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Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
Life saving. at the government stations
along the coast is all well enough to read
about. 1t sounds poetic enough from the
sanctuary of cosy fireside, and it really
is poetic in fine weather. But, oh! the nn-
utterable hardship of black nights and zero
weather, the miles and miles of thunder
ing. wind-swept beach and shrieking, arc
tic gales, when the exposure of the tip of
ones nose means bad frostbite and hours
of agony.
1 have tried it and I know whereof I
speak. L have tried it for only four-mile
patrol but that is enough to last for life
time. Yet no matter what the weather may
be, when We are asleep and the wild WIN
ter gales are bowling about our window
panes. these sturdy life savers are stagger-
ing along the rolling line of surf, up to
their knees in freezing Spindrift and salt
spume, gazing seaWard with Straining eyes
to guard against wreck and disaster.
On that lonely stretch of beach beyond
Far Rockaway is the little, lonely, gray
boarded building known as Life Saving Sta
tion No 50. The white snow Is piled about
it in steep Himalayas, and from the out
side no light is to be seen. 1t is the apoth-
costs of solitude and dreariness.
This station has for its keeper Mr.. Zophar
Pearsall, man who probably knows as
much of the vagaries of the sea as any
person along the Long Island coast. made
Mr.. Pearsalrs acquaintance on Thursday
night and was duly initiated into the mys-
teries of life saving. In his work of tuition
Mr.. Pearsall did not overlook anything.
Neither did the weather.
Very few wilder nights have ever swoop-
ed down on Long Island. 1t was 5 o'clock
when we sat down to supper. That supper
was life saver in itself-corDulent pOta-
toes with bursting jackets. beefsteak. flap
jacks and coffee with red hot bead to it
that warmed the cookies of Il mans heart.
It's going to be a hummer, and no mis-
take" said Captain Pearsall peering
through the Gathering window pane. IF
you're going out with the boys you'd better
go on the first watch. Then you will get
back by 8 o'clock"
1 decided, however, to take my chances
with the midnight patrol, mainly because
had furtive idea that by this time the
bitter wind would abate and the walking
would be easier. So we sat about the table
by the cheerful fire. while Ryder and
Weston prepared to face the bitter blast.
The beach is about a rod from the sta
ton. 1 followed the men down to the mar
gin of the sea, where, the breakers Were
running high and wild even in the teeth
of the off-shore wind. IT'S fine night
for wrecks, anyway" said Ryder. Then
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
sToNEwALL JAcKsoN,s DEATH.
Virginia Indy Described the Event
to General Grant.

General Horace Porter. in his Cam
paigning with Grant" In the February
Century. relates the following anecdotc OF
an occurrence after the Wilderness cam
paign: While our people were putting up
IN" tents and making preparations for sup
per, General Grant stroled over to a house
near by owned by Mr.. Chandler. and
sat down on the porch. ! accompanied
MIN, ana took Il seat beside him. In
Few minutes Il lady came to the door. and
was surprised TO find that the visitor was
tho general-ln-chief. He was always
particularly civil to ladies'. and he rose to
MS teet at once. took off his hat, and made
a courteous bow. She was ladylike and
polite In her behavior. and she and the
general soon became engaged in a pleas
ant talk. Her conversation was exceed
ingly entertaining. She said among other
things This house has witnessed some
sad scenes. one Of our greatest generals
died here Just n year ago-General Jack
son-Stoncwall Jackson of blessed MEM
ory." "lndecdn' remarked General Grant
"Hc and l were at West Point together
for n year and we served In the same army
in Mexico" Then you must have known
how good and great he was" said the lady.
"Oh. yes" replied the general; he was
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07

