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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
PAUL'S ADVENTURE WITH THE CHESTNUT BOGY

reach the hall? Yes. at last he STUN
bled off the last step, falling into
soft. weolIy rug. He rose and felt his
way along the wall. With a sigh of
relief he at last came TO the dining
room door-it was locked. AS he fun
bled with the key he marveled TO think
that it had ever been a pleasure to him
to lock and unlock doors Softly it
swung back. What a treat to at last
find himself kneeling at the sideboard,
the dish of chestnuts in his hand.
This is the one,' cried the Bogy eX
citedly
Paul felt a hard, shiny nut roll into
his hand but he turned quickly TO the
fireplace, and, 10. a CHEEKY fire was
burning, although il had been quite
dead a minute before. Truly, it was
night of wonders.
Now. quick,v cried the Bogy eagerly.
Here's a pin-one big hole at the top,
three smaller ones underneath. Now
place it on the middle bar"
Paul obeyed and awaited anxiously
the result. How silent everything was.
He wished the fire would crackle or a
coal drop as il usually did. 1t made
not the slightest sound. At last pop"
went the chestnut.
Thank you, thank YOU. thank YOU"
exclaimed another little voice. Come,
brother, let us awayH'
tTieu lile HIST BOSy- t1oW
can we thank you, little Paul2 Good
by.
The fire went out and once more
Paul was alone in the darkness. He
hardly knew how he got upstairs, but
a few seconds later he found himself
snugly tucked in his bed again and
very glad TO be there
so there are chestnut bogies?" he
murmured sleepily.
"A dream. muvver?r said Paul won
deringly. Are you sure?"
OF course, goosey.n replied his
mother laughingly. How could you
cook chestnuts, dear. when there were
none left 10 cook? You had eaten them
all up. And all the years mother has
been alive, Paul, she has never heard of
fire burning up as quickly as that
one did"
Paul cuddled up to her. What a
"comforty'' muvver he had.
And L have been so worried" he
said. with contented sigh, Zoos 1
thought p'raps l was stealing"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15

Did you ever make d circus book or
a menagerie book?
1t is lots of fun and you viii find
plenty of material in the daily and
sunday newspapers.
blank book is necessary TO begin
with. 1t may be as large or as small
as you wish and contain as many pages
as you think you can fill. The pictures
cut from the paper are pasted in the
book after being carefully grouped,
the bears on one page, the elephants
on another, prize poultry on another,
and so on. 1t takes some time. OF
course, to collect the pictures, but that
is the most interesting part of it for
boys and girls who have outgrown
kindergarten days 1t makes the gath
ering of pictures for ones menagerie
even more interesting if several friends
start out at the same time to see
which one can get the best collection
Rare animals are OF course greatly
priced, but no animal of any size or
shape is rejected. One way TO group
a lot of animals of different sizes is to
have them going in procession across
a page or in circle. or che largest OF
all may be put in the middle. the
smaller forming a circle or a square
around him andsso On until the pictures
have been used up.
Sometimes il is interesting to make
ones >book up of family groups IN
stead of having each page devoted TO
different animals. For instance. there
may be a barnyard group. a jungle
group a Maine woods group and so
on If this is done the jungle group
could contain all the animals which
would be found in a tropical jungle.
the farmyard group all the domestic
animals. the Maine woods group bears.
deer, trout, catamounts. etc. 1t is very
interesting. indeed, TO adhere strictly
to the geographical limitations and
have pages devoted to different sec.
tions of the cOuntry-for instance. an
Australian page. an African page.
South American page. a home page, etc
It is also possible TO have the differ
ent families on the different pages
the cat family, the dog family. the
rodents and so on. After the work is
completed it is most attractive gift
for some younger member of the fam
lily. if the boy or girl who has made
it ceases to take an interest in it when
all the pages are full.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
When Father Kept House

