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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1915)
mm STORY OF THE SPIDERS. Mister Fox recovered very speedily from the Irritation In his throat cauBed by the chicken bone which Jack Rab bit extracted with the tongs, and when Jack Rabbit came next to see him he was as well as ever. It was a rainy day, and everything was dripping with the dampness when Jack Rabbit arrived at the opening Into Mister Fox's cave. Jack Rabbit himself was pretty well soaked, al though he bad hurried as fast as he could all the way. "Come in," said Mister Fox as soon as he saw him, "and Bit down by the fire and dry yourself," and when he got Inside Jack Rabbit found a nice tire In the fireplace and two fine seats made from the Btuinps of two trees had been placed just In front of it, and us one was much smaller than the oth er he knew that Mister Fox had It made expressly for him. "Well," said' Miater Fox, "what wis dom have you learned Biiice you were here?" "Very little," said Jack Rabbit, "and I am afraid that I would uever learn much unlesB I could visit you. And, by the way," lie continued, "I was thinking this morning that some weeks ago, when you were at my burrow and the spider wove his web over the door, you told nie that some time you would tell nie how a spider once saved a City." "I had quite forgotten that promise." eaid Mr. Fox, "but if I said I would, why, 1 will, and I guess this rainy day Would be a good time, for as wet as it Is you would have a hard time apply ing any wisdom I might give you, and the Btory will make the day seem more pleasant." Jack Rabbit settled back comforta bly In his scat, as Mr. Fox made ready to begin bis story. "A long time ago," began Mr. Fox, "when rabbits may have had long tails like the one you tried to grow, the people used to live in towns sur rounded by high walls, in which there was a gate through which everybody had to go if they wanted to leave the town or go outside to hunt or fish. These walls were built to protect the people from bands of thieves or en emleB who wandered about the coun try, In each of these towns there was a governor or a man who made all the laws for the people in the town, and thoy had to obey whatever he said. The governor of tills town of which I am telling you one day saw a spider weaving a web, and when he eaw how perfectly the work was done "Everybody Must Have Moved Out of Thli Town." lie called all the people together and allowed them the work of the spider, and said to them: "This Bpldor, al though he hns done only a small thing, lias used the greatest care iu doing it, and has done it well; therefore, he should Berve as an example to all of ug, and whatever we do, no matter how ninll or unimportant It is, we should do it just a8 w ell as we can." And because the spider set so good an example for the people he command ed that no one should ever harm a spider or do It any willful Injury. "The spiders, when they heard this order given by the governor, knewi that It must be obeyed, and thoy were ' very much pleased, for often the peo ple had driven them out of the houses or killed them when they found them weaving webs. So all the Bplders got together to decide on what they could do to pay the governor for Ills klnd noss. After a long consideration they decided that the locks on the city gate must be worn and weak from long uso, and that every night, when the gate was shut, It should be the duty of the Bpideri to weave a web across it, so that it would be more secure, for, of course, the spiders thought their webs very strong. 80 every night after that as soon as the gate was locked at sunset the spiders wove their webs across the whole space Id the wall which the gate closed. "One night a band of thieves who had robbed hundreds of towns aud who were especially wicked cjuna in sight of the wall of the town where Die spiders lived. "Tonight." said the chief of the thieves, 'we will hav to rob another town, and oft there in the distance I can see a wall which shows that wo will not have to travel far.' "The robbers waited until nightfall and then they stole up to the gate of the town, and when they got there they found the entire opening was covered with spider webs. 