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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24
RAILROAD NOTES.

Conductor J. s Walsh OF the pile
driver is at home this week in Good
land on account OF the illness OF Ms
Walsh
Conductor John ". DOdds viii take
a Denver freight run about June J.
which viii necessitate the removal
from GoOdland OF Mr.. and Mrs
DOdds- They vii make their home in
Denver
The boflermaker helpers Of the
shops gave an ice cream social at the
Walker opera house Monday night,
Nay 20, at which there were a num-
Der Of invited guests and a very pleas
ant time reported.
When the two new passenger trains
are put In service on May II VIII
give ave freight conductors passenger
runs. The men entitled to the runs
will be Conductors Buck, Hubbard,
Hunt, Clampit and HOdkginsOn-
Ed Carmichael returned Saturday
from Aura. New, where he has two
brothers engaged in gold mining be
has an interest with them in the ven
ture in the great gold camp belt OF
mines in Nevada. which IS having an
unprecedented boom in the new fields
Engine S21, running light and back
ing up from Selden last Sunday morn
ing threw the hind trucks on the
track about i've miles east OF rex
ford. It took the wrecker from Good
land TO put 1T on the track me en-
CINE was in charge OF Engineer Andy
Carter A delay OF nearly two hours
to No. Al was the result
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Nichols OF this
city left on No. 10 Sunday night for
a visit of a month with Mr.. Nichols
father at Perry, No. MI Nichols Is
a locomotive fireman on this division
and has lived here six years de
came to GOodland and finally cap
tured as his companion in life ta1T
Jayhawker, and now has taken heT
back home to make a Missouri puke
ont of his good wife, says his Joking
father-in-law, J. A Trent. Well, the
/ consolation is, they're coming back
and in thirty days or so will shake the
Missouri clay from on their feet and
admire sunny Kansas once again
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24
..Nnw and Then, ,,

Not long ago a Kansas farmer
went to a lumber dealer to buy 1000
feet Of lumber. He found the lumber
he wanted and the price was $45 per
thousand The farmer happened TO
remember that about a dozen years
ago ne had bought the same kind OF
lumber for S35 per thousand from the
same dealer and mentioned the fact
The dealer went to his books and
found this TO be true. But, said the
dealer. my books show that you did
not pay. the cash because you did not
have it, but you brought me 300
bushels Of corn in exchange for the
lumber. Now I viii tell you what 1
will do If you viii bring me 500
bushels Of corn I will give you the
1.COO feet Of lumber, worth S45, also
four tons OF coal, worth $685. three
thousand shingles, SIS; fifty posts,
81; a nice bevei plate sash door, worth
SO; four porch columns worth 50;
twenty-five porch brackets, worm
S2.5O; four windows, worth IS; zoo
pounds wire, worth $3.50; here Is
S134 worth Of merchandise for the
same amount Of corn that sold ten or
twelve years ago for $35 worth Of
goods"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24
con MERGIAt CLUB NETTING
ADVOCATED FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND- 10Th ANNIVERSARY.
Proposition Was Submitted to Bring
EIOuring AHm Here From Sa-
lima Tor a Bonus OF 81, 500.

