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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

Tommy f. bec6uss the blizaEd blew
my beard clean on Yet sll the same
Pm going 70 III your stocking. and 81
I can't get at your stocking III in some
thing else for you Here, young lady,
let's have one Of those big paper bags.
Now, Tommy, Wen call this a stocking.
Let's I'll 1t up What'1 you have2 Ap-I
pies, Of course, and doughnuts and some
Of those delicious sandwiches and pie
like your mother makes,' and I guess
that exbausts the bill OF fare. Now hold
the end Of the bag tight and don't spill
out the vieuals; and, Tommy, your
mother wants you"
The refreshed travellers had ell set
tied themselves in their seats and the
train was Jogging along again as best It
could through the snow. Passing
through the car Reuben looked careful
IL about for the woman and child, as he
was deeply interested In the success Of
his maneuvers- There is no great diff
hculty in locating anyone on train OF
cars, and as a matter Of course Reuben
soon found the objects of his search.
His business with them was very brief;
AAA--GCA ~ ~ as GD--A gACAE4 Win . Ba1SAAAE
glance, and completed to his intense
satisfaction, for that glance was suf
icient TO show him that the hungry
woman was enjoying his bounty with
relish which none can appreciate, IN
less he has had corresponding eX
Periences. He was not noticed as he hur-
ried by the little group. He did not
want to be recognized, for with fine
delicacy which always accompanies
true generosity he felt that the less the
woman saw Of him the more comfortable
she would be. Reuben Bullwinkle
wanted no recognition or thanks; in
deed the idea that he was entitled to
thanks never entered his head for
moment. Neither did he make any
mental calculation as to the value Of an
act of friendliness put down to his
credit account on the recording angels
book, nor did he look for any special
blessing which the Lord might owe him
for his act Of charity. Indeed the little
thought which he gave the matter had
its relation entirely to the objects of his
sympathy, and If his heart was light
and his soul joyous, it was because he
had uncOnsciously wandered near the
threshold of Heaven and heard the echo
Of angel voices singing: "Peace on earth
and good will to men."-Frank Beard,
in Rams Horn.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

First KIondike Miner CwaIlowing through
snOHdrifts higher than his cabin, his ears,
nose, toes and fingers frozen, chatteringIv)
-M-M-M-8Ierry C-C-C-Christm-m-m-m
Same tito y-y-y-yOul T-T-T-T-This Is
v-y-yThat our f-f-fathers w-w-wOuld d-d-d-d-
delight IN calling a r-r-real old-fashiOned
C-C-C-C-C-ChristmasI ''-BrOOklyn Eagle.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
A Candid Tale.

@Csn I see the lady Of the house?" ssked
the canTasser, with candor.
YES she replied candldiy, you can II
you are not a political candidate
''HoW can youyD said he mo, madam
] am selling a can opener which can't oe
beat. 1t can open any can that can be
opened by any can opener, and any can can
be opened by this can opener that can be
opened BY any can opener, and If you can
show me a can, can"
''What eanti" cried she. Il wish / had
a cannon, and I'll bet you'd canter."
Then she slammed the door IN his face
PHILADELPHIA Bulletin.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
Struck 1t Rich.

81 see Plimley's wife has a new sealskin
coat"
Yes, he's had a streak OF luck"
How was that?"
Got his thumb smashed the dav after
be took out an accident policy for $50
Ueek'-Cleveland Leader
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

u IS 7re5sctsd That the vessels 81
Whaling feet. most q WnCse u1ozrz-
are IN San Eranclsccs have been l-l =
TIE fca and cone nav not last thrcugr
sieEs. Danger also threatens those FTll4
lecs what are called trIdIng all1sleli = ---
they nav not last through the crlsls- zs-
sort TO Hostetters Stomach bIsters a o--
for inciusent rheumatism, malaria ccnstl-
patton, nerTousness and kidney complains
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

