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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28
American Railroads.

At the close of the civil war there
were $1,000 miles of railroad in the
United States, Of which 400 were in
Ohio, 5000 in Illinois, 1900 in Pennsyl-
vania, 200 in New York, 2,1OO in Indi-
ana and !, 400 in Georgia.
There was at that time less than 80
miles of railroad each in Michigan and
Oregon. less than 100 miles each in Cali
tornia and Arkansas, less than 80 miles
IN Kansas and less than 500 in Texas.
The present length Of American rail
roads is 10000 miles and four states have
among them more railroad mileage than
the whole country had at the close of
the civil war.
These four states are Illinois, the rail
road mileage OF which is 10000, Pennsyl-
vania, with 10000, Texas with 10000
ana Ohio with $500 miles.
Kansas has now a railroad mileage OF
$4,000 miles more than the state of
New York Oregon, from a very small
beginning, has 1900, but falls behind
other Pacific coast states IN that respect,
California having $500 and Washington
5000.
Only two states of the union have less
than 500 miles of railroad, Delaware-with
351, and Rhode island with %. Min
nesota has 6 500 and Wisconsin the same.
Vermont and Nevada, the former a
small state with a large population, the
latter large state with a small popuIa-
ton, have less than 1000 miles of rail
road each, and Oklahoma, with $50
miles, is far in advance Of the District of
Columbia with only 80.
Railroad building in the United States
has been somewhat suspended IN very
recent years, except as a means of ex-
tending existing lines or Of building
spurs Of feeders to them. In the CELEBRITY
and eheapening of railroad building the
United States stands at the head of all
countries. 10 1901 4,5IS miles of rail
ways were built.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28


The Chinese language IS derived from
PA root words, which expand into the
1000 or 5000 words of daily use, and the
thirty-odd thousand Of the dictionary
It requires 1000 spaces to hold font Of
Chinese type. The large cases, or false
partitions, are ranged about the room
and divided into spaces for each indivi-
dual type, each a word complete IN
itself A Chinese printer, II Is estimated,
can arrange 1000 characters q day. The
work has been carefully systematized.
and the characters are arranged accord
inc 10 their formation. A simple char
acter designates its group. and the elab-
Grafton Of form Is the elaboration Of its
meaning, as our Examinations and pre-
fxes elaborate the root A division is
devoted to the simple character that
stands for wood, aud all Of its amplii
cations. In this space OF column are TO
be found Rbo1, absd, aplum tree, and
50 on, through long list Of objects per
tuning TO. or made OF, wood Should
an UNUSUAL word be needed type IS cut
and delicately patched to make the re-
ouired character Comparing our com
6inations Of 26 letters and 10 figures, Be
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28
Admfnistrator,s sale.

Notice is hereby given that 1 will offer
at public auction on Friday, April 4
1902, at the homestead Of Gus Ganhart,
deceased, on the southeast quarter Of
section Ii, township 6, south of range Al
west, all the personal property and ef-
fects OF Gus Ganhart, late of Sherman
county, as follows: 80 head of high grade
cattle, consisting of 1 Shorthorn bull, 3
2-year-old steers. 9 yearling steers, I9
head Of cows, 2 to 6 years old, 3 with
calves at foot, 4 yearling heifers, IL head
Of horses, from to IL years old; 2 farm
wagons, 1 top buggy, header with boxes
wheat drill, lister, moving machine and
rake, self binder, riding cultivator, a
number Of plows and other farm imple-
ments too numerous to mention; also 6
dozen chickens; Is miles wire and posts:
frame shed ISx5O 70 bushels Of fall
wheat, IS bushels barley, $50 bushels Of
corn, 10 or 20 tons OF cane and miIIet
hay, L large straw stack, and the entire
furniture and household effects OF de-
ceased. Sale to open promptly at 10
o'clock a N and continue until the en-
tire personal assets Of said Gus Ganhart.
deceased, have been sold. Terms: Six
months time at 10 per cent interest with
approved security, 3 per cent discount
for cash on all sums over SO. No prop
erty to be removed until terms Of sale are
compiled with. Free lunch at noon.
Dated at GOOdland, Kan, this 10Th day
OF March, 1902.
NJ S JOHNSON, Administrator.
GEORGE BRADLEY, Auctioonser.
You can't best ThOrson's prices.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28
Pointed Paragraphs.
From Chicago News.l

