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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-21
How the Prince Was Kidnapped.

In the garden of the ancient castle oi !
Altenburg two boys rested beneath Il
great yew tree.
"Dost thou know, Albert, why orr IA
ther fought against our uncle, Prince
WillihmE'
OF course. know replied his broth
or. at was because our uncle wanted
to take more than his share of the land
left by his cousin. Count William, the
Fool. God rest his s0ul--who died last
MichaelmnS. Thou knoweSt how the
people call our father Frederick the
Gentle. because he is the best sovereign
who has ever reigned in SaNony. lie
does not wish to do any man an inJuS-
tice: so he asked council of the mobiles
to decide the question between linn and
Ritter kunZ Won kaufungen, who thinks
that because our father hired him to
fight we should pay all his losses in the
war. The decision was that our father
was in no wise responsible. Then that
wicked old knight flew in Il rage and
vowed to he rcvenged on our father
II saw him as he passed through the
castle court said Ernest He scuwled
SO that | feared him Then he looked
hard ut me and mUttered something
about the other Que. too. Then he
laughed and his laughter afrightcd me
more than his frown."
"lic cannot hurt thee. brother said
Albert 'Are we mot safe in thi., strnu,r
castle with so many meu.at-urm. tn prn-
tcct u.s."
Weeks passed. aud the boys forgot the
rough old knight and his threats. Never
for moment, however. did Elmz forget
bis grievance NOR his nnrnnse az rave,,re
Es,I, ~ I,na ti-r ne,;t ..,lt,,i m,
elarfnr Frederick tb@ Genie ~ I,ainsir
Nearly tbe ,vboia garrisop of Attenbura
arcnuinonind linn as cscnrt oniv a fn,y
men p',i t,, r@m rem ot Tho rostIn nv
"narG FAR the elertress and her cons
WLat moro y-,s nanJnds W,s NAT Tho
n'Lmio rnnl,, az mcane" Ne, hnt i,,.t
across thn Hnben,ian hnr,lrr tLa ali
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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-21

Cook three cups Of green peas in wa
ter TO cover until tender. Allow the WA
ter 10 cook nearly all away, then add one
quarter cup If butter rubbed smooth
with y rounding tablespoon Of -four and
4altspoou of salt Add enough boiling
water 10 the liquid in the pan 10 make
one emp in all and cook three minutes
Put the peas in -poonfuls on six round
SLICES of roast, pour the sauce over auj
serve. This makes Il good luncheon
course.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-21

The venerable Prof. Alexander
stephens. NJ. H., of the New York Col
lego Of Physicians and Surgeons. said re-
Gently in lecture 10 his class. The
older physicians grow the more skeptical
they become os the virtues of medicine
mud the more they are disposed Ia trust
e. the powers Of nature
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-21
Choice Cookies. '

A conscientious housekeeper must ne
srual TO the many unexpected demands
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07

could be regularly employed in some
kind of work. They would feel much
better ply sically, and the number of
deaths would be tremendously de-
creased
Great Danes, mastiffs. st. Bernards,
Newfoundlands and one or two other
breeds could be made most useful, for
instance, to carry garden truck and
milk to customer. An English friend
writes us:
81 have relatives in Holland, and I
frequently pay visits to town in the
north part of that country. The house
where | stay is next door to bakers.
This baker has dog which takes him
round the town twice week. A drap-
er, living about stone throw further
on, has a dog which takes MS travellers
regularly on long rounds from village to
village, and he. too has had the same
dog for some years now. Dut THESE
records are as nothing to the postmanS
two dogs who have drawn him on alter
nate days from Assem- to Winschoten, a
distance of some twenty to twenty-five
miles, returning the same Afternoon Tor
the last seven or eight years, or per-
haps more. There are many who would
not be able to follow their callinSs as
milk vendors or small market gardeners
but for the help of their dogs"
The Dutch Societies for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals have
long since got over the idea that 1t
Is cruel to make such dogs work. On
the other hand. they say the kindly
treated working dogs are by far hap
pier and healthier than the idle dogs.
80 they now get up working-dog exhi-
bitions, and give prizes to the owners
whose dogs give evidence of the best
treatment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
Musician Aknste2s
~lWbH7

