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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
THE RACE FOR PLACE
 WILL SOON CLOSE

Grace T. Scott, II years old, who is in the Emerson School in Tacoma, IS one of the most enthusiastic of all the little champions of the literary reputa- tion of her sex. She has written spirited letter. from which extracts are herewith given:
 Women are superior to the men in writ ing; that is my stand. Listen;
 Mercy Warren, the talented and dis tinguished writer of colonial days, who did much to help the cause of freedom and Margaret Winthrop and Eliza Pinek- ney! Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the the or girl has not read with deep interest Charlotte Bronte's, Jane Eyre? Is there not read that old favorite. "Bingen on the Rhine,' by Caroline $. Norton? Can any one repeat that grand piece of poetry, A. Allen, without feeling thrill of home sickness? Can you produce the equal of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Toms
 And Anna Sewalrs ''Black Beauty" Mrs. Burnetts Little Lord Fauntleroy," Wiggins ''The Story House" Gertrude E. HaIe's ''The Little Flower People" Laura E. Richards -Four Feet, Two Feet and No Feet" Mary Mapes Dodge, these are all wonderful writers; their equals are hard to find, but not among the men, l think, anyway.
 And then there is Mrs. Lyman Abbott, Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, Mary E. Wilkins and Mrs. Mark Morrison. There are some more 1 must not neglect to mention George Eliot, Mrs. Hemans, Helen Hunt Jackson, Mrs. Burton Harrison. l think this array of brilliant women can more than hold their own with the men writ CTS, don't you, MT. Editor?'
 Now the question that Grace Scott asks in conclusion is something like the question upon which the competition is based. The way to find out whether there is superiority of sex in literature may be to have bright girls and bright boys compete, the girls to publish their page, and then, on the succeeding Sun day, the boys will publish theirs. In the competition Grace Scott may find her name among the first six. To bring this about she must send her story soon.
 That all the girls and boys may have a chance the date for closing the com petition is fixed at April 12. No story mailed later than that day will be con- sidered for either the boys page or the girls page. When the manuscripts are all in hand some time may elapSe be- fore the first page, that representing Nthe girls, will be published. At least a fortnight will be given for selection of the best six stories, that the choice may be carefully made after full con- sideration of each story from several points of view. So these additional points are settled:
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late to grumble. It is true that lost my temper. but we must do something now or we shall all be destroyed to- gether''
 The magician who had been freed from the oak tree took Jack upon one shoulder and the Prince upon, the other and carried them bodily over the castle wall and hid them, in the giants clock case. Then battle took place between the two magicians. They stirred up the winds until they blew hurricane They. smote the ground until there was a fierce earthquake that, caused the castle of Gorgoloa to shake to it's very foundations and it's. huge surrounding walls cracked and ecrumbled. They filled the air with flashes of fire that sent out thick smoke, soi that darkness like midnight fell upon the enchanted island. The magician of the, oak tree finally drove Gorgoloa's magician from the island and followed him, on wings of magic, oyer the sea.
 This left Jack and the Prince alone to fight the great giant. Unfortunate ly. the Prince made noise in the clock case. The giant found him swinging upon the clocks huge pendulum and trying to hide behind the round weight at the end.
 Come forth" said the giant, seizing the Prince. T know now where Jack must be-
 T into the side pocket of his great coat, and peered into the clock to look for Jack. But Jack had climbed up among the wheels that turned the hands upon the clock dial, and the giant did not see him.
 'Oh; never mind" said Gorgoloa after a while, 'I'u just lock up the clock and let Jack see how he likes starving" Then he began to prepare h: Ia a HFrI1n haa int a caldron to stew, and drew out his tobacco pipe and breathed with a noise like a locomotive letting off steam, as he took whlfs of smoke into his lungs.
 Soon he had the castle so full of smoke that the Prince, who was on the lookout for a chance. thought the time had arrived for him to escape. He had found a great fish line in the gi- ants pocket, and had attached to it one of the giants coat buttons. Down this fish line he slid easily, and the giant did not notice him, being too busy thinking.
 When the giant stepped outside of the castle for, moment the Prince slipped from under the giants footstool where he had been hiding; threw the fish line, which he had noosed at one end, over the key of the clock; then, sailor fashion, he climbed up and un- locked the clock door. Jack slipped from his place of imprisonment in a trice, and the Prince locked the clock and slid down the line, which he pulled down after him. With the aid of the line the two escaped from the castle window, but not a second too soon.
 When the giant saw the line and learned of their escape, he was more furious than ever. AS for Jack and the Prince, they ran as fast as they could go toward the shore, in search of the giants vessel, which they had come to destroy.
 They found the vessel under a beet ling cliff. It was long and low, with out masts, but having huge wings on either side, which the giant could work by magic, so that his vessel would go
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 pletely overthrown the castle and all of it's surrounding walls.
 At the close Of the day Gergoloa was so tired that he fell into heavy sleep. He was now homeless and Jack be- neved that his magic would not help him. Placing his trumpet to his lips Jack blew loud blast.
 Come forth to battle, Gorgoloa," shouted Jack
 The giant leaped up and rushed at Jack, who waited until Gorgoloa was near him. Then he jumped aside and Gorgoloa swept by like a whirlwind. Jack fitted round stones that he had brought from the beach to his sling and threw them at the giant. None of them seemed to hurt the monster.
 Aim for his breast" the cap of wisdom told Jack.
 So Jack waited until Gorgoloa came within a few yards of him and then sent a stone whizzing, with all his strength, at the giants breastplate. With that Gorgoloa fell and with the breaking of his breastplate all his magic help came to an end.
 A dreadful noise came from all parts of the island at once The ground be- gan to sink into the waves. Higher and higher rolled the water every min ute and now it reached the castle ruins and Gorgoloa was buried beneath the waves.
 Fortunately the Princes vessel ar rived just then and took Jack and the Prince away. The next second the whole island sank below the sea and has never since been seen. Jack and the Prince were welcomed home with great honor by the King. D. H. w.
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The powders tore holes in the vessel and it sank So many sharks surround ed it that the giant dared not wade out to 1t. He was now so angry that he beloved like a wild beast, and vowed all sorts of vengeance against Jack. who, he saw. had planned the mischief that the giant had just wrought to his own harm.
 Jack and the Prince, who had gone into hiding when the giant approached, did not think it would be wise to ven- ture out into his sight. Jack had found that his shoes of swiftness and his coat of invisibility were of no use to him upon the Enchanted Island; but the cap of knowledge helped him to think.
 He followed Gorgoloa back to his castle and slipped in through the door first. Jack was a ventriloQuist and could initiate the voices of.all birds and beasts and could make his own voice seem to come from several differ ent directions without once changing his own position. He now hid behind a big bronze statue and roared like a lion as Gorgoloa entered The noise seemed to come from another room.
 Gorgoloa seized his club and soon battered the next room to pieces, hunt ing for the lion. Then J-ck howled like a wolf, croaked like a raven, laughed with his own natural voice
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JACK O THE BEANSTALK

