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s and it is when the ‘wind is|as most ¢harged with polien that the “hay and ad- t-verwq and sensitive peo- ; : of ths! ple sn themselves thin and sneeze| During the evening a boat bearins a : % gl B e ; flag of trace passed between the Brit: - Address all munications 1> Un- ¥ b uhnndthewmnputnot.hmgwnmu cle Jed. Bulletin by 2 s him, and the result Bull S con the morning)of the 1ith of August | , (18 [emale lays four to six pretty |y 000 L0 dIGhY sleeping % lden rods and|Commodore Hardy, seeing that furth e esEs. ie sets on them :l::e?s‘ee;:etmu::ei?s::my: and in | 8fTOTtS to destroy ‘the place would b6 | for two or three weeks while the maie | he slipped out to hunt for ¥ useless, directed. thi . | watches close by so nothing will harm | UT8; e countrieswhere pines abound they have | turn to the Hummosk o 2" 0 T |her. When the birds are hatched the | Thus he tofled on for some. time “Weatever you are—Be that! ‘Whatever you say—Be truel. Btraightforwardly act, ooed “sulshur showers” that sulphur has| ' The British ships threw overboard a | M2le is busy” getting worms and in- no_results. e "a.h“:::‘mm.u":"nuz you" “no part in. The pine-polien colors 1:;!; :Mnfnfiw of shot which, pioked ;’rg'-'n:g':pg;:;;! :\?h::t-h a’tl‘cmlt‘tle onea o . . 2 the rains yellow, and ignorant people -mm“}"‘i‘f&% Age 12, |Bave Tio' feathers bub i twe w (hey | Fearby Sapiration’ POETRY. - who think the water gathers sulphur| Stonington. g %y Iwill have feathers and then they | Dim- T v MM _ —_ from the air, make this mistake. l:there:er:chut, efl)r.( :he mother and : - Tbmmykins Trumble would growl and}, yoy need not zo about to see the A True Story. B branois ok aner o :.yn?:.’“fif"&m ehth. the’ ¥ Round, thin, tender— + 1t fis breakfast was not just right; | wonders of the world, for Af you are| In the spring fime when the birds|whlie: : ® | was sitting. ired by tnis thought | | with a delightful favor It wuc;mq:lle the same when bedtime ;:;i;—a;fieyz:: uwwi:: l::"m;-:‘::‘y of quall bullt her ne-':“x: : ym“l:ll: n“t: ml:dg:bgq ie;:;al;z BI;l\::led b:x'l’l'i;f it was morning when he finally stag- —appropriate for luncheon, tea and ? culiar place. «__ |ings. The phoebe is smaller th ¥or he'd ory with all his might. bl S It was about three feet from the|Tobin. ‘They bulld their nests of hay |50ld Pieces, buried during the war, To behave he learned, good digestion| WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. ' |roadiside in some high grass ' °|and straw with just a Iitte mua" i |nd,he dropped. exhausted. o ‘ A er nest .she s 0 the bullding. They also" = W et bt ofek: 1 Eva Alperin, of Mansfield Four| Seven esgs about one-fourth the size[have a soft lining of hair, or string |, V1Sh Dis parents discovered him, For they praised each mite as they | Corners—The Litile Queen. % Ghe. day. Before tha close of ‘school | e et erer e bhoebe lavs about | 1%, T, MU Sz pure uck to start ¥ 3 close of school | five si eggs with brownish A e o odoot naughty tricks,| .2, Meriam Griswold, of Norwich| some of the children found the nest.|on them. The birds are hatched in |With. and hard work did the rest e T Town—Sweet F's. Every day they went there to see if|the same length of time as th LILLIAN BREHAUT, Age 16. : & 5 T e robins 3 i Now, listen, youw'll hear their “tweet”| 3 Alice F. Burrill, . of Stafford u‘g‘ Wdf:'e !:y ¥oung quails. are and taught to fly the same, East - Norwich, N. Y. of good cheer, N Springs—Autommobiie Girls at Chica-| _One s they brought a little dog|- A swallow’s nest is' made mostly of 4 2 As he throws down a handful of| go. vith fthem. = After this the mother |muq and always built In some bulld- My First Trip This*Summer. pin s Borsthy: King, "o Piainaeid—| Sgudiafl mk cA"%. fox her “nest acd |lng of snder the slee of L voor Tue | P et st 8 - - " % 3 b 3 = Ly ut five white . N t 25 CGORYNendy; el okt “Black Beauty. A lady llving near who was inter- esas. Norwich, = We left this place at The humming birds. are very small {minutes to 7 oclock. We 5 Mildred White, of Stafora| Sted 