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TIE PIESIIEKTSIBIHESS. DIL H. O. BAKER TREATS OF MANY MATTERS IN ADDRESS TO CHAMBER OF COM MERCK. Trn-T of What Han Been Done, and What Is Now Needed; What tan Be Done Here If the People Will Do It; Ai to Fertilisation and Dtverslsknacton of Crops. Gentlemen of the Chamber of Com? merce: I have requested the chairman of the several committees of this body, each in turn, to tel' the story of the work dons In bis department that yea may have tiat knowledge et first hand, and that they may. each have full credit for all that they have ac? complished. Boms of course, have not accom? plished so much as others, not be? cause of lees willingness to work, but because of less call for ths work ap to this time. In summing up results for the past six months and In attempting to take stock of our present statue as a working body. I have to thaak you for being more considerate of my abilities and mors generous with your help (both financial and otherwise) I than you were towards my predscee sors in office. Little could be ac? complished by the election of a presi? dent ualeae hs was provided with adequate funds and experienced help. At our meeting In April and dur? ing the few days immediately suc? ceeding It In answer to ths call of the canvassing committee you freely pledged some $4.500, most of which hae been paid in. end the Executive Committee I called to my assistance came willingly and has worked TOuet harmoniously and well. As e result of this aid and co-operatlO'j I think we are now on a firm foundation. We have an ample and convenient home to hold our meetings In and welcome nur frlenda We have a thoroughly qualified secretary and a competent stenographer to look after the office work, and seventeen commtttsee cov? ering practically every department of business activity who are equipped to attend to all business that legiti? mately falb) to their share In a thor? oughly business way. Tou are all familiar with the work done In the early days of our re-or gartsation by the committee on mem? bership, headed by Mr. D. D. Molse. We now have two hundred and seventy-mU members snd hops for surra. The work of tho comm ttee or. quit'ters headed by Or. Delft ?peaks for Itself. Tie will still further nerve ua In legislative mattsr this winter If we need htm. Mr. O'Donnell has handled the work of tbe Finance Committee with acrxpuloos care. You remember tbe vigorous cam palgn for Good Roads waged by the chairman Mr. Beleer. He failed to pa** the snoaeurt but will have bet? ter luck next fall. We have a Committee on Streets with Mr Qtema at Its head, and we look with pride upon the Improved Condition of Main street with Its half mlb? of vitrified brick pavement, and i*e are promised other Improve? ments later. The Committee on R. K. Passenger BerrWe must be given erodlt for se? curing the parlor a r on the Chsrleston-Greenville train for which we have so long begged. Dr. Mood is chairman of tbe committee. There ate still other conveniences In pros pert. TV"* Committee on I'relght Rates to thoroughly organise I with Mr. C^oeswell nt Its head and r. attend to my matter referred to it. Through this committee assuram. sums been secured that an addition il a apises delivery wsgon will soon be put on here, and one Item of Impn. per rate is being invest!*^, i ? The R. It. Extension Committee with Mr. Manning, at Its load is in th?. thi k of tbe fight now to land us .one t ig road, and be hints nt more to follow. Mr M K? i r as chairman of Com? mittee on Manufactures has iggM ggirnest nnd thorough work. We have s a result a new buggy and c*TT\r ge factory In full blast, a gas i plane pledged and other industries In stg.it. The Hot..I <\ sjasaHlae has had many trials snd tribulations. You are familiar with th.ni. One head of this committee efter another has gone down In ri?-spair. l ut Mr. K. L. Wltberspoon Is now nt tbe helm. His watchword N "never sny die. but ?! He bottovoi in p getting his business. (Mrs Msg Msjm |g*l I believe he will pat be able o, provide a resting plat ? f r ? ? ? s traveler wh i makes hi' stay among l Tbe Ar? vertHnng Committee wl'b Mr fl ' found N gtt?eessory le sMelii IssuM |o?o i?' r ? ?u?? committees. One bns n ? hanfe of the pub' -di'ng of lot of Sumter and Sumt.