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The Whitefish pilot., 1910-01-06


In Miss Juliet Bredon's book about
her uncle. Sir Robert Hart. the grand
old man Of China" for many years
in charge Of the Imperial customs serv-
Ice. is the following story:
Zone Of the most influential of Sir
Roberts Chinese friends was the grent
Ii Hung Chang. The diplomat liked
LIS household bec;,u Use of the simple.
ity he found there-nO wenrisOinp
courses at dinner. but fish and perha ps
a dish Of chicken with rice. lncau-
tiOusly. Az 1t turned out. he praised this
frugality to his own Chinese servant
for the remark reached LIS ears in II
distorted form. Next time Sir Kober,
went there he had to face grand GER
elnOnial banquet.
"'You shall not have the chance to
80 away again and say that you have
been fed like cOoly in my house
said the viceroy proudly at the end
Of the banquet.
"'Nevert theleSs the very simplicity
Of your hospitality was what | most
Appreciated Sir Robert replied but
II you believe that ! could have made
any such remark and II you persist In
altering the style Of my reception /
shall not come to lunch with you
again."
The Whitefish pilot., 1910-01-06
The Room Was Full.

Rev. Daniel lSaacS once ulighted NJ
m inn to stay the night. On asking
for bed hc was told he could not
have one. as there was to BE- n ball
that evening and all the beds were
engaged.
AT what time does the ball break
up:" asked Mr.. iSancS
"About 3 in the morning. sir"
"Well. then. can ] have Il bed until
that tlne:"
"Yes. certainly. hut If the bed is ask
ed for you will have to remove"
Very WE'LL" replied Mr.. Isaacs. and
away he went to get between the
sheets
About : in the morning he was
awakened by loud knocking at his
chamber door.
"What do you want:' he asked.
"How many are there of you in
there:" inquired II voice
"There'S me and Daniel and Mr..
lSaacS and an old Methodist preach
err" was tn, reply.
''Then there's plenty OF you" And
the speaker PASSED on. leaving MIR.
Isaacs to enjoy his bed.
The Whitefish pilot., 1910-01-06
Eelated looic.

"Put yourself in my place. young
man. Would you want your only
daughter TO marry penniless yOuth?'
Put yourself in my place. sir
Would you want to remain penni
less youth when there are rich mems
daughters to marry"
You confess. then. that you marry
my child simply for her fathers
wealth."
And you confess that you withhold
her from me simply because of my
poverty:'
"What other reason do | need?''
"What other reason could influence
you?"
This talk is quite useless"
"Quite"
1--WE have nothing to gain by It,"
"Absolutely nothing"
"You take it philosophically.
"Why shouldn't |? Your daughter
and l were married quietly month
ago"
"Great Scott"--Puck.
The Whitefish pilot., 1910-01-06
Insanity In London.

CostermonyerS and engineers, one
notes. rival each other in heading the
list of maniacs provided by the com
mfssioners in lunacy. If you don't
want to be mad. be a clergyman. You
will have about Il one TO a thousand
chance of not dying in a lunatic asy-
lum. 1t is bit risky to be u literary
or scientific person. but if you put
your science into practice and become
an engineer your prospect of iunacy
jumps TO the top. with only coster.
mongers as your real rivals. Why
this Is is mystery. 1t can't be intel.
lect or hurry. Costermongers do not
hurry. and they are not noticeably in
tellectual-I.ondOn Chronicle.
The Whitefish pilot., 1910-01-06
The Enojishman.

Just as there is no being more dis
liked in his own country than the Ok
ford man who displays what is (mos,
unfairly described as the oxford man
ner. so there is nobody who does more
harm to our good name abroad than
the EngliShman who carries his in>u,
lar conceit all over the continental his
evident belief that the people. the
country and the institutions under his
condescending review are obviously
and painfully inferior to those be has
left behind him. That Is the sort ut
optimism which has to he kicked out
of man before he becomes Il toler-
able citizen of the world.-London Out
look.
The Whitefish pilot., 1910-01-06
Wounded DIGNITY,

Understood young husband calls at
the registrars to give in the name of
his firstb born.
Registrar-W What is it you want?
Husband-To report the birth of n
son.
Registrar-Go back. my little man.
and tell your father he'll have to come
himself Liverpool Mercury.
The Whitefish pilot., 1910-01-06
An Ingenious Interview,

An officer once asked Frederick the
Great for an interview. which was
granted on condition that he only said
two words. He presented a petition.
"Sire." he said. "Sign" Frederick.
highly amused. surrendered.
The Whitefish pilot., 1910-01-06
Keep Out Of Debt.

