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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, - PORTLAND, SUNDAY. MORNING, MAY Si, 1911 V' '-.....v. '-. - - - ,- i . . . ' 1 . ' -, " . - - ,. , i. ... . ' - ' (CopyrlHht. 1811. by The North American Company.) r. . ','', ' U ,.'.. ' ; .... U ;.; . .....'. . ..'v ;. . . ..... W',-;;--.4 V. J'.v. Jr i-.v'v-f . That Triple UK broad Ian leading to the ball ground was pack ed on that mem orable Thursday afternoon, for tha High School and the Prep were to wage the battle that via to de cide the cham pionship of the school. The high ground on which stood the town made a splendid natural hail ground. From renter field to home plate the turf stretched as smooth as a carpet. Hour before the time set for the game the ehady benches were packed with spectator, for the two schools ranked high In favor with all the townspeople. Excitement ran high, for alwava the derldlna: came was a fea- , ture of the town life In which- every " resident wu deeply Interested. By 1.15 most of the Prep fellows were on the field and practicing mad ly. There was agitated fluttering among the rooters and much waving of the Preps' color, blue. ; ' The "Preps" were slender lads, ut- terly unequal In weight to the High School fellows, who were unusually ! brawny.. Perhaps that wis one reason s Why the crowd thought It Incumbent to " yell Itself hoarse In encouragement. They were well trained by their Inde fatigable captain. Bunny Morris, and . were strong when It was a case of run- nlng or Jumping; Their weakness at tha bat was therefore partly made up, for stealing bases was their long suit. The High fellows were well aware of this, and their "box" and catcher were . determined to catch a runner, as they : expressed It. But genorally the first ball pitched aaw them making for ; second, and nearly always the umpire's "Safe" gladdened tha . hearts of tha cheering mob. - Shortly before the opening of the game the High fellows ran to the diamond, looking like yout.g giants In their gray and red. A short preliminary practice, and Bunny and the High pitcher tossed. Prep went to the bat, losing the first point. The game was rapid; few runs and few errors made decisions close. Blgelow. playing second base on the Prep nine, showed a great deal of nervousness. With the progress of the game, how ever, Ala pulses hammered down to normal and he played a cool game. The Prep catcher's nervottsness caused four bases to be stolen with impunity. His throws were always a little slow or a little wild, and though Blgelow let not a ball pass him, not a matt was i.1 1 ii 1 i imv-1rT.-nr!-iTr?Ai ' IrTJSjt s" Mary,Mary,QuiteContrary flow Doesybur Garden Grow? O W," remarked Mary, meditative ly, to her aunt, "did you ever see finer privet cut tings?" Aunt Edith cast a glance at the ' thriving young shoots. "They are very tine," she agreed. . - ft sturdy little shoot n 111 J Ifl-ftllU . J u.a tangle the little fine maze of root at the bottom. Then he laid them in the flat, one on top of another, with their heads against the one end and the roots in the middle, so that nothing could hit them. "You see, Mary." she explained. '"Plants do not object to having their heads mussed up a little; It's the feet or roots one has to be careful of. You know your mother la always reminding you to kep your feet dry and warm, else you will become ill. The feet of a plant are quite as sensitive as the feet of a little Kirl. "Come along; let's look at your gar den." ! Mary led the way, stopping proudly in the garden path. "Aren't they beautiful?" she ex , claimed. j, ? "See how big the poppies are getting and how high the sweet peas are grow- j Ing! The cornflowers are coming up. ' J Yes, and the mignonettes and the phlox. Jiow fast they are growing!" "Have you noticed the peas In your father's vegetable garden. Mary?" a "Yes, I have. How very like they are to my sweet peas!" t( "Yes, there Is a strong family like- . Bess," said Aunt Edith. "Yours, how r ever, are the ladlea of leisure, while i--- your father s belong to the great mass , Who must work for their living." "Soon it will be time to set out seed , I Ilngs, said Mary. "I've been carrying . I out the roses to the sunlight for. ever "V so long; every nice day. "Remember to put the boxes In the arbor for two or three nights when you put mem oui. inis protection, though Is slight, will help the little holly g M TLJL -"w .. . 