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Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
Until 1t Is settled Right.

However the battle is ended,
Though proudly the victor comes
With fluttering flags and prancing Rgs
And echoing roll of drums,
Still truth proclaims this motto
In letters OF living light
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
Though the heel of the strong oppressr
May grind the weak in the dust,
And the voices of fame with one accl1u
May call him great and just.
Let those who applaud take warning,
And keep this motto in sight
No question is ever settled
Until 1t is settled right.
Let those who have failed take couras;
Though the enemy seems to have wa,
Tho his ranks are strong, IL he be Inths
wrong.
The battle is not yet done.
For, sure as the morning follows
The darkest hour of the night,
No question Is ever settled
Until 1t is settled right.
o man bowed down with labori
o woman, young, yet old;
o heart oppressed In the toiler's breast
And crushed by the power OF gold.
Keep on with your weary battle
Against triumphant might;
No question is ever settled
Until it Is settled right.
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

in the cause Of Christianity. but in raissy
money to lift the financial burden.
That 1t is not necessary to resort to sun
methods to sustain churches and nav debz
was proved at recent meeting of Ia
Brooklyn conference of Co
gregational churches. One pastor told hcy
his predecessor had accepted the call or
on condition that fairs festivals. ovst-
suppers. etc, should be abolished. aIthoua
the church was then poor and strugsIip.
They adopted instead the joint principle
contributions and to-day the church /,
prosperous with n large congregation an
a united fraternal spirit and resolved .',
solve the problems OF the future as the
have tried TO solve the problems of IN
past by applying 10 them common sens.
and the Christian principle" There is evi-
IDENTIFY 4 growing public sentiment against
the Objectionable church entertainment and
II will include the church bazar also. And
1t will soon become a question whether a
church which can only sustain itself by
setting up opposition to the theater. the
restaurant and the stcre is really worth
preservation. Mr.. Hales Investigations of
the subject will doubtless aid to this end
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
she wa. a paughter Her.elf.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
Might L ask said the lady from South
America, why that plain person at the
far side of the room arrogates unto her
self so many airs?"
''She is Daughter of the Revolution"
said the one interrogated. in awed tones.
Her ancestor fought in the Revolution"
''Oh," said the lady from South America.
'T myself am a daughter of seventeen Of
them"
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
GAMBLING FOR OFFICE.

In most American states all games of
chance which have a valuable considera-
tion are forbidden by law, and yet there
IS hardly a state in the Union which does
not employ by law the very methods
which in a general way are forbidden. For
example, it is misdemeanor in Kansas TO
diaw straws for a nickel, and yet the law
commands that lots shall be drawn in the
case of tie 10 determine who shall re-
ceive an Office worth perhaps 5000.
This, too. is the law in Florida, though
there the law of chance is recognized in
other cases besides those of an election
tic. Florida has never had, at least since
the adoption of her present constitution,
q chief justice of tie supreme court who
lucky man in a three-cornered straw draw
ing match. All OF the supreme judges are
elected upon an equality. and once every
two years the drawing takes place to de-
teImine which one of the three shall serve
as chief justice during term of that du-
ration. The ceremony is conducted with
a great deal of circumstance and dignity.
but TO the average reasoner there appears
little difference in the moral phase be-
tween this act and that of the boys who
draw straws for pennies out back Of the
haystack.
Florida might find an Improvement over
this system in the method which Kansas
has adopted of determining who shall pre-
side over her brace of appellate courts.
There the Oldest man in point Of years is
called upon to preside. At the recent cleo
ton it resulted in changing both of the
chief justices and is hardly built upon a
correct principle, but the courteous recog-
milton of old age is better by all odds than
submitting such question to chance.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
hit. of Truth TerseIy Told.

