Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 14, 1916, Page 9

Rulcs for Young Writers. 2. Write plainly_oa one side of the per only, ani number the pages. Uwe pen and ink, not pencil. . Bhort and pointed articles will given preference. Lo not over wewds. . Original stories or leiters only i be used, Write your pame, age and ad- plaindy "at the bottom of the 3 T ddress all communications to Uncle JM, Bulletin Office. “Whatever you arg—Be that! Whatever you say—Be truel Stratgntforwardly act, Ee honest—in fact, Be uobody else bui you.' POETRY. i A Japanese Lullaby. Steep, told g5 — Little biue pigeon with velvet eyes; Bleep to the singing of mother-bird 1 swinging— Swinging the nest where her little 5 one lies. little pigeon, and your win, Away out yonder I see a star— Silvery star with a tinkling song; To the soft dew falling I hear it call- Cl.l“.rig and tinkling all the nisht ong. . In through the window a moonbeam : comes— Little gold moonbeam with misty 8S; All silently creeping, it asks: “Is he sleeping— Sleeping and,dreaming while mother sings?’ ® from the sea there floats a sob Of thessvaves that are breaking upon the shore, As lhoufh they were groaning in an- h, and moaning— Bemoaning the ship that shall come no more. But sle, little pigeon, and fold your Little blne pigeon with mournful eyes Am I not singing?—see, I am swing- ng— Swinging the nest where my darling lies. “Only a Little Dog” The following lines were written as a tribute to a little dog which died at the Angell Memorial Animal Hospi- tal, by one who loved her: One wintry day there came into our home a littld dog Bearing a Ch#istmas greeting. Her soft brown eyes_ looked into ours with trust so great We could not fail to give her kindly ‘welcome, And when with clever tricks, and mer- ry little ways She gained each day some bit of dog- gish wisdom, And grew $o much more beautiful and degr, We found ourselves held fast in tender thought for her, And well repaid were we with love £ N and titude. 3 an ‘&'l-‘;u 3\:&401: | wover entered hea a,‘ . that she abuld We had not dri make so 'fl-fln & plac Within our hearts, that tiil 1he came Had no conce] tlon of & iova like I;or-. And when u vng of this IH' left us grieved and wondering: Is this the end Trey say there is no room in all the life to come for such a friend. “Cnly a little dog,” but she has Dmfi wide our hearts To all God’s tiny creat: She Can It be true that in s universe there is no place For love like hers to live, and find us once again? UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. As most every one Is thinking about Christmas now it is safe to.gu the young folks are thinking of it, too, and a fow may be joining two or three Sunday schools to get all there is in it for them. Aithough this is a real perversion of the Christmas spirit many old ‘folks are guilty of practices that are as bad or even worse. Some folks buy more costly presents thah ‘they ecan afford and some mark the cost price up to malke it appear that the donor has been more genervus than he really has been. Now, Wide-Awakes, do not forget Christmas means love. Do not forget it {s in memory of One who gave all for man and expec ed nothing from man #Md received it. ‘When Christmas hasfcome and gone do not be unhappy because you did not get all you wanted. Do not be unhappy ‘because someone received more presents than vou /did. And do not give a present and’ ex- pect one as good or better in return. Be sure to give presents to people who need them and to surprise some one in return. It is the present from which there comes no return which makes the heart gladdest because by it a sad heart has been made glad. And sometimes from these who are not able to make presents comes to us a spirit of gratefulness and love which is always a blessed memory. Christmas is no time to be specula- tive: but it is the time to do good for Good’s sake. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT James Kelly. of Norwich: I am very thankful for the book I received. 