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Show A WHOLE LOT IN NAMES. Some Instances Wherein the Cognomen Meant EverythingA Every-thingA Winner and a Loser. "What's In a, name?" echoed tho old planter from Louisiana. "In my opinion there is a greit deal in a name. "In 1SG0 a lot of Chinamen were Imported Import-ed and brought down to Louisiana to take the places of niggers, but they proted a completo nnd total failure A number drifted Into Lnke Providence, and It was all that most of them could do to get rice enough to keep roul and body together. "Honeser, there nas ono of tho crowd who started a laundry and afternard a restaurant, and In three jenrs ho had made his 'pile,' er at least enough to carry car-ry him back to China and lite In comfort for the balance of his dajs As ths boat which was bearing him away pulled out Into tho stream ho stood on the lower deck wntlng his hands to a group ot Chinamen on the bank, who wero gazing at him with admiring, longing and enti. ous etes. ' "Whsfs that got to do with a name?" Inquired ono of tho listeners .... "'"" d1-','. replied the old planter. "Ills name wus Much Chink" 1 hat reminds me," said tho St. Louis man, 'of a policeman who was on our force jiari ago when Lnrrj Harrlgan nas Chief, Ills nsmo was Kant He was nn SuV.fh1irbriBh.t.B0rt.nf,a ehani "'! Larrj put him on the ilttect te force, but. some-. onWth.r ?,her' h0,;)1n,t ucceiel. !Ko ?r!o on the force could trace a crlmo to Its wtK'them "k Kan'' bUt KW" .n"'0.'."!0 "!" ,nat Ifant was going f.lt.",',..'lnwn an unt of his iiicil ami I','1 him pw but It was conditional on his assuming her name, and her name nas hiSlc,u, AfUr. the f-egl"liture changed i t""!.0 no. ftmlnal could escap,, him IrlVA" ncijrd Larrj Harrlgan say that lr Ketchum had not died ai un Juris i .,f,mv?ulck fonsiHripllon in the course of t mo he would have had etery crlmlnni in the United Slates 'behind the1 harS' " ' '" ,.ha,t" "ngular." said tho New York- ;;toaS?e.hTjl,h'nanrVah?Ti & 'pf rweroEnVoT blh "for" hfn? K" ..f " '"ck"'' but on" ny he camo ISct " C0 mo and l,CBan ,0 "wear at hi! A."?;,,1. M- 'now ' A. Loser bo bo"tlhs,ii".hLv.,.rv.",'r!ou an'' M. 'May-BjMhata 'May-BjMhata tho trouble,' and then marched hl, "rSEW vinncrnn VftgW? miimm t?ahcUHMiirUBnt)h.,'nl;u? ?,'"' nd aYSftffi''?HS" Wr.and? on ft sir I ran, n hook or unvti.inr .v.. had mopped sh. would m8ntt5,BJrlf1JB tS,nhn.lrdh,lYnKP'vKn"; and" !'ZUrn.lt&'' tH0". .' |