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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05
ON A FURLoUGH
How the Recruit DepOrts Himself
When He Comes Home
for q Day.

IdyIlic IS the life Of a soldier boy
home on q furlough. He may have
been very plain, ordinary sort OF
chap before he donned the brown leg
gings and soft hat that transformed
him into a defender of his country,
but he is a hero now, and he takes
advantage Of the fact in exact proper
ton to the lack or amount Of petting
and TorshiPing he used to receive.
Youths who up to the present time
were snubbed or ignored in the fam
ily circle now return from camp and
expect so much fuss and adulatiOn
that even the most patriotic mothers
and sisters find it hard to supply the
demand One bold warrior Of Camp
Black, who has been the butt Of the
family Jokes and wit ever since he
found himself the twin brother of sis
ter a head and shoulders taller than
himself. came home the other day, and
promptly reduced the orderly pater-
nal abode to a place Of noise and chaos.
He wanted special and particular
things for dinner, and two fat, dOwny
pillows for his bed, bottle Of Florida
water for his bath, and a new set Of
needles and buttons and thread. His
sisters gave him all the evening papers,
ensconced him in the big bow window,
and few around obediently to execute
his wishes. His mother sat down OPP
posite him and beamed. When the IA
ther Of the family came home he re-
strained for the first time in 30 years
his desire to Inform his benighted fam
/ liz Of the news OF the day. Instead,
] L = -,
his sons account Of the war on Long
Island. After dinner he opened a box
/ Of his best cigars and pressed them
upon the youth, who, until four weeks
/ ago, had never even smoked a cigar
cite.
Early the next morning the sisters
/ secured the neighborhood for the cans
Of condensed milk, bottles Of pickles
| and crooks Of fresh butter which the
warrior had intimated were essential
! to happiness at the camp, and before
he was up his mother had packed a
bundle Of clean clothes, patent button
/ fasteners, note paper and stamps and
/ pins Of all sizes.
The neighbors who have seen the
/ efforts o. the warrior to hold his own
with his five sisters land especially the
/ tail twin) were perhaps unduly amused
when they saw him starting on with
head erect and self-satisfied mien, a
| flower in his hat and a bUudle-bur-
dened messenger boy at his side, while
behind him, huttering along at a re-
sPectfUl distance and gazing upon him
in awe and affection, were the five
/ humbled sisters.-N. Y. Commercial
| Advertiser.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05
CHICAGO NEWS PROVERBs.
Charles Gould Beede

When a woman weeps scalding tears
she is boiling with rage.
An old bachelor resembles a pair Of
scissors with only only one blade.
It doesn't always take the rufhes out
Of a mans temper to iron him.
Some girls get married just to let
others know that they can
1t is hard for a man to support a
sealskin wife on a muskrat salary.
When a woman flies into a passion
it's time for her to have her wings
clipped.
Honesty may be stamped on = mans
face and yet leave q very vile margin.
Some people are so illogical that even
the climate doesn't agree with them.
As a successful writer of fiction the
man who gets out the weather reports
easily distances all competitors.
There is no pairing so bitter as the
parting of a quiuiue capsule just as
you are in the act OF swallowing it.
People Ofteu talk of breaking the
ice, but it would require a powerful
fight of imagination to think of break
ing the iceman.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05
- 80 - -.

The proof that corn bread diet makes
bigger men physically can be found IN
the rural districts OF Indiana, Illinois
and Kentucky, where bOminy and corn
bread constitute the staff of life. A
table IN any Of the rural districts in
those states, on which there is no dish
prepared from corn would be a rarity,
and in those states men who fall below
the stature OF i've feet are dwaEfs-
Six feet Is the regulation size, and men
who tower considerably above this
height are accepted by the inhabitants
as a matter OF course
or course, climatic influences must
be considered when stature is under
discussion, but the food forms the ba-
sis Of calculation. Il is generally &C
cepted By men who have given the
subject thought, that the siX-fOOters Of
Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky as q
rule were brought up on hOminy and
corn bread As the main food supply
II the crowned heads of Europe could
be convinced that corn bread will re-
suit III a nation Of six-fOOters, the
American farmer would hardly be able
to raise corn enough 10 supply the
European market.-HUme And Farm.
As to the above, there is something
in 1t, but the reason Is not fully stated
nor the philosophy of stature fully an
allied. Ia the first place there is some
thing in the breed, aud the states
named were originally settled by men
above the average IN stature. the fact
is also to be taken into account that
coarse bread made from ali the cereals
tends to produce men of large stature.
Whole flour or meal Of oats, barley,
rye aud wheat, as we'll as corn, contains
more OF the phosphate Of lime than
the fiusr -four, which contains mainly
starchy aud saccharine matter, and
bone substance Is 81 per cent phOs-
phate of lime.
Another thing needs to be stated.
Both men and animal reared on a
limestone or clayey soil will attain q
height aud bulk not fond on sandy
or gravelIy soil, aud young cattle and
horses taken from the latter to pasture
Oh the former soils, to complete their
growth, will grow much larger than
others of the same grade left to com
plete growth on sandy or Gravelly soil.
The reason is evident. The water is
hard that Is, impregnated with the
carbonate Of lime, and a very consider
able per cent Of bone tissue IS COM
posed of this mineral. An investiga-
ton would show that large men are
reared on food and water as stated.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05
An Estimate OF Bryan.