Ask your grocer to-day 70 show you @
package Of GRAIN-O, the new food erln-
may drink It without injury as wei as The.
adult. All who try i Ike It. GRAlh-0
has that rich seal brown Of Mocha or java
but Il is made from pure grains and the
most delicate stomachs receive It without
distress. IA the price Of coffee. l5c and
= cts. per package. Sold b. al grocsrz.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

husDaus says
Trees amt fash'abIs these days;
Ast him why, an pa says OauSS
Don't b'lieve in Santa Claus!
SAYS he hates the noise and russ
Makes him aggravate an cussi
Don't see why ma keeps him. he
Amt no use at can See
II me was him an him was me-
Bet I'd have a Chris mus tree
Ma list smiles an says- too baoE
At list makes me awful mad
Other little boys has pas
What believes in Santa Claus.
Hate mean pas-Tu tell him so
list as soon as / can grow.
Wfsht ma lock him out tonight
When he comes, list serve him right
Make him stay out there. an then
GObulins an boyle men
Ketch him fore the mornin' come
Bet you then I'd have a drum
An a whistle at I'd blow,
Whether he don't ike CT no.
Wtsht-why, here's pa.-an' I see
That he's bought Chris'mus tree
Says he thought he'd fool the kid
ATS list what mas husban' did
Baltimore News.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
Ready for Him.

did you tell that western customer Of
ours that you would draw on him If he didn't
pay
Yes, and he wrote back that If I thought
could draw any quicker than he could Just
to come out there with my shooting tackle
and make a settlement, Detroit Free
Press.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

a woman and little boy. These two
made nc effort to secure a place with
the eager crowd at the lunch counter,
but stood unnOticed and alone beside
the stove. It was easy to see that they
din cot belong to the Opulent class of
society, for, though scrupUlOusly neat,
their clothes were Of cheap material,
and several sl1Hlful patches on the gar
me1ts Of the boy indicated careful econ
omy- There was weary end anxious
look on the wOman's face as she bent
down and whispered something to the
child, who was whimpering and tug
ging at her dress, casting longing
looks at the lunch counter.
To a close observer the situation was
perfectly plain, for there was no doubt
that the boy was pleading for a chance
st the edibles, and the mother. With
Out the means Of relief, was trying. to
Pacify him. OF course. In a selfish and
greedy world It is no uncommon thipp
Tor some to 50 hungry. for when 30
L1auyz are Actually staring to death Il
seems hardly worth while to waste
sympathy on those Fho are cnIv fast
Ing 3 iitIlss end get What 81 more pitt.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
PEACEl BE STILL


My wife designed that suggestion he
said: i think It was clever of her" And he
handed back enough money for car fare and
put another sound tooth IN his collection
Chicago TImes-Herald
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

promptly cured."-K. MORRIS, Memphis.
Tenn.
The question: as consumption cura--
bier" IS still debated, and still debatable.
1t is essy to say that this was not case OF
consumption. Yet the physicians said IL
was. They should know. AS a matter
of fact, DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectoral has
wrought so many similar cures that IL
seems to argue the curableuess of con-
sumption in its earlier stages, by the use
Of this remedy. There is no better medi-
cine for pulmonary troubles than DR..
Ayers Cherry Pectora1. 1t gives relief in
cases of Asthma, and Bronchitis, where re-
lief has been heretofore unattainab1e- It
promptly cures Coughs and Colds, La
Grippe, and all affections of the throat
and lungs. Heretofore, Dr.. Ayers Cherry
Pectora1 has been put up in full size
bottles only, at 500 per bottle. To meet
a worldwide demand for smaller pack
age, the remedy is now put up in half size
bottles, at half price-5o cents Write for
Dr.. Ayers CurebOok Gree and learn more
Of the cures effected by Dr.. Ayers Cherry
Pectoral- Address J. c Aver Co.. LOWELL
Mass.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

coUrsed learnedly upon the busiDess sstus-
ton recently: eff business Is ne. better
next week than It was yesterday two weeks
ago, den I'm a son OF gun, dat's vat J
hopes. Philadelphia North American.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use Of DR.. Hines
Great Nerve Restorer- Free s. trial bottle &
treatise. Dr.. Kline. 933 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

