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No News from LadySmith.

London, Jan. 26.-The assem-
blage in Pail Mall outside the war
Office and those privileged to
watch the lobbies reluctantly dis
persed at midnight Wednesday
after the final word that nothing
more would be announced. The
morning papers went to press
with conjectures and forecasts of
all sorts, striving to guess out
something from Spion Kop. To-
biography maps show that Spion
.Kop is the highest Part of a rocky
plateau. Eastward for eight miles
are the Boer positions along the
Tugela. Northwestward from
Spion Kop the plateau runs
gradually up to a great spur of
the Drakensburg. Gen. Buller's
infantry, to reach the summit OF
Spion Kop, must cross natural
glacis three-quarters of a mile
wide and climb 500 feet up d
steep slope. Nobody here seems
to know, not even the war office.
what Lord Roberts has done with
his large reinforcements. Six
thousand troops awaited his ar
rival at Cape Town, and since
then 5000 others have reached
there.
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BY local applications as they cannot reach n.
diseased portion Of the ear. There Is only ons
way to cure deafness, and that is by const.
tutlonal remedies. Deafness Is caused BY AZ
inffamed condition of the mucuS lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infanst
you have O rumbling sound or imperfect hear.
ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness !,
the result, and unless the Inflammation can bs
taken out and this tube restored to its norma
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases out OF ten are caused by catarrh
which is nothing but an intlamed condition Of
the mucus surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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Under Military Protection.

Nicholasvillc, Ky, Jan. 26.-
Col. r. b. Williams, with a de-
tachmcnt of eighty soldiers, ar
rived here from Lexington at
1920 : Wednesday morning, with
Wilton Kendall and his two sons,
William and Charles Kendall, to
protect them from mob violence.
The Kendalls are charged with
the murder of Farmer Eugene
CasselI on the night of Jan. 4.
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Kentucky Politics.

Frankfort, Jan. 23.-In the leg
islature yesterday mornjag the
house contcstlng committee re-
ported in favor of A. p. Craw-
ford, Democrat, of Breathitt
county, against Edward Markham,
Republican, The report was
adopted without dissenting vote.
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Armed Men i'm Frankfort.

Frankfort, Jan. pa special
train carrying 1000 men with win
chesters, arrived at Frankfort
yesterday morning.
The men marched to the state
house, stacked their guns and
took up positions in groups about
the buildings. EX-Secretary of
State Finley addressed the visitors
from the steps of the state house.
A committee was appointed to
draft resolutions. The resolutions
committee drafted the following
which will be presented to the
legislature:
eve Kentuckians here assem-
bled, 'in token Of all the free and
equal men do reassert the great
essential principles of liberty and
free government proclaimed
in the bill of rights, not as deriv-
ed to us therefrom but as 'inher-
cnt.' Our property we may allie
nate from ourselves and our lib
erty as heritage in us in trust for
all generations, and we may neither
surrender nor cucumber it, we de-
clare again the prerogative right
of freely communicating our
thoughts and opinions and as
semble together in Il pecablae
manner for our common good and
the good of our fellowmen in Ken
lucky, founded on our authority
and in our right and authority
conferred on lis by the Almighty
Power, and, not otherwise of ap-
peallng to those invested with the
power of government by petition
or remonstrance and we represent
to them, our brethren in Ken
lucky, cur agents in the legisla-
ture convened, that the govern
ment of Kentucky, found on our
authority aud instituted for our
peace, safety and happiness
and protection and prosperity,
our own and theirs, as we'll as
that stranger within our gates.
We petition them, our proxies in
general assembly, to heed that
there is peril lowering over all
those things, SO de Il to us and
them, and that calmness and pru-
dence and wisdom need be in
voked in order that truth and
justice may prevail; and we exer-
else our rights Of 'remonstrance,
against their suffering themselves
to be led into the temptation and
pRrtizan pride in the crisis which
is OH us. We beseech them to
remember that their own just
powers were loaned them by us
at the polls and that among these
was the jurisdiction to decide
judicially and by due process of
law and not otherwise, what was
then our expressed will, not their
present political preference. We
implore them that they do not on
slight or technical preteXts nor
fimsy or trivial causes, permit
subversion of that supreme law
of the land-the will of the peo-
pie. We beg Of them that they
receive from the hands of our
messengers and consider and do
not spurn or despisc this, our
earnest address, petition and re-
monstrance, and that they, by
their considerate action protect,
preserve and promote safety and
welfare, and, above all, the honor
of Kentucky committed to their
keeping. CHAs. FINLEY,
"DR. T. D. BERRY.
"A. w. KAZOR.
HCJ.AIrDE CHM -
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or Texas, Mexico, Arizona and Call.
fornia are quickly and comfortably
reached via the Southern Pacific Com
pany's Sunset Route. Daily through
service from New Orleans to San
Francisco via Houston, San Antonio,
El Paso and Los Angeles. Special
semi-weekly service, Sunset Limited
from New Orleans Mondays and
Thursdays, composed OF Buffet Smok.
ing Car, containing Bath Room and
Barber Shop, Drawing Room Compart-
ment Car, regular Pullman SleeperS,
and Dining Car (meals la carte), all
of the latest design and most luxuF!-
ously appointed. Direct connections
made at New Orleans from all points
North and East. Detailed informa-
ton cheerfully furnished by ". O.
Neimyer, G. w. A, So. Pac. Co, 2@
Clark St., Chicago; w. H. ColnOF
Coml Agt., Chamber Commerce Bldg,
Cincinnati, o., w. ]. Berg, Trav Pass
Agt., 22O Ellicott Square, Buffalo,
N. Y.
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Diamons will certainly rise II the
Beers carry out their threat to blow
up the mines at Kimberley.
The item., 1900-01-27

