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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23

a professor in the University Of Vienna"
Professor MacCloski. of Princeton. says
VI am not at ali surprised at DR.. schenck's
ideas IN fact. 1 have been expecting just
such q development for a long time. I re-
tieai necessity nae at the present time.
1.-The possibility of sex selection by man
is but a natural development OF the power
of sex in selection In plant and some of the
forms OF animal life. If hemp is grown in
a very rich soil. the plant VIII be or the
duce the male plant. 1t has been found
that when salamanders. ordinarily known
as lizards. eat ordinary food about 80 per
cent Of their young are females. but when.
as Is sometimes the case. they are led upon
the fragments Of their brothers and sisters.
the young are almost entirely ahoe % males tho
.Males are produced by meager feeding:
starved ~caterpilIars. for instance. being. in
biology has found that there is. fundamens-
aIly- no difference between the sexes. Each
has its own peculiar kind of egg. the female
moving very slowly. The male egg. on
the other hand. does not need much nutri-
ton and moves, with rapidity. The whole
matter is merely one OF the cumulative
distribution of food.
.'If this possibility of sex selection were
made practicable among men. the food that
would be necessary for the mother selecting
a male offspring would be such as would
satisfy her hunger without supplying very
much nutrtment- Inc OeveiOpHent OF tho
female child. on the other hand. would
require very rich and nutritive food on the
mothers part.
"Dr. Schenck Eeems to fear that when tho
eexuaI diathesis has once become manifest
in a woman. al; future offspring would be
OF the same , snder. I do not think that
such necessarily follows. for it would GER
tainly be an abnormal condition, and II
scientists disco 'ered a tendency Of this
character. they could and would Immediate
" address themselves to remedying his
matter: and I think such a remedy could
be found"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23

gurdy girls file in and seat themselves IN
chairs reserved for them in the hall. The
side OF the room SO as to clear the floor
opposite. The bench along the wall will
seat twenty-five or thirty of them-the
others must stand.
The floor manager. who Is generally one
Of the musicians, sings out, Take your
partners for a Quadrille; make your dancer
A general shout comes from the miners.
who start forward for the girls. These &C.
cept the frst hand offered.
THE dance lasts just ten or fifteen min
utes. If 1t is a waltz. II business is rush
Ing and many miners are waiting ten
minutes will be the limit of a single dance.
When hat limit is reached the music
ceases. and the call goes out, Liquor up.
ena seat your partners Then these rough,
>ly dressed men crook their elbows and
Lead their partners up to the bar, where
they usually call for a whisky Straight,
Tn girl never drinks anything Stronger
than a lemonade. Her partner pays Tor
that simple drink usually 81. Tho Rirl
takes from the barkeeper . check or tally
Of her dance. This Is the dividend of the
hurdy-gIrdy manager and here is the
profit of his investment.
Tn this way, the dancing continues all
through the night. until the girls are forced
to cease from shear wearinese. During that
time they will have carried back form the
bar. forty or nifty checks each as evidence
OF having danced so many dances. and they
receive their compensation On that basis
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23

bIes In palatial hostelries and private
residences. where q centerpiece is an
ticularly adapted. These fittings are gotten
up In most elaborate design OF electro
represent nlumined artificial flowers, such
as roses, peoples. daffodils, tulips. ETC..
mounted in handsome china or earthenware
and especially adapted for Conservatives
where they show to great effect in a dim
light. In each fitting many tiny electric
lamps are concealed. An abundance of
space Is also provided for water and fresh
flowers, which makes the decoration all
the greater. At one recent function, I'M
rivaled for its lavish expenditures for dec
orations. smaller fittings were used
grouped around the piece de resistance,
some only having one. others two, and
others three or four electric blooms.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
"THE DEVILS ROCK"
Burning Hot"-Nature's
Radiator,

lover near the West Virginia border.
but on the Kentucky side of the line. is
an immense stone. which is known as
the devils rock because It is always
burning hot says a Louisville Post cor
respondent. writing from Ripley. w. Va.
II went over the hot rock as some of
the mountaineers call Il. and must admit
that ii is the most unusual freak of nature
] ever looked at. The stone is ten by four
teen feet thick. although there's no way
of measuring the depth, only n few inches
being above ground. Tn rock contained so
much heat on the day | visited /. tina I
could hold my bare hand on 1t but a few
moments. Whero the heat comes from and
why the monster radiator of nature is
not cooled by the billiards and zero wealth
er of winter is more than / can determine.
The superstitious will not so near it. as
II is believed by many to be the very
chimney corner of Hades.' took a pic
ture of the great natural phenomenon,
but. OF course that can give no adequate
idea OF its most wonderful characters
tic"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
Run BIZ MuIe Pove..

