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Evening journal., 1906-12-27

Thank you. good traveller" responded
the King. Where are you golng?"
TO the castle Of the giant Phoebus 10
get three of his golden hairs Paul an
swered
Indeed exclaimed the King. What a
pity you did not come sooner We have
long been expecting such a messenger as
YOU. Our most valued possession Is an sp-
pie tree that bears the fruit Of everlasting
youth. Whoever eats one OF the apples.
no mntter how sick he may be- II will cure
him and make him young. For the Last
twenty years neither flower nor fruit mas
been found on the tree, VIII you ask the
g'art Pho sOus the cause of this?"
THAT will do with pleasure" said Paul
He resumed his journey. and as he went
on he came to a large and beautiful city
where all was sad and silent. Near The
gate sat an old man leaning on his cane,
and Paul stopped to speak with him MAY
GOD bless you sir" said he.
And you. too, my handsome young trsv-
cller," responded the man. where are
you golng?'
ITO the castle Of the giant PAoebus to
get three OF his golden hairs" Paul an
swered.
"Ahw cried the man joyfully. you are
the very messenger for whom we have on
waited. We have here a well, the water
OF which has the magic property Of i'm
mediaiely curing the invaIds who drink
OF ii, even though they are az deaths co T
But twenty years ago this well went y
ana there has been no water in f. since
IL you VIII get the giant Phoebus to tel
Evening journal., 1906-12-27

T-HERE was once King who was ex-
ooedingiy fond OF hunting the Wild
beasts IN his forests. Ono day he fol-
lowed a stag so FAR and 50 long that
he lost his way. Alone and Overtaken by
night. he was glad TO find himself near
small matched cottage in which lived a
charcoal burner. The King went 10 the
cottage and met the man who lived IN Il
ar the door.
III you viii kindly show me the way to
the hghroad," said the King, you shall
be handsomely rewarded
Il would gladly so with you thlther"
replied tho charcoal burner. but a baby
has come 10 us to-day and I cannot leave
my wife. VIII you pass the night under
our rooff There is a truss OF sweet hay IN
the loft on which you can rest. ana to-
morrow / viii be your guide"
The King accepted the invitation and
went TO bed IN the loft. But az midnight
he was awakened by noises IN tho house,
and. looking through n crack I'm the floor
Ing, he saw that the charcoal burner and
his wife were asleep and that the babe lay
in a cradle. beside which sat an old woman
dressed in white and holding a lighted
taper. While no looked the old woman be-
San 10 speak, and he heard her say
ron this boy I bestow the gift OF con-
fronting great dangers and of living 20 a
rood old age, and beaiow on him for his
wife the Princess born at the selfsame
hour as he. the daughter OF the very King
sleeping above in the loft
At these words the light went out ana
silence rcigned. The King was greatly
troubled and wondered exceedingly. All
the rest OF the night he lay awake think
Ing how to prevent tho words OF the old
woman from coming true.
when tho King camo down from the loft
IN the morning the baby was crying, and
the charcoal burner was trying 20 sootho
t. At the same time the man was bemoan-
Evening journal., 1906-12-27
SPOT, BROWN EYES AND THE SHADOW.
Mrs Leghorn Told Them to Look Out and, Sure Enough
Something Almost Happened.

His legs we're very tremby. but he ran
TO some lilies that were growing near by
and hid under their leaves.
IL was lucky for him that he did so, be-
cause he had hardly hidden himself when
there came "a great rushing sound and the
bird swoopcd down out Of the sky where
spot had BEEN He almost touched the
path and his great wings made the lily
leaves stir and rustic - he swept past
them. Spot could see his fierce red eyes
and his hooked beak. and even his long
sharp claws, that were stretched out 70
catch him. lie crouched down close to
the ground undor the leaves and hardly
dared to breathe
After long ume he heard Brown Eyes
calling 70 him, and he answered her.
Us the shallow gomez he said.
Il don't see Ct anywhere" she replied.
They both looked out from their hiding
places, but everything seemed to be quite
safe, and at last they came out
"Lot us go home quickly" Brown Eyes
said, and Spot was quite ready TO go. They
told their mother all about the shadow
and what had happened
"Cluck. cluck" Mrs. Leshorn said. III
was @ hawk! ] ann thankful that he did
not soc you or something would have hap
pened."
Spot thought so too, but he did not tell
her what he had told Brown Eyes about
not being afraid OF shadows. and Brown
Eyes didn't say anything about that part
OF Il either.
Evening journal., 1906-12-27
Uncle DICK Makes Another Suggestion Jackpe

