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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

CT shall have to pick you mp and carTx you horr1e.s he said. with auother amtiess and he secretly thought he would really enjoy doing so and couid-lovs Der 1T
 Now. the Princess was astouished and nIeased. for here was some one who seemed. after all to like and admire
 "Bu. I am so big and hsavy." sAs
 Tho young man laughed.
 sBut I'm much bigger--and very strong" he assured her. "1on VIII see how easily can lift you Wnsrs
 .In the palace" said the Princess q arn the Kings daughter.
 The young man almost dropped her in his surprise. for little naa ns proposing to pick up and carry m nis arnas was the much-talked-of un- emiling Princess.
 N yas good ysX ssS ,,ns sS the so palinSs: pssinfl 'sffow very. very kinE this young maM isI I wonder how [ should rewsr0 him7 Shall offer him moneyf No. for he does not see seem poor @ h,. .,,,,. h.s pleased her, and wondered if che could possibly smile in return. He was faking great trouble on her account d E ass ns ss orR M s ws to l'I trs as' for hs
 The young man carried her into | grand drawing room where were laid her carefully down on one of them, the Princess thanking hiH. msde an effort to smile-and sue sceeded, of coursd-for anybody can sINls What F sxcitemsnt exc thore wasi The cn,,rtfers came crowding around. the King and Queen hastsnsd in ana threw up their hands witn 1oys sssn ss,a news spread like wildfire-came to look upon the Princess who had es iasf learned to smile.
 How pretty she isis they ex- claimed.
 And the Princess was very happy. go also was the young man, who inns rssediately claimed lis reward Tor causing her to smile.
 marry him as soon as her ankle yaA well. and from that day on sns smiled even more than most people as though to make up Tor lost time"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

and when her nurse shook a rattle to amuse her. her little face remained as serious as eyer, while her, big eyes
 What are you doing that for and what do you expect me to dor
 After while. the King and Queen grew anxious, and spent much time in in. the soya, nursery g snds@yoring to laying aside his dignity, stood on his head. turned RomsEzanlts and made comic faces. while the Queen cut out 5aa1y 5uany .soMs cos and and Eo ug Rsh sa a nothing was of any use. The Princess couldn't - or wouldn't smile. and her father and mother were in despair.
 only child" said the Queen. Per haps if we invite some little boys and girls to play with her she will learn how to smile; children understand % 50 they ssiked little boys ana girls the prettiest and merriest they could find-to tea at the palace every day. But. although the Princess played all sorts of games with them, she remain. Queen gave up trying to make the Princess smile.
 While she was growing up, of course, she had to do Lessons and could not felt that. for the 1 ti.sis. her her seriousnsss ' would not 90 much matter. But when the Princess was old enough to quit her studies and think of marriage. they be- gan to feel worried again. Tor who would wish to marry girl who was 90 nerioueT
 At last the King caused the pubiica- tion of an announcement that whoever was clever enough to make the Princess emile might have her for his wife. if Sshe would accept him,
 But although erybody heard the announcement, nobody felt equal to the problem, so there were no suitors.
 Now, the Princess was sorry. She had grown quito sad since every one had ceased to try to make her smile. ana had begun to wonder lately. whether she could smile even # shs tried. She did not see the use of trying, since nobody seemed to care for her.
 One mornina she went for a walk in the fields by herself. # was lovely eunmer's day and all the world was smillng, all except the Princess. and despite her seriousness, she admired tns 1 beatity of the woods and grass ana !, fieIda and Lirds. Sine was 60 taken up with them. Indeed. that she failed 10
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
.nirds and Their Beaks.

T ONO before you are Of bed in the ~, nnorr.i-@ you may hear the birds chattering as they hunt for food for their hungry babies. The different birds eat various sorts of food. and their beaks are shaped so that they can pick 1t up easily.
 Look at the thrus. he stands on the lawn and tugs with all his mignt at c wN~m. He has a !ong' narIOw heak that he san push right into the ,earfh. ana so pull out the worm
 The builhnch and linnet are not as rc1an,on 5s the thrush, and you must keep a sharp lookout if you want wal se 70 sr,c,.,,as bi,t five chiefly on seeds. go that they have short, snSrp peaks to enable them to picA up the seeds and fo neck them open.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
The Whole Truth.

