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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-22
New Shipments of Liberty Fabrics and
Wares Are Constantly Being Received.

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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-23
Home Wedding.

Miss Halle Erminie Witty and
Mr.. Aubrey j. Stewart will be mar"
ried tomorrow afternoon at the homer
of the brides parents, Cerulean-
The ceremony will be witnessed by az
few close relatives of the contract
ing parties. The bride will wear a
brown going-away gown, as imme--
diately after the ceremony the couple
will take the $40 train for this place
and then take the 5:32 L. & N. for al
bridal trip south, returning in a.
week or 10 days. When they re-
turn they will board for awhile witEn
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. t
w. Witty.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-23
day. -EIkton Times.

day. -Ekton Times.
Mrs. James w. Yancey went to
Paduca. yesterday to spend Christ
mas with her daughter, Mrs. James
Utterback.
Miss Emma Noe, who has been at
tending the Conservatory of Music
at Cincinnati, has returned home for
the Christmas holidays and may sing
for the little folks at the popular
hostelry tomorrow night.
w. H. Ward. formerly of the
Frankfort State Journal, now OF
Marion, was in town yesterday.
A. D. R ,dgers, of Henderson, was
in town yesterday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-23
Sensible Princess.

The beautiful Princess Obolenski.
of st. Petersburg, has formed a
club Of 30 beauty dancers" from
upper society. who have been sent in
smaller clubs of FIVE to learn the
beautiful dances of Austria, Hung
airy. Spain, Portugal, France and
England, under the best teachers,
and the Princess with her girls all
back is fighting the tough modern
dances by showing society what real
dancing is. Beauty Dance" clubs
will be organized all over Russia.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-23
Purely Personal.

Chss. +. Jarrett. now travelling for
the Peaslee. GauIbert Co., OF Lou
isvilIe. is spending the week with his
parents.
Miss Evelyn Smith has returned
home from Randolph-Macon Col
lege to spend the vacation. Miss
Ruth Fritz, who has been visiting
her, returned with her.
Robert Dabney, Edward Danforth
and Logan Green. of Kentucky Uni
versity, are home for the holidays
Oglesby Soyars, q senior at Swarth-
more College. IS at home for the first
time in q year,
Mrs. Edward Curd. Jr.. after q
visit to her mother, Mrs. Anna Fair
leigh, returned to her home in Mus
cogee, Okla.
DR.. Mac Reeves. of California, is
visiting relatives here.ie
Mrs. A. L. Dsde and children are
visiting relatives here. wy 2
Mrs Isabella Nash. Of Nashville
iswisiting her mother. Mrs. l.. Nash
Prof. ]. w. Marion, Supt. of th'
city schools, is in Georgia to spent
the Christmas holidays.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Wood and
child. Of West Point. KY, are in the
city visiting Mr., and Mrs. Hunter
Wood. Sr.
Miss Betsy Ware, after a lengthy
visit in Texas. returned home Fri
day.
Grundy Milton moved from his
farm, about three miles northwest
of here. to Hopkinsville yesterday
where he expects to reside the next
year. Mrs. Fraud Hawkins return.
ed to her home in Hopkinsvile Mon
day after a visit to Trigg county rel.
atives.-Cadiz Record.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. B. Cook, OF
Cincinnati, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs
w. r. Howell. Mr.. Cook is Mrs
HowelPs brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. M. Meacham
Jr., and little son, of Morganfield
will arrive to-day to spend the holi
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. M
Meacham.
Albert Brownell, of Russellville. il
visiting his mother. Mrs. H. G
Brownell, at Bethel College.
T. H. Wilkins and family, of Days
vile. have moved to the Elgin place
near Hopkinsville. where they Wi
reside. 80 Jas. B. AIlenswortt
] of Hopkinsville. was here Wedne:
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-23
Red Cross Stamps.

The Kentucky Anti-Tuberculosis
League and the city Associated
Charities are to receive the profits on
all Red Cross stamps sold in the city.
The first named organization is to
have Is per cent. Of the profits and
charity organization IS per cent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-23
Marriage License.

License was issued Saturday for
the marriage of Miss Minnie May
Chapman and Mr.. c. R. Stamper.
Yesterday license was issued to
Miss Maggie Conner. Of this city, and
Mr.. Isom Reed, of Riddleton, Tenn.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-23
WomanIa Reason.