Il sterling, manly cadet, and enjoyed the
respect of everyone who knew him. He
was always of Il religious turn of mind
and plodding, hard-working student. His
standing was at first very low in his class.
but by his indOmitable energy he managed
to graduate quite high. He was gallant
soldier and a Christian gentleman. and
can understand fully the admiration your
people have for him"
'fhey brought him here the Monday
after the battle of Charlottesville, she
continued. You probably know, sir, that
he had been wounded in the left arm and
right hand by his own men, who fired upon
him accidentally in the night. and his arm
operation was very successful, and he was
getting along nicely, but the wet applica-
tions made to the wound brought on pneu-
monia, and it was that which caused his
death. He fingered till the next Sunday
afternoon. May 10. and then he was taken
from u.s." Here the lady of the house be-
came very much affected and almost
broke down in recalling the sad event.
Our tents had by this time been pitched.
and the general, after taking polite leave
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07

it has been suggested that bank paper can
be tinctured with a special odor, impercep-
tible to the ordinary sense of smell, but
which could readily be detected by the
scentograph. thus greatly lessening the liza
bility of banks to fraudulent operators.
1t IS also claimed for the machine that il
will become popular in the homes of the
wealthy. for by the aid of its mechanism
the atmosphere of a large mansion can be
kept constantly permeated with a most
delicate and choice perfume at a nominal
expense. For hospitals and sick rooms its
services will prove inestimable. The ma
chine itself is Il small affair, about twelve
inches square and eight inches high 1t is
made of wood and the opening where the
nostrils are applied is nickel-plated.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
FOR new YORK'S DEFENSE.
PLANS OF THE HEAVY BATTERY
PROPOSED FOR HER HARBOR.
Turreta for Great Guns-six of These
Irresistible Pieces Are to BE
Mounted Behind the Thickr
est of ArmOr.
rnrn tho N,nu, York Herald

From the New York Herald.
a battery OF six 16-inch guns on Romef
Shoal Is the addition to the defenses of
New York harbor contemplated by the bill
introduced in the house OF representatives
by Representative Fischer and now pend
ing before the committee on appropria-
tions. The. Herald long ago pointed out
the advantage OF a battery of heavy guns
on Romer shoal 1t requires but glance
at n chart OF the entrances to New York
hdrbor to show that such a battery at
this point, in combination with the de-
fenses of the harbor already constructe.
or planned, would make II practically i'm
possible for a hostile fleet TO pass any OF
the channels leading up to the inner bay.
While the bill simply proposes 10 author
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
A CHAT WITH RUSSELL SAGE ON
sONEY AND MONEY MAKING.
HOW HE BECAME WEALTHY.
BIGGEST MONEY LENDER IN AMER
ICA TALKS OF INTEREST.
His Advice to Young disadvantages
He Got From His Congressional
Term-The Times and Pros
poets Philosophy of
n Millionaire.

New York, Feb. c, 1871 had an hours
interview last Saturday with Russell Sage
in his private office In the old rat trap of
a building known as Il Broadway. Every
one has heard of Russell Sage. He is said
10 be worth somewhere between SJO,OOJ,O0O
and 500 600. He has more money on call
than any other man in New York, and he
IS ready to loan 4 million or so at any mo-
Inent On low interest, provided he has good
security. There are few men living who
have handled so much money as he. Start
ing life a poor boy, he was a millionaire
way back in the Cos, and for the past thir-
ty years he has been turning his millions
over like 4 SNOWFALL, gathering more and
more at every roll. Mr.. Sage is one Of
the remarkable characters of this century.
He is now so, but he does not look to be
co. and during my talk with him he told me
he had been at steady work for more than
sixty years. All of this time he has been in
the very thick of things. He was n big
money handler during the war, and he has
been associated with nearly every great
capitalist of the past generation. He and
Jay Gould were hand in glove in great en-
terprises, and he is a director in so many
banks, trust companies and railroad COM
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
Roses.

Where are last years roses?
Would you really know?
Mabel tossed them. withered,
To the street below.
Madge gave hers to Harry
When a trifle old:
For she knew the secret
Never would be told.
Julia-thrifty maiden
AS the world may see.
Hoarded every petal
For her pot-pourri.
But the girl who loved you
All, you never knew 80
Hid them meath her pillow,
Craving dreams of you.
Chicago Recon
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
7 should like to give you letter to some

! should like to give you a letter to some
friends of mine"
The doctor replied that he did intend to
visit Scotland, and that he should be
pleased to take charge of the letter
Thereupon the cowboy sat down, wrote
brief letter. sealed it up and addI essed the
envelope toilet us Say-the Duke of
Craige' at a castle in Scotland When he
handed it to the doctor. that gentleman
looked at the address rather dubiously and
then asked, in voice that was possibly
little cold
rs this gentleman an acquaintance of
yours?"
well, yes" replied the ranch rider. 'I
think it is quite probable he will remember
me. He is my father, and / shall be glad to
have you call on him and tell him I'm get
ting along all right
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
IT MAGNIFIES oDoRs.
Peculiar Invention Which Acts as n
Microscope in Detecting All
Kinds of Smells.

