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Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
Kills wife and Himself

BY Associated FresS,
MANGUM, o, T., Jan. lat Duke,
twenty miles from here today w,
Goodnight shot and killed his wife and
then himself. lie was Jealous.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02

FOR sALE-THH BEST CORNER ON
FIFTH STREET.,
between the Arcade depot and Main
street II YOU are looking. for some
thing In this location II will pay you
10 call In and consult ne
= WILL STANTON,
Phone 692l S0a Mason Bldg
FOR SALE-CORNER OF g'rH AND
Hope; 16SXl20; can be had at a bargain
and on good terms. j. A. MORLAN a
CO., 202-3 Fay Bldg.
BUY BULLERoa BUNDLE. ASK YOUR
broker.
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else crawl home as best he could
without assistance.
This pleased these naughty children
with tears in his eyes. moved slowly
along on his hands and knees they
would dance around him all the way
and jeer at him for being mtsshapen
and ugly.
This unfair. unjust and cruel treat
ment lasted for many long months,
but, in spite of 1t all, Quantock's sweet
spoiled. and he. never wished them any
harm in return.
One day, when they were more than
checked by their misguided parents.
the village children seized Quantock
and threw, him into the centre or Q
small patch that was surrounded by
for hours, stunned and bleeding.
tie maiden called Elvina, whose
who ' hated the the p sns s dwarf and Tor.
bade Elvina ever to speak to him. II
so happened on the night that Guam
took was lying IN the briar patch.
from his. Inconsistencies, that stor-
They heard the cries. and Stormont
Se s tHT Il swa 9usntoek Re on1
laughed and dragged Elvina away,
though she begged of him TO assist
the helpless dwarf out Of his Diff
Guilty.
Still Stormont laughed. and deep
anguish sank into Elvina's heart and
her sympathies went out to the dwarf
as she reluctantly went with Stormont
to her home. When she said Good
night" to stormont she did not go In
doors at once, but said she would rest
by the garden gate and drink in the
Then when stormont was ont of
sight, she got a hedge knife and ran
as fast as she could to where Guam
took was imprisoned and cut away
enough OF the briars to enable the
dwarf to crawl through. Then she cut
him a thick stick from q tree close
by. and was going to leave, when he
begged she would tell him her name.
At last she whispered. quite bashfully.
"E1vina."
And that night the dwarf blessed
Elvina, and when he was well again
he told the fairies all about her.
Quantock explained to his old great
grandmother that he was not strong
enough to go to. the village again for
a long time, and SO they would have
to eat and drink sparingly OF what
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the vigorous rubbing movement.
Another Interestingly experiment ia
this: Procure a piece OF lead pipe,
about two inches in the bore and
three inches long; the thicker the lead
is the better for/your experiment
Tho pipe being set up on end. we
will call it the stand. Next obtain
a piece OF brass. about eight inches
long, one to one-and- "a half fnches
wide. and a quarter of an inch thick:
File away the edges of one. or the NAT
sides to make IL oYal-shaped, so that
it will rock to and fro IL put in mo-
ton upon table.
Instead OF having the brass filed.
blacksmith can give 1t slight curve
(observe, Ii must be lengthwise) py
a few blows with sledgehafnmer;
either way answers the purpose. and.
when made, 1t is called hummer
The dimensions here given are not
essential to the success OF the expert
ment; they are merely given as
guide Now, IL one end of the hum
mer be made hot (not quite redhot
in clear fire. and then latd across
the stand. oval side downward, giving
ii "A slight rock to commence with, II
will continue in motion. producing az
the same time peculiar humming
Both the motion and sound win
continue a surprisingly long tine
until. in fact. the stand and the num-
mer reach the same temperature.
Nol one has been able fully 20 ex-
plain the reason OF this phenomenon.
II certainly is very curious. Try II
some day, boys and girls.
My third suggestion is OLD as inc
hills. but may be new TO you. II 10
ALWAYS interesting. apparently DEoV-
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TOU can make u very nice. safe
" and pretty home for number
of water plants and water ant
mails by following the direc-
tons given below, anG at the same
time you can enjoy the great privilege
and pleasure of watching the daily
growth and development Of both the
animals and plants.
Take, a water-tight barrel sawed
through the middle. Take ope-half
and set II on the ground where you
wish II to be Cor sink IL few inches
into the ground, as you pleased
Heap earth about this half7barrel
and cover the top and sides with sod.
fitting the sod neatly so as to look
we'll
Put sand In the bottom OF the BAR
rel. and then from some nearby pool
of water fetch several varieties OF
water plants and bed them by the
roots in this sand. DO this very care
fully. putting some loose stones about
ON top to hold the roots in place.
Fiji the haif-barrel with rainwater
and let the plants stand several days
till the roots become firmly fixed In
their places. Instead of sand, you can
bring the soil that the plants origl-
naily grew in. -.
After the plants get good start
then stock the barrel with young
pollywogs. snails and other varieties
OF water animab
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as trainers say). They rise straight
up In the air, take a. look around,
spy the home loft and make straight
for Ii. Any bird falling to do this
may be put down at once es hopeless
~ inferior and not worth further
Each successive ,morning the same
procedure is followed. but the dis
lance Is increased and different de
rection IL taken in each homer's case.
Before long the distance has become
half a mile, then 1T grows to q nile.
hnally to FIVE miles. and SO 1t goes
homers finding home from q distance
of twenty miles.
From this point on he will have to
content himself with the Survival of
the fttest-" Only the, superior birds
will develop under his training to the
point where even at n distance of $50
miles they will unerringly find home
again.
The best of those superior birds are.
of course. the strongest-winged ones
who will cover the distance In the
quickest time.
The training of homers IL for the
most part private sport in America,
but IT Is coming to be something of
an industry.
In one couptry--Belgium- Is real
" great Industry. The railways are
constantly transporting thousands of
the closed baskets containing homers
destined for certain points where they
are to be tossed"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-23

