1956-01-07 — Page 18

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1966.

FEATURES FOR

BOYS

AND

YOUR PUZZLE He Invented West's Tricks

Tricks Plant

CORNER

CROSSWORD

ACROSS

Short sleep Suppek

1 T

ith the

12 Ehar

lay

13 Holtve [b1

Jo Haped

11 Waker

IN Pegative werd

20 Weats

Acrag

22 Upper hmlə

1 m

2

3 Hud

4 Favet

5 Put on

DOWN

6 Europe, a functi

8 Dec

# Sporan ng thy

30nducted

41 G. ve

13 Neta es

10 Land patcel

17 Waked!

100 Dies

Re

21 Daskroonid (ab.)

TRIANGLE

ALMANAC provides a base for today's word triangle. The secood word is “a boy's nickname": third "upper mb"; furth "A

Bh

bay's "an armed and sixth Best Finish the triungle:

T

T

M

A

N

A

ALMANAC

STATE SQUARE

Ti uzzietan bus Bdden six

Anariena afales in this square, tet says you can find them easily If you Brick the right starting| point and then read gach letter 1ther up. LOWTA teward, or backward (not diagonally):

P O

งว

OCO

EN HO]L│H NORA A YLVAD D

LACNO I

N

FA

ROWI SIN INDI

ASCO

(Holutions on Page 20)

is

Of The Trade

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Was

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divided whether James Butler (Wild Bill) Hickok arki COUTRGIOUS righteous man, or as

bad as some of the desperadoes he put out of business. But the fact that Wild Bill wus one of the biggest reasons why law and order came to The West, tips the balance in favour of him being a good man.

CAMA

In Wild Bill's Tootsteps Bat Wyatt Earp. Masterson, Pat Garrett, and many other famous law officers, but Wild Bill laid down the rules they follow- ed. Wild Bill invented the tricks of the trade.

Nearly every cow-boy

writer of stories has used the trick of having the hero look past the villain's shoulder while the bad man

IT'S DANGEROUS TO WEAR GUNS IN HAYS CITY.... FOR EVERY BODY BUT ME:

A CHICKENS

NOT SAFE AROUND THACE PARTS/

WILD BILla HICKOK

WILD BILL WAS A COOL COLORFUL, CHARACTER AND A WONDERFUL

SHOT-

HE COULD SCRATCH A CHICKEN'S

NECK AT THIRTY

PACES -

.

Mr Mulvey did not

out- served

રામ મ

PEARL HANDLES

governmen Kaumas.

Wiki Bilf's

guide for

group

methods of

21

in

held a gun. "Don't shool live the incident. himi!" says the hero, and the villain turns to face his new riversary. At once the hero pula the villian out of action and the reader laughs slingers

heartily because nobody was behind the villain all.

at

it

GIRLS

*

From A

Plant Log Made

Empty Tin

OR the pretty plant log

FOR

shown on the right, you'll need a two-quart juice tin. With an opener, cut out one side for about a third of the diameter, leaving a half-inch at top and bottom.

Mix one-fourth powdered asbestos and three-fourths Portland cement or brick mortar, then adid amall amounts of cold water until mixture is well-dampened, but not wet. If water oozes up, add more asbestos.

outside of Cover spreading and patting mix- ture, with

spoon. Then force the covered tin down on a flat surface, to make

Cowboy artist have taming bad men could not aften pictured western gun be improved upon, but

with

to two pearl took a man of courage handled six-Kuns, one on apply them. ech hip, with the holster securely tied down.

Wild Bill had them, pearl handles and all. The guns were the gift of Senator

On the basis of available records. Wild Bill Hickok pulled this trick first. It was against Bill Mulvey, a Henry Wilson (later Vice notorious gunman, at Hays President under Grant), a

Bi reward to City in 1869.

after

HOW MEMORY CHAIN CLEMENTINA FOUND A

TO

DAD WILL /LIKE THIS

MEMORY CHAIN \AT CHRISTMAS.,

1.CUT A 2 INCH CIRCLE FROM PAPER LIKE THIS.

