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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
THE sENAToRIAL INsTINcE
A Detroit Caf That Was LEkeneG
Unto the luxurious
Statesman.

'fI guess 7 inst about have the blue-ribbon
cat story" declared one Of the employees at
a Detroit depot I've had q big tom here
that was a iav0-ite for months. He never
did anything worse than 10 whip an Occa-
sIOnal dog that came proving about, or
scratch some kid that wanted 70 carry him
or But he became tat, lazy, self-impOrtant
and impudent- He asserted right TO be
on top Of the desks, and resented the noise
Of a typewriter when he wanted 20 take his
afternoon nap.
SO another OF the boys and myself slipped
Tom into a box car, and sent nm TO Chicago.
There was no chance for him 10 escape, Tor II
was a tight box car, with the doors sealed
and billed through
Two weeks later there came a carload Of
furniture from Chicago, and after II had
been shuEted to side track the work OF IN
loading was begun The men scattered when
they saw a pair Of fiery eyes working toward
them through chair legs and over carpet
rolls. While they were armIng themselves
with coupling pins IN order 20 resist the at
tack Of some wild 'critter,' a long, lean and
hungry-lo0king cat sprang out, blinEed TIL
he became accustomed to the light and then
trOtted 20 my Office There he gave me an
ugly leer, winked at the clerks and curled
up on a window sill IN the sun. accepted
old Tom and now call him Senator
''Why Senatorz'
Because he knew good thing and was
so anxious to get ack.'-Detroit Free Press.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
CRYSTAL LENsEs OF TIE DEEP.

what painters palette ever caught such
ttnts,
The WOndrOus play Of light which CLEANS
and gifnts,
The myriad beauties shifting to and fro
In muIticolored rays which Hood and flow
Where waves their truths kaleIOdOscopic
teach,
And laugh aloud or sing along the beach?
soft-tfnted lights. which flicker far away,
The shadow pantomiDes in green and gray
The raresthues in grand eZhaustless stores
The mirrOred pictures ringing wooded
shores.
The play Of surges in resistless sweep
And dIapasOns OF the chanting deep
How deity weave the elves their nets Of
gold
With meshes draped in many a cleaning
fold,
Rare silver webs In wells for naiad charms
And water jewels for their waving arms;
All these clear water-lenses multiply
Until their splendors dazzle mind and eye.
The breakers toss joy-jewels high in air,
Rich emeraIds, sapphiress pearls and dia-
mOnds rare
With orbs Of amber set in turquoise blue,
And emerald ridges heCked with every hue
That men or angels ever mined or made.
And etched in mist or with pure gold iniaid-
Meath crystal waters. too. the glittering
sands
Take forms artistic. as though sculptOr's
hands
Had nodded them in countless rare designs
OF curve and carving on exquisite lines;
And over these heavens light with endless
change
Makes shadow pictures wonderful and
strange
At night far down each star benignly
CLEANS,
Like angel beacon lights beheld in dreams,
And shining shafts wave brightly to and
fro,
As Ger them jeweled currents come and 90;
4 million affairs crowned with sacred
flames
In that fair city man knows not nor names
Some lights move softly, swiftly, as If
gnOmes
Were waving them from coral towers and
In that strange city Of a million fires
Which shows far down its FURNISHED spears
and spires
A golden goblin IS with jeweled scales
o wondrOus marvels, transformation scenes
In countless changeful hues Of grays and
EreensI
FIame-tinted glOries, FURNISHED jewels rare,
The tributes paid by willing earth and air,
To prove that human art at best is naught
Compared TO scenes by God and Nature
L EDGAR JONES.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
The Leonard and the Pan.

One day a worthy Kulu housewife
came out from her cooking, and, stand
ing on the ledge Of rock at her door,
emptied a pan Of boiling water into
the rank heritage growing below. 1t
fell, splash, on the back Of a sleeping
leopard, who jumped perpendicularly
into the air as high as the roof Of the
hut What might have happened
next? Who can say? But the as
tOnished woman dropped the pan with
c. ang upon the rock and the leopard
took one leap down hill The pan fol-
lowed and the leODard's downward
leaps became longer and swifter as
the pan bounded after it from rock to
rock When last seen the leopard had
just achieved a leap OF about $50 feet
70 the very bottom Of the raEine, thou
sands Of feet below, and the pan had
whirled about 500 feet over it on to
the opposite side The leopard would
have eaten the old woman with pleas
ure, but pan which first scaIded half
the hide of him and then bounded
Changing IN his wake from the top Of
the Himalayas to the plains below was
something which he could not face
Coed Words
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
MAEIToBA's CAPACITY.
Can Raise Enoush wheat 20 supply
Britain AII she Requires
from Abroad.

