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HOW THE CHINESE
DISCOVERED US

Harper & Brothers have announced that
their new Encyclopedia Of United States
History covers the history Of our coun-
try from ass a. ID. 10 1902. Some or their
correspondents have been puzzled by the
hTst date, AS, aud have written to inquire
what portion OF American history vas no
gun at that remote period. This is q
natural inquiry, say the publishers as
many people are not aware of the weU
authenticated early voyages OF Buddhist
priests. made by them in their pious eff
forts 10 obey the command or Buddha and
spread his gospel over All lands. Az tb.
route from Asia 10 America. along the
huI-le and Aleutian Islands 90 AIasl-s b.
OBVIOUSLY practical one. it Is oss,- ~
Dei.eFe me records or early Chinese his
..oFleal documents which describe -l;cb 3,
tourney. especially as these documa1fe
arc confirmed b. the CONSISTENTLY dfs,ov.r,,i
wonders or American antiquities. A chi
Ae-e buddhist missionary. Hui Srau o.
-aD1l' mas l'it q narrative IN Chinese his
,oIy OF MS voyage 20 the land OF Fusar,
,Ae name by which 30 appcars rhs+
america was known 10 the Chimes a.
interesting account OF Hui Shen is ro,,,.T
I'D inc Encyclopedia. contributed hv tb.
laLnoAs Orientalist. Professor John Frv4-
oil me University OF California Who b.s
made omcial trauslations OIL fuuurl.,.,t,f.
Chiuese documents
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WHAT MAKES A BOOK POPULAR?
BY ARTHUR E BOSTWICK
Chief Of the Circulation Department the New Yorl library

the makeup Of the literary quality Of
book
elins story for paroy euent
Undoubtedly
largely toward the
about or @ they have demand that
Tar exceeds The supply The VITA it,
Some Of them scarcely literature our
ahead
am not one those who
rry 1t should exercise our ac-
ton writers owe aebe
the literary
One important no doubt that
many more people readers
twenty BY
books moth possible
this any proof OF degeneration On
an uplifting The people
Jean L9oey and the Duchess twenty years ago
a al
During public for books which have
e only the element popularity undoubtedly
lie as whole beginning environment have had
time to DO their work
literature in ~
Perhaps whic
successful book
h assurance
highest Efforts OF them win goodBo
While
newspapers
II most
and 14.uo,
e have perhaps usually fad of tbe mo-
mnt Very assure them lasting
popularity Il6y is fair heydey
there $ rarely called
I'M an
contains element and lands
It is OF branch
York Library thirty copies
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-11
WHO ARE OUR ONE
HUNDRED AUTOCRATS?
BY ANNE O'HAGAN

One hundred American ar{stocrats TO
meet Prince Henry. one hundred Of Am
erica's royal minds TO greet one repre-
sentative OF Europe's royal families. And
length OF pedigree 10 count for nothing.
What length viii they substitute. tEen,
the busy gentlemen who have the oner-
Gus duty OF corTaiing the aristocrats for
the banqyet?
How are they going to judge greatness?
VIII it be by the poets standard. all can
didates to be chosen BY the linear meas
Urement Of theis locks? or will It be By
the wrestler's. every aspirant FOR a bite
at the MONDAY meal with his standard
Of length in reach?
Perhaps the length Of what is vulgarly
yclept wind" must determine greatness
WIN the unwearied teHers OF anecdotes,
the unquenchabIe traders Of jokes. the
indefatigable relaters Of "reminiscences.
be the chief guests2 VIII il be Mark Twain
~ mood Of garrulOus recoIfections. or
CH-"-Icey Vi. Depew. that admirable re-
positoTy Of humor, who VIII sit by the
prince and show him what Americans
can produce in the way OF raeonteurs
when she tries2
In seeking for a standard Of greatness
viii length Of mUsJaches count for moth
iag2 VIII the fierce mustaches OF the
West, the dropping ores Of the south. be
uarepresertede
VIII the prince be permitted to return
TO his fatherlaud without knowing. If not
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IF ALL THE SHIPS.

II all the ships ] have at sea
Should come a-sailing home 20 me.
