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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27
KANSAS SLANG IN HONG KONG
The TFentietIi's visit Added to the British
COIOny's Dictionary.

The Twentieth's Visit Added to the British
COIOny's Dictionary.
During the present epidemic of Am
erican troops in Hong Kong the fol
lowing glossary of some of the terms in
use by them may be found Of use or in
terest:
ITO rubberneck'- look around to
see what may be seen. To crane at a
fence or over trenches.
numbering aro1nd"-The act Of
understanding"
"Slumgullock" otherwise "slumT-
Hash as obtained in the average Chin
csc restaurant.
%Cold feet" otherwise HeoId gooted"
To be afraid, a coward.
"To hike"-To chase along; sinking, !"
pursuing.
"Dog robber"-A soldier who acts as
lickspittIe to his superiors.
ITO throw down"-To get q chum
into trouble.
ITO ship the straps" Il e., shoulder
straps)-To get commission
Bootleg" Coffee.
"Gugu"-An insurgent. Name said
to be invented by the Twentieth Kan
sas volunteers.
'The Old Woman"-A term of en-
dearment applied to Maj. Gen. Otis
ITO call dOwn"-TO make an antag-
onist give in. To rate anyone sOundly.
"a ROokie"-AnyOne who has been
In the service ten minutes less than
yourself.
ITO shoot craps"-An interesting
game played with two dice on a num-
bered board. Sometimes one wins,
sometimes the other. Generally the
other.J
ITO hit the pipe"-To smoke opium.
"a Dope doIlar"-A British, Mexican
or any silver dollar except that Of the
United States.
"BobtaiIH-A soldier discharged By
reason OF misconduct.
Here our informant tried to explain
how unfair it was that he should be
abObtailed.n Explanation proceeding
as We 90 to press.-Hong Kong Tele-
graph, September s.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27

G. A. O'Neal went to Colby Thurs
day and brought home a load Of lum-
Der. At present be is engaged in build
ing a 16x2O foot addition to his barn.
johnson & Butler threshed 20 bush
els OF millet seed for d. ". Dillinger,
Thursday. Thursday they we're thresh-
ing wheat near Brewster, and from
there they pulled the machine home,
having finished threshing for the year.
&c. Jackson sold three head OF cat
tie to Charley Petty, Thursday.
Bruce Lister had the misfortune to
have his eye badly scratched while cut
ting a barbed wire fence one day last
week E. ". Albright has also been
nursing a sore eye, the result Of a calls
kick.
Harve and Roy Robinson, Byron and
Hugh Lister and Ed Kunz went east to
husk corn last week.
The Mortified Office has changed
pOstmasters. Mr.. Mccall, who has had
charge Of the Office for the past three
years, having resigned and turned the
Office over to H Fields. Mr.. Mccall
left the first Of the week for Phillips
county, where he viii locate.
Neal Stockholm. Of Mcpherson coun-
t., Kan, is visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
Bruce Lister at present
A literary society will be organized
here soon, and We are in hopes it will
furnish material for more news.
John johnson, G. F. Butler and Roy
Freeland are contemplating a trip up
IN Nebraska for several days to hunt
prairie chickens.
Candidates have been plenty can
wasting this township the past week.
R a. Smith is cleaning out his res
ervoir aud raising the banks to increase
its capacity.
David Robinson is busy this week
fixing up cattle sheds.
John Mcdaniel was helping George
O'Neal build a barn the first Of the
week.
Clyde Jackson has a new guitar and
is busy nowadays learning the art Of
playing it.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27

an incompetent and a dishonest sche-
meF?
President Mckinley.
Who allowed Egan, the embalmed
beef hend, to step out Of an Office which
be had disgraced and prostituted,
under suspension, but drawing full pay
for a term of years?
President Mckinley.
Who is attempting to subvert the
fundamental principles upon which
this nation is founded-that govern
ments derive their just powers from
the consent Of the governed?
President Mckinley.
Who is attempting to maintain by
force Of arms the right Of a king to
rule and to transfer his sovereignty?
President Mckinley.
Who is attempting to fasten upon
the American people a large standing
army?
President Mckinley.
Who has behind him the gigantic
trusts and moHopolies and syndicates
that are threatening to reduce the
American people to a condition of in
dustrial slavery?
President Mckinley.
Who is the arch-imperialist of the
country and the arch destroyer of
American principles and traditions?
President Mckinley.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27
La Blanche.

