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The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26

has decided The Junior Call to spec
ify original dog stories in the new
contest which is announced on the
second page today.
Juniors are asked to read the in
Structi0nS in the writer's contest
carefully, and comply with them in
every particular. Stories that are
more than 200 words in length or
less than 100, or written ON both
sides of the paper will mot be used.
Each story must also be plainly
marked with the number of words
which it contains. Publication of the
dog stories will begin next Saturday,
January 2, and Juniors should there
fore write their stories as soon as
possible, and mail them to the editor
of The Junior Call. This contest is
for juniors who are between the
ages of 10 and 16 years. Six
watches will be awarded each week.
as in previous contests. For the
younger juniors the patchwork pic
ture puzzles are continued, and in
structiOns regarding them are given
on the fourth page.
In the teachers corner today,
Prof. p. A. Espina, supervisor of
penmanship in the San Francisco
public schools. contributes an in
tereSting article on the history of
the Spencerian system of penman-
ship in California, which, as he says,
is practically as old as the state
itself, and will, therefore, be enjoyed
by both young and old. The teachers
corner is one of the most important
features of The Junior Call, and the
teachers in every part of the state
are urged to contribute an article to
its columns, addressing such articles
to the editor of The Junior Call. the
article TO be not less than 900 words
in length, on any subject pertaining
TO the work of teachers, or education
in general.
The juniors of JunlorviIle are
starting off the New Year in the
right way, and giving their notary
public busy day executing their
resolutions. and Alonzo has found
that Christmas presents, like pleas
Hres. are "like poppies spread" and
scatter rapidly when chase is
started after an unOffending cat.
To all the juniors of fhe west and
their friends The Junior Call ex-
tends the Seasons Greetings.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26
A FAMILY CHAT WITH THE JUNIORS

The New Year resolution of The
Junior Call is that il viii continue TO
merit the popularity which it enjoys
and has Justly earned. The evidence
OF this popularity reaches the office
Of The Junior Cali in many different
fOrms-frOm the quantity original
epiStie of the child of or S years
TO the earnest, sincere letter of the
EaatHred intellect.
0ne Of those earnest letters was
received this week from William
Henry Ferber, who wishes to help
the juniors, and who has written
recipe for happiness, which is pub
liShed on the third page of The
Junior Call today. It is a very good
recipe indeed, and doubtless all the
iuaiorS who read it viii think so too:
the idea OF happiness is apt to be
altogether too personally construed
by boys and girls and men and
women, and people generally are
apt 10 think so much about their
own happiness that they almost for
get about that of other people.
SO much does The Junior Call
contribute TO the happiness Of the
san Francisco juniors that two little
men who recently went away for
few weeks stay at Los Angeles made
their mother promise to send it to
them every week. Another boy who
lives at Portland has written to SUBJ
scribe for The Junior. as he says be
can not do without IL, and can not
always get it frem the newsdeaIers.
An induIgent grandfather says that
he must have an extra Call on Sat-
urdays. because his grandchildren
get the paper before he is up and
usually carry away the whole paper,
so anxious are they TO read The
Junior.
In the limerick contest which The
Junior Call hes been conducting. the
answers TO the limerick about "fhe
part ] like best" are so diversified
that il is difficult to decide as TO
which is the most popular feature of
the altogether popular paper.
Although those Interesting Young
people, the citizens of Juni0ryiIIc,
are very popular. and a large num-
her Of juniors eyfnce 4 preference
for the stories, the prize contests.
the puzzles and the games, the vast
number who pay tribute to AlOnzO,
the dog Of extraordinary Sagacity,
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26
A Lesson in Politcness

"A Lesson III POlltCneSS
r HE American boy with his peren-
NAL baseball and bat may always
be expected to take possession &C
every available vacant lot. One
thoughtful woman who was annoyed
by the careless rowdyism of crowd of
boys who played near her house. and
yet knew that the American boy is en-
tirely susceptible to right and reason.
sent the following note out to the
boys.
These are private grounds. but you
are perfectly welcome to play here,
provided you play professional game.
which allows neither swearing nor
fighting. The most OF you are gentle
men; kindly see that no other kind
are allowed TO play. and greatly oblige
THE NEIGHBORS."
When this note was put into the
hands of the umpire the game came
70 a sudden halt and the boys gath
cred about him to hear it read aloud.
What their comments were is not
known but there has been only the
most gentlemanly conduct among that
particular crowd of boys since. Evi-
IDENTIFY the boys began to practice self
discipline and enforced theEla-w ac-
cording to Hoyle.-.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26
DoctOring a Horse