yXTHEN the world was quite
Wv land, and the land i mean
was neither here, there. nor
anywhere else in particular; still II did
the fairies Used to dance In the dells
and dwelt all day In the flowers.
But the giants knew nothing of the
fairies, because they lived In the capital
itants only smiled fincredulously when
the beautiful elves, who led such happy
lives, were mentioned.
Now. in a small village in Squankland.
called Dellydale. there dwelt a dwarf
q life of persecution, because the In
hapitants were of a quarrelsome nature
and could not agree many days together
they would quarrel with their. own
shadows IL there was nothing else to
find fault with. They were a most dis
SSo cont lot. those jewellers IN Dolly Z.
happy themselves and enjoy the glorious
sunlight. they hated to see any one else
And yet they were handsome, tall ana
prosperous people. In q splendid !coun-.
try, where the grapes grew In profusione
and where the purest Of wine flowed, as
II a IKE mix ana SesIny 0s they
was specially prepared for all sick and
This Industry in itself, one would
think. would have had cheering infiu-
ence on their natures. but the contrary
was the case. They were a grumpy lot,
and grumbled at everything, just like
that remarkable person. who longed for
something, she did not know what, and
when she got 1t, she did not want 1t.
Quantock the Dwarf had no human
tell all his troubles every might to the
fairies when the moon rode high In
the heavens: and sometimes he
thought they answered him and told
him not to be cast down.
He lived with his greatgrand-
mother away in the valley beside q
bubbling brook that reflected the sun
light in a thousand different shades
He was sadly deformed; land had to
hobble about with stick; and It was
the delight of the village children.
When he visited Dellydale to buy food
for the little house, since his old
great-grandmother could only sit out
side the hut and sun herself through
out the day. 1t was a delight OF the
village children to take away his
star, so that he had either to wait
until some one more kind than the rest
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Tom Tits Experiments

