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understan: in their £ Do not be afraid to think of birds as your little brothers and sis- ters; do not fail te study them unti ‘you know the song of the wren, the golden robin, the brown thrasher, the vellow warbler and other birds; and know them by their flight as well as by their form and size and the color of their feathers. Do not have all Rules for Young Writers. . L/ Write ~ainly on one side of tne | much for paper , and nuwmber the pages. Helen M. Reynolds of !':- Use peu and ink, aot i l:,efl'-“L wiii | Teceived my “prize book Thursday S el i mt‘c"'m over | mornins. Was very slad to get it. I given preference. > | think it is very nice. Thanks for it. ‘do my school work. I thank you very it, and hope to win others. Eagleville: T 250 words. 3 s :::;: ::k mn:lln:e to you; do not think Lo ,_ & 4. Origlnal stories or letters on! 3 nteresting. 4 i e 5 g - will be used. Wiinncevosh prizs Hooke: The birds and the plants get to be : 1—Jessie Brehaut, of East Norwich, te your name, age and ad- g Brook Girls Across the bottom of the old” acquaintances when you know their names, and they- will add joy to your life. The reason the blind man stood and listened and smiled was because he knew the golden robin and its song found a response in his heart. It Whatever you say—Be truel: f Norwich—Boy | 2Wekened old memories, it was a song Straighttorwardly set, e i R o it Y | of greeting to him, a message of glad Be houest—in fact, S s 3 : . It will be the same to you Be nobody else but you.” 5—Benjamin Stearns, of Norwich— walkes if you make yourselves -~ Pony Rider Boys in Ngw Mexico. receptive tg the pleasures in life God POETRY, §—Mildred V. Morley, of Eagleville— | has planned for vou. R T Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks. Deeds of Kindness. 7—Mildred L. Zabriskie, of Pres- " By Bpes Sargent. ton—The Meadow Brook iGris Afloat. N. Y.—Meado the Country, 2—Jacob Rabinovitch, of Norwich— The Battleship Boys at Sea. l 3—Gertrude Hattin, of Mt. Hope— The Pony Rider Boys on the Alkali. dr.ss plainly ot all communications 1o Un- Address cle Jed, Bulletin Office. “Wtatever yeu are—Be that! STORI;S WRITTEN BY WIDE- - e € AWAKES. Suppose the little cowslip 23 o g Should hang its_golden cup, A N oy oA, / TGeorge Washington. ~ ? And say, “Pm such a tiny flower I'd better not grow up!” How many a weary traviler Would miss its fragrant smell; How many a little child would grieve To lose it from the dell! éutomobl\e Girls at Washington, D. officer then got off his horse, took off his coat and helped the men put the timber in place. Then, turn- ing to the commander, he said: *“Mr. Corporal, when you have an- other job like this, and have not men enough to do it, send for your com- mander-in-chief. I- will come again and help you!” It was General Washington who 4id George Washington was very noble from early childhood. He had a vig- orous constitution, a fine form and great bodily strength. In childhood he was noted for frankness; fearless- ness and ‘moral courage; and yet far removed from manifesting a quarrel- some spirit. He never tyrannized over others, and none was found to at- tempt to tyrannize over him. and said this. The er did not After twelve years of union with | gn, S ~ Mary Ball, when George was but ten | j ik wmtmy mT::g‘g:t citatier ngton timber, y@rs of age, Augustine Washington | that he might help the humblest of his died, leaving George and five other children fatherless. The mother was i) FRANK PARDY, Age 13. Norwich. of Art in New York 3 er pictures that she ! oo 4 painted are Changing Pasture, Con- > lve’ptofl Flock, A Humble Servant and AUGUSTA KRAUSS, Age 12. Plainfield. 9—Elizabeth O’Neil, of Norwich— The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach. ‘Winners of books living in the city may call at The Bulletin business of- fice for them at any hour after 10 a. m, on Thursday. WAR DANCE NO, 2. By MOTHER WILSON. - Imagine one -hundred to two hun- dred , practically nude men whose bodies are daubed with grease and various pigments—rad predominating —hair_long and loose, and these men, formed in a large circle about several haops on poles from which dangled pieces of skin with long bunches of coal biack hair. When this mass of humanity moved to the right in uni- son with very short steps, something in the same way as our soldiers mark] time, the difference being putting the] Suppose the glist'ning dewdrop Upon the grass should say, “What can a little dewdrop do? I'd better roll away.” 1 The blade on which it rested Before the day was done, Without a drop to moisten it, Would wither in the sun. Major