The GoOdIand - Commercial club
held a meeting at the Office Of G. L
Calvert Monday night and Initiated
several movements Of much interest
to GoOdland-
The meeting favored the organiza-
ton Of q volunteer IRE department
Urkfnered the matter OF taking up
the work for the lauIchtc< OF the
twentieth anniversary OF GO0diano s
fuc6ptiOn, considered the prOpOS1LiOn
Of q Salina milling company 10 erect
a hEE Touring mill in GOOdland5 ana
decided To. rent the front upstairs
room in the 8IiIlisack brick for club
THE volunteer fire department
should be organized at once There
are many young men IN the Town InaI
would Join such an organization
which would add materially to the
protection from fires. II such de-
uartment were well organized It
would decrease the fire insurance
rates in The whole city and be an
economical move as well as much
needed force 10 fight IRE A call for
q meeting IN another place in this pa
per IS made by a COMMITTEES having IL
in charge. and ought to be loyalty re-
sDORded to.
Richard Auer was Appointed as a
committee OF one to gather as large
q roster Of former Old-time residents
Of the county as possible IN ORDER
that he may communicate with them
with a view to having reunion OF
the people who lived here years ago
with the OId-timers that are still with
US It is requested that ali residents
Of the county that know the names
and addresses Of former residents eth
er give Mr.. Auer the name and ad-
dress personally or send same BY mail
to him at GOOdland.
This city has an opportunity to Sc
cure a Touring mill with daily ca
pacity Of 100 barrels, provided bon
US OF $500 be subscribed, to be paid
when the mill is completed and ready
for operation November 1 next This
mill has been in operation only six
months at SaIiua, and the proposition
was submitted to the club through T.
T. Acker.
The club decided not to have a
Fourth Of July celebration this year
on account of the proposed twentieth
anniversary, which VIII be held in
September.
The Commercial club needs the
hearty cooperation Of the people Of
the town and county, and If all stand
together in the things that advertise
and give benefit TO this growing city
and rapid developing county, much
good may be accomplished.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24

To any boy securing ten new sub
scribers for the Weekly Journal at
IS cents per year each, thus making
a total Of $3.50, and send to US To-
gether wgith names and addresses, we
will send to his address, free OF
charge, express prepaid, either a
NIT, GLOVE, MASK. BAIL or FAT,
all Of which are a very high class
grade Of goods Or If you desire to
secure two Of these articles, secure
twenty new subscribers, and so on.
Send for sample copies for can
wasting, and when you send your list
and remittance do not fail to give
your nearest express Office.
Send money by pOstOfhce money or
der or draft, and address The Kan
sas City Journal. Kansas City, Mo.
This offer expires August I, 1907
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24
ABORIGINAL s.Canias .

In the recently printed History Of
the Town OF MiddlebOrO, Mas there
IS q foOtnOte quoted from The New
England Memorial % which gives q
curious example OF Indian courts and
the rules OF practice in them An IN
dian court in Barnstable county, pre-
sided over by an Indian magistrate,
issued the following warrant to an
Indian constable:
or Hfhoudf
You Peter Waterman,
Quick you take him,
Fast YOU hold him,
Straight you bring him
BEFORE me, HihOudi YOUTHS
Companion
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24
What About the seForeigneF >,

Speaker Cannon addressed the Hi
nOis legislature recently, and in the
course Of his remarks said: You
will recollect that in the session Of
congress that was lately adjourned,
we appropriated for public service
for the coming twelve months up
wards Of $9OO,OO0,OOO. And this vast
sum is gathered up by indirect taxa
ton that most Of fail to realize We
pay when we do nay it Every time
we smoke a cigar we pay the tax. On
most articles that we get from abroad
we pay the tax"
er republican leaders have told US
that the foreigner pays the tax
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24
STEVENSON TO BE FREE.
Herndon DrugEist Shot and Killed q
Nero About q Year Ago.

HerudOn DruggIst Shot and Killed q
Negro About q Year Ago.
A RaWiiRs county druggist who
shot and killed q negro in Herndon
about a year ago. IS soon to be set at
liberty by the governor An item in
the Topeka state Journal says:
Governor Hoch has cOmmuted the
sentence Of Charles r Stevenson. the
HerDdOn, RaWlins county, druggist
who shot and killed q negro named
John Tut who came into Stevenson I
store and threatened 70 do him vio-
ience unless he could bu = whisky.
Stevenson was convicted OF man
slaughter in the second degree, and
sentenced to serve from three to five
years in the penitentiarYs the minimum
sentence. Governor HOch committed
the sentence to one to three years,
which makes Stevenson eligible to
parole. It is expected that the parole
board will at once release him from
prison.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24
..Bush Life shown ON the stage.

