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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
THE MUSIC OF THE WATERS.
Sublime Melodies Sung by the Tor
rent of q Waterfall I'm British


A student Of romance will find much
that interests him in every part Of the
British Columbian mines. writes a cor
respondent of the Baltimore Sun. Let
him go to the Slocum and sleep by the
Haunted Butte. a lonely mountain not
twenty miles from Sandon. A prospector
who was there one night quite recently
thus tells of his experiences: Il camped
near the edge Of a dark gorge. 1t was
sleep the wind commenced soughing down
the gorge. All at once 1 was startled by
a burst Of sublime music. 1t sounded like
a hundred fne-strung instruments playing
together. Then came clashing of cymbals
and the music grew soft and faint until it
died In the distance. You bet l was
not a soul within miles of the place. I
lay listening. | heard a faint twang, then
a flute-like silver peal, followed by a
chime Of bells. Every instrument you can
think OF seemed to be played by a master
hand. Low at first. and only at intervals.
the melody Of sounds intermixed until 1t
swelled into a great orchestra, and once
orchestra several times during the night,
and came to the conclusion that there are
more things in heaven and earth than are
dreamed of in our philosophy. When I
awoke, the noises of the tumbling water
fall above me were the only sounds l heard.
l investigated that mystery and found that
it was the wind that produced that heaven
ly music. AT night, when everything is
still, you can hear the music that in the
day is only rushing water. The wind has
down the canon it strikes the waterfall in
such a way as to give the sound the re-
semblance of an orchestra playing" Other
R Rnd heard t hase music nisR. os the MuS WateI su' but
none has given any explanation save the
man Just quoted. Not a few also have
put the sounds down to .~spooks." and have
been afraid to stay the night by the
Haunted Butte.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23

were depleted at IT tooth and nall on the
sheet, her grace's pet could no longer re-
eist Joining In the excitement. That little
dog remarked Mr.. Devant, 'howled and
barked with all the vigor 1t could master.
Evidently 1t was backing one or other OF
have a hand-or rather a tooth-in the fight.
AT any rate added the popular enter
tainer. 4 considered the incident one of
the sinceresr and most unique compliments
j ever received"
The young lady dressing for a party IS
one OF the most laughable OF the shadow
scenes. Mr.. Miller says:
The lady Is very much in earnest: evil
IDENTIFY II is a toilette with a purpose. The
hair is gradually curled. the hairpins placed
IN position one by one, so as to support
an artificial dab OF wool. which represents.
We believe. a bun unknown to CONNECTION
ere. All this. with many delicate. inimit-
able touches; a look in the glass now and
then; expressions Of alternate d~isappoint-
ment and delight. and final movements of
triumph that are simply Irresistible. Now
and again the exit OF the belle causes
roars OF laughter, her mincing gait and
languishing mien being reproduced with
overwhelming comicaitty."
The interrupted s~erenade'' is Mr.. De-
wants masterpiece. Considerable .Drope--
ty" Is used In the shape Of Cardboard: but
the injured air on the musicians face when
ordered TO stop. the defiant way in which
he proceeds. and the climax in the ..retri-
button" scene must be credited 10 clever
fingers. As the water sand reaIlv) teens
down. amid shouts OF laughter from the
audience. the musician collapses. saddrr
and perhaps wiser. while the tr~iumnbant
householder shuts down the window with
G self-Satisficd bang. 4 moment Later NJ
Deyant's flexible hands loom large unon Tie
illuminated disk. ard the performance is at
an end.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
TO REPLACE THE GUILL0TINE.
Said to BE ainle and In
0tQntly Elective.