A traveller going through sparseiy-settled
sections Of Canada came to a lonely cabin.
and finding the door open went In, says the
Ontario Banner. Nobody was in sight.
but in the center of the room he saw a
Ire cradle was rocked back and forth with
great regularity. ard he was puzzled to
know what kept It in motion. On exami-
to a nail driven in the side Of the cradle
and passed through an auger hole In the
side OF the house. He took up the trail.
which led him into a ravins. where a
donkey was standing and switching his
tail. Tho mystery was explained The
ether end Of tho cord was attached to the
kept the cradle in motion 1t was an in
genious device on the part of the mother
to keep her baby asleep while she went OF
for a time.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
REVOLVING PALACE FOR PARIS.
EXPEDITION of 1900 VIII Guido Chi
cagO's Great Ferris
Wheel.

Paris is to out-Ferris Ferris. The great
Chicago wheel is TO be outdone in the uni
versal exposition OF 1900. The special WON
der of the French fair will be the revolv-
ing palace. designed by the eminent archi-
tect. NJ. Charles Devie. 1t is a heNagonal
SHAFT. $50 feet in height. divided into twen-
ty-fiye stories. The entire palace will be
covered with nickel plate. aluminium. orna-
mental thing and glass.
This gorgeous structure will be illumin-
ated by 20.oo incandescent and 1000 arc
lights of varied colors. so as to bring out
clearly all the decorative lines. balconies,
turrets, pillars and statues In the loft Of
the palace will be a chime of ~sixty-four
bells and a powerful organ. played upon
by the aid of compressed air.
The entire structure will turn on a pivot.
the motive power being hydraulic pressure.
II Will make one revolution an hour.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
SOME new HAND SHADOWS.
LONDON ENTERTAINERS ARE MAXI
ING FORTUNES BY THIS NEW ART.
How the Shadows Are Made-Thc Par
aphernalia Used - The MASTER
piece Is the Uninterrupted
Serennde."


Prom the Literary Digest.
A new profession or art has Just been
developed in England. The hand shadows
so often used TO quiet and entertain rest
less children N a stormy day are now
making fortunes for two professional en-
tertainers in London. one at Egyptian hall.
Piccadilly, the other at the Crystal palace.
Bernard Miller tells US about them in the
Strand Magazine january, and numerous
illustrations are given. some of which We
reproduce. These Illustrations are from the
first photographs of shadow pictures that
have been successfully made. as the en-
tertainment is one that does not favor the
camera"
Most OF the shadow pictures are in con-
tinual motion, a feature which appeals
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
DR.. scHENcK's, DISCOVERY.
Claims to Know the Secret
-- .- 0f Sex

Medical men and the general public are
interested Just now in Professor Schenck.
who has announced from his laboratory
in the Vienna university that he had dis
covered the secret of sex. One of the pro-
fessor's former pupils. DR.. L. s. Simon.
of Chicago. who left DR.. Schenck In May.
1887. and Is fresh from the presence of the
man Of science. spoke Of his old preceptor
hus
'Schenck Is above all a worker. He Is
q slave to science and devotes nearly all
Of his time to original research. Ia spite
of that fact, I must say that he finds. a
little time for the social side Of life. Aside
from science, his thoughts are with his
family, OF whom he is very proud, and
justly so. He has a charming wife, a mod
est little woman. who thinks the sun rises
and sets for her husband. His sons are
fine. big. dark fellows. typical Austrisns.
and they are the apple Of the professors
eye.
D Schenck IS a man of pleasing per-
sonality, cordial and talkative. In appear
ance he is short and stout. dark and heav-
lily bearded. He has done much for SCI
ence, and cannot but believe when he says
he has discovered something there must be
something in what he says. He is fond
Of the young men, but particularly Of his
students. and most OF all he likes young
Americans. He stands very high as an
authority and has been thirty-one years
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23

An Affecting IdyI.
From the San Francisco Call.

