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Point For Patricians

rented tho nrst door Of aspaltce IN Naples
llst year," said globe rctter,- andEthe owner Of
the palace, Neapottan count lived oi the top hoor
With his family. Every day used 10 SEQ one of
this mans servants totting up the kiand stairway
with pair Of carriage doors ON his ihouhera
"Yankee-hke, the carriage doors made mo ca.
r1ors Old some detective work. and what do you
suppose discovered! Well. sr, discovered that
the count shared carriage with three other noble
men. and each owner. when he went driving. used
his own doors. 80 u to sport his 4est on the
panels
The Neapol1tan nobility are grea for show.
Every evening, in their handsome tarnouts with
two men on the box, they glide elegantly through
the steep and crooked streets Of Naple These turn
outs used to impress me, but now, WHEN see them.
I smile and ask myself how many pai4 OF detached
doors each carriage In the procession has"
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homa to Kansas. But I had to per-
suade mother that it was a good plan
and was nearly two weeks late in
starting before she finally consented.
"As nearly as I can calculate rode
on an average so miles a day. It was
the finest trip I ever had. And I
brought Lady B. through without a
scratch" she added proudly. "Of
course, did have few unusual ex-
periences, but they did not cause me
any alarm. One day when it was
cloudy and couldn't see the sun
lost my way in a !, 3,500-acre pasture.
Some persons living in the neighbor-
hood warned me not to attempt to
ride through it, but by so doing I
saved several miles. Near Fort Riley
[ lost the road and wandered about
the reservation for several houls. But
[ just kept going and everything came
out all right.
, Il have ridden horse ever since
was old enough to cling to the sad
die, so l suppose had more conf
dence in myself and my pony than
had the thing been entirely new to
me-"
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A Bug In the Ear.

Pittsburg.-Those long, shiny instru-
ments that doctors solemnly poke into
your ear when. a little bug makes a
mistake and gets into the wrong.
house really aren't necessary to show
the bug the error of his way. All you
need Is box of matches, with a frie1d
whose hand is steady, to light them
one by one and hold them as close to
your ear as is consistent with safety.
The world is indebted to John
sunders Of Cofusn. Pa, fo~ this dis
covery. The other day while at work
a bug crawled into his ear, causing
him great pain, and sympathetic
friends gathered round him to offer
what aid they might Then one of
them struck a match and held 1t close,
to get better view into the ear. In
stantly the pain stopped. While the
flame fiickered and went out the pain
began again. Light another MATCH
begged Sunders. They did, and q
dozen after that. Presently the bug.
responding to the light. emerged and
was killed.
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MARKS HER0'S TOMB
Monument Now at Gen. Shields
Long-Neglected Grave.
He Fought With Distinction in Two
Wars, Served Three States as
Senator and a Fourth
as Governor.

Carrol1ton, Mo.-To have served a.
senator from three states and as gov
ernor of fourth is distinction that
has come to only one man in the his
tory of the United. States. And yet
for nearly 30 years that man, Gen.
James H. Shields, whose military rec
ord was even more illustrious than
his record as statesman, lay in an
almost forgotten and unmarked grave.
He was the first territorial governuc
of Oregon, he served a full term as
senator from Illinois, he was one of
the first two senators from Minnesota
and he served out an unexpired term
as senator from Missouri. He went
into the Mexican war a brigadier gen.
eral and served with such distinction
that his sword found ready acceptance
and he was commissioned a brigadier
general at the outbreak of the Civil
war.
General Shields served four states
and his adopted country Che was Irish
born) both faithfully and we'll, and
doubtless had public attention been
called earlier to the neglect, OF his
grave in st. Mary's cemetery here,
Congress would have been quicker to
show, by monument, it's apprecia-
tion of his services. However, when
Representative Rucker, of Missouri,
introduced a bill at the last session of
congress to appropriate $4,000 for that
purpose, it was quickly passed and
the monument was recently unveiled.
= General, Shields was one Of the
many young Irishmen who came to
America in the generation that pre-.
ceded the Civil war and gave their
adopted country cause to feel proud
of them. He was born in County
Tyrone, December II, 1910. About the
age of 16 young Shields emigrated to
the United States and finished his edu-
cation. He studied law and began
practice at Kaskaskia, ILL.,, in 1892.
He rapidly achieved professional dis
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/H4L2A/hE GH%SSERAXD

