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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

ing from the use of the different kinds of
money: But when it came to paying for
the dinner was where my troubles began. l
gave the waiter a SO gold piece; after de-
Quoting his 81, he gave me in return nine
teen full sized silver dollars. Unfortunate
ly I had no wheelbarrow so ! had to carry
the stuff as best l could. part in each
pocket and a hat full besides. But
this was only the beginning. 1 then went
to the postofiice and bought a 1-cent stamp
to send a newspaper home. He gave me in
change. a half dollar. two 2o-cent pieces,
four coppers the size of an American hait
dollar and one the size of a quarter. 1t
certainly requires Il Pop fnancier to inquire
out the change, For instance. l bought
a 5-cent newspaper, threw down a nail
dollar and received two dimes as change
and the change was correct. Again a nickle
pays the ferry for four persons across the
Pasig river and you get 6 cents in change.
ETC.. ad infinitum.'
ss
Captain Clark closes his letter with the
following reference to the taking OF the
city: 1T is told for straight here that
just before going out to the battle OF
Manila the priest poured water from Rome
on the soldiers and then thought that they
were immunes to American balls. They
even claim that the Spaniards had their
bands instructed as to what piece to play
as they brought in the Yankee pigs, but
history does not record that they played
Them"
Mrs. Priscilla Van Scoyoc, mother OF
Lloyd Van Scoyoc, is a great home body,
says the Manchester News. "She has
resided on a farm six miles northeast Of
Manchester for the past twenty-three years
and during all that time she has never
been inside of a store. She hasn't been in
Abilene since she left there over twenty
years ago, and she was never in Manches-
ter but once, and that was one night seven
or eight years ago when her son Lloyd
brought her in to a concert. Mrs. Van
/ Scoyoc is about IS years of age and does all
her WI housework. She visits her near
| est neighbors occasionally. but never gets
| very far away from home. And Lloyd is
perhaps as eccentric as his mother. but IN
a different way. He comes to town every
few days. but he always walks unless the
roads are in condition for bicycle riding or
unless he is picked up by someone driving
in. He says he never in his life hitched
up 4 horse. was never on a horses back.
knows nothing about handling horses, and
would walk a hundred miles rather than
| undertake. to drive"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

who insisted on pinning the decoration to
the presidents coat might possibly be con-
sidered an offender against the laws of
hospitality. there was no need to regret
the Incident on other grounds. That this
Is the prevalent view of II at the North
an entire lack of excitement about the mat
ter would seem to prove. and some late
expressions of Southern sentiment indi-
cate that 1t is similarly regarded else
where. Probably the chief source of such
slight apprehension as our correspondents
letter reflected was the surmise that the
presidents complacency might tend to en-
list Southern support for Senator Buffers
scheme to pension Confederate soldiers,
with the ultimate effect of putting an IN
fortunate strain on the fraternal relations
which the war with Spain established be-
tween North and South. But 1t appears
that there is no danger of mischief re-
sulting from that ill-considered PROPOSE
ton. Senator Berry. of Arkansas, has al
ready presented the protest of q Confed-
crate veteran camp against 1t, and Repre-
sentative Fleming, of Georgia. is now
quoted as speaking forcibly to the same
effect. He says:
A moments reflection will show the alb
surdit.y of the Butler amendment. A PEN
sion IS given, theoretically at least. as a
consideration for services rendered the
~ " Z
sustained while In the service of the gov
ernment. Our old Confederates do not
cinim they were performing services in aid
OF the United States government from
Is6l to 1865. The only basis on which the
Confederate soldiers could ever get money
from the federal treasury would be that
OF aims or charity. pure and simple-a deg
radation to which few, IL any, would be
willing to stoop, even If they did not
Know. as they certainly do; that fedora!
pensions to them are beyond the range Of
the remOteSt possibility.
That Is an excellent statement of the
principle involved, and doubtless an ac-
curate forecast of the fate Of Senator But
iers amendment. His foolish proposal de-
Veiops no support in any quarter. and con-
sequently is not in the least likely to be-
come the means of reviving those old
~antagonisms which common service Of a
united country has so happily o%bliterated.
Indeed. there is more reason to believe
that the North Carolina Populist, without
intending it. has served the useful pur-
pose of eliciting interesting testimony to
the sincerity and intelligence of Southern
patriots.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
AGUINALDO AND SOME AMERICANS.

