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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-09

second of which says, NO state shall coin
money. emit bills of credit, make anything
but gold and silver coir a legal tender n
payment of debt" It is upon this latter
clause that the Populist claim is based of
the right Of a state TO declare foreign
coins d legal tender, 50 long as they are
either gold or silver. In arriving at this
conclusion, however, these most remark
able interpreters OF the constitution over
look the fact that it has been held by the
United States supreme court time after
time that wherever the constitution de-
elarcs it to be within the power Of congress
70 perform a certain act it implies the ex-
elusive power. and that. therefore, the fix
ing Of values upon foreign coins is just as
exclusively retained in congress as If the
section had read that no state should have
or assume such power.
As We remarked at the outset, there is
no probability OF the Populist legislature
passing a measure which attempts the stu
pendous folly of making the Mexican dol
lar legal tender. but the fact that any con-
siderable number of Kansas men can be
found to advocate such a measure is Of
itself disgrace 10 the intelligence of the
state. It is. therefore. obvious that the
well-meaniEg majority OF the Populist
party have still another duty to perform
besides redeeming their promise TO adopt
none but conservative laws, and that is
to put wind and water tight muzzIe over
the mouth of every financial lunatic who
is talking about monetizing Mexican silver.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-09
Bynum'< New Party.
10 Phi1aanInhfa Innnfre-

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In the fullness Of time We suppose A new
political party will come, perform its mis-
sion and then fade from the face of the
earth. one or two Of its principles. if it
have any. will survive. but they will be
incorporates in the creed Of a rival or
eanization and that will be the end of
the other party. Il is the way of the
world.
But eX-ConsressmGn Bynum's new party
viii not be a bounding success for several
reasons. Should the financial question re-
main the dominating issue, os Mr. BRYAN
has predicted. the sound money Democrats
will ally themselves with the Republicans.
That is their only safety. and they know
it. And. what Is more. they have proved
that they have the courage of their con-
victions.
Moreover, 50 long as the Republican
party lasts and remains faithful to its
present principles. why should there be
another party? 1t embodies in its creed
the highest IDEAS of national honor. no1-
esty and patriotism. 1t is the party alike
OF good government and of the people.
There is no need OF any other.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-09
Refinement of Language.
the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
The clothing of common thoughts in hol-
iday suits is one of the literary fancias of
the time. For the benefit and guidance
of our embryonic authors who have an in
clinatiOn for space We have picked up at
random a few saws. These Will be found
useful:
Don't count your chickens before they
are hatched" is common. 1t should read:
Enumerate not your adolesCent puIlets ere
they cease to be oviform.
Sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander' should be: The culinary adorn-
ments which suffice for the female of the
race Anser may be relished also with the
masculine adult of the same species.
Let well enough alone can be thus inl>
proved: Suffer a healthy sufficiency to re-
main in solitude.
Put a beggar on horseback and he will
ride TO the devil' IS not half so diverting
as: Establish a mendioant on the upper
most section of a charger and he will
transport himself to Apolyon.
"A still SOW drinks the most swill'' can
be refined thus: The taciturn female of
the porcine genus imbibes the richest nour-
ishment.
The least said the soonest mended" may
be embellished in this wise: The mini
mum OF an offensive remark is cobbled
with the greatest promptitude.
'Tfs an i'll wind that blows nobody
good" might be expanded as follows: That
gale is truly diseased which puffeth bene-
factions to nOnentity.
"A stitch in time saves nine" is too
haCkneyed Make it: The first impression
of a needle on q rent obviateth a nine
fold introduction.
"A mods as good as a wink to horse
that isn't blind" ought TO read: An abrupt
inclination of the head is equivalent to a
contraction of the eye to a steed un-
troubled with obliquity of vision.
'Tis a wise child that knows its own
father" may be polished in this fashion:
That juvenile individual is indeed sage who
possesses authentic information with re-
spect to the identity of his paternal de-
riVative.
There's no accounting for taste" gains
no little beauty if drawn out to this: The
propensities of the palate defy jurisdiction.
Three removes are as bad as fire. is
entirely too commonplace. Render it thus:
The triple transmission of a household,
with chattels. from one domicile to an
other is as vicious as a confagration.
Accidents will happen in the best of
families should appear thus elongated:
Disasters will eventuate even in households
of the supremest integrity.
Fight the devil with fire. can be vastly
s0ftened if changed to this: Take the field
against the prince of darkness armed with
the sudorific phlogiston of the devouring
element.
Murder will OUT sounds softer thus.
The unfortunate consequences of a fatal
assault are bound to transDire.
Practice will enable the beginner to refine
and embellish to a greater extent than is
limited at in the foregoing examples. Then
he can be the worshiped creator of a fad.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-09
FoREIGIINNIGRATIox.