What It Means.-Bobbie- aPoppa, what
does 1t mean by saying: Wisdom crieth
without Father = Without being
heard, my son."-Brooklyn Life.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

Surely. Often after 10, Is, 20 years SUI
fering, st. Jacobs Oil cures rheumatism
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

When a railroad man Is lame, he saws he.
has fat Wheel.-Atehison Globe.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

Crippled for years2 Pshawl Why St ia
cObs Oil VIII cure sprains right of. Sure
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

a man never enjoys reading quite as much
as ne does Just as his wife Is ready to start
70 ehUrch--NHashIng Democrat.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

Experience Is a hard block to whittle, but
every shaving Is Of priceless value to the
Whittler.-N- Y. Independent.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

A divorce suit should be included IN the
wardrobe Of the actress who hopes TO be
well advertiECd.-Chicag News.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

BE Cpaa.iQnatsly)-You are the only airl
I have ever loVedt
She (coldly)-So I should iudss b shs-
way You 60 &c it.-N. .. journal
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
When Formally .Institutea.

The celebrates Of Christmas Is said ~
the church historians to have been formally
instituted By Pope TeiesphorUs, who died
AZ D. Is8
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

Mrs Benham-Hemy. what shall I ct
you for Christmssg
Benhsm-=eS othinE; Ere get % se0no
ME this Fear.-Chieago Tribu1e
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

The best gay 20 tel Hbether pr1--t e
E cLeap che 3 to ohserva Whethz- Ale nrice
e. sssg r7bbss els. =. 1Fg5
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

could not get along without Piso's Cure
Z. c AIoult0n, Needham, Mass, Oct. =, '94
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

No mistake Thousands have been Gun ed
Promptly Of neuralgia by St. Jacobs Oil
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

a. woman doesn't object to her naughty
children If others are worse. = Atchisor
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

bumped and bent. Lame back did It.
Straight and sound. st. Jacobs Oil did It.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

To Cure = Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Ar
druggists refund money if It fails to cure. &c
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

Sore and Stiff? Cold. st. Jacobs Oil the.
Cure. It warns and relaxes.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

COnfectioners should make their candy
over bon-bon fres-Chicago News.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

Black, deep bruises cured by St. Jacobs
Oil It wipes them out.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

age makes some people wise and Others
only stubborn--Chicag News.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
Pnssport to GreatneEu.

No physician can be considered great IN
I'll he has discovered a new germ and way
Of transmitting it.-Washington Post.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

promptly cured."-K. MORRIS, Memphis.
Tenn.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-31
GROVER TO THE DOCTORS.

President Cleveland spoke to the doctors
at New York Friday night, not with his
customary feeling of solemn responsibility,
but with considerable trepidation." His
remarks were received with much merri-
ment, it is said. but careful reading of
the address fails to reveal any more IA
cetiousness than when lie felt burdened
with a great weight of responsibility.
In the course of the presidents speech.
however, there cropped out a little inter-
esting information OF a personal character.
For the first time Mr. Cleveland made
known TO the world that in his callow days
he yearned for the sea, the ueep, blue sea
and longed to sail the briny as a gallant
tar. even if he had TO take up the usual
course and run away from home But at
the same time he was also struggling with
another and widely different desire. He
wanted TO become a doctor and jog over the
country with pillbags and a wise look.
Just why he never became a sailor. and
how it happened that the medical frater-
nifty was deprived of shining light, Mr..
cleveland unfortunately fails to explain.
II is probable. however, that in failing TO
connect with one or the other of these oc.
cupations he missed his calling in life.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-31
WAR on THE TRUSTS.