My first word to all men and boys
who care to hear me is. Don't get into
debt. Starve and go to heaven. but
don't borrow. Don't buy things you
can't pay for!-John Ruskin.
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you" she said, smiling at them as sweetly as their own dear mother could have smiled. 'Come, tell me your names" And she put her arms around the little tot, stroking her faxen. silky hair.
 And the three little ones talked very nicely. replying to all the pretty lady's questions. And Paul and Nell came close, too, and joined in the conversation, and, strange as 1t may seem, Paul found him self making acquaintance with the boy. Freddy. Why. Freddy was an awfully nne fellow. after all, and knew ever 70 much about things. And Nell and the older girl, whose name was Betina (Nell thought 1t dear of a name), got to chat ting together and Nell found out that Betina knew how to make fudge. Bet Betina could sew perfectly lovely, too for she knew how to cut and fit very, very we'll She had some patterns for dolls dress which she promised to lend to Nell.
 And while the four older children were getting acquainted Nel's and Paul's mamma was making the best of friends with the wee one, who was Just a little darling, and so sweet and clean. And the morning ended by mamma sending Paul home with Freddy to ask Freddy's mothers permission for the children to remain at the big house. for luncheon. And when Paul and Freddy came run ming back, saying that Freddy and Bet ina and the little one might remain to luncheon Nell jumped up and down In gee. And her mamma whispered to her so that the little visitors might not hear: You see darling. how happy it has made you to make others happy. too."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-23
In the Holy Lands.

