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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

Journey to the neighboring kingdom. whose Queen he had long desired to marry, but had not dared to ask for fear of her refusal on account of his
 But, alasi when he asked her hand in marriage. she glanced at his hair and
 I'm sorry" she added. kindly, Out used to have red hair?'' '
 Yves" faltered the King. "I had red hair, but l had 1t dyed brown be-
 'Oh, l am sorry. but hate dark men, and ! cannot marry you because you : The discounted King hastened back home and summoned his barber.
 Dye my hair yellow!' he command ',B,but,, your gu Majesty" ,!,,ts in,tsrPossd the dye. Your Majesty's hair would prob
 '"fake of this dye first. then"
 "B-but 1t won't come offr'
 Then shave the hair off. and I can weSr a yellow wig!''
 So iH was done. and in few days tho Kin,y. reappeared at the Queens court wearing yellow wig.
 But, looking at his hair. she shook her head sorrowfully and said. No"
 I'm so very. very sorry" she went on. pityfngly. but, though your wig Is very peconfnSs u0 not ike LAtr men, so simply cannot marry you"
 This time the King went home angry, for he was sure the Queen had been making game of him.
 He did not summon the barber this time. It was no use. The Queen ap- parently would not have him. dark or fair. So he sulked.
 And while he sulked his hair grew; and after a while he discarded the wig altogether. That very day the barber begged for an audience. and, on being admitted, excitedly exclaimed:
 Your Majesty. I've heard that the Queen. whom you are said to love, al- though she heates dark men and fair men alike, admires those who have RED hair, for 1t Is her favorite color.''
 The King sprang to his feet, called his .courtiers to horse and hastened off to the court of the Queen; and this time she looked at his hair, smiled, and said sfYes"
 They were married. and on their ar rival at the Kings palace they gave a handsome present to the barber. After that the King liked his hair and liked to be called King Carrots"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

T went home quite elated, and the two children and myself set to work with will. The rye was just beginning to whiten-hardly ripe enough to cut and every morning my husband went out and brought in to us quite a large bunch of the ripest. From this he would take the heads, with about one and a half feet of the stalk, that was much too small for our purposes. The chil- dren then clipped out the joints with scissors, skinned off the outer coverings, and then turned them over to me. measured up and cut into exact lengths all that were perfect, and counted them out in little bundles of 100 each. We slipped little rubber bands on either end of each bundle, and they were ready for the market
 ''Only about two joints can be used from each stalk-the second and third (the first joint, growing nearer to the ground. is always spoiled in cutting). These we carefully cut into two lengths--the longest about fourteen inches. and the shorter seven inches. The straws must be cut into exact lengths, and the ends should be clipped, with sharp scissors. obliquely; because, if cut straight across, they will be considered only "machine-cut." We selected the straws. so far as pos- sible, of equal size for each bundle; the lower joint made short straws. and generally ran little larger than the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Your Pets in June

IF YOU have canaries in your house U you will be interested to know that the hen canary gives signs of loving again before her first brood have been reared. you should not delay providing her with plenty of nesting materials. or she will very likely commence plucking the feathers from her young to line the new nest.
 If she is seen doing this the young ones must be at once moved from her reach and placed in a separate compart- ment, or another cage, with the cock, who will undertake the duty of feeding them.
 If you are having trouble with your pigeons. perhaps you whl be helped by this piece of information: That % per cent of the ailments of pigeons are due to drinking impure water. Fresh. soft water should be given every morning and the drinking vessels cleaned thor oughly every day.
 Remember this about your dog: That hot food is not good for dogs; 1t is un- natural for them and weakens their di- gtstion. In very cold weather 1t may be given with the chill off, but not at this time of the year.
 There is no doubt that cats have a regular language of their own. Champ fleury. the great French authority, says pussy's cry "hliou" is uttered In countless dieffrent ways, and he has been able to distinguish sixty three distinct sounds. Each means some thing, and is never used except for that particular thing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
How to Draw the Body

