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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03
Rules far youno Writers.

I. Write plainly en- one side Of the
paper only and number the pages.
2. Use pen and ink, not pencil.
5. Short and pointed articles will
be given preference. Do not use over
$50 words
4: Original stories or letters only
will be used.
5. Write your name, age and adj
dress at the top Of the first page.
Address all Communications to
Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03
Stories Of the Sea.

Way up in the northeast corner of
Maine the sea flows free and fast.
There family lives, the father was a
sea captain.
Zone day he was telling US of a
wreck they had ON the sea. He said,
at was an awful wreck. There was a
crew of one hundred and fifty, Of which
only fifty were saved. We were three
miles from any shore. The life boats
came thick End fast"
Again he told us of wreck on the
sea. He said: Zone time we were out
in mid-o for Two weeks. Any
body didn't know where we were, or
what we were doing. We didn't move
at al; for two weeks. The engine broke
down, we couldn't decide what to do,
we didn't have hardly enough to eat.
We saw ship coming, we gave 1T the
signal to stop to take us on board"
.sOh, papa. wasn't you scaded?' said
three year old Dorothy.
mo, we knew some ship would
come
But. papa, we were scaded. CESS
'sWen. we got wrecked on that
steamer. The pirates were after us
We had to fight. They sunk that ship.
We got into row boats and went
ashore. Then we rowed home
'sCome, Dorothy, it's time. to go to
bed. Kiss papa and go to bed"
Goodnight papa.
sGood-night baby."-Ruth B. Nc
Collum, age IL, Mansfield Depot, Conn.
Beauty, My Dog.
A dear little child was sitting one day,
Under an old walnut tree,
Playing and passing the time away,
Until mother should call her to tea.
BY her side sat herkonly playmate and
A heaI1tifllI large collie dog
Guiding her little feet in ways long
and hard,
Now over a stone, now DER log.
Guarding her always, whatever the
cost:
Watching her by day and by night
Seeking her the moment he thought
she was lost
Which meant to be out of his sight
Frisking about till she laughs with de-
light!
Bounding to her when she calls!
Watching and list'ning the livelong
night,
To hear her run through the halls.
Guarding her ever DER life's stony way
| Always a playmate and guide,
Until he is grown so old and so gray
He no longer can run by her side.
Another has taken Beauty's place long
ago
In life. but not in the child's heart,
For who could forget one who loved
her SO,
E'en when death rends their lives
apart
And to this day the walnut tree sways
Ger "a mound and a little white
| stone
That reads. Beauty, Chum of child
hood days,
Best and faithfullest dog ever
known
-Harriette e. Allen.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

Once pigeon came to my door every
day and 1 fed him with crumbs.
Each day he brought a c11um with
him until he had a flock of about fif-
teen. / think he was trying to tell
me he was thankful for his meals. and
was not selfsh.-F'rank Powers, age
10 Yantic.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03
Woman's Hat Bio AZ c.rtwbeeI.

Waterbury, Aug. There's lady's
untrimmed straw hat at police head
quarters awaiting q claimant. The
hat was picked up by the police while
they were retursing from one Of their
many calls to Benzine Corner It is
probably one of the largest pieces of
headgear that has found its way to the
about % inches in diameter and was
SO big that it had to be pused through
. window to get It into the station.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

Once upon time man was riding
through a woods. AS he was riding he
met a tiger; but the tiger was caught
in a net. So the tiger asked the man
If he would let him out. The man let
him out The tiger was so hungry that
he seized the man and ate him up
Harry Davis, age 10 years.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

and address. He hopes she will write
him another nice letter and send it,
not to be printed but that he may
know her.]
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

Boston has discovered that the ram
pant Christian virtue among the adv
| men now in national convention there
is Hope!
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

New London rises up and makes
it's wants known with a confidence
which does not brook disappointment.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03
SPECIAL PRfzEt 70 STORY AND
LETTER WHITERe.

