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Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04

so, it is necessary to have general idea of the geology of the region. The coai beds and associated rocks Of this area, according to report by geofge H. Ashley, uJet issued by the United States Geological Survey as Bulletin horizontal pressure that has not only infected the internal structure Of the coal but has Compressed the bede and other rocks into great folds.
 $ The coal, which is relatively soft, has yielded more than the surround ing rocks so that the beds have lest their original regularity and now oc- cur in pockets. irregular in size and shape. separated by mora or less exc tensfve areas of thin coal or areas from which the coal has been g1ltife- Iy squeezed out The varying intens- ity of the pressure from place to place has also resulted in considerable diH- ference in the quality of the coal, which ranges from anthracite to Sra- phite, containing moderately high ash to very high ash and usually show ing a high percentage of moisture when first mined.
 The best coal found in the Rhode Island field approaches Rennsylvania aHtharcite in color. fracture, and lust CT. the poorest, coal is full of dis tfnctiy visible quartz veins of con- siderable thickness and extent. Owing to it's high ash and high moisture content Rhode Island coal does not have the heat-giyfng capacity of the average bftuninous coals. It is re- ported to ignite very slowly, but when once ignited it burns very rap idly and gives an intense heat, ft thus burns itself out quickly and re- quires more attention in firing than other coa1s.
 At the present time the best out look for Rhode Island coal fs in the production Of electric power at the mines. either in steam engines or by means of specially devised producer gas or water-gas plants. It appears however. that this can not be done with financial success until f can be shown that Rhode Island coal can Be mined and delivered at the funaee for less than one-haIf the wholesale price of competing eoals in Providence and Esg sgSfofa
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
Renovatina old orchards.

Old. neglected orchards can fre- diiertly be made profitable for several years by proper care and cultivation. Tno many rlaoss-covered, barren orch : ards that were formerly productive are Co be seen in many parts Of the coun- try which. by proper care. could be made productive for years The hard sod allcEid be plowed mp and made mellow, admitting the afr and mois- ture, and a liberal supply Of plant food in the form of manure may be ap- piled. Barnyard manure. muck or ioam, which has been used as an ab- scrbent Of the liquid manure of the stables, tlae material from the compost heap. deecmposed chip dirt. nrne, salt; iron i1iings. etc. are all excellent for this purpose.
 The moss should also be scraped from tHe trunks with q blunt hoe CT a sheet of iron made to it the tree The borers may also be killed with knife or wire The bark Of khe trees should be washed with diluted softsoap mixed with a little sulphur or potash water. All sprouts should be cut away from the hsse of the free. ana if pruning has been previously neglected the de- --s'sr@S llsaahs should be sawed oG tl1ua
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04

ones were in the small money, shiilings and pence when these were in paper, in the days of GeergeII and George III of England. The paper used for. the money was heavy and cut through In the ceuter, when folded, and two pieces were fastened together with the old pins. These lived on with the money.
 Pins began to be an article of inn portance in England in the 18th cen- tury. Parliament even took cegnizance of them and forbade their importation. In those days, as later. France was the seat Of manufaeture for feminine ne- .oesslties, and Englishnaen tried tainly to prevent English women from buying the nice little French pins But in such important matters parliaments do not count with women. and in the mid- die of the 18th century Queen Gather line was getting her pins from France It was e full 100 years later when an Englisbman succeeded in getting into the pin business to the extent that he was able to employ 1,500 workmen, and In 16S6 6 pin corporation was formed ty I.eneouers.
 Pins of today may not go down to postetity as raFities. they are used in such enormous quantities. Some years ago it was estimated that in Great Britain 50,000. GOO pins were made time was also doing big business in pins. using from $50 to 500 tons of brass and iron wire annually. while Great Britain was using 1,275 tons.
 Pin money which f1ourished at one time in Great Britain, never found favor in the United States. Perhaps the fathers of the newer country thought it tended to extrayagance. Pin money was the allowance made a wife by her husband for pins" as a gem eral term for dress allowance. But to keep 1t she had. so to speak. to spend 1t all. Should she have any of it. unless she was living apart from her husband, when it would be hers-it reverted to the husbands estate. His- tory lees not relate why the American husband did not care to make his wife a pin money allowance. Perhaps he only handed out money for dresses and shoes and bonnets as they were need ed. And history does not relate hew much of her pin money the housewife of those early days had to pay for the funny Hffla Sf1frs1 hcodod raff1a
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
Rialaa Tor yoins Writers.