"I'd sooner take a drink than turn
over a new leaf; how about YOU"
"Oh, I'd just as lief"
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

Do not feed your romantic daughts.
on 10-cent novels.
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Tho Health and Pleasure Resorts

Do not sew up and quit when you ars
ripped up the back.
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Sold by DrugglStS, 1oc.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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First published July I'll
SHFRTFF'S SALE.

IN the district court Of the Thirty-fOuFth judi
i cial district, sitting in and for the county Of
Sherman III the state Of Kansas. W. II. Cana
han, plaintiff. vs.. Hiram g. Reynolds and Clara
Z. Reynolds, husband and wife, and John Doe,
real name unknown, defendants. By virtue
OF an order Of sale issued to me out Of said
district court in the above entitled action,
I viii, on Friday, the S1st day Of August, A. D.
100, at two O'Clock p. m OF said day at the east
front door Of the court house in the city Of
GOOdland IN the county Of Sherman in the state
Of Kansas, offer at public sale, and sell to the
highest and best bidder, for cash in hand, all
the following described real estate, tO-Wit: The
southwest quarter (SWHl Of section twenty-six
(26) in township seven 90 south Of range forty
two az west Of the Sixth principal meridian,
lying and situated in the county Of Sherman IN
the state Of Kansas. The above described real
estate is taken as the property Of said defend
ants and is directed by said order Of sale to be
sold, and viii be sold without appraisement
TO satisfy said order Of sale.
WILLIAM WALKER, JR-.
Sheriff Of Sherman County.
HON ANDREWS, Attorney.
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BROKEN BRI6-H-BRH6S.

Mr.. Major. the famous cement man Of New
York, explains some very interesting facts about
Majors Cement
The multitudes who use this standard article
know that it is many hundred per cent better
than other cements, for which similar claims
are made, but great many do not know why.
The simple reason Is that Mr.. Major uses the
best materials ever discovered and other man
ufacturers do notuse them, because they are too
expensive and no not allow large profits. Ur.
III ajOr tells Us that one OF the elements Of his
cement costs 81 pound. and another costs
S2.65 a gallon, while a large snare OF the so
called csments and liquid glue upon the market
are sixteen-cent glue, dissolved IN water OF cit
nc acid, and, IN some cases, altered slightly IN
color and OdOr by the addition Of cheap and
useless materials.
Majors cement retails at fifteen cents and
twenty-five cents a bottle, and when a dealer
il that his only Obiectis to make larger profit.
The profit on Majors cement is as much as
any dealer ought to make on any cement. And
this is dOubly true IN view of the fact that each
dealer gets his share OF the benefit of Mr, Maj
Or's advertising, which now amounts to over
5000 month. throughout the country. Estab-
lished in 1876.
Insist on having Majors. Don't accept any
Off-hand advice from a druggist.
If you are at all handy land you viii be likely
TO find that you are a good deal more so than
you imagine) you can repair your rubber boots
leather articles, with Majors Rubber COment
and Majors Leather Cement.
And you VIII be surprised at how many dol
lars year you viii thus save.
If your druggist can't supply you, 1t VIII be
forwarded by mail; either kinG, free OF postage
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-09-07

