Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 53, 12 January 1918 — Page 13

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM. JAN. 12. 1918

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THE GOLDEN BOXES Once there were three boyB who decided to explore a cave. When they came to the cave they went thru it hurriedly until they came to the third room. There they discovered a rich mine of gold. They took some of it home and returned to get more. After they had mined all day they became tired and went home. The next morning they went to the oavo and found that all the gold had turned to silver. They mined all day and at night had four barrels of silver mined. When they returned next day they could find no trace of the mine Karl Adams, Gth grade, Boston Twp.

THE WOODCUTTER Once upon a time there was a poor wood cutter. One day as he was cutting wood his ax flew into the nearby stream. He was very sorry because he could not afford to buy another. As he was grieving over his ax a good fairy appeared and said that sdo would get It for him. She reached in the Kt renin and pulled out a silver ax and nskml tho wook cutter if it was his. He told ner tnat his ax wan atoai vQ She again reached in the stream and pulled out a enhlon Th woodcutter again told her that his ax was made of steel hut tho fain, eaid that since he was so honest sue would elve him tho cnidon av The man took it and was happy the rehi or nis lire Haymoud Thomas Warner School. KIND once mere was a little girl whose name was Kind. She was about five years old. When she could do any kindness she always did it. Kind's mother and father were dead. She had no money and often had to sleep on peoples' door steps and had to work very hard for her food. Whenever she saw a poor man, weman or child she would give them all her things until she had practically nothing left and could get no work. One day as she was digging potatoes she found six bags of gold. She did not know what it was but thought it was goldfoll. Kind went to town and tried to setl it. Wrhen she found that it was gold she fainted. A kind woman picked her up and gave her a home. Kind was then the happiest little girl in the city. Mary Jane Schillinger, Warner School 4A grade. COTTON Cotton grows In the Southern States. More than one half of all the cotton that is grown is grown in our Southern states. There are two kinds of cotton, the upland cotton and the sea Island cotton. The cotton plant is a bushy plant. It grows about two or three feet high. The first day ita blossoms are white, the next day they turn pink and in a Utile while they drop off. The leaves look like maple leaves. When the cotton Is ripe the pepple go out in the fields and pick It. It must be picked several times because it does not all ripen at the name time. The cotton is taken to the gin and there the seeds are removed A very long time ago they were taken out by hand. The seeds are rery useful. They make cotton seed oil, and cakes for cattle from them. When the cotton is free from the needs, it is taken to the factory and there it is made into cloth. Calico, muslin, swiss and gingham are different kinds of cloth made from cotton. Mable Bortner, 4A Grade, Baxter School. THE HEN AND THE FOX "Once I saw a hen run away with a fox," said a little girl at school. "Well," said the teacher, tell us about it." "Well, said the girl, the fox ate the hen and then the hen was In side the fox and she ran away when the fox did. "Why can't we pay the hen ran away with the fox instead of the fox ran away with the hen? Mary Jane Schillinger, Warner school.

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Above Rapid strides are being made at Hog Island where new government shipyards are nearing completion. Below First four-master built in forty years at Fall River, Mass., being launched.

All of the probing and its incident diversion since congress went into session has not checked for a moment the speed with which the shipbuilding program is being rushed along. After the long delays and wrangles early in the war the shipbuilders have taken hold to make up for lost time and every effort is .being made to get boats any kind of bots afloat to carry cargoes. An example of the lengths to BEAR HUNTERS Once upon a time there were two boys who went to hunt bears. The boys were 21 and 24 years old. They started in the fall so they could get a log cabin built They took plenty of amunition. One morning when they arose they found that there was a heavy snow on the ground so they decided to go hunting. Tom got the bullets and Dick got the gnns. They were walking along when a bear jumped out of a snow drift and caught Tom. Dick shot the bear and pulled him off of Tom. The boys then carried the bear to their shack where they skinned it. , The next morning they went hunting again. They found a bear track in the snow and followed it until they came to a precipice. There they saw three bears playing. There was a mother bear and two little cubs. They killed so many bears that winter that they sold the fur and became rich. IVAN DRULEY, Fifth grade, Boston Twp. HARD LUCK My Tuesdays are meatless My Wednesdays are wheatless I'm getting more eatless each day My home is heatlees My bed is eheetless They're all sent to the Y. M. C. A. The sports are treatless My coffee is sweetless Each day I get poorer and wiser My stockings are feetless My trousers are seatless My God I do hate the Kaiser. Contributed by Geo. Slicker. Jr., Starr School. Service Flag At Sunday school we have a 6errice. flag. We have ten boys that have joined the army. Margaret Meaner. : IT WAS GOOD Austria Hungary fried Turkey tn Greece. Harrey Cook 4 A Grade Starr School.

which builders are going was seen at Fall River, Mass., recently when the Luther Little, a four-master, was launched full rigged. "It was the first time in forty years a craft of this type was launched at Fall River. War time scarcity of shipping was responsible for this craft Its construction was begun a year ago. So as not to delay sailing a moment after the launching she was fully rigged while still on the ways.

