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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01
VAS DOWN on KARsAs.
A Tounfsssssn Throws Away Hia Rlgh
10 VsIusbie Claim.


A TouEfsssesn ThrSWs Away His Right
70 : VaIae5is Claim.
Soms time ago e man living in John
son City, Tenn. Who had taken & claim
in Kansas. vas notified BY the general
land of8ce to show cause within Odays
Why his entry should not be forfeited.
Not knowing, evidently, that this year
was a Kansas year. snd that his claim
was again valuable piece Of property,
be took his pen in hand and answered
in the following facetious manner:
"JOhnsOn City, Tenn, Sept. %, 1897.
Register United States land Office,
Wakeeny, KaB.:-My Dear Sir. Ans
EeFing your favor of the third inst.
referring to my entry No. 1909, IN
der the homestead Law, will say that
have no cause to show within the pre-
scribed so days (nOr 80 weeks, nor
months event, Why my claim should
not be forfeited to that piece Of land
in that arid region, where rains are as
scarce as prOverbial hens teeth and as
far between as angels visits; where
water is more precious than diamonds;
where the lean and hungry coyote
baFks to the majestic silence of the
lonely and unpeOpled prsiries; where
the festive jack rabbit Wsnders unmO-
Tested, iordly monarch of all he sur
veys, and mourns for his lost compan-
ions, the Indian, buffalo and settler
who are not.
81 voluntarily surrender all my right
title and interest in said land forever
and irreVocably to the eminent domain
Of our own uncle Sam Blessed be
his magnanimous, great heart for that
beneheent homestead law, that plants
the settler on his lonely claim 40 miles
from nowhere and out Of Gods knowl-
edge, to delYe a fortune out Of the
bosom Of mother earth, to the tune Of
billiards, cyclones, grssshOppeFs and
chinch bugs, and after a few short and
htful years, full Of sorrow and hard
work, to seek his last and only rest in
the bosom Of mother earth, his only
companion in mis- isolation. I con-
graduate His ExoellsnCy, the presi-
dent, upon this magnificent addition to
the public domain. I thought it for
feited years ago"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

Mr.. mcfarland, an ex-conductor on
the Rock Island, has secured q job on
the Southern Pacific at Ell Psso, Tex,
and will shortly remove bis family
there.
NJ. B. Tembiin returned from s trip
to Boulder and Eldorado, Colo, Tues
day. He was much pleased with the
country and intends TO remove there
in the near future.
Mrs. Harriet Wolfe Of ObeFlin is here
visiting with her daughter, Mrs j. W
FaTrow. Mrs. Malley Osborne, of
Dresden, daughter OF Mrs. Farrow, is
also paying her q short visit.
Mrs. William Walker, Miss LaureBe
and Mrs. J. W. Glenn Of GOodland, and
Grace Meyer of Ludell, we're the guests
Of Mrs. ]. n. Fike during the reunion
and touFnament.-COlby Tribune.
Mrs. Sarah J. Chandler of PackWood,
Jefferson county, Ia, arrived Wednes-
day for a visit with her son, NJ. L.
Chandler Of Iowa township. Mrs.
Chandler is 81 years Of age and made
the trip alone.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01
20 MHlsTllNa aoY
When fhe curtains Of night, tween tbs d
sal +h~ E-EE

When tie curtains Of night tween tbs dark
and tbs light
Drop GoWn st the set Of the sun,
And the toilers VINO roam, 10 the loved ones
come home,
As they pass by my window is one
Whose coming mark, for the song Of the lark
As it ioyously scars in the sky
Is no deareE to me than the notes glad and Zee
OF the boy who goes wihistling by.
II sense Of unrest settles over my breast
And my spirit is olouded with care,
It all flies away If be happens to stray
Past my window a-whistling an air.
And I never shall know how much gladness 1 owe
To this jOyof the eaT and the eye,
But I'm sure I'm in debt for mach pleasure I got
70 this boy who goes whistling By.
And this music Of his, how much better it is
Than to burden his Life with frown,
For the tOiler who sings to his purposes brings
4 hope his endes7OF to erown.
And whenever Il hear his glad notes full and clear
1 say to myself wiz try
To make all Of Life with a joy TO be rife,
Like the boy who goes whistling by.
Nixon Waterman in L. A. ", Bulletin.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01
BouFne's old stand.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mixer returned
from Denver last week where they mad
bsen TO secure treatment for their son,
Paul, who Vas seriously injured by be-
ing kicked by q horse some weeks ago.
The REPUBLIC is happy to state that
Master Paul has fully recovered from
his injuries.
Isaac F. sexOn Of Gays, Ill, returned
to his home Friday after a short visit
with his brother, W.O. SexOn, OF Grant.
Mr.. SezOn was sgreeabiy surprised by
the condition Of Sherman county and
may some time be induced to leave bis
present home and to take up a Fesid-
ence in this county.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01
Kanorado Kodaks.
From Our Correspondent

