THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, ' PORTLAND, SUNDAY EARNING, JULY, ' 5, 1903
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(Copyright, U08. by Toe North American Company.) '
Th F r i e n d I y H e r ni i t
Knife's Sforv
APockef
THE FORGKR BKAT8 THE METAL.
INTO SHAPE
A TROUSERS pocket, after all.
.Isn't the most cheerful place to
be in. especially when that
" pocket is sticky with the remains of
aweets. So you can't blame the
Pocket-knife for condescending to
' address the copper Penny. However,
lie vbi an exceedingly dignified pocket-knife,
possessing all of three
blades, and his manner was haughty
a ho said to the Penny:
"If you are feeling lonely. I shan't
Xntnd you clinking against me now
: and then. It may give you confi
dence." GRINDING
"When you've traveled about the
country as much as I have, old fel
ler, you'll. have more reason to talk
about self-confidence." the disre
spectful Penny replied.
"You're an ill-mannered rascal."
angrily retorted the Pocket-knife;
"you don't seem to realize how un
important you are when compared to
me, who have three blades and as
many as fourteen parts."
.The cent, nowise abashed, grinned
cheerfully. "Your remarks are very
cutting, Mr. Pocket-knife," said he,
"and I suppose I ought to be quite
envious of your three blades and
your fourteen parts. But I have an
idea that long after you've been cast
on the rubbish heap, I shall still be
Tendering service to mankind. I
hould be very much pleased, how
ever, to learn mure about your four
teen parts." ,
For soma minutes the Pocket-knife
preserved a chilling- Bllence. Rut at
p last the temptation
Id cuauei uo-
f came too great
grea
inly
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won't do any
harm to
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KD must the rest of my tire be
utterly ; worthless!" muttered
Granny, bitterly, to herself. Nor
'" Was tola the first time that An good uid
Woman had fro complained. For many
. Kioelhs she had wonted and fretted. Un
til latel) every house In the village had
known the cheerful presence of Grar.r.y
a abe sped upon her Innumerable er
rands of merry and comfort. Never
toad aha concerned berseif about her on
affairs. Alii u l.cr thoughts of
cinirat Now, ince ste had become too
lerDjS to go Ibfib frum ber little cottage,
hjtvw1 UmUM sua feareu nr
krfulo ji ended.
'J hea. as Uranny Mt before ber rrtln
rong slml, tt seemed that l hrard a
wi. And IL vutce aaymg:
'So tonger will oa eultrr lomilnrn.
Young and old wid come to you daily
lur Mirtc-e. Fur tratter tbere wiu be
uj;l3 ta your siuaou-C- As your visitor
iasds before you. feb coeTy tfc
ti read you ( in. Tbera you ul read
t :m oreama. ILA hme, tn amtMUooa.
1 1 life f the pro wbom you may
m by roud eourel."
t tt k ahouc ,f , day pamed
I .1 nA ot.e cailel t tb old Uay.
4 1 er ral4 br- bead from ttie
rf 1 1 as It fin from 1 be eptanlnc
-i ) ah trid f things that
t :.ti ber tearcra Their rrery
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put a little Information Into that Idle
head of yours." said he; 'therefore.
1 shall tell you something about the
creation of us members of a great
and noble family. "
"in the first place, I and many of
my kindred came from Sheffield.
Kngland. The factories of this city,
wnlch Is the center of the cutlery In
dustry of Great Britain. turn out
knives by tho millions.
"From the rolllnjf mill the steel
comes In 'strings' about twelve feet
In length. These are of such shape
ns to give least labor in working
articles from the metal. Some of tho
steel bars are broad and thin; others
are narrow and thick: while for cer
tain articles of- .which scissors are
an example one edge Is sharp and
tho other blunt. In order that the
1 lades may be readily sharpened.
"At the forge my blades were ham
mered out of the glowing steel; then,
after a nail mark had been placed
upon them, they were dropped into
cold water. This last process made
the steel very brittle. So next the
blades were placed on a hot Iron
plate over a fire. When they assumed
a bluish color they were removed,
as they had now gained temper and
flexibility.
"From the forge'iny blades were
taken to a man who sat on a wooden
'horse.' with a revolving wheel of wet
sandstone before him. Here the blades
'were ground and tljen placed in lime,
which absorbed all moisture. More
polishing took place on a leaden
wheel and a wheel faced with
leather.
"Next, all my fourteen different
THE STEEL
parts were assembled, and I appeared
much as you see me now. The blades
were sharpened on an oilstone, and
the polishing was completed on a re
volving wheel covered with a aoft
skin. '
"Nor have I told you of the proc
esses that all of my parts go
through. In all, there are about 100
of them. If one man made the whole
knife, he woiild be kept employed for
two days. Of course. I am a very
expensive knife and of the best work
manship. To purchase me it requires
many pennies like you.
