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Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27
MISSOURI POINTS.

The robust proportions of Nevada's rock
pile and the discreet dissemination of bits
of interesting information concerning it
have kept that town almost entirely free
from tramps this winter.
In illustration of the fact that it never
rains hut it pours, in old SIizzoorah," the
Ravenswood Gazette tells this: The wave
of prosperity has surely struck Mack Wo-
mack. He informs us that on last Saturday
night his good wife presented him with
twin girls. on going to the feed lot the
next morning he discovered that his cow
had given birth to twin heifer calves, and
but short distance away he found the old
SOW proudly inspecting "A recently arrived
litter of twenty-five female pigs.
Maryville is in danger OF losing its
sprightly and enterprising little evening
daily, the Item. unless the local business
men begin to display less parsimony and
mere advertising.
The deed conveying the Winner proper
ties. which was filed In the Office of the
Clay county recorder in Liberty last week,
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27
Too We'll Adxnnced.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The husband of the up to date woman
searched in vain in the closet, where he
had placed them last winter.
Struck by sudden thought he called
out to his wife:
Il suppose it Is one of the privileges of
the new woman to go out on skates with
out saying anything to anybody about 1t,
is it?"
II scorn your slangy intimation." retort-
ed his wife, with great severity. You
know 1 never drank anything intoxicating
In my Hfer'
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27
A New Currency Plan.
IN, tho Chicapo ChronicIe

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Ex-Governor Boies is out with another
financial plan. 1t is his notion that the
country is perishing for want of a good
monetary system which will give us
twice as much money of final redemp-
ton and that 1t is his mission to meet
the want.
The notion is a mistaken one. This
country would soon have an abundant
supply of money of final redemption If
only whole lot of the stuff which ought
to be finally redeemed were taken in and
extinguished. The mode of getting enough
money of final redemption is exceeding
ly simple.
Mr.. Boies and others who are racking
their brains to find ways of providing loads
of money by act of congress would save
their brains and their regulations if they
would dismiss once for all the delusion
of economic ignorance that country can
by hocus pocus get and keep more than it's
distributive share of the worlds supply of
money of final redemption"
This thing cannot be done in any other
way than by closing all the outlets, and
the outlets cannot be closed. If they could
be the consequence would be extremely
injurious commercially and industrially.
Spain tried the experiment with some sue
cess WHeil Sile was receiving large GUAM
titles of the precious metals from the New
World. The result was that she retro
gaded rapidly as a manufacturing and
commercial country. If she had not been
bedeviled by the Boies notion about money
she might have stood about where Great
Britain stands with respect to the worlds $
commerce. But see where she stands, in
fact.
The new Boies plan is not worth discuss
ing. 1t is so complicated and foggyl that
nobody can understand it, and no twp per-
sons even in this country, can be Induced
to support it, himself included The whole
thing Is based on the delusion above mem
toned and the grotesque notion that the
best money ever heard of would BE paper,
that the paper would be good betause re-
deemable on demand in coin, but that II
would be SO much better than the coin in
which it was redeemabIe that it would
never be presented for redemption.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27

the seats of the three silver congressman
apparently elected in the districts men
toned will undoubtedly be contested. and
there is small doubt that they will be
onSted
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singular Lack of Appreciation.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Sammy had never encountered any lin
burger cheese before.
''If you please" he said to the waiter.
''Td rather have some thats-thats been
on ice."
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27
Actionnbie,

From the Chicago Tribune.
From gold standard point of view"
observed Rivers. Il suppose the CasteI-
lane baby is about the youngest kid that
has made its appearance this season."
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27
SqueIch Him.

Now let us hang the arrant lout,
Without recourse to law,
Who dares to breathe a word about
This January thaw.'
Indianapolis Journal
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27

not import and sell liquors. he may import,
in original packages. for his own use. The
decision makes hole in the law, but does
not come anywhere near destroying it.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27
Reinsurance.