Fred" The wistful affection in the
ohiId's face touched me to the heart,
and 1 kissed her fraiI hands.
I Lucy met me at the bottom Of the
stairs.
'Maisie told me that she never gave
you the letter, Lucy; that all the blame
was hers"
fShe told you-that-just to-screen
me" she said, brokenly.
"DO not trouble about it any more,
do not care for you after all"
There was nothing more to say. So
I turned to go; but there was a knock
at the front door and I heard some one
say, "The doctor" So waited TO hear
what he pronounced.
After a few minutes he came down
the stairs talking to Mrs. Dormer.
SIT is a natural Sleep" be said "The
pulse is steadier and the temperature
more normal The odds are still
against her, but there is hope"
The tears came to my eyes at last,
and Lucy came and put her hand on
my shoulder.
"YOu can win her back to life, Fred, )"
she said, sour little girl. Stay till she
wakes" I had already resolved to stay.
Iwent upstairs and sat with my ell
bow on her bed and my face on my
hand, watching my little favOrite.
Presently her mother came and knelt
beside me.
"Lucy has told me all, Fred" she
whispered. "Yo1-you wiz not tell the
othersg"
81 viii not, I promised.
When my little girl awOke she was
not looking toward me.
Better dear?" asked her mother.
"Why yes she laughed feebly. at
must be Fred. Do you know, I believe
be would make me grow we'll If he
we're often here with me-"
"He viii be, little sweetheart I said
softly. She turned to me with q happy
cry, and I whispered in her ear what I
knew, and other things that were only
for her and ne. They were the things
that won her back to life, she says.
when We talks Of such matters.-Chi-
caVo American.
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On Tuesday, September ., at my
ranch seven miles southwest Of Brewst-
er, on vest half section 14-9 81, I viii
sell the following described property:
Fifty-two COWS and heifers, all with
calf. two bulls, two steers, four fall
calves, nine horses, lister wheat drill,
mover and rake, John Deere lister, two
breaking ploWs, harrow, cultiTstOr,
grindstone, two carts, two sets single
harness, two sets double harness, lot
Of fence wire, saddle, four water trnks,
two windmiIls, pump and pipe, two
granerys, sx16 feet, corn in field, i've
acres cane, lumber, household furni-
t1re. Terms-An sums Of SO and
under. cash; al over sums OF SO and
over g credit OF y months viii be given
With interest at ten per cent. Five per
cent Of for cash. Ranch viii be for
rent on day Of sale. Free lunch.
FRED Young.
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Two BPdV6 D66dS bU Roosevelt.
THearst's Chicago Ameriean.I

