Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 20, 1911, Page 4

Borwich Fulletin and Goufier. : 115 YEARS OLD. | Sul ., 12¢ k) 500 & ..l.mpf"ee - week) Enter No: B Telephone 3 I-l .fl: !ufl::i:.l Rooms. 35-3. Bulletin Job Office, 35-8. Willimautfe Office, Reem 3 Murray img. Telophone 318 Norwia-fhundly, July 20, 1911. The Circulation of The Bulletin. Week ending July 15 ... THE NEW PUBLICITY LAW. It is a significant sign when the senate of the United States takes no- tice of the popular feeling against the expenditure of such large sums of money as Stephenson of Wisconsin and Lorimer of Illinois put out in the conduct of a political campaign and pass a law bringing the outlay from $107,000 to $10,000 if it is to have legal recogmition. - Following are a few of the import- ant features of the new la “No senatorial candidate shall spend & total of more than $10,000 in the primary and general election, and no candidate for the house shall spend more than $5,000. “Publicity must be given to all pri- mary campaign contributions and ex- penditures. “All general election expenses must be made public befpre the election, be- ginning 15 days before election, and publication must be made each six days until election. “All promises of political jobs must be made public. “The bill further makes it illegal to promise political places in order to obtain election support, or to aid in influencing the election of any member of a state legislature.” Senator Root struck the corrupters of men in the national senate a hard blow when he rose and said: “We know it not only through the newspapers, but through what has occurred right here in the senate. We need adequate laws against campaign corruption so that honest men may not have thely rights taken away from them by corrupt men." Tt is high time political corruption was forced to hide its head in shame; and it is to be hoped it will be forced to respect both decency and the law or g0 to prison. DR, WILEY ONLY TO BE REPRI: MANDED. The public was not surprised to learn froth Washington that Dr. Wiley was in no danger of being requested to resign; althouga it is scmewhat puzzled at the statement that “he is only to be reprimanded” Tais an nouncement kecms to be a little pre- mature and doubtful, Able officials are not often reprimanded for good service; and as for the salaries, which it is charged he violated, it s the first time the man employing an expert was expected to fix his salary instead of the expert himseIf. The Associitad Clubs of Domestic Science of America have forwarded to President Taft and Secretary Wilson the resolutions they have adopted, the principal one of wiich s this “Resolvad, That we, the members of the Assoctited Clubs Doinestie Science, r ntin: Domestic Science orgapizations in .all parts of the United States, do hereby earnestly implore you, the president of the United States, and the secretary of agriculture of the United States, te consider the prayers of the people who are being subjected to such distress at the hands of the food adulterators, alid 1o not deprive us of a true friend that we, the people, have in the food law enforcement in Washington, and to not harken to the cries of the food adulterators who very naturlilly hate Dr. Wiley because of his service to the people; that we respectfully re- quest that you look into the cause of the appointment of the referee board and other action that has heen taken, presumably in the interests of the food admlterators, to rob Dr. Wiley of the power which rightfully belongs to his office, and, if the facts warrant, that you restore to Dr. Wiley the full authority of his title, and permit him to enforce the national food law so as to stop the aduiteration of food." Dr. Wiley has not got to go! but what of , Wickersham 2, The Rutland News thinks the capital punishment law of Vermont should be taken down and dusted for Niles, who killed his father-in-law while protect- ing his daughter from the drunken brute. A dentist Jeft a Vermont village without saying anything about it, and they dragged the pond for his body because they th6ught he had suicided. Tt is easy to become a suspect there, The Shriners have selected Los An- geles, Cal, for their meeting next vear: but if they had been looking for real hot sands they- would have found them in the flat lands ‘of Arizona. Trenton, N. J., shows how hungry the office seekers are under the com- mission form of gevernment. Thers are 67 candidates for five commission- erships 1t is presumed that & man who o the berry-land owns the berries and a great mamy strollers over rural wilds do not think rols