Charles Olson is building a chimney
and refitting silIs on the HengstIer
building on the Hess place.
Edwin Strand has got a job husking
corn near Smith Centre, close to the
farm Of William Dannenbarger, a for
mer citizen Of LaBIanche. He gets ~
cents per bushel. He says corn will
go so bushels per acre there.
A surprise supper and dance was
given at Swan Strands last Friday
night. Eight couples participated.
The Swedes down here that few the
track on the republican ticket are still
in favor Of expansion.
Swan Strand has bought a new p
foot round water tank, holding 60 bar
rels Of water. Ed Strand has ordered
one Of the same kind with about 40
barrel capacity. Z. Hulstrom is also
figuring on one. The tanks are for
watering stock.
George Hamlen is in favor OF expan-
sion on different line, having rented
g quarter OF school land quite a dis
lance from home. As the cattle in
crease 1t calls for more grass and a
larger water supply.
Wonder If George Hess hasn't fell
sick up at GoodIsnd; We havn't seen
MIN out on his ranch for two Sundays
past.
Swan Strand, Charles Olson, Ed
Strand, wife and SON E HulstrOn- vrifa
and family dined at J. B. Moore's Sun
day, and q favorable spasm Of pop poll
tics shook the diners like an aRue
when Central jim" told them Hthat
there isn't anything sure about it, but
the chances at least seem even that
Billy Walker would be out to the La
Blanche political meeting Wednesday
night with large box Of cigars, and
with fine Swede AK to clip them for
use. The 'hOt-stufF' to be applied BY q
Parson Stewsrd(t).n 'Spect those clear
cut, well-lighted cigars may seem like
q milestone hung around Central
Georges" neck, or the last straw that
broke the camel's back, and he may
have to be hunted out OF some Of the
Smoky jungles after election day.
Swan Strand patronized home in
dustry and had his cart tires set this
week
Mrs. Demaree and son left for their
home in Galesburg, H., Tuesday, after
a months visit with her brother, J. B.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27

Moore, and hoping our climate might
prove beneficial 20 her health As her
avoirdupOis did not change any, she
now wishes to test the Illinois climate
on our health in the same way, and We
are sOrry to say We spent our health
resort portion in the school house case.
J. B. Moore and family we're up to
GOodland Tuesday and had their fami-
~ group taken at Dunham's.
The judges and clerks Of election in
Mcpherson precinct are Gideon Hook
EFT, poPuIist, and George Hsmlen, @.
". Allen and Jake Doerfer. The
SWedes we're left of, as usual
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27
Public sale

One hundred head Of cattle and hogs.
On Wednesday, November /, commenc-
ing at 10 o'clock a. N, We will sell TO
the highest bidder, at our ranch IL
miles south OF Goodlsnd, known as the
Lancaster place, 60 head Of high grade
cattle, consisting Of heifers, COWS and
calves, one extra fine tWO-year-Old Her
ford bull, 40 head Of nice feeding shOats,
one thoroughbred male hog, so tons Of
hay in stack.
Terms cash. Free lunch on ground.
". M. CRAWFORD,
7. P. CRAWFORD,
Owners.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27
LITTLE THINGS

Wei said an eastern sage that 1t is not
Oh mountains but On anthfIIs. that We trip,
Needs but grain to make the balance dip,
Needs but a sDeck to make a nation rot;
And from the factory where human thought
Is fashioned for the service Of the lip,
All power Of reason and sense nay slip
At the supreme inzistence Of a DOT,
And true IL is, IN spite Of mustT creeds.
When atths dreadful judgment hour We stand,
To hear and heed our Makers last command.
Our sole reliance VIII be little deeds,
The loving touch at which a lOrn heart smiled.
The cup Of water given TO a child.
Henry S. Webster, II the Boston Transcript.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27
Gnnd AdrIca.


a Cincinnati business man is quoted
as offering the following advice afOT
the good Of the town."
Always register.
Always attend primaries.
Always vote.
Talk well Of your city.
Spend your money with its mer-
chants.
Clean the fronts Of your buildings.
Remember, encourage and reward
good officials.
Remember the others, too.
Merchants, watch your freight rates.
Push your export trade
Reduce the Disagreement Of your
streets by posted ads.
Stamp tax them and get revenue.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27
PoInted ParnrrnDhs.

