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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
LEARNING A LANGUAGE,
Is Comparatively Easy to Acquire
Working Vocabulary.

a Working Vocabulary.
ut doesn't require any great length
Of time to learn language if one has
patience" said a man who has mas
tered several languages, land when l
hear man regret that he is not able
to speak French or German or Spanish
or some other language unknown to
him l cannot conceal my amusement.
In nine cases out of ten l might say
that the men who express a regret of
this sort handle English very poorly
If that happens to be their language.
The chances are that their vocabu-
laries are extremely limited, and it
would probably surprise them to know
that despite the advantages of birth
and education they could not command
more than GOO or 700 words in English
| if their lives depended upon it. Yet
| they are able to carry on intelligent con-
versation, and many of them may be-
come forcible and even automatic in
their savings, and they plunge into dis
cussions Of literature, art. music and
other subjects Of such fine elegance
and do it rather successfully too.
"Now. how long ought it to take for
man to learn 600 or 700 or even 1000
words in any language? Certainly it
ought not to take any great length of
time, and from my own experience l
know that it does not. OF course l am
not speaking now of mastering so that
one can get the full benefit of all the
retinements of speech in a particular
tongue.
But l have in mind the idea of
speaking intelligibly in given Ian
guage and being able to understand
perfectly what is said in return. have
a system which l have worked out. and
it has been Of vast benefit to me and
has enabled me to learn a number OF
languages. 1t occurred to me while
was in Mexico a few years ago on i'm
portant business.
II could not speak word of Spanish
and could not understand the language
l concluded that l would learn the Ian
guagc. My plan was simply this:
made up my mind that I would not re
tire at the close of any day as long as
was there without learning at least
three words in Spanish how to pro
nounce them and what they meant
That would give me ninety words pei
month, or something over 1000 in {
years time."-New Orleans Times
| Democrat
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09

regarding the rows upon rows Of vines
in the vineyards that surrounded the
house back, front and sides when Nine.
Guinand sent for me to come to the
dining room for Il cup of tea.
This way said the maid, and she
opened the door.
l stood OH the threshold, transiixed.
speechless.
Madame, immaculate as my rug on
my floor in her smart gray linen and
bobbing curls reaching to her shoul-
der. stood ut the left of the window.
She held back the curtain.
She was silent. but her expression
and attitude calculated. There
l merely claspcd my hands. looking.
1t is impossible for me to describe
that lake. those mountains. Instinc-
lively | shrink from the attempt. Alb
sOrhed in the scene | felt the presence
of rather than saw Il girl who sat mt
the right of the window stitching.
Madame fastened the curtain perma-
nently back on a large brass hook.
was glad of that. The girl went on
stitching.
"The lake is blucr than usual to
day" 1t was madame who spoke. The
girl was still as statue. "The wind
fans it"
"But is it the wind that filings M
that thin blue veil over the MOI: :.
tains.' ! asked. cor does it scep up out
Of the too blue of the lake,
ut is the wind" she replied. land
the atmosphere"
l sat down to tea served in an old
blue teapot that at other times would
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
Look Out For Your Pate.

A contemporary says pate" is slang
for head. 1t is. ell? Wherefore? Sure
ly the word is used in Il trivial or de-
rogatory sense, as noddle. noggin, era
mum. brainpan, etc, but it's origin is
eminently respectable. Shakespeare
says 1.-The learned pate ducks to the
golden fool" 'Popes epigram is good:
You beat your pate and fancy wit will
come;
Knock as you please. there's nobody at
We have bald pate" and ''shave
pate" Why, the word is used once in
the Bible. and by David. in Psalm vii.
16, Ellis mischief shall return upon his
own head. and his violent dealing shall
come down upon his own pate" Ac'
curately. pate does not mean the head
but the crown of the head.-New York
Press.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
HOW SALT COOLS COFFEE.
A Little Experiment Worth the Try
ing Ont of Mere CuriOsity.

