Kansas City journal., 1899-03-10

Methodist; if il is a picture of St. Cecilia
on the piano. she is sure to be an Epis-
copalian
Deputy United States Marshal Fred Trisg
arrested Mr.. Barney Fourdollar at Eliin-
wood the other day on the charge of SELL
ing liquor. II seems to be clear case ard
Mr.. Fourdollar will no doubt get his five
dollar and costs
Recently Mrs. Holt. wife OF First Leu
tenant Holt. of the Twenty third Kansas,
Joined her husband in Cuba. She was taken
sick almost at once and just before the
regiment started on its return she died.
Her BODY will be brought TO Coffeyville for
burial
Governor Stanley asked the legislature
for s2."oo with which to pay the expenses of
investigating prison reform. The house
passed a bill carrying $500 for this pur-
pose. but the Porulist senate killed it.
Among the bills which the house failed
TO pass was one providing that none but
q lawyer could be elected to the of'ic. of
county attorney. Both political parties in
Kansas now appear TO be on record as be-
lieving that almost any old thing will do
for county attorney.
In another week now, "after the battle
letters vii! commence 10 pour In from the
Kansas boys in Manila. We look for some
of the most interesting reading that has
adorned the pages of the Kansas papers for
many a day.
Mrs. George Martin is in receipt Of let
ter from Mrs. Judge Humphrey announc-
ing the return of the Humphrey family
from Sedalia TO Junction City. and saying:
I'VE all find that Kansas is our home-our
interests and our affections are in the state
which We helped to bui,d-and we are i'm
patiently awaiting the time Of return"
This sentiment Of home coming to Kansas
is one which John J. ingalls, most elo-
quentIy voiced in letter written In ls.2, as
l"HowS: There are some women whom to
have once loved renders it Impossible. to
ever love again. As the gray and melan-
choly main is 10 the sailor. the desert to the
Bedouin. the Alps TO the mountain-er. 80 is
Kansas 10 all her children No one eyer
felt any enthusiasm about Wisconsin. Indi-
ana or Michigan. The idea is prepos,erous.
1t is Impossible. They are great prosperous
communities. but their Inhabitants can re-
move and never desire to return They
hunger for the horizon They make new
homes without the maladie du pays. But
no genuine kansan can enigrate He may
wander. He may roam. lie may travel He
may 30 elsewhere. but no other state can
claim him as citizen. Once naturalized
he allegiance can never be forsworn.'
Our latest love story" saws the Nc
fherson Republican. comes from Turkey
Creek township. which IS not. after all, the
most unlikely place for a real, live. up-to-
date romance. The heroine Is the comely
Niaughter OF leading Russian farmer.
famed in all the surrounding districts for
her unrivaled beauty. She had two lovers.
Has Yet for that matter. They loved her 1t
seems with that distraction which ignores
reason and brooks 10 obstacle She could
not choose between them. According 10
their notion of affairs Of the heart. there
was nothing !ett them but TO fight. They
met and pOmm"ied each other soundly but
the girl is st!il unmarried and undecided"
The other day contractor appeared be
| fore the executive council at the Kansas
state house and said that the roof of the
main building was being sham.tully neg
lected never having had coat OF paint.
lie had painted the roofs Of both wings
he said, and was sur. that the whole state
house covering ought 20 be- painted a,
least once in four years. This looked yea
sonabIe 10 the council bu, before taxing
action the contractor VINO put on the roof
was called into consult alton. He informed
the council point blank that any painting
bestowed on the roof was a waste OF
money. labor and material. The roof i
made of copper sneets. running twenty
four ounces 10 the square foot, and Il is
guaranteed 10 last for centuries when ex-
posed 10 the full stress OF all sorts OF
weather After the walls OF your state
house are rottsd and crumbled." said ,his
expert. that roof viii remain as sound
as the day it was put on All of which
goes TO show that auctioneers are not the
Only ones who sell people things which.
they do not want.
Here is An extract from the horrible con-
fesSion mad by John Gilbert. the Clay
county murderer 10 the Emporia Gazette:
Now l want you 20 make il pla;i. 20 them.
up there that | didn't let my family suffer
They al, died quick except Ettie this WIFE.
She kind OF fought back and lived longer
than thought. l took sheets and chcked
TWO CT the children 10 keep them from sut-
f-ring, and want the people up there 10
,rea, me fair just as / did the folks. !.
they are going 10 do anything. let II Lee
over quick. Don't keep me suffering.
There WAS introduced In the Kansas
house abou; midway Of the session a r=ea,-
luton which provided for a reorganization
Of the decorations within the dome Of the
capitol. The resolution died and the mat
ter rests, 50 far as legislative action +
concerned, though II is only a question OF
time when the dome must he retinished
Throughout n response 10 public Ciamo-.