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The San Francisco call., 1908-10-24

affairs. Grammar gives correctness
in the expression of completed thought
Geography broadens the mind and
takes from us much of our local con-
ceit- Spelling dresses speech up in eos
tune demanded by cultivated society.
Reading is mere vehicle of thought,
it is the spoon which conveys mental
pabulum on its way to nutrition.
Not one of these studies, per Sc. has
the stimulus provocative of that close
relationship between the sensor and
the motor nerve system so necessary
TO a man of action. How then shall
we secure ready cooperation? Written
arithemetie will not answer. pupil
engaged in the solution of the written
problems generally given to him in the
course of his number period. will take
time often TO play BALI during the
progress of his mechanical operations.
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I AWARDED A WATCH !
IN THE SIERRA VALLEY
FLORENCE CECIL GERE
1862 Waller street, San Francisco. Sew
enth Grade. CrOel<er Grammar
school. Age IS Years


In the summer of 1907 my vacation
was spent in the Sierra valley, Plumas
county, Cal. L was visiting my aunt
and uncle on their farm. They have
a large ranch of 500 acres or more, and
they raise horses, cattle, sheep, hogs,
chickens, etc.
While 1 was up there / had the use
of q fine little Indian pony. lie was
rather wild, but 1 soon learned to ride
him. 1 rode him after the cows nearly
every evening, and many a flne gailop
did 1 have on Indians" back.
During my stay there we all went on
a camping expedition to Grizzly val
ley. about 80 miles from the ranch.
We started out with two strong
horses and an equally strong wagon,
with all our bedding, eatables, cloth
ing, etc. The travelling was rather
tiresome, as the road was SO hilly and
in some places rough. But the scenery
was bea utiful and the smell of the tall
pine trees fragrant and sweet. l did
not sleep in tent but had the sky
afraid some animal would come and
disturb US at night, but all went right
except that the coyotes would come
near US. only to be scared away, by the
While I was in Grizzly valley I
caught three trout. l was real proud
of them. as they were the first hsh
had ever caught. 1 ate them, too, and
enjoyed them very much. We stayed
there for about week and / had a
lovely time. That was my first camp
ing trip
On the ranch used to help my uncle.
] tramped hay, drove horses, fed the
stock and helped to drive derrick. Many
times ] used to ride on the pony to the
little village of Beci1with, six miles
from the ranch.
1t was not very pretty in the valley
but the forest was just mile away,
and ii was beautiful there. Sometimes
a party of us girls would have a little
picnic there, and We had fine times.
Once / went with my uncle to see him
cut down some of the trees. It was a
pretty sight.
l was very sorry to leave the coun-
try, but / was also glad to see dear
old San Francisco again.
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" 's;s:s.' ss:,. ! ....','. "''' what
in my school boy days. At
that time ! looked upon them as spirit
ual problems. Since then the spectro-
scope, the dynamo, the wireless tele-
grams. the minute indentations on the
disk of the gramophone, etc, have
sWefVed my faith over 10 the mechan-
ico-eleetro-e chemical phase.
Life is the basis of natures handi-
work. We cannot create; to create
we must evolve something out of an
absolute vacuum, and this is doubIy
impossible. The Burbanks and the
Loebs are not creators, they are pro-
found transformers. Their so called
creations however, show what can
be done with the child under scientific
supervision and entire control.
Socrates, Plato, Kant, Locke, Spencer.
Balm, Berkeley and others have written
on the subject of mind identity, but to
get what | should like to term elm
ical knowledge of the subject go into
the schoolroom, Adult mentality is
In masquerade, eestumed by social or
commercial environment. The pupil
has crude organism in dishabille.
As a teacher / am daily interested in
noting the simplicity of the embryotic
man. The emotions are responsive.
nerve chords waiting for the touch of
the praeticed hand.
Aetuated by such reflections I con-
ceived the idea of measuring the time
consumed in the locaiization and
assimilation of thought,
l arrange a group of pupils, a dozen
or more. Each is posed in an attitude
of concentrated attention as in the
illustration.
You whisper a word or a completed
thought into the ear OF the leader,
fixing the moment of start by means
of stop watch. The concept passes
silently, rapidly down the line. The
end man calls out the concept as soon
as 1T reaches his ear. You note the
time consumed. Allowing for the PEE
Rod OF visible transmission you have a
material difference of seconds which,
divided by the number in the group
VIII give you tho average time
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MERRYMAKING ON A FARM
DOROTHY NASH,
1852 Sacramento street. San Francisco.
Richmond school, ID sixth Grade.
Age II Years