from crown to chin. as your unit of measure.
 In the average adult man the height of the body. from crown to sole,. is half times the length of the head. From chin to little below the centre of breast is usually a heads length l: from the centre of breast to top of to middle of thigh, another; from mid dle of thigh to knee, another;. from knee to sole of foot, two heads length.
 three heads length. From shoulder to shoulder Is usually two heads length, from nip to hip one and a half a heads length; the foot is usually a trifie over a heads length.
 A horizontal line. drawn from pupil to act halves.
 Now for the eyes.
 Beginners usually make the eye in to tVse see where You have made your mis- takes. In the first diagram you see the full eye in irrespective. The slant
 In the second diagram, which gives a perspective. the highest point (centre( Is withdrawn from the extreme limit
 In the last diagram, showing the full eye; the highest point is in the "a. actual Note the peTpendicuIar lines drawn on much the eye retreats from view ac- cording to the respective turns of the head. E Don't forget that very few people are .harmoniously proporttoned. most people having shorter legs than they ought to have. So you will have to judge by your eye just what their ac- tuaI proportions are. And then. of course, you will always have to look out for the necessity of foreshortening here and there in your sketch.
 It will help you to know that usually the fork of the legs is little less than half the height of the body and that the trunk (to the chin) may be divided into four heads.
 Usually when figure is standing at rest the line of balance or equilibrium passes through the head and neck, but not through the legs. It falls in front of them, about through the insteps. In well-built figure the chest is well forward, the body thrown forward on the legs and the head held little back as balance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
AU Rssd (-Ies. Mr CA~riSs- Door. Phase.
The Romance of Red Haired King

quired the barber, who was stut- terer.
 "Yes, attend to my hair"
 "Y-your hair, your Majesty?" (for the Kings hair had already been nicely trimmed).
 My hair, yesi Dye iti" stuttered ays the Gu astonisSed Seauf barber. na
 "Beautifuli It is hideous!" shrieked the King. "I'll not have carrot-col- ored hair another day. Dye 1t dark brown" .'+ ..-
 The barber had no choice but to- obey, of course. So he got the dye. and in a few minutes, To! he beheld in his glass a carrot-colored one. and he was so de- lighted with his altered appearance that he decided at once upon magnificent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Mister Fly

VvTHAT a sharp little fellow is MT. w Fly;
 He goes when he pleases, low or high, And can walk just as well with his feet to the sky As can on the floor.
 At the window he comes
 With buzz and roar,
 And OCT the smooth glass
 Can easily pass. Or through the keyhole of the door. He eats the sugar and goes away. Nor ever once asks what there is to pay. And sometimes he crosses the teapot's steam, And covers and plunges his head in the cream; Then on the edge of the jug he stands And cleans his wings with his feet and hands.
 ries away And goes a-buZz. as if to say: At present I haven't a minute to stay But I'll peep in again in the course of a day"
 Then again he'll fly,
 Where the sunbeams lie,
 And neither stop to shake hands Nor bid goodbye. Such a strange little fellow is Mister Who goes as he pleases low or high. And can walk on the ceiling Without ever feeling A fear of tumbling down sky high"
 THOMAS MILLER.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
A Hunters Cabin
Story About Dominoes
WI ITH regard to the game of dom- w inoes there Is a very interestine

TYT ITH regard to the game of dom- w inoes there Is a very interesting
 story connected with It's origin; it runs thus: There were two monks who had been committed to the penalty of A long seclusion, and were condemned to keep absolute silence. To relieve the monotony they played a game by show ing each other small flat stones marked with black dots. By a weli-understood arrangement the monk whose hand was used at first informed the other player by repeating fin an undertone the first line of the vesper hymn. "Cantate Domino" ("Sing unto the Lord"). In time the monks completed the set of stones and formulated the rules of the game, so that by the time they were free to come out from their punishment they had found the game so interesting that on teaching it to the other members of the monastery 1t became a favorite and lawful pastime. It soon became popular all through Italy and from there extended to the who'll world The first line of the vesper n which the monks had used as a siA ] was reduced to the word domino, ak the name as you know has stuck to Sae game ever SincA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