From the Chicago Record.
They say that McKinley's inauguration
suit will be "a bad fit
That's all right; you won't see his ad-
ministration bag at the knees"
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27
THE WEATHER.

Washington. Jan. 25.-For Oklahoma and
Indian Territory: Local SHOWS; north
Winds slight changes in temperature.
For Missouri and Kansas: Generally
cloudy with light local SHOWS; north winds;
slight rise in temperature.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27
Expert Criminal Testimony,

From the New York Advertiser
If the subject of expert medical tes.i-
mony in our criminal courts is to be con-
sloered with view to the counteractiol
Oh some of Its more vicious tendencies, the
average layman would prefer that it were
dealt with by some authority less impul-
sive than Recorder Golf. His honor's OBJ
servations. of course. are entitled to the
highest respect: what he has noticed in
the line of experience such as he sets forth
is interesting. But there is q qulaity of
eNuberance in his generalization that may
be misleading.
Expert testimony, he reports, may be
misleading through misconceptIon on the
part of the witnesses, a tendency TO en-
large or stretch things for the sake of
producing effects. And, in his Judgment
this tendency is more noticeable in cases
of insanity than in others. AS matter
of fact, the public will be inclined to think
that the tendency is more observable in
other cases than in those of insanity; per-
haps because its attention is drawn to the
other cases. But whether it is right or
wrong, the fact remains that in criminal
trials the expert witnesses on botn sides
of any hypothesis display a vigor and an
amount of contrariness of view that leave
the jury in bewiderment. The explana-
tion is handy enough. To err is human,
especially for pay; and the amount of ar
gument that the most ingenious mind can
summon to its aid in support of a pet
idea is illimitabe. Retained counsel, of
course, has the privilege of representing
his client to the utmost of his imaginings;
the real abuse of the expert witness is
that he gives testimony eX parte as either
the state or the defendant has hired him.
What, then, one asks, is the remedy?
Shall the expert be professional, speak,
ing for the state? Shall he merely give
his testimony like machine. telling what
he believes to be the truth. without bias?
Well, of course, one answers: but what
then? For whom does he render his opn-
ion on oath? The state, of course. And
thereupon, since the whole gravamen of
a charge depends, possibly, on his opinion,
he becomes a parsonage of at least equal
Importance with the judge.
1t is possible that the case can be ar
ranged little otherwise. A state expert
might be employed to support the prosecu-
ton with his views, to be met by limited
number of other experts of lesser author
ity called by the defense and stripped by
cross-examination of any unwarrantable
pretensions.
The present system is, as the recorder
intlmates, scandalous enough; but it is
conceivable that 1t might be worse.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

1t can be predicted with some confidence
that Henry NJ. Teller will not be Mr.. Nc
Kinley's secretary of the treasury.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27

There is no getting away from the fact,
says the Chicago Post, that Chicago, the
largest city of this continent, is also the
hcalthiest. And yet the sanitary boards
would have us believe that sewage is I'M
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-27

Entered at the Postofflce at Kansas City,
Mo-. as Second Class Mail Matter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-17

