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answer. The audiences seem to think
lhe5' must tolerate him and the candi-
date must pretend that he likes HIM
Sometimes however, the heckler goes too
far and comes to grief \ few nights
ago Il burly citizen took on the lob of
heck.ins Sir William Bull, the tory cam
didate for Hammersmith in London. Now
eif ma m IS a muscular person himself
anu Whiie ne is pretty goodna tured
there IS limit to his patience He
answered good humoredly until the heck
Ter asked him if it We're not true that he
was lying attorney" and then he took
OF MS coat in q very IeiSurely manner
Jumped off the cart from which he was
speaklng and punched the heckler's head
Slf william was returned few days
later by humping majority
Lloyd George nearly had an experience
with an election crowd which might have
prevented him from figuring again as
chancellor of the exchequer. He went
to Grimsby, seaport in the north VIII ere
they don't like the Germans, and have
no use for pro-Boers, Lloyd George
was during the South African war to
speak on the night before the polling
there. He spoke all right, because the
liberals knowing their townspeople, man
ned every door of the hall with a large
force or strone-armed supporters. who
saw to it that none but tried and trusted
liberals entered the building. BY the
time Lloyd George began to speak some
thousands of Grimsby electors, who were
sore, Dotn mtntdily ana physically. We're
assembled outside the hall, and they were
calling on the chancellor of the ex-
chequer to come out and decorate the
nearest lamp post. Under the circum-
stance it was deemed advisable for Mr.
George to climb out through back
window of the hall. while a big force of
police kept the crowd back from the
doors. and walk for half a mile along
an open sewer. until he reached the town
fire station, where he was pulled over a
wall and smuggled into motor car
which took him out of town by unfre-
quented streets.
The chivalrous British elector doesn't
confine his attention to men alone 1t
Is the custom for women to canvass for
their husbands and friends during election
time. and this year there have been at
least three cases where women were seri-
ously injured by missiles thrown at them
by supporters of the man they were
opposing. OF course, a candidate thinks
nothing of few handfuls of mud
dozen or so ancient eggs or a few de-
cayed vegetables. They are al. in the
days work.
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Too NobIy Honest.
fsx/oUR old-fashioned American bus

fkx/OCR oid-fashioned American husi-
ness man is too nafvely honest.
said Upton Sinclair in an address In New
York, Ito fight these trusts.
I'm his naive and noble honesty he
compares with these abominable trusts
as the Maori compares with his British
conqueror.
"A certain Britisher was talking to
Maori chief who had been taken prisoner
after a fierce engagement.
But. chief, said the Britisher. you
had command of the Waikato road last
week Why didn't you go for our am
munition and provision trains.
'-fhe chief gave a loud. scornful laugh.
You fool he cried, If We had stolen
your powder and food how could you
have fought us?'"
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science fund We would have extinguished
the national debt long ago"
great many of the letters accom-
panying the remittances are preserved,
and the lifting of the red tape of the es-
municationS. The ma jority of bona fide
conscientious correspondents either give
no explanation content themselves
with very brief statements of the reasons
for the return of the money. without
attempting the task of working on the
feelings of the treasurer. The contribu-
tors are chiefly those who have defraud-
ed the government While acting as its
agents and officers. or who have evaded
the internal revenue taxes on customs
duties. The men and women who have
only gouged the government slightly gen
orally are heard from after a revival of
religion in their immediate neigh Dor
hoods. They feel that in order to get
squarely In the right and narrow road
they must make good their little steal
Treasury doesn't stand in any pressing
need of these contributions has got along
well without thenl-yet they are accept
able and fill the heart of the treasurer
with joy to know that the world is get
ting better
Many of the letters on file are from
jocose correspondents. who have not
scrupled to make light of so serious a
matter as to address to the treasurer
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briefly explain why it is there. I have
part Of the time with rank which entitled
me to two servants. / drew pay for two,
but actually had but one. 1t was the
common practice of officers to do this
and the paymasters were well aware Of
it. l entered the army poor and sick-too
poor In fact, to get along well without a
clear conscience
Another writer says: Years ago a sum
of money was left in my hands belonging
to the United States. with an order rom
the department to which it belonged to
retain it until payment should be asked
by the department. This requisition has
never been made, and probably never will
AS the property is not mine, l sent it,
with interest-S127.5 90
1t can hardly be said that this restitu-
ton was dictated by conscience as the
writer would have been justified in re-
tanning 1t, having received instructions
from the government to do So An official
stated that 1t was related of Mr. Lincoln
that SUM was left by the government
in his hands when he retired from a no.
