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The herald., 1897-07-13
WILL TRY 1T ON HIMSELF
The Inventor of the Bullet-Proof
Cloth to Stand as Target

Casimer Zeglen, the invent tor, will be
the first human target to oppose his
body, wrapped in the bullet-proof cloth,
to the force of powder and shot. The ex-
pertinent that is intended to establish
the practicablity Of the fabric beyond
doubt for army service will be made
! Friday or Saturday, in the rooms of the
Chicago college of dental surgery. This
announcement is made on the authority
of DR.. Leonard c. Borland, one of the
persons financially interested in the in
vention.
| Brother Zeglen has decided to offer
himself as a target through the motive
! of avoiding any possible accident that
might happen to any other man. He is
brother of Redemptionist order and,
through religious scrupleS, has opposed
the idea of paying somebody to take the
risk. Brother Zeglen has determined
that if any one is to pay the forfeit of his
| life for science in the cause of getting a
bullet-proof fabric for the soldiers of the
world he is the man.
Fridays success with the live dog for
target has steeled Brother Zeglen's
| purpose.
! Brother Zeglen will pass through va
rious stages in the experiment before
there is nothing but The covering of
cloth to shield him from the leaden bull
let. A structure of wood with sand be-
tween the boards will be placed about
him for the first trial. It will be so ar
ranged that the bullet from a 22-caliber
revolver will only pierce the outer pro-
lection and fall against the fabric. Heav-
Ter caliber projectiles will then be tried
until the lead strikes with some force
against the cloth. Finally all will be re-
moved and the shots fired, starting with
small caliber bullet and gradually in
creasing the charge, at Brother Zeglen's
back. Approach will be made to within
few PAGES of the human target and the
crucial experiments completed If Cas-
imir Zeglen lives through the ordeal he
will have demonstrated the utility of his
invention in modern warfare.
Lieutenant Sarnecki, who is an expert
with the revolver, will conduct the eX-
periments 1t was at first announced
that parishioner of the monk had vol
unteered to pose as the mark for the bull
lets, but Brother Zeglen was unwilling
that any one should risk his life under
the mstances.-Chicago Chronicle
The herald., 1897-07-13

The queen of Italy is called the moss
''queenly'' queen of Europe. She is fond
of study and music, has done much TO,
the arts, and is well beloved by her peo-
pie. In summertime, when she goes for
holiday, she drops ceremonias and be-
comes only Margaret of Savoy wears
light summer gowns, goes for long walks
alone and enjoys herself as would any
other woman of fashion.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11

The firm grasp which the manual train
ing idea has. during the past few years.
secured in the educational world is a mat
ter of no small significance. 1t is no longer
confined TO the discussions OF the far-see-
ing ones, who hold opinions in advance of
their time, but it seems TO be in the air
everywhere. Even in the country, where
hand training in school is perhaps needed
less than elsewhere, there is a movement
toward this new form OF education.
The report of the committee of twelve
which was recently read and adopted by
the National Educational Association, de-
clares in favor OF what seems to be the
modern trend in educational affairs. The
Missouri state university has taken up the
movement. and is announcing a summer
school for teachers in a course of shop
work and horticulture combined. In a cir
cular, President Jesse says: Teachers
that wish to be pioneers in the new educa-
ton should enter promptly. The expense is
considerable. but the university is willing
to bear IL, provided that the teachers show
reasonable interest I'm the matter. The tim
is coming rapidly when the people will rebel
against sending boys and girls from the
farms daily to district schools that in the
space of eight years carefully avoid teach
ing anything that has any direct relation
to the life Of these boys and girls on the
farm and in the household. The quicker
We get over this error the better ii will be
for our schools. The best education means
the simultaneous training, from the very
beginning. OF the intellectual, the moral,
the industrial, and the bodily powers of the
child"
Thus. all along the line the sentiment is
gaining ground that our education should
keep close to the actual lives of our people.
Kansas City is TO be congratulated on keep
ing abreast Of the times in this direction.
Our splendid manual training high school
building, which is well under way. speaks
for the enterprise of our people and our
school board. The people will not begrudge
the money spent in placing us in the fore
front of educational progress. and will
stand ready to meet by their votes. in due
course OF time, the expense OF a full and
complete equipment.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11
from the Chicago Post.

