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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

Once on a time there was farmer who
had three sons. His means were small
and he was old and weak, and his sons
would take to nothing A fine large wood
belonged 70 the farm, and one day the
father told his sons TO go and hew wood
and try to pay Off some OF his debts.
Well. after long talk he got them to
set off, and the eldest was 10 go first But
when he had got we'll into the wood and
began to hew at a messy old fir, what
should he see coming up to him but a
great. sturdy Troll
IF you hew In this wood of NINE" said
the Troll. I'll kill you"
When the lad heard that he threw the
axe down and ran off home as fast as ne
could lay legs to the ground; so ne came
I'm quite out of breath and told them what
had happened, but his father, called nm
hare heart" No Troll would ever nave
scared him from hewing when he was
young, he said.
Next day the second sons turn came,
and he Jared jGst the same. lie nad
scarce hewn three strokes at the nr pc
fore the Troll came to MIN, too: ana sa ia
IF you hew In this wood OF mine IL
kill YOU"
The lad dared not so much as look at
him. but threw down the axe, look 10 MS
heels and came scamperlhs hoilt' JUST
like his brother. SO when he got home
his father was angry again and said no
Troll had ever scared him when he was
young.
The third day "Cindery Jack" wanted 10
set of Now you must know the Others
called him "Cindery Jack" because he
had 70 do all the dirty work about the
house. and when his work was done he
was always lying about among the Gin
ders and ashes.
You, indeed" said the two elder broth.
ers: you'll do II bravely, no doubt! You
who have scarce ever set your foot out
of the door
Jack said nothing to this, but only
begged them IL give him a good store OF
food His mother had no cheese. so she
set the pot ON the fire to make him q
little, and he put II into a scrip and SCI
OF So when he had hewn bit, the
Troll came to him, too. and said:
IF you hew In this wood of mine, IL
kill you"
But the lad was not slow; he pulled his
cheese out OF the scrip In trice, ano
squeezed II TIL the whey spurted out.
"O1II rniir tan0Iis-" he cried to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
SIMPLE PLEASURES.

Not very long ago Robert Louis Stey-
cnson wrote this little cOuplet:
The world is so fun Of number Of
I en- " sure we should all be as happy as
kings.
TO read this we might imagine lit
we didn't know better that the
writer was a strong, vigorous and very
fortunate man. We know that he was
not strong and that he was not Wig
orous. but that ne was a very sick
man. and had it not been for his at
timde of mind would not have been
fortunate. He made himself happy
and COntented-even fortunately
living those two little lines long be
fore he wrote them. He learned how
to substitute simple pleasures for
elaborate pleasures. He loved to read.
70 live out of doors, to hear music, to
see views and lovely cOlOrs, TO write
and 10 converse. With these Occupa-
lions he made his life what we all
know it was-a full and beautiful one
--Hilttd USE It was NAlI w liaNiNHb iii'iA
self in everything lovely and worth
while
Let us be like him. Don't let us
get to the point Of not being able to
interest ourselves in simple pleasures.
IF we cannot 90 to the party. football
game or to the play, think of the
walks and talks and views there are
at our command. Let us learn to love
simple things, because these are the
things that really make us happy, be-
CAUSE they are always at hand waiting
10 be discovered. Then will we he
the kind Of person one hears spoken
of in this way: isn't he delightful, so
enthusiastic, and he enjoys everything
so thoroughly that he actually makes
every one happy"
If this is not worth while, what is?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
DO! DON'T "IF"!

Very often we blame circumstances
for our own shortcomings and say
"Oh. If We only had a chance we
might accomplish something ooh, If
I'VE had this or that thing we would
he lust as successful or clever as
John or Mary" and so on. The
chances are we wouldn't be as success
ful as John or Mary because we III
more than we do, because we don
prepare ourselves well for the thing
we are doing.
For example, we have all seen things
like this happen. An errand boy comes
TO deliver something that was ordered.
Boy-PaCkage, sir.
Man-HOw much?
Rov-One dollar and a-half
Man-Have you change for So?
BOy-No, sir.
Man-Have you change for 50?
BOy-No, sir.
Man-Can you change ST.
BOy-NO, sir.
Man-Then you will have to go ana
GET change somewhere.
Boy-Yes, sir. exit boy, and after
twenty minutes he returns)
Now, many such boys when they
grow ND blame the government, poll
ties. social conditions and everything
except themselves when they do not
seem TO "get along How could any
one expect TO earn much without the
ability. or in most cases the willing
ness. to think ahead little? The boy
we have been speaking about knew he
had to deliver a package and yet he
didn't 90 armed for the occasion. 1t IS
true that many firms do not give the
boys change; still, each boy might at
least have few cents to help out the
situation.
There are many such instances as
this. but this one certainly brings the
story home. Let us see that we carry
the nepdful change, let MS stop lifting
and do. and nothing will hinder yonr
success
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