Women have more of what IL termed
good sense than men. They cannot
reason wrong, for they do not reasoa
at all. They have fewer pretensiona.
are less implicated In theories, and
Judge of objects more from their I'm
mediate and involuntary impressions
on the mind, and therefore more truly
and naturally.-Hazlitt-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-23
Worth Seeing.

On bill board on West Seventh
street, at the bridge. a beautiful pic
ture of the Visit Of the Wise M e n
has been posted. 1t is a beautiful
picture and will repay any one to
take q walk to see it. Hundreds
have already seen and admired 1t.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-23
Christmas in The Park.

The children under 16 years of
age will be allowed to fire their. fire.
works on Christmas eve and Christ
mas nights in Evirginia Park, by
permission Of the Park Commission.
g. F, JARRETT. Chairdian. +,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-23
Nobody Elected.

Special Judge Layman has declar-
ed void the election in the thirty
fifth Judicial District in which ]. M.
Robertson was contesting the:elec.
tion of ]. F. Butler.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-23
Dock DESTROYED.

Two lives we're lost and damage ex-s
ceeding 81, $50 900 done when fire de-s
stroyed the dockyard at Portsmouth.
England, late Saturday night.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-23
2,7O2 Had Defects |I,,i $.

v OF 3,524 recruits for the army in
Kentu:ky who applied during the
'ssslast fiscal year, only B23 stood the
!. physical examination.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-23

~ Gladys G. Graham. aged IS. was
ARRESTED at NuIFsns, W. sya., on a.
charge offifing parcel, post pack
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
THE PRIZE BOOK WINNERS.

1-Margaret Somers, of Norwich, "A Sweet Girl Graduate" by l.. T. Meade.
 2-Natale A. Macpherson, of Nor wich, "A World of Girls" by Mrs. L.. T. Meade.
 3-GIadys cakins of Kissimmee, Fla, Mother Bird Stories"
 4-HeIen Maywood, of Lyme, "Au- tomobiling Girls Along the Hudson" by Laura Dent Crane
 5-Winifred Briggs, of Packers, Mother Nature Stories
 6-Jonas Blenenstock, of Uncasville, "Poney Riders in the Ozarks," by Frank Gee Patchen.
 -Edward Burns, of Norwich, ''The Motor Boat Club of the Golden Gate" by H. Irving Hencock
 s-Leyden Bender, of Norfolk, Neb., The School of Queens" by Mrs. l.. T. Meade.
 Winners of books living in the city may call at the Bulletin business office for them at any time after 10 a, m. Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
POETRY.
The Twinkle Eye,

Red, red hair and a small pug-nose, FreckleS on chin and cheek; These belong to the little girl Who moved to our street last week. She peeped at me ever the garden
 hedge
 Neither was very high And the moment saw her, I said to myself:
 That child has the twinkle-eye" Now, twinkle-eye s contagious
 thing,
 When children together mix; One little girl with the twinkle-eye Can give 1t to five or six. And that's what little Red-locks did; For before the week was out, Every child in the neighborhood Had caught it, beyond a doubt. Why, when little Babyskins bumped
 her head,
 Instead of doleful cry, She looked right up with a merry
 laugh,
 Because of the twinkle-eye. And when it rained, on a picnic day, And Bobby couldn't go out, He wrinkled his face in pleasant
 grin,
 Instead of an ugly pout. Red, red head and a small pug nose. FreckIes on chin and cheeky These belong to the little girl Who moved in our street last week And we hope that she never will go
 away Till all of the grown folks, too, have
 caught
 The wonderful twinkle-eye.
 St Nicholas.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Jonas Benenstock, of Uncasville: l thank you ever so much for the prize book entitled 'fThe Grammar School Boys of Gridley," by H. Irving Han cock. l started to rea1 it Friday and finished it Saturday. The book is full of thrilling adventures.
 Gertrude McGibbon, of Yantic: I received the prize book you awarded me yesterday and was surprised to know that I had wont it. as it is the first prize have ever won. Thank you very much for it.
 Stanley Dickinson, of Norwich: Thank you very much for the book you sent me. I have read il and think 1t is very interesting.
 Erie Gilbert, of Danielson: recei-- the prize book you sent me, The Best of Friends and thank you for it. like it very much.
 MadaIyn Sullivan, of Norwich: I re- ceivd the proze book you sent me, and like it very much. Thank you for 1t
 Florence Whyte, of willimantic: Thank you ever so much for prize book entitled "RoIly, a New Fashioned Girl" I have started to read it. and find it very interesting. I find Uncle Jed's talk to the Wide-Awakes very helpful.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
UNCLE JED's TALK WITH WIDE
 AwAKES

