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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03


 dren were sitting on the porch
 win their Aunt Amelia trying
 ~ to keep cool. when, bu2zl hor- net flew by them, almost grazing he'- [ On the horrid hornetr' she ex,, claimed. striking at it with her fan and at once there was a scamper for the han door. After remaining in the hall a little while, upon peering cautlousIy out and not seeing the hornet anywhere around. they all ventured out and sat down again. Aunt Amelia and Helen re- suming their fancy work.
 Presently Joe spied the dreaded hornet on the ceiling, twirling fly III his front feet. which doubtless he was preparlls for a baby hornet in one or the cells oA q paper nest not far distant.
 The children were about to beat again a hastv retreat, fearing they might be stung, when Aunt Amelia said:
 ',W hy, children, there Is no need for alarm. so long as you do not molest the hornet, he will not trouble you. He is simply going about his business and not minding us.
 Yes, but Aunt Amelia, everybody is afraid of hornets, and you know they have a reputation for bad temper and being mad all the time," said Helen.
 That is quite true, they have bad reputation, but they really do not de- serve it. The hornet has suffered very much from prejudice; in fact, he is un- der the Dan, an outlaw and the black sheep of the insect fraternity-a source of suspicion, summed by man and stoned bv boys In short, Josh Billings voiced the popular verdict of the hornet when he said:
 .oThe hornet Is a red-hot child ov Ma ture. oy sudden impreshuns and sharp The hornets alWus fites at short range and never argy a case. They settle all ov their disputes Di letting their iaveIn fly, an are az certain an az anxious tew hit az a mule iz. Hornets bild theu nest wherever they take a noshun to, an seldom are asked to move; for what good is It teW murder g9 hornets an have the one hundred one hit You with his javelin! 1 kant tell you inst few a day how long hornet kan five. but 1 know from experience that every bug be he hornet or somebody else. who IS mad all the time. an stings every chance he kan git, generally out lives all ov his nabors.
 "0h what a funny description of the hornet" exclaimed Helen, and she and Joe laughed heartily over it. And still you claim that the hornet has some good ln him, after all?'
 "Indeed. 1 do," answered Aunt Anne lia "aIthouEh as mad as hornet has passed Into prOverb, which dates back perhaps hundreds of years, for the an- cient Greeks and Latins appreciated the 'Narlike hornet Of course, he IS mad and will sting when his nest Is attacked by misehicNuuS boys.
 '"You bet, m not around rhying any stones at a hornets nest" said Joe II 9id that once one day, when John Hun ter and 1 were fishing. and we hap pened to spy a big nest hanging to a free along the creek. Those hornets certainty did make beeline for us, and we had to run Tor dear life. It's a won der we we didn't get more stings than we did"
 Amelia 'l yoI let the hornet alone, he will go ou about his business and let you alone. And his business is about the same as that of other insects-get- ting something ln cay, ,d.,u Du'iuihs hls nest
 '.What lln hnruels feed un0n. Aunt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03
The Bakers Dozen

00F COURSE, you boys and girls
 have heard of "the bakers
 dozen"-that is. thirteen count
 But, how do you suppose 1t origi- mated?
 One might guess that there is a good story about it's origin, and so there is told in the bakers great book in the Astor Library, of New York.
 Jan Petersen, of Amsterdam, was good churchman, but, nevertheless, he was afraid of being bewitched. On the last night of 1854 he sat in his evil spirits by priming himself with glass of good spirits. Sales had been brisk, There were no customers in the shop for the moment, and he sat back, meditating on the gains he would make on the morrow. when the fresh New Years cakes were put on sale. He was startled by a sudden rap. An ugly woman pushed the door
 ''Give me a dozen New Years cook iesT she cried in a shrill voice.
 The shrillness of her voice did not mean anything to his slow Dutch mind. It only annoyed him.
 Well. then, you needn't speak so loud!" said Jan. I'm not deaf'
 "A dozen!" she screamed. Give me a dozen. Here are only twelve!"
 Well, then, twelve is a dozen!"
 "One more! l want dozen!'
 Well. then, if you want another go 70 tt1e lCGNll anu SCt lL'
 The hag left the shop, but from that night Jan had trouble. The shop seemed to be bewitched. His cakes were stolen Either his bread was so or so heavy that the supports of the oven gave way beneath the burden. His wife became deaf; his children went wild His trade took wings and settled in the shops of his rivals. Three times the old woman returned, and each time was directed to the Devils sanctum.
 At last, in despair, the baker called upon St. Nicholas to assist him. The venerable patron of Dutch feasts de- liVered a lecture on chdrity. telling the trembling man to be more gener- ops in the future. Then he vanished. and in his place stood the hag, who repeated her demand for one more cake. Jan acceded, whereupon she
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03

