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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
ON A POST HOLE.
A Pennsylvania Girl Sat for Three
Hours to Block Fence
building.

In response to a demand from Joseph
Barton for police protection. Chief of Po-
lice Johnson of Stockton, near Philadelphia.
accompanied him to his residence.
II want that young woman removed"
said Barton.
He pointed to Miss Lille Price. the come
ly daughter of his next door n%eighbor. who
was calmly seated over a post-hole on the
line dividing the two properties.
gave me permission to leave" said the
girl.
benjamin Price and Joseph Barton own
adjoining properties. Each had 4 separate
surveyor to run the line of his property.
but these lines differ by about ten feet.
According to one survey Prices barn is
alleged TO be about seven inches on Bar
tons lot. and the other survey reverses
this location.
Barton started to put up 4 fence on the
line run by his surveyor. Mrs. Price. in the
absence of her husband. reS0rted to strate-
gy. She seated her daughter over the post
hole and blocked the building of the fence.
The chief of police. after vainly endeavor-
ing to bring about Il compromise. left the
scene without disturbing Miss Price. After
sitting over the pCst-hole for three hours
the young lady became chilled to the bone.
She went to the house TO get warm and
Barton promptly planted a post in the hole.
The contest will be settled in the courts.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
The DEVIL GOES TO CHURCH
FEARFUL PANIC IN 4 CANADIAN
MEETING HOUSE.
1t Was an Awful AppnritiOn That
They Saw-PnstOr Preached, the
Devil Exhibited Himself and
Suddenly Disappeared.

From the Buffalo Express.
y very strange thing occurred at a Horn
critic meeting at the meeting house Of
hat sect, situated seven miles north OF
Madoc. known as McCoy's. near Tweed.
Ont. The night of the occurrence was
dark and dismal, and ono we'll calculated
to strike terror into the stoutest hearts
upon the slightest cause for alarm.
The people came as usual to their place
of meeting, an old wooden building,
through the cracks and c~revices of which
the wind blew with many a ghostly and
weird sound. and as they gathered together
there seemed an indescribable something
about the place which they knew not. but
which created an uneasy. restless feeling
about them. impossible 20 describe.
As the meeting progressed. and as the
preacher arrived at that part of his dis
course in which he had occasion to speak
of the devil, there arose Immediately IN
their midst. through and from beneathi the
floor. a specter so awful in appearances
that the audience and the preacher alike
were wholly paralyZed with fear. The lat
ter had hardly ceased speaking when there
rang out a voice terrible to hear:
= am the devil. III have YOU Ha, ha,
ha."
Fiery Devil.
Fire issued from the mouth and nostrils.
He need not have proclaimed himself. for
from his appearance his identification was
an easy matter. He is described as having
two horns, one %protruding from either side
of the head, n cloven foot and n cianking
chain. two flaming eyes like balls of fire
and Il large appendage at the rear. His
ears We're perpendicular and pointed at the
top. and a fiery blaze encircled his whole
body and head. His figure was tall and
slim and his position erect, and when he
spoke the building shook as If by an earth
quake. He had not yet ceased his sardonic
'Ha, ha," when the terrified people and
preacher rushed pellmell for the door. over
seats and one another in their frantic en-
deavors to rid themselves of so awful u
presence. Following them closely. this
fiery tiend's sardOnic voice was again heard
and seemed more terrible than before Il
am the devil. III have You. Ha, ha, ha."
No further warning was needed. The ,er-
riiied people fled in all directions, leaving
his satanic majesty in full possession OF
their meeting place.
So fully convinced are these people that
they saw The devil that they have abandon
ed the building. and no meetings have been
held there since 1t is also said that L
HOrnerite will now travel several miles
around rather than pass by IT,
1t is said that the affair is a practical
joke concocted by some young men in this
section. The pastor and member of the
congregation. however. refuse to believe
this. In their belief they are upheld by
the larger part of the countryside.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

Unalaska. nearly 1900 miles from Seattle.
Is equipped by the bounty of the United
States with IN excellent school, where
Aleut girls and boys are given thorough in
Struction in the rudiments of an education.
The work is entrusted to Miss NJ Elizabeth
Mellor, who has taught for two years AZ
tnalaSka. Now she is assisted by her SIS
ter. Miss Ada Mellor. the school having
grown so rapidly as 10 require two teachers.
Both young ladies claim brooklyn. \. Y.
has lust completed a course in kinder
gardening at Chicago. I'VE apply the prin-
ciples of the kindergarten and make them
the basis of all our endeavorS to teach the
Aleuts," says Miss McllOr. The children
are exceedingly docile and quick TO learn.
and cause almost no trouble at all me
girls in particular are bright They are
StudiouS and remember exceedingly Well
Strangers at Unalaska and Dutch Harhor
rarely fail to visit the government school,
and they are always more than repaid for
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

