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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

The Zopherus Melicanus is the only
known species of American beetle that
has strength enough in it's mandibles
to cut metal. This curious faculty of
zopherus was accidentally discovered
by f. W. Devoe, a member OF the New
York Microsoopical society. A friend
had sent Mr.. Devoe some specimens of
this queer species of bug from the
northern states of South America. The
miscroscopist was busily engaged when
the insects arrived and simply provided
temporary quarters for the creatures
in a glass jar having a metal top in
which the porcelain cap was wanting.
Within less than forty eight hours they
had cut holes in the metal sufficient to
get their heads through, and would soon
have escaped had their operations re-
mained undetected. BY careful expert.
ment Mr.. Devoe found that the force
necessary to do such cutting Was equal
to 36o grammes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

who seem to Imagine they are the only
persons on earth, considering their
morning exercises in front of open win
dows.
These two athletic girls arise short
ly after eight O'Clock every morning,
and before they go through the formal
ity OF putting on any clothes they start
in with Indian clubs, and for five min
utes swing them like professionals.
The windows OF the room in which
they reside are large, and seemingly
have no shades. At and rate, they are
never drawn, and the employees of the
boohbindery establishmet find it i'm.
possible to work, even If there is an
iron-clad rule preventing them from
witnessing the daily exhibitions. Most
of them manage to get a peep at the
athletic girls despite the rule.
After the two girls have exercised
with the dumb-bells and Indian clubs
they put on boxing gloves, and wind up
with a lively three-round go which
would interest anybody, taking cos.
tunes, otc., into consideration.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

buttons followed closely behind to see
that did not nip a granite vase or t-No,
or few samples of royal bedroom
china. Most OF the furniture consists
of samples from stone and marble quar-
ries in other countries. Every room has
at least one vase or malachite table,
weighing about ton, which the guides
informed visitors was a present from
king so and so or the emperor this and
that. Mind, l mention no names.
There isn't a pint of running water in
all the rooms of the four palaces | in
spected. The furniture may have been
very good in its time, but is very much
out of style to-day. My friend, the
varnish and axle-grease manufacturer
in New York, has much newer, and even
more gilded, furniture in his house.
The only things that impressed me
were few tortoise-shell bedroom-sets
and writing tables, but even they
looked shopworn. Two of Frederick
the Greats music-stands are made of
the same material. l suppose tortoise
shell was a cheap commodity in those
days.
Some paintings by the old mas
ters are rather fine. In fact few
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05
was fortunate enonrh to he nresent at

was fortunate enough to be present at
turn,out of the Royal guard. A very
gallus-loolling old officer was pointed
out TO me as Koniglicker Kommanda-
teur, and / must say he looked it every
inch. His uniform showed that great
ingenuity had been exercised, together
with u total disregard for expense or
taste, in the getting up of his uniform;
but he was dull-looking object COM
pared to the drum ma jor of the-I can't
for the life OF me tell now whether it
was regiment of Landwehr-B -Bezirks-
kommando, or a detachment of the
Schlossgarde-Komp or maybe it
was the EslSadron des Regiments der
Garde du Corps. Very likely it was all
three. I may have got the name OF one
regiment divided into three parts by
accident. The names of these regi-
ments are so simple. He was beauty,
this drum major; and II I could only
have him shipped I would have him
with me, even if / had to pay Al NJ.
excess baggage. BY the way, they
carry this excess baggage charging to
eXcess-this country, AS / couldn't
cart him along made hurried sketch
jors, sketch that I will preserve, even
If it takes 80 pounds of sugar to do it.
Here at Potsdam is colony planted
by Frederick the Great, which is full of
interest and Russians. The latter are
descended from the Russian mer-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05
An Afflicted Widow.

