The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 27, 1897, Page 24

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 27, g QNANOZS MasaziNe Act well tby part; th all the bonor lies. 7\ s pretty design. It is 50 cents 4nd 2 cents for nest little pins will these meat be mailed to yo u be- come a member ¢ A new feature is abou oduced o our page and a ver sure, gall time pic “The ( CALL s ch & grand s é)f(g(n of Rfé Roye. According to an old Christian tradition the crown of thorns was one of rose thorns, and red ro g from the blood of Christ. s s -~ o o Fairy Castles. In the heart of the mountains Are grand castles of gold, Where 1 curing fountaing A swe eir silv, From the m roring walls. Tne soft atmosphere throbbing With a magieal stran, Like the exquisite sobbing Of an ecstasied pain; The sweet melody stealing From theharps o1 pure gold, Till each sense and each feeling In its spell is enrolied. Here the fairy el Round the fairy king’s throne, Where Finvarra can muster All the spzll-workers known; With her golden hair streaming Sits the beautiful queen, The jeweled dew gleaming From her gossamer sheen. es cl ster All that magic can render *Neath the gliitering dome, For the fairy king’s splendor, For the Iniry elves’ home; Where the vintage of pleasure Is 50 gayly drunk up, To the banque’s full meas From each flower-shaped up. Through the castle’s gold portals, By enchantment and wile, The most beautiful mortals Have abided awhile; The fair captives all bringing The sott melodies known In the plaintive, sweet singing Of Ireland alone. Oakland, Jal. A Little Girl's Essay on the Life of Abraham Lincoln. Abrabam Lincoln was born in Kentucky MaRY LAMEE € | himself. ! February 12, 1809. backwooas people. educated, but his father never had any | chance to gain aneducation. When Abra- ham was 8 years old his parents moved to Indiana. They cut their way through the woods and lived on game. His father | built a rough hut without any windows or chimney, and the front was ali open. The fire was built outside, and when it was cold skins were stretched across the front of the hut. Their table was four posts stuck in the ground and some planks laid across tbem. The hut was not quite finished when Abraham’s mother took sick and died. There were Lo neighbors to help bury her. Mr. Lincoin had to cut down trees, make a coffin and bury her They buried her under a tree near the house. Abraham often sat there and wept. He attended the backwoods school. He never went to school more than three weeks at a time. He learned to read, write and a little arithmetic. The teachers did not know much them- selves and could not teach the children | much. The people could not afford to [ pay for good teachers, and besides they would not goso far out into the wilder- ness. He used to practice writing with a His parents were poor burnt stick on the back of his wooden | | shovel. He often cut ietters in the table. | His whotle schoolinz amounted to one year. When Abraham was 12 years of | age his father married again. Abraham was afraid his stepmother would not trea him kindly, but he made up his mind to obey and respect her. He thought then { she would be sure to treat him kindly. | She did treat him well and the first thing she d1d was to make him a new suit. She | brought with ner some furniture, the like | of which Abraham had never seen before; a bed, bureau, some chairs and a table. | Abraham used to sleep on a grain sack, | filled with corn husks. The first money | he earned was $L. Two men gave it to | bim for rowing them across the Ohio | River; afterward he worked for nine months at rowing people across the river. | Once when he was playing an old lady | came along and said to h'm, “What do vou expect will become of you?” Abra- ham said, “Well, I guess I might be President of the United States some day.” CHAPTER IL When Abraham Lincoln was 21 years of ace his parents moved 1o Lliinois. Here his father built a better cabin, as Abra- | ham was old enough to help bim. Abra- ham split rails for the neighbors. | split rails for bis father and fenced in a place in which to plant corn. One time | when Abrabam needed a new suit he split | 300 rails for every vard of cloth. Another time he got a chance to go down to New Orieans on a flatboat with some hogs. He found he could not drive them so be took | them one by one in his arms and carried | them on board. Whnile he was in New | Orleans be saw a family.of slaves being | sold todifferent owners and he feit very | sorry for them. On his way home the ; 1 oy ‘n?