Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 20, 1916, Page 9

know how pleased I was with the prize book. It was so interesting that I think I shall try to win another. = i i STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. Christmas in the Garret. On Christmas Eve in a small, dark room of a crowded tenement house, in the slums of New York, three chil- dren whose clothes were ragged, but lace ain’t there b JOHN BURNS, Age 10. Fitchville. all the time. There are several there. One is parti it is Tots of fun to feed him. is “Blackie.” - He would fiy old Beefeaters hat and look him as if to say: “How do He would also take sugar old man's mouth. Norwich. Dotty and the Biddies. Dotty was sitting on_the doorstep. her right hand clasped tightly around her dolly, watching the little chicka- dees playing like sunbeams in thé sun- shine. It was a warm eun, which indi- cated that summer was at its climax. Dotty watched on and on, and kept watch on the lttle biddies who were scratching away lear life. Finally a sigh escaped Dotty and she changed her attitude of sitting by holding her chin in her hand. Her boundary line. "l":mmlmelfll&‘lhm. ‘We try to keep the yard very clean. ‘We put the paper, pleces of bread and things like that,.that litter up a yard, into the stove. ‘We have bought a piano by giving a play at our school, and now we intend to club together to get a couple of croquet sets, which will make a fine slim girl of twelve, lit a small lamp, by whose dim spluttering light, the bareness of the room and the poverty of its occupents were plainly visible. After eating a scanty supper the stockings were hung by the stove and the younger children went to bed as happy in their anticipation of Christ- from IVY FISK. The Dear Uncle Jed: mmer. In the hammer lles 1 /When she gives her ‘head a toss, It just makes ydu tired. L) | But she has—can you not see?— Something' nice about he i And you do mot feel quite free— ‘way—to In a flout her, i ' she is a perfeot fright th that alarming, ‘When she ‘her face alight— She is simply charming. ; April smiles—a charming smile— Aggravating elf! 'She is trying for a while, To behave herself; Tears are, oh! so swift to flow With this little lass; Smiles are, oh! so quick to go, ‘With her, too, alas! You cannot depend on her— Her most trying fault— You must to Her mood defer ‘When she calls a halt; Frisk and play you cannot, true, With wet skies above her, But she's sweet, and pretty, too, And I know you love h UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. TUncle Jea is aware that there is a great difference in Wide Awakes. Do you know Uncle Jed has distributed for The Bulletin in the past five years two thousand books, and he has never lost but two in the mails, and had only six uncalled for. And in the past five vears it has been_his £00d_fortune to_receive abo seven thousand letters! Of these sev- eral hundred have not been printed, and yet, he has never had a dozen complaints;, and only one real sassy letter and that came from a little dis- appointed girl who didn't understand why her stories had not been printed, and she thougit it was because she had mot written a letter of acknowl- edzment. She did not know that scores of book winners fail to acknowledge the receipt of prize books every year, and that Uncle Jed doesn’t know who has had all of these books, and he at times has so many letters on hand that he doesn’t know who the writer's were or who is disappointed, or who has failed to thank him. Uncle Jed cannot help remembering the Wide-Awakes who take great pains, write good stories and have won a whole shelf of books. He does not know who has won the largest number of books, but he thinks the Brehaut :Sisters must have won well-written story about a hollyhock in the back yard than you be for a story about Thomas Bdison and his ‘wonderful inventions. With all the differences he sees in Wide-Awakes Uncle Jed is fond of them all, for they ate industrious, painstaking and patient, and uniform- 1y well behaved. He always feels sor- ry he hasn’t more books to give them, and that “the tots” do mot win more books. The way to be sure of winning a Dbook 1s to keep trying. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. i—Edward G. Moran, of Norwich: Comrades of the Szddle. 2—Frank Kowats of Stafford Springs: The Boys of Bellwood School. © 3—John B, Purcell of Colchester: The Circus Boys on the Mississippi. 