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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER eV 1903' l ftp CI to t . IRosofvQ- IJMlQmOlSQUQ IJfif fOM JPEIU3. I hav an Wta-tht mTndet 1d on could po. Ibly think ofi" xelim4 prettjr EUm, "And wht ! this clever lder talU ' lngy aaked Ellis's fathftr. ' "Eh, blenl Thou knowit how onr lovely queen. Marl Antoinette, often capea from -. wearlsom court Ufa aod it . run. our ia r muhImi . - a a pw f . . w..w , u A i im- , nan. vhr ih anil t & mku t , w vt at belnr almpla peaaanta. They maka hay, milk the cows, and they aay that even the klng'crlnda out flour la aJlttla mill there." ' . !.-; v "Tea." TtnAAttA .fV. vu 9-Vf( " J 1 ' ' .. . f., ....... 'J I A 'J B1JLX.Y UDS DOWN THE TOBOGGAN ( ( T" EMEMBER that you are of .the rx nobility, my aon." whispered the mother elephant, "and do nothing to disgrace your ancestry. None was swifter , or. a better war elephant than the giant Sahib, your father. And fame has attended all your grandfathers And great-grandfathers back to that, great whit ele phant, one of the finest ever known, to whom, in 1546, Akbar raised a roonu ment--a tower-like structure rising high In the air,, and decorated with thousands' of costly tusks taken from' the royal - herd of elephants. Thus were your fore fathers esteemed, and so-1 would have you esteemed for your wisdom, strength, speed and beauty. With a last tender caress the elephant permitted her baby to be "taken from her. And Billy, for that was the name given the little fellow by his new mas ter, found plenty of opportunity to pon der over these words of advice. Far from India he sailed in a big ship' that plowed the ocean for days and days. But finally he reached America, where Billy hoped he might in time surpass , tils mother's expectations. Little did he Imagine the Ufa he was to lead. This descendant of noble ancestors, mighty lords of the forest, soon found himself compelled to walk In circus parades i to . perform stupid tricks and to stand 'for hour merely swinging his trunk. .. No wonder It was, then, that an ele phant of his high ambition should suf- ' fer. Ho grew sad and morose, until all the animals told one another how disa greeable Billy had become. . Thnre seemed no cure for Billy's ill temper up to tha time he arrived In England to greet his new owner, who bad bought him from the American cir ciis man. -.' Billy forgot his crossness,, however, when he found himself at the Franco British Exposition. Here there was a long, smooth board built Just for the . benefit of Billy and his elephant eom- WHEN the Monkey appeared In the Council of the Smaller Forest, be informed the animals assem bled that he bad ome from the Greater Forest on tha other side of th. moun tain. Where lived th very wisest of the Forest People. And straightway ths Monkey began to impress those about him with the extent of hie own knowl edgs. . . ' - - ' - Now. th Monkey reslly- did know a great deal. But be did not tell his new associates that all be knew was told him by th Serpent, th most learned among the people ef the Greater Forestr In stead, he led the animals to believe that -what he related was from his own ex perience; nor did. tby imagine that th Monkey was too cowardly to venture Into danger of any kind. One afternoon the Monkey rushed up to th Bear, crying: "Come, quick! I have a strange, new. thing te show you! "What 1 Itr naked the BA hut the Monkey was already off. So the Bear foHewed hastily after him. ooa they met th WoIT by th road- id. ; "Why do yon hurry 7" asked the Welt The Monkey ban a strange. n?w thing to show as." replied tbe Beer. Where vpo the Wolf followed "doe behind th l-r- . '-x - The they nvt BofcrTwtie asked: Wht is th r'soa for year hurry r" "Tl-.e Uoakey bss aetrenge. new thing te show us." atwwered tb Wolf. j the I)nf yr4 the rrty. ' V ...'.!.:..'...'!.".:.:- - rades. Down this they would slide With a speed that caused Billy to assure himself he traveled as swiftly as his mother could 'Wish him to go. How he would dash Into the 'great pool of re freshing water at the bottom of the slide, only to' scramble out the next , moment and toll up the stairs, so that he might repeat the thrilling ridel - The novet toboggan slide, with Its ar tificial background of the 4ofty Hima layas, has completely cured, Billy of his ' bad temper, for he now .believes he Is excelling his mother's fondest hopes. I ,; 11 71 j s Painting Wild Animals From Life THB Bronx Park Hon house. In the I Central Park, New York, Is fitted A -up with a unique studio, which will enable artists to make a study of wild animals from actual life. The new studio cage Is at one end of the build ing, shut off from the main lion house. There , are two parts to lr the audi torium and the cage. . The, former is 20x17 feet, with platforms ranged on above