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fornia pioneers who gave him stuff for
the Golden Era. back there in Frisco, in
the old days. when he was in his early
twentieS
Thomas Hardy is there with his chill
dren-poor Tess of the D Urbervilles,'
Jude the Obscure" "A Group of Noble
DANES: Under the Greenwood Tree"
and Far From the Madding Crowd
Austin Dobson is in line with his Nan
kin Plate and "Old Sedan Chair" Let
us hope that another generation will roll
around before he realizes the fate pic
tured in these lines of his:
Il shall not see the morning sky
| shall not hear the night wind sigh:
] shall be mute as all men must
In after days
Others who. will reach their SEVENTEEN
milestone in the coming year are:
Lieut. Gen S B. NJ Young L S A.
who worked. up to the second highest
rank in the army from the grade of
private in a Pennsylvania volunteer resi
ment during the civil war
Maj. Gen. Joseph P. Sanger. L. s. A..
veteran not only of the civil and Spanish
wars. but of the anti-F'enian expedition
OF &c. the Whisky Riots of II. the
railroad riots of -. He studied law while
in the army, was admitted to the bar. and
took the census of Cuba and the Philip
pines.
Maj. Gen. William A. kobbe L. S. A,
y veteran of the civil and Spanish wars,
and former military governor of Mindanao
and Jolo.
Rear rals-Mahan-author, former
president of the Naval War College and our
delegate to The Hague peace conferences.
Cromwell--civil war veteran and lately
commander-in-ch of the south Atlantic
squadron. Howell-who fought through
the civil struggle and commanded the
northern patrol squadron in the Spanish
war: Andrade-a native of Mexico. VINO
entered our navy through the Engineer
Corps, and who did active service in both
the civil struggle and the brush with the
Dons.
John Lamb, member of Congress from
Virginia, now serving his sixth term in
the House. He became the main support
of his mother at fifteen, studied engineer
Ing at night, became a Confederate Off
Ger, sheriff. surveyor and legislator.
And poor CarlOtta. ex-Empress of Mex
leo and princess of Belgium, Will, If she
lives until June 4. receive the septua-
genarian's crown In the madhouse where,
still unmindful of her beloved MaXimil-
ian's tragic fate, she has languished all
these years, near to Brussels and to the
gay Belgian court.
Then we have quite procession of
notables who are waiting to pass the
hree-quarter-century mark in 1910. They
are:
Pope Pins X, born just a quarter cen
fury later than his predecessor.
Hetty Green, queen of finance. and
same fortnight with Mrs. Green, for one
week could not have stood the strain of
yielding two such geniuses.
Alexander AgassiZ, great naturalist and
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ably be some time before it can be es-
tablished. 1t is one of the crying needs
of the empire. and would be of enor-
nous good. not only to the government,
but to all industries"
will you ever have postal savings
banks?''
Not soon. But 1 should like to see
them established, and they are bound to
come. They are invaluable in the teach
ing OF thrift, and in making place for
the small savings of the people. With
a stable government such institutions
will be very popular, and they would
enormously increase our national wealth.
They would make us the richest people
of the world. for our savings depositors
would be millions in number. / should
like to see industrial banks. such as the
Japanese have. established in China, and
we shall probably have agricultural
banks
How about your new coinage?"
There is a movement on foot to stand
uniform coinage, and it is bound to
come"
the tael?''
Most probably the dollar. Many of
our people have come to know that coin
fairly well, and we like the decimal sys-
tenn upon which it is based. l think it
is better than the tael?"
will China ever be on a gold basis?''
In time, yes: but not soon. / should
like to see all of our finances managed
on the gold standard.
How about the new bank notes which
are being issued in SO many parts of the
empire? Are they properly secured?'
Il think they all right now" re-
piled the Chinese financier. Such notes
as are already in use are safe enough,
and have no doubt but that they will be
60 f~,- 10 n
them a dangerous medium of exchange,
however, and / can easily ina CINE condi-
tons which might arise in connection
with them which would create great
financial d sturbance and possible loss.