First, read, if you please, how old woman
was killed IN the electric chair.
Martha Place a half-demented old woman,
2 committed a most atrociOus murder 1t was
y murder of jealousy. HOmely, old. ill-temPered,
not loved by her husband, she brutality murdered
her steP-daughter because she was jealous OF the
\ husbands attention to the step daughter.
y It was a murder so shocking that nothing worse
y could be thought Of-that IS to say, only one
thing worse could be thought of, and that was
the electric killing Of the old woman.
Newspapers had predicted that she never would
die IN the electric chair. Gov. Morton, plain,
h kindly old gentleman, who had never shot anyone
z in the back and had no especial claims to glory,
4 had twice declared when governor that he would
not allow a woman to be killed by electricity
y No woman had ever been killed by electricity
y None-not even the very worst-had been exc
cuted in the state for years
) But Martha Place committed her murder and
\ was convicted when Roosevelt was governor.
Roosevelt feared nothing. When urged by his
friends and family not to allow the old woman to
be killed brutality, he snapped his white teeth and
y declared that 'mawkish sentimentalty'' could
not move him.
Women and decent men appealed to him, but
y his courage could not be moved.
''What, - he asked, ''an electric chair paid for
\ by the state and no governor has had courage to
Z send woman to that electric chair? I'll show
them what l dare do.
\ 1t was no idle boast.
The day came; the old woman was half pushed,
half carried into the death room. The back Of
z her head was shaved so that the current might
easily reach her brain. One of her legs was barred
y to the hip that the second electrode might burn
y her without setting fire to her clothing.
y A score of men looked on at this sight, which
! history owes to the ''brave" Gov. Roosevelt.
y 1t was sight to be seen only once. Roosevelt
( will never again be governor. There will never
{ again be a man at the head of great state cap
( able of sending a woman IN shameful dress to a
shameful death before men.
On the testing board long rows Of electric lamps
z burned brightly to show that the power which
2 Roosevelt had ordered was there to kill when the
button should be touched.
y Martha Place turned her pale, watery eyes
y about the room. Her gray hairs close cropped,
her bent figure her utter helPlessness, her shame
\ full dress might even have touched Roosevelt had
{ his courage reached the point of witnessing the
atrocity he had ordered. But it was early morn
ing The 'brave" governor was under his bed
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shape had been assumed, imperialism
was rampant in Madrid. The proudest
kingdom IN Europe, to which defeat
and disaster were unknown, with home
resources surprising those of other
parts Of Europe, and a bouyant popu-
lstiOn anxious for enterprise, it be-
came the prey Of imperial ambition.
There was an empire Of development
and opportunity at home, but the
glamour Of foreign conquest prevailed,
and men were dispatched east and
west, to the Philippines and the Indies.
Thenceforth the worker in iron was
disreputable and mental, while the
Wearer Of brilliant uniforms was brave
and noble.
There were men in Spain at the time
whose foresight pictured the newt
able. One Of these, La Puente, an
Augustinian monk, in direct reference
to the Philippine occupation, said:
against the gain Of redeemed souls
I place the cost in the loss Of armadas
and Of soldiers and Of friars sent to
the Philippines, and these I count the
chief loss, that while mines give silver
and while forests give lumber, only
Spain gives Spsniards, and she shall
give so many of them that some day
she shall be left childIess and forced
to bring up strangers children instead
Of her own"
The thirst for empire continued.
While Mexico and Peru and the Indies
we're exploited, poor old Spain lay dy-
ing. Her soldiers were in evidence,
but her artisans disappeared. At last
the inevitable, foreseen by La Puente,
came when, in the treaty OF Paris, the
Spanish commissioners signed away
the last Of their possessions in anti
podal points. The dream Of empire
was over; all along the pathway Of the
centuries there were streEn the wrecks
Of Spanish resources; and at last, old, |
decrepit and in debt, the coDqueror
stepped aside in favor OF another
claimant for imperial consideration.
It is to avoid Spaine's mistake, and |
to profit by the lesson which she is
now teaching, that the democracy calls /
upon the country to halt in its mad I
career Of militsrism- No country
should be more ready to defend its
rights when attacked, and none should /
be slower to enter upon q doubtful I
career. Lat our young merchants,
manufacturers, contractors sRd /
IN general, win the victories +
Of peace and Of industry, and leave to [
less enterprising nations the single (
occupation OF useless war.
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from 0ver the county.


Theodore Cribs and family, Of
Gc0dland, visited with MS brother
John, Sunday.
EE- Donly and family, Of Goodland,
visited with George Mclaughlin, last
week.
William Stone, one Of Sherman cOun-
tE's best stOckmen, shipped car OF
fat COWS from this place Monday.
There vas q running and free for al
tight IN town Monday last Consider
able Agore" was spilled but nobody
killed or crippled
@. A HOrney and wife have gone east
for Al extended visit They expect to
be sbsent abOut two months and viii
visit in Nebraska and Ohio.
John Evans, Of Denver, was looking
after his land interests here last week
Mr. Evans VIII build on his place
north Of town and viii move his family
here about March 1.
W W Waltrip sale Was well attend
ed and everything sold at good prices.
Mr.. Waltrip left for Missouri where he
and family will locate permanently.
Fred Young shipped a car Of steers
from Brewster to Kansas City recently.
Q. Albright, Of Sherman county,
marketed WatermelOns and potatoes
here the first Of the week. Mr. Albright
is one Of our most successful farmers.
Fred Barnett and sister, Miss Grace
Barnett, Of GOOdland, visited with Miss
Florence Shackelford recently.
Lester Pierce has moved east.
Harrison Field marketed some Sher-
man county wheat here Tuesday.
". W. Brown is soon to have a pub
lie sale after which be will move with
his family to Monument, Kan
Some Of the people in this vicinity
are getting the Oklahoma fever, but as
the warm weather viii soon be over it
may not prove fatal.
Miss Helen Hemming will teach the
Cole school this year, and Miss Helen
Dillinger viii teach the Hazen school
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-09-07

