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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26
The Easter Offering.


From the Philadelphia Record.
The ~favorite Easter Offering for this sea-
son. instead of the reputation card of'last
year, is some tiny bit of silver fastened
with white or lavender ribbon to a large
oblong card. bearing some pretty wish or
Verse suitable for the season.
The list OF silverware which may be used
for this purpose is almost inexhaustible
Button hooks, glove fasteners. shoe horns,
bonnet brushes-in fact. any small piece
of silver for either toilet table or desk
may be used.
One OF the newest articles in silver for
the toilet table Is a box Of fligree silver
from three to four inches, in length and
large enough to hold one or two bundles
OF hairpins.
Cut glass puff boxes, with the new cut,
which runs diagonally instead of horizon
tally. as heretofore. are quite a charming
feature this season.
Small chariots of bisque. designed to hold
a bunch OF vioiets. forget-me-notS or other
short-stemmed flowers, are among the nov
elites.
Charming cases OF Dresden china, in
which q toothbrush fits snugly. are useful
as well asRornamental. and will doubtless
find their way to the toilet tables OF many
O. our Gebuta ntes.
Plates Of English ware. with well-designed
ornamentation. and in the center of each
the portrait of one OF our naval heroes,
are finding many purchasers.
lockwood vases and flower bowls are
attractive. w1iie jardinlercs for the Easter
lily are beautifully decorated and of shape
totally different from those of last year.
White leather memorandum books. daint-
lily hound and edged witt silver. are ex.
ceedingiy attractive. japanese gongs are
quite new and very quaint.
Fall vases of opaleaceEt glass are most
appropriate for the long-stemmed. grace
full Easter lily, while there can be no sift
quite so appropriate or SO highly appre-
ciated by everyone as the Royal Easter lily
itself.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26
A Literary Sind.

A correspondent Of Literature. publisbe
by Harper & Bros. have found a poeI
by William tliien Bryant which does no
The poem appeared or!sinafly /,
he Literary Souvenir. an English annus
for 1881. II Is one that seems at leas
Of preservation. ~
l.
OF: no. y never crossed my heart.
To think OF thee with love.
Fer We are severed far apart
As earth and arch above:
And though IN many a midnight dream
Thou pronptedst faacy's brightest theme
never thought that thou couidst Be
More than that midnight dream 70 me.
II.
soIe-htng bright and beautiful
Wh'ea ! must teach me to forget.
Ire can tcru to meet the dull
Realities that hinge. yet,
s'metn,is gtrt with summer aover.
And laughing eyes and sunny hours:
While I-.no we'll ! knov-vtu BE-
"os sfsa = midnight dream . thss!
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26
CITY GREW AROUNbh1'
d. A. WILLIAMS MAS LIVED N 49,
HOUSE THIRTY YEARS.
Hosse 1t DOS Oak street was Csnse0Nl
cred So Far Out In the CssntsZ
IN $3.50 That HIS FFienas
Laughed at Hin.

Situated at xs Oak street II . De1d&;
looking frame house. two stories hagh.M
is the residence Of d. A. WnliaDG. -
was erected by him thirty yestD 1B
against the strong advice OF frieno4t 49,
assured him that by going 20 far cut -
the country 20 locate a home II woon -
necessary for him to always keeD . hosDo
and buggy.
Mr.. Williams has lived to see the city
creep up to ard pass his home. and exted0
for miles beyond him in every dfreeuoe.
The spot that was once far on the out
skirts of the city Is now but . step nor
the heart of the business district Thtfyss
five years ago Mr.. Williams came to KA1S
excitement as q member of the federal
military telegraph corps. In which services
he served throughout the var. After IL
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26
HUNGARIAN EASTER CUSTOMS.
Easter Monday IL the HsngaPian's
Favorite Wedding Day-Priests
Are Kept Busy.