A recent publication issued by the Immi
grafton Restriction League presents some
instructive figures on the subject Of immi-
grafton to the United States The figures
are sent out as an argument for shutting
off the tide of degraded humanity that an
nuaIIy comes to our shores. The grea: in
crease in the number of iIliterates IS wor,
thy Of serious consideration by congress.
In the ten years from 1920 to 1890. the i'm
migration TO this country was bun 1888;
in the last decade. 1850 TO 1880. 1t was 5246,'
6lS For the present year it is 1896
OF the immigration for 1895, % per cent Of
those over the age of i were ifiterate. Tha
smallest proportion of iHiterates came from
Switzerland and the largest from Russia.
OF the immigrants from RUSSIA 32.1 in
every 100 were nIiterate; from Austro-
Hungary, 395 in every 100: from Italy A6.l,
and from Portugal 5S1. The iHiterate i'm
migrants from the United Kingdom,
France. Germany and Scandinavia were
only 81 per cent, while from Austro-Hun-
gary, Italy Poland and Russia they were
4O.I.
The countries which have supplied the
least number of illiterates sent TO the
United States in 1863 total of 360,GS3 i'm
migrants. while Austro- Hungary, Italy,
Poland and Russia, which show the largest
proportion of nliterates, sent only 3.5l5.
But in 1896 the latter countries sent rs
1881 immigrants, while the former sent
but 1894 The illiteracy of Italian i'm
migrants is very great, being over 81 per
cent
According to the eleventh census those
of foreign birth or parentage. and who
compose Ss per cent of the total white
population of the United States, furnish
more than one-half of the white convicts,
while the foreign born population, con-
stituting about Il per cent of the total pop
ulation, supply one-half OF the insane and
one-third of the paupers in this country
The destination of most of the immigrants
seems to be the cities. OF total foreign
born population of 9,249,547 in this country
in 1890, 4,os1, ,927 or nearly half, were found in
124 principal cities.
According to the census of 1890 nearly 3a
per cent of the foreign born males over q
years of age were not naturalized: per
cent of the total population of the United
States over q are aliens. of whom 80 per
cent do not speak English.
The immigration Restriction League,
which has headquarters in Boston, advo-
Gates the exclusion of all persons between
Il and 60 years of age who cannot both
reed and write the English language or
some other language"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-09

of city. 1t is both a dangerous and an
Illegal habit But out Of the city every
man and every woman. and particularly
the latter. ousht 10 know how 10 Use
pistol and it does 70 harm Il men arr
women in the city know. too. our coUntr.
roads are iIl-S-aTj-i. tramps abound and
burglar is always possible y woman or
man who has to move about alone IN lionel.
roads or live n a lonely house ought I,
know how to aim a pistol 50 as TO hit. T'h'
more practice a man or A woman has Ia,
with a pistol the les likely each is to Us,
it CareleSSly. Reckless pistol shooting i;
always done by men who have never iirec
enough to be certain of hitting anything.
The man 10 whom the pistol Is familiar not
a. a toy but aS a weapon i> cautious IN its
use He never carries a pistol unless he
intends 10 use it. He never hrss unless he
intends To hit something.
Moreover. when You pick 4 pistol take
nothing less than 3 cslIiber and a heavier
ball is better Most of the mischief in the
world is done by little - caIiber pistols
mere toys.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-09
RnLTED EOR coon