There is an amusing account in
service paper Of an Irish lancer who
was ordered to administer a powder to
an 'sinvalided'' horse roll a sheet of
paper into a tube said the farrier SER
geant, place this powder in it, put
one end of the tube into the horses
mouth and blow the powder down its
throat" A few minutes afterward the
sergeant, hearing a commotion in the
stable, went in, to find the private lean
ing against the wall, looking very III.
did you do as 1 told you with that
powder?" "Sure I did, sarjint, but
the horse" We'll, what about the
horse?" "He blew frst.'
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26
Origin Of a Well Known
Phrase

The phrase, leave no stone un-
turned" is frequently employed in
everyday conversation, yet nine peo-
pie out of ten who use it would be un-
able to tell its derivation
The expression is taken from '.Eu-
ripides" and relates to an answer given
by the Delphic oracle to PoIycrates
about treasure buried by xerxes' gen
eral Mardonius OH the battlefield of
Plataea.
The oracle said that to discover the
treasure it would be necessary to
ftranslated literally, turn every
stone,' which has gradually taken the
form of leave no stone unturned,' used
NOWADAYS.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26
The Names

In Christian world Mary the garland
wearsi
Rebecca sweetens on a Hebrews ear;
Quakers for pure Priscilla are more
clear,
And the light Gaul by amorous Ninon
Swears.
Among the lesser lights how Lucy
shines,
What air of fragrance Rosamond
throws around
How like a hymn doth sweet Cecilia
sound
OF Marthas and of Abigails. few lines
Have Dragged in verse OF coarsest
household stuff
Should. homely Joan be fashioned
But can
You Barbara resist, or Marian?
And is not Glare for love excuse
enough?
Yet, by my faith in numbers, I profess.
These all, than Saxon Edith, please me
less. Charles Lamb
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26
In the Land of the Grand
Lama

AS the mysterious regions of Tibet
are slowly penetrated by persevering
and intrepid explorers our knowledge
of Its remarkable denizens becomes
wider, and a contributor to a contem-
porary has succeeded in obtaining
many interesting facts from one of the
latest daring adventurers among these
wild nomads-for such they ere-in
the person of DR.. Erich Tugmayer,
an eminent Viennese zoologist. IN it's
exclusiveness Tibet seems to have
withdrawn even from itself, and its
people are divided into many tribes
or clans, neighboring villages often
having widely different dialect. The
people are swarthy, with coal black
eyes and hair, and as the men walk
about half naked when the days are
warm. with enormous spears slung
over their backs and often a rusty flint
lock in their hands, tireySlook bold and
picturesque. But at close range they
look cowardIy and filthy. The women,
as in many savage tribes. are the
workers, and soon lose any comeliness
which they may have when young
Tea, butter and barley meal are the
staple articles of diet. Tea is national
institution. and bricks OF it-for it
reaches Tibet in the shape of small
compressed bricksHare used as cur
of yak hide. some 90 by 80 feet or
more, and. closing 1t on all sides ex-
cept one narrow hole, which serves for
door. window and ventilation, herd for
warmth round an oil lamp. Animals
share the shelter with the people, and
the atmosphere Of the tent soon be-
comes indescribable. 1t is extremely
difficult to induce native tribes to sell
any beasts of burden. especially yaks,
severe penalties being incurred by as
sisting a European caravan. The yak,
which is the main beast of burden in
Tibet, though being slow and stubborn,
is far more useful than the horse. espe-
cial1y in traversing mouEtain passes.
owing to it's enormous Strength and
great frugality. 1t is able to carry
loads of 100 pounds without needing
other food than the coarse grass, tam
arisk leaves or lichens, which it gathers
on it's way. 1t is an excellent climber.
and is practically insensitive to storm
and cold. However, there is nothing
this animal is less able to stand than
sudden changes of climate. and in this
respect it is said to be inferior to
sheep.
Good pasturage is rarely encountered
in the elevated northwestern parts of
Tibet. When it is found the people
camp, and days journey is from oasis
to oasis. the more so as some water
and fuel are nearly always found in
these spots. which are often fairly
we'll protected against winds. The
monasteries of Tibet have been centers
of learning for centuries. and today
may be likened to the medieval clois-
ters of Europe, the more so as they
generally constitute real forts. under
the shelter of which settlers will es-
tablish their abodes. These monster
les are frequently found on Isolated
mountains. being sometimes built into
them.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26
The Hereford Morris Dance


