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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-02-11
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-02-11
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Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
Sailing Boats.
Colchester

This morning we sailed boats in the brook. It was more pleasure because the boats were original.
 To make them we took a large cu- cumber and cut a slice off the top a knife and spoon. For seats Teddy cut pieces of shingle big enough to fit across the top. A piece of cloth secured to four 1ollypop sticks and fastened to the cucumber makes a good launch.
 The vegetable may be cut in half thus making two ships; but the water will soon overflow the sides.
 I tied strings on the end to guide them while Marjorie cut boatmen out of pasteboard.
 Sometimes boatman found a golden nugget and proudly tugged it ashore.
 One of the ladies Ifainted in the boat and at the alarm a lifeboat went out to the rescue.
 At one side of the brook a rock pro- jects half way across it. This formed the Iron Gate of the Danube" and the ships had to be carefully steered past it.
 Teddy caught frog and killed him. He put him in the boat with his feet dangling overheard which made a pathetic scene.
 When we were tired of the play we fastened the boats to a post and ran away.
 GRACE GODDARD, age 1s.
 Pleasant Valley, Willimantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
Antimony Deposits in Alaska.

The considerable demand for anti mony during the last year has stimu- lated the development of certain Alas kan deposits of ore of that metal from which ore to the value of about $74,000 was mined and. shipped during 1915. Stibnite, the su1phide of antimony, has been noted at 67 localities in Alaska, but ouly few of these have produced and marketed ore. In 1915 the produc- tion of antimony ores was begun at four mines in the Fairbanks and at two in the Nome district. All the operations were small and most of them consisted of digging out the rich ore near the surface by open cuts and of breaking and hand sorting it.
 These deposits form the subject of a report recently published by the Unit ed States Geological Survey, Depart ment of the Interior, as Bulletin 649, a volume of nearly 70 pages, entitled "Antimony Deposits of Alaska" by A. H. Brooks.
 According to this report, the Alas kan antimony deposits may be divided into three principal Sroups-siliceous gold-bearing stibnite lodes, stibnite- cinnabar lodes, and stibnite-galena lodes. Each of the first two of these groups is further divided, according to structure, into Assure veins, shear vein deposits, and stockworks. These de- posits seem to have been formed in a rather recent geologic age, probably at the time of the intrusion of certain Tertiary igneous rocks, though no me- talliferous lodes have been found in the Tertiary sedimentagy rocks.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
Uses of the Bitter Orange.

The large, sweet oranges of Florida or California, and the smaller fruit from Spain and Sicily, are so plenti- ful and so cheap in the United States the small, deeply tinted, bitter vari- ety. That fruit reaches us only in marmalade. The quince {anciently called marmelos) was the original source of marnalade, but the manu- fracture of that confection now con- sumeS nearly all the products of the bitter orchards that the inhabitants of the Mediterranean basin have culti- vated since preclassical times.
 The bitter orange is the original tree introducted by early travellers from India and China. it's native to the old Hindu form, maranji.
 Most of the Spanish and Sfcilian crop goes to London to be made into marmalade, since no one in the south of Europe seems to understand the simple art of composing this jam. There is also valuable oil contained in the rind, known as essence de bi- gavade, to distinguish it from that of the sweet orange, essence de Por- tugal.
 The distillers extract it by pressing the rind forcibly against a flat sponge, which absorbs the contents of the crushed oil cells. They wiring out the sponge rr1der water and skim off the floating oil. This oil, after purIfica- ton, is used as a favoring. agent in curacoa and orange bitters; it is one of the ingredients of eau de Cologne and other perfumes; and a drop of it or sugar in a tunbler of hot water makes the popular eau sucree of Parisians.
 Like oil of lemon it cannot be ex- tracted by distillation in the usual way, since a high temperature in- jures it's flavor.
 The fruit buds of the bitter orange also give an essential oil known as essence de petit grain; and from the white flowers is extracted a delight full perfume called essence de Neroli That is prepared chiefly at Nice, Cau- nes and Grasse, in the south of France All the flowers of 8 fine tree will yield only a single ounce of Neroli oil.
 The peel also yields an aromatic principle that the ancient Arab phy- sicians esteemed highly as a tonic; it is still considered a useful stomachic.
 JESSIE L. BREHAUT. ,
 Jersey City, N. J.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
A Soldiers Dauuhter,