of its gloves. and II two mice. 1t takes
off two gloves, and II three. 1t takes
Off three, and II four. It takes Off all
four. But the moment they've caught
again.. ' BECAUSE auss the they Know We can't
you see, gloves have love inside
- them-there's no love outside.
so all the little girls said: Please
thank oI Helen. and we send her 20 loves yes
gloves and go kittens!'"
''Oh!" calculated Helen. her face
Frightening, II see! Auntie Virgins
kets full of kisses, and she thought I
said gloves and kittens! What a funny
Gcnevieve and Rem looked at one
another a little shamefacedly. Then
ishly.
tits our bad spelling. I know. and she
meant all this for you and me. Gene
We've" said Zen.
Yes, I'm sure she did" assented
f"r we DC spell eH @ GsSsFVe "
That's Sc, ;" agreed Ben, "well. it's
up to us to do, something to please
well have to write another letter.
Ben, and spell properly in that one"
Just then the door bell rang and an
express parcel was handed in for Gen.
evievc and Ben.
What do you think it contained?
Why, a speller.
the mail box addressed to Auntie Wig
gins. and 1t WAS very different from the
first letter in one important respect
the words were all spelled right!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
Games to Play

" RY the game x ALTERATION
some day. 1t will keep your
memory ION the rum" and you
will enjoy 1t all the more on
that account
Choose a leader first, then all of you
players listen to him carefully. He
will give out sentence, every word
of which begins with the same letter.
Each of you must repeat 1t after him.
Then he repeats this sentence, add
ing to 1t this time, however, another
sentence, the words of which all be-
gin with another letter. You must re-
peat both sentences after him COR
rectly.
Any one making a mistake must
drop out OF the game and watch for
errors in the remaining players.
AS the players become fewer in
number, they must repeat the SEN
fences after their leader more and
hesitation.
The last one left gets the prize. and
certainly deserves 1t.
Here are some suggested sentences
which the leader might use:
-Four fishermen fishing for fiddle
sticks"
"six slippery snakes slipping slowly
southwark"
Mine nautical Norwegians nearing
neighboring Norway's narrows"
"Ten tiny, toddling tots trying 70
train their tongues to trill."
The leader can make up sentences
beginning with the omitted numerals
between one and ten, If he wishes. Or
he can have his sentences open with
cOlOrS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
HELEN IS MYSTIFIED

"EIt didn't scnd gloves" expos
tulated Helen.
Gcnevcve and Ben sim looked Tuz'
zled, but a half-enli ghtencd (and fool
ish) look now began to dawn on their
and l see why there are four times
as many gloves as kittens, and l said
aloud to the little girls. Never mind.
my dear children, do your lessons
very nicely and don't cry any more
ana when school is over you'll ma mo
at the door, and you SHAH see what
you shall see,
so in the evening when they came,
with all their little kittens wrapped
up III their frocks, there -
|, at the door, with lIclcus big sa-A
And as each little girl came out
lust popped into her hand two pairs -
glove And each little girl uhr1lI'd
her frock and took out an angry lit',e
kitten, splitting and snarling, with rs
claws sticking out like hedE"hoS'
But it hadn't time to scratch, for IN
a moment, 1t found all its four paws
popred INTO nice, soft, warm S'"'s'
and then the kittens got, quite swt"L-
tempered. and gentle. and began p"I'-
ing again! ,....,
so the little girls went dancing
home again, and the next morhI"5
they came dancing back to school
"rhe scratches were all healed. and
they told me: The kittens have been
good" And when any kitten wan"
to catch q mouse, It just takes on oAs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
Thoroughbred Dogs Need
to Work