IF YOU are big enough to do les sons and learn history, you will X know that there was once King he had red hair.
 But I don't suppose you have ever heard of King who was called Car rots" for the same reason. None of the history writers seems to have men, tioned him.
 King Carrots hated his hair and hated his nickname. Whenever the court barber called his hair beautiful, he scowled. And when one day some one in the crowds on the streets shouted King Carrots!' he was very angry, and on his return home im- mediately sent for the court barber.
 Your Majesty s-s-sent for me?" tn-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

Evans, are enthusiastic, over o drawing that you will all be fn-
 terested in the following hints on drawing the human body. given us by q very successful artist. Says he:
 Give your first attention to the movement. There is a suggestion of motion even in the standing pose; no nl3e stands gracefully in the attitude of q soldier in the ranks.
 The weight of the body is thrown on one foot, the hip on that side is raised, the Shoulder lowered, the spine curved. the head bent little to- the opposite side. But, of course, there are a thou sand variations of the attitude. So the first thing to do is to draw a per- rsndtcular line in your minds eye through the figure you are about to sketch and note how much the figure
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varies from the perpendicular.
 Unless you sketch out the natural attitude of the figure at the very first you will surely lose 1t, as 1t disap- pears as soon as the figures muscles weary and become limp
 Draw very lightly q perpendicular line down the middle of the paper or to one side if the figures arm Is ex- tended. Mark the middle Of the line and then measure all other distances from this centre the distance of height on the line, those of breadth FROM 1t. Use the length of the head,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Plays Violin, Without Hands.

Frank Clawson, of Atlanta. H.. is a handless violinist Many years ago he was caught in a blizzard, and his hands were frozen So badly that amputation was nec- essary. For long time his violin was si- lent. but his love for the instrument in- spired him to experiment. and he now IS able to play it as well as when he had two hands MT. Clawson made a bent wire eontrivance to fasten on to the stuups of his arms. and by the use of these and holding the violin between his knees he is enabled to use the instrument with great alilI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Conundrums.

1. What grows less tired the more 1t works?
 2. Why is a conundrum like a mon- key?
 g. Why is watchdog larger at night than he Is in the morning.
 {. Why is a horse half way through a gateway like a cent? 5. Why is an interruptions milkman like the whale that swallowed Jonah? 6. What did Adam and Eve do when they found themselves shut out of Eden?
 2. What is the difference between an emo otional girl and military hat?
 8. Why are stout men prone to mel ancholy?
 9. When the seven wise men of Greece met the sage of Hindoostan, what did they all do?
 10. Why do spinsters wear mittens?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
R5l/:E2aDs'Razzley

B. We played blind mans buff a long time last night.
 G. The religion of the Hindu, Luther carefully investigated
 '. My burden verify is greater than I can bear.
 S. In setting the stone. make the zinc level and straight.
 g. You may eat scrambled eggs or omelette.
 10. With great pomp, aristocracy takes Its airing in the park. H. Once under the matrimonial ban, you cannot escape. '' l2 To a bargain sale men never go.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
ANsedla-and.Thread A rrea.

The Mexican maguey tree furnishes a needle and thread all ready for use. Al the tip of each dark green leaf is a slender thorn needle that must be eare- fully drawn from its sheath; nt the a stronG. smooth fibre attached to laa needle and capable of being drawn out to a great length.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

Have you ever made yourself a jacklight or torch?
 A good way is to wind a length of a iimewick on a crotched stick. Saturate the wick in kerosene or some other fluid that will burn till 1t has absorbed as much as it will hold. Having done this. lock up the can of gasoline or whatever you have used, and under no circumstance take it along with you. for, if you do. a burning catastrophe or explosion Is almost sure to happen.
 Another light--a n d Q safe one-can be made by placing q number of can dles in a giass-front box. with a tin reflector in the back part to enhance the briiliance of the candle- light. This jacklight is a fine thing. for while it eaSfM d hriiliant light
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Gain in Gold Output.

