Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 11, 1919, Page 9

Aules for Young Writers. ypape r oniy, and number the pages. Use pen and ink, not penc Shor: and pointed articles. <wil ziven prererence. Do not use over s - Those who have studied the subjsct R s ki AEh asa “was ]l say that.men do:not live out half plainiy at the bottom of the |their days. : What are half'a man's days? Well, v - POETRY. there doesr’t’ seém to. be ‘any good The Child and the Bird. By Corinne Gould. Bave a little playmate Who lfves across the way. avers day 1 call to her— These are the words I say: a-rv, Ma-ry, Ma-ry, Can't’ you ceme out to play 7’ the Iflac bushes near me A catbird_comes to_stay. d when [ call to Mary ) He mocks me every da: 7y, Ma-ry, Ma-ry, n’t you come out to piay?” Lannmn_v-wetfiuw v Northern Mocking-hird”— d his-a0DE to me is sweeter Than ali others I have heard. use he calle 10 her for me And she understands- each word. by mottier cannot hear him, But smiles. and shakes her head B¥¥hen I bid her stop and listen. Then tell nre what he said. I"This year he has not come to me— Can my mocking-bird be dead ¥ the sone-birds go to heaven And join the angels’ lay. [ know that he will call to her, can almost hear him say wa-rv. Ma-rv, Ma-ry Can’t rou, come out to nlay 7" Mother Goo Bal s Mother Goose sat seriously think-;Flving Machine Bovs in Secret Ser- ing vice She cageriy said to herself: Edna Weaver of Hampton—Biue | M.EW. PPve’ plents of swests the house|Grass Girls' Vacation A | Bt e 2 womberful pian ih my head. | Bl Grass Girls in the Mountains. B eins bo i & M |4 Millard Manning, of Yantic— Hnd invite the fairveale kiddies; |Bov Allies Under Stars and Stripes. Second Prize, $0.75—THE LITTLE PATRIOT, by Margaret E. No: Cindereila. Adaddin. and all | _5—Lillian Cramer, of Norwich—Boy| worthy ‘of Hampton. E® bire e erasshouner band. | Scouts on the Trail — And we'll have a wonderful time. | oo gyl Cal ATl e Boe dance in ine ‘mooniieht: we'll | riCiaing n ms“s;;d',e‘" Yantie—Ruth| ..i4 ehe wax a real princess. The| house. plar and well si 7 ueen let her in and she 1 “Is there s v On: but won't that be fine!” | pyz Sorands Mebert, of Plainfield— B it ot T Caune ishe ol | s s iere. o, sshiogl, tefiayy daknd B®e night came at last. and with it|The Bov Allies With the Cossacks. | room that was going to be the prin-| The children looked at the ground, the moon | S—Almira Bernier of Danlelson—| cess' room. and put a pea under twen-; “We did not %o to school ioday,” And siowlv the guests began to ar- |John Halifax, Gentleman. ty matresses. The princess had (o lay| said the children. rive : | The winners of prize books living|on this all night and when she got up| “Boys and girls must not come to They cume about cigh |in the city may call at The Bulletin|ihe next morming she was asked how |se¢ me when they ought to go to And (‘tis 2 shame to | business office for them at any hour| she slept. and she said: | sehool.” . DAdnt z» home till th. {after 10 a. m. on Thursday. ;--oh. 1 slept miserable, something| SARAH McGRATH. e < | = | hard must have been under the mat-| Yantic. children were there, to | LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT | resses. i . ) e wbte to count them| . lena lda Cleave. of Plainficld—| They knew then that she was a real| My First Experionce on a Bicycle ble t them " hanks for hrize book Tecelved| Princess o she marricd the prince the Alone. Boc e ks ivics. coruse ot the PRBAIIAG e Bobbsey Twins in . the PP e s N i One day lasi summer my &irl friend N R Country. 