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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19,. 1911
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TTTHEN the earth seems full
y y -, of sunshine, '
, , Wind and trees.
And the squirrels are as busy
'Most as bees :
J must turn my back on things,
as is tne rule,
Leave my playmates all outside
And go to school I
.Whilst I'm adding two and two
To equal four. ,
The bare boughs call and beckon
me o-
Thro the door.
""And the sunshine dances softly
OBBT nd hit undo
Ben"- wcr - taJclnv
their evening atroll
when Bobby ud
denly ran aside to
pick up ttl
oot-colord, gn.7'
Uh-brown bird.
"Oh, Unci Ben, ,
ee tba chimney
b wallow," cried he.
v "Iou . imm, see
. the chimney.
-wlft," answered
Uncle Ben. tkin
the bird gently in bl band. '
"I wonder why It 1 that
grownups, who ahould know better, per
Bint in calling chimney ewlfti 'chimney
' wallowB.'" y ' '
"Wbat'B the dlrterencet" asked Bobby.
Why. they are not even distantly
'related to the swallow family. Their
taunts and their anatomy are totally
"different"
"pome, ' Bobby, you rung and
''.spry. Let's see. If we can't restore this
youngster to Its borne. ...
"See the chimney up yondert W!l,
there la , family of swift there and
"J shouldn't be Burprlsed If th.lB were
1. on of ihe family. We'll lay It on
the ehlmiy and see what happens."
Accordingly the two with much trou
J. ble clambered out of a trapdoor and,
clinging to the slanting ' roof, Bobby
flnallr managed to reach the a wilt's
? chimney. .
w Carefully he set down the sooty little
- stranger. 1! a moment and It was
vfone. wheeling and curving about in
r the air.
"Well. I'll be". began Bobby.
"Jiggered!" nnlshed Uncle Ben.
. "What do you suppose happened to
'the beggar?"
."No knowing," ald Uncle Ben. "We've
" 4ia4 our ' climb 1 for nothing. I guecs,
'Bob. Bett thing we carr do is to sit
" here and rest. I guess." ,
"Tell m what you know of swifts.
Uiw le Ben. l)o they all nest In chlm-
neys?". '
"Not the old-tlin kind of swifts,
.""sonny. They nest In caves and some
"Hlmesjjn hollow trees. But the new sort
ot bird, the advanced thinkers so to
(.pealc, have hit upon chimneys as being
;jnuch more .convenient. The parents
netile upon soma unused chimney for a
nesting place, as they fly to and fro
they snap off Uttls dead twigs with their
fttut.-and sometimes their beaks and
tlve they tarry into the chimney'.''
"How do they fasten them together"
. "Easily enough. During the nesting
; srson certain glands, in their mouth
' eicrete a brownish liquid which harden
vi when exposed to the sir. With this they
Blue the twigs to the side of the chlm
" rtey until they have ronstrui-ted a sort
of lattice ..cradle which is almost flat.
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Iw "" -BBS a,.wsi . 1 1 ii s alio A. WW , ,VJr-r', :,-,v I
r Thro', the room,
Lights the desk where teacher's
apples
Gayly bloom!
But I'm list'nwg for our school -
room
Clock to chime
And my figures dance and wriggle
All the time!
By and by the day is ended,
And 1 run.
Down the golden schoolhouse
' pathway,
In the sun.
katherinb faith.
After' the nesting season Is over the
gland which flows this gluelike sub
stance shrinks.
'There are generally front four to six
eggs In the shelf-like cradle. When the
little ones are old enough to climb out
of the cradle they sUll cling about it for
a coupU of weeks perhaps, , la order-'
that their wings grow stronger. '
"Their short, stiff-pointed tail feathers
are a great help and must often keep '
them from falling by supporting them
against the rough chimney, lining, muoh
in the same way as a woodpecker's tall
feathers."
"How old are the swifts when they
leave their nesta Uncle Ben?"
"Not until they are a month old at
least, and then they mount almost Im
mediately up to the great sky. They
aie very wonderful flyers, and you will
understand that they would need to be
when I tell you that they get their food
Juiit as a nlghthawk does, by flying,
through the air with mouth agape.
"Thev are very useful in the sense
that they consume thousands of mos
quitoes and other pests, .which other
wine would make our lives miserable.
"'Bee, there goes Our little friend,
Bob! .. .'' . ,
"Notice th short wing beats snd the
peculiar method of flight for a minute ;
and you can easily see the swift's is
no kin to the graceful, easy flight of
the swallow." ,
"Yes. there he goes sure enough,"
answered Bobby, ruefully. . '
'; - "Thanks. Uncle Ben, I've worked hard
for this lesson in swifts and I'm not
Wcely to forget It soon."
