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Kogoro Takahira Japanese John Burroughs as a Nature Fakir
mat Who Looks Like Kipling Captain Charles Polack Who
Thomas Taggarts Start Was Decorated by
in Business the Kaiser
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expected ap
pointment of
Kogoro Tnka
hlra as successor
to Viscount Aokl
at Washington in
the Japanese am
bassadorship is
taken to mean that
Tokyo is especially
anxious to main
tain friendship
with the United
kogoho takahira states Mr Taka
hira made a fine record in this coun
try before as the Japanese minis
ter and when at the close of the
Russo Japanese war the Japanese le
gation at Washington became an
embassy in compliment to the part
the United States played in end
ing that contest Viscount Aoki was
appointed first ambassador on account
of his high rank But Mr Takahira
is himself an ambassador now being
at the head of his countrys embassy
at Rome His advancement to the em
bassy at Washington would be looked
upon as a well merited promotion He
is about fifty three Is a descendant of
the old samurai is sometimes called a
Yankee of the orient and Is likened
in appearance to Rudyard Kipling
His diplomatic record is as follows
Attache in foreign oflice at Tokyo at
twenty six charge daffaires of the
Washington legation chief of the po
litical bureau of the Japanese foreign
office consul general at New York
minister to Denmark and Holland
minister to Italy Austria and Switzer
land vice minister for foreign affairs
minister to the United States and am
bassador to Italy The diplomat once
heard two women discussing his na
tion
The Japanese said one of them
ought to be excluded from the coun
try Their young men come here to
school and no sooner do they arrive
than they begin a systematic course of
cheating
How is that asked the other
They pay tuition for only one said
the complainant and they learn
enough for two or three
The rise of Thomas Taggart chair
-of the Democratic national
man com
mittee who has been in the public eye
on account of the meeting of that com
mittee at Washington was altogether
out of the ordinary About thirty years
ago when the girls in the railway
iuuch room at Indianapolis said Draw
one it was Taggart then a red cheek
ed blue eyed and broad shouldered
young irishman
who might have
been seen turning
the faucet of the
coffee urn It was
a happy combina
tion of industry
and good humor
which caused the
youths elevation
through the various
stages of lunch
counter keeper res
taurant proprietor
hotel keeper coun
ty auditor and
mayor of Indian
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THOMAS TAGGART
apolis and which in due time won him
the honor of presiding over the na
tional campaign organization of his
party Mr Taggart thinks his busi
ness career began when he was about
six Of his later youth he relates
When I was working in Xenia one of
my duties was to go up the road every
morning to buy flowers for my employer
At the hotel across the way there lived
a very pleasant lady Mrs John Durand
One day she said to me Tom bring me
a flower when jou come back and every
morning she would tell me what she
would like but never say anything about
the money My salary a very small one
in those days was turned over to my
family but I was careful then and man
aged to save a couple of dollars that I
had made by extra work TVith this
money I paid for the flowers for Mrs
Durand as long as it lasted Then I
would borrow the money until I had
spent in all 7 or S for flowers but I
was ashamed to suggest payment to the
lady
Things went on from day to day but
strangely enough I never despaired of be
ing repaid for my outlay One day s c
called me to her and handed me 15 At
that time it seemed a tremendous sum
and that really was the nucleus of any
financial success I have had and stands
out in my life as a memory or a very
happy time That day with that 15 In
my pocket I would not have exchanged
places with any one in the world
It is claimed by some that it was not
President Roosevelt who started the
much talked of campaign against na
ture faking but the venerable natural
ist John Burroughs the Sage of Slab-
sides Yet Mr Bur
roughs himself has
told stories of the
nature faking vari
ety On occasion he
can tell just as mar
velous tales of that
kind as anybody
else Herelatedsuch
a yarn at a dinner
in Boston It was
as easy to believe
he said as many of
the nature writers i
jons burroughs anecdotes en he
began My cousins wifes baby was
very ill and finally the crisis came
aiid the little one fell into a deep sleep
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CAPTAIN CHARLES
POLACK
The sleep was to be decisive On tin
childs awakening the doctor would
know whether It would live or die
Well In order that this momentous
slumber might not be disturbed mj
cousins wife going about on tiptoe
muffled everything chair legs cups
and saucers plates the doorbell And
Sa the noble dog from his seat on the
sofa taking in the situation at a
glance silently got up on a chair and
stopped the eight day clock by touch
ing the pendulum with his paw
Captain Charles Polack of the North
German Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse who was highly hon
ored recently by the German emperor
is envied by his fellow officers in the
steamship service on account of the
way in which he distinguished him
self The emperor conferred upon bin
the Third Order of the Crown in recog
nition of his skill and courage in sav
ing his ship from
destruction when
she became rudder
less in the open sec
and In bringing
her safely across
the Atlantic and
into port He is one
of the youngest of
ficers in the North
German Lloyd
service and the
decoration recently
conferred on him
is the second he
has received from
the emperor He
was given that of
the Red Eagle in recognition of his
bravery in rescuing from drowning
four members of a boats crew ol
which he was in command while on
the way to save the crew of a sinking
ship For his courage and seamanship
on this occasion Captain Polack re
ceived the life saving medal of the
Royal Humane society and was also
decorated by the late Queen Victoria
KING OSCAR OF SWEDEN
A Most Learned Wise Respected and
Democratic Monarch