The production of gold iR fhe United States last year was 4.17S,5R fine ounces. valued at sS6337. 700. This is a gain of about $6,000,OOO in value over the output for the calendar year 1904. The gain comes largely in Alaska. while of the other large producers California alone shows a re- duction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

l. CEEHRsT, a wenknown town in England.
 ?. ANOV. a famous river in England. 3. BERT, a great river in Italy, 4. COOSMW, a Russian city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

four-folding sort. Make sure that the two ends are away from him. Now ask him to open out the folds three times away from himself He will flnd 1t im- possible to do from his position After he has tried and failed. take the rule yourself. keeping the ends toward you. and under, as you see in the picture.
 Now, with your right hand. raise three folds ffhis is the point to re- member: if you forget. your "catchs will catch the eateher). Then open out the middle hinge, and, after it. the last fold.
 All your moves are made away from you. remember. But. the uninitiated peoples moves are made toward them- selves, you purposely handing them the rule so that the ends are away from them.
 Don't you see how this is sure to com fuse them?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

nke ours, except nara ly so nice, and they must cost something. Why cannot the chill dren and myself pre- pare some fine ones from our rye patch?
 "I asked at once if I might speak to the head of the establish ment, and was intro- duced to a very pretty young woman. S h @ displayed her straws fin bulk. and told me she paid SIPS per 1000, put up in little bundles
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
May Rain Healthy.

In Germany. during the month of May, hundreds of children run about the street without hats on when fl rains as 1t is generally believed that May rain is most healthy. and that when 1t falls on their bare heads the children will grow quicker and gain in strength.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Buried Cities.

Can you find these three buried Flu ropean cities (one in each sentence): l. Amabel is bonny, not bony
 2. The huntsmen had a mad ride. 3. We all rise when Papa rises.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Hidden Cities.

Who of you boys and girls can guess every one or the cities buried in the fol- lowing sentences? Each sentence con- fatns cne hidden city;
 'n walks with a calm. dignified air.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
DOYS who live ID close enough

DOYS who live D close enough
 { O 8 o m woods to be able tc make frequent trips there will find 1t jolly to put up a hunters cabin for permanent use.
 Make 1t In two sections. arranging your forked sticks for the campfire between the sec- tions.
 At the extreme inner end of each section you can ar range a locker, to serve also as cup board and 1a fa for v.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Mixed Cakes.

Rearrange the following letters to give the names of seven kinds of cake. (The third is the same as a certain city of Italy. The fourth is the same as a popular game)
 l. Lump. g. Desc. 3. Omega. f. Sin net 5. Cotocuan 6. Errych. 2. Dunpo
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Animals That Need No Water.

Patagonian llamas live for years with out tasting water. and a breed of cows near Losere, France, and noted for the richness of the milk, takes it very rarely
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Raising Soda Water straws.

n LL of you boys and girls who A live in the country or suburbs. N where you have an acre or so of
 ground around the house, will be interested to learn that there is said to be considerable money in raising rye for soda water straws
 A lady who lives in the country tells how she and her little boys and girls came to make the discovery and what they accomplished from a crop of rye straw grown in patch % by 200 feet in extent. She says:
 T had occasion to go into the city. It I stopped to take a glass of orange pios- phate. As slipped the cooling beverage through nice, clean, fresh straws q could never bear to use the miserable pasty stems DOW so commonly in use).
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Missing Letter Proverb.
Anagranns.