In the far east. Many people may be surprised to
learn that there is an American woman in Chinas
headquarters at Washington. She is Mrs. Yung
Kwai, the wife of Yung Kwai, the secretary of the
legation. She is native of Springfield, Mass, and
her husband has spent practically all the time since
his marriage at the Chinese legation at Washington,
so that she and her children have seen very little
of the Celestial empire. -. 49,.
There are dozens of Spanish-speaking women
in the diplomatic colony at Washington, because
each of the Pan-American nations has it's embassy
or legation at Uncle Sans base of operations Sc
nora Calvo, wife of the minister from Costa Rica
and their daughters have been residents of the
United States for more than eleven years now and
some of the other women from Central and South
America have been here foralmost as long OF the
lesser European countries there many fair rep
resentatives in the diplomatic circle but in this
sphere also the American woman has won her way
by her beauty and cleverness, for Countess Moltke
the wife of the minister from Denmark and Nine
Coromilias, the beautiful bride Of the minister
from Greece, are both natives Of the United States
Even the secretary of the Persian legation Mira
Ali Kuli Khan, has an American wife, who. like
the Yankee woman at the Chinese heation halls
from New England. =
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GREAT OCEAN BOAT
Olympic, Recently Launched, Is
largest in the World.
Ship Is ,IIOne-Sixth of Mile Long,
Ninety-Two and One-HaIf Feet
Wide and Will Transport
$500 Passengers.

Belfast, Ireland.-At the immensA
ship:building yards here recently was
launched the worlds largest steam
ship, the Olympic of the White Star
line. The immense craft, to be used in
carrying passengers across the At
lantic between New York city and
southampton, is S22 feet long, has
breadth of 80 feet and a height from
the keel to the top of the captains
house of los feet. There are II steel
iecks and Is water-tight bulkheads.
Exceeding one-sixth of a mile in
length, the Olympic is nearly 100 feet
longer than any ship now afloat and,
compared with her, the Great Eastern,
launched in 1858, would seem dwarf
The Olympic will carry a crew of $50
and will have accommodations for
$500 passengers, the passenger state
rooms and the various public apart
ments to be exceptionally spacious,
while the beauty and luxury of the ap-
pointments will surpass anything ever
attempted aboard a ship
In addition to lounging rooms, res
:aurants, smoking apartments, saloons
and the like, the Olympic will have in
The line Of special attractions, swim
ming pools, sun parlors, sport decks,
ennis courts and palm gardens. The
decks will be connected by passenger
elevator, much the same as the vari-
GUS floors of a modern office building.
The gross tonnage of the Olympic
will be $4,000, and the ocean monster
will have displacement of 10000
tons. Every part of the leviathan has
been constructed with view to
strength. There is a double bottom,
extending the entire length, the depth
being five feet, three inches for the
whole distance except under the en-
gine room, where it is increased to
six feet, three inches. The double
bottom alone contains more than
half million rivets, weighing about 27O
tons, while in the complete ship, the
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ttnction and having entered politics
was elected to the legislature In 1886.
In 1889 he was elected state auditor
and in 1S43 was appointed judge of
the Supreme court of Illinois. He held
the latter office two years and resign
ed to accept the appointment of COM
missioner of the general land Office in
Washington.
Served in Two Wars. =.
At the outbreak Of the Mexican war
Shields was given a brigadiers COM
mission and commanded, first brig.
ade of Illinois troops, later command
ing brigade composed of marines
and New York and South Carolina
volunteers. He served under Gen.
Zachary Taylor, Gen. Winfield Scott
and General Wool and was wounded
at Cerro Gordo and in the storming
of Chapultepec. For gallantry in the
latter action he was breveted major
general. General Shields was mus.
tered out of service in 1848 and short
ly afterwards was appointed the first
territorial governor of Oregon.
While serving in that Office he was
elected senator from Illinois and
served out his full term. After quit
ting the senate he moved to Mime
sofa, where he speedily became prom
inent in politics and, on the admission
of that state, he was elected senator
for the short term, serving two years,
from 1857 to 1859. Quitting the SEN
ate again he went to California and
engaged In mining, and was thus en-
gagged when the Civil war broke out
Promptly he offered his sword and
was commissioned brigadier general.
He commander division under Gen.
Nathaniel P. Banks in the Shenan-
doah Valley and directed the initial
movement at the battle of Winches-
ter, where he was severely wounded.
At his own request he was relieved
of his command in the army and went
to California, where he remained un-
til the close Of the war. He then
chose Missouri as his home, settling
in Carroll county, living on a farm a
few miles east of Carrollton in peace
full retirement until 1874, when he was
chosen to represent the county In the
Legislature. In January, 1879, he was
chosen by the Missouri legislature to
fill the unexpired term of Senator T..
v. Bogy, which expired March {, 1879.
He died at Ottumwa in 1879.
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shell plates and steel decks, there are
more than 100000 rivets, with a to-
tai weight of 1000 tons.
Every part of the vessel and all its
belongings are on the same massive
scale as the gigantic shell itself. The
anchors weigh more than Is tons each,
and each link Of the cable is two feet
in length and weighs over 13O pounds.
The rudder, while weighing more than
100 tons, may be controlled as easily as
though it were feather, it's move
ments being directed by electricity
The Olympic will be fitted with
triple screws, propelled by engines
which combine the reciprocating prin-
ciple with the low-pressure turbine, a
system which practically eliminates
vibration. The speed of the Olympic
will be % knots an hour.
The Appeal., 1910-11-26
RODE A HORSE TO COLLEGE
Young Woman Makes 35o-MiIe Trip
From Perry, Okla, to Law
renee, Kan.

