THE SUNDAY OBEQONIAN, POBTLAOT. OCTOBER 30, 1904.
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RII I n THF TKTIPK SUNDAY OREGONJAJTS SELECTED FICTION
DlLLy 1 nC LDUvKX By Henry Wallace Phillips
02JB day, when I was working on a
Iakota ranch, the boss, a person
by the name of Steve, urged me to
take an ax, go forth and chop a little
wood, which I did.
The weather was ideal. A Dakota FalL
Air vital with the mingled pleasant touch
of frost and sun, like Ice cream in hot
coffee, and still as silence itself. I had
a good, breakfast, was in excellent health
and spirits: the boss could by no means
approach within a mile unperceived and
everything pointed to a pleasant day. But,
alas! as the Copper-lined Killelubird of
the Rockies sings, "Man's hopes rise with
the celerity and vigor of the hind leg of
the mule, only to descend with the velocity
of a stout gentleman on a banana peel."
On reaching; the grove of cottonwoods I
sat down for a smoke and a speculative
view of things in general, having learned
at my then early age that philosophy is
never of more value than when one
should be doing something else.
I heard a noise behind me, a peculiar
noise, between a snort and a violent bleat.
Turning, I saw a buck deer, and from the
cord and. bell around his neck recognized
him as one Billy, the property of Steve's
eldest boy. He was spoken of as a pet.
This was the touch needed to complete
my Arcadia; the Injection of what, at the
time, I considered to be poetry into the
excellent prose of open-air life. Whe
could see that graceful, pretty creature
and remain unmoved? Not I, at all events.
I fancied myself as a knight of old in the
royal forest, which gave a touch of the
archaic to my speech.
"Come here, thou sweet-eyed forest
child!" I cried, and here he came!
At an estimate I should say that he
was four ax handles, or about twelve feet
high, as he up-endod himself, brandished
his antlers and jumped me. My ax was
at a distance. I moved. I played knight
to king's bishop's eighth, in this case rep
resented by a fork of the nearest tree.
A wise and subtle piece of strategy, as
it resulted in a drawn game.
My friend stood erect for a while, mak
ing warlike passes with his front feet
(which, by the way, are as formidable
weapons as a man would care to have op
posed to him); then, seeing that there
was no snorting blood in me, he devoured
my lunch and went away a course I
promptly imitated as far as I could. I
departed.
Hitherto I had both liked and admired
Steve. JHIs enormous strength, coupled
with an unexpected agility and an agree
able way he had of treating you as If you
were quite his own age, endeared him to
me. When I poured out my troubles to
him, however, rebuking him for allowing
such a savage beast to be at large, he
caused my feelings to undergo a change.
.For, instead of sympathizing, he fell to
uproarious laughter, slapped his leg and
swore that it was the best thing he'd ever
heard of, and. wished he'd been there to
see it.
There are probably no worse teases on
earth than the big boys who chase the
cow on the Western prairies. They had
"a horse on the kid." and the poor kid
felt nightmare-ridden Indeed. If I were
out with them someone would assume an
anxious look and carefully scout around a
bunch of jrrass In CTie distance, explain
ing to the rest that there might be a deer
concealed there, and one couia. not oe too
careful when there were wild beasts like
that around. Then the giggling rascals
would pass the suspected spot with in
finite caution, perhaps breaking into a
gallop, with frightened, shrieks of "The
deer! The deer!" wnue i xneo. xo iook as
if T Hkort it. and strove manfully to keep
the brine of mortification from rolling
down my cheeks.
T didn't let mv emotions take the form
of words, because I Jiad wit enough to
know that I could not put a better barrier
between myself and a real danger than
those husky lads of the leather breeches
and white hats. For all that, I had a
yearning to see one of them encounter
the deer at his worst. I did not wish any
one hurt, and was so confident of their
physical ability that I did not think any
one would be: but I felt that such an
Incident would strengthen their under
standing. This thing came -to pass, and, of all peo
ple, on my arch-enemy, Steve. If I had
had the arrangement of details I could not
have planned it better. Because of my
tender years the light chores of the ranch
fell to my share. One day every one was
off, leaving me to chink up the "bull
pen," or men's quarters, with mud,
against the cold of approaching Winter.
Steve had taken his eldest boy on a trip
to pick out some good wood.
Presently arrived the boy. hatless, run
ning as fast as he could tear, the breath
whistling in his lungs. "Come quick!"
was the message.
It seems the deer had followed the
couple, and when the boy fooled with his
old playmate, the deer knocked him down
nnrt would have hurt him badly, but that
his father Instantly Jumped into the fray
and grabbed the animal by the norns,
with the intention of twisting his head
off. The head was fastened on more
firmly than Steve supposed. The powerful
man thought it would be an easy matter
to throw his antagonist. What ho did
not at all take Into account was that the
buck was both larger and stronger than
he. Though raised on a bottle, the deer
had grown Into a splendid specimen of
its kind. He was by long odds the largest
deer I ever saw.
