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Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10
Rules for Yeann Mrltsrs.

l. write plainly on one aide of the paper only, and number the pages. 2. Use pen and ink. not pencil. 3. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 260 words.
 {. Original stories sor letters only will be used. K
 6. Write your name. age and ad- dress plainly at tho bottom of the story. K
 Address all communications to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office,
 whatever tyeu are-Ee that!
 Whatever you say-Be truet
 Stra!ghtforwardly aot.
 Be honest--in fact.
 Be nobody else but you"
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The Bomb She'll.

One day in midwinter Frank and John took their sleds and went slid ing out back of the house. The Browns lived on Franklin street in Norwich Across the street from them was the Shetucket foundry.
 The day before the boys had taken great interest watching the men un- load some scrap iron to be used in the foundry. But today the chief attrac- tion was sliding.
 The boys came down a third time and saw great crowd surgfng around their house. Boy-like they were anx- ious to know the cause. So pushing through the crowd they reached the door and went in. There they found their mother sitting down in a chair. They asked her what the matter was She told them that while she was put ting some pies in the oven she heard terrific crash. Quickly turning around she saw a piece of bomb shell coming toward her. Suddenly it's course was turned by a piece of wood projecting from the wall. It bounded back and knocked the corner off a bureau. So Mrs. Browns life was if the piece of wood had not been there.
 The foreman at the foundry having curiosity to know whether the pow der had all been removed from the old shells in the scrap iron thought he would test one by inserting a red hot iron in the hole meant for the fuse, This caused the shell to explode, scat tering pieces in all directions. E. ARNOLD SMITH, Age II. E Norwich
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out one Saturday morning to look for nuts As they were very tired, they sat down to rest.
 Gordon said: You can stay here and rest while go on and see if can find some nuts."' It happened that Farmer Jones had a beautiful grove of nuts.
 Tn a little while Gordon returned, exclaiming: "Oh, boys. I have found such a lovely grove of nutsl"
 They went to the grove and Elmer
 Let's climb over the fence"
 But replied Gordon. 'T'll go and aslx.,'
 Well" said the farmer. ''how many are there ?' -Four" said Gordon Yes" answered the farmer. "I guess can spare four sacks of nuts" Gordon hurried back to the rest of again.
 They got over the fence and filled l their sacks. Then the boys climbed over the fence and were ready to start | home. Elmer said: 'The old farmer don't need these nuts. Let's pick them up and put them under the fence and cover them up with leaves. Then we can come and get them tomorrow" "But," said Gordon, "Tm going home | With my nuts, because farner Jones said we could only have four sacks i fu1is'
 ''Oh. he'll never know it." answered Elmer
 Keith and James dropped their sacks and began to help. When they had gathered an enormous pile and had pushed them under the fence, Farmer l Jones appeared. When he saw what
 they were doing he made them push back the nuts, and, worst of all, made them empty their sacks of nuts back
 and they had to go home without any l LUCY BELLE HENSHAW, Age A. | CO1cTQSteT
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Versailles.
A Miatai<s.

The owl is the bugaboo of the birds. He snatches them from their roosts at night, and eats their eggs and young ones. He is a veritnble ogre to them. When they see him they cry with alarm.
 One day to protect my cherry tree put a large stuffed owl on one of the branches. . One morning I heard a racket on my grounds. All the birds were screaming and amid their screams they would snatch off a cher
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ficiai dishes which were made of gold beaten into shape
 They made their cloth of a fibre known as the voime plant, and also the skins and hides of animals.
 EDWARD DALTIE, Age is. Norwich
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A Chinese Girl.

When was small we were very poor and lived in a houseboat on the Va Lung -Kiang river, which is branch of the Yangtze river. My fa- ther worked in a silkworm nursery and every morning he would row to shore from our houseboat
 When I was years old we moved to Peking. There we had a large house whose walls were made of lat- tice work covered with paper. Each one of us had a tiny table which stood about six inches above the floor, and was about large enough to hold a bowl. We ate with two long wooden sticks called chopsticks. Our bed con- sisted of quilt spread on the floor and roll of paper for our pillow.
 Later I became an attendant of the Empress of China. She travelled great deal and wherever she went she took me with her. The empress did a great deal of mission work and one of the places she went to was the valley of the Yellow river. There we saw many people living in a dirty crowd ed state, and in some places they lived in caves dug into the Loiss beds and one was to the Wall of China. It was the first time I had seen this wall and I wondered at it's immense size many miles over the surrounding country.
 have since left the employ. of the empress and journeyed with my par ents to San Francisco, where we adopted American ways and customs
 ROSE GREENBHRGER, Age 12.
 Norwich
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LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.

