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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-06
STORY OF TWO SMITHS, A
 FARMER AND JACK RABBIT
Rcing An Experience That Befeil An
 Alert Came Warden.

Speed records went to smash for the -VV yard title, and excitement and aInazement ran high in the town of Wilton. Wednesday afternoon There are even those who do not yet know how or what happened
 Astern of the alleged town Bald Hill rs,ars its woody head above the sky the elevation huntsmen from far and uear-near huntsmen and regular fel- iows-are wont to take pot shots at the wild beasts rowing hereabouts, foreign lnurderers and each other.
 On Wednesday afternoon, Game Warden Wilbur F Smith, of South Fairfield county, in the provinces of mich 1t is his duty to tame the young blood and others who are obsessed ..fth the idea that anyone can venture forth and wilfulIy slay wild game NyithouN proper license, betook himself 10 the region back of Wilton in search of violators of Connecticuts hunting
 In the meantime. Farmer Jones. as he hs usually known in rural stories, had ''treed' rabbit in fence on his property and was nonchalantly strfv- ing to dig him out and proceed with the slaughter in a dignified manner when beardless youth, badly encum- hered with a pocketful of artillery, pushed his way onto the stage. Upon being informed that 8 barbecue was about to be pulled off and being hun Hry for blood-hunters are always hun Sry-he spoke up heartlessly: EStep fo one side. brother, and when he comes out I'll wing him.
 It is hard to say who or what was saved from an ignominous death, for just then came a crashing of the un- peared- Naturally, his curiosity was -roused by what he saw and upon ask ing the younger man if he was pro vided with hunters license was greeted with a cheery, Sure thing well let's see it. continued the war den pleasantly The game protector, by the way, doesn't like to use the shorter and ug1ier word upon all hunt CTS he questions. nett does he enjoy question to his yQcabulary, pEopa bly following the .prineiple of Them as has 'enl,s shows en
 The hunzeE d aadkd over the ticke' and as Warden smith perused it close iy a dark cloud settled over the face If each man.
 Young man." said the warden stern ly. this is a New York license and i: no good in Connecticut Then he looked up-
 After removing his glasses and sev- eral scutties of terra hrma from his eyes Mir smith. with the aid of a DOW erfui pair of field telescopes, finally made out the figure of the young man fneandering toward the New York state line at aeroplane speed
 The license the warden held in his hand was that of James Smith, Lewis boro. Westchester county. Wilbur F. smith, who besides being a game war der, is a game sport says that if the gentleman wishes his ticket back he can have same by calling. on him and he will be very pleased to meet him
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-06

yesterday The production is one of the perennia1ly popular burlesque or ganizations. This year it includes number of new features, including nov el singing and dancing numbers, and wardrobe, of unusual extent and bril- Hance
 James Bogard and Florence Nichols introducing singing and dancing spe- cialties; Cook 6 Sylvia, featuring Phil Cook in hard shoe dancing; the Four Ellsworths, in Una Clayton's p1aylet t'The Rejuvenation,'' and Campbell & webber in Papa at Home" contribut- ed the vaudeville numbers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-06

which begin to fly over the fence when thev are about a month old, but in vaTiabIv wish to return to the hen. The keeper must open the gate for them at first, and in short time they learn to fly back
 Another important matter solved has been that under either of these free range systems the young game-birds rnaiSe most of their own living by for sring. which largely 6isposes of the problem of artificial food as a cause of disease Tn short simplicity is now the rule Instead of the former fuss ing and messing, wa cut out most of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-06
side caught his .eye.

side caught his. eye
 .'In France said he, "at the en- trance to their towns, they have signs
 which are chara raeteristically French, and seem to me delightful in spirit. Over the road, as you enter the town limits, Is an arch on which Is print ed the name of the town, the num- Der of the road-for all the roads are numbered in France-and the name of the department in which the town lies. Then below those, in large letters: At tention aux enfants' Cbe careful about the chiIdren). And then, as you leave the town, you see tho back side Of g.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-06
The biz laughnoaxer of th,

The big laughmalxer of the show Is Johnnie Webber, whoee doleful voice and whose Bum: Outsider have come to be regarded as annual events of fhs, burlesque season. The London Belles will hold for the balance of the week at the Park theatre
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-06

Frederic C. Penffeld was walking along 9 New Jersey road, getting a little exercise while his chauffeur fix ed a broken tire on the way from Princeton to New York. He had ta- ken a small party from democratic national headquarters on the day af- ter election to congratulate Woodrow Wilson, 4 danger sign at the road
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-06
ROSE SYDELL AND THE LONDON BELLIES
 AT PARK THEATRE

Rose Sydelrs London Belles, with William s. Campbell, Johnny Webber, and other favorites, opened to capac- ity houses their three days engage Tnent at the Park theatre, beginning
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-06
BACK WHERE IT BELONGS.