-r county. jkP alreidy had photographed a num. r * City vie as. Another dlvhloe I. d In charge tbe arranging of the moving picture Alms which we hope to see tonight. The last under the Immediate direction of Mr. Snell Is arranging for the Industrial trip to Northern points for next spring. Mr. J. H. Chandler Committee on Extension of Trade Is looking well after this matter and Is arranging for the bargain day sales and athletic contest for Thursday next. This | committee has had working in har? mony with it the City Retailer's As? sociation of which Mr. Julian Levy is j President. Of the work of the Credit Bureau, a subdivision of this last named boay. President Levy will speak to you later. The Committee on Entertainment with Col. Thomas Wilson at its head has not as yet been called upon to officiate. But the Refreshment Com? mittee presided over by Mr. Parrott and ably assisted by Mr. Reardon have proven by tonight's spread that they have not been Idle. Tho Committee on Rural Relations has endeavored to foster a friendly feeling between ourselves and the farmers of the county, and It reports the establishment of rest rooms In the City for visiting ladles. The Committee on Farm Improve ment of which Mr. H. L Scarborough IS chairman, believing that it could do nothing that could prove more helpful to the agricultural Interests of our community has made earnest efforts to secure the establishment of the agricultural experiment station In Sumter county. We believe that we have the choicest location in this section of the State, one accessible by railroad and public road and ex? hibiting a great variety of soil, and we hope for a favorable report from the locating board. The Committee on Encouragement 01 Home Supply with Mr. Abe Ryt tenberg as chairman has canvassed this matter thoroughly, and now as sures the farmers that they can mar? ket all home products brought In at Western prices plus freight charges. The Committee cn Education of which. Professor Ec munds is chair? man has disposed of the only matter that comes before it. vis. work for a county map showing school districts of Sumter County and, it holds itself ready to co-operate with the county organisation at any and all times. This brief summary shows what we have been able to accomplish in the past six months by organized ef? forts, and encourages us to hope for st'.il greater results in the future. In expressing such a hope, I am. fully aware that we are Just now facing a grave crisis In our business affairs. The welfare of the City of Sumter is Inseparably bound up with that of her surrounding farming communities and the present condition of the cotton industry means little short of disaster to them. The high price of cotton for the past few years has gradually weaned them away from former resolutions of diversification of crops. Easy money has developed extravagant living, nnd greater acre? age and heavier fertilization has '?'???light us an unprecedented yield that has nJl but worked their undo? ing. I think T am not overstating It when I say that the fertilizer bills for Sumter County this year will reach 90 pf?r rent of the amount realised fresi the sale of the cotton crop, with all other expenses yet to BOOT out of the remaining 20 per cent. This movement to withhold the crop from the market is ope move for our protection, f am proud that th| rir-i' practical steps In this direction orl k. i'.tf "?l io-re iti Sumter county tween our ("hamber of CofltftlefOe, and 'he Samter foiintv Farm-Ts' Union, T hop.- tlitf u . will realize much benefit from It. but we will never he able to hold cotton success? fully while we run our farms on a credit bnsls. We haVS promised ourselves before this that we would diversify and rotate our cropr. We will have to diversify now and make cotton a Surplus crops. I believe t'iii drop in price t<? be a blessing In d tfnjse. ?Mir far,os should cut their cotton a> rSssfe down to eight or ten ieres to the plough, and put the re? mainder of their farm Into grain and forage crops, and a small amount of truck. They should raise cattle and hogs In SJUflletenl quantities to fully supply our home demand nnd more If possible. Fertilizers should be obtained from Stable manures and la. j leguminous crops. Such fertiliza ? tlon will gradually bring our lands to producing two bales per acre? practically as a surplus crop that ee > be held. Th i world needs more cot? ton each year. Th | revolution now goliuz on in Chins Is In the end go? ing to throw open a larver market to us hut the world was not ready j for such a rapid Increase in the sup? ply as was furnished this venr. In order to ggf ?lorne concrete idea I of the opportunities offered for diver? sified farming is our territory i have j see and from the deabrs In this city statements St certain staple commo? dity * handled by thern and I am able I to present to yog the following sta? tistics whl'-h no f.ilnly nceurate ns to canned goods and food stuffs shipped |ntO Sumter for | onsumptIon here which might lust as easily bo raised .In Sumter county: Sweet Corn, 20,000 cane at 12 1-2.$ 2,600.00 Tomatoes, 200,000 cane, at 12 1-2. 