From Our Correspondent
DR.. Foster Shelley Of Eimdsle, Kan.
visited with relatives for a brief time
the first Of the week.
Mrs. Jennie Swan Of Denver came in
on Friday nights train to keep up the
settlement on her homestead and visit
the folks.
John Rupert, expert cheese maker
and all around good citizen, took Mon
days train for GoOdland.
Alfred Anderson, living north Of
town, markets as fine tomatoes as one
would wish to see. He also has { sur
plus Of pIums Of his own raising.
Lost, aspeckeled" knife, finder will
please leave with Master Ralph Rule
The smoke from another factory.
rises to the blue above. This time It
is sorghum that is being made, and ].
W. German sees that it is the good old
lsrup brand
Joe Pyle has a wonderful crop Of
Milo maize,
Grandma Bundy and Mrs. John
Amos are visiting relatives near Fair
bury, Neb. Your Uncle Buudy con-
soles himself with 8 bran new wagon
and q pair Of suspenders, while John
busies himself marketing wheat.
A. B. Mead's public sale drew sn
immense crowd aud was pronounced
an unusually successful one. Charles
4. Rule cried the sale and A. c. WI
lis was the clerk.
Yves Aikens, an early settler north
of here, bat for three years past Of
Ohio, came in on Tuesdays train TO
look after property interests here.
Thso laurent is dispOsiDg of bis
interests here preparatory to seeking
e new home.
Dr.. Gillette aud H. E. Mettey Of
Burlington inspected our cheese fac.
tory Tuesday while en- route to A. B.
Mead's sale.
What has befsilen the poet aud re-
contour Of La Blanche? Has be been
discovered and made sgay with BY
the enraged pOpulscei We trust not.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01
RAILROAD NEWS.

Tired
Engine so blew out q cylinder head
Monday.
James Mulvihiu has gone to st. Joe
for visit.
Dispatcher MOCloud has moved in
the Morse brick.
Engineer Ed Prios and wife are back
from a trip to the east.
Bridge Foreman Carroll was here
with his gang Wednesday.
A good many Of the fremen got in
the limit Of go by the 18th.
Brakeman ]. ". Thomas has moved
his family here from DenYer.
Conductor Ed Denny has taken one
Of the local runs on the east end.
Superintendent Smith and wife came
down from the Springs Wednesday.
Will HcllingsWOrtb, son Of the agent
at Burlington, vas in the city Tuesday.
Ben BrOssO mas gone to work brak-
ing cut Of Fairbury on the Rock Island.
Sam BeideIman returned Saturday
from a short visit with his folks at the
Springs.
Some Of the railroad boys will take
in the sights at the Denver carnival
next week.
Tweaty-siz cars OF cattle vent over
the Rock Island Wednesday morning.
They we're being shipped to Iowa,
Billy BaHing has resigned bis posi-
ton as time keeper IN the master ne
ehanic's Offices AID viii go 20 bEakiRg
or passenger.
Grin Hspsord, brakeman On the
FsirbuFy-P hiIlipsburg division Of the
Rock Island, vas rnn over by Al engine
in the yards at PhiElipsburg less week
and SO seriously Injured that be died.
llr. HagloEd lsFRsEiy worked out q
Gopdia1S IS 8 fireman.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01
PERSONAL NOTES.