\ FAMOUS morris dance took place
n in Hereford in 1909, which is prob
ably unique as dancing record for
veterans.
The event aroused a great deal of in
terest, and many people came over
from Bath to witness the dance. The
musicians were headed by the squire OF
Hereford. a gentleman of 10S, who
played the violin; next came Hall of
Hereford, aged 81. who played the ta-
Dor. -Four whistlers followed: Thomas
Price, aged 105; Thomas Ardos, aged
10S; William Edwards. los; and John
Saunders, 102.
This amazing band preceded the NOR
ris dancers. First among the latter
was James Tomkins, aged 106; John
Willis. a bone setter, of 81, followed
him. then came Dick Phillips, who
was active at 102; William Moses los
years were no hindrance to his morris
dancing: Thomas Winney, aged SO; Will
Mais, 81: John Hunt. 81; John Mands,
102, and, lastly, thei Maid Marian
Margaret Goodwin, aged f2o.
The total years of this extraordinary
collection of old people numbered
1887 A striking proof of the lon
gevity of Herefordshire people.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26
Circumstance

Two children in two neighbor villages
Playing mad pranks along the healthy
leaS;
Two strangers meeting at a festival:
Two lovers whispering by an orchard
wall;
Two lives bound fast in one with
golden ease:
Two graves grass green beside a gray
church tower,
Washed with still rains and daisy bios
somed;
Two children in one hamlet born and
bred;
So runs the round of life from hour
to hour Lord Tennyson.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26
Those Evening Bells

Those evening bells. those evening
bells.
How many tale their music tells;
OF youth, and home, and that sweet
time,
When last heard their soothing chime.
Those joyous hours are passed away;
And many heart that then was gay,
Within the tomb now darkly dwells.
And hears no more those evening bells.
And so twill be when l am gone;
That tuneful peal will still ring on.
While other bards shall walk these
de1ls,
And sing your praise. sweet evening
bellsi Thomas Moore.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26
Ice Storm Of America

HE juniors who have lived all their
lives in California have not had
an opportunity 10 witness that won
uerful demonstration of nature which
IS called the ice Storm" and which,
at this season Of the year occurs
occasionally in the states of the east
and middle west. It is a sight that
once seen is never forgotten Imagine
waking up in the morning and finding
every small twig and cluster of twigs
every bough and every tree trunk
shearhed in a coating of ice; and then,
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26

as the air grows little warmer toward
the middle of the day, The ice takes on
white color, such as characterizes the
treacherous shell ice' so familiar to
all boys who live in those states and
search for a good place to use their
skates, and the parks and rows of
trees throughout the city take on the
appearance of a forest of spirit trees,
or Of decorations in blacks and whites
ht for any festal occasion.
Mark Twain has made this feature
famous by describing it in his book,
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26
SHORT STORY TELLER AND THE POET

ing. Seventy one is called "Buz-
one and seventy seven "Buz-buz,
if matters get as far, but it
requires quite a cool head to go
very far without tripping. The winner
should be given a small prize to re-
ward his efforts
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-18
$4,000 STATUTES
Copies of Laws Passed by
Special Session of Leg
isIature Received.
DISTRIBUTED BY CLERK.

Two hundred fifty-six copies of the
acts of the $4,000 special legislature
have been received by the county
clerk for distribution. All attorneys
county office holders and other per-
sons who desire these copies may Sc
cure one from the clerk. The clerk
has certified to the receipt of the cop
les. AS soon as the receipts are re-
ceived from all counties in the state,
the governor will proclaim the laws
to be in effect. 1t is expected this
will be but few days. Title pages,
index, list of state officers and all 9TH
er matter are contained in a volume
containing just twenty-eight pages,
printed in clear, bold type with liber-
al margins.
The issue contains copies of seven
acts, but the one to receive general at
tention is entitled AN Act to better
regulate, restrict, and control the sale
Of Intoxicating liquors and providing
for local option elections This is
the celebrated local option act that is
said to have cost the republican party
control of the state government as the
result of the recent election.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-18
Big Bob, the Turk improved
Since Last Match With
Champion.
OLSON is A FAVORITE HERE
MATCH OF TONIGHT PROMISES
TO BE CLEANLY FOUGHT AS
sTRANGLE HOLD WILL BE BAR
RED ON PENALTY OF FORFEIT.
BY Tort.