Into one end I carefully put a quill toothpick (which is hollow, you know. and makes a first-rate tube).
 'I made a pusher or plunger. for l--e other end out of pine stick-whittleu it with my jc. life, and wound a rag around one end of it-thick enough to make a good. close-htting swab. Then l put the pusher into the other end of the squirtgun.
 You know how to use a squlrtgun, ot course. Put the quill end in water, push the pusher clear Tn, then pull it out slow ly until the gun is filled up. Then aim 1t at something anI give the pusher a good push, which will send the water out through the quill in a splendid squirt. The quill makes the water go a long way"
 Another boy, who has written to Tom Tit. describes whipbow that he has made.
 Ut is a dandy" he says, Tit is not quite like an ordinary bow, nor very diff ferent, either. I made the bow part like an ordinary bow. only more pointed at
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03

\ M @~ tional ideas little later. ,,onoa Suppose next, after the active game which was last proposed, you ts n@ +o restful game? Invite all your SIe niace and have a game of flower conunur uins. 1, Scatter articles of many sorts apoul- on chairs, tables, steps, etc.-each ohe bearing a number. as x,,,tt, pencils, and ask them to write aIter each number what flower they thlnk IS represented by the article bearing the corresponding number. ,,. , Here are suggested articles TOT 1oui conundrumS:
 A little clock-"four-o'-c clock.
 Cupful of utter-'buttercup.
 Gilt paper sun-"daisy" days eye)
 or "morning glory"
 Pair of slippers" "iady's slippers"
 Box of pills marked "quinine'-
 Piece of rose-colored tissue paper
 shelled peas dusted with sugar.
 sweet peas. ,,,
 After this have some fortune telling. Have all your guests conSregate on Is tne lawn, where the fortune teller should be seated in a daisy-decorated char or settee, wearing a wreath of daisies ana even more elaborately decorated with daisies if you wish In her hand sne should have a bunch of large paper daisies (which you can buy ready-made) and every one should be invited to go to her to have his character read and for- tune told.
 Let each one in turn pull off a petal from the first flower. This tells what his chief virtue is. He viii find 1t print ed on the under side of the petal.
 Next have each one pull petal from the second flower. This tells each one his greatest fault.
 The next flowers petals tell them their faVOrite occupations
 The next tells their fates or fortunes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03
Games of MeSmerism

EVERYBODY, big and little. enjoys
 an exhibition of mesmeric power, and surprisingly few people know the
 trick
 Game I-After an elaborate speech describing your unusual power of mes merlsm, ask your assembled friends for the privilege of trying your powers on them.
 Tell them to select certain playing card out of a pack. hide 1t, and then call you in.
 Ask them all to be thinking about it, While you go around the circle, pressing your hands on each ones temples and brow II turn. Unknown to them, there must be one of the company who is Your confederate By prearranged system he will signal to you thus: by pressing his back teeth tightly together and then relaxing them he can cause the muscle of his temples to counteract so that you can plainly feel it under the pressure Of your fingers. Let one con three spades, four clubs. Then a pause Then one, two or three, etc, to corre- spond with the number of spots on the card. Or if II is a picture card, four quick contractions for the king three for tine queen and two for the knave
 Game Il-This comes near to being mesmcrism. No one can explain how if works. but in ninety-nine case out of a hundred it does work
 Choose five cards out of a pack select one in your mind, then spread all five out fan fashion. faces down, and pra sr- lns some ones right hand in your own. tell him to close his eyes and command him to draw the particular card you have in mind. Somehow or other he will almost invariably pick out the very card you commanded him to draw.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03

