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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30

the waters came nearer and nearer. and Stormont finally began to take an inter- est in the work, but his offers of help were too late to do him any good. How ever, he insisted on pushing hfs way closer to the rock than was really safe in order to see if 1t was really shifting from it's position.
 "A long pull, and a strong pull and a pull all together, you know. usually brings about successful results. So the rock, with a sound as of thunder, rolled from the ledge, crushing reckless Stor- mont beneath its enormous weight. just as the lake burst. and. with the fury of thousand seas, roared down the noun tain side, into the open channel-ands thanks to Quantock. the dwarf. the vtl-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30

was the> only plan to save thelA all. 1t should be tried.
 Already the lake was trickling over: and if the earthwork should give way the rush would come. Just as Quantock had suggested, the rock wa= chained round and the horses harnessed there to; and none too soon, for the waters. high in the mountains, were giving forth angry mumblings. And at the very nrst tug at the rock the dam began to weaken and heavy stream gushed forth with violence. For over, an hour. amidst the greatest excitement that al- most amounted to a panic, the horses. cheered on by the men. struggled with the gigantic stone.
 At last 1t showed signs of moving. az
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
Egr eathersrs Use Hair Ropes.

1.-THE egg-gatherers of St. Kilda
 consider themselves rich IT thelr furnish them with a rope of human hair.
 The ropes vary in length. a really good one of forty or fifty feet being eS- pecially prized. The usaal kind is a stout hempen cord wrapped round and round with sheeps wool; over this Is lining of horsehair; finally brands or
 To manufacture such a rope is the work of years, but the St. Kildan girl scrunulously saves her hair-combings. A curiosity collector wished to buy fine specimen of hair-rope, but the ofrer was refused.
 The cord in question was veneered with auburn hair-the thirty years col- lection from heads of parents. a1nts, and cousins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30

will put itself together beautifully.
 Cut three solid circles. two to hold the handle and base of the receptacle to- gether, one to serve as bottom of the receptacle, so that the matches will not slip through. Cut out four hollow cir cles to serve merely as supporters to the upper parts of the receptacle.
 Your first effort will not be very suc- cessful or handsome. But with practice you will get so you can produce a very pretty article indeed. Try it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
A Unique Pet.

SxNHE wife of the Governor of North
 Rorneo has pet that few people
 ~ viii envy her. The Governors house is near a jungle, and out of this there strayed one morning a baby rhi- noceros Captured as a curiosity, he soon became tame, ana now refuses to return to the wtlds.
 Sixteen quarts of milk day is what this net requires, and on 1. he thriVes and grows fat. He do not look much might be mistaken for a curious sort of hoe. were 1t not for his single horn. ms fs devoted to ..is mistress and fol- 7%S.rs, . sr hNss4 iiba ls@r dna-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
An Arithmetical Stunt

A PLEASING way to arrive st an arIthmetical sum, without the use of pencil or papeR, ta tn ask e person to think of a fg- ure. then to double it. then to add to 10 whatever figure you suRgeat. then halve the whole sum- and finally to subtract from that the figure hrst thought Of. It will then be s'ap toe you to tell him what the remainder la
 The key to this lock of figures ia, that half of whatever sum you request to be added ia sure to ha the remainder In the following example five is, half of ten. which ia the number requested to be added.
 Better request only some even num- Der, as odd numbers will involve frac- tions and possibly cause sap on your part.
 Example
 Number thought of..................... [ At your request dded.................. 10 Then halved ...........................1
 H Original number thought of now sub-
 tracted ..ss.ssss-s.ss'ssssss..s.ts ' Remainder .....s.....s..ss....s..s.sss .
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Wonderful Lake.