I. Write plkfnly Oh one eide Of the paper only and number the pages. 9 Gee pen and ink, not pencil g. Short and poiHted eEticles vsliI 1e given prekefence. Do not use over aEn woSdn
 q 0riGinad stories orr letters only sWiA ht eeeH.
 :. Write wnhr name, AGa and ad I NreSs plainly at the bGttetn of thN Address ail rarn1nunicafiens4 to Uncle lied. Bnllnt1n ofz1os4
 Nhaterer yoti afe< Be that.
 WhM6aNer yod say-Be true!
 &trhkMMx xHnrWnEslly AGh
 Be kak1stz-in fact.
 B4 n6body elss but you.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
OLD JERSEY PINS
 EccAPE OBLIVION.
Saved to Present Generation by Being Used to Fasten Some Torn Bits of Money.

In downtown New York old coin and antique shop are dozen common place looking little pins stuck in g piece of white paper. They look like ordinary pins at first, though the pa per Is marked: Jersey pins. 1750 to 17so." Tho difference between these little pins and tl.ose of today can only be told by the fingers and a magnifying glass. The heads are rough to the touch, and the glass shows that each head is formed by little coil of fine wire.
 Pins ordinarily do not live very long, and these old timers would not have been found in any but a place where old morey Is collected. It is ia the old hills that they have lived through a century and a half. These particular
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
The Phcebes.

once two phcebes built their home under the roof of a. country church which was not very high. Every Sun- day when the people came to church they listened to the birds ciieery song The female sat patiently on the eggs; the male taking her place when she went to get something to eat once in q while, and every thing went along well until the little birds were matched. Then one day something dreadful hap pened-
 Some children had propped board againss the building and climbed up to look at the birds, forgetting to take 1t down again A nuischievous cat see- Ing 1t, ran up and caught the mother and the little birds. How sad the poor mate wasi
 The next Sunday churehgoers heard a sad song instead of the usual cheery one. They all felt. sorry; the chil- 9dren who left the board there. espe- eial1y. The bird was often seen sitting on tine nest where his mate used to sit.
 Autumn came and the phoebe flew south with the other birds.
 The next spring he returned with a new mate. He showed her the old home, but she would not stay there, beginning another nest near by, which the mate helped to build
 Once more the people who came to church heard the phoebes' happy song The children did not watch the nest this time. Tha little birds were hatch ed. lear ned to fly, and flew south with the other birds in the autumn.
 But the male never forgot his first mate and often was seen in their old home.
 MARY A. BURRu1L. Age IS.
 Stafford Springs
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
ey AutomobiIe to AIhany.

I thought I would write you about my visit to my -unc1e,s in Albany. We started at o'clock in the morning, papa. mamma, and grandpa, grandma and myself. It was awfully cold until the sun arose, but after that 1t was warmer. About 8 o'clock we ate our breakfast under some trees by the started again and did not stop except to get gasoline until we got to Hudson. New York. where we left grandma and tgrandpa at another aunt's and Uncle Tom and Aunt Mary. Then went on to Albany with papa and mamma and got to Uncle Fred's and Aunt Mary's about half past 12 o'clock.
 After we ate our dinner we went to Saratoga Springs to the races.
 The next day we went to Sayandoga pond. The next day we went to Hud- son after grandma and grandpa and brought them to Albany That after noon we went to Troy and lots of other places of interest
 l saw the Erie canal.
 The next day We all went through Inc capitol at Albany and the educa- tionai building. saw lots of stuffed animals and lots of Indian relics and a whales skeleton.
 The next day we started about half past 10 in the morning, returning through the Berkshire hills. We stop ped and got drink of water at Jacobs 5 in the afternoon
 l was very tired and went to bed early: sut. will never forget the good
 JARED NAPLES. Ago .. :
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Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
5 ImoroveneInts at School.

