Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 17, 1911, Page 4

‘nru;izb Bulletin and Couvrier. 115 YEARS OLD, cription price, 1Zc a weck; 0e & months; $6.00 u year. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Coun., as second-class matter. Telephome Call: Bulletin Business Office, 430. Bulletin Editorial Rooms. 35-3. Bulletin Jab, Office, $3-6. Willimantic Office, Room 3 Mutray Building. Teiephone 210. Norwich, Thursday, Aug. 17, 1911. The Cireculation of 1 The Bulletin. The Builetin has the Inrgest efr- atien of amy paper I Easters necticus d from threc to Jour fimes Iarger tham that of amy im Norwich. It fs delivered to over 3,000 of the 4,053 houses i Nor- wich, and read by mimety-three per cent. of the pzople. Jm Winduam it is delivered to over 900 houscs, 1,100, and fa a places it is considered the local dafl7. Eustern Conmecticut has forty- nine towns, one humdred nnd sixty- five postoffice districts, and forty- ome rural free delivery routes. in wold im every all of the R. F. D. CIRCULATION 1901, 4412 1905, aversge .oeeeeennne----5.920 8,166 A NEW DAILY FEATURE. averag Week ending August 12 The Bulletin today announces a brand new feature, “EVERYBODY'S BIBLE QUE! BOX. We say brand new” because it is brand new. We expect much from this new fe: ture in the matter of arousing a gen- iine interest in the mystical and strange, yet beautiful allegorical pic- tures of the Jewish Law and prophets of old, and hope also to call forth in- teresting exp ions of many para- doxical statements of the New Testa- ment. Every person that believes the Bibls to be Jehovah's revelation to mankind, setting forth cer:ain rules to right- eousness and his promises of rewards for obedience, should, in order to ren- der acceptatle ovedience, adoration and worship, have an intelligent un- derstanding of the message containea therein. To those of our readers who, for supposed or real Scriptural rea- sons, do not believe the Bible to be of Divine inspiration we extend a special invitation to send to our BIBLE QUESTION BOX EDITOR questions of such Scriptures as seem to them to justify their attitude of mind. The Bible states and Bible teachers belleve t “the Truth shall make you free,” and all adherents of the Bible should rejoice in the opportunity of shedding their Twentieth Century light of explanation on perplexing questions and Eible problems in order that the truth may prevail. ® believe that “EVERYBODY'S BIBLE QUESTION BOX" will, in ef- feet, place the le on trial before the tribunal of public opinion, and surely mueh truth will be brought to light, which must necessarily be for the everlasting welfare of all. Questions on Scripture texts sent to EVERYBODY'S BIELE QUESTION BOX EDITOR, to be answered, should bear the name and address of the q tlomer. All such Bible questions re- celved will be answered within sixty days in EVERYBODY'S BLE QUESTION BOX or by mail. All cor- respondence will be treated in strict- st confidence and will be made in the g publicly or privately. The Bulletin will publish one question with its answer each day, followed by the question for the following day. YOUR qu them in ear! el ar distine ons answered ns and often. invited. Send WORCESTER'S FUTURE SECURE. The people of menaced by Worcester have been fear of a wateg famine for many months, as | many other New England citie 1d it has just saved itself by becoming a water-taker in the great Clinton reservoir system, which was éngineered so well by ton that there is enough water on hand there to last four vears, if they should not have a drop of rain, which tos- no looks like a permanent supply for a century or two for all the cities inter- ested. In concluding an editori subject the W Gazette says: “Let us ali be of cer and hope- ful that the next time a water famine stalks this way it will not take from January to July to it Well' the “Rose of News England” would be deserving of applause had it recognized the danger of a water fam- ine in that time. We may not be so sorely taxed again | as we have been, but the blunders and delays have put the citizens buying | water to an aggregate extra expense far in excess of Trdaing ¢ at it cost to go to wve brook for suecor. WHAT HITC;I”COCKS PLAN IS. The postmaster general is planning to save nine millions in the cost- of transporting the mails, without inter- fering with the efficiency of t er- e. The