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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10
LETTERS FROM
THE CHILDREN.

LYNDALL MILLER JR. writes: "I was
very much pleased 10 see my last letter pub
lished. always look out for The SUNDAY CALL
and l am now getting so that l can read the
stories pretty well. L send you picture OF a
dog that went down the avenue with tin can
fastened 10 his tai.''
MADGE BROWN writes from Pluto, Mendo-
cino County: "Our school stood the highest
of any school in the county and we have the
prettlest school in the county l am ac-
quainted with Caroline GonsaIves and think
she writes pretty letters"
JACK REYNOLDS is a live boy. His first
letter to THE CALL. which has been crowded
out by lack OF space, shows this. Here is an ex-
tract: "The other evening l went to the cir
Gus and had lovely time aud I saw lion
jump over horse and riding q horse and he
jumped through a ring of fire and there was
lion that thought would kill the man,
he roared at him so, and there was a great
many other nice things"
GLADYS BELL, c. R. c., of Pacific Grove.
has a love of nature. Here is pleasing ex-
tract from a letter written by her: almost
every Sunday papa, mamma, my little sister
and myself walk into Monterey to see
grandma. 1t is lovely walk. We go through
the woods, where the pretty pine trees are
swaying back and forth, cas- ting cool shadows
on the path, with its thick brown carpet of
pine needles. Then, l-aving the pretty pa III
behind, we come to New Monterey, lying be-
tween Pacific Grove and Monterey. Climbing
short but steep pitch we stop to rest. A few
steps more and we see through an opening in
the woods Monterey Bay, on whose blue
waters, like white-winged birds, the fishing
boats are sailing"
GLADYS will probably write one OF the best
stores about California. 1t must be in by Oc-
tober 20 to gel place in the competition
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10
TREASURE-HOUSE
OF THE GENIE,

THE treasure house of the Genie of the
mountain Is heaped full with piles of
gold and silver and diamonds and rubies
and many precious stones. Goldilocks
saw all of these.
"Let US go now to the treasure house,
for it is far" the Genie said early in the
morning.
So GoIdilocks walked with the Genie to
the river. Tney came to the spot where
one end of the Bridge of the Elves had
been. There the Genie struck the river
bank with his wand and Goldilocks saw
before her long fight of steps which
went down to the water edge.
These steps were not there when Goldi-
locks went down few days before to re-
cover the silver arrow, but GoIdilocks was
not much surprised now to see the steps,
for she was getting used to queer happen
ings in the heart of the mountains.
She walked down the steps with the
Genie until they were close to the water
which roared louder than it ever had.
Where is the treasure-houseP" asked
Goldilocks
"The gate is through the whirlpool, I"
the Genie answered.
Just beyond them the water whirIed
round and round and in the middle of a
ring of foaming waves was hole so deep
that it looked as if it might lead into the
middle of the world.
1--WE will go down there" said the
Genie.
Goldilocks trem bled and drew back.
"Oh no" she said, II am AFRAID
There is no danger; we will have a
boat" the Genie told her.
A big, yellow leaf was on the river. The
Genie pointed his wand at it and it turned
into a boat, which came, of itself, to the
foot of the stairs and Goldilocks and the
Genie stepped into it. There were no oars
in the boat. only a boathook. With the
hook the Genie pushed off from the shore.
'have you the Talisman, Goldilocks pr
the Genie asked.
YES" the little girl answered.
Then keep strong hold upon it, for
when we are in the whirlpool we will
meet my enemy, who had me chained
He will Try to get the Tallsman once
more. Do not sIeak. whatever he says.
or you may lose the Taiisman."
Now the boat began to rock and plunge
and to rear like a wild horse. Over big
waves it went and came to the whirling
ring OF foaming water and round and
the boat turned and the black water piled
up above it on all sides, like a high and
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10
DAYS OF CHILDHOOD.

