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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
Will Work Pending Arbitration.

New York, April 6.-The emergency committee of the Building Trades Elm
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and low. Frisk would watch him when he
peeped into odd places. with his tail curied
gracefully over his back and his black eyes
fairly dancing with mischief. Then he
would pick up nut right before Teddys
face and whisk away up the tree with it.
So the pleasant autumn days went by un-
til the nuts were all gathered. Teddy had
long ago given UP hunting for Frfsks
hoard in looking forward to Thanksgiving
day. And when 1t came at last, Bringing
with 1t all of Teddy's aunts and uncles and
cousins to spend the day. he had so many
other happy things to think about that he
quite forgot his little friend.
The long. beautiful day passed all too
quickly. The cousins who were staying
in the house gathered about the fireplace to
crack nuts and tell stories. 1t seemed as
If they had hardly begun before the clock
struck 9.
Come, laddies," said Teddy's mama.
keep your stories for another time" She
looked down into their eager, pleading faces
and a happy thought came to her.
Forward, Bedtime Brigade; march to your
tents she said gayly.
The boys laughed and fell into line. two
by two, and marched to the tune she
hummed. At the head of the stairs they
halted.
Let me see." said mama. where shall
quarter you all? Oh, I know. Joe and
Harry may share Ted's room then Ted and
Ralph and Roy can sleep in the big bed in
the spare room. Come, my soldiers and
she led the way.
The bed in the spare chamber was big,
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About Smoking.

In Mexico a boy would soon think of
putting his head in the fire as smoking
before his parents. Even a full-grown
man. with children of his own, will burn
his fingers in hastily pinching out his
cigarette at the unexpected approach of
his aged mother or father Here any
boy is a coward who will do anything be-
hind his parents back that he is ashamed
to do before their faces.
Among Indians it is regarded as the
greatest crime for girl to smoke A story
is told of some daring girls who defied the
custom, and were caught smoking. Their
tongues were slit at the tips as a warning
against such an unladylike habit.
The Pueblo lad dare not smoke by HIM
self before he is twenty-five unless he has
established his warlike prowess by taking
a scalp Even then he must not smoke in
the presence of his parents or any one
sent, which is rarely given. By the way,
the Indians never speak of scalps or scalp
ing. Among some tribes this CHASTITY
trophy is spoken of as "the sacred hair
or the ''oak bark A folk story relates
how two Indian boys who smoked before
proved by their grandfather, wise old
medicine man. He told them they must go
to the Eagle Feather mountains (Manzano
range. and bring him some bark of oak"
Until they returned with this they were
forbidden, under severe penalty, to smoke.
The youths went out in all innocence peel
ed the bark from several trees. and were
greatly chagrined when their GRANDPA Their
told them to try again.
At last wise. friend solved the riddle
for them, and directed them against a
band of marauding Navajoes, from whose
heads the boys got the bark" which en-
titled them thereafter to the privilege OF
smoking.
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FRISk'S FUNNY PANTRY.
BY PEARL HOWARD CAMPBELL.

When Teddy was a little boy somebody
gave him a pretty gray squirrel for pet.
lie was so pretty and so graceful in all his
dy's papa made a nice little box for him,
and fastened it securely to branch of a
maple tree so that he might have a house
all his own.
When the squirrel first came to live with
Teddy he was shy and very much afraid of
strangers, but when he found no one wanted
to hurt him he was quite willing to be
friends with everybody. He liked Teddy
best of ALL and the two spent many happy
hours playing together. Sometimes he
would scramble up Teddy's back and take
ride on his shoulder Then he would
dive into his pockets to see If there were
any peanuts in them.
He was very fond of corn. Once when
Teddy forgot to feed him he stole an ear
out of the ponys Manager and, taking one
end in his mouth, ran lightly along the fence
and up the tree to his favorite nook. There
he sat and nibbled at the kernels, holding
the ear with his queer little hands and
stopping now and then to scold Teddy, who
stood watching him. When he had finished
his dinner he crowded the ear down in a
crotch of the tree. SO he might save 1t for
next time
Early in the summer he began to keep a
sharp lookout for nuts to bury. If Teddy
gave him more than he wanted to eat at
one time he slipped away and hid them.