eagles. They had high, shrill voices too,
and most determined little way of &C.
costing the passerby to say, MERRY
Christmas, please, sir; merry Christmas,
please, ma am u
The two of them must have reaped a
fortune Of pennies. 1t Is a time when
charity is really spontaneous, but beggary
assumes so many new and unaccustomed
shapes in London it is necessary TO keep
particularly firm hold of ones purse.
That tribe CT vaga bonds who spring out OF
the ground. as you step into cab or ham
som, obsequiouslY and unnecessarily open
the door, and cling to it until they have
received a penny or have given you
piece of frankest advice; the vendors OF
microscopic and starved BLOCKING plants
who follow you for any distance murmur-
ing: my moder has no bread in the
'ouse, me little brothers and sisters, seven
OF 'em, hall under five years, etc., etc.;
the woman with a paper of rusty pins and
four worn bootlaces and a general fra
GRANGE of the public-house about her per-
son-all these unfortunates and many
others, better and worse, make the streets
pleasant for the Christmas shopper, al
ready frantic with the calls upon his or
her time and generosity. The papers
print columns of appeals; every institu-
ton, public and private, clamors for SUBJ
script1ons, toys, turkeys or old clothes.
Mr.. Labouchere of Truth was the origi-
nator of the Truth doll show for the
benefit of poor children whose holidays
must be passed in workhouse or hospital
wards. Seventeen years ago the first
doll show was held in the offices of
Truth; it has developed from these small
quarters through stages of the Marlbor-
ough and Grosvenor galleries to the great
Albert Hall itself. There are %, 600 poor
children in the various charitable institu-
tons of the metropolis, and $4,000 toys
were sent from all parts of the town and
country.
1t has become quite an honor to send
the best-dressed and most ingenious doll
in the exhibition. So we find Lii Hung
Chang and Lohengrin and Charley's !
Aunt and little flower Girls and duchesses
all associating together, rather stiffly
and unbendingIy, 1t must be confessed, |
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laughing and talk ing, hurriedIy began
dressing, apparently forgetting the exist
ence OF any one but themselves. One by
one they hurried from the hall and dlsap-
peared on the other side of the clothes
line, into the dingy alley. The instructor
came 10 me.
I'VE have an entertainment in Febru-
ary-our New Years." he said. They
will fence for medals. Will you Gomez"
The bugler seated himself in the farther
corner by window and began to bugle to
himself, with better intent than result.
Muto and DR.. Kurozawa passed out and
went their separate ways.
1t was very cold and late and almost
dark in the empty room, which was but
Just freed from the noise of hurrying feet.
The young man looked up from where he
was sitting and laid the instrument on
his knee.
"Come again." he said. at is nice to
watch. | go nome pretty soon, too. 1t is
very cold"
Then ne resumed his practice. In what
strange ways heroism shows itself and in
what queer places it abides.
JEAN MORRIS.
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How japanese Warriors Are Made

teachers would take their men back to
their country to fight"
Muto went back to his pupils. The bug
Ter, who had been having his turn at
fencing during this conversation, now took
up his stand again with his bugle. AS he
wiped the perspiration from his forehead
his hand trembled visibly, and he was
breathing hard.
rs it hard work ?''
He smiled broadly. eyes; get all out
of breath but like it pretty we'll. Some
of the boys don't like it,
''Then why do they Gomez
He looked wonderingy. 1.-The japanese
Government wishes it," he answered.
but if they d o not enjoy it they are not
compelled to 90 So" He forgot his ner-
vousness over his recent combat.
eyes, we are compelled to do so. Not
by force, of course-they could not do tn at
over here; but by love. If our country
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years old; that is, he looks TO be about
that age, and is evidently of foreign ex
traction, having dark skin, thoughtful
dark eyes and the general characteristics
of the Hindoo race. l am not at liberty
to state just how l came to learn of his
peculiar work, but will describe as clearly
as can what it is, and leave to the think
| ing portion of The CALLS readers what
ever in 'erence they may draw.
! Necessarily much of what 1 here write
must be in the words of the gentleman
himself. AS l entered the garden like
| Enclosure, beside the cottage, my attention
| was arrested by what / took to be pleas
ure boat. 1t was about twelve feet long
and five wide, forming very convenient
carriage for half a dozen persons. On
each side of the body of the boat was a
wing-like blade hinged, and over the boat,
supported by six slender rods, was broad
sheet of metal larger than the breadth
and length of the boat, and probably a
quarter of an inch in thickness, which
glittered and glistened with all the hues
and tints of the rain bow. But the strar gest
part of the affair was that the boat was
not resting upon the ground, but was at
W IL ny q COuplS Ol StOuI COTUS. n
I stood looking at the thing with astonish-
ment depicted ON nv face, the gentleman
approached the boat. which swayed to
and fro about three feet from the ground,
and placing his hand upon a metal knob,
just inside the boats edge, / saw it sink
to the earth and again rise to the limit of
the ropes. Not a word of explanation was
offered me concerning the queer affair;
but 1 was requested to step inside. and l
followed into the shed beside the cottage.
The shed proved to be a workshop. In
one corner was small gasoline engine
and dynamo. Along one side of
the long room extended workbench, and
shelves. An abundance of tools were
present. At the further end of the room
was large furnace, now cold, and on the
shelves were a number of elaborate cleo
trical instruments. l saw on the work
bench piece OF the same material as that
of which the boat cover was made, and
took it in my hand. 1t was very light,
and was evidently some kind of metal
Ny host smiled as l examined the ma
terial and asked me what thought of it.
l asked, what is it?'' "Radlum," he
replied. at is a metal. am not aware
that it is obtainabIe except in Thibet, on
the southern slope of the Himalayas, near
Tirthapuri, and here on the western
slope of the Coast Range. 1t occurs in the
soil as telluride, and the metal is pro-
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The japanese Fencing C1ub.