Your excellency was among the origi-
majors of the new education? You es-
tablished the Nan Yang College at Shang
HAL and the Chinese University at Ten-
tSn. Has modern education come to
stay?"
Undoubtedly so. The Chinese classics
are of great value in training the mind
and soul; but as far as business matters
are concerned they are ethical rather
than practical. ! want the classics kept
in our schools. but / think the modern
sciences should supplement them
How are you training your own chill
dren?"
II have two boys who are learning
English. They are now going to the col
lege here and / shall send them abroad.
to Europe or the United States, as soon
versities of those countries
'Whom do you think is of the most
value to China, the man trained at home
along the old lines or the one educated
abroad?"
IL think both kinds of training are nee
essary. They are both needed to make
an all-around man, the man of business
and the man of morals. and, in short.
the best man for u.s.
X \
At this moment the champagne was
brought In, and with 1t came the red
visiting cards OF some Chinese OFF,
Gals In high society here the entrance
of the wine always means the close of
an interview. and when your host asks
you to drink you know that the time
has come for you to depart. For this
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Owned largely by Sheng.

aid in the construction The first roads
to be built will be trunk lines, connect
ing the chief centers of population. We
must have them on political grounds, as
we'll as for business development. Rail-
roads are military necessity to the new
place she should have in the far east and
the world. We need a strong central
government: and to that end must be
able to send troops from one part of the
empire to another by rail- on teegraphlc
notice. After we have once built our
trunk lines, branch lines and feeders will
rapidly follow. The traffic will be large.
and the roads will soon become profitable.
AS soon as our people realize that money
can be made from railroad enterprises.
there will be no trouble In raising the
capital necessary to carry them on. so
far they are new thing to us, and as
we are conservative people, we are eau
Your excellency was among the first
to advise the government that it should
secure foreign capital for building IFS
railroads, were you not?'
Eyes. But that policy became unpopu-
lar The cry Of China for the Chinese,
and for the Chinese alone was raised.
and for awhile our people were inclined
to build everything with their own money
and to accept no help from outside. Inc
cost OF railroad building. however. is SO
great, and our people understand it SO
little, that they hesitate to invest. and
are now coming to favor foreign loans.
And. indeed, / still believe in foreign
loans for railroad building" continued
Sheng kung Pao. II think it will pay
us to borrow the money. and let the
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and his wife, and his relatives and
servants. All are beautifully furnished,
and some have a great framework in
front of them, over which mating can
be stretched I'm summer to shut out the
sun There Is no sign of the poverty
which We associate with the ordinary Ce-
lestial. Sheng belongs to the rich. and
like his class, he wears satins and vel
vets and entertains in great style His
butler always has champagne on tap,
and among the dishes served at his feasts
are pigeOn-egg stews, shark fins and
brds'-nest soup. the latter costing sew
eral dollars a plate.
II was in the finest of his buildings
that his excellency received me. 1t is a
combination of Chinese and foreign archi-
lecture. built of gray brick, three
stories high, and of vest extent Pass
ing through a wide hall | came into a
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thor of the Battle Hymn of the Repub-
lie poet. aboiitionist editor peace agi-
tator. womens suffragist and Unitarian
minister. She was lately at work upon
a new poem.
Age ninety-two-Maj Gen. Samuel
Gibbs French. c. s A.. who was in
Grants class at West Point and who was
lieutenant in the Mexican war
The Earl of Wemyss and March. who
this month came down 10 vote on the
budget. lie married the second time
when eighsy-two.
Age ninety-three: John Bigelow. editor
of the New York Evening Post over six
ty years ago; who was consul to Paris
during the civil war. and minister 10
France under Johnson and Grant: who
has been turning out books continuously
for ffty-seven years, and who last month
carved the family Thanksgiving turkey
Sir Joseph Hooker. surgeon and natural
list. He was elected president OF the
Royal Society thirty-eight years ago, and
visited US in 1877.