sition as q county postmaster" MANY
years afterward demand was made for
1t, when he promptly drew forth an old
stocking from his desk and delivered I'm
the exact sum in the very pieces of coin
received by him years before
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.'~>-..ter III. Inc cape is a long one fan
ing to below the knees and naturaI,,
made Of some waterproof material ~.
opening is a diagonal line from the nant
70 point on one side. So that when the
cape Is opened wide enough to permit
the reaching of letters in the bag which
is fastened inside the folds fall in such
a way as to keep the rain out. A stra .
along the edge forms sleeve effect and
a diagonal opening on the other side lets
the other arm through. Such a cape of
course, may be used with satisfaction by
package carriers generally or by mes
senger boys.
Maud-So the soprano of your church
choir threw over the bass for the tenor.
Esteile-Yes; she thought the tenor was
more Observation-Disclosures Transcript.
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Described.

. OBERT w. CHAMBERS was congrat-
~ ulated at the Century Club in New
York on the success of his last novel.
''Difectness,' said Mr.. Chambers. lis .
factor in a novelist's success. Every nov.
elist before launching into ten pages on
a sunset should remember the man whose
little boy said:
Papa. what is descriptive writingr
Descriptive writing the father re-
piled. is that part Of the story which
every one skips.'"
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part in adding to the pile Of
money in the United States
~ Treasury.
The history of the technically
called conscience fund" is not without
interest and entertainment The account
was opened. according to the officials of
the Treasury Department, in September
1911, the first contribution being a sum of
less than one dollar forwarded to the
treasurer by a resident Of New York
state. \ record was kept of the matter
but it was many years before another
conscience-stricken individual exhibited a
disposition to swell the sunni fact, it
was not until 1S61, soon after the break
ing out of the rebellion. that there was
received $1,000 in bonds, accompanied by
q statement that the sum had long been
due the government and was prompted by
This. Il is said, gave the fund
lis name. 1t has since remained open,
and the amounts received are covered into
the general Treasury as miscellaneous
receipt, and may be used like other assets
OF the Treasury for any purpose that
Congress may deem proper.
In 1911 the fund had less than 81; in 1870
i had sWeled To S2.n3fT.J5. and has in
creased each year at the average of S2,tSo
Remittances are received almost weekly
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SELF-WAITING TABLES.
Series of Different Size Tops Re-
yolye INDEPENDENTLY.

It was particularly for use in quick
lunch cafes that the sef-waiting table
shown in the Illustration was invented
by Missouri man. The table has the
double facility of affording a space to
lay the dishes on sale and a place 10 eat
on. AS will be seen 1t has three tops
the largest beneath, and each of these tops
is SO made that 1t revolves independently
of the others. On the two upper tops
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LETTER CARRIERS CAPE.
Protects Both Man and Mail From
Rain or Other Bad Weather

Most people sympathize with the letter
carrier on blustery, stormy days, sbut an
Illinois man put his sympathy TO a prac-
teal purpose and designed a cape which
will protect the mailman I'm the heaviest
rain. Besides protecting the man it will
also keep the mail dry, and it is so CON
structed that he can deliver he letters
without uncovering enough to let the
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than President Taft and dispatchng his
business almost as promptly. He used
the telegraph for his business CORE
spondence The reports from his officials
were sent in by wire and his answers
went the same way. He was daily re-
globe the news Of the Associated Press
coming to him before it went to the
newspapers. He worked at his CORE
Spondence with a stenographer. and had
his translators, who gave him extracts
from the foreign papers in Chinese.
