Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 14, 1916, Page 9

THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTHENT NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1916 Rules for Yourg Weiters. o 1. Write plainly on one slde of the paper cply, sad o th 2. Use pom &xnd ink not 3. Smert and poinied win Dbe tpven preference, Do ot Ue over ; ] B M Beiont’ siastes or fettete unly and ad- 0 bottom of the dérsss al! communisations te Dncle 3nG, Bullatin Cfics. o "Wratevar you are—Be tha Whataver yuu eay—Be truel Struighiforwardly act Ee houest—in fact, Se 30body else bt you~ POETRY. Old Don is Dead. ©Ola Don, our dear old dog, is dead and sone, And I am lonesome, for ¥ miss him 50; He was my playmate, and my con- stant chum, And went with me wherever I would 0. Ho was (he kindest dog I ever knew, And bhe was always honest and poilte; Devold of il the meanness of his kind, And aiwava dla the thing he knew was right. He used to ron and find my ball for “feteh,” and carry things loved the labor that it recollection of a time Don was not forever at my side, sharer of my childish griefs and s constant pleasure, and his His big brown eves were ever fill of he would lay his head upon as a holy love, eath the arching shone for me, in dear old Don's brown eyes. And while the weary ahead, © Al lonely, gloom, Stretch out in dreary prospect, still T know vears of life and beset with tears and hall omb. I feel meet old Don beyond “The eTi - then, Because I know that when I reach the goal ‘Where spirits dwell, that he will meet 5 me there, or dogs liké good old Don all have a soul. is not so poignant Therefore, T have a sweet, sustaining hops To ar my tears, and bid my heart whisper: “Don has gone | wake again, so be not And vou shall see his soft brown eyes glow, ‘With all the light of duty, faith and a soul, and those who have been good . and ove. —By Jake H. Harrison. know their masters 'UNCLE JED’S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. There is nothing that makes more trouble for children than disobedience or that annoys parents more. A child w doesn’t mind cannot be trusted to do the little things wl are so helpful to their parents. Jf mother asks Mary to tend the baby she knows she will and be faitnf: if father asks Frank to do an errand of any kind and come yight back, and Frank is in the habit of doing erc is no doubt either wilt @o as bid, and there are no cross or punishments. a either at home or at echool 1®ad only a stupld boy or girl fails to realize this. No one in this world can do as they have & mind to for that would pro- duce conditions of disorder which ‘would not be agreeable to any one. Where every one does as they please there can be no government and no reliance upon any one. It 18 only by acting for the good of ono another that home or town can be made a pleasant place to live in, or & school become a reliable place to learn o Our parents all have to be obedient to the laws of town and state and to the rules of the places in which they are guests or held in custody. In- telligent obedlence Is all there is to ctvilization, and the proof the people have ceased to be mavagaes. Boys and girls who do not mind are little «avages; and if they grow up and become fixed in this bad habit the world uses them savagely. They geot poor pay and poor food and many of them get into prison. It is easy to mind, and it makes people around you pleasanter, and re- sults in all having greater comfort in whatever positicn in life they may be put. Learn to mind your parents, your teachers and the laws and you will be sure to become good citizens. WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Elizabeth M. Verveer, of Boston —Owlet Booklets. 2—Miriam Shereshevsky, of Norwich —The Motor Maids in Fair Japan 3—Ella_Rockwood, of North lin—The Boy Aviators in Africa. 4.—Frieda Rethovsky, of Norwich— The Motor Malds' Scheol Days. 5—Blanche Lucier, of Taftville—The Bungalow Eoys. 6—Grace Goddard, of Willimantic— The Motor Maids at Surprise Camp. 7—Alvin Lachapelle, of South Centerbury—The Loy Inventors Div- ing Torpedo Boat. s—Catherine A. Dunn, of Through the Looking Glass. nk- Vorwich— The winners of prize books living in the city mey call at the Bulletin business offce for them at any hour after 10 a. m. Thursday. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Esther Hyman of Norwich—I thank you very much for the prize book ycu sent me. Josephine Atwood of Willimantic— I thank you very much for the nice prize book you sent me. I have a few chapters and found it very teresting. Roland Maurice of Versailles—I thank you very much for the prize book which I won. I have read it through ana think it ve Alice M. Gorman of Ver: received the nice prize book ed Uncle Sam’s Boys in the Rank+ which you sent me. I thank you very much for it. Esther Shershevsky, of Norwicn- 1 thank you very much for the prize book you gave me and have found 1t ¢ intercsting. very interesting. