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6 THE KANSAS CITY TIMES. TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1911. were offered, including proposals to elect judges, to postmasters, for uniform laws regarding divorce, for the repeal of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments, for altering the term of the presidential office, for an initiative and referendum, for acknowledging the Deity in the Constitution, and for the electing of senators by the people. The truth is that the people have a decreasing superstition about amending the Constitution and an increasing reverence for that provision of the Constitution that leaves the door open for its own amendment in accordance with the needs of progress and In keeping with the wisdom that comes from experience. If Congress does not want the power of submitting amendments to pass out of its hands and into the hands of constitutional conventions, it must respond more readily to the popular will.

BOND OF SYMPATHY. When you come to think of it, perhaps it was expecting too from Missouri legislature to hope that it the would give the people of Joplin and Springfield a chance to abolish the old ward government. There is a bond of sympathy between state legislature and the old ward council that is not to be broken merely to gratify the desire of the people of those two cities for better government. To encourage a modern rule for Missouri cities might lead to the idea of a modern legislature for Missouri. FROM the way the new Democratic ways and means committee gets down to work it is possible the special session of Congress may transact considerably more business than the President contemplated in his call.

APPARENTLY there are only two reasons why the Home and Bell telephones cannot be used interchangeably. One reason is the Home Telephone Company and the other is the Bell Telephone Company. NEWTON MANAGED THE MINT. Primitive Methods of Coinage Lingered Till 1882 in England. From the Christian Science Moultor.

It is a hundred years now since the royal mint on Tower Hill, London, was established in the present building. When Sir Isaac Newton held the post of master of the mint in 1699, the methods employed for issuing the nation's coinage were most primitive. The mechanical appliances were of the rudest description and the whole occupied a small corner of the present premises. The melting department was tiny and the crucibles could be moved by hand power even when filled with metal. The rolling mills were driven by four horses, while the stamping presses were put in motion by gangs of laborers.

These methods continued until 1810, when the present site was purchased and the building erected by Sir Robert Smirke. Visiting the royal mint as it 1s today, with electrical installation and modern machinery in every department, one can hardly realize that as recently as 1882 antiqated machinery in use. WHAT COLLEGE MEN DO. The Harvard Directory Shows That the Hold Their Own. From Professions.

The statement that the materialism of our day has drawn the college man from the professions to business careers finds no support in the record of our oldest university. The last issue of the Harvard. Directory catalogues 32,192 former Harvard men, giving residences and vocations. They are scattered throughout the world, England having 146, Germany having 63, France Japan 86 and China 53. In the vocational list, the law leads with 5,300 representatives, educational work comes second with 3,554, medicine 3,337, ufacturing 1,600 and the ministry more than 1,000.

Three hundred and eightyfour have retired from active work, presumably from old age, and 345 have no occupation. Manuscripts That Were Burned. From the Pall Mall Gazette. The publication of Olive work on "Woman and Labor" recalls the fact that the original manuscript was burned to ashes when her house was looted at Johannesburg In 1900. Such a mishap is not uncommon.

There is the historic instance of burning of Carlyle's first draft of the "French Revolution" by a careless serv. having paid for the publication of his first book, lost practically all the copies in a fire at his publishers'. Mr. Murray, whose "A Stepson of Fortune" was recently published, lost more than one manuscript owing to unforeseen accidents, and the production of Wagner's Symphony at Queen's Hall on Saturday last is a reminder that the score was sent to Mendelssohn and was lost in the post. Happily, however, in 1876, the parts were found in a trunk Wagner had left behind when he fled from Dresden in 1849.

The Cock Lane Ghost. From the Westminster Gazette. St. John's, Clerkenwell, to which the Duke of Connaught has just appointed a rector, is a mean structure architecturally, but possesses Interesting historical associations, romantic ludicrous. It is the headquarters of the Order of St.

