Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 185, 12 June 1920 — Page 14

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RICHMOND, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1920

QUERY CORNER

The editor will try to answer questions readers of tho Junior submit to her. She will not promise to answer all of them. The ijucstlons will bo answered In rotation, so do not expect the answer to bo printed In the same week In which you send It In. Dear Aunt Tolly: What Is the animal In the whole world?-J. K. Dear J. K.: Now I knew that panthers, and alligators, and lions, nnrf tlirnra and snakes would kilt people and eat them If they were angry or hungry, or both. But that did not solve the problem as to which was the fiercest In the whole world. I set out to una some more reliable information. I fru.nrt it in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and. of course, Lewis Carroll must have known what he was talking about when he urged children to beware the terrible jabbervrock, so, I think the Jabberwock must be the fiercest animal in the world. After that, according to Mr. Carroll, come the jub jub bird and the bandersnatch. Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: What's the littlest thing in the whole world? C. C. Dear C. C: An atom. Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Tolly: Where did Africa get its name? When? C. Dear C: There is an old Btory a legend, they call it that says this continent was named for Afer, the son of Hercules. The name was first used, really, though, by the Romans who gave the name to the people who lived in and around tho great old city of Carthage, and who were wanderers. The first big ex pedition into Africa was made ini 7 B. C Aunt Polly. Fatty There was once a man by name of Fatty More Moster. the lie was called Fatty because he was so fat and lazy. He grumbled wheni 3 1, a Un.l w -Mrsiflr to gersomething" to eaT He lived" in a tumble-down shack on the edge fharleJ th. J hVw , fat which were as thin as he was at. Whenever he would work the least bit, he worked about one minute to five of rest. It would - f L. II mil ;l take him a whole day to sweep sidewalks for some of the rich people. For sweeping sidewalks was the kind of work for him. One day as he was sweeping walks for a rich man by the name of Mr. Thorton, ho suddenly saw his friend" Jake. While talking to him, Mr. Thorton came up. "Why aren't you working, you lazy piece of fat stuff 'he cried angrily. "Well, I have been working all morning and saw my friend and talked to him. Then you give it to me because 1 rested a little," cried Fatty very indignantly. "You haven't been working because I was looking out of the window and saw you," cried Mr. Thorton, very angry, indeed. "Well have it your way then," said Fatty, who was so easy going it did not matter to him. With this statement Mr. Thorton was so angry that he walked off without so much as saying a word. After he was a little way off, Jake said: v "Some blow up, eh, Fatty?" "You bet. I've had several to one with him," said Fatty, whose grammar was bad in places. "He hasn't got any anger oh, no!" "How much did you get for doing this job, Fatty?" "I hain't got nothin yit," said Tatty, looking very funny indeed. "What's the matter, Fatty, you look sp funny?" '"a,J,a. look so funny?" said Jake, who could . not control himself any longer, but burst out laughing. Strange to say, Jake had a very good education. Nobody seemed to know him very well. Everybody knew Fatty. "Well, I had better be going; It's getting close to noon," said Jake, starting off. "Oh, I say, Jake, old top, you don't have any baccer or cigars you would lend, have you?" but "with a shake of the head from the other, he added, "Aw, come on, be tk sport; ye know, I'd do it for you." But as his companion wolked off je returned to his work, grumbling, paying the while: l "Suit, it would make a work a

lot easier If I had a leetle bit of baccer. But such an old stiff as he wouldn't give you a taste. My! but some people are stingy! Then that old man came and told me to git to work; said he was looking out the winder, and say I weren't workln.' The very idea! No stlffer