on tap. The old gentleman had a roll Of
paper which Tommy guessed was draw
ing OF some new and wonderful mechanical
eontrlvance. Uncle Dick smiled at Tom
my eagerness as he unroled the drawing
NOW, Tommy. there Is nothing very
startling about this It's justa plain water
Wheel or the common or garden variety
20 work IN swift stream. You know
there are several kinds OF water wheels
tne oVershot. undershot. turbine, &c.-that
require sluiceways or force Of water 10
operate them. But any old stream win
turn this kind; besides. Il is oomparativeiv
easy to make. OF course. the swifter the
stream the better, although I've seen bovs
nave barrels Of fun with a wheel Of this
DESCRIPTION in the gutter of a city street
aiter hard rain.
In my opinion the greatest Measure f.,
water wheel is the number of bv-nrnd.
~o's' so 70 speak, that you can operate
-e moving toys locomotives and steam
poals with revolving wheels. A man savv-
ing cord wood, galioping horses dan.i,,.
hsufes' &c. I remember that when was
ABOUT your age BIZ Smith ana made
Wneel about four feet IN diameter. There
vas deep brook running through To-
Boggs fathers place with a big tree ON
e..s oaliA JUST where the brook ran the
s".Itesr we set the wheel up there. and
Connected IL with horizontal shaft. Then
fastening a piece OF scantline 10 a iim5
we installed our movable TOYS ana Uitb
spoois and betting geared them TO tbe
smart When we got everything working
Joe Boggs had an idea. You know AZ
Joseph Bogss, president az TIE uipr,o.
arome Company? Wen I'd was he foe
painted a bic sien stating that the Marine
tauaeFi ~ Aggregation OF Marvellous Nc.
cnanical Miracles was showing III she sao+
/ OF the ill., adr1ission one cent. thee ei~ie
for o penny,
Ine Snow was great success thinl<
we took in eleven cents ana had four doi-
Jars Norta % fun. NOW, remember, Tom
my save all the spools you get hold of:
taey come IN very handy FOR puileys. Use
thlcS twine FOR betting and remember thai
70 reverse the motion sou simply cross the
peit The wooden pulley with the cogs
cut on the bias are easily made Use me
20 shape the cogs
Tommy had very little trouble IN making
the wheel from Uncle DICKS diagram
There was stream about half a mile
Evening journal., 1906-12-27

ing his poverty. How shall take care
OF this chlld2" said he 1--WE are very
poor ana the babe will have hard fare and
can only grow up to a rough life In the
forest"
''Conhde the child to me-" said the King.
Il viii look after him, and you shall be
given sum OF money large enough to keep
You without having TO burn charcoal for
"a living"
The poor man agreed, and the King went
away. promising 20 send some one for the
child. The Queen and cDurtcrs thought
It would be a pleasant surprise to the king
TO hear that n charming little Princess
had been born while he was away. But
when he arrived at his palace and they
told him what had happened instead Of
being pleased ne frowned. Then he called
one OF his servants and handed him a
purse OF money. saying Go TO the char
coal burners cottage, where / spent last
night, and give the man this purse I'm eX-
change for a new born infant. On the way
back drown the child, and IL you fail In
this your own life shall be the forfeit
The servant went TO the forest and was
given the child In a basket. On his return
journey he stopped In the middle of a
bridge that stretched across wide and
deep rver and threw the basket with the
baby Ga It into The water.
The servant reported TO the King what
he had done, and the King fully believed
the child was drowned. But he was mis-
taken. The little one drfted pleasantly
along IN his basket and slumberei ne
sweetly as n his mother had sung him
10 sleep. AT length fisherman who wan
mendng his nets before his cottage door
saw the basket floating down the river aIe
jumped into his boat and rowed out 10 %.
and was quite astonlshed 10 find q pretty,
smiling little baby inside. He was glad,
i "a ia ha uh
he hurried with the basket and baby IN
Evening journal., 1906-12-27
ne danLyL1otlef 21lzg o11t q Aall, - So