Among the latest inventions, says the st.
Louis Republic, is machine which will
take a liquid that has heretofore been re-
garded as odorless and distil the most del
icate perfume. A drop of perfumery or es-
sence placed on a receiver will. on apply
ing the nostriI to the nosepiece or opening,
produce an overpowering stencil thatwould
in a very short time If continued, cause
symptoms of suffocation. The instrument
can be utilized in nearly every walk of life
To the grocer it will prove invaluable in
detecting adulteration' of goods. The chem
ist, druggist and physician. of course, can
find ready use for It in their business. while
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
A Transfer of Prestige,

From Tid-Bits.
A company of tourists are taken over thu
castle at Blois.
Guide-"The room which we are now en-
terinS, ladies and gentlemen, is the very
one in which the Duke of Guise was mu--
dered."
A tourist-"Here. what's that? I came
here three years ago, and was shown i
room in the wing opposite"
Guide very calmly)-"This room was un.
dergoing repairs at the time"
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
Horr He Gnured It.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Johnnie" said the farmer, go down in
the cellar and draw a pitcher of that sweet
cider. Take a candle with you"
Don't need no CANDLE" said Johnnie.
"Ah, my little man." said the minister,
who was staying over night, you must
have quite an accurate judgment to have
filed the pitcher in the dark without rum
ming 1t over"
"Aw," said Johnnie, cit amt no trick at
ali. When it got up to the first joint of
my thumb / stopped"
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07

duce the danger encountered by vessels
attempting to enter New York harbor at
night or during thick weather. . Mr.. Fisch-
er Will urge this upon the committee and
will point out the fact that most of the
vessels that go aground in entering the
harbor run upon either Romer shoal or
Flynn's knoll. He believes that with a
proper light and fog signal on the shoal
most of these accidents could be avoided.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07

r. u. SAIAE 41@1S-SdbG SlGIlcu llle
with a public school education. AT
the age of % he was elected as one of the
aldermen of Troy, and before he was 40 he
was one of the most prominent members
of congress- Long before he was 50 he was
worth a million, and now, at so. he has as
bright an eye and as quick a mind as any
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
LETTER FROM A COWBOY.

Which Revealed Strange Romance
in Real Life.
Frou the Philadelphia Times.
A western doctor had under his care in
the hospital a cowboy from one of the
ranges of Northern Montana, who, when
he became convalescent, ore day walked
into the Doctors house to thank him for
his services and to say good-by. AS he
was about to leave the office, the cowboy
remarked:
Doctor, I understand that you are soon
to set of on trip to the other side of the
water, and that before you return you in
tend to visit Scotland. If such is the case
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
Progress.
"Hello, centralw

Hello. centralr'
''Well?"
Let me have Havana. I wish to speak to
Captain General Weyler."
''There you are"
''Is that General Weyler?'
"Yes."
How are you getting along with the
pecificaton, of Cuba, general?"
II am progressing by degrees"
THANK you, general! Goodbye
"Good-by!" - Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
True to Life,

From the Chicago Record.
Harry says his life was barren desert
before he saw me-"
well. he looks as If he had lived where
he couldn't get water to drink
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
The Biggest Money Lender on Interest
Rates

Russell Sage is perhaps the biggest
money lender in the United States He has
millions out at interest. and he is one of
the few men who seem to always have a
million to lend-to the right party AS L
looked at him l thought of this, and asked |:
How is money in New York Just now?
Are not the rates very low?'
Mr.. Sage replied: mo. they are not low
to-day, but they are in general lower than
they have been for years. This is so not
only here, but all over the world. It seems
to me that this shows that men have more
faith in each other than ever before A re-
spectable man can easily get trusted now
but at the same time man whose reputa-
ton is not good is more cerefully watched
than ever. Those fellows in the West have
lost n great deal by their evident desire to
repudiate their debts. The silver move
ment has been a bad thing for the West
Do you think would lend any money 10 a
Western town for water works or public
improvements knowing how they stand
upon such matters? I think they will find
1t more difficult to borrow money here than
they did in the past"
SnEe as the Original Mckinley Man.
The only ornaments on the walls of Mr..
Sages private office are two big railroad
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
Fruit, Anyway.