1n the guail had a bantam hen|and build & ‘tiny mest in a bush. It | Baitic. There we saw a cousin. We Spri A Courler "of Bmpire. vch wan to set, so she took the|is made of moss and hair. went to church and after church we ngs— > seventeen eggs and put them under The golden orioles are as large as|went to the cemetery at Baltic. There “Goody, o0d!” o'er and o'er again. et X “Tweety, tweety, tweet, tweet; I'm so = g % Mary Bromley, of = Stonington— | her hen. the robins. They hav ! her and father s| , sleep, sleep, X 'y ‘e golden and | m; indfather, mother Th“',“,‘_;’, o ki oW Automobile Girls at Chicago. hanmter two weeks or more, she|black wings. They bulld & swinging e buricd. There were some of And fuck each wee head in ma's| 7 Marion M. Whosler, of Stoning-| Miched fourteen baby qualls,all of [nest of hair, strin and hay. The | papa’s old friends buried there. My Pri £ " feather bed, ton—Language and Poetry of Flowers. e were well and strong. ¥ orioles are very pretty birds, father was born in Baltic. = At 12 nce of appetizers. As into chick dreamland they go. A d" a few days ore of them died,| Quails have their rudely builf nest | o'clock we took the car for Greeneville, Makes daily trips from 7 —Wisdom. 8 ‘Myron Ringland, of Norwich} accidentlly hurt by the mother ban-|in the grass and lay from eight to | There we stayed for three hours. When Gi S Land to Text Town—In Wild Africa. T > ten clear white eggs. While the fe- | we returned to Baltic we went In the inger-Snap 1 " —— E 9—lrene Mathieu, of Columbia—| 1. So n?r:he_ has thirteen young, live- male sets on the eggs the male calls | convent and saw Sister Rose. She is waiting mouths every- Auntie’s Stori Dorothy Dimple Out West. y auail hoping to reach the age of|“Bob-Bob-White,” ‘ter call evervone’s | very nice. expensive. where. Say Zu Zu to one year or more. attention so they will not hurt the fe- the grocer man. 5 cents. » This unusual sight of a bantam hen | male. T'm sick of aunty’s stores, LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.| mothering a flock of young quall The bluebirds and sparrows have For every single one makes a never ending source of inter- | pretty nests and eggs, too. Is Aktmd of hinting, hinting, . Naney Tetreault, of Versailles: I re-| est to the small children, as Wwell as s i INA MATHIEU, Age 13. Columbia, LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Birds are useful, destroying insects - I have done, reived the pretty prize book, “Grace| grown ups living on Quambaug road,|that ea If aunty sees at dinner Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School.” | in Stonington, Oher " thing - They . shio. mane. a | Mow Desthy Wes. Taught .o New I want two helps of pie which you sent me. I have read it A great many of the neighbors have | world bright and beautiful by singing. Bl She tells a story 'bout a pig, through. It is very interesting. I|called on the young lady owner of MARY A. BURRILL, Age 12. | Dear Uncle Jed: Once there was a Seem’s if that pig was I thank you very much for it. them. Staffora Springs. 3 * | 1ittle girl who would never get up early She_lslie of ‘sniiis and_gitls B ¢ Wauregan: 1|, This younz lady has beem advised Lo s iAY, in the morning. Her mother tried many o e it e TR aEe Do Sgny. aeN\TAE. ths Jovely Ly st oeishitey o diake &8 exiibi- The Injured Lamb; ways of making Dorothy get up early, "Cher yarns are awful long.) prize book, “A Regular Tombby.” I| ton Of the banty hen and her quails but in vain. (f she can raise them all) at the| There once lived three little girls| 'Opce she told her to try to get up North Stonington fair next year. and ~one little boy. The eldest Zirl's | pefore -the morning glories . opened, MARY BROMLEY, Age 13. |Dame was Gertrude, 1f 1 could hear just one good tale| have read it all and like it very mu'ch. Fhat Sy At Ruth Scrivener, of Norwich: I thank < the next Ruth. | Dorothy tried this for a few days, but Td be for twenty thousand months| oot TR for the book entitled | Stonington.