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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

'weii. now. see here. my lads. Pm sorrier than can tell you that your mother and cannot take vacation outing of any sort ourselves this sum- mer, but there is no reason why you cannot"
 ..But it takes money, dad"
 Mighty little. boys. I have seen the day when money was plentiful. and so I know what I am saying when tell you that money cannot buy fun In fact, the least expensive fun is often easily the most enjoyable.
 By this time the three boys were sit- ting up and listening eagerly. for their fathers remarks were certainly anything but disheartening.
 What do you suggest that we do, dad?" asked George.
 His father looked at him quizically f"What do you want, boys. Never mind whether 1t Is possible or not, what do you want to dor"
 "Go camping" said all three in a breath.
 "What do you think you will need"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

THE dog which bears the name of
 l London Jack II is the worthy son of a worthy sire. He is one of the most important supporters of the London and Southwestern Railway Servants Or phanage, for he has contributed nearly fs0O toward it's upkeep. This record has beaten his fathers by a good deal. for London Jack l during his life cel- lected only f500.
 Jack II, in recognition of his substan- tial aid to the orphanage, has been dec- orated with seven silver medals. award ed by the Board of Management for each e1OO collected for the charity. Most travellers to and from Waterloo Station are familiar with him, for he Is q gem eral favorite.N His special friends are the children, ald the coins his admirers gave him during last year amounted to the handsome total of e1s4 l6ss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
FOUR.YEAR-OLD HERO

I TITLE Clarence Osborne. of Win l. chester, Mass, who is only years old, has been awarded a bronze medal by the Moss Humane Society for the rescue from drowning of his cousin Josephine Mullen, of the same age, on January 8. He is the youngest person ever to receive recognition from the society for heroism.
 The children had gone on an Ice pond, caught her hand. He was unable to pull the girl out, but getting down on his knees, he kept her head above water,
 Mrs. Osborne went on the ice and got hold of her child. Even then he did not let go. and dragged Josephine to safety.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
WHENCE IT COMES

THE secret of good manners is un- selfishness. Those who live a life of service for their fellow-men have no trouble about their politeness.
 Natural politeness springs from kindly heart. The polish that is &C., quired from education is but veneer. and cannot we'll stand the wear and tear of life.
 No amount of education in courtesy, either at home or in school. will enable the average person to bear patiently an unjust criticism or disagreeable remark. Only the patience of a kindly spirit can do that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Honey Bee Messengers
C1tSs1 Naa1r ,gES93ai .

dows and let the bees make ''bee- line" for home. as they will do. you may be sure
 A bees rate of speed is about twelve miles an hour, so it will be almost no time until the bees reach the home- hive. But the messages sticking upon their backs will prevent them from see them crawling about on the out side of the hive.
 For your messages you will have tv employ some sort of cipher. as the slips of paper are too tiny to accom- modate much writing. Suppose you
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
[Tf7E BERRY BOYS CAMP

the days of Abraham Lincoln and other backwoodsmen, and try to hg- ure out how they would solve this camping-out problem, practically without money. For that is what they had to do. Then you may come and talk it over with me"
 This was wholly new idea to Joe and George and Frank.
 'sYes, boys, it's going to be fun! ex- claimed Joe.
 Dads a trumpp breathed George.
 "You'fe right!" agreed Frank. 'now let's figure the thing out"
 Tn half an hour they had as short a list of absolute necessaries as they could possibly devise:
 Al shelter to accommodate three.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
A Robin That Reasoned.

A robins nest was filled with young ones in sight of friends window. The mother bird was away, when a violent thunderstorm came up. As the heavy drops began to pour down, she return ed, and the little ones greeted her with open mouths, expecting the usual food
 She pressed them down with her foot and sat on them with extended wings remained there till the storm was over.
 Was there not a process of reason here? She saw the heavy downpour of rain. and, thinking of he; exposed chil- dren, believed they would be hurt or drowned without her care, so she hur- ried back This is called instinct. but instinct is concentrated wisdom with out the process being made known.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
PRETTY SMOKE PICTURE

A BOY who has made them says that n smoke pictures are very pretty decorations to place on one's room walls. He has done SO He says to take a piece of drawing paper and hold it over the flame of laInp-~tho chimney being off--until 1t is smoked thoroughly and is quite black, being careful not to let it scoroh.
 After doing this. select some picture "a snow scene Is preferable -- and trace 1t upon the smoked paper wfth a toothpick or match. With your fin- ger rub off the. soot in piaeea wAera the model Is light.
 A little practice will enahla you sn make very pretty pictures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Omitted Central Letter.