1 shall take very much pleasure in read- ing it. Sylvia Miner of North Franklin: thank yvou very much for the 1 prize Bt S 5 o S S e ST SR G LA £ SO SR, B0, S S o B M0 A PR baok, The Campfire Girls in the Maine THE MYSTERIOUS SOCIETY (Written Specially for The Wide- Awakes.) One bright September afternoon three high school girls, Janet Crosby, Kdith Chesley, and Estelle Garland, walked along the principal street of the pretty little village where they fe- sided, talking earnestly, even excitedly, %8 they halted at the cross-roads. “I can’t see why our parents are not willing to haye us join the Social So- ciety,” exclaimed iistelle. “It would wid us to cultivate good manners and help us to appear well in society. The ziris have books on etiquette, and it is very evident that their parents’ opin- fon of the soclety do not coincide with ours. Even if it does not make per- fect lndies of them, they do have fine responded Edith, “but my parents think that we are too young to meet by ourselves in a public as- sembly without a ehaperon.” Janet answered earnestly and en- thusiastically I never befora thought of the why and wherefore of a_thing. but after father spoke as he did the other day 1 have thought over what he said and am beginning to rea.lue that he is correct in his belie “Why! What are his views?' ex- claimed her two companions in unison. “Well, he thinks the boys and girls of today are wholly selfish” but he added, “carelessly so and ignorant of the fact.” “How s0? That's not so!” cried am afraid that it 1s,” for as he explained his reasons for such an as- sertion I'began to look at tnings dif- terently. “He spécified the church, sunshine and literary societies of our schools as being helpful to young people; but that it was absolutely wrong for us just to think of ourseives and of hav- ing a good time.” I exclaimed “We?' “Ah, yves” he hastily said (as if he read my very you read to thoughts). “I know that and carry flowers to several persons, but it is only to certain enes. Do you do it because you really want to, and. because it is heipful to them? Oh, no! Do you pick out the real poor, lonely and shut-in people? Do you ever read to your own, or to other tired mothers while theéy are work- Ing, or engage in cheerful conversa- tion with them? Do you help your mothers with their"— “Yes,” he interrupted me, “I know many of you have some little light work which has been assigned you to do, but do you actually want to help, #0 that there will be time for you to walk and ride with your parents and give vour mothers time to exchange calls, and to attend musicaiz and con- certs and have a good time as well as you. You do not do it. You young people, several of you band unitedly and spend the most of your time to- gether ,and do just as you wish re- gardlees that others want unl nced plenauros as well as you. “Then aguin the is the subject of clothes. 1. think thers arc partly to blame on tha core. They deny ihemselves unnecessarily of new clothes in mecdern style so that you can have every dress, trifle and pretty thing you dcsire” He added: This custom of doing at first was due to carleas, thoughtless indiffcrence with. aut vonr realizing the resuit, but now t has become a fixed habit and par- mts exclude themselves from socliety i3 everwork and sacrifice !n many wayy ‘that their children !l have AT thai they Aesire, conscquently the parents have lost their geod looks and intargst :n the current events, local »ews and In the social lifc about thcm? When you come to me. want- Ing to join a socicty that will make your parents companions and one with you, then, and not until then, will L give my consent for you to join any other society than those that you are now members of.” “Why that is similar to what my fa- ther said,” responded Estelle, quickiy, “and my mother cried, Kdith. what are we going to do aboat i “I have been thinking,” added Ja- net, “that we school girls, the ones, who will be willing, unite with us and form a society to help our parents to share with them in- all things—our companionship, pleasures, recreations, etc.” “Oh, that will be jolly,” cried the two girls, adding: “We shall be so happy that we shall not realize that we are not together as uch as usual,” and “Oh,” cried they, “we camn aid and help others besides those in_our own homes, so that they, too, can have some spare time.” “We can't do everything at once,” said Janet. We shall have to work up, and as we grow proficient in it, expand and extend our work.” ““Let's keep it a secret. We are all right in so doing, for our parents gave their consent to our joining such a so- clety if one was founded.” “Yes, ves, we will!” cried Estelle and Edith. “Now what shall we name our societ They decided to call it “The Lend- a-Hand Society,” and then went home and began to carry out their project. The next day they told of the sur- prised look of their parents as they helped them. Estelle’s father and mother took a walk in the evening: Janet's parents sat down and read for awhile; and Edith’s conversed together