What a wonderful thing of life and beauty a tree is. It keeps it's own record of life and a few men can read its life in the wood. because they want to know and have eyes to see.
 Most of you have doubtless been taught that the rings in the wood of q tree indicate its age because 1t makes one of these rings each year; but this is not all these rings disclose. for they tell the practical eye of the voodsman when the seasons were wet and dry, etc. And where trees have been scared by fire and the wound has healed over. the treeTeader can tell how old the tree was when it was hurt and how many years ago it healed.
 John Miur is doubtless the great est tree-reader in America and he has counted the rings of the great red wood trees in California and found they were 2500 years old. or 500 years old when the Saviour was born at Bethlehem. And some of these trees bear the marks of drouth in their early lives and show the wounds made by wood fires. 1000 years ago.
 But these big trees that are 24 feet in diameter and 400 or 500 feet high
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
A STORY OF THE LILAC BUSH

come from school and asks, '1s the lilac budding?" "
 "Oh, dear!" sighed the little bush. q wish she wouldn't talk that way. It makes me so nervous to have Jenny asking questions about me. It starts my sap circulating. and l shall grow in spite of myself"
 Let us see what we can do to help the lilac bush" said Hester's mother Take your trowel and dig around the roots first. Then put in some new earth, the richest you can get, and we'll snip off all the withered leaves and dry twigs, and see if it won't make a new start"
 They make such a fuss about mel" thought the lilac bush Tt seems a pity that a thing can't stop growing and be let alone and die when it wants to-" But though it grumbIed a trife at first, it felt so much better after Has- ter and her mother had spent the aft ernoon caring for it that it began to grow little just out Of gratitude-and what do you think happened? l Day after day the sun shone, because
 everything seems to help people and ! the things that help themselves. The
 rich earth gave everything it had to give for sap and the warm air dried up i the ugly moss that spoiled the beauty of it's trunk
 1 Then the lilac bush was glad again,
 and it could hardly grow fast enough, because it knew it would be behind 1 time, at any rate. Of course it couldn t ! stand still grumbling and doing noth =
 ing for weeks, and get It's work done
 as the other plants. 1 But it made sap all day long, and the 1 buds. grew into tiny leaves, and the l leaves into larger one, and then it i began to group it's flower buds among l the branches.
 By this time it was the week before
 Easter, and it fairly sat up nights to i work
 l Hester knew that it was going to be l more beautiful than 1t ever was before 1 but she was afraid that it wouldr t
 bloom soon enough, it was so late this | spring.
 But the very morning before Easter 1 Sunday Hester turned in her sleep and ] dreamed that a sweet fragrance was 1 stealing in at her open window.
 A few minutes later she ran across
 her room and To! every cluster of buds ! on the lilac bush had opened into pur-
 pie flowers.
 They were waving in the morning
 sunshine as if to say: We are all
 ready, Hester! We are ready, after l all"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
(Lydaa Bender. Aged 12,)


 There was once a little lilac bush that grew by a. childs window, It mad been a very busy lilac bush all Its life; drinking moisture from the earth and making it into sap; adding each year a tiny bit of wood to its slender trunk filling out its leaf buds; making it's leaves larger and larger; hanging pur- pie flowers here and there among it's branches.
 1t always felt glad of it's hard work when Hester came to gather some or its flowers just before Easter Sunday. One spray went to the table where Hester and her mother ate together; oa1e to AeSterS teacher; one to the gray stone church around the corner, and one to a little lame girl who sat quite still day after day by the window of the next house.
 But one year the lilac bush grew tired of being good and working hard. The more 1t thought about 1t, the saGlder and sorrier and more discouraged 1t grew.
 The winter had been dark and rainy. The ground was so wet that It's roots felt slippery and uncomfortable
 There was some disagreeable moss growing on It's smooth branches.
 