Omit the central letter "i of the fve-letter words in the first column and leave the words in the second column (Example; A leader-chief [omit "r'l leaves a professional cook-chef.)
 1. A sound-part of the face.
 2. To relinquish-to brandish.
 8. TO make a god-to challenge.
 4 To depict-to gasp.
 5. A Scotch elild-a stable.
 G. Indian co~'1-a labyrinth
 r. An assumed name-an exclamation. Omit the central letter ''u" in the fol- lowing list of five-letter words, and leave the words in the second column \ lExample; A weight-pound Loms
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

"Ah, that's the difficulty," sighed Joe-'sA tent first of all. and that costs money"
 MT. Berry smiled,
 aWhy, boys, even when did not have to count my pennies went camping more than once without a tent"
 'How?" asked Frank. eagerly.
 Now, see here, boys, do you know what I am going to do? I'm going to let you solve your own problem. You want to go camping. For how long? Two weeks? All right, for two weeks, then. Now, first write down a list of the things you must have for your camp. Then put yourselves back in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
A Horses Toes.

How many toes has a horse on each foot? You don't know. thought you wouldn't He has only one, and that is the big, round hoof. on to which his shoe Is nailed. The donkey is another animal that has only one toe on each foot; and horses and don keys are called odd-toed animals. Cows and sheep have four toes on each foot, while pussy has i've on each fore foot and four on each hind one; and if you have a dog you will ind he has the same number.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
rOmmy,s Doubtful Compliment.

A TEACHER was instructing class A of boys, and had spent half an hour trying to drive into their heads the diff ference between man and the lower ani- mais, but apparently with. little success. m Tommy" he said coaxingiy, osalno to lit. between, say, me and a pig, or any other brute?''
 'No," replied Tommy. innocently, but another teacher standing by laughed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

agree upon certain way of using figures. so that "l, 2, 4," for instance. will stand for these three statements say:.
 Can you come Saturday.
 Baseball game.
 If pleasant weather.
 You can employ the letters of the alphabet also as a cipher. And the use of dots and other marks over and under and beside the figures and let- ters can indicate certain things in ad. dition. So you can easily communf- cate almost any sort of message by means of your complete cipher code.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
How sweet-Peas Climb.

now, and you will see that they are able to climb by holding on to the twigs with little arms called tendriis.
 The Virginia creeper that grows on so many houses would find ordinary a wall, so it has little fiat pads with something like hands at their ends. which help it to cling to a smooth wall.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

The accompanying epltaph is to be found on a stone in a Colchester, Eng Iand, churchyaFd. It was evidently the result of the husbands inspiration based pn experience of Arabella: Here lye the bones of Arabella Young, Who, on the slst of June, began to
 hold her tongue"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

x<A Y Ow, boys, don't you ever fall
 NJ into the way of thinking
 that just because your fa-
 ther is a poo- man you boys"
 So spoke Mir. Berry to his three boys Joe, George and Frank, whose brows he had just discovered in a quicker over the apparently dismal niless sons of a poor father. Joe's face brightened up quickly.
 Don't think we are mean, comp1ain- ing boys, please, father. Only we did feel kind O. badly when Frank told what a good time the Jenkins boys were going to have up in the Cats kills
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Ants, Care off the Babies.

A great number of ants live in one nest, and some of them spend their time collecting food, while others look after the babies.
 The babies are shut up in little white silk bags called cocoons, and on hot days their nurses bring them out into the sun. If you frighten the babies and carry them back to their nursery. under the heap of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
An Iciole to Blame.