Lawrence, Kan.-Miss Mabel Edith
Ransom arrived at Lawrence from her
former home at Perry, Okla, after
riding $50 miles on the back of her
little two-year-old pony. Lady Barber.
Ascending Mount Dread, the young
woman left her horse long enough to
register in the department of home
economics at the school, Remounting,
she rode to a house on Ohio street,
where her mother has recently moved
from Perry. Then she entered the
regular state university classes in
which she had enrolled
The young woman decided to ride to
Lawrence because of her great love
for horseback riding and partly be.
cause of her love for the pet pony.
There was no way I could bring
her with me-" she declares, unless
l shipped her in a stock car. I was
afraid she might take car fever or be
injured during the trip, and finally hit
upon the plan of riding from Okla,
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DICTIONARY WAS MADE HERE
Unless Steps Are Taken to Prevent
1t, Dr.. Johnson's House Will
Be Destroyed.

London.-To many American tour
lists the English seem to be a nation
Of beggars. His royal highness, the
Prince of Teck, begs that you will
subscribe to his pet hospital fund;
old Harry, from the gutter, begs you
to buy boot-lace. Today we read
the advertisement, Wanted a mill
lionaire," who will come forward and
secure for the nation Doctor John
sons house in. Cough Square.
It was here that the man who de-
fined a photographer as "a compiler
of dictionaries, harmless drudge"
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the course of true love did ndt always run

the course Of true love did ndt always run
smooth sEsl
To many persons the greatest degree OF
interest and curiosity aroused BY the women
OF the diplomatic corps attaches to the mem.
bers of the fair sex who have accompanied to
this western capital the statesmen from the
Orient. Baroness Uchida, the! wife of the
Japanese ambassador, is a very attractive
woman of her type and it is easy to believe
that were she garbed in her native costume
instead of In the clothing prescribed by Amer.
ican fashion. she would look for all the world
like one of the fancy picturess Of Japanese
bellies. The Chinese minister Chang Yin
Tang, has wife, two daughters and daugh.
ter-in-law In his household, and las Chang Is a
very wealthy man they are enabled to. sur.
round themselves with every luxury, including
toilettes in accordance with the latest mode
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r
compiled the dictionary which has
helped to make him immortal.
Commissioned by the chief book
sellers in London in 1747, for q fee of
$500. the dictionary was completed
in eight years. The attic of his house
was fitted up like a counting house.
In which he gave to his six copyists
their several tasks. The words partly
taken from other dictionaries and
partly supplied by himself. having
been first written down with space
left between them. he delivered In
writing their etymologies, definitions
and various significations. The uu-
thorities were copied from the books
themselves, in which he had marked
the passages with lead pencil. the
traces Of which would be easily a.
faced.
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public as world power there has come change,
and now it is very unusual for one of these for
eign statesmen to take up his abode here with
out bringing his entire household with him.
This season the diplomatic corps has new
dean or leader, and this brings new occupant
to the coveted post Of foremost woman of the
foreign contingent. The new dean is Baron Hen
gelmuller, the ambassador Of Austria-Hungary A
diplomat must inevitably remain in the United
States for some years he can advance to the
position of dean, but the Hengelmullers have had
an especially long tenure in the land Of the free
having been here for more than dozen years
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Dinner Guests Represent Billions.

