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Guard and Robbers

ms Is a game that may be played with
three or more children. Choose a room thar
mas TWO or more doors, and on the sill Of
each door place some small unbreakable
ooJect' ike beanbag or cushion. One
enid stays In the room and guards tbe
peanbags. while the others try 10 get them
vi course, the robbers cannot tell which
door the guard is standing near so when
they come quietly up to steal the beaubass
they may get caught instead If the guard
catches a child that child must stav a
prisoner IN the room. The guard can run
OUT OF the room to chase one of the rob-
pers III she wishes to. but she is ant, I'm
that case, to have some of the besnhags
stolen from the other doors When only
one beanbag is left the game is almost oyer
Tor In that case the guard chases the ra-
manning robber or robbers all over the
mouse TIL she catches them. or course thew
sun try 10 get the last beanbag but II Is
not so easy. The guard wins il She catches
an the robbers, and the robbers win If they
capture all the beanbags
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his wings q little he looked precisely, eX-
actly and absolutely like a palm tree. 1t
WAS convenient at times. If any one he
-didr'J wish to meet came along all he had
to 40 was TO twist himself up into his palm
tree appearance and no one noticed him
a. all So you see If you have never met
an Ostree perhaps it is because he didn t
wish To meet you.
One day the Ostree was lazier and crosser
than usual It's time l had a rest" he
said, II m going 70 go out into the world
and find nice, active, little girl to keep
house for me. And then she shall cook
the meals and feed me. and l shall rest
Out across the deserty place and kept stead
ty on all the afternoon At dusk he reach
ed small and very pretty town, with little
Jeo and white houses In It.
Il shall stay here all night" said the
Ostree, and have q look at the children
~ the morning. for l do not wish TO
choose the little girl too hastily" So he
went TO sleep, with his head under his
wing looking just like a palm tree and
slept there all night. When he woke IN
the morning he stayed In just the same
position for he wished to see the children
without being noticed. Pretty soon a bunch
Of children came trooping by on their way
to school.
"Ohc' cried one Of the children; Il never
saw that tree before"
Neither did l. said another How
funny"
At last a little girl and a little boy came
along. with a group of other children
around them. Peggy" said the little girl
10 one Of the smaller children, don't for
get TO put on your rubbers when you come
out Of school, and give me your glove
Wher we get home and I'll mend that hole
Matilda" said Peggy. you're the best
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around on all sides, and then, perhaps Til
be able to see Matilda and the Ostree -
So Bagdad stopped and Joe got down and
climbed up tall palm tree. He was a
very good climber, as you can imagine, and
soon reached the top. Then. what was his
surprise, amazement and mystification 10
find Matilda sitting there among the leaves.
"Joe,' cried she, and "Matidai" cried he
and then they both began to talk so fast
that neither had any idea what the other
said AT last she stopped him.
Hush? she said. This is not palm
tree. 1t is the bird-creature who carried
me away, but at present he is sleeping"
And just then alarming thing hap
pened. The Ostrees neck stretched up into
the air and his other leg stretched down
to the ground. and he began moving over
the deserty place with tremendous strides.
Matilda and Joe chung together. very much
alarmed. terrified and frightened. They
went on, and on, and on again, till at night
fan they reached the long, high rock in
the middle of the deserty place
The Ostree gave a great leap and landed
on the rock. Then he twisted around his
"1wor he cried in surprise when he saw
Joe. "All the better" and he put them
down on the rock
Now, hurry up. both of you." he said.
Little boy, make me some dinner instantly.
Little girl, fan me with that palm leaf
fan" So the poor children tired. as they
were had to scurry around and do as the
Ostree told them. AT last he settled down
talk things over. The Ostree had fear
that they could get away, for the rock
was high-as tall as the Ostree himself and
steep on all sides, while the desert stretched
in every direction, so that even If the chill
dren should get down they would only be
able to wander out over the sand.
Matilda" said Joe.
Joe" said Matilda. And then they both
said at once: Whatever are we going to
do?''
ITS far too high for US to jump" said
Joe, crawling to the edge of the rock and
looking down. Then he gave a soft cry Of
surprise, There below in the moonlight was
Bagdad
oh" whispered Joe. Have you come to
help us?'
"i'll try to-" said Bagdad. But can't
Then Matilda, who was listening. cried:
IT knowl We can slide down the great
silver spoonr' and she ran to get 1t. Joe
went to help her, for the spoon was too
heavy for Matilda alone. Quickly and
rock so that the bowl rested on the sand.
and the handle leaned against the top Of
the rock. 1t was just exactly long enough
Now Wen slide down." said Matilda, and
down they slid along the handle of the
great silver spoon. It was just as easy as
sliding down the banisters. Then they both
climbed on Bagdad's back and started out
across the deserty place. And so Matilda
and Joe rode comfortably home on Bagdad.
eating the rest of Joe's provisions, which
Bagdad had brought with him. When they
reached their own little town with the red
and white houses they were too happy for
words
AS for the Ostree. when he awoke and
found the children gone he was utterly as
tonished and angry. But though he often
wished for some one to keep house for him,
he was entirely too lazy ever to leave his
rock again.
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The Selfish Chicken.
BY CARL HOLIDAY.

