Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 21, 1916, Page 9

THE WIDE Rules for: Young Writers. Write piuinly on one side of the only, and number the pnges. Use pen and ink, not pencil. Short and poinfed articles will given preference. Do not use over ‘words. Original stories or letters oniy be used, Write your name, age and ad- plainly at the bottom of the all communications to Uncle Bulletin Office. “Whatever you are—Be that! ‘Whatever you xay—Be truel Stralghtforwardly act, Be_honest—in fact, Be nobody else but you." 3 POETRY. THROUGH WOODLAND TOWNS. b | By Helen M. Richardson. Hark! Santa Claus is coming on his is way through Woodland Town, fill the children's stockings from pack all loaded down. What will he leave the wildwoo# folk “from out that pacit so full? ance he'll give them feathers b t, or fur or bits of wool he'll_bring some suet bones and hang them on the trees, up among the branches for the ungry chickadees. Méiybe he'll bring a lot of nuts jchuck them in the Lole Of Jittle Squirrel Bushy Tail, for him 2o eat and roll. He, may drop from that bulging pack food for the fox and bear; such a kind old Santa Claus will _urely tend with care ‘e little furry feathered tribe that in * the wildwood wait And long for Mr. Sunshine to unlock _the spring-time gate. - be alert and ready; do not mind | e frost and cold; Weer your fud and feather dresses, be they new or be they old. Little wildwood folk be waiting your jackets gray and brown, Por Santa Claus is passing on his way “through Woodland Town. THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS. 2 By Nellie M. Coyle. hot make a Christmas present ‘0 the birds that with us stay Witen the snowflakes fast are falling, JAnd the skies are dull and gray Jugt a little bag of suet can dangle from a tree the woodpeckers give pleasure; ile the merry chickadee be made supremely happy crumbs scattered round door as s00n as ‘these are eaten will_quickly chirp for more. Christmas, the time of giving, eed then these advising words, do not neglect to furnish Bome such presents for the birds. CH ms‘rvflAs SECRETS. T now so many good things Tm almost afraid to speak; Wien one’s no full of secrets They're very apt to leak. Yot know T'm helping Santa o trim the Christmas. tree 8o these lovely things I'm making I cannot let you see. and in our Now don't you hint tc Grandma— *Twould be just awful mean Tojtell Td make her sumpin’ o keep her glasses clean. silky thing’s for Mamma ' hold her work, but—well, Yofi_need not think for a minute That T am going to tell. And there fs brother Charley, J really don’t suppose, Rt iy Corlatonge present: = forget to wipe his nose. & the prettiest glass thing, ‘hat's round, just like a ball, AWAKE CIRCLE '‘BOYS. ARD GIRLS DEPARTMENT . LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGWENT. Alice Williams, of Norwich—i thank vou very much for the prise book I received for Grawing. I have read the book through and think it very inter- esting. Roger B. Miner, of North Franklin— eived the prize book and was pleased with it. Arlene Pearl, of Augusta, Me.—I re- ceived the prize book you sent mé this morning and find it very interesting. Thank you very much for it. Kathleen Johnson, of Yantic—I re- ceived e prize book. I have read it and like it very much. Cecile Bessette, of Moosup—I am a little late in thanking you for the nice book vou sent me; but I have been sick for two weeks. 1 am going to try and win another soon. I like the book very much. Leo Poliquin, of Versailles—I thank vou very muck for the prize book you sent me. I have read it and found it very interesting. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE-- AWAKES, Good Manners. Don’t forget to say “Good morning!” and say it cheerfully, and with a smile, for it will do you good, and do your friends good. There's a kind inspiration in every “Good morning” heartily spoken Which helps to make lope fresher and work lighter. It seems really to make the morning good and to be a prophecy of @ good day to come after it. And if this be true of the “Good morning,” it is.so also, of kind, heart- some greetings: they cheer the dis- couraged, rest the tired one, and some- how make the wheels of life run more Ptmoothly. Be liberal with good words, then, and let no morning pass, however dark and gloomy it may be, that you do not help at least to brighten by your smiles and cheerful words, some one's day. OSCAR MATHEWSON, Age 12, i Versailles. Autobiography of a Lead Pencil. I am a very old lead pencil. I am worn out at one end and chewed off at_the other. I lay in the corner of a desk. Once upon a time I had a nice coat of yel- low paint, but now it is all scratched off. One day a man came along with an ax . He cut me off of an old oak tree and brought me to a factory. I was put into a machine and was made round. Then I was painted vyellow. When I was finished I looked fine. I was then packed in a big box with many