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The Detroit times., 1916-04-07

hall run1or that he has given the
liquor committee his 90. H. on
James Durfee's application Tor
now license for the notorious Roma
cafe lie declares he Investigated
the cafe Tor the government, but
never took the matter up with the
The Detroit times., 1916-04-07
War influences are very much in
eXldrncr Ia the nomenclature Of the

now HOWeTa on rNnINIT m INN
Grand Central Palace in New York
city. but among the roses charnr-
tcrizcd hy THE Kaiser" General
JOfre' and other martial names ap-
prars new orchid. which has been
named Henry Ford This particu-
lar brand OF orchid is descrihed AS
new hyorid cattleya the
flowers are on exhibit ia The iutrr-
national flower show TIE names
came 10 the attention 81 Circuit
Judge Henry \ MauAott Iva IN.
journal OF tho New York -utouo-
hll. ,mh. nf winch h. L. q nlnmhnr-
The Detroit times., 1916-04-07
4. Meidrum rarker's automobile Was
~ much nj the hIsposaI of 2lhsr

WDU1U IhdI It's Wift. Ms EIIa ]
parN,r had little chance 60 go a.
ing herself She told Judge liosWcr
Thursday when she sought "a dt-
vurc' Parker IL wealthy coal
deBler The couple were married
In 1912 A decroe was grnnted.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-07
-. 4. james, acting grand exalted
ruler. Inducled into ofIlce the new

officers of Detroit lodge OF Elks.
No. a. In the Elks, temple. Thurs
day night a handsome Jewel was
presented 20 Harmon j Hunt, the
retiring exalted ruler. Tn" neA or
ncers are Exalted ruler. Joseph
Muer leading knight l.. 81 huf-
fert. loyal knight william Collins
treasurer. Joseph T. Henry. secre-
tary William ! Dawson Iiler.
George II Ballard representative
10 the grand lodge. Harmon g.
HUNT trustees nanlei Lyons
Charles j Thirty NJ "a Howarn.
August Hess and a Bloomgar-
The Detroit times., 1916-04-07

PENNSYLVANIA raises more than 20
per cent Of all the buckwheat grown
ia this country
The Detroit times., 1916-04-07
New gfHrrr~ 80 tho Twentieth t~u-
tur, ciuh. elected THURSDAY. Hrci

N'i Georr. Johnston president
N ,ern. vice prf sldent-
Mrs IT, McMullcn. recoi~iing Scc-
Mys Nllliam - l-afimer
corro sttpndiuG secretary NrE
Hll I.ivasN tr. aeuger Mrs "
" f.cnn7n director 90 tho depart
mem oi arr and literature Mrs ~
A. kelse5. director ~ ihe depart
mont - huiar and education Mrs
%si on * -tauflHrf. philsnthropt
and reform. and Mrs + NJ Sessions
phftuenpht ana Science Nre clara
= Arthur. art.uc president FOR ~"
past rrar. declined 20 D." Hn1i
date at the election. though urge
49,. L-r... t-oL-L-1-n - ~. A-LLn
The Detroit times., 1916-04-07
Georg~ Larsen, ~ wears old. OF Tam
arack. Minn., was walking ON the

Michigan central NihduCt % oi
Hastings az Mlwaulfcc-aNe
Thursday night very drunk Tho
police SAY. When hc fell 30 feet to
the pavement lie was taken 10
the city receiving hospital suffer
me lrnn Inlnrnnl in1nrles
The Detroit times., 1916-04-07
statesmen
WILL VOTE URY
Custom Of Buying Drinks To
Land Orders Is Con-
uemned

IL drink whole lot more than [
want 20. and ] hate the stun. 7
The Detroit times., 1916-04-07

lcttNttN Ia real estate IN reflected Ia
the large number az plRtS hird bN
owners Of subdivisions with county
Treasurer Stein q lr sake of farm
land in the townships ana It's con-
version into subdivisions is the cN-
pltnaflpu
The Detroit times., 1916-04-07
THRIFT.
five per cent. tor
your Savings.