While a man was in Jail at Oakland. and
could only get out by marrying a certain
young woman. he was embarrassed by
the absence of the 81 necessary to nav
for a license. At this juncture another
woman appeared. explaining that she was
engaged TO the prisoner. but would give
him up. Nor was this all: she would go
further In her generosity and advance
the 81 without which he was unable 10
claim q wife. Such nobility Of character
excited admiration. And so they were
wed. the self-sacriGcing female being pres
ent as n witness. Then Immediately
after the wedding the witness wsike off
with the bridegroom, leaving the bride to
ponder upon the sweetness and unseltizh-
ress of which A woman can he capable.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
A BOUQUET OF BRlLLIANCE.
A BLAZE OF LIGHT FROM THE BAN
QUIET TABLE CENTERPIECE.
Flowers That Exude Perfume and at
the Same Time Shed q Very
Desirable and DiRusive
Illumination.

Electric lighting fixtures have UNDER
gone a remarkable change in the last few
years and from modified gas fixtures they
have become distinct fixtures OF artistic
merit Decorative lighting has developed
a large number OF ornamental forms of
globes and lights very often Disgusting the
true character of the apparatus Chief
among the recent novelties in this line are
electrically umin artificial flowers on
stands which are so combined with real
flowers that the eye does rot quite grasp
which are which. For large banquet. Ia
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
YOUNGEST OCEAN TRAVELLER
VICTOR M'KENZIE COMES ALONE
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
He Il Only Fourteen Months Old, but
He Enjoyed the Trip and Made
Many Friends During
His Passage.

Victor Mckenzie is probably the young
est cabin passenger who ever crossed the
Atlantic ocean alone. He arrived at
New York, on the Augusta Victoria the
other day from Genoa. and comes to be
reared an American citizen.
Victor is the only son of Captain Rob-
ert Fowler Mckenzie, an Englishman, in
the service of the Peruvian government.
Captain Mckenzie is a relative Of the
United States consul at Peru. and holds
a most important diplomatic post him
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
YOUNGEST POSTMASTER.
He Holds ONCE at Benton. Saline
County, Ark.-AppoInted at
Age of Fl Years and 2 Days.

Henry s. Westbrook. who has the Dis
tinction Of being the youngest postmaster
in the United States. wal born May q, 1876,
near Benton. Saline county. Ark.
He lived with his parents upon q farm
until 1892. when he became a teacher in the
PUBLIC schools of his own state. He taught
for three years, and in 1895 entered the
Arkansas Industrial university. A year
later he entered the law department in
Little Rock, and graduated in May. 1897.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23

through the eyes and into the brain Of
the condemned.
The French inventor claims that such a
death Is painless. sure, and easy. but 1t Is
hard to understand how he arrives at his
conclusions.
That the needles are as quick as an cleo
trio current can make them is evident. TIL
has been christened L Execu-
TONER"
body, and the corpse Is seen without any
mark Of Disagreement.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23

with the honors Of his class. He was then
admitted to the Arkansas bar.
Being a member Of the state executive
committee. he was nominated by It for the
pcstmastership at Benton. His commission
Mr.. Westbrook became eligible for the
office. making him postmaster at the age
Of q years and z daya
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23

VIVA are you going to be when you
grow up. Tommy" asked Uncle Bob.
Mamma gays IL looks very much as IL T
was going 10 be a giant" said the littls
fellow. glancing down At his half-outgrown
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23

From the Detroit Free Press.
DIX you ever turn over . now leaf tn.
nrst of the year?"
"Gracious! no; We live In . nat"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
Worse Yet.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Life Is a failure with me: I an hope
lessly-"
"What-in lover"
NC in debt"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23

Remembrance.
I'll not forget thee. Nora
I could not II I would;
No other girl at batter cakes,
Could have q hand so good.
Detroit Free Press.
, 1898-12-16
Betrothals in Spain.

