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people. without at all trying to please
them. When a measure was deemed
for the nations welfare, it was adopt
ed, often in way that ran roughshod
over the peoples sensibilities. In q
word, the British have very often dis
played bad manners in dealing with
the Egyptians. As one adviser, or
assistant to a minister, put it to me,
MY minister upstairs is quite de-
cent fellow"-no attempt being made
to conceal the fact that the Britisher
was the real power behind the throne.
and that his superior officer was only
my minister"
There is q great deal of ''the public
be damned" attitude about the British
official in colonial service, and small
attention Is paid to explaining q
course or conciliating the public.
When men misunderstood and protest,
the British have as much as said, Let
them howl" II the authorities had
yielded oftener on minor points, con-
ceding many really trivial demands of
the nationalists, and explaining pa.
tiently the present impracticability OF
others, the ominous nationalist move
ment, so far as it is bona fide, would
have had scarcely leg to stand upon.
The bull-doggy attitude Of the admin
istration is not necessary to real firm
ness.
The Donkeys Favor British Rule.
The substantial and manifest advan-
tages of British rule are better illus
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HOMEMADE SLEIGHT OF HAND
Nuts and RaisIns Are Emptied into
Dish by Boy by Means Of Glover
Little Trick.

Try this trick when you have some
friends to dine with you:
A boy, Tom by name, tried It, and
his friends thought him very clever.
Just when dinner was nearly over
Bridget quietly announced that the
grocer must have forgotten to bring
the nuts and raisins. The company
were all more or less disappointed. but
Tom, the host. seemed very angry at
this omission. 1mpatiently he said to
Bridget, Fetch me the dish in which
the nuts and raisins should have been
served"
Pretending to be very much an
noyed, he flourished his napkin vigor-
ously over the empty dish. Then care
fully lifting the napkin. much to the
surprise of all, the dish was revealed
full OF nuts and raisins.
This is how Tom managed the trick:
He had gotten Bridget to sew two nap
kins together all around the edges and
to slit one across the middle. The
space between tho napkins made q
bag. into which Tom had slipped tho
nuts and raisins. He held tho bag BE-
tween his knees, with another napkin
over his lap. While he was gesticulat-
ing in apparent disappointment, no
had quickly changed napkins. The trick
was q clever bit Of homemade sleight
Of hand. and Ill shouted ct Toms
cleverness.
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YES; ENDED SAME OLD WAY
Kicking Against His Food Proved 4
Little Expensive for This Man.
40 for Others.

Mary, why can't we occasionally
have something for dinner that / like?
It seems to me that you are always
taking pains to have the cook prepare
dishes that appeal to you and your
mother. but you never think Of having
anything that you know I am specially
fond Of. l have to earn the money to
pay for what We eat and it seems to
me that you might occasionally have
something that my appetite Graves"
That's it. Always thinking Of your
stomach. Why don't you learn to like
what other people are fond Of. instead
Of complaining all the timer"
my dear, 1 don't complain all the
time. But It does seem to me that I
might In my own house expect occa'
sionally to have what like to eat.
You know my stomach won't stand
those hot southern dishes you and your
mother insist on having. And Idon't
Ike them, anyhow. -
90 ON. Strike me! I'm defenseless.
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ago Syria was q mod Of prosperity
while Egypt was bankrupt. and In the
grip Of all that goes with Oriental des-
potism. Today Egypt's prosperity ID
far ahead of anything Syria has ever
known, and educated young Syrian
men by the hundreds find employment
in Egypt and the. Sudan. All this is
clear testimony to the beneflcence Of
British rule.
The Moslem Menace.
A diligent study of conditions in
Egypt leads me to the conviction that
the real root of the whole unrest lies
in the seemingly ineradicable antipa-
thy between Moslems and Christians.
1t is less because Great Britain is q
foreign power In Egypt than that it IL
a Christian power which makes it OBJ
jectionable For thirteen centuries
Egypt has been under a Moslem gov.
eminent; now to find herself under
Christian rule is CALLING to the faith
full. Such men as Sheikh Shawf1sh,
the nationalist leader recently out Of
prison with the halo Of martyrdom on
his brow, frankly avowed to me that
the nationalists look forward to Turk
ish sovereignty. He said that 1t was
because Great Britain was scared by
the success Of constitutional govern
ment in Turkey, and the knowledge
that Turkey would never be content
to let Egypt remain out Of her hands,
that the British stirred up this buga-
boo of sedition. He says that, in ter.
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Who Owns orkneys and Shetland. 2
1t Is not perhaps generally known
that an opinion expressed, half humor.
ously, by Lord Salvesen at the open.
ing Of the Morse gallery In the Scot.
fish exhibition in Glasgow with regard
to the ownership of the Orkney and
Shetland islands is fortified by very
high authority. His lordship, speak.
Ing as lawyer" Is not sure whether
the islands do not belong to Norway
still. and thinks that legally the crown
Of Norway. If prepared to pay the
money for which they were pledged.
with interest TOR 800 years." would
be entitled to redeem them. As a mat
ter of fact, plenipotentiartes assem-
bled at Breda In 1868 "a couple of
centuries after the islands had come
into the possession of the Scottish
CROWN decided not only that the
right of RECEPTION had not then been
barred by the lapse of time. but that
it was imprescribable. The islands
were pledged In 1863, so that interest
Is due for nearly four and halt cen.
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
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French Machine Transforms the
Wheat Directly Into Dough-
loaves Are Filled With Holes.

