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G1fq8o ~ Greager.
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lCOTtCtUuetI.l
Chuckling at their indignant negatives,
he continued, We'll, 1 amt, myself, be-
cause l never saw one. You can go that
way home and see the berries. I'll put on
my rubber suit and go with you" and
although they assured him they knew the
way, he would accompany them sin such
q good cause.
On the way they passed several clumps
of berry trees, but all had been robbed of
their rudy fruitage However when
they reached the adobe they were de-
lighted to see the groups of trees glori-
ously bedecked with their beautiful warm
red berries.
"Are these enough2" questioned Mr..
Davis.
"Oh, twice as many as we need, thank
you. Amt they lovely? Won't Miss
Nutter like them"
When do you want them?'
1--WE will get them Monday. You see
Tuesdays Christmas, and the decorations
must be finished Wednesday morning.
The teachers arrive at noon Wednesday"
"Well, take them when you want"
After thanking him heartily the boys
went home, enthusiastic over "old man
Davis and positive that their berries
would cast the other fellows truck into
the shade"
Sunday afternoon the clouds parted
and the sun smiled so bewitchingIy that
people forgot his late desertion and hast
ened outdoors to pay him homage.
Mrs. Sales, Joe and Ruth spent an hour
on the beach, letting Miss Thistledown
Lightness, as one of her admirers named
her, run to her hearts content.
On their way home they saw approach
ing them the two Garcias, each loaded
down with gigantic basket heaped with
punches of Christmas berries.
80 mater: Ny heart tells me those are
our berries. l must find out" and he
accosted Jacinto, the elder brother.
''Hello, Jacinto. Do you want to sell
some berries2"
None of these" and he set down the
heavy basket while he paused. t'These
go TO the city. Do you want me to get
you some2"
mo. 1 guess can get some. Did you
get these near?"
But here Pedro called out in the Spanish
dialect, "Jacinto, come on. Stand there
talking and the ghost will get us when we
go for the next load. Come on" Jacinto
obeyed.
Joe whispered, 'What did he say,
mater?" Mrs. Sales had been raised
among Spanish families and spoke their
tongue as her own, so she readily inter-
preted for him.
ION, mater, you don't need me now.
Let me hunt up the boys We must save
our berries"
But, Joe, these boys are earning their
living selling berries; besides l can't have
you quarrel with them"
81 promise not to quarrel, and there are
plenty berries for all if they only leave us
our share. Do let me CO. at her nod of
consent he kissed her and added, Don't
expect me till after dark. We must go
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6he BN1a 4oaaYille.

The ''blind quadrille" is generally voted
the drollest sort of o performance on rec
ord; it invariably results in shouts of I'M
controllab e laughter.
It's plan of procedure is this: Four cou-
pies who are blindfolded attempt to go
correctly through the figures of qua
drille. In this, however, they miserably
fail and wobble about in out-of-the-way
corners of the room and fall over furni-
ture in condition at once helpless and
ridiculous. For example, in the ladies'
chain, they imagine they are performing
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Insert the stem of the pipe in spool
of linen thread. such as is used for sewing
on shoe buttons. Make a skirt of black
silk, quite full and long enough to cover
the spool. Cut out waist of any bright
color silk, shirring it tightly about neck
and belt.
Fit on cape of black and hood OF any
desired color with wide frill all around.
On the inside of the cape sew two pieces
of white flannel for needles, and attach a
small silk bag to her waist containing shoe
buttons.
Though quite attractive as an ornament
made of common pipe, the old lady will
always be handy with needles, thread and
buttons.
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JANDHRY.