Toronto, Nov. 1Oth.-The World con-
ments on the report Of the United En-
Pire trade league on the capacity Of
Canada as a grauary for Britain. The
report refers to Manitoba as follows:
Manitoba has an area Of A millions
acres Deducting ten million for lakes,
rivers, tOWBsites, and waste land, 81
100000 acres are left for farm cult
vation or homes for 10000 families on
$50 acres each and as up to now there
are only 1900 farmers there altogeth-
er, that leaves room in one province for
se,OOs more wheat growers. SuppOs-
ing, then, we got them there and each
one Of them out Of his $50 acres grows
on an average 100 acres at 20 bushels
to the acre, If you figure it up you viii
find 1t is quite possible for Manitoba
alone to supply US with all the wheat
we require from abroad. It is only q
question Of money, and, comparatively
speaking, not money either. The cost
CT one frst-class battleship (about
E 75O,OOO) would put 5000 families on to
farms in the North West, allowing E $50
TO each TO find them in implements,
seeds, horses, &c Would keep them
until their first crop was harvested.
Five thousand farmers averaging 100
acres of wheat each at 20 bushels 10 the
acre, means an extra 100000 bushels,
for If that scheme is not liked Britain
would put a duty on foreign wheat.
In addition TO the wheat lands Of
Manitoba there are the millions Of
acres in AssinibOia, Alberta and Sas-
katchewan
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
Hoods Pile cure bilioasness. Indigestion
taking Baby to See Grandma,


John, are yOu sure you have the
extra bottles?"
''Yes, my dear. You have the can Of
milk all right?7
sob, yes You didn't forget the ez-
ira wraps, did yOu?''
mo; here they are"
Nor the extra linen?"
no, indeed You have the bag with
the toilet things. haven't yOu?7
Eyes, dear. Oh, John, won't mother
be pleased! You are positive you have
the bOttles?7
Yes, yes, my dear. Also the wraps
and linen
''And I have the milk and toilet
things"
''Well, I guess we're all here. then.
And here's our train. Hasn't the little
darling been good? She hasn't given
you bit Of trouble, has she?7
What? Ne? John, haven't you got
herP7
why, no. thought"
''Oh! OH OH How could you forget
her? Oh, my poor little babyI You
unnatural fatherI And she's all alone
in the house, and I'm sure it's burned
up, by this timeI Oh, my baby, nv
baby, my babyF'
Here, Mary, get in here quick.
Cabby, drive like the mischief home
again Harper Bazaar.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

When Constable was requested to put
his sigma ture 10 one Of his pictures he
answered.: why. my dear sir, II Is
signed all over" Let the preacher pre-
serve his personality and his sermon
also VIII be signed all over" A num-
Der Of Thackeray's Pen-and-ink
sketches were sold not long since in
London and although they bore no
monogram or signature, no one dis
pufed their genuineuess- A true
preacher also cannot be hid That IFhicE
John had seen and with his own hands
handled Of the world Of life could never
be to any other person just what il was
10 him a preacher who puts himself
into his sermons IS as readily detected
in his sermon As enysEhere else EEen
his aprTehe1sz0l - truth, AIS way Of
looldrE eE Il. rs fsz1ion - SeIiFer-re
q s. al hls osu- Lei IS rsfeat fts fis
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

Walter Savage Lander used TO insist
that green eyes were the most wonder
ful in the world In support Of his
argument he told the following story:
sit so happened that when I was Z
young man at Venice I was standing
IN the doorway of the Cafe FIOriau
one day watching the pigeons on the
Piazza San Marco when an old gentle
man rushed up to me and said: Par
don me, sir, but viii you allow me to
look into your eyes? All, thought
sol Sir, you have green eyes. never
saw but one pair before and they be-
lOnged to the late Empress Catherine
Of Russia; they were the most wonder
fully beautiful eyes in the world
shall always remember the old gentle
mans words very distinctly" cOntin-
ued Mr.. LandOr, because while he
was examining my eyes I had my
pocket picked Golden Days.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
Rot GOOD AT QUOTATIONS..
He Was Called Down for springInE
Something He Didn't Know the
Authority OF.
He came home in a bad temper.

