Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 17, 1917, Page 9

THE W Beiginal ‘stories or lstters omly wili be_used, i Betaitm e e 5. Write your e communications te Uncle dress plainly at Address all Jed, Bulletin Office. " 4 mare vos are—gs e Whatever you fay—Be true’ oy — B.B' nnubody else but yow™ POETRY. A Clothes Line Dance. One_cool and breesy Monday When the afternoon was fine, 1 saw a funny dance On an oid clothes ltae, 1 saw the stockings ST e ot thelr “foes: They did_so :An\;‘bfu;\‘ny things, | - flapping, flopping t S wiried about and turned about While hanging in the air, TUntil I thousht that Were hiding everywhere. I'm sure that they enjoved it While waiting to get dry, For they laughed with all the breezes And looked up to the sky, Thev caught at every sunbeam Ana shock in their delight, Albanging on that clothes iine Al clean and fresh and bright. They twirled about and turned about And nmever seemed to care For anvone or anything, While drving in the air. Frances Brlhoff. * es Susie’s Diary. mother dear gave me this little book keep a like, 1 am seven vears old today 4 first T must right about the beau- M To rekord of all the things I - old cros cook aidn’t like it a bit, For she thinks she makes the beauti- fulist Cake_in the world But Mother dear said she wanted to make it For me herself. ‘And =o she did, and it had ate candles, Beven for vears and one to grow on. tinz was white like snow 1 mother let me cut it all myself. 7 ‘geuss little girls have birthdays So they can see how sweet there moth- UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. ieve we will talk a little more sbout toads. I did not teli you what an economical creature a toad is, for while snakes and other creatures cast their skins and leave them, the toad never leaves his skin around, but sits and blinks while he eats his old clothes just as he does when feasting upon the fattest of fiies. But there is a toad which is oftener heard than seen for he can hide in a minute but he makes a noise llke a bird. This is the tree toad and when he is heard you are told it is going to rain, and many people think this toad can tell when there is to be a shower before there are any sigms of ome in the heavens. These toads are called Hylas because in very old times.there was a Greek boy by that name who was a sweet singer. 1If the story is true no other bov in all the ages ever sung as sweet- v as this boy sang, so these are real- Iy singing teads. These singing toads are smooth, not warty and look funny because they have little round disks at the ends of their toes so they can walk on the underside of a limb or a leaf just like a fiy and when they jump on a leaf or the trunk of the tree they become the color of the object they are sitting immediately. This sudden changing of color has zled people since the beginning of e. but finally the microscope show- ed the skin was covered with photo- =pheres or little globes that would in- tensely reflect color and there is ne real color on them any more than there is on a piece of looking glass which reflects color. They are not the only creatures that enjoy color protection for the plumege of birds and of butterflies enables them to conceal themselves in won- derful ways. Do you know one of these little sing- ing toads once jumped upon a natur- alist's - hat and sung “P-r-e-e-p! Por-e-e- and the naturalist was sreatiy puszied to find the creaturs that was making this shrill sound so close tp him. When he removed his bat to mop his sweating brow he dis- covered the little rogue. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Sybil H. Converse of Eastford: Georgiana of the Rainbows. 2—Leo Poliquin, of Versailles: A Man Without a Country. 5—Mildred Grandy, of Yantie: How Clear Grit Won the Day. 4—Ethel E. Aberg, of Tafeville: A Man Without a Country. da Levesque, of Plainfield: Pride of the Khaki Troupe. 6—Charles N. Brush, of vifle: The Frigh Behoot Boys Fisting Fetpy Kurtz, of Yantle: Bht Eradey’s -shoe Trail. 8—Christing TBe Bebhsey Twins at the Sea Shore. The Burdiek of Jewatt City: ) o o Dacte 56 prize Book, With North Weods. IDE AWAKE CIRCLE weary months, which 18 men out of 25 starved to death. Those remaining wers rescued by a reliet expedition in command of Cap. tain (now Rear A 3} Scott Schley. The spot has since been visited by Commander Peary. YVONNE BOISVERT, Age 13. Piainfield. Awakes and shall try to draw a much Saved by the Truth. DS O TH the RGN At one time, in the year 1778, while Cora Ch: M, of Chestnut HHIl: Ithe American army was on the Hud- thanic you for the. nice book you sent | con ‘Tatayette, a French general, had S, oM Buney S m‘ny!’;; command of thie troops alons the river. T Playi ‘That any approacl the enemy