From the Rams Horn.
The pond is an ocean to the tadpole
When the world comes to its worst. Il
will soon be at its best.
Keep the heart young and the body will
be slow in growing old.
The man who wears a hair shirt hates
those who dresses comfortably.
The inventor Of pins did more for the
world than the builder OF the pyramids.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

Governor Holcomb wants Nebraska to
adopt law levying a poll tax, not to be
collected from citizens who vote at the
regular state and county elections. Before
acting on the governors advice Nebraska
should carefully examine her organic law.
Missouri enacted a measure of that sort
several years ago, and the supreme court
has just declared it unconstitutional.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

General Tracy, of New York, is quoted
as saying that Great Britain got the best
of the bargain in the arbitration treaty.
A slight suspicion of that sort was al
ready aroused by Englands high spirits.
and by the fact that Baysrd had some
thing to do with the negotiations. Have
we been buncoed?
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
THE WEATHER.

Washington. Jan. 16.-For Oklahoma and
Indian Territory: Local rains, followed by
clearing weather; much colder; northwest
winds.
For Missouri: Threatening weather. and
rain or snow; winds shifting to northwest;
decidedly colder by Sunday night.
For Kansas: Rain or snow; decidedly
colGer: north winds
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
Anti-Bloomer Movement Elucidated

From the Chicago Post.
William Allen White, who came up from
Emporia to tell the Fellowship Club what's
the matter with Kansas, and who has been
so busy absorbing metropolitan impressions
that he has slept only four hours out of
ninety-siX, assures US that the tremendous
movement against bloomcrs in the Kansas
legislature is another of those startling re-
forms which have made the kingdom of
old John Brown famous the world over. It
is Mr.. Whites idea that the law is intended
to be applicable only to young women liv-
ing in cities of the first class, and will have
no bearing on feminine costume in the ag-
ricultural districts, where bloomers are a
measure of protection against sudden and
annoying raids of grasshoppers and other
Tivacious products of the Kansas climate
Mr.. White very properly argues that what
might be considered out of place in Chicago
is really necessitated by the conditions in
Kansas and Nebraska; that walking along
paved streets and tumbling across plowed
ground are two very different matters; and
he asks that our judgment shall be sus-
pended until we have carefully considered
the circumstances. He has promised to
forward to us the species of bloomers
adopted for the convenience of agrieultur-
lists, with the request that we shall send it
down to the Woman's Club for inspection.
AS we understand the peculiarities of this
variety it is reasonably tight fitting to
conform to what is spoken of POLITICALLY as
the female form divine, and is adapted
more to a standing position and to an easy
motion than to sedentary life.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
An Awkward Mistake.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
'.what did papa say when you asked him
for me?"
He abruptly told me to call again next
month"
Stupid. what did you say to him?"
II said I had little matter I'd like to
have him settle, and then he cut me
short"
Dear, dear. ne took you for January
bill coIlector,t
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

Those who expect a declaration of war
against Spain the day after Mckinley is
inaugurated will be disappointed. If SEN
ator Sherman is correctly quoted. it may
be a full week before hostilities open.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
A Rash ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

From the Detroit Free Press.
''Sir. am the real author Of The Beau
tiful Snow"
You are? Well. just take this shovel
and clean your old stun sg my sidewalk"
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

An exchange remarks that a protective
tariff always prevents a deficit" 1t does
1t prevents a deficit not only in the ma
tional treasury, but in the workingman's
pocket.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

Coxey's United States party starts out
with only twenty-four members, but that
is no proof that it will always be small
By 1900 it may have quadrupled its mem
bership.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

The report that women have been ex-
cluded from the Colorado senate chamber
is scarcely credible. Women vote in Col
orado.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

1t seems the retiring governor of South
Carolina also took crack at the venal
press in his message.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
A Pioneer View,

From the Chicago Record.
What is an old-fashioned patriot?'
He is a man that can cast vote with
out remembering that the country needs
postmasters."
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

The past week might be regarded as the
January thaw If it were not for one thing.
There was nothing to thaw.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

Mr.. Bryan will be chagrined to note that
the shower of bank failures is about over.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