Well, Steve got the surprise of his life.
It didn't take him long to see the battle
was all against him: that the best he
could hope to do was to hold his own
until helD arrived: so he sent the boy off
hotfoot Although his power for a short
exertion was great, Steve was In no kind
of training, having allowed himself to
fatten up, and being an inordinate user of
tobacco. Per contra, the deer felt fresh-
rnfvl and In vifro rated by exertion. That
is the deuce of it in struggling with an
animal he doesn't tire.
I knew that Steve was in sore trouble,
or ho never would have sent for help.
The boy's evident distress denied the Joke
I might otherwise have suspected; so I
grabbed up a rope and made for the
grove, the boy trailing me. I should have
waited to get a gun. but I didn't think of
It. Those were days when l could run;
when it was an exhilaration to sail over
the nrairie. The importance of my po
Bltion as rescuer which any one who has
been a boy will understand lent springs
to my feet.
It was well for Steve that mine were
speedy legs. When I got there his face
was gray and mottled, like an old man's.
and his mouth had a weak droop, very
unlike the devil-may-care Steve. The
two had pawed up the ground for rods
around in the fight: the deer's horns, be
neath where the man gripped them, were
wet with iho blood of his torn palms,
Steve's kfiwBs; "arms and head were trem
bling as If in an ague fit. He was all in
physically; "but the Inner man arose strong
above defeat. Here s your deer Kid!'
he gasped. "I kept him for you!"
I yelled to him tp hold hard for one
second, took a running Jump and landed
on Mr. Buck's flank with both feet It
was something of a shock. Over went
deer, man and boy. I was on my pins in
a Jiffy, snapped the noose over the deer's
hind legs, tangled him up anyhow in the
rest of the rlata and snubbed him to the
nearest tree. Then Steve got up and
walked away to where he could be ill with
comfort And he was good and sick.
When he felt better he arose and opened
his knife, swearing that he would slit
that critter's throat from ear to ear; but
Stove, Jr., who before this had arrived on
the scene, pleaded so hard for the life of
his pet that Big Steve relented, and Mr.
Billy Buck was saved for further mis
chief. ,
That afternoon two of us rode out and
roped him, "spreading" him between us as
we dragged him home. He fought every
&ep of thd way. Mr companion,, a hat-
headed Montana boy, was tor killing him
a half dozen times. However, feeling that
the deer had vindicated me, I had a pride
in him and kept him for a timely end.
We turned him loose in a corral with a
blooded bull calf, some milch cows, work
steers and other tame animals. "And I
bet you he has 'em all chewing the rag
Inside of 24 hours," said my companion.
That night Steve made ample amend
for his former mirth. Indeed, he praised
my fieetness and promptness of action so
highly that I was seized by an excess of
modesty as unexpected as It was disor
ganizing. The next day Steve stood on the roof of
the shed at the end of Billy Buck's cor
ral. Suddenly he straightened up and
waved his hat 'TJer and bull fight!" he
called. "Come a-running everybody!"
We dropped Qur labors and sprinted for
the corral, there to sit upon the shed and
watch the combat Steve didn't know
what began the trouble, but when I got
there the young bull was facing the deer,
his head down, blowing the dust in twin
clouds before him, hooking the dirt over
his back in regular fighting bull fashion,
and anon saying "Bh-ur-ur-oor!" in . an
adolescent bass-prof undo, most ridiculous
ly broken by streaks of soprano. When
these shrill notes occurred the little bull
rolled bis eyes around as much as to say
"Who did that?" and we, swinging our
legs on the shed roof, laughed gleefully
and encouraged him to sail in.
The bull having gone through the pre
liminaries of his code, cocked his tail
straight in the air and charged. The buck
waited "until he was within three feet;
then he shot sideways, and shot back
again, his antlers beating with a drum
stick sound on the bull's ribs. "Baw
aw!" said the bull. Probably that hurts.
Again bull faced buck. This time the
bovine eye wore a look of troubled won
derment while one could mark an evil
grin beneath the twitching nose of his an
tagonist; and his bleat had changed to a
tone which recalled the pointing finger
and unwritable "Hnh-ha!" that greets
misfortune In childhood. "I told you so!'
it said. The bull, however, is an animal
not easily discouraged. Once more he
lowered his foolish head and braved forth
like a locomotive.