When l was beggarly boy
And lived in cellar damp,
l had not friend or toy,
But l had Aladdin's lampl
Since then have toIled day and night,
have money and power-good store,
But I'd give all my lam ps of silver bright,
For the one that is mine no more
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.
o playmate of the golden timeI
Our messy seat in green,
Its fringing violets blossom yet,
The old trees DER il lean.
The winds so sweet with birch and fern,
sweeter memory blow,
And there in spring the veeries sing
The song of long ago.
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ORA F. MARTIN, Pasadena-You should
enter the competition pending, for the honor
OF writing the best story about California.
CHARLES LUMMIS-Glad you like how
stories. serial story will soon begin, which
will take all the boys from Camp Cali" on a
long voyage to New Guinea, where they will
meet many adve entures, with the spirit that
becomes California boys, among the cannibals
of that great island. The first instaIlment
will be pu bished in about two weeks
ELlNOR LEE-Your suggestion is good.
Probably all the pictures of the young neon a
who write the stories about California will be
published. Under each picture will be the
name and residence of the aspiring younp
author All the stories cannot be published
but the five best will appear, and also several
others.
LEON NJ. HYSLOP of Salt Lake City has writ
ten story about The Little Boy Who PLAYED
With Matches" The story will be considered.
MARY MORRIS LLoYD-story good. twill
be published.
SABRINA MURPHY-Writ something about
California in competition. Yes, the editor of
the Boys and Girls page pleads guilty TO
writing the "Goldilocks" story.
! ANNIE CLEIR, Oakland-That is right Send
the Callfornia story in. You may be one of
the successful five. Members of the c. R. c.
are requested to send in their pictures. Where
is yours?
CHARLES WILLIAM UBHOFF has written
verse on Christmas Month"; 1t is little
early, but If Charles is in haste the verse may
appear a little before the stockIng-hlIing
season of the jolly saint
Who wrote the story ''Jock, True Story"
The address has been mislaid.
Walter w. Cases portrait was printed in the
c. X. c. gallery on the first Sunday in Sep.
tember.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10
THE STORIES OF
OUR OWN STATE.

THE children should not lose sight OF
The date for the close of the storytelling
competition relating to and having Cali
lornla Tor its theme. The last day upon
which copy will be received will be Octo-
Der 70. Consequently there is no time to
lose. The best five stories about California
Will be printed side by side in one issue OF
IHE CALL. and the boys and girls page
Will be called for the occasion THE
Young Authors Page"
This will call for a special heading for
the page. An invitation is extended to all
young artists who are pupils in the public
schools to compete for the honor of having
heading designed by them placed at the
head of the Young Authors page. Full
credit will be given for all designs re-
ceived, and those that have particular
merit will be reproduced.
1t may not be possible to use many de-
signs upon the same day that the authors
have the page, but if there are enough de-
signs of merit offered there will be day
set apart especially for the young artists.
All com petitors must send their photo
graphs. These must be carefully in
scribed with the name and postoffice ad-
dress of the young aspirant for honors in
every case, that the photograph may be
returned at the close of the competition
and that there may be no mistake when
the time comes to publish the pictures.
This morning the picture of a. Mar
guerite Weeks is pres nted. This young
author is IL years old. She is given
place of honor now for promptness and
n 0I,a s k-;-- IL
one OF the five best young authors on the
Pacific Coast. She was the first to patrI-
otically respond to the call for stories to
do honor to our own California. She re-
sides in Pescadero and is pupil i'll the
Pescadero public schools.
The best story will be illustrated by the
art department of THE CALL The por-
traits of the five leading young authors
will be published on the Young Au-
thors' page. These stories will un-
doubtedly be commented on throughout
the United States, so that young writers
will have chance that can seldom come
in lifetime to address a great audience
at the very beginning OF literary career
The com petition is wide open to all the
Pacific Coast, The rivalry between the
schools will, undoubtedly. lead to the pro-
duction of some fine stories. There may
be a necessity for giving up the page to
the young authors and also to the young
artists more than once. If so, this will be
done, the desire being to encourage our
young people as much as possible. Com
petent judges will pass upon the stories
and also upon the work of the young
artists. All who compete will receive full
credit. Now is the time, boys and girls.
to display your ability. No better oppor-
tunity could be found. Come one, come
all. The latchstring is out.
Right here let it be understood that the
quality of the stories about California tn at
have come in is good. Vera Chisholm.
aged u. of the James Lick School, has a
story in that has much merit. A. Law
renee Lee has taken practical view and
has furnished much informa alton in a very
small space. All of it is good. Lawrence
attends the Hamilton Grammar School.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10

and went to kill him, but they could not
find him. A few months after some men
took their dogs and found a cougar, which
they treed and shot, which measured 8
feet long. 1t was supposed to be the same
one that followed us. This is a true story.
Has any one in California had a more
exciting experience with a wild animal :?
1t is possible, but that was enough for me.
IRENE CoNDoN
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10