Bishop Thomas Bowman OF the Methy-
dist Episcopal Church. the oldest Ameri-
can bishop and eS-president of De PAW
University. who was chaplain OF the
Senate while Lincoln was President
Age ninety-five-Dr. James = Hep
burn. who compiled the first English die
tionary Of the japanese language and who
translated the Bible into Japanese. He
and his wife celebrated the sixty-siNth
anniversary of their marriage. ! had
letter from him some weeks ago written
in firm hand.
Age ninety -eight-Brig. Gen. Daniel TT.
Rucker, L. S. A.. father-in-law of Gen.
Sheridan. He was born before the war
of 1872 commenced. and remember
back to the time of the battle of Water
loo. He was commissioned a lieutenant
in 1881: was captain in the Mexican war.
and was a brevet major general at the
close Of the civil war. He retired twenty
years ago. and has been an officer of
the regular army continuously, for nearly
seventy-three years. He is not yet mark
ing time, but still marching.
And now for the centenarian grade
that Of the great-grand old men of 1910
Age 1O1-Rev Sedgwick w Bidwell.
dleburg, y. Y. On his Tooth birthday.
this year he preached sermon of TWEEN
ty-five minutes duration at the church
in which. at the age OF ninety. he had
completed his active pastorate after six
tysiX years in the ministry. He is re-
ported to still walk three miles daily.
rain shine. to read and write with
ease and to have voted in every election
since he was eighty. he has held pastor
ates in twenty-five towns of New York
and Vermont has officiated at $40 we'd
dings. has conducted loo funerals and
has preached 10000 sermons. He remem-
bers the roar of the artillery at the bat
tie of Plattsburg. i'll 1914. when he was
nearing his fourth birthday and every
man who ever held the Office of President
of the United States, except Washington.
has been alive within the span of his
years. JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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China back of it, and the interest is alb
solutely secure
But. l understand you want to borrow
some millions of dollars to extend your
steel works at Hanyang, and that You
are asking the Chinese to put up the
money. Why do you not go abroad for
loan of that knd?"
I'VE do not think 1t advisable. Similar
obligations which we have entered into
during recent years have caused inter-
national trouble. The men who borrow
the money, in case of dispute as to
the settlement. are likely to call in the
government to which they belong to en-
able them to bring things their way. and
that without regard to justice or right.
The mortgag cling of private enterprises
and public works has, in certain cases.
given the control of such works over to
the foreigners who made the loan, and
that We cannot permit. We feel that we
and that In the present condition of af-
fairs 1t is not safe for us to go out
side for capital SO secured
Your excellency is connected with the
Imperial Bank of China? Is that gov
eminent bank?'
No. 1t is a commercial institution,
with headquarters at Shanghai and
branches at Hankow and Picking. 1t
has a capital of 100000 taels, over
half of which Is paid In. The only gov
eminent bank we have is the HUI Pu
Bank, which has its headquarters in Pc
king. and branches scattered here and
there over the country
''Will China ever have national bank
ing system, such as Japan or the United
States?"
Yes. think so. although 1t viii prob
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reason my last questions were rapidly
put:
What does your excellency think of
the new constitution? Are the Chinese
prepared for it,
Not now. perhaps, but they will be by
the time ii goes into effect. We are 10
have eight years of education, and At
the end we shall have new China.
will you be able to wipe out the opium
eyil?''
Yes. But its abolition must be grad
ual. The confirmed smoker cannot give
up the habit at the wink of an eye. Some
may J. able to stop. but others will
hold on till their death. 1t is only from the
young that we can expect much as To the
abolition of opium The custom is al
ready considered disgracefil, and ii we
can keep it SO, we can get rid of tile
evil
How about foot binding"
That will go, too. The better class
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court, over which, on framework of
poles. mating was stretched. This was
surrounded by rooms, most of which are
intended for receptions.