TOT far from Washington there lives a IN boy who has to bear the heavy bur den of deformity. but so brayely does he bear it that he is the very heart of his home, the brightest and the Cheeriest and most helpful one in the household
 A while ago he went out and hunted for q situation for himself so that he might pay his share of the family ex-
 Somebody asked him. Don't you find 1t rather disagreeable, going about as won have to now2'
 lie looked up with his bright. flashing smile, and answered quickly, "Oh, no; everybody is kind to a fellow in.my fix, with a slight gesture toward his back
 There is plenty of love and sympathy in the world after all, f your eyes are open to see them.-Seleeted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03
Game of Pass Along

TN HIS is a first-rd outdoor game. Arrange two nes of boy and
 girl players. edch headed by a captain.
 At the right of each captain place a clothes basket or hamper full of all sorts of odds and ends-books, balls, clothespins, pencils, tincups. tinpans, cushions, spools. brushes, thimbles, buttonhooks, etc. At the other end of each line place an empty clothes bas- ket or hamper.
 Behind each line place a guard
 At a signal from the hostess, the two lines get furiously busy. Each captain snatches anything at all from his full basket, passes 1t to the play CT standing next to him, and that one passes 1t along to the next etc. The end player throws 1t into his empty
 Meanwhile, the guard watches close ly, and if any player. through nervous ness or carelessness, drops the article that has been handed him to pass along, the guard pounces down upon it and takes it back to the full bas- ket to be passed over again.
 The side which first transfers every thing from it's full basket to its empty basket wins. The more ''rooters" there are to encourage the rival sides the jollier the contest
 Each member of the winning side should receive souvenir as prize.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03

Tn your barn. That big, empty loft Is just the placev'
 Sure 1t is! All right, Squeech, I'm in for it.
 !" N we'll charge pins. won't we?"
 "Surc!"
 N tell the boys to begin practicing right away, n that we'll pick out the best of them for our performers"
 "Goodi"
 So it was settled, and the new ex- citement did much to sweeten t h 0 bitt e T II c s s in Suueechy's heart.
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All the while Squeechy and Len kept their eyes open and spotted the most promising candidates for the final hon. ors; but when they came to the point of teIling this boy he could perform and that boy that HE couldn't perform in the circus, they found themselves in all sorts of trouble.
 ''Why can't l, I'd like to know?" de- manded an angry rejected candidate.
 '"Cause Tim does better n youP ex- plained Len.
 He don'tl You're favoring him. Who cares for your old circus any way? I'll get up one of my own"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03

At 1OAAAS AaD coaxed Squeechy, you can be gate keeper and take in tickets. Can't he, Len ?"
 "Yes, and he can have one of my white mice." added Len, and his extra generosity q u 1 t e won the recreant over to their side.
 The great day of the circus arrived, and by ? F. M. boys and girls, all on the tiptoe of excits- ment, filed past the important E a t e. keeper, delivering the tickets which they had purchased at t W e n t y pins apiece, and clam bored m the sfaira
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The beautiful daughter had to work very hard from sunrise till sunset, and part of her work was to sit by well out on the highway and spin,
 Now t.o' spindle cut her fingers. and one day it was so covere>. with blood rinse it clean. But, alas! she missed her hold on 1t, and 1t fcl, to the bottom.
 Knowing how her stepmother would scold her if she found the spindle was lost the poor girl threw herself into the well after the spindle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03
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gave them an exhibition of his pow CTS as an ear and scalp wiggler.
 After Jimmy came Ray Graham. who took hold of the trapeze and whirled around 1t like greased lightning. then reversed. and finally hung by the toes He could do other and more difficult stunts, but was saving them until his second appearance on the programme.
 Seven other boys wore down on the programme to follow Bug Jernigan, whose turn was now called out by Ringmaster Squeechy.
 But the cruel Fates ordained that the
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''What?"
 "Turn a handspring, n skin the cat" "Huh Just look at me do emp And Bug both turned a handspring and skinned the cat three times.
 'Oh, but you changed handsv' criti- cised the other boy.
 "Only once-like to see YOU skin tho cat three times without changing your hands once, anyway. Try itr'
 But the other boy wisely shut up," contenting himself with a resolution to practice until he could beat Bug "all to pieces"
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In no time at all the word spIeaiSu over town, and by night every boy with the least spark of boy in nm was e Pi tha ticing for all he was worth-back or tne barn on his bed in the house. on the clothesline stretched tight between tne fence post and the lawn hydrant' or III the woodhouse. .-,..,, notes with every other boy.
 Hello, Bug! bet you can't oo my stunts!'
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And the beautiful girl willingly open ed the oven and took all of the loaves out.
 Then she walked on and presently camp to an apple tree, which called out: "Oh, beautiful girl, shake me. please, for my apples are all ripe. q, of the apples down to the ground.
 At last she came to house where lived old Dame Holley, who spied her from the door and smiled at her. but her huge teeth looked so frightful that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03

