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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-05-03
FATAL DISEASE AMONG CATTLE
An Unknown MaIAdy Plays Havoc Among
stock on the BrinkIey Raneh-Seventy
Head Die of Strange Disease.

". W. Brinkley, large cattle owner
of Kit Carson county, Col, whose range
is in the vicinity of KanoradO, has lost
a good many cattle recently by an IN
known disease. The last issue Of the
Burlington Coll Republican describes
the symptoms, which have been fatal
in every case. The paper says:
sW. ". Brinkley has lost between go
and 20 head of cattle, NEST Of them
since the weather became nice. Some
of his best and strongest young COWS
take the disease, and, at first symp-
toms, they are seen to have a hard
time to get on their feet, apparently
not having strength to get up at once.
After they get on their feet. for the
rest of the day they seem to be about
as well as usual, but next morning
they are not able to get up alone. il
helped up they seem better for awhile,
but the next time they get down they
are only able to get onto their front
feet when they try to get up, usually
remaining in that position, with head
in the air and hind parts on the
ground, the rest of the day. When
they lie down again it is for the last
time, and they stretch out on their
side with head thrown back as far as
possible, and each breath is accom-
panied with grunt or groan. One Of
the first indications of this disease is a
running at the nose and watering Of
the eyes. The disease in every case
with Mr.. Brinkley's cattle has been
fatal. Who knows what it is?'
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-05-03
The First Chirp of the Robin.

When hear the first one chirpin' and singin'
in tree,
1t brings to mind membranes so very dear to
me,
An love to stan an watch EN- with their
breasts so nice an red,
An the sparkle of the plumage on each pretty
singers head.
Yes it takes me back to bOyhOOd, when the
the balmy days of spring
We're heralded so surely by the sOngsters on the
wing;
spring was near,
we'll to hear.
In the woods, an in the medder, how we loved
to stroll an dream
That the spring was made for ramblin' or
wadin' in the stream;
When the buds was jest Dustin an the wealth
er it was right,
In the sun to sit a baskin' as the fish began to
bite.
Yes! it takes me back to boyhOOd, when the
robins chirpin' sound
Is heard out in the naples, or see them hop
pin round,
An I watch EN- !oF, so happy, with each shinin'
crimson breast,
As they call their mates so sweetly; "COme and
help to build our nest
They are with Us now hear them, every morn
at break of day,
Chirpin', chirpin', this sweet anthem: Winters
chill has passed away
An the blossoms an the flowers, soon with frag-
rance pure an sweet,
viii from hOwerbed an garden our senses gladly
greet.
Welcome! Welcome! feathered songster, may
your coming ha stem on
The yellow dandelions, as they bloom upon the
lawn.
Welcome! welcome! chirpin' robins, bless the
notes you sweetly sing,
God could find no better messenger or harbinger
of spring.
&C. c. Hassler in Modern Woodman.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-05-03
Quaker Reflections.

From the Philadelphia Record
The resurrection of an old dress is
due to the dyeing.
There Is no search warrant in the
quest for happiness.
A woman who holds up a train isn't
necessarily a robber.
The condition of a mans liver de-
ponds largely on the way he lives.
Some people hold the key to the sit
uatiOn and then are too lazy to turn it.
The obstreperous prisoner realizes
that a policeman not only collars but
cuffs.
Wigg-I see there's a new game called
squash. Wagg- hat-ought to be pie.
Hoax-Your friend the taxidermist
seems to be quite a humorist. JOax-
Stuff and nonsense.
SillicUsAShe Is a woman of great
strength. Cynicus-She isn't strong
enough to hold her tongue.
Mrs. Muggins-Is your husband fond
of sport? Not at all. He puts in all
his spare time at golf
No woman feels that she is quite a
successful wife until she has persuaded
her husband to take out life insur-
ance policy.
Blobbs-Hello, Slobbs! What's wor-
rying yOu' SlObbs-I'm afraid I can't
keep up my dues in the Don't Worry
Society.
The Manayunk Philosopher rises to
remark that there isn't a world of diff
ference between buying a lottery ticket
and investing in marriage license.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-05-03
WAS MISTAKEN IN DIAGNOSIS.
Dr.. Richards Discovers" Another Diph-
iberia Case but Other PhysIcians SAY
It IL Only Case Of sore Throat.

