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urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting depend upon it. the cause OF
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment OF
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and no: TO habit as
most people suppose
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect OF
Swanp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
by, druggists sgs one in d tjtfyr <.s!
Sizes You may have Hssf
sample bottle by mail z 4SEss=
free, also pamphlet tell Home of swampR Root
ing all about it. including many OF tine
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer
4 Co., Binghamton, N. T., be sure and
mention this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but re-
member the name, Swamp-Root, DIR.
Kilmer's Swamp-root. and the address
Binghamton, N. Y, on every bottle.
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Any one suffering from Kidney
pains, backache, bladder trouble or
rheumatism who will take dose OF
Plne-ules upon retiring at night will
he relieved before morning. e. e..
Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck, Leg
gett's Drug Store. Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-10

Have you weakness OF any kind
stomach, back, or any organs of the
body? Don't dope yourself with ordi.
nary medicine. HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea Is the supreme curative
power. IS cents, Tea or Tablets.
EFT. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-10

It pours the oil of lite into your sys-
tenn. 1t warns you up and starts the
life blood circulating. That's what
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea does.
80 cents, Tea or Tablets.
e. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-10

You feel the life giving current the
minute you take it. A gentle soothing
warmth, fills the nerves and blood with
life. It's real pleasure to take Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea. IS cents.
Tea or Tablets.
e. L. Whitehead & Co.
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DEVILS ISLAND TORTURE

is no worse than the terrible case OF
Piles that afflict me 10 years. Then ]
was advised to apply Bucklen,s Arnica
Salve, and less taan box permanently
cured me, writes J.. S. Napier, of Rug
lee, KY. Heals all wounds, Burns and
Sores like magic. 25c at E. 7. White
head and Co druggist.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-10

Indigestion Is much OF a habit
Don't get the habit. Take a little
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure after eating amp
you will quit belching, putting, palpi-
tating and frowning. Kodol Digests
what you eat and makes the stomach
sweet. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-10

and cheSTfulhess soon
disappear when the kid
neys are oIt of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become SO prevalent
that it is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
nsys. If the child urin-
ates too often, if the
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-10
ASK FOR ALIENS FOOT EASE, /
POWDER,

1t makes walking easy. Cures
Corns, Nunlons, Ingrowing Nails
Swollen and Sweating feet. At ali
Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Dom
accept any substitute. Sample tree
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy,
Y
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Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
ccurages and lessons Ambition; beauty, vigor
The Washington herald., 1906-10-28
Polly EvanC' Puzzled and oblemC
CTTAEADE-
First

CUAEADE
First
owen Meredith proves We may live
without books,
Without friends without hope, with
out loves smallest particle;
But the reader will say. when upon
me he looks.
That I'm a quite indispensable ar
tiCle.
Eor whatever a man.; wants may hap
pen 10 be-
In me he is fitted at once 10 a T.
second.
II seems a Yankee notion. clear,
Government must not interfere
" stu liberty and that its sphere
Consent Of governed folk determines,
But Webster passes by consent
lu saying / am government.
And that restraint" is nay intent
He'd better tell that to the Germans
Whole.
You may q underground, you may
climb into trees,
You may probe into pie. you may cut
into cheese:
You may dive in the wave you NAV
float in the cir:
You may gaze at the stars. or the leg
OF "A chair;
You may pry into vaults. into graves,
into tombs,
Into Murray HiH parlors. or tenement
rooms,
But this fact 'twould be wei in your
Wherever you look, you viii find me
therein. Sir Urian.
Answer: Therein
GA splendid example of hiding IN
plain STANDARDIZATION to the reader
and most difficult for the author
NJ c. s.
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The GaIl-Fly and Its Wonderful Work

ine tiHy esg. tEe- the plump ia-g8. filI-
lcvcd So til-s cEr.-saiis, and a. iS1lg -
Jiie TUi-fiedged gali-ny. kIovyu IS Tho
Cylirs rosie. SuppOse we cpeD tiIis
fe1tifcrg suoDgc n Src L the Ettie
13i5sts q re Ssh within
i-p0n diSsecCUg Z they found the long
cells empty and each one with hole
gHgWed through tEc she'll showing
Iriscrc tIe flEy S4BTJ2S had made thar
cscauc intu the bright world without
And now. children. 70 show YOU tcst
even the gaIl-6ies have uSe, a. every
ming has. iu y. sure i was THOUSANDS
- Years before any enc discovered that
she gals on the oak could be Or any
service 60 nan. then they found thac
within tie gsE lay tne principal element
for TIE making C. ink And ink. YOU
know las played as Important a part
s. civilization IS the press Itself SOr1e
or these gals are also valuable lOr tan
ming and are used Cor medicinal pur-
poses. Jessie BOwIes Flshe-.
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ACROSS THE VIADUG