Andre. John Andre was born in London In 1751 and entered the army in 1771 -| Having obtained the rank of lieuten- ant, he was sent to America in 1774. His superior talents and fine personal qualities provided for him a rapid pro- motion to the important position of adjutant general with the rank of major in 1779. He was a good scholar, an artist and a man of varied accom- plishments. As Benedict Arnold had offered to betray West Point, Major Andre was selected by Sir Henry Clinton, the British commander, to make the neces- sary arrangements for carrying out the plot. Andre, assuming the name of Anderscn, ascended the Hudson and after ~aving an interview with Arnold, by whom he was furnished with maps and plans of West Point and a pass through the American lines, began his return trip to the city of For Over Thirty Years equal to the task thus imposed upon her ang the income of the entire prop- erty was left to her until the children should respectively come of age. Mrs, Alexander Hamilton tells the story that, when George Washington was on the meridian of his fame, a brilliant party was given in his honor at Fredericksbure Va. ‘When the church bell rang the hour of nine, his mother rose and said: . “Come, George, it is nine o’clock; it is time for us to go home.” ., like a dutiful son, offered her his arm, and they retired. Mrs. Hamilton admits, however, that after ‘Washington his seen his mother safe- Suppose the little breézes Upor a summer day, Should think themselves too small to cool /The trav’ller on his way, . Who would not miss the smallest, And softest ones that blow, i And think they make a great mistake | If they were talking so? H 2 Abraham Lincoln. Stephen Brice was employed by Mr. Whipple. Mr. Whipple came In and handed a letter to Stephen. Mr. foot down its width to the right and a general bending and swaying of the whole body in harmony witll the beat- ing of drums and the peculiar, growl- ing vell of the whole of the Indians present, there was not much else for a paleface to do but keep behind a tree. "Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Whipple interrupted him: “Yes, Abraham Lincoln.” Stephen had read of this Lincoln in the papers. He said: “Does Mr. Whip- ple wish to_employ Lincoln, the rail- How many deeds of kindness Each one of us may do, Although we have so little strength, And little wisdom, too! We want a loving spirit. Much more than strengih, to prove How many things we ail may do Sarah who was two years older than |shooter, one of thé he. selected Confederates. He had been . because he was a s gl e o splitter, of Ilinols o t : SRR o et Lo R et Swore, Drandiohed and snaken at | AL Bixicon vesrs ot abe Georoe ven | o Steiien Brice went te Springflela. | Now York He was intercepted i | PTRharm 014 porlice Buntine Eol O e moidier bepan s R the’ scalps. At times there would be [a man in character and almost & man | Ho_then went to house No. 37. There | TaTr¥town by three militlamen, Fohn | 0, 0¢, B bos ing: oo i changes. A leader here and there|in stature, left school. He excelled in | W3S & man sitting on the top stair |y 0" Co% S8&TR Vo C000 ne incau- | Abraham wore buckskin boots and “Cover my defenceless heall The Dear Little Children. would jump towards the hoops, utter | mathematical studles, and had become | StePhen went up to him and asked if | §A0 Waarl, wWie, dScovering el | gl iiin . trousers. With the shadow of they wing= 1 love to watch the children play, |a peculiar vell, undoubtedly the same | familiar with the principles of geome. | T, IAncoln was at home, = | cficer, fook him & er. On| One day a disease got into the|and such was the the effect upon the (Hey, there, get off that flower bed!) | kind as vears ago was heard in Con- | try and trigonometry and of practical revm"_'i D DO R oo searching his person mley founa the | conony. je said the cows had| Confederate that he did not take the 1t takes me back full many a day. necticut—recite his piece, which I then | surveying” Tt then wasd his intention eaten a nous lant. M I (Don't yell g0 loud; vowll spiit my plans for West Polnt between _his pofsorous_plani rs Stephen turned away from the man | young man’s life. did not understand, but from gestures |to become a civil engineer, At that stockings and the soles of his feat. | coln drank some of this m and v head!) and tones imagined to be a descrip-|time, in this new and rapldly growing | 824 Went down the street. He went ? taken sick and died. They could not|heard that same voice and the eame :| fion of how (he scaln was taken. This |country, there was a greal demand | 901 & oo o S o S e e Bethal Bia caplore: WRe