Dear Uncle Jeds thought I would write and tell you about our school house.
 There are all new seats in it and they are single seats. There are 36 In all.
 The schoolroom is rewlyepainted in- side and the entries are, too. The schoolroom is painted dark green and the entries are light green.
 There is. a new floor in the school room and in the entries.
 It looks like new schoolhouse.
 There are 32 scholars in the school go to school at Gurleyvflle. I am in the eighth grade.
 My teachers name is Frances M Bliss
 My friend and take care of the schoolhouse and build the fire.
 We have lots of fun playing different games. I like to play Drop the Hatid- serchtef. The Farmer in His Den, an6 many other games.
 BERTHA FULLER. Age 12. Eagleville
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
Mx Rlae.

One Sunday afternoon in September I went after walnuts with another lady in one team, and d girl and two boys rode in another. We started at two o'clock. I went up to the girls house at half past one. On the way we saw two children and "a man walking along, and we took the chill dren in.
 : On the way we found a swamp ruif of piles. There was going to be a sawmill there. but 1t was too wet. so they put piles across.
 The place we went over we called called Bear Swamp. It was called, the Rocky Road to Dublirn
 The place where we went nuttirg is so because 1t is said there was a bear seen there years ago. We found a basket and bag full. getting them from under the leaves by the way, where the squirrels had hid them for winter.
 On the way over we went different way, then when we came back the horse wanted to go the same way back.
 once had a squirrel, a crow, a puppy, and rabbit. One day the sql1ir- rel bit my finger. When he bit he would bite right through your finger He used to bite my mothers finger real often, His name was Bobby He died of disease of the jaw
 ALICE GURTEA KINNEY.
 South Coventry.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS AND kGInIs DEpARTHEET

Bungalow Boys Along che Yukon
 z,AIies q. King of South Coventry The Motor Maids in Bair Japan
 5--Jarsd Maplss Of Norwich. Dream land
 6--NBary A. EMfrfll of Stafford Springs, The TaIcckf Twins 7-Theina Boynton Of North Frank lin, A Regular Tonb0y. S=aose Hronslsy of EagieviIIe The AG0fareycle Ehuxaa la. the Gold Fields. Winners Of prize booES living In the city may call At the business of1ics of
 The Bulletin for ffiern et any hour Thnrsilay after 10 a. m
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
A pay At the Fair.

went to the Stafford fair the sec- ond day. My brother and I started from our house about eight o'clock with the horse and carriage and reached Stafford about ten.
 I went to the fairgrounds with my two sisters and two friends where we bought our tickets After walking around the grounds we went to the main hall to look at the embroidery. paintings, vegetables and other things My friend had some pictures that she painted on exhibition. We enjoyed looking at the prfEe exhibits
 After that we bought some ice cream at the High School tent. N or couraf. we all went ont Che naAr- ry-go-round. After that rry sister, friend and got two numbers each to try for n box of candy. but were not successful.
 I wanted to buy some things for my younger brothers and sister who wNre at home; these purchases made, we sat in my cousins auto which was nearby. We saw some of the per- formaxces.
 I met q girl knew thers ana she and went for another ride on the f10rry. .go-roaznd. zts4-. < About i've o'clock my brother and ! started home arriving soon after dark. had g fine time and hope to TO again next year
 MNRT BURRIEL, Age IS.
 Stafford Spranks
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
rAs unkNowN sEA.Y

AA article of srlaying Wath Chi1- dEefs appeaRed su 4he London Times of Aug, Il. S6fne days later the writer it received n letter from an officer < written by his 10 year old daughter and sent ITO Dad Mobilized. The fatkAs expressed the hope that the 1itxie Ehynae might touch a nofe for the writer of the charming article on the sls 1 1s snsofss fss e en ssrss sons where in Erance The verses are as falGD@ss: We sailed along, and we sailed along, Sirsing our song and singing our song. te song Of the sln@aoNn sea, Just ou and me. Dad, just you and me. We sailed along. amid fairy isIes,. And brought our booty in slowing Booty thas none else could see. 'Twas only for you. Dad. and only for
 me.
 2 We nefe passed by birds with jeweled Birds that only for us could sing; They were only for you. Dad. and only
 for me.
 Etrangsrs could never our sea explore; Everything we could near or see Was o4ly for you. Dad and only for
 me.
 0n our unknown sea was never a storm, Nor anything else that could do us saa harm, It vas ail as happy as happy could be,
 Happy for you. Dad. and happy for me. Though on our lake we may not float, Side bF side in our little boat, . In dreams we sail on our unknown
 sea
 That is only Tor you. Dad. and only for me.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
Enuinoeti.f s4nrrrs..