but nary place could 1 find to rest
mother. by gosh. Yes, stree. there was
plenty of places to rest-your-ant, but darn
my stockings if there's place ter rest yer
poor old mother, by gosh. No, stree. No
New York fer me. I've bin there oncst
and know what tits, and l swan, I'll
never 60 there agin."
WILLIAM BRADY,
q. S. S. Yorktown, Yokohama, Japan.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10

by gosh. Wal, l told
Abram ter look after
the farm till we'd
kom back. / packed
up our luggage and
off we went ter New
York.
when we got ter
New York l took
mother round to see
ther sights. By and
by mother gets kind
O. tired like, so l
asked a policeman
if he could tell me
where l could find
a place to rest, as
mother was kind O.
tired. WELL said
the policeman, lem
me see. Yes, there s
aplace on tother side
of the street. So
we went 10 the tother
side of the street
ani to m axe sure he
had told me right l
asked a small boy,
who was 'tother side
Of the side OF the
street, and by gosh,
Bill. if the young
scamp didn't laugh
and call me a fule,
by gosh. He said
tother side of the
street was on tother
side, by golly, if he
didn't.
II said, Look here,
yunster, I've bin on
that side oncst, and
they told me twas
over on this side
Anyhow, we went
up tother siGe of ther
street, and what do
you think, Bill? the
first place we komter
was a rest-your-ant,
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10
STORY OF A COUGAR.

IN the spring of 1891 we lived in little
valley surrounded by mountains COW
cred with thick timber. There was a
small creek back of the house. The place
was known as 1.-THE Divide" There was
no other house within half a mile. There
was hill across the creek. An old bache-
lor had place through the tim Der over
the hill His name was Kendall. He
lived al alone.
We had garden and wanted hoe. So
he told US that we could have his if we
would 20 and get 1t. One morning we
started out for our destination. There
were hve of US. We got there and stopped
to rest and after resting we started back
home again. We were all right until we
got to pair OF bars, through which we
passed.
As we were clim bing through the bars
large cougar jumped out OF tree and
started after us. Mamma picked up nv
brother in her arms and we ran with all
our might. We screamed all the while
Suddenly we stopped and looked around
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10

and saw the cougar
leaping toward US. So
we gathered up cour-
age and pressed on,
not daring TO look
around. Mr.. Cougar
followed US nearly TO
the foot of the hill.
When we got hom e
my sister sat down
and wept, she was so
frightened.
No wonder that she
cried. We all kne W
that the cougar could
have easily torn US to
pieces. and the way
It chased US showed
that it had e very
bad temper. After he
disappeared in the
tim Der we thought
that we could hear
him snarling as he
broke thr ough the
underbrush. w b Y
the did not brute fol-
low us? Perhaps he
scented the danger
that wSs not far
away, for the cougar
is a knowing beast
and is difficult as a
weasel is to catch
mapping.
OF course we gave
the alarm as soon as
possible. Ii the cou-
gar had the courage
to chase five of US he
was an unsafe ami
NAL to have IN the
vicinity, and We all
wan ted to make sure
that he was out OF
the way. The story
we told was listened
TO with wonder.
Soon after some
men took their guns
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10

With folded hands-so quiet and so fair
She saw him lay some battered toys down,
While unshed tears uImmed his pure ewes of
blue,
And heard him murmur in a childish voice,
"He might get lonesome where he's 60
ing top
MINNIE NJ BoDE.
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MY BOY OF THREE.

MINNIE NJ. BoDE.
The Van Buren press., 1897-07-03
THE WORLDS POLICE.
Irish and Spanish Said to lie the
Finest in the World.