A curious custom obtains in some por-
tons of Spain in regard to betrothals.
A young man who looks with favor up
on a handsome senorita and wishes to
gain her hand calls on the parents for
three successive days at the same hour
of the day. At the last call he leaves
his walking stick, and If he Is to win the
desired bride the cane is handed to him
when he calls again. But If he is not
regarded with favor the cane is thrown
Into the street, and In this way the
young a is made to understand that
further calls viii be useless.
, 1898-12-16
Electricity In shipbuilding.

The use of electricity in shlpbulld-
Ing, as well as for the ships machinery,
is making rapid progress. The portable
electric drills used in s%hipyards have
resulted In a marked economy, working
as they do as readily In the most mac
eessible places or awkward positions
as in the open. Another invention of
note In this line Is the electric %riveter,
SO that now the holes may be drilled
and the rivets driven from the same
owe circuit. This machine will deal
with rivets up to one-eighth-inch diam
eter at the rate of 100 per hour, requir-
ing for this work only one and a half
horse power.
, 1898-12-16
THE HARMLESS RATTLEsNAKE.
1t Does Not Always strike When
Given the Opportunity.

l have seen a good many rattlesnakes
perhaps a hundred or more-in the
Sierra Mountains, bnt I have never In
tentionally disturbed them, nor have
they disturbed nae to any great extent,
even by accident. though they We're
oftentimes in danger of being stepped
on. Once, while on my knees kindling
a fire, one glided under the arch made
by my arms.
The last time l sauntered through the
big canyon l saw about two a day. One
was not coiled, but neatly folded in a
narrow space between two cobble-
stones on the side of the river, his
head. below the level of them, ready to
shoot up like a Jack-in-the-box for
frogs or birds. My foot spanned the
space above within an inch or two of
his head, but he only held it lower. In
making my way through a particularly
tedious tangle of buckthorn, l parted
the branches on the side of an open
ut and threw my bundle of bread into
when, with my arms free. | was
, 1898-12-16
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.
Daughters Should be Carefully
Guided in Early Womanhood.

What suffering frequently results
from a mothers Ignorance; or o
frequently from a mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughter!
Tradition says woman must suffer-"
and young women are SO taught.
There is a ittle-truth and a great deal
of exaggeration in this. If a young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment and her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to a physician for examina-
ton; but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass.
The following 1etterfrom Miss MARIE
r. JOHNSON, Centralia, Pa, shows what
neglect will do, and tells how Mrs.
Pinkham helped her:
"My health became SO poor that 1
had to leave school. / was tired all the
time, and had dreadful pains in my
side and back. I was also troubled
with ~irregularity of menses 1 was
very weak, and lost so much flesh that
my friends became alarmed. My
mother, who is a firm believer in your
remedies from experience, thought per-
haps they might benefit me, and wrote
you for advice. followed the advice
you gave, and used Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills as
you directed, and am o. as well as /
ever was. l have gained flesh and have
a good color. I am completely cured OF
irregularity."
, 1898-12-16

a tower in n OF the public squares,
and called 1t the BELL of Justice" He
commanded that anyone who had been
wronged should go,, and ring the bell,
and 30 call the magistrate and ask for
and receive Justice. In the course Of
ftme the lower end of the bell rope
rotted away and a wild vine was tied
to 1t to lengthen 1t. One stormy night
The inhabitants were awakened by the
loud changing of the bell. An old and
starving horse that had been abandoned
by its owner and .turned out to die wan
dered into the tower, and, in trying to
eat the vine, rang the bell.
The magistrate of the city. coming to
see who demanded justice, found the
old starving horse, and he caused the
owner of the animal in whose service
he had toiled and been worn out, to be
summoned before him, and decreed that
as his horse had rurg the bell of justice
he should have justice, and that during
the horses life his owner should pro-
vide for him proper food and drink and
stable.
Hon. John II. Starin, while travelling
In Italy, saw the bell, and, hearing It's
history, determined to bring 1t to this
country. The people, however, were
toath to part with it.-New York Mall
and Express.
, 1898-12-16
AMERICANS MAKE AesiNTHE
1t Is Sold as the Genuine French Ar.
tic'c In All Saloons.