"One day in the fall of 1862" says Colonel
Bob Wright, in the course of his reminis-
cences of life in Western Kansas, II was
approaching my hay camp, yet some two
miles distant, when a large, fat Indian rode
out of the brush on a peculiar piebald
pony, and by signs indicated to me that
he wanted to swap 1 asked him IL he
meant that pony. No. he answered not
my pony What the devil is it them said
l. He tried hard to make me understand
but could not at all. He finally motioned
for me to ride into the brush. but I said:
Here, old fellow, none of your tricks;
dor't want any squaws.' He said: No
squaw.' So I rode in and saw big, fat
dog with his hindquarters gone. said to
him: You go TO hi; what do you take me
for?' He replied: You're fool; you don't
know what is good I answered him: Eat
it yourself If you think it SO nice He then
said: I have just traded the saddle to
scme white folks, and l want to trade you
the other parts The skin was still hang
ing on, attached to the body of the dog,
where he had stripped it from the saddle,
but looked at him with disgust and rode
on. When arrived at my camp. Mr.. An
thony and the boys were eating their sup
per. L threw my bride reins over the
front standard of a wagon and walked up
to the fire where they were eating. They
said to me: Come and get some supper
told them no, had partaken of a hearty
dinner at the officers mess just before 1 left
Supply. Anthony said: You better have
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

In explaining in a speech the other
day what he called the Increment" Sen
ator Householder overlooked the best Illus
tration of all. In Kansas the price of a
bushel of corn will buy just one drink
but one bushel of corn will make four
gallons of whisky.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
helpless as to Bread.

Captain Bliss was like all seamen, a
strict disciplinarian, and his crew re-
spected him beyond measure. Not one
of them would have dreamed of inter
preting a command otherwise than ac-
cording to the strict letter of the law
Things must be done shipshape under
his rule. g.
One day, while the ship was in a GER
tain port, the captain gave dinner to
some town acquaintances, and as the
resources of the ship were not great
some of the sailors were deputed to wait
ON the table to re-enforee the insufficient
number of stewards
As these men were not used to such
work each ere was told exactly what
service would fall to his share
The hour came, and the dinner went
merrily on. Presently, however, one Of
the ladies wanted a piece of bread.
There was none very near her, and the
finely disciplined stewards seemed to be
quite oblivious to her need. She turned
her head and spoke very softly to the
man at her elbow.
Bread. please, . she said.
He looked regretfuIly at the bread
and then at her. It was evident that he
would fain have helped her if it haG
been in his power He saluted in fine
naval style.
Can't do it, ma am, said he. I'm
told off for taters. - London Tele
gra-h
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
BILLS IN TROUBLE.

I've got letter. parson. from my son away
out west,
An my OF heart is heavy as an anvil in
my breast
To think the boy whose futur' had once
SO proudly planned
Ehouid wander from the path O. right. an
come to sich an endi
told him when he left us only three short
years ago
He'd find himself a-plowin in mighty
crooked row
He'd miss his fathers counsels. an he
mothers prayers, too,
But he said the farm was hateful. an he
guessed he'd have to go.
1 know thar's big temptation for young
ster In the west,
But believed our Billy had the courage to
resist
An when he left / warned him O. the ever
waitin' snares
That lie like hidden sarpints In life's path
way everywheres.
But Bill he promised faithful to be keerful,
an allowed
He'd build reputation that'd make US
mighty proud,
But 1t seems as how my counsel sort o.
faded from his mind
An now the boys in trouble o. the very
wustest kind!
His letters came so seldom that seme-
how sort o. knowed
That Billy was trampin' on a mighty
rocky road,
But never once imagined he would bow my
head in shame.
An in the dust 'ud waller his OF daddy's
honored name
He writes from out in Denver, an the
story's mighty short:
I just can't tell his mother; it'll crush her
poor old heart!
An SO 1 reckoned. parson, you might break
the news to her
Bills in the legislator. but he doesn't say
what fur.
-Denver Post
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
THE vERANDA.
How to Furnish This Attractive Spot For
Rlnsa and Com, fort