tire. the oil extracted both from fruit and stones when crushed is useful for food, for light and for soap as well. while the crushed stones still have their value supplementing the dried dung and roots of poplar as fuel.
 "On the heights, at a far greater aiti- tude than either mulberry or olive grow, the hillsides are covered with vineyards. The pruned vine trunks, several feet in length, were lying along the ground when we crossed the mountain, for the time had not yet come to erect them and prop them for the new seasons fruit-bearing. Strong and healthy plants they look, and the reason Is worth recording. Round the stem the vine-dressers dig out the earth to the depth of foot or two and cut off the upper roots. If that were not done the sun would scorch these surface roots or the passing blow would bleed them, while the deeper roots are safe from both.
 The crest of the range of Lebanon, running north and south, with a decided slant to the eastward, follows the coast line of Syria' at a distance of from 10 to 20 miles inland from a point somewhere south of Sidon to the Lake of Hons.
 The valley Is nanked by varied and beautiful system of foothills on the east. which rise unanimously from the Plain of Coelesyria. and hold up this long, green valley at the height of some 4,O00 feet above the sea. The route which we follow is chiefly interesting because it cuts across this lofty valley of little lakes and shows us Eastern Lebanon In its greatest breadth" ]"
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them coming back. Then we'll take our boards and go home. Maybe mamma can find nice place close to our honse where we can slide. You know, mamma can always find things for us somehow"
 "Yes, mamma is so good,' replied the older girl. An so Is papa, dear"
 Els, papa an nanny is dood," lisped little four-year-old Tottie.
 Then they went to sliding down the embankment as fast as ever they could, trying to crowd into the short space of time all the fun possible.
 Meanwhile Paul and Nell had reached their home and had laid the matter of their displeasure before their mother. After listening till they had finished their mother began questioning them:
 But, my dears,. the place does not be- long to you Papa doesn't own that piece of land where the sliding place is'
 But we got 1t first; the gardener found it for us,'' contended Paul. An we own it by rights
 Their mother shook her head. "No, many other people have made use of that same embankment before we moved here, my children. Suppose some of those per sons should come and drive you away. declaring they owned the place because of having used IL urSL. Ou, my uedI I aui and Nell, you must not have such thoughts of proprietorship-jus because you played on the spot first. It belongs to those little children as much as it belongs to you. In fact, the embankment is on city ground for it is part of the roadway It will be leveled In time, and then 1t will be used by folks in common. And about these three little children, whom you think to be intruders, tell me of them Why should not you all play together?
 '.They come from down In the hollow" explained Paul "They live in such a little poor place. Tommy Grant says they are common people,"
 But aren't they nice and clean?" asked their mamma.
 'oh. they look nice and clean" said Nell. 'The little girls are awfully pretty, mamma"
 "1'll go to the sliding place with you" said their mamma. Then we'll settle the matter about whose right to play there should prevail"
 Within few minutes Paul, Nell and their mamma appeared at the sliding place and the three little strangers quickly prepared to withdraw. But Pauls and Nell's mother called to them to stay.
 Come, l want to get acquainted with
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(@ HERE is no other spot on the AT earth's surface teeming with so M much interest as does that small \> territory called the Holy Lands. It Is
 the Mecca for all Christendom, and toward 1t the eyes of tourists turn as the needle turns toward its magnet. There one Is met with the same conditions that prevailed two thousand years ago. The people live just as did their forefathers in the ages of the past. To be sure the ruins which meet one on every hand are the relics of a dead world, but the pres ent life of that land has grown out of the life of the past, and in very few instances does 1t differ from that from which 1t sprung. A short journey across Lebanon may interest the young reader, so the following Is quoted from John Kelman's delightful book. "From Damas- GUS to Palmyra"
 '"rhe railway Journey from Beyrout across the mountains is one in many re- spects memorable. The variety of types among ones fellow passengers is of itself sufficient to awaken no common Interest Uniform is very common, and in many cases Is picturesque. The soldiers of Lebanon and the kavasses of the Consuls vie with one another in brilliance of em- broidery, while the guard of the train Is clothed with the beauty of a thousand stars The barbaric splendor of the uni- forms and the constant recurrence of them, suggest more than the mountain eer's love of color. Life is still rather cheap in this part of the world, and authority apparently feels 1t necessary to be much In evidence.
 '"rhe railway, a narrow-gauge rack-and pinion one, begins It's long ascent soon after leaving the outskirts of Beyrout As you ascend you have little attention to spare for scenery In the immediate neighborhood of the line, so fascinating is the backward view of the sea, blue and golden in the sunlight, with the green and red city for a foreground. This, how ever, Is soon lost to sight, and the hills show wonderful varieties of striation, bent and twisted intricately and set up in precipitous slices of sheer precipice as if for show. Elsewhere, the limestone builds itself up Ia natural terraces like those of Jacobs Ladder at Bethel, which resemble huge staircases built for the feet of giants. Here and there masses of DeeIilHS crhg are seeH, iihe tue Work oi ancient fortihcation, but on Titanic scale.
 There is much terracing for cultivation of several different varieties of plants. Wheat grows to the height of 6O00 feet above sea level and the terraced patches of It remind one of Norwegian agricul- ture. In this land of monstrous taxation wheat Is but lightly taxed, and the thresh ing floors are exempt from taxation. Null berries are grown along the seacoast. where, amidst the terraces, large silk fac tories cling to the hillside, with chimneys smoking for the busy looms within. Olives reach a higher altitude, and form the staple food of the poor. As the camel among animals, so Is the olive among plants It's leaves afford a grateful shade in the heat, its fruit is food of which he who has once acquired its taste will never
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some capacity and that their mother did plain sewing for people. And to think that these children of the poor should dare to intrude their presence on him. self and his sister was quite enough to put Paul in a very bad temper
 How dare you come to our play placer cried Paul. addressing the three little strangers. This sliding place be- go away quick, too"
 The three children, who were using plain old bits of rough boards for "slid- ers," stopped in their sport and looked bit abashed toward Paul Then the , little boy, who was the oldest of the three. spoke in very gentle tones, apolo- getically:
 We didn't know that you owned this place." he said. "It's down here by the road and ain't near to your house. You live in the fine big house atop the hill, don't you?"
 'Yes we live up yonder," replied Paul, jerking his curly head fn the direction of his own home. But this place is ours. An you've no right here. you haven't"
 But we didn't know you were coming here today" spoke one of the little girls, sweet.faced fairy with great open blue eyes. She stood on the steep hillside holding her little rough slider gathered closely in her arms. Her tiny bit of a sister about four years of age) stood clinging to her frock for protec- tion from the angry boy who was look ing down from the top of the bank on them. ,
 "Ain.t there room enough for all of us to slide together7' asked the boy. You see, when you and your sister are going up the bank we can be sliding down. Then we can all have fun together"
 Paul and Nell were quite dumbfounded to think that the poor boy-from down In the common quarter of the town should, dare to presume to play with them and to insist on sharing the slid E place. al
 As soon as she could frame words Nell caught hold of Paul and said in emphatic tones: Come Brother. let's go home and tell mamma about--about-these chil- 'dren trying to take our place."
 Paul thought his sister had suggested the wisest way out of the difficulty, and started with her toward their home. After they had departed the strange boy whose name was Freddy-said to his sisters: "We'll play here till we see
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an hour and finish the job. So he raked with a will-trying to forget his disap- pointment-till the clock struck 2. Then he ran to his room. tidied himself bit. kissed his mother goodbye and hurried to the corner where he boarded Il street car and rode of towards the city.
 Mrs. Heart, with market basket on her arm, also left the house. humming merry tune as she planned on an extra fine dinner in honor of her husbands brothers arrival. 'T am 50 sorry dear Charlie has to miss the concert" she unused as she selected some fruit from . nearby fruit stand. "But--he shall attend the next one. l hope"
 When Charlie reached the railroad station in the city he found 1t wanted but Ave minutes till the train on which his uncle was to arrive should pull into the shed So he took his stand beside the gate and waited. While waiting, a boy of his own size stood near him. whistling one of the latest popular airs Charlie had heard the melody (from . comic opera) several times before and was extremely pleased with it. He now made up his mind to buy the piece in sheet form. and found himself trying to hum the air. "I'd get 1t on my violin in no time" he thought to himself, If but had tho opportunity to hear 1t dozen tines
 Then the train came pufing into the yard and Charlie forgot everything save his arriving kinsmah whom he saw ad. vancing with the crowd towards the open gate. "Hello. Uncle Dayidl" he
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The Glad Ending of Chare's Disappointment.