It was not 10 be expected that the hand
ful or silver senators who left the national
Republican convention at St Louis and
refused to support the ticket would partic-
ipate in the Republican caucus held at
Washington yesterday. While they had
doubtless intended to make the bolt a dra-
matte affair it was really a very tame dem
onstration. and the old party went sereneIy
on to victory without being jolted in the
slightest by the Ieave-taking.
But the bolt was in fact formal fare
well 10 Republicanism. and the boilers i'm
mediately allied themselves with Democ-
racy and worked for the election of Bryan
with all their strength. They advocated
the Chicago platform with its free trade
plank. its fiat money plank, and with all
its anarchicaf attachments, and it would
require a great deal of assurance on the
part OF these gentlemen 10 participate in
Republican caucus.
They are TO all intents and purposes
Democrats. and their future political move
party. There is no place else for them to
go unless they repent and condemn their
late folly. The only thing they can do is
L" pursue me course followed by the prod
'raI son. If they don't want TO be consid-
ored Democrats. As their bellies are now
filled with the husks OF defeat If they will
arise and 20 TO the party of progress and
make suitable confession, acknowledging
tho grievous error Of their ways. they may
get back into the fold. OF course. the fatted
calf would be killed. and after a while
perhaps. new robes might he put upon
them and rings upon their fingers.
But this is not to be expected. When a
man deliberately leaves his party. as these
leaders did. and casts his lot with he en-
emy. he Will hardly return to his old love
FOR while, at least. When the first
plunge is made the descent is usually ac-
oelerated and II these boilers should final
iy turn up with Coxey.s party it would not
surprise very many people.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-09

pounds each in weight, a fact which doesn't
tend TO confirm the theory recently pro-
mulgated in connection with the football
games that NIissourtans are becoming light
weights physically.
Levi Ellis is a practical. up-to-date Polk
county farmer who points TO his well filed
cribs in proof of his claim that it is as
easy to raise eighty as twenty bushels of
corn TO the acre in that part of Missouri.
The ground was frozen to such an extent
in Trenton last week that grading con-
tractors found it necessary to blast the
dirt out with dynamite. The unusually Sc
we're frost is believed TO have accompanied
an attempt to reOrganize the Bryan Club.
Maryvtlle has less cash in its charity fund
and more destitute people on its hands this
winter than ever before. and is in a guam
dary as to what can be done TO prevent
actual suffering
4 crusade against the wearing of hats
during theatrical performances has been
inaUgUrated in NaryviIle, and thirty-five of
the handsomest women in town have guar
anteed its success by promptly joining in
the movement.
The new banker-editor of the Chillicothc
Constitution. who has money to kindle in
spiration with if not TO burn. Will at once
provide a new Office and new dress" for
his paper.
Nevada's experiment in the way of pro-
hibiting wood, hay, coal and other loaded
wagons from congregating on the streets of
that town has not proven altogether sat
isfactory, many Of the nearby farmers re-
senting the action of the council as an in
reference with their privileges and going
elsewhere to trade.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-09
The Girl and the BurrInr.
: PhIIadelphia -.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Public safety is perceptibly improved b.
the shot with which Miss Emma Rich. Of
Sandy Lake, near Sharon. wounded a
burglar carly Friday morning. and. with
her sister, Genevicve's aid. drove of the
man and his companion. who were on
deavorins TO rob the Sandy Lake postoffire
Such shot Is not heard around the
world. but it is heard BY a great many
burglars and lesser criminals and it dis
couraees them No country can expect to
have the peace kept by the police alone. No
police can do this. In countries like India
or China, where the level OF personal cHur-
age is low. no amount OF vigilance OF tho
part OF the police can prevent wholesale
robbery. In a country Ike this where
women are quick with a pistol as We're
these cool-headed. Ievel-handed and
courageous Pennsylvania girls. Miss Rich
and her sister, foreigners arc amazed at
the peace and security enjoyed where the
police force is small or, as in our villages,
absent.
There Is no good reason for carrying a
pistol by a man or woman about the streets
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-09
NF,ST TUEoSoPHIsTS.

