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Evening star., 1905-10-28

way or whatever else is suggested Trees.
animals and buildings may also be cut out
and arranged with the figures
1t is easy to make the scene grotesale
large head may be pasted upon a small
body. or the reverse. A little man NAV be
made to lead dog twice his height. You
may find group of dogs and place among
them figures of men and women that look
like dwarf5- Indeed, the whole world of
imagination Is open and you may people
1t with dwarfs and giants II you wish
When you decide what the scene will be
ana how the figures will be arranged, draw
a border, either plain or fancy, paste in
your figures and draw whatever lines and
so forth that may be necessary.
Then In corner. or whatever there may
be room. paste the table of dates and days,
taken from some printed calendar. II you
do not find such table OF suitable size, 1t
Is easy to draw one.
Once In a while you will make calendar
that seems too pretty to throw away when
the month Is past: then you may simply
draw new table for the next month, past
ing Il over the old table. That may be re-
peated month after month.
This calendar idea Is worth remembering
too, for homemade Christmas gifts. BY
using q light-colored canvas or buriap
tightly tackled over board yery artistic
ornament may bs mado.
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Where Nod and the Sandman Meet.
BY RALPH WILBUR,

'It's time for story, Uncle Bob" pleaded
the children when that witchlng time be-
tween the dark and daylight had arrived
which the poet best beloved by the chill
dren called The ChiIdren's Hour" please,
Uncle Bob. a story, a song. or both" And
so Uncle Bob sang and told this story:
It's a wonderful land. you may believe,
Where Nod and the Sandman meet
The houses apt TO be upside DOWN
In the middle Of the street,
And they laugh at what's called Impossible
Whenever each other they greet
.uello." they say as each other they spy,
Now what shall 1t he tonight?
Shall we hitch team Of pink elephants
With wings, and go for flight
To the place where mince pies grow on trees
And pick few for a bitter
..or shall we discover mine of gold
In the land Of diamond stones,
Where the ripping brooks are OF sweet perfume
And nOught Is heard but the groans
OF bushes beneath their great weight OF gems
GroanIne In musical tOnesf
"Where the lily pads are brown buckwheat cakes
Afoat In lake Of honey,
And all is free for the taking, so that
No one needs any money,
where you couldn't feel sad should you try to.
Everything seems so funny.
And then they whisper to me:
perhaps tomorrow You may not Dehe'e
The things Wen take you to see.
But that won't prove they didn't occurI
Now, let be on, we three.
s, once in a while I must take trip
To the land where, fancy free.
1 can wander and note the happenings
OF things never known to he.
Except to people who visit that land
With Nod. the Sandman and me.
''The fact is. the last time / was there so
many things happened and they happened
SO fast. that it's hard to recall them. Why
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How to Save Money.
From Suggestion.

1 received letter from a young man
twenty-three years of age. asking what line
of auto-suggestion he should follow to keen
himself from spending money. He said he
had been unable to save even a dollar. al
though he had been working since his seven
teenth year and had always drawn a good
salary. Within a few days after receiving
his months salary 1t would ali be spent
with very little to show for his money. He
claimed he neither drank nor gambled. but
felt that he must spend his money and often
found himself returning home with some
thing absolutely worthless to him, although
at the time he bought 1t he felt compelled
to make the purchase.
OF course. It would be possible for nv
correspondent to have a guardian for his
funds appointed. but 1t seems to me this
would be humiliating and would not over
come the trouble In the man himself Be-
Hef of this nature would be like imprisoning
q patient with an alcoholic or morphine or
other drug habit so he could not have access
to his drug.
I am satisfied my correspondent can cure
himself IL his money spending habit by de-
veloping the principe of self-control through
auto-suggestton. and he will then have not
only sufficient will power to save his money.
but viii power that will stand him In good
stead tn every walk of life where will pow
or and determination are required.
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How do you do?'' it asked in a familiar