other pencils, painted red, green, vellow and black. Then we were ship- ped to a stationery store. We were put on.the third shelf so I could see everything that went on. I saw people buying cigars, tobacco, cigarettes and many other things. After lying on the shelf a long time a boy came In and asked for a lead pencil. T was shown to him and he thought I was very nice, so he bought me. He took me to school and used me for a_while, then began to sharpen me and I began to grow smaller, and now I am of no use. I lay in the desk anmd expect to be thrown away soon. JOSEPHINE HARRIGAN, Age 12. . Norwich. Row the Little Girl Got a Christmas Tree. Once there was a little girl who was very poor. She would go on errans for the people. That was the way she made money for her hread. ON> day as Christmas time was comihg on she looked very sad. The people asked her what was the the matter. She said she wished she could have a Christmas tree to light- en her home. But she still went on errands for the people. my little baby brother— o, T never told at all Yes, I'm just full of secrets. More'n T can really hold: T hope you haven't guessed them, N I knew I havenst told. —Bmma H. Teel. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES T, mistrust the Wide-Awakes wish wvety week was Christmas week, for thefe 1s no honor Mst that week, but evely oné' fortunate enough to have a letter printed on the page receives a Cheistmas preesnt. Do you know that of all the Wide- Awakes who have won books from The Bulletin In the past six years Unéle Jed has never known but one or §wo to speak to of those who have r::vod the two thousand four hun- books. He has more than 25 letthrs a week from his biz family of chifiren, or more than twelve hun- drefl letters n year which would make in the six years over seven thousand lettprs. Wide-Awakes, wo keep the postal clerks busy; and we expect to for some time to come. Do you know some of the Wide- Awiakes of the first year have grown up to manhood and womanhood, and we know of one who is doing busi- nes§ for himself in another state. We are all growing up with the country. Uhcle Jod'has never had but one sassy letter in the whole time and the glrl who wrote it feels sorry and; Uncle Jed feels sorry she wrote 1t, foo. He is quite sure it will be = ldhg while before she will write an- ont‘mxc 1s a good rule which keeps us putting our temper in ink paper. Discreet people never al- lowgthemselves to do it. lo Jed hopes all the Wide- A will have a Merry Christmas -::ut the New Year will be the best year they have ever known. The letters and stories written to Uncie Jed are a credit to the writers and, to the schools which they repre- | InUse For Over 30 Years sent, and we hope during 1917 we shall CASTORI Always bears _the receive more letters than ever. ‘For Infants and Children Signature of ¢ ot ey On Christmas morning when she awoke what should she see but 2 beau- tiful Christmas tree and many pres- ents. You should have seen that joyful family on Christmas morning. And this is the way the little girl got the Christmas tree. - ¥ ANNIE HOPKINS, Age 9. Jewett City. Sergeant Jasper. One of the bravest of Marian's men was Sergeant Jasper. He was noted for his bold deads. Here is 01 of which T Wi tell you: The Americans were bujlding a fort in Charsleston_to keep the city from the British. Before the fort was built the British ships came and be- gan to fire upon it. But the fort was made of a wood called palmetto wood, which grows in South Carolina. It is a soft but tough wood. The cannon balls sunk into it Wke a sponge, but they did not do much harm fo the men inside the fort. One of t#2se balls broke the flagstar. The flag fell to the ground outside the fort. Sergeant Jasper climbed over the wall of the fort, picked up the flag and fastened it to the staff once more. When General Moultrie saw this he was proud of Jasper. He even gave his owi sword to Jasper. This brave rergeant was afterwards killed in bat- tle. JOHN SHEA, Age 13. Nérwich Lost. One hot day last summer my tWe sisters and I went out Into the woods. It was so pleasant in the woods that we sat down on a large rock and watched the birds as they flew from branch to branch. By and by, as we were wandering around, we came to a wall where the blackberries grew large and sweet, SO we sat down to eat a few. After we were tired of eating ber- ries we walked on through the woods, but the woods grew thicker and darker and the birds stopped singing. We became frightened. and thought we would like to go home. While I was walking towards home a strange animal I had nevef seen before flew before my eyes and fright- ened me so that I screamed. My sisters. seeing that 1 was so trightened, looked up and saw that the strange animal was only a bat. Being so excited over the bat, we took the wrong path and we were so afraid of having to stay in the woods all night, we sat down on a large rock and_cried