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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
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yxT HEN Grandpa,s birthday comes
 w 1t Is July and perfectly lovely
 w out o, his farm.
 We'll. last week 1t was his seventy-sixth birthday. and he ceiebrat- ca by giving Jim and Bert and me and cousin Katie and Cousin Phil a birth- day treat. Wasn't that lovely of him?
 My. but we did have the best timel
 Srandpa put on his wide-brimmed hat and went out with us, and each of us carried net to catch butterflies with.
 katie asked him If 1t wasn't wrong to catch butterflies. No said Grandpa, for specimens, because. beautiful though they are, they destroy thousands and thousands of dollars worth of crops"
 So we ran this way and that chasing the swift, huttering little things, and by the time we had caught all Jim and Phil tired out.
 we'll talk"
 Grandpa" said Bert. ..one of the boys at school said the other day that cater pillars can stop. trains, and he wasn't joking, either. It isn't true, is itT'
 Yes, 1t is.'' said Grandpa. There are times. Bert, when the caterpiilars settle m one spot in tremendous numbers; and when that spot happens to be railway track, their crushed bodies make the rails so slippery that the train is posi- lively stopped. have heard Of grass hoppers and even potato bugs doing the same thing"
 T think should love to be a natu- ralist and study insects all my ife.n re- marked Jim. If only 1t was q useful Why. it is a useful iife." corrected Grandpa. The man who studies the potato bug and tells us farmers how we may save our potato crops from its rav- ages; the destructive weeviI, and tells the cotton raiser how to. get rid of 1t; htfffnPAW FfA ffA aIs farmer how to keep 1t of hls cabbages why, Jim, he is a public benefactor and very useful manl''
 .Jims been studying the caterpiIlars,' ''Is that 50? What have you learned about them, JimT' asked Grandpa.
 '.Awfully interesting thlngs.f said Jim; flor instance, found out the other day that, like people, some of them like to live with 8. lot of other caterpillars ali together, while others like to live a herr init life, all alone, away from the rest.
 T killed several caterpillars to study their bodies, inside and out. There's the spinning outfit, of course. at one end, but found the silk thread comes out of the other end. through a little hole in the lower lip: Then inside the substance, which are connected with the lower lips by tube. When the sticky fluid comes out through the tube the air hardens 1t into silk thread
 'Tiptop, Jim! exclaimed Grandpa.
 Why, how very interestingly said both Katie and I. Do go on and tell some more things, Jimmy"
 "Weli--did you know that the cater pillars are very stylish and change their clothing as soon as 1t feels little tight or outgrown7" Mop
 ''They do. They put on three or four new suits before they are half-grown. And then"
 "oh. then. do they change to butter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
How Coral Creatures Eat

TN FAR worse plight than the old
 woman who had so many children
 she didn't know what to do' is the caretaker of little coral creatures, who have so many mouths that 1t is simply impossible to feed them all.
 This Is the case of Custodian Spencer, at the Aquarium. in Battery Park There was a time when he tried to give them a meal a day. by spearing minute particles of food with the point of a slender stick and offering one of these to every mouth or two of the mass of tenacled openings that make up the surface of the coral rock. But this was speedily found to be too laborious an af- fair, and now they are fed three times a week with minute bits of shredded clam, or sometimes oysters strewn through the water near them.
 The tiny nlmy tentacles, something like an eighth of an inch long, reach out fo1 these. and when one gets dinner and his next-door neighbor does not (though the dinner grabber gobbles down his bit of clam without any ap- parent regard for his hungry brother), he nevertheless has a mysterious way of imparting nourishment to him after ward. and 1t so happens that If a half or even third of the tiny creatures get a meal the rest of them never go hungry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

hies?" asked Katie.
 ''Yes. but don't steal Jina's thundert' warned Grandpa. with merry twinkle in his eyes.
 Yes" said Jirn;. ''then they change to butterflies; all their sixteen legs are gone, and they haven't q sign of eyes. noses, mouths or even heads. And all tie taiIs.p
 ''oh. I know-teacher described one the other day. and she called 1t Kiss a.
 .1Ia. hal.' laughed Jim. "a chrys-aiis. you il1eaT.'
 .'Oh, yes. couldn't remember. well. ''Weli, each little chrysalis that I watched hung by the tip of it's funny little tail to a fence rail or slept snugly inside the cocoon that covered It's body they cracked open their sikins and Came out with six legs and four wings.
 But the wings were so crumpied up
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Poor Little Queen.

