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Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-27
Chief Rain-in-the.Eaee

Dear Uncle Jed: 1 thought 1 would
write and tell you about the Indian
who was up to visit the school.
His Indian name was Rain-in-the-
Face. and his English name was Win
field Scott. He was very interest
ing. He wore his native suit Of buck
skin, Crnamented with different col
ored beads. He wore his moccasins
to. He had feathers in his hair and
on the end of the feathers he had tori
pieces of ribbon, and little bells, and
every time he shook his head the bells
would Jingle.
He told where he was born in Okla
homa, December %. 1865 He told how
the Indian squaw carried her papoose
When she is doing her work she hangs
the papoose on a tree, then when tbs
baby cries she rocks herself back and
forth, .,.-- !,
He had some pictures and post cards
to sell. One of the girls took the IN
dams picture.
South CnVonfry
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He Raised Bio suuaeh.,,

Dear Uncle Jedi am boy eleven
years old and live on q farm.
I want to tell you about some
squashes I raised last summer
raised four The largest weighed
seventy-on pounds, and the others
were quite large, too.
I have a hotbed and raised some to-
rnato plants. / gave my father Soma
plants and had some. got about
five baskets of tomatoes from twenty
plants. sat UP three cans alone. I
opened one can and II was al right.
I am saving seeds to plant next
year.
I took box and made apartments
In 1t like an esq box, each part for
different kinds of seeds.
Now I will tell you and the wide
Awakes about my chickens. got one
dozen eggs from Storrs college and
set them.
Five Matched, they all lived. and
were pullets. When the man came
after one to pay for the eggs, he
bought two others and gave me three
dollars for them. ] sold the other
two, to my uncle and received two dol
lars. 1 hope to raise some more next
year.
RAYMoN W. GRAY, Age II.
VEi11fv,7o
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-27
Nice Time Sliding Down Hill.

Dear Uncle Jed: am going to tell
you about the nice times we have slid
ing down the hill.
There are six large hills around here
One if the, neighbors has a bobsied
ne lets US take to slide onl Right aft
er school there is a small hill near the
school house that we slide on at re-
cesses, but noontime we have more
time to slide so we go on the larger
hills to slide.
The first time we went sliding we
did not take the bobsled, but we did
the next day. We have only been
sliding twice on the large hills. The
first time we went we got back to
school just on time. The next time
we were five minutes late so don't
know If the teacher will let US go SO
far again.
The next. day was Saturday. The
boys went sliding in the morning, but
the girls couldn't go before afternoon
By afternoon the boys got the bob
8 half mile from home and the bob
sled was heavy to pull. There were
two or three bends in the hill so one
Of the bays has to go down ahead Of
us TO see if there was a team coming.
He had to signal twice; and once #
there wasn't a team coming. We
stayed there sliding for three hours
and had about ten slides, or more. We
were then getting cold so we started
for home. There were eight or nine
sliding on the bobsled. We all had
a nice time and hope 1t will be so we
can go next Saturday.
ARLENE PEARL, Age II.
Augusta, Ne.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-27

A Trip Through an Alligator Farm.
Dear Uncle Jedi am going to tell
you about a trip through the alligator
farm.
Alligator eggs would make splendid
angel food cake. for they have no
yolls.
The female alligator lays from nifty
to one hundred eggs each season, but
instead Of laying them like a hen, one
day, she lays them all in one day.
She then mixes a bed of slime and
dry leaves, covers her eggs and leaves
the mass to ferment.
The heat of the fermentation hatch
es the eggs. 1t requires sixty days.
mother gator returns and digs her
young out OF the decaying mass and
leaves them to shift for themselves.
At the alligator farm in Los Angles
cannabalism is prevented by penning
alligators of the same size in one pen.
Even then fierce fights occur among
the larger reptiles.
Their teeth are not adopted for cut
ting and they are unable to reach their
food with their short fore paws.
On the alligator farm there is a
hospital for wounded gators, where
they are nursed till they are well.
They are finally killed for their hides
Among the patients are gators with
eyes out. legs bitten of and tails gone
All the treatment necessary for their
wounds is mud No fever ever sets in
in their wounds.
The gators. are killed painlessly by
putting them into great iron tanks,
and turning the gas on.
DORIS EASTERBROOKS, Age 9.
Willimantic.
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Yantic

a flne time. and wish to go again nezt
year.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-27
In Hard Luck.

The Bull Moosers are playing IN
hard luck. Jane Adams threatens TO
quit unless Roosevelt does.-RochesteT
Herald
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-27
The American Museum of Natural
History.

