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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26

rope; tin crown ornarented with a
huge tin star, and carrying trident In
one hand.
Hail 10 King Neptuuew roared one
Of the older seamen, and then the mid.
dies took upithe salutation and shouted
II all together.
Beside King Neptune .tripped be-
skirted creature with long camilla locks,
4 crown ornamented win star and cres-
cent. and sporting a fearfully and Won
derfully beribboned parasol.
Hail TO Queen AnIphitritei" roared
the seamen, and Hail 70 Queen Amphi-
trite," echoed Robert and his brother
middles.
behind the royal pair marched the
judge advocate general I'm the gorgeous
costume OF an Eliza bethan courtier.
combined with a wig OF the Revolution
airy era.
With him marched the purser. fixed up
Uncle Samlike, with seventeen col
lar and red, white ana blue swallowtaii
coat and tall hat and trousers, the lat
ter strapped to his boots.
The doctor brought UP the rear, 'front.'
ed by a huge apron, his sleeves protect
ed with cotton covers, his huge stoveptpe
hat made OF inked-up blotting paper,
syringe IN one hand, a wicked-looking
LANCE and nippers and unsheathed knife
iu tho other.
Great caesarl" CALCULATED Robert.
what's the doctor going TO do?"
The doctor heard him, and, turning
greedy eyes upon him, studied his bodily
parts attentively for d moment, and
said
''Ha! you're worth carving up! I'm
the eXecutioner"
And in spite of himself Robert felt
thrill Of fearfulness, the doctor looked
SO murderous.
There were a chief OF police. police
assistants, officer OF the deck, assistant
officers. chief bear and cubs, drummer,
hfer. chief OF detective bureau and 9TH
err officials too numerous 10 describe.
Around and around the decks marched
the procession, until the green middies
appeared to be sufficiently impressed.
Then King Neptune and Queen Amphi-
trfte took their places on the thrones
which had Leen. placed in the stern.
Their rctinue took their stand about the
throne and the doctor, chief Of police
and chief of detectives paced slowly and
grinly toward the line OF fearfully eS-
pectaut middies.
Robert Greer" suddenly. shouted
the chief OF police, "step forth.
Robert stepped forth promptly, but
with an ill-concealed shudder; What
were they Intending to do with him?
= Slice off his ears? slit his nose? Cut
his throat?N Pinch bits Of flesh out Of
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Coin Barefoot.

IT'S MORE fun gcin' barefoot than
anythin' j know.
There amt a single mother thing
that helps yer feelins so.
gettin' in her way;
An when I've bothered her so much,
she seq: "Oh, run an play!'
! say: kin l so barefoot?" En- she
says; If y choose
Men / alwuz wanter holler when I'm
pullin' OF my shoes!
It's fun a-goin' barefoot when yer play
in any game
'-ause roDDers ould be noisy an In
dams awful tame
Unless they had their shoes off when
they Crep' UP IN ihe night,
An folks can't know they're comm till
they get rig close in sight!
An I'm surely Eoin' barefoot every day
An haven't got a iurse to say I'll catch
my Death o celdl
An if yer sol barefoot, yer want t
W Can't stretch out an dig yer heels in
stupid hardwood floors
like YOU kin dig EN- in tn dirt! An
where tn long grass grows,
tn blades feel kinder uckley and cool
Co When I'm pullin' off my shoes I'm
mighty 'fralL I'll cough
cause then L know mad stop me fore
l got my stockin's on!
II v often go round barefoot there's
lots % things 10 know
ar how L curl yer teet on stones, so they
won't hurt y so
An when tn grass is stickley an pricks
y at a touch,
les plank yer feet down solid, an It
don't hart half so much,
l lose my hat mos every day. i wish
did my shoes
Er else 1 wisht l was so poor l hadn't
none TO losel
-Harper's Magazine.
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Ladies First.