In France bread has been made
without -four in a machine that trans
forms the wheat directly into dough.
This machine shows a large screw
turning loosely In a case on the inner
surface of which is screw thread
running in an opposite direction.
Between the main threads on the
cylinder are smaller threads and the
depths of the groove becomes progress
sively smaller from one end to the
other, so that It will hold the entire
wheat grain as 1t enters the machine,
at the same time accommodating only
the pulverized wheat at the exit
The wheat is prepared by thor
ough washing. after which operation,
says Harper's Weekly, about pint of
tepid water to a pound OF grain is
added, the whole mixture being al
lowed to stand some six hours Then
the grains of wheat have swollen to
twice their ordinary size.
The mixture is then treated with
yeast and salt and is poured into the
machine. 1t falls between the threads
Of the moving screw and of the fixed
contrary screw. which simultaneously
srush the envelope and body Of the
xrai1, making Of them HOMOGENEOUS
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trated than explained at length. The
donkeys Of Egypt, for instance, would
vote unanimously for the present re-
CINE II the suffrage were extended to
them. The simple reason Is that 1t is
now against the law for a man to use
a beast with a sore back. The police
man may stop any donkey, camel or
horse on the highway, remove its load,
and II its back Is raw arrest the
driver There are even policemen
for this special purpose. The great
Significance of this instance lies in the
fact that the Moslem seems to delight
in ill-treating and half-starving his
animals, and any European or Ameri-
can travellers through Islamic coun.
tries is in a constant state Of indig-
nation over the sore. backs Of most of
the beasts. Now in Egypt the Brit
ish have replaced these usages with
the standards of civilization.
Another straw-a whole haystack Of
straws, in fact-which shows the
trend of the new times is the fact
that the natives are no longer allowed
to torment travellers for backsheesh.
Egypt without its swarm Of beggars
and pseudo guides, crying Back
sheesh," is almost inconceivable to
the travellers who know only the
Egypt of few years ago. This mir
acle has been wrought. Signs have
been posted in trains, hotels, on ships
and at the principal sites, urging trav-
elers to do their part in saving the
people from this pauperization. In the
same category might be mentioned
the dispensaries to deliver the land
from the curse Of sore eyes and con-
sequent blindness.
The Bedouins have been made tract
able, the safety of the whole country
has been assured, and the welfare and
prosperity Of the people sought in ev-
cry conceivable way. The Nile dams
and improved irrigation, which have
enabled the fellah to make a good liv-
ing, in the possession of which COM
petence the government safeguards
him, are in themselves sufficient JUS
LITIGATION for the British occupation.
Old residents of the east have called
my attention to the fact that Is years
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EXCELLENT HOUSE FOR DOLLS
EGG Box, Which Had Section Of Wood
In Middle, Made First and Sec
ond Story-Totai Cost 70 Cents.