Professor Esclanson. the editor of LIE
Monde Scientifque. In Paris. has invented
a man-killing machine which he thinks
will ultimately do away with the blood
stained and horrifying guillotine. says the
New York World.
Although the death is effected by means
Of electricity, 1t is not altogether blood
less. The electrical part of the device is
used simply for the purpose Of pulling the
trigger. so to speak. and setting the DEATH
dealing machine to work.
Imagine a divers helmet, made without
a visor. Il is round and smooth and comes
down to the breast and the back of the
neck, n fastens under the chin with a
heavy strap.
In front, in a position corresponding to
the inner corner of each eye; there Is a
there is a rod curving over in front and
ending Just opposite the eyeholes.
The wires for the electrical circuit run
through this tube. At the end of the tube
are two c~artridge-like arrangements con-
tanning two very slender and exceedingly
sh%arp-pointed needles.
Neither cartridges nor needles are to be
seen before the machine is used. Being
movable, they are pressed back and set
on a hair trigger, ready to dart forth
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
IN A SULPHUR MINE.
ployed Therein-They Work
TAXED

From the Washington Star. s- a-
There are but few who admire the COL
lection Of beautiful sulphur crystals in the
National museum remarked the gentle
man who collected them from the famed
sulphur mines In Sicily. who have any
beauty. ! don think" he said, there is
another spot on earth where such abomina-
BILE treatment, such fendlsn cruelty, is in
ficted on the laborer as the sulphur mines
of Sicily. They are paid barely enough. to
provide themselves with a scant supply of
the coarsest. cheapest food, and a good por-
tion Of the time they are in a state Of
chronic starvation. When l was last there
many of the mines were closed. and a
Sicillian paper stated that 5000 people were
hardest and most exhnusting character.
Very few of the mines have hoisting APP
paratus. and the sulphur ore Sulphur and
the depths below on the backs Of men and
boys. Long, sloping narrow tunnels lead
5 from the surface down to the sulphur beds
sacks or fiat baskets. Many of the labor
ers. especially the boys. work naked. On
or something Of this sort. held by a String
around the neck. This is to protect the
flesh from being torn from their bodies by
No one can imagine a more h~eartrending
sight than to see the wretched creatures
toiling up the long deep slopes in the mine
VIII their eNOTUlUuS lUdus. Every bIep
they take wrings a groan from their tor
tured frames Most pitiful to me was the
sight of the poor bent. broken and emanci-
ated old men; mere battered wrecks; and
the young lads of 10 and IL years, who have
just begun this life Of cruel toll.
staggering along under loads full as
heavy as strong men ought to carry. the
dreadful procession winds upward through
the narrow drifts and tunnels to the sur
face where the ore is piled up in rectangu-
lar heaps and paid for by the cubic meter.
las evidence of the awful severity Of the
labor is the fact that a very large per-
centage of these lads are SO badly crippled
by the time they reach thea age for military
service that the conscript officers are forced
to reject them. And / assure you that the
Italian government is not overcrftical as
to the physical condition of the men she
sends by the shipload to Massowah to be
butchered by the Abyssinians. When the
miserable creatures leave the inferno I'M
derground and reach the surface they find
themselves in a veritable corner OF. hades.
The sulphur is extracted at the mine by
roasting in immense heaps slightly covered
with earth. not unlike in form to a char
coal pit. The air is so filled with sulphur
GUS vapors and dust as to almost suf-
focate one. Not a green thing in sight,
for the poisonous vapors kill all vegetation.
The fierce sun beats down upon one in
those verdureless valleys with great fury.
On every side there are the hot rocks, acres
of impalpable. sitting dust, and the va
pors from the calcining ore can only be
compared to blasts from the Internal re-
Rion."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
MONEY FROM A GLACIER.
unic Ice Company Cut Ono and
Sold II to Considerable
Advantage.

