is eva
pOrated the crop growing on it expert
ences all the blight of the severest
dFouth. If the subsoil were broken up
there would be more moisture. Then,
too, in such a subsoil there is some
plant food which some of the roots
would gather if they could get into it.
Also the open subsoil would gather
richness from the water that would
penetrate it from the surface, and the
soil would be deepened. Breaking up
the subsol is good thing and it will
be more generally pFacticed.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17
Ice By the Ton.

I want to sell 1000 tons of pure,
spring water ice off the chute on my
place on the Smoky, at 80 cents per
ton, or $3.50 per ton at the chute in
Goodland. Ice is now nine inches
thick. Call on or address me at Good
land. G. a. BRANNON.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17
DUSTIN GETS THE PLACE.

The Council and Mayor appoint Sheriff
Dustin Marshal.
After sdeadlOck of a couple of weeks
the council and mayor got together
Monday on the marshslship question
and the result was the appointment Of
Sheriff W. E. Dustin.
City Engineer Metheeny will attend
to the duties Of water commissioner.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17
Teachers, Examinations.

The next regular teachers examina-
ton will be held at the high school
building in GOodland, Jan. %, 1895.
R. G. SMITH, County Superintendent.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17
BrosnsIlan-Dooling.

Mr.. W. j. Brosnahan and Miss Bridget
DOoling, both Of Sherman county, we're
married at Colby last Thursday by the
Rev. Father Horgan. The REPUBLIC
tenders its COMMUNICATIONS.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17

A good four-Fo0m dwelling house,
convenient to machine shops, for rent
cheap by E. F. Murphy.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17
Card of Thank.

We wish to express our grateful
thanks to the people Of GOOdiand for
their sympathy and aid so timely given
in our sore affection. JIM. Wills.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17

The REFUsLIC wiz take 8 limited
quantity Of wheat, oats, corn, potatoes
and onions On subscription Highest
market price allowed.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17

The following lands we're rented for
1895. Southeast s-87. northwest IS.
a, northwest 1858, southeast 5000,
northwest 20-f-39, northeast 1855 Il
y0u desire TO renew for 1896 yOu can
DO SO now. al unpaid rent must Be
paid at once. III. ROBNsoE,
Agent for Receiver,
American Investment Go.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17
His Heart Stood stIIn.

A young man who burned lime in a kiln
Loved a maiden who lived at the min;
And one night he sighed,
"Win you be my brighedi"
And she blushingly answered, 81 win"
-TudiauauoIis JournaI
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-17

The body I1ust b. val norFi-Ee,i aoYEL ic F.Es-
vent 1crnee yOuz aupatii6 q gozs ss-e
Eoyl {. Easaarffaz
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-09-16
She Succeeded.

''There are more ways than one to
make a living" said u demure little
woman, with flashing brown eyes, 70 a
reporter. II know a woman who was
left penniless in New York. She was
riding on the elevated railroad one day,
when she was struck with the same
ness of the advertisements that are
posted up in the cars. She thought
that she could write good advertise
ments, and she thought out a lot Of
little four-line rhymes for ertain ar
tiele. She submitted them to the ad-
vertising manager Of that firm, and
they were accepted, and now she is
making lot of money every year with
her verses extOlling various wares.r
''pshaw - said the blonde, who sat
next to the demure little woman. II
know of case right here in Buffalo
that discounts that"
81 don't believe it," said the demnre
little woman.
"Well, do, and I'll tell yoa about
it to prove il. A friend of mine who
had been doing some newspaper work
got the craze for writing advertise
ments, and she went around to lot of
stores, only to find that they were well
supplied with people to look after that
branch of their business She did find
one firm that WAS willing To let her Try
her hand, and she began work In less
than a year she was comfortably OFF for
the rest of her life.r
"Did she invent some new style OF
writing or something of the kind 49,
asked the demure little woman.
NO" replied the blonde, ''but she
married the senior partner. Buffalo
Express
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-09-16
A Lazy White Man.