Blush Life" Shown on the stage
From a London Letter.
Rarely in a London place Of amuse-
ment has a more novel turn been
seen than that given at the London
Hippodrome by the Australian tree
feIlers, MeSSrS Fl. H Jackson and
Peter AIcLaren- 1t gives the audience
an opportunity Of seeing a complete
incident from bush life" with those
realistic touches which 80 to make a
striking stage picture 49,
a huge log, seventy-twO inches IN
circumference. rests on q couple OF
trestles in the center OF the clear
ing" Jackson and McLaren throw
off their coats roll up their sleeves
and seize a formidable double handed
saw. which they place in position
across the middle Of the log In a
fraction over forty seconds the log
falls asunder. and the two champions
stand painting from their exertiOns,
while their comrades raise a shout OF
appreciation.
They also chop through the same
sized log ia less than two minutes
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24
FARMERS MEETING sATURDAY.


F. s. Hhdte, Of the Roe sand Co
Lines, Here IN Day.
The farmers OF ShHuan county
should not miss the agricultural meet
ing at the Walker opera house at 10
a. m and 2 p M, Saturday. F. S
White, AGRICULTURAL and horticultural
commissioner Of the Rock Island ana
Frisco lines, VIII be IN Coodiand that
day, and besides speaking 70 the farm
6rs- important subjects conuected
have a grain exhibit In his special
car that VIII be worth the time to
investigate No charge IS made Tor
the lectures and the exhibit, and a
good crowd should favor him for the
pains and trouble the railroads have
gone to in bringing the man and the
exhibit to GOOdland.
Remember the date, Saturday, Nay
Is, at Walker opera house.
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60 of NIeetIng.

The 7. W C. A VIII meet at the
Congregational church Sunday, Nay
26 at 4 p m The topic viii be The
Terms OF Dfcipieship," Matthew 1924
-26. Luke I6>15-16- Miss SexsOn viii
lead. Members are urgently request
ed to be presnt. as the question Of get
ting a room or rooms VIII probably
be brought up A bible study class IS
also up for discussion. All ladies in
vited-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24
ACCIDENT no LOUIS MALLORY,
While Using Pocket Knife Cut Artery

While Using Pocket Knife Cut Artery
i'm Leg-LOst Much Blood
Louis Mallory the son OF Mr. and
Mrs. s V. Mallory. while working
with a pocket knife Tuesday after
noon 7unctured the femOral artery OF
his right thigh He went at once to
the home Of Dr. A c Quick, and,
fortunately, the doctor was at hons.
He tainted as he reached the door,
DR.. Gulick dressed the wound and
staunched the flow Of blood
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24
EOr Sale

One pen fuII-blood light Brahma
chickens: one pen full-bIOOd White
Plymouth Rocks. and fence See W
A. Smith, GOOdland, Kan.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24
BASEBALL OUTFIT FREEl

The Kansas City journal Makes Z
Splendid Offer to Boys for Securing
New Subscribers for The Weekly
Journal
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24
Insure Your Crops
IN THE
Mcpherson Hail Insurance
Company

Our Improved New Plan IS safer
than the New Plan OF 1906, and Il
paid losses in FULL and returned one
nth Of premium, besides setting aside
a god-sized reserve fund for future
use
we run two classes-tA' ana "B''-
and they are dfstinctiyeiy separate
Class "A" fnsures wheat oats EFe5
barley and speltz at from $500 %
$500 per acre and risks cease On
August IS
Class 81 fnsures Indian corn
broom corn, Kafir corn and sorghum
at from $500 70 $500 per acre ana
risks cease on September 10
An advance payment VIII be made
on all losses as soon as adjusted
we have q record for economical
MANAGEMENT Our expenses are lower
than in any other hail insurance com
uauv in the state Of Kansas. and this
IS OF interest to every podcynolcers
because they have to help pay them
The Kansas State Mutual
Hail Association
Mcpherson, Kansas
IF ETBI4EELl. Agent.
GOO.Isnd, Eansas.
once in B1zst National Bank
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24

about 4 years old and weighs about
1000 pounds, chunky order, heavy
name and tail At Anderson ranch
twelve miles south GOOdland- John
Bennett
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24

BIZ Brown Is agent for the IRE in
surance. company that Was 1rst 20 pay
the big Sar Francisco IRE claims r.
fun and without any discount
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-24