I&] my lfttle friends want to read it be heard, it was ordered thiit between Miriam Shershevsky, of Norwich: I| the hours of 9 at night and 5 in, the thank you very much for the prize | morning there s¥puld be no noise book you gave me entitled Alice’s Ad-|any kind in camp. ventures in Wonderiand. I am sure| Ono nighta fifer in the army walked I shall enjoy reading it as I have[down to the river bank and seating heard very bout 1 himeelf there, looked out on the dark ot S sy wators of the Hudson. As he sags thewe he began thinking of home and of ti dear ones there; of his mother, and her Jove for him. For the time he was & boy again, sitting beside his mother, and listening to her songe; and then, forgetful of the time and place, he took h‘ls fife from his pocket and began to play. . Suddenly he was shaken roughly and a voice said: . “What are you doing. man? if the general should. hear you, it would go hard with you. It was the sentinel, who afterward contessed that he had listened to the sweet music some time before he re- membered that he ought to stop it. The following morning the fifer re- ceived word that the general wanted to see him. The poor fellow was greatly frightened, for he knew how severely Lafayette punished those who disobeyed orders. On his way to the general the sen- tinel of the night before overtook the fifer anc whisperad: “If it is about the musie, all you have to do is to keep quict. Only you and I know the truth. Say that you know nothing about It and no one will be the wiser.” “What!” sald the fifer, “my mother's son tell a lle? That would be the heaviest load I ever carried; heavier than I ever mean to carry.” He went straight to the general's tent. As he entéred, Lafayette “¥Who are you, comrade?" The fifer you sent for, General ‘Ah, I remember. Last night I heard’the music of a fife down by the river's bank. Are you the player?” “I am, General, ‘but at_ the time I aid not think what T was doing . I aid not mean to break orders, bus as I sat there I thousht of home, and of my mother, and— Of your mother!” said the General. ‘and T thought of mine. You played her favorite air. Will you oblige me by playing it again? It will do me good.” The fifer never tired telling _this story and often said that one of the sweatest memories of his life as a sol- dier would have been lost to him had he told a lie. Moral: Every person should always tell the truth.” It doesw’t matter if it s in the most serious moment of your ife. ) BLANCHE GREENWOOD, Age 13. Plainfield. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. A Disastrous Fire. It was a told, winter night. Bvery- one was asleep and all was quiet. It was about t when the fire alarm was by the people. Soon all were running and forth, try- ing to save things that were valuabic. One person ran called. for thc firemen. It was t ten mihutes before they could hear the bells and whisties of the fire. engine. All the people were screaming “Fire: The sky was crimson, the school- house was in the midst of the blaze, everywhers were' crowds of people. There was a dense emoke and there were many engines trying to pit out the fire. Everyone was excited, all were look- ing at the burning house, when what should they see! A boy stending in the window of the schooihouse. In his hand were some books. As he was standing in the window he was over- gome by smoke and heat and fell a ‘When the people saw this they shouted for help. A ran rushed for- ward, ran to the building, climbed, in through the window by a ladder and ran oyver to where the boy was lay- ing. He picked him up, called for a man to come to the window and help him. He picked the boy up, lifted him down so that the man at the bottom could reach the boy and then climbed out himself. The boy had been res- cued by his own father. His father was badly burned and so was the boy. The people had been so interested in the boy and his rescuer that for more than an hour they did not look towards the buflding. When they did look they saw their beloved home fall- ing to pieces. All at once they heard a_crash—the roof had fallen down. Their home was lost and they were homeless. The people lost manv val- uable things on account of the fire. ~ ANNIE SHEBITZ, Age 13. asked: Yantic. A Toy Carved by a Soldier. One stormy day as a wounded sol- dier lay in his bed in the hospital, he began to weep, for in his hand he held a_picture of his little daughter, Mary. He suddenly thought that her birth- day would be the eighth of July. “She will be six years old,” he sighed. “I wonder if the nurse will be kind enough to help me make a present for her,” he said. “O yes, 1 will be glad to,” she said, when he asked her. Then the nurse told the doctor, who sgTeed to help. It was to be & Wooden oll. The nurse had a bunch of hair in her hair receiver. “So,” she said, “the doil will be like a real one.” The soldier worked -about an hour every day on it. After four weeks of hard work all but the face was carved The nurse made a curly wig for it which she glued on. e But, alas! A day or two later he was called to duty. But he was not kept long_because he was not strons cnough. So he went back to the hos- pital where he could finish the toy. ‘When It was ready to send off the nurse put in a dollar. He sent it home. Soon he received a letter, saving, Mary received the present. The moth: er write, “Mary danced for jov. MISS MYRA A. YERRINGTON. Taftvile. Our Lost Duckling. One day last summer I was look- ing for our cows by the river. I walk- ed quite a long ways up the river and I saw the cows through the bush- es. I climbed up the steep bank and on the side of the bank, there I saw a bird’s nest, supported by a small tree. In the nest were four spotted, white eggs. I just looked.in the nest, thén 1 went aw: I found all the cows and T went home the same way. All at once sore- thing jumped out of the bushes near the path. I was so frightened I al- most tell backwards. Then I thought T'd better see what lived there. There, under the bushes somebody had cut down, was a nest made of twigs and mud, lined with black feathers. There were a dozen greenish white eggs in jthe nest. I felt them and they were very warm. T picked five up and put them in my hat and took them home. When T got home the cows were al- ready - there, so T went into the house. 1 told my mother about the eggs and I asked her if she had a setting hen. She sald, “There are four or five that I'm not going to set.’ So 1 took one of them and set her on the eggs. The ducks hatched in about two weeks. So I had four ducks from the five eggs. The color of them were black, with green spots on their wings and talls. They had short, black legs and feet. They were very lively and they would stray away from our white ducks. Onme day they and some of the white ducks went across the road and found their way to the water. We could hardly catch them again. At last we succeeded and we watched them so they shouldn’t go there again. Some- thing happened to three of them and they were unable to walk. I think thev were too vouhg to o in the cold water. Only ‘one was left. It was quite big and used to go along with the white ducks. When we let our ducks on the water it used to go with them and come home every night. One evening when our ducks came home the wild duck was not there. We thought we should never see it again. Late in the evening my mother went to see if it was by the coop and there by the door cuddled up was the wild duck. We were very zlad to see it again. Mother tried to %eep it home because she was afraid it would never come back again if she let it go. But it wouldn't eat anvthing - without the other ducks so she let it go with them. Two or three times it came home with the other ducks and then again it went away and never came back. I suppose it met some wild ducks -and jwent to live with them. We all felt very sorry on account of it leaving us. TLLAGIA KURTZ, Age 13. The Gray Fox. This is_the fox of our southern states. Pepper-and-salt is the color of his coat, his vest is bright brown, and his trousers are black. When hard pressed by dogs, or other unfair meth- ods of hunting. a gray fox can climb a emall tree “straight up to twenty feet or_so. This is the only fox species known that can climb, and do it so well. WALTER RING, Age 12: Plainfield. American Indian: Indians were the first forces of civ- ilization upon the continent of North America, where now millions of white and civilized people traverse yearly. it is believed that these savages crossed over from Asia by the Bering strait. ‘When Columbus discovered the New world these Indians greeted him. They therefore were named Indians, as he thought the place he found was East Indies. An Indian can be easily told by their square head, dark long hair, deep set eyes, full face, reddish or copper- colored skin and their height, being that of the average man new. One of their more popular character- istics is their dress. Light colors are their favorite but skins of wild animais are usually their only dress. ‘Houses were huts or long bark cab- ins. It wae known that in some places their bark cabins extended over 100 feet in length. The powerful Iroquois tribe in New York had their homes of the mode descrided with sometimes 20 families living in ons bark ca® Others, west of the Mississipp: more eommonly known as cliff dwell- ers, thair heuses being located high iCHts. Habtts axe also one of their curious items. Religlon was not then known, as they wo