Mipnie-"George said 1 ought to go on
the stage. He said that he had no doubt
would be a peach"
MSmie-"Are you sure he didn't say a
Cherry? Journal.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
A StrnY Shot.

She tried to kill him with q look
That was the plan
But she was cross-eyed, and it took
Another man.
Chicago Record.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
He Talks About the Times.

What do you think about the times, Mr..
Sage? Are they going to be better?"
Il think so, though we had hard pull
during the last campaign. l have faith in
The sober sense of the American people, and
l believe with a moderate tariff we will
soon be prosperous
Are you not afraid of the dissatisfaction
Of the poor?"
No 1 don't believe the best elements of
the laboring classes are dissatisfied. More
than three-fifths' of the labcring men of
this country realize that their success is de-
pendent upon the success of the capitalists
who are their employers. The other two
fifths are those who are trying to get along
work.
What are the causes of the hard tirnes?"
II believe they are largely due TO over
production, not only here, but all over the
than we could sell. We have expensive es-
adjustments. and We have kept them UP
Notwithstanding the sales have stopped.
Then We took off the tariff. and let for
with us. and the result is as you see it.
Why, things were never so cheap as they
are now in the United States. Look at this
coat which l have on
] looked and felt the sack coat of the
millionaire. 1t was a very respectable look
ing garment, made of fairly Sood dark
gray woolen cloth. As 1 felt 1t MIR. Sage
went on:
Well, how much do you think that coat
cost? / paid just Sc for it. It was part
of a suit that was selling for $3.50, and l
bought II just to show these fellows here
how cheap things are. You know there are
things in the papers now and then about
my wearing $1l suits and buying my clothes
ready made. Those stories are not true.
have always had my clothes made to order
and don't think / ever wore Il ready made
suit in my life. | merely put this on to H.
iustrate the position hold on this sub
leCt.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07

panies that it is said
that his fees for at
tending directors
meetings would make
a good salary for an
ordinary man. Ihave
seen statements in
newspapers re pre-
senting Russell Sage
as an illiterate man. 4
have not found him
so. No one can be
with the biggest men
OF this country for
sixty years and uOI
become educated. Mr..
c. 81 1EF-
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07

of his hostess, and, saying he would place
a guard over her house to see that no
with the mess to light supper.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
EriSESy.

Stranger-'Ts your city water healthy?"
Native-"Yes: it seems to be olably AYell
supplied with animal spirits.''
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07

are due to It. It would not seem to me out
of the way that the government should
guarantee its bonds. If the United States
would guarantee its bonds at per cent 1
J would be glad to take a lot of them
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07

of the men of half his age who borrow
money Of him to play the great game which
is always going on here among the Wall
street gamblers.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
HOW RusseII snge LooI.s.
How Russell Sage Keeps Young.

hIy first question was as to his health and
how he managed at so to keep so young and
bright. The old millionaire laughed as he
replied:
- don't know how do II, but am here
six hours OF the day six days of the week
year in and year out. My good health in
ola age is. think, largely due to temper
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-19
HINTS FOR STOCkMEN,

