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Stories by Qui Little Folks
(Prize.)
The Orphans' Christmas.
Ny Rjbrta C'ln istrmen, Ak1 8. 1:I5
North .Main StivK, Fn mont, Net).
It. was Chi;isinas eve in the Or
pfi it s homo, 12 orphans were won
dering '. hat Santa. Claus would
bring ilu'i))'.' At, $ o'clock Miss
Thome. the matron, told every one
tg go to bed. Rose,,a girl of '11,
Iftkfd it she could hang up her stock
ings. Miss Thorhe said the'y aU
could. I hat night little Betty, a J
year-old. vrTited tier mamma so bad
ih"St"slie cried herself to sleep. -That
made Miss ThorneVs heart siften a
wliule lot. She haM a whole attic
full of toys I wiy just get Ihose
toys and give them to the poor
motherless children'. ln jhe, nioai
ing li children asked if Santa Claus
brought them anything. Miss
Thorne said: "Get dressed, and a-.
twwards we; will have o4ir breakfast ,
n mnt m t ip tirefi :n'p i Ten we
go for a cigh ride." All the chil-
dren wcthso surprised. "You darlinu
Mi's Thorne." thev all cried, "how
si couin vou ie so nice: cju, smnu-
IrinrlJ
K nes'Jhat 1 never will trnVet.
,1 hope Mr. Waste. Basket is dowti !swt'r Uu nrsooii. Wish to hear from
town buying Christmas presents for; s5me- . ell. 1 will close, for my
som' orphans. 1 letter is long. Hope to see this in
1 print. ' -
:.. (Honorable Mention.)
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' My Trrp to Kansas.
By jftnraret KlddPr, 'XvtH 11, Route No. I,
okw-oIh, Neb. . '
Dear Busy Bees : I read your page
every Monday ,and enioy it very
much. I am goimj to tell you about
ray trip to Kansas.
' Tin? summer mv sister and I went
i ta visit our sistes. and brother in
' bsausas. We. went watli mv uncle and
; grandpa. We drove through in my
I uncle's car. The firstday we ate our
dinner at Fairmont. , We stopped at
Hastings and visited our uncle and
I stayed all night. Then got up early
' the n,ex morning and started on our
joiirney. We ate our 'dinner at
I Holdregethat day. When night drew
" near we found ourselves in Hendley,
'. Neb., where two of our uncles live.
We stayed there three days .and on
i Thursday took our dinners and went
' to Beaver City to see Dr. fewster
!- flv iniis airolane.
OnJ?iat'urday we resumed our jour-
ne'. At 4 o clock we arrived r our
de'stijiaSon Bird City, Kan., where
, my sister and brother live. On Sun
day we all went to a picnic dinner.
Wchad everything gojd to eat and
eni6ved the day fine. .
One day ve went over to St. hran-
cis and oil ouf war we gol stuck' i
the mud. When, my brother-m-taw
got out to crank he discovered that
we' had lost or crartk. S lie had to
crank it by the back wheel.
Mv sisttr has a little cirl. She is
over a year old. Her name Ss Pauline.
J had a very nice time with her We
tayed seven weeks then papa came
OIU anei Rl?i. una is iy h.i iu.
the Busy Bees. ' '
"The Prize Winners.
My Mariha Buerkie , ged i"r"i'" -
Dear 'Busy
Bees. We do not take
vnur winer at home.
hut I borrow
. aiio nf rtir npichhfirn w in
tl-o Rnsv Iltf naie
every Mrtiday ana enjoy u very
much. This is thei first tt.uie I have
attempted to write to you, UtowRh
I have b'een thinking about it lor a
yrMt-w1.il STtn have been wishiue
t T sm O vfsri nIH nil 1 am
in the ixth irrade at school. I havei
th. ptii', a-em-iov hut anicettimr over
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W I I 11. 1 Win IIV I"U vvinc j
xi r.;, w;r -
Fverv' boy, a,nd girl was excited ! .P!', .t me joth your happy
as thev; came VnitV school. A beau- ; 've," Z1 fl' TJ l?