them; but 80; hence there is trouble in Torring- | ford, where a farmer has prosecuted: the berry pickers whom he regards as trespassers. - % It is very natural that such a man should fall imto the disrespect of the public and be regarded as a hog upon the manifestation of such selfishness in view of the liberties the American citizen has alw: been allowed to take in these wild-berry patches. There is a great deal of difference between robbing an orchard and skin- ning a wild-berry patch; and The Bulletin is rather inclined ‘to support the New Britain Herald in its position that “the man who has never picked berries in such places can never hope to acquire distinction on the bench, can never have that clearness of vis- ion, that keen perception that is nec- essary when the culprit is brought before him by the town- constable at so. much per and backed up by the farmer who hasn’'t lost anything of any great value.” TO PREVENT SEASICKNESS. Temons, we are told, will prevent seasickness, but if they had proven to be efficacious man would not still be invemling ships to overcome the rolling. ' It has been decided that a ship which carries her own waves will have less rolling and pitching mo- tion at sea, so a German engineer has designed a ship equipped with tanks to control the sea~ibout her. These tanks are in the form of a broad U, running the full length of the ship. The way the plan works is thus de- scribed. When a ship is fitted with anti-rolling tanks “she goes over to starboard, to starboard, and the weight of this delays her from coming back on the rhythm of the waves, really acting as a wave working in the opposite di- rection.” The waves inside the ship counteract those outside. Acted upon by & heavy sea, the S. S. Ypiranga of the Hamburg-American line has rolled so badly as to exceed 13 degrees each side from the vertical. With her tanks in operation the motion was reduced to between two and three de- grees. It is predicted that a great ocean liner, the rolling of which is now very slight, will be rendered al- most immovable by the installation of this apparatus. IT COULD NOT LIVE. It was only a few years ago every- body was whistling that popular air, “How Would You Like to Be the Ice- man?” It was rather a catchy piece of music. but it could not stay be- cause it was not found®d upon a pop- ular desire. Of course, no one wanted to be the iceman working 17 hours a day when the thermometer is 96 de- grees in ‘the shade. There is nothing about the duties of the iceman wiich one can find pleasure in contemplating. It is a hot and wearying job from his point of view or any other, Lugging twen- ty-five, fifty, or one hundred pound chunks of ice on the end of a pair of tongs, wita water Gripping on one’s trousers leg, 's no desirable job, for ice is what is called dead weight. The steam or mist from the ice, the cold dampness one minute on the wagon and the next tugging away in the hot sun, over pavements, up pairs of sta chopping 1ito pieces to fit the ice boxes, washing off the ice and various petty annoyances make an job anything but agreeable. The icemar gets it in the neck when everyhody else is geiting a half-holi- day—that s his 18 or 20 hour day. Tt is not sirange nobody whistles this July, “How Would You L Be the Iceman'” EDITORIAL NOTES. Advice to' marriageable voung wo- men: Don't worry about your freckles. Love is blind. ‘nnemtaros Sl Billy Sunday has been’up in an aeroplane, and since has known the earth feels good under a fellow's feet. iceman’s An income tax that touches no sal- ary under $2,000 would occasion little fretting in the industrial walks of I A western paper inquires if it would not be better to keep Dr. Wiley on the job than to go back to benzoate of soda. Many public men are not so dead to public opinion as they pretend to be; and if they act upon it they show wisdom, i ) The rural mail driver's salary of one thousand when he has to furnish his horse and vehicle does not look ex- travagant, A cool wave is very convenient un- less it suggests taking thé mothballs out of the overcoat pocket—there we would draw the line Happy thought for today The stay-at-homes know that those who are summering in the hotels feel there is no place like home. A piece of land in Chicago sold for $288 a square foot the other day. It a pretty zood location that is worth that to do business on. The Kentucky republicans are for Taft and Bradley in 1912; and the state republican convention approved with ringing enthusias out President Taft is to address the vet- erans of the civil war at the national encampment at Rochester next month; and