The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-01-12

arriving al tne lily OI O1eAlCO, nc re-
NAMED several months, when he pro-
ceeded east. making a journey Of
6, 900 miles, the latter half of which
required about one-twentieth of the
! time consumed for the other.
j. S. Burshart, who is engaged in
the hotel business at Denison, Texas,
passed through here this morning en-
route to Illinois, to attend the funeral
of his brother. Engineer Burshart,
who was killed in the cannon bal
wreck on the Wabash. He state;
that his brother leaves wife and
eleven children that he had been
with the Wabash for upward of twenty
years and was one of its most trusted
employees. He belonged to numerous
orders and it is probable that is fami-
ly are we'll provided Tor financially,
Speaking in connection with the state
ment that the collision was caused by
fog. Mr.. Adair, of the Pullman com.
pany, stated to the GJssiper that in
talks with many old engineera rela.
tive to the accident, it is the general
belief that for the time Engineer
Burshart, hidden by the fog, really
could not tell where he was and thus
the accident was brought about. the
engineers referred to spoke of times in
their own career when they were 60
blinded by the fog that they were
oblig d to leave their engines to make
certain of their locality.
The newspapers Of Kansas City
have revived the story of the kiss
that Patti gave Ex-Gov. Crittenden
10 st. Louis, but in recounting it,
they make it q commonplace and un.
poetic affair. They assert that the
governor "smacked" the singer and
walked out of the room. There was
no smack about it. The Diva had
scored triumph before a brilliant
audience and the governor was yet
thrilling with the exquisite melody OF
"Home, Sweet Home," which had
rippled from her golden throat. when
he met her at the hotel. Nicolini
was down in the kitchen rowing with
the chef over the oyster stew, and
Mrs. Crittenden was taking of her
wraps. The thrilled and the thriller
came together ard the result was an
electric contsct, a soft, sweet, surging
sound, like the suction of a steam
pipe, followed by two signs in unison.
The governor murmured, "This is
sweeter than Home, Sweet Home, !"
and broke away just in time. When
Patti was asked afterwards by news
paper man to substantiste the details
of the happy occurrence, she blushing.
ly replied, 81 never submit to an in
terview, but you know the facts"
A young lady who means business
herself has asked the Gossiper to pub
fish these thoughts; The year now
commencing is sacred to maidenhood.
IF Belinda, who has been ranging
like the virgin queen
In-maiden meditation fancy free
concludes that such cendi ion is dis
tasteful to her it is her privilege, this
being leap year, to propose to any
male biped, bachelor or widower,
whom she deems an eligible match.
The custom is immemorial, though it
is not recorded that Belinda herself
has chosen to take advar tage thereof.
Why not ? Year by year We believe
more and more in the co.edu.
cation and the equal polit.
ical rights Of the sexes. Year
by year We regard marriage as
less sacrament and more a mere
matter of contract, TO be treated by
Judge Fisher and others like any
other mutual agreement. Why. then,
should rigid social laws, with leap
year as a mitigation be more honored
in the breach than in the observance,
confine propositions for contract of
marriage to only one of the possible
high contracting parties 3? II Jeems
feels that he cannot be happy without
Belinda he is privileged to breach the
matter to her ladyshIp with a view 10
a contract upon the supposiiion un-
lying all such engagements-that il
will be mutually advanta geous. But
if Bell ria feels that her future hsppi
ness is wrapped up in Jsems, custom
her to
Let o5neeilpeni, like 4 worm ! brd,
Prey upon her dsmisk cheek.
There is no even handel justice in
such a custom. Il gives a, mendous
Il lvantfge to the Steiner. the less SEN
the more b,u'al s,x. Ifl
Jsems thinks kindly OF b .inda, very
good he may mentien the matter. |
But if Belinda is enamorsd of Jeems
her lips are sealed. Out upon any
such unreasoning and unreasonable
sex discrimination as this. WHY |