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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
Experiments of Tom Tit

~ UPPosE we first have something to eat, boys and girls. Let's eat D knives and forks. How? Oh,
 that is the trick.
 Ask one of the friends present to lend you a knife, which you must cover with both hands, the end of the ham dle excepted. And setting the point to your eye, say. "Somebody, please
 But nobody will; because 1t Is such a dangerous thing to do. Then, set ting your hand on the side of the table. look about you and say; What! What! time, let the knife slip into your lap, then make as if you would slap it hastily into your mouth. or hold with one hand and strike t (apparent- ly the knife) with the other.
 Then make few wry faces. saying: tNow let some one put his fingers in- to my mouth and pull 1t out.
 While the folks are trying to make simply plotting to bite their fingers. you can spirit the knife into your pocket and make the mystery seem all the more mysterious when some and finds the knife is not there.
 Next, let's try the magic bell and bushel. This is fine trick If you do it right.
 the trick eggboxes that you have seen, in order that one may not easily dis cover where it opens. And you should have false lid to clasp on and off.
 Upon the false lid paste some bird seed. Then have a true lid to clasp neatly upon the false one, and an arti- ficial bell to go with your bushel
 You may make your bell of wood or brass. 1t must be made to unscrew at the top, that 1t may hold as much seed as your bushel will when it is filled; and you should have the handle of the bell made with spring, so as to let the seed fall down at your word of com mand.
 Work the trick as follows Cbe sure to fill the top of your bell with seed be- fore you begin to perform, and hold the bell by the handle)
 say, you see that I have nothing in my bell nor in my bushel. Therefore, will fill my bushel with seed"
 Then fill 1t and clap on the false lid. (N9body will know any better.) Then ask anybody in the company to hold the bushei in his hands, and say that you will command the seed under the mag ical bell
 So. clasp the true lid on, and then ring your bell; and, sure enough, the seed will apparently have zone out of the bushef Into the bell, to the mystifi- cation of the beholders.
 Now let us try the mysterious egg
 An egg can be shown in a bot tie with a mouth too narro1 for it to have passed through. How did it get there? When an egg is soaked in equal parts of strong acetic acid and water it
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

If you want to represent king, make a cardboard crown; if a soldier, make a cardboard sword; if captain. make a cardboard visor for the cap (see Fig. 8. and outline collar with your paint.
 For an Episcopal clergyman you can make the rim of his low fiat hat out Of cardboard. (Fig. D
 Whittle arms out of sticks and bore holes in the sides of the spool to stick them into. Make the hands out of chew ing gum.
 These are only few of many good Suggestions that might be offered. You do not need any more, however, for you will have plenty of ideas of your own figures of girls and ladies. for instance.
 Nova game.
 Take marbles and flip at them to see how many you can knock down at lick, or make a sort of bowling alley and bowl at them with marbles. It is great fun!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

n THEY sat at the breakfast table N one morning, the first picture "A shows the way Benny looked. A :sMercyi' said mother. "Benny certainly must have his hair cut lie doesn't look pretty any more. cant you take him in to the barber's' rather dear?"
 yes" said father. "we'n go directly so Benny and his father went down Co the city, and pretty soon they reached '"s 'srhis his little fellow wants a shesring." % ''Ail right, sir" answered the barber. nanpVT, aYas yv,,, might as weIl," said father. ..NoW Benny, Ill leave you here for half an hour; then III come pack
 ''sit down in this chair. said aid the oas- Par- her And sos Benny climbed into a cnalr before a great big mirror.
 Then inc barber took pair of sharp shears and clip-clip-cl1p or came ever so many long locks of Benny's hair. saiS,y' MY said myi Benny. IlGy A''S" ''
 nasI aaPatter take a nice long lock home to xonr mother, Benny" said the barber. fYou will never have any more hair like 'n,T' sf'hat's yfT just what shall do." said my Then the barber took bottle and shnok if and shook 1t and squirted lot os etnfs out into his hands and then ran his hands all through Bennys hair.
 aIa ,,I st, -Iem!" exclaimed Benny ,.yon,re making a snowball of my head" And vou boys and girls would have thought SD, too. If you could nave seen
 af "fial har' laughed the barber. You may look like sHowban but you don't feel like one this warm day, I'll war
 aYou're right. I don't.'' said Benny.
 Then the barber told him to go over 10 another part of the room where there was a reclining chair and at the head ot . big basin. --...... A.., ,.s-,. over the basin,'' directed the barber. and Benry did as he was told.
 Then the barber connected piece of rubber hose, turned on the water, and
 FGee whizr' gasped Benny, what arc you doing to me?'
 aOh. just rinsing the soap out of your hair" laughed the barber, as he turned the nozzle of the hose here and there all over Bennys head.
 ugh, it's hot!'
 '.oh. never mind, lt'll soon be cold"
 .'Oh' that's better, l like that" re- turned Benny, as the barber made the water little less warm. After that he made 1t cool and finally so cold that just for the second or two that 1t lasted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

