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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-09-13

Lloyd Sherman, II year old boy re
siding at Yetter, was brought to Den
ison this morning on the early train
on the Illinois Central and taken tC
the Denison hospital for treatment
The Young man was shot while raid
ing a watermelon patch near the town
of Yetter, tits said. Word from the
hospital this afternoon is to the Of
feet that the bullet has been probed
and that the patient is getting along
as We'll as can be expected. The bul
let was fired from a revolver.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Clarence A. Hathaway of Bozrah- vile: I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me, The Bobbsey Twins in the Country. have read it half through and find it very inter esting.
 Dorothy King of PIainfleld: I re- ceived the prize books awarded to me entitled Three Little Women as Wives, I enjoyed reading it as it was very interesting. I thank you very much for it.
 Mary A. BurriII of Stafford Springs: I thank you very much for the lovely prize book entitled, Treasure Island. l was surprised and glad to get it.
 Lillian Murphy of Norwich: I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me. It is the second book of that series that I have won. I en- joyed it very much.
 Henry Levi of BozrahvilIe: I receiv- ed the prize book and appreciate it very much.
 Raymond WeIden of Willimantic: 1 thank you very much for the prize book I received. I have not read it yet, but I think it will be very inter- esting. I am going to send another letter soon.
 Edith Purvis of Norwich: You don't
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS CANNOT BE
 CURED

by local applications. as they cannot reach the diseased portion Of the ear, There4is only one way to cure catarrhal deafness. and that Is by a constitutional remedy. Catarrhal deafness Is caused by an tnfiamed condition of the mucoua lining Of the Eustachian tube When bling sound or imperfect hearing. and when it Is entirely closed deafness iM be reduced and this tube restored to ita normal condition. hearing will be de- stroyed forever. Many cases of deaf ness are caused by catarrh. which ts au infiamed condition of the mucous sur faces Halls Catarrh Cure acts through the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system
 We will give One Hundred DoHar1 for any case Of catarrhal deafness that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Circulars free All druggists, 15c.
 T. j. CHENEY & co. Toledo. O.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
My UnIucky Fishing Trip.

One bright sunny day in June my brother Rudolph and I decided to go fishing. We awolle early and started at half past six o'clock. Just as we were going down the hill to the pond Ru- dolph saw a boat lying on the shore and hurried to see if any oars were in it. There were none, in fact, there was nothing else but rusty cans, crooked poles and some very small fishes.
 He asked me to ride across the pond with him, but as I had never been in a rowboat I refused to go. Then we had to walk all the way around to the place where we used to fish for pick erel.
 We waited patiently for a fish to bite and suddenly my fish rod was nearly jerked out of my hands. I pulled the rod toward me and as l lifted it a big pickerel fell back into the water. I was disappointed, but kept on trying, and after a while had better luck.
 My brother and I caught eighteen perch that day, but the pickerel were too wise to be caught.
 WALTER SUPINA, Age 14.
 Stafford Springs.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
The Wise Old Mouse.

A wise old mouse went on tiptoe into the kitchen to see if Jane had swept up all the crumbs. There. and to his surprise, he met Buzz. the cat.
 "Oh!" said the cat This is lucky Now shall have a fine dinner"
 The mouse saw he was in danger of getting caught, so he said:
 Thank you, MT. Buzz. but if I am to dine with you. I should like to put on my red Sunday coat. My old jacket is not good enough"
 This amused the cat. He had never seen the mouse wearing his red Sun day coat.
 Perhaps he will taste better" thought MT. Buzz.
 Very well, Mir. Mouse" he said. Do not be long. for I am hungry. I shall wait for you here"
 The mouse lost no time, but hasten ed into his hole.
 The cat waited all day, softly sing ing to himself and thinking of the good dinner he was going to get, but the wise old mouse did not come back.
 Now there is a new saying in catland It is this: "A mouse in a gray jacket is sweeter than a mouse in red Sunday coat"
 VIOLET BLANCHARD. Age 1s. Taftville.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
Fftchvlle.
pottx and the Riddie..

