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Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03
EARLE'S VICTORY

A discOnsolate look settled on Mrs. Steele's countenance as she gazed up- uH her shelves and realized that her late sickness had used up I.r sur plus money and her supplies were run ming short and it would be some time before she would be able to work again to support herself and her two children.
 Her husbands death after a long and painful sickness several years be- fore had left her with only a small sum of money after all expenses were paid. but she was then strong and well Her strength had been over taNed in struggling to supply the necessities of life and to keep her two children in school and now she found herself almost willing to drift. as if were anyhow and anywhere.
 As she thoughH of the efforts she had made of her failures. she mutte-- ed 10 herself Whats the use of trv- ing-for I have tried She was still too weak to realize that this feeling was due to her sickness and lack of strength.
 This idea seemed to predominate throughout the household. for Earle and Ethel had grown careless and did not tidy mp the house or care for their looks and dress as well as they might have done
 As they had only recently moved into the town no wonder the family WIS considered shiftless.
 Earle Steele is a nice fellow. Ethel Steele is a good girl" said their play mates. but they are so careless about their looks and wear such old clothes that we cannot ask them to our homes.
 For this and for other reasons the neighbors did not even know of the poor woman's sickness, so the family
 
 a helping hand until some encourag ging word from his teacher famed the spark of ambition and set tt aglow. for in spite of poverty and old clothes Earle resolved to find some means of helping his dearly beloved, sick moth er.
 There was something really heroic in the resolution which this poor. dis -oura ged boy made with clenched fists and tightly compressed lips, for he was only thirteen years of age.
 Although Ethel was younger, he znew that his sister would help him when he knew what to do, but for the present it was her duty to wait on the still tired mother.
 While still waiting for an opportu- aity to help his mother, Earle work. sd hard at school and won the resnect and goodwill of his teacher. He al 90 continued each afternoon after gchool to drive Neighbor Griswold's ,ows from the pasture, and in this way he procured the needed milk for nome consumption.
 During his walks too and from the pasture. Earle acquired the habit of ,ersonating with gestures the mort speecbes and poems which he lad read ad nnamori7od at school, with he cows, trees. and shrubs, for an audience.
 This practice served to strengthen mi encourage him so that at his eachers' suggestion he became a con- estant in a prize speaking contest which was to be held by the boys of l7e school.
 The teacher asked him to join the contestants.
 'rWhatl Me-" cried Earle, redden-
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and Baron Takahira to the Portsmouth conference, was present at the sessions of the conference and because of his fine knowledge of English was select ed to make such communications 70 American journalists as the Japanese delegates deemed necessary.
 It was while he was minister to Hol- land that MT. SatO attended the second International Conference and the In ternational Opium Coference and 1t present European war that he was au- pointed Ambassador to the court of Austria. His ambassad was
 brief and dramatic. Tt lasted just nineteen days" explained MT Sato.
 T left Paris on the last train which ever reached Vienna. On August 8, 1914, I was received by Emperor Francis Joseph. An August 25 I was requested to leave Austria. Two days
 before, Japan had declared war on
 Germany. On my own responsibility I asked the American ambassador,
 Mir. Penfeld, to look after Japanese
 interests. He most kindly consent ed"'
 MT. Sato left Vienna August 27, in
 what came to be known as the am of that city the cars were stoned. About twenty window -panes were de- mOlished but no one was hurt.
 MT. SatO's long residence in the
 united states and his knowledge of
 American conditions together with his long experience in diplomacy in many
 countries are believed to well quail
 fly him for the post at Washington, though regret is expressed at the de-
 parture of ViscOunt Chinda whose handling of the immigration question met with noticeable commendation In this connection, it is noted that the attitude of the Congress in meeting Japans wishes on the Burnett bill has caused a favorable impression in Japan.
 MT. Sato, who is of medium height, is alert and active in manner and gives an impression of directness and business-IilIe capacity. He speaks in English with extreme facility. Like all Japanese he is a hard worker. When he can find a spare moment in his dip lomatic duties, he quietly finds a rod and seeks repose fishing.
 Being in indifferent health Mrs. Sa-
 to will not accompany her husband to Washington.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03
Paid in iron.

