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Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23

The last petal was silk"
Ho!" said the eldest Colt girl, 81
wouldn't wear silk if 1 was going to
ride in a wheelbarrow!" and then they
all laughed. They laughed at every
thing; it was so pleasant out in the
fields that bright, warm June day, with
the birds singing and the daisies nod
ding all about them.
Then Mary learned the words and
tcld Fanny's fortune, and then they
both told Hester's. They didn't care
whether they got coaches or whips,
sitting under a shady tree, pulling
daisies.
my aunt that lives with u.s." said
Hester. can make a little face in the
center of daisy. and trim off the
white leaves so they will look like a
ruffled cap.''
Father says daisies are weeds" re-
marked Fanny, but think they are
good for lots OF things, even If they
are weeds
7 love daisies" said little Mary.
Suddenly Hester started up.
Fanny she exclaimed, don't you
remember. mother was getting ready
to fry doughnuts? i am going straight
hone!" =
But Mary stayed under the tree long
enough to make her daisies into a
great bunch which took both hands to
carry. Then she went happily home.
Here. are your daisies, mother!" she
said, Are you going to dry them up
garrett"
Not these said her mother, sniI-
ing. and she brought out two blue and
white ginger jars and little red crock
So that Mary could make bouquets for
the sitting room and tea table. Mary
locked at the dear daisies with their
golden centers and pure white petals.
Thoughts came into her heart that she
softly:
Il think daisies are good for great
deal. dom. B., Youths Conpan-
ion.
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The lann Journ.x.

started from our cabin In Northern
Russia With my father and brother
carly in the morning 20 go to my un-
ele's camp. which was about thirty
miles away.
II began TO snow In the forenoon and
kept on, increasing in fury during the
afternoon. The road became more and
more lonely and the tracks made by
the sled in the road became fainter and
fainter. At last. judging by the strange
surroundings. We knew we were lost
Night was coming on We could
hear the bowling OF the wolves In the
woods ali around us. The tired dogs
were walking slower every hour. The
wolves came nearer and in a few min
utes began TO attack us ] was more
frightened than had ever been before
and hardly dared to move. I could see
their eager. hungry eyes everywhere
looked Ny father fired shot after shot
q. them. keeping them in the rear.
The last half mile the dogs went
faster. We arrived safely at Uncle
Johns camp at last ! shall never for
get that ride.
MARY A BURRILL, Age IL.
Stafford Springs.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23

True coral islands, OF attols. are
formed by corals building upward on
growth reaches the surface Of the sea,
or SO near II that broken pieces of
coral. drift, sand, etc, accumulate and
In time build an exposed islet-
AT other times the coral reef 10.
raised above the water by volcanic
The Pacific reefs are often circular
or semf-circular In form. and such
reefs are known as attoi6.
The largest coral reef is the Great
Barrier reef OF Australia. which ex-
tends for several thousand miles
The coral islands Of the Atlantic are
formed by wave-broken shells and bite
OF coral which have become solidined
and fossilized by chemical action and
/ age This material Il known as Aeolian
limestone and. after exposure to the
air. Is exceedingly hard and durable;
| but when freshly broken or cut II Is
very soft and can be chiseled and
sawed into blocks for building pur-
poses.
Many Of the West Indian coral ISL
ands are partly composed Of fossil
coral reefs. which hive been raised far
| above the present sea level BY the
volcanic uplift of the rocks to which
they are attached Such coral reefs
| are often found hundreds OF feet above
sea level. and IN places are found alter
mating with layers Of lava. showing
| that the islands have been raised and
submerged several times IN the past
The attoi-Hke reefs in Bermuda are
| not coral at all, but are formed Of In
Vulnerable worm tubes belonging 70
certain annelids- These worm tubes
are often thickly encrusted with other
growths. such as coraline. seaweeds
bryoEoa. corals. etc. and thus have the
appearance Of being composed OF red
coral
Corals when alive are not white but
are Of many beautiful and vivid shades
OF green. pink. red. brown. yellow, Law
ender or orange. A mass OF living
corals, when seen through the wonder
fully clear waters OF the tropical sea
Is a very beautiful and brilliantly col
ored sight. There are a great many
kinds of corals: some are rounded ant
massive and are known as brain corals
others are broad and spreading OF
branched. while others are delicatell
covered with rose-shaped, OF star
chapel markings and are called ross
or star corals.
The openings or indentations in an,
coral marks the spot where coral an
imal lived These animals. or polyp'
are very similar to sea anemones II
form and have numerous fieshy tenta
cles which may be drawn in and out o
sight mhen danger threatens. The en-
tire coral is covered with animal mat
Ter Nncn dAlNeF anu IL 10 Onlg AAAcE ~
the flesh Is removed and the skeleton
is bleached that the white coral ap
pears.
All the corals mentioned are know
as stony corals. Another very larg
group Is the horny corals or Gorgoni
as. The well known sea fans. as wei
as the red coral used for jewelry. be
long to this group.
Corals are not all confined to trop
ical seas. There are numerous specie
found as far north as the Grand Bank
Of Newfoundland and Greenland.
One species is quite common on tn
coast Of New England. but Bermud
, marks the northern limit of reef-build
ing species in the Atlantic.
JESSIE BREHAUT.
East Norwich. N Y
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a. pay At cen.r I,land.