ipped the rivers, stars or netaral world wondere. They were }:orlnt of the fact that God was liv- ‘Thetr method of kindling fires was quite different from now. To take two hard sticks and rob for a long time to get ome lonely spark was no easy thing to do. A clan was then a large famiiy in a certain tribe. A strip of hair we pu to show that the brave. The longer the braver. ‘Wampums. trinkets and snow shoes ware &l very vatmadiz to the eves of Indisne Fishing amd buating were most all of the men's occupations. The women Tantic. The Star Spangled Banne: Tn the war of 1812, when an attack was being made upon Fort Henry, TFrancls Scott Key and a friend were on board an American vessel just in sight of the enemy's fleet and the flag of Fort Henry. They remained on board thréugh the night, holding their breath at every shell that went careefinz over among their country- men In the fort, and every moment expecting an explosion. Suddenly the firing ceased, and as they had no connection with the ene- my’s ships they could not find out whether the fort had been abandoned, or the siege given up. Tor the remainder of the night they paced to and fro upon the deck in terrible anxiety, longing for the return of day, and I6oking every few mo- of | skins were hung in the win did’ all of the work like making gar- dens ang eooking thelr small meals. The Tndlane' help was greatly ap- preciated by the whites when they at first came here. Tt if were not for the Indlans the white people would have periched. LEONA PALMER, Age 12. Glastonbury. ments at their watches to see how lonz they must wait for it. Light came at last and they could see the flag was still there. At length they were told that the attack had failed ana that the British were re- embarking. The words of the “Star Spangled Banner” were w#tten by Mr. Key, as he walked the deck in the darkness and suspense. In less than an hour after it went into the printer's hands it was all over town, and was hailed with joy, and at once took its place among our pop- Cape Sabin Cape Sabine is an historic spot and ies Off the coast of Ellesmers. Land, and was named after Colonel Sabine of the British army by Admiral Ingle- fleld in 1862. It is a most dreary place and it was here that the expedition an_actor, saw it, of tenant (now General) A. W.}and catching up a volume of flute mu- QGreely was to establish an Arctic ob- |sic, he whistled tune after tune; at serving atation for the United States|length, he chanced upon one called | government, was arced to spend many | Aneareon in Heaven, and as note after ne | Banner. How the men shouted and MIUDRED GRANDY, Age 11. Yantie, * Lincoln's Boyhood. was born February 12, 1809, Tog houss tn the wood. Bear 5. slept on a bag of leaves. His moth- ér made him a little suit out of bear skin. ) Lincoln was always'good to her. He A T e T neil or paper. © num- work on a shovel, with a piece of t wood. He had only three books. Lincoln was for many years a law- yer. Our country was -in_trouble and people said, “Lincoln will =make a good president” He lived where Presldent Wilson lives now. Very soon there was a dreadful wa He helped to stop the war. Th people made him president again. One day a wicked man Kkilled him. Every one was sad. Lincoln was a vr. He was never afraid to do right. DOROTHY CAMPBELL, Age 8. Tattville. in a I \ The Aquarium. Ono of the moest interesting public buildinge in this country, if not jn the ork, is the Aquarim in New York The Aquarium is & round builing situated at the Battery at the terminai of all elevated rallway lines. No ad- mission is charged and thousands visit the place each day. ‘The tanks are buiit into the wall, around the entire building, and there are two floors. They are supplled with running salt and fresh water and con- taln many thonsands of gorgeous coi- ored and curious fishes, many of which live together in perfect harmony. Bach tank has a placard bearing the name of the fish within, where it is found, something about its habits and how long specimens have lived in cap- tivity. a There are deep sea bass and curious sunfish. There are Jew fish with.faces like a Hebrew’s nose: there are ribbon fish, green in color and geveral feet in length, but no thicker than a sheet of paper. There are (said.. .. of paper. Then there are scabbard fis) and angel fish and various species of perch. Most interesting of all are the little sea horses, which resemble a turned- about question mark. They have a head like a horse and have little fins on their body which is about two or three inches long. They can twitt their tails_into all sorts of curves, and are continually winding them around the aquatic plants that grow in their tank. In the center of the building there are gigantic