Frank Powers, of Yantic. book en-
titled: Mother Nature Stories (96
illustrations).
Harry Davis, Norwich, book en-
titled: Animal Stories for Little Peo-
plev Go ilIustrations)
Harriette Z. Allen, OF Willimantic. a
book entitled: The Story OF the
White House. by Wayne Whipple.
Emily c. Babcock, Of Old Mystic, q
book entitled: rip Van Winkle,'' by
Washington Irving CAS- illustrations).
LITTLE ORIGINAL STONES.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

Happy thought for today: John
Barleycorn can make a man feel like
sage. but he cannot make him talk
like one.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The foghorns along the coast make
the summer resurters wish they were
at the mountains.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

Some of the democratic papers of
New England refer to Taft as being
sphinx-like because he acts before he
speaks. The sphinx never surprises
any one this way.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

1t is fact that the motor-boat men
in all parts of New England have
their troubles when revenue officers
are asleep.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

The young lady who asked her milk
man for the cream ofs-cucumbers must
have been surprised when. he said he
had no facilities for even milking
them
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

1t looks as if cranberries are in
clined to keep step with eggs. The
announcement is made that the crop
| will be short
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

1t is apparent enough to all the peo-
pie that President Taft rather honor
his conscience than to hush it for q
second term.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

great many persons who thought
they would never be seen in an auto
mobile have been, and some of them
now own touring cars
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

How people differ in thought and
taste is illustrated in every town by
the varieties of dogs and cats they
keep.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

The Boston Transcript is willing
ito bet dollars to doughnuts that the
Texans who cut up SO in Boston play
picture puzzles at home.n
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

If the thirty three little Standard
Oil trusts are trained right they may
be depended upon to form a straight
line and keep it,
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

Vice President Sherman can do
something more useful than smiling
On Sunday last he. assisted in getting
} a fallen horse out of a ditch. He had
pull, tool.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03
CURED HER BABY OF ECZEMA

II can't tell in words how happy the word
'Cuticura sounds to ME, for it cured my
baby Of itching, torturing eczema. 1t first
came when she was between three and four
weeks old, appearing on her head. 1 used
everything imaginable and had one doctors
bill after another but nothing cured it.
Then the eczema broke out so badly behind
her ear that really thought her ear would
come off For months I doctored it but
to no avaA. Then it began at her nose and
her eyes were nothing but sores. ! had to
keep her in dark room for two weeks The
doctor did no good, so stopped him coming
For about two weeks | had used Cuticura
Soap for her every day. then got box
Of Cuticura Ointment and began to use that.
In week there was marked Improvement.
In all l used two cakes of Cuticura Soap and
one box of Cuticura Ointment and my baby
was cured of the sores. This was last Novem..
bers now her hair is growing out nicely and
she has not scar on her can take my child
anywhere and people are amazed to see her
without sore. From the time she was four
weeks old until she was three years, she was
never without the terrible eruption, but now,
thanks to Cuticura, ] have a well child"
(Signed) Mrs. H. E. Householder, 2004 Will
helm ST., Baltimore, Md. MAY TO-, 1910"
Sold everywhere. Send to totter Drug &
Chem. Corp. Boston, for free book on the skin.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

Georgia weman is the widow of
five soldier husbands and now she
cannot see why she is not entitled to
draw five pensions.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

The finest mountain resort in. New
England was sold for 800: and the
man who sold it is alive and says he
had lots of fun with the money.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

1t is not easy to determine whether
John Bull will consider Aston or John
son his best American exhibit.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

Harvard shows signs. of nervousness
over the determination of Yale to
come up to date in athletics. They
regard the result as "prcblematicalr'
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03
"DoN'T GIVE UP, BUT Try.