How do you do?'' it asked in familiar
tone.
81 can't recall ever having met you be-
fore" I replied rather coldly.
THAT was your misfortune 1t remarked
I've met people resembling you and
didn't admire them" 1 retorted rather Sc
verely.
NO doubt. no doubt" 1t replied. "You
are the kind that wants the. real thing.
limitations won't work with you
1--WE heard of refined lard, i ventured.
Yes, yes" 1t answered, but that doesn't
say 1t was educated. I'm educated
What can you do?' I asked.
"Oh, l can spell peoples names, among
other things" 1t said.
Spell mine" l suggested.
with pleasure" ii replied: and at once
there appeared on the floor a lot of cards
which seemed 10 have letters on them,
though from where 1 sat l could not tell
one from another.
Carefully picking out six of them and
arranging them in order. It said with a sat
isfied grunt. Il guess that's all right" and
really. there being six of them l thought II
was. too. until. going TO look. 1 saw that
Instead OF spelling Robert they spelled
Donkey. Noting my look of indignation the
pig squealed with delight.
was about to say something very severe
when "Ha-ka-ha! Ho-ho-hoi Oh. myt
Oh, MY" met my ears and the funniest
clown l had ever seen danced in laughing
so heartily that 1 couldn't help joining him
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hardly had I started to ask a giantess how
much she weighed. when poof! a wind blew
her away as If she had been thistledown,
and l found she had been sitting on large
bureau instead of on chair, as l had sup
posed Going up to the large, old-fashioned
thing I read painted on its top: Informa-
tion Bureau. Ask your question and turn
knob to the right
"'Ahar l exclaimed. AT last have found
tti Now l can learn a good many things
I've been wanting to know. Mr. Bureau
said. politely, will you kindly inform me
Why do the things like the best
Agree with the least7
And why things | do not like
The best for man and beastf'
Receiving no reply, l was about to get
angry, when 1 looked at the top again, and
there in a little glass frame was card
which read:
"A man whose curiosity
Got the best Of his common
Once asked bun how strong he was.
And was tossed DER the pasture fence.
Then ne knew. but somehow the answer
Didn't suit his conceit immense"
When I finished reading l didn't feel very
Eood-uatured. you may imagine; and l was
thinking about kicking the bureau and call
ing 1t a fraud A gentle little voice stopped
me. saying: Now. don't get mad; don't get
mad. please" and. turning. ! saw the sweet
est little midget ! had ever seen. She was
dressed as a hOusemaid, but was sitting on
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An Umbrella Tragedy.

Look at me. Just look at mer'
IT was the umbrella that spoke or. rather,
the remains of what once had been an UNI
brella A sloppy. fabby, muddy patch of
silk, a dozen bent wires and broken stick
carved at one end was all one could now
see.
"Only look at me! Fifteen minutes ago
was a handsome new silk umbrella, proud
of myself and my young owners pride. Now
1 am trampled under the hoofs Of horses
and run over by every kind of wheel-not
worth two cents. Look at mel
And 1t all happened in a jiffy! My,
should be dizzy yet If l didn't feel so dread
fully fat. Harry was coming up the ave-
nue., swingingly me admiringly. and, Of
course, wishing for a shower. And, would
you believe It, he got his wish!
Harry felt the first drop, and up I was
pushed. Joe, who was walking beside him,
declared il did not rain, and called Harry
proud for wanting to show me off. Harry
told Joe he was only jealous because he
didn't have a fine new umbrella
well. it soon rained hard, and then Joe
changed his tune. He wanted to walk under
me, but Harry pushed him roughly away.
Joe pushed back; he showed Harry fairly
out in the street.
Perhaps Harry was angry. and 1 don't
blame him. either though l wish he hadn't
laid me down while he went to give Joe the
pummeling he deserved.
But we had just come to that fearfully
gusty corner, where the wind blows seven
teen ways a second The instant Harry let
go of me one of the crazy puffs reached
under me and made me so lght-headed l
jumped up to the seVenth-story windows in
one bound.
Il felt like balloon until five other puffs
seized me. all pulling different ways. 1
turned thirty somersaults, landing plump in
front of big ugly auto!
And remember, please, I never harmed
so little thing as grasshopper. But just
look at mer
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Fun With Old Magazine.

