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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-02-05
5Le-Gouverneur du Canada

Montreal, One, Lon s'occupe
d6ja de trouver un successeur q
notre gouvelneur general, lord
Grey, don't les fonctions expirent
le rs septembre proclaim.
Les Canadiens attendent patiem-
ment lie jour Oh pAngleterre dai-
gnera reconna1tre dune facon plus
pratlque encore lautonomie du
Canada en- leur dormant un gouver-
neur sorti d'eux. memes ct du ter
rolr. Jasque Ia, nous ne doutons
pas que l'on continuera de choisir
avec le meme discernement les
gouve1neurs qui nous sont tenvoy6s
La plupart de nos vice-rois depuis
la Confederation 6taient des hon.
mes remarquables et possedaient
le tact n6cessaire dams un pays
dot6 dun gouvernement response
BILE.
D'apres la Presse Canadienne
Associ6e, lie successeur de lord
Grey serait lord Northcote, qul fut
deja gouverneur de PAustralie ct
que pr6cederait au Canada une re-
putation m6rltee de gentilhomme
ct d'homme d'Etat.
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Justice aprAs iui avoir arrach6 ses

justice apres lui avoir arrach6 ses
secrets.
LIE roper, CONNIE pautre dali.
leurs, me- jamais sur SO personne
quoi que CO soft qui puisse rev6ler
son idendit6, encore MONS son
meter. Il est n'importe qui.
On commence q sc servir de
ces hommes pour le d6partement
du tr6sor, settlement aim de trou
YER les faux monnayeurs. Puts on
les pret6s d tous les d6parte-
ments.
D'apres la nouvelle lo1 il est
maintenant d6fendu de ce faire.
Mais d'hommes plus utilesi il y en-
a peut-etre pas dams tout le pays.
Hommes de confance, choieis avec
le plus grand soin, dun caractAre
irreprochable, sans penr aucune,
lis risquent leur vie tous les Jours
tranquillement sans la moindre
emotion ct sans gloire.
Ii y quelque temps un officer
naval s'6ts Mt absente. le d6parte.
ment Ia fait trouver ct Pendroit
ca il etait a amene un divorce.
Quand lie gouvernement voulu
savoir comment (e terrain de ron
Gle Sam disparaissait dams POuest
ce sont 'es Secret Serviciens qui
FONT d6couvelt. Quand un officer
de larm6e se sauve d Quebec ct
qln,il n argne le gouyernement nu'1l
a vol6, CO sont .eux qui Won't le
chercher a bras, le-corps au risque
de pr6cipiter une guerre, Jamais
un de ces hommes salt Oh il sera
lie lendemain. II reeoit ses ordres
ct part. Quelques f>is il est tenu
de surveiller les espions 6trange1s,
CO quill fait tres adj dloitement, Du,
rant la guerre hispano-am6rlcaine,
les hommes de M. Wilkie ont rem
du des services immenses en- te.
nant lie gouvernement informe de
tout ce quill voulalt savoir ct en-
suivart les suspects d'esplonnage.
Oh que lie president allie, des
quill sort de la Maison Blanche, il
y des Secret Ssrvicemen derrl6-
re, devent, de chaque cote de lui.
Aux demonstrations ills sont mel6s
q la foole. Personne ne les conna1t
mails lis surveilIent les mouve-
ments du president avec une pre-
clsion qui seralt fatale pour lie
premier homme qu1 tenterait de
violer la dead line".
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la POPULATION DU CANADA

Ottawa, Ont, -Du vote des
derni6res elections, on peut tirel
certaines deductions assez voislnes
de lie; actitude sur la population
actuelle du Canada.
LIE recensement de 1901 donualt
au Canada une population de s.
37l.3l5 habitants. LIE vote des
elections f6d6rales de l909-952.
1876 -representait a peu pres lie
cinquieme 1884 pour etre exact)
de la population.
ST la population est rest1e la
meme lors des elections du mois
d'octobre dernier, lie Canada comp.
terait auJourd'hui environ $685.
600 habitants, soft une augmente-
tion de 100000 sur 1901.
EFT 81 lon prend ces chiffres CON-
me base de calcul, il faudrait con.
clure que lors du procha1n recen-
sement-en 191l-le Canada au-
rait une population de pres de
sept millions DANES.
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L. Service Secret des
Etats-UniS