Il -
{An Incident i'm the Life Of Dr.. Adam
Ciarke).
The sound Of children's voices near
Had reached a kindly strangers ear.
And soon he found himself before
school house with an open door.
He stepped inside, and noted well,
As many lad was called to spell,
How one small pupil stood apart,
With clouded face and troubled heart.
Why stands he there?' the stranger
asks.
Hes good for nothing at his tasks
Replies the teacher, rough and stern;
Hes stupid, and will never learn
Poor child. his heart was sore, but now
Upon his sad and gentle brow
The visitors kind hand was laid,
And with his tender touch, he said,
Nay, don't give up, my boy, but try;
You'll be a scholar by and by"
And as the CHEEKY words were spoke
Young Adams sleeping mind awoke.
A purpose in his heart was born:
And such was his desire to learn,
That tasks he used to try in vain
Seemed easy to him now, and plain.
He learned to think, to write. to teach;
Long years h. lived TO pray and preach,
And i'll his writings left behind !
The harvest of a fruitful mind
Nay; don't give up" young hearts,
but try"
What time the hill seems steep and
high:
The willing feet that dare to climb
Will surely gain the top in time,
The Toothbrush Speaks.
Look at me well, dear children
| measure only span,
But yet am a mighty giant,
Whose name is the Toothbrush Man.
/ go to war with the dentist,
With only one little brush:
Though he has great big forceps,
That pull, and grind, and crush.
/ flourish my little bristles,
And drive old Toothacf1e out,
With his swollen jaw. and old file and
saw,
To make you shiver and shout
The rude little boy who neslects me
May laugh, but his teeth will not
And the vain little girl who forgets me
Will never forget she forgot.
But speak to me every morning,
And speak to me every night
And I. in return for your courtesy,
Will keep your teeth sound and
Pearl River in "Fauling's Medical
JouruaIo
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
One of the Happy Ones.

Dear Unc~ Jed! I am one of the
happy children who went down with
Capt. Dougl~ss to Pleasant View; and
I had a very good time all day. | have
had lots of my playmates making fun
Of me for going down with Capt.
Douglass
But mama said. "God loves poor
children jest as we'll as the srich."
And know Capt. Douglass does. So
all want to say is: Thanks to Capt.
Douglass; and may God bless him, so
he will be able to take us down next
year.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Thanks for Books.

Dear Uncle Jed: l thank you very
much for Tony the Hero. 1t is a love-
ly book But like Indian stories the
best. Your niece.
LUCINDA A. BROWN.
Norwich July 30, 1911.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03
UNCLE JEp's TALK TO LITTLE
FOLKS.

This department presents lot OF
fine stories from the little folks again
this week; and Uncle Jed would like
to send a prize 20 every one of the
writer's; but we are sending out nice
books and they are worth earning.
There is a prize all win in this depart
ment, and that is the ability which
comes of persistent striving, and this
in the end is sure to win book.
Uncle Jed must caution the little
folks to send him their correct post
cff1ee addresses if they live out of
town; and if they have a post off1ce
box to be sure and give the number;
and If they are on a Free Rural De-
livery rlate to be sure and give the
number, and the number or letter on
box, if they have one
Inaccurate addresses cause unneces-
sary delays and sometimes loss of
book. If they prefer to call or send
for the book to The Bulletin Office, it
will please US, if they so write.
WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS THIS
WEEK.
First prize to Ruth 3. McCoIlurn, of
Mansfield, book entitled: tom
Thatcher's Fortune by Horatio Alger,
Jr.
Second prize to Edward G. Moran,
Of Norwich, book entitled: "a
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

Dear Uncle jed: Just received m.
prize hook for which thank you.
Yours,
KENNETH w. MAIN.
July 81. 1911.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

Reach up as far as yen can,
and God will reach down ali the
rest of the way
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03
INDOORS AND OUT F-D0ORS
A Boys and Girls Department

Child's Garden Verses, BY Robert
Louis Stevenson (120 illustrations}. ]
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

Gan Incident in the Life of DR.. Adam
Ciarke).
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03

TThe 1o-year- old who wrote this let
ter forgot to send Uncle Jed her name
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-03
The Friendly Pigeon.

