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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03
A Trapper' S Story
BY HAKER MARsToN.

Great Spirit has shown the paIe-face
how to make wings so that he may
skim the ground as the bird fiies
through the air"
The Indian gave q grunt and ex-
pressed wish to try them. So
Bever jam fastened them on the
Indians feet and started him. In
stantiy he fell his length on the ice.
Nothing dismayed him and he rose
to hts feet only to fall a. before:
again he arose. but no sooner than he
was on his feet, did he fall,
All this amused tho Indians so
much that they began to laugh. Then
they made Jim try them on to show
how they should be used. He played
queer antics At hrst pretending that
ne could not stand.
Then he begged his gun, which
the Indians had taken. TO support him
on the ice. Having obtained 1t he be-
gan making circles. and with shout
and yell he started OF with the
speed OF an arrow.
The Indians were no astonished
that before q bow could be bent and
4 shaft sAnt In pursuit. Bever Jim
was out Of reach Of their arrows.
Many Z night after round the camp
FIRE when the men had finished their
supper did Bever Jim tell the tale Of
how he cutwitted the Indians and de-
scribed their blank looks as he darted
q NAV
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03
A Joke on Father Bear

twig. Il am sure heard a noice. -
my child" answered Mother Goldi-
locks, you hear the squirrels"
Again Goldilocks whispered,
Mother. / know that heard some
body on the other side Of the bushes +"
MY child, you probably hear the
birds fitting about"
spoken these words when a funny
thing happened. Father Bear sud
denly stepped round the bushes, and
almost bumped into Mother Goidi-
locks. My. she was scared! When
Mother Goldilocks saw that huge
brown bear standing close beside her,
she dropped her blackberries, seized
the hand OF little Goldiiocks. and ran.
screaming. from the spot
Aunt Goldilocks and little Cousin
Goldilocks dropped their baskets and
ran. too. as IL all the lions and tigers
In the jungle were after them. They
did look funny as they ran away from
three friendly bears!
AT first Father Bear was too
astonished for words, but Little Bear
ran down the hillside. laughing hiiari-
ously. and Mother Bear laughed, too.
Never, never scare women and
children" quoted Mother Bear. while
Little Bear began to dance up and
down for joy.
We'll. that is joke on Daddy
Bear. / must saN" admitted Father
Bear, and then he laughed. too.
but" he added. "it Ia not right
to scare women and children. GER
tainly should never do 1t on purpose -
Then the three bears joined hands
and danced round and round and
sang. ''Ta-de-du dunn, dunn, ia. de
DUN, dunn. dunn" and thep kept 1t
up until the Goldilocks family were
well out of sight.-Frances Margaret
Fox. in Youths Companion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03

Tho morning that Father and
Mother Bear went to Seven Mile Point
they put Little Bear in his cart and
took him along.
Because We may not get home to-
night" explained Mother Bear. BE
sides, II win be easier to bring our
blackbsxr1es home in q cart"
All the way to Seven Mile Point
Little Bear sang and asked questions,
and asked questions and sang. He
was the happiest and the most bother
some little bear in the big forest that
morning.
Later in the forenoon. when Father
Bear and Mother Bear were busy
picking blackberries. Little Bear
spied 0oldilocks, with her mother
her aunt, and her little cousin. They
were picking biackberries on the
other lido Of the clearing.
Stratghtway Little Bear began to
dance mp and down. and shout: II
am gofng 70 scare somebody! l am
going 70 scare women and children,
women and children!"
Where are there any women and
children 2" asked Father Bear.
''Over there. over there," answered
Little Bear. And one 10 Goidilocks.
and TIL scare her."
"Are you sure that there isn't a
man with them?" inquired Mother
Bear.
"No. they are all alone! Goody,
goody. I'm going to scare them"
How do you think you are gofns
TO scare them?" demanded Father
Bear.
II am going to creep along under
the bushes. so that they can't see
me. and then, when / am close TO
Goldilocks. shall jump up and say,
Boo. Boo. Boot and then / shall
watch them run, and maybe I shall
say Boo, again"
Father and Mother Bear smiled
but Father Bear stopped picking
blackberries and said In severe tones:
Young Bear you must never scare
women and children. Do you under
stand? You must never scare" wo-
men and children"
Tut should like TO see them run. v
said Little Bear But" he added
quickly. "of course. won't scare them
but would 1t he all right to scare a
man.
"Oh, yes. there would be no harm
in soaring a man, but women and
children--no, you must never dc
that
Little Bear ran back TO his play
and forgot Goldilocks until an hour
later. and then he looked down from
4 hilltop and saw a strange sight
berry bushes he saw his father and
mother. On the other aide OF that
same clump OF bushes he saw Gold
slocks and her mother and her little
cousin and her little cousins mother
They were all picking hlackherries'
Father Bear and Mother Bear did
not know that Goldilocks and her
family had crossed the clearing. and
you may be sure that Goldilocks and
her family did not know that they
were so near big. big bear and a
middle-sized bear. Little Rear watch
ed with delight Presently he saw
Goldilocks move toward her mother
II think I heard somebody on the
other side of the bushes" whispered
0oldilocks. Little Bear. of course,
could not hear what either of them
said; he could see only that they
were speaking together.
Her mother answered. "My child
you hear the wind In the bushes
"But. mother" Goldiiocks said
again, as Big Bear stepped on a dry
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03
Good Old Hero