The American Museum of Natural
History.
This great institution occupies part
Of the square enclosed by 7Tth and
S1st streets, Central Park west, and
Columbus avenue. The present build
ing is a part Of group that will some
one can find something to interest him
there.
The building itself is imposing. the
exhibition halls are roony and bright,
and the collections are extensive and
complete. Here may be seen collec-
tions that will help the children in
of mammals, birds, insects, shells, fos-
sils, woods, minerals and gems.
In cases we find Indian relics, which
help us to understand a little about
Indian life There are thousands of
objects gathered here that show some
thing of the customs and domestic life
of many of the different races of North
and South America, and IN other coun-
tries.
There is large lecture hall in which
lectures are given to teachers and pu-
pills of the public schools and also to
the general public.
Cases containing specimens for study
are always welcome in the museum,
are sent directly to the school. They
are helpful in the study of birds, in
sects, corals, sponges, woods and min
erals.
Children are always welcome in the
museum.
BERTHA BTENENsToCK, Age 10.
New York CITY
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-27
Had a Fine Time at Meheaan Psrk

Dear Uncle Jed: I spent some OF
my vacation with my cousin and
grandmother at Norwich Town last
summer. We visited Mohegan park
which I enjoyed very much, watching
the different animals.
NV mother and two sisters and a
number of friends. came later from
Lebanon. We all had a picnic to-
gether, and wish you could have been
there to see how happy. all of US chill
dren were. 1t is q lovely place for
children to play.
A neighbor took US out on the lake
for row in a boat and we all had
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-27
The Indian STORY Of the PIsiades.

Have you ever seen the seven
Pleiades? They are a group of seven
stars which are sometimes, but
wrongly, called the little 6ipper.
Once upon time there were seven
Indian boys which were great friends.
Every night they went to q little
mound. There they would feast and
sing. First they would eat corn and
beans, then one of the number would
sit on the mound and sing, the others
would dance around the mound.
One night they thought that they
would have a much grander feast than
usual. Each agreed upon what to
bring. But their parents would not let
them have what they wanted, so they
went to the mound without the feast
The singer sat on the mound and
sang while the others danced. AS they
| danced their heads and their hearts
grew lighter until at last they flew VI
until they reached the sky.
| Their parents saw them and called
| to them to come back, but they did not
They changed into stars. One Is dim
mer than the rest, and some people say
| it is because the little singer is home
| sick, but cannot come back.
This is a story in my reading book
| which is about Indians.
MASON PARKER, Age IL.
| Mansfield
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could not be gay. Martha's conscience
was reckoning her to do what was
right, but still she did not turn back.
When they reached the lake all the
girls strapped on, their skates and
were on the ice in a few minutes, but
Martha did not put on her skates. She
stood just where the girls had left her
and as she thought OF what she had
done she knew she could not go skat-
ing. That would be disobeying her
mother, SO back she turned. and
o'clock found a repentant little girl
fast asleep.
The next morning she got UP with
heavy heart, but she Immediately
confessed to her mother, and being
forgiven was gay once more,
At the breakfast table Martha spied
the newspaper The headlines, which
were "A Serious Accident at the Lake
Last Night" caught her eye. The item
went on telling how one OF the girls
had skated on dangerous place and
had slipped and had been seriously
hurt, was now under the doctors care
She looked up to her mother with
tears IN her eyes and said:
"Oh! mother. I shall never disobey
you again."
| Noy-uich
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-27
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

took many arguments ana several ses-
stems Of the legislature and thousands
OF dollars to get the error corrected.
Many mans errors have lived after
him for hundreds OF years It Is best
to be accurate or all the world may
go wrong on your account.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-27

sObed, 'saad hide them i'm the loft. Amos
and I will stay here and watch for
the Indians and perhaps father will
come soon to help us"
In moment the children were hid
den. the fire was covered and the boys
were peerinS out into the darkness.
Look! lool!" whispered Amos;
there is a shadow behind that tree.
think 1t is an Indian"
Then, as he saw the shadow move,
he spoke again. Let Us try to scare
him away, Obed. The 3ack-os-iantern,
quick!"
The tack-o'-lantern was lighted and
set in the window. 1t moved it's head
from side to side and glared and stared
into the night.
The Indian saw its shining eyes. Its
grinning mouth and he fed through
the woods in terror.
"Fhe flre spirit, the fire spiritl" he
called to his comrades, and they hur-
ried with him back TO the swamp.
All night long Obed kept the jack
o. lantern in the window.
JOHN FOX, Age 10.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-27

Yantic.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-12-13

Sale still on at ereenbaum's. op m every night until o'clock until Christmas. d23.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-12-13
SPREADS
 ALASKA GOSPEL
 TO ASSOCIATES
Makes Address Before Traffic Men of the Canadian Pacific
 at Winnipeg.