Boston. as becomes the center Of culture
IS leading her children into paths Of knowl-
edge. and has Begin to distH into their
caIlcw minds the mystery OF theosophy.
An infant school, started to disseminate the
principles of that cult. is already a great
success, and the town Is swarming with
embryo mahatmas in pinafores and knick-
erbockers, who. with shining morning
faces, trip merriiy TO school 10 learn the
knowableness of the unknowa'ble as the
Boston adopts see it. The youngsters are
taught the first principles Of evolution as
a primary course. and by successive steps
the little ones are made acquainted with
the astral body, karma, esoter!c and eX-
oteric laws. on up to the ethical law or
causatioH." of which the average Boston
kid knows as much as his grown sister
does Of integral calculus or Of the art and
mystery of making hot biscuits.
This is an innovation on the oId-fashioned
school methods and possibly reflects cred
it on the progressiveness OF Boston. In
stead Of teaching the young idea how TO
shoot the three Rs. as in common schools,
the children are grounded in the doctrines
of Buddha, the practical knowledge of
metempsychosis and their minds directed
TO the grand Llama of Thibet as one whose
latchstrings they are worthy 10 uRloose
and get in on the ground floor. From the
mouths of Boston babes and sucklings
come forth words of wisdom only. They
know not now TO play keeps" and mum
bly, peg" neither do they urge the flying
ball Their thoughts are ever smoothly
gliding on the astral plane, and will con-
tinue in that direction so long az the life
principle is enabled to animate the aggre-
gate mass as a collective unity" Bully for
P0sron
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-09
WILL DISPENSE WITH Po,rp

Speaking Of the rugged simplicity OF
Thomas jefferson, who rode his horse .up
TO the capitol. Hi;shcd it 10 a fence and
walked in 70 take up his duties as presi-
cent. Govanor-elect Mount. Of Indiana.
appears 10 be euIiivsuuE the simplicity
idea little on his own account.
There Will be no inaugural ball" he
said to a reporter the other day. "aud
there viii be 10 parade OF men. and officers
IN gay and gl1rerin- uniforms. I shall re-
quire no military escort and the attend
arre Of a staT consider sg;perfuous. I
would personally prefer to take the oath
cr office in the chamber OF the house Of
representatives. and the only entertain
msnc would favor would he a public re-
certion at the governors parIors in the
evening and to have it distinctly under
stood that all gooH people be welcomed
there without regard to station. wealth or
race.
1t strikes me that it would be exceed
ipcly bad taste TO attend this inaugura-
uor win romp and ceremony. when the
common people Of our state are struggling
for a livelihood. Tbs5e is a tendency in
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-09
Disease Propagation in School.

From the New York World.
The schools have long been recognized
as danger-pOints They bring together and
in c.Ose touch with each other children
from hundreds of homes, in any one OF
which disease may occur. Now that we
know that disease in nearly all its forms
is communicable, the Importance of guard
ing the schools from an infection which
may easily breed pestilence can hardly be
exaggerated.
child who complains of any maIaise crit
ically examined as TO the nature of the
trouble before he or she is again permitted
to sit in a class room. There can b. no
doubt that some such DrecautiOn Is nsnes-
sary. because there is no possible lOubt
that for lack of it diphtheria, scarlet cever.
measles and other malignant diseases have
been scattered broadcast through the
schools. And think what havoc might be
wrought by the presence of a single con-
sJEmDtive child through months.
But the proposed remedy does not go far
enough. II has long been a scandal that
while children from houses in which the
more contagious diseases appear are ex-
clUdei from school by health board author
ity. absolutely nothing is done to prevent
them from minGliug freely with other
children in Sunday schools. Yet the child
scaling after scarlet fever may as easily
scatter disease and death germs in the
Sunday school as in the day school.
1t is true that Sunday schools are not
maintained by the state and not subject
in ordinary matters to official supervision.
But the authority OF the health board Is
co-eXtensivc with danger TO health, and
there is no reason to doubt that its exer-
else would he welcomed rather than resent
ed by the Sunday schools.
And while the attention Of the health
board is on the subject VIII it not inquire
a little into the influence of books-passed
from one child TO another for public school
use-iH the spread of disease2 The germ
infected condition OF some Of them has
been discovered by EXPERTS to be very
charming. Yet so far as We can learn
scarcely any precautions are taken in their
use. Is not this a matter worthy OF at
tention2
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-09
CoIIoquinI "Cuss Words