Hero was . very handsome, a. we'll
az an Intelligent dog. His little mas
ter loved him very much. and Hero
returned an equal amount of affection
for Willie. his master.
When Willie went to school Hero
would 60 also. and stay out by the
school door until recess. At recess
time he would take care OF Willie.
and go with him down TO the brook,
where the children always ate their
lunch.
One day Willie wanted to 20 In.
and see how nice the water felt. for
he was barefooted. All at once. when
Willie was enjoying the water 30
much. q great big wave came and
took poor little VIII under the water.
As soon al Hero saw Will disappear
he plunged into the water. viii felt
something cold on his arm, and then
a pull at his jacket, He knew 1t was
Hero. and that perhaps he would be
saved.
Hero took him from the water and
put him under the shade Of tree,
The children wrapped him in nice
warm clothing. and wrote q note 10
his mother. and tied 1t around Hero's
neck. He seemed to know what II
meant. and he went running off to
Wills home. Soon afterwards Mrs
Jones and Hero came back in the
buggy to take viii home. He was
sick for several weeks, and during
fthat time Hero would always stay by
his masters bed.
Do you not think Hero had his
right uau1e7
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03

One day a trapper name Bever Jim
was sitting upon the bank of one OF
the frozen rivers of the West. He
had had a long journey on skates.
which ne had now taken of. and
while he rested they lay on the
ground near him.
Suddenly. without any warning, he
was surrounded by crowd OF yelling
Indians. His quick eye at once saw
that they were on the warpath. and
that they belonged to a tribe that was
strange to him.
He knew that his life hung upon
a thread Many an arrow was fitted
in the string and several tomahawks
were raised near him. He never
f1inched or showed the least sign of
fear; but, addressing them In a mix
ture OF Indian tongues. he asked why
they were upon his hunting grounds.
One of the tribe understood him.
and through him the chief said. The
Great Spirit gave theae hunting
grounds to us, his children: and 1t
il the paie-face who introduces upon
them"
To this Bever Jim replied. 1.-THE
Great Spirit takes care Of all his
children. The red-pen and the pale
faces are brothers"
Just then one OF the Indians noticed
the skates and asked what they were
for. A ray of hope darted through
Jin's mind as he answered, The
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03

Jimmy Cooper's father owns the
-four mill on the stone road and jim
my Allen lives In that tiny brown
house near the mill. He and Jimmy
Cooper are great friends
One day Jimmy Cooper invited
Jimmy Allen to help him catch a
woodchuck. J.
TITS as easy as anything II you
know how" explained Jimmy Cooper.
tossing a clump Of Grass into the mill
Iiond. tThe mill man told me. He
says most woodchucks have a front
door and a back door"
"Oh. l know that much" interrupt
ed Jimmy Allen. Hia clump Of grass
went farther thar 4ifassAst,a CcepAr.s
ana made bigger circles In the water.
well. let's hear what you know"
Jimmy Cooper suggested. snatching
his hat from the grass rs he spoke
and mailing dive at butterfly. The
butterfly escaped.
you stop up one end OF the bur-
row 20 the woodchuck won't get out. /"
continued Jimmy Allan. and pour in
water at the other end until tho wood
chuck 10 drowned" Then ne made
q dive 1t the butterfly with his old
straw hat. and caught II.
That's the way to capture wood
chuck II you want Il for = pet" ex-
claimed Jimmy Cooper. watching the
quickly released butterfly float
through June sunshinA.
Catch d woodchuck with your
hat?" inquired Jimmy Allen.
mo. mean catch him alive. Ny
fathers mill man sayo that two boya
can do 1t IL one boy holds : basket
tight over tho front door o. the bur-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03
The Child and the
Sun