tried to shout at him, but my
mouth was go dry and parched that
] could not utter a word Doubtless
lie was thinking that this was one OF
the "larks" with which We had often
leased him
The Intervening space appeared to
be rapidly decreasing, when sudden
gust OF wind met me, and I wobbled
until I thought I must go over But
once more steadied myself, and, with
two-thirds OF my journey completed,
began to hope for success
There was a near signal to be
passed, and ! wondered il the sup
ports would keep me from riding
safely under it Fortunately, how
ever. il was a high post and so
hoped by steering well inside 10 be
able 20 keep clear Of the supports.
But before 1 could certainly calcu-
late the result I was therei The sig
nal post appeared 10 Hash by, I felt
q sharp pain in the top OF ny head
Then with a great shock everything
seemed 10 leap forward TO meet me.
my wheel struck wildly against the
side OF the train dispatcher's tower,
and I felt I was falling.
The sensation Of falling appeared n
me &c last a long. long time. but as a
matter Of fact. IL couldn't have been
more than a few seconds, for. by the
greatest Of good fortune. I had fallen
on the inside Of the parapet % the track,
while my poor machine pitched over the
OTHER side and was wrecked at the foot
Of the steep embankment
Before Dick could descend I was up
and. bounding Up the stairway two
steps al d tine, was at his side az the
lever
.T-p with the signal Stop the ex-
presst'' I shouted. and without qucs-
ton the man set the signal
An indignant whistle from the express
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HOW TO SAVE THE TRAIN

He stood FOR moment in silent
thought, while ! waited anNiousiy Tor
his decision, knowing he could calculate
much more rapidly than ].
''Yes-it Is the only way, he finally
mCttered. Come along. Fred, We
must get our wheels down here and rice
back along the line % the VladucJ ON
the other side Is a dispatches tower
dicks the dispatcher. You know. We
must try 10 reach there ia time TO stop
the express.
In all haste we fetched our wheels
down the steep embankment, and plae-
mig them on a narrow Workmen's path
way that paralleled the track We pea
lled back at fun speed down the line,
I'm a few minutes we came in sight ot
The viaduct Here "a grave diiiicuity be
set US. the way being so narrow mat
the slacDeTs stretched clear across from
side TO side. We couion file o--
wheels over such obstacles.
we shall have 20 set of and rUnr
Harry ] shouted back, Tor i was
ahead of him.
At the same time the distant whistle
OF the approaching express warned us
that We should not have enough time %
7.lfn across the long vidduCt before the
train had passed the dispatcher tower
shes done for" gToancd Harry,
Unless" he added. unless one OF US
rides along the pdraDet Of the Yid-
duct-but ii can't be done.
WAS ahead and riding al full
speed but / don't think ] should have
had the courage 10 attempt the wild
feat if il had not been fOr the Ions.
shrill second whistle which announced
the closer approach OF the express
Then the thought OF all those pas
sengers unconsciously rushing 20 their
doom uerved me for the task.
Driving my wheel up slight incline
that fortunately led right Gown 10 the
parapet. I headed her straight for
the viaduct, and the next instant
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IN INT JULIA" said Eva. who.
a with her brothers John ami
Lewis. had just returned from
q Tamblc in the country one bright
June morning. what IS this spungZ
bali on the stem OF Wild rose which
found growing along the road?
on answered Aunt julia. eNainlH-
ing H. "this is the work OF gal-ny,
And what, pray, is a gall-hy+ asked
john
Doubtless you have seen them mant
q time bra your rambes in the country,
replied Aunt Julia, but did not aHoW
what they We're; and What wonders they
can work by their magic touch, They
are small flies. generally black in color.
with translucent wings; but they are
ve-itablc fairies iu the insect world.
making woHdTOgS creations spring up IS
though by the touch of magic wand
The little sprite upon mischief bent
Dierces the leaf tWig or bark inserting
an egg on number Of eggs, and at The
The Washington herald., 1906-10-28
Good Matching Game

