The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1896, Page 24

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, ¥EBRUARY 23, 1896. suited him better to have the ceremony on his own natal day. As nothing could be done in the United States without an oration and the singing of an ode, he in- vited the president of the bank to make the oratorical effort and the first class of the high school to sing the ode, which had been written by the principal of that insti- tution. A coliation was to be served on that occasion, to which the scholars were invited and some of the magnates of the town, This celebration was the subject of the conversation on the schoolhouse lawn. “America,” the ode, and “‘Star- spangled Banner” had been rehearsed | The artillery company of Gdinbridge was to be present and tire off all the cannon at once at the moment when the new “Old Glory,” purchused by the teller, was flung loose to the breeze.” Then the National | anthem was to follow and the ode in con- | clusion. | “What do you think?”’ exclaimed Lucy Archer. ‘‘Conrad and Olga Binfield are not to be with us!”’ “Do you mean to say, Lucy, they will not be present?”’ demanded Phoebe Blanker, the teller's daughter. And the two who were to be absent were the son and daugh- ter of the cashier. “Th ou, my dear chil- | mon impulse we all commenced fto sing een the city of | the song to which its music is set. ¥ Where Pc 4 dren omac sam is flowing hro .d down the | R to | ' t River W, 1 ships are going, at is what I mean to say, and I have Mount Vernon, where the great ation from Olga herselt,” added b nd died? If | . “They bave always led the singing, so I am sure that nd Conrad isabout the only fellow that » of the ) statement of Luey Archer had cre- ation and something like a panic thie pupils. It had promised to be oceasi hood m ories. 1 ook just h a trip in Fe , and if you dor hat I saw and heard ile doing so. ington’s e home of Washington. 1tdenly blighted. Conrad ken no part in tne conver- sation and were seated apart fron: the others, and any one who had looked into their faces would have seen only a picture of despair in each, though both of them were ordinarily bright and cheerful. They were the best schelars in the school, as | they were the leaders of the sports and The Flag Raising Birthd Probably it will make no difference if ie precise latitude and longicude of the | ;ambridge, which was just | en it was in order and | quite proper for it to become a city, is not on Washington's and Olga had t Birthday ¥ given. It was in the Empire State, not on | smusements of both sex Now they ton had use in CAIry- | the Hu ara, or any | looked as though they had not a single ing people d t nt V other river importance to in- | friend in the whole world. left the ca about 10 o'clock in the | gicate its location, though it had a num-| General Gainbridge, whose ancestors morn eat'crowd of people on | her of mi streams that turned the | Were honored in the name of the town, o was an honest and just man, but he was and out mo: he stream of f the ti eels of its manufactorie; The reader 1 have to take it for granted that it ex- ed somewhere in the imperial State and it would be useless to look for it on the map. into river I thought ¢ ington was a boy as steamboats the Gainbridge was large enough and pro- citv of ive enough to have an excellent high 1 sehiool, in which were taught Greek and rose be those who were going to college, ch, German, geometry and Eng- se who were not. It was big 0 to have a bank with a capital juarter of a mil Loammi Gainbridge | iest and best-known man of | large town just budding intocityhood. | These two insti that need to be m d. | November generally gives us a mild sea- | me, and January a soft season be- r W out of the wet soil, which might be called the abo- | al summer; and it was in such a sea- | rom the 20th to the end of ‘the| month, that the first class of the alo on, whereof General as he watched the sai 1d gracefully by and You remember, in board a vt 1 him bac! ook me ond d owT after a d town of brid h school gathered on the | e a village beside the building to take their | Here w: cheon-and enjoy an atmosphere which e sho was more like J month of winter. It was the 21st of the month, and the| « 1 ung gentlemen were | f ged in the discussion of a ughit before them Philip | e Birthday m the School- room. eorge had been a girl and had dressed in clo’es, would he have been the mother of his do you s'pose?’