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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11
DETROIT SOCIETY REPORTER.
A Word Painter Describes
n Thanksgiving BnIl-The Cos
tunes Were de Rigueur.
From the Detroit Tribune.

a AAAA III" DftlblL lIlbuIAt.
BewilderinS phenomena of a musico-so-
cial character succeeded each other in
Kaleidoscope nconsecutiveness and wealth.
of coloring at Strassburg'S academy last
evening, where the many human monaGs
of both sexes gathered to celebrate Thanks
giving by dancing for Sweet Charity's sake.
These phenomena strikingly suggested
the activities of the chemical laboratory.
Under the impelling force of the inspiring
music the gallant. black-coated masculine
atoms separated out. daintily gowned, be-
powdered, bewitching feminine atoms. and
the resulting molecules would whirl off in
may intricacies. weaving in and out in
sinuouS evolutions. With the cessation of
the music the molecules fell asunder and
the atoms streamed off into chaotic groups
until such time as the music began again
1t was the annual bal poudre of the Dis
trict Nursing Society. a charitable organi-
zation among the young ladies of the swell
set.
AS usual. the affair last evening was a
social and pecuniary success. The number
of dancing couples was large and many
TO look on and encourage. The dancing
portion of the crowd was noticeably of the
Young set, especially the ladies. The cos
tunes We're de rigueur-corsage of lace
and real shoulders en- peau. as the French
say. Simplicity and elegance We're the rule.
The daring girl was there with a corsage
that maintained its position by some mvs-
FERROUS force wholly incomprehensible to
the masculine mind. There was the girl
tfat put her programme away behind fImy
laces in a way to make a first season young
man look the other way while she was do
ing 1t. There was the tall. willowy young
lady with a fondness for short escorts. and
the plump young lady who liked tall men,
In the boxes We're represented several mil
lions of Detroit real estate and personal
property. the representatives bestowinS
smiles of approval and high handshakes
Upon the young throng that spent the in
tervals of the music exchanging CONVERSE
tional nothings just across the railing.
The boxes were taken by Governor Pin
gree. j. II. Bissell, H. b. Ledyard and by
Mesdames David Whitney. Truman II.
Ncwberry. F. X. Starns. ]. H. Mcmillan.
Frank J. Hecker, II. p. Baldwin. T. ID.
Bull, William E. Quinby. Albert Pack, NJ.
5. Smith and George l.. Beecher.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11
VEST POCKET GAZETTEER,
microscopic Maps to Be Used With
n MaGnffyinG Glass-UscfuI
to Travellers.

A very useful little instrument. that will
appeal particularly to wheelmen, tourists
and military officers. has recently been in
reduced by Il Munich firm of opticians.
1t is called the map-microscope, and COM
bines these two articles in a clever manner.
People using maps outdoors know their
shortcomings. They take much space, and
as they must be folded up soon wear on
the edges. They can not be read in the
dusk or at night. and are useless in the
rain. The map used in this case is photo
Sraphed upon a transparent film or small
plate of glass. one and fiye-eighths inches
VIDE by one and three-eighths inches high.
This positive photograph is slipped into the
small apparatus consisting of "a magni-
flying glass with a handle. The glass is
SO arranged that it will move vertically
as we'll as horizontally, in any direction
and covers the entire map. When the
nap is to be consulted the holder is
raised to the eye and the map is suni-
GENTLY enlarged to recognize every detail.
AT dusk the light is still strong enough to
see the map and even during the night
it can be consulted by looking at the moon
or at a distant lamp. In case of need even
a glowing cigar will do.
A large number of maps photographed
on films can be carried in a small rain
proof case in the vest pocket, and once
in the holder of the apparatus it is safe
from all miShapS.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11
REVENGE ON NEIGHB0Rs.
Bennett Will Let to CoIored Family
Only His Residence in Fashion,
able Trinity Terrace.
From the New York Times.