He came home II a bad temper.
''Jane," he grufly asked, have we such
thing as the constitution Of the United
States on the premises
Why, YES, William" she cheerfully an
swered; III get IL Tor YOU
She came back presently with a thin vol
unme and handed It TO him
lie took Il up, glanced Al It. and flung It to
the floor
There You 90, too" he snarled. That's
the declaration Of independence By JOve-"
he bitterly added, here 1 came home to
study up the constitution, and the wife or
my bosom tries 70 palm Of the declaration
OF independence on me-"
Nv What's gone wrong, William she asked.
'Why, this very morning he augrlly
cried, Il was quoting at length from the
constitution, as 1 supposed, when a fellow
yelled out: That amt tn constitution
This took me a6acz, but 1 rallied and cried:
i mean the declaration Of independence
faint that. neither ne reared w hat IS
It, theuz' I h0wied- It's the Billet he
shrieked- Say, Jane, have we got Bible IN
the LOusez Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
Beware OF CIntments Cor Catarrh
Tint ContnIn sIercurE,

as mercury viii surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering 1t through the mucous
surfaces Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians. as the damage they VIII do Is
often ten fold TO the good YOU can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by +. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo,
O., contains no mercury, and Is taken inter
naily, acting directly upon the blood and
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gen
uine. il Is taken internally, and made in
Toledo, Ohio, 10y F. j. Cheney & Co. Testi-
m0uiais free.
Sold by Druggists, price I5c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
ouertion Of EaIues.

He knew that she was a cleaver business
woman, and therefore he thought his scheme
q GOOD one. But he did not realize that she
was such a good judge Of values
q have made a bet that VIII marry YOU
he said
ssYes.s he answered, pleased at the busl-
nessIiLe way she took hold OF the prope-
sition.
How much 3"
Give hundred dollars"
She looked him over critically.
ssToo low" she said at last. You'll have
to Get IT raised to 600 or you'll lose"
And at that. as she afterward explained
she was giving him barEaln-day price
Chicago Post.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
GunrdInE AEainst ID Germs.

a village clergyman tells this story he
was walking through the outskirts Of ms
parish one evening, when he saw one Of his
practitioners very busy whItewashIng his cot
taEe. Pleased at these somewhat novel
Signs Of cleanliness, he called OUT well,
Jones, l see you are making your house nice
and smart With a mysterious arr Jones,
who had recently taken the cottage, de
scendcd from the ladder, and slowly walked
to the hedge which separated the garden
from the road That's not 'xactly the rea-
son why I'm a doing OF this ere job he
whispered. but the last two couples as
lived IN this ere cottage 'ad twins; so / says
TO my missus- III take an whitewash the
place, so a $ there mayu't be no infection Ye
see, sir, as 'ow we got ten children already"
-COruhiu MAGAZINE.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
81 - ChIIdren Z. nrInl-

called Grain-O. 1t is a delicious, apPetizing,
food drink to take the place Of
coffee. Sold by all grOcers and liked by all
who have used II, because when properly
prepared It tastes ike the finest coffee out
is free from all Its injurious properties.
Grain-O aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. 1t is not a stimulant but a health
builder, and children, as well as adults, car
drink II with great benefit Costs about as
much as coffee. Is and sc.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
a FIank HIorement.

Gibbons My tailor viii be here in
half an hour
The bOy-Yes, sir; SHAH ask him to
waltz
''NO, you blOclzhead! What do you
suppose 1 an going out fOr?'-PhiIa-
delphia North American.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
For California Tourfsf,

The Burlington Route has Weekly Tour
lst Sleeper Excursions, personally con
Quoted (by Burlington Route AGENT every
Thursday from Kansas City and St. joseph
to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The
route IS VIZ Denver, Scenic Colorado, Salt
Lake City with % per cent. sunshine
throughout the year. Ask Ticket Agent or
write for descriptive folder to L. W. Wake
ley, Gen. Pass. Agent, st. Louis, 10.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