The Observation-Disclosures some others
who do not know what they are or what
they want to be-are using the declarations
of Aguinaldo and the protests of the Phil
ippine junta at Hong Kong to reinforce
their arguments against the policy of re-
tanning the Philippine archipelago. The
timid ones do not seem. to know what they
want. but they are in mortal terror lest
the United States shall do something that
is unconstitutional or revolutionary. They
DO not recognize that the United States
has an international and moral duty to per-
form-a duty made incumbent by the for
tunes of war.
There is nothing new. irregular, migrate
full or high-fanded in the treatment Of
Aguinaldo and his followers. timid and mis-
chievous Americans to the contrary not
withstanding. Aguinaldo had been con-
quered by the Spauiards and had been BAN
ished from the Philippines long before the
spanish-American war broke out. He was
taken back to Manila by Admiral Dewey as
an act of friendship and strategic eXpedi-
ency. without promise of independence or
other special favors. but with a natural
DnutFsSaiulnS Nndt the native CHlellalH
thus given the inestimable support of a
great power should be friendly to the aims
and operations Of that power. Never has
Aguinaldo's assumption of authority been
encouraged. He made many requests-or
rather demands-of a kind to give him
Official recognition and advantageous prec-
edent. but in every instance he was denied
by Admiral Dewey or General Merritt. His
recent manifesto is but the act of an in
tIlguing adventurer, and not the utterance
Of an inspired leader.
The proclamation of President Mckinley
is q most magnanimous declaration. 1t in.
sures to the FiipiRos the greatest possible
degree Of self-government OF which they
gre capable under present conditions OIL
future development. 1t gives to trade II
the islands the advantage of an open door
the American merchants relying solely fol
special fsyors upon their familiarity witt
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
TO A STREET MUSICIAN.

Child OF the violet-tinted skies
OF sunset-splendid Italy.
Where in the west the mountains riss
That srandly frown upon the sea,
Low. lazy clouds at evening doat
Above the sleeping harbor bar;
On tired ears strikes the remote,
Deep sounding Of the seas afar.
The winds blow from the Apprentices
And as they come a song intone:
1t murmurs 'mons the moving pines.
The branches yield a luliing moan,
The scent of lemon flower falls
Upon the soft Italian air.
The nightingale at evening calls
All, we'll IL were IL thou vert there!
Here in our colder northern cline,
Your songs are somber, boy. and sad.
Like scent there hovers round their chime
The dreams OF far. dear days you had;
Around thee stand the gathered throns.
Their s~rudsiny pennies to thee give.
Poor boy. for thy fair southland's song.
Yet from this pittance dost thou live.
] love to hear meath northern skies.
Your fingers lightly touch the string,
For like a broken Dreams surmise.
A presagc Of far times It brings,
When men shaIl question not for race.
Or where his fathers mansion stood.
When earth shall be our dwelling place.
And all the world q brotherhood.
&C. Fred Gauss. in San Francisco Examiner.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
"Kid" McCoys chivalry.

