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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-19

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup for Chil6.-L
teething, softens the gums. reduces inflamma
ton ,allays pain cures wind lie ,25c botte.Acy
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-19
The Reason.

"Why do they call it fugitive
poetry?" Because it manages to keep
in the running
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-19

Many a good farmer never saw Al
AGRICULTURAL college.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-19

The Danish government has made
Iceland dry" country
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-19

Neither does it pay to crow over un
spilled milk.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-19
Sprinctirne Diversions.

"Of on an expedition, | see"
Yes,
"Swattng flies or picking violets?'
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-19
Human Bean Poles.

Il saw the two Tibbles girls on the
street just now" They are so thin
you have to see both at the same time
to notice them"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-19

Trying to be a good citizen has made
many a man unpOpular
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-19

For gals use Hanford's Balsam,
Adv
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-19
Distinction.

distinction.
rs that fellow always hanging
around you, your tame cat?" mo; he
Is my pet dear"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-19
CoIorfui Emotion,

Colorfui Emotion.
why Is Miss Oldgirl so blue?" "Pos-
sibly because people are finding out
she gray"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25

me out, for don't like to get my white clothes sotled. When they are in they nearly ruin my house and tear it to pieces; but after a while 1 come back and drive them away and open all the windows and let the sunschine in again"
 Yes" said Bertha, with breathless interest but how do you do that without getting yourself all covered with soOt?'
 "Oh, that's easy enough" said the lit tie girl You see these black people get aWfully tired of their own conD9nv after while, and at the first hint that they would like better company I send 10 them little messenger boy that have named Resolution He tells them that if they want me to come back I will do so If they will only promise either to clean themselves or get Out You see, they know I will take good care of the house, and they cannot trust themselves for that at all. So then, some of them leave the premises entirely and never come back any more; some of them hide away in cor ners so that 1 cannot see them; others wash their SoOty faces and hands and look so innocent and clean that they almost fool me sometimes. Once I get back again to my house, I hold it pret ty safely for days and days, and ev- erybOdy knows there's been a house cleaning, for my windows shine so and there IS such wholesome air about the place.
 Well, why dont you lock the doors or put guards out to keep them awav?"
 Because it Is not the ones outside but the ones inside who make all the trouble; and there are so many of them that it takes years to clear them all out"
 What is the name of those nasty people, and what is your name?"
 Their name Is Bad -Theughfs My name is Coed Thoughts, and when I am in the house then you're your mothers own sweet little girl. When I atn tn tha house then you are cross giFt you've been today, Now guess you've got the secret of finding yeuFsslf-and l must leave yeu.Y
 Then the little girl laughed SC loud that Bertha woke up and found her self laughing, tee. She rubbed her eyes and looked all around fer the lit tie visitor, but she was nowhere te be seen.
 Nhen 8 few minutes later a radiant iy happy face peeRed into the sitting Fa9H} A4a444ga.2 did net have te be told that Bertha ha9 found herself, EeE did sl4e. 4$F9gf eF make li8Af ef Fhe won asFftl steag her little gfEl had t9 tell # tia el9qa= =IasFB, for A8afn4aa knew tRaE FHanY aseB truths are to1d in dreams, and when she saw her little girls haRpy face she knew that a fairy bad been telling her something to help heF te be good--which Is what fairies are fort
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
Hans end the Dyke.

In Holland there once lived boy called Hans. He was eight years old. Hans liked to play games and skate on the ice but the thing he liked best was tp run on the dikes and watch the huge waves,
 One day Hans mother told him to bring some butter to his grandmother, who lived about two miles away. She told him to hurry up because 1t would be dark when he came back.
 Hans delivered the butter and was on the way back when he heard a lit tie gurgle under the dyke he was walking on. He stopped down to look sure enough, there was little hole in a little while. i9 not stopped, the dyke would break down, and his country would Joe flooded. Instantly Hans put his right hand into the hole. He stay ed there during the long hours of the night, shouting; but nobody came. His right hand was almost frozen.
 In the morning 8 group of people were talking near the dyke when they heard q shout. They ran along the dyke where the shouting was heard, when one sad suddenly: 'Look!'
 What they saw was a little figure huddled up near the dyke. They took Hans up and brought him to a nearby house. The dyke was repaired and bravery, but his right hand had to be cut off
 Should you ever go to Holland in winter some time and see a. boy with his right hand cut off skating merrily along, you Will know that it is Hans
 ERNEST FORBES, Age 10.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
ErrERs TO UNCLE JED.
My Vacation.