{ il FISHING. il MEDBV\V\. -MARY W. RICHA ——— His mother was well | He also | RDS: W | tide was against him and he had to walk a great part of the way. When he went back to Iilinois he gota position as clerk in a store, He was al- ways particular to give the right weight and change. If he made a mistake he could not rest until he had righted it again, He learned to be a surveyor and earned enough money, he thought, to study law. He did not have quite enough | to finish though, so he went back to sur- | veying and earned enough to enable him to complete his studies. After he became a lawyer he often defended poor people for nothing. Once when he defend- ing a murderer one of the witnesses said that he had seen the man being killed by moonlight. Lincoln proved it untrue by the almanac, for it showed that the moon at that time had not risen. He never fought in the war, although he belonged to an Illinois regiment. The regiment often went to hunt the Indians. Lincoln was elected a memberof the Iltinois Legisiature and afterward was sent to Congress. Some made fun of him because nis clothes were of homespun cloth. When his friends advised him to run for President his enemies laughed at him ana said, “‘The idea of his running for President!” During the campaign some of his friends showed some of the rails he had split. People cheered him and this gave him a great many more votes. He was elected President. In a short time the Civil War broke out. He did not have much pleasure during his first term. He was re-elected, and about forty days after went oue evening to the theater, where Wilkes Booth assassinated him by jumping into the box behind Lin- coln and shooting him through the back of the head. ncoln died the morning of April 15, | 1865, As Booth jumped out of the box he caught bis foot in the American flag and | broke his leg, but he managed 10 get away. There was a horse standing outside and he jumped on its back and rode off. Some actors gave chase, but as they were on { foot they soon lost track of him. The rest all rushed to Lincoln. Booth hid in {a barn and if any one entered he shot at them. The people set the barn on fire | and when he came out they riddled him | with bullets. Vice-President Johnson | took Lincoln’s place. Lincoln signed the | bill that set the slaves tree, | VIOLET CAHALAN. —_————— Ghe QW 'C(')Latf-]Box. Probably there are few children of the present day who have ever seen, or even | heard of, the old-lashioned tinder-box and matches. Yet fifty yearsago the frio- tion match, now so universally used, had but just been invented, and did not come into general use for many years. Before the year 1836, or thereabouts, | housekeepers were obliged to use matches of domestic manulacture. These were small pieces of white-pine wood, perhaps | twice the size of our match, the ends of | which bad been dipped in melted brim- | stone. A small iron skillet, in which to | melt the brimstons, was once a common | kitchen utensil in many families 1n New England, if not elsewhere. The only way to light one of these brim- stone matches was to bring it in contact | with a spark of fire. For this purpose there used o be kept in every house a small tin box filled sith burnt rags, and this was called a tinder-box. In order to obtain a light a common gun-flint was struck with considerable force against a | piece of steel made of convenient siz | which produced a few sparks; these, lodg- | ing upon the burnt rags, made sufficient | fire to enable one to readily lignt the match. These smoldering rags (for the sparks thus obtained did nut producea blaze) were aiterward extinguished by a round tin cover called a damper. To thus create fire requirea some experlence, especially | in damp weather, or with cold fingers on | winter mornings. Wehave known people to make “‘a bad piece of work” with a flint and steel and to succeed only with great patience in ‘‘striking a light.” It one happened to be cross or nervous the chances were that he could not succeed at all; mor was it an infrequent sight to see the good wife of the house running across the street with a shovel to borrow a shovelful of “live coals” from a neighbor, the chimney- smoke of whose dwelling proclaimed that she had a fire. The change 10 the match of commerce was one of the first of what we now consider modern conveniences: | In many families it was one of the *“chil- | dren’s chores” to prepare wood for the | matches and to dip them in melted brim- | stone. | These matches were sometimes to be bought in shops, but New England econ- omy more frequently led each family to | prepare its own. Still, it was not uncom- | mon for poor children to make a trifle of | money by selling bunches of matches to their more fortunate neighbors. 