John of Jerusalem, part of the choir of whose ancient priory can still be seen in Early English crypt. This crypt was the haunt of the "Cock Lane Ghost," which excited all London in February, 1762, and attracted Johnson, Goldsmith and Horace Walpole. The "ghost" proved, as Doctor Johnson surmised, to be the mischievous little daughter of a parish clerk. By Way of Apology. From Lemon's Jest Books.

clergyman at Cambridge preached a sermon which one of his auditors commended. "Yes," said the gentleman to whom it was mentioned, "It was a good sermon, but he stole it." This was repeated to the preacher, who resented it, and called on the gentleman to retract. "I will," replied the aggressor. "I said you had stolen the sermon. I find I was wrong.

for on referring to the book from which I thought it was taken, I found it there." Pills to Prevent Earthquakes. "I remember," says Addison in the two hundred and fortieth Tatler, "when our whole island was shaken with an earthquake some years ago, there was an impudent mountebank who sold pills which, as he told the country people, were very good against an of of of of of of of of A SHOW OF ANCIENT ROME. Restored Bathe of Diocletian Will Hold Relies of Caesar's Empire. From the St. Louts Globe-Democrat.

A pleasant surprise now awaits the visitor on his arrival in Rome. Even those who never have been here know by report the baths of Diocletian, huge monument of antiquity which originally covered a space of a mile square and accommodated 3,000 bathers. The baths were built by the Emperor Diocletian, and his co-regent Maximilian, A. 305. There stand on the site several churches, including the magnificent one of Santa Maria degl' Angell, into which the sudatorium and tepidarium of the baths were converted by Michelangelo.

It was here that the marriage of the present king was celebrated. Since the baths fell into decay after the Gothic invasion, A. 410, the vast halls which remain have "been divided Into paratively small rooms, and built into the corners of the great buildings were little wine shops, stables and fifth rate "Strange as it may appear, after passing through the hands of many proprietors the largest part of the baths belonged until last year to Sgr. Tittoni, the ex- minister of foreign affairs, who was for some time ambassador in London, and is now in Paris. The government had to purchase the land and buildings from him, and then evicted those who desecrated this sacred spot.

This noble monument has now been restored to its original magnifcence. In this unique edifice will be held an exhibition of antiquities and copies of antique objects and monuments sent from all parts of the ancient Roman Empire. For Instance, Hispania-Lusttania, among many interesting objects, have sent an almost complete series of municipal laws engraved on bronze tablets. Gallia has provided models of the best known monuments of Provence, casts of the most famous sculptures, and a collection of war engines which illustrates the celebrated siege of Alesia. Germania sends the Carlovingian group of bronzes of Aquisgrana, the Wolf Mater Romanorium, the Pinetree, a model of the Castle of Saalburg and the Treasury of Hildesheim.

From Panseries nonia-Illyria of (Austria) comes a splendid manuscripts and models of the frontier towns of the Danube; from Greece, a ship load of records; from Maesta (Rumania), 271 works; from and Africa, the a portrait in mosaic of Vergll, bronzes found gallery these which was wrecked while transporting treasures from the sack of Corinth to Rome. Egypt, Asia Minor, Persia and even India will contribute their quota to this unique exhibition, which also contains the Laurentine antiquities discovered by Queen Elena at the king's hunting lodge of Castle Porziano, on the spot where the ancient Laurentium stood. "MUCH CRY AND LITTLE WOOL." Queue Cutting in China Has Not Yet Become the Fashion. From the North China Herald. Much cry and little wool seems to be the net result of the anti-queue movement in China to date.

The history of the movement is symptomatic of the progress of reform in China. Enthusiasts set the example; the throne is memorialized, and after the natural vacillation discovers a compromise, by allowing the two services and the police to dispense with the queue. This does not satisfy the people, and the agitation for the change continues. but 90 far there are only a thousand queues the less in Hongkong, and half that number the less in Shanghai. The fact is that the masses of the Chinese have not received any very convincing reason for depriving themselves of their most distinctive mark.

They are not conscious of being at a disadvantage in the presence of foreigners, nor are they moved by sanitary considerations. Wu Ting-fang's example is much more appealing, and may be followed. But the change is more likely to be a result than a cause of the elimination of the anti-foreign spirit. SIGHED TO BE ENGLISH. Despair of a Young Author Was That He Was French.

From the London Chrontele. Foreign critics of the English tongue are common enough; naturally a man swears by and in his own language. But there is one remarkable instance of a foreigner who practically died for English. This was Ymbert Galloix, one of the unhappy submerged of the Romantic movement in France. He came up to Paris from Geneva, was cordially received by Victor Hugo, Charles Nodier, Sainte-Beuve and the rest of them, who read, praised and criticised his verses.