Father. may / ask some of the chill
dren in to a picnic in the grove?"
Mother was away and father was
hugely enjoying looking after the
camp and the children all by himself.
Certainly. Ask anybody you like
There are plenty of sugar cookies and
l Will make you some lemonade
So Madge started up the railroad
track to the little oil town where on
a steep hillside a few score of un-
painted pine houses sheltered the fam
lilies of the drillers and engineers, and
derrickmen, and the school master and
the minister, and the postmaster and
the grocery man and the other folks
who were living there on account of
the oil wells.
Madge didn't exactly keep count of
her invitations Indeed she, forgot all
about arithn icr in the pleasures of
hospitality. lrst came the nearest
neighbors whose home stood backed
up against a big pudding stone rock
in grove of young birches. There
were six children, and it was not po-
lite to leave anybody out. Then she
met Jack and Jill dangling a big tin
pail on the way down the hill to the
spring. Those were not their names
but Madge called them 30 beeatfse they
went past her fathers tent and shan
ty'' on the same errand every day She
never had spoken to them before, but
this was a good way to get acquainted.
Next came a merry party with full
berry pals. joiting homeward on a
blackboard and again nobody ought'to
be left out. When she finished her
round and reached home she told father
that she had asked everybody, BUT
even he did not realize how many little
folks that might mean. .Madges fresh
pink frock was buttoned on, a pot of
jam made into thin sandwiches and
chairs were taken to the grove where
the swing and the hammock and see
saw were, and the performing bars"
for young athletes.
At o'clock they began TO arrive in
twos and threes. and then in skies.
Struggling on the outskirts of the
groups was now and then a doleful
faced youngster, who had not been
asked" and kind hearted father drew
the "one more that didn't count into
the merry crowd. But how was he to
feed all those hungry little mouths?
He was counting the cookies in dismay
and reckoning the possibilities of
canned meat ndwiches-fortunate
there were plenty of lemons-when
Mrs Neighbor came laughing in with
a whole big pan of fresh ginger cakes
Father explained and she sent him
off to keep the youngsters happy while
she foraged in her own pantry and
among the stores mother had provided
to outlast her absence. Some of the
children had brought lunch. too. think
ing it a real picnic. and when the sun
began to get low, 80 or 40 happy
youngsters were fed, but exactly how.
father could not have told you.-Moni-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15

L suppose YOU refer to the discus
sion you had. upon which your sister
seemed TO consider herself very well
informed: but you Will be able TO tell
her she is wrong, for in every chestnut
there is a bogy. but he can only come
out If the nut pops
oh but, poor things, when the nuts
do not pop cried sympathetic Paul,
what happens to theIh?"
Then, alasI we are eaten" returned
the Bogy. But do not worry-it would
be painless. for we become part of the
nut. and of course, never having en-
ioyed the fire life or heard of it, we
do not repine But when we do some
forth, then the fire tells us beautiful
story of our future life Then we fly
to meet the other released companions.
just as I am doing tonight, but L
thought 1 must come and thank you,
for it was you who picked holes into
me-"
Please don't mention it," muir
INJURED Paul politely in the way he had
heard mother do. 1T was a pleasure"
I wonder if you would do me a
favor?' said the Bogy after pause.
It's like this. In your dining room
sfdeboard there is q plate of chestnuts:
in one of them my brother dweIls. Now
there are TO be great revels in Bogy
land tonight, in which I want him TO
join. and So All, will YOU cook
him. little Paul. and try to make him
pop?' The voice was very coaxing.
But began Paul how should
know which nut he was in, and even
If did, the fire would be out--it must
be dreadful late. Sides. it would be
stealing.'' he finished conclusively.
"Oh, 1 can easily manage that
chuckled the Bogy. Il will show you
which chestnut is his home. / will see
the fire burns brightly, and, welk-you
can explain to your mother in the
morning-she Will understand"
But Paul was still doubtful. To dis
obey "muvver' was terrible thing; he
also grieved to think of the imprisoned
bogy. What should he do? 1t was very
difficult TO decide. He wavered for a
long time
Pray don't bother" said the Bogy at
length huff1ly. Il believe YOU are
frightened, but 1 should have thought
you would have tried to overcome your
fears. Why, if you do not do it to-
night be may remain there for days,
and eventually be either not properly
pricked, and SO not pop or eaten raw.
If ] am with you 1 can tell you the
proper way to make pop hole but
of course if you would rather let him
die-well=
That scornful "Wellp' was too much
lOt raul 1S pAoAhptiy III uSl MS DdIe
plump legs out of the cosy bed and
stood, little shivering, nightshirted
figure on the floor.
Use goingi" His voice was very de-
cided now.
Seizing hold of the door knob, he
turned it softly and stepped out into the
cold, dark landing. With a resolute
step, but chattering teeth, he started as
he felt a light touch on his shoulder.
do not be alarmed it is only me =
said the Bogy in good humored tones.
1T is really most kind of you to come.
] hope ] did not -er-hasty?
Paul did not reply. Everything
looked so black and strange, he could
hardly believe it was the same house.
How icy the banisters felt as he
clutched them. Would he never
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15

