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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-01-03
First published December 81
SHERTFF-s SALE.

I'm the 9th day Of January. 1872 at O'Clock
~ d. M. at the east front door Of the court
house IN Goodland- IN Sherman county. state Of
Kansas. viii sell at public sale. the following
property, to-wit= The southwest quarter lSNlsl
Of section fourteen (lf In township nine o.
south Of range thirty-niue go west Of the sixth
principal meridian, IN sherman county kansas.
the property Of George Harms taken on eLecu-
ton in favor of Heyo j. Feldmann-
Dated December 4. IeJ1-
WTLLIaM WALKER. JR-. Sheriff.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-01-03

Tangiers, Morocco, Dec. 31.-A wa
terspout has burst over the town Of
Safe, Morocco. 1t inundated the low
er part Of the town for the space OF
u hours, sweeping everything into
the sea. Two hundred persons are re-
ported to have been drowned.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-01-03
For AIanaa's Fire Department.

New York, Dec. 31-Hugh J. Bon
ner, ex-fre chief, is considering a
proposition by President Roosevelt to
reorganize on New York lines the IRE
department In Manila, P. L
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-01-03

Chicago, Dee. 31.-The receipts Of
live stock at the Chicago stock yards
the past year aggregated 100000
animals, nearly 100000 IN excess Of
any previous year IN the history OF
the yards.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-01-03
Grain and Provisions.

Kansas City. Dec S0.-Sales By sample
on track: Wheat-No- 2 hard. 76dTIc;
No. hard. 76c; No. 2 red. Sc No. 3
red. s5dS5c- Corn-No- 2 mixed. 6sG67c;
No. 3 mixed. 65z66S1kcs No white,
&C; No. 3 white. 65lEGSS5zc- Oats
No. mixed. E71t9475kc; No. 3, &c; No.
white. 471zG47stcs No. white, 471EG471zc.
Rye, No. 2, SIC Hay-Timothy, 500
dI450; prairie, S7.O061350. Eggs, 19c PER
dOz Poultry-Hens. live. SIC per h.:
ROSTERS, 15620c each: turkeys, &c; ducks,
SC geese, Sc pigeons, &c per doZ- But
ter-Creamery. extra fancy. &c per ID;
dairy. 1Sc; store packed. 14c. POtatOes-
Western. 906sSc per bu-; sweets. 100
G3-6 per bbI- Beets. 4e6S0c per bu-
Onions. S0cdE-50 per bu- Turnips, 15625o
per bu- Cabbage, GO061-75 per cwt-
Beans 50975c per Is bu- Apples fancy,
$3-OOG5O0 per Dbl
Chicago and st. Louis Cash Grain.
Chicago, Dec s0.-Wheat-No. 2 red,
s45k6s5zc; No g. s1Ifds51<cs No. hard
winter. 7s1s9So5Ecs No 3. 77Z67scs No. 1
northern spring. E5<6so1Ecs No 2 TI5<9
Ts5tc5 No 3. 746Uko- Corn-NO- 8. s21k9
s3c- Oats-No- 2 45Adz5Zc7 No 2. TIA
sc
st. Louis, Dec sa-wheat-Eo. 2 red
cash, elevator, Sc track. SIZE No ?
hard. $3.50 Corn-No- 2 cash. 655tcs
track 656655tc Oats-Eo- cash. &c;
track, F75k9; No. WAits, 4Ek6zs5fc.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
Rival Indian Bellies.