XyOU boys and girls are used to
" thinking Of dogs as idle and use
less, unless they happen to be
good watchdogs, in which case
YOU might consider them somewhat use
full at night.
In general, however. 1t is true that
our dogs are mere pets. And, indeed.
we are probably all the fonder of them
because they are pets. rather than
beasts Of burden.
Many people, however, are coming, 20
think that II we would be really kind
to dogs we would train them to work
for us. This Is especially true of finely
bred dogs, which are growing more and
more stupid and more and more delicate.
Dog fanciers tell US 1t would be
great blessing to priZe-dogs II they
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
A Woman Soldier
REMARKABLE epitaph is

A REMARKABLE epitaph is on a
~ tombstone in Brighton church,
yard in England; 1t reads: I'm
BORN at stepney in the year Ills She She
served for many years as a private
soldier In the Fifth Regiment of Foot
in different parts of Europe. and in the
year l745 fought under the command of
the Duke of Cumberland at the battle
Of Fontenoy. where she received a bayo-
net wound in her arm.
Her long life. which commenced in
the time of Queen Anne. extended to the
reign of George ~. by whose munifi-
8ence she received comfort and support
IN her latter years. She died at Brigh-
ION, where she had long resided, De-
Aember Il. 1921, aged los years"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07

lage girls school. and l said to the
head teacher:
How many little girls are there
at school today?'
Exactly $50, madam.
And have they all been good all
day?' -,
LAS good as gold!'
so l waited outside the door with
my basket, and as each little girl
came out / just popped soft little
kitten into her hands oh, what JOY
there was! The little girls went all
dancing home, nursing their kittens.
and the whole air was full OF purr--
ing! Then, the next morning.
went to the school, before 1t opened.
to ask the little girls how the kit
tens had behaved in the night.
And they all arrived sobbing and
crying, and their faces and hands
were all covered with scratches, and
they had the kittens wrapped up In
their little frocks to keep them from
scratching any more. And they
sobhed out, The kittens have been
scratching us all night
so then ! said to myself. What
a nice little girl Helen Is. Now. l
see why she sent all those gloves"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
English Puzzles.

English Puzzles.
/. Rip DID as he was asked.
2. l SAW the bird in the tree.
3. If HAD COME home in time l
SHOULD HAVE GONE TO Washington.
4. She found in the bank THIS pair
of slippers.
5. Her eyes SHONE with eagerness.
6. You must LET the slippers be.
Z. They went down until they reached
the bottom OF THE SEA.
g. Violets grow on the bank OF THE
RIVULET.
0. Her mother was DISTURBED by
her absence.
TO- She grew tired of the water and
wanted to return Omit "back) home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07


you any letter for us children po.ner
Over her shoulder peeped Brotner
Ben and little Sister Helen, the al
eager faces full of the same inquiry, as
the postman. who was about 70 ring
the doorbell of the house on the op,
posite side Of the street, turned at tnd
sound of Genevieve's voice anu
glanced up their~way.
Let me see," he answered. wi ny
yes, think have a letter for you,
"Oh. oh" squealed Helen. III >
frum Auntie Virgins. I know. Sn,
"Oh, may we come and get IL 1roi''
you right away" asked Genevieve;
"I'll run across to you" called Ben
before the good-natured postman hao
time to so much as omen his mouth 70
say yes" Delving into his bag ne
produced the letter just as Ben reach
ed his side.
"Thank YOU" said Ben. and flew
back to the house, where Genevieve
and Helen were impatiently waiting
to see the address and postmark OF
the letter.
said Genevieve.
"And the postmark says Walton
Hills" said Ben.
Helen, who had not yet learned to
read writing and did not understand
the meaning of postmarks. thrust
paper cutter into Genevieve,s hand.
"Oh, do open the letter, sister, she
begged.
waiting any longer" declared Gene-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
Hznes AHeIf~ NzZer
The Puzzles and
Problems
What Were Their Names!