From the New YORK Times
The sigh of a moving van these days fills
with narrowing dread the souls Of the res
idents of Trinity terrace. East New York's
fashionable residential quarter. When such
a vehicle, laden with some migrating house
hold effects. makes its appearance. the at
tention of the entire aristocratic neighbor-
hood is focused Upon a handsome villa at
14 Hendrix street. If the numbering van
passes Hendrix street. Trinity terrace re-
street. Trinity terrace groans in spirit and
yields itself up to awful despair. The cause
Of Trinity terraces dread is contained in
the following advertisement. which APP
peared in several Brooklyn papers:
! To LET-To a eolosed family only. one Of the
S s.airSt fe y psl IN last East Ne" IN, 4eFk r,o al c Mo- ,s
the better. Apply to William J. Bennett. Pearl and
Willoushby streets. Brooklyn.
Mr.. Bennett is the proprietor of n hotel
wealthy. Until recently MIR. Bennett and
his family lived at 14 Hendrix street. The
house is one of the finest in Trinity ter
race. Mr.. Bennett would in all probability
be living there Yet but for his neiShbors.
Between Mr.. Bennett and the other people
and cordial hatred. whose results were
disastrous to the nerves of the neighbor-
hood. Mr.. Benefits young son. Waldorf
Bennett, found a box of bonbons in the
front yard. Mr.. Bennett by this time had
come TO believe his %neighbors capable of
almost anything. and the dainty box eX-
$3.50
over to the police, and an examination
showed that each of the tempting bits of
confectionery contained enough S~trychnine
to kill half a dozen people.
Mr.. Bennett had his suspicious as 20 who
had thrown the candy into his yard, and he
communicated them to the police. but the
guilt has not been fastened upon any one.
The bonbon incident led Mr.. Bennett to
the conclusion that he did not care to tarry
longer in the neighborhood. So Il week
or two later the Bennett family moved 10
a more healthy locality. W~hereupon the
other people on the block embraced and
fell upon each others necks in excess of
joy.
Mr.. Bennett said nothing in parting. He
merely smiled in anticipation of a wifi
and awful revenge. He went straight to
the newspaper offices and inserted the ITO
let advertisement, and the CONSERVATION
it has caused in exclusive Trinity terrace
has caused him to throw handsprings IN
sheer delight
Il have received 4 dozen applications
for the house" said Mr.. Bennett. yester-
day. but they are from white people, and
l have refused them all. / have a man
who. l think. will move in. He has a fam
lily of eight coal black pickaninnies. who
will lend a charming pic~turesqueness to the
neiShborhood. If this man doesn't take
the house. I'll keep it empty until some
colored family does hire it. No white peo-
pie need apply
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11
A ARGENTINE sH EPHERp AND HOUSE.

fellows the killing is rather cruel. Scores
of them look on awaiting their turn while
In each pen there Were at least fifty sheep.
Along the front of il on a bench about as
high as your knee lay rows OF dying sheep.
each &C, with two great round III holes les, IN h,o its
ran down into the stream of water which
flowed through a little canal below. Some
feebly, but L could see that their deaths
came almost instantly. The killing is done
with a long. sharp double bladed knife.
Two men catch Il sheep in the pen and
throw it upon its back on the bench. The
butcher outside then seizes it by the hin.
bends its head back and with one thrust
ting the ~iugular veil.. He then goes on to
the next sheep. which is already lying
there ready for him. killing sheep after
sheep at the rate of one and more per
minute.
AS soon as the sheep has been knitted, it
is seized and carefully skinned The en-
trails are thrown into one place to be
cleaned and shipped to Germany for sau-
sage skins. The kidneys and their fat are
laid in another, for the kidney fat is used
is here largely sold for cooking. and the
kidneys go TO the markets of Buenos
Ayres. The feet and heads are cut off and
the tongues and hearts are saved. The car
cass which is left is as neatly cleaned as
any you will see on our best meat markets
at home. 1t is dressed after the fashion OF
49, AhNN' ~ '@@1SA
ant that the factory has Il skilled London
market man here TO superintend this fea-
ture of the work.
The freezing is done in great chambers.
each of which will hold G0,e0 carcasses at
one time. The chambers nave walls of
wood and sawdust a foot thick. The CELL
ing of each is covered with coils of pipe. in
which flow ammonia and brine so arrang-
ed chemically that they fill the room with
air which is 30 degrees below zero. 1t
takes three great engines to keep the pipes
filled. and these work on both day and
night. The coils. when I saw them, We're
covered with frost an inch thick, and the
chamber was intensely cold. In it. hang
ing, down from hooks with their headless
necks toward the floor. were something
like a thousand freezing carcasses of NUT
ton. They We're almost ready for Ship
ment. and when the chief engineer who
acted as my guide took one down to show
it to me l found that it would stand alone,
and that its flesh was as hard as stone.
Within forty-eisht hours after being put
in the freezing room the carcasses are per-
fectly hard. After they are frozen they are
Sewed up IN fire white muslin cloths and
laid away in cold storage TO await the
next steamer. The average carcass weighs,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11