LITTLE ORIGINAL STORIES
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON
BY CoNsTANC E CARRUTHERs

new home and the dinner gas given in honor of the President and Mrs. Taft Besides the large number of Washing ton society leaders, many out-of- f-town persons were guests of the Secretary and Mrs. MacVeagh. Mrs Hobart Chat field Taylor, MT. and Mrs. James Wal Ter Jr Mrs. Edward Ryerson and Miss Caroline Kirkland of Chicago were among the guests from distance.
 Of interest in society at the capitol is, the announcement of the engagement of Miss Hazel Bradford Written, daugh- ter of Judge and Mrs. James w. Written and MT. Augustus Seymour Dennison of Chicago. The wedding will take place
 in, the early part of June.
 The marriage of Miss Lena Tillman daughter of Senator and Mrs Benja- min R. Tillman, to MT. Charles Sumner Moore of Atlantic City took place in the Church of Our Savior at Trenton S. c. Miss Tillmans bridesmaids were her sister, Miss Sophie Oliver Tillman; Miss Alice Morse Tower of Boston. Miss Sarah Jenkins Lee of Abbeville, s. C., and Miss Addie Harriette Hughes of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
WARSHIP'S FUEL MAY
 BE EXHAUSTLESS

London, April 29.--(special)-A picture of the warship of the future going all over the world and fighting battles with out making a single call for fuel was drawn by Diesel, the pioneer of the oil- fuel internal combustion engines.
 He told the Institution of Naval Archi- tects that the Diesel engine was this year being fitted in one Of the Hamburg American liner of 9000 tons, and if the ex- pertinent were successful there would be a revolution in shipbuilding, and warships would follow quickly. One battleship was already being fitted with Diesel engines The radius of action of a man-of-war fitted with Diesel engines was such that the ship could travel all over the world, fight any battle and come home without having to take in one pound of fuel on the way. A fleet of such vessels would be entirely independent of coaling stations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

Washington, April 29.-tspecial.)- Secretary of the Treasury MacNeagh and Mrs Macyeagh were hosts at 'din- ner Thursday evening to one of the most brilliant assemblages of society thatehas gathered at the capitol during the season.
 President Taft. and Mrs. Taft were among the honored guests and when the chief executive and first lady of the land joined the guests at the beautiful Macveagb home, another precedent was broken. Of all the unwritten laws which bind the social life of Washing ton, none has been more rigidly pbr, served than the one Which says that the President and his wife shall dine only with the ca binet officials and with each of them only once a year. Earlier in the season Secretary and Mrs. Mac Veagh gave their dinner for President and Mrs. Taft. It was a great disap- pointment to them that the dinner could not be served in their handsome new home, but it was not completed at that time. Now they are located in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

The engines could be entirely hidden bs- low the armoured deck, and almost below the water line. As there would be no smokestacks the guns could shoot all around the horizon. and that would in- volve an entire change in war tactics. The number and size of the guns could be very much increased on account of the smaller weight of the engines and fuel. If the trials with the first man-of-war fitted with the Diesel engine were sats- facvtory the admiralties of all nations would have to decide on great transforma- tions in their ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
Australian Navy Increased

Sydney, April 29.-(Special.) )-The New South Wales state government has in- formed the commonwealth government. in reply to the latter's request, that 1t is pre- pared to undertake the construction of a cruiser and four destroyers for the Aus tralan navy in its shipyards, charging the commonwealth government per cent on the actual outlay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

Hon. Maurice D. O'Connell of Wash ington, who recently resigned after q long service as solicitor for the treas ury, has been sojourning in China, Ja- pan and the Philippine Islands. He is mpanied by Mrs. O'Connen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

Miss Austin, daughter of Representa- tive Austin of Tennessee. expects to sail in May for Glasgow and other parts of Scotland, where she will visit friends, spending the summer in the highlands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

The engagement is announced of Miss Elizabeth Morse Colgate, eldest child of MT. and Ms Gilbert Colgate of New York to Lieut.. Stanley Maddox Rumbough, Eff teenth cavalry, United States army, at present junior aid at the White House. Lieutenant Rumbough is the son of Col. David J. Rumbough. Sixth Field artillery. United States army. stationed at Fort Riley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

Consul General Horace Lee Washing ton at Liverpool, who, accompanied by Mrs. White, arrived in Washington re- gently, will remain guests at the Craft on the several weeks of their stay in America. Mrs. Marcus A. Hanna expects to close her apartment here tomorrow when she will go to New York for a few days, stay before going to her place, Seal Harbor, for the early sum-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