Once upon q time, EARLY in the
morning, when the sun was just
climbing over the hills, and all the
clouds were rosy pink. little child
law asleep in his pretty white bed.
Wake up. wake up" licked the
clock that stood on the mantle. Wake
up, wage up" But the child did not
hear a word II said
'I'll wake him up" said a bird that
lived in 4 tree close to q window.
"IIe throws me crumbs TO eat every
day. and will wake him with a
song" So the bird sat In the tree
ar dsang and sang. Wake up, dearie
dearie." till all the birds In the garden
waged up and sang with her; but the
little child slept on in his prett,
white bed.
He was still asleep when the wind
from the south blew through the gar
dop. 'I know that little child" said
the wind. II turned his windmill for
him yesterday, and will blow
through the window. and wake him
with q kiss
He Is waiting for me to call. him,
said the rooster in the barnyard. mo
body knows him so well as /, for ]
belong to him and / will wake him. -
So the rooster stood on the fence and
tapped his wings, and crowned:
Cock, cock-a-doo,
I'm calling you.
Wake up, wake up.
Cock, cock-a-daa-"
He walked the yellow chickens and
the old hen the pigeons In the pigeon
house, and little red calls in the barn
Even the lambs in the meadow heard
his call: but he did not wake the lit
tie child, though he crowed till he was
hoarse.
Now by this time the sun was bright
in the sky. 1t shone in the barnyard
where the noisy rooster crowed and
in the garden where the birds sang
and 1t shone through the window
right into the little child's face. And
the little child opened his eyes Mann
ma, mamma" he called. and his NAM
ma came in At once to dress him.
WHO walked my baby child?" said
she; but nobody answered, for not
even the little child himself knew that
II was the sun.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03
Notes From Circle Members

Farmville, Va.
Dear Aunt Nancy,-~How are you
standing this hot weather? l have
had a pretty good time SO far. but the
best time Is to come yet. We expect
to go down to Ocean View on Mon
day, the 4.h Of August. and spend sew
eral days. Have you been down yet
Come down and let me show you how
to swim.
/ like the circle yell suggested by
Helen Heard. but think that the word
"wisest" might be substituted by the
word busiest" One trouble about
our yell is that enough of us never
get together to practice 1t.
Lovingly. your nephew,
LOUIS DAHL.
Farmville. Va.
Dear Aunt Nancy hope you and
the Old Gray Goose are we'll. BY the
way, don't folks pick their geese
every summer? Have you picked
yours yet? / should like to see IL,
for / know it's "bird.''
Last week we had a severe hail
storm. which did great damage to the
crops. Some OF the hailstones that
fell here were larger than hen eggs
I was glad to get a letter from
Mary Fugate last week. Would be
glad to hear from all the cousins.
Lovingly, your niece.
DALLAS DAHL.
Wytheviile, Va
Dear Aunt Nancy want to Join
your circle. j have two pets. Please
send me a badge
Your niece,
HELEN CARGO.
WytheviIle. Va
Dear Aunt Nancy want to join
your circle. Please send me q badge.
Yours truly,
MARY CRAI6HILL.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03
Things Every Girl should Learn.

Someone has suggested several
things that every girl can learn be-
fore she Ia fifteen. Not every girl
can learn to play or sing or paint we'll
enough to give pleasure to her friends,
but the following accomplishments
are within everybody's reach:
Shut the door. but shut II softly.
Keep your room in tasteful order.
Have an hour for rising. and rise.
Learn to make bread as well az
cake.
Never let a button stay OF twenty
four hours. SID ~
Always know where your things
are.
+ Never come to breakfast untidiiy
dreesed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03
Puzzle Department.
MutilatiOns.