4—Walter Supina of Stafford Springs: Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship. 5—Josephine Bovorika of West Wil- lington: The Camp Fire Girls Across the Sea. 6—Irma D. Graff of Norwich: Rutn Fielding at Silver Ranch. 7—Mary A, Burrill of Stafford Springs: The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat. 8—Ilvy Fisk of Norwich: Ruth Field- ing at Snow Camp. The city winners of books may call at the business office of The Bulletin for them at any hour after 10 a. m. Thursday. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Clarence A. Hathaway of Bozrah- ville: T thank you very much for the prize book you sent me, The Bobbsey Twins in the Country. I have read it half through and find it very inter- esting. Dorothy King of Plainfleld: I re- ceived the prize books awarded to me entitled Three Little Women as Wives, I enjoyed reading it as it was very interesting. 1 thank you very much or it. Mary A. Burrill of Staffora Springs: I thank you very much for the lovely prize book entitled, Treasure Isand. I was surprised and glad to get it. Lillian Murphy of Norwich: I thank you very much for the prize book You sent me. It is the second book of that series that I have won. I en- joyed it very much. Henry Levi of Bozrahyille: I receiv- ed the prize book and appreciate it very much. Raymond Welden of Willimantic: I thank you very much for the prize book I received. I have not read it vet, but I think it will be very inter- esting. 1 am going to send another letter soon. . Edith Purvis of Norwich: You don’t ROBBIE “Heigho! how is this!” cried Auntie merrily, a$ she came into the sitting-room and found Robbie perch- ed upon the £0fa, with his hands in his pockets, swinging his feet discon- solately and . wearing a Wwoe-begone expression upon his plump and usual- Iy jolly face. ‘What can be the matter? Only five days till, Christmas, too!" “That’s just it, Auntig May,” replied Robbie gloomily. * s _everybody flying about and fussing round, set- ting ready | for Christmas, making presents and everything and there isn't a single thing that I can do, as I know of,” and Robbie heaved a sigh that seemed to come clear from his shoes, it was so deep. “Well, well!” Auntie May exclaim- ed, “it is a hard case surely. We must see what can be done about it. Let “Will you think about it? Seem’s if there ought to be something a fellow my size could do, doesn't it?” and he stretched his plump little figure up to its full height. “Indeed it does,” said Auntie May, trying not to laugh, but just then there came a tewmping sound, follow- ed by a loud cry, from the dining- room. “There,” said Robbie, resignedly, “baby’s fell and bumpea himself again. I must go and 'muse him. You be thinking, Auntie May, till I come back” and he ran off, and getting down on his hands and knees, per- formed a variety of antics, which so diverted the baby that in a minute his cries were changes to crows of de- light. Mamma now arrived upon the scene. “That's a good boy, Robbie,” she said, looking much relieved, and giving him mas presents as if they lived in a palace. Later in the evening a poor woman wearily climbed the unending flights of stairs and opened tfe door of humble room, where patiently awalt- ing her mother’s return, Eva sat by the fire, every now and then coaxing its dying embers to a feeble glow, in order to keep the water in the kettle warm. When Bva had gone to bed the mother regarding the little stockings tearfully took from her bundle sev- eral queer-shaped packages, the pur- chasing of which had taken all her hard day’s earnings, which would brink untold joy to her little ones. . As soon as it was light Christmas morning the children bounded out of bed; each scrambled for his precious stocking and emptied its contents be- side her on the floor. Each found a warm pair of mittens, a toy and some candy while Eva, who was fond of stories, received a book which she immediately commenced to read. The earth outside was enveloped in a white blanket sparkling in the morning sunlight and making Christ- mas cheer for everyone, rich and poor alike, - even the little family in the garret. The children played with the toys until_called to dinner which, though not abundant, was wholesome and much better than usual. While they ate Eva %old the story that she had been reading. . In the evening all gathered around the fire while the mother, her face lighted with happiness and’ peace, re- told the