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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-04
PEOPLE IN SOCIETY.

LIZ ~ Nr
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace C. COTE left last night for 4
brief visit to st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Uebelmesser and family are 1t
home at IA Belmont fats.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hunt, Of osaxs City, have
come to Kansas City to reside.
Miss Eliza Donovan, Of St. Louis, will visit rela-
tives in Kansas City next week.
Mrs. Joseph Bray. of St. Louis, is spending .
week with her sister. Mrs. Howard McCutcheon.
Mrs. Henrietta Green. Miss Shelton and Miss May
Green are at Excelsior Spring and will remain several
weeks
Miss nellie Mosher. accompanied by Miss Mary
Angel. Of Leavenworth. left Wednesday for Port
Arthur.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". H. Craig. OF Leavenworth. at
tended the Fyock- Brinkerhon wedding Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. Robert L. Yeager will entertain this month
for Miss Shelton. Miss May Green and Mrs. Robert
L. Yeager, Jr.
Miss Annie Jaudon. OF Palmyra. Mo-. will be the
guest of Mrs. Henry Woodward. Of 2s2s East Eighth
street, next week.
Mrs. NJ. E. Smith and Miss Meldon Smith will re-
turn from Leavenworth next Tuesday after . visit
to Mrs. D. A. McKibben.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norton Thayer will leave for Dallas
next week. Later Mrs. Thayer will go to San An
tonic for a stay OF some length.
The Misses Harbeson have returned from . visit
to their brother at Fort Niobrara and are the guests
of Mrs, Hendricks. of Olive street.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-04

Mrs. Joseph Bray, of St. Louis, Is spending
week with her sister, Mrs. Howard McCutcheon.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25
The Elephant as He Really Is.

Few more impressive condolences
can be impaired than one in which q
Hindu describes how he knows his
elephant intends to destroy him. It
is all SO seemingly trivial, and yet in
reality sof such deadly significance.
His story is so full of details that prove
the mans profound understanding of
what he is talking about, that one re.
mains equally amazed at the brute'a
power to dissimulate and its intended
victims insight into this would-b be mur-
derer's character. And yet, from the
psychological standpoint, an elephant
never gives any other such indication
ofmental power as is exhibited in it's
revenge. That patient, watchful, im+
placable hatred, often provoked simply
because man is in attendance upon
another animal (for it is the rule with
tuskers to detest their next neighbors)
speaks more conclusively of a high
intellectual grade than all the stories,
true or false, that have been told OF
their ability. Such concentration and
fixedness of purpose, such careful, un-
relaxed vigilance, such perfect and con-
sistent pretense, and, when the time
comes, such desperate, unhesitating
energy as homicidal animals exhibit
are impossible without very consid.
erable, although in this instance very
irregular, development.
No one can deny that if this Great
ure is great at all its greatness shows
itself in its crimes; these have caused
it to be worshiped in the East, where
men venerate nothing but merciless,
irresponsible force, and where an ex.
hibition Of these qualities and traits
described, fully accounts for the for.
mula, "My Lord the Elephant. -
Outing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25
Swiss Mu slim Gowns,

Gowns this season are made with
the skirts longer than they were last,
and this rule applies even to wash ma
terials. OF course long skirt is more
graceful than short one, but it will
soil very much sooner, so it is not
well to trim it around the foot with
anything that cannot be washed or
cleaned. The skirt should be made
separate from the lining. The FIVE
gore style is pretty one; then the
circular pattern is also good. The
The apron front with deep founce is
very effective, particularly il the
hounee is covered with little narrow
ruffies of the same material, edged
either with lace OF trimmed with baby
ribbon put on full. The prettiest way
to make the waist is to have it quite
simple. shirred on the shoulders, and
IA front quite full. This also should
have bands of insertion. Over the
tops of the sleeves are epaulettes edged
with lace. The sleeves themselves
are prettiest when shirred the entire
length, and finished around the wrist
with lace rufiie. The back of the
waist should have only little fulness,
and that drawn in under the belt. 1t
is not worth while to put insertion
across the back, for it will add greatly
to the expense, and besides is not al
ways becoming. AS a rule, a plain
back is the best. Taffeta sashes two
fingers IL width, tied with a small
bow and long ends, and stock collar
Of the same ribbon, the bow tied in
front in sailor fashion, with the edges
trimmed with lace, make nice finish
for the wrist. This style is equally
pretty in dotted or plain Swiss or lawn.
Lace will look better than embroidery
for trimming. There is no necessity
tor buying expensive lace either; there
are great many effective laces among
the cheap ones. But beware of any
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25
CHALK.
Where 1t Comes From, How 1t is Pre-
pared and What 1t is Used For.