fact that he has figured out a possibility of saving this great sum of money in the railway mail service in- dicates leakages which should be stop- ped The Springiiéld Republican thinks this scheme will interest the public more tharj it will improve the temper of the roads. “Cost of service,” says the Republican, “is a proper basis which to reckon compensation to the transportation companies, and cost of service plus 6 per cent. would evident- 1y be a fair measore of payment. But how to determine cost for a particnlar service so far mixed up with the gen- eral services of the railroads would seem to bé @ hard problem. The pos master gencral, however, does not seem to find it £0. He nas worked it out from the government Standpoint, but how it will appear from the. rails road standpcint remains to be scen,” In the aviator-upward-look it is sug- gested that the man with a prominent Adam’s apple can improve his appear- ance by tying a pink bow over it upon ! SIXTY-EIGHT MISSING BOYS. There were sixty-eight boys in their teens disappeared from their homes in Chicago during the two weeks a cir- cus, a wild west show and a great mil- itary tournament took place there. It is believed that this does not represent the total of disappearances, since some phrents do not immediately report a little thing of this kind. Parents blame two diseases for this wildwestitis” and “armytheria.” The symptoms are the same, and are mani- fested in a desire to throw clothes- lines over the necks of the family cafs, a liking for revolvers, imitation and sombreros, and an = energetic desire to tomahawk the garbage -cans. In many instances the diseases work themselves out in the form of “shows’ given for the benefit of the boys and girls in the neighborhood. So far as the parents of the missing boys are informed, they scere lured away from home by the ambition to be cnwboys or gen'rals. Usually a few days asvay from mother and father generales a feeling of homesickness sufficiently strong to shove ambition far i background. But in many i the boys have failed to return and no trace of them has been found. The police say that the wanderlust among boys is almost exclusively a summer complaint. Cold weather and snow makes home look so good that there is no chance for the disposition to wan- der to grow rapidly CANADA’S GREAT WHEAT CROP. Great preparations are being made to haives: and transbort the 200,000, ‘000 bushel wheat crop from the Cana- dian northwest, for which 50,000 extra farm hands will have to be obtained. In order to handle the enormous two hundred million bushel wheat crop this year the three big Canadian rail- way systems are pushing the work of new construction in the western prov- 56 miles of new lines having jusc been inspected by the Dominion railway commission and placed in ser- vice. Two thousand miles will be add- ed to the total this year. The preliminary estimates of the 1911 grain crops of the western provinces show the need for more railroads. The Saskatchewan department of sagricul- tur> estimates the wheat acreage in that province at 5,598,235, an increase of 20 per cent. over 1910: This will mean a production in excess of 100,- 000,000 bushels for the prcvince. Mani- toba and Alberta will bring the total to more than 200,000,000 busliels. An official of the Canadian Pacific says that 162,000 farm hands will be required to harvest the grain crops of the three provinces. Abowt 50,000 la- borers will have to be brought in to help those already on the giound. EDITORIAL NOTES. a little while before the to his ad- inces, onl will be on the way The man who hangs round like an old roller towel is eligible to join the Sons of Rest. There is one thing sure, the aviator. never has to take the other fellow's smoke or dust. FEven President Taft's enemies do not deny that he shows he would know what to do with a second term. The lonz patriarch. lteard smacks of an ancient custom, but it really adds nothing to the possessor's piety. s nothing but a shed with it; and-it is not so wagonhouse as it A hangar an aeroplane in distant from a seems. The wife who is always at the bar- gain counter and seldom at home is not the one who is spoken of as a good example. We all hope that Aviator Atwood will have good weather and good luck in his cross country trip from St. Louis to Boston. Happy thought for today: If you find enjoyment in the trouble you