II ny a pas de departement, du
mojns pr6sentement, qui fasse
plus parler de lui que celui du SER
vice secret, il ny pas de departe-
ment qui soft moins connu dams lie
rouage administratif de ce pays.
LIE chef du service secret est an
ancien reporter, M. Wilkie, fills
dun Journalistic. M. Wi]kie 6tait
reporter de la police ct prenait un
81 grand int6ret a son travail quill
ne tarda pas a devenir notolre. Un
jour il decouvrit un crime q incen>
die quill etait allie reporter ct CO fut
son premier LAS. Quelques temps
apres IL fut nomme au poste de
chef du service secret, un service
qu'on cr6a dams le temps, ct depuis
c'eet lui ct ses quelques 200 hon.
mes qui prennent soin des interets
les plus caches de pOncle Sam.
Hors M. Wj]kie, son assistant
M. Moran ct deux commits, il ny
a personne qui connaisse les hom-
mes du service secret. Ces hom-
mes ne Sc connaissent pas entire
eux.
lis mont jamais le droit de d.
vu]guer leur idendite, excepte aux
district attorneys ct aux chefs de
police qui pourraient leur alder.
Ces NOMINEES sont divises en-
deux grades, les shadows" ct les
'sropers". LIE shadow est l'homme
qui suit un suspect sans que pau-
tre sen apereoive ]amals ct qul
fait rapport de CO quill salt. C'est
dificile. Mais le roper est le rus6e
matois qul fat la connaissance du
suspect, prend les memes habitu.
des que lui, voyage avec lui ct 6na-
lement l'amAne q la barre de la
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CANADA

Quebec. NJ. L. N. Santerre,
officer de propaganda pour les
pensions viageres aux vleillards
commencera ia semaine prochaine
SO campagne de conferences q ira
vers la province de Quebec.
Quebec, LIE procureur- general
a dome des ordres pour poursui-
vre en- cour de police les vipgt-
deux theatres de Montreal ct celui
de Quebec qui ont ouvert leurs
portes dimanche dernier aux anna
teurs de vues anim6es.
Bale st Paul, Que, On Went
d'spprendre qua st Urbain, villa
ge situ6 q Z miles d'ic,, deux jeu-
garcone, ages de IL ct 10 ans. ont
fat mourir leur petite seur,ag6 de
2 ans, en- l'6tranglant avec une cor
de qu'ils lui avaient passee au cou,
pour ]ouer au cheval
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Nous pourrions JOUR dune
grande paix, 81 nous voulions ne
ne pas nous occuper des autres.
Ta destin6e fut.elle de vivre un
steele, apprends touJours.
Tout est amer pour celui qui a
du fel dams la bouche.
L'homme accro1t son propre
bonheur dams la mesure Oh il lie
procure aux autres.
II faut casser le noyau pour
avoir son amende.
Quand on ne trouve pas son re-
pos en- sol. eme, il est bien differ
lie de le chercher ailleurs.
Ce ne sont pas les mauvaisee
herbes qui etouffent le bon grain
-c'est la negligence du cultiva.
teur.
II est t6m6raire de soume tire
une trop grande 6preuve Pami
qu'on tient q conserver.
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BTATS-UNlS