Dotty was sitting on the doorstep. her right hand clasped tightly around her dolly. watching the little chicka- dees playing like sunbeams In the sun shine. It was a warm sun. which indi- cated that summer was at its climax. Dotty watched on and on, and kept watch on the little biddies who were scratching away for dear life
 Finally a sigh escaped Dotty and she changed her attitude of sitting by holding her chin in her hand. Her dolly had already been thrown away on the ground beside the doorstep.
 How she wished Fred would come and relieve her of the suspense of watching the biddies so that she could go and play in thls lovely summer weatheri It was so dresome waiting for his coming that she asked herself why shouldn't she go of and play wander away and not come back. After a woment's hesitation, for Dotty knew well enough that she was doing wrong by going of, she went away to play in the woods, leaving the biddies | to their own destination
 She went of happily, forgetting her promise to her brother Fred to watch | his hatch, and played till she couldn't play any more, when she fell asleep and went into the land of dreams. | Meanwhile the little day-old chiclSa- | dees, seeing that they were not watch ed any more by a tiresome little girl wandered away, just contrary to Dot | tvs surmisei
 | Fred did come and to his surprise and | chagrin saw that neither sister mol | chicks were in sight. His first thought of course, was for his little sister, anC he went looking for the lost little girl | and after searching for about an houl he found her fast asleep.
 He carried her to his house and pu
 her in her little bed, where she slep till quite late in the evening. The bid
 dies could not be found and when thu I little sister awoke she asked how thu little chicks were, and when told thel
 couldn't be found she cried and cried promising never to disobey whe1 again she was told to do anything.
 FANNIE RYSHPAN, Age 13. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE.
 AWAKES

Uncle Jed is aware that there is a great difference in Wide Awakes. Do you know. Uncle Jed has distributed for The Bulletin in the past five years two thousand books, and he has never lost but two in the mails, and had only six uncalled for.
 And in the past five years it has been his good fortune to receive about seven thousand letters! Of these sew era1 hundred have not been printed, and yet, he has never had a dozen complaints, and only one real sassy letter and that came from a little dis appointed girl who didn't understand why her stories had not been printed, and she thought it was because she had not written letter of acknowl- edgment. She did not know that scores of book winners fail to acknowledge and that Uncle Jed doesn't know who has had all of these books, and he at times has so many letters on hand that he doesn't know who the writer's were or who is disappointed, or who has failed to thank him.
 Uncle Jed cannot help remembering the Wide-Awakes who take great pains, write good stories and have won a whole shelf of books. He does not know who has won the largest number of books, but he thinks the Brehaut Sisters must have wor
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
Ro 5 5E

'Heigho! how is this!" cried Auntie May, merrily, as she came into the sitting room and found Robbie perch ed upon the sofa, with his hands in his pockets, swinging his feet discon- solately and wearing a woe-b -begone expression upon his plump and usual ly jolly face.
 What can be the matter? Only five days till Christmas, tool"
 That's just it, Auntis May replied Robbie gloomily. "HeDe's everybody flying about and fussing round, set ting ready : for Christmas, making presents and everything and there isn't a single thing that can do, as l know of."" and Robbie heaved g. sigh that seemed to come clear from his shoes, it was so deep.
 Well, we'll" Auntie May exclaim- ed, ''it is hard case surely. We must see what can be done about it. Let me think"
 70 Auntie May will you?" cried Robbie, eagerly, jumping down from the sofa and running to her side
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
Norwich.
Wide-Awaka PuniIa.


 The school which I attend has a very large and nice school yard.
 The school yard is fenced in by the stone walls on three sides, while on the fourth the town road forms the boundary line.
 There are a lot of oak trees in the yard.
 We try to keep the yard very clean. We put the paper. pieces of bread and things like that, that litter up a yard, into the stove.
 We have bought a piano by giving a play at our school. and now we intend to club together to get a couple of croquet sets, which will make a fine addition to the school.
 We also intend to have some ham, mocks under the trees, too. Our teach CT told us how to make these ham, mocks:
 Get four bran sacks and leaving them double sew them together very strongly. Then take two barrel slaves and put one of the slaves at each end of the hammock. Then take a rope and tie it to the ends of the barrel slaves so that you can tie it to a tree. Dc the same thing with the other end oi the hammock. Then all that you have to do next is to tie 1t between two trees and get into it.
 We girls also belong to the G. F. F Junior Bird society. JOSEPHINE BOROVICKA, Age 13. West Wilmington.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

