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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-02
RAILROAD NEWS.

The frame work Of the new round
hose stalls is about ready to be put
up.
Thirty big heating stoves are be-
ing put up, one for each stall Of the
round house
Fireman Ray Rice went to Topeka
Sunday night to make settlement with
the claim department
Trainmaster A 3. RamsdeIl has
been at LimOn this week looking after
affairs on that part Of the division.
Work is being pushed on the back
shop improvement The big new
boilers have been encased in brick
masonry.
well at the shops is being newly
threaded, preparatory to being put
down in a new we'll
The baggage room of the depot is
being temporarily enlarged, and next
season, in all probability, permanent
extension will be made.
Engineer George Sherman, who was
badly hurt in the wreck in the yards
here, is able to sit UP. He received
a broken leg in the accident
c. NJ. Woodward, chief dispatcher,
accompanied by Mrs woodward, left
Tuesday for Chicago for a two weeks
stay. Dispatcher Ellis is acting in his
place during his absence.
F. S See OF Gem, Kan, was in
GOOdlaud this week showing the
AAAOAEA u his INV EA4LAOAA " AAGAASAEA
passengers and mail to a train in mo-
ton. Those who saw the working and
model express themselves favOrably as
10 its practicability.
Conductor and Mrs. J. S. Walsh
returned Thursday morning from
two weeks vacation in Independence
Kan, and Van Buren,, Ark. Mr.. Walsf
has q brother and sister living in In
dependence He was out in the Ar
kansas country on hunt and enjoyed
the quail hunting sport
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-02
Robblns g 20 . a

tn late Colonel George w Robbins
Of A gon in his earlier days enjoyed q
gam e OF poker. One day he CHANGED
to leet an old friend with whom he
had on many occasions sat in TO q
itu game, but whom he had not
see in many years.
The old cronies greeted each other
Co rdially and after a few reminiscent
&c his friend, whom he called Bill
az sked for a loan OF IS.
What's that, BIu2" said the col
o mel, pretending not to hear.
Gould you lend me &102" said his
riend.
tAhat Bill replied the colonel, 81
see you're up 70 your old tricks.
HoW's that coEonel2f' asked Bill
Well, said the colonel, as he IN
rolled his s'caEfsEin.s % s-Vousve given me
Il raise before the dr1W-'-Eostou
E1Eall-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-02
CAUSE OF RACE SUICIDE.
Decline in the Birth Rate Just q MAJ
ter Of Morality.

Decline in the Birth Rate Just q Mat
ter Of Morality.
People are pretty tired OF pofntlsss
defamation and debate on the sub
tect Of what is called race suicide"
But some public interest may remain
in a scientific, statistical inquiry OF
the causes OF the decline OF the birth
rate in England Such an fnuufry has
been made by a committee Of the
Fabian society, whatever that may be
The full formal report has not been
published, but the London Times has
obtained from the secretary the fol-
loving partial summary OF the com
mittee's conclusions:
Il. The decline in the birth rate e
not merely the result OF the alteratfo
in the age OF the marrying popuIa-
ton or in the proportion Of married
women Z. 1t IS not confined to the
towns g. It is excepdonaIly. marked
where the Inconvenience OF children
Is specially felt 4. It IS most 80
uceabie In places inhabited by fh7
servant-keeping class. g. It Is much
greater in that section Of the Do1uIs1-
ton which gives proof Of thrift 6.
1t Is due evidently to some czuEe
which was not appreciably operative
fifty years ago. z. 1t IS principally.
lfberate action OF married people"
This seems rather negative ana IN
conclusive but it may be observed
that one clear idea runs through ft
due to deliberate intention and act O.
persons fully capable OF PRODUCING
children Every category IN the out
line indicates that children are avoi-
ded as z burden and expense, intsrEsr-
ing with the economy Of the house
hold and the enjoyment OF parents.
They are avoided most IN conditions
Of living where they are most In the
way They are least welcome 81
families that keep servants, where
mothers must care for them or father
must hire nurses. Everywhere de-
NAL OF children goes along with Thrift.
This has been noticed from the ear
lest times when the lowest class 81
Roman citizens were called probe
tariats children proGucen9-
The explanation seems 70 be that. Is
soon as people escape from the pm
mitfve conditions Of healthy tell for
themselves and families and gain q
little money and leisure fer personal
enjoyment, they want 20 increase their
money ana leisure and enjoyment b
sinking the first duty OF humanity
Here is the eternal truth that OF hu- f
man selhshness by Qualification % IA
Once the check Of religion kept tze
Increase within bounds o. reason, tEr
the hold OF religion upon the pubic
mind has weakened greatly IN the Ezsr
fifty years. The Guty OF clli75-1err-
ing IS stiu performed IN Ireland suE
IN English cities with large Esthclze
population
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-02
MEMS FURNISHING
DEPARTMENT