A young lawyer, Maj. Gassaway, ms
been in the habit of visiting the Widow
Flapjack about four evenings in the
week This has been going on for
some time, but the lawyer has not pro-
posed, Mrs. Petcrby was talking with
the Widow Flapjack about this very
lawyer. She said:
What splendid education he has!
Hc seems to be at home on every sub
ject. There is nothing he cannot ex-
plain."
Except his object in calling on me"
replied the widow with sigh.-Texas
Siftings.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05
"KrN YOU READ AND WRITE, sAH ?"

was acting as chairman when Mr.. Van
derbilt appeared before the registrars.
Name, sah?" calculated the Afro
American, who cultivated his voice as
chimney sweep.
Cornelius Vanderbilt" was the re-
ply.
The negro was paralyzed. His pen
began to play tattoo on the registra-
ton book, scattering ink spots all over
fluid changed the name of voter who
had already registered from Dennis to
Ennis, while another but smaller splash
covered tho large o. which is the initial
letter of the surname of one of Mr.. Van
dcrbilts coachmen. When the colored
inspector had recovered from his spasm
and his huge eyeballs had sunk back
into his head, he continued his ques-
tions to the multimillionaire.
kin you read and write, sab ?"
"See here" exclaimed MIR. Wander
bilt, with evident anger, you are i'm
pertinent. What right have you to
nsl me such silly and impertinent ques-
tionsT"
DE law oh de Ian, boss; de law oh de
Ian, suah nutf. Ca,n't skuse you, ef
you is MIR. Vanderbilt. DE rich en- dc
pooh gotter scribe ter de law. There
wur en- irishman heah little while ago,
an he was gwine ter trow me troo de
window, en- n Dutchman kinder looked
Mt wun ub dem flower pots when axed
him his tallness. DE acting chairman
oh dis board will now perceed fudder to
cross question de geinlun."
MIR. Vanderbilt appealed to the white
spectators and they pacified him by
showing him the new law for the reg
istration of voters.
What arrant nonsense" said Mr.
Vanderbilt lie then said that he was
81 years of age, weight no pounds and
was feet 10 inches in height. His
complexion was recorded as dark.
As he started to leave the place OF
registration he tossed quarter at the
colored inspector. The coin struck the
table and rolled to the floor. The
quarter and the coffec-colored inspector
disappeared simultaneously. They
met under the table
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

Col. Mclaughlin sent his Swedish
foreman out few days ago to do some
work around the mouth of an old min
ing shaft, and he took green country
nan with him as an assistant. In a
couple of hours the foreman walked up
to the colonel's office and remarked:
Say, colonel, | want anudder man."
"Why, what's the matter with that
man sent out with you?" inquired the
colonel.
"Oh, he fall down de shaft bout an
hour ago, an don't come up. t'inll
he jumped his yob. .".-San Francisco
Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

Mrs. De Crisscross (who has come to
talk about an unsatisfactory gown)-
LIS Nine. Froufrou Noulezvous in?
Modiste's Assistant-No; madame is
i'll with apoplexy.
Mrs. De Crisscross - Indeed! Then
she has fit at last.--N. Y. World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05
The Essential Thing.

Il have been told, Mr.. Spooner, that
you have been engaged before"
"Ies, must confess that have; but"
(brightening up) you needn't let that
trouble you at all. | still have the
ring. ."-Brooklyn Life,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