A small iron pot, capable of holding about one quart, was the first output of the iron industry in America. This humble uuensil was cast at q foundry on the Saugus river, near Lynn, be- fore 1850.
 James Leonard, who came to Amer ica, in the Serylce of Winthrop, is the father of the American iron industry He did not remain long at Saugus. James and Henry, his brother, went to Braintree. From that point they explored the old colony With their spades, tOngs and hammers they went up and down the streams, testing the water for chaiybeate signs, where little Thomas, son of James, cut . birch sapling and dropped q line for trout.
 In the records of Taunton under date Of Oct. 2l, 1852, it appears that the town made a contract with these Leonards and certain Ralph Russel to set up Q bIComery work on the Two Mile river"
 The boy Thomas, under his father i teaching, grew to be the Tu6al-Catn of his locality. He established fOTges and smithies in various neighbOThOOds It required several hundred bushels Of charcoal and two weeks time to heat the furnace hot enough to srnelt the ore. When started, the furnace could not be stopped until the blast of fSe or six months was completed. The WOrknen knew no regular week days or Sundays but spent their time alternately at the furnaces and in the cook shed. where tables were set day and night, and a cook, with a big kettle full of meat and vegetables simmering upon the fire, was constantly at hand. 1 In 1T27 an establishment for making
 iron pots and kettles was built in East i Taunton by a joint stock company l One of the LeonaTds set up a forge upon the Taunton mill stream. When it was finished Captain Leonard re-
 marked: NOW let us hope well of it, and what shall we name it?" Why not call it HOpeweu forge?" i said a bystander. The word chung and | Is still a local name.
 l Iron was long used as a medium of exchange. The minister, at first paid in provisions, later received part of his | stipend in iron.
 JESSIE L. BRG1HAUT. ! Red Bank, N. J,
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Thomas Jefferson.

There were many great men of the Revolutionary period. Among these was Thomas Jefferson.
 He was the author of the Declara- ton of Independence. His father was a Virginian planter and surveyor.
 Jefferson was born in 1743 and like most Virginia boys was fond of hunt ing, riding, and swimming; but he did not waste his life in sport. He at tended Williamsburg college and be- came a famous student. Sometimes he studied fifteen hours a day
 While he was a student, the colonies were thrown into violent excitement by the passage of the Stamp Act in England. While this excitement was raging Jefferson heard the famous speech of Patrick Henry against the Stamp Act. This speech made great impression on young Jefferson and in 1796 he was elected vice presi- dent. In 1900 he was chosen president of the United States.
 MARY D. MURPHY, Age Il.
 Taftville.
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The Events of a Day.

Norwich last Thursday, there was an other friend of mine had to go, so we both went together.
 We took the quarter of 2 car from Uncasville and after we had bought our tickets and gene a little ways my hat flew off: it first went on to a man In back of me and then flew out of the car. The man was so surprised that he did not catch it in time.
 The man, when seeing the hat go out, shouted: Its gone! It's gone!"
 The conductor did not see the hat when it blew out, and so the car did not stop until we were about a quarter of a mile away from 1t. Then we went
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My Vacation at Grandrna's.

Early one morning in September mama, papa and I started on our va cation to grandma's who lives on a farm in Torrington, Conn.
 I enjoyed the ride on the cars very much, and it was very interesting.
 There were large fields of tobacco growing.
 I like to ride over the Connecticut river road and through the long, dark tunnel.
 When I got to grandma's had lots of fun.
 My two little cousins were there, too.
 When grandpa gathered the pump kins we helped, too. We carved funny faces on the small ones and lit them at night.
 We expect to go again soon. I have lots of good times planned.
 JOSEPHINE ATWOOD, Age g. WiIIimantic.
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A Fourth of July Celebration.

Dear Uncle Jed: Monday, the third, went to Easthampton, Mass, to spend the Fourth. At ten thirty p. m. I went to the water carnival at Nashawannock Pond. There I saw thirteen boats and canoes decorated with Japanese lanterns and the Na- tionaI colors.
 The next morning about two o'clock there was a pa24de composed of boys footing horns, and dragging COW bells
 At ten o'clock the parade began. In the parade were the marshals, police men, Boy Scouts, three bands and a drum corps, not including the Glen dale Street Drum corps( which con- sisted of antiques and horribles). A
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A Brick Doll Housa.

