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THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAN, PORTLAND, XOVEMBEK 13, lwt The Man Who Found Himself THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN'S SELECTED FICTION BY ELLSWORTH KELLY THE HON. W. H. M'GUIKEJ Bat on a j log on the bank of "Walnut Creek, getting his paraphernalia ready for a day's fishing. Already he had secured his bucket of ' minnows, and had selected his location for angling, a pool just above the riffle, bordered on the opposite side "with droop ing willows that almost reached down to dabble the ends of their overhanging branches In the water. If bass were to be found anywhere in "Walnut Creek, by all indications. It should be right there. At this particular moment he was en gaged in putting together his Jointed bam boo rod. As he lifted the third section to screw it Into place, he was struck with a thought of such, startling nature that he mused involuntarily, and was soon lost in reverie. It had suddenly come to him that he was lost, had been lost for many years, and that he had not realized it until now. Not bodily lost. He knew his present location, even to township, range and sec tion. Nor yeC lost in a physical or moral sense. He was a very good man. was the Hon. W. II. McGulre, and held. In high esteem by his fellow-citizens, as the last November vote had testified. But, as he sat there, there came to him a sudden memory from his boyhood days. He had been so very, very busy these past dozen years that ho had hardly given a thought to the old days. Now he called to mind. Just bow his name looked in the big leather-bound family Bible, written out In his father's plain, old-fashioned hand, "William Hen ry, third son of John and Mary McGulre." He thought of that September morning when he had started for college. AIL the boys and girls of his set were down to the 8:30 train to see him off. His "last mem ory of their faces was the glimpse he had from the car window as the train pulled out of the station. The boys had yelled "Good-bye, Billy!" and the girls had shouted "Be a good boy, Billy-boy 1" and had waved their handkerchiefs until shut from sight by the curve around Gravel back hill. Now the fact dawned on him that was the last time he had heard a friendly voice say "Billy." In college he had been plain McGuire. During the time he was reading law In the office in the city he was "young McGulre." Then, when admitted to the bar he had hurried away to the West to woo fame and fortune; had picked out the County Seat as an eligible place to begin, and, for a time, was W. H. McGuire, attorney. Later he became "our leading lawyer, Mc Guire," and at last, "our eloquent young orator and. present Representative from this county, the Honorable W. H. Mc Guire." As he felt the breath of the south wind flowing up creek, and listened to the whis tling of the redblrds, he thought, for the moment, that he would gladly give all his honors for the sake of hearing the boys say "Billy" in the old, careless, affec tionate way. "Do you care if I fish in this hole, too?" McGulre looked up. A 10-year-old boy, with a fishing pole across his shoulder, stood before him. The lad had a sun burned lace beneath his straw hat, and his deep blue eyes set McGuire puzzling as to when and where he had seen their like before. Aside from the straw hat the boy's wardrobe consisted of the two es sential garments a checked shirt and a pair of blue denim overalls, held In place by a solitary euepender. "Do, you care if I fish in this hole too? repealled the boy, not quite sure whether or not the gentleman had heard his first query. Mr. McGulre did not care. In fact, he would be very glad to have his company. He said so. "This Is my pa's crick," volunteered the boy; "but he lets anybody fish in it "at wants to." He unwound the line from his hickory pole, dug a worm out of the dirt in his old tomato can. Impaled it, spat on the bait and cast it with a swish into the pool. Mr. McGuire went to his own bait can, se lected a minnow, hooked it through the back and made a long cast into the deep water by the willows. "Do you use minnies for bait?" "Yes. I'm fishing for bass." "And can you catch 'em that way?" "Sure! Can you catch 'em any other way?" . "No, I can't! I've tried lots o times, too. I've seen 'em in the clear water great big fellows and I've tried time and time again with nice fat grubworms. They'd always swim around sort o lazy-like, and act like they was smcllln the bait, and then they'd sort o turn up their noses and swim off like they was . sayia', 'I 'ain't much hungry for grubs today.' I thought there, ought to be some sort