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Junior Section
The San Francisco Call.
Issued Every" Satui^a^H^
HAVE YOU SEEN ALONZO? JUNIOR CALL DOG IS FIRST TO ADOPT REIGNING STYLE
k "CHAT WiTH THE JUNIOR FAMILY
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Owinff to the popularity of animal stories with the reading public,
*md the tremendous success of the dog story contest, The Junior Call has :
decided to conduct another animal story contest, which will, however, be
general in its nature instead of specific, and will give the juniors an oppor
tunity to exercise much more originality in their stories, thereby, afford- .
ing a page of great variety and interest each week. _ , ; ti
What is the best animal story you know? This question to be an
swered in not more than 200 words nor less than 100, is the subject for
the new contest, which will begin February 0, and- full particulars of
which are given on the second page. Publication of the stories sub
mitted in the present dog story contest ceases next Saturday, January
CO. Stories for the new contest may be, sent in at once.
The patchwork picture puzzles for the younger juniors are con-;
tinned, and the interest in them remains unabated.
The Junior Call today contains two exceedingly good stories. The
humor of "The Outcome of a Junior Pork Deal," by Woodbury S. Brint
nall. is infectious and the way in which Jimmie Sanders and Pec- Wee .
Pcffleccrn acquired and lost a pig will be pn joyed by both juniors
and adults. .....
The further adventures of Xani and Ital will be found on the fourth
page, in another one of the before history stories by Robert Fuller.
In the teachers' corner today Miss Mary A. Scherer, principal of the
Garfield primary school, has contributed a delightful little story regard
ing public school life in the foreign quarter of San Francisco. It
will be a revelation to thousands of American children to learn that ;
these small boys of the foreign quarter are businessmen in miniature,
displaying as great a degree of business acumen and as close observance ;
of business principles as may be found in the conduct of any Market
street establishment, sacrificing, by their devotion to business, their per-*
sonal comfort to an almost inconceivable extent, and, at the same time,
acquiring an education. These boys realize that they go to school for
work, and serious work, and . they will bring to the grammar school.;,
minds wonderfully trained in memory and habits of accuracy, and, aboye^
all, a sense of duty and familiarity with hard work. '
There are many other good -things in this issue of The Junior Call,
and the best of all is perhaps the page of interesting stories 1 contributed
by the juniors themselves- in tlie writers' contest. /'\u25a0\u25a0 \"-' _.
Grim tragedy hais at last invaded the cheerful precincts of Junior
ville, bringing consternation to the inhabitants of that gay town! Its
leading citizen has broken his New Year -resolution, and is haled to the
court of justice to answer for his misdemeanor.
Have you seen Alonzo? The Junior Call dog is fulfilling to the
letter today his mission to amuse and maintaining his reputation as
the most popular dog , in the west!
HOW FISH LIVE IN MIDOCEAN
The'inethod employed by nature to
feed the countless millions of ffshes
that make up her great ocean popula
tion affords a most interesting study.
The realms of King Xeptune are vast '
and expansive and oniy the sea fring
ing coast lines are fertile grounds for.
foods for fishes. Growths of -weeds
and plant life, decaying vegetable mat
er, etc., are easily available there, and
small fish thriving on such edibles
afford in th^ir turn delectable trifles
for larger fish. If fish were only found
near coast lines the supply of their
foodstuffs would be no matter for
argument, but thss is r./St so.
Midocean Is devoid of surface vege
table food, and except in a very few
spots no such things as floating weeds
are ever seen. Water taken from .the.
m"d-Paeific or mid--\tlantic oceans 'is
no mu<"h frothy brine, quite untainted
with vegetable matter or any decay-
Ins: matter whatever v.iiereon fish
jiiight thrive. Yet millions of herrings
are frequently encountered in deep At
lantic traveling in shoals a mile square
and often 30 feet deep, packed so close
together as to present to, the eye a
glittering-, silvery wall. These shoals
BAD BOY OF JUNIORVILLE BREAKS HIS NEW YEAR RESOLUTION AND IS FINED
of fish wend their, way to different coast
lines and arrive there fat and oily,
looking. What have they lived on dur
ing their last voyage? Smaller fish
encountered on their way would never
have satisfied a decimal point of their
numbers. How has nature nourished*—
aye, and fattened — this tremendous
army?
The explanation is a very simple, one.
Microscopic creatures pervado every
drop of surface water in the ocean.