F. r. W. Lowle, general agent or the Canadian Pacific for Alaska and Yukon Territory. returned yester- day from Whitehorse and is making his first stop in Juneau since he went to Winnipeg recently to at tend the conference of traffic olii- cers of the Canadian Pacific Lines.
 The conference lasted from No- yember 14th to November 18th and during the session Mir. Lowle read a paper prepared by himself on the trip from Vancouver up the coast to Skagway, to Dawson and Atlin. The address was illustrated by a map of Alaska on a large scale and with lnnumerable photographs furnished by the publicity department of the Canadian Pacific to use in securing traffic and tourist trade to Alaska.
 All of the traffic officers were very much interested in the address and asked many questions about the Ter ritory which were answered by Mir. Lowle and each of the men present left the meeting with better idea of Alaska and Alaskan conditions than ever before. They will use the
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-12-13
GHSISTMAS MAIL SHOULD BE SENT
 SOUTH TONIGHT

Christmas packages for southern points should be mailed tonight to cave on the Dolphin. Admiral Wat ion or AlKi to absolutely insure delivery before Christmas Follow ng those boats the next southbound lailing which will handle mail Is he Alameda about December 17th. This is the only steamer landing in Seattle before Christmas day. the others leaving here will reach Seattle either on Sunday. the day before Christmas. or on Christmas day.
 The Christmas boat from the outh this year will be the admiral Watson. which is scheduled to sail rom Seattle on December 2Oth and which will be due here Saturday night or Sunday morning before Christmas. Other boats arriving be- ore Christmas day from the south yil be the Mariposa, due next Tues lay. the City Of Seattle. due next Tuesday, and the Humboldt Friday. The Prince Rupert will arrive from he south on Christmas Eve, but does rot carry mail.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-12-13

SUNSHINE Fruit Cake at Gold teins Emporium. 59c per pound package. d9-tf.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-12-13
LONGEST ARM OF LAW RIGHT
 HERE IN NORTH
Harry E. Pratt of the Interior Discusses Judicial District
 of Alaska.

SEATTLE, Dec. 6.-The arm Of the law in the Fourth judicial di- vision of Alaska is longer than in any other judicial district of the United States. and the area of the district is greater than that of any other judicial district in the Union. Harry F. Pratt. assistant U. s. at- torney at Fairbanks, the judicial seat of the Fourth division, is in se- attle aftermaking a trip outside on business, says the Times. The dis trict which Mir Pratt helps to gov ern is four times the size of the state of Washington. and stretches north and south from the Alaskan range to the Arctic ocean and east and west from Yukon Territory to Bering sea.
 The main terms of court are held at Fairbanks. but to minister law in other more remote parts of the division it is necessary for the court to move from place to place, much IS the floating court of the Third ! division, which reaches out into the Aleutian islands. The judge, his secretary. the United States attor- ney and an assistant. the clerk oi 1 the court. deputy marshal and three stenographers comprised the party which left Fairbanks carly in the spring this year to hold court at Ruby and lditarod, and did not return until three months later. The trip entailed travelling over 2,5O0 miles on steamboat. motor boat and tramway
 Court records in the Fourth di- vision contain many interesting ep- lsodes. showing the fearlessness and bravery of the representatives Of Uncle Sam. Once a deputy marshal went out in 40 below weather on a "mush" of over 1000 miles to dig out alone the body of a murdered prospector and bring it to Fair [ banks where there were enough peo- pie to hold an inquest
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-12-13

ty days after the publication there. of, you contribute your portion of such expenditure as q co-owner, to- wit; the sum of One Hundred thir- ty three and 33-1OO ($133.SS) dollars your interest in said lode mining claims will be forfeited to the un' dersigned, who has made such ex- penditure, and will become his prop. erty in the manner provided by law.
 Dated this Eighth day of Decem' ber 1916.
 ed F.1w. KEToHMARK.G loi First publication Dec. 8, 1916. Last publication, Mar. 10. 1917.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-12-13

information acquired in informing prospective tourists of the attrac- lions of the northern trip.
 Mir. Lowle stated this morning that the schedule of the sailings of the company boats for the next year has been decided and ample ar arrangements for the care of the im- mense tourist trade which will come north next summer has been made but that he is not at present at liberty to disclose the names of the boats to be operated.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-12-13

ords of said Harris Mining district, Territory of Alaska.
 Said work was performed in the years 1915 and 1916 to hold said claims under the provisions of Sec ton 2924 of the Revised Statutes Of the United Stateg, and the amend ments thereto approved January 22nd, 1880, concerning annual labor upon mining claims. being the amount required to hold said claims.
 You, and each of you, gre hereby notified that unless within ninety days after the personal service of this notice upon you, or within nine
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-12-13
Personal Mention