Miss Lorraine Herman of Washington is spending a few weeks. the house guest of Miss Adelaide Well at Lancaster, Pa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

Mr. Cleveland Perkins, son of MT. and Mrs. Cleveland Perkins. who has been attached to the American legation in Chile has been transferred to the lega- tion at Copenhagen. Mir. and Mrs. Henry Perkins. who are shortly to sail for Flu rope, will visit their son in Copenhagen While in Sweden they will be the guests of the former minister to this country and Madame de Lagercrantz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

Mrs. Anthony, wife of Congressman Anthony, has been spending few weeks home at Leavenworth Kan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
Hotels and Summer Resorts
THE WHITE HOUSE
West End Beach, Biloxi, Miss.

ideal spot the Gulf of Mexico. Interurban iine
 other passes gate. Beautiful large grounds Cool airy rooms with without bath. Wholesome home cooking and foods Fishing. bathing. boats
 ing. motoring. hunting driving. tennis golf etc. Hates, $l000 and up per week Write for illustrate booklet. Mrs. Cora E. White. Prop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

Miss Helen Varick Boswell of New York, who spent several days in Wash ington, has left to continue her visit to friends In Memphis and Atlanta. Miss Boswell has recently returned from Panama, where she went as the guest of the government to visit the women's $ clubs on the canal zone which were organized by her three years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

Former Congressman Hinshaw and Mrs Hnshaw of Nebraska will remain in Washington until the spring season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

Mrs. Eldridge Jordan has had as her guest, Mrs. Francis Kline Wainwright of Philadelphia daughte of former Senator James B. Foraker of Ohio. MT and Mrs. John F. Dow and daughter of Davenport, Ia. have been recent guests in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30

depended upon of their own accord to serve with the regular army fighting
 abroad.
 All the talk about the volunteer be- | ing worth two pressed men is sheer non-
 sense. One trained man is worth half a | dozen untrained volunteers.
 For a few of the regrettable incl dents' of the South African war this country was to blame, not the men. for i the men were never given the opportunt- | ty to learn their duty as soldiers But what, in all human probability,
 would have been the fate of these men
 had they been fifhtirg against the highly trained soldiers of a continental power? Tt is, therefore, imperative for soi- diers to be highly trained, otherwise they can be of no use in modern war; A remarkable tide at Thorpness Aide
 burgh washed away 100000 tons of sand.
 The seas washed out of the sands hun dreds of coins, gold silver and bronze,
 dating from early Saxon times, antique
 bronze rings and ornaments and an old
 bronze bag clasp. On the coast here
 stood Dunwich, a Saxon city, one by one,
 five of it's churches were undermined
 by the waves, and today only one re- mains, a melancholy ruin, with a frag- ment of a monastery and the remains of u
 all have gone; even the ruins have per
 shed with the above exceptions. But
 on the shore still grows the "Dunwich
 Rose,' which was first brought by the
 monks 14o0 years ago.
 Recently there was celebrated the birth
 day of Lord Lister, whom the world
 congratulates on having reached the age
 of S4, and couples good wishes with the
 hope that he may be spared for years. When made @ surgeon in a Glasgow infirmary, between 40 and 50 years ago. he made the great discovery which resulted in antiseptic-surgery is further credit to the great surgeon. He was so struck by
 human suffering that he doubted the ad-
 vantage of retaining his charge but
 compassion prevailed, and he set hini- self to the task of finding a means by which disease might be circumvented. Then came about revolution in surgical
 science and none can estimate how much
 suffering has been prevented, or how
 many lives saved by the Lister surgery. | Going over the Duke of Westminster's pensioners his secretary, Colonel Lloyd, recently discovered that woman had
 been receiving $50 year. dating back to the late duke. He asked the clergyman
 of the parish to investigate, and he re- piled that the woman was we'll to-do, that she had prosperous farm, and that
 he was sorry that he could not make a lengthy investigation as at the moment
 of his call the lady was going to take | a ride in her carriage.
 | Colonel Lloyd. speaking at a meeting of the Chester Charity Organization so- ciety urged the necessity of investigating cases and gave the above instance ,f how the dukes generosity had been im- posed upon.