26,000.00 Okra. 12,500 cans, at 20. 2,600.00 Sweet potatoes, 6,000 bushels, at 16. 760.00 Irish Potatoes, 5,000 bushels, at 1.50. 7,500.00 , Corn, 60,000 bushels, i at 90. 45,000.00 Oats, 50.000 bushels, at 60. 25,000.00 Salt Bacon, 200,000 lbs, (reported by one firm) 20,000.00 Beeves, 3,600 head at $33 1-3 . 120,000.00 Hogs, 15,000, at $10. . 150,000.00 Total.$398,250.00 Hay and smaller commodities such as sheep, chickens, eggs, etc. are omitted from this list. The grand total will considerably exceed half a million dollars, and counting the amount consumed In addition in the small towns in Sumter county will reach three-fourtha of a million dol? lars per year or the equivalent of 15, 000 bales of cottori at Its present price. Now I conceive it to be our duty through our appropriate committee to get more closely in touch with the farmers of Sumter county, and Induce them to diversify. Let us assure them of a ready market, let us help th-5m to secure all manner of Infor? mation as to cultivation and market? ing that will help them. Many far? mers are already possessed of the necessary Information, but the r?*nk and file of small farmers are not, and they need Instruction and encourage? ment, and they need It now. : In addition to our strictly Intra? urban activities let us add this work for them. Let us make not only Sumter City, but Sumter County a more pleasant and beautiful place to live In and we will find that our business returns will amply repay us for the effort. S. C. BAKER, 1 President. HUMOR OF MEDICAL STUDENT Dutch Physician Relates Pathetic In? cident of His Days In College at Amsterdam. Dr. Frederlk Van Eeden, the Dutch physician and author, can never lose sIeM of the Injustice of fat? that sub Jects the poor to tortures from which I the rich are exempt. He tells the fol? lowing bitter little anecdote which oc curred during his student day* In Am sterdam. Once a poor man was brought In affected with a very strange and rare dlr.eape of the spine that caused him. by involuntary spu?ms of the legs, to Ju.rjp and to continue hopping wher he tried to stand on his legs. One professor wanted to show this to his students and he requested the pa tleat to stfciid on his feet. Tbe poor can looked at the crowd around and laid with I pathetic, imploring look: "If the gentlemen will please no'. 1 laugh." The professor promised they would be serious, And rut, when the man Megan to hop the "gentlemen" roarfd And I foil the tears coming to my eyes and my fhis olOOO in my pockets.?Tbt j World*l Werk. The suggestion of Alderman Glenn ' thai push carts and men with ahov els be placed on Main Street has not > i been acted upon, but it appears to be an excellent ld? a. This is the Ian operated In larger cities than Sumter and it leemi that euch a plan . ought lo work well hi re also. .7. I'm rpont Morgan tri| ped and fell 's ohtiroh yesterday, spilling ? y widely ab..at; hut J, Plerpont was nevt r Known to slip and Call this Lu \\';<ii street, nor scatter mon ej snout there either.?Charleston Foot Powler Just keeps on trying to ily from ocean to ocean, and may beat Rodgera yet.?Charleston Poat. - Metropolitan horssraclng?the kind WhlOh they say Columbia ami Char It iton ore to hav<?must be pretty rotten when it's too rotten for Jack? sonville, That Florida city has al 1 ways been a "wide Open town"? much wider open than Charleston; and Charleston, we believe, la much wider open than Columbia, whloh la [open wide enough.?Columbia Ree? ord. Some fellow has figured it all out hen the powerful United Btatea navy is no good at all, How he does it is hard to r? member, but hla argu< no at is very plausible,?Charleston pest Chick's Curiouu Upbringing, A little Andalusien chicken owned ?by a Kelso fanner linn had a curious opbrtnglna; so far a pigeon recently built Iti nest shout fourteen feet from the gTOUSd at FloOH Home farm, and on the Dt il b< nfi Smmlnod the bird was fOui d ,i r? hotel od the An fslusisn i 11 the ehh k'i mother taring sp! irently deposited the i gc, in the i Um oi n at Then the ehielt ??a wt gn to the bantam hen, o blch I ai -levsing bird as If It had \ Ii n TWO HIT! IF HUM Bill -i JURY ACQUITS THIRD DEFEN? DANT IN KANSAS CASE. Judge Sentences These Admitted Am Kuilants of Young School Teacher . to Year in Prison. Lincoln Centre, Kas., Nov. 24.? Two of the three men ch. rged with complicity in the tarring of Miss Mary Chamberlain, a school teacher, John Schmidt ad Sherrill Clark, to- ! day were found guilty of assault and battery by a jury in Judge Grover'e court, while A. N. Simms, the third defendant, was acquitted. The Jury, was out nearly 30 hours. Sentence! was deferred to permit attorneys to argue a motion for a new trial. Earlier