The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-27
FROtI - WAYsIDE.

Long live the peerless Patti, the
everlasting bride!
Topeka society people, firing Of high
five and whist, have taken to shooting
scraps"
Kansas City, Kan, is infested with
a queer species Of burglars. They
enter and ransack houses but have
not been known to steal anything.
Uncle Sans mail wagons hereafter
are to be red, white and blue in color.
A contract for $50 of these wagons has
been awarded to an Indiana carriage
and buggy company.
AdeIina Patti, the queen Of song, was
married Wednesday at BreeOn, Wales,
to Baron CedestrOm, a Swede. This
Is PATHS third matrimonial venture,
and the groom is . years old, just half
the age Of his bride.
A New York physician now declares
that more cases of grip are cOUghed
and sneezed into the telephone, to be
contracted by the next user Of the
instrument, than proceed from all
sources combined.
Col. Robert @. IngersOll did two very
unusual things-fOr IngeTsOH TO do
while in Kansas City Sunday. He
attended church in the morning and
preached a funeral sermon in the
afternoon. To be sure he did not lead
in prayer at church nor ask for the
mercy Of God at the funeral.
A prominent politician, having been
defeated in the late election, was asked
if he would now retire from politics.
"No," he replied, 81 have too many
friends to reward to 60 out yet" The
man who is in politics for the sake Of
TeWarding his friends is the very man
y no should forever be debarred from
the public service.
Chicago school teachers are busily
engaged in protesting against the resO-
luton introduced before the board of
education of that city barring out
married teachers. The resolution does
not affect married women already en-
plOyed but prohibits others from get
ting married and holding their jobs,
or the hiring Of any more married
teachers. The pedagOgueS declare It
is class legislation.
Actresses were unknown until about
the 18th century, the part Of females
in plays being taken by boys or young
men. Once when Charles III, the MERRY
Monarch" was attending a play, there
was q distressing delay. The king be-
coming impatient sent a messenger be
QlQQ the scenes 70 ascertain the Eea-
son The messenger returned and in
formed him that "the heroine is not
quite shaved yet"
The British bark, Austria, arrived at
Boston Saturday from the Philippines,
whence she sailed September u. She
was discharging cargo at Manila at the
time Deweyis feet destroyed the Span
ISL warships and reduced the Cavite
Notifications. Later she was ordered
to leave By Admiral Dewey, and not
being permitted to take a cargo, the
vessel was loaded with 200 tons Of rock
ballast from the destroyed fortifca-
tons which will now be disposed Of as
souvenirs.
The latest social fad is the agrip Iun-
cbeon," the invention Of Mrs. John A.
Logan The hostess should Just be
recovering from an attack Of the pre-
vailing epidemic, and selecting several
friends whom she knows are confined
to their beds with the grip, invitations
are sent around, the time being fixed
with the usual fOrmality but the place
being the home Of the invited lady.
Promptly at the specified time the
hostess sends out a tray Of lunch to
each Of the afflicted guests, with q note
containing the names Of the others in
vited and the good wishes Of the
hostess for their joint recovery.