Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13
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sports. Ny ne0sw IN Indiana bot hiszelf
a new biSicle and sent me his old one by
rate 6nd i've learned 90 ride sumo Ifz a
rtle Of FUN, but mi Nlslcie 3olts considera-
Ole A Teller came along yesterday with a
bisicle that had hollow in{un rubber tires
stuffed with wind He leat me try bi=.er
and mi It run uke a kushlni Re told me
you sell i0fun robber lust the same az
hissen. How much will ~ he 20 ~ mine
mp like hisscu1 Mine is all irNr Wheels.
10 YOU punch THE hollow hola throw the
intuu robror or wf1 ] have 60 do Il NV
seiiF How DO you stick the ends toae4bar
after you Eot II donef II your Ipiun r1b-
her ia already hollcr win ~ come erv
cheaper empty I can set an the wind
want OUT here IN Kansas fre~e-Ebenae3ar
y jenson. y. Slow much do vru
charge for the doodad You stun the wind
mo the robher with. and where DO you
START"
When 'nlifovniauz vIsIt che '%'ststos' ~
takes p little time for them 20 got u-sJ 10
PAPER money. a Fan Frarrlsro man on hIs
hrst visit east Of The Rockies says y is On
oun sensation 80 larry wads 81 parar
money IN his pockets. 1--WE ars No, rsoi
20 Nils out orr wav. ha saIf Nothing
'irouiates except coln-EelI ard silver. pri
about a7 much ~ one % the other. Z sup
pose In q few weeks q mau would a., used
80 what they cell roe money nm iha slope.
but at first " ls rather q nuisance W = lei
low who " only acquainted wirh The hard
stun. Though we have both metals IN Gel
ifornia, there iz a df-iIbu ~ certain rl,,tas
against too much silver a vrar ego my
bank advised me that n wavil rrs iaba on
deposit over spn a dar ~ silver. and tho
order has never been recalled ~ course
the white metal is all tieht. DO, there ls a
limit on II That IL not attached 30 gold snd
california Is accurately described pc q gold
state
Wheelmsn who have been mirsauioasiy
escaping from the attacks Of fsr1riyps dogs
and robbers by the Use - srrnnpnla might
he able 60 give some points 10 the military
leaders OF the foreign powers n theit sia-
Res and their methods would bear trans
portstton. a large corps Of ferosl1us buil-
doss have, according TO a foreign an
nouncement. been trained to attack the b.
cycle companies In the European armies.
The Germans are said TO be employing this
new military forcs, and the animals are
trained TO puncture the tires with a bite
before they attack the rider. and they are
then TO turn their attention Co him. They
are taught 20 perceive the differences IN
uniforms and TO leave the German rtfers
alone.
Just fancy a mouse with the bicycle facet
Yet that such a thing is not only possible
but an actual fact the f~ollowinR story
shows; A woman used 60 keep her bicycle
IN a cellar, siung from the ceiling by ropes,
One night a mouse ran down the ropes on
an exploring expedition. and presently land
cd on the front wheel His weight caused
IL TO revoive and the harder he strove to
Chamber M TO the top of the wheel the
faster IL went round. In the morning.
when a servant entered the cellar. a Eaunt.
gray animal. with haRgard eyes and de-
srair eusraved on every feature, was found
Sttll making strenuous efforts to attain its
object The wheel was stll spinning, and
the oyclometer marked twenty-eight miles.
The belief that the possession OF great
wealth tends 70 shorten human life is not
borne cut by facts. The latest Instance
Of the contrary Is JOSEPH Richardson. of
New York, who died last week az the ass
OF ~ The oldest lVing woman millionaire
is the Baroness Burdett-Coutts who was
born In lSlA : granddaughter 81 the once
celebrated actress Miss Mellon. suisse
oueutly the Duchess CT ST. Aihans Rich
ard Arkvright the cotton spinner, who left
property worth sAO0eN died when s. years
obi Other English miIiossires who lived
70 a good Old see were Baron Lionel Ma
than Rothschi3d and SIT Peter BENJAMIN
Lee Guinness the brewer.
china. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tire statement
made in several ENropean papers has not
Sofred IRE postal union. sor IL there any
likelihood that It vfD-for years 10 come
WgnE Vans, the delegate 70 the recent
congress in Washington. said this very
plainly, explaining why e was impossible
as yet. as the present messenger service
is only for government purposes and the
interior standardization and IN fact civ
ihzstton Of the vast empire are not IN to
the work Of carrying mail at the rates OF
the postal union. But the government IL
preparing Cor the work by organizing
schools for training pos,men and clerks
Horttculturfsts will be interested In see
iuS what the Sketch calls a Jubilee rear
tree" now growing in the FrithEden gar
dens CT the Hon. A. Talbot. The tree has
reached the necessary three score In the
point o. sec and siEe. Its length spread
along the supporting brick wall measures
within a few inches Of sixty feet. while It's
height Is fifteen feet. For sixty years this
pear tree has been growing along this brick
wall An old undergraduates who has
worked there sixty-four years saw Il plant
ed and has pruned 81 every year since then.
The annual returns OF the volunteer corps
Of Great Britain have Just been made TO
tho war office and they show an unusually
percentage of eficiency-s5 per cent
in a total OF 236O5a As usual. the best
men and the largest corps were from the
Yorkshire being away up IN tho
list. II furnishes six volunteer artillery
corps. ranging In number from $40 10 t94.
of the rife battalions have each
over leo men. IN some Of which as few
as twenty men failed 20 qualify as efficient.
A New York architect has prepared plans
Tor a building an English syndicate pro-
noses to put up in that city and which will
No Hfty-ninc stories high. II will have TIA
,wn fire department. and win be provided
with five passenger elevators running at
,xproSs speed. Some idea OF the height
this monster structure may be had by
m imaginary comparison with the well
Known Masonic temple in Chicago. which
= about twenty-five stories high.
German military officers are becoming
he driIlmnsters Of n large part OF the
world. A quarrel In the Gillian army re-
reals TO us the fact that n German. General
xorucr. is chief OF the military stan Of
hill. and that he has a number Of Ger
nan officers assisting him 60 renrEarIze
hat countrv's army. The quarrel arose
rom the jealousy 81 the native officers.
Who do not relish serving under foreigners.
We manufacture furniture worth over
eevry year In this country. The
Gliding he'd. which Is 100 years old In Eur
pc. had a prosperous time a few years
but Is now going out Of use. The
chair. on the other hand. was al