11 .. . ,. lAV W .. .. . -l . . ., . out at his base. Two tiles, six assists to first and one to the home plate fin ished his fielding. More fortunate at the bat, he made two singles, and In the Prep half of the ninth Inning he drove tha ball clear over the left fielder's head, coring two runs ami making third himself. Tlie two runs tied the score. A desperate dash for home. The catcher fumbled. Ulgelow slid. "Safe!" Bang out the umpire, and Prep was one ahead. The next man "fanned" out, and Prep took the field amidst the "Yep, yep. yep!" of the excited crowd. The strain tofd on the Prep pitcher. High, at the bat. made first base on a grounder past third; a moment later and be took second on a base on balls. The hearts of tha Prep supporters fell with a thump. The chance for the team looked small. "Ixok out for home, boys! rang out Bunny's cry. and Prep played close. Rlgeiow got inside the baseline, wtille the shortstop glued his eyes to the runner. A ball or two was pitched, when "Bang!" The crack against the ball a-) the batter swung with his muscle bo hlnd It echoed over the grounds. Blge low Instinctively leaped high, both hands outstretched, and) as the ball hissed over his head his fingers closed like a vise and clung to It. First, thinking the hit safe, had taken a long lead and was near second when Blgelow caught the ball, while second was making his leisurely way toward third. - Blgelow touched the nearest as he passed him and started to second. The High fellow turned, but too late. Blge low reached the bag. "Out! out! out!" Even the umpire was excited. Jm High was out. Prep had the game. Bigelows eyes shone tftfth happiness as the big umpire took hig hand and said: "You're all to the good, sonny. I've never seen anything neater on the pro fessional field!" hocks and asters to become used to their new surroundings, and so they will grow better. Now I'll run and get my barrow full of cuttings." Soon she came carefully down the garden path, wheeling the barrow full of baby privets. She went very slowly, for the freight was precious and the flat piled very high. Arrived at the proper place, she set 1t down and dug a hole large enough to contain the privet branches held in her small brown hands. This finished, she put the roots of the bunch in and threw the soil loosely over them. Then In the wedge-shaped little irenrhes already dug ehe began to plant the shoots. When this was fin ished she went for the watering pot and began to soak the plants. "They're different from little girls In one way, Aunt Edith." she said. "It's all right if thev wet their feet and don't change their sioej and stockings!" r 1 Ji rr iTTTrrarri v.Tf.Trr rrm- rwiwk.kri sasBPMrfe''a 1 ljb.ib -ji 1 A!-, wm SVNOFBrs; OF PRBrTSDINO INSTALLMENTS E" LfllB I.EB spent, four wks with her parent at m aoaaiea. One dar aha took her narrot. the present of her aunt, and ran away to the beanh. Here the parrot escaped, (the waa crying, when a voice sounded near, and I'.ohlna up she tw a fairy, who lavlted her for a boatrlde. Suddenly there appeared a huge aea moneter. To eecape. he boat sailed up eunbeam until It truck the chorea of an leland. where Ell eenled her par rot. Leanlna out to retch him h. in.. her balance and fell over Down alia fell to awake with a start arm. In her father's Neil week she returned heme and en Iti Mi- woo.li one day when ehe fell aeleep. ne awaaenen her evee were rlieieil army of craaehonnera. the Jeader of which save Elale a daley. had ameiled tt ehe beeeme a they. When the 1 email as CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK) By Anthony J. Drcxcl Biddlc OW a gay and laughable specta cle was present ed! What fun It waa to watch them! Elsie turn ed to call Uncle Tom, that he and she might view the grasshopper parade together. But Uncle Tom Waa nowhere to be seen. Elsie set about looking for htm. She went back to the place where they had been sitting, but could not find him. Elsie caught her breath to call him. and then words were held back by her amazement. The leaves of the tree beneath which she