Dear Uncle Jed: On September I. I
took a trip to Coney Island W. took
our lunch along with us and stayed
there all day.
Before we ate our lunch my sister
and went in bathing. The water
was rough that day and few people
were In bathing
went out into the water where
the waves broke and let the waves
carry me back to shore. Once q
wave broke just in back OF me and
dragged me under the water. ! soon
got used to this
then went out on n long wall
made of wood and watched some peo-
pie fishing. ! heard someone say II
this wall was not. here the waves
would go Up TO the car tracks.
then went out and dressed and
we ate our lunch and then took .
walk 20 Brighton beach.
About one hour after our dinner my
sister went In wading and I went IN
swimming sRain- AZ u was dark we
went out Of the water and took a walk
up Surf avenue and looked at the
sights At p m we started for
home
enjoyed this trip veg much. a.
did all Of us.
GEORGE BIENENsTocK. Age II.
New York
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born in the city OF st Louis, I'm Sep
TENDER. 1850. At the death Of his
mother. when Eugene was six years
old he and his brother, Boswell. were
taken to Amherst. Mass, where their
cousin cared for them like a moth
Eugene was q happy, loving boy,
very fond OF pets. He had an odd
name for every cat. dog. or bird, and
talked with them as IL they understood
him. In after years he gave his
children just such odd pet names
His early education was received mt
Amherst He was but an ordinary
scholar. but had marked talent for
drawing and would often spend an
hour decorating a letter with elves
and brownies.
His father was a great student, and
correspondence with him in Latin.
After studying at Williams and
Knox colleges, Eugene Joined his
brother at the University of Missouri
and there finished his education.
After q. trip abroad, he was mar
ried to Miss cemstock. the sister OF
g. college friend. ~
He then began his work in earn
est on newspaper in st. Louis. be-
coming quite famous in his line Of
writing
In 1883 he went to Chicago wher,
he remained the rest of his life. Hil
first poem was written when he wal
thirty. His early writings were OF
the comic line. After the publication
of Little Boy Blue" he became IA,
nous.
Unlike most writers he loved u
have others near him while he work
ed. He made friends wherever HI
went but was at his best in his family
hMuch of his tenderest verse Is full o
bright pictures of his home life. Mr.
Field died in 1895.
HATTIE PERKINS.
Colchester.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23

II Is necessary, II possible, to wash
the teeth twice a day at least. When
you do not care for your teeth. the
food gets between them After the
food has been there a while II begins
&c decay. and makes the teeth decay.
also.
These decaying materials are poison
Gus. and when food Is eaten IL carries
down the poisonous materials and Of
ten causes disease.
Frequent cause Of indigestion Is the
failure to use the tooth brush. Clean
teeth are healthier and also make a
persons appearance better.
Some Of the diseases that may come
through neglected teeth are ,tubercu-
losis. typhoid. diphtheria and malaria.
To stop decaying teeth, we must
have a good tooth brush and select
either some good tooth paste or pow
der. We must also wash them regu-
larry 70 keep the poisonous foods out.
. FLORA LAMBERT. Age IL.
AftawauEaQ
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23
UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE
!; AVAKEs.

