THE OREGON- SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27. 1903 '
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- summons, than Uttle boy ap
peared from the grape arbor la which
he had bn half hidden. Turning his
head toward the balcony where stood
Iba lady who had called, tia ahoutad:
"Dost want me. mother?"
"I need thee aver so much." aald the
young mother, laughingly; "for I hav
loat A aacond tlroa tha book with the
. pretty binding of fclua and gold. And
eince thru wast, ao succeeaful In finding
tha book for Ihy careless mother whan
)ut twaa loat. I must needs call Main
upon tha services of my knight"
"I'll find It, mother! I'll And U!" cried
was a bookshop at which ha paused,
" and that which attracted hla attention
waa nothing leas than a Toluma.wlth
a baautlful binding of blua and void.
"Mother's book, of a aurety'" unpad
tha lad. ' ' '
Then. attJng hla Jaw determinedly, ha '
muttered: . ?
Mother 8UALL have har book, tor I
have promiaed It!" -
Flrt glancing around to see that no
ona obaerved. ha atruck savagely at tha .
window with hla hoop-stick, shattering
tha giaaa to bits. Quickly thrusting hla
hand through tha opening, ha grabbed
the precloua book and dashed recklesely
down the b treat. ... .
In vain tha old bookaeller pursued. Tha
boy waa n4a fleet of foot than ha and,
darting down aide streota and twiaung
IhrouKh alley a, aoon eluded htm.
Triumphantly TJodfrey bora bla capture
home. Seeking hla mother, ba laid it be
fore hor, aaylng. proudly:
"See, lady mother. I hava brought back
thy book and kept my promlae!"
"But thia book la not mine, " a'en
though the binding ba of a atrlltlng llke
neaa,7' exclaimed tha mother. In aston
ishment. 'Tell ma. my eon, where
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Prints of Leaves
VEKT accurate and baautlful printi
of leavaa may be obtained la tha
following mannan Flret gat a
heet of fine writing paper and oil It
well with olive oil until tha paper haa
pretty well abaorbad the OIL Hang fbe
paper In tha air to dry until thera are
no longer any globule of oil upon It.
Than move tha oiled' aide of the paper
horizontally ever tha flame of a lamp .
" or candle until you have a amooth, black
aurface. Now lay your leaf carefully
. and amoothly on thla blackened paper,
and laying another piece of paper over
It. rub It carefully and firmly with your
finger for about half a minute, , Next
taka tha leaf and lay It on tha page or
; aheet of paper on which you want to get
your Impreaaton; oover It with blotting
paper and apply gentle preaaura aa be
fore Jf you are careful you will be able
to obtain aeveral beautiful Impreaalona
from the aama leaf, v
HIG'GINS
It WOULD aeant
named after ai
la how Hlirrlni
a tnlafortuna tnba
aa'artlafa Ink. Tfc
Hljrglna came to
name, And perhapa tha name waa tha
cauae of a miahap which paralysed bla
bind lata, . , . .
, But Hlgglna' maater wag very fond of
the little oocker apanlaL At ftrat ha
thought It would b.e beat to hava tha
poor doggie shot, ao that he need not
Where Umbrellas Rest
TT waa afternoon, and tb.ua apoka
tha teacher of .the village schools
, , A r -Now. boys, tha word 'stad' at
tha and of a word means placa of.'
wThus wa hava Afghanistan, the place
of the Afghans; also Hindustan, tha
place of the Hindoos. Now. can any
ona glva me another Instance V ...
-Tea, Jr." said tha smallest " boy
proudly, VI can. . ; Umbrellastan, ' tha
place for umbrellas." - -
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THOUSANDS OF HOLT TURTLES IN THE POND BY THE TfcNNOJ I TEMPLE
"W
."DASHED RECKLESSLT DOWN THE STREET"
Godfrey, ' with assurance. His " chest '
; . swelled with Importance aa he swiftly
made hla way to the house. .
But. for the once, Godfrey failed In.
his purpose. Mot a trace of the book
could be found. However, he did not
lose all hope of bringing the volume to
his mother, and tie pleaded for a little '
more time In which to hunt for It.