cried out cheerily, rushing forward to grasp his uncle's hand.
 Well, well. and so it's little Charlie!- or, I'd best say big Charlie. for you've grown tremendously since last saw you. Let's see. it's been three years since I paid you a visit in the old home. And now your daddy has a fine place in a newly laid out suburb where you are masters of your surroundings. eh? We'll. how goes the new home7'
 "Oh. we like 1t ever so much" re- piled Charlie, leading the way to tho waiting room. And we'll like it better after We get the street names on the street lamps and the numbers on the houses. You see, it's hard to find one there-unless you know just where to go."
 But you received my wire o. K. didn't you?' asked Mir. David Heart.
 "oh. yes. you see. the town is so small that every one knows where every one else lives. There is a little telegraph office just around the corner from us.''
 .I sent the wire to the new suburb instead of to your fathers place of business and come to meet me So he might think 1t his duty to leave his business and come to meet me. So telegraphed to your mother, asking that you or she meet me-"
 And here am," smiled Charlie. really forgetting the concert In his plens- ure of seeing his jolly uncle once again.
 Mir. David Heart called a taxicab and had his trunk and a great box put up in front, while he and Charlie occupied the passengers seat. It was a fine long ride (and cost pretty sum, as Charlie knew) to the suburb where Charlie's mother stood at the gate waiting for them. And she explained how she had planned complete surprise for her hus- band Mir. David entered into the scheme with a whole heart. Once while Charlie was busy at some ehore he beekoned Mrs Heart aside and whispered some thing to her, pointing to the big box
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And so Nell and Paul had played much of the time during the summer. and come to feel that they owned the little sliding place. And now, away into October, they spent many Saturday mornings at their pleasure ground. sliding with the same joy that had marked their first experi- ence on the embankment.
 "All right, sister, said Paul on the morning of which I write, "I'n run. get the sliders and we'll go and have lots of fun till mamma calls us to luncheon" So he soon reappeared with the two 'sIiders'' under his arm and together the two little ones ran off toward their slid ing place.
 When they reached the bank, however, they stood open-mouthed and wide-eyed. There they beheld three little children sliding down their sliding place. Nell looked at Paul; Paul looked at Nell. Then the former spoke: How dare those kids to come to our play placer
 And the latter replied: "Yes, how dare they7 Let's go an drive 'em away.
 So together Paul and Nell advanced In very threatening way toward the in- truders. The three, little. children be longed to the town and Nell and Paul re- membered having seen them coming and going from school. They lived n q little wood cottage down the road apiece, in the poorest quarters of the suburb. Paul had heard somehow that the chil- dren's father worked on the railroad in
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sA 0 II, come, Brother" cried little Nell 8 one bright Saturday morning. Its f E jus lovely today, an we can go to 9,& our slidin' place an have such lots
 of fun. Come. hurry up, Brother"
 Brother" whose real name was Paul an to the front yard to join his sister. < Ie found her In jacket and hat, ready for s mornings sport down at their sliding
 )lace," which was situated on the steep
 incline of a little embankment that lay
 lose to the beginning of a suburban
 Street. Paul and Nell lived in the most
 delightful city suburb all the year around.
 and during the summer had found much
 pleasure in sliding down the above-men-
 sioned embankment, sitting on smooth
 little boards which the good old gardener lad prepared for them. Indeed, it was the
 old gardener who had first initiated them
 into the sport of sliding" He had told jEhem in his simple way: When l was Hrounrster. my little friends, I didn't have Hsuch playthings as you youngsters or To- Fsay haye Climbing swimming and slid Ing were my sports. An l think liked the sliding best of all. for that could be had both winter and summer. You see, in the winter we slid down the hill on the snow, in the summer we slid down lit on the dirt Hee, hee. but it was fun,
 sliding was"
 4 And so Nell and Paul had begged the 2 old man to explain the game of sliding to sthem which he did most gladly; and he twent even farther, for he prepared two 7 nice little boards for them to use as f "sliders." Now. the sllders were to be
 sat upon and would ''scoot' down the smooth surface of the embankment, which
 was of just the right incline for the sport and stop near to the end of the little street, just on the incest level place. Then Nell and Paul would jump of the "sliders'' and walk up little path of steps (dug Into the bank) close beside the sliding place. And in their arms they would carry the '.sliders." for the old gardener
 had thoughtfully made them of very light wood.
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'YOURpUZZLE
 1NORNER
DIAGONAL.


