Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 155, 12 May 1917 — Page 15

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM. MAY 12. Isn

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One of the first flags of the United States, dating back almost to that of Betsy Ross perhaps, is in possession of Irwin Boeklen, of 6 Fleming Place, Jamaica, L. I., N. Y. The flag is of homespun woolen, four feet wide and six feet four inches in length, and it is in fairly good condition, except for two bullet holes. It has been in the possession of the Boeklen family for a number of years, but it wa3 recently only that the family came to realize that they had a rare relic in their possession. The flag has 13 stars and 13 stripes, the same as the first flag, which was unfurled for the first time on June 14, 1877. The flag so arranged, except for a change in the arrangement of the stars and stripes, was in use until May 1, 1795, when the number of both stars and stripes was changed to 15. It therefore, is pretty certain that the flag in Mr. Boeklen's possession dates from some time between June 14, 1777 and May 1, 1795.

Canary Tries To Drown Noise of Sewing Machine VCe have a bird at home named Jeff. When Jeff wanted something to eat ho would chirp Sometimes when my aunt is sewing on the eewing machine Jeff would try to drown it out. One time when my aunt let him out in the front room, he flew up and hung on the lace curtain. We had a very hard time to get him off. He is a pretty little bird. He has only one black spot on him; it is a strip around his neck. By Elsie Rogers, Grade 4A, Warner School.

THE TWO CITY GIRLS Dear Aunt Molly Once . there were two girls from the city who came to spend a month with their uncle on the farm. One day the girls were out In the orchard having a doll party. Their dolls were all dressed up in their best dresses with ruffles on them. As they were sitting there, they said to each other, "What was that noise?" And May said to her sister Mary, "It sounds like pigs." And then two pigs came under the big gate. The girls were so afraid that they climbed a tree out of the way of the pigs, and while they . were up in the tree one pig got one of the dolls by the ruffle and began to eat her dress. May got down and began to beat the pig and the pig dropped the doll and ran. So the two girls took their dolls and went back to the farm and told their uncle. And their uncle laughed at May and Mary because two great big girls were afraid of two little pigs. Your friend, Nellie Rosetta Townsend, Economy, Ind. PLANS TO SELL GARDEN PRODUCTS My garden is on the east side of the house. It is very sunny there. The first thing I did was to spade the ground, rake it, and make the rows. I have four beds. I planted cabbage plants hi one bed, the onion and beet seed in the second bed, the radish and parsnip seed in the third bed, and the tomato seed in the fourth bed. I planted the cabbage plants 18 :nches apart, the onion and beet seed inch apart, the radish and parsnip seed inch apart, and the tomato seed 1 inch apart. When the plants are up I will hoe and water them. When the plants have yielded their fruit I am going to sell the crop. Alice Brannon, age 10 years, Sevastopol school, 6A grade.

THE MAN AND THE DOG Once there lived a man who was very fond of dogs. One day as he was walking along the river bank, he saw a small boy about to drown a dog. He walked up to the boy and said: "What! Are you' going to drown that dog?" "Yes," said the boy. "Will you sell him to me?" said the man. "Yes, for ten cents," said the boy. The man bought the dog and took him home and raised him to be a fine watch dog and he saved the man many troubles. Mary Tudor, 5B Grade, Starr School.

EARNS HIS FIRST DIME Dear Aunt Molly I want to tell you how I earned my first dime. You see our school is out early and I must keep busy. So Saturday afternoon I earned just one dime for myself by cutting my neighbor's rass. It was very hard work, but I got it done and it looked very pretty and made my neighbors happy. I dropped my dime in the bank. Joe Linn, Jr., Hagerstown, Ind. P. S. I will be seven years old the sixteenth of June.

A SUDDEN SCARE Onte upon a time there were some Boy Scouts. The leader's name was Paul. They were walking along side of a road, when the leader told them to hide. They all hid behind bushes and trees. They thought seme tramps were sneaking up on them to steal their lunch. Pretty soon it was all over. It was only a rabbit running away from a little place where it had been eating some clover. Edward Lovin, 4A Grade, Warner School.

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Dear Aunt Molly: I like the Junior real well and read it every time it comes, so I am sending a true story: One Sunday morning when we were playing black-man we saw some of our old neighbors coming up the hill. They have two children the same age as we are. The oldest is a girl and the other is a boy. Their names are Esther and Howard. , if. fore dinner we went over to Mr. Leeds' woods and swung in a swing that Mr. Frame had put up. After we had swung a little while we went home and ate our dinner. After dinner we went up along a creek called Elkhorn to look for shells. We went about two and one-half miles and then we went away from the creek and got lost. After wandering around a while we came to an old stone house where no one lived. Then it began to rain. We wanted to stop but Esther was afraid, so we went on in the rain until we got all turned around and did not know where we were so we stopped and tried to build a fire but all the matches went out and by this time Esther was crying so hard and we were so wet that we started to wander around whether we got any place or not. Pretty oon we thought we heard papa calling us and when we saw him across the creek. We couldn't get across so he told us how to go so we started off. After a little while we came to a church that was right back of our house. Esther's father was there waiting for us. After we got in the house and got dry Howard said, "Believe me it's enough to make anybody cry." Doris and Florence Hickman, age 12 and 9 years, Winchester, Ind., R. R. No. 1.