Janus am J. Oldest OF potentstes!
Forward l look. and backward and below
1 couut-as god of avenues and gates
The years that through my portals come and
GO.
I block the roads and drift the fields with
snow,
chase the wild fowl from the frozen land;
My frosts CONCEAL the rivers in their flow,
My fires light up the hearths and hearts of
men.
H. W. LoNGFELLow.
THR NAME OF OUR MONTH.
The ancient Grecians, in their strange
vet beautiful religion, believed that when
they came to the end of year they found
it closed by strong door.
They also imagined that this barrier was
guarded by porter, to whom they gave
the name OF Janus, and he alone had
power to open to them the New Year.
From the name of this heather god was
the first month of the new year formed.
The Romans also believed in Janus and
erected many shrines for his worship in
their wonderful city, the principal one be-
ing the great Temple of Janus.
Wherever you may chance to see a
painting, statue or any representation of
this god YOU will notice that he is given
two heads, because every door and gate
faces two ways.
The mem bers and would-be members of
c.. X. c. have done spendidly with their
answers and contributions this week.
The way in which you are interested in
this work is very gratifying to your editor,
and makes it worth while TO try to inter
est you.
Don't ever think you write too often,
because your letters are always welcome.
Please be careful to state whether your
stories and puzzles are original or selected,
and write your names in a good, legible
hand.
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where in the balloon. Trim the bottom
off evenly all around, and in the neck
fasten circular piece of thin wire by
folding over the tissue paper and FASTING
it down firmly. Now provide two cross
pieces of wire, which may be hooked to
the circular piece, as shown in the pic
ture. Where these pieces cross fasten 3
piece of soft cotton.
To initiate the balloon have some boy
hold it up by the top; then dip the cotton
in alcohol and set it afire being very care
full not to let the blaze touch the tissue
paper. The hot air will expand the bal
loon and cause it to rise to great height.
Any boy or girl can make this balloon.
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training his hair in long curIs and dress
ing him in black velvet knickerbockers
and Jacket, ornamented with white lace.
One day large girl thought to frighten
the picturesque little chap by rushing
toward him and brandishing large pair
OF scissors and excaiming, 'I'll cut off
your curlsv' The little Lord Fauntleroy
was not frightened. He merely repli ID in
a shrill little voice, "Wish you would p
Pittsburg Chronicle-T Telegraph.
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JobnnJ Boy y JOHNNY
Olao.

Better than fortune is the gift of a
cheerful, sunny disposition. No one could
afford to surrender the blessing if in ex-
change fifty thousand year were offered,
for, after all, happiness is the great good
of life and with melancholy spirit there
is neither comfort nor enjoyment.
Chee-fuIness has been called the bright
weather of the heart, and happy the one
with whom the bright weather is in
herent. But the faculty is susceptible of
cultivation, and nothing promotes its
growth better than employment.
Johnny idle is Johnny sad. But
Johnny busy is Johnny glad"
"a merry heart doeth good like medi.
cine, +" says the Bible, and even in these
days, when medicines have much higher
healing qualities than OF OLD, happy
frame of mind will do more for man
than all the doctors skill can.
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cow there by the gate is right opposite US.
Aim at her and you'll do pretty WE'LL
"All righ., sir" said Pat. and just then
the farmer was called away to the barn.
Ten minutes later he returned, and was
Mortified to see that the pillow had been
wandering in a zigzag course all over the
field
"Hold on there!" he shouted; "hold
on! What are you up o?"
.And sure, sir" said Pat, II did what
you tould me. worked straight for the
COW, but the crayture wouldn't kape
STILL"
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l4e&sns q Rolin
Rsalfeact

What time the Christ to Calvary was led
And hung all bleeding on the cross OF same,
While frenzied hordes reviled and Knocked
his name,
she'd
When Ger his lace deaths deadly pallor spread
And one great cry of anguish shook his
frame,
On rapid wings plying robin came,
And futtered sorrowful about his head.
From out the wounded brow, with eager beak.
The robin plucked q thorn. when like tear,
Upon its breast one drop OF lite-bloo fell.
And even now the blessed mark will speak,
From every robins bosom, of the dear
And tender pity that he knew so well.
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ANAGRAMs AND DEFINITIONS.
/. The tear, place of amusement.
II. Steel trap, one of the ingredients used
in composition OF an explosive
EvELINE CoRDAN &C. r. CO..
BEHEADINGs.
Ill (a) Behead coin and have tree.
tb) Behead the claw of bird and have
measure.
(c) Behead a house for beasts and have an
GLADYS BELL &C. R. CO..
". (a) Behead a flower and have a fluid.
(b) Behead an animal and have an express
sion.
(c) Behead what makes little boys legs ache
and have what were burned in olden times
(d) Behead a piece of ground and have
part of the body. w. TIBBITs &C. R. c..
RIDDLE.
v. What letters five will firmly do
The same five letters sever too;
And when the second five are done,
Again the first can join N one.
MARY F. MERRILL
VI. 1 am familiar saying.
My 1, 2, 4 is to prefer.
My 3, 8, IL, 5 are small animals.
My g, Is an exclamation
My z. 10, IL, Is is apprehension.
My 9, ID, "a. II to touch.
Ny 10, %, % is watery vapor.
My 5, Is, 10, 20 covering for the foot.
Ny %, 81, 81 is to attain.
My 20, 81, 8, % organ of affection.
ALICE BELL &C. R. C.).
HISTORY QUESTIONS.
Januarys patriotic DAYS.
l. (a) What great man was born January 2,
1857?
(b) What did he do?
Ii. (a) When was Pestalozzi born?
(b) Why should we care about his birthday9
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NEVADA CITY. Jan. 3. 1897.


