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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-26

when prettily ornamenteds very at
tractive drums.
Remove the cover of box and place
on it's inner rim a coating OF glue.
Place the cover on the box again and
put aside until fastened. Place
the box on a sheet of stiff white
paper, and. holding. It firmly. draw a
pencil line around its edge Now re-
move the box and you will see that
you have outlined a circle. Using this
circle as model draw a second circle.
pencil very accurately. These two
circles form the two heads of the drum
and are to be placed on the top and
bottom of the box. Gid this circular
or blue paper. measuring S1s inches in
length and Ia inches in width.
Brush the under surface OF these
strips with paste and place one strip at
the top and one at the bottom OF the
drum. three quarters of an inch above
the rim of the drum. These strips an
swer TO the wooden bands which hold
the drumheads in place. Red white
from the upper to the lower edges of
the drum If desired TO represent the
cores which hold the drum securely.
tied at the side of the drum form the
drumsticks.
Smaller boxes. measuring ~ inches
in circumference and Is inches IN
Aeisht may be p used e.1 In the same way
(Required: Red, white and blue tissue
paper, strong needle white sewing
silk. white library paste or well made
-four paste.)
Lay nine sheets of tissue paper one
upon another, alternating the colors
red. white and blue. Fold these sheets
together very smoothly once, thus max
ing Is smaller sheets If they were cut
apart but do not cut. Lay a silver dol
lar or so cent piece depending upon
the size required) at the upper left
hand corner of paper. Draw a pencil
line around the rim of the silver piece
Move the piece OF money to the right
and draw another circle. Continue this
drawing circles until you have covered
the surface OF the paper.
Thread a needle with the sewing silk.
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eHnRED NAUTILUS WHOLE a7 objected e1 GLOWING TIE cBEk

The subjects to be presented will be
common ones, and as far as they can
be will be illustrated from the objects
themselves. The lessons in this num-
her will be from the Shells, with per-
liaps one other subject which just now
is of more than usual interest.
Look at these pictures. They are
photographs of the chambered nautilus.
You remember the poem.
This is the ship of pearl
Which poets feign
Sails the unshadowed main.
The venturous bark that filings
On the sweet summer winds
Its purpled wings in CULTS enchanted.
Where the siren sings and coral reefs
lie bare"
The poet describes it as chambered
nautilus, and he was not only good
poet, but an accurate scientist. Look
at the second picture. 1t is picture
of the inside of the shell and shows "a
chambers. This nautilus was once so
tiny that he could have slipped through
a hole less than an eighth OF an inch in
diameter But his shape was always
the same. When the baby nautilus was
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-26
London Bridge

London bridge is broken down,
Dance DER my lady lee;
London bridge is broken down,
With a gay lady.
How shall we build 1t up again?
Dance DER my lady lee:
How shall we build it up again?
With gay lady.
Silver and gold will be stole away
Dance Ger my lady lee;
Silver and gold will be stole away
With a gay lady.
Build it up again with iron and steel,
Dance Ger my lady lee;
Build it up again with iron and steel
With gay lady.
Iron and steel will bend and bow,
Dance Ger my lady lee;
iron and steel will bend and bow,
With a gay lady.
Build it up with wood and clay,
Dance DER my lady lee;
Build it up with wood and clay,
With gay lady.
Wood and clay will wash away,
Dance DER my lady lee;
Wood and clay will wash away,
With a gay lady.
Build it up with stone so strong,
Dance Ger my lady lee;
T4uzzai twill last for ages long,
With a gay lady.
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FIRECRACKERS