Little Evelyn detested towards. Her mother, one day, was entertaining a few of the church members, when one lady asked the small miss of six sum- all alone when mamma and papa so out?"
 Evelyn fearing she would be mistaken for a coward, replied: up and down and round and round and round feeling sometimes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

l. His greatest fault is prOcrastina- ton.
 2. That that is. is: that that is not 8 The weary plowman hOmeward plods.
 6 He ie one of the best men know. 6. Time and tide wait for no man.
 Riddles.
 i. Why is it easy to break into an old mans houseS < ]. Would you rather have an ele> phant kill you or gorillay 3. Why is an adjective lAke drunken mani
 (. Why ls an invitation from Royc ss Why is a house like the sunf 6. Why is e fiddle like a young >ladyf |. Why can you never expect nsh" nonger to be generousI &. When is steamer like witness at trial7 .-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
Toodles and the Lion

..yveren't you going to tell Nursis that the lion whose eyes and ears and paWa you ate up was just borned that way7 Huh7 You're little 'fraidy cat you are, and brave Hons won't play with you. I can't play with you unless you're brave, too. and prom ise to tell Nursie what you did.
 Toodles squirmed and wriEgled, but that didn't help her to feel good one bit And all the time Mir. Lion looked straight at her. So at last she prom ised.
 aAll right, MT: Lion, I'll tell Nursie but, oh, dearl she'll be awfuily croes~
 Good, brave girl" said Mir, Lion. "Now wen shake paws and play. and : So then they started in to play. ana then Toodles made a discovery that made her eyeb open big as saucers and then how she laughed
 "oh. you bruyver Teddyl How you fooled mel"
 But she kept her promise and told Nursie what she had done. Nnrsie laughed and made Teddy another hon. e -
 This mask is great fun to make. Take piece of muslin twelve inches a Hons face and cut out. giving 1t e ragged edge whore necessary to repreeent hair. Cut holes for eyes. nose and mouth. just as In ordinary masks. Now. take q strip of muslin one anc a. hale yards long. three inches wide, and make 1t into . rufife. Tack ft on to plain strip of muslin eighteen or twenty inches long. and put in a rough draw-strinG. At the line A B tack the lion face down to the rufIie. Now you are ready to . soak your mask and rnfiie in Hour paste When almost dry tic it over the face and press into ahApe over nose, eyes and cheeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
At fae Table.

n Y SUPPLYING rhyming word
 RN in every other line you can read
 these lines about the girls at the table:
 In her high chair they set her up, And filled with milk her silver sss Whereat this wilful little lass Demanded water, in a s$ss$" Miranda gave careless shrug, And brought 1t in a china ses. Her ladyship grew more sedate; She read the letters round her Ssess With all the gravity in life, And slowly traced them with q sss%s. This done, she settled down to work, At eating oatmeal with s$Pst Discarding this utensil soon, She erasped the all-conyenient Sssss. The powers that be combined to cross her In drumming loudly on her ees'ss And firmly negatived her wish To dip her thumb in every s~ss; Then high ambition fired her soul And both hands seized the china ssss.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
The Attraction.

Helen's home. Several times she re- marked that she liked to have him come there and he. thinking that possibly 1t was because of the boxes of candy Svhich he brought, asked ''And why do Vou enjoy my visits SO much2"
 "Ob." she said, T like to watch the flies walk around on that little pare spot on top of your head
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
From North to South.

A SIX daddy which way rows of peas
 &1 and beans should run in the gar- den. He will tell you they ought to go from north to south That is so that both sides of the row shall get plenty of sunshine. If the rows ran from east to west, the aide facing the ably no peas or beans would ripen on north would have no sum-, and prob-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
A WaatA of Breath.

one day in recitation the teacher asked the classes of small boys to call their dog by whistling. All but one whietled.
 aCharles, why don't you call your dog?'' asked the teacher.
 The little fellow hesitated ana then said wistfully:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
Likes Fighting.

HAVE you ever wondered why the E E1 onion bed in the garden is bat tered down after the seed is sown till 1t is quite hard and smooth3 It's be- cause onion seed when 1t starts to grow likes to have something t0 fight and struggle against Migno- nette is another seed that likes fight- ing for life, so if you are putting any in, press the earth well down on top nf tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
e,ico in the Schoolroom.

Tha teacher had told the children that the distinguishing feature of the hermit thrush ia It's bright cinnamon colored tail A few days later a bird ot that ss,,s,, ana tn answer to the teachers uuestioninr a little girl replied:
 T know that Is a hermit tnrusn Ds- cause It has a spicy tall
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
Nnt His to Give.