Dear Editor. This is the first letter l have
written to THE CALL My papa has been taking
your paper for ten years, and 1 have enjoyed
reading the children's page.
l GO to the Lincoln School. MY teachers
name is Miss White.
The only pet 1 have is a little sister. She is
Is months old.
have not see any letter from Nevada City in
THE CALL.
am a little girl. will be years old next
Washingtons birthday. l hope you will pub
lish my letter in THE SUNDAY CALL. Yours
truly, MILDRED v. MURCHIE
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Answers to Puzzles of January 3

Have been received from the following mem-
bers of c. r. c.: Retha Waldan, Ethel Nc
Clure, Ida Whitman. Ella Hartnell, Eva NJ.
Bolger and ]. L. Warboys. For December 81
from Ethel Mcclure and Jess Harkin.
From non-members for December 81: Ward
c. Huff and Mary Carroll. For January rom
Mona Herbert, Ray Manasse, Fred Antilles
Carrie Gonsalves and Birdelia Cuff
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Pat was new at the business, and the
first attempt was anything but successful.
Look here" said the farmer. THAT
kind OF thing won't do. The corn will be
dizzy that grows in furrow so crooked as
that. Fix your eye on something across
the field and head straight for it. That
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Letters Acknowledged.

Besides letters published pleasant commu.
nications have been received from the bows
and girls whose names follow: Retha waldan
&C. r. c., Mona Herbert. Josie shanahan, Fred
Antilles, Mae Reynolds, Ethel Hall, Beckie C.
Heino &c. R. Gu Lena Woodson, Eva NJ Bolger
&c. R. C.), William Lyons &C.. R.c.A1
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it gracefully and properly, but, oh dear,
no! for they are scattered about the room
in various places. The same .grotesque
antics form part of every measure of the
dance. Their attempts to look dignitied
are futile and the performance is often
concluded in an obscure corner OF the
drawing-r room amid shouts of merriment
from the onlookers.
ELEANOR LEXINGTON,
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Falls Nearer Home.

Eidth-Where are you going to spend
your vacation?
.Bessie-Mamma wanted to go to the
Falls, but papa said that if she went to
bicycle academy she coald see all the falls
she cared harper's Round Table.
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a Dce5ol 6yname1t.

Secure clay pipe-one with the knob
well up on the bowl-then carve eyes and
mouth upon it, shaping the knob for the
nose. By blackening the outline of the
eyes, eyebrows and mouth and coloring
the hair. the face can be made quite effec-
tive.
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Which Was 1t?

"Our Tommy is either dreadfully greedy
or dreadfully lazy"
"Why?"
'We,l, instead of writing to Santa Claus
he just cut page Of toy advertisements
from the newspaper and stuck it up the
chimney"
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Correct answers to Puzzles Of
JANUARY 3.

/. Cart-art.
II. Brace-race.
III. Taunt-aunt.
". L-arch-larch.
V. L-edge-ledge.
VI. L-eaves-leaves.
VII Car-pet-Carpet
VIII. The Emancipation Proclamation by
President Lincoln, January 1. 1868.
TX Battle OF New Orlesns, January 8, 1915.
x. (a) The sound of e bell.
(b) The roar of lion.
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Like Papa's.

A six-year.old was seated in BARRIERS
chair.
We'll, my little man, how would you
like your hair cut?"
"Oh, like papa's, with little round
hoe at the top"
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nowto Take a Balloon

1t is easy enough to make a neat little
balloon at a cost of only few cents.
Buy several large sheets OF stout tissue
paper and cut them into fourteen Sec
tons the shape of that shown in the pic
ture, and of such size as you may wish
three feet is good length. Now paste
these strips together at their edges, being
careful to leave no Sits nor holes any
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san FRANCISCO, Jan. g 1897.