 Dear Uncle Jed: Perhaps you would like to hear about my vacation. When I finished going to school l picked strawberries for near neighbor. earned quite a little money. When they were gone stayed home for a while.
 Then I decided to go over to Vest erIy to see ray cousin. When l ar rived I had q lunch and then about 1 o'clock an auto came and to my de- light it came to take us riding. The people in it were my cousins. We went quite long ways and got home about supper time. The next day we went to see the circus parade and then my cousin took us to beach called Weekapaug. We had our lunch and then went to another beach called QuonOchontauG,.
 The two cousins and went in bath ing
 These two rames, Weekapaug and Quonochontaug are Indian names.
 Then we came home. It was dark when we arrived in Westerly.
 Sunday we went to church and in the evening saw two brothers and their wives baptized
 The next day we went to see an- other cousin of ours. We played cro- quet and had d very pleasant time.
 The next day I came home. The visit was short but pleasant.
 The day after l arrived home went to Sunday school picnic over to Watch Hill. 1 had 8 lovely time.
 I stayed home for a while. then my aunt from Bridgeport came to make US a visit While she was here we caught crabs.
 Then Friday. Aug. 8, 1913, my aunt went home, taking me with her. I had a very pleasant time down there. The next day after I arrived my uncle took me and we went to see the convict ship Success. It was a, horrible sight to see. We did not go all over it because it was so horrible. What would you think of receiving 100 or 1000 lashes on your back with cal -o' nine tails with leather on the end of the tails?
 Two or three days after that my
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
Little Girls Search For Herself

#ertha Bowers sat thinking-thinzing thinking! She had been cross all day. and .-- last her mother had said to her: "Go to your room, my child and think about it. Do not come back until you can bring back my own sweet little girl She is lost and you must find her
 It was such a dear little room, so clean and white and dainty; so full of the loving touches of the dear. good mother Usually Bertha loved her room. and her heart often throbbed in loving response to the many tokens of mother-lOve which met her eyes turn them which way she would about the room. But today there was no thrill of joy. Indeed, the room seemed olstasteful in it's glaring whiteness, and Bertha felt herself out of place amid the pretty white curtains and draper les. the Gttlie white bed.with it's snowy pillows and cOVerlet, SC suggestive of peace and rest and purity. She felt rather than saw, the glOominess of her own lace in contrast. The words of her mother kept ringing in her ears: "My own sweet Bertha-She's lost and you must find her. She threw herself into the low rocker near the window and. leaning her chin upon her two hands. with her elbows on her knees, looked out at the clear September sky and thought and thought
 All at once she saw a little cloud coming out of the sky toward her. It f7Oated gently down-down-until it reached the windows when out of it stepped the most beautiful little girl. just about her own size, with the brightest eyes and the sweetest smile you ever saw. She held out her hand 10 Bertha, who at first drew back half angry and half ashamed: yet withal such a sense of relief came oyer her a the thought of companionship In her imprisonment that all other feelings were soon swallowed up. So she ran forward eagerly to heip her down from the window. saying: However did you do it? It looked SC lovely lip there among the great white cottony clouds, ] was just wishing l could be up there rolling about. The clouds de look SC soft and white and creamy How did you get up there, and whers did you come from. and whe aFe you, aRd do you eyer get cross and baYe te sit in bedrooms and things to think ahaHt Ii. and. oh deart do You ever set lost like J am now
 While fhis torrent of qnestiSfs was pouring a; her the little Yisl49F sat calm and sfaiilDs. fheA q loci. of teH= der pity ereVE iHt9 her a*es, which Drought tears t0 BeFtha's 0WB. as ste answered. s0fty< "YeS little sister; sometimes l get lost se that ne ens can ind Hae. SeRlstifaes ] have t9 leave my house beeaNSe ugly blaeF< soof-A4ssTed people essse iR and crowd
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
crandpa's Assistant Farmers.

