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Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
70 PREVENT sEAsIckNEss.

Lemons, we are told, will prevent
seasickness, but if they had proven
to be efficacious man would not still
be Investing ships to overcome the
rolling. 1t has been decided that a
ship which carries her own waves will
have less rolling and pitching mo-
tion at sea. so a German engineer has
designed ship equipped with tanks
to control the sea about her. These
tanks are in the form of broad u,
running the full length of the ship.
The way the plan works is thus de-
scribed When a ship is fitted with
anti-rolling tanks she goes over to
starboard, the water also goes over
to starboard, and the weight of this
delays her from coming back on the
rhythm of the waves, really acting as
a wave working in the opposite di-
rection." The waves inside the ship
counterfeit those outside. Acted upon
by heavy sea. the S. s. Ypiranga of
the Hamburg American line has rolled
SO badly as to exceed 10 degrees each
side from the vertical. With her
tanks in operation the motion was
reduced to between two and three de-
grees. 1t is predicted that a great
ocean liner. the rolling of which is
now very slight, will be rendered al
most immovable by the installation Of
this APPARATUS
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
UNCLE JED'S CHAT WITH THE
LITTLE FOLKS.

For those who cannot swim and do
not intend to learn it is best "to ad-
nlire the sea and stay on dry land
Those who are fond of bathing
should heed all the sensible rules about
going into the water to battle.
To rot go in when heated: do not
stay too long; do not go swimming
right after hearty meal; and do not
take risks in deep water Or exceed
your strength in doing stunts in, or
under water.
There is lots of fun and no danger
for little bathers who are we'll be-
haved and orderly in the water; and
who are satisfied with fifteen or TWEEN :
ty minutes of exercise, even If they
indulge two or three times day at
proper intervals; and rub down well
when they come out.
Do not give or take "a dare in the
water, or indulge in hazards which
may prove fatal and bring a whole
family to grief.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
PHILIP AND URSULA
An Indian Tale of Colonial Times

Philip and Ursula were two children
who lived far away back in the colonial
times. so far away back that most of
America had not yet been explored
and the people did not yet know what
lay behind the big range Of mountains
that runs along the Atlantic coast.
These children lived in a tiny little
house that was all made of rough fer
est trees and was built firmly and
locked and barred and boited securely,
SO that the people inside might be able
to Withstand attacks of Indians, for
the neighboring tribes We're wild and
often went on the warpath.
Philip and Ursula had an interesting
life, but as their log house stood in a
clearing some miles from the village
thcy did not see other children as often
as they wished. The path to the
village lay through thick woods and
they We're not allowed to go alone be-
cause of the danger from Indians. One
day the children made the trip alone
not that they ran away or went with
out telling, but because. while their
father was out on hunting trip, their
mother was suddenly taken i'll and sent
them to the village for help.
The children made her as comfOrta-
BILE as they could and ran out into the
summer woods and along the well
Isknown paths. They ran as quietly as
they could and said not word Tlsey
kept a sharp lookout for hostile In
dams, but they met none. and before
long reached the little settlement in
safety. There they found the house of
the good doctor. who took care of all
the people III the country round. When
he heard their story he at once sad
died his good gray horse and set out
for their home with his daughter be-
hind on the saddle. His daughter was
| kind ard good and always went with
] her father to care for people when they
| Were in need
There was no room for the children
| on the horse and so they were Obliged
| to go home on foot. All went well
with then. till they reached the thick.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
The Nests of Birds.