o' bait they liked, but I never could make out what it was. Oh. look-ee! You've got a bite!" Mr. McGuire was already looking. His line was cutting through the water at a tremendous rate. He checked the reeling out of the line with his thumb for an in stant to make sure of fastening his fish, felt satisfied with the sharp tug at the line, and slowly reeled out more line. He played his captive back and forth, keeping it Just out of the overhanging willows, and at the end of five minutes landed his fish. It was the first time the boy had witnessed the scientific capture of a black bass. "Isn't he a beauty! He's a whole foot long, and I'll bet he weighs two pounds if he weighs anything at all! "Why, I didn't know there was a fish that big in this crick!" Mr. McGuire laughed an almost boyish laugh. "If s a pretty good morning for bass. This place hasnt been fished much. anyway, I should Judge. I shouldn't wonder if the whole creek is full of them." The boy's face was worth seeing. He hesitated a moment and then asked: "Say, mister, what" a your name, any way?" "M ." Then Mr. McGuire paused. Then he said. "My name? Oh. well. I guess when I go fishing with a boy ifs my boy name Billy. I think wo will have a first- rate time today if you Just call me Billy. At least I shall." The boy pondered a moment. "My name's Tommy Tommy Haskins Say Billy do you spose I could catch a bass on my hook with your kind of baltr "Why, yes. Tou may not have as much fun out of It as you would have with a reel; but If you don't Jerk too hard you'll probably catch as many as I do. Help yourself to the bait." Have yon good'n plenty?" "He is certainly good-mannered," mused Billy. Then aloud: Plenty? Oceans of them! Besides, when I go fishing I al ways go snooks cahoots partners, you know with the other fellow. The bass will nbt bite much more than half an hour longer, and then we'll have a try for sunfish and bluegills. and youTl have to divide your worms with me." The boy was unaffectedly delighted. Billy showed him how to bait his hook, meanwhile explaining to him the theory of proper baiting. Then he busied him self with his own line. "Oh. Billy!" That was all. But it told volumes of excitement and gratified triumph. Billy looked around. The hickory flshpole was bent, the line stretched taut and flinging off a little spray of water in the sun shine, and the bey's arms were stretch ing out. further, further. 'Wade in! Wade in. I tell you! Hell break the line if you don't wade in! Wade up creek!" -If the command bad feeea- to ws4 through fire the boy would have obeyed unhesitatingly. In he waded. "That's right! Hold your pole sideways, so he'll take the spring of the pole! Good boy! Now do it again, and keep doing it every time he turns. Youll make a fisher man yet!" Back and forth the boy played the fish, until it showed signs of tiring. "Now draw him in gently. Hold your polo sideways. If he makes a rush with the pole held straight he'll break the . line!. Lift him out still sideways! I'll declare, If ho Isn't an inch longer than mine!" Tommy Haskins- looked joyously, on the dark stripes of the bass as it lay there on the gravel, flopping and palpitating by turns. He could think of nothing better to say than: "I caught him all by myself, didn't I? I wish my pa could have been here to see me!" When the bass had ceased biting they had five beauties, three to the credit of Tommy Haskins. Billy put them m the fishbasket and anchored them In (he- run ning water at the riffle. The boy now yielded to his social inclinations. "Whereabouts do you live, Billy?" "Oh, I stay up at the county seat. My boy homo was back East In Indiana." "Indiana! Why, there's where my pa and ma came from! They talk about back there sometimes." "Say," said Billy, struck with a sudden thought. "I'll tell you what. Tommy Has kins! You take these fish down to the house and give 'em to your ma, and ask her to cook 'em for supper. And tell her you have a particular friend fishing with you today and that you'd like to have him down for supper. And tell her he's from Indiana! And tell her I want you to come back and eat dinner with me. Oh I've got plenty along! I always do take plenty when I go fishing. I never know how long I might want to stay. And. say! You've got some bacon at the house? Well, bring up about half a dozen slices and Til cook something goodl" When Tommy Haskins got back Billy had a fire going. He had also taken the laprobo for a table cloth and had spread a dinner that looked very tempting to the country boy. There were ham. sand wiches and a bottle of stuffed olives, and cheese, and cookies, and oranges, and ba nanas, and a tin box of