/ went to AIvisO, a country town 8
miles this side of San Jose. NY friends
met me at the station with their buggy
and We rode miles to the farm. 1t
was pleasant drive and we saw Japs
picking blackberries and Strawberries
in the fields.
On reaching the farmhouse the dogs
came out to meet US: also the family.
The first thing / did was to go and
duck had four little babies and the
mother and all were swimming in the
irrigating ditch.
The next day was quite warm and
we stayed under the trees TO keep cool
There is an artesian we'll in front OF
the house with four large willow trees
around 1t, where we played in the
shade.
That night one of my friends grad
uated from grammar school. The grad
yates always havs play and they did
The hall is large in this school and
after the exercises they had a dance.
which lasted till 3 o'clock. We went
home about A o'clock and saw the
eclipse at o'clock.
The next day was still hotter. We
went on hay wagon 20 get hay at
Mountain View The wagon was piled
high with hay and we all sat on top
reached home we were quite tired and
went 10 bed early.
Not far up the road there is creek
where We had picnic A fine lunch
was gotten up and We set of early
in the morning. We reached there in
short time. Later the lunch was
spread Then we went in swimming.
afterward rowing, played games and
then we were tired and went home.
The next night we had hay ride.
We rode all around the town. also Mil
pitas and Agnews. After we arrived
home we had a large feast under the
willow trees.
The last night / was there happened
to be the Fourth of July. Everybody
rnda in the and went tn Santa
Clara to see the fireworks.
The next day was sunday. The
weather was so warm that i got sick
and thought | had better come. home.
hope to go there again on my next
vacation.
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AT TWIN LAKES
JESSIE L. MOTT
Newcastle, Placer County. Cal. Seventh
Grade. Age IL years.

This summer we spent our vacation
at Twin lakes instead of Pacific Grove
because our friends who live next to
us had gone there. My aunt and /
went first to prepare for mamma and
the children.
/ learned how to float at the lake
and 1 swan across it. In places it is
quite wide.
One day several of us went rowing
on the lake. When we reached the
upper end the boy who owned the
boat made us get out, and then rowed
off and left us to walk home. One girl
was barefooted, and l carried her part
way home on my back because of the
stickers.
We took a trip to Capitola on the
streetcar, but did not like it.
/ think we enjoyed the swimming
more than anything else, particularly
the plunge at the Casino. The "chutes''
there are fine. The scenic railway
with its turns and slides up and down.
is fun, but it makes one gasp for
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In Tuolumne county, nine miles from
the town of Tuolumne, is Mt Duckwall.
Five thousand and fifty-eight feet
above the sea it rears its proud head to
mountains, which are dwarfed by it,
while on the other hand IL gazes into
green valley. Far below are the
Providence Meadow and the White
House, owned by a large cattle com
pany.
We started early one Saturday morn
ing and We had a fine time to go. The
sun had risen, but 1T was still cool. l
was accompanied by Howard Bartlett.
We were both good trailers and knew
all the roads and trails in that part OF
the country. We rode our ponies, Jim
and Topsy. Howard took picture
we rode on and didn't stop until we
reached fhe White House. Here we
ate some fruit out of the orchard ana
then rode on to Wilsee's big tree, the
largest in Tuoiumne county. We rode
fast as far as we could, but 1t was
nearly IL o'clock when We reached the
summit. We fed our horses and ate
some lunch and then walked around
the mountain In one place we could
see snOWcaps in the Yosemite valley
We came back to the summit, where
we had left our horses, and here We
wrote our names, put them IN some
cans we found. made two small monu-
ments, put the cans in them and
brought the horses around and took
their picture AFTER we nad tdhSh d
picture of the horses we mounted ana
rode down the mountain to where the
trail turns off to go TO the old Proyi-
dence sawmiil, and there we took an
other picture. There we heard the
whistle in Tuolumne blow for o'clock,
and so we didn't waste any more time
there and we rode fast as far as the
Providence. There we had To slow up,
and though ii is only three miles IN,
and we were at the Providence at q
little before 6. IL was nearly half-past
4 when we arrived in town and had our
horses put up. We had a good supper
and went to bed. very tired but pleased
with our expedition.
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eorrsaoa STorEs Ar77uDrs o. ATrro