Little Exper'smen Worth the Try
ing Out OF Mere Curiosity.
Between bites OF the simple break
fast he had ordered the young clerk
gazed nervously at the restaurant
clock. 1t was plain he had oversight
himself and was paving the way to fu-
ture indigestion by boiling his food.
The coffee was the stumbling block. 1t
was hot-very hot-but the clerk need
ed it badly, and he slipped it carefully,
having due regard for his mouth and
tongue.
But time pressed, and, with parting
glance at the clock, he reached for his
glass of ice water and prepared to pour
some Of the frigid fluid into his cup.
Don't spoil your coffee, young man."
said an elderly gentleman who was
eating his breakfast on the other side
of the table. You take all the good
out of it by putting ice or ice water in
it."
The clerk was at first inclined to re-
sent the interference. but the patri-
archal appearance of the other man
tempered his resentment.
what am to do?" he asked. Il am
late for the office. and want this cof-
fee badly"
"Let me show you little scheme"
said the elderly man. Taking the cylin-
drical saltcellar from the table, he
wiped it carefully with napkin. then.
reaching over. deposited the glass YES
sci in the cup of coffee.
salt, you know. has peculiar cooling
properties" he said, meanwhile hold
ing the receptacle firmly in position.
'"They put it with ice to intensity the
cold when making ice cream. 1t is used
extensively in cold storage warehouses
for cooling purposes. and being incased
in glass does not affect its power to
any great extent"
AS he spoke he withdrew the saltcel-
lar from the coffee and mOtiOned to the
younger man to drink He raised the
cup to his lips and. to his surprise.
found the liquid cooled to such an ex-
| tent that he could drink it without in
convenience.
1.-THE uses of salt are manifold" said
the elderly man. with the air of one be-
ginning lecture. II remember once
when was in Mexico'-
But the clerk. with another glance at
the clock thanked him profusely and
dashed out of the restaurant-New
York Mail and Express.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09

7 was a window in the dining
room of Il pension in Lausanne.
1t stretched the full length of
the dining room. broad. wide.
deep. There We're two smaller
windows one on either side. This was
how l first saw it. l have never for
gotten it. never shall forget it.
had sailed over a sea of turquoise
from Geneva to Lausanne. dream
lake transcendcntly beautiful, cncom-
passed by mountains phantasma goric-
al, changing while you looked. each
peak surprising the other in the radi-
nnce of its beauty. Mont Blame first.
ynowy, sunlit, looking loftily down up
On us from the clouds. followed by 9th
ers and others; IN indescribable lake,
blue as blue and dotted here and there
by sloops. fairy sloops you rarely see
elsewhere. twin sailed sloops that in
certain positions take on the shape OF
two wings of dipping dove.
Walking the deck of the little steam
er, l had looked first at the lake and
then at the mountains. The deep. rich
blue of Lake Geneva had melted grad
ually into the less blue of Lake Le-
man, the ripples cut into sharp spar
kles like blue bits of broken glass
And the chameleon mountains! Past
the sunshine of Mont Blanc Il delicate
mist had begun to cover Them, like Il
veil, half revealing. half concealing,
the face of Il pretty woman. They
,-tlnfi1n Of hnrnnl IN hnrn.l that
l doubted if they were real mountains
after you got TO them, and. as a matter
of fact. some did clude us entirely,
hiding behind peaked crags and Smil-
ing at us through the flaky fleece of
clouds.
The steamer stopped at Ouchy. From
there Il mountain climbing train had
elevated me TO Lausanne. where. fol
lowing Il man with my SatchelS. my
camera and my alpcnstock. had
walked between tall gray walls over
which from high. sweet gardens scar
let flowers nodded to this pension
Other flowers welcomed me there
fume-roscS, sweet peas. honeysucklcS
and mlSnOnettc.
Ordinarily pensions occupy lower
floors, but this vaulted skyward. De
posting Il franc in the brawny hand of
my man of the SatchclS. | followed al
the heels of two nmble white cappc(
maids up three flights of stairs of gray
stone, sombcr and circular. My room
was located on this third floor. ant
the dining room was on the fourth
The observatory was on the roof. ant
above that We're the clouds; at nigh
the stars.
There was method in this seeming
madness. The town is built on Il steep
high mountaiH side. Across from 1t
ten miles away. are those other noun
tains. And between is the lake.
The people of Lausanne live for thos'
mountains. for that lake. or mornings
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09

with slim white fingers. Tom Pay
ton," she said again, of Harrodsburg"
"Well, what Of it," quericd. puz-
zled.
Hush" she cautioned, repeating her
maneuver of tiptoeing to the door. clos
ing it more securely, then tiptoeing
back again. AS if the blue eyed girl
sitting at her window in the room
above, with every door fast shut be-
tween. could hear! Then:
81 don't know whether to laugh or to
cry" she explained, a tear in her eye.
tom Payton! l know that wretch. l
know him we'll. Oh. oh. oh. There she
sits at that window waiting for him.
stitching. looking toward Geneva and
waiting for him. and he-he's married!
He's been married year-a year and
half by now-and-there's a baby
hoy.'
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
4 Forbidden Tonic.