The latest advo ture of Jack of the Beanstalk' is demanded by several of our young readers. Tn response to re- quests Jack will be the hero two weeks from this morning. Next Sun day morning, because earlier requests must be favored first, the story of how the Three Bears returned a con- pliment and visited Goldilocks will be told. Farnsworth Wright of Palo Alto, aged "a little over nine" writes:
 This is my first letter to you. I enjoy the new fairy tales very much. l would like to have Jack and the Beanstalk next I am not quite 10 years old. l am a little over nine.
 I like Jack and the Beanstalk' stories best of all. l might make up story for the boys and girls page. l have made up my mind to take for a subject, "HoM the Lily Got Her Pistil:,
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faster than any ship. At the bow it had the shape of a snakes head. The sides were armed with long and very sharp bikes and knives, which were in constant motion, so that no one could get upon the vessel without danger of being cut to pieces
 The, water seemed to be filled with fierce sharks, so that it was dangerous to try to reach the vessel by water,
 "Ah," said Jack, T have an idea. will make the sharks destroy the gi- ants vessel" He took from his pocket a piece of bread and broke it into crumbs and threw it upon the cliff Two score of sea birds saw the crumbs and flew toward them.
 Jack, who always carried a sling in his pocket, picked up a double handful of pebbles and killed all the sea birds. Then he threw them into the giants vessel. The sharks leaped over the low sides of the vessel to feast on the birds. The knives and bikes cut and angered them. When they were in the vessel they fought furiously for possession of
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
THE RAINY DAY.
By Aide Lephs Alley.

