Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 7, 1911, Page 4

Forwich @ulletin and Coufied. 115 YEARS OLD, B price, 1% m-'u-.g:ay—n a week; Soc R Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., as wecond-class matter. Telephone Callsi Bulletin Susinees Office. 482, Builetin Editorial Rooms. $5-%. Sulletin Job Office, $5-6. Willimantie Office, Room 3 Murray Building. Telephone 210. The Circulation ol The Bulletin. The Bulletin hos the largest eir- ;NHAT POSTMASTER GENERAL HITCHCOCK ASKS. Postmaster General Hitchcock has the peculiar honor of being the firat head of a department for a quarter of a century who has no need of an ap- propriation. He has the postoffice de- partment upon a paying besis and is asking now only for larger license in serving the people, and should have it. As between one-cent postage and & parcels post, there appears to be lit- s question that the parcels post will be of greater advantage to the peo- ple; and that the fear of the few may be allayed he only has asked for an experimental opening of this door to more economical conditions for the people, which John Wanamaker, as the sreatest merchant in America, favors, although by it he may lose his entire mail order business. Both of these changes are desirable; and the surplus from a well managed parcels post might serve to hasten the day of one-cent postage. The Bulletin hopes congress will ex- tend to this competent head of the postoffice department an opporturfity to test his limited postal package s! tem om rural delivery routes. One vear would determine whether the in- novation was wise, or otherwise. The intolerance which will not entertain a proposition of this sort is not the kind which has the weifare of the people at heart. A parcels post and one-cent letter postage are among the things which may be confidently expected in the near future. THE AUTOQ-YEAR IN MASSACHU- SETTS. The fiscal year of the highway com- ission of Massachusetts closed the th of November, and its report shows the auto owners in fees and nes paid the state last year $500,000, to which must be added $1,500,000 in taxes, which carries the revenue from .h‘soume up to two millions. ere were registered about 46,500 motor vehicles of all kinds, including motor cars and trucks and motor cy-| cles. The estimated ehicles is $86,000,000, The increase over last year in ehicles registered is about 9,000 and value $11,000,000. The vehicles reg- istered this year include 38,765 motor ars; of which number 2,200 are com- mercial vehicles and 746 machines of non-residents. There are about 4,000 cars registered by dealers and 3,658 motor cveles. The number of commer- ial motor vehicles has doubled. Though there has been an increase 9,000 motor vehicles registered in Massachusetts, and a large, though un- known, increase in the number of ma- chines from other states driven within Massachusetts for short periods, dur- ing which they were not required to be registered, the amount paid by motor- sts in fines has shown a decrease, This is no doubt due in part to the su- preme court decision which made it incumbent on the police to prove more than actual overspeeding in order to maintain a case in court; but it may taken also as an indication that motorists are obeving the law more arefully. The fines paid for infrac- on of the motor vehicle law last year ned into the state treasury amount- ed to 327, 8. This year they amount to $26.7 This is a pretty good showing of the affic; angd it is of special interest to auto owners and drivers in Connecti- value of these TYPHOID MARY AGAIN. Typhoid Mary, the germ carrier, has this late day sued the health de- partment of New York city for $50,000 damages for not only making her no- torious by its persecutions, but for priving her of her means of getting livelfhood. She was imprisoned for three years, and when she wag released it was on the ‘condition, the legal warrant for which it would be interesting to know, ihat she would not again take a place as cook. That is to say, she suffered ree vears’ confinement and was de- prived of her profession without hav- ng been convieted of any offense ainst the law of the land. his is something which could never « befallen a well-to-do person in land of liberty, and she ought te thz: last. The Springfield Republi- n is right when it says: “Shutting «ople up for = long term of years thout due Process of law, on the ound that they might carry infec- i, is @ dangerous practice; it is well that the case ig to be tested in the courts.” “The Canadian parliament has a of 44, to maintain the empire! 