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, r I If I Ml 4 !"t Cliina Is Known -As Home of Revolts Armed Uprisings Under Rule V of Manchus Hundreds of Years Ago , fT HEBE ire probably more re 11: volts, rebellions ana revolu tion "recorded In tbe annals ' w of. China tbaa can be. resur rected from tbe histories of all the na tlonsot the west, partly. It 1s true, because Chinese annals of an authen tic nature go back much farther than -western annals, but partly, too, be cause, tbe Chinese appear to be given to Insurrection, a tendency tbat has persisted since the first of tbe eighteen emperors of the Hla dynasty mounted his throne, away back in tbe dim mists of remote time, when tbe Pha raohs of Egypt were building their temples by tbe Nile. The Hla dynasty 9 110, by American Prase Association. M. ami tat skk, oaounzaa ow bsvoltj- TIOH. lasted from 2206 to 1706 B. a, when It was overturned by tbe Shang, or Tin. dynasty, an equally active race, which ruled until 1122 years before the Christian era. Disaster overtook the Bhang emperors at last, although Bom bad not been built and the Greeks were still . scattered tribes when they gave way to the princes of the Chou line. There followed a pro tracted period of unrest until In 240 B. C another dynasty, the Tata. dawned upon China's political horizon. The Tain lasted only until 206, when It yielded to the first of the Han dynasties,1 which held the throne In turn until 220 A. D.. being finally over thrown by the Wei dynasty. After tbe Wei came the Buy dynaaty in 690, almost a short lived as the Tsln, for It was overthrown in 618 by the Tang. la A. D, 960 the first emperor of tbe house of Bung ascended the dragon throne, and bis descendants filled bis place for many years, one of tbem be ing emperor at the time of the great Mongol invasion of the twelfth Cen tury, But their time had come. Ia the far north a line of provincial rul ers boasting tbe family patronymic of Kin were beginning to exert a domi nant swsy, and in time tbey rose to sufficient power to seize tbe throne front the last of the effeminate 8ung emperors, who. Ilk the final scions of all of China's ruling houses, had de generated, from tbe standard of bis first martial ancestors. Kubla Khan's Prosperous Reign. The relga of the Kin did not last long. The battering ram of the Mongol arm ies hurled It to destruction, placing oa tbe dragon throne in Its stead the fa mona Kubla Khan, of whom Coleridge Wrote htft dream ivwtm In man m. spects the greatest of all the Chines emperors. Kubla Khan began his reign la 1257 and held the throne until hi death in 1204. In these years tbe na tion waa more illustrious and power ful tbaa ever before. A succession f Mongol emperors followed Kubla Khaa. principally remembered for their sanction of tb Introduction of Christianity: Jn 1868 tb Ming dynas ty was proclaimed upon tb ashes of the political structure built op by tb warlike Mongols, and it ruled success fully until the Mancbos of tb north. - tb A ere. w) built hill Chinese, swept dowa upon Peking and installed their own princes in 1631. Tbe Manchus have never been no merous, and. although they bar man sgrt to keep their saddles by dint of cowing the people ender them, tbey have been unable to preserve absolute rter and tranquillity. On of tb Drat stei theyjtook to Impress their aov " 'tnty upon tbe country was tbe publYstloa: of sn edict compelling tbe P-x pi to adopt the plgtsU. The Man rhnt were borsemea. and the pigtail was prescribed as a national Institu tion because, tbe Mancbna contemptu ' said, the Chines were of the f statu a tbelr horses. Tbe Chi- took to the new custom so readl Y t when another edict Was pub 1 a ywir or so ago ordering them with the pintail son dim- M ,!r.i. In enforcing . . after r.-! ,-!!! Dmrk((, th(f ' '" , f ' Mnchn -011,1... HtSltlW if Talpinz Rebellion and Great Records of Ward and "Chinese" Gordon ors, and in most cases the germ of re volt was first In evidence in one or the other of the three provinces that are causing trouble today. Szechuan, Hu peh and Hunan have always been cen ters of discord. It was in these prov inces, too, that the famous Triad so ciety, among the foremost of China's vast network of secret societies, first rose to dangerous power. ' j : First ef th Taiplng. The Emperor HIenfeng ascended th throne In 1850 and by his oppres sions and cruelty alienated many of hla people from him. The result was a series of risings all over the country, culminating In a revolt in the province of