Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-20

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Tacoma the western terminus Of the North
ern Pacific railroad. The city has nov .
population Of over sooeo. and Is srowing
fast. Seattle. twenty-five miles way. long
has been the boast Of Washington, bue
Tacoma 10 running away with II. The d.
rectors OF the Northern Pacific, a. the story
goes. were prospecting to md tho best .
place for q terminus. and their attention. a
had been directed to Steilacoom City, abcfcf tho
twelve miles southwest Of Tacoma. ~Fies In e
Irishman referred to was engaged to drMartims
them to Steilacoom. where the waters oe !,
Puget sound are ten fathoms deep. and Nd
doubt they would have been 20 charmed
with the harbor that Tacoma would never
have been thought of. But Mr.. Irish goa Z
roaring drunk. failed to provide convey. :
ances and SO disappointed the directors
that In a pet they selected Tacoma - the
terminus.
High prices were obtained for relics and
letters of Sir Walter Scott at . recent
sale In London Of his grandnepheW'D ct.
fects. A lot Of eishty-three letters ID
dressed to his brother and his brothers :
wife. brought $1.55. A fve-pags letter to <
his brother referring to his baronetcy !.
brought SIS. A silver taper stand. bought q
by Sir Walter for his mother with his :
first fee Of IS n an advocate, feeeAed -
$500. and his ash walking stick &DA YAs
first edition OF the first series Of Tales i
OF My Landlord was sold for ~. At I
the same sale. Rudyard Kipling's ia.
partmental Ditties." first edition, with the .
original wrapper. brought 50: John Rus -
kin's "Poems.'' 1850. privately printed, Ele. -
and Noteworthy Poems" 1876. 81. at
Some experiments were made recently iu1sio
France on the penetratiye power Of bullet&a 60
through snow. The results were very A. ~,
tonishing. The Lebel rife was used, and
at a distance Of 1O feet the bullet pene- II:
trated only five feet into the snow target. ee!ie
A bullet from a Lebel rife has been .Sfay
1t Is said. to go through q tree OF thresivers
and a half feet in diameter-presumAhJ.. La
through the full length Of the diameter; ~
1t should only penetrate eighteen inc IL
farther into such such soft stun a. snoS =
seems altogether startling. The explana- 9
ton suggested by tho experimentalists 10 p
that the rotating bullet picks up particles q
OF snow as 1t goes In and % gets "ballsd," !,
or blocked I'D.
An eHuipage. Of which the following 10 g
a description. turned into Twenty.third Low
street from Fifth avenue In New York ths IN,
other afternoon: A large victoria, uphol1 q
stored In white whipcord. and occupied Y
by two ladies' wearing white broadcloth
coats. black feather boas and white hats.
adorned with plumes. On the box sat .
coachman and footman. They were black
and dressed in white liveries with black
facing. The vehicle was drawn BY . gray
horse-almost a white horse-and . black
one. and the harness was Of black patent
leather with white trimmings. and with an =
abundance CT jangling steel chains. Ths1 T
effect was stunning. Tho whole street,.
stopped still to look. D. CIT
A British bishop once rose to addresisasiay e
house OF lords and began by saying hsyner M
tended to divide his speech into twelys "a
heads. Lord Durham thereupon got uyessIe
and begged leave to interpose for a fewH.
minutes to tell the house an anecdote. He
was returning home. he said, a few nightasdav
before. and passed st. Paul's Cathedral. Pc
Just before midnight. As he did so Their eve
was a drunken man trying to see the tiHsDn Y
Just then the clock began to strike the houppneI'
and slowly tolled out II. The drunken mayvep.
listened. looked hard at the clock, and sais..-,
"Confound you, why couldn't you have sasv FRO,
all that at once" After this relation tiary 81
bishop condensed his remarks. ~ic
W. ..,v ~ Z
ington. as well as Of Lafayette, TO unveil i;
In Paris. on July 4. 1900. for the Association
Of American Women which has been On. 4,
gagged for several years In raising funds 70 Ma
present one to the people of France In IN. OF
change for the Lafayette statue WHICH
stands In jackson park. In WASHINGTON. hs@
made a contract with Daniel C. French. II s'ese
well known sculptor. to make An eQuestrtaM arcl
figure Of heroic size. with the under standini agre'
that II shall be completed and ready d
unveiling on the day named.
Letters from Athens contain accounts dpso
the enthusiasm with which Eleonora DusArpa q
has been received in Greece. She has no
Only delighted the Greeks. hut has herseI-,-.
been so delighted by the classical sntiqut" 49,
ties. and especially the theater Of BacchuS .n~a
that she has decided to return to Greesrriv :.
next month. and to give for the first t,i,d.. n.
D'Annunzio's "Gioconda." The prtncil.s sp.rrt
dramatic critics OF France. Germany a.a ,r
Italy will be invited to be present At the TIRE,
representation. daus
Robert Seaman. the millionaire husbanl. K. r
OF Nellie Bly, OF New York. q Aavtf -
his troubles with the detectives he sngaSt 70 1no,
three years ago to shadow his wife, tn ci;ricT:i
attempt to secure evidence on which to S1srd In,
cure a divorce. The "sleuths'' claim thsay. bur
have mt , n maid -and q
b. TO
Eastern cities are induisins In ''annsxa- ,S :
ton parties now. tinted with burnt esshafe, o
and picturesque With costumes. 1hip r.
the latest society diversion and aaa~
much amusement. II may iusplro eanstG -
cradle study Of ILLUSTRATED books e tsaye2 -