7 EARVEY loved animals and so his
II grandfather save him several
beautiful pets.
There We're a white puppy
with two black patches over his ears
and eyes, and two cunning maltese
Kittens, and monkey and live tur-
tie, besides other pes
The puppy was named BegBar, be-
cause he begged so hard for every
thing he wanted. The two pussies'
names were BO-PeeD and I-Spy, be-
cause they We're always playing hide
and-go-seek. Now, Beggar lost his moth
er when he was only three days old, and
he was brought up on milk, Of which he
grew SO fond that he would fairly pounce
upon the pan Of milk before IL had been
quite placed on the floor.
Well, pussies also love milk, you know,
and II made BO-Peep and I-Spy most
unhappy to see big BeCgar gobbling up
ali the milk before they got a chance
10 see IL, mu,h less taste It,
But one day, just as Bcggar was about
10 perform his usual greedy trick, and
oW-oW-OW-OW! Where do we come in2''
Harvey happened along
"Why, Bcggar. You selfish thing!" he
shouted, and Selling him by one ear,
dragged him away from the pan. Now
sir, stay right there Gentlemen let
ladies have things first, and I'll teack
you your manners"
Then the two pussies settled down 70
delicious, uninterrupted treat while
BegSar sat disconsolately on his hind
legs and said as plainly with his eyes
as you or / could with our lips, Wish
! was a lady"
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VAVE you ever heard. boys and
IL girls, a description of the. HE OF
middies on training snip II
not, you will be interested in the
story Of Robert Greer, Baltimore boy,
who started out from Brooklyn Navy
YarG last summer on his first cruise as
a midshipman.
The course was directed due south,
and the destination was the Philippines
by way OF the Cape.
The first Monday out at o'clock. a
general muster was called by the color
bugler. and the middies assembled at
quarters At 10, they lay aft on he
quarter deck, every MILDLY, the older
seamen lining up in the rear Of the
ing themselves along the weather side
of the deck.
First, the executive officer read the
articles of war, then the roll was called,
each MILDLY, as his name was called. an
swering promptly, Here, SIR" and. cap
in hand, walking down the long line for
ward under the critical inspection Of all
the officers and men.
This over. all the middies turned their
attention TO tiftin (as luncheon is called
as soon as the tropics are reached), on
the berth deck, where each of the mess
cooks prepares the meals for twenty
men. Here, on the deck. Robert and his
fellow middies had their mess chests ar
ranged between the guns, and between
every two guns were two dining tables.
Every morning at Robert and the
other middies had either to get down on
their hands and knees and "holystone"
the decks, or clean and polish all the
brass httings. or sweep down decks.
There were enormous chain cables TO be
cleaned, all the middies sitting over
them, pounding and climbing and scour-
ing and busting each link, and daubing
the cables over with coal tar and lac
quer mixed. Then there were the gun
carriages 10 be stained, the guns TO be
biackened, the stanchions to be lacquer
ed, the masts to be scraped and a score
OF other things 70 be attended to before
the ship housekeeping could be called
done for the day. For the day." mind
you; each following day the entire pro-
gramme had 70 be gone over again.
Indeed, whenever rains and winds
arose, there was not only the regular
work, but lot of extra work besides.
Robert would then find wet deck be-
low; and as the hanmocks were never
allowed during the day, he would have
10 sit or lie down on the deck. wet
though Il was.
II was the Monday after their second
Sunday at sea that the middies met with
the most unusual and interesting expert
ence of the voyage. They had been
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Why PiggY's Tail Curls.

Nm ANY years ago, so the legend
INl says, when the world on which
we live was first made, and only
a few people lived there the Good Spirit
was out one day walking up and down
the earth. BY and by he met a very
ferocious beast and, stopping, said,
Who made ypu?" My maker is the all
powerful" answered the beast.
What were you created for?"
ITO eat man and his children" was
the reply.
Then the Good Spirit, knowing this
must be the work of the bad man or evil
spirit told the beast that he was going
10 change #. At this il started to run
away, bat the Good Spirit caught il by
the tail, and, wrapping II around his nm
ger in a curl. pulled the beast back.
Then he struck IL on the snout, and,
bending its head TO the ground, SAID:
"HencefoTth man shall eat you and not
YOU man. You must dig in the earth
with your nose for your living. This Is
the reason that the pigs nose inclines to
the ground and his tail Is curly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26
Girls, Remember.