'Everybody must have moved out of this town,' said the chief of the robbers, 'for hers is the gate all covered with spider webs that it must have taken months to make. It is no use for us to waste our time In breaking down the gate when there Is nothing inside for ua to steal,' and so the chief and his band moved on to the next town. The spi ders, who were hidden, heard all that the chief said, and they were delight ed to think that they had saved the town for the people who had been 80 kind to them." "Well," said Jack Rabbit, "that teaches one good lesson that it paya to be kind to even a spider." "And," said Mr. Fox, "it teaches an other valuable lesson in the way the chief of the robbers was fooled, and that it is not wise to believe every- thing you see, for a great many times appearances are meant to deceive' ELECTRIC TARGET IN MOTION Motor Keeps Carriage Moving Back- ward and Forward When Hit Is Made It Means Something. An electrical attachment for a tar get such as is used on rifle ranges has been designed by an Australian. It keeps the target continually In motion Moving Target. so that when a hit Is made It means something. An electric motor on thq target carriage connects with a bat tery that keeps the carriage moving backward and forward on the track, In the case of the target shown in tha illustration the figures are constantly In action, and it la an entirely different proposition to hit one, especially In a vulnerable spot, than If they wer stationary. Such a target is particu larly good for use in the milifia or the regular army, as In the caBe of war It 1b not likely that the enemy would stand still until somebody succeeded in shooting them. BOY SCOUT IS OVERWORKED Turning Lads Into Amateur Scaven gers or Baggage Handlers Is Trav eling in Wrong Direction. The American tendency to ovcrworl a good thing Is showing in the case ol the Boy Scouts. Not content witt using the youngsters as special po licemen, they have been set to worl cleaning up malodorous ulleys in som cities and towns, and a scheme was even broached to use them as baggag hustlers for a large convention. This Is not merely going too far, 11 Is traveling in the wrong direction To let Boy Scouts keep order at patrl otic celebrations Is appropriate and wise. To have them bear their pari at any general clean-up is well enough though these spectacular scrubblnj bees seldom accomplish muoh for sanl tatlon. But to turn the lads Into ama teur scavengers or baggage handler! is another story. It smacks far to much of the system of that practica' gentleman who managed Dotheboyi hall. AS LITTLE JOHNNY SANG 11 Rendition, "We Can Sing, Full Though We Be," Caught Ear of Certain Sunday School Teacher. The teacher had noticed something queer about the rendition of a certain line of the hymn frequently used iu her Sunday school. ' ha determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. Listening intently, she traced the pe oullarlty to Johnny. "Slug it by younself, Jotyiny," sfi commanded,. Johnny did bo, and In stead of the line, "Weak and sinful though we be" he gave as his render tag, "We can sing, full though w be." His chubby appearance might tx taken as evidence ef the pVobabillt) of his assertion Lei Angeles Ex press.' Cried In English. Frlti, a German lad, and little To were fond of eavh other, aMrosg) neither could understand vhat wai said. "Why, Tommy." said ula Jarhe "your playmate doesn't speak a won of English loes her "No," sa4d Tommy, "but when l bumblebee stung him over by tin grapevines last Monday, he cried ti EogHsh." Chicago Lsdgqr. !ft? A a H Ml II LJL UNNAMED KlNO Or THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE HE latest addition to our fam ily of national playgrounds Is the Rocky Mountain National park of Colorado. It is the thirJ teenth in number and the fourth in size, embracing 230,000 acres. After a long controversy and hard-fought battle as to the proper boundaries, tongress has passed a bill and Presi dent Wilson has signed it, creating the park. The state of Colorado re joices and the people of the United States, who know anything about the glory of western mountain peak and valley, rejoice. For all time this beau tiful, lofty region is dedicated to the people, says James Hamilton Byrd in Grit. . It is full time that Colorado, truly the mountain state of America, should be distinguished with a great national park.- There are more than a hundred mountain peaks in this great back bone of the United States which are above 14,000 feet in height, while in all the other states combined there are less than a score of mountains of such commanding altitudes, so that it is altogether fitting that the portion of the great continental divide which traverses Colorado, and where the raindrops from the descending storm find their way, part of them to the Atlantic and part of them to the Pa cific, should be set aside as a national playground. The campaign that has been waged during the past five or six years to obtain the creation of this park was in the hands of Representative E. W. Taylor of Denver. Mr. Taylor's speech on the floor of the house in favor of the Rocky Moun tain National park would lead one to believe that for beauty, grandeur and absolutely unrivaled magnificence It c . p r j Above the Tir.Bca Line there is nothing else in the United States than Colorado, and especially Kie Rocky Mountain park region. How ever, except as comparisons where dif ferent portions of the United States are concerned are sometimes