One of the wonders O. Jay. is a lake of boiling mud two miles in circum- ference. in the centre of which immense columns of soft, hot mui continually rise and fall. Besides these columns there are two gigantic bubbles near the edge, which i'll up like huge balloons and explode on an ANaraGe Shrea times ner' p1islsft~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30

Try this experiment next:
 Draw two figures with charcoal on a wall-say, the head of an old man and the head of an old woman. At the mouth of one put a little gunpowder. fastened on with isinglass; at the mouth of the other, put a morsel of phos- phorus, fastened on with isinglass.
 When you place lighted taper near the gunpowder mouth, the explosion will put the light out; but if you place it next near the phosphorus mouth. the taper will suddenly light again.
 This is a curious phenomenon, and if you have made your preparations in secret. 1t will seem most mysterious to Nour friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30

This is a sea anemone; if you can rinse 1t in clean water-salt water, of course you will find that when the mud has gone it will look very different Those bristles or spines will now appear tinted with beautiful colors-pink and blue and yellow, so that it Is quite a lovely ob- feet to look at. Somebody once said it looked as if 1t had been dipped in a rain~ hs.as
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
Football Originated With Chinese

Football Originated With Chinese. ~OOTBALL originated with the Chi
 nese, according to Stewart Culln. 0 the expert on game&
 Professor Culin has for years studied games as Edison has studied electricity. and wonderful are the many discoveries he mas made.
 A curious and ancient Chinese drawing unearthed by this inYSsttsator shows c prime minister playing football with king and two chambSrlaInS. The time is the tenth century, but long before that date football was recognized in China as an exercise excellent for sol-
 in the eighth century football was in: troduced from China into Japan, as golf was introduced recently from England 10 America, and the former game be- came as popular in the Japan of 800 A: D. as golf is popular In the America of
 From China and Japan football spread graduaIly all over tho world.--st Lotus Gi0be-6emocraS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
Enrlssh PuxzIerA

If ia simply astonishing how many puzziers boye and girls find In our every day English language. EohoMipg are some: Can you tell Polly swans now t0 make each one rtEhtT
 1, Rip done as he was asked.
 a I seen the bird on the tree.
 aI would have went to Washington if T would have came home in time. 4 She found on the bank these pair or slippers. .,,,.,. ..~.~n.~u
 q You must leave the clippers be-. a They went down until they reached the seas bottom.
 & Violets grew on the FivertEp nank ]. Her mother was disturbed by her io' She got tired of the water and wanted to return baek home
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
Polly Evans Puzzles

a SHIP CARPENTER had . piese A of board sxs inches in stze, ma1- - ing 72 square inches. He nad to fill A hole Gx12 inches in size, also making 72 square inches. By. q us- lie figaring he saw how he could diyfde his board into two such pieces nss wnsn properly put together, would exactly nu inc hole. How did he do ttf
 Draw pictures to show. -s
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Overthrow of
 Jack Crow

TN THE feathered world. primrose
 Lafe was looked upon as one of U the finest lanes in the land. It was
 also tthe most :ristocratic. MT. and Mrs. Mf5sei Thrush lived there; Mir. Redstart had also built his house in its broad hedgerows. The. gay Tomtits, the grave Blackcaps, the Whitethroats, the BulIfinches, and their cousins, the Greenflnches. all answered to the same
 Beautiful Mr5. Golden-crested Wren lived there also, and further down the lane, where the neighborhood was con sidered to be nor quite so select, the Sparrows. the Reds, rts, the Chaffinches and the Brown Wrens had skilfully built their nests.
 Now, on sunny mornings 1t was the custom of the irds of Primrose Lane to meet on the -een banks of clear stream that lay in d meadow near by. And as the morning of which this story tells was as bright as any in the spring. time, you must imagine to yourself every kind of bird whose name you know hopping and strutting about in the grass or batbing in the cool water, some catching caterpillars. some min- nows and reaches, and all Jchirping out the latest news .bout eggs. =,
 Mrs. Missel Thrush was saying that 1she had four handsome eggs in her nest, ana when she had the fifth, which she exnected shortly, she would commence 10 ..set." Little Mir. Redstart, who was q fiery old gentleman in other respects than his tail, after rather rudely snap ping up and swallowing a large fly that Mrs. Blackcap had caught, said that his wife was already "setting" on their oggs. and no doubt we shall hatch 'em before any of you. ne noasteom; mrs pon. fn Redbreast came fiuttering toward them in a terrible state of agitation. Her eyes were so bright and angry that it was easy to see. something perfectly r-.xs t.arN
 Whats the matter?'' asked Mrs. 6soitien-crested Wren. She was the cool est and boldest of them all, and the smallest. ehirped Mrs. Redbreast-
 No sooner were these words out or her heak than Mir. Redstart started up az once and flew straight home; Mrs. Plackbfrd who was a very timid crea- filre. rose up with loud, frightened cry and followed in company with Mrs. M,ssel Thrush and several others, leav- ing only the smallest and brayest birds 's"5lSt When did 1t happenf" asked Mir.
 .I was coming here to bathe." said Mrs. Redbreast, looking timidiy r7ound. No sooner did l leave my nest .ilaa n a,.s .ne from an old elm nearby and carried away my eggs. Oh. dear. what snaii l
 That comes of building Q flat. open nest. .a said Mrs, Wren. sagely, whose own nest was as round as any orange with only one little hole in front To ao- msi "If ni' were @ you you. said MT, Rlackcap, T
 aCawl cawl cawi" came loud cry overhead. and, looking up, they saw that terrible rogue, Mir. Jack Crow.
 They waited to hear no more, but new swiftly home to guard their nests from this freebooter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
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 "Tempt FORTUNE too far" a Caused That Terrible ACCIDENT" A INCL DENTS of a CavalTyman's Experience.s =
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CHAPTER III