ward home. How glad she was te md herself at last floating through an open window into her own room. And the moment her feet touched the floor oH from her shoulders dropped the cloak- and rang for her old nurse.
 Mercy on usF' cried the nurse. ssWhzg is this the Princess has brought home with herr"
 Then the Princess told her the whole story, and after that went to see her father.
 q suppose he will be dreadfully aFix> ious about me-" she thought.
 But 10 and behoidl he was sttlI sle~ ting calmly fin his roo-.s and the court jester was with him.
 "So you are back, my dear1' ha Baidt with twinkle in his eye. "And how did the cloak it. .ehT, ... tease, if you please; but tell me what ia
 f "ft ''Sle is the mag magic cloak of Justice.s said the King" and 1t punishes and re- wards so strictly that I keep 1t locked up. You see, it took you at your words and made you heard rather than seem.
 "Ohi and that is the reason why every. body screamed and ran away. ! seeF' said the Princess. Well, I don't won- der, I'm sure. But why did it bring me
 HBecause you were good again. of course" said the King.
 "Oh, I seei was good to the little boy. Well, I promise you, father, dear. am cured of stubbornness, once and for all"
 And she was. too. D. D. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

" Ow many. many empty spoois your mothers throw into the A waste basket, boys and girisi
 Beg them not to do so any more. as you can make good use of them. They will serve you for a hun dred different toys that you can invent with your own sharp wits-things that you couldn't get for love or money from the shops.
 make the toys pictured here, first. After that you can very easily invent toys or your own design.
 And it is such fun that you will keep the thing going for many summer-till you are grown up, in fact. And even then you will probably keep 1t up to amuse your little friends.
 You need a good jackknife, paste pot and some black paint Cor black ink).
 Take a spool, cut a slit In 1t for cardboard nose Qriangular shaped); put this spool on top of one or two other spools, as you please, and keep them firmly together by means of a wedge whitfled out of a stick Zig and Fig. 2.) -., .o serve for a mouth Cor paint teeth 1T you feel like it); make the outline or eyes anu ears and paint in whatever you want py way of whiskers and hair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

Enoch Wood, a rustic celebrity, who was locally famous as a crleketer. oled in 1852, and this was raised 10 ms meIn- ory: .,. thread gently. stranger. meath this The bones of Enoch Wood are laid. Hard by the village cricke- ground
 Whereon in life he often played; How oft in vain the bowlers sought
 TO bring an end to Enoeh,s stayl How oft his curly ones have brought
 To other batsmen dTe alspiay Alas! no more he'll make a score,
 For. faced by that grim bowler, Gout, He chanced to get his Leg before, And Death, .he umpire. gave him out His game of life Is played ahl won, Hell hear the Victor's need. Well
 When, God works out his average"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

inc base: one. two, three" three times. If no player from the other den can go across to his den before he has nnlsn- ed, then he may choose some poy troin line other den to run across 10 niss
 This how must run, whether he wishes to or not but may be supported py any number of volunteer helpers, the hins, meanwhile. doing his best to captule him. @7
 Then liners is the game of 'olly Miller" ,,,a. ta 1,vaa bv As the wheel went round he made his One hand in the hopper. another in his
 bag, h,a
 TSere must be an uneven number of players. All of the children, except ohe' stand in couples, arm in arm, ana sing ine this verse, march around in circle' each couple closely following the other.
 The odd child stands in the centre. At the word grab the enldGrJn d;rcIn let go of. their partners arms ana trv 10 catch hold of the one standing immediately in front of their previous Now, the child who has been in the centre tries to secure one or the part ners and thus get place in the circle. If he succeeds, the one who was left out must t..ke the centre, and the game goes on as described.
 Fox and Goose Is another good
 MT. Fox takes his place in one end of the room or lawn, while Mother Goose gathers her little geese behind her In
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
Double Puzzle.