In the day the court Im- , posed sentences as one year each In jail, the extreme penalty, on Everett Q. Clark, Jay Fitzwater, Watson Scranton and Edward Ricord, con- j fessed assailants of Miss Chamber? lain. The four confessed before the present trial began. The court ruled that the men must pay the cost of the prosecution. j VANISHED GRANDEUR. ; ulories of ths Thames When Lonoon Roads Were Markets. In Tudor times royas residences were situated along tbe Middlesex bank of the Thames, and splendid bargee manned by oarsmen In livery were constantly coming and going be- I tween them. The city com im nies," says the Lon? don Times, "all bad tbelr state barge* and liveried watermen. Great river pageants were numerous. High placed criminals traveled down to their deat h on the ebbing tide. Ambassadors and other envoys of foreign powers were met at Gravesend by the lord mayor I and bis aldermen and taken by river ; in a stately progress to Tower stairs. The regular route westward wns by river to Putney, thence by road across Putney heath. "That way went Wolsey when de? prived of the great seal, traveling from York House to Escher In dls grace, until he fell in with tbe king's messenger on tbe heath and knew he was his master's man once more. In a later age tbe entry into London of Catharine of Braganza, the consort of Charles II.. was a memorable example of the river pageant. I "In old days the city roads were i markets rather than thoroughfares, so that even if anybody wished to go from one part of the city to another he went by river, for the roads were quagmires in bad weather and at all times haunted by highwaymen and footpads. Pepys. that type of the pa triotic permanent official, always used the river. Such phrases as 'by water to Whitehall' and 'so by water home constantly occur in his diary. "in Queen Anne's reign there were 40.000 watermen plying for hire on the Thames and over a hundred 'stairs.' or landing places, in London proper. Those watermen wore the 'cabbies' of that age. The really curious thing If that the Thames was still a main thoroughfare les* than a century ago. Not until 1857 did the lord mayor's show proceed to Westminster other? wise than by water." 1_ A Soldier's Reply. A soldier of Marshal Safe's army, being discovered in a theft, was con demned to be hanged. What he had Htolon might bo worth 5 shillings. The marshal, meeting him as be was be? ing led to execution, said to h!m. j "What a miserable Vool you were to risk your life for R shillings!" "General." replied the soldier, "I bars risked it every day for ray pay. flvepence." This repartee saved his life. The Dost He Could Do. "Now. gentlemen.'' said the stage manager at rehearsal. "I want you all to wear your heavy overcoats in this scene, as it is supposed to be au ex tremely chilly night." "1 have no overcoat, sir." replied one of the actors. Then a bright thought struck him. "Rut 1 could put on my heavy underwear."?Boston Transcript. How Could He Forget? She?Are you sure it was a year to? day that we became engaged, dear? He?Yes. I looked it tip lu my check book this morning.?New York Jour? nal. no who reign*, within himself aad rules ptaRKtons, desires and fears M more than u king.--Milton. Men Write and Women Keep. It is one or the settled facts !n the history of love letters that men will write and men Will keep A won clicrisJ.es I, ; love lctt< re as sb< che! labet her n rror or her powder pu i She carrJp them In her satchel and reads ti>? m In tbe twopenny tube. She lies there In blue ribbons and p ir fum * I ? ? ? ;li vlolcl i? do rm.% sii" !:.>??? '! r.i before she goes to b< ?1 .* nd ! ? thi in to a< r bosom nt tor" the ('. mj.{. f.c r hair up In the morning Sht Is them t??r weeks Bed know* wh >r ? tu And the m for years; ond about tbe only rafe tiling tl tnn v I o l i written ti em can do Ii to marry her Wealth *Jot Deeply Hidden. \lei omet met dream of enormous wealth stored deep In tbe earth, bo lo \ the r ach of miners, but experts sver thai there i* little or no ground tc believe thai valu ible metallic de? posits lie very deep In the earth'* crust SPEED OF A SHOT Finding the Velocity of a Missile a Simple Matter. MEASURED BY A PAPER DRUM. The Whirling Cylinder Register? the Projectile's Flight With Minute Ac? curacy at Any Desired Distance. Wing Shots and Shot Charges. Persons at all Interested in gun tiring of any kind, whether of the revolver or rifle or of h.