TTERE is an excellent game FOR a
Halloween party.
Prepare a card for each guest,
cutting it in the shape of R bat. or owl.
or broom and looping with a ribbon to
pin by. Number the boys cards and
the girls cards in pairs to correspond.
SO that every boy viii find girl.
Next. take familiar ndme-cOupletS-for
example. Romeo-Julict, Jack-Jill-and
make charades OIL. REFUSES out of them.
For instance. to represent RomeO-Juliet,
have a picture Of Rome, q letter q, a
picture of a Jew. the letters L L T.
! Give each charade number CORE
spending 20 that on the cards Of the
persons YOU apply the names to-and set
the guests to work guessing the names
from the charadeS.
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same lInIe a. jzCJ.1s a d-J1 o. Du-G Wiki
proauCcs tiez EiosL extraordinary cf-ec.s-
'That part o. tEc plant touched b. no
siUiC b. forced L;to al abnormal BrDV al
and r. li1lE i1cfnsCS tic ecEr- On icaTc5
tic gals are UsUsll,- cutie ro12c aid or
aCCuL M same consistency as q gOos--
berry. Olifer ielI-F.lifS are hat. Ike
small coins while other hang D. Strings
Ike 5UucilCs o. cUFrauJS. some are Gov
esCC with leariEe apHe-IGages chat loOS
IS- S-t.c--0heS. while tiIe Raj Ct ttlc
rose g clothed as you see, with q mass
g long. sCfl i4ameuts.
On. + Llvc of-eu noticed these Ii,tle
SOW IS on Ire leaves. but never knew
VIM tne7. were SAID Lewis.
'-TiCrea5tlE. said Aunt julia. MEN
-os sea these fairy creations. You VIII
S..Jw tEat they are the WORK OF some
KIND Of o caII-ll-. Were yov 20 c;It this
lovely sponge Of the sWeetOTi8- open
y0u would hnd It's hard. woody centre
uscked r-Il OF cells. which first contained
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found me scorching. literally for dear
lie along the narrow ledge - only
three feet wide. in face Then ! ped
alsd my hardest. knowing THAI L
should -SabbIe" less the faster rode
When I reached a point above the
margin OF the river J nearly lost my
balance, for the stream being rapid.
ny head began to swim as the whole
viaduct appeared TO be rushing fUri-
Ously along sideways. But with
great efTOT- I succeeded IN turning
M eyes from the sWirliug waters be-
low and fixing them on the furthec
end OF the viaduct, where / could see
tie train dispateheT's tower, and in
one OF its open windows Dick himself
p-ildl-r gesficnlatinE at me
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sounded like sweetest music in ny ears.
and / ran 10 the window and watched
the train roll swiftly by. with steam
shut of and shrieking brakes. II came
to a stsndstiI half. way across the via
duct, within few Yards OF the place
where Harry was waiting
Then ! heard an angry exclamation
behind me, aad, turning. saw the dis
patcher in the act Of reversing the sig
nal Wild with desperation, threw my
SELF upon him. What, was my perilous
ride across that Viaduct TO be IN vain,
after all2
You idiotT' exclaimed. DO you
want to have the death OF all those
people on your Conscience"
you fOOlr' was his equally violent
trick. I've been made foe! Of once too
Fortunately. while we struggled with
each other. Harry was warning the
engineer and his mate OF the danger
that Law ahead Only haif-COnvinced.
however. they walked back to the train
dispatcher's tower. bringing Harry with
Look here. lads" said the engineer,
when both OF US together told our tale.
only last week some KIDS gave Us =
cock-and-bull story, and We found we a
stopped the train for nothing but q
prank. You fellows ought TO be thrash
edr'
Harry's eyes flashed fire. and he re-
tOrted:
"Weu. go and commit suicide II you
chOOse-only it's rather rough on your
passengers. Why don't you take Us
along With yOu2 We can point out the
very spot II we have been hOaXing
YOU. you can have your revenge before
YOU put US of. I call il shabby OF you
TO act as you do after fellow has
risked his life to save yours.
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When you have an object-for ex-
ample, this toy horse-whieh is in a
position forcing it TO fall Of its own
weight, how is il possible to prevent
it from falling by ADDING MORE
WEIGHT TO THE SIDE on WHICH
IT TENDS TO FALL
The picture shows the principle on
which IL is done. Here is DObbin
prancing on the board without falling
of, and IL is the weight attached to
the FOREPART of his body that
keeps him perfectly balanced.
Notice, however. that the wire is
BENT, the weight is further under
the table than the horses feet are on
It, This brings the total weight in
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Conurdruns.