—Harper's Round Table. ne than any Washington’s by father was the teller of the severe in his judgments, The cashier, a German who had modified his name so | that Americans could pronounce it, was an educated man 2nd a musician of the highest order, and his wife was his equal as an artisc. He bad left his native land twenty years before under a political cloud which he might have turned aside if he had been less honest and more subservient to the wishes of his superiors in office. Mr. Binnfield had brought with him his independence of character. He had been the manager of a bank in Bertin and was a very able financier. But he never got along well with General Gainbridge. Some name was George W. s middle name was lved the next day at w to do. houses and shed te be a much bigzer nan than he was and looked forward to | the time when he should be president of | the Gainbridge Ban The sheet of water on his own land W small, but very | pretty, and he thought of calling it, when it came to need a name, Lake Blanker, but is wife objected, and he compromised by giving it his middle name rather than that of the patriot hero who has been revered lit of the steamer be bered that evi ington ever: nd tolls its Vernon pi and honored as the father of his countr. d D bell in reverence for his memory Mr. Blanker had decided to christen the | Of them said the magnate was_jealous of the bell ceased its m A X hoist the American flag on a pole | him because he had mentioned ‘in the be- steamer band . beg :d for the purpose on the border of | 81nning as the president of the bank by 2 some of the wisest men in the town. One day he reported to the president that a box containing $10,000 in gold was missing and must have been stolen irom the vault. Of course this discovery cre- ated a tremendous excitement at the meet- ing of the directors called to receive the | announcement. Without tracing the | matter through all its details, a detective was sent for and he questioned everybody about the vremises, from the president own to the janitor, who was also the atchman. At the meeting of the board to hear his report he declared his belief in the most positive manner that the rob- bery was committed either by the teller or the cashier. urther inquiry in regard to the two officials proved that the cashier had spent his evenings, sometimes t1ll a late hour, at the bank, for a week before the discovery that the box was missing. The teller alw. went home as soon as h d anced his cash, and not a suspicious ci cumstance pointed at him. Mr. Binn- field was called before the directors and questioned by all of them, including-the most expert lawyer in the place, who at- tempted to browbeat the cashier into making a confession, but he was as inde- pendent as he had always been. He admitted that he had spent his even- ings for a week at the bank to investigate a discrepancy in the teller’s accounts, and pointed it out very precisely to the board in the books. His brother, who was a farmer in the country, had called twice for him at the request of Mrs. Binnfield. The detective was present, and used all his efforts to make the ceshier contradict himself, but Mr. Binnfield answered every question promptly and looked every one who spoke to him squarely in the face. The result was that the cashier wasa rested and committed to the county jail, and this was only the night before the meet- ing of the scholars on the lawn of the school. Most of the solid men of the town refused to believe that the cashier was guilty, and the teller was not even sus- pected by any one. The wile and the children of the accused werein the greatest distress, as well may be supposed. In the evening of his committal Mr. Binnfield had written a long and most affectionate letter to them, affirming his innocence in the strongest terms, e advised that his son and daughter should continue their studies at schoal, and for this reason only they were there, but they could not engage in a frolic at such a time. [T0 BE CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.] that t to his housé on Washing- though it would have e near birthds and the THE LITTLE MAID:S REPLY. (A TRUE INCIDENT.) Amusing Incidents. Did you ever hear of any one craving a nickel? Well, that is what a little boy said to his mother one day. He wished to buy a toy which he had seen displayed in a show-window, and had been teasing for a nickel. Finally, when he saw that it was doubtful about his receiving the monev, he said: “Oh, mamma, I just crave a nickel!” A little boy felt sick. His head ached very badly, but after his mother bathed it and fixed him comfortabiy-in his own lit- tle bed he felt better. Then he said to his mamma: *“I feel just like having a good cry.” “All right, darling, I'm willing; justcry as hard as you please, then per- aps you’ll feel better.” % “But, mamma,’’ said the little fellow, “I'haven’t anything to cry about.” The little maiden opened wide the door To let the honored Washington depart: The great-souled General, her mother's friend— The flrst in war, in Peace, in every heart. ‘A better office to you, dear,” said he, And placed his hand benignly on her head. With curtesy quaint and reverent, smwiling glance— ‘Yes, sir; to let you in,” she archly said. ~—Charles Lee, in St. Nicholas, As grandma and Bessie were going to for them, and their hopes | the grapevines Bessie saw a snake in the grass. In excited tones she called: “Grand- ma, come quick and see! Here is & little snake. Heis all green; he hasn’t begun to ripen!” DONALD SERIES NO. XVIL DONALD'S WALK. 2 One beautiful Sabbath aiternoon Donald went out for a walk, his great big papa on one side of him and his litile mamma on the other. After they had walked for two or three blocks they found that they were standing at the top of a