The San Francisco Call JUNIOR SECTION
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HAVE YOU SEEN ALONZO? JUNIOR CALL DOG REFUSES TO PULL A SAUSAGE
LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG SPEECH
t— OURSCORE and seven years r.go our fathers- brought upon tliis
continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the
|iropo«ition thai all men arc created equal. Now we are engaged in a
civil wjir. testing whether that nation, or any nation >o conceived
and so dcdicaied. can long endure! We are met on a great battlefield .of
that « r ar! We arc met io dedicate a portion of it a> the final resting
place of ihose who he-re. gave their lives that Uiat natiort might live.
1j i- altogether fitting and proper that we should "do this. But in a
larger tensed we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not
hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled
here, .have con»ecrated it far above our power to add. or detract. The
world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here; but it can
never, fprjrct whai ihey did here. _
it is for u>, the li\iug, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished
nork they have-thus far to nobly carried on.. It is rather^for us to;be
]i« ; re dedicated i'to the great ta>k remaining before us. that from these
honored dead v.c take increased devotion to the cause for which they
S3vc*»he la*" full measure of devotion: thai we here highly' resolve that
lUese dead -shall not have died in vain; that the nation\hall, under God.
b'avi : new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the
jK-opie. and fo r the people, shall not perish from the earth.
\u25a0The forceoing address was tnade by President Lincoln at the dedica
tion "f Gettysburg cemetery, November, 1864.
The American Flag
A THOUGHTFUL mind. when it
iM»f-ji a nation's flag, sees not *«c
flag only, but the nation itself:
and whutcwr may be its symbols, its
Snsigr.ia. hr> reads chiefly in the flag the
>.-"»TrriD)?i!t. the principles, the truth,
the history, which belong to th-e cation
thai fif'ii forth.
When the French tricolor rolls out
to !•:\u2666- wiii'l." we see France. When the
View found Italian flag is unfurled, we
fff .f.'.;y><\*-4 Italy. When the other
tfcre<- cornered Hungarian flag shall be
lifted to the" wind; we shall .see in it
\ l .\- long buried but never d^-ad prin
.ij.lrs «f Hungarian liberty. When
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jhe united crosses of St Andrew and
Ft. George on a riery ground stt forth
the banner of <-'i<i England; v.c see not
ilie cloth merely- th*-rf rises up before
it,*- nil^d the nobl.-^aspect of that
ii«oTjarfhy. whloli," inor<? than any other
«•« *tli»* glob**, has advanced its banner
\u0084 ;,-~\ rr it ft rctmed abroad m^n caw
• !;iylireak l-ur>=(lnsr on their eye?.- for
JUNIORVILLE PEOPLE ASSIST IN THE OPENING OF THE SEASON AT SANTA CRUZ
the Ajrtfcriesn flag has been the symbol
of liberty, and men rejoiced in It. Not
another flag on the globe bad such^n
trr.ind. or went forth upon the s*a
carrying everywhere the glorious
tidings.
Tl.e stars upon it were to the pining
nations like the morning stars of God.
and the stripes upon it were beams of
niorning light. -
As at early, dawn the stars stand
first, and then it grows light, and then,
as the sun advances, that light breaks
into b^nks and streaming lines of
color, the glowing red and intense
white striving together land ribbing
the horizon with bars effulgent, so on
the American flag stars and teams of
many colored light shine out together.
And wherever the flag comes, and men
behold it. they see in its sacred em
blazonry no rampant lion and fierce
eagle, but only LIGHT, and every fold
significant of liberty.
The history^of this banner is all on
one side. Under It rode Washington
and his armies; before It Burgoyne laid
down his arms. It' waved on the.-high
lands at West Point; It floated over old
Fort Montgomery. When Arnold would (
have surrendered these valuable fort
resses and precious legacies, his night
was turned into day, and his treachery'
was driven away, by the beams .of
light from this starry, banner.