enough to be called library, and they have written a great many good let, ters which were left out simply be- cause The Bulletin did not have room for them. These sisters set the Wide Awalses good example by preparing nearly perfect copy and never com plaining. They have often written Un- cle Jed four and six letters week.
 Stories fit to print go to the waste basket when they are written on worn out subjects or copied from books or papers or written by older people. Uncle Jed has twenty letters year upon George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other publiq. men. You are more likely to win book with a well-written story about 8 hollyhock in the back yard than you be for a story about Thomas Edison and his wonderful inventions.
 With all the differences he sees in Wide-Awakes Uncle Jed is fond of them all, for they are industrious, painstaking and patient, and uniform ly well behaved. He always feels sor- ry he hasn't more books to give them, and that the tots' do not win more | books
 The way to be sure of winning a book is to keep trying.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
A Flood in the Chimney.

One day last summer. after a heavy rain nest of chimney swallows was washed down the chimney into the fireplace.
 My attention was called to them by the most obstreperous twitterings, and looking behind the fireboard, I dis covered three young birds, looking at me open-mouthed, and all clamor- ing together. filling the room with their heightened sounds.
 The old bird. by certain signs upon the floor of the room. appeared to have fallen victim to the appetite of the cat.
 I brought a basket of wool, and cotton into which I put the poor little babies. I tried to feed them with soaked bread, of which, however. they did not eat with much relish.
 I hung the basket out of the win dow, and upon looking in, an hour later, found that two of the birds had escaped. The other was much in iured, so I wasn't sorry when ii died The other two were so well grown that I suppose they could shift for themselves.
 HARRY LEVI, Age 12. Bozrahville.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS

f-Edward G. Moran, of Norwich: Comrades of the Saddle.
 2-Frank koWats of Stafford Springs: The Boys of Bellwood School l. 3-John B. Purcell of Colchester: The Circus Boys on the Mississippi.
 4-WaIter Supina of Stafford Springs: Tom Swift and His Aerial Warshfp.
 5-Josephine Eovorika of West Will lington: The Camp Fire Girls Across the Sea.
 6-Irma D. Graf of Norwich: Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch.
 7-Mary A. BurriII of Stafford Springs: The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat. S-Ivy Fisk of Norwich: Ruth Field ing at Snow Camp. The city winners of books may call at the business office of The Bulletin for them at any hour after 10 a. m., Thursday. -..#s
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20

Will you think about it? Seems if there ought to be something a fellow my size could do, doesn't it?" and he stretched his plump little figure up to it's full height.
 Indeed it does," said Auntie May, trying not to laugh, but just then there came tEUmping sound, follow ed by a loud cry, from the dining room.
 There" said Robbie, resignedly, ''baby's fell and bumped himself again. must go and muse him. You be back" and he ran off, and getting down on his hands and knees, per- formed variety of antics, which so diverted the baby that in a minute his cries were changes to crows of de- light.
 Mamma now arrived upon the scene. That's a good boy, Robbie" she said, looking much relieved, and giving him and baby each a hasty kiss, hurried off to her work again.
 Baby resumed his task of dissecting a wooden sheep, and Robbie went back to Auntie May. But just then Sister Jennie's voice sounded: Robbie! O Robbie! Come up here a minute, please, want you to help me a little."
 b Well, you keep on thinking, Aun- tie May" said Robbie, and the fat l when theye was step in the front hall, and papa's voice calling: "Hullo, Robbie! Come here and take this package out to the kitchen, won't you? I'm all snow and want to take care of the horse before l come in"
 Robbie rushed off for the package and took it to the kitchen, where he was greeted by Nora with. "oh. here you are, Robbie; you're the very boy | want. I wish you'd just run around the corner and get me can of bak- | ing powder. need it right away" | So Robbie stuck his head inside the 1 sitting room door and said: "I've got to go to the grocery for Nora. 'Twon't take but a little while, then we car
 Five minutes later he came back somewhat out of breath, and rosiel | than ever. Now, Auntie May" he panted, ''haye you thought of anything can do for Christmas?" when, to his astonishment. Auntie May grabbed him and hugged him so tight that it l almost took away what breath he had left.
 Anything you can dot" she cried Why, you blessed boy. you are a reg. ular Christmas present to everybody
 the year round. Nothing that yor could make or buy would be anythfns compared to your loving, willing help.
 fulness. Don't worry. your dear little
 head about making Christmas pres.
 ents. StiIl we will see about that too"
 Robbie looked very happy over Aun. tie Mays praise and promise, but be.
 fore he had time to say anything
 mammals voice called, 70 Robbie come here minute, dear, want you, and with a merry laugh of he ral
 again:-C. A. c, Youths Companion.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20