Where 1t Comes From, How 1t is Pre-
pared and What 1t is Used For.
Chalk is one of the most important
crude materials brought to this coun-
try for manufacturing purposes. 1t
enters largely into the manufacture OF
rubber, oilcloth, wallpaper and paint,
and after being refined, purified and
made into a powder of various degrees
of tineness is sold on the market for
hundreds of purposes for which no
other material would be as useful. II
is one of the few articles used in the
trades which come almost exclusively
from Europe. Some chalk beds have
been discovered in the United States,
but the expense of transporting it is
too great to make the home product a
successful competitor with the foreign
article. 1t is found in the bank of
the Thames River, at Dieppe and near
Copenhagen, and is shipped to this
country in its crude condition. There
is no duty on chalk, and it usually
comes as ballast in bulk. About 1875.
900 tons came to the United States
last year.
There is nothing complicated about
its preparation for the market. 1t is
placed in huge grinding machines
where it is ground in water and then
foated off into vats, where all foreign
substances and impurities are precipi-
tated. The water is then drawn off
by a series of filtering operations and
the soft residuum is dried by steam
heat and exposure to the air. By
means of burrmills and betting the
white substance is reduced to
powder and packed in barrels and
shipped for use. The finest is pressed
into pieces of various shapes for the
drug trade, another grade, in crayon
form, goes to dealers in art materials,
coarser stock is sent to manufacturers
of frames and gilded ware, thousands
of tons are used by manufacturers OF
paint and putty, and great quantities
go to the manufacturers of rubber
goods, who use chalk in the vulcaniz.
ing process.-Ne York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25

An English medical journal has
noted some curious medical adver
tisements. The special merit of q
certain mineral springis that sit stirs
the dermal functions" while it is
also "an excellent reconstitutive Of
animal economy" and has moreover
a beneficial effect on "the oculary
apparel!'' The inventor of a certain
''fresn-air respirator for the use Of
indoor PATIENTS" observes didacti.
cally: "Only compare the club.
checked country lad diving in fresh
open air, who in spite of scanty food
is abounding in healthy with the pale.
checked child of towns, better fed,
and secured indoors against tine
brazing open air, and you will imme.
diately perceive the different effects
product by fresh air on both beings.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25
Disco mfort and STYLE,

Tight, tighter, tightest, grow the
sleeves this spring, and low, lower.
lowest goes that bodice seam on the
shoulders, upon which depends SO
much of the comfort and convenience
of the wearer. Never, for years, have
women's clothes been in many ways
more uncomfortable. The discomfort
shows itself chiefly as applied to lift.
ing the arms. In one Of the fashion
ably cut and fitted gowns it is next to
impossible to raise ones hands foot
from the straight and narrow way in
which Noah's Ark men and women set
us such striking example. Putting
on the hat or rearranging the hair af-
ter the corsage is fastened is an utter
impossibility.
Dressmakers as we'll as dress wear
ers are in despair about the thing, as,
II it is hard to elevate the arms under
such conditions, still harder it is to
elevate the standard of styles that each
modiste holds to be so inexorable and
so to be striven after. What adds to
the rancor of the situation is the free
dom OF movement women have en-
Joyed by reason of their short shoul-
der seams and big sleeves, with ca
pacious armholes, says the Philadel-
phia Times. In Paris the Gordian
knot of discomfort is being cut by
having the sleeves fitted to the arms
with the hands clasped above the
head.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25
For NY Lady's Desk,

