Kansas City journal., 1898-01-25
KANSAS TOPICS.


Newton is archaeological or nothing DEM
ocratic Miss Birdie McFall has given
place in the postoftice 10 Republican Miss
Birdie Stone.
Mr.. ingalls, did not say that Mr.. Bryan
was an acrobatic jackass. He said Bryan
was peritropal jackrabbit.
1t is gratifying to learn that Fredoria toll
crates no innovations under the thin guise
of progress. The Neodesha Register says:
AT the dance in FredOnia on Saturday
night the usual fight occurred"
That Lyons poetess who declares Il stand
In the twilight: I'm kissed by the dew"
ought to stand in the twilight and be kissed
by store clerk once.
The Atchison Globe has discovered that
the peach buds are all right. 1t also says
that Atchison county has gone twelve years
without a peach crop and then had seven
good crops in succession.
While attending court at Anthony Colonel
Fred Bentley was seized by an attack of
appendicitis from which he is escaping.
however, without an operation. This would
seem TO be corroborative of the story that
the stuff drank at Anthony has whole
grains of rye in it.
There was a proposition at Mound City
to organize a militia company, and this is
the way the Populistic Torch speaks about
1t: What. Parents of Mound City, did
you raise your boys to become Hired Hes
slams OF Corporate Greed?"
Ex-State Treasurer Otis L. Atherton eel
ebrated his silver wedding at Russell the
tlar .lo,- a,,1 lnli of
ents. He and Mrs. Atherton stood I'D and
were married over again, but Otis had be-
come so rusty that he overlooked one i'm
portant feature of the ceremony. He for
got TO pay the preacher anything.
In the Baptist church at I.arned next
Sabbath the farmers of the vicinity Will
held special services to thank God for
the bountiful crops of last year and TO
pray Him to give them better crops
this year. We trust the suggestion will
not be deemed irreverent that they should
also petition for the shedding of enough
influence over Mark Hanna to keep the
prices up.
The limit of bad taste would seem to
Eave been reached when a Southern Kan
sas woman published card" in the local
paper thanking the whole community tor
dead brother.
EDWARD Hoch says that Professor b. ID.
Van Ostrand, superintendent of the Mar
ion schools, is seriously contemplating the
announcement of himself as a candidate
:or the Republican nomination for state
superintendent.
Last Friday night the time expired dur
Ing which Sumner county agreed to pay
bounty on rabbit scaps In all ST. 155.42 were
raid for 15S,5l4 scalps during a period Of
about two months. This amounts to
thirty-four scaps for each quarter sec
ton il Sumner county including the town
sites. The greatest number received in
one day was 1911. and the greatest num-
ber killed by one person was l.4I.
So it appears that State Senator Young.
Of Montgomery county, who has done so
much namby-pamby preaching about
trotherly love and the evils of the COM
retitive system. is just as human as the
rest of us and perhaps a little more so.
, lie Is engaged in court row with his
lpartrers over the possession of the pro-
ceeds from the Star and Kansan printing
office. and there is mighty little brotherly
llove about the charges these reformerS
make against each other. The court
records show another strange thing IN
connection with this man who is travelling
On brotherly love platform. His prop
orty is in his wife's name. In Kansas it
lis the popular idea that when a man thus
transfers his property it is for the pur-
pose of defeating some good brother who
Is striving to collect his honest dues
While the Eastern people are being
shocked or entertained, as the case may
be. by that Episcopal clergyman who is
teaching dancing to the members of his
flock, it will be interesting to note that
Kansas Is going the East one better. for
she has an Episcopal clergyman who is
not only in favor of dancing. but in favor
of card playing and theatersoing as well.
His name is Rev. Mr.. Vann. and he is
rector of the church at Oskaloosa He re-
Gently expressed in public his entire ap-
proval of dancing card playing and thea
tergoing. and this called out sermons from
Rev. Mr.. Wilson. and Rev. Mr.. Belts
other clerSymen of Oskaoosa. who Sc
verely denounced him. Among other things
Rev. Mr.. Belts declared that the late
Bishop Thomas. of Kansas. was opposed
TO dancing. This provoked reply from
Rev. MIR. Nann, who said empEatcally that
Rev. Mr. Belts had given utterance to "a
lie" Il knew Bishop Thomas personally"
did not oppose dancing as he allowed his
daughter to take dancing lessons" Rev.
Mr.. Vann has not yet opened a dancing
or card playing school at the reCtory but
he fearlessly insists that dancing card
playing and theatergong are proper and
consistent reCreations. not only for church
members. but also for ministers of the
Gospel.
of ri nd ,i,,;S.
mel l.. c. Weldy. of the Galena Republican.
revives n recollection of one of the most
extraordinary occurrences Kansas has ever
known. In 1874 Rev. Mr.. Murch was pastor
of the Congregational church in Lamar.
He was good old man. but devoid of
oratory or originality and none knew it
better than himself. one night during re-
vival meeting which was being conducted
by visiting evangelist, he arose and
said:
The welfare of this church is above all
else to me. There Is no sacrifice l would
not make 10 advance its interest. | realize
my inability to interest the people. my
lack of power to attract membership and
it pains me deeply. My heart is in the
work and in this church. 1 want it to
prosper. I don't want TO be stumbling
block in Its road to prosperity. and if the
Lord sees fit to remove me | am ready to
gu.'
The audience Were greatly affected by
these words. They came says Colonel
Weldy, like a wall from spirit crushed
and a heart broken" That they were
prophetic is believed to this day by all who
heard them. for the next morning Rev
Mr.. Murch was found dead in his bed. The
Lord had seen fit to remove him.
Before departing from the subject of