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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
BABY OSTRICH DRIVER

%TTAME male ostriches are at times
 \ horribly vicious and on these oc-
 casions, If they espy a stranger, they will rush at him to strike him with their toes, which are strong as iron and can rip him to pieces. His only safety Is to lie flat on the ground where the ostrich can do no worse than stamp upon his body until help comes.
 "One Sunday morning." writes trav- eler who was visiting an ostrich farm. T caught sight of a cock ostrich run ming at me. Luckily there was little hill of ironstone near. for which l made and, reaching # in time. climbed on to It just as the ostrich reached me.
 He could not come up, and would notecome down. and there l sat with the dog, unable to move, with the ostrich stalking round and round.
 At last a man came out of the farm and saw me a prisoner: but even he could not venture to help me. and he had to call the driver of the bird. a little Hottentot child, who looked about 4 years old.
 ''i1 his little fellow, with a little. whip. came up and drove the bird back into his pen, from which he had escaped. These birds are most obedient to their little master-I suppose because they have obeyed him since they were hatched."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13

Jimmy's eyes shone. S
 { .Ali right. Suppose you play your fiddle at the other end of the square?"
 T don't mind" said Jimmy, his mind already full of visions of feasts of peanuts and candy.
 opened on Mrs. Greens curbstone- his cornstalk fiddle wailing forth the awfulest squeaking noises that ever mortal ear did hear! And it continued on or near her curbstone for reason that you readers understand; but that she did not understand until one day late in the summer, just as she was becoming .exasperated beyond endur- ance, she spied MT. Grimes slipping something into Jfmmy's pocket.
 'sSo that explains why Jimmy hasn't pestered him part of the time at least" reflected Mrs. Green. That ex- plains, too, why he has never had a word to say against the boys atro- cious noises"
 Of course. 1t was too late to do any thing that summer. But for the fol- lowing, or third summer, Mrs. Green had campaign planned. In the first place, Jimmy was invited to her daughter Gussie's birthday party, then to another party, then to little tea, felt that he was quite a friend of the family. In this way the lady diseov- cred Jimmys greatest weakness-he loved fudge.
 So Mrs Green knew what trump card to play. One day in spring she
 What musical instrument will you have this summer?" she asked
 "Oh, the finest everw exclaimed Jimmy, enthusiastically. I'm going to have a fife and a flute made of pumpkin vine--- .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
TRADES FOR BOYS

CEW boys take to tasks that require
 thought and persistent efforts.
 Yet, skilled work is the only em- ployment in demand.
 Hodcarriers and common laborers glut the markets everywhere. The trades- men and artisans are the ones that get the easiest jobs and the most money. The others are always hunting work.
 Should they accidentally stumble upon a lob, they cannot hold it. A super ficial knowledge will not do. It must be thorough. Boys, learn trade while young. After you are 20 years old few will be found who will take time and trouble to teach vou one When you are that old, you will want a mans pay. If you don't know anything, you don't get 1t. Know nothings work at odd jobs and are paid the lowest scale.--Gem.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
GOOD INVENTIONS

CT TITLE things have brought for
 tunes to many an inventor. The
 once-popular toy know as Dancing Jimmy yielded its inven- tor a $75,000 income yearly. The sale of another toy John Gilpln, brought its inventor $l00,000 a year. MT. Piimpton, the inventor of the roller skates, made $l,000,000 out of his idea. When Harvey Kennedy introduced the shoe lace, he made &, 500. 900, and the or dinary umbrella benefited six people by as much as S10,000,0O0. The inventor of the Howard patent for boiling sugar in vacuo realized an income of $250,OJ0 per annum. The millions Sir Josiah Mason realized from the improved steel pen he gave to English charities on his death. The patentee of the pen for shading in different colors made $200, 900 year out of it.. The wooden ball with an elastic attachment brought $50,000 year to its inventor. The metal plates formerly used for protecting the sofes and heels or shoes from wear made $1, 10000 In year. The woman who Invented. the modern baby carriage made $5o,0O0. A young woman living in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, yet realizes $500 a year from the Invention of the Mary Ander- son curling iron. The wife of a clergy man made a fortune from the invention of the modern womans corset A little girl who invented the screw-pointed gim- let made millions. Miss Knight, who in- vented the machine for making paper bags, refused $5O,0O0 for it shortly after taking out the patent, and realized a princely fortune for the exceptional in- genuity her conception reveals.-Ameri- can Boy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13