sChicago.-When the foreign steel
magnates sat down to a dinner the
other night in the Blackstone hotel.
Chicago, as guests of the United
States Steel corporation, a curious
person with a talent for research fig
ured it out that $2,500,O00, 900 In CAPT
tai was represented by those in the
gathering. Besides the foreigners there
were more than 100 guests from the
american Iron and Steel institute. Al
together 100 dined at this elaborate
affair, but Of course 1t was the favored
few who represented this vast amount
bf capital.
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HE OPENING Of the Official sea-
son" at our national capital
finds in evidence a most inter-
esting group of women as the
mistresses of the principal
homes in the official foreign
colony" The foreign colony is
made up, it will be understood,
of the families Of those alien Of
ficials who are sent to this
country to represent, their re-
spective sovereigns or govern
ments. Time was when very
few of these foreign ambassa-
dors, ministers and secretaries
of embassies and legations
brought their wives and famt-
lies to the United States when
they were delegated to act as
diplomatic agents on this side
of the Atlantic, but with the In
creasing importance of the re-
The Yale expositor., 1910-04-22
The Response Mechanical.

II is the custom in converts for the
nuns to respond to a knock at the door
with the words: I'm the name of God"
the phrase being equivalent in con-
ventional parlance to our worldly
center" or come in"
In a convent in one of the western
cities not long since. the mother supe-
rior had a never-to-be-forgotten expe-
rience as a result of this custom. Some
one in the outer world called the con-
vent telephone number by mistake.
The mother superior, reused from her
meditations, picked up the receiver
and responded mechanically: I'm the
name of God"
Madam" called an irate masculine
voice at the other end of the wire,
there is no occasion for you to swear
at me, even If have made mistake
In the number. Profane language is
prohibited over the telephone!"
The Yale expositor., 1910-04-22
No announcement.

The family had stood the long
strain of Uncle Hobarts illness well,
but the peculiarities of the physician,
chosen by Uncle Hobart himself, had
been to say the least, trying. do you
really think he will recover, DR..
Shawl" asked the oldest sister of the
invalid, who had borne with his
vagaries patiently for years.
Il know how you feel, with Thanks.
giving coming on and all" said the
doctor, peering at her from under his
shaggy eyebrows. but it's too soon
to tell. He may get well. and then
again, he may not; can't encourage
you yet--either way."-Youths Com.
panion.
The Yale expositor., 1910-04-22
H4IR Or SINGLE -coIzs VINE kFGHo2MS