For a while at least the rendition of Onward, Christian Soldiers" win be confined to churches, Sabbath Schools and Salvation Army meetings. --Brooklyn Eagle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-06
AS THEY DO TT IN FRANCE

this, and let Nature slightly assisted and directed, assert her sway
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-06

similar sign. which says: sMerci y, thanks)'' tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-06

New fancy patterns fin heavy winter caps for men and boys. Made with the new wA back band and have AEkAa fur lin d inside pull eHVE& down band. Special
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Remembering

Mo1lie Gray was six years old. She
was such a wise little maiden that the
other members of the family some
times had to speak in riddles when
the subject was one which they did
not wish her to understand, and little
did they imagine how often the riddle
was solved in her small brain, though
she gave no sign.
One day at school, when one Of the
older girls brought with her visitor
OF four years. tiny fairy, who speed
lily became the pet of the school
Mollie, who stood a little aloof from
the others, heard one of the girls ex'
claim:
Little darling: And does her moth
er put her to bed alone in the dark?"
Indeed she does not" was the
spirited answer. "6he sits beside the
bed, and holds her hand until she
goes to sleep"
What does she do that for?' asked
practical young miss Of twelve.
"She says replied the other girl
with dignity, that she is determined
that her child shall always remember
that she's had mother"
Just here the bell rang. and the chill
dren- company and all filed decor
ously into the schoolroom.
But MoIlie's active little brain was
busy. Never eaAe had her mother sal
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Rurn's TRIP TO NEBRASKA.

I have not written to the Junior for
g. long Tina I thought would write
and tell you about my trip to Nebras-
ka.
MY papa, mamma and I went to
Nebraska to see my aunt.
We left Ottumwa Friday night at
about 1880. My uncle Henry came out
and rot US about 10 o'clock in his auto.
Hh took us to the depot. We had to
wait about half an hour. When the
train came we got on and got our wraps
of. When the conductor came and
got out tickets he said for us to get on
the Omaha car, so we just carried our
wraps to the other car. When we got in
we all went to sleep and slept until
morning.
At about o'clock we ate our break
fast. At o'clock we got to Omaha. we
Just missed our train five minutes and
had to wait until o'clock. 1t did not
seem very long.
At 4 o'clock the train came. We got
on and got good seats. We got to stuart
about II O'Clock There wasn't anybody
there to meet us. They hadn't got our
card we had sent them.
1 SO we had to get a team and drive
out. We got there at about IL o'clock
It surprised them. We were very
tired and went to bed early. When got
up in the morning it was o'clock.
b Wednesday we went our driving and
got lost. We got where they had not
moved the road. The weeds were as
hfRt as the horses backs. We said that
we had come to the end of the world.
We stood up and counted five hundred
hay stacks.
ss We had to turn around and go back.
1t is so sandy We came very near up
setting twice.
When we got back they were milking
and supper was ready.
We got up early and started for
Tekamah the next morning at about 8
O'Clock. ~ T..
We went up to see my cousin. We
got there about II o'clock In the night.
We stayed over Sunday there and
went out driving Sunday and saw some
deer and we saw the golden spring.
We carved our name on the big
rock. When we went back we saw some
small mountains. saw one mountain
that was of solid rock. 1t rained on us
ali the way back and all night. We
got up early In the morning to- come
home. The road was so muddy that
we missed the first train so took the
next one. We got to Ottumwa about ten
o'clock Monday night. Uncle Henry
was there to meet us. We stayed all
night at his house. Then he took us out
home In the morning
MY little brother was glad to see us.
He said he didn't want us to go Off
again.
Will close for this time. Your. friend,
Ruth Robertson age II,
Ottumwa. Iowa.
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VIDA REMEMsERs US.