make for others, your batting average will never be admired. The Canadian who burned the Amer- ican flag is more to be commended than the Pennsyivania men who burn- ed a negro criminal. A western paragr | tion to the fact that is pure food for thought is not likely to der pher calls atten- benzoate of soda and Dr. Wiley is to celebrate its this month, and on is a pageant beaten in New Bennington, Vt J0th anniversar; the programme will not be | England. Mrs, Sage is showing such pity for | the robins slaughtered at the south in | their migrations, it is surprising that she hadn’t shown just a little pity for Laidlaw. Vermont reports this season as hav- ing been her most profitzble summer ot year. Ever since early in July the resorts have been filled to their capacity. 1goes of Canada are us shows how fear will he | talking about lentifying ey counte) as this feit money accur; its own re- | HOT WAVE IN THE ARCTIC. No lce Seen Alorng the Shores of Siberia or Alaska. | Washingten, Aug. 16.—The revenue cutter fleet in Bering sea reports the unusuai heat of the last few weeks has been left in the Arctic, The flagship Bear, sailing home- ward a three months' cruise of approximately 10,000 miles, reported by wireless that there js mno ice in Hering sea nor along the shores of Alaska or Siberia. Such a condition nas not been observed for several years. NEW HAVEN TO GET ICE. Will Secure a Supply from Springfield Mass. at a Lower Price. Soringfield, Mass., Aug. 15.—Spring- field ice dealers are looking SEEE chance to ship into New Haven, where they figure that they can make a good profit selling at prices far be- low what the New Haven dealers are charging. Twins Die On Same Day. ‘Waterbury, Conn., Aug. 15.—John and Joseph Schenke, aged five weeks. twin sons of Mr. and M Joseph Schenke, 7580 North Riverside street. died within en hours of each other vesteraay. e twins had been weak from birth and both became seriousl il threc days azo. Joseph died at 4 clock vesterday morp =~ nmd John at 11 o'clock last night which | distort honest - pi We only in- tend agreeable e with ~ “the Lady of the Sno A womgan inspector in government | employ at the treasury department has | not made a mistake in 47 years of ser- 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 ycu can, and Ged will reach down all the rest of the way.” POETRY. “It pays to give a helping hand To eager, earnest youth: To note, with all their waywardness, Their courage and their truth; To strive with sympathy and love Their confidence to win: It pays to open wide the heart And ‘let the sunshine in.” Things I've Never Seen. X 1 riever saw a barnacle a-growing on a barn, I never saw a starfish with a star. Tve never seen a window see—l've seen a window blind; But I never saw carbunclesona car. UNCLE JED'S CHAT WITH THE GIRLS AND BOYS. Evervbody is becoming interested in this department; even the mothers and fathers, for Uncle Jed has kind letters of commendation and letters of crit- icism from mothers the past week, One mother wrote: “My boy is much in- terested in the boys and girls' page and anticipates Thursday, which he calls ‘his paper day.’ We think it very nice for the little ones to have an in- terest in the paper as well as their elder: The other letter was an earnest expression of an opinion which may in time be revised by the writer, since it wasnot founded upon a rock. all have our faults and none of us should sit down and write a let- ter while in anger, for we are in no condition then togsay the right thing, Uncle Jed is not conscious of having ridiculed or wronged anybody or any- thing. Everything of this kind comes out right in the wash. Uncle Jed wants to thank all the children and their parents for their help and their interest; and where there is room for commendation or cause for blame, he hopes they will ail feel free to write him and append their names, since letters considered confi- dential or not written to be printed will never appear in print. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS THIS WEEK. honest and 1—Margaret L. Somers, orwich, Conn Master Martin,” by Emma Marshall. 2—Hazel A. Lamb, Conn.; Alice in Wonderland,’ Lewis Ci roll. 3—Ruby Swain, North Stonington, Conn.; “Kate, the Daughter of a King,” by Mary Jim Gaos. Burr, Baltic, Conn.; “The Stor by Amy Prentice. 