The 14-year-old son OF Fred Slower
was reported by DIT. Richards IS being
afflicted with diphtheris. DR.. Brown,
acting health officer, called in council
Drs. Smith and Gulick last Sunday,
who, after q thorough examination aud
diagnosis Of the case, decided that it
was not diphtheris but tonsilitis.
This is the second case DR.. Richards
has reported as being diphtheria and
council Of physicians have decided
adversely to his diagnosis. Thus far
the findings Of the council Of physi-
clans have proved correct and DR..
Richards in error. Richards asserts
that he made a microscopic examina-
ton Of the coating OF the patients
throat and found evidence to support
his diagnosis. In the last case reported
by Richards he displayed a specimen
he had examined TO prove the case.
1t is well known to educated physicians
that it requires care, skill, consider
able time and a powerful microscope
to arrive at a correct conclusion; and
in the case Of diphtheria especially it
requires culture Of the germs in CELIA
tine and the application Of q stain,
diphtheria always staining red, and
showing small rOd-like bodies thick
ened at one end or dumb-belI shaped.
Richards bacterial knowledge was
displayed in the sending of a smallpox
scab to the state health officer, when it
is a well known fact that q SMALLPOX
microbe has never been isolated.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-05-03
THE BLooMER GIRLS COMING.
Ladies' Base Ball Club, of Boston, VIII
Play the GOOdIand Team on the
Home Grounds May 3.
One Of the most exciting and int

One Of the most exciting and inter
esting baseball games of the season
will take place in Goodland next
Thursday, May 9, between the Ladies'
Champion Baseball club, Of Boston,
and the Goodland team.
The Boston Boomers is the usual
title given this famous ladies' baseball
club. They are justly entitled to the
same, as they always appear upon
the field, to battle for supremacy,
dressed in the twentieth century garb
the boomers. This organization of
female ball players is the only ladies'
ball club in America. The team was
first organized in 1893. The club is
under the management Of ". P. Need
ham, and they travel in their own pri-
vate car. During the past six years
this organization of female ball play
ers have travelled extensively and visit
ed all the large cities In America and
both provinces of Canada. The club
has been strengthened from year to
year, each member selected for her
ability to execute and fill her particu-
lar position in a manner satisfactorily
and becoming member of the cham
pion baseball club of the world.
The game will be called in the after
noon at 2:3O o'clock. The admission
will be % cents.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-05-03
Come Gentle snring.

A fine rain fell Saturday night and
wet the ground thoroughly. As a re-
suit of sunshine and shower the prai-
ries are quite green and trees are leav-
ing out rapidly. Wheat is up and look
ing fine and everything points to a
good season and bountiful crops of all
kinds. Stock is greedily enjoying
green pastures and before long will be
able to fill themselves with the juicy
prairie grasses. Gardens are being
made and shrubbery and lawns are
being cared for.
The chattering Of sparrows by day
and the song of the frog by night
awakes the song memories of spring
time. 1t is not to be wondered at that
poets, both modern and classic, have
found this season of the year favorite
theme for verse. 1t is natures youth
its resurrection from the dead. None
are so bereft of feeling and sentiment
as lot to experience the exhilarating
influence of the season.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-05-03
At the Churches.

Rev.Dougherty, Of Kansas City, Kan,
preached in the Congregational Oh urch
last Sunday both morning and evening
TO an appreciative audience. Rev.
DOuRherty is q pleasant gentleman
and q very interesting speaker. He
spoke in the morning from l Timothy,
4:7:S; the topic being, Exercise Thy
self Unto Goodness" 1t was very
analytical, practical and excellent ser
mon. In the evening be preached from
Luke 1923, sHe Was Angry and Would
Not Go In" The topic was the "Other
Brother" and was taken from the pa
rable Of the Prodigal Son. The sub
Ject was handled IN mastery manner
and set forth the tratefulness Of phar-
lsaiism- He viii preach next Sunday
morning and evening, and after the
morning sermon viii hold communion
services. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to ali to attend the services.
There viii be preaching ct the Chris
tan church next Sunday, May 3, by
the pastor, Rev. ;. Ed Stevens. A cor
dial Invitation is extended 10 ali to
meet With rs.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-05-03
Dislocated the Elbow.