what were Tneif Names!
A GIRL named . met another
~ MY name is like yours. It reads
backwards Just as well an for
wards" "Yes." said land
the first and last letter Of your name
are the same as the second and dfth Of
mine. aren't they. ehf" What were
their names?
Buried Cities (Two).
A mad rider on horseback met little
girl on donkey-back.
Flower Riddles.
!. What is a popular girl who can't
2: What's an unpopular one who does
g. When you go to buy an alarm
clock. what do you ask fort
4. What are firecrackers?
4. What are they mostly connected
with by bad boys?
9. This is a fact which the cats are
inclined to-what?
Z. Old fashioned flowers were planted
in-what?
s. When a bashful young man Is call
Ing. conversation is likely to-what?
9. What kind of building material are
false houses on stages often built Of?
10. What do naughty little boys often
feel on their persons?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07

me! oh, Just open them. please.
Mrs. Wagner said i. and count the
things in them
so in a few minutes Mrs Wagner
came and said. 800 pairs of gloves in
the sack and $50 kittens in the bas-
ket'
Dear me. said l. that makes
1000 gloves!, Four times as many
gloves as kittens! It's very kind Of
Helen, but why did she send so many
gloves? For haven't 1000 hands. you
know, Mrs. Wagner.
"And Mrs. Wagner said, No. in
deed, you're 99S hands short of THAR
"However, The next day made out
what to do, and 1 took the basket
with me and walked over to the viii
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
Prince k0ts<z~a e/kles
Experiments Of
Tom Tit

HAVE several interesting expert
ments for you today, boys and girls.
First Of all, do you know how to
set anything on fire by bringing It
in contact with cold water? This
10 the way to do it: Fill a saucer with
a and let fall into 1t a piece of po-
a m, of the size of a peppercorn
49, two grains). The potassium Will
lily become red hot, with a slight
sion, and burn wildly on the sur
If the water darting, at the same
from one side of the vessel to
ther, with great violence. in the
Of red-hot fireball.
is a curious phenomenon: Make
le in a block of ice with q hot
Pour out the water, and fill the
aoIe with spirits of camphor.
Then set fire to the spirits. and you
will Immediately behold "ice in flames"
"a curious sight. indeed.
shall now tell you how to make
flying toy. This is contrivance
which you can cause to rise In the air.
In ten minutes you can make 1t. as fol-
lows:
Take two corks (see picture), insert
into each cork four wing feathers from
any kind of fowl. slightly inclining them
like the sails of windmill, but In op-
posite directions to each set.
Fix a round shaft in the upper cork.
This shaft ends in a sharp point.
Fix a whalebone bow to the top of
the lower cork. with a small pivot hole
in its centre. to receive the point of the
shaft. which then passes into the lower
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
What Teacher Saws.

No whispering, no passing things-we
must have order now. ! think. Z
10 eating apples or popcorn, no raising
hands to get drink.
20 shufiling feet, no slamming states,
no squeaking pencils any more
,r shall have to send you all to stand
with Johnny in the floor"
Little FolkA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07

cork as well, holding tight in it.
String each end of the whalebone bow
equally to the upper part of the shaft.
Now you are ready to operate your fly
the bow, so that the spring of the bow
may unwind the corks, with their an
terror edges ascending.
Then place the toy on table. and
with finger pressed on the upper cork,
press firmly enough to prevent the
string from unwinding. Then, if you
take your finger suddenly away. the in
strument will rise to the ceiling.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
SPANS State Coach.

The state coach used by the King of
Spain is drawn by eight pure white horses
with plumes and white harness. Plumes
wave from each corner of the coach,
while q crown ornaments the centre.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
Flower Anagrams.

In each of these sentences, find the
namo OF u flower by transposing all the
letters:
/. Love II.
2 Thy china.
3. Get me no tin.
4. Tears.
5. List came.
6. one name.
Z. In grade.
S. one lucky she.
.. A wee pest.
". Chantmus rhyme.
IL. Me in IA rug.
IL Until Pa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
Puzzle Verse by Charles James Fo,
George Canning's Riddle.

