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POETRY.
The Clouds.

I love to see the clouds go by, Like dark and smoky mountains, And sometimes in the blue. blue sky think I see a fountain. And sometimes at the fountain Children I see there: They run behind the mountains And disappear somewhere. The mountain goes away, And all at once I see Those very happy children Looking down at me. The sun is setting low, Mother calls me. too; Good bye, little cloud girls; I must be leaving you.
 Elizabeth Finch. Boydton, Va
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Bonnie and the Spool of Thread.

Once upon a time there was a lit tie kitten and we called 1t Bonnie
 Bonnie was 8 nice little kitten and had gray and white fur and he would climb on the window sill, then he would meouw for all he was worth un- til we would open the door to let him in.
 One fine day when the children were all at school Mamma and the baby went out for a walk and left Bonnie in under the stove asleep and Mamma did not know it. We'll. Bonnie went into the sewing room and got one of mammals black spools of thread and then he was looking for a comfortable place to play with the spool of thread. but finally went into the parlor and sat in 8 big spring rocking chair and began to unwind the thread from the spool, until Bonnie was all covered with the thread, and then he began to cry.
 Just then mamma. and the 7,a1lv came in from their afternoon walk
 Then mamma put the baby to bed She was reading the paper when she heard the kitten cry. She put her paper on the table and went to find Bonnie. Just then she heard the cry again and went into the parlor and saw the bunch of thread. Then she said:
 Well. declare, this cannot be Bon nfe" and she went to pick it up and felt of Bonnie; and pulled him out. and three days after Bonnie ran away.
 BLANCHE DEAUTH, Age A.
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her Summer vaeation.

Dear Uncle Jed: June 18th we got out of school The school had a picnic and after the picnic we played games and ran races. When 1t was about o'clock I went home.
 In the morning [ have to help my Mother do some work; in the after noon I go down to the orchard and I get some apples. If it is Wednesday we go to sewing school to learn how to sew.
 The lady who shows us how to sew is Mrs. Se1mes.
 Tn July we had company for about two weeks. My Uncle John and Cous- in Helen and Cousin Lawrence from Philadelphia. He was a little sick, so he thought he would come to the coun- try He is now very i'll fin bed.
 While they were visiting at OUT house we went to Baltic. and when he went home we went down to New Lon- don with him to get the train. It was an hour and a half late.
 got lots of Christmas presents, and L hope you did.
 ANNY ROY MTNTOSH, Age 10.
 Hanover
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Difforen& Kinds of Fowl.

Dear Uncle Jed: I live on a farm where we keep geese, turkeys, ducks, hens, gufneas and five little banties. I have one little banty which I call Queeny and another larger creeper hen named Betsy.
 looking for their feed every morning and night, and seem so very glad to see me when I go to feed them that they follow me all around
 At night they to roost in small building wht-oa nice place is prepared for them. e
 VIOLET MAIN, Age 13. Mystic
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but he beat boy much older than himself.
 Then came the diving. The men would run up the springboard and dive off. They dove the jacl1knife dive, the backward dive. the front dive and others.
 The tub face was very funny. The boys got into some little tubs and them tipped over, and when they got to the end of the race all Of them had had a ducking.
 That night there were fireworks, but the fog came in and spoiled them HORATIO BIGELOW. JR,, Age 10.
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A Handsome Cat.

Dear Uncle Jed: About two years ago I was visiting friend and saw a kitten sprawling about. They said they were going to drown it
 felt so sorry for it that they gave it to me It was a long. slim cat and so hone1y. Now it has grown to be a big black, shiny cat. We named it Buster.
 A year ago last Thanksgiving I took him to visit Grandma.
 Buster ate some pumpkin seeds a little while ago and was very sick.
 We are going to get him 8 catnip ball right away, and we have got a catbook for him.
 take him to bed with me at night, but instead of scratching, as most cats do, he bites. He is 2 years old and is very plump and fat
 wouldn't you like to see him
 MILDRED TRUAx, Age 10. South Manchester.
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LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
UnoEe Tom,s Farm.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought would write and tell you about Papa's visit to Terryvflle to my Uncle Toms
 He told me that Uncle Tom is very fond of raising colts and training them, and that he has two young ones now.
 Auntie has lot of hens, turkeys and ducks, and Cousin Gilbert has rabbits.
 He wanted Papa to bring a pair home to us, but Papa thought he had enough chores to do without feed ing rabbits. I suppose he means we'd forget to feed them, as Brother John and do forget to do our chores some times.
 I hope to visit them myself some day, and then I will tell you more about them.
 FLORENCE WHITE, Age 3.
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My Rooster.