II Is shipped in a frozen state. and. If prop
erly cared for, will keep for a year. and
taste as fresh and juicy at the end of that
time as when cut from the dying sheep.
We ship vast quantities of beef to Eu-
the Atlantic is so swift and the waters so
cool that the meat is merely chilled and
kept in cold storage. In going from the
Argentine to Europe the ships must steam
over the seething equator. 1t requires
from twenty to thirty days for the voy-
age. and all meat must go either alive or
frozen. Living animals are expensive
freight. and the result is the Argentine
is now freezing its mutton for shipment.
u has millions invested in frozen meat
which is said 10 be the largest frozen meat
factory of the world
Before describing my visit TO this place,
let me tell you something of the Argentine
as sheep raiSers. We know a little as TO
their grain output. Their wheat. when
fall in the markets of Europe. Still, the
wheat farms are a bagatelle in the con-
sideration of the PRODUCTS of the Argen-
tine. These people are stock farmers rather
than grain rme When a locust inva-
sion comes there is considerable distress,
but should a stock famine occur the coun-
try would have a panic. AT present not
] per cent of the Argentine is agricultural.
The soil is in many sections hin and poor.
The grain producing areas are limited. The
pastures: however, are the largest in the
WILL ~ SbNA 4AC4il " EIdI.KS ldLLS
exists anywhere else, and the area of the
stock farms increases every year. The
character of the grasses improves by pas
turing them with sheep and cattle. and the
fiocks and herds steadily grow. 1t is es-
timated that one-half of the republic is
adapted to sheep raising. This makes an
area OF $4,000 square miles. a territory
greater than ten states the size of New
York.
How many sheep the land will support is
not known. but the number will run into
the hundreds of millions. Some parts of
Of the province of Buenos Ayres. in which
of the SHEEP CT the A,g nti1c now
are. will feed two or three sheep to the
acre. and other parts further south need
from two 10 four acres for a single sheep.
The average in Buenos Ayres is 5g2 sheen
TO the square mile, or that number to a
section of land. The total number of sheep
IN the Argentine is now los, 900, 600. more
than twice that of the United States. 1t is
enough to give every family in the country
a hock of 100 sheen, and have some mill
ions for export. The sheep. however, are
not divided up in this way. They are in the
hands of comparatively few. l know of
men who each own 10000, and there are
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11

when, shipped. from thirty to seventy
g0uh1s.according as II is a sheep or a lamb.
me sheep cost about s. apiece, as only the
as they u in the flock, can be bought,
| am told. for from 80 to % cents apiece.
Freight 10 London costs ! to . cents. and
mutton there sells for 10 cents and up
WARD per pound As much of the work as
possible Is done by machinery, but the
wages paid are much less than at home.
Inc average for slaughterers. skinners and
general workmen is less than SI.l0 4 day.
ahd foremen receive less thar s. per day.
] wonder how our Chicago butchers voujd
like such wages?
Everything connected with the refuse.
~ the exception of the blood. is sold.
me h30ts are used for making glycerine,
ana combs, and some of the entrails form
"catgut' for fiddle strings. The sheep
SKINS are dried and sold in bales, ana the
IoHgues ana hearts are frozen for export.
IN thls same factory cartridges and pleas
ants, Chickens, turkeys. ducks. fish and
armadillos are frozen for shipment To Eu-
rope.
leaving the frozen meat factory, 1 drove
20 the Mercado Central des Frutos This
Ayres. where wool. hides and grain are
sold in wholesale lots. 1t is the largest
produce market in the world under one
OF pounds of wool are handled IN il every
year. II is a brick building of three stories
lying near the docks on the Ricachuelo
ItNtF, III lfat part of BuenoS .AyreS called
barFacas- BarracaS means warehouses.
and BARRACKS is the part of Ruenos AyreS
Where the great export business Of the
are taken from the market house to the
warehouses and there prepared for ship
tneht- Al shearing time wool comes in in
enough cars to haul the crop. and the voSt
market house is so full that you can hard
~ ger through it. Its three floors are
carts and wagons loaded with wool oh
Struct all other traffic. boats of wool are
oeIng unioaded in the river with steam
the market Itself. Each mans wool is nut
ih q Pile by Itself. 1t is taken out of the
naies and left loose in a stack. 81 that
me buyers can easily examine it. IN go
ing among these piles you must be care
iul to Keep your clothes from touching
them. The wool is unwashed. 1t is so.
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his strength back he took me in his arms
and carried me TO his own house, in the
street where the smells were. | did not
care for the smells then, and Mrs. John
and q lot of little Jackies We're very good
TO me. while the eccentric father of the
family went for a cab to take me home. I
suppose the kaftirS got out that night to
the open country among friends who hid
them. for they never were caught; but
John was the center of interest at the
Bostonian's hotel for n long time. when he
told Of his charge upon about two score
blacks. He never said anything about
charging also upon me. and no more did
/. for | believe he would lave come to my
aid anyway, only to run amuck was in
such affairs the little way of his kind"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11
Cover During Sleep.

