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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Some Good Games
 to Play

IVY HY not have Nonsense Rhyme w game some day? Give four
 players sheets of paper and pencils. and offer prize for the best nonsense rhyme composed in so many minutes.
 You know how they go. as. for in- instance:
 There was a young man of Bridgeport, Who sat on the stove just for sport.
 And though he was burned,
 No lesson he learned,
 This eccentric young man of Bridge
 port"
 '.'What Is My Thought Like?" is an- other good game, even if it is not par ticularly new.
 Begin by asking each player in turn. What is my thought like?' to which he must answer the first thing that comes to his mind. but it must be diff ferent from the answer given by the others.
 You must keep a list of all the an- swers, and then. having announced what your thought really was, ask each player to tell you fin what way your thought resembles the thing he gave In his an- swer.
 You ask: What is my thought like?" No. 1 replies, Like a stove"
 No. ? replies, "Liko book" etc.
 You then announce: My thought was myself. Now. how am like a stove?" out" eO You ask No. 2. How am I like book?"
 No, 2 replies Because you are well read" etc.
 This game Is great fun.
 Another good game Is known as Get ting into a Fix and Out of It."
 Give the players ten minutes or so to think of some sort of predicament or fix" Then call time and let each one write a story involving some one fin the fix that he has thought.
 Gather up all the stories and then dis tribute them so that no one will receive his own paper back. Now tell each player to think up and write on sep arate sheet of paper way to get out of the fix that he finds described. Then each one must pass his paper to his left-hand neighbor. and, taking the pa per handed him by his right-hand neigh bor, must devise a way out of the fix he finds described on that paper. And so on until all the papers have passed through each players hands.
 Then, gathering up the fixes" once again. you may read each one in turn aloud and ask each player to read from his papers the way he suggests fer get ting out of the fix.
 One fix. for instance. was thus de- scribed:
 Going out of my house one day caught my dress fin the front door. which was equipped with d spring lock, There was no one whom | could call to ring the bell for me. nor could reach the bell myself. What was 1 do?' One answer: Bang on the door and call"
 Another answer: "Cut off the piece of your dress that was caught
 Another: "Unfasten your skirt and slip out of 1t. then ring for admission.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
CALLED yns RrSo CARD.

cipher form. These two words are here broken up into four, however, to make them puzzling to hostile de- ciphererS.
 This kind of cipher can be telegraph ed, unlike the cipher known as 1mi- tation Greek, which l shall not describe, as 1t is too dimcult to understand without hard and tedious work.
 As you can readily imagine, a cipher system must be varied from time to time, in order to make sure that no en- emy learns it and deciphers important dispatches.
 Now, the cipher rIng-card is easily al- tered, by agreement between the gov ernment and its representatives. ln- stead of A equal A, for instance, N or any other letter can % equal aanasnan A. and that
 Another point: A spy trying to make out a captured dispatch would first or all, very likely, try to find out the equiv alent for that commonest Of our aipna- - bet-E. He would also look for signs in pairs that might mean co, LL. ss. TT, etc. So, the cipher system must defy him.
 word, meaning secret" Letter No. l is Y. We count one letter after Y, and write down z. Then two letters after T ". Then after H-K; four after VIZ, its two T's, which the spy might easily guess to be Els, becomes;
 which will puzzle him sadly, for here both V and Y stand for E, while, on the other hand, the two Zs, which the , spy will naturally take for Els. are re- ally s and R.
 Another method of sending cipher messages is the key words square, which is illustrated here. For conven- fence sake, let us adopt government dispatches" for our key words, al- though any other words can be used.
 For letter 4 we take the letter in the word government that heads the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
The Experiments of Tom Tit With the ' Cipher Code