The latest addendum to my lady's
writing desk outfit, and one that an.
peals to every feminine heart, is q
dainty little volume about the size OF
an ordinary note pad. 1t is bound in
flexible cloth covers of mottled gray.
with gilt tracings and appropriate de-
signs. The volume contains 152
pages, each one headed by a quotation
apropos to the subject of the page.
There is schedule blocked out for
each month, with spaces for entries.
Each month has also several page
for keeping track of "letters and
notes" written and received; "books
and reading" with their subdivisions
OF history, biography, poetry, novels,
science, travels, periodicals and news
papers, and dates of beginning aud
finishing. Other pages are labelled
social engagements, with minor
divisions, for luncheons, dinners, in
terchange of visits; intellectual re-
creations" lectures, clubs and musi-
calls, amusements, opera and theatre
and interchange of courtesies rendered
and received. With one of these de-
lightful little reminders on the desk
at the end of the year, my lady will be
able to give an accurate account of re-
suits accomplished along social and
literary lines.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25

The American Agriculturist re.
marks: Positive progress has been
made in the comparatively recent pas
in the reduction of interest charges.
The refunding of farm mortgages, par.
ticularly in the West, where rates
have been exorbitant, goes speedily
on, and We confidently hope the time
will come when our agricultural classes
with the | est security on earth, will
be able to secure money at rates rela
lively as low as. their brothers in manu-
featuring and industrial circles.
Banks and capitalists with money tc
loan make the point that while real
estate securities are unquestionably
safe, they are slow compared with
other classes. Granting whatever
truth there may be in this assertion,
the difference in interest rates has
been altogether too great. With the
wealthy railroads refunding THEN
obligations at 81 per cent, and with
commercial loans in the Middle and
Eastern States made at four to six
per cent. there is no rhyme or reason
in demanding ten to twelve per cent,
or even worse, on farm property as
is done in the West. We're it possible
to secure money on farm property at
rates relatively as low as on other
classes of securities, what relief it
would bring to Agricultural How
many thousands of acres of unproft
able, or perhaps idle, lands might be
turned to account, affording remuner
ative employment to vast army
ready and willing to put into use
hand and brain!
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25

We prefer permanent pasture fields
Tor various reasons. We do not pas
ture our cultivated grounds at any
time. The cattle become attached to
these habitual pasturages and never
attempt to break out. These contin-
ual pasture fields do not have to be
renewed, as their blue grass is indi-
genous to the soil and renews its
wasted rootlets spontaneously, and
the grass is SO nearly perfect ration
that but little grain is necessary to
keep herd of cows in heavy flow of
milk. Last spring several COWS on
such pasture made good tests, rang
ing from fourteen pounds to sixteen
pounds eight and one-half ounces of
butter in seven days. Much of this
output was due to the care and feed
Of the winter before, combination of
careful German-clover hay, we'll
kept stover, and a carefully balanced
ration of grain fed regularly. Grass
is naturally the food of the COW, and,
Of course, the nearer she can be kept
to it the year round the better she
seems to do for the feed and care ex-
pended on her.-The Epitomist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25

veritable army raised in an instant Of
timel And how the great fellows
whipped the dukes men and the duke
himself till they all begged and pleaded
for mercy.
con one condition I call my men
off" the boy stoutly said and the duke
told him to name it.
"Give me back my basket and let
me depart in peace.
Call your men off, call your men
Back into the cask every fve!"
And SO ended this famous fight.
The boy got his basket, and, carry
ing it and the cask, soon reached his
home. And thence forth neither he
nor the stepmother wanted for any
thing, nor did she ever lose her tenn
per again, for she knew the five were
there to punish her.-St. Louis Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25

Vesuvius presented rare sight re.
Gently, real flames issuing from the
summit Part of the south wall of the
crater fell in, blocking up the vents
from which the gases had escaped. A
few days later this mass having be,
come red hot, squirt OF flames zoe
feet high was sent out, accompanied
by q tremendous roar. The column
of fire was yellow, with flashes of red,
violet and intense blue. Professor
Matteucci, who saw it, says that it was
the only jet of incandescent gas ever
observed on Vesuvius, the light which
people usually mistake for flames be.
ing merely the reflection of the lavs
below on the smoke that rises from
the crater. New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25