The more elk teeth one has on her
dress the more popular she is at the
weekly meetings at the agency build.
ings. They examine each others
dresses carefully and freely express
to the wearer opinions upon the quail
ty and cost. If dress meets with the
disapproval of one she has no hesitan.
cy about saying so to the owner OF
such dress, who retorts as she sees fit.
Sometimes open quarrels ensue at
these sessions because some woman
has been too bold in her criticism.
Before they go home they take vote
on the dresses and the owner of the
best is crowned leader of fashion for
the next week, and all must refrain
from criticising her dress. During the
ensuing week there is a great race to
outshine her garments, and this is gen.
orally accomplished, no matter how
hard she may have striven to hold her
place in the lead.
The squaws do not have to work as
hard as is generally supposed. They
do little outside their houses, as the
Indians who have an income from the
United States dc not farm. All the
money due the women is paid direct
to them and they spend it to please
their own tastes, which means fol
dress.-Washington Star.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
SALT AND PEPPER.
Many Think They are Only of Value
in Seasoning Food.

Salt and pepper, so generally consid-
cred, are of value in bringing out the
flavor of the food to which they are
added. That they have any value from
a health standpoint is not so general
~ recognized. You may know that a
lump of salt is good for horse, but
you do not stop to consider how i'm
In eastern countries the condiments,
such as pepper, are used to profusion
in all foods. Gastric troubles COM
mon enough in other countries are
conspicuously absent, and the free use
of pepper has much to do with that
fact. Salt and pepper work against
fermentation. When the stomach is
out OF order, or, as the common say
ing is, upset, it is in a state of fer
meltation.
A certain very wise physician who
has advanced to the point where drugs
seem the unimportant thing and COM
mon sense the important in making
the sick well, is advocating the use
of pepper and salt even in glass OF
milk. 1t improves the flavor to re-
markable degree, fact you can prove
to your own satisfaction by taking
two glasses of milk-one in its origin
al simplicity, the other changed by the
addition of pinch Of salt and dash
of pepper; then sip little of each.
The chances are that you will prefer
will pncidoc iy,1nrnutuO
the flavor and overcoming the tenden-
cy toward fermentation, the pepper
will practically disable any microbes
that may be floating in the fluids, thus
the gastric juices will perform their
perfect work of changing microbes to
food.
One of the best remedies for a dis
turbed digestion is hot water, to which
has been added salt and paprika. If
taken a full hour and half before
breakfast a cupful of this very pala-
table drink will completely cleanse the
stomach and leave it in good condi-
ton. Out of one hundred persons Sc
lected at random it is no exaggeration
to say that eighty eat too much, and
also that these same eighty fail OF
proper mastication. Weakened diges-
lions are, of course, the direct result
of overeating and insufficient mastica-
ton, and weakened digestion means
undermined systems. At the extremes
of life, youth and old age, it is wis
dom to make the diet much the same.
A child's nourishment should be very
simple; so in old age it should grow
palmer and plainer.-Chicago Tribune.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
BLUE HERAD REALLY EXISTED.
The Fantastic Ruins of His Castle
Still in Brittany.

Blue Beard has existed in reality.
To be sure, he had not married seven
wives, but had only one wife and
daughter, whom he never threatened
with violent death; still, the enorlnl-
ties. of which he has been guilty are
not excelled by the crimes of our hero
of the nursery.
The original Blue Beard was Giles
de Laval, Lord of RetZ, who was made
Marshal of France in 1892, and IN the
reigns of Charles vi and VII distin-
guished himself by his courage against
he English when they invaded France.
He was born in the castle OF Mache-
coul, in Vendee, in 1404. In 1920, at
the age of sixteen, he married Cathe-
rine de Thouars, a girl of the same
age. A loyal patriot and valiant
knight, he fought at the side of
Jeanne dare in all the battles against
the English, and until her death, re-
manned her faithful companion in
arms.
Giles de Retz was the richest man
in Brittany and one of the richest in
France. He owned cities, villages and
towns and castles in Brittany, in An
jou and Vedee. His personal property
was estimated at over 100000, an
immense amount in his time. But all
this fortune was sacrificed to his pas
sion for art and literature, music and
the stage. The services which he
rendered his country might have i'm
mortalized his name had he not for
ever blotted his glory by murders, i'm
pieties and debaucheries, to which he
was led by his ambition to Guido
princes and kings in magnificence,
pomp and power.
In order to build up a new fortune
he became an alchemist. He encour-
aged and maintained sorcerers to dis
cover hidden treasures, and corrupted
young persons of both sexes that he
might attach them to him, and after
wards killed them for the sake of their
blood for his charms and incantations.
The children disappeared by hundreds
in Brittany and Vendee. At length
he was arrested and, being found
guilty of numerous atrocities, was SEN
fenced, together with his two accom-
plices, to be buried alive in field at
Nantes in 1440.
Giles de Retz, who, at his conviction,
was thirty-six years old, is described
as portly man of high stature and
great muscular strength. His abund-
ant, glossy hair was blond, his eyes
blue" his swallowtail shaped beard
as well as his long eyelashes BLACK"
He was clad all in black. The ref1ec-
lions of this sombre costume mingled
| with those of his light hair, and made
his beard appear of bluish-black
color. Hence his surname Blue Beard,
by which he is known even today
in all those parts of Brittany, Anjou
and Vendee, where the fantastic ruins
of his castles are still in existence.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
His Humble Beginning.