1n sparsely seitled neighborhoods great care was exercised at night by the head of the house to “keep the fire.”” He took precaution that there should be a good bed of “live coals’ at the hout of retiring; these he covered With many shovelfuls of ashes to prevent them from burning out. Tne next morning the coals were usually found to be “live” on raking open the ashes, and served to start the day’s fire. It was not an impossible feat to thus pre- serve the family fire through they without recourse to matches. The modern friction match was wel- comed by most housekeepars, although here and there some old people objected to it, considerig it a dangerous article, as on doubt it is when carelessly used or left ving about. The first fricion match invented re- quired to be drawn across a piece of fine sand-paper in order to produce a light. This was called a lucifer, and was much safer, although not so convenient, as the present match. Then came the present patent friction matches, which used to be called ‘‘loco-focos.” There were no funcy match boxes in *‘old times,” and the tin- der-box was not considered an ornament, put was kept out of sight in the cupboard or on the kitchen mantel-piece. tinder-box and 1897. We find in a Salem newspaper of June 30, 1836, the following: A WONDER. Notwithstanding the convenience of those dangerous little articles, friction matches, which are in almost everybody’s hands, but which with all their charms bid fair to prove a heavy curse to the com- munity, we learn that there is one man in Salem, a respectable tradesman, who keepy a store where we should generally expect to find such things, but who bhas never sold them nor allowed them to be used on his premises. At his house and shop he sticks to the old-fashioned flint, steel and tinder. He shows his wisdom in s0 doing. How many more can say as much?—Wide Awake. —_————— The Gift of the Rose. The flowers of many climates, That bloom all seasons through, Met in a stately garaen, Bright with the morning dew. For praise and loving worship, The Lord they came to mee! Her box of precious oiutment The rose broke at his feet. —Selected. The Mountains at Angels Gamp. It is glorious summer time in California and the mountains are full of wondrous beauties. The little brook babbles down the mountain side to _join the river as it swiftly rolls to the ocean blue. Along the banks of the clear stream grows the dainty matdenhair fern. The breeze gently whispers through the pines. The quails are calling to their young, while merty chiidren, with bright, happy faces, are busy plucking flowers and gathering the delicious wild berries. The eattle are peaceiully grazing on the green hillsides. Now and again a blast from some distant mine starties the ear. As I write a little squarrel sits by on alog, chattering away asif he, too, were enjoying the beauties of nature. FLOY HAYES (C. R. C.). e e e D Dedicated to M. Eva Navone. 1 wonder not that thou art sad, To bid thy school good-by— That while thy schoolmates all are glad, The tear-drops dim tnine eye. Such tears spring from a fount of love And glisten as they fall; E'en as the dews from heaven above, When we the past recall. Such tears will keep the memory green And fresh, e'er, in thy soul, Of many a schoolday’s happy scene, As down they gently roll. The memory of our childhood’s deys Still lingers long through life, To gnide our paths with iis bright rays Through the dark world of strife, O, Eva! all the C. R. C., With whom thy spiric lives, Will pray thy life e’er blessed With peace that heaven gives. leelebrlllon is over. I like my badge more and more and everybody who sees it wishes to know all about the club. Your reader, ‘TaEo. Joos (C. R. C.) TGERNA. Dear Editress: Tam very glad that I may put C. R C. after my name. My brother has teken the Youth’s Companion for fourteen years. Ilike the stories in it very much. We have our school in the summer as the snow falls too deep in the winter. Iam going to send for my badge soon. Maxie KELLOGG (C. B. C.) REEDLEY, Cal. Dear Editress: It is just one year ago to-dey since my first letter appeared on the chil- dren’s page of THE CALL Our school was out May 14 and I was pro- moted to the eighth grade. Iwas 13 years old the 23d of last May, snd Ihad an evening party the following nieht, twenty-two of my little friends being present. Ihad & very nice time, Reedley is situated almost upon the banks of Kings River, in the extreme southern part of Fresno County. From Reedley fine views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains can be seen, and in spring itis a pretty sight to see first the snowy caps, then the blue distant hills, and then the wide green wneat ficlds, reaching almost to the door like & great green ocean, fragrant with California wild flowers. 