5—Russell Whit Mansfield Center, Conn.; “Fairy Tales,” by the Brothers Grimm. ..6—Alice Hickey, Willimantic. ‘Black Beauty,” by Anna Sewell. Will Master Harry Davis, who has had a book awaiting him two weeks, please send in his addrsss to Uncle Jed City children may call at The Bul- letin Business Office any time after 10 a. m. Thursday for Prize Books. ORIGINAL LITTLE STORIES. WILL POWER. How often do we stop to think of the force of will power? When a cer- | tain habit gets upon as we very often Conn.; help it! Tt's just impossible for me to break off now!" But this, however, is not right, as we will sometime learn. We only want will power, and this we have, if we only knew it. Tak Abraham Lincoln,for instance: If he had not had wiil power, and enough of it to say “No!” when something tempted him, would he have been the noble, large-hearted man he was? ght up in the midst of intemper- his own father having been an intemperate man., would he have had the power to have said: “I will not follow in the footsteps of my earthly father, but of my Father in_Heaven.” . Would he have shown such tact in IN-DOORS_AND A Boys’ and Girls’ Department O00RS "OUT-OF-] the great debates of his presidency if he had not had sufficient will power to keep his feelings in check? No mat- ter how angry ‘he may have felt, he never showed it. ~ We all have as much will power as he did: but we do-not know how to use it. When teraptations come up before us, just say “No!” and Seé how eas- ily they are ovefcome. E This, dear reader, may seem dull to you; but just try it some day and see heow true it is.—Harrlette F.-Allen, age 12, Mansfield Depot, Conn. The Brook Near the Meadow. Near a large meadow covered with green grass and flowers flows a tiny brook. wvery day little sparrows come 1o pathe in it. During the hot spell they came most frequently. At first a number of them will come and sit -n the fence while a few more are bath- ing in the water. When these spar- rows have finished bathing themselves a few more will come and bathe. These sparrows come every day early in the morning. One day, as the sparrows werz pati- ing peacefully a large robin flew down to the breok. ‘In an instant all of the birds were gone. The next day the same thine hap- pened, and by that I can plainly see that tha sparrows are afraid of the rqbll:xs. Lucinda Brown, age 11, Nor- wich. The Boy Who Ran Away. There was a boy, I think T'll not téll his name, who was punished for some fault and who resolved to run away from home. He pretended to go to bed one dark night, but he went out the front door and went out to the barn and slept in the hay until morn- ing. Then he took his bicycle and rode it to New York, and when he *got there he put his hand in his pockst to get his pocketbook and found it was miss- ing. . He asked about eyverybody that he met if they had, found a pocketbook, but they told him they had not seen it. So the next day he had to sell his bi- cycle to get money. He got forty doi- lars for his bicycle, In about a week he got work in a dry goods store. After he had been away from home threp weeks he sent a letter to his mother and told her where he was working. After he had been in the store about a month he got through and came home. He never ran away from home again.—Russell Whitehouse, age 11, Mansficld Center, Conn. The Shepherd Dog. Once there lived a shepherd whom the children called Old Dan. He hal a large collie dog whose name was Rip. Old Dan took care of the sheep in the village, and every morning drove them to feed on the tender plants on the hillside. At evening Rip helped him_drive them home, All of the children in the village watched for him to return. One even- ing Old Dan did not return as usaal. All of the people of the village were looking for him. In the morning Old Dan had taken his sheep to feed as usual. About noontime he went into the next lot to look for berries. Before going he told Rip to take good care of the sheep. When he returned to-taxa his sheep home they were not in sight. He was much alarmed and began to whistle for Rip. After a while he heard a dog barking and knew it was Rip He went in the direction from whi h the sound came. As he was looking around under the trees he saw the whole flock of shesp. As he ap- proached them Rip ran forward to meet him and wagged his shaggy tail with delight.