The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-01-29

with her son-in-isw, Reuben Rinker,
now in jail under the charge Of being
principal in the crime. If Gilmore's
reputation doesn't greatly belle him,
the wife should command all the sym
pathy in the case.
When Druggist Conner feels a honor
GUS condition creeping over him here
after, he will go out upon the barren
plain and have it out with it. Monday
evening he was enjoying turn at the
"funnygraft" that was in operation at
his store, and when the side-splitting
song was telling how it happened in the
usual raspy manner, Mr.. Conner had
one Of those aforementioned spells
steal over him, and he brought his fist
down with thump On the top Of the
showcase. The glass caught the spirit
Of the joke by impact and cracked a
smile, several thousand of them in fact,
and ratified down among the rubber
goods in a parOXysm of glee. Everybody
joined in the chorus but Conner; from
him humOr had fed.
The news comes from Chicago that
in that city 5000 families are starving
and freezing; that 10000 men, women
and children are begging in vain for
bread; that 10000 men, willing and able
to toll, are out of employment, and 1900
homeless, shiveriBg wretehes sought
shelter from the cold in the police sta
tons Sunday night. Millions of bushels
of wheat is stored in Chicago, and yet
no bread for these wretches. Along
the lines of railroad Centeriug in Chi
cago are thousands of cribs bursting
with grain the farmer has tried in vain
to sell, and standing In the field are
thousands of bushels of corn ungather-
ed because the expense of harvesting
would be greater than its value. What
is true of Chicago is also true of many
other large cities. Millions are starving
in India, and England has appealed to
the world for assistance in allaying the
sufferings of that plague-swept land;
and the British treasure vaults longest
ed with idle gold. The harried Armen-
ian has cried out in vain for suCcor, and
seed with which to plant his barren field.
Starvation, devastation and death on
three continents of the earth, and all
in the midst of plenty and in sight of
relief. Human selfshness and unjust
social conditions ravages alike the poor
American, European and Asiatic. The
world moves on and the revolution in
which the shackles of oppression will
be broken is coming, albeit a peaceful
one, and in that Gay humanity will de-
mand not aims but justice.
Every railroad man in the west knows
or has heard Of "High- Ball" Collins,
his aristocratic tastes, his grindings be-
tween the upper aud neither millstones
of fortune and the results of the polish
he received in the process thereof.
The Almighty never made his equal
and probably never will attempt it. He
is an original package of idiosynerasies.
An inYeterate gambler, and bold one,
winning heavy when he won and losing
as rapidly when luck was against him,
it would be strange indeed If fate had
not showered upon him ample oppor-
tunity to give his eccentricity room for
action. On one occasion "High-Ball"
drifted into 81 PasO with no assets but
an abiding thirst and a vacuum of sew
eral days growth behind his breast
plate. The gang working out of that
place at the time could run the Their
mometer down TO zero in July with
look, and "High-Ball" had no friends
among them to play the good Samari-
tan. Starvation stared him in the face
and as he was of ample proportions it
was no small matter. Something had
to be done. Just then an over-fed cat
rubbed up against him, Tt ought to
known better than to have tempted
him. Collins picked the pussy up and
HE'D him away to anear-by lunch coun-
ter. He took a seat at the counter and
began smearing mustard on the frantic
feline. The clerk spied him and yelled
out; "Wot tell yer doin'r "High-balI"
was then adding a few dashes of catsup
to piece de resistance, and replied sits
this way, buddy, I'm broke and nearly
starved and am going to eat the kitten"
The Mortified hasher got sea-sick, and
as a compromise offered to set the best
the house afforded before High ball"
without price, and at the finish of the
saturnalia agreed to produce the best
cigar ever struggled across the river.
When he made it two cigars High Ball"
accepted the terms and the refresh
ments, but its dollars to doughnuts
that if the clerk hadn't capitulated he
would have eaten the cat, nine lives
and all. He was built that way.
s8.8S. Before you see your tailor see
the Wizard.
PERSONAL NOTES.
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