The Queen of Holland. when a child, was In consequence of her position shut away from many youthful pleas ures, and often denied the companion- ship of those of her own age.
 On one occasion she was heard to say to a supposed refractory doll: Now be good and quiet, because if you don't l will turn you into a queen, and then you will not have anything to play with at allw "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
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two birds went limping away, very much ashamed and covered all over with sticky meal.
 Then Snapper crept In between the palings and wagged his tail still more as he lapped up the food and licked the inside of the pan until 1t was quite clean and shiny.
 When the other chickens came homo they were very much disnppointed 70 find their breakfast all gone. and they talked about 1t together so loudly that the gardener came to see. lie looked from the empty pan to the two unhappy birds, who were trying 70 get out of sight in q corner.
 Then he looked at Snapper, who was licking his lips He shook his head and went away, but after time he came back with fresh pan of meal meal. yard after he had chained Snapper up and had put Peter and Spcckieback in a little coop all by themselves
 By this time they were heartily sorry they had been such greedy birds. and they resolved never to De-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Kids.

I wonder why some Pas have none, And others have so many. 1t seems the poor Pas have the most And rich ones haven't any. The richest man I know in town Has just one small boy only: But Pa says, Cad! he pities him In that big house 50 lonely. 1t seems to me 'twouid be so nice If kids ali come out even; And when asked Pa why they don't He said. Be quiet, stephen" Then families ail'd have bills like Pa, For us i've kids together, He says, would bust a cattle man, We wear out so much leather. But when the circus comes to town Pas glad he has so many, For he has more fun takin' us Than if he hadn't any. My Pa says some day that he'u be Too old to go on workin', And then he hopes that none of us Our duty will be shirlSin'. You bet we won'tl We all love Pa, But wouldn't 1t be funny To have your father hangfn' round And askin' you for naoneyi I've most a quarter in my bank TO buy a bullet rnouider, But now I think I'll save 1t up For Pa when he gets older.
 Selected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Funny Funnel

STTHIS magic toy consists of a small
 funnel placed inside a larger one
 and joined to 1t only at the top, thus forming an open space between the two tunnels. as you see in the pie- tCre.
 The handle being held in one hand. ped by a finger of the other hand. the inside funnel may be completely fiiled with water. SO as to allow the water to flow from the interior into the open snaea befween fha two tunnels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Is This YouP

Who owns eight fingers and two
 thumbs. Yet does not fail. whatever comes, To try to keep the nails so neat That they are like pink rose leaves
 sweet? Who keeps ten nails a-shining so That half a score of half-moons glow7 Who keeps all nails so fair and trim That no dark clouds disturb a rim? Who travels up the hills so steep, Though air is keen. though strong
 winds sweep. Yet keeps the lips so tightly pressed. That all the air that seeks the chest No other way to Journey knows Than that which leadeth through the
 nose? Who travels over hills and dales, Yet never, never, never fails. / Whene'er the foot
 Toward ground is put To let the ball
 Upon it fall Before the heel shall touch at all? Who thus walks on with grace and
 ease? Who thus makes every step to please9
 -Lettie Sterling.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Puzzles and Problems
What vegetablesa

Can you tell what vegetables are the answers to the following conundrums? l. The plural of letter in the ulpba- bet.
 2. Causing work or trouble. and q word meaning to decay.
 3. A vehicle. a word meaning the time you have lived.
 1. A cooking vessel. vowel. and a part of the body.
 5. A color and article used on the din- ner table.
 g. A word asking permission and plural personal pronoun.
 q term used in grammar and word meaning to cut off.
 8. 4 boys name. vowel and part of the body.
 g. A small industrious animal and an adjective.
 10 What the chinaman calls his braid. verb and part of plant.
 Il. The one who guesses the most
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