But English literature was his dream and his ideal. He wrote to a friend from Paris: "Since I came here my unhappiness has taken five or six different forms, but the root of all my misery is that I was not born in England. England has everything life fifty of authors adventure at and least whose who books are full of imagination; in France there are not three." Galloix, when 22 years old, died of despair and want with an English grammar in his hand. IN KANSAS CITY FORTY YEARS AGO From the Kansas City Times, March 7, 1871. Until further advised Missouri pilots will please steer through fourth opening from north shore of St.

Charles Bridge. -C. Shaler Smith, chief engineer. Mr. Frank Drew and his company are at the Walnut Street Theater this week.

The following named boats will com. prise a tri-weekly line of packets between Kansas City and St. Louis: W. J. Lewis, Alice, Capital City and Mountaineer.

William Carroll yesterday applied for an 1 injunction to prevent Frank Frayne from opening the People's Theater, claiming that Frayne'8 contract with him had not been complied with. The case will come up for a hearing in In dependence today. Among the visitors on 'change yesterday were M. H. Baldwin, superintendent of the L.

L. G. Railroad; B. Peck, L. L.

G. Railroad; Major Beauregard of New Orleans and J. M. Ayer of Chicago. Persons wanting pure milk and fresh butter can be supplied at their homes at reasonable rates by applying to Martin Keeley, P.

O. Box 734. West and Bennett have an "Intelligence Office" under the Ferguson House at Twelfth and Grand. A complete record of all persons wanting employment and all persons wanting hands are kept by them. The resignation of Alderman McGee was accepted by the city council.

He bid the council an eloquent and affectionate farewell and "wished that they would live long and happy." ANSWERS In this column The Star cannot answer questiona about coins or give legal advice or private addresses. The names and addresses of persons seeking Information abould be given when addressing this department. is not wanted for publication, but as an evidence of good faith. Questions asked by the following are either indefinite or unanswerable in this column: Van B. See, Fred Swenson, D.

W. Maleney, W. E. Moore, E. S.

Gunn. Naturalization in Canada, To The Star: What are the laws gOVerning the naturalization Americans in quired Canada, as relative residence to 'botordenets intention of rebecoming British subjects can be declared? B. Minneapolis, Minn. Three years' residence is required in Canada before becoming a citizen, but the first papers can be taken out six after arrival there. Musicians in the Army.

To The Star: (a) Can a man enlist in the United States Army 88 a musician when he has knowledge only to read music? (b) Can a man use his own musical instrument in the army? (c) Does the heavy coast artillery have a band? R. Wellsville, Kas. (a) Yes. (b) Not in a government band. (c) Yes.

Leo Tolstoy's Book. To The Star: Is there a book published containing the beliefs and reforms of Count Leo Tolstoy? H. R. Colony, Kas. "My Confession: My Religion: The Gospel in Brief," by Count Leo Tolstoy, published by T.

Y. Crowell New York, N. Y. If a local book dealer has no copy of this in stock he will be able to order it. Klegg and His Pard." To The Star: Who publishes "SI Klegg and His Pard?" It is an old army story.

HARRISONVILLE, HEADER. "Si Klegg," by J. McElroy; "Si Klegg Thru the Stone River Campaign," by J. McElroy. Both of these books are published by, the National Tribune, Washington, C.

The catalogues do not list the book mentioned, but perhaps by addressing the publishers they can tell you whether such a book is published, as this company publishes this author's books. Paley's "Natural Theology." To The Star: Please tell me where I can get a copy of Paley's "Natural Theology." W. R. City. "Natural Theology," by William Paley, revised to harmonize with modern science, by F.

LeGros Clark, published by E. S. Gorham, New York, N. "Natural Theology and Horae inae," William Paley, published by the American Tract Society, New York, N. Y.

The Kansas City Public Library has the 1840 edition, published by Harper Brothers, which is now out print. Any local book dealer will order the above editions. National Banking System. To The Star: When was the national banking system instituted, and for what purpose? J. T.

Rosston, Ark. The national banking system was established in 1864 for the double purpose of creating a market for government bonds, made necessary by the war, and for furnishing to the country a supply of currency in the form of banknotes. By authorizing issue of banknotes secured by government bonds, the government was able to sell many millions of bonds when it was difficult to find any buyers for them. "Old Glory? To The Star: Upon what occasion and where did the United States flag first receive the name of "Old J. H.