VAVE you ever made magic fish
~ of your own7 Doubtless you
have seen the fortune telling
fish that the stores give away
and that curl up in your palm. But
these magic fish are not the same
thing.
Take a bit of silk paper and cut out
a couple of fishes. Arrange them in
cross shape on the point end of q
needle which you have implanted in q
cork
Cover the whole thing with a drink
ing glass and rub the glass vigorously
with a piece Of wooden cloth. You Will
find the fishes Immediately whirlng
You can do the same trick with
butterflies and any other sort OF OBJ
ject cut out of silk paper. also.
Now, do you understand what causes
the fishes to whirl about as they do?
Yes. 1t Is observation-disclosures by
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ing. as It does. that the laws of ma
ture can be reversed.
Take a plate, q tumbler and q small
piece of tissue or silver paper. Set
the plate on a table and pour water
in II up to the frst rim.
Now very slightly crumpie up the
set IL on fire When 1t 10 burnt out.
or rather just as the last fame disap-
pears. turn the glass quickly upside
down into the water.
Astonishingi The water rushes with
great violence into the glassl Now
you have satisfied your friends that
water can be placed In q drinking
glass upside down.
Hold the glass firm. and the plate
also. You can now reverse the posi-
ton OF the plate and glass and thus
convince the most skeptical OF the
truth OF your experiment..
better way to do 10 to burn bran
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Counting In" and Count.
ing Out"
in" and counting
out" rhymes are popular
"A everywhere throughout the
- world Except for changes

<E~OUNTING in and counting
out" rhymes are popular
everywhere throughout the
world. Except for changes
to give them local coloring, many OF
the rhymes that are liked the pest aFe
almost Identical in all languages
England and America, of course.
have rhymes of the greatest similar
ity, because the language Is the same
and many of the points of interest
are the same. England mas not DOT
rowed much from America, but Ameri-
can children use great many English
rhymes Some that are used In both
countries equally are:
overy. livery, ickery Ann,
Fillusy, follusy, Nicholas John.
Queevy, Quavy, English navy.
Stingalum. Stangalum. buck.
Eeny, meeny. mona. my.
Barcelona, bona, stry,
Kay bell, broken We'll
Wee. WOE. wack.
e-i-zoi, two-i-zoi. Fan.
Bobtail, vinegar. tockle and tan.
Harum, Scarum, Cecil Marum.
81, 10, whack.
One, two, three, four,
IIly at the kitchen door
Eating peaches Off a plate.
Five, six, seven. eight.
One, two. three.
Out goes ne
Into the middle
OF the deep blue sea-
If this be so
We all know
As here we SIT,
That you are 1T.
One a penny bum
Two penny bun.
One O penny, two Jenny
him
+ Ho YOUR eros mother don't like 'em
Give 'em to her son.
Out goes one!
Intery. mintery, cut ry corn.
Annie seed and briar thorn
Wine. beer, timber lock,
Three geese In one hock;
one flew east and one flew west,
One fiew.ove the cuckoo's nest.
OUT. out
stick. stock, stone dead.
Rick, rock, dead in bed;
Flip, flop, girls and men.
Lip, lop. alive again
There is a strong likeness between
one of the rhymes used by German
Children and our own "Eeny. meeny."
etc. for they chant;
lime. tent, mona. mel
tParter lone. bone, strei.
Enc, fune, herke, berke.
Wer? VIE? Wo? Wasr
The children of ireland have a rhyme
all their own. II runs like this:
Nrripeg, larrapeg,
A bee nail, stone, stack
A bonnie Billie Pelpie.
A Bella bug Warum rack.
Crib-e-stery, HEX
Ana so YOU see. there is no such
great difference among the children Of
the earth.
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OF some good ways OF whiting away
your time.
Here is a delightful way. II b called
match building.
Take your matches and cut or the
phosphorus ends Then sit each one.
down the end q little way Cut them
1he lengths you want for the various
uses TO which they. are 70 be put.
Get a cork, some cardboard ana some
white paper (stationery will dol.
Follow the designs shown in these pic-
lures, and you can make the little Misc
Araminda. with her short frock. apron.
cape and sailor hat
Then you can see how very easily you
can make chairs and tables and bed
steads and other pieces OF furniture for
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-23