It was a very rainy day, and little Belle had to play in the house.
 Belle was very cross and wanted to go out and play. Mamma said if Belle would be a good baby she would make her a doll dress.
 Belle said, 'I will" So mamma said. "I am not busy" So she sat down to make it, and Belle went and got her doll and wagon and her chair, and was a good girl while mamma made the dress.
 In the afternoon it cleared off and Rose. one of Belle'S friends, came to stay an hour with Belle. When Rose went home spend an hour and half with Lily.
 Belle took her doll with her new dress on to show Lily. Lily brought her doll out and they had fine time.
 When Belle came home her mamma had made her pretty hat for her doll also.
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The girls page will be published first The last day for mailing stories for competition will be April 12.
ESSAY UPON A HORSE.
By King Sing

GNote-King Sing is a Chinese Doy, who attends the Chinese Presbyterian Mission School on Stockton street, San Francisco. He is 10 years old
 A horse can eat, run, jump and draw the cars all day. He has very hard work to do. Some horses are wild and some of them are gentle. Some men whip their horse very hard. My horse is gentle and nobody whips him. A horse has no horns, and he has four feet, two ears, one nose, no long hair and not two or three heads, and his legs are not very long and not very short. A horse is not as large as the elephant and not as small as the rat My horse is afraid of the lion and tiger, for they will kill horse. A horse is not very tall and not very low, and has not so big a head as the elephant; and not so little as the rat.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
MY CHILDHOOD'S HOME.

By Juliette DnscolI Oft as I sit here dreaming, 1 think of days gone by, Of the cottage home; its garden neat, And the brooklet arch and shy; Of the vine auove the doorway With its flowers that loved the sun, And the river, singing, low and sweet When the long day was done, And now l hear dear voices l knew when l was young; 1 see the dear old orchard, With choicest fruitage hung. See, now, the sunlight striking Across the grassy leaI
 It gilds the stream where children Wade and laugh, full of glee. So, as l sit here thinking Of happy days gone by, My heart is glad, though oft the tears Will shine, and oft I sigh.
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the giant of St. Michael Mount, old BlunderbOre of the en- chanted castle: the Two Headed Giant of the Valley, and the Three Headed Giant, from whom you gained the coat of invisibility, the cap of knowledge and the shoes of vast swiftness.
 You also overcame the magician who held the lovely lady captive, and that lady married the Prince. Then Thundel had to own your valOr. Finally Galligantus gave you fame. There is new work for you now to do. Are you ready?"
 II am always ready. sire,'' said Jack, lowing very low.
 At once then" said the King. This very night you will embark on ship with my son, the Prince, and will sail to the enchanted island of Gorgoloa. There a wicked giant is fitting out, with the aid of a magician, a vessel to visit our coast and to carry away into captivity all our young girls and boys. He is advised by the Wisest of all ma gteians and I fear that your famous coat, cap and shoes will not help you much but away The giant must be defeqted and his vessel and castle must De stroyed.
 Jack and the Prince sailed many leagues by day and by. night, upon the Kings ship. They took advantage of light, when the giant and his ma gician were asleep, to land, on the Island of Gorgoloa. Their ship sailed away and Jack and the Prince were alone to undertake their great task.
 Hardly had the morning dawned when the magician said to the giant Gorgoloa: "A strange ship came here in the darkness last night Upon it was Jack the Giant Killer and the son of a King. Get you, therefore, out at once and make strict search for Jack and his comrade, for they have come to destroy you and your castle and your vessel. This news 1 learned from the east forest when the wind blew in through my window and talked to me. ,.- This wonderful magician often talked with the wind.
 The giant Gargoloa set forth and strode to the east forest, the trees and even the flowers of which could talk.
 '"TelI me, O oak tree" said Gorgo- loa. where are the two strangers who came across the sea?''
 II know not, ask the grass.
 We know not" said the grass and flowers.
 This made Gorgoloa very angry, for he knew that Jack and the Prince were in the east forest. He therefore tore off great branches from the trees and using them as weapons cudgeled the trees until he had broken them to fraS- ments. Then he strode back to the castle in very bad humor, to ask the magician what to do next.
 Dol" said the magician with scorn, undo first the mischief you have done. You have destroyed the magic forest and half my charms now fail to work. Else would already have Jack and the Prince here, ready to throw into the big iron pot for your dinner Now the magician whom I had safely locked up in the heart of the oak tree has been freed by you and he will work against us and for Jack and the Prince"
 Well" answered Gorgoloa, 'it is- too
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SPRING RAINS.