But it would take too long to tell all
the things Billy Buck did to that bulL
He simply walked all over him and Jabbed
and raked and poked. Away went the
bull, his erstwhile proudly erect tall
slewed sideways, in token of struck coiors
a sign of surrender disregarded by his
enemy, who thought the giving of sig
nals to cease fighting a prerogative of
his office. Away went the old cows arid
the work steers and the horses, in a thun
dering circuit of the coral, the homed
stock bawling In terror, and Billy Buck
"boosting" every one of them Impartially.
We cheered him.
"Gad! I'm glad I didn't slit his wind
pipe!" said Steve. He's -a corker!"
Billy drove his circus parade around
about six times before his proud soul was
satisfied. Then he took the center of the
ring and bellowed a chant of victory in a
fuller voice than he had given before,
while the other brutes, gathered by the
fence, looked at him in stupefaction.
Only once more did Billy Buck figure In
history before he left us for a larger field
In town and on this occasion, for the first
and last time in his career, he got the
worst of it
A lone Injun came to the ranch a very
tall, grave man, clad In comic picture
clothes. A battered high hat surmounted
his block of midnight hair, and a cutaway
coat built for a man much smaller
around the chest, held his torso In bond
age. As it was warm on the day he ar
rived, he had discarded his trousers a
breech-clout was plenty leg-gear, he
thought He bore a letter of recommenda
tion from a white friend.
"Plenty good letter," said he, as he
handed the -missive over. I read it aloud
for the benefit of the assembled ranch.
It ran:
"This Is Jimmy-hit-the-bottle, the worst
specimen of a bad tribe. He will steal
anything be can lift If he knew there
was such a thing as a cemetery, he'd
walk fifty miles to rob it Any citizen
wishing to do his country a service will
kindly hit him on the head with an ax.
"JACK FORSYTHE."
"Plenty good letter!" cried the Injun,
his face beaming with pride.
I coughed, and said it was indeed vig
orous; Steve and the boys fled the scene.
Now, we knew that Jimmy was a good
Injun, or he wouldn't have had any letter
at all. That great grave face, coupling
the seriousness of childhood and of phil
osophy, simply offered an irresistible
temptation to the writer of the letter.
There was something pathetic In the way
the gigantic savage folded up his treasure
and replaced it in his coat I think For
sythe would have weakened had he seen
It Still, after we laughed, we felt all
the better disposed toward Jimmy, so I
don't know but it was a good form of
introduction after all. Jimmy was look
ing for work, a subject of research not
general to the Injun, but by no means so
rare as his detractors would make out
He got It The job was to clean out Billy
Buck's corral. Steve found employment
for the hands close to home for the day,
that no one should miss the result It Is
always business first on the ranch, and
a practical Joke takes precedence over
other labors. Steve hung around the cor
ral, where he could peek through the
chinks. Hoarse whispers inquiring "Any
thing up yet?" were for so long answered
in the negative that it seemed the day
had been In vain. At last the welcome
shout rang out "Injun and deer fight
Everybody run!" We flew, breathless with
anticipatory chuckles. We landed on top
of the shed, to witness an inspiring scene
one long-legged, slx-foot-and-a-half
Injun, suitably attired in a plug hat cut
away coat breechclout and moccasins.
grappling In a mortal combat a large and
very angry deer.
Splendid was the exhibition of strength
and agility we looked upon, but alas! its
poetry was Tipped up the back by the cut
away coat the plug hat and the unre
lated effect of those long, bare legs twlnk
ling beneath.
Indirectly it was the plug hat that ended
the battle. At first if Jimmy-hit-the-bot-
tle felt any emotion, whether Joy, resent
ment. terror or anything man can feel,
his face did not show it One of the
strangest features of the show was that
immaculately calm face suddenly appear
ing through the dust-clouds, unconscious
of storm and stress.
At last however, a yank of the deer's
head Jimmy had him by the horns-
caused the 'Plug hat to snap off. and the
next second the deer's sharp feet went
through it You will remember Achilles
did not get excited until his helmlt
touched the dust Well, from what the
cold, pale light of fact shows of the size
and prowess of those ancient swaggerers,
Jlmmy-bit-the-bottle could have picked
Achilles up by his vulnerable heel and
bumped his brains out against a tree, and
this without strain; so when the pride
of his life, tus .precious plug hat, was
thus maltreated, his rage was vast in
proportion.
His eyes shot streaks of black lightning;
he twisted the deers head sideways, and
with a leap landed on his back. Once
there he seized an ear between his strong
teeth and shut down. We rose to our feet
and yelled. It was wonderful, but chaotic.
I would defy a moving-picture camera to
resolve that tornado into Its elements of
deer and Injun. We were conscious of
curious illusions, such as a deer with a
dozen heads growing out of all parts of a
body as spherical as this, our earth, and
an Injun with legs that vetoed all laws of
gravitation and anatomy.