The servants led us into large parlor.
furnished in Chinese style. Heavy chairs
of black wood. inlaid with mother of
pearl and wonderfully carved, stood
against the walls. There was divan at
the back, and In the center of this a low
table, upon which two guests could rest
their elbows as they sat there and chat
ted. There were Chinese paintings on
the walls and here and there shone out a
beautifully written text Of the Chinese
classics In the center of the room
was a table. This was Of carved
teakwood. 1t had no cover, but. with
view to my reception. it was set with
refreshments of various kinds. There
were cakes, fruits and candles. and other
dainties were brought in during the au-
dence.
l was able to meet Sheng Kung Pao by
an Introduction frum DR.. John c. Fergu-
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women have stopped binding the feet of
their children The custom begins TO be
unpopular | have no bound feet i'm my
household. and / am glad to say that the
day has come for the bound foot to co.
At this point We had already taken
crowd of Chinese callers waiting outside
and / knew it was high time to leave
AS | rose his excellency again gave me
his hand. saying he regretted he had not
had a chance to ask some questions Of
me- and that our whole conversation had
been taken up with his answers TO que
ries of mine.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER
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THOSE Who Viii. Become
! Septuagenarians, Octo-
genarians and Nonagenarians
in Coming Year-Milestones
of Worlds Rulers and Mas
ter Thinkers - Those Who
Will Become Ninety With
Florence Nightingale; Who
Will Reach the Eighty Mark
With Emperor Francis Jo-
seph and President Diaz, and
the Three Quarter Century
Mark With Pope Plus.
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roads earn the interest. The situation in
regard to such loans has changed during
recent years. In the past the roads were
mortgaged as security for the bonds: but
the government is now guaranteeing them,
and the roads. to a certain extent, are
free from such membranes. A guar
antee by the Chinese government is bet
ter than that of any railroad. 1t has all
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that saw
which once limited
mans life span to
three score years
and ten has lost its
w | t C h c r a IT, it's
baneful suggestion
that used to cause
III ore premature
deaths than the
white pla que So
those who come to
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that its people are naturally fitted to be
the chief industrial nation of Asia.
| here referred to the new railroads
which China has projected, and asked him
II their construction would be pushed He
replied: I'VE intend to build new. rail-
roads just fast as we can. We need
them, and the imperial government re-
allies that fact, and will do all it can to
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Couldn't Qualify.

From Brooklyn Life.
Knicker-Jones could never be states
man.
Bocker-No, instead of finding an old
messmate or old sweetheart in town he
would find an old creditor.
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And now we come to 191O's list of can
didates for the Temple Of the Grand Old
Men-those who will become octogena-
rians within the year now so near at
hand. They are:
''Francis Joseph /, Emperor of Austria,
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COMMITTING About His
~ Banks, Railroads and
Steamships - He Discusses
the New Steel Industry and
the Railroads-Talks About
Opportunities for Foreign
Capital and the New Banks
and Bank Notes.-The Favors
the Modern Civilization, and
Says Opium and Foot-Bind-
ing Will Be Abolished-How
the Richest Man of Asia
Looks, Acts and Lives.
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Copyright. 1902 +: John Elfreth Watkins
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HAVE just re-
turned from an in
tervieW with one
of the richest and
ablest men of all
Asia. | refer to
Sheng Kung Pao,
the Pierpont Nor
gan of China: and,
/ might say. the
Rockefeller as we'll.
Sheng is worth his
tens of millions.
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Like Pierpont Morgan lie started life
rich; and, like him. he has multiplied his
inherited fortune MANIFOLD All his life
he has been the organizer of great enter
prises and today his financial fingers are
mixed up III every profitable undertaking
on this side the globe, lie owns rail-
roads factories, mines and steamships.
lie has a steel plant six hundred miles
UP the Yangtze kiang. which is CAPT
taliZed at S15,0t0.Nn. and has mountains
of iron and great beds OF coal not far
away 1t was Sheng who had much to
do with organizing the telegraph for
China IL was he who built the railroad
from Hankow to Picking. and he got the
concession for the Americans TO con-
struct road from Canton to Hankow.