*avy ordnance of any kind, occasionally come upon the term "muzzle velocity" and velocities of the missile at stated distances. "How can anybody tell how fast a bullet is traveling when it leaves the muzzle of a weapon?" is a likely com? ment on the part of the layman. As a matter of fact this approximate velocity of the missile may be one of the easiest of determinations to make. In the first place, a drumlike cylinder la made of fixed diameter and of suf? ficiently stiff paper to allow of its re? volving rapidly on a spindle. Using a cylinder of small circumference, it la necessary that the speed approach 2,000 revolutions a minute. These rev? olutions are produced by electric pow? er, nnd the count is made by an exact mechanical register. The gun is placed securely at the re? quired distance from the drum and is sighted directly at the center of the cylinder, which is spinning at so many rods, even miles, a minute, as its circumference determines. With the drum's speed adjusted nn electric | current discharges the weapon, the bullet striking the center of the drum as measured from top to bottom. The reader understands that with the drum stationary the bullet would pass directly through It on the line of its diameter, coming out on the other side with scarcely a shade of impediment. With the drum's periphery whirling at the rate of 2,000 revolutions a minute and its diameter only a fraction more than a foot this would mean a rate of 2,000 yards in sixty seconds. Thus in the fragment of a second necessary for the bullet to enter one side of the pa? per drum, cross it and out at the other side the opposite side of the drum would show considerable deviation from an exact diameter of line of pas? sage. It is this space of deflection shown Inside the further rim of the drum that is used for the computation of velocity of the missile. The speed of the cylin? der may be computed to the ten thou? sandth part of a second If necessary and the lineal distance run In that time be charted in perpendicular line;; on tho inner side of the paper. At what? ever line the ballet penetrates outward it registers its time in crossing the diameter of the cylinder. If it has re? quired tho ten-thousandth part of a second for the bullet to fly one foot its muzzle velocity to the mile may be computed by any schoolboy. By the same process, too, the bullet's velocity at 100 yards or B00 yards may be de? termined. Yeur.< ago l>efore wing sboottng had become an art tho farmer with his Drossle loading shotgun and chare. ? of black powder would ?hoot directly at a wild goose or duck in full flight. He evolved a theory of his own as to the Oncoming bird, holding that the heavy breast feathers "turned" tho shot Ha Waited until tho bird had passed him when, Dring directly at it. he could bring down hi:* quarry. But it was not because the bird was not vulnerable, coming breast on. The fact was that it ellw over his charge of shot. Before bo could pull the trigger nnd the hammer fell on the percussion cap and the compara? tively slow black powder could he ig? nited and exploded, sending the shot twenty-five or thirty yards, the bird had flown yards perhaps beyond its position when the fowler first touched the trigger. But tiring directly at the bird after it had passed the shot charge had u strong tendency to drop ns It flow, and tho bird dying on s level lino "got in th?? way" of the. charge. Today the modern nitro powders are Immensely quicker than was the old black gunpowder, yet it bos been an engineering problem to determine Just how fast and in what line a charge of shot Will travel. In this determina? tion the revolving drum device has shown several important facts which have been taken In connection with the speed of individual game birds and the effects of windage on a shot charge. That most Important fact AS to tho flight of shot from a modern shotgun is that nt forty yards the shot are "strung out" for approximately fifteen foot. While the leading pelleta In the string have greatest velocity and klll lnr power, at this distance even the trailing pellets ore Of Sufficient force to kilL All this has led to tho modern prac? tice of the fowler to reckon with the ?peed of his ahot, the speed of the bird, the Influence of the wind Id "drifting" the charge, and out of these established facts to "lead*1 tho bird anffl lently to IttU it rather than malm and cripple it. Marvin Holtoo in chic - " ibuno. The Other National Game. Mrs. tin lev fas Oaley arrive* homr at fl a. m I Well, what in the world reminded you to come borne at alii ^alc,? Th-' irame wa* called on ac* tonnt oi daylight, my fl ?tr Puck. Hatred I i >4 i ease by hatred at anv tin"' i Ired eeasea by leva This !? a1 ? " mlo. Buddha. llle. was in toy ugh, of Bishop rlday morning. VERITABLE SLAVE TO DUTY Mr. BHIteps Wishes He Could Ost Mrs. LMI'tops to Tsks s Nap Occasionally. "After dinner on Sunday, and in fact after dinner on various other acys. 1 l!fce." said Mr Hilltops, "to tabe- ? Ktt o n p, and I take tbo^e naps very easil) I just let my head drop back en tbs '.air and The first thing yon krow !'m In the lane! cf dreamt, dozing a why very coraiortr.y.v as 1 did after dp r.e- ! ?.