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Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26

postmen. He founded the postmen's rest
house (known as st. Martins League. aft
er the central office. St. Martins lie Grandl.
Any postman can belong to ST. Martins
siOns are barred. 1t was originated and IS
kept going by Father Stanton. who l. wor-
SHIPPED by all the members of the league.
1t is this personal hand-to-hand relation
great chapters of The Christian
To see Father Stanton with the thieves
around and about Seven Dials is one OF
the favors but rarely possible to enjoy.
This phase of his character is one OF the
great mysteries to the people who have not
and fraternity of humanity"
He performs his usual church work and
sees anyone who may need him und his
services before noon, then snatcheS Il bite
while he says little about il. life of
poverty is part of ii alleges into the
church at go p. m. to hear confessions. and
is not free again till after & at night. When
he dimes no one can tell. aS his door is al
ways besieged by poor sinful folk Or poor
unfortunates. In the evening he Is with his
postmen.
And then he fills in the odd moments with
a game of cards with Pagan and Bill Skies
and the poor prentice hand. Oliver Twist.
dark courts. up and down the creaking
stairs of Seven Dials. the friend of thieves.
| favorite amusement of the little E,,gans
| is to steal Father Stanton's handkerchiefs
and gloves. notebooks and on. us he
passes up the steep. dark passages Then
when the father is busy playing cards he
| misses his handkerchief. and with hign
| links Of glee the missing article IL prO,uc ed
by the little imp who has 'lifted' the
| swag.
Of life finds. as he will tell you, a pal in
| father"
Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26
DICK cRokER's soYs.
Ysuss nieharA anA Frank Wsli ssss
De Kidding for Fat Csntpaets
l0H l.anai1Ieflan

From the New York World.
Richard CrokeI's associations abroad evil
IDENTIFY have not caused him 10 frown upon
trade for although It was his desire that
one. II not both. Of his big boys should
enter the law. yet when he found their
leaning was toward business he brought
them back from college, told them to go
ahead. and said that he would stand back
of them.
So now young Richard Is in Pittsburg
Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26
Wrongly Adjectived.

From the indianapolis Journal.
she is SO lively and volatile said one
of her admirers.
Il positively must dissent said one who
no longer admired. having become paSSe.
as ii were. Anything volatile quickly
dries up.
Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26

sought refuge In the home of DIR. Linley. the
famous Zulu missionary. in Natal Her son
became the pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church at Johannesburg. He re-
fused the offer of the chief men of his tribe
to return and become their chief. and tne
succession fell to his uncle. UmQawe, who
still reigns with twenty-five wives.
IaEgibelele visited this country in 1857
and spent five wears In Oherlin rol!ege do
Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26

Prom The Philadelphia North American
Isn't Bellies husband old enough "a he
her father
Her father, Why. my dear. he's old
enough 10 be captain In the Unitei
States navy -
Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26

ion was dark. almost
swarthy. ard there was certain look OF
the gypsy in his big. golden-brown eyes.
with their long black lashes. He was clean
shaven. and the lower part of his face
seemed heavy under the splendid ire OF MS
eyes above it,"
When Hall Caine painted John Storm
eyes. with theil magic flash. he posed an
other model.
Anyone who has been within miles of st.
Alban's. Ho.born, knows the eyes. They
are happily still the bodily possession of
A. II. Stanton or. he is known to every
body from honest John Bulls postman to
the Fagans of Seven Dials Father Stanton.
His voice was bold and full-this again
Is Father Stanton: speech Srave--his Is
Father Adderly.
No one ever accused Father Stanton OF
gravity. He is the jolly spiritual doctor
who chaffs You into good humor with this
world and the next. and gives jam after all
medicine with Il nasty taste. His Chris
tianity is robust and homely. Whether
you meet him in Il shabby clerical-crt coat
and curate'S hat. or him in ell the
majesty of beretta and gown within III.
chancel rails of st. Alban's, it is :ll the
same.
His bearing is pregnant with instructive
respect for his chosen work, but he is guilt
less of side"
Father stanton.
The Rev. Mr.. \. II. Stanton. known the
length and breadth of the land as Father
Stanton. and called Daddy" by the very
poor people who love him best. has been
Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26
6.pIlscusHIoN FOR EASTER

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n w. for instance. while Mr..
oG1ln. the gamy beauty. is the
- aftist, instead OF the prem
Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26
O.tracI.-d Grand Dukes.