noon and were busy assisting some of
those who were not so proficient, the pres
ident brought Muto to explain all about
the club and its doings. The doctor had
relieved himself of his black broadcloth
coat and vest and his stiff collar and tie.
Around the middle of his BODY was
strapped a leathern apparatus, reaching
well up under his arms and down to his
hips.
They have to wear those" said Muro,
''or they would get h1rt. We all become
so interested that we forget we are not
trying to kill. 1t might be brother, and
it would be all the same; we are so much
in earnestI We use the bamboo because
it is light, and make it very blunt so that
it cannot hurt. Sometimes the thrusts
are severe as it is. We could not use your
kind of a foil. Our swords are not like
that, and besides some one would get an
eye put out. We once tried boxing in this
club but in their earnestness the Japan
csc boys forget to be careful and oversiep
the rules, and too many got hurt, so we
gave it up. We are not cool headed; we
are too quick, too nervous and excitable.
We put all our thought in what we are
doing.
Everywhere in Japan since the late
war they are teaching this fencing. The
clubs are formed all through Japan and
they teach it in all boys schools. 1t is
not merely for sport. During the late war
with China the Government found that it
would be necessary for the people to un-
derstand how to use sword. Japan can
not keep a standing army OF any size, so
her subjects have to be trained That is
the reason why came back from Japan
TO teach here.
1.-The Giyudan2 Yes, that is more ad-
vanced than this. They learn to handle
guns after they are good fencers. They
are trained to be cool and deliberate; but
the boys do not like it so well as this. 1t
is harder work-more like your militia
so they have not such a large club.
THE teachers of the Giyudan are the
ex officers in the late war. The japanese
Government sends them out-aIways has
men who have had experience and they
are all over wherever there are any of our
people. In case of war in Japan these
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Law of Gravity Overcome.

greater force than that with which it for.
merly was attracted, so that if the body is
liberated it will move away into space.
Radlum is as yet the only material I
know of that will retain the apergic force.
You surely must, as a chemist, know"
said my host, that neither synthetical
nor analytical chemistry will satisfactorily
account for certain phenomena constantly
occurring. The world will never learn
true science until it is ready to learn from
natures open books. Everything in the
material universe Is constructed upon a
system OF triads. In other words, there
are always three phases or conditions of
the same thing. Water may be solid.
liquid or gas, and in each manifestation
be only water. Just so in everything.
Electricity is known to the many as only
positive and negative, while in fact its
third condition is never absent, although
unrecognized. An apple falls to the
ground from the tree, and science an
nounces that subtle force called gravity
brought the apple down. But as to the
second or its third phase science knows
nothing, and, in fact, is apparently too
conceited to desire to learn. l have
learned something about the opposite
force-the second phase OF gravity. call
it 'apergy.' The boat that you saw sway
ing in the yard has its roof stored with
apergy sufficient to cause it to lift the boat
with me in 1t and soar to any height that
may wish to reach
but" asked, show can you control
your ascent or descent?"
s Simply enough" he answered. 1.-THE
inner sides of the boat are lined with a
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Yede Carols It's of Street Beggars and It's Wonderful Doll Show