From Chicago News.
A wise man never gives advice until
be is asked for it.
All men are -gOOd-gOod for some
thing or good for nothing.
1t takes an extempOraneOus speaker
to talk luently about nothing.
At least the nickel the slot ma
chine is not a catch penny affair.
Birds of a feather flock together
and so do jailbirds of the same stripe.
The more dollars you get together
the louder they talk. Same with women.
Happy is the man who sees things as
they should be Instead of as they are.
Wit is a peculiar kind of talk that
often leads to pulled noses and broken
heads.
The hardest misfOrtunes we have TO
bear are those we anticipate but which
never happen
An agreeable man is one who con-
sents to being taught things which be
already knows.
Some pretty women are unconscious
Of their beauty, but the majority are
not even mOmentarily fOrgetful-
Those who are satisfied with what
they have accomplished will never be-
come famous for what they might &C
cOmplish.
The average man never fully realizes
the truth Of the adage about fool and
bis money until after be has bumped
up against some other mans game
It isn't what man doesn't know that
worries him, but what he knows others
know be doesn't know.
The best time to lecture a man on
the evils of smoking is directly after
be has put the wrong end Of a lighted
cigar in his mouth.
Men who accomplish most never
seem in a hurry, no matter how much
they have TO do.
Sleeping car pOrters are not neces-
sarily dishonest because they frequent
ly go through the sleepers.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28
PoPULIsTs SHUT OUT.
VIII Have Practically No Representation
on Election Boards Under the
New Law.

The populists Of the state are face to
face with the problem Of how to get rep
resentation on the precinct election
boards this year. -Four years ago they
could run the elections to suit themselves
but this year, according to an opinion
secured from Attorney General GODDARD
by Secretary Curran, Of the pOpulist
state central committee, they viii have
practically no representation whatever
on election boards and viii be at the
mercy Of the democrats.
The election law provides that the ma
jOrity of the board IN the precincts and
the party next IN numbers shall have
the majority. The pOpulists have been
counting that this meant the majority
party IN each precinct, and that the pre-
cinct should be the unit on which the
majority and minority should be based.
To make sure Of it Secretary Curran
asked Attorney General GODDARD for an
opinion. Mr.. GODDARD gave it orally and
his opinion was that tie law meant the
majority party in the state.
E1LLlAAAAE ~ N-AD " YIN PAAIA ~
Secretary of State Clark this will give
the republicans two judges and a clerk
on the election boards and the demo
Gratis one judge and one clerk, leaving
the POpulists out entirely.
There are approximately 2.4OO pre-
cincts 10 the state. The republicans are
IN control in 1, 400, the democrats In 600
and the pOpulists in only 400. This is
because the pOpulists, many of them,
voted for the democratic electors two
years ago and were therefore counted as
democrats.
Secretary Curran is afraid the popu-
lists would be almost entirely shut out
Of recognition on the election boards
were it not for the fairness of the demo.
Gratis, who have been appointing popu-
lists regardless Of the law.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28
WOULD SPIT OUT OF THE STATE
A Kansans' Experience with An Anti
Splitting Ordinance in Little
Rhode Island
Topska Mail and B.

Topeka a all and Breeze
Kansas man who had lived for
good many years out on the billowy
prairie went back to Rhode Island on
visit. He had contracted the habit Of
chewing tobacco when he was young and
while be resided Oh the prairies Of Kan
sas, where neighbors were comparatively
scarce, he was accustomed to expectOrate
IN somewhat free and promiscuous
manner. When he went back to Rhode
Island and was walking one day down
the streets Of Providence he spat on the
sidewalk he had hardly got rid Of the
saliva before a policeman tapped him on
the shoulder and said, Mister you will
have to come with me-"
"FOr what?" asked the Kansas man.
ave have an ordinance here that for
bids splitting on the street. You will
have to walk up to the police court and
settle"
The Kansas man was game, he walked
up before the police magistrate and paid
the fine of s. without a murInur and
then asked:
Judge, might I ask for a little infor.
mation?'
"Yes, if you make it short, we are
busy here" said the judge.
what 1 want to know is, if your
honor pleases, is there any law that for
bids man to spit in the state Of Con
necticut?"
@NOne that know o." said the mag
istrate-
'Then here goes" said the Kansas
man as he walked to the door and spat
to the west. 4 don't want to disobey
the law, judge. After this as long as ]
am IN Rhode Island I will either spit
over into Connecticut or Massachusetts.'
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28
The Old Trouble Arain.