WAS the Roman
carnival little
. BJrfcole had a holt
day, and tha Big
norina . t r,o m
,. Amerlee, . who
lived In the pal-.
I as so , opstairtv:
had given him a
:V wholB M centes- '
Blma t . spend.
, Tesl He' knew
that It was Jo b,
spent in pleasure,
as his father had
smiled ' approval
when he aaw her gtr It nd Br-
eole of old understood that mlle.
What would be buyT ConfetUT No,
: that was not no great novelty as the
new kind of fine powder,- like brown
flour, that sjot into people's .hair, eyes
and ears, and made them savagel And
then there were crackers; but the shops ..
bad so much, to offer that Krcole wa
bewildered and. almost ready to give tip
choosing In despair, when he saw his
little brother Angelo running-toward
him, his eyasr round with delight.,
"Only think. Eroolt. I have 29 csntlmes
to spend on the carnival I"
Ercole tried to look bored, but failed,
and endtd by saying: ;.
"I, too, have them." . , :
Angelo gleefully clapped bis hands.
"Oh. the good stgnorina, the good slg-
norlnal May the Madohna bless herl
Come, Ercole. what shall weuyf" ' '
Urcole put both bands In his pockets.
"It is very bard, Angelo. to tell, is It
not?" he queried. "Let us dress and
then go on tha Corso."
Soon twe little punchlnellos cam out -where
two little Italian boys had gone
In. Each was masked and was very
terrible to look:- at Hand In hand, they
ran toward th Corso, where already .
the street was lined on both sides with
people, and the carriages were slowly
making their way along in either direc
tion. Now and then a cab filled with
masks named, and those from the bal-
conies of the houses and others on foot
; p'ti wLt,?.;confett' SSlISZ
paper ribbons, hitting or missing them
as neeas oe. jjirery am wm nuvnun
every other, and all were In the best of
humor. Men with bags of colored saw
dust and other stuff with which to bora,
bard the unwary were wending their
way through the crowd. One almost
passed the little brothers unnoticed,
when Ercole boldly pulled his sleeve.
"Hi, piccolo, what is it he wants?"
asked the vender, stopping only halN
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"II you please, sir, sua jkngeio.
gathering courage, "my brother would
buv."
The man stopped full now and took
In the pair. "Now this is good for little
boys." said he, holding, up a. paper
bundle, contents unknown.
Ercole hesitated, not wanting to ask
what it was. fearing to betray such
Ignorance; but Angelo, incited by the
contagion around him, poked one finger
into the side of the bag.
Now." said the man, "thou must buy
It."
Ercole looked vexed and asked th
price.
"Fifteen centimes," said the vender.
"Oh that la to much." said Ercole,
drawing back.
Impossible." said th man, "fifteen
centeaslma is th lowest." -
"Now, vou know," said Ercole. "thst
cannot be. Say two for twenty."' And
quicker than a wink hs grabbed two
packages and, forcing his coin Into the
astonished man's hand,-' disappeared
among the launching crowd. .
' "By Saint Anthony, that child la a
smart one." said the vender and grimly
pocketed the , money, mentally noting
' that the next time he would be sharp
er; but who would expect such an ac
tion of one so small? -
Ercole and Angelo, now msde rlofcer
In amusement, but poorer hi cash, ' .
walked rapidly on. Often one of them
was tempted to waste his ammunition,
but was wisely restrained from such a
rash act by -th other.
"Wait," sold Krcole, "till th even
ing." "Why not now?" asked Angelo. Impa
tiently. - '
"Because then It win be more fun; :
many, many more people will be out."
. Just then a. shower -of sawdust nearly
blinded the llttl brothers. It came
from the third floor balcony, so that re
venge was out of the question; but the
Impetus was all that was needed, and,
before they had time to think twJos. th
already broken bag was half empty.
"Let us only use one." said Krcole, .
wisely; "this evening we will not feel so
poor."
"But there Is Jwr twenty centimes
untouched," said Angelo: nhat will go
as far as thirty for the rest of the day.",
"And this evening," said Ercole, 'the':
padre and madre will take us out."
Showing by this remark that economy '
In this case was waste.
They scattered and scattered In all
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r-plHE late King Edward of .England
I ' was a very devoted-follower of
.-My Lady . Nicotine he loved to-
bacco dearly. v,.V ,:';.;''', v-;:,' 't . . : ' :
lUng George, however. Is hot nearly
' so fond of the wood. . .