2.USE CIRCLE FOR A PATTERN AND CUT 4 MORE

CIRCLES. EACH FROM, A DIFFERENT COLORED PAPER..

RED

GREEN

(YELLOW) ( BLUE

FOLDA 414. BOVARE IN HALF DICE

MARK A LINE LINCH FW CORNER *.ocuror

3.GLUE THE COLORED CIRCLES TO THE CENTER OF 4 CLEAN SELF-SEALING JAR LIDS...

4. CUT OUT 4 SNAPSHOTS OF YOURSELF ABOUT 1 INCHES HIGH AND PASTE THEM TO

CIRCLES.

5. PUTLIDS FACE

HANG OW

THE

WILL,

DOWN

ON A

TABLE

AND

GLUE

ALONG

PIECE

OF

YARN

LIKE

THIS.

HEAVY

MAKE ITAS

A GIFT FOR DAD?

C

AT LAST!

HOME AT

WAS

LEMENTINA knew well

that she enough not a beautiful cat. In fact, the only pretty thing about her was her name and one else knew that it Clementina.

Was

Rut

matter that didn't too much. She knew it, be- cause she had chosen it her- self.

Clementina

was

orphan and lived at a cat orphanage.

There nothing strange about that because all of the cats were orphans. They all hoped to be adopted by some kind family that would put out a large saucer of milk at night and have lots of mice in the basement.

THIS IS HARDLY THE WAY I WIN

FRIENDS, BUT

50 WHIŤ!

blue car.

A little girl and her mother stepped out of That is, all but Clemen- the green car. tina. She knew that she was A small grey kitten was Lou plain ever to be adopted, sitting on the porch.

Folks who came to the Out of the green car leap orphanage always chose the ed a big white dog. He ran prettiest cat in the place. after the grey kitten and Usually they took a kitten. almost caught it.

The caretaker ran to rescuo the kitten, but

•

came

When The folks Clementina used to hide under the lilac bush. It

was

to too disappointing stand there and have some- one Bay, "I want a pretty cat. I'll take this yellow kitten."

One day she saw two cars drive up at the same time. So she dashed under the lilac bush, as usual.

A little boy and

he

Clementina was there first, She jumped on the dog's back just as he was about to catch the kitten. The dog yuped and ran back to the car.

"I'm afraid we can't let you have on of our kittens," said 15 caretaker to The girl. "It wouldn't be safe with that

dog."

Then he turned to the boy and asked, "Which one of our cals would you like? How about this pretty little grey kitten?"

The boy shook his head. "No," he said. "I want the cat that

Look after the dog. I like a pet with some spirit."

Bill decided quite simply that guns were dangerous He said that anybody Who wore them in Hays City, and later in Abilene, would

find himself in danger. And Wild Bill himself would be the danger.

The fact that Wild Bill was an extraordinarily good shot made it possible for

tin,

it sot level. Fill in at top

where it has settled.

Leave the mixture quite Make bark rough-looking. lines with ice pick.

You can rub or brush on

paint, lacquer or enamel, or you can leave the logs in the natural grey finish of the mixture.

You can use this cement and asbestos mixture to cover any old pan, kettle, or container you have, and Press pebbles, pieces of coloured glass or buttons in

him to enforce his rule it. against guns. It was said! that Bill often made a great | deal of spending money, possibly more than he made 48 a peace officer, by shoot-i ing

Australia

Sisters

at seemingly impos- Honours Nursing

sible" targets.

POKER, ANYONE?

He could fire two guns,

Finished planter looks like carved-out log.

Ico pick marks bark lines on cement-covered tin.

Is There A West Pole?

-Skipper McGhilly Insists That There Is

By MAX TRELL

"THIS

old friend is my Skipper McGhilly! Shaka hands with him," Mr. Punch sald to Knorf and Hanid, the shadow children with tho turned-about names, as they came into Punch's private house the book shelves.