his address will ring true. If Norwich gould wnly get one wet rain after another for a while, it ‘would be willing to let all other things that come consecutively rest for a little, Mark Twain not only knew how to be furtny, but how to act upon the advice of speculative friends. His es- tate of a half-million shows that. Since the cholera has never been known to spread from seaboard cities in tiis country there is no reason to be worried by the case at New York. Bound to Start Something. With the arbitration treaty pending, Jack .Johnson was thrown out of Westminster abbey. Evidently ingland doesn’t want to be friendly. —Pittsburg Despatch. still Giving the Silence. Can it succeed? Senator Bourhe of Orégon says in his campaign fof“re election he will inake no speeches, so- licit no vetes and spend no money.. Raleigh News.: Willing to Take a Long Shot. - Only one of’the 35 speakers -be- came president. Hut. Champ Clark finds more comfort in that one than dismay in the 31 —Pittsburg Despatch, the water also goes over, Rules for Young Writers. 1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages. 2. Use pen and ink, not pencil. 3. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 250 words. 4. Original will be used. 5. Write Your name, age and ad- dress at the top of the first page. Address all communications Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. stories or letters only to “Reach up as far as you can, and God will reach down all the] rvest of the way."” POETRY. An Untouched Tomorrow. “Honey, jes' listen! Den't cry an’ fret; There’s a whole day to-morrer That hain't been teched yet! “Mougnt be a surmise Mek your heart shout— Look like 'twas heaven Turned inside out; “Mought go-a-walking "Long o' the road, Fin’ a gol’ nugget Big as a toa Mought turn a corner Mos’ any piace— Bes' friend a-smiling Right in vour face! “Mought find the going Nigh shoe-mouth deep— One path o' blessings! You go fo sleep!” Heart of mine—lister! Why will you fret ‘When uod’s good To-riorrow Is all untouched yet? rna B. Bryant. Our Common Right. son, there are so mary things you have no right to be; 1 point them out to you as once they showed them unto me: have no right to be a thief of other'’s happiness, By taking for your own what make another’s portion less. You have no.right to be a fool and walk in pain and night When all around you wisdom lies in splendor and in light. My You You have no right to be a knave at any one’s expense, Nor take advantage of the weak be- cause they have no sense; You have no right to grind your ax at grindstones some one turns Because another gets the cream that his own hardship earns; You have no right to spurn a friend whose use to you may fail; You have no right to sail your ship with some one else’s sail. Yeu have no right to lese your sense of righteousaess in zeal, To make vour dreams of power and fame and sordid fancies real; You have ro right to all these things of which I speak so plain, To cause a tear or make a wound or give another pain; But one thing is our commen right, ac- cording tu God's plan: And that is left you still, my son—the right to be a man! UNCLE JED'S CHAT WITH THE LITTLE FOLKS. For those who cannot swim and do not interd to learn it is best “to ad- mire the sea and stay on dry land.” Those who are fond of bathing should heed all the sensible rules about going into the water to bathe. To rot go in when heated: do not stay too long: do not go swimming right after a hearty meal; and do not take risks in deep water; or exceed your strength in doing stunts in, or under water. There is lots of fun and no danger for li‘tle bathers who ate well be- haved and orderly in the water: and who are satisfied with fifteen or twen- ty minutes of exercise, even if they indulge two or three times a day at proper intervals; and rub down well when they come out. Do not give or take “a dare” in the water, may’ or indulge in prove fatal and ¢ to grief. THE PRIZE-BOOK WINNERS. hazards which bring a whole st pri e to Evelyn Whipple, Gales Ferry, Conn.. a book entitled: “Alice in Wonderland,” by Lewis Carroll. Second prize to Richard W. Tobin, Jr., Norwich, a book entitled: “The Young Kings of the Deep,” by Victor G. Durham. SPECIAL PRIZES. Book to Sidney H. Whipple, of Bal- tic, entitled “Ten Common Trees,” by Susan Stokes. Book to Ruth Benjamin, of Norwich, ‘Mary H. entitled “The Whispering Winds,” by ‘Debenham, 7 These books may be called for after 10 a. m. Thursday morning." i .varl.d ORIGINAL STORIES. One Lesson Enough for Mose. 0O1d Mose lived in Auburn, Mass., he was a large work horse, weight nigh unto twelve