the other, so that number of artists can work ' at the same time. About thirty artists can be accommo dated at once. The studio cage is arranged directly under a big skylight, and when a lion is wanted by the artists the animal is driven into a shifting cage and lowered to a subway communicating with a studio cage. Then It is an easy matter to get the animal from the shifting car safely inside the studio by simply open ing me gates ana in rowing in m piece t meat, wttn tne aniraai insioe me cage n a nerfect Heht and no bystanders to disturb them, the artists are free to be- ln work. . - - t . Defined. Billle "Whafe a dilemmaf Willie It's when you can't sit down because your pa licked you for going swimmln' and vou ran't stand up be cause a crab bit your toe. "W'hy are you all so excited?" growled the Lion, when they passed by, his majesty's lair. "The Monkey has a strange, new thing to show us; come along!" shouted the Boar. IT WAS A HUNT KB MAN I "Wtit I thi Strang, new thlngT" quuttoar J tbe Lion, stalking along at th rear ef th proreeikA. "Ton n hare t ask the Wolf." r rpended tbe Boar. Oni --r I . 'iD-; WHERE YOUTHFUL HAVING cast his line with prs v clsion, Hassan leaned against the barrel placed for his con , venlence on tbe edge of the - quay. Hassan also gsrve a deep sigh of content. True, the future held pain ' ful punishment In store, for little Arab boys may not-run away, frdm carpet weaving to fish, without hearing from angry fathers, But what of It! He was having a glorious time now. and the future must take care of Itself. Hassan thought of the first time h .' had gone a-fishing. Ben All had coaxed him down to this very quay, and had In structed blm exactly bow. to handle his . line., . He remembered bow he had run , away in terror from the ugly squirming ' thing he drew from the water a thing ' with eight twisting, twining, snaky legs. . .fastened to a body ten inches long, and with horrible, protruding green eyes. He remembered, too, how Ben All had called threateningly afterhim: "Coward, come back! Come back, or I shall never let you come with me again!" t He had returned to watch, with fearful fascination, the snaky legs curl about Ben All's hand. Then Ben All, with a dextrous sweep of his knife, had cut off the entire eight legs close to tha ugly creature's body. They had relaxed helplessly; the haunting green eyes had lost their luster. And Ben All. 'after hacking the body and legs into small pieces, had placed them In a bag and carried, them home. Hassan had eaten his share of the .dish at supper that evening, but he had not relished it, for, try as he would, he could not help thinking of the frightful green eyes:' '. Then how severe his' father had beent "No good, self-respecting; Mohamme dan," the stern parent had said, "should spend bi- time fishing, like the poor Turks, when be might be engaged in the ancient and honorable trade of carpet weaving.'' .. , - THE DAEINO IDEA ' 1 ; Hassan detested carpet weaving. It was too tiresome to sit with several other boys from 8 o'clock in the morning un til S in the evening, pulling the fin threads through the warp, to make nlcei smooth rugs. He would much rather play about the streets until be grew big enough to sell newspapers and curios; to clean and shine the boots of rich for eign gentlemen and to assist old Arabs in the sale of oranges, dates and 'matches. i No longer did Hassan feel content. He thought of the jolly little foreign lad be had seen the other day. This boy, whom Ben All called an American, didn't need to weave carpets. The more. Hassan re flected the more he longed to be an . American. Hardly realizing what .he ' did, he framed in bis heart this resolu tion: "As soon as I can, I shall run away to America a,nd not be a Mohammedan or weave carpets." Then so frightened was he at the dar But when th Wolf was asked, he re plied, "I don't know; you must Inquire of the Bear. . The Bear, however, was as Ignorant as they, and referred them to the Monkey, saying, "II alon knows of this strange, new thing." But the Monkey was too excited to tell them whet It waa After a while he stopped suddenly snd whispered to his friends: "Go about one rod farther and peer through the thick et There you will sea the strange, new thing!" 0 The company erept forward. A mo ment later they were fleeing through the forest helter-skelter. For tbe "strense. n th UVUilll ICeM than a Man Hunter, armed with a for- "aaoi gun, which might go off and iu mem. W'hen thev n a th Uon started in mimiit . v. w.