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DIED.

CAHILL-In this city, October Cd, Ed
ward Cahill brother of John and Will
lam Cahill and Mrs. l.. c. Green of Car
rington, S. D., native of Iowa, aged IS
years.
Friends and acquaintances are re-
spectfully invited to attend the funeral
tomorrow Thursday, at 8 p. M, from
Clark's undertaking parlors 1017 and
1919 Fourth street. Interment City Gene
terry.
WHEELER-In this city, October 4th,
Fred l.. Wheeler, father of Louis Il,
Wheeler, native of Boston, aged 60
years.
Funeral notice hereafter.
ROLLER-In this city, October 4th, Annie
c., beloved wife of Benjamin Roller,
mother of Thomas r. Roller, a native
Of New York, aged 40 years (San Fran
cisco papers please copy)
Funeral notice hereafter
CROFTON-ln this city, October 4th.
John Crofton of Walnut Grove. aged 69
years, months and IA days.
Funeral notice hereafter
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TURCLU HOTEL.
SOH X Street.

CONDUCTED ON THE EUROPEAN
plan; strictly first-class; hot and cold
baths free to guests; electric cars pass
the door. FRANK MEYER, Prop.
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STATE HOUSE HOTEL
Corner Tenth and Sts., Sacramento

BOARD AND ROOM 81 25 TO 81 PER
day. Meals, 25c.
Accommodations frst-class. Free bus
to and from hotel. w. j. ELDER, Mgr
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Natural gassupplies Tom Scott, 3O3 j.
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Try McMorry's Blend Coffee, 35c.
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khiS section.
Amendment Number Four.
tBeing Assembly Constitutional Ameud.
ment No. 81

resolution to propose to the peorie
OF the State of California an amendment
10 me constitution of the State amend
tnS article eleven, by adding a new sec
tIon thereto, TO be known as section num-
ger 9et nVe and one-half. relating to consoli-
ualsu city and county governments The
lows: ~ ieau as Aoi-
section 5l2 The provisions of section
ttuT sbd !, and tve of this article shall not. nor
tbera. any iSsislation passed pursuant
Snereto, apply to any consolidated citv
6bilu bnu county government, now existing or
nSIea1ter formed, which shall have be-
Soaus, or shall become. organized under
seStioh seven, or secure charter under
section. eight of this article
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Amendment Number Three.

being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 44)
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let4you come to my party. Your mother -she does sewin" you know
 was so distressed and ashamed could not stir until Kitty came flying down the stairs. She put her arm around my neck and whispered: T think Juliet's ma is just as mean as she can be. I've a notion not to stay myself. only we are having such a good time, and the supper oh. my, you should see the nice things we are go- ing to have. You won't be mad at me if I stay, will your"
 I could not answer, but ran home to mamma, crying as though my heart would break. and mamma she cried with me.
 Well, during the next two years papa made several lucky mining deals, and our pecuniary troubles were ended. We moved into a fine house on a better street, and the girls-welI. Juliet was nowhere.
 My birthday was at hand and papa said I should have, and do. what I liked on that day. I consulted with Kitty about fine party, with lots of ice-cream. cakes and candy. but she
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all the blossoms on the fruit trees. So the next fruit season there was hardly any fruit at all, and Teresa couldn't earn much money for food or clothing.
 She did the best she could, but it seemed as if they would have to beg. Teresa felt very badly at the thought of this, but begging they went.
 You might see, by a large stone fence, Teresa with her little hand held out asking for pennies, and Tommy by her with a basket on one arm and crying and wiping his eyes on his sisters dress with the other.
 One morning as they were standing tttre Farmer Blair passed along and was very much surprised. He asked them how long they had been standing that way, and Teresa told him, and he took a child under each arm and car ried them home to his wife saying, we have no children, so we might as we'll have these"
 His wife was very much pleased, and so were Teresa and Tommy, for they knew they had a good home.
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said: "Oh pshaw! That's is old. Juliet Beetle had that. Just let me plan. Have your papa and mamma go with us. Spend the forenoon upon the beach: go to a nice hotel and have everything we want for lunch; visit the park in the afternoon; eat a nice din her, and wind -ith the theater in the evening. What do you think of that for programmed"
 It pleased me very much and then, when papa and mamma had approved, how We girls did enjoy talking about it-all but Juliet Beetle; she was left out, until one day when I found her crying over it, then I recalled my own unha~ Diness when I was excluded from the pleasant conferences over her party, and from the party, too.
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SUPT. HYATT, Riverside.