old, old story of the shep- herds on the Hills of Bethlehem and The Star which led them to the cradle of the Saviour. WOODS SCHOOL. Staffora Springs. [This story was written by the pu- pils in grades 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Woods school, Ashford. No one alone wrote it, but each helped with the above result—MARY A. BURRILL.] Dominion of Canada. The Dominion of Canada, the most important colony of Great Britain, is almost as large as our country, in- cluding Alaska, but its population is less than twice that of New York city. It bas room and work for many more million people. Canada may be divid- ed into four great regions. The winters of Canada are long and cold. The snow is deep, but the sum- mers are long and warm enough to mature crops, even a little maize be- ing raised in the east, so Canada is a great farming country Seven-tenths of the people are farm- ers, producing a great deal more food than they can consume, so they have much to export. The largest food exports are wheat and wheat flour. The western prairies, with black loamy soil, are now the great centers of wheat raising. The. grain being sent by rail or by the great lakes to Montreal,where British steam- ships load with export grain. The farmers of Ontario and Quebec give great attention to grazing and dairying products. They ship many thousands of cattle and sheep to the meat markets of England, besides a great deal of fresh and canned meats and poultry. Canada raises but a Ht- tle maize, 5o her pigs are fattened on peas. The exports of bacon are larger than all the other meat exports together. Half the milch cows of Canada are in Ontario. Canada has a larger extent of forest than any other lumber-making coun- try. Pines, hardwoods and _spruce make Ontario, Quebec and New Bruns- wick the largest sources of lumber and wood pulp. Hundreds of sawmllls near Ottawa on Lake Omtario and Quebec make these cities the greatest centers of lumber trade. The yield of gold has quadrupled since the discovery of the Yukon gold field in 1897. There are many other £0ld mining regions in British Colum- bla, Western Ontario and Nova Scotia. About half the world’s supply of nickel comes from the Sudbury dis- trict, Ontario. The United States usu- ally ‘buys all of it. Silver, copper and _other abound; but, after gold, coal is the largest 'mineral product. comes from Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, and the islands of the Pacific coast. Manufacturers have made much progress, though the population is too small as yet for the highest industrial development. their Only the coarser kinds of cotton and woolen textiles are made. Clothing, furniture, agricultural metals Most_of it implements, dolly had already been thrown away on | the wealth of a hation. the ground beside the doorstep. How she wished Fred would come and relieve her of the suspense of watching the biddies o that she could go and play in this lovely summer weather! It was so tiresome waiting for his coming that she asked herself why sbouldn’t she go off and play? Surely, the little baby chicks couldn’t wander away and not come back. After a woment's hesitation, for Dotty knew well enough that she was doing wrong by going off, she went away to play in the woods, leaving the biddies to_thelr own destination. She went off happily, forgetting her promise to her brother Fred to watch his hatc, and played till she couldn't play any more, when she fell asleep and went into the land of dream: Meanwhile the little day-old chicia. dees, seeing that they were not watch- ed any more by a tiresome little girl, ndered away, just contrary to Dot- Fred did come and to his surprise and chagrin saw that neither sister nor chicks were In sight. His first thought. of course, was for his little sister, and he went looking for the lost little girl, and after searching for about an hour he found her fast asleep. He carried her to his house and put her in her little bed, where she slept till quite late in the evening. The bid- | dies could not be found and when the ‘| little sister awoke she asked how the little chicks were, and when told they couldn't be found she cried and cried, promising never to disobey when again she was told to do anything. FANNIE RYSHPAN, Age 13. Norwich. addition to the L ‘We also intend to have some ham- mocks under the trees, too. Our teach- er told us how to make these ham- ‘mocks: Get four bran sacks and leaving