The first letter of the hidden names in the following sentences put to- gether will spell the name of q river in France;
 1. He said as appearances were de- ceitful he could not trust her. (Find part of a tree.)
 ?. As her father died yesterday, she tree.)
 3. The ode ran on in the same strain as at first Find river in 4. When 1t began to rain. left the house. (Find a river in the Eastern hemisphere.)
 5. The Eskimo loves the reindeer. (Find a girls name.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

ana klnd-hearteos put teFrioAy stubborn.
 The only person who could manage her at all was the court jester. He never contradicted her, but shrewdly advised her always to do the very op- posite of what he really wished her to do. In this way the Princess ana he got on beautifully together until one dreadful day.
 On that day the King, who had been busy examining papers, was luncnlnk quietly in his study. and the court Jester was the only person waiting on him. The Princess was also Tn the apartment and amused herself pyi looking At everything in the room. Suddenly she interrupted her father.
 "See what q funny old cloak I've found in that big cupboardP she ex- claimed "What do you keep 1t hor'
 The King, being rather cross at the interruption and forgetting his daugh- ter's unlucky stubbornness, spoke rather sharply and to the point:
 Put 1t right back, my dear"
 'sWhy, pray teil?" demanded the Princess, obstinately.
 The court jester motioned to the King to be careful, but in vain.
 "Because bid you do so, my daugh. ter, and because young people should be seen rather than heard" he return ed irritably.
 "Then I shan't," declared the naughty Princess. "I shall put 1t on and see how I look in it, and I prefer to be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

(Are there any amusing or curious cpl taphs on old headstones in your neigh boring cemeteries, boys and girls? Pol Iy Evans would be glad to hear what they are, if you will kindly write to her') H@HIs inscription is to be found on.
 tombstone in an English church A yard The man to whose memory 1t was raised was. as the writing eN- plains fond of eating: ''Here lie the bones Of Joseph Jones,
 Who ate whilst he was able; But once o'erfed
 He dropped down dead And fell beneath the table. When from has tomb To meet his doom
 He rises amidst sinners. Since he must dwell
 In heaven or -,
 Take him-which gives best dinners"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

Benny's teeth fairly chattered.
 Then the barber wiped his head with his towel and walked him back to the regular barber-chair. And, drawing up a queer-looking machine, lighted a gas jet somewhere under it; and the next minute a fan began to zip-whirr-r-r bus fly behind Benny's head.
 ''Whewr' calculated Benny. That feels like the north windr'
 "Oh, it won't feel that way very leng!' said the barber. "The gas heat will soon make 1t warm"
 1t felt like he south wind. And now the barber did such an odd thing--he connected a piece of hose with the fam ming machine and turned this south wind on Benny's hair, just as through the other hose he had turned on water.
 In about five minutes Benny's hair was perfectly dry. And the barber dressed and parted 1t neatly, so that by the time his father came back he scarce- ly knew his own son.
 And no Wonderi For the @ourth pic- ture shows the way Benny looked
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

heard rather than seen myself"
 Then, paying no heed to the jester's violently shaken finger or her fathers sudden cry of alarm, she threw the cloak over her shoulders.
 Instantly she vanished!
 "Oh, where am IF" she cried, and tried to tear off the cloak, but her eff. forts were of no use, for the cloak clung to her shoulders as If 1t grew away she foated over the city straight toward the country.
 At last she sank gently to. earth a sunny, clear day, and there was and her flock of geese So the. Prin cess walked up to the chiid. thipking lIs,sll ls nearby to get her a carriage in which she could have herself driven home.
 But when she spoke, the little one
 stupid childi" thought the Prin- cess; well. the village is so close that I'll go myselfH s
 village. Every one she spoke to ran away in terror, till at last she was so tired and frightened herself that she almost wept And she. was hun- boy ran from her screaming and left his basket of rolls on the ground, the Princess calmly chose one and ate it. ho can sRs Rsy thought foT it aaisf and for refSs sSe 
 milk, too, which I sec the silly milk man left behind in his flight. But. oh! why does everybody run away from me, wonderF
 And she might have continued won- dering to this hour if curious thing had not happened.
 It was growing dark and chilly, and the Princess was sitting by the road side, cold and unhappy, without an idea how far from home she was, and wishing she had not been so foolish and stubborn, when she heard a soft cry of pain. There on the grass near her was a tiny. ragged baby boy just able to toddle. He was whimper- ing with. pain, for his little bare feet were bruised and cut
 The Princess forgot her troubles.
 "Ohl poor darlingw she said. and Jumped up. And, strange to say, the baby stopped crying and let her bathe his feet in the brook and bandage them with strips from her soft mus
 And then she gathered him under the old cloak and sang him to sleep. Just as he fell asleep, what do you suppose hap- pened? Why, the Princess found her. self lifted In air and flying straight to-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
A Peculiar Sea Anemone

