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Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05
THE RAINBOW PELLETS
1 (By Emily Rose Burt.)

write under 1t. Our big maple tree roll up the paper like a little powder and tie 1t with a green ribbon"
 "Goody, goodyi" cried Jane. T know what I'm going to choose"
 Or" continued mother, Nancy may draw yellow butterfly. and tie her pellet up with yellow ribbon. And maybe Polly will want to draw a patch of blue sky, so she will use the blue pencil and tie up the pellet with blue ribbon"
 "oh-e-ee. what fun!" squealed Polly. and Nancy and Jane, and they all be- gan to look around for four things to choose. Then, such drawing and col bring and rolling and tying up as went on.
 Jane drew purple pansy face, and green feathery fern, and pink and white honeysuckle blossom. and Bal | timore oriole, all orange and black.
 Nancy had goldenglow, and red winged blackbird, and the little yellow kitten, and part of a cunning blue robins eggshell which she found. PolIy's pellets were pictures of a frisky striped squirrel, a red poppy, l the white birch tree and pretty mot tied green and pink pebble.
 Some of the labels read like this: | "A panSy rom the uttle round DeC by the piazza"
 An oriole I saw in our elm tree"
 Part of robins eggshell that found on the grass by the syringe bush"
 Sunbeam, our little yellow kitty"
 "A squirrel that lives in our maple | tree"
 "A pebble from the front walk
 "A poppy from Polly's flower gar den"
 When the supper bell rang. ther' were just a dozen little white roll tied with all the eolors of the rain bow, red and orange and yellow. greer and blue and purple. and pink ani brown and white.
 "0h. wasn't it fun," said Jane an Polly and Nancy happily, as they be gan to put away the scissors and pen eiis and paper, And gfandma'H lik the rainbow pellets, won't she9"
 Yes" said mother. she will suPei be delighted,'
 And So she was. for when she wret } te thank her little granddaughter she said
 ? 'Fhe rainbow pellets make ne fee l just as if l were cut of deers mysel } every time I take enc, Yeu ar l, three dear, thoughtful little girls. = l, Sunday School Times
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05
NEW YoRk's wRETcHED coNDI-
 TON.


 Instead of showing improvement aft CT the severe arraignment it has re- ceived following the Resenthal mur- der, New York seems to be getting worse. Conditions there are alarming and the two important agencies for the suppression and punishment of crime, the police and the prison officials, are showing laxness in their duty which demands the deepest investigation. It is bad enough to have a police force which is in connivance with criminals and even seeks to thwart the efforts of other authorities to guarantee protec- tion against crime and prosecute the murderers, but when it comes to the situation where the prison officials can be induced to offer no resistance to the escape of prisoners who have com : mitted murder, 1t Is time the city rose up in it's dignity and demanded g change. The element which winks at crime and profits by it's existence seems to be in control of the situation.
 New York is due for a thorough cleanup. It is not the first time that 1t has gotten into wicked ways. and 1t 
 probably will not be the last, for it will return to the ways of vice and crime just so long as it is profitable and there Is the least inclination to overlook wrongdoing. or the ability to get those charged with maintaining the law into partnership. There should be a thorough purging of the whole rotten system and determination upon the part of the people that it shall remain purged. It has gotten to a point where the people must give the strongest support to those au- thorities who are governed by law and right and with them rests the decision whether the city will grow better or worse. Let there be rigid investiga- < tions and let the blame fall where 1t belongs.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05
A FURNISH Reuters PALMS
 FOR ALL SOCIAL OCCASIONS
was no spring or summer. It was all