The Olson-Manogoff match will be
pulled off this evening at the coliseum
at $50 o'clock. Both men will tip
the scales at about 100 pounds and
each of them is In the best possible
condition. Olson is the favorite. ow-
ing to his recent victory over the Turk,
but his chances of winning are not as
bright as they were at that time, ow-
ing to the greatly improved condition
of Big Bob.
The match this evening will be
fought catch-as-catch-can, the strange
hold barred. The Turk did not want
this hold barred, but Olson refused to
wrestle In such a manner, SO the Turk
accepted the demands dictated by the
light heavyweight champion.
When the Turk challenged Olson to
fight without any holds barred he re-
marked that he wanted to fix it SO
that when the match was over lone
of us will walk to the dressing room
and the other will be carried to the
hospital"
There is no love lost between the
two big fellows, but the match this
evening will be Clearly fought. Dirty
work on the part of them will result in
the match being instantly forfeited to
his opponent
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-18

Barrell is the well named athlete
who plays center with the Carlisles.
Cornell has more than a hundred
freshmen candidates for the 1912 elev-
en-.
Nourse certainly is giving Pat Grant
a run for the distinction Of being Har-
wards sIipreriest center rush.
Vaughn. left end on the Yale fresh
men team, is playing one of the best
games Of any Of the members OF the
squad He looks like varsity timber
for next season.
Coach Ccchems of the St Louis uni
versity team says that Frank Acker.
the st. Louis halfback. is the greatest
football player in the country.
Carlisle is building house for Coach
Warner, and every indication points to
O long term Of service for him as head
football director ut the Indian school.
IN spite Of the fact that Swarthmore
has no intercollegiate football this year
there are sixty players on the field
every day practicing for the different
class teams and being drilled with an
eye to next seascii.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-18
STOCK COMPANY
IS D|SBAnDED
Howard Hunt Troupe Forced
To Quit Engagement.

The dull, sickening report heard dis
tinctly throughout the city late yester-
day afternoon, was not a dynamite ex-
plosien. 1t was the blowing up of the
Howard Hunt Stock company, which
Monday evening and yesterday after
noon imposed upon the patience and
good nature of large gatherings of To-
cal amusement seekers.
The company was by far the worst
that has ever appeared in Richmond.
That may be saying a whole lot, but it
goes, nevertheless. The management
of the Gennett stoiely endured the per-
torrance Monday night, but after yes
terdays matinee, patience was no
longer a virtue and Mr.. Hunt and his
assistants were told to beat it, for
some tank circuit, where the people
are happy in their ignorance. 1t is
understood that some members of the
company were unable to comply with
this command, for various reasons,
principally financial. One player had
his baggage attached for railroad fare
advanced to him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-18

good layers when fed and handled
properly, and as a seller ON the market
the duck is in good demand at all times.
Pekln ducks are great layers, but are
Of no account as mothers; consequent
~. if they cease laying and remain on
the nest, shut them up, feed them Well
for few days, and when they are
turned loose they will soon begin to lay
again. As they will do this the season
through from early March till late in
November in warm ATTITUDES with only
= little rest in midsummer, large flock
can be raised from a very few to begin
with. If one does not care for eggs
later than the summer months the
ducks may be picked, the feathers be-
ing source of considerable profit.
whether kept for ones own use or sold,
but the ducks must not be picked dur
ing the period eggs are wanted.
While ducks will usually commence
to lay in February. it is not advisa-
BILE to begin Matching too soon. Damp
ness is more fatal to young ducks than
anything else, and early in the spring
it requires considerably more work to
look after them than later on, after the
weather becomes more settled. For the
reason that they make better mothers
and bear the necessary confinement
better than ducks it is best to hatch
the first brood under hens. Fear keeps
them confined until the ducks are well
nedged. There need be but little, If
any. loss, and after the ducklings ger
well started to feathering they are
quite hardy and can be turned out to
look out for themselves. If given good
care for the first ten days, there are
few fowls that can be raised with less
trouble
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-18
BY Tort.