A curious record of an accident, occa- stoned by the downfall of ice, is to be found as an epitaph on the son of the then parish clerk at Hampton, in Devon shire, who was killed by an icicle falling upon and fracturing his skull;
 'Bless my ], l. 1. 1. i, 1.
 Here I lies.
 In a sad pickle,
 Killed by icicle."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

tCorN0 E dilh.
 All ri g h t." smiled MT. Berry, just lay D 1 n e needles to take the place of a mattress, then, and ti->y will make you sleep as the best mattress can never dc"
 ''H O W a b O u t chairs 2" asked Joe.
 Here is your idea for them" and Mir. Berry made anoth- CT sketch. Flows that for a lounging C h air? Ordinary gunny-sack makes the seat, you see."
 I'll U r r a h for Dadi" 8 h Q u t e d George, tour camp ing is a go, l see now, boys. H Q W -L~,A RNAl Dal9ib
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Geoeraphical Anagrams.

Can you tell what geographical places are indicated in these anagrams?
 i. On a perch. CThe southernmost ex- tremity of a certain continent)
 ?. Sing on. Kent; GA suburb of London where Is one of the royal palaces.)
 S one halt. GA town in the centre of Ireland)
 4 Oh, that drum! GA coast town of Devonshire, England)
 5. Bare plants. GA town and bay of Devonshire, England)
 6. Gay law. GA county of Ireland)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

wF you go for a walk in the woods
 \ you are almost sure to ind some ants nests. They look like heaps of fine needles and little bits of leaves and twigs. On a sunny day you will often see long columns of ants march ing home with little pieces of twig to add to the walls of their house; deal bigger than themselves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

his best to warn others against using A razor for corn cutting: Here lies entomb'd old Roger Norton. Whose sudden death was oddly brought
 on;
 Trying one day his corn to mow off, The razor slipp'd and cut his toe off: The toe, or rather what 1t grew to, An inflammation quickly flew to: The parts then took to mortifyinR. And poor old Roger took to dying"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

~ ID you know, boys. that ordin- ary honey bees can be trained N like carrier. pigeonsf
 Now, wouldn't you like it. If you had half Q dozen bees and could send messages by them2 Well, you can do 1t just as easily as not. so sup pose you do,
 Arrange with friends of yours at Q distance of ten or fifteen miles at the same time so that you may inter- change mt ssages.
 1 Now for the work. Take
 (.kE a butterfly net and catch
 /S1T/ a number of honey bees; 6Nt> better way, however, Is ~ to catch them in a box trap, G which you have set in front or the hive entrance, and which has door so similar to the door of the hive that the bees are quite unconscious of entering a trap.
 Take the box of bees with you to your friends home, and then on your return take a box of his bees with you. Arrived home, sit down and write as many messages as there are bees on bits of paper, each of which has been slit at one end and bent as shown in the picture.
 Meanwhile, set Q dish Of honey or syrup in a closed room. and having them feed to their hll.
 Now with ordinary mucilage, stick a message to each hee's thorax, be- tween the wings and the head, and mucilage run over its wings or legs. Hold the bee in the grip of pair of tweezers during the operation, and you are not likely to be stung.
 The messages having been attached, you are now ready to open the win
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

the heaviest rain. You can do this in no time. three of you working at 1t. .. Then. as for beds, make them, boys, Take crotched sticks" and he sketched off his idea on a shingle, Hay cross sticks, and you have your bedstead Then ticks filled with straw from the nearest farm will make tip top mattresses, if you want thep."
 "Aw, Dad, we aren't softies." pro-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Things to Notice This Week

But his feet are quite different from pussy's in one way. for pussy can draw her claws right back into her foot when she doesn't want tc, use them, but doggie can't.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Roger,s Bad End.

The writing on Roger Nerton's memo rial is read by every one who visits Cur ley churchyard. It was a sad end, in deed. and the village poet evidently did
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

"u"l leaves a small lake-pond) 8. A dwelling-fiexible pipe. g. Part of the face-an insect. 10. A leap-a tie.
 Il. To awaken-a flower.
 F. To grieve-a part of the day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Puzzled Johnny.

JOHNNY Cproudly)-I can count up to J ten on my fingers. mummie.
 Mother-I saw a little boy today. no older than you are. who can count up to fifty.
 Johnny (puzzled)-Where did he get all the fingers from mummiaf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Cause of Dreams.

Dreams are said to be promoted by warmth and chilled by the cold; hence the Asiatics are rich dreamers. while the Eskimos sleep soundly without dreaming at all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
A Riddle in Rhyme.