Poor Billy Buck! He outdid the wildest
of our pitching horses for a half-minute,
but the 200 and odd pounds he had on
his back told he couldn't hold the gait
Jimmy wrapped those long legs around
him the deer's tall In one hand, the horn
In the other and the ear between" his
Jieeth and waited In grim, determination.
"Me-ah-a-aaa!" said the deer, dropping
to his knees.
Jimmy got off him. Billy picked him
self up and scampered to the other end
of the corral, shaking his head.
The Injun straightened himself up,
making an effort to draw a veil of mod
esty over the pride that shone in his
eyes.
"H-nh!" he said. "Fool deer tackle Ta-tonka-Sutah!"
("Tatonka-Sutah," or
Strong Bull, was the more poetic title
of Jimmy-hit-the-bottle among his own
kind).
He then gravely punched his plug hat
Into some kind of shape and resumed his
work.
Wo pitched in and bought Jimmy a
shiny new plug hat which will lead me
far afield If I don't drop the subject
Well, he was master of Mr. Billy Buck.
When he entered the corral the deer
stepped rapidly up to the farther corner
and stayed there.
Now came the broadening of Billy's ca
reer. A certain man in our nearest town
kept a hotel near the railroad depot For
the benefit of the passengers who had tp
stop there a half hour for meals and re
creation, this man had a sort of menag
erie of the animals natural to the coun
try. There was a bear, a mountain lion,
several coyotes, swifts, antelope, deer and
a big timber wolf, all in a wire net-inclosed
park.
It so happened that Steve met Mr. D ,
the hotel proprietor, on one of his trips
to town, and told him what a splendid
deer he had out at the ranch. Mr. D
became instantly possessed of a desire to
own the marvel, and a bargain was con
cluded on the spot Billy by this time
had shed his horns and was all that could
be wished for In the way of amiability.
We tied his legs together and shipped him
to town in a wagon.
Steve did not trick Mr. D He told
him plainly that the deer was a danger
ous customer, and that to be careful was
to retain a whole skin; but the hotel pro
prietor, a little, fat, pompous man with
a big bass voice the kind of man who
could have made the world In three days
and rested from the fourth to the seventh
Inclusive, had it been necessary thought
he knew something of the deer charac
ter. "That beautiful creature, with its mild
eyes and humble mien, hurt anyone? Non
senso!" So he had a fine collar made for Billy,
with his name on a silver plate, and then
led him around town at the end of a
chain, being a vain little man, who liked
to attract attention by any available
means. All worked well until the next
fall. Mr. I was lulled Into false se
FOU'RTH LESSOR IN MANUAL TRAINING
Only the Best Tools Should be Used. How to Keep Saws in Order.
(By James Bitch ey. Instructor in Woodworking
and Pattern-making at Armour Institute of
Technology. Chicago. Copyright 1904. by Jo
seph B. Bowles.)
IN the choice of tools for the beginner
only the best In quality should be
bought It is a great error to suppose
that progress can be made or that 6a tie
factory work can be done with poor and
cheap tools.
Even the boy who has had no experi
ence whatever in their use should not be
furnished with something "good enough
to begin with," a phrase often used In
this connection, or the beginning will be
FIG. 15.
a failure and the work too often given up
in disgust For this reason, therefore, we
would avoid all so-called "amateur tools"
and buy only a few needed tools at first,
but of the! best quality, adding to the list
as others are needed.
Almost the first tool required Is a car
penter's folding rule, for measuring and
for laying out the work to required dimen
sions. The 24-inch rule, four-fold, as
FIG. 16.
shown In figure 15, Is the most convenient
The rule Is so easily broken when among
other tools that from the first the habit
should be formed of folding It up after
uelng, before laying it down on the work
bench or eleewhere.
Saws of different kinds occupy an Impor
tant place among the tools used on hand
made work of all kinds, and of these the
handsaw comes first They are made from
16 to 20 Inches In length of blade. For our
use, and Indeed for all work of small or
j
FIG. 17
moderate size, the 20-inch saw shown In
figure IS Is the most convenient Hand
saws are of two general kinds rip and
crosscut The ripsaw, as the name indi
cates, is for cutting with the grain, or
lengthwise of the board to be sawed.
A short section of such a saw is illus
trated in figure 17. For pine or other soft
wood, a ripsaw having three teeth, or four
points, to the inch may be used, but for
FIG. 18.
ordinary work, especially for hard wood,
we would recommend a ripsaw having six
points,- and a crosscut saw of ten points to
the inch. When filing the ripsaw the file
must be held horizontal and at right an
gles to the side of the saw.
The teeth should be filed with all the
bevel on the back of the tooth, as shown
at "B" in figure 17. The front or throat of
the tooth must be at right angles to, or
square with, the tooth edge of the blade.