Moberly, Mo. There is come doubt as to the origin of the name, "Old Glory," as applied to the flag of the United States, but one of the best authenticated stories declares that the name was bestowed in Washington a few months after the outbreak of the Civil War. It is said that a new and very large flag was being raised on the Senate end of the Capitol regiment of Massachusetts soldiers was, soldiers passing cried out beneath, the and flag one went of the up, "There goes Old Glory." The name caught the fancy of army and "Old Glory" soon became the common synonym for the flag with the troops of the United States. Doctor Tanner's Fast. To The Star: Please state the year and place that Dr.

S. H. Tanner fasted for forty days. What was the first food he ate? Please give a brief sketch of the case. C.

W. Juntata, Neb. At noon, June 28, 1880, Dr. S. H.

Tanner of Minneapolis, commenced at Clarendon Hall, New York City, an attempt to abstain from all food for 8 period of forty days. It appears that there had been some controversy between Doctor Tanner and Prof. W. A. Hammond and other members of the New York Neurological Society oli the subject of the length of time the human system could endure total abstinence from food, and that the professor had made Doctor Tanner an offer of $1,000 if he succeeded in living without food for forty days.

This proposition, in consequence of a mutual misunderstanding, was withdrawn, and the doctor had been conducting the experiments alone. At the time of the experiment he was 49 years old and weighed pounds. At the end of the forty days he weighed 122 pounds. No mention is given as to what he ate after the fast was over, although during the fast he took water at intervals when his stomach was not too irritable to retain it. When! What?" B.

8. 0., Mulberry. "Who? When? What?" is published by William Beverly Harison, New York, N. Y. The Inland.

Mrs. G. L. Dedman, N. The Inland is published by the Alden Publishing Company, St.

Louis, Mo. Book. J. R. City: Book catalogues in the public library do not list a book titled, "Songs of the Sour Dough." When the "Rock of Ages" Appeared.

From the London Chroniele. Augustus Montague Toplady, whose biography is being written by Thomas Wright, is remembered today merely as the author of that world famous hymn, "Rock of Ages." This hymn originally appeared in the Gospel Magazine for October, 1775, and was prefaced by a ter. rifying list of the number of sing the average man may be supposed to commit during the course of his lifetime. "At 10 years old," computes the morbid mathematician who wrote the at. ticle, "each of us is chargeable with 036,000 sins.

At 20 with 630,720,000." And so on until at 80 the list stands at 2,552,880,000. Outdoor Shaves In Paris. Louisville Courier Pekin, Paris has street, or perambulating, barbers. They carry a littie box containing the usual outfit of the tongorial artist, and laboring men are their chief clients. They take their customers usually to the banka of Seine or other place aside from the multitude, seat them on the ground, cover their knees with a newspaper, and for a 8011 will shave a man, cut his hair and impart general smart appearance.

Money is scarce in the Old World and a little of It goes a long way. (THE Morning KANSAS CITY STAR) The Kansas City Times. WILLIAM R. NELSON, EDITOR AND OWNER. Address all Letters: THE KANSAS CITY STAR, KANSAS CITY, Mo.

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During February the paid circulation of The Star was as follows: Evening and Sunday (dally average) 170,395 Morning (dally average) 169,856 Weekly (average) 266,169 TUESDAY, MARCH 7. LEADERSHIP. The Kansas house voted yesterday, against granting another conference committee on the Public Utilities Bill. "Let us stand firm," the house members were told, "and the senate will reconsider its action." The house has been excused for a good many things it has done this winter, on the ground that It lacked leadership. But if it had been following the leadership of the railroad attorneys and other corporation lobbyists it would not have acted or voted differently, yesterday.

CONGRESSMAN CAMPBELL. announces that he is going to Canada to study trade conditions at first hand. After which he will return and vote with what's left of the old House machine. SINGLE TAX. An Oregon objector to the theory of the single tax, signing himself "A Farmer," writes to The Star that railroads and other public utility corporations should be taxed.