It cheered our army, driven, from
N>w York, in their solitary pilgrimage
through New Jersey. It streamed ;in
SAN FRANCISCO, CAKi SATURDAY, MAir,29,a9q9
light over Valley Forge and Morris
town. It crossed the waters rolling
with lce'ht Trenton: and when its stars
gleamed in the cold morning with vic
tory, a new day of hope dawned on
the despondency of the nation. ' And
when, at length, the long years of war
were drawing to a close, underneath
the lolds of this immortal banner sat
Washington while Yorktown sur
rendered its hosts, and our revolution
ary struggles ended with victory.
Let us then twine each thread of the
glorious tissue of our country's flag
about our heart strings; and looking
upon our home's, and catching the
spirit ifiaf. breathes upon us from the
battle fields of our fathers, let us re
solve, come weal or woe, .we will In
life and in death, now and forever,
stand by the stars and stripes. They
have been unfurled from \he snows of
Canada <o the plains of, New Orleans,
in the halls of the Montezumas and
amid the, solitude of every sea: and
everywhere, as the luminous symbol of
resistless and beneficent power, they
have led the. brave to victory and' to
glory! They have floated "over -our
cradles; let it be' our prayer' and our
struggle that they shall float over our
graves.*— H. W. Beecher.
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Mister Fly
Wiiat a sharp little fellow is Mister
. x' Fly:
He, goes where he pleases,- low or high.
And can walk just aj^tvell with hie feet
to the sky .''-. \ ,»
As I can on'the floor;
At the window he comes
With a~ buzz and a roar, \u25a0
And o'er the smooth glass
Can easily pass
Or through^ tbe keyhole, of - the \ door.
He eats the sugar, and , goes away.
Nor ever once asks "what there iS to
pay;
And sometimes he crosses the teapot's
steam, *\u25a0 *\u25a0»
And comes and plunges his head In the
cream ; .
Then on the edge of the jug lie stands,
And cleans his wings with his feet and
hands.
This done, through the window he hur
ries away.
And gives a buzz, as if to say,
"At present I haven'ta minute to stay.
But Til peep in again in the course of
the day." • .
\Then again he'll fly
"Where the sunbeams - lie
And neither stop to shake hands
Nor bid'goodby;
Such a strange little -fellow is Mister
Fly, _ •
Who goes where he* pleases, low or
higji, -';-\u25a0\u25a0 .
And can walk onithe ceiling - . •
Without ever feeling
A fear of tumbling; down "sky -high."
" '-i-- ."\u25a0 —Thomas Miller.
GOOD STORIES IN FEW WORDS AND BRIEF , POINTED POEMS
Hans and Peter
HANS and Peter met one fine morn
ing on the way to market. Hans
was large and stout: the world always
went easily with him; he troubled him
self as little as possible about the cares
of life, and seemed to grow plumper
every day.
Peter on .the other hand, was thin
and slim. He was continually worry
ing "nJmself about some trifle and his
fae'e. grew .more and more, careworn
every day. •
"Good morrow, "friend; Peter," said
plump Hans, in a hearty tone of cheer.
"Good day. neighbor."' . answered
Peter, solemnly. . -
"'Why are. you so downcast?": "asked
Hajis. • .-<•' -; ' " ,';^.;- :; -'. *"" "'.\u25a0•..' -\ ' . *
' 0 "Downcast! /Have you.Vio troubles,'.'
retorted Peter, '"that you can not under
stand why. people- look.d'cnrncastt" ,„„
"IT"' Miid^jovial H&n«,l,"l'y .only, one
trouble in the .world, and thatdoes'not
trouble me," My wife" complains be
cause 1 have become so stout."^ ;^ "••'\u25a0»*
"Hal)py man;'.' exclaimed Peter* % "My
friends complain .because, I "am so thin."
"My friends/ say it makes me move
too" slowly," said Hans. .
"My wife upbraids me," returned
Peter. "because I move so very
quickly." . . ,; V
"Suppose we change . bodieil" said
they both -In a breath. And they
changed. . / .. : ,
Again In a few^ months Hans and
Peter met one fine morning, and Hans
was again large and stout, while Peter
had become thin and slim.
"What have you done to my body?"
asked Peter. '- i
"I was puzzled at first," said Hans,
"to know whether I was Hans or Peter;
but it soon came right."