tanks where the visitor can see wicked looking alligators, and turtles so large that it would take several men to turn one of them over. Then there are several small aquaria which contain different kinds of crabs and other shellfish. The main attraction of the Aquarium is the large sea lion who lives in a massive tank not far from that occu- pied by the alligators. There is always a large crowd gathered about this tank watching him swim and dive. Some- timés he comes out on a raft which floats on the surfa All about the building are mounted fishes varying. in size from sharks to goldfish. There are also thousands of framed pictures of fishes furnished by the government. One can spend a day most profitably in the Aquarium. ETHEL ABERG, Age 13. Tattville. Trees. We should hesitate a_long time be- fore we cut down a tree. It takes many years for a great tree to grow its tull growth. The axe of the woodcutter can cut a huge tree in an hour. For my own part, it always fills me with sadness to see a monarch of the woods £o crashing down like a half stricken giant, tearing through other wood and 1ving on the ground. If we must cut trees for firewood and timber, why not leave some to make the jandscape Dbeautiful? When we destroy trees we destroy the homes of the birds. If there were no trees we would have no birds, be cause birds live In trees. The large trees of a nearby forest protect the fruit trees in the orchard. It is beautiful to see a grove of tall trees etanding like sentinels to catch the fierce winds and hold them back from the growing crops from smaller trees. Let us remember that trees have useful purposes and are not to be de- stroyed without due thousht. They add to the beauty of the landscape, they harbor the birds, they protect the orchards and crops, they furnish Jum- ber. fuel, food and medicine, and their leaves are rich in vegetable mold. Therefore, let us take care of the trees. IDA LEVESQUE, Ade 11. Plainfield. The Lonely Grave. 1t was Decoration day. The old sol- dlers and the children were to march out to the cemetery. The little girls were dressed in white; they looked Ilke little fairies. Each_child carried a flag and a bou- quet to lay or the zraves. A little girl saw a poor lonely grave all covered with grass. This little girl did not know who was buried there, but as she was kind-hearted she left the other little girls and went, to lay her flowers on that grave. LAWRENCE GAUTHIBR, Age 12. Brooklyn. Asi Asia is the largest continent In the world. Tt is located in the eastsrn hemisphere, northeast of Africa, east of Burope, east of North America and northeast of South America. In Asia are some of the highest mountains in the world. The highest mountain peak in the world is in v e tns"Somg ot The Star Stancied | H ‘The phonograph taiks back. The pitcher has lots of 1ip. ‘The dictionary gives us impudence. The wagon sticks its tongue out. We get sauce from the fruit far. Pa calls this “concreted impudence.” Asia, Mt Everest. It is 29,002 feet high. : There are many rivers in Asia. The northern rivers-are Ob, Yenisese. Lena. On the east: Amur, Yellow, Yangstse. The chief rivers of the south are: Brahmapukar, Ganges, Indus, Tigris, Eyphates. The countries are Siberia. China, Japan, French Indo-China, Siam, India, Persia, Afghanistan, Bokhara, Turkey and Arabia. There are other less im- portant countries. Around Asia are many islands; some of them are: Japan Isiands, Formosa, Hong Kong, Philippines, East Indies, consisting of Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, Java, New Guinea, and the island of ST R Siberia in northern Asia is the cold- est known piace in tke world: the average January temperature is 60 de- grees below zero. It has been record- ed as 90 degrees below zero. There are extreme temperatures in Asia, rans- ing from the extreme cold in the north to the excessive heat of the tropics. CHARLES N. BRUSH, Age 11. Fitchville. Norwich. Norwich, at the head of navigation on the Thames, is a prosperous man- ufacturing city. The Yantic and She- tucket rivers which unite at this point to form the Thames, are swiftly flow- ing streams which furnish abundant ‘water power. ‘The chief manufactur- ers are cotton textiles. + Norwich has a beautiful memorial library and art gallery, also an Acade- my and Y. M. C. A, which is a large building. On the river, below the city, state Lospital for the insane. Norwich las a population of more than 28,128. 