In these days Of many magazines and
abundant pictures 1t is interesting to know
how they may be used after they have been
thoroughly read and enjoyed.
There is hardly a more delightful way to
spend a stormy day or an evening by the
lamplight than in cutting pictures out OF
old magazines and papers. Then IL they
canbe turned to some good use. all the bet
ter.
One such use is the making Of calendars,
either for your own home or for gifts. The
best way to proceed is to cut out q good
many fgures-many more than you will use
on one calendar, ana lay them loosely upon
q sheet OF paper or within space on the
table. the size your calendar sheet viii be.
This arrangement or grouping OF the pic
lures is the important part. You must Sc
lect figures that go well together to form q
group; each must be In proportion to the
other. Tou may select those that are seri-
GUS or those that are gay. The scene may
- city streetA village square, country high
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a golden throne. which was fairly blazing
with brilliant Jewels.
Excuse me-" said. very politely, but /
don't like to be made fun Of.
That's too bad she said, sweetfy, De
cause you know everything here is either
made fun of or made of fun. Now, that In
formation bureau is made of fun.
. Indeed / answered, a little stiffiy. And
pray what are you made orr
''Oh, II" she replied. and l fancicd there
was little giggle in her tone-"Im maid
of all work.
do housemaids generally sit on jeweled
thrones?" / asked, rather severely, for
have never approved of servants ia King lib
critics during their mistress absence.
Not generally" she answered, damureiy;
that is, unless they're thrown there
will. you please explain?' l asked.
Certainly" she answered. sweetly. You
see, when the wind blew the stout lady out
1t blew me in, and here is where 1 landed.
Don't you know where you are?''
II can't say that l do exactly" l an
swered.
Then that explains things" she said.
You are where all the circus and museum
freaks and wonders come to after the
crowds have stopped wondering at them.
Here comes the two-headed songstress
now!" And 10 and behold! young woman
walked in with two heads-one with light
and the other with dark hair. Not seeming
to notice me, she cleared her throat and
sang:
'Oh. sad is the lot Of a two-headed maid,
With two voices to Quiver and trill,
Two tongues to ask for something to eat,
And only one stomach to fill;
Two heads brimfui of two different IDEAS
The brunette, and one blonde;
Two sets of eyes to fall deeply In love
And only one heart to respond
Enough. enought' / interrupted, and
must say / felt alarmed. for If those two
sets of eyes had begun crying with perhaps
only one handkerchief between them it
might have been dreadful. Happily the for
\ +I.v vx,iI
ished. and instead there appeared the edu-
Gated pig. '--
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Dora and Esther wondered what could have
happened to their papa.
The very next morning tho hunter found
tiger den with some beautiful cubs, play
ing like so many large kittens, The mother
tiger was away looking for breakfast; so
the hunter had only TO spread his net over
the two playful cubs that he thought the
finest. and start home with his captives
swung over his shoulders.
Before the hunter had gone far the mother
tiger came home. Now. even a tiger has
mother feelings and does not ike 70 have
her children stolen. So what does she do
but smell the tracks to find out which way
the hunter hod gone. and then follow him!
After the hunter had travelled a long way
he was weary. Placing his burden upon the
ground he sat down TO rest under a tree.
So weary was he that he soon fell asleep.
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A Halloween Game.

Floating Needles.-Take creased needles
and float them in a basin Of water. First
lay piece of tissue paper in the water
and lay the needle upon 1t. Soon the paper
will become wet and sink, leaving the
needle floating. Each person has one
needle, and 1t is funny to watch its action.
Sometimes II will rush to the edge of the
water, sometimes it will run into another
players and cling to it in a, way that is re-
garded as prophetic.
Hobsons Choice.-Blacl clSen one end of a
cork. The victim, blindfolded, is asked 10
choose the right or left end 0irst having
been told that one end is black). The end
chosen is drawn across the forehead or
cheek, and this is repeated three times,
when the bandage is removed and mirror
produced.
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The Jungle Hunter.

Once there was q man who lived close by
the jungles and he was hunter. He some
times killed lions and tigers and other
strong wild animals who made their home
in the jungies.
But the chief business of this hunter was
the capture of young wild animals to be
sold to the museums or the circus. 1t was
dangerous business. and his two little girls.
Dora and Esther. were often very anxious
about their papa when he was away longer
than usual.
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to get and SO fascinating once they are
bought
For many tired, overburdened or shut-in
people just such an outside inspiration as
this Is OF extraordinary value. II is not
necessary TO stop with the languages begun
at school-far from 1t. Both Italian and
Spanish are easily learned By ones self. so
far as reading goes, and they are the pref
tiest of pastimes for one who has even a
slight knowledge of Latin or French.
Even the best translatlons lose some OF
the charm of the original. and reading at
first hand has a sufficient reward for the
trouble or costs. AS hobby" that indef-
inite thing which SO many nowadays claim
to be necessary 10 happiness, It ranks very
high
Better is a sentence day where gain is
than chapter a month and discourage
ment herewith!
Evening star., 1905-10-28
Asking Mother.
BY RUTH FLETCHER.