and told stories to the younger members of the tamily. The girls decided to give Saturday and three afternoons to the work of their society unless extra time was needed for studving for examinations. They met and studied together even- Ings as usual. The society flourished and new members were added. The boys scent. ed the mystery and could see that their sisters were helping their moth- ers, so they formed a “Helpers Club” andgnided father, mother and sisters, too, whenever opportunity opemed the way. Homes were improved, enlivened, and the inmates many times prefe their own families’ companionship to pleasures outside. Parents and_chil- dren walked and rode together. Stran- gers were puzzled to discover persons who they thought were an older sister or schoolmates were moth- ers. Mothers looked young, and their good Iooks returned, since they had been relieved from much tare, anxiety and responsibility. and had time for reading. amusement and recreation, then the new dress, hat, etc., added tone to their person. The fathers had also been transformed and the mem- bers of the two secret societles were proud of their work. After a time the sor(eues united and were then known as “The Helpers- Lend-a-Hand Society.” ‘The parents were rgjoiced to soé the change, but to the Wuestions asked, the members would bow, smile and touch the orange bow that they wore, as the society and name of same re- mained a mystery for months, then like most eniemas was solved at last by the gratified parents and friends who encourazed them in many ways, and the members found their pleasures Increasing. The bovs and girls realized that their membershin to this society would i as they grew older, make them desirzd citizens and better men and women. DIANA. N. H. that ald| person with a gift who did not expect | one, or who may be too poor to make ; ” Fanny Ry: Iy tha.nk you for gave me entitled, The on the French Firing Line. It is real interesting and brings you into the present war. r, of !forwlch—él of was the first. ~Thank you very much for the prize book you sent me. started reading it and find it very in- teresting. a - S— PRIZE BOOK WINNERS 1—Florence e-llup, of Moosup: Maid of the First Century. 3—Anna Anderson, of Norwich: The Sweet Little Maid. l-—u.ficn Brown, I—Mbur Voung. of Augusta, Me.: The Sallor The Boy Ralph Ohu\, of Baltic: 8—Alice Guyette of North Franklin: A Little A of Moosup: Allles in the Baltic. 7-—Alice L.° Purdell of Coldnester: The Motor Maids Across the Continent. !—“;nlll Zapf, of Baltic: Little Miss The winners of prize books livirg in _the city may call at the business office of The Bulletin for them at any hour after 10 2. m. Thursday. THE BOOK-WINNING PICTURES. 1 \\ w M W\ 41 N R A RABBIT—Drawn by Alvin La- Chappelle, age 12, C: nterbul’}' Conn. STORIES WRIT\'EN BY WIDE- AWAKES. Stock Raising. In the eastern part of our country the farms are small. Each farmer 1aises a few horses, cattle and perhaps sheep. In the west the farms or ranches are often very large. They reach for miles and miles across plains and over mountains. Upon these large ranches they often raiSe nothing but stock. The farmer -in the east keeps his cattle in a little field called a pasture. He may drive them to the barnyard every night. The land over which the cattle wan- den upon the great stock ranches is called the range. The men who look after the cattle are called cowboys er vaqueros. Few people live upon these large ranches and the cattie become almost as wild as deer. Once a year the cattle are roundsd up. “The cowboys ride over the ranch on horseback and gather all the cattle in a greaf bunch. It often takes them many days to-do this. The steers that are full Srown are separated in order to be driven away to market. The little calves are mark- ed with a hot“iron so that they will be known by their owners when round- ed up. ALICE L. PURCELL, Age 12. Colchester. The Play “Jitney.” Ned and Mary were at their uncle's farm one summer. One day Ned told Mary to get her large bonnet and dol mnd as he would get his big cart and they would play jitney. When Mary was ready she got in the back of the cart and Ned in the front and they started down the big barnyard hiil. ‘When they ha@ reached the middle of the hill Uncle Jack’s beautiful prize chicken jumped from the bushes right in front of the cart. Ned was very frightened and hollored and put on the brakes but it was no use. He ran over the chicken’s foot. Mary did not care but was very mad when they did not finish the ride. Grandpa and grandma and