4 at —_— Norwich, Thursday, Dec. 7, 1911. ——— |tiong than in the days gone by.” SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE. . The Boston Chamber of Commerce has ized an Industrial Develop- ment company whose purpose it is to form a fund of a Half-million dollars for the purpose of aiding those who need small loans. The Boston Transcript, commenting upen this movement, says: “In this era of trusts and big cor- porations we must not lose sight of the many small concerns that are do- ing the world's work in a very effec- tive way, and that need money for the development and extension of their business. The banks do not like to bother with these small accounts. Moreover, there is a considerably larger amount of risk in a dozen or so of them than there is with a big con- cern whose business is more or less known to all and whose possibilities can be pretty well gauged by indus- trial experts. Even these big concerns are in almost every case the product of smell concerns developing often through timely help.” This seems to be a most worthy en- terprise, and one for which there is room in every New England city of any size. Under present conditions the usurers get the small borrowers and frequently rob instead of aid them. THREE TO ONE. There are three times as many wo- men suing for divorce in this land of ours as there are men, which shows quite likely that they have three times the reason for complaint the man does. it is not strange women get tired of the husband who comes home drunk or rum-soaked three nights out of the week. Or that they object to the hus- ‘band who makes a practice of staying out all night. There are women who think théy are being imposed upon when the husband exercises a vocab- ulary that would not be recognized in polite soclety, or when he uses vul- , or when he locks up the family One might go on indefinitely citing the many masculine peculiari- ties calculated to eventually bring a woman to the point where she can no longer live with tile man she mar- ried. We wonder if men ever stop to think that their wives do not have such habits? If a wife gets on her hus- band’s nerves he can clap on his hat and go around the cornmer to “see a man. The woman is denied the right to sidestep home unrleasantnes: She has got to stick right there with her child and her meals to prepare and bear it. Somechow, it does not seem So sirange that three-fourths of the divorces are sougit by the women. It is not so surprising that three wo- men seek release from a soul-disturb- ing bondage to one man. The way to decrease diverce is to increase the decorum of the men who have pledged to love and cherish their wives, not to abuse them. EDITORIAL NOTES. Auburn, Me., has 30 cases of small- pox. Let us hope she will not spread herself, now. William K. Vanderbilt won $130,000 in horse-racing in France last vear. Bill has no Bible class. The emblem of the Chinese republic is the moon, but it is not stated wheth- er full or just a little gibbou: If congre plays all winter, it may be in Washington next July trying to accomplish something creditable. The Beef trust seems capable of thinking of every means to favor itself except dropping the price of meat. The Christmag shoplifter is not de- sirous of avoiding the crush this month. It ig a welcome condition. Happy thought for today: The per- son who will stand most impesition is regarded by some people as a friend. 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. Orlginal 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. The Truly Brave. Who are the truly brave? The boy or giri with self con- trol, Who'd scorn to wrong a living soul! stories or letters only to POETRY. 1 WOULD. would be true, for there are those who trust me; I would be pure, for there are those ‘who care; I would be strong, for there is much to suffer; I°would be brave, there is much to dare. ‘ I would be a friend of all—the foe— the friendles: I would be giving, and forget the gift; I would be humble, for I know my weakness; I would look up—and laugh—and love—and 1ift- —Howard Arnold Walter. DECEMBER. Thou art the month of cold and snow, When stormy Winds around us blow; Eut thou dost bring So many joys To smiling, ro: girls and boys. There’s skating on the frozen pond, There’s many hills to slide and climb, And when Jack Frost bites toes and ears You never shed salt tears. December brings us Santa Claus, Who comes around with lovely toys, So now we wait, but not for long, For Christmas Eve is hurrying on. OLIVE LAURENSON, Age 14. UNCLE JED'S TALK WITH LITTLE FOLKS. Nobody captured the prize bpok this week for the Bird Puzzle. There were two answers, with two mistakes in each, which makes a tie. If thex will give a little more time to the puzale they may solve it. If these two solve it the coming week they shall each have a prize book. When Uncle Jed looks at the pile of letters he has on hand he wonders if he will ever reach the end of them. He has found several this week 80 hastily written that they had to go to the waste basket. Remember that any- thing worth doing at all is worth doing well The children are sending Uncle Jed such good work that they surprise him. Grown-ups do not average very much better work. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO UNCLE JED. Richard C. Moran my nice book. 1 thank you for It is a very entertaining Margaret O’Brie 1 thank you ver: much for my book. I have read it an found it very interesting. I hope some time I will win another. THE PRIZE BOOK WINNERS. 1—Ethel V. J. Erickson of Mansfield Center, a book entitled “The Water Babies,” by Charles Kingsley. The advancement of Archbold to the head of the Standard Oil company is regarded as a distinetion without a difference. Congressman Littleton's 70-minute speech is boiled down té “You lie, you villains, you lie!” by a Massachu- setts paper. It is said Germany is testing Britain to see whose purse is longer, hence she keeps on building Dreadnoughts at a feverish rate. If it was known that a woman's age could be told by feeling her pulse, |some women would be careful how they sit and hold hands. It looks as though Colorado might send Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker to the United States senate. What an im- provement on Guggenheim! The Toledo Blade remarks: “We have no statistics, but fewer people seem to be dving of successful opera- If two Charleston (S. C.) waffles will cure a cold, and three a fever, what is it that carries the death rate of the city up over 29 to the thousand? The Boston Transcript says: “Gran- ite rather than bronze seems fthe prop- er medium to convey to future genera- tlons a notion of - Edward Everett Hale.” This was a part of James B. Me- Namara's confession: “The situation throughout the country was eritical, and so we decided that something must be done, and we were sent to do g The new Canadian parliament finance committee O.K.-cd an appro- priation of $40,000,000 for current ex- penses, says the Ottawa Citizen, in about forty seconds, That is goinz some. A Kansas court has surprised the country by a decision that it is per- fectly proper for a woman to leave her property to her son-in-law. No self- respecting wife can look upen such a decree with favor. A Leng Island oysterman rescued an elmowt exhausted deer from the ‘wa- ters of the Sound. It died on his hands and he wab fined 325 for having it in | his pessession. This is whele the technical enforcement of law results in an injustice. : $5,000 for Free Bed. ‘W. H. Burrows, president of the Mid dletown National bank, received a draft of $5,000 last week from Mrs. Charles Dabney of Dedham, Mas: to esiablish a free bed at the Middle- i sex hospital in Middletown, ‘to bhe! known as the Margaret Sill Hubbard, | menio ;-‘a her auit, wile of E. Florence Battersby of Baltic, a book entitled “Hero Chume,” by Will Allen Dromgoule. £—Troy I. Main of Norwich. a book entitied “Aesop's ‘ables.” 4—Blanche Demuth of Baltic, a book entitled “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” by Harriet Beecher Stowe. 5—Mildred Carroll of Norwich, a book entitled “A Sleepy King,” a fairy tale. - 6—Gussie Strutz of Willimantic, a book entitled “Digging for Gold,” by Horatio Alger, Jr. T—Lillian J. Brewster of Norwic book entitled “Under the Holly.” $—Elsie May Dombroski of Norwich, a book entitled “Helen’s Babies,” by John Habberton. 9—Floyd Rathbone of Norwich. a book entitled “Nursery Tales. Books awarded residents of Norwich may be calied for after 10 a. m. today. a u*rrl..i GRIGINAL STORIES. The Ungrateful Guest. Once upon a time among the soldiers of King Philip there lived a poor man who had done some brave deeds. The king trusted in him very much. One day this soldler was out in a ship when a terrible storm came up. The ship was wrecked, but by clinging to a broken spar the soldier was able to get on shore safely. A farmer took him into his house and kept him there until he was well enough to go home. ‘When he got home he did not tell Philip_that a good farmer nad saved him. He only said: “There is a farm by the seashore which I would like to have.” “You may have it said Philip. So_the soldier made the farmer give up the farm. | The farmer then went to King Philip. He told the king his story and Philip sent for the soldier. The king made the soldier give the farm back to its Tightful owner. King Philin had these words burned in the soldier's forehead: “The Un- grateful Guest.” ETHEL V. J. ERICKSON, Age 12. Mansfield Center. The Tame Robbin. ‘When mamma ‘was small she went out under a trece and found a little robin. She took it home. It used to roost on the corner of the sink. She took it to the garden and fed it worm When it got bigger it flew away. Mam- ma felt sad because she used to carry it on her