- nvumwji tb Boar flew after the Lion; the Wolf ran along behind tbe Boar, and the Bear waddled in the, rear-etl vowing venge ance en th; Monkey should they catch rjitxL. The Monkey escaped by climbing a tree out of their reach. But he bad for ever lost his reputation for wisdom. hat now any one could be lenorant r a Maa Hunter looked like the animal of th gmeSer Forest could not imagine. Tbe Monkey, yen see. had for tbe time forgotten tbe Serpent descrtptioa ef a Hunter, and la hi eesir te gain fame among th Forest People had committed this unpardonable error. CARPET WEAVERS LABORED ing of his Idea that he pulled in his lln and ran home to be punished. - '' ; "Hassan, you are not growing up a good boy I must send you away to learn theCoran," sadly announced his father. , . .. ' So the lad was placed under the car of a mollah. who made htm work;,as hard as he had labored at carpet weav ing. All day long h and his boy com panions squatted before their teacher,' learning the Koran by heart and re--peatlng In a peculiar, sing-song way words of which they little Understood HASSAN AND HIS "KIT' tne meaning. They were .also taught to write and to count. MY through the rainy month he ap plied himself to study, until there ar rived the brilliant holiday of Bayram. Hassan spent this day strolling about the city. Chancing to be near the Wharves when a big steamer came In, he earned a pretty silver piece for carry ing a lady's satchels. With this be bought a handful of peanuts and two handfuls of sweetmeats, and he had. -besides, five sous with which be thought to surprise his father. But his father was very angry, and scolded him, sar in: "Your study of the Koran has ap parently been In vain, or you would have known that no good Mohammedan may work or accept pay during Bay ram." The discouraged parent now took Has san from school, and,' as the lad was quite a good size, provided him with a bootblack's' box, a set of brushes and blacking. From-this time Hassan became quite prosperous. He could fill his pockets with sous during a .day; and, although he was supposed to hand it all to his father, a few of the coins always stuck in some manner in Ms pocket. Has san did not realize how Very wrong this was. Then Hassan became quite a mer- . Wonderful Ma O' NE of , the ' greatest '.. objects of Interest In the Louvre, Paris, is a map of France made of precious stones, which was presented to that country by the present czar;'The map is forty inches square, and Is made of gold and precious stones. -' The gold cam from Siberia and the precious stones from the Imperial Russian mines. It is framed In slate-colored jasper. The sea is represented by pale and pre cious marble, and foreign countries (necessarily included) England, Ger many, Italy and Spain ar represent ed in dark gray onyx. Some of th gems areso rare they ar never found in commerce. One hundred and six of the Important towns In France are given, their names .being inlaid in gold, and' th town themselves are marked In Jewels. Paris is repre sented by a huge ruby. Havre by an 'emerald, Rouen by a sapphire, Lille by rock crystal. Rheims by a chrys olite, Lyons by a tourmaline. Nantes by a beryl. Bordeaux by an aquamarine.' Nice by.a garnet, Cherbourg by an alex andrite from the Urals (which is green by day and a red blue at night), and so on for' all tbe towns. The msp Is valued at 1500. 0J9. and came out of tbe czar's private purse. The -French jewelers said If such a map was ordered from - them they would charge double that sum. Had Given it Away . LUCILLE" 8 mother bad taken her for an outing la the Luxembourg Gardens. Now that the hour for luncheon had arrived, she called to the little girl: "Lucille, w will now have a little roll and sore chocolate, and yen 'shall pay with th twe eon I gas yes but a abort time since." "Oh. mama." cried Lucille. 1 have , already given th two sous away t as old worosnf" "I am so glad yo ha disposed ef th money Ta such a charitable way, How did yon happen to present It te tire wets e.eedi tlrs'tireffir. tL "Well, you see, 1 re It te her ta psyment for tw nice apples, eoa tesied Luclli. J INSTRUCTED BY MOLLAH . chant. He had grown somewhat tired of the rivalry and competition) of shoe . blacking, where he waa often compelled . to fight another bootblack to gain a cus tomer. And when he dodged under th .tables of the Cafe Bordeaux to escape flying brushes he was cuffed by the waiters and kicked by the gentlemen there. Yes, he decided, a merchant's life was much mors pleasant, v, Therefore Hassan collected sea-stars, hells, pins, buttons, pictures and skins Of th sand snake. Many tourists came to Algiers, brought by the French steamers which arrived three times a . week.. The lad made great profit upon his wares, especially as he learned, to employ , the different languages 'of the people whom he asked to buy. , , ? So at last Hassan was able to pur chase his canoe., It cost twenty francs, and Hassan possessed .only ten francs ; but his father kindly loaned blm the . other ten. Th lad waa so grateful that be consented to accompany his father to the 'mosque, where. It must be con fessed, his only