A day or ao later Godfrey was trund
ling his hoop along one of tha streets
of Boston town, .when somattiing
i brought him to a sudden atop. His hoop,
which had been spinning aeveral feet
ahead, .was permitted to roll unnoticed
Into- the Kutter. while he hurriedly ex
amined the shori window nearbv, It
didst thou get itr
. "Some one stole It and took It to tha
bookshop, mother, and I went thitner
and ran away with the book, from Mr,
Jenkins," Godfrey explained, hla eyea
sparkling with pride at the thought of
his .achievement. ,
; Godfrey's father straightened out tha
tangle that evening. When he returnea
home, after paying the bookseller for
his book and the damage done to tha
window, he drew Godfrey aside and told
him very carefully that however tnucn
little boys may wish to help, they ;
should always first make sure they do
the rleht thine; In the rlp-ht way.
'ILL not the honorable young
master buy a cake tp reea
the tortoises?" wheedled the
, old Jap. . . v . v.
lack carelessly took a brass coin from
his pocket and toased It to the peddler.
"Sure," said be, with American direct
ness.' The lad approached tha bank of tha
pond, where tortoises moved about, lit
erally In masses. No sooner did ha be
gin to crumble the cake than hundreds
of them swam quickly toward him,
scrambling over one another In their at
tempt to reach the edge first.
"I'd Uka to have a few of those big '
nek
PpQr Cutting
HTAKE a small piece or paper, about
I as large as half an envelope. anf .
annource to your audience that
you are going1 to get through it. With
a pair of scissors, cut It first of all
down the center and then along tha
' lines aa shown in the drawing. Upon"
opening It, you-will now find that ou
ring came out In ona ring, double tha
slxe of the original; and the third cut
ting resulted In two rings linked togeth
er like a chain.
This strange result was obtained by
the following method; In fashioning tha
rings, you cut three strips off the edge of
your newspaper, as long as you could
liiill
TVcf. J.
can easily put it oyer your head and
, body. -
Hera la another very puzxltng trick:
Make three paper rings. Cut them In
halves lengthwise. Tour audience will
be surprised to find that while the first
ring, when cut, came out as they ex
pectedin two separate Knars half aa
Wide as tha origin: J ring the second
poasibly get them and about an Inch
wide; but m joining the enda to form
the rings ou proceeded In this man
ner: The edges of the first one you
merely gummed together: to tha aeeond
ona you gave one twist before Joining;
and th third you twiated thrice. There
fore, different results were produced In
the cutting. . v
THE HANDSOME TO-MARU -
fellows yonder." Jack muttered to him
self. "They'd make dandy pets. But I
don't suppose I can sneak them away.
That old man watches too closely over
his holy tortoises. I know what I'll do.
I'll ask Titau-San if he can't get a
couple 'for me."
When he had thrown away all tha
cake, he turned and mads his way back
to the quaint little bouse, where he had
been living with bla father and mother
for the last six weeks. Elnce he had
landed in Japan he had diligently studied
the customs of this Interesting people.
He even prided himself upon soma slight
knowledge of the Japanese language.
But he didn't know enough about tha
"holy" tortoises confined In thla pond la
Osaka. v ' ' ,. '
"Tltsu-San. can't you possibly get for
me several of those sacred tortoises?
he asked, when ha met his little Jape
friend that afternoon. '
"That would be a crime. Master Jsckf
exclaimed Ti,'-Ban. In dismay. "Tou
Tg&sSy' R?ts must do to
must know why the tortoises are kept,
In tha pond beside the TennojI. Temple,
They are the emblems of long life. As
'you are aware, each morning I am hired
by the priests to fish, a number from tha
water. -These are bought by devout peo
ple, for the sum of a penny apiece, by
whom they are returned to the pond.
The persons thus acquire rel'r'ous merit
and gain the grace and favor of the
all-powerfui god, Buddha. : It is . a
worthy deed, also, to feed the tortoises.
.""But as for catching any of the tor
toises and giving them to you that
would be impossible! The laws forbid
It." .
"Oh," come," Tltsu-San," replied. Jack,
coaxingly,' 'you:re not afraid, are you?