stood began to wave and flutter. Then they all opened out Into brllliant hued butterfly wings. A dense swarm of insects arose from the tree The branches were left destitute of foliage but the air was filled with life and' bright colors. A bird sang out from the topmost branch that It was the tree's birthday. , A noise of drum-beating recalled El sie's attention to the edge of the for est. Here the grasshopper regiments were forming Into line of march. At their front was a drum corps of crick ets, led by a huge beetle as drum ma jor. "Cracky, cracky, what nonsense!" sounded a voice near Elsie. She turn ed. A pretty green frog stood at hand. He wore a dress suit and carried a violin. "Don't you know Froggy the Fid dler?" said he. "Oh, my! why, I should aay " be gan Elsie, when she waa interrupted. The butterflies gathered thickly about her, so thst for some- moments she could aee nothing save a bewildering mass of fluttering, gausy wings. As Elsie groped sbout. she heard the frog's voice. It sounded far away. "This is quite a fog," tt said, "quite a fog!" Elsie found difficulty In holding her footing; the) wing flapping became so violent that it created a regular whirl wind about her. She aeemed to be growing lighter, and at length she rose from the ground. The butterflies kept closely round her, and continued to beat the air with their wings. Higher, higher and ever higher Elsie went into the air, and still she could see nothing; not until she ven tured to look below her. Then the little girl discovered that she was floating, like a kite, above the treetops of the woods. This was the last Elsie knew for some little time; she became so dazed that she could neither aee nor think. M AWFUL good in school, But Emma Jane, 6he ain't. Sometimes I think when I grow I'll be a saint! never push or When up the stairs we go; ' An' teacher never has to say, "Please, Mary Jones, go slow." But Emma Jane, She pushes me An' whispers in my car; But I am just so good, The Week Days A ONE time the days of the week were numbered one, two, three, four, five and six, beginning with Sunday or the Sabbath. The custom still hoMs good among modern Greeks. Slavs and Huns. Many orthodox Quakers also still hold to this custom, which ob tained in the days of the apostles and even down to the fourth century. The Quakers used this system because of the Immorality of the heathen gods from which the days of the week take their names. The week was originally a quarter of the moon month. It began on Moonday or Monday. The Italians still call Monday the first day of the week! Tuesday Is from the Norse TIw, who was the god of war. Thursday was Thor'g day, Thor being a warrior god. Wednesday was Woden's day. Woden was the god of battle. Friday was after the Norse Frlja, the goddess of love. It -'8 supposed to be the luckiest day in the week for women. The pagan Ro mans celebrated Friday as the day of Venus. Saturday was named for Sat urn, and Sunday la so called because this day was anciently dedicated to "the" sun or to its worship. Whistle for It r F A person wants something which we are not particularly anxious to give him. w tell him that he may whistle for it. We may not care whether be whistle) or not. It would make no difference to im whether he did or not, but we tell him to whistle all the same. This Is the origin of the expression. In early English days ale or beer was served In what were known aa whistling tankards. These had four handles, all of which contained whistles. When th tankard became empty the holder blew the whistle for more drink. In other words, h bad to whistle for tt. Ill Christmaa in Grasshopper Kingdom A MUSICAL, chirping of crickets awoke Elsie to a sense of appar ent 'unreality. She seemed to ba In a cavern, deep down under tha ground. How she had gotten there she could ,not guess. The cavern shone with light as bright as day.. Myriads of grasshoppers, in gay attire, covered th floor and walls. The grasshopper soldiers were stationed about at Inter vals, and each aoldler held his mici shield In such a way as to reflect the sunlight from the mouth of the cava Into the interior. Elsie heard a shrill voice near har scream out: "A merry Christmaa to you all! Now let's begin the Christmaa ball." Christmas, merry