them double sew them together very strongly. Then take two barrel staves and put one of the staves at each end of the hammock. Then take a rope and tle it to the ends of the barrel staves, so that you can tie it to a tree. Do the same thing with the other end of the hammock. Then all that you have t0 do next is to tie it between two trees and get into it. ‘We girls also belong to the G. F. F. Junior Bird society. JOSEPHINE BOROVICKA, Age 13. ‘West Willington. the world, and the tiny needle which unites ailke the costly silks and satins of a queen and the rough homespuns of a laborer. Not a house is bullt, not a ship floats, nor an engine thunders, not a press speaks, nor a bugle peals, not a spade delves, nor a banner floats. without having endured the blows of the hammer. The hammer teaches us that great ends and large results can be ac- complished only by good. hard,. vig- orous blows: if we would attain use- nd ' reach the full perfection t we are capable of becoming, we must not shrink back from the hardships. buffetings, and hard knocks of life, but early learn to cul- tivate the power of patient endur- ance. EDITH W. HATHAWAY. Bozrahviile. The Frog Fairies. One day Sammy went to play with Jack, who lived near by. They played and had a good time until the first thing they knmew it was dark. Little Sammy set out for home. It was a long way home, to go by the road. There was a swamp which was full of grass and mud and water. The road went around the swamp. When Sammy got to the swamp he looked across it. He could see the lghts in his home. He could soon For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA e CewTAUR ComPANT. WEW YORR OITY. The Lyre Bird. Dear Uncle Jed: [ am going to tell you about the Lyre bird. The name Lyre Bird is given to three Australian birds on account of the peculiarly shaped tail of the male. The outermost feather on either side es outward like the sides of an ancient lyre. while the effect Is heightened by the fact that the two inner tail-feathers are little more than mere shafts, and the twelve oth- ers have very sparse, slender barbs, this suggesting the strings of the in- strument. get home if he went across the swamp. “I think I will cross the swamp,’ he said. “The mud and water So he began to roll up his trousers so as to wade. Still he did not feel sure about it. Just then he heard a little thing wamp say: ‘“Knee deep! It kept saying it over Then he heard a big thing and over. me and he would always get the goal | come back again to eat some more. say: “Better go around! Better go The Wise Old Mouse. The Lyre Bird is about the size of | first ana come back to meet me. = like to watch them eat. i around.” over and over again. A wise 0ld mouse went on tiptoe into|a small fowl. has long, strong legs.| But one day an awful thing hap-| Pecrhaps some day they will be tame “Well, said Sammy, “the little one | the kitchen to see if Jane had swept |and short, weak wings. The general pened: Ray ran away and never ough to eat out of my hand. . says its only knee deep, and the big |y ail the crumbs, There, and to his |color is a live brown. It has a strik- | & . . over | exiough to eat out of my came back. BERTHA E. KOWATS, Age & ons says I better go around. I think oo, hi t Buss, the cat. ing song, is very shy, and inhabits| | e gm il e "wm su.rlrp_":ev n:d"::-e 't Sasiyt “Q.'dm(o P A s “merled for him, but it was all in| Stafford Springs. ——— listef® to her advice, and so I will 80 | Now I shall have a fine dinner.” Vales Now I have a new dogy and he is remes. : argund.” The mouse saw he was In danger HELEN C. CURRAN, Age 12. g1l white. His name In Snook. e e e So_he went all the way by road to of getting caught, so he said: Norwich. “Thank you, Mr. Buzz, but if T am to dine with you, I should like to put on my red Sunday coat. My old jacket is not good enough.” This amused the cat. He had never seen the mouse wearing his red Sun- day coat. Perhaps he will Mr. Ford's run as G. O. P. fayorite son in Michizan 100 impressive to other Ford joke. Mr. Ford" well as the Coionef's big stick have nansy friends but &8 a whole the country is not given {0 going to extremes.