Birds make their nests to protect
their eggs and later their young.
Different birds choose different ma
terial for their nests. Robins use
straw and mud. sparrows use hair and
hay, orioles use string and the great
crested f1y-catcher weaves a snakeskin
into its nest which it builds in some
hollow tree
Some nests are round, others are
hanging. Orioles and vireos make
hanging nests Oven or teacher birds
build oven-shaped nests. Catbirds
build round nests in bushes made of
sticks and the bark of grapevines.
Humming birds build tiny egg shaped
nests usually saddled upon the low
limb of a tree
BIuebirds, wocdpeckers, wrens. chi
cadees, owls and some other birds build
in hollow trees. Whip-poor-w wills build
no nests at all but lay two white eggs
speckled with brown in some 1eafy hol-
low on the ground.
Barn swallows build nests in barns +;
but chimney swallows build in CHM
neys The phoebe and cave swallows
build under the caves of some build
ings. The scarlet tanager builds in the
deep woods and its nest is seldom
found.
People who like birds put up boxes
for them to nest in and treat them
kindly. A. BIRD FRIEND.
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est part of the wood, and then they
heard the sound of breaking branches
ahead of them. Much alarmed, the
children speedily hid behind a large
tree. from the shelter of which they
peeped cautiously out to see a group
of Indian children playing some game
IN little clearing ahead. They watch
ed, fascinated, and soon, getting inter-
este1 in the game, they crept nearer to
see what was going on
Before long they grew so interested
that they forgot that the children they
We're looking at We're Indians and re-
memDered only that they were children
too. Out they came from the shelter
ing bushes and began playing with the
papooses as chummily as if they had
lived all their lives in tepee. Though
Philip and Ursula could not speak q
work of the indian language or the In
dams word of English, they got on
wonderfully well and were in the Widst
of a fine game of romps when they
were interrupted by the appearance of
an armed white man. The Indian chill
dren shrieked and started to run, but
they were in an open place and there
was nowhere for them to HIDE.
Then Philip and Ursula recognized
the good doctor AMI called to him
not to hurt the Indians. and so he put
up his blunGerbus and, coming for
ward, said he had returned to pick up
Ursula and Philip and carry them home
| on his horse. The children waved
gcod-by to their Indian friends and
went home, where they found their
| mother so much better that the doctor
! said she would be well i'll few days
| But the next morning, what do you
| suppose? The Indian children came
| back to play with them and after that
| they came often and at last brought
! with them their fathers and mothers
| to talk with Ursulas and Philip
| father and mother. In this way a bet
| ter understanding grew up and at last
| the Indians became so friendly with
| the village people that they gave UP
going on the warpath and all lived
peacefully ever afterWarS
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
DR.. WILEY ONLY TO BE REPRI
MANDED.

The public was not surprised to
learn from Washington that Dr. WILEY
was in no danger of being requested
to resign; although it is somewhat
puzzled at the statement that he is
only to be reprimanded" This an
nouncement seems to be a little pre-
mature and doubtful. Able officials
are not often reprimanded for good
service; and as for the law regulati e
salaries, which it is charged he has
violated, it Is the first time the man
employing ar expert was expected 10
fix his salary instead of the expert
himself
The AssoCiated Clubs Of Domestic
Science of America have forwarded to
President Taft and Secretary Wilson
the resolutions they have adopted, the
principal one Of " licl, lis. this
Resolved, That we. the members Of
the Associated Clubs of Domestic
Science, representing Domestic Science
organizations in all parts of the
United States. do hereby earnestly
implore you, the president of the
United States, and the secretary of
agriculture of the United States, to
consider the prayers of the people who
are being subjected to such distress
at the hands of the food adulterators.
and to not deprive us of a true friend
that we, the people, have in the food
law enforcement in Washington, and
TO not harken to the cries of the food
adulterators who very naturally hate
DR.. Wiley because of his service to
the people; that we respectfully re-
quest that you look into the cause OF
the appointment of the referee board
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
THE NEW PUBLICITY LAW.

1t is a significant sign when the
senate of the United States takes no
tice of the popular feeling against the
expenditure of such large sums of
money as Stephenson of Wisconsin
and Lorimer of Illinois put out in the
conduct of a political campaign and
pass law bringing the outlay from
s1o7 900 to $4,000 if it is to have
legal recognition.
Following are few of the import
ant features of the new law:
mo senatorial candidate shall spend
a total of more than $4,000 in the
primary and general election. and no
candidate for the house shall spend
more than $4,000.
Publicity must be given to all pri-
mary campaign contributions and ex-
penditures.
"All general election expenses must
be made public before the election, be-
ginning Is days before election, and
publication must be made each six
days until election.
"All promises of political jobs must
be made public.
THE bill further makes it illegal ia
promise political places in order ia
obtain election support or to aid in
influencing the election of any member
Of a state Legislature"
Senator Root struck the corrupters
of men in the national senate hard
blow when he rose and said:
We know it, not only through the
newspapers. but through what has
occurred right here in the senate We
need adequate laws against campaign
corruption so that honest men may
l.
them by corrupt men,
e 1t is high time political corruption
was forced to hide its head in shame;
and it is to be hoped it will be forced
to respect both decency and the law OF
go to prison.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
The Tiny Pond Beside the Road.