Raymond, the five-year-oId son of
George Hess, suffered a dislocatiOn of
the right elbow Monday evening about
6:3O. His brother, George, aged seven,
was drawing Raymond in a little ex-
press wagon, and boy like, the older
brother pulled the wagon rapidly for
ward and turning suddenly upset the
occupant. Raymond made no com
plant of any injury until his mother
was preparing him for bed when he
complained of his right elbow hurting
him. He was taken to DR.. Smith, who
found the elbow joint disloeated and
set the arm. The little fellow displayed
considerable nerve during the painful
operation, and, while tears flowed, he
made no outcry.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-05-03
RraWEtar

Cattle are doing fine now and most
Of them are on the gain.
Harry German lost a team of horses
recently.
William Binkley was in Brewster a
few days ago. He is buying horses and
mules and shipping them to the mar
kets.
Brewster merchants are doing a good
business in hides. Nearly everyone
who comes to town has a hide or two
to sell.
The village blacksmith is kept very
busy these days.
Mrs. Taylor and family will leave
soon for their old home in Cedar
Rapids where they will live hereafter
II. E. Jacobs is making some i'm
provements to his residence property.
Be viii also build an addition to his
store.
}. ?. Horney has opened a windmill
aud pump repair shop in Brewster. He
IS one OF the most successful windmill
men In western Kansas and will get his
share Of the trade.
Fred Horney was a visitor to the
river cities recently where he bought
goods for his store.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-05-03
Ben Canaga Charged With Assault.

Ben Canaga and John Arendt, Of
Grant township, got into a difficulty
about cattle trespass Wednesday and
the affair ended in a personal encoun-
ter. Mr.. Arendt came to Goodland and
swore out warrant for Canaga. Sher-
if Walker went out Thursday morn
ing to make the arrest. The charge is
assault and battery, and the case viii
be tried before Justice CuthbertsOn.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-05-03
Stole While Bseginr.

The woman with the hsrd-luck story,
six children and a husband, who was
begging in Goodland a week ago Sat
urday, came to grief in Colby through
the theft of a lady's purse. She had
the same story to tell in Colby that
she told here and wanted enough assist
ance to lake her and her brood to
Norton. She was quite successful at
one house and before leaving requested
the housewife to give her drink of
water, which was granted. After the
mendicant's departure the lady missed
her purse, and knowing where it must
have went took an officer and went in
search of the woman, who was found
at the depot. She at first denied the
theft, but later dug down in her grip
and produced the purse and contents.
The outfit were ordered to leave town,
which they did.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-05-03

"AIe mon wuz that sick 1 sint for tn
docther an he come an dole out some
powdther. at twiIve be tn clock SEE
he, give Moike as much sv dthis here
as ye kin put on tin clint piece an no
more Oh moinded, an when the doc
ther come tn mkt day he said Moike
wuz dead. Did ye give him tn pow
dther?' SEE be. 'Oi did, sez L Did ye
put it on tin clint piece?' SEE he. sOi
did tn best could SEE I, there wasn't
q dime in tn house so I put it on two
nickels.'"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-05-03

@Pa, said Miss SIangay. ayOum have
to be thinking Of digging I'D some loaf
sugar Tor me-
''Loaf suearsH exclaimed pa -What
on earth DO you mean by
vacation money, Philadelphia
Press.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-05-03

The miser was created for the pur-
pose Of showing other people what
small amount Of happiness there is to
81 derived from wealth
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-05-03

A reporter last week took a census Of
q mile Of Fifth avenue, New York, en-
bracing the homes Of many very rich
men, and found just Is children under
the age Of u. There was an average Of
one child to thrOe houses. Then the
reporter transferred his attention to
the east side tenement district, where
be found in one hat house IS children,
OF more than four times the number
found In the whole Fifth avenue mile.
TIE Wizards grocer department. Is
your savings bank, the continuous
small savings occruiDg daily.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-04
Welded ON TRL-sTATE ROCK.
Bridegroom. Bride and the Minister
Each stand in Different State
During Ceremony.

The wedding of Miss Lucinda Mey-
ers, school teacher of Johnston's
Station, and Harry Panther, of New
burg, has just been announced, all
though it took place on Christmas
day, 1900, on Tri-state rock, at the
junction of New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania.
Rev. David Thomas, blind preach
er- of the Free Methodist church, a
brother-n-law of the bride, and Miss
Katie Bridges, of Iowa, cousin,
were bridesmaids. The officiating
clergyman was the brides brother,
Rev. NJ. Meyers.
The bride took position on the
New York side of the rock End the
bridegroom on the Pennsylvania side.
The officiating clergyman stood on
the Jersey side, while the best man
and bridesmaids were in New York.
The wedding was kept secret because
thes bride desired to finish her con-
tract as teacher at Johnston's Sta-
ton. The term ended last week, and
the wedding was then made public.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-04
SUGAR BEET CAKE.
secretnry wilson Predicts That 1t
VIII Become an Article of Conn
merce-GOOd for Dairy Cows.