Once upon a time there was an old hen
who was widow and had but one child.
Her husband, who in his day had been
very handsome and brave gentleman had
long been enyied by a certain lean and
hungry fox nearby, who one night cap
tured the poor fellow and devoured him
with great pleasure. The widow had had
at one time several children, but sickness
and the hawks had carried off all except
this little one, who remained to console
her.
Now, this orphan had one very bad trait
he was selfish, and although his mothn-
had spoken to him many times about the
matter he seemed to improve but little
One time, when he had found a pin he did
not ask her If it was good to eat. for fear
that she might want portion, but instead
swallowed it all by himself, greatly 10 his
sorrow. But as 1t did not kill him he had
more confidence than ever in his own ability
and made up his mind to eat everything
and give his mother nothing
One wntry day as he was sitting In the
grass meditating upon the beauties OF ma
ture he CHARGED to see a strange bug,
such as he never before had seen, al
though, in reality, 1t was nothing but a
common honey bee. "Ah," said he, what
have we here2 A nice, fat bug-just what
l need for dinneri'' And with that he
swallowed tho little creature Now, this
bee really not dead but only over
come by the cold air. and 1t was not long
until the heat revived him After rub
bling his eyes for some time, trying to re-
member where he was, he decided that
anyway the place was too dark for him
and he attempted to reach the open air.
But all his endeavors were in vain, and at
length. becoming angry, he used his sting
very freely. Immediately the greedy chicken
saw, or rather felt, that he had made a mis-
take somewhere, and he soon became wild
from pain and remorse. But he could find
relief nowhere. Finally he concluded that
he must have eaten some pepper by mis-
take. and naturally he hurried away to
the brook to obtain some water. While
thus drinking he was overcome with agony
and falling Into the stream, was drowned
Down, down he sank, while the cruel
water. rushing in, overcome the bee, and
both lay dead upon the sandy bottom.
Thus, you see, not only did the chicken
suffer for his selfshness, but also the lone
ly widow and the Industrious bee.
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ana sliced open the green husk. Inside was
a fibrous brown stuff, and then The hro,r,
nut, or kernel, which we usually sea In the
north Holes were punched In the nat ana
the nlik poured out into a glass We tasted
II Eizabeth said 1t tasted like sweet
glue. 1 have never eaten ,,lua eo can'S
say, but 1t was a good deal too sweet for
me. In the meantime the native had been
generously carving rough spoons from
hush, ana now he broke open the kernel
and showed us the white caconnut II vas
SOFT about the consistency of hard Gus
tard' and when we tasted It it was delicious
Tar nicer than the dry cocosnut we have
at home. '
I'm very glad Elizabeth made nm her
NINA to taste green cocoanut' remarked
humphrey, as we walked of down the
road gleefully scooping out she contc,lts 81
Inc cocoanut shells with our curious spoons,
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Mary Toosie Mehitable's Opinion.
By J. F. Croweu.