1 think tbe Roll of Honoris a splendia idea, and Ishall work hard to have my name upon it. Imustclose now. Your friend. R. MAUD MALLORY. SaN FRANCISCO, Cal. To the Editor of The Cali—DEAR SIR: My father has taken THE CALL for the last ten | years. Ialways enjoy reading the Childhood's | Realm very much. I shouid like to join the | C. R. C. Hoping tosee my letter in print, I am your true friend, FREDA MUNSTER, ROCKVILLE, Cal., June 17, 1897. Dear Editress: This is my first letter to THE CaLL We take your paper,and think it is the best. I never saw but one letter from this valley. That was from a dear little playmate of mane in Suisun, We are having vacation now. Idon'tlike vacation, becauso I live on aranch and bave to stay home all the time. Ibope a girl of 11isnot too old to join the | elub. 1am going to send you something every week until I earn my place in the C. R.C. | Your loving litue friend, | BEATRICE BAILEY. £0QUEL. Dear Editress and Members: This is my first letter,but I wrote astory of my experience with an old pig in the mountains. My sister is here | now. Anybody would know she is my sister, | because we both look so much alike and both have red hair. She is 6 years old. Iama member of the C. E. C. and I am glad of it, but I want to be worthy of it so contribute two puzzles. The badges are beautiful and I wish I had one. Your friend, L.S. HANNA, £oNoRa, Cal. Dear Editress: 1 have never written to you before, but I read the children’s page every Sunday and I like the stories very much. I used 10 live in Oakland, but I moved to Sonora about three months ago. Itisvery pleasant here, butI like Oakland better. We S SRSy i I A RACE ON THE SANDS. I Make a cross-word enigma out of the word vacation. Example: My 1 is in loaves, but not in bread. Ep. 1L Word Square, 1—A small bird. 2—Violent anger. . 3—Bodles which contatn the young of birds. 4—A warm, close place of abode 0.-ALICE THOMPSOX ({ IV. Ansgrams. Citles of the U. & 1—Eelhan. 2 Dopptarl. redtoir. » R.C.) 8- went to the Golden Gate mine about two weeks ago. We took our lunch and stayed all MISS EVA NAVONE. Do not forget, when far away, The members—me and all, That read thy tender, touching lay, In Childhood’s SUNDAY CALL. By M. J. SEL16. A% ST e When Harry was 4 years old his grand- mother was trying to teach him to count and asked: “How many lees have you?"’ He answered promptly, “Two.” How many legs has Brownie?” And looking at the dog for a moment he replied, “Brownie has one on each corner.”” 8N FrANCISco, June 20, 1897. Dear Editress: I thought I would write you one more letter before I left for the country, and send for my badge, which I would like to have befors I go, if it is convenient for you to send it belore Saturday. I expect to leave next Saturday morning to spend my vacation on a ranch nine or ten miles trom Santa Rosa, and I hope to have a good time. Iexpect to get THE SUNDAY CALL just the same while I am away, formy auntie will send it to me. Wien I come home again I shail write & long letter and tell you about my trip. 1 was promoted honorarily and stood No. 1 in my elass. I shall now be in the sixth grade and am going to study German next term. One day a week before school closed all the scholars and teachers of our school went out to the park. We had four ears; went early in the morning and took our lunch. We sang songs in the car and had a fine time at tne park. Iinclose 50 cents for the badge and a stamp for postage. Wishing all the members and readers of the C.R.C. as pleasant a vacation as I hope to have, I remain, your friend, FRED ANTHES (C. R. C.) SIERRA CITY, Cal. Dear Editress: 1 am ashamed (0 say that I neglected to write the last two weeks, so I write now. Last night it rained here and on the hills there is fresn suow. This is kind of bad, as it is likely to freeze and spoil the fruit, There is to be a celebration here on the 5th of July snd s good time is assured to all who attend. 1 sball tell you all about it after the day. There was nothing much to see out there. Ishould like to be a member of the C. R. C., and shall write again. Good-by, AUDREY JONES. DUTCH FLAT, Cal. Dear Editress: T have not written to THE CALL for a long time, but I have read the Childnood’s Realm every Sunday. Our school closed three weeks ago. Saturday evening, June 12, the scholars had an enter- tainment. It was composed of an operetta en- titled “A Trip to Europe,” an Indian drill,a flag drill and several other pieces. The enter- tainment was given for the purpose of raising money to buy a new flag for the schoolhouse. 1 was promoted to the seventh grade. It rained very hard here last week, with beavy thunder and lightning. 