One day my mother sent me on an errand, and as I was coming home l met a little girl that stood crying on the corner of the street.
 I stopped and asked her why she was crying, and she said that her mother was dead, and her father was to war and had left her to board with friends; and they were very un- kind to her, so I told her to come home with me. I thought my mother would like a little girl.
 She came home with me, and my mother was very glad that I brought her home, and she liked her very much; and wanted mother to keep her for her own, so the little girl wrote to her father and told him the good news. He was delighted, and he said he would send money for her board.
 But mother said she would tell him to save it, as he might need it when the the war was over, so he saved it and when he came home he gave q present of twenty-five dollars and mother kept her until she grew up to be a big girl.
 Then her father was killed in the war, and the little girl had grown up to wonlanhood and got married, so my mother had to part with her, but she loves her vet.
 ALVIN LlA CFAP PELLE. Age F.
 South Canterbury.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
A Party on the Mountain.

Dear Uncle Jed:-Minnie, a girl of six, and her grandfather, moved to the mountains. Minnie loved all kinds of living animals. It was in the fall when Minnie arrived at her new home.
 One morning after the first snow fall party of quail settled in some bushes nearby.
 Minnie called her grandfather and out for the quail
 Her grandfather being a kind hearted man let her do as she wished
 Minnie scattered about a quart of grain on the crusted snow about four rods from the hut.
 Minnie watched for her friends to come and feast on it. In less than half an hour the ground was covered with all kinds of winter birds eating the grain.
 This being repeated every morning tame so that Minnie could go out where she fed them and watch them eat.
 One morning she took a basket of grain and a small bag of food. the bag consisting of sandwiches, cake and a bottle of goats milk. The birds watched her go flew after her to a clear spot, Minnie having scattered the grain on the ground the birds flew down at her feet and devoured the grain. Minnie having eaten her own which were in her lap were quickly devoured by the birds.
 By the time she arrived home it was time for tea.
 EMMA GERGLER, Age 1s.
 Mansfield Depot.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
The Elephants in Franklin Park

Dear Uncle Jed:-While walking in Franklin Park, Boston, I saw the ele- bhants. There are three of them, Molly, Tony and Waddy. The anil malls were given to the city by the children; each child gave ten cents, and when they got enough money together they bought them. The ele- plants live in a nice concrete house in the winter, and have a nice place outside in the summer. They per form twice a week and the perform arce is free to everybody.
 I love to watch them, as they are playing. Molly is the smallest, and runs around his playmates and makes everybody laugh.
 When the keeper goes near them, they watch him and lift up their trunks to open their mouths as if they were hungry
 I threw them some peanuts as they did the same to me.
 l spent a pleasant day and had a good time in Franklin Park.
 ELIZABETH M. VERVEEJR, Age 2.
 Boston,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14

even go into the forest and bring home the ga1he the men had shot. When they moved the women carried the furniture. The Indians were very friendly with the first white men and would give a great feast in his honor.
 The Indians of South America were more civilized than those of North America. Those of South America built grand temples while those of North America were scattering and did not build good houses.
 The Indians were divided into tribes. Each tribe had a head or chief, who had very little power. All matters were settled by council. The Indi- ans would fight mostly ia the night time: but when they fought in the day, they would attack from behind the trees. In training for warriors the Indians did not have academies and places to drill men as we have now.
 The Indians would notice a very little thing when in the woods that the white men would not.
 The Indians believed in the great spirit and also in many inferior spir- its-sorne good and some evil.
 Most Of the Indians of North Amer ica have become civilized, while those of South America have become sav- ages and have kept their Indian cus- toms.
 There are perts of the United States set apart for the Indians to live on.
 Many of the Indians on the Pacific Coast, in Mexico and in Canada still have the Indian ways Of doing things.
 HELEN MAINE.
 WiIlipanttc
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
Mansfield.
Seeds.