-Four people sat down in one evening They played all that eve and parted
 next day. Could you think, when you're told, as
 thus they all sat, No other played with them, nor was
 there one bet: Yet, when they rose up. each gained
 guinea. Tho none of them lost to the amount
 of a penny?" How many boys and girls can tell the answer? Watch for 1t in the form of a rhyme. next week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

our first President.
 fVirginia!' shouted the guessers.
 And so the game continued. each player after his appearance slipping around behind the screen to receive another cardboard square and repre- sent a second State or Territory Un- cIuding Porto Rico and all the other island territories), until the last of Uncle Sam's and Madam Columbia's children had been exhibited and rec ognized by the audience.
 1t was a very jolly game, and put everybody in the frame oe mind to enjoy the games that followed-stage coach, pull-a-way. minister's cat. etc.
 Then came nice cool refreshments. the star feature of which was water melon-great, red-ripe. cold slices of luscious watermelon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

Find the following list of words. set them down in a column, as indicated in the diagram, then read the star letters.
 1bou will give the name
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

king at the time of Christ's birth. 12. A citv in France. 13. One of the female characters in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Some Amusing EpitaphS

M or long ago Polly Evans publish ed several amusing epitaphs that
 have been placed over peoples graves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
ANSWERS TO JUNE B
 PUZZLES

Literary Love Tale. Maud Muller
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
RouvoE2aDSRazzIee

A Deserted Village. Faerie Queen. The House of Seven Gables. The Betrothed. Very Hard Cash. She Hard Times. Great Expectations. Jess. Sketch Book Our Mutual Friend. The Spy. Put Yourself in His Place. The Rose and the Ring. The Little Minister. Ships That Pass in the Night. Westward, Ho! Old Curiosity Shop. Dawn. Hamlet In Varying Moods. Come Into the Garden, Maud. Fell in Love With His Wife.
 Puzzle of States.
 Avoid.
 Rigid.
 KRupp.
 AGony.
 Niger.
 SNail.
 Aimed.
 SAtin.
 Picture Puzzle. Mark Twain. Bunyan. William Dear HOWellS,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Queens Birthday Puzzle.

What two saying are pictured here? Can you tell Polly Evans?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

You will see that there were still six panes Qndicated by starsl to be in- serted. The glazier had. unfortu- nately, mislaid his plans, and was, therefore, in a bit of fix as to how to dispose of the remaining six pieces of glass so as to fulfil the above con- ditions. He found 1t out at last.
 Can you find out, too, and tell Polly Evans how the panes were arranged?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

of a famous Queen whose birthday was in May. All the words are fiVe-letter words.
 1. A city in South America. 2. Question. 8. Search. 4. Odd. 5. The Mohammedan s acre d Book. 6. Courageous. '. The British Commander at Plassey. s. A player. 9. A river in Italy. 10. The ancient State prison
 '. I. NN rTNa-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

Now for the work. Take a butterfly net and catch a number of honey bees; a better way, however, Is to catch them in a box trap, you have set in front
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
The Colored Glass Window.

A gentleman having a window placed in his hall. decided on having 1t of colored g1ass-the colors to be red, blue, green and yellow. The win four each way-and the panes were to be so arranged that every one of the four colors would be represented in each row, column and diagonal. The glazier commenced by inserting the top and side as follows:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Arabella's Memorial.

Here are a few more:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Puzzle of States.
Picture Pug
A Famous Dog Collector.

Mark Twain. Bunyan, William De; Howeils
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

Newfoundland has not yet dropped several favorite animal emblems--fhe Newfoundland dog, the ptarmigan. the cariboo, American reindeer, seal--bu6 on account of her great fishing indus try. the eodish is the usual emblem chosen,
 Natal. in Africa, employs that curt- ous beast--is 1t horse. goat or deerf-- known as the gnu. Of course. you have seen gnus In the Zoo.
 You know the emblematic bird of Holland, of course-the stork. Usually ;n pictures the Dutc.- stork has a Dutch cap on its head and smokes q long pipe.
 The Republic of Liberia, in Africa. is represented by the hippopotamus. and the Congo Free State has the ele- phant for its national animal.
 Then there Is 8 sacred bird to rep- resent Egypt. Do you know what ft is7 It Is the ibis--sacred to the Nile. usually shown holding a branch of the lotus in its beak.
 The Soudan has the camel for it's animal emblem, and so for Morocco. while black swan represents West- ern Australia.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-06-29
Local News.

