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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
FIGHT OVER BIBLE.
Oxford Folk Will Try 10 Restrain
American Publicn-

Suit has been brought by the chancellor.
masters and others of the University of
oxford. England, for the issuing of an in
junction restraining the Wilmore Andrews
fishing a Bible. designated by them as
THE oxford Bible
The oxford Bible for Teachers which
contained notes, reference tables. Il die
tionary. maps and other important helps
in the study OF the Bible. is the edition
that is said to be chiefly infringed upon
by the Bible published by the defendant
company. 1t is charged that the wording
of the title page the use of the words
oxford Bible" the words appointed TO
be read in the churches" and the title on
the back of the book are calculated to
deceive.
made to copy or initiate the trademark.
The University of Oxford is represented hv
Rowland Cox, and United States Commits
sioner Shields has been appointed master
to take evidence in the hearing and pre-
pare and present such evidence before the
rpr,rf
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
THE WORTH OF A MAN.
Mr.. Wanamaker Believes We Are
Paid According to
Merit.

1t is a delusion that men do not get
what they are worth, writes John Wanna
maker in the True P~hiladelphian. Why
it's the hardest time in the world to find
a clean, strong, earnest. upright young
martinique as scarce as hens teeth. I
had a boy working for me once at So a
week. and one day the boys father. who
was loom boss in n factory. came to see
me and said he guessed he'd take his
boy out: he could make more in the
factory.
How much?' i asked. -Four dollars
a week" We'll. let him alone and he'll
be getting five a week here after i
while"
When the boy was getting IS the father
came again. and again 1 persuaded him
to leave the boy with me. When the hoy
was getting SO a week the father came
again and said he was going to take the
boy away. What for He isn't max
ing money enough What will you do
with him. Put him in the factory"
How much will he get?' Twelve dol
lars first-fifteen afterward." ANY more"
Yes, he may get to be a loom boss"
What will he make them" "Seventy-ive
dollars a month" Well. then. let the boy
alone: he'll be getting n hundred a month
here some day" I had the hardest work
to get that man to leave his boy. and We
are paying the boy now si.N0 a month.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

The new United States battleship Ken
tucy. now fast nearing completion in the
ship yards at Newport News, Will be the
most powerful warboat in the navy. The
date of Its launching has not been DECIDED
upon. but when Miss Christine Bradley. OF
Kentucky. breaks the bottle of champagne
on the kentucky's forehead there will be
no more destructive piece of machinery
Kentucky is one of four sister ships. all OF
which will soon be finished. The Kentucky
bears on her forward and after deck Il
double turret. Each of these turrets car
ries two thirteen inch guns. No European
power has placed on the deck of a warship
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
YOUNG WIZARD In The FIELD
THOMAS 4. EDISON MAY HAVE To
LOOK TO HIS LAURELS.
His Son Expects to Make Things Live
Iy for Him in Line of Electrical
observation-disclosures Already
INVENTIONS.

Thomas \. Edison. Jrr. has been some-
what lost sight OF in the dazzle of the fame
OF his father. with whom he has for a long
time been associated in laboratory work.
The young man has. however. recently
started out for himself. and since August
last has occupied an office in a Broadway.
New York. building.
He has invented a device which. he says.
is Only the first of n series of improved APP
pliances in various lines CT electrical work.
II Is an incandescent lamp. similar 10 the
one now in use to the inexperienced eye.
but possessing. ii is said. many advant-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

at~mospheres. The burner is of special con-
struction and readily withstands the pres
sure. A single incandescent jet of the
ordinary size can emit a light of much
more than loo candle power.
THE light is of such intensity that a
person is enabled to read the finest print
at a distance of from 100 to $50 feet.
The inventor claims that the cost of
his incandescent light of 500 candle power
is only four and one-half cents per hour,
while that of the ordinary electric arc
light of 400 candle power is, in Germany,
Il cents per hour. In the apparatus con-
structed by the inventor a pressure of 30
and even more, may be forced through the
burner
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
Used Tobacco Ninety Year.