Dear Uncle Jed: suppose nearly all of the Wide-Awazes have home les sons to do. Perhaps some do their arithmetic at home for the next day and find certain problems hard and puzzling. No doubt some, and perhaps all of us, if we could not Solve a prob lem the first time, have put our book aside and felt discouraged. We per- haps did not go to work at the exam pie in the right way, or perhaps were
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Lebanon.
Central Park.

Central Park of New York city is one of the largest as we'll as one of the most beautiful parks in the world. It extends from 59th street to 10th street, and has width of half a mile.
 One twentieth of the whole popula- ton of the United States live within one hours ride of Central Park. 1t provides not only fresh air but other attractions for the thousands who visit it daily.
 Everybody, poor or rich. young or old, finds pleasure and health within it's boundaries. In it there are hills and valleys, shrubs and trees of end- less variety, lawns and flower beds. walks and promenades, statues and fountains, drives and bridle paths, lakes and bridges. a managerie, and 'conservatories, tennis courts and base ball grounds, and many other things.
 There are not only places for health, play. and rest in Central Park, but if is also a place for study.
 At Fifth avenue and Eighty Third street is the famous Metropolitan Mu- scum of Art
 On Manhattan square, west of the park, between Seventy-Seventh and Eighty-First streets, is the American Museum of Natural History.
 On the east side of Central Park. al Sixty fourth street, there Is a man agerie in which animals can be seen. GEORGE BIENENSTOCK, Age 15. New York City
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ry. They had all the birds in the town there. In this way I lost more cher ries than if had left my owl in-
 MYRTLE GAGNoN. Age 12.
 Nnr,winh
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Eagleville.
The Indians.

When we read stories of border fighting between the Indians and, from tiersmen we are apt to think that all Indians are crude and uncivilized, but this is not so--
 In the western part of South Amer ica in the country which is now call ed Peru dwelt race of Indians call ed the Incas. They had ruler or king MonteZuma who was regarded by the people as the son of the sun
 In the early part of the fifteenth century the Spaniards heard of a land farther west abounding in gold, so they set out on an expedition of con quest. When they reached the coun- try they were astonished at the sight they saw. They found bridges of stonework which spanned mountain gcrges and streams. In the desert regions they found miles and miles of aqueducts used to transport water for irrigating the soil and to bring water for drinking purposes.
 They also woVe baskets and made blankets which they colored with diff ferent hues obtained from plants and vegetables. They fashioned beautiful dishes out of clay, gold and silver in- to which they worked wonderful de- signs.
 The most wonderful of all was the temples in which they prayed to their gods. The walls and roof were plated with silver and within were the sacri-
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Judged by Our Speech.

Dear Uncle Jed: We are judged by our speech. If we clip sylIables, run words together, or pronounce them in correctly, we shall merit the criticism of being careless or even ignorant. Yet clear enunciation and correct pro- nunciation are sometimes difficult. We learn most words by hearing others say them, and if we do not hear the true values given to the different sylla- bles we shall find it hard to distinguish the correct from the incorrect forms
 Children whose parents speak a for eign language usually have to watch their speech with especial care. Ger mans, for example, find difficulty in saying tn, and Irish people in saying oi as in oil.
 You should train your ear to hear the difference between sounds. as in just and in jest. Don't slide over the final consonant in such words as go- ing and reading. Watch words con taiLtng wh.
 Tten there is the habit of slurring sylla5les. We may understand what is meant by the expression "C'm'ona or ''Wajasay but most of us would pre- fer not to be included in the class of people who use either. Correct speech cannot be mastered without an effort.
 LILLIAN M. BREHAUT.
 Hast Norwich N
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She Feeds the Cow and Horse.

Dear Uncle Jed: I feed the COW and the horse and the hens and guineas. l have no dolls.
 My sister has pair of skates. I have two sisters and one brother.
 LILA STRICKLAND, Age H. Willimantic.
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Help Your Livsr-l. Pay..