..-..! v. t tivl'ee. but I hope not the last. I have
cirl ;irid hov who sold the lllOft 1
J 115 II,' 1 IOC SVI.'.Ol rtMU .,l.,V',-
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. was 9I1YIHIK li ce theirs.
1 hat evening the streets
filled- with boys racing to be first .
to sell their pins to the storekeepers. ,
$'ns were hiinchfrg together to see j
how many each, other- had sold.
Every'boy and girl of, the one room .
was rjn the 'street except .vone boy ,
who .was afways slower than the;
res who was husving U'.mseii ny
selling pins . io the people in thy
rreiiihbu'rhooJl, and one girt who fcvas1
like the boy,-iid was doing fhe s.-,:tj
thitr. Th,e boys'and girls who were
on the streets thouerht that tlitv.
were d:'i nrth;"fr.But w hen, the
day cf.me fnr the pmes to be give'i
the teacher called the Ir I and boy.
w'-hb had not leen orkingy (ilic
" other M.oys and ir's thoiisht"). and
gave the boy a watch and chain and
the girl a, wrist watch.
Discontented Alice. " -
--roiine sur.r Age i.i. Coor, Rapkis. j. !
-ljkat uy nees: Lme upon a
time vhere
was a girl.; Her" name ,
was Alice, stic'vi sitting, on the
couch, buttoning ljjer shos and she
;aid to her jnotler vvhn was sevi-iiio-
NOh! mcher, I carl. net gt my shoes
buttoned. 'Iwi.sh 1 had nyiidsto
tend on me like cousin Mary has.
! hat no "one t wait oik me No
one to wait on you?- Does not the
baker wait .on you, doe not tin
grocer wait on you and does npt the
shoemaker wait on vou. does not
the farmer wait
on you' No one
to wait on your
agaitfiuy child.
I .wish some of
Never
say that
the Busy Bees
Bee '5-
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would
i gladly
write -to nie and T would
answer theniy Grtrdby Busy
i Buying a Victrola.'
iVy l'itlln Dunktr, Ast-H , E'.KhPrn, Neb.
; "Dear Busy- Bees: I saw my last
! letter in the Haouv Page and
.i i-. r . i -. . ..
uiuugnc i wtuiia wrue again ana tell
you about our play that.our school
. .' . . mv.
older trills were dressed as vvitehe!
jand the' ohfer Jioys as ghosts. The f
t ..i, i . . ,
lVlu ors.aua sang, a
SOne Shiitir "Our ("nU K
w.iLi.es aiso sang a song.
J' , e y e ve so"
, u ,,k'iC het deC"itd t0 ge!
a victrola with the money we earned
and we are all happy at school now.
,Mv Rabbits.
By Inez LinrtqiilEtv As4 19, Scrtbner, Keti.
Dear Busy Bees: I, have" writ
ten you a. letter before. I will tell
' 'ou about my three1 pet rablrits.
1 "Cj are-.wliite,aiid pretty. I hey
p'ave yink eyes. , My. uncle and aunt
, 'vim h uj. i uhuk a ioi oi
1 them.
T ' : f . i , ...
i wuuiu nte 10 me. l would an
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Atepmother.
By Thelma Lacina, Ag-d 14, Columbus,
' Nab. "f.
there was once a iitlervgirt Wbose
j name was 'Mary. Her mother and
utner were tlead. Now, Mary was
a veiy mejn ana seltisli. gni; vfyj
few people felt sorry for her be
cause she never tnouclit of anvone
- but hersrlf.
1 Poor Marv
' i . j o '
what was she to doi
Mer "only thoughts were that she
would have toio to the reformatory.
and as she did not like this, she
Z . Za . u.r-: ner 'T1olVnd Vnvt,1,e tMUtl, Frade at trl00l
bor, who thojight it over, said she
W'tiuld takejher. FhisMie did.
