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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

said IL his marter-offact way; wen
boys. guess it's time 20 90"
We fled out on the camp side There
VS. Knight on the engine and Wilson
and Brown climbing into It Andrews
walked forward 70 the cabO0se. stop
ped q moment, turned. and. mOtioning
70 Us with his hand, said lightly. Get
on. get on" knight pulled the throttle
as Andrews nodded to him. and swung
aboard.
Would that engine never stsrt2 Il
snOrted, ground ahead, and then
stopped in its tracks with a great hiss
OF steam. and the wheels kept buzzing
around. That would alarm the train
men We wondered II they'd seen US
Not a sound came from the station i
was q bad moment for Us, penned up
blind in the box cars.
At last We shot on at high speed
Even we're they following now, We
were safe, for there was no telegraph
at Big Shanty. The thing had been
done. This big detail OF men had
crossed the enemy's ranks. without
the least alarm, had stolen q train on
a line that his very being depended
upon. stolen IL from one Of his OWL
camps, in the middle OF his country.
There, in the half darkness OF the car,
We soldiers simply stared at one an
Other.-From Andrews Railroad
Raid - in NcClure's Magazine
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04
aHoosierr VS.. asueker.n

They met in the rooms OF a G. A
R. Post in the Capital City for the frs
time since the close Of the Civil War
in which they had served in the SAINT
brigade west Of the Mississippi. one
as captain OF an Indiana regiment, the
other as field Officer OF one from Il
linois. The Hoosier, being at home
in the post. introduced his former com
rade in q short speech in which. after
cOmplimenting the Sucker" organiza
ton for sOldierly qualities. he tool
occasion to say in effect. and there
was one other thing said Of IL by those
who served in the division. and thai
was that the illinois could DO more
and cleaner fOraging than any other
regiment In the division; adding.
and every soldier knows what that
meant"
When he got the floor. he OF the
Sucker organization retaIiated by the
following story That may be so.
but the tn Indiana ran as a close
second. One day. while on the march
back from Pike Ridge. the column
passed the farm OF a Pike who sat
on his door yard fence to see IL pass,
and. as we rode up, my quartermasteT
accOsted him
Say. old man, have you got any
thing 10 eat or drink-any shoats,
calves. chickens, sheep or any whislZy2
We're hungry and thirsty
NO, hain't got nOthin'. You uns
been gOin' by ever since sun-up, an
hain't lef me nothin'-cep my 1igion-'
To which my adjutant replied:
Well. old man. if you have any Of that
left you had better take to the woods,
for til Indiana is coming along in
the rear. and they haven't got any. and
they'll take all you'er got, sure"
The roar Of laughter which followed
told the stranger that his retOrt was
success.-Army and Navy Journal
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captain John Brown.

Maj. Green, who captured John
Brown at Harper's Ferry on the morn
ing OF Oct IS. 1853, lives at Mitchell,
s. D., and is active despite his age.
He loves to tell about how he dealt
the blow that laid the abolitionist
PROSTATE and how he helped 70 bind
him and carry him of to prison.
Maj. Green, for that is his name,
was an officer Of marines and sta
toned at Washington After the raid
was made on the arsenal, Oct. 10.
1859. he was ordered 70 Harper's Fer
y to report 10 Col Robert E. Lee.
When John Browns men came TO
town il stirred up a great commotion.
Troops were summoned from the
country around. Brown and his men.
after capturing several leading citi-
zens Of the town as hostages, barri-
caded themselves in the fire engine
house. Among those captured was a
Col. Washington. a descendant OF a
relative Of the father Of his country.
The troops surrounded the engine
house and demanded Browns surren-
der Mai Green, then a Lieutenant,
was in command Of q company de-
tailed for guard duty Brown defed
his besiegers, and a ladder was used
as a battering ram against the door.
As the door started 70 splinter and
give way 70 the batteri1g the force
inside opened fire. Finally a panel
was smashed and then a hole was
made large enough 70 admit a man.
Here Mai Green pauses IN his nara
tive and says, modestly- Col Lees
report 70 the government says I was
the first man IN. The man that fol-
lowed me was killed as soon as he en-
tered Col Washington stepped up
70 me and yelled in my ear. pointing
out Brown 70 me I had my sword
raised in the air ready 70 strike, and /
brought the fat side down on Browns
neck with such force that he was
knocked unconscious He was then
bound and taken 20 prison
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