Kwangsl, which took the shape of th proclamation of a youth who claimed descent from one of the Ming emperors. The fiery provinces of Hu peh and Hunan were promptly aflame with rebellion, but the movement lack ed a concrete purpose and a battlecry. and It began to drag sadly when a new factor appeared upon China's troubled horizon. Tbe youthful scion of the Mings was promptly forgotten, and tb attention of the country was con centrated upon ': Hung Siutsuan. a former schoolmaster and convert to Christianity, who had built up for himself a. new ethical system and a new religion. ' . People flocked to his standard by thousands urged on to participation by a rice famine and plague which bad devastated tb country precisely aa China has been devastated in tbe last few year. City after city fell before his enormous, ill armed hordes, and, finally. In 1853, he established himself In Nanking and proclaimed himself first emperor of tb Taiplng dynasty, taking tb title of Tien Wang, or "heavenly king." It looked as If tb star of th Man chus had set forever. Missionaries sent out reports to the western nations that a convert to Christianity waa car tying the1 cross through the empire and that now was tbe cbanc to claim tens of millions of Mongol souls. Con sequently money, rifles and munitions of war were poured Into Nanking to aid tbe Talplngs. Centuries of oppression, starvation and misuse had prepared the Chinese to listen to th doctrines of tb Tien Wsng, which were really no more like Christianity than they were like Mo hammedanism, being a mere travesty upon the teachings be bad gleaned from tbe missionaries. Tbe imperial troops, ill trained and poorly armed, made but half hearted resistance to th fanatical Talplngs. and cities and provinces continued to fall with alarm ing regularity, always with an accom- VlY - 7-Y.-1 , '' Sk. bwbbaii Ti oauao, obtju's waa atra- psmlment of bloodshed and maaaacr tbat soon turned the first enthusiasm f th "heavenly king's" missionary friends Into horror. In tbe next few years th Taiplng srm'es penetrated as far north at Tien tsin and as far south as Chlnklang and Bwchau. their outposts being within a short march of the foreign settlements at Shanghai, which had even then be en roe on of th largest trad ranters of tb faf ast In this situation th Imperial gov ernment bad recourse to tb same pro tection that It Is relying upon noW foreign drilled troops, whose disclptlo ss'ilbt be relied upon to match the su perior number of tbe Taiplng Jerk. There waa a difference, however. Ia the Taiplng rebellion tbe government had n such force st band. It had to call In tbe foreigner and have tbem Instruct troops after tbe rebellion had gained ground and established Itself, whereas now Tnnn 8hl Kal can rely upon the support of some thousands of men whom he himself trained when lie ws viceroy of Cbihil aod minlais f r. --- T"r . , I'- 10.OO4t.OOO sininre mi! of territory Mi limit h slnrl iintny Hchool. whore little Im hihI girls ciin, sin-lid their Suri.lii v. N..iv, what . shoiil.l we nil n v :t.I k,i up oi,r ,,,, , ,) - A '' . In una . ri!li. & -'yVi'-' .V r ., L : .. POVERTY OF CliKJfl i r.. . . . . v- Misery of the Millions That Are Always Hungry. GRIM STRUGGLES FOR FOOD. Horses, Donkeys, Mules and Camels When No Longer Fit For Work Are i Turned Into Butcher' Meat Th Gleaners on the 8ugar Wharfs. Writing of tbe millions and millions of Inland China, whose lives are spent face to face with starvation, Edward Alsworth Boss in tb Century says: "No natural resource Is too trifling to be turned to account by the teem ing population. The sea Is raked and strained for edible plunder. Seaweed and kelp have a place In the larder. Great quantities of shellfish nq bigger than one's finger nail are opened and mad to yield a food that finds Its way tar Inland. The fungus that springs up In the grass after a rain Is eaten. Fried sweet potato vines fur nish the poor man's table. The road side ditches are balled out for the sake of fishes no longer than one's finger.' Great panniers of strawber ries, half of tbem still green, are col lected in the mountain ravines and offered in the markets. No weed or stalk escapes tb bamboo rake of the autumnal fuel gatherer. The gnus tufts on tbe rough slopes are dug up by th roots. The sickle reaps the grain clos to- the ground, for Straw and chaff are needed to burn under the rice kettle. The leaves of the trees are a crop to be carefully gath ered. On never sees a rotting stump or a mossy log. Bundles of brush