Pineapple growing is becoming i'm.
portant among Florida's agricultural
interests, according to correspon.
dent of the Atlanta Journal. Com.
mon varieties have been proftably
grown for years on the lower coast
and keys, and the notable feature now
is the growing Importance of the cul.
ture OF the fine varieties. The large
profit, reported to be $1,000 an acre,
asa return for intelligent management,
has created boom akin to that in
orange growing few years ago, and
although the propagation of pine.
apple plants is rapid; the supply does
not keep pace with the demand, and
some growers find it more profitable
to sell the young plants than to await
their fruiting. 1t costs about $4,000
TO secure the land, prepare it, pay fol
plants, and plant an acre, but many
people with less than that amount OF
capital have gone into the business in
a smaller way. There is little likeli.
hood, however, the correspondent
writes, that the business will be over.
done. Local capital is wanting, and
not more than one acre in 500, posi-.
bly, 1000, is suitable for pines. Like
the orange, the pine is occasionally
caught by a frost. As a protection
the pinerY is enclosed with a tight
plank fence eight feet high. Then
upright posts are set over the entire
area in rows eight by fifteen feet.
The posts are seven to seven and a
half feet above the ground. On these
are strong posts two by six inches,
and across these are nailed Stats one
by three, leaving three-inch spaces be-
tween. This forms a half SHADE OF
arbor, which is a material protection
against all except the severest frosts
in winter time and the strong sunshine
of GUNNER.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25
Just What Women Want to Know.

Women who feel themselves re.
sponsiblo for the appearance OF their
husbands, brothers and sons may be
grateful for the following hints as to
masculine fashions:
The three-button sack coat is the
correct business suit.
Blue, brown, red and green are
popular colors for shirts.
Diagonal-striped ties are more worn
than other effects this year.
The old-fashioned turned down
collar is once more in vogue.
Negliges are to be much worn by
the business man this summer.
A pretty tie is the imperial, with
wide stripes of blue and green.
This seasons boxcoats are of kerr
seys, coverts, friezes and vicunas.
Soldier and sailor suits have been
popular for boys since the war began.
Link buttons are still popular, and
cuffs are rounded bit at the corners.
A new style collar has turned down
rounded corners. These are entirely
new.
Tan boxcoats of covert are the
proper topcoats for boys as we'll as
men just now.
Stripes are also popular in sweat.
ers, the Roman stripes playing con-
spicuous part.
Suits of large overplaids in tweed
and cheviots are the correct thing for
golf and cycling.
Plain blue serge will be used for
business suits by men whose rating is
beyond discussion.
Cutaway coats, fancy waistcoats and
odd trousers are nobby for afternoon
or semi-dress affairs.
Wide stripes will be worn this sum-
mer in the stilf-bosomed shirts, and
madras will be much used for semi
dress.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25

The United States has begun to
teach the world few wholesome oh.
ject lessons, and the scurvy-cursed
old monarchies of Europe are slowly
waking up to the fact that we mean
business, observes the New York
Telegram. We don't want to have
any trouble with any of them, but we
are not going to run away from it ii
it happens to come our way.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25
A New Field of Labor.

Mrs. Emily Lee Sherwood, a jour
nalist, of Washington, d. c., has ad-
ded a new field of labor to her literary
work. She is searcher and maker of
copies of the rich and rare material
stored in the archives of the Library
OF Congress for the benefit of authors,
compilers and encyclopedias. His
torical or biographical data relating to
family history, particularly the Rev
ollutionary period, is especially sought
after now.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25
The Soldiers Rations,

In the Civil War the healthiest snd
toughest soldiers were those who lived
on army rations, while the great ma.
jority of those who died of intestinal
diseases were livers on suffers canned
staff. As the army rations are well
fitted for toughening the men who
live upon them, without injury to the
digestive organs, the sooner one be.
comes habituated to them the better.
Boston Transcript.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25
Women Doing Their Part.

No more patriotic and useful work
could be undertaken than the scheme
to maintain hospital ship for Cuban
waters, conceived by the New York
Chapter of the Colonial Danes. The
plan has already obtaired the sanction
OF the Government and will be carried
out on business principles. The prac-
tlcal sense and courage of women have
been more than once exemplified since
the war began. New York Herald,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25
Potatoes on Mucky Soil.