Gardens are a feature Of several Of
the South Wales coal mines. It is
true the crops are generally limited
to mushrooms, but they are, none the
less, gardens. The earth is taken
down in bags by the miners and a
mushroom bed formed, into which
broken bricks of spawn are put.
This system Of underground garden
ing has prevailed for some time in
Paris, for most Of the ~champignons. %
or button mushrooms, used in that
country, as well as a good many Of
the ordinary kind, Sre grown in the
disused subterranean stone Quarries
on the left bank Of the Seine.
The fashionable freak gardening in
the shape Of japanese fern balls. birds
and elephants, which have Just been
introduced. are beaten hollow in rap
idity OF production by the common
hOrseradish. A barreIful of this COM
modify may be plucked in Worcester
shire today. On its arrival in COvent
garden It viii be sprouting freely, and
in the course Of the next couple OF
days the barrel will be almost COW
cred with green fOliase-Stray
Stories
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04
One Man Writes No More.

One man has been found who con-
Eesses that a career Of letters is plain
~ not for him. He lives in Knoxville,
Iowa, and lays open the secret Of his
life to the Chicago Inter Ocean when
he writes:
4 have written several brilliant
articles When I cast them into the
stove they Illuminated the entire in
terror. Had I believed them capable
of lighinS up the world I would have
tried to get them published The
first was an attempt to describe the
exquisite color of my first girls hair
and eyes. was disguised with the
attempt after a careful reading. The
aurora bOrealis tints and chameleon
changes Of shades in the hair as it
blew about when she ran baTe-headed
after the cows, back yandeT in Ohio,
were not brought out with sufficient
force. The dying fawn expression Of
her eyes as she bid me 'ta-ta' at the
bars, no. pen could depict. I expressed
my feelings on both topics to her
later, and she pronounced my eulOgies
just splendid I tried a tanner sub
iect next. sat down beside a broken
mullen stalk, with pencil and tablet,
and wrote Of a blasted life. This was
after Jim Barton had cut me out
This was also a failure. There was
no smile. The mullen stalk was
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

never seemed to inspire love in any
living thing. Her daughters grew up
wild. and her sons were of no particu-
lar account, and her husband rarely
sought her society, and she never IN
derstOOd any Of these things. She
considered herself unfortunate It was
a pity, for she was a good woman
Yes, she was. And yet she knew not
how to be hOspitabIe. Very, very sell
dom did she offer q cake or plate of
ice cream to her callers. Not that
she grudged her best, but her mind
scared above such trifies. Her idea
of a gift was to present you with a
tract; Of entertainment, to read you
her exegesis Of some scriptural pass
age. Gliding on to a Ioveless old age,
she dreamed dreams and saw visions
on the way.
A good, good woman. And yet there
are many others not half so gOOd-in
a way-whO go through life shOwering
kisses on little children. patting dogs
on the head, doing little trivial kind
nesses here and there, more because
they can't help it than from princi-
pie, who CLEAN riches Of love in this
present time, and who will be far
more missed and mOuTned hereafter
than this poor, good wOman.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

A huge bear held up a trolley car
running from NealmOnt to Tyrone. Pa.
The mOtOrman saw a dark object
-astride one Of the rails, and believing
it was a man, applied the power and
stopped the car within q few feet OF
the object, which turned out 10 be a
black bear prepared for battle. The
motorman dropped the fender Of the
car and applying all the power shot
the car forward. II struck the bear
amidships and hurled him to the side
Of the track The assault disconcert-
ed the animal. and evidently in fright.
it took to the mountain at the side
Of the road
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

And their faces look familiar, but those
have a brighter glow
That have come from that good country
where the heavenly flowers grow
There IS grandma in a Bingham that ]
loved 70 see her wear
As she sat sereuely knitting In her big
oId-fashioued chair
Aunt Maria comes a-sinEinE- and her
dress OF cherry red
Is 10 brighter than the sunshine that her
hopeful spirit shed
Nov 7 see some little children dancing I'D
ana down the quilt
This was one OF Lucv's dresses the High
land plaid was Bertfe's kilt
And those tiny dots and figures we're my
little Auuie's frocEs-
Oh. the blessed thoughts and feelings
sewed together with these blocks.
There are other things We treasure that
can SPEAK Of days gone by.
Other things that set US thinking. make
us laugh. and make rs cry.
But o. all the dear reminders ever shaped
or ever built
There's nothing beats the story OF a good
old patchwork quilt
Sara A Davis in Boston Journal
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04
stszIinn : confederate -.