Dear Uncle Jed:-I wonder how many of the Wide Awakes have been saving the seeds from their gardens?
 Every year l save seeds. I have quite a few now. These that have are double poppy seeds. I haven't t many of these because 1t rained so much during the summer that most of them rotted; but I have a lot of four o'clock seeds. I have so many of these that I think I shall not find room to plant them next year.
 There Nare plenty of rnarigold seeds, and I think I shall have some more, as there are lots of blossoms. These make a pretty boquet on the table.
 l haven't many sweet peas. I could not gather any because they all dried up; but l think the nastursium seeds can make up for that.
 Holly-hocls seeds are more than plenty, but I do not gather these seeds as they come up every year.
 It is too early for zinneas, but l think I shall have later plenty o1 those, and also of spider-plant seeds
 I like to gather seeds, and I am sure many of the Wide -Awakes would enjoy it.
 MIRIAM SIIERSEEVSKY, Age 8. / Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
Newqate Prison.

Early one morning we left to go and see the cid Newgate prison in Granby We tcck our lunch and by the time we reached the prison were very hungry. So we stopped and ate 1t right be- side the old prison.
 Later a guide took us down under the prison where there was an old copper mine. This was where the con- vfcts used to work. Down there we saw where a negro was kept in soli- tary confinement for twenty years. His bed was a flat stone with a bundle of straw on it. The shackles around his ankles that chained him are still there fastened to the rocks. There was a round hole in back of him in the wall where they used to put his food. Later he worked the shackles up al- most to his knees and couldn't get them down again. After awhile the shackles were so tight the flesh around them began to decay Finally his limbs became So decayed he had to have them cut off. Then they let him have his freedom.
 You can see now where, with a little piece of stone, he carved: HELL" on the flat stone, that was his bed.
 We went over the rest of the mine and saw many other interesting things
 We came up to the house that is there now and brought many pictures of the prison, and then left for home. after a pleasant day.
 ELLA LOCKWOOD, age 10.
 North Franklin
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
The Fox.

The fox is an animal somewhat like dog. His only valuable part is his fur.
 A fox thinks he is smart. It is much dreaded by hens and their chickefls, also, by all men and woman who ksep fowls.
 A fox spends his day time in his hole and eats the fowls he has caught the night before, and plans where he will go the next night.
 He selects shiftless farmers who leave their fowls to roost in trees and on fences.
 The fox knows these things as well as a person does. He plans accord ingly. This is why there is a saying, 'as cunning as a fox," or "as keen as a fox''
 I do not think it is a compliment to a man or boy, when people say, He's as keen as a fox" If it is a man that man will cheat you If you buy horse of him. If it is a boy he will make some trade with you and get your knife or marbles.
 I don't think I ever heard of a girl being "as keen as a fox"
 l read a story of a fox. It showed that a fox is like other folks. A man had a tame fox, but he ran away and that fox afterwards was chased by hunters. When he gave himself up flor lost he turned and ran for that mans house and the man protected him.
 It shows a fox has memory and can plan.
 BLANCHE LUCIER.
 Taftville
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

and only 8 stupid boy or girl fails to realize this.
 No one in this world can do as they have a mind to for that would pro- d1oe conditions of disorder which would not be agreeable to any one.
 Where every one does as they please there can be no government and no reliance upon any one. It Is only by acting for the good of one another that home or town can be made a pleasant place to live in, or a school become a reliable place to learn fn-
 Oar parents all have to be obedient to the laws of town and state and to the rules of the places in which they are guests or held in custody. In- telligent obedience Is all there is to civilization, and the proof the people have ceased to be Bavagaes.
 Boys and girls who do not mind are little savages; and if they grow up and become fixed in this bad habit the world uses them savagely. They get poor pay and poor food and many of them get into prison.
 It is easy to mind, and 1t makes people around you pleasanter. and re- suits in all having greater comfort in whatever position in life they may be put.
 Learn to mind your parents, your teachers and the laws and you will be sure to become good citizens.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
Taftville.
The Wounded Rat.