Canductad hiss ioter t preasty ar hir fo- | meand old song off [the: bosces oF: e So gracetully they romp about, | dancing was kept up for a long time, |for such services, and the employ- | DOV Te asked the boy if he could tel | | TU% . ont *Colonel Jameson, who ich made Abraham | Potomac. It his wath (Here, Jimmy, dou’t do that again!) | the squaw’s part being to glide in at | ment was very lucrative. g s et 3 e b said | resolved to send him to General Ar- | feel badly i rapture. It almost seems a fairy rout. _ times and slap and otherwise show to| He had formed his character upon |, T Euess & caf. U s 00" 88C| 1519 but was @issuaded mot to by | One day Mr. Lincoln shouldered his| “Beg : bt -wese you (Look out! There goes the window- | the scalpers what they would do if | the rizht model. Everything he did | jne POY- CHS flves FIEne nere, Whew | areior Tanmadse. gun and went away. He did not tell | engaged in the late ” pane!) £ 3‘:}’ b the Chippewas in person to :;rd;a well. nl:je wm:‘a"leu’e&, every o L — e Major Andre was tried as a spy and | Abraham and Sarah where he was go-| “Yes, m_;; the man of - with. was as plain as print, with spell- | #7200 = 4racteq Stephen to a small | Was condemned to be hanged by a|ing. Several waeks passed, when one{swered: fought undee W‘(e;-h:;;; :;‘guvflr;"lfi :;",ut?:'.. It really frightened me until the mis- | ing, capitals, punctuation, all correct. | , 1€ hOF Crectec WePhen 10 8 SRS | poard of six major generals and eight | day Abraham heard a shout. He saw | Grant. sionary told me the government would not allow them to torture, or do as they threatened. Indeed, Mr. Han- His diagrams and tables were never scribbled off, but all executed with great beauty. These excellent habits, brigadier generals. Bir Henry Clinton made an earnest endeavor to save his life, but they a wagon in which were a man, wo- two girls and Abra- Lincoln. fate) 8tephen Brice took a speeial train “T did my fighting on the other ef8a,* To hit the thrown baill as it fiies. speaker, man, one boy, continued the first ham's father. (Ouch! Who did that! My poor old pate!) £ Their sport is mad, vet earnest, too, (ThEl Jimmy’s killed that cat of Half serious in all they do. (I'll go Inside to finish this.) i LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Ruth B. Pollard, of Taftville—I re- | ceilved the prize book you sent me last | week and I thank you very much for ' it T found it very Interesting, as it is the kind of a book I Iike | Harriet Perkins, of Colchester—I { thank you ever so much for the love- } . iy prize book entitled Robinson Cru- moe. 1 have read it half throush and : Jike it very much. Liflian Brehaut of Wast Norwich. N, .: 1 received the prize Hook you sent and I thank you very much for it. I . have read it and I think it is very in- teresting. | Mary Burrell of Stafford Springs: 1 | recetved the prize book you sent me, Bockers, and thank you very much for . it. I have read it through already and enjoyed the story. 1 wes imed to t find it when I came homse from school. 1 have never won a prime book before. | Ethel of Taftville: The prize ! ®book which you sent me was very I |) teresting. Y was so ‘interested in " reading it that it was hard for.me to cock used to stop certain dances when the Indians got too excited. They liked him, but were afraid of him as he had the government force at_Fort Snelling at his command. For the present these chapters will be disjointed. Our next will be My First Burial Scene. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE. AWAKES, 1 saw a Dlind man stop the other day and listen to the song of a golden robin; and not hearing him very dis- tinctly he turned around to catch the melody in the ear which served him best. He could not see the beautiful spring landscape or the pretty blos- soms, but the joy of this little bird excited gladness in his heart. In his ‘world of darkness he got the message | of joy from the dird and when he received that he knew the green leaves ‘were there and the blossoms. His face glowed as he listened and a smile played upon his countenance, but he did not know a soul saw him and knew that he and nature were in communion and that therein he had found delight, A score of people had walked by and had not stopped to listen and but few stopped during the entire day, although the same message was re- jpeated constantly during the day. JOEY JOY, A ROLLICKING BOY Joey Joy shed many a tear that ! night end was awake when the birds | besan to sing, but he did mot enjoy the music, because he was very busy thinking how he should escape two things—the shame of being led to * school by his fakher, and