The reigninE czar, however. was decided
ly of a different opinion. and. in order to
prevent any such question from arising In
the future. he introduced a new rule pro.
vidins that at each accession the oath OF
allegiance was to be given not only to the
new ruler. but also to his successor.
Grand Duke Nicholas is not the only Rus
sian potentate who bears Il Erudge against
Grand Duke Michael Michaelovitch. son
of the grand duke Field Marshal Michael
MikOla jevitch. He offended his family by
marrying the beautiful Countess Countess Meren- Ten
sau and of his inorganic wife. the daugh-
ter of the Russian poet. Pushkin. AS a
result his name was stricken from the
Another ostracised grand duke is Mich
olas Michael Some years ago % he was as as.
crack regiment of the empire. for ac.
tive service. but to the surprise of all
society. the o.--cers corps voted against
strong that the czar had virtually to COM
mand the men to accept the grand duke as
a ccmrade. The reason Of the opposition
known to be .'red' politically. After, a
few years the car gave him the grenadier
regiment "Mingrelia" -garrisored at Titlis.
and there the grand duke his since spent
Grand Duke Nicholajevitch. eldest son of
the late Field Marshal Nicholas, and Duke
noblemen who enjoy little favor in the i'm
perial family; The former has never re-
ceived the military promotion to which his
rank naturally entities him. and it is said
that he avoids his relatives entirely and
associates only with few intimate friends.
The latter for some reason shuns 81. ret
ersburg altogether. and spends his time
in the Caucasus. 1t is said that the main
reason why he does not appear at court
is because his wife is beneath him in rank.
4 Good Brother.
It will readily be seen that in case of a
dispute about the succession there are GER
tain discordant elements In Russia which
might try to make trouble. AS long as the
Grand Duke Michael. however. is at the
helm of state it is pretty safe to say that
he will be amply able to cope With any
troubles that may arise.
Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26
,hed by hi. uncle. the late c.ar Alexander

ished by his uncle. the late Gear Alexander
When the latter died he returned to st:
Petersburg and demanded to he reinstated
In NIL his rights and privileges. Alexander
Ill. promptly refused. whereupon the grand
duke became u nihtiist and an ardent prop
agandist against imperialism. As u re-
suit he was arrested and imprisoned for Il
time In the dreary SChluesselburY fortress,
but after u time he was sent to Turkestan.
where he lives the life Of country gentle
man under the strictest supervision.
His case Is Of special interest Just now.
for the reason that he once claimed to De
heir to the throne. and on the following
grounds: While admitting that the eldest
son OF the ear is the natural heir. ne point
ed out that Alexander III. was not born as
son OF the car. but while his father was
still the Grand Duke Nicholas. whereas
the Grand Duke Constantine. second son
of the Grand Duke Nicholas. was born
after the latter had become car. and thus
was really the eldest son OF the car.
Therefore. the banished grand duke ar
gued that. after the death Of the Car
Nicholas, the real heir TO the throne was
the Grand Duke Constantine. and that he.
as his eldest son, should naturally take
his placc.
Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26
TO PREACH IN AFRICA.
Grandson Of King and Nephew to
Big Chief, the First Zulu Or
daiaed in Anerica.

From the New York Press
Last week the first Zulu ever invested
with the dignity of a clergyman in this
country was ordained Congregational
Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26

duke proposes to reach the pole in 1860,
and to be back in Italy in the autumn of
that year. The expedition will go North
equipped with three years provisions: King
Humbert. who pays all the bills. by the
way already has invested S25O.O0O in the
scheme. Nansen did his best to dissuade
Abrrzzi from attempting the hazardous
and dangerous exploit. but without success.
The dukes royal name and title is Prince
Louis. He was born in Madrid and is the
youngest brother of the Duke of Aosta
and the Count of Turin. His aunt is the
dowager queen of Portugal, and his step
mother Is the dowager Duchess Letitia. of
Aosta. He is a strong hopeful young man,
and is greatly loved by his family. Hence
the discussions that have been urged upon
him TO give up his reckless ambition to find
the pole.
Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26
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Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26

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Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26

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Kansas City journal., 1899-03-26

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world he goes down.
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-01-07
SAUCY FILIPINoS.
They Notify Americans Not TO Land at
IloilO with Arms I'm Their Hands.