Each Of the following original
words has five letters:
/. Behead and curtail a small pieces
of rock and leave a measure Of weight.
.. Behead and curtail part of
your cook stove and leave q long
tailed little animal.
g. Behead and curtafl to take in =
dishonest way and leave q summer
evening drink.
4. Behead and curtafl the funmak0r
at the CIRCUS and leave not high. 4. J.
8. Behead and curtail funeral
song and leave my favorite part Of
the chicken.
s. Behoad and curtaii to begin and
leave a sailor
LOUIS DAHL
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03
NY Dear Ni.ces and Nephews:

NY Dear Nephews
weather take an the writing feeling out
would IKE from and what
sit
old like but much
make am
will
and
the
want het write
Of
beach, but a
much Very going
and Yellow
in all nfe and hope all Of
will be ali % Of these days.
am O. children
Remember
while You your o places
~ 80 NANCY.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03
IF THEY COULD.

II potatoes could see with all OF
their eyes,
And IL corn could hear with it's
ears,
They'd grow in one season so wond-
rously wise.
They'd never be eaten. my dears.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03
What the Old Gray Goose
Will Surely Gobble Up


adj Of
Drawn that aren O black ink
both sides Of the
PUBL sent in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03
JOHN SLATER.
Answer to Cross Word Enigma
Stationary.
LUCILLE MARSTON,

Answer to Hidden Birds.
Lark, Swan. Raven. Dove, Emu, o.
trich. Canary, Partridge. Gull. SwAs-
low. Thrush. Eagle. Hen, Owl SPAR
row, Hawk, Swan. Crow. Heron, King
fisher, whippoorwill. Heron. Pswits
Wren.
LOUIS DAHL
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03
LOUIS DAHL.

'"Just look. Aunt Mary" shouted
hlue-eyed Mabel. az she pointed out
of the stateroom window on tho ART
morning out. "just look at the watsft
1t 10 all covered with YOUNGEST"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES.

Answer 10 Rebus.
/. Excoriate-
Q. Eulogise.
.. Four o'cloch .a
4. Wyoming. -
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Toano, Va
Ny Dear Auntie,-I received my
prize, and you can't imagine how
much I appreciated 1t. Just don't
know how to thank you for 1t.
received a letter from Bessie
Bradley Friday afternoon, and she
said she had written to you. / am
so glad that one new member has
taken some interest in our page.
Mary Bernice Driscoll and myself
expect to 60 to our aunt's house this
afternoon, or rather Sunday after
moo. You can imagine what q nice
time we are going to have. They live
on a large farm. I will be able to
tell you more about 1t when we re-
turn.
Thanking you many more times for
my beautiful present.
Your little niece,
LUCILLE MARSTON.
Dearest Auntie,--I will now drop
you a few lines. think our page
has improved a lot. don't you? We
are having warm weather now. Lucy
is coming home Wednesday. and
am glad. too. Why don't Alma Kemp
write some. / think she IL a nice
girl. She and Lucille Marston both
are nice. Our flowers are just beauti-
full. / wish I could name them over
to you. We have every kind. i think.
1t Ia getting ready to pour down rain
ing. My frother has little colt named
Jessie woodrow. Well. / am going
to send In names. so / will have to
close.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03

~---------~-~
Riddle
I live In the air; am found In tho
sea,
The prairie broad, and grassy lea
The earth and heavens are homo -
me.
But in the day / always hide.
Ever in darkness I abide.
What the Boy Said to the MIX
Pitcher.
OICURMT. d
BARRY DAHL
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03

Jumbled Lakes.
/. L. Lakbsah.
2. l. Gankiyanta-
3. I. Trioaivc Naynaz.
4. l. Maaeuds.
6. l. Rerosnt-
s. 1. Yeer.
ANNIE GANNAwAy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03

Riddle.
Two Y 7 you are.
Two Y Y you be-
Tell me this riddle.
wINTFRTD WILLIAMS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03

w1NIFRED WILLIAMS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25
Brain Open to Public View.