Spool of cotton"
 Next have the Hearing Game.
 Read out distinctly and not too rapid ly a list of twenty familiar proverbs or sayings. The players must not jot down any. notes. but must depend wholly on their memories.
 The timekeeper rings his bell, and nine minutes are allowed the players to write down as many of the proverbs as they can remember. They are not ex- pected necessarily to reproduce the ex- act wording, so long as they do write the exact sense of each proverb. Score one mark for each correctly given prov erb
 The Taste Game should come next. This scores the successful player only one mark, but is the most amusing of all the games.
 Have on a covered tray twenty-five different articles of food, Blindfold each to look on and see the fun on condition of keeping absolutely silent, and with Q spoon give the player a taste of one of the concealed foods. Give him two min utes to taste and meditate. then, remov- ing the bandage. one minute to write down the name of the kind of food he thinks 1t was.
 The Game of Touch follows:
 Blindfold all the players.
 Place four similar articles on, each table Cthere being four people at each table), let the timekeeper ring the bell and allow two minutes for each player to feel and handle the object before him. remove the bandages and allow two min- utes for each player to name and de- scribe the object he had in his hands.
 Next the Game of Smell.
 Have twenty-four small dark-coIored glass bottles (buy. if you can. the reg
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13

Suppose you entertain twenty -four guests. Ask six of them to preside at the different tables, rearrange the trays of objects in the sight game and bring in the prepared cases in the taste competitor. while one may pc put in charge of the timekeeping.
 Besides the objects indicated for each game in the following descrip-. :. tion, you will want half sheets or writing paper or twenty-four small blocks of scratch paper and a scoring card for each player.
 Provide. six small taples, tWenty- four bright-c -colored handkerchiefs Cor white Ones) for blindfoldtng pur- poses, or folds of cbeesecloth will do.
 FIRST THE SIGHT GAME.
 Have four people at each table. each armed with note paper and pen- ell. At a given signal from the time keeper the cover should be lifted from a tray which Is on the table. Give the players two and a half minutes to gaze at the contents In silence; then replace the cover and give the players four minutes to write down the ob- jects they succeed in remembering.
 The timekeeper rings his bell. The two players who have done best (each ing card) move on to the next table, as in any progressive game. Rearrange the articles on the six trays, then give the signal for the game to be resumed. The winners move on each time, and the game continues until 1t has been repeat ed six times.
 The player making the best grand to- tai is the final winner.
 In scoring allow two marks to the one who records, for example. Penknife with two blades open, but only one mark to the one who wrote merely
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
las@: 0@kagZl|

about two and a half feet high. baee fourteen inches or so below ton of centre stick and twenty-seven inches broad. They cover the frame with of string wound with stripes of gaiiy colored paper and finish with a tas- sel of colored paper.
 Each boy files his kite with only one object--A glorious sobject--before him. and that is to capture some other boys kite by tangling its tall In his own string. This requires skill First, he must guide his kite till 1t slips must let out string rapidly to en- courage his kite to rise, and at the same time to fall to the rear of the enemy's kite. The moment this Is ac- hand d-over-hand with lightning speed. If he is quick and wntchful. and the other boy does not defeat his purpose, he will soon catch the other fellows
 Then the battle royal win be to see whether he can successfully pull the en- emy's kite down with his own. This de- pends on his succeeding in keeping his and the other fellows kitetaii from breaking.
 If he succeeds. he has the proud honor of having red paper star of victory kite flyers signature. the name of the captured kite and the date of the cap ture
 Some of the boys have dozen red stars to their credit.
 A fiercer form of kite fighting Is that of armed" kites. These are made of fancy shapes or not, according to Q boys ingenuity and wishes. But the es- sential point is that the ktetail should be studded with tiny pieces of sharp edged glass (from smashed-up bottle or window pane). A simple way to do is to select piece of very strong twine. run 1t through glue and roll it in pound ed glass until it is well covered with glass from end to end. Twist two of these glass-coated strings Into the lower part of the kitetaii.
 The object in this kind of fighting is to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
Exciting Runaway Accident