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. The American Indians, “The Americ Indian Wi first found by Columbus when he discov- cred the West Iidies. He named them Indians because he thought he had discovered a part of the Indies and they were the natives. Some peo- ple think they camec from Asia and others think they are one of the ten lost_tribes of Israel. The' ‘Indians were were a well built race. was coarse, black and straight. Their eyes were emall, black and deep-set. They had high cheek bones and prom- inent noses. The skin of the Indians is like that of sn old piece of cop- per. The Indians had flat heads which is due to binding the head while young. The Indians think it is very tall, and Their _hai better to be willing than to be|and fightins. a mark of beauty to have a flat head. The men did not do anything around the wigwam but go hunting. fishing The women had to do all the work around the wigwam, and THE CURIOSITY OF BRIGHT EYES | . (Written for The Bulletin) i DBright e WAS a tle girl who bmen givon this nickname because s always wide awake when it s proper for Ifttle girls to have their Zeycs open wids. It was in the spring time and mamma was making a gac- iden. Mamma not only knew how to make 2 garden, but aleo how to walt for seeds to take root In the ground and £row to become plants with fowers. Hho wns bugy mal ng a soft esrthen ths sceds when Bright Byos ired— What 'e0 doT™ famma explained to her she was ing n nios bed for posies to WFOW b "“To steep m!* cosrectad Bright Eyes, For ahe ¥row itile zirls slspt T goft Zeds, but she had sot et learnsd thoy rew in them, %o0. T “For posics to grow In” saii mam- oo, “for posies grow in beds in warm “woither all the time, and slogp and Test when it s foo co)d for them to %rovr." ] 7 AL ke postes—I seo ‘em grew,” said 1gh 3 Bright Byes. " ‘{e s2ds ? S thia Wido-awoke Hitle o ed where Soere B d the flows:% werd 10 e o 22y: sad lanted, ;r'vr:.vmwn\ T aiient ae, i ead com 3 : 3 Zame on C me ~ti enough done somes aencc! L@, and {5 320 her flower bod alf spoi e was: “Brighs Bres couldn’t wall® was ? and gone.’ 7 She was told tho flowers Were not pade but_that curlosit ked. Rright Byes had iy novahty. Bbeushty, sho was gri 20d ufils p u rlof over and her mhfl oW iness can grow 5 vas I “Whot ths fowor-ted sald to called und sho ex- wouldn' dig to find them, and impatience A made .a nice I izl almost #"Whon Bright Pyes hssw thy word in a moment. flow- oy be mamma’s hurt, and that the shadow of unhap- pineas had come into her mind. “You have not been naughty,” said mamme, “you have made a litile mis- take. You should have asked mamma why the postes did not grow faster, nd when they would come, not have dug up their bed to see.” They were moving all the time, now they have beca buried so deep they cannot hear the sun call them, and will not come up.” “How you know the posies move?” asked Bright Eyes. “Because they zre done up in little socds and have to move to grow. Tho sun warma their bed and the moisture in i, and says: ‘Comel’ The tiny soeds first swell, and then burst their §uu- and_thon mend roots out into ® soll. When the roots bagin to feed e stem starts to groct tha sun and ‘o tale Dpon itself the shape fi must have to bear Dosles. And then the plant has to unfold itaelf, ane with he help of the sun and the elemants makes posles whinh aro the signals to the ltetle bees to come and sup thesr honey. It takes many weeks to do his, and Wttle girls should be patient in waiting, as the Iittlc plants are patient In’walting to become pretty and ueeful. “Bright Byes will not dlg in the bed of the posles again,” she , “she for the protty flowers.” d Bright Eyes was as good as her word; and when mamma had made the bed over for the flowers and again planted the seed, she used to visit it dafly and think how much slower poiss were than little girls. en she wWas a larger airl she loatned what wonderful machines posles are, and how they had to have insects for workmen in order to pro- duee seeds; and, that somo secds are made to hop, and some to fily on the wind, and some to hook upon the fur of animals; to be Adistributed; and haw some flowers lilcc the popplés sow thelr own sgeds. The has a row ot holes in_ tho. of its seed pod and the wind blows through these and when tho pod Eways on the stem the seed is scattered as niceiy a3 any machine can scatter ssed. This was not ihe last lessor Bright ®yes learned fram the flowses. s AN cven go into the forest