A IL day and night in sunshine and "A shadow, in moonlight or starlight,
 you can hear my violin. The most nimble-hngered pianist cannot begin to catch up with me, for 1 often play a thousand notes a minute.
 You will have to look sharp if you want to ind me, for the green of the leaves among which live shows right through my glassy wings. Even my deadliest enemies, the keen-eyed birds, seldom spy me out. My life Is truly one of luxury, for when l am hungry all have to do is to creep oti on to one of the branches where new leaves are Bursting forth and there 1 find dinner ready served--quantities of dainty plant lice. Nothing makes for me more deli- cious meal than the juicy green mites.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

going in, he did not call the others, either, but he began to help himself as fast as he could, like Peter.
 When Peter looked up to take a breath, he saw Epeckleback,
 T found this f1rstl Go away, you horrid. greedy birdr" he cried, grossly. ''(5o away yourself; it's as much mine as yoursw returned Epeckleback. an- grily.
 T won'ti" snapped Peter. ruffiing out his feathers.
 fought, and scratched, and pecked and tore each others feathers out. un- til Snapper, the dog, came racing
 At last Speckleback tumbled Peter ker-p1ash into the middle of the pan.
 Well. l neverP' exclaimed Snapper. You're a pretty pairi" and he wag- Eed his tail and smiled smile that showed all his white teeth as the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

to the notched ends of the cross-stielxs, as you see in Figure D, and you are ready for stringing the framework, as indicated by dotted lines in Figure D.
 After you have stretched the strins to your satisfaction. take hot glue and paint every joint with glue.
 Now cover the framework with light, strong cloth that will not stretch. Ieay- ing the two broad sides of each half oi the framework open for the wind to circulate through. Hem every raw edge Of the cover, and use waxed thread to to which you may fasten your kite string.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Alnhahet Puzzle.

1. What letters are especially liked by boysY
 2, What letters are used only by print CTS?
 3. What letters are made for service? {. What letters are best to eatf 5. What letters are most stylish in China? fs
 6 What letters see mostf
 q What letters know most7 8 What letters are most comfortablef (Answer the above with the plural of some letters of the alphabet. For iex- 9 Which letter Is second person pro- noun?
 10. Which letter is q beverage7 Il Which two letters conabited make a composition?
 12. Which letter is a form of the verb is. Find two letters that combined make feminine name.
 14. Find other. letters that combined make feminine name.
 IS. What two letters combined form q is. What three letters combined make 1T. What two letters combined make a kind of pepper?
 19. Which two letters describe the contcrtion of pavements after d freeze following thaw? 20 Which two letters form a word meaning 10 dO SuperlaI1vGly we'll! dustry7
 Word Square. What girls and boys can solve this word-square puzzle7
 1. sSsss 1. An article used to hold several pieces to- sssss gether.
 {. sssss 2 A daughter of Posel- 5. sssss don. 3. Mingled with. 4. To chop Into fine bits. 5. Boys who wait on ladies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

spending pressure from above Con ac- count of the two tunnels being united at the top).
 But the moment you remove your thumb the air will rush from above tbTc ugh the aperture and counterbalance the air pressure from below, lmmedf- ately forcing the water out from the space between the tunnels.
 Thus, to all appearances, you cause a fresh supply of water to come forth by some magic power. If you work the trick successfully. you can make it seem to gush forth from some ones car or elbow.
 The trick will delight and mysstfy boys and girls.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Polly Evans' Puzzle---Find the Giraffe

YTERE1s Georgie Girafe.w who attends
 f~f Mrs Hippos kindergarten. Isn't he d thin. funny-looking fellow, though? And such a long neck as he hasl Would you think this Is his pho- tograph? Well. 1t is-
 Take pencil, and, beginning at 1, trace it to 2, and 50 on, taking care to keep between the lines. until you come to "A. Try it on tracing paper first, 1t you wish.
 Why, i declare, if he hasn't an um. brella with him! All ready for show NreI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Wonderful Little Girl.

Little Daisy, who was only years old. had friend aged s. whom she thought very wonderful. One day she was telling her mother ail about her.
 Just fink. mammal she said. Mar own boots an shoes, and bwush her hair, an button little Teddie,s clothes, an hold tiny baby sister. and put on her own coat an gaiters, an'-an' "-- trying to think of still greater marvels-- "I 'spect she could even spank herself an save her mother the trouble. if she triedp'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