James Woods the other day celebrated
his l0ist birthday anniversary. in com
pany with his wife. who is 50; two
sisters who are over 50. and two sons and
one daughter. He is able to read without
glasses. his mind is clear. and he is as
active rs an ordinary man of 80. one year
ago he swore off on tobacco. after using
II for ninety Years. and he says he is glad
he did. He feared that the continued use
of the weed would kill him eventually, and
he swore off.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

have been crude, clumsy affairs. and have
attracted little favorable attention.
How 1t Looks.
Recently, however, a foreigner has in
vented a skate that seems to be practical
bio and to possess few of the objectionable
features found in the earlier inventions. 1t
is a curious affair-a sort of a cross be
tween an old-fashioned roller and a mod
ern racing skate. mounted on miniature
bicycle wheels. 1t differs from the roll
er in that there are only two wheels on
each skate. and each wheel extends a dis
tance of two or three inches behind the
heel and forward of the toe instead of di-
rectly beneath, as was the case with the
roller. The frame is of steel, set extremely
low, ard, like the racing skate. made to mt
the foot. 1t is twenty-nine inches in
horizontal forks. extending four or live
inches beyond the frame. They are made
afte: the model of an ordinary bicycle
wheel, and have strong steel spokes and
bali bearings. They are five inches high
and have tires of solid rubber. The skate
Is fastened on by 4 strong leather ankiet,
reaching, half way to the knee. and re-
quires shoes made specially for il.
Hard to Learn.
The chief difficulty lies in learning to bal
ance oneself on the skates. They have a
delightful way of discovering suddenly that
they have different engagements on diff
ferent sides of the road simultaneously,
ana unless one is proficient in the science
OF the split the result is likely to be har-
rowing.
They are so constructed that skating
over the ordinary country road is not only
possible. but exhilarating. and there is no
limit to the speed of coasting, and no way
of stopping after getting under way. They
are too expensive now to become popular
fads. The retail price is So. and only Il
few Of the larger sporting houses handle
them.
May Drive Out Wheels.
a prominent bicycle maker. during a
conversation on wheels, said: Il am not
half SO afraid of the chainless wheel as I
am of the bicycle skate. Before all the
riders who are now using chain wheels
can be supplied with gear wheels the time
will be ripe for Il clean abandonment of
their mounts for the modernized roller
skate. There is more enjoyment. with
less danger and trouble, from the use of a
pair of these swift carriers than one i'm
AGNES.
In the first place. one can skate any
where one can ride, and it is Il mistaken
notion that many people have that one
would be obliged to walk to an asphalt
or macadam road and there strap on the
skates. This is not so. One can use the
ordinary city street or hard dirt road of
the suburbs. They are fast. too. The
American product sells as low as S25. the
skate being similar in pattern. save in the
length of frame that supports the foot.
and again in the difference of the tire. The
close to the inner side of the tire. This
leaves a thick surface thai would prevent
a puncture and gives n greater elasticity.
II Is only n question of production that will
prevent the bicycle skate from being an
immediate craze"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
GOD save the Queen"

London Sketch says: The third verse
of God Save the Queen translated into
fifty languages. and edited by Mr.. H.
Anthony Salmone. the professor of
Arabic at Kings college. London. has been
issued by Mr.. David Mutt. Here are some
of the examples of the last line. God Save
the Queen" as sung by her majesty's sub
jects:
Irish Gaelic-Gog-cosmaidh Dian Rioghan
Scotch Gaelic-Dhia gleidh (aJ Bhan-righ.
Welsh-Hon gadwo Duw.
Maltese-Kattrilha 'r-rizq.
Hausa-Allqh Chilranta.
Zulu-Qinis' InkoS'.
Maori-Manaakitia.
Fiji-Rula Kuini.
SanScrit-PahiS yara.
HinduStani-Itahe wuh kahn.
Bengali-Tara Prabho.
Malay-Allah iagga Ranee).
C~hinese-Tien yu Chun Chu.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

bars these words are inscribed: Jesus,
hominum salvator." Upon the other these
words appear: Jesus, guardian of my
soul"
The presentation of this beautiful gift to
the pope will be made by a special mesSen-
ger of societies offering 1t, who is expected
to carry ii to Rome.
The maker says tina the cross is worth
si'.0O An ivory box. specially designed for
the purpose. has been made for 1t. and in
this it will be conveyed to Rome.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
A Suggestion.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Il want something in a small check -
said young Mr.. Twitters. as he examined
the tailor's goods.
Did you bring it with you, sir?" asked
the tailor.
Bring what with me?"
THE small check"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