The western Indians, although not
fond of work, do not approve of indo-
lent white men. The cheap good
white man." in their estimation, is the
white man who works hard (; and to sit
by and watch him rs he tolls seems TO
afford them never-failing pleasure.
Some young warriors" of the Black
foot tribe sat in the shade one day
watching a group of laborers who were
constructing grade for a branch rail-
road in Montana. They were COM
menting upon the workmen and their
work, when bicyclist, the first they
had ever seen, came riding along the
newly completed grade.
The Indians watched the wheelman
without word until he passed beyond
a knoll that hid him from view. Then
they expressed their sentiments con-
cerning him.
''No good white man." one re-
marked.
NO." answered another, with great
scorn, cheap lazy white man-sits
down to walk. youths Companion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-09-16
Care Of Hsmloek Forests.

II has often been remarked by ex-
perieneed woOdmen that henalock trees.
mixed with a pine growth, die when
the pine is cut off and the hemlOck al
lowed t. stand. This is accounted for
partly by the sadden exposure of trees
which have stood years in the shade
under the protection of the taller growth
of pine, and partly by the drying out
of the roots. The hemlock has shall
low root system, and suffers severely
when the soil is dried by exposure to
the sun and wind. The same facts
explain part Of the injury which could
be avoided under forest management.
1t has been supposed there is kind of
affinity between pine and hemlock by
which one needs the eompanionship of
the other in order TO attain a full growth
and maturity ; but the explanation here
given seems TO do away with that idea
as a pleasant fiction. Ii seems that
hemlock, in the instance referred to,
needs the protection of other dense
forest growtlIs in order to conserve the
moisture of the roots
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-09-16
Bryan as a Tariff Raider.

The record Of the Hon. William J.
Bryan as a tariff raider il like his
record in some other matters, short and
lacking in wisdom. Mr.. Bryan first
in Congress in December,
1891, aud In March of the following
year he took of his coat, turned up his
sleeves, and proceeded to demolish the
tariff. He doubted or denied by infer
enee that there is any difference In
the cost Of production between a free
silver country where labor Is 10 cents
per day and the United States where
labor is 81 per day. The tariff, he de-
clared, brought the farmer nothing
anyhow, but subsequently admitted
that il was immaterial to him (SIr.
BIyan) whether 1t did or not. The
tariff on wool, he eontended, might as
well go first as last, and he failed to
explain why the farmers product
should be put upon the free list and
other commodities left dutiable. He
trotted out as new and original that
tnstuubatt CoAAAultn pitCc W lut cllttl
that the only purpose Of a protective
tariff was to transfer money from one
mans pocket to another man pocket.
He ignored the public benefits TO the
community which have resulted from
the building up Of our great industria
fabric, and took the untenable ground
that customs duties, levied for revenue,
to build up the Nation, diversity its
industries, and for the general welfare
of the people, were taxes for private
purposes.
Nor was that all. He took the ground
that free wool, though destroying the
sheep industry, would increase the
manufacture Of wooden goods in this
country, which it has not, and. he stub
bornly refused TO believe that we can
manufacture tinplates in the United
States, although we now make over
one-third Of the home consumption.
His every utteranee upon the tariff is
at variance with history, statistics, and
the experience not only of the United
States, but of every other civilized ma
tion.-Cleveland World.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-09-16
There is Nothing so Good

There is nothing just as good as DIR.
Kings New Discovery for eOnsump-
ton, coughs and colds, 80 demand it
and do not permit the dealer TO sell
you some substitute. He will not
claim there is anything better, but in
order to make more profit he may
claim something else 10 be just as good.
You want DIR. Kings New Discovery
because you know it to be safe and re-
liable, and guaranteed to do good or
money refunded For coughs, colds,
consumption and for all affections Of
throat, chest and lungs, there is moth
ing so good as is DIR. Kings New Dis
eovery. Trial bottles free at j. y. Sny-
der's drug store, Somerset, or at Brazil
ier's drug store, Berlin.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-09-16
Sent it 10 His Mother in Gerrary.