TN the New York police department
 are some beautiful horses. Perhaps
 most beautiful as well as intelligent animal of them d ls MseS aoes wa9se ,ss
 The story of recent thrilling rescue effected by Wyck and his rider Is told Oy ase New Ms%cb aork When % the drives and bridle paths in the park were slippery and sloppy, a girl was riding a big, pow erf1l roan in the bridle path near the sheepfold. The girl knew how to ride. and knew that the mouth of horse was somewhat tenderer than a piece of sole leather; but she did not know, It seemed, that the roan had mortal ter TOT of automobiles.
 One came chug-chugging along the driveway. Opposite the trembling, fret ting roan its exhaust let go like a dozen guns att once.
 The big roan was up in the air in- stantly. The girl was game. and she did her best to hold the horse down and keep the bit out of his teeth; but she didn't have strength enough in her arms It is doubtful if man could have held the frightened horse.
 He thundered away in long piunges, hit between his teeth. The girl kept hold of tho bridle reins, but she was quite helpless, and she knew 1t was oniy a matter of seconds until she was hurl- ed off. ,,s s Ferguson, who was at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES street, heard the cry. He .eara' too, of the hoofs. and they told him what had happened.
 He waited until the roan swept past, the white-faced girl clinging tightly, hut swaying in the saddle. Ferguson yelled 10 her to keep her nerve, and gave Wyck a loose rein.
 The big roan was going fast, but he couldn't travel the gait the little Ken hox ,roIlIh OO Foot DY foot. men by inch, the bay gained on the roan.
 When Wyck's nose was at the roan's rump Ferguson told the girl to let go the reins and sit tight. Then he told horse to lean toward him.
 Wyek was taking care of himself. He didn't neec bit, spur or rein. Then the mounted policeman leaned forward and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
A CONTINENT OF ICE

TvHE largest mass of ice in the world
 Is probably the one which fills up
 nearly the whole of the interior of Greenland, where 1t has accumulated since before the dawn of history. It Is believed to now form a block about 1O LOCO square miles in area, and averag- ing a mile and half in thickness. Ac- cording to these statistics. the hump of ice is larger in volume than the whole hody of water m the Mediterranean; and there is enough of it to cover the whole of the United King on of Great Britain and Ireland with layer about seven miles thick. If It were cut into two con- venlent slabs and built up equally upon inc entire surface of gallant little Wales" 1t would form pile more than 1eo miles high. There is ice enough in Greenland to bury the entire area of the United States a quarter of mile deep.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
A CLEVER PONY
BROWN is the n.m

TLIFFoRD BROWN is the name : A Of lad who has the mfsfor-
 tune to, own too clever pony! opener.
 Early one morning last summer some of the neighbors, hearing the sound of horses hoofs on the garden path, rose out of their beds and came down. carriage whip in hand, to ex- Del the intruders. They found two horses and a pony careering around in the garden. while fourth-Tony- deep in sack of bran.
 Tony had opened the gete of the held where he was kept and let a cow out. Then he had opened two other gates and released the two horses and the pony, who followed him into the neighbors' garden.
 After this unpleasant incident Cliff ford had to banfsh Tony to a country pasture. with gate that was locked as we'll as barred.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
Beware of "By-and-Rv. 9

If you have hard work to do.
 Do 1t now. Today the skies are clear and bI,e. Tomorrow clouds may come in vieU, Yesterday is not for you:
 Do it now. If you have a song to sing,
 Sing it now. Let the notes Of giadness ring Clear as song of bird in spring. Let every day some music bring:
 Sing it now. If you have kind words to say.
 Say them now. Tomorrow may not come your way. Do a kindness while you may, Loved ones will not always stay:
 Say them now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
EDISON'S TOKE.

"TTaoMAs EDISON likes a good j(I INe.
 When the photograph was a new
 invention Mir. Edison slipped one
 in the bedroom of one of his guests.
 Just as this friend was about to get into bed. voice exclaimed:
 ''Eleven o'clock-one hour more" Slumber did not descend upca the eye lids of the visitor during that hour. As midnight a second voice cried, Twelve O oclock-prepare to die" This was too much for the astonfshed guest, who rushed from his room. Outside he Phet the inventor, who was convulsed with laughter The mystery was soon ex- plained. and peace restored.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
HACK HARKAWAY