There is a certain great man here
in town who hates rothing quite SO
much rs answering personal questions.
He diroa o.. o.. o. recent occasion,
and the guest of honor was an Eng
Iishwoman who is filled with the keen.
est and most ingenuously expressed in
terest in America and Americans.
81 find you perfectly wonderful over
here" said she between the salad and
the dessert. "The lives OF your prom
inent men read like romances. Your
poor boys grow up to be millionaires
and your great men have had the most
extraordinary beginnings. One of your
Presidents, / am told, was actually a
butcher, and the father Of a newly
made French princess was tailor.
Now you, Mr.. Blank" turning smiling.
ly to the great man at her elbow, Il
am sure your history must be most in
teresting. Do please tell me, at what
did you begin life?"
The great man started at her in dis
approval.
Madam he said. 81 began life as a
baby. "-Washinston Post.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
CAPITAL Punishment in Japan.

To those who do not fully appreciate
the revolution in Japanese manners
and customs, it may well seem strange
that the sentence of the murderer OF
Hoshi Toru, the ex-minister, should
be Imprisonment for life with hard Ia
Dor. They might have expected
something with boiling oil in it." Sir
Rutherford Alcock, the first British
minister to Japan, writing some forty
years ago, dwelt upon the severity OF
the Japanese laws. 1.-The code is prob
ably the bloodiest in the world, for
death is the penalty of most ofenses'
The Japanese seems to proceed on the
principle that he who violates one law
will violate any other, and that will
full violator is unworthy of hfe." I'm
der this regime it was considered a
special privilege to be allowed to exc.
cute oneself and commit hari-kari, but
this was reserved for people of rank.
The common people had to be content
with the executioner's sword.
Under the criminal code which came
into force in 1882, and which is found.
ed on the code of Napoleon, death by
hanging is provided as penalty for
certain offenses, but of recent years
it has become rarer and may now be
considered obsolete. Probably the
Japanese, with their traditional con.
tempt for death regard penal servitude
for life as a greater punishment. For.
merly no conviction was made except
on confession by the prisoner, and
there was an abundant use Of torture.
That, of course, was officially abolish
ed many years ago, but it was prac.
ticed occasionally at much later date,
and case is known in which torture
was undoubtedly applied by the police
at one of the treaty ports in 1891
Chicago News.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
ALlFE SAVED AS BY MAGIC.
An Old Adirondack Guide Tells o. .
Remarkable Escape From Freezing.