1 like to go to Norwich very much and go nearly every Saturday. GERTRUDE E. BLATHERWICK, Age 15. is a The Girls Saw a Bear. Qnce two girls set out to gather flowers in the woods. They brought some lunch with them and sat down to eat ft. ‘Then they began to gather flowers again. They did not think they were in_the woods long when in sud- denly bdgan to grow dark They heard the busheés moving and looking around saw a bear They ran, but the bear did not. and when they had go quite far from the bear they got up info a tree and stayed there until morning. Then they saw men coming and when they got near thev noticed it was no one but their fathers. ANNIE HOPKINS, Age 10. Jewett City My School. My school is a Jarge building _on School street. with a lot of rooms. The school room T attend, is on the second floor. Tt is a big room with six win- dows and a door. In front there is a book case full of odd and curions things. There are thirty-five chil- dren in our room and four hundred and sixty-seven in the bullding. On the third floor is the gymnasium. After school the children of the differ- ent rooms have turns going un. There are many nice things for the boys and girls. The girls have a horse which they jump over and dumb bells. and the hoys have ladders, basketball and many other things. Friday afternoons, after the small children g0 home we go up In the hall and have exercises. _FEach room has a turn entertaining. We usually have singing, speaking, reading, and times a selection on the piano. principal speaks afterwards. The children are earning monev get a victrola. We hope fo hava soon. CHRISTINE BURDICK, Age 10, Jewett City. to it Something About Birds. T wonder if any of the Wide-Awak- es are interested in birds as I am. 1 always look for birds In spring. . 1 am going to tell vou about some birds which T saw. We have a Socletv in our school to help protect the biris. We always try to help them as much as much as we can. The robin comes in spring and he begins to build his nest in Mav. His eggs are blue. The robin in Eurove s larger than the American robin. The American is brown and has a _red breast and he is the best known of all the birds. He belongs to the thrush fam The crow is among the earllest kind of birds In spring to build their nest Their eggs are found in the earliest part of Avril ang the color of the eges is blueish-grean, with brown marks A LITTLE\PATRIOT I, Sybil Hortense Converse, am the daughter of Dr. H. H. Converse, who fought in the rebellion of '61-'65 and received a bad wound in the leg while in battle in front of Petersburg, Va. As 8000 as he recoversd he joinea his regiment, the _ ol wenty-seve: Massachusetts Volunteers. o In a short time the regiment was engaged in battle at Kingston. N. C., and was overpowered, he beinz made & prisoner of war; and in Libby prison when Lee surrendered. As I was reading the history of my papa’s regiment I asked him “How he could have déme it?” He answéred me, saying: “It was to make and preserve a free country. and free schools for me and for others.” He then saia same _ patriotic blood flows through his veins as aid when he was a soldier boy. I am only a lass of tweive summers, but the same current flows through my being as did through my vapa’s and I will tell you how I shail prove it: I have $200 which I hav saved by penny and nickel savin: which I propose to loan to the gov. ernment. 1 also have a littie garden 28x45 feet in which I expect to raise some vegetables for the table with papa’s help; also, I have one hen and she has hatched me 14 chicks, and 1 will divide my jittle mite with any who are destitute. But, best of all, I know how to pray, just humble pravers for the soldier boys, who have gone to fight for right and freedom: and_also for the moth- ers, sisters ‘and brothers who have proudly said good-bye to the defend- ers of this, our noble country. Now my' dear lads and lassies, let's do our little mite to show that we are trus biue to our God and ouf coun- SYBIL H. CONVERSE. Eastford, May 7, 1917 over them. ‘Their nests are made of sticks and twigs, and lined with grape virie bark, grasi and sometimes wth moss. | The old crows are quiet and usuaily stay in their nests. The farm- ers call crows thieves because they pull up their corn. 3 The woodpecker is one of the bird: that stays in the forest most of the time where he can find fnsects. Theré are three kinds that I know. ‘They are . the flicker, downy woodpecker, and the sapsucker. The downy wood- pecker is the largest. He makes a hole in the tree for a nest and lays about five or six eggs, which are pure ‘white. He eats insects from the trees and also all kinds of bugs ‘The morning dove breeds in May, and she lays two pure, white eggs and her nest is in the horizontal part of the branches in a tree. The doves eat berries and after harvest a few grains. They have a sad note. T hope the Wide-Awakes will the bizds ANNIE EVAN, Age 12. Center. help Mansfield Imperial Joking The Czar Nicholas I, of Russia, was an incorrigible joker. On one of