Halloween is thought to be night
when witches, devils and other mischief
making beings are all abroad on their
baneful midnight errands; particularly
those aerial people, the fairies, are sald
on that night to hold a grand carnival
Now. the carnival OF the fairies is the
very thing that each little reader OF the
Tribune Junior Forum is Interested in
What more Appropriate night could there
be to hold a carnival? When could enc
more wish to stay in the bright, warm
house, away from the mischief-making
beings that are abroad in the dark out
side? Indeed, 1t is most proper time
for a fairy carnival.
No fairy carnival could be complete
without feast, and no feast could pos
sibly be held on Halloween without IA
vors. you may be sure Of that. But what
is the use Of having favors that will !ast
if they are going TO remind us OF witches
and devils and all those terrible creatures
We had much better eat them up and
show how little we care for such people.
This is a good idea, don't you think?
When one is at feast one wants to eat
everything there is In sight There would
be no fun in having feast II you did not
eat, now, would there?
But when we eat our favors We want
them to be sweet and nice, and then we
do not mind II they remind us just a
little bit Of witches; perhaps we can eat
them all the better. We have given two
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
Margaret's Birthday
A Halloween Story

there II became known as All Hailows
Eve or Halloween, a night sacred 10
charms and magic a night of eXtraordl-
nary notions and remarkable practices
Superstitious persons used to believe that
on this night the spirits Of the dead wan
dered about with elves, and even the
snirits of living persons had the tempo
rarv mower 10 leave their bodies and join
the gbostlv crew. IT was also decreed
that any child born on All llallows Day
should have the power TO converse win
fairies elves and other airy visitants, so
Won see. Margaret" finished the doctor,
jesdngly, lit is not unlikely that you may
have a little chat tonight with beings in
visible TO your dad, who has not the good
fortune allotted you, to have been born
on All Hallows Day
The doctor had hardly finished talking
when there came a ring on the bell, ana
Nargarets guests now began to arrive.
There were ten little boys and nine girls
I'm all each wearing white sheet dom
in0. a white handkerchief mask and car
rying suspended by a wire attached to a
long stick a pumpkin jack o lantern.
Well. such a lot of feasting and frolick-
ing there never was before. gypsy told
fortunes and the doctor recited some
thrilling ghost stories. Then there were
the usual nut cracking and apple bobbinG
stunts and Of course, the three saucers
trick. Afterward professional magician
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
Jack and the Troll
Have an Eating Match

Trou, "or I'll squeeze tho water out %
this white stone" III
Nay, dear friend" said the Tronl
only spare me, and I'll heip you y
hew." an
Well on those terms the lad was Will
ing 10 spare him, and the Iroll he"eo 81
bravely that they felled and cut up many
many fathOms in the day. I'D
Rut when even drew near the l'o'|
NOV. you'll better come home with me
for nv house is nearer than yours.
So the lad was willing enough: AMI
when they reached the Trolls house WI
Troll was to make up the ire' whlle n,'|
ridge. and there stood two iron pals so|
zig and heavy tina: nc couldn't so mue'
as llft them from the ground. Il
"Po, a" said the lad; 1T isn't worth
Just go and fetch the spring itself ,,u
Nay, nay, dear friend" said the IrV.,|
II can't afford 10 lose my spring Just WI
make up the fire. and I'll go and ie''"|
the water" ..r
So when he came back with the water;
they set TO and boiled up great poi u
porridge. ,ad|
ITS all the same to me-" said the lsl
but, IL you're OF my mind. wen haVe, 7
match and see who can eat the mos s,rou
with all my heart said the irI his
for he thought he could surely hold h ~,
own in eating. So they sat down: p .Ss
the lad took his scrip unawares 10 u,o|
Troll, and hung it before him, ana hal
he spooned more into the scrip IMAM , n
ate himself: and when the scrip was ,, uni n|
he took up his knife and made s' me
the scrip The Troll looked on an s us
while. but never said a word. so W, .he|
they had eaten a good bit longer; Ssy
Troll laid down his spoon, saylng'
but | can't eat morsel more. ,,,,h
but you shall eat said the ~ do|
I'm only half done; why don't YOU
as did and cut hole in your pau uh as
You'll be able to eat then as hiu0"
you please" AZ, .sked|
But doesn't it hurt one cruellyf" asA''
| the Troll. to|
oh" said the youth, nothing
speak Of" IA anal
| SO the Troll did as the lad sala, he|
| then you must know very well ti, m the|
| lost his life: but the lad took ~, h,lI-
silver and gold that he found In tIis you|
| side, and went home with II, ana nnay|
may fancy 1t went great way u
off the debt
! From Morse Fairy Tales translates a % flp|
George Webb Dasent Published by j. Dsnny
pncott Company. Philadelphia and b'huV-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
Puzzle Answers
CORRECT soLUrIoNs.

