The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-06-15
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pride when made to take water.
Another sharp advance in the price
Of rubber is reported Rubbernecks
are looking up.
A Kansas City judge fined man $500
for MASKING. This is surely case OF
the masher being crushed
Hetty Green declares that lawyers
are q nuisance. Mr.. Hetty Green claims
to be a member Of the profession
The true acme Of business success
/ is reached by the man that sells ice IN
summer and coal in winter.
The state Of New York has expended
in the last % years 1898 go for lnvesti-
eating committees Of various kinds
The attitude Of the Chinese govern
ment toward the boxers is said to be
somewhat puzzling to the powers. A
sort of Chinese puzzle, evidently
The young men in a suburb of Phil
adelpbia have perfected a most credit
able organization, the official title OF
which is the Society for the Prevention
Of Old Maids.
J. B. PiOda, Swiss minister at Wash
ingtOn, gave a public lesson in demo
crazy the other day when he stopped
his carriage to get some soda water and
the cOachmRn Oh The box.
A German statistician has estimated
that beneath every square mile of sea
there are about 40 million fish. There
are occasions, however, when it would
be difficult to convince deep sea fisher
men that these figures are within 49,
999, 500 Of being correct.
Among the news items sent out from
BlOemfOntein is this: a dance given
by officers a night or two ago was in
teFrupted for some time, owing to the
Yagaries of a wandering horse, which
entered the ball room and there ex-
pired in the midst Of the gests."
The average counterfeit bill shows
better work on the right hand side
than on the left. More care is taken
to make the work accurate, because
unless a man is left handed it is custo-
mary in counting a pile Of bills to hold
the left ends down and turn mp only
the right ends.
Much has been said lately of the
capture Of quail in Egypt, touching the
protest made by Frenchmen against
carrying the birds across French ter
ritOry for English use. Until this
matter arose nobody seemed to know
that quail existed In Egypt, but they
dO-by the millions.
Countess Csstellane. formerly Miss
Anna Gould Of New York, seems still
willing to crafty her husbands most
expensive within. He had just secured
what furniture experts declare to be
the most magnificent set of WardrObes
ever seen. They we're made for Louis
XIV and are of tortoise shell veneer,
almost covered with carved brass. The
price paid was S2SO,OOO.
Many varieties of the cactus plant
are put to commercial uses in Mexico.
The spines Of the hedgehog cactus are
sold as tOOthplcks, q single plant some
times producing as many as $1,000. The
cOchineal insect, from which COlOriDg
matter IS obtained, is found on cactus
plants. The organ cactus is used in
the erection Of fences, its sharp spines
making it an effectUal barrier 1t re-
sembles barbed wire.
In apparent compliance with a rule
Of the Indiana Institute Of Homeopathy
that all addresses delivered before that
body shall be read from manuscript,
Dr.. O. w. Bowen appeared at a recent
meeting with pile Of paper which be
turned over, sheet by sheet, during the
course Of his remarks. The article was
so good that the institute asked for
the manuscript, only to find that the
doctor had held 100 sheets of blank
paper.
A Maine preacher was driving along
a country road, and, OEertaking a
young man tramping his way on foot,
invited him to seat. After he was com
fortably seated the preacher rolled the /
whites Of his eyes up under the visor
Of his cap, and said in sepUlchraI tones: /
young man, are you prepared to diet" 1
With -r0TnWnTnu uw71
back somerset over the back of the /
vehicle the young man made for the 4
woods, and has never been seen in /
those parts.
T. B. Psndisn, Hindu OF noble /
rank, and a Christian, is in Chicago /
raising a fund with which TO better the 4
condition Of the low caste people Of /
his native land. The greatest need Of 4
outcasts is pure drinking water,
as they are not allowed to drink from
the streams which are free to others.
He says that s1OO viii provide g we'll 4
that viii supply q whole village with \
pure water. He has letters Of intro
d1ctiOn from prominent men Of Eng
land and the east.
Antoni Beliasorcia, the notorious
Corsican professional rObber, who died
a few days ago at AjsGGiO from q para
lytic stroke, had enjoyed for more than
20 years the admiration Of his fellow
1t is Only two years since
be voluntarily presented himself be-
fore q Corsican court for trial. The
forms Of law we're duly observed, but
the jury unanimously acquitted him.
When President CarnOt visited Corsi-
"a Bellacorcie was sOlemnlF presented
10 him Is athe king Of the mountains"
Tor sale
One hundred and sixty acres, smooth I
md level, entirely clear, title perfect;
'nlT IL mile south Of GoOdland- Very
lheap for cash.-L. Robinson.
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