car ried miles on the human back heat th brick kiln and th potter's fur nace. After the last trees have been taken the far and forbidding heights are scaled by lads with ax and mat tock to cut down or dig up tbe seed lings tbat if left alone would reclotbe the devastated ridges. The cuisine of China ia one of tbe great toothsom cuisines of th world, but for the common people the stom ach and not the palat decides what shall be food. The silkworms are eat en after tb cocoon has been unwound from them. After their work Is done horses, donkeys, mules and camels be come butcher's meat The cow or pig that has died a natural death is not disdained. In Canton dressed rats and cats ar exposed for sal. , Scenting a possible opening for a tannery, the governor of Hongkong one set on foot an Inquiry as to what became of tbe skins of tbe Innumerable pigs slaugh tered in tbe colony. He learned that they were all made up as 'marine dell-1 cacy' and sold among tbe Chinese. "Another time he was on the point of ordering the extermination of the mangy curs that infest the villages In the Kowloon district because they ha rassed tbe Sikh policemen in tbe per formance of their duties. He found Just In time tbat such an act would Interfere with tbe food of the people," something a British colonial governor must never do. "Though the farmer thriftily combs bis harvest field, every foot of tb abort stubble Is gone ever again by poor women and children, who are con tent If In a day's gleaning they can gather a handful of wheat beads to keep them alive on the morrow. On tbe Hongkong water front the path of tb coolies carrying produce between ware house and Junk 1 lined with tattered Women, most of tbem with a baby on j the back.-. Where bags of beans or rice are In transit a dozen wait with basket and brush to sweep up th grains dropped from th sacks. On a wharf where crude sugar Is being repacked squat sixty women scraping tbe inside of tb discarded sacks, while others run by th bearer. If bis sack leaks a little, to catch tb particles as tbey fall When sugar la being unloaded a mob of gleaners swarm upon , tb lighter tb moment th lutt sack leaves and eagerly scrap from th gangplank and tb deck tb sugar nixed with dirt that for two boor has bsn tram pled Into a muck by the bar feet of twoecor coolie trotting back and fo.-tb across a dusty rond. "There ar a number of miscellane ous .facts that bfnt how? clot the masses Ur to tb dg of subsistence Tb bras cash, tbe- most popular coin ia China, 1 worth tb twentieth of a cent: but, a this has been found too valuable te meet all tb needs of tb people, oblong bits of bamboo cir culate la som provinces at the value of half a caah. - 1 , "Incredibly small ar th portions prepared for sale by the huckster. Two cubic Inches of haa curd; four wal nuts, flv peanuts, fifteen roasted beans, twenty melon seeds, tnak a portion. Th melon render's stand Is decked out with wedge of Insipid melon th slz of two fingers. Tbe householder leaves th butcher's stall with a morsel of pork, th pluck of a fowl and a atrip f fish aa big aa sardine, tied together with a blade of grass. Careful observers ssy that four fifths of th conversation among com: moa Chinee relates to food. "Comfort Is scarce as well food Tb city coolie sleeps oa a plank la aa alrlea kennel in t filthy lane with a block for a pillow and a quilt for a over. Waea in a south Cblna hos pital th beds were provided with springs snd mattresses, supplied by a philanthropic American, all tbe pa tients wer found next morning sleep ing on the floor. After being used to a board covered with a mat they could not get their proper slumber a a eKjft bed." Wasn't Looking. Nlnlilie When h wasn't looking I k tft'Q nor. il,!,. What did sh do? The Secretive Jap Br ARTHUR w. BREWSTER Copyright by American Press Asso- s elation. 19U. In America we have what we call self made men that is. men so anxious to get on in the World that, beginning at tbe bottom round of the lnduVr. tbey climb till tbey reach the top. These men do this for themselves aud often practice the greatest selfishness to at tain' their ends. What they do to ad vance their own Interests a Jnpauese will do from, patriotism, or perhaps, to stnte It more correctly, for his an cestors. ' Fancy an 'American making a sacrifice for his ancestors! The Japanese have drifted Into our navy as servants and have monopo lized the field. When I was iu com mand of tbe United States warship M. t visited Japan and. being in need of a body servant, brought away with me a man exactly flv feet bigb and any age between sixteen and forty. No one could tell bow aid he was. and be gave no Information on tbe subject himself. His name was so unpro nounceable by an English speaking person that my junior officers reduced It to Zip He was very smart. I could see that at once.