From the Chicago Tribune
What is the difference broke out
the exchange editor. without moments
warning, between a coal box and John
L. Sullivan"
Zones a bin and the othor is a has
BEEN" retorted the information editor,
bristling up. why is a dogs tail
Because it works both ways. What
is the diff"
"StOp it. Why is a dogs tail"
Because it isn't a-waggin' when the
dogs suIky."
Nothing like it Why is a dogs tail
like rich mans pOcketbOok?"
Full of bones. Or, it's bound in dog
skin. don't think much of that one.
What's the difference-"
Zones a straight gate and the others
great state. Why"
is it al right to cut yourself with a
lawn mower? Because all flesh is grass.
What are the points of difference be
tween four rOOds-"
Dead easy. Ones an acre. and the
others are ichOr, Ochre and euchre- Made
that up myself years ago. Why is a bot
tie Of champaigne-"
at isn't, if you get it at a drug store.
Why is a piece Of cornbread- -"
at isn't, if you get it at a restaurant.
It's baked sawdust. Why is a railroad
like baseball pitcher?"
"YOu ought to know. You never got
on to the curves Of either without
pass. What's the difference between
money and trOuble?7
The difference is that you can borrow
trouble, but you can't borrow money
from anybody that knows you"
1t was at this point that the financial
editor thought it time to interfere.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28

Of Chinese seamen on all subsidized
vessels. The amendment was urged
and presented at the request Of the
American Federation Of Labor, the
Chinese exclusion commission Of Cali
fornia and the International Seamen's
Union Of America
American seamen have been praetic-
ally driven from the Pacific coast, the
Pacific steamship companies employ
ing from 70 to 80 per cent Of Chinese
seamen on their vessels because they
can be hired from 81 to s. per month,
against So TO $40 per month for Ameri-
can seamen. These Chinese seamen
are shipped at Hong Kong for the
round voyage, the companies claiming
that they cannot get American seamen
in Hong Kong. The only difficulty is
they do not want to pay the price
One Of the pleas put up for the said
ship subsidy bill has been to furnish
employment for American seamen; the
other is its necessity in order to build
up a great American merchant marine.
The advocates Of the subsidy have all
along urged the necessity of the meas
ure because American seamen had to
be better provisioned and better paid
than foreign cheap sailor labor. And,
yet, when an amendment excluding
cheap Chinese labor is offered it is
promptly voted down.
One of these days American labor
ing men will come to their senses, when
they find out that all this clap trap Of
love for the labOring man is a sham
and a pretense, and then they will
vote in their own interests. In every
great steel and iron concern in the
United States, excepting skilled labor
ers, the cheapest kind Of European
labor is employed. The same is also
true of many other large enterprises
protected by the tariff.
Now, the United States will give S.
100000 a year to subsidized vessels for
Is years and allow the employment Of
a large per cent of the crews of those
vessels from European and Chinese
labor markets. The first year of the
operation of the subsidy, one-fourth,
the second year One-third and the
third year One-half of the crew must be
American. For the balance of the
crews they can employ any labor they
please.
As for the employment Of Chinese as
sailors it will not be denied that they
are industrious, Obedient and temper
ate, and can be relied on in fair wealth
er when no particular danger threat
ems. But when tempest storm and
wreck are to be faced, and experienced
as rule, they are panic stricken and
almost impossible to control Thous-
ands of lives have been lost by such
craven and cOwardly action of Mon
golian crews on the Pacific coast alone.
In emergencies American and eau
casian crews are brave, efficient and
self-sacriicing in the performance of
their duties. If we are to recruit our
navy from the sailors of the merchant
marine, as has been cOntended; if the
man behind the gun is the important
factor in naval warfare, all the crews
Of subsidized vessels should be either
Caucasian or American.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28
Civilized Africans.