bl Ruth fLETCHER.
Mother, say, now, can't 1 20
Hunting In the woods with Joef
Wiliie's mother says he can:
IN take care; I'm most a man.
DO. please. mother. let me go
Hunting In the woods with Joef"
So Fred begs; and would you think
At the very self-same time
In the house across the street
Willie rings the self same chtmef
Mother, say, now. can't I TO
Hunting In the woods with Joef
Freddie's mother said he might
sure. Wen be home long 'fore nisht.
DO, please, mother, let me 70
Hunting In the woods with toefs
Joe stands waiting in the street
Iousled hair and rough -shod feet.
Tight he holds his battered gun.
Hears the pleading Of each ouei
stands and listens anxfously.
Thinking, thinking soberly.
Guess their mothers think I'm rousA
Wild and reckless. like enough:
Hardly trust their boys to me:
Wish they would, and then they'd -
Just how careful could be.
I don't have to ask my mother,
FOR she's dead. There's mona to botheR
u stay or II 60:
Wouidn't bs happy, though,
To hear mother tell me: No.
Ion can't - hunting, Joels
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WORD SQUARE.
1. Zeal. 2. To lift up. g. A fingers breadth.
4. willow twig. 8. Prefix meaning backward.
CHARADE.
My first and my second might easily be
The name of girl you'll very see.
My third. fourth, fifth sixth denote power indeed
My fourth, a boys nickname. something you
dread,
Or something convenient In buying tits said
Ny third is an article easily guessed.
My fifth is pronoun. and, for the rest,
My sixth is beverage. bad for small boys
Possessing my whole, you're child enjoys.
BEHEADINGs.
Behead:
1. A sharp instrument and leave a part Of SEN
tence.
2. Not and leave always.
3. On high and leave part of barn.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
am composed OF twelve letters and spell ths
name OF an important state.
My l. 2, IL, is the sound of a bell.
My 8, 8, IL. 10 is conceited.
My o, o, 7, 8. Il, II is girls name.
Ny IL. 8. 4. is also a girls name.
FRUIT PUZZLE
Out of the letters given make Mt least four kinds
Of fruit. No letter should be used more than once
CROSSWORD ENIGMA.
Ny first is in conrad, but never In lover;
My seconds In cunning, but never in discover
Ny third is in simper, but in smile;
Ny fourth is in fashion. but never in style;
My fifth is in dainty, and also in kind;
Ny whole is boy whom. they say, in quite blind
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And there the fierce and maddened mother
tiger found him.
1t would have been very sad to have this
mother beast lose her two cubs and have
them live all their lives in little cages with
scarcely room enough to turn around And
1t would have been very sad to have the
hunter eaten up, l.lus leaving Esther and
Dora without a papa,
The story teller is much puzzled about the
end of the story, and invites the boys and
girls who read It to make It come out the
way they like best
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follow such a dangerous businessP But
that Is a hard question to answer. One
thing is certain, when the man caught
plenty of young animals he had plenty Of
money, while Dora and Esther had many
new fine things. But 1t was very dam
gerous business.
One day the hunter received a letter which
said: We need two fine tiger cubs, soon
as possible
So the man took his nets and went to the
Jungle to hunt. For two days he found
nothing and when he did not come home
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All in the Family.
Kansas CITY Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
In a remote section OF Meade county all
OF the people have moved out Of q school
district excepting one family. The father
and two sons have elected themselves as
directors and employed the mother, who
holds certificate to teach. The only pupil
II little girl In the family. The directors
have voted to hold school In the family
honie and to give the teacher so month
In wages. The property Of the district Is
taxed to pay the cost.
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History of "Yankee Doodle" /"