From tho Chicago Times-Herald.
It must be a matter for universal fe-
licitation that the nineteenth century evo-
luton Of pugilism has produced a Kid
Mccoy. Through many generations the
manly art has been slowly but surely
emerging from the bloody and brutal rep
utation given it by an unsympathetic world
that would not recognize that
The bully is the ~tenderest,
The Dragging are the best.
But the daw of brighter. happier days
was seen when the gentle stripping Jim
Corbett met and v%anquished the mighty
John l.. Sullivan. The victory Of David
over Goliath by the brook that foweth
through the valley of Elah was a walkover
for the little fellow compared with that
which Corbett won. It was all don so ele-
gantly. with such neatness and dispatch.
with such a surprising absence of bad
blood in print or in the ring. that the
winner was hailed as Gentleman JIM"
and it seemed that a new era had dawned
for pugilism.
Another splendid advance was made in
ameliorating the conditions Of the prize
ring when the gentle and amiable Mrs.
Fitzsimmons appeared at the ring side In
Carson CITY. 1t is generally admitted that
it was her kindly admonitions to Bob to
spare Corbett's Belviderian features in IA
yor of a DEVILS tattoo on his ribs-"lather
him in the STATS as she euphoniously
phrased it-that did the business for Gen
tleman Jim"
But 1t has been left for kid Mccoy to
bring to his profession the grace and re-
| fnement that must rank him among the
| SIdneys, Bayards and Chesterfields. In a
moment of passing Indigestion Mr.. Mccoy
expressed rather emphatically his aversion
to having Gentleman Jim" witness the
| passage at fists between himself and Tom
Sharkey. But the nature of the Kid
like unto that of Brutus of old.
Carries anger as the flint bears IRE;
Who. much enforced. emits a hasty spark.
And straight is cold again.
Therefore he quickly put aside his spleen
and wrote in this wise. recalling his de-
mand that Corbett should be excluded from
| the Lenox Club on the evening in question:
INV request was the result of a sudden
| Indignation, but my cooler judgment per-
suades me that, apart from the merits OF
the existing differences between Corbett
| and I at this moment. I can afford to be
| chiyalrous and ~magnanimous."
There can be no question that kid Nc
| Gov is the very pink and peony of pugilism.
| Such diction, such promptness In acknowl-
edging the dictates of cool Judgment over
personal prejudice. such a suppression OF
the meum for the ego. has never before
elevated the manly art about the cavil OF
criticism. Chivalry and magnanimity join
| hands in claiming kid" Mccoy for their
verv ownest own.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
THE CLEANING OF HAVANA.

II is evident that the administration at
Washington realized long since that one
of the greatest problems deyolving upon
the United States as a result of Cuban
occupation was the necessary cleaning and
draining of Havana Colonel Warning, the
distinguished sanitarian, was sent to the
Cuban capital almost as soon as he could
be admitted safely. and, although he was
cut of by death before he could formulate
his report. the result of his investigations
has been put in documentary form and a
comprehensive synopsis Of it has been
made public by the war department.
According to this report. the task be-
fore the municipal adm ..ation of Ha-
vana under United States rule is. some
thing tremendous. The conditions of the
city are said to be disgustingly filthy and
unwhoiesorne and these conditions are not
alone the result of uncleanly habits, but
of lack of sanitary facilities. The death
rate in the city from what sanitarians Gall
filth diseases is. and for many years has
been. simply appalling. But for the fact
that the water supply is pure and the sea
breezes are strong, the city would have
been depopulated by epidemics.
According to Colonel Warnings report, 1t
will be necessary to reorganize and newly
= equip. the street cleaning department; to
give the whole city a system of sewerage,
which It has not at present; to enforce
the construction of vaults in all houses
end connect these vaults with the sewers:
to establish the utilization system at the
slaughter houses. so that there may be no
animal waste left to the buzzards or
washed into the sluggish streams; to pave
or repave all of the streets. few of which
have any pavement whatever: to supply
furnaces for the consumption of garbage;
to reclaim the vast malaria breeding
marshes that lie adjacent to the city.
This very brief outline will give som
idea of the enormous task ahead of. the
American government, for whatever may
be the future of Cuba, certainly the mill.
tary administration should put the city
into a good sanitary condition as a pre-.
caution against the spreading OF disease
in the Southern states, aside from the
= duty We owe to the Cubans themselves In
teaching them the value of cleanliness
b There is reason to believe that the adop.
ton of American ideas OF sanitation in the
cities Of Cuba will practically cut of the
dangers or yellow fever.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
Reflections of . Bachelor.

From the New York Press.
bies.
A genuine firt never knows where she
is going to end.
For every wrinkle a woman gets on her
face she gets ten on her heart.
A woman can't understand how a mans
stockings win stay up without garter sus-
penders.
When a woman thinks how nobody ever
sees the prettiest things she wears she
can't help being mad with somebody. ?
When a woman's cold feet make her hus-
band shiver she thinks he is thrilling at
the thought Of how warm her heart is.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
Some southern Views.