NE OST varieties of sea anemones IVl attach themselves to rocks or
 other hard substances, but there are some that make their home Tn sand, in which they can bury surface of which they can as readily rise
 Extended. these sea anemones may be seven or eight inches in length, or more; collapsed, they settle down so that their tentacled upper disc Is flush with the surface of the sand or mud in which they bury themselves, low 1t, making a little depression, a veBiteble trap for any small creature that might chance to wander that way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
Not Under Control.

Tommy had got into a bad habit of making faces behind his teachers back at school. He always prided htrn- self on his smartness at never being caught; but he made an ugly grimcae once too often.
 What are you doing, you bad boyT' demanded the wrathfu' teacher, fash ing. round and almost whitening the lad with a fierce look
 "Oh. please, sir" whinspered Tommy. 'T was going to laugh, but my face slipped"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
Jumbled Verse.

Familiar lines by Robert Browning. Can you read them? Eminiah ownst nj Brunswick, Yb amusof AnoVerh city; The iverr Weser. eepd and ediw, Ashesw It's walls on the nrethous edis; A pleasanter tops you reven deips. But. neWh snigeb my yttid, Tsmola evif derdnuh sreay ago. To see the klof snwot reffus so, From YeEmin, was a pity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
Puzzle in Verse.

It is heard in France and in ver- sailles, too, In Eiffel Tower and Nice 1t also has something to do.
 out, In the French republic 1t is. without doubt;
 thrice, In the palace. even the "hut overrun by mice" It is in so many places that can- not be said, So, my dear friends. will rest my weary head.
 (What am I'D
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
A Cat With Wings

Tho boatswatn of the Caspian" an English schooner, brought with him from India strange animal-bird, which he always referred to as his "Tabby." It certainly looked more like cat than anything else: but it was probably some freak of the animal world. It a.. two pairs of wings, bee could fly only with difflcultv- like a tame duck.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

His head louked several sizes smaller and himself several inches taller than before his hair was cut.
 hair to mamma" said Benny.
 "AI right" said his father; we Il go to the jewellers and have him put 1t in a pretty iocket. And by the time we are ready to start for home 1t will be ready for us.'
 So, that evening they got the >locket from the jewellers and gave 1t to Ben. ny's mother. When she saw Benny and then the lock of hair she broke down and cried a little.
 For, Benny Benny, you aren't my baby boy any more." she sighed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

FAVE you played the game of
 Mark off two lines across
 @ clear piece of ground Cor across Twenty-Five feet apart. Then let all the children count out to see who is to pe the fisherman.
 The fisherman must stand between the two lines of players and repeat the foI- lowing rhyme:
 Swim. little fishes, from the river to.
 the seal
 Swim. little fishes-one--two-threer' At the word '.three," all the children or fishes must run across his territory to the land beyond their opponents line, and while they run. he (the fisher- man) must catch as many as he can. fishermen and help him catch more fish. The game goes on as before, the fisher men all repeating the rhyme in concert until all the fishes have been caught.
 Now the game Of 'sKing Caesar
 One player is chosen to be the King. All the others form two rows, one at each end of the ground, with line drawn across the front of each row to Ali the players must keep within their respective lines, and King Caesar stands in the middle, between the lines. Any number of players can then rush across from one den to the other, King Caesar trying to catch one as they run. If he catches one. he must succeed in holding him while counting ten, the boy meantime trying his best to break away. But if he cannot, he then remains with the King and helps him catch others.
 If either den becomes empty, the King goes into it. and says; Grown
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
Beheadings.