5 per cent first mortgage
certificates guaranteed both
as to principal and interest are
an ideal investment for saw
ings or idle funds.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-07
City News in Brief

Adam kNwnsh, 80 years old. nn Ia
dinn. who had been diver many
years for the various lake wreck
ing Cnmuaufcg. died suddenly while
ON board Tie steamer p r. Mills
Of the Irotier Towing and Wrc d.
ing co.. 90 Amhnrsthurg Friday
night. lle complained 81 illhrss at
supper tiUo and WAS found dead %
few hours later.
Ferdinand ,. Pope. founder 81 the
Pope linking 90. ma life-iOAE
resident uf Detroit died ln san An
tonic. Tex. April 3. Of diabetes.
lic had been Ill for some fimc and
sold out his bakery interests the
first of tho year That nr might 40
south for his heulth Mr. Pope
who was % years old. wa, for sew
"ral years employed by the Wagner
baking Co. and went into business
for himself nine years ago His
wife survives him Funeral SER
vices VIII be held Friday afternoon
~ the family home No. lO6 Mo
DOugaii-aVe
The Detroit times., 1916-04-07
several hundred dollars viii hnd
ihcdr WV from DelrnIl 90 icnnn-

10 aid destitute musicians ~ al
naftunnlif4,~ now in the y lsfrlntt
capitaI through the sale. Thursday
evening AT the Krcisler concert lu
adia OF autograph photograph
OF Kreisler Tho photographs werH
sold FOR one dollar each and were
eagerly purchased footnptr on
the program. and an announcement
from the platform ~ Mr. kreisler 9
be offered for sale and tho purpose
10 which the funds would be APP
Piled ~ = said that thousands of
dollars have been scnf hy Mr.
Krcislor TO needy fellow musicians
in Europe during The last fcw
months as the results ~ the sale or
his autographed pictures and from
his private earnings a. a concert
artist.
Il could scarcely believe my own ears
this morning when heard the Wig
Oraus Whack Whack OF broom
handle or some other deadly
weapon on carpets hanging over
the lne In one Of the nelghhors
back Yards remarked North
Woodward resident 10 his seat
mate on Hamilton cai, SUCH
primitive methods OF warfare on
carpet microbes have almost Dis
appeared with the universal use ~
more sanitary methods or spring
houaeclesning since ; hQught my
wife a vacuum cleaner, Two suved
my bark and my vocabulary. hN
getting out % the old backyard
carpet beating act that was = rcEu-
lar part OF oiur household ar
engagements
The Detroit times., 1916-04-07

Our partial payment plan
enables you TO buy these high
grade securities out Of your
savings-a little each week or
month.
Write for the booklet today.
Urban Realty Mortgage Company
MORTGAGE BOND BANKERS
tg-ss Congress street. West.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
Sir Edwards First Fish,

The announcement that Sir Edward Grey has taken to fishing on the Spey may serve to recall the fact tlAas it will soon be 50 years since our For eign Secretary caught his first fish T was about seven years old,'' writes Sir Edward in his book on f1yf1shing tand was riding on a shetland pony by the side of a very small burn I had seen small trout caught in the burn before, but now, for the first time, and suddenly, came an over powering desire to fish which gave me no rest till some very primitive tackle was given me. With this and some worms, many afternoons were spent in vain. The impulse to see the. trout destroyed all chance of suc- cess. Its did not suit me to believe that it was fatal to look into the water before dropping a worm over the bank, or that l. could not see the trout first and catch them afterwards, and preferred to learn by experience and disappointment rather than by the short but unconvincing method of be- lieveing what I was told..-Mancheste | Guardian.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
Thomas A. Edison.

Tue inventor, Thomas A. Edison, was born in Ohio. Before he was g years old he read, with his mothers assist ance, many books on electricity. At il he began selling newspapers on a rail- way train. He passed his spare time making experiments.
 He had always taken great interest in the work of the telegraph operators and ionged to learn the business.
 One day while waiting for a train he saved an operators little child from the approaching locomotive. In return for rescuing the child Ule operator taught him telegraphy.
 When Edison came to New York he walked the streets looking for work He was attracted by crowd of men in brokers office. These men had spent hours in trying to locate the trouble in an instrument used for send ing stock quotations.
 To everybody's amazement Edison saw what was the matter and correct ed it at once.
 One of the members of the firm em- ployed Edison at $500 a month Edi- son now began to prosper as he had sufficient money to perfect those Won- derful schemes which were always passing through his mind.
 He has perfected the Bell telephone and the electric light, and invented the phonograph and many instrument used in telegraphy.
 Every instrument with which my name is conpected.'' said Edison to 2 friend, "has been tie result of months of patient toi1.n
 MILDRED TERESA DUNN, Age 12.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE.
 AWAKEs.
An unhapnv Girl.