Mr.. Jacob Esbensen, who Is in the
employ of the Chicago Lumber Co., at
Des Moines, Iowa, says; 81 have just
sent some medicine hack to my mother
in the old country, that l know from
personal use to be the best medicine
in the world for rheumatism, having
used it in my family for several years.
1t is called Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
IL always does the work. 80 cent
bottles for sale by BenforPs Pharmacy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-09-16
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The Best Salve i'm the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, COrns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price y cents per box. For sale at
]. n. Snyder's drug store, Somerset,
Pa, or at Brallier's drug store Berlin,
Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-09-16
What is Said About Women.

Woman's sympathies give tone, like
the harp of Aeolus to the slightest
bgeath-Donald G.. Mitchell.
Among all animals, from man to tina
dog, the heart of a mother il always a
sublime thing. Dumas,
pere.
The girl who wakes the poets sigh is
very different creature from the girl
who makes his soup.-Frederic Shell
don.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-09-16
To Offer a Reward of 100 Dollars

for a case of catarrh that can not be
cured, amounts to nothing except to
sell the article. Do you know of any
such reward being paid? Ely Bros. do
not promise rewards in order to sell
their well-known Cream Balm"
They offer the most effective medi-
cants prepared in convenient form to
use, which Is absolutely free from mer-
curials or other harmful drugs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-09-16

Dr. Fowler's Ext. Of Wild Straw
berry has been used for forty years and
has never yet failed to cure case of
diarrhoea, dysentery, or summer COM
plaint in any of its various forms.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-09-16
THE OLD COFFEE SPRING.


EDITOR HERALD:-I send you some verses
written by man who learned the printers
art in the HERALD Office in 1886, when More
head & Witt ran the plant. / worked thirty
years at the business, filled all the stations
from ''devil" TO editor and proprietor, but am
now living on farm near Amish, la. If you
think II worth place in your paper, II will
please the ''old man." as am seventy-five
years old. II you print 1t, please send me a
copy OF the paper eontainingt.
Yours truly.
Amish, Iowa D. X. SHAVER.
Near the Pine Groves shade in the sedgy
glade.
That never iet the sun shine through,
With a bubbling gush through the sands
cool flush,
The water came boiling through;
And not even the purest nectar,
OF which inspired poets sing,
Did deem could be as sweet TO me
As the water in the old Coffee Spring.
Out by the old Coffee Spring,
Where the pine trees wave and swing,
There's never a draught, wherever quaffed,
Like one from the old Coffee Spring.
Down in the grassy glade,
A cool and shady place
To rest from the race, the ball and the bat,
Full on my eager face
I've flung myself TO taste that;
And never has anything
Since slaked my thirst, like the balm that
burst
Fresh from the bright old Coffee Spring.
Out at the old Coffee Spring
How a sip from its depths would bring
My boyhood back, long the well-worn track
That led TO the old Coffee Spring,
Half century has passed since quaffed
last
The crystal nectar from that bright bubbling
spring;
Yet memory runs back,
In my boyhood's track,
Wheh with Ross and Darl, and Weed and
Meg,
We played mumble-ty-peg,
In the glade, meath the shade,
And drank from the old Coffee Spring.
out by the old Coffee Spring,
Where the evergreens loop and clirg;
To give, were fain, all the grapes OF Spain
For one drink from the old Coffee Spring.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-09-16
CATARRH
1T WILL CUBE
THE KELLEY CURE

Is q specisl boon TO business men who, having
drifted unconsciously into the drink habit and
awaken TO find the disease OF alcoholism fastened
upon them, rendering them unfit 70 manage af-
fairs requiring a clear brain. A four weeks
course OF treatment at the
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-09-16

IMPORTANT TO ADyKRTIsKRs.
The cream of the country papers is found
IN Remington's County Seat Lists shrewd
advertisers avail themselves OF these iists,
eopy of which can be had Of Remington
~. of New York 3 Hsstsburg.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-09-16
PfTTSBURd KELLEY INSTITUTE.
W xoze Eynh Ava-ra