Finest III the World.
An Englfshman whose hobby is the
study of policemen all over the world
says that the Irish constabulary aud the
civil guard of Spain are the finest bodies
of police in Europe. The Spanish civil
guard was established in 1915. when
highwaymen were numerous in Spain,
and the duty of its members is still tq
patrol the high roads and practieallyta
guard travellers. Their power is almost
absolute. but they do not abuse it. They
wear dark blue TUNES and yellow belts,
with knee brooches and old-fashioned
CATERS.
The Italian police are divided into fye
sections, the first being the caraDinicri,
who wear dark blue tail coats, trousers
with red bands, silver buttons and orna.
ments. cooked hats with tri-coored
coekades, gloves and swords. The Nea.
liolitan police are especially smart in
appearance. The Berlin police were
found rather disappointing, for, al
though fine body of men as regards
height, they have decided tendency to
stoutness.
Their methods of enforcing order are
| firm, but almost invariably polite. The
policemen in Vienna are great handles
Russian policemen are bigger than any
in Europe, and are compared in this re-
spect with those of New York, but it is
stated that the broadway squad can
give inches in size to any body of men
in Europe.
The Russian force is divided inf
three sections, urban, suburban ana
river police. Men of the urban division
wear black, with yellow and red facings
those of the suburban section black
with purple facings, and the river police
black with white facings.
The japanese police bear the palm fo
picturesqueness, especially in the
summer costume They wear white
with a sort of cape attached to thel
hats hanging down on their shoulders
The FIJI islands are kept in order by
body called the EARNED native con
stabulary." Their tunics of dark blu
with scarlet facings contrast striking
ly with scolloped kits of white liner
The uniform of the Madras policema
consists of a gayly-colored turban, dar
jacket white trousers and sandals
Chicago News.
The Van Buren press., 1897-07-03
BRlsTLEs FOR BRuSH-MAKINo.



TO a very limited extent the bristles
from the American hog are utilized in
the manufacture of brushes, yet most
of this product of the swine is insult
able and must go to other uses. Be-
cause American pork is superior, Amer
lean bristles are inferior. Improving
the quality of pork diminishes the quail
ity of good bristies and Strengthening
the hog while young prevents long,
heavy bristles from being produced in
this country. The quality of the do
nestle bristles is not so well adapted
for general purposes as those from Rus
STA and China, and this accounts for the
fact that every year million pounds
and upward Of foreign bristles are i'm
ported. worth that many dollars.
The bristles obtained from American
hogs are used only in cheap, poor
brushes. The great bristle market of
the world is st. Petersburg, and Russia
is the largest bristle-producing coun-
try. Leipsic is second in Importance
as a bristlc market, although many of
the bristles sold there are actually pro-
duced in Russia, and are made ready for
sale in Germany. From Russia and Ger
many the brush manufacturer obtains
all of his supply of long, heavy bristles
in the different colors-white, bronze
gray and black. France produces in
quantity next to Germany, but only
white and yellow colors, and those kinds
only in short and medium lengths
nearly all of which are classed as soft
stock, being fine fiber. Within few
years China and India have marketed
considerable quantities OF black bris.
ties, which formerly were known only
in an incidental way Manufacturer.
The Van Buren press., 1897-07-03
THE CLEANEST CITIES.

New York and Toronto Have Clean
est Streets on the Continent.
The two cleanest cities on the CONT
nent to-day are Toronto and New York,
and they are cleaned by direct labor.
New York not only employs and thus
directs all its street cleaning and gar.
bage dispatch forces, but it has an
organized department with an ade-
qaate and properly adjusted equipment
of horses, carts, brooms, stables and
stations. and it pays its men two dol
lars a day and upward for eight hours
work To be sure, il has had a Col
Waring, but had Col. Warning been q
contractor or contractors snperin.
tehdent the metropolis would not have
been the clean city it is to-day. 1t is
by the method Of direct labor under
model conditions of employment that
this first worthy result of the kind
in a large American city has been
achieved.
Toronto, the other of these two ex.
emplary cities, has gone even further
than New York in eliminating the con
tractor. In this enterprising Canadian
town, with its 100000 people, Street
Commissioner Jones has, during the
last seven years, entirely reyolutionizeo
the care of the streets of the city. He
has not only organized the execution
of this work under distinct depart
ment, but out of the margin thus sayec
| from tba ,1i.t1o1 q nproOrio iOpc for fa =,
| ing for the streets he has actually bull
and equipped modest but complete SCI
| of workshops, where the entire con
struction and repair work of the de
| partment is executed.
Not only are the sprinklers, rotary
sweepcrs, automatic loading carts ant
snow scrapers, each after a special pat
tern devised by the commissioner or un
| der his direction, built in these shops
| but even the harnesses are made there
| the horses are shod there, and it i
| the truthful boast of the commission
er that every article of manufacture
used by the department is produce,
from the raw material in these shops
1t is exceedingly refreshing to fint
there inventive genius coastantl,
brought to bear to produce appliances
not for sale in the general market
and hence of that crude adjustment
which can be used anywhere, but ap
planes precisely adapted to the par
ticular needs of Toronto, with it's owl
climate, soil, street mileage and pave
| ments.- Review of Reviews
The Van Buren press., 1897-07-03
HUMOR FROM OHIO.
Unique Set of Rules in Buckeye
Hotel.

