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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
A FEW SMILES. 
Hyker(reading)—‘“‘A physiognomist 
says that men who are impulsive and 
aggressive usually have black eyes.” 
Piker —‘‘ That’s right. They are 
reasonably sure to get ‘em sooner or 
later.” —Chicago News. 
Cholly—‘‘ D’you know I’m some- 
times inclined to think ’— 
Clara (encouragingly)—‘‘ Why don’t 
you do it, Cholly? It’s not such a 
difficult thing if you’ll really try.’’— 
New Orleans Times-Democrat. 
He—‘“‘Algy is well provided with 
the necessaries of life.” 
She—“Yes. It is a good thing for 
him that the necessaries of life do not 
include brains.’’— Vew Yorker. 
When a girl begins to criticise a 
young man’s necktie he should pre- 
pare for the leap. 
His Lack of Originality. 
Young husband —“ Still sitting up, 
dear? You shouldn’t have waited 
for me. I was detained down town by 
important business, and’’— 
Young wife —“ Try some other ex- 
cuse, George. That’s the kind father 
used to make.—- Chicago Tribune. 
Neglected Obligation. 
Don’t you think you owe it to 
yourself to leave an unblemished 
record behind you?” 
“Maybe I do,” answered Senator 
Sorghum. ‘But it is one of the 
debts that there is no use worrying 
about.” — Washington Star. 
Sure Sign, 
«You say he has a visionary and 
impractical nature ?”’ 
«“Yes,’’ answered the girl who is 
employed in the post office. ‘‘ He is 
one of these people who write ‘Rush’ 
on an envelope instead of putting on 
a special delivery stamp.’ — Washing- 
ton Star. 
He Got 10 Cents. 
“Well, Bobby, how do you like 
church?”’ asked his father, as they 
walked homeward from the sanctuary, 
to which Bobby had just paid his first 
visit. 
“It’s fine!’’ ejaculated the young 
man. ‘How much did you get, 
father ?”’ 
“How much did 1 get? Why, what 
do you mean? How much what?”’ 
asked the astonished parent at this 
evident irreverence. 
““Why, don’t you remember when 
the funny old man passed the money 
around? I only got 10 cents.” — March 
Lippincott’s. 
MT. WASHINGTON. 
A Journey Up the Steep Carriage Road to 
the Summit. 
The Mt. Washington carriage road 
has been the centre of attraction all 
this week for automobilists the 
country over. During the week car- 
riages of different makes have been 
climbing the mountain in an effort to 
break the speed record. The grade 
averages 16% throughout the entire 
distance and it takes the pedestrian 
about three hours to walk to the sum- 
mit. The record made this week by 
Harry Harkness of 24 minutes 387 2-5 
seconds, shows to what a degree of 
perfection the automobile has come. 
The BREEZE gives the following 
description of the journey to the top, 
showing some of the difficulties to be 
encountered and the beauties to be 
seen by the traveler :— 
BY CHESTER F. STILES. 
The Mount Washington carriage 
road is one of the earliest improve- 
ments in the White Mountain region. 
It furnishes a ready means of access 
by foot or horse from the Jackson- 
Gorham road to the highest point in 
New England. For Washington is 
not as commonly represented the 
highest point in the east. It is easily 
exceeded by the Great Smokies in 
North Carolina, although none of 
these carry with them the unique 
Alpine life and vegetation peculiar to 
our own Presidential Range. 
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At the Glen below us once stood 
the celebrated hotel. vof. .that 
name, since destroyed by fire. The 
road leaves this beautitul spot and 
plunges into the woods. We are 
eight miles south of Gorham where 
we Start, and immediately we find 
some of the hardest grades. The 
next three miles are extremely mon- 
otonous, till we reach the Half Way 
House and the limit of trees. 
Here a grand view breaks out on 
the traveler. The mountain side 
towers above us, and as we go around 
the shoulder of the mountain we are 
fronted by the heights of Madison and 
Adams, towering up across the Great 
Gulf. Our illustration is taken be- 
tween the fourth and fifth mile post, 
on the zig-zag above the Half Way 
House, and gives a good idea of the 
characteristics of the road. The 
pointed mountain is Adams, 5,800 
feet in height, and the lesser is Madi- 
son, 5,300 feet. The precipitous side 
of Washington flanks the left of the 
road, and the protecting wall is 
shown on the right. 
Near here a huge landside occurred 
in the winter of 1900, which tore 
away a large section of the road. The 
road needs constant care and hun- 
dreds of loads of gravel have to be 
distributed on the surface in spring 
to make up for the washouts of win- 
ter. The surface is good considering 
the conditions at hand. The drain- 
age is an important factor and has to 
be carefully looked after. Gutters 
are constructed with numerous chan- 
nels across the road to deliver the 
water to the outer edge. Each chan- 
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Photo by C. F. Stiles. 
Adams and Madison, from Carriage Road 