III INC tplIllltL l!le
American schooner Royal Savage was dis
abled, and, to prevent her falling into the
hands of the enemy, General Arnold or
dered her beached and set on fire. The
vessel sank in some twenty-five feet of
water off the southwest corner of the
Island of Valcour and but a short distance
from the shore. at a place about eight
miles south of Plattsburg, n. y.
over fifty years ago people In the vicin-
ity commenced taking out pieces of timber
from the wreck of the Royal Savage.
which We're used chiefly In the manufac-
ture of walking sticks. AS the timber was
usually filled with bolts, spikes and nails.
Il large portion of the wood recovered
could not be used for the purpose for
which it was obtained. and undoubtedly
many sticks We're thrown away and lost.
of late years the wood has become scarce.
the only portion of the vessel remaining at
present being the bottom. which is covered
with the stone ballast.
From q portion of the wreck n gavel
was made with this inscription engraved
Wood from the American schooner
Royal Savage, sun at the battle of VAL
cour. October II. 1876"
While Vice President Hobart was at the
Hotel Champaign last summer the .Savel
was presented to him. He assured the
donor h he would open the next session
of the senate with it and also generously
promised the giver that il he ever became
vice president he would return 1t to him.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
How He Regards Religion.

Albania embraces a part of the ancient
Epirus and extends along the shores of the
AGriatic to the west OF Macedonia, north
ward from the Gulf of Aria and the north
ern boundary of Greece to the c~onjoint
boundaries of Montenegro and Servia. 1t
has a large Greek population and a consid-
cradle Turkish population. which trade and
till the soil while the Albanian plays the
part of the brigand and the man of lei
sure.
Most of the brigandage which made trav-
cling so precarious in northern Greece up
banians. When the Albanian turned pessi-
mist and talked of rebellion the pasha
said: "oh; make a journey into Greece and
rob somebody" The travellers and the
Greek peasant were sure TO suffer.
The Albanian is fond of religion in gen.
eral. but he doesn't allow it to interfere
in favor of no particular kind. He makes
the sign of the cross in the Greek ortho-
doX church and nrays in the mosque with
equal facility and staggering grace-at-
clothes are in good condition. When they
are not he sinks away to the mountains
to make 4 few collars after his own fash
ion
lie dotes en- n silk cap which he wears
on the side of his head in the jaunty style
of Tommy Atkins. in a silk embroidered
| waistcoat. in a long silver chain around his
neck. in an sword, in a silver
handled dagger peeping out of his belt. in
big plated petticoats and tasseled shoes.
When he has made Il coup he hurrieS away
to town to array himself in this gorgeous
attire and Swagger about the streets.
Unlike the Greek he is no chatterer, and
is not given 10 discrimination. He carries
his head in the air, is solemn, stately and
graceful. Despising work. particularly
trade. liking a fight. proud of being Il rob-
Der. he has no need of falsehood except to
eXaggerate his exploits Certainly he is Il
better fighter than the Greek. as he ought
to be. because fighting is his business.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
At Their Old Game.

This is the same old trick that they play
ed on Philip of Macedon, the Corsairs, and
on all the recorded rulers of the Orient.
There is no Oriental war ON record in
which they have not played 4 part es paid
soldiers. They marched with Alexander to
his ~conquests, with the Turks to the walls
of Vienna, and played an important part in
the late Greco-Turkish war. They We're
numerous among the ancient JaniZaries,
and they are to be found serving in the
Turkish army in all parts OF the sultan'S
empire to-day.
When Philip of Macedon started out to
conquer them he found 4 tougher job than
he had expected on his hands. After 4
great deal of fighting and he had come
to admit their courage, they sent him a
message something like this:
I'VE will let You come and rule us. and
we will fight for you if you will give us
nice. shiny breastplates, silver-handled
daSgers, mistresses, lots to eat and good
pay"
SO a bargain was struck. luckily for
Philips son, Alexander. who made such
knew it. The Albanian's attitude has been
the same toward all conquerorS ever since.
AT first the Turks. when they We're advance
ing westward in their career or conquest.
were determined not 10 make the old-fash-
toned terms with the Albaniaus. But the
AlbanianS defended their mountain fast
nesSes so cieverly that in the end the AL
banians got about the best terms they had
ever had.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
FACTS ABOUT %LOvEMAKING.
An Englfshman Has Collected Some
Figures That Go to Prove
Various Things.