than the rest, I guess. My good ness, here I have ben working my daylightj out fer one 0, these here rich men Huh, they don't do a bit of work. All they do is Bit around and spend money. Don't give any to the poor like me. Here me, I only get twenty cints for sweepin' all mornln'. I suppose the only thing I'm to do is to git married. A rich lady would suit me pretty woll. One who is Just rolling in mon'." He Btopped working and talking for a while, but began again in several minutes, adding: "Cracky, it must be about forty million in tho shade, it's so hot. I wish it were only forty millori dollars. I never would have to work any mom Huh-huli, you bet I do! You can just bet " While saying this something hit him on the leg. He turned around and saw a lot of small children throwing rocks at him. This made him so mad he cried out: "You, young whelps! You'll see tho end of yourselves as soon as I get a hold of you." Ho started after tho children, running as fast as he could go. Which wasn't very fast. So, of course, the children soon were very far beyond him. Ho went back to his work, saying: "Those gracious whelps they hain't got a bit of respect for a gentleman like me. No, indeedy, that's not me." Just then a man came up and slapped him on the back, saying: "Hello, Fatty, how aro you getting along, old sport?" "Oh, in the usual way." "Woll, I say liow would you like to have a job? Not one of these hard jobs like you are doing now, but a very easy one?" asked the man. "Well, I might try it. But it depends oifwhat tho job is. And, by ! the way, what is your name? The i idea of your coming around here i and talking to me when I don't know your name and you don't ne," Fatty replied, almost angrily . , must act for a picture show ompany My name ig Jolm Mack the nead appointer for tho ()nio and WftstPn tm,,,-,, nctine comDanv. You have very little to do with high pay." "What kind of work will I have to do?" "Oh, you must promise, when you say you go in, that you will do anything we want you to do. It will mostly be making love to Mary Pickford or Mabel Normand," said Mr. Mack "Suits mo pretty well," said Fatty. "Well, I guess I will." So, he took his promise. "When can you come around and meet the boss," asked Mr. Mack. "Right away suits mo." They went along for a few blocks and finally came to a largo limousine. Mr. Mack motion ed for Fatty to get in and then he i got in himself. Trfey went several miles out in the cuntry and finally came to a largo tent which they en tered. At a desk sat a man about fifty. He rose as John Mack and Fatty entered. "I have picked out Fatty hero for our man in tho show," said Mr. Mack. "I'm glad to see you, Fatty. I hope you like the work in this company. Mr. Mack here will give you your orders. You will get twenty-five dollars a week at first. Later, if you do better, you will get! more, said the man at the desk, which Fatty learned afterward was Mr. Morgan "Now, the first thing on the procram will be to learn to swim, if you don't already know how," said ! ! Mr. Mack.

"Well, I don't." "Oh, that isn't hard to do. You will learn in a little bit." "Oh, all right, then," said Fatty. "Well, come along." But it was a hard job, both for Fatty and Mr. Mack. Fatty grumbled so much that it got on Mr. Mack's nerves and he got all out of fix. But when Fatty got his week's pay he said: "My, I must have been awful cross. But I will turn over a new leaf." And he did for we all know Fatty Arbuckle. Made up by June Templin Eighth grade, Milton School . Honorable Mention in the Storjr-Writing Contest.J t

MAKING A

Grant M. Hyde "I was just reading, Uncle Bob, about how folks used to tell time by sun dials. Do you suppose I could build one that would work?" "You certainly could. Let's do it Here's hov: "The main part of the sun dial is a flat board, 12 Inches square. Cut it out carefully from one large board or build it up of smaller boards. Then find the exact center of it (E) and, placing a point of a compass there, draw a circle on the board, 11 inches in diameter. Select one edge of the board as South and from the center of that side (F) draw a straight line through E to the center of the North side, opposite. On this line mark two points, A and B, each i 2lA inches from E. Boro -inchjj holes at A and B and, with a key- j i hole saw, connect them with a j slit, inch wide. M "Next, cut out of -inch wood the triangular piece ABD, shown in the insert, making the angle between BA and BD about 45 or 50 degrees. The bottom edge of this triangular piece should be fitted so that it can bo set into the slit which you cut in the table. The point, BC, should be made of a thin Woodcraft for Outdoor Boys and GirU Francis Holt-Wheeler A good woodsman knows where he is, whenever he is within a dozen miles of his homeeamp. How? Because long use has taught him the contours of the land. It isn't so much the look of the land as the lie of the land. A good guide even in strange country, will say: vve ought to run creek over the next &CrOSS Hint rrest " and euro Anmirh vim find it One of tho jobs of a camping party ought to be to make n con- i tour map of the immediate region.; For example, the camp is two miles , trom the railroad, on tho side of a about oujini 5ii v.ijii, rr nii. u iti iva (Vijuui j half a mile up. The cliffs on the 1 opposite side of the river are steep, and the only way to get on tho fur-, ther side of that ridge is to go up ; and cross both streams, then you I strike level land. If you want to go down stream you've got to go back a mile to where the trail forks to a trail marked easy. A second fork to the south is marked stop, because there's a bad marsh on that side. There's a bridge, but it is marKeo stop, also, probably in dlsTrePa,,r tThe trail is by the ford. 'in ftrilor in trot thfjf ctnru wliinh is only a small beginning if you tried to use tho pictures, you'd get utterly lost. But a rough contour map will tell you in a jiffy. If to tho simple map, be added information such as the location of springs or where provisions are cached, then such a contour map is of ut-l most value to every one using the camp. It is one of the most interesting things in woodcraft. A well pro-; vided camp should have such a I contour map on a large scale prepared by the fellows and each camper should have a small rough copy. Every additional piece of information secured should be entered on the large camp map. By the end of the stay in camp, that large scale map will tell the story of the vacation and will become a prized possession for use in future years.. Boys' and GirW Newspaper Service. ,

CoMTourz map op" OvfZ Camp..