"Yes," observed the Penny, "but the
same pennies that have purchased
you may possibly aid in buying your
successor when you are unfit for
further service. And. in spite of your
fourteen parts. I believe that the
coinage of pennies Is quite as inter
esting as the manufacture of cut
lery.'' The Pocket-knife had already re
tired to the other side of the pocket,
however, and pretended not to hear
the Penny.
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tliought she seemed to read. Marvelln
greaLly, they would go thence to tell
their friends of the old woman's wis
dom. People Hocked to her. But much
of the Information which Granny cou.d
readily have imparted she kept to her
self. In the futures of some amor g
those who called she read many u:.
tieasant troubles and trials, the natu.-a
of hicta she bad not the heart to dis
close. The months passed. Granny mas al
ways at her ne, now. r.d Ban) jr an
hour OU-Tng the day paueJ that .-
was Dot aed fjr sag ad-ice. Yet,
even now tiit sb had become so use
ful again. '': aa t,ot happy. Fer the
future woes and Durovcs ui many of her
'visitors i..i tpuu rrr -ntno . norcouii
she sleep becaase of ber grief. Now
longird wiih ail tier heart tbat this
fstal girt of jtnowleda be taken from
her; but soRMbow um fe.t lm4liti to
remain at tftv wbeeL
"I can stand i do 'rnger." abe would
"in at lh close of aacfa day.-
Ad ac- at mm the apint bad rnmr
aloa om Granny. Oo Amy pinn:n
bH was tl. and tboee mho came
htr found that iifinnr In hr
spinning bad finally rrach4 the end of
f -r wan thread at Ul. fa. too, the
cxartc cf tb dream apiaC.e Lad do-
arted. .
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THE MAN
J
IMMY considers himself a mucn-
abused chimpanzee. And perhaps
Jimmy Is right In the first place.
It wasn't very nice to be taken away
from a pleasant home In western equa
torial Africa, where Jimmy was Just be
ginning to enjoy life. He had outgrown
his mother's care. No longer need he
sit in the nest high up among leafy
boughs, where the restraining hands of
his mother wouj seize him when he
leaned too far oyer the edge to peer at
his father, squatting beneath; And he
was now able to scamper away with the
other young monkeVs, playing among
the trees and eating nuts and luscious
fruits. Truly, Jimmy had glorious timea
then.
But the day came when Jimiry was
Cousin Alice
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EVER was any little girl more of
tomboy than was Alice. Leav-
ng her playthings, her household
duties, her work-basket, even abandon
ing her doll, she perched herself upon
a limb of the old apple tree and thought
for the hundredth time how much hap
pier boys are than girls.
Alice's parents, tired of hearing the
little girl repeatedly wiBh that she were
a boy, decided to make a certain test.
They sent her to the home of her boy
cousins, where she was to share1 their
work and play and be raised in the same
fashion as they.
The boy cousins were given fencing
lessons regularly. Alice was to learn
this sport, too. At first she thought it
was great fun an immense improve
ment upon sewing doll's clothing but It
was not long before she became weary.
Then she Indulged In all the games she
had once thought she would enjoy so
well. But now when she played leap
frog and other rough games she received
so many bumps and hurts that she
would have been glad to quit had she
not been afraid of her cousins' ridicule.
Indeed, while playing a game of "rob
bers" Alice was struck so hard by one
of her cousins that she felt quite 111.
She stole quietly to a room, where she
could be all alone. And when her aunt
discovered her she was bending affec
tionately over an old dolly.
The, next morning Alice was Bent
home.. Ka longer tlid she wish to be a
boy. From that time she busied herself
In all the girlish plays and duties she
had once despised.
Trees and Lightning
THERE is a popular belief that cer
. tain trees are less likely than
. , others to be struck by lightning,
and' that during a thunderstorm It Ik
quite safe to stand under a beech, for
example, while the danger under a res
inous' tree or an oak Is, respectively,
fifteen or twenty times greater. This is
disputed in a recent writing by Dr. A.
W. Both w ick in his "Noteu of the
Royal BJtankal Garden of Edinburgh."
Thu doctor says that no tree is im
mune, and the beech is struck quite as
frequently as any other species. Appa
rently the taller trees In a neighbor
hood are the ones most likely to be,
Mr.ik. Contrary to what Is believed
by some people, the cells are not "rup-t
tmi.i ur turn by the formatioi, of
Hi Hin. as might happen If the heuting
by the electric current was very great.
