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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20

TRUSTEES Nicoll H. Comstock
and Hattie E. Comstock. his wife. and John r. Will
Jams and Carrie G. Williams. his wife: by their deed
of trust. dated January 9th. A. D. 1892. dled for rec
ord January 18th, 1892. and recorded in the once OF
recorder of deeds for jackson county. Missouri. In
book B, No. 1876. page 1, conveyed to the under
signed trustee certain real estate lying and being
situate In the county Of Jackson. in the state Of Mis-
souri,. and described as follows. to-wit: All Of lots
three (a. four % and i've 90. In block c. in jane
sons subdivision. an addition to the City Of Kansas.
now Kansas City. Missouri, which said deed OF trust
was made to secure the payment of their certain
promissory note or bond. and interest therein de-
scribed, and. whereas. said nots or bond has become
due and now remains unpaid: now. therefore,. pub
lie notice is hereby given that /. the undersigned
trustee, will, in accordance with the terms and pro-
visions of. and BY virtue Of the power conferred upon
me In, said deed Of trust, at the request OF the legal
holder Of said note or bond. proceed to sell the real
estate therein described at public vendue. to the
highest bidder. for cash. at the state circuit court
house door tsouth door,. in Kansas City. in the
county Of Jackson Aforesaid; said court house 10 To-
Gated on the block of ground between Oak and Lo-
Gust streets and Missouri avenue and Fifth street. on
Tuesday. the LIST day Of March, A.. D. 1898. between
the hours OF nine o'clock in the forenoon and nvs
O'Clock in the afternoon Of said day, to pay Oh and
satisfy said note or bond. with interest, together with
the costs and expenses Of executing this trust.
NV. BARBER. Trustee.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20

God sometimes washes the eyes of His
children with tears that they may read
Alright His providence and His command
ments.-T. L. Cuyler.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20

NOTICE TO DIRECTORS-Notice Is hereby given
that the annual meeting Of the board Of directors OF
the kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railroad
Company will be held at the once Of the Company in
Kansas City, Missouri. on Tuesday. the 9Th day Of
March, 1898. at 3 o'clock a. m. for the purpose OF
making report to the railroad commissioners Of the
state Of Missouri. as required by law. and for tbs
transaction Of such other business AZ may legally b.
brought before the meeting.
EDWARD s. wAsHBURN. President
]. S. FORD. Secretary
Kansas City. Mo-. Feb'y End. 1893.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20
ERRORS PRINTERS MAKE.
FIENDIsH BEHAVIOR OF SOMETIMES
WELL MEANING TYPE.
Little Blunders Fatal-Transposition
of q Letter or the Omission of q
Comma Makes Sublime


The composer, casually n uncon-
sciously, is a fellow of indefinite humor.
The writers and speakers upon whose tell
ing arguments or flights in fancy the COM
positor exercises his wit may be annoyed,
but the general public has no alloy in the
enjoyment of these typographical antics.
discovered by Tom Moore. who used to
contribute to the poets corner of the
County Gazette, complained bitterly to her
angel should write. still tbs devils must
print" she explained. Here is how these
devils served her:
But a week or two ~since'in my ode to the spring
Which I meant to have a most beautiful thing.
Where l talked Of 1.-THE ~dewdrops from freshly blown
roses"
The nasty things made It from freshly blown
And once when to please my cross aunt l had tried
To commemorate some saint of her Clique who's Just
Having said 'he had tak'n up to heaven his posi-
They made it. he'd taken up to heaven his physt-
The readers of the County Gazette. no
doubt. preferred the amended poem to the
The responsibility for these humors of
the composing room rests sometimes with
the authors vile handwriting; but 1t is
mainly due to the condition under which
the compositor works.
Critic Was Hot.
A theatrical critic in a notice Of a Charm
ing young actress whose treatment of Por-
tia had afforded him much pleasure. wrote:
Her love for Portia made acting easy"
That was right enough, but what the types
made him say was, Her love for Porter"
etc. A compositor who was better &C
Quainted with the geography Of the West
that with Biblical lore set up the phrase.
From Alpha to Omega" as From Alton
to Omaha" and possibly found himself
compelled to start for those places next
morning. In the earlier half of the present
newspaper that Sir Robert Peel, with a
party of fiends were shooting peasants In
Ireland" whereas the minister and his
friends were only indulging in the compar.
atively harmless paStime of pheasant
shooting. Shortly after the battle of mixer:
man one of the morning papers informed
| its readers that latter a desperate strug.
laughter" The omission of a single letter
has rarely, perhaps, played more havoc
with a subject which was certainly nc
laughing matter.
Not long ago a novel depicted "a prett!
two-headed boy playing on the green
| secure from hunters of curiosities ant
dime museums. The boy was not such /;
natural phenomenon as he seemed, how
ever. for a simple transposition Of two let
ed" youngster into one with duplicate
heads.
1t was a Boston newspaper that mad
it's critic say: 1.-The toast for Irving, Xix!
| the toast for olives. must be cut elevate
| What the critic wrote was: The tast'
for Irving. like the taste for olives. mus
be cultivated"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20