We are back again to school days
school days which have been made
famous in song and story
The school-boy of this age is not
the school-boy of ancient days who
Shakespeare describes with his
satchel and shining morning face.
creeping like snail : unwillingly to
school, Although It must be admit
ted some boys Of this kind still re-
main.
School days then were six hours
long and the long vacation was 30
days. now they are i've hours with
long vacation OF about 70 days, with
80 more added for festivities and hol-
idays. The old school teacher used
to believe to spare the rod was to
spoil the child and getting flogged in
the old days was almost as common
as getting credits in these days. The
charm of school days then was Oft
ener in the school-yard than in the
schoolrcom; and while the school
room has become more and more in
has become no less.
Life is not all pleasure, neither is
going to school. A famous writer
says: Seeing much. suffering much
and studying much are the three pill
lars Of learning" but every one con-
fesses that learning Is worth all II
costs.
It has been said that learning sis
necessary to make man a At COM
panion for himself" This is because
there is always pleasure to be had
from q cultivated mind. A mind with
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
Oyster Bay.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought perhaps
IL would interest the wide-Awakes II
/ wrote about the town where I At
tend high school L am a commercial
graduate of the high school. but am
going back for advanced work
Oyster Bay Is delightfully."- situated
on the north side OF Long Island. dis
tant one hour from Manhattan OF
Brooklyn borough. population $500.
Oyster Bay has q picturesque front
age, consisting Of two of the finSst
sheets OF water in the world. known
as the east bay and the west bay. It's
miles OF splendid macadamized roads.
romantic streets. cooling breezes and
pure spring water make Il one OF the
greatest health resorts in the coun-
try. Some of the finest and most cost
~ residences in this country. owned b.
the best known men OF the day, are
located in this section.
The Oyster Bay bank. the North
Shore bank, a splendid Union High
school. a free library. a board OF
trade. six we'll supported churches. the
Octagon hotel. Sycamore hotel on the
bay. and the Oyster Bay Inn are
among the home institutions
Oyster Bay Is famed for its splen-
did drives. its oysters. asparagus and
fine fishing. The bay IL newly stock
IN salt water. from the Cold Spring
hatchery in the adjoining harbor
On Centre Island Is the famous Sea =
xanhaka Corinthian Yacht club. and
many celebrated yachts visit this sec
ton.
LILLIAN VI. BREHAUT.
East Norwich " Y
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Newfoundland.

Newfoundland. a large island lying
across the mouth Of the Gulf of St
Lawrence. Is the only British possess
sion in North America that is not EN-
braoed In the Dominion OF Canada Its
shores are bold and rocky: and fogs,
caused by the meeting of the cold
Greenland current and the warm Gulf
stream. are common. Cape Race Is its
most easteriy point
Newfoundland Is the oldest OF the
British colonies. Its area u about n
f1fth less than that OF England. The in
habitants are engaged in fishing for
cod and HOLSTERS In summer and in
hunting for seals In winter and spring.
The chief exports are dried cod, cod
liver oil. timed Holsters and copper
ore.
The capital Is st. Johns. The peo-
pie OF St Johns are chiefly engaged IN
curing nsh and in extracting oil from
the nsh. The province Of Newfound-
land includes part Of Labrador and q
northern region near the gulf.
LILLIAN BREHAUT.
:. EMatanQorurich.lJ Y
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23
Lee and the Poor Boz.

Leo had been trundling around the
street with his hoop till he felt so cold
and tired he stepped under a slight
shelter and tried to decide whether to
go home or run across the street where
a man was roasting chestnuts- Per-
haps he could warm his fingers there
ard buy some nuts.
While he was standing n ragged boy
about his size shyly approached Pres
entity the two boys stood opposite each
med with fur, a fur cap on his head.
the other with very slight covering for
cold weather. His bare legs could be
seen and his entangled hair was the
only covering for his head. AS he
pushed his hair aside Leo saw that
his eyes were kind and pleasant.
After a little silence the poor boy
said:
Have you a papa and mammal"
"Yes"
And brothers and sistersT'
NO brother. but a sister"
i have no papa. nor mamma no
brother or sister. no home"
Where do you stay?"
AT night old Nora lets me have a
big open box to sleep In. IL / have
luck in begging. I give her the money.
and II l don't she ticks me. Last night
while she was drunk she fastened Tom
Blake and l in her room because we
did not have any money to give her.
Oh! 1 hate beggingI Wouldn't Like
a home and clothes. and go TO school
When 1 saw you said to myself may
be he is a good boy and will give me
his hoop. / could play little and
then forget / am q poor beggar."
Yes" said Leo, you may have H.
Come and see where live. I know my
sister will teach you to read and give
you nice books. IL you try TO be good
perhaps papa will give you a home and
you can be my brother"
SARAH BECKER, Age IL.
Fftchyille
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23
A THOUGHT FOR THE BIRDS.

Cold and. drearyt blQEvs the wind,
Darker, grows the fading year,
Summer days lie far behind,
Winter frosts, win soon be here.
Warm beside the glowing fire
We can watch the streaming pane
Little needing midst or mire,
Caring naught for snow or rain.
But the brides in the trees
Have no cosy resting place,
Food grows searcer by degrees,
Cold and hunger come apace.
Let us then, as winter comes,
Bear the brides needs in mind,
Scatter crumbs around our homes,
And take joy In being kind.
49,. (Our Dumb Animals.).
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How Starch Is Mada.