All. we'll, the harb9r could not hold
So many ships as there would De
II all my ships came in from sea-
II half my ships came home from sea.
and brought their precious freight 20 mo.
All. we'll, ] should have wealth as great
As any king who sits in state
So rich the treasures that would he
In half my ships now out at sea
If just one ship I have at sea
Should come a-sailIng home 20 me.
Al, well, the stOrm-cIOuds then might
frOwn.
For IL the others al went down.
Still rich and pr0uG and glad I'd BE-,
il that one ship came back 90 me.
If that one ship went down 81 sea
And all the others came TO me.
Weighed down with gems and Scdith un-
told.
With glory. honors, riches. gold.
The poorest soul on earth I'd be
II that one snip came not 20 me
o skies. be calm, o winds. blow free
BLOW all my ships safe home 20 me
But if thou sendest some a-WtagI.
To never more come sailing back.
Send any-all. that skim the sea
But bring nay IOye-shlp home 10 nc.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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provide the best facilities for the
spread of knowledge and the educa-
ton of the youth.
This has been due TO the liberal
spirit of most OF the leaders OF public
opinion who have been taught that
an enlightened public is more To be
depended upon in the crucial hour
than one IL which the majority is ig-
nOrant
1t IS scarcely necessary to present
any further argument for the i'm
ProvemeRt of the public schools Of
the National Capital The institutions
for the education OF American youth
in this city should be types for the
remainder of the country. I'm the
campaign FOR the greater Washington
nothing better can he done for its
Inauguration than the upbmlding Of
the system that teaches the young
idea how TO shoot.
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does not anyway matter Of but little conse-
qucnCe-
MIR SINNERS alleged remark concerning Gotham rec
oon has caused Of Chcago distinguished
10 arise in all the might pen say the
recognition of metropolitan city an actor
ewing to the fact that what transpes big
known and read Of all This supe-
ror acmen Of the critics hcaregoers any special local
y since in these latter days rapid transit the great
dramatic and under equally favor
able conditions in all the able men
and competent judges metropolis Francisco St
Louis. Washington Philadelphia Boston Ptsburg Detroit
Chicago of dozen quite capable OF
passing judgment upon a play New York
The people OF these cities and inte
gent and their critics in many those OF Gotta
am and thus the fiction Of Gotham reeogni
uon fails TO the ground along many silly pre.
sions CT superiority The city larger than
other salt water develop special ability
exceptional critical talent.
in the Of Mr skinner majority Of American
stars. the recognition gave them stellar position was
gained elsewhere the long before New YORK.
discovered their Goodwin Sol smith Russell Miss
Narlowe Richard Mansfield Modesto. MIR willard
Miss Netnersole and host we're first given e
recognition that counts the New York
forced grudgngy 10 take them At seq
ond hand and make the best Of tardy appreciation
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the longest, coolest drink on the Western
continent, at any rate its eomsounders.
the men who, basing their claim to fair
renown upon the julep. calmly and Ger
tainly await the pIaudits Of the peopIe2
Shall Colonel Rieky, whose name viii live
when HamiltOn's is forgotten. be u1repre-
scented? Shall that great man whose
Mamie TAYLOR" is destined 10 De his
monument, De absent on this great occa-
sion?
Mr- John = Sullivan has had experience
in hobnobbing with royalty before now.
He passed unscathed and uuabashed
through interviews with the Prince o.
Wales What more fitting than that he
should be on hand 10 greet this German
royal personageg
Then there IS our other citizen who is
also familiar with royalty. Colonel Cody
Of the Wild West-the only Wild West
remaining 10 a degenerate age. alas,
And WOmen-are there to be women at
that alleged representative luncheon or
co its movers propose to omit them from
the American aristocracy Of brains? Is
the Prince to return to Germany without
ever having met that representative
American woman whose actions have been
the boast OF a whole organization OF rep
resentative American WOmen-Carrie Ma
tion OF the battIe-axg
But all Of these. after all. may make
way for aristocrats OF another measure
the aristOerats OF lOrg purse.