Watch your thoughts, or some OF
these days in the near future they may
get you INTO all kinds of trouble For
Or. Hugo Munsterberg, the world 5
great medical and psychieal research
man, has discovered new brain probe
with which he claims to have succeeded
recently in getting nj the hidden Sc
eretS of a criminals brain. He man
aged to find the secret he sought and
to read it quite as plainly as if it We're
his own instead of anether's. So if he
can do il to one he can do il To others,
and then in time other people will be
able To do it, too.
Medical science never has been able
before to find a skeleton key which
can open human brain and reveal the
secrets hidden there, the longtlgs and
fears which are surely within. And
while even DR. Munsterberg does not
claim to perform all that, he can do the
Text best thing TO it, and, for want of
. better word, his process can be said
to compare favorably with a burglars
Jimmy
And this new jimmy" of science is
having more marvellous results in get
ting at the mysteries in n brain and in
wrestling confessions from criminals
than any of the methods which have
been praCticcd hitherto by the fortunes
of the olden days or the modern police
Of this country or of continental Fur
one. DIR. Munsterberg thus explains his
process
''Of course. we all know how memoir
les link themselves with Impressions,
bnN ., =. s,f.
name OF a. face, and that one word
sometimes viii call a whole train of
words to our minds and bring mp u
hundred different pictures in quick sue
cession.
speak the first word that comes to
your mind when another word is spok-
en- for hundred times is all that we
ask n man suspected of a crime To do.
The method is the same for all people.
If the man is innocent he cannot pos
sibly object To our attempting to dem
orstrate his innocence. and if he is
guilty he will rot object to Il. either, as
he might naturally think that his re-
fpsal would betray him.
Il neglected to say that / and my
patient have little electric Instruments
between our lips and every movement
OF speaking makes an electric clock
Work whose index moves around a dial
ten times in every second. So the
length of time between every word and
every answer is carefully registered
And in this case the electric cloCkwork
told the story of the mans hesitancy.
This is only one of many points we
make in the course Of the hundred
questions, though the questions would
be without value if it Mere not for the
electrical Instrument Chicago Trib-
uae.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25


veloped When the gun Is in its load
ing position it is down behind Tie par
apet. Not only ~ It invisible 10 the
enemy but the men who oreratc II and
the gun itself are protected fr9m TIA
enomy's FIRE
only the gam pointer. who keeps The
gun pointed 1T The target continuous
~ as TAI as he caa.. is visible, ana on
~ hrs head and shoulders are buve
the parapet When the gun is loaded
the catch which holds the weight is
"tripped," the gun raised TO firing DO
sition above the parapet Is fred and
again crouches behind the wall. all In
the space Of a few seconds.
The magazines which contain the
powder and projectiles are located be-
lew the guns, practically underground
They are thus fully protected against
danger from the outside. The bags
% powder and projectiles are brought
up to the level OF the guns by convey
or hotsts ike the nod elevators used in
modern buildings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-25
COAST DEFENSE GUNS.
They Are Known as Primary, Inter
mediate and Secondary Armament.

Seacoast guns are divided into three
classes, according TO their size and
purpose, known as guns of the prim-
airy intermediate and secondary arm
ament. In the first class are rifles of
eight to twelve or more inch caliber
and twelve inch mortars. The typical
rife of this class is that of twelve
inch caliber. although il is understood
that fourteen inch guns are. 10 be used
ut Panama and some of our foreign
stations.
In the intermediate class are guns
OF 3. b and Az inch caliber. They
are quick firing" guns. says a writer
in Health, and the six inch is the typi-
cal gun of this class. The secondary
class includes all guns of smaller cali
Der, rapid fire guns of which the three
inch caliber is the type
The guns of the primary armament
are intended to attack the most heaV-
ily armed battleships. the rifles at
tempting to penetrate the side armor
and turrets and the mortars to pierce
the decks by dropping projectiles up
on them from high in the air. The
twelve inch rifle is fairly effective as
far as it can be accurately aimed, be-
tween six and seven miles.
The guns of the secondary arma-
ment are to be used against the upper
works of battleships or lightly armored
vessels, making UP in number of shots
fred per minute what effectiveness
they lack in comparison with the
heavy hitting force of the larger guns.
The secondary armament is used
against light craft such as torpedo
boats and to protect subma rine mine
fields against destruction by small
boats Their range is comparatively
short, but they pour out "A perfect
stream Of shots, several being usually
mounted together.
All the modern big guns of the
primary armament are mounted up on
disappearing carriages. Reduced TO
simple terms. there is a massive
frame like the walking beam of an
old fashioned steamboat. The gun
rests upon its aXles or trunnions at one
taehed To the other. When this weight
is released from a catch ii pulls the
other end bearing the gun up above
the parapet.
When the gun is fired its recoil is
sufficient to push it down and back.
raising the weight at the other end
of the level. There are an infinite
cess which allow the widest range of
mobility combined with the necessary
resistance to the enormous strains de-