Dear Editor and Juniors:-I have
sadly neglected writing to you all but
III have to give as my excuse that I
nave been busy. won't have much
longer to write to the Junior page 20
I want to write all can now.
On looking over some of my old let,
tiers the other day, I came across ono
written by Pearl Clark. am indeed
sorry that I neglected answering It.
but I want Pearl to know that I'll
answer it soon.
Lois Griffin no doubt wonders whv
haven't answered her card and let
ter but l have a card here at home,
that intended to send to her but
never did. I want the Juniors to con-
tinue sending me cards and letters
and I'll promise to answer all re-
ceive.
haven't heard from Elva Huffman
for long time simply because never
answered her letter, but I don't want
Elva to think have forgotten her.
One whole month of school has past
now and suspect most of the Juniors
have settled down to work.
You always notice that when
school commences you see less OF the
older Juniors letters and stories.
am very sorry that have neglected
writing for SO long but will do better
after this. 1t is getting late SO I'll
write more later.
Vida Wahle.
Ottumwa, Iowa
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HAWAII.

Hawaii was formerly the Sandwich
islands, a group of islands in the
Pacific ocean, belonging to the
United States. They are situated be-
tween ATTITUDES 18;64;22;15 between
longitudes 54;50; 160;30 west and
about 1900 miles southwest Of San
Francisco. There are eight inhabited
islands and several small ones unin-
habited. The whole group covers an
area Of $40 square miles. The most
important islands are Hawaii, Maui,
Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Kahool.
owe and Niihau.
The islands are in the volcanic
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REGIONS but only Hawaii 10 actively
volcanic. On tho eastern slope OF
Maui Loa Ia the Kilauea, the largest
active volcano In the world. The Is
lands are mountainous and In places
bold clifs from 1000 to 5000 feet high
front the sea. The coasts are rugged
and have deep indental bays and es.
pecially Kauai Between the coast and
the mountains are fertile plains and
valleys where the people farm. The
rivers are mostly mountain torrents
and are found in the north and east
of the island.
The climate is moderate. 1t Is
never too hot and never cold. Farm
ing IL the chief industry. Sugar Is
raised in the low plains while higher
up is found coffee, fruits, vegetables
and pasture lands Next to the I'M
portsnce Of raising sugar IL the raising
of rice. The export Is sugar and the
imports machinery and other manu-
featured products. The trade Is
mostly with United States and mas
grown rapidly Of late.
Regular steamers come to Honolulu
from San Francisco, Yokahama,
Hong Kong and different parts Of Aus
tralia. There are railroads In some
of the islands.
The population is around 29,s34. In
1920 missionaries started schools.
Four years later 1000 people had
learned to read. Only children from
six on up were allowed to attend
schools, which we're free.
In 1900 Hawaii became territory OF
the United States, .-...-. N.-.
More than half of the islanders are
Professionals.
The Portuguese are mostly Catho-
lies.
The chief cities are Honolulu and
Htlo. The islands were supposed to
have been discovered in 1912 by Gae-
tano and rediscovered in ITS by
Captain Cook In early times each is
land had king but under kamena-
meka I, the island were formed into
one kingdom. The first missionaries
to visit the islands came from Amerl'
ca in 1920.
Kamehamela was followed by his
son who called himself Kamehamela
II. Kamehamela III. was followed by
KamehAmela w and he by Kameha-
mela " They were succeeded by
Lunalilo, Kalakaua, and he by his
sister Lilinokalini. The republic OF
Hawaii was proclaimed July 4, 1884.
Efforts were made to annex the 49,
lands. The bill was passed ana
signed by Mckinley in July 1898.
United States took possession of the
islands in August 1898.
Caroline Tout, age IL.
521 Ottumwa st., Ottumwa, Iowa.
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PORTO RICO.