finger everywhere she went. LLOYD RATHBUN, Age 9. Norwich. The Dog and the Sheep. One day a dog chased his master's sheep. The man heard the dog bark- ingand went to see what was the mat- ter. But when he got there the dog was_ gone and one sheep was almost dead.” - The next day he heard the dog bark- ing and he went to the lot where the sheep were and say; the dog going through the wood: The third day he watched for the dog. About 2 o'clock that next day the dog came and was just ready to kill a sheep when the man shot his gun and friehtened the dog away. The dog never came home for & year, but he never chased sheep again. Af- ter the dog had been home 'six months he dled and the man never kept any miore dogs after that. RUSSELL WHITEHOUSE, Age 11. Mansfield Center- Lulu’s Night Stroll. Lulu a _little black eyed girl. ‘Whoever saw Lulu always saw her pink sunbonnet under ome arm and Minnte, the doll under the other. One night Mr. Brown sald: I think 1 shall take Lulu with me to town.’ iMrs. Brown looked up and sald: “No, I think not. It will be dark soon, and Lulu must be in bed early.” Lulu finished her bread and milk and slipped out of her chair and out into the yard. How Lulu wished she could 0. 5 %r. Brown went out, hitched up the horse and started. Soon after Louise, Lulu's nurse, went to look for her. She called and called, but no one an- swered. She went in and told Mrs. Brown, and soon both were looking for iulu. How Mrs. Brown wished Mr. Brown was home. Her wish was no sooner spoken than Mr. Brown drove intc the vard. that Lulu was lost, and he, too, joired in_the search. Mr, Brown told Mrs. Brown to g into the house. It was near daybreak when a iit:le figure walked into the house, sunbon- net under one arm and Minnie un.sr the other. Mrs. Brown caught Lulu up in her s and hugged her a great many <, After Lulu was put to bed and ev- erything was still, Mr. Brown and Mra. Brown were thanking God thzt Lulu was_safe. FLORENCE BATTERSBY Age 11. Baltic. tl The Two Cana My sunt has two canary birds. They live in separate cages. will fight. Thelr names are Dude and Dick. One she has had about two vears, and the other is twp vears old. My aunt was sick and I took care of the birds. They do not sing. I Ll to give them fcod and \ate long as my aunt was sick, M is -get- ting long, so I will clos: FLOREN South Coventry. Because of a Broken Bar. There were about two hundred and fifty passengers on the big steam car as it made its way down round the bend onto the old iron bridge; but lit- tle did they realize that in three min- utes from then they were in danger of thelr lives; for one of the big iron ba‘s THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT Lelia and Lulia went to school in the seaweel room of the salt sea pool. Mr. Bobster Lobster was the teacher. He stood on a big flat stone. After that, the lessons came. Lelia and Lulia were in the first grade in color, Hach one of the class had to think of something green and make a complete statement. Said Cillti Billi Said Lelia Then Luliz The sea is green.” 'm green.” s turn came, but she could not think of anything green, and 80 she waved her eyes in their handles from side to side; but she was 50 confused (o have them all staring | 'at her she could not see anything ex | vept the teacher. So she said timidly, 'Mr. Bobster Lobster Is green.” He was, but he didn't like to be told of it. He clacked the jaw at the end of bis claw and Lulia was the most frightened little lobster you ever saw. She cried real wet, salt tears all the way from school, but, when she reach- ed home, her mother reprovingly said: ‘It is foolish, my dear, to cry, for the ocean is full of the very wettest, sait- est tears, ana yours are useless, If You must ery, go up omn the dry nd and water the parched vegetable Then the mother served each of her little caughters with a pearly shell piate heaped full of delicious lunch- eon and Lulia was soon as happy as Lelia. The next day at school they learned another color. ‘Red,” said Mr. Bobster, the dread color, You may not undersiand it now, but it siwavs comes to you after you are boiled. My advice i8 to shin red.” Lelia and T.ulia attended school ev- ery day and ihey soon learned every- thing that lobsters siould. They prac- ticed seaweed ard rock hiding, and claw and tail swimming; they grew skilled in water flitting and mud sit- ting; they learned the art of crawling without sprawling end trawling with- out talling™ One day, when they were guite big and strong. they irok a long, long awl from their noine, out—out—into ihe deep, deep sea. They passed through many deep seaweed fields and under the shadows of some nuighty A s KoY A i < rocks: They admired the lovely gar- dens of delicately colored sea anemo- nes and at every step they took in good long breaths of the mice fresh (that Is, salt) water. They had a beautiful walk and were just on the point of turning back to- ward home when tliey espled a new and strange object made of laths and netting. 