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product OF our own country. They are
impossible in London. ror the London
County Council has made it unlawful to
give pay entertainments On sunday. or
course. one could open a hall and pay for
its rent and lighting and invite an audi
encc to come to hear a recital. but unless
enc is fond OF this sort Of charitable work
it loses its zest by repetition
Neither am I in favor OF beating about
the bush. as you have to do at the Albert
Hall There the doors are opened freely
enough. but your seat costs YOU sizpence.
and thus tribute is paid and the County
Council winks at the evasion Of The law.
I have noticed among my listeners
and particularly this seasou-that they
are too busy TO bother with anything that
is not first class Mediocrity is their
abomiuation, and / am forced to do my
very best work at these concerts. popu-
larizing the best musical offerings have.
and az the same time Offering the most
popular Of cid songs. For the hearts the
thing. after all in our profession. and
not the head. and he who plays upon the
heart strings OF his hearers may leave
their intellectual strings 10 those in other
walks OF life The best IS none too good
for the popular listener. but De wants.
above every thing. a good ballad we'll sung.
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THE STOCK EXCHANGE THE
WORKNOMANS BEST FRIEND.
By Henry CLEWS, Of New York.

IT Is not possible to apply capital 70
the promotion and development Of
4 Industrial enterprises without bene-
fitting labor. That theorisn IS self
evident From this 70 follows that every
agency which facilitates such employment
Of capital. CT which adds CT finds new
opportunities therefor. is 20 The extent OF
its operation the worzinzman's bensfae-
tor
The agency which does all Of this in
America. affecting bcnedceutly every IN
dus.rial beginning ana development. is
the great money center Of che coantry.
the New York Stock Exchange. familiarity
spoken Of as Wall Street
L is the habit Of domagoguss 20 rail at
this inztitution as a mere gambling house.
The difference between whlch and Monte
Carlo is the disparity in AMOUNTS chang
ing hands
Nothing could be further from the fact
There is not in Wall street any blind
speculation on chance. except on the part
Of misinformed or misIed novices who
think that is the usual procedure.
The same keen judgment and insight
into affairs which makes the merchant
buy supply Of Java coffee when he be-
heves prices TO be at their lowest prompts
the buying Of stocks on the exchange
when they show a similar cpportunlty
The same close bargaining th4t obtains
IN cattle market. anC which makes sales
and circu!ates money through a medium
OF that sort. is practirsd in Wall Street.
but on scale incomDarabIy vast.
Were the coffee merchant OF the Illus
tration non-ezistant where would there
BE- employment for the hands on the plan
tation and for all else who handle that
product before it reaches half a million
breakfast tebIes2 Were there no cattle
market. how could The labor and care Of
raising live stock find its recompense2
Were there no New York Stock Market
no Wall Street. how could De collected
the capital necessary for the great indus
trial operations which have made this
country the paradise II labor?
From a wilderness tbs land has grown
into country OF vastly developed pro
duction in a remarkable sAor- tine. Its
civilized millions axe living in comfort /
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Spud8er Fails to Score
BY D. Il. TALMADGE

Il have about decided. my dear" said
Mr. Spudger. seating himself at the
breakfast table and separating himself
from somewhat ponderous sigh. that
ny stomach trouble is caused by bread.
The bakers stuff we have been usinz
white very appetizing and al that doubt
less contains alum or some other deleter-
ious substance. which is responsible for
tie various agonizing sensations expe-
rienccd in that portion OF my being COW
cred BY the bosom CT my shirt. I am feel
ing miserable this morning, positively
miserable"
He'd he stated that be felt otherwise than
miserable. Mrs. Spudger woaid have been
moved. AS IL was. she only glanced at
him YEARLY from the corner OF her eye,
and continued to pour the coffee. Then
she glanced at the bread plate
Il baked yesterday" she continued. sig
niacantly
You dide" Mr. Sprdge- brig tened.
What good thoughtful. observing little
woman YOU are! have for weeks been
hungering for homemade bread-honest.
Pure. healthfuI stuff. with a nutlikc flavor.
/ hesitated 20 mention 81 because / dis
liked TO add TO yoa- burdens. my dear.