But before she concealed him as she
had suggested Paul begged her 10 obtain
from the giant answers to the three ques-
tons he had been asked while on his way.
Il viii do so, certainly she replied,
and you can listen to what he says"
Suddenly a blast OF wind howled round
the castle, and the Sun entered by a west
ern doorway. He was an old man with
golden hair
What's the matter?" cried he, smiling
the air suspiciously "Surely, mother, you
have some one here"
Light of day." she responded, whom
could I have here? The fact Is that in
! is always with you, and when you come
/ home at evening IT is with you still"
But the giant was not satisfied, and he
began to search about the room, whereat
the dame scolded him roundly, saying, Il
have only just swept up and made the
lplace tidy. and here you are turning
everything topsy turvy. Do sit down and
eat your supper"
So the giant searched no more, but sat
down to eat When he finished he laid
his golden head on the old woman's lar
ma cnt 20 sleep Then she pulled ont n
hair and he awoke. what do you want
mother? asked he +
Nothing, my SON." was her response
but while YOU slept I was thinking. and
IN my thoughts / saw a large town where
W.ter of Wn en- cured all
diseases. Fer the last twenty years the
well had been dry, ana no one knew how
TO restore the now Of water"
Tina. is very simply done" said T.
giant ''ine well was supplied ny a sprinr
and in the channel that leads 70 the vel
! frog has lodged itself. Remove the frog
AMI the wa .er will dow again
The giant now l-id bis head in the Ole
womans .ap and sool was asleep ono,
more Then the old woman pulled on
i'r Hc.-e1 ar. 9rI ne awoxe. "Wha;
! DO you want, mother?" he asked
Nothing, M son. nothing" she re-
Piled. 'but I have been thinking, and IL
! MY thoughts I saw a beautiful city whert
MAS an apple tree the frlit OF which had
he power 10 make the old young again
4 single apple eaten by an old man would
. restore to him the vigor and freshness O,
youth. For twenty years this tree hat
: produced only leaves, and no one knew
r how to restore Its fruitfulness."
That can be done very easily" said thu
] giant. "A snake hidden among the roots
E sucks the sap. Destroy the snake and thi
} fruit will grow MS before"
: The giant again fell asleep and the ole
i woman pulled out a third hair. Instantly
The awoke and exclaimed angrily, Now
Evening journal., 1906-12-27
Che Giant @5tb Tx

continue my search for this giant | shall
IN time succeed in finding him"
He walked on and on for a long time
over the mountains and across the valleys
until he reached the shore Of a rockbound
Ike There no found a boat and an aged
boltman
My God bless you, boatman," said
Paul
And you, too, my young traveller" re-
sponded the old man. Where are you go
ing?'
ITO the castle Of the giant Phoebus for
three OF his golden hairs" Paul answered
All then l welcome you" said the
boatman. For a long, weary time l have
been waiting for such a messenger as you.
have ferried passengers across this lake
these twenty years, and not one Of them
has done anything to help me. If you viii
promise that you will ask the giant Phoe-
bus when / shall be released from my toll
will row you across without charge"
Paul promised and was rowed across to
the opposite shore. He then continued his
journey until he came to a large town. AS
he was entering It he met a funeral pro-
cession. the King OF that country was fol-
lowing his fathers coffin with tears run
ming down his checks.
May God comfort you In your distress "
said Paul
Evening journal., 1906-12-27

NARs. LEGHORN made It a rule al
vi ways 20 tell Spot and Brown Eyes
and all her other children when they
left the house In the morning 90 look
Evening journal., 1906-12-27
WALL PAPER LAND.

I've often wished that I knew the way
To reach the curious land
on grandmotner's wall. II Is far away.
Though I'm touching II with my hand.
Often and often long to lie
BY the brookside there and FISH,
Where the spiders dart and the dragon fly
Hangs over. Sometimes I wish
could wade In that shaded little pool
Where the willows limo the brook,
For THIS Is the land where there Is NJ
school
And no one opens a book
Fish on the rocks an old fort Iooks down,
Frowning on all below;
Shots from is guns will waken the town
IL I ever set there 7 know,
stroiling through gardens, under the trees.
Is where / would love to be;
ia wander through all o. the palaces
That IN Wall Paper Land we see
At last I'VE found it--rhe way, you know
Us easy 10 understand
Fan asleep on grandmother 5 bed-you'Ii 20
on into Wall Paper Land
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nom the house, and he set the wheel up
on the bank No tes being convenient.
he had 20 build a stand Tor his moving
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
The Tables Turned