4 “It looks,” said Lelia, “like a kind of home.” i o It was a lobster pot, although they knew it not. Then théey both smelled {the delicious odor of a well-prepared luncheon. “Let us go in,” is invitingly open. They went in and ate the luncheon. Then—they could not find the wa: out, They "searched everywhere for an ‘opening, but bars of wood seemed tr be on every side. “How we got in,’ like magic.” a Not to get out, decidedly tragic. Day Went, night came; then at last night changed to dawn, and still the aid Lelia, “the door cried Lelia, “seems eried Lulia, “is and found 1o way out. When the sun was up they heard the noise of oars over their heads, and the shadow of a great boat surrounded them. “Perhaps,” Lella said, “it's the fish- grnmwn dre?d‘ Iwh;:'.l‘l boil us red. “We're slowly ing up, I fear,” sald Lulla. “Good-tye, aiater dear. the end is very near. But the fisherman, when he had ralsed the lcbster pot to the boat and opened it, locked disgusted. “Two, and both 100 short.” 8o saving, hs togk Teliz and Lu'ia and dropped them back into the sea. How glad be free again' On their way home they met Cilli- Billi and to!d him their story “Well! Well!” sald Cilli-Billi, “T ee now that it is better for a lobster to be short; for, if you are not short, Yyou are sure to belong to the fisher- man. You are lucky gzirls, 1 think, for if ‘the fisherman had been short of :obm e would not h?n ‘been long they were to Mrs. Brown soon told Mr. BErown You cannot | put them in a cage together, for they | two little lobsters tusged at the bars, | I think | D1 mear the top. The occupants in the inside of the car were "”z"" a lovely time when Crash! Bang! the bridge had given way, and those pople who were happy two minutes before were now perhais | dead or stru or life. : [ { There in ‘water lay the wreck- age, the most pitiful sight ever seca. | Help was not long in coming to them, for the terrible cries and screams had .reached nearly every house within three-quarters of a mile. As there was one house nearby those that could be were taken there as. quickly as possible. A physician was summoned, a nurse and all the hep that was necessary, and the paticnts were cared for as well as could be ex- pected. It wag the first accident that ever happened on that old iron bridge, and I hope it will be the last. . CARRIE WHITEHOUSE. Mansfleld Center. ; He Raises Peacocks and Guinea Hens. One year we raised seven peacocks, | two peacocks and five pea-hens. As the peahen does not cackie, the omiy way we could find her nest was when the peacock crowed. At night Le would fly in the highest tree we had and holler very loud at every noise and sound he heerd during the night. We used to call him our watchdog. I always raise guineas. This year | raised over one hundred. The only way I can find my guineas’ nests is to g0 out and listen for the old hem to cackle. When I hear ber I run where she is. That is the way I find my guineas’ nests. I never have kept an ostrich. I have heard and read in books that they canmot fiy. 1 TROY I MAIN, Age 1L Betty Goes Fishing. Once upon a time there was a'little girl pamed Betty. Betty was eight Years old. She lived near a river. Her father was going fishing and she asked him if she could go. Her father sai : vou will fall in the river.” But Betty said: “No, father; I will not. I wil stay by you.” So her father said: you.” Betty's papa told her mother to fix up a lunch for them. So her mother took a large basket and fixed up a Jarge Innch for two. And they started off and got to the place where they wanted to fish. Then they ihrew in their lines, and first Betty caught a fish, and Kept on fishing all afternoon until it was dark; and then they gath- ered up all their fish and started to go Fome when Betty saw two gruen eyes shining before her. So she told her father to look and he took his rifie with him and shot the Then T will try Year. They took the bear and all their fish home and sa “What a Zood time we nave hdd Betty ate her supper and then went to bed BLANCHE DEMUTH, Age 13. Baltie. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. A Cat That Loved Music. Dear Uncle Jed: T will tell you what I do with the paper every Thursday {after T read it. I cut out all the stories and keep them In a box, and {I am going to get a scrap book |paste them in; and then I can read | them any time I want to. I will also tell you about my cat | Tiny. One night after 1 had gone to bed, my mother and aunt werc sitting n the kitchen when they heard some one begin to play on the piano. They were frightened at first; but at last they got enough courage to go in the parlor to fnd out what it was, they Iit the light, and what did they see but Tiny, walking up and down the plano key She likes music and whenever I go in to practice she always comes in and sits dcwn until I get through. Well, I guess I will close. Your niec MILDRED CARROLIL. (Uncle Jed has to put all the lat- ters in a scrap book in’their order for reference; and he has filled one whole book and almost another. He cuts them out and pastes ‘hem in just scon after printed as ppssible.) | Fip, the Tane Deer. r Uncle Jed: I like to read the ers in Tne Rulletin very much. I e on a farm. I have three brothers. My papa has cows and horses and chickens. ¥ ALL, Asge S. Teonard I F Olivine's Goldfish. Dear Uncle Jed: I want to tell you what happened to my goldfish. I had seven in a large aquarium. They waere gold and silver. They were very tame. I had cne like a pollywog. When I went near and whistled they would come on the water for some- ing on the flocr. 1 gave my goldfish away; but hope to have my aquarium fixed some time, and have more gold- fish. They are very easy to tan Your little niece, QLIVINE GLADU, Age 9. Taftville. A Hen Story. Dear Uncle Jed: 1 shall write a few lines about the hems, We have about 110 hens. We began with two little chicksas that were very sick, so Mr. Baton gave them to us, Last year we had ninety-six hens We wovid get about 70 exgs a day, the highest we got was 78. We have only three Rhode Island red pullets. Our pullets are not la |ing yet, From all our hens we a | only getting about 17 eggs a day, We | have four hencoors. We have 200 | chickens. RALPH AVSTIN, Age 9. ‘Wauregan. Used to Lunch in the Park. Dear Uncle Jed: Two years ago I lived in New York clity; but now I live in Tebanon, Conn. When I lived in New York city friends and 1 went toya park ever: | Saturday, We took our lunch with us. |When we came to the park we sat |down un®er a tree to eat our lunch. | After wé got tmough eating we walk- led around the park. I paid muck attentlon to a little gray equirrel which 1 saw there. It came right up to-us and we gave it scme nuts. After it ate all the nuts {it wanted it went back to its little Louse, whers it lived. Once we saw an elephant with a |tin cup standing near him and those 1assing by dropped a penny inio the cup. After we dropped a penny in the cup the elephant nodded his head as_if to say, “Thank you. We saw ail kinds of birds. We didn’t | know the names of all of them, but | we knew the rames of some of them: | they were the bluebird, the blackbird, | bluejay, canarv, sparrow, plgecn and many other bir One day we saw a monkey that was sitting near a fire eating nuts. After having some candy and ice crean. we took the car and rode home. 1 am your niece, GUSSIE STUTZ, Age 12 Willimanti.: my Tubdy and the Canary Bird. Dear Uncle Jed: I have two' little yets, Onme is a pretty black cat. The and | I have a nice big dog named Jeft d four Kkittens to play with. We have a colt named Pete—he knows his name. And, best of all, my brother has a ret deer med Kip. He plcked him up in the wooés in amer. T brought him up on a He foi-| lows him all over the farm. I have |y plcture taken with him, Good- | bye | DOROTHY F. M’ ithing to eat, They would eat from! my hand. One day an accident hap- pened, the of a chair went | thrown the glass with a crash and the water and goldfish went splash- POL (19 Thur., Fri., Sat. In the TIN WEDDING. TANNA The Odd Oriental Juggler ANOTHER BIG FEATURE P | MATINEE 5 5 EVENINGS 10¢ The White Sister” One of the Greatest Dramas Ever Written. Elaborate Scenic Production. Full Strength of the Company. AUDITORIUM ;% ALLEN, BYRON & BLANCHE A Roaring - Comedy Sketch. World's Greatest Whistling Virtuoso - BREED THEATRE - FEATURE PICTURE. “In Frontier Days.” LOUIS GRANAT ICTURE COMING NEXT WEEK other is a little yellow canary bir She sings t> me. One day she was singing to me, when Tabby jumped upon the couch., “Meow! Meow'” rald Tabby. Then she began to jump for the cage, She jumped once and fell backward. Sne did mot try to ldo it again. 