Now located in our new room, is
stocked with the best selected line
Of up to date furnishings that we
have ever shown. We cordially
invite you to visit this department
and see what we have to offer, for
We feel confident that we can
please the most fastidious with our
large assortment.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-02
Maxwell Picked a SAND

This story is told at the expense Of
Francis H J Maxwell, a well-knoWn
lawyer. The members OF the Taun-
ton Bar association thought they
ought to have patron saint, but aft
er much Wrangling they could not hit
upon any particular saint
Finally a committee, OF which EIr.
Maxwell was q member, was appoint
ed to make q selection They made
a trip to New York and then visited
q gallery where most OF the saints
were carved in marble. It was de-
cided to leave the selection TO lEr.
Maxwell and after making the rounds
he placed his hand on one In a groun
Of two This one VII do he said.
Re had his hand on the devil whom
81 lficnaei vas driving before him
Boston Herald
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-02
STOCKING CAPS

All coIors-in plain and fancy
stripes Csc, S5C and soc
Infants and Children's Hoods
in knit wool or silk-aIso those
pretty bearskin hoods in red and
white-each- - soc to S1.OO
You can find nearly anything
you want at this store, and you can
depend on it as being right in ev-
cry way. Why take chances else
where when you are sure Of salts
faction here.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-02

The worlds best-in wool and
cOtton-aH sizes-for men, women
and children.
A special lot we are offering at
15c or two pair for z5c, is worthy
Of your consideration.
Ladies' Cotton Fleece Lined
Hose at ---15c, CSC and soc
Ladies Wool Hose at-15c, 25c, soc
"Our Wonder" Hose for Chill
dren-al sizes-a regular 15c
value selling here at-pair- - 1Oc
Children's Cotton and Wool Hose
from 1Oc in the cotton up to Csc
and CSC in the wool
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ment-in all sizes-each- $500
Ladies' fine ribbed, heeced Vests
and Pants-eXtra good values
at, garment ---------- -SOc
Ladies' fine ribbed, f1eeced Vests
and Pants-heavy 1eeced-at,
garment $500 $500 $500 -OsC
Ladies fine ribbed heeced Union
Suits-extra good quality-all
sizes, suit S1-OO
Ladies' fine ribbed, all wool IN
ion Suits-extra QUaity-au sizes
suit S2-OO
ChiIdren's heavy fieeced Union
Suits-an extra warm garment at
soc and up to- suit -40c
Boys heavy f1eeced Shirts and
Drawers-all sizes-garment--S 5c
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-02

Ladies CIOaks, made Of Broad
clOth-sOme Of these swell plaids
and some fancy mixtures strictly
new and up to date-Only - S12-5O
Other Iines-aI sizes-the most
up to date styles-each SIS to $50
a nice new lot Of RaincOats-
made in gray plaid-medium
weight-each -S3.9S
A leading line Of Infants White
Bear Skin COats-remarkab BILE
vaiues-each -S $500
Another beautiful effect in white
and black-a very superior gar
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-02
MEMS UNDERWEAR

Mems Heavy F1eeced Shirts and
Drawers best values offered
at, garment soc
Mems Natural Wool Shirts and
Drawers heavy weight
at, garment S1.OO
Mems Union Suits-heavy rib
bed, vol fleeced-a warm comfort
able garment, suit -S1.OO
Other garments in wool or cot
tOn-either separate or Union Suits
at soc and up to, SUITS $500
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-02

tons OF learning. there has been
some complaint in the past from the
richer sections Of the state, which
had to bear a prOpOrtiOnately larger
share Of the taxes.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-02

feathers and all the new shapes.
You'll find the Walton Shoe for
boys the best in the market We
have them in all sizes for all ages.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-02
StOcking Caps and Hood.