He never can find 'em all again.. Teddy
said to his mama Hes got nuts buried all
over our yard. He don't know where they
are, I'm sure"
But Teddy was mistaken FriSk did know,
and sometimes he dug them up to eat. This
is the way he buried them: First he made
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say more than just two words-"Mamma,
papa"
II never pay any attention to her yellow
hair said Amanda. You know, it is only
pasted on. Some day when Molly takes her
out riding and gets the hair good and wet
the whole wig will come off. Really, L
would rather have hair painted on, like
Julia. or else have none a all, like Sambo
and me-
And me-" echoed Abraham, giving lit
tie bounce. Abe did have something on top
of his head where the hair should be, but 1t
was the same color as the rest of him, so
no one knew for sure whether it was meant
for hair or not.
Just then there was a rafting across the
room among the soldiers where Tom had
played with them. The dolls pricked up
their ears and heard a wooden soldier say:
They all dislike Clementina because she
is so handsome"
Yes" answered a soldier with a little
tin voice, land because she dresses so well
and can converse
Then Julia spoke up so loudly that all in
the room could hear
''She has strings. That's what is the mat
ter with Miss Frenchy-strings, l wouldn
have them If 1 could
Fee, foo fie. fum,'' shouted the soldiers
back. Their little feelings hurt be-
cause they can't converse, like Clementina
doeS,'
THAT was too much. Julia tried to tear
her hair, only she couldn't, of course. be-
cause it was painted on. Amanda actually
stood up-a thing Molly had tried to teach
her all her life. Abra ham bounced angrily
up and down. and Sambo grew pale with
wrath Suddenly without thinking of con-
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BIDDY THE COAL PICKER.

Biddys mother had seen worse days.
There was a time when the widow and her
two small children did not know one day
where the bread and potatoes for the next
were coming from. Those were hard times.
But now that Dennis OBreen, out of genu-
inc admiration for the widow had under
taken to become a stepfather to the chill
dren. there was always a-plenty. In the
dark days the only source of fuel was drift
wood from the river and coal picked up
along the railroad tracks. There was no
need now to forage for coal. STILL the habit
of economy, or thrift, chung to Biddy's
| mother, and Dennis had never yet had to
buy penny's worth of fuel.
Biddy inherited all her mothers thrift
| and had taken it upon herself to do the
coal gathering. The child had a sweet
| rosy face, and many lump of coal had
CHANGED to roll conveniently close to where
she stood as coal train numbered by. The
! freight train men all had shouting and
waving acquaintance with her.
One day she was coming from the grocery
with bread and crackers and half-dozen
eggs in her apron. Passing near the rail-
road she crossed over to see how the coal
| crop was
The sight of fine shiny chunks of it scat
| tered along the track was too much for her.
| Off came her hat, and into it went the
/ groceries. A freight train stood on sid
| ing, and by standing on tip-toe Biddy could
| just place her hat safely on the floor of an
open car.
| Then she scampered along the track and
| soon had a good load of coal in her apron.
| But think of her dismay on looking up to
| see that the freight train was moving off.
| She ran back toward the car, but the faster
| she ran the faster the train went. She
| shouted and waved back. They supposed
| Biddy was merely greeting them as usual
| But Biddy was broken hearted. In her
| wild race to stop the train ana save her
| hat she had even dropped the coal.
When big-hearted Dennis came home and
| heard the pitiful story he kissed Biddy and
| told her she needed new hat anyway. He
! told her. too that she should never pick up
| coal any more
Somewhere along the railroad line some
body found small girls hat full of bread
| and crackers and eggs and Is guessing to
| this day where it all came from.
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rom such wise, faithful dog as he had

from such a wise, faithful dog as he had
proven himself to be. bss
After Margaret had been told this story
of Dynamite. she was ashamed OF herself
for disliking the dog. just because he was
not much to look at She and Dynamite
became great friends, and all during the
summer, wherever one was, the other was
sure 10 be near When the time came
for Margaret to go back to the city. she
had her father bring a n handsome collar
for Dynamite.
"a collar makes such difference in a
dogs looks" Margaret said. And when
people read what is on 1t. instead of MAX
ing fun of Dynamite's looks they will
praise him. 1 am sure
Margaret was right. Dynamite was very
proud of his collar, and seemed ever so
much less forlorn looking. He pranced
proudly around, but when any one stopped
to read the inscription on the plate. Dyna-
mite would stand perfectly still, as If wait
ing for the word of praise or a pat Of ap-
prevail that was sure to follow.