There is a place in the country I
dearly love.
1t is a little running brook which
forms a tiny pond by the side of the
road. Over this pond is low rustic
bridge People riding by stop here to
give their horse drink and rest them
selves. The GOODNESS here is refresh
ing and the sound of the gurgling
brook going on its course is like music
to the ears.
There are tall shady trees near by.
The sweet wild rose and other wild
flowers.
You can hear the birds singing, and
sometimes they come to battle, then
pick their feathers and dry them in
the sun.
The little squirrel drinks here, and
away he goes over wall up a tree in
a second
Here comes a farmer with his OK
cart, all stop to refresh themselves,
even the dog jumps out and quenches
his thirst.
The flowers and ferns on either side
sway back and forth with che breezes,
and all seem to enjoy this little run
ming brook.-Richard w. Tobin, age 8,
Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
How The Woman Got Left.

Once upon a time a ship was going
for passengers. On the way back the
people asked the captain for rest be-
cause it was very hot day. The ship
stopped at small island and everyone
laid on the grass to sleep. And every
body awoke when they heard the sig
nal. put ore woman who was fast
asleep did not awake.
When she awolSe she found that the
ship had gone So she began to cry.
Then she saw wild man in a, boat,
and he took her in his arms and put
her in his boat She began to cry but
he did not care He took her along.
She tried to run away from him.
When he brought her home she es-
capped from him and went to the place
where the ship of passengers had
stopped. When she went near she saw
the ship of passengers on the river.
So she began to holloa to them to stop.
So they rowed over to the land and
took her in the ship.-Harry Davis,
age 10, Yantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
| Reach up as far as you can.j
and God will reach down all thel
rest of the way
POETRY.
An Untouched Tomorrow.

Honey, jes' listen!
Dent cry an fret;
There's whole day to-morrer
That hain't been teched yeti
MOught be surmise
Mex your heart shout
Look like twas heaven
Turned inside out;
"Mought goa walking
Long o. the road,
Fin a gol nugget
Big as a toad;
.Mought turn a corner
Mos any place
Bes' friend a-smiling
Right in your facet
"Mougf1t find the going
Nigh shoe mouth deep
One path o. blessings.
You go to sleep!''
Heart of mine-lister:
Why will you fret
When Gods good Tomorrow
Is all untouched yeti
Anna B. Bryant.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
The Poor Sparrow.
Running a Race With the Clock.

1t is great fun to run a race with the
clock. Do you know what [ mean?
Suppose you have some task to do that
you don't like, su III as learning to spell
row of hard words, or. filling up the
woodhox, or sewing some patchwork.
Do little girls sew patchwork nova
days? l never see any
Well, if you haven't anybody to race
with race with the clock. That is, sec
if you can't get it all done before the
moving finger points to such a place
on the clock. You will work ever so
much faster. and the time will seem
be so afraid that the clock will beat
you. IF you get done first, you win
the game. Try it sometime.
Dear Uncle Jed, 1 thank you very
much for the book I got last week for
a prize.-Ruth Benjamin, age T., Nor
witch.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
He Knows Two Soldiers.

Dear Uncle Jed: Do you know any
soldiers? 1. know two who live near
me- They served in the Civil war.
They are Mr.. William Baker and Mr..
john Service.
Mr. Baker belonged to the Seventh
Rhode Island regiment.
Mr.. Service belonged to Connect
cut regiment. Both men now belong
to the Sedgwick post
I spend many happy hours listening
to stories of the war. l could sit all
day long and hear all about the bat
ties.
/ wish l had been man when the
war broke out. l am sure l should
11ncle Jed did you serve in the war
Were you wounded?
Well. so long, Uncle Jed.-Richard
A. Nelson, age g. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
Likes to STUDY Birds and Wild Flowers

Dear Uncle Jed: l want to tell you
about our walks in the woods. We
have been studying the wild flowers
and the different kinds of birds in our
neighborhood.
One afternoon we counted the number
of birds that we saw. They We're the
blue-bird, brown thrasher meadow
lark, blue-jay. king bird. summer yell
low bird orioIe, cheewink, cat bird
barn swallow, chimney swift, robin,
song sparrow, chipping sparrow. Eng
fish sparrow and phoebe.
I enjoy going in the woods looking
for different kinds of flowers and birds.
I wish the weather was cooler so we
could go into the woods again.-Agnes
Nelson, age II years, Norwich, July 10,
1Q11
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
Rules for Young Writer'S.