Captain F. J. Thornton. well mown in Juneau as the skipper of the mail steamer Georgia which operated out of here for so many ,ears on the Sitka run. was on the Dolphin last night, acting as one 1f the officers of that ship.
 Charles G. Titus, of Jualin, ar lived from here yesterday and is It the NeN, Cain hotel.
 Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Small, Of Whitehrose, are in the city reg istered at the Gastineau. Mir. Small is connected with one of the large mines of the Whitehorse section. They arrived from the north on the City of Seattle.
 J. W. Combs, deputy marshal from Iaines. accompanied by his son. ar lived on the City of Seattle and is tt the Gastineau hotel.
 Mir. and Mrs. N. F. Gilkey are 'egistered at the Alaskan. Mrs. Gil- ley just returned on the Dolphin rom an extended trip to the States where she has been visiting Mir Gilkey is one of the Treadwell book keepers.
 James Kennedy. former mayor Of jkagway and prosperous merchant )f that city, arrived yesterday and at the Gastineau hotel for few days.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-12-13
NOTICE
Department or the Interior ) United States Land Office ]
poriunn.

Department or the Interior )
 United States Land Office )
 Juneau. Alaska, october 2S. 1916.
 Notice is hereby given that Simon C. Stevenson of Juneau. Alaska, who on October 2, 1914, filed homestead application No. O1725 for the land em. braced in U. s. Survey No. 1OS2, has filed notice of his intention to submit proof to establish his claim to said land before U. s. Commis- sioner R. w. DeArmond at his of flee at Sitka, Alaska. where said applicant will appear as principal and witness, on January 31. 1917 al 10 o'clock a. m., and on the same day before the Register and Receiy- CT at Juneau, Alaska, at 10 o'clock a. m., where two of the following named witnesses will appear 70 sub nit testimony. to-wit:
 Thomas Knudsen, Henry Hansen, Thomas Thorsen and Andrew Brown III of Juneau, Alacka.
 Said survey, containing 5i.S0 acres s located about 5h miles northwest of Juneau, Alaska, on the northerly portion of Douglas Island and on Gas tlneau Channel, more particularly de- scribed as follows. to-wit:
 Beginning at Cor. No. M. c. on line of ordinary high tide Gastineau Channel, w. c. due south 2.24 chso whence U. S. l. M No. SS1 bears N. 59o 6 E. 129.74 chs, thence due S. 27O5 chs, to Cor. No 9, thence due w. 14.S7 chs, to Cor. No. 3 M. C.. on said line of ordinary high tide, thence N. 26.95 chs. to Cor. N 4. NJ C. on said line, thence mcandering said line, CD N. S9o 3O' E. S.6O chs (2) N. 1S0 45' E. 5.76 chains; (S) N. 1Oo 15' w. PFC chains; (4) S. 61' SO' BOA chains; (5) s. S5' 45' E. .713 chains; co N. 66o SO' F. 3.S2 chains; CD S. 15' 45' E. POS chains; (S) S. 24o 15' W 311 chains; (9) Is. 470 15' w. 1.91 chains; (10) S. S4o 45' E. III chaiLs; CID S. 27' SO' w. S.1S chains; to Cor. No. l, the place of beginning. Mag. Var .S1' E.
 c. B. WALKER, Register First publication, Oct. 24. 1916. Last publication. Jan. l, 1917.
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EMPIRES classifIeds pG7.
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BIG OIL TANK
 GOLLAPSES AT
 HARRIS CANNERY
Contents Smeared Over Water and Hundreds of Wild Birds
 Are Killed.