and bring home the gafie the men had shot. When they 'moved the women carried the furniture, The Indlans - were very friendly with the first white men and would give a great feast in his honor. The Indians of South America were more civilized than those of North America. Those of South America built grand temples while those of North America were scattering and aid not build good houses. The Indians were divided into trives. Bach tribe had a head or chief, who had very Ilittle power. All matters were settled by a councll The Indi- ans would fight mostly in the nisht time; but when they fought in_the day, they would attack from behind the trees. In training for warriors the Indians did not have acaderies and places to drlll men as we have now. The Indtans wowld notice a very lttle thing when in the woods that the white men would not. The Indians belloved in tbe great spirit and also in many inferior spir- its—some good and some_evil. Most of the Indians of North Amer- ica have become civilized, while those of South America have become save ages and have kept thelr Indian cus- toms. There are perts of the United States set apart for the Indians to live on. Many of the Indians on the Paciflc Coast, In_Mexico and In_Canade still have the Tndian ways of doing things. HFRLEN MAINE. Willimante. The Camel. The camel is an_snimel which is chiefly found in Afrfca, and in the southern part of Asia. two humps on its baclk. used as a beast of riding. The dromedary is of a brown color, with one hump on its back and the Bactrian camcl is of a brown color, with two humps on its back. The camel is adapted to the desert life by having cushioned feet, that do not sink into the sand, nostrils that can be closed to keep out the sand, and dust, eyes protected by long veils of hair, and a stomach con- taining several pouches, in which it can store up supplies of water, which enables it to go a long time without drinking. The camel is a large animal, is of much usc to the Arabs. ALVIN LACHAPELLE, Age 12. South Canterbury It has one or The camel is burden and for and A Soldier's Daughter. One day my mother sent me on an errand, and as I was coming home 1 met a little girl that stood crying on the corner of the street. 1 stopped and asked her why she was crying, and she said that her mother w: dead, and her father was to war and had left her to board ith friends; and they were very un- kind to her, so I told her to come home with me. I thought my mother would like a little girl. She came home with me, and my mother was very glad that I brought her home, and she iiked her very much; and wanted mother to keep her for her own, so the little girl wrote to her new he ‘ather and told him the good He was delighted, and he said would send money for her board. But mother said she would tell him to save it, might need it when the the war was over, so he saved it and when he came home he gave a present of twenty-five dollars and mother lept her until she srew up to be a big gir Then her father was killed in the war, and the little g'rl had grown nhood and got married, so had to part with her, but her vet LVIN LACHAPELLE. Age 12. South Canterbury up to wom my mot she 10; The Pilgrims. Thirteen years after the first settle- ment at Jamestown a colony was planted in New England. Myles Standish was born in 1584 He became a soldier, went to fight in the low country—what we now call Holiand The government of Holland let the people be religious in their own way, as our country does not. A little band of people in the north ngland had set up a church of ir own. Tor this they were prose- cute of In order to get away from their tronbles they sold their houses and goods, and went over to Holland. These are the people we now call “the Pilzgrims,” bec: Captain Sta e north of B men of his in Holland. The Pilsrims remained about thir- teen vears in Holland. About a hundred of them bade the rest good: hve and sailed for America in_the Mairflower in 1620, The sh’p first reached Cape Cod. Captain /ftandish and _sixteen men landed, $nd marched along the shore looking “or a place to settle. In onc spot they found the ground freshly patted down. Digging here, they discovered Indian baskets filled with corn. Indian corn is an American plant, and they had never before seen it. The beautiful grains, old, vellow, and white were a “goodly sizht” as they sald. Some of this corn they took with them o plant the next spring. The Pllgrims paid the Indians for seed corn when they found the :ht owners. One morning some of the men car- ried all their guns down to the water- side and laid them in the boat in order to bo ready for a start as soon as_breakfast should be finished. Captaln Standish and his men at length come