Dear Editor: This is my second letter to THE
CALL. 1 wrote once before, but it was not in
my name l saw. Now I'll tell you how 1
spent my vacation. 1 was in Sebastopol, a
town in Sonoma County, which is noted for
timber and fruit. We spent merry Christ
mas and had lots of good things. Santa Claus
treated me very well.
wish you all happy new year. think I
will close now. hoping to see this letter in
Sundays paper. ESTHER INDIG.
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when Found Make a Note oil.

What could be a more timely saying for
our day and country, asks the Youths
Companion, than this remark of famous
English writer:
THE soul is dyed by it's thoughts; we
cannot keep our minds pure if we allow
them to be sullied by detailed accounts of
crime and SIM"
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KAISER D1srR1cr. Cal Ianna.u ,a,


Dear Editor: will write to You again with
the hope that this letter will not be thrown
into the waste basket
Papa takes The CALL-has taken it for long
time-but l never read any part of it but the
children's page. always read the stories
and the letters, and feel as if l know some of
the boys and girls who often write letters to
you.
am IL years old and live in a pretty place
about nine miles from Mendocino City. The
schooihouse is about three quarters OF mile
from our house, but Us we have only about
eight months of scrool in each year we are
spared the muddy walk in winter.
My last teacher was Miss Mollie Norton. 1
her pupils
have two brothers. Willie and Tony, and
two sisters, Lucinda and May. They are older
than /.
send you some answers to the puzzles
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SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 30 1907

Dear Editor: / am becoming very much in
teres,ed in your puzzle column. l worked on
all the puzzles in last Sundays paper, Decem-
Der 81, and think have got the correct an
swers to all OF them. You will find them be-
low. ! am not a member of the g. r. c.. but
will try ana contribute something soon to
your children's column. My father has taken
THE CALL for many years, but only lately have
become interested IL it. 1 remain yours
truly, WARD C. HUFF.
GALS Green street.
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KINGS CIrY. Jan. 4. 1s9I

KINGS CITY, Jan. A. 1897.
Dear Editor: AS wrote a letter some time
sgo and as it was published, thought would
write another one.
have one pet puppy and six orphan turkeys.
We are having vacation now. we are going
to have a new teacher next term.
had a great deal of fun Christmas. did
not get many Christmas presents this time.
Well, as my letter is growing long 1 shall
close, hoping to see this letter in print. Your
little reader, EMMA HoLLENBECK.
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SAN FRANCISCO. CAL, Jan. 4. 1879

Dear Editor: This is my first letter to you. 1
enjoy reading the children's page very much,
but would en- joy it more to have my name ap-
pear in it. try to solve the puzzles, hut do
not get them all. We have taken The CALL
for twenty years. have little sister years
old. Wishing you happy new year remain
your friend, AUGUSTA KNUTsEN
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POLLY AND RAGS.

thing for his papa he doesn't get any
thing, but if another mans boy does it he
gets penny.
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A little boy, years old, having often
been told it was wrong to ask for anything
at the table, was down at dessert. After
patiently waiting for some time without
being noticed he exclaimed:
Mamma, please, may have an orange
if 1 don't ask for it?"
Yes. dear" was the reply.
But. after a considerable interval, the
little fellow, not getting his orange, again
addressed his mother with:
please, mamma. I'm not asking fer an
orange"
This time he was duly rewarded.
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" Isn't Fathers Queer 2
New York Mercury

New York Mercury.
Little Boy-Isn't fathers queer?
Auntie-In what way?
Little Boy-When little boy does any
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One Good Reason.