The single tax propaganda, like every will eventually be passed upon other theory of governmental people according to its merits. That is to say, the final judgment upon it will be based upon an understanding of what it is. The writer from Oregon evidently does not fully comprehend it. The doctrine of taxation of land values includes the taxation of franchise values and other privileges which grow out of the same conditions which make land values -the presence of people and the Industry of people. It happens, too, that railroad rights of way, terminals and like equipment of all franchiseusing corporations are actually land as well as constructively land.

There is no attempt made here to state all there is to the single tax or to declare in favor of any of it. Merely, the purpose is to correct one obvious error which has been directly brought to attention. THE standpat statesmen in 1 Topeka find that "revision of taxes downward" 1s a lot easier on the stump than it 18 when they control the legislature. UNDERWOOD OF ALABAMA. With the exception of Champ Clark of Missouri, the man likely to achieve greatest distinction as a result of the overthrow of the Republican majority in the House is Representative Underwood of the Ninth Alabama District.

As chairman of the new ways and means committee, Mr. Underwood will have charge of the tariff legislation, which will be the most important work undertaken in the extra session. The sittings of this committee will begin almost immediately, and the bill it frames will be known as the Underwood Bill. Underwood is serving his ninth consecutive term as representative. He 18 a native of Kentucky and an alumnus of the University of Virginia.

His home 1s in Birmingham, one of the biggest industrial centers of the where protection has become largely "naturalized," in spite of the traditional hostility of Democracy and its Solid South to the doctrine. Because of his constituency, including many interested in iron and steel industries, there has been considerable speculation as to the kind and extent of revision Underwood may favor. Heretofore the leaders of Democratic tariff legislation have not fared well at home, if the case of Roger Q. Mills of Texas be excepted. Morrison, Springer and Wilson suffered political reverses.

But times have changed much even since Wilson's time. The people want tariff revision, and the demand is no longer confined to the Democratic party. The man who leads in that direction 1s likely to fare much better at home or at large than have Payne and Aldrich, who, though having constituencies too strongly Republican for reversal, suffered rebuke for their standpat policies in defiance of party pledges. SPEAKING of the New York legislature's failure to elect a senator, Governor Dix says: "The constitutional duty 18 plain." Coming from the meek Mr. Dix, this may be regarded 0.8 Strong Language.

IF IT COMES TO A CONVENTION- If it should come to the pinch the Senate would probably rather submit the than proposed submit senatorial to mandate election ment a states to call a convention to consider and propose such amendments as such a convention might choose to favor. With the unprecedented Invitation that such a convention would offer, doubtless numerous amendments would be proposed to that body. It is recalled, for instance, that the session of Congress in which the original amendments to the Constitution were considered had submitted to it 145 amendments, 103 of which were formally submitted by states. Out of this number the frat ten amendments to the constitution were submitted and ratified. Even as late as the Forty-ninth Con-forty-seven amendmenta were proposed, and in the Sixtieth Congress thirty-six amendments WHEN DANDIES WORE CORSETS.

Extravagant Fashions Prevailed When Raleigh Was A Courtier. From "Beau Brummel and His Times." When Queen Elizabeth succeeded her embittered and melancholy half sister, dress reasserted its importance at court, and the Spanish fashions Introduced by Mary's husband were discarded in favor of the modes in vogue with the gallants of Italy and Venice. The Elizabethan elegant was a wonderful vision in his exaggerated ruff, his Italian doublet and fine leather shoes, and it is said that Lord Leicester brought into favor the wearing of long stockings to set off his fine legs, of which he was childishly proud, Corsets, too, were worn by these court dandies. Even Sir Walter Raleigh was a corset wearer, and so girt in was his walst that it rivaled that of a slender girl. When James came over the border, the couScotland, not abandon this disfiguring custom, which any king more of a man than James would have discountenanced.

INTRODUCING MR. FREDERICK W. LEHMANN. Sam G. Blythe In the Saturday Evening Post.

"There on a hillock thou mayst sing unto a handsome shepherdling," says Robert Herrick, giving the cue for a lyric. If the muse could have been searching for subjects while gallivanting around the hillocks of Prussia, along about 1858 or 1859, she would have had a shepherdling to sing about who was for at that exact moment Frederick W. Lehmann, shepherdling, was shepherding his father's flocks with one eye on the sheep and the other on his primer, wherein he carefully conned the alphabet. We have had numerous solicitors-general in this country--President Taft once held down before, so far as I can learn, have we had a solicitor-general who learned his alphabet while a shepherd boy in Prussia. Lehmann was born in Prussia, but was a shepherd boy there for only a brief period; for his father emigrated to Ohio.