We had a great treat at our town this
morning. Col. VIM. J. Bryan, with his
his Nebraska regiment, stopped here
for an hour, aud electrified everybody
with their presence. It is by faE the
best regiment we have seen, the best
looking, the best behaved, and they
love and idOlize their colonel. They
feel elevated aud refined by his com
handing presence, aid wouldn't do
anything that would mortify him or
wound his feelings. What a grand and
noble man he is-hOw majestic in per-
son, how gentle in manners, how il
spring in language and conversation!
How our hearts did burn within Us
as he spokel
tell you, bretheren, would trust
him with all my interest in national
affairs. He is q Daniel Webster and
Henry Clay combinsd-a great man.
May the good Lord keep him and pre-
serve him 1 would not have him killed
for a million Of dollars. The silver
question may pass away and be forgot
ten; the tariff may settle down, but
other and grander issues will grow out
Of the war, and the nation viii need
VIM. J. Bryan. This is the way feel
about it, and I cannot help it.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05
vo1tairo wavsIds GIeanings-

From Our Correspondent
William Dooling received word that
his mother-in-law was at the point OF
death. She lives at Hordridge, Neb.
The corn, that was needing rain very
badly, got a soaking from the storm on
Monday night.
To take a drive through the country
and see the stacks and shocks of grain
is good for sore eyes.
The school election in district No
81 resulted very satisfactorily to all
S. T. Caldwell was chosen director and
William DoOling clerk.
re. Smith was in 7-4O lately and
tried to help harvest, but being un-
used to manual labor his hands became
so badly blistered that he had to quit.
The grasshoppers have destroyed
30 acres of corn and cane for Henry
Kaiser, besides all his garden truck
Fritz Rust and family, Henry Kaiser
and wife and John Buss and family
attended German Lutheran church
services at Henry Buss' place Sunday.
Henry Buss, jr-, met with an accident
while loading grain on header re-
Gently. He ran the fork tines into his
foot and the injury was so severe that
it caused him to faint.
George Wallace, brother Of J. T.
Wallace who carries the st. Francis
mail. has enlisted in the Seventh Mis-
souri, cavalry, SO this is another Sher-
man county boy gone to war
The grain in this township Is about
all cut
At the time Of the storm, last Satur-
day night a week, lightning killed
team Of horses belonging to W ;
COchrane.
John Klawer lost a fine colt last
Friday, by blood poisoning caused by
running a nail IN its hOOf-
W.R- Lewis lost q fine tWO-year-old
heifer last Sunday
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05
STICK SEA CHARTS
Explanation OF the Wonderful Navi'
eating Feuts OF Natives OF the
Marshall Islands.