Teacher Whats that you have in your mouth, Tommy2
 Boy-Chewfn' gum, Missl
 Teacher@-Let me have iti
 Boy-'Tain't mine, Miss. Billy Perkins give me a lend uv itt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
TTbeUnImiI;nan n-intessl

notice a stone lying in her path and st U m b led on it. spraining her ankle severely.
 As she sat on the ground moaning and wondering how she was ever to get back to the palace a young man spied her from a neighboring meadow and ran to her asaiet- ance. And as he talk ed to her he smiled a smile that cheered the Princess wonder fulsy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

w FIBRE Is the mysterious baton. A Have you ever seen it. boys N and girls?
 rake some silk paper or very light tissue paper and cut out various figures, laying them in Q dish on table or other nat surtace ta sarve as your mysterious batonl Pass one end of 1t over the paper fg- tres. No effect will be observed. But now rub the end of your baton vixorousiy. Then pass the end over the paper figures
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
Tom Tits Experiments

They will be immediately lifted up and irresistibly attracted by the ba- ton, for through the rubbing the ba- ton has acquired q force which the pieces of paper cannot resist.Y
 Electricity is its name
 The word comes from the word cleo tron Of the Greeks, who were among the first to observe It's existence. They noticed that yellow amber when rubbed had the power Of attracting light, thin objects. W
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

The tail is easily made. Tear a piece of muslin into hale Q dozen strips a yard long; take q thirty inch length of rope and braid the muslin strips about tt as In the pic- top and tack the tai to the middle of a straight piece of muslin, with strings to tie around the body. pip- ping the tail in, flour paste will stlnen 1t more, if you wish to do SO.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
Bob's Father.

Little Willie (prOudly)-My pa knows Little Bob Ccontemptuously)-H My pa knows fewer things than your pa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

NLD people re- o member their
 sra n dmothers telling that they had a Princess who had never smiled or laughed in all her
 When she was e baby. and the sum beams stole through the palace windows, and played about her cradle, she had stared at them won. derfngiy with her big blue eyes, but never ErntIc<t nP sfrAroA tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
Answers to Last Weeks
 Puzzles

Anagram. The answer to the anagram THEY SEE is ''The Eyes"
 Enigma The answer is c. o. D.
 Riddle. The answer is Bed.
 Riddle in Rhyme. Nan-Keen.
 Conundrums. 1. BeBcause we cannot get them for 2. The multiplication table. 4. Because 1t is ia the middle of grease (Greece). 5. By adding x to APE. which changes 1t to APEX, meaning point f6. What goes into 1t. 2. When the grass springs up, the trees are shooting and the kull-Fushes out. 8. A candle. 9. The autumn, for then the leaves are turned, and they are red lread). A 10. Because for every grain they Five a peck
 Put Together Puzzle. These diagrams show how the seven sections of the square should be put together to make the different forms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
Polly Evans Puzzles and Problems

Q Why Is . nail fast in the wall like an old mani
 10. What Is the difference between fisherman and lazy schoolboy7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
BEEFEADINGs.

BEHEADINGS. I. [ am a wild animal; behead mo and I am part of the body. 2. am a rough file; behead me and am a small poisonous serpent. 3. | ana . horses gait behead me and I am a card.
 4. I am a girls name; behead mo and am q son of Adam. (Who can answer the above behead- tn9s7l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
PRINCESS PI.

Can you straighten out the follow ing pi, and find, i've familiar lines Eb Hist. ads thaeri nda eesea rpeg-
 mini, Dinebh het dsuoel si eth usn tilsi
 nnitgsh;
 Yht aeft si sht mmoeen tafs fp lal. Omit chea file nose mira stmu fila, osem ydas sutu eb I'd K adn yredar.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

ried if, after au hcur and . haIf. you found your train stili push ing along at cannon bah speed. and all of your felicw- -passen-
 n&ps and luacheons. as If they were ex- pecting to travel a Ionx firne7 That is tho way Jeremiah lie began to fdget and look first out of oue window. then out of another. and at last hc remarked, nervously. to the man
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
ArithmeticaI Puzzles.
Here hidden in

i. A man has sl00. He wants td pur- chase 100 head of live stock, to coat as follows: Cows, $10 per head: sheep, 8 per head; pigs. 50 cents per head How
 3. How can you put twenty horses in five stalls and have an odd horse in each stall? The horses are aN ona color except bne.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
Enigma.

What name of a great American Revolutionary general is the answer to My first Is In saw, but not in see. My second is in bread but not In but Nv third is in sell, but not in buy. My fourth Is, in hat, but not in bon- My fifth is in sister. but not in brOth- My sixth is in narrow. but not in My seventh is i-. wagon. but not in My eighth is in tree. but not in bush. M ninth is In stone, but not in brick. My tenth is in needle. but not in thread.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
proverb Puzzle.