Last winter the Bavarian- ice crop was
poor. n toward the end Of the summer
Munich was threatened with an ice fam
from the clouds and filed tho wants Of
the Bavarian capital.
Prospectors were sent out by a Munich
ice company to the nearest Alps, with the
idea of mining a glacier and getting ice
Glockner and Mount Feurstine were in
spected. but it was found that they could
not be utilized with profit. Then the pros
pectors were told Of q great avalanche Of
frozen snow, which had come rushing
before and had lodged in a fu~nnel-shaped
hollow on the side of the Birnhorn.
The avalanche of ice stood up out of the
funnel into which 1t had fallen as high as
a church steeple. Through the center of
formed by its burrowing a mighty and Won
derful ice cave. So the Munich ice COM
pany seized on this natural icehouse and
sent men to get out the ice.
From the ice-filled hollow in the mount
ain a chute VS. built down the side of the
down to the railway running to Munich.
Then dynamite was used and great pieces
of ice blasted from the cliffs, where they
had hung. and pieces blasted out Of the
great mass of ice itself.
These big pieces were then broken into
where a train was In waiting to- carry it
to Munich. The ice Is carried to the Ba-
vartan capital In special cars. SO built that
the outside air will not reach II, for 1t
takes two days for the ice train to reach
Munich after 1t has been loaded at the foot
Of the chute. This natural icehou.e, which
Is now having its stores removed, lies in
the Passau section of the Alps.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
From the New York World.

Erom the New York World.
This picture is of a scene in Frank Ways
ballroom at Quesnee Mouth. Cariboo. B. c..
and was drawn by a miner who witnessed
Il and sent by him to the World. He
writes:
The most characteristic OF the emuse-
ments In a Northern mining city is the
dance house. or ballroom. and ! present n
sketch OF one with the characteristic life
as II appears within.
1T Is some sixty feet by twenty-five.
The festooned ceiling is about nine feet
above the plank floor, which has been
planned down quite smooth. Shades OF gay
colored drilling are used in this decoration.
while the coal oil lamps with their strong
refiectors are placed or brackets against
the walls high above the dancers heads.
"A fully equipped bar with a great as
sortment of one kind Of whisky and tobacco
Is placed across ore end OF the hall: II
possible. a large mirror is put up behind II.
NO matter how rude all other belongings
are.
with the exception of a wall bench or
seat, which is concealed in this sketch by
the standing miners on the right. and
those chairs for the dancing girls and the
seats of the musicians in the foreground,
there is no other furniture in the room.
A large c~astiron ~'woodburner.' or stove.
stands in the left-hand corner of the fore
ground and outside OF the point OF view in
this sketch.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23

practice patiently and persistently to bring
out the fine points that make the shadow
characteristic. On one occasion, NJ. Trewey
was observing a handsome bull. The bull
resented the whole business says Mr..
Miller. land charged. He charged far more
heavily than an ordinary human model
would. so that what with damaged clothes
and person, and shattered camera, NJ.
Trewey found the bull a cosby I%sitter.'' Mr..
Miller continues:
These shadowgraphists have pupils.
Fathers OF large families pay Mr.. Devant
. guireas for a course of ten lessons in the
art. that they may amuse their wives and
offspring during the long winter evenings.
Mamma cuts out and hens the sheet, while
daddy gesiicuiates strangely I'm the en-
deavor to portray new figures of his own
invention. N. Trewey's most interesting
pupil was an enterprising dentist. who
wanted TO learn autobiography in order
TO beguile timid children while he removed
their offending molars. Then clergymen
take a few lessons that they may not be
outshadowed. as IL were. at parochial tea
parties by the efforts OF amateur enter
tanners. Even lunatic asylum officials haye
been among Mr.. Devant's pupils.
MI Devant was on one occasion giving
his shadowgraphic performance in the ia
nous subterranean saloons at Welbeck alb
hey Continues the writer). and the Duchess
of Portland was present with her pet dog
on her knee. Now. one OF the funniest
of Mr.. Devant's scenes depicts a quarrel
between two big dogs which are portrayed
solely by the operators own two palms.
When at length these shadowy animals
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
A Feminine INVENTION.
Many Handy Things Made From Or
binary Hairpins-Some Of b
Devices Patented.