emotion was that of pride In entering a building where only men and no women were allowed. Little did he think of the sincerity of his prayers to Allan. PROFIT IN HIS .BOAT , But th boatf Ah, It was a fine one, t. wlth double sculls and a handsome piece of carpet to cover the seat at the stern. Hassan could now sail upon the deep blue waters of his beloved sea. Far out upon the Mediterranean ihe would row, until the white build ings" of the city vOf Algiers ' looked 'like a tiny white spot up"bn the shore line, and the green gardens -which flanked It. and which also rose In ter races to th hills back of the city, showed only in dark patches. Then, riding upon the waves, he would bask In the sunshine and gaze upward at a sky that was as blue as the waves. Much money he earned by rowing tourists out upon the sea. Always he demanded JO sous. And if the gentle man Insisted that the price was too high, Hassan would merely say, sol emnly; ..' "I'm afraid, .then, you must stay "where you are. But when there were sailors . who had almost overstayed -their leave On shore and who were anxious to get back to their boats to avoid punishment,- Hassan generously rowed them this distance without charging mors than 4 sou's. It was this kindly trait, too, which led to his friendship with Jack Harmon. Jack was a-sailor at tached to a United States torpedo de stroyer which lay in the harbor. He had missed his regular boat back to the ves-: sel, and had therefore sought out Has san, whom he had hired upon previous occasions. Now, Hassan had picked up , TED reclined at' full length upon th hay. : But although his body was at rest, ths same could not be said of his mind.' Indeed, one glance at ths wrinkled brew ' would , have told . you that Ted was per turbed. . . "I lust can't do It! I know I can't! I don't pitch well enough by half te ,' Beat th Leroy team. And my arm's ail bad! - "It's exactly my luck te be In bad 'ttrim for th gam I'm most anxious to- win." be -.concluded, kicking out his heeds vengef ully. , Til -wager I could beat the Leroy team." ssld a voice almost st his eaa Ted looked around In astonishment, -but- could see no on. "And who ar your he asked aloud; - Tf Oh, Tm . a Thingumbob th nicest person la all tbe world." re plied the velce, a a tiny creature ,ne bigger thaa Ted's thumb hopped . npoa his chest and grinned la a ' friendly fashion at him. "Well, of U the little person X ever . met yon are th smallest" gssped Ted. carefully scrutinising; th .elf.-- ' .--,.---The TElngumbob responded, with a smirk. "Aad I'll wager Mils th mart, toef" The lad was new.se Interested thst T raTseeT i mself ' on his ' elbow.'TSiTI eassed th Thingumbob te slid down 1st the bay, where he strsggltd dt. . ' s few words of English, and as h knew. Jack owned allegiance to th land b so much admired. It did. not tak him long to epen conversation. ! ' 'I wish I waa American," he had aald gravely. . Jack, much surprised, asked th rea son. And when Hassan told of th re solve be had mads year's ago, that some lme he would be an American, th sailor becama,thoughtful. ' "Do you know, said Jje, finally, "you look Ilk a decent young Arab, and I v don,t know but wn' 1 cou,d et friend-of mine to find you a berth on one of our transports) lying over there." , Hassan's cheeks flushed with gratl- tude, and Jack, observing how the sug gestion was appreciated, decided to make good his offer. . ' : ' V ' ' ; One afternoon Hassan stole from home for th last time. Hi. conscience re proached him for leaving his father, but he left a not telling of bis am bition, and promising to return some time In th future. Hi boat he had al ready sold; therefore all his possessions he carried with him.'; '' tf . f , ? ., Hi heart throbbed as he clambered up the sid, of the transport, and he whispered exultlngly to himself; "I have at last begun to keep my reso- lutlon. for. I am now learning to b an American 1" : v Cracking Walnuts ANNOUNCE that you 'can place an English walnut In the Joint of your arm and crack It without difficulty by simply exercising the strength of your muscles. Place a nut in the joint of your left arm. But first conceal two other walnuts in your right hand. Close your left arm, and strike It an apparently violent blow with the right hand, at the same time strongly clenching the right hand, which will smash the second walnut In It and cause your audience to believe It was -the English walnut under your arm that brok. .-. Pretend to drop very carefully the fragments from your arm, and show the nut you have cracked in your hand Instead of the other. Youthful Criminals TWO bad Uttle boys were standing on the street . corner, when an other well-dressed little boy assed on his way to the drug store to uy candy. "Let's take his penny away from him," . on bad boy suggested to th other. "No." replied his wicked companion, "it's best to wait until he goes In and buys chocolate with it, and then wre'il'; steal th chocolate. Wot's th use of doin' extra work?"