-" He learned every thing on sight. When he came to me be bad never shaved sr man. and yet be bad done the work but twice' before he gav me the best shave I ever bad. ' There was one thing about Zip that I didn't like a propensity to occupy my cabin. ' When' I went out of it in tbe morning I left blm there to 'put it in order. Considering his quickness, t would have expected him to do tbe work In' ten minutes. Instead It re quired all the -morning. Whenever 1 had occasion to go there the little Jap was busy as- a bee buzzing from one thing to another so rapidly and so defft ly tbat I wondered how be managed to keep busy' for so long a time. True. one day after having returned severhl times during the morning I found him looking over a book. Curious to know what h was reading, 1 glanced at It and found it to be a novel. 'Don't wast yonr time with that sort of reading. Zip," I said. "Go to tbe galley and ask for a cookbook. If yon want better wagea study cookery. Soma chef get very high wages. Zip thanked me for the advice, and after that whenever be had time on his hands be was always to be found with a cookbook on blr knees. But on one occasion I saw something to cause me to suspect that be v79 wasting bis time, after all, 'for Wbiif I cam upon blm unawares he slipped th book be was reading under on( tbat bad been beneath it It occurred to me that be had more love for fiction than for cookery. ; ; " Zip remained. In mf. service three years, when . out ship Vagain entered Mississippi bay and be left toe. '' 1 of fered Jnim higher wjigjk,but he said that It was not the wages he wanted. but a sojourn on shore. H thanked m for my klpdnesa to,Qim. especially for suggesting that he study cookery. His intention was to apply for a po sition a cook to some wealthy Japa nese.- ". ', j . On day while In port I received an invitation to dine with a officer of the government lie was In the marine department ' snd a ' ry Important branch at th time, for the Japanese were then preparing, ttjougb I did not know It, to fight tbe Russians. I ac cepted tb Invitation and found when I arrived a number of ersons promi nent la naval matters. "After we were Introduced tb boat led tb way to his dining room.' where we seated -ourselves and waited for the first dish to b brought in. I waa placed on the right of tb host, who sat at tbe bead of tb table: and noticed tbat tb eat on hla left, opposite me, was vacant While I was wondering wbo would oc cupy It a door opened, and th cook. In whit jacket, apron end cap, en tered tb room, holding aloft an Im mense platter, on which was a fish. What was my surprise to see my old body servant Zip. i . ' "Well. Zip," . I said to hira, "you'v not lost much tiro In securing a situ ation, I see." ' ' ' Zip smiled and set dowa th platter; but. Instead of retiring, he threw off bit jacket, spron and -cap, appearing In tbe uniform of an, official In the iutval service snd took the vacant chair beside the host. . ... 'Captain, permit m U Introduce my on," said tb lat.er. "He went with you several years ago to prepare him self to succeed me In our nsval depart inent.- He tells me that be has picked up a great deal of valuable Informa tion on tbe subject which be Is now ready to offer to tb shades of his lo cators." "Pardon an, captain." said Zip, "for having Imposed upon you. It seemed to m when I entered your service tbat It was tbe only practical way to ac quit- the knowledge I needed. We Japanese ar a very secretive race, and I naturally snppoeed yea Americana to be th some. Hut three years cruising with yon had fnught we differently. I surreptitiously studied your books when yon were not occupying your rnliin and many a ulrht studied till morning from oue of them T bad pur loined." " ' "Von are quite eicusnlil'!." I replied. "We all make different stnndards for ourselves. Ours I not Ilka yours. But I should think your national secretive nes won Id h of Immense vain In war." . Th very nezt yar after this the fight between tbe 1 Japnnese and the Russians came on, and. In my opinion, this Japanese secratlveness did mora for the latter to win than any other one cause. How Pa 1 c l. Tount Mnn "So M I'lhfl Is your olilest niaterT