2t Is astonishing how very tow kings
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directions and got all the pleasure, and
. more besides. that twenty ' snob bags
usually contain, And that night at supper
two tired but very happy llttl puncnl-
nellos sat down to their macaroni, They
told glowingly of their afternoon ex-
- perlencea. and ate hurriedly, so as not
. to miss the fun.': and to get back as
early as possible on th Corso. :
"W bav only spent half,'
said
Angela; triumphantly, to his parents,
"and tonight oh, tonlghtl" But the
'vision of his futura ; recklessness was
.too much, and the sentenoe was never
. finished. : . ; J ' .
-. Their parents war proud of their little
sons, as all Italians are of their ohll-
dren. "Where, abywher. are there two
such boysT" Francesco, their father,
often asked, never expecting an answer
to th question. Their mother. Xatha
rlna.. agreed with htm. Their father
was concierge at a pallaxao, and In cold
-weather he looked Ilk a Roman of old
with his top cape draped toga wise over?
his right shoulder.
"Will the pa- tak us to-nlgbtr
asked Anrelo aonxlnclv. ' '
"81. si. nglla mla." said
"And what shall we buy?"
m. si, ngua mia. saia r rancesco.
'There Is our 10 centessima,"
said
Krcole. looklnr uo. "It will buy more
now than It would this afternoon."
Francesco laughed at thla piece of
wisdom snd displayed . a handful pf
. coins.
The boys' eyes beamed and. soon eat
ing their meal, they rapidly prepared for
the evening's sport . .
Such a good time as thev hadl Th
"streets were so full one could hardly
move. All was laughter and excitement
have sny regard for a pipe, although
many of them spend large sums yearly
", on cigars... i..-., ;: ,, . f
Th king of Servla, however, as well
as the German kaiser, seems really to
prefer such a smoke, while the csar of
the Rtisslss never smokes anything
but 'cigarettes. - "
The king of Spain also smokes ciga-
rettes almost to excess. t , '
The kings of .itaTy and Norway very
rarely smoke, and when they do it must;
ba tsre cigar Indeed. . r -'.
The king of Greece has a special
- cigarette made for his own consumption,
which is barely a third the size of the,
! common cigarette,. ....- i ' -r.
, The Illustration Is of a giant smoking
. pipe, made in one. piece and carved with
7 stirring scenes of Austrian history,
- which took Its .designer two years to
complete. It is the work of a wood-
i carver, and Its value is placed at $200v.
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) Interesting Facts
Tea In China costs from S to 19
' cents a pound, according to quality, v
,;';:' 1 In r the '''early "ages rof '.Greece ' and
, Rome, piracy was considered an. hon-
.'.'V. orable -profession.;:, . .K-ii'l'l.f1'
The ' tea plant was not known In
' China until about the fourth century,
and did . not coce Into general use
until the ninth.. , ( . . ;
v The practice of biesslnsr people when
r they sneese Is jnore than two thou-
sand years old. The attendants of th
v king of Uslna, In Africa, snap -their,
Ameers whenever no sneezes. ,
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' In some parts of Mexico 800 bushels
of Indian corn can be grown from a
bushel of seed. ' In New KnKland tho
yield Is less than 160 bushels to one
of seed. "
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Confetti and other carnival stuff filled
ith air. Angelo and Ercole were wild ,
with Joy, Their, father showed themv
everything and even let them Join In a. ;,
small : torchlight ' - pfocesslon. Would
they ' forget this, day and night T they
asked each other over and over.
Soon they arrived at the Fallasso
Colonna. Angelo' looked at the clock;
It was half after eight . How be longed
to stay till midnight! But the padre said:
"No,J you are too small to her."
"Will Ercole stayT". he asked almost
tearfully.
"No. Ercole 'must go also.' said his
father, "and w must now hurry back.
, '' What tempted Angelo he could never
tall; but like a flash he broke looae and
ran into the crowd and was immediately
lost to Bight by the rest pf the party.
On, on he sped. . To stay and see more
was his only thought He knew how the
padre would soold, but ''carnival' -came
jniyonce In twelve ontha,:and he waa
so anxious to see It all. Just then a
terrible blow knocked htm flat and had
It not been for the aid of a man In the
throng;, his little life would have been
trampled out
' "Hi, little one.-, out alone, and at
such a' timer' said his rescuer. "Hast
thou not a good father or mother or ,
'does the Madonna alone guard theeT
"Oh I" said Angelo, sobbing bitterly. 7
"I have been so naughty. The good
slgnorina gave me 20 centimes today, j
and I wanted to spend it all before "
night. Take me home, please, kind
sir"" And here Angelo broke down com
pletely at the thought of home.
"Where dost thou live, piccolo T" said
the stranger. ... -
"In the pallasso."