From the New York Tribune.
Referring to the letter Of q Philadelphia
correspondent who feared that the presf-
dent would be found to have made a mis-
take in c%onsenting to wear a Confederate
badge in Macon. Ga. We recently ex-
pressed the opinion that, though the mar
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
Weather Forecast for Tuesday.

WASHINGTON. Jan. e.-For Oklahoma anu indiah
Territory-Partly cloudy weather. variable winds.
For Kansas and Nebraska: Threatening weather;
southerly winds.
For Missouri: Threatening weather, with light rain
IN extreme southeast portion: northeasterly winds.
For Colorado: Partly cloudy weather: variable
winds.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
A THOUGHT FOR THB NEW YEAR.
Life is 4 leaf of paper white

Life is = leaf OF paper white
Wherein each one Of US may write
His word or two. and then comes night.
'Lo! time and space enough" We CRY.
ITO write an epic,' 50 we try
Our nibs upon the edge. and die.
Greatly begin! though thou have time
But for q line. be that sublime.
Not failure. but low aim. is crime.
James Russell Lowell
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

1t may be true, as Mr.. Bryan says, that
the American people have a right to haul
down their own flag, but it is also true
that they nave a right to keep the flag fly
ing. and not only the right but the ability
and disposition to do so. Hauling down the
flag is even more unpopular with the peo-
pie than hauling down the value of their
1oII,r,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
The East.
From the indianapolis Journal.

From the indianapolis Journal.
What is this here Eastern question:
asked the Iowa man.
How to git the pore mans little home
said the Kansas man who still wore a ID
to / badge.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

Aguinaldo insists that he was recognized.
Unless the young man changes his tactics
he may soon be unable to recognize him.
self,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

When Admiral Dewey becomes president
the star-eyed goddess will undoubtedly be
made postmistress at Louisville.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
with an Eye to the Future.

From Tit-Bits.
Jeweler-"The inscription you wish en-
graved on the inside of this ring. 1 IN
derstand. is 'Marcellus to Irene'?"
Young Man with embarrassment)-"Yes.
that's right. But-er-don't cut the Irene
very deep"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
"wITH NATURES sECRErs.n

With natures secrets be thou not perplexed:
Enjoy this world and do not fear the next;
All. grasp this little breath Of life az cash
With that 10 come. let not thy heart b ve1ed.
Omar Khzyyam (Gsrnerl,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

The beast is driven out, but the people OF
Havana will not know the full blessings
of their deliverance until the cage is
cleaned.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
NOTES.

OF course national expansion is unpa-
triotic and wicked. How can Mr.. Bryan be
elected president otherwise?
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

How would it do for the anti-expansion
statesmen to send the Filipinos a few in
voices of canned oratory? The goods could
he SHARED.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

It requires no optimist to predict that
Governor Stanley will give the Kansas peo-
pie a better administration that Leedy
gave them.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

The chip is on Mr.. Bulls shoulder all
right. The nance for a fight depends on
whether Johnny Krapaud has the courage
of his itching to knock it off.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

The Massachusetts man who killed HIM
self to avoid being married must have been
pursued by a widow. There are less des-
perate ways Of escaping a maiden.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
OF ri

Bob Jones is Evangelist Sans noble son.
He told his father that a certain estimable
citizen of Sans town had invited him into
his rear Office to take a drink Of whisky.
Sam cut loose the following Sunday with a
roaring sermon, of which misleading a boy
was the text. He said: THE man who
tempted my boy to drink must leave this
W If he will not 60 peaceably he will
go at the muzzle OF my shotgun. I am
ready to go before my Maker with a record
Of having shot a scoundrel who led my
child to drink" There was q barrel Of the
same sort. only hotter. and Sam fairly
foamed at the mouth with th~reateninss.
The whole congregation got excited. The
excitement spread through the Town. and
every one was asking his neighbor. who
can be the NAM" One Of the good women
called Bob into her house and asked who
had persuaded him to drink. Bob laughed.
why, 1t amt nobody he said. 81 Just
told pa that lie to give him something to
preach about. and didn't the old man
how'll
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

that state do not lave as poor opinion Of
their senator as his political enemies would
like them IN.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