danger ous, it would be difficult to overesti mate the glory and sublime grandeur of the Colorado Continental Divide, while of this region the new park area is more than representative. Long's Peak a Feature. Long's peak, a wonderful feature of the park, is a second Mont Blanc, rearing its splintered horn 14,255 feet above sea level. From its height the traveler's eye with a single sweep may take in through the clear atmos phere a distance of 300 miles that distance to the west, north and south being made up of scores of mountains, ten, eleven, twelve and thirteen thou sand feet In height, dominated by Gray's peak and the great mass of Pike's peak, both over 14,000 feet in height. Long's peak Is 145 feet higher than the famous Pike's peak, and has been termed "a Jewel Bet in the crest of the Rockies." The Rocky Mountain park region is no uninhabited wilderness. Even with the first year of its existence it will vie with the renowned Yellowstone park in popular favor, for already its beauties are enjoyed annually by thousands of visitors. Last summer 20,250 people visited the Yellowstone, but at- the same time over- 50,000 people camped and dwelt among the mountains and valleys of the Rocky Mountain park. Of the new park re gion the movtng spirit for the past half-dozen years has been a small, slight, wiry, tuountaJn-loving man with a shock of red hair and a mouth like a steel trap, Etios A. Mills, the naturalist and writer. In season and out he has fought for the park, stub bornly and even viciously and always confident of ultimate victory in the face of at times apparently Insur i - r, '..-J.. .-J mountable difficulties and controver sies. The Rocky Mountain park will be a. money maker for the state of Colo, rado and for the United States. It rivals Switzerland, and with the other national parks it will be the means of keeping in America a great deal of good American coin that heretofore has annually been dropped Into the ample pockets of Alpine scenery capi talists. The European war will re sult in turning westward during the coming seasons many thousands of tourists, and once they have "seen America first" they will be inclined to see it first, last and all the time. The outbreak of hostilities in Europe last summer and the stranding of thou sands of American travelers in Euro-1 pean countries brought home to us' the astounding fact that fully $500,000,-! 000 has been spent abroad every year! by sightseers and tourists. j Easy of Access. The fact that the Rocky Mountain park is situated at the gates of Den ver and only 30 hours from Chicago makes it the most accessible of all the national parks for those seeking rest and recreation and the splendid outdoor life which the mountains af ford. Hunting will not be allowed In this park, as it is not in any of the other national parks, and this protec tion of the wild animal life will soon cause the area to become well stocked with many kinds of our four-footed friends, leading their happy, unmo lested lives. The wild animal life of, this great mountain state is now hunted from valley to peak and from peak to valley. The army of sports men which annually invades even the most remote portions of Colorado al lows the deer and the elk and the bear no peace, no respite; they flee from one party and run, foul of another fu sillade of the high-power, smokeless guns. Surely they will welcome a ref uge of a quarter of a million acres in which the terrifying crack of the rifle and the occasional deadly thud of the bullet will be no longer heard. The Rocky Mountain park contains many lofty mountain peaks from 10,000 feet in altitude to over 14,000, many profound canyons aud grassy valleys, furnishing ideal camping places, gay with hundreds of species of mountain flowers, glaciers and gla cia lakes, rushing and foaming streams alive with brisk trout, and wa terfalls and rapids. Of the beauties of this region a glimpse is obtained from a paragraph of Chief Geographer Mar shall's report': "There is no predominant, command ing national feature in the park," he states, "such as is found in the Crater Lake, the Yellowstone or the Yosemite parks, or along the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. The region as a whole, however, is as beautiful as any to be found In the United States, or, indeed, in the world. There is spread before the eye a gorgeous assemblage of wonderful mountain sculpture, sur rounded by fantastic and ver-chang-ing clouds, suspended in an apparently atomless space. At first view, as one beholds the scenes in awe and amaze ment, the effect is as of an enormous painting, a vast panorama stretching away for illimitable distances; gradu ally this idea of distance disappears, the magnificent work of nature seems to draw nearer and nearer, reduced apparently by an unseen microscope to the refinement of a delicate cameo. Each view becomes a refined