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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22
THE CONDUCTORS, 81.
The Event was Conducted on Schedule
Time and was the Most Successful
Ever Given in GOOdIand.

The ringing Of an engine bell and
the AAll aboard for the grand march"
by Conductor Usher were the signals
for the start Of the first annual ball Of
Division ZIG, Order Of Railway Con-
duetors, at the GoodIand opera house
last Thursday night. From the time
Of the grand march, which started at
900 p. m, until. the end Of the run was
reached, @HOme, Sweet Home, 4:OOa-m-,
it was one continuous trip Of pleasure.
The arrangements were perfect In
every detail and the ball went along
on card time. The conductors were es-
pecialIy Jealous to see that their guests
enjoyed themselves to the fullest mea-
sure. And they did.
The attendance was unusually good,
although the number from out Of town
was not as large as expected. The
spectators tarried to a late hour to
listen TO the music and watch the
dancers. 1t was pretty scene AS
told in TIE REPUBLIC last week
the decorations were elaborate and
artistic, aud combined with the perfect
lighting the hall was never shown to so
good effect.
The orchestra played "Knigbt of
Liberty" for the grand march which
was led by Mr.. and Mrs. ". Stephens,
followed by about seventy couples who
were eager for son with the dance"
After the grand march came a quad
rifle, then waltzs, schottisches, two
steps and three-steps were most in
evidence. As the ball was given on
st. Valentines day the programs we're
cOrrespOndinRly appropriate. They
were in the form Of an envelope with
daisies embossed on a green field, and
the seal on the flap was embossed with
the pleasing design of two hearts
pierced by Cupid's darts resting upon
a cushion of violets. Many people re-
marked upon their excellence.
Throughout the evening refresh
ments we're served upon the stage by
the conductors wives and 80 minutes
was taken at u O'Clock to |
enable the dancers to refresh without !
missing a dance. At this time special |
ties were introduced, such as a song by !
a male quartette, vocal solos, etc.
The large per cent of the dancers re
NAMED till the last mum Der was com
pleted at four o'clock
In most respects the conductors
ball was the best that was ever given |
IN GOodland, and they are entitled to /
the unlimited praise which has been
bestowed upon them for the success of /
the event.
Among the out Of town guests were
Messrs. Bessie, DaYis, Lynch, Phillips
burg; o. Rolls, Kansas City; ". Carter, /
st. Joseph; G. G. Thompson, Rexford,
Kan; Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, Gem, Kan;
G. Kruder, Charles Donelan, Colby;
Dr.. and Mrs. G. A. Gillette, Miss Ella
PenfOld, Burlington, Col; Miss Pal
mer, Mr. and Mrs. NJ. Stanton. Louis
Braden, Roswell, Col; Mr.. and Mrs. J.
W. Usher, Pueblo, Col.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22
TOLD IN LINE.

Appropriate exercises viii be held
in the city school today to observe
WashingtOn's birthday.
The Whist club was entertained We'd
nesdsy evening by Mr.. and Mrs. r. r.
COOts and Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Lee at the
COOts home.
DR.. Golden shipped two carloads Of
fat sheep to the Kansas City market
Monday. ". +. Det#iler accompanied
the shipment.
at Goodland a jointist attended
church last Sunday and took q seat
near the door. The room being warm
he soon fell asleep. The preacher I'm
ished his sermon and said IN g loud
voice: @We viii sing Old Coronation"
The JOIntis6 aWOke Just in time 20 hear
the last word, and jumping over two
seats, be slammed the door shut and
put his shoulder against it.-C0Iby
Free Press.
Tom Morgan says that Stanleyis
statement that he and John Brown
slept together 20 years $50 reminds
him Of q speech recently made By q re-
publican candidate IN Greenwood
county. The candidate spoke in 9
town where there was q George Eliot
club. He wanted &c solidify himself
with the literary crowd, and said: 81
am glad to see you do honor TO George
Eliot, the greatest Of authors. knew
Eliot vel. We we're soldiers together,
drank from the same cantesn and slept
under the same blanket many q night
Kansas Notes N Kansas City Tines.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22
Pay for Taking Children to school.