The plate read: II
Dynamite the property Of Ira Bennett,
Canaan Four Corners, n. Y"
And underneath in bigger letters were
the words. "a Wise and Faithful Mes
Senger.
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sequences, Maude seized a rubber ball and
lifting it In both hands high above her
head she hurled 1t with all her might at
the soldiers.
Maude, being girl, was not supposed
to throw with an aim. The ball flew wide
and really struck no one in the whole army.
Even so, it was like a challenge. The SOL
diers took it as declaration of war. They
were all ready, yes, eager, to die in defense
of their fair Clementina. The little trum-
pets began to blow-some tin, some wooden
the drums beat, the cannons were brought
out and loaded to the muzzle. Then the
march began.
Mercy" cried Sambo, trembling. They
are coming to fight us! What shall We do?'
Lets run for our lives shouted Maude.
You a fine one. to get the fight
started. and then want to run away an
swered Amanda I'VE could defeat the
whole wooden-tin army If only we had
blocks are away off yonder in the corner
or we could throw them.
Listen" said Abraham. You all star,
me going over toward Noah's ark, and I'll
bounce against it so hard that the door will
fly open and the animals will come pouring
out in wild confusion. The soldiers will be
panic stricken. and will flee back for safety
to their own corner.
The plan seemed to be a clever one. and
all agreed gladly, because they saw nc
other chance.
There was no time to lose, for the army
was moving an inch nearer every minute
a
bang! 1t took nerve, but he kept his head
and struck the ark door precisely as he had
calculated.
At once there was deluge of cameIs
lions. donkeys tigers, elephants. bears, os-
trches. eagles, monkeys, prancing and
snorting to see what was going on. Even
the dolls were alarmed at the din.
But an unexpected thing happened. AS
the animals ran among them the soldiers
just jumped upon their backs and in that
way made much better progress than be-
fore. The dolls thought their time had
come. There was tumult everywhere. The
animals growled and roared, the eagles
screamed the hobby-horse rocked, the
trumpets and drums played frantically. The
dolls felt sure they would never see day
light again. Their little hearts stood still
All they could do was lie on their backs and
kick.
In the uproar the monkey from the ark
looking for safe place. jumped on top OF
Jacks box. This brought Jack bounding
out to see what had happened. The mon
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to create several social circles. for all the
other toys took sides in what was going
on In their world, and looked to the dolls
as their leaders. Molly had almost wor-
SHIPPED every one of her dolls it came.
and she was devoted to them still, but
there no denying that Clementina was
the great favorite. Some days she changed
her gown as often as four times, and when
she was put to bed she had the daintiest
of little night dresses to wear. The rest
of the doll family had to sleep in their
clothcs-except Abraham and Sambo, who
slept without anything on.
But the one great accomplishment that
proud Clemertin boosted of was her
speech. Molly had but to pull a string and
the adorable creature would say Mamma.
The pulling of another string moved her to
say Papa" 1t was wonderful to every
one except the other dolls. Maude called
her conceited French upstart. while Sam
DO tried to pout even more than usual,
and looked. If he did not say. Go long
dar; YOU tink yose'f awful smart, don't
YOU,
There had been a great deal OF staring
when Clementina first came to the big
house. The wooden soldiers admired her
soldiers, only, being tin. they dared not
turn their heads either to the left or the
right The jacks, the dancers. the pole
climbers and the acrobats would all have
jumped at an introduction. The jack-in-
the-box did pop out of his nest every chance
he got and looked straight at Clementina
Even the mechanical toys went through
their liveliest motions when the fair beauty
was around. But with such host of admir-
ers there was more less hard feeling
among the rivals themselves.
Things kept growing worse and worse I'M
til the crisis came. on the night of the war
Molly had taken Clementina to sleep with
her leaving the other dolls in the play
room. The window shade was up and there
in the moonlight the trouble began.
she seems to think she is handsomer
than anybody else" said Maude bitterly.