(Required: Red paper. hemp string,
paste.)
~ EFT large sheets of red paper, to
be found at department stores
~ or wholesale paper houses,
measuring about S5 inches in
length and 26 Inches in width. From
ting the length of the sheet. Fold
each strip once across the width of
the strip and cut through the center at
the fold. This gives IS two inch strips
OF paper, the width OF the small sized
firecrackers
Hold a strip OF paper between the
numb and forefnger of the left hand.
Molsten the thumb of the right hand a
very little. and roll the end of the
strip toward the left, as one does in
roinng paper taper. Keep the strip
rolled tightly until the other end OF
tne strip is reached. II the cracker
short distance and gently pull the
strip into form again
Piace little paste on the under
SIDE or the loose end OF the strip and
Press the pasted end firmly on the
roiled surface of the cracker. Hold
THIS until it adheres to the Surface OF
the cracker. Cut the hemp string into
three inch pieces. Dip one end Of the
tiAh5 INTO tne paste, Inerl insert
the pasted end into one end of the
cracker at the little opening. which is
found at the very center Hold this
nrmly for a moment, or until the
string is securely fastened.
Tie six or eight firecrackers into
punches with red. white and blse rib
bons and lay them over the white sur
face of the luncheon or supper table.
DRUMS
9Required: Small wooden boxes
blue baby ribbon, small sticks for
drumsticks.)
The little circular wooden boxes in
which the silver polish comes will an
swer very nicely. These boxes, which
measure eight inches in circumfer-
ence and II inches in height. make,
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one year old he found he was cramped
for room in his she'll cradle at the bot
tom of the sea- either the shell he had
lived in must be cast off entirely or it
must be enlarged. So baby nautilus
chose the easiest way and by simply
crawling forward in his she'll he made
room for himself. This left space
between the back part of his body and
his shell. BY that mysterious process
which we know so little about the
nautilus extracted the lime from the
water and wove back of his body a
partition which closed up part OF the
space his body had formerly occupied.
But this was not all the task that he
had to do, for having crawled forward
he exposed a part of his body This
he proceeded to protect by weaving the
pearly materials into an extension of
the shell. This extension just fitted his
body, and now he has his home en-
larged to suit his size. This process
was repeated at least once year until
the "a chambers were added.
l said the nautilus lived at first in
the deep ocean at its bottom. He could
not come TO the surface because his
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knot the and OF the thread and talSe
several firm stitches through the center
of each circle in order TO hold the
sheets OF paper together. With sharp
scissors cut out each paper circle and
fringe by cutting but not too finely,
from the edge to within an eighth OF
an inch OF the center OF the circle.
Hold the knot on the under side OF the
circle between the thumb and forehn-
ger OF the left hand. Slightly moiSten
the fore1nger of the right hand
and brush gently over the fringed
rosette. At the back OF each rosetts
put bit Of paste. then lay rosettes on
strips of paper one inch In width. Do
not overlap the rosettes. but arrange to
allow the edges to touch.
These strips Of rosettes may be used
as festoons. and as decorations for
cakes or dishes OF fruit they can bs
used most effectively
SHIELDS FOR LUNCHEON CARDS
(Required: Cardboard. red and blue
paper; baby ribbon, red, white and blue3
gold paint; water color paints. red and
blue.)
Turn to the fourth page of Webster.S
Unabridged Dictionary and find the
shield used as the American coat OF
arms. This shield. enlarged to a size
measuring two and a half inches in
length and two and a half inches In
width across the upper part. forms an
excellent model, II is better to use
tracing paper when tracing the pattern
If water colors are used. paint the deep
blue band across the upper part OF the
shield and the ewelve red stripes run-
ming from the band TO the lower edgs
OF the shield. For those who do noe
paint dark red and blue paper may be
substituted very successfully. A touch
of gold paint on the edge Of the shield
adds greatly to the effect.
Write each guests name on a card
measuring two and half inches IN
length and one and a half inches in
width. Attach card by means OF red.
white and blue ribbon to upper corner
OF each shield.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-26
The Lunch Basket Of ths
California Cowboy