 This diagonal contains six words of six letters each. If the words are rightly ruessed and written one below another in their correct order, their diagonal letters beginning with the top left-hand letter and ending with the lower right-hand let ter will spell the name of small animal whose fur is very valuable The cross- words are: l. A bug. 2. A place of com piete happiness. 8. Things that grow in a garden. {. A wild fowl much relished tor food. g. A blossom. 6. An actor.
 LETTER ENIGMA. My first is in head, but not in hat: Nv second is in strike, but not In bat; NY third is in king. but not in crown; Ny fourth is in city, but not In towns I. NV fifth is in meat, but not In fry; My sixth is in over. but not In niEn.
 My whole spells the name
 Of a people most queer;
 They live midst the snow
 Throughout the whole year.
 WORD SQUARE.
 My 1. A body of water.
 My 2. A female relative.
 My 8. Something tied closely.
 My {. A girls name.
 ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLES. DIAGONAL-Goose. Cross-toords l. Girls. 2. Board. 8. Floor. 4. Flask. Q. FlGme.
 BEHEADINGs AND CURTAILINGS- 1. Ecare-car 2. Tramp-ran. 3. FHes-He. HIDDEN INVENTOR PUzZLE--Aorse. Words contotntno initfdI letters ]: l. Man. 9. Old. 8. Rich. 4. Sick. 5. Ear. PRIMAL ACROSTIC = Cdruso. Pto. fused scords: 1. Cat. 2. Artist. 8. Rocks. {. Urn 5. Socks Ordl.
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at once, so that our town will become a part of the city"
 While his mother was speaking Charlie stood with head hanging in an attitude of disappointment. "l do wish our streets had their names now and our houses their numbers" he declared. ''Then Uncle David could so easily find the place without our having to meet him. I do so hate to miss the concert. You know my violin teacher plays a solo this afternoon. and do want to hear him. And you know. Mamma, how : do love music. And we have so little of it.'
 Yes, dear, but you'll have to go to the station to meet your Uncle David. for 1t is impossible for me to do so. shall have to hurry around and get the house in order for our visitor and go to market for things for our evening dln- ner. If papa could get way from his store would phone him to go to meet