Great changes have been made
among the negroes Of German East
Africa. They now use plates, cups,
glasses, saucers, looking glasses,
spoons, knives, umbrellas and occa-
sionaIly clocks; they call for soap
and for kerosene. In their market
places they are seen drinking tea
with sugar at table. The women
have adopted European clothes and
make use of sewing machines, even
in the interior districts.-N. Y. Sun.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28
Passing of Cecil Rhodes.

Cape Town, March 26.-Cecil Rhodes,
the South African empire builder, died
to day of heart trouble. He leaves no
pOsterity.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28
Attractiveness.

The law Of gravitatiOn Is
No proper theme for mirth:
1t is the only tie that binds
Ny body 70 the earth.
If 1t should break would not dare
To walk upon the street.
Unless had two pair Of hands
Or fingers on my feet
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for March
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28

For several years Eehave been looking
for the best line Of mems fine shoes. We
have found them in the George E Keith
walk Over line. Every city retailer Of
mems 6ne shoes secures this line They
comb fOOt-form. style. comfort Call
and see them--C. III. Milisack.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28
Mans Life

Mans Life
Mans life means
Tender teens
Teachable tEenties,
Tireless thirties,
Fiery fOrties,
Forcibls hfties
Serious sixties,
Sacred seventies,
Aching eighties.
Shortening breath.
Death.
The sod,
God Joseph Cook.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28
TO THE PUBLIC.

Hereafter heRepublic will charge its
regular advertising rate-fve cents per
line per insertion-for publishing resOlu-
tons of coincidence, cards of thanks,
obituary poetry, and all notices of enter
tainments given for the purpose of real
izing money.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28

sides common symbols, an idea Of the
labor of a Chinese cOmpOsitOr can be
formed.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28

TIE SHIP SUBSIDY BILL And ADTEFT-
CAN LABOR.
The United States senate passed the
ship subsidy bill. and rejected the am
endment forbidding the employment
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28

Nebraska Loan & Trust Co. lands for
sale or lesss.-Thos.P p. Leonard, Agent.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28

Mems fancy shirts al MiIlisaok's.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-03-28

lou can't beat ThOrsOn's prices
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-01-25
Destiny of the Hog skin.

The oily, greasy, thick pig skin is
arousing new interest. Heretofore
the slaughtcrhouse has not seriously
bothered itself about skinning the
hog while his green hide left on the
carcass and nucncumbered with eX-
pense, brought S cents per pound
and more as pork, or ~ cents per
pound when weighed in as cured
ham or smoked bacon.
The scientist will not let things
alone, however, and it may yet pay
to strip the hide from the hog for
commercial purposes. The leather
splitter has demonstrated his abili-
ty to shave hides almost into it's
sue leather. With this implement at
his possession, an American inyen-
tor claims that he can split a pig
skin to the finencss of a cologne bot
tie stopper cover and manufacture
that article at a ridiculously low
price. He can make the finest of
imported kid glove stock can dis
place oiled paper with better and
cheaper article and do the same with
the fine texture of rubbered goods
now used for waist shields. A hog
hide can be treated so finely and
split into so many separate skins as
to astouud the uninitiated. With this
prospect before it, the hog skin has
a right to come off and to expect
much, in the near futurc.-Nashyille
Proyisiouer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-01-25
The Factory Girl of china,

The presence of the factory girl
in China has tendency to equalize
the wage-earning power of the sexes.
1t increases the total income of the
family, so that the standard of living
is raised. 1t multiples comfort and
increases the demand for foreign
goods. But the effect on individuals
is the most marked. The effect is the
opposite of that in America, where
the workers often come from families
of high moral character. But in
China the girls and women come from
such poor homes-poor in comfort
and freedom and pleasures-that a
life which gets them out of their
narrow surroundings and at the same
time supplies the means for satisfy
ing some of the wants thus aroused
is "A boon and blessing to them.
And foreign factory superintendent
testify that the morals and general
character of the factory girls OF
China are superior TO those of their
more secluded sisters, while their
faces express intelligence and happi.
ness as well as independence, De.
troit Free Press,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-01-25
WIT AND WISDOM.