Miss Mary Toosie Mehitable Kitten had
pain In her pins. It happened that as she
mad walked gently in the garden a dog
named Glorioso joe had chased her sud-
denly, and In her haste to escape she had
climbed the side of the house and had chung
there so long her poor little pins were
nearly pulled out OF their cushions Mother
Adelaide Cat had come finally to the rescue
ana helped her suffering daughter to the
New Mansion.
1t was twilight Mary Toosie Mehftalda
Kitten felt miseries in her poor pins and
could not sleep.
Mother Adelaide Cat brought her a nice
lunch OF rat ragout and catnip tea, but the
little kitten could not eat. Her distracted
mother cried: 81 am afraid she is going to
have spasms In her feet; must go for Dr.
jeremiah Tiger Cat
she went. He came. It was spasyl1s
But good DR.. Jeremiah gave Mary ToosIs
Mehltable grass pills and strong doses Of
milk, and she was quite we'll before the
golden orange full moon arose in the indigo
evening sky.
Nhen she was frisking about again she
said: Mamma Adelaide Cat how unmiti-
gatedly bad is every dog. and how super
lauvely good Is dear DR.. jeremiah Tiger
Cati' New
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The Cocoanut at Home.

I'VE must taste a green cocoanut before
we leave Jamaica" declared Elizabeth.
Elizabeth always managed to get what she
wanted, 80 it was not long after the out
burst Just noted that we found ourselves
walking down the roadway with our eyes
fastened on the treetops We passed plenty
of banana trees and coffee plants. but
turned aside for nothing till we found the
long slim fagpole with a feather duster at
the top which we had long since learned
was the cocoanut tree. There at the top
we caught glimpses Of light green foot
halls In among the leaves. Those are what
we are after said Elizabeth with de-
cision But. please, how are you going
to get them?" Humphrey asked.
Elizabeth withdrew her eyes from the
lofty height and cast them on the ground.
There, seated comfortably at the foot of
the tree, was a small, plump black boy.
He grinned.
..rl 60 up and get you one OF them
.Go!" said Elizabeth. but first you'd
better find the man who owns the tree"
A native and his wife came lazily up.
They were the proprietors OF the cocoanur
Then the little black boy shinneyed right
up the slippery tree trunk stopping only
once on the way to rest. When he reached
the feather duster he picked one OF the
great green cocoanuts and THREW it down
on the ground. And then ils followed 1T
smooth trunk all In q minute, az quickly
as the firemen slide down the brass pole
In the fire engine house. s-rhat wasn't
hard" he said. as he pociEeted his shill-
ings. but he looked pretty much out OF
Then the native brought forth hts long
nnanfete-the great knife which 10 used for
overy possible purpose In peace or war-
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sister: You're always doing everything for
everybody
"Se she is" said the little boy whose
name was Joe.
There's the child for me-" said the Os-
tree, and he waited till Matilda was lust
beneath him. Then he put down his long
neck and caught her. and before the chill
dren knew what had happened the Ostree
was running off with little Matilda.
Now, Joe was Matilda's best friend, and
he was very much alarmed and grieved at
the way she had been carried off, so he I'M
mediately made up his mind to pursue the
strange bird creature. He ran as quickly
as he could to his house, packed basket
of provisions and started out to find Ma
tIda He left the town and walked long
time on the high road. till he came to a
long low. large. deserty place. This looks
as If 1t might be the home or that animal
said Joe so he struck straight out into the
sand. All day long he Travelled, encour-
aged sometimes by seeing footprints IN the
SAND which he thought must have been
made by the birds. At last. late in the
afternoon, he reached an oasis-a pretty
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The Ostree's Housekeeper
BY DORIS WEBB.

The Ostree was cross creature and lazy.
file lived on top OF a large rock In a des-
erty place-a rock as long city block
sand there he spent most OF his day sleeping
IN the sun and wishing he hadn't so much
TO do. Every day he had to build a fire
snnd get ready his meals, and afterward
wssh the dishes and polish his silver spoon.
1T was a tremendously long spoon, for the
sOstree had such very long legs and such
aery long neck that It needed an immensely
dong spoon to reach his plate and his
rnouth. Perhaps you have never met an
sOstree, so I will tell you what he was like
lie was q huge green bird with long. brown
ssgs. and sometimes when he stood on one
seg and put his head down on his back
among his green feathers and spread out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-05