IN picnic time we delight in generous
lunch baskets, filled with daintily
cooked meats. salads, sandwiches,
cakes, fruits, jellies, jams, etc. and
work up our appetites for the same
by long ride or drive to the grounds,
Not so with the ''vaqueros" or Cali
fornia cowboys, who are detailed to
go, two or three together, into the
foothills or ranges along the edge of
the desert, with some two or three
hundred head of cattle, and remain
there several days, until the cattle be-
come accustomed to the range and the
watering places.
Their lunch baskets consist of two
wooden kerosene cases, fitted with
bailing wire, to hang to the pack
saddle on each side of a burro, and
are called in the language of the
cowboy, kayaks"
Into these lunch baskets, or ky
axis" the packer slows, not viands del
icate and appetizing. but food of the
strongest kind, carefully calculated TO
keep body and soul together until
they get back.
AS they do not go for pleasure. so
they do not eat pleasant things.
A side Of bacon. quarter of a sack
of -four. a can of baking powder. 90
or 80 pounds OF potatoes, and a few
ONIONS are taken. sugar, coffee and
salt are put into small muslin sacks
made long enough so the tops can he
tied in knot. Then there is nc dan
ger of spilling. The jolting trot of
the burro would break cardboard
boxes, and, besides. the sacks occunv
the least space Two or three cans
OF tomatoes. the same of peaches.
three pound can of lard and some
dried prunes go next, while some
times dried apples or raisins are nut
in by way Of luxury.
For utensils only small frying nan
a coffee pot and a butchers knife are
taken; though a Elm plate, cup. knife
fork and spoon for each are put in
for sake Of convenience.
AS the cowboys saddle horse is Of
great Importance, he often cuts down
his own food supply to make room
for rolled barley and nosebaEs.
No little skill is called for in nac1,-
ing the "kvaksp so they will b.ng
evenly balanced, and when thew are
satisfactorily filed and boosted into
place. quilts and blankets for beds arc
folded in four and laid on TOP. Then
a canvas covers everything but the
head, feet and tail of the burro. and
the ropes tie all solid with the dia-
mond hitch.
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Midsummer

The bobolink is swinging
Upon lacy syme,.
His mellow notes a-finging
In ecstasy sublime.
The oriole is swaying
Up in the treetop green
The daisy folk are saying
Such days were never seen.
Light breezes come a-straying
Like troubadours, / ween,
Their fancies sprightly, playing
Through reeds and boughs between
All nature is a-ringing,
And sweetIy keeping rhyme.
MY heart is softly singing.
For tits the summer time
CHARLES ELMER JENNY.
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she'll and his body were heavier than
the water they displaced, but there
came time, perhaps when he had
moved the seventeenth or eighteenth
time. when he found himself buoyed up
to the surface. This was because every
time he moved he placed an air cham
Der behind him. 1t must have been a
proud day for him when he came to the
surface of the ocean and sailed out in
the bright sunshine. Do you think the
boy with first boots and breeches would
be happier?
The poet leads US to a beautiful les
son as we look at this shell:
Thanks for the lesson brought by thee.
Child of the wandering sea. cast from
her lap forlorni
From thy dead lips truer note Is born
Than ever Triton blew from wreathed
horn.
Build the more stately mansions, oh.
my soul,
AS the swift seasons roll.
Let each new temple, nobler than the
last,
Shut thee from heaven with dome
more vast,
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The Solstitial Period
Ru WILLIAM E. EILE

