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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
High Priced AnnIea.

Some time ago John D.. Rockefeller In
passing through Buffalo. N. Y. learned
that n dealer in the Elk street market had
Il small lot OF about the finest apples ever
put on sale. Rockefeller stopped Off. hunt
ed up the dealer. and astonished him by
taking the apples at 81 Il barrel.
When the dealer recovered from his SIR
prise he set about keeping the trade in
sight. He was not long in discovering that
at least = portion of New Works wealthy
men were willing to pay bonanza prices for
catables that were of a grade above the
ordinary market run
Early this fall he conceived the idea OF
stimulating home palates also. and made
a trip through Vermont, where ne bourhr
quantities of apples. hoping to ship them to
Western New York, which is bare of this
fruit this year: but a canvas OF the situa-
ton convinced him that the metropolis was
the market for his apples. and the bAst OF
them went TO New York and Boston.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

Angora breed obtained an average of thir-
~ ounces instead of three ounces of equal
ly fine wool.
There is no doubt that the valuable
.~long-wool' goats could be bred in Eng
land as successfully as they are in the
United States, Cape Colony and Australia
pertinent assured. Recent experiments in
acclimatizing the vicuna, n small alpaca,
in France have met with considerable sue
cess. and both the Cashmere and Angora
goats were found to do well on the Swiss
Alps, though as they gave no milk they
were not popular with the farmer.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
Exhibited in Willfmnntic.

Neal took the white deer in triumph to
Willimantic. the nearest town, where it
ives exhibited.
A most disguised man, when the deer was
brought in by Neal, was a New York
sportsman who had been at the Lake hotel
for several weeks. In the last ten days
he has fired at thirty-two deer without
touching one. He gets buck fever relig-
iously as soon as any one ever whispers
deer" but he is game and has sworn
that he will stay till he gets two, even if
he has to remain until January /.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
Champion woodchuck ki,l,r

Howard Capwell. of Factoryville. Pa.
is the proud owner of n dog that has
made. himself a record during the past
equaled in the state. The dog is of the
ordinary mongrel type. hut has more than
ordinary fondness for killing woodchucks.
He has Killed over seventy of these ami
mails in the past season and has devoured
them all. This is an average of a wood
chuck every twenty-four hours during the
open season.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

The other deer were white with irregular
spottings of red.
Neal determined to get the buck, and
tried desperately to crawl within rifle shot.
But the grand animal was alert and suspi-
cious and kept so far aloof from possible
cover that it was impossible to approach
near enough. At last, finding that the big
the air in his direction. the guide decided
that delay would result only in the alarm
of the herd and regretfully gave up his
attempt on the life of the leader.
He picked the deer nearest to him and
Knocked 1t over with one shot. The rest
fed SO swiftly that he got no chance for a
second fire.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

gage car" shouted the man, land I guess
yCu'n have to see to it."
DR.. Locke followed the brakeman to the
baggage car. and there. In the intersticeS
of some trunks and boxes. two glittering
green eyes were perceptible. On the floor,
wild with excitement. two hunting dogs
wer. leaping and baying and making fran
tic efforts to reach their enemy. DIR. Locke
told the man to catch the cat and box it
again with excessive care. Then. press
ing a half dollar into his hand. fled to the
parlor car.
AT the next long stop the reverend dec
tor stepped on the platform for an airing
and walked down to see if the cat had
been successfully reincarcerated A group
of men were talking in front of the bag
gage car. The doctor approached and
found the brakeman the center of attrac-
ton and emphatically declaring that he
never in his life did see such a devil cat
as that yeller cat of DIR. Locke's."
DIR. Locke turned away. ponderinG deep
". for the mild. well-mannered grimalkin
that Mrs. Locke had shipped to Chicago
was gray.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
The Bermuda Lobster.
Bat Disturbs Worshipers,

A few evenings since a bat flew into
a church ut Scranton. Pa. while a mis-
sionary was preaching a sermon. In the
midst of the most impressive passage the
bat flew at the missionary and became en-
tangled in the preachers long beard. Some
of the women became excited and began ia
shout. and the deacons threw the collection
baskets at the intruder as it sailed about
the audience room. The service was
stopped. and when the lights We're turned
off the winged mouse escaped.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
A sparrow with Two Heads.