PRIMAL ACROSTIO.
The primal letters OF the words defined below
spell the name of sewing implement;
l. Not ever. 2 Smooth. 8. A direction. f. The
break of day 5. To borrow. @. A girls name
HIDDEN WORD SQUARE.
One word is hidden In each sentence:
l. Won't you stay to tea ? 2 VIII you be at tho
party. 8. Bella ate all the candy.
DIAGONAL.
The diagonal letters Of the words defined below
spell the name of bird:
1. \ fruit. 2 A piece Of furniture 8 To work
for. 4. Awful. s. To take from another as
loan. 9. The declaration Of evil. loss pain
TO come
WORDS WITHIN WORDS.
I. To gTfeve for within inhuman. 2. Part of
train within covering for the neck. 3. To wan
der In mind within to about.
BElHEAD TNl1S.
Behead: l, passage In a church and leave
small island. 2. covering for the foot and
leave garden implement. 3. vale ard leave
narrow street.
DIAMOND.
/. A consonant In race" q A number. s.
tree. 4. No. s. A consonant in race"
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When sisters hair was long enough
To do in braids
She thought herself the lost grown-up
OF little maids.
The braids stuck out on either side
OF her small head
Like shaving brushes, and were tied
With ribbons red.
| do not think that it is right
To be SO proud.
| said her pig-tails "a sight"
| said it loud.
And sister screamed and screamed and screamed,
And cried and cried
thus corrected her, it seemed,
OF sinful Pride!
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they may spring up out of their place and
In a single night crop of small mus hroons
have lifted a large stone. Indeed, plants
have been known to break the hardest
rocks. The island Of Aldabra, to the north
west Of Madagascar. Is becoming smaller
and smaller through the action Of the man.
groves that grow along the foot of the
cliffs. They eat their way into the rock In
all directions, and into the gaps thus
formed the waves force their way. In
time they VIII probably reduce the island
to pieces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-05
A Clever Cat.

A big auiber-colored cat named Ted. who
had always been most careful OF his ways.
fell into bad habits last summer He APP
peared at the door on successive days, with
pigeon. sparrow and a robin In his
mouth The Mortified house mother imme-
diately tied three little bells to the eats
collar to prevent a repetition of his mis-
deeds. This seemed to work we'll for a
time, as the tinkle warned the birds of DAN
ger.
Suddenly the bells disappeared: box Of
bells. such as are sewn on chiIdrens wor-
sted reirls. was purchased. and as fast az
a bell came Off another was tied In it's
place on the coilsar.
One day O. big tiger cat, who was Ted's
constant chunl, was discovered calmly
chewing the ribbon that attached the bells
to Ted's collar. The mystery was solved;
and after that we entertained our friends
by tying bell on his collar and putting
him on the bed beside the tiger cat. The
instant he discovered the bell the tiger be-
gan to chew IL of.
What we would like to know Is, did Ted
ask him to remove the bell. or did the tiger
cat dislike the sound of the tinkle, tinkle
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WORD SQUARE.
/. ROAM
q OTTO
9. ATOP
4 NOPE
VEGETABLE PUZZLE
1. Carrot. 2. Parsley. 3. Parsnfp.
PIED PROYERB.
Be Of good cheer.
DIAGONAL.
1. Seven
2. Stray
3. tr0th
Z. CARROT
g. track
ETORK.
PRIMAL ACRosTfo.
l. Gate
8. Risk
{ I Ial:
q Lend
T. Arid
GORILLA.
BEHEADINGS.
l. Mango. & Breach. s. Muse.
JoHNNY's SLATE
Napoleon, 1769is21. Alexander, s23 B. q
Peter the Great. i672-l52S
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Feats Of Strength by Small Plants.
From the Kansas City Journal

Strength Is not thing usually connected
with maidenhair fern; yet II Its roots have
not SUFFICIENT room they win break the pot
in which the plant grows. Blades of grass
will force the curbstones between which
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SOLUTION OF CHAPTER XIV.