~ AoE A@klnE Children 10 School.
An exceptional case was brought to
light the other day. says the Colby
Free Press. The school laws of Kan
sas eompels district to pay 10 cents
per child per day for the Transports
ton Of each child who lives over three
miles from the school house, but the
law strictly provides that said children
must be conveyed. One school patron
furnished his children with q horse
and cart to 90 to and from school but
the board refused to pay the amount
specified because they claimed he did
not actually convey the children The
county attorney is looking up the mat
Ter and his decision wiz be looked for
With some interest. Not many people
we're aware that such a law existed.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22

The smallpox situation is the same IS
one week ago. There have been no new
cases reported. The Fletcher and
Dimmitt families, living i've miles west
OF town, are closely guaranteed and it
is not anticipated that the disease VIII
spread Tbs two young men who we're
taken down With &c last week have ft in
q mild form and are doing nicely The
county health officer IS doing al r. his
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22
.GOODLAND is DRY
Saloons Close and Other Places Cease
Sale Of IntOxicants.
The Carrie NatIOa Temperance Wave Has
Reached This Town and Dispensers
or Liquor Ordered TO Abandon
the Tramc-Order Obeyed.
How dry I am,
How dry ] am. etc.


How dry am, etc.
That is the popular song IN Good
land to-day. Hany are singing it.
How long these lines viii continue to
be sung time alone can tell.
The Carrie Nation crusade has reach
ed the western borders Of the state,
and a more effective job OF smashing"
could not have been done by the origi-
nal saloon smasher herself. But Good
lands saloons were not smashed. They
we're just closed. A half dozen women
did it.
If they hadn't closed GoodIand
might have experienced one Of those
saloon raids that have gotten other
towns in the public eye through the
agency of the daily press, and thereby
hangs a tale.
Saturday morning GoodIand's three
saloons failed to open their doors. It
was not due to any fault of the owners,
but was by order Of the county and
city attorney, who was commanded to
close them. If that officer failed to do
as directed rumors of a ''crusade" or
smashing" was threatened. The sa-
looms were not the only ones ordered
to cease in the sale Of intoxieants, but
the drug stores we're also included.
The order'was obeyed by the keepers
and it is impossible to secure liquor in
this town to-day, for the first time in
its history.
The saloons were as fine ones as
could be found in. Kansas and had just
been rebuilded and refurnished and
put in shape, for since the fire that
destroyed them last fall the owners
had fitted their places in the most
modern style. The occupation of a
joint keeper is about as uncertain as
that Of the western Kansas farmer in
raising a crop, and their plans are now
knocked into smithereens.
The keepers do not take a hopeful
outlook in the matter, and it is doubt
ful if GoodIand will ever be a ''wide-
open" town again. Some of those that
have been engaged in the business say
that they are done and viii not at
tempt to reopen, even if permission to
run was given. They claim that there
were too many In the business to make
it profitable, and besides they were
each paying a monthly fine Of $50.
This money the city treasury will sadly
miss as it has been the means Of keep /
ing the city in a frstclass financial
The order for closing came last Fri
day after long consultation with
County Attorney Andrews, who is also |
city attorney, with a delegation of
women composed of Mrs. E. F. Muir
ply, Mrs. William Hogeboom, Mrs. o. !
@. Dawson, Mrs. Derby, Mrs. Susan |
and Mrs. Newton Krow, lead |
ers in local temperance work, but who |
are not banded together in any organi- |
cation. The women meant business, !
they said, and unless the places we're
closed prosecution would be COM |
menced. and in the failure Of that |
smashing" was limited.
Mr.. Andrews informed the saloon /
men that it was up to him and they |
would have to close. That was all there
was to it. And that is the reason that
is singing "How dry I am"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22

Joseph Alcott, 3 hardware and imple-
ment dealer Of Colby, died there last
week after a short illness. Mr.. AlcOtt
was known to many people Of this
county and was quite well known in
Goodland. He leaves a wife, two
daughters and two sons.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22
Appoint a Trustee.