From the New York Tribune.
The New Jersey parson visiting the city
who wrote to his congregation that ne had
witnessed the performance of the D-na-
ticn OF Faust by D-rosch, and was sud
denly recalled home to rescue him from
such profane associations, would seem in
that experience to have acquired qualifi-
cations TO sit in judgment upon a case now
occupying the attention of another parish
in that pioUs commonwealth. It appears
that d deacon in the latter congregation.
incensed at the political expressions OF a
brother communicate, intimated to him in
the full hearing of everybody assembled at
the village pOstoffice, comprising all the
persons OF leisure in the vicinity, that his
opinion on politics or any other subject
was Tot worth a tinker's dam The ag-
grieved member brought the matter to the
attention of the church authorities as a
violation of the ordinance against pro-
family. and they are now considering it.
The deacon falls back on the dictionary
and maintains that the expression is col
loquial and canonical and entirely vacant
OF profane intent or import. The volume
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-09
His New Star.

From the Chicago Post.
what We need" said the manager, ''is
a new fad
''OId attractions getting worn out?" asked
the agent
Yes: they don't draw as they used to-
answered the manager. AS a matter or
fact the public is getting very particular
and somewhat blase. 1t takes absolute
novelty TO rouse it to a point where there
is really any money in catering to its
wants in the amusement line. We must
find new variety star.
woman. I suppose?" suggested ths
agent.
"Of course"
French preferred?"
Naturally. We must have cafe chant
ant on the bills or il wouldn't draw any
kind of a house.
well l think l know where We can gel
just what we want said the agent. I've
seen her. and she's right clever"
That's good. but not absolutely essen
tiaI." commented the manager
She has an excellent voice. too
well. that won't do any Earm.'
Sings with fine expression
THAT'S better. y great deal depends
upon the infection Of the voice and the
gestures
"And dances WELL
Better yet"
''She has pretty face"
'"That'H help a good deal
And a splendid ngure-
Now you're getting to the really I'M
portant feature. Under a real good French
name, properly advertised. she ought to
make a hit
Then. she dresses beauti-''
''She what"
Dresses.
Shell have to give mp that pernicious
habit il she wants TO be a success in
metropolitan concert hall al the present
time. unIess-WsII. OF course, il her songs
and gestures are particularly risque she
dress hut it's better not to take any
chances of jeopardizing the success OF the
whole entertainment"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-09

had just as well commence to prepare for
the obssQuisS They went riding the other
day, and. for the purpose of keeping warm.
put lighted kerosene lamp beneath the
buggy seat. At the first jolt in the road
the lamp exploded, the buggy was burned
up, the horse ran away and killed himself
in q wire fence. and both of the people
were banged up considerably when they lit.
George NJ Munger the Greenwood IauH-
Cry king. denies that No Is a candidate for
United States senator very much after the
fashion of Miss Amanda SNOWFALL who de-
ciared TO her sweetheart: You can't kiss
me. nigsah, less you's stronger'n I is
an the Lawd knows you is,''
According to the Hiawatha World. there
IS = Norwegian girl in Brown county who
personally knows DR.. Nansen, the new
famous Arctic explorer. He lived in the
eldest looking house across the street from
the place where she worked, a mile and a
half from Christiania, in the old country
He came occasionally to see her employer
The girl. herself. has been at his house.
She says il is nicely furnished and is
heated by big wood fires in open CRATES.
Mrs. NauSen * a fine musician and gives
concerts. DR.. NanSen is an athlete. He
hunts or walks each day. Mrs. Nansen
sometimes accompanies him. In winter
they 90 On their snowshoes over the snow
long distance into the country. DIR. Nan
sens countrymen are very proud of him.
They flock to see his ship. the Franz by
the hundred every time it arrives in port.
He has q great many CurioSities TO exhibit
and the people willingly pay - cents TO go
on board. This money is used in fitting
out his expeditions. Dr. Nansen is nOt
much over 50 years old. is tall and strong,
and dresses in gray. His wife is pleasant
but not pretty. They have one child.
named Lir. who promises to become 4
musician. Mrs. Nansen did not accompany
the doctor on his late trip because she
thought it best not TO leave the child. DIR.
Nanssn carried with him a phonograph in
which his wife had sung his favoTite songs
to cheer him. This is in brief the story the
Brown county girl tells.