"Molly lavshes all those beautiful gowns
on her. and brushes her yellow hair every
day. II the hair gets in a little tangle so
that the brush or comb pulls it, Molly jerks
the string 10 make her Shrek Mamma =
And then Molly calls her cunning and cute
and all that We could talk. too. every one
OF US, IL we had strings. 1t isn't our fault
that we were made without strings
Sambo remarked that If Clementina was
as smart as she pretended to be she would
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A Play Room.
,uth's Companion

From the Youths Companion
"Oh. oh, ohr The twins clapped their
hands and danced up and down, they were
so pleased.
ut is the incest place I ever saw" said
Willard
1--WE will stay here all the tine!' cried
Oracle.
There were pickets all round the sides,
taller than the children's heads, and tent
like roof made of a big square of cotton
cloth tied to the posts at each corner, and
held upright in the middle by being fas-
tened to a cross-rope that was tied higher
nm between two posts. There was a gate
on one side near the stairway door, fas-
tened on the outside with a hasp and pad
lock. so the children could not get out and
no one could get in without mammals key.
A little table and four low wooden chairs
were In one corner two chairs being for
visitors In the opposite corner there was
a chat for mamma and one for papa or
caller And in a third corner there was
covered wooden box. for the twins play
things.
Two stout hooks were waiting for the
hammock to swing by, cOrnerwise, but
when the hammock was up there was not
/. much room left.
''This is my birthday present for you."
said papa.
.Oh, thank you! 1t is the incest present
we ever have hadr' cried willard
For the new play room was between the
pests of one Of the clothes drying sheds on
the nat roof Of tall apartment house
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MONEY IN HIS POCKET.
BY GORDON KANE.

Inc poet IennySOn once wrote:
:. the jingling Of the guinea
Helps the hurt that honor feels.
Which is another way of saying that the
person who has money in his pocket holds
his head higher, walks straighter and may
endure taunts or sneers that would other
wise exhaust his patience
Charlie Fay tried this for himself, and if
you ask him he will tell you it is SO. He
was a ragged boy, Charlie was, ragged and
careless and dirty. No one blamed him
greatly, for he had not much encourage
ment at home. His father drank, and his
mother was-well to say the best, she was
not ambitious. Charlie and two little sis
ters were left pretty much to themselves.
The boy sold few papers, and once in
awhile picked up an odd job, but the trifies
he earned were quickly spent
Yet there was thing to Charles
credit; he couldn't stand having fun made
of him. A boy who called him ''raggy,"
either had to fight or run. Charlie was
quick tempered. and in spite of bad condi-
lions he did have some pride. 1t was this,
perhaps, that saved him.
The boy who tormented him most had
good home, and was successful business
fellow In way he was competitor Of
Charlie, but outdid him at every turn. Dur
ing their last squabble he had called Char
lie ragged beggar and had shouted:
Don't you try to sell papers to my GUS
toners any more"
The challenge struck home. Charlie re-
solved then and there to change things. He
first cleaned himself up. cut the tattered
edges off of his ragged clothes, got his
mother to take a few stitches by specia
request, and set out in earnest to sell
papers.
At the end of two weeks he was handling
nearly as many as his business rival 1t
had been hard work to keep out of a fight,
but when he was tainted he put his hand
in his pocket, ratified the pennies and called
out, Never you mind, I'm saving wood.
Just about that time he saw an advertise
ment asking for boy to sell weekly papers
and build up a new business.
This is my chance" he said to himself.
Ordering some samples he went into bust
ness for fair. He visited the offices, the
factories the stores, and finally the homes
Every week he turned over his capital, add
ed something to it and extended his busi-
ness BY the end of two months he bought
and paid for some new clothes. The pen
MES that used to rattle in the pocket of his
old trousers had now, by delightful bit OF
magic turned into dimes and quarters. HIS
rival no longer called him Rags. IN
stead it was, Hello Charlie, how's bust
nesS?
ing every day l have four fellows helping
me now 1 give them most of the profit on
the business they get and keep small part
myself, as manager, you know
This wasn't exactly boast Ii was
fact. The pride that Charlie Fay felt IN
his success was not foolish PRIDE. lie mad
worked hard and really deserved IT,
.Say. Charlie, I-I-think l could get
some folks to buy that paper, too SAID the
rival one day. u, sy
Not: bit of it. He didn't need to. The
other way was more fun. And after all 1t
was the fellows taunt that really turned
Charlie about and was now putting money
into his pocket.