Here IS a design for a parachute. Make 1t of q square of tissue ? a D c r, with four pieces of cotton fastened to the corners of it.
 Take the other four ends of cotton and gather them together; then tie them to a bit of cardboard cut to represent a man.
 This man really serves as ( bal- ance to the para chute, but. to all appearances he is the brave aeronaut rlsking his life for the sake of an ad- venture fin the sky.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

same weight, if pos stble. These are to De used for the up- rights and stretchers of your kite.
 Next, measure the exact middle of your eight bamboo sticks and bind them se- curely together in pairs at the middle of each, using waxed thread for the pur- pose. (See Figure Al And cut notchea in the ends of the sticks. These are to accommodata tn c eleven -inch ttpriEhts and stretchers.
 Next, as you see in Figure B, insert an upright to bind two pairs of cross-sticks together, doing the same with the two other pairs of crosss sticks
 ft is now time to cut a ouple of bamboo connecting sticks each thirty inches long and as near alike In weight as possible. B i n d them securely over the ends of the two c l c v 6 n-inch up- rights, using waxed A (GZl T7tt e-,...
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

that they couldn't fly at first. So they clung with thelr feet to the cracked akin and trembled and fiuttered and trenbied and fiuttered until all the wrinkles and spread out and caught the sunlight arld-~'
 .srhey were perfect butterfiiest'' fn4 obssrvsr qp II o 1aTe .sts DSem vsa., s0ea 8 single important step In the progress from caterpillar to butterfly,
 "But come. we are all rested now. and by this time fancy your Grandma has her treat ready for us."
 "Hurrahi Doughnuts and hot ctls- tArdl" shouted Bert, jumping to his feet.
 And fried chicken!" sang Phil
 And frftters!" sQuealed Katie
 And corn on the cobip added Jim
 Thens although so many good things were mentioned, Grandma's smiling face Tn the doorway gave each one assurance that his mouth would surely taste what his stomach eraved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Sing a Little.

Sing little on your way
 Whats the use of whining2 Make your life a holiday,
 Keep the sun a-shiuingi Sighs and tears are useless things, Smiles and songs are better; When a lass or laddie sings Care will break its fetterI Sing a little-what's the use Of this dull complaining? Let the rills of laughter loose Where the tears were raining; Presto! all the clouds are gone, All the roads are sunny, All horizons show the dawn, All the weeds have honey!
 By Willis Warren Kent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

1AN@N AN@ " N-~HA
 Then the thumb may be placed on the aperture at the bottom of the in- side funnel. a n q the finger removed from the opening at the tube. All the water in the tube proper will. of course, run out, but the water in the space between the t W o tunnels will not, being kept up by the atmos- pheric pre- s sure
 from below, which
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Who is shep

There is a little maiden
 Who Is she? Do you know? Who always has a welcome
 Wherever she may go. Each spot she makes the brighter As fl 1t were the sun. And she Is sought and cherished And loved by every one. You surely must have met her;
 You certainly can guess. Whatl must l introduce herr
 Her name is-CHEERFULNEcSS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Loyalty.

Never permit yourself to comment unfavorably upon a friend. if you have a complaint. carry 1t in person to the individual concerned. Loyalty is the life breath of real friendship, and if there was more loyalty there would be fewer broken friendships
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Glasses Undesirable.

Tommy Con visit)--Do your specs magnify, grandma2
 Crandma---Yes, Tommy.
 Tommy-Do you mind taking them of6 while you cut my eake1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Buried Names.

Can you tell Polly Evans five names of boys and girls that are buried in the following sentences7
 Let them make a noise: the fir is fine tree; she had neither hat nor mantlei he is in the navy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

4@ ocK-A-DooDLE-Doo crowed <s Peter Bantam, standing on his
 ~@ tiptoes and apping his wings
 against his sides.
 He could not crow like a grown up cock yet, but he thought he did very we'll indeed; so he crowed again at the top of his funny. squeaky voice, "Cock-a-doodle-d
 Suddenly he stopped, for to his sur prise he saw that the breakfast pan. full of nice. warm meal. had been placed in the fowl-pen much earlier than usual He looked at it first with one bright eye. then with the other.
 This is very luckyi' said he. None of the other chickens has come back from it's morning walk in the fields. I shan't call them. I shall just eat 1t every bit myself before they come" So the greedy little thing put his head in, and began to eat as fast as ever he could.
 Before long, Peters brother, Speekle- back. ran Up. When he saw what was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Chanc bed Words.