Dear Uncle Jed: 1 am going to tell
how starch As made. The potatoes
used are largely those that are too
small for market use. When brought
to the factory they are placed in an
immense urn In the center Of this
urn Is a hole which has a hopper I'm
II. This hopper carries the potatoes
to the washing room where they are
thoroughly washed From here they
go 20 the crater, where they are gratei
to a puipy mass. Two graters run
ming in opposite directions do this
work. Here the puhp IS separated
from the starch.
The starch goes to the watts, where
IL Is settled and the water drained
of. IL is then loaded into carts and
carried to the drying house to be
dried. The steam Is turned on and
the starch dries gradually.
When the starch is dried II Is taken
to the warehouse. where II Is placed
I'm barrels. Finally. II Is taken to the
railroad station, and shipped to many
points
MARIAN NJ. WHEELER, Age IL.
Stonington-
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rHE WINNERS or PRIZE BOOKS,

HELEN G. Mahoney, of Naugatuck
The Motor Maids. by Palm and Pine.
George 6ienenstecI<, of New York
City-Fred Fenton. the Pitcher.
s-Aliee G. Kinney. of South Cow
entry-The Motor Maids Schooldays.
4-Theodore Abel Of Yantic-Fred
Fenton On the Track.
5-Jessie 5rehaut,. of East Norwich,
IN. Y.-The Motor Maids Across the
Continent.
Eva Sandusl<y, of Norwich-The
Meadow Brook Girls by the Sea,
Hattie Perkins, Of: Colchester
The Meadow Brook Girls AfIoat.
s-Mirian NJ. Grover, of Norwich
The Meadow Brook Girls in the Hills.
The winners of prize books living in
the city may call at The Bulletin bus
mess office for them at any hour aft
er 10 a. m. on Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23
The Cloth Industry.

In making cotton cloth, il goes
through four distinct processes.
First the bKfes are loosened and
the cotton is fed between rollers COW
cred with fine wire teeth which pick
out all the dirt and bits of stalk
Then 1t goes ipto the carding ma
chine, which combs all the little fibres
out straight and divides the mass of
cotton into soft ropes of yarn. Sever
al of these ropes are put together and
twisted into fine, strong threads.
The next process is weaving. This
is done by a machine called a loom.
Long threads called warp are wound
upon rollers and pass lengthwise
through the loom. Other threads
called filling are wound upon bob
ms, which are held in a shuttle. The
shuttles are placed in the loom and
are thrown back and forth very rapid
ly between the threads of the warp
by the movement OF the machine.
After the cloth is woven II is passed
swiftly between red hot rollers which
SINCE of the little fibres, thus making
the cloth smooth.
GEORGE BIENENSTOCK, Age IL.
New York City.
(The Wide-Awalxes have never
adopted a club color.-Uncle jedi
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Chestnuttina.

One day in October my sisters and
went out to the woods to gather nuts.
1t was a warm day and the sun was
shining very bright. Each one Of US
had a pail.
When we got to the woods we began
to pick nuts. The nuts that we picked
were chestnuts. There were many
chestnut trees in our woods and so we
were busy picking nuts all day.
We took some lunch with US and
when IL was noon we were very hun
CRY. and so we sat down under a large
chestnut tree and ate our lunch. After
we were through eating our lunch we
began to pick nuts again.
When II was getting dark we had
our pals full Of nuts. and SO we start
ed for home.
OF course. we were eating chestnuts
on the way.
When we got home we roasted the
chestnuts and gave some to each Of
the family.
EELEN wIsNEsKE. Age IL
Yantfc
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23
An Original Name.

A county clergyman .vouches for
the truth of this story: Having arrived
at that point in the baptismal service
where the infants name is conferred,
he said, Name this child"
Original Story" said the sponsor.
What did you say?" he asked in
surprise.
Original Story" the woman repeat
ed in clear, deliberate tones.
TITS a very old name, isn't it Are
you sure You want him called Orig
-inal Story?"
Original Story, that's right"
is it a family name?'' the minister
persisted 49,.
Named after his uncle, sir" ex-
planned the sponsor.
And SO Original Story the little fell
low was christened.
Some weeks after, this event the
minister made the acquaintance of the
said uncle, a farm laborer in another
village. whose wame- was Reginald
Story!
Versailles.
Eugene Field.
Eugene Field was a writer. He was
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23

which produces every year coal that
sells for more than the annual product
OF all the gold mines Of America II IL
the richest coal Held in the world
More than one hundred million tons
of hard coal are taken out Of Il every
year. and the mining has been going
on for seventy-five years.
EVA SANDUSKY. Age i2.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23

ana strain ths rnEIk. Then - had
supper. We had cold chlcken salad.
cooked potatoes and cooked peas. EcT
dessert Ne had fruit cake and after
a while fruit and nuts.
Their my friend and went % the
porch and told stories. after which I
HE[EN DowESBERGER. Age ..
Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23
RuIe. fer Yeuna MrItefs.