"While in San Francisco" said Sec
retary Wilson, 81 met a few sugar
beet producers. | inquired il it had
occurred to them to press the water
out of the pulp so it might be trans
ported cheaper and stored with great
er facility This is now being done,
and before long sugar beet cake Will
be an article of commerce. The pulp
of the sugar beet is as valuable to the
dairy COW as the entire beet, because
the extraction of the sugar leaves
everything required by the COW, as it
gets the necessary sugar from fod-
ders. l inquired if the test had been
made of the value Of the by-products
in feeding dairy cattle.
"Claus Sprecllels is feeding 600 COWS
with pulp, but this is not being done
everywhere. The sugar is taken from
the beet and the by-product sold for
feeding cheap steers or otherwise
wasted. Profits from the industry are
expected only from sugar by large
majority. 1t is more economical to
build large factories costing from
$3.50, 900 and upward. We might have
begun this industry as they did in
Europe by making brown sugar and
selling it to retineries. The American
idea is to produce the finished prod
uct, leaving the operators free from
the power of the sugar trusts, that
exist solely at ports of entry for the
purpose of refining foreign sugar"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-04
NEVER LEAVES HER DWELLING
BObOkem Woman Who Has Lived
Shut Up in n Darkened House
for Thirty-Seven Years.

Hoboken, n. j., has house of mys-
tery-No. 135 Bloomfield street. For
81 years Mrs. c. y. Staab has dwelt
there behind sealed-up and heavily
curtained wooden shutters. Not once
in all that time, except on March; a.,
1898, when she followed her hus-
bands body to the grave, has the
aged woman stepped forth into the
light of day. In that time, too, no
one, save her two sons, has been al
lowed to go within that dreary-look-
ing home. Once q neighbor got a
glimpse of weird face at the half
open rear blind on the second story
the face of woman of seventy
odd, with wan, melancholy features,
hopeless eyes and hair whitened by
grief and age. 1t was Mrs. Staab.
She hastily withdrew when she saw
she was watched.
Washington Staab, one of the sons,
is 43 years old and makes his head
quarters at big livery stable. He
about his mother.
my mother is not prisoner" said
he. She can go out any time if she
wants, but she doesn't care to. Some
years ago she had some trouble with
her son, Alfred, my brother who lives
in New York, and since then she
hasn't cared to gdoout. He comes on
Wednesdays and Saturdays to see her
now. My mother is IA years old"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-04
ATTACKED BY PET CAT.
ten While She lis Caressing
Young Kitten.

Mrs. Dayan, wife of John w.
Dayan, one of the officials of the
Southern Pacific company, and the
mother of Mrs. Howard Gould, was
attacked by her pet cat and so, seri.
Gus are her injuries that DIR. Doss, her
physician, fears blood poisoning. The
attack was made on Mrs. Dayan in
Alto, Cal. The cats were in the base
ment of the house, and Mrs. Dayan
went there to satisfy herself that all
was well with pussy and her kittens.
AS long as Mrs. Dayan confined her
careSSeS to the mother cat all was
well. The animal purred and turned
her face affectionately to her mis-
tress. But when Mrs. Dayan at
tempted to carry one of the kittens
lying close to the mother there was
trouble. The big cat sprang up and
before Mrs. .Dayan could realize what
was happening the animal had sunk
her sharp front teeth into one of
Mrs. Dayan's fingers. The teeth
passed through the nail and almost
severed the top of the finger. Again
the cat scratched and bit her hand
before Mrs. Dayan few upstairs.
The shock of the encounter made
Mrs. Dayan exceedingly nervous, and
she was in a state of collapse when
the doctor arrived The doctor said
the wounds might heal, but that he
had grave fears of blood poisoning.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-04
Rival of n Famous Picture.