There is nothing SO kingly as kind
ness and nothing so royal as truth
Selected.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
Liyeries in New York

There's no city in this country that
boasts such variety in livery as New
York" remarked man who often
visits every large city in the United
States. Years ago everything in the
way Of livery was either .coachman's s
blue or else -coachman's drab.' but now
Fifth avenue and the park show most
astonishing color effects in private
livery. Only the other day I noticed
three distinct shades of what I should
call wine color. two different laven-
ders or puppies and several very strilx-
ing brown liveries. Two or these were
especially elegant and unusual. One
was a dark brown with trimmings of
beautifully shaded beaver fur. and the
other was almost yellow, with trim
mngs of glossy Persian lamb. | sup
pose the variety of colors used in
painting the automobiles has made
some difference in the colors used for
livery New York Sun.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15

- HEY were gathered round the
nre. toasting chestnuts-and their
faces. too. mother thought, as
she looked at them.
Pop went a chestnut.
~Ow." shrieked the twins precipitat-
ing their fat little selves into mothers
lap.
-Eorlzy old c'esnut,~ walled Bunny
"Muvver don't let it do It adain-'
screamed Bounce.
Diddums.' said mother, laughing
1t was only a bogy coming out"
"A bogy mother" whispered 6 year
old Paul in awed tones. Are there
really pogies in chestnuts?~
You silly bOyi' said Margery- How
could there be2''
But muvver said there was" argued
Paul and you don't dare say she's a
hbber do. you2'-clenching his plump
fists Indignantly.
of course i don't," said Margery. L
meant that she was teasing YOU, and
YOU are too old to believe that kind of
thing
Hush. children" said mother. with
= laugh. i must run down now
hear father and she deposited Bunny
and Bounce in a a'crumpled heap upon
the rug.
But munmie- dear was YOU only
teasing us2' urged Paul, catching hold
of her dress.
Dear little goose cried mother
kissing his pink cheek of course /
was in fun"
There. now, what did I ssy?" said
Margery in her most superior voice g.
. the door closed. Fancy a great boy of
your age asking such a question:
"Oh, stuff and nonsense said Harry.
I'VE We're all young once" He was IL.
Vow now children come a SIM
per-" cried nurse. bUstling into the
room with tray. Bunny and Bounce
must have theirs in bed. IT is getting
late And she bundled them out of
the room leaving the others TO make
an attack on the bread and milk, which
they speedily did, speaking little.
Mother had dropped sundry hints con-
cerning the coming Easter holidays
that filled Margery and Harry's head
with delightful speculation But Paul
could think Of nothing but the bogies
in chestnuts. Had mother just said she
was IN fun just 10 pscify him2
II must ask her TO 'spIain properly in
the morning" he thought as nurse
tucked him Up in bed a few minutes
later
Paul awoke with start and sat up
in bed The night light was hickering.
casting strange shadows about the wall.
Then. with splutter. Invent out.
&c UEh." Down went Paul under the
clothes He hated the dark. For a lit
Tie while he lay quite quiet, then, eau
uously raising his head, peeped out.
All WIS still.
~Ai. dear sighed Paul Il wish the
light had not gone out. ] sha'n't ever
Eet TO sleep again"
once more he wriggled under the
bed clothes. This time he was stil for
very long time.
Please do not be frightened" said
an apologetic little voice in response to
Rauls whisper Chestnut Bogy you
were speaking about this evening. You
Heard me coming out. / fancy2"
OH said Paul in scared tones.
Then ii was true2'
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
The Cautious Boy Explains