- . TED WAS CARRIED ON THE SHOULDERS OT HtS TEAMMATES perately to fre himself from the wisps until Ted rescued him and placed him upon his hand. s- "You want to be ' more careful P scolded the little visitor, swelling with Indignation and striving to catch hi breath. It was all so funny that Ted found It hard to keep from laughing, but h : tried to look penitent a he replied. Til remember hereafter that you're not quit so big as I am." This only served te maa th Thing umbob more angry, for b sputtered: fl may Hot be as tall as you. but X can pitch far better ball. Don't be lieve lt do yoeT Well. I'm going t prev 1L Don't be sarprlsed whsa yea see me la jour hand when you pitch In tomorrow' gam. I can get from "place t place in a marvelous mea ner. And rn going te ride on the bell and guide It so thst It will curve la a way yea never saw before With these words the Thingumbob disappeared. Ted tried te make him- self believe It was all a dream, bat he couldn't btlp thinking ef ths sirs werdt when be walked late the pitch er's bos to pitch the first ball against the Leroy batsman, Just a th ball . was about t lav hi hand b saw a tlny.lfttlecreatar balance elmslf abeot It- " ''- "ThtrsseTrped npe tt wwr y os sboald have seen It' curve! It tTflsed and twisted ea H retiree Is a ' ' ' " ." ' "And why cannot X Invite some of tnfl ' friend out to the chateau, fatherr'. EUae wenV on. anthualaatlcally. 'Ufa . , her in Pari la, oh, o tlreaom: and we would have a most splendid outing P ' " ' " ' 1 ,;'' 'vv- Ut ;l "BORNE IN A. CHAIR ' j . diss's father gravely considered thla request, and. to Ellse'e great delight, ; finally gave hts consent, - , .Thus It was that-the following week many little noble girls and boys, who were so fortunat as to possess Ellse's ' friendship,' made their way toward the charming little -chateau. In all sort of conveyances they came. Ells herself : traveled In a cosy chair, and was car; .. - rted from " the neighboring -hataut whera ah had fceen spending a short' Visits V- ' ;: . j Then how they rompedl "It's such si relief," merrily remarked Mademoiselle ; Lucie, "to forget all one's grand maaV ners for a time and play at being peas ant children." Every one agreed with' . V I ' You may bo sure they were sorry! when the day ended. And you may; know that they promised themselves? similar treats in the near future. I But as Queen Marie Antoinette herself was forced to forego her delightful vie its to Trianon, so Mademoiselle Elise and her friends found It Impossible to) carry out their plana. This wa because , the horrible French revolution Was upon, them-a dreadful time when Ellse'e father and mother and all. the othes noble ladies and, gentlemen . were lr1 gravest ' peril, and were fortunate if they escaped with thelrTlves. j Flower Enemies IT IS rather Interesting to note thaft. certain flowers have great dislike for each other. For instance, if you will make up a bouquet containing, j among other flowers, roses and mlg nonettes, and place th bouquet la m irase for an hour, you, wUl find thatj while the ether flowers remain perfect-1 lyfresh. the roses and mignonette havw wilted that Is to say, they have killed' each other. . ) - LUies-of-the-valley also km without , pity any other flower with which they come In ctOse contact. I On the contrary, carnations and hello- tropes have the greatest affection for: each other. I Yet some people say that flower caaV not feei: way that completely bewildered the batsman, while Bob Johnson, the catcher, was so surprised that he simply 1st th ball hit against his glove, This was only th beginning. Man after man cam op to th plat, only to strike out- i At th close of th half of th In ning, th team crowded around Ted, "You're a wonder, Ted!" cried Bob. Tv never seen such curvl How la th world did. you manag m practice themf . The Lsroy team might as well have given np right away. Every man wee came to the plate struck outs None . ' could solv this puzzling delivery. Meanwhile Ted pitched as la a .dream. He kacTevjt was all tha work ef th Thingumbob, and b waa bon est enough to realise that this wasn't paying ball la th right way. But he couldn't talk te th Thingumbob, because the umpire would think he was crasy. And If he told tbe Other player they would also think aim eut ef his mind. Se h contained la tbe box, striking eat every batsmen wb faced hlnv , How they cheered Ted . when th gam wss evert Every en Imagined tbat Ted took th honor In ca a eulet way because he was se modest. They dlda't kaw thst art eredlt b ' ' jAErel te tT ThlnremboB, woe bad - mr.T r4i'-'-n-e-' prc-nim, - .- tbat Ted didn't feel at all a ber Tttii fc was earned from the field.