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THE WAR FOR CLEMENT|NA
RY BERTHA SAUNDERS.

The tall clock in the hall struck twelve
Molly four years old; Tom, six years old.
and Dick, going on eight, were safely
asleep. So was everybody else in the big
house. And this fierce war that began and
was fought and ended all in single night
would never have been heard of if the man
in the moon had not told 1t. He looked
through the windows and saw the whole
affair.
The cause of the conflict dated away back
TO last Christmas when Molly's newest doll
came into the family. She really was hand
some. Molly named her Clementina which
at once gave her distinction above the old
er members of the doll household. There
was MaUde, who had been gay In her day,
and who always shut her eyes when she
lay down just as gracefully as Clementina
herself and she had owned something of
a wardrobe, too. Then there was Julia,
the old china doll. who never had more
than one dress at time, and who had not
owned a new one for months There was
Amanda. the rag doll who was two years
old and had worn the same dress all her
life. Sambo. the coon doll. and Abraham,
the rubber boy. never had any clothes at
all.
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little three-cornered tear in the sod, then
he pushed the nut under and patted it
down with his deft little paws until you
might look very closely and never guess
that nut was hidden there.
If he could not get nuts he would bury
the ripe seeds from the naples. A large
hickory tree grew close to the side of the
house. and when the first frosts sent the nuts
pattering down in showers he worked with
might and main. There were no more mo-
ments wasted in chasing the blue jays,
whom he delighted to tease.
Where does he put SO many?" asked
Teddy. He can't bury them all. The front
yard would not begin to hold them"
Frisk looked UP from the nut he was eat
ing and chartered something which Teddy
could not understand He shook his finger
at his little chum.
You little rogue of a squirrel Ted said
Il will find your storehouse yet"
But he did not although he hunted high
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old-fa fashioned four-poster that would easily
have held a dozen boys. The three thought
il was great fun TO have it all to themselves.
They played that they were real soldiers
who had reached camp after a long and
painful march. But when Ralph, as d
scout crept under the covers first his feet
touched something round and hard
why. Ted he exclaimed Have you
been hiding your marbles in here?
Marbles said Teddy; his eyes big with
surprise No. Why should I?'
Then Ralph threw back the quilts and
they found-what do you suppose? Why,
Frisk's winter supply of nuts. The little
rogue had slipped in through an open WIN
dow and hidden them in the very last place
that Teddy would ever have thought of
searching. Don't you think that a bed was
the queerest place in the world for pam
try? The boys did, and they wondered how
Frisk happened to choose it.
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CHARADE.
My first is 10 study over. my second is foolish
my third means devoured and my whole is TO recon-
Gle.
HIDDEN RELATIVES.
1. Are there many plums the treef
=. That picture forever haunts
3. The way she plays is terrible.
4. viii you have some broth. Ernest2
5. Tell them other true facts about IL.
CENTRAL ACROSTIC.
The central letters of the words defined below
spell the name of a month.
l. Comical. 2. To push up. B. Not 4.
Open view. 5. An evil spirit. 9. piece Of
furniture. Z. To crawl. s. body of troops.
ARITHMETIC PUZZLE.
l. Take fifty from jewel and leave a fruit.
2. Add thousand TO tree and get to press.
8. Add hundred to elevation of land and
get cold
4. Add five 10 a liquor and get a valley.
5. Take thousand from to appear and Leave
to view.
DIAMONDS.
Al. A vowel IN review" 2. unit. 3. To
invest. 4. Sport. s. A vowel In review
B-1. a vowel in piece" 2. Evening. 8. To
avoid. 4. To join s. A vowel in piece"
PIED COLLEGES.
1. Darvhar 2. Trinonpce. 8. Tardthoum 4.
Bilamuoc. 8. Lealyelew. 6. Rasvas. Z. Leorncl.
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key was tossed to the ceiling with a shrill
scream.
The army thought there had been an ex-
plosion. Every soldier believed he had been
killed in the war for Clementina. so they all
dropped in their tracks. The war was over.
The animals went back to the ark. The
dolls slept from exhaustion.
When Molly found them next morning she
thought they looked woefully distressed. so
she took a notion to fix them all up anew.
1t was like beginning life over, and they
were all happy for many days afterward