The agitation against trusts in this coun-
try is no new thing. The people have been
suffering from trust extortions for years,
and have been endeavoring in a blind sorl
of way 10 cast off the burden. Congress
endeavored to supply relief by enacting
the necessary legislation. and passed a bill
which its trainers were confident would
remedy the evil. But for some reason or
other-either because of important defects
in the measure or because of unwfllingness
of the law department to do its duty-the
statute has never been enforced.
Meantime the public temper has been
growing warmer and warmer as the years
have gone by, and the trusts have contln-
ued 10 flourish and increase in number. At
last the states have despaired of relief
from the government and are taking the
matter In hand themselves. Some of them
have already enacted antitrust laws. 9th
crs have such laws in contemplation. From
present indications it may be inferred that
before the present year expires a majority
Of The states of the Union will have laws
for the suppression or vigorous restriction
of trusts
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-31
A New Riley story.

| F. S. Pixley, in Times-Herald.
1eW years ago a couple of Ohio bows
as speculation, engaged James WhItcomb
Riley to deliver two lectures in MassIllon
and Canton. Coxey's town has only 70 OOO
population and never has been noted for
the nigh literary standing of it's people. a
majority of whom are laborers working i,
the manufacturing establishments. The
lecture was not well advertised, and Mr.
Riley was greeted by an audience that was
piuably small and intensely frigid. Ha
worked hard, but 1t was a hopeless task.
the entertainment was one of the worst
hrsts that Massillon ever experienced.
1t nearly broke Riley's heart He mourn-
ed and mourned and refused to he com
torted- All attempts to cheer him proved
futile. The next day. which he spent In
canton, where he was to lecture that
hlght' was a ceaseless round of nervous
agony. The family whose guest he was
tried to impress upon Riley the fact that
the Massillon failure was not due to the
lecturer himself but to the want of prem
aration and advertisement. They assured
rim, with great emphasis. that II he came
n second time things would be different
The Canton hostess had invited in sew
eral young ladies to meet the distinguished
lndianian, but their combined efforts
proved insufficient to distract RIlev's
thoughts from the specter which haunted
him. Once hf was missed, and the hostess
found him ahone in the garden wringing
his hands and pacing about like a Gagged
lion.
Come. come. Mr.. Riley" she said. "tbis
will never do. You are my prisoner" Then
she took him by the arm and led him buck
TO the house like lamb to the slaughter.
Lying on the center table was copy Of
the Christian at Work, the back page of
which was ornamented by a large adver-
tisement announcing the forthcoming pub
lication of an elaborate work on ''The
Second Coming of Christ
That must be a very interesting book.
Don't you think so?" remarked the host
ess, for lack of anything else to attract
Rileys attention, at the same time hand
ing the paper to him.
The Hoosier poet glanced at the adver-
tisement and abstractedly said: THE
Second Coming of Christ'-'The Second
Coming of Christ Um-yes. 1 wonder
what kind Of an audience Masslllon will
turn outr'
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-31
Slang md ReIiEinn.