Mary wasery good frir a vyi.ilc,
but sbon thistopped and she tuni
cd To be the same girl. Her step
mother was very cross, as it did get
on her nervfis, because when she'
would seiyl her uptown for some- get the cows every night. I am writ
thing she would not come back until , ing you a letter to put in your
she feltJike it. Lpaper. I hope I will get to see m
.iary s stepmotner was very mean
at imes. but she had to be. When
Marv would ?t real mad she would
say:y
' ou are not my real fnother, so
whv should.! mind vou?"
One day she took sick and her
1 stepmother worked very
save her and retsore her
hard to
eHh.
Aft'-r Marv vas older she thought
of her miktiidnes and feplina tnn-v
she said: " .
"Please forgive, piother. for being
such a naitchtv girlt'l will do my
est foiviu whenever I am rible to.''
She fulfilled m r promise and now
; 's a' yery smart and fiappv girl.
'A
My Dog. ,
Bj' Clarenee PiiYiis, 'Aire 11. Brunlnj, Neb.
Oure we had a doc -md he rflild
, rim. very fast. He was a guod dog
; he could get the cows tor us
wnen we asked nim to. une nay a
car ran over him and T took Inn. and
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put htriji the cellar two days, and
men ne came out. rie as lame ror
a while and. then he got old and we
naa o Mil mm., i, sam goormy to (
i ami nc wnu on won (
. tafher and was killer). t., . I
A Wolf DoK-
I By Mllffred f'Uher,
Aged 12,
Custer Ctty
Neb.
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lar busy Bee:
lour sisters and no brothe
petswe have tour rabbits, two
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CfiiTi ll-ir3C nH trt rtfs rlrtr, tinT.
We't'.avfe also a veey goodo!d doer
How Animals Take-Their Baths"
Human beings pay a good deal of
attention to -washing, ,but animals
under , conditions seldirfi wash' in
the set m which we understand
the verb. The contelnporary prcs
ias come, to the conclusion ,that,
broadly speaking, the only creatures
vhich wash themselves in water
re the birds, and mapy. of them
most, in fact are absolute en-
li'usiasts in the practice, a3 any one
i can see.yven i-towns, in the casij,
: of tha sparrow. Soipe birds, "how
ever, rnucli, prefer a shovverbath to
i grliug into water. and splashing it
i over themselves; pigeons love a
bath in the raSn. zni larks and
irnrbtnet sfcm nntv ia k,n,. ;n .1,;
y..Mt might be suggested that
i the. high tempafure of birds, rvhich
'about equals fever-heat in man,
accounts tor his love of washing m
w ater, i tie hirds which do not
Uathe generally make lip tor it by
during themselves. Everybody
who keeps poultry knofs, or ought
to kjiow. that one flrf the necessaries
of foul-lite is the dust iath, and tiie
csstom of using dTJst- instead '-of
katqr extends to all of tie birds ot
'he gameand poultry family; while !
some lew employ -rotn dust and
water, like the common sparrow.
Reptiles do not wash at all, but I
We think he Ts. part-.wolf. Hehas
a horseshoe mark starting at the
back of his neck afid going to 'the
Ismail of his back. We cannot keep
cat here., It is too n?ar town.
1 have three teachers ' this
Their names re Mr. Dcmald MisS
Tracy "and Miss iCoffmari. I have
ninev studies and am in the sixth
gride.
ejl, it s about time for me
close. ,
to
Playground Fun.
f By Hairlet jaly. Aged 7, Wisnsr, Nb j
'Dear Busy Kres: This my first
letter to you. I am going to tell vou
about playgrounds 'Jhaf I we-nt to
lliis - suinier. Thi teacher's name
is Miss York. She is my teacher in
school this year. We had' a pageant
at playground this, year. It was at
the end of the season. Wehad blue-
ii e e
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, . ... ' . overai1f j)OVS
: ,11,
on and the boys had dverjlls, too,
I lit sun bonnet girl had sun bon-
i:fis on. vve Diavea games, iqo. vve
h:, , n,a for us on the.
in iific T s tl
t, V, nl ved . m.nrn to see
r who could pump the highest. I went
' t Omaha this summer and it was
)lice .tlc,.. j saw lotSj0f btlTet cars,
I j,, the niglu thty ha( their Iiijhts 0IJ
and they made noise, torn. W e went
1 to sett Olir friends there. 1 Will Cl0Se
i:iow.. - ;
Fourth Grade Bee.