—Springfield Repub- lican. MIRIAN SHERVESSKY, Norwich. his tome. He told his mother that fay in the swamp lived fairies. He told her what they sald, but she that they were only frogs; but that he done right because he listened to the big frog. Age 8. My Trip to Portsmouth. Dear Uncle Jed: One day 1 went with my grandpa and had a ride in an automobile to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where my Uncle Dick lives. He is an officer in _the navy. Spring. Dear Uncle Jed: Spring-time 1ia here and the birds have come from the south. The boys have made houses for the birds, so they can build their ANNIE EVANS, Age 11. Mansfield Genter. i 3 1 i | taste better, We went by the way of Worcester. h One Weakness. thought Mr. Buzz. - mnests in them. My Unlucky Fishing Tri “Very well, Mr. Mouse.” he said. “Do|\"hen we reached there we saw the| The silver pussy willws are in| This much may bo said in truth: d ly Unlucky Fishing Trip. S0k e otz for § mm ey T skl e next day I saw some |bioom, and even the little blades of |[The navy which Admiral Fiske @8- beOne brisht sunny day in June my | (oiefor you herer a Tao0me, men X & |grass” are peeping out of the soft, | nounces Acplorably weak woSIE rother Rudolph and lecided to go . s and anirgl y - | brown earth. be a great deal stronge: if he should fishing. We awoke early and started at | oq T e Ph o oSt 1O time, but hasten- | \ yand played every afternoon In the The sky is clear and blue, the air is soft and bright. The boys spin tops and play mar- bles, and the girls play jackstones. half past six o'clock. Just as we were going down the hill to the pond Ru- dolph saw a boat lying on the shore and hurried to see if any oars were in —British Press. We came home by the way of RO S T The cat waited all day, softly sing- ng to himself and thinking of the good dinner he was going to get, but the Not Ancious to Collect. The wages of sin i3 death, but Pans v nice trip. When I parents about wise old mouse did not come back. The children themselves feel that|cno's pay day seems to be have beem it. There were none, In fact, there| "N,y there is a new saying in catiand. - spring is here. How good spring |jndefinitely postponed.—Columbia 8. was_mothing else but rusty cams. | jO% INCTS 1T R BOW Raying n S0 NG, PAUL DRISCOLL, Age 6. |jq > Seat crooked poles and some very small| .. ‘i Norwich. D sweeter than a mouse in a red Sunday FLORIDA SAVAGEAU, Age 11. ~, fishes. e Versailles. He asked me to ride across the pond VIOLET BLANCHARD, Age 13. |Seems Nice to Hear the Birds Sing. — caTammm. with him, but as T had never been in a o Tnel " v rowboat I refused to go. Then we haa| Taftville. Dear Uncle Jed: 1 enjoy reading Down the Ri to walk all the way around to the the """“{""F_““”‘“ every week, and| pDeay Uncle Jed: One spring day | by local ions, as they canmol place where we used to fish for plcke LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. thought I woula write to you. I took my fathers rowboat and |reach the diseased portion of the = e i 1 g0 to school every day and lie | giarted for a trip down — the river | Theresis only one way to cure We waited patlently for a fish to The Band of Mercy. It vory much. I am in the fourth | when it was full of floating ice. The | dcafness. and that is by a conatitul bite and suddenly my fish rod was| Dear Uncle Jed: Have you heard of | £rade * 1ad th . boat always seemed to be in danger of nearly jerked out of my hands. I|The Band of Mercy Club® If you have | Aren't you gla e warm, spring S an inflamed condition Of the mucous r St tipping over, but at last I came to & |lining of the Schian tube. | Wien pulled the rod toward me and as 1 Saps G e s gl not I will tell You what a club is and nice | smooth, open stretch and enjoyed it |t % are c L e o e bis tube is'inflamed you have s Tums - lfted it a big pickerel fell back into|what its aim is. This club is for |€arly in the morning to hear the 8 | very much. It was easy to go down | bling sound or imperfect hearing, the water. I was disappointed, but|school children. singing. T have seen many robins|the river, but very hard to return ;‘hl:;",*h"".