Christmas, what, could It mean? It surely waa not Christmastime! If It waa, where waa the tree? As if In answer to Elsie's unspoken question, the voice again called: "Put out the lights: light up the tree. Till It and only It we sea." Thereupon the soldiers covered their mica shields, and a deep gloom extend ed through the cavern. In the midst of the gloom there appeared a small but wide-spreading flrtree. the branches of which were almost covered with glowworms and fireflies; tha uncer tain light emitted by them revealed tha tree to sight and now gave the sole Illumination. The learned-looking grasshopper waa master of the ceremonies. He told El sie that he had a poetical license to lead affairs of state in Grasshopper Kingdom. . . "Is this really Christmas?" Elsie aak ed, looking down at him. The versifying Insect tilted back his hand ami glanced at her: he sighed, and spoke with evident feeling: We hop o'er earth from morn till night; We are creature of Mother Earth. We know the eeaaona quite aright: We are nature's own from our birth. "When flamo wind Mow among th trees. W know th clouda will soon bring rain: 80 crawl beneatb th fallen leaves And there hid till It's clear again. "We love the eumhine. jray and brlirht ; It warm ue. and we hop with life. The Ineect work loves summer's night. Which Is with our enjoyment rife. "B"t now the wind blow keen end rhlll. The ground Is frozen eold end whit; Bo here below, secure from ill. We celebrate this Christmas night." enttie w, I don't pretend to hear. Mean Emma Jane! She calls me names, But I don't care, For I'll tell teacher later on She pulled my hair. An' teacher'll say At close of day, "I don't see why You can't be nice An' quiet as mice, Like Mary J.!" NEIXTTT; POYNTZ FERRY. up sten on toes Sll Balanced. Qyartor r 'T SOUNDS rather astounding to say that a quarter can be made to spin on the point of a needle, bui never theless it may be accomplished with very little troubte. First procure a bottle, cork It tightly and insert a needle into the cork. Now take another cork and slit in such a manner that the edge of the coin fits Into the slit. Next stick two forks Into the cork and place the edge of the coin on the needle. It will nor fall off, but on the contrary can be made to spin round quite rapidly ' The reason for this Is that the weight of the forks projecting such a distance -below the coin brings the center of gravity much below the point of th needle, causing (he coin to remain per fectly uprigbt. : - J?.'-.'is.'WfBif'iTiiR,i;.i4k.:..Vi.iv'.;: i.v.,i,iL3i,jj,i.i en .-.ami i IT "Is It night yet?" Elsie asked. "No, but It soon will be," replied th poetical grasshopper. "I had to say night' to make tha rhyme." A great din and bussing now area. "The king, the king!" or something which sounded very much Ilk "th king!" waa chirruped by thousands of Insects, In unison. Such countless sharps scraping noises sounded about Elsie thai she begsn to feel very creepy and un comfortable. She scarcely dared move for fear of trampling upon the little creatures which covered the ground. On the top of th tree Elsie discovered an enor mous grssshopper; whether he had juat come there she did not know. She guessed, and rightly, that he waa the king. He seemed to be motionless, but ther waa a great commotion round about ' him. Insects were dodging and ducking on every side, as if trying to escape something momentarily falling among them. k .... "The king's! spitting tobacco-Juice at his subjects," remarked a crackly volcev near by. A cry arose that caused a great ex citement. "The klng'a pitcher Is broken!' The great grasshopper spread his wings, and. rising from the tree, flew blindly through the cavern; he banged against the walls and roof, fell among his fellows, and again flew up, whirring, In midair past Elsie. 