Eddie Devlin is playing with the
Marion Interstate Polo League and he
wants "Kiddo" Houghton to join him.
Eddie sent Kiddo the following tele-
gram and Mr.. Hoghton would be pleas
ed to have some one translate it:
viii you come to Marion. Why
won't you. If not, when do you ex-
pect to arrive at Marion" Mr.. Haugh-
ton also received letter from the
manager Of the Mansfield team in
which the following statement was
made: Our salary limit is $3.50 a
month, stage money. Please state
your terms, but in doing SO keep in
mind We are not operating a diamond
factory"
1t is about time for the sporting
writers around the hot stove circuit
to get out their trusty corn cobs and
pipe up few announcements that a
polo league is to be organized which
includes Richmond. There will be an
independent team at the coliseum this
year and city league, but nothing
doing in the league line.
Sailing, the new manager of the
Highlanders, will go at great lengths
to get Hal Chase and Fred Glade
back in the lineup.
Jack knight, Of Philadelphia, will
get his third chance to shine as big
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-18
DELEGATES NAMED
Richmond Men to Attend
State Convention of the.
Y. M. c. A.
PROSPECTUS is APPROVED.

At a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Richmond Y. Nj. c. A, last
evening, the following delegates to the
state Y. M. c. A. convention, to be
held at South Bend November 10 to -,
were appointed: George l.. Goodwin,
o. M. Brunson, Sharon e. Jones, NJ. c.
Henley, Clam A. Gaar, w. E. Russell,
c. III. Kramer and Milton Gaar, of
Cambridge City.
This will be the thirty-ninth annual
convention of the state association.
South Bend has just completed Y. NJ.
c. A. building, which is said to be the
finest and best equipped building to
be found in any city the size of South
Bend, in the world.
The directors, after appointing del
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-18
HOPES TO LIVE TO
Be CEnTENARIAN
Continued From Page One.)

boys. Before marriage Mrs. Nsdearis
was Miss Sarah Caroline Abrams. One
brother, Jefferson Medearis, aged "a,
and one sister. Mrs. Martha Keys, aged
OF, reside at Centerville Another
sister, Mrs. Nancy Crooks, aged SO, re-
sides at Olive Hill. A spell of inter-
mittent fever that continued for five
weeks, was the only serious illness
that has affected Mr.. Medearis.
Uses No Glasses.
No use for glasses has this esteemed
patriarch. About twenty years ago
be wore them, but abandoned them
some time later. He is a constant
reader and his eyesight is not lessened
In it's keenness by the use of artificial
light. He INDUCES in daily walks Of
short distances about his home and in
this way his muscles have been kept
supple and plant. Every Saturday
he walks down town to await his call
of next" at the barbershop. He ex-
poets and asks no favors that might
be due because of his years. but takes
everything as it comes, and is foe to
worry. Magazines and newspapers
come in for close perusal by Mr.. Me-
dearis. He reads everything that may
be Of interest and takes keen delight
in following the news of recent inven-
tons and patents. During his life
time, practically everything now in
use in the world, which bears the IT,
tie Of modern" has been invented and
put into use. His lifetime has COW
cred the period of the worlds greatest
progress among things material.
With the only supreme wish that he
may be spared to become centenarian
uppermost in his mind there is arous-
ed a feeling of pathos among his
friends for fear it may not be realized,
but at the same time hope is upper
most, as his physical and mental con-
dition indicate now he may reach the
century mark.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-18

egates, reviewed the annual prospec-
tus shortly to be issued and fully ap.
proved Of 1t. The directors also ar
ranged for the lecture to be delivered
by the Rev. ]. e. Cathell, of this city.
at the Coliseum on the evening of De-
cember 4. The Rev. Mr.. Cathell tend
cred his services to the ssociation and
the entire net receipts of the lecture,
which will be on Abraham Lincoln. =
will be used for the benefit OF the V
NJ. G. A. Tickets will be sold at a
nominal price.