What proverb do you find when you supply the missing letters?
 F-nt hat n--er w-n f--r la--.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Capital Musical Game

N for indoors some rainy day or w evening, try this one:
 Give each player a sheet of paper and q pencil, and then let them loose in a room where you have pre- vtously arranged a number of articles, Let each player set down on his sheet of paper after corresponding numbers what he thinks each article represents. For instance, suppose you have the each one numbered:
 l. A quire of paper.
 3. Three little dolls. exactly alike in every respect 1
 3. A carpenters brace. 1. A watch.
 s. A razor.
 6 The chinrest from a violin. [. A card with xL written on it. s. A name written on a sheet of paper. g. A pair of small scales. TO- Base of a table bell. ii. Peck measure, containing two beets. is. A fiatiron with marked on its face.
 IA Cardboard letter c hung high in the S A lump of tar.
 16 A pipe stem.
 l7 A large haIf-tone engraving. is A babys shoe with o on the sole. 20 A loaf of bread marked The - of iifs.' lousss the missing word. The anewers are musical terms. ! friplcts. measure. D. 8. Brace. l2 Chord. [. Time. B. B-fiat. 5. Sharp. 14. High s, Rest. IS. Pitch 2. Forte. 16. Stem. 8. Signature. r. Haif-tone 3. @cAlea. 4S. Note. 10 Aaas. 1s. Solo.
 2o Staff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

?. In hottest August inertia seiEes one. 8 Either must the arm be sinewy, or knee joint Timber.
 f For ailment stomachic a good laugh is the best medicine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

Peru has less than seven persons to the square mile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Torches and Jacklights.

THIS is the season for the appear
 ance of firebugs. And. at the
 same time. Q good many of ys feel the desire to make a little light
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Optical Illusion.

TIT ERE is, a rather curious illu- n sion. showing how easy 1t is for
 the eye to deceive the judgment. At frst sight which dotted iine--the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
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Joint above, which we used for the longer straws.
 We sold our first 1000 straws to the woman at the ice cream parlor for S125, and she engaged 1000 per weeks but we found that we could prepare about 5000 or 10000 per week. work ing. approximately, i've hours per day, except on Saturday, and SO we sold all that we could cut every week to q large wholesale house. which fure nished supplies for salons, soda wa4 ter fountains, etc, and, at the end of about six weeks our recsipts were ste in cash, with scarcely any expendi- ture. Of course. if we had retaiied them all. we should have made a much larger profit, but that was not prac- ticable.
 "The rye should be cut little un- der-ripe. and not tied in bundleA When too dry, the straws split in cut. ting. but we found that by putting the straw into a cellar overnight this waa prevented. If the straw could be pro- cured and kept under cover in good condition, the season would be much longer, as the wholesale supply houses seem willing~to buy an indefinite quantity at almost any season of the year; and. even at 50 cents per 1000. tt yields big profit"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

ahead, 1t casts an equally heavy shadow behind. effectually conceaiing those who carry 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
ANSWERS TO JUNE 10 PUZZLES
Picture Proverbs.

1. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"
 g. "A friend in need is friend in- deed"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Conundrums.

1. When he's aboard.
 ?. Because they are always for get ting everything
 3. Nov ember Dec ember. {. When they are filed.
 6. Because 1t was written by Harriet Reecher's toe (StoWe).
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

horizontal Or the xerticaI would you suppose Is the lonGer7 5E
 Now take d rses1ure and test the &C., curacy of your eys's estimate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Thinlv Populated

btHuduIH5 "Il~ N11 N.1AH1Hb' Stripe; strip; trip; tripe; ripe; rip; l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Trick With . Rule.

THERE is nothing like q catch. which trirs the cleverest. as well
 as the stupidest. Here Is one for you to master first. Then try on others.
 Hand some one a rule-one of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
Authors Zigzag.

Mint; ton; man; malt; ham; him. Answer: HAMILTON.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

IAPPrEsr and most contented of
 all the field musicians, I sit in stone and play to the sun as he sinks 1ailipd the hill. chirp merrily to the 1fet star that wrinkles in the evening sky, and when am tired of making fruit and vegetables I gather to keep ny cupboard well filled against q
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

rainy day. Vegetarian though I am, once fin a while my mouth waters for the taste of juicy worm or a spicy bug. Then, indeed, have to be spry and catch my nimble meal.
 Watch, now, while I fiddle for you. and raising my short wing covers rub them together lengthwise and fill the twilight with flood of sweet music.
 MARGARET W. LEIGHTON. 5
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17
How Many SheepP
Enigma.

John had five sheep and Davi ] seven.