Who n.i r!Vr her?" Pmsll itrother "N-. ' mi t .iii vet: I. nt ;ivn the ' ' ti- ' ' ' "I ' nil htio I., i ., -. JAFOLEOU'S FALL. The Modern Attila Crushed by His V Streak of Insanity. v'Vc A VICTIM OF MEGALOMANIA. Envleos of Alexander th Great, H Aimtd t Rule th Whole World, and Franc 8aerifiod a Million Men on th Altar f Hi Monomania. ' Were readers of. history asked today what three human characters have been most prominent in making the history of the world there could prob ably be great diversity of opinion as to two of such personages, but as to tb third the general agreement could probably point to Napoleon Bonaparte. T. P. O'Connor, who for many years has made a study of tbe modern At tila, as he Was called by his contem poraries, presents in bis London maga zine an article entitled "The Insanity of Napoleon's Genius," In ; which be shows him to be a victim of megalo mania, that form of mental alienation in which the patient la possessed of gradlose hallucinations. Mr. O'Connor discards tb idea tbat Napoleon because of bi gigantic pow- er for work bad a perfect physique and Invulnerable health. . He suffered as a child from extreme nervousness. - later from facial neuralgia. He had a nervous twitching at th mouth and the right shoulder. After Toulon be long suffered from a painful and wast ing cutaneous disease, and. at times he bad fits of an epileptic character. Aa be was about to leave Strassbnrg in 1805' on the way to the mighty victory over General Mack at' TJlra he had on of these spasms. After dinner on the day he waff leaving, says Talleyrand In his memoirs, the emperor had called him Into his room.' There Talleyrand found , blm. gasping for breath. "1 tor off his cravat, for be seemed ilk to choke. He did not vomit, but sigh ed and foamed. M. de Remusat, first gentleman In waiting, wbo had also come Into th room, handed htm wa ter, and I sprinkled him with ean de cologne. ' H was suffering from som tort of cramp, which passed off In a quarter ef an hour. We laid him in ' an armchair. He began to speak, put his dress right, commanded ns to ob serve tb strictest secrecy, and half an hour later be waa on b la way to Carlsruhe." '- ' Another sign of the abnormal In Na poleon was bis Intense Irritability,- and often there cam a nervous breakdown that Tefftjced Mm -to tbe condition of a hysterical woman. Tbla- irritability sometimes took the form of fits of weeping. He would fly Into a passion on the slightest provocation, In his Impatience h tore many a garment to -piece because It inconvenienced him In some trifling way. He had an inner melancholy that never left him.. While be 'talked of death, Napoleon nevef bad any serious Intention of taking bis own life. -H never lost hla grasp of Ufa.' While a man of dreams, he was a man of action. Success did not make this dreamer mora cheerful. H had strung moments of bitterness and hatred and a desire to Inflict pain. Fdr Instance, It would say to a lady after asking her nam. "Deaf me, I was told yoa wer pretty!" or to an elderly gen tleman, "Ton bay not much longer to live.". . - - '.'..:-: It was comparatively early In his career that bis lnsan desire to rule not Franc, not even Europe, but all tb world, took possession of hlmv Th real reason for his crushing downfall Is to be found In this megalomania. He himself caused his downfall.- Na poleon alone could hav conquered Na poleon, abd It was this megalomania that undid htsr. ! - Ther was hla dream of th control of Europe. "Ther Will," he said to his Intimates while he was still first con sul, "be no pac In Earop .tilt it Is under tb command of a single leader, under on emperor, with king for his officers, wbo will distribute kingdoms t his general, making on king of Bavaria, on landman of Switzerland, another itadtbolder of Holland and giving tbem all official post In the Im perial household, aucb as grand eup bearer, grand chamberlain, grand Dins- ter of the bounds, etc." Napoleon did plac kings In aereral countries and controlled th policy of nearly every eoantry - of' Europe- wonderful achievement for tbe pov erty stricken charity boy wbo got hi LedneaTton at Brienne at the" expense of hla sovereign. H might bav re gained th king of kings In Europe had h beea satisfied with tbat awful height Bat be was not satisfied; be never was satisfied. After Rurop there was Asia. ' On the day be was crowned emperor In December, 1804, he said to his min ister of marine: "I grant you my career has been brilliant and I have risen high. But what a