LIN EMPRESS.
nieoes hand r,in+ed n,i,d WOW l.,
vatican Won dar warf ana po,r.ai. is
,youla not diserr,,ro ~, ~,
vord Cbioo,ro ,,sl,o, a,o T., d,,. D..
need +o,ohinor ~, s,,.
II is bord 70 DIV. GOOD dosou;,.;o,
of the po+sdon ,,o,ooas +ho,, h,,stI,
Won tbro,rh ca rhara l. a,I,;,,
bonav about , ro,,.1 noIoo, 49,,
~ thny. frontior NO fo, -
old Fredoriol +l,a C,ro,t +r;od TOW,
sans-sonci an ot-bomo nloce fron, his
necul;,r s+ondpoin+ hr+ hi. s+.r,d,o;,,+
was n great bipdranoe to lie ,n+on+ions
Sans.soucI is said ia have ,eor ooniod
fro,, +ho ,,o1o,,, ,>e W., m. -, -
built Inv T. the n IN 1sA,--.nd bis roral
higbness lived there most NJ tho time
None Of his snooossors o,,.d ,,,,oh t,r
it, however. and it is now in nrettv
much the same condition "a when he
ceased to live there August ~ 17sC
2:2o n. IN Inn so sure and exact about
the time because n trained cIock of hi.
greatness felt ca had about II that u
STONED at the exact moment that the
monarch exDired There was no coro-
ner's jnuucst held ON the cloclx Tbey
still exhibit the clock. and they didn't
even fold it's hands.
Sans-souci ia only one story biob
for Fredericl, the Great was much
ayerse to climbing stairs. and 7 sun.
pose he had lost fnitb in elevator in.
spectors. and therefore wouldn't trust
his life on Gift" They say he was
goutv in his old age. When he lived
at the old palace (near the railway STA
tion), which is few stories high. he
got around the stair business bv bavino
a chute built for himself. Ishould have
liked to see his royal nibs do the slide
act
1t is hardly probable that the ROYALTY
of the pastor present-was put to the
same Inconvenience that visitors ex-
perence in the way Of pedal covering.
Even without taking the hustlng into
consideration, palacing is a form of
amusement not unaccompanied bv
embarrassment, for tho uncrowfied
visitor is required when slumming--I
mean paIacing--to wear things on his
feet. | don't know what to call 'cm.
They're something like the wall-pocl.
cts one sees In country houses in New
Jersey, or perhaps more resemble the
baskets by means of which the souaws
in South Dakota carry their babies on
their backs. Only these are felt-aud
seen. I've heard dark hints to the
effect that it was merely a scheme to get
the hard wood floors polished without
expense.
When Frederick the Great was
crown prince he was permitted to keep
up little court of his own, and he
surrounded himself with quite
"smart" set, of which Voltaire was n
shining member. When he finally be-
came king he built Sans-souci and took
the whole "smart" set along with him.
Then Voltaire got the big head and fire.
quently got too gay with the king. So
the latter concluded to play a joke on
Votaire. There were no comic week
lies in those days, or Frederick would
have ordered center page devoted to
his favorite. So he managed to get
Voltaire to take advantage of the sum
tool, n round trim and went to revisit
bis old par Ubile be Voc noro Ero5-
oricl, nI,vad boreo With yol+o;ro.,
room He sent for the decorotors ond
to1d tbo,,, .bon+ n dro,r, IND IT.
decoro+ors transferred tl,o dream to +be
walls and furniture of Voltaire's room
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05
Watch the date on your paper
OTICE.-Notice is hereby given that an
y MnpliCntinn will be mnln 10 Lhn gnAnrnnr

NJ OTICE.-Notce is hereby given that an
IN application will be made to the governor
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the
noon, under the act of assembly of the COM
monwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled, IAN act
to provide for the incorporation aud rcgula-
tion of certain corporations" approved Api
~, 1874, aud the supplements thereto for the
charter OF an intended corporation to be called
the "Summit Lake lee Company hy Ennch
ID. Cramcr William II. Lipsctt, Christian Il.
Stegmaicr, ]umcs O. Mckcehy and George
Clcwell The character and object of which.
and the purposes of which, the corporation is
harvesting and storing natural ice, and the
manufacturing and storing of artificial ice
and the selling of the same aud the purchasc
of ice, and the carrying on of q cold storage
and distilled water plant and the selling of the
same to the public and for these purposes TO
have, possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits
and privileges conferred by the SAID act of as
sembly and its supplements.
G. l.. Hasey, solicitor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

Upward, onward, flew the balloon.
Paler and paler grew the face of the
aeronaut.
Il envy no king, no millionaire. All
l want"
Higher, higher went the airship--
"Is the earth"
Later on, as the tombstone will show,
he got ton his coffin-N. Y. World
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

Neighbour called to say that you
must keep your dog from barking; he
won't let our baby sleep.
Householder-I'm glad you called.
wanted to say that il you don't keep
your baby from crying, l shall have to
enter a complaint. 1t annoys my dog
awfully.-Boston Transcript.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05
GOnSilerate.