was no spring or summer. It was al ways winter and autumn.
 One morning in late winter, a lovely, blue-eyed, golden haired girl awoke from where she had been sleeping be- meath an apple tree. Her dress was of pale green and looked like mist In her hair were twined flowers of all colors. and in her hand she carried a great horn filled with flowers, too.
 She rubbed her eyes, sleepily. for moment and then sprang to her feet and swiftly flew over the hills. A white rabbit came out to see how the beautiful vision was. As she flew by she threw pink anemone on his head and since then all white rabbits have pink eyes.
 Welcome to the Spring." cried the white rabbit and hurried on to tell the new.
 A white bird flew by her and she hit him with a violet, and since then the bluebird is the first bird to come back and meet the Spring.
 Welcome to the Springi" trilled the bluebird as he flew on.
 She touched the frozen rivers and threw her flowers at the white fishes l and so it is that the trout and salmon l have such lovely colors On and on went the lovely girl, and wherever her feet touched green grass and flowers sprang up. She kissed the trees and they burst ! into bloom and rejoiced in her com ing.
 But all the flowers and animals did not welcome the Spring, and Sd the mountains are still cold and icy and the trees never bloom and the an finals must have warm furs to keer warm.
 MINNIE MAGEI. Age Il.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05
When Rob Forget.

For a birthday gift Uncle Fred sent Rob three handsome Malay ducks. They came across the ocean from Chi na, and then by express overland They were so tame that they ran to meet him in the yard. and they looked to him for food
 Greedy beggars, you can't wait for me to throw 1t to you he said.
 But he was proud of his pets and tended them well
 One day some friends invited his father to go fishing at a place five miles distant.
 Let the boy come, too" they said
 So Rob put on his camp suit and went.
 They caught many fish. and one of taste them before going home. Rol was about to eat one when something in his mind said: The ducks are as hungry as you are" and then he remembered; his ducks had been without food or water since sunrise. T have forgotten my ducks.'' he said in low voice to his father Then there is only one thing fol you to do," he said, Rob slipped out and walked home 1T | the darkness. When he got home i
 was 10 o'clock. He found his duckl lying on their sides. gasping witt l thirst. He dropped fresh water iron
 a straw down into their bills and thei | fed them with rice. | By midnight they were as bright al ever. and cuddled into Rob's arms Rob had learned lesson which h. never forgot. GERTRUDE KAMINSKI, Age B. l Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05

.Oh, dear! What can we do, mother2" asked Nancy. Its too hot to play running games
 And we're tired of playing dolls put in Polly.
 Yes; and we don't feel like read- ing" added Jane.
 "Why, then" said mother. brightly, I've shall have to think of something else, shan't we? If Jane and Polly will run and bring the little sewing table out here on the piazza, and Nancy will go to my desk and get that red box on the left hand side, we'll see what we can do that's nice"
 Jane and Polly and Nancy hurried away, and in two minutes they were all back and seated around the little brown sewing table, watching mother open the red box.
 Out of it first came three pairs of shining, blunt pointed scissors; next, three boxes of colored pencils, some scraps of baby ribbon, all colors- blue, pink, lavender, green, yellow, | orange brown and red. and. lastly, l some big. smooth sheets of white | paper
 What are We going to make?' asked Jane and Polly and Nancy, all | together, so excited that their eyes l just shone.
 l Rainbow pellets said mother 1 Rainbow pellets!" cried the chil- | dren. Whatever are rainbow pei lets?"
 That's just what I'm going to tel you" laughed mother, giving each lit tie girl sheet of paper and pail of scissors and box of colored pen. eils. First. cut your paper into eaua pieces, You can fold 1t and cut evenly If you are careful" Fold. craekle and crease, rattled tn, crisp paper, and then snip, snip, snip went three pairs of shining scissors.
 Now" said mother. comes the req fun, You know how cheerful a brlgh rainbow comes iH the sky on a dari
 day, l think rainbow pellets that lit
 tie girls can make will please dea
 grandma, who's shut in, just the sam way that rainbow lights up a du sky,'
 But hew de you de it aske Jane and Polly and Nancy eagerly, This way said mother, smilini
 Each of you may pick out four thing
 -feur outdeer things that yeu lik,
 Then eH your four little slips of pape yeu may try to draw those things the right colors. Suppose Jane pick , | out the big maple tree If she like she may draw it with her green penei
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05
PRIZE BOOK WINNERS.