to a place which John Smith, when he oxplored the coast, had called Plymouth. The indian corpfieids were now ly- ing idle, which was lucky for the Pil- 150 of their wanderings. dish, who was also from gland, met these coun- tr th | grims, since otherwise they would have had field. The Pligrims landed on the 21st day of December, in our way of counting, or, as some sav, the 22nd. LORETTA H. PICHE, age 11. Norwich. fo chop down trces to clear a The Mishap. “Hurrah,” shouted Tom, “'tis snow- ing” When the snow was hard, Tom, Dick and Sam took there doubleripper to go coasting down hill. The double- ripper holds ten. When going down the second time, a little girl ot in Thelr way. “Get out of the way,” shouted Dick. But he lost control of steering and over went the doubleripper. Dick broke his leg and amother boy spralned his wrist. The others were not seriously hurt. The little girl who got in the way meed to gotand see Dick and the other oy. THOMAS McCORMICK, age 10. Stonington. Christopher Columbus. In 1479 there arrived on the coast of Portugsl, on & Flank that was part of the wreckage of & privateer sunk in a jor lost he turned and ran Madeira Islands and a learned eosra- Dher. Twelve years he spent as a beggar at_indifferent courts, His wife died, his property was ex- hausted and he had been made the buffet of capricious fortune, but he was not dismayed. % At _fifty-five yvears of age we find him Jeading his motherless son, Diego through the lovely landscape of An- dalusia begging bfead and shelter of the monks, He was the greatest mariner ‘world had seen or was to see. RUTH TEW, age 15. the Colchester. Sailing Boats. This morning we sailed boats in the brook. It was more pleasure because the boats were original. To make them we took a large cu- cumber and cut a slice off the top lengthwise and dug the seeds out with a knife and spoon. For seats Teddy cut pleces of shingle big enough to fit across the top. A plece of cloth secured to four loliypop sticks and fastened to the cucumber makes a good launch. The vesetable may be cut in half thus making two ships; but the water will soon overflow the sides. I tied strings on the end to guide them while Marjorie cut boatmen out of pasteboard. Sometimes a boatman found a golden nugget and proudly tugged it ashore. Cne of the ladies fainted in the boat and at the alarm a lifeboat went out to the rescue. At one side of the brook a rock pro- jects half way across it. This formed the “Iron Gate of the Danube,” and the ships had to be carefully steered past it. Teddy caught a frog and killed him. He put him in the boat with his feet dangling overboard which made a pathetic scene. When we were tired of the play we fastened the boats to a post and ran away. GRACE GODDARD, age 13. Pleasant Valley, Willimantic. The Fox. The fox is an animal somewhat like a dog. His only valuable part is his tur. A fox thinks he is smart. It is much dreaded by hens and their chickens, also, by all men and woman who keep fowls. A fox spends his day time in his hole and eats the fowls he has caught the night before, and plans where he will go the next night. He selects shiftless farmers who leave their fowls to roost in trees and on fences. The fox knows these things as well as a person does. He plans accord- ingly. This is why there is a saying, “as cunning as a fox,” or “as keen as a fox.” 1 do not think It is a compliment to a man or boy, when people say, “He's as keen as a fox.” If it is a man that man will cheat you if vou buy a horse of him. If it is a boy he will make some trade with you and get your knife or marbles. I don't think I ever heard of a girl being “as keen as a fox.” I read a story of a fox that a fox is lJike other folk had a tame fox, but he r: 1t showed A man and that fox afterwards v chased Dy hunters. When he gave himself up for that ‘man’s house and the man him. Tt shows a fox plan protected memory and can BLANCHE LUCIER. Taftville, The Wounded Rat. A poor man saw by the roadside a large white rat. It seemed to be dead. Moving it gently he found it was alive but had a broken lez. He toois it up and carried it to his lonely home. He bound up the bruised leg, fed the poor creature and soon it was quite well, Sam Tills trained the rat to gentle ways and taught it many tricks. Malmo was the only company Sam had. He worked in a cotton-mill and took Malmo with him. He rode in his master's coat-pocket. It looked droll to see his white head peeping out. Sundays both went to dine with Sam'’s sister. Maimo’s funny ways made every one laugh When Sam said, “Malmo go sit in my hat,” he went at once, curled him- self up in it, and went to sleep. When his master said: we're goinz now: slip in,” th pet jumped from the