No. 424s Filth Avenue,
restores 10 them sll their powers, mental and
physical, destroys the abnormal appetite, and
restores them 20 the condition they were II be-
fore they INDUCED in stimulants. This has been
done n more than 100 cases treated here, and
smong them some Of your own neighbors, TO
whom we can refer with confidence as to the
absolute safety and efficiency Of the Kelley Cure.
The fullest and most searching investigation Is
vited. Send for pamphlet giving full iniorma-
ton. a
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
rur ornnA-uourrn cAMrAroS.

Chicago Inter Ocean; General woylor s
reported AZ occupying several insurgeut,
camps" But the insurgents had all left
before he got there. which perhaps accounts
for 1t.
Minneapolis Journal: General weyler has
retrcated on Havana without striking that
mortal blow" at the Cuban Insurgents
lie finds II "too hot and unhealthy" to
fight. So ends the great final march OF
Weylcr and the extinction OF the In
surgents. Spain may as well pull out, Of
Cuba.
Springfield Republican: General Weylers
anxiety to force Maceo into big battle"
makes one wonder how big 1t would have to
be satisfy him. Thus far in the Cuban war,
n really serious engagement, from the
Spanish standpoint, has resulted in one man
and five or six horses killed. with the in
surgents completely put to flight" II would
be something terrible in the annals OF war
fare II Weyler should have battle in which
100 men were killed or wounded,
Chicago Journal: General Weyler has
returned from the Rubi hills to Havanr.
After an inglorious campaign Of three weeks
he has retreatcd from before n small and
issolated detachment OF the patrio. army
under the Incompatible Maceo. That brill
liant yet prudent fighter, who by a COM
bination of boldness and strategic gcnius.
has earned the double title of lion and
weasel, has again demonstrated his superb
ority to the generals OF Spain The despised
guerrilla ana mulatto. who Is a military
chief by virtue of natural endowmcnts only,
has once more shamCd the trained leader
ship OF such men as Wcyler ard Campos.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
CrRAN BELLIGERENCY Y.

The report that Representative Hit of
| Illinois, chairman of the house commit
tee on foreign relations, is in favor o!
| our government at once recognizing the
| Cuban insurgents as belligerents. is sig
! niticant Of Il probable renewal at the
coming session of congress of efforts to
induce the administration to act. Mr..
to have said that the Cubans are truly
bplligerentS and that their recognition
as such on the part of this country is
due under the principles and practices
of general international law.
The authority to accord belligercnt
department of the government. 1t is Il
matter to be determined by the prps-
dent. But congress may by resolution
compel an expression on the question by
the president and it is possible this wifi
be done at the coming session, unless the
annual message shall explicitly set forth
the intention of the administration
Undoubtedly Mr.. Cleveland is Civ
ing this subject very serious at
tention and it is understood that
what he will say to congress re-
garding Cuban affairs will depend upon
events in that island up to the time
when he must complete his message
AT present there does not appear to be
much promise that the situation will
improve for the Spaniards. The recent
movement under the immediate com
mand of General Weyler seems to have
been n complete failure, though subse-
qucnt events may make n differ
cnt showing. 1t is quite possible
that the Spanish generals plan
of campaign is more comprehen-
slve than appears from the reports
of his operations But in any event he
will not be able to crush the insurrection
in one or two Victories though he might
inflict such disaster upon the insur-
gents as would greatly weaken them
and thereby lessen their claim to be
recognized as belligerents. Failure to
do this after all the preparation that
has been made and the ample force that
Weyler has at command, would fairly
be regarded as amounting to n Spanish
defeat and would very materially
the claim of the insurgents
to recognition as belligerents.
This question promises to assume
very great interest between now and
the meeting of congress and it is safe
to say that unless General Weyler ac-
much more than now ap-
pears probable popular sentiment in
this country in favor of according the
insurgents beiligerent rights will be
greatly strengthened.