8ha' becam frlght- '""Who broke the pitcher?' Who broke the pitcher" arose the inquiring call, louder and louder, until at last mere was heard the reply: "Katy-did '" A great contention followed; some said Katy-did, and some aald Katy- dldn t- "Katy-did: Kety-dldn't; Katy brok th pitcher. Meanwhile the air became alive with Insects. Elsie dodged about, fearful of being covered with the buaalng crea tures. A voice sounded from the direc tion of the tree: "Cracky, cracky! Where can she be? Dear me!" A frog, standing upright, was hurried ly stripping the branch o their fire flies and stuffing- them Into a little lan tern. At last all the light in the cave was held therein. A strange noise arose above the many other noises. Whir-r-r! It sounded like th spinning f a watchman's rattle. Th grasshoppers were hopping and flying past Elsie, to- ward the mouth of the cave. When a grasshopper Is caught and held In th hand, It emits from Its mouth a dark-brown fluid. Many children ear that the graashopper Is then "spitting tobacco.' (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK) The Lightning Rod THE lightning rod was originated by Benjamin Franklin, and th first one ever put up was erected by him on his own home In the year 1752. It was on the Fourth of Jury of th same) year that ho sailed his famous kite with which be drew electrioity from the clouds and which proved his contention that lightning and electricity wore the same thing. Knowing that metal rods will carry off 'electric currents, he concluded that an iron rod attached to a building would draw off a Sash that might otherwise hit a house. Aotlng upon this supposition, be equipped his own hom with a rod and endeavored to indue his neighbors, io do likewise. This was rather a fruitless labor. A few mora progressive people availed themselves of the protection of a lightning conductor, but many looked upon it not only as useless but as' posi tively dangerous. Some who admitted its power of warding off lightning con sidered it unholy, assuming that wber lightning struck there providence had intended It to strike. It was many years before prejudice was overcome and people realized how efficacious were the rods in protecting houses from lightning. In foreign coun tries the lightning rod 'met with still greater opposition. One Frenchman hav ing had a lightning rod attached to his dwelling had to stand by next day and watch it torn down amid the howls of an excited mob, Th Italians exhibited the same slow ness to adopt the conductor. Now no building is considered complete minus a lightning rod. No on can estimate the amount of property saved by Franklin's invenUon. Afford Afford Is composed of two Latin words, meaning to go to the market place. If a man had money to spend, he waa able to go to market. If he did not . have the money, he could not . go. and so. of cours. could not afford tt. NX - 3 NCBD, on tlm ther wr two perky Ilttl ,Wy ID snaaow or great forest, and they cared for exit other so -much Jhat they never had a cross word. On day , two men pene trated th thick brush and began to quarrel. Whn they had on th first squ lrrl turned to th sec ond and Mid very politely: "Lot us quarrel!" "Very well." aald th other, always anxious to. pleas. "How ahall we be Unr ,"0h. it will not be very hard." aaid th first, squirrel. "Those strange animals who have juat iron away did not And It difficult 80 why should we?" In all sorts of ways they tried to pick a quarrel with one another, but they were so polite that th plans never worked. At last th first squirrel found two fin nuts, and bringing them to th second squirrel, said: "Now, her are two nuts. Tou aay they're yours and I'll say they're mine, and we'll be sure to have. a fine quarrel.. Now! Thoa nuts are .mine!" Slightly excited, th other answered. . HREE o'clock struck loudly In the lone school corridor, from the opposite ends of whloh ad vanced two girie. Very near a col lision, two gasps. "Jack!" exclaimed one: 'Jill!'! cried th other. Th two faces went scarlet. Each had been ab solutely certain that at thia Urn ah could And Miss King alone In her office. Of all things! . Had not apoken to each other for four, daya,,ad -now to run Into each other's very arms! The office door swung open and out stepped Mias King dressed for a walk. A rlance at th two faces and ah 'in vited the girls Into her office. 