very steep hill. In order to get to the beach, where they wished to go, they had to descend that hill. 8o they got on a cable car and how fast they did ride down that hull! Then out of the car they jumped and walked past the large works where gas is made. Donald enjoyed himself very much looking at ‘the large build- ings with the immense pipes stretching out of them up toward the sky, the huge tanks and the great piles of coal in the yara, they saw a Chinese vegetable garden down in a hollow. at one end of which was a redwood cabin. Something very amusing happened just then. Some naughty boys, armed with rocks, | came along. As they ran by they threw the rocks with terrible force at the shanty, which was the home of the hard-working gardene: - In a jiffy out rusned four or five China- men with clubs and poles. Off they started with a speed like lightning after abbering away in_ their queer 11 of the time, and looking very th blouses and pigtails flying ge comical out behind. They were quiteangry, and the boys had bard work to keep ahead of their pursuers. Donald did not wait to see whether they were caught or not, but he thought they were very naughty boys. At lust they reached the beach and Don- ald had a fine time playing in the cool and, and remained lon quite a large house. Papa pointed out to his little son the pretty whit, iled boats which dotted tiere and there the beatiful bay. He also saw a large ship being brought in by a funny little steam tug that “puifed and blowed” at a terrible rate. Then, when the bright light at Alcatraz shone out over the water they turned homeward past the vegetable gardens, the gas works and up, up thesteep hill again. When they stepped from the car the new moon was shining in the sky. Was it realiy the new moon, my tiny boy: I’m sure Donald did not think it was, be- cause this is what I heard him say to his papa: ‘‘Papa, why is just alittle of the moon shiny to-night and the rest of it so dark?’ “Perhaps the great dragon who lives in the sky has taken a bite out of him?” an- swered papa. £Nof Ymink Mr. Moon is playing that heis a burglar and has a black mask on,” said the child with a merry laugh. ‘“Maybe,” said papa, “he is going to steal some green cheese.’” When they reached their home Donald wasas hungry as a bear after hislong walk, and when his brother heard how much he had seen he wished that he had been along, too. 5 enough to build The Editor’s Letter-Box. A very interesting and corgect sketch of the life of Washington, written by Jeanette C. Talfour, aged 9 years, bas been received, but owing to lack of space it is impossible to publish it to-day; but we shall be giad to receive another letter from this bright little girl. Once more, dear children, please write only on one side of your paper, and do not expect to have your letters corrected after they have been received by the editor. Answers for February 16. 1. GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1. Tom. 2. Gorge. 3. Washing. 4. Orange. 5. Far. 6. Rage. 7. Sad. 8. War. 9. Town. 10. Sage. 11. Hot. 12. Hat. 13. Grain. IL. THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY. Answers required. The following is u_proverb with two certain letters omitted throughout: Whn th cts wy th mic will ply. 1. What great act was passed in March ? 2. Are there any holidays in March ? If so, what are they 2nd by whom and why celebrated ? An enigma composed of seven letters. My 3,6, 7 is to place. My 1,6, 7 is food for cattle. My 1 is used in masonry. My 4'is s personal pronoun. My is liquid. My is & covering. My 2, 1'is an exclamation. My Whole is always welcome to the school boy aud girl. SAN Fraxcrsco, Feb. 18, 1896. 7o the Editor of the Children’s Page—DEAR STR: My answer to last Sunday's riddles are as fol- lows: 1. Ton. 2. Range. 3. Washing. 4. Orange. rand nose. 6. Terror. 7. 8. War. 9. Hair. 10. Wheat. The name is George Washington. I remain, yours truly, AGNES DONOVAN, age 13 years, TARA STREET, ‘ SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 11, 1896. My name is Blanch Goodwin. I 'am five yenrs old. My sister’s name is Thelma. She is nine months old. Santa brought me a doll with real hair. I have six paper dolls. Idon’t go to school. Mama teaches me at home. I know all my letters, and can print them. 1 would love to see this in the children’s page next sundey. Your friend, BLANCH GOODWIN, c1sco, Feb. 16, 1896. Editor Clildren’s Pag 1 will try to answer the puzzles given in to-day’s CALL. The word contains sixteen letters. I take SAN F) George Washington as the answer (o the first on. 12000 pounds. 2. Rent. 3. Washing ons.” 4. Oranges. 5. Earsand nose. 6. Wrath, rage, ire. 7. Regret. 8. War. 9. Site, area, seat. 10. Washington? 11. Heat. 12! Hair, hat. 13. Wheat. ANSWER TO REBUS. 1. “The father of his country.” 2. As a boy George Washingion liked best to study mathematics, in which he was largely self-taught. 3. He received but little schooling, his edu- cation being but elementary and very defect- ive. 4. He was considered great as a general and statesman and great because he caused Eng- land to surrender what she claimed as her rights and forced her to recognize the inde- pendence of the United States. 