"At first," returned Peter. * "I knew
not whether, l was; Peter of Hans, but,
as you say,. it soon came right." /
"Then .the - difference," remarked
Hans, "Is not my body." ;.
"Xor my body," putMn Peter. i'*/~'\
"But." said they both, "ourselves!"—
Arlo Bates,': In ;St;r Nicholas.
Dolls' Motor Clothes.
Dolls' motor clothes; this season are
made of khaki. "The coats for. both lady
and gentleman dolls are Norfolk—jack
ets. The ' wear/ short ' '• plaited
skirts, i Businesslike looking caps of
khaki - for 'bbth*^ lady- and \u25a0 gentleman
dolls are aliolyery.' popular. \u25a0 There are
more ; touring' coats for lady
dolls: who wish 3to be- very fashionable.
These are: ma.de of satin In gray, tan
or dark' blueVand have three capes.
Their, only .trimming ; Is a black velvet
collar./
Blue and'tiray
•'Oh, mother, what do ' they mean by,
blue?
And what do they mean by gray?" \u25a0
Was heard from the lips of a little
As slie. bounded in- from play.''
The. mother's. eyes filled upNvith tears;
HI)*? turned to her /'darling' fair,
And : smoothed, away from the sunny
browr ( .
Its treasures of jsroldeh hair.
"Why. ".mother's eye* are my
sweet. • - * . .
-And sjrandpa's hair is; gray.
And the love we bear pur darling child
(Srows stronser every ddy." :
"But what did. they.- mean?" \u25a0 persisted
V the diild: •/..\u25a0 \u25a0/"\u25a0'. . : \u0084 .
\u25a0"For I.saw two cripples today.
And one of them said he fought for
the. blue, - - .'. v
.-i-T-he other, he fousht--for the gray.
"Now,' he of the blue had 'lost a ( lesr.
And. the other had ; but- one arm.
And "both seemed wurn, and weary, and
sad.
Vet their greeting was kind and
warm.
They told of battles in days gone by.
Till it -made: my/young blood" thrill;
The ,leg was lost aj* Fredeficksburg,
The arm at Malvern. hill. ;
"They sat on the stone- at the • farm
yard- gate.
And talked for an hour-or more;
Till thoir eyes* grew bright and their
hearts 'seemed , warm
.With" fighting their battles o'er;
And, parted at last, with" a friendly
- grasp. -
In a kindly,- brotherly -.way.,
Kach calling on God to speed the "time.
Uniting the blue and the.gray."
Then the mother thought of other
days — \ - '.-, "\u25a0 .
Two stalwart boys from her riven;
How they knelt 'at her side and lisp
ingl>V prayetl:"i T
"Our Father which art in, heaven:"
How one wore the gray and ; the other
: ;the" blue, . -
How they I passed away from" ihe
sight.
And had gone to the land where the
gray and blue.
. Are' merged; in colors of light.:
iV "To spend -too- much time; in studies,
is sloth:: to use them '.too ''much -for or
namont. is" affectation;' to make ;judg
ment wholly. b~y -- their rules, is the
humor "of.a scholar. .-'• * '.* Read not
,to contradict and confute, nor, to be
lieve and-takn^for. granted;; nor to find
t alk ' and ! discourse; -l>at It of welgh^ and
consider. "-^^Francls Bacon. ,;'
Legend of the Seine
n~HK beautiful legend of the -Se.ine
is told by Bernariline de St. Pieire
in -his- celebrated .work. "'Studies of
Nature." 'He was nn ardent' lover of
nature;- and to sneh*-alone doe? nature
reveal her wonderful mysteries. To
St^Pien-e she, told the origin of tii**
:?eine.~ Seine, a daughter of Bacon us
and Cere?, accompanied her mother in
her. journeys through aH countries in
quest of her. lost daughter. Proserpine.
When ?lie .eamif to "Hie fair Inml of
France, r'eine hegge'd. her mother to
bestow, it upon her: Ceres granted' the
request, and at the Fame time be?tov.-ed
upon "this .dau"§hter_. of Bacchus the
power to make corn and fruit sroyi*
wherever she, trod. When. she left her
daughter -Seine., in die Gaelic country,
shrf.tcti also, for copnpanioos.and" play
mates, ieveral nymphs, but t«! Heve »»e
left in special- charjre. - lest the
KoA of the sea, shoul<l carry her off. as
the. god of the nether world had car
ried ofiT the beloved Proserpine.