1 ' "What can I do for you, Btty, and you, Kate?" Jack and Jill looked at each other. Both war about 17 years of age. and both felt aa though they were 7. Each wore a black sailor suit, the uniform of the school, and the hair of both waa tied with red ribbons in precisely tha earn fashion. Jack waa tall and very dark and plain, wKh th exception of her eyes, which were soft ' and beautiful. Jill was short and slim of flgur. creamy and pinky of complexion, very blue of eye. Miss King sat down. "What is It, dears?" she asked again. "A visit to nr h i-nnrert nr tKn ntavt Pirnnti or th concert or the piayT .Parents want you?" Her cheertness and good humor smote th girls' hearts. "Oh, Miss King, can't that is, mayn't I see you by yourself?" stammered Jill. Miss King's brows went up in a little crescendo of surprise. "Secrets from Jack, Jill dearr "It s about Jack." "it's about Jill," blurted. Jack. "She won't give me a moment's peace; she's always tagging round -watching me and trying to make me do things like she does. She won't let me whistle. She , says I ani the tomboy of the school. She won't'let me use slang, not even darn. She won't let hie throw my rlb- rib- . walk ke a . bons in tne arwer. ane says 1 wi ' unstalrs like- a colt and down like mule. She says my visitors never give her time to study, and she wants me to keep our books in a line- on a silly old shelf, and whenever I throw any. thing on the floor ahe gets up and puts it away so politely it sickens m. I can't stand It." "I want Jack to be a' lady," said Jill. "What right has she to want me to be anything?'' exploded Jack. "1 want her to let me alone and give me soma peace." Jill's eyes flashed fire. "Jaek'e always . - . -. - . : V"' . ; r:: T Vrjr wall,- you- are more than ? w ootn t thm." ' " . . , ;j "But at this rata." said th first! squirrels who, will never quarrel B sassy, talk back, . dwelt together In you old idiot! On person ican't fight by m , urowu. 11 mii ievi a . "Now let'a begin all Aver again, I own all th trees In th woods!" "Is that so?" said the second. "How nice of you to 1st me live here!" The first squirrel's whiskers twitched a good bit and finally tie broke into a roar of laughter. They gave up th gam as a bad Job and never learned how to fight bothering me because ahe says I'm old maidy and fuaay and prim. She makes fun of me because I don't talk slang. She won't let me study when I want or read what I like!" "I Just want her to be lively ilk th rest," pleaded Jack. , 7 don't want to b lively!" Com- .i plained Jill. "I want to be myself,' Mis King rose. ."Th solution of this is to give you other roommates," aha . 11 1 14 1 1 i 1 . "1 r, vAi, willing Ia . ha " ' Jack glanced at Jin, got a gUmpo of a' red ear and said "ys," firmly. jiht; quesuonea miss n.tng. "Ye." .Miss King reflected. ' . ' . "Jack." ahe aald, "you will go with ' Pgy Callahan. JUI, yoff will llv with-Hope Carter.". An involuntary gasp escaped tha pair. "Peggy Callahan?" gasped Jack. "Why. she's-" "Very Jolly." said Miss King, "and Hop Is very prim. Pack this evening, gtrls." She rose very decidedly. They passed from th room. Oh, the desolate packing! On thought only upheld th girls. Each thought th other would have It so. All anger was gone from- them. Ten derly Jill stooped over th tintldy heap of shoes and straightened them, sepa rating her own from Jack's dear, big, clumsy footwear. One their eyes met, but were lowered Immediately; boti were too near tears. Jill spoke quietly at length: "Jack, your silver chains are under the bureau, and your best waists under my utltlerwear." Not th shadow of annoyance found vent in her vole. List lessly Jack reclaimed her property. Th trunks were packed at last and for lorhly they sat on their tops. "Peggy Callahan!" burst forta Jack. "SJangy darn!" "Hope!" from Jill; "llttl jrig!"' With a single swift movement she was on har knees beside tall Jack, her arms clasp ing the knees of her friend forlornly. jack leaned forward. "Jill," she cried, "you mean you don't, want anh- girl? You'r willing to stay and put uo I with me, honey?" " . M "Oh, Jill, I'll never, never, nvV inruw iniiigs urouna again. "If you dare be neat!" flashed Jill. -"I've been a horrid, insane, priggy littl beast." "And I've been a slangy noisy colt." mourned Jack, "but waa that really all you minded; you still love m. Jill?" "Oh! Jack, darling." "Let's find Miss King," said Jack. Falling over a chair and upsetting it. she opened th door, but Jill said never a word. Joining hands, they walked down th passage together. . I . v