The largest line of these goods ever shown
in this part Of the county.
Ladies FascinatOrS-white, blue, red and
black; extra good values at 75c, 35c, soc,
Z5c, SI.OO and up 70 $3.50 each.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-02

Ioss-VEaltham watch. 1e size. IL
jewel with fob. Finder leave At
Dickason-Gooduan Lumber CO. ana
receive reward
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-02
OUR LADIES SHOE
DEPARTMENT

Our Ladies shoe department is
lined up with the newest and best
in ladies' footwear. The Drew
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MiIIisack's Great Department Store

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The Eandbar was red with blood
Half OF the little band OF city were
found 10 be either dead or wounded
The SEQ dead braves whose bodies lay
stark upon the plain attested 20 the
Terrible price 81 these W.hits mems
hgel l1e zursso1 ~ Eesscn q 8 "a
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-02
An Extensive Showing of Ladies' Ready-toWear Garments
and you .z.---..
FASCNATORS
HOSIERY

Wear Garments in daylight room
department selection Of Lade
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-22

rault the most annoyance by the per
sistency of his infatuation was Kiesler-
He would not hesitate to make love
anywhere He showered kisses as
well as presents upon Mrs Verrault-
When dining out he could not restrain
himself in falling upon his knees at
her feet and kissing her hand. He
would write the most gushing love let
tiers of all the group of infatuated
dupes.
Il find myself speaking your name
when / awake he would write, and
then go into raptures over her beauty
The burning love missives were a
source of much merriment at the daily
cabinet sessions of the love troupe.
Actor Keene would read them with
the greatest gusto and accentuate the
most tender passages Keen said the
letters could be made into thrilling
love drama, and he had good mind
to do it himself
The Wall street broker, F. ]. Syme,
whose name was used in connection
with the fuel scheme, was an unwill-
ing victim, it is said, of the syndicate.
He fell in with the fuel idea, believing
that the company had acres of fertile
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-22
! Great Night for the Onion.

The onion has served as the basis
for many quips and filings at the hands
of the humorous photographers. And
yet it is an extremely wholesome plant
and one of high rank with the ancients,
particularly the early Egyptians. For
these reasons it is pleasant to note
that the tabooed edible met with de-
served recognition at what was termed
an onion reception and banquet in an
interior New York town called Union,
which in this case might plausibly
seem a corruption of onion. 1t was ar
ranged, says the Cleveland Plain Deal
er, in honor of the sixteenth ami
wersary of the special guests of the
evening and the onion was the center
and scenter of attraction. The house
was decorated with onion blossoms,
an onion center piece graced the table
and the bill of fare included onions
and onions only-top onions, sliced
onions, stewed onions, onion salad and
fried onions. Needless to say, the
guests, who departed at a late hour.
went away breathing many encom-
dums of the fragrant bulb of honor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-22
DASHING WOMEN OPERATE
LOVE SYNDICATE in NEW YORK
WINSOME WIDOWS" SPIDER WEB CAUGHT ONE HUN
DRIED RICH DUPES WHO WALKED INTO
1T WILLINGLY.
One Of the Victims Told His Story the District Attorney
and the Syndicate Came Untimely End
Secured 100000 While 1t Worked.