Conundrums. Can you answer the following conun- drum2
 l. Who was Jonah's guardian? g. Why is dirty man like flannel? 3. What is that which lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with It's root upward?
 4 Why is a pleasure trip to Egypt fit only for old gentlemen? D. What is the difference between native of Ceylon and an American spin ster?
 G.. Why is a pair of skates like the ap- pie?
 [. Which day of the week is best for making pancakes?
 8. How can a juggler sit on a chair And take off his head, still leaving the
 hair? g. Then, how, taking a monkey on his
 lap, Can he add a new head and make
 short wrap? 10. Then. explain how a small dog he
 could take, Add a mere vowel, yet remedy make.
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Tom Tits Experiments

one end, like a whiphandle, from piece of sapiing (which is elastic).
 "In I made several arrows out or a shingle. I made them good {i and noi,,t driven In to make them sharp. And And in one side of each arrow I cut a little notch, like the notch in mamma, spools of cotton and silk, to keep the
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Then everything turned black and she knew nothing more until after while she opened her eyes, to find herself in beautiful meadow all covered with pretty flowers.
 As she walked wonderingly across 1t. she saw bakers oven which was full of delicious-smelling nev bread. "Oh, cried the loaves; pull us out, or we win surely burn, for we are baked brown already"
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be able to rise early the following morn ing and go with "Lenny" Griggs to watch t h e circus pack up and pre- pare to leave town.
 "Oo! Hear the lions roar!" cried Squeechy, ecstatic- ally.
 "Yes, n there's one of the ele- plants trumpetingl Hear ?" said Len.
 !" N see that gi- raffe's long, long n c c ki" exclaimed SQueechV
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thread rom unw.ndlne
 "I knotted the end of my bowstring ana slipped the strlnS into the notch. The knot keeps the arrow on the string until 1 am ready to throw
 "I hold the bow as l would q whip handle, in my right hand, and the arrow at the notch in my left hand swung back to the left as far as the $ { r i n s will stretch.
 Then I sway my body from left to ri s h t (to gather force, y 0 Il know) while I am taking aim and suddenly let go with my left hand, at the same time swinging ou t my right as far and for cibly as l possibly can.
 Ut makes the ar row shoot like a rocket MVI 1t WouId
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Stinrs.

l. Resting. 2 Feasting. 8. Dusting. 4. Roasting. 5. Jesting. G. Roasting. '. Busting s. Toasting. g. Interesting. 10. Testing. IL Adjusting. 12. Trusting.
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this time one dozen is thirteenr' Tak- ing from the counter ginger bread eftigy of St. Nicholas, she made the subdued Dutchman lay his hand upon 1t and swear to give more liberal measure in the future Since that time thirten has been called a bakers dozen
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Mailed to a aoose's Egg.