express charges are higher than IL
we had bought place nearer the
city, both feed and labor are cheaper.
My flock comprises 1900 fowls.
My reason for buying day-old chicks
is that they save time when you be-
gin late in the spring and that first
season we had spent so much money
that we did not feel that we were able
to buy incubators. The second spring
/ bought three incubators with a ca
pacity of 400 eggs each.
AS we were not then able to build
an incubator cellar we cleared out
one of the back rooms In our dwell
ing house. closed the east windows
and put in the incubators. This proved
successful and convenient arrange
ment. The following year we built
the cellar after plans used at college.
The brooder houses are all on run
ners and as soon as the young chicks
no longer need heat the covers are re-
moved and the roosts put in. So long
as the chicks are young enough to
need heat the breeders are kept near
the house and have planted a hedge
as a windbreak that will be an addi-
tional protection for them.
In the spring as soon as the corn
is large enough the brooder houses
with the first Matching of chicks are
rolled into the field and the chicks
have free range all the summer. When
later matches come on the first hatch
is transferred to a cheaply built shack
and the brooder house moved back
into the yard for the young chicks. OF
course this can be done with the other
matches as often as it is necessary.
One of the many good things
learned at college was that cleaenli-
ness is as necessary for the health
and happiness of poultry as it is for
human beings. Besides giving my
cry month / give them a thorough
overhauling and fumigation twice a
year. spring and fall.
My chickens are the white rose
comb Leghorns. These birds are not
so large as other breeds and for that
reason do not bring as much in the
market, but they more than make up
the difference in the number of eggs
they lay. Their meat is sweet, close
grained and unsurpassed for table
use. They are good foragers and as
for laying / don't believe they have
ever been surpassed.
In buying a country home our OBJ
| ject was to cheaper the cost of living
and get an out-of-door life for me. 1t
has cut our grocery and meat bill
down more than two-thirds. Keeping
one COW, we not only never buy but.
ter, milk or cream, but have all three
| to sell.
We have owned the farm five years
| and while our returns haven't wiped
out the first cost they have lessened
J it so much that the interest on the
balance would not pay one.sixth of the
yearly rental we were paying in New
York My friends are always asking
if / do not die of loneliness. In reply
! tell them / have saddle horse and
tennis court and am a member OF
a golf club. l should be very sorry to
be forced to return to live in the city
and would only do 1t from force oil
| circumstances.
The Yale expositor., 1910-04-22
TIE Important
Problem

confronting anyone in need OF laxa-
tive is not a question of single &C
ton only, but of permanently bene-
fetal effects, which will follow proper
efforts to live in a healthful way, with
the assistance of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, whenever 1t Is re-
uuired, as it cleanses the system
gently yet promptly, without irritation
and will therefore always have the
preference of all who wish the best OF
family laxatives.
The combination has the approval
Of physicians because it is known to
be truly beneficial, and because it has
given satisfaction to the millions of
well-informed families who have used
It for many years past.
To get its beneficial effects, always
buy the genuine manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only.
The Yale expositor., 1910-04-22

Another point which Is not usually
touched upon in the book OF etiquette
Is the one of physical cleanliness. for
it is impossible to be clean within and
dh ~ without-quite impossible to be
a lady or gentleman with finger nails
in mourning and little ears all but
ready for the growing of spring
seeds. The girl or boy, then, who is
no brought up to love cleanliness
next to goodness has small chance of
social success either now or later on,
for there is no greater handicap for
childish peace and pleasure than to be
dubbed a dirty" child by ones school
mates. With the flower plot In the
ears. and the nails in mourning, the
finest dress or suit is hollow mock
cry. The child has only borrowed the
shadow of polite society, and not its
substance.
Many other things of equally trihing
nature stamp the properly brought up
cnild, but as they are too numerous to
Tentlop at length let me emphasize
the fundamental qualities required:
The well-bred child is Soft-voiced.
modest and tender-hearted 1t re-
spects the opinion of elders 1t is con-
sideIate of all the old and for persons
in inferior position. 1t accepts and
adores quiet dress-thinks little in
deed about dress, unless the thing
concerns neatness. 1t honors its
father and mother and all other per-
sons IN authority over H. 1t 10 wise
i'm matters that concern the welfare of
its body and soul, and yet as chaste in
spirit as a little flower.
And how is all this to be accom-
plished? BY the mother leaving no
ste ne unturned to win her child's con-.
fidence; by both parents being truth,
full with it in all matters; by their set-
ting forth with every hour, in word
and deed. only such ideals as will en-
noble the initiating little mind and
body.
Day by day the parents must say to
themselves, II am training a heart and
soul which belong to themselves and
to the great thing which do not I'M
derstand | must be good. good my
self, for their sakes!"
Let the mammies and daddies. then.
look first TO their own notes in the
way of spiritual and polite conduct,
and heaven, or the blessed Providence
that stands for ii, will take care Of
the nicely trained little kiddie that the
world calls old-fashioned