Washir gton, Frances Folsom
Cleveland, veuve du president CIe-
veland, ct Mary Lord Harrison,
veuve de president Harrison, ont
recu du s6nat lie privilege de la
franchise postale pendant leur vie.
Washington-LaChambr a fxe
le IL fevrier, dams ]e district de Co.
lombie ct tous les territories des
Etats Unls, CONNIE jour f6rie, en-
commemoratlon de la naissance
d'Abraham Lincoln.
Washington, LIE president
Roosevelt approuve, dams un mes
sage quill adress6 au congress, la
accommodation du gouverieur
Magoon, demandant des credits
pour renfouer lie cuirasse MAINE
ct de faire disparaftre ainsi Get
obstacle Ia navigation dams lie
port de la Havane.
Washington, lie bill Lodge,
prohibitant importation ct l'usage
de ropium 6t6 adopt6 par le Sc
nat, apres une Tongue discussion.
Ce projet de loi oblige le secre-
taire du Tresor reglementer
importation ct la vente de cette
drogue pour des fins medecinales.
Washington, -Une des conse:
quences avantageuses de pemploi
de la t6legraphie sans FL au moyen
de laquelle on pu sauver les pas
sagers de l'6quipage du paquebot
"Republic''. le Congress va proba-
Element d6cider de fare equiper
partout les navires qui qritteDt
les ports am6ricains de l'Atlanti-
que ou du Psci6que, avec des ap-
pareils de t6legraphle sans FL.
York, -L'Oceanic Steam
Navigation Company, (White Star
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grand nombre de navires; le tonna'
ge lance est superieur au double
de celui lance par PAngleterre
C'est la premiere fois que les chan.
tiers allemands ont fourni plus
que ceux de PAngleterre dams lie
cours dune aimee, ct les navlres
actuellement en- chantier Ell ALE.
! magne font pr6voir pour 1909 In
effort annuel presque 6gal a celui
qu'op a enregistr6 pannee dernie-
re.
On remarquera aussi que la ma
rine fral caise a mis- supplement q
peau le "Waldeck- Rousseau de
$4,000 tonneau: c'est le chiffre lie
plus bas de la production franeai-
SO depuis vingt ans ct dependant
les annees precedentes n'avaient
guere 6t6 plus favorahles: 28,000
tonnes en- 1907, 1888 tonnes en-
l9O8;-la production francaise de
1907 OF de 1908 est inf6rieure de
1900 tonnes a celle de l'Italie. II
nest pas besoin de faire remarquer
que non settlement la France SO
laisse distancer par lAllemagne ct
les Etats- Unis, mais aussi par r.
talle, qui occupe le s1xieme rang
parmi les pulssances navalee.
QUAINT aux Eta's. Unis, la pro-
duction de 1905 eat i.ferieure q
celle des DIX annees prec6dentes;
ellie ma attelnt qssas 80 600 tonnes,
repr6sent6es par deux cuirasses;
mais 81 les projects soumis actuelle'
ment au congress sont adopt6s, IL y
aura une large recrudescence d'ac-
tivit6.
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L1ne), propri6taire du Transatlantic
que "Republic'', Went d'intenter
une poursuite en- dommages au
montant de $2.O0O.OOO, coptre la
compagn1e du vapeur Florida.
Cette action est prise par lentre-
mise de Robinson, Bidlle ct Bene-
dict, avocats de la White Star Lii
ne.
Les pieces enreglstr6es au greffe
renferment la version oficielle de
pabordage e-au point de vue de la
compagnie de la White Star Line
--et tout le blame dams cette affai-
re rejaillit sur le Florida
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EUROPE

Gle pavire anglais" "Clan RanaId''
sombr6 pres d'Edithburg, Aus
tralie. L'6qulpage s'est noye.
La comtesse de Lesseps, veuve
du grand ing6nleur franesis, est
moyte au chateau de la Chesnaye.
Des cambricleurs ont vol6, a Lon
dres, trente tableaux de la galerie
de Van Pier. Les pertes sont de
$75 900.
Londres, lie Times; annonce
que lie traite des eaux limitrophes
dome aux Etats.Un1 vingt mile
pieds d'eau, des chntes Niagara,
par seconde, pour Droduire de re-
nergie, ct au Canada $4,000 p1eds.
Ainsi les trois compagnies du
cote canadien, peuvent developer
1926 600 chevaux-vapeur, contre
236 600 pour les compagnies ST.
tu6es sur le cote AMERICAN.
Londres, lie "Vanguard', le
7e cuirass6 du type" "Dreadnought"
sera lance a Barrow le 22 fevrier
proclaim. .........
Get 6norme vaisseau de guerre
aura 6t6 construit dams IN laps de
temps relativement court.
En- effet, ce nest que lie Ter az rii
dernler qu'on en- commence la
guile, ct il devait etre parschev6
en- deux ans.
LIE "Vapguard' Jaugera 1890
tonnes, sera long de 543 pleds, lar
ge de "a, ct aura un pouvo1r de
rs. 900 chevaux-vapeur. Il contera
plus de $9O00.O0O.
Paris. M. Henry White, am
bassadeur des Etats- Unis en- Fran.
ce, est revenu de la Cote d Azur
enthousiasme de la reception qul
6te faite Pescadre americaine par
les Frareais.
II est convaincu que les visites
que Pescadre faites q la France
ct aux aut1es nations du monde
donneront une idee exscte de la
marine dos Etats Unis.
LIE Temps" rapporte les i'm
pressions de lambassadeur ct fell
cite les Etats- Unis de posseder une
aussl belle marine.
Paris, -Une richie famille de
Paris appris que son fills, bambin
de deux ans, mendlsit la porte
des 6glises, on la recette etait fruc-
tueuse.
C'6tait la nourrice oui on con-
fat Penfant pour lie conduire aux
Champa-Elys6es qui, apres avoir
adopt6 le costume des pauvreses ct
afuble son nourisson de vetements
sordides, sen alleit Requirement
toutes les aprAs- -midis sur le parvis
dune des 6glises cossues de Paris
ct faisait member le petit conie s
ses soins.
La nourrice await loue une
chambre pour y operer ses degui-
sements mis6reux. Ellie a avoue
qu'elle gagnait dix q douze francs
par apres midi ce menage peu
honnete. C'est une parente de la
mere de l'eDfant qui a reconnu son
petit cousin dams le faux mendiant
qui lui tendait la main. C'est pres
que un chapitre de roman-feuille-
ton.
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Cotisations prelevees pour lie mois de Fevrier Oar
IT, . O. =
Avis Officiel du Bureau Execute