sardines. Billy explained: "I always take some fish with me when I go fishing. Then, if I don't catch any. why, I have fish anyhow." Then Ellly cut a couple of small hick ory sprouts, and, sharpening an end of each, gave one to Tommy Haskins and said: "Now, you do Just what you see me do. I'm going to show you how to cook." Then he took three' of the slices of bacon, impaled them, and held them over tile bed of coals to broIL Tommy Haskins did likewise with the other three slices. Soon a tantalizing appetizing odor came from the bacon as the grease sputtered down on the hot coals, and the raw sides of tho strips took on a delicate brown. "U-m-m! I didn't know bacon could smell so good. It fairly makes my mouth water!" "It tastes as "good as it smell, too, on a picnic like this," responded Billy. It was a glorious dinner. Tommy Haw kins said as much, and Billy heartily agreed with him. It was the first time Tommy Haskins had ever tasted sardines. He said they wore "awful good." Billy did not care for any. He said so. That is why Tommy Haskins ate them alL Real French sardines are good. Billy said he had his mouth fixed for bass for supper, and he didn't propose to spoil his arte- tlte by filling up on sardines. Tommy Haskins was sure it would not affect his appetite. He did not like the stuffed olives, however, and said so frankly. Billy liked stuffed olives and ate them all. He explained that stuffed olives always gave nlm an appetite for bass; and then "ROAD COST OVE-R $170,000 PET MILE Russia's Expensive Railway Around the Shores of Lake Baikal. LAKE BAIKAL, has hitherto made a very troublesome break In the con tinuity of the great Siberian railway. This large sheet of water, one of the big gest lakes in the world, has had to be traversed by-various means, according to the season of the year; by steam ferry, ice-breaker, and, when the ice was strong enough, by carriage; and finally, since the outbreak of war, by a railway laid on the ice. This line round tho lake has been under contemplation from the outset, but the natural conditions of the country through which it had to pass offered a multitude of obstacles to the engineers, and several distinct plans have been un der consideration. This should be taken only as applying to the section as far as Kultuk, beyond which placo the direction of the line was decided upon as early as 1893, while the former -section could not be taken in hand till 1S0L The railway was not expected to bo ready before the beginning of next year, but the work has progressed so fast since the beginning of. the war that It Is now practically complete. Although water sup ply and the full complement of sidings allow of 14 trains per day in each direc tion, it was proposed to run- only seven trains a day in each direction and to use the ferry, the arrangements for which have been improved, as a kind of auxil iary and reserve. Where the Line Runs. The line evidently chosen is the one proceeding from the station called Baikal to v Kultuk, and from thence to what is now the town of Myasowek, along the shore of Xoke Baikal. Proposals were made in favor of an alternative line pass ing over the elevated country between Ir kutsk and Kultuk, which at places rises more than 2000 feet above tho level of Lake Baikal, which is again some 2000 feet above the sea. Among the reasons why this plan was discarded were the heavy gradients, in some places over 17 per cent; and the unfavorable quality of the rock. The total length of tho shore line which was eventually chosen is 23 versts. the calculated expenditure is 52,523, 55 rubles, part of the aggregate expenditure includ ing some works connected with the exten sion of the harbor at Tanchoi, which ma terially increases the capacity of the ferry traffic Tho railway is thus the most expensive line ever built within the Russian Em pire, and the one which has presented the motet serious engineering difficulties, its building necessitating a large number of special constructions, such as tunnels, bridges, viaducts, etc. The coast of Lake Baikal, from the mouth of the River Angara to Kultuk, a distance of some SO versts, is very mountainous, the rocKa in many places leaving but a narrow strip of foreshore, while in others they descend sheer into the lake, rising to a height of 1000 feet above the level of the water. Many Tunnels and Bridges. Theso mountains are, besides, In many places intersected by awkward crevices and clefts. On this section of the line there are no fewer than 32 tunnels, in ad dition to which there'are 210 bridges, via ducts, special supports. The railway, like a huge snake, crawls along the side or makes its way through the