Manila, Jan. 4.-Advices just re-
| ceived from lloilo says that the rebels,
at meeting on Saturday, ratified the
action of delegation which assured
! the Americans that they might land
| unarmed, but if the latter landed
| armed the natives would be uncon-
| trollable.
Every preparation is being made for
resistance upon tsle part of the rebels
and reinforcements are arriving from
| Negros and the neighboring islands,
| in spite of the efforts of the United
| States cruiser Baltimore and the gun
| boat Arizona to scare them with
searchlights. The Spanish gunIboat
| El Cano is still at Iloilo, but as her
status is not defined she has not been
| molested. It is understood that she
| is destined to go to Zamboanga, a
| town on the southwest extremity of
| the island of Mindanao.
The American troops are restless.
| The rebels are drilling on the beach,
evening and morning, in full view of
the American expedition, which is
still afioat.
Washington, Jan. 4.-Gen. Otis,
commanding at Manila, has cabled the
war department that Gen. Miller has
the situation well in hand at Iloilo,
and that he fully understands the pur-
pose of the president not to crowd
the insurgents unduly. 1t is desirable
that hostile collision between the
American forces ard the insurgents
be avoided at least pending the rati-
fication of the peace treaty, and as
Gen. Miller understands this purpose
on the part of the president he will
be guided by it and may be relied up
on to resort to force only under COM
| mi sion
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-01-07
How to Wash China SILK.

Silk should be washed as rapidly as
possible. Examine the articles to be
washed, and if there are any parts es-
pecially soiled clean with a little ben
zine or gasoline applied with a flannel
cloth. Then prepare soapsuds of
lukewarm water and plunge the gar
ments in it, sousing them up and down
and rubbing them thoroughly in this
sud. Rinse them into water little
cooler, and then into third water still
little cooler, and so on until the final
rinsing water is perfectly cold. Do not
blue them. Wiring them out as dry as
possible with a machine. Lay them in
sheets and heavy cloths. and roll them
as hard as you can in firm rolls. Put
them away for an hour, and at the end
of that time iron them on the wrong
side.-N. Y. Ledger Monthly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-01-07

says, "it scarcely ever happens that
they are guilty of ill-manners without
sufficient reason, or InattentIon to d
member who says anything worth
hearing"
But, of course, Thomas Jefferson is
dead and gone, and in the rush and hur-
ry of this fin de steele period, why
should any attention be paid to what
he said about good manners century
ago? That is nc:ent history.
So here's to the senate-the noisy,
bustling, busy senate-and may it
grow noiser, buster and more bustling
'eyfry day.
YWhen Senator Brown now dead
-w9s boy" said Georgia member,
8is father reared him with an iron
hand, He made him do everything
he attempted; If he failed he got
whipped. The elder Brown didn't whip
the coming senator through any ex-
cess of cruelty, but It was his system.
He proposed to make every failure of
his son cost smartingly. This would
promote endeavor; he would try with
might and main not TO full, and the
elder Brown was confident this would
do him world of good
at gives my son Joe an incentive
TO success slid the elder Brown. I'm
'not rich easugh TO offer system OF
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-01-07
SUCCESSFUL BANDITS.
They Rob an Express Car Attached to
a Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis

Mansfield, Mo-. Jan. 4.-The ninth
and first successful attempt at train
robbery on the line of the Kansas
City, Fort Scott & Memphis road oc-
CURED last night near Macomb, a sta
tion five miles east of this point. Ma
comb being a flag station, one of the
robbers got aboard the westbound
train at Norwood, the first station
east of Macomb, paying his fare to
Macomb, and compelling the train to
stop there. 1t was Immediately board
ed by five or six masked men, who,
covering all members of the train
crew with Winchesters and revolvers,
compelled the engineer and fireman
to cut loose from the remainder of
the train.
The mail, baggage and express cars
were then run up the line about two
miles and stopped in a lonely cut,
| where Engineer Calender was placed
in front of the robbers and forced to
break open the door of the express
car, after which he was placed in
| front of the foremost robber and to-
gether they entered the express car,
covering Southern Express Messenger
Newton and Baggagemaster Sieben
with their pistols, forcing them to ad-
iourn to the outside of the car. They
then dynamited the through safe.
Two charges of dynamite were used,
completely demolishing the safe of
the Southern Express Co. and playing
havoc with the car.
1t is not known how much money
and valuables weS secured, as the
safe blown open was through safe.
Everything was taken from it and it
is safe to say they were well paid for
their trouble. The local safe, which
contained all local money picked up,
| was not mOlested
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-01-07
HASTINGS MESSAGE.
The Governor of Pennsylvania Talks
Plainly Regarding Some Reforms
that are Needed.

The Governor of Pennsylvnnia Talks
Plainly Regarding some Reforms
that are Needed.
Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 4.--Gov. Hast
ings, who will retire from the guber-
material chair on january II, sent his
annual message ito the Legislature yes
terday. The message shows the state
revenues for the year ended Novem-
ber 30, 1898, to have been 3,325, ,12O,'
and the expenditures S13,973,s34. The
net debt of the state is $1,025,9S2, no
part of which can be paid until 1912.
The governor says:
"rhe operation of the act of the last
Legislature providing for the payment
of interest by banks in which state
funds are deposited shows that while
this interest law is an improvement,
and indicates the enormous sums
which the state might have received
during past years, yet it does not cor
rect the evil which it was intended
to correct. While it may be true that
the state has lost no moneys deposit
ed in the various banks, it cannot be
questioned that in the past the public
funds have been used for political
pun pooSS Dy utpOSltlhS thelh III ldNol
lite banks, where such deposits were
expected to yield returns in the shape
of political influence. This system
cannot be defended. The evil will
never be corrected until the state
keeps its own money in its own
vaults"
The governor urges the legislature
| to adopt a memorial to congress to
| authorize the selection of senator's by
popular vote. The governor criticises
the new state Capitol, erected to take
the place of the building destroyed by
fire in February, 1897. The new build
ing, he says, in its present condition
''is hardly fit for human habitation,
much less the official abode of the rep
resentatives of the commonwealth. 1t
IL made of common brick imbedded
in cheap mortar, looks like a hastily
erected factory building and is repul-
| sive to the eve.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-01-07

rewards and bait my boy to victoryj
healthy man and can inaugurate sys-
tenn of punishments and belt him into
being winner.
"The old gentlem9n's system had
points, and may have served in it's re-
moter effects, to save the senator's
life.
young Joe liked to hunt gray squir-
rels. The elder Brown had no objec-
tions. He would outfit young Joe with
the family rifle, an eight-square, with
barrel about five feet long, Then he
would measure out a dozen charges
of powder and bestow upon him a
dozen bullets, caps and linen patches;
enough all round for dozen shots.
"At the close of the hunt the old
gentleman took strict inventory,
For every charge of powder and every
bullet missing young Joe must produce
u gray squirrel, shot through the head.
you've got to plug 'em through
the head, Joe,' said the old man. Any
other sort of KILN would he sloveu-
ly, and I'll not ra;se q boy of mine to
grow up careless sloven about his
work
"If Joe failed to produce a squirrel
killed through the head the old man
took down long plant, reliable hick-
ory and walloped him. AS result,
when Senator Joe Brown was grown
man, indeed to the day of his death
he was the surest, deadest shot in all
Georgia.
Now, here's where the skill and the
wide repute it gained for him stood
him in good stead. He was involved in
q political fight with Ben Hill. They
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-01-07
Ae|;lfES} iI||; e|;llfES}7pE1EyESl l'fi|Si!7 y
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&
THE WOMEN OF CHINA.
Their Manners and Customs Diner
Widely from Those in Vogue
in Our Country.