necessary for the <localization and
assimilation OF thought in the mem
taiity OF boy or a girl. I call this
my conceptimeter.
The unframed mind has a very bad
habit OF dividing UP its forces, leaving
q small detachment behind to attend
TO business ostensibly in hand, while
the main body straggles off to the
fight and left, musing over plans and
purposes more pleasing than abstract
combinations. Some exercise is there
iore required demanding concentration
OF thought, earnest attention and
ilgntning like response. These delib
erations can be best secured by daily
lnorough drill in mental arithmetic.
concede that all arithmetic is, or
ought to be. mental, but it is puerile to
putter and cavil over nomenclature.
mental arithmetic is given but per-
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-24

The Junior Call wants the best
story You can write from United
States history i'm your own Ian
guage. The story must be plainly
written on one side OF the paper
only. and must contain not more
than 800 words nor less than 300.
Only one story is desired from
each contributor i'm this contest,
but ii Is desired that each story
shall be carefully written, and
especial attention given to neat
ness, peBmanship, punctuation
and grammar.
Choose your own subject, pro-
Vided IL is a true incident Of
United States history; for in
stance, tell the story of Washing
tors winter at Valley Forge, or of
ArROld's treason, or any ether
story that You prefer. These two
are cited merely As illustrations.
ON the first line write your SUBJ
iecf: on the next line, beginning
an inch from the left hand mar
gin. yeur Bame. age and address.
and, il Yea are in school, your
school aBd grade. Another very
important point is that each stsry
must he marked with the number
of words which ii contains: write
this number in the upper left
hand eerner of the first page.
As i'm the vacation contest, six
watches will be awarded each
week for the six best sferies pub
ilShed.
DO net send in any more Faea-
tiOE letters. Send in yeHr histery
story whenever you have ii e0m-
pieted to the best of yeHr ability.
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functory attention in our public
schools, when, as scientific PROPOSE
tion 1t should occupy first place. I
look forward to the time when school
authorities all over the state of Cali
fornia will see this matter in its proper
light and lay out a course that shall
do away with the useless drudgery
teacher and pupil have to worry over
in the course of a term.
In the place of this let them arbi-
trarily piece out a course of mental
arithmetic calculated to build up
energy, and establish concentration of
attention and execution, thus preparing
for the future able men. equal to any
and every emergency
Now, how shall we best control and
direct this human machinery? History
informs the mind and prepares it for
future guidance in governmental
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"MY TRIP TO THE EAST"
EMMA WESTPHAL.
All Twenty-third street, San Fran
cisco. Age IS Years

The scenery on the train was not
very pleasant the first day. On awak-
ening in the morning 1 saw a pleasant
scene before me, something / had never
seen before Snow. The hills were
just covered with it. We passed under
40 miles of snowsheds, which was not
very pleasant We then came to
Truckee mining camp in California,
and passed through the Great Ameri-
can desert, which was very dreary;
nothing but small bushes were grow
ing there.
We passed Great Salt lake Saturday
morning at 5 o'clock. The lake is 21
miles long and three times as wide
The train arrived at Ogden at o'clock
and at Salt Lake at O'clock.
We climbed the Wasach mountains
in Utah and then crossed some desert
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1t was nearing the end of our. trip
when we heard of "Old Nancy, an
indian woman who lived near by. we
used TO go and see her, and she would
be pleased to entertain US.
An enjoyable pastime Was TO play
croquet, and l became champion
player.
Up in this country they do great
deal OF numbering, and any time or the
day you can hear the crack and smash
of the trees being cut down.
After stay of two months we left
our summer home. never to be for
gotten. To be remembered with pleas
ure, especially the blackberry patch,
where we spent many happy hours.
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AWARDED A WATCH
ON A CATTLE RANCH
IGNATIUs IRWIN,