SUN-DIAL

piece of hardwood, 8 inches long, tacked to tho top edge of the triangular piece. Mark the center of the North side as 12 o'clock. "Before going further with the dial, you must find a post or pedcstal, where sun will strike all day. Then place the dial on top1 of th nost with thfl South ,W fnninr no nnai Qrwuih -wi n iace it. Fasten tho dial with one nail near E and wait for the sun to he'p you lay out tho hours. Just at noon, by the watch, regulate tho dial by turning it just enough to make the shadow of the ' pointer fall squarely on the 12 j o'clock mark on the North side, j Then nail it securely in place. Tho rest of the hours you can mark! easily with the- sun's aid. Just at j 1 o'clock mark the line of the j pointer's shadow as 1. Then with i watch, mark 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock, J and so on, until you have marked i . I nil i r c Knurti f rr C til i i nnf l ' I -"J uvm o iiuui u.uu a. iu. uuiu i 7 : 00 p- m- Mark each hour perin tho board . Then paint tho whole thing white, and put numbers j on with paint. Every sunny day; me pointers shadow will toll you what time it is." Boys' and Girls' 1 Newspaper Service. BOTH AMERICANS NAMED "AMERICA," HENCE THE SMILES Mrs. America Gra t and America Jackson. Mrs. America Grant, wife of U. S. Grant, Jr., son of the late president and general, is shown holding her little nine-montha-old namesake, America Jackson, while playing with the babe at the U. S. Grant hotel in San Francisco. The child is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Jackson of Los Angeles. Both seem to be pretty proud of their names. WANT ADS FOR SALE Bird houses. Made any size. Call Claude Bond, 1237 Main St WANTED To buy Angora cat; Phone 1821, or call 111 N. 3rd St

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RIDDLES

1. What country would be a good skating park? Margaret Ruth Newman, Bloomingport School. 2. What islands are very sociable? 3. These birds have their names all mixed up. Can you help to straighten them out? Edith Smelker, New Taris, Ohio. They are: nbrio, wrasorp, kawderloam, nrew, rkifecl, lndaairc, traorp, dirbbelu, rhigiesfnk. 4. Some cans: (a.) What can offers himself for an office? (b.) What can is a waterway? (c.) What can is a great country? (d.) What can is a covering? (e.) What can is an easy gait for a horse? (f.) What can is a ravine? (g.) What can makes sweet music? IJllian Smellier, New Paris, Ohio. (Answers will appear in next week's Junior.) ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S RIDDLES. 1. M. wich Because there is a man in it. R. Newman. 2. Tho SandIslands. 3. Mixed trees : oak, elm, spruce, pine, mulberry, cherry, apple, pear, dogwood, hickory, persimmon, hemlock, ash, linden. Edith Smelker. 4. Some canna, canine, canaibals canteen, cannon. Lillian I SlHClltCr. Nelson' s Adventures On a little plantation in eastern Kentucky the family of Porterfield resided. They had one son, named Nelson, who was dissatisfied at home on account of having charge of his father's slaves. In 1811, ho left for Indiana, and settled in northern Wayne county, where he lived for tnany years. Being a farmer, ho kept several horses. In order to have' them return from grazing in thickets and underbrush, ho kept one horse tied insidrs the log barn bo that tho others would oorno back to hjm. But one day, the horses failed to return. After waiting a few days, Nelson derided to go in search of them. Leaving his young wife at homo with her people, he took his only horfie and a trusty rifle. The first day proved fruitless. When night came one he was hungry. Seeing by tho light of the moon a couple of large birds in tho tree above him, which he recognized as wild ! turkeys, he shot one, cut it up with : his hunting knife, and cooked it on I a stump which he had set afire be- ; fore. After preparing it and seasoiling it with some salt, he ate his supper. Knowing the Indians were ever so treacherous, he let his fire burn down and with somo wet earth smothered tho coals. Soon he heard the leaves rustling about him and dry twigs snapping. Then he realized that ho was surrounded by a pack of woIve3. His horse pawed and snorted, and tried to break loose. He saw many pairs of green eyes looking at him. With the only . shot left in his rifle he wounded one. The balance of the pack pounced upon that wolf and tore him to pieces. Having their hunger satisfied, they soon disappeared. Nelson spent a sleepless night and in the morning continued his jour ney. Seeing some smoke arising, he passed on until he arrived at an Indian village, where the warriors with painted faces were readyto leave on a war raid. Nelson saw that they might do him harm and said, "White man hungry." The Indians replied, "White man hungry?" and gave him venison to eat. Tho Indians surrounded him and said, 'Taint white man;' 'and, with a brush painted his face in fiery red colors. When he inquired for his lost horses an Indian said, "There!" and pointed his finger and raising his hand up and down three times showed the white man that they would be found beyond the third hill. Strange to say, he found them there, but when he left for home with them, he was careful not to go by the Indian camp. On arriving home, his folks did not know him with his painted face, and he had to roll up his sleeves to show that he wasi a white man and to give his name as Nelson before they could be convinced that it was really he. He alwa-3 felt that he had two narrow escapes: one, from being torn to pieces by the savage wolves and the other, from being scalped by the fierce warriors. This is a story of true adventure.l Ruth Critchett, Garfield SchooL