"Pallazzo Colonna?" said the man v."
; with a surprised look, and studied An
gelo attentively. .
"No. In the pallazzo near the Tiber,"
said Angelo:
"Ah!" said the man with a puesled
look, "there are so many there. Dost
thou not know which one? I fear that
thou wilt have to spend the night in
the guardhouse." .
At these words Ansrelo's heart sank.
He a prisoner and bis-nice cot at home
- empty l never, never again wouia n
run away I But now m -
"Let me see him, please," said a fa
miliar voice. "He may be my son. He
got away ten minutes ago."
And Just as Angelo had almost given
up all hope, he aaw his father, and
springing forward, was caught - In his
arms and kissed over and over again.
"Padre mlal" sobbed Angelo, "for
give me. Never will I be so naughty
again. And If the Madonna forgives me, :
1 know that thou wilt toe." ;
His father hugged him tighter.
"Flglla mla," he said soothingly,
"thank this kind stranger and come
with me. Thy mother and Ercole are
waltlnsr nearby, and nothing will make
them so happy as to Bee thy tear-
. stslned face."
"We will ell go home together, dear
: father." said Angelo repentantly, "and
'next year af carnival I will show th
how grood J can be!" 1.
JLJ
OT very often does one run across:
such a curious nature rrea.it as
this one. Th ears 6f corn plo-
tured were grown on a farm In Illinois.
They grew from one stem.
v The ears are the same sise, 8 inch
long, and each has fourteen rows of
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Uj WAS quiet la
Edinburgh Castle.
In one room ' a ,
llttl boy looked
' In lonely wis
from a barred :
window."1 A hand- ..
some llttl fellow
he was-r-franX. of
( face i and wall
worthy to bear
' his title of James,
king of Scotland.
. Th llttl lad
seemed "to . b ,
'awaiting ' Bom
V.
V
to
one for he,
slightest sound
stsrtd ..t jtvery
and his hands played .
his rich garment At
nervously with
last with an impatient sigh, h seated
: himself with his head on his hands and
gazed dreamily Into the fir. -Hls llf for r
some two years hod not been a pleasant .. .
onef He remembered how passing long .
; the days had seemed since that one, long t
(ago, when his father naa been oon to .
death In the dark ,ld monastery fa
. away In ?arth. i H . remembered well
the long, sad journey to Edinburgh Cas- ,
'tie, the arrival,. when Livingston and :
Sir Crlohton. who wer to rule In his
name, received blm; and her h had
stayed ever since, a prisoner in aU but
the name In th hands of his subject. '.
Tor Crichton and 'jUvlngston by no
mean pulled together. . Eaoh" one was
Insanely Jealous of his power and of th
favof of the Irttla king. .J 'V,
( He was hi Crichton' e rule" at Edin
burgh Castle, and Crichton, determined
that he should never get Into living
stone's power, guarded hlm(wtth an iron
nana. . ?n . ,v. . ..
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' An this did the llttl King James
- know and 5 most fiercely resent :lt
made him hate Crichton who,' after all.
V was generally, good to hlmand spend
Ms days In dretmlng ot Stirling Castle.
where Livingstone held sway. . .'
There his widowed mother dwelt and
. there, she had told him, was a beauti
ful' park in which a Mttle boy-king
oouid run and 'play to his heart's con
tent :;). ':v,,i'.t .;: Z
Suddenly a step ' outside the door
caused his face to brighten astonish
ingly. 4The door opened and his lady
mother stood In the doorway her arms
outstretched invitingly. : .
Little King James flew to her and
climbed on her knee, Just as any crd
nary-lonely Httle-fellow-would , have
done, and hid his face In her shoulder. .
And here he sobbed out ths story of his
loneliness and need of her, his rebelMoa
mm a j :i: .mjb. w- ,wn' f iivx wina pi n .11 11 1.1 u'"M n .11 '.ir " sssssKsmsi 11 iin
at his., lack? of freedom. But ehe was locked securely, and with a sigh ot
stopped the eager flow with a. few relief Sir Crichton , soughs his ' own
words. . ' ','" '.chamber." 1 i
"Hush, my, little onei thy mother hath LIUle King James lay absolutely mo
a plan I" , , , ' ' tlonless, scare daring to breath la the
. In a hurried whisper she outlined th darkness.: By. and by he heard loir
plan snd the part the Uttle fellow hl : laughter and smothered voices to the
to play In. it In order to escipe 'romj . outer chamber.. Presently Malcoln nta
'Edinburgh Castle. '. face flushed with .wine, earn In with a
Crichton, who had formerly viewed lighted taper and bent over the bed of
her with suspicion, had gradually be- the boy. . The breathing, was soft and
come disarmed by herstudled sweet- regular, and with a. chuckle of setlafao
nea and graclousness to him, to a point tjon he Returned to the anteroom, j
where she was not only allowed to corps t ..A1J lt weufv queried a wall-known
and go at will about the grim old catle,fciv'0ce , : , f Z - . : :, , ,.
but was aJuo allowed to have trunks and 'Setont" : cried the small prince. "Ho
ooxes sent as sn pieaseu w su "vu
the castle uninspected.