With a roar that could be heard for miles the 5000 gallon crude oil tank at the P. E. Harris can lery at Hawk Inlet gave away last Sunday and the contents of the tank is now spread over the waters )f Southeastern Alaska for a dis ,ance of sixty miles. The accident was caused by the underpinning of the tank becoming loosened by the frost and it collapsed. allowing the tank to fall, breaking all connections md badly crumpling the tank The .ank and contents are total loss.
 The word of the accident was brought to the city yesterday after noon by the watchman at the can nery who came in to cable the own PTS of the cannery. He stated that ducks. geese. sea gulls and other wa ter birds by the thousands have lost their lives through getting caught and smeared with the crude oil, making it impossible for them to fly.
 "The oil has spread for 60 miles m every direction. It has been car ried by the wind and tide and also by it's own powers of spreading over the water until it is now to be seen put in ley Straits and Lynn Canal and also down Chatham straits in ,he other direction. The tank had just been recently filled with a large amount of oil which was to be lsed at the very first of the season next year." said the watchman.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-12-13

First publication, Oct. 24, 1916. Last publication. Jan. 1, 1917.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-12-13

Now is tnc time to purchase your TOYS for the kiddles, our assort- ment is complete and now open for inspection. Goldstein's Elm porium. d24
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EoREElruRE NOTICE
O c. l.. Maglll end F. H. Magi
 their heirs and assigns:

LWUII WUIIo NIIW V7NlE1''7'
 You, and ecch of you, are hereby notified that during the years 1915 and 1916. the undersigned has ex- pended more than One Hundred (S1OO) in labor and improvements upon the lode mining claims, known as and called "KetOhmark" and "Lil- Han" situate in the Harris Mining District, Territory of Alaska, and in which mining locations you, and each of you, claim an undivided one third interest, as shown by nctice of location thereof ct pages Il and 1S of volume 20 of miscellaneous rec
The Washington herald., 1916-09-19
Get the Habit of
Drinking Hot Water
Before Breakfast
Says we can't look or feel right
with the system full
Of polsons.

Millions Of folks bathe internally
now instead of loading their system
with drugs. Whats an inside bath 90
you say. Well, 1t is guaranteed to per-
form miracles II you could believe
'these hot water enthusiasts.
There are vast numbers of men and
women who, imm mediately upon arising
in the morning. drink a glass of real
hot water with a teasponful of lime
stone phosphate in it. This is a very
excellent health measure. 1t is intend
ed to flush the stomach, liver, kidneys
and the thirty feet OF intestines of the
previous days waste, sour bile and in
digestible material left over in the
body, which If not eliminated every
day, become food for the millions of
bacteria which infest the bowels. The
quick result is poisons and toxins
which are then absorbed into the blood,
causing headache, bilious attacks, foul
breath, bad taste, colds, stomach trou-
BILE, kidney misery. sleeplessness, i'm
pure blood and all sorts of ailments,
People who feel good one day and
badly the next, but who simply can
not get feeling right. are urged to OBJ
tain a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate at the drug store. This will
cost very little, but is sufficient to
make any one a real crank on the sub
ject of internal sanitation.
Just as soap and hot water act on the
skin. cleansing, sweetening and fresh
ening, so limestone phosphate and hot
water act on the stomach, liver, kid
neys and bowels. 1t is vastly more i'm
portant to bathe on the inside than on
the outside, because the skin pores do
not absorb impurities into the blood,
while the bowel pores do.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-19
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

WHITE
Richard E. Mitchell q, Of Hammock. County. Va,
and Ema N. Kelley. q, Of Richmond. Va Rev,
Harry D. Mitchell.
Louis Lipsky. a. and Ida Bischow. ls. Rev. G.
Silverstone.
Arthur L Schultz. 8. Of Baltimore and Hattic
B. Fenner. ., Of Columbus Ohio. Rev. G. W.
VanFossen.
Henry B. Bailey a, Of Washington. and Hslsr
L. Giordona. %, Of Old Point Comfort, Va Rev
M. P. Egan.
Joseph H. Frsnthsm, 81. of Washington, and
Georgia B. Philes. 26. Of Pittsburgh, Pa Rev
W. L. Devries
Harry Frochhck. r. and Barbara E. Kay. Is both
Of Charleston, W Va. Rev. a. D. France
Walter Brooks, 2, Of CostesTille, Pa. and Ethe
L. Ayers, "a. of Canton, Pa. Rev. F. W. johnson
Aubrey B. Merchant, 20 and Emma E. Brom
we'll II. Rev. c. z. Granger.
COLORED.
Oscar Parker. ., and Matte Queen, q Rev
". H. Dean.
John L. Carter -. of Washington. D. c.. and
Josephine Lloyd. q, Of Washington, Va. Rev. J.
N. Waldron.
Isaac Reayes. "a, and Charlotte Sims. q. Rev
G. H. Harris
Walter Mangrun. n, and Lillian E Reed. Is
Rev. W. J. lyman.
Lorenzo D. walston. 2s and Edwina A. Mercy
s. Rev. ]. ]. OConnor.
Clinton Young. o. and Estella Errington. 20. Rev
David Johnston.
Emmett Brown, 90, and Lille waddy, 50. Rev. J.
II. Randolph.