At the present moment, when it may
be said, without fear of contradiction,
that in the whole of the civilized world
there is no woman who is attracting
more universal attention and interest
than the dowager empress of China
lin favor of whom the emperor has re-
signed, and who is described as being
"a woman in her sixty-fourth year.
who has not yet lost her love of pow
er'O, few notes about the manners
and customs of Chinese women may
be of general interest.
Somehow it is difficult for us to credit
any Chinese woman with the "love of
power" when, for years we have been
accustomed to think of the female pop
ulation of the celestial empire as be-
ing remarkable only for their tiny feet,
deformed from infancy by tight ban
dages for the simple reason that in aft
er life the women may be easily de-
tanned as prisoners. But, although the
chief part of Chinese lady's costume
may in our eyes be her shoes, embroid-
cred chiefly by her own hand and of
such small dimensions that they would
only fit the infants of other nations,
there will remain q great deal of inter-
est in the other articles of her ward
robe, which consists of beautifully en-
broidered silk robes and satin tunics
lined in winter with the softest fur.
Even the peasant women wear orna.
mental garments, especially the bet
ter-class ones, who affect bright-col.
ored tunics, such as bright blue ones
worn over bright red trousers, or light
blue over pink trousers.
Perhaps at the theatrical perform.
ances, which play so prominent part
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-01-07

In China in connection with all re-
ligious rites, are to be seen the most
gorgeous costumes. The Chinese ladies
spare no pains in arraying themselves
at such times, and arrive in their best
silks and satins, ornamented with many
pearls and much jewelry, often going
as far as wearing two sets of earrings
at one time. Their hair is wonderfully
dressed and heavily gummed, and dec
GRATED with all manner of gaudy arti-
fetal flowers; while their cheeks and
lips are profusely colored with rouge.
The average height of a Chinese
woman is about four feet six inches,
but in their trousers and tunics, which
are the most common articles of female
dress, they look even shorter. AS
nation, they are extremely supersti-
tious, particularly the lower classes;
and men and women alike are much
given to gambling. 1t is no uncommon
thing to see a woman burning joss
sticks and offering up petitions and
prayers for coed luck to attend her
gambling speculations to Su I'll, the
God of Earth, who is believed by the
lower classes to favor all gambling.
Before Chinese woman is married,
she sends with great pomp and state to
her future home her entire trousseau,
which is packed in large boxes, the
keys of which she brings with her when
she comes, and on no account is the
bridegroom ever supposed to be al
lowed to see what is contained in these
precious trunks until after the we'd
ding is over, when they are shown to
him with much pride and ceremony.
In a number of ways the Chinese diff
| fer totally in custom from Europeans.
For instance, it is considered the great
est mark of distinction to remove ones
| hat in company; and the greatest COM
| Pliment il is possible to pay n Chinese
man or woman is to tell them they
look cider than they are. Again, no
| Chinaman or woman would, on any ac-
count, ever dream of eating off white
cloth looking upon it with great horror
and superstitious distaste, much in the
same way as we would regard wind
ing shee.
Another popularity of the lower
| class of women is their slavish fear
and regard for their mothers-in-law,w who
take advantage of their position of
being dependent on their daughters-in-
law, to whom they often behave most
cruelty, and whom the law places with
In their power, To their children the
Chinese are devoted, and to all
strangers, II kindly treated by them.
exceedingly faithful and polite.-St.
| Paurs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-01-07

made at home or purchased for small
amount; in either case half yard OF
goods is sufficient for the front and
back.
The back and side widths of the apron
are slightly gored to give it more shape,
but the front breadth is made very full
so that when gathered upon the yoke it
falls in folds not unlike those noticed in
empire effects.
Straps are made of the apron materi-
al finished upon the shoulders with
small bows of ribbon. The sash is also
of lawn trimmed only with two or three
rows of tucks above the hem. The skirt
of the apron has also groups of tucks
around the foot.