hat, ran up to his pocket nest, said good-bye in his own fashion, and was ready to start. Evenings when Sam was reading or singing from his mother’s hymn-book, Malmo had a nap on his master’s head. When it time to go to bed Sam strokeq Malmo's soft fur. The rat rubbed his head against his master's hand. This was their good-night to each other. Then Malmo crept into his basket bed, and the candle was blown out. Soon both were fast asleep. CATHERINE A. DUNN, age 10. Norwich. The American Flag. The American Flag has been our national emblem for one hundred znd thirty-sever years, It was first adopt- ed in 1777, by Congress, and _first hoisted on land at the battle of Sara- toga, and later at ses by John Paul Jones. It has thirteen stripes, and six white. . The stars represent the number of states in the Union, and the stripes the original thirteen. The story goes that it was made out of a soldier's white shirt, an old blue army coat, and a red flannel petticoat. It is still loved by Americans every- where; and recognized all over the world as the emblem of liberty and peace. BERTHA W. BURRILL, age 14, Stafford Springs. seven red Newgate Prison. Early one morning we left to go and see the sld Newgate prison in Granby. We teok our lunch and by the time we reached the prison were very hungry. So we stopped and ate it right be- side the old prison. Later a guide took us down under the prison where there was an old copper mine. This was where the con- victs used to work. Down there we saw where a negro was kept in soli- tary conflnement for twenty years. His bed was a flat stone with a bundle of straw on it. The shackles around his ankles that chained him are still there fastened to the rocks. There was a round hole in back of him in the wall where they used to put his food. Later he worked the shackles up al- most to his knees and couldn't get them down again. After awhile the shackles were so tight the flesh around them began to decay. Finally his limbs became so decayed he had to have them cut off. Then they let him have his freedom. You can see now where, with a little plece of stone, he carved: “HELL" on the flat stone, that was his bed. We went over the rest of the mine and saw many other interesting things. We came up to the house that is sea-fight, an adventurous mariner. Ho was born in Genoa, Italy. His eyes were as pale a blue as sea-ice, his red ana white skin was bronzed by twenty years exposure to wind and sun; his 2uburn hair already pointed with sil- ver, shone above a handsome smooth- shaven, acquiline face. Besides being a skilled navigotor, he was a man of learning. Although unlnown and _penntless this man was so remarkablo that with- in & year he had married the daughter of Palestrello, an exsgovernor of the - there now and brought many pictures of the prison, and then left for home after a pleasant day. ELLA ROCKWOOD, age 10. North Franklin Willie Gray. Last evening Willie Gray, who lived in the upper part of New York, took his terrier, Spot, and went down to the Harlem River to sit on the pier and watch the boys swim In the river. There were at least a thousand people nearby piers, in the water swimming, and on the Harlem bridge Jjust overhead. . Willie and his chums threw sticks out into the water and Spot brought them back until he was trembling with fatigue. . Fi: seeing how tired Spot was, Willle chained him so that he could not jump any more and forbade anyone near throwing sticks to tempt him. When Willie had his head turned somebody threw a stick right by Spot's nose_into water, and the dog leaped in after it, dragging his chain with him. When Willie saw the dog jump, loaded with the chain, he hurriediy re- moved his coat and went into save him. Spot had reached the stick in spite of his handicap, but his chain was pulling him down when Willie got to him, grabbed bim about the neck, and tried to swim back with him. The crowd cheered, but at first no- body would go near the dog and his struggling master. Then James Grady, an engineer on_a tug boat saw the bay and jumped in to help. ANNA LAROCHE, age Il Versailles. ~ Uses of the Bitter Orange. The large, sweet oranges of Florida or California, and the smaller fruit from Spain and Sicily, are so plenti- ful and so cheap in the United States that we know almost nothing about the small, doeply tinted, bitter vari- ety. That fruit reaches us only in marmalade. The quince (anciently called marmelos) was the original source of marmalade, but the manu- facture of that confection now con- sumes nearly all the products of the “Ditter” orchards that the inhabitants of the Mediterranean basin have culti- vated since preclassical times. The bitter orange is the tree introducted by early travelers