FIG. 19.
as at "A" In the same Illustration! The
position of the line "C D," whether per
pendicular, as in the ripsaw, or slanting,
as in the crosscut saw, is called the "pitch
of the tooth." In order to have the blade
-of the saw work freely, and to give It
curity by the docility of his pet, and al
lowed him the freedom of the city, re
gardless of protest i
Then came the spectacular end of Billy's
easy life. It occurred on another warm
Autumn day. The passengers of the noon ,
-train from the East were assembled in
the hotel dining-room, putting away sup
plies as fast as possible, the train being
late. The room was crowded; the darky
waiters rushing; Mr. TJ swelling with
importance. Billy entered the room un
noticed in the general hurry. A negro
waiter passed him, holding two loaded
trays. Perhaps he brushed against Billy;
perhaps Billy didn't even need a provo
cation; at any rate, as the waiter started
down the room Billy smote him from be
hind, and dinner was served!
When the two tray loads of hot cof
fee, potatoes, soup, chicken and the
rest of the bill of fare landed all over
the nearest table of guests there was a
commotion. Men leaped to their feet
with words that showed they were no
gentlemen, making frantic efforts to
wipe away the scalding liquids trick
ling over them. The ladles shrieked
and were tearful over the ruin of'thelr
pretty gowns.
Mr. D . on the spot, instantly qui
eted his guests as best he could on the
one hand and berated the waiter for a
clumsy, clubfooted babboon on the
other. Explanation was difficult, if
not impossible. Arms flew, hard words
flew; the male guests were not back
ward in adding their say. Then, even
as I had been before, the colored man
was vindicated.
Suddenly two women and a man
sprang on top of the table and yelled
for help. Mr. D looked upon them
open-mouthed. The three on fop of
the table clutched ope another, and
howled in unison. Mr. D s eye fell
on Billy, crest up, warlike in demeanor,
and also on a well-dressed man back
ing rapidly under the table.
A flash of understanding illumined
Mr. 15 . The deer evidently felt a lit
tle playful; but It would never do, un
der the circumstances. "Come here,
sir!" he commanded. Billy only lived
to obey such a command, as I have
shown. But this time Mr. D recoar
nlzed a difference, and went about like
a crack yacht He had intentions of
reaching the door. Billy cut off re
treat Mr. D thought of the well
dressed man, and dived under the ta
ble. Those who had stood uncertain,
seeing this line of action taken "by one
who knew the customs of the country,
promptly imitated him. The passen
gers of the Eastern express were en
sconced under the tables, with the ex
clearance (see figure 18). the points of the
teeth are slightly bent one to one side
and one to the other side, as shown at
"E" figure 17.
This bending of the teeth is called the
"set" of the saw. and should be on the
extreme points of the saw teeth only.
When the points only are set the saw
will work more freely and the danger of
springing or bending the blade of the saw
while setting will be avoided.
When using the ripsaw the front or cut
ting edge of the saw blade should be held
at an angle of about 45 degrees to the
surface of the board, as shown In figure 19.
This brings the back of the teeth at
nearly right angles to the fibers of the
wood and Insures an easy shearing cut.
For hard and well-seasoned wood the
handsaw requires very little set hut if the
wood Is soft or If wet and spongy, con
siderable ret will be required, for the rea
son that the fibers anting away- from the
advancing teeth and then press back
again on the sides of the blade, causing
FIG. 20.
the saw to work tight and to push hard.
In using a ripsaw the point of the tooth
acts as a chisel, cutting off the fibers of
the wood, each tooth chiseling off a shav
ing as it passes through the board.
With the crosscut saw the sides of the
teeth do the cutting, really severing the
fibers of the wood twice, as shown In fig
ure IS at "A," the Intervening projections
being loosened and carried away as dust
by the thrust of the saw.
In Fig. 20 we give a greatly enlarged
view of a few teeth of a crosscut saw,
showing the form of the teeth, not only on
the handsaw, but on all saws designed to
cut across the fibres of the wood.
As on the ripsaw, the teeth should he
set on the extreme points only, and when
filing the file is held horizontal, but at an
angle of about 60 degrees to the side of the
saw blade.
It Is not our intention to suggest any
work for practice in the use of the hand
saw, as the correct use will be acquired
gradually while cutting out stock for dif
ferent articles as many be required later.
In general we would say to the begin
ner, do not press on or force the saw
to cut -too rapidly. Hold the saw firmly
FIG. 21.
In the hand with the first finger pressed
against the side of the handle and run. It
lightly and freely In the kerf, or cut
taking time to see that the line is fol
lowed exactly and thus avoid all wasteful
and crooked edges on the work, which
must afterward be planed off.