An English scholar has been collecting
statistics in regard to the name in which
men and women make love to each other,
He informs the world, says the San Fran
cisco A%rgonaut, that the lumber of young
Englishmen who embrace their sweet
hearts at the momen when they are in
yiting them to become their wives amounts
to &c per cent.
On the other hand, g. per cent of the men
in love kiss their sweethearts on the lips
at the critical moment while 4 per cent
shower kisses on their hair and 2 per
cent content themselves with kissing their
hands. AT one time it was the fashion
for love intoxicated youths to fall on their
knees when about to make proposals of
marriage. but this fashion is evidently dy-
ing ont. for we are assured that only 3 per
cent of those, in love at present fall on
sue for the lady's favor on both knees.
A curious reason has been assigned for
the decadence of this chivalrous custom.
which is that of late years the neither
| garments of males have been so conctruct-
ed that It is rather risky for any man
to flop down suddenly on his knees in a
lady's presence.
On the other hand. wooers of to-day
seem to be far more nervous than the
| gallant men who wooed and won "A CEN
fury ago. Twenty per cent of the English
lovers of to-day are awfully nervous when
the decisive moment comes. The behavior
OF the young woman Is similarly remark
able. When the men invite them to share
their homes e~ighty-one out of every 100
fall without a word into the cutspread
arms of their chosen ones. 6S per cent
blush very becomingly and in maidenly
fashion shrink away, as though fright
ened at their companion's holiness: one
less, says our English statistician. falls on
a sofa as if about to faint. and 4 per cent
are really astonished at receiving propo-
sails of marriage. On the other hand. eigh-
~ 01lf nf every 1t know very wp1l urhDf
the men have come for, and hence behave
just as they should on such a momentous
their wooers boldly in the eyes. Curious
facts these. but the most curious fact
of all is that one maiden out of every
100 runs away before the young man has
object of telling the good news to her
girl friends.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

He Comes From Bombay to Acquaint Us With the Hindoo RELIGION
Points of the Faith He Processes.

virchand R. Gandhi, of Bombay. secreta-
~ of the Jain Association, an Indian relig-
ious body. said to have more than $1,000
members. is now in America. This is his
second visit. The first was when he was a
delegate to the Worlds Parliament of Re-
ligions. He is called the Star of jain
ism"
The object OF Mr.. Gandhi's first visit was
TO acquaint the American people with the
Hindoo religion and metaphysics in their
authentic form. He asserts that heretofore
Occidental peoples have only known ORR
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
NOBLEMAN AS A TRAMP.
STRANGE CAREER OF COUNT ROCCO
DIaNoyICH OF AUSTRIA.
He Boasts That He Has Been in More
JaiIs and Pcnitentiaries Than Any
Other Living Man-Expects to
Write Of His Experiences.

Count Rocco Dianovich. OF Austria, who
has for thirty-four years been a globe
%trotter. boasts that he has been an inmate
Of more jails and penitentiaries through
out the world than any other living man.
He makes a speciality of jails and PEN
itentiaries. and says the latter in the
United States are the cleancst. best kept,
most sanitary and regulated in the most
humane way of any in the universe. His
experiences he will put into n book. He
has been keeping q notebook for more
than thirty years, but not a single page
Of manuscript has he as yet turned out
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
Magnetic Kissing Tunnel.

Mcdowell county. ". Va. is the proud
pOssessor of Il magnetic and kissing tunnel
which may Yet become more famed than
the Blarney stone OF the Emerald isle.
This modern wonder is a tunnel on the
Norfolk x Western railway, between
Rodertield and Haiisville.
1t is cut through solid rock. which is
highly charged with magnetism and it
is told as an actual fact that lovesick lads
and laSSies. Old bachelors and old maids
and married folks who have become es-
traused when passing through this tunnel
find they cannot resist, the peculiar mag
netic influence and repeatedly participate
In osculatory exercise.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
The Origin of Puppet Shows,

From Harper's Magazine for December.
The puppet show is such an ancient in
stitution and has been popular in so many
countries that its origin is quite obscured
by the mists of antiquity. Antiquaries with
ethnoiogical spectacles have peered into
ton between the puppet show and relig-
ious observances; they have established the
fact that dolls and m~arionettes are close
~ related. and even advanced the theory
That the shadow puppets. used in many
lands. denote a time when all the people
saw of religious ceremonies was the shad-
walls of the sacred tent.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
She Was Badly Disabled.
.rnm Harper's Magazine.