Houses are built of many materials. There are brick houses, stone houses and frame houses, but the very latest thing is the cornstalk house.
 Of course, you all know houses made of cornstarch brick is not for people to live in, but it is a real house for dolls Instead of people.
 Any girl or boy who will take pains can learn to bqllld a brick doll house.
 For a very small brick house, take one-half a cup of salt, one-fourth of a cup of cornstarch, mix thoroughly, and add one-fourth ot a cup of cold water. You want to color them a very dark reddish orange with water color paints. so as to give them the Appearance of
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03
What Happened to Baby Earl.


 My mother had boiled a fine pot of beef soup early this morning and Of course Earl wanted a bOWlful.
 "Iu tell you what I'll dO," declared mother. T will give you large bowl Of soup and a glass of cold milk if you promise me you will go under the tree and eat it.''
 Earl said: "Oh! Yes, I will, for love beef soup"
 My mother had brought out two soft cushions and rested Baby Earl fine and comfortable, and soon she was back to her work.
 A little ways from Earl was an enormous ant heap. Not long after Earl was seated there was many ants came to visit baby to see if they could get something to eat, and the bold creatures all craWled in baby's soup.
 Soon after baby started to scream. He even was afraid to get up, for he thought the ants would follow him and bite him.
 My mother came running from the house, for she thought @ dog had tried to get the soup away from baby and baby wouldn't give it to him and she thought the dog had bit him. She took him up in her arms and carried him to the house. He cried so hard that he fell asleep and mother couldn't help thinking what had happened to Baby Earl.
 MILDRED E. WHITE, Age Is.
 Stafford Springs.
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The Bold Hawks.

Most every day a red-tailed chicken hawk comes and takes away 9 chick en, that is. only we don't see him. We can easily know him from the other hawks because his tail is red and he comes before noon and sometimes about 4 or 3 o'clock. He doesn't fly to the coop right off, but circles above it, then flies away and comes back again when no one sees him.
 Once, when we were in the garden, we heard the chickens flying about the yard. and, when my sister went to see what was the matter a big chicken hawk flew through the little windows that the chickens go in.
 Another time I saw him flying about one foot from the ground, and trying to get a little chicken, but l clapped my hands and houOred: Boom! Boom! Bang" and then he flew away across the meadow.
 That hawk took away more chick ems than the mink killed last year.
 WALTER SUPINA, Aged 15.
 Stafford Springs
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03
THE WINNERS OF BOOKS.

1-Frances E. Adams, of EagIeville: Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in Camp Rest-a-W While
 2-Christine 5urdick of Jewett City: A Childs Garden of Verses.
 3-katherine Hickey of Montville: Madge AIorton's Trust
 4-Beatrice E. Burnham of Hamp- ton: Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Grandpa's Farm.
 5-Jessie L. 5rehaut of Red Bank, N. J., R. F. D.: The Scarlet Letter.
 Gillian M. Brehaut of Red Bank, N. J., R. F, D.: Automobile Girls at Newport.
 7-HeTen Coombs of South Canter- bury: Automobile Girls at Washing ton.
 8-HeIen Kahn of Franklin; The Little Lame Prince.
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When Anna Lived On Farm,

Dear Uncle Jed: When we lived on 8 farm in Franklin, we had ten cows and I think we had six horses. We had pigs and chickens. I was five years old then.
 I used to go out riding with my father in the wagons.
 One day my father was going out to cut corn and I wanted to go with him. He did not want me to go at first, but after a while he said I could go.
 When we got there my father gave me a corn cutter and told me to cut. l took it and the first time l tried it I cut my finger. Then my father took me home and said I had better not cut corn for a while. I have the mark On my finger yet.
 ANNA ANDERSON. Age II.
 Norwich.
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My Small Brown Dog
By Miss A. G. Thayer.