1-Gsrtrude Kaminiski, of Norwich, "On the Amazon" by c. A Stephens.
 2-Hattie King, of Lebanon. The Submarine Boys and the Spies by Victor G. Durham.
 3-Ada Marriottt of Oneco- The Wilderness Fugitiyes,' by Edward 5, Ellis.
 4-Luoy A. Carter of Scotland" "The Motor Boat Club in Florida" by H Irving Hancock.
 5-Leon E. Dimock, of Gurleyviiie- Mothers Stories
 s-Anna E. Duryes of. Scotland Up the Forked River" by Edward s Ellis
 Mildred Carroll of Norwich The Motor Boat Club at the Golden Gate, by H. Irving Hancock '
 s-Calvin Main of Norwich--"Ani- nal Tales with Puzzle Pictures"
 Prize winners living in Norwich may call for books at any hour after | a. m. on Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05

Grace: No, know 1t doesn't add to your peace of mind when you are con scious that you are getting go Tat that back and you fear the constant strain will prove too much for the buttons. If you want to cut down your flesh without starving yourself or without druggist and get four ounces of par notis. Dissolve 1t in 1M pints of hot water, then take q tablespoonful before each meal Your double ehlip and short took of superfuous fat at the rate of several pounds a week.
 Jessie F. H.: Some sage dressings are beneficial to the scalp, but never recommend them on account of ths danger of staining or disooloring tho remedy for dandruf. itching scalp and aa1s saG E tTS m fupis D 06 Of qssoSS (not whiskey) and add one-half pint water This will put your hair and scalp in healthy condition. Apply ths tonic twice n week rubbing 1t t from oil and makes g fine dressing for the hair. know of many who were troubled with hopeless" cases of dandruff, and falling hair that found
 
 Madge; For your hollow cheeks and wripkled face. recommend frequent applications of good greaseless com- plexion cream jelly. also brisk massaE- Ing By stirring together enc ounce almozoin. two teaspoonfuls glycerine and one-half pint cold water. allowing to stand over night you will have aH extra good complexion cream. Use this also for massaging and it will clear up your skin fine. removing all dirt from the pores and soon you will fnd youl complexion smooth. fresh-looking and cream for treating blaokheads, freckies and roughness of the skin and will rid your face of those very large pores,
 Mary B.; Applying a delatone paste to. the hairy surface for two or thres minutes will remove every trace of haig from your skin. To prepare, mis enough powdered delatone and water to cover the hairs not wanted. After 1t Is removed the skin should be washed carefully This method Is un. falling and is not injurious to the mosi sensitive skin.
 B. D.: Your eyelashes will grow long | and have a silken curl if you apply pyroxin at lash-roots with thumb ant | forehnger. Straggly eyebrows will come in thick and glossy merely by rubbing pyroxin on with hnger-end 1 Be very careful and don't get pyroxir where no hair Is wanted.
 Read Mrs. Martyn's book, Beauty s5.-Adv
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05

at home, and as we live on farm have found plenty to do.
 have taken care of the hens and chicks for brother while he has helped papa in the hay fields Sometimes go with them
 As mamma could not go to get ber- ries, have picked them for her. There were not many berries this year around here.
 have been to one birthday party. Oh, we had such funl We played games and had cake and ice cream and candy. We came home at o'clock, The Ladies Aid of Scotland had a programme and l had a part. There were nine little girls in the play. It was Grandma's Party. We were all dressed up like grandmas and all wore caps and spectacles and long dresses We all had our work and each one had some gossipy news to tell. We had the play in Grange hall. There wers also others who spoke and we had songs, and then there was boy wht whistled like the birds After the ex. ereises were over we had ice cream We had good time and sl big crowd
 I hope some of the Wide Awakel who went to the seashore will writ and tell of their time there, as hav' never been.
 4 LUCY A. CARTER. Age 10.
 Scotland
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05
DESTROY TIE fLY.