1. Write plainly on one side OF the
paper only and number the pages
2. Use pen and ink, not pencil.
3. Short and pointed articles will
be given preference. Do not use over
250 words.
4. Original stories or letters only
will be used
s.. Write your name, age and adj
dress at the top of the first page.
Address all communications to
Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
A Daisy.

Once upon time a daisy grew in a
field. 1t was the smallest one in the
whole field, but each day it grew larger
and prettier.
There We're blueberries, strawberries
and blackberries
Every day number of little children
came to gather the berries.
One day little girl came to gather
berries as usual BY this time the
daisy had grown to be large and beau
tiful. When the little girl saw it she
ran away from the other children and
picked the daisy. then she took it
home and put it in water. 1t stayed
that way a few days and then died.
Lucinda Brown. age II, Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
The Brave Kniahts.

Once upon a time their lived a
knight. His home was by the road
side. He was very brave and had
many brave brothers. He had beauti-
full golden arrows. His arrows were
golden only in summer. His dress was
green and he lived in a greenhouse.
In the winter he was very sad. His
golden arrows turned silver. When
the wind blew his arrows flew away,
and where they went new knights
came to live. each one as brave as the
first. Their names were Dandelions.-
Fannie Brown, age II, Garfield Ave,
Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
A LARGE Rooster.

-year-o1d Christine was visiting
her uncle who had some hens and a
rooster which was very large. She was
much perplexed to think that the
rooster did not lay eggs One day she
came running in the house after feed
ing the hen and said, ooh! Aunty,
the reason the rooster doesn't lay eggs
is because he is too big to get in the
nest.-Lucy Clarke, age 10, Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

The Shriners have selected Los An
geles, Cal, for their meeting next
year; but IL they had been looking for
real hot sands they would have found
them in the flat lands of Arizona
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
My Trip to Watch Hill.

/ went to Watch Hill on the Fourth
of July. rode on the merry-go-
round, went in wading. had some pop
corn, peanuts, soda and orangeade.
bought a pail and shovel and played in
the sand. 1 sailed on the boat and one
of my friends grandfather was the
Esther c. Clarke. age 6, Nor
Wieh.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
Bound to Start Sometime

With the arbitration treaty still
pending, Jack Johnson was thrown
out of Westminster abbey. Evidently
England doesn't want to be friendly
-Pittsburg Despatch.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
Gixinn the Silence

Can it succeed? Senator Bourne of
Oregon says in his campaign for re-
election he will make no speeches, So
licit no votes and spend no money
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

The Rutland News thinks the ca pital
punishment law of Vermont should be
taken down and busted for Niles, who
killed his father-in-law while protect
ing his daughter from the drunken
brute.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
The Mill Pond.

While sitting one day at my window,
With my arms leaning on the sill,
l thought of the little mill pond
That supplies power for McCollum's
mill.
I thought of day in September,
When Maggie and / went for q walk,
We sat by the side of the mill pond
And wrote with pieces of chalk.
We wrote on trees and on fences,
And on everything that came along,
We wrote stories in prose and poetry,
And even tried to make up song.
But it was incest of all in winter
When the ice froze thick and fast.
We were sure to be first to go skating
And also sure to be last.
But I find that my thoughts have
vanished,
And there's nothing else to do
Except to say that this happened in
Mansfield.
And all of this poem is true.
-Harriette e. Allen, age 10. Box Z,
Mansfield Depot, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

Since the cholera has never been
known to spread from seaboard cities
in this country there is no reason to
be worried by the case at New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
THE PRIzE-Book WINNERS.

