Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23

usual intelligence and ability, who was
highly respected by the citizens of the
community: He was equally adept in
or selling a yard Of calico says Captain
j. L. Straushn, the present coroner Of
S Soldm f1iana &c county; o. who was a boy
Even at that early day the elder Hanna
held advanced views on protective tariff.
frank speech, as well as many other strong
characteristics. We're inherited by his son.
Mark. as he was Familiarity known to the
THE general store which DIR. Hanna con-
Quoted ftourished to such a degree that he
moved his family into a. large one-and-
voted ~ space tn business purposes. About
this IT,. Mark began going e school. He
/ shall never forget our sports and the
One day, in the old log school house.
which stood where the Central school now
stands. the master gave us a difficult prob
lem in mental arithmetic. 1t went the
rounds of the class without being answered
peated the problem. and Mark listened
with his usual close attention. When the
master finished he said:
We'll, / can do that on paper. but 1t Is
too hard to solve mentally
But the scheme didn't go. and Mark
However, he was unwilling to let the
matter drop. and at recess several, OF US
boys got fogether an. sMHhan Mark took the the
ss-iio opNOh wa sAO
given US and changed the figures. We
then filed up to the teacher and told him
We ~ had had a ut little s, problem 2 m in nn mental so' nri'hm nmd
Mark read his revised problem. The teach
er looked wise. adjusted his glasses, and
asked to see the paper on which the ex-
ample was written.
that isn't mental arithmetic pro-
tested Mark.
figured long and hard. but could not get
the answer. and sharply ordered US all
out of the school room.
'Of course, we were tickled beyond meas
ure over the lesson Mark taught the mas
ter. who never again gave us such Il prob
lem.
II remember very distinctly an old boat
owned by Colonel Harper. a veteran OF the
war of ISL It was operated by a hand,
To nave fun with that ancient boat We
were about the age when young girls had
the other boys spent all their spare change
ii. renting 1t and taking their girls out to
ride. One time We appointed Mark zap
boys took turns at the wheel. Mark shout.
ed his orders in great shape. and would
flop the rudder as he directed A conten-
ton sprang up among us on account OF the
captaincy. which some of the boys GOV.
eted. Mark readily gave up his post and
rev captain unfortunately ran the boat
aground. which resulted in a spirited re,
beilion Of the crew. and Mark was restored
Mark was a sturdy boy ard of keen
foresight. He was never known TO whim-
per when he was bested. He took his
medicine silently and bravely. but with
a stern resolve to wait for an opportunity
to get even. which he invariably did.
Several years ago Hon. Marcus a. Han
IA. as our boyhood friend is now known.
brought his family here on a special train
and stayed several days. visiting the
scenes of his happy boyhood days; the oi6
the cemetery where many of his ancestors
him-weli. II you want to find stanch Hanna
,-G Hso frioLnry hut hero whPra we KNOW
him-well, If you want to find staneh Hanna
men. lust come to Lisbon"