the pain of a | whipping which he did not think was right because it was two punishments " Another Day of Truancy first to the pastures ‘and there it was t he met a lad about his own age who was going to the fields to thus early formed, through life, JESS:! East Norwich, N. Y. Thomas A. Edison, Thomas A. Edison was born in Mi- lan, O., February 11, 1847. boyhood ent positions and while employed as & railroad train boy, he became much interest. his attention to this and in a short time in consequence of his improvements, a number of messages could be sent over the same wire at the same time. So_numerous and rapid have been his inventions that he is considered the greatest genius in the world. ‘To him we are indebted for electric Hghts, the phonograph, other wonderful things of the world. HARRIET PERKIN Colchester. ed were retained IE BREHAUT. During his he worked in many differ- in . telegraphy. He turned and many James Watt. James Watt, the discoverer of the steam. engine, was born in Scotland in 1736, in the town of Greennock, on the Clyde river. tle fellow, but wasn't very strong. He was a bright lit- In his time there wasn't any steam en- gine only one which was used by the miners to pump the water out of the It was a rude structure and broke down many_times. When he was a little boy his mother would send him to his grandmother’s mines. to spend the day. He would sit for hours Jooking at the kettle and the steam coming out of it. It seemed as if there was a giant in there ang it was trying to get out. Many times his grandmother would sa; ‘James, you lazy bairn, go and bfl%fl in some wood.” hen he discovered the steam en- gine, he didn’t know how great his discovery was, and if he was living now he wouldn't recognize it, it is so changed. JACOB RABINOVITCH, Age 11. Norwich, to the place. While he was on his way he passed Lincoln in an old wagon. He rode on until he came to a tavern. He saw many _country Dpoliticians standing about. He went up to-a man and asked If Abraham Lincoln was in “Old Abe? Well, I guess mot, if it is half past ten! “How am I to know Lincoin?” asked Stephen. “You pick out the ugliest looking man In the group,” said the man. Brice went up and gave the letter to Lincoln, who was stories to the boys. Lincoin was goilng to debate ‘with Stephen A. Douglas the next day. He read the letter which Stephen had given him, took up his silk hat and put the letter in the top of it, which was about full now. ““Well, boys,” sald Lincoln, “I am going to take a walk.” He asked Stephen if he wanted to go with him. Stephen said he would like to go. Lincoln went out and left the boys all alone. They talked as they went down the street. They soon came back and Lincoln wept to his own room. The next morning Iincoln went down to Freeport, where he was to debate with Stephen A. Douglas in the famous Freeport debate. - Douglas was dressed up in very fine clothes, while Lincoln had on a shab- by old coat. Brice sat on, the very front seat. Lincoln made his debate first. en he began people laughed, but gradual- ly he forgot himself and thought only of his subject. His voice became a mighty weapon and the people were | astonished at his great ability. After his debate Lincoln said to Stephen Brice: “Say, you pitied me last night, didn’t you, Steve?” “Yes,” admitted Steve, “but T never will again, sir.” A great sadness came over Lincoin’s face as he said: “Pray God you never may be called to.” “Ihis sadness was a shadow of the ‘weed onions for a farmer and he was asked to join him and help. Joey was not afrald of work, and he knew he could buy something ‘to eat if he had a little money So he went with Jimmy to the onion field to pull the weeds and the maggots Two Famous Explorers. The early French North America were' heroic men. They endured many missionaries in hardships. Among ionarfes was the brave great calamity that would afterwards befall this great, noble man. MILDRED L. ZABRISKIE. Preston. Franklin Pierce. for one wrong deed. There was no * window in the room.and he looked out of the long rows so that the onions could grow large and saleable and find arquette. Indians told him of a great Franklin Pierce was born at Hills- borough, New Hampshire, in March, were unavailing and he was executed at Tappan Oct. 2, 1780. He behaved ‘with dignity on this occasion and his fate excited deep and general sympa- 1hy. ‘The day before his death he drew a portrait of himself which is now in the Trumbull gallery of Yale college. A monument was erected to his memory in Westminster abbey. ELIZABETH O'NEIL, Age 13. Norwich. Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant. , Gen. Ulysses Grant was born in a house on the bank of the Ohio river. His father was a tanner. He made leather, from hides. Soon after Ulysses' birth s father moved to another house. Here he had a farm and a tanyard. Ulysses was very fond of horses. He could ride horseback when he was about six years old. He became a cadet at West Point, & place on the Hudson where boys are taught to be soldiers. He went home as_Lieutenant Grant. ‘War broke out between our country and Mexico and the young lieutenant was called upon to fight the Mexicans. During the two years of this war he learned to be a better soldier in a greater war. He was made commander of the union forces during the Civil war. He and his soldiers won some important victories for the union. At last, after four years of hard fighting, General Lee, the commander of the confeder- a;:& surrendered to General Grant in 1865. 3 Several years after he was elected president of the United States. After four years he became president again He died in 1885. A beautiful monument at Riverside Park, New York, marks the place where he rests. ALICE M. GORMAN, Age 11. Versaillees. Sir William Napier. Sir William Napier once met a littie girl five years old who was sobbing over a_ pitcher which she had broken. When he tried to comfort her she ask- ed him to mend the pitcher. He told her he could not mend it, but he would glve her a sixpence to buy a new one. On iooking in his purse, he found that he had no money to give the chiid. Thomas Lincoln had been to a town where he once worked. He knew a woman there whose hus- band had died. This woman had three children so she was willing to marry Mr. Lincoln. It took four horses to carry her furniture and clothes. Abraham Lincoln had but jittle schooling. If all his school days had been added up it would make only twelve months. When Abraham was nineteen years o0ld he had to go New Orleans for Mr. Gentry, After he got back the world was different to him. He wanted to do many great things. He sald he was going to study to be a lawyer. He was sent to the state legislature. Later the South and the North had| war over slaves. It was called the | Civil war, Abraham was the chosen president Yof the United S time. Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the 1 d_States. GERTRUDE HATTIN, Age 10. Mt. Hope. Israel Putnam’s Life. -~ Israel Putnam was a brave man who loved both home and country and fought bravely for them. About the vear 1739 Putnam went to Connecticut to build a home. The country was unsettled. Among oth- | er things people suffered from wolves. | One night Putnam had se five sheep and goats kilied and mar and kids wounded by an oid % old wolf had long At last a party hunt her. She too den. Dogs, guns, and fire force her out, and no man c because they were afraid of he Putnam_ in spite of all his friends, went in. = He took off his cont and then fastened a rope to one His sign was to snip his fingers when the men were to pull him out He crept in. 'All was dari it_was night but he s The wolf gnashed hi Then Putnam gave and the men pulled him out olf. This | pture. | to | teeth | he sign | He load- and fired it and the then he came out. All thougit would be dead, but when, the him they were surprised and shouts | of joy were heard from evervbody ed to feel alone. I_have seen General Grants damb ThNew York. FRANK PARDY, Age B Norwich. Hannibal. Hannibal was born in Carthage and was the son of his noted father, Ham- ilcar Barca. When a boy Hammibal was led up to the altar by his father and made to vow he would newer take the Roman side. ‘When Hannibal grew up he started to capture cities In Spain. He tried to capture first Sazantum. The Romans heard of it and took the Spanish side, end warned Hannibal who he was fighting. But he pald no attention to the Romans and went on besiging the city. He finally captured It This was an act of war. Very soom Ttaly had two consuls. One went to Spain and the other to Africa. Hannibal made preparations to-make war. He had thirty-seven elephants and many men. He started to cross the Alps and on the way endured many hardships. He won many bat- tles in Italy and at last to rid them- selves of him they semt Sciplo to Africa to drive back It soo~ ceeded. They met at Zama and Han- nibal was defeated. He escaped with a few of his followers. JESSIE F, BMIEXY, Age T Colchester. Coughed for Three Years. “I am a lover of your godsend and sclence. Your Discovery, Have you any anhoying stubborn and won't yleld to ; ! £ at a knothole over which a thin clap- |a ready market. 