Wantsd-1oc eco bushels barley; yin
pay cash market price. = = Nheafisy-
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HER SISTERS SECRET

had vowed never to enter the Dor
mer's house again; but when they sent
word that Maisie was dying I went
there as fast as a hanson would carry
me. We had always been such friends
the child and L But she was not q
child now, at II.
ave never quarreIed, "she said, hold
ing my hand tightly. There is not
much time to quarrel now. You won't
will you, Fred?" shook my head. A
lump in my throat kept me from speak
ing. promise me before I tell you
something"
any poor little Maisiel'' cried
brokenly. 81 promise" She had been
q pet Of mine from the days when she
was a toddIing baby and q big, awk-
ward boy.
at is about you and Luey-when
you quarreIed." She stopped abruptly.
"Yes?" Lucy was her elder sister.
We had been engaged.
"You wrote her an explanation
satisfactory explanation"
Apparently she did not think so.
She never answered the letter that I
gave you to deliver"
IL kept it." She buried her face
in the pillow. I was too astonished
for words, but I kept stroking her
hair. 81 read it first Then buried
it.B
@If you get well, May I said, "and
grow up I shall like you better than
everybody" She laughed family. II
believe I always did" wiped her
eyes
II sha'n't," she said. "So-you viii
like her again now, won't your"
hesitated. Ny affection for Lucy died
g natural death. Ii had never been
very deep; neither, I faneied, had hers
for me.
I frowned. sYou have not told her
about the letter." She shook her head.
aBut you viii be good to her? You
wiz make it up, won't you? You need
not tell her about me-Only say that
you are sorry and want TO be friends.
Then you can be engaged again; and
and-some day" Her lips quivered-
MARY her2H She nodded. HBut If
I no longer care for herr If know
that I can never love her as I could
love? Ny dear little playfeiIoW and
friend, I am not half SO fond Of Lucy
IS I en- Of you
sAhE she looked s. ne WITH big,
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clothes Tar away. The woman was pushed into
the chair and strapped in the current-turned on
by ROosevelts order-entered the brain. Twice,
three times, it was turned on, while the feeble
frame moved convulsively, and that 5vas tie end
.0f RO0SevelfS 6raveSf deed
Some men are mawkish. Some are sentimen-
tai Some could not enjoy executing an old
woman Some, if especially authorized by law
to commute sentences to life Imprisonment
whenever they thought wise to do so, would have
spared Martha Place the suffering and shame of
that death. Perhaps they will not give their vote
to Roosevelt for that particular piece of courage.
But the second heroic deed may move them.
That second deed can be told more quickly:
Roosevelt had gone to war After heroic per
formances- over his ovid signature in num- 4
erous magazines-he informs US that he took I
San Juan hill
At one stage of his glorious progress he saw
fleeing before him a miserable Spaniard. The
mans back was turned, Of course. He was
running away.
He had never hurt Roosevelt He was in the
army because compelled to be there. The real
Conf1ice was over.
But, as he ran, his back offered most inviting
shot. Roosevelt you must remember, had never
killed a man.
He had once killed bear in a trap, according
to western stories. He had killed rabbits and
robins. He had indirectly killed old Martha
Place. But he had not actually had the salts
faction of pressing the button.
Here was chance really to enjoy the sensa-
ton of killing fellow creature. It was not a
foolhardy undertaking. for the mans back was
turned. He could not suddenly face round and
do harm, for he had dropped his weapons in his
fight. If ever Roosevelt was to enjoy the sen
sation of taking human life here was his chance
to enjoy the sensation safely.
He says in the shameful story which he himself
has signed and left for his children to read:
! 81 Slot him dead 7Oith my re00fvey.'
! We do not pretend to guess what the next
''brave" deed of this man may be, if Offices and
opportunities continue to pour in upon him.
! We simply narrate these two sample deeds of
heroism as guides to those who vote this fall.
-AH cid 5U0UzaH ekectyOeuted
4 fleeing n11arnzed man Slot III tie back.
| Such are Roosevelt's chief claims to heroism
at present. If you endorse such herOism vote
for him by all means
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LaBIauche.

Last Thursday afternoon the thresh-
ing machine engine owned by Swan
Strand was badly damaged by the cross
head breaking, SCATTERING the engine
10 bad shape The engine was a straw
burner which cheapened the cost of
threshing. An engine has been rented
Of William Walker, Jr., Of GoOdland, to
take the place Of the broken one until
it can be repaired
Threshing is on IN full blast in this
vicinity. Many fields Of wheat are
making IS bushels per acre.
]. 3. Moore was up to GOOdland
Tuesday. He attended the Nichols
public sale held near there that day.
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sPAM's DooH FoREToLD.

Spanish ImperfaIIsm-Ehls County
should Avoid spaIn's Mistake