ter Lillian. 1t is said they are en-
gagged to be married.
Dashing Leading Spirit
of the Love Trust.
Mrs. Brown, the guiding spirit of
the love enterprise, is forty-two years
old and has had a Kaleidoscope ca
reer. Her deep hazel eyes have a
bewitching and dangerous softness.
She has a subtle grace and dignity.
Her hair is of the blazing peroxide
variety. Tall and with a strikingly
symmetrical figure, she is woman
who would Immediately attract atten-
ton. There is a shrewd cast in her
countenance, but it is tempered by
the melting languor of her eyes,
1t is easy to see from an observa-
ton of Mrs. Brown how she was able
to hold men in her clutches. She is
a woman of keen wit, a brisk con-
versationalist and one quick to take
advantage of every slight opportunity.
With her suitors she has been by
turns affectionate, adoring, gracious
and stern. She has a heart of steel,
but her admirers never suspected it
until they were violently Tilted.
Mrs Verrault is a woman of a
softer type. Her deep dark eyes, rosy
complexion and beautifully moulded
face give her an atmosphere of daz-
zling charm. She is scarcely past
thirty, yet she has broken hearts ga
lore. Her chestnut-brown tresseS con-
tribute to her bewitching beauty. In
manner she is the opposite of Mrs.
Brown. She is at once impulsive,
summing and lovable. 1t is said that
Mrs. Verrault actually fell in love
with a few of her admirers, but she
held herself in check because to love
was not one of the principles of the
extraordinary matrimonial syndicate.
All her witcheries and graceful tricks
of manner and speech were put forth
to lead her victims on to their doom.
Youths Helped Along
the Game OF Cupid.
The youths who helped along the
tricks of the love trust were scarcely
out of their teens. Robert Emmett
Keene, who for some time played
small parts in Proctor's stock com
pany, was the Oldest of the Group.
He was quick to see the opportunity
offered by the matrimonial enterprise
when first he was introduced into the
household. Promptly giving up his
stage career, he entered into the af-
fairs of the syndicate with all the
fervor of his ardent spirit
In his position as butler many a
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-22
A Task for American Women.

The editor of Harper's Bazaar, writ
ing of the choice which women of
fashion are compelled to make as
whether they will be wives or moth
ers. says that the absorption of Amef-
lean men in business interests tends
to reduce the dignity of American ia
therhood to level with the paternity
of the savage. THE supreme mission
of the American wife is, therefore, to
provide for the higher education of
the American father. To win a man
from exclusive attention to the sordid
concerns of business, the designations
of pleasure-seeking, and apply him to
the infinitely profitable, Infinitely en-
joyable work of participating In the
care, the physical, mental, moral de-
velopment of his children. that is a
cure which American women are
everywhere, under all circumstances,
able to apply to the root of the evil of
race suicide said to be seriously men
zcing our nation Let them be about
it.''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-22
WHEN THE BED GOES ROUND
But Smith Was Too Wise to Wait on
the Procession.

THAT was an amusing story about
the congressman who caught his bed
the fourth time it came around. It
reminded me-" continued the narrator
''of the first time I heard the bed
phrase. 1t happened in Harrisburg,
where was then stationed, and it
happened to legislator whom shall
call Smith.
AT the first session Smith became
famous for his ability to comfortably
carry more liquor than any other man
in the legislature. At the opening Of
the second session some Philadel,
phians got together and put up a job
on Smith. They arranged relays, SO
that when one party had enough an
other should take hold, and thus keep
going until they had Smith down and
out. Well, they began with Smith
succumbed their successors noted
was mixing his beverages-they
didn't know that was his custom, and
he fooled them ALL The bout con-
tinued all night and all of the next
day, and when the second evening
came Smith was the only man able
to get away unaided.
Several days later 1 asked Smith
how he got along after he reached his
hotel when I got into my ROOM"
he replied, 81 saw a procession of
beds coming in my direction. j
grabbed the first one, fell into it, and
woke up the next afternoon Pitts
burg ChrOnicle-TeIegraph
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-22
Far Too Speedy for Speech.

The tremendous speed made in the
international automobile race over the
Ardennes circuit in Belgium is almost
beyond conception. To maintain an
average of nearly 20 miles an hour
through a run of 81 miles, which was
the record of the winner, must have
meant speed neighboring on 100
miles an hour for much of the dis
lance. Only in this way could time
lost on curves be made up. The race
makes very pat the story of Boston
millionaire who recently visited one
of the young Vanderbilts at Newport,
says the Springfield (Mass) Repub-
1ican. The visitor was taken for a run
in big racing automobile. He stood
the experience until the speed rose to
upward of 80 miles an hour, when, in
terror, he tried to call to the driver
beside him to slow up. But instead of
being able to call he found, SO runs
the story, that once he had opened his
mouth he could not shut it, so vio-
lent was the blast. Fortunately the
stretch permitting such speed was
short.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-22