difference from ancient times! Look at Alexander th Great) After he had conquered Asia he declared himself the son of Jupiter, and. except his motUcr Olytn- pins, Aristotle and a few Athenian pedants, tb east believed blm. Nowa days If I wero to declare myself the son of the Everlasting Father there Isn't a fishwife but would blss tnc! Tbe nations sr much too enllKhfened now, snd nothing great Is left to do." "And France," says Mr. O'Onnor, y conclusion, "sacrificed a million live to tb monomania of a megalonlantac. What tragedy tn history Is so gigantic, so appalling, so pitiful, ia a sens so ironic T None ar Im eager to learn than they wbo know nothing. Suard, In ami On is. iiiiits Foa ti;e ; BUSY HOUSEWIFE' Handy Folding Shelf For. Use In the Kitchen. It Is often convenient to have an ex tra shelf at tbe side of tbe kitchen or In tbe laundry room. One may be made as shown In tbe accompanying diagram.' A Btout cleat or strip of wood Is fastened to the wall where the scantlings run or where there is a firm place for nailing or, better, for screwing. To this is hinged a board of the required length, so that It will drop down when not in use. On the under side of this board is hinged a triangular piece of "wood4 W' acrara support - If hinged as indicated In the drawing there will be no danger of-the shelf falling while anything Is on it, because the triangle will hav to be pushed up when tbe shelf Is not in use. If tbe shelf Is a long one there should be two of these supports placed, say, about one-third the distance from end to end.- . -a ' TVV-1 ' '"C ! Mustard PiektsT One quart of green tomatoes, one quart of cucumber pickles sliced, one quart of onions, a pint of green pep pers and one small cabbage. Chop to matoes, onions, peppers and cabbage together. Cook in-a kettle with a cup ful of salt and water to cover until tender. Drain off the water. Cook one small caullflowerbroken into small pieces in salt add water until tender. Two quarts of -vinegar, oni heaping teaspoonful of turmeric, oue-half box of mustard, one-half cupful of flour and one-half cupful of sugar. Mix flour, sugar, mustard and turmeric to gether with cold Tinergar and add to the vinegar. Bring to a boll, then add an the other things after they have been well drained and just let it heat through. Eggs Baked lr Tomatoes. Select round medium sized toma toes, cut , v thin alic from th top of each and .tcoop out enough of the pulp to leave a space large enough for an egg. Season tb cavities with salt and pepper and drop an egg into each. Cover the bottom of tbe baking pan with hot water or butter, put the to mato in and bake about twelve min utes. Season with" butter and serve on toast garnished with parsley, - ';- Old Fashioned Indian Pudding. One cupful of luOittn meal, a large tablcspoonful of flour. ou cupful of molasses and little salt. ; Mix these together. Taka tbreo pluts of milk and bring to a boil ortcald In a double boiler, pour over- flij above mixture Bud stir all together flnttl it thickens. Add a teaspoonful of cinnamon, a ta blespoon fnl of trotter and n pint of cold milk. Bak slowly f o or three hours in a buttered pudding dish. : Lemon Cake Pie. . ,. Take on cup of sugar, two heaping tablespoons of floijr.iilec of butter stee of an egg (melted), pinch of salt, yolks ef two egg. Beat all to a cream, then add Juice and grated rind of two medium sited lemons, cup of milk and the whites of tbe eggs bee ten -Miff. Bak thirty minute in a moderately hot oven.. When cut you will see a delicate cake has formed oa top. To Remove Ink Stain. Apply aalt and lemon Mc to th stain and expos it to the rays of tbe sun. 'Repeat application' several 'times if necessary. When Ink has. been spilt on a carpet dump a Wbofe iut.of salt on the plac Immediately and work tbe salt around.. It. wlIU absorb th Ink. Keep rubbing tb place" with fresh salt until stain, is removed.,.. -- - -' l.ii,, Hth ' il ,'.. Pepper Rsllsh, . Ileinove the Heeds, then' chop fin twelv red peppers and twelve green pepicrs and six large onions. Cover with boiling water, stand flv minutes, then drain. Bring to the boiling point four -cupfuls vinegar, two- -wnpfuls brown sugar, three tablespoonfula salt, add tha chopped pickle aud boll five minute. Car of th Broom. Do not discard a broom that shows signs of wear. Ratber take measures to preserve It If the broom Is soaked regularly In hot snds snd put out Into the sua to dry It will get new life and have ns much elasticity when half worn down as when new. . Delmonlo