from India and China, its native home; even its name has kept close to_the old Hindu form, maranji. Most of the Spanish and Sicilian crop goes to London to be made into marmalade, since no one in the south of Furope seems fo understand the simple art of composing this jam. There is also a valuable ofl contained in the rind, known as essence de bi- gavade, to distinguish it from that of the sweet orange, essence de Por- tugal. The distillers extract it by pressing the rind forcibly against a flat sponge, which absorbs the contents of the crushed oil cells. They wring out the sponge wider water and skim off the floating oil. This oil, after purifica- tion, is used s a flavoring agent in curacoa and orange bitters; it s one of the ingredients of cau de Cologne and other perfumes; and a drop of it on sugar in a tumbler of hot water makes the popular eau sucree of Parisians. Like ofl of lemon it cannot be ex- tracted by distillation in the usual w since a high temperature in- Jure its flavor. The fruit buds of the bitter orange also give an essential oll known as escence de petit grain; and from the ite flowers is_extracted a delight- ful perfume called essence de Neroll. That is prepared chiefly at Nice, Can- nes and Grasse, in the south of France. All the flowers of a fine tree will ield only a single ounce of Neroli original The peel also yields an aromatic principle that the ancient Arab phy- icians esteemed highly as a tonic: it is =till considered a useful stomachic. JESSIE L. BREHAUT. Jersey City, Don't Be a “Slacker.” In England the men who have stay- ed ocut of the army and iet their friends and neighbors do the fighting are called “‘slackers.” They have shirked when called upon to perform their duty. Boys and girls who evade disagree- able work and do less than their share, are “slackers,” too. The boy who is always crawling out of every undesirable job that he is called upon to perform will prove a “slacker” when his country calls him in_after vears. If you must swallow swallow it quickly and without com- plaint. You will find that easler than waiting until you are forced to gnlp down the unwelcome dope. a_bitter pill, A “slacker” js simply one species of a coward. He is always subject to an attack of “cold feet,” which is an- other name for the disease of cow- ardice. The boy who crawls out of little tasks will grow up to be the who shirks large responsi e boy who is afraid to play left tackle because he must face an op- ponent stronger tnan himself is the boy who will prove a ‘“slacker” at the call to arms. Remember that every time you avoid work, no matter how unimport- ant that work may be, you are com- act mitting an of petty cowardice. Petty cowardice, unless checked ea casily develops intc grand cowardice. LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. Jersey City, N. J. Benny’s Pie. Benny was a_little boy about four vears of age. He was usually a good boy, but one day it was raining hard and Benny could not go out. This did not please him. He got cranky and rould not amuse himself with any- thing. At dinner time when his father came home he was just as cranky as ever. When they ali were seated near the table Benny’s father and mother bow- ed their heads and said a short sol- emn prayer, and began to eat. Benny did not do this, and would not eat anything that was set before him, he only wanted ple. . His mother said, you cannot have any more pie today.” Jenny began to cry. Then his father said, “Do you really ‘want some pie. “Yes, father,” replied Benny. His father then took his plate and mash- ed Tenny's potato and then added calt, pepper and butter. He then cut, smoothed it out, and cut it in fourths and handed ft to Benny saving, “Here is your pie.” “Thank- you, father,” said Benny. for he was a very polite boy. He ate lone-fourth and then an- other and before he knew it he had caten every bit of it, and then asked for more. After this Benny did not want any other kind of pie. FRIEDA RETKOVSKE, Age 12. Norwich. On the Farm. I am 12 vears old and live on a farm in the town of Columbia. I Hved in the eky of Willimantic until three yearss old, and from three to twelve years of age, I have been liv- ing on ‘the farm. I go to the Old Hop River school. I am in the fifth grade’ I like my studies very much. Our school closes at_half past three o'clock. When 1 get home from echool 1 feed the hens. We have 75 hens. 1 lead the borses to the brook to drink. They are black, brown and white, named Dolly, Tom and Dick. I help my mother to wash the dish- es and to set the table. After my work is done I play games. About 9 o'clock in the evening T go to_bed. This is my first story in joining the ‘Wide-Awake circle. IRENE MATHIBEU, Age 12 Columbla. Guilford.