Fsvoritc Wedding Day-Priests
Are Kept Busy.
From tic New York Herald.
Some OF the most curious Easter observ-
ances prevail In Hungary. the home OF
dance and song. Miss Janka Frankel. a
singer who was heard in opera last winter
In Philadelphia and other cities. gives an
interesting account of the strange GUS
toms Of her native land.
Passion week. as a whole. Is generally
very quiet. almost no social functions tax
Ing place. Its prominent feature Is the
pilgrimage to one OF the sacred shrines.
Devout persons in both town and country
join In the pilgrimage. and every village
through which the procession passes adds
It's quota to the pilgrimage. The journey
is taken fasting. as far as possible. only
bread and water sufficient to preserve from
absolute exhaustion being indulged in.
. Good Friday a lifesize image OF the
Christ Is carried to the principal church by
a procession of priests and there remains
until Easter, guarded by soldiers; who
Sunday the wOrshipers place offerings OF
money at. the feet of the sacred image.
Easter morning Is greeted with tokens OF
gladness. somewhat similar to our Christ
mas. all the windows having wreaths OF
flowers or leaves.
One OF the prettiest observances OF the
day Is u procession OF young girls in white.
carrying branches of green trees. follow
ing the clergy in their robes and the
acolytes with a huge gilded cross. After
the white rooed girls come the villagers,
The most interesting custom. however, Is
that known as watering" which occurs
on Easter Monday and Tuesday. Men go
out armed with water in bottles or pitch
ers and throw it on the young women they
meet In the village streets. Sometimes
they even call at the houses and greet
the girls who come to the door. The odd
part of it is that the more thoroughly
drenched the victims are the better they
are pleased. as it brings them luck. In.
the cities the custom has been gradually
refined SO that gentlemen arm themselves
with bottles of cologne.
This watering" rite is said to be known
in no other country. and its Institution IS
ascribed to one of the apostles. 1t Is pos
sibly a perversion of the rite Of baptism.
Young women retaliate on Tuesday. and
th>-ughing SWANS often find themselves
uneA. ectediy drenched as they pass a
house or drinking fount.
Easter Monday is the Hungarians' favor
lite wedding day. as it is supposed that it
is especially fortunate for marriages. and
the priests are usually kept busy that day:
The rest of the week is filled with social
gayeties, and the quiet of the vigorously
observed Lent is fully atoned for.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26
Received a Pointed Retort.

From the Washington Post.
II went TO a big revival meeting down
In Little Rock one night last week. said a
travelling inspector of Indian agencies who
fitted Into town n few days ago. The
revival had been going on in one Of the
big halls down there for some time. and
the lost sheep were being gathered in by
the slews. The minister conducting the
meetings was OF the perfervidest kind. and
at the end of each of his sounding sentenc-
es picturing the ways of evil he would
ommand all of those in the crowd whp
wanted TO be saved to stand up. There'd
be a sizeabie bunch come TO a perpendic.
ular posture every time and he'd count
them out loud and bestow words of praise
upon them for their nerve in standing up.
A couple of young fellow who sat next to
me got up TO go out just as the minister
came TO one of the counting periods. and
as they got up in the aisle he shouted:
Two more!
when. however. he saw the young
chaps proceeding down the aisle toward
the door. he added the words:
"'Gone 10 perdition.'
lone OF the young fellows, who looked
like a mountaineer In Little Rock for a
warm time, turned around in his tracks.
gazed AT the minister sleepily. and said:
".All right, pard; See You later"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26

From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
"He didn't get the better of me,' ,rium-
phantly remarked the man who's coat
sleeves are always too short.
You mean the book agent who just
lef,?'
I'VE / stood firm. didn't l."
Absolutely"
II tell you II vas hard work. for he is a
mighty persuasive man. AND besides. l
wanted those books the worst kind. and. I'm
going 10 get them next week. I'll have 20
pay several dollars more than he asked.
I was bound he shouldn't get the hes,
of me"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26
statue. and a duplicate of it is also now

statue. and a duplicate of it is also now
being made for presentation by the pope
to Westminster abbey.
The statue sent to the queen shows the
figure of Christ standing upon a globe
The right arm is uplifted. and upon the
left rests a long cross. The sculpture is
the work of the Italian artists Ross and
Zenario. and experts who have seen IT at
Rome declare 1t to be a splendid specimen
of the sculptor's art.
His holiness ordered this statue to he
made especially for the queen. but when
it was completed he was so pleased with
it that he ordered duplicates to be made
for presentation to several of the crowned
heads of Europe. The original, however.
was sent to Queen Victoria, as the pope
had intended.
Special services will be held in St. Pc
ter's cathedral al Rome on May II for the
for blessing OF the statue. The pope
thought that the OCCASION will be taken
advantage of. il possible. 10 bring the
Church of Rome still nearer to the En-
gliSh heart.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26