1 have read part of-it. and| . . VIVIAN McLAUGHLIN. ln.q her brother's bicycle out for a Were was dan. nd si plEe I iupa 3 = s jeas A plenty ot faod | Almira Bernier, of Danielson—Many 3 | Her mother called her so I asked BE S Sl Asb e | sincere thanks for the prize book I re- e BusSball's Stowy. her for a loan of the wheel. For that would be rude | ceived entitled. “The Camp Fire Girls'| “T.a proud baseball, lie in the win-| She consented <o I took i in the AnA at last it ended Larks and Pranks” 1 am late »with| dow of a shop! Should I not be proud | middle of the road and holding on to As Bl ‘mao MEnge d0: . my thanks, hut just as sincere. | of my pure, white coat. with the red-ia post got on and started down the But 1 surel h 1 was there. | Agnes Meozinska, or ol | dest “of .stiches. also genuine de | hill. £ Don't you> | nave Teceived the lovely - ometero il mark ‘of auality. T have several ene-| When I was half way down 1 no- Dot 2o | éntitiea. Camp Fire . Girls tn the| mies. one of which lies only a few, liced a man starting across the street ANNA I. MEANY. | Maibé Woods, and thank you. very|Paces;mway, it Is °the ‘wagon tongue)with a wheelbarrow, Eomiins | mush #or 1€ | bat.-wha is'quite envious of me. But| I shouted to him. hut he cvidently SwCLE JED!AW::(LEKS 7O WIDE- | _wAngelina Desrosier, of Plainfield— e e O T Y e e Cntiited e phw DoCK ¥ou gave me; After T had laid in the sHow alit was a bov's bicycle and I could not Po vou know those who right | Fhein o of TNew! few days a tall man came in and ask- | siop it because it had no comster. So [ Vitiary Fosfie” 3 ed ihe salesman for a good baseball |all I could do was to whout and Keep Dme ot the truest things ever said |y Yian McLaughlin, of Jewet City—| ‘The salesman at once zave him|on going. But I went into him und me 2 t said | Many thanks for my lovely prize book|me. and thrusting me into his pocket |ie fell over the wheelbarrow with the “The people die for lack of knowl- | entifled. Our Young Aeroplane| he also purchased my enemy, the wag-! hicvele and me on top of him. ige:~ Scouts in Germany.” T Rave read some| on tongue bat | T got up as soon as 1 could, but the A weil-ordered life is heaithy and|O°f it and find it very interestisig. sbout ffteen mimutes later T was man was vers angry. He told me I did o o —— faken out. Much relieved at seeing)not shout. ere Wasn't any use of Wrifty: and rder of our life is| STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE.|davligh! once more. but on looking |arguing with him, so 1 went home. mur responsibilits | AWAKES. around who should I see but my ene-| When I told my mother of my ac- ! A sreat many well-informed people | A Gypsy Party. | my Iying near. | cident she laughed. but 1 assured her # ndiBiow how. to-treat thernsdlves| Wil I'SR5laq to. matocici 1 was thrown to another man, his/I would never try to ride a bicyele| by o S pntertain four of| <aort pants and red and white siock-!again until I knew how to ride, es- ve: |my Zirl chums, mother suggested a|ings made me laugh. I was afraid he; pecially down a hili on a boy's bicycle. Bverybody who eats too much, or |SYDE¥ party. = eton oo lwould break his wrist the way he; JBAN HUTCHISON camie Urother had a tent twelve feet|iwisted and turned me around. ANl Norwich. B the et T ’"‘fg” "qr'r‘:"g:’; at ‘once T was vh‘:owndthrf:mh the air. | — — |cots ana mattresses for five. "4 little [ "Nis act was Fepea(sd again. Thon| 1. ine Man and:ife Gisen Nickel. ay from the tent we made a tripod | the same volee shonied “Sitihe torac| There was ofice o man who had an |of three noles from. which we could| rhe thind time. T received & terrifie| 0l Rmickel. He didn't like the nickel |hang a kettle in regular gypsy fash-|whack. While I was whizzing through PCause it was green. |ion._ R e R One dav he went to the store to buy { With our family horse and old sur- | Now I have my revenge’ d {a oigar to wei rid of his nickel |rey our outfit was complete. Then T TRENE MAYOR, Age 11, The next mornink a man who was CUTICURA HEALS AllOver Bod! Fa'ce Arms Back and Linabs, liched. “I had many pimples all over m; body, face, azms, back and limbs, They were hard and red, and they itched very much which caused me many I began scratching, and’ I never could stop until 1 saw the blood come. “This trouble lasted thFee years. I made up my mind to frec sample of Cuticura Soap T bought e, e ; Elm St., Law- Tense, Mass.. Sépt. 6, 1918. Cuicure For AH Toilet Uses Coticura Soap, Ointraent and Tai- socthe wih Oirsment. dust Talcam. Unslike strongly med- acaps, Cuticira Soep is ideal complexion because so d et 9o fragrant and «o crosmyy. Write piainiy on one side of the . Original stories or letters only slecps too Jittle.. or works too much or does too.little. who-think too-much of pleasure: and too-littie-of health,| are suffering every day from. lack 'of: knowledge—from disorder In life Which 1s the cause of most disease. ' 1 Teason why a man should not live as long as’ an eagle, and he does mot-itve:| haif so long as a erow. who-liyes fram | 80 to 100 yeare.. . O 5% A The most Important knowledge 18 that which affords us the bes{ care and protection—the very best treat- ment of ourselves.' 