From the Chicago Post.
Amelie Rives has written another story.
a short one tffs time, and in IT she gives a
spirited description of hog killing. Amelie
is certainly pOaching on Hamlin Garland's
own particular preserves when she enters
the domain of explicit realism. The process
OF hog killing is detailed with laborious
minutcness. How the freshly slaughtered
animals are silt OPEN" the palpitating
bodies disposed of. and the manner I'm
which the eager butchers 'swash the dead
hogs through boiling water and scrape the
hair from the sodden flesh with short
wooden-handled knives or bits of rough
boards are points dilated upon with much
JUNCTION. Mr.. Garland could do no better.
The sketch is called "The Story OF a
Heart" and appears in a late magazine. II
Is only justice to add. however. that the
plot centers about a child's heart. and the
dead hogs swashed in boiling water" have
so little to do with the story that they are
dragged in really for background and seem
cry. and to add a tang to the narrative.
The girl dies and the hero, who is a young
doctor. Is surprised 10 nave her heart
served TO him on a platter while attending
a lecture. The subject Of the discourse was
diseases of this organ. and the heroine's
heart happens to illustrate very aptiy the
point the speaker wishes to make. Fancy
such a situation. Amelie's stock OF horri-
bles must be very much reduced or she
never would perpetrate such ~pinchbeck
tragedy as this.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11
Prevention OF Disease.

From the New York World.
Recently a distinguished physician wrote
in a magazine: The next and greatest
advance in medical science will be the mas
terry of the art of preventing disease" II
the phrase contemplates such dvances in
medical science as may eliminate the great
er number of serious maladies from the
category of necessary evils. why put the
case in the future? Is any doctor ignorant
OF the enormous dvanc already made on
this line? II a doctor does not recognize
this he must leave out Of sight the history
of consumption, smallpox, Asiatic cholera,
yellow fever, typhus, typhoid and intermit-
tent fevers. measles. scarlet fever, scurvy.
rheumatism, govt, and that once terribly
common cause of death. the infection of
wounds in ill-kept hospitals.
One hundred years ago one-sixth OF all
the deaths in civilized countries were due
to smallpox. Upon its introduction to
Mexico by the Spaniards 1t killed 3,00,00
of persons within a few years. But its
grand operations nave been prevented
by the single discovery OF vaccination.
There is prevention on a very large scale
certainly. and a prevention that reaches
into every little home in every civilized
country.
Asiatic cholera has been in every coun-
try in Europe and in all parts of this coun-
try. 1t is not limited by climate. It Is
very deadly. But thanks to the efficiency
OF our preventive arts, It is practically I'M
known to US saw by name. By similar
preventive measures the people are pro-
tected from yellow fever, which was once
q familiar disease in all our Atlantic cities.
Sanitary measures, based upon accurate
knowledge of the nature of measles. scar
latina, typhus and typhoid fever. make the
prevention OF all these depend only upon
the efficiency with which the protective
measures are enforced and the disposition
of the people to cooperate with the aU-
thorities.
Consumption is still. as II has always
been, the most universal OF all diseases
and the name that leads all the -cst in
the tables of mortality. But the recent
discovery of the method by which. through
want Of knowledge. society has for
ages heedlessly propagated this disease, has
inspired measures which in a few genera
lions may make It as scarce as smallpox
now is-that is to say. in those countries
where the people have the moral courage TO
act upon the knowledge they possess.
Intelligent people can fiji out the cate
CORY for themselves. We cite only a few of
the more striking points to show that the
scientific prevention of disease on n very
large scale is not a dream Of the future.
but one Of the great realities of medical
influence upon the government az CoJn-
tries and the lives of the people.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11