*;e;:’» :l;:;'_’mmm“— kept on trying, and after a while had| Its aim is to be kind to everything| In the winter when the ground was - home. T had to pull, and puff, and puff. - o better luck. and everybody. Its rules are as fol- | covered with snow and the poor birds D e i i e T G- T B and pull, before I reached ‘the place [ normal condition. hearing will be My brother and I caught eighteen |lows: could find no food, I used to throw out | where I started from. Stroyed forever. ' Many Cases Of deat perch that day, but the pickerel were| Help and kindness to people. crumbs to them, and starlings. spar- | “Eyver after 1 never went boating | ness are caused by catarrh, which is.as 100 wise to be caught. Kindness to dumb animals. rows, and bluejays, came 10 et | when the siver was fall of fce. infiamed ‘condition of the ‘mucous s WALTER SUPINA, Age 14. Kindness to birds. them < B . R ™ FRANK KOWATS, Age 12. e i Stafford Springs. It was started about forty-fiva years| We should be kind to the birds be-| Stacord Springs. the blood on the mucous surfaces of system. ago in England, and then in other |cause P sz-‘:; h-lfi ;fin‘:'ror —— e il give One Funiref D-= s 5 ountries of Europe they started sim- am going to watc! for any case of catarrhal deafness A Flood in the Chimney. P oty S AR the new ones as they My Little Pats. come_back. GERTRUDE FONTAINE, Age 8. Norwich. cannot be cured by Hall's Ca Circulars free. All druggists, 7 F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, Watsh Child for Worms Worms sap child's One day last rain a nest of washed down fireplace. My attention was called to them by summer, after a heavy chimney swallows was the chimney into the Dear Uncle Jed: I live on a little I have a baby calf named a dear little kitten named and Dick, my canary bird. 1 love to play house, and I hav The Dickie Bird Society, which is the largest in England, has over eight thousand people belonging to it. There are hundreds of thousands of children taking up this work in Eng- Have You the Symptoms. Dear Wide-Awakes: 1 wonder bl ir 4 strength, . the most obstreperous twitterings, and [land. In other countries there are not |any of vou are suffering with grip | Nice large d;".‘m' ,;Z““ one and a|cnild of food and make child - looking behind the fireboard, I dis- |so many. I hope it will be a great|this spring. sreat, ARET O° MAHONY, Age 8. |\ritated, nervous. Watch stool covered three young birds, looking at |success in America. I do not mean the kind of grip that “Ar‘;"‘-h sy ’NY, Age 8. |at first sign or suspicion of worms me open-mouthed, and all clamor-| In Philadelphia the children belong | grown-up folks had all winter, I e give one-half to one lozenge ing together, filling the room with | ing to the Band of Mercy Club havd|mean baseball grip. that comes about Worm Killer, a candy worm remover, 2 their freighténed sounds. meeting rooms and are addressed in|the middle of April My Squirrels. The old bird, by certain signs upon Gives immediate results, is W the town hall by public speakers. The symptoms are impatlence to| Dear Uncle Jed: There are some |Paralyzes and removes the worms, the floor of the room, appeared to| I wish every Wide-Awake would |wait for games to commence, and |squirrels that always come in my at- | proves digestion and general healtli’ have fallen a victim to the appetite of | take this up. And always think of the three rules. The teachers of schools have pins to give to children who do some good act I've won the pin once for taking furniture out of a burning buflding near my house. Giving the pins started Tuesday in my room. All Wide-Awakes should take interest in this good work. LIEWIS SEARS, Age 10. Norwich. tic for _popcorn that I keep on the shdlf. When I look at them they get frightened and run away, but soon anxiety to know how they will end; awful nightmares after you get asleep, and the yells of “Run! Run for your life” “Out! Out” sounds in your ears untll you give one jump out of bed, and sometimes land in the mid- dle of the floor. Next morning Dr. Umpire is called, who consults with ¢ Doctors Catcher and Pitcher, and decide that you have a bad attack of Base Ball grip, and will not recover untll cold weather sets in. of child. Continue giving Worm Killer until all signs of are gone. 25c. at your Druggist. .1 the cat. I brought a basket of wool, and cotton into which I put the poor little bables. I tried to feed them with soaked bread, of which, however, they did not eat with much relish. I hung the basket out of the win- dow, and upon looking in, an hour later, found that two of the birds had escaped. The other was much in- jured, so I wasn't sorry when 1t died.” The other two were so well [Bands of Mercy have been formed among the children of America by the Massachusetts Humane Society for more than a quarter of a century and there are hundreds of thousands of children in America who belong to them.