The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
ROBINSON cRUsoE's ISLAND.

II
West of Chile, there is island that every Junior
would find particularly interesting to visit day.
1t is Juan Fernandes where Alexander Selkrk the real
obinson Crusoe' of Defoes story, spent four years
and four months Of solitude during the latter part of the
sixteenth century The writer in Harper ssWeekly who
tells of his interesting visit there that the first
sight of the harbor shows valley enclosed by
rugged hills that overshadowed by still higher
and Handicapped mountains. On the crest of of
these mountains tall rock stands out like tower It
is called 'Sekirk's Lookout for from this point he
used to the in search of ship that might
to his The path to the lookout for dis
leads thru beautiful grove of trees not of
which be found in any other part of the world It
leads up the HILL following ridge four feet wide between
ravines hundreds of feet deep 1t winds series Of
steps high rock walls among gnared and twisted
branches adorned with hanging and turns along
the mountain side among enchanting to where the
lookout is situated. From there looks down over
confused mountain to the sea- 1900 feet below
"After hard and dangerous climb among the steep
rugged hills the sea- may reach the Cave
of Robinson Crusoe It is situated about 200 feet from
the shore of the English bay 1t is wave-formed and
about twelve feet long. 1t is wellrounded above with
downward slope toward the back where it is very low
The fully fifteen feet high and very wide,
there several nicely rounded notches along the
sides. covered with dates and initials, many
by English and American marines The cave faces the
water and is the terminating point of high ridge that
slopes to the Atho it is not historic fact but
only a general belief that Robinson Crusoe' lived in
that place. it than probable to any visit
ing the island Situated the shore level tract
Of land with fresh water it is the place would
naturally select to live in. It sounds if Crusoe had
rather nice time. Quite by accident the who made
the trip had taste of life. He stayed late
porng that the journey down the hills to the little vii
lage have been dangerous he dned
on had spent the night in Crusoe's
What Junior would not like to do that's
few American universities include
Not : Chinese language in their Of
Very ~dy, If any of the Juniors who find
Easy ing unusual pleasure in the Latin, German
: and French offered in our high schools, think
that would be interesting to take Chinese when they
60 college, they may like to know Of the things
that said of it easy and useful subject The
Annoy thinks that it is almost impossible for
AngoSaxon master the language, and travellers say
that the best mandarin-the court language
practically worthless requirement to journey
ing thru country the dialects change about every
twenty-five miles to seemingly another language. 1t is
very thing to have the native employ
interpreters to communicate with the people they govern
The written characters do not letters sounds
as ours IDEAS and Chinese author finds it very
difficult express exactly what he Foreigners de-
that Chinese always indicate by signs what they
about before beginning to talk,
among themselves This be joke, but there is EVIL
IDENTIFY more than grain Of truth in it. Hardly
like easy subject does itf 8"
: y A of great forethought, who doubt
Thru links that the air will be so busy with air
the hips before long that wireless messages will
Earth. lie interfered WITH has carried sue
= : >cessful experiments in sending wireless mes
sages thru the earth. He has already secured patent
rights for his mechanism TO communicate with
Europe by this SYSTEM it will be necessary to bore hole