yons Of Southwestern Barber county; made
her nest among the splintered gypsum
crags and there reared her hellish brood.
We have the direct testimony on that point
of one William Page I've believe now de-
ceased, who for years lived as a lonely
hermit in one of the canyons leading back
from the crystal waters OF Little Mule
Page made no objection to living alone and
declared that his Joy would be serene if, as
he said, The id dragons would let him
alone He insisted that frequently Great
Red Dragons were as thick around his
place as straddle bugs around a street
lamp. Page asserted that years before the
Great Dragon made its appearance in poll
tics they bothered him so he couldn't
sleep. Page had a gun and night after
night the battle ragged. The hermit would
turn loose sometimes with one barrel, some
times with both, and swear so that he
could be heard a quarter of a mile. People
carelessly supposed that Page was crazy.
but his story was as reasonable as the
story of Mrs. Lease, or other leaders who
went believing around the country. Page
himself insisted that his mind was all right
and that the red. fiery mouthed dragons
were a reality. Occasionally he claimed he
could hit a dragon. but never was any
where near able TO clean them out as fast
as they would breed. Page may have been
right. From that gypsum lined nest
sprang the Great Red Dragon which has
since been a leading adjunct Of the Populist
party The common error is in ~supposing
that there is but one Great Red Dragon.
In fact. there are several. From the can
yons OF Barber county they have spread
and multiplied until there are nests Of
Great Red Dragons. as we gather from the
talk. I'm nearly every state. II is useless TO
conceal the matter any longer. In the
w~ind-swept canyons of Kansas is the orig
inal home Of the Great Red Dragon"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11
THE GOLD DEMOCRATS.

Ever since the accidental capture of a
national convention by the free silver agl-
taters. the political party represented in
that convention has been in an anomalous
position before the country. The silver
faction. having seized the machinery. con-
trcls the name and organization OF the
party. but the sound money faction more
nearly represents the principles Of the old
Democracy.
Since the overwhelming defeat OF the
silver ticket. headed by William J. Bryan.
it has been the hope OF the rank and file
that the two factions might become recon-
cfled before another national contest
should present itself for decision. No
such hopes have been entertained. how
ever, by the respective leaders OF the two
wings OF the party. It is now quite prob
able that there will be a Democratic and
a National Democratic ticket in the field
three years hence. just. as there was last
year. Bryan has never ceased his cam
raign. and his cause has dominated most
OF the state Democratic conventions that
have taken action since the presidential
election. On the other hand. the sound
mercy Democrats have continued their
organization, and it is already evident that
in E; least four states fun tickets will be
put in the field by them.
Ex-Congressman William D. Bynam.
chairman OF the National Democratic ex-
ecutive committee. has called a meeting Of
that body for July q, in New York, to
consider ways and means for the pro-
motion OF the national organization.
The inevitable result of present con-
diticns and probable developments is that
the silver cause will lose and the sound
money cause gain proportionately. The
National Democracy was organized on the
eve OF a presidential election. when men
are prone to stick 10 their organizations
from force OF habit or in obedience TO
policy. and when II is most difficult TO Sc
cure a substantial rally for a principle,
especially when such principle is given
the misleading aspect Of a divergence.
The courageous stand Of the sound money
Democrats must incidentally benefit the
Republican party. Their next ticket may
not receive a larger number OF votes than
did their last one. but the Republican
ticket will doubtless secure a stiI greater
preponderance OF the popular vote. With
all the accidental advantages possessed by
Bryan and the other leaders OF the silver
Democracy. their only chance for victory
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11
~yICTORIA's TEARS.