Dear Uncle Jedi One day our dog was chasing my rooster. She drove him into the bushes where there was some wire. The rooster got his leg tangled in the wire and broke it..
 I brought him into the house: then I got two small pieces of wood. I put one piece on each side Of his leg. Then I got a piece of cloth and wound it around his leg, and tied it tight with string.
 After did this put him in place by himself He was there for about three weeks.
 One day my mother said that he was using his leg which had been broken Sure enough he was.
 It was not long afterward when he began to use both feet. You cannot tell now his leg had ever been broken.
 HAZEL RULING, Age IA,
 Hampton.
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE-A.
 WAKES,
George Washington.

Ieorge WashIngton-
 George Washington, the first presi- dent of the United States, was honest kind and true. so he ran off into the orchard and began chopping his fathers cherry tree
 The tree was soon down and he hur- ried home.
 His father was out around the or chard and he saw that his cherry tree was chopped. When he reached home he inquired about the tree He asked George.
 George said: Father. I cannot tell lie. I did it with my little hatchet."
 LILLIAN BREHANT, Age Is. Locust Valley. L. l.
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A MoeM

Dear Uncle Jed: One dag when little Robbie WAS visiting hts uznole in Maine he saw a large clumsy animal with big horns. and he was running at full speed When HtE1e Robbie saw him he ran away; but he saw three men on snowshoes after the large animal The snow was quite deep, and the animal kept sinking in the snow, and the men kept gaining on him. and when they got up to him they fred, but never hit him. When they ali got quite close snow.
 Then lltt1e Robbie ran home and tedd his uncle all about the strange animal. and his uncle told him 1t was moose.
 OTIS CONRAD.
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TrappIrna Muel<rats.

Dear Uncle Jed: One Monday I set nine traps and the next morning I went to them and got five muskrats. and then I went home and skinned them and hung them up to dry.
 I went the next morning and got one musl<rat. and the next morning did not go because 1t ratned, and then 1t showed Then I took the traps up because it rained so much.
 MAURICE P. FLYNN. Ago IS.
 HailviIle
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Hampton
Borrowing a Brother.

Dear Uncle Jed: A little boy named Howard was very lonesome. One day he said to his mother:
 Mamma, O. I do wish I mad some one to play withi"
 Mamma could not help it.
 Then a new family moved across the road There were no children to play with except a 1 year old boy. Howard got acquainted very soon. so he asked if he might borrow the little baby.
 He could, and what delightful times they had together. The baby played with the rubber ball and the marbles. Every pleasant day he borrowed a
 LOUISA KRAUSS. Age 1s
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father came home just then, so he got Tom away from the crab
 The next day we had the crabs for dinner; but I did not eat any because they were so mean to hurt my cat so much the day before.
 Next year we boys will go grabbing again, and will send some to yeu, if you like them
 VINCENT F. WATERS, Age s, Poo 2s$AnBck
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A Home Made Ball.


 IT It is a rainy day and you want something to do. make a soft ball that you can use in the house. You win need only cork. some cloth to tear into strips, 8 piece of strong twine, and a small quantity of bright colored wool.
 The cork is the foundation. Around this wind strips of muslin. which you nave torn into half inch strips. Wind slowly and keep the ball quite round. When 1t is as large as you want 1t, take the twine and tie it over the ball securely, forming divisions or sections like those of an orange.
 Now thread a tape needle with the WOOL tie it where the cross sections meet, and then lace it round and round the ball. in and out of the twine, till it is completely covered. Keep the wool quite smooth and even and go over one string and under the next. II you have not a tape needle, thread a darning needle and use it wrong end first.
 GEORGE FARRELL, Age 12. Norwich
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The Grab and the Kitten.