Shut the door, dear. am
afraid Of catching cold" whin.
pered the wolf.
you appear to be a bit hoarse."
said Red Riding Hood.
Take OH your cloak and hood
and get into bed, that may talk
TO you." commanded the wolf. And
little Red Riding Hood obeYsu
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-09-29

nation with Spanish expressions to
the effect that "ships cannot come to
the BUSH"
Gen. Acosta, one of the insurgent
leaders, told correspondent that II
the government was upheld by Messrs.
Taft and Bacon he would continue
fighting for the righteous cause of the
insurgents"
La Discussion publishes dispatch
from Cienfuegos saying that blue
jackets from the American gunboat
Marietta, who were garrisoning the
Soledad sugar estate, have been fired
on by rebels. The Americans re-
turned the fire and the rebels fed.
Report Palma Resigned.
The rumor Is abroad that President
Palma, the members of his cabinet
and the representatives and senators
elected last December will resign,
thus conceding practically all that the
insurgents have been contending for
and opening the way for the settle
ment of the difficulty without Ameri-
can intervention. President Palma de-
clined to be interviewed on the sub
ject, and other members of the govern
ment stoutly denied the rumor.
insurgents Show Strength.
In spite of the presence of Messrs.
Taft and Bacon, the rebel detach-
ments are closing in around Havana
and purpose, 1t is plainly stated, be-
ing to show the Americans how COM
pletely Havana is in the grasp of the
insurgents.
A demonstration was made by armed
revolutionists within a mile of the
scene of the peace conference. Gen.
Acosta, with 300 insurgents. encamped
at La Lisa. west of Minister Morgan's
villa at Marianao, and half mile east
ward were rural guards, militia and
mounted police. Pine Guerra's aug
mented force is only a short distance
away. He was advancing to encamp
just outside of Marianao when the
fact was called to the attention Of
Secretary Taft.
Mr.. Taft was greatly displeased, and
Senator Zayas and Charles fernando,
former postmaster of Havana, were
dispatched to meet Guerra, with the
result that the latter turned back.
Arguments Submitted.
The arguments of the leaders of
both the moderates and the liberals
have been submitted and translated
for future reference, but Secretary Ba-
con said nothing of definite nature
had been suggested by hurried read
ing of the briefs. The mediators have
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-09-29

Havana.-That American occupation
Is the only way to end the civil war in
Cuba Is the conclusion which has
been reached by Secretary of War
Taft and Assistant Secretary of State
Bacon, and 1t Is not denied that inter-
vention must be followed. by American
sovereignty. After several days spent
in conferences with the leaders Of the
government and the insurgents the
emissaries of President Roosevelt
practically have abandoned all hope
of arranging compromise. Secretary
Taft has cabled President Roosevelt
his views, and a reply from Oyster
Bay debating the future course in the
islands is expected at any time.
Rebels Are Defiant.
The officials of the Cuban govern
ment show signs of yielding, but the
insurgents have adopted an attitude
of defiance toward the American medi-
ators. The arrival of five United
States warships in Havana harbor, in
addition to the fleet already assembled,
apparently had no effect upon them.
When the leaders in the field were
told of the size of the squadron now in
Cuban waters they greeted the infor-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-09-29
NEWS OF A WEEK
TERSELY OUTLINED
a SUMMARY OF THE MOST I'M.
poRTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM
Complete Review Of Happenings OF
Greatest Interest from All Parts
of the Globe-The Latest Foreign
Information.
THE CUBAN REVOLT.

Secretary Taft arrived at Havana
and began effort for peace; saw lead
ers OF all factions; Palma threatened
to resign II new elections were or
dered; both parties agreed to present
written terms TO Taft
Gov. Nunez, of Havana province,
appealed to Secretary Taft for aid
of United States troops to suppress
the present instruction in Cuba. He
admitted to the secretary OF war that
in no other way could the rebellion
be crushed.
The only results thus far OF Presi-
dent Palma's order for the suspension
of hostilities have been that liberal
leaders, who hitherto have had every
reason for anticipating arrest, are cir
culating openly in Havana again and
even comforting with members OF the
government with regard to peace.
Points Of special and present consid
Grafton in the peace negotiations are
the fixing of neutral zone and camp
ing places for the insurgent forces
and the supplying of them with food
which 1t seems to be expected viii
have to be done by the government.
While no acceptable basis Of peace
appears to have been suggested by
either side, the impression is general
that Secretary Taft will take up the
work of peace making with small con,
sideration for past grievances, the
main idea being rather constructive
measures for the future.
The newest feature Of the revolu'
ton is the appearance of Americans
from the Isle of Pines complaining
that officials of the courts of the Isle
of Pines are searching the homes of
all Americans for firearms and seiz-
ing all arms which may be found.