'There is one topic peremptorily for
hidden to all we'll bred. to all rational,
mortals." says Emerson. namely
their distempers. If you have not slept
or if you have slept or If you have
headache or sciatica or leprosy or thun-
derstroke. besecch you by all angels
to hold your peace and not pollute the
morning. to which all the housemates
bring serene and pleasant thoughts. by
corruption and groans. Come out OF
the azure. Love the day.
The quotation suggests that, hard as
1t is to be an invalid. it may prove al
most as painful to be an invalids
friend.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
PeDyH on Lent.

The scarcity of fish in old times in
England made it difficult for the poor
to keep Lent. Pepys remarks. "The
talk Of the towne now is whether Lent
shall be kept with the strictnesse OF
the kings proclamation, which is
thought cannot be, because Of the poor
who cannot buy fish," He also says:
Notwithstanding my resolution. yet,
for want of other victualls. | did eat
flesh this Lent" and again, Our din
ner was only sugar sopps and fish, the
only time we have had Lenten din
ncr all this Lent"
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
Love and Bust N esS.

Dear" she said during an interval
of comparative sanity. promise me
one thing"
Anything" he answered, with the
recklessness Of love.
"After we have been married rea-
sOnable time If we decide a divorce Is
desirable promise that my brothers,
who are struggling young lawyers,
shall represent u.s." Philadelphia
North American.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09

THIS Way" SAID THE MAID AS SHE
OPENED THE DOOR.
in lieu of the usual stercotyped greet
ing of 'lIow did you sleep last night:'
or How do you carry yourself:' or
"Are you quite well:' they say: Have
you seen the view since sunrise? How
is it? Are the mountains pink or blue
or q roSeate mixture of the two? And
the lake-how is that: Is it dimplng
with sparkles or is it altogether lost in
the mist, that beautiful lake,
The maids, depositing my satchels,
had left me. had looked about me at
the white walls, the white floor, the
immaculate rug, with every scrap of
its fringe laid fiat in manner forbid
dinghy precise; at my divan. shaped
like Nine. de Stael's and covered with
dimity Of much the same pattern as
hers. but not quite the same quality; al
the shining white porcelain stove IL
the corner and at the tall, white can
dlestick, decorated with it's little flow
ers of blue. l had taken out my &c
neva clock that kept time just tw'
hours fast, set it on the porcelain
stove, placed the miniature of girl
love upon it, brushed the stains o
travel from me. smoothed back m!
hair and was standing at the windov
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
Needed For Other Purposes.

A Georgia justice recently married
runaway couple who drove up to his
house and went through the ceremony
without descending from the carriage.
When the ceremony was over. says the
Atlanta Constitution, the groom fun
bled in his pockets and fished up thirty
six cents.
"Jedge," he said, this here's all the
money got in the world. Eff you've
mind to take it. you kin. but I'll say
now that l done set it aside fer the
honeymoon expenses"
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
Worth Trying Again.

the impecunious author passed over
the manuscript with faltering hand.
The aged but truthful editor started.
"Er-Mr. Wrightly," he said, with
the air Of a man who has just become
saddled with a great thought, did you
ever hear that Walter Scott received
the suggestion of his first successful
novel while he was washing his hands?
"I-I believe read of it," stammered
the impecunious author, slipping his
hands into his pockets. \ faraway
look came into the face of the aged
but truthful editor.
81 was merely throwing out the sug
gestion," he said softly.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09