hundred pounds. The old black was a bit of an equine nag, and delighted “to test the quality of any fresh hand that worked about the stable of Mr. Nye his owner. He would snatch a cap from the head of new hands, take hold of their sleeves as if to nip them, and with all was in- clined to balk. One summer day when all were busy with the hay-making and the ingathering of the sweet new mown hay, just when all Were es- pecially driving in order to get the crop into the barn before the coming storm could get it, old Mose balked and not a leg would he stir. A mew man who took in the situa- tion had him taken out of the traces, and led up to the farmyard where he vas hitched to a tree. When the work was done and the other horses were being led in to receive their oats, and evening draught from the horse trough, 0Old Mose would turn and look at them, but no one noticed him or paid him any attention. The old feller was left to his own cogitations, and the cover of the night. If he laid down as he may kave done, he certainly went sup- perlegs to bed. Some time next day he wés again hitched up to heip in the work and he took up his line of duty and was never known to balk again. One lesson was enough for Old Mose the balky black—E, L. H. The Nests of Birds. Lirds make their nests to protect their eggs and later their young. Different birds choose different ma- terial for their mests. Robins use straw and mud, sparrows use hair and hay, orioles use string and the great crested fly-catcher weaves a snakeskin into its nest which it builds in some hollow tree. Some nests are round, others are hanging. Orioles and vireos make hanging nests. Oven or teacher-birds build oven-shaped nests. . Catbirds build round nests in bushes made of sticks and the bark - of grapevines. Humming-birds build tiny egg-shaped nests usually saddled upon the low limb of a tree. : Bluebirds, wocdpeckers, wrens, chi- cadees, owls and some other birds build in hollow trees. Whip-poor-wills build no nests at all but lay two white eggs speckled with brown in some leafy hol- low on the ground. Barn swallows build nests in barns; but chimney swallows build in chim- neys. The phoebe and eave swallows build under the eaves of some build- ings. The scarlet tanager builds in the deep woods and its nest is seldom found. People who like birds put up bexes for them to nest in and treat them kindly. A. BIRD FRIEND. Gales Fer: The Tiny Pond Beside the Road. There is a place in the country I dearly love. It is a little running brook which forms a tiny pond by the side of the road. Over this pond is a low rustic bridge. People riding by stop here to give their horse a drink and rest tnem- selves. The coolness here is refresh- ing and the sound of the gurgling brook going on its course is like music to the ears. There are tall shady trees near b: The sweet wild rose and -other wi flowers. You can hear the birds singing, and sometimes they come to bathe, then pick their ‘eathers and dry them in the sun. The little squirrel drinks here, and away he goes over a wall up a tree in a s>2ond, Here comes a farmer with his ox- cart, all stop to' refresh themselves, even the dog jumps out and quenches his- thirst. The flowers and ferns on either side sway back and forth with che breeze: and all seem to enjoy this little run- ning brook.—Richard W. Tobin, age 9, Norwicl The Brave Knights. Once upon a time their knight. His home was by the road- side. He was very brave and had many brave brothers. He had beauti- ful golden arrows. His arrows were golden only in summer. His dress was sreen and he lived in a greenhouse. In the winter he was very sad. His golden arrows turned silver. When the wind blew his arrows flew away, and where they went new knights canie to live, each one as brave as the first. Their names were Dandelions.— Fannie Brown, age 12, Garfield A’ Norwich, lived a A Drive in the Country. One day three children were swing- ing on a swing. It was a very hot day in the summer. Their 4ames are Sam- uel, ‘Bertha and Blanche. Samuel is twelve (12), Bertha is nine (9), Blanche is seven (7). It was hot that they ran in to ask PHILIP AND URSULA An Indian Tale of Colonial Times Philip and Ursula were two children who lived far away back in the colonial times, so far away back that most of America had not yet been explored and the people did not yet know wkat ¢ behind the big range of mountains that runs along the Atlantic coasr. These children lived in a tiny little house that was all made of rough for- est trees and was built firmly and Incked and barred and boited securely, so that the people inside mizht be