NOTICE Is hereby given that the directors Of the
Kansas City and Atlantic Railroad Company will hold
q meeting. IS required by the statutes of the STATE
OF Missouri, at the onnces Of said company. rooms
Nos. SIS and as. Telephone building. northwest cor
ner Of Sixth and Wyandotte streets. Kansas City.
Missouri. on Tuesday. the sth day OF March. 1888. at
nine o'clock A. m, OF said day. for the transaction
Of such business As may properly come before them.
HENRY E. BULLARD Prest.
ARTHU C. PAINE. Secy.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20
s.Them Asses Believed Him."

It m have been the very printers
devil himself who represented a very
worthy advocate Of the cause of female
suffrage as exhorting her hearers to "main-
tain their tights" What the bridesmaids
at a recent wedding must have thought
when they read that they had worn hand.
some b%reeches. the gift Of the bridegroom
one can only guess. But whatever their
thoughts may have been at seeing the
pretty brooches thus transformed, their
Language at any rate cannot, we may as
sumo. have matched that of the politician
who read the following comment on one Of
his speeches.: Them asses believed him"
"At these words the entire audience rose
and rent the air with their snouts." The
he had not observed that the top Of the "h"
was broken off. An enthusiastic editor be-
gan his leading. article on a local cleo
tie is now opened" Unfortunately the COM
| positor transformed battle into bottle. and
his readers said that they had suspected it
But the ladies' suffered still more Sc
verely at the hands of a Washington re-
porter. who. describing the costumes, at
say that Mrs. B.. wore nothing in the
nature of a dress that was remarkable"
He left hurriedly for the West the next
day. when he opened the paper and read:
Mrs. Brown wore nothing in the nature
OF a DRESS In the following instance It
WAS W s. no doubt ub t 2 bachelor ache .3 S9mposi'o o,t who;
her. mar would be a savage!" by a trifing
transposition of the comma made the sem
tence read. Woman. without her man.
drunkenness which appeared recently in a
Dublin paper. the reverend gentleman was
made to say: IT was only last Sunday
benches of this church, while I was
preaching in a beastly state of %intoxica-
tion."
Perhaps the most amusing instance of
the ludicrous effects of wrong punctua-
ton is afforded in the following descrip-
ton Of the jubilee procession. which APP
peared in an East Anglican weekly paper:
Next Came Lord Roberts riding. On a
gray Arab steed wearing a splendid scar
head. a field marshal's hat with piumes
in his ham the baton of a field marshal
on his rigid features, a smile of pleasure
as he acknowledged the laundering cheers
of the crowd"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20

NOTICE is hereby given that letters Of adminls,ra-
,,on ON the estate Of Stephen E. d. Hardin, Deceased
we're granted to the undersigned by the probate court
n, The county OF Jackson. state OF Missouri. at Kan
sas City. on the It'll day Of January. 1895. All per-
sons having claims against said estate are required to
.Thibit the same to the undersigned for allowance
Ujthin one year after the date Of said letters, or tb.y
NAV be precluded from any benefit Of said estate. and
N such claims be not exhibited within two years from
The date Of this publication they will be forever
barred. WILLIAM ~ALLBRITAIN. Administrator.
mated this 7th day of January, 1888.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20