By Miss A. G. Thayer.
 I. He does not wait till l appear; A sixth sense tells him l am near; He greets me with a clarion clear My small brown dog.
 II ! tell him worrying odds and ends Of things too small for human friends - most attentive ear he bends My small brown dog.
 III. He never asks the reason why; He never makes a "fooT reply. Nor wonders when I smile or sigh My small brown deg.
 ". They say this world sees all of him, But that's because their sight is dim. ! think the glorious seraphim Like small brown dogs.
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Ny Cat and Her Kittens,

Dear Uncle Jed: My cat has two kit tens. They both have double paws and have blue eyes. One is gray and the other one is white spotted with black and yellow.
 My big cat is gray and white. She has lots of trouble with her kittens, for when she wiggles her tail they grab it and bite it.
 The kittens are very nice. They sleep in our bed, also in my mothers slipper. They are very lively
 FERDINAND FOISY, Age Il.
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In the Fourth Grade

Dear Uncle Jed: I will be in the fourth grade at school next year. My brother will be in the fifth grade. 1 like to go to school.
 Our teachers name is Miss Curran. My baby sister is two years old. Sine will be three in November. She is very cunning and can say everything that you ask her to say.
 CATHERINE A. HOLDEN, Age 8.
 South Windham
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LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Katherine Hickey Of 1Iontville: I received the prize book entitled Ander- sons Fairy Tales. I have read it all through and found it very interesting.
 Walter supina of Stafford Springs: I thank you very much for the fine story book. I just wished I had one of the Pony Rider Boys story books.
 Helen Coonnbs of South Coventry: [ received my prize book last Friday for which I thank you very much. I have read it through and found it very
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03
Rules for Young Writers.

l. Write plainly on one side of the paper only, and number the pages. 2. Use pen and ink, not pencil. 3. Short and pointed articles will De given preference. Do not use over 2S0 words.
 1. Original stories or letters only will be used
 5. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications to Uncle Jed. Bulletin Of1ce.
 Whatever you are-Be that!
 Whatever you say-Be trueI
 Stratghtforwardly act,
 Be honest-in fact
 Be nobody else but you"
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back after it and we went to a friends there and waited for the next car. We took the car again and had to pay within two cents of our regular fare. We got to Norwich and my friend left me and I went to the den- tist.
 IDA BONVILLE, Age Il. MontViIle.
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CaTherine's Doll.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write and tell you about my doll. got her for Christmas. She has blue flower on it. a white dress, with blue flowers on it; blue stockings, white slippers and curly hair. She is very pretty.
 CATHERINE A. HOLDEN, Age 8. South Windham.
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Fiossie's Kittens.

One morning my brother came from the barn and said: ''F1ossie has got two cunning kittens"
 We all wanted to see them, so he climbed upon the hay-mow and brought them in his hat to show them to us; and there was a little gray one. It looked like a mouse and a little red and white one. Now they have grown very large and are playful.
 GRACE GEER, Age Il.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-03
UNCLE JEC's TALK TO WIDE.
 AWAKES

What do you suppose makes the sky blueo You haven't thought of this. Well, millions of people have lived and died and will live and die without ask ing themselves this question.
 We are told by astronomers there are millions of worlds in space, but not one of them has a blue sky that has not an atmosphere, or that is not
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Milford. = Yesterday announcement was made that no children under IS years Of age will be allowed to go to | the public library.
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interesting, so thought would try my luck again.
 Grace A. BurriTI, of Stafford Springs Thank you very much for the prize book entitled "The High School Pitcher"
 FIessie Meyer, of TaftviIIe-I thank you for the book I received, Madge Morton's Victory It is an enjoyable book.
 Alfred Levetsky, of Norwich - I thank you many times for the prize book you sent me. It is a good story and I enjoyed reading it very much.
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LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.

Montvi1le.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-02-18

Librarian Wheeler of the Reuben
Mcmillan institution says too many
persons look upon a library in the
wrong light Think of it as a great
many books scattered about the city,
and don't consider it merely build
ing" he says. This is good advice,
well expressed. But small percent
age of us appreciate the library or
take advantage of it's opportunities.
A stranger in a city who has not ac-
cess to clubs finds two places always
open to him-the public library and
the saloons. If he is the right kind OF
man he seeks out the former. He gets
education and recreation there. To see
the hundreds assembled in the reading
rooms of public library in one OF the
large cities of the West where there
are many transients is an education
in the use of the library. It can be
made just as useful to man at home.
Don't look upon it as mere place
with four walls outside and furnish
ings inside. A person who would con-
slider theater only as place where
there is a stage and collection OF
seats would be considered foolish. Yet
that's the view often taken of the II
brary that invites your company
Youngstown Telegram.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-02-18
MAN IN THE SEARCHED BOSOM
Writer CieverIy Points Out How APP
Pearances May Be, as They Usu-
ally Are, Deceptive.