A variation of the lame of Tag IL
known as Flag-Tag.
Divide the players into two sides as
usual. each choosing its captain.
Make chalk-line between the lines
and paint flag on each side. twenty
feet from the chaik-line.
Each side must protect Its flag. while
skirmishers are sent forward to try to
SIDE. 'A' nag 's'0AsiAs % 'A' ''As
The captains only can 'tag"-this be-
ing their way OF capturing prisoners.
jail; that is. drop out of the game.
There Is room for much strategy and
cleverness in this. game. Suppose the
opposing captain na is sn after Xoas DSdss
get one Of your ellow-players to try to
distract his attention by feigning to at
tack his flag. II he succeeds in divert
that gives you your chance to make q
dash for the flag, seizing 1t and pos
sibly returning safely and triumphantly
home with It. although you VIII have
Of the flag. even though they cannot
tag" you, can struggle to retain the
flag, while shouting to their captain to
Whenever your side succeeds in cap.
turing the flag, the conquered side must
humbly walk in your train as prisoners,
while you march triumphantly around
tured flag at the head OF your process
sion.
Another delightful game is as suitable
for indoors as out. 1t is known as clair
voyance.
One goes out of the room and
a word is chosen. And as she en-
tiers, you ask, lis 1t q --?" naming
some article whose first letter Is the
first letter of the word she is to guess.
Then ask, 'Is it -" naming some
article where the first letter IL the Sec
ond letter OF the word to be guessed.
and son on till the word 10 complete.
Thus, suppose the word was curtain"
Your question could be: lis 1t 2 GAMBLER
table? Is 1t an apple7 Is It ice7 Is It
a needle?' BY this time she has found.
by remembering the first letters OF each
word, that curtain" Is what was cho-
sen. OF course, shorter words can be
taken.
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he had got. Then she learned OF the
shameful way he had always been
treated by. the village people. and she
Listen, Quantocki Doom shall fan
upon Dellydaie. and the whole village
shall be swept away by the Hoods from
hand. The lake in the mountains will
overflow. and the waters will rush down
and desolatfon will come upon the
land"
ouantock heard her with bated breath.
for, an she spoke, she rose mysterfously,
and her words rang with the voice OF
"oh, is there no way to save the vii.
lager" asked he, for his very FIRST
thought few to sweet Elvina, for whom
he would gladly die 20 save her from
such horrible fate.
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Goats as Guides

In parts OF Switzerland the hocks
travel along the side Of a mountain
where the path Is verv narrow and
rather dangerous in places.
Sometimes tho man-shepherd patches
a difficult place to make 1t easier for
his sheep to walk over. but the hardy
''goat-shepherd' quite despises any
help of this kind and takes a flying
leap over the opening. Sometimes
they run down the steep side OF a
mountain as If it were quite a gentle
slope,
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-23
Couldn't Guess It.

Papa" said little May. with her face
ally smiles. II saw something without
legs running across the kitchen .:oor
this morning. What do you think IL
was?"
Papa puzzled awhile. but could not
guess
Give It up" said he. What was II E
Water" laughingly shouted the little
fnf
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Good Games to
Play

IT AVE you played Pillow Dancer
- Take pillows, sofa cushions or
hassocks and place them on
end around on the floor.
Divide the company into two sides.
facing each othor. Let them join
hands and dance around the pillows
a number of times until suddenly one
side at signal pulls the other side
forward. trying to rofce soma one or
other of that side to overturn a pill
low.
{ A merry scrimmage follows until at
last one side or. other Is guilty OF
must drop out Of he gameI dis
graced %, and the game goes on, one
after another having. to drop out, UNI
til, finally, only one Of each side Is left.
These two fight It out until one or
other triumphs. while the disgraced
players stand about and cheer their
respective champions on.
Hopping and jumping are both per-
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" and girls, that o carrier pigeon
nowadays need not be messag sc
bearer in order to be q good spec
The message bearers are now properly
called "homers'; perhaps you can guess
why-beeause they. more than any other
animal. love "home." Take any pigeon
away from the place It has learned 70
ffnd its way back, provided 1t has
enough intelligence and strength to do
Intelligence and strength are the chief
requisites. then. In a homer" which IL
Die snfs yes OF res
derful keenness OF sight, remarkable
memory for land and water marks. and
probably certain kind of instinct
which we cannot, OF course. under
stand, much less describe.
tHomers" are usually bred and kept
IN loft either built high or located In
q high place, SO as to make a good land.
mark. Sometimes the entrance Is gaily
! colored, so as to be conspicuous.
From babyhood the homers are per-
mitted to fly about the near neighbor-
hood, so as to practice finding home.
To encourage this habit they are set
loose before breakfast and hunger Is
relied upon to bring them home at the
proper time.
At 8 months age tho young birds
have developed both their home
finding instinct to q considerable de-
gree and strength of wings. Their
systematic training now begins
Early in the morning they are
placed in closed baskets and carried
several hundred yards from home.
There they are released Cor tossed"
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"Ay. there is one way-one way only"
TELL It to mech. please tell v to
me-" begged Quantock.
what would be the goodf You. poor
cripple. are powerlsss
'sAh, but could instruct those Who
are not powerlees-those who have
much power, indeed"
The old lady sank back In her chair,
faint and weary, and Quantock groaned
aloud In his despair. For abe had ax-
hausted her feeble old body.
Tell me-" he urged, after y patient
pause. what can be done--what IL the
aecret7'
..crst secret soc sns rep,, s h halnty ne
water-wilf-wiil--"
But the old lady could say no more.
and. indeed. never spoke again.
Part II Next Week.
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IND you know that goats are ever
IL so much wiser. and more sem
stble than sheep?
In countries where the sheep have
their pasture-ground. the shepherd
always keep a few goats in the flock
and these act as leaders and guides.
Half a dozen goats to a hundred
sheep Is about, the proportion. In the
south of France the peasants say that
the sheep will all huddle together
and refuse to move on unless they
~ASA = goat. to lead them.
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The Twin Cherries.