Hostetter McGinnis is male flirt.
He was taken to task by Gilhooly, who
Caid, reproachfully:
"You have been counting all four OF
those Longcoffin girls all summer; why
don't you marry one of them?"
ard do it, Gilhooly, but don't want
to do anything to forfeit the esteem of
the other ee."-Tcxas Siftings.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

$50 you want a position in my Of
fice?"
Yes, sir"
"Do you chew~
"No, SIR"
"Then l can't hire you; 1 won't have
man in my employ that can't borrow
tobacco from"-N. Y. Recorder.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

He (smoking)-And what is your
opinion of the deadly cigarette?"
She docking him over)-They are not
half ms deadly as they ought to be-
Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05
Cool,

Marlow-Isn't it rather embarrassing
TO be engaged to three or four young
men at the same time?
Miss Flirt-l believe they do find il
40 at times, poor fellows!-N Y. World
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

1t takes nine tailors to make man,
But the world has not yet learned
How many are in the construction
CT the tsilor-naG5e girl concerned.
Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

can unusual number of saloons are in
financial difficulties" remarked Dinwid-
die.
"That adds another kind of liquor to
the supply usually kept at such places" i"
replied Hilland.
What sort?"
'Sheriff's ale.'-Pittsburgh Chron-
icle-Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

Editor-You say you wrote that joke
yourself?
Jolist-Yes, sir.
Editor-You don really look it, young
man, but you must be about three hun.
dred and twenty-five years old.-Modes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05
JACK HAD THE INSIDE TRACK.

what are you thinking of, Madge ?"
whether would rather have you for
friend, or Jack for husband"
"Well, can't you have both?"
THAT depends upon Jack. brook
!yn Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

The girl to her doting father brings
Her love with fond salute;
But as time goes on there's change In
things
She brings him a lover to boot!
-Judpe
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

discordant clamor of a railway-station,
and my golden reverie is shattered.
We are at Potsdam. / must get n
"Dienstmann" to take my "GepaclS"-
porter to take my luggage.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

was skating on the grounds here
when an officer of the household ap-
preached me. l thought perhaps he
was connoisseur, and as such l well
coined his presence.
"Das ist nicht hier erlaubt," he re-
marked, as affably as his voice would
permit.
mo, 1t isn't SO bad, is it?" replied,
in an off-hand Yankee way-something
like my sketch, which consisted of a
few outlines of n group Of peasants who
were standing opposite the bank where
had established temporary headquar-
ters.
And then the officer took me in hand
and gravely explained in choicest Ger
man with n slight Zwiebel accent that
there were few princesses and princes
stopping at the castle, and that during
their visit they did not wish to be
sbetched.
"But I am not slletching them," ex-
planned, by means OF my Englisch-
Deutsch and Deutsch-Englisch Tas-
chenworterbuch. And l showed him
my sketch.
"Das macht NIGHTS aus. Diese kon-
men dach prinzessinnen. sein."
(That makes no difference; those may
still be princesses.)
lie was an honest official intent on
doing his duty; but he was no judge of
pictures, and my sketch of group of
peasants was torn into bits and ground
into the soil. CHARLES LEDERER.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

Like Dad piano player,
Old Outlate seems to be,
Because, however hard he tries,
He cannot find the key.
N. Y. Recorder.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

that Frederick the Great strewcd
uettes like those the Great Frederick is
said to have bought ut an auction OF
PoInpeiian and Grecian antiquities.
And in the picture galleries of Babels-
berg there are no portraits OF Napoleon
or Nine. Pompadour, such as are to be
viewed at the Orange palace Of Pots
dam. There were no Napoleons or
Pompadours in Frederick William the
Thirds time, and the Napoleonic craze
had not struck in at the time that mon.
arch expired.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05
NEGRO OUIZZES NEElY.
The Head of the House of Vanderbilt Has
Funny Experience.

Funny Experience.
Cornelius Vanderbilt votes in the
ninth assembly district Of New York.
The polling place is in a florists estab-
lishment on the east side of Sixth
avenue, between Fify-se' enth and Fifty
eighth streets.
Mr.. Vanderbilt appeared before the
election officials on Tuesday. He evi-
IDENTIFY did not desire to postpone his
registration and took advantage of tie
first day to qualify as voter. There Is
a negro inspector in the board and no
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-05