tic'o In All Saloons.
The manufacture of genuine French
absinthe is the latest American indus
try. This Is guaranteed to be the real
stuff, straight from the boulevards.
Franco-maniacS who frequent the
cheap table d'hote restaurants of the
upper east and west sides imbibe this
stuff, which in an arrangement of COM
plicated glasses is allowed to drip into
a glass of water, where it acquires an
Opaque hue. The absinthe Is pre-
viously a clear light green liquid. 1t Is
made from the COMMON worm-wood
which is found in many old New Eng
land gardens and from which a thick
oil is distilled. 1t has been found by an
examination of cu~stom-house exports
that sixty years age large quantities of
this American NORWOOD were ex-
ported from New York and Vermont to
France, where 1t was used In making
absinthe.
But SO large has the home consump-
ton now grown that we now use all the
NORWOOD for our own production, as
well al five times as much which Is i'm
ported from Germany and France. The
American NORWOOD Is regarded as the
best in the world. Another expensive
herb that is grown here Is saffron,
which Is worth from So to So per pound.
Until quite recently the supply of SAT-
from came from Vermont, but a severe
drought there killed most Of the plants
and the price has increased In Qanse-
quence. In many Western States, as
well as In Mexico, 1t has since been ar.
ti1cially ~propagated.
In Michigan there are vast fields OF
peppermint, which is cultivated care
fully and sells for a high price, An
other medicinal herb grown In Michi-
gan Is sage, which is sold at S140 per
ton, In addition to which 100 tons of
sage are imported into the United
States every year at a value of $50 per
ton, most of 1t coming from Italy. In
the mountains of North Carolina and
Tennessee boneset, pennyroyal and
thorn apple leaves are cultivated, as
well as mandrake, bloodroot and black
cohosh, all of which are used in patent
medicine. California and Cape Cod
are the homes of horehound, which
makes q cough medicine.
This country raises a greater variety
of medicinal herbs A1en any other. pro-
ducing those thai
, 1898-12-16

Slght or me ne eyed me angriIy, and
with an air OF righteous Indignation
seemed to be asking why I had thrown
that stuff on him. He was so small 1
was Inclined to slight him, but ne
struck out so angrily / drew back and
approached the opening from the other
side. But he had been listening, and
when l looked through the brush l
found him confronting me still with
a come-in-if-you-dare expression. In
vain l tried to explain that l only
wanted my bread; he stoutly held the
ground in front of it. and l was afraid
that as he came nearer he might close
In on me and strike before 1 could get
away in such a tangle; so l just went
back a dozen rods and kept still for
half an hour, and when l returned
found he had gone.-Atlantie Monthly.
, 1898-12-16
DEAFNESS Cannot BE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased. portion of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
f1med you hayeta rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness i the result, and unless the inf1am-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
Ne will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh cure. Send
for circulars, free.
sold by Druggigts, TIC.
Halls Family Pills are the best
, 1898-12-16

without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathartic clean
your blood and keep 1t clean, by stirring up the
lazy liver and driving all impurities from the
blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious
complexion by taking Cascarets-beauty for
ten cents. All druggists, satisfaction guaran-
teed, 10c., 25c., 50c.
, 1898-12-16
Young Swimmers.

The Sandwich Islanders are so fond
of the sea that they actually teach
their children to swim long before they
are able to walk. The tiniest mites
play games in water well out of their
depth.
, 1898-12-16

Il think the names Yale and 'Har-
yard should be given to two of our
regular war ships"
well, what's the matter with Vas
sarY'-Puck.
, 1898-12-16
To Continue the Strife.

Having had a taste of war, Lieut..
Higgins seems to want more of it."
"Why; has he decided to go into the
regular army?"
mo; but he is going to get married
next week"
, 1898-12-16
Do You Wish to Sing Wen.

Then use Hoxsie's Disks for every
form { cough, cold, h-oarseness or sore
throat They clear and beautify the
voice. % cts.
, 1898-12-16

Little Albert-Pa, who were the sew
en- sleepers?
Pa-They were the first policemen
that we have any record of.
, 1898-12-16

MY employer is 81 queer; l can't
tell when he's pleased"
well, you can tell when he's dis
pleased, can't you?'-Chicago Record.
, 1898-12-16

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve RestoI er, 81 trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. r. II. KLINE, Ltd. a3l Arch ST. Phila. Pa