If anything should come cf it, I'll take "
all the blame. There Isn't -that slightest
danger, r,ri sure. And I'll give you my '
handsome to-maru. It's a real Onsgado
M, you know.' - . .
TITSU-SAN IS TEMPTED
Titsu-San hesitated. His eyes sparkled
at the thought that ha might become
the-THvner of .the magnificent epek, the
tall of which measured six yards. It was .
a rare bird ar.d a valuable one. Tltsu-
San' had often admired it, although ha
had never even dared dream f pos
sessing It for bis own. - Besides, he was
always willing to do everything he could
for his friend Jack, whom ba greatly
respected and liked. '
"1 shall do it. and I shall have to say
extra prayers a'nd throw cakes to tha'
tortoises for a month to wash away my
sin," Tltsu-San announced, slowly. 1
Jack, Impetuously' held out his hnd.
"Good for you. old boy I I knew you'd
do it!" cried ha.
The next day the little Jap appeared
with a coarse bag, containing several
huge tortoises. .Gravely handing the bag t
to Jack, he departed without a word.
Jack was delighted with his prises,
which ha immediately placed in a large
stone basin In the garden. And he at
' once sent the long-tailed cock to Tltsu
San, In fulfilment of bis promise, ,
Greatly surprised was he when Tltsu
San brought the cock back.
"My sin Is weighing so heavily upon
me, master Jack, that I dare not accept
this gift." murmured he.
The young American looked at the sorrow-worn
faca' of his friend,, and his
conscience reproached him.
"Forgive me. old chap!" h cried. "I
didn't know you'd feci It like this. Great
Scott I I don't want the old tortoises
o very bad, anyway. I'm going to give
them to you this very minute, so you
can- put the holy things back In their
holy pond. 'And here, Titau-San, Is a
whole handful of pennies, with which
you maybuy cakes to feed the turtiea.
After you've done that, you'll feel bet
ter, I know. I'm awfully sorry I got
you In such a stew, old man!"
Tltsu-San'a countenance fairly glow
ed with JOT- He th -d Jack. again
and again, to that worthy's great dis
comfort. '., , , -.- - y
As aoon as Tltsu-San had gone happily
upon hla errand to returning the tor
toises to the pond. Jack Instructed that
the long-tailed cock be sent back to the
home of the little Jap. '
"I suppqse It was' a nervy thing for
the poor fellow to defy his priests and
Ills conscience, all. for me. He certain
ly deserves ,the to-maru. anyway, And
I know I'll never have the courage to
look" a tortoise in the" face again es
pecially if it's a holy tortoise?' '.
To Melt Iron in a Moment
EAT a piece of Iron (a poker
will do) to white heat then
apply to it a roll of sulphur.
Tha Iron will Immediately melt and
run Into drops. This experiment la
best performed over a wash basin of
water. allowing the " melted Iron
(really sulphide of iron) to drop Into
"the water. -;, '
Lots More
. It having been her first visit to tha
country, little Mary drank so much of
the nice, fresh milk that finally her aunt
waa obliged to caution her not to 'taka
. any more. : . .. -
Little Mary replied in an aggrieved
tone: : ;
"I don't see why I can't hava as much
as I want, auntie, when there's three
cowfuls out in the barn." ,
A STRANGE CARRIAGE ,
hobble along In such a miserable way.
Another Idea cams o him, however, and
, ha built for Hlgglna a tiny carriage
upon which the uaeleee legs could rest,
, while the front legs propelled tha dog
, wherever ha wished to go.
When th spaniel travels about hla
queer carriage attracts much attention.
But Hlgglna seam to mind It not at '
all. and gets along quite well In spite
of hla feeble condition. 1 1 ,
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The Little Harmonica
BT an arrangement of bottles
vary good musical Instrument
can bo produced by one who
has patience and a correct eatv A
couple of broom handles are balanced, -on
two' chair frames, and from these
'pint bottles containing ' water '. la
gradually varying quantities are aua
pended by threads. To play oa tha
bottles tha drumsticks sold with
children's toy . drums answer per
Show of Dead Ones
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Sammy came homo from aa after
noon at tha Natural History Museum.