We guarantee every sack OF YOsts
Flour. Donly. Cross & Eagan-
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groups were well known as cannibal is- lands, while the -igators, Society and Friendly islands were merely savage. In addition to the vessels already men toned as being m with among these islands there were the missionary yes- sells, two of which. the John Knox and the John Wesley, hailed from Sydney.
 Shortly before the time of making the voyage here described the British govern ment had annexed the Fiji group, and old King ThakamDau had paid a visit to Sydney, where he was entertained at Government House. The old king was taAen over the city and shown it's wealth and beauty, but what impressed him most was the sight of so many little boys and girls. as he thought of the pleasure he would have in devouring them. Thak
 ambau was thirty-third degree canni- bal, but he had then to content himself upon beef and mutton. He was pie turesque figure as he walked about the city dressed in a long white shirt which reached down to his knees. He wore d broad leather belt around his waist and a necklace of shells and sharks teeth; his pompadour hair made his hend look im- mense. He wore neither shoes nor hat nor trousers, and it was said, he even complained of being obliged to wear the shirt from which the sleeves had been cut at his special request. A government official and an interpreter accompanied the king in his walks. and few police men were detailed to follow at a short distance, as his majesty insisted on visit ing every saloon in sight. After two weeks festivities the old king set his hand and seal to 6 deed conveying all
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the agnosticism of the author of the book of Ecclesiastes, added this 12th chapter as an antieote." So far as know, there Is no scholar of any persua- sion who pretends that there Is the least manuscript authority for this "Redac- tors" proceeding. The 12th chapter stands on as good ground historically as does the rest of the book. If any one In our day can tear the Bible to tatters- to very rags-not to split the ears of the groundlings, but to tell some newer thing, he may find his admirers and followers but l feel no call to join the procession. If the Bible be inspired In spots." l want to see the man who is sufficiently in- splred to point out the spots.
 In Daniel, 12th chapter, verses and B. we have this grand passage; And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the Armament, and they that turn many to righteous ness as the stars forever and ever. Here again the doctrine of the future life
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AMONG THE ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC

mainng behind as her protector, but none did. As we returned to the boat to embark we met some of those saw ages without shirt or collar, wearing red neckties, others had tin bugles, and one fellow was torturing a concertina. This was twenty-five years ago. Levuka Is no longer the capital city of the FfJis. SuYa, a modern town, is the shipping port and lines of steamers run regularly from Sydney. Sugar plantations have taken the place of the cocoanut grove; the Fiiian of today wears a plug hut and smokes cigars. He leans against the bars in elegant saloons and drinks his mint julep through a straw. Tho Fijlan doesn't worh--these people never did. They have been educated and civilized until they have become expert gamblers. The laborers on the sugar plantations are natives of other islands, mostly from the New Hebrides. A mongrel population has sprung up in which all the bad and none O the brave qualitit of either race Is preserved. The sugar plantation has brought the sugar mills and the sugar mills the rum distlllery. Thirty years ago the ijians were savages, but they wore sober; they were ignorant. but they were innocent-not so today. If q canni- bal killed a white man thirty years ago it was because he believed the white man was good to eat and he ate him: but today he comes up with a six-shooter and poses it against a mans ribs. Tho cannibal could plead hunger in Justin- cation of his act but the civilized savage says his act was the result of a brain storm.
 Thirty years ago the natives of Vavaw, nthe Friendly group, were unquestion- ably the purest people, so far as morality goes on the face of this earth. The sim plicity and innocence of these people,
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crew let the vessel drift on to the reef, where she was wrecked; a canoe saved his majesty, who afterwards became private and respectable citizen. It is not recorded that his name ever ap- peared on the ticket for mayor or alder man oc the city over which he once ruled with autocratic power.
 On the Meteor" as passengers we had a man and his family, the eldest girl of almost eighteen; the man was some official being sent down to take pos sssion in the name of Great Britain. When the young lady saw the almost naked savages, big, fierce-looking scoun- drels. and though of going to live among such .ople she nearly went cre-- Our little vessel remained for abo tt two weeks, during which time she stayed on board, but by the time we were ready to sail the first shock to her nerves had worn off and she consented, although with much reluctance, to go ashore. Her loi-1 for her father helped to overcome her fear of the Fijians. Missionaries hal been among these people and had succeeded in abolishing c1nnibalism, al thougn several missionaries had been killed on this samc island Of Ovalaw.
 Alter trading with these natives. by exchanging tin pans, hatchets bugles, beacs, spoons, a:.Ythng bright In the way cf metal ware and Baudy-colored in dry goods, for pearl shells, cobra, beche- de-n2er, coeoanut oil and sandalwood, we pursued our way to other islands. But betora leaving Ovalaw we went to take a farewell of tho government official and his fan fly, especially the daughter, whom we had all grown to love. The young lady wept like q child as she bade us goodbye, and one or two felt like re-
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circumstances than was once held Among these are the fineness of the coal the height of the arch above the bed, the diameter of the oven, the rate and dura- tiop of the burning, the length of time the coke Is held It. the oven after all ot the volative matter has been distilled off, the manner Of watering and the amount of water in troduced into the oven
 These several deter minants, with others that might be named, may not be con- sidered separately. They form a web of circumstances In which each member is not independent of the others. With the exception of the factors involved In the design and construction of the oven the principal causes affecting the quailty of the coke may be varied at will and in this way it is possible to enter upon this study with a reasonable hope of reaching some important results. Unless one can vary and control the conditions under which such investigations are con- ducted 1t is obvious that they would be of little practical moment. With an oven of a certain given design a coal may be treated in a number of ways, but 1t does not follow that the oven in which it was tested best suits the re- quirements of that particular coal.
 In other words, it Is not to bo assumed that because a certain kind Of bee hive oven is adapted to a certain kind f ccal it will be adapted for all similar ooals.
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TwENTY days after leaving Sydney
 New South Wales, we arrived in
 | Levulka, which was then the capi- tai of the Fiji -,lands. The barque Meteor" on which VIC sailed, was regu- larly engaged in trade with the South Sea Islands and carried a miscellaneous cargo calculated to attract the attention of the natives of these islands. Among the articles in the cargo were tin pans, tin trumpets, bells, mirrors, anything and everything that was likely to appeal to savages, for such were tho people among whom we were going.
 At the time we made the trip there was no steamer or passsnser service, as now, between Australia and tho south seas. Tho only vessels to be met with in these waters were those engaged in trade with the natives or others engaged in captur- ing the natives, who were brought as slaves to Australia to work on sugar plantations in Queensland; these latter were known as "black-bird catchers." Trading had its risks, but nothing in comparison with black-bird catching. as any of the persons who lived to tell their experiences will relate.
 The islands in tho south Pacific are classed in groups, such as the Fiji, the Friendly, the Solomon. Navigators, New Hebrides, Gilbert and many others. While all these islands were inhabited by saw ages, there were some who welcomed the white man and treated him with kind ness, but others took the opposite view and met him with spears and clubs and afterwards made feast upon him; these latter are called cannibals The Fiji, Solomons, New Hebrides and Marshall
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BY VIM. B. PHILLIPS

tive size, the crushing strain and resist ance to abrasion and chemical reactions are factors of the highest importance and yet VIC have no methods now for inves- tigatlng them that are of much practical moment If in the sphere of the domestic activities the proof of the pudding Is in the eating In the iron industry the proof of the coke is in It's behaviour In tho furnace and eupola. This is the final court of appeals and the costs speedily mount up.
 Methods for the inspection and grading of all kinds of ore. pig iron. crude and manufactured steel, etc, are well known and are accepted the country over But there are no methods for the inspection and grading of the most costly ingredient that enters into the production of iron The fuel Is the most costly item and yet we go along. from year to year. without insisting upon the accurate grading of coke. What if the present methods are unsatisfactory. all the greater urgency for devising proper methods. It is not likely that coke Is the sole exception to the rule that all materials must ge grad ed. In the very nature of things there must be some method which would bring this recalctrant to terms, or every chem- ist and engineer will hereafter be com peled to pass q coke oven with averted eyes and flee from the sight of a coke larry.