First prize to Evelyn WhipPIe, Gales
Ferry, Conn. book entitled Alice
IN Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Second prize to Richard W. Tobn,
Jr., Norwich, a book entitled: The
Young Kings of the Deep" by Victor
G. Durham.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

Mark Twain not only knew how to
be funny but how to act upon the
advice of speculative friends. His es-
tate of a half-million shows that.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

A dentist left a Vermont village
without saying anything about it, and
they dragged the pond for his body
because they thought he had suicided.
II is easy to become a suspect there.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

President Taft is to address the vet
Grams of the civil war at the national
encampment at Rochester next month:
and his address will ring true.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

Happy thought for today: The
stay-ath homes know that those who
are summering in the hotels feel there
is no place like home
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

A piece of land in Chicago sold for
s2SS a square foot the other day. 1t
is pretty good location that is worth
that to do business on
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

A cool wave is very convenient I'M
less it suggests taking the mothballs
out of the overcoat pocket-there we
would draw the line.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

The Kentucky republicans are out
for Taft and Bradley in 1912; and the
state republican convention approved
with ringing enthusiasm.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

The rural mail drivers salary of one
thousand when he has to furnish his
horse and vehicle does not look ex-
traVagant
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

A western paper inquiries if it would
not be better to keep DR.. Wiley on the
job than to go back to benzoate of
soda
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

II Norwich eould only get one wet
rain after another for while, it would
be willing to let all other things that
come consecurively rest for little.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
Willing to Take Lone Shot.

Only one ofrsthe IS speakers Abe-
came president. But Champ Clark
finds more comfort in that one than
dismay in the 34.-Pittsburg Despatch.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

Many public men are not SO dead to
public opinion as they pretend to be;
and if they act upon it they show
wisdom.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
SPECIAL PRIZES.

Book to Sidney H. Whipple, of Bal
tic, entitled "Ten Common Trees by
Susan Stokes.
Book to Ruth Benjamin, of Norwich,
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

Billy Sunday has been up in an
aeroplane, and since has known the
earth feels good under a fellows feet
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
The Work of an Amateur Gardener.

Dear Uncle& Jed: Three years ago
this spring my older brother bought
thirty peach trees and six apple trees
l bought three peach trees from him
with my own money. / paid thirty
cents for the three. I did all the work
that 1 could that needed to be done
and the rest had to be done by horses.
One of the trees was set out near
a large rock and so it didn't grow well
from the first. / gave this tree in pay
ment for the team work.
The two trees I had left were Ell
bertas.
/ prune them every year. There
weren't any peaches on my trees last
year. although they blossomed. This
year there are six peaches on one and
four on the other. They are sixs or
seven feet high.
/ also have garden. | planted
onions, radishes, lettuce, sweet corn,
cucumbers and pumpkins But the
vegetables didn't grow as well as if
we had had more rain. The radishes
are quite large. The sweet corn is
spindling out. ItNis the kind called
Golden Bantam.
I live on a farm of one hundred and
ninety-six acres and so I have plenty
to 10, especially in haying time.
] like instructive books, but books of
history best.-Sidney II. Whipple, age
II, Baltic
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

An income tax that touches no sal
airy under $4,000 would occasion little
fretting in the industrial walks of life
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

Trenton, n. j., shows how hungry
the Office seekers are under the COM
mission form of government There
are 81 candidates for five commission
srships
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
INDOORS AND OUT-OF-DOORS
A Boys and Girls Department

entitled The Whispering Winds" by
Mary Fl. Debenham
These books may be called for after
10 a. m. Thursday morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Advice to marriageable young wo-
men: Don't worry about your freckles.
Love is blind.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20

MATIHfES
Sc

task is hard. try, try again."
Now. / have tried and tried again to
write a story, and / can't. Now If you
can't do thing, how can you do it?
A PUZZLED LITTLE BOY.
Norwicb J1,lv nth 1911
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
A Drive in the Country.

"A OrIVe IN the Country.
One day three children were swing
ing on a swing. 1T was a very hot day
in the summer. Their names are Sam
uel, Bertha and Blanche. Samuel is
twelve G2), Bertha is nine co.. Blanche
is seven (7).
1t was so hot that they ran in to ask
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-20
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Likes His Book.

Dear Unclc Je1: l thank you for
my book it is a beauty.
Mother reads two chapters in it for
us each evening.
[ noticed the corrections you made
in my letter and l will try and be more
careful.
Will work hard and try and win a