 give up; I am not going to bud or bloom or do single thing for Easter this yearl If Hester wants her room shaded she can pull the curtains down. The lame girl can-do without, it was going to say, but it didn't dare-oh, it didn't dare to think of the poor little lame girl without any comforting flowers; so it stopped short and hung its head.
 Six or eight weeks ago Hester and her mother went out one morning to see the lilac bush.
 "It doesn't look as 1t should" said Hester, shaking her head sadly '"Tne buds are very few, and they are all shrunken. See how limp and fiabby the stems of the leaves looki"
 Perhaps 1t is dead" said Hester's mother; "or perhays it is too old to bloom"
 I'm not dead and I'm not dying. :" thought the lilac bush, though I'd just as lief die as to keep on working in this dark, damp, unpleasant winter, or spring or whatever they call it.'
 An then Hester said: My darling, darling lilac bushi Easter won't be Easter without it; and lame Jenny leans out of her window. every day as
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
UnsiqhtIy Face Spots

Are cured by pr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment. which heals all skin erup- tions. No matter how long you have been troubled by itching, burning, or scaIy skin humors just put little of that soothing antiseptic, Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment, on the sores and the suffering stops instantly. Hearing be- gins that very minute. Doctors use it in their practice and recommend it. MT Alderman, of Littletown, Pa, says: Had eczema on forehead; Dr. Hob sons Eczema Ointment cured it in two weeks" Guaranteed to relieve or money refunded. All druggists, or by mail Price soc Pfeiffer Chemical Co.,, Philadelphia and St. Louis. or Lee & OSgood,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
Rid Your Children of Worms

You can change fretful iH-tempered children into healthy, happy young sters, by ridding them of worms. Toss ing, rolling. grinding of teeth, crying out while asleep. accompanied with in tense thirst, pains in the stomach and bowels, feVerishness and bad breath, are symptoms that indicate worms. Kic31apoo Worm Killer, a pleasant can dy lozenge expels the worms, regu- lates the bowels, restores your children to health and happiness. Mrs. J. A. Brisbin, of Elgin. H., says: T have used Kiekapoe Worm Killer for years, and entirely rid my children of worms. I would not be without it." Guaran- teed. All druggists, or by mail. Price 25c, Kiekapoo Indian Medicine Co.,, Philadelphia and St. Louis. Lee & Os- geod. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
The Daisy and the Lark.

Dear Uncle Jed. There was a little daisy growing near a little fence. h. side the fence grow a lively tall lily, pansies tulips and other pretty flow CTS.
 One day a lark flew down from the blue sky and hopped all around it, singing, pretty little daisy.''
 The daisy was filled with gladness.
 Then the lark kissed the daisy and flew to the sky
 The daisy was very happy.
 Afterwards the lark came every day and kissed the daisy; but one day it waited and waited. and no lark show ed up.
 About noon the daisy heard the lark singing sad song. It had been caught in a cage.
 The daisy looked and saw the poor bird in wire cage. beating his wings against the wires The daisy felt very bad because it could not help it's friend.
 Bye and bye two little boys came and saw the daisy in the grass. One of the little boys said that will be a nice piece of turf for the lark.
 One boy took out a sharp knife and ant the turf and threw. it into the cage to the lark. The lark kissed tn daisy and said: I'm so dry" But the daisy could not help.
 The boys and all the people of the house have gone out and left us with out bit of water My throat is burning and l shall have to die and leave the green meadows and brown fields and all the lovely things behind me It then kissed the daisy and died
 When the boys came home they went to the cage to see how the bird was. They cried when they saw the poor bird dead. They got a little red box and trimmed it very pretty with flowers and it was buried in silence.
 The daisy was thrown out into the road. No one knew how the daisy loved the lark.
 JOSEPH DWELL, Aged 9. rinn
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
THE WIDE AWAKE, CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department

are not the most wonderful trees on earth The sago palm is the most useful tree on earth for it furnishes food, raiment and shelter for man; and where it grows man is the most shiftless of men because he can live without work
 It is good eye practice to examine the wood of the trees-count the rings on the wood in the woodpile and no- tice the different shapes of the trees and of the leaves and of the flowers or fruit they bear.
 It is the men who are wide awake who have learned the stories of the trees and the rocks and the earth it- self and told them to us.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
My Twelfth Birthday.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write and tell you about my twelfth birthday
 had q party. I invited my brother Edwin, Marian and Catherine Moves and Rose Gillette. I had sandwiches cookies, cake, candy and oranges. Al ter our party We played games My birthday box was trimmed with red angles, with a large pink rose in the center.
 will say goodbye this time. but will write again.
 HELEN A. MAYNARD, Age 12.
 Lyme
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
EIenor and the Turkey-c Cock.