mountains in a variety of twists and bends, at one place having to cross an inlet of the lake. It has often been necesary to take spe cial precautions against the falling upon the line of pieces of loose rock, as the mountains in this region have been much affected by volcanic eruptions. Water is apt to make its way Into the tunnels JjCrom the sane otuee. The loosnss of each of them ate three slices of the broiled bacon and wished for more. When the last crumb of the dinner had disap peared they looked at each other and smiled. .Then it was that Tommy Haskins said, "Billy, did you ever hear tell of folks eatln frogs?" "Yes." "Well; but do you believe Jt7" "Why, yes! In fact, I've eaten them many a time myself." "Gee!" 'They're good! Better than Spring chicken a wholo lot better!" "Gce-ml-nee crickets!" "They are. You Just take the hind legs, skin them, roll them In cracker dust, fry them In butter and they're Just honkey!" "Say! I know where there's a whole million of 'cm. But we" haven't no gun nor nothin to .shoot 'cm with." "You do? Then we'll have a few! I know how to get 'em." Billy cut a bit of red cloth from the corner of the laprobo and proceeded to wrap the hooks. "Anything red makes a bullfrog angry. It's like shaking a rod rag at a bull. You want to pick out your frog, hold tho hook out in front of him and ten chances to one he'll make a jump for it and get caught. We'll have more fun this afternoon than we can shake a Btlck at!" They fished for frogs with fair success until late In the afternoon: then they started back to where they had left tho horse and buggy. They loitered by the way, and built a little dam of stones across a shallow riffle. They sent flat pebbles skipping on the surface of tho water. They answered the piping call of the quail somewhere out in the green wheatfleld. At the cave, where the sand stone cliff arched over the creek, Billy discerned some slight depressions in the dry, dusty floor of the cave, such as one might make by pressing the finger tips gently into a little heap of dust. Billy asked Tommy Haskins if he had ever seen the doodle bugs, and,, receiving a negative answer, and the expression of Tommy Haskins utter disbelief in their existence, he dropped down on his hands and knees and began repeating the time honored formula for charming doodle bugs from their subterranean home. The little mounds of dust began to tremble. and then the little dusty beetles came forth and whirled round and round in a very excited manner indeed. The boy looked his utter astonishment and then exclaimed: "Billy, I b'lieve you know purt nigh everything! Billy smiled and replied: "I guess you know a thing or two yourself. Say! Do you s'pose your ma has- scaled those fish yet?" "I don't know, but I bet she cooks 'em all right. Once my ma was sick and wo had a hired girl and we purt nigh starved to death! Fa could beat her cookin' his self. I heard him tell ma so. But you just wait till you taste mas cookin!" When they drove out into the smooth road along the west side of the section, Billy handed Tommy Haskins the lines and said: "Now, you drive a bit. Hold a good. tight line, chirrup twice, and I guess Prince will not need any whip." Tommy Haskins squared his elbows, chirruped twice and the roadster shot for ward with a suddenness that almost took the boy's breath. Prince could do a 2:40 clip, and it was the first time Tommy Haskins had ever drawn line over any thing faster than one of his pa's old farm horses. The fence posts, the grazing cat tie, the row of catalpa trees along the roadside, all seemed to be flying in the opposite direction. Tommy Haskins drew the rock in many places has also neces sitated the bricking up of tho tunnels to a far greatest extent than was originally calculated. The amount of rock and earth work is enormous, the former even reach ing the figure of 10,000 cublo saschen (70, 000 cubic feet) per verst. The other section of the new line, from Kultuk to Myssowek, runs over an en tirely different kind of country, and has in every res'pect been much easier to build, nor has there been any wavering as to its direction. Road Beyond Kultuk. Beyond Kultuk tho mountains on the whole recede further from the shore, leaving ample flat land for the railway, which, on the whole of this section, only passes one tunnel. On the other hand, several large streams have to be crossed, necessitating the building of bridges up to 500 feet in length. The country is almost uninhabited, and the soil is always frozen; the mean temperature of the year. Is half a degree centigrade of frost. The bridges are all built of stone and Iron, as are the viaducts. The railway has the