-?* night for instance "But last night wlen 1 had waked up and bad rr.!led acropf the table at Mrs Btlltops sitting on tte ot'r.er side sewing, srd a ad .?a <i !o htr, as I guess 1 have said a tl.ou.-and tJnres. 'M7 dear. 1 tl.inU I must nave dropped asleep.' 'E*ra." she said to me, *1 never could take ;?. aap like that. Sometime* I fall asleep over my work, and some times 1 go to s eep over the newspa? per, bat to sit down and deliberately let myself go to sleep like that la something I could never do 1 should think it Was a sin ' "And that's the trouble with Mrs. BlITtops. that> the trouble, she's got too tensitive a conscience. She thinks she must be doing something all the time. "There are so man/ things to be done and she thinks It her duty to keei always at work, never to waste a minute's time She's a slave to duty, and Idleness in any form she looks up? on as a sin She's very lenient with all the rest of us. very ktnd and gen? tle, but to herself she denies all lux? ury. "I wish that I could persuade Mrs. Hilltops to take a little nap occasion? ally." OLD FASHIONED BARBER BEST Writer Objects Strenuously to the Tonsorial Artist" With His Atro? cious Clothes snd Talk. Scarce a man living but at times drifts into dreaming and picturing what he might do if he had wealth. Many?far too many!?aspire to some? thing that may contribute to the sen? sational headlines. Here and there is one er bo merely inclines toward some modest benefaction. For our own part, suddenly finding ourself rich, we should Hke to devote much of it to eliminating rhe "tonsorial artists" from the field of barberdom; sepa? rating the tores from the wheat as it were The average "tonsorial artist" af? fects the mcst atrocious neckwear; dons a millionaire's vest with a mill? wright's trousers, and puts popular ideas of garb all at points. He talks glibly of scandal, horse races and hair restorer and eventually drives many a man to whiskers who is perfectly sane and normal otherwise. There are too many of ?him! On the otner hand the old fashioned "barber" knows his financial, mental and artistic limitations. He seldom feels better acquainted with you the ?econd time over than he did the first He assumes you know what you want better than he does and rarely forces his "extras." Mostly he is a good tradesman, cleanly and careful In his work. Cne of his stripe nuts greater crimp in the safety razor business than all the "artists" combined. Bless him, there is not enough of him! ? Buffalo News. FCL1TENES3 CJT OF PLACE Old Lawyer Dili Not Want His Client to Think He Could Get Frc2 Advice. Politeness is politeness, but busi? ness is just business. One of the clerks of tbe supreme court tried to combine the two the other day. but hereafter ho is going to attend suict 1> to business. He was anxious to destroy Liie common belief of many persons who visit the New York coun? ty courthouse that little courtesy la Shown by ths attaches to those seek? ing Information. The clerk was stand? ing in the corridor on the second floor when two men came along, one of then gray haired. The younger one asked the e;der the way out of the building. The clerk heard the query and at once told the questioner era! ways be could get out. The older man turned on the clerk with tbe in? junction to mind his own business, adding that he had been In the build? ing before the clerk was Lorn and could him..* it answer his companion. A little kiier the old man looked up the clerk and apologised, explaining that the man who wanted to know bow to get onl of the building was his r:!ient and that ho did not want ; hi.n 10 < be idea that he could re> eeive free advice. "If he gets that notion " said the old practitioner. "I'll lese him as ? eiient." Deserved Reward Came Lste. Witting ot the celebration or the one hundredth birthday of Ambrotse Thomas which took place a short tin e ago, Karl Delhltl says that the < 1 r of the great French comroser fuTOl ihee another Instance of ao.levo men I late In life He was onlv soon t t years old when he had mastered tb< piano and the violin and was sent I y his father, also ? musician, from his home, i" Mets, to the Parti Qon 'crvatory, where he won many prises lor Mr extra llnarj work "But he . \ yi trs old before his w it h rformed and at once m . Ir Th?- s.ime class with 1 gi pert or ere," adds Detbiti 11 I 1 rformed In Paris ? 00 1 '? president of the re tublic hn ? Tbomat w*th the grand ordon ? the Legion of Honor. He llred to eigl fire renn old and enjoyed Li d ends of recognition.'