By, a man" one probably means
fallible mortal, buffer, a hypo-
critic, an insecure and inexperienced
adventurer, a child born naked into
the world every morning of his life.
Reunited to ones institution, ones
infallibility speedily returns, and it
is convenient to have it. But it does
disguise the limitations that person
knows within himself. At the begin
ming of a mans life, before he is taken
up into an institution, he is aware of
all this. But after he dons a uniform
of authority the luxury of candor is
denied. Conformity is perhaps needed
for Notwithstanding world, and by
striving to articulate the machinery an
approximation to candor may be made.
1t may even be better to have the ma
chinery in the end, better for truth,
than to allow the impulsive will its
way. But there are times when one
would like everyone, especially the
young, to know the immense decep-
lions of the whole elaborate contriv
ance Under the starched bosom of
the world there is a heart very diff
ferent from the heart that the bosom
advertises. We know it, but the man
who speaks it is traitor to the prin-
cipalities of starch.-Exchange
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-02-18

door, and cut crosspiece e several
inches shorter than D. Nail cross
piece E to the door an inch and one
half below the clock, pivot latch D to
it with screw, and nail block F to
the door just below E for stop for
the latch. Screw a screW-eye into the
latch at G, and two others into the
door at H and 1; then tie latch
string to screw-eye G, run it up to
and through screw-eyes H and |, and
down to the alarm winding key of the
clock. Pull the string taut, and, aft
er winding the alarm, tie the string
to the key Now, when the alarm
goes off and the key reverses, the
string will wind about it and raise the
latch. There must be a catch J Gigs.
5 and g. for the latch to drop behind.
The combination shown in Fig. |
is make-believe. The knob is spool
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-02-18
ALBUMEN BY NEW METHOD
German Scientists, 1t Is Claimed, Have
Discovered Process That Means
Much TO Future Of Humanity.

German scientists have discovered
new method of producing albumen
which is likely to have far-reaching
results. It's immediate effect in Ger
many is to increase the consumption
of sugar and to make it still more
valuable. The story of the discovery
is told in the Koelnische Zeitung of
Cologne, which says:
AS is known, there are plenty Of
carbohydrates at hand in GERMANY.
derived from potatoes, sugar and food
beets So far, however, foodstuffs
rich in albumen, such as barley, we
have had to import. Now the Insti-
tute for Observation-Disclosures at
Berlin, has succeeded in lnventing a
process by which feeding-yeast, with
more than SO per cent albumen, is
produced from sulphate of ammonia
and sugar.
The new process is very simple
and existing yeast factories can start
Immediately the manufacture of the
new article without changing their
installation
by the new process 100 pounds of
sugar and 81 pounds of sulphate of
ammonia yield 270 pounds of dry feed
ing-yeast, containing SO per cent al
bumen. Being in the position to
produce ammonia from the nitrogen
of the air, we may say in the future
albumen will be made artifcialIy
from the air.
Germany imports annually about
100000 tons of feeding stuffs, prin-
cipally barley for cattle. This amount
of provender contains about 10 per
cent, or 100000 tons, of albumen. Ac-
cordingly, concludes the Scientific
American, it. would require about
100000 tons of sugar to replace by
the new process the forage which can
not be imported at present
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-02-18

can meet the requirements. The game
consists in carrying peanut upon the
blade of table knife while walking
the length of a room. And, to make
the test more difficult, distractions
must be placed in the path so the
girls and boys must step over them
while crossing Fig. 1 suggests how
the distractions may be formed with
boards placed across books, and
broomhandles placed across the
rounds of chairs. Award a prize to
the boy and another to the girl who
crosses without dropping the peanut.
Pinning the Ratchet in the notch OF
George Washington's cherry tree is
an adaptation of the game of pinning
the tail upon the donkey. Paste to-
gether several sheets of wrapping-pa-
per. Then place this large sheet upon
the floor, or pin it upon the wall, and