One day when was playing with
ny dolls thought it would be nice to
have a house for them, to have shell
;;er from the sun, says q writer in the
Chicago Tribune.
l went down In tho cellar and found
pn egg box, which had a section Of
wood In the middle, which made first
and second story for my house.
I busted the box and removed all
unnecessary nails. then cut out win
dows four inches wide and seven
inches long and pasted mica on the in
side to serve az glass. On the walls
pasted green wall paper. pasted
white paper. with pink roses, on the
walls of the bedroom.
Then there were the floors. What
could l use for carpets? decided to
use velvet.
l bought the furniture for the living
room. made it for the bedroom. For
the bed took a block Of wood and
covered it with white lawn, and made
few sheets for 1t and a small pink
pillow. l am sure every girl who can
sew knows how to make a doll pillow.
For the chairs I took a block of wood
and pasted cardboard on for the
backs: then covered them with calico
to match the wall paper. Then I
pasted some pictures on the walls.
which drew myself
Now my house was almost complete,
all but the curtains. which ! quickly
made from piece Of lace. hemmed
the lace and tackled it up on the win
dow, and it certainly made a very
pretty curtain. In the nving-room, in
stead Of lace curtains, made them
from calico.
My house was complete and 1t did
not cost very much, because most Of
the material found somewhere about
the house. But should some girl like
to make one. she would need to know
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agency by government orders and an
agent named Rinehart was sent out
to take his place. BY this time most
Of Egan's tribe were working industri-
ously and their children we're going to
school. Egan was angry at the new
mans appointment as agent. He had
heard that Rinehart secretly sold
whisky to Indians, that he was a
CRATER and a slave-driver. And the
new agent apparently did little to re-
move the distrust and hatred with
which the Plutes received him. He
broke his promises to them. treated
them cruelty and unfairly. in a dozen
Ways made their lives burden, and
quite destroyed the pleasant, friendly
relations between the natives and the
local white men. Egan pleaded for
his peoples rights. Rinehart retorted:
If you don't like my ways you can
get out"
The Pluto: took him at his word
They decamped. Leaving Malheus
they went to Stein mountain and
there ran across a band Of Bannock
Indians who had taken to the war
path. The Bannocks urged the Plutes
to join them against the white men.
Egan refused, and iMplored his PEG
pie to keep the peace. But they were
too much enraged at Rinehart's in.
justice to obey hiya. When he still
held out for peace they deposed him
and made Oytes their leader. This
was too much f3r even so loyal a
friend of the government as Egan had
proved himself to be. He changed his
mind and consented to act as war
CHIEF ST his people.
Thea the Plute-Bannock confederacy
swept down upon the settlers, Egan at
the head nj his once peaceful tribe.
In battle afsar battle he led his war.
riors. lighting valiantly against the
white men, but mora than once saw.
ing the lives of soldiers and frontiers
men whom his braves had captured
The Plutes followed their adored chief
as eagerly in battle as they had in
peace. And his name became a terror
along the frontier. Finally the In.
dams we're beaten and the war was at
an end. Just as peace had again
dawned, an Umatilla scout Una
pine by name, went to the Pluto camp
in the Blue Hills Of Oregon and killed
Egan.
(Copyight.)
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Downfall Of a Career,

There's no one here to protect me-
You never have a thought about any
thing except pampering your appe-
tite."
But you pamper your own appetite
continually. Why shouldn't you con-
slider mine occasionally? Az said be.
fore. have to pay for the stun that
Ia. put on our table,"
Repeat it! Repeat it! Tell me again
that l am aparasite-a-a-vampire.
People warned me before We were
married that you were heartless. that
you had none Of the finer feelin9s-
that you had an ungovernable temper.
O-l-1-l-wish I had never met you. i"
However, she decided when he of.
fered to let her spend As for q hat to
give him another chance to show that
he was not totally depraved.-Cht
cagos Record-Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-29
EHEGANTE