any gun more than twelve inches. Thus
can the Kentucky strike a blow with which
the power of no other warship can COM
pare. a single blow of this kind would dis
able II not sink the strongest ship of battle
aiicat. From bow and stern the Kentucky
can fire simultaneously n thirteen inch gun.
The kentucky will draw only twenty-five
feet OF water. three feet less than the
ightest boats now on the sea. She will be
able TO sail into all the barbors. and can be
locked with less difficulty than the three
other boats now building. The waist
fire consists of fourteen tive inch quick
firing guns and the second batteries Will
be composed of twenty six-pouuder rapid
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

Precious observation-disclosures. II isn't
good an to say after l. is it, His
mother-"No. George" Precocious iuven-
ile-"Woll, tn letter ] comes after L.
Which is wrong. the m or the al
phabet ?"-ChicaEo Tribune.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
VIA Kept Him.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
What kept you in the South so lonc?"
- was trying to negotiate a raise"
What money!"
No, quarantine"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
Doubtful.
From Puck

From PuCk.
Spendley-"Weil. if my money should go,
dearest. you'd still have mel"
Mrs. Spendley-'Don't you be too sure
alout that.'
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

firing six one-pounder and four machine
guns. Two military tops. mounting guns
complete the ship arrnamant. which is far
heavier than that of any ship of the Ken
lucky displacement in the world. No
warshfp can deliver more metal at a broad
side than can the Kentucky. and none will
nave the ready concentration of fire. The
feature of the Kentucky is the form of her
turretS. which Is quite new. There Is a
large saving in weight. which gives tho
boat more room for heavy armament and
more powerful machinery for propulsion
She viii carry LILO tons of coal, which will
of ten knots an hour. saw
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
For Women. Too.

This particular skate scorcher was Of the
masculine gender. but the debut of the
feminine skater as a scorcher is only a
question of time. Already she has taken
10 the sport. not as fiercely. possibly. as
she took to the bike or 10 roller skates.
but with eagerness and a determination to
conquer 1t.
She is practicing now behind closed
doors or on the asphalt when the night
has fallen and no one may see her wrest-
ling with the things. 1t is not a new in
v%ention. for the last three years bicycle
skates lave been on the market, but they
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
BICYCLE SKATES COMING ON.
MAY DRIVE OFT THE LARGER
WHEELS ALTOGETHER.
Good on Any Kind of Road-Thcy Cost
From $50 to $50 Now and Weigh
Four Pound but Are Grow
ing Cheaper and Better
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
In all probability the bike cop will have
a new species of swift-wheeled game to
chase next year. The bicycle skate scorch-
er is just trying his wings now. and for
a young bird of the boulevard he has
shown really remarkable strength and such
bursts of speed that the ~tieetest cops have
found difficulty in bringing him to earth.
Only the other day one of the new style
scorchers led a flock of cops a merry
chase of ten blocks up the boulevard and
really was just getting his stride when the
forward wheel of his skate caught in a
car track running ~diagorally across the
SIreeI and threW hin.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

have been crude, clumsy affairs. and have
attracted little favorable attention.
How 1t Looks.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-17
HOW TO TELL PURE FABRICS.
Wool or Silk Containing Mixtures May Be
Readily Discovered.

Wool or Silk Containing Mixtures May be
Readily Discovered.
A simple but effective practice is in
vogue in Germany for determining,
without the aid of chemist, whether
fabric of silk or wool is free from ad.
mixture of cotton fibers, of flax, china
grass or other vegetable constituents. A
piece of the stuff to he examined, say
about three inches square, is, after care.
full cleaning, plunged into strong sui.
phuric acid, water being afterward add.
ed, and the whole boiled In about five
minutes the fluid is poured into clean
vessel and made strongly alkaline by a
saturation with caustic soda; then are
added few drops of dissolved orchil, and
the mixture is warmed for several min
utes up to temperature OF $50 degrees
F. Now, if only per cent Of vegetable
fiber exists in the fabric, the reddish vic
let color of the orchil is precipitated, or
if this takes place only after heating for
five minutes the quantity amounts to
less than l per cent. 1t is absolutely
necessary, however, that starch should
be removed carefully from the stuff to
be examined, as the presence of that
substance vitiates the result. In testing
goods alleged to be silk the result is at.
tanned more easily by plunging the sam
pie into hydrochloric acid, the fiber Of
silk being very soluble in such acid,
and if the material contains wool or cot
ton it remains behind.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-17
OF PREVIOUS INsTALLMENTs