" oDAY, boys and girls, let us
 make a little study of secret
 ciphers. It is a fascinating
 subject, for, besides being jolly form of fun for us, it is serious business between governments and All governments make use of secret ciphers, some countries hiring official cipherers and decipherers. Important despatches passing between govern ment and it's representatives must, for the sake of secrecy. be- written in cryptogram form.
 One of the simplest effective meth ods is known as the ring-card. This is circle of cardboard. upon which is placed a smaller circle. This, by a pin stuck through the centre, may be caused to revolve upon the larger circle. The outer edge of each circle is divided into twenty-six parts. In letters of the alphabet are written in their proper sequence. On the division of the inner circle the letters of the alphabet are put in any order you please.
 Now. suppose diplomatist is set ting out on mission abroad The State Department sending him has a the diplomatist has a duplicate of 1t, and the understanding Is that "A shall When the minister receives a cipher message, he turns the inner circle of his card until the letter Q upon 1t Is directly beneath the letter A on tho outer ring. He thus finds that in V equals B. H equals c. F equals D. On the card printed on this page you see the words Secret writing" in etc., etc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
DIG IN

When you want to get ahead.
 Dig in! When you're up to work you dread,
 Dig in! When Dame Care comes down your way, Days are sad instead of gay, When there's nothing seems to pay,
 Dig in! When the other fellows lead.
 Dig in! When you're short on things you need,
 Dig in! When the rent is overdue, And the landlord says he'll sue When the world is looking blue
 Dig ini Never mind the other man
 Dig in! Dig in! Better luck will come your way; Just make up your mind to stay; Every dog will have his day,
 Dig in!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

We crawled for quite a distance came separated, at just what point I know not, for had gone a long way before I discovered myself alone. Sneak ing forward as swiftly as possible, l wormed my way toward where l could hear breaking branches,
 "f had just reached the edge of a comparatively open piece of jungle, on the other side of which I could see sew eral elephants, when there came re- port, followed by a tremendous crash ing: and then, suddenly. well to my left front, came Jim, scrambling through the mud, minus his turban, minus his gun and running for dear life straight for the trees at the right.
 After him, not over twenty-five feet away, at a gait that resembled pacing,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

She made her garlanding. And every night the dark glen yew She wove, and she would sing. And with her fingers. old and brown. She plaited mats of rushes. And gave them to the cottagers She met among the bushes. Old Meg was brave as Margaret
 Queen,
 And tall as Amazon; An old red blanket cloak she wore. A chip hat had she on. God rest her aged bones somewhere; Si'o "'e' JOHN KEATS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

MERE are two ways of hunting
 elephants-one is to go in a
 large party with a retinue of
 native trained elephant-hunt- CTS, the other is to go practically by oneself, accompanied only by such natives as one can pick up for the purpose. The latter way is the way for a true sportsman.
 And there are two kinds of elephant hunting-one is to steal upon and kill your elephant first for the ex- citement of the sport, the other is to steal upon your elephant, take in- stantaneous photographs of him in his native haunts, and then, if you kiii him' do so Tor tne love or science; M a study of his body, or send 1t to . museum where others may study 1t.
 The latter is by far the most difficult, but also the rlore thrilling and delight full. kind of hunting. A German gentle- man, Herr Schillings. has just re- turned from a hunt of this kind in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

Africa, and the book which he has published gives fascinating descripS tions of it.
 Herr Schillings found wonderful op- portunities for observing the habits of wild elephants. For instance, he learned that after having climbed mountains, on the downward slope they come down in a half-sitting pos ture, as if they were tobogganing- very much as we have seen them in circuses. He found that the ele- phant's method of attack is to ap- proach very swiftly with widely flap ping ears, and with a piercing, trum- pet-like cry.
 If he found 1t necessary to take flight from an attacking elephant, he learned that 1t was best to make the flight sideways; for the elephant
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
A Natural Inference

"Grandpa,' said little maid. whilst
 seated on his knee. You're awful old l do believei xyisb,
 you would tell rue?'' Yes, said the old man. solemnly. vet
 with twinkling eye, Remember, l was fin the Ark" She gave wondering cry Were you Noah?" Not Noah.'' said
 he Then you. perhaps, were
 Shem?
 Not Shem? Then Ham-or Japhet? If
 must be one of them" The old man shook his head and smiled.
 Not daunted in the least, Well, I declareF she quickly cried, you must havs heen a beast!''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Meg Merrilies
.ld Meg. she was 2 gypsy.