X X
He began to work at : o'clock in the
morning and seldom went to bed before
midnight He was particular as to his
eating, though he used simple fare. He
ate breakfast at I. luncheon at = and
dinner at niGhtfall. His cooking was
done by Picking chef, and he used chop
sticks. His work was thoroughly sys-
tematized, and he had enough time in
connection with it to carry on literary
hobbies and to make archaeological in
yeStiga tons.
Shortly before Tuan Fang was appoint
ed viceroy he made a tour around the
world, visiting Egypt on the way. He
studied the civilization of the Nile and
brought back tons of statues and half
dozen mummfeS. Some of these 1 saw
during my visit. well as other curios
and archaeological objects relating to
China, upon which he had spent more
than half a million dollars.
But let me tell you something about
these vice regal palaces. / have been
in many of them since L came to China.
Every viceroy has his official home
which covers acres and is composed of
enormous Chinese buildings with gardens
about them. In these palaces are hun
dreds Of officials and servants There
are soldiers and clerks and all the ma
chinery of government
The palace here at Marking is entered
by several gates, OH the walls near which
is painted warning to grafters. This
is in the shape of a hideous animal
forty feet long, with body as big
around as a hogshead and neck the
size Of my wrist. The head Is like the
body, enormous. The animal looks some
thing like hippopotamus, wi h the neck
of snake. According to the legend.
this beast once tried to swallow a great
quantity of silver, but it burst its neck
and died in the act. Its picture
is, therefore, placed at the entrance to
every viceregal palace to warn the
officers within against overextortion. 1t
is to let the viceroy know that il he
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empire, into disgrace. The plea for Yuan
Shin kai's abdica1ion was that he had
lame leg, and hence could not attend
TO his official duties. Tile cause Of the
dismissal Of Tuan Fang is that lie out
ragged the proprieties when he had charge
of the empress dowager's funeral al
lowing foreigners to photograph the pro-
ceSslOn, and also that he attached
heather telegraph wires 10 the heavenly
trees Of the Imperial cemetery Yuan
Shin Kai WAS the most able executive
China has had for years. Tuan Fang is
its ablest statesman. He might he called
the father Of the new constitution. and
he has been al the front in all sorts of
reforms. He is also q scholar along
many lines. In some respects he reminds
one Of Gladstone, in others Of Alexander
Hamilton, and again Of Schlieman. the
great Creek explorer. He is now in
retirement at Peklng, and viii carry on
his studies there
We Christians have no conception of
Chinese OF the ciass to which Tuan
Fang belongs We look upon the ceIes-
tai as Z curiosity III the geological gar
den Of International humanity. He is
sort of yeilow-shinned bird without
feathers, With eyes cut awly and 4 long
braid OF hair doHn his back. We are
told that I.e dresses in silk ana varies
MS diet ot rice, rats and cats with
birds nest soup and shark fms We
do not credit him with having 4 soul nor
WITH the same anp.tions and tastes as
ourselves. Tie truth is these people are
as human as We are and they think, acl
and feel III tie same way.
The Chinese are divided into al;
sorts Of classes There arc phiIanthro-
pists like Carnegie who start Libraries,
soup kitchens and hospitals Tuan Fang
IS one OF these. lie recently bought 4
classical library and built q home for II
in Marking. China has old milli0naires
who hoard their money like Rockefeller
and rich young sports who scatter IL as
did Hyde OF the Equitable Life lnSqr-
ance Company. II Hung Chang was a
hoarder. He built up an estate Ike
the Astors, buying corner lots in the
cities aud many square miles OF good
farming lands. His sons are rich ard
they take care Of their properties az well
as do tie descendants Of old John Jacob
the FUR Ieddier, who started the Astor
fortunes
Speaking Of ii. / met him FOR the third
+. time during MS latter days. when he was
NiCcro& ~ Canton. and as usual lie ask
cd me al sorts q questions. one
was As 10 just how much money ]
made Iii the newspaper business. | should
not like T. pub.isa my answer but
added ttat ] should b satisfied if at the
end ~ M life | could lay u one-iiftieth
II III, sum which ac was then credited
with having.