Industry keeps the body healthy
the mind clear, the heart whole and
the purse full-O. simmons.
WIN a great man dies, for years
the light he leaves behind him lies
on the paths of neutrality-suspicious.
He who is not liberal with what ne
has, does but deceive himself when
he thinks he would be liberal II nc
had more.-W. S. plumer.
"Who said talk is cheap eN
claimed the iratc father as he pal0
his only daughters loug-distanc'
telephone baL-Indianopolis News
The darkest hour in the history Of
any ycuug man is when he sits doWr
to study how to get money without
honestly earning it.-llorace Greeley
Hiclls-"You know that rare piece
of china that you have always adj
mircd?" Wicks Yes" Hicks
"Wcu, Mrs. Hicks got a new parIol
maid last week, and it is plural now
-Sommcryille journal.
"Truthfully speaking, sir bcgar
the poor young man, Il think youI
daughter is without a peer" so dC
l." snapped the multi-millionaire
"and I shall find one for her at once
You may go, sir."-Philadelphia Rec
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-01-25

1t is now admitted by agricultural
chemists that the best soil diagnosis
is actual tests with plants. The chem
list can tell us what substances the
soil contains, but the actual nutrient
condition of the clements can best
be determined by growing crops and
observing their Development. A sam
pie may show an ample supply Of
phosphoric acid, and yet the plants
may grow vigorously and fail to de-
yelop seed, because the phosphoric
acid is not in a readily available
form. The potash may be ample, also
in quality, but in a form distasteful
to the plants For these reasons
every farmer should learn from the
development of his crop what fer
tilizers his crops need. The chemical
analysis is a great help, but not con-
elusive, for often the chemist and
the crop will differ, and in all such
cases the crop is right and the chem
list is at fault. If plants are small
and seem to lack luXuriance, nitro
gen is needed; if the fruit or plant
lacks flavor, color or starchy devel-
opment, potash is needed, and if seed
development is lacking phosphoric
acid is required.-Farm and Ranch.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-01-25
SHEEP ON THE FARM.
There Are Numerous Reasons Why
Every Farmer should Keep
Flock of sheep,

There are many farms where the
flock is not maintained that would
keep sheep, we believe, did the own
err but realize fully the great value of
the flock to the farm and the farm
er. Strange as it may seem, there
are a large per cent. of farms where
the sheep has never been known.
One of The most important things
concerning the flock, and what
should strike the busy farmer forci-
bly,, is the comparatively small
amount Of care that the average
flock requires. There is no other
creature on the farm, save. possibly,
poultry, that requires as little atten-
ton.
Under reasonably good conditions
in our average northern climate the
sheep will need be supplied with feed
from four to five months of the year.
After that they are able to rustic for
their own-providing they have a de-
Gently good pasture to rustic in.
The housing necessary for flock
of sheep may be the crudest supplied
to any class of farm animals-there
is but one feature that must al
ways be observed and that is, suffi-
GENTLY tight to avoid moisture and
draft. Either one is very bad for
flock, and particularly the former.
We do not believe there is any sort
of stock on the farm that is more
free from disease than sheep if they
are given reasonably good attention,
A sheep is constituted very much
like the COW or OK. 1t is a standing
rule among veterinarians that sheep
should be treated in general for com
mon ailments as the OK is treated;
an average size sheep is commonly
average sized COW is given.
With some animals the digestion is
such that many foul grass seeds pass
through the alimentary canal with
out injury their vitality; but with
the sheep this is very different. The
seed that once goes through the
STOMACH and intestines of this ami
NAL has not only lost all power of
termination, but has had its nutri-
tive contents extracted to the mini
mum.
The manure excreted by the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-01-25

sheep ranks highest Of all common
farm domcsticated animals. We be-
licve this has been thoroughly dem-
onstratcd in the experience of every
farmer who has kept sheep. Il Is
also, perhaps, the easiest kept, and
in the best condition, being merely
allowed to accumulate in the sheep
shed with fresh bedding added when
ever necdful until it is all removed
at once 10 the land,
We hope to see the sheep increase
in popular favor during the coming
wear more markedly than it did dur
ing the past year just closing. The
sheep is worthy of it and the farmer
needs the flock it is a case Of one
help the other.-Cor. Chicago Drov-
ers Journal.