ordinary Russian gauge and only one line of rails, hut the tunnels aro constructed wide enough for a double track. The traffic, under ordinary circumstances. Is calcu LARGEST OSSGON QUXKX. Here is a picture of what is reputed to be the 1rgeat-3-y ear-old ally ia tfaa 2280. pounds. Is perfectly formed, a chestaut sorrel with stiver mb &a talL. -8be Co rv all Is, aad wa 3 years old Xay M last. Sb la sew awaed Vf C TT. Teed, Iwis aad Clark. Fair, 1M6. harder still upon the lines, his feet well braced against the footrall. but the horse only sped on the faster. Tommy Haskins gave a sideways glance of alarm at Billy. "Is he Is he running off?" But Billy only laughed and said: "Ease up a bit on the lines and see." Tommy Haskins slackened the lines, and very soon Prince had slowed down to a walk. The boy turned to Billy with de uguica eyes, aioeai ms voice was iremo- ling just a little. "When I get to be a man I'm going to have a trotting horse just like him!" They walked Prince the rest of the way, and when they came to the strip of al falfa along the creek bottom, now In full bloom and ready for the first cutting. Billy laid his hand on. the lines and stopped tho horse. The odor of the bloom was beginning to rise with the early fall ing dew. "Smells mighty good, don't it? But I just got a sniff of somethln' a heap nicer. Don't you smell it, too ma's coffee b'll'n'?" When they reached the ranchhouse door. Tommy Haskins" ma met them and start ed to extend Tommy's companion a hearty Kansas greeting and to say that supper was already on the table, when she paused, scrutinized Billy's face closely, and exclaimed: "Good land alive! If It Isn't Billy Mc Gulre! Pa! pa! Come here this mlnuf! Here's Billy McGulre that I used to go to school with back in Indiana, long before I ever saw you! My memory's bettern yours. Billy McGulre! You don't know me? Don't you recollect the girl that used to hold you with one hand and wash your face In a snowbank with the other? Well, I'm her!" Then Billy replied, while the sound of his boy name, spoken in an oldtime voice, ran through his veins like wine: "Molly Brlggs, sure as I live! I thought this morning that I had 'seen those eyes of Tommy's somewhere before!" Tommy's pa came forward, smiling, and shook hands cordially with Billy McGuire, and asked him if he had just come out to Kansas. "Why, no!" said Billy. "I've lived at the county seat for the last ten years." "Well." put In Tommy's ma, "we've been out here a dozen years this Spring, and the last six of 'em right here on Wal nut Crick. How on earth does It happen that we've never heard tell of you?" Then a Cash of intelligence lit up he face. "It can't be yes, It is so, too Pa. I'll declare if you didn't vote for Billy last Fall! Don't you remember For Representative, W. H. McGulre? I noticed the name at the time, but I never thought once of its bein Billy!" After supper they Insisted that Billy had to stay all night. But Billy declared that he was compelled to take the morn ing train for Topeka to look after a case he had in the Supreme Court. So they did the next best thing, and made the most of an old-fashioned evening visit that lasted until the hands on the big, old-fashioned clock pointed alarmingly to the XII on Its face. , Tommy Haskins sat wide-eyed all even ing listening to the talk about the Smiths, and the Wlgginses, and the Dlllingbecke, and about the church festivals at the chapel, where, town against country boys, a cake was voted to the prettiest girl. And the country girl was the winner. And of all things! Her name was Molly Brlggs! And then and there Tommy Has Hasklns reeolved that, when he went back with his ma to visit at gran' pa's next Fall, he would see at least two places. He would see Wesley Chapel, where his ma had been voted "the pret tiest girl"; then he would have her show him the Identical spot where she had washed Billy's face in the snowbank. When Billy had at last said goodby at the front gate, and had promised to come back tho next Sunday week an stay all day, the moon was riding high in the sky, and the smooth road was almost as light as day. At the cross-road he turned to look back, and saw them slowly walking toward the house. Tommy Haskins and his ma and his pa, band in hand. As he faced, about and drew tho lines with a firmer grip, his thoughts fell into rhythm with the rhythm of his horse's clattering feet, and both eeemed to say over and over: "Billy MeGulre Is found Is found!" lated to comprise seven trains dally In each direction, a number which, however, as already mentioned, can be doubled. The maximum gradient Is 8 per cent (In the tunnels considerably .less), and the