for help. We did not have to wait long, for our 0ld dog Bob came tggour aid. He showed us the way hos d we found the folks just sitting down to the ble for supper. ZELMA_ROCHELEAU, Age 9. North * Frankli Silk. Seventeen hundred years before Christ, the Chinese had discovered the making of silk from- the silk worms and had cultivated mulberry _trees. They” forbade anybody to export the sexs orito disclose the process of mak- the eilk, under penalty of death. “The Roman r Justinian deter- A He sent two monks who preached Christianity, but in reality studied silk worms, and secreting some eggs (] in two hollow reeds returned to the || emperor. From this start, silk making spread \nto Italy and from there to France: | JOSHEPHINE BOROVICKA, Age 14. ‘West ‘Willington. Kindness. We should show by kindness our love for other people. In school we can show our love to our teacher by doing'all the little things that come our way, and by pay- ing attention to what she says. At home we can do the same thing to our parents. P Little things done without grumbling wre better than big things dome with grumbing. We should not be cruel in any way to animals. For we could not get along without some of them, such as the birds and toads. The birds pick the worms and bugs from off the fruit trees, on which, if they were allowed to remain, they would do great harm to fruit and cause a heavy loss to the fruit grower. In the winter we can erumbs for the birds. OMARY BOROVICKA, Age 12. ‘West Willington. throw out The Heart. The heart is shaped like a pear, and it has four chambers. They are the right ventricle, left ventricle and right auricle and left auricle. The heart is on the left side of the body and points toward the left. The ribs are like an iron cage to the heart, protecting it from any harm. ELLEN BOROVICKA,, Age 9. West Willington. An Adventure of Robin Redbreast. There once lived in the north a man and a little boy. These two had to mind a fire, for if it should go out the big white bear would rule over the land; but one day’ the man feil ill and the little boy had to mind the fire, but the boy fell asleep and the large white bear came and put out the fire. ‘A robin near by flew down and therg was still a little spark going, so the robin fanned it with its wings Hill it blazed up_again: then the robin flew away, and every time he came to a cabin or house he flew down and made a little fire everywhere, because his breast was red with fire. And ever after that the robins had ved breasts. CBLIA HUNTLEY, Age 9. Norwich. How Bruno Saved the Baby. An old resident of a Nova Scotia town is said to be proud of a New- foundland dog for which he has been offered large sums of money. The dog's intelligence has always been rated high, but some time ago Bruno added to his reputation by an act which seemed to indicate a power of rapid reasoning equal to that pos- sessed by many human beings. His master lives on the side of a hill, the, street sloping rather abruptly down to the waters' edge. One day a little girl, left in charge of her baby sister, sléeping in its small carriage, turned away to talk with a schoolmate and_forgot the baby for a moment. In that moment a sudden gust of wind took the little carriage and bore it rapidly along down the hill toward the water. The two children ran after it, but the wind was too fleet for them. The Newfoundland dog, lying at the foot of his master's walk, as usual, raised his head when he heard cries, and saw the carriage skimfing by him. Unlike the children, he made no attempt to overtake it by a direct chase, but dashing across three or four lawns, he came out at a curve of the road ahead of the little vehicle, and. planting_himself firmly in its_track, stopped it and held it safely until some of the neighbors, who had been roused by the children’s cries, hurried to the spot. Then Bruno walked up the hill again, apparently unmoved by the praise and petting which were* surely his due, and resumed his nap with the air of a dog that had done his duty as best he knew how and was content. LEO POLIQUI , Age 12. Versailles. Grace Darling. Grace Darling was the daughter of William Darling. One night a storm came up. drifted toward the coast. The storm had opened a leak in the vessel and the water came in so fast that it put the fires. This stopped the engines and no human power could keep the vessel off the rocks. She struck them with such force that the ship split in two. Nine persons were left clinging to the wreck. In the morning Grace got up and looking through the spyglass caught sight of the poor creatures on the rock. She woke her father and told him to come to the rock and save the people. The father knew the danger of an open boat on such a sea. When they reached the rock they got all the per- sons aboard and saved dhem all, MARK POUNCH, Age 10. Norwich. A Good Find. It was a snowy day in December a few days before Christmas. A man with his wife