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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
y FREDERICK /. ANDERSON

BY EKEOERtON Il A4NDLROOiN
- was long, sleepy afternoon, and
Catherine grew tired Of play and
went 10 the cool summer house,
where she could close the blinds and
shut out the light After a long time
the sun came around the corner and
peeped in through the keyhole. Cath
crime thought how fine it would be
II she could catch him and keep him.
1T would never be dark. then"
thought Catherine, and. springing
quietly from her couch, she slipped
her finger over the keyhole just as IL
she were trying to catch butterfly.
Let me out" cried Sunbeam.
What a funny little voice." thought
Catherine. She pinched herself TO see
II she were dreaming and the funny
thing about il was that she could not
tell
Il win come and see you tomorrow
al this time il you will only let me
20 now pleaded Sunbeam. Il must
80 around the world between now and
then II / should happen to be late
ali the clocks in the world would have
40 De turned back, and that is bad for
clocks.
YOU got TO DO with clocks2" asked
Catherine.
Every day at noon men catch me
I'm a funny thing they cali sextant
and when ] move into just the right
place they say. There she dips. Then
they know IL is exactly noon. and they
Jet me go.
Don't be silly cried Catherine. Our
clock I'm the dining room strikes Il
every day al noon. ! have counted IT,
guess j know how TO tell when
II noon Besides, some days wien i
"a IL YOU aren't around at All. and
We have noon Just the same.
Please. please let me 20, PLEADED
SUNBEAM. IF 7 ana late the tide won't
como in on time. and then the Lusitania
can't come up the hay. cause the water
won't be deep enough.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
Toads Catching Bees

The toad may be useful in kitchen
gardens as slug and insect destroyer;
but the freer persons can keep their
apiaries from his presence the better.
Toads will wait at the foot of hive
to seize any honey laden bee that
may happen to fall to the ground on
its return from foraging. One bee
master saw over dozen little workers
captured in the space of half an hour
by an old fat fellow who darted out
his tongue with wonderful celebrity i'm
mediate1y he saw bee on the ground.
The bees had been collecting pollen,
and many of them, being heavily laden.
were unable to reach the floor board
of the hive.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15

Herkimer said, because if you should
happen to be caught they might make
this a pretense to hang you as a spy.
But tell Colonel Gansevoort from me
that he must fight on until he can
fight no longer. Let him have good
hope that aid will reach him before
many days have passed. The lives Of
the helpless women and children down
the valley depend upon his prudence
and courage-tell him that
Il will remember" Lightfoot said.
One thing more General Herkimer
added. Tell him that l sent my fare
well to him. for shall never see him
gain. l shall not live to greet him;
but / want you TO say that I am not
sorry to go. since 1 am giving my life
for my country"
7 will tell him. Lightfoot replied.
The old general clasped his hand and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
A Girl Of the Cooking School Writes Of Italy

combinations is spinach with raisins
and nuts; nutmeg is often used for
seasoning vegetables. and with spinach
it is very agreeable.
Both rice and macaroni are used a
great deal; not day passes that we
do not have snacaroni in some form.
and surely there must be hundred
varieties of IL I am very fond of it,
but l have not visited a factory yet.
Our cook makes most Of the macaroni
we eat. 1t is not so very unlike our
noodles being cut in strips, but it is
of good quality and is more apt to be
clean. Macaroni comes in most fasci-
mating little shapes for soup, and from
that on up to the very large tubes,
about three or four inches long, that
are stuffed. The macaroni. almost
without exception. is cooked in the
long pieces and served with tomato
sauce and cheese sprinkled over it. 1t
is quite an art. in the first place. to-
serve ones self; then to wind 1t around
the fork and carry it to the mouth
gracefully and without accident is an
act that must be learned.
One of the typically italian ways Of
preparing rice is with tomato sauce and
chicken livers; at the table each one
sprinkles grated Parmesan cheese over
his portion, and it is fine. The Italians
DO not COOK eltner rice or macaronl as
thoroughly as we do, and for this rea-
son they are not as pleasing to u.s.
but they know just how to get the best
and most satisfactory results from
vegetables. The vegetables are per-
fectly tender, yet do not fall apart or
lose their shape Every dish is nicely
garnished and made to look attractive
before it is served. Our cook prepares
a stew and serves it in such a way
that it is certainly thing of beauty
Cauliflower is usually served whole,
but often the vegetables are prepared
with white sauce and cheese. 1 think
have eaten cheese combined with
almost every known vegetable. Pota-
toes are not used as much as at home
but the other day we had dish that
was very good It was a large mold
of mashed potatoes, to which eggs had
been added; in the center there were
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15