And bow mGch do your people say
ain WORTH said the great Ii.
1T ! reported that your eNcellencys
fortune : from fifty TO one hundred mil
hon gold dollars said j interro gatively
That is great deal OF money" was
Ii Hung Changs only reply
Wei. I esr ale bit feN m}.itimiliiOn
ares among these Chinese statesmen, but
T. ere some whose .ErtftIng -p.apgrtS
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MN II | MI,
lie biggest men OF
China are being
laid on the shelf.
Shortly after the
baby emperor came
to the throne the
prince regent and
his party retired
the great Yuan Shih
kai, and they have
now ordered Tuan
Fang. the strong
est Manliu Of the
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dishes of various kinds may be kept.
while the lowermost and largest top can
be used as the table proper The patron
of the cafe takes a seat at the table and
turns the others around until he can
reach the particular sandwich piece of
pie or other dish that he desires. Hot
dishes, of course, can be supplied at some
other part of the room, but for cold
dishes this table will answer double
purpose. 1t is all right as long as two
people do not try to get possession OF the
same piece of pie at the same time.
Henderson-Some men claim to under
stand women.
Henpeck-They are mostly single fell
lowS.-BoSton Record.
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in his various cities. Here at Marking,
he established industrial schools, COM
mercial schools and a school for teaching
silk culture. He had schools of law and
debating societies for the study of the
new constitution. He established all
academy for the customs officers and
there were meetings night after night
where the people were educated in modern
government. He reorganiZed the courts
the police and the prisons. He built
roads in the cities. and established fac
tories and industries He had one gov
eminent hospital which treated $40
patients day, and among the assistants
were lady physicians and nurses edu-
Gated abroad He sent Chinese students
to the United States and had a coeduca-
tional school in his own province. He
did what he cou'd to wipe out opium in
the Yangtse valley and had opium hos
pitfalls here and elsewhere. He did much
to push railroads. a line was construct
ed from the river to Marking and he
aided in building the railways northward
to Picking and Tientsin.
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the surplus went into public improve
ments and into the carrying on of re-
forms of this new Chinese movement.
The work of this man is an evidence
of what is going on out here in what is
supposed to be the deadest country of the
world. Tuan Fang yanked up the dry
skeleton Of Chinese conservatism and put
on it the flesh and blood of our civiliza-
ton He organized all sorts of reforms
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Rowdyism at English Meetings
Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
LONDON, January 81 1910
K7OW that the English elections are
M nearly over it may seem pretty late
in the day to express any criticism
Of English political methods. but there is
one respect in which they must be COM
pared 70 similar contests in America
that is in regard to the maintenance of
order at political meetings
,,,,,.,,c,,,s -, ,.,,,.s-,
az a'o'iied - near Eng
iish beopie BOAST ABOUT the more disniiied
attitude Of their politicians, but any one
who has gone through a cours,, Of eIec-
1ion ,,,ooti,,as =, ho,t, .o,,,.,io. 80, -
80, ,s... - i''o u" :
10 i'ssitd'loh III saying that u the Amer1-
can public acted in half as diSorderly
manner as the English public is in the
bahi+ of ao;o ha,f &c 49, f ~, =.
,,,,,,,.,a,.,
oei' ti'c'oiS "ouiu ma themselves
IA IAN
*
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Tuan Fans id much in the line Of
reform that he aroused the enmity of the
conservatives aad they tried to assassi-
nate him. The Chinese objected to him
on several grounds. One was that he
was a Tartar and therefore an inter
loper and should be wiped out. The
secret societies were against him and
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for the nation TO the fact that they were
first of the litter
In one of the London divisions the con
test was between an eminent professor OF
anatomy in one of the London medical
colleges on the liberal side, and the Hon
Claude Hay, the son of q peer, for the
tories. Mr.. Hay issued election cir
cular in which he referred to his oppo-
nent as cutter up of dead bodies" and
the professor, not to be Outdone, declared
that his opponent didn't even have sense
enough TO carve dead steer.