At last cane the call: Big Shanty
twenty minutes for breakfast
That cooled our nerves. Here was the
moment for action We stopped be
tween the shed and the white tents Of
a big Confederate camp on our left,
where We could see the guards pa
trolling. Andrews and knight crowded
out Of the cars With the passengers.
but We stayed in our seats. What
they did then took less time than %
tel It, and all the while soldiers were
lying on the ground a few yards from
them, and a staring sentry stood TWEEN
ty feet from the locomotive
Andrews strolled on ahead Of the
engine. to see II the track was clear.
To rs, waiting in that motiOaless car.
be seemed 20 be gone an age the ten
sion was frightful Then he walked
5ack with knight and. pointing be
-ween the last Of the box cars and the
baggage car. said -UncouDIe here"
we could see them from. the windows.
walking about talking leisurely- Then
he stepped 20 the door Of our car and
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

dead wasn't couldn't even tell
II it had had a romance in all its life.
So I burned No. 2.
4 allowed a period of five years to
elapse ere again assayed to enlight-
en- the earth Of my pencilings. Dur
ing the slavery agitation, just prior to
the fall Of Fort Sumter conceived
the idea that slavery, as boosted by
the south, was much like the banyan
tree, looping over into the adjacent
territories. I sent four verses Of four
lines each to the Republican in Mount
Vernon, Ohio. The editor told my
uncle. who took it to the Office. that
the conception was fine, but that it
wouldn't do, and returned it to me
with 'Thanks'-fOr being permitted to
refuse it, suppose.
4 pOked it viciOusly into the stove
and felt that my career as a journal
ist' had been ruthlessly hit with an
editorial club.
4 sent a dollar to a school of jour
nalism,' which fixed you up at home,
while you waited. I never felt so
much like a fool but once, and that
was when 1 got out Of a chair at a
barber college.
why God impIants a desire to
write in people who haven't even a
few ideas nor the power to dress them
up is one Of the mysteries of gOdIi-
ness"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04
Admiral Knew His Men.

In q recent volume Of war reminis-
cences Maj. stiles, a Confederate sol
der. tells this story OF the retreat
from Richmond just before Lees sur
render at Appomattox. Il remember.
in all the discomfort and wretehedness
Of the retreat, We had been no little
amused by the naval battalion under
that old hero, Admiral Tucker. The
soldiers called them the Aye, Ayes
because they responded aye. aye to
every order. sometimes repeating the
order itself. and adding. Aye. ave. Il
IS. SIR As this battalion, which fol-
lowed Immediately after ours. was get
ting into position. and seamen's and
Iandsmen-s jargOn and movements
we're getting a good deal mixed ia the
orders and evolutf0ns. all being har-
mOnized. however. and licked into
shape By the aye. aye. a young on
Ger OF the division STAFF rode up. sz-
Iuted Admiral Tucker and said: .Ad-
mfrzl. may possibly be Of assistance
20 you IN getting your command into
line The admiral replied Young
man. I understand low 20 tax 70 ny
people: and thereupon followed q
grand moral combination Of rieht
flank and left fnak.' 'starboard' and
Iarboard.s aye and aye. aye until
the battalion gradually settled down
into place
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04
Had the Wrong Parcel.

Two Taunton men went on a fish
ing trip to Lakeville lately and were
so eager for their sport they started
breakfastless. but the wife OF one OF
the pair put up q nice lunch Of send
witches and other good things, wrap
ping the food in a neat parcel After
they had rOwed and fished for a cou-
pie of hours. appetite began to assert
itself. so they opened the parcel and
found it to contain a lot OF sOiled
collars and cuffs. INTENDED for ship
ment 20 the laundry. There were two
bundles at home and the men had
taken the wrong one.-BOstOn Globe.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04
50 Of Eirst-cIass ouaIitr.