No man is hero to his stenogrspher.
Politics has two sides-the outside
and the inside.
A mans size usually eommends more
respect than his age.
A spinster says she is sorry that she
ever learned to say ENo."
Steam may be 8 good servant, but it
occasionally blows up its master.
When a man is disappointed in love
it is usually in his love for money.
SOiOmOn's wisdom may have been
due to the fact that he never smoked
cigarettes.
A mans judgment is apt to become
warped If he follows his bent too fire.
quently.-C Chicago News.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27
A SHORT CATECHIsM.
Los Angeles HERALD

Who is responsible for sending to
our peace commissioners at Paris a de-
mand that Spain cede sovereignty over
the Philippines for the consideration
Of SO, 900, 900?
President Mckinley.
When the Spanish commissioners
protested against this feature of the
treaty and strenuOusly sought to have
it withdrawn, who insisted upon it and
made it an ultimatum?
President Mckinley.
When the Filipino government sent
Agoncillo and other commissioners to
this country to ask our intentions in
seeking sovereignty over their islands
and to request the same assurance Of
autonomy that we had voluntarily
given the Cubans, who refused to see
those commissioners, or to recognize
them in any manner?
President Mckinley.
Who issued instructions to our COM
mander in the field that the Filipino
forces, formerly recognized as allies,
should thereafter be ignored in the oc-
cupsncy Of Manila and obliged to re-
tire from its envirOns?
President Mckinley.
Who, then, is responsible for the
present Philippine policy Of aggression
and the attempt to destroy a people
who are struggling for political liberty?
President Mckinley.
Who could have averted the war by
merely manifesting a kindly DISPOSE
ton towards the Filipinos and giving
them assurance Of as good treatment
as we were pledged to give the Cubans?
President Mckinley.
Upon whom rests the responsibility
for the blood and treasure wasted in
this war, and for placing the United
States in a false and humiliatinR atti-
tude before the civilized world?
President Mckinley.
Who placed in command of our for
ees in the Philippines a general utter
" incompetent to discharge the great
responsibilities devOlving upon him?
President Mckinley.
Who sustains that general in his
position of dictator after his incompet-
ence has been repeatedly exposed?
President Mckinley.
Who authorized the establishment Of
a censorship in order that information
the war might be colOTed
or perverted or suppressed so that
should get out to discredit the
presidential policy and methods?
President Mckinley.
Who sought to mislesd and hood
wink the American people that he
might promote his selfish scheme Of
and improve his chan
ces Of re-elestion?
President Mckinley
Who might have terminated the war
at any time by giving assurance Of su-
tonomy 70 the FiIipinos?
President Mckinley.
Who has ordered and sanctioned the
answer to every one Of their overtures
for peace in the words Of Dictator
-"Unconditional surrender"
President Mckinley.
Who was responsibility for maintain
ing throughout the Spanish war, war
that neglected, mistreated
and starved our soldiers In camp and
field and poisoned them with embalm-
ed beef?
President Mckinley.
Who kept Alger IN place long after
he had been exposed and denounced as
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27

Trom Over the County.
FOItairs

Henry Going made q trip to Smith
county last week on business.
Otto Hamilton and Mr.. KesleF we're
visitors at Mr. Yerger's, southwest Of
town, last Sunday with several other
neighbOrs.
". R. Lewis and family left for
Smith county last Monday where they
intend making their future home.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27

State Of Kansas, Sherman County, IS:
I, r. ]. Jones, treasurer Of Sherman County,
Kansas do solemniy swear, that the above state
ment is true and correct, to the best Of my know-
edge and belief
R ]. JONES, County Treasurer.
hereby certify. that the foregoing statement
was subscribed and sworn 70 before me, and IN my
presence, by the above named, this z5d day OF
A. D. RUalsEL, County Clerk.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27
TREASURER'S STATEMENT.

QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF R J. JONES.
COUNTY TREASURER. SHERMAN COUN-
TY, KANSAS. SHOWING BALANCE IN HIS
HANDS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
OCTOBER 3. 1892
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27

To all points east via Great Rock
Island Route. Leave GoOdlsnd every
Saturday. Pullman Tourist Car rates
$3.50 to Chicago, g to Buffalo and $50
TO Boston. Reserve your sccOmmoda-
lions early. Get full particulars Of
agent, or write E ". Thompson, assist
ant general passenger and ticket agent
Topeka. Kan.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27

First published October Isl
CIAIE Of Kansas Sherman county, S.: State
- Of Kansas, to al whom these presents may
come, greeting Know ye, that /, the under
signed sheriff Of sherman county, Kansas. By
virtue Of the authority in me vested, do by this
proclamation give public notice that on Tues
DAY, November Z. 1893. there viii Be held q gen
srsl election, and the officers at that time to be
chosen are as follows, tO-Eit-
A Sheriff,
A County Clerk.
A County Treasurer,
A Register Of Deeds,
County Surveyor,
Coroner,
A COmmissioner Of the First District,
A Township Trustee.
a Township Clerk,
A Township Treasurer,
A Justice Of the Peace.
ROGdoTersesr.
Two Constables.
And votes for said officers viii be received at
the poll Of each election district In said county
on said day.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my
hand at my once at (ToOdland. In said county.
this 10th day Of October, A. ID. 1S99.
CfEORGE NJ BRADLEY.
Sheriff Of Sherman County, Kansas.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27
New Through Pullman Service Between
Denver and st. Louis.

On June Is, the Great Rock Island
Route inaugurated through Pullman
Sleepers between Denver and st. LOnis
via Kansas City and the Missouri Pa
cific railway. Eastbound car leaves
Denver daily at 2:35 p. N. on the "COlo-
redo Flyer, arriving in st. Louis 6:15
D. ~. the next day. WestbOUnd car
leaves Kansas City daily on Colorado
Flyer" at 6.3O p. m, arriving 10 Denver
IL a. m. next day. This is the fastest
through car line between Denver and
st. Louis. The cars are broad vesti-
buIed, of the latest pattern and most
luxurious type. Advantages in pat
rOnizing this service will be: The
quickest time, no change Of cars, absO-
lutte comfort. The best dining car
service in the world. For full infOr-
nation see your agent or write
z. W. THOMPSON, a. @. P. A, Topeka.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27
The Rock Island Wall Map Of the United

Is the best offered to the public. 1t
is very large and specially adapted to
school purposes. Every teacher of geo.
graphy and every business Office should
have one. 1t will be sent postpaid to
any address on receipt of 10 cents in
postage stamps or coin. Address John
Sebastian, @. P. A, Chicago, III.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27
First published September Isl
Publication Notice.

First published September Is.
Publication Notice.
IN the district court within and for the county
4 Of Sherman in the state of Kansas. ". H.
Canadian. plaintiff, VS.. Hiram G.. Reynolds and
Clara Z. Reynolds, husband and wife, and John
G.. Reynolds and Clara i. Reynolds, husband
and wife. and John Doe, real name unknown,
defendants, VIII take notice that the said ". n.
Carnahan, plaintiff. did on the 9Th day of Sep
mbsr 1893 hle ms petition said district court
within and for the county Of Sherman In the
state Of Kansas, against the said above named
defendants, and that you and each Of you must
answer said petition filed as aforesaid on or
before the 3lst day of October, 1eoo said petit
ton viii be taken true, and judgment rem
Hiram Z. Reynolds and Clara T. Reynolds, hus-
band and wife, for the sum Of SIX hundred thirty
and nO-lO0 dollars, with interest thereon at the
rate OF ten per cent per annum from the lSt day
Of October, 1894, and for costs OF suit; and a
further judgment against said defendants,
Hiram G.. Reynolds and Clara L. Reynolds, hus-
band and wife. and John Doe, real name IN
known, for the foreclosure of a certain trust
deed upon the following described real estate
tO-Wlt= The southwest quarter lohf p OF section
twenty-siL ,25) IN township seven lI) south OF
range fOrty-tvFO west of the Sixth principal
meridian, lying and situated In the county
Of Sherman IN the state of Kansas, and
adJudgIng that the said plaintiff have the tlrSt
lien on said premises, TO the amount for which
judgment viii be taken as aforesaid, and order.
ing said premises to be sold without appraise-
ment, and the proceeds applied TO the payment
Of the amount due plaintiff and costs of suit
and forever barring and fOreclOslng said de
PENDANTS. and each of them. Of and from al
right, title, estate, interest, property, and equi
t. Of redemption, IN or to said premises, or any
part thereof.
HOYr Andrews. Attorney for Plaintiff
Attest. III. Ma HESTOC. Clerk.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-27

Tn REFUBIIO one year one dollar.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-05-26
They Play a Most Important Part in
HarbOr Defense Where Great
Guns Would BE Useless.

