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Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
How the States Were Named.


 Dear Uncle Jed: For the interest and benefit of the Wide-aAwalles I am telling in this letter how the states were named They were named as fol- lows:
 Delaware-In honor of Lord Della ware.
 Pennsylvania - Latin, meaning "Penn's Woods
 New Jersey-In honor of Sir George Carteret, governor of Jersey Island. Georgia-In honor of George II.
 Connecticut-Indian, meaning Long River.
 Massachusetts-The place of great hills.
 Maryland-In honor of Queen Hen rietta Maria.
 South CaroIina-In honor of Charles
 New Hampshire-After Hampshire county, England.
 Yirginia-1n honor of Elizabeth the Virgin Queen"
 New York-In honor of the Duke of York. North Caroiina-In honor of Charles H. Rhode Island-Red Island.
 vermont-French. meaning Green mountain"
 Misunderstanding At the head of the river"
 Tennessee-Indian. meaning 'river with the great bend." Ohio-Indian, meaning Beautiful River Louisiana-In honor of Louis XIV. Indiana-Indian's Ground. | Mississippi-Indian, meaning Great Father of Waters"
 Illinois-Indian, meaning "River of Men"
 Alabama-Indian. meaning. Here We Rest
 Maine-The main land. Mtssouri-Indian, meaning Muddy Water" | Arkansas-Named from a tribe of | Indians
 Michigan-Indian, meaning Great Lake" FIorida-spanish, meaning Bloom | ling"
 Texasso called, it is thought, from an Indian tribe called Tejas, meaning Friends"
 Iowa-Indian, meaning 'Drowsy Ones"
 Wisconsin--IIndian,. meaning Gath ering of the Waters" | California-From a character in an old romance
 Characterization. meaning Cloudy Water"
 oregon--spanish, meaning "rwild Marjoran."
 Kansas-Indian. meaning Smoky Water"
 West Vfrginia-From Virginia.
 Nevada-Spanish, meaning Snow clad.''
 Nebraska-Indian, meaning Water Valley" Colorado-Spanish, meaning ''Rud- dy." Washington--In honor of George Washington Montana-Spanish meaning "A Mountain
 North Dakota-Spanish, meaning i"Allied." South Dakota-Spanish, meaning Allied"
 Idaho-Indian, meaning "A Gem o- the Mountain" Wyoming-Indian, meaning "A Plain.'
 Utah-Indian, a tribal name. Oklahoma-Indian, meaning Beau tiful Country" JESSIE BREHAUT. | East Norwich, N. Y.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
Autobiography of a Silver Dollar.


 Dear Uncle Jed: I am a silver dol lar. I was born in the mines of Mich igan and I lived with my sister. One day a man came to where we lived and began to dig at our door. Finally he picked us out of our house and put us in a bag with many other dollars.
 We were carried a long distance and it seemed as if he would never stop. Just as he was stepping into car, I rolled out of his pocket. I fell to the ground. I was run over by many teams and automobiles. After a while a little girl came run ming along. She thought she saw some- thing shining in the road. She came over to where I was lying and picked me up. She ran home as fast as she could with me. She gave me to her father, and her father put me in his pocket. where it was very dark My only friends were jackknife, some keys and a cuff button. MARIE AGNES SHEA, Age Il. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
A Moonlight Ride.

Dear Uncle Jed: One cold, moonlight night just after supper my father hur- ried into the house looking agitated He said:
 The sleigh is waiting at the door for me. I am going to get the doctor You can come if you want to. Be dressed warmly for it is very cold out doors,' and he went out.
 When 1 went out my father was waiting and our dog, Snap, was to accompany us. He crouched down in well contented, and we started off to the jingling of the sleigh bells.
 The air was bitterly cold, but since I was dressed warmly I did not minG it. The moon shone so brightly that ii looked like a large electric light il the heavens.
 At first we were on the highway, but we soon turned into a little lane be- cause it was a short cut. The snow had not been troGden on here. It was very lonely and the trees cast weirG shadows on the road before us.
 All of a sudden the sleigh gave g turn and we were thrown into ditcE on the side of the road. After we had lighted the sleigh and examined ii closely we found that one of tht runners was broken. Snap had disappeared and we after. wards found out that he had gone tC get help for us. For half an hour we waited there and it was the most miserable ant longest half hour I have ever spent Then we saw horse and sleigh com ing to help us.
 Somehow or other we got the sleigl to the doctors house and after fix ing it we started home, taking tn, doctor with us. We met with no mor' accidents.
 If we had come home an hou1 later, the doctor said my sister would not have lived.
 PAULINE SMOLOWITZ, Age 13. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
The Swan and the Cook.