Jack Hathaway! Jack Harkawayl
 It's many years, alack. Since we were joyous kids and read
 The chronicles of Jack. The merry pranks he played at school And jolly larlTs he had Endeared the handsome English boy To every Yankee lad. But mostly for his fstic skill
 And that ''sledgehammer blow' With which he tapped the bully's nose And laid the coward low, And for his brave and dauntiess front To plunge into the fray, And fight against tremendous odds,
 We loved Jack Hathaway. Jack Harkaway! Jack Harkaway!
 Where'er his course might tend, Dick Harvey was his bosom chum
 And ever-faithful friend; And there was blue-eyed Emily.
 Of whom he was the beau, And Hunston, of the evil eye,
 His rival and his foe, And Monday, the devoted black.
 And old Professor Mole, Whose amiable weakness lay
 In swinging of the bowl, And fierce Barboni, of the hills.
 The bandit brought to bay Beneath the blue Italian skies
 By bold Jack Harkaway! JACK HATHAWAY! JACK HarkaWay!
 Oh, how at noon we tore, Each Wednesday, for the Boys and Girls To Cyrus Tooley's store! Nor have ever met the man
 Who was an urchin then And did not read the masterpiece
 Of that entrancing pen. But many a mothers hostile frown Condemned her hungry boy In sneaky woodsheds to devour
 The interdicted joy; And many tyke the teacher eaught And made him rue the day He tried to read beneath his desk Of brave Jack Harkawayi Jack Hathaway! Jack HarkawayI The authors heart Hes still. And voiceless now this many A year His gallant English quill; And nowhere on the starry peaks And pinnacles of fame Has time a proud memorial raised To Bracebridge. Hemyng's name. But could each boy that he endeare6 To that lone grave repair, In fond remembrance piousiy To drop one blossom there. A mountain beautiful and sweet Of flowers would hide the clay Where molders in the dust the hand That wrote Jack Harkawayl John Ludlow, in the New York Hekala
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13

the middle, and Jimmy stretched thin strips of writing paper across the hollow of one block, placing the other on top or it. Then, by drawing in and exhallng his breath, he produced shrill sounds, which. in course of time, made really excellent limitations of bird notes-some bird notes. .,
 But hardly a sweet-toned canary's," explained his Jolly mother to her neign- bor. of No 2622, who was calling on her one afternoon when Jimmy was busy making music up in the attic, where, py common consent of the family. he could do exactly as he pleased.
 One evening. in the spring, MT: Grimes came to spend the evening at whist. ana while waiting for the game to begin he talked with Jimmy about his music.
 'sWhat instrument will you have next. si,mmer. Jimmy?'' he asked.
 why. I think I'll have cornstaik fiddle. said Jimmy. This is how. it's made: a boy at school told me how to make it: You take good. straight corn stalk, get out your knife and cut four sIits from one joint to another-you un- derstand? Then you make little what you-call-it-
 "A bridge?''
 "Yes, a bridge-and slide it under the strings that you made by sitting the cornstalE and make 1t stand up straight. That stretches the strings"
 "Then, for your bow you use--?"
 PAnother and smaller cornstalk."
 'Ahi Yes, I see. And what kind of music will it produce, eh?"
 "Oh. lovely, so Ben says"
 .'Ah, indeedl Want some more nick. els this summer, Jimmy%
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
Five Games--One for Each of the Senses

ular poison bottles used by druggtsts). place number on each and tie pretty ribbon bow around the neck of it, long enough to slip over the head of q player.
 Give each player a bottle, let each smell his own bottle and go around sniffing at each of the other players bot ties. Do not limit the time unless some appear to be unduly slow. Each player writes down, properly numbered. de- scription of each smell. One mark scores for each correct guess.
 A suggested list of articles for the Sight Game:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
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Outwitted. by the
 Monkey

A N AMUSING story Is told of bull "A iog and . monkey.
 This monkey led very happy life--he was considered sacred by the natives. and was fed each day with monkey delicacies. and spent most of his time sitting on the lower branches of a mango tree. with his long. tail hanging down.
 This tail appealed to the bulldog. The monkey itself was out of reach, but surely" thought Chops, T could make a snap at the tall and get hold of the monkey by that means"
 It was worth trying. and Chops de- termined to try 1t!
 So he crouched down and slowly, step by step, crept nearer to the coveted taif, which hung 50 near the ground
 The monkey kept his eye on him. but sat perfectly motionless till, just as Chops opened his great mouth to make grab at the tall. the monkey quickly. and at the proper moment, lifted his tafi with his left hand. just as an old gentle- man would raise his coattail to enjoy the fun. and, stooping pleasantly for ward. gave Chops a sounding box on the ear with the other hand.
 The dogs astonishment and htrp,lf, tfon may be imagined!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13

"s..Ah how do you make them?" ? ''Why, you take good, thick, straight stem of pumpkin vine and make holes in it like a fife, you know. And for the flute you take leaf stem, long one, and make a slit through both sides. Then at the base cf the leaf cut the stem out beyond the end of the hollow, and you put this end in your mouth and blow. Gee! it makes a noise like a steamboat whistle. That's what Cou- sin Dick says.
 i'Indeed! The noise must be lovely" but Mrs. Green shuddered az she said if
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
Waiting His Turn.

