The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-05-16

A Home
In The Wilderness
Continued from page g.


wished to train him to be of som
use. With Jacks help he made
little basket of rushes, which h
so arranged with straps that i
might be easily fitted on to ths
monkeys back. Thus equipped, ht
was taught to mount cocoanu
palms. and other lofty trees, ant
to bring down their fruit in the
hamper.
Jack was not so successful In
his educational attempts. Fangs
as he had christened his jackal
used his fangs, indeed, but only
on his own account: nothing
could persuade him that the ami
mails he caught were not at once
devoured, consequently poor Jack
vas never able to save from his
jaws anything but the tattered
skin on his prey. Not dishearten-
en-, however, he determined that
Fangs could be trained, and that
he would train him.
These, and such like employ
ments, afforded us the rest and
recreation we required while en-
gagged in the laborious task of
staircase building.
Among minor occupations, / ap-
piled myself to the improvement
Of our candles. Though the form
batch had greatly delighted us
at first, yet we we're soon obliged
to acknowledge that the light
they gave was imperfect, and
their appearance was unsightly;
my wife, too, begged me to find
some substitute for the threads
Of our cotton neckties, which l
had previously used as wicks. To
give the proper shape and smooth
hess to the candles, I determined
o use the bamboo molds 1 had
prepared. My first idea was to
pour the wax in at the end Of
he mold, and then when the can
lies were cooled to slip them
nut; but i was soon corZinced
hat this plan would not Ncceed.
therefore determined to divide
he molds lengthways, and then
creased them we'll, we
night pour the melted wax into
he two halves bound tightly to-
and so be able to take
ut the candles when cool with
ut injuring them. The wicks
yere my next difficulty, and as
he mother positively refued to
low us to devote our ties and
andkerchiefs for the purpose, l
ook a piece of inflamable wood
a tree, a native of the An
lies, which l thought would
erve our purpose; this / cut into
ing slips, and fixed in the CEN
ers of the molds. My wife, too,
repaired some wicks from the
bers of the karata tree, which
be declared would beat mine
ompletely out of the field. We
ut them to the proof. .
On a large fire we placed a pot, I
which we prepared our wax :
Iixture-half beeswax and half {
ak from the candleberries. The ,
Iolds, carefully prepared-half I
it'll karata fiber, and half with !
OGDEN splint wicks-stood on +
Ieir ends in a tub of cold water, +
lady to receive the wax. They r
ere filled; the wax cooled; the !
taken out and subjected
the criticism Of all hands. 8
hen night drew on, they were .
finally tested. The decision was r
luminous: neither gave such a 7
,od light as those with the cot +
n wicks; but even my wife de-
AIRED that the light from mine Z
as far preferable to that emit {
d by hers, for the former, c
ough rather flaring, burned brill a
lntly, while the latter gave out +
Oh a feeble and Pickering flame f
at it vas almost useless. a
then turned shoemaker, for
had promised myself a pair of A
lterproof boots, and now deter s
ned to make them. d
Taking a pair of socks, i filled a
with sand and then coated
over with a thin layer Of
W to form a convenient mold; a
IS was soon hardened in the sun c
d was ready for use. Layer af- il
layer of c~aoutchouc | brushed f
er it, allowing each layer to ]
Y before the next was put on, a
til at length / considered that T
2 shoes were of sufficient thick il
IS. l dried them, broke out the Il
", secured with nails a strip d
buffalo hide to the soles, brush B
that over with c~aOutchouc, L
/ had a pair Of comfortable,
rable, respectable-looking water al
'of boots. W
was delighted; orders poured T
from all sides, and O o ev- /!
'one in the family was likewise a.
for. t6
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