From Harper's Magazine.
4 lawyer, having some papers to be ex-
ecuted by an old Irishwoman. went to her
house one morning for her signature. Or
his arrival he requested her to sign her
name here" indicating the spot
Och said she. with a bland smile. you
sign it for me, for sure, since l lost me
glasses l can't write"
We'll, how do you spell your name, Mrs.
So"
Martha, dear she cried. come here
directly and shpell me name for the gin
tleman, for sure. since l lost me teeth ]
a shpell a word"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

ing" painted in 1861. She afterward mar
ried a viIlaser named Marier and it was
many French. English and American peo-
pie who had made art p~ilgrimages to Mil
lets home since his death in 1879.
During the last year of her life she had
been ill almost continually. though shs
vas always willing to receive her visit
crs. with whom she was delighted to tall;
about Millet and to testify to his many
kirGnesses. The sketch published with
Ibis was made last August
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

entail thought and belief in part. and that
as a result the latter nave been found I'M
suitable for Western minds. 1t is. how
ever. only the Yedantc system which has
been studied outside of the East and Mr..
Gandhi believes that when Oriental relig-
ION is presented, Invested of the narrowing
Influences which the Nedantists and other
sects have imposed upon II. the result will
be a revelation TO the peoples of the West.
1t is partly TO continue this work that
Mr.. Gandhi'S present visit has been made.
Rut he has another and possibly more i'm
portant object. When he was here for the
first time he was deeply impressed by the
system of common schools In TINS coun-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

and Revolutionary
~history-Lake Cham
plain. The first ma
val conflict worthy
the name in the Rev
olution was fought
on Lake Champlain
that of the battle of
NalcOur. October IL,
11.6.
Al the battle of
Valcour General Ben
edict Arnold, in COM
mand of four schoon-
erS. one Sloop. one
cutter. three galleys
and eight S~ondolas.
attacked a British
squadron consisting
of one ship. two
S%ChoonerS. one bat
teau. one gondola and
twenty g%unboats, four
long boats and twen-
ty-four boats with
provisions. all com
manded by Captain
Thomas Pringle. with
the title Of Commo-
dore. The British
were successful.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

Twenty-Five years ago Mrs. Sarah Robin
son came to this country from Poland. She
was one of the old inhabitants of Chrystie
street. New York. She was educated and
refined. Other women looked up to her.
All her relatives were gone to the grave
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
or their favorite pastime. They prefer rob,

They take to rebellion only when the
ranks of b~rigandage are o~vercrowded.
They don't care much vino rules them so
long as they AVE ~gunpowder and pay.
This little shindig which they are now Civ
ing the sultan is merely 4 process of
holding him up. They want him to take
them on as paid soldiers.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
HIS REBELLIOUS SUBJECTS.
ALBANIANS THE LATEST TO PRO-
TEST FORCIBLY.
They Are RascaIs Always-Hnve Been
of Fortune Since the
Days of Philip of Macedon-
They do" Everybody.

Frederick Palmer, in writing of the AL
barians. who. according to recent cable
dispatches. are up in arms against the
sultan. says:
The Albanians are possibly the most in
teresting collection of rascals in the ORR
ent. They haven't done any work for
$500 years. and In that time they have
it is estimated. participated in at least
800 revolts. Rebellion is not their business,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
GAVEL OF HISTORIC WOOD.
1t Is the One With Which Vice Presi-
dent b Opened the

The gavel with which Vice President
Hobart opened this session of the United
States senate Monday comes from q
part of the United States rich in colonial
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
New but Effective Method,

From the Detroit Free Press.
How did her father strike you whei
you called on him.
First with his left and then with al
umbrella"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
His Most Priced Possession.

He treats his wife with n contempt out
done only in the most barbarous countries.
What is she good for? She can't shoot?'
he asks naively. The first thing he longs
for and the last thing he gives up in the
world is n rifle. In want of a donkey his
wife or daughter is the family pack horse.
She does the drudge-y at home while he is
off seeking somebody to rob. Finally ii
is she who washes the yards upon yards
of cotton cloth which constitutes his gay
and picturesque 'petticoat.'
He is forever talking about achieving his
independence. When Ethan Pasha began
concentrating troops in Elassona. some two
months before the outbreak of the lare
Greco-Turkish war. the Albanian mercen'
aries saw their opportunity. They mU,
tinted on Che march to Elassona. and sale
they wouldn't serve any longer unless they
received the arrears in pay due them
Edham advanced them some money OF
condition that they would keep the secret
from the other unpaid soldiers, and a com
promise was patched up.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
sultan Has Downed EN-.

The Greeks were persuaded that, at least,
the militant Albanians not in the Turkish
army, of whom they We're a large number.
welcoming the opportunity to overthrow
Turkish rule. would become a powerful
auxiliary force to the Greek army. Ac-
cordinSly. the Greek national society fur
niihed Albanian chieftainS with consider
able sums of money 10 organize guerrilla
bands to operate against Edham Pasha's
army
The chieftains bought new petticoats and
daggers, ard had a grand swagger for Il
month. When they had got all they could
out of the Greeks and hostilities began,
they concluded that Turkish p~artisanship
would offer a larger reward in the near
future.
Now that the sultan is a victor. the gay
villains have concluded TO hold him up for
| a share of the spoils in their orthodox
| style. The sultan must think this truly I'M
grateful of them. when he has succeeded
is so delimiting Greek territory that brig
and excursions into Thessaly from Tur-
| key will again be practicable.