so Mir. and Mrs. Jack Crow were lat bonne,' nil that morning. And Mir. Crow innroyed the shining hours by burgling nj least half dozen nests. By mid dav he was in the very best of hu- snors. and he'd quite forgot the Butcher Rird,s warming. But he had good reason fo remember 1t before the day was over.
 For. when the sun was going down, he Jaw in the wS5. a little black cloud, which broadened out as 1t drove for ward till it was like black sheet thrown across a part Of the sky. And MT. Crow and Mrs. Crow and all the lit- tle Crows ouaked with fear, for they knew that the hour of reckoning had nrrived,
 They knew that the birds of Primrose Lane had told the swallows of their wrongs. And the swallows were coming tS give the Jack Crows, young and old, the punishment they had long deserved
 Even the hawk is afraid of the swal- lows, for they can outfy him. And when they attack him, as they will do at times, they will dart In and peck him black and htus before he can turn
 srhe swallows are cominsr' walled Mrs. Crow
 our backs if we stay hereI" cried Mir. Crow.
 we can't leave che nest bshinaf- 1aaaned Mrs. Crow.
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paper, the drops of water will not be- have in the fashion just described. m you tell Tom Tit why the paper 'ust be blackened with lamp smoke7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
Famous- s-People puzzIe.

(The names of famous men and Wom- en.l
 i. Mother Goose. q Louis Aeassiz. a R. w. Emerson. {, Robert Burns. k. Clara Barton. 6. IT.. A. Edison. [. Charles Dickens. 8. Napoleon Bonaparte. ii Rudyard KiplinE.
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puzzle in Rhyme,
W HGs many would there bss
Aunt Harriet's Age.

Aunt Harriet was trotting along and stopping now and then to rest. when she met the doctor
 saGood morning, Aunt HarFfa4ts h@ said "You are an old woman 70 D4 walking all this way. How old are you, anywayYs
 ssDeed, masaa, I dunno how old I fa. ia about seventeen year older dan Mia4 May. and shea about ten yeara oldex dan Marsa George, and he wuz about l4 year old de year de war begun but dunno how old any of we all is.
 Aa the doctor rode on, he counted Aunt Harriets age as near ae her n&e ures would allow. Can you tel whhE her ago waag
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
Answers to September 23
 Puzzles
what MationsP

i G-E-R-man. a French. a Pexs-i-an. q A-mari-can. k Chinese. G Japan ese.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30

| St. Albans Cvt.). 2 St. Augustine gla:l KS S ss' csoud o.sns Mlnn;}n 1S}: Z St
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
What Fishesr
American 0eographical saints.

1. Perch. 2 MAek-sreL & Pike. q Min-now. 5. HeF-rtng.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
Not Her Kind of Garden.