The widespread belief in the exist. aace of an eqnfnoetial storm and In. diaE suEnEnerN comes, to certain eK~ tent. under the head of popular sue perstitions If the equfnoctial storm is defined as raiustorfn. lasting At leagt two or three days of the 21st of September. then there is very sei'i- dom a year when several equinoct7ai storms do not occur. The reason for the belief in an eQuinoctisl storm is probably the fact that about tfie tine of s&e year the first stornas of the
 winter type. with steadily falling precipitation, made their appearance- They stand ir sharp contrast to the and thunder showers. Storms of the writer type can occur, however. dtfr- ing any month of the summer The amount of precipitation near the Fist has been shown by averaging the ob- servations at many stations to be no greater chan bstore or after this date. From the Nsteor2dxy.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
cynthia Smith.

At the lime of this story Cynthia Smith, a little girl of about 12 years. South Carolina. and she was as much of rebel as any girl of her age could be This was at the time of the Revo- lution. and ever since she was 5 years old she had heard about the Hevciu- tion,
 John had gone of to the war and was killed at Bunker Hill. His brother Tom had followed in his steps and had died at Valley Forge. where Washington was. At this time there were two happy things in her life. One was that been signed and the other was that there was a little reds-and white calf in the barn which her father had given to her.
 She named her calf Tree -an'- Equal after clause in the Declara- tiea of Independence which she had heard her father reading.
 Soon her other two brothers, VIII and Ebenezer, wanted to go to war, but her father. told them to walt, for the war would soon be at their own door.
 His words proved true and he and his sens went to the war. One day after that, when Cynthia came home from a walk. her mother told her that the British had been there and sled away sFree-afl' Equal ? s Cynthia said she would go at once to Lord Cornwallis and demand her COW. She went to him and he asked her who she was and where she lived.
 She said she was Cynthia Smith. and she lived with her mother, three miles from there
 He aszea her if she had aayefather and she said she had, and four broth CTS. One of her brothers, John, had died with Warren at Bunker Hill, Tom had died al Valley Forge. and her fa- ther and other brothers were in Gen- efai Gates army
 He asked if she was a rebel and she said Yes,
 He laughed and finally said she a pair of silver buchlek which her de- scenGai1ts still have.
 FLORENCE GAYESKI,eAge A.
 fNnlr1sasstaT
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
A Little Party.

@ Last Tuesday afternoon my sister and had three Of our girl friends over to a little party with us.
 1t vas about half past two when they drove up to our front door with horse and carriage. They did not have a photograph at home, so they quite enjoyed the records I played for them.
 We played croquet out on our front lawn. then showed my friends our flower gardens, hens. chickens, ducks and horses and ponies. After that we played a few other games, then we had our party in the dining room
 Our friends said they greatly en- teyed themselves The carriage came to meet them about seven o'clock and was sorry they had to go so soon, because one of the girls would have played the piano. LILLIAN N. BREHAuT.
 Eas. Norwich N
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
UNCLE 3Epss TALK WITH WIDE
 AvvAKEs.

gRy writing letters to the Wide Awake circle the boys and girls not ugsly learn 2 good habit ee industry but 7 must gain patisnce, persistence and kgowIedge, S f.
 RonaStimes IitIle boy or girl writes. expecting to get a book for the letter, and fs sorely disappointed when they : do not get 1t, and Uncle. Jed Is aware that some parents have had to gp and sbuy- book for them 10. quiet them. and they never wrote again.
 These selfish eilildren do not seem to Fealine that with only eight books to. be; given away. and with at least tzFanty 6onpetitors eajeh week. of all e3a@gsss from B toss I6 that "a majority must wait and work.
 +'a -Axatttng ana working never hurt as5one yet: disAppof fntment and suik- 7 ing Is aiwaye an Injury. Those who patiently walt and work and via arn Increasing every good quality and be- coming better children and better pu- piis all of the time.
 uncaa Jeh is 4WAli aware that some Of tlae older children write letters good enough to win books and do not get
 
 them If they got them the younger children would never get a prize. Age and the neatness of the work. as well as cute expressions of their own, all have to be considered when books are to be distributed, and Uncle Jed dis li<es to see 8 deserving child lose simply because there are not books enough to go round.
 II is q good plan for writers. for the Wide Awake Circle never to expect a book usstH they get one. and if it is not: what they expected, not to com plain. but to live i'm hopes, that the next book will be nearer their taste.
 The reading habit is%a good habit and it is the one thing which with the cultivation of memory has made some men great who had few school advan- taees.
 Persevere. Wfde-Awakes. and the book is sure in time to come
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
"I Didn't Think"