Ih|s is me season of the year when ttf Hz s nertlcplarIy savage. and a sIz14 x1t1 they are getting into the
 zlH< fot warmer quarters and make lIla njeef4hle. when they arc toler- A'ea. 4r6 bring unknown dangers Hith them While the best time to eheck their multiplication is in the early aprine and at the breeding places. 5ct an everlasting vigil must he uajnfaIned if 1t Is intended to ex- t<rnainata the pest.
 Boards of health and organizations Interested h the health and welfare of tto rIck and the children are raeinz var upon the fly with results which cannot help but remove the ele- naent of danger in proportion to the number sVatte5 IL cannot be too 1nuch emphasized that the most good can na dons in the breeding places, rhsth nre where dirt and filth abound. z e. it is not entirely on filth that they e4r4ist. for f is easily recalled what 4 desire they have for clean and <1oI>some food. when they can get tks opportunity to attack 1t. It is in these visits to the household, the sick room, and wherever humanity is, that 4 gets in its deadly work The fly oill carry typhoid fever tuberculosis diarrhoea He is no respecter of per- sons or places and the only means ,of xetting rid Of tho dangerous pest is t1 do away with filth. place lime in veplts and manure heaps and swat <Ft<YQne which comes within reach &tpy homes do not know what 1t is zt have flies because of the vigilance
 f Che housewife. but others are over run with the serm-carrying pest. The importance of becoming an enemy 0. the flies cannot be too strongly urged It means better sanitation and better chances for health.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAkEs.
A Visit to Ny Uncle.

One morning came down to my breakfast early My father Baid we were going to Norwich, and he also told me to hurry with my breakfast and get dressed
 We went on the car to Norwich and got there at quarter of Il.
 When my uncle came home fo din ner he showed me a big root with a stone grown in during tho many years 1t had been in the ground It looked prised to see 1t. He said his father planted the tree from which this root grew when uncle was little boy.
 My uncle told me I could take the root home with me as curiosity and also as a remembranee from my grand father.
 ROBERT KIRCHNER. Age 12.
 South Windham.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05
TUE VERMONT RESULT.

4&4,fls la vermont only go to bear 14I mo contenfson of this and the r6minetion campaign. that the third term candidates presence in the pres- Iaent|al contest is ainply to defeat Ffe1Ittn. Taft- prove an enlbarraas- me6t to the republican party because l1tf dropped him. and give the dem- 6r<els free rein. The figures show 1hat there must be disappointment in tte ranta and among the leaders of tHs bun moose. for while they have 64ttt&dte in throwing the election i'm <6 ths legislature, which is overwhelm- ns|y republican. they failed to trip ihe deuccrals. against whom the Col 6n<| declared the real light must be fn&dc. mo best forces of the third r&rsY ware fiir<na upon that state, a@1 ee<sonaI nlcns were made by the
 <<<|tt1t-eI candidate for tho support
 < t't 1arty's candidate for the infiu- 111< q ronId eiye to the November eIe1sI41. 1t must be felt that with the elfeA1o,is endeavors and tho reciproc- 1it Q,aeslion put forward in Roosevelt f'an atyle that Che progressives are onIt q poor third
 Th|s result iu a republican state, #hich divided It's delegation to the re- Hat''can convention. still shows the republicans far In the lead better Sh4ncos for the democrats who show gain and the progressives in third ri,ec A similar showing in other E,1le< *ii' lend eneouragement to the E<uccr4.it cause. This shows the tsnstf of the man who is aspiring fol zht rr<sIdcncy what his pretenst Ha,ounis 70 In tho interest of the peo- 'is x shown when he. maintains { campaign which has no chance bu' t<lrs the democratic cause. which h' fec'af>1 fs danserous for the welfars tf tta country. The only elation thu talI moore can have is that they ar' Helpinf tho denocrata.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05
IMphovg LAw.MAkINo METHODS

Now that the backing and filling of the congressional session is over there is time to give consideration to rem edring mitch of the procedure which now goes along carelessly and slipshod because of lack of proper attention. and results in the enactment of many laws which prove a joke, or are en- tirely different from what was intend ea. simply because proper attention Waa not given them.
 In thie regard the New York Com nefcial sefes with full knowledge ot the fact that badly drawn bills are added Co the body of tho statute law every year, all legislative bodies should tft co cure this defect. Since the rnemters are unable or unwilling to dc fs1t work of carefully revising bills al kf4 time of their third reading to make surs that they clearly express the intended meaning and contain nc 1okere,' they should engage experts tc do the work es Is done in some othel couuffies. Paid men would be re. apons'tle. For those who are com refenf the task would not be difficult b1f zt would involve careful com garrison of the original amendments al adopted with tho final draft of the bill Tho clerical forces seem inefficient < If not worse. and their work should b reviewed in this way. The cost woul be rnors frifs as compared with tn losses and expenses of litigation aris ing from the present slipshod system.
 The dangerous riders which wer added to the important bills this pas session are sufficient evidence of nee of Improvement. Fortunately, tn president did not pass them ever care jesslg but 1t Is probably true that man In congress never knew of their pres encs of their sffeet upon the existin Inws.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05
lIavs The Bulletin Follow You