Two-headed animals are common
enough. but Il two-headed bird has never
come TO light till recently. The freak. a
two-headed English sparrow. well-devel-
oped and about a year old. was shot by
the son of w. L.. Morris, of 1915 Frank
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
WHITE DEER is KILLED.
NEAL, A NOTED MAINE GUIDE, Is
THE LUCKY MAN.
Tracked n Herd of Them-Couldn't
Get n Shot at the Leader. n Mag
nifcent Buck, but Got One
Specimen, Anyhow.

At last q white deer has been killed in
Maine. Many times in past years. and par
ticularly in the last few months, hunters
nave reported seeing one or more of these
animals. but few ever succeeded in getting
a shot at one. So elusive We're they that
not many people believed the stories. A
few days ago., however. one of the noted
guides of the state. Dan Neal, not only
tracked and located an entire herd, but
succeeded in killing one handsome speci-
men.
Neal had been out for days in the woods
looking for signs in preparation for a hunt
ing party which he was TO guide to deer
grounds. He had worked his way to a
famous locality for moose and deer, known
as the Buttermilk ponds. lying in Piscat-
Long and Sheep ponds. In the woods on
the edge of one of the ponds he struck the
trail of a good herd and followed it.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
Utterly Hopeless.

From the Detroit Free Press.
ITS all off. darling groaned the dis
consolat lover,
No. Did papa refuse his consent?'
Practically. He said that I might have
you when / had earned and saved 1000.
He's a monster. Annie"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
Tn. Miner Who Returns.

From the ST. Louis Globe-Dsmocrat.
The Klondiker who returns with s4.Ooa in
gold dust usually estimates the claim left
behind at sSstnTo. II is we'll to keep these
assets in a separate class.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

There We're Oihcra.

From the Philadelphia North American.
II get tired writing jokes day after day"
said the amateur humorist. Don't YOU
care" replied his friend consolinglv.
Think how tired the people are who
read them"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
Arrival of the Brakemnn.

When the journey was half over an ex-
cited brakeman burst into the parIor car.
rs DR.. Locke in this caro- he asked.
DR.. Locke rose with dire forebodings.
THAT cat of yours is loose in the bag
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
For n Flat.

From the Detroit Free Press.
What will you do with your wheels this
winter"
Hang them on the wall: the handlebars
make a lovely hat-rack."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

Jean-"Why do you never speak to Mr..
Outre? He is uncouth. but I feel sure he
is n diamond in the rough Katherine
so do 1. That's why I'm cutting him.
Cincinnati Commercial.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
American Hops.

Twenty years aso German hops. toseth-
er with the English product. ruled the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

lin avenue, Columbus. o. The boys went
out to shoot sparrows for a Thanksgiv-
ing sparrow pie. and the pathological
freak was among the bag. 1t is at pres
ent in the hands of a taXidermist, who
rronounces 1t the first two-headed spar
row on record.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

She-"Did you see that bird of paradise
on Mrs. Styles hat at the theater last
night" He-"That wasn't what the fell
low who sat behind her called it."-Yon-
kers Statesman.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
Tried for the Buck.

At last he sighted them and saw what he
never had seen before, old woodsman that
he is. Before hin there browsed, not one,
but a half dozen of the famous white deer.
They We're led by a magnificent antlered
buck whose pelt was a pure snowy white
without a spot OF any other color on it.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
Mrs. Elias Cat Tobey.

Mr.. n Mrs. John w. Ella are the pos
SCISSORS of a fine white cat of the Maine
Angora variety. which answers to the
name Tobey. Tobey has a leonine head.
massive shoulders. and Il supple. athletic
body inherited from a long line of arboreal.
'possum ancestors: at least. 1t had an ath-
letic build-but that Is the story.
Some time ago Tobey was stricken with
pneumonia and Mrs. Ella not only called
physicians for the animal. but herself min
istered to its wants with the devotion of
a trained nurse. Tobey overcame the dis
ease at length and was soon recovering
strength under a comfortable regimen Of
chopped beefsteak and cream three times
a day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ella then went South for a
few months. commencing Tobey to the
care of trusted servants. on their return.
instead of the gladstone Tobey bounding
to them with loud purrs of greeting. a huge
white animated roll of fur dragged itself
in with 4 blase air and sat stolidly looking
about.
1t was Tobey.
The beautiful. graceful body had assumed
aldermanic proportions and the whilom
massive head appeared like that of a kit
ten in proportion.
The secret of Tobey's ~embonpoint was
had been continued for three months by
the caretakers. Needless to say Tobey was
soon banting on lean meat and milk. and
in n short time was again the Tobey of
the past.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
Boston n Cat Heaven.

