Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-14
OF CURRENT

The journey from San Francisco to Hong
Kong averages about twenty-nine days,
divided as follows: From San Francisco to
Honolulu, seven days; to Yokohama, twelve
more; to Hiogo. two; to Nagasaki, about
the same time; to Shanghai. three days.
Hong Kong is three days journey from
Shanghai. The regulation amount of bag
gage Is allowed and the accommodations
are equal to those found on the Atlantic.
There are first-class banks and business
houses both at Hong Kong and Manila, so
that a traveller need not worry about drafts.
cables or the like. One could make a
round trip to Manila and meet all reason
able expenses for between $500 and 1000.
A woman shoplifter was caught stealing
an umbrella the other day in a PhiladeI-
phia dry goods store. But 1t was decided
not to prosecute her IL she. would pay for
the umbrella. valued at $2.5S. which she did.
The next day she returned and requested
to see the manager. When that surprised
person could recover himsel sufficiently TO
ask her business. the woman calmly told
him that she had been pricing umbrellas
In other stores and found she could pur-
chase one like her own for 81. and she
wanted to know If he wouldn't refund her
50 cents. As a tribute to her monumental
nerve the 80 cents was handed her in ST.
lence.
A new ailment of which a st. Louis man
tells finds its victims, he claims. exclusive
ly among shorthand writer's. He dubs it
"stenographiculus." and says that the
postoffice Is threatened with a serious
scourge of 1t. During the past few days. he
says. no less than nfne-tenthS of the TWEEN
ty-five or more stenographers in the gov
eminent building have been absent on ac-
count Of the illness. and many of them
who have reported for work have been IN
able to continue their duties during .hs
day. 1t is a kind Of writer's cramp, and
it is accompanied by a nervous twitching
of the whole arm.
Dogs Of every size. breed. color and de-
gree of intelligence will be on dress parade
at the twenty-third annual show of the
Westminster Kennel Club. to be held in
Madison Square garden. in New York.
February q to "a. inclusive. 1t will be an
aristocratic assemblage. Only those of high
degree. whose ancestry can be traced from
many canine generations. will be present.
Thirty-five distinct breeds will be reported.
for which prizes are offered in go classes.
The prizes sum up to nearly $500. ex-
elusive of cups and special prizes offered in
almost every class, which amount to las
much more.
The floor OF the Virginia senate chamber
at Richmond fell in nearly thirty years
ago, and for many years the colored jan
itor has insisted that the masons. when at
work repairing the damage, sealed up in a
cavity Of the wall the hat and coat of
John Brown. together with the effects of
other distinguished men. The other day
Governor Tyler and other state officers
instituted a search, but beyond the de-
struction of several square yards OF good
brick work nothing was accomplished The
janitor insists that he saw the relies placed
in the cavity and further search may be
made.
The death of big Foot" Wallace is a
great loss to Texas. The name OF this
UNIQUE parsonage has been a household
word in the Lone Star state for more than
sixty years. the school histories having
made his prowess familiar to several gen.
erations. Wallace went to Texas in 1857.
ayowedly for the purpose OF avenging the
death of his brother, who had been cap
tured and slain by the Mexicans in 1885.
He was one of the famous prisoners Ct
Mie-, and his life was noted for many deeds
and incidents of great danger Inc gal
lantry. -
A medical student Is authority for the
statement that women's skulls command a
much lower price than those OF men. ut
is possible" he says. Ito obtain the K
of a woman for $50. while that of a man
cannot be had for less than s.. The rea-
son why? Well, a woman's skull Is, as a
rule. considerably smaller than a mans.
1t is said to be imperfectly developed; It Is
an inferior specimen OF the article and
altogether less useful to science; hence its
lower market value"
Apropos of the fact that 100 years have
elapsed since Lord Byron was removed
from the grammar school at Aberdeen and
entered as a student at Harrow, the citi-
zens of Aberdeen have decided to make an
effort to raise q memorial to the poet. It
is proposed to have 1t take the form Of a
statue in whits marble under a canopy
of Greek design IN gray granite.
General Shafter WINS q medal of honor.
given him for most distinguished Eallan-
try in action at Malvern Hill, Va, August
s, 1862, while serving as first lieutenant.
Company /. Seventh Michigan Infantry, in
command Of pioneers. voluntarily taking
actiye part in the battle and. although
wounded, remaining on the field until the
close OF the engagement"
The Greater New York assessors have
now brought the valuation Of the real es-
tate Of that metropolis up to the stupen-
dous total OF s.. $50. 046. 317. These figures
oyertop the total assessed valuation of any
state in the Union outside Of New York