a bright little youngster, ''can you tell me what lightning is?"
 "Yes, ma'am," was the ready re- joinder of little Jimmy. Lightning is streaks of electricity"
 That's right" smiled the teacher encouragingly. Now tell me why 1t is that lightning never strikes twice in the same place"
 Because" answered Jimmy. quite easily, after 1t hits once, the same place ain't there any morel"
 JOHN BURNS. Age 10. FFtchvfIle
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
Band of Mercy Club.

A few weeks ago Miss Taft of Hart ford visited the schools and told the children about the Band of Mercy club. Miss Taft is sent by the Hu- mane society. These clubs are made up of the children of Connecticut.
 It costs nothing to belong, and its purpose is to be helpful and kind to people, dumb animals and birds, with out being told.
 An old lady was going up a. steep hill, carrying a large bag of oranges. She dropped them, the bag broke, and they rolled down the hill. A little girl who chanced to be going by picked up these oranges, without being told, and gave them to the old lady. This is an example of being kind to human be- ings.
 A little boy picked up a piece of glass from the road, without being told. He was afraid a horse might step on it at night This is being kind to dumb animals.
 When snow is on the ground we might put some crumbs out and thus be kind to birds without being told.
 :, The class holds meeting once c
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
Down the River.

Dear Uncle Jed: One spring day took my fathers rowboat and started for a trip down the river when it was full of floating ice The boat always seemed to be in danger of tipping over. but at last came to a smooth, open stretch and enjoyed it very much. It was easy to go down the river. but very hard to return home. had to pull. and puff, and puff. and pull, before reached the place where I started from.
 Ever after I never went boating when the river was full of ice
 FRANK KOwATS. Age IF.
 Stacord Springs.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
Norwich.
The Hammer.

Dear Uncle Jed: Tn the hammer lies the wealth of a nation Its merry clink points out the abode of industry and labor. By it are alike forged the glittering sword of contention and the ploughshare of agriculture, the ponderous engines that almost shake the world. and the tiny needle which unites alike the costly silks and satins of a queen and the rough homespuns of a laborer.
 Not a house is built. not a ship floats. nor an engine thunders. not a press speaks. nor a bugle peais, not a spade delves. nor a banner floats without having endured the blows of the hammer.
 The hammer teaches us that great ends and large results can De ac- | complished only by good. hard. wig orous blows; if we would attain use fulness and reach the full perfection of what we are capable of becoming. we must not shrink back from the | hardships buffetings, and hard knocks of life. but early learn to cuI- tivate the power of patient endur- | ance.
 EDITH W. HATHAWAY. | Bozrahville
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
The Frod Fairies,

One day Sammy went to play with Jack, who lived near by. They played and had a good time until the first thing they knew it was dark.
 Little Sammy set out for home. It road. There was a swamp which was full of grass and mud and water. The road went around the swamp.
 When Sammy got to the swamp he looked across it. He could see the lights in his home. He could soon get home if he went across the swamp.
 "I think I will cross the swamp he said. ''The mud and water aren't deep" So he began to roll up his trousers so as to wade. Still he did not feel sure about it.
 Just then he heard a little thing down in the swamp say: Knee deep! Knee deep!" It kept saying it over and over. Then he heard big thing say: Better go aroundi Better go around" over and over again.
 Well, said Sammy. ''the little one says its only knee deep. and the big ons says I better go around. I think the big one knows best and I will listen to her advice, and so I will so around"
 So he went all the way by road to his home. He told his mother that far in the swamp lived fairies. He told her what they said, but she said that they were only frogs; but that he done right because he listened to the big frog.
 Mansfield Center
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
OUCH! LUMBAGO?
Try Musterole. See How Quickly
 1t Relieves.