 When your liver gets torpid and your stomach acts queer, take Dr. Kings New Life Pills and you will find yourself feeling better. They purify the blood. give yott freedom from constipation, biliousness, dizHiuess and indigestion. You feel fneAjpst like you want to feel. Clear the com plexion, too. 25e at druggists. his boyhood he worked in many dff- ferent positions. and while employed as a railroad trainboy, he became much interested in telegraphy. He turne4 his attention to this, and in a short time in consequence of his improve ments, 6 number of messages could De sent over the same wire at the sans time
 So numerous and rapid have been hls inventions that he is considered the greatest genius in the world.
 To him we are indebted for electxle lights, the photograph, and many oth- CT wonderful things.
 MYRTLE DUPRE1. Colchester.
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James Monroe.


 James Monroe was born on March 28, 1759. He was the fifth president of the United States. Monroe was president for eight years. from 1917 to 1925.
 During the eight years of his admin istradion. most of the old political dis putes were at an end, though the great slavery contest was just beginning.
 The principal events in Monroe's ad- rninistration were the Missouri Com promise of 1S20; the first settlement of Liberia by Americans in 1921; Lafay- 1924; the admission of five new states to the Union; Mississippi 1917: H. linois in ISIS: Alabama in 1919, Maine in 1920 and Missouri in 1921.
 Monroe said in Monroe Doctrine that Europe should never meddle with American affairs and other things equally strong The Monroe Doctrine has been called the Second Declaration of Independence. The Monroe Doctrine has often been discussed in reference to the Panama canal. In 1925 he returned to Oak Hill. Lon don county, Virginia He still con- tinued in the public service. After being president twice he acted as justice of the peace. He died in 1881 on July 4th. He was a man of brilliant talents. MILDRED GRANDY, Age 10. Baby Luther. A week after Christmas went to work for a family at 95 Vauxhall | street.
 They have little baby boy oi whom I am going to write | This little baby was not born ir New London: his birthplace was in l Springfield, Mass
 Luther was four months old when he came to New London. He is six | and a half months now. He is smart and bright baby for his ago and | knows when you say anything to him | He also knows his name. He is a very cute little fellow and | have a great many good times with him, especially when I take him out | for a walk.
 BEATRICE HOWARD. New London.
 Thomas 4. Edison. Thomas A. Edison was born ir | Milan Ohio Eabr1larv II 1a47 DlIPinr
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Having a Nice Time This Wiater,

Dear Uncle Jed: I am a boy nine years old. I have been absent from school only two days since school be- gan last September
 chores every night and morning. I get the ensilage and grain for the cows.
 We have three calves which we are raising. One is all white except the tips of her ears, which are black. so we call her Tlppy. One is black and white mixed, so we named her Grizzly, and the other is nearly all black with a white line along her back, which makes her Lineback.
 Ny little sister is six years old and helps me feed them sometimes. We give them grain and milk.
 We slide down hill back of the house There is ice there and snow banks on each side. There was good sliding in the road when there was snow and ice on the ground. We could slide one eighth of mile.
 l hope the other Wide-Awakes are having nice time this winter.
 Willimantic.
 How She Game to Live in Norwich.
 Dear Uncle Jed: should like YOU to near hsw l came to live in Norwich, so l am going to write to you about if. l was growing tired of living in New York, as I had already lived there eleven years; so asked my mother to take me for visit to some smaller state. At last we decided to go to Connecticut
 We came by train and didn't get off until we reached New London. We were not waiting long before we heard the sound of our train.
 Alter a long, tiresome trip, we reached Connecticut. After finding a place for us to lodge, we retired.
 The next day we awoke bright and early (this was in Deeember) and which to our surprise was a great snow storm. Of course, was used to that, as New York certainly has enough snow. It is sometimes three to four feet deep, and, believe me. %e have some fun.
 Mother bought me a sled and I went sliding. Well, I had the greatest fun Of my life. I could only stay a week, as had to go to school the next week, so 1 couldn't .see much of the town.
 The main reason why liked Nor wich was because it has no skyscrap- CTS or any other kind of large build fngs, but is simply little town.
 At last the week was up and we were ready to go home. told my mother to move here, so we could live here a1to- gether, and so she did.
 ESTHER ROSENTHAL, Age 13.
 Norwich.
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The Nuttina Partx.