Uncle Jack called him a very good boy for trying to stop anyway. FRANCES FENTON, Age 10. Norwich. My Colt. I have a little colt and his name is Brownie. He is seven months old. Brownie is u sorrel colored coit with a nice mane and bright eyes. He is fond of sugar and is very wise, If you fool him he will kick you, One day my cousin was leading him by the halter and I was walking hehind him. When he saw me he kicked at me and hit me on the leg. 1 aiways remembered it since then and kept out of his way. ALVIN LACHAPELLE, Age 12. Capterbury. Joe and the Nuts. One day just as the storeman was bringing in Mrs. Smith’s bundles Joe came In. He saw the hundles and was anxicus te find out what was'in the bags. He woked to ses if he ~ould find som> nuts among them. Soon he came to a littke bag ich the nuts were in. He opened the bag and took five nuts. He went and sat near the fire to eat his nuts. Not long after his mother came in to see if the storeman brougnt her the things she ordered. Scon his mother came to the bag of nuts and: found that somconc had opened the bax. She calied Joe and asked him if he had taken the nuts. Jos did nat like tc tell his mother a lie, so he said: “‘Ves. it was L” She was so pleased with Joe for not lying to her that she gave him not only five nuts but a handfnl. She said she would fergive him this time, but the next time she should whip him. After that Joe nrever took a thing witheut asking his mother. ROSE LARIVERE. Norwich. Jimmie's Resolve. It was 8 o'clock, and s:ill Jimmie was asleep. Mother was, tired awaking him constantly, but’ when lhe ; | onds. 't ask mé axmh-r -mm"' he;-nxmfiled. id them,” ‘ud He opened his qlh to :mnur hie mother, but thea oL After 11y te'h nxlt,el. a mflm by making after “‘:\s):»l but 8 came - plece of card- “ it was print- a hrave resolve; but Jimmie Ifl*d his mother was l:‘ o and proud Jimrhies’ efforts to do right and heiped hits in many ways. PANNIE RYSHPAN. Norwich. 7 1z My Watch. A watch is an lnstrument used to Ifll time. one that T am to describe is h‘flm and Tg}ckfih o 3 Rl".lm. an open face. Toug! e crystal may be seen twelve black numbers which dencte the hours and minutes; tweive red numbers indicate the sec- It has an hour hard. a minute hand a second hand. On the top is a winder and also 2 pendulum to which a chamn is attached. You will hear it say Tick® Tick! There is a difference between the noise of the clock and the watch. The clock says Tick! Tock! and the watch says Tick: Tick! MARY GIBSON. Und covers a vorldt of woes.’ The farmer man- som’s attention to cherry and ate it. aged to ca!l his somethi cherry. The son always stooped to pick up the cherry each time. After the cherries Were gone, the farmer said: “My son, when you saw the cherries which 1 dropped you stooped thirty times. Thus you see if you had picked up the horseshoe and done as I did you would not Have bad to stoop so often for the cherries.” EVA BERMANDE, Age 1l Norwich. Norwich. How | Was Frightened. One hot summer day as I was walk- ing in the shade of the trees the twit- tering of the birds could pe heard and the nusy hum of the bees. ‘All this was so fascinating I thought [ wouid sit down and listen to it Soon I fell asleep. I must have siept quite a while, for when I awoke it was about 3 o'clock in th eafternoon. I jumped up and started for home. When I got half way I heard the bushes ahead of me moving. Falf- frightened, I stood as still as a mouse for fcar my motions would attract the creaiures’ attention. I sank to the ground when I saw a head peeping through the bushes. It was my dog, for many a time she had tollowed me when went out walkin,; ALICE GUYRTTE, Age 13, North Franklin Dubey. 'Tis the name of my cat who was given to me by my cousin wiien [ was 11 years old. She is a very handsome cat of gray fur with black stripes and @ long stripe of black from her head to the tip of her tail. Dubey is a queer cat. who likes to get into clothes closets ard go to sleep. Many times she is found sit- ting on high places, trying to take an observation. morning after 1 had completed my toilet T began to leok for her and you gould nct imagine wher I wohid not have found I hadn’t opened my hedroém window farther thar usu when there was proudly sitting on top of highest article on the room- -on mirror over the er. Sometimes if the -transem w the top vill_walk window are only Cotton. Cotton seed was planted as an ex- periment by some of the carliest se the "house 5n_the 1 at some rlaces tlers of the southern states hes wide, »nd our