Take one word out of each of the foI- lowing sentences. The result will be a very familiar proverb:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
1NcE npen . tizlae O there va .s

man by the name of Jeremiah Jenkins. who lived in C place chlled Winda. and he'd always just lated q geography when he vas q little boy, aud thought 1t was nicer to be kept tn than to learn ft. And so he'd left school the very bis rect dunce at geo. &raphy that you can
 He didn't know where Winda waa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
Ocean Anagraxns.

Can you make out five oceansf 1. Nctialat g. Ciciapf. 8. Crtiac. ( Itcranact s Ndniai.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-21
.FtUD BETWEEN
WOUKMEN
AND ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ASKS
FOR INVESTIGATION.
coroner Says There Is an Average Of
Two Deaths a Day Among the EN-
ployes--TroUble IS Between
Irish and italians.

New Tork. May 2o.-According to
the coroner. Peter Acteelll, lawless.
ness has reigned for months in the
excavation which the O'Rourke Con.
struction company is making for the
new grand central station. and the
italian government has demanded an
Investigation
The coroner yesterday caused the
arrest Of John Eldredge. general su.
perintendent OF the company. and
held him in 81 900 bail on a charge OF
homicide. following the death OF An.
glO Bemesi, an Italian workman. He
issued subpoenas for the president OF
the corporation and all its general
foremen.
There has been an average OF two
deaths a day among the employees ever
since took ONCE" said Coroner Acti.
cell last night For two weeks have
been investigating az the request Of
the italian government made through
Consul General Count A. Reybaud'
Massiglia
Il have pretty good evidence In my
possession that there has been a feud
between the Irish and italian labor.
ers II seems that an-itallan did not
know how 20 handle dynamite II
went on and killed an Irishman Ever
-lce then ledges of rock have had a
way G--ialllng upon Italians. Most q
the drlllers are frlshmen and the Ital.
ians DO the laborers' work. don't say
the italians are not at all TO blame.
That Il not the question. II Is wheth.
or attempts al a proper investigation
shall be defeated"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-21
colored CITY School.

The various departments OF the
colored city school assembled at the
First CCol) Baptist church, Sunday
gt II o'clock.
The Baccalaureate sermon was
preached by Rev. p. r. Neil, ID. d.,
the pastor OF the church and Presi.
dent Of the Sango Baptist College
and Industrial Institute located at
Muskogee. I. r.
The speaker took for his subject
Industry, \ Potent Factor In the
Race Problem" using for text,
Matthew Xxx, 6. why stand ye Here
All the Day. Idle?"
Among the many things which he
said: Let us teach our people by
precept and example 10 be honest
and Industrious with all the adyan.
tages accorded by the public school
and the college. no race will ever be
able to make II, asiue from hard la
bor. The captains of Industry
should see to II that every negro has
something To do To clean the city
Of vagrancies Is as much sanitary
work as anything else.
Education Is good In its place and
II Is the highest duty of parents To
see to It that their children are pro
yided with proper learning; but no
kind of education can take the place
Of industry The boys and girls must
be taught and forced to work hard
and be kept steadily at H."
lie commended the city school
board for their proper care In select
ing for the colored scEoCl such a
competent faculty and urged the peO
pie to give a more hearty cooDera-
tion In the future.
The church choir sung some boar-
tiful anthems, with Mrs. r. Nell as
pianist. CONTRIBUTED.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-21
woooFoRO.

Special CorresDondencc
woodford. T. T.. May l9-After a
goo1 deal Of rain, the weather has
cleared up and the farmers are killing
grass while the sun shines.
The young people are preparing to
have an exhibition here In the near
future.
W. W Duncan. who had the misfor-
tune to get his leg torn on at the
Schneider mines a few days ago. Is
reported getIing along very we'll
4. S. Jolly from Brady Is here Wis.
ltlng his brother
The hnny tribe has suffered much
during the present wet spell
The mumps are still In full force
here.
We have one case OF smallpox.
There are about two more bales OF
cotton here to pick from last seasons
crop II seems so curious 10 hear two
men talk, one wanting TO hire cotton
chopped and the other wanting TO hire
cotton picked at the same time.
Mr.. Buchanan still claims that he
can produce the lost lover for Miss
Curtain. All he wants is the reward
OF $500.
July to ~ we are expecting big
time. for branding. fishing, preaching
and picnic time will be In full bloom.
A. w Speaks has sold an undivided
half interest In his mine near here
To some eastern capitalists for a COOL
sum. We were unable 10 learn the ex-
act amount. but something near $4,000.
when these mines get In operation
YOU need be surprised 10 hear OF the
Turner Falls railroad being extended
further west. for thes gentlemen ney'
cr 40 things by halves.
woodford Is trying To organize
commercial club and base ball team
II she succeeds you may expect 70
hear from her again real soon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-21
HEALoToE.