was coming Lome from the market. ‘When they were about one-quarter of the way to their cozy home they heard a famt sound as of some sick or starving child. They looked into a clump of bushes, There they saw a little child about four years of age, covered up with a few leaves she had gathered. The kind man took her in his arms, covered her up with his coat, and away they started for home with the child. At last they reached home. The wom- an bathed the child, fed her and put her into a nice little cozy crib. After & while the child fell asleep. In the morning the little girl awoke, te a warm breakfast and was very warmly dressed. The two people were going to keep her unless someone claimed the child. On Sunday when they went to church the minister baptized her. She was named Charlotte Arlene Anderson. Now they had a child whom they could love and support. Charlotte. certainly was o very hap- ~ child in her cozy and loving home. The three were very happy togethe: HELEN ABERG, Age 10. Tattville. THE BOOK-WINNING PICTURES A Goldfinch—Dra: 'Altes Wi lams, age 10 of Nw‘:rnh:’ = Just then an unlucky ship | « CHRISTMAS BOOKS.. © Every Wide-Awake with a lstter in_print today will receive a book. Those living in the city may call at The Bulletin business office for them at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday. s LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Our Cat- Dear Uncle Jed: Our cat will piay with us days. We take a string and keep it going on the floor or on the ground and he will play with it. He is cunning. When he wants to go out doors he will jump up and scratch on the door and say: “Meow! Meow!” When he wants to come in he will jump on the door. He will get up on the window sili in the house and play with the curtain. He will get up on the shelf. When we are sitting down he will jump in our lap, and he will get up in the woodbox and sit down on the wood. He will catch snakes, ground moles, mice, grasshop- pers and bullfrogs. He is a little gray kitten. He will jump and run and play all day. If we bother him he will scratch us and bite us. If we go anywhere he will follow us and want to go, too. We make him 86 back home. We have to chase him or else he won't go back- He likes to play with us. He likes to play with a spool of thread. FHe will roil all around the room and get it un- wound. Then we have to take it away from him. MARY E. BROWN. Stonington. My Trip to Boston. Dear Uncie Jed: I thought the Wide- Awakes would like to hear about my trip to Boston. ‘We went to the public gardens, with a bag of peanuts and a box of walnuts. The pigeons were soon following us. We sat down on a bench and fed them. They are very tame and will sit on your shoulder or hands. The squirrels are very tame. too. T would be talking with my mother and the squirrel would come and take a nut from my hand. I put a nut up my sleeve, then he came along and was hunting all over for it. Hp spied the box of muts, but my mother would not let him get into it, so he sat on the back of fhe bench and looked funny I gave the nut to him. Then I put another nut uprmy sleeve and he stuck his head up my sleeve and took the nut and ran away with it. We also went in the subway and on the elevated trains, through the tun- nels, and to the library, to the art mu- seum and saw many pictures and other things We visited my cousins and other friends; also went shopping in the big stores, up moving stairs and down elevators. Had meals in beautiful restaurants with fine music. We also enjoyed the moving pictures. VIOLET DEDRICKSON, Age 9. Norwich. My First Hunt. Last season, the first day the law was off, my father and I went hunting, Before we started I said in fun: “I will bring home a fox.” We hadn't gone far when papa said in a low volice: “Keep still!” He stopped and fired. I looked to see what he had fired at, and I saw a fox jump into the air, and then he run a short ways and then fell beside some bushes dead. I picked him up and put him on my back and started for home. When we got near the house I let my father go in first. Mamma asked papa: =i . Papa said: “Only a chipmunk.” 1 walked in with the fox on my back. I weighed him and he weighed 11 1- pounds. It was a red fox and so pret- that I should like to have had it stuffed. ‘What did you ROGER B. MINER. North Franklin. A Boy's Honesty. Dear Uncle Jed:—This is the first fruit. As he was noticing it a I mellow pear fell from the stand. He felt like taking it home to his poor, sick sister but he knew it would be wi "He® thought it hest to take it to the owner of the store. He said to self,” said the man. Billy said, “It would be wrong be- cause it does not belons to me. The man was so pleased with his honesty that he gave him a whole bag of pears. Billy thanked the man very much and brought the pears home to his mother end sister. The owner of the store always liked Billy after that. CATHERINE FINNEGAN, Age 10. Norwich. My