Nothing IN which a few dollars may be
invested VIII return so good a dividend. and
IN 50 short a time. as the artificial raising OF
Poultry by use OF IlcUbators But YOU
must get a good Incubator TO start with,
not necessarily an expensive one. ANY max
Ct OF trst-claSs incubator VIII not fear TO
-e- yCu try it before you paw MN for IT, The
Buckeye Incubator Co., Of Springfield. O.,
make IN Incubator as cheap IS $500. which
they sell On these terms. Send &c for No. I29
cata-CEue-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

BHl-What do YOU reckon that doctor
Jumps me all over de chest fer?
Jake-Tryin' to see how much dough YOU
had IN your inside pocket, Of cOurse.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
Perfectly Harmless.

Dix once knew a young man who
smoked 80 cigarettes daily without any par
ticular harm resulting therefrOm.
HiX-Is 1t pOssible2
YES; and the only noticeable effect was
the death of the smoker. - Chicago Evening
News.
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NJ }
NOVEMBER
JUNE
DECEATRER
One Of RFnnv.

Mrs. Weezs-What business Is your hus-
band engaged in2
Mrs. Meeks-He operates IN stocks.
els he "buli' or a 'bear2' %
Both He's bull at the stack exchange
and a bear at home. Chicago Evening
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

Mrs. Adsley-8Iy husband Is very good to
ne He always accompanies me to church
On SUNDAYS.
Mrs Dlr,iHg-That's nothing NV nus
band looks under the bed az my request
every uight.-Ch lcag0 Evening News.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

His call had lasted something ike two
hours when he suggested that he believed
he could read her thoughts 'Then why
don't you 60" she asked,-TOWn and COun-
try journal
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

have found Piso's Cure for Consumption
an unfailing medicine.-F. r. Lott, 1906
Scott St. CovingtOn, KY, Oct. !, 1894.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

The king Of Slams favorite HYMN is said
to be Just 'S-I-am.'-L a. ". Bulletin.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
He knerr Not Al.

He-You think you know 1t all, don't you ?
HIm-NO; 1 have never been able to figure
out any reason for you being alive.-Indian-
apolis Journal.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

llaF bEInS LepEOsF 20 Ills COUNTY,
It IS pointed out that the United States
soldiers ID HawalIm1y contract eprOsy there,
and bring 10 to this country when they
return While leprosy IS much 10 be dreaded,
there are a thousand times as many victims
to stomach disorders and blood diseases, but
there IS q cure for them In HOstetter's Stom-
ach Bltters. Other common ailments that
the Bitters are a specific for are malaria, fe-
yer and aEue- Sold at al drug stores.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

Why They Q1arrele5.-The Onion Eater
-'lIv, bus he lust took my breath awaylH
The Brute Dear me- You'd never take
him for q strong MANN. Y. Journal.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

DEAR Mrs. PTzKHAnI.-Bsfor usin9
your Vegetable Compound I was q
great sufferer. have been sick for
months was troubled with severe pain
in both sides Of abdomen, sore feeling
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
THE GENERAL MARKETS.

a clean man viii not live n a dirty house
Rams Horn.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

It Is an evidence Of greatness to listen
to the advice and experience Of others a
fOCl IS always uil-headed--Atchisou Globe
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

The bad language of the eyes Is the same
the world over.-Town Topics.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
A LIVING WITNESS.

Mrs. Holman Describes How She
Wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for
Advice, and Is Now Well.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

labor organizations object 20 having con
vict-made goods placed on the market They
are opposed 20 prison zelis--L- A. ". Bull
letIn-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

The aver1ze man Drides himself on the
Possessions his nsiEhbor can't Afford
Washington la Democrat
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

Love Is q business Of the idle. but the
idleness Of the busy. y Weekly.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06

To Cure n Cold in one Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money u i fans TO cure sc
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-07-01

The little Princess Isabel of Orleans
is the prettiest princess In Europe. She
is so pretty that she is like a realiza-
ton OF the princess In the old fairy
tales. Adyioes from Vienna say that
she is the lovely victim picked out TO
be the bride OF the old emperor OF
Austria when his state period OF
mourning is over. That win be next
September. Pity this poor little prin-
cess.
When the present emperor OF Austria
and Hungary married Elizabeth OF Ba-
varia forty or odd years ago. she. TOO.
was the most beautiful princess in
Europe. Her teeth dazzled people when
she smiled. and she could stand on her
own hair when she let IL down. Since
then her brother-in-lsw was murdered
In Mexico while trying 10 be real
king. and his wife is now the "Mad
Cariotta." sister OF the famous and IN
famous king OF the Belgians: her only
son. Prince Rudolph. killed himself-or
was shot-in disgrace: her sister: Ma
RE Of Naples, was deposed from her
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-07-01
LoNpoa's LAZY CLUB.
Iis Rules Require "a Good Deal of De-
termination of Character.