While sawing be careful to stand in
such a position as to saw the edge square
with the surface of the board. This
position may be tested from time to time
by setting a try square on the board and
against the side of the saw. as In Fig 2L
The hacksaw, shown In Fig 22, is used
on the bench, and is a'bench saw, being
used for light fine work and for fitting
and dove-tailing. The filing and setting
are the same as already described for
handsaws. Hacksaws are made of many
sizes. A 10 or 12-lnch will be a convenient
size for general use. As the metal back
holds and stiffens the saw. a thin blade
should always ho selected. When using,
hold with one hand' only.
Never under any circumstances press
on the saw with the other hand, but run
the saw very lightly on the" wood.
Should any trouble be found In starting
the cut first draw the saw backward
against the finger of the left hand, which
grips the block of wood being sawed.
Much trouble is sometimes found by
beginners in starting the cut the tendency
being to cut too deeply into the wood,
especially if the saw is sharp, making it
hard to begin the cut close to the line,
and often splitting off a corner from the
wood. To avoid this trouble hold the
handle of the saw high, as shown In Fig.
23, drawing the saw backward with a pull
ing stroke toward the operator, and
steadying the blade of the saw. with, the
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ceptlon of a handful who had preferred
getting- on top of them.
Outside three cow punchers who
chanced to be riding by were perfectly
astonished by the noises that came
from that hotel. They dismounted and
Investigated. When they saw the feet
projecting from beneath the cloths and
the groups in statuesque poses above
they concluded not to Interfere, al
though strongly urged by the victims.
"You are cowards!" cried the man
with the two women. The punchers
joyfully acquiesced and said, "Sick 'em,
boy!" to the deer.
Meanwhile the express and the Unit
ed States mall were waiting- The con
ductor, watch in hand, strode up and
down the platform.
"What do you suppose they're doing
over there?" he asked the brakeman.
The brakeman shrugged his shoul
ders. "Ask them punchers," he" re
plied. The conductor lifted his voice.
"What's the matter?" he called.
"Oh, come and see! Come and seel"
said the punchers. "It's too good to
telL"
The conductor shut his watch with a
snap. "Five minutes late," be said.
"Pete, gt and hustle them people over
here. I start in three minutes by the
watch."
"Sure," said Pete, and slouched
across. Pete was surprised at the
sight that met his gaze, but orders
were orders. He walked up and kicked
Billy, at the same time shouting "All
aboard for the west! Get a wiggle on
yer!"
The man owed his life to the fact
that the deer could get no foothold on
the slippery hardwood floor: otherwise
he would have been gored to death. As
it was, Billy tried to push, and his feet
-shot out: man arid deer came to the
floor together, the brakeman holding
hard. The passengers boiled out of
the hotel like a mountain torrent The
punchers, thinking that the man was
in danger, sprang through the window
and tied the deer. Pete gasped his
thanks and hustled out to catch his
train. No one was left but Billy, the
punchers, the darky waiters and Mr.
D .
This your deer?" Inquired the
punchers of the latter.
"It Is," said Mr. TJ . "Take him out
and hang him don't shoot him hang
him!"
"All right" replied the punchers.
They took Billy out and turned him
loose In the deer pen.
"Reckon the old -onan'll feel better
about it tomorrow," they said.
And It came to pass that the old man
did feel better, so Billy was spared.
Perhaps If you have traveled to the
West you have seen him a noble rep
resentatlve of his kind. Well, this Is
his
belle. (Copyright
Co.)
by S. S. McClure
first finger of the left Tiand. This will
make a slight kerf, which can be In
creased by a very light pushing stroke.
At each succeeding stroke gradually lower
the handle end of the saw until a hori
zontal position Is gained. The sawing
must in all cases be done with a light
FIG. 22.
lifting stroke, without any forcing Into
the wood, using long, steady strokes so
as to use the entire length, of the saw, and
to bring an the teeth into use.
If they can be afforded, two hacksaws
will be found very convenient, one
13-Inch for general work and filed to
crosscut, and a ten-Inch filed to cut with
the grain of the wood, to be used for
dovetailing and other often recurring
work of this kind. To use a backsaw in
such a way as to follow closely to the
dimension line, and to do exact and close
ly fitting work, requires from the begin
ner a considerable amount of careful
practice.
To all who wish to acquire skill In the
use of this" important tool, we 'recommend
the following exercise for practice: Take
any block of wood from 12 to 16 inches
long, about two inches wide, and from
one and one-half to one and three-fourths
FIG. 23.
inches in thickness, and with a try square
and a sharp-pointed pocketknife lay oit
lines, as partially shown in Fig. 24, on
the front upper and back sides of the
block. The knife cuts must be at least
1-16 inch deep and 4 to inch distant
one from the other. Next proceed to saw
up the block Into the thin sections thus
marked, sawing each time so that the
saw cut (or kerf) will be Just outside of,
but close to. the knife line as shown by
the first partial cut at "A." Each saw-
cut through the block should be true to
each of the three lines, and while the saw
passes along one side (the outside) of the
line, its teeth should not scratch the op
posite side of the knife cut hut must
leave the smooth, clean cut of the knife
on the block, as shown at "B" In the
illustration, while at the same time It
should be so close as to leave no wood
to be smoothed off with plane or chisel.