Hea ders of The Bulletin leaving fte city for the scashorc. noun Le:1s. rural resorts or for Europe may 1etp Ia touch with ootngs in town by having The Bulletin sent 4SF4tf k0 thenz by mau for ans i>@fio6 6csired - days, weeks oz ncn1he Hundreds follow this plan 1n their annual vacation and return <uII4 informed as fo what has been Eo|u< on during their absence o<1rr4 en0uld be placed with Tht E4Ii@Lin busines2 oiIice
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05
LETTERs oF AckNoWLEDeMENT

Clyde Ray, of Colchester: thank you very much for the prize book which received. I was very pleased to win prize.
 Mildred Carroll, of Norwich: have been wishing for Ragged Dick" for a long time. and thank you very much for granting my wish.
 Ruth B. MccoIIum of Mansfield De- pot Many thanks for prize book. "Gullivers Travels" What funny little people he met.
 Hanna L. Movsieh of Norwich: Thank you very much for the book you awarded me. It was lovely. Rose A. Demuth of Baltic: T re- ceived my prize book and thank yol very much for It. like 1t very much.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05

Dorothy had the names on them and put each in separate box Some how or other they got mixed and went to the wrong house.
 Next day the woman came and Dorothy knew something was the matter. The woman spoke very kind ly and related to Dorothy the mistake. Dorothy was sorry. but could do noth- ing.
 Not very long afterward the woman took sick and Dorothy received a mes sage to come and take care of her, when she got better she adopted Dor othy and her crippled sister was sent away fo- treatment.
 GERTRUDE KAMINSKI, Age 1S. N-nrrria.h
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05
WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION.

Not only New London but the entire
 eastern end of the state, and. in fact. the state. is honored by tho annual convention of the Atlantic Deeper
 Waterways association at New Lon
 don. In view of the recent increase in interest in the great natural harbor with which the city is favored, and
 the appropriation by tho state of a million to make start on equipDing 1t with piers for the attraction of steamship trade, as well as better coasting advantages. the gathering of
 the delegates interested in better wa terways is meat timely and important. It will give the project there an im- petus which will surely be valuable and an amount of advertising the ex- tent of which will be great and 1t will be lasting.
 This association Is organized for the promotion of cheaper and safer trans portation. Millions are lost every year | in the coasting trade. to say nothing of thousands of lives. and 1t is to
 overcome this vast waste of life and
 money that the association Is working. By utilizing the inland waterways
 along the coast, and constructing oth- CTS which. will join them, making | practically canal along the entire Atlantic coast, is the extensive prop
 osition which is being pushed. Per
 sistent and enthusiastic action on be- half of the organization is making its
 mission felt and the obliteration oi
 such danger spots as Cape Cod and
 Cape Hatteras by canals will be the
 greatest object lessons possible. AIanS
 men of prominence are enlisted in thu
 work of the association. which has 2
 most commendable object to work for
 Connecticut has nothing to advoeat, in the canal line. for Long Island ant 1 Fishers Island sounds are already larg,
 canals for such trade as proposed. bu lit can and will lend It's support t,
 such a worthy proposition.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05
RuIas for Young Writers.

1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages.
 2. Use pen and ink, not pencil
 8. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 250 words.
 4. Original stories or letters only will be used.
 6. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly al the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications to Un- cle Jed. Bulletin Offce.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-05
porothyIs Mistake.

Dorothy was poor girl and worked hard in doll shop. She did not re- ceive much salary and lived in poor ly furnished home. Her parents were dead, and she had to support crip- pied sister.
 One day woman came in and bought two dolls. one for her niece and the other for the washwoman's child.