sympathetic in character.
 The boys are only able to play upon one string of the harp they have undertaken the girls bring out fuller harmony by striking many strings.
 The boys have nothing but fights against some physical foe - wildcats, wolves, bears, explosives, Spaniards- even the 6-year-old had dog-fght! Guns, pistols and powder are absolute necessities to the boys.
 But see how much more enters into the girls page. Besides the fights there are spirits, witches, hobgoblins, love, court ship, marriage, dreams, discovery of gold, supernatural fish, stolen children and a dozen other things. Undoubtedly the girls have more ways to play upon the harp of our sensibilities than the boys have. Their language is better, too richer, more comprehensive.
 I think these pages show that the fe- male sex is superior to the male in pow CTS of expressfon-and that it has there fore a literary superiority. The same thing shows all along the line of life. Teachers know that 1t is easier to get a
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D AfA naQ met WiIn great re-
 verses, then his health failed. He
 collected together what little he
 had left and with mamma and
 myself went to far-aWay city on the Pacific Coast in hopes to re- gain both health and fortune.
 It was a hard struggle for awhile, but papa had a brave heart and told mamma mot to fear, for he was worth a dozen dead men yet" So, although we lived in the tiniest cottage. with no carpets on the floor, and mamma lent a helping hand to earn our bread, we were not discouraged.
 l made many little acquaintances on our street and one, Kitty Henderson. became my dearest friend.
 Juliet Beetles mamma" Kitty said, was the biggest bug in all the neigh borhood. She had a suite of rooms above the grocery store and carpets and lace curtains and a piano" In deed, she felt the importance of it all and so d.1 Juliet.
 Next to Mrs. Beetle Kitty's mamma dressed better than any one else upon our street. Juliet and --itty were great friends.
 Mrs. Beetle and Mrs. Henderson were very patroniZing toward mamma, which made her almost l. ugh and cry together the thought of such a little handful of stuff that one could buy making a difference in ones standing.
 I felt it keenly though and tried to heal my pride by telling Kitty of the far grander things that we had once possessed.
 Kitty told the rest of the girls and. although it gave me some importance, yet as Juliet Beetle said, Seeing was believing"
 Juliet Beetles mamma gave her a birthday party. While the plans were going on the girls whisperc together Slyly and looked at me as though the chief pleasure of it lay : my not being allowed to enjoy it with them.
 What great thing it did seem to me to live over grocery store, to have carpets and lace curtains and all the girls looking up to one.
 Finally, one day, Kitty came rushing in. Marguerite! Marguerite!' she cried. You are going to the party"
 gasped for bro th. "Oh. did Juliet's mamma say I was?"
 No" said Kitty, mot exactly, but she told me I could bring some friend, and I'm going to take you.'
 danced with joy. Mamma looked a little dubious, but Kitty and I overruled her objections and she consented to let me go.
 Mamma took one of my white frocks which l had worn in better days, and tried to make it look preSentable. It was too short and small. but she pieced it out and covered up the places with some old lace. Then she tied a pretty scarf about my waist, and Kitty declared it looked just beauti- ful' l kissed mamma, and hurried gaiIy off; half worried though, by the tears that gathered in her eyes
 Kitty, as she explained to me, was going to be one of the chief mucke- mucks of the occasion" and so had gone earlier than |
 I rang the bell and Juliet. arrayed in her pretty dress, came to the door She looked me over with apparent ap- probation. then asked me to wait while she ran up and told mamma" I heard some of the girls tittering at. the head of the stairs. and when Juliet re- turned she had assumed a naughty lit tie air, and said: Mamma will not
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A POPPY HUNT.
BY MALpRoN ". ANDERSON.