MARQUETTE, MICH.
es cosons snvantes ont At6 appel6es pour e F6
vrer:
No 70 du& Fonds des Veuves ct des Orphellns.
No So du Fonds des Danes Auxiiaires
No rs du Fonds des Membres Honofaires.
du Ter F6vrer Ter Mars 1909.
certca de b6n6fces porte date
anvr 1909 dvra cotisation suivant
taux.
Tout membre qu conformea noe avis dapr6s les
dates droits b6n6hces de notre
Union.
EUsEBE BERTRAND, Secr6taire- General
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-02-05

Les malneurs les plus grands
sont ceux que pon merite.
Quelque bien que lon disc de
nous, on ne nous apprend rien de
nouveau.
Smyrna times., 1909-08-25
Paper Which Is Waterproof.

In Japan there is a paper made which
is impervious to water. being made of
bamboo fibers and eucalyptus mixed
with the tibPrs of the gampi and some
other shrubs The fibers are first torn
apart. made dry. cleaned and scraped.
boiled in weak lye and thoroughly
washed In water. after which they are
beaten and then mixed with certain
roots made into viscous state. A
solution containing resin. caoutchouc
and camphOr is also added. A sort Of
pulp is thus formed and then made
into sheets. which are run through a
calendering machine heated to various
temperatures. The result is that a
paper is produced which is exceedingly
tough. light and which may be washed.
The Japanese use it for leather imita-
tions and india rubber.-Pathfinder
Smyrna times., 1909-08-25
The Holdup Man In Mexico.

Now. Hs matter Of fact. life and
property are as safe In Mexico az in
Chicago and ones life is great deal
safer Mexico has her pickpockets
and her sneak thieves. and burglars
are not unknown. but the hOldup man
Is an individual with whom the police
are not well acquainted. This cannot
be said of 'hlcago. Kansas City. St
Louis or New York 1t may be be-
cause the criminal element In Mexico
lacks the bravery necessary for fol-
lowing the holdup's profession. or IT
may be because the city is extraordi
parily we'll guarded by police II Ger
tainly is we'll guarded by the police;
but. II matters not what the reason is.
the fact is that the man who relieves
you Of yo'Ir money in Mexico does so
in the manner calculated to cause you
the least inconvenience.-Mex Rec
ord
Smyrna times., 1909-08-25
THE BASoUES.