3 There is an-old sayiug: It is better to work omt, lhq to:rust out. The idle die just as soon. as ~ thoss whe work. and idleness afferds much’ less Ppleasure, for it is self-support which ives the most pleasure and. independ- ence, The way to have money is to earn it. and save it: and the best way to en- {Jox¥ life is to help “‘those who do not =eem to be able to help themselves. There are times when it is better to know how to swim than to know the history of all the nations which have ever lived on earth; hecause it is the knowledge which will save vou from perishing. A little accomplishment sometimes is greatest of all. Lack of knowledge {makes one helpless. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Jean Hutchison of Nerwich— sent out mv invitations on rough pa- ner. inviting ‘the girls' to comeé to my fent dressed as gypsies at seven-thirty ! Tattville. John Jones’ Orders. the followimg morning. . prepar | Sty twentvorour honss. TP 101 jonn Jones slowly rubbed his head.| When they camef five perfectly | He looked first at hix orders. then af| =o0d gvpsies set 7 work to prapare| the slip of paper in his hand |breakfast. Ever€hing - was cooked | “CAan: you make that, ont?” he ask-| over the open fire. We toasted pread | ¢d, of the grocery man. on sticks. cooked our bacon the same | “Tet me see” said the grocery man, éxtending his hand for the paper. 1 way. hofled eggs in thé keftle hung from the trlpod: and if our toast was 7 was the verdict irned a little we never minded it. as ‘that John After breakfast we -harnessed. up | flie Srocery man were trving to find the family horse, climbed into the oid [ 0¥t Was the meaning of the two let-! | surrex: took lunch with s and drove | ters. G. G.” ; i {off for a-day in the. country. Gupsy| Mrs. Jones had written out her| life, we ate by U roadside in shady | orders and given them ‘to Mr. Jomes,! Spots, and taward avening we drove|PUt he could noi find the meaning of | home 1o our ient and cooked our sup- | the last words. A i I per over the fire. e spent-the-even.| “Mavbe.it's something in the cloth | ing tellinz fortunes for all fhe chil- | department?” suggested the grocery | dren of the neighborhood. and for the | man. grown people, too, for our fame had| Mr. Jones went in the next room; Spread afar. We slept in our feni. ibut there was nothing there that was The next morningz. after :\no"n«r:“"‘"‘e" zypsy breakfosi, our party broke up| “Maybe ite gold beads' suggested wnd we went hack te ctvilzation. | tae girl that worked there. *hey're cheap. t0o.” and she lowered| her voice as she named the price not make your wife a pres- MTRA RERNIER, Age 11. | i fent! The Princess and the Pea. fontz” = pucE | Saateilca . en, all at once, John Jones re- o e Brner Yho WUt | membered that in his twenty-five| et Bmirricl. bt Be dmiew &) G ElOR aeried life he it mevit| % | made his wife a present. ! A real princess, but he could find | to sutt him. He came lookingi jwell: all right” he snid | none i | very sad and told the king his story.