minia ture, framed by another more fasci nating, the whole presenting an im pressive picture, never to be forgotten." Wonderful Rose. Many wonderful things are done by the Chinese, Japanese, and Siamese in raising flowers. One of their most remarkable productions is known as "the changeable rose." The bloom of this rose Is white in the shade and red in the sunlight After dark, or when it is in a dark room, this rose has a pure waxy-white blossom. When It is taken into the sunlight, a wonder ful transformation occurs. First the petals take on a kind of washed or faded blue color, which rapidly change to a faint blush or pink. The pink color gradually deepens in hue until at last this rose, which was lily white, becomes as red as the reddest peony that ever bloomed. Fruit From Tasmania. It has been estimated that 400,800 cases of fruit will be available for ex port from Tasmania this season. Early shipments have recently arrived in England. FOR THOSE FOND OF ORANGES Recipes That Will Appeal Particularly to Lovers of Healthful and Ap petizing Fruit. Oranges are bo healthful they should be introduced as often as pos sible; try these recipes: Orange Delight. Soak naif a box of gelatin, or one envelope of pow dered gelatin, in one gill of cold water fifteen minutes, now add three gills of boiling water, stir until dis solved; put into It half a pint of gran ulated sugar, three gills of sour or ange juice and the strained juice of one lemon, stand in cool place; hard en in the refrigerator. Place a couple of rounds of sliced orange in each individual dish, cover with the jelly, then a layer of soft custard or whipped cream as a mask. Serve ice cold with lady fingers. Orange Icing. Put one running-over tablespoonful of strained orange Juice in a bowl, one teaspoonful of lemon juice and one teaspoonful of sherry wine or brandy, with the grated yel low rind of one small sour orange; let It stand for 20 minutes, then stir in half a teacupful of confectioner's sugar, then the slightly beaten yolk of one egg; stir, now add sufficient confectioner's sugar to make it the consistency to spread easily over the cake; it should not run; spread even ly, then put In a cool, dry place to stiffen. This icing will be rich and creamy, never becoming "rocky," like so many people make. If cake is rubbed on the edge with sugar the icing seldom runs off the sides. HINTS FOR THE ECONOMICAL How Dressmakers' Bills May Be Saved and Garments Kep't at Their Proper Freshness. A cake of magnesia and a clothes brush are a frugal woman'B best friends. After brushing a dusty gown rub both sides of any soiled spots with the magnesia, which comes in cakes for that purpose, hang it away for a day or two and then brush again The spots will be found to have disap peared. Care taken with dainty cloth ing Is the secret of dressing well on limited means. The late Mme. Mod- jeska had a wonderful collection of laces which were worn instead of be ing kept for show alone. They were cleaned with magnesia, liberally sprinkled through the meshes, the whole wrapped in tissue paper to re main until the chalk absorbed all the dirt. Do you cover your own buttons? It means a saving and gives variety to a costume. It can be done by crochet stitches or by needlework as well as by bits of fancy silk, too insignificant for any other use. I have heard ob jections on the score that the result was not as satisfactory as professional work, but the answer to that is the injunction to do all work neat. Slip shod methods are to be condemned everywhere, although I grant that time is wasted in the inside finish of frocks. Even expensive dressmakers have taken a hint from Paris and concentrated on externals. In Muffins. This recipe was introduced to a cer tain household by a servant from Hun gary. In Hungary, she explained, she used salt pork, but she found bacon better than pork, She sifts a cupful and a half of flour with a teaspoonful and a half of bak ing powder, a teaspoonful of sugar and a half teaspoonful of salt. Then she adds a beaten egg, a teaspoonful of melted butter and half a cupful of sweet milk. After beating smooth she adds half a cupful of bacon. The ba con is first fried or broiled until crisp and then chopped and measured The muffins are baked in hot muffin pans until done and they are eaten without butter. The bits of bacon throughout the muffins give sufficient flavor of the sort butter would Bupply. Auburn Molasses Cookies. To one .cupful of lard and butter mixed and melted allow two cupfuls of molasses, two teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved first In two tableBpoonfuls of boiling water. Then beaten into the molasses until it foams two eggs, a pinch of salt, a tablespoonful of gingeV and a teaspoonful of cinnamon. Add flour to mix very soft and let the dough stand for an hour before rolling out. Cut into cookies a quarter of