Dear Uncle Jed: In a menagerie a swan and 8 goose lived like sworn friends, in peace and amity. One was to please the eye of their master, the other was fitted for his palate.
 One day the cook, taking a cup too much, mistook the birds and seizing the swan by the throat was about to kill it and thrust it in the pot
 The bird began to sing his dying song, and the cook in great surprise beginning to realize what he was do- ing, let the swan go and said:
 "Jove! May my neck be strung be- fore I kill a bird that sings so Well!'
 ANNIE MENNONITE. Coleh ester.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
 BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

The Battleship Boys First Step Up wards.
 4-Aimira Kramer, of Colchester The Outdoor Girls in Winter Camp.
 5-Muriei Latham of Stonington- Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch.
 6-Alice M. Aver, Of Norwich-The Outdoor Girls in Winter Camp.
 7-AIice Gordon Palmer, of Nor wich-His Lordship's Puppy.
 S-katherine V. Burns, of Norwich The Campfire Girls in the Outside World.
 Winners of books living in Norwich may call at The Bulletin business of fee for them at any hour after 1C a. m. on Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
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A Ride in a Water Wheel.


 John Smith lived near a noisy little brook which went singing through the meadow. Just below the house in which he lived was a dam. It made large pond above it and the water was used to turn the wheel of a small woolen mill.
 John thought it was fun to watch the water pouring over the wheel, turning it swiftly round and round. He was never tired of looking at it. He promised never to go into the water without permission.
 One summer the water was shut off The old wheel was badly decayed and broken and MT. Smith said a new wheel must be built.
 Every day John hurried home from school to watch the workmen as they built the new wheel.
 One day when he came home he ran down to the mill as usual. The new wheel was in it's place, all ready for use. The workmen had gone, and no one was in sight. He stepped into the new wheel.
 This is my castle," said John to himself, and the brook Is the river Rhine, and"
 John did not finish his sentence. Sud- denly there was a terrible roaring over his head, and the wheel began to go slowly round. The next thing Johr knew he was lying upon a pile o1 shavings and blocks, feeling very much as if he had been through his mothers sausage mill. He was not much hurt, only a little bruised. Ii was a long time before he cared te look at the water wheel again. FRANK PARDY, Age 14.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04

brown and white. After a while they made a nest. They would not make it in their little house, but made it in the shed. Now they have two little eggs. The wEite one stays on the nest.
 I hope the eggs will hatch. Then we will have four pigeons. But hope the cats wil not catch them.
 The cats did not try to catch the old pigeons.
 I hope all of the Wide-Awal1es are well.
 ALICE GORDON PALMER, Age g.
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
THE
Rules for Youna Writers.

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.
 1. Original stories or letters only will be used
 5. Write yoLc name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office
 "Whatever you are-Be thati
 Whatever you say-Be true!
 Straightforwardly act
 Be honest-in fact,
 Be nobody else but you"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
FOR 25 CENTS YOU GAN MAKE YOUR HAIR LUSTROUS, FLUFFY AND ABUNDANT
Immediate?-Yesi

Immediate?-Yesi Certain ?-that's S the joy of it. Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluffy, abundant and ap-
 pears as soft, lustrous and beautiful as a young girls after a Danderi4e hair cleanse. Just try this-moisten cloth with a little Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. This will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt or excessive oil, and in just a few moments you have doubled the beauty
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
How to Onen a New Book,

Hold the book with it's back on a table-let the front cover down and then the back cover. Then open a few leaves in frcnt. Then a few at the back alternating front and back, gently pressing them down until the center is reached. Do this two or three times in order to Timber up the binding.
 Should you open the volume roughly or carelessly you may break the back and cause the leaves to loosen. $, East Norwich, N. Y.
 LILLIAN BREHAUT.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
No More For Him.