apartments plant was litile howWn the :-mrlh flobr. ‘ garden ornament until after Rless me' 1If over she should hap- lution. pen to fall I cannot tell happ=ned to bec for none of her like her- where or how she h acro! at, sisters are About a hundred years 22 the first sea island cotton “was raisca on the obtained from the 'p introduced there, STFRRY, Bahamas, having b from another group. Tao seed of the cotton is planted in March, or April. The plants grow rap- idly and reach a naight of from thrc to_Sive feet. Lacer on, when the pale yi ers drop off, a trisngular pod Thus ripens during the leiter part of summer and, bursting open, shows the CECELTA Bruoklyn, N, Y My Birthday Party. W fAow- twentys Bve - present each time he dropped a Dear Uncla..hd Awakes ‘There was a coast- This joined the sled by m steel. It wag then paifit- runners were pain red. coaster was painted biack and.the ‘wood was painted yellow with red and @teéen flowers. It was then sent fo a Storé where my mother purchased it for me. I found i¢ to be a great pleasure to me last winter. THELMA WHITEHOUSE, Age 10. Mansfleld Center. The First Thanksgiving. Dear Uncle Jed: T lived in England. Many years ago the king was ruler of us. We wanted’ to worsh is we. chose, 80 we set sail for ta. The sea was very rough. were on the sea many day: we reached the coast. A few of the men went and looked for a place to build the houses. They found a place and we put up four rough hoyses. We all suffered anuch that winter and more than half of the iple died before spring. But when spring came Wwe- planted a large gr'den and worked hard to keep it from weeks. When fall came we harvested our erops, which turned ut well. ‘We thought we ought to-thank God. So we had a big feast. My father and I went out and got some game and j made preparations for the feast. Wa invited tho Indians to our feast, which !asted threc days and we cailed it Thanksgiving. my grandmo 's house to spend the day with her. He was a very obedient dog. but he. had a very bad habit of running aft- er chickens and automobiles. Oné day when we were out for a walk, it hap- pencd to besen boat race day. When the boat was over the = biles were on their homeward trip, so Chrisig started after them, and get- ting out of the way of one was hit by another. He ran all the way home, barking and crying. When we got home we gave him .some medicirte to try to eave him, but it was In vain, for the next morning he died. "We have had many other doge, but none as faithful'as Chrisie. JAMES KELLY. Norwich. A Dog’s Kecnness. Dear Uncle Jed: Once upon a time! not so very long ago, a man and his dog, Rover, went to France. When the man reached the station he missed the do~ < He was waliing up and down the street looking for the dog. At last he saw a sign saying on it, “Dogs with- otu collars 1 be shot.” Iie was frightened. for the dog had o collar on. e grew tired and went d hetel. Fe saw the dog lyving P JOHN SALES, Age 11 Aloosup. My School. Dear Tircle Jéd® M:~ teadher's name {18 Miss Richmond. She is very nfre. We have had throe spelliny tests, and 1 won in e | the floo: We have mo 1 The man in the hotel said he went | like it very much. to room forty-four. His master had| We haye o rol! of hogor ¢ nccupied reom forty-four two years|Dinckboa 1 have my g ago. stars on it. MARY KEE)"AN. Age 10. AD Norwich. ! Jowett City E ! A Thanksgiving Party. | The Waif's Thankscivira. | Dear Trcla Jed: My arondmother| Dear Uncle I ot Toead-v jand grandfather had a Thanksgiving | night we had 2 y the ; athering. There werc twenty-three|=°hool to get sepye mensev T by 1 Vietro¥: came. -Some came in, automobiles {ond some in teams. They were ali there except one grandson. Thes e nf= ar:r:vtxm«» 2 < we played gzames and 1 white cotton, in wiich are hidden B Tang and me| I Pad a Rood timo plaving with my . "aniars. black or green seeds. according to the T e reang A iy | cousins, Ravmond and Harold Frink, RUTH C. SAYLES, Aze 8. variety. around the table. " [ Alhert Ga'lup and Harry Sweet. Moqsup. Cotton seed yields an oil w sometimes used in place of « Coftcrn is raised in Georgia, L Mississippi and Alagama PAULINE HASLER, Age 13. and sisters we had e yard. We ail went .t played gz was 700 ick ing pictuze. Ther had roast goose and all the fix- ings. chicken fracasee, fruit cake, tweo kirds of pie and grapes for dinner, hey all went home about four o'clock execent Aunt Susie and Our Schosl Entertainment. Dear Tncle Jed: . Our school an entertainm~n® the twenty-cf o - j my Novembgr, entitled, “The ¥ Taftvilie. e 8,011 £2108 Uncle Eugene, and they staved until{ Thanksgivinz It was ahout a boy i e \"Dl"‘fl FIRTH, Aze 10, | Sunday. who. had becn lest, ana found his How the Treasure Was Found. Eal txc G MARION BROWN. home on Thanksgziving dav. Ons day last summer T was playing vrvffi Moozup. The eveninz was pleasint and 2 schoo! with my brother and sisters. 