—Uncle Jed.] lumber, leather and wood pulp are the leading products. England takes near- Iy all the leather, and we share largely in_wood pulp, The lakes, 73 miles of canals and the St. Lawrence river make a contin- uous inland waterway from Lake Su- perior to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Considerable of our merchandise, in- cluding maize, wheat, flour and manu- me_think. “O Auntle May, will you?’ cried Robbie, eagerly, jumping down from the sofa and running to her side. grown that I suppose they could shift for themselves. HARRY LEVI, Age 12. Bozrahville, and baby each a hasty kiss, hurried Off to her work again. 5 - Baby resumed his task of dissecting a wooden sheep, and Robble went back to Auntie May. But just then — Sister Jennie's_voice sounded: ‘“Robbie! O Robbie! Come up here a minute, please, I Want you to help Mter Your me a little.” 'Child’s Bath [ue s s Bop Hinking, Aun You Should Use Nothing But EDWARD G. MORAN, Age 13. Norwlich. My Pet Dog Ragsy. Dear Uncle Jed: T am going to tell you about my pet dog. When I was about five years old my father bought me a dog. It was the cutest little dog I ever saw. When- My Thirteenth Birthday. The second day of November I had a birthday party. Many of my friends were invited by mother and 1. Mother decorated the table with The Life of a Ma Dear Uncle Jed:—I am Le: a Give Qur Candies To Children WHY ? We are often asked why our Candies and Chocolates " retain their flavour and sweetness until consumed, while other makes have a gummy, flavorless taste. This objectionable effect is due to excessive use of glucose, which does not improve the candy, but costs less than sugar. maple ever he used to see a carpet or old factures, take this Toute to Europe.|table delicacies. She made @ horn of | e trae. Sacn 1 s el ey gohe t | shoe, he would always chew at it, so dttle legs trudged cheerfully up-stairs, | Many railroads connect Canada with | silver paper for my gifts. D e T v e e s She also made & birthday cake with 13 candles on it. After eating a little, the girls began to sing and dance. We played some jovial games and acted in plays. Some of the games we played were “Bite the Apple,” ducking the head into a basin of water for an apple. Two girls acted Romeo and Juliet. 1 recelved many gifts from my friends, among them a ring, a gold. edged cup and saucer, a flower basket, silk ribbons and a great many other things. My friends said they enjoyed the party very much. ANN ARESNICK, Age 13. I cailed him Ragsy. Sometimes he would run races with * OUCH! LUMBAGD? ° Try Musterole. See How Quickly | It Relieves. You just rub MUSTEROLE in briskly, and usually the pain is gone—a delicious, soothing comfort comes to take its place. MUSTEROLE is a clean, white oint- ment, made with oil of mustard. Use it the United States. The Canadian Pa- cific railroad across the continent is the most direct route for the trade of Eurcpe with the Orlent. Montreal, the largest seaport, and center of commerce, is connected by regular steamship lines with England, Scotland and Ireland. All the gulf of St. Lawrence ports are closed by ice in winter. Montreal's winter trade is done through Halifax, N. S., and Port- land, Me: ‘The ports of Vancouver and Victoria are outlets for the Pacific trade. JOHN B. PURCELL, Age 14. Colchester. Band of Mercy Club. ‘When the first warm sun shone in the spFing 1 began to/ grow. Ono beautiful morning I opened my eyes and looked around, From the top of Mother Maple T could see the blue sky and many other Kinds of green leaves. One day the warm summer rain came pouring down, and the wind blew very hard. 1 was frightened but did not fall down to the ground just then. ‘When autumn came I turmed iInto a gorgeous red leaf. I saw many squirrels running among the trees and gathering nuts. One day in Novem- ber I fell down to the ground and then turned brown and soon the soft white but scarcely were they down again when theye was a step in the front hall, and papa’s voice calling: “Hullo, Robbie! Come here and take this package out to the kitchen, won't you? Tm all snow and want to take care of the horse before I come in.” Robbie rushed off for the package and took it to the kitchen, where he ‘was greeted by Nora with, “Oh, here you are, Robbie; you're the very boy I want. 1 wish you’d just run around the corner and get me a can of bak- ing powder. T need it right away.” So Robbie stuck his head inside the sitting room door and said: “I've got instead of mustard plaster. Will not Ry 2 N . now. a me. s to g0 to