NOTICE Is hereby given that letters of administers
ton. with the will annexed. on the estate Of z. W.
Riley. deceased. were granted to tbs undersigned BY
the probate court Of the county Of Jackson. stats Of
missouri, at Kansas City. on the 18th day OF Febru-
ary, 1898. All persons having claims against said
estate are required to exhibit the same to the UNDER
signed for allowance. within one year after the date
Of said letters. or they may be preeluded from any
beneet Of said estate, and II such claims be not ex-
hibited within two years from the date Of this pub
JOSEPH B. RILEY
Administrator. With the VIII Annexed. Of E. ".
Riley. Deceased.
Dated this 9Th day Of February. 1855.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20
Horses on Preachers.

A noted clergyman once preached a ser
mon in which he used the quotation: land
he saw Abraham afar off. and Lazarus In
his BOSOM" The printer, evidently not a
Biblical student, set up: And he saw
Abraham afar off, and a horses ears In
Boston,
A Western minister sent a note to the
local paper that he would deliver a sermon
on 9TH Relation of Ministers to their
Parishes" and he was somewhat surprised
next day to learn that the compositor had
changed the subject to THE Relation Of
Ministers to Their Pharisees."
The readers of a Missouri paper were as
tonished to hear. in a vigorous leader.
that this war-cry was the key-hole of
victory"
A resident of Worcester tried to adver-
tise for a fawn-colored bull terrier pup.
which had strayed from home, and learned
by the next days paper that it was a
'fre-alarm bell-tower key" that he had
lost.
Whittier's Brewing Of Soma" figured in
a Cincinnati paper as Burning of Laura"
| and another paper of the city. wishing to
bestow "a word of compliment on a local
performance managed to give publicity to
a word of complaint"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20
NVbF-N -. SfV.NTs D
Kansas CITY Mo-. February 18th. 1893.

tain deed Of trust. executed by Gustav koehn and
Mary Koehn. his wife. dated the 18th day OF August
records of the recorder Of deeds OF jackson county.
Missouri, at Kansas City. whereby they conveyed to
the undersigned trustee the real estate hereinbelow
described to secure the payment OF a certain promis-
scry note therein described. which note. and interest
from August 18th, 1897. is now past due and unpaid;
therefore. notice Is hereby given that l will. at the
request of the legal holder Of said note. on Tuesday.
the LIST day Of March. 1898. between the hours OF nine
O'Clock a. m. and five o'clock p. m. at the south
front door Of the county court house in the city OF
Kansas City. Missouri. situated In the block bounded
cust street, sell. at public yendue. to the highest
bidder. for cash. all Of lots five () and six t6. In
block numbered seventeen %. Of Winter park. an
addition to Kansas City. in Jackson s,unty. Missouri.
as the same is marked on the recorded plat OF said
addition, for the purpose Of satisfying said deed Of
trust and the expense OF executing this trust.
THOMAS B. uCKNE Trustee.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20

SHERIFF's sALE-By virtue and authority of .
special transcript execution Issued from the ONCE OF
the clerk Of the circuit court of jackson county. At
Kansas City. Missouri. returnabls to the April term.
1898. Of said court. and to me. as sheriff. directed
and delivered in favor Of city Of westport to use OF
F. A. Warren and against Mary Harvey. / have
levied upon and siezed all the right. title. interest
and estate OF said defendant. Mary Harvey. In and
to the following described real estate. situated In
the county OF Jackson and state Of Missouri. to-wit:
Lot number eight ~: block %iorty-one Cd: HYDE
souri,. now Kansas City; Jackson county. Missouri:
lot number nine ~. block number forty-one an
Hyde Park. in the city OF westport. jackson county.
Missouri. now Kansas City, Jackson county. Mis-
souri,. and lot number ten Qo,. block number forty
one HD. Hyde Park. In the city of westport; Jack
son county. Missouri. now Kansas City. Jackson
county. Missouri. and I will. on Tuesday the sth
day Of March. A.. D. 1893. between the hours OF
nine o'clock IN the forenoon and i've O'clock in the
afternoon Of that day. at the south front door OF tho
county court house. in Kansas City. Jackson county.
state OF Missouri. and during the session Of said cir
cult court At Kansas City. Missouri; sell at public
vendue, for cash. to the highest bidder. all the
right, title, interest and estate Of the above named
defendant. Mary Harvey, in and to said real estate
TO satisfy said execution and costs.
ROBERT s. STONE. Sheriff.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20