IN ONT. sn. a boy because ne wears
shabby clothes. When Edison,
the inventor Of the telephone,
first entered Boston be wore a pair Of
yellow lnene breeches. in the depth of
winter.
Don't snub a boy because of the ig-
noTance Of his parents. Shakespeare,
the worlds poet, was the son OF a man
who was unable To write his own name.
Don't snub a boy because his home
is PLAIN and unpretentious. Abraham
Lincolns early home was log cabin.
Don't snub a boy because he chooses
a humble trade. The author Of Pill
grims Progress" was tinker
Don't snub L boy because of his phys
zeal disability. Milton was blind.
Don't snub a boy because of dulness
in his lessons. HOgarth. the celebrated
painter and engraver. was a stupid boy
at his books
Don't snub a boy because he shutters,
Demosthenes, the great orator OF Greece,
overcame a harsh and stammering
voice.
Don't snub any one. Not alone be-
cause some day he may far outstrip
you In the race OF life. but because IL
is neither lind nor right nor Christian
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26
Noah's Ark Party.

n RAW upon sheets of rather stiff
II paper-a nedium-weight water
color paper Is best-as many
pairs OF animals as there are children
In the game. aw also a Noah and
Mrs. Noah-absurd, churn-shaped
nSures like the little wooden TOYS.
Color the hgures with water-colOrs and
when the colors have quite dried cut
the animals out, about three inches
high, and all OF one size. from the rab-
bit 70 the elephant The effect is ludi-
Crous.
When the animals are completed take
an old cotton sheet and prepare your
self with blue, red and yellow dyes.
MIX small portion or each, separate
and set 10 work. With your yellow
dye and some sort of a brush paint
conventional ark near the centre OF the
sheet. making II about twenty inches
long.
Now with green, which you can get
by pouring little each of your yellow
and blue into another dish, paint at the
left edge of the sheet a high mountain
peak reaching considerably higher than
the top of the ark, At the right edge
OF the sheet, extending toward the mid
die paint some tree branches. Now dip
into your blue and with bold strokes
make suggestions Of water waves.
Don't be afraid that you VIII not 90
II right. Let your Imagination run riot.
Now mark a black cross very. plainly
on the door Of the ark TO designate the
wall in an accessible place and you are
ready for the game, which Is as follows:
put Noah, his wife and all the ami
mails into a hat or basket ana let eacn
child draw one and write his or her
name IA book. Taking turns, let each
one be blindfolded. and, standing sew
erul feet away, TIN around three uiDes,
then walk toward the sheet anG PIN his
or her animal upon the spot hrst
touched. The sharp steel pins with
r,ass heads lre better for this than
the ordinary wire pins.
THE game is won by the child whose
animal comes nearest 70 the cross on
the ark. Those who reach the highest
noints OF the mountain and tree come
in second and third respectively.
pair OF giant goloshes or a ging-
ham umbrella, or toy Noah's ark
may be given as prizes 10 the winners,
while 10 the two whose animals are
.oted 10 be in the most hazardous po-
.ltions a couple or the tiny Holsters to
IA FOUND in Japanese shops might be
4 dcllcately suggestive souvenir.
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Game Of Jolly Miller.

THERE was a jolly miller, he lived
by himself
his wealth.
One hand in the hopper. another in
As the wheel went 'round ne n,a5a
his grab"
There must be an uneven number
OF players. All OF the children. eN-
cept one, stand in couples. arm in
arm, and singing this verse. march
around in circle. each couple closely
Following the other
Inc odd child stands L. the centre.
Al the word grab" the children
marching on the inside OF the circle
let go OF their partners arms and
try 10 catch hold OF the one standing
Immediately in front Of their previ-
Gus partners
Now the child IN the centre-thS
ODD player-tries 20 secure one OF the
partners, and thus get a place in the
circle, If no succeeds the one who
was left out must take the centre.
and the game goes on as described.
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Hydrogen in Balloons.

HYDROGEN is so very light and
RI Giffuses so rapidly that it is al
most impossible 20 retain it in any
glass vessel Ii a bottle was filled with
hydrogen gas, and an ordinary cork
placed IN the bottle and allowed 20 stand
a few hours. there would be very little
hydrogen gas left 1t would have passed
out through the pores of the cork and
air would have entered.
A glass stopper will sometimes allow
the hydrogen 10 escape around it. A
small crack in the bottle, which would
be entirely too small TO allow air or
water TO pass through. will allow hydro
gen to escape with great rapidlty.
Thus when a balloon is filled with n.y.
drogen gas IL becomes very buoyant as
IL is several times lighter than the air
which it displaces. In fact, air is four
teen and one-half times as heavy as
hydrogen.
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Riddles.