and papa wants to use it for chickens
Catherine dropped the ma gnifying
glass in her fright and Sunbeam was
no longer pencil point. Sunbeam
can't put point on himself unless he
has a glass to look through.
You shouldn't play with fire. said
Catherine.
Il carry matches with me- smiled
Sunbeam. "All ! need is sun glass
to make me thin and then I can set
things on fire"
II guess you'd better co. said Cath
crime. II don't want you to burn
things up here. Come again, though,
but leave your matches at home
Sunbeam promised to call again some
day and Catherine let him slip through
the keyhole.
ooh dear" said Catherine after he
was gone. Il don't know whether
have been dreaming or just talking
to myself
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15

called him brave boy, wishing him
good luck, and then Lightfoot left him
in the darkening little room in the fort
where he lay.
To prepare himself for his dangerous
expedition Lightfoot laid aside the suit
that he had worn since he returned to
the settlements and put on the deer
skin costume and moccasins which had
been his dress among the Mohawks.
He provided himself with a small sup
ply of food and for weapons took his
Indian bow and arrows and a knife.
Then he said goodby to his father and
slipped silently out OF the fort, so that
he might not be seen and followed by
any spy who might be lurking in the
neighborhood. He proceeded at a rapid
pace along the fatal road which had
led the Americans to the Oriskany am
bush. He had 20 miles to cover before
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
~ g

~ ROBABLN one of the most DIS
operate battles OF the revolution
AIRY. war was the battle Of
oriskany. in the valley Of the
Mohawk river. in what was then Tryon
county in the colony Of New York. The
British redcoats andstheir Indian allies
were beaten. but the loss on the Amer
ican side was so heavy that the sur
rivors were glad TO fan back to Fort
Dayton TO recruit their forces.
This was very unfortunate for
colonel Peter Gansevoort and the gar
rison in Fort Schuyler. They were be-
sfeged and shut up there by the British
colonel Barry ST. Leger. who had made
Dis way through the forests from Can
ada TO fall upon the American settle
ments from the west while General
Burgoyne attacked them from the
north, coming down from Lake Cham
plain along the Hudson river. Colonel
81 Leger had a large number of men
-and many Indians under his command.
with cannon and plenty of stores TO
enable him to lay siege to the fort
The Americans under Colonel Ganse-
loarr had so little ammunition that
were compelled to use it very
q afully for fear that il would give
out. and very little food. 1t was TO
relieve them that the American troops
under General Nicholas Herkmer had
marched toward the fort until they fell
into the ambush which began the bat
lie II Oriskany
Brave General Herkimer. although
Die had received a wound which soon
afterward resulted in his death, was
greatly distressed at the plight of the
garrison in Fort Schuyler. If that fort
should be taken there would be moth
ing 10 prevent the British and the saw
ages from sweeping down the valley
burning and plundering the scattered
settlements He knew that the enemy
would seek 70 arouse the fears Of the
inmates Of the fort by trying to make
them believe that the disaster TO the
Americans had been much worse than
- really was in the hope Of discour-
ging them and thus inducing them 10
surrender. The fort was surrounded
boy watchfUI Indians and by the camp
Of the redcOats. but il was OF the first
Importance to get word 10 Colonel
Gransevoort that he must hold out IN
III another force could be brought
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15