Onions. turnips, beets, tomatoes peas, celery-py! I guess I'll have as groWn-up a garden as grandfather 8 is,' exclaimed Willie happily, ELS he named over his seeds he had ready to plant as soon as he got his corner lot ready for the beds. Suddenly he stop ped digging and began hoeing into the soil.
 Whats the matter, Willie?" called grandfather frrm the onion bed. What have you found 9"
 <'One, two ten, twenty-why, hun dreds of them, grandfather; and they'll eat every seed I plant" said Willie, excitedly, as nc began to cut the saeal with his hoe more vigorously than ever.
 Hundreds of what ?'' and grand father raised himself slowly from his knees.
 Worms, grandfather; and I'll not have a single thing come up9"
 'sWhy, I never ca3I them worms
 But they are angle worms, grand father''
 Yes but I call them my assistant farmers, and the more work have for them the better I like it.
 They are regular little blows, fer tllizing the sOil.'' said grandfather.
 LILLIAN BRHHAUT, Age 15.
 East Norwich, N. '.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
Andrew Jackson.

Dear Uncle JeG> Andrew Jackson was born in North Carolina in the year 17sT, close to the South Carolina boundary line.
 During the war of tn revolution he was taken prisoner and nearly starved by the British.
 An officer ordered him to clean his boots, but he refused, saving that he was a prisoner of war and was not obliged to perform such acts for his caDtoTs.
 The officer in rage struck him with his sword, cutting a deep gasb in his head and another on his hand He car riesf these scars to his grave.
 He got his e6aoation rather by a hard and dangerous life in the back woods than by books and schools.
 During the war of 1912 he was ap- pointed 8 general in the army and served his country brave1y.
 In 1928 he was elected president of the United States and served two terms.
 JOHN FINN BARNETT, Age E.
 Jewett City.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25

ed for two hours and at last found her
 I did not know the way cry well. I was lost and did not find my path for one hour.
 When I was safe in our own woods l heard a shriu cry. I ran to the place, and under the tree I saw 8 bluejay peczing a little bird.
 I picked the poor little felloWlH up carefully and saw that his leg was skinned. l took him home and wash ed his wound in cold water and tied it up.
 I put the bird in a cage, where I was sure the cat wouldn't get him.
 When he was better I took him out one beautiful day. The little fellow was so glad that he began to sing.
 When winter came it was 70 cold I would not let him out. He was so lone- some he would hardly eat anything
 When Christmas time came we had a big Christmas tree. While we were dressing the tree I put the bird in an other room. When we were through work let him in. He was so surpris- ed that ne did not know what to dO I found this little bird two years ago, but he is still my best pet.
 MARY RYBIC, Age 12.
 Mansfield Four Corners
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAKES.
The AWay7 Habit.


 When Isadore and I were children rye had the why" habit
 When father or mother told us to
 Father said, Soldiers never ask why, they obey without asking the reason"
 One day we took our lunch and went 4n the woods,
 Just beyond the woods was a high bank along which was g. railroad track, and lsadore said: May we go and see if any trains are ceming2'
 Father said .fYes,'' and we all went and sat on ayrock in the field, where we could see the train if fl went by.
 Presently l said, Father, see something moving on the bank And IsadoTe said
 Look. There are seven little woodchuczs there+''
 There was a big fat mother wood chuck and family of little baby woodchucks-
 Probably the cars drop grain and they are hunting for it. said father. Suddenly the mother woodchuck sat up and made a queer noise. Every baby wOodchuck fiery to her, and they disappeared into their hole.
 Away off in the distance an engine Gcreeched> fl came nearer and nearer and q train rushed over the track. After it was gone and everything was quiet, father said
 Did either Of you hear one of those little woodci1uclls ask why they must go in when their mother called 2''
 And do you know Isadore and I never asked why foolishly again Unsj gned.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25