20. maiden. heir OF kings.
A king has left his place;
The majesty OF death has swept
All other from his face.
And thou, upon thy mothers breast
No longer lean adown-
But take the glory for the rest.
And rule the land that loves thee best"
The maiden wept;
She wept to wear a crown.
They decked her courtIy halls.
They refined her hundred steeds,
They shouted at her palac gate.
"A noble queen succeeds
Her name has stirred the mountains sleep.
Her praise has filled the town:
And mourners God had stricken deep
Looked hearkening up. and did not weep!
And she wept.
Who wept to wear a crown.
She saw no purple shine.
For tears had dimmed her eyes:
She only knew her c~hildhood's flowers
Were happier ~pageantries'
And while the heralds played their part
For million bouts to drOwn-
God save the queen" from hill to mart
She heard. through all. her beating heart,
And turned and wept,
She wept to wear a crown.
God save thee, weeping queen.
Thou shalt be well beloved.
The ~tyrant's scepter cannot move
As those pure tears have moved;
The nature in thine eye we see,
Which tyrants cannot own
The love that guardeth liberties;
Strange blessing on the nation lies
Whose sovereign wept.
Yea, wept. to wear its crown.
God bless thee. weeping queen,
With blessing more divine;
And fill with better love than earth's
That tender heart Of thine;
That when the thrones of earth shall be
As low as graves brought down,
A pierced hand may give TO thee
The crown which angels wept TO see.
Thou wilt not weep
To wear that heavenly crown.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11

Just treatment from railroads and all other
corporations. The day has gone by forever
when determinations between towns and
shippers may be practIced with impunity.
1t cannot be denied that much of the hos
tile feeling in Kansas was the legitimate
product of bad practices on the part OF
some OF the railroads, but at the same time
no considerable number Of the Kansas peo-
pie are seeking vengeance through the me-
dunn OF an unjust law. and no very large
proportion OF them will ever knowingly
deny the railroads a right to live and re-
ceive fair remuneration for services per-
formal
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11
A Fair Proposition at Last.

From the New York Press.
The Sublime Porte looked up from his
paper novel as the Prime Minister stood
before him..
Il have just received a note from the
powers" he observed. Offering me steen
millions sterling for the Bosphorus With.
the Armenians thrown in
Accept it at once. Your Loftiness." said
his counselor.
II believe I will" continued the Com
mander Of the Faithful. Telegraph an ac-
ceptance and let's begin at once on the
Armenians. Tie their legs together before
you throw them in, and II the Bosphorus.
won't hold them all fill up the drains"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11
f IN SUMNER.

In winter / get up at night
And dress by yellow c~andle-light.
In summer. quite the other way,
/ have to go TO bed by day.
] have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree.
Or bear the grown-up peoples feet
Still gong past me in the street.
And does It not seem hard to you.
When all the sky is clear and blue.
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11
Great strain.

From the indianapolis Journal.
Doctor, do you think IT possible for a
healthy 1O-year-old boy to get nervous
prostration from mental strain2''
You are referring to your own boy. I
p~resume?'
Certainly"
What are the circUmstances?"
why. 1 offered him his choice between
$40 worth OF fireworks and a new racing
wheel"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11
LIKE TO A MAID.

Like to a maid who exquisitely turns
A promising face TO him who. waiting. burns
In hell to hear her answer-so the World
Tricks all, and hints what no man ever
learns.
Omar KhavYam lie Galliennel.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11
Weather Forecast for sunday.

Washington. July l0.-For Oklahoma and
Indian Territory: Fair: north winds.
For Missouri: Generally fair, preceded by
showers early Sunday morning; cooler in
extreme western portion; north winds.
For Kansas: Fair: slowly rising temper
ature; variable winds.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11
The Cheerful Idiot.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
This weather." said the stout boarder,
lis absolutely prostrating.'
Yes" said the Cheerful idiot. "about
the only thing that seems to rise superior
to the temperature Is the cheap thermom-
eter.'
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11
Absurd All Round.

From the Chicago Record.
Isn't II absurd what ideas people in
small towns have of large cities?"
Yes: there's Just one thing more alb
surd."
What is that?'
THE ideas people in large cities have of
small towns.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11
IL Took Both Hands.