Long ago there lived a great ma gician by the name of Kellar. One day while he was passing through a market he stopped before the stall of an old woman who was dealing in butter and eggs
 Kellar thought he would have lit tie fun with the old lady, so he said to her:
 Are those eggs you have fresh?''
 Yes, sah! very good; jes' got-em this morning." she replied grinning broadly while she reached for a bag.
 'Ill take a dozen," he said, handing her the money and taking the eggs.
 He took one of the eggs out of the bag and tapped it, saying:
 Well, we'll, I've broke it!" when out rolled a glittering five dollar gold piece.
 With apparent satisfaction he dried the coin with his handkerchief and placed it in his coat pocket, as though it were quite customary to find money in eggs.
 The old woman stood by in undis- guised amazement Kellar took an- other egg and broke it with the same result Another gold coin came and chinked musically with the other He broke a third egg and by this time the old lady's eyes nearly popped out of her head. "Well," said Kellar, my good wo- man, I'll buy that whole basket!' The old woman looked at him with wide-open eyes, and trembling with excitement, cried: NO siree, not an oder one!"
 RACHEL MARSHAK, Age 12. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04

pimples all over my forehead, face and neck which itched very bad. They troubled mo worse when I would shave or wash my face. I would crush them out, then they would dry and in a few days como back. At the beginning of 1t I could not sleep
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
Eishind.
Colchester.

Dear Uncle Jed: like to fish on the pond back of our house. In the winter time we fish through the ice. We catch pickerel and large perch.
 In the summer time go fishing two or three times a week. Someone goes with me every time. I always catch more fish than my sisters do.
 EVERETT M. BURRILL, Age 8. Stafford Springs.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04

Ointment in the newspaper and sent for q free sample. I saw SO much improvement that I bought box of Cuticura Ointment with the Cuticura Soap and they healed me in three weeks, (signe6 A. D. Para dies, July 31, 1914.
 Besides quickly soothing and healing itching skin and scalp troubles of infants' children and adults these fragrant super creamy emolients purify and beautfy the skin, scalp, hair and hands.
 Sample Each Free by Mail With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad- dress postcard ''Cuticura, Dept. T. bos- +on.o Sold throughout the world.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
Her Pjoeons.

One day last spring a pure white pigeon came to our house and would eat with the hens. She would stay all day and fly away at night. She did that way all summer. When fall came she did not fly away; she would stay all night.
 My father made a little house for her. She did not care to stay in the house made for her. but chose to stay in our shed.
 Just little while ago another pigeon came. This one was colored
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

1-catherine Murphy, of Norwich The Campfire Girls Over the Sea.
 @Theodore Abel, of Yantic-The Boys of Columbia High on the River. s-MichaeI j. Burns, of Fitchville-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
Boston.

Boston is the capital of Massachu- sets. It has fine harbor and is one of the leading seaports of our country.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
Norwich.

Poor Ginger.
 Dear Uncle Jed: I thought that should write you about Ginger, a horse all worn out, with an i'll kept coat. The wind had roled a little lock of hay that way and the poor crea- ture put out her long neck and picked it up, and then turned around and looked for more.
 I could not help noticing her, and then I was thinking where had seen that horse before. She looked full at me and said:
 Black Beauty, is that youT'
 It was Gingeri she was changed! The joints were swollen. The face that was once so full of spirit and life and now full of suffering after. a twelve-months' run at Earlshall
 A short time after this, a cart with dead horse in it passed our cat stand. The head hung out of the cart tail, the lifeless tongue was dripping with blood; and the sunlxen eyes-but I can't speak about it any more. believe it was Ginger. YETTA LEVINE, Age il. Colchester Ccnn.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
Baltic.
A Mouse.

Dear Uncle Jed: One night when was reading and very quiet, a little mouse ran across the floor. I ran after him. Mamma set a trap and caught him. We threw him away and did not see him any more.
 THOMAS SHEA, Age 6. Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
P|NPLES ALL OVER
 FOREHEAD, FACE
And Neck. Also Blackheads. ltched Very Bad. Could Not Sleep. Cu- ticura Soap and Cuticura Oint- ment Healed in Three Weeks.

sw. Catherine St.. Jamaica, L. l., N. Y.- ..'The trouble began first with blackheaos appearing and then bursting out to oig req
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
Pea O. My Heart.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am a little girl Il years old. I live in Baltic on Railroad street. I have a dog named Peg O My Heart. She has a pug nose and a corIlscrew tail. I have taught her several tricks. She will bring us wood from the woodbox. I have not missed a day of school this year.
 MARGUERITE BROWN. Io1tio
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
Little Sunrise,