Miss Cora Inman. an ingenious American
girl. has invented a dozen household art
icles made from hairpins. says the New
York Herald. If you have a package Of
hairpins and follow her directions you can
nave ..all the comforts of a home" for
s cents.
Miss Inman has had some of her de-
vices patented, but is not averse to letting
the sisterhood into the secret of how she
makes some of her simplest and most con-
venient little ''contraptions' out of our old
friend the hairpin.
In the first place, there is a spool rack.
to be worn upon the person while sewing,
and which will prove a boon to every wom-
an who is used to seeing her spools whirl
away into corners smaller and more dis
tracing than the haunts of the dastardly
collar button. 1t is made of a single hair
pin, and can be snatched from the auburn
curls in haste, without leaving the rocking
chair, SO you see that nothing could be
more delightful.
or prongs.. and crossed so that a loop ap-
pears at the top where the arch generally
comes. After this has been done neatly
and with enough care to leave the loop
large enough to go over the ordinary sized
button on the front of the basque. the
remaining length of the wire is bent into
the form OF a tiny pair of Ice tonSs or
.'nippers," the ends slightly and sharply
bent at right angles with the curve above.
and slipped into the hole OF a common
all complete and comfortable. and you have
not had to move out of your chair. much
less call for materials with which to mako
this cunning, unique and almost necessary
thing.
Then there is a photograph holder. which,
II made from brass or gilt" hairpins, will
prove a delight for some dainty desk. 1t is
made by taking the hairpin just as it
comes from the package and bending it
over backward about one-third from the
top: one other bend in the opposite direc-
ton and 1t is done. Before it is quite
complete the legs. or wires, are spread a
little at the bottom. enough to make 1t
stand plumb, and IT forms a carte de visite
rack that is every whit as substantial and
good as the ones bought in stores for that
purpose.
II you happen to be fortunate enough to
he the possesSor OF a number of rings. a
ring tree will be found a useful and
half a dozen ~pins-long ones preferred in
this case. as in all others.
Three of the hairpins are stretched out
to their full length by undoing the arch
In the middle and pressing gently until the
hairpins are fiattened out and form q wire
twice their usual length. They are wired
together about an inch from the bottom
and an inch from the top, and at the bot
tom the inch left free is taken up and
turned at right angles from the rest, SO as
to form a three-legged rest. Then three
like a letter "v" spread out. turned. with
their legs pointing skyward and wired to-
gether at their arch tops. This. fastened
to the three-legged institution already
made, forms a tree" upon the limbs or
arms of which may he hung at night the
diamonds and turquoise of the days wear
ing.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23

self. besides having the ran Of captain
in the army. Captain Mckenzie married
a Philadelphia lady and the couple lived
in Lima for some time. 1t was there that
Victor was born. Mrs. McKenzie's health
failed and her husband took her and the
boy with him on a diplomatic errand
through italy. On the 4th of March the
mother died suddenly and Victor was CIV
en- in the temporary care of the sisters
at an English convent in Rome. In the
early part of this month Captain Mckenzie
was ummoned to return at once to Lima,
which he did after leaving instructions
that his boy should be sent to Philadelphia.
Very carefully the baby was wrapped
up by one of the kind sisters and taken
all tho way from Rome to Hamburg. where
transportation had been arranged for on
the Augusta Victoria. Captain Kaempff
and Purser Losch took charge of the little
one and saw that he was the happiest
boy aboard. which he undoubtedly was.
When the captain handed his precious
charge to the grandmother IN New York
yesterday he said that Victor had not
cried once and seemed very contented with
his lot as a traveller
The boy is a descendant OF his mothers
side Of such old Philadelphia families as
the Camacs and Markoes.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
RAlLR0ADlNG AS A BUSINESS.
Days Chauncey Depew In
0Raflroad Men"