| , That night when he gave his wife| | He' felt vad, for his boy, but - .csuid | the heads ahe was very much sur- prised and glad. After that John Jomes went out te the shed to-chop some wood, when he w0t help Atm. One stormy night a knock was heard e e eman fhe auéen NErSel| 4013 his wife call him w on: 3 - s 8 Thers stood a beautiful girl, who|, [Wherg, is she, John? Didn't you Then, all at once, Mr. Jones remern- who! of grape is due to self-developed- - sugar from the I of wheat and'b natural swee bered the meaning of those two let- ters. “Ge B It was to get a friend of Mrs. Jomes. and the letters stood for YGriselda Beals.” LORANDA HEBERT, Age 14. Prainfield. Henry and Amy. Henry was a_little boy who lived in 2 White house on a hill. He was six Years old. - Amy lived in a browm house near a spring. The two chil- dren. often drank the cool water. ©One day Henry told Amy he did not wish to g0 to_school. | Amv said _she 4l not wish to go fo :school. 5 “T think T shall go ta see grand- ma.” said Henry. ‘T helieve T shall go to_see grandma, too.” said Amy. She lived in a big, red house. It was Nuts | - This - a long. way to her house. Both the tnesssnever children became very tired and stop- 2 ped many times to rest before they on ‘as do came to_grandma’s house. Once Henry stopped to ook at: the frogs in the pond. “Go_ta. school* naughty ‘hoy! £chool!” said- the frogs. E Ofce Amy - stopoed 1o Took At 'the ducks in the brook. “Go to school! Ouack! Go to school! Quack!" said the ducks as they swam away. 2 By and by they came to grandma’s Go 10" [down the steep. 1o the changed. some stockings went bifl selling store to have a dollar {and be zot the same nickel so he went | to_sell his stockings, In the afternoon he went to the same man who bought a ecigar with | {he nickel. and he sold a pair of stock- | ings and he got rid of the nickel. So when the man saw that he had 4he same nickel. he went and threw the nickel in the water. The -next day the man went Ashing Jones and ang he caught a biz fish. went home | and cooked the fish. and found the zreen nickel in the fish He was so mad that he burned the nickel. YVONNI Baltie. HARPIN, Age 13, How Mary Came to-Grisf. Little Mary was very.fond of riding her mew. bicvcle. Near her heme there was a_steep hill which was dan- gerous to ride down. But Mary used 10 go out there sometimes and -think “and | how nice it would be to put her feet | coasters and fly like a bird smooth road. g noreelt. “I can thout anv da on_ the One day she said ride down the hill ger. Shal, 17 Then she quickly said: | “Yes.” and down the hill she started. her hair flying, and her eyes wild with pieasure, s All at once she saw a little dog Sit- ting in the road and she cried: ‘Get out of my way, dog&i Rut doggie did not hear, or if he did s0. he did not understand, and Mary fan plump inito hfm wnd. got « ‘Hara all. 2 She eaid. some ugly- things to “Mr. Doggie, and he snarled back at her as much as to sav: “Tt was all yeur fault! 5 at the top of the hill> Bv disobeying the rule you hurt vour back and broke your bicvele.” RUTH DUBUC, Age 11. Danielson. The Mysterious Visitor. Phe hot, eultry night was nearly oyer. There was mot the _slghtest breeze, and soon anether day - would hegin. . ANl was wmiet-at the mmpition factory. As he passed the figure of a man ap- eared at the lower windows. — He crawled carefully out and efunk away in the vrotecting darkness. The guard returned, and a far-away clock struck the hour of three. Suddenly a terrific explosion shook the earth. Tengnes of fire ‘shot into the air,'and the guiet place seeméd a mass of flames. The rumbling of fire trucks was soon heard, And the sirene of the fireboats in the river screeched an echo to the noise of falling bufld- ings. The fire was spreading rapidly and the whole town was in danger. . Morning came. and all through the hot_day. the men worked to save the fowh: The streets were crowded with frightened people. Women and chil- dren with a few cherished possessions were hirrying from blazing houses fo a place of safery. 2 Nigh: came, and the héat grew less Why did you not read the sign | A -guard_ walked slowly by.| People who-are relieved of sufferinz are maturally zrateful for réief. That's how Henry C. Hackett. postoffice clefic. Cambridge, Mass. féels. “T had rkeumatic artbritis 8o bhad 1 conld walk only with dificult; A ihe time I wus delivering mail outsice.” I had dizzy =pells, tos, and wéuid have to stop and lean on a fence. “Var-me-sis relleved me in o few weeks, and T am in perféct health i@iay. [ would be giad to have amy afflicted person write to me, for Var-ne-sis has done so much for me." Var-ne-sis. is in liquid or tablet form,$1.25 at drusgist or direct. 