Little Sunrise.
 Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write to you describing Little Sunrise. He was just an ordinary sort of boy, but there was not another like him in all Muskoma; because Muskoma was an Indian village and all the other boys were redskins. What made him different from the other boys was his hair. His was red and curly and the Indians hair was black and straight. There was another thing that made him different from the Indians. They could sit still, and he could not, except when Ossawippi, the old chief, was telling story, and then it wasn't what an Indian would call still.
 The only time he was still was when he was asleep. He awoke very early and that's why the Indians call- ed him Sunrise" His real name was Rennie. At least that was what his parents called him. His parents ca.ll- ed him Reginald when they wanted to be very severe.
 ANNIE HECKT, Age II. ;
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
"Oakland Don."

Oakland Don is the name of a dog we have, belonging to my cousin. The dog is an Irish setter, about two years old. When we first got him he was so tirnid that if you put your hand out toward him, or even spoke loudly to him, he would cringe with fear; and if he saw a broom he would go nearly frantic.
 For a while after we got him we kept him tied up, but finally we thought that he was so used to the place that he would stay around if we let him loose and We tried it. For a while he stayed around all right, but one night when Papa drove off to town he followed; but it seems he got behind another team and followed it to Salem.
 For week we heard nothing of him but finally one night some one tele- phoned that @ dog had been staying around their place for quite a while and they had finally managed to catch him. It was Don and the next morn ing Papa went after him and brought him home.
 He is still very shy. When he is loose, he will come up to my mother anytime because she feeds him; but he will only follow the rest of us al 8 little distance. However, when have him on a long rope, he will gc out to the end of the rope and wher I call him he will come to me.
 ALMIRA KRAMER, Age F.
 TnJahnSror
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04

Dear little people I love so well. Wherever your place may be: There's a beautiful secret I long to
 tell,
Evening star., 1915-03-24
ATTITUDE IS COMMENDED.
President Gratified at Receipt of Let
ters From Business Men.

President Wilson has been eratitied
recently by the receipt of letters from
business men commencing the admin
istration attitude as to neutral shipping
in European waters. The White House
today made public a letter from George
Pope, president of the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers. with offices
in New York. 1t is as follows:
"As president of the National ASso-
ciation of Manufacturers. the largest
national body of manufacturers in the
United States. I feel called upon to eN-
press to you my appreciation of your
prompt action and firm attitude with
respect to the various orders by the
belligerent governments III Europe
which affect all neutral commerce and
par ticularly that of this country.
"All manufacturers are directly or in
directly suffering from the effects OF
this lamentable war. g d mary OF them
would sustain still more business losses
should they be prevented from securing
necessary supplies from abroad
through the enforcement of the severe
measures with respect to commerce re-
Gently announced by belligerent gov
ernmentS.
"I therefore wish to assure YOU of
the sympathy and steady support OF
this association in your energetic eft
forts to protect the rights of this coun-
try as neutral nation in holding the
belligerents on both Siues to A strict
accountab bi1ity for their actions under
a Just Interpretation of international
law"
Evening star., 1915-03-24
LADIES! DARKEN
YOUR GRAY HAIR
Look years younger! Use
grandmother's recipe of
Sage Tea and Sulphur and
nobody will know.

I The use OF Sage and Sulphur for
restoring faded, gray hair to its
natural color dates back to grand
mothers time She used it to keep
, her hair beautifully dark. glossy
I and abundant. Whenever her hair
fell out or took on that dull. faded
or streaked appearance. this SIM
pie mixture was applied with won
deriul effect.
But brewing at home is mussy
and out-of-date. Nowadays, by
asking AT any drug store for so
cent bottle OF "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound" you will get
this famous old recipe, which can
be depended upon to restore
natural color and beauty to the
hair and is splendid for dandruff,
dry, feverish, itchy scalp and fall
ing hair
\ we'll known downtown drug
gist says il darkens the hair SO
naturally and evenly that nobody
( can tell it has been applied. You
simply dampen sponge or soft
brush with il and draw this through
Your hair. taking one strand at
! time. BY morning the gray hair
] disappears. and after another ap-
! plication or two it becomes beauti-
/ fully dark, glossy and abundant.
Evening star., 1915-03-24
FIGHT WITH
ARMED MASKED MAN
Motorman Gordon Has Fierce En-
counter With Robber in Rail
way Barn at Lacey. Va.