WE are at the summer solstice, and
w it is appropriate to correct a com
mon misunderstanding in relation to
the solstitial period.
The common belief that the 21st day
of June is the longest day and the
21st of December is the shortest in this
latitude is true only in theory
There is no perceptible difference IN
the length of the day between the 14th
of June and the 2Sth, or between the
18th of December and the 18th. Conse-
ouently. instead of there being one long
day there are IA in June, and ID short
ones in December.
The action of the earth In the ecliptic
is illustrated by the action of a great
pendulum which has made its full
swing and pauses for the backward
swing.
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Till thou at length are free.
Leaving thy outgrown she'll
BY life's unresting sea-
Here is another shell. which is not
so strange as the nautilus. but il is
one Of the remarkable shells. This
mollusk has brother which builds its
shell like almost all the other shell
fishes. There are but few exceptions
to the rule that spiral shells are wound
from right TO left and consequently
the lip or opening is on the left side.
But this rnollusk was contrary minded
and wound the materials as he con-
structed his pearly house from left to
right, and therefore the lip is on the
right hand. He must have accepted
dare from all the other mollusks and
built his house left handed to prove
his skill He IS named "Fulgar per-
versis" When you see a lot OF shells
together turn the points to you and the
opening from you. You will see that
ali open on the left hand. unless you
get hold Of Mr.. Fulgar Perversts.
There are one or two other exceptions
to the rule.
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opened gateway, and he was in the
street
lie hurried across the thoroughfare
and hid among clump of bushes and
shivered In the fog as he watched the
house The burglar had now resumed
his search for the maker of the mys-
terious noises, and the rays of his
dark lantern played on the walls and
ceilings of room after room, until he
reached the bedroom in the front or
the house.
The boy saw the light as the dark,
lantern was slightly opened and sud-
denly closed Almost at the same in
slant he heard the sounds of rapidly
Gathering hoofs on pavements and ne
knew that the police were drawing
near. Recklessly he ran out into the
cold air toward the coming police, his
white underclothes making him look
like a ghost
"Hurrahw he yelled. II win"
A patrolman on the beat who up TO
that time had known nothing of the
happenings so near him. stopped the
lad. Then Frank swiftly and excitedly
told his story.
The patrolman ran swiftly to the
back of the house to prevent the escape
of the burglar that way, and Frank,
obeying hasty instructions, took the
policeman s whistle and returned TO MS
sentinel post behind the bushes to
watch AS soon as the patrol wagon
was within a block he stepped out into
the street, where he could see the house
clearly and blew the whistle as Loudly
as he could.
The shrill notice stirred the burglar
tofnstant flight. Frantically he sour
ried to the back of the house, only to
find his escape in that direction cut
off by the waiting patrolman. He
closed and locked the back door be-
hind him and while the patrolman beat
excitedly on the door with his club the
rascal sought to get away by the front
of the house.
1t was too late. The police dropped
from their wagon swiftly, swarmed
over the fence and into the yard, and
the house was surrounded.
up with your hands, yelled the cor
poral in charge Of the squad of police
as the burglar appeared.
Il surrender" cried the burglar,
obeying the order But, geel the idea
of being caught by boy. This is too
much" he said surlily as he viewed the
smiling and triumphant lad who still
held fast to his whistle
1T was the wireless that did It," said
Frank in glee Good old wireless"
The burglar shook with rage, and his
handouts ratified like castanets at his
wrists as he was hustled into the patrol
wagon prisoner.
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The Miser
From the Greek Anthology

From the Greek Anthology
A r,fsar traversing his house
Espied. unusual there, mouse,
And thus his unlimited guest,
Brisklv inquisitive, addressed:
"Tell me, my dear. to what cause is 1t
owe this unexpected visit?'
1rhe mouse her host obliquely eyed,
And smiling pleasantly replied:
Fear not, good fellow, for your hoard.
come to lodge, and not to board.'
William Cowper
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low true this is we learn as we
IL learn to see and to hear and
find out the sweet lessons
Nature has for US.
Everywhere she meets us and offers
to become our best teacher il we will
but sit at her feet and be taught. But
we all have to learn to see and learn
to hear To many Nature is closed
book, though they are in the very
midst of scenes OF beauty and their
ears are closed TO natures sweetest
harmonies because the senses have not
been trained in this direction.
over our heads and under our rect,
at our right hand and our left in the
commonest objects are beautiful lessons
for all who will take the pains to learn
them. These articles are written IN
the hope that the boys and girls VINO
compose The Junior Call family may
learn to appreciate the beauty there IS
in the common things near at hand.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-14

