Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05

the Republican river. Some Of the cannon
In use are marvels of range and accuracy.
At a distance OF five miles they will drop q
shell about where the gunner wishes 1t to
30. and hitting the bulls eye at a distance
Of 5000 yards is quite an ordinary feat.
Judge Funk tells the following story on
himself In the Kiowa Review: when I
made the race for probate judge the second
time. 1 had an experience that will last me
n lifetime. Nearly every family in this coun-
~ Is Kin to the Julians. and as you know
my opponent was w. r. Julian. of Kiowa.
In making my canvass / found them scat
tered over the county as thick as mos
quitoes In an Arkansas swamp. In fact I
found SO many of them it liked to have
scared me to death. When the campaign
was half over l returned to the lodge and
called my friends in and told them 1 was
sure beaten on account of the Julian FAM
lily being in the majority and asked for
sympathy. While l was waiting for some
one to speak three or four of the boys be-
gan to move for the %door-they were a
brother-in-law. a cousin, and a half uncle
to the Julian family. If 1 ever run for
Office again against a Julian 1 want some
one to shoot me-"
Though Sumner county has been paying
bounty on rabbit sca,ps only about two
months. more than 12,oO of them have al
ready been presented to the county clerk
for redemption. The Wellington Mail says:
And yet the visible supply of the little
animals has not been materially decreased.
1t is a common occurrence for a man to
go out any old time and kill fifty or Il hun
dred rabbits in a single day" The Mail
figures that each Of the rabbits would have
eaten one bushel of grain in a year and
that. therefore, the bounty has saved
Sumner county 1900 bushels. to say moth
ins of fruit trees and shrubbery.
Rev. Mr.. Weaver. the Methodi preacher
at Dodge City, conducted a novel sort of
performance during services recently. He
stopped in his sermon and asked all those
who had been baptized to stand up. Nearly
everyone stood up. He then asked all
these to stand up who believed a man
was dishonest who did not keep his bap-
tismal vows. Nearly everyone stood up
again. He then asked all those to stand up
WHIT could repeat the baptismal covenant.
Not a soul arose. He then repeated the
covenant as follows: Il renounce the devil
and all his works. the vain pomp and
glory of the world. with all covetous de-
sires Of the same. and the carnal desires
OF the flesh. SO that l will not follow or
be led by Them" He then asked all those
who had kept this vow to stand up. Not
a soul moved. and the whole congregation,
therefore. stood convicted of dishonesty by
their W testimony.
Speaking of preachers and religion, here
Is an entertaining little story from the Lin
ccln Republican:
Rev. Bradbury drove to Sylvan Grove last
Thursday to hold a Thanksgiving service
that evening. When he got there no fire
had been built in the church. for they
thought it too cold for him to come. He
got W. H. McAdams to build a fire. and
pretty soon Frank Fouts came. Then two
cowboys came. entire strangers in the COM
Eunity. and both showing signs that they
had observed the day according to the Gus
tom Of their profession. After singing a
song. Mr.. Bradbury began reading a chap
ter from the Bible. While he was reading,
one of the cowboys got up and said he
wanted to take up a collection. Mr.. Brad
bury asked him what he wanted to take up
a collection for. and he replied. For the
preacher" So the fellow took his hat and
made the round of the audience. After
counting the cash he announced that he
found hat he had given more than all of
the others put together. and that he
couldn't put up with such a collection. He
went after them again. making even his
partner throw in q little more. After de-
livering the money he and his friend left
the room.