What I Can do to Help Win This War I can buy a Liberty Bond, subscribe to the Y. M. C. A. war fund, raise chickens, keep a garden, work on a farm and raise hogs, cattle and gain for food, use molasses instead of sugar, eat less candy, eat less meat, observe wheatless days, send books and magazines to the oldiers and sailors and I can be saving and not waste anything. Raymond Bailey. THE METAL BOX Once there were two brothers who were going hunting in the north. Their names were Estle and Wilbur They started on Monday and they reached a deserted placa in Canada on Wednesday. When they arrived they built a log cabin to live in One night Estle said, "Wilbur, do you want to go hunting with me tonight." Wilbur said, "Yes, I'll go." Thoy went to a hollow tree and they hid hi it, waiting for some animal to appear. Estle said, ' Look here .Wilbur. Here is a l-cavy iron box." They took It to their cabin. When they broke the lid off, what should they see but a number of shining gold pieces! Thsj afrad someone would take It, 6o they went home the next week. Their mother was glad to see them. They boys told her about the gold. Although the boys, now rich, often take huntli.g trips to Canada, they never rave such good luck. Vera Bozworth, 5th grade. Dist. No. 6 Bnton Twp. Save Coal at School At Warner school we are going to start to save coal and to do this we are going to start at the same time in the morning and leave out at the same time. In the afternoon we are going to start at 1 o'clock and leave out at 3:15. If every school would do this we would save a lot of coal. Mary Jane Schillengerv W'arner School.

KAISER

She will carry coal to South America and oil back. It is estimated she will pay for her building on her first trip.. The strides being made at Hog Island, in the Deleware river near Philadelphia, are remarkable. The fifty sets of ways being built on the island, which was barren four months ago, are almost completed. In a few weeks keels will be laid and construction started on half a hundred merchantmen. LITTLE AMERICAN GIRL Once there was a little girl. Her name was Florence. She was about six years old. Ouo day, when she was out in the woods, picking flowers, she saw an old Judian squaw, with a papoose on ber back. When F'orence' iaw the old la dian sqjaw it frightened ber so uvic'i that ale raa and climbed up a little tree. What sho.iM she find at tha ic but a bov rml of gold: How excite I she was' Florence watchp'l thi? old Indian squaw unfit she could not bo been any more, i'hen se climbed down with the liuie box of gold, and ran home. When she got hone her mother was as much excited as Florence. Florence told her about the squaw, fo; Indians were not welcome visitors there. Then Florence said "Mother I bet you can't guess what I found." Mother said, "No. what la it?" Then Florence told her about the box of gold. When evening came and her father came home from work, tha very first thing Florence did was to get the little box of gold and show it to her father. Then her father said, "Where did you find it, Florence." Then Florence had to repeat the story. ' Well you are a lucky little girl," 6aid her father, when the story waa ended. And although the fatlier and Mother had no Idea as to how tho gold came to be In the trto, littlo Fkrence firmly believed a fairy or i ngel had placed it thero for her. Thelma Kuhltnan, 6th grade. Dist. No, 6, Boston Twp.

A DESERTED ISLAND Once upon a time, about twenty

years ago there lived two boyB, Daniel and Phillip, who prided themselves on their exploring trips. Every summer they would take long hunting and exploring trips.' They lived at New Orleam and were 15 and IS years old. One morning they decided U take a trip in their new ship; which they had bought a couple of days before. They took plenty of food and started from home, maybe never to see it again. They sailed for nearly two week Then they came to an island in the middle Pacific. The island consisted of about eighty acres. They anchored their ship and got out and started to walk about the island they saw a dese rted sloop. They walked .toward it and found that it was deserted and rotten They entered the ship and on the table was a piece of paper with writing on it. Phillip picked it up and read as follows: "I am about to be captured for a bad deed 1 hae done. If the finder of this note will go to the west side of the Island, they win find a stick in the ground. Dig down to the end of the stick and you will find something. When Phillip stopped both boya stood in amaaement. Daniel was the first to speak. "Philip do you think that we should do it?" "Yes," was the answer. The boys went to their ship to get a spade. Then they went to find a stick. When they found it they began to dig. They finally found a deed for the island and about $200 in gold. , The boys went back to New Orleans and got lumber, furniture and farming implements. They went back to "Lucky ' Island" and built them a small house and barn and began to till the sail. Sailors and merchants became acquainted with them and bought many things of them. The boys spent many happy days on the island. Thelma Bozworth, 7th grade, Dist. No. 6. Boston Twp. STORY HOUR Every Saturday afternoon from 2 o'clock to 3 o'clock, Aunt Molly will read stories to all Juniors that will come to the Junior Palladium office. GUN ON WHEEL This is possibly the most ingenious device of the many that hare been devised to remove the menace of attacks by enemy aircraft The British official photo shows a novel adaptation of the light machine gun to anti-aircraft work. A wheel is fixed to a pole and th gun attached to the rim of the wheel so that it - points almost straight up and can be speedily swung to any position to keep tho speeding plane in range.