Sheng kung Pao Is one of the leading
officials of this empire He succeeded Ii
Hung Chang as the government minister
of commerce. and he Is now the vice
minister of the imperial board of COM
munications. He is also a chief owner of
the China Merchants Steamship Com
pany. and is largely interested In the
Chinese Imperial Bank He is by all
odds the best financial authority among
the Celestials, and his ideas as to the
present conditions are of great value.
II was at Sheng kung Pao's home that
i met him. This is in section of Shang-
hal where the land is so valuable that one
has TO almost plate IL with silver to buy
it. Sheng's establishment consists Of a
half dozen great buildings, any one OF
which would be mansion in Washing
ton or Chicago. Its grounds cover more
than ten acres and are surrounded
by walls so high that you cannot see
over them. Wide drives lead through the
awns and the whole is kept like park.
One OF the buildings, devoted to Sheng
business offices, is as large as that of
government department. Among the 9TH
are residences occupied by Sheng
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At this moment the champagne was
brought in, and with 1t came the red
visiting cards OF some Chinese Off
Gals. In high society here the entrance
of the wine always means the close of
an interview. and when your host asks
you to drink you know that the time
has come for you to depart. For this
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-16
COTTON, LIYEA I HOME
Commissioner Schiller Does Not Agree Win
U.S. EnlomoIoglst as 70 Fate Of Staple.

From the Baton Rouge State.
Times we learn that Col. Chas.
Schiller, Of the Department Of kg-
riculture and immigration, does not
share the gloomy REV Of the cotton
outlook that Or. L. Q. Howard, Of
Washington. takes.
Commissioners Schiller may pos
sibly give ont i letter 70 correct the
impressions that farmers Of Louis
lana may have COTTON from Dr.. How
ards statement.
Dr. Howard IS entomOlogist of
the United States Department q
Agriculture, and N . talk the
other day practically advised the
abandonment Of the cultivation Of
cotton. Col. Schiller does not think
that cotton should be abandoned, but
that the farmer should raise enough
to live at home, and adopt modern
methods in cultivation.
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Enthusiastically an artist. At first one
feared she would overdo-perhaps
she did, a little-but her work inc
proved with the development Of the
plot and she finished well in front OF
all competitors for hiatrionic honors.
A little too fin for . modest South
ern girl IN the fist act and unable to
weep we'll At any time, she is, never
theless, conscientious, her work in
tense and yes, artistic; 8 little less Of
the panther in moving about, Miss
Tower.
Jno. Maurice Sullivan was strong
in the heavy role Of Steve Hoyle,
Chief Of the Red Clan. His work
was as natural as the part permitted,
and his scenes with Miss Tower were
the strongest in the play.
Jno. 4. Doyle did some splendid
character work as Dan Wiley, a
mountaineer. One Of bis speeches is:
HELPS afIoat and the rivers risin'
Preachers drunk and no BAPTISM
And he gets away with that
naturally.
Frank Patton as John Graham,
former chief Of the disbanded White
Clan, was acceptable. though not
startlingly impressive. His stage
presence is pleasing and bis reading
is By no means bad, but he does not
seem TO immense his personality as
deeply in the character as he might.
Guinio Socola showed TO excellent
advantage in the small part of Rev
erdy Johnson, his only opportunity
coming in the court scene-in this
he was very impressive.
Adell Barker as Aunt Julie and
Arthur j, Pickens as Isaac A. Postle,
her husband, did some very clever
negro character work.
The Traitor is a strong melo-
drama with an appeal to the South
ron which is ~irrestible. and It IS
practically certain that good audi
ences will witness each of the FIVE
remaining performances. + will be
here the rest of the week with matt
nees on Friday and Saturday.