1. am a winter sport; behead me and l am a girls name.
 2. 1 am girls name; behead me and l am what a little boy did.
 g. am a grain: behead me and am what comes from the sun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
Some Amusing Epit0phs

Tween. stranger, for a father spilled From a stagecoach and thereby killed;. His name was John Sykes. maker or Slain with three other outside passen-
 gers"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
What Was Williams shareP

Aunt Hannah gives James cents, Harry 6 cents, Thomas 10 cents and William as much as the rest put to- gether. How much did William re- ceive, and how many thumps did they give him when they got him out
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

A stone in an English ehurchyard shows this plaintive epitaph. The trade of the deceased while he was alive and the manner of his death ara botb ave plainad in the quaint rhyme;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
What Does This Picture MeanP

V V ERE is a picture which represents A the name of one of the signers of the Declaration of 1ndepend- ~ enee. Can you read it?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

becomes softened, and may be pressed into any form. Water will again harden 1t. You might remark to your friends ing the hen in that bottle, but left that trick for another occasion.
 Another good trick Is the fire-eater trick: nine inches long by soaking 1t in saturated solution of nitre and drying 1t. Wrap the string in piece or tow and ignite 1t. Hold 1t in the le1t hanqt with the right hand put some tow into the mouth, chew 1t and appear to swallow 1t. Now take the handful in which is the string ana put Into the mouth taking out at the same tlInet unobserYed, the piece aireaoy cheWS9Su: Take breath through the nostrlts and breathe 1t out through ond smoke Ine llri viii issue forth, and on opening wlds the ynoIIth if will be lighted up with glow. When the mouth IS shut anu inc tow pressed together the hfe soeS out
 Naxt we will change white flower This is a performance suitable 1I Tor thSr garden or the drawing room. nS dry petals of a white rose or any SaO5 es Her os nossibIe uniformly. sprtnkled xoith aniline crystals. The rose snoula M be shaken so as to leave as 'llttiS as possible visible; what there IS VIII VIII Vo to only trifiing specks. by sa eenI6s,ns oar other spirit from vaporlzer- those connected with hnger ring en- ahIe the nerformance to be most my s ferinuslv accomplished--the delicate white petals can be promptly suhuseo with a rich crimson plush'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
Enigma.

Enigma. am composed of 5 letters. My first is in car, but not in ride My second is in eye, but not in lio. My third Is in had. but not in have, My fourth is in came, but not in come, My fifth Is in wrote, also in write, My whole is the name of a tree. What am IT C
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ss One of the months. ss One of the muses. . One who keeps q jan. ss If not, except
 = A nap taken at monday, Referring to the ankle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
Beheadings.

Beheadtngs.
 II am something used in every household; behead me and am pari of door. .- 2.I am something which every tidy woman does; behead me and am wha' sorrowful women do.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
Jumbled Names.

Jumbled Names. Characters from Shakespeare. See if y90I y0d.nr can name bansfb then all ventaiine. ( Rotpush. 5. Lamhet. 6 LetJui
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
Puzzle of States.
Word Square.

Can you name three States Of th' Union whose initials are tho same ai their finals?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

Can you work out the following word
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-08-09
gsis visits so the Earl.

There is Il well known English bishop
who writes a very bad hand. This bad
hand caused a sad error to happen
some years ago. 4 young clergyman
had written to the bishop to inquire
about a vacant curacy. and the reply
that The young man got informed him
that the saiary was small and the work
difficult. But there was one mitigating
circumstance. The incumbent. among
his other duties, would visit the earl
every morning and spend two hours
there. The curate would have rejected
the post but for the daily visit to the
earl. That attracted him. There would,
no doubt, he told himself. be many
fashionable dinners to which he would
naturally DO invited. He would make
many friends among the rich and
powerful. These friends would be able
to help him in his career. The earl,
perhaps. had daughters. One of them
who knows?-stranger things had
happened, And SO the curate accepted
the difficult and poorly paid euraey to
discover on his first visit to the town
that he had misread the bishops letter
and that his daily two hours visit was
not to the earl, but to the jail.