The Twin Cherries.
This picture shows how simply ana
easily the twin cherries were got into
the position shown in last weeks puzzle
What Merry Dayr
All Fools Day.
Verse in Pi.
The stormy March has c. me at last,
With wind and clouds and changing
skies:
hear the rushing of the blast
That through the snowy valley 6ies
What Am IP
Rumbie-G-rumble-R
Charade.
May-fower.
Central Acrostic.
OCEAN Whole EQUINOX.
PIQUE
ROUGH
SHIPS
WINDS
SEORE
BOXES
Hidden Cities.
1. Lyons. g. Brest. g. Nantes. 4.
Paris. g. Orleans
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The oldest Architectural Ruins.

The oldest architectural ruins in the
world are believed to be the rock-cnt tenn
pies at Ipsambool. on the left bank of the
Nile. in Nubia The largest OF these
ancient temples contains fourteen apart
'ments, hewn out OF solid stone. Tho
ruins are supposed to be 1000 years old
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Br'er Bunny

Br'er Bunny - Mother. this dolls
got no ears. We can't send a doll
without ears to Aunt Molly. can wef
Obi are those little things ears? Well,
I never! 1 don't think much of ears
that you can't waggle up and down.
do you?
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Great Fun in Match
Building

THE days are soon coming when
many of the little boys and girls
must remain indoors much of the
time. And then you will want to know
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dy or spirits of wine in the glass; the
result will seem even more mysteri-
GUS.
rushes up the upturned glass7
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American Geographical Saints.
Each OF the following jumbled Saints
is town In the United States beginning
with St: Can you name them?
l. St. Balans On. E.).
2. st, Nisgetuau (S.).
3. ST. Udloc IN. W..
4. st. Lchesra Is. wy.
s. st. Shoejp Is. W..
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What NationsP


- ----a--
Similar Words.
Do you know the difference between
these very similar words: Chance, Incl
dent. Accident and Fortune?
See IL you can fill In the blanks prop
erly.
J. Gambling clings almost insepara-
2. Prudent men are careful not to
tempt ---- too far.
3. The displacement OF q switch
caused that terrible -
4. Bruises are ordinary ----- OF q
cavalryman's experience.
What FishesF
Each OF the following describes a nsh
in puzale form. Can you name all the
! Something found in BIRDS cages.
A boys name-before-L
g. A graf.
T. A girls name-the present time,
D. Feminine possession-an ornament.
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Famous People Puzzle.

Famous People Puzzle.
The names of famous men and women
are indicated by the following descrip-
tive phrases which not only describe
the characters, but invariably begin
with their initials In order.
Cor example: Came Confidently. The
ansyer is Christopher Columbus.)
IN Maudlin Gabbler.
Q. Loved Animals. ~.
3. Rare, Wise Ethicist.
I. Rustic Bard.
8. Cross Bearer.
6 Thoughtful American Electrician.
I. Comic Dslineator.
8. Natural Belligerent.
Q. Opposed Cavaliers.
10. Worthy Peacemaker.
II. Remarkably Knowing.
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This picture shows how simply and
easily the twin cherries were rots mo
the position shown in last weeks puzzle.