Potato. Dispose of, a rlnt of cooked sliced potatoes and a pint of hot white snuce, made with milk a th liquid, In niter nut layers. In a buttered baking dUb. Cover the top with bultered cracker crumbs snd set Into the oven to brown the crumbs. ' ' . Johnnycak. One-half cupful ip-miulati-d - Indian mnl, one and a lialf cupfuls flour, one cupful sweet milk, one ek'S, scant quar ter cnpful snsar, ose teBrxmtifnl cream of tartar, u tn'i !' i v$utrl soda, salt. v ' ' ' ' IK ami VniloiHV "I- I t'"t Vui l in "In 11 I mm- -'''..'fs v -.i"' iu H I Chairman of Both National and Stat Democratic Committee. Norman .B. , Mack, chairman "of thii Democratic i national committee and who was recently elected t'hnlrmnn of the New York state Democratic com. Imlttee, has the distinction of befog the nrst man in euner party 10 occupy the two Important offices simultaneously.; Ur. alack is urty-turoe eara old. He is a resident of Buffalo, where be owns and edits, a" newspaper. His home is one of tbe most pretentious in fashion able Delaware avenue. He is married and has two cUldren, both daughters. Mrs. Mack Is noted for her beauty. Mr. Mack has been prominent In Democratic politics' for more than a quarter of a century. He has fought 190, by American Proas Association. i . " ; XOBMAH X, MACK. his way upward through a long series of turbulent campaigns, and his rise to leadership has been due to his abil ities aa a suave conciliator. Hla quiet ly argumentative way has accomplish ed much for his party. Aa a campaign manager he is alert quick to see op portunities and has plenty of courage to take them. Of medium height, the feature of Mr. Mack's face is bis large blua eyes. His strong, sharply cut nose is that of an aggressive, self reliant man. Ther Is no trace of weakness about his firm month. H has on good quality which haa stood bun in good stead on more than on occasion. He la an excellent raconteur and tell a story with a dry kind of humor tbat ia unique. H la the master of a quiet kind of sarcasm. Mr. Mack ia a politician, but be is primarily a business man. Confidence Is his keynote. He never has failed, and he has consequently come to look upon success as his heritage.. He la not a nan who ever makes enemies if by any possibility h can avoid it. Any, kind of a Democrat so long as he is a Democrat Is Mr. Mack. He ha found; occasion to underrate bis opin ions sometimes, but his boast is that h never ha strayed beyond tb fold ot tru Bemtraey.-' HISTORIC SPADE. Taft Utod It to Break Ground Far Panama-Paolfio Exposition. On tha occaalon of his recent vjlt to San Francisco President Taft struck) a spade into tbe waiting soil snd brok ground for th Panama-Pacific Inter national exposition, which Is to b held there in 1915 to celebrate the completion of the Panama canal. After turning on spadeful of arth President Taft , hoisted to th : breeses the banner of tb ex position. M o r than 100,000 per sons were present Th bit of earth was deposited In a rosewood casket and will be shown at tb exposition. Oi.' I he face of the tyid 1 this inscription: "Used by William How ard Taft, presi dent of tbe United States Oct " 14. 1911, in turning th first spadeful of earth for the P a n a m a-Paclflc International ex position to b held fat San Fran cisco, 1815." Th official flag of th exposition incorporate tb "bear flag" of "th California republic" nndr Mexican nil and include th state colors ss well as thos of tb United Etatea. ' Tb bol dng by President Taft was neither "as deep ss a well nor as wld as a church door," but by tb time the souvenir hunters bad finished with it It was of a respectable-' slr.e. Appar ently every person. who witnessed the ceremony wished to carry away s handful of tbe earth from the place turned over by tbe silver spade, for, aa soon ss th police regulation permit ted, a rush was msde for the spot. Hands, penknives and pieces of sticks were ued to dig up the ground, and the place speedily re-iiibli-d n 'wed field. lxig after the nffiilr wn o'er dozens of men and women cmt'l he Bee 1 lee t! est t' ground r-fnl!y guarding a baniU- l;!.-f ri it!-!-:!n- a bandtul f t!. en: j t.,le t"o"i !'' pot. . ".'.- Aa was feiieiuHtr f- I loin Hun linker I a lt..ii,.,.-,t. . .n- : i ... , p . j NVvr t.e In yoi.r pl e if t.ii-, n. w-. f i n . t - tit riM v HI " !"' !:.-iiif. I t,) lo.iK nt nil" f.n i
The Asheville Times (Asheville, N.C.)
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Nov. 4, 1911, edition 1
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