They were sitting in the lobby at
Murphy's, talking about the striking
peculiarities of some of the hotels they
had been up against in the course of
their travels.
In the party were red-headed drum
mer from Arkansas. a travelling rail-
road man and spindle-shanbed man
who sells oil out of Pittsburgh. The
deal got around 10 the man from Ar
kansas, and what he had to say was
this:
I've had to stand for some queer
rules and regulations in my time, but
the most unique code Of rules govern.
ing II hotel | ever had sprung on me
was at the Tallewanda hotel, in Col
lege Corner, 0. / remember each one
of them distinctly to this day. They
were posted in this order:
81. Board, $50 per week, meals extra.
SO Breakfast at five, dinner at six,
supper at seven,
"3. Guests are requested not to speak
TO the dumb waiter.
~ Guests willing to get up without
being called can have self-raising flour
for supper.
IS. The hotel is surrounded by @
beautiful cemetery. Hearses TO hire, %
cents day.
sc. Guests wishing to do little
driving will find a hammer and nails
in the closet.
81. If your room gets too warm open
the window and see the fire escape.
''s. If you are fond of athletics and
like good jumping lift the mattress and
see the bed spring.
SO If your camp goes out take 6
feather out of Che pillow; that's light
enough for any room.
40. Anyone troubled with night
mare win find halter on the bedpost
al. Don't pick a quarrel with the
clerk. His brother is the chief of police
and his father the mayor of the town.
"12. Don't worry about paying youi
bill. The house is supported by its
foundation."-N Y. Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1897-07-03
PERSONAL AND lMpeRsonAL


-PadereRski IS a widowe or, but has
ore son vino began playing the piano
whcsr Re was seven years cid
Mrs. Laugtry possesses a dressing
bag which is, perhaps, the eostliest oil
its kind. II IS adorned with gold and
ieweIed fittings. and cost $500.
John y. Creation, the xell-known
chemist and metallureist. who invented
the alloy used in the tiYe-eent piece,
died at his home recently in Brooklyn
Jerome, the painter. has sent a
remarkable equestrian statuetfe, one
fifth natural size, of 'Bonaparte in
Egypt" to the saion. Napoleon IS rep
resented dressed in early Egyptian cos
tune.
The late PerleY Derby, of Salem
Mass. was one of the best-kuown gen
ealogists in the United States. and for
50 years had been employed TO make
genealogical researches in nearly every
state in the union.
According to Pliny. Lolita Paulina
the wife Of Caligula, wore Oh her hand
arms. neck. head and waist pearls and
diamonds 10 the value OF S1.5so,0o0
FaustiEa had ring worth s2o9,oo0
Domitia possessed one worth s300.0oo
and Gaesoufa had bracelet worth $780,
Gee
Mayor Strong, of New York. has
not given away any Of the Thousand
bricks from Grants tomb. He had seY-
eral applications, which were refused
"These bricks" he told applicants
will go to the G. \. r. posts" A maj
offered him ten dollars for a brick re
Gently. but he told him they We're moi
for sale.
An apple or two is all the luncheon
that the vice president eats, so that he
does not 90 down to the restaurant a
all. and, unless he is called out OF thu
chamber to see some important visitor
in his own Office back of the senate
he sits in the chair from the blind chap
lain's prayer at noon until whatever
time adjournment comes
The Van Buren press., 1897-07-03
PIankcd whiteHsh and shad.

This method of cooking is, as Il rule
confined to club houses, where large
open fires are accessible, but | assure
my readers that planked fish may be
served to perfection in the smallest
and most modest home in America.
The peculiar flavor impaired by the
heating plank makes the fish more de-
lieious than when cUoKct, in af.y other
way. If one has q gas stove the method
is quite simple, bat the oven of coal
range may also he used with success
Secure a two-inch plank the size of
the oven, made from hard wood, oak
or hickory; when ready to use put il
in the oven until it is so hot that YOU
cannot bear your hand on it for an
instant. Have the fish split down the
back; put in, skin down, on the hot
plank; dust with salt and pepper and
haste with melted butter In an ordi-
nary coal steve, put it on the oven bot.
tom, close the oven door and bake foI
30 minutes, basting two or three times
When the fish is done, take it from the
oven. garnish with parsley and lemon
and send it to the table on the plank,
placed on japanese laquer tray, just
a little larger than the plank. White.
fish may be planked in the same way
Ladies' Home Journal.