cessation Of hostilities he accepted . 49,:
ton with the United States TeleGRAoo
Company. which had started a. . rtv1l e.
the Western Union. and was sent 70 Ka1-;
sas City to take charge OF the c0mponyO
office. Three months after his arrival d.
he accepted the position Of train dispateh19
for the Missouri Pacific road.
Advised to Go t. AseAisssS
IT had heard Of Kansas City, aid3
Williams. land the reports were NOT Vog5E
favorable. I had q chance to come 49,
or go to Atchison. Everybody I tAlko6 -
told me by all means to go to Atcht1oAy 81
Kansas City was not a 1T place to I've nSs3
George w. Mead. then general supeSinte1-5
dent OF the Hannibal & St. Joseph 49,
He said: Williams, Kansas City n one 0aHE1
going to be the biggest city In the W0G
and my advice to you = to 90 there
years ago. Fifteen years ago I met
Mead at the Junction. and together Ne q
a little trip around the city. OF coQ
there was a vast Improvement. but ] W.
he was alive now to see the way IN NJ
his prophecy IL coming true.
1T was a hard matter In those daY&S
get a house here ! talked to J. CA
kins about 1t. and he advised ma
a lot and build a house to live In. H,E
the best place to buy was down %
street. between First and SECOND. s1A
dig the hin out OF Il. and I 49, t2I5S
there. That's one tins N ~
I guessed right. TIE noV 1FxkSW&
thirty-fiye years aSoiSnct W4kt4psy
fSa0 to-day. Judge T. A. Mkatkre n
sell me the lot ] now 1--we ON bod -
kins laughed at me for thiaRpenef
1t. He said i was going away SsSnq
country. where ! would neveP%
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26

is deprived Of the nor
NAL use of his limbs
I h r o u 6 h paralysis
made his tale of mar
wells quite pathetic.
Having once acquired
a taste of the delights
nj stretching his ju-
venile fancies, this
same con-
tinued to try himself.
When asked why he
had such an enor-
nous appetite. he
would coolly answer:
Why. I've b e e n
stacking hay all
morning. and I've got
a big days work
ahead OF me. Last
night 1 killed sixty
coyotes. and threw
them in the reser-
vo!r." In the face of
such an appalling list
of performances as
that. his enthusiasm
for eating was neces-
sarily allowed to go
unchided. His latest
fabrication is a very
recent one. While he
was taking a massage
treatment h e a n
nou.nced that he knew
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26

Belgians-and a daughter. Is years old.
Princess Dorothee. who married Duke
Ernest Gonthier of Schleswig-Holstein last
August.
But the event excites widespread interest,
because this new infant. the third child.
was born in a sanitarium near Vienna, in
stead Of a palace, and because the mother.
a kings daughter and a princes wife,
eloped a little more than a year ago with
Lieutenant keglevitch. of the Austrian
hussars.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26

peTSOuHl r e m ] II S.
cence. Nearly every
O n e h a s p a S s e d
( h o u 6 h q Baron
stage.
At this remote day.
when fear of punish
ment, the most COM
mon of the reasons
for children's lies. is
out of the question,
the fairy stories are
willingly pried up and
laughed over good ma
turedly.
Teachers who have
had wide experience
in primary grades say
that the period of RI
otous Imagination in
the child mind is
from the age Of 6 to
9 or 10. About the
time the children en-
ter the third grade
they have given their
festive fancies not
only free play but
plenty Of practice.
and are in the full
glory OF the whopper-
telling age. Before
that they are usually
just beginning to try
themselves on each
~ a-I lnrN -n
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26
tc1vIEW WITH a S0N OF OsA-
wATOMlE BROWN.
Ae Story of the First Armed Clash
DetWeea che Yankees and tho
southeraers - What the
~ Fight Cost.
stse, In the Portland oresonian.

J y 6teet IN the Portland oreEonian.
fawatomie. kas.. Is a small village,
te famous by John Browns fight there
p the border rufians in iS6. Brown
"a ten miles west of this point. on a
inch OF Middle creek. Ten miles east
osawatomie resided John Tecumseh
aeS. better known as ottawa, or Toy
,es. Q highly respected Ottawa chief.
! at the same time an educated min
er OF h gospel, capable of speaking
'eral languages fuently. Jones wife
q bright. Intelligent New England
|nan. who had in early days gone 20
asas as a missionary. The sympathies
a n his wife We're strongly in
OF freedom. hence. as wa natural.
y became great friends and admirers of
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26