1 he iflls collapse and shrink up. but
H e nf ur torn." The root system does
I-'t !
r.i"g
i.-m to bo ever damaged by hght-
BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS from 0d Newspapers
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t.
T rtt thought an old newspaper
reuid rw ru to offer little oppor-
tiBtty for amusement. Yet you
cannot Imagine how assay artistic O
sicna can be made from this old newe
sFer without um aid of any oiner towl
r material.
Lat as deacriba, (or lnstaoca, to
DOCTOR WOULD EXAMINE JIMMY
captured by hunters, carried a long dls
tanco through the forest and then placed
in a big ship, which bore him thousands
of miles across the ocean.
60 Jimmy came to live in a cage near
a great many chattering monkeys.
Jimmy himself did not feel like chatter
ing. He was too sad to utter the harsh,
piercing erica that he used to employ In
calling to his playmates In Africa. Not
that these Men People did not treat him
rightly; oh, no; they tried to take the
best of care of him. In fact, Jimmy was
regarded more highly by them than he
was among the Chimpanzee People. But
here there were "no trees to climb no fun
to be had. And the climate didn't agree
with him. When the Aan Doctor would
examine Jimmy as he did every now
and then he would frown and shake his
head. Of course, the doctor must have
known that all that was necessary to
bring Jimmy back to health was to send
him home. But Jimmy wasn't sent
home. He must be kept where the Men
People could look at him.
It was hard for a chimpanzee to
be contented amid such surroundings.
Jimmy really began to try his best,
however, and now he plays fn a friend
ly fashion with his keepers, talks to
IN years when knights fought valiantly to win fair ladye'a smile.
When heroes slew their dragons, and magicians practiced guile.
Through highways and through byways, with merry wit and song;
And Instruments full well attuned, blythe minstrels tripped along
A-flutlng and a-plplng day by day.
Of all the clever troubadours who visited the court.
There were two minstrels unexcelled, according to report;
Their carollngs and warblings even birds to list would come;
Each player round his hearers wove a spell that held them dumb.
While fluting and a-plping Joyous lay.
"Now let us have fair trial," said the king unto the rest,
"That we may see which minstrel can the other minstrel best"
Forthwith there went with glad Intent a messenger to bring
Musicians both and bid them come to play before the king,
A-fiutlng and a-piplng- measures gay. .
Together the competitors burst forth in melody,
And yet surpassing sweet the songs no discord could there be;
So wondrous well they played that each the other charmed to sleep;
They slumber still and in their dreams continually keep
A-flutlng and a-plplng weli-a-day I
"mariner's wheel, - shown In Figure a,
First take a whole cewsrxper sheet (of
four pages) and fold tt down the center,
as In Figure 1. Now your rsper has
tbe form ehovn la Figure i. Fold along
the center line, according to Figure L
And then fold upon a dotted tin Indi
cated la Figure . When this Is com
FREQUENTLY
them In queer little grunts and even docs
amusing little tricks. Yet he cannot for
get his grievance against these cruel
Men People, and at times especially
when he's feeling worse than usual he
curls himself up In a corner and dreams
and dreams of the Chimpanzee Folk In
Africa, and wonders why the Man Doc
tor and the keepers, who really seem
quite fond of him, don't prove their
'friendship by sending him back to his
own home and his own people. Jimmy
is sure the Chimpanzee Folk would never
capture a man and keep him prisoner
among th trees in Africa Just for the
chimpanzees and gorillas and monkeys
to look at.
Why She Liked It
A'
CERTAIN clergyman met a little,
boy outside the rectory.
Do you go to church, my boy?
he asked.
"Yes, sir, replied the boy; 'and ma
does. too. She says she always likes the
day that you preach."
"Yes? And why so?" Interrogated
the much-pleased clergyman.
"Why, sir, she says she can always
get a good seat then!".
pleted you should lav all tba open and
of the paper at tho bottom.
Folding upon th dotted line abowa
on Figure 4 yoa obtain Figure t. Ton
"are now ready to train tearing the pa
per. Be sura that all the folded edge
of th paper ant on tho right-hand aide.
Tear aJong lie dotted. .En noted -la
THEY ENTER A MAORI HUT WHERE LIES A SICK MAN DRESSED IN
SKINS OF WILD ANIMALS
D
ELIG FITFUL as had been their
voyaging from San Francisco,
Roy and Ben felt that much
time had. been wasted when
first they came in view of their des
tination, the southwest part of .New
Zealand. And the closer they drew
to land, the greater grew their rap
ture. First, -there were the great,
rocky cliffs, which rose directly from
the water. The coast, too, was In
dented by innumerable fiords and
bays, some of which Uncle Will said
were at least twenty miles in length.