Dear Uncle Jed: I went grabbing last summer with some boys and girls I got 8 lot of crabs. My mother would hardly believe that I caught so many myself.
 Mamma put them in 8 pan. and one big one got out Of the pan on the floor. My kitten saw him, so he thought he would play with him. He went toward one of them and the crab get hold of his leg. The cat cried, but 1 didn't dare to go very near; but my
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He LIkes to Collect the Euas.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write and tell you about the farm where I live.
 We have two horses. ten cows and a pair of oxen.
 We have about forty hens and pull let's Hike to feed the hens and get the eggs.
 FERDINAND SYLVIA, Age g. Scotland.
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A vsufe te rtneleae Hru,,

Dear Unc4e Jed: I win ten you about my vssft to my unctes harm last week
 livery morning my cousins aud I wou1d go and wetch my uncae milk the cows and feed tho pigs
 My cousin Albert would feet the hens and rabbits; then we would play until dinner.
 fn the afternoon we would go in the woods and watch the little DqUtrreds. and then we would look for the eggs. had 8 nice time and intend to go next Saturday.
 BLANCHE RFCH4dED. Ago 19
 Yauttc.
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The staa at the Lake.

One warm day a stag stopped to quench his thirst at a lake. The water was so clear that he saw himself in it as he bent down to drink
 What fine large horns have thought he: but how weak and thin my legs are.
 AS he. was thinking about these things lion sprang at him.
 The stag turned and ran.
 His thin legs were swift and his feet were sure and so long as they were on the plain he outran the lion. But when they came to the woods. his horns caught in the bough of the tree and held him fast until the lion fell upon him.
 The stag cried out Alas. the legs I scorned would have saved my life. but the horns of whic<fI was so proud have caused my death"
 HATTIE GRAHAM, Age II,
 TaftYf1le Box 27N
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LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Nancy Partridge, of PoquetanucIz: I received the prize book and like it very much. was pleased when got 1t. I have read some of 1t and like it. thank you for the book.
 Elizabeth O'Neil of Norwich: I thank you very much for the book which I have received. I have read 1t through and found it very interesting.
 Helen M. Whitaker, Providence, R. l.: received the lovely book, Water Babies" which you sent me. It is very interesting so far as I have read. Many thanks.
 Harry Cookson, Centerville, R. l.: I thank you very much for the book. l have read it, and it is very nice.
 Raymond I. Royce, Norwich: Thank you for the book you gave me as prize. I enjoy reading it very much.
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Har nnr Snn+

Her Dog Spot. Dear Uncle Jed: Before go to school in the morning my dog Spot and I have a walk together. At night when come home he wants his walk just the same. So instead of taking a walk I get a stick and throw it far away and then run and hide. After he gets the stick he comes to find me.
 We have great times together. When I slide down hill take him on the sled with me. Sometimes I drag him on it.
 EDITH M. HILL. Age B. Onecc.
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little Rags very much. Rags likes handkerchfefs He picks up every one he finds and brings it home. He likes to go to schook but the teacher puts him out.
 Believe me, he ain't no fool!
 WILLIAM STANTON, Age g. Willimantic.
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My Pet poa.

Dear Uncle Jed: My pet is a dog. He is brown and white. His name IS Dick
 When we bought him he was so small and cunning that anyone could put him in their pocket.
 He has many brothers and sisters. and when they come together they play very rough.
 One day he went to see his mother. He seemed very much afraid of her. She became very angry with him, and when he did come up she lifted up her paw and hit him in the face.
 My kitty doesn't like Dick very well. Every chance she gets she hits him with her paw.
 Whenever we take him anywhere he always runs away, and when we get home we find him waiting on the steps for us.
 HELEN wILLETT, Age 10.
 POQuotanuClg
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Norwich.
Imnx,. Nanffin Sauce

Dear Uncle Jed: Some of the Wide Awaaes may want to try vanilla sauce Mix 8 teaspoon Of cornstarch with one-haH cup Of sugar. Then pour on one cup of boiling water. Then let 1t bof1 five minutes. After boiled five minutes add the beateh white of an egg and a teaspoon of vanilla
 hope some Of the Wfde-Awakes win try 1t and report. win caoSe
 LUCY A GRAY, Age 10. Yaue4c
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H. HeIns Do tie Cheres.