]. When are old people Ike toasted
lTtad2
,. When are arguments ike ladies'
lalhing costumes:
8. Why are hens Ike day la5orers?
What increases the more we press
;. In what way does an artist differ
fT0.n cook?
Similar, But Not the Same.
See If you can find what the words
I'm the following list arc. They all
sound alike but DO not look alike nor
mean ille same things;
]. THREE WORDS.
/ ~hc female of a certain animal
. \ musical note.
e. Jubaked bread.
II THREE WORDS.
l. Lines.
- TO lit.
g. To demOlish.
III TWO WORDS.
l. 4 certain animal.
. Part OF the head
". THREE WORDS
J. Observes.
Bodies df water.
g. TO lay hold of.
Y. TWO WORDS
J. Comes from the eve.
p. a VOW.
VI TWO WORDS.
/. Naked.
2 An animal.
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Answers to October Il Puzzles

etc. through to 80. if added up. would
amount to.
How Muah 70 You Know:
J. Charles was beheaded.
- James u was dcthTOned by William
and Mary.
s. Victoria Teigned during B0er War.
4. Henry VII established the Church
OF England.
.. Edward VII IS now King
8. George III reigned during Ameri-
can Revolution.
.. Henry VII sent out Cabot Expedi-
ton.
S. Edward III reigned during Battle
OF Crecy.
9. Elizabeth beheaded Mary Queen OF
Scots.
10. John granted Magma Charta
il. Anne reigned during War Span
ISL Succession.
J.. Richard ] went in Third Crusade.
70. Richard III was killed ut Bos-
worth Field
"a. George II reigncd during war
Austrian Succcs sion.
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thick iron bar had been bolted to the
rails in order u throw the express
which was just about due.
ON looking A little closely we found
that the scoundrel had loosened the
rivets aud knocked out wedges so that
the express, when it reached the spot
would tear up the entire length OF TWO
rails. with an inevitable Tu5llt that was
awful to think Of
What could we do. and how much
time had We:
ITS the up-Ime,' said Harry puln1g
out his watch and consulting a time
table which he happened TO have. me
express is due here ia ten minutes by
my time "
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such a position that the horse is per-
fectly balanced.
Try this for yourself.
Have you tried what they call mag
zeal increase?
Take a large drinking glass. conicai
in shape; that is. small at bottom and
large at top. Put in il q quarter. half
fill with water, then place a plate on
top and turn quickly over $50 thar
the water may not escaped
4 piece Of silver as large as half q
dollar viii Immediately appear on the
plate, and somewhat higher I'D will
be another piece of the size OF a quar-
ter.
Curious phenomenon. isn't it,
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Cracker Contest

X2TE BOUGHT a quart OF those
Wv elephant crackers and emptisd
them into a dish and placed
the dish on q table at one end
IF the room. Then while mamma
held her watch one OF US took a table
knife and tried TO see how many crack
ers we could manage 10 get on the
knife without any help from our other
hand. and then to see if We could carry
the crackers on the knife all the way
across the room and put them into an
other dish, and all within 4 minute by
the watch. Each one was given one
minute, and the one who succeeded in
getting the most crackers into the dish
across the room won the prize.
The Washington herald., 1906-10-28
Candles for Months

n LACE twelve lighted candles on
the door at intervals Of two or
three feet and name them for
the twelve months
Let each person in turn jump over
the candles, one at time If any
candle goes out that viii be the
month the persons wedding viii oe-
err
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could promise me some fine Cake in
south Africa. but we must wear
short Grange of hills in north of Eng
land) skirts and heavy boots, as the
salt water would spoil our fine (coun-
Try in north Of Africa shoes.
Sec if you can supply all the blanks
with the proper geographical names.
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CareIess nloIEu Scroll Sue

4ERE Is Careless Molly,
And there is Careful Sue;
Look at the two
Girls hair,
Look at the clothes
They wear
How nice and kempt
Miss Sue appears.
But what a fright
From toes to ears
The other Is; she says
She thinks It's folly
To be so prim and neat;
She can't be jolly
Like her brother jim;
But he'd be proud,
I think, and say,
My sister," out real loud,
Not of Careless Molly,
But Of dear Miss Careful Sue.
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Beware of Water.

Little Roy found that when he left his
knife and steel or iron toy ont in the
rain, they Tustcd.
one afternoon his mother was out
shopping and some one said il WAS go
ing to rain. Roy said:
Il don't want ny mama 10 get wet,
for It VIII make her rust.
Little Chronicle
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Bow and Arrow Stunt

TAKE a tub oe water and set ailoat
IN IL n number Of red, yellow and
green apples. Let the guests
take turns shooting with a bow and
arrow al the apples. Whoever HrcS an
arrow into a red speie VIII have good
health: yellow apple means plenty
of money; green apple means good
luck
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CUNNING SAYINGS
A Placer Claim.