—Fanny Brown. A Vacation Event. When I went on my vacation I had time. 1 went to Hampton. my uncle asked Katherine and 1 if we want2d to watch him hay. So we said “Yes. When we got up to the lot he said: “There is a hornet's nest there. Do not go near it.” T was barefooted and the sharp grass cut my feet. So he mada a soft pils of hay and he happened to put the hornet’s nest there. So I jumped right into the nest. There was over ten hundred after me. I ran as fast as I could towards ihe house. When T got there T was bath21 in witch hazel and water. But thzt learned me a lesson—not to go near d hornet’s neast again.—Alice "J. Hickey, age 9, Willimantie, Conn. Places ed in Hartford. I was in Hartford five weeks—very pleasant ones, too. We went some- where nearly every day, zither in the auto or on the troll T visited the Capitol. State Library, Morgan Memorial, Wadsworth Athen aeum. Connecticut Mutual Security company. government building, power house, Center church, Asylum Avenue Baptist, Italian mission and a_great many other places of interest T can't think of. 1 saw Elizabeth park, which is noted for its rose garden, Colt park. Keney park, Pope park, Bushnell park, Good- win park, Riverside park and Barnard park. We went over the new Hartford untry child can tell vou that more than one way to build Most nests, even the simplest, {are artfully contrived and beautiful, though some of them are merely cur- i Almost all birds make nests, in ce or another, although there are some that merely scrape a hole in the ground to hold their cggs and vounz, and many sea fowl lay their esgs on naked ledzes of barren rock, and the cuckoo aiways uses the nest of some other bird. Nests are of many forms, one would guess. Generaily they are open at the top, but some, like those of the swallows, arc so placed under the projection of"a rock or of a build- ing as to be covered and have an open- ing at the side. Others are situated in holes excavated in loamy, sandy or clayey banks. M. st wonderful of all, perhap: the nests which are literally enough to ea more than are good ern islands live some little swallows, which make in caves of the eastern archipelago small white nests—hun- dreds of themn together, in an immense nest community—that are highly es- teemed as articles of food, especially in China. The finest of these nests are transparent, as if they were form- ed of gelatin, and are m: by the bird from its saliva. The first nest i which the bird builds is the finest, the second somewhat less delicate, and the third not edible at all, for by this time the little builde- has been obliged to resort to using bits of seaweed in construction of its home, , In Australia lives a small starling which makes @ curious bungalow, ap- parently for pleasure only. Some, cali it the bowerbird, and others the' col- {lar bird berause of the band of light | rose” pink feathers which crosses the k of its neck. It makes a bower ~erection which it does not use for « mest 4t all, but for a Kind of wed-€rs. WONDERFUL NESTS THE BIRDS BUILD Some Good to Eat—Some to Keep In China and the east- | ding bower. The base of the nest con- sists of a wide and rather convex plat- form of sticks, which are interwdven firmly, and on’ the center of this the bower itself is built of twigs that are more flexible. The part about the en- trance is gayly decorated by the birds with rags and bones and sheils and | Bay feathers, and any white or brightly colored object which it picks up. The inside is “beautifully lined with tall grasses so placed that their heads al- most meet. The pot birds and oven birds buiid : dome shaped nests with two par- ons. The walls are about an inch the ooening is at the side. They like 1> build their homes high and fac- ing the road, probably so that they can see intruders as they approach. Their conical nest is built of straw and dried leaves with clay. There are two chambers in this well made bungalow, andg the eggs are laid in the inner one. A man’s hand fits easily into the entrance chamber, but cannot be twisted about to reach the eggs in the interior cavity, the em- trance being small and higher up. The interior is lined witn soft, dry grasses. Most imaginative of all these tiny builders is the little tailor bird, which makes a delicate littlc recepticle by sewing together the edges of a leaf, or sometimes two leaves, with palmy fib- ers, the nest proper, consisting of palmy down, hair, fine grass, and sim- ilar materials. The woven nests of Africa ara also marveis of .bird architecture: so" too the humming bird’s nest, and the finder of the latter may consider himself indeed fortunate. These tiniest of bungalows are usually deep cup shap- ed. and are made of palmy down fast- ened together with spiders’ webs. while lihe outside is often ornamented with lickens. mosses and rarely with feath- Chicago Tribune fin ti ‘| reaching the spot found out that there ridge several times. You would never know you were on a bridge. 