A sensational development of the
story of the stolen Duchess of Devon
shire is promised which is expected
to be just as exciting as the history
of the mysterious disappearance of
the Gainsborough picture.
There is said TO be a rival duchess,
the history of which is exceedingly
romantic and will give people great
deal to talk about. 1t will not fail
TO excite some controversy in art
circles.
The story of the rival comes from
a South Wales farmer and general
merchant, who received the work
from his father.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-04

Is . veritabAe MnEnet ana Makes Hren
Poixers Dance and Walk by
Looking at Them.

There Is a veritable human magnet
at Alto Pass, ILL.,, whose power OF
mind over inanimate matter seems
truly miraculous. His name is Viggo
Lerche. He arrived in the town sew
eral weeks ago from Copenhagen,
Denmark, on visit to his uncle, G..
Jessen. The other evening at Mr..
Jessen's home Lerche took an iron
poker, three feet long and very
heavy, stood it against the wall at an
angle of about 45 degrees, sat down a
few feet distant, folded his hands,
looked steadily at the poker for
about one minute, when it began to
shake and then rose to perpendic-
ular position. After standing still q
minute the poker moved toward Mr..
Lerche in short jumps.
This is only one illustration of
Lerche's wonderful power. He shuns
notoriety, and only once in awhile
can be induced to exert his strange
gift. 1t is positively known that
there is no trickery whatever in his
performance. He discovered his pow
err accidentally several years ago
while student in a Copenhagen col
lege. He was sitting on bench in
park after school hours, brooding
over some trouble he had had with
his chum, and was looking intently at
small round stick lying at his feet,
when suddenly the stick began to roll
and tumble Mr.. Lerche says he was
nonplused by the phenomenon, and
has ever since regarded his own pow
er with feeling of awe.
People here are dumfounded by
the young mans apparently super
natural powers. He dares not ex-
Aeriment on human beings, for in so
doing he once threw friend in Den
mark into a slumber from which he
was with great difficulty aroused.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-04
W life:
SuiGided and Husband Follow
ed Her.

Hot Springs, Ark. July 3.-Mr. and
Mrs. ]. G. Wilson, old residents of this
city, committed suicide today the wife
in the morning and the husband in the
afternoon. Mrs. Wilson came here
early yesterday evening in search of
her husband, who occasionally drank
to excess. He had not been home for
two days. She made the rounds of the
saloons on Central avenue. and, upon
learning that her husband was drink
ing and carousing, Immediately pur-
chased several grains of morphine and
started home.
A message was received at police
headquarters inat Mrs. Wilson was in
3 dying condition from the effects ol
drug. A physician was summoned
but Mrs. Wilson died early this mora
ing. Her husband when informed that
she had taken morphine hurried home
and was there told by the attending
physician that his wife could not live.
Wilson broke down completely and
cried like child. He soon disappear
ed and his continued absence occas-
ioned some suspicion that he might
take his life. About o'clock this af-
ternoon the neighbors began search
for him. His dead body was found an
hour later in the southern suburbs of
the city. A physician stated that death
resulted from opium poisoning,
Tonight. the bodies of the husband
and wife lie side by side in an under
taking establishment. A grown daugh-
ter is frantic with grief. Miss Wilson
was to be married next month to very
estimable young man of this city.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-04
HOSPITAL FOR CONSERVATIVES
Tnxpayers of Manhattan and Bronx
Urge New York City to Establish
Institution Outside of the City.

An appeal was made by representa-
tives of various taxpayers organiza-
tions in Manhattan and Bronx to have
the city establish outside of the city
limits public hospital for the care
of consumptive poor. The Henry law,
passed by the last legislature. gives
authority to the city to establish such
an institution, and Mayor Van Wyci
and Comptroller Coler are now in
vestigating the subject, The agita-
tion was started by the Park District
Protective league and the Kingsbrdge
Improvement association.
The taxpayers request that imme-
diate steps be taken to establish a
hospital outside the city for con-
sumptive poor; that the patients at
Seton hospital small hospital al
ready established, be confined to the
grounds; and that the institution be
compelled to enforce proper sanitary
regulations.
In Germany over 100 sanitariums
for the care and treatment OF con-
sumptiveS have been established,
largely through government aid. In
Germany the life insurance companies
find it profitable to send their insured
who have tuberculosis to sanitarums
for treatment. France has $500 beds
for the care of conSumptive poor.
The French government is completing
a sanitarium at Agincourt to cost
100000 francs.