Chestauting Time. Dear Uncle Jed: I will tell the Wide- Awakes about my chestnuting time. One day I went into ‘the woods with two other girls. I had & great time eating chestnuts, but the burrs prick- ed my fingers. The next day I went up and got a box fall of great bi chestnuts. A FREEMAN, Age 10. Baltic. My Pet Cat. Dear Uncle Jed: While I was vis- iting my playmate she gave me a cat. I brought it home and had it for one of my pets. I taught it not to run away. Every morning early I would feed it on milk and oatmeal. One day when I went to look for her, very much to my surprise, I spied four little kittens, so I took her in the house and put her safely in a box with her babies and when they grew to understand, we were very good triends. HELEN KBULBY. Norwich. Recollections of a Dear Friend. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you and the Wide-Awakes of one of our young friends who died of infan- tile paralysis. For the last two yvears she came trom New York to visit her grand- mother who lives near our home and schoolhouse. During our recess and noon hours we would have a good time with her at_her grandmother's home. We grew to be great friends. When we had an entertainment she would recite and sing, as she was a beauti- ful singer. She did not come this year as she had infantile paralysis and aled soon after going home. Our Sunday school class raised a small fund and sent it to a hospital in_memory of our little friend. She was very fond of flowers, so we picked a beautiful bouquet and sent them to her mother to put on her grave. GERTRUDE BLATHERWICK, Age 15 Norwich. Getting Ready for Christmas. Dear Uncle Jed: I am very much interested in the Wide-Awake circle, and thought I would write and tell you about my school. My teacher's name is Eva May Stan- dish. We have twenty-four scholars in the school. I am in the fourth grade. five in my grade. We are practicing for a Christmas entertainment and I have a piece to There are | speak. We have a Christmas Crazy Class and a salutatory song that I am in we also have a pantomime. We are going to have a Christmas tree after we have the entertainment U will_write and tell you all ubout it. CORA C. CARPENTER, Age 8. Columbia. Katrina longed for rain. For_ that matter, so did the farmers. Their reasons were different. Katrina longed for rain_ because Aunt Patricia had brought her from New York a pearl- handled, blue silk umbrella. There was nothing like it in the village. The farmers, so far from thinking of um- brellas, would have rejoiced in a shower hard enough to make their roofs leak, so great was the danger of losing their crops. From the time Katrina was the pos- sessor of this new umbrella, she put on surprising airs. At first the little girls in her class at school were envi- ous, as Katrina wished them to be. Then, as days passed and Katrina be- came a wee bit lofty in all her way: the girls began to realize that their little friend had placed between her- self and them that blue silk umbrella. Katrina couldn’t explain an_example in fractions at the blackboard without a certain uplift in her chin that seem- ed to say, “Behold, I do this beneath the shelter of the finest umbrella in town." If Katrina could have had hef way, she would have carried the umbrella to school and used it as a_parasol This vanity her mother would not al low, so there was nothing for the um- breila to do but wait for a shower. In the meantime the little girls who used to be Katrina's best friends. be- gan leaving her out of their games. Katrina said they were jealous, not realizing what a disagreeable child she had become in a few weeks. Aunt Pa. tricia would have been surprised had she known that instead of telling the little girls how much she loved her auntie, Katrina had been _bragging about this antie's home in New York, and how many servants she kept. There was a_time when Katrina was different. Her mother noticed a sad change in the little girl even be- fore the umbrella came. She was worried_as any mother would be who knows fhat a kind heart is much bet- ter than the possession of many pearl- bandled silk umbrellas. One Friday afternoon when the school children were to have music and recitations instead of their les- sons, there were clouds in the sky. Katrina said she was sure it was go- ing to rain; nevertheless mother shook her head when the child insisted that she must carry her new umbrella. Mother dldn’t belleve it was going to rain that day. This shows that she wasn't a good weather prophet. It began to rain before the children had Dbeen in school half an hour. By the time Katrina had performed her part of the program by reciting ‘“We Are Seven,” rain was pelting o the school- house’ roof steadily and persistently, as if it meant to comtinue without stopping for a week. Katrina thought of her umbrell then she thought of mother's black silk _umbrella; next she wished for mother's common umbrella; after