3 river in the Weast. Marquette was| 1804, “I will bring you the sixpence to- | around. obwd“mde!h::e:e x;-:( -::x;: was shining On their hands and knees they crept | joined by another daring explorer hen he was quite young his father | morrow,” he said. ‘“Meet me here at MARW WHELAN. Buckien's Arnica Salve for ptmples. 1 and, looked around as still as a mouse to see if he could not find some clothes and quietly fles from the wrath to come in the hot sun until long after dinner ’berr)re the last was done and Joey had a bdbright lver quarter to show for his industr if his reputation as named Joliet. These two men decided to explore the mysterious river. They had two !nfi‘ his love for books. 1820 he went to Bowdoin college at Brunswick, Maine. When his time this same hour.” The chlld was comforted and officer went on his way. ‘When Sir Willlam reached home he the Norwich. Franklin and Electricty. canoes, a small stock of dried meat, | was out he stood third in class. before his parents were awake. In mG a2 pupil was growing blacker every |and five men. The little company| When he came back he :t‘:dled law | found awaiting him an invitation from | In 1749 Benjamin Franklin turned creAalel your appetite; stops indiges- #tiic he found a pair of trousers anhi | minute. set out on a beautiful day in May, 1672, | and was soon at the bar. a friend which he greatly desiréd to | his attention to electricity. He was !y ""voy can eat x old straw hat and a&s he quietly ld inio the yard his old smile came for he had escaped the thinzs most dreaded. He took u few gresn apples and cold water for his break- fast and when he was missed he was far from home, looking more than ever like-a gamin, but Uving to have Jimmy wanted him to go to Meadow Creek for a swim, and Joey said he would go with him if he could swim, but At was a dangerous place for a boy who did not know how_ to swim, the banks were so steep and the w: ter so deep. and the two lads trudged { &s good a time as possible under the clroumstances. Joey did not feel right. No little boy who is led by. fear to do wrong things and to disobey his parents ever does. He could remember when he liked to go to school so well that he pestered the teachers to let him in; and when he heard the pupils singing im concert & “O cdine, come away From labor now reposing.” he used to join the song on the out- side of the school room and became such a little disturber of the peace that the teacher requested that he be per- mitted to attend; and in his ignorance he had been changed to a truant by a ‘Boston boy who showed him “how to play hookey,” which seemed to hi; to be an innocent and respectable together to Meadow Creek, - Jimmy had told Joey a lie and the first thing Joey knew after he had swam across the brook was that Jim- my was in the water drowning; and he jumped in the water and was able to help Jimmy to.the shore and to save his Hfe. The boys dressed and Joey scolded Jlmmy for telling a wrong story, and they did not part as very good friends, for both of them might have been drowned. oey went and bought some food, but he did not dare go home: but after dark he decided he would go to ihts father’'s garden and sleep in the corn, and then he could call to his parents if he saw _Satan dodging around looking ' for him. He went to the corn patch, but there was no sleep. He could ses the light Many times they were attacked by unfriendly Indians. their dangerous journey as far as the Arkansas river. had ever sailed such a long distance They continued No other white men |on the Mississippl riv At first he did not do as well as he expected, but he said that he feit that he could hold his own in the court- heuse in a way that would please both imself and his friends. This came true. He was known as a man of The journey- back w Four months of hard labor were spent in returning to Lake Michigan. They | had traveled miles. Mary 154 Few men have been more useful to the world than these two explorers. Norwich. Mary Queen of Scots. Queen of Scots was born A. D, . 'Mary was sent to France for safety where/she was educated and married the eldest son of France. Seventeen years tween the death of James V and M: returned to Scotland. The husband Mary had become king of France un- der the name of Francis IL. His death very difficult. twenty-four hundred BENJAMIN STEARNS, of the king passed away be- took place shortly afterward, when brains. In 1853 Frankkn ongress. In 1842 he gave up his seat at the senate, though he kept up the study of law with his own folks in Concord, New Hampshire, In 1864 there was a war with Mex- ico. Then it was drill, drill drill, and read up on that sort of work. He took a low post at first, but soon was at the head of the Ninth. President