An unidentified white man. wearing
blue mask and armed with Two pis-
tots. appeared at the barn Of the
Washington Virginia Railway company
at Lacey. Va. four miles from this
city. last night about $50 O'Clock, and
participated in a desperate encounter
with Motorman stanley Gordon. II Is
thought that the armed man expected
he would get I considerable sum OF
the company's money. but had he sue
ceeded in his bold undertaking, II is
stated. he would hays found only a
small amount of money in the office,
tthcialS of the company think that
the masked man was in the barn Tor
the purpose of attacking w NJ. Bow
man. the dispatcher, and he probably
was surprIsep when Motormau Gordon
and touductor la'ticll tlyland ap-
pearcd and turned their car in.
The appearance Of the tram crew
probably alarmed the intruder ana in
duced him to seCrcte himself on the
second floor of the building.
When Motorman Gordon heard the
command. Hold mp your hands" he
thought il was given by another en-
ploye who was in = playful mood. He
was inclined to take no notice Of the
command. but a repetition Of II caused
him to turn and face the one who
Evening star., 1915-03-24
For Sore Muscles,
Strains, Sprains, Bruises

Rub in q few drops of Absorbine,
Jr.. and you will be agreeably sur
prised at the prompt relief. 1t re-
duces inflammation and swelling
allays pain and soreness.
Used as Il rundown after violent
exercise or physical eXertion it puts
vim and energy into jaded muscles,
limbers the joints and gives the
body the glow of health. Rundown
1Iade by adding one ounce of Alb
sorbine, Jr.. to q quart of water or
witch hazel.
Ahsorbine. Jr.. is more than a lini-
mcut it is a positive germicide,
and therefore its uses and efficiency
are doubled. Applied to cuts,
wounds, sores. it kills the germs.
makes the part aseptically clean
and promotes rapid healing Eco
nomicai, as only a few drops are
required at an application.
Made OF herbs and safe to use
anywhere. -
At all druggists. sl,00 per bottle
or postpaid. Manufa ctured only by
W. r Young. +. b. T., o76 Temple
street, Springfield, Mass.
Evening star., 1915-03-24
MISS ELENORA MORGAN HURT.
Thrown From Her Mount and Sus-
tains a Fracture of the Hand.

Miss Elenora Morgan, daughter OF
Dr. James Dudley Morgan. 9l9 18th
street northwest, was thrown from her
horse at 18th and streets northwest
about noon today and her right wrist
broken She was horseback riding with
Miss Rebecca Wilmer and while on the
Speedway the horses ridden by the
Young women became unmanaSeable
and ran away Both animals We're rid
den around the Speedway several times
and Miss Wilmer succeeded i'll keeping
in the saddle.
When Miss Morgan's horse reached
18th and b streets ii slipped on the as
phalt pavement, throwing its rider
heavily to the ground. Miss Morgan
was taken to Emergency Hospital in a
passing automobile and Dr. William L..
Kelly found that she had sustained
fractures of two small bones in her
hand Miss Morgan was taken home
by her father after the injury had been
dressed
Evening star., 1915-03-24
DEFENDS ITS DIRECTORS.
Rock Island Railroad Company Files
Statement With I. C. G.,

Counsel for the Chicago. Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad Company today
fled with the interstate commerce COM
mission a statement of the companys
view of some Of the financial trans
actions of the road which We're the
subject of the commissions recent in
The statement declares that even if
some of the expenditures Of the road,
in acquiring other properties or pay
ment of salaries. seemed excessive
there is no evidence or reason to inn
pusn the motives of the Rock Island
managers or directors. 1t contends
that the acquisition of the Chicago and
Alton and Glover Leaf lines and their
subsequent sale at a loss and the
somewhat similar deal in the st. Louis
and San Francisco We're good business
moves at the time made.
The salaries to presidents and coun-
sci of the road, attacked as excessive
during the commissions hearings here
were stated to be no more than justi-
fed by the services rendered and the
kind of men engaged.