The German PrOtectOrate Of the
Marshall islands, which lie just east of
the CaroIines in the equatorial Pa
cifc, contains the most daring sailors
known. They are constantly per-
forming feats Of navigation that Eu-
ropean sailors feared to venture on
long after they had the compass, which
instrument, by the way, the Marshall
islanders reject as useless.
The archipelago lies in two widely
separated groups, the Radack and the
Ralick chains, and in each chain the
islands lie for the most part at extern
siTe intervals. Yet the native pilots
conduct voyages all over their own
archipelago ard to the CarOlines in
one direction and the Gilberts in an
other. Forthisvoyagingtbey rely upon
charts Of their own construction, the
knowledge having been handed down
from remote antiquity. These charts
are generally about yard square and
are constructed Of slender sticks tied
together. At some intersections Of the
sticks are fastened, small shells, which
stand for the different islands. The
pilot posts himself IN the bow Of the
vessel with his chart before him. He
begins By establishing the particular
shell corresponding to the island
from which he is Just sailing. He sets
the course as indicated by one Of the
sticks radiating from that shell in
the proper direction. Thereafter he
watches the course in the sea withvery
slight use Of the heavenly bodies for
the determination Of direction.
They make no secret Of their art
They are often at great pains to teach
# to white men, and wonders that no
one has yet been found capable of
grasping it. Their explanation is that
each Etick on q chart shows the course
Of a stream in the sea, and that by
following the streams they can find
their way 70 their destination. They
claim to see these streams with their
intersections Just as shown by the
sticks Whatever may be the explana-
ton, il Is certain that they navigate
hundreds Of miles on empty ocean with
neither compass nor chrODOmeter nor
other instrument save a chart OF
sticks. II by any accident they 60
sstray they make no attempt to con-
time the voyage, but run at once down
to leeward until they make familiar
Iandfal. often as far to the west as
the CaroIfnes-N. Y. Sun
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05
PRAYER OF The sRAvE.

God Of battles, hear Cur prayer!
God Of justice, heari
God OF liberty and night,
Arm thy people with thy might
Show rs thou art nearI
VanEsance Is not ours, o Lord!
Mercy, too, Is thine
Yet the freedom to us given
Bears for rs the seal Of heaven
And Of night divine.
Nov, o God, We come 20 thse!
Lead rs to a man
Down where Armageddon' s plains
Wrfths with lust and grOan with chains,
Lead Us IN the van
Liberty can never live,
Lord. beside the slave.
Rather than that infamy.
o our God, We pray 70 thee,
Hide US in the grave!
Who can smile while Others weep7
Is the world akini
Christ Of God, by loves sweet name,
Save US from eternal shamei
Purge Us OF this sin
God Of battles. God Of right,
Hear, oh, hear our CALI
On thy banners crimson bars
Write thy VIII in with thy stars
Liberty for all!
rIsrlaz CouId Peede.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05

A curious story IS told in the Brit
ish war Office. Some years age q work
man was engaged in casting metal
for the manufacture Of ordnance al
the WooIwich arsenal, when he lost
his balance and fell into huge cal
dron containing u tons Of molten
steel. The metal was at q white heat
aud. Of course, the unfortunate mar
was utterly consumed in an instant
The war department authorities held
a conference, and decided not to pro
fame the dead by using the steel II
the manufacture Of ordnance, and the
enormous mass Of metal was actually
inferred and a Church Of England
clergyman read the burial service ove1
ft.-St. Louis GIobe-Democrat-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05
SPANS Loss OF Empire.

On his accession to the Spanish
throne in 1856, Philip II found himself
ruler Of the greatest empire the world
has seen since Rome was at the zenith
of its power It's navies were famous
for their greatness and they ruled the
ocean, its armies were famous for their
prOwess, she swayed the destinies Of
of Europe, had possessions in all the
continents, and may be said to have
owned the Americas, both North and
South. Samuel Johnson writing as
late as 174O, when complaining Of the
poor peoples hardships, said:
Are there no regions yet unclaimed BY Spain7
Quick, let US rise, those happy lands explore,
And bear oppression s..insOleuce no more
The Spanish empire was the result
of marriages, cOuquests and discover
les; its decline and fall may be ascrib-
ed to the ruthless character of the
Spanish people. When Columbus dis
covered San Domingo, it had a pOpu-
lation of 100000; in 1880 this pOpula-
ton had dwindled to $4,000. COrtez
in Mexico and Pizarro in Peru were
ideal Spanish conquerOrs.
In the latter part Of Philips reign
(he died in 1888 Spain lost all, or near
" all, of her dependencies in northern
Africa, and early in the next reign,
Burgundy, Naples, Sicily, and then
Milan. In 1909 the Netherlands were
lost; in 1928, Malacca, CeyIon, Java and
other islands; in 1910, Portugal; in 1913
all claims to Holland were renowned,
and TO Bsrbant and parts Of Flanders;
in 1910 were lost Maestricht, HertOgen-
bosch, Breda, Bergen Op-zOom, and
many other fortressess in the Low
Countries, in which year the crown
taeitly surrendered supremacy on the
seas. to northern Europe.
In 1859 RousiIlOn and Cardague we're
ceded to France, making the Pyrenees
the boundaries between the two coun-
tries; in 1868 TO 1872, the last Of Elan
ders was given up; in I7O4, Gibraltar
was lost; in IT9l, the NoOtka Sound
settlements; in 1874, Santo Domingo;
IN 1900, Louisiana; in 1902, Trinidad;
in 1919 Florida was lost.
From 1910 to 1871 were lost, Mexico.
Venezuela, COlumbis, Ecuador, Peru
Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Banda ORR
entail, Paraguay, Patagonia, Gsutema-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05

