The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-05-18
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does not cause weak eyes.
There is a GOOdland bachelor so
stuck on himself that he can't get stuck
on any Of the girls.
Within the past four years William
J. Bryan has travelled over 100000
miles for the purpose Of speechmakIDg-
Senator Vest is the only member Of
the senate at present who served IN
the confederate senate during the civil
war.
The TransYaal government has 25,-
100000 of bullion in Pretoria, and is
said TO be coming 5000 sOVereigns per
month
A GoOdIand man considers himself
very liberal with his wife because he
invested SO in hose for her-tO water
the lawn.
Thomas B Reed: Everything in this
world goes by cOntrsries. You never
can get the things you want nor refuse
the things you don't want.
On investigation it will probably be
found that the -four trust that recently
went to pieces has not been dining
regularly at President Hadley's, Of
Yale.
All the soap in Paraguay is made
from cocoa oil. Cows eat the pulp from
the nuts, leaving the hull inclOsing the
kernel clean and smooth. A COW will
clean forty or fifty nuts per night.
Prof. Harnock, a Berlin theologian,
has come forward with the startling
theory that the Epistle to the Romans
was written by wOman-prObably
Priscilla, whom Paul mentions in one
Of his letters.
Dom Paul Kruger is certainly not
devoid of all sense Of humOT. He Is
said to have remarked recently that he
knew the moon was not inhabitable,
for if it was England would have al
ready annexed it.
A rural correspondent in an eastern
paper writes thus Of 3 society wedding:
"The grOOm's present to the bride was
handsome diamond brooch, besides
many other beautiful things in cut
glass"
Burning your oil in daytime is. as
bad as the Foolish Virgins" remarked
the Old Seer. "WeI," replied the
Young Philosopher, "thOse whose
deeds are evil shun light, mine not
being evil desire more light"
The colonel of a certain regiment
upon arriving in Manila called upon
Gen. Otis and was asked how many
sharpshOOters he had in his command.
After doing little mental arithmetic
the colonel replied: 81 have about
1000 sharpshOOters and 1885 crap
shooters"
''The chickens, they lay eggs in Kan
sas," and morel the old hens can even
hatch a she kitten from q long rooster
egg; at least, as a GOOdland lady was
lifting the parental wings of hen that
. - Z -
to her great surprise that eleven eggs
and a new Matched cat possessed the
nest. The kitten mewed, the hen
clucked; two Of akin, but It's bad luck.
Knocked celery is the latest addition
to the expurgated list Of foods. Some
investigator has discos cred that the
manure used in the cultivation Of this
vegetable is laden with the germs Of
enteric fever, and that in the ordinary
process Of washing it is impossible to
remove all Of the fertilizer, any single
particle Of which that may remain may
contain a sufficient number Of typhoid
bacilli TO ill hospital with patients.
The rise in the cost Of building ma
terials has led to the suspension of
work on thirty government buildings
which are In various stages of erection
in different parts Of the United States.
The appropriations for these structures
were made when materials were cheaper
and the amount of money at the com
mand of the government officials Is not
sufficient to permit the completion Of
the work without further RpprOpTia-
tiOns to meet the deficiency.
This story is told by a young woman
who teaches the young idea how to
shoot In one Of the Philadelphia public
schools: 81 was dismissing the pupils
the other day when noticed one, a
new boy, hopping down the steps on
one leg. holding the other straight out
in the air in front Of him. I called to
him but be made his escape. The next
day be repeated the same performance
and this time took good care that he
did not get away Here, Johnny l
said, why don't you 60 down stairs
right? What sort Of a leg have you,
anyway Cork replied the boy. When
I discovered that he was speaking the
truth was considerably abashed."
A French medical journal publishes
some interesting, If not reliable, data
upon badness, which it claims affects
u per cent Of the male population In
the cases Of doctors this proportion is
doubled, but musicians, with a few eX-
ceptiOns, retain their hair until late IN
life. Brass wind instruments cause
badness. the trombone especially being
said to remove the players hair in less
than I've years. The piano and violin
have the opposite effect, preventing
and arresting the falling Of OF the hair.
The physician who made these curious
investigations gives no reason for the
result, but claims that they may be
verified By observing the musicians IN
an orchestra and the members Of regi-
mental bands, taking especial notice Of
those afflicted with so-called trumpet
er's badness"