How TO Furnish This Attractive Spot For
Vase and Comfort.
The idea of converting deep veranda
into sort of summer sitting room is
good one if not overworked. If such an
attempt is made, great care must be
taken not to shut the piazza in too
closely by draperies and screens, and
not to overload it with furnishings. The
beauty Of such an outdoor room is that
it must be absolutely light and airy,
and any contrivance that shuts out light
or sunshine or thaScuts off the view of
green fields or blue sky is to be discour-
aged.
If screen Of any sort is desired,
growing vines should answer the pur-
pose admirably. A japanese screen or
curtain of slender bamboo rods is not
Objectionable, and if a drapery of any
sort is considered necessary the furnish
ing stores are offering some very pretty
and inexpensive curtain stuffs that will
answer the purpose. Furthermore,
which is a great point in veranda draper
les, they may be washed
In the actual furnishing of the yeran-
da comfort should be the first considera-
ton. Accordingly hammock should be
the first thing bought This should be
as long and capacious as possible, and
it should be swung across the sightliest
corner of the veranda, SO that everything
may conduce to the absolute comfort of
its occupants. Hammock cushions may
be obtained in all possible varieties, and
there can hardly be too many of them
to make a veranda comfortable.
Veranda chairs should be roomy af-
fairs of wicker bamboo Or of pretty
green rush wood, and each should have
its own supply Of cushions. Do not force
summer loungers to sit upright in a
narrow, straight chair, and, on the other
hand, do not stow them away in rock
ing chairs, for there is no place where
the sharp points of rockers are likely to
cause more annoyance. It is effective
and practicable to have one color, such
as bright red, prominent in all the cush-
ions and draperies.
Two or three bamboo stands or tables
are indispensable to the proper equip
ment of comfortable veranda. One is
for the magazines and summer movies,
while another must stand ready for the
lemonade or other refreshment that ye-
randa existence so frequently demands
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
THE WRITERS.

Eleven times has Emile Zola been a can
didate for the French academy.
Max O'Rell is about to quit the lecture
platform for the stage. He has written
farce in which he is going to tour the
country.
There are few better connoisseurs of old
oak than is Hall Caine, whose chief delight
is to allow his eyes to wander over pieces
of furniture which are conducive to taking
his thoughts back for several generations.
eff we had to describe Marie Corelli in
terms of literary geography, says writer
in The Bookmifh, 1--WE should say that she
is bounded on the north by Ouida, on the
south by Laura Jean Libbey, ON the east
by Florence Warden and on the west by
Archibald Clavering Gunter."
The new member of the French acad-
emy, the Marquis Costa de Beauregard, is
not very well known even in his own coun-
try, for he has written but little, and his
books have had limited circulation. He
belongs to an old Savoy family, and he is
the author of two historical romances and
life OF Charles Albert of Savoy.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
TOWN TOPICS.

Philadelphia stands well up among 9TH
er American cities in fire records.-Phila-
delphia Telegraph.
1t has been discovered in the town of
jamestown, R. l., that it is impossible to
secure man there for jury duty, as they
are all enrolled in the fire department.
1t is question which is the more dan
gerous to peaceable pedestrians-the hold
up man or the wild eyed policeman who
appears afterward and begins shooting at
everything in sight.-Chicago News.
Canton is now trying to secure a boiler
factory. The town has become so aecus-
toned to noise that it feels the need of
something to supply the present deficiency
in that product. Cincinnati Tribune.
A ST. Louis paper refers to Chicago as
the "Borean metropolis. - Chicago will
not mind the adjective so long as the con-
fession has been wrung from St. Louis
that it is metropolis. Express.
Reviyalist Moody goes to Chicago in
April to spiritually purify the people of
that city, and he will find it the biggest
job of spring cleaning he ever attempted.
Later he will come to st. Louis and enjoy
a comparative rest.-St. Louis Republic.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.