Undoubtedly the alphabet young Lehmann learned in Prussia was the Prussian: alphabet; but soon after his arrival in Ohio he learned the Ohio alphabet. Since which time said alphabet, when combined into words of short, medium and long degree, has been of much service to Mr. Lehmann and has conveyed much information to his fel. low citizens. You see, this erstwhile shepherding developed into a big man physically and a bigger man mentally.

He may be described adequately as a large, rectangular person, stuffed with exact information from top to toe. There may be some subject about which Lehmann is not informed and precisely, but if there is it is too far over in the back of the book for anyone to know enough about it to question him on it. It seems that when Mr. Lehmann started out in Prussia to educate himself he further decided that he would make a thorough job of it; and he has done 50. He was in Prussia in 1853 and twenty years later he took 8 degree at Tabor College, Iowa.

was merely the beginning of the education of this big man. He studied law, practiced in Nebraska for three years and then returned to Des Moines, where he remained until 1890. Meantime he proved himself 8 glutton for information. He absorbed knowledge about all sorts of subjects; developed into a great speaker; developed also a literary turn--read libraries through remembered what he read. When he went to St.

Louis in 1890 he at once took front rank in the bar of that city. Lehmann is a Democrat. While he lived in Iowa he took an interest in politics that varied with the occasion. Sometimes he merely looked on, reserving his comments for his intimates. At other times, notably when he helped elect Horace Boles governor of Iowa, he jumped in, took the stump and fought the issues with such big Iowans as Dolliver, Cummins and Allison and the rest.

And he kept them busy. When you call Lehmann a Democrat you merely apply a general political classification to him, for he is entirely independent in thought and action. He is a sort of combined conservative and radical, believing to some degree in centralization, in thorough accord with administration's policy toward Industrial combinations, but differing other esentiala of policy. When he ac cepted the appointment of solicitor general he took the first, political office that he ever a manysalaried, sided personality. If he wants to make a man his friend he makes that man his friend, but if he desires a man to remain as a mere acquaintance that is the best one can do.

It he wants neither friendship nor acquaintance he has a way of impressing that fact on those he meets; but when he makes a man a friend he keeps him always. His versatility is astounding. He can discuss any topic within the range of the usual understanding and can go further and talk learnedly of abstruse psychological or economic problems. He was the chairman of the committee on the congresses of the various learned bodies that came to the St. Louts World's Fair and also of the committee on anthropology.

His first argument in the United States Supreme Court--the solicitor general is the official who attends to the business of the government in the supreme court- -was a revelation. He spoke for three hours In one of the trust cases, presenting the government's contention lucidly, learnedly, profoundly, citing opinions, giving references, and never used a scrap of paper or a note of any kind. Next to the law his chief interest is books. His diversion is the collection of first editions, on which he is an authority, as he is on bindings. helped put down the old guard in Missouri Democratie politics, supported Governor Folk, and on occasion did not hesitate to uphold Governor Hadley the Democrats -Hadley being a Republican.

Peter Grimm and Old Lady Mary. From the Drama tie Mirror. A dramatic critic points out the resemblance between "The Return of Peter Grimm," Belasco's new play, and "Old Lady Mary," a story published in Blackwood's Magazine January, 1884. In Mrs. Oliphant's novel, an old Dutch lady of A character very similar to Peter Grimm returns to straighten out the chaos in her household, details of the chaos coinciding with situation the in the play.

Lady Mary, like Peter Grimm, sueceeds only in communicating with the world through a child. Except for an alteration of Hex, the characters the two are said to be practically identical. CASTORIA Bears the signature Chan. H. Fletcher In une for over thirty years, and The Kind You Lave Always Bought -Adv.

BRET HARTE KNEW BETTER. But a Typesetter Put Twenty-Four Packs Up "Ah Sleeve. From the Boston Herald. Everyone familiar with Bret Harte's "Heathen Chinee," written in the early '70s, at the time when the feeling on the Pacific Coast ran hign against mild-eyed Celestial, and, volcing that feeling by portraying the hero, if such a term may be applied to "Ah Sin," as a crafty, card cheating villain who outwits the sharps of the Callfornia mining camps. The poem was written while Bret Harte was employed on a San Francisco daily, and, to him, was merely a part of day's work.