AGAINST THE DEEP BLUE OF THE STA.
have rcjoiced me. drank it ont of an
old blue cup. There We're thin slices
of bread on a rare plate upon which
blue ships sailed nj half mast on Il
| bluer sea. and in Il choice marmaladc
Jar was raspberry jam-dripping. juicy,
genuine raspberry jam. But before
me was the window, and my bodily
hunger was lost in the hunger of my
eyes.
Presently the profile of the girl deli
cately outlined itself against the deep
blue of the sea- 1t was pure as the
profile of II Greek. Turning she rest
ed her eyes on me with a half smile.
They We're large and deep and blue.
From much looking at the lake they
had apparently caught the color there
Of
Once morethe exquisite profile showed
against the CLINT of the pane. Il clear
cut cameo. She stared abScntly awhile
out at the small side window toward
Geneva; then. taking up her work once
more she stitched.
| finished my tea, gave rcSrctful
backward glance ut the window and
found my way to the drawing room.
where the others were. There some
old maids, doubled up in corners, read
books: an English mother. stout. rosy.
robust. sat surrounded by a brood of
meek children built on tho same pat
tern But it was an American family
that occupied the choice divanS.
Travers was the namc-Sibyl Ira.
verS. her father, her mother and her
little brother, aged ten. | put Silly
first because she belonged there She
dominated the family. They sat about
her in awed and graceful groups await
ing her word of command, glad to
obey. rcjoiced to yoke themselves and
be led-that is. all but her little broth
err. Occasionally he mutinied.
Sibyl opened the conversation with {,
few appropriate remarks. Clcvcrly put
ting several important and leading
questions to me. she satisfied hcrsel1
as regarded my position, general stand
ing and character and took me up. W.
became forthwith firm friends.
Together we haunted the room will
:, the window. Giving the blue eyed cir
there a wide berth. we watched tn
mountains turn purple rs ovcrrip
;, plumS. turn blue, turn palcr blue ant
disappear. We climbed up and up an,
: up to the roof then and watched tn
moon rise over them. the stars com
. out the little towns across on the OF
:, posite coast commence TO CLEAN AM
vii f.,;, 1;.xl>x
g now and again a lonely beacon loor
redly. showing itself like giant ey
on some tall mountain top.
- When the night grew dusky and tn
:, wind arose-the wind soughs throug
90 the pines in Lausanne like Kansas;
a talks it whispers, it means. it walls
al We descended to the drawing room an
~ talked of the girl in low tones befittin
az the talk of the pines.
at why does she sit by the window a
In day long" asked Sibyl, looking towar
~ Geneva"
~. An old maid with white hair and
20 mole on her chin looked up from h,
,,o book. Nowhere in the world outsii
i'm of France do you find so many o.
, maids as you find in Switzerland.
- IF you are sure the door is shut b
=. eyeen," said she, 9TH tell you why"
~ Syble arose. tiptoed to the door, sh
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
A horticultural Lover.

sDid Biffkins ever tell you about his
love AFFAIR.""
"Oh. yes! When he first met the girl,
he thought she was peach, and she
soon became the apple of his eye, but
he learned that she didn't give fig
for him, SO it soon became a case of
sour prapes."-Toledo Bee.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
The First Women ON the Stage.

1t is now ascertaincd beyond doubt
that women first appeared upon the
stage between November. 1860. and
January, 1861. On Jan. Pepys. that
inveterate playgoer tells us that he
saw 1.-The Beggar's Bush" lit being
we'll done, and here the first time that
ever saw women come upon the
stage."-Cornhill Magazine.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
Omen Road to Fame and Fortune

"My boy" said the old gentleman in
a kindly tone. there's only one thing
that stands between you and success
"And what is that? asked the youth.
"If you worked as hard at working"
explained the old gentleman, las you
do at trying to find some way to avoid
working, you would easily acquire
both fame and fortune" - Chicago
Post
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
The One Qualification.

what position will our friend take
on this momentous question:" asked
the gradiloquent man.
"Position?" echoed Senator SOr-
ghum absentmindedly. "Oh. he'll take
pretty nearly any position that's open,
provided there's salary attached to
it."-Washington Star.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
Too Cool.

"Oh. Major Bloodgore," said girlish
gusher. "they say that during the war
YOU were always cool in action"
"Cool!' declared the major. why.
my dear girl. l was so cool that when
shivered people insinuated that l was
."-Baltimore Herald.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
Her Opportunity.