able to withstard attacks of Indlans, for the neighboring tribes were wild and often went on the warpath. _ Philip and Ursula had an interesting life, but as their log house stood in a g some miles from the village v did not see other children as often as “they wished. The path to the village ‘lay through thick woods and they were not allowed to go alone be- cause of the danger from Indians. One day the children made the trip alone— not that they ran away or went with- out telling, but because, while their father was out on a hunting trip, their motaer was suddenly taken 11l and sent them to the village for help. The children made her as comforta- ble as they could and ran out into the summer woods and along the well known paths. They ran as quietly as they could and said not a word. They kept a_sharp lookout for hostile In- dians, but they met none, ahd before long reached the litile settlement in safety. There they found the house of the good doctor. who took care of all the people in the country round. When he heard their story he at once sad- dled his good gray horse and set out for their home with his daughter be- hind on the saddle. His daughter was kind and good and always went with her father to care for people when they weré in need There was no room for the children on the hors- and so they were obliged to gzo home on fooi. All went well est part of the wood, and then they heard the sound of breaking branches abead of them. Much alarmed, the children speedily hid behind a large -t from the shelter of which they peeped cautiously out to see a group of Indian children playing some game i a little clearing ahead. They h- ed, fascinated, £nd soen, getting inter- estel in the game, they crept nearer to see what was going on. Before long they grew so interested that they forgot that the children they were_looking at were Indians and re- memgered oniy that they were children, too. "Out they came from the shelter- ing bushes and began playing with the papooses as chummily as if they had lived all their lives in a tepee. Though Philip and Ursula could not speak a work of the indian language or the In- dians a word of English, they got on wonderfully well and were in the widst of a fine game of romps when -they were interrupted by the appearance of an armed white man. The Indian chil- dren shrieked and started to run, but they were in an open place and there was nowhere for them to hide. hen Philip and Ursula recognized the good doctor anid called to him not to hurt the Indians, and so he put up his blunderbus and, coming for- ward, said he had returned to pick up TUrsula and Philip and carry them home on his horse. The children waved #0od-by to their Indian friends and went home, where they found their mother so much better that the doctor siid she would be well in a few days. tut the next morning, what do you supnose? The Indian children came back to play with tnem and after that they came often and at last brought with them their fathers and mothers to talk with Ursula's and Philip's father and mother. 1In this way a bet- fer understanding grew up and at last the Indians became so friendly with the village people that they gave up going en the warpath and all lived with then: till they reached the thick- yeaceflly ever afterward chilg they said good-bye to their mother. ‘When they came to their aunt's house they picked blackberries and blueber- ries and then rode home.—Mary Davis, age 11, Yantic. The Poor Sparrow. A little girl who was playing in a garden with her brother saw a poor sparrow who could not fly. She picked it up and brought it into the house, her brother following. She laid it on the table and left it there. Soon she saw her mother coming up the road and ran {o tell her. When they went into the house the little girl rar to the table only to find a few feathers on it. In the dining-room she saw the cat eating something and, geing closer, she saw that ii was the poor, helpless sparrow. She felt sorty for the bird, and she buried it in the girden in the place where she had found it.—Kathryn Hendrick, age 19, Taftville. Running a Race With the Clock. It is great fun to run a race with the clock. Do you know what I mean? Suppose you have some tasi to do that you don’t like, su:h as learning to spell a row of hard words, or, filling up the woodbox, or sewing some natchwork. Do little girls sew patchwork nowa- | days? I never see any. Well, if you haven't anybody to race with, race with the clock. That is, sce if you can’t get it all done before the movirg finger points to such a place on the élock. You will work, ever so much faster, and the time will seem short instead of long, because you will be so afraid that the clock will beat you. If you get dome first, you win the game. Try it sometime. Dear Uncle Jed, I thank you very much for the book I got last week for aAp;xze.