pect along the river, and while I'm
gone, you can make a try at stringing
nuts on some of this leaf fiber"
But, Mr.. Blake, do you think it's
quite safe?" asked Miss Leslie, and
she glanced from him to the jungle.
"Safe?" he repeated. well, moth
ing ate you yesterday, if that's any
thing to go by. It's all l know
about it."
He did not wait for further protests.
Swinging his club on his shoulder he
started for the break in the jungle
which marked the hippopotamus path.
The Others looked at each other, and
Miss Leslie sighed. 'If only he were
a gentleman" she complained.
Winthrope turned abruptly to the
cocoanuts.
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feeble out-suck of the ebb. On their
right they had sweeping view Of the
river, around the flank of the man.
grove screen. Blake halted at the
edge of the water and half turned.
"Close up" he said. Its shallow
enough; but do you see those logs
over on the mud-bank? Those are al
ligators."
"Mercy-and you expect me to wade
among such creatures?" cried Miss
Leslie.
81 went almost across an hour ago
and they didn't bother me any. Come
on! There's a wind In that cloud out
seaward. Inside half an hour the
surf'll be rolling up on this bar like
all Niagara"
IF we must, we must, Miss Gene
vieve," urged Winthrope. step behind
me and gather up your skirts. It's
best to keep ones clothes dry in the
tropics"
The girl blushed, and retained his
arm.
II prefer to help you," she replied.
Come on!" called Blake, and he
splashed out into the water.
The others followed within arms
length, nervously conscious of the
rows of motionless reptiles on the
mud-flat, not 100 yards distant
In the center of the bar, where the
water was a trifle over knee-deep,
some large creature came darting
downstream beneath the surface and
passed with violent swirl between
Blake and his companions. At Miss
Leslie's scream, Blake whirled about
and jabbed with his club at the sup.
posed alligator.
where's the brute? Has he got
you?" he shouted.
mo, no; he went by!" gasped Win
thrope. There he isl"
A long bony snout, fringed on either
side by a row of lateral teeth, was
flung up into view.
"Sawfish!" said Blake, and he waded
on across the bar without further com.
ment.
Miss Leslie had been on the point
of fainting. The tone of Blakes voice
revived her instantly.
There were no more scares. A few
minutes later they waded out upon a
stretch of clean sand on the south
of the river. Before them the beach
lay in a flattened curve, which at the
far end hooked sharply to the left and
appeared to terminate at the foot OF
the towering limestone cliffs of the
| headland. A mile or more inland the
river jungle edged in close to the
cliffs; but from there to the beach the
forest was separated from the wall oi
rock by little sandy plain, covered
with creeping plants and small palms
| The greatest width of the open space
was hardly more than a quarter Of g
! mile.
Blake paused for a moment at high
tide mark, and Winthrope instantly
squatted down to nurse his ankle.
81 say, Blake" he said cant yoT
find me some kind of a crutch? 1t is
only a few yards around to those
| trees"
Good Lord! you haven't been foo
!, enough to overstrain that ankle Yes
y
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Canal That Russia Needs.

Russia's ministry of ways and COM
munications has appointed board of
engineers to make preliminary sur.
veys for the long-projected canal to
connect the Baltic with the Black sea.
The canal, in the making of which sew
eral rivers will be turned to account,
will have its northern end at Riga on
the Gulf of Riga, 300 miles southwest
of st. Petersburg, while the southern
end will be Kherson, on the right
bank of the Dnieper, and 92 miles
east-northeast of Odessa. When this
project is completed Russia may move
her own ships to and from the Black
sea without asking permission.
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CHAPTER VII.
Around the HeadIand.

from the mangroye swamp
Where 1T ran down into the sea. His
trousers were smeared to the thigh
with Shiny mud; but as he approached
the dropping brim of his palm-leaf hat
failed to hide his exultant expression.
Come on!" he called. 'I've struck
it. Well be over in half an hour"
"How's that?" asked Winthrope.
Bar" answered Blake, hurrying
forward. Sling on your hats and get
into my coat again, Miss Jenny. The
suns hot as yesterday. How about
the nuts?"
Here they are. Three strings; all
that 1 fancied we could carry" ex-
planned Winthrope.
"All right. The big one is mine, l
suppose. I'll take two. Well leave
the other. Lean on me il your ankle
is still weak"
Thanks; / can make it alone. But
must we go through mud like that?"
Not on this side, at least. Come
on! We don't want to miss the ebb."
Blake's impatience discouraged
further inquiries. He had turned as
he spoke, and the others followed him,
walking close together. The pace was
sharp for Winthrope, and his ankle
soon began to twinge. He was COM
PEELED to accept Miss Leslie's invita-
ton to take her arm. With her help
he managed to keep within a few
yards of Blake.
Instead Of plunging into the man.
grove wood, which here was under
grown with a thicket of giant ferns.
Blake skirted around in the open un-
til they came to the seashore. The
tide was at its lowest and he waved
his club towards long sand pit which
curved out around the seaward edge
of the mangroves Whether this was
part of the rivers bar or had been
heaped up by the cyclone would have
been beyond Winthrope's knowledge
had the question occurred to him. 1t
was enough for him that the sand was
smooth and hard as a race track.
Presently the party came to the end
oil the spit. where the river water rip
! Dled over the sand with the last