The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-20
BILL NYE'S LETTER.
HIS REPLIES TO CORRESPONDENTS
WHO SEEK ENLIGHTENMENT.
CSnfucius . Humori>t - Essentially .
Ssif-Nsde Man Remarks tpon His
Drsth Concerning the Halo Ger
man >eif-Gaugkt"-Not linguist.

Death Concerning IN. Hal" Ger
man >sif-rsught'-Not Iingui,t.
Youns Historian - Confucius was tbs
LtiniaNi name Of a king Of chinese
hunnriSts whose Mann Sas rally
Kens- This name translated
means Reverend Master King He vas q
great man, AMI many Of his sayings have
bsen emtalnssi in history AMI hanl.d down
b the present time His style Of hunor WAS
Of the profound variety, but his style ii Isn-
man>hip WAS like that Of T. T. Spinner, who
dill s,ne paragraph work at on time for thu
treasury department.. tonfucius is said b.
have t.sn a kinl II Chimes, Mos.'>, ami PEG
pie who knew both II thsse gentleman say
that they hal many strong personal rhsrac-
t.risths in common
He MAS harm in La, on June - 81 II. C.,
AMI when he went hack there once Ia ls'ture,
after he hsd lscous' "a great man, h. hal
only pa, in the housr. His obi neighbors
sail that he hal l.en very much oyeresti
i.r.i,Si, and that they knew him when he was
hoy. q
confucius hist his father at the age Of 3
year, AMI 81 hal Ia rustic for himself, as hl
says He WAS essentially a self made man
and never wore susl.niers, even in tho best
ss,iety He wore "a style IL dress whih has
since l.cone very popular in China, con.
sisting Of whie pantaloon and along GETAWAY
coat. His complexn,n was little On the vel
low orkr, AMI his eyes were similar to each
other, though u little Inclined to sag at one
corner. he isamc a s.'hooltac. in the
graded sshonl at leo AMI carried cold friesi
pork ami rat Sandwiches for his dinner.
ConfW'ills WAS great nmn ami the leading
humorist II his hay lie published small
paper at one time, doing all thctypoGraphical
work himself with marking brush His
signature MAS u marvel of indN duality am,
lo1ksl like the footprints IL a Kangaroo that
hal l.pu sar,si out of u mlnihule anil lit o,
pillow sham
hut death has claimed him. Like the man
who hal done his chon> AMI elected tho cat
ami blown cut TIM gas, he lay down Ia enter
into the 'rcamhSs sheep which comes al'sw
10 these who have done their work we'll Not
IN the midst II rashing arms, i~ncath the
clouds If war, amid the shouts If victory
AMI frantic yrlls II defeat; not IN the rough,
frontier with his boots on ar in the hospital
chased hy the phantoms IT ,lcllrium trrlnrns,
but in calm AMI dspassionate manner Con
f,pius acrpt.L his donm. The Chinese
PAPERS very tiuthfully said: Ills death has
cast u glnm over our land and iillsl long
felt want
REPLIES tn OTHER INQUIRIES.
James The halo which you say you s3 In
80 many pictures is not worn at til" present
time anywhere, especially in this climate In
the early history of the word people went
barrheaici, then they rgan "a wear the
halo, ami after that gradually adopted tho
Laurel. Wreath, AMI later on the plug hat
Peoph. s,sm IA have grown less AMI les
r,b,rA as the country grew older and civilixa
tion advanced farth,f and farther A cheruh
wouhi Nv for days with pair If light sum
ner wings AMI never feel the cold, but graih.
ally lss,," lrgan 10 leave their measure al
tn orchard for fix leaf clothes, AMI then th,
next jump was chestprots,tors ami fur over
coats It's all habit
ORourkc "t;erman Self Taught" will cc~,
you y cents Yon could then learn styk
Of German that would aid you in absorbing
beer but yen couldn't enter the hest society
IN Germany and entertain tagging sa,iabl,
very we'll Still, most young lnoplc in the
United States who learn German do NJ not q
much for the plrpose of ronvrrsing with
other Germans but mostly in order to nstonisk
their parents who do not generally speak
German fllmntly. Nothing ran Ia more en-
tortainine IN a fansily than an accomplished
young la,ly who can toy with eleven German
words, AMI who insists On doing ~ in IN,
presence II ,elf-nlmle mrn. II you want :,
pleas, self male man talk b. him freely IN
your cigarIox Spanish ~ manglewurnl
kindergarten German 1t will generally
tickle him almost IA death II Is also very
entertaining To u real Herman. ! do moi
s,sak the ,'c,rnn language myself. That is
not with pur" accent People who heard
me- talk It would discover at once that I wa,
not native of Germany am not n lineuisi
In the strictist s"n,r of the term. ! have
tried il some, hut find that | can tN sui
Gcicntly duh in my own language. Bill Ny,
IN Chicago News.