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Show Diplomatic Small Boy. To illustrate a point of statecraft Sir Henry Campbell-apnerman, the English statesman, has been telling his constituents a story of a small boy who went to his mamma and asked ask-ed her to lend him a p-ncll. "But," 3ald tho mother, "I left p pen and Ink for you to do your lessons with on tho nursery table. Why don't you uso that Instead of a pencil7" Clarence hesitated for a moment. "Don't you think, mamma," he said at length, "that tho Times Is a very useful paper?" pa-per?" "Of course, I do," answered mamma; "bu. what " "Well, you see." the 111 Ie lad explained, "I want i pencil to write to tho editor and ask him what'll take ink stains out of a carpet." |