Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-27

in poor condition for war.
JOURNAL ENTRIES.
It is unfortunate that Jefferson and Jack
son are both powerless to defend them
selves against the January attacks of the
Democratic party.
What shall the rich man do with his
money!" is a favorite pulpit theme. But
a graver question is. what can a poor
man do without money!"
Governor Taylor. of Tennessee. will find it
a difficult job to cross the senatorial Ru-
bicon on the bridge of a violin. however
hard he may tug at the strings.
h attention of Governor Pingree is
directed to the fact that from ten pounds of
cornmeal eight pounds of good nouri;hment
may be obtained. while from the same
quantity of potatoes there is less than a
pound of nutritious material.
An American who recently visited Biz
mingham, England, felt very much at home
when he found that in constructing the
street railways there the rails were bought
in Pittsburg, the cars in Philadelphia. the
boilers in Erie. the engines in Milwaukee,
and the general electrical fittings in Schen-
~ectady...
In a Massachusetts divorce case the Judge
admitted evidence of a wife's misconduct
before marriage in explanation OF her con-
duct after marriage, and justified himself
by saying: 1T is said that marriage oper-
ates as an oblivion of all that is past. But
there is no reason for making of this rule a
veil of fiction which prevents the facts
from throwing their natural light on subse-
Quent events"
Chicago hen owners are complaining that
the market of that city is being overrun
by foreign eggs, produced in Tennessee,
Missouri. Kansas. Arkansas and Oklahoma.
The result has been that buyers now de-
mand to know where the eggs offered fer
sale originated. Tennessee eggs Command
the best price. those of Oklahoma being
second. All the foreign eggs have a shade
the best of the local cold storage stock.
For n soft boil the Missouri variety is pre-
ferred. while Kansas is a favorite fry. For
general scrambling purposes Arkansas is
the leader.
And now they are trying to rob Gener-
al jackson of the credit of winning the
victory at New Orleans by calling it a
piece Of good luck. 1t is admitted that
jackson displayed considerable military en-
ergy and daring, but his critics assert that
the position he selected from which to
fight the English was fatally weak, or
would have been against a general of Or
binary prudence and respectable skill. Ma
polcon Is said to have smiled at the plan of
battle adopted by Jackson, but the i'm
portant fact remains that the British were
vanquished and that General Packenham
found himself on the hog train at the close
Of the fight.
There is something commendable in the
plan adopted by San Francisco to provide
for the welfare Of her teachers. BY an act
of the legislature all the teachers of that
city have been organized into a compulsory
pension association. Each teacher will be
obliged to contribute 81 a month, and these
monthly payments will be increased by a
fine for absence. One-twentieth of the
months salary is deducted for each days
absence. Twenty-Five per cent of all re-
ceipts is to be placed in a reserve fund un-
til the total receipts shall amount to $780, 900.
After thirty years service teachers may
retire with a guaranteed annuity of $500.
Teachers who have already served the city
several years may count these years as
part of the necessary thirty by paying ST.
for each year of their service. Teachers
who may become disabled before they have
taught thirty years may receive such por-
ton of the annuity as their term of service
shall bear to thirty years.
"A spirited church controversy Is In prog
ress at Spokane, caused by an order from
Bishop Lemuel II. Wells that the Rev.
Dean Richmond Rabbit should not preach.
read service or officiate in any manner as
dean of All Saints cathedral in that city,
The dean has brought suit to test the valid
ity OF the bishops order, and has issued an
open letter to his superior in which he
charges him with an unwarranted usurpa-
ton of power and with the commission of
various acts unbecoming to q Christian
minister. In closing his plea the dean
draws the following historical parallel.
chiefly marked by the dissimilarity Of the
two pictures:
"Hildebrandt has in the old
post of church tyranny Henry ", emperor
of Italy. to Rome. The wild, rugged Alps
witnessed the painful march of the re-
pentant monarch on his way to front the
stormy brow Of the pope at Rome. He ar
rives. weary. f%ootsore, disheartened, yet
hopeful that the ban will be removed from
his kingdom, the anathema from himself,
For three days he is kept outside the vat
lean on the streets barefooted, trembling
with fear. yet family hopeful for mercy,
and then. slave-like. succumbs to the
naughty prelate to receive absolution,
Right reverend sir, the dissimilarity of the
parallel is this: Rome is not America,
We are living in the nineteenth century
ana not the eleventh. | have not the craven
fear of Henry. You are not a Hildebrandt
or an Innocent Ill, nor is the Episcopal
church now in the dark ages. Men nc
longer come to the feet of bishops at the
crack of ecclesiastical lashes. And so. no,
obeying your orders, but wishing to test
their canonical validity, I await the de.
termination of the courts"
The publishers of the Century Dictionar,
ard Cyclopedia are extremely sensitive tt
any reflection as to the Comprehensiy.
character of their work. and are inclined t,
resent the slightcst intimation that the,
have made any mistakes or omitted any
thing worth knowing. In demonstrating tn,
scope and correctness of their dictionar,
the publishers reprint a reported conversa
ton in the office of the clerk of the suprem,
court at Topeka. in which the Kansa!
judges were discussing various propositions
legal and otherwise. Finally the talk drift
ed on to the subject of coming words an,
phrases. Mr.. Justice Allen made the re
mark: Il coined a new word the other day
1t is a good one. 1 think, and perfectly nat
: ural, but l have been unable to find it ii
any of the dictionaries. The word is zen
forcibility.'"
The lawyers present studied awhile. an
finally all agreed that the word would b
, very useful. and that it would fit certain
cases exactly. Chief Justice Doster the
Il declared that he once described a word tina
= exactly described a certain case, and i
seemed to him that it was by far the hes
term to apply. The word he used was lob
e tention," meaning the act of obtaining. H
added that. after having used it. he mad
a search and finally discovered tho u-ord Il