A poor man saw by the roadside large white rat. It seemed to be dead. Moving it gently he found it was alive but had a broken leg. He took it up and carried it to his lonely home. He bound up the bruised leg, fed the poor creature and soon it was quite well.
 Sam Tills trained the rat to gentle ways and taught it many tricks. Malmo was the only company Sam had. He worked in a cotton-mill and took Malmo with him. He rode in his masters coat-pocket. It looked droll to see his white head peeping out.
 Sundays both went to dine with Sam's sister. MaImo's funny ways made every one laugh
 When Sam said, "MaImo go sit in my hat" he went at once, curled him. self up in it, and went to sleep.
 When his master said: "Ma1mo we're going now: slip in," this droIl pet jumped from the hat, ran up to his pocket nest, said goodbye in his
 Evenings when Sam was reading or singing from his mothers hymn book, Malmo had a nap on his masters head When 1t was time to go to bed Sam stroked Malmo's soft fur The rat rubbed his head against his masters hand This was their goodnight to each other. Then Malmo crept into his basket bed, and the candle was blown out. Soon both were fast asleep.
 CATHERINE A. DUNN, age 10.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14

The Hague correspondent of the Ex- change Telegraph reports that Kaiser Wilhelm dismissed General von Falk- enhayn, chief of the German general staff and put Field Marshal von Hin denburg in his place because Falken- hayn was opposed to sending troops to the eastern front to meet the Rou
 manian invasion. Won Hindenburg urged that endorsements be sent to Austria and won the support of the kaiser with the result that German troops have now been rushed to the defense of Pennsylvania. The change in the general staff means the dis missaI of thirty German generals on both fronts, the most radical change in the German army since the war began. The appointment of Von Hindenburg, the national war idol, has been ac-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
Don't Be a "SIacker."

h England the men who have stay ed out of the army and jet their friends and neighbors do the fighting are called "'slaekers." They have shirked when called upon to perform their duty
 Boys and girls who evade disagree able work and do less than their share, are "slackerS," too.
 The boy who is always crawling out of every undesirable job that he is called upon to perform will prove a "slacker" when his country calls him in after years.
 If you must swallow a bitter Dill, swallow it quickly and without com plaint You will find that easier than waiting until you are forced to gulp down the unwelcome dope
 A "slacker'' is simply one species of a coward He is always subject to an attack of cold feet" which is an other name for the disease of cow ardice. The boy who crawls out of little tasks will grow up to be the man who shirks large responsibMi- ties.
 The boy who is afraid to play left tackle because he must face an op- ponent stronger than himself is the boy who will prove a "slacker' at the call to arms.
 Remember that every time you avoid work, no matter how unimport- ant that work may be, you are com hitting an act of petty cowardice Petty cowardice, unless checked early easily develops into grand cowardice
 LILLIAN NJ. BREHAUT.
 Jersey City, N. J.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

1-Elizabeth M. Verveer, of Boston -Owlet Booklets.
 2-Miriam Shereshevsky, of Norwich The Motor Maids in Fair Japan.
 3-EIIa Redwood, of North Frank lin--The Boy Aviators in Africa.
 4.-Frieda Rethovsky, of Norwich The Motor Maids School Days.
 5-Blanche Lucier, of Taftville-The Bungalow Boys.
 6-Grace Goddard, of Willimantic- The Motor Maids at Surprise Camp.
 7-AIvin LachapeIIe, of South Centerbury-The Boy Inventors Div ing Torpedo Boat.
 S--Catherine A. Dunn, of Norwich Through the Looking Glass.
 The winners of prize books living in the city may call at the Bulletin business office for them at any hour after 10 a. m. Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED
How She Feeds the Birds.