smallest radius of curve Is about 10S0 feet. The whole of the railway round Lake Baikal has been built by contractors, and has not been split up in such Bmall por tions as was the Trans-Baikal Railway, nor partly built by the government itself, as was also the case with portions of that line, and there Is every -reason to be lieve that it has been satisfactorily con structed. The Kid Again. New York Press. "I have noticed that Mr. Smith always leaves before the sermon," remarked the new minister in the course of his first pastoral call. "Yes. he er, -that Is" Mrs. Smith floundered about in embarrassment until Tommy thought it time to come to her rescue. - "I know why," he piped shrilly. "Do you, my little man?" said the min ister, smiling encouragingly. "Why is it, then?" "Ma makes him. 'Cause be always snores when he goes to sleep." THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLY IN Sixth Manual Training Lesson DESCRIPTION AND USES OF PLANES, CABINET WORK FILES, CHISELS AND GOUGES 3y James Hltehey, Instructor la Wood working and Patternsaaklns;, Armour Insti tute of Technology. Chicago. (Copyright, 1904. by Joseph B. Bowles.) . Note. The Interested reader Is advised to clip this article for reference. F HtON planes the most important is the No. 5 jackplane, 14 Inches long and having a cutter two inches in width. For nearly all our small work this plane can be used to the ex clusion of all others. In making and in truing up very large surfaces or in' making long glue joints the No. 1 Jointer plane, 22 inches long and having a plane Iron 2H inches wide. FIG. 31. will be found very helpful, but not al ways necessary. For smoothing quartered oak, mahog any or other cross-grained woods the No. 4 smooth plane will be useful. It differs from the two mentioned above In being only nine inches long, and the cutter. like that of the jackolane. is two inches wide. The No. 17 block plane shown In Fig. 31. which Is seven Inches long and has a cutter one and three-fourth Inches wide, is very desirable on account of the low angle at which the cutter Is set, and tho ease with which It can be held In FIG S3. one hand while the piece to be planed is held, when necessary, in the other. It works more smoothly on end wood and on miters than the other planes. The cutter of this plane Is single, hav ing no caplron. and is used with the ground, or beveled, side of the plane iron up. As a plane Is used for planing surfaces and edges which are straight, so the spoke shave Is used to plane and smooth out curved edges after being sawed to shape by the scrollsaw or bowsaw. It Is FIG. 34. to be found in a great variety of styles, both in metal, as shown at A in Fig. 32, or in wood, as shown at B. For the be ginner the boxwood spoke shave without metal facings will be found very much the easier to use. If kept well sharp- THE WORLD world. She is 19 hands high, weigh was bred and raised by Sol, XI r, of Albmy, who -will exhibit fer at Hm i. TIG. 32. ened it is easy to control, and may be pushed from or drawn toward the opera tor, as the grain of the wood in the curved edge which is being dressed will permit. Cabinet Files. For all small and close curves, and In angles which cannot be reached with the spoke shave, cabinet wood flies are used. The best general form for these flies is the half-round shown at A in Fig. 33, being fiat on one side and rounding on the other. These cabinet wood files should be used for wood only. They are of a different cut and tempered different ly from files made for filing iron and other metals, 'and if dulled by such use they are afterwards worthless for filing wood. The cabinet wood rasp shown at B in the illustration Is an entirely dif ferent tool and cuts too roughly for" fin ishing, being used only where a great deal of wood is to bo removed before using the .file. After using the file the curved edge must be polished and finished with sandpaper. 7 FIG. 35. the most convenient way of dqhig this be ing to wrap a half-sheet of the sandpaper round and round the file, using this in the same way as the file Itself. Files are not used on wood as on metal, with a straight forward and backward stroke, which would soon fill the edge being filed with ir regularities, but are given a lateral or sidewiee movement at the same time that they are pushed forward, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. ZL Two cabinet flies, one 6-Inch, and one 10-Inch, together with one 10-inch cabinet rasp, will be needed for our work. Carpenter's chisels may be divided into two general classes socket-handled chls ela and firmer, or paring, chisels. Two styles of the latter are shown In Fig. 35, which, being