Alice was girl everybody could like, but didn't like for the reason that she was a naughty, stuck-up child
 She was the only daughter of a wealthy jeweler in the small town of Salem; and therefore she could have everything her heart desired, but still she was unhappy, for she had no friends and was very lonesome with out a girl companion.
 The girls that went to the small school where Alice attended, were not tine daughters of rich men Chat. is, with the exception of a fewl and Alice would not think of associating with them, although in every respect they were much brighter than she, and more Iadylike, and the few girls who were rich, with whom Alice tried to mingle would have nothing to do with her. In all games, she wanted to be leader, and have her own way, and to be treated as if she was their super for, for wasn't she the richest girl in Salem? Didn't many of the girls en4 wy her? Yes, maybe her wealth, but not her character. And soon Alice found herself without a friend and very unhappy.
 Tn all the class parties Alice was left out, for the girls wouldn't think of having her company. Her name was rarely suggested and when it was the girls all protested and threatened if Alice was present no one else would be. So as it was so distasteful to the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
Miss cIarinda's Thief.

T must certainly resort to barbed wire" asserted Miss Clarinda. con- templating her azaleas. They may be stolen any day. just as the tulips were Milly, wish you'd telephone the carpenter to send up a man."
 You'd repent before he got here, and decide it cruel. You always do" answered her niece. Besides, aunty, the thief is caught. He's already in confnement.'
 Miss Clarinda looked satisfed-se- were. then dubious.
 ~But I never even complained to the police" said she T don't understand it. Dear me, I hope the poor man hasn't a faniiy!s
 sfTIe hasn't. and he isn't in prison 7 Aailly assured her. He's at the hos pital with a broken leg, and he's only eleven You know carried over some daffodils this morning, your silver l phoenix ones, and as entered the them come from! Then's from Miss Ciarihda. Hallett's!" Are you a friend of hers? ?" said l.
 Guess she wouldn't say so." said he, l cheerfully, but I know her garden; and you can't scold a feller with a broken leg. now, can your" T couldn't. Before I knew 1t, I'd laughed and given him some of the l daffodils and he was asking what they were He doesn't know even | the cOnnmoneSt flowers, thougn hes wild about them; and we were good 1 friends.
 1 He lives in that horrid, barren re- zion by the tracks, it seems, and aft CT he'd discovered your garden, he icouIdn't keep out of 1t, it was like fairy land. And the way he regards you, is too funny, it's as if you were al 1 once the dragon of the place. and the fairy that made, the enchantment. He has an immense admiration for you as a gardening magician, but he revels in. defying you as the dragon sem ltinen can't believe he's really bad 1 Aunt Car it's only
 "Of course he isn't" declared Miss Clarinda. brisl1ly, "a boy who loves 2 I garden ike that! I'll take him UT some azaleas tomorrow myself. And MiIly, don't you suppose when he's well I could hire him for some of tht light jobs? If he could once help grow things. you know, I'm sure he wouldn' want to steal them
 "Just the thing! Aunt Clar. you ar' a deari" cried Milly. She added, de 1nurely, Shall I telephone about tha barbed wire? ?"
 "Never!" said Miss Clarinda.
 LOUISE DEAHUTH, Age Ii.
 Baltic.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
The oriain ol Memorial pay.

Tn 1860 the southern states seeded from the Union and in 1861 the north ern and the southern side began to fight against each other.
 The men on the southern side were called aThe Boys in Gfays" or The Confederates, and the men on the northern side, The Boys in Blue" or, ssThe Union Men"
 The southern states wanted to keep slaves and the northern states did not so that resulted in many de- bates and discussions The north be- gan to gain more power in congress and the south said they would secede and that was the real cause of the @Civil War; Tn 1863 Abraham Linz |1co1n, who was then president, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which ordered the freeing of slaves. The war lasted from 1861 to 1865. or four years In all. Then peace was made and the southern states went back into the Union.
 Abraham Lincoln, who Yas presi- dent all the time, was shot and kill ed little while after the war ended l by a man whose name was John l Wilkes Booth.
 After the war ended. the S0th oi May was set apart. for decorating the dead soldiers graves. and for the othe CT soldiers to march.
 This day is called Decoration, ol ~ e-..iSl -'tl GLADYS YOUNG. Age ii.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
HouseLeepina in s Piano eox.