''Oh, let me look through that glass
sp.- .-u at iasS. catherine
held up a three sided piece of glass
for sunbeam to shine through. and she
was never so surprised in her life as
when she saw him spring from the
floor and spread out in all sorts of
colors on the wall.
What are you doing?" cried Cath
crime keeping her finger tightly over
the keyhole so he could not get away
II am showing YOU my dress" said
Sunbeam. Isn't it very pretty?"
Yes. it is very pretty" Catherine
admitted, and it was Il was made up
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15

in bands of red, orange. yellow, green,
blue, indigo and violet. Catherine
would have clapped her hands. only
she was afraid Sunbeam would es-
cape if she took her finger from the
keyhole.
rs it new?v asked she.
mo. said Sunbeam, II have always
had it. See, there are seven colors
When I dress myself this way, men
call me Solar Spectrum
~Oh my what a big word cried
Catherine
IF you look at my dress Closely
you will sec black lines running
through the sewage. said Sunbeam
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15

little tomato paste, are dish fit
for a king.
The tomato sauces here are quite
different from those we make; they use
tomato paste, which, as the name sug-
gests, is the real substance, the watery
part having been evaporated. 1t Is
rich and most delicious. l think, gen
orally. vegetables are served very sim
ply. seasoned with salt and pepper
and butter or oil, but when they wish
to make change the simple dish Of
vegetables becomes very elaborate
combination. Often pieces of toast or
bits of puff paste are used as a gar
nish Puff paste, by the way, is very
much used.
A dish that / would call a souffle of
spinach was one of the incest things
I have tasted and one of the -strangest
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
GATHERINGS SUNBEAM DREAf1

"Ho. no, but you think you are
smart" laughed Catherine
Well, you see 1t is this way" said
Sunbeam. The moon follows me
around every day. just like your dog
Fido follows you, and the moon makes
the water in the ocean follow it.
Il have heard about the moon" said
Catherine.
And people viii think il is winter
If 1 am late said Sunbeam.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
therIne Iaughed Al thIs.

Catherine laughed at this.
You VIII be sorry If it SHOWS to-
morrow" said Sunbeam.
'Oh, you are so silly gasped Cath
crime. Who ever heard of it snow
ing in August? But wouldn't it be
fun?"
Il am not Joking said Sunbeam.
Even a little girl like you ought to
know that ! come around later on win
ter mornings than on Summer morn
ings. Everything viii be topsy turvy
if you don't let me go.
Sunbeam sat on the floor for little
while thinking.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15

species. most of which are intellectually
in individuals. so that
"swarms' OF flies Is a proverbiaI ex-
preston. EntOmologists believe. how
ever. that or 10 times 10000 species
really exist This vast abundance Is
due mainly TO their plentitude OF their
food.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
Summer Lasts All Winter Now

Visitor to Boston policeman-Where
is Summer street, please?
Policeman-Two streets on your
right is Winter and Summer is a con-
tinuation OF Winter.
yisitor-Thanks. The seasons have
changed since 1 visited Boston last.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15

The essence of friendship is en-
tireness. a total magnanimity and trust.
1t must not surmise or provide for
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15

~ ROBABLG one of the most DIS
operate battles OF the revolution
i AIRY. war was the battle Of
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15

~ REFERENCE to Italy, and par
ticularly to Rome. viii usually
bring up a mental picture OF
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
STOMACH AGONY Abolish the Cause, and Mis. cry and Distress of In
 digestion Will .-., Vanish.

Can indigestion be cured? Hun dreds of thousands of people who suf- fer from belching of gas; biliousness, sour stomach, fullness, nausea, short ness of breath, bad taste in mouth, foul breath nervousness and other distressing symptoms, are asking them- selves that question daily.
 And if these same doubting dyspep- tics could only read the thousands of sincere letters from people who once suffered as badly as they do now, but who have been quickly and perma- nently cured by the use of Mi-o-na, the mighty dyspepsia remedy that cures by removing the cause. they would go to any leading druggist this very day and get a large box of Mi-o- na tablets, and start themselves on the right road to health at once.
 The price of Mi-O-na tablets is only 50 cents, and all leading druggists guarantee them to cure indigestion, or money hack.
 Thin or lean or scrawney people will find Mi-o-na a maker Cf flesh and blood, because it causes the stomach to extract more nutritious matter from the food, which quickly enriches the blood.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
We're Going to Make the Last Days of
 the Great Building Sale
MenlOrabl