How We Spent the Fourth in Mexico.
 I am going to tell you how we spent the Fourth iu 8 little mining camp in northern Mexico. There were only about thirty Americans in camp but we decided to celebrate the Fourth by having & picnic. One morning a few days later some of the men got horses and found 9 place for the pie nic. They had a hard time. for trees are scarce in northern Mexico, unless you go to the mountains. The place they selected was in an aroya, where there was 9, grove of black walnut trees. It was drr because the rainy season had not begun yet.
 On the Fourth early fn the morning some men went down and started the barbecue About noon the rest of the party went down in the carryan Wben we got there the meat was almost done. The ladies spread out a table cloth and many good things to eat. Then they fried bacon and made cof- fee By the time the meat was done we sat down to eat, first looking un- der all the stones to see if any centt- pedes or scorpions were around. Af- ter supper we played games while the men shot at targets. As 1t grew dark the men built a large campfire and we sat around it singing songs till we saw some clouds rolling up rap idly. We all hurried to the carryal1 and horses, because when 1t does rain in Mexico it simply pours and if we had stayed in the aroya we would have been drowned
 CHARIRS CLAYTON, Age il.
 Lincoln, Neb.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused Dy q 1Enamed con- 0ition Of the mucous lining of the EustacEtan Tupe. When this tube iH !nfiamed you have a rambling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is en- tire4y closed GeafneSs is the resI2lt and unless the inliaR1kuation can be talk au out and this tube restored to it's nor lnzL condition, nearing will be de- stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused sy catarrh, which IS nothing but an infs ed condition of the nnu- colIs surfaces.
 We viii give One Hundred Dollars for any qase oS de&enass (caused by cGrtSSrrtl) t1aet. cannot be cured by Halls C8Gar-ri1 Cure. sSan6 fer circulars, free.
 F. ,. CHENEY < co, Toledo, Ohio.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for consti- nation.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
Uncle Jeass Talk to wide-Awakes

Uncle Jea}s Talk to Wide -Apsakes.
 Fewer letters are coming ln which shows thaE the W5de-Amakes are at school @1ec4o zaaoge and s1Ving attention ea taetF studies They should obey rRe5r teachers and be d5lfgeRt so as to learn as anuea as possible,
 Uncle Jed desires to make bright uHEdes Of his BoBs and girls, not dsan ones and if they el1nd the corrections s made in tAe5r leteegs ft wdn be a great help to them and 8. surprise to their teachers when they come to write stories in school and the best Of these school stories if sent to Uncle Jed. are very likely to win a prize book
 Do you know that two Norwich boys nho had bpoks awarded them two weeks aso have not had time ID find ft 0at ve4. and if they do not give attention enough to the W5de-Axake department to know when they win q book these books will be given to someone else These two books will he taken Dut of the business office on Sept 98th and will not be delivered after that date
 Uncle Jed expects to give avav a -nt of interesting and instructive books during the winter months and au boys and girls who like to read may earn good books by writing 10 this depart uErl-
 The award is only four books this week because of the lack of interest. We like to make the number twice tlzs and if the boys and girls get busy we shall soon be doing it.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
A Little Party

Dear Uncle Jed: Yesterday after noon my sister and I had a party. We invited four g4r4 friends to our party. When the girls came and had rested awhile we all played croquet.
 We played one game Of croquetr then took the girls to see our garden, but did not stay looking at it very long, as there were too many mosquitoes.
 We all walked down to the house and my sister and I showed the girls our rabbits and kittens. I have named nay kitten Dandy.
 We all sat on the porch awhile, and then my mother called us in and we had our party. Then my sister and I walked home with the girls.
 l go to Sunday school and church nearly every Sunday. I sing in the choir.
 I am writing this letter while sitting on the lawn.
 I hope all the wfde-Awakes had a pleasant time during their vacation.
 JESSIE L. BREHAUT. East Norwich. N. Y,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
Queer Uses of Glow Worms.