During my vacation l visited my
uncle on his ranch in Yavapai county.
Ariz. This visit proved to be one Of
the happiest months of my life AL
though in that territory July and
August are the hottest months. 1 did
not ind the climate SO hot as to pre-
vent my thoroughly enjoying that
beautiful country.
Ii is very unlike this part of Cali
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There would be much there to inter-
est me-
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When we left the ranch for home We
all said that we had a fine vacation.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-24
Conception Expression Of Thought in the Sehooroon
By w. w. Stone.
Principal Lincoln Grammar School

AA HAT is mind? What is
M ! thought?
w These questions agitated me
in my school boy days At
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-24
!. AWARDED A WATCH
A TRIP TO DUCKWALL
EUGENE PRINCE

Tuolumne, Cal. SummeryiIIc Public
school Low Eighth Grade. Age IL.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-26

the old lady TO New York. surprise her
son by appearing Christmas Day and remain with
him until they could find q suitable place to live In
which she might spend her last days in comfort and
happiness As soon as Hendrix kelensen understood
the matter he insisted his u"theT's returning TO
Holland b. the steamer, and her staying
his apartments for a short time he had grown
frghfully incensed and had unceremoniously usheed
both into the street
That night dining al my sisters. and the
festivities OF the Christmas tree their bright
when ! called TO the telephone IL was the
young Chinese doctor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-26

Hafashamed Of my intrusion another man
affairs. took the letters and made ont that the
was addressed the venerable Mrs. keleusen in
Ryndam ard contained New York exchange for two
hundred dollars. The other in Chinese and con
tanned New York exchange drawn 10 "Iung Shat
Kin, Canton. China
It happened that very able young South Chinese
DR.. TchC Luu Moe by name studying at he hosp
tai, and for him and gave him the
letter read. He Immediately became greatly
cited and demanded know the origin Of il. | sail
it contained
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-26

knew that it was the insidious fragrance opium.
When Mrs keppler had gone up. l looked out Of
my window toward the red house that held this
dreadful and compelling mystery 1t quiet
and dark.
When awoke the next morning l heard what I
had never heard before the occasional notes of KEEL
ensens piano and his magnificent voice drilling In
ZONE producton and rehearsng various operate roles
Douot!ess ne had often sung SO. but had
hc'sf7- t. ! '0SH and went to my window A glazier
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-26

keenly but with the utmost good nature
The interior was divided into three rooms. richly
furnished, all connected with wide doors That
could see by the light Of the heavily shaded read
Ing lamp In the front room the one in which we
stood.
What is all this we hear, Mr. Kelensens
said the officer.
Surely my troubles with Mr.. Snifkin there have
rot been tumultuols as to rouse the neighbors
taf cali In the police 'F'n big indicated 4
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-18

When you meet bow-iegged man
In the street. do you stop him and
ask how It feels 10 walk that wagg
On being introduced 10 man With
a face like an inverted comic sup
plement do you condole Rith him on
being 30 homely? Do you recommend
to the sallow man sitting next YOU
In car a tonic for his liger2 At
luncheon do you hint to the puffyeyed
Fed-nosed stranger opposite you that
ne ought 70 get on the water wagon?
OF course you DON'T You would not
be 50 impolite. You might hurt their
feelings.
But when you meet a fat man. it's
different Everybody recognizes him
as legitimate prey. He is a butt for
jokes, a subject for coincidence. an OBJ.
iect for advice Even the man SO
thin that he does not know whether
fl Is his back or his stomach that
hurts him, takes it for granted that
he is the fat mans ideal. and in.
sists on giving him advice on how 10
reduce. Everyone imagines that the
fat man must be unhappy because he
weighs more than the average per
son.-Exchange
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-18

to the trusts placed in them in as
great a proportion as other profession
al and business men. The statistics
show this, strange as il may seem.
Some people claim that this Is because
they know the penalties better. In
reality. It Is because the transgres.
sions are fewer. | never saw a lawyer
In an appointive OF elective position
drawing a salary from the party. who
was not expected to be a live propo-
sitlon" as a worker for the party's
good.
In the clubs where politics was
the main topic Of interest the
lawyers gathered In great numbers.
Here was where many judicial candl-
date summed himself In the eye OF pop.
ular favor, and carefully nursed hls
"boomlet' until It reached the anpIe
proportions OF "a boom" Here many
an exjudge, shorn Of the traditional
ermine. sat on the softly upholstered
chairs or cOuehes, and either eyed
with vain regret the present lncum.
bents or schemed with pertinacious In.
dustry for a recommendation. Here was
the home Of refined" politics; aid
no lawyer Of any note whatever In the
party but what belonged and found
In the society Of the members some
uuetuation or current In tho political
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-18