- and the youngest Bessie. The little wooa, sgt tired of it and stopped. As good as I'can be. . IGrace Harlowe's Senior Year at _— boy’s name was Benjamin. Now these | ~ Finally her brother Ralph had an High School” 1 am spending my va- Plants. oy Shildren owned a pet lamb, whose | jgea. He had, three pet _crabs that \? i I canno Nigger. om, an Vervs h v No one is really Almira Kramer, of Colchester: Thank | dom. One morni 7 Bi | 5o Mol -ceawaed "Qvek Hior ] gl NATIONAL : ng Ruth went to give him nd crawled over her hand. world who _does not see the wonder- | you ever so much for the lovely prise| Plants are found on nearly all parts | his milk, and when she left she for- | Ppmcrr maake mith 5 soream and | | BISCUIT ful things taking plm_ubout him | book, “Bockers” that you sent to me.|of the surface of the earth, on dry|got to close the gate. jumped out of bed, screaming for her| ! 1 am sure no one would want a nicer | land@ and in the water, but no two e g O dattie ki ) mother. _She came in to find Dorothy | | Most of you know the plantain a [ POOK. s i hekt e an iy bit to her astonishment she saw | running ‘around the room with the : COMPANY Norwich: I thank 1 e was wide open, an lowing her. _weed pest which, like the dandelion| Frank Pardy. of formich: - RS0 | countries and generally grow smaller | Nigger was nowhere to be found, S Raloh toid her If she would set up| | Always look for that name has to be dug out of the lawn every | YOU YO T I tfiied, “The Grammar | 33 W€ €0 foward the cold parts of the| She went home. sad and downheart- [ ne would take them out. After th vear Defore it goes to ses. Half the| SChool Boys in Summer Athletics.” It| (oooRs 2T8 IRCY do mot grow at the $out “af The chlAren ooetoe ) the | he sent them into her room every! | people in the world do not know there| is a very nice book. very great depths in seas and lakes. |porch. They Qid not hear hey foot. | OrRIng until she got in the habit of At noon Gertrude went to feed Nig- Plain and Stuffed with pepper and celery. Large and small is anything wonderful about it, but| Ajice M. German, of Versaiilés: I| Flants Erow in a great many forms. | steps until she stood b seting ‘sn. . ST i thete 4 romulved 'the Interesting prize book. “A | Many of these forms. such as trees; | Fath looked. up and mre coem ed CaraaanA, KRS A 12 bottles. ~Every.-one a big bot- The plantaim.ds a poor relation of| Soldier of thp Legion)” which you shrubs, mosses, grasses and ferns, are | by the look on Gertrude's face. She window, from where we could see the .t have read it through and | well known to ¥s, but there aré mia: Slatmed: “Whyt & o e obrmcd tle for the price. the sky-blue spesdwell, acultivated | Spnt ™% T K278 TEOC T T - | more- kinds. | e Has shvtiiak pan ety SO PN We did not light a lamp for fear i e, AR garden flower in America, but & Wild| " "CTe. L of Stafford Springs: | posome DIARts live but a short time: | ““Yes Ruth. we have no littla lambt~ | Dear Uncle Jjed- One oy 2% Lovaallt was a man he would see usjand P“fl?' m.t .t - ut others live for hundreds of years. W ! walking in e woods I s ped on an | ryn, meadow plant in Great Britain. I want to thank you for. the _prize ¥ Gertrude! - What do you | jig rotten log and heard a falnt squeak | "1 aid not think 1 was a man, buf o Plants i It 18 a wind flower, for without the| book entitled The Grammar School| some earthe marier Bhy Loter and|mean make them! Then Gertrude told inside. I got the axe and ¢ut it in|went and woke papa. Hee dressed & Franklin St. aid of the wind it would become ex-| Boys in the Woods, I have read it all | glow. “There are a few winde of planis| itils Bran beoid the whole story. | two. I saw & wood mouse, but could | and took nhis lantern and gun. and . terminated. It doesn’t try to make | through and enoved the story YeV|which can stand much cold, such as| “Hush, Bessie! Don't cry!” said|DOt catch it. It was the size of awent out to the coop. There was an JUSTIN HOLDEN.' Propridter any Qlaplay of flowérs and you may | Z0CB. This ls the lichens, fungi and masses, Gertrude. “We will all look for him.” | DOuse mouse, and the color was a red- old hen all