King Oscar II of Sweden was born
at Stockholm in 1820 His father
King Oscar L was a son of Joseph
Francois Bernadotte the French peas
ant who became a general under Na
poleon and a great favorite with thai
conqueror When it was discovered
that Charles XIII who occupied the
Swedish throne from 1809 to 1818 was
childless Napoleon induced the na
tional diet at Stockholm to establish
Bernadotte crown prince On the
death of Charles XIII he ascended
the throne as Charles XIV
King Oscar II was monarch of Nor
way as well as Sweden up to aboui
THE IiATE KING OSCAR IX OV SWEDEN
two years ago when the Norwegian
storthing declared Norway independent
of Sweden and the government of the
latter country acquiesced in the sep
aration As a young man the king
was trained in the navy and at the
University of Upsala He ascended the
throne in 1S72 Few European sov
ereigns have ever acquired such stand
ing as scholars and statesmen as has
been universally accorded to King Os
car and few have ever acquired to
such a degree the affection of their
people or have been so democratic In
the days of his greatest literary activ
ity he turned out works of poetry and
volumes on military history criticism
and general literature at a rate which
left the public to wonder how he ever
found time to rul his kingdom but it
was generally acknowledged that he
did the latter unusually well
Rejected Manuscripts
I received a lot of rejected manuscripts-
today said Titmarsh to a
Triend
Did you I had no idea you had any
ambition to shine as an author
Not exactly that You see my
sweetheart and I quarreled and she
returned all my letters
COULDNT BE BLUFFED
The Judgo Raised bul the CulpiH
Promptly Called
A correspondent sends In the follow
ing account of an Incident which oc
curred In his presence in a Kentucky
courtroom
Under the laws of Kentucky the
penalty for gaming is a fine of from
20 to 50 Judge W W Jones was
holding a term of circuit court and
when the case of the commonwealth
of Kentucky against Daniel Cross was
called he asked Daniel if he had a
lawyer to defend him Daniel said lie
had not and Judge Jones asked him
what he wanted to do about his case
which was a charge of gaming
I dont know hardly judge said
Daniel I thought I would just pay it
off
Were you actually playing said
the judge
I guess we were Daniel replied
About how much were you playing
for Daniel the judge asked
Oh nothing much said Daniel
just a nickel or dime on the corner
Well Daniel said the judge I
will see your dime and raise you 20
Daniel looked rather crestfallen for
n moment but catching the force of
the judges remark he quickly looked
up at the judge and said Well judge
I am satisfied that you have got me
beat so Ill not raise you but I guess
I will have to call you Law Notes
EXPENSIVE BOOKS
Prices That Prevailed Before the In
vention of Printing
In the present day It seems very
strange to read about the prices of
books before the invention of printing
King Alfred gave a very large es
tate for a book on cosmography In
the year 1174 Walter prior of St
Swithins at Winchester purchased of
the monks of Dorchester in Oxford
shire Bedes Homilies and St Aus
tins Psalter for twelve measures of
barley and a pall on which was em
broidered in silver the history of St
Birinus converting a Saxon king
About the year 1400 a copy of John
of Meuns Roman de la Rose was
sold before the palace gate at Paris
for 40 crowns or about 175
The Countess of Anjou paid for a
copy of he Tloniilies of Halmon
bishop of Halberstedt 200 sheep five
quarters of wheat and the same quan
tity of rye and millet
In 1471 when Louis XL of France
borrowed the works of Rhasis the
Arabian physician from the faculty of
medicine at Paris he not only deposit
ed by way of pledge a considerable
quantity of plate but he was obliged
to procure a nobleman to join with
him as surety in a deed binding him
self under a great forfeiture to restore
the books
No Time to Lose
Sir said the young man entering
the office I sent you a communication
yesterday
Well asked the grim faced man
Well Mr Prater I thought perhaps
you might give me a reply to my re
quest and
Wait a minute said Mr Prater
Are you the man that sent this ac
count for 10 for hats for my daugh
ter
No sir 1-
Then 3ou are the one that left this
bill for 33 for her dresses
No sir My commu
Then it must be this for 7 for
shoes
No sir My note was one asking if
I might have j our daughters hand
You want to marry her gasped
Mr Prater Then turning over the
pile of bills he urged Take her
young man I dont know your name
but take her quickly Shes talking
about doing some more shopping
London Scraps
A Paris Restaurant
The Fnrisian men are not likely to
grumble at being asked to dine in
dress clothes in any particular London
restaurant for they have in Paris one
dining place where this unwritten law
has always been enforced No man
ever goes to dine at the Armenonville
in the Bois de Boulogne without put
ting on his dress clothes Why fash
ion has decreed that a Frenchman may
dine at any of the boulevard restau
rants in terue de ville but must wear
a swallowtail coat when he drives to
the big park of Paris to dine no one
knows It is custom and there to a
Parisian is the end of it Bellman
The Effect on the Nerves of Gambling
How can a man do his daily work
quietly which represents perhaps only
the earning of a few shillings when
his anxious other neurotic self is won
dering how a horse he has never seen
ridden by a jockey he has only heard
of in a race he has only read about is
faring as to money ostensibly his
which he cannot afford to lose because
he has not perhaps got it if he should
have to pay Is such an existence
likely to add to the race value of our
stock of fleeting patriotism Frys
Magazine
Made Him a Sinkor
Farmer Jones to amateur hunter
There wasnt a better water dawg liv
in until you shootin gents took to bor
rowin im Now is ides that full of
shots hed sink to the bottom like a
brick London Bystander
The Meek
You should try to he n little less
assertive my dear Remember the
meek shall Inherit the earth
Oh yesjI dare say they will when
the others have done with it Lon
don Opinion
Joys are not the property of the rich
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