Ia, Honduras, Nicaragua, San Salvador,
IIayti, and numerous islands pertaining
20 the American continents, all the
possessions in the western hemisphere
in fact, except Porto Rice and Cuba,
which are already, apparently, as good
as lost. The future Of the Philippines
Spanish Morocco, the Caroline Salur
Ladrone and Canary groups has yet 70
be Iad-Mempbis Commercial
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05
obituary.

The following is brief biography of
William Mitchell, an old resident of
Sherman county, who died July %, 1898,
Of necrosis Of the tibia.
William Mitchell was born in Hand
cock county, IL, March 20, 1881; re-
moved with his parents when boy to
Warren county, H.; was united in mar
risge November II, 1853, to Miss Mary
Ann Babbitt. he was the father of
nine children, and is survived by his
his wife, five daughters and one son.
The two elder children, Mrs. Ollie Nc
Call aud John Newton Mitchell, reside
in this county; Mrs. Jennie Eagle in
Wyoming, Mrs. Mary Hemphill in Ok
lahoma, Mrs. Gertie Simmons and Mrs
Jessie StingIey in Missouri.
When a young man Mr.. Mitchell sus-
tanned an injury on the right leg from
the kick Of q horse, which having never
thoroughly healed, broke out prOfusive-
ly in 1850, aud kept assuming a more
serious character until recently when
smputation was the only escape Of q
approaching end; but all was Of no
avail. On July %, 1898, at 2 o'clock p.
m, this good old man, unable to longer
bear the ills OF the flesh, passed into
the silent halls Of death. His paternal
life vas full Of complication He
was q member OF no church, but never
theless q christian man The last few
months Of his bed-sickness was full Of
pain-s preparation that oblitersted
the boundary between the finite and
the infinitei
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When the news got out that Presi-
dent Mckinley was opposed TO the idea
Of keeping the Philippines, as one OF
the conditions Of q peace settlement
with Spain, there was q popular pro
test Many OF the senators, on being
interviewed, declared in favor Of re-
tanning them, and surprise was mani
fest in foreign parts that the PROPOSE
ton for their relinquishment should
be entertained for a moment.
The PhiIippian insurgents cabled a
a protest aud the San Francisco cham
Der OF commerce petitiOned Tor their
retention. The senate is one Of the
treaty-makiDg powers Of the govern
ment and when they are convened in
speeiaI-session they will probably take
q stand for their retention. There Is
only one emergency that would justify
an opposite policy, the danger Of a for
eign war through a coalition Of some
of the European powers against it.
But with Great Britain friendly, no
sueb coalition will tie formed, aud it
could not succeed If it was formed.
Moreover. since witnessing American
prowess on land and sea, the other
powers are Fastening to declare their
friendIiness aud at the present time
there is no single power that dare to
intervene
sNothing succeeds like success. D"
The continental press, that at one time
was very bitter, has changed its tone
to apology for past bad behavior and
praise of Ameri ian valOr. A leading
German paper admits the offensive
ness of their naval display in the Phil
ippenes, and the supernUmerary Ger
man fleet has been withdrawn. The fact
Is the powers Of Europe will respect US
if we assert our rights and dispise US
if we don't.
Besides these things, there are other
and higher considerations. The same
humanitarian reasons that impelled
the nation to go to war with Spain to
put an end TO her misruls in Cuba ex-
ist in the Philippines Aud, although
the seizure Of these islands in the
Orient was but an important incident
Of the war it Is 10 reason that the same
policy that we propose for Cuba should
not be put into operation there. There
is talk of our having to fight the Phil
ippine insurgents, but give the same
privileges to them as we propose for
the Cubans and they are our friends
aud not our foes.
This IS the very contention OF Gen.
AguanaldO. The very proposition to
turn them back into the darkness aud
degradation of Spanish bondage
smacks of perfidy The Philippines
won't have it, the European powers
don't want it that way, and the Amer
icau people are opposed to it al
uauseam. Admiral Dewey says that
they are more capable OF self govern
ment than the Cu6ans They have
shown themselves uncOmmOnly good
fighters You can trust to self govern
ment those who will fight to the death
for it. Give up the Philippines mol
Here is an opportunity worth 100 years
Of natiOnI existence. They have heard
of US in these islands of the sea and
have initiated orr example on presise-
" the same grounds We crush themI
NeverI Leave them to their torment
Ors? No! A thousand times, No!
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05
Attacked By HummfnE Birds