The Big coffee is the best value to
had, 25c pound at Lauterbach.
Mexican Hats at The Bee Hive De.
partment Store.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-06-29

E. A, Stovall of Leland has pur.
chased acombine harvester an will Re
the first one to try it on the Potatch.
Naturally its operation will be watch
ed with interest. ~
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-06-29

Ed. Weisgerber of Lewiston was
visitor in our town this week and
CALI i al the Gazette office.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-06-29

THE VILLAGE COUNCIL.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-06-29
4 Swell Dinner,

tt E Hotel Kendrick will settt on the
Day of the Fourih Of July one Of the
finest dinners that our town has ever
seen or sat down to,
the meals will be served family style,
the viands being put on the table and
the patrons helping themselves I'd the
tables, the table will be decorated and
the room and table will be both attract
i've and inviting. This meal VIII be
SOC one not only in price but IN duality
and will be one that you could not
purchase ordinarily or elsewhere FIR
twice that amount-the management
will have IT arranged SO that you pur-
chase your ticket at the Office and after
dining passout at the front door. ~
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-06-29

Claud Stanton returned from his
homestead the first OF the week after
seeing to the planting of his summer
crop. We understand that while on the
ranch he was fortunate in bagging
tew bear, more or less.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-06-29

Jos Fruchtl is sd busy be hardly
has time to come down towu. His
brick yard is being thn to its full cap
scity which now means the employing
of over dozen men and the making
of over million bricks aud we under,
stand that the demand for the brick is
so heavy that he cannot meet it, as
fast as the call. The steam dryer, anC
the other steam machinery is a decId-
| e improvement in not Only the rap
idity with Which the brick can be made
but in the duality of the prodG6t
Our merchants have lveued matters
up in the way of mercantile news by
cutting the price of flower, it selling
here at one time during the past week
as low as soc per sack. We nudes
staud that it IS not yet normal III price
and is big bargain at the figure now
quoted.
Ed Weisgerber of Lewiston was a
visitor in our town this week and a
call, i at the Gazette office.
The Vollmer Clearwater Co. made a
shipment of two carloads OF stock ON
last Saturday to the Seattle merket,
Que being of cattle and the other of
hogs, They also have Just received a
carload OF the Plymouth binding
twine
Missionary Sunday at the NJ F. s.
s. next saba h 10 a. m. Preaching st
l a. M, subject Some thtb2s ueed.
ed to strengthen Christianity" Lea ,le
at p. m, preaching 8 p. IN. "An i'm.
por,ant question answered"
A cordial Invitation Is given to all
who will come.
Mrs E. +. AtchisoE was Il delegate
from this society Of Christian En-
deayor to the state convention now
in session at Lewiston nnil left for
there Thursday, where she will re-
main till the close which OCCURS Sun.
dav. This IL the biz event OF this
. .riety as it only meets biennially.
1t il expected that their will he some
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-06-29

The Vety Be5t Pc 7,dy for Bowel Troub.s.
MIR, NJ. f. Borrnughs, an old and well
known resident of Button, Ind says: u
regard Cham erlsin's Collie, Gholcrs and
liarrhoea Remedy as the very best remedy
for bowel trouble. make this stdt,mriAt
after having used the remedy in my family
for several years. aim never without it,
This remedy is almost sire to be needed be-
fore the summer is over. Why not buy 1t
now and be prepared for sdch an emery
ency? For sale by A. G. White & Co.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-06-29

When the baby talks, It Is time to
give HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain T"a.I
It's the greatest baby medicine
known to lovin. mothers II mates
item eat, sleep and groYt 30 CENTS,
Tea or Tablets Whites drug store.
The Du Brock white waist are the
best filter. See them at the Zee Hiv
Dept Store.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-06-29
Notice to Stock Owners.

The ordinance relative to KEEPING
stock up will from the 18th of June, be
Strictly enforced regardless of expense
to the city.
This is q warniag that stock running
at large in the corporate limit aill
thereafter be impounded and peuahz
ed.
THE VILLAGE COUNCIL