Mr behind

Skipper McGhilly was a short

one in each hand, knocking WHEN the British army man with a square, black beard

was going through hell and extremely blue eyes. Ho spots out of playing cards tacked to telegraph poles on in the Crimean winter 100 wore a blue eca-captain's

buttons and a white

out

'

McGhilly said

cont

and to Kart

Skipper MoGhilly shook hands with Knari.

each side of him. Another years ago and making his-with brass

cap. feat was to cut a chicken's tory-Florence Nightingale throat at 30 yards, with raised her dimly burning "Please to meet you." Captain

neck or lamp as she tended the sick Hand. They all shook hands, out breaking its touching its head or body, and the stricken in what of hos-

A Sea Captain went by the name And still another stunt

pital. Was to drive the cork

"You're a sca captain, aren't folks who had come into Mr In every war since then, you?" Knart said the through

neek of

bo Skipper Punch's house, such as General bottle with a bullet, with brightly and the sick boys

the lamps have burned more McGhilly.

Tin the Tin Soldier, Teddy the

breaking the bottle

"Aye," said Captain McChilly. Stufted Bear and Judy, who was have improved until some of "There isn't an ocean I haven't Mr Punch's wife, all stood in a neck.

He could hit a dime the more romantic heroes saliod or a ecs I haven't seen, group shaking their heads nine times out of ten at a found it no small wrench I've been to the North Pole, the hard as they could, distance of 60 paces, firing when the doctors found them South Pole, the East Pols" "Avast!" roared Captain Mc- with either hand,

fit enough to move out to A worried look came over Mr Ghilly. Wild Bill shot from the some more active war point. Punch's face and he hurriedly oceans and seeing the seas of mik that was half cream. hip, never from any

The great leaned over and whispered some more than afty years. the And everyone

sundard pistol posution. It

vice thing into Skipper McGhilly's the West Pole when I see

white loved her just as much as it she

Skipper McGhilly listened It's painted red with which nur had been beautiful.

stripes. Mcbbe a little liko have for a aximent, then nodded.

baaber pole. It's on a little island She was so happy the didn't

performed in even mind when they named her Ginger. After all, a cat can't hove everything.

So he picked up Clementina

and took her hume,

There weren': many mic in the batement but she did't mind that too much. Every night and ev.ry morning she had a saucer

family

By Mabol Harmor

GAMES TO OCCUPY

SPARE TIME

WAS

said his aim was as pointing a stinctive as finger.

34

While

won money betting on his shooting, he soon had to give up this activity, for he discovered that gambling caused dis- order in Hays City, So he outlawed betting in order to make the town lawful, and cut his own salary in picto the process.

After that, when Bill shot el a

Tow are you on colours? 12. An amethyst is purple, yel- target, the target was usually

Let's see.

H

In each statement below 13. you are given three colours. his Choose the correct colour.

parents stepped out of the Underline it if you wish.

[ ZOO'S WHO

THE EMPEROR TENGUIN STANDS 'SOME 3 FEET INCHES TALL AND MAY WEIGH AS MUCH AS 78 POUNDS...

FUR-LIKE FLEECE OF THE VICIANA,RARE AND ELUSIVE

ANIMAL ROAMING THE ANDES IS KNOWN AS THE SOFTEST AND FINEST OF ANY ANIMAL ON EARTH

IN ASINGLE YE

ONE FEMALE NOTH AFAMILY CAN DESTROY AS MUC WOOL AS IT WOULD TAKE A

14.

Count four points for each right answer. Try to get 15. 100%, though a score of 20 or 80% is pretty good.

1. The aun is blue,

yellow.

green,

low, blue.

Seven of the stripes in the American flag are red, white blue,

The other six stripes pro red, white, blue

An emerald is blue, green, yellow.

16 Ripe wheat is yellow, green,

tan.