By Clara A. BanfIl. I sat one day in my study, Watching the raindrops fall, Far beyond were the mountains, And the raindrops blessed them all. Then I thought, while watching. hoping, The sun might shine again, Of the King, cur Heavenly Father, Who giveth us the rain. When it falls the grasses harken, It bids the grain to spring, It makes the birds, with. gleeful hearts, Their Makers praises sing.
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and finally taunted Gorgoloa with be- ing a coward. Each time the noise he made came from a different direction. Gorgoloa ragged from room to room
 beat down ceilings and floors and finally took to throwing down the castle walls
 Jack kept behind the giant and out of the way of falling stones, tormenting Gorgoloa until the giants had com
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

AN lOafI, dOO maik and cows ter milk.
 Aunt Samanthy, that's mi wife, she's just scander- lzed mi pctyure in the Raul every Sunday morn ing becoz she the artist who te1s the trooh enu maiks 1t plane to her that need slkin up orfu. Unke Eaph, then's the verry words got rum her letter ysturday, "yew be shamed go around amung city folks in such close Peepu will begin think yew haven't got Sunday soot And the way y1re toes sk hoos is simply skanderus the last degree But say Unkle Eaph when going to sirkuss agen Thairs kewrioserty beet 1t if yew kan She's
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the birds, all the more furiously be- cause of the knife cuts, which made them smart.
 The giant heard the loud noises they were making, and ran from his castle toward the beach. When he saw the sharks in his vessel he was more an- gry than when he destroyed the magic forest He took up great powders and threw them at the sharks to kill them.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
THE GRANGER
 TELLS w H Y.

Sum reashuns hay sed orter tell how 'tis i don't run away from these tarnaton Pumpkins They nav mawled and damned me, allo and every trck the funny critters git up brings the botum nv the heep. First folered the Pumpkins git back my ch1cns and uther things the raskas took when they was tor1ging. Then got sorter amoozed what took pals and so kept along with the prosesshun what would ha""en next and there has ben lot taken pas all aonF the lnespes uly since struk inu San Fransss O sJrnD I've bir,ir oDrirc
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WHY.

i've bin in 1t as Drinsipal party
 When ter hum uster bong to church and peepu sed had even temper but i dunno These kanankerous Pumpkin felers do such all fired things hot enuf to split But while they all full of msch as an IS full of mee they the gratest was. They "now Unkle Eaph that last was xxi dent and it won't hapen agen but dunno Most likely what will hapen will be sumthn wuss than anything the funny little eers have dun yet Shure enu orter hoam fur there chores doo butter and cheze ter
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
MEXICAN BABIES

THE Mexican babies chubby aud gay Each family has six dozen; And au in the town related they say. From first to s twentieth cOusll
 IF the little black headed brown ha6y should cry,
 Or n,amraa grow sick of his lraih'
 His tears in an instant his sister czn dry
 With the end of a snake for rattle! THE house is adobo with flooring of drt. And psto sheltered sud sunny, Whae tasy. can toddla without any shirt And mamma can sing without money!
 X ND the little black dogs are sight to behold.
 "A All hairless and wrinkGl ss mummi&
 With blankets about them to keep of tho cold
 And bab:ss about them for chnmnls HOW happy these imps from the day they are born They todde and tumble in taters. Their faces are dirty, their clothes sre all torn: But robody thinks that it matters!
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LITTLE GIRL BLOOMER,
By Nellie Olmstead Lincoln.