Old Meg. she was a gypsy
 And lived upon the moors: Her bed 1t was the brown heath turf. And her house was out of doors. Her anples were swart blackberries. Her entrants pods O broom: Her wine was dew O the wild white
 rose,
 Her book a churchyard tomb. Her brothers were the craggy hills, Her sisters larchen trees; AIone with her great family She lived as she did please. No breakfast had she many a morn. No dinner many Q noon: And. stead of supper. she would
 stare
 Full hard against the moon. But evory morn of wondhine frosh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

line A Is in, and the letter that in the word dispatches is at the end of that line. So A in our cipher is CD, just as z Is MS.
 But the letters of the alphabet are re- peated in the square several times; and taking say, that usually tell-tale letter E. we find it may be written as RID or GP. or MT or VIE This, of course, adds to the confusion of any spy. Double letters, too, no longer exist as such. Take co, for instance. It becomes VD, MS, RT or GEE. You see, this is splen- did cipher system.
 It will be very easy matter for you bows and girls to learn to communicate with each other in cipher. And you will find 1t great fun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Not Necessarily an A. B.

The other day our teacher was read ing to the class about George Wash ington. In the story it is said that he had a friend who was man of letters. Then she asked if any one knew what "a man of letters" meant No one knew, After a pause of about a minute, Johns hand went up, and, with broad smile, he sale.
 It means he was a mail eaErler"-Lit. ns C5Sanicle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

through the stick and the jaws, the lat ter can be made to open and close.
 By cutting a saw-tooth edge, teeth were easily represented. Black paint soon brought out ferocious-looking eyes mouth, A heavy fringe of muslin fin- ished the lower jaw.
 The two boys got inside the frame work; and while the forward one oper- ated the jaws and did the roaring (through a megaphone). the one i'll the rear did the wriggling act.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Making a Knight

The ceremonies ar the creation of a knight have varied at different times. Thus. box on the ear and d stroke with a sword on the shoulder were at one period given to the recipient of the dig nity. A blow with the naked fist was in use among the ancient Normans, and this was afterward cha anged into a blow with inc flat of sword on the shoulder of the knight. a ceremony which has survived. with some modihcatons, to the present
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

lin, with dark painted stripes laid over support made of cardboard The top of the cardboard support was cut into a saw-tooth edge and painted black, with tips of white. The entire edge of the muslin on each side up to the beginning of the tail was fringed.
 The frame for the head and mouth and horn was also made out of heavy cardboard and a stick and attached to the rest of the dragon framework. You can see how, by means of a cord run
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

charm. The first the neighbors knew of St was when they looked out of their windows early one morning and saw, to their amazement, huge dragon crawl ing slowly along on the front pavement.
 Of course, they were not fooled. 1t took them only a moment to guess that this was James and Jerry's latest stunt. But they were really filled with admira- tion, for boys who could do that stunt were clever boys, to say the least.
 The pictures show how the boys went
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22


 pected to work noiseless- ly in those mighty labo- ratories-their stomachs! The experienced hunter listens for these noises to betray the where abouts of elephants hid ing in the jungle.
 Mir. Schillings found that elephants seldom lie down unless they have been shot or are i'll. and that elephant c I've s whose mothers die are immediately adopted and cared for by other cows; i; but. of course, only if they are big enough to join in an escape.
 Caspar Whitney, the famous sportsman. re- gently engaged in an ex- citing elephant hunt in Siam. He was all alone. save for one companion. his native guide, Jim A bti He saws thpy had
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
"Oueen krupp"

Miss Bertha Krupp. daughter of the great gunmakcr. is known as "oueen krupp" all around Essen. where she lives. The title is not, ill-bestowed. for in that town alone she has 10000 she owns gas works, railways. teIe- graphs. telephones. bakeries and gsn- oral
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Riddle.
THE ROARING DRAOON-HOW TO MAKE ONE

abo1t it to devise their Roaring Dragon. First. they constructed a frame of light wood, a couple of leather straps, some stout tWine and a bedspring.
 Then the skin they con- structed out of cheap mus
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Why He Knew

Teacher-What bird was 1t that Noah sent out of the ark?
 Little Jimmy-A dove.
 Teacher-I'm surprised to find that the smallest boy in the class Is the only one who could answer my question.
 Billy-Ilis father keeps a bird shop
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
A Land of Plenty