H. W. Marshall of Colby was in the
city Tuesday.
Charley Rule was over from Kan
OradO Friday.
John Parrott of Colby was in the
city Saturday.
". F. Ferris Of Colby was a visitor in
the city Saturday.
Sam OakfOrd is clerking in the
Conner drug store.
L. F. Linder has returned from 8
trip to Nebraska.
Mrs. R. J. Jones was at Topeka this
week attending the fall festival.
Miss Nellie Todd left for her home
at Horton Wednesday morning.
Ed Dawson, in company with his
mother, is visiting at Wichita, Kan.
Ben BrOssO is here again visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hank BrOsso.
Mrs. William Crosby was out to Kan
OFadO Wednesday visiting with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". E. Dustin are at
Topeka this week attending the festival.
is. Hutchinson of TOpland was in
the city Monday on his way to Wichita.
Harry ROthenbeFg, the Leavenworth
cigar salesman, was in the city yesteF-
day.
Clarence Neville left Monday night
for trip west in search Of employ
msnt.
G.L Calvert left for the east Mon.
day to drum up a carload of land
seekers.
George Butler Of McPike & Fox Drug
company Of AtchisOn was in the city
Tuesday.
William Sylvester Of Garden City was
in the city Friday with load Of sweet
potatoes.
Tommy Swarts has a pony and sad
die and is getting 70 be quite an expert
equestrian.
Frank Travis and family and 7. B.
Shaw and family left Monday for
jewell county.
Quite a party of GOodlandites we're
out to KanOFadO Tuesday attending
the Mead sale.
West Aikens, formerly Of this county
but now Of Ohio, was in the city few
days this week.
J.J. Grier Of Colorado Springs wss
in the city last week looking after mis-
hotel interests.
Mrs. P. l. Lancaster returned satur-
day from a visit with her sister ct
Colorado Springs.
Guy Usher left for Emmetsburg, Ia,
Monday, where he will attend school
the coming winter.
John Rupert, manager Of the Kano-
radO cheese factory, was in GoOdlsnd
the first Of the week.
a. Dallas. the new master MECHANIC,
arrived yesterday morning With his
family from Harrington.
Nm. StOlz. presiding elder Of the
sslina district Of the Methodist church,
vas in GOOdland Monday.
&C. BaksFOf Kansas City vas in the
city Tuesday. Dir. Baker was assistant
labor commissioner under the LEVEL
ing administration.
GeOrga Teagardsa returned Tuesday
morning from 3 visit to Boulder, Colo.
He reports the GCodland colony at
that place to be hOurishing.
Robert ChorR returned last week
from Boulder, Col BE returned there
this week accompanied By bis family
WbsEs they viii reside hereafter.
Wesley COlsnsn Of St Francis Nss
IN Goodiaaa this week aud intends To-
eating lie IS tie hitler q II. s Cox
nan, pEiRs.pal q s6eGgcdlalJ s1hoals,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01
Notes to Voters.

ALI male persons, residents Of the
city Of GOodland, desiring to vote ct
the coming election to be held NOvem-
Der 2, 1897, must call at my Office and
be registered in the wards where they
reside, OF or before G O'Clock, p. NJ,
Friday, October o, 1897, at which tins
the registration books will be closed
B.F. BROWN, City Clerk.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01
straw berry Plants.

I have for sale several thousand
strawberry plants, all choice varieties,
and adapted to this climate. Parent
vines we're full of fruit this year.
On account of the favorable season
the plants are unusually strong, and
now is your time and opportunity to
put out a strawberry bed.
If notified, will deliver plants at the
hardware store of George Hess; plants
90 cents per hundred.
M. B. TOMBLIN.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01
CARNIVAL RATES.

e12,75 for the round trip, GOodisnd
to Kansas City, Priests Of Pallas and
KaFnival Krew. Tickets on sale Ooto-
Der 3, good to return to October 10.
s612 for the round trip, GoOdland to
Denver, Festival of Mountain and
Plain. Tickets on sale October 1, good
to return October 10.
D. P. BAILEY. AGENT.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01
Plsasant Hnmo Ttams.


From Our Correspondent.
The hum Of the threshing machine
has bsen heard in this neighborhoOd
for the past two weeks.
Miss Lizzie Alderman spent several
days last week at the home Of Mr..
Bruce Lister.
Mrs. Frank EdgertOn was ont to
town Tuesday.
7. B. 0del passed through this vici-
nifty Wednesday on his way TO lows.
Byron Lister took lOsd Of wheat to
Brewster Friday.
Frank EdgertOn and family we're
down near Brewster Saturday on bust
ness.
F. VI. KOontz was at GOodland Sat
urdsy.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01
D. P. BAILEY, Agent.
Removed.