Dear Uncle Jed: My plan for House. keeping in a Piano Box may interest many of the young Wider Alwales.
 A charming summer playhouse is an old piano box. The box may stand at one end of tiny city lot, with grass plot in front of 1t, and the playhouse itself may be so attractive that the yard will be quite transformed.
 In the country more space can easily be used. A mason. in an hour, can make a concrete foundations which will keep the floor dry, and few layers of tar paper nailed to the roof pre- vents it's leaking. A door may be cut in the front, and a small window in each end, and the entire piano box treated to coat of paint.
 Morning gzories and Madeira vine roots planted tlaiclkly about the sides of the playhouse grow quickly, and soon cover the old box with a mass of bloom and green. Swiss curtains may be hung at the windows. and the floor covered with green straw matting-
 This little house looks very pretty indeed. when it is flirnished will dolls furniture and dishes. Many pleasant vacation days may be spent i1 the -playlo1ge by making paochWcrA
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
EverIaatinn EIowars.


 I wonder if any of the Wide Awalxes have ever grown any of Helichrysum Everlasting Flowers, in their gardens. If not, they can never realize how beautiful they are in their many colors and variety of shades, from darkest red to bright scarlet, and pink. bright and pale yellow, and white.
 I SOW the seeds early in a box. and have them transplanted into the gar den when danger of frost is over. They require little care, but must be water ed if the season is dry.
 Before the buds are quite ready to grow, they must be picked and after removing the green leaves, hung up by the stems to dry.
 When dry. pack them in box till ready to use.
 They make very pretty holiday gifts arranged on post cards, tied with ribbon, and are nice to send to the sick, as they do not fade.
 BLANCHE R. GAUTHIERs Age 13.
 Brooklyn.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08

plness spruce. heznlock, oaks map1es, btrches, and other kinds of trees. There were so many trees that the settlers cut them down as fast as they could to make farms They piled them up where they fell, ana burned them. This went on for years and many thousand square miles of our most valuable forests were vast
 In all inc forest regions trees are rapidly falling. Within the past genera t1oa, or since 1880. our govern ment forest inspectors. estimate that enough have been cut to make a floor an inch thick over the states of Yer mont Massachusetts, Connecticut Rhode Island. and Delaware; and our more trees are not planted and this cutting goes on at the same rate as now within a few years our forests will all disappear.
 The thought makes us tremb1e, and we wonder how we could get on with out wood It forms the greater part of our houses, and most of our furni- ture. It bridges our rivers, and timbers our mines. holds fast the rail- road tracks. for which alone we con- sume every year more than one mill lion ties Wood is used largely in car and ship building Ground to a pulp it makes the paper which covers | the walls of our houses. and also that l or our daily journals and magazines. There are so many uses of wood that cannot mention them all
 Moreover. there is another value our forests possess They cover the hills and mountains, and their roots act like so many sponges to keep the water flowing steady. When cut away. the water that falls as rain, rushes down all at once, carrying the soil into tho streams and destroying the fertility of the land.
 For these reasons our government ii advising the people every where tC plant trees. and it has set aside al. most two hundred million acres o
 woodlands, in various parts of thu .l United States, as national forests
 These forests are scattered over ou. I western country from Alaska to Mex tico, and are located mostly on tn, T great western plateau and in the Pa
 cifc Coast states. Tn addition som
 of the states are reserving larg
 tracts, the trees upon which may no
 be cut except in such a way as vii not injl1re the forests.
 From the above we can conclud
 that our forests are sf great value
 Therefore whenever we go through forest let us be careful not to drop lighted match on the ground, or in an, I way injure the trees already stand ing.
 ANNIA RESNICK, Age 13. Bozrahville.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
our Club.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought some of the Wide-Awakes would like to know about club some of us older children had formed. The letters of our club are B. B. c.
 We take up sewing and singing sometimes we read and play games. Just now there are seven girls in the club. If possible we want to get more children to join. We take up a collec- ton of money after each meeting.
 At Christmas time we will take this money and buy things for the children who do not have mudk1.
 Doing this with the money is better than keeping it and buying candy and different things which we do not need We are not only doing a kind deee but we are making others happy.
 Saturday was my birthday. Our clu0 met at one of the children's homes tC celebrate my birthday. We all had z very enjoyable time.
 At the end of the meeting refresE- ments were served and before we wen home we sang How Can I Leave Thee" and a few other songs.
 The motto of our club is tB' straightforward.
 THEI11GA BOYNToN. North Franklin.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
The First Matches.