1 5 o8 Blorbvich — s | number of ‘neople were thare. - i« was supposed to be the teacher. As I 2 How =¥ Caiciiags ais 1 My Thanksgiving. We had homemade cahdy for le was fipgering around up in the garret of our old house to iry to find so thing like 2 desk to write on. I ha! thought we would go to \m'wl My aunt was goinz, so « we Lear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell ;\nndrewe sold ‘it-all and ¢oWld hayo 'wd1d vou about my Thanksgiving. In the[BOTe . = . L o L o ved A could g0 with her. We got ready and |morning when I got up I had com- % pened to look in a corner and I saw | G0 50 0% TG T B0 (G RG | pany. e A e i a Fnousnt. 3 simreed 10 pull It out sad | Norwich quarter of five. On the night bofore one of my friends |, '® 2¥\niend to get a Victrola for T e ot ot 20 ] My gunt had to sct somie’giasses, sofcame up to play. ~She staved for |yl US| 3 5 e e e she told us to Wit in the car station | Subper and then stayed all night In S e o e i1 ran down stalrs, aad she told my|quc’,ng ten cent store to set some{ My sister and I washed up the My Tiger Cat. mother that it was a ghost with seme chal The candy. We had we went into the car station and had Then it was time to go home. mother came up to see what it was. j : . ! a cup of cocoa and some cTackers. buseen & told her that it was the old|.pey we heard the car coming, so we A I was going to puf some paper i | 00K our thines and went- a few move minutes jeft, so breakfast dishes. Then we did many other things until dinner time. Then we helped a little to get the dimmer. When it was all ready we sat up to eat. We had chicken, potatoes and tur- nips, lingy beans, bread and butter, Dear Uncie Jed: My cat’s name ls Tiger. He jumps through a hoop and playc with Buster, my other cat. ‘When Tiger gets in back of ~ ‘the doer he moves tis paw, then Buster i i @ plays with him. After we were in the car we had |Mmince pie, pumpkin fe, chocolate | Sees it, and goes an ff.‘:.,;":?;, S e Py 12,‘.; somo fun. We were telling exch other | °ake, nut cake, and coffes. 1t was all | When ‘my father é“fangflg&u'f; goes and “two inches heh. It was fllea s e Loy Aok Wntows peaclied ¥ 1a the asediiad: e played gamen. |0 Gish. “Then he comes in the nonee Tk 480 Devnaht M don (6 meiner L lorenis Sud hefoxlstee RenEd e e . “"‘““ .t Miw Dy wialEs ~ Ner. | the car stop and suw us come out she show. was raice. e ey T e saia: “Eaita, nurry up, were soins io|800d, When T came Acine Sy SR ot o STEVIA MINER, Age 12 ught i e % the moving picture bed. Franklin. T i A T er it The | S T i said “Good night 1|, Then I went to bed, dreaming about E e > %|said the same. When I reachea home | the show. pair of goats. I was very glad I found the treasure, H OLSEN, Age 13. that I went to bed. Baltic. good time. Baitic. We had a very ANNIE ZAPF, Age 1@ My First Pudding. I think all Wide-Awakes like to cook. 1 hope some of the .m. will try this recipe. The name is Baxed Tapioca Pudding--I take a cup and a half of tapioca and let soak two hours in a cup of rich milk; then put in a double bofler and coak until the oca ooks clear. Remove from the fire, stir into it two slightly héap- pa tablespoons of butter and a scant alf cup of sugar when oold: add 'our eggs, beaten light, and favor with vanilla or lemon, 1 hope u\ w'hw try this recipe will htve good 1 I\NE MATHIBU, Age 11 Wlmmnt.c. The Farmer and His Sor. A farmer once had a very lazy son ‘whese name was Jehn. One day the farmer and his son went for a walk. ‘Wanen they had zone quite a ways the farmer spied an old horseshoe lying in the road. He said to his son: john, sec that horseshoe lying in Mummies and Tombs of Kings. ancient things, among them the idols or mummies and tombs of Egyptian kings. Scuplture was one of their chief oc- cupations and ruins of very ancient monuments are still frequently seen. Richer people of the time often spent a large amount of money to tombs made, as then they were an important part of life. Also mummy idols were erected as gods and worshippea alike, Souls were sup] to was ‘stil’! alive even in the coffin. To keep the image perfect a form was used by all people of the time, called 2mbalming. Qlamses were