huddled up in one corner G R Most plants grow from seeds. When | They all started at once on their | 4Sh brown. protecting her brood against a skunk. never have dreamed each spike the seeds are planted the dampness in | litle journey to the woods: but no | _ ORNCe @ boy near by gave me some| Papa shot at the skunk, but did not T. P. MA]NE, M. D plantain holds up a hundred little | STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- | the earth makes them swell. The skin | trace of Nigger could they see, wood miee he had caught, but as I|kill him, only wounded him. He has s - four-rayed blossoms, so faded and AWAKES, * 0f the seed soon breaks and a little| Bessie was so anxious to find him | &id not know what to feed them I let|not been back. | Physician and Surgeon, tying: mo DatiagtrEd. the aten that-ft root pushs out and goes downward and | she walked on ahead, All of a sud- | them o am_ led to believe they| | dressed and went out to hold the g v gy Rl o s Dot Be & Ctwhrd: then a stalk comes out and shoots up- | den they heard Bessie’s cry of joy. |t Worms they find in old rotten logs. | jantern for papa while he moved the | Office Ward Building, Corner Main and is even . 9tIce, o : ward. “Hufrab! . Tve’foond him." If anyone catches one and wishes to | hen and her chicks tg a different place. Market 3&-1-. These tiny Slowers have pistils and| “I won't tell a lie! I won't be sush| , Plants have a great many uses. The; They -all ran to where B: keep it. it will be safe to feed it woims | ~ After that we lod<ed at the othar -11 2. m., 3 to 4 p. . smamens just like any self fortilizing | & coward” sald a fine little fellow Sive us food, many comforts and Totrd Thege Thas Mot Maes: i 2o of old fogs. They are great pets when | setting hens fo sce if they were all e, T . and evén medicines. Also all our | ¢ iy amed; in fact, any mouse is. right. We then went to the house and | flowers, but, the pistils ripen first and|i; to his playmates, and Lhe:; Jrere | clothing comes from plants, and. they o s p‘;:(sed him up very care. | MY brother once bought a pair of | the clock was striking 2. 1t did not! Telephone 1296. the stamens last. And the plantain | telling him how he could deceive sive us material which buildings, fur- | fully, for he had broken a joint in his | Yellow mice. One we called Piff a3d | take me lonz to get into bed. But I | ————eeeey ? % lding. mitu; P he other Puff. i i 2 blossoms open like the gladiola, from | mother and escape a scol ture, tools and a great many other | fronf leg. They took him h the other Pu! did not go to sieep right away. Bot SR Ae Bpike; AL At Vo He was right; and so was Charlie | things are made of. The fave also | bandaged his 1og nud tonn mocectd | They were very gentle and would run [ © When I awoke my cousin was at my Why the Laws Were Repealed. the bottom o _epike; YOU | Mann right, and was rewarded for it, | many more uses. ered from his injury and was anle ig | UP our sleeves and back arain, and | side to tell me it was time to get up. The Illinois legislature last wintes will gather a haif-blown spike you will | g5 the following story will show: BERTHA N. BURRILL, Age 14. |run about again © | then would crawl on our heads and Zo MIRIAM GRISWOLD, Age 10, | repealed the act which provided for @ see that all the stamens are ripe below | A young offender whose name was| Stafford Springs. " DOROTHY KING. _{to sleep. They até bread, cheese or| xorwich Tpwn. s | bounty of 10 cents a head on crows, and ell the pistils above. 'If the op- C'lharllle Ml;ln sm:.;‘}:d’;dl::ielpue :{ — Plainfield, ¢ most anything. It was amazing to see ‘i = 25-cents on groundhogs and § cents fog poste arrangement prevalled the | frer but he quiokly thought: ~What My Dog Jip. 2 i cremi > & SRt et S o ton i repaei. 1a (hat Waeae pollen would fall and they would be | am I running for? It was an accident! | One evening after dusk, just as the| Preserving Cocoa Beans in Clay. One night they got out of their cage, | Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would ?:"S:;“h,‘%['g:mee Soto the st 66 Pt ertiltaing: urt {he odutila bolow | Why not turn and tell the truth?” hoon was beginning to rise over the| Dear Uncle Jed: Can you imagine | but as they were gentle and we caught | /K€ to enter the Wide-Awake Circle. | =T dh and protecting < No sooner thought than done.