Dear Uncle Jed:-I thought would write you a letter. and tell you how I feed the birds.
 I hang pieces of bread and some times unclean bones, on the trees; and the grains I throw over the ground, or when there is snow, I put it on some boards. I also throw out ashes for the birds like them.
 The kinds of birds that stay around my house are the chickadees, mar tens, bluejays, English sparrows and song sparrows.
 I like to watch them eat and hear them chirp.
 I hope some of the Wide-A -Awakes will try to feed the birds. and see how many kinds they can get, to stay around their house.
 We should all be kind to our feath- cred friends, for they destroy many insects throughout the year.
 MARY RYBGC. Mansfield.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
THE CURIOSITY OF BRIGHT EYES

hurt, and that the shadow Of unhap- piness had come into her mind.
 You have not been naughty" said mamma. you have made a little mis- take. You should have asked mamma why the posies did not grow faster, and when they would come, not have dug up their bed to see. They were moving all the time, now they have been buried so deep they cannot hear the sun call them, and will not come up."
 How you know the posies move ?" asked Bright Eyes.
 Because they are done up in little soeds and have to move to grow. The in it, and says: Comel' The tiny seeda first swell, and then burst their shells and then send roots out into the soil. When the roots bagin to feed the stem starts to greet ths ssln and 70 take upoli itself the shape fl must plant has to unfold itself, ane with the help of the sun and the elements makes posiss whina are the signals to the ltetle bees to come and sup their honey. It takes many weeks to do this, and little girls should be patient patient Tn waiting to become pretty
 Bright Eyes will not dig in the bed of the posies again." she said, she wait for the pretty flowers"
 And Bright Eyes was as good as her word: ana when mamma had made the bed over for the flowers and again planted the seed, she used to visit 1t daily and think how much slower postes wore than little girls.
 When she was larger girl she leatned what wonderful machines posie8 are, and how they had to have insects for worlmen in order to pro- ducc seeds; and. that some seeds are made to hop. and some to fly on the wind, ana some to hook upon the fur of animals; to be distributed; and h3w some flowers like the poppies SOW row of little holes in the top of its seed pod and the wind blows through these and when the pod sways on sha stem the seed is scattered az nicely as any machine can scatter sseS.
 This was not the last lessor Bright Eyes learned from the flowers.
 A. W. P.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-14
POET RY.
Old Don is Dead.

Old Don, our dear old dog, Is dead and
 gone,
 And I am lonesome, for miss him
 so; He was my playmate, and my con-
 stant chun1, And went with me wherever would He was the l,indest dog ever knew. And he was always honest and
 polite;
 And always did the thing he knew
 was right He used to run and find my ball for When l was playing. and would get And he would fetch" and carry things
 around, And surely loved the labor that 1t
 cost. I have no recollection of time When Don was not forever at my The sharer of my childish griefs and And I his constant pleasure, and his
 pride. His big brown eyes were ever full of
 love-
 When he would lay his head upon
 my knee: And am not 10 blame TOT DelnS sad, Because indeed old Don was dear to
 me. And if there ever was holy love, Devoted, pure, beneath the arching
 skies; A love that held all kinds of sacrifice, It shOne for me, in dear old Don's brown eyes. And while the weary years of life ahead, All lonely, and beset with tears and
 gloom, Stretch out in dreary prospect, still
 know
 That I shall meet old Don beyond
 the tomb. sThe grief I feel is not SO poignant
 then,
 Because I know that when I reach Where spirits dwell, that he will meet
 me there, For dogs like good old Don all have
 a soul Therefore, I have a sweet, sustaining
 hope,
 To dry my tears. and bid my heart
 be glad; While spirits whisper: Don has gone
 to sleep, But he will wake again, so be not
 sad. And you shall see his soft brown eyes glow,
 With all the light of duty, faith and
 love; Dogs have a soul, and those who have z been good {. Shall join, and know their masters
 up above"
 By Jake H. Harrison.