ssVohn Brown and his family. Eight miles
o9bast Of Jones' or about twenty-eight miles
usSuO Browns was q stream known as
Mack Jack. celebrated as the spot where
Nete drst armed clash occurred between the
hkees and the Southerners. Here, on
HI 1856. John Brown. with thirty men,
nn.0 y equipped. stood face to face
fs Ssas ns sasy ar nass s saa S ahs LATEST " tm-
approved e~pringfield rifles. and intrenched
Iltna raytne;
Ij&eaf xumans. poured into Kansas in armed
'Aeands. held an election. in which resi-
II Sents Of the territory had no part. adopted
conatttution, under which they proceeded
10 elect non-residents of the territory as
11ooAcers. and pass laws making il a capi-
~ SH Sers sven 91 dps sy P asa,gst a sIaysIy:
kStrataen. and under the pretext of enforc-
~ the laws. organized bands of raiders
I'D carried on q system of pillaGe and
murder. Residents of the territory then
called Q constitutional convention. held
z , electton,, passed laws. and proceeded
1peWn began 20 be known in Kansas as
. of wonderful force and courage.
- scssty ~, fear Of him spread ID, among
y &. 80 thirs,tng for glory in the field
Ss&SS s. r rsissa D = crack sns sn eo%pang 81 81
49,. among other things. for the pur-
4 80 Of c~apturtuG old John Brown. and In
~ VETERINARY " CulOtCC ~ tCtJllOIIal ldWSp
- pfomulgated by the border rufian legis-
\ oatpre. They were armed with the finest
Naapo0s OF the day. stolen from a United
etatas arsenal. Proud OF the fact that
his meu were all sprigs of aristocracy;
proud OF their military bearing. fine rai-
4ent n hot Southern blood. Pate gave
q 70 his feelings. and boosted that he
would enforce the territorial laws. capture
old Brown, or wade in abolition blood up
70 his waist. Accompanied by an impos-
Inc supply train. they started for South
.nq Kansas. while many a fair heart in
eesSSnsas City went pit-a-pat. They were
slow In getting to work. but proceed
~ Int once 20 capture a number OF mem
FL OF the free soil legislature. as also
InAluk n Jason, sons of John Brown. both
Nhom were kicked and otherwise cut
.st6SAously abused after capture. When they
Z reached the vicinity Of Palmyra. a little
y5llaes Of twelve or fifteen small houses. a
} messenger was sent from there to John
III 0rouu, At his home. to come and defend
them. Brown started at once. Saturday
/, evo0ing. April SO. with about u dozen men,
5aRong whom was his son Salmon. now a
geGt1ent Of Salem. Ore, from whom this
etogy was obtained. and who had already
u III QQQliderS able sleep, SO thai he WAS rot
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26
Use Made of Her Hand.

From Tit-Bits.
In the course OF a conjugal till. the wife
gave her husband a slap in the face. In
stead of flying into Il passion. the hus-
band very composediy took up his hat. but
ago when ] solicited If your parents your
hand l little suspected the use you would
make of IT"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26

From the Chicago News.
There goes one of the hardest worked
men in this town."
How can that be possible? He's rich,
isn't he?"
Yes. but he has three married daugh-
husbands
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26
st.tlonm..t-r'. Poem Against Splitting

From te NtW fOfk sun.
II was for a stationmaster at a little way
station in New Jersey 10 solve the problem
of putting the familiar notice splitting on
the floor" etc. into a more agreeable IL
less forcible form. and. though less forcible
II is equally as effective. If not more so,
as the notice that generally greets US.
In the station at Newport. n. J., this
genius has posted the following:
II on this noor you choose to spit,
Just pause. my friend. and think n bit.
Last night. When all was cold and still,
] carried water NJ the hill:
Mashed this focr BY the silver moon,
Thai You might use our new spit,ocn.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26
His Explanation.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
My wife" said the tall lantern tawed
man, rs as womanly a woman as YOU
could ind. but she can hammer nails like
"Wonderful,' sang the Choir
Us. Lightning" the tail. lantern jawed
the same place"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26

as yet. overcome the awe of the teacher
which prevents them from airing their fab.
relations for her benefit. Three principal
reasons for lying are given by those whose
experience with children would seem to
make their dictum authentic. Tn first of
these is fear of punishment. 1t is prooa.
bly, the most common. From 1t come half
the sorrows of childhood. The second is
to gain prestige by pretending to have what
is not possessed: and the third cause is
a lively notwithstanding more. Not
all children AVE the faculty for conjurinG
up Illusions. and SO it Is the least COM
mon of the three
tant of the causes, however. for it corre-
spends to a stage in the history Of civili-
cation. and therefore might be regarded
ii 9 1a Of ali p e%epHssP We aha records la ras Of ea bes
lief in supernatural people and events.
German and Morse mythology faded into
t ths %ls,y p and as di slHlllzsalnnM a'n aa ats neaS.
Children are fairly brought up on fairy
stories. tales OF giants: gnomes and spec
Beauty" The Three Bears" Little Red
Riding Hood and Cinderella" could not
easily be offered as a steady diet to a child
and he remain totally unaffected. Natur-
ally enough. the world becomes to him a
place where most miraculous things can Oc-
cur. In his imagination 1t is reopled with
queer animals and weird people. Strange
events are always about to take place. and
the fact that they do not occur in reality
makes It only the more necessary that the
excited little mind carry out the fancied
event.
The relatives of a 3-year-old boy were
amazed last summer at the propensity he
developed for romancing. He was taken to
Colorado TO spend the summer. and was
overheard telling a new little playmate all
the details of a railroad wreck in which he
figured as the hero. jumping back and forth
across the tops of the care and lifting them
back on the tracks. The fact that the child
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26
PoPE's GIFT TO THE QUEEN
the Work of Two Famous
ArtistN.t