|Deautiful golden hills, mother and I|Such a thing as coating a cocoa bean | them very easily. There are twernty-two scholars in|raising groundhogs have withered and the plant is making | ~p,7iie was a brave boy.. He told how | thought we would take & little walk | With clay, or wathing it - s oo One morning we found thom both | OUr school Rk, o the v seed before the staméns Tipen. the ball slipped from . his hand and donn the road to meet father. Strange it is, and yet it is done. dead and we were led to believe they My teacher's name is Miss Palmer. % Her Chei Tiu et i o MR sitke | wiar tHECuE the. Binflow’ bl the distance we saw yim coming, | Most of our cocoa comes from the | had eaten something. they found that| I am in the seventh grade at school. B Tosk Mo - ¥ how fuzzy It has become, This| Charlie sald he had no money, but|But did not think it was' him for in | British West Indies and this form of | had polsoned them. I walk'a mile and three-quarters t0 | In Riverside, Cal, a woman who na ; would work to pay for the glass, [his hand he carried a large basket, |coating the cocoa bean is regarded| It,was a sad ending for our little | school. was convicted of stealing rose bushes 1 adso designed that the wind shall not | Chariie did work In the store, and af- | Ve Were soon together and walking as_the best method of preserving it. | pets. We have a large school vard and |from a private estate was told to take it top much, and so the invisible | ter he had paid up for the glass the |lome. Father told me to carry the While in its pod, a cocoa bean i MYRON RINGLAND. |2 lot of games to play. her choice, of a sentence or restoring of pollen ocarried by the|owner said he had done well and kept basket for in it was a surprise enclosed in a layer of thick wnm:: Norwich, Town. I hope Uncle Jed and all of the}the bushes. She chose the latter, and WS amali e Riisht o 1k him for a clerk. 5 it On reaching home I at once opened | tissue, which, after the bean is re- —_ Wide-Awakes are well. under the direction of the court planted - “Ab, what a lucky day when I broke |1t and found it contained a beautiful [ moved from the pod, becomes discol- * The Town of Mansfield . MARY A. MACHT, Age 12. | fifty rose bushes along the side of the Bo you see the detested plantain|that glass” he used to say. 3 ackgand white puppy. ored and shrunken and eyen slimy. o Columbia. road near the estate. weed is really a wonderful seed pro-| ‘“No, Charlie,” his mother would re- | 3ofher and I were both surprised |It is possible, of course, to wash the | Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would = | mark. “What a lucky-day it was when | 20d You may be sure we thanked |fermented tissues off th tell you about the town of Mansfield. Gucing machine and in Hs perform-| TR0 o ot atraid to tell the truth.” | father many times. this was found to be injurious ta the | The town of Mansfield is one of the N A iy Life Exeervie, ances is far superior to anything man FRANK PARDY, Age 13. Every single day I feed him and |kernels. towns of Tolland county, and contains | o 0 © " c_iif Will Be Shipped to| The Scientific American descrihes a ocan invent. E ‘Norwich. take him for his morning’s walk. About 100 pounds of these cocoa | 2PQUt 52 square miles. e A S pontoon or raft which may be de- 3l BOAE A Aedades Bawes” by He has a very cute little bed made | beans are spread out on a huge dry- | _TJe roads of Mansfield are as good Fénneyivee tached from a sinking ship and which - . of -straw and hay right behind the |ing blatfo) as those of other towns of the county, 5 would remain afloat as a refuge for botaniets because it has céased. to| < ;l'ho a-uuh.:es;:::::::;n fop | StOVe and e is very warm and i bir 3 p‘:,,‘.er{;;“', ;‘;f}‘}v 1‘;:‘;;,,;!;;&013 except one of the roads in Vernon,| Moving a hill