It tells of a Chinese, Ah Sin, who "with a smile that was childlike and bland," sat In a game euchre with "Truthful James" and "Bill Nye." At a crucial point of the game the artless Chinese plays the winning card, "which," says Truthful James, the narrator of the catastrophe, "the same Nye had dealt unto me." Whereupon Truthful and Nye proceed to "go for that Heathen Chinee." The damaging evidence disclosed by their rough and searching investigation is told as follows in the poem as it was printedinitial publicatiorinted ever the In his sleeves, which were re long, there were twentyfour packs: Which is coming it strong, but I state but the facts. In this form the busy Bret Harte let the proofs go down to the printer and it was not until some time later that he recalled having overlooked error in it. He hurried down to the press, but already several hundred copies had been struck off and were distributed about the city to the morning subscribers. Bret Harte, attaching no importance to the fugitive verses, which had merely oozed from his pen the afternoon previous, made no effort at correction then. When, however, the Eastern press enthusiastically copied It, and publishers and illustrators rang all manner of comic on it, he tried to substitute the correct phrase, but without avail, and "The Heathen Chinee" has persisted in its original form through numberless editions ever since.

What Bret Harte wrote was: In his sleeres, which were long, be had twentytour jacks. Now, in the game of euchre, as all card prayers know, the jacks are of great value and the stuffing of numberless his flowing sleeves, as the poet intended to sing, showed great astuteness on the part of Ah Sin. The uncorrected error of the compositor who set up "packs" instead of "Jacks" still left enough of sense to pass muster when embodied between the contexts. TRAIN BIRDS TO FISH. The Hound at the Water In the Chinese Cormorant, The Rev.

Julias Saunders in the Pathfinder. Without exception consider the cor. morant fishers as the most unique and interesting sight I have ever witnessed in China, after a residence of nearly Lwenty-five years. Chinese have a great partiality for fish; fish and fowls are practically the only source of meat food they have. Their fish are almost invariably sold in a live state, kept tanks of fresh water after being caught.

A Chinaman considers the European and American custom of keeping dead fish, either with or without ice, for a considerable period before cooking 88 disgusting and dangerous to health. Notwithstanding the teeming population of China the rivers and canals are usually full of fish. Many methods of taking them alive are in use, but the most novel is that by means of cormorants. The cormorant is an awkward bird closely allied to the pelicans. These birds are admirably built for rapid swimming under water.

They are slim in front like a boat, their web feet are very powerful, and under water they even use their wings a8 cars to help them, so that they can overtake all but the very swiftest fish. They can also fly well and they are among the few web footed birds that can perch firmly on a limb. The Chinese fishermen take the cormorants when young and teach them to fish. A metal ring is placed round the bird's throat. This is large enough not to choke the bird and small enough to prevent him from swallowing a fish when he catches it.

When the birds are well trained, they do not need the ring, 88 they are as faithful and obedient as the finest bird dog. The fisherman operates on a raft or float made bamboo. His sit along the cage. as sober as deacons, squawking complaining, but not tempting to escape. On their names being called out by their master they dive into the water and soon return to the surface with a fish in their mouth.

Retribution. Heine. Strange, the three greatest adversaries of the emperor have already found an awful fate. Londonderry cut his throat; Louis XVIII rotted on his throne; and Professor Sealfeld is still professor at Gottingen! GOSSIP OF SOCIETY. Miss Constance Kienzle will entertain Thursday afternoon with a 1 o'clock luncheon in honor of Miss Marguerite Robins of Toronto, Canada, guest of Miss Catherine Gregory.

Mrs. Gilbert Colgate of New York and her daughter, Miss Elizabeth Colgate, left yesterday morning for the Grand Canyon after a visit of a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Sherman R. Hall.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koehler, have to Hot Springs, four weeks' stay. Mr. William M.

Reid and Mr. L. R. Moore will return this evening from 8 two weeks' fishing trip in Florida. Miss Myra West, guest for the past two weeks of Miss Mamie Crowe, left Sunday for her home in Toledo, 0.