You have too much 10 DO as it Is Ah-h,''
He Juttered a slice Of the bread ana
took large E1ouJhiul
This is more like 81. decidedly more
like IT, Hcw blessed is De whose wife
can make bread like this, II is really
sGpcrlcr 90 that my mother used to-"
"Is it really deare" Mrs. Spudrer's
face ciowcd with pleasure. "I'm so glad
you think SOL"
lit IS. indeed. Neither 100 light nor too
heavy No yeasty taste. No suggestion
OF dyspepsia. JUST right I'll take an
other slice"
You'll have to harry" warned Mrs.
spudger. largely from fierce Of habit. cor
ycuu miss the car"
She was not eatinzl go absorbed was
she ir Mr SDudger's mood OF satisfaction.
"Bwa-bwa- Dwo. - said ne. his mouth fuI
OF bread lie looked at his watch. ana
arose hastily AC The door be turned. Il
must have one more slice Of chat bread
} can cat il between berc and The corner
Il should have mentioned. dear" -irs.
Spuaser smiled uP N lin. that hadn't
very good luck vita ny baking yesterday.
10 wasn't Gt 60 eIE TINS is hg-17's bread.
the same old bakers bread thought"
But lIr sru5ger had dopa-,ed. leaving
the SLICE half huttcred upca the table and
she continued Gazing Eer breakfast. 10 the
accompaniment O. her own ,;lEiiug laugh
ter.
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The Clifton children. WHO are an interesting feature
Of The Night Before Christmas company this week at
the Academy, are legitimate children stage. They
come from long ancestry actors. Little Emily who
for three feature Of Aces" has very
pleasing high sister Alice sings with
particularly good erect Home they bring
tears to in their audiences.
An interesting fact about this singers IS
that the latter are the author
the song John Howard Payne and memory cherished
family
Bedni juggler who soon figure on one Of Manager
Chases bills Of vaudeville good deal OF al
tenton IN number Of throughout the country on ac
count Of an apparently insane desire depart this life
Bedni was in Washington last September with a bur
ieque company that occupied the stage and during
the eng2gement the ugger made wager-reaI money figured
~ the cealthat he would be able
thrown tor Of the washington Monument on
fork securely fastened his by Of harness
Bedinl and number OF friends interested acGuant-
aRces lrdseo over 10 the Monument morning
and after considerable practicing with thrown into he
Just the who he sphere from
MonUmen about enter the
Of the park policemen that ball ever left the in
terror OF the Monument both he and Bedn placed
under
Thus wen panHed press story nipped in its very
Heplec but with the coming Of Bedini may
be revived
The the $ fact that Bedin Is ae-
tuay aDe 20 accomplish the fes-suyway, he caught
Monument
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THE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS.

The scboolhoUse is at the very
foundation of intelligent and pro
gressiye government The fact has
long been realized by those men
whose study of the body polite and
its peculiarities Is more than super
fetal For this reason. the recon-
mendation of the District Superinten-
dent Of Public schools that certain
defects in the local system of public
instruction be considered and RENE
died must receive attention frcm the
authorities who have in charge this
branch OF municipal administration.
The advance Of the American Re
public has been due go the average in
telligence Of It's citizens. America
has always been a powerful advocate
OF the Development Of the mind in
every community of the Union OF
States there has been a tendency to
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When Alice Goes to Court.

] When Princess Alice goes TO court.
Dressed in her crimson robes. I
trow
They may be glad who gather there
To give the Western GirI a show;
And We that have the pride Of kings
And bow 10 Eone that tread the
earth
We VINO shine but for what we do.
Since we are al OF royal birth
May be assured that all tae world
Shall hear fair and proud report
in re the Daughter of the West
When Princess Alice goes to court
They say that she win have no
crown
Al. but they err. for she win wear
The fairest. proudest crown Of an
That may bedeck the proud heads
there;
Upon her brow TIRE dialem
OF Liberty VIII lightly rest,
E-rOblius and distinguishing
The royal Daughter OF the West.
And thrice shall he be houorc6 who
Extends his arm fer her support,
Though scion Of q hundred kings.
When Princess Alice goes TO court
Row pitiful viii they appear
among tho lesser subjects there
VINO eagerly have welded for
The foolish titles thar they bear.
she. radiant Daughter q the West.