T didn't think, said a smart looking boy one day as he stood with down cast eyes in the presence of a grave looking man, his master.
 You didn't think, eh? Then I am ruined because you are a thoughtIess boy. You may go. sir,'' replied his master in tone of voice which ex- pressed both sorrow and sternness
 The boy silently left the room. He, too. seemed sad, and tear glistened in the corner of his eye. What was the matter!- What had he done?
 will. tell you: He was an appren- tice. His trade was that of a car penter. It had been part of his duty to light the fire in the shop half an hour before the men came to work. One cold. windy morning he lighted the fire as usual, but in doing so he left a shaving burning outside the door of the stove. It was only one shaving. He didiiit think it would do any harm, because it was only q little shaving. But a puff of wind from beneath the door of the shop blew the shaving on the floor. There it set fire to another shaving; the fire spread unperceived by the boy until 1t reached a pile of shavings and blazed up into the room. Then he started and tried to put it out, but he was too late. It was beyond his control. He rushed out, shouted "Fire'" and alarmed the people They came. but could not save the shop.
 LEO PELIQULN, Age H.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
Psaria.

R@4FfG-
 Tn the Pnilippines are q cluster of Islands from which we get our best pearls.
 A sulu pearling schooner has. from
 I to 10 men. who may be Japanese, Chinese, Moros, Filipinos or East ln- dian men. The Japanese is usually the diver. while the others haui the do tho WAshing and cooking. The diver Is taken care of by the others. He usually wears a modern. diving suit.
 When he has found a promising looking lot of shells. he gives q sig nal. on which, the others lower . net and he puts the shells into the net. The shells are about a foot in di- afiaater rough, and of a dark drap color. It takes but few hundred to fill a netfnA or many netsful to make a cargo When the peaFIer nakea port the pearls are listed and graded ac-i cording to sfHe, shape or lHStres and are sent by way of Singapore or Mar1- fla to London, the best pearl market | Shells sometimes have no pearls and the voyages may be made with little or no result. Bit the expenses of the voyages are small and one successful voyage EaFs the expenses of nine or 1 ten unsuccessful ones and plenty be- sides. The fishermen think they are well off if each has an allowance of l five cents a day for fish and rice. Tn Japan pearl hunting becomes a systematic pearl farming. The Jap anese have discovered, or planted. a great many beds of pearl oysters. espe- l land of Hanshn- The Bay of Ago is particularly popular with the pearl farmers because it has many 1and- locked coyes where the water Is never disturbed by storms
 Early in the spring the pearl farm 1 CT depostts small flat stones in the shallow water for the oyster spawn to attach itself to. Tn November the
 spawn stone and all are removed to places where the water Is as deep as twelve feet, for the shallow water freezes quickly, The baby oyster stay s in moderately deep water. undisfurbed,
 until 1t reaches the age of three years. when 1t is transferred to another sec ton Of the oyster bed.
 At this time the farmer pries the
 shell gently apart and puts in the nut cleaIs which Is tiny pellet of stone. He then replaces the oyster in the water. still fastened to the stone. On the pellet, or nucleus, form the pearl deposits. layer after layer. After be- ing transferred to the second section, the young oyster is left to itself for four years. Then at seven years 1t is ready to yield the pearl of great price, Unfortunately a great many oysters after all the care that Is taken with them prove barren.
 But even then barren oysters ere not wholly without value the mother
 of pearl, or inner lining of the shell,
 can be sold although. of course. 1t is worth only a fraction of what a pearl
 would bring. Mother-of- pearl is used principally in making buttons. The Chinese and Japanese use a great deal of it on lockwood trays, tables, boxes and other articles.
 ROSE PAUZEK, Age 10. West Wilmington.