Yankee Doodle is a good deal like Topsy.
1t was never born, just growed." The
words are the product of the revolutionary
war, but the history of the tune is bewil-
dering.
One authority says the air Nancy Daw-
son." which we know as Yankee Doodle"
antedates the American revolution by 125
years. During Cromwells time some rus
tic bard wrote.
"Nankey Doodle came to town,
Riding on pony,
With feather in his hat,
Upon macaroni."
Yankee or "Nankey' was applied In
contempt to the Puritans' simple ways in
contrast TO the proud followers of Charles.
Yankees is variation of Yenghees, a name
given by the Massachusetts Indians to the
English colonists.
Doodle is defined in old English dictien-
aries as a foolish trifiing fellow. Maca-
ront is the knot to which a feather was
fashioned.
Some claim that Yankee Doodle had It's
beginning in England. Spain, Hungary and
Holland. In support of Holland as its
birthplace the following story is told:
A song was used in harvest time by the
laborers who had emigrated from Germany
to Holland. They received for their work
as much buttermilk as they could drink
and tenth of the grain harvested. They
sang these words to the time of Yankee
Doodle:
Yankee Ddel doodle down.
Ddel, Dudel lanter;
Yankee yiver, yover. vown,
Botermiik and tanther."
tButternilk and One-tenth.)
No matter how mysterious the history OF
Yankee Doodle before the revolution it has
a definite career after it came to America.
1t has been the marching time of all vic
torious armies of American patriots, and
will be the measured tread of coming nil
lions if its character is comical, rampant
and somewhat rattle-brainish. 1t was
brought to US In 1855 when the British were
warning against the French and Indians.
The militia was called to aid the British
regular army. They We're strangely clad in
many colors, some in long coats, some in
short coats, many with no coats at all. In
the British army was one DIR. Richard
Shackbury. He not only mended broken
bones but a musician as well. One
day in playing joke on the militia because
of their grotesque figures and awkward
manners. with mock solemnity he presented
the words and music of Yankee Doodle.
officers, but as a joke 1t proved a dismal
failure. 1t became the battle march of the
colonists Whenever the tune was played
It raised shouts OF laughter from the Brit
ish. That is. it did until after the battle or
Lexington. Then the colonists made the
British dance to the time Twenty-Five
years later CORVALLIS marched to the tune
when he entered our lines to surrender his
sword and army to Washington.
The original verses, sixteen in number.
were written by Connecticut man. Fate
did him a kindness by concealing his name,
for they were simply a tumble of idiotic
lines that today would be called Non
sense Verses
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JoHNNYS SLATE
State-Illinois Cities-Chicago anc Peoria
CROSS WORD ENIGMA
Sea urchin.
WORD SQUARE.
l. PEAR
2. EASE
T. RsAb
HIDDEN INSECTS.
1. Bee. 2. Ant. 8. Wasp.
RIDDLE.
Bay.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
l. Omaha
2. Count
8. Truth
4. OrieL
8. Belle
6. EvfcT
Z. RousE
oct0ber-Athlete
BEHEADINGS.
1. Hitch. 2. A-main. g. L-arch 4 Lend 3
Omen. g. Women. 7. E-late 8. E-lony. o
Marrow. Behesded letters spell Halloween.
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a Distance Puzzle.

From Anabaid to Bactarite is thumpty-anp miles,
With a leap and climb thirty high si.les.
Between Bsetarite and Colderess all tbs aiics that
you weBd
Are equal to the high stiles plus the number
ten.
From Anabald to Colderess and back to Bactarfts
Ninety miles travelled just to make The distance
right,
deress
The distance that is Travelled is Just twenty mi.eG
less.
Now, how many weary miles separate the thrA
jolly towns7
ysst nttls figuring and the answer w1u b. found
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WORD SQUARE.
1. Zeal. 2. To lift up. g. A fingers breadth.
4. willow twig. 6. Prefix meaning backward.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1905-03-17
ANNOUNCEMENT.

With this issue of the Examiner
Mr.. Bulge ends his connection with
the paper and it will hereafter be
edited by G. E. Wright, who will
still continue as business manager.
Mr.. Wright has become so identified
with the people of the county and
SO well acquainted with ohr condi-
tions, that his experience as news
paper man will make it possible for
the Examiner to be improved as an
Indicator of public needs under his
direction. The present editor was
not. is not and perhaps never will
be, a newspaper man in the sense
in which that term is properly ap-
piled. He processes to be able to
read newspaper much better than
to write for one. With this ac-
acknowledgement, it is apparent that
we do not hold to the idea that be-
cause of our retirement the earth
will no longer rotate and revolve,
that the rivers will hesitate in their
journey to the sea, or that the pub
lie will retrogade educationally from
lack of our weekly instruction. We
feel very humble in relinquishing
what has been to us pleasant task
which must result benefcially, and
we do SD with best wishes to Mr..
Wright and the commentator of
the paper to the people of the county
and with the assurance that the
longer both live, the more each will
be appreciated by the other.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1905-03-17
tpeIer. Bear Lake Co., Idaho, March II, 1905

forms setting forth in plain but we'll
meaning terms such policies as the
respective parties deem to be for the
best interests of the city. If this is
done the voters can then choose for
themselves which of the two parties
they wish to entrust with the adj
ministration of affairs, and no mat
ter which ticket wins, we believe
that more good will be accomplished
than has been by any previous ad-
minlstratiOn.