Bvt Helen AUitma. Aged . . Omaha, -H&.
Dear Busy Bees: This is my
tirst
letter. I go to school'and I am in
the.Fourth grade. V read theIi.sy
i ijl'C IJdKc cvci y .7iinuav. .
I have a brother and a sister. My
brother's name is Harry and he i-rp.
My 'sister's name is Frances and slie
is 5 years old. ,
My Pet Dog.
B Jack E. Carver, Aged , 2447 Spauld
Ing St., urns ha.
I haVe a dog- and he plays'with
me, and he figSf 'every day. Pie can
play hide ,ul "g" S(-'ek and wrestle,
loo. His i me is Tige. y ,
An Iowa Friend.
By Utzle Hlldet.raud. Aged 12, iDentaon,
i. c i :
! Dear Busy Bees; This is my first
; letter 1 have written to you and 1
wish to join your hive. I am 12 years
ana my nruuier is it ycais oiu aim
is in tne cicventn grade. nave
two brothers and oi sister -ami
their names '"are Emil, KHa ad
Johnny. There are 15 children in
ou school. We have a little, white
rat terrier and lie goes with me t
l letter m print. N
A Valentine.
By Dorlt Jeunette .Inhnin, Aged 8. Coun-
ell tlluffs. Ia..
Dear Busy Bees:
This is my first
etter to your page.
I have written letters .to 'two
friends in St. Joseph;, Mo. 1 like to
1 wr'te letters. ,T afn.J years old.
I
I
i was born on St. Valehtjne's day.
have atle brother that is 5 years
! &'d and will be 6 nxt Saturday. His
I "ame ivtieorge, and a brother that
12 year's old. His nam? is Rirhi-
ard. I have one sister. Her' name
is Marion and she -is 10 yesrs old. I
live in Council Bluffs. I go to Oak
street school. ,
The Doll Family.
Blanche Clpas.'k, Age ,
By
I.lnwood,
Neb..
Dear Buiy Bees: I go to school
audI am In the Second grade. I
have a doll and her name is Doro
thea and I have another doll, and
1 call her Dorothea's S'ster.- She
can sleep, too. She has curly hair.
1 play with my donVs and I sew for
thenj. I have a littje brother and
, his taame is Oeorgie. He .does npt
go to 'scHftol. ' H is only 4 y ears
old. I read the letters that the little
olks write ..every Monday T hope 1
will find rny letter in print. I like
to rear! Che letters.
Horseback Rider, i
fey Homsr A. Erieksnn. "Erick, Neh.
Dear, Eusy Bees: This is my first
letter lu the Busy Bee9. I have four
sisters ' aVd one brother. TReir
merely soak: and, in the case of
beasts, deliberate, washing with'
water seems to occur- only with
elenhar.f' PemaTet iF K Af;
elephant have been ' seen to daub
i.tlieir colyes with mud and wash it
, off soaping and sluicing them, in
fact. Most nakd-skinned animals
lilee to wallow, at any rate ii hot
: weather, and so do nitry wdiich
1 are well furred; such bathing "is
tn.ioyed not only by rhinoceroses
and buffaloes, but, as everyone
knows how dogs, and even by( bears-
ana tigers.
But walUwing is not washing,
and when performed in mud leaves
the wallower dirtier than before,
until the deposit has caked off. The
equine Vibe, like the game birds,
favor a roll in sand, but molt of
the hoofed animals contrive to k ep
their coats in -order without either
rlr. irr t-t rln, ,;,,.
x Manv sunnle-bodied animals find
tliey -can. do all they want by lick-
ing, such are the cats and the mouse !
and them respective' relatives. Bats
are very absiduous both in lucking I
and scratching themselves1- and
the continual scratching of the mon- i
key tribe is not so mucha searcrf for
paiasites as a kind of
c.urfv-combing. The
World.
a natural
Animal
names are 'Ethel, Gladys, Bernice,
Leonard a.jd Lois. 1 am in the Sev
enth gi;ade,. There are two girls in
myc'ass. I .