Miss Hattie Shields of Richmond, was the guest of honor last night at an Informal luncheon given by Miss Sara Wingate. The rooms were decorated with bouquets of pink carnations. There were twenty-six guests. Miss Adelaide Boarman of Texan kana is visiting her sister, Mre. Richard Keith, and at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Koehler. Miss Denzel Stonebraker entertained yesterday with surprise luncheon party in honor of the birthday anniversary of her mother, Mrs. H. M.

Stonebraker. The table held a lovely mound pink roses and violets. The place cards were water color sketches of hats filled with violets. The guests were: Mrs. Edwin W.

Zea, Mrs. J. E. Simpson, Mrs. R.

I. Gregory, Mrs: John Waite, Mrs. Wyan Nelson, Mra. John Dickson, Mre. C.

5. McCoun, Mrs. Fred Kastor, Mrs. G. Pitts, Miss Mary Hyer.

Mrs. T. J. Beattie left Friday night for a two weeks' visit in St. Louis.

Mrs. J. B. Robinson, 1215 East Tenth Street, will entertain this afternoon with a bridge party. Mrs.

John T. Woodruff of Springfield, her daughter, Susan, are spending the week with Mra. A. F. Brand, 2405 Linwood Boulevard.

The former students of Christian College, Columbia, will give a o'clock luncheon Thursday at the Hotel Baltimore in honor of Mrs. L. W. St. Clair, president of Christian College.

The marriage of Miss Margaret Perrin and Mr. Raymond Thornton Walker took place Saturday afternoon at the home ot the bride's mother, Mrs. Anna Perrin, "Valley View Farm," near Independence, Mo. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. L.

J. Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Walker left for their future home in McCook, Neb.

Miss Mary C. Walker, 3867 Holmes Street, will leave this morning for Des Molnes to visit Mrs. F. P. Fries, formerly of Kansas City.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Richmond, 26 South Drury Avenue, announce the birth, Monday, February 27, of a son to whom they have given the name, Earl Frank. Miss Marie Heeren, 3624 Olive Street, has gone to New York for a week's stay.

Girls Given a Chance as Well as Boys. From the New Orleans Picayune. Brookhaven, girls' canning club is to be organized. The plan was originated by Dr. S.

A. Knapp of the Agricultural Department, Washington. The club is to be patterned somewhat after the boys' corn clubs. Owing the late beginning only tomatoes will be used this year, but afterward it 18 intended to extend the operations of the club to take to all the vegetables which may be canned or pickled, as well as fruit. The girls will superintend the growing of tomatoes and will do the canning.

The Department of Agriculture will furnish instructions for cultivation, labels for the cans and will send an expert in canning to give personal instruc tion. Should there be any difficulty In disposing of the product Doctor Knapp will attend to its sale at market prices. He Named Botany Bay, From the Boston Transcript. Sir Joseph Banks was the man who invented the once familiar phrase, "Botany Bay." He was the botanist attached to the expedition of Captain Cook, the "Australian Columbus." LandIng at this bay, close to the present city of Sydney, he found such an abundance of strange plants and flowers that he associated the word "botany" with it for all time. For a long time Botany Bay and Australia were synonymous In England.

Sydney has spread out to the historic bay, and you can travel by tram car to "Botany." It was Sir Joseph Banks who made the kangaroo and other Australian animals known to science. Lowest Prices- -Best Pianos Judge By Comparison Jenkins's dependable, equitable, net ONE PRICE, NO COMMISSION PLAN of selling pianos provides for every customer an instinctive feelIng of confidence. To be impressed by its manifold advantages, the careful buyer has only to compare it with the methods of marketing pianos wherein the prices are juggled and jockeyed, and wherein the same statement relative to the price and quality of a piano is scarcely twice made. Our plan is just a clean, decent, straightforward way of selling pianos; one lowest cash price marked plainly on every instrument and that price the same to everyone--that's our way of doing business. Most piano dealers sell the pianos they MUST SELL.

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Necessity chooses the other dealers' pianos; merit alone: chooses ours. Every Plano we receive is Inspected rigidly. If it does not come up to our high standard, we will not accept it. Manufacturers know this and are especially careful about, goods that they send us. Our freedom of choice and our expert knowledge protect the customer.

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