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTs.
In order that new readers of The En-
ouIRER NAV begin with the following in
stallment of this story, and understand 1t
Just the same as though they had read it
all from the beginning, we here give
synopsis of that portion OF it which has
already been published:
CHAPTER I.-Dick Gordon, Yale grad
nate, goes in for hard work. From the
Chicago and Alton railroad repair shops
he is gradually promoted and finally
works up to the position OF superlnten-
dent of western railroad-the Kansas
and Arizona. The story opens with an
account of trip by rail of Mr.: Cullen, q
railroad vice president, over the lines OF
the K. and A, Gordon is asked to meet
Cullen and party and pilot them through.
In the party are Madge Cullen. with
whom Gordon falls in love; Lord Rallies,
an Englishman, in love with Madge, and
Captain Ackland, brother of Lord Rallies.
Talk turns on train robbers. Madge
would like an adventure with hold ups.
So would Rallies and Ackland. While
horseback riding near Santa Fe, Gordon
points out among convicts working on q
railroad grade Jack brute, train robber
under IA year sentence. Madge speaks
to the convict, who answers grutfiy.
CHAPTER 1.-THE party is Joined by
Madge's invalid brother. On a special
train all go on westward. While Mr..
Cullen, his elder son and the two Eng
lishmen play poker and Gordon and
Madge enjoy the moonlight on the rear
car the train is held up by bandits.
CHAPTER III.-The robbers are fired at
and frightened away, taking with them
but three registered letters from the mail
coach. Gordon telegraphs for help and
starts tho comnany's sleuths, He over
hears Lord Rallies talking rudely to Madge
and knocks him down.
CHAPTER IV.-Mystery of the search for
the robbers; only four shots fired by the
robbers, and yet six empty shells are
found. Cullen and party go on to the
Grand Canyon. Gordon remains to assist
the sheriff. -.
CHAPTER V.-Gordon with the sheriff
and posse follows to Grand canyon, finds
the party in camp, tells them he suspects
them of completely in the robbery and
searches them and their effects.
CHAPTER VITO find the letters he
decides that he must search Madge.
When she finds he is determined, she
yields up the letters. The motive OF the
robbery is explained. The letters were
proxies for the K. & A. election. Cullen's
company was fighting for control. They
took desperate chance to get the prox-
les. Gordon resolves to pull the Cullens
out of the scrape for Madge's sake.
CHAPTER VII.-Our hero in leag gue
with the Cullens. Madge is happy and
Lord Rallies discounted.
CHAPTER VIII.-Gordon refuses to de-
liver the letters containing the proxies TO
the persons addressed; a mandamus and
an appeal to Washington.
CHAPTER IX.-A little lovemaklng.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-17

MARRIAGEABLE AGE.-In Austria
a ''man" and "woman" are supposed
to be able to be capable of conducting
a home of their own from the age of IA,
In Germany the man must be at least
1S years of age.
In France the man must be Is and
the woman Is in Belgium the same.
In Spain the intended husband must
have passed his 18th year and the wo'
man her 18th.
In Hungary, for Roman Catholics,
the man must be IA years old and the
woman 12; for Protestants, the man
must be 18 and the woman Is.
In Greece the man must have seen
at least IA summers and the woman l2'
In Portugal boy of Is is consider
ed manageable, and woman of II.
In Russia and Saxony they are
little more sensible, and a youth must
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-17

REGARDING A "CLosE" SHAVE
"What makes my face so dry and
dusty ?" asked man in one of the
chairs at the hotel barber shop.
"You shave too close" replied the
barber. "You get down under the
skin and irritate it.
"Well, l have to shave close. l
don't want to bother with shaving
every day, so l get shave every other
day, and then get good close one."
"There's no need of that" replied
the barber. "There isn't so much
difference between single going-over
and very close shave. After the
razor has been over your face once,
YOU can still feel a fine stubble. By d
second or third scraping you can get
the face feeling perfectly smooth, but
in three hours time the beard has
grown out to where it was after the
first going-over. What mean is that
you save only about three hours by
getting what we call a "close' shave,
and for a man who shaves every other
day, that isn't much of an advantage.
Besides, it irritates the face, and is
liable to make the skin hard and scaly.
A man who shaves himself simply goes
over his face once, but in a barber
shop the customer thinks he is not
getting the worth of his money unless
the barber scrapes for about 10 min
utes to get rid of that extra three
hours growth of beard"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-17
"oLD HICKORY'S" INAUGURATION.