Shall stand before them free and
proud
4 cynosurc FOR all while they
Remain uEaoticed in the crowd,
And Ne that are as kings UncroWued.
BY birth required 90 report
TO God alone. may point with pride
When Princess Alice goes 10 court
Chicago Record Herald
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where a Few score or Indian trib.s dwelt
in savoSe squllor
Even she demasosze who lcves his rink
az Vail Street viii admit that be rail-
roads have been the chief factors of this
rspidity Of 5evcIopment They have made
it possible for the farmhouse % a. raised
on the prairie and lhe town aad tho f8c-
tory 10 be reared near BY Every add
ton 90 railroad mileage has meant AMI
means not only employment for builders
and operatives o. thc road. but for more
and more farm ard factory HANDS ana Tor
All who supply their physical and intel
lectual needs in every conceivable line.
Wen Wall street huut TIE railroads.
is bGiIdins the raiiros5s. aud viii cor
tinue 20 build Tho railroads. WITHOUT 81
the stocks could DOT BE- sold. the bonds
could not be negotiated. the capital eoald
not be put tssether sad applied
That one argument should be enough
70 silence the man who rails 20 what he
calls Wall Street stock gambling. Bat
every great Industry can be Shown to be
not only Indirectly through the railroads.
but directly indebted to Wam Street tor
its very being And e. IS history IA
Wall street. on several occasions. - ed
the nation from banl1rpp tcy-
II Is true. however. that speculative
syndicates sometimes get control % a
stock to boom or depress ID. through the
market. as suits their design Pauics en-
sue. perhaps. man's all is lost in an
hour. But this is the accident. It is not
the rule Il is akin to the disaster which
occurs when a balloon is over-inhated-
when sbiD IS scuttled az sea An TN
natural artificial condition has been
created, inviting misfortune Those who
did not see the peril. or those who played
with it, perished-
Panic. disaster and al ifcIaI conditions
are not the way Of the Exchange. It's
way is 10 a6ord facilities for buying and
selling large stock properties. and it IS
vel known by all economists that in
bargain and sale both sides may gain.
This is the least fact to be considered
in the matter Of Wall Streets beuehcent
eject upon labor. but even il is worth
a thought 10 the uuthiniling who cali the
Exchange a place where men get rich
who neither toll nor spin
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IconOclasts in Boston are now try
ing to prove that there was not such
/ vessel as the MayAOwer. This is a big
pill for the descendants OF the Puri-
tan eoIonists 20 swallow. and tbev
are not likely 10 take it without con
siderable making Of WY faces It is
claimed also that the first landing was
made. not at Plymouth. but at PROV
incetOwn. and that whatever the name
Of the ship was. IL was not Mayaow-
erin fact, that nobody knows what
it was
II is stated in support OF this dis
trsssing contention that in the ac-
counts Of neither smith. Bradford. nor
Winslow is the name OF the ship
which brought the colonists men
toned Governor Bradford calls the
two vessels which sailed from South
ampton the bigger" and the -isser~
ship The small ship is called by his
nephew the '-SpeedweM. while the
other is named the "MayfoWer-" but
so anxious are these Boston people 10
upset the traditions or their fore
fathers that they declared that the
nephew mixed up a voyage OF the
Mayhower in 1929 with that in 1920.
How they can be so certain about the
mistakes or a man who lived nearly
500 years ago is not explained.
Anyhow. they seem TO be convinced
that the first colonists Of Massa-
chUsetts were brought over by a
nameless ship. which landed nowhere
in particular. without any stern and
rockbound coast or any forest gloom
TO make &c picturesque. The informa-
ton is calculated 10 bring woe TO all
the Unreasonable people who have
been treasuring furniture and books
and clothes and things which came
over in the Mayhower, TO say moth
inE Of the bones Of ancestors who
were supposed 10 have made that
historic voyage 1t viii not be half
so picturesque TO say that all these
things were brought 10 This country
in some ship or other. al some time
or other. nobody knows exactly when.
Exact truth is death TO tradition. but
il does seem as If there ought 10 be
"a point at which TO stop this sort Of f;
thing.