lays Chauncey Depew In
"Railroad Men,"
The railroad profession presents more at
fractions for a young man than any other
line Of business, says Chauncey NJ. Depew.
in Railroad Men" 1t has greater oppor-
tunities for advancement. and its employ
ment Is more permanent. To succeed in IL
in any department requires health. brains.
honesty and equipment. The young man
must make up his mind that II he would
rise in the profession. he must never ques-
ton the kind Of work that Is put upon him.
the hours which are required Of him or the
places. agreeable or disasreeable. to which
he IL assigned.
Railway organization is essentially mill
tary, because upon the ability. vitality and
integrity of the vast number OF men in the
gether depend most of the internal COM
merce of the country. the prosperity Of
business, the activities. OF communities
Safety OF hundreds Of millions Of pas
sengers.
The young man who proposes to enter
railway service should first decide whether
he will take his chances for a career in
outdoor or indoor work. II outdoor work,
which is in the operating department, he
the opportunities which are offered in the
technical schools. In these days Of thor.
ough training it Is almost impossible for q
young man OF OFullidTy euucSliOu " get On
in competition with the graduates of the
Sheffield Scientific school at Yale. the sci
entitic schools of Columbia, the special
education Of Cornell. the big advantage of
the Troy Polytechnic and the Stevens In
stitute, and the instruction given in many
other of the schools and colleges of the
United States.
II he selects indoor work. he must make
up his mind that much more will be re-
quired of him. at first. than in commercial
lines. If he Is in the treasurer's depart
ment. and shows special efficiency and in
te%lligence when a vacancy occurs In the
freight department. in any discussion that
should happen between the heads of these
he is almost certain to be
drafted for a better position by the traffic
manager. and vice versa.
ness or profession in its beginnings. The
salary Is small. The work hard. 1t Is
only a few who. by cheerful readiness at
all times to perform their own tasks and
to stay several hoUrs-and IL necessary al
night-to meet the requirements of the Of
flee or to do the work of the lame. lazy and
incompetent, attract the attention OF their
superiors and are marked for promotion.
In the service every ones eye Is on every
one else. There Is a generous appreciation
of comradeship: at the" same time there is
severe criticism of the conduct and char
acter of fellow employees and officers. The
moment an officer becomes careless of his
duties. inattentive and out OF reach when
wanted his chances for promotion are over,
and the accident Of q discharge or displace-
ment Is imminent
way service. and that is. no matter how
high you get, once q hustler. always a
hustler. and q hustler until you die or re-
sign.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23

cut for either doors or windows. and this
makes It easier to keep the place warm
In bitter weather. and inasmuch as five
sixtl!s of the dancing is done by lamp
liz hit. the windows are unnecessary. -u
The girls depicted in the sketch are
professional dancers. They are young, of
robust physique. and they lead perfectly
respectable lives from the beginning to the
end of their career in these camps. They
are never insulted They are never sub
1ected to any treatment that is not cour-
teous. Their calling is a laborious one.
which taxes all their strength. they dance
for from twelve to fifteen consecutive
hours. with only short rests. They do this
to reap a golden harvest while the boom
sun shines In the camp.
ing camps as hurdy-gurdy girls. They are
In charge of a manager. who seldom taxes
more than six of them together.
The mus is the best always that the
primitive surroundings Will admit OF. usual
ly a violin and banjo. Ar. upright piano fs
not lone absent. however. from one OF these
halls on the Yukon. - -. O.
Every step that belongs to a dancing
masters profession Is taken by these
girls, and the miners delight In dancing
with them. The older fellows. call for
quadrilles and cotiilions, while the younger
ones elect waltzes, BOSTON dip and other
round dances.
as follows in a Northern camp: About !
p. m the musician strikes up. the hurdy-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
FLAGS ON THE STREET CARS.
Weather Signals Flown From tho
Trolley Poles rs Storm News
for Suburbanites,

Tho Advertisements on the inside and
roof Of the street car have been a diver
sion for a long time. but the scheme of
the Akron. Bedford & Cleveland Suburb
an trolley line. which displays weather
signals. is something entirely new. The
plan is for the local weather bureau to
notify the road of the successive and
prospective meteorological changes, and
for the cars as they go out of the car
barn to mount the appropriate signal in
the shape of a flag symbol. People are
thus enabled by looking out of the door
to determine whether it is necessary to
carry an umbrella to-day. or whether a
storm coat or macintosh would be most
suitable. This scheme is much more
satisfactory than the flying signals from
the roofs of public buildings and the rail-
road station bulletins. as the signals are
always in sight and can easily be changed
as the reports of the weather bureau in
dictate. Steam railroads have already tried
this useful plan. and it is evident that the
trolley cars can be even more efficient as
distributors of such news quickly over
large areas. Cars running In rural districts
will be especially serviceable in this way.