Bette Witless-Why does that little boy
always 60 barefooted?
Sallie Knowall-Why, because he has
more feet than shoes.-Harper's Round
Table.
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which we're in the last paper and hope they
are right. also send you some puzzles and
hope they will be published.
Hoping that this letter has not become tire
some, am, your new friend.
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Dear Editor: / have been reading some of
the letters in THE CALL and thought would
write one. 1 have pet cat named TriIby.
Mill Valley is built in the hills and is a very
pretty place. 1 often go fern-hunting and
pick berries and mushrooms. go to school,
but we have vacation now. hope my letter
will not be put in the waste basket, but that
you will publish it in next Sundays CALL.
GRACE DEAN HOFFMAN, 9 years old,
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dust What He Wanted.
There was little boy whose mother had
made little Lord Fauntleroy of him,
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Domestics bslong to the hire class of
society.
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L'ENREGISTREMENT

Nous emprutons au "Meschacebe
ces jnstes observations sur la negl
gence de beaucoup de personnes
regard du nouvel enlightenment:
Chose remarquable autant que re
grettable. c'est que partout ON neglig,
de Sc faire reenreg'strer. dams les vii
les CONNIE q Ia campagne. Mule par
on ne Sc presse de Sc METRE en- reglt
avec lie devoir de bon citoyen; par
tout papathie ct indifference retien.
nent les gems Ioin de l'assesseur, qui
attend patiemment que les citoyens
viennent remplir le blanc qui doit les
autoriser a voter. Car il y un blanc
remplir cette fois ct il faut savoir
qu'y METRE pour quill vaille quelque
chose. II ne faut pas, du reste, etre
tres malin pour le bien faire, car c'est
simple CONNIE deternuer quand on en-
a envie-pour ceux qui savent ecrire,
bien entendu. Mais ceux qui ne sa-
vent pas ecrire peuvent faire remplir
leur blanc par d'autres en- disant ce
quill faut METRE dessus. Ce Fest pas,
par exemple, CONNIE quand on fait
ecrire par un ami . un autre ami ct
lu'on lui dit: Dis-lui bien des chooses
pour moi; tout ce que tu penseras. La
| faut dire juste ce quill faut metre;
ans celia on n'aura pas lie droit de vo-
er: lie jour de sa naissance, od ellie a
II lieu, ol Pom reside. Co nest pas la
aer a boire pour quiconque un
oupccn de memoire ct d'intelligence.
'elui qui ne pourra fournir ces infor-
nations sera juge incapable de voter
t rsye de la liste." i
Comme nous le disiODs derniere-
rent, il est de toute necessi.e de sc
,ire enr6gistrer de novo pour con-
.rver son droit de vote. II ny
IRA que les personnes qui se seront
,nformees d la loi de 1896 en- Sc {
4isant enregistrer sous cette loi, ct
Ion ces termes ct conditions, qui {
front le droit de prendre part dams !
'lection de Janvier proclaim pour
;clder la question dune convention /
nstitutionnelle ct y eire des dele /
:es.
Done nous engageons vivement r
US les blancs de la paroisse a sc d
ire enregistrer. LIE temps est court;
remettez pas Accomplishment de F
devoir patriotique. D
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Les Loups en- Russie.

Une revue de Phistoire naturelle
Went d'operer un dsnombrement ap-
proximatif des loups dams rempire
des czars. II parait qu'ils sont au
nombre de 175, 900. Ce serait sans
doute montrer une cur;osite deplacee
que de chercher savoir comment ce
chiffre etc obtenu, ct par quels pro-
ced6s re fait le 'recensement de ces
bankruptcies mediterranean familiers
avec phomme. Quoi quill en- soft, il
parait que, malgre la guerre incessan-
te qu'on leur fait, lis demeurent aussi
qu'auparavant. On peut
en- juger avec quelque certitude en-
observant que leurs depredations
u ont pas diminue. lis devorent, par
an, 4 peu pres 10000 tetes de gros
betail, $4,000 moutons, 100000
chiens, ct les pertes qu'ils causent
montent a plus de Is millions de rou-
bles, lis mAngent encore. en- moyenne.
$50 humains, bon an, NAL an. La sta
tistique est une belle chose.
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notaire ell lui dicta son testament:
-Je laisse d ma femme, dit-il,
cert mile francs Ell rentes viageres.
-Bien. dit lie notaire, mais 81 ellie
sc remarie?
@Deux cent mile.
Comment, deux cent miIIei
Oh! ce nest pas tant pour ellie
que son futur maril Eu volla un
lui n'aura pas vole son argent!
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Maximes.

On trOnve dams un vieux Iiyre
persan la maxine suivante:
Celui qui ma pas de fortune ma
pas de credit;
Celui qui ma pas rne femme
sormise, n" pas de repos;
Celui qu ma pas d'enfauts, ma
point dappui;
Mais celui qui ma rien de tout
cel", Wit exempt de soucis.