'They say she isn't happy" COM
mented the neighbor. "but l don't see
why"
"Oh, some people never are salts
fed"
That's right, an6 it's her own fault
if she isn't happy. because she's able
to buy clothes that will make all the
other women envious."-Chicago Post.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09

j. B. Lippincott once ventured to ask
Ouida, the novelist, how she came to
know so much about clubs. camp life
barracks, gambling houses and other
places which are only visited by men.
She placed her hands upon her knees
and, looking straight at her questioner,
said, 1T is none of your business"
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
An InsinuatiOn.

Doris-Yes, she was furious about
the way in which that paper reported
her marriage.
Helen-Did it allude to her age?
Doris-Indirectly. 1t stated that
Miss Olde and Mr.. Yale were mar
ried, the latter being well known COZ
lector Of antiques. News.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
Knowing.

Buck-Afike, can know what don't
know?
Mike-No.
Buck-There 10 something don't
know. and I know It. Then don't I
know what know?
Nike-I don't know.-Judge.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09
Assisted.

Sarah-Mr. Rippler says that he is a
confirmed bachelor.
Susie-But he didn't say that every
girl in town had assisted in confirming
him, did he?-Indianapolis News.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-09

Some men take pains naturally. and
some give them the same way.-Chi'
cago News.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-05
The Market Has Been Uncertain
And Feyerish, With Compare
lively Little Trading.
PRICES NO REFLEX OF VALUES.
Shrlnkage in Dividend Paying Stocks
Can in No Way be Accounted
For to Date,

m, al, a. .i,o ovchanqe his morning
,,os.d ono ~ Tho most remarkable
800 ia 40 his,orv I-pon the whole
.,..z - ~, ,yoals and but few
$50 49, hoo, o0octed COMPARED with
49, nar,,at husln,ss Of tho board. A
s'aa,, aa,a,,,on ~ notlred ln the
e"a'ee 'o"u'''o" ..,.ha,,,o 10
stock market OF Whion the 'N0"a's
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-05
SOUTH GRANITE
IS TO RESUME.
Beaver County Mine Which Will
Now be Developed to Full
est Extent,
FINE ORE ALREADY OPENED.
Manager Woodward in the City TO
Make Arrangements to Resume
Operations Next Week.

g. $. Woodward the president and
manager OF the South Granite Mining
company Of Beaver county Is In the
city for the purpose Of attending a
meeting Of the directors OF the COM
pany on speaking Of the property
this morning he said that 1t was COM
prlsed OF seven claims lying II miles
east Of the Majestic and directly on
;he mineral belt. Some considerable
work has been done upon the ground
and ore Of good value has been en-
countered, II Is the purpose Of the d.
rcctors 10 resume operations az the
mine Tor which fun arrangements will
be made at tho meeting this evening,
The development already done upon
the group Is I'm the form of a tunnel
which has been driver at the present
time 400 feet toward the ledge which
II VIII catch at considerable depth
When work was stopped some time
ago every indication pointed TO "A near
ness to the main vein, but several Sec
ondary chutes had been encountered
which VIII make the mine paying
one n developed, The money for the
development Of the property is now
Forthcoming and It is the intention to
Keep continuously at work until the
ground Is proved.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-05
SHE MIXED THEM.

A family living In West Tenth street
includes 5-year-old twin girls. who 80
resemble each other that only the
mother can tell which is Kate and
which is Grace. on Saturday night,
as usual, Kate was taken into the
bathroom and give an thorough scrub
bling, Then her mother. after letting
the child play in the water, as a re-
ward for good behavior, put her on
the rug, dried her, powdered her, and
put her nightie on.
At that moment the grocery boy
came. and the mother had to run down
stairs and take charge of the provi-
sions. After she had put everything
away she came back, grabbed up a
twin and took her to the bathroom
The little girl did not say much and
after the water frolic she scampered
back to her bedroom. There was a
whispered consultation between the
twins, and they both began to giggle.
What are you youngsters laughing
atY' asked the mother as she came
into the ROOM
Noting they protested
But you are" insisted the mother.
TEL me this Instant"
Well said Katie rolling about on
the floor in merriment you gave me
two boths and didn't give sister any"
New York Mail and Express.