One evening my little brother started to name the flags of the different coun- tries. Upon coming to the flag of Alstria-Hungary, which he had not learned thoroughly, he hesitated for a moment and then exclaimed:
 "Oh, yes! Austria Eat.' - Little
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

AMES and Jerry are ingenious boys.
 They get up the greatest doings!
 The neighbors are always asking each other: Well, what will those boys be doing next?''
 One of the latest contrivances they de- vised was "The Roaring Dragon" You should have seen itl It worked to a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
A Hard Road to Travel

Teacher-What is the meaning of "crisis'?
 Tommy-A turning point
 Teacher-Correct; now write sem tence containing the word
 After some hesitation Tommy wrote: They came to a crisis in the road
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLES
Conundrums.

l. A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could If a woodchuck could chuck wood. ?. When you have 1t from her own lips 3. No. but Niagara Falls.
 1. Because she couldn't get any one to mate Ter but & tomato can. ,. 5. Because ,t is solo (so low).'
 6. A wedding ring.
 '. Because a hot steak Is better than cold chop. g. Because he has title and several pages. . 9. Beca ,se one is a horseshoer and the other is a sure horse.
 i0 Because when we ask him to make . photograph of US he begins with a negative.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
NIixed in His Memory

Sunday school Teacher-Now, chill dren I want you to tell me what you know about Good Friday.
 I.ittle Jimmy eeagerly)-He was the man who helped Robinson Crusoe to build an 'utl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Known by the Brand

The little girl had been sewing and lost her needle. A short time afterward her mother found one, and, upon seeing 1t, the little girl cried:
 That's my needle; I know it's mine, cause 1t has a hole in it."-Little
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Curious Epitaph.

Beneath in the dust
 The mouldly old crust Of Nell Bachelor lately was shoven, Who was skilled in the arts Of pies. custards and tarts And knew every use of the oven. When she'd liv'd long enough She made her last pun. A puff by her husband much prais'd: Now. here she doth lie.
 To make a dirt pie. In hopes that her crust will be rais'd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

foot through fr1ghtful jungles for days. when at last, on the fourth day, they came up with herd of elephants; though the thick, high jungle prevented their viewing them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Boyhood Exercise

From boyhood pr. Nansen, the Polar explorer, accustomed himself 10 the use of snowshoes, and would often go forty or fifty miles on them without takinG any soo6 UtA him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Pnzzle Letter.

Sir between friends, understand your overbearing disposition; a man. even with the world. is above contempt, whilst the ambitious are beneath ridicuIe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

makes his attack. as rule. straight eyes, fails to notice that his enemy has gone to one side. In fact, he finds his way and locates his enemy not by his sense of sight, but by his sense of CThe giraffe. on the other hand, de- bends for safety on his sense of hear ing)
 Also, MT. Schillings learned that while otherwise still as mice, ele- plants cannot, even in time of ex- treme peril, avoid the noises made by their digestive organs. for, of course, the enormous quantities of branches and leaves which arc re- quired to. sustain their immense
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

A aE It is my SECOND and the greatest. too., That helps mans journey through this vale of tears. At length, ,iagh in tree. spied my From the circus 1t had just run away. And full of chatter, not moment lost. But with the timid sheep began to play. Anagrams. Can you make one word out of each group of anagramed words2 1. No more stars. 2. Got a clue. 3. Neat leg. 4. Tim in a pet. B. met my Della. 6. Queen as mad.
 Riddle. What is that which, supposing Its greatest breadth to be four inches, length nine inches and depth three inches,~ contains soIld foot? Who can tell Polly Evans?
 Name Puzzle. TsFive hundred begins 1t. five hundred Five fin the middle is seen: The first of all letters, the first Of all rake up their stations between. My whole was a king of very great fame:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Riddle.

The answer is word of two syllabies Can you guess 1t from the following rhymes: Some frightened sheep were running OCT the field, And as they ran my FIRST often heard; But could not learn tho cause of their alarm
 Because that FIRST was an unmeaning word. And then I thought. how great the gifts of speech To utter hopes and joys and pains and fears;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Riddles and conundrums.