I and my sister rtde horseback to
school. It iswcr'and a half mili.s.
1 liw on a farm 12 miles from town.
, I d6 not want to see'Miy first let
ter go to. the waste paper basket.
I .want to s.e it on the Busy Bee
page. '.
are Tip .and Duke. Duke is a bird
dog and tin is a cow dog. We have
one cat. It, does not stay around
the house. It stays at the barn. H
anyone wants V wrife to' me I Will
hivglad to answer, jfly story is get
ting long, so, I willjen'd.
Her Ntphew.
Vy Olive Hosmar A,'b 7, Ord. "NV-b.
Dear BUsy Bees: This' is the sec
ond time I have vfrirteu to the Busy
Bees papef. My. first letter was put
in tie paper. I have a little nephew,
nis name is Kicnara. l
j 1,1 imiiBiu, 4, ain VV1 11 1):
ii -sn i tc W tenrri I -.in t.
up- to histhousc today. Just a little ! t,,s ne'8lu ana l'U'Otisness,
while ago he broke his rattl.-. He makings hiji look very wise. Ht
y110"5 old. He can say boy. I;was proud of this demesnor and lie
like to play with him.
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j By Mary But...
j Dear Biy
! (ir jeTter
A Fall.
, f?ed 11,
Decatur, Ne5.
v..
'Ber: This is mv
to jour page. I
want to tell you about a boy
who troes to-our school., VHi
we were out playing one day lie
began playing monkey and climbed
J a ,ree an" ot otlt 011 ;l bnb. It
broke with nun anil lie iqll to tile
ground. It did nrA hurt him. We
all laughed at' him. He laughed tao.
He got up and we went to nlay-
inor Bfimt'In'iitf Tlcf Ha rlirl nnt
elimb any more trees that day. I
will clostv .
t '
Mischievous John.
By Leonard (Mark, Age 9
Dear Busy Bees: Once upon a
time there wjs a little ho who was
about 4 years old. He went over
to his father's barber shop to get
some stamps for his mother.
Mis 'father wasn't there and he
took the razor and tried to fhave
himself, lie cut his face and tlven
went home crying and told his
nlother that a bull dog had scratch
ed his face. -
She said "7i OU'd better -not
go
over to fathwV.j.rmp again."
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WITH EKiHT CUMJ UN TrtEaE
Mt MADI ANOTHER ftXliANCS
LIKK TH.13.
TrttSM HOW MAHY "PYSAMIDS
WOULD fc.MiAtteE VdTH t'.CHT
.' ' .nspe'tto&'s Probliro
Inspector Jofies' duty is to prove
the corectness of weights nd meas
rres throughout Xhe town; to see
-that the poo ooalman is not giving
half a ton top much; that the con
scientious butcher is not robbing'
himself by giving overweight, and
that the much abused iceman is not
actually defrauding the ice"" trust.
But in this particular instance he is
up against a ticklish problemhe
finds a pair of scales, whi-h are de
cidedly "off center," as th;y term it;
the scales are "weighted" so asto
balance, although the' fu1cruipis not
in the middle, and one arm oT the
scale is considerably'Joi.ger thau
the other. . V
Ytui must not udge from appear
ances in this cas, for wi a puzzle
maker's license I have drawn the
scales so as to give' no Vlue--to the
puazle. ,V .i - '
In the first trial three pyramids
balaiice Avith eight cubes, but when
he places one cube on the long- arrti
of' the lever it balances with six
pyramids. vAssuming that a rwra-
mid -weighs one ounce, what should
have been fhe true weight of the
eight cubes5
. Substitute Letter Puzzle,
each of the following sentneces
t,le''f is a misspelled word, which
lna-v be corrected by substituting a
letter for , one misused:
walked to .the EDUE ,and
ioTiKed m,lo the, tanon
.Had he been more AEILE the ac
cident would have been avoided.
He though it entertaining, but
Mobnbegm
Owl In the
" did
Mr. and Mrs. Screecli Owl
and Ttirn Their Heads. Completely Around
Without Choking to Death:
vy MARGARET M'SHAflE.