1have solved some of the puzzles and send in some new ones. Your constant reader, ANNIE JONES (C. R. C.), SONOMA. Dear Editor: 1 am spending my vacation at my grandpa’s ranch. I shall tell you about it My uncle is in the poultry business. He has about 1000 chickens and I like to help feed the iittle ones. The cherries are ripe now and I may climb up to the top of the trees. There are lots of bees up here, 50 we may have all the honey we wish. My papa brought me up & bicycle and I have learned to ride. My grandpa has two sailboats and we went sailing on Decoration day, took our lunch and had & picnic. Yous friend, RUTH ELIZABETH LEWIS. NEW PUZZLES. L Pictorial puzzle. Nameofa ety in the United States. .MAE REYNOLDS. CRC 0.—L. A. HANNA (C. R. C. V. Cross-word Enigma. My 1 is in read, but not in sing, My 2 is in lead, but not in bring; My 3 is in up, out not in down, My 4 is in city, but not in town; My 5 is in acre, not in rod, My 6 is in dirt, but not in sod; My 7 is in fish, not in salmon, My 8 is in boy, but not in gammon; My 9 is in nut, but not in seed, My whole is what boys and girls need. 0.—H. FrosT KEYES. VL Conundrums. (@) What two kingsrule in America? () What man carries everyching be- fore him? THEO J0OS (C. R. C.). VIL 1—Name of an ancient Syrian city. Name of a mountain range in Russia. Name of a river in Africa. Name of a lake in U. 8. When rightly guessed the first letters, ar- ranged in order as above, will spell the name of s month. Ep. VIIL A Diamond. 1—A letter inzrate. 2—A Turkish title of respects 3—A quariz formation. 4—Past tense of & verb, 5—A letter in grate. Ep. IX. Beneadings. (a) Behead a piece of fur and have & boy’s nickname. (v) Behead “to close” and have a small house. (c) Behead “to pull” and have uncooked. 0O.—ANNIE JoNES (C. R. C.). X. A tree puzzle. Fill each blank with the name of a tree. Last summer we had a pleasant trip to the My sister, who deserves the 2 for early rising, asshe is always np at 5 o'clock, calied the rest of us. After making ourselves look as 3 as pos- sible, we started. It was cool enough for4 capes, but we did not 5, for wo knew the heat would come later. Dinner was an important feature of the duy. We had clam chowder, a 6 of chicken, 7 pie, 8 cake and other good thing Anftaken occasionally gave relish to all. Our conversation turned on heroes, snd my litle brother said he admired old 10 more than any other President. We gathered daisies and roses. T never thought it possible thata 1Lgrew so close to salt water. Pefore starting for home we all signed our names in the hotel register. We used a pencil which we thought as good 12 and ink. Driving home along the shore of the 13 we watched the beautiful sunset. Regardless of propriety, most of us were chewing 14 all the way, bt no oneseemed to care & 15 I was the one to settle the driver's exorbitant bill, and now my | sisters 16 me some money for some weeks to come. selected. Avice BELL (C. R. C.). | Pnswers, | 1. Eaison. 1L E ODE EDGAR EAR R | A i ALL | ALICE | ICE | E | V. Alittle darkey (datk-e) in bed. | VL Thrush, owl, rook. VIL 1. Lotto—Otto. 2. Dear—ear, 3. Star—tar. VIIL A roiling stone gathers no moss. IX. 1. Catsup. ) 2. Primrose. 1 3. Damask. | 4. Kidnap (mistake). X. 1. A rolling stone gathers no moss. Henry Waasworth Longfellow. Florence Nightingale. 4. Victoria, England’s Queen (s” was omitted in anagram. [NoTE—Whenever a mistake occurs in a ques- | tion for any reason the answer to that quese tion is not considered at | Answers to Puzzles of dune 20. Answers have been re | lowing members of C. R. | Alice Ben. 10/1da Wightman 6| fthel McClure ed Antbes... Retha Waldau.. 3| Mavel Cass. . o Alice Thompson.. ived from the fol- Lagomarsi- no 5 | Ruby Hamburger. | For June 13 (delay Alice Bell..... Carrle Miiis, d) 5 .10/ Ethel McClure . 3| Answers irom non-members for June 20: Floyd Smith: ... 2dna V. Nagle.... Gertrude Kemm Letters Received. Besides letters published pleasant communt- cations have been recelved from the following | members of C. R. € M. Eva Navone, Retha Waldau, R. Mallory, Marie Ches lena Lagomarsino, Maud orth, Grace Loh, Mada- Alice Bell, Charles H. Owens, Eihel McClure, Marie J. Parish, Jo sephine Rasfuller, Jeanie McCaughen. | From non-members: iraestine Seneau. Hazel Duncan, | Brown, Thomas Sullivan, Zella Gossett | Kiernan, Edna V. Nagle, Josephitie Johnso | Lelia E.'Smith, Bessie Fitzgerald, Hattie ) Williams, Floyd Smith, Marguerite R. Mossop, | Abraham Preciado, May Lowman. i Exchanges R;cei\}ed. Weeklies—Harper's Round Table, Youth's Companion, Golden Day: Madge llie Correspondents’ Golumn. Marie Chesworth—Send dircetly to editress. Be sure and state your address. We areglad | to heat from you agaia. Josephine C.—Please send your name'in full, | May Beth— ou should wsite on only one side of your paper. | Ernestine Seneau—Contribute something to | our page, then seud for a badge.