Mucky soil, because it is usually
dark colored, is always thought to be
rich. This may or may not be the
fact, according to what the vegetable
mould is that makes the muck. 1t is
more often due to an excess of water.
which has chilled the soil and has
prevented the mould from decaying
still farther and becoming carbonic
acid gas and ash. So, because the
soil is black and mucky, it is not GER
tain that it is good for potatoes. Most
mucky soils need potash to enable
them to grow the best potatoes. Veg
etable matter in the soil may make a
great growth of stalks and leaves, and
Ii the leaves be kept uninjured. this
will make large growth OF potatoes,
and OF good quality also. But if some
potash is added to this muck it will
cause it to decay quicker and furnish
still more plant food. The potatoes
on mucky land have one advantage. in
that the soil does not dry out so
quickly as if it were sand or gravel.
And as the vines are apt to be strong
er, the attacks of the potato beetle
are less injurious. 1t is all impor-
tant, since the potato beetle has to be
fought, that the vines be made to
grow as fast as possible. The beetle
is wise enough to choose the poorest
and thinnest vines to lay her eggs on,
while strong, vigorous vine beside
it may not receive any of her eggs.
In wet time the stronger potato
vines hold the moisture longer, and
the rain browns out and DESTROYS
many OF the gs.-Boston Cultivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25
WE SHALL FORGET.

After il all is past,
Sorrow and mirth,
We shall find peace at last.
Old mother earth,
In thy broad bosom blest,
Peace shall be met;
There is Nirvana's rest
We shall forgetl
Naught of the wasted years
Breaks through the gloom,
Savor of bitter tears
Finds not the tomb.
Death binds about the head
Languid and wet,
Sleepy dull poppies red
We shall forget!
With this one solace left,
Fate is disarmed,
Hate of her sting bereft.
Malice is charmed.
What can it matter il
Hopes star has set?
When we are stark and stiff,
We shall forget
j. Il. Taylor, in Commercial Appeal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25
Gossip.

Gossip.
There are more than one hundred
and fifty women's clubs in Texas at
present.
Lady Henry Somerset has become
manager Of the Duxhurst Home for
Inebriates.
News comes from Shanghai that ten
Chlnese ladies of distinction gave o
dinner for fifty European ladies.
Lady Uxbridge at her marriage re-
Gently received presents worth $780,
ooO from the bridegroom alone.
Countess Alice Kearney has been
reappointed President of the Gran.
than Women's Liberal Association.
Queen Elizabeth of Roumania has
been honored with the degree of doc
tor OF arts by the University of Buda.
pest.
Mrs. Celia Wallace, of Chicago, who
offered to adopt Evangelina Cisneros,
has purchased the famous Upham
diamond for $21, 800.
A bill to enable women to serve as
County Councillors in Scotland was
introduced in the British Parliament
on March 8 by Munro Ferguson.
Lady Aberdeen has been criticisinr
the young women at Ottawa for monop-
ollzing all the men at social functions,
and not presenting them to the women
who are visiting the city.
The new laboratories connected with
the London School of Medicine for
Women will be opened by the Princess
OF Wales, accompanied by the Prince.
The celebration will take place during
the month Of July.
Miss Fay Fuller, who has just been
appointed harbor mistress of Tacoma.
is the only woman in the world hold
ing such place. She became prom
lnent in the West number of years
ago by being the first woman to ascend
Mount Tacoma.
Miss Emma Teller, the daughter of
Senator Teller, who was recently mar
ried, was a member of q Wellesley
alumn@ club called the Saturday
Afternoon Spinsters' Club" There
were ten members, and Miss Teller is
the ninth to renounce single blessed.
ness.
Miss johnson, one of the best-known
women geologists in this country, will
conduct small party through Europe
this summer. She has crossed Russia
several times, and was a delegate to
the seventh International Geological
held in st. Petersburg last
August.
The Indian women who formed
themselves into club some little time
ago on Indian Island, Me-, have de.
cided to establish an industrial school
there. The club is called the Wa.
banaki, and the members will endeavor
to preserve historical facts and relics
OF their tribe.
1t is said that Empress Elizabeth of
Austria has collected the photographs
of all the pretty women she has seen
during the last nine years. To each
picture is attached statement of the
name, age and circumstances of the
subject, with date and place OF the
taking of the photograph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25

1t is probably not generally known
that the word dad" used by many
children in place of the word "fath-
err" is the purest Welsh. The open
ing words of the Lords Prayer in
Welsh are ''Ein Dad"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-25

England has perpetrated pun on
our war. and let it not be lost: "What
are the United States reasons for GO
ing to war? Maine and humane"
And this is parolyzing dear old Lon
don.