K'liirrnth tnr.v ot tb Niitlit.
In the cool of the night a pom
pous little Owlitood at the door of
his habitage tf take thelair.
He wasnot very largl, but hie
car . stood up Mike horns, 'afiding to
! i t i. i J
his
gaed about hiiji..with 'the air of
lord and master of all he surveyed. "v
He had lived in the hollow of the,
same old tree for months past, long
enough to make him the oldest citi
zen about the place. As such all the
privileges of the locality were liis.
Let, anyone dare, question his right
to ail the mice iiilight. They were
his by .-beer right of proprietorship.
lie peered about him with a pair
of kern eyes eye that had rUver
missed a mouse yet, as it tripped by .
for its supper and eyes, set tonight,
with determination to get an extra
good one, presently.
Moonbeam, in'search of new fields 1
of adventure took a path which Jed
through the thickest aiul loneliness
path of the grove.
Sailing on her way she climbed
to the tops of the tallest trees. Here
she stopped and looked ibout her.
Below she recognized many friends.
The Chimp-munks flitted gayly
by playing hide and seek in the
shrubbery, dressed in their pretty
soft brown clothes. The Frogs
hopped in and out of the pool, ind
some wandered leisurely on the
ha&ks. It was far too late in the
night for enemies to be about.
She laughed as she watched the
OUR. PUZZLE- GYM
A TRAINING FOR NIMBLE'-WITS
Director SAM LOYD ' v
others compare his efforts to a
SURIEK. '
FRALTY is he first duty of a sol
dier. ' i -
To ANDO a'; wrong act is some
times possible.
She promised to OLEY, but it
iniiht as well have been left out of
the ceremony. v
I will WEITH the facts and give
you my opinion.
Without a LATOE he could never
have finished he job.
When he shouted PLIGN, the re
cruits broke ranks.
He proved to be an ADEST and
saved the situation
At the REGNION friends met for
the. fit st time in many years.
We descended into an ' EEEIE
gle-n.
Can you .translate into plain Eng
lish these 10 up-to-date precepts for
the New" Year?
'Fi ta strif ouy tond cedecus ryt
mose hereto yaw. 1
Therein worrob fon neld whittou
drog yescurit. i
Eb mirf hiwt ryou semine dan
rilyfa o tiwh urcp endsfri.
N 1 ond ka te cesnach nad latw ta
tusrels.
Tamid oury rore. ta sake ot sour
lefy. Lecanoo oury broutsel dan letl
oury vojs. 1
Nodt od vbrsal nad kc.it meth
ton i:i siting raved.
Gifth for lesf-yipt sa ouy hitiwd
Tinyitrim. -
Alynazs krttisines ot volse uretuf
lempstob.
" Nodi vige trubal ropof to rouy
sankfrens.
KEEP YOUR ANSWERS TO COMPARE WlTH
Meets Screech
HoIloV ot an
Tree ,
Have Two Sets of Eyelids
crickets racing'each other over th
carpet of dead leaves which lay
at the foot of tlif tree.
Looking bove, she saw Father
and Mother Moon half hidden be-
f hind the shadow line of Fcirth. She
beckoned to 1ier, friends Cator and
The Fire Escape Puzzle.
Binks invented a fire escape which
consists of nierely a, rope havingi
large buckets at either end and run
ning over a free pulley. In opera
tion'" one bucket canies a heavier
load man tne otner, ana so descends
as the lighter one arises. Binks
s,y that the difference in basket
weights should not exceed 30
pound, that being the limit for a
safe descent. For example, if a 180
pound person wished to descend by
the Binks route it (Would be neces
sary to place a 15(0 pound weight in
the basket at the ground end in-order
that the person might , come
down in the other:
Binks advis"e everv family to
have a worked-out schedule at hand,
so is to vnaste no time when the
occasion arises to use his device.
His household consists of Mrs.
Binks, 210 pounds; Mr. Binks, 90
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S
PUZZLES.