Where have you been?" . said hi
grandpa, who saw that he was In
commonly good spirits.
"Oh. we've had a splendid time!
We've been to a dead circus."
hestnut purr
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'EB, it was a chestnut burr,
sure enough. But were there
really good chestnuts inside?
That was the main thing, Freddie
was going to find out
' And Freddie would have found out
too, had not Tabby made him Jump
by creeping up without the least
noise and then loudly mewing. When
Freddie Jumped he let fall the burr.
It landed on Tabby's silken coat and
there It clung. . .
The chestnut burr was still being
carried by Tabby when she spied;
Rex. Now, whenever Tabby saw
Rex, and Rex saw Tabby, Tabby al
ways ran and Rex ran after her.
This time Rex seemed to run very
fast; indeed. Tabby ran still faster,
but at last abo became tired. And
Prince's back. ' Hex wasn't on
Prince's back very long, for Prince
kicked up his heels and flew straight
across the field. When ho reached
the fence at tha other aide, over It
he sailed.
Then It was that Rex lost Ills bal
ance. He rolled off Prince's back,
but Tabby was still fast to Rex's
back, and tha chestnut burr stuck to
Tabby. And this la tha way they all
-were until Rex purposely ran head
first against a tree. Tabby thought
" It best to let go before he reached
the tree. So she dropped to the
ground and ran away aa fast as ever
she could. ,
Tabby was now off Rex's back, but
the burr yet dung to Tabby. The
frightened pussy kept on a-running
far:
as there were no trees nearby up until she cams again to where Fred-'
which she could climb, what do you
think she did? 'Tabby quickly turned
and jumped right upon Rex's back.
She dug her. claws Into his back so
, far that the poor doggie yelped with
pain. :r
Now the chestnut burr was on
Tabby's back and Tabby was on
Rex's back. But Rex was suffering
so badly that he really didn't know
what he was doing. That is why he
gave one big leap and landed fairly
on Prince's back.
The chestnut burr was still on
Tabby's bacjfc and Tabby was on
Rex's back, while Rex was on
die was standing. Just as she
passed Freddie the chestnut burr fall
from her coat
- "After waiting so long Z shall at
last see what la Inside the burr!"
Freddie cried.
So Freddie opened the ' burr and
found inside some fine, big chest
nuts. ' 'I ' 4
And' as Freddie munched the
chestnuts ha said tor himself:
"They taste all the better for my
cot having eaten them right away."
All of which goes to show that the
rewards which are hardest to gain
are usually tha best
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T. as X tefi yea
Bateau Teddy,
why 1 broeght yoa Har:
The time baa ' com ta tM,k
yea maay tblsga my Teddy dear.
Mates, while 1 whisper ta year aarj
1 fcAew ef lets or ted d lea who aave
aver ta eeboaL r
We t ait aiuetly poa a
emfjr atol
Ct m.K.f aajr one tloy Bttio rale."
traa.
X waat any Teddy Pet ta bo ao vary.
-That he caa do. rightly aaa
mo vvryiaiag be trie
A T-div wao'U be uaiavd to
skies:
There. dar. gov't fro wo enfl. tba
took i. tM naaghtily aaa rraaa.
If TO" wU etapld y sot leara twiil
b yeor tr loea
Xa oti all folks at yea Ueir heads
Will .
o 'toatloa pay. aad watch the way
any Tedd e aane I apeU;
t fcaew f ta. wiu leans to da It
vry bit aa wu
Aa yea eaa tambl etva the stair
p-i-eaH;
ay -T-o-4.- rlrttt after mo. aa if It
were a game;
Tfeos ltra f.w. rrr ar. wpea YOU.
a4 trr-rr Ttf a Mm
Tod. rtwd or baa. J speit the vorr
Schooro over new, dear Teddy, aad
I'm sure ye" will agree
That 'tie as ale and Jo.iy aa a garae
couid eer bo
Thla garo yoa played ao patiently
with ma.
Smile, Ted. and look aa eaaa!og!y aa
only we beara cao,
WhHe waiting te t varrd aad
tslten" br tV pietw man.
trte wants to aher ow teaaoa ebo
bagaa. , '