Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19

At convivial Republican gatherings dur
ing the last session of congress a quartetts
of national legislators used to contribute
much harmony and enjoyment The four
are now getting into trim again. and Will
doubtless be frequently heard before ad-
Scrr.ment The imperturbabie Represent
alive Quigg, of New York. will supply
the soprano. or high tenor. part: Repre-
sentative Tawney. of Minnesota. who be-
gan life as a blacksmith's apprentice and
is now regarded as one of the stanch leg
~islators of that state. will supply the Sec
ond tenor: the bassos will be Bob Cou-
sins. of the Fifth Iowa district, and AL
Cooper, of the First Wisconsin.
An Episcopal rector in New York has de-
cfded TO try a. novel experiment. He pro-
poses to reach the hearts of the young peo-
pie of his congregation through their feet
instead of through their ears. To be clear
er. he has announced that he will start L
dancing class in connection with his church.
and that he will teach the young idea how
10 handle their neither limbs for the small
sum of 6 cents a lesson. He made this
startling announcement to his Bible class
Sunday. and 1t is scarcely necessary to
state that II has caused Il mild sensation:
but thedancinG parson is going right ahead.
and he will begin his unique revival with 4
class of forty boys and girls.
The dead letter office had its annual sale
last week. The missent packages which
have no mark of identification TO enable
the department to forward them to the
parties they We're designed for or return
them TO the sender were sold at public auc-
ton. There We're 2.76S packages OF miseel-
Ianeous articles, 95i books and 2o5 packages
of jewelry scheduled for sale. The pack
ages of miscellaneous articles Were mostly
gloves, articles of baby wear. and ladies'
toilet articles. but there We're found in the
list everything from a ladies' handkerchief
to Il horned toad.
At a New England society dinner some
years ago. Mark Twain had just finished i
piquant address. when MIR. Evarts arose.
showed both of his hands down into his
| trousers pockets. as was his habit. and
laughinGly remarked. Doesn't 1t strike
| this company as Il little unusual that a pro-
f~essionaI humorist should be funny" Mark.
Twain waited till the laughter excited by
his sally had subsidized. and then drawled
out: Doesn't it strike this company as u
Tttle unusual that Il lawyer should nave
his hands in his own pockets2"
There recently arrived in Christiania a
German circus called LIE Cirque du Nord. at
which a clown impersonated DIR. Ibsen in
n very comic manner The great pessimisr
! strongly objected to this violation of in
dividuality.' and got more than one editor
to protest in his name. but it was without
! avail. and crowds still visited the Cirque
du Nord to see the pseudo-Ibsen, whose
appearance and antics were greeted with
roars of laughter.
Dean Farrar. In his "Reminiscences"
says that the first proofs of Dean STAN
ley's Sinai and Palestine" informed tho
reader that from the monastery of Sinai
| was visible the horn of the burning
BEAST" This was a fearfully apocaIyptic
: nightmare of the printers devil for "the
horizon of the Burning Bush" The orig
inal proof sheets also stated that on turn
ing the shoulder of Mount Oiivet in tho
walk from Bethany. there suddenly burst
upon the spectator 4 magnificent view Of
! JoneS!'