Not Her Kind or Uarden. a POOR, little neglected-looking child "A attracted the attention of a certain A charitably inclined lady W b Q chanced to be going through the mar ket.
 child's life and perhaps do something for her, the lady ask-I:
 Little girl. do you go 70 the kinder Rarten7"
 Turning a pair of wondering eyes on her, the child replied:
 s'No, I don't know anything about that kind of a garden Our garden in tatex garden. and pAp put soma 0eana and onions tn tt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
CHAPTER II

MT. Jack Crow was the craftiest scamp in Bird Land. He was said to be as old as the hills. Certainly he must have been very, very old, for there was not A bird in Primrose Lane who could remember the year when Jack Crow had fatled to build his nest in the tall oak fraa that reared its great branches to tie sky on the top of Mushroom Hnl.
 Jack Crow had not lived all those years for nothing. Oh. dear, noi ae knew the nesting place of every pird ror miles around. He also knew that lt was good to nourish youngs Jack crows on eggs. It was a diet they grew strong upon.
 1t took a good number of eggs to feed Mir. Crows hungry family; and many a nest had to go bare every year 70 re- plenish the old robbers larder. What were the birds of Primrose Lane to dor How could they help themselvesS One morning in the height of the nest ing season Mir. Jack Crow rose wlth the sun. for. like the sun, he had great sleai to do that day. The three young crows were fine, fat dedgelings by this time. ready tos spread their wings and fly out into the world.
 .sWhat would you like for nreakIast, my dears?" he asked. WlnhnE slylH across to his wife. As if he didn't knowl "Eggs! Eggs! Eggs plped the young brood, hungrily. Eggs! EgSs. Eggs!
 II am not sure there are any lslts inc old rogue answered with l cnuckles You have such appetiies. you see. la perhaps some fresh sapphes haVe come m during the night.
 tl 4.n a .UUg-uraWn cdN- v, the tnieA sw,oupsd down between the high hedge- rows of Primrose Lane. Neither did he return mpty-footed. In his talons ne carried a large blue thrushs esg-a new-laid egg.
 equally divided among the family, he set forth again, and yet agaln, eacn time returning with some fresh plunoers
 ''Can't make it out, he said to ms wife. after returning from ms tnlro trip. 'can't understand it at all
 'sWhRss the matterf" eawed Mrs.
 .syWhy. all the birds of Primrose Lane have flown away. But down by the brook I met our old friend. Mir. Butcher Bird"
 ssWelI?"
 ..fIe told me that if we wished to save, o,ir feathers we'd better leave home and S1v at least fifty miles away
 -s.T3tt why?" asked Mrs. Crow.
 ssrhat don't know, said Jack Grow graveiy. You see, MT. Butcher Bird was in too much of hurry to tell me ynore. By this time he ana his wire and family are ten miles away"
 eve are much too old to be scarce by such idle gossip as that" said Mrs.
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EE,sAss

Cypher Puzzle. Can you read thisf
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 But O thees Q, no Q,
 But. O. Q mel
 No, o. lot my .
 Thy 0 bel
 Now give ss
 thee. 
 Puzzle in Rhyme. If your pussy cat had six little kffA And my pussy cat had four. And Neiiy's puss had i've baby cats. All running about the foori IT those kittfes and cats had eAch wee mouse, And each mouse had babies three. And ali were scampering over tna Fsaw many would there bs7
Williams news., 1906-11-10
Salton Sea Curbed

On the 25th instant the waters were turned back to the old chan nel leading to the gulf of California. the first water of the Colorado river that has flowed there for two years.
 Six years ago that portion of the Colorado desert known as Imperial Valley, was colonized and water was brought in from the Colorado river for irrigation.
 Two years ago the Colorado river broke through its banks and flowed into the Salton sink, compelling the Southern Pacific to remove its tracks several times.
 The company then undertook to turn the water into its old channel and has at last, after many dis arrangements. succeeded at cost of a million dollars.
Williams news., 1906-11-10
GOVERNOR KIBBEY'S
 ANNUAL PROCLAMATION