Correct solutions Of Puzzle Picture TX
were received from Eunice Brown, No.
lZ9 Center street, West Haven. Conn, and
from Robert Wiese, No. 4 Akron street,
Meriden, Conn.
At present prizes are not being given
Tor the correct answers to puzzles, but
the names Of those solving them cor
Tectly will be published every Sunday.
Address: Editor Of Tribune Junior For
I'm. New-YOrk Tribune, No 1A Nassau
street New York City
J. Enigma: London.
2 Pied Rivers: Saint Lawrence, Yu-
koD, Ohio. Mackenzie, Columbia, Colorado,
Rio Grande, Connecticut.
3. Charade: Make-shift
D. Puzzle Picture TX:
a little pig went fishing,
Down at the brook one day.
lie caught a string Of minnOwS.
Yhe big fish got away
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

Margaret kissed the last one goodby ana
Then hurried off to bed. She was very
very tired and soon fell fast asleep, ou'
inst AT the stroke Of l she was suddenly
startled by n queer noise, as II some one
hod entared the room. She rubbed her
ewes and sat bolt upright In bed. Imagine
the sight which met her eyes. There were
twelve queer looking sprites dressed III
orange color satin. all Joining hands ana
,,irorett,ng around the bedstead. When
tbov nerceived that Margaret was aware
NJ their presence they bowed In the most
extraordinary fashion, and then all stoou
still and sang in unison:
oh, we are merry band Of elves ,,,,o,
Nho have come down 10 eartn 10 rum
A wish 20 be granted by ourselves
To Miss Margaret TotherlnslI.
Than one who wore a tall cap and long
,,,,n,ed shoes with a bell at each emo
stepped forth and said: Il and my niue
hand are at your service, on queen VI
va Halloween. on our day were we porh'
hence wish before the dawn Howe'er u"
oueen behaves, we elves remain heF
slaves Ready, wish
Margaret put out hand TO touch the
loader OF the elves and see II ne were
real hut the instant she did so he dls-
,nneared When she withdrew her hand
however. he came back to the very spo'
where ne had been standing before
Wish" he repeated.
What sort Of a wish. o Fairy cap
tain" asked Margaret
That depends upon yourself said the
Elf. Anything YOU ask, however seeih'
IngIv impossible. however fantastic now
over extravagant, will be granted. but
think well before you speak, as You arc
limited 10 one wish only. You may have
riches untold: you may have automobiles
or yachts or Jewels or anything that you
will. but make your choice quickly, for
I'm ten minutes We must be gone"
II 7, not want your Jewels" said Mar
garo,. nor your automobiles, nor gold
I ask only that you make Emily Ander-
son well. and you will have your queens
everlasting thanks and good will"
The elves resumed their queer dancing
for second or two, then they stood
stu and mad" strange passes III 'he HI
with the palms OF their hands. In an
other minute all but the leader dropped
TO one knee. while he. spreading two
tiny little wings. flew 10 the top Of one
Of the bed posts, jIngling his bells and
laughing merrly as he did so.
attention." he cried, and every elfs
eyes were upon him.
Uarken. We elves, TO our Queen ! do tell.
Tbat We 10 % make Emily Anderson well.
In twinkling they had all disappeared
Margaret was so excited she thought she
never would get back TO sleep. but at
last her eyes closed tightly, and the next
morning Bridget raped three times on
the door before "Margic" awakened.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
THE WEEKS POEM
THE WISH.
BY Rose Terry.