embalmed, even malefactors and those who were drowned in the Nile river or killed by crocodiles received an embalment from the city in which the death occurred. They were also wranped in linen ban- the road? Pick it up and sell it to| dages and tly coffins. the biacksmith across the wey.” As the art existed for many years But John replied: “Oh, it's so hot, | the mummies were preserved by dif- 1 don’t care to pick up that rusty old horseshoc.” While Jobn walkcd on his father picked up the herseshoe and went into the biacksmith shep and received five centy for the horseshne. He then went into » fruit store near by and heught five cents’ worth of juicy cherries. Af- ter that he hurried and caught up with his son. His son said to him: “Father, I'm so hot nnd thirsty, I ‘wish I could set something to quench my thirst. His father said: “Oh, look at that pretty bird up there on the tree'™ As the son looked, the farmer threw down one of the chtrries. The son seeing ti cherry on the ound, cxclaimed Zather: “Oh, ook at that cherry. just what I want.” He stooped down and picked up the ferent methods. The Persians em- ployed wax, Assyriens honey: Jews used spices, while Alexander the Great was preserved with wax and honev. No one has reaily discovered gond means of preserving the bodies since the Egptians. Tt was sdso.popular fo : have the king's stature bulit eo they would be remembersd. A famous image of Romases II a king and one of the areatest conquer- ers, also a famous bMilder of temples and cities—including the treasure ci- ties of Ramases and Pithom. built by the Isralites, was buiit in 1320 B. C. The Phirahohs twere espee prominent, und in Jater years when their tombs were ercted the Exypt- ians worshipped them to @ large ex- tent. "To ad to' the besuty of these the I told my mother ahout the fun. After Bgypt, one of the oldest countries in the world, has many interesting and have be alive when the person died, and their image I hope all the Wide-Awakes such_a haapy Thanksgiving as I and I hope they will have a very mer- ry Christmas. ANNA ANDERSON, Age 11. Norwich. MILLIONS USEIT TOSTOPACOLD “PAPE’S COLD COMPOUND” OPENS The Dog Went Heme. Dear Uncle Jed: on his legs. He looked 8s if he had| CLOGGED NOSE AND HEAD on_white stockings. AND ENDS GRIPPE. e Sun Relief comes instantly. we could play-with him for a while and | & gese taken every two hours urtil fhen chain, Bge 3 three doses are taken will end erippe u?mr.': But once ‘::;m"mw and we | icery break a severe cold he had gone to his old dll:‘be: in the e chest, body or :e found that We um!onmhllf‘ymm house. then we would whistle to Then he would chase us. Sunday night when my father came home I told that the dog had run away. ‘e have missed him ever since. LAURA BLIVEN, Agse 10. Norwich Town. It promptly opens clogged-up nos- trils and air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or ncse run- ning, relieves sick headache, dullness, feverishness, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness. £ Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowirg and snuffling! - Ease your throbbing head! Nothing else in the world gives such pmmp( relief as “Pape’s Cold Compound,” which costs only 25 ce at any drug store. It acts without sistance, tastes nice, causes_no in- convenience. Be sure you get the - | genuine, The Kid and The Wolf. Dear Uncle Jed: One day & kid fi sitting upon a _roof .:t.l was > around him. While he was ing around be saw a wolf pasing and he was pretty brave. ‘When the wolf saw the kid ho cried: “Oho,” and the wolf said: *“He would not be so brave if he was mot upon the roof.” If he had been in the field how he would have run inte the weods and got behind a tree to hide. HILDRED GARVEY, Age 11. Mansfield Depot. LEGAL NOTICE. NOTICE. v order of Exccittio the highest bidder on Saturday, 18, xt 11-0'clogk, at the pub! sttuated near the old Coreyville, Ia tha the following descri One two vear oil wazon, 1 mowing ma> plow and 1 stove. FANTON L. TRIC T will sell ta Dec. Thelma’s Sled. Dear Uncle Jed: I thoi write and tell you about Some trees were cut down in the woods. They were soon sawed into hoards, which were sent to a manu- ht T would sled. the Town of Ledinon. Constable - facturing shop. Some were left lo-c Dated at Lebamon, thfs Sth day of and some were short. - December. 191 de Some steel was sent to this ldne i THERE 1 " @ s ""“um l“n shep, which was manufactured into i C: ".'H‘ runners for a sled. The boards form- | letin fo smneeetut in for business resu I 1 to ‘Tne Bui- =t