OUR FIRST FLAGS When the colonies came to America, each colony had a flag of its own. One of the colonies had a flag with a snake in 13 pieces; another had a snake ready to spring on you. Massachusetts had a pine tree on her flag. George Washington was the president of the United States and he wanted a flag made so he went to Betsy Ross, a dress maker, and asked her if she would make a flag. George Washington had Borne blue trousers, Betsy Ross had a red petticoat and Robert Morss a white' waist, and so they made a flag. Violet Hazlitt, 6B grade, Sevastopol J school.

MANY CHILDREN WORK PUZZLE The "T" puzzle in last week's Junior proved so popular answers began coming in before the last papers were distributed in the city. Herbert Martin of North 9th street was the first. He came running into the Palladium office all out of breath, but very triumphant, at Quarter of five, and he showed beyond a doubt that he justly had won the first prize. He said it took him about an hour to work it out, but he got it. Louise Daub of North 15th street was the second, and Ellen and Carolyn Bartel of South 13th street, we're the third, these answers coming in the first thing Monday morning. Elizabeth Lamb of South 12th street also was one of the first to send in an answer, but she had made two mistakes in putting the parts together. Others came in later.

DO YOU KNOW? 1. What important convention was held in France in 18G4? 2. What nation did France declare war against in 1854? 3. What important city was founded in 1C41? 4. What Indian war was fought in America in 17G3? Joy Bailey. (Answers next week.) .

WHAT THE BOYS DID Once when Fred Harlan was going outside to play with the other boys, his father told him that Frank Berch and Harry Smith wanted him to go to 'the western prairies with them. Fred asked his father if he could go. Mr. I?arIan said, "Fred you may go if you are ready when the other boys are." Fred hurried around to get ready while his mother and sister packed his trunk. As it was three o'clock in the afternoon and the boys were going at 10 o'clock the next morning he had to hurry. He did not sleep much that night. The next morning at 10 o'clock the boys met at the station and when tre train came they were ready. The town they came from was in Rhode Island, thoy stopped that night at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It took two days for the rest of the journey to Kansas City. Wheu they reached there they hired a wagon, horse, and a man to drive out to the house that they had telegraphed for. They paid the man and went inside. They did not wait very long before they went to bed because it was late. - About 1 o'clock in the morning they heard a great racket on the roof and Frank went outside to see what it was. Pretty soon he came running in and said, "Hurry boys, shut the door and bolt it, and don't ask questions now." The boys won

dering what could bo the matter, jumped up and bolted tho.door. Before long they heard wolves outside.- The boys could nqt sleep any more that night because llu wolves keit on howling. Tho boys had taken plenty of provisions, bullets and guns. Yet they had brought seme traps along to catch things for spoft. They had also brought along a fishing tackle for each. When morning came the wolves went back to their dens. The boys thought that the first day they would set some traps and would hunt. The next morning Harry went to look at the traps. Frank told him to take his rifle and revolver along so that if 'he had something largo he could fire his revolver twice and they would come. ' - They had seven traps set. The farthest one was about one-half mile from camp. ''When Harry reached tho first trap it did not have anything in it. None of them had anything in till he came to the fifth one. This had one of the wolves in. Harry was going to shoot the revolver when he saw that the wolf was in so that he could not get out for a good while. So Harry started to tease the wolf. Suddenly it gave a long, loud howl. It was answered by about ten wolves. They were a good ways off, but Harry knew that, wolves could go pretty fast when they heard a howl like that, so he jerked out his revolver and shot twice. In about five minutes Fred and Frank came running up. They were all out of breath. Harry told them to get their rifles and revolvers ready to shoot with. Before long the wolves came running up, when they saw the boys they started to turn around and run back but the leader gave a low growl and they didn't run away. Fred told the other boys to get their guns working. He told them that when their rifles were empty to use their revol

vers and thejr did. When their revolvers were empty there was not a living wolf around there except the one in the trap. The boys killed the wolf in the trap and took it home to skin. They did not have anything In their traps for the next few days, but they hunted some. The second day after they had been there Frank thought that he would go for a swim. As it was very hot the other boys thought they would go in, too. As they were about to come out of the water Fred saw a funnel-shaped cloud coming toward " them. The boys thought it would be more safe in its path, so they stayed there. The house was in its path and as it came on it tore the house to pieces. But it left the floor standing with some of the things on it. As the cyclone passed over the boys it dropped one of the boards from the house onto Harry, hitting him in the head. He went under the surface of the water but Frank and Fred swam over to where he was. They dived down and brought him up. They then' took him to the bank and restored him to consciousness. For the next few days Harry's head was sore but that did not matter. After Harry had been restored the boys set to work to build u sort of a house to live in until they could have ome men to build another house. The boys used soma of the pieces that had been torn from the house. The boys did not have any more excitement until they were about half way home. The train they were on was thrown off the track and Fred broke his leg and the other boys were bruised up. After about a week was up Fred was able to be around with a crutch, but they reached home in time to start to school at the beginning of tho term, and all that winter those boys were the heroes of their class. By Clarence Breese, New Paris, Ohio. -

Remember ! About Warner's Small Playground We are still singing the same old tune, ' "Warner wants a playground." Wre are waiting patiently to change our o:5 tune to a new tune, such as, '.'Warner has a play

ground." Also we are trying to remember the old saying, If you don't succeed at first try, try again. But we are hoping to succeed at last as we did not succeed at first. Alice Caveny, Warner School.

Popocatepetl means "smoking mountain," and is so called because it smokes all the time, although no eruption has been recorded' since 1840.

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