- LETTERS TO UNCLE JED How Shs Feeds the Birds. ~ Dear Uncle Jed:—I thought I would write you 2 letter, and tell you how 1 feed the birds. 1 hang pieces of bread and some- times unclean bones, on the trees; and the grains I throw over the ground, or when there is snow, I put it on some boards. 1 aieo throw out ashes for the birds like them. The kinds of birds that stay around my house are the chickadees, mar- tens, bluejays, English sparrows and seng eparrows. I like to watch them eat and hear them chirp. I hope some of the Wide-Awakes will try to feed the birds, and see how many kinds they can get, to stay around their house. We should all be kind to our feath- ered friends, for they destroy many insects throughout the year. MARY RYBIC. Mansfield. Seeds. Dear Uncle Jed:—I wonder how many of the Wide Awakes have been saving the sceds from their gardens? Every year I eave seeds. I have quite a few now. Thcee that I have are double poppy seeds. I haven't many of these because it rained so much during the summer that most of them rotted; but I have a lot of four- o'clock seeds. 1 have so many of these that I think I shall not find room to plant them next year, There \are plenty of marigold seeds, ana I think I shall have some more, as there are a lots of blossoms. These make a pretty boquet on the table. I haven't many sweet peas. I could not gather any because they all dried up; but I think the nastursium seeds can make up for that. Holly-hock seeds are more than plenty, but I do not gather these secds as they come up every year. It is too early for zinneas, but I think I shall ‘have later plenty of those, and also of spider-plant seeds. I like to gather seeds, and I am sure many of the Wide-Awakes would enjoy it. MIRIAM SHERSHEVSKY, Age 8. Norwich. My Summer Vacation. Dear Uncle Yed:—I was invited by friends to go to the seashore. The morning we were to start dawned bright and slear. We started in their auto about ten o'clock and reached there about two. We hired a_cottage for two weeks. There was a hotel, store, and post office. There was ‘a large motor boat that went on_different trips. On one of these trips T saw a speed boat with o board atwached to it; on this board stood e man and the boat was going quite fast. It wouid turn sharp curves, and the man nearly fell off. Soon afterword I returned home having spent a happy vacation. EMILY HOPKINS, Agze 10. Plainfield. Picnicked at Mohegan Park, Dear Uncle Jed: Last year I went to the Sunday school picnic at Mo- hegan park. We saw many animals. We saw three monkevs and the mon- keys would take peanuts out of your hard, and eat chocolates; and we saw the little deer and swung in the swings and see-sawed, and then we had races. I won the hobble race and reccived 2 sewing basket. When we arrived home we were tired but happy. GRACE GHER, Age 11. Norwich 'Town. A Party on the Mountain. Dear Uncle Jed:—Minnie, a sirl of six, and her grandfather, moved to the mountains. Minnie loved all kinds of living animals_ It was in the fall when Minnie arrived at her new home. One morning after the first snow- fall a party of quail settled in some bushes nearby. Minnie called her grandfather and asked if she might throw some grain out for the quail. + Her grandfather being a kind- hearted man let her do as she wished. Minnle scattered about a quart of grain on the crusted snow about four rods from the hut. Minnie watched for her friends to come and feast on it. In less than half an hour the ground was covered with all kinds of winter birds eating the grain. This being repeated every morning until spring, the birds became quite tame so that Minnie could go out where she fed them and watch them eat. One morning she took a basket of grain and a small bag of food. the bag consisting of sandwiches, cake and a bottle of goat's milk. The birds watched her go, flew after her to a clear spot, Minnje having scattered the grain on tke ground the birds flew down her feet and devoured the grain. Minnie having eaten her own lunch by this time, the crumbs of which were in her lap were quickly devoured by the birds. By the time she arrived home was time for tea. EMMA GERGLER, Age 13. Mansfield Depot. it The Elephants in Franklin Park Dear Uncle Jed:—While walking in Franklin Park, Boston, T eaw _the ele- bhants. There are three of them, Molly, Tony and Waddy. The ani- mals werc given to the city by the children; each child gave ten cents, and when they got enough money together they bought them. The ele- phants live in a nice concrete house in the winter, and have a nice place outside fin the summer. They per- form twice a week and the perform- ance is free to everybody. I love to watch them, as they are plaving. Molly