The board Of county commissioners
held a special session Monday. They
appointed II. ". Runnells trustee of
Grant township to succeed E. D. Ackley,
deceased.
The commissioners, together with
the county health officer, also met as q
board of health.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22

The Ladies' Aid Society Of the Meth
cast church win serve a chicken pie
elmer IN the Union bank building to-
Gay The public is cordially invited to
paszonize thsm. The price Of the din
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22

It is tine to repaper that di4Ey room
and 1 have some new and and elegant
patterns from which y0u can select.
win hang the paper aud VIII gusran-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22

Snow began falling st GooGland
about nine o'clock T1esday night and
by wednesday morning from three g
four inches had fallen. The little wind
that blew vas from the east and tie
temperature vas only 6 little oeiGE
the freezing point aIsei1s heFs oniF
been slightly delayed. Cl0EdF Eeatez
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22

Charles Hartley and Miss Lena Free
land, both Of MuIdrOW, we're married
at the home Of the brides mother Tues
day, Rev. J. 7. Shaekelford, officiating.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets an druggists refund the money
= i rails to cure . W Groves sigma
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22

DR.. G. ". Richards, Of Denver, Col,
has located In Goodiand for the prae-
tice OF medicine. He has an Office over
ThOrson's store. GoodIand now has
I've doctors.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22

II. c. AtWater viii hold services In
the Episcopal church Sunday. Febru-
airy u Services at IL a. n. and 80 p.
N. Everyone cordially invited
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22

Spring muslin underwear opening
and display next week at MiIlisack's.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-19

II is not often that a business man
gets check for money that he would
rather be with out, but that is what
happened to wholesale lumber dealer
OF this city the other day. The check
was sent TO him by the receiver of q
defunct Boston hardware concern and
he was entitled to the money as q
creditor Made out on a Boston bank
it called for the payment of four cents
as the first and final dividend. After
recovering from his surprise the re-
cipient sat down to reckon IL all out.
There was the two-cent revenue stamp
and a two-cent postage stamp on the
letter. That made four cents to send 1t
to him, not counting the cost of paper
and envelope and printed form of &C
acknowledgement To acknowledge its
receipt and cash the check would in
volve an outlay Of about Il cents more,
as banks charge for out of town col
lections. He was still thinking it over
when a friend entered the Office and
offered twice the face value of the
check to secure it as a curio He sold it
in a hurry.-New York Sun.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-19
sov YOOK 10000 VOLTS.
Resuscitstcd aid in a Fair Way to Get
WELL

hesuscitat ted aid in Fair Way to Get
Well.
Walter Budds, 9 years old, had a cur
rent from an electric cable carrying
10000 volts of electricity pass through
his body recently. That he was not
killed is considered miraculous. but the
physicians at the Hartford hospital.
where the boy is now suffering from
the effects Of the shock say that he will
recover, says the Hartford Courant.
Young Budds started out with Johnnie
Farrell and Willie Cosgrcve. young
ehums of his, to see the circus parade.
They went to Main street near the
tunnel and after waiting for some
time without the parade's coming in
sight, they got uneasy. On Albany ave
nue., just above the Main street juno
ton, the Hartford Electric Light COM
pany has a terminal tub through
which the cables that bring the electric
current in from the Pennington river
pass into the underground system Of
the company One Of the boys sug-
sested that they climb upon the roof
of the terminal tub to see if the parade
was coming down Albany avenue.
They made a run for the tub. A lad
der stood in the rear Of the tub. and
the tub is built several feet above the
surface Of the ground Young Budds
was in advance Of the others. He was
the first to mount the ladder and as
he climbed up the rounds he turned to
the other boys and said that he could
get to the top first. The parade was
not In sight and that he might have
a better view Of the surroundings he
reached from the top Of the tub TO
one Of the cables with the heavy volt
age for the purpose of pulling himself
onto the pole which carried the cables
down through the tub. In taking hold
Of the cable he instantly connected
himself with the electric current His
feet were jerked from beneath him.
his body became rigid and blue flames
shot out from the cables underneath
the boys hands. What appeared to
the big crowd to have been a dead
boy was brought back 70 life, and then
the little fellow was taken to the Hart
ford hospital in an unconscious conGi-
ton. He was very weak on being re-
ceived at the institution, but during
the afternoon he gained more strength
and had long sleep. Both his hands
were badly burned and the index fin
ger Of his left hand was burned off
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-19
TO FOIL CHECK RAISER.
New schsme for Preventing Any Alter
ations in Cheeks.

