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Show CANADIAN READY TO OBLIOE, Dut Wanted to Ute Hit National Weapon In a Ouel With a Ruttlin. A ahotl time ago n prominent rail road man nf Canada went In China to look Ihe ground over wllh a view to building rallriMd He waa atipptled with let I era ot Introduction which' gate him entrance Into Iho beat club. of Ihe cllle. he ililled After dinner one night ho waa watching oomo diplomat! playing pok er Unintentionally nil American gate niretice lo a Htitelan nltarhe The American aKkilted, but the Cxar'rt oftlclal WHa not to he nppeaiwil, and the man from the UnllM Hull a apiealetl lo Ihe onlooker., Thu Cuua Han took up hi. part and aubee nui'lilly hla hand The game how eter. in. not lo proceed, pro-ceed, aa the Huaalan doelareil lhat the Canadian had aleo luaulled him Ijller hla beeiHid waited on the Canadian and aabl I hut at he waa tho dial longed part) ho would have Ihe choice of weapon! , The railroad bnlbter took Ihe matter mat-ter aa cool) aa a litmpenn duelltt and replied lhat Ihe man who hand at card! tie had taken would tql aa hla aeeond The Huatlin'l envoy again mI.I that Ihe Canadian, living the challenged pally, would have Ihe choice of weapon! "All right," he bold, "Ut It be lite Canadian weapon tho axe" The affair ended thai night and Ihe Hutilan paid the hill, which waa for nipper, talno and Clgara, Rgfaaew7ruijL uiii-abaoataa enCi In Destroying Ccnoti. "It It potilblo to mtko cchoea," aabl an arvlillect "It It, Indeed, etilcr to make than to dealroy them "In Iho pail men built Ihclr grfat templea and cathodrala with nn thought ot ncouitlca Hence when tho preacher preached, echnea rolled frfoly nmld Iho groining, of Ihu roof down Iho mwa of eculptiirtd coltimna and round and round thn nave I "Wllh wire, tlrting here and with tapeeliloa apread thero many of tho eihoea of Ihe old world building! hate lievn obliterated There ire echo x porta bulldera acquainted wllh Ihe aclence nf neoutllc. whoao tpidalli la cchoea deilructlon Hniiullmia tin lr talk am hard "To-day an architect tnkea thought ot Ihe echo Hla building .a ronttruri ed to ai lo exclude Ihla Intruder And knowing how to exrlude It he knowi Ihiw lo welcome It alto I have fn quently. In landicape woik. put up eummcr linuiea and arrangel locki ao aa lo creolit an echo Ihire" |