even a rewdfm vn:;"ed those in the water. Such a pomtoon a tall spike with colored flow- & An?m%-::t o Ravepasate cogflnz during the' night. color and freed from organic matter. | WHICh is.much better than the'others | too big a job for Mohammed, but 10da¥, | woylq be sufficient to accommodate in in California, a mountain is being oy o wm ye shipped three thousand miles to Penn- | 20 CTCTECRCy L @ R anic. e - i sz ‘make ers to oall the insects to cooperate with I share most everything I have with |is mixed i vi of the county. lebration in the town of Stonington. | pj ) s mixed in with them and the whole it for-a drop of nectary e him for he likes sweets. stirred around with long wooden shov- | , The bridges are kept in good condi I thought I would write a story about| We often take a rom Son dnithe s s Py 5 Tomp in the woods | els until parficles of the earth have | tion in the town. Ry Perhaps you ‘have not learned that | it for the Wide-Awakes. togeth i s ave b . ek Situated at Lompoc, Santa Barabara OFf coutse, my family are deeply in- | somsrmcrs, “hobrii oo 'S, Shasing the | fastened themselves upon the sticky [ The Bublic bulldings are kep: very Lo iguits Bacy A Newer Patriotism the Dright-colored fragrant flowers ick th 2 | outsi ; good. 'The Aericultural college and | County, this mountain i really a heap warse . t night we . go down to meet 1 4 other towns of the county do not have | Posed sea shells. is sol - » ‘; will 834 further that my family and|ana carry home his Bundles . - | Sun. ARd When menciv 55 the bon | this advantage. They incredse = ine|orial earth and has a high value for irade. It certainly shows the rewer 3 hope many of the WideAwakes | ers pile thém up in heaps and sprinkje | POPUIStion of Mansfield and help the | insulating purposes and for jeweler's | higher patriotivm Sn, (it CoReq Sme have a little pet like mine, for if they | enough water on each heap to make | (8rmers in that they can sell their | STinding pastes. The earth is white|ls o~ - A sweet and rich colors, while the e Sun. “After that they: are readsy to he | Mansfield. One school in the town is % g i Du:’,nbf;'; 52‘2'5‘;‘3-;;.:. sent to the manufacturers te be mads | divided into two rooms, thus making A Newspaper Secret. such a gang? asks Walt Mason. my playiates when F nearg oS With | into chocolate or cocoa. twelve teachers in the town. A great many persons have beea o EVA*AL] N, Age 18. ¢ rich calling me. I at once obeyed th . ~ JESSIE L. BREHAUT. PERIN, wondering how editors all get s0 A kind man agked me It I weorj| 'East Nerwieh, N, Y. Mansfield Four Corners. !have I am sure they are never I - it tick: produce. 2 in color, fluffy in consistency, and ex- | New York Evening Sun. £ 9 ANGIE WHITE, Age 15. with their naked feet, walk around |1f any disease breaks out in town they | containing _fifty tons each go east Do You Believe In M. Staord Springs, on them and mix them so thoroughly | !r¥ 8 in all other towhs not to let it | monthly. 'When the Jash caf g8e8 OO0 - that the seed-coats of - | spread. t W possible to tel < My Pet. come wlossy. Then ther: ave noroci| The schools are. improved every|much the mountain weighed—From i By VENITA RUTH DUDGEON I have often wished for a cat, and | OUt 28ain to thoroughly dry in the | YeaTs. There are eleven schools in | the Youth's Companion. tion? I kicked the ball across the !, A kin room and she bounced after it, frantic K® an Angora cat. y > Quickly and with such small effort. A that | The H Bird Mildred’s Pets. brother editor whose name we know white dog - WiEh DAk ametn, B o with and returned directly with it | L 54id “Yes” and ‘thanked the man e Humming Bird. othert editor, whose ilhe; Se T can. Every time I sit. down to raad|in he’l:'outh She laid ““'?‘tymy raa:‘ VO;‘yt x:n;c::t 5 ,;‘;hfi Il:uml:nnfg bird is another bird otD;:: !)!'::rl: -V.c'l - ‘!