Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-12
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An English naval officer who was an
eye-witnenss OF the incident tells this story
OF the American troops in Manila: The
city was quite crowded with both Amer
lean and Spanish soldiers. and they SEEM
ed to be on the friendliest terms. As 1
was crossing ore of the numerous bridges
across the Pasis river. l saw u native Fill
pino spit in the face of 4 Spanish officer
and then run to the Americana sentinel
who was guarding the bridge. demanding
his protection. Ii was some time before
the Filipino could make himself under
stood, and the sentry took some time TO
catch on to what had been done. but you
can imagine my surprise when he handed
his gun TO the Spanish officer and caught
the native by the nape of the neck and
the seat OF his trousers and pitched him off
the bridge into the Pasig river. Then he
| calmly took his gun from the Spanish Of
ficer and began pacing the beat as IL moth
Ing had happened. The American soldier
may not be so military as his brother CT
Europe. but he is made of the right stuff"
Few men were fonder of their joke than
was David A. Wells. the economist who
died at Norwich, Conn. 4 few days ago.
His latest story WAS this, which he told
to a Philadelphia acquaintance. An Irish
man named Dugan was brought before a
Dublin magistrate on the charge OF steal
ing a goose. 1t appeared that Mickey was
| ignorant of the warning of Herrick. 80
man at one time can be wise and love"
The bird had belonged to his mother-in-
law. The act had been seen and there was
nothing 10 do but pronounce sentence.
And Is 1t upon the oath O. thin two
witnesses that yer Donors going to con-
| denim me-" said the prisoner. Certainly"
said the magistrate. "Oh. murther, to con-
denim me on the oath of two spalpeens
| who swear they saw me TAX the bhird,
| when 1 can bring forth a hundred who will
swear they didn't see me do it,
A Pennsylvania libel suit that has singu-
lar and interesting bearings passed through
its initi1tory stages the other day be-
fore Alderman Wadsworth. of Pitts
burS. The charges are brought by Jo-
| seph Borivoj Kreemery. editor of a Sla-
| vonic newspaper at Hazleton. against
p. V. Rovnianck and Julius Wolf. pub
fishers of the American Slavonic Ca
zette. at Pittsburg. Kreemery alleges that
the accused have DETAINED him. and the
peculiar allegation he makes is that they
| made a travesty on his middle name. "Bo-
rivoz." which, as they spelled it with a
"Z' in place OF = ~, signifies a filthy
person; and. again, by the use of a hyphen,
they made it "Bo-rivo.' signifying that ne
| was 4 wine-bibber and a drunkard.
| The Hebrew flag which was spread to the
breezes at the meeting of the late Zionist
| congregation at Basic has appeared in New
York. and the Hebrews are buying 1t with
| great interest. This flag contains two blue
| stripes horizontal on a white ground, with
white above and below as well as in the
| middle. and in the center Geld the pentaclc.
| the six-pointed star of David and Solomon.
| while a six-pointed star also surmounts
the staff, as the eagle surmounted the
| standard of Rome. This is said to resemble
the standard of the Hebrews while they
were yet a nation. but that standard WIS
not a flag floating from the side of a staff.
but. like the banners which depend from 4
! cross-bar, swinging from the point of the
staff.
Two men were brought up in a New
| York police court the other morning
charged with having been drunk the night
| before, and here is the way their respective
| cases were disposed of:
What do you do for "a living" the mag
istrate asked the first prisoner.
I'm a 1ongshoreman. your honor"
Discharged"
What's your occupatfon?' the second
MAI was asked.
Railroad brakeman. your honor
Railroad man. Ell? Fine you s.. Rail-
road men ought to Keep sober"
This. as the Boston Herald suggests. may
| rot be justice. but it is prudence.
Professor George Adams Smith. of the
University Of Glasgow. Is engaged to de-
liver the Lyman Beecher course at Yale
next year. In a recent conversat ton with
a friend. ii was remarked to Mr.. Smith
that the writing of the biography of so
great a friend as the late Henry Drum
| mond must have been a most enjoyable
task. SO it would have BEEN" replied the
| professor. did l not know that Henry
never wanted a biography written. and my
feelings that when We meet in heaven he
| may be displeased."
Subscribers to the $4,000 fund which
has been raised for the purpose of
erecting In Boston an equestrian statue
of General W. T. Sherman have been in
| formed that Augustus st. Gaudens. the
| sculptor, will soon have the model COM
pleted.
The New Zealand scheme of old age PEN
sions reckons those persons as poor who
have less than S.12 per week. and to such,
If over 6o years of age, a pension of SIS
is granted. making a maximum income Of
$3.50 per week.