From the Philadelphia Press
The Rev. Sam" Jones is holding series
of revival meetings in Boston and drawing
crowds to hear him. In the DAYTIME he
makes an address in old Faneuil hall and
in the evening he breaches In some large
church. He has not visited Boston In ten
years and there IS consequently much curl
osity TO see him and listen to his plain
spoken and at times "slangy' utterances.
But whether there is as much good being
done as there is noise made Is a question
which is agitating the people and news
papers of that city.
Mr. Jones breaches in his usual styIe.
He looks over his audience and points out
an imaginary person and calls him an ''old
rascal or an "oId hypocrite" Nobody in
particular IS meant, but the crowd laughs
and each one singles out in his own mind
the person whom he thinks the epithet fits.
Again Mr.. Jones says: "A goat don't want
ideas; all a goat wants is his grass. There
are lots of folks in this house who are
running on a dead level with the hogs"
and again the crowd laughs and each one
believes he knows the person Mr.. Jones is
trying to hit. Hell is only half a mile
from Boston, exclaims the preacher and
the amused audience undulates with merri-
ment. And of course this hit at Boston
and its preachers told: Boston saws: we
don't want little hell fire and damnation
fool in the pulpit. We want liberal preach
ers.' Well. you've got them"
1t is not surprising that such expressions
from Mr.. Jones in what he calls revival
services have aroused much hostile COM
ment. Many ministers and religious news
papers are declaring their emphatic dis
sent. lions Herald. for instance the lead
ing Methodist organ in New England. has
placed itself decidedly in opposition to
what it calls the indiscriminate abuse of
Mr.. Jones. 1t describes him as pouring out
"contemptuous speech, severest sarcasm
and vulgar wit in condemnation of the
of the Christian church." and
1t protests against the substance and styIe
of his sermons. The secular press is also
mildly demonstrating and claiming that
when Mr.. Jones says that: THE church of |
Boston is largely at peace with the devil |
and all mankind he is unjust and takes |
the wrong way to commend himself to the |
people whom he wishes to reach. On the |
other hand 1t can be said that Bishop Law
renee of the Episcopal church is commend
ing Mr.. Jones and doing all in his power
TO aid him in his work.
The real question is whether Mr.. Jones is
ioing more good than harm, whether more
people are led by his pert utterances TO
axe degraded view of religion than are
TO better life by the truths |
which his plain language undoubtedly
lrives home at times. No exact answer
an be given to the question. The perma-
tent results of revivals are never well
nough known to determine whether sem
alton pays in religious sense or not No
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-31
DESTRUCTIVE LECTsI,ATIoy.

There is no better field for the contem-
-I'Aation of human nature than that afforded
by the average legislative body. The play
and counter play of motives based on
whim, greed, malice. ignorance, and even
really good intentions, are truly fruitful
study. The feelings with which the leg
islator leaves his home TO put into statu-
tory form the wise measures his powerful
intellect has constructed must present a
striking contrast 10 the feelings with
which this same solon returns to his con-
stituents to render an account of his
stewardship
These and kindred thoughts are suggest
ed by bill introduced into the lower
house at jefferson City proposing to abolish
the state normal schools. No one questions
the good intentions OF Mr. AydeIott. the
father. or rather the introducer. of the
bill. He is the victim-not the first-of A
confidence game. A better victim than
guieless Farmer Aydelott could not have
been chosen. He was needed to give the
bin respectability. This, TO the extent of
his associution. it has secured.
The trail Of this bill is not hard 10 fol-
low. There is in this state a brood of con-
Germs wearing the proud title Of normal
schools and eking out an existence by the
industrious use of methods which are not
always commendable and are sometimes
disrcputablc. Two years ago this brood
put in a claim for state recognition-de-
manded that their short ORDER service he
given equal recognition with the admira bic
"a a flrnt g.F ii.
10 Superintendent Kirk and other friends
of genuine education. the attempt was
foiicd. Since the state would not and could
not elevate them to the plane occupied bv
the three legitimate state normals. # seems
that the cnvious concerns have determined
10 drag the state institutions down to their
own level or destroy them altogether. This
much for the animus of the bill.
When the state. for its own good as
sumed control OF education. il tool, ,por,
itself a most solemn obIlgation-not merely
an obligation to improve and unity the
school work into system, but TO develop
II to the highest degree OF excellence. To
accomplish this desirable end. the state
must be permitted TO utilize every FMS.
means within its power. Assuredlv no one
since the days of Horace Mann, needs TO
be told that trained teachers are absolutely
essential. IL We are TO approach our educa-
ponal Ideals. II IS no more just to abolish
The state normals because a trained gradu-
ate docs not preside over each school room,
than 1t would be TO abolish the general
assembly because each seat is not filed bv
trained statesman. Convincing proof OF
the efficacy Of the normal schools will be
found in Superintendent Kinks annual re-
port, now in press
There is no state in the Union having \
strong. progressive, harmonious system ~
public instruction that is net equipped bv
legislative enactment with state train;n,.
schools for teachers. and those states that
have the oldest. best perfected systems of
normals are most averse TO their destruc-