Governor Joseph H. Kibbey has issued his formal Thanksgiving proclamation, fixing Thursday, November 29lh, as the day.
 The proclamation is as follows:
 "To the People of Arizona: Thanksgiving day has become so much and so peculiarly an Ameri- can institution that we look forward to it's near approach with feelings of grateful pleasure.
 ''It had its origin with the sturdy pioneers of new continent. It ls hallowed by the customs of our people for nearly three centuries. It is recognized by churches of every creed, and has been embodied in our laws as. the great annual American family festival of Thanks giving for the mercies, prosperity and happiness of the closing year The memories of the years gone by of happy family gatherings have especially endeared the day to us all, having to those, of whom there are so many of us, who have migrated from the scenes of their early years, peculiar significance of the day.
 The president of the United States has, by his proclamation, designated Thursday, the 29th day of Novemb Der, for its observance.
 By the law of the nation, and by the law of Arizona, it is made legal holiday of the people of this prosperous community, to enable them fittingly and fully to observe and enjoy the ceremonies, all in their own manner, of Thanksgiving day.
 Now, therefore, I. Joseph H. Kibbey, governor of Arizona. do hereby designate and appoint Thursday, November 29, 1906, Thanksgiving Day, and recommend it's observance and celebration as such.
 ''In witness hereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the great seal of the territory to be affixed Done at Phoenix the ca apftal, this 1st day of November. 1906.
 (SeaD JOSEPH H KIBBEY" By the Governor.
 w. F. NICHOLS,
 Sec of the Territory of Arizona.
Williams news., 1906-11-10
My Friend From Arkansaw

One only needs to see My FrienI from Arkansaw," which will be seen at the opera house Nov. 12th to be assured of the public's eagerness to be amused and the thoroughness with which this pla y supplies the demand, Probably no play equals My Friend from Arkansaw," in variety and enter tainment. There is simple pathos and wholesome sentiment, sweet melody and character dancing dramatic intensity and plain every day home talk. The characters are true to life and many of them provoking mirth, keeping the audience in roar of laughter with out once resorting to vulgarity or grotesqueness.
Williams news., 1906-11-10
The Dogs Heir

A lady in small Ala bama town had occasion to call at the cabin Of her washerwoman. Aunt Betsy. While waiting for the article she sought to be found she observed a woody head which appeared from under the edge of bed, and asked "Is that one of your children, Aunt Betsv?"
 "'Deed an 'tis, honey" was the reply.
 What is it's name2"
 Dat chile ain't got no name yet. Miss Rosa Aunt Betsy said.
 "Why it must be five or six years old; surely it ought to have d name at that age" the lady said
 Aunt Betsy nodded
 ''Dat done worried me whole lot, honey, hit sho' has," she said :; but what An gwine to do? My ole man, he done used up all de good names on de dawgs, an now dat chile des natter wait till one of dem die, so he git his name" ."-C. E. World.
Williams news., 1906-11-10

because they cannot see their way through the accumulation of responsibilities. But such vigils ruin their health and their looks. and limit their achievements. There is just sc much time in a working day, and the woman who prepares herself for its duties by unworried sleep, not only brings strength and vigor to her undertaking. but she brings a finer judgment to dis eliminate between the things of importance and the useless trifies
 One busy worker says that she never makes any plans. She ju-t does the best she can with each duty as it comes along This would seem like a lack of system to some of the methodical sisters, who plan each days campaign with the pre- cision of general; but when it is noticed how often the 'perfecr scheme" is upset by unexpected interruptions, it IS sometimes a question which way is best.
 All people are not constituted exactly alike. And the methods that would bring the best results in one case might prove imperative in another Have a definite plan or no plan at all; lay out each days work beforehand, or go at it hap hazard; begin with the hardest task or the easiest one; but see to it that you work, diligently and hopefully, and that you waste none of your vitality in worry, and none of your time in dawdling over unimportant trifles, and you shall not fail of the reward.-Banner of Gold.
Williams news., 1906-11-10
Fatal Collision

Sunday afternoon at Hartoum, four miles west of Needles, fatal rear-end collision occurred, result ing in the instant death of Walter E Smith. Three freight trains were coming down the hill and each had orders to meet a west bound freight at Hartoum. The first train ar rived. Jagged the second and the second attempted to flag the third, but it was following so closely that there was not time in which to do it and the locomotive of the third train crashed in the caboose of the second train. Immediately in front of the caboose in the second train were the outfit cars of the deep well boring outfit maintained by the Santa Fe water service department Five of the men working ir the de- partment were in the cars, two of them being asleep in the hunks at the time of the accident. Walter E. Smith was crushed to insta mt death, the others escaped by miracle The caboose and outfit cars were badly wrecked and trains were de- layed several hours-Needles Eye Nov. 3.