Dear Uncle Jed: Four boys started
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Thomas A. Edison. Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, February Il, 1s47. During
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-19
GAMBLER

Cnadler, July 17.-Mr. Earl Mark
one of jacksonville leading archi-
tects, spent part of the past week the
guest of Mr.. C. H. Mathews and fam
lily.
Last Wednesday the following peo-
pie left for the remainder of the sum
mer, to return when the "autumr
leaves are falling: Rev. Mckinley
and daughter, Miss Louise Mckinley
will visit DR.. and Mrs. Rankins in
Cannonsburg, Pa; Mrs. jamie Prit-
|chett, who will visit relatives in South
Carolina; Mr.. Harry Baxter for Beav-
er Falls and other points in Pennsyl-
vania.
Thomas Pritchett came in from In
verness last week for a visit to his
mother, Mrs. jamie Pritchett.
Last Monday Mr.. Harry Baxter
completed his shipments of melons
from his thirty acre field south OF
Smiths Lake.
Mrs. w. w. Jones expects to close
the Jones House next week and spend
the remainder of the summer in Yer.
mont.
Mr.. William Brown is the recent
purchaser of the Grammar property
on the hard road. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
viii take possession Of their new
home this fall.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-19
"Ye' Is Pronounced "Thuh.D

The ~" in we is simply substi-
tute for the Anglo-Saxon thorn let
ter SO called, which we have no way
OF getting into this column That
Anglo-Saxon letter, like the CORE
spending Ice1andic character, stood
for TIL The Encyclopedia Britain
MICA says.
The English letter thorn sur
vived and continued in use down to
the fifteenth century, when it was
transformed to ~
As for the pronunciation OF we, "
meaning the, it is, of course las near
as We can put 1t into printers ink)
thuh today. as was in Chaucer's
time and long before. Nobody who
speaks English ever pronounees the
as IL 1t spelled thee but gives it
the same sound as the ..e' has in the
corresponding French word Just as
the French pronounce lie jour, @luh
zhour,' SO is the day pronounced
ssthuh day The class is now
dismissed Manitoba Free Fress.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-19
LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT
Comparatively Trivial Trouble In Phil
adeIphia Building Made Structure
Temporarily Worthless.

Any high-school girl graduate can
write pretty essay on The Little
Things That Count"
For example, cinder in the eye is
more formidable than Mount Shasta,
5000 miles away. One fly spoils bar
rel Of ointment, and so on indefinitely.
Had the president of the United
States resigned at 11:45 o'clock on a
recent day scores OF persons would
have been less affected than they were
when the elevator men in slzyscraper
at Broad and Chestnut quit work.
We do have a vice president, but we
have no wings to carry us to our eight
eenth floor offices. CONSERVATION Is
a feeble word and far too anemic to
describe the feelings of that throng of
men and women who swiftly clogged
the corridors Of that huge building.
Can you imagine a more futile thing
than 20 floors OF masonry and steel
without an elevator? You never can
imagine how many people shoot up and
down in these iron-grilled cages in ten
minutes, until the cages cease to fly
like shuttles on a weaver's loom.
Just a few cents worth of human en-
ergy in the arm of a man, or rather
the lack of it, puts $3,000,000 worth of
building on the scrap heapi-Phila-
de1phia Public Ledger.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-19
Saliva and the Emotions.

The influence of fear upon the flow
of saliva has long been known. The
dry mouth OF the nervous person
called upon to speak in public is an
example. In India the effect Of fear
in stopping the flow of saliva was at
one time used in finding the guilty per-
son when several were suspected
OF committing crime. All who
were suspected had to chew the
consecrated rice and after a Civ
en- time spit it out upon leaf of
the sacred fig tree. III anyone put
forth the rice in a dry state, that was
taken as proof that fear of being dis
covered had stopped his saliva from
flowing. He was regarded as guilty
Of the crime. Walter B. Cannon. Nj.
D., In the Youths Companion.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-19
SEATS NEEDED FOR THE
COURTHOUSE SQUARE