From the New York Journal.
The growing cordiality between the vat
lean and the court of St. James is exem-
pliied by the gift the pop has sent to
Queen Victoria. The gift is a handsome
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26
No OutwArd Sign,

From the Boston Journal.
y am told tina, saualinger has become a
Christian
L don't believe II. I saw him throw 4
banana skin on the sidewalk the other
day."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26

. bUy tHat was mas
sased with INK instead of oil. When asked
where he heard of that he renlied in
stantly: "Oh. l saw it in the paper"
Another child whose stories were prod
ucts purely OF a lively Imagination was
one who played" he was some kind of
an animal all the time. He would get a
halter in the morning. and tying il over
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26

A Photographic introduction of ~Jaquorina,
the cultured woman who is trying to stir
up her sex to the necessity OF becoming
healthy. supple and graceful by taking sys-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26
THE o THAT WAS as
THE N

THE coUNTGs-o
neighbors. and from where l.eaey. =
to get into town. But I boil L54
paid $500 for 1t. There Wadp1I0N W04
house around here then, eLtsu CIV.
cottage on Ninth street. yUV
blocks Of houses and .orssS M
pretty rough place when t911eat
nibal & St. Joseph completely
line from st. Joseph to H4o ~
opened the first telegraph Of
eron there. either. I ate and h yon7
section hands. n our dini{rr;nS,
supplied by an Indian woma3S II
for US She had a papoose
old. that never had any cio-
never seemed to be anywhereA
the dining room table"
Opened Telegraph One Soe
Soon after the breaking out Of Z
Mr.. Williams was appointed q nilit1
graph operator by Major George
then in command OF the Unitl4
military lines in Missouri and
telegraph TO- the Hannibal &
road at Hannibal at the time.<
He was attached TO Generay -
mel. Grants regiment. and sbsve
him throughout his Missouri campo
opened a telegraph ONCE for G1aD
Salt river bridge Of the Hannibal ID
his work for the general = mend
the latter's memoirs Mr.. (WilhA
highly spoken Of In W. r. Piumna
Of the military telegraph Of the G
In relating some IT his expeStano
train dispatcher for the Nlasoul
road. Mr.. Williams told Of the
ne frustrated an attempt to
ma yrar nv the la~aa gang
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26

Goaa condition for an al-night march.
u rooa q skittish. ugly little mule. on
(which Was piled all the blankets. Young
Brown was unable 10 keep awake. So
svefy time the mule gave a sudden start,
~ fo,Ssd on.
Surprise fer the soldiers.
n ya& south Of Toy Jones place was a
, half a mile long. through which it
80 necessary TO pass. With u view OF
eepenrsng Brown and his party. zoo sol
eSees had camI'ed in this lane Suddenly
9q1Don Brown Was awakened by his
eeother Fred. who was an exceptionally
ed 10 him Hold on. there. or you vii!
~ shot" For a moment Fred continued
20 tslk. then made a sudden dash through
saa9se die. The movement was so SUD
hnSsRo and unexpected that no one was shot.
soon rs the camp was passed, Salmon
c.9 apwded with suddenly awakened soldiers.
III - were yet unable 10 realize What had
But boon fen asleep again and ZEN from his
,ro3 time OF such peril he was unable to
rxJeUatn awake. About 9 O'Clock in the
6Aernine they reached a point. probably
0onetime during the night. several of
y rAAs's men rsided the village. and left
4 q tefroe-strtcken When Brown arrived
tR tie morning he found the people shout
~. This dis-usted his son salmon who
re0embered that he and his party had
Na1s . forced march In the night TO de-
oe towards. who should stop praying ana
pgepors tor Q hight About 10 O'Clock six
- w.ss zen TO come out Of a ravine
f2s1euting ceased. and bang. bang. bang.
lfGng ooa from the houses. and Young
~R1nanle6 that The people had OUT
= ~ eooe 70 shooting 1t an