The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-18

it on a cold anvil with cold hammer
until it was not snorgh to set wood
a-fire."
,"Where did II come from2"
"From the blacksmith's arm, but in
such a roundabout way that / would
only puzzle you if tried to describe it.
You have seen that heat does come from
fire, from the sun, from our bodies, from
rubbing, from pounding, from mixing,
things, such as quicklime and water;
how it comes in either case you will learn
by-and-by, when you are older"
But we have got a long way from
Johnny's button. Can you think of any
other time you have seen things heated
by rubbing2"
We rub our hand when they are
cold, Mary said, seeing Fred go through
those motions, having just come in from
out doors.
"In tell you something 1 noticed
coming across the BRIDGE" said Fred.
at was freezing cold, yet the snow in
the sled-tracks was melted when heavy
sleigh passed, leaving the boards bare
sometimes. 1 couldn't think what made
it ; was it frictionl"
LNlucutly. We uOtlCeu tlc Sdulb
thing many times. The snow wears
out, as the transfers say-that is, the
heat of the rubbing melts it..
I've read of savages making fire by
rubbing sticks together" Fred contin-
ued.
"They have several ways of doing it
or rather different savages have differ
ent ways. One of the simplest is to rub
one stick in a groove, in another, rub
bling briskly and bearing on hard.
There is bit of soft pine board that
tried the experiment with the other day.
That is it. See when pillow this stick
up and down in the groove, the fine-wood
dust that gathers at the bottom begins
to smoke little and turn black. BY
working long enough and fast enough l
should set the dust on fire, but it is too
tiresome when match will do as well,
and one can buy whole bunch of
matches for penny. We get our fire by
rubbing, too, only we use something that
single scratch on some rough surface
develops heat enough to light it.
"What is it?" Mary asked.
Phosphorus L have some in this
bottle You rub the button, Johnny,
while 1 take some of it out on the point
of my knife. Now touch it with the
button. See! it is hot enough to set the
PHOSPHORUS a-fre. We might kindle our
fires that way, but we find it more con-
venient to put the PHOSPHORUS on the
end of stick and mix it with something
to keep it from lighting too easily. Then
all we have to do is to rub the phosphor-
us point against anything rough, the
friction heats it, it axes fire, and our light
is ready. Did you ever hear of the tray
eler who was stopped by some barbarous
people who knew nothing of matches
They would not let him go through their
country, and while they were debating
whether to kill him or send him back, he
grew tired of waiting and thought he
would take a smoke. So he filled his
pipe, and taking match from his pocket
struck it against his boot, lighted his
pipe, and thought no more about it. To
his surprise the people who were watch
ing him suddenly ran off, and directly
there was a great commotion in the vii
lage. After while the chief men came
back very humbly bringing him loads of
presents, and begged him to go his way
in. peace. What was the reason! They
had seen him draw fire from his boot, as
they thought, and were afraid that such
a great conjurer might burn them all up
if they offended him. That was lucky
match for the traveller !"-Christiaa
Union.