BE my fairy. mother;
Give me a wish a day;
Something as well In sunshine
As when the raindrops play"
And II | were a fairy.
With but one wish 70 spare,
What should 1 give thee, darling,
To quiet thine earnest prayer?
I'D Ike little brook. mother,
All for my very own.
To laugh all day among the trees,
And shine on the messy stone;
ITO run right under the window.
And sing me fast asleep,
With soft steps and q tender sound.
over the grass to creep
Make It run down the hill. mother
With a leap like unkling bell
so fast l never can catch the leaf
That into its fountain fell
Make II as wild as q frightened BIRD
AS crazy as a bee.
With a noise like the babys funny 'aus
That's the brook for maj
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
FIG. 1.-THE WITCHES cALoRoN

designs for favors for Halloween feast
they are made OF just tine things all
fairies like TO eat. Those who are TO
have a Halloween feast can make his
own favors, and the favors for all the
other fairies that they are going to in
wife to come to their feast from these
drawings.
one Gig. ID Is made of an orange and
represents witch's caldron. The child
can say while making these favors, just
as all the witches In Macbeth say to
their caldrons:
Double. double toll and trouble;
Fire, burn, and caldron bubble.
II will be lots OF fun, and the work Of
making the favors will go on all the
faster The first thing TO do IS TO cut all
of the oranges in half; each half makes
caldron. A piece Of wire, bent as shown,
with each end stuck into the orange,
forms the bale or handle.
Three large toothpicks. broken in half
and the large ends stuck in the bottom
OF the orange, form the legs. a stick Of
candy stuck In the top OF the orange
makes the handle OF the ladle. Then a
square white doilie at each place at the
banquet table. to place a caldron upon
Sticks OF hard candy can then he broken
and placed under each caldron to repre-
sent faggots. II the stick, representing
the handle OF the ladle. is Of that porous
nature sometimes used by old-fashioned
fairies TO extract the Juice from a lemon
the Halloween fairies may extract the
juice from their caldrons in that way
also.
The other design Gig. p represents a
witch's peaked hat and the broomstick
that every witch rides upon on Hal
loween. There are three OF these broom
sticks for each hat, and that is not half
--.....-L r., a,,it oil ,,,hn u,ill finally deXnnr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
FIG. 1.-THE WITCHES BROOM
AND HAT.

pa sses the hat to the host or hostess
who removes the band and rim and NUS
the cone top with ice cream. then re-
turns this remnant OF the witchs hat 20
the original owner. We do not think II
necessary TO tell our Halloween children
what to do with their cones full oil ICE
cream. we do. however. think II most
necessary to advise them 10 have num-
Der of extra witches hats, where they
can be easily obtained by the host OF
hostess, for we are sure there will be
demand for them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

did marvellous things with a coin, hat
and a handkerchief once he produced
six rabbits out Of the apparently empty
hat, But the supper was the best part
Of al. and every one said they never in
all their lives had such good Things 20
eat. At about half-past II three big
auto buses came to take the guests
home. and after saying good night and
expressing their thanks they again M
their pumpkins and all filed out singing
or whistling while swaylng their Ian
terms in rhythmic time:
Sing a song OF Jack o Lanterns,
Standing In a row.
Every mouth a different slant.
Every eye aglow.
But yesterday among the corn
As all pumpkins grow,
Now alive as Jack % Lanterns,
Now alive as Jack o. Lanterns,
Standing in a row
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
Tribune Junior Forum

Published in the interest Of boys ana
girIS. TO furnish information and dmHSc-
mcHt and to giUe them an opportunity
10 cypress HcmsclUcS.
an contributions and letters Sh0Wa
be dddrCSScd TO the Editor Of the Trtb-
me Junior Forum, NclC-IOrk Tribune,
lJI Nassau street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
HALLOWEEN FORTUNE CHART

l. You will receive an interesting letter.
.. A large fortune of some kind will be
left TO you.
3. You are going to wedding,
4. You will be a great artist.
s. A great surprise is in store for you.
6. You will be successful in your under
takings.
7. You are going to a football game.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

8. You are going to have an ocean voyage.
8. You are going TO have an aeroplane
trip.
10. You will hear big secret
IL. You will be promoted.
IL. An old friend, whom you have not
seen for a long time. will phone you.
10. You will go to boarding school.
IL. You will have long motor trip soon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
RHOMB BUS.

Across: j. Alloy of zinc and copper. 2.
A field of combat. g. A mark left by any
thing passing. T. Lastly. >. A bar used
for raising a weight.
Down: / A letter in "brag" g Alb
breyiation meaning Royal Academician.
3. skill I. slave 5. A slug. 6. An erup-
tiOn Of the skin Z Three-tifths OF
caves" g. A French article. g. A letter
iD 'brap"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27

Cut out the chart and paste 1t on
piece Of stiff cardboard. Choose a black
ring and follow the line connected TO II
carefully TO the end, and the number at
which you stop your Journey along the
line indicates your fortune. Then look up
the number in the following key and you
will know all there is to know:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
GUESS THE WORDS.