More than 200000O0 600 Of checks
are used annually in the United States,
and Of this amount something like 49,
600 are raised" the loss falling on the
drawer, for the drawer of a check is
chargeable with the amount paid on it.
provided his signature is genuine. no
matter for what amount he has pre-
viously filed it in. Many devices have
been planned for foiling the check
raiser, but the security check Is .
most perfect protection the ingenuity
Of man has yet unf0lded The check
has been briefly described as follows:
"On the left of the check is printed the
safeguarding schedule The words di-
recting the payment Of money are
qualified by the following printed into
the body Of the paper: Provided
amount does not exceed that expressed
in words and figures at END OF sched-
ule.' After the drawer has writ in
the amount of money to be paid he adj
iusts a small paper cutter to that line
Of the upper half Of the schedule
which bounds the maximum amount 0
be paid il dollars. tens, hundreds. CT
thousands, and tears oil the check
down as far as the small ring IN the
center Of the schedule. Then he re
wolves his ruler, adjusting it to that
line of the lower half OF the schedule
which bounds the number OF dollars
tens of dollars, hundreds or thousands
to be paid, and then completes tearing
the check from the stub along that
line. This leaves in the hands Of the
drawer the check absolutely safe-
guarded from alteration, for the LETT
hand margin expresses in words and
figures the amount not exceeding
which it has been drawn"
The device is used by scores of banks
and by hundreds of prominent firms,
although it has been before the pubiic
but a short time. 1t is used not only
on checks but also notes, receipts.
drafts. bills Of lading, and other pa
pers, and is suited for use of money
orders and tickets.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-19

perjury in wicked response to the ~
mands Of this day. They put In cas-
ket and tombstone that which they
ought to put in bread.
Gods Cause Impoverished.
And then look how the cause Of God
is impoverished. Men give so much
sometimes for their indulgences they
have nothing for the cause Of God and
religion. Twenty-Five million dollars
expended in this country year for
religious purposes But what are the
twenty-five millions expended for re-
ligion compared with the hundred mil
lions expended on cigars and tobac-
co and then two thousand millions OF
dollars spent for rum? So man who
had fortune of S750,000 or what
amounted to that, in London spent 1t
all in indulgences, chiefly in gluttonies.
and sent hither and yon for all the
delicacies and often had a meal that
would cost 500 or 5000 for himself.
Then he was reduced to a guinea, with
which he bought a rare bird, had 1t
cooked in best style. ate 1t, took two
hours for digestion, walked out on
Westminster bridge and jumped into
the Thames-on a large scale what
men are doing on small scale.
Oh, my friends. let us take our stand
against the eXtrayagances of society.
Do not pay for things that are frivo-
lous when you may lack the neces-
stiles. Do not put one months wages
or salary into a trinket just one trink-
ct. Keep your credit good by seldom
asking for any. Pay! Do not starve
a whole year to afford one Belshazzars
carnival. Do not buy coat of many
colors and then in six months be out
at the elbows. Flourish not, as some
people | have known. who took apart
ments at a fashionable hotel, and had
elegant drawing rooms attached and
then vanished in the night, not even
leaving their compliments for the land
lord. tell you. my friends, in the
day of Gods judgment we will not
only have to give an account for the
way we made our money, but for the
way we spent it. We have got to leave
all the things that surround us now.
Alas,if any of you in the dying hour
felt like the dying actress who asked
that the casket Of jewels be brought 10
her and then turned them over with
her pale hand and said. Alas. that
have to leave you so soon!" Better
in that hour have one treasure of heav-
en- than the bridal trousseau OF a
Marie Antoinette or to have been sat
ed with Caligula at banquet which
cost its thousands of dollars or to have
been carried TO our last resting place
with senators and princes as pallbear-
ers. They that cOnsecrate their wealth,
their time. their all, TO God shall be
held in everlasting remembrance. while
| have the authority of this book for
announcing that the name of the
wicked shall rot
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-19

Marine Journal remarks that "the
present century seems destined TO
bring the steamboat as a means of
transportation TO an equality with the
railroad train" That paper says that
great as is the volume of traffic on the
lakes a greater business is conducted
on American rivers, amounting to 100.-
100000 tons year. exclusive of boats
plying on the arms of the ocean inland.
At least half Of the interior commerce
OF the United States is transacted by
boats. Though almost every naviga-
BILE river In this country is paralleled
by railway the business for both in
creases. The two great systems Of in
land waterways In the United States.
the Marine Journal remarks, are the
great lakes and the valley of the Mis-
sissippi, and of the two the latter is
foremost.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-19
DEADLIEST OF REPTILES.
Compared with the Fer-do- Lance tn,
Rattier Is n Gentleman.