that she remembered with longing the old reila in the attic. - KATRINA’S NEW UMBRELLA ° When schoo! was dismissed Katrina discovered that all the little girls were provided with umbrellas; _moreover, they hispered while gazing at her “Sunday” white dress and dainty hat. She thought Elizabeth Morgan said, “Serves her right” It soon became evident that one of them intended to share an umbrella with Katrina. At last little Angie Munson was so sure of the fact that she did a brave thing. She offered to take Katrina home be- neath her old family umbrella. It was the worst-looking umbrella. in the vil- age; faded into a dingy brown with ribs ‘bent and twisted. “The boys played tent with it An- gie explained, blushing roay red at the same time. 'She was so ashamed of that umbrella. “It's big enough for two, though,” Katrina interrupted, “and I don’t want to get wet. Angie, you are the dearest girl ever.” Before Angie and Katrina had walk- ed 2 block Angie had forgotten to be ashamed of her umbrella. The cloak of vanity Katrina had been wearing seemed to slip off in that shower, and some way, beneath the Munson family umbrella, Miss Katrina returned to herself, becoming once more the little girl she used to_he. On reaching Katrina's home, Angie was persuaded against her will to gome in and have a cup of hot choco- ate. “But 'm in a hurry to get home to- night,” she said to Katrina’s mother, “We won't keep you more than ten minutes.” urged Katrina, “so you must come in” When Angie stepped out on the veranda to take her umbrella, it was gone. “Your brother borrowed it,” explain- ed the grocers boy, who had been waiting at 2 neighbor’s gate. “I heard him say he was going to barrow it for half an hour while you were visiting with Katrina.” “O, dear” exclalmed Angie, “then by the time I get home Aunt Florence will be gone. She said she couldn't—" “Why, don't forget that I have an umbreila,” interrupted Hatrina, dash- ing into the hall amd returning with the pearl-handled blue silk umbrella that had waited so long for a shower. “What, that?” demanded Ansie, scarcely believing her own eyea. “Why, of course. And, dear me, I never was 50 glad to be the owner of it as I am this minute All the way down the long village Street that afterncon Katrina's school- mates gazed in wonder through their windows when they saw Angie Mun- son’s smiling face heneath the biue silk umbrella. This is the end of the umbrella story, because when Katrina discov- ered that her new umbrells was big enough for two, she discovered at the same time the way to happi had so nearly missed Frances M. Christian Adv While Youf Coal-HGd has been shrinking KEROSENE has stayed the same S Coal has been going up—and up! The papers say it may jump still higher before the wintes, 18 over. Go light on coal—burn SOCONY KEROSENE ¢ A gallon of Socony Kerosene costs from 10 to 15 cents. Burned in a Perfection Oil Heater itwill warm any ordin- ary room for 10 full heurs. : 10 or 15 cents worth of coal is about half a scuttle-full—and there’s small comfort in a scuttle of coal these days. A Perfection is on when you need it and off when the weather turns mild. You carry it upstsirs and downstairs, wherever you want it. But the furnace stays in the cellar, steadily burning up the dollars. Get out your old oil heater, or order a new one today. See that the grocer delivers Socony Kerosene and noother, because Socony is the Standard oil Company’s best grade of refined oil. ok for the Socony Siga in his window. STANDARD OIL CO. of NEW YORK (Principal Offices) New York Albany Buffalo Boston Dy Dear Uncle Jed: about wint The cool, story gone by a are here. very glad ing, and have lots of fun sliding down but most of all Santa Claus will down toys to good boysh and girls. Santa Claus hill; climb child’s ho good. will be too Soon all by and spring will come at last. A merry happy New Year to all. CARRIE A. GELO, Age 12. Montville. Dear Uncle Jed: the farm warm day nuts. While we were looking for them we found a little kitten half dead by the side of the road. kitten home and nursed it and soon it became well again. We taught It could do almost anything. It often | of the different contiucnts—that is, on ran about and played with a ball of | the identification of formations fald | & : String. It is a very jolly little kit- |down during the same epoch. Such [branching from ten. We all love it very much and |wide correlaticns arc supported chiefly " we are going to bring it home with |by the charactef of the animal and us. plant remains inclosed in the beds, for of the peaks. ELEANOR HUNTLI Age 10. a group or association of the same >« thely h:‘rdnesfl Norwich. types of li forms occurred at es- the = Dear Uncle Jed: Oné Sunday when | QoA EReD 108, to ancient seox. |otherwise altered | my father and I were walking through | raphy. principle is especially ap- | {Rtrusion BRE the wood, we saw a baby squirrel. My | plicable to sea