The United States got possession OF
Porto Rico on October Is, 1898. 1t
is the most eastern of the greater An
titles in the West Indies, and is sep
arated on the east from the Danish
island of st. Thomas for distance of
about fifty miles, and by Haiti on the
west by the Mona passage of seventy
miles wide. The population OF Porto
Rico in 1900 was 953,243 Of which $780,
426 were white, and 363,817 were col
ored. g
The density was 26O to the square
mile in 1900, and only 1872 could read.
The population in 1910 was reported
as 1,11S,012.
Porto Rico is unusually fertile and
it's dominant industries are agriculture
and numbering. In elevated regions
the vegetation of the temperate zone
is unknown.
There are more than 500 varieties
of trees found in the forests, and the
plains are full of palm, orange and
other trees.
The principal crops are coffee, tobac.
co, sugar and maize. But rice, oranges,
pineapples and bananas and many
other fruits are important products
The largest export from Porto Rico
is sugar. The next largest is to.
bacco.
The other exports in order OF
amount are coffee, fruits, mo1asses
cattle, lumber and hides. The prin.
cipal minerals found in Porto Rico are
gold, sulphides Of copper, carbonates
and magnetic oxide of iron In large
quantities. Ignite is found at Utuado
and Moca, and also yellow amber. A
large variety OF limestone, marbles
and other building stones are deposit.
ed on that island.
There are salt works at Quanica and
Salina on the south coast and at Cape
Rogo on the west, and these consti
tute the principal mineral industries
in Porto hico.
An act providing for civil govern
ment for Porto Rico was passed by
the f1fty.sixth congress and received
the assent of the president April II
1900.
Jessie Williams,
| Laddsdale, Iowa.
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THE Philippines.

The Philippines have been owned
by the United States since 1898. They
are the most numerous group Of
islands southeast of Asia. They In
clude 3,141 islands and islets, with an
area about equal to that of Arizona.
Two-thirds of this area is In the
larger islands, Luzon and Mindanao.
The population is several millions,
and the larger part is the brown race.
The Europeans are rapidly increasing
in number.
The surface of the Philippines is
mountains and volcanic, and some
peaks rise over 10000 feet above the
surface. Great lowlands exist in the
two larger islands and it Is here that
agriculture is best.
The climate is everywhere tropical.
The nights are generally cool, so the;
heat of the days is not 80 oppressive
as in places where 1t Is hot night
and day. The rainfall is abundant.
The vegetation is therefore dense,
and travelling Is difficult.
Z The products of the Philippines are
hemp, sugar, coffee, cocoanuts, to-
bacco and indigo. Rice is raised some,
but is used for home food. The
islands abound in minerals, which
are gold, coal, copper, silver and lead,
but mining, has not been developed
much yet.
The United States have one-half u
the exports, which is mostly mar
hemp. The chief ports are at Man !
and Iloilo. Manila can be made
equal of any harbor on the Pacifi'.
The islands are now connected with
Asia and the United States by cables.
Iris Mccormick, age IL.
r. F. d. No. 4. Bloomfield, II
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TRIP TO HIS AUNT LIZ.
ZIE'S.

Well as havn't written for some
time I will try and interest you little
by telling about my trip to. my Aunt
I.izzie's on the oath Of August Mamma,
Lawrence and I started for Burlington
for visit. We had a nice time going
down. but the first thing did was to
lose my Junior pin in the coach. but the
conductor found it, and he heard me
tell mamma had lost it, so he gave it
to me, and / was glad. We got to Bur
lington at $50. My cousin was there
TO meet us and took us up home in their
auto. It only took few minutes, as
they only live about blocks from the
depot. We went down town that night
as it was Saturday and looked around.
We went to one of the nickle shows
and then into the ice cream parlor. 1t
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Jack Frost

The door was shut, as doors should be
Before you went to bed last night;
Yet Jack Frost had got in, you see,
And left your window silver white.
He must have waited till you slept;
And not a single word he spoke,
Rnt nenc1led DER the panes and crept
Away again before you woke.
And now you cannot see the hills
Nor fields that stretch beyond the
lane;
But there are fairer things than these
His fingers traced on every pane.
Rocks and castles towering high;
Hills and dales and streams ana
fields;
And knights in armor riding by,
with nodding plumes and shining
shields.
And here are little boats, and there
Big ships with sails spread to the
breeze, a.
And, yonder palm trees waving fair
On islands set in silver, seas.
And butterflies with gauzy wings;
And herds of cows and t1ocks OF
sheep;
And fruit and flowers; and all the
things
You see when you are sound asleep.
For, creeping softly underneath
The door, when all the lights are out
Jack Frost takes every breath you
breathe,
And knows the things you think
about.
He paints them on the window pane
In fairy lines with frozen steam;
And when you wake, you see again
The lovely things you saw in dream.
.E.31 Gabriel Setoun.
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HAWAII.