One day Georges mother asked him whether he wanted to go with her to George answered. with enthusiasm, "Oh. yes"
 asked for a white petticoat. When George saw the skirt he asked:
 When are We going to get the pet roat?"-Little Chronicle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
How About Your Evesp

Seven out of ten people have stronger sight in one eye than the other. In two cases out of five, one eye is out of line Nearly one-half of the peopIe are coIor-blind to some extent. and only one pair of eyes out every fifteen is right in all resQect&
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13

caug..t the girl around the waist in a strong grip, pulling her off the back of the runaway.
 Wyck stopped at touch. Ferguson put the girl down. Then he caught the runaway before the horse had time to damage himself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
Just Like a Boy.

"Father, may have a quarter to give Yes, certainly. You are a good boy. Johnny. By the way, where IS me poor aRRgy-wy-he's-hes selling tickets for the circus
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
Paris postage.stamps Market.

One of the familiar and picturesque sights of Paris is the postage-stamp market, which meets. both in summer and winter. under the trees of the Champs Elysees. Here stamp collectors meet, buy and sell, and discuss prices
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
Al Passive Audience.

Jane came in from school.
 Mamma" she said, Professor Kim ball and three of the settees (trustees) were at schoool today"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
prince's 10000 Post Cards.

young Prince Edward of Wales will soon enter the Royal Naval Academy to begin his education for the navy. Prince Edward has a remarkable collection of picture postcards, having more than O,0O0 already.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
Enigma.

am composed of eighteen letters. My 6. IA, Is is part of the body. My Is, 10. IT. is part of a horse. My IS, 10, IS, is a fruit ono place.
 My 9, '. Il is a division of a farm. My 1, Is a negative.
 My whole is a familiar proverb.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
Lord Roberts Habits.

Lord Roberts, who is now at the head of the British Army. does not smoke, seldom touches wine and l-ises at kSa every morning, summer And winter, without fail
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
Pictorial Pnz5le--
 4 Proverb.
Here is a pictorial puzzle. The answer is a very familiar prov erb. Can the boys and girls tell Polly Ev- ans what it isS
Conundrums.

l. Why should soldiers never meddle q What Is that which no man wants, hut which, if a man has II, ne Woulo most unwillingly part withF .,.. g. Why are fiatterers sometimes "iS- taken for truth tellers? d Why does a scodinG woman Keep Why is an easy office like good dinner eaten by an invalldF
 Transportation.
 Transpose the letters in the capital ized words to make proper sen sense, ,sA Atter ts YOU have found what the ufsS "oro iS' inc rest will prove easy; rx,prr. ..I thought l should like to WIRED: , an I went to the ABELTS to SAHENhS my OEHSR, but found the CBCELN of the HEBElRGNG was o1Skens r., I5I Is,eIp i9 iI Tsiace of the EONTUG, brought out ii, tho ptid old ACSIHE, and off went. Now tell me how got on'F
 Beheading.
 1,., won behead an animal (take away ,vSo leiters) and leave a gittT
 Arithmetical Puzzle. what long-tailed domes..s animal is this-l00 o 55?
 Arithmetical Puzzle. Tan YOU take perpendicular lines. add 5 and get 3 for tho result?
 Beheading.
 csn vou make certain animal larger by beheading itF
 Arithmetic Puzzle. A box of tin contains 225 sheets; a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
Polly Evans Puzzles for Boys and Girls

box of 10x14 costs SIS, and a box l0x2O $24. Which is the cheaper to buy? And what is the difference between the price of a box of 10x14 at SIS and the price of box 10xl4 at the rate of 2i for box of 10x20?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13
One to Carry.

'who knows what tripiets are?'' Miss Allen asked.
 ''i know: twins and one left over" an- swered Ben.