Can you take the letter ''f' from Ql word meaning angry and leave q word meaning to scold: @ an article of furni- ture and leave to burn; tS) a wreck and leave to go very quickly?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

Then what a service I am rendering the farmer at the same time, for if I did not devour the little fellows they would be ruining his crops.
 MARGARET w. LEIGHTON.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

O See to it that the connecting sticks project live inches and a half beyond each side of the resulting framework.
 Next. bind the eight other stretchers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Never More Than Twelve.

Old Gentleman--Can you tell me what time t is. my lad2 My watch has Small Boy-,Bout F, sir.
 Only F? thought it was more.
 Small Boy. (puzzled)--It's never any more here, sir. it just begins at l again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Don't Forget.

Be a friend to yersel, and itherS will s-scotch Proverb.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Directions for Making a Fine Box Kite

COME of the boys have been asking N for directions for making a box
 kite. Do it this way. boys:
 Select eight pieces of bamboo = stiff,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

slender ones-of as near the same weight and length as possible, the length being eighteen and three-quarter inches.
 Now cut ten eiev6n-ineh sticks of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Answers. to July 1 Puzzle.

TWO SAYINGS. Two heads are better than one,s' Look before you leap.' Queens Birthday Puzzles.
 Quito
 qUery
 quEst
 queEr
 KoraN
 braVe
 Give
 actor
 Ttbar
 tower "a HeRod
 Paris M
 MariA Star letters-Queen Victoria. Geographical Anagrams. 1 Cape Horn. g. ensington. 3. Ath- lone. 1. Dartmouth. 5 Barnstable. 6. Galway.
 Omitted Central Letters. 1. Noise-1ose. Waive--wave 8. Deify-defy.s A Paint-pant. 5. Bairn-barn. 6. Maize-maze. Alias-~alasi r 8. House--hose. & g. Mouth2-r1ioth. 10. Bound--bond. Il. Rouse--roee. 12. Mourn--fnorn. et Riddle in Rhyme. Tour merry fiddlers played all night. To many dancing ninny; And the next morning went away, And each received a guinea" The Colored Glass Window. The six panes of glass were ar- ranged thus:
 Yellow. Red Green. Blue. Red. Yellow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
How to Make a Parachute

VY7INDMILLS and parachutes are w among the incest of pIaythings
 for those summer days when there is a little wind blowing,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

have like that any more. But 1t was a long time before their feathers grew again, and 1t was still longer before Peter had the heart to stand on his tiptoes and bravely crow "Cock-a- doodle-dooi" E. B.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Isn't This Sof

Every hour you are sulky and unfor- giving you find 1t easier to be cross and more difficult to be agreeable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

Geographical Anagrams. Cape Horn. g. ensington. 3. Ath- lone. 1. Dartmouth. 5. Barnstable. 6. Galway.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
Omitted Central Letters.

Tour merry fiddlers played all night. To many dancing ninny, And the next morning went away, And each received guinea"
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
HALL DEFEATS HON4VS
Wins One Match for Hamilton
Grange in Cham pionship Series.

only one match was played IN the chamooushfn
series OF the Metropolitan Lawn Tennis Leazua
yesterday, because OF the rain which prevented ths
tournaments from being continued on many courts
The team representing the Hamilton Grange Lawn
Tennis Club met the players OF the West SIds
Lawn Tennis Club the latter's courts u7th
street and Amsterdam avenue They divided the
points, the home club taking two matches and thu
Hamilton Grange men one
In the singles Merrill Hall. OF the Hamilton
Grange Club surprised the spectators BY defeating
Howard Homans West Side Club, in straight SETS
From deep court and also from his base line Hall
was accurate and severe IN his hitting OF the ball
His drives were at all times problem for the
young brother Of "shep' Homans TO return with
any degree OF certainty Hornans lost the first SET
before he Eteadied himself into his game Then
he made fine attack BY lobbing and running up
TO the net for smash az the ball He forced the
score 70 deuce twice in the hnal set. but he was
not speedy enough IN the rallies. and lost ths
match az 6-3. -6
In the other singles match Carleton c. Kelley
West Side Club. won without extending himself
against the Hamilton Grange representative Arthur
l. Levibond- Kelley played a rapid driving game
varied by some pretty and effective smashing at
the net. He was quick without sacrificing his own
court and score. and won at 81, 81
Edwin p Fischer and Carleton c Kelley paired
for the West Side Club IN the doubles. They dis
played good team work, and by concerted attacks
made IN the rallies they defeated Merrill Hall and
Arthur L. Lovibond by the score 81. g.