Far out in the mid-Pacific, not quite
third Of the distance from our west
ern coast to the Philippine Islands, is
a mountain chain fifteen hundred
miles long, most of which lies be-
meath the ocean. ....
Several large volcanic peaks rise
above the water, forming chain Of
islands, known as the Sandwich, or
Hawaiian Islands.
The largest of these islands Is
Hawaii which is nearly as large as
Connecticut. Each of these islands Is
made chiefly Of melted rock, or lava,
which has risen from within the
earth.
Two Of the Hawaii volcanoes are
still active, and the fiery bot lava flows
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JAMES JAck.o-LANTERN.

James was very lonesome one day
and he said to his mother, Mamma,
what can play?" ooh, child she
said, mamma is making pies and you
run out of doors and play with your
Kittens" E,
James had neither sisters nor
brothers and that is why he got. SO
lonesome But he obeyed his mother,
and went to the barn to get his kittens.
While his mother was making her
pies she said to herself "This afternoon
1 will show James how to make jack.
o-lanterns because tomorrow night is
Halloween In the afternoon she
went over to Mrs. Browns to get some
pumpkin and she gave her five. Then
James mother went home. She call.
ed James to her and said, Son, I
will show you how to make JACKIE
lanterns" James said "hurrah.''
Then his mother cut the top off one
OF the pumpkins and James cleaned it
out ond his mother made some teeth
in 1t, nose and two eyes. When 1t
was all made James said he would
have fine fun playing with it. So the
next night he took his jack-o-lantern
and went to scare people. Mrs. Brown
pretended to be very scared and SO
did his mother.
Then he said, Mamma, think jack.
o-lanterns are very nice and next Hal
low'en night am going out JACKIE.
lanterning again. Before he went to
bed his mother gave him all the pump
kin pie he could eat and his father
brought him home some candy. After
he had eaten all he wanted he said.
Il have spent the best and most pleas
ant afternoon and evening I believe 1
ever had. And his parents thought
the same.
Fern Bacon, Age 10.
Martinsburg, Iowa.
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THE COURIER JUNIOR
Published by
the COURIER PRINTING co.
oTTuMWA. IOWA.
MATILDA DEvEREAU<
COTTON.
FESTIVALS OF THE YEAR. =

Dear Juniors:-You all know that
IN the United States we have sreae
many holidays. Well, we want the
JUNIORS to use for the subject OF a
hir contest Festivals of the Year ana
WIv We Celebrate Them Com
roence with the new year and tnlsh
with Christmas. .,
The prize will be box OIL sta'Ion
cry including fountain pen "no
twelve stamps. , a
This contest will open today ana
close Monday, Oct. %. The winners
an the United States, etc., and the
most card contests will be announced
next week.
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STILL SEND POST CARDS.

We want the Juniors to continue
70 write letters to the Juniors and to
each other through the Junior page.
We have some splendid stories today.
We will send out post cards to all the
writer's whenever their letters or
stories appear.
short stories on the following sub
iects will also entitle the writer to
beautiful post cards:
A BIRTHDAY PARTY. (Rea' or
Imaginary
A NUTTING PARTY.
MY PETS.
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out every few years.

out every few years. -
Being In the midst of the broad Pa.
ciflc. and therefore surrounded by
warm ocean water, the climate Is
warm and equable.
The Hawaiian natives who are Nal.
ayians, are an intelligent race, resem.
bling those Of the other Pacific islands.
The ruler few years ago was a M.
tive queen, but the white population
set up an Independent government ara
offered the islands to the United
States as territory. After some de-
lay the offer was accepted and the
islands have been under our control
since 1898.
Blanche Sullivan.
Bloomfield, lowe. Route No. Z.
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SEVEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS.

4 Use one side of the paper only.
>. Write neatly and legibly, using
Ink ora sharp lead pencil.
3. Always sign your name IN 1ull
and state your age. @ sr
4. Number your pages. ,...lr
s. Do not copy stories or poetry ana
send us as your own work
6. Always state choice OF prize on
a separate piece Of paper, with name
and address in full.
Address the envelope to Editor
Courier Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
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some HALLOWEEN sToRIEs.'

we have some cute little halloween
trinkets which we will send 10 the
Juniors writing the best stories on
HALLOWEEN AND WHY We
CELEBRATE IT." ,-..