Hodgkinson has removed their flour
and feed store to the Chicago Lumber
yard where they will keep a supply of
coal, -four, feed, etc., at rock bottom
prices, for cash. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. Give Us a call. Yours truly,
G. F. HODGKINsON & Co
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

R. A. Handy has sold his cheese fac
tory at KsRorado. Just before closing
out he sold 200 cheese to Dolan & Co.
of AtehisOn.-Phillipsburg Herald.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

THE0LDEST HARDWARE
MAN In THE COUNTY,

Carries Hardware, Tinware and
Stoves, Harness, Whips, Mower
and Reaper Sections, Binder and
Header Chains, Wagon Wood
Work of all Kinds, Threshing
Machine Teeth and Betting.
Prices Quoted on Application.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01
Notice

1 sm agent for Mckinley -LanniDg
Loan and Trust Co., for Smith Brothers
Loan and Trust Co., and for E. II.
Amber, Beatrice, Neb. II you are very
much behind with interest and taxes
and wish to avoid being ioreclOsed,
please call on me sDd may be able 70
adjust matters without foreclosure
suit. 81. ROBINSON.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

People who live in glass houses
should not throw stones OF allow others
Of their household to practice il.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

Smith county takes all manner Of
pride in a nine years old miss that tips
the beam at $50 pounds avoirdupois.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01
FROM THE wAEsIDE.

A traitor is the meanest mortal that
ever escaped the vengeance Of an angry
God.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

An English scientist has discovered
that kissing is a cure for dyspepsia.
Who wouldn't be a dyspeptic now?
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

The bitter irony of fate was illustrat-
ed in the case of the old soldier who
survived the famous charge of Bslks-
lava to be killed last week by his wife
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

ALI nomination papers for county
and township officers must be fled by
October 2.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

A majority has the right to tie its
own hands-surreEder a part of its
own rights-but it has no right to tie
the hands, OF surrender the rights of
any other msjority-and much less the
rights Of every other majority, through
out all time, and without regard to
changed conditions. Constitutional
and statutory laws intended to do this
are a usurpatiOn of power which the
people have a right to ignore-and,
when they realize that a nations vel
fare demands it, they will ignore them,
provided they have not entirely lost
the spirit Of freedOm.-TOpeka hide
pendent.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01
Advertised Letters.
WIIII4N WALKER, JR.. Postmaster.

EFF. Wright, of the Northwestern
Music company Of Oberlin, is reported
missing. Mr.. Wright had g branch
store in this city some time ago, and
he still owes some small bills here.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

A safe blower cracked a safe at Phil
lipsbuTg last week, but found nothing
of value. The deluded mortal had been
led to believe by the Dispatch pros
perity items that every safe in the burg
held Klondike fortune.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

The Topeka policeman are a versa,
tile lot One of the force married a
couple while on duty on his beat re-
Gently.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

The square on the Australian ballot
this fall will be on the right side of the
name of the candidate instead of the
left as heretofore.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

The pOpulists have put a county
ticket in the field that cannot be ex-
celled in ability or integrity. Vote for
1t. Work for it.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

A southern newspaper thinks that
being bitten by a blue-gummed coon
the worst fate to which an enemy could
be sent, and yet this doesn't seem to
be punishment enough to Ct the crimes
some scandal mongers commit.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

Considerable criticism has been dir
ected toward the state officers because
of their refusal to allow the Fall Festi-
val Floral committee to use the legis-
lative halls as they desired for a grand
ball. The committee wanted to make
a very exclusive affair of it and admit
people only on invitation. The state
officers held that the state house be-
longed to the whole people and that
they would not consent to its exclusive
use for any bat official purposes. The
ball will be held somewhere else OF not
at all.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

Mr.. Barnett Of Burlington was in the
city yesterday.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

Several fioeks of quail have been
seen about Goodland recently and the
sportsmen now realize what the suffer
ings of Tautalus must have been.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

A Texas paper says: "There are lots
of people who mix their religion with
business, but forget to stir it up we'll.
AS a result the business rises to the
top"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

It is reported in AtchisOn, Kan, that
j. D. Harmon, the famous Missouri
laugher, is dead. Harmon had a CUFF
aw that could be heard for many
blocks, and it Was So contagious that
he was a great attraction when he visit
ed Atohison TO sell the products of his
farm. Harmon lived few miles across
the Missouri line.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