An Indian baby Of. the Umatilla
tribe in Oregon crouched, wailing, in
tepee, while outside waged a life
and-death fight between his fathers
people and a war party Of Snake In
dams. The Snakes overcome the
Umatillas, killing every man of them.
As the conquerors were about to re-
sumo their march after plundering the
camp Of their victims warrior heard
the baby's cries. snatched the little
chap from the tepee, slung him across
his horses back and rode away. In
time the warrior tired Of carrying the
scared baby on his horse. So he
dropped him at the door Of q Pluto
lodge. :.q~E
There the youngster was cared for
and was adopted as a member Of the
inmates family. He was named
"Ehegante," title the white man aft
erward shortened to "Egan." And by
the latter name he is best known to
history. Egan grew to be a man.
nificent specimen Of manhood. From
early youth he showed himself ruler
of men. At twenty he married the
daughter of a chief, and soon after
ward became leader Of one Of the
Pluto tribes. He won fame in q Sc
ries of fierce campaigns against neigh
boring Indians and later fought with
desperate valor against the white from
tiersmen and Gen. Crooks troops.
Stolen Child Becomes Chief.
In 1872 he led his wandering tribe
to- the reservation near Maiheur, in
Eastern Oregon, where about a thou
send Bannock, Pluto and Snake In
dams were already gathered. There
Egan met Major Parish, the local In
dian agent. The two men became
warm friends. At Parish's request
Egan laid aside all ideas of future
warfare and taught his people to be.
some farmers.
Egan backed Parish's authority in
everything. When Oytes, a Pluto
medicine man." urged the tribe to
throw away the hoe for the rifle and
declared himself proof against any
bullet. Egan seized the medicine man
by the throat. dragged him before Par
tsh and babe the agent test the boast
by firing bullet at Oyte's heart. The
medicine man wilted at this unexpect.
ed calling Of his blufr.
Then in 1875 came trouble. Parish
was removed from the Malheur
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what God Gives . Boy.


A body TO keep clean and healthy.
AZ q dwelling for his mind and tenn
pie for his soul. "
A pair Of hands to use for himself
and others. but never against others
for himself.
A pair Of feet to do errands Of lows
and Kindness and charity and bust
ness, but not to loiter in places a
mischief or temptation or sin.
A pair Of lips to speak true, kind
brave words.
A pair Of ears to hear music Of bird
and tree and human voice, but not 10
give heed to what the serpent says, or
to what dishonorD God or his mother,
A pair Of Dyes to See the beautiful,
the good and the true-God's finger.
print in flower and held and SNOW
fake. y..<...: .- .. 7. *.sS ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-29
DO-NE-HAGA-WA

The mother OF an Indian baby
dreamed q strange dream. In q vision
she saw a rainbow, and under It her
little sons name In English letter
ing. The medicine men Of her people
tho Wolf family o. the Seneca In"
dams. living near Bu1ialo-said the
dream meant that her infant would
one day become chief among the
white men. This was In 1928. The
boy from earliest babyhood heard the
prophecy, and he shaped his life to-
ward fulfilling it.
He was first known as Ho-no-sa-an-
da (the reader). Later, when as a
youth his talents. courage and
strength won him the rank of Sachem
Of the Senecas, the name was chang
ed to Do-ne-haga-wa Guardian Of the
Western Gate). But native rank and
title did not satisfy the ambition Of
the lad. He remembered the prophecy
and resolved to become as the white
men about him. He took the name
Ely Samuel Parker" and began his
long struggle to reach the heights &C.
cupied by his white brethren.
Meets the "4arred Door,"
For instance. when he had master
ed a good school education he want
ed to go to college, but found the way
closed to him. Next he studied law.
but when he applied for admittance
to the bar he was told by the author
tiles that Indians were not citizens,
and that only a citizen could become
a lawyer The man whose ancestors
had ruled in America for centuries
before Columbus landed was denied
citizenship in this country. But,
checked in one career, Parker turned
at once to another. He went to the
Polytechnic Institute at Troy. N. Y.
and there learned the profession of
civil engineer. He was graduated with
high honors and set forth on a bust.
ness mission to Galena, Ill. That
move decided his whole future.
For at Galena the taciturn young
Indian. who was everywhere baked
in his efforts to rise in life, met an.
other equally silent man whom the
world at that time looked on az a
pitiful failure. The "other man" was
Ulysses 8. Grant The two quiet
failures" struck up a lifelong friend
ship. Soon afterward the civil war
began. Each of the two men thought
he saw a chance to redeem himself,
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Parts Of the Top.