]. why are bells the most ooeolent OF
iIlanimate things? $500,
2. What is the difference between
matchmaker and a jailer? -
3. What is the difference between
tight boot and an oak tree?
4. What are the two largest lanleS III
the United States. hoe,
5. Where was Humboldt SollS "H'N
he was 80 years old2 -,
6. What fur did Adam snc Eve Wear'
4 Why is anger ike a potatoE
s. Why is a healthy boy IKE bhBldhu'
9. What tree is Of the greatest impor-
lance in history?
him?
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The bungs now leap on TO the backs OF
the buckets, the hrst going as far np
the row of backs as he can, and being
closely followed by the other bungs.
AS soon as they are all on they SING
twice the lines:
''Bung the bucket-one, two. three"
If by that time they have not sue
ceeded in breaking down the row OF
buckets, the latter sing, ON! OIL on!
or ''Ha! hal hal" and score one. .,,,
The .pungs' must try again ana again
until they are successful Then the Two
sides change places.
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The Bell Boys Story.

7 WENT upstairs this morning. when
guess She must of just got out of
1t seemed to me her nose looked kind OF
They was little wad Of hair that hung
Down In pigtail on her back; she brung
telegram out to the door, and said:
well, get mCVe-good heavens, are
Somehow she didn't seem to look so
young.
I can't help kind OF wonderin' today
What made her look so queer; it seems
as though
There's something that is gone. I'd like
TO know
II all the ones that's beautiful when they
Get on their riggin' and are fixed up gay
Amt much but framework when
they've gone at night
And safely locked themselves in out
And laid what amt growed onto them
away.
ANOTHER STORY
I wish somebody'd kick me through a
must be gettin' dotty; I'm so dense
couldn't see half through an iron
Why, any one could string me while
you wait;
No wonder Morton says I'm short of
sense.
A man arrived here yesterday fore
noon
Who seemed to be a fighter. and as
soon
AS ever ] had spotted him 1 flew
And grabbed his satchel and got useful.
Say,
His clos were great. he had on dinun's,
too
I picked him for a winner right away.
IT wasn't tips 1 thought of, understand;
] hoped that nebby could touch his
hand;
brought him pens and ink and things
and stood
Around to be as useful as I could
And let him see l thought that he was
grand.
Id like to b-mp my head against a
wall,
Because he amt pugilist at all.
III bet he never cen seen a ring:
He's just author that is writin'
books;
That shows that you can never tell a
thing
About how great a man is by his
looks. Evening Sun.
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Central Acrostic.
Game of Bung the Bucket.

TTAVE an even number of boys and
RI divide them into two sides. Call
one tide the "bungs' and the
other the buckets.
for leapfrog. The hindmost hoy braces
himself against the hoy in front of him,
while the foremost one supports himself
against a wall or the side OF building.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26
BOYS Hair.

BOYS hair grows one-half slower
n than a girls. In boys the average
rate Of growth is 3 feet inches in six
years. During mis- twenty-first and
twenty-fourth years mans hair grows
quicker than at any other period
The human hair forms a profita Bile
crop. Five tons are annually imported
by the merchants OF London. The Pari-
sian harvest Is upward OF 100000 pounds,
equal In value u 100000 a year.
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2. oh. she is so sleepy Mean Bobby
10 steal her bed! He deserves a good.
hard poke between the ribs, so he
does. And that is what he gets.
But Tiddlekins discovers that Bob
by asleep and Bobby awake are alto
gether different dogs Bobby awake
jumps at her like a hyena and scares
Der into seven fits!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26
Arithmetic Puzzle.

IL~HILDREN." said the school
master. johnny has MADE
queer mistake in the arith-
~ metic problem. He has the
ANSWER correct, but has copied me
figures OF the problem wrong out OF the
book. o>vr,
ALL OF THE CIPaERS and ONE
figure in the MIDDLE column SNOWY tSa
be changed for q certain hgure-1He
same figure in all five instances
Whats that igureg
Can you boys and girls tellF
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Wedding Superstitions.

TERE is what happens TO brides
ri when they marry in any color
they may select:
Married in white. you have chosen ali
right; - .,,.
Married in gray, you will go tar away
Married In black, you Will WISH youTse'A
back:
dead:
Married in niue. ne will always be true
Married In pearl. you VIII live In whiri
MARRIED in yellow. ashamed OF your TEL
Married in brown. you will live out OF
town;
married in pink, your spirits will sink.
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Snider-Web Thread.

Thread made from the spiders web is
lighter and stronger than that which
comes from the silkWorm- In France
there is a factory used only for the
manufacture OF SPIDERS thread.
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Roval spanigh coach.