George Canning. another famous En-.
glishman, made up this riddle verse.
The answer consists Of two words. Can
you guess them?
There is a word of plural number.
Foe to peace and tranquil slumber.
Now. any word you chance to take,
BY adding IS you plural make:
But If you add an So to this.
How strange the metamorphosis;
Plural is plural now no~ more,
And sweet what bitter was beforef~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
TMe1ss

This diagram shows how the ships
carpenter cut his Sx9-inCh board and
put the pieces together to ill the 6xl2-
Inch hole.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07

We've. and she opened the letter i'm
mediately.
What lovely. long letter 1t was
the first one they had ever had from
Auntie Virgins! For Auntie Virgins
had spents many years abroad. ana
they had never so much as seen her
until about two months before the
time of this story, when a great big
ship had brought her over from Italy.
And oh! how like a fairy godmother
she then seemed, with gifts fo' Helen
and gifts for Ben and gifts for Mar
guerite.
Since her arrival what good times
they had had listening to her fasci-
mating stories-some of which had
been toln into print, and so been
read by thousands of children VINO
had not the happiness of owning her
as their Auntie Virgins.
A week before this story begins she
had gone away to Walton Hills, but the
last thing she had said was:
Nov, GenevieVe and Ben ana Helen,
don't fail to write Auntie Virgins q
letter some time this week.
You will answer II. will you?" they
had asked.
Indeed. I SHALL"
So they had written a letter--Gen-
evicve the first half Ben the second
half and little Helen the postscript:
And now here was Auntie Virgins
answer:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
Puzzle in Rhyme.

Three cats, fifteen kittens. eighteen
mice and hfty-four baby mice-nInety
in all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
A SURPRISING LETTER

'Dear Genevieve, Ben and Helen:
y our letter received warm well
come
But. my three deary dears. what
allied your letter? l have struggled
through Chinese puzzles, but never.
never have / had such jumbled
letter to unjumble as this one from
you.
And when I came to Helen's cum
ming little postscript was most puz-
Zled of ali. But at last i made it
out. Sac kFuL NV GLOVES AnDh
AskFT full. NV KItTenS-sack full
of gloves and basket full OF kit
tens"
THAT wasn't what | printed" inter-
rupted Helen; II didn't say anything
Never mind, fear" said Genevieve.
its very queer and l don't understand:
but let's see what Auntie Virgins says
next"
Its awfully queer" muttered Ben:
but so on. Genevieve."
Then understood what Helen was
sending me. for just then Mrs. Wag-
ner came to tell me d large sack and
basket had come. There was such
miawing in the house, as If all the
cats in Walton Hills had come to sec
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07

Answers to Last Weeks
Puzzles
CIPHER Puzzle.
You sigh for a cypher,
But / sigh for thee;
o. sigh for no cypher,
But o. sigh for me!
And, o, let my CIPHER
Thy cypher be,
And give sigh for sigh. for
/ sigh for thee.
Aunt Harriet's Age.
Marse George was 81. Miss May, O.
Aunt Harriet, 81.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
Puzzle Verse.

Puzzle Verse.
This puzzle verse was composed by DR..
s. Wier Mitchell. The answer Is some
thing that is usually found on every IL
brary table:
"A simple go-between am I, without q
thought of pride:
] part the gathered thoughts OF men.
and literally divide.
] set the soul of Shakespeare free,
To millions thoughts give liberty.
Bid Sidney speak with freer speech,
Let Spenser sing and Taylor preach;
Though through all learning Swift ]
glide.
No wisdom doth with Lie abide"
Who can guess the answer?
Puzzle Verse by Charles James Fox.
Fox, the English statesman. made the
following puzzle verse. Three different
words compose the answer, each word
resulting from beheading the preceding
word:
what is pretty and useful in various
ways.
Tho, It tempts poor mortals to shorten
their days:
Take one letter from It. and there will
What youngsters admire every day Of
Take two letters from IT. and then.
without doubt,
You are what that is, II you don't find
II out!'
Who can tell the answer?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
with Apologies to Lewis Carroll.)

~ H. MR.. PosTIE" called Gen
evieve Deere through the
open latticed windoW or
the breakfast room, nave
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
Hiss IRIS CHeMz72
Sh1zlns, o<DN1An

publish Of BEAUTIFUL noted
be