17. A ruby is red, yellow, blue. The mountains of Now Hampshire are named Blue, Green, White,

2. Loganberries are red, black, 18

pink.

3. The American president's

home is yellow, white, red.

4. The port. light on a boat is

ped, white, green.

5. The starboard light on

boat is red, white, green.

D

6. A robin's egg is brown;

blue, white.

7. A. parsnip is orange, white,

yellow.

8. Jet la creat, black, grey.

D. The light which means you

10.

A coward is called white, yellow, green

20. In the expression

with

901

enr.

18

"I've been sailing the

for

i know

it.

a

"I just happened to remem- about the size of a dining-room all the fight-ber," he said to Knarf and Hanld, table right out in the middle of ing zones

"that I only went to the North the Pacific Ocean!" acknow- Pole and the South Pule.

ledgoa feday

by "Australia

I'm

preed up

Captain McGhiEy told there isn't any East Pole, so I

bavo been and down angrily as he glared guess I never could a new to It."

at all his listeners.

stamp.

you this

It Hea- Hanid said: "There isn't any "And at mo tell tures For-West Pole, either, Captain Mc- about the West Pole," he went ence Night Chilly."

Ingale, com-

McChilly Is Positive

on. "It's the only place wheze the catfish mew, and the dog- lamp, in the "Well," said Captain McGhilly, fish bark and the lobsters stand background and 1 nurse "you're wrong about that." on their hind legs and bow". In modern uniform to the fore.

"They dol" exclaimed Hanid. Wherever Australians fought in both world wars, there, too,

"Aye," continued Captain Mc-. sisters to Kere Mr Punch begun ahaking went their nursing

his head vigorously from side to Ghilly, "and it's the only pinco whole world where side, Captain McGhilly paid no in the succour and cheer the troops.

chickens have teeth and monkey A tradition of service, says attention to him whatever. the inscription on the stamp.

wrenches climb trees and water- And it speaks for nurses every- "There may not be an East melons grow inside out" By Russ Winterbotham where in peace and wor. Pole, but as sure as there's a

eun in the sky, there is a West An Extraordinary Place The stamp is printed by typo Fale."

"What для and perforated

extrnórdinary graph process 14. It costs Bd. in London and

place," said Judy. its face valus is 31⁄2d-J. A. Au and

shooting back. The only time he ever missed was when he didn't thoot at all and this was when from Jack McCal shot him bihind in Deadwood in 1876.

Want Strong Man

TERE'S a little fooler

HER

By this time, Mr Punch, Enarf Hanld and several other

that's really surprising Rupert and the New Boat-15

to anybody.

+

Give a person

piece of paper-a sheet of newspaper "with twili do nlecly-and tell him

envy," the colour to use is that no matter how hard he

yellow, purple, green.

21. In the expression

foar," the colour to usé white, green, red,

tries ho cannot fold it more than with seven times,

is

22. In the expression, "with

can cross a street ately is 24. green, yellow, red.

By- folding it' you moan he is to fold it in half (each time. Of course your friend will laugh

cold," the colour, to use is bearilliy at your foolishnew and

white, blue, rod..

“In the expression

embarrasine

to usa li whl

The colour used,

10. Möst falldre la brównloyol-Angie

start eight in to prove mabis ||strength.

ours de will be really amured, to laddvar that no matter how

mig, he is on how hard

The simply caisioi maze tha

"There's no other place ke the West Pole," said Skipper McGhilly, “The top of the pole is blustered will, stars. The bees. bring you honey and, the spiders · knii mittens."?

Everyone now sold that i would be wonderful to live néať the West Pole.

Asold Captain Melbilly, |ihaking his head, "that it would. |But it lin't every ship that cin the [get to the “filmtid, where Wort Polo atanda. Yoll heed a Ahip made out of sky wood

ren of Child and mills woven?

Hill The Kinnariasiga iban

Bb the North Stor and a Halim

Mve to pumice Bu