his journeys it is sald he came to an out- of-the-way post station, and learned that ause of the bad roads it would take several hours to travel by coach to the next station. They told him, however, that a_ footpath led through the forests, and that if he car- ed to walk he could reach his destina- tion sooner than by ecoach. The Czar and his adjutant decided to walk, and set out through the fo ests. Presently they came to a riv- bridge had broken _down, were considering how they should get over, when a peasant came along. The Czar asked him, It there was no ‘other way of metting across. “No, sire,” sald the peasamt. “How are you going to cross? “How about your pack. Can you ear- on my shoulders.” n. you shall have ten rubles it vou will carry me to the other bank. The peasant agreed, took the Czar on his back and carried him ovi “Now bring my companfon over for ten more rubles,” said Nicholas. The peasant recrossed the stream, picked up the adjutant, and was in the middle of the river when the Czar called ou “T'll give vou throw him off! The peasant found himself embarrassing position. ou_shall have fft twenty rubles if you in an if you take me aid the adjutant nervously. “Sixty.” ecalled the Czar, from the other side, “if you pitch him in The peasant accepted this last of- fer. TRut the adjutant called out one hundred rubles, if you carry me to the other side. So he took him over to the Czar. After breakfast the adjutant wrote his_account book: “For breakfast, ten rubles, for transporting his ma; esty over the river, ten rubles, for transporting the adjutant over the river, under highly amusing circum- stances, one hundred rubles.” LEO POLIGUIN, Age 13. Versailles. across”” in PRIZE WINNING PICTURES Golden Hair, sdna Kendall of Versailles. Lost Girl, by Alice Connor of Ver- sailles. “Mudder’s Darling,” by tis of Norwic Faith Cur- | Mr. Crew, by Albert Mathewson cf Versailies. HOW TO MAKE AN ICELESS REFRIGERATOR Cooling by Evaporation the Principle of This Homemade Stosage Cooler. Refrigerators can be made to do their part in conserving food this summer. Preserving milk, butter, and other supplies and keeping left overs and unused portions until they are needed will be their service. If ice is not obtainable, an iceless refrigerator cooled by evaporation, can be easily constructed. Women demonstrators in extension work, south, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, tell how to make such a cooler at a emall cost. This refrigerator consists of a wood- en frame covered with Canton flannel, burlap or heavy duck. It is desirable that the frame be screened although this 1s not necessary. Wicks, made of the same material as the covering, resfing in a pan of water on top of the cooler, conduct the water over the sides and ends of the pan and allow it to ‘seep down the sides of the bOX. The evaporation from this moistened covering causes a lower temperature inside. On dry, hot days a tempera- ture of 50 degrees has been known to be obtained in the cooler. This is the way to build it: Make a screened casc 3 1-2 feet high with the other dimensions 12 by 15 inches. If a solid top is used, sim- ply place the water pan on this. Oth- erwise fit the pan closely into the opening of the top frame and support cleats fastencd to the In- it by 1 inch side of the frame. Place two mov- able shelves in the frame, 12 to 15 in- ches apart. Use a biscuit pan 12 b; the top to hold the watef, is be 14 inches on and where the refrigerator to used indoors have the whole thing standing in a large pan to catch any drip. The pans and case - be painted white, allowed to dry, and then enameled. A covering of white Canton flannel should be made to fit the frame. Have the smooth side out and button the covering on the frame with buggy or automobile curtain hooks and eyes, arranged so that the a r may be opened without unfast- ening these hooks. This can easily | be done by putting one row of hooks on the edge of the door near the latch and the other just oposite the opening with the hem on each side extended far enough to cover the crack at the edge of the door, so as to keep gut the warm, outside air and retaif the cooled air. This dress or covering wil have to be hooked around the top edge also. Two double &trings one- nalf the width of each side should be sewed on the top of each side cover ing, and allowed to extend over aboait 2 1-2 or 3 inches™in the pan of water The bottom of the covering should be extended into the lower pan. Place the refrigerator in a shady place where air wiil circulate around treely. It buttons and buttonholes are used on the Canton flannel instead of buggy hooks, the cost will be re duces Food Saving by Substitution of Motors For Horses. The announcement that