—Rmh Behjamin, age 12, Nor- .wich. My Trip to Watch Hill. 1 went to Watch Hill on the Fourth of July. I rode on the merry-go- round, went in wading, had some pop- corn, peanuts, soda and orangeade. I bought a pail and shovel and played in the sand. I sailed on the boat and one of my friend’s grandfather was the pi}ofi—-Esther C. Clarke, age 6, Nor- wich. A Large Rooster. | Four-year-old Christine was visiting her uncle who had some hens and a rooster which was very large. She was much perplexed to think that the ‘rooster did not lay eggs. One day she came running in the house after feed- ing the hen and said, “Oh! Aunty, the reason the rooster doesn’t lay eggs is because he is too big to get in the nest,—Lucy Clarke, age 10, Norwich. Once upon a time a daisy grew in a field. It was the smallest one in the whole field, but each day it grew larger and prettier. / There were blueberries, strawberries and blackberries. Every day a number of little children came to gather the berries. One day a little girl came to gather berries as usual. By this time the daisy had grown to be large and beau- tiful. When the little girl saw it she i “A, CLOSE Miss TALL" Western fim@u' STEEVES, Soprano. task is hard, try, try in!” Now, I have tried and tried again to ite a story, and I can't. Now if you n't do a thing, how can you do it? A PUZZLED LITTLE BOY. Norwich, July 17th, 1911 Uncle Jed is glad this “puzzled little boy” has written to him, for instead of being puzzled he is cneckmated by 2 rogue of his own making—'1 Can't’ 1t is the boy who says, “I Can!” and “I Will!” who accomplishes things. A poet wrote “Around each tender Vine I plant 1 find the little fox—I Can't! Then fast as ever hunter ran, chase him_with brave and hold—"I Can!” “I Can't” is a foe not only to small boys but to men; and the habit of say- ing it is a habit of surrender. When you find yourself tempied to say, T Can't” just say “I Will!” Sel the positive forces of the mind to work. “I Can't” is a_negative force—a mind loafer. This Lttle boy could tell his mother what a nice time he had play- ing with Jeanette, and when he has told her, he has told an interesting story, which has not been a task, but a pleasure; and written out on paper it would be an plessing story. Writing it would be made a task if he thought he did not like to co i, but if he thought it would please 11 the littie readers of fhis department it would be a pleasure to him to write it. It is the state of the mind which malk: our work a trial or a joy: and if w learn to master the mind we have agreeable employment and if let mind master us we have tasks. This little Doy has a habit of thinking against himself; and the boy or man, -who pushes ‘back when he should pres forward cannot expect to move ahead. Uncle Jed expects this “little puzzled boy” 10 see things in the right light, and then he will be no longer puzzled. Writing a story is no task if it is put on paper as glibly as it is told; and what is to hinder. This little boy will win a book vet, writing a story for thi department. When he says, “I Can” with the same forze as he now say “I Can’t” it will be more than half accomplished. UNCLE JED. The Work of an Amateur Gardener. Dear Uncle\ Je; Three vears ago this spring my older brother bought thirty peach trees and s=ix apple trees. 1 bhought three peach trees from him with my own money. I-paid thirty cents for the three. i did all the work that 1 coula that needed to be done and the rest had to be done by horses. One of the trees was set out near a large rock and so it didn’t grow well irom the first. I gave this tree in pay- ment for the team werk. The two trees I had bertas. I prune them left were El- every ear. There weren’t any peaches on my trees last year, although they blossomed. vear there are six peacines on one and four on the other, They are six or seven feet high. I also have a garden. I planted ran away from the other children and picked the daisy, then she took it onions, radishes, lettuc sweet corn, cucumbers and _ pumpkin: But the vegetables didn't grow as well as if home and put it in water. It stayed that way a few days and then died.