T.. Write plainly on one side of the
paper only, and number the pages.
3. Use pen and Ink, not pencil.
8. Short and pointed articles will
be given preference. Do not use over
$50 words, ea
1. Original stories or letters only
will be used Y
IS Write your name. age and adj
dress plainly at the bottom Of the
story. &4s ssssasS
Address all communications to Uncle
Jed. Bulletin Once
Whatever you are-Be that!
Whatever you say-Be true!
Straightfofwardly act,
Be honest~-in fact,
Be nobody elss but you"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23
Luey's Garden.

Dear Uncle Jed: ! am going TO tell
you about my flower garden which
think In rather pretty. / have rot
zinnias. mixed colors. several shades
of marigolds, mixed cosmos. saliva.
coreopsis. afternoon ladies. asters. IRE
balls and a row Of dahlias. and some
sunfiowers called The Dwarf, with lit
tie flowers not half as large as the
other kind. and II Is just a bouquet
in itself. II has over 80 buds and
blossoms and II is over fve feet high.
Then. we have one bed of house
plants and in this bed I have two
great large Sultana or weeping Susies
bigger around than a hogshead, and
they look pretty just this time OF year.
I love to see pretty flowers Hope
all the Wide-Awakes do. too.
LUCY A. CARTER.
HAMPTON.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23

Grafton, wasn't itr commented Jones
who must have his little joker
i-dental operaticnl"
vohs that's too thini- Not exactly;
IL was tooth out"
LEO PoLIouIN. Age II.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23
Mads cIothins for WARREN. Children


Uncle Jed: ! am a school girl from
Naugntuck. Conn. One Of my friends
receives the Norwich Courier and ]
read II every week I would Ike 20
know II the Norwich girls have done
anything for the European sufferers.
am going TO tell about the work done
By the NauEatuck High school girls.
After we had finished our own
school work. our teacher received per-
mission from the principal 20 have
the freshman. and sophomore sewing
classes work for the poor people IN
the war zone. We made a large num-
Der Of infants and chiidren's dress
IS before school closed
These clothes were packed with
more which had been made by the
older people OF our town and sent to
Paris.
A few weeks ago our teacher re-
ceived a letter from Paris. The writer
Of the letter thanked her very much
for our good work and stated that
such work was greatly appreciated by
the poor foreigners because IL came
from America
Naugatuck.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23
A Panther story.

Tell me a story. won't you, grand
pa, asked Buster one day.
sit down and keep still. and
will" said grandpa I'm tell you about
about sixty years ago. 1t was,
when I was boy living down In little
Rhody.
zone of my neighbors with his lit
tie boy and his hired man was In the
corIifieid, hoeing one fine day In
spring.
THE boy. who was about nine years
old, had a little dog, a puppy, that was
out in the field with them, and pup
Ply like, he was running about, play
ing and barking at everything.
by and by he began barking un an
old apple tree down in one corner of
the lot.
ut was nearly noon and soon the
horn blew for dinner. Papa and
the hired man started for the house
to see what the pup was barking at,
"The men had begun to eat when
in came Joe,and marched straight to
the corner where the gun stood, and
getting it,. started out again.
Here. joe" said his father" what
are you going to do? '
Why, pap, Jacks got, the devil
up tree, and I'm going to shoot It,"
Joe answered.
II don't know whether his father
thought 1t might be an owl or a cat.
or what it was up the tree, anyway,
he let the boy go, and soon the report
of the gun was heard, and they knew
by the dogs bark that the game was
dead.
But imagine their surprise when
they went back to the field to find a
large <anther stretched on the ground
under the tree.
THE boy, not. knowing what the an
imal was, and SO not being afraid, had
gone close to the tree. and firing from
short range, killed the beast instant
ly,. a. lucky shot, for had he only
wounded the panther. he would proba-
bly, have been killed, or badly hurt
himself"
ONE WIDE-AwAKE'S
MOTHER