You just rub MUSTEROLEin in brislxly, and usually the pain is gone-a delicious, soothing comfort comes to take its place.
 MUSTEROLE is clean, white oint- ment, made with oil of mustard Use it instead of mustard plaster. Will not blister
 Doctors and nurses use MUSTEROLE and recommend it to their patients.
 They will gladly tell you what relief it gives from Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Group, Stiff Neck, Asthma, Neuralgia, Congestion, Pleurisy, Rheumatism, Lum- bago, Pains and Aches of the Back or Joints, Sprains, Sore Muscles, Bruises, Chilblains, Frosted Feet, Colds of the Chest Git often prevents Pneumonia).
 At your druggists, in 25c and soc jars, and special large hospital size for S2.50.
 Be sure you get the genuine MUS TEROLE. Refuse imitations-get what you ask for. The Musterole Company. Cleveland, Ohio.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
The Band of Mercy.

Dear Uncle Jed: Have you heard of The Band of Mercy Club2 If you have not I will tell you what club is and what its aim is. This club is for school children.
 Its aim is to be kind to everything and everybody. Its rules are as fol- lows:
 Help and kindness to people.
 Kindness to dumb animals.
 Kindness to birds.
 It was started about forty-five years ago in England. and then in other countries of Europe they started sim liar clubs.
 The Diclde Bird Society. which is the largest in England. has over eight thousand people belonging to it.
 There are hundreds of thousands of children taking up this work in Eng land. In other countries there are not so many. l hope it will be a great success in America. In Philadelphia the children belong ing to the Band of Mercy Club havn meeting rooms and are addressed in the town hall by public speakers. I wish every Wide-Awake would | take this up. And always think of the three rules. The teachers of who do some good act. I've won the pin once for taking furniture out of a burning building | near my house.
 Giving the pins started Tuesday in my room. All Wide-Awakes should | take interest in this good work LEWIS SEARS. Age 10. | Norwich.
 | Hands of Mercy have been formed among the children of America by the | Massachusetts Humane Society for more than a quarter or a century and | there are hundreds of thousands oi | children in America who belong to them.-Uncle Jed.1
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-20
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE.
 AWAkES.
Christmas in the Garret.

Christmas in the Garret.
 On Christmas Eve in a small, dark room of a crowded tenement house, in the slums of New York, three chill clean, talked about Santa Claus and gazed wistfully from the window at the swiftly falling snowfiakes soften ing and beautifying every wretched structure in the narrow, SQualid alley.
 The oldest of the children, a tall, slim girl of twelve, lit a small lamp, by whose dim spluttering light, the baroness of the room and the poverty of its occupants were plainly visible.
 After eating a scanty supper the stockings were hung by the stove and the younger children went to bed as happy in their anticipation of Christ mas presents as if they lived in a palace.
 Later in the evening poor woman wearily climbed the amending flights humble room, where patiently await ing her mothers return, Eva sat by the fire, every now and then coaxing its dying embers to a feeble glow, in order to keep the water in the kettle warm.
 When Eva had gone to bed the mother regarding the little stockings tearfulfy took from her bundle sev- eral queer-shaped packages, the pur- | chasing of which had taken all her hard days earnings, which would bring untold joy to her little ones. / As soon as it was light Christmas morning the children bounded out of bed; each scrambled for his precious stocking and emptied it's contents be- side her on the floor. Each found a | warm pair of mittens, a toy and some
 candy, while Eva, who was fond of | stories, received a book which she l immediately commenced to read. The earth outside was enveloped in white blanket sparkling in the morning sunlight and making Christ
 mas cheer for everyone, rich and poor
 alike, even the little family in the garret.
 The children played with the toys until called to dinner which, though
 not abundant, was wholesome and
 much better than usual. While they
 ate Eva told the story that she had ! been reading.
 1 In the evening all gathered around l the fire while the mother, her face 1 lighted with happiness and peace, re- l told the old, old story of the shep-
 herds on the Hills of Bethlehem and
 The Star which led them to the cradle | of the Saviour.
 l WOODS SCHOOL. l Stafford Springs.
 | rThis story was written by the pu. | pills in grades 5, 6, and 8 of the | Woods school, Ashford. No one alone
 wrote 1t, but each helped with the
 above result.-NIARY A. BURRILL..