Papa VainIy Tried to Explain 1t to
His Inquiring Son.
Papa" said Bobby, according to the
New York Journal, "what is natural
philosophy ?'
MY son" began papa, as he leaned
back in his chair and looked wise, Il
am glad to hear you ask such sensible
questions. Natural philosophy is the
science of cause and reason. You see
this little stick? Well, / will toss it
up and there, down it comes. Now you
know that it ascended in the air and
dropped to the floor, but you don't
know why it,"
did natural philosophy cause it to
drop?"
mo, er-n-not exactly. It is the law
of grayitation that causes all bodies
to"
sDid natural philosophy make it go
up?"
mo; n-not exactly. That was force
transmitted to it by my hand, and
did natural philosophy cause it to
bounce when it struck the floor?"
mo, n-not exactly. That was the
elasticity of the wood which"
"Did natural philosophy cause it to
make noise when it struck the foor?''
'N-not exactly. That was the vibra-
tion of tho
Papa, what is natural philosophy ?"
Bobby, don't bother me with your
silly questions. If hear another word
out of you I'll give you some of it with
my slipper"
Such is life.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
SOME OFFICIAL SALARIES

An American cabinet officer gets SO, 00C
a year, and has an allowance for stationery
and for a private secretary.
Asprincipal secretary of state for foreign
affairs Lord Salisbury drew $50, 900 yeal
and 50, 600 for private secretary
The salary of the first lord of the treas
ury is $25, 600.
The chancellor of the exchequer also re
ceives $25, ,000.
The salary of the lord chancellor is &c..
600.
The English attorney general is not q
member Of the cabinet, but he draws $21, !,
600 year and about $40, 600 extra in fees.
The lord president Of the council draws
$4,000 year, and SO do the presidents oi
the boards of trade and agriculture
In addition to the prime minister, the
foreign affairs minister and the lords of the
admiralty get residences in Downing street
When an English minister's term ex
pires, he may receive an annuity of So,
600 if he makes affidavit that he actually
needs it.
The English minister of foreign affairs
is supposed to give three receptions year
If he is poor man, he gives only the greai
dinner and ball on the oecasion OF ths
queens birthday. This sometimes costs
So, 600. The queens household often help
out by supplying the flowers from thl
royal conservatories.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
How to Keep Palms and Ferns

Much of the health of the palm so
universally used for drawing room dec
oration in the winter depends upon its
treatment in the summer. Like human
ity, palms thrive better after a summer
outing. Set them in the ground in the
yard, not in an exposed place where the
sun will soon kill them, but in a shady
corner, where the soft summer rains
may beat upon them and pure ozone fill
their cells.
The same is true of the ferns that
form the center of most dining tables.
Economy teaches that it is cheaper to
buy two centerpieces at once, substitut-
ing one for the other at the first sign of
dropping or drying leaves
No plant will retain life if kept con-
stantly under the gas of a chandelier.
The value of having two eenterpieces
lies in the ability to have one always in
the air. where, with lavish treatment in
the way of water and spraying besides
of leaves, the life Of these graceful, ten
der plants may be prolonged indefinitely.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
CHINA AND GLASSWARE.

Bisque figures and groups are offered
this season in greater variety than ever.
These goods retain their popularity.
China coffee services in antique shapes
are shown in solid colors, with gold band
ings. Pink has had the palm for popular
ity in these wares.
Puff boxes, round and quite low, in
tints relieved with gold tracing, add to
the attractiveness of the modern dressing
table. The covers bear dainty Vatican
scenes.
A beautiful game set which attracts adj
miration shows forest scenes ON each of
the pieces. That on the platter represents
a group of deer with fawns, and deer in
various attitudes form the centerpiece of
each of the woodland scenes on the plates.
A noble Mettlach punch bowl recently
seen rested upon tray having an embossed
grapevine border. The bowl itself was lar
shaped, in three tints of dull Llue and two.
grays. On it was depicted in bold relief
scene from boar hunt, with the hounda
worrying their prey. .-Crockery and Glass
journal.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
HoWE,s hOMlLlEs.

1t is surprising how many more things
you believe than you know.
Some people are so mean that they make
their politeness disagreeable.
Every woman thinks she would be an
angel if it wasn't for the men.
If you hate your rivals, curse them in
secret, but don't let on in public.
When a little old man wants to make an
impression, he puts on plug hat.
The milkluen are about the only men
who know The womens true compilations.
A whist crank is one who doesn't be-
lieve game is interesting unless he quar-
rels over it.
To man go years old it must seem like
paying his funeral expenses several times
to pay 5000 a year for life insurance.
Atchison Globe.