One day as- t'e;ne was playing ©a the
sandy beach -Heve saw in the distant
waters the white hair, and the axure
marble of- NVpiuiie. . The god of Uip
sea, had come from thv- Arcades, after
an earthquake, to examine with bis
trident whether in .these waters ; any
injuryhad been done. to their founda
tions. Heve immediately warned 2>fi«»*
uf her and. she' fied into the
meadows. But Xepume Jrad espied the
da.ifjjhter . of Bacchus and he pursued
her -with his sea horses up and down,
through meadow and vale,, until, wlien
almost within his arrasp. Seine called
upon Bacchus, who transformed her
Into a- river, over which Neptuiitr ;urd
rv\> power.' And the river has ever SuHta
follo"w»*«I the ; peregrrinations of .^eine
in r>i»r attempts to iJee fram Neptune.
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The Little Mother
Xovr.: Dolly, dear. I'm'., going away.
1 want . you to be .good all day.
Don't - lose, your shoes, nor soil youf
... ." drc.«?s, .. ....
Nor set your Itair nll.Jn a*.' mess; •
But sit quite still, and I will come ~
And'kiss you soon as [ cot home. "
I'd tak? you, dear, but 'then, you know.
It".* Willulniiiia's turn' to go.
ShVs sick. I'm fraid; her eyes don't
They open worse, tlie more I v jerk.^. ;
She used . to... he~'s*i»- straight. And stout.
Hut now her sawdust's running out.
H*r arm is out of \u0084rt!er. u*ar—
.My p^pii'say.- she's ."'out of se«r."
That's dreadful. . J*:i"t It? -Bat th»-n.
.The aij_ iha>y.iQake her* well again.'
So. LKdly. you'!! '>»> s?lad. I know,
Tvv i»ay> • pcor Wilhelmina go.
GooStoyT^mj: precious: 1. must run —
.Tomorrow we'll [have] lots e>£ fun.
Music in Nature
When, us waters la?h the s»horr?..
There Is- music mixed with rrandrur
As th<v billows rush' and ttitr.\
And the wind.* that wildly whistle
To the giant ro«:ks and trarea.
Are att''.n»d to join th** chorus
In the song of ocean waves.
Whi!" the murmer of the brooklet
As it rippivi* o"<?r the stones.
Shows contentment in each gurgle J
.Crater t!iau th.-'human tones.
So the- rustle of th<*. beeches
And i the -wild flowers cod in eaheert.
Then- the-. riny blueWil* rincrißsr
Add-their nine to make th»- -whote.
And- tb« scr***? and grain *ing softly
As tlvir trreen wave billows rolL
All of life in plant an<l*ins«eet \u25a0
• Swell.- 5 .- the chorus- Nature hears.
Which, united in the heav«n.<. .
Forms th*- rinusic of the spheres.**
• — Lucy Sherman Mitchell.
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Qood \^ord for Mosquitoes
It i.< aut often, one ran >a> » h'--"'
word lor.ihe mosquito, but in a *»J
it provwof 3^r'.-ii»'to the Lapps. In
April -the iiapp let* his reindeer loos
to waiter a« they please, and when
i»ie rawtiuiiots begin ro abound '< about
midiuinin*r»i*eon*vt» his herd simpli
fy cat.hingr <>«< d*~r. fitting- it with a
bVll. ar.iJ. trustihK pi lc *" instlnrt which
leads tLe ur.iinai^ to gather into herds
for " protection against the mn.<(|uUo?a
to aoih.p res:. In a". cool summer, xrncn
mosquitoes are few. this«- instinct does
not .-csjf into piny -nd it is almost
Impossible to bring the reindeer tr»-
As True as True Can Be
A. bird Rtiteh«d'away at h*r little nest.
On a wllrt. wet afts-rnmni.
Of the rain that ivaj chasm? m<»: .
— By Gertru^ Crownfleld.