'W. A. Varney, Lynn; Mass. Sames for y Lonise Freer Director_of Brxsira) Training for Women The Tniversity of ofs ; By T. E_Joues. Athletic Director, The University of Wisconsin “I ate at home, and weat to bed ear- ly.” Thus a star tackle explained his | Have vou ever noticed how alar ‘sxl;cy:cs‘;- He meant simpiy that he had | 5 e g b always thk‘:?":wd ined. 3 E .| rollicking gaimes to play 2t a party The three important factors in train- | o0 ioo® SCIG T REE TR E B are diet, rest, ahd work. | “Stap-jack” is always ium. Join TET: It is impossible to give a strict dict that will apply to everyone. Diet shouid not too narrow and hard. The food should be plain and the meals should be, regular.- Good, holesome food, well cooked, is meces- to perfect training. Thre should eaten regularly and intelligently. Eat substential foods, heei, mutton chicken, steak. eggs, oysters (veal and are hard to digest), cheese, peas. milk, fruit, vegetables (excepi and cabbage). toast, bread (not hot bread nor biscuits). Avoid pastries fried and greasy foods, also avoid semts, spices, pepper and highly sezsongd foads. Neither coffee nor iocolate is good. Eat three meals a day, the heavy meal coming at fight hands in one large or two smaller. cir- cles. Ome player runs outside the circle and tags another. The player tagged immediately runs in the opposite direc- tion. Both try to get back to the vacant nlace first. The one that doesn’t is left outside, and so must tag somebody cise and run-again. This can be played by having the players bow or shake hands when they meet, or by making them walk instead of run. “Flying Dutchman” is really double “Slap-jack.” The players join hands as they stand in the circle, and two are hosen to be rummers. The runsers also oin hands and, runving around the <cir- tag any two hands. Fach couple tfies 0 ‘get. back to the vacamt place rs “Two Deep” is another goo.. ome. A iagger_and a runmer are chesemto be it.” The one who is being chased tries 10 save herself by taking a place in front of anyone in the circle. This player im- mediately becomes the runmer. If the runner is tagged before she can get in front of anotlier player, she, of course, becomes the. tagger. “Dodge Ball” s one of the most popu- lar_double circle gaines. Those mn the inside circle step forward. jorming a scatiered group. The players in the out- side circie try to hit those on the inside with the ball. Anyone hit is out of it, ‘The inner p! 'rs score o the basis of | the number leit in the ring when time it calied. The two-t*ams then change places, and_the others see if they can run up a higher score. Drink plenty of water between meals but sparingly of it while eating. To- bacco in every form should be avoided absolutely. | " REST: Rest is a very importan: {.art of training. An athiete should have eight hours of regular undisturbed slcep. with plenty of fresh air. WORK: The- best place to condition « man is on the field. Start in easy. Beiter start getting in: condition two dirce weeks before thie first call for can- ates for the team. Work should be regular. The amount of work varies with the | | 1 | | i In llu‘atlim\u_te with its are all are a safe box handy- Makers of Briggs’ R hle to catch cold. Briggs’ Mentholated-Hoarhound Cough Drops rd— It is g They relieve the cough at once. C. A. BRIGGS CO. CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (A sudden changes we ood petiay to have a Boston Wafers [T T BT T water with the other children. They | would throw sticks in the water for Jumbo to get, then they would suil| little boats and build houses in th sand. 0 H Mamma never allowed Flossie to 2o oGt on the long wharf in front of the | house mnless seme grownup person | Was with her. for the wuter was deep and ane mighi all in. ©One day when Jumbo was fwol months old his master caught some vers large Msh, and he wanted fo (ke o send to