In the island OF Alinora. one o. the
Philippines, the humming birds are
pugnaeious little creatures An Amer
lean hunting party had novel e1-
perience with them. One Of the hunts
men wandered OF from his comrades.
but soon his screams we're heard
Thousands OF the humming birds had
attacked him. and wounded him in
hundreds Of spots On his face and neck.
When rescued he was streaming with
bIood.-Cincinnad Enquirer.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05

Doctor-Your wife is on the verge
Of collapse and in q very distracted
frame of mind. Do you know what
has caused #?
WheeIer-We1l, she has been trying
70 two weeks TO decide whether to
paint her bicycle frame pink orye1OW
I guess her frame Of mind IS in syn
patty with her bicyele.-Judge.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05
me fIrers come % &c ~.

Lu5 ny OUuI5 Ol tLIC 41tH.
Herman Jacks is new blacksmith
in the shops.
Fireman Al Edwards has moved
his family to Roswell.
Fireman Frank Kline was visiting in
the eastern part Of the state while his
engine was in the shop.
All due honor viii be given Dewey
and our noble heroes by a patriotic en-
tertainmeut to be given at the opera
house in the near future under the
auspices of the Ladies' Aid society of
the Methodist church All are cor
daily invited. Remember our loyal
men at the front and come out.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05

Since the Deweys and the HObsOns
And the Simpsons and the Schleys
Have been doing things to make Us
Cheer and laud them to the skies;
Since this war against the Spaniards
Has been going on, there's one
That Is weary every evening
One whose work Is never done
lis the goddess that's presiding
Der the shining scroll Of fame,
Who Is charged to do the writing
Down OF each new herO's name;
From the sunrise till the sunset
She Is busy every day,
Working overtime, without a
Single cent of extra pay
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05

Born to ". D. Vansooyk and wife,
Monday, August 1st, q son
G. c. Moore has severed his eonnee-
ton with the Rock Island and VIII
make Denver his future hDae.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05
PenIfenfInrr naiIv.

The inmates Of Joliet (IlL) Peniten-
tfary have the war news, in condensed
form, printed IN the prison every after
noon at two o'clock
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05

en- to the world. Following her tri-
1mnhsl march would come the poet, 5
dream. Hthe federation Of the world,
fbs Ta-limeut Of nan" But ii con
s1esf 7n6 Imperialism are chosen she
5-isI ~ IN. the ashes Of decay and as
Pone vent and Spain IS going So WI
--,ssfllul I,Ie. fall, and rise 10 more
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05

Farmers wishing to buy coal for
threshing purposes can save money by
seeing G. ". Chelf & Co. before buying
elsewhere.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-05

Wright's Condensed Smoke
sor Smoking AL Meats. I'M
Parts q delicious favor. Keeps
Neat Sweet and free from In
sects. A = cent bottle viii
smoke go pounds Sold By Al
~ Druggists. Made b. =. Il.
WRIGHT 8 Co. Ulysses Neb-
sold b. W. E Conner
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-02
At Rest.

Mr.. James McClary Brown, who
lived near Central church, died at
his home last Monday, and was
buried on Tuesday at the McClary
burial ground near Bog5y swamp.
Rev. w d Moorer conducted the
religious exercises. after which the
Maspns, took the body, and it was
inferred with the honors of that
Order. Mr.. Brown was about 81
years old and had lived in this
county all his life. He was well
known throughout the county,
being a man of powerful build,
impulsive temperament, yet gen
crous and hospitable and ever
ready to help a fellowman in need.
He had many noble qualities, and
the crowd that attended his funeral
testified to the esteem in which he
was held. He had been sick about
thirteen days, when he succumbed
to the malady which ended his life.
Cut down in the prime of vigorous
manhood, his death leaves a
mourning household, with whose
tears are mingled those of sympa
thetic friends. A wife and seven
children survive him.