TIL fact that Pennsylvania has remained
overwhelmingly Republican under Senator
Quay's leadership shows that the people of
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

Senator Berry's official duty is an i'm
portant one. 1t devolves on him to show
the world that Arkansas has one senator
who is not a wild-eyed demagogue.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

In his efforts to run this country in the
| interests of greed and monopoly the in
famous Mark Hama hesitates at nothing.
| His latest step for the enslavement of the
masses Is to nave himself vaccinated.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
A Botkinnry Prec.ut,on.
A Way Out,

From the New York Press.
Presents received anonymously. If edible.
should be tried on the dog first.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

From the Chicago Record.
On the basis of mutual concessions could
1t not be played as "Cyrano de Gross" here
after2
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

"A Buffalo man has died after whistling
for ninety hours" The fact that the neigh
bors didn't go cunning sooner shows a high
regard for law and order in Buffalo.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

Tho warine memorial fund Of S10o. 900,
now completed. II said to Be the nrst ever
raised by q mercantile body in honor Of q
municipal o~ficial. and 1t II believed to be
the frst fund Of the kind in all the history
Of municipal government In America. Me-
MORALS have been erected in many cities In
honor of mayors, but no fund was ever
raised in honor solely Of q man who cleaned
the streets.
The Michigan College of Medicine and
Surgery has established a chair OF military
hygiene and dietetics. "It was clearly
shown during the late war" said DR.. Hal
C.. wyman, one Of the trustees, that tho
food furnished our soldiers was not 1t
should have been. We now propose to teach
people what to eat. and It Is for this pur-
pose that the new chair has been created"
John d. Rockefeller. when a poor lad. had
his first picture taken with his class at
| Oswego academy. Oswego, N. Y, In 1858.
| 1t was a daguerreotype and when Rockefel-
Ter became rich he tried to buy 1t from his
| former teacher, William Smyth. who re-
| fused to sell at any price. Mr.. Smyth dieo
a short time ago and his son has since sent
| the picture to the millionaire.
In Admiral Dewey's cabin hangs q pic
ture of the battle of Manila, done by a
| Chinese artist OF Hong Kong and pre-
sented to the admiral by the junior OFF,
| GERS of the Olympia, who have themselves
| each ordered a copy Of the work. con-
| tract calculated to keep the artist at work
for some time.
Egbert Davidson, a prominent citizen of
| Mecklenburg county. North Carolina. Is on
trial in the federal court on a unique
| charge. A mail carrier had been stealing his
melons. He had stopped the carrier in the
| road and whipped III The carrier missed
| the mail connection, and Davidson Ia be-
ing tried for delaying the mails"
Goyernor-elect Stone of Pennsylvania,
who stands 6 feet 4 inches In his stockings.
never wears a silk hat. for the reason that
such a covering would a~ccentuate his al
ready great height. He also refuses to ride
a horse, holding that such a noble animal
was not intended for such usage.
Sir Henry Irving is reported to be hnan-
| cially distressed and physically a memory
of his old self. He will abandon stage
| management and hereafter appear simply
as an individual artist. Z
Senator Simon. OF Oregon, has been TAX
ing banjo lessons. Are you improving?''
| some one asked him recently. Either
that or the ~neighbors are getting more
J used to it." he replied.
A Georgia editor gives his readers this
wholesome advice:
Let US now be up and doing.
With a heart for every fate;
When the Christmas bills pursa-
Leap the fence, or lock the gatst
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

1t is unnecessary to say that the. anti
expansicnists glory in Agulnaldo's spunk.
The more he embarraases the government
that is trying to do his people good the
better they will like him..
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
New Overalls Beat No.socks.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
Jerry Simpson. Of Kansas, Is telling his
associates that prosperity defeated him.
MANY people," he said. got money enough
to buy a new pair Of overalls and a little
credit at the grocery. and therefore lost in
terest in IS to l." Some Of the people may
remember the sheer of the disgruntled DEM
agogue.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

The New Jersey pastor who was dis
charged by his congregation because he
reads the newspapers must deeply regret
having to leave a people in such a woefully
benighted condition.