Go to bed, my sleepy head,
 Dream until the morning.; SIumber on till night is gone,
 Till the day is dawning. Waken then like other men,
 Fresh as any rover Bold and free, to follow me
 Through the fields of clover. Far away we'll roam to-day;
 Every breeze that passes Blows, I know, where poppies grow, High among the grasses. Bright and bold as yellow gold, Soft as sunlight glancing, Fresh and fair like SunbeamS there In the meadows dancing. Rest we here till. night Is near, Poppy breezes blowing, Then away with peoples gay Slowly homeward going.
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activity ever manifest in living things, that so thoroughly chara cteriZes the boys stories.
 In turning to them we find them char acterfstfc of their sports. There is much of the rollicking, happy-go-lucky spirit. our boys court, and which goes far toward the development of a brave sturdy manhood.
 From the foolhardy ascent in the bal loon, the wreck with its accompanying danger the spirit of adventure that the Cuban port, the desire to prove to the Indian as great bravery as he. him. self, possesses; the trip to the mountain to prove to friends the ability to care for himself, all depict the boy as he actually lives, loves, hates, works and plays.
 But after all the brobdingnag. when the danger comes and the trial, there is the likeness to a woman-I do not mean weakness, yet it is the weakness and strength of humanity covered during the danger by the spirit of i've must act strength was all gone and he tainted "Bose received more hugs and his head was patted more times than could be counted when Frank saw him once more. The peril on the mountain Is not true. There is a false idea of bravery that leads to danger without sufficient cause. 'I am going over the cliff to find Bill.' This is true to the manhood of the boy; but later 1t degenerateS to mock heroiSm. They risk danger for a bear-and a bear already dead.
 There is a ruggedness, a whole-souled- imagination, a vision of life as they see it. The vision of the girls is as clear and as clearly expressed, but it has been mar rowed and cramped by their environment.
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clothe herself and Tommy by picking fruit.
 Every morning in summer you might see two happy little children going to Farmer Blair's big orchard with their lunch pail. Tommy enjoyed himself very much indeed as he went along. He chased butterflies, picked flowers and laughed and sang, while Teresa walked behind more slowly.
 She felt very happy to think that she could work to keep her little brother healthy and happy.
 But something very sad happened. The next winter there was very little rain and very heavy frosts that killed
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The rabbits at the head of this page have begun their career under exciting conditions. War rages along the en-. tire length of Knee Deep Creek and from a purely naval engagement which, last week, was bad for the Spanish rabbits, progress has been made to an attack upon a land bat tery'" of a somewhat unusual kind. The trunk of the tree is bravely defended. but the gallant bark Brer Uncle Sam is powerful and has some new-fash- toned appliances for warlike mischief Brer Uncle Sam is in luck so far.
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OE ana JOn0 were VlSlIlOS IQ6lr
 grandfatehr's last summer. Their
 home was in the great city of
 N New York. Their father was a
 rich merchant. Sue was ' years old and John was 10 years old One day their father came home and told them that they could go to see their grandfather in the summer. They were wild with excitement and could hardly wait for summer. At last the time came. Their mother had all their clothes and toys packed. two or three days before. The next morning they were put upon the train with servant to take care of them. Every time they passed a farm they asked their servant if it was grandpa's pace.
 At night they took stage to grand pas. Both of the children were asleep. As they came near the house, Fido, a large dog, commenced to bark. The door was opened and grandpa came out. He took the two children in his arms and kissed them. Then he carried them in the house and put them in bed.
 In the morning Sue woke up John. Just as tfe~ dressed the servant came in and said breakfast was ready. After breakfast was over the children went out to play. They picked flowers till noon. In the afternoon they went to mountain. They climbed to the top, after resting two or three times. They were going home when they heard something singing. They stopped and listened. It seemed as if it came from under their feet. They hurried to the house as quick as they could.
 By the time they reached the house it was dark. They told their grand father about the music they heard. He smiled, and told them that he would tell them story after supper was over. They all gathered around the fireplace.
 Well once upon a time" began grandpa, "a young man went hunting upon this mountain, and when he was about half way up the mountain he saw large buck running. lie shot, but he missed it. So he went after it. After going about 100 yards he came to a small opening, where he saw the buck going into 6 cave.
 .s,The youth was not going to be fooled that easy after coming so far, so he fol- lowed the deer into the cave. When he had gone abou fifty steps he came into a large room all lighted up, and off in one corner he saw the same buck he had shot at a while back
 It was playing on harpsichord As soon as he saw the youth he sent a servant to invite him in. The youth started to run out of the cave but the buck played tu~e that drew back the youth. The servant motioned for him to sit down. AS soon as he sat on the seat he fell into 6 deep sleep. Anl now when people hear the music they say that another person is being put to sleep"
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TIE DIS, TIE DAT.
BY MARY MACEY
ERKELEY.