animals, for ths condi- S father ran swiftly for it and soon |tions of life are less variable in the caught it. When we came home I tried to teach squirrel, t ti He very high. After a while I coaxed it so 1t would come to me, hand. So house for legs as much as to say 1 have some nuts?” Norwich. I don't My Pet Squirrel. ANCIENT OCEANS IN NORTHERN MAINE. ecember Pleasures. I will write you a Burope. Ancient Oceans in Northern Maine. miid days of November are nd the cold December days Many of the children are because they can go skat- Ona of the interesting problems that the geologist is required to solve in tracing the developmant of the earth’s surface to its present form is that of determining the areas of land and sea during different ases. The story of the land and sea is written in the that underly tne several conti- the geologist must decipier it. The abundant remains of sea animals in regions which are now far frem the sea furnish clear ecvidence that great changes have taxen place on tha eartl’s surface sinca the eras in which these creatures lived. ceurate interpretation of tais evidence ever, slow and dificult, and mu formation is still needed befort it will be possible to do more than make ten- tative paleogeographic maps--maps that show roughly the outlincs of an- cient continents and _seas—-for the whole world, or_even for fairly well known areas. Consequently. espe- cial scientific value is attached to a contribution to knowledge bearing on the correlation of the rock formations to prcve that it furtaermore, e stone fauna, chimney and bring the doesn't come- to any unless they are very believe our chimney hot for him to come down. the happy days will be gone e Silurian marine Atlantic. Christmas and a bright and R Kabl, emarkable My Pet Kitten. While I was on spending my vacation, one we went in search of wal- tion into. We brought the by the Spanish. the kitten many tricks. i time indifferent nd from such an car draw sentially the same | paris of the world. occurrence the geologist sea than on the land, many sea forms have a wide distribution. and the chances of the preservation of euch forms are much greater. Such a contribution to the know- ledge of ancient conditions is contained in Professional Paper $9 of the [nited States geoldgical survey, department of the interior, on the “Fauna of the Chapman Sanstone of Maine,” by H. §. Williams and ‘C. L. Breger. whi‘h discusses the fossils found in the sandstone of Aroostook near Presque Isle. The fauna described comprises 127 species and varieties belongine to various groups of invertebrles ard one fish, and may safely be correlated with a later phase of the He'derberg fauna, which lived in the very early Devonian Christ.) but could not the first is’ very lively and can jump and eat nuts from my I had father make a little it. It will sit on its hind “Please may I zive him some. CATHARINE KEILY. of the nation,” mer governor- TOMMY TIDD. immunity his embassy You can't see me bow and wave my -hand when I say “Merry Christ- time in eastern North America, with the so-called Hercynian fauna of - The Chanman fauna is in- termadiate in character between those two and thus forms a link connecting the two continents. It contains enough identical and closely related specios in common with each of the other faunas _ was approximately contemporaneous with s younger than nppermost of the Engiish Silurian, fauna Nova Scotia, and hence helps to es- tablish a_common upper boundary for the Silurian rocks on both sides of the Dikes Peaks. The Spanish Peaks, Colorado, con- sist of large masses of igneous rocks which were intruded in molten condi- the sandstones and shades at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, according to the United States Geologi- cal,survey, department of the interior. The east peak is 12, the west peak 13,623 feet. They wera called Wahatoya by Los Dos Hermanos (the two brothers) A remarkable feature in surface as narrow walls. sandstones and shades adpoining the larger igneous masses are baked and altered by the heat of the considerably up- the Spanish Peaks rise the man Rocky Mountains, here called Sangre de Cristo range (shan- gray day cris-to, Spanish for blood of and them. Tt s, the tile- member or the late of Arisaig, the Spanish 8 feet high and the Indians and of this intrusion is the large number of narrow dikes of igneous rocks, mostly the large masses the sedimentary strata and extending out in every di- rection for many miles from the foot At many places, owing they sand abeve Th The Western Idea. “A man who wears evening clothes is not fit to preside over the destinies says a Western for- Agpparently he favors a candidate who would eat pie with a knife and be reckless St. Paul Dispatch. with ihe The privilege which every foreign ambassador in Washington enjoys of from American law within will_become real precious when the District goes dry.— Syracuse Post-Standard. and