That there are nearly 10000 soldiers
in Potsdam is due to the fact that this
Is the official summer residence of the
emperor and his family. There are
here four soldiers, I am told, from each
regiment of the German army, these
forming a sort of imperial guard. I
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-22

the vocal means that at her command
she controls with a virtuosity that are
amazing. No instrumentalist. no prima
phrases with more exquisite taste.
lncomparably. the most astounding fea-
ture OF her artistic equipment. however.
Is her face. 1t expresses every thought,
every shade OF thought. a more mobile
countenance, have encountered but
once upon the stage. or course, | need
not say that | am referring TO the face
OF Duse.
Perhaps, the stage has degsnerated dur
Ing the last ten years.
But during this same period, two art
lists have overthrown all the schools,
the traditions. and the methods that had
gone before.
Duse created new tragic style, and
Yvctte Guilbert-well, will IL be possible
TO listen to the smirking. prancing, paint
ed. shOrt-skirted dolls after hearing her?
/ doubt It,
Mile. Gullbert delivered upon her first
appearance. Les ingenues" La Sou
larde," La File Ma Tante.' La
Grandmere." La Pierreuse," "A la
Ninette." and an English song
The programme was not well arranged,
for the first OF these, Les lngenues,'
was far and away the mos, effective
song.
Thunderous applause rewarded the arr
lst for each of her efforts, however.
II was a memorable evening. No one
Will forget it-not even Yvette Guilbert
herself
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-22

mat continually. l now refer 10 the
christmas egg-n0g and punch bowls.
winch seem TO form an indispensable
Christmas adjunct In many excellent and
refined homes Those who hold with me
In this matter do not undertake. to say
that any one In every home or every one
In any nome addicted 10 this practice In
dulges 10 incorporate excess or desire
10 act In any manner detrimental 10 So
cial well being. This In Justice to them.
IL Is equally true that many one from
many such n home has gone down 10
ruin and despair as "A result OF intem-
perate seed uninteptionally sown In this
way.
Waving for the present the question
OF the duty OF total abstinence per Sc
and that OF personal liberty is II not be-
coming In one 10 forego a custom which
in general Is inimica TO his fellow men?
1t seems 10 me that the general spirit o.
Christmas goodwill peculiarly demands
them. Facts are stubborn things. and no
one Will pretend to deny that these social
drinking usages OF society are prolific OF
evil and surely the domestic bowls arc
particularly injurious TO the youths whose
habits are In primitive state.
All, have gazed on the wrecks OF in
temperance caused by these social Gus
toms. Inc pleasure OF season oftcn
turn TO dead sea fruit or the lilke--the
exhillerating feelings OF an hour are
echoed I'm walls from broken hearts Dam
ger turks where least expected. Take
heed how yc think ye stand. lest we fall"
with the kindest feelings towards those
who are not total abs;siners, or who
may disagree with me In these views. but
I'm "A spirit OF love for them and for So
ciety, and desire 10 see these injurious
customs banished and especially divorced
from Chrlstmas-tide. | beg those who
may have contemplated engaging In these
customs TO ''honor them Ia the breach"
for the general good. Thus acting. ] am
sure your conscience will not only APP
plaud you, but that this seeming sacri-
flee of personal enjoyment will actually
sweeten your Christmas Joys and put
your heart IN better unison with the
spirit OF the hallowed festival. surely
this ~ not fanat,cism.
To each reader OF these lines J beg TO
tender the fun compliments OF the sea-
son, wishing you a rightly Joyous
Christmas and n happy New Year. and
may we all In all things be more guided
by that grand, sweet spirit and loving
will OF Him whose glorious birth this sea-
son commentaries. W. M. BicKERs.
Richmond. Va. Dec. II. 1885,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-22

Two or three passages in the first chap
ter were scored among them this:
Many good projects fail before the in
ertia Of red ;apeism opposed 10 progress
or intent on self-agerandizement"
Contributions for the children's monu-
ment 10 the late Eugene Field have al
ready been received from New Orleans.
This shows that the movement Is assum-
ing national proportions, and that its
success is assured.
An appeal has been issued for funds TO
erect memorial TO Philip Massinger,
who lies buried in 81. Sayiour's South
walk. with no record TO mark his rest
ing-place or keep alive his memory be-
yond the entry In the parish register:
March %. 1890 buried Philip Massln;
ger. a stranger"
The Johns Hopkins University, which
has the custom of exchanging the theses
OF It's Doctors Of Philosophy FOR those OF
the prominent universities OF the world.
has Just added 10 its library 1900 theses
from various German universities.