Vaseline is fine remedy for sores on
the horse.
Good management with stock /. that
which insures steady growth.
Soaked corn, instead of meal, NAV be
fed to the pigs during summer
Feed the pigs when weaned one-third
cornmeal and two-thirds shorts.
The horse that works six days in the
week earns a rest on the seventh.
Ill-ftting harness is to the horse
like an ill-fitting, pinching garment to
a man.
1t is claimed that hogs will eat sofa
bean hay as eagerly as a cow will eat
clover hay.
Pigs that do not have enough good
milk viii be stunted. Feed the sow
beautifully.
Keeping horse on corn alone in SUM
mer is like building a fire in the parlor
stove in August.
Cow pens, unless wanted for pasture
alone, should not be planted on rich or
naturally moist ground.
Ground wheat mixed with milk pref
ty thick, or as thick as will pour, makes
excellent feed for the pigs.
1t is good plan, says a writer. to
feed corn to the sows and pigs-soaked
corn-before the pigs are weaned.
The bicycle has undoubtedly injured
the livery business, and consequently
been an injury to scrub horse breeding.
When stock feeders. says a wri-er,
come to know the value of peas and
beans for feed they will be as staple as
corn.-Western Plowman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-19
SCIENCE OF DREAMS.
Some of the. Phenomena of Sleeping
Visions Are Now Accounted For.

Some of the. Phenomena of Sleeping
Visions Are Now Accounted For.
The subject of dreams" remarked a
well-known Investigator to Star re-
porter, "has never been given the scien-
tific consideration and study it de-
served until during the past five years
and even now some of the most interest
ed investigators pursue then study
| under cover, as it were. for the reason
that the medical profession has per-
sistently evaded the subject anu visits
heavy penalty on such of its members as
ale known to devote much time to the
matter. 1t has not been considered
regular exactly to pursue mental phe.
nomena, though this to a great extent
is Passing away through the valua BILE
work done by the societies organized for
psychical research, which originated ir
England. There some of the best minds
of the land are openly committed to
the study, and they are making it easier
for others to engage in it. Like all
pioneers, however, in any branch OF
science, or, indeed, in anything else,
those who first engaged in it had to
suffer criticism. AS a matter of fact,
the literature on the subject of psychic
al phenomena has been very barren I'M
til late years, and the most of that
which is written is totally unreliable,
as it was the work of those who were
cot fitted by scientific requirements to
make their labors of value.
Dreams are now investigated and
studied by a systematic course, and it is
wonderful how much informa ton and
strange and interesting results are OBJ
tanned. Dreams are different from the
mon with many unusually sensitive
persons, though there is a connection
between them, as both involve phases.
mentally as well as psychically. In
one case the mind of the dreamer is
alone used while in presentiments the
best accepted theories are to the effect
that the mind of the person who is fully
awake is influenced by others. be-
lieve it is now fully proven that the
troublesome dreams which hang on a
persGn often through a whole night.
can be broken off and perfect mental
recreation secured, for after all that is
whas sleep is, if they will rouse them
selves sufficiently to do some positive
thing For instance. if a person gets up
and touches door knob or the gas fix
ture. OF. indeed, anything else, with the
idea that he is determined to break off
a disagreeable and persistent dream. he
can do so. If only this much was gained
1t would mean considerable. as persons
who are annoyed by continuous dreams
VIII representatives, ington Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-19
COB COAL FOR HOGS.
1t Keeps Their Digestive Apparatus
In a Healthy Condition

There are many farmers who fail TO
make success of making coal from
corncobs, and therefore the following
explicit directions are given: Save the
cobs and store them in a dry place, to
be burned when time permits Aside
from the good care we give our pigs,
we attribute much of their general
health to the condiment prescribed
herewith, which seems to keep their di-
gestive apparatus in a healthy condi-
ton.
One who raises from 100 TO $50 pigs
should aim to save at least 200 bushels
of corncobs for charcoal Make a pit
AZ to feet deep, IL to Is inches in
diameter at bottom, 41a to 5 feet on top
Have sheet iron cover made large
enough to cover the pit and project
six inches over the edge. Start a fire
in the bottom with shavings and add by
degrees a bushel of cobs, and let them
get we'll aglow. Then add three to four
bushels more, and when well on fire
add more, and so on, until the pit is
rounding full. If they burn faster on
one side than the other side lift the side
that is burning least with pole. Ii
you have an old iron rod long enough
lay 1T over the center of the hole so as
to keep the sheet iron from sagging.
When all the cobs are well aglow, even
blazing freely, cover the hole with sheet
iron. and seal the edges with earth, air
tight, and leave it until the next morn
ing, when the charcoal can be taken
out. and if the job is well done there
will be from nine to twelve bushels
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