an inch thick and bake in a rather hot oven until a rich brown. Pigeon Fricassee. Cut eight pigeons Into small pieces and put in a stewpan, with one pint of water and the same of claret. Season with salt, pepper, mace and onion, a bunch of herbs, a piece of butter in flour; cover close and let stew until there is Just enough for sauce; then take out the onion and herbs, beat up the yolks of three eggs, push the meat to one side and stir them into the gravy. Keep stirring until sauce is thick, then put the meat in a dish and pour over it. Baked Oysters. Put a round of toasted bread into a small baking cup or dish. Spread with butter and fill the cup with oysters. Season with salt, pepper and butter. Fill as many cups as required, place them in baking pan in the oven, cover with a pan and bake about ten min utes. A Tea Hint If a lump of sugar is put in the teapot when making tea It will pre vent Its spoiling the table cover if (pilled. HUMOR IN WARFARE Furnished by Grave and Dignified Military Censors. Russian Soldier's Message of Love Went Through With Curious Anno tationKisses Sent to English Girls by the General Staff. The rigors of the war-time censor ship have from time to time drawn the fire of French wit. One lively Parisian journal promises when the war is over to print a long and true story about the tricks devised by soldiers in the field or by prisoners to get some crumb3 of information past the official suppressors. Just for the present however, continues the cheerful Pa risian editor, a few retrospective anec dotes must serve anecdotes culled from the history of other wars belong ing to the brief period since the cen sorship was invented. In the Man churian campaign, for instance, every correspondent in the field was strictly forbidden to send any private letter of any sort. But there was a Russian who got permission on the anniversary of his wedding to telegraph to his wife. "Dearest Marie," he wrote with Slavic fervor, "I send you ten million kisses," and the dispatch went out with this solemn annotation at the bottom: "With the Sanction of the imperial mil itary authorities.'.' Again, in South Africa, the young British soldiers used to wind up their letter to their sweethearts at home with a r-ow of round marks like an "o" doubtless meant to signify kisses. These innocent marks upset the mili tary censors mightily. Suppose they concealed a treasonable message in code? Finally a more than ordinarily human and intelligent censor hit upon the expedient of making a great many more round marks after the others. That scotched the treasonable cipher if there was one, while supposing there was none, then the girl at home got full measure of what was coming to her. Indeed (remarks the French editor), more than one dear young island thing with a very undemonstra tive lover down there in the veldt must have been thrilled and surprised to receive a whole avalanche of kisses, nearly all of them, if she had but known it, the gift of the general staff. VEGETATION ON THE MOON Harvard Professor Offers Evidence Which He Believes Disproves a Long-Held Theory. Professor Pickering of the Harvard astronomical observatory declares that there is nothing less true than that the moon is without air, water or veg etation. There are certain large lunar areas that darken toward lunar noon and fade out toward lunar sunset. They correspond in some degree to the so-called Martian seas, and Pro fessor Pickering proposes the term "fields" to describe these plains or slopes, which he believes to be cov ered with vegetation. He is convinced that the dark fields to be seen during the lunar summer do not owe their blackness to shadow, for you can see them at full moon when shadows are absolutely invisible. The blue-black color of the fields and canals, he ar gues, can therefore be owing only to a discoloration of the surface that comes alike on slopes and levels in the lunar summer, and that is invis ible in the spring and autumn. We know of no mineral that acts in that manner, and the only possible explana tion seems to be that it Is the result of a covering of vegetation. Youth's Companion. BIBLE PRINTED IN ARABIC Latest Translation of the Scriptures Had to Be Made In a Peculiar Manner. The Bible Is being printed in a new language the Arabic. Translations of the books of Genesis, Psalms, St. John, St Luke, St. Matthew, the Acts and Romans have been made by mis sionaries in Mekines, Morocco, and 5,000 volume are being published by a large printing house in Kansas City. Photographs of the handwriting prints are made on thin glass and the whole is converted Into line etchings from which the print is made. Work Is now in progress on the GoBpel of St Luke in Shilha, the language of the Berbers, the original natives of Morocco, who still havs their strongholds, as in prim itive times, in the mountains. Tech lcal World Magazine.