skyrocket company exploded, leaving
a large number of hnanciers holding
bogus stock, Angel felt like troucing
his son-in-law, but never could ind
him.
This chimerical concern procured
its victims by advertising in newspa-
pers and also through the means of
the spiritualistic seances that were a
part of the matrimonial plans
Matrimonial Mansion Was
deliberately Fitted Out.
The matrimonial mansion was fitted
out in way calculated to inspire the
dupes- Each room has a name ac-
cording to the kind of paper on the
wall. The parlor was the green room.
because it had green paper with lit
tie splashes of pink The library was
furnished in red. All the books were
of red. The library cost Mrs. Brown
Sic, 200.
Mrs. Brown had red room on the
third floor which harmonized with her
blond hair. Mrs. Verrault's boudoir
was of a delicate pink.
Mrs. Verrault and Mrs. Brown were
always very careful about receiving
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-22

land in Kentucky. He called at the
love palace many times to get point
erS about fuel 1t is said that the
broker invested considerable money
in the scheme.
Mrs. VerrauIt Had
Real Love Affair.
Among the real love affairs that
Mrs. Verrault was interested in was
one with a Boston lawyer. She was
greatly attached to him. One day
after he had failed to call around and
see her at her Boston home she went
to his Office and created scene. The
lawyer ordered her out. The next day
Mrs. Verrault was taken to a hospital
Her nerves were all unstrung and it
was alleged she had taken bichloride
of mercury in an effort to end her
life
Mcclellan, the Philadelphian, has
been quite upset because of the fuss
he has caused in having his erstwhile
sweetheart arrested. The next day
after Mrs. VerrauIt appeared in court
Mcclellan came to town and tele-
phoned to the West Eighty-second
street mansion. He got Mrs. Brown
on the phone and told her he was
sorry he had caused all the trouble.
If Mrs. Verault would return the pres
ents he had lavished upon her he
would withdraw the charge
go on, you fool.'' was the snappy
reply. Mrs. verault doesn't care
what you do
Mcclellan, the picture of despair,
hung about the house seeking
chance to speak to his lady love, but
when Mrs. Verrault emerged from the
mansion she swept by him as though
he didn't exist
The Philadelphia Lover
Kicked Over the Traces
The wall of all the overthrown suit
ors has been that they lost so much
money. 1t is this very thing that
rault such keen delight In one of her
merry moods Mrs Verault said:
What a fine spectacle this is, all
these men having me arrested because
1 was too sharp for themi They are
fortune-hunters, and of a very low
type They are like the foreign no
blemen who come over here to win
rich American girls, but they go it on
cheap SCALE They think the Ameri-
can women soft. and all they have to
do is to look walleyed at them and
they will break their necks to hand
them money. They only called be
cause they wanted to get homes where
they wouldn't have to work really
think that / have done a service to
American women In showing these
brutes up.
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tages than he was able to afford sent
her to New York Mrs. Browns
scheme to marry the girl to New
Yorker of wealth was given a rude
shock when the girl eloped with a
man she really loved. She met her
husband while attending a regimental
ball to which Mrs Brown had taken
her
Gregory Allen, who was one of the
buffers in the Brown-Verrault house
hold, knew this young man and intro
duced him to the blue-eyed beauty.
1t was love at first sight Three
months from the day of the meeting
Miss Mason broke away from the in
fuence of the love combine. Gregory
Allen had been very much smitten
with Miss Mason himself. When she
Tilted him he got bravely over it and
fell in love with Mrs Browns daugh-
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Kisses In Kansas.

/ Very romantic news is this that per
where the wheat crop is SO great that
st has made the ground sink down two
feet to sustain it. Hiram SkipwOrth,
father of three beautiful daughters, is
reported to have secured all the har-
vest hands he needed by the simple
expedient of paying them two dollars
q day and permitting each man to kiss
each of his daughters once daily.
Those who did not want the kisses
could have three dollars day, but it
is pleasant to add that nobody drew
more than two dollars per diem. How
ever, says the Detroit Free Press, old
LATE Plummer, who lives about five
miles down the big road from Skip
worth, got all the harvest hands he
needed, also. Lafe has but one daugh-
ter; she is 40 years old, angular,
freckled and has an uncertainty in one
eye, besides that her nose is hesitant
and her chin is shy. LATE took the
overflow from Skipworth's farm, and
after Turing the sturdy harvesters to
his field he would introduce his daugh-
ter and tell the affrighted laborers
that unless they pitched in and worked
their best he would let her kiss them.
Mr.. Plummer's fields we're harvested
in half the time that was required for
Skipworths.