From what one word can all the follow
ing words be spelled, without using any
one letter more times than it appears In
the original word? Entertain, remind, IN
nate, intimate, date, mein, dinner, mined,
determine, terminate, tenet.
What word may be formed from the
letters that make up the following words,
using no letter more times than ii appears
iu any one word? Cheat, chimes, mama,
MAIN Thames, shame, attach, caste,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
Puzzles
pRoP-LETTER PROVERBS THAT
RHYME.

Al r-a-s La L RIM.
~ l-n-e-t "a r-u-d IS III s-o-t-s- Wy
HIM.
RIM VS. % b-i-t n d-y.
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-17
KNOCKED OFF DUMP-CART
When Street Car Bumped into It-Josepl
Waitman Not Much Hurt.

A northbound car on the Barre &
Montpelier Traction Co.'S line crashed
into one of the city's dump teams Satur-
day afternoon, unseated the driver, Jo-
seph Waitmau, and caused the horse To
become detached from the cart. Wait
man was thrown heavily to the ground,
striking ON the left side of his head
The accident occurred in the presence OF
many travellers aboard the car, and help
was not long in coming. The Injured
man was rushed to a physicians Office,
only to find the doctor absent. Efforts
were made to locate other medical men,
but for the time-being none was to be
found Waitman was later taken to the
fire station at North Barre, where his
wounds were dressed. Toward night he
was able to walk to his home.
The car was moving slowly at the time
of the accident, which occurred near the
Blackwell street crossing, and the dump
cart was not badly damaged by the
crash. The frightened horse ran - Beck
ley street, where it was stopped by a
pedestrian and returned to the crossing
whence it started. Waitman is a young
man and has been employed by the city
only short time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-17
WON TWO GAMES ON TRIP.
Barre Athletic Club Returned To-day
From Victorious Tour.

The Barre Athletic club baseball tearl
returned to this city this noon with two
more scalps added TO their long string
of victories. Saturday At Centennial
field at Burlington the Athletics de-
feated the Verdi baseball team, an az
gregation of semi-professioual baseball
players from Burlington and Winooshi,
by a score of IL to T. The feature Of
the game was the hitting OF tie entire
Barre team, with Mute leading. lhc
versatile shortstop succeeded in rammins
out five hits out of six times at bat,
one of them being a home run, which
many declared to be one of The longest
hits ever made on the university field
The battery for the Barr, team was
Davidson and Fowlie. Davidson. after
the first inning pitched effective bali,
having excellent control. The Burlng-
ton team hit him six times, mt the hits
were we'll scattered. The battery Tor
the Verdi club was Sullivan and Green.
AT Plattsburg, Sunday. Jack johnson.
the old Goddard pitcher, tviTltd winning
hall for the Vermont lads, winning Dy
the score of IL 10 o. 1t was a hitting
game all the way through, with che
Barre team showing their superiority
over the fifth infantry ball swatters
The features of the game were the
fielding Of Fraser and Tonguay and the
hitting Of Mckenzie.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-17
Scene of Central Vermont Wreck Saturday.
LANDED ON SHARP ROCK.
Joseph Gray Jumped from Freight Car
About to Be Derailed.

Joseph Gray, a brakeman employed
on the Barre railroad, jumped from a
moving freight car in Graniteyille Satur-
day afternoon and received injuries to
his right leg which will undoubtedly con-
fine him to his home for some time.
Gray was in charge of detached car
at the Miles quarry. 1t had been pushed
along short siding and when Gray saw
that it was apt to go over the stub end
of the track he leaped to the pile of
grout below. His right leg struck on Il
sharp stone, and ragged wound ex-
tending from the lower end of the limb
mp above the knee was the result En-
gineer McFIugo brought to man to his
boarding place, at the home of Mrs.
Edith Cruickshank. IA Merchant street,
on one of the hill trains.
Dr. L. l.. Leonard was called, and
he found that the wound on Gray's leg
reached to the bone in many places.
Thirteen stitches were required to close
the cash. The knee cap was also badly
injured. and the healing in this instance
will mean several weeks. Gray is un-
married and came to Barre from Bur-
lington some time ago.