Manager Pike secured a slab
twenty-fOur inches square the other
day which was taken out OF one of
the state quarries at Mortified. Vt.
IN 1869. The piece was sawed and
planed when Quarried and left on the
ground During these thirty-fiye years
1t has been exposed to the frosts and
SHOWS Of winter and the hot suns
and rains OF summer under the most
trying conditions. When the stone
was cleaned it showed up as bright
and in as good condition as when
first taken from the quarry.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04
The Old Patchwork Quilt.

amt given much TO idols. and Ike the
Lords own way
OF turning cur eyes upward when we so
50 Tar aStraE
As 70 dOte and keep a-6oting on the
things that fade and wilt.
But somehow, spite OF Conscience, love
patchwork quilt
I pieced this one up the winter that Tom
went on TO fight
I could stand It through the daytime. but
as soon as IL came night
Al the hOrrid scenes Of battle right be-
fore my eyes would niC
So I went to setting patchwork, Just TO
ease my mind q bit
When 7 come TO choose a pattern I
picked out the letter 7.
Not because IL was 50 handsome, but IL
stands for Tom you see
And 1t was 4 little comfort IN those days
so dark and cold.
To have even mat much Of him which
nv hand could grasp and hold
Now see old friends and neighbors con-
ing through this patchtFork door
Smiin' at me sboVe the pieces like the
dresses esat they wore
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

a distance well-aimed bOOjaek
often miscarries-
A dog cannot climb tree
Hunger may sharpen the wits, but
if you sharpen wei your claws your
wits win need little sharpening.
Life is not all a bed OF catnip.
Where there is cream there must be
milk
A mouse fears a cat by the length
Of his Whiskers.
A loud purr is a valuable asset
Don't jump from high places simply
because you can land on your feet
you may not
Envy not the sedate Tabby nor the
dignifed Thomas, for the race is not
to the sleek nor the battle to the fat;
boots and bOOtjacks happen to all.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04
Too Heavy 4 wefoht.

A correspondent writes to the Lon
don Country Life: Many years ago
one man bet another that he could
not move an ordinary brick tied 10 the
end OF a cord two or three miles long
1 forget which A straight and level
road just outside Chichester was
selected for the trial; the brick was
not moved and the man lost his bet
for a large amount II was stated by
some one present that the brick, al
though weighing only about seven
pounds, would. from a distance Of two
or three miles, represent a dead
weight Of nearly a ton"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

Every dog has his day, and it is bet
ter you be not in It
Think Of your first life as your
ninth, and your days win be longer
Remember you are not the only cat
that can see in the dark.
Take not Overmuch pride in your
voice on the fenee-tOp, as mans ap-
pIause is often overwhelming.
You may play with a mouse. but
you must kill a rat
Claws should be felt and not seen.
Judge not a dog by his bark-a
brave bark is most often a sham
A woman married is a friend lost
Rest well on Thursday, for Friday
is fish day.
Best admire your lovers voice from
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

Hungry Halls Thoughts on Things
It's blamed seldom that things go
right in this world" said Hungry Hal,
the philosopher What we want We
cant git. and what we don't want we
have to take. Last July when
didn't have no use fer an Overcoat
people left their doors wide open fer
anybody to sneak in that wanted 70.
Now when it's got to a point where
I'd like 10 pick a little fruit from
some hall tree they keep the doors all
shut It's the same old trouble
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04
The Root

Money. they say. IS the root OF ali evil;
For money men cheat and FOR money
men slay.
For money We turn from our fathers and
mothers.
For money We war with our sisters and
brothers,
But. say.
without this woe-breeding invention OF
Satan.
What kind OF a world would this world
be to-day
For money men strange the souls that
God gave them
For money We sigh and FOR money we
pray.
For money men crush the weak children
who love them.
For money forget that the Lord is above
them.
But say.
Do YOU know that without this same root
OF all evil
We would strI snaw at roots and run
naked to-day
5. L Kiser in Chicago Record Herald.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