1 picked her up and I said: “You naughty Tabby, why did you do that?” Then she ran cown cellar. Now, I tell you, 'nele Jed, Tabby learnt a lesson not to touch my dear little canard bird, Swe, Your friend, LILLIAN J. BREWSTER, Age 9. Norwich. A Trip to Hartford. Dear Uncle Jel: 1 will now tell you about my trip to Hartford, which was ma a few months ago. 1 left home at seven o'clock In the { morning and took the elght o'cleck e | trom dreeneville ana reached Willi | mantic at aine o'clock, then took the train to Hartford nd reached | there at eleven o'clock. | 1 went to visit my sisters who are living there. | I have a niece; she is only se en | years old, und plays a piano fine. You would be surprised to hear her play. 1 visited three parks and nad lovely times. We took our lunch with us and had a picnic by ourselves., I went to Elizabeth park and think that in the most beautiful park 1 ever saw. Trere were many beds of flow- ers, which re all in bloom. And Saturday. My folks were glad to see me back again. ELSIE MARY DOMBROWRKI, Age Norwich. | day being so fair, and the air 5o b | ing, we were getfing hungry very fat, So we took the car, and came home, having enjoyed our first nutting trip very muc LUCILLE SPAULDING, Age 9 Norwich, The Crow and the Picture. | Dear Uncie Jed: A thirsty erow one morning sou; far and wide for water to quench his thirst. south, east and west. a long-necked piteh He flew north, At last he found | er which was partly filled with water “Now, at last,” he said, “I can have water to drink.” But when he tried to drink, he found | thay he could not reach the water, it stood so low in the pitcher., He | tried and tried in vain, At last a happy thought struck him. He found a pebble near by, brought it | in his bill and dropped it into the water. Then he flew to get another, and another, dropping them into the pitcher, one by one. The water rose higher and hig with every - pebble | until at last he could reach it easily | Then he drank hix fill. Do you not | think that he earned all that he drank | “Where there’s a will there's a wa LUELLA MEDBURY, Age 14. South Canterbur Maybe Not So Greedy. Yuan Shih Kai the choice of being either the first primeir or the first president of China, If he has any of the characteristics of the average office-seeker he will want to be both.—Chicago Record-Herald. Has Taken Good Look. After this trip is over Prestdemt Talt ought to be able to recognize the United States, no ter where he soe; it.—Chicago News. From Now Just bear in mind that may wish it. These Turkeys ever for Christmas. A FEW SU them myself. further bacs were the swings, whiri- pools and other su:h things. There we spent most of vur time. I returned home on the following | Lucille’ Dear Uncle Jed: 1 must write anc tell you about mv walnuating trip. Papa, my little sister, and I went on the trolley car as far a# Baltic, | where we got off. We had a very | pleasant walic of about one mile to cach the place where we were going to ku_-her the nuts. 1 guess the squir s must have heen there first: for wve only got about two quaris. The | IF YOU WANT A FIRST CLASS PIANO. By - th A S, Tlllv-lilt. [ { | | [ | | | ‘\ Bible Question .ox L Your Q.—Can you tell me if it is wreng to | practice hypnetism or mesmeriem? |And if s0, w'v? (D. M. D.) Answer S Interference with the Divine laws or arrangements is sure to result diswsirously. The Creator formed man a free moral akent, en {dowing him with mental faculties, o moral sense, and & will to decide be tween right and wrong, good and ev) {1t is the will that controls or dom) |nates the being. Some people haye st ger, more powerful wills than ot 1t is possible for such to domi nate the weaker willed individual, par cularly where the latter deliberately , surrenders the will to the influence of the other. This is all wrong, and is {ivjurious ‘in this way: Frequent ex- | periments have demonstrated tha where one’s will is controllea bv an | {other, there 1s & weakening of the will | of the person under control, and if per sisted in will eventually result in the ccmplete destruction of the mind or will, leaving the subject an imbecile Perhaps one of the principal reasons wh there is such an alarming in creass in the number of Insanity cases 18 because of the practice of hypno tism on the part of thousands who are ignorant of its dire consequences. Would Fill the Bill, William Loeb is believed to be thr cho'ce of President Taft for manage! lof the next republican national cam pajgn, He would All the bill bett than any man the president could anywhere. Elmira Advertiser, ToGet Its Beneficial Effects. Always Buy the Genvine Sreue-fies flleR°f3[N§eA . manufactured byt | fis Smur €. | | Sold by all leading * Druggists | One Size Only, 50¢ o Bottle | | i ! Until Xmas I shall have on hand at THE FARMERS’ EXCHANGE in The Chapman Block on Broad- way as fine a stock of Fresh Vegetables, Fruits, Meats for the Christmas Holidays as you can find in this city. That lot of 1,000 LIVE Turkeys arrived here a little late; the night before Thanksgiving, but not too late for Christmas. Anybody who wants a live Turkey can have it any time he will be in better condition than Better see me before you place your order. GGESTIONS Apples for pies or good eating. Cabbage, Turnips and Potatoes, all fresh goods. Raised Sweet Cider and Cider Vinegar by the quart or barrel’ Peaches and Jellies canned at home. You can buy all these things at very low prices. Come in and let me show you.