Eostonians are great cat lovers, and n
prominent woman of Chicago tells the fol-
lowing instance of devotion to the race
which she observed on n recent visit there.
One day while walking on Il thorough
fare She noticed a crowd round a small
Shop. The people were all looking at
something with great interest and there
WAS a continued going and coming. Her
curiosity aroused. she waited until the
crowd thinned n little and saw. seated on
the doorstep a huge tortoise shell cat with
great. green eyes.
I'm sorry you're so late. ma'am,' said
It's master. the proprietor of the shop.
He won't shake hands with YOU to-day.
An hour a day is all he'll do"
While walking through n suburb of Bos-
ten the same Chicago woman saw a mid
dleased woman sitting in the garden In
frcnt of her cottage with n large cat slunS
about her neck very much as fox-boa are
wcrn. head and all. She thought that 1t
might possibly be q cat-boa. and was so
sta1tled at seeing the tail move that she
SPOKE to the woman.
II alluZ wears him when I W. the
rheumatic in my shoulder" the woman
said in reply to the question.
Returning to Boston in a train the Chi
cage woman counted no less than four
people who were carrying pet cats in bas-
kets. bags and arms.
Mrs. James l.. High brought a fine speci-
men of the Maltese Angora from Maine
three years ago. which speedily became a
great pet: Its Intelligence and sweetness
of disposition were unsurpassed. Unfortu-
nately Prairie avenue and Twelfth street.
where the High family lives. is infested
by dogs of great ~fierceness. and such is
the mortality among the cats of the neigh
borhoo6 that in n two years residence In
Chicago Kitty High never once was al
lowed outside the house. Thinking that its
health would eventually suffer from such
close confinement. Mrs. High carried it
back to its native Maine woods. where the
femily spends the summer and there it
rcams at its own sweet will in a dogless
paradise.
Most Travelled Cat in Chicago.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

Most Travelled Cat in Chicago.
The most traveled cat in Chicago belongs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-02
DIR. EVANS.
AT GRAMERCY LYCEUM

We are pleased TO announce to the public the return
OF DR., Evans, who for years maintained the highest
reputation for skin In the magnetic art OF healing in
this city, From lHf2 To 1854 Dr. Evans. in his IN.
ostentstIousw way, cured thousands ~ our best citizens,
who were sent to him 10y other practitioner rs being
incur4ile 10y ordinary medical treatment. DR. Evans
has spent the past thirteen years In the cities OF the
Great West, where the press ~ that section has been
unanimous In lauding his wonderful success. The
Doctor Is q gentleman OF education. and is the only
regular physician In the United Statcs-Dr. Evans is
a registered practitioner under the medical laws of
the state Of New H~orE-who possesses the magnetic
gift OF healing TO such an extent that he can go before
au audience and cure or bcncnt every case he treats.
Others may initiate HIM, but none possesses the power
TO cure disease that he does, and. In order 10 prove
this assertion - the public. he has engaged Graimercy
Lyceum. ON pa ST., near 9th av, formerly Roster 4
HiAl's, " here he viii demonstrate the straugest power
ever given TO man every morains from 10 TO II
o'clock for several months To come. commencing oct.
4. Admission and treatment al the Lyceum Is free.
DR.. Evans Is permanently located, AZ West 9Yd 81.
AsArly opposite Waldorf HotSL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-02
A NEW BELGIAN CANAL.
Brussels May Emulate Manchrster and Become
= Fort OF Big ships.