saw, Tom, you come home with me first,
and then I'll go around with you. It'll be
easier, maybe, if there are two of us"
The Crandalls were just sitting down to
bell. '''- was ''''N pun ~ 'n'
Mr.. Crandall glanced at his wife, and then
arose and went to the door.
''Why!-home again? Hungry-are YOU
the performance good"
Ben's face was study as his father said
this. He began to think he was crazy or had
been dreaming; He had been away from
home for nearly a week, and here was his
father talking as if he had just come from
the circus.
But, if his father had forgotten about his
long absence from home, it was unnecessary
to remind him of it, Ben considered
No one seemed surprised to see them, and
they sat down to such a supper as they had
not eaten for many days, and, as Ben after
ward privately remarked to Tom, he ''didn't
see how they'd stood circus fare for so long"
Toms father was as delightfully."- silent
upon the subject OF his sons mysterious dis:
appearance and return as was Bens, and
great was the wonder OF, the cuiprits as to
Mr.. Crandall never saw fit to inform either
of the boys that Mr.. Evans and he had made
certain arrangements with Mr.. Rideout as To
the course he was to pursue if two runaway
boys put in an appearance. Nor did he saw
that Jim Caynor had telegraphed that the
runaways were on the way home in the five
o'clock express.
Neither of the boys could ever be induced
to go to circus again, perhaps because tbey
were afraid of stumbling across Jim, or for
particular reasons of their own
They seemed quite willing to attend school
regularly, and were heard to say they'd
'rather study all night than hear a crack
from Jim's cowhide."
Once in a while they boasted to their school
mates of their having belonged to the circus
but more for the purpose of exciting envy in
the breasts of those to whom the circus was
still delightful mystery than because they
felt proud of their hard-won distinction.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
Continued From Preceding Page

during the SHOW" as then they might slip
out with the crowd and perhaps not be miss
ed until they were on their way home.
The next afternoon seemed long In arriv-
ing, and both boys were in fever of impa-
tience lest some one should suspect their de.
signs. Tom undertook to find and conceal
their own clothes, SO that they need not be
made more conspicuous than possible in their
flight.
between the circus and afterpiece they stole
cautiously out with the crowd, and, when
once clear of the circus grounds, ran every
step of the way. to the nearest railroad sta
ton, although it was more than mile.
When there the ticket agent informed them
the train would be along in about fifteen min
utes.
To Ben and Tom these seemed the longest
fifteen minutes of their lives. At the sound
BILE. and, when the train did arrive they could
have embraced the great black engine in their
delight.
AS they entered the car and slipped into
the last seat Ben whispered:
Gracious, Tom! There's Jim Caynor, just
come into the station. Duck down, quick!"
They scarcely had time to slip to the floor
from their seats. when the door at the for
ward end of the car opened and loud voice
exclaimed:
'No, they amt here; must have given us
The bell rang, and Jim jumped from the
car as the train slowly moved out of the sta.
ton.
The boys did not breathe freely until the
conductor had passed through the car and
taken, unquestioned, their tickets
As they sped rapidly along a new anxiety
began to take, possession of them. What
would their fathers say or do to them?
Anyway" blurted out Ben, cts better to
take a licking and have it over than to have
to walk tight-rope and ride runaway horse
every day."
When the train stopped at Seabridge two
very solemn-looking boys alighted and walked
up the main street
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
Off, MlWzn6HEJ

The Synapta is merely retrenching, and.
as the food supply becomes smaller and small
er, portions Of the body are thrown off so
that there will not be so much to feed, until,
at last, the sea-cucumber will sacrifice its en-.
finally this dies, certainly after heroic strug
gle.
But while we have been looking at other
sea-cucumbers, what has happened to the one
we placed in the glass jar? Being a large
water, and is now endeavoring to get out
twisting its body deliberately about to show
its discomfort, for you must remember that
the sea-cucumber and all other water animals
require air just as much as ourselves.
For several moments the sea-cucumber
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15

their nests
I.eaf-cutting bees make their nests in de-
cayed trees, in holes, on posts and like places.
Their nests are lined with circular pieces of
leaves and are so arranged that they are
honey y-tight.
Mason bees make their nests in crevices of
old walls and even in empty shells. Their
homes are made of grains of sand stuck to-
gether by a glutinous secretion from their
own bodies.
The carpenter bee is of beautiful blue col
or. and looks like large humblebee True to
its name, it attacks beam, cutting in it a
canal several inches long and third of an
inch wide This canal she divides into as
many chambers as she requires for her eggs;
the partitions between the cells are of wood,
which she rasps with her teeth and sticks to-
gether with her saliva.
The bombus, or humblebee, has its nest
under ground, which nest does not often con-
tain more than fifty or sixty bees.
The hive bees, which are the most profitable
to us. live together by the thousands, and con-
sist of males, females and workers.
Twenty thousand workers have been known
to live in one hive. Their position is no sine
cure They collect honey and pollen, build
and nurse the young. Their structure is re
,narkable; besides the usual one pair of eyes,
thew have three smaller ones placed in the
crown Of the head.
They have proboscis, from the base of
which proceed feelers. The upper jaw has
Two mandibles, furnished with teeth. They
have four wings and six legs. In their hind
legs are the pockets in which they deposit
what they collect.
They are also furnished with bag, not
larger than dewdrop, called the honey-bag,
nd when this is filled they return to the hive
70 deposit their sweet burden. They have
also stomach of tubular form, and in it the
nrocess Of wax-making goes on.
The male bees are called "drones," and may
number in one hive from seven hundred to
two thousand Only one queen is allowed in a
hive. and she lays from seventy thousand to
one hundred thousand eggs in a season.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
The Honey Bird