By Nellie OImstead Lincoln. O little girl boomer, Come ring your gong; Your pug's- at the doorway, Your wheels on the lawn. Where's the little girl rides for miles, Bonny and wide awake, full of smiles o little boy blue,
 You'll be quite in the shade If you don't keep awake And look after this maidi
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There's lot my old naburs who write for free intu the sho and say that old eler like gon thru tricks with the Pumpkin srkuss would bee pasture rode when the kum the farm mak pict and only mak trak fast that yew cood play chek thare tales with the cus behind Dew the naburs get passes yure life But f they will bring in reel fresh garden sass the full moneys wuth
 But they won't hunt Huns and play with tigers free
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lie toTk With them But they won't hunt Huns and
 Of course 1t maks me dizzy to be fired out a num- and them iff times when had the contraDons with the buffer at the park the maserdon Market street. and drownded Stow Lake. Then. agen makS tired seehow thatmew and that heer what bro up rum earliest childhood have been weened rum and just wild to chais around with the Pumpkins Likewise the rooster and the pig Sutch is gratood They uster heep of mummy when teechin
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THE AUTHOR OF
 DEAR OLD HOME

The little poem printed anonymously with the above title on this page was written by Judith Guslean of Port land. Or.
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My will stay the o the bitter end Ye shood
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JACK KILLS THE GIANT.
T x @ x x x x x x x X

OW it so happened that the King one day sent for Jack the Giant Killer and said:
 Brave Jack, your fame is great. You have vanquished the giant of St Michael'S
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-01
CRISIS IS APPROACHING.
ENGLAND PROFESSIONALLY Is
PREPARING FOR WAR.
-SOmething Extraordinary Has
Happened-English Reserves and
Militia Are to he Called Out.

LONDON, Oct. 31.-There was an unex-
pectedly gloomy feeling this morning on
the stock exchange and the Paris bourse,
both being Influenced. it is inferred, from
the aggressive tone OF some of the French
papers. Besides this. something extraor-
dinary seems to have happened. and 1t
looks as IL a crisis was approaching. Brit
ish naval preparations are being pushed
with great vigor. A British emergency
squadron Is gathered at Devonport with
all possible speed, with eleven battleships
and one cruiser.
The Pail Mall Gazette this afternoon says:
England has been and even now Is so
near war that the government has carried
Its preparations to the farthest limit OF the
preparatory stage. II has been arranged
to call out the reserves and militia. and to
mobilize the volunteers simultaneously and
to form large camps at various important
railroad junpions where rolling stock and
locomotives will be concentrated.
Empress Line May BE Needed.
VANCOUVER, r. c., Oct. 31.-It Is re-
ported, although the rumor wants confirm
alton. that the Canadian Pacific Railway
Company has received notification from the
British admiralty that the three big En-
press liners may be required at any mo-
ment to be transferred into auxiliary cruis-
ers. Guns and other equipment lie at
Hongkong and EsQumalt. One vessel is
now in Vancouver harhor. one al Hong
kong and the other en- route to Yokohama.
II trouble with France assumes Its worst
aspect, two Expresses would be ready i'm
mediately.
Egyptian Question to BE Raised.
>rfa
learns on reliable authority that the Fash
oda question will be settled favorably TO
Grea. Britain by the recall OF Marchand.
France. the paper adds. yields all. ressrv-
ing only the question OF her right to the
Bahr-ei-tshazal district, which she does not
consider as belonging to Egypt The Eciaar
remarks:
M. De,casse. however. has now decided
to raise the whole Egyptian question. and
thus avoid the humiliation OF yielding to
a British pltir,atum."
Egyptian battalion Sent to Fashoda
LONDON. Nov. 1.-The correspondent at
Cairo OF the Daily Mail says an Egyptian
battalion has bean dispatched 10 Fashoaa~
Won't Publish War Preparations.
LONDON. Nov. 1.-The Daily Mail this
morning publishes no news regarding Eng
ands war preparations, explaining that
silence is due to a letter from the war
office asking i. not 70 publish anything
which might be useful TO a possible enc
my The Daily Mail confirms the re-
ports OF unexampled activity at the French
dock yards. notably at Toujon, where the
coast forts have hean experimenting with
the melln:te shells against an old gunsoat-