NOTICE is hereby given that letters tes,amentary
nm the estate Of James Lillis. deceased. were granted
to the undersigned by the probate court of the county
Of Jackson, state OF Missouri. at Kansas City. on the
End day Of February. 1898. All persons having claims
against said estate are required to exhibit the same
TO the undersigned for ALLOWANCE. within one year
after the date OF said letters. or they may be pre-
cluded from any benefit Of said estate. and II such
claims be not exhibited within two years from the
date of this publication they will be forever barred.
THOMAS F. LILLIS. Executor.
Dated this md daY OF February, 1898.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20

Burr were wont to gather; it was there
that a council of war was held just prior
TO the battle of Long Island: 1t was there
that numerous secret meetings were held
by the men who made for the world its
first great republic.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20

NOTICE is hereby given that letters Of administra-
ton on the estate Of Angus Campbell. deceased.
were granted to the undersigned by the probate court
of the county Of Jackson. state Of Missouri. at Kan
sas City. on the 27th day Of January. 1898. All per-
sons having claims against said estate are required to
exhibit the same to the undersigned for allowance.
within one year after the date Of said letters. or they
may be precluded from any benefit Of said estate. and
the date OF this publication they will be forever
barred. HON ]. SEEHoRN Administrator.
D,tad this md day of February. 1898.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20
A Legend of blood.

There is an interesting legend connected
with the building of the house. It is made
of the little old Dutch brick used as bal
last In a vessel which started from Holland
for this country and was captured on the
high seas h. the English and converted
into a SLAYER. Thu bricks alone were left
in the vessel before "A cargo of slaves was
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20

PARTITION SALE-By virtue Of = decree and spe-
cial order of sale, issued from the once Of the clerk
of the circuit court Of Jackson county. at kansas
City. Missouri. rsturnable to the January term. 1ssS.
of the said court. and to me. As sheriff. direceea fof
execution. in a suit in partition wherein Elvira E.
Cramer. Therese Reed and Richard Reed. hsr hus-
band: Ruth Seaver and Corydon Seayer. her hus-
band. and Mary r. Austin and John Austin. her
husband. are plaintiffs W. Harriet =. hammond z
J. Nichols. Palmer Hotchkiss. William H. Hotch-
kiss. Susan II. Darneil and 8. A. Darnell. her hua-
band: Lila Hanley and N. J. Hanley. her husband.
Fannie II. Thrasher and W.. r. Thrasher. her husband.
arc defendants. No. so4s5. On Thursday. the
3rd day Of March. 1883. between the hours OF ten
O'Clock 4. m. and three o'clock p. n. of that day. al
the south front door OF the county court house. !.
Kansas City. Jackson county, state Of Missouri. ana
during the session Of said court. At Kansas City.
for the purpose Of making partition Of the following
and special order OF sale. l will offer for sale and
sell at public yendue. for cash In hand. 70 tbs
Kansas City. jackson county. Missouri. together with
all the privileges and appurtenanees thereto belong
Ing. ROBERT s. SIoSE.
Sheriff Of jackson County. Missouri
George II. English. Attorney for Plaintinl
Kansas City. Mo-. Jan. 18th. 1895.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20

IN the circuit court OF Jackson county. Missouri.
at Kansas City. Assignment OF N. Hoffman,. No.
1884. Notice to Creditors and others:-Notice 10
hereby given that on January 18th. 1898. NJ Hof-
mann made q general assignment OF all his property
to the undersigned as assignee for the benefit Of all
creditors. Notice Is further hereby given that the
assignee has appointed Thursday. March :ith. 1888.
as the day, and his law onnces. s33, ss and s35 New
York Life building. Kansas City. Missouri. as the
place, when and where he will proceed publicly to
adjust and allow demands against the estate and
effects OF N. Holman. assiEnor. The assignee will.
for that purpose, attend in person at that place on
said day and during two consecutive days there
after. at . q. m. and until s p. m. continuously.
on each Of said three days. All persons having de-
mands against said estate are required to present
same at time and place above or they may be
haired GRANT T. ROSENZwEfG. Assignee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-16
GERMAN HOSTILITY.