Compared with the Fer-do- Lance the
Rsttior Is a Gentleman.
The most deadly snake in the world
LIS the ?er-delance. Comparatively lit
tie is known of the yenomous reptile
oueside Of the French West Indian Is
lands of Martinique, Guadalupe ana
the British possessions of Saint Lucia
Martinique is especially unfortunate
in possessing them in large numbers.
The natives, taught by dear expert
ence. regard it with deeply rooted ha-
tired and fear. and rightly, too, for 1t
can be truthfully said to reign SUI
preme in the forests and byways,
ofttimes being found on The more fire.
Quented paths and roads, but rarely
venturing into the cities or towns
There are about eight varieties, the
most common being OF a grayish black,
and by its color, SO resembling the I'M
derbrush and stumps, is scarcely dis
tinguishable at times. The head, as
the name implies, is lance shape, fiat,
with reddish eyes, changeable like an
opal, which become very bright at
night and can be seen for some dis
lance away flashing out defiance at an
intruder, whether man or beast.
Its length rarely exceeds five feet,
with body the size Of a mans arm,
and not of lead pencil thickness as i'm
agined by some people. Quite unlike
the 'rattler" of the United States,
who. to do him justice. is gentleman
compared to the "fer-de-lance," this
snake never gives warming, but at
once when approached becomes the
aggressor. quickly gets into battle ar
ray, darting forward it's triangular
head with lightninglike rapidity-so
quickly, in fact, that the human eye
can scarcely follow the movements.
and woe to the unlucky mortal or ami
NAL that ii strikes.
1t Is almost certain death, and II tho
services of a physician cannot be Sc
cured within an exceedingly short
time the venom does its deadly work.
causing the flesh to spot, after which
comes-death. If the strike has been
made upon vein or an artery there
is absolutely no Glance for life unless
the limb be amputated at once, and
often then 1t is too late, as the venom
has gained too much Roadway through
the blood system to be checked or the
victim succumbs to the heroic treat
ment
R'v~-s AMI Commerce.
In recent issue the New York
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-19
Declares Matrimonial
Association
of Marriage

thinks, be brought about only by hard
work and practical means.
He Becomes Famous.
In August, 1896. the first session OF
the Matrimonial association, compos-
ed OF couples married by Mr.. Meese.
was held at Auburn, Ind, the home
Of the parson. Nearly 1000 couples
responded to the invitation They all
agreed to work for reform OF the
marriage and divorce laws. An an
nual reunion was determined upon,
the story Of the session went broad
cast over the country and the Rev. Mr..
Meese found himself famous outside
the limits OF De Kalb county.
It was thought that this last re-
union, held at Waterloo, would far
surpass all of the preceding ones In
enthusiasm and results, and so it
would have, had 1t not been for the
rain, which caused many to stay at
home. But the day frightened up and
the reunion was held. Parson Meese.
IN his black Sunday clothes and derby
hat, fitted around the grove, attending
to thousand details, greeting new
corners, showing them where TO regis
ter, chucking children under the
chin and playing host 10 the big gath
ering. Among the resolutions passed
by the members were:
Deplores Divorce Record.
THAT we deplore the alarming In
crease IN divorces as compared with
marriages In our community and that
we view with disgust the evident In
sincerity with which many Of our
young men and women enter into their
marriage vows. That marriage ia not
a failure and he who declares the
contrary questions the rectitude OF
the creative scheme of Almighty God
That we believe the strength and
safety OF the republic are dependent
upon the morals of the people and that
no nation whose people show fidelity
to their marriage institutions can far
depart from the principles OF liberty
justice and equality. We therefore, In
woke the aid of all patriotic and
Christian men and women in creating
a sentiment against the present loose
divorce laws and the lack OF solemn
ity with which the marriage state is
invested"