The success Of the Manchester canal has
stimulated Belgium TO think OF a similar enter.
prise for the benefit of Brussels. The Belgian
double the mileage OF internal navigation that
Holland can boast, and six times the European
average. There are twcnty-nine canals. sum
ming up 535 miles Of navigab.c rivers. The
chief canal is from Brussels 10 Charlcroi. forty.
six miles. the toll amounting 10 $1,000 900
yearly and working expenses 81 ,50o.u 900. The
tonnage carried on all the canals is 5000. 900.
The population Of Brussels and suburbs is now
in excess OF 5OU. 600. and is nearly twice as
large a. that OF Antwerp.
The project Of making Brussels n maritime
port includes that Of n basin OF 29,tl2 acres,
quays. Freight accommodations would be pro-
vlded and the port would be equipped with the
latest improvements in the way OF machinery.
Branch lines would lead from the quays to the
channel connecting Brussels. which lies seventy
five miles inland. with the sea, would have
been Thought. half "a century ago. a great piece
Of engineering, but it is less important now
when many of the obstacles 10 such work have
been almost removed. The Sucz Canal is
nincty-two miles long, and some of the older
American cannIS are very much longer, though
tho use of locks diSqual.ilcS them for ships Of
heavy tonnage. The Dr,awdr and Hudson
Canal, connecting Rondout and New York with
peake and Ohio. from Cumberland to Washing
ton. $50; The Ohio Canal. from Cleveland 10
Portsmouth, D., 300: tho Erie Canal, from AL
hany 10 Fuffalo, $50. The stimated cost of
the Brussels Canal il 49,, 900, 900.
The Bclgians, like the Dutch, have long been
known as efficient canal builders. Their cngi.
necrs have TO deal with fiat country. whose
sandy soil Is made firm 10y moisture.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-02
NATIONAL
Debt Statement for Sept. sO-Receipts and
E1psnditures-GoId and silver Coinage.

Debt Statement for Sept. 8O-Receipts ana
E1penditures-Gold and silver Coinage.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-The Indebtedness of
the United States increased 81. 1872. 500 as the
net result of the operations of the Treasury in
September. Understanding obligations were
reduced S1.7lO; misunderstanding obliga-
tions increased $42O,ss3; cash in the Treasury
decreased S3,36s,419. The cash balance. in
cluuing the gold reserve, was S2l5, 1872. 1877,
against $2ls, SCI ,2O6 a month ago.
Treasury receipts in September were: From
Sl2,7o .976: miscellaneous, 81 ,2ss. 900. Total,
$21, 1888, O9s. Expenditures, S25. 36s. $40. In
245 and the expenditures SD.
The gold coinage for September numbered
6l9.24l pieces OF the total value of So. 49,, 1915;
silver, A. 1852 o pieces. value 81 .O50, O92; nick
els and pennies. S.43T, 400 pieces, value S23l,.
9s2. Total coinage, 1920, Sal pieces, value
SlO.0A.4i9.
On Oct. l there was $3.50. 725.491 OF national
bank note circulation outstanding, an increase
since Sept. ! Of $2l6,96T. Since sept. 50 1896,
the circulation has decreased S2,S2G, jSa. The
amount of registered bonds on deposit Oct. l
lie deposits, $l7,043,5o0.
Director of the Mint Preston reported to the
Secretary of the Treasury today that the
amount of gold coin in the United States on
1888; total, $l,3ss.l62,505. On the first
OF July, the amounts were: Gold. S670.G9s,.
Sl4; silver, S52T.Sl2.1ll total, Sl,l9s.5ll.-
O52. Mr.. Preston's quarterly estimate of the
Salue of foreign coins proclaimed by the Sec
rotary shows a reduction in the last quarter all
along the line of silver coins. The average price
OF silver declined in the quarter 4 $40 cents
per ounce fine.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-02
THINGS THAT FISHES EAT.
Some OF the More Curious Items or the AQUA.
rIum'a I'M OF Etrh.

Wheat might not be looked for on q bill of
fare for fishes. but il is among the things regu-
larry fed at the New York Aquarium to GER
tain of the frcsh-watcr fishes. including the
carp. the golden idc. the tcnch, and the gold
fishes. All these fishes in nature feed more or
less on water plants. in some Of which they find
grains or kernels not much unlike wheat grains.
The wheat that is fed is first soaked for a
day or more, which nearly doubles its bulk fed
without soaking il would bc dangerous TO he
fishes. When put into the tank the wheat falls
slowly through the water 10 the bottom. Some
times a fish nlps IA grain out O. il as IL desccnds.
but their common way of eating it is to pick il
up from the bottom; they are all bottom feeders,
As likely as not a fish picks up two or three lit
tie pebbles with the grain OF wheat; If il does,
i, splits The pebbles out.
The fishes seem to chew the wheat, as thcy 90
about working their jaws. hut in reality ihey
do not chcw IL. NJ these fishes have their teeth
in their throat, arranged something like Two
combs set against each other: they grind their
fo"d before swallowing il between these two
rows of teeth.
Wheat is fed three or four times n week, the
stable food being clans and fish. Besides wheat,
corn is given TO them occasionally. and worms
oftcncr, and now and then. for the special dc.
location Of the carp, there are put into their
tank a few leaves OF lettuce or n leaf or two OF
cabbage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-02
BOSTOS,S GREfT TICTORY.
President soden Advocated Clean Rail FROM
the s~tnrt-Rssult. ulE Money.