The Adirondack guide who wants to
retain his patrons year after year
must know how to tell good stories
around the camp fire, as well as how
to guide the greenhorn through the
painless woods. A grizzled veteran
of the forest who had charge of mix
ed party of New York City men and
women last August had well night ex-
hausted his store of strictly true"
anecdotes, and one night was forced
to draw upon his imagination to sup
ply the constant demand.
II remember WELL" said he. years
ago, when l was a young fellow and
before l had learned enough about
the woods to set UP as a guide, that
l got lost in the forest. Darkness
came on while l was still trying to re-
discover the trail, and as the cold was
Severe, l decided to camp for the night
before | became exhausted. To my
horror, l discovered upon searching
my pockets that l had not a single
match left with which to light fire.
1t had been raining all day, and the
fallen wood was soaked, SO that 1t was
impossible for me to rub two pieces OF
dry wood together, as the Indians do,
till they take fire, even if knew how,
which l didn't.
For the second time searched all
nv pockets and even carefully exam
ined the lining of my coat and waist
coat in the hope that some stray
match might have lodged there; but
all in vain. l did find, however, a
small Sheet of dry paper. AS l drew
it forth / felt that my life was saved
for, though l had no match, had
thought of a way to set fire to the pa
per.
Hastily constructing a pile of the
dryest wood and twigs that l could
find, l knelt before it, with the paper
in my hand, carefully screened from
the wind with my body. Selling then
| a stout and knotty oak stick, like
policeman's club, struck myself
violent blow over the head with 1t
Immediately a multitude OF bright
| sparks danced before my eyes. In
stantly / passed the paper cautiously
back and forth among the sparks. Tt
my JOY several settled upon 1t.
famed them gently with my breath
The PAPER became ignited. Plungine
it among the twigs l soon had the JOY
full satisfaction of seeing a tiny
! cracking flame kindle there.
81 was saved! The rest was easy
A. splendid bonfire soon lit up the
gloom of the surrounding forest. AS
bound up a long scalp wound on The
back of my aching head, thanked m!
lucky stars for the clever expedien
which had occurred to me only In thu
| nick of time. New York Tribune.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
The First Canard.

Here Is an explanation of the origin
of the phrase newspaper canard."
About fifty years ago French jour-
nalist contributed to the press an ex-
pertinent of which he declared himself
to have been the author. Twenty
ducks were placed together, and one
of them, having been cut UP into small
pieces, was gluttonously gobbled up
by the other nineteen. Another bird
was then sacrificed for the remainder.
and SO on, until one duck was left,
who thus contained in his inside the
nineteen, The story took" and was
copied into all the journals of Europe.
It has now long since been forgot
ten, but the "canard" has remained
as q title.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
Herum for Snake Bite.

DR.. Calmette, the director OF the
Pasteur Institute at Lille. is the dis
.overer of a curative serum for snake
bite. He was severely bitten recently
by a poisonous reptile, and at once
gave himself an injection Of his cure
His hand swelled badly and acute fever
set in, but during the same day he was
we'll enough to attend a meeting Of the
general committee Of his department
and to make an argument in favor OF
a grant of money to sanitarium
which he has founded at Lille. On the
following day he was perfectly well,
having thus afforded in his own per
son, albeit unwillingly, q convincing
proof Of the efficacy of his remedy.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

nOnI0kOI -.
President Mckinley was poor mai
when he died. Mrs.. Mckinley Is and
was the owner Of the Mckinley Block
In Canton and Of other property
amounting in all to perhaps 100000
Mr.. Mckinley himself was always poor
When he was in Congress he was al
ways compelled to borrow to pay cam.
paign expenses and these loans he paid
out Of his salary. He was worth prac-
tically nothing when elected to TIT
presidency. Though for over four years
as chief executive of tile nation he
drew q salary of $4,000. he was able
. save in all only about $4,000. He
carried SGT. 900 life insurance. however
so that his estate. which by will he left
to Mrs. Mckinley. amounts to little
more than 100000. This, with hel
own private fortune, places Mrs. Nc
Kinley on q comfortable financial b.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
Tab On Storms From the Far NORTH
west.