is the smallest, and runs around his playmates and makes everybody laugh. When the keeper goes mear them, they watch him and Hft up their trunks to open their mouths as if they were hungry. I threw them some peanuts as they did tke same to me. I spent a pleasant day and had a good time in Franklin Park. BLIZABETH M. VERVEER, Age 7. Eoston. The Bad Weather Saved Him. Dear Uncle Jed:—Once upon a time a merchant was riding home from a fair. He had a knapsack containing a large sum of money with him. It rained heavily and he was wet through and through. He complained that such bad weather should over- take him on his journey. He had to go through a thick wood. Here, he saw standing in the middle of the path, a robber, whe.aimed a rifie at him. The would-he thief asked for his money saving he would shoot ## it were not given up. The merchant refused and the rob- ber fired his gun, but it missed its mark. as the powder was damp from the rain, The merchant put spurs to his horse and escaped. “Oh,” sald he to himself, when ke was at a safe distance from the robber, “what a fool I was to have cursed the bad weather. It has saved my life.” MARY NOLAN, Age 13. ‘Taftville. New Britain—Thirteen nurses will Miss Mary Crowell Welles | recelve diplomas Oct. 9 from exercises of Newington, general secretary of the |in the New Britain training school Consumers' league, is spending the | which is conducted in connection With the New - Britain general hospital. AVegetable OT NARC i erfect Remedy for Consfips: tfiz’i » Sour Stomach, Diarrhoa ‘Worras Convalsions feveriste mes sand LOSS OF SLEEP. FacSinile Signature ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. forAs- slmi!alhngflsrmn ) ting e Stomacs; 3 INFANTS FCHILDREN Promotes Diges! ness and RestContains neitter of tion Cheerfid- OTIC. la: CENTAUR COMPARY, | MNEW YORK. FlAt6 ndonth s oldasl Bosts = 35CENTS| GASTORIA Mothers Know That Bears the GASTORIA For Infants and Children, Genuine Castoria Always For Over Thirty Years NTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORR GITY. GENEXAL VON LIDENDORFF The Hague correspondent of the E: change Telegraph repo Wilhelm dism enhayn, hayn wa inv sed to s ion. Von that Kaiser d General von Falk- chief of the German general staff and put Field Marshal von Hir denburg in his place because Ialien s oppot to the easter: manian ending troops front to meet the Rou- Hindenbursg urged that re-enforcements be sent to Austri er missal both fronts, the most radical a with troops have now defense of Tra in the general staff of nd the result been nsylvania. thirty German v means won the support of the that German hed to the The change the dis- 1 generals on hange in the German army since the war began. The appointment of Von Hindenburs, the national war idol, has been ac- Antimony Deposits in Alaska. The considerable mony during the last y lated the development of kan deposits of ore of that metal from which ore to the value of about § s mined and shipped demand for anti- as stimu- ertain Alas- ar 000 during 1915. Stibnite, the sulphide of antimony, has been noted at 67 localities but ouly a few of these b in Alaska, ve produced and marketed ore. 15 the produc- tion of antimony was begun at four mines in { and at two in the Nome All the operations were small and most of them consisted of digging out the rich ore near the surface by open cuts and of breaking and ha These deposits fors nd so n th rting it. e subject of a report recently published by the Unit- ed States Geological Su: rvey, Depart- ment of the Interior, as Bulletin 649, a volurm o of nearly “Antimony Depos 70 ages, entitied ts of Alaska,” by A, 5 to_this report, the Alas- kan antimony deposits may be divided into three principal gold-bearing _stibnite cinnabar lodes. deposi posits seem to have bee Toc lodes, and sroups—siliceous le . stibnite- stibnite-galena. Each of the first two of these groups is further divided, according to structure, into fissure veins, shear vein ts, and stockwo: These de- formed in a rather recent geologic age, probabiy at the time of the intrusion of ceriain Tertiary igneous rocks, though no me- talliferous lodes have been found in the Tertiary sedimentagy rocks. The new ambassador Might Be Gone. to Turkey should hurry, if he wants to find at Constantinople which he moving season in Iurope—Columbus Dispatch. the is aceredited. sovernment. . to This is the AP ECHL RSN claimed generally with enthusiastie satisfaction, Berlin reports. The newspapers of Berlin unite in saying that the emperor has fulfilled the long cherished wish of the German people, who are declared to have unlimited confidence in the victor of Tannen- berg. 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