From the Chicago Record.
III never go riding with viii again"
"Why not?"
His horse is a high spirited animal and
requires too much attention"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11

CO mpaign. They will never poll so heavily
again.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11
THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL.
ESTABLISHED 1854.

The Journal Company, Publishers.
RfaIto Building, Ninth and Grand Ave.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11

II we may believe an item in the Globe,
the lodge of commercial travellers at Atch-
ison ought to be arrested and sent to jail
for thirty days on the charge OF arson.
They have an Initiation ceremony so red
hot that it belongs in the ~incendiary cate
CORY. On Tuesday Mr.. Pete Bastgen was
initiated. About 10 o'clock a lot OF women
who were in a drug store drinking soda
water were surprised to see a blindfolded
man appear at a window of the third story
OF the opposite building. Finally a ladder
was pushed out of the window. the man
crawled onto It. and was then lowered TO
the street. He had nothing on but his IN
derclothing, and the women shrieked and
ran away. The man tore the bandage from
his eyes. took one look at his surrounding
and then fed up an alley. The Globe says
Il is a regular feature Of the initiation to
make a man climb down a ladder in his
underclothes, and he doesn't discover his
whereabouts until the ladder Is withdrawn.
when he must get home the best way he
knows how.
In response 10 a subscriber who wants to
know something about the antecedents of
the Great Red Dragon, Tom McNeal says:
I'VE think we know all about the origin Of
the animal. II is a secret we have never
publicly divulged, but we suppose it might
as well come out now as any time. The
Great Red Dragon originated in the can
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11

An old willow In New Haven. near the
harbor front. which was cut down las,
week, had a historic interest because
OF a tradition that under fits branches
Benedict Arnold marshaled the frs, New
Haven company that enlisted for the Revo-
lutionary war.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11

NEW SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Sunday .............
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11

Mr.. William NJ. Frisbie. a New Haven
bicycle repairer and builder of special ma
chimes. has in process Of construction and
shortly to be completed. two bicycles which
are curiosities in their way. One of them
is for a rider who is 8 feet 4 in height,
and the other for me who reverses these
figures. that is. 4 feet 6. The former OF
these two machines will be a mammoth
alongside the latter. towering even above
other high framed bicycles. II will have
a 31-inch seat mast, 3O-inch wheels. %
tooth sprocket and a 20 gear. with 7iz-inch
cranks. The smaller Of the two will have
a 19-inch seat mast. and with every other
dimension correspondingly reduced.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-07-25
A COWBOYS NIGHT THOUGHTS.

When the cattle at midnight are sleeping,
On my saddle pillow my head
And up at the heavens lie peeping
From out of my cool, grassy bed. =. I
And often and often l wonder I
While lying at night all alone, m
IL every bright star cleaning yonder -
Is a big peopled world like our own.
Are they worlds with their ranges and
ranches?
Do they ring with rough riders refrains,
Do the cowboys there scrap with Co
manches,
And other red men on the plains?
Are the hills covered over with cattle,
Do the ranch houses ring with the prattle
OF sweet little children at play?
At night in those bright stars up yonder
Do cowboys lie down to their rest,
And gaze at this old world and wonder
If rough riders dash DER it's breast?
Do they list to the wolves in the canonS?
Do they watch the night hawk in its
flight?
Thier horses their only companions,
While guarding the herd through the
Sometimes when bright star is winking,
Like a diamond set in the sky,
l find myself lying and thinking
1t may be Gods heaven on high
I wonder If there l will meet her, !
That mother the Lord took away,
If in that star-heaven I will greet her
At the roundup upon the last day.
In the east the gray daylight is breaking,
And into the saddle spring,
The cattle from sleep are awakening,
The hcaven-thoughtS from me take wing.
The eyes of my broncho are flashing,
Impatient he pulls on the reins,
AS off round the herds I go dashing,
Denver Post !