Dear Uncle Jed: have three broth CTS and two sisters. I am next to the oldest
 My father has 183 acres on the farm. We have twelve head of stock. help to do the chores. I clean the stable and pitch down the day, and do other things
 ARTHUR GAGER. Age 10 Scotland
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Rules for Younu Wrissrs.

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.
 {. Original stories or letters only will be used.
 5. Write your name. age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications to Un- cle Jed. Bulletin O0zce.
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Likes cauntrx Lifa.

Dear Uncle Jed: live in Hanover. My father owns farm that contains about 75 acres He owns one horse. eight cows, 150 hens and a little calf about three weeks old
 1 live near the schooihouse. church, postof1ce and store. -ss-s T go to school every day. I am in the seventh grade. My teachers name is Miss Standish and I like her very much
 I help my father and mother. I 80 with my father every morning for 6 ride. 1 like to ride on horseback.
 Every night when I come home from school I milk two cows
 I have lived in the country all my life. I wouldn't like to live in the city. Wouldn't you like to live in the
 FLORENCE M1NrosH. Age 1s.
 Hanover
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"A soft answer turneth away wrath '' He was satisfied then and walked out.
 Patience's mother came home soon after.
 Patience was glad she had obeyed her mother.
 JESSIE L. BREHANT. Locust Valley, L. I.
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ler f44la kittAn-

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you abo1it my pet. My pet is 6 little kitten. He Is most all gray. He has a little black and white on him.
 You should see him play with his taA. He will bite on It so hard I
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Whatever you areBe that:
 Whatever you say-Be true. Straightforwardly act Be honest-in fact.
 Be nobody else but you.''
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should think he would hurt it. He Is only a baby kitten. I have had him two weeks but he seems to know ev- erywhere about the house.
 JOSEPHINE HOLBROOK, Age 10.
 NnrMich -
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THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department

hour of the day or night and your re- ward will be sure.
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CheuapoRgee, in SouShwes4sn As sam, is the wettest place in the world The avefrage rainfall there Is s1o inch. es.
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ahada Island Reds.

Dear Uncle Jed: thought would write and toll you about our hens We have about, a hundred. Our hens lay about 13 eggs q day. We give them corn and oats. We have the Rhode Island Reds. They are a very good laying hen, and we like them very well.
 MARTHA I. GRAY. Yantio
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Little Rags.

Little Rags. Dear Uncle Jed: I've got a little vel low dog. His name is Rags. I like
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Oneco.
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Scotland
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on a good cook. don't you think SOP
asked Mrs. Mcclure. Sometimes [
think it would have been better IL ] had
taken d course in domestic science in
stead of in law.
1--WE been studying my lessons all aft
ernoon. Yes, just like a little schoolgirl.
She arose from the chair. II wonder II
you would object very much to driving
with me in the park. l haven't had any
fresh air today. The sun has come out
again and maybe you will enjoy the open
country.
In just minute Mrs. MCGUIRE returned
with her hat and coat. In front of the
apartment house door an electric runa-
bout was waiting.
1T seems to me that electric is the
most luxurious of all machines" COM
fortably remarked the guest, as she set
tied herself against the cushions. 1T
gives an atmosphere of elegant leisure. :"
Mine Is a great pleasure to me. I
take it to school with me every morning.
or, to be quite correct. Z 1t takes me.
Sometimes, when / am perfectly truth
full with myself she laughed as she
turned her car into Connecticut avenue.
II wonder If / ever would have started
at the university If / hadn't had a ma
chine to get me there in time for class
to begin"
Then she spoke of her travels over this
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resent the north and Mary Bull the
SOUTH" while "Old John Bull who also
figures, personifies England, from whom
the two others have broken away and
married.
But let me give you the tale in the
words of President Madison, changing it
only to clarity the characters or to bring
out their historical meaning. The story
begins describing the condition of the
colonies before they declared their indie
pendence. 1t reads as follows:
Jonathan Bull and Mary Bull, who
were the descendants of Old John Bull,
had inherited contiguous estates IN large
tracts of land. AS they grew up and be-
came we'll acquainted a partially was
incidentally felt, and advances on several
occasions were made toward a matri-
monial connection. This was particularly
recommended by the advantages of putt
ting the two estates under common SUI
perintendence Old John Bull (EnglandD,
as guardian of both, and having long
been allowed certain valuable privileges
within the estates. had always found
means of breaking off the match, which
he regarded as a fatal obstacle to his
sweet design of getting the whole prop
erty into his hands.
AT moment favorable, as he thought,
for the attempt he brought suit against
both, but with the view of carrying it on
in way that would make the process
bear on the parties in such different
modes, times and degrees as might create
a jealousy and discord between them
Jonathan and Mary had too much
sagacity to be duped. They understood
well Old Bulls character and situation.
They knew that he was deeply versed in
all the subtilities of the law. They knew
that he had a stubborn and persevering
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IT MADlSs LOST SECURED LIBRARY CONGRESS