his friend. | a-picture of them Heé took ilossie out to imclude her in| i picture, | Itossie was so delighted with the| fish that she decided to ~o back out on the whart azain by herself and look at | them. Now. ¥iossle was really a good little 4| and minded her mamma. but she thought it would mot hurt to <o on tne wharf by herself for just once. Why. she was a hig.girl, fowr vears old! Of course, she @puld not fall off She called Jumbo and off they start- ed. When they got 1o the end of the whatf IMlossie found the fish zone. Her | father had taken themr away “1 will just look cver the edge once, Jumbo, and then we will go hack to *he house.” she said. Rut. ‘alas. for poor Mttle Flossie! Her .uscular_and nervous makeup of the | foot slipped and shie fell off. Her dreas man. It is best in training for football {cunght on o pile of bushos and iere to get all the: exercise needed by prac- X e e O e Tt T B the game.. Practice the rudiments of | p A0"NGTG L Ll icer | nor ohe Hemra them, for the wind hiew the game. punting, handling the ball, (Copyright 1919 by J. L Millar) he sound out to sen dodging, kicking, ‘etc. Don't overwork. o A R L R T it it hetter to be under-trained tham | —— E X — | e Do A over-tr: and rolled it 1o her. She was playing | mother's dress and nulled wi s (Boys Newspaper Service) | and hav. 2 e Se ey | nright, Cop: TECH Miliar) | R aandying loteof fun when suddenty | WL, (oweht-he wanted in play T EERRPTSA — . When the eat heard it she-ram away| 204 s €ho wat '1"'*“" told him to as_fast as she could i witys, hu still he s i intense. The firemen, refiected by the| The next dav I zot amother nickel Why i what shn e the makter wi red glow of the fire, scemed llke cHng- ' so I ol ano Moo e thaei Iumbo?” saia mamma. “and where is ing black specks on the walis of the! never iet my vlay with i | Flosste>" T = buildings. LILLIAN CRAMER, Age 8. Witen ahe, spil . Mlgaali; Tumbo ran | On the ouiskirts of the town a Ger: Norwich. to the doo: nd ‘h arked and t ren ‘ry‘. man spy siood watching the dving ! = bick and car moth wirt and flames. A satisfied smile crosse s pulled agatn. g evil face as he turned and disapp 2 : Why sométhing must be the ma e Bl e L e No! Jumbo is not an elephant. as| ter.” said memma. and she started fo- ELLEN vou wouid suppose by his name, but a| the doocr Jumbe. ing was fol West Willington. little whire. rolly poily pupny. When | lowing. van out on the whar & g ossie’s papa brought it to her on her| B rama. Was very much ~, purth birthday he was only = three| frigh: n- a<. fast am she The Four Gray Squirrels. weeks old and as white as snow. Beonia ol il Arsids One day mather tock me to &| “Why. he looks ke a Jittie white! the and of ihe wharf there wa& noor i friend’s house. The lady had four xray | stuffed elephant.” said mamma. “s0 we | Htfle Flomsle, il hanaing with her | squirrels which the hired man found in will name him Jumbo.” The woods this sSpring. | Flessie zave She keeps them in a little house on| him on the flo ome side of which is a feeding place, | ner. and on the other side is a wire wheel | for them to run. They sleep upstairs in their house. The lady fed them | while we were there. She gave them | him some milk and pat ¢ while she ate her din- { When she went to et him after in her mother's old garden hat. He looked very cute, thought When Jumbo was six_weeks old he Flossie 1 ‘would Jike fo have two for myself.| Was very mischievous. He wonuld car | My Balloon. Hnosvass mbton meEEAL o P One day my mother and | went down | mother and made her so Angry fhat | She zave me five cents and I|she threaicned to give him away: but wondered what 1o buy At last Flossie begged and cried so that Jum- | ! T T ¢ | '3 | t | thought of buying a balloon. I went|bo was safe, for that time. at least in and bought one. [ was afraid of | Jumbo was very fond of oranges. nnd blewing it up very high, for I thought| whenever Flossie had one she would | it would break. | always give him half. and they made The next morning T was plaving with | such a_prettv picture siiting on the sofa and eating It fozether. Ilossic lived on the seacosst and oh! what fun she did have playing in the my balioon when my cat came alon; T knew she liked to piay. so I blew if | up quite hizh amd put fhe stopper o, | S5th Prize. 