An Interesting People Who Are Pug
xle Among Nations.
The Basque provinces lie In the
north of Spain. and. although for CEN
turtles students have tried to trace the
real origin OF the people and find key
to their language. they have failed to
do so.
All other known tongues spoken by
the sons Of men have been shown to
possess a common origin. traceable to
the Arabic and Semitic. But the
Basque language has entirely resisteS
the philolOgiSt In some aspects the
vernacular shows traces of a Chinese
admlxture. In others It Is clear that
North American Indian terms are na-
tive to It. II also shows traces of
5arbaric languages spoken on the east
coast of Africa.
The people themselves bear physi-
ological traits found In those who
speak the said tongues The native
name of Basqueland is Eskuara. and
their motto Is "Iruracbat." or Three
In One" Nor is their political struc-
ture anything like that Of any known
political body. though they belong. of
course. to Spain Each Basque prov
ince is governed by parliament com
posed of representatives - selected
partly by election. partly by lot
among the householdPrs of each coun
try parish or town. Their laws are es
sentially peculiar to themselves and
are conceived on no known code either
Of ancient or medieval times They
are a puzzle among nations and mum
Der half a million all told.-New Yori
World
Smyrna times., 1909-08-25
TOOK NO CHANCES.
Young 6essener Was Cautious as Well
as inventive.

Young Bessemer Was Cautious as Well
as inventive.
The most trivial incidents have often
originated the fortunes Of our richest
men. Take for example. the fortunes
made out OF RessemPr steel This gen.
ius. young BesSemer. had some idea Of
making steel out Of iron. hut a poor.
newly married young man has no
means of experimenting on a large
scale The story | must tell as I have
heard II from an ultimate friend of
BeSseIner and Is a true tale. After
BessemPr had in his small laboratory
experimental with the metals and at
last obtained the desired result by
blowing air through melted iron he
found In the bottom Of the crucible a
little lump at the famous steel. Now
the question was how to make the
discovery public He put the lump Of
steel into his pocket and made his way
to NaSmyth of steam hammer fame
Placing the metal ON Nasmyth's desk.
he told him that ne had made this ex-
traordlnary discovery. which would
revOlutiOniZP the whole metal world.
Then came little incident which
shows what wonderful heads these
Scotch fnanciers possess What do
you think Nasmyth said to his excited
inventor?
''Eh. mon IFS vary risky to show
your wonderful invention. The world
Is vary dishonest"
To which the aspiring inventor re-
piled:
fright. NJ Nasmyth. ! Just calcu-
lated whom was coming to see. SO
With my last half crown | registered
the Invention on my way"-LondOn
Strand Magazine
Smyrna times., 1909-08-25
THE HARDY GOLDFISH.
II viii Live For Hours Out Of its Ma
tive Element.

Il Will Live For Hours Out Of its Ma
tive Element.
A man who had stopped at a stand
IN Fulton market to buy a fresh fish
pointed his finger at a fish that pleased
his fancy. being about two feet long
and weighing about Eve pounds.
THAT looks like a nice fish to me-"
he said. whereupon the dealer picked
the fish up to put 1t on the scale.
The moment he picked 1t up the fish
began to wriggle. ard the next mo-
ment 1t had slipped out of the dealers
grasp and fallen on the sidewalk.
AS the fish went down the customer
turned to the stand and picked out
another which the dealer picked up,
and this fish stayed quiet until it had
been pc on the scale. but the instant
1t tOuchrd4it 1t began to 1op vigorously
and finally Hoped itself out of the
scale pan. to fall on the stand below.
Goldfish these two lively and vigor-
GUS fish were. the cod being a fish that
will live out of the water three or four
hours. a good deal longer than most
fish. At Fulton market live cod can
almost always be found. The dealers
keep their stock in fish cars in the
East river, just across South street.
and for retail trade bring over maybe
fifty or a hundred pounds at a clip,
enough to last half an hour or an
hour. and when the stock runs low
they bring over another lot. fresh out
Of the fish car.
The cod. though a salt water fish.
will live for hours IN fresh water. An
angler who gees occasionally to the
fishing banks tells Of carrying home g
Goldfish caught in the afternoon and
placing 1t in a bathtub. to find 1t alive
the next morning.-New York Sun.
Smyrna times., 1909-08-25
MILITARY SYSTEM.
The Way Germany Handles Her Re.
serves In Case Of War.