Much has been written of the big guns
that were to defend the harbors. In the
system of defenses the smaller guns
play most important part, both to sup
plement the work of the great rifles
and to be used against bodies of men
who otherwise might carry the works
by assault. For direct service against
attack by men the great guns are use
less. Their value is altogether in the
rof destruction possessed by them
says the New York Press.
The smaller guns of the United States
artillery service are made in scores OF
styles and are designed for all the diff.
ferent kinds of service for which a gun
can be needed.
Among the smaller arms which have
been adopted by the ordnance depart
ment CT the United States army in the
year { six-pounder rapid-fre guns
to be rs' ii either behind ramparts or in
the opeH i.s--ainst landing parties, three
inch, ] - under rapid-fre guns for
ran part Or easements, five or six-inch
rapid-fre guns for use with moving
troops. Calling, Maxim and briggs
Schroeder guns and all sizes and STYLES
OF small siege mortars and rified can
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-05-26
IA LITTLE GIRLS LETTER.
Written to the President Secured
Her Brothers Discharge
from the Army.


In the little village of Salem, in south
ern Illinois, lives, in small cottage, a
poor family consisting of "Billie" and
Sevilla Holmes, the parents of two sons.
"Billie," Jr., and Jacob R., also one
daughter, Blanch, an interesting little
brown-eyed maiden of IL years the
heroine of this narrative. The mother
has been in delicate health. In June
last the younger son enlisted as pri-
yate in the Nineteenth regiment. The
invalid mother yearned for her boy the
little sister wanted her brother, and all
grieved 10 see the mother rapidly tail
ing in health. With the faith of a trust
full chIld. the little girl wrote to Presi
dent Mckinley: "Please discharge my
brother Jake at once; my mamma is
sick and will never get we'll if he does
not co,ne home" In few days came "a
brief response from the executive man.
sion to he effect that herrequest would
be granted. Blanch. thinking this all
the permission necessary for the re-
lease Of any soldier. mailed il al once 10
her brother, in camp near Ponce. Porto
Rico. Long before that message
reached its destination Jake was on his
way home. September l6, A. D. 1898.
will be red letter day in his life
While with a comrade guarding Span
ish prisoners and carving from gourd
a Jewel box for his little sister, the
voice of Sergt. Laufer was heard call
ing: Jake. oh. Jake! Come here.
quick; turn in your equipment and get
off this island. You're going home
The mystery was explained when Lieut..
Howard gave him his honorable dis
charge. But not until Jake's arrival
home, September rs, did he know the
part his little sister had in obtaining
it from our kind-hearted president
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-05-26
CALM ADVICE IN RAINsToRM.
The Tall Man Tells the Little One Who
Runs Into Him to Hold His
Head Up.

It was the day that it rained SO hard
and showed little to Lelp out, the day
that the big steamer foundered oppo-,
site the Auditorium and half a dozen
other vessels were in distress along the
lake shore. The wind and rain swept
through the streets in binding gusts
and every pedestrian plowed along wit h
head bent to escape the wind. umbrella
firmly clutched to avoid its destruction
and deep disgust for every body and
everything written on his averted coun-
tenance, says the Chicago Chronicle.
One little man was wrestling with
wind and weather in a desperate sort
of way as he forced discourse along
Fifth avenue. His head was down so
low that he could see nothing except
the paving blocks. and still the shifting
wind carried the rain into his face at
times. At Washington street he es-
sayed to cross the street. and in doing
SO ran directly into a tall man who was
trying 10 get along with his head in the
air. The tall man doubled up for an IN
slant, but he did not get mad. Instead
of saying harsh and profane things to
the man who, had thus buffeted him he
said:
"Hold your head up" Then he strobe
on.
The man who received this piece of
advice did not for moment or two
realize what had been said He stood
still. ant. when II dawncd u,>on him that
a perfect stranger hat! volunteered
rule OF conduct to be followed on a
stormy cay he turned wit h frown and
rstort on his lips But The tall mar
was far away and the little fellow
bowed his head and once more plunged
into the storm