Riddles and Conundrums. l. Who had the first entrance to a the- stre2
 2 2. Why is a chrysalis like hot roll? 8. Why Is a good husband like dough? ,.i., What 1sq part of lion is newborn in 5Fwhat is the difference between a gar dener and billiard marker?
 {. What Is a timely rescue?
 What was the color of the wind and waves in that last storm?
 8, Why Is melancholy sewing lady the pleasantest of companions?
 9. Why should young man named Ben janlin marry a girl named Annie? 10. Why did the Japanese fleet so south?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

One of them crooked. the rest upright. Take three away, and you will find Exactly ten remains behind. But If you cut the four in twain. You'll find one-hah doth eight retain"
 What are the four things?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
WHAT pRovERB OF BENJAMIN FRANKLINs
Subtraction Puzzle.

If you wish to know who. you here have What is 1t? Who can tell3
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

Rut evorv morn Of wo0dhine frosh
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-06-02
sToPs Drink cRAvINe.

Nothing is responsible for more suf-
fering and misery both to the afflict-
ed one and to his friends and relatives
than drunkenness. It will be good
news to many in this town that
Whites Pharmacy are selling a cure
called .Orrine which they are au-
thorized to sell under a positive guar
antee if it does not stop the drink
craving and absolutely cure the drunk
ard, the money will be refunded.
Orrine is in two forms; No. / to be
given without the patients knowledge.
and No. for those who desire to be
cured. The remedy costs but S1.OG a
package. Mail orders filed. The or
rine Co, Washington, D. c., or ask
Whites Pharmacy, log S. Palafox, TO
tell you what tAey know this remark
able remedy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-06-02
SUMMARY OF
THE WEATHER

The maximum temperature yester-
day was 81 degrees at 1:45 p. m. AMI
the minimum IS degrees at $50 a.
m.
Observer Reed in his summary Of
the weather yesterday said
The pressure has remained low
ever the southwest and in the lake
region. The northwestern high pres
sure area has reached the northern
Rocky Mountain slope. Showers ana
thun6erstOrms have continued from
Texas noFtheastward into the lake re-
glon and New York and extended
sOutheastward during the night into
Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia
elsewhere, the weather has remained
generally fair. Temperature changes
in general, have been slight.
Showers may be expected over
this vicinity tonight OF Saturday. 1t
will be cooler tonight and light to
fresh south winds along the West
Florida coast will become variable"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-06-02
JAPS GETTING
READY FOR
WAR
Alleged to Be Preparing to Force
Conflict Upon China in Two
or Three Years.

Victoria. B. c., June 1.-According
to advices received by the steamer
Kanagawa yesterday, the Eastern
World, a German paper of Yokohoma'
published a sensational leading aru-
Gle stating that Japan is getting the
army into readiness with a view TO
forcing war with China two or three
years hence. The Eastern World says
another war with China would ofrer
promising prizes and a pretext could
be soon found. The paper goes on 70
state that Japan's hopeless indebted
ness to England and America is dr1V-
ing the country to plan an attack on
China. BY this, the Eastern World
says Japan would exact a heavy In
demnity and also make permanent
the precautions tenure Of Port Arthur
and the Lao TUng peninsula. CHINA
is marked to pay the piper for the re-
cent war, the Yokohoma paper says,
and there will be no question OF the
rights or wrongs of the case. Japan
must have more money, hundreds OF
millions, and a war with China would
not only pay lot lCSSu BuJ WOdlu aIoO
pay of the present debt and practi-
cally make China the treasury of ia
pan and would be popular. Contdn
uing the Eastern World says:
The attack will probably be defer
red for two or three years so that
Japan may be fully equipped for a
struggle into which other powers in
the first case, probably Russia, would
likely be drawn. China is arming but
Japan will attack her before she can
bring her naval and military forces to
some kind of equality with those Of
Japan. Whatever plans have been
made must be executed before the al
lance with England expires and ar
ranged so that Japan may, of course,
much against her will, defend her obi
cation to maintain the peace of the
Far East"
No news of these preparations was
obtained from the files of other papers
received nor did those who arrived by
the steamer know anything of any
such plan. -