Christmas morning brings blessing
with 1t in the shape of sunlight, rare,
bright. beautiful sunlight. 1t shines
apparently upon a lifeIess and deserted
CITY. in which only the blue-coated ooo-
bes and infreQueat omnibus seem to have
preserved the power of movement Every
body has fed from the questionable Joys
of Christmas and boxing days This lat
ter has q pugilistic sound, possibly de-
rived from the manners of the recipients
of "boxes" In the smaller streets, out
Yesterday impossible, there are closed
shops and closed house fronts; lfthere are
people behind the doors and windows they
give no sign. The few who are abroad
seem very anxious to get to their destina-
tions, and have hurried harassed look.
Now and then a child, hugging a new toy,
looks out with inexpressible gayety, but
is speedily hustled back into the house or
omnibus. The conductors have an air OF
ioviality and high spirits that grows with
every pub" that is passed; a glass is
handed up TO the driver, too, so as to give
him a corresponding air. The people in
the bus, on the contrary, have concilia-
tory and apologize attitude; they ask for
directions with great gentleness and never
contradict the jovial gentleman with thS
belIpunch.
The pantomime attracts great crowds to
Drury Lane, an ideal place for Christmas
spectacles from time immemorial, even
though Cromwell attempted to check the
evils of the playnouses and sternly tor
babe all Christmas performances there as
perilous to the soul and mind. The pan
tomimes are the attraction for the chill
dren of the middle classes not out OF
town-but all their elders who have the
means or the friends to take them out OF
London have departed for the country.
At the present hour it is vesper time,
and there is sweet jangIe of chimes from
some distant churcn-steeple; the stiffness
is something to be felt. The street Is wet
with mist and reflects the lamplights in
little quivering ribbons of gold. 1t is abb
solutely deserted save for drunkard who
Iurches from side to side and cllngs to the
garden railing as to his hopes of saliva
ton. VAN DYCK BROWN.
London, Dec. Is, 1896.
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Han all delightful looks on English life
~ in town and country the romantic
~ authors linger over descriptions of
Christmas festivities, and the jovial good
feeling, the general air OF benevolence and
good will exhaIed by every one, rich or
poor They grow particularly tender in
describing the Christmas carols. The
first time, a week. ago, when 1 heard
believing as of young calves in the twi-
light Immediately under my window, l
fastened to look out to see whether any
thing particularly narrowing had oc-
CURED. Three dim figures stood in the
street; each one held a large square of
white pasted to his breast, and their emo
tions seemed to find vent in these bowls
of anguish.
What do these boys mean by yelling
under my window in such manner?" /
demanded severely of the maid who an
swered my irate bell. She regarded me
with most evident scorn.
Hits the Christmas carolsT she re-
piled. Gave you anything for them2"
a penny for each procured another song,
Civ en- with redoubled ardor.
listened with great respect and tried
to awaken in my disillusioned soul some
echo of all those Christmas stories that
had created an ideal Christmas carol in
my mind.
Peace on heatthr' came from the
street like the din of tin pans, good
will"
Here an omnibus came gathering for
ward and the carolers moved on.
Since then the carols continue from
early morn till long past dewy eve. At
midnight strident tones pierce the frosty
atmosphere and the indefatigable carolers
proceed on their harmonious paths in
search of the lively penny.
By daylight these figures reveal them
selves in more or less grotesque or pa
thetic form. German bands with their
instruments wet with frost, with disrepu-
table hats and noses that glow warm
purple as of wine; tottering old men and
women with their illumina ted scrolls, or
highly colored prints; and yesterday
came across two children, a boy OF nine
and little girl of seven, standing in the
middle OF the wet street as bold as young