"NayJ but," quoth the Uttle king,
"what hath all- this to do with ; me?
Thou wilt leave tomorrow and I I"",:;
'"Thou. : too, sh lt leave -tomorrow, ,
breathed the quetn with shining eyes.
"Nay. little one; hush theel Our time
.Is short and much is to be said. My
faithful Baton hath ridden posthaste to
Stirling Castle, thence to send two large
boxes for raiment. .In one of these,
' in v James, there shall be many breath-
'-ins holes I" . . ,',.., :.
The queen clapped her soft hands,
smlllpg on the excited child,
"Oh" he beRan.
i ' But she - clapped a hand over the
prattllns mouth, v. "An thou lovest me,
little son, not a word of this, i Castles
have ninny ears!" And she glanced
fearfully at the aged gray walls.
"Hark thee, James! When thou art put
to bed tonight, see that thou feign sleep
, quickly, so that thy puard may sunpeot
: nothing. When he hath . gone, Seton
shall come to thee." 1
Here her voice sank to a whisper.' j
' "Do thy part, little son. and ere many
hours thou shalt find thyself In Stir-
1 11ns Castle. Hist I There are voices. No,
mre of this!" .,.-.
The door opened snd Sir William
Crichton bowed low upor the thresh-
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old. But th seen which met his cas
disarmed th rwry evident suaploloa ta
loa ta .
Dins; aL
a low . i
k her ;
his keen eyea
For th queen-mother was crooning
lullaby, her little son' sitting oa
tool beside her. his head upon her
knev;':fi-i ..-. vu"i,,:-'. -.K-'i''--'. i,'vf v
"... "Pardon, your majesty,'" quoth tha
knight, -"but there be two large boxes
come from Stirling, which maketh thy
departure seem but too near. " Have zny
words and' thy love for yon fatr"boy.
mr. nobis llese. no wanrht with the that
. thou Insist upon returning, to Stlrl!ns;r
" . The queen rose. "I leave tomorrow
" night" ahe said quietly, albeit firmly.
, "Nlghtl" gasped Sir WlUlam.
-Th queen raised her eyebrows. "Aye,1
quoth she, "at Wght Tls' easlr travel-
lng so." ..t .
With a lift of her eyebrows, she
gone.' ;;.',. 'v'-, '. .'
.- Little Fttnc James, slept not at an
that nlsrht, and all the following day
was strangely quiet
Hs was a sunny little lad. and hie a
tend acts marveled at the Strang moodi
ness, but attributed it to the coming
parting with his lady-mother.
Night approached at snail speed, or so
it seemed to, the boy-king.- V -
All the-tiresoirie-certnony-of being
put to bed' had ha to submit to.
At last the' guard Malcolm was ota
tfonsd In the outer chamber. The door
hath drugged the sruard!" .. ,
"Hush,", quoth .Seton, stealing softly
' Into the royal chamber la the moonlight,
"press quickly, . my ; liege, and follow
'' me." : ' '.M ,:'' :.- ''- ' "":
By the gste of the grim Old castle a
i.. motley gathering assembled. The last
farewells were waved and the two huge
' boxes carried carefully under the per
sonal 'supervision 'of . young Seton to
where the great coach awaited Its dot
mii of the queen's luggage.
Her majesty appeared presently, calm,
collected, composed, bowing gracious) r
to right and, left turning at th very
eryY
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tha
end ,to jeave a message witn ir will
- lam for her dear son. stepped Into thi
coach and away swept the cavalcade,
' the, precious .trunk ' bumping away over
the uneven roads. When they had gone
a safe distance, ons ot the trunks was
. opened. Out stepped (he sunny-haired
boy. none the worse for his experience.
Hfistllv was he bundled Into a coaoh in
which : pranced the . fastest horses In
the length and breadth of all Scotland.
, And here, childlike, worn out with his
varied experiences, the wide blue eyes
grew heavy, th little head fell lower
and lower and presently slumber claimed
the boy king of Scotland.
, So went the James of the fiery faoe
fromEdlnburgh' Castle to Stirling. -
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