A Hungarian blacksmith recently sent as a present to the Emperor of Austria a horseshoe, a pair of pincers, a file and a knife. all ingeniously nailed to a gooss's egg without the egg being broken. Tho emperor sent in return his photograph, a gold medal ERd thirty 6GcatA
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this and other countries, and their nests vary greatly in construction, but some time again l will tell you more about them." JESSE BOWLES FISHER.
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Gazing, fearful and ecstatic, at the gorgeous show pictures blazoned on bill boards and fences, barns and the sides of store buildings, how Squeechy had parsons son! How he had envied Bug Jernigan, who, though only the son of a poor shoemaker, had the priv ilege of walking in with the rest of the town to see the thrilling stunts done within the mysterious, enormous tent.
 It was some consolation. however. to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03

vIMMY JENKS writes Tom Tit the
 following account of squirtgun J that he has made. sending with 1t an outline sketch for other boys to fol- low:
 1T made my squirtgun out of joint from an old fishing pole Ca cane one).
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03
Flowers.

1. Violet ?. Hyacinth. 3. Mignonette. 1. Aster. 5. Clematis. 6. Anemone. I. Gardenia. 8. HoneysuckIe. g. Sweet pea. 10. Chrysanthemum. Il. Gera- nium. 12. Petunia.
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How Long is the FishP

Can any of ;-ou boys and girls work out this puzzle-probiem?
 If a flsh's head is as long as Its tail and half It's body, and It's body is as long as its head and tail, and It's tail is three feet long. how long is the fish?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03
Riddle.

nluulSs Here Is a rhymed puzzle: Who can answer it Gin rhyme)? Can you tell me why hypocrite's eye Can better descry Than you or On how many toes pussy cat goes?
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Animals.

1. Horse. 9 M0ngoose. 8. Pussy cat. 4. Bear. 5. Donkey, 6. Bison. 2. Musk rat. B. Woodchuck. 9. Leopard. 10. 13 Serpent H. Bullfrog. b. Peacock. l6 Pig r. Boar. IS. Cut, 19. Mouse, 20 Opossum.
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Answer to May 2 Puzzles
Chicken and Wolf Puzzle.

By reaching the sixth space from the coop ahead of them. ne wolf can keep all three chickens from reaching the coop.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03
Musical Terms.

1. In space 2. Staff 8. Rest. Measure > Bars. 6. Scale. z. Sigma ture B. Major. O. Repeat. TO- Minors IL Hymns. F. Key. l3. Beats.
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Another Riddle.

What number is the answer to this riddle?
 My number, definite and known, Is ten times ten. told ten times OCT; Though half of me is one alone, And half exceeds all count and
 score.
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A Numeral Riddle.

A Numeral Riddle. Twice ten and six of us, Six are but three of us, Nine are but four of us, What can we possibly be? Would you know more of us, I'll tell you more of us: Twelve are but six of us. Five are but four; do you see? (The above apparently difficult puz- gle is really very simple.)
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ARNUM'S circus had been to town, and everybody except Parson Gay and a few old deacons had been to see it-every- body, that is, who by good fortune was not a member of the parsons family or one of the dea- cons.
 Among | h 0 9unfortu- mates. sad to say, was t h e brightest. liveliest boy in to W n, Samuel Gay, the parsons son, popularly kno wn as
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WIDOW who had two daughters lived in a cer- tain country, on the edge of a certain village. boys and girls. One was homely, ill-tempered and lazy. but the mother loved her, while for the other-her stepdaughter --she cared very little, daughter ,sas beautiful. ing to work.
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Conundrums.

mas, and one the name of famous Western writer.
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IOChel. NY! lL would Kill kid If he happened to be in the way"
 Boys who make whipboWs must be very careful not to use them where body.'
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Half the Truth. Whately: Half the truth will very often amount to absolute falsehoe6
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The "Black Sheep"
 Hornet

NE hot July morning the chil- dren were sitting on the porcn with their Aunt Amelia trylhs
 10 keep cool. when, bu2zl a nor
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EnJDn1n

The answer is "A noted explorer"
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June Entertainment
 IdeAS

~ ONE weeks ago Polly Evans gave gave YOU some suggestions for a 9ai' Juiie
 entertainment and promised aool- tional ideas l1ttie iatet. ii,,o oan,a
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Charade.
Finds the world Kind.

Robin Hood.
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TN HIS is a frst-rd outdoor game.
 girl players. ech headed by a