“;em -;‘ l:.l:(le“fl}el says the Macon (Kas.) Times-Demo- Bnowball will pose again and began her coaxi S _every day. When I call | Which is only found in America, This n n P - = "',',:’m.b, ke ;l?; et e wipatis ,W,:‘it‘:g‘f:;:flu to give it its breakfast, it follows | Dird is so-called from the sound made | Chickens for my pets. Every day 1; A nursery firm will send us a 25- | Did you ever see a dog play bfll?lmy boot, Who could resist the tempu,~‘ o i me every place I go. It Is th by its wi Th, h feed them and care for them. . rowe bush for only $5 worth of e e D e I crar . Tl body how thevi| e housenold. | © ® the et of | 23la most beautiru of ail birds. Their | My name is Mikired. and I bave a advertising. ke e i hiipinaas Wil | Ava my Siorst. WAL T casit secite] SUE 1 was luvited tos party. While | COI6E) SRENENIL the Hafv.of the rein e A Dowet Gk s oy, Tor rumaios. & ebitech P 3 2 ? 4 . ¥ ittle s Y. we can a gross not bother us too much with her “play | which attraction was the more com. | & .8 & fine.time playing all sorts | b e o e " 0-'of games, 1 heard a scratch at The mUseles of the humming bird’s I am golng to start to school In'the | pilis. all -xpneifoml R e e pel‘"n';. !wpl:ytzd 50: a few momen's gmor and T went to the call and thens | wings are stronger for the size ot their | fall. and I know I will like it. 3 About one dozen firms are eager to Clears Away 8kin Eruptions. One GA-’| :l* ml.“h“' Dosed lll_.Y Gl’la Dh l?t lDS up in my lap. Iwns my pet cat outside wanting to bodies than those of any other bird; Every day mamma reads The Nor- give shares in gold mines for adv 5 o8 in reading, Snowball, as usual, posed el paushty little, cute little, clevor | come in and have a good time also. T |(his makes them able to fly with great | Wich Bulletin and finds it very inter- | tising. at feet. -Itook no n K 2 “na :w_ remonstrated. ~ “T™iS took it in and sat it in the chair until | SWiftness and to hover over a.flower | ®sting. Th Wwhy 1 want to learn| For $40 worth of advertising and 335 I no “KT“’ and put that ball out T was-ready to go home. When the | While they sip the honey or catch |t read, so I can mad it also. .cash we can own a bicycle that sells of my sight and let me read; then I party was over it Tollowed me. insects in it. Thelr bills are slender | [ am ®oing o grandma’s next week | retail at $25. shall play after dinner. reaching heme 1 put it and long, and hope to have a fine time, which I A fellow out West wants us to run To my utter amazement the little bed behind the ‘sta: Humming birds do not sing, but | feel sure T shall have. a lot of advertising for him for noth- f night, have only a. kind of shrill cry. Your new Wide-Awake friend. ing, and if he gets results he may be- || and over to the machine, dropped it into MILDRED WHITE, Age 13, They build very preity nests of| = 3 MILDRED BOYBR. |come a customer. E fecl the open drawer, where she had found Stafford Springs, mosses and lichens, lining them with | Stafford Springs. For running $12 worth of -threw away it, and closed it emphatically with ner fisse T 2 N cotton er any other sofi thing which e P can get two tickets entitling us to nose. =k My Gardin they can find, and lay two white eggs A Surprised Skunk. mission to a circus forty. house- You see, Snowball is my Aunty’ y Gal . about as as peas. - ~Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would A gun firm wants dandruff, dog, and 1 was visiting her at the One day last month Mr. Brundage, | The hummln'l' birds of the north go | write you and the Wide-Awakes what | worth of advertising i time. Aunt_Florence never goes away our supervisor in culture, brought | south in and return in May. | happehed at home last Sunday | $10 in exchange for a that she does not_take the pet a - m._; imntx; mm:‘m u;:mwhlch I set :hafi are species in the United fi’hh a gun woild retail at abo ‘her'| out in the garden my er gave tates, but the: only one found east t wag abont. 1 o'clock when my| When a man dies the. -and | . Besides my tomatoes 1 planted :'3; of the Mis ibpi river is the ruby- | cousin awoke me. I was @a%ed and | gets from to $150 to bury tuce, carrots, parsnips, radishes and |throated humming bird. did_not kmow: where | was at first. editor gets nothing for Potatoes. e B by everybedy for mhm‘n‘hu-.'lohll-m. g o it