Polk made him general the next year. While in war his horse fell and dled. The rider was very much hurt, but with skill kept on. Franklin Pierce was made president of the United States on March 4, 1853. He made the fourteenth president. He was true to his land and did what he thought right toward fit. Franklin Pierce died at Concord, Pierce went to < accept, but his acceptance would have prevented him from meeting the littie girl. . He therefore declined the invitation, writing to his frined: “I could not dis- appoint the child, because she trusted in me.” ANNA .;BLATHERWK:K, Age 13. Norwioh. Frank Sunday Walk. Frank!in landed in Philadelphia. one Sunday morning in 1723. He was tired and hungry. He had but a single dol- lar in the world. As he walked along he saw a baker shop open and he went in and bought three great puffy rolls for a penny each. Then he started up Market street, where he was one day { to_have his newspaper office. He had a small loaf of bread tucked under each arm and as he walked he was eating another one, and it tasted very good indeed to him. As he passed a house he noticed n! nice looki: young woman at the door, Bhe sécmed to want to laugh, as well she might, for Franklin appeared .ike a youthful tramp who had been rob- | i of | always interested in any subject | learning and founded the University of Pennsylvania. Besides being a prinaer, author, and owner of a newspaper, he organized the first police of Philadeiphia, a fire company, militia. a hospt founded the American Philosophical society and the Great Library Corporation of Philadeiphia. He first noted the likeness between electricity and lightening and found they agreed In swiftness, color ~and in giving light. ii‘e‘ hoped a spire might be built in Philadelphia so he could attract elec- tricity from the clouds_ but as none was built he decided to use a Kite. His kite was made of a silk hand- kerchief stretched on cedar sticks. Or- dinary twine was attached to this. On the top of the kite was a steel wire with a pointed end. A piece of silk ribbon was tied on the end of the twine after the kite was raised and a key attached to the same place. With his son he stood under a shed and awaited results. This was in spring stomach 1752, me. in the window and once in a whil Mary was only nineteen. New Hampshire, in the year 1896. 3 inz the string was FARM He did not want to be whipped any | could hear his motner open the Soa | Queen Hlizabath who was then on the EDITH P. FOSTER, Age 12. T ;;'r';e.;ra“;:xgm:’ (B DEMOCRATR, more and he did not want to be mor- |in her anxiety and look out into the| throne of England, was cousin to North Franklin. received a shock and CONORS tified by being led o school as a tru- ant instead of being trusted to =me alone. He was called a bad boy by his parenis and his teacher, but he wasn’t, his fear d his pride only made him seem to be, Joey Joy seem- ®d to be well and unruly when he was full of sorrow and siek at heart. One littié misstep—one small mistake—had ‘brought him into di ite and a sor- nwtulx relation to h 'n&-gn%’ua the night and then closs the door an Beck to walt for him, e o knew wl t was ‘o feel guilt 3!.‘ ‘wretch, but fe 'hald‘ h‘:‘u’l from doing right until a/freater fear possessed him and he /fed for the door and mother. When /the dew fell Joey looked ‘up in astonishment for he thought it rained. The sky was clear and eve ‘star was brightly shining in- its piace and : concluded: that Joey G6d must be-drenching Iiim with wa- - ter he Mary, and the latter was regarded by many as having a better claim to the throne than Elizabeth. o Mary was a Catholic and had educated in French manners. Scot- land was es to her a foreign land. The fbeginning of her misfortune was her three to Lord Darnley. She had times by the time she Was twenty-six years old, and she reigned over could rot any longer, headed at Fotheringay castl 1587, seven years and Marie Rosa Bonheur. Rosa Bonheur was born in Bordeaux, France, in the year 1822. Her parents were very poor. Her father was an artist. His name was Raymond Bonheur. Her mother was a music teacker, They were so poor that their father hed to teach. - ‘When Rosa was eight years old her parents meved te Paris, While they, ‘Wwere i) in Pari thdrm,otiherdld, he could not have got a better wife in tho whole of his lfe. IRENE M. MATHIEU, Age 12. Columbla. 35 Abraham Lincoln. One day Abraham's grandfather was ai 1 i Bome near] the key he for the first time lightning and elec- tricity were proved to be the same essence. RATYMOND MeNALLY, Putnam. General Grant's Picket. 3 General Grant’s army was resting for the night, and the pickeis were