The block used need not be of the exact
dimensions given above, but may be from
ZVi to 4 inches wide, and from 1 to 1&
inches in thickness. A thick block, how-
FIG. 24.
ever, afiords the best practice. A few
hours spent in careful sa wings as above
directed will enable any one to use the
backsaw successfully. This is one of the
most important drills in the use of tools,
as cutting and filing with this saw enters
Into the construction or almost every
article we undertake to make.
Cake In Safe Deposit.
Kansas City Star.
For three years a large fruit cake has
been in the safety deposit vault of the
State Savings Bank at Topeka. The cake
was baked by Miss Anabel Tice, of Ar
kansas City; Miss Edna Morrow and Miss
Virginia Mills paugh. of Topeka, who were
students In Washburn College. The youny
:Jk. 4
women combined in baking- the largest
fruitcake the oven In their boarding-
house would accommodate. The condition
on
which it was to have been taken from
the
bank s vault was the marrlae of nn
of
the vounsr women. A nromlsn tn vpt
married was not to be considered; the
conditions or deposit required that a mar
riage certificate be presented at the bank
before the cake would r returned. PL-ir-h
year the young women have paid the
vuun rental at the bank. After three
years Miss TIce has won the race and
Incidentally the cashier at the bank In
which the cake was deposited. David
uossett was the bridegroom at the wed
ding, which occurred Wednesday, October
in ArKansas City.
PARK POSSIBLITY OF
LEWIS AND CLARK
EXPOSITION SITE . . .
(Continued from Page 33.)
beautiful spots he has seen In his mean-
derlngs about the globe.
The verdure-covered terraces: the stain.
ly firs and mazes of tangled underbrush.
roses and flowers of every kind: the
broad plateau adorned with a crystal
lake. In turn set off with a tree-dotted
peninsula; the variegated shades of rich
and subtle coloring; the distant pano
rama of forest-covered, undulating hills
ana more distant snow-capped peaks all
these blend harmoniously Into a picture
that no one wishes to forget It Is this
beauty of the grounds that has con
verted many to the idea that the scenic
garden should be permanently preserved.
The place itself seems to protest against
ever again being converted to prosaic
usages.
competent civil engineers and men
learned in the needs of park sites agree
that there is no apparent setback to
the Lewis and Clark Exposition grounds,
They agree that it meets all the require
ments. There Is room enough for all
purposes and variety enough for the most
exacting needs. The soli Is rich and
produces in abundance the very finest
shrubbery and plants, thus making the
establishment of a botanical garden
feasible; there is an abundance of shade
wherein the weary may seek relief from
the tolls of sordid existence In the city's
din; there Is roosa for handsome boule
vards and fine paths miles In length,
leading through brush and timber, over
swales, across broad fields, along
sparkling lake and river, and at all times
In view of the magnificent scenic pano
rama of mountain and forest fastnesses
fo the north, east and west Then there
are a number of places where several
acres' space could he given up to a zo
ological garden, which all well-appointed
parks must have and which Portland al
ready has well started In the present
City Park, itself a place of rare beauty
and unequaled, perhaps, elsewhere In
the United States.
There is also plenty of room for a chil
dren's playground and for broad tennis
lawns. In fact, there Is plenty of room
for the hundred and one features neces
sary to a well-appointed public park, and
room Is the foremost essential.
To quote figures, there are 420 acres of
land embraced in the Exposition site, and
of this area 220 acres are taken up by the
sparkling surface of Guild's Lake, which
offers exceptional opportunities for the
raising of aquatic animals and plants and
for boating and other water sports. More
than half of the land surface lies on a
broad terrace overlooking the lake at a
distance of 200 yards, the Intervening dis
tance being- covered by a strip of level
grass land. About 10 acres, near the
west side of this terrace, Is covered by
trees and brush.
To make these grounds Into a park lit
tie landscape gardening would have to be
done. The necessary walks and boule
vards have already been established by
the Lewis and Clark Exposition manage
ment which has also groomed the entire
place, laying lawns, planting shrubbery
and flowers, edging and dredging the lake
and effecting other Improvements, at a
cost ranging far up Into the thousands
of dollars.
Another cost that would be obviated is
that of erecting such buildings as would
be required for a museum of art geology,
historical records and relics, and such ex
hlblts of the Lewis and Clark Exposition
as it might become desirable to make per
manent Some of the more durable ex
hlblt buildings could be used for these
purposes after the Fair, especially the al
ready famous Forestry building, which is
easily the feature of the buildings. It
should never come down, arousing as it
does the admiration and wonderment of
all who see the great log hut built from
the biggest of the mammoth trees of the
Oregon forests.