UbU HlChUhI lNdUVUhAllUN.
Mr.. Joseph B. Bishop has an article
on "Inauguration Scenes and Incl.
dents" in the March Century. MIR.
Bishop says of President Jackson's
inauguration:
"An eye witness, who took some
what jocose view of the days events,
wrote that the most remarkable feature
about Jackson, as he marched down
the aisle of the senate with quick,
large step, as though he proposed to
storm the Capitol, was his double pair
of spectacles. He habitually wore
two pairs, one for reading and the
other for seeing at distance, the pair
not in use being placed across the top
of his head. On this occasion, says
the eye witness, the pair on his head
reflected the light; and some of the
rural admirers of the old hero were
firmly persuaded that they were two
plates of metal let into his head to
close up holes made by British bullets.
When he appeared on the portico, we
are told that the shout which arose
rent the air and seemed to shake the
very ground. The ceremony ended,
the general mounted his horse to pro-
ceed to the White House; and the
whole crowd followed him.
"'The president says contempo-
rary writer, was literally pursued by
a motley concourse of people, riding,
running helter.skelter, striving who
should first gain admittance into the
executive mansion, where it was un-
derstood that refreshments were to be
distributed An abundance of re-
freshments had been provided, inclu.
ding many barrels of orange punch.
As the walters opened the doors to
bring out the punch in pals, the crowd
rushed upon them, upsetting the pals,
and breaking the glasses. Inside the
house the crush was 80 great that dis
tribution of refreshments was impossi-
BILE, and tubs of orange punch were
set out in the grounds to entice people
from the rooms. Jackson himself was
so pressed against the wall of the
reception-room that he was in danger
of injury, and was protected by a
number of men linking arms and
forming barrier against the crowd.
Men with boots heavy with mud stood
on the satin-covered chairs and sofas
in their eagerness to get a glimpse Of
the hero. Judge Story wrote that the
crowd contained all sorts of people,
from the highest and most polished
down to the most vulgar and gross in
the nation. Il never saw such mix
ture,' he added. The reign of King
Mob seemed triumphant. 1t was glad
to escape from the scene as soon as
possible
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-17

p6 A sea captain and a lawyer lived
next door to each other. One very
windy night the lawyer was reading q
book in his study, when terrific
crash up stairs startled him. Upon
investigating, he found that a chimney
had hurled itself through his roof,
doing considerable damage. He dis
covered it was the sea captains CHM
ney. Fastening down to his library,
he pulled out his law books and hunt.
ed up similar cases, devising and
scheming how he could secure satis-
faction from the detestable captain.
While thus. engaged, a note arrived
from his enemy that read as follows: ::
"Sir IF you don't return those
bricks at once, I will put the matter
in the hands of the law"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-17

s@ An eloquent but short.sighted
Aberdonian divine recently occupied
the pulpit in a rural parish in Scot
land. AS only one person attended
the service, the minister felt called on
to apologize for the length of his dis
course, but as the congregation unani-
mously signified its approval of his
preaching, the minister continued with
renewed vigor and prolixity. The
preachers feelings may be imagined
when he learned that the solitary lis
tener consisted of his driver, who had
been engaged by the hour.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-17

TRUE PoLITENEss.-An excellent
suggestion was that contained in the
remark of little 10-year-old girl from
the country, who had been visiting q
summer friend in her city home.
"Did you have a good time ?" asked
the child's mother when the girl came
back from her weeks visit.
Beautiful !" replied the little trav-
eler, with great enthusiasm. "Why,
they were so polite they made me feel
Just as if was the one that was at
home and they were visiting. I had a
beautiful time !"-Youth's Companion.