OF the neutral nations of Europe
none seems so hostile to the United
States as Germany, and it is impossi-
Bile to assign any adequate cause for
such hostility. In the case of French
sympathy for Spain there is the cause
CT race and largely OF religion; but
this does not apply to Germany.
The German born population of the
United States is, according to the
census of 1890, 2,TS4,S94. This is a larger
number than from any other country
save from Great Britain and ireland.
And there have been no more loyal
citizens than the COMMUNICATIONS.
One would think that the presence in
this country of nearly three million
Germans would have great influence on
opinion in Germany and make it favor
able to this country, but it does not ap-
pear to. Had this hostility to America
in the present war sprung up after the
taking Of the Philippines it would be
applicable on the ground that their
possession by the United States inter-
fered with German ambitions in the
orient, but it dates from the time when
the relations between this country and
Spain became strained. Why is it?
It is true that for dozen or more
years there has been some friction be-
tween the two countries owing to diff
ferences over tariff matters, but they
have not amounted to anything more
than slight irritations.
Can it be that the Germans at home
regard the United States as nothing
more than a nation of small traders
with no high aspirations in any direc-
ton? This is possible, though they
should disabuse their minds of such
ideas when they recall the ideals for
which the American people fought in
the civil war. The forms of govern
ment are radically different, it is true,
but such facts no longer have the
weight in international affairs they
once had.
1t is an easy matter to make con-
lectures as TO the cause of German
hostility to the United States, but an
exceedingly difficult one to offer salts
factory explanations of it. Perhaps the
best explanation of it is that one given
by old Tom Brown:
do not love thee. Doctor Fell,
The reason why l cannot tell;
But this alone 1 know full well,
1 do not love thee, Doctor Fell.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-16
STATE ATTACHMENT STILL
STRONG.

The present war shows the people to
be more attached to their states than
has been generally supposed. The war
for the Union nationalized the country
and did much to obliterate state lines
politically. but local prejudices and at
tachment are still very strong.
Ever since the call for volunteers
the secretary of war has been almost
overwhelmed with kilograms requesting
that state quotas be kept together. The
only exception to this request is Gov
ernor Mount of Indiana, who reported
the volunteers from his state ready for
any assignment the government chose
to make. Difference was paid to this
local sentiment in the bill providing for
calling out volunteers, by comforting
upon the governors of the states the
power TO appoint all officers below the
rank of field officers. In some instances
regiments belonging to the national
guard have hesitated or refused to vol
unteer as a body because there was no
assurance that the organization would
be kept intact or that regimental Of
ficers would be retained. OF course no
such assurance as to officers could be
given, save by the president, and it is
hardly proper thing to ask him to
give it.
The policy of the authorities at
Washington will be the very reverse of
what perhaps most of the volunteers,
if not the states as such, would wish
1t is said they propose that volunteers
shall be treated exactly as the regu-
lars are, and that their services shall
be utilized without reference to state
considerations. 1t is now the inten-
ton that two regiments of volunteers
shall be brigaded with one regiment of
the regular army, in order that they
may receive instruction through con-
tact with disciplined troops. 1t has
also been decided that, so far as prac-
ticable, regiments from the various
states shall be distributed among the
divisions, and not held together There
are two reasons for this, one being a
military one, the other not. The first
is that better results may be obtained;
the other, that the sentiment of ma
uonality, as against that of state pride.
may be given wider scope 1t is well
enough TO do away with state preju-
dices, but state pride should be encour-
aged; it will not interfere with the SEN
iment of nationality.