grains suit- abel for human food will no longer I fed to horses in Great Britain cals attention to the possibilities of grad ually enlarging the production of (he world's food supplies by utllizing for that purpose the vast areas now de voted to producing grain for hors for which the world is rapidiy substi- tuting power driven vehicles and cul- tivatore. A compilation by the National City Bank of New York shows that this process of substituting the motor for the horse on highways and farms has already made rapld progress in t United States. The number of horse: on farms in the United States in 1917 is no greater than in 1910, while pop- ulation has meantime increased 13 per cent., and those changes do not in- clude the horses in cities ‘where the substitution of power driven vehicles for those drawn by horses is even greater than on the farm. The total number of horses in the entire United States in_1917, including farms and cities, is “probably an in 1910 while population féd has in- creased 13 per cent. Meantime the transf from oats, chiefly used horses, to that of wheat man. keems to have made even more rapid progress. The number of acres devoted to the production of oats in lesa t be of production as food for as food for 1916 showed an increase of less than 19 cent over that of 1910, the acreage devoted to wheat in showed an Increase of 27 per cent ov that of 1910, corn also showing increase, though not as great as of whent During the 1910-1917 & which the horses in the countr ed a slight decline, and the acreage devoted to the production of their food showed a less gain than that of food for man, the production of petro leum' used as food for the road and farm machinery taking the place of horses shows an enormous Increase. The quantity of petroleum prodiced in the United States was in 1810, 8,801,000,000 galions, and in 1916 12,- 264,000,000 gallons, an increase of ap- proximately 50 per cent Meantime there has been an enor- mous growth in the number of power driven road and - farm vehicles and tractors, the Census of 1915 showing over $500,000,000 worth of automobiles produced 'in 1914 against a. produotion of less than $200,000,000 worth shown by the Census of 1910. On farfa trac- tors the statistics while incomplete are sufficient to show plainly that they are now performing much service f 11 per while | 1916 | v n that a tnj show- | which the farmer was formerly de- pendent upon the grain consuming horses. A recent statement by the Depariment of Agriculture shows as a partial census of tractors in the Uni- ted States 34,371 actually in commis- sion. and representing every state of the Union. Very recent rcports indi- cate large numbers of farming trac- tors being purchased for community uses, and a single manufacturing con- cern’ in Ohio reports contracts for agricultural tractors ageregating at "Learn To Prevent AsWell AsHeal Skin Troubles With Cuticura How much better to prevent skin suffering by using Cuticurs for every-day toilet purposes, : the Soap to @u Ura cleanse and SUAP MEDICINAL 10itey purify the pores, with touches of Oint- heal the first signs of ec- zemas, rashes, dandruff and pimples. You will use no other once you try them., 4 SAMPLES FREE Address post-card: “‘Cuticara, 27, Boston.”” Forsale by y VIIL MOopP 2 CLEANS - PolLMES 7 The Original Trianele ( /\‘;\ Tuaped Fioor Mep that mot | 4 i tleans the Hloors bot Sellshes them. GETS INT \ EVERY CORNER Has an extra long hand- le—a slip-en-s men that can'betaken ou o1 off for cles or re-siling and other lmprovemeats. AS$1.25 C. =4 107 (nticura x Dept \ L) Y/ Mop for This same 2] regularly for $1 4sd $1.25. It comes in @ tin. dust- proof can. olled and eady for use. DUSKIL 2 B¢ Polish Ol This Polish Oil gleans and pollshes FOR SALE BY THE HOUSEHOLD Bulletin Bldg., 74 Frankli New Bermuda Onions COWSLIPS, DANDELIO? LETTUCE, RADISHE ETC People’s Markel 6 Franklin Street JUSTIN HOLDEN also material tries the v a the prod « horses, a for 140 corn 170 millions, 100 mil:ions. W million stitution of t ster and farm fed horse of hors might ducing tion m| Aevoted to the § about half voted to whea Meantime wor substitute and farm with remarka production of large aren Pe from 150 millio miilions in ) 1915 Evil to Be Remediad When Germar ism it will take democratic Germar militarists of the ¢ the common people off in Berlin.—Roche Has Its Limitations German efficie r thing, but it cann Berlin s begir with deep distr Kansas City Jo Having a Good Effect Aeroplanes a United States | - with more _effer ' bombs could 1§ Star. wines, Ask For—Get The Original Scientific Advancement. With another cut or §o in the r: tlons German scientists are hopefully anticipating_the isolation of the origi- nal atom.—Washington Post.