Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-30

confueius . Humorist - Essentially .
self-Made Man Remarks Upon His
Death h Concerning the Halo Ger
man SeIf-Taught"-Not q Linguist.
Young Historian - Confucius was the
[atinizei name Of q king Of Chinese
| tumorists whose name was really
Keing-fu-tse. This name translated
means Reverend Master King. He was a
great man, and many of his sayings have
been embalmed in history and handed down
TO the present time. His style of humor was
Of the profound variety, but his style Of pen
manship was like that Of +. E. Spinner, who
| lid some paragraph work at one time for the
treasury department Confucius is said TO
have been kind Of Chinese Moses, and peo-
pie who knew both Of these gentlemen say
| that they had many strong personal charac-
| teristics in common.
He was born in Loo on June 10, ISL B. C.,
and when he went back there once to lecture,
after he had become a great man, he had
only g. 80 in the house. His old neighbors
said that he had been very much overesti-
mated, and that they knew him when be was
. boy.
Confucius lost his father at the age of 8
years, and so had TO rustic for himself, as he
says He was essentially q self-made man,
and never wore suspenders, even in the best
society He wore a style Of dress which has
since become very popular in China, con-
sisting Of wide pantaloon and oolong cutaway
coat His complexion was a little on the vel
low order. and his eyes were similar to each
other, though little inclined to sag at one
corner He became a school-teacher in the
graded school at Loo, and carried cold fried
pork and rat sandwiches for his dinner.
Confucius was a great man and the leading
humorist Of his day. He published small
paper at one time, doing all the typographical
work himself with a marking brush. His
signature was a marvel OF individuality and
looked like the footprints Of a kangaroo that
had been scared out Of q mudhole and lit on
pillow-sham-
But death has claimed him Like the man
who had done his chores and elected the cat
and blown out the gas, be lay down to enter
into the dreamless sleep which comes alone
10 those who have done their work well Not
in the midst Of clashing arms, beneath the
clouds OF war, amid the shouts Of victory
and frantic wells of defeat; not on the rough
frontier with his boots on, or in the hospital
chased by the phantoms Of delirium trernens
but in a calm and dispassionate manner, Con
fuc;us accepted his doom The Chinese
papers very trufhfully said: His death ha,
cast gloom over our Land and filed q long
felt want
REPLIES TO oTHER INQUIRIES.
James-The halo which you say you see in
so many pictures Is not worn at the present
time anywhere. especially in this climate. In
the early history Of the world people went
barcheaded, then they began 20 wear ths
halo. and after that gradually adopted tbs
laurel wreath. and later on the plug hat
People seem 10 have grown less and lev
| robust As the country grew older and civiliza
ton advanced farther and farther. A cberut
would iy for days with q pair OF light sum
MGR wings and never feel the cold but gradu
ally people began 10 leave their measure a
the orchard for fig leaf clothes, and then ib.
next jump was cbess-protectogs and fur over
coats Its all habit
ORourke--Gernan Self Taught VIII cos
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