Marshal Carter, who is daily wit
ness Of the need for seats on the
courthouse square, like the baby about
Pears soap, will never be happy till
he gets them.
The Star, is informed that strong
steel benches, four to six feet, viii
cost So to $40, and Mr. Carter says
that If the city and county can't raise
the coin, he is going to call on the
public-spirited citizens to help him dc
lit.
The principal objection to such
benches is that they often become
roosting places for undesirables, but
Mr.. Carter says that as long as he is
marshal they will be kept for gooe
folks who need them.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-19
BERLIN

Berlin, July 18.-Fodder pulling is
the order Of the day.
Mrs. J. e. Beck and Master James
Hudgens returned home last Saturday
from Plant City, where they have
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. w. L.
Howell for the past three weeks.
Mrs. H. E. Crumpton and pretty lit
tie daughter arrived hist Saturday
and will spend the next few weeks
here visiting relatives.
The Young Ladies' Eight Week
club met last Thursday afternoon. at
the Fellowship church and elected the
following officers: President, Miss
Minnie Seckinger; vice president,
Miss Lora Brooks; secretary and
treasurer, Miss Faye Beck, and the
following were appointed as an enter
tainment committee, Misses Mabel
Beck, Faye Beck and Floy McCully.
The club will meet with Miss Louise
Crumpton on Thursday afternoon Of
this week.
Mrs. T. r. Mann and children Of
Winter Garden, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Mills this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. ]. McCully returned
home last Friday from Chester, s. c.,
where they have spent the past two
weeks very pleasantly, the guests Of
friends and relatives.
Mr.. Ebert Mills of Ocala spent last
Sunday in Berlin the guest Of home
folks.
Mr.. Cecil Clark assisted by his
mother and father, entertained about
twenty-five of his Sunday school class
mates last Wednesday evening at q
party. Games were INDUCED in dur
ing the evening, also delicious re-
freshments were served by Mrs.
Clark. Young Mr.. Clark and his par
ents are excellent entertainers and
the memory of the pleasant time had
last Wednesday evening will inger
with the young folks for sometime to
come. All babe them farewell about
IL o'clock, thanking the hosts and
hostess for such an enjoyable affair.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. e. Mathews Of
Pennington were week end guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Mills last week.
Corporal H. E. Crumpton, now of
Black Point, formerly Of Ocala, spent
last Sunday in Berlin the guest Of his
family at the home of his parents,
Rev. and Mrs. q. A. Crumpton.
Rev. Crumpton will I'll his regular
appointment at the Fellowship church
next Saturday at II o'clock. Sabbath
school Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
Everybody invited to be present.
Mrs III. W. Rawls and children re-
turned to their home in Ocala last
Tuesday, after spending week here
very pleasantly with relatives. They
were accompanied home by Master
James Rawls, who viii be their guest
for d fortnight.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-19
EXCITEMENT AT OXFORD

It is reported here today that con-
siderable excitement has been aroused
in Oxford by the mysterious and sud-
den death of Mrs. G. E. RoweH of that
place. Mrs. Rowell was buried Mon
day, and yesterday Sheriff Coleman,
of Sumter county, had the body ex-
humed, and the stomach removed and
sent to Jacksonville for examination,
to learn, il possible, the cause Of
death.
From what can be learned, Mrs.
RowelT complained of having head
ache. Mr.. Rowell gave her dose Of
medicine. She died almost immediate
ly, before doctor could reach her.
The suddenness Of her death caused
some stir, and Sheriff Coleman decid.
ed that it would be best to have the
body exhumed, to determine whether
or not Mrs. Rowell was poisoned.
Mrs. Rowell is mourned by many
friends.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-19
VEGETABLES, MILK AND EGGS
from our own farm daily. Open night
and day. Merchants Cafe. tt

The weeks special sale at Helven-
ston's is moving along nicely, ard his
sales each day are proving satisfac-
tory. In order that his customers
may be perfectly comfortable while
shopping he has had installed large
electric ceiling fan in the center Of the
dry goods section. Besides the dresses
and dress goods moving lively, the
prices on men straw hats is moving
them also.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-19
INSISTS ON ILLUMINATION

Marshal Carter asked council last
night to have the lights proposed for
the dark alleys in the center Of the
city installed as soon as possible. This
viii be done. The marshal asked for
the lights recently, pointing out that
they would be protection to the bus
mess houses, and would tend to reduce
the number Of burglaries.