Sr1CiaI Cr~- es r.Jr lelC-
Healdton. Z r.. May -D.-Farm work
has just begun The heavy rain Of the
--tn did a good deal 9t damage .lere
being more than two and ouehalf
inches of rainfall wat cotton is Up
Iooss bad. A majority viii have % .e-
plant if seed can Boz had Cotton seed
ls very scare ln this section
The corn crop looss fairly well
but needs working very much. warm
sunshine a. .hls time would be very
beneficial % crops. gardns and fruit.
Mrs 81 u Ingram and Mrs Walter
Hardy we're here from Ardmore last
sunday on a visit 20 their father. Mr
Heald. Who has been quite iH
Misses McCharen and Orme from
Ardmore were here sunday. returning
home in the afternoon.
Rlckets from Orr was here this
week looking after land interests
Mrs " Orme fec visiting her
daughters al Ardmore
There are some cases of smallpox
west Of us a. Dixie and Chagris. but
only in q light form.
The bridge acrc-s the bayou az this
place ve6t down vlth the high water.
but will boz replaced this week
Miss Gilstrap from Ardmore Is here
this wek visiting relatives.
Cattle are doing well, as the grass
ls fine
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-21
Another Arnmore Woman.

Donton Texas, May 2O-"Go and
sin no more" These words are the
motto of the county court, which re-
leased woman of Ardmoro, t. r.
ut the same time assessing a fine
oi $500 against Frank Argo, following
q plea of guilty by the later of hay.
ing lived with the former as man
and wife IN hotel here. Argo has
hcon employed as brick mason here
for several weeks, coming from
Gainesville, Texas. II Is reported both
parties are married, although the wo.
man claims 10 have divorce.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-21

We have big line OF Quick Meal
gasoline stoves TO select from.
BIVENs. CoRHN a FRENsLEY.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-21
COTTON BELT EXCURSIONS.

San Francisco. Cal. one fare plus
50 for the round trip. Selling June
25 to July Z. 1906. inclusive. Limited
for return September IS. 1906.
Los Angeles. Cal. one fare for the
round trip. Selling September 3 to
IL Inclusive. Limit for return Octo-
ber 81. 1906.
st. Paul. Minn. one fare plus 81.
Selling May 20 TO 80. 1906. Limi,
June Q. 1906.
Des Moines. Ia. one fare plus 81
Selling May IL. IS. l6. II. 2l and %.
1906. Limit May 81. 1906
Special excursions TO Mexico. one
fare for the round trip. Selling April
25 to May and September to "a,
1906. Limit July 81 and October 81,
1906.
Special excursions TO Mexico, one
fare plus So for the round trip. Sell.
ing June 25. July 27. 1906. Limit
September 10. 1906.
Very low rates will be made effec.
tive to the following:
San Antonio. Texas-Tickets TO be
sold on convention basis June IS and
10. 1906 Limit June 22. 1906.
Call on any Cotton Belt agent for
full information regarding your trip
or address d. ". MORGAN.
Trav. Pass Agt.. Fort Worth. Tex.
GUS HOOVER,
Trav. Pass. Agt. Waco. Texas.
r. c. FYFE.
Asst. Gel. Frt and Pass Agt. Tyler,
Texas.
JOHN F. LEHANE.
Gen Frt. and Pass. Agt Tyler, Tex.
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AIdmore BOlt|ing and
Manufacturing Co.
Ardmore. I. T. Established 1892.

Oldest. most complete. downto.
date carbo4ating plant In the b. l. T.
All our bottles are thoroughly
cleansed by machinery and sterlllzed
making them absolutely clean and
sanitary. The water used In the pro.
duction Of our bottled gools is either
distilled or sterIlized. Botu bemg
areated and filtered before carbon.
atlng. You run no risk OF i'aking
typhoid fever or other dsleter!o7s
germs when using our g))ds. In
buying carbonated goods De sure TO
get the kind that protects yolr health
and the health OF your family.
An absolute guarantee goes with
every case from
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s.. $40 and 500 coupon books al
ths ONCE