lighter and thinner than the socket chisel, will In all cases suit our purpose better. The one shown at A, hav ing beveled edges. Is greatly to be pre ferred to that shown at B. Four of these chisela will be needed 4, 4 FIG. 36. , 5i and l-lnch in size. The paring gouge is shown at C In the same illustration, of which two one and one incfa-i-will only be necessary at first. The purposes for which the chisel is used and the manner of applying it to the work are eo obvious that any Instruction in that direction would seem to be unnecessary, and yet there Is no tool used by the car penter or cabinet-maker requiring more care and patient practice in order to use successfully. In using the chisel on a fiat surface, or In a recess, it should he held with the flat, or back, of the chisel against the work, and whenever possible It should not be pushed straight forward through an opening, especially when paring across, the grain of the wood, but should be moved laterally at the same time that It Is pushed forward, as indicated by the dotted lines In Fig. 36. This insures a shearing cut, which, with, care, will produce a smooth, even surface and 'a closely fitting joint. Before taking up practical work, there are a few common tools which are used continuously In connection with the Teaching English to Filipinos Oregon Pedagogue "Writes of Youngsters of Panay Island Here Is a personal letter to a Portland friend from A. E. Toder, a graduate of Pacific University, '02, who 13 now one of the American, teachers on the Island of Panay: The Island of Panay is next to Luzon In size and wealth, but at present the people are In very hard circumstances. They do not attempt to raise much be sides rice and cocoanuts. The underpest carried oft nearly all of their caraboas. so they have been unable to plant any crops for two or three years; consequent ly they are having a desperate struggle to get enough to eat. If they had any American ingenuity they would find some way to overcome their difficulties; but once deprived of their usual means of support they make no effort to help them selves. The climate of the Island Is de lightful. Although it is only 11 degrees nortti of the equator, the Summers are cooL A Ilanket is a necessity for cov ering at n?ht. The dress of the natives is not elab orate. The little boys wear a broad rimmed hat and. on special occasions, add a shirt. Tho girls wear a very neat costume and try to make themselves white by sticking their heads In the flour barrel. They come to school with great lumps of flour on their cheeks; then the sweat runs down through It In little rivu lets and valleys, with big black streaks showing through. Our school is at San Jose, the capital of Antique, one of the three provinces of the island.- It is the only high school in the province and employs five American teachers. In the primary department very few of the pupils can speak English when they first come, and It is quite difficult to get a vocabulary started. They are a very interesting set of children, representing every stage of intelligence. Some of the brightest of them would shine In any American school: others are scarcely as intelligent as a well educated monkey. Touring Spanish times the chil dren all went to school; but if they learned anything, it was In spite ol and not because of their Spanish teachers. They used Spanish textbooks and at tempted to teach the Spanish language, but three years of American teaching has produced, larger results- than 300 years un der the Spanish regime. At least 10 per cent of the Filipinos are able to speak English. To be sure, not many of them could carry on an animated conversation on the lalaor .question, but they have a sufficient vooabuliry for all practical purposes, and they ere learning fast. Out44 of M&alla hardly 5 per cent of tfc Bftthrecrcan speak & word of Spanish. " As tkw Flltpinoe are not a very robust seoplWr th is much absence on. account m sfeknetw. Bone of their excuses are Jrmtlier ansustesp' Here is one I received' planes, saws and chisels already spoken of. These we will now Illustrate, and when necessary describe their use. The first of these is the try square, shown in Fig. 37, and is used in planing for the purpose of testing the surface being- planed, and also for laying eft work of all kinds, as in the exercise in sawing already shown in Fig. 24. For bench use a six-Inch try square Is a convenient size, but a ten or 12-inch will be often needed for large-work. The marking gauge, shown In Fig 38, Is a tool which cannot be dispensed with. It is used to draw a sharp line at a given distance from and parallel to a surface which has been