Il wonder what makes the water
Iook so yellow" asked mamma thu
other day as she looked at a globe Of
gold fish.
why. des the gold must be tomin
off the fishes" replied little Mabel.
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kkT%HIS is a horrid old hill; I'm
nearly winded. Let's take
it easy at the bridg. and
wait 10 see the express II
II hasn't gone by yet
myself. and We've heaps or time
Harry and i had been out on
wheeling tour and were now on our
h0meward run. tOiling up the steep
nil that brings one finally into Pen
sleigh. After our ride 1 Two
hours row on the river we were both
feeling that we had fairly earned
few minutes rest
Harry stecrcd across the road and
ran his wheel alon side the bridge i'm
order 10 watch Tor tho coming express
T must oil mp" / remarked. rs I
dismounted. Ny bike runs awfully
stiff"
"Oh. yes. I notice il generally does
when you are on the return spin" said
Harry with "a meaning grin.
! was about 10 fling my oil can AT
his head for this sarcasm. when he
suddenly changed his manner and eN-
GREAT scott. What is that fellow Up
to-
] looked over the coping of The
bridge.
Down on the track, about fifty
Yards away, was q man bending over
The furtiVe giaDceS which he renc3t-
edlv cast about him had raised Harry
suspicious. otherwise we might have
supposed that ne was one Of the reg
ular track walkers doing necessary
repairs.
IS there had lately been many eases
OF attempted train Wrecking mem
toned in the papers. Harry's fertile
brain at once jumped To the conclu-
sion that the man below was pre-
pairing a similar outrage
TRAIN WRECKER OBSERVED
wen soon see what he's up to- /
said, and gave a loud halloo.
looking up. and seeing Us watching
him from the bridge, the man sprang
precipitately up the embankment and
disappeared into the thick wood at the
top.
Harry's guess was right. No man
would have fed from two schoolboys II
his conscience had been easy.
Lets go down and see what he's
been doing / proposed.
So. leaving our wheels on the bridge.
we scrambled down to the track and
soon reached a spot where the man
mad been at work.
The mischief was plain enough \
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Lacked the one Essential.

one day nv little brother told mamma
that his foot hurt. She told him bis
foot was asleep. He thought about Il
little while and then ssid.
How can my foot go 70 sleep, with
out any eyes ."
The Washington herald., 1906-10-28

Arkansas and punctured my tire, SO
I visited my friend Cake in SWitZcr-
land and found her teaching Clown
in North Cardinal and fcity of Mon
taE3) TO play ping-p0ug. She wore
dress of pale green Getty of China)
crepe. and with her beautiful Getty Of
New York; hair looked very well. She
said that while she was in India she
had grown very fond Of (capital Of
Guiana and curry powder and
greatly en- joved lCity in Ohiol. hut
She did not believe (rivcr in CauadaD
was any hotter on tho gridiron thaa
she WAS in that country. She invited
me to Join her liShing party. and said
she had her own trivcr in Franccl, aHG
The Washington herald., 1906-10-28
With the Suns Rays as Brush

Little Mary. aged three. saw some
green grapes. Having seen the vines a
month later, she ran into the house
saying:
Mother. somebody has painted the
grapes blue"
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II YOU notice ] and 30 make u. 50
also 30 and So, 9 ard As and So on.
= ou readily see. then, that there must
l.e twenty-five 5I's al told. Twenty-Five
times 81 equals lesa, which is exactly
y hat the numbers /, :, 8, T. ;, 6. :, S,
The Washington herald., 1906-10-28
History PuzzI

William ] came over the sea in 1866.
laUdcd en- the south coast of England
then overthrow Harold and became
king
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Goose Puzzle.

Here is a very interesting puzzle
The picture on the cross-shaped section
OF cardboard. when pat together. shows
q goose approaching a vessel of water.
The problem IS: HOW CAN YOU
PIT THE PICTURE TOGETHER
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3 very long street with the houses
u l1c on both sides and a wall between
thom look very drcary,
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PERFECTLY. MAKING ONLY TWO
CUTS WITH YOUR SCISSORS AND
WITHOUT THROWING ASIDE \
SINGLE. BIT OF THE CARDBOARD
At first it seems easy enough Your
f..st idea would be 20 fold the cross,
then make two cuts and put the pieces
together IS shown IL the second pc
turp
Rrt doing it THIS way, you have TO
Threw aside the square piece IN the cen
ire az tho cross That wilt not do The
rule requires that not one blt Of The
cardboard shall b. thrown aside.
So what ls TIC correct solution Oh
tic puzzle
Sec if you can discover it.