From the Popular Science News.
The object IS simply this: Nature takes
me time when one Is lying down 10 Civ
the heart a rest. and that organ conse-
Guently makes ten strokes less a minute
than when one is in an upright posture.
Multiplying that by sixty minutes gives
SO strokes. Therefore. in eight hours
spent in lying down the heart is saved
nearly 5000 strokes. and as the heart
pumps six ounces of blood with each stroke
it lifts 5000 ounces less of blood in l.
night OF eight hours spent in bed than
when one is in an upright position. As the
blood flows so much more slowly through
the veins while one is lying down, extra
coverings must then supply the warmth
usually furnished by circulation.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11
Tbirt Thou.and Indian. Voted.

At the election held recently not less
thar 30,060 fullblooded American Indians
in all parts of the Union had the oppor-
tunity of stepping to the polls and voting
for candidates of their choice. on a perfect
equality with white men. Out of this total
number about 2l.00 Indian voters had the
right to cast their ballots in states west of
the Mississippi river; 2,6D others in the
Territories of Arizona, New Mexico. and
Oklahoma for delegates in congress-, and
1850 in the older states east of the Miss
issippi, along the Atlantic seaboard and in
the Middle West and South.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11
The Mntron of Honor.
From Harper's Bazar.

z IOIIs fIITPtT 3 bdZaf-
The matron of honor as a rival to :hs
maid of honor seems to have established
weddings the two divide the honors be-
tween them. but one of the October brides
was attended. or preceded rather, by 4
matron of honor. without any maids Ut
ALL The Introduction of the matron as an
attendant for a bride has been welcomed
by girls who lave a single strong friend-
ship. Hitherto the first one to marry has
enjoyed having her friend as maid of hoE-
or. while the maid of honor. when she be-
came herself 4 bride. va forced to be
content with some less intimate acquaiut-
ancG as an attendant.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11
BIGGEST FROZEN MEAT FACTORY IN
THE WORLD AT BUENOS AYRES.
IMMENSE PRODUCE MARKET
HOW ANIMALS ARE KILLED AND
PREPARED FOR EUROPE.
Argentine Has Over 1OO.0OO.0 o Sheep
and n Hundred Pounds
of Wool for Each Person in
It-A Ram Which Cost
a Cool $1,000.

BUENoS AYRES. Nov. G. ls9s.-How
would you like a mutton chop two months
old? Hundreds of tons of such meat is
sold in the markets of Europe every month.
Some of it comes from Australia, not a
little from New Zealand and of late Il
great deal from the Argentine republic.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11
Fastest Swimming auadruned.

The otter is the fastest swimming quad
ruped known. In the water it exhibits an
astonishing agility. swimming in a nearly
diving and darling along beneath the sur
face with a speed equal il not superior to
that of many fishes.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11
Bell. Now Ring in Palestine.

The ringing of bells at the new church at
Jerusalem is an interesting new departure
in Christian worship in Palestine. There are
three bells. and the right to use them is one
of the minor concessions of the sultan to
his friend the kaiser. For over 800 years
the use of bells has been forbidden to the
Christian churches in the Holy land.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11
Nail. Never Grow Equally.