— Lucinda Brown, age 11, Norwich. we had had more rain. The radishes are quite large. The sweet corn is spindling out. Ttyis the kind called How the Woman Got Left. Once upon a time a ship was going for passengers. On the way back the people asked the captain for a rest be- cause it was a very hot day. The ship stopped at a small island and everyone laid on the zrass to sleep. And every- body awoke when they heard the sig- nal. put one woman who was fast asleep did not awake. When she awoke she found that the ship had gone. So she began to ery. Then she saw a wild man in a boat, and he took her in his arms and put her in his boat. She began to cry but he did not care. He took her along. She tried to run away from him. ‘When he brought her home she es- caped from him and went to the place where the ship of passengers had stopped. When she went near she saw the ship of passengers on the river. So she began to holloa to them to stop. So they rowed over to the land and took her in the ship—Harry Davis, age 10, Yantic. The Mill Pond." While sitting one day at my window, With my arms leaning on the sill, 1 thought of the little mill pond That supplies power for McCollum’s mill. I thought of a day in September, ‘When Maggie and I went for a walk, We sat by the side of the mill pond And wrote with pieces of chalk. We wrote on trees and on fences, And on everything that came along, We wrote stories in prose and poetry, And even tried to make up a song. But it was nicest of all in winter When the ice froze thick and fast, We were sure to be first to go skating And also sure to be last., But I find that thoughts have vanished, And there’s nothing eise to do / Except to say that this happened in Mansfield, And all of this poem is true. —_Harriette E. Allen, age 13, Box 7, Mansfield Depot, Conn. my LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. The Boy Who Will. Can you answer this Dear Ucle Jed: puzzle? My Reader says: “If you find your Golden Bantam. I live on a farm of one hundred and ninety-six acres and so I have plenty to_co, especially in haying time. 1 like instructive books, but books of history best.—Sidney 1. Whipple, age 11, Baltic, Likes to Study Birds and Wild Flowers Dear Uncle Jed: I want to tell you about our walks in_the woods. We have been studying the wild fl»n\\(- and the diffcrent kinds of birds in our neighborhood. One afternoon we countzd the number They were the meadow- king-bird, summer vel- low-bird, oriole, cheewink, cat-bird, barn-swallow i 5 robin, song-sparrow, chipping sparrow, Eng- lish sparrow and phoebe. 1 enjoy going in the woods looking for different kinds of flowers and birds. 1 wish the weather was cooler 5o we could go into the woods again Nelson, age N 1911 He Knows Two Soldiers. Dear Uncle Jed: Do yvou know any 13 two who live near in the Civil war. iam Baker and Mr. They are Mr. W John Service, Mr. Baker belonged Rhode Island regimer to the Seventh d to a Connecti cut regiment. Both men now belong to_the Sedgwick post. ¥ pend many havpy hours listening T could sit all at- ories of the war day long and hear all-about the tles. I wish I had heen a man when the war broke out. I am sure 1 should have been there. 1 p Uncle Jed did you serve in the war? ou wevnded i so long, Uncle Jed.—Richard Norwich, A. NelSon, age LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Likes His Book. Dear Ungle Jed: 1 thank for ray book it is a beauly. Mother reads two chapters in it us each evening. 1 noticed the corrections you madc in my letter and I will try and be more careful. . Will work har you for and try and win a An eminent skin ‘speciali complexion, that it is sold pany under an absolute gua: it fails. Don’t hide your freckles and cannot injure the most Be sure to ask your dru; othine; it is this that is sol tee, freckles vanishing e:xtirely. FRECKLES Don’'t Hide Them With a Veil; Re- move Them With the New Drug st recently discovered a new drug, othine—double strength, which is so uniformly suc- cessful in removing freckles and giving a clear, b;autiful by The Lee & Osgood Com- rantee to refund the money if under a veil; get an ounce of othine and remove them. Even the first night’s use will show a wonderful improvement, some of the lighter It is absolutely harmless, tender skin. ’ ggist for the double-strength d on the money-back guaran- This | ‘book cn gardening. Your friend, RICHARD C. MORAN. Norwich, July 17, 1911, :Likes All the Books. Dear Uncle Jed: I like my book very much. I like all the books you give. L. R. C. Norwich, July 17, 1911. An Interesting Book. 4 Dear Uncle Jed: 1 thank you for the book you gave me. It is very in- teresting. Your little nephew, RICHARD W. TOBIN. Norwich, July 14, 1911, Pleased *With the Book. Dear Uncle Jed: T was very much pleased with the book you s2nt me. 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