Matches were not known one hun dred years ago. At the time of onr great grandfathers flint and steel were used for making light.
 In 1882 John Kammerer invented the first matches in a cell in Ger many.
 There was great uprising in Ger many and people were put in prison, and among them was this man, a chemist. He was allowed to make ex- periments in his cell
 After a few weeks he put white phosphorus on 9. stick and dipped it in sulphur, and then struck it on a 6lard substance and 1t made a flame.
 The German officials were frightened at this and put a big penalty on any one who used the matches
 The man who invented the matches died after a short while because the German officials were so unjust in their treatment of him in regard to this i'm Vention.
 EDWIN J. WILLIAMSON. Age 1s.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
squares. reading or having little par LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. East Norwich. N. r. /
CLEANUP DAY AT
 SOUTH COVENTRY.
What | Did clean- up pax.

Dear Uncle Jed: The first thing l did was to take all the tin cans and chips of wood away. Then took a garden Iralxe and ralzed all the dead grass away from the yard and brought 1t in the barnyard.
 got the horse and drew all the wagons and sleds away to the wagon shed.
 Last Saturday raked the lane.
 got a load of wood from the woods the other night and piled it in the wcodshed.
 have pulled down the hoghouse and piled the boards away. If it wasn't for the hens, the yard would look goo6 all the time
 FREDERICK KoRNER. Age IS. South Coventry.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
How He bid It.

Dear Uncle Jed: I cleaned up my yard by raking up all of the pieces of wood and tin. piled up all of the rocks and stones. My father helped me. We wheeled of all of the dirt and tin cans. We raked up some leaves, also.
 My father used the leaves for the horses bed and the cows bed.
 packed up the wood. We had about cord of wood packed up.
 We should clean up our houses barns, sheds and henhouses.
 cleaned up our house. I swept tIls floor and packed away the overcoats and hats.
 The next day I cleaned up the barn threw the. corn fodder and hay upor the ecaffold. I backed the bubggieE and farm wagons under the wagor shed.
 Last Saturday I cleaned the hen. house. fixed the roosts and made troughs for the hens and dickens.
 HOWARD RICHARDSON, Age 14.
 South Coventry.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
Rarbara's Thoroucbness.

Dear Uncle Jed: This is tow cleaned my yard:
 raked up the lawn and threw the cldt grass in a heap and set 1t on fire
 I picked up the tin cans and boxes5
 [ put some big stones around the corner of the house and painted them with wnitewash so when the horses @ in at midnight they shouldn't huri themselves.
 I did this because the wagons and carriages went right near the house al first and I didn't want them to SC right near the windows
 also picked up the stones in fhe road, for am sorry for the pooi horses when they hurt their ankles.
 I piled up the sticks of wood and pui them in the Woodshed
 swept tI1e shed and threw the dir on the dump.
 BARBARA SIsEHOFER. Age 11 South Coventry.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
rhe story of stoIen cherrIes.


 Long ago [ read a story of some boys who stole cherries; and, try as they might the cherry stones were al- ways turning up and reminding them of their wickedneSs. It was a good thing for their consciences that they could not forget what they had done. It is a dreadful thing to do evil and then care nothing about it.
 Do you know what is the best thing that can happen to you if you do wrong? To get found out. To con- cea1 our sin is worse than you may suppose; confess to God and man, and pray for forgiveness.
 We get vexed with the little birds sometimes when they spoil our fruit. What do you think of Dick Raynor and Willie Abbot who robbed a poor widows orchard, and took away the cherries that she would have sold to pay her rent? Day by day the little thieves had feast in that orchard, and nobody guessed who stole the cherries; but there was one who saw and knew ali about the matter.
 The rent was not paid, and the widow was turned out of her cottage; Dick and Willie grew to be rich men by and by, and they could have paid her rent over and over again, but it was too late then-the aged woman had passed away.
 EDWARD MARRA, Age g. BozrahVfIle
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
LiIIian,s Method.

Dear Uncle Jed: Last Saturday was Cleanup day. I thought I would clean our yard. FfrstH picked up all the big pieces of wood. Then I raked the lawn.
 We had milk can of water near ouI house, so I emptied and cleaned it. Ii I hadn't emptied it soon, the water would begin to smell and spread dis eases, and there would be many mos quitoes.
 We had many shingles near om house, because we had our house shing1ed. I raked the shingles in 6 pile and then put them in a wagon and carried them to the woodshed.
 raked the dead grass in a heap an6 my father set it on fire.
 There was a hole in the ground where the dog had been digging witt Ilis feet got a pan of water and dir and mixed them together, then put i in the hole. This would make 1t stay in. then got a board and stamped the dirt in the ground planted some flowers so as to makI the yard look attractive.
 LILLIAN KORNER, Age il. South Coventry.