Then there were visible to the eye
great forests, and snow-capped moun
tains reared themselves in the dis
tance. "Isn't it & wonderful sight!" ex-
Li ' "
AT THE BASE OF SUTHERLAND FALLS
claimed Roy, as the boat passed be
tween two . towering rocky walls,
nearly a mile in height and only a
quarter mile apart, giving entrance to
Mllford sound.
"Yes, and you'll see many more In
teresting sights before our vacation
Is over," replied Uncle Will. "This
country seems to have borrowed
beauties from almost every- country
and every clime. There are geysers
like those of Iceland, Switzerland gla
ciers,. Alp-like mountains and fertile
plains. Every kind of scenery you
have. And it's a glorious land to
roam about in."
"You said something about a hermit
the other day. Uncle Will," Interrupt
ed Ren, "and I meant to ask you for.
the story."
"You mean Hermit Sutherland, of
Mllford sound? Not so very long ago
he and his dog were the only Inhab
itants of this region. He wandered
about exploring the country. It waa
he, you know, who discovered Suther
land Falls. whtcH-we shall visit short
ly. Just think of It, boys-falls tftt
are 1304 feet In height! For six years
Sutherland lived alone, and then he
was Joined by a companion."
The "boy's father and" mother and.
Aunt Margaret now joined them, and
together they admired the view about
tliejfi.
"Do you know. Ben, I hate to leave
this plan." muttered Roy. The party
had been looking at Sutherland Falls,
making up his mind.
Figure C Upon opening the resulting
form Figure J you have your "mar
iner's wheel."
Pleasing variants of tho "mariner"
wheel" may be obtained by teanng th
paper, when In tbe position of Figure a,
along dotted -llnea abnwa la FlgaTb fcV
Figure U and Frx- i
where, looking- up from below, th
waters seem to coma from the clouds.
And aa they, fall they rumble In
curious sort of monotone.
Ben had been ailent for the last half
hour, engrossed in thought He now
came close to Roy. and whispered: '
"What do you say to deserting- the
folks for a little while? I'm sure they
wouldn't give us permission, so we'll
have to steal away; but we can leave
a note telling them we'll be back soon.
With our rifles we ought to get all
sorts pf game. We'll have a bully
good time."
Aa Roy was 14-Just a year younger
than his brother he was, of course. Just
at the age when such" an adventure
would appeal mightily. He wasn't long
Their plans once perfected, the boya
gathered together what little provisions
they could. This they did secretly and
without exciting suspicion. That even
ing they stole away.
Roy and Ben failed to realize the dan
gers of their exploit until they found
themselves, upon the afternoon of the
following day, without provisions, and
lost In. the forest.
"I can't hold out much longer," gasp
ed Roy, as he stumbled and almost fell;
"I'm tired and I'm hungry."
"h. we'll be all right soon." replied
Ben. encouragingly) "we're certain to
shoot something, and once we have a
decent meal Hello, what's that?"
Suddenly the two had come out Into a
email clearing, In the middle of which
was a hut, such as the Maoris build.
Quickening their pace, they soon cam
to the door. As they received no answer
to their call, they entered.
Upon a rude cot they found a wild
looking man, tossing from side to alda
with fever. Over him lay skins of wild
animals.
' "Looka pretty bad," observed Ben.
Further Investigation about the hut
revealed some dried meat After th
lads had partaken of It, and then drank
refreshing water from a spring nearby,
they discussed the situation.
Ben shook hl head decidedly. "It
stands to reason we've got to stay and
try lo do something for the man."
So for two days the couple watched
the alck man. Meanwhile they had been
able to kill some game and replenish,
their larder. The fever now left the 111
host. His gratitude to, the boys waa
heartfelt Well It waa for them, too.
that they had shown this ktndneaa. For
soon the man a hermit, he waa waa
able 'to guide the boys back to their
relative.
The lada were greatly ashamed of
themselves when they found how xnucn
worrimert thoy bad cauaed through their
thoughtlessness. But alttnugh they
daren't broach the subject, they did
wish their father and their uncle would
decde to spend a time camping in me
mountain In spite of the attendant
hardships, they felt aure they would
enjoy themselves Immensely. Those gn.
tiemen. however, seemed to think that
ln and Roy bad dona enough explor
Ing In the forests.
Was Watching Him
TWO gentlemen, one of them with
little boy in his lap, were speaking
of the eaaa with which some pick
pockets operate. One St Lb gtnUemea
aald:
"Why. mr friend, picking pockets la
not difficult. Oboerve bow your pocket '
la gaping. X could easily have picked
X row coaldat." cried the ywang
star la the other gaoUeraaa'a lam
" 'cause X waa loo kin' oat far roar ,