some INIT 5,r present or future
Nea caalt tsl an ezjudsa from q
ee5 one 5ust as easily as you
can ce ameas d crowd of fishermen
~, s rst sirns and who has
sat tsfals iuek An er-iuigs
M eAsstsae5 look usually. not at
asae1tszt blt 6 reminiscental
s 81 cl1 uaAspry faroE things.
sad 1ays ot long aso The present
aelnoeat vas sometimes radiant
eeelar severe
as pao seoald ssv. an Sir Oracle.
ANS uass cps my lrs 'st rs dog hlrz 70
A. the FsEcus lAn1uets with which
the aoEesl rd amused itself. the
lawyers ws- 81 eas On haad in large
rZssrs. ana were depended "a for
-asSt ct the speech making. In the
U2vavA-9 s3acta-s and the ward
ssssrals Asy pere also active. and
aAs a-w1E Of tha ~sfVer1ongued~ ora
.s-y Vas i-Vsriahly horne by the
@ezasrs ci TIE legal profession. I
as-szsss 81 ozs elnh banquet where
8 certain VszT eloquent young lawyer
aross and osSaa his aoWery speech
ws,A scZe.Al.g Ike tie following.
Sr-w.S from 4 race whose blood
dates aaeS ta The dawn of the revolu.
tea 121 50 q. he vas followed By
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-18

He was a nervous. fidgety young
man, and he looked with considerable
apprehension at the woman next him.
who held baby It's face covered with
thick veil The baby gave nov and
then a sharp cry. which the woman
evidently tried to suppress
AZ last. after mans anxious giances,
the young man spoke
"Has-has that baby any anything
eontaglous2' he asked.
The woman looked at him with a
mixture Of scorn and pity
'Twouldn't be for most folks. she
said, IN a clear. carrying tone. but
maybe 'twould for you He's teeth.
Ing. Youths Companion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-18

There are summer resorts, remote
from any agricultural communities.
where fresh farm products are even
harder 70 obtain than IN the city. It
vas at such place that the new
eoarder. who had eaten four or FIVE
breakfasts there. began to wonder
Why the eggs were invariably served
fried.
See heref" he inquired 0ne morn
iag q the genial col0red man who
waited upon him. why DO you always
fry eggs here Don't you ever boil
fbem7"
Ohoa. yes. sah," responded the
waiter, Pleasantly eOf co'se. yo kin
have 'em boiled. II yo' wants en-. But
you know. sab. 20 takes de riski"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-18

This sign Is permanently attached
to the front of the main building Of
the Lydia K. Pinkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Does This Sign Mean?
1t means that public inspection Of
the Laboratory and methods Of doing
business is honestly desired. Itmeans
that there is nothing about the bus
mess which is not "open and above
board"
It means that a permanent invita-
ton Is extended 10 anyone 10 come
and verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements of Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Is it a purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs = with
out drugs ?
Come and See.
Do the women of America continu.
ally use as much Of it as we are told 7
Come and See.
Was there ever such q person as
Lydia e. Pinkham, and Is there any
Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sink
woman are asked to write9
Como and See.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted BY
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidentiall
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondence
Come and See.
Have they proof that Lydia r.
PinkhaTn's Vegetable Compound has
cured thousands Of these Womeng
Come and See.
This advertisement Il only for
doubters. The great army Of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for female lila
viii still go on using and being ben
Gifted by It.; but the poor doubling.
suffering woman must, for her own
sake, be taught confidence, ,forshealso
might just as well regain her health.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-18

Little things frequently illustrate
the English view Of American geo
efaphy very picturesquely. An Eng.
iishman had taken the Pacific Express
o. Philadelphia, and. feeling tired, had
retired to his berth. Just before he
fell asleep he happened to remember
that he had forgotten something. SO
he put his head out between the cur.
teins and called
"Portahl Portahl"
The porter came.
What is it," lie said
Please wake me when we get to
Gan Francisco, you know.