"Unstamped Letters "
v Mobile, New Bedford. Little Rock
Norwalk, Norwood, Omaha. Oneida
Oswego, Ravenna, Utica, Butte,
Canton, Easton, Everett
"Counting Chickens"
The young copple started wih a
capital of $600, whicfx increasing 25
Jer ceilt each 'year, wc did read:
$1,464.84 plus, at the end i the
fourth year.
"Saving His Dinner."
A roost seven feet long would ai
contmodate one rooster and ton
hens.
SOLUTIONS ONE WEEK FROM
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Pollux ;iid told tin m if they would
come to earth, she.wojild gladly
come up ami how them the -wav.
Startmg.toward theiu.Na peculiar
sound from The thicket Vttnp-t.d
her., t'omplettly Uny ct t in y . w hit
she had in i-tjd out to do. she gli.l
l ucri Uow ii the tix-e'.s h.ii k
Here, in, the hole of the very irt-,
he a restiir on, pi r"i Ired Mr.
Srech Owl, calling out to .-"inc
body ih'-oiwh the ,i,.r!.iu-ss ujih a
moM peculiar sort of a wail.
Moonbeam stopped and wat bed
,.tlic uewcomei. She was complct
tacinaieij Uy n iitc:. ',ii,li pcc., I
otlt of holes in bis lnr toukiin;s.
He was about nine mcln.s tall, and
he wore' a suit of uoUjed cm- and
AkiCk ica'herv lidie behind him
U) the hole ol ;he tft-f, w.is a coin
panion owl the same size, but dress
cd -in ritfty-rtd plumat'e. -Ili-r toes
also stuck out of his stocking's.
fhe 0ls paid i.o attention to
ljttle Moon bra in, lii looked about
them screechi:' joyfully.
Moonbeam d,rteft nearer to the
entrance of their hcViue to (vvatrh
(hem n. or.- rarel'ulK.
At hef anproach they suddenly
turned t'heir beads entirely around"
from front to back, without moving
tht tr bodief one incii. To her trreat
strrprjsr thev .1M not rhoke V death,
liirr"ogainVd tlifir tormer position
.ind "started screeching mice tiioft.
She tiotir.'d that flic v had sets
of eyelids an inner dne nd an.
oittec one. Sometimes thev wo.dd
jlose one ser and then again they
closed them both.
"Well, these folks' ari rerta'nk
.piecr," qin-'tly Moonbeam whisper
ed to herself." Aloud, she said:
"Please tell me who ycu are atid
how and wher you live!"
Christmas.
Py MUdrefl Gfl!, ,fi4-We!it Ninth ?tre.i,
Graod inland, Neh. -
Christmas, sveet jChristmas, is' 6n
ts way, ( .
And jolly Saint Nicholas, dth Lis
presents Vnd toys, '
That briasr to the children all kinds
of sweet joys: (
Tljeir stprkings are hungf all up in
roU-s,
And filled from the rery tip-tops to
' the toes.i
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pounds; Baby Binks, 30 pounds, and
the Binks' dog; 60 , pounds. He
claims that when the emergency
arose, as shown in the picture, he
saved the entire household in 13 op
erations.. Can you figure out his method of
procedure?-
fieorgraphical Conundrums. '
.What country is always lament
ing?' '
In what country is one likely to
lose his temper?
Whaf country in South America
is always cool? '
In what country are th natives
always readjt to eat?,
Whit islands are like fc foolish
fellow?
What cotmtry do we, think of at
Christmas? f
' What is a good couritry in w,hich
to fish? t
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BY Sm foyj.
"The Mathematical Milkman.''
By working backwards if is proved
that he started with fivend a half
t-allons d milk in, can N'.. 2 After
tin manipulations described, he had
hree gallons of waterand one gal
lon of milk ia can No. I. and one
and a half gallon, of pfflk and two
ana a half gallons of water in can
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' "Shooting the Chutes."
, Wc rose foot in one-half a
second and fell one foot in 1-20 of
a second; 11-20 of a second to rise
iifd tall one foot. Sixty seconds
divided by 11-20 eives 10i 1-11 feet
is the length ot the chute.
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