Everything in this world goes dead
wrong. In the summer, when a body
amt got no use for haystacks, there's
plenty Of EN-, but when it's winter
and they'd come in handy they're
mostly gone When a man feels as
though he'd like to NOW a lawn fer
his supper there amt nOthin' TO do
but shovel snow There's never any
fruit on the trees except when you
feel too tired to pick il, and when
you've got an appetite fer pie they're
dead sure TO hand you out a ham
sandwich When folks want ice they
have TO pay fer IL When they don't
need it they can pick It Of-m their
whiskers- It's a tough old world any
way you look at il"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

and the following is q translation Of
the chief legends l. blindness; 2,
cruelty 3, pride; 4. treachery; 3, OBJ
stinacy; s. disorder; Z love Of money;
s. center OF Wickedness; g. fanatf-
cism; 10. spite; II. despOtism; u.
blOOdthirstyness; %, ickleness-
At the corners Of the mouth IS the
damaging inscription False prom
ises." ali Of which goes TO show that
the sultan is not popular in certain
quarters Of his own dOmain.-Sew
York Herald
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04
III - couNTRY.

The AfrTsan plateau Undef-the Esuz
tor Whers European Children Thrive
Between Mount Kenia. the great
snow mountain OF equatorial Africa.
and Victoria Eyanza is a p,ateau OF
series Of plateaus as large as New
York state Every white man who
has ever been there, from Joseph
Thomson. who discovered e. to the
latest traveller, declares that II is per
fectly fitted to be -cOlOnized BY many
thousands Of the white race.
It is directly under the equator. and
because il is the only region in equa-
tOriaI Africa that offers a field for It
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

Element by north Europeans, it is
worth while to show its exact position
on this little map. The area in black
on the map is the plateau.
II was judiciOus to be scepticsl
about the fitness Of any part of eQua-
tOrial Africa for white cOlOnists; but
the unanimity Of testimony concern
ing this plateau seems to have settled
the question in its favor.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04
Head Of the Sultan.

Here is an Arabic chart showing
the sultan OF Turkeys character,
phrenOlOgically- 1t was published in
an Arabic journal, and although not
actually stated. It is sufficiently i'm
piled and generally understood among
the Orientals that this chart is in
tended TO represent truthfully the
Tanial bumps Of Abdul Hamid. They
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

Don't be too aggressive even though
you are absolutely sure you're right
A man in Wilmington, Del, has had
to pay a So fine for punching another
man who would not accept his solu.
ton OF the Ann-Mary age problem.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

America is the greatest coal pro
ducer in the world says a newspaper
correspondent triumphantiy- And in
cidentally the American coal con-
sumner is something Of a producer
when it comes 70 footing the winter
bills.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

There viii be a shortage Of canned
corn the coming winter, but there wiz
be more Of that commodity than there
was when the pilgrim fathers were
chanting the anthems OF the free in
order that the sounding aisles Of the
dim woods might ring.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

The girls belonging to the senior
class at Smith college have decided
that Shakespere's heroines we're IN
lovely. Gentle Will would never say
that about the smith girls.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

A Turkish artist who drew a carica-
ture Of the sultan has been sentenced
to 101 years in prison. We have no
doubt, however, that he may succeed
through good conduct in having Il
marked down to 60.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04
Women in SUGAR Beet Fields.

During the summer large numbers
OF women come from Poland. Silesia
and Galaeia to central Germany 70
work in the sugar beet fields They 60
in gangs, IN charge Of a male Oyerseer
and receive thirty-6ve cents a day and
board
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

Essex county farmers are now gath
ering DsnTeTs onions and on farms
By the roadside hundreds Of bushels
lie in rows while the sun browns their
sEins- Their strong odor hlls the air
about the feds.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

If complaints continue to aecumu-
late against promoter Schwab, the ex-
perience gained by that gentleman in
lodging about Europe may come in
handy.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

We might merely remind Russia
that it is not the number nor the size
Of the ships that count in a naval
struggle, but the way they are man
aged and the number Of shots that
hit the mark.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

Mr.. H. B Marriott Watson, the Eng
hsh novelist, says American women
are degenerates. But he has had a
chance to study only those who have
married EngIishmen.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

Ezekiel Ezekiel was defeated in
Massachusetts and Adelard Archam-
bault was put 70 the bad in Rhode
Island. Who says there is nothing in
a name?
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-04

and is a member Of Arthur G. Biscoe
post, G. a R. He is considerably
broken in health because Of the hard
ships Of his early days and the Mex
lean campaign, but he bids fair to
hold The fort" many years TO come.