London contains many societies. from
the Christmas Goose Club TO that for
the worshippers OF Omar the Tentmak-
er. but apparently there is another
which has hitherto escaped notice. says
the London Telegraph. I; is called the
Lazy Society" and. no doubt. in the
metropolis there are many people who
are eligible feT membership. Idle per-
sons, however. had better not enroll
themselves raAhly. or they may find
that the rules demand too much de-
termination OF character. Absolute
laziness is a task In itself. and re-
quires q good deal OF living up to. be-
sidoH involving one In unpleasant sit
nat!ons. MIR. Reason is one of the
members OF this curious community,
and so earnest is he that he informed
Mr.. Msrsham at Westminster that no
punishment would induce him to break
stones or pick oskum. He was charged
By the master OF the workhouse with
refusing TO do any work. and he even
carried his principles so far as to de-
cline to wash or undress himself. lie
had been punished In every possible
way tomlnous phraso). but all TO no
account He remained. In spite OF all
temptation. an obstinate member OF the
Lazy Society" The TALLER asked the
defendant to give some explanation and
he answered. with great elaboration.
that work was too hard and against his
principles. The magistrate decided he
must suffer for his convictions and SEN
fenced him to twenty-one days hard
labor. The martyr left the dock very
quietly and slowly with beautiful
smile on his face.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-07-01
ENSLAVED WOMEN.
A MOST HtDEOUS TRAFFIC IN
HUMAN FLESH.
ia panrsc and Chinese Beauties the Vic
tims-sold to Highest bidders to Bs
Kept In Vile Dcns for Immoral Pur-
poses.

Locked In vile dens with only
and beaten by cruel masters; COM
PEELED TO submit TO gross indigniues;
bartered like beasts-this is the horri-
Nile fate of hundreds OF Japanese and
Chinese girls who are sold into slav-
cry in San Francisco and other Pa
ciac coast cities. This traffic in slave
girls forms one OF the most hideous
callines that history has ever record
ed, and the vile men and women who
make 1t their sole vocation are crea-
lures so low that murderers cannot be
classed in their category. 1t is call
ing that reaches across the Pacific
ocean into the homes of the poor peo-
pie Of Japan and China, for profess
sional procurers and PROGRESSES are
regularly employed. These are thieves
and abductors, for many of the girls
are stolen from their homes when
their parents refuse to sell them.
These men and women of the slave
trade Journey through the interior dis
tricts of China and Japan seeking the
most beautiful girls. marking them as
victims for their hideous business.
Sometimes the parents OF these girls,
II they be burdened with large fam
flies. will sell for price, but If they
refuse the girls are made captives and
carried away. AS a usnai thing pro-
curer or procuress who makes Jour-
ney across the ocean for recruits re-
turns with eight or ten girls. Various
schemes are resorted to in order to
land the young women in America, but
It is very infrequent that they are sent
back. A pretty slave girl often brings
as high as $4,000. so that the business
of procuring recruits is profitable
one. A bunch of new arrivals is made
the object OF an animated bargain sale
by the ugly keepers of dives, who visit
the house where the new girls are kept
and bid for them as a stock raiser
would bid on a herd of cattle. The
poor girls are bartered away. and soon
after their arrival In America they
have become prisoners In some gilded
den where ugly Orientals and vile
the most shocking indignities An In
variable rule. in the transfer OF slave
girl from her procuress to the man who
has bought her, ia to Ill her hand with
bright coins, this for the purpose Of
soothing the young creatures mind.
But the coin remains in her possession
only until she has been safely IN
stalled in her masters dive, when not
only the money Ia taken from her, bat
she 10 compelled to array herself In a
peculiar garment, and there Is placed
on her head fiimsy coronst, which
signifies her character. And this hid
eous frame II made more horrible by