fourths inch In diameter, is formed on
one end, allowing only IN inches OF
the other ED to remain rectangular In
shape. Bore three-fourths Inch hole
in this end Of the top. A one-sixteenth
inch hole is bored in the edge to en-
ter the large hole as shown. says .
writer in Popular Mechanics. The top
can be cut from q broom handle OK Z
round stick OF hardwood.
To spin the top take piece OF
stout cord about two feet long, pass
one end through the one.sixteenth inch
hole and wind 1t on the small part Of
the top in the usual way, starting at
the bottom and winding upward.
When the shank 10 covered. set tho
top In tho three-fourths inch hole.
Take hold Of the handle with the LETT
hand and the end Of tho cord With
tho right hand. give . good quick pull
on the cord and the top viii Jump
clear Of the handle and spin vigor-
ously.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-29
HandPropelIed Vehicle. !

drawing. The best place to Obtain
q rod long enough to be shaped Int
tho crank 10 the junk yard. ~ !.
Before you put your new axle IN,
place make . wooden lever similar 10
the one shown under the wagon. It ii
made Of two small blocks nailed -
tho sides Of . longer stick near the
end Of tho latter. Another lever
comes up through q hole I'm the bottom
Of the cart and has . cross piece
nailed on the upper end forEs handle
Two blocks like the one shown In thD
cut are fastened under the wagon 40
. bolt II driven through them and
through the upright lover to actsas .
pivot.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-29
Hjs Grammar Was Good.

Hl0 Grammar Was Good.
That old man walking along thoro
lives over the river" said boy, who
had taken tho pri3e for excellence In
grammar
Have you forgotten your grammar %
soon? You can say that he lives On
the other side ol tho river. but over
the river 10 Incorrect"
II beg your pardon, father: but hs
does live over the river"
'Why-
He lives over the river. because
ho lives on that little house on the
bridge"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-29
Russian Mulberry In Pennsylvania.


A Russian mulberry tree, rarity in
the North Tier, on the farm Of A. D.
McElroy, near Antes Forte, is being de-
prived Of its fruit The berries re.
semble and taste like blackberries. ex-
cept that they are much sweeter. A
canvas sheet is spread under the
spreading limbs and they are gently
shaken and give down their wealth of
fruit.
This particular tree will yield, it is
estimated, about seven bushels. The
slight jolting process is repeated daily
to bring down the ripest fruit till the
crop is gathered.-LaWrenceville Cor
respondence Philadelphia North Amert
can.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-29
9lan0oo Tricks.

A common trick on holiday among
the children OF Siam is to catch one
another, blacken one another's faces,
and then shove the least strong into
the river. As they wear little clothing
and the climate IL hot they do not
mind the bath at all. It IL also the
privilege Of the children to throw va
ter over their parents and grandpar-
ents. and then to sprinkle them with
perfume and sweet smelling powder.
And they usually give some small gift
by way q compensation. @
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-29
judicial Husnorist.

Judges on the bench have been a.
saulted. A litigant once threw an egs
at the late Vice Chancellor Mains In
an English court The Judge had the
presence Of mind to duck his head,
and at the same time he established
a reputation as humorist by remark.
ing that the present must have been
intended for his brother Bacon, tho
vicechancellor. who was sitting in a.
ed1oininR court