30.50—The Scarlét Tanager, by Beatrice Mebert of Plainfield. dinner she found him curled up asleap | he aid Flossie had only i | i | | 18 mv tatner's pec head down, imetas Timin had left her. | Mamma spon puiled hor un and found she was nnconscions. Papa went at once for the doctor. IWhen he came fainted from | Vight and tha Llood golug to her head | and that she would be all rtght in a connie of hours s Wit von have to be erateful to that punpy ol rs that she Is alive ald. “for i# she had hung there m: onger 1t- wonld have killed her if her drees had stven way and had fallen 1t she would have You may he anite sure aiced and t mhe thanked T A very larze orange al anec and ms ma 15 never tired of felllng whot he 15 and how he savel Ao ™o nige SOPHIE GASKA. Age 17 Jewatt City A Visit to the Dracon's Hofe. | vinited the Dragon's Hole In Octo Ler. 1815, 1 went with my father aud A friemd. We started about § o'clock rAking lunch. with u The_cave le in ¥rankiin, about four miics from Yantic. | The orifin of the cave was many Dhig| nocks rotied down off the mountain. The spaces between the rocks are the dHffergnt rooms and paseageways. mrrived nt the ontrance about half past 11. We sat down on a rock n®d ate our tunch. Then lighting our ndles we went Into the cave. We Found tuac thers were two Dasmages: we took the lefthand one. It led to one We explored that and then took the pessage that led further back. We fou t Bl6cked by @ atome. Then we 10Tlowed up the other passage. It led s seven different rooma, whieh we ex- plored. The largest was about seven feet wide. ten feet long anrd five feet nigh. 9 Therc werg Alsp geveral ome-room caves under rocks. We oxnlored them. We started for home after 2.and ar- rived 5. ST RD MANNING, Ave 18, Yantie. | | central part of " My Pet Cat. My pet eat's name is Bright Eyes é is gray amd whife. Brioht Eyes bv @even vears.oid. She is a néce cat. She Whan he brought her home fo us he ought her home in his coat pooket. hen father romes home from work at night. Bright Byes will Jump.up on s kneés. Bright Byes has two lttla kitten ey are only five weeks 0ld and a VR Suie. One ol the Misle kitens ia) ..“maltess and oehttehreo w?., .. 2 maltese and the other in Eray ans Acid-Stom white. They are piayf their age LINA TDA GLFEAVE, Age 16 Plainficld Honduras, Land of Rivers and Big Debt. Honduras, m into impassable fi w ana Hond The o some such untr Spa =12 o God) As M, the night will he sper more than a_hut, built of mud. thate ed or roofed with tiles. One is z parently always weleome to the best part of the traveler's owtt is cessity, for the heds of stretched hide or canvas are usually ful T T OB hore Rt wRbas m ar uest, then by other re be feared “erybodys sleeps fn one room— men and chiidran togatier Your hosts are eurlous, but pol 50, watching you undress and g vour hammoek, with a calm stare t ot 3 Tmpertiment c white man is not an every-ay | visitor. T rarely undressed comnpietely. Sometimes | would only take eoat and hoots: sometimes only my hat, for sleeping in one's clothin ond nature after swille. and changes of linen ea tier indulged in along the road- ~ BELCHING Caused by ach Lad . the wondertal m- = e et ES R s burm and ach misecies. They al [ ‘oua of 100 s 1o one way 0f e Bug wited 53 toiows: - Befors { o EATONIG! tacii not st 8 bita Tik: om L riehe up, sour and biuer. 1 St ot BB Bt ooty eroce he Ret tabies.” ot i Acid-Stomach whi- Mtilons ave viotima of Acid-Stemach » sy artiy LXay to fellow i an saeld- socted. Clathasia.of the livee, - Attt catacrh of tha tne mexs 3 by AckdStoma of the Sromach of : "1 hnd eateTre of yoars oud 1 Rovbe neg B0 Viomac (or B suyaing ¢ fone L dtui remedy Wl s 1 o e moz tertin encegs ww et s hent 19 Theate the 1 wnd o Bew IuCh B Sers way. i ca—a biz bax for e and At gl draz st yOUY Wancy DACk Fou STe neE saNaAe EATON 1C (VO 0N & SRR