could In the meantime to mitigate an
evil that cannot soon be removed
When you talk of tearing on the
skin or of cutting off the unfortunate
limb, must / remind you of what you
cannot be ignorant. that the most
skillful surgeons have given their
opinions that if so cruel an operation
could be tried 1t could hardly fail to
be followed by modification or bleed
ing to death. Let me ask, too, whether
should neither of these fatal effects en-
sue, you could like me better in my
mangled or mutilated condition than
you do now? And when you threaten
divorce and an annulment or the
marriage settlement may l not ask
whether your estate would not suffer
as much as mine by dissolving the
partnership between them"
After saying the above. Mary continues
in the following remarkable paragraph,
showing that the south even then ex-
pected the aid of England in case 1T
should have an anti-slavery war with
the north.
81 am far from saying that l feel the
advantage of having the pledge OF your
arm, your stronger arm, IL you please,
for the protection Of me and mine. and
that my interests in general have been
and must continue to be the better for
your aid and counsel in the manage
ment of them. But, on the other hand.
aid of my purse will have its value in
the hands of Old Bull (England). or
any other rich, litieious fellow who puts
us to the expense of another tedious
lawsuit"
The next paragraphs of the novel take
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continent and in Europe. After She had
finished her course at the University OF
Michigan Mrs. Mcclure made many trips.
always returning to her home, in Kan
sas City She has journeyed long dis
tances with her husband. too.
He lets me go hunting with him." she
said. II am very good and just trail
placidly along Do l ever kill anything
Oh. yes. Sometimes a few quail. but l
don't really go for sport. just like to
be out in the OPEN"
Fishing is the real hobby In the Me-
CURE family. Just recently MIR. and Mrs.
Mcclure went west through the Rockies,
Yellowstone Park and down the Pacific
coast to Catalina, a famous fishing place
just OFF the coast of California.
II am going to tell you some actual
truths about the fish my husband and
caught said Mrs. Mcclure. BY this time
the machine was speeding along the
smooth road that leads to one OF the
picturesque fords In Rock Creek Park.
Il suppose I tell these experiences al
the risk of having them called-weli, fsh
stories. OF my own catch I am particu-
larly proud. I landed all by myself sew
eral albicores-heavy fish they are. TOO.
One of them weighed twenty-seven
pounds
did you pull it in quite unassisted?"
"Indeed did" Mrs. MCGUIRE was proud
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voice In the appointment of head stew
ard.
HE had now, he said, got his eyes fully
opened: he saw everything in new light.
and was resolved to act accordingly. AS
to the head steward (the President Of the
United Statesl. he would let her see that
the appointment was virtually in his
power. and she might take her leave OF
all chance OF ever having another of her
tenants advanced to that station.
"As to the black arm, she should, II the
color could not be taken out, either tear
of the skin from the flesh or cut off the
limb. For 1t was his fixed determination
that one or the other should be done or
he would sue out divorce, and there
should be an end Of all connection be-
tween them and their estates.
81 have examined he said, well the
marriage settlement, and flaws have been
pointed out to me that never occurred
before, by which I shall be able to set
the whole aside. White as I am all over.
! can no longer consort with one marked
with such deformity as the black on
your person
..&.. "as SO stunned with the Ian
guage she heard that it was some time
before she could speak at all. AS her
surprise abated. she was almost choked
with the anger and indignation which
--s s-e'H1g in her bosom. Generous
had such a proud sensibility that she
a4Y..ess tie violence Of her
e,.loticns as TO the unjust and degrading
treatment of Jonathan. Her language,
accordingly, for a moment, was such as
those emotions prompted. But her good