The nails of two fingers never grow with
the same. degree of rapidity. The nail of
the middle finger grows with the greatest
rapidity. and that of the thumb least 1t
has been computed that the average growth
OF the finger nail is one-thirty-second of an
inch per week. or a little more than an inch
and a half per year.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11

~Friend-"So the editor sends you his pa
per free?' Poet-"Yes: he says 7 needn't
subscribe IL [ won't contribute any more"
-Fliegende BlaetteE
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11

Johnny Is seated at the piano reading a
dime novel. Johnny's mother from abovel
Johnny. why aren't you practicing?'
We'll, 1 don't hear anything" Johnny
Well. I'm practicing the pauses."-MusicaI
| American.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11
Mnnx a. a Counting Toneu.,

Manx is the best tongue for counting.
as 1t has ninety-seven ways in which 10
say My dear" This Is the opinion of the
London Manx Society.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11
Wild Wan Runs ANIMAL

After the first yell he was silent. and
when, in his paroxysm. the fight brought
them all near to me, 1 could see that his
eyes stuck out far and the froth was drop
PM IN hlotches from his mouth, between
his set teeth. The Kaffirs stood their
ground and struck at him with their clubs
but Johns knife was flashing here and
there without pause. and nothing but n
fatal blow would lave stopped him. Final
ly. one or two of them being badly cut.
they took to their heels and left the field
to the mailman and me. For he was mad
now. and knew neither friend nor foe. When
the katiirs fled his eyes fell on me. and he
came at me at once with the knife.
John John, Dear Johni / shouted
but he did not pause, until, within a ward
of me. he staggered. collapsed. the knife
dropped from his hand. and he fell down
on top of me. twisting and biting for a
minute at least. before he rolled over, his
fit spent.
When he came to he was as quiet as A
lamb. trembling a little for a time. and ask
ing what it was all about. When he got
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-11

filled with grease that when l thrust my
hand into a pile of it it came out shining.
as though it had been dipped in vaseline.
Inc Shippers tell me that the wool crosses
the ocean better in its unwashed state,
ana That it thus brings a greater profit.
weight in t W. abj ~ 10 nd n P the ce arre . n n
farmers find it better 10 sell at a lower
rate and allow the European buyers TO
Snnrir IL
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-01

Tuesday night a drunken Mexican
began riding up and down the streets
of Mammoth, firing off his gun and ap-
parently determined to terrorize the
camp. Sheriff Truman expostulated
with him to no avail. Finally threat
ening to arrest the offender, who told
the sheriff he wasn't big enough man
to do that, and by way of emphasizing
the remark, fred at the sheriff, missing
his man. The sheriff promptly return
ed the fire with single shot, his gun
failing to stay cooked after the shot
was fred. It proved to be sufficient,
however The Mexican fell from his
saddle, but the sheriff did not know
whether because he was hit or because
he was shamming, and did not consider
it safe to go near the man and see.
Consequently, the Mexican was left un-
til daylight, when his dead body was
found. The Citizens informant was
not able to give the Mexican's name
Tucson Citizen.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-01

The annual report of the commits
sioner of pensions, which is to appear
shortly, will show roll of 1,04O, 1856
pensioners, practically all of them on
account of the civil war. which ended
thirty-three years ago. OF these, 63,-
648 names were added during the year
ending June 80, 1898, says the Boston
Post. A good many pensions lapsed
through the death of the beneiciaries,
but the net increase Of the list is near
ly $1,000. This is a most stupendous
roll. The payment of this debt of a
grateful people to its valiant defenders
after full generation has elapsed since
they rendered their patriotic service,
exhausts more than one-third of the
entire revenue of the government on a
peace basis, and exceeds the annual
cost of the military establishment of
any other nation on the face of the
earth,
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-01

It appears, from pretty good author
ity, that Germany is still intriguing
with the insurgents in the Philippine
Islands, melting them against Ameri-
can occupation of any of the islands.
The autonomist party in Cuba are also
trying to make trouble for our govern
ment on that island. Gen. Wheeler
said some time since that the war was
not over, and it begins to look as if he
knew what he was talking about A
war with Germany would be more Sc
rious matter than our little spat with
Spain. The fact of this government
strengthening our feet in Chinese wa
tiers and sending more troops to the
Philippine Islands, looks as if Uncle
Sam placed some credence in these ru-
mors and was preparing for any emer-
gency that may arise.