1 also isited several of . the surrouw ong them ¥, | field, Burnside, Manchaster, || est Hartford, Bolton, Farmington, Unionyille and Newington._ Among the rest of the places I saw was the Hartford golf grounds, and it réminded me of home, as I live oppo- site the Norwich golf grounds and am quite interested in watching the play ers.—Nellie Tibbetts, age 13, Norwich. Laura’s Tea Party. ‘There was once two little girls, and their names were Laura and Ma-y. ‘They were very good little girls. Their birthday was ‘the 20th of July, 1911. They were six vears old, and mamma gave them a surprise. She got a nice cake ready. In the afternoon she brought out their littls chairs and table and gave them some cake, bananas, candy. etc. By their side was Teddy and the doll. > When they had finished their tea party they laid their little heads on mamma’s knee and want off to Slum- berland.—Alice J. Hickey, age 9, Wii- limantic, Conn. How | Missed My Train. I really meant to go with you last Saturday, and T am not at all-to blam. for losing the train. This is the way it happened: I-was on the way to the staticn when suddenly I heard loud screams. I started toward the sound and afte had been a fire in a large boarding house containing nearly five hundred people. They were all burned except- ing thosz in the highest story, who hed heard the screams and groans below and came to see what was the troubie, T and surprised with my nice prize book. I thank you very much. and_think it beautiful. read it to my iittle sisters and brother. I thank you very much for it, to find 2 book awaiting me. interesting. - Thank ycu ver KATHERINE DESMOND, Norwieh, Conn., Aug. 12, 1911, Thinks the Book Beautiful. Dear Uncle Jed: Ireceived my book I am_going to .Your little niege, MYRTLE SWAT North Stonington, Aug. 11, 1911, A Very Interesting Book. Dear Unecle Jed: 1 was surprised 1t is very much for, Your little nephew, RICHARD W. TOBIN, JR. Norwich, Aug. 12, 1¢11. Book Caused Dear Uncle Jed: To Stop Work. I want to thank you for the book you gave me a few ‘weeks ago. to stop work on a chis finish my book. It was fine, so good I had en coop and Your nephew, BIRD: STUDENT. Norwich, Aug. 14. 1911, but the situation they were in. The men cried for help, which came imme- diately, and the fire was put out. This' is the reason I missed train, but will try and be on ti again.—Olive G. Whitehouse, aged Mansfield Center, Conn. my o What Happened. There was a little soldier boy Went marching off one day He saw a big rhinoceros And quickly ran away. He ran, and ran, and ran. *Till he saw a big balloon, He jumped right in, as quick as he could, And went up to the moon. Baltie. JIM BURR, most seven. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. A Day at Watch Hill. Dear Uncle Jed: I have been reading soms of the stories written by the boy and girls and I thought I would wrile and tell you about my trip to Watcn Hill. It was one of the pleasantest trips I have taken this summer. I got up at 6 o'clock and went to Mystic. From there I _took the 9 o'clock trollev I got to Watch Hill about 11 o'clock. I rode on the flying horses several times. We rrizd our dinner and ate it in the pavilion by the bathing beach. I went in bathing in the afternoon. I stayed in about an hour. I took the trolley at 5 o'clock for Poquetanuck and went'home with my sister.—Hazel, age 11 Likes to Live in the Country. Dear Uncle Jed: I like to live in the country. My father has a garden, and 1 have a flower garden. I have a cat and a kitten. My cat's name is Gracie. The kitten’s name is Buster. The cat it black and white. The Kitten is gray and white. When I get up in_the morning the cat and kitten want their milk.