lVAY0E came to large piece of timber,
'" and while passing through it, 1
had my first experience with the
IEGeN9I honey-bird of South Africa This
curious little bird is, in size and
plumage, about like an English
sparrow, and gets his name from the fact that
the little fellow, who is very fond of honey,
being unable to obtain it for himself, will lead
men to the places where the wild bees have
hidden their stores of rich, wild honey.
Whenever this bird sees man, he will fly
close to him, lowering around, uttering a
twittering sound; then he will go off in the
direction of the place generally a tree)
where the honey is, flying backward and for
ward in zigzag fashion Then back he will
come, twittering in the same manner, as if
to say, "Come along; I'll show you where it
is" These actions are repeated until the
tree is reached, when the bird will indicate
it very plainly by flying to it and lowering
around it. If the distance is great land some
times the honey-bird will lead person who
is willing to follow a distance of ten miles);
he will wait ON a tree until the follower
comes up, and will then continue his business
of plotting. He is very persistent, and will
do his best to draw any one on; but if the
party is not posted about honey birds, and
refuses to follow, OF goes in the wrong direc-
ton, the bird will leave, probably in search
of some person who will appreciate his efforts
to provide him with sweetmeats. While the
bees are being smoked out, and the honey
taken up, the bird will hover in the vicinity
until the job is done, when of course his
reward comes in the shape of feast on the
fragments that are left. If he knows of other
hives, just as soon as one is disposed of he
will lead the way to another, and l have,
since this time known as many as four trees
taken up by a party in one day. When the
honey-bird has shown one tree, if the hunters
are satisfied with that, and refuse to follow
him further, he leaves them; but l have
never heard of an instance in which the bird
misled any one in regard to finding honey
1t frequently happens, however, that
honey-bird will lead person into very danger
GUS places, and unless the hunter keeps his
eyes about him when following this bird, he
may run right into lion, venomous snake,
or some other equally undesirable acquaint-
ance.-A South Africa Correspondent.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15

But how did the fish get in the sea-cucum-
ber? you will ask This was at first a puzzle,
and to ascertain whether it was accidental
or not we collected large number of the
cucumbers (Holothuria foridiana), and in
exhausted the air in our aquarium, the sill
very eel-lke Fierasfer-for this is the fsh's
name would come wriggling out, swim
about for moment as If dazzled and bewil-
dered, and then sink to the bottom and die.
by the Holothurian, and equally plain that
the fish was not adapted for the outside
world. Hence, we assumed that the Fierasfer
was boarder in the cucumber, and such is
really the case
But, though 1 made many experiments, the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15

writhed about in its lazy fashion, when, all
at once, out of one end l saw peeping Curl
Gus, delicate head.
A moment later it was still further out-a
transparent shining fish, and soon,. with a
convulsive wriggle, it freed itself from its
strange prison and swan about moment,
then settled to the bottom.
The fish was about the size shown in our
illustration, while the cucumbers are only an
eighth of their maximum size
Its body was so delicate and transparent
that print could almost be read through it,
and specimen that l have before me now,
though shrunk and hardened in alcohol for
several years, is still almost like glass.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15

In eating it makes little or no selection,
scooping in the sand and mud, and sitting
out the edible parts much after the fashion
of the earth-worm.
though certainly not gourmands, starva-
able way. Thus, if the beautiful rs Transparent ]
Synapta (another example of the Cucuma
riae) of our coast is kept for long time
without food, ring will be formed about the
tail that grows deeper and deeper, until
finally the piece drops off. In short time
another ring appears and another piece is sac.
riticed-a most remarkable operation, you
will say, but quite ingenious when we under
sta it.