Editor Hagaman of the Concordia
Blade has picked out on his map an
overland route to the Klondike and
will conduct a party Of gold seekers
over it in the spring.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

One of the leading crusaders in the
temperance propaganda at Goodland
cherishes an ambition to leave prohi-
bition Kansas and settle down in a
liquor state in town that is noted for
its multiplicity of saloons.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

The agricultural college, which the
republicans say has been ruined by the
changes made in the faculty, has So
more pupils enrolled than at this time
last year.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

When nothing of more Importance is
at hand the GoOdland sports put in
time specializing on how much ex-
Cashier Hostetter lost at poker. Some
put it as high as $4,000.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

The fuss made about the Vanderbilt
Marlborough heir is by no means an
indication that the kid is any smarter
than the millions of others HoW being
rocked in their cradles.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

Bears protected by the government
in Yellowstone park kept a party of
distinguished tourists, camping there,
up tree for two days. AS the govern
ment protects the animals by not al
lOwin 6 campers to have firearms, the
party was obliged to tire out the beasts.
The tourists have put in a vigorous
kick to the department Of the interior.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01
in Montreal. Strange, indeed, are the
chances Of var and matfimOny.


Kansas has the privilege Of placing
the statue Of some noted Ksnsan in
the national capitol, and for the pur-
pose Of saving marble the Wichita
Eagle is advocating Ingalls, for the
subject. There is such thing as be-
ing Zoo doggonsd stingy.
On Wednesday TIE REPUBLIC re-
ceived by mail from different parts of
the county two letters. In each was
some manuscript. Both were the same,
word for word. TIE REPUBLIC dlslikss
being dealt with in a double sense and
viii not publish the matter until GER
tain things are explained.
Needed improvement item from the
KlOndike Tyre: The high wind yestsr-
day raised considerable dust. Jack
LuckenbiII, who was out on the Edo
rado road with his team, says he was
nearly blinded by it. When he came
home be cOughed up $780, One Of
our greatest needs is street sprinkling.
The editor Of the Atwood Citizen
hasn't got faith enough in the perma-
nency Of high prices to believe that
purchasers Of calves at go per
head will ever make anything on the
investment. The stock industry is Of
growing Importance and a money max
or, but calves at go are altogether too
high.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-01

Monday was ROsh Hsshono, the Jew
ish new year, 5658. The biblical in
junction upon which the celebration
Of ROsh HoshOnO is based is found in
Levitieus xiii, "a, and in slightly diff
feFent words is repeated in Numbers
xxx, ID, which reads as follows: ain
the seventh month on the first day of
the month, ye shall have a rest; a day
of memorial; of sounding the trumpet,
holy cOnvOcstion. No servils work
shall ye do and ye shall offer burnt
sacrifice unto the Lord"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-04-26
THE DRumLUMMoN.
Il Takes u New Lease of Life t"'lrr Alex
Burriirs Management.

SpecHil pSpuu ~ W,'rrn, ,h.. ,.-
i'e'"a' "p'" - ~ a..
Gently appointed s'ner' ""nak'' VI ""
Montana Mining company hmi'"h' VINO
returned from London saturday gives tue
TRUE reason for the resignation of X, a.
Havless AS manager of the company
r,,i',... a., Nt,r,s,ilIn what IA. saws utterly
-. IN. ,,,,,,,,,., so.,,,.,,.d broad
'o'"',' ''' Si' -, ,,,,,
East Wy h"''' p'P'' w w
he had Resigned To eNen'ua'lS p'conhc ,''
manager OF the AnHCondl company lor
the London Exploration company, "h'ch
is Interested In that corporation. IL Is uur
that MIR. Bayless has accepted po7Nioh
with the Exploration company nut u"
was largely Influenced In doing so oy Tue
fact that he would u" "npbl"d 10 remain
In London. The position l. ~ newIy-rt'"itd
one, that OF chief OF the ihihlhs depart
mrnt OF the Exploration company, whlth
has large Interests on every continent
Mr. Bayless for more than J. years was
manager Of the Montana company ANA re-
sided AZ MdrNsNille, tte was thoroush
Enylishman dnd always uesif'h 10 nv"
In London. For that reason ne acc"pteu
his present position, which Is most re
sponsiblc and rcmunrrtive one.
Mr.. Burrill the new superintendeht,
viii inaugurate no changes ~ lhe past