The herald., 1897-03-15
Never Close
STARBEAMS

There was a good. wholesome omen
in President McKinley's order for
plate of corn beef hash in the senate
room after his Inauguration.
Secretary Alger. having some inter-
ests In Kansas City. will be disposed
to look we'll after the coast defenses Of
the Kansas and Missouri rivers.
The opinion vouchsafed by Louise
Bryson, M. D., In a Boston paper, that
1t Is dangerous for husbands to kiss
their babies. appears to demand ampli-
fcation.
One of the richest brides in Cleveland,
O., has sued for a divorce and no cause
for the disagreement can be surmised
excepting the circumstance that the
husband is an author.
After q clever and successful adapta-
tion Of four evening gowns to twenty
one dancing parties a certain kansas
City society woman was ready to nail
Lent with genuine religious fsrvor.
A Kansas City woman was somewhat
concerned as to what she ought to DO
In the way Of Lenten penance, when a
family moved into the fleighborhooo
with dog that barks all night.
Native violets, which are single. are
more fragrant than any other variety,
but the double ones, known as French
violets, cost twice as much, and are.
therefore, preferred by the majority of
women.
A Kansas City grain merchant buys
the War Cry regularly now-a-days. ne
explains that the price OF cereals would
be greatly affected by any belugsrent
movement in Europe OF the western
hemisphere.
Owing to many unreasonable com
plants a postofhce omcial has louno y
xx.lx ~ n yne
United States mail Is Indifferent to low
ers and that delayed letters are not
withheld out Of malice.
II is believed that President Mckinley
| Is too good a son himself to put himseiI
| out Of the way to give an ONCE to Ar
| thur Sewall, who made great point OF
opposing his father for vice-pres1dent
| In the last campaign.
Miss Mary French Field says that her
father didn't make cent out OF MS
popular poem, "A Little Peach IN an
Orchard Grew" Herbert smltn; soe .me
man. who set 1t to music, realized $50,
while the publishers Of the song cleared
| $4,000.
An east side young woman who mas
| made a study of mustaches says the
| wearing of them Is SO universal Una,
one would suppose they never serveo
| a special purpose. However, tney orls-
| mated several centuries ago ana mao q
highly Significant meaning for awnlle'
| For a long time the Moors were IN pos
session of Spadn, but were finally driven
ont bv the Christians. The Moore be-
lieved in mmedaniem, and, nav
ing made many converts. 1t was not al
ways easy to distinguish q Mohamme-
dan from q Christian. There were con.
slant conflicts between both SIDES ano
the latter decided to adopt sign ny
which they could be readily identlneo
They let the hair grow on the uppeI
as possible, the form OF cross. ana ~
| that way they were able to recognize
each other at all times and mock TO-
gether In periods Of danger.
One day last week MrS. Mary Ann
| Reed died at the retreat for the insane
at Hartford. Conn, at the age OF w.
having been an inmate OF that ins1ltu-
tion for fifty-three years. she was tne
| Little Lady referred to by Dickens
! IN hts American Notes. AZ he narrated
| his interview with her. she skipped up
| to him and said, '' am an anteoaiu-
Wan. sir thought the best thing 20
saw was that l had suspected as mucn
| from the first Therefore l SAID SO. I!
is an extremely proud and pleasan!
thing, sir. to be an antediluvlan, saio
the old lady. I should think IT was
| =.
her hand, gave another skip. smirked
and sacled down the gallery In a most
extraordinary manner: Her deiusion
wac a plea MT one, and she was always
amIabie and docile." It is quite posi-
bic that Dickens found in Mrs. Reed
the suggestion for his character Of little
Mics Elite IN s.ssa .sa,n thsrs U was a strii.. i
ingly strong resemblance.
They are going to tunnel Pixies Peak
Such an announcement can in our age
be made with confidence. There Wal
time when, for all that we hear OF the
engineering capability Of the ancients
no such work would have been though1
i Of, much less Attempted. But nobody
doubts the possibiNty Of making tht
tunnel under Pixies Peak, twenty ni:ss---
long. 7o00 feet beneath the surface. ant
large enough 70 admit ana pass th'
est work Of the kind In the world, bu
the matter Of pe6Dibiiity y not even {
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