5. Mount Vernon, 5 ips follow the custom of tolling their bells while passing the sacred burial place at Mount Vernon. Yours truly, ALICE M. BELL, age 13. 1923 Geary street. SAN FraNcIsco, Feb. 9, 1896, To the Editor of the Children’s Page: 1 am very much interested in the children’s page, especially in the Donald series, and often wish ~_ Froewm dawn - When And Then waving - A ferrible 1LLUSTRATED BY H B{(@V@ 5 the Donkey - Who. lives in e jumpg and he frolic - JIg When the Ak then he hag buin ¢ To ghew He tands very gt 37 ‘He gtarks with a jump, And gives to the wee onaj bump & the Parks | fiwg“fifiWdaF%; tofs come toride mb on hig back, ink he will vum m o ey jay 6o hig surprige, 8 " th clogeg hig eyes hig earg COVEY, AGED 15. there were two pages. As Washington’s birth- | day is drawing near I thought [ would write & | few items about him, becanse he did so much | for our country. George Washington was born in Virginia, Fébruary 22, 1732. His education was directed by his mother, and he was father- | le: t the age of 11. Washington was over 6 | feet in height, graceful and perfectly erect. He | died on the 14th of December. 1 must close now, hoping my letter will be published in next Sunday’s CALL. Yours tru Kamie HrL AND, Age 11 years, 1712 Eddy street. SouTh SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 2, 1896. Dear Mr. Editor: 1 am a little girl, 9 years old. My name is Annie Martha Doering. I | will tell'you how I got my name Martha. I | was born on Washington’s birthday, Febraary | 22, 188 must’ close, hoping this will be published in next Sunday’s CALL. Iam, your new iriend, ANNIE M. DOERING. P. S.—I wish that therc was two pages of the Children’s Realm, instead of one page. 1122 Seventh street, South San Francisco, Cal. SAN Fraxcisco, Feb. 18, 1896. Mr. Editor: 1 am 13 years of age and read THE CALL every morning. Inever can wait till Sunday morning comes when you publish the boys’ and girls’ page. There are very interest- ing stories for boys and girls. There is also a letter-box and puzzles and rhymes. I will now | close my letter, as 1 have no more to write, | Yours truly, MILTON WEINSHE! | { | SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Feb. 16, 1896. Editor of Children’s Page: My uncle takes THE CALL and I like the children’s page very much. 1 wish there was a page every day. I think the answer to the puzzle 1 The heart of his ceuntry. Eth hreat fo ihs enytou Yours tru NE BROOKS, 2 Stevenson street. P.S. Thope the answer is right. Inever answered or guessed one before, so I do not know what to do. LINE L. BROOKS, Care of Mrs. Urquhart. SAN Fraxcisco, February 16, 1896, Editor Children's Page—DEAR SIR: I think you mean George Washington. It has sixteen letters. 1. A name, George Washington. Ton, 2000 pounds. 3. A mountain gorge, rent. 4. Something found in the laundry, washing. 5. A tropical fruit, orange. 6. A part of the head, ear or nose. 7. Anger, rage. 8. Sorrow, tears. 9. Strife of nations, honor. 10. Place, Georgetown. 11. Ethan (of the noah east), wisemau. 12. A degree of temperature, hot. 13. A head covering, hat. 14.The food of millions, wheat., The entire answer means George Wash- ington. My answers are as follows for next Sunday : 1. The father of his country. 2. George Washington like mathematics to study best. 9. only went to school five years, from 11 to 16 | years of age. A 4, He was the first president of the United States, and besides, never told a lie. He is buried at Mount Vernowu. | 6. Ships follow the custom of tolling their | bells when passing the sacred burie! place at | Mount Vernion. _ LILLIE PEARL MITCHELL, 12 years old, 6 Elliott Park. PETS OF HONDURAS. The Couatry Is a Veritable Paradise for Them. k Honduras seems a paradise for pets. Parrots of every size, from that of a spar- row to the great green macaw, three feet long or more, can clamber all over and about the house and never know a cage. Chachalacas trot through the patios or courts of the houses in thetowns, and bit- terns stalk disconsolateabout. Fawnsand | children play together in many a yard, | and coons and sometimes an armadilloare | playmates for the little ones, who have few | dolls. In the Sambo hamlet of Ulin a | tame ant-ealer was offered to me, and | while we talked of it a woman came in leading a gibeonite, which took occasion to nibble at its owner’s bare heels while she bargained. As 1 lay in a hammock in a Walkna hut one day a peccary came within my reach. With a convenient stick I ventured to scratch his brown and bristly back. Down he flopped on his side and grunted in sweet content aslong as the tickling went on. From that moment he was my ardent, much too ardent, friend and faithful fol- lower. I could net go ten steps without finding him at my heels, and his jealousy was as instant as it was fierce. Woe to the dog that dared come near me. A sud- den rush, a quick upward thrust of those gleaming tusks and there was a bleeding gash in that dog's quarters, if he was not agile beyvond the average of dogs. 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