Ball players in general and patrons OF the
game all over the country are rejoicing over
Boston's success in winning the League cham
pionship. Manager Btrnic and Capt. Griffin Of
the Brooklyns said yesterday that it WAS a vic
tory for clean ball President Freedman was
particularly well pleased and declared that 10
was a Knockout blow for rowdyism and un-
sportsmanlike methods. John NJ. Ward. eI-
manager of the New Works, declared that.
while he had been roofing for the Baltimores
because OF his friendship Tor Ne6 Hanlon, he
could not help ndmiriny the methods employed
by the Bostons throughout the season,
The fair and 1euiirmhnly play Of the new
champions during thu season was directly due
to the ideas OF the famous "i|usiun Trium-
yiratc" aud OF Manager Srl"r, W hen The season
began President So.ua ISSUED orders that The
team saDuld indulge IN no kicking, either at
home or abroad, ana that AT all times the club
would hold the PLAYERS responsible for their
notions. Let Us win the pcT EhRi. II we can,
honestly ami fairly. II we "a upI win under
those oirCunstHn,rs, We don WANT 10 viii AZ
all," were the Brslou nHguhlc's words. AS "A
result. tho public realized lha' lhc games were
beng won by semitic hlll p'aEIu- and moi 10y
Luiii02ins. and the p,ullC tanned UNi 20 such
M extent that the Boston '4uhNil make nearly
SlUu.OO0 This cH,un, clear o. al! cN'enseS-
Cotn ball playing pHEs, ana the nlIslatya ara
already realizing ihal fact,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-02
DECISIONS.
Instructions for Assessing Duty on Bounty
Paid Sugar and on Wrapper Tobacco.

WARRINGTON, Oct. Assistant Secretary
Howell to-day addressed n letter to n firm of
New York importers Announcing the decision
Of the Treasury Department that under the
Dingley law sugars coming from any country
paying no bounties when refined from raw
sugars produced in a bounty. paying country
will be subject to an additional duty equal TO
the bounty paid by the country Of produc-
ing Secretary S~palding to Secretary OF State
sherman asking him TO issue instructions to
Consular officers. that in the preparation Of
their ccrtii ratcs to invoices of sugar they will
einbody the facts necessary to make the pro-
vision effective.
Circular letters were also addressed by Mr..
Howell TO customs officers directing them to
assess for duty. as wrapper tobacco, all
wrappers. whether imported separately or
mixed with filler and tilor tobacco, when
mixed or packed with more than 10, per cent.
OF twSr n ton miSo % pchu.nE a Jnat caM, ufeiS sion
lures as photographic prints and not as toys.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-02
mr.. Baies Appointed surEeon.Geuerai or the
Navy.

WARRINGTON. Oct. president Mckinley
has appointed Medical Director Newton l.
Bates TO be Surgeon General OF the navy and
Chief OF the Bureau OF Medicine and Surgery in
the Navy Department.. DR.. Bates is a longtime
personal friend OF the McKinleys. and is the
family physician al present. having been de-
taI!cd for duty in Washington at the beginning
Of the present Administration. DR.. hates is one
Of the old Ebbitt House friends" that is, one of
was a membe OF Congress. Nearly all OF this
coterie of friends have been substantially re-
memoered by the President since his Inaugural
ton. There has been a pl prolonged contest be-
tween DIR. Bates and the present Surgeon-Gen-
eral. DIR. Tryon. for the honor of the place.
Tryon was heavily backed for reappointment,
but the Presidents personal friendship for DR..
Bates has made him the winner.