Dear Uncle Jed: I'm tellingl ycu about dissatisfied girl. Elenor and Rosina were two little girls who lived in Italy
 Rosina was a dear child with a hap py disposition and always pleased with whatever she had; but Elenor was contented-nothing ever quite suited her.
 One day when the grapes were just beginning to get ripe their mother picked a small bunch for each of them. Rosina was delighted with hers. but dissatisfied Elenor wanted a. larger bunch.
 While she stood pouting and teas ing sly old turkey came along and thinking the grapes looked tempting he picked them off one by one from the bunch which Elenor hung dang ling behind her back. At last her mother who had been watching laugh ed and said:s
 Now Elenor, where are your grapes?"
 She was very angry in finding out what had happened
 At last smile chased away tho tears when she realized how silly she had been.
 Lebanon.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10

York. My father took me and my sis York
 As we entered the harbor we saw the Statue of Liberty with a torch in her hand. This torch was to guide ships going in and out of the har- bor.
 In New York we saw many large buildings.
 I also had a ride in subway This is a tunnel dug into the ground. A car goes under this and comes out at the other end.
 The next day we took the boat and came home very happy
 SSTHER LYMAN, Age g. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
STORIES OF WIDE-AWAkEs.
Webster and the Poor Woman,

When Webster was a young man he was going home one night. There was snow on the ground. It was very cold. It was late, and there was nobody to be seen.
 After while he saw poor woman who was going through the gate in Websters yard. He wondered what she was doing on so cold night.
 Sometimes she stopped and looked around. Then she would go on again.
 When she was inside the gate she stopped and listened. Webster had put down some loose boards to walk on
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
The Franklin Stove.

When Benjamin Franklin was a young man he saw that if the people continued using freplaces the trees would be all cut down. He invented stove afterwards. This stove was called the Franklin stove. This stove was built of iron and it had large opening in the side. On top was a round hole where the coal was pour ed down. Such was the first stove people ever used. In after years peo- pie used to say that this stove saved all the woods and prevented wood famine.
 ASA LYMAN. Age H.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
How They Play.

Dear Uncle Jed: My brothers and made little store and we play. He sells sugar and flour and other things to me.
 My brother made a ladder and we climbed up it and played we were painting the store.
 Sometimes we take the ladder and climb up into an orange tree. We get on a limb and play it is our horse.
 GLADYS CALKINS. Age 8. Kissimmee Fla.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
Lecco Played Hide and Sc,

Lecco Played HIde and seek.
 Dear Uncle Jed: While I was on my Uncle's farm, my cousin and I used to play hide and seek with his rog, whose name is Lecco. His color is black and white.
 When we wanted to play we would tell him to stand in back of the barn until we would call him. Then we would go and get up on the shed or climb up in the silo and call him. When he found us we would give him some candy and say he was a nice dog. We had a fine time.
 Norwich JOSEPH KEENAN,.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
My Summer Vacation.

Dear Uncle Jed: In the summer I go up in Maine. It is very nice up there. I go to the beach, and go in bathing, and play in the sand.
 After I have been up there some lit- tie time I go seven miles into the country. I have a lot of fun. I feed the hens and gather the eggs. and go after the cows and swing in the ham mock, and eat apples.
 I like to play with the dog. His name is Curley. He is very nice and will not let the other dogs touch me. He follows me all around the yard.
 I stay there about week and then I go down to my grandmas. When it is about time for school to begin I come home after having a very pleas- ant vacation.
 NATALIE A. MACPHERSON
 Norwich Age g.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10
Norwich.
The Kind-Hearted Boy.

Once upon time there lived a boy named Henry. His father bought hln' a sled for Christmas.
 One day he was out sliding with other girls and boys and they were having lots of fun.
 While they were sliding a little boy came past them. He was poor ami of course hadn't any sled. All the boys except Henry made fun of hirn Henry was ashamed of the boys to think that they would do such a thing. Henry let the boy take his sled
 ARFTFY HADDAD, Age Il. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-10

and pail Some of my playmates were there and we played together. It was very windy there and one of my girl friends hat blew off and we had to run for it and at last we got it. It was all dirty. After awhile we sat down and played in the sand. We made all kinds of things. Then it was time to go home. where we arrived at $ D. m. Our trip was very nice.
 GERTRUDE BLOOM.