They say that I'm coward,
And this is 'zactly why
Cause 1 won't stand a-holdin
A lighted FREELY.
1t isn't that I'm frightened
At them. YOU understand;
But s'posin' it should ourn me
Then l might lose my hand.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
What They Have
oBy I.iszie de Armond)

The ants have each brush and comb.
A pocket has the bee:
A spear. the slender waisted wasp,
That you will feel, maybe.
The spHer has her spinning wheels,
The moth pair of shears:
The glow worm bears a tiny lamp,
That always bright appears.
A house the snail has, strong and neat,
'Tis carried on its back
The beetles beat a big bass drum
OF noise there is no lack.
"
Whateer they haze, these creatures
small
Both wisely use and we'll:
| wonder if all boys and girls
This of themselves can tell?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
Carrier Pigeons in France

An interesting feature OF the postof-
flee trouble in France is the proposal
OF a carrier pigeon service between
Lille and Paris. The London Post says
it is a reminder Of the siege OF 1870.
The pigeons. it is said. are we'll trained
and accustomed TO fly between the two
points and We're offered on moderate
terms TO persons . Paris.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
When Japanese Wash

The Japanese rip their garments
apart for every washing. and then iron
their clothes by spreading them on
fiat board and leaning this up against
the house to dry. The sun takes the
wrinkles out of the clothes and some
of them have quite luster. The Jap
anese woman does her washing out of
doors. Her wash tub is not more than
six inches high.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
To Make the Music

There are 1o,7OO pieces of wood,
cloth and felt. and 1,1SO feet of wire
in concert grand piano. The earli-
est recorded public performance on the
pianoforte took place at Covent Gar
den. London on May 16. 1867.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-09
She Explains Turney Letter.


At the outset of the afternoon ses.
sion, which was cut SO short, Charles
Thames, attorney for Mrs. Krauss
asked Judge Murch permission for his
client to make an explanation about
the letter, the admission of which in
the record the day before caused some
what of a sensation.
The letter in question contained a
passage about William Ward Turney,
of Texas, whom Mrs. Krauss claimed
to have saved from great embarrass-
ment and dishonor, when Judge Tur-
ney may have been caught in a room
with a Texas Senator's wife, though
Mrs. Krauss insisted that Judge Tur.
ney had done no wrong.
Mrs. Krauss prior to this had stated
that Judge Turney had given her
about $1,000 during her married career
simply through fatherly instincts, and
that he had been equally as liberal to
other of his relatives. Mr.. Sample
attempted to show by the letter writ
ten by Mrs. Krauss to her husband
that Mrs. Krauss had extorted the
money from Judge Turney by aspe-
cies of blackmail. -.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-09
Schooner Was
LOST in GALE
Storm Which Swept Across Lake Pom.
chatrain Caught Vessel and
Dashed It to Pieces,

New orleans, Dec. 9.-Helpless in
the teeth of the gale that swept across
Lake Ponchatrain last night, the lit
tie schooner Victory, out of Pass
Christian, was battered to pieces on
t he pilings off the Milneburg pier,
whittier 1t was swept following the
breaking of the anchor chain last
night. Morning found the schooner a
mass of wreckage and abandoned by
the crew of three men, who, aided by
two men from the lighthouse, made
the pier, leaving the craft to it's fate.
The rescue was witnessed by l.. Mo-
reau who communicated the facts in
telephone message to the city. The
names of the three men are not
known, as they took an early morning
train for New Orleans. 1t is said the
schooner was making her way toward
the New Basin with the purpose of
being fitted up here with a gasoline
engine.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-09
Piqued BY Refusal.