The Way Germany Handles Her Re.
serves In Case Of War.
Nobody who has visited Germany
can fail to have been struck by the
large official signboards at the entry
to each town or village. These con-
tain full information as to exactly
which official In the community to ap
ply to should the magic word "mobi.
lize'' be spoken.
Wherever the German reservist may
chance to be when the order to mobi-
lie is given-assuming, u course.
that he is not out of the country-he
has only got to ask the first lnha bitant
or walk to the end of the village and
look at the directions on the signboard
to find out his own particular place In
the military scheme. He will see that
he must go to Herr Schmidt, at 40
Schutzen street. Herr Schmidt will
tell him exactly in which town he has
to go In order to rejOln his own unit
and. what is still more important, will
give him the money and the railway
pass to take him there
Arrived at his destination, he will
find his uniform. arms and accouter-
ments piled neatly in a heap. with a
label bearing his name and regimental
number on the top of the heap. he
has only to put 1t on and take bis
place among the comrades with whom
he did his military service some years
ago.
This destination was arranged upon
many years back. and the exact time
schedule for marching and railway
journeys was compiled long SINCE
Pearson's Weekly.
Smyrna times., 1909-08-25
There Was a Limit In Liking.

Little Victor had been naughty and
his father had seen tit to administer a
spanking A few minutes later. when
his papa had left the room and the
little fellow was alone with mamma. he
exclaimed between his sobs. 81 don't
like papa" His mother. of course. told
him that was very wrong and that he
would have to be punished again II be
talked like that "Well." he added.
looking up quickly. 81 like papa all
right. but don't like his acts."-De-
lineator.
Smyrna times., 1909-08-25
RIrSt-ClaSS Passenger Accommodations,
Private Dining Rooms. Electric lights. Etc..
WILL LEAVE
Smyrna Landing and Pier 4, Arch st.
Wharf. Philadelphia. as follows:

TNote-Fridays, Leave Smyrna Landing
q Noon.
Telephone No. Arch st. Wharf.-Market 4SOl-A
Smyrna times., 1909-08-25
$1,000. GOO For Imnrovements.

Philadelphia. Aug. 23.-Pennsylva.
MIA railroad officials announced that
approximately a million dollars would
be spent on improvements at Green's
burg Pa. Bids for the new work,
which include a new station. addi-
tional tracks. the removal of a tunnel
and change of grade will be asked for.
There is money in poultry-provid-
ing you use Fairfield's Blood Tonic
and Egg Producer for Poultry Only.
1t insures success because it contains
the elements that strengthen and
stimulate the digestive organs, purify
the blood and make hens lay. Sold
under guarantee by the Clayton Enter
prise Company, Clayton, Del.
Smyrna times., 1909-08-25
Cause For Haste.

"Wot are you breathin' so hard for.
DustyT
"a shoemaker run me out o. town
for most a mile"
"Wot r'iled himT
"He runs a quick repair shop. an
he got mad cause I handed him
couple Of boot heels an a shoestring
an told him I'd call fer de shoes In
half n ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Smyrna times., 1909-08-25
No Mad Of q Raraain.

Beggar- Kind sir. give me penny
for my two children. Kind Sir-That
isn't dear. certainly. but don't think
I'll take them. | have four already at
homa.-Stray Stories.
Smyrna times., 1909-08-25
He Went Early That Might.

He (calling,-l'm here promptly. Miss
Fannie She Yes. Mr.. Staylate. He
| never like to keep people waiting.
She lsigniicantlyI-W Waiting for you to
come you mean. Of course Washing
son Post.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13
Had Ona After All.

Jimmy had always lamented the fact
that he had no grandmother. He was
quite satisfied with the quality of his
parents, and he was not especially
anxious, on the whole, to have any
more people about the house than al
ready lived there, but somehow or
other it irked him very much to think
that other boys had something thai
he had not. There were Billie Robin
son and Sidney Grant. both chums of
his-they both had grandmothers. and
it didn't seem exactly fair that he was
deprived Of one.
One day, however, he had happy
thought.
"Ma," he said, "what does the word
grand mean, anyhow
"Why, lofty, beautiful, noble, sub
lime," replied his mother.
A broad smile wreathed the boys
face as he jumped up and down on the
floor in an ecstasy of glee.
"Hurrahv' he cried. 81 have got one
after all.''
zone what, dear?' asked his mother
ga grandmother" he replied.
"Where is she, dearT' his mother
inquired.
why, you're it, mother" said the
boy. You're my mother, and you're
lofty, beautiful, noble and sublime
especially the beautiful
Whatever the quality of the ladi
logic, his course of reasoning made
one grandmother very happy-Lip
pincott's.