Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30

cry polite to us soldier boys. They bow
md smile at us as though we were old
icquaintances. They dress much as you
10 in the summer months. but. If possible.
they wear less clothing"
William Harrington died at his home
rear Pleasanton the other day, leaving
considerable riches and a respectable fam
notice given him by the Observer: His
fault was the ~extravagant use of
profanity. IT was almost impossible for
him to engage in any sort of conversation
man, woman or child without using it.
He no doubt often swore unconsciously."
Speaking of curious things, here is a
rovel correction and apology published by
George w. Braughton in the Mcpherson
In the petition for divorce
filed by me in the court of chancery at
ILL.,, 1 nave made assertions
concerning my wife which I lave since
learned are false and were the work of
in whom l put confidence. I
hereby make a retraction of all 1 am
y ~ AoNC Sdlu utlOSdlOlN lt
character. 1 cheerfully make this state
ment in order to exonerate her from all
blame. The petitions for divorce nave beer
withdrawn by both parties and a settle
ment amicably arranged"
S&
The charity bazar at Wichita closed with
an auction sale at which Governor Stanley
served as a%uctioneer. Among the things
sold was a Cuban machete, found on the
Santiago battlefield and sent to the ladies
by General Shafter. The relic brought but
sl4. There was a rattle for a button cut
from the coat worn by Shafter during
the Santiago campaign, and go chances
had been sold at 8 cents each. By a most
remarkable coincidence the button was
had solicited General Shafter to send it to
the bazaar.
Lecompton recently. 1t was a gathering
of the nine children of Mrs. Paulina Healy
Brooke. OF the six sons present four are
ministers. the eldest being Rev. Charles
NJ. Brooke, president of Lane university.
The three married daughters in attendance
came from three separate states, and one
of the SONS has his home in California.
The youngest child, Fred Brooke, came
home from the volunteer army.
"
Twenty years ago Mrs. Calhoun. a widow
Of Chicago. befriended Tom Kinney, the
hotel steward who committed suicide at
Fort Scott about a year ago. Recently II
was discovered that Kinney had left s., OC
insurance in the Knights of Pythias, and
that the Chicago widow who took care OF
him in his sickness had been made the
beneficiary. The lodge refused to pay or
account Of a clause against suicide in the
policy and Mrs. Calhoun has brought sui,
to recover.
Tom McNeal is making the Kansas cir
cult with a new lecture entitled How Il
Live to Be 100 Years Old Inasmuci
as it is the simplest matter in the worlt
TO live a century, one having only to re
frain from death, it is a matter of SOM
surprise that McNeal should nave selected
| so commonplace a topic. However, if lee
turers are to supply recipes for longevit.
why don't they set the mark at a decen
figure? What's the use of living throug:
just one little old century when for fift.
| centuries the dogs have barked unanswere,
at the pyramids OF Egypt? Is thy ser
want no better than a dog? Let Mr.. Nc
| Neal answer that question before it thun
| ders any longer down the laundering cor
| ridors of time.
Why, If you please, has not McNeal sc
the mark somewhere in the vicinity reach
ed by our forefathers? Moses tells US tina
Adam lived to be $50 years old, that Set
rounded off 9l2 years. that Enos saw 80
winters and summers. that Cainan wen
Enos five summer better, that Jared an
Enoch beat 'em both. the one living 81
years and the other 965. Then came oil
man Methuselah who topped the crowd Wit
969 years, and he was followed by Noa
who escaped from the flood only to be cor
sumed by chills and fever at the earl
age of $50 years. And then there was Shen
young Noah's son, who was cut off in hi
infantile days at the tender age of an eve
GOO. and he begat Arphaxad, Selah an
Eber, who died in the cradle, the one {
46i, another at 43s, and the last at 433. An
next we are led to think of a long line
ancestors who commenced with Lamech &
III, taperinG down through Reu, Serul
Major, Terah, Peleg-dear old Peleg, no
fondly we remember him.-to good ol
Father Abraham who died at 175. If NJ
McNeal is going to set a mark for futul
generations why doesn't he aspire at lea
to the time of our first mother, who is-r'
ported to nave passed away in the mid:
of her youth and giddiness when barely 5
years of age. One century. indeed!