 from the standpoint of dollar saving. We must close out everything now on our shelves by March 1st, and we have slashed prices right and left in order to carry our point There are many small articles now in stock four or five of a kind, so il is a difficult mat ter to advertise them, for there is not sufficient quantity to go around-for example: Wrappers, kimonoS, Child ren's Underwear. Handkerchiefs Sweaters, exceedingly low prices on stll of these for the purpose of closing them out at once. Women's and Mis- ses' Coats and Suits at new low prices prices less than half upon many beautiful garmentS--fashiOnabl Broad cloths and Fancy Mixtures in every de- sirabIe shade-Black Suits. too, in all sizes This is the suit chance of the season. Make the most of il! Re member. the city says t''vacate"-the promises mist be vacated soon. so you better make hay while the sun shines'--such fDrcibIe money saving upon first quality goods seldom comes vour way--buy for present and future needs now-read over the attractive Saturday money savers in our adver- tisemclt. The legitimate sale of Wo- mems and misses WearS--the On'y req son for the extraordinary mark downs, is the fact that we must vacate the premises hence, you save safely at this sale The Berger Dry Goods Co. -1166 Main street, Cor. Golden Hill. ado POINTS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
Expert Eiaurino,

A well known actor tells story of ne'er-do-well in little New Eng land town where he has often spent his summers. "I was walking down the main street one day." said he, when l saw old Sflas grinning from ear to ear. hardly thought that he was that glad to see me- So after speaking to him said: Why the smile that won't come off, Silas? What has happened to make you so happy this morning? I've been a-gittin' married this mornin',' was the unexpected re- ply. Married! Your exclaimed. Why, Silas, what on earth have you done that for? You know you can't even support yourself as 1t is.' 'waal,' said Silas, you see, it's this way: l ken purity near support myself, an l kind of figured out that she could fn- ish up the job "-Argonaut.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
He Knew Them.

This was overheard in the lobby of big hotel in Cincinnati when a bus load of travelling salesmen came from the station. Every man of them as he signed the register paused to shake hands with the hotel clerk-fatherly old fellow who had been there many years. "Ah," said one of them to the clerk, '+it's good thing you're still on deck, Uncle Dave. don't think the house could run without you" Couldn't 1t, thought said Uncle Dave. ''You fellows would come in here, and if there was strange clerk you'd say, Where's Uncle Daver And the clerk would say: Why, didn't you hear? He died month ago. And then you'd say: We'll, I'll be darned! That's too bad. Say, when Il din ner be readyY"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
A Sensible Person.

An old Scottish lady during her last illness was assiduously attended by physician, to whom she invariably gave a guinea when he came to see her. He told the friends with whom she lived that her death would proba- bly be very sudden, and one day when she seemed to have become uncon- scious the doctor was hastily sent for. On his arrival he found that his pa- tient had ceased to exist, and, taking hold of her right hand. which was closed. but not rigid. he calmly ex- tracted from 1t the customary fee, re- marking as he did so to the attendant friends, Sensible to the lastr'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
BOSTON H0NORS
 LINCOLN MEMORY
Senator Lodge Delivers Principal Oration
 Before General Assembly.
Special from United Press.

Special from United Press.)
 Boston. Feb. 12.-Chief of hundreds or Lincoln celebrations to-day in the
 towns. cities and hamlets of the Bay
 state was that in the legislature where
 United States Senator Henry Cabot
 Lodge delivered the oration on the life
 and work of the emancipator. Roth
 branches of the legislature met at II o'clock and shortly before noon the
 Senate procest1ed to the House cham
 Der where with Governor Draper the
 members of the executivs, council and the members of the various state de- partments listened to the eulogy.
 senator Lodge was escorted to the House chamber by joint committee of the legislature. When he began the hall was thronged and as the life and struggles and the final triumph of the great war President were depicted there was great enthusiasm
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
CROSSLEY CAUGHT BY PATROLMAN FINNEGAN
 MAY BE MAN WANTE[

Patrolman Christy F'innegan follow ed a man on Housatonic avenue yes terday afternoon who had something under his coat which he was evidently attempting to conceal. A quantity of lead pipe and some new. gas fixtures were found on his person. He was taken to police headauarters where he gave the name of Samuel Crossley. He was held in the police court this morning for investigation. Mrs. Pat rick Kennedy reported that one of her houses adjoining Mo- engine house on Madison avenue. had been entered Wednesday night and two gas fixtures and quantity of lead pipe taken. It is believed that the plunder found on Crossley came from the Kennelly house.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12

