THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, - PORTLAND, SUNDAY. MORNING, MAY Si, 1911
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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
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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
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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!"
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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
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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
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'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. : -
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"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.
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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.
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