Several daYs ago I read something which I thought was interesting and am writing a5cut it to see if someone else doesn't think so, too.
 suppose vol have read in the Cyr's Reading Book how when Eva went to Fairy Land she had a glow worm for a candle. Perhaps if there were people as small as that they might be able to use the common glow worms for light, but we couldn't.
 Still, in Cuba there are some bright enough to be useful and if several are placed together one could read by the light. They are about an inch long and men catch them to sell to the la dies, who keep them in small cages The worms are fed on sugar cane and
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

1-Hattie King, of T.ebanon-The The Grammar School Boys of Grid ley.
 2-Ernest Forbes, of Norwich-Rob- inEon Cgusoe.
 3-EHiy Babcock, of Mystic-The Grammar School Boys Snowbound.
 4-Mary Rybic, of Mansfield Four Corners The Grammar School Boys ia the Woods
 Winners Of prize books living in the city may call at The Bulletin business ofI1ce for them at any hour after 10 d. m- on Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25

uncles boss took my uncle and his nieces and myself out to 8 lighthouse. We were shown all over it. We had our pictures taken I don't think can write all of the things I did every day that I stayed there, which was three weeks. It would take a long time and I am afraid a good deal of paper.
 l had to begin going to high school. like to go 10 high school quite well. I will close now.
 EMILY BABC0CK, Age 13.
 Old Mystic
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys aad Girls Department

very much pleased with 1t and thank yeH Very muea: l think the Submarine Boy Series aEe very interesting books.
 V{inifred Briggs. ef Paeher-=4 thank yed very much feF my prize book Caught in Forest Fire. I have read some in t and think 1t is going te be fine.
 Eleanor kioppsnburg, of Waterbury -I thank you very much for sending me the prize book, Lam going to put it In the library papa and mamma started for me, I like the book and as l like to read have read it almost through,
 Jessie 5reIaaut of East Norwich, N. Y,: Thank you for the prize book you sent me entiueG Boy Scouts in Maine Woods. l like 1t very much.
 Helen Malone, Providence, R. l.: I want to thank you for the prize book you sent me. I have read it and found it very interesting.
 WinniFrsd Hoiton, North Franklin: Thank you very much for the prize book you sent me. It is very interest ing, 1 have read it all through. Esther Fy913an of Norwich: l thank you very much for the prize book received. ] have read part of it and found it very interesting.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
December in Australia.

I really don't know what to talk about. Everything seems so lazy and sleepy tonight. You know how mean.
 It has been raining all day and has just cleared off, although the sun, vainly struggling to shine, has not yet succeeded in forcing in its way through the dense clouds.
 Everything looks so soft and rest full Just in front of me is the drive on the far side of which dahlias. marones, whites and deep reds are growing in glorious profusion.
 They look so nice. Just beyond them are the grape vines, which have just ceased bearing and are already begin ming to lose their leaves.
 Beyond them are a couple of silver Wattles, a, white lilac bush and cou- pie of large bushy shrubs. Then there Is a high fence and beyond that tall pines which stretch forever so far down the drive.
 Away beyond them, ever so far across the clear paddock are clumps of wild oaks. Then some gum trees and plants, and then the dear old hills getting bluer as they get further away.
 On the flat a boy Is bringing some cows and calves, and another one Is amusing himself chasing young horses who seem so fully aware of the fact that they are giving joy to the small person in charge, for they are very spOrtige and playful It is all very lovely
 Sydney (1I. S. w) Stock Journel.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
Pages Nine to Twelve

pillar eating the leaves from my morn ing glories. It ate so much that I thought it would eat them all. but it didn't. I watched it every day and at Something else. It was making a CO., coon. One morning I didn't see the caterpillar and I wondered where 1t was. l then asked my father if he could tell me and he said: Why, don't you know? It Is inside of the CO., coon." l was very much surprised to hear this, and he told me to watch 1t every day and See what would happen. While l was watching it one day, all of a sudden a magnificent, white but terhy flew out of the cOccon. IL was very btautifuI. It must have thought to itself, "how much more beautiful q butterfly Is than a caterpillar" And l think it is right, don't you?
 MOLIIE CAR3NMAN. Omaha, Neb.
 Omaha Bee.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Eva AIPerin. Of Mansfield, Four Cor ne-5- | received the prize book you senJ me This makes three books. I thank you very much for them
 Howard Welden. of Wilimantfc- thank you for the prize book you sent me and like it very much.
 Vivian M. Stone, of Hampton- Many thanks for the prize book "A World of Girls" like it very much.
 Hattie King, of Lebanon-I received inc. prize book "The Submarine Boys and the SDies.' and although am Itde late in acknowledging it, I am