There will be an abundance of material
and exhibits to be had at the Fair which
will retain a permanent value in connec
tion with Oregon and the Coast country
and which would make invaluable add!
tions to a great museum, such as Is in
dispensable to a, great public park.
Of course, to create this kind of park
will cost money, and here comes the
pinch. The land belongs, In parcels, to
various owners, who hold their property
at a stiff figure. But then the value of
the park to Portland cannot be estimated
In dollars and cents, and there Is a grow
ing confidence that the matter will be
agitated and brought to a successful is
sue when the time Is ripe for definite ac
tion.
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COLUMBIA RIVER SCENERY
PORTIAHD to THE DALLES
Regulator
Line Steamers
EAILT (EXCEPT $!IDAT7 A. .
czss
Direct line for Mcftetfs, St Martin's and
Collins Hot Springs. Connecting at Itfle,
Wash., with Columbia Hirer & Northern By.
Co.. for Goldendale and Klickitat Valley
points. Ttifilng loot of Alder street. Phono
Main 914. o. s&. uumjlliO, .Agent.
For South -Eastern Alaska
LEAVES SEATTLE 0 A. M.
steamships CITY OF SEAT
TLE, Oct. 4. 14, 24. calling at
neicnumi. .uougias, Juneau
ana aw&jr;
Oct. 7. 18. 28. VIA VWniH. .
VALENCIA. Oct. 6. 22. vil
10, 21. at via Vancouver; JKO-
Wednesday and Friday. 10 p.xr
Steamers cosacct at San Francisco with com
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steamers or sailing, date wry or Seattle does
sot call at "Wrangell or British Columbia, port
TIC 1 wiuui.
Ported.. 243 Washington st,
Smiv .....113 James st. and .Dock
San Francisco - 10 Market at.
C. D. DU2fArrN.fr Gen. Pass. Agt,
W Market et Saa TxxmsUv
u soy
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Short Une
an Union fttcinc
3 TRAINS TO THE EAST DAILY
Thronrh lnl1mafi mi .
wg-cara dally to Omaha. Chicago. Spokane;
tuiuuL iceeping-car aaiiy to ynna city;
aily conducted) weekly to Chicago. BecUnlng
UNION DEPOT. Leaves. Arrives.
CHICAGO-PORTLAND 9:13 A. M. 5:25 P. M.
SKEC1AL for the East Dally. Dally,
vt Huntington.
SPOKANE FLYER, J;15 P. M. i:00 A. M.
for Eastern Washing Dally. Dally,
ton. Walla Walla, Lew
Is ton. Coeur d'AIem
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polata.
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Ington.
k t 'm
OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO 8:00 P. M. 5:00 P. M.
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Nov. 2. 12. 22. Alnaworth
E. S. Columbia Dock.
Oct. 8. 18. 23.
FOR ASTORIA anc S:00 P. M. 3:00 P. M.
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co and North Beau. Sunday. Sunday
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FOR DAYTON, Ore i :00 A. M. 5:30 T.
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River points steamer except except
Modoc and Ruth. Acta Sunday. Sunday.
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from Rlparla, Wash., except except
steamers Spokane ana Saturday. Friday.
Lewis ten.
4 , .
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PORTLAND & ASIATIC S. S. COMPANY.
For Yokohama &nd Honz Kane-, calling at
Kobe. Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking freight
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EAST via
SOUTH
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UNION DEPOT.
Arrives.
OVERLAND EX
PRESS TRAINS
for Salem, Rose-
3:30 P. M.
7:23 A. M.
burg. Ashland. Sac
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ing train connects
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tsrownsvine, spring.
field. Wendllng and
Natron.
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114:30 P. M.
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118:25 A. M.
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Returning from Oswego arrive Portland dally
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Leave from same depot for Dallas and Inter
mediate points dally except Sunday. 4 P. M.
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The Independence-Monmouth motor lino oper
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with. S. P. Co. tralna at Dallas and Independ
ence. First-class fare from Portland to Sacramento
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class fare. ?15; second-class berth, 12.50.
Tickets to Eastern points and Europe. Alsa
Japan. China. Honolulu and Australia.
CITY TICKET OFFICE, corner Third and
"Washington streets. Phone Main 712.
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All trains dally, except on South Bend 'branch
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Portland. Or.
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
151 SLNBCT 1 w-l 1
Leaves. UNION DEPOT. Arrives.
Daily, For Ma7gers, .Rainier. Tjaliv
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8:00 A. M. ton. aveHam- n0.X.
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IIBreat Northern!
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