The state coach user by the King OF
Spain is drawn by eight pure white
horses. with white plumes and white
harness.
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Smallest Island.

The smallest inhabited Island in the
Uorid is that on which the Eddystone
iichthouse stands. At low water the
b;ise Is only thirty feet in diameter. At
high water the base Of the lighthouse Is
completely submerged.
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mustered at quarters and exercised at
firing exercises. After lunch they were
exercised in divisions, and then were
stationed for manning the ships rail,
and were put through their instructions
by the older searnHn
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26
Who Cam Read ThisP
Hidden Words.

Hidden words.
The name OF a state is to be found
hidden in each OF the following SEN
fences;
/. The Indian and the white man trap
ped beavers,
Q The little miss Is slipping her tea.
3. We would have overtakeD him. but
a horse stumbled
4. Yes, Belmont an apple is a fruit.
3. Did lda hoist the flag?
6. He wanted me 10 color door.
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that King Neptune would s.ppear TO de-
mand their homage.
Sure enough. just as the deck exer-
cises came to an end end ght bells
rang the notes Of jolly jig began ring
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Enigma.

Take Is OF shame, ia Of Mary, 1-o Of
early, 1-5 Of right, l-3 of ice, l-6 Of cell
lar, is of Italy, ana have a beloved
country. What is IL
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Curtailings.

I. Curtail =. boys name and leave
kind or conveyance.
2. Curtail a title ana leave part Of the
body.
8. Curtail an animal and leave rep
tile.
T. Curtail an adverb and leave heav-
fly constructed protection used in war.
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ToOir PuZZle

/. How can you. by logic. transform
an acrobat into a snip?
2. How can you show by logic that
Thaddeus Of Warsaw was a giant?
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8. Now. will you behave" growls
Bobby, and then he snuggles down
and prepares to sleep, while Tiddle-
kins puts her little paws In her eyes
and walls aloud.
While she weeps. Bobby shores
She doesn't hear her mother come
softly down the basement stairs Nor
does Bobby
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26

Marry Monday for wealth.
Tuesday for health.
Wednesday, the best day Of all;
Thursday for crosses.
Friday Cor losses.
Saturday, no luck at all.
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Charade.

Cinderella, and the homely sister FACE
TO the left Of the Prince.
Charade.
My whole's a merry art, forsooth,
The sport of wit and sage;
Some say It never good In YOUTH
And always BAD-IN-AGE.
Enigma.
Foal, keel, hat, hay, death.
Answer: THE LADY OF THE LAKE.
Drop-Letter Quotations.
Longfellow: joy and temperance and
repose,
Slam the door on the doc
tors nose.
Emerson: Good manners are made up
Of petty sacrifices.
Central Acrostic.
S l. T. = p
+ r u T
b l. 5
M o ~ u
F / &c 3
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The two rats were hidden in the up
per part OF the carriage, the two slip
pers on either side OF Cinderella, the
Princes face in the bush to the left OF
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BeheadinpS.

l. am a great fish: behead me and l
am an adjective; oeheAd me again and
am a liquor.
Q am an article of food; behead me
and / am a verb; pehead me again and
4 am an adverb.
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TIDDLEKINS AND BOB

- AVS Bobby: This basket looks
jolly comfortable stupid OF
Tiddlekins TO leave II unprotect-
ed: Guess III help myself 20 IL
and take a good nae"
Now Tiddlekins' mamma says she is
10 have nothing to do with Bobby.
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Cork VIII Sink.

Cork. though the most buoyant SUBJ
etsnce, will not rise again IL sunk 200
feet below the waters surface.
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BY the time Tiddle-
kins' mamma finishes
with him he has seen ell
the stars in the firma-
ment and felt all the un-
happy feelings of he
animal kingdcm m.
D. WOW WOW wow"
walls Bobby. as he sadly
climbs the stairs. I'm
glad my mamma hasn't
n a S [ y, scratchy e.
nails"
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LES S-A

T TITLE Lie had write
An S-A on a b,
A most P-Q-liar subject,
- And she hadn't 1 I'D.
Twas not a very E-Z task, z
AS any / may G,
And Mt was her paper
When twas almost time T.
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All this time the boys were on uptoe
with excitement, for the word had gone
around that the moment the ship reach
ed the equator interesting things were
to come to pass-iust what no MILDLY
could guess: but this much they knew;