These interchanges of courtesies be-
tween the candidates are drawing room
episodes. however, with what goes on at
the election meetings. There it is the rec
ognized practice for each side to break
up the others meeting If it can and one
of the curiosities of the English law is
that a hall is private building. which
the police may not enter even to queil
a disturbance. Often strong force OF
police stands about doing nothing on the
outside of a building while enthusiastic
bands of liberals and tories are breaking
each others heads the inside. The
result of this system is that there is
usually free fight for admission to the
meetings, and whether the candidate gets
d hearing or not depends on whether his
followers have assembled in sufficient
force to keep his opponents out of the
hall
birmingham is a recognized preserve
of the Chamberlain family. and 1T is re-
garded as an impertinence for any liberal
candidate to show his face in the capital
of the midlands. Nevertheless number
of plucky liberals did try to win a few
votes there.
At each meeting as soon as the liberal
rose to speak thousands of men In the
hall began shouting Joe. Joe. joe" in
chorus. Joe is the Ri. Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain who carries Birmingham in
his vest pocket. and his supporters kept
on calling his name until the liberal
speakers got tired. Then they went out
into the street and shouted it until they
got tired.
But the most picturesque institution of
all in an English election is the heck
ler." In America he would be regarded
as nuisance and IL he were not thrown
out by the police he would be told to hire
a hall. In England, however, he is a
person who is privileged to ask the can
didate all sorts of impertinent and ir-
relevant questions, and to insist on an
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Tuan Fang will live simply at Picking.
lie has an establishment there. but his
private fortune Is small. When / met him
here at Marking about eight months ago
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LIS Hobby Is Archaeology
j 1 and He Favors a Uni
versal Language-His Won
derful Collections of the
Times Of the Pyramids-A
Mighty Celestial Who Does
Not Graft-His Doubles and
How He Escaped Assassina-
tion-Behind the Scenes With
the Highest Official.
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Copyright, 1910, BY Prank q. Carpenter
Special Correspondence OF The star.
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takes too big brides or squeezes to
much he will probably bite Off more tina
he can chew and die in the attempt.
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GOVERNMENTS CONSCIENCE FUND" IS GROWING

ONSCIENCE has played no small
part in adding to the pile Of
money In the United States
Urea sury.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-01
MANY MINING
RECORDS BROKEN
Production of Copper, Refined
Lead, SpeIter and Tungsten
Was With Precedent.
SAYS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Zinc Industry Characterized by Uncx-
amplcd Expansion-GoId Receipts
AT Seattle Office.

Washington. Dec. 31.-An records
OF production In this country of cop
per, refined lead. speltcr and lungs
ten were broken in the year. accord
ing 10 a report of the geological sur
Vcy. The output of blister and lante
copper was 1.117.SOo.0OO pounds. an
increase much greater than the total
year increase since 1904. Figures COL
lected by authoritative private me-
dunn indicate that the production of
marketable copper from all sources,
domestic and foreign for the first IL
months Of 1903, exceeded 100000
600 pounds and that the consumption
of copper in the United States was
much greater than the previous record
consumption of 6s2, ,OO0,o 900 pounds.
Production of refined lead. desilver-
lied and soft, from domestic and
foreign ores. approxImated 444. .46S
short tons. worth at the average New
York price s3S.215,OoO. not including
1880 tons of antimonial lead
Unexampled expansion characterized
the zinc industry. Not only was the
largest output of spelter ever made in
the United States almost completely
absorbed by the market but spelter
Imports broke records. There wero
1883 short tons of tungsten concern
trates produced, valued at $T46,1S0.
There were 20,425 TASKS of rs pounds
each of quicksilver produced. valued at
$943,002 both production and prices
increasing.