already dressed true, or from an edge which ha3 been Jointed straight In the Improved gauge shown in Fig. 38 the head can be slipped off and thei sides of the head reversed with reference to the spur or cutting point. The brass facepiece shown , at A Is used, as there shown, for marking around curves either convex or concave: For straight lines the head must he reversed so that the flat side of the head may be used against the wood- The spur should be sharpened so as to be fiat on one side and curved on the other, as shown in a greatly en larged cross section at B, or it may be sharpened oh the forward edge only, as shown at C. and here again the outside Is flat, and the Inside, next to the gauge -1.,.l.rj.,Jq-t.Kl,d FIG. 33. head, Is curved. The tencency of this curved side Is to run off, or away from the. surface of the wood on which the gauge head slides, and thus the head is drawn toward and kept close to the sur face. The spur must be filed and kept very sharp at all times, so that It will not scratch, but Instead :ut a fine, sharp line. It should project 1-16 inch, but the depth of the cut made by the spur can. be varied at will .by simply tilting the gauge over more or less from the operator. Hold the head of-the gauge In the right hand and place the thumb of the same hand direct ly behind the spur. In this position the hand can hold the head firmly against the surface, and the pressure of tho thumb behind and against the spur will enable the beginner, after a few trials, to run a straight and true line. Never draw the gauge backward, but always push the tool away frlm the operator. It is often necessary to lay out lines on the surface of the work, which are not at right angles to or square with the edge, and also sometimes to plane an edge at a greater tr less angle tharr 45 degree to the surface of the ple.ee. In all such cases a bevel, the- best form for which Is shown In Fig. 33, Is used. The blade is adjust able to any required angle, and Is FIG. 30. clamped and held in position when ad justed by means of the clamping screws shown at the end of the handle. from a little boy: "Dear Teacher, I can not school this morning, because I am sick in my abdomen. It says 'Ohi Oh!' " A brother of one of the pupils died, and he evidently used the lexicon In compiling the following: "My sweetheart teacher: This morning I find to me an unfortunate upon my brother dying. Which I wish to go there through he die, but notwith standing if I could reach before his death. Of this motive can you consider to me of my absent, because my heart and my energy it don't Ilka to be absent. Your wooer,. Jose Santos." The natives are very fond of, dancing, and give a balle nearly every week for the benefit of the Americanos. They have a peculiar way of waltzing. The musio is about three times- as fast as Americans like it; they spin round and round, then reverse and spin the other way. They can dance and drink whisky all night, and seldom get drunk. The peo ple show very plainly the effects of 309 years of Spanish oppression, and certain ly need all the elevating Influences which the United States can give. Dowie as a Football Reformer. Ralph D. Paine, In November Outing. Much Idle fun has been poked at the game of football, as expurgated and au thorized by Prophet Elijah Dowie. for the use of his godly youth at ZIon City. As a matter of fact, and of fairness to a bold and original organizer, who has set him self up as a concentrated football rules committee of one, Head Coach Dowie ought to be taken seriously in this revolu tionary step. Without a scrap of tradi tion to bother him, he sweeps aside all rules- and conventions and decrees that there shall be no tackling or holding In the Zion City game. This means that his resourceful young men will develop a game with lots- of passing, running and kicking, such as make English Associa tion football so spectacular. Rough play will be so sternly dealt with that the of fender will wish' that he had never Been a football. This is precisely what the col lego game has needed, lo, these- 30 years. The scrimmage will be freed of its brutal and hammering force, and more open, play iostered everywhere on the field.. In short, Dr. Dowie would be a valuable in fluence and a wholesome Irritant la the councils of the intercollegiate cosaalttoe. Our Great Wheat Crf3, World's Work. Six hundred and thirty- v Million bushels of wheat Is our average wheat crop. One-fifth the whole world's out put; eaough wheat, Bade Into broad, to provide one and one-third leaver for every inhabitant of the United Stated daily for year; enough wheat, me da la to loaves a tost long, to girdle the earth.