'Tfe dis. tie dat! Tie ev'y one O desep' Wee fingers aye a-doing, ne'er at ease, How inefficient when his will decrees:
 Tie dis, tie dat!' No spider ever spun a surer snare, To trip and trap poor passers unaware, Than he from table-leg to latch, to chair
 ''Tie dis, tie dat!' Silk strands with stoutest cord their strength contrast;
 The Hast knot seemingly, is never lost. Yet in the tying draws our heart-strings
 ''Tie dis, tie dat,"
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TOM AND TERESA
BY ALICE JOHNSON, HAYWAROS.

"OM and Teresa were little or
 phans. Their father died when Tom was baby. and their mother 4 had been dead year. They lived
 in small house with only one room. in it.
 Teresa was eleven years old and Tommy was only seven. As they lived in the country Teresa could earn, as small as she was, enough to feed and
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SUPT. KATE AMES, N.& County.

"New Master" In "A Wild Ride" the dramatic incidents are caught and forci- ply expressed. ''The Two Dreams is ex- cellent in it's way. Sir Roland" I judge was written by a child who has passed the myth age "Sydney's Mug
 get" is well written and gives graphically incidents of pioneer life and peril ''The Bad Poodle" is exceedingly ridiculous and good thing of it's kind. The stories all point pathetically to the shut-in life and consequently limited vision of the city girl They are her dreams-her day dreams, as well as the sleeping one, with a notable absence of the astonishing
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I ran home. Mamma I cried, would you like to make your daugh ter very happy?"
 Can you doubt it, little girl?" she said:
 Well. then, let us invite Juliet Bee tie to enjoy my birthday with us.
 Papa looked little savage when we first suggested it to him, but after a while he seemed pleased and said: Well. Cubby, have it all your own way"
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stripes.
 Why were the brave boys who left Was it not for the honor of America s flag? Why was it that so many. eyes were dim as the soldiers marched by, was it not because so many would die, doing their duty forathe flag?
 And as the colors in our flag are in the sky above, and as. the sky protects the whole earth, so shall the American flag protect 'The land of the free and the home of the brave"
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CANDID
 OPINIONS

k HEN our boys or girls really N exert themselves they are
 HNl to be taken seriously,
 v V whether their energies take
 the direction of story writ
 ing, basketball, football or the gathering of Knowledge. The judges who were invited to decide which of the specimen pages of The Call, one con- sisting of stories produced by the boys and another page written by the girls. was the better, all being: connected with educational work, have more than others seen the necessity of care in reaching Judgment AS a consequence, for this is the explanation furnished, there are judges who are still deliberat- ing.
 Below are submitted the opinions so far as received. They may indicate whether the victory lies with the boys or with the girls. There were fifteen judges A majority must rule. Hence, the winners need only eight votes, and 1t is easy for the boys and girls to count a conclusion in the matter. Still is not considered best to comment upon upon the opinions until they are all in. It will be conceded. that the judges are most competent; that they have been perfectly fair; that they are entitled to and will certainly receive the thanks of all the boys and girls for the time and attention they have bestowed. Here are the views of all the judges who have re- ported:
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HONORING THE FLAG.
BY OLIVE RIPPLE,
SAN FRANCISCO.

