The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-10-18

There Is something rotten IN the in \
surRnce business in Kansas. The Hays 4
City Republican claims that insurance /
rates in that town are nov four times I
higher than during the McNan dispen- !
satiOn. The same claim is made In /
other localities. There is a feeling
that little more McNallism is needed. |
Chicago Tribune-"I aWsked her
said FEeddy, "to daWnce the next set
with me, and she handed me this cahd
caWn't make anything out Of it.n "Let
me see it." said ChOlly. EEeddy showed
him the card. 1t was inscribed with
the-sinRle and somewhat mysterious
word: "GABASD.n That's perfectly
plain" said ChOlly. $50 Away Back
and Sit Down"
A German firm has perfected and
obtained control Of a beer tabloid-a
small tablet that, dropped into glass
Of water, will turn it into beer as fresh
as if just drawn, it is asserted.
Military authorities hail it with acclaim,
and il will very likely soon be made
part Of the regular army ratiOn-the
officers expect it to reduce the number
of desertiOns materially.
/ 1t is understood that informal din
ners at the white house will be quite
| feature Of President ROosevelt's in
tcumbency. As men of note come to
/ his office he likes to invite them TO
! accompany him TO luncheon or dinner,
as the case may be. Thus be is able to
/ have agreeable OmpaniOnship and i'm
prove opportunities to gather ideas and
! gauge sentiment on public topics.
He was a travelling man with very
| important air and bright cOlored shirt
waist What be didn't know was not
worth knowing and he thought he
could say more witty things than any
/ body. While staying at a local hotel
recently be tried to get gay with the
/ dining room girl. She brought him
his coffee with a small pitcher Of cream.
as this all the milk you give?" he
asked. ayes, that's all the milk I give, ("
was the answer, shut if L was as fresh
as you I reckon I'd give gallon"
An editor got a cattle show and a
concert mixed in making up, and now
be has to keep dark. This is the way
be did il: "Tbe concert given by Rob
insOn's most beautiful young ladies was
highly appreciated. They sang IN the
most charming manner, winning the
plaudits of the entire audience, who
pronounced them the finest herd of
shorthOrns in the country. A few are
of rich brown color, but the majority
are spotted brown and white Several
of che heifers are able bodied, fine
limbed, and promise to prove good
mixers.
There is reason for the almost uni
versal admiration of blue eyes," says
an experienced Opticiau Of Philadel
phia. "Nine-tenths of the railroad men
pilots and men in whose business keen
ness and correctness of vision are g
necessary adjunct, possess blue eyes
In a great many years of practice
have discovered that very few blue
eyed people are compelled TO veal
glasses. Blue eyes are very attractive
but brown eyes are the most beautiful
intellectually is usually denoted b!
gray eyes, and hazel eyes indicate
, talent for music. The cOmmOnest eye
! Is the gray eye, aud the rarest is vic
let"
: a Connecticut woman who was
j missionary In China when the BOxe
rebellion broke out, says that peanuts
and Standard oil had more to do Will
1 it than the missionaries did. For gen
erations past, she says, vast number
! of Chinese raised peanuts and extract
> ed the oil, which was used for illumi
mating purposes. Then the Standsrt
Oil company came and undersOld then
with kerosene, and the peanut industr
| vas ruined. Next, American cOttOl
goods drove the home product out u
1.-The market, and finally, when a raj
1 road was to be built, REVOLUTIONARY
S he carriers business, the empress en-
4 Outraged movement to drive the for
: igners from the country.