Judge and Mrs. Turney had replied
and refused to give the money, declar-
ing that if DR.. Krauss was earning $25
per day he certainly ought to take
care of his wife. 1t was at this stage
of the affair, Mrs. Krauss said, when
she felt piqued and angry, that she
had written her husband stating she
had saved Judge Turney's life and
honor and that he had promised her
$4,000 and nevertheless he was then
willing to let her go to the dogs.
Mrs. Krauss stated that she had
written the letter four or five years
ago to DR.. Krauss and that he had
preserved it all these years simply by
holding it over the head of Judge Tur
ney and threatening to blackmail him
in order to secure money.
Mrs. Krauss stated she had explain
ed the matter fully to Judge Turney
that he understood thoroughly and de-
fed Dr. Krauss to attempt to black
mail him.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-09
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND

Ruby Turner ct al. VS.. w. V. Moody.
No. 265.
By virtue of the authority conferred
upon me as Special Commissioner, by
decree of the Chancery Court of For
rest County, Mississippi, rendered on
the Sth day of December, 1909, in the
above styled cause, I, as such Commits
sioner, will on Monday, the 3rd day
of January, 1910, between the hours
O'Clock in the afternoon, at the front
door of the County Court House VI
said County, in the City of Hatlies-
burg, Miss, offer for sale and sell at
public auction to the highest bidder.
for cash. the following described land,
to-wit: All of lot 2, OF the X. Nc
lnnis subdivision of block 16s OF the
Chittenden official survey of the City
of Hattiesburg, Miss, and also part
of lot No. / of the X. McInnis addi-
tion to the City of Hattiesburg, Miss,
and more particularly described as
follows, viz: Commencing at the in
tersection of Jackson and Third Tor
Nora) streets and run southwark
along the east margin of said Jackson
street So feet and inches, and thence
run east 81 feet and 10 inches, more
or less, to the east boundary line of
said lot /, thence run north 56 feet,
more or less, to said Third (or Moral
street, and thence run along the south
side of said Third (or Nora) street
106 feet, more or less, to the point of
beginning.
Witness my signature this, the 9th
day of December, 1909.
T. E. BATSON, Commissioner.
9-3Thurs.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-09
Sensational Case Being Aired In
Court AT Vicksburg,
Miss.


Special to The NeCs.
Vicksburg, Miss, Dec. 9.-The sick
ness of Mrs. Daisy Turney Krauss put
sudden end to Tuesdays session of
the trial of DR.. William Krauss, dean
Of the University of Mississippi Med
ical School, who is answering a va
grancy charge in that he deserted his
wife and refused to support her.
Mrs. Krauss had just started an ex-
PLANTATION about the letter written by
her from New York to her husband,
explaining her motives, when she be-
came ill. She asked for glass OF
water turned pale, and then said that
she would be forced to return to her
hotel. She stated that she had arisen
from sick bed in order to attend the
trial, but she did not feel able to con-
tinue.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-09
FORREST COUNTY GAME LAW.

The State of Mississippi Forrest
County.
Board of Supervisors, December term,
1909.
Be it remembered, that at the above
stated term of the Board of Supervis-
ors of said County, an order was made
by the said Board, which was in the
following words and figures, to-wit:
An Ordinance to conserve the game
and fish of the county for the use
of and consumption of it's inhabit-
ants.
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Board of Supervisors of Forrest Coun-
ty, Mississippi: That it shall be un-
lawful for any person, except a bona
f1de resident thereof, to take game or
fish in said county in any manner or
at any season of the year.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
that any person who shall violate the
foregoing section shall be guilty of a
mlsdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined in the sum of ten dol
lars, and shall stand committed to
the county jail till such fine and all
costs shall be paid, and any non-resi-
dent of this County who shall hunt
or fish in This county shall thereby
forfeit to the County all appliances
used in such hunting or fishing. to-
gether with all game or fish taken in
the County.
Section 8. Be it further ordained,
that this ordinance take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
and that this ordinance be published
for the information of the public in
The Hattiesburg Daily News, a news
paper published in said County, once
a week for three consecutive weeks.
|, T. e. Batson, Clerk of the Chan.
Gerry Court, and ex-officio Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors in and for the
County and State aforesaid, do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing
transcript is true and correct COPY
OF an order passed by the said Board
or Supervisors, and entered at their
December Term, A. D. 1909. on the
9Th day of December. 1909 as fully
and as completely as thesame appears
or record in my office, in Board of
Supervisors Minute Book /, on pages
572-573.
Given under my hand and the seal
OF said Board of Supervisors, at my
office in Hattiesburg, Miss, this the
9Th day of December, A. D. 1909.
T. E. BATSON, Clerk.
12-9-3-Thurs.