SAN FRANCISCO.
 THERE are many ways of honoring the flag, and if you carrot honor it in all ways you can at least do so in one, and that is to salute 1t, either by hand or lifting your hat while passing by or when a national hymn is sung. Another way Is to pray for it, and for the ships which sail, and the men who fight under the stars and
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Will not all the judges see to it that their opinions are sent in as soon as possible? To-day the children are un- able to say where victory perches. whether upon the banner of the girls or the boys. They are anxious to get the verdict.
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The girls page seems to me very much better than the boys. 1t has more variety, Is more elastic, more
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HdlUTdI grace and a delicacy Iof fancy un- known in the adult writer.
 Certainly noth- ing could be more sweetly told tho- +l
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GEO. M. ROBERTSON, President Berkeley Board
 of Education.

 write stories of adventure and achieve ment, concise and well expressed. If they boast little and make their heroes achieve results incompatible with the means at their command they share this defect with their elders.
 The girl writers on the contrary. when they are not describing the dress of their heroines or marrying them off in some delightful way, lose themselves in idle and fantastic dreams. These traits man ifest themselves early and continue through life. They are responsible for much of the literary trash of the day
 My judgment is that the boys have written better than the girls have and I feel that it is not due tto prejudice. for agrees with me, and in fact expressed that opinion before hearing my own.
 l was prepared tos find that the girls were superior to the boys in this trial Of skill because l have thought that they were more pfecocious mentally, and I have observed that in school. where memory plays an important part, they accomplish equal results. But I see plainly that they are always girls and cannot escape from their limitation, and however lovely they may be and are as girls, as writers they have not done as well as the boys.
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"story" out of a little girl of than a boy of the same age. The girl of 12 or 16 is more expressive, more versatile than her brother. If an old farmer and his wife have occasion to relate a crcum- stance, which is reader, more. sympa thetic, more detailed? Of course appar- ent exceptions can be shown in plenty long special practice makes some males highly expressive, more so than females of the same age who have not had the training. difference, however, is nat urally there, and it goes down deep into the fiber of the race. Perhaps an ex- planation can be found in the different qualities that have been demanded of the sexes in order to preserve themselves dur ing all the ages of the past, back even to the time when man and woman huddled in the caves of the mountains. To pre- serve himself and gain happiness man must fight fight off enemies, fight for food. To preserve herself and gain hap piness woman must please-she must be versatile, adaptable, expressive-if she would escape misery or destruction she must be able to play upon the sensibili- ties of the 'tyrant man''-her relatives or her captors- Hence the girls page in Thee Call is better than the boys.
 To the intelligent admirer of children's
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suPT. HOWARD, Sacramento.

vigor distinctly masculine: But week later a page was devoted to the girls stories. the merits of which I put down as follows: First variety of subject; sec ond. distinct individuality in style; third. fourth better scholarship. as evinced by attention to technical points,. allusions. etc. In freshness and originality honors 1sTs if i,1dSment he based on the important II potnt aueiiis of literary superiority The girls work suggests something beyond the effort later of broader sympathies. The bows have set up Limitations for them. selves in the shape. of a narrowness ef scope, suggestive of one held or syln- m pathy, bounded by the machine shop, the prairie. the fortress. There is sex in taste more than in style.
 Judging from the stories alone I find no marked distinction in the ability of
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MRS. NJ. E. DlTTMER, Co. Supt., Shasta.

sex among children or adults. The good story writer is not inspired by genius, but by hard work, and his ability de- bends upon the training he has had in thought and expression. The ages of the children writing the various stories should be taken into consideration. On the whole, however, I believe the boys page is the more interesting.
 The boy Is father to the man and 1t Is quite as true that the girl is mother to
 The uoman If
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In The Calls is- sue of April IT the boys presented a page of creditable
 S to ries, written with an energy and
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 CAVERN
BY SUSIE WHEELER, MELVILLE, CAL.

~ UE and John were visiting their A grandfatehr' last summer. Their
 home was in the great city of O New York. Their father was
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To the intelligent admirer of children's stories there is a charm and freshness, a
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our DOyS dIIU girls as story writers. There
 a re g o o d
 stories on each
 page. There lis no literary superioritY in
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you doubt this
 r e a d t h e stories written
 by boys and
 girls for the ; Sunday Call.
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