The Toronto Meteorological office
received it's first regular report from
Dawson, Y. T. The weather at the
mining capital was fine, with maxi.
mum of four degrees above zero and
minimum of zero.
Dawson is the most northwesterly
observation point reporting to Toronto,
and it is expected that the news from
the Klondille will-assist the weather
man in Queens Park in predicting
storms from that quarter. Another
Western Office will shortly be opened
at Port Simpson, on the 'Pacific.-To-
ronto Mail and Empire.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
A Elyina Prediction.

Friar Bacon predicted in 1878 that
fiying would shortly" become a gen.
eral practice; and Bishop wilkins,
Cromwelps brother-in-law, said: 1T
viii get be as usual TO hear a man
call fer his wings then he 4 going on
a journey as it is now to hear him
call for his boots"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
CIV case OF Catarrh that canno. be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
T. J. CHENEY q Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known T. Che
new for the last 10 years, and believe him per-
feetly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga'
ton made by their firm.
WEST q TaUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALpINa, KINNAS&MARvIN,W Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hell's Catarrh Cure IS taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
The Difference.

NO." he said. marriage is not a
lottery-at least, not q properly con-
Quoted lottery. You can take as many
chances as you want in lottery.
while one is usually the limit in mar
riage.-Chicago Post.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
PopuIations In Cities.

In Rhode Island 81.2 per cent OF the
population in 1900 lived in cities or
towns of 5000 Inhabitants or more,
while this element also constitutes 10
per cent of the population In Massa-
chusetts, eS.5 per cent in New York,
na per cent in New Jersey and $50
Ter cent in Connecticut.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

"Only two applications OF Tetterine cured
q bad case OF Ring Worm from which had
suffered. Julian NJ. Solomon, Savannah Go.
soc box by mail from Ut. Shuptrine, Savan-
nah, Ca, If your druggist don't keep it.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
Rev. Marguerite ST. Omer Briggs, IS
Mount Calm Street, Detroit, Michigan,
Lecturer for the w. c. T. u, recommends
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

MRS PKHAMMy professional work has for the past
twenty brought hundreds of homes OF Sickness and
have had plenty opportunity witness the suengs OF wives
mothers who from ignorance careesnes are slowly
but surely being dragged DEATH principally with female weakness
irregularities Of the believe you will be pleased to know
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has cured
more women than any other agency under ce
of their life and health today and there
concntously advise sick try
ST. OMER BRIGGS
$4,000 FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER is NOT GENUINE.
When troubled with irregular painful
liberation OF the pear
down feeling Inflammation of the ovares backache nauenc
general debility indigestion and nervous prosao they snoua
remember there tried and remedy Lydia E. P1nkhams
Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles
other medicine the world received such widespread and
unqualified No other medicine has such record OF cures
of female troubles Refuse to buy other medicine.
Pnkham invites all write her for adylces
She guided thousands health. Address, Lynn, Mass
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

A .nisers face is like bank note, every
line OF it means money.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

Piso's Cure is tho best medicine we ever used
fo1 all affections OF throat and lungs.-WM.
0. ENIsLEy YaEburen. md. Feb. 10. 1900.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

All goods are alike to PUTNAM FADELEss
DYES, ss they color al fibers at one boiling.
Sold by all druggists.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

Jrs. Wins.ow's Soothing Syrup for childrein
teet.iing, soften tae gums, reduces i1hamma-
ton, allsys pain, cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01
HnW,S This

The United States produces about four
ffths of the total of corn reported for the
whole world.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

FITSperinanently cured No fits OF nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorar $2triai bottle andtreatise free
DR.. p. q. KLINE, Ltd, 931Arch st. Phila., Pa.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

No matter what ails you, headache to q
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAscARETs help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
oARETs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
in metal boxes, every tablet has @. G. C.
stamped on 1t. Beware of limitations.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

Al the Italian restaurants a small dish
OF Parmesan or grated cheese is put on the
table with the soup tureen.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

Only about 100000 people in the
United States buy novels as they run
from the press.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-03-01

Give neither counsel nor salt until you
are asked for it.