the for Nora. "Twon't Bozrahville. SROW SRAGE A I blister. The discriminal public always wants the very best take but a little While, then we can| A few woeks ago Miss Taft of Hart- T e s At e i - Staffora Springs. Doctors and nurses use MUSTEROLE ford visited the schools and told the and recommend it to their patients. children about the Band sf Mercy My Pussy Cat. and purest. Compare ogr candies with other makes and Five minutes later he came back, somewhat out of breath, and rosier |club. Miss' Taft is sent by the Hu-| I heve e dear little pussy whose| A View of the Tower of London. | Thev will gladly tell you what refiefit || you will buy only those made by than ever. “Now, Auntie May,” he|mane society. These clubs are made|Jame is Tabby. She looks like a small| pear Uncle Jed: The Tower 1s|8ives from Sore Throat, og pruted, “nare ‘thought of anything | up of the children of Connecticut. iger with black stripes around her. | urrounded by a moat. There is no | Croup, Stiff Neck, Asthma, Ni - can do for ristmas ?” when, to his astonishment, Auntie May grabbed him and hugged him so tight that it glmost took away what breath he had t. Tabby is very good to me, because every morning 1 give her a nice saucerful of fresh milk. When I sit down on the chair Tabby comes up to me and jumps on my lap. It costs nothing to belong, and its purpose is to be helpful and kind to Dpeople, dumb animals and birds, with- ofit being told. An old lady was going up a steep water in it now, though it could be easily flooded if necessary. It is now used as a drill and playground. The fortress, including the moat, consists of 18 acres. curalgia, Congestion, Pl Rheumatism, Lum- jhyo. Pa‘:'s.u';nifi-]‘ of the Back or Chilblains, Frosted Feet, PETERSON, 132 Main St. of the gxample of Deing kind to human be- sy g, oo A special assortment of Choco- Solid Chocolate Eggs, good for | especially of the guard direct you to the differ- 1t is said that the fort- P 'Pneumonia Anything - One day when I came home from - | Chest (it often prevents 3 Wy you D1aseed Doy, vOu ore a rea | ShE dropped them: tne vas Brewe. and | MIKInS, Teady o give Tabby ner milk, | oas "o (here In Roman times. Wil- | ¢ your drugests, in 25c and SOc S ial for Frid: d Saturdi b e glar Christmas ‘presert o everybody | they rolled down the bl "4 Jittle sir T couldeit dnd her anywhers. T'looked |10 or "For the_ purpose of Drotecting anda special ,:rg:fl ital size for pecial 1or rriday an turday e year round. Not t you | who chanced to be going by ““ eard ; e sure e Qraes < %fi-fl m Mother’s | conid make or buy wi be anything | these oranges, without belng told, ang :dfin;o::’lhm RASWT ant {0’ fhe th;o;“yenwr the Tower by the old | TEROLE. Refuse munmw Bitter Sweet Pepperments, Ib. 29c | Pure Easter Eggs, all colors. o m“um""u““ compared to your loving, willing help- | gave them to the old lady. This is an she was, thanktu to|, YU enter the Tower by th F5n sk for, The Masire Comfort | fulness. ‘WOrTy. dear little childs in diff children, |head about malin, ‘divistmas, pros ETH SUPINA, Age 12. | 27,0 ST S Y undings, . Th lates and other speciaities, Ib. 29c Iren, in different sizes. Stafford Springs. T &5 gs. 1 see about that| A little boy picked up a plece of 2 Small Marshmallow Eggs, good Sykes’ Comfort Powder plain | onts; Still, 1 building, it 1 “Fresh Bon Bons with elegant > Bt by PeREtad | oy e vry vammy ove s | FA0" S of S IR Hardy + Grance e b ey i Ghacton 1 s | o, Sl . i S un- | told. a horse . 3 ‘which if dailywillkeep | tie Maz’s pratse and promise, but b‘:; Step on it at night This ls being During the lessons one afternoon a ;‘:‘—u‘;n.“ry e A Pttty - et for 900 7 skin smooth, freefrom |fore he haa time say anythi o du animals. under storm arose and, seeking to| Here Lord Preston was once im- . . . itching and tions, | mamma’s volce called, “O Robbie,| When snow is on th I the fright hi] 3 odors, chafing, o hen snow is ‘on the ground we| lessen ght of the children, the | prisoned by Queen Mary. OUR SPECIAL 40c BOX is the latest idea in candy come here a minute, dear, I want you,” h COMFORT POWDER C0.. Boston, Mags, ' 214 me.‘:-a;%m R e T 1 2 - {eacher began en ontertaining dis-| It is around here too u;z’ the sad |. urse ‘wonder of elements. [story says the two littie princes “Jimmy,” said ske Onally, turping to | lived, and were put to death by their off he ran be kind to birds without being told. The_class holds meeting_once