—Louise Lyon, age 12, Hanover, Conn. The Corner a Success. Dear Uncle Jed: Enclosed please find another story. It isn’t exactly a story. I think it will be just as well. Our little corner seems to have a great deal of success, as nearly every- ona around here reads it, and one or two of my friends have written for : ‘With love to all the boys and girls of the department, I am Your little niece, HARRIETTE E. ALLEN. Mansfield Depot, July 8, 1911. She Would Like to Treat the Boys and Girls. Dear Uncle Jed: T am glad vacation is almost over. I want to go to school again. We live two miles from school, and 1 have a nice ride both ways. I don’t have any children to play with, only my sisters and brother, since my little friend went away for the summer. I live on a farm and have lots of nice apples and pears. They are all getting ripe now. 1 wish I could give all the little girls and boys some who write stories. 1 like to read them so well. This is the first letter I ever wrote. Your little friend. RUBY SWAIN. North Stonington, Aug. 12, 1911, A Young Horse lor. Dear Uncle Jed:I am a little bo; almost nine vears old, but I can ride a horse quite well. Although I have had him almost two vears, he has never thrown me but and that time right over his I jump on his back, he rears, and plunges, and sometimes stands on his hind legs. I am very fond of him, Uncle Jed, for he is my own Dear Rocking Horse. LITTLE BOY BLUE. My Summer Visit to Grandma. Dear Uncle Jed:When school closed I went to visit my grandmother, who lives on Long Island. I had the most delightful month there. I played with several little girls, and we formed a sewing club; but best of all I enjo the automobile rides that I had with my grandmother almost every day One day papa cama to take m-~ bac to my mother and sister at the seu- shore. The ride home on the cars was long and hot and dusty., and how glad I was to see mother and little sister again. While “there a little friend of mine, and, by the way. she is one of your prize winners, game to visit me. In the evening we'went to the hotel to see a masquerade. The children were all dressed up in fancy costumas. an Indian. Japanese, clown, George Wash- ington, and many other pretty ones. We enjoyed watching them. and then to our delight were invited to join the march and dancing, and at the last we had pratty bats, pompoms to wave, and horns to tlow, and how all of us did blow T wish vou had been there, Uncle Jed, but 1 am afraid it would have made you deaf. This is my first letter, so T will say Good-bye. Sincerely yvours, MARGARET, age 9. Aug. 1ith, 1911 LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Her First Prize. Norwich, Dear Uncte Jed: I received my pret- ty bock and was much pleased and surprised. 1 haven't ever won a prize cn a story before. Thanking you, T am your litile niece. ELLA L. Very Much Ple Mansfield Depot, Conn., Aug. 15, 1911. Dear Uncle Jed: 1 was very much pleased with the book You sent ime, and I thank you very, very much. Was sorry not to see my letter in print. Am in hopes to see this one in. Your little niece, i oLV Mansfield Center MceCOLLUM. 7 WHITEHOUSE, w Aug, 12, 1911, Delighted With Nice Prize Book. Dear Uncle Jed;: 1 was delighted set A King Who Left Home the world to talking, but Paul Mathulka, of Buffalo, N. Y., says he al- ways KEEPS AT HOME the King of all Laxatives—Dr. King's New Life Pills—and that they're a blessing to all his family. Cure constipation, head- ache, indigestion, dyspepsia. Only at The Lee & Osgood Co. Loss of Time Means Loss of Pay. Kidney trouble and the ills it breeds means lost time and lost pay to many a working man. M. Balent, 1214 Lit- tle Penna St., Streator, IIl, was so bad from kidney and bladder trouble tha he Could not work, but he say: 5 took Foley Kidney Pills for only a short time and got entirely well and was soon able to 80 back to work, and am feeling well and healthier than be- fore.” Foley Kidney Pills are tonic in action, quick in results—a good friend to the working man or woman who suf- fers from kidney ills. The Lee & Os- good Co, c. aesm . TUNER 122 Proapect et, "iTel 611 Norwish O& IF YOU WANT A . FIRST CLASS PIANO, get a SHONINGER through WHITE, THE TUNER, 48 South A St, Taftville. 29th Annual Tournament National fogue Association AUGUST 15 to 19 At Rockwell Grounds Games in progress from 8 a. m. until 10 p. m. SEASON TICKETS. GENERAL ADMISSION The Roads Are Settling and pleasure driving will he the best and cheapest way to gt the embrac- ing fresh air that is better than the best tonic. 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