Samuel H. Wheeler owns some prop erty on the west side of Main street just North of Congress street and a few days ago party of workmen were engaged there taking soundings. MT. Wheeler wanted to know what kind of soil there was on the property. He said he had no idea of building a new structure there at this time. The men encountered great deal of rock be- meath the surface.
 'Jakey" King the local celebrity who is reported to be "all in'' has been a familiar figure upon the streets of this city for 25 years. Jake was a boot black years ago but since bootblac cking has been exploited and requires capi- tai the boys with the boxes have pass ed into memory and Jake has been taken care of by his friends in addi- tion to his doing odd jobs. Stunted in growth and with an abnormal growth at his throat Jake was handi- capped from the start from making a good showing in the race of life. He was never known to lose his temper except in cases of some urchin taunt- ing him with Funny little man" and then the cane he always carries would go clattering over the pavement in the direction of the young torment. The application of funny little man" to Jake was aprOpos as many adults will admit for when Jake smiled his face filled with creases and his countenance lighted up in way that a Sunny Jim advertisement was easily cast in the shade. Rumor has it that Jake made a contract with the Yale Medical School several years ago that it should have his remains at his. death in or der that surgery might learn some thing of the strange growth at his neck. Jake was born in Hamburg, Ger many and was brought to this country baby in his mothers arms. His father was a carriage blacksmith of ability who was employed in one of the local carriage factoies. His pa- rents have been dead for many years. Jake has two sisters. one who resides in New Haven and the other is be- lieved to be in this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
The Bees Market Basket.

around his hind legs. Any one exam ming the body of the bee through a microscope will observe that on the hind legs of the creature there is a fringe of stiff hairs on the surface, the hairs approaching each other at the tips, so as to form sort of cage. This is the bees basket, and into it after 8 successful journey be will cram enough pollen to last him for two or three days.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
FURs! FURS!

$3.00 Black and Brown Coney
 Throw Scarfs, ...........$ I.4S s3.00 Black and Brown Coney
 Muffs, ................. LAS s3.50 Brown Opossum Muffs, 8 1.9S $7.C0 Grey Squirrel Muffs, ....$ 2.9S $500 Black French Lynx
 Muffs ..................... 3.OS s9.00 Black French Lynx Sets,$ 4.4S s11.00 Grey Squirrel Shawl
 Collars, .................$ 6.9S S12.00 Isabella Fox Rug Muffs,S S.9S s140O Black Persian Paw Sets,$ 6.9S s20O0 Black Fox Sets, ...$12.4 AS $25 % Natural Mink Muffs,. SHEDS $35.00 Sable Fox Sets, ......... S21.9S $50 White Ermirle Sets, $55.OO
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
TAFT HOPES FOR
 KN0X'S SERVICES
Approves Effort to Remove Ineligibility to
 Seat in the Cabinet.
fsnec,al from United Press.)

washington. Feb. 12.-Senator Hale, who introduced the bill to reduce the salary of the secretary of state ana remove the legal obstacle to the ap- pointment of Senator Knok to that pc sition to-day received the foloMihs
 aNeu Orleans. La., Feb. 11.-Sincere- 1v hope that Congress will pass the biu to remove any doubt of Knox selection to my cabinet. ! nave no doubt that bill to repeal the plll ln- creasing the salary of the secretary of State will effect this purpose anu ! sincerely hope that 1t VIII pass Ir should regard the loss or senator AnoS oS from the first place in my cabinet as a. public misfortune"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
Dressing the Sponge.

When sponges are first torn from the sea bed they are of dark color and living. By tramping and pressing them with the feet milky substance oozes out, whereupon the sponge dies. They are then immersed in the sea for space of eight or ten hours. The dark, skinny substance is then remov. ed by scraping, and gradually, through cleaning, drying and bleaching, they characterizes many of them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
Eyes Only For Her,

Martha-You don't mean to say you have accepted that Mir. Spooner? Why, he is so awkward, you know! I saw him holding an umbrella over you the other day, and all the water it caught he allowed to drain right on to you. Nancy - What better proof could have that he is in love with mel He
 hadn't the least idea that it was rain ing, the dear man!-Boston Transcript.