They are as innumerable. as the motes
in the air, and for the purposes of
herring and such, like fish the pres
ence of the microscopic creatures turns
the surface^sea water, into a species
of nutritious soupj affording a, food
exactly suitable to .their need?.. .
Larger fish: are easily supported \u25a0by
the life in the surface sea water. In
some parts of the Atlantic so much of
this life is observed that the sea water
appears discolored. . ,
Now, what are. these microscopic
creatures and whence do they come?
They are curious' specimens of life
some are water flesjs, others possess
shells like miniature oysters,, others
again resemble microscopic , cyclbps :of
our pools. Their rate of multiplica
SA^FRANCISC
tion is astounding-. One specimen will
produce' and increase ..'to over '400.000
in a year. 'They are wondrous little
creatures in" themselves." and "afford on«
of : th« greatest '\u25a0.-. economic^. triumphs of
nature. . They dispose ofthe refuse of
the sea, and kfep its -waters- sweet.
Fragment? of matter feed them, and
their rapidity of multiplicatiori. con
verts them into the ocean food 'of the
millions of all varieties of fishes .in
the^deep sea.; ...'•\u25a0;- v . ; "
Some -'{nteresting Tricks
Now that -winter time is here/and
there are long, 'cool evenings our
'thoughts naturally turn to some in
door, amusenients to] pass the time;
after study hours. ;A watch of any
kind that is easily procurable will
serve for amusement arid for giving
you a little information at the same
time.
If you should close your ears tight
ly by pressing your fingers on : them
so that ' if . some one lield the watch
close to them you could not. hear it
• ticking you would th:rik that a natural
-result. Now,' still' keeping':yoiir : ears
.closed,, have the. watch placed" between
your teeth, and you : will hear. the tick
ing distinctly. That is because the
• sound, is conducted ?o - the inside of
the ear- through : the \ teeth and ; the
bones of, the head, which act asrever
4>erators, like 'the^ Bounding 'board of. a;
violin, or a rpiano", by \ reinforcing,; the
."sound.. * -„, ; *• ' - : '., '-•.--\u25a0
• With the -watch' held at- such a dis
rt ta.tice that the ticking in inaudible,
" - talce\*"a>long~pole I aria 'have* theS.'watch';
held at one end with yourear at jthe
other end arid 'you? will .hear,, the tick- -
-Irig: 'Or place the end? of : the pole be
tween your v teeth and the same result
will . be ' produced. " The -sound is jj car
ried along the pole. ." J '
Let some; ose hold the watch : while
you ' move away";, from it gradually.
When ypu reach a point where you- can
no longer hear the- tick let a con
vex -mirror or lamp . reflector be held;
behind the watch . and you will again,
.hear the tick. Move to ond side and
you. will not hear it. " So,: you -see, the
convex surface reflects the sound and
sends it farther, just ; as it apparently ;
enlarges light when reflecting it.
An amusing trick" may. be> performed
with the C same watch, which .always
perplexes, those who have not" seen it
done. . Tell. some one to; think of some
number on the dial from 1 to 12. Then
with a'pencil^begin to tap on different
numbers, telling .the one -who .has
thought of a number to add 1 mentally
to the number thougjit of each^time
you. tap. Tell him to : stop when Jie
reaches 20 and to* call it out. ; As he;
says- the word your- pencil will be
pointing: to the number that;he orig
inally, thought v of. -
To do this wi thout, fail you ; may tap
on any: number at all,; skipping about
the dial for the first , seven of your
own count, : done -mentally, but your
eighth ; count, which" is"; the key ;to the
trick, must" invariably be made on No.
12 .of -the dial. • . Continue - your taps
thereafter, without * skipping, moving
backward on the ; dial; from 12 to 11; to
10, and so oh *until."2o" Is called by the
experimenter, when your pencil will be
tapping the number. he thought of.
Honey in Germany
Germany- furnishes more honey than
any other European : country, producing
20,000 tons annually. \u25a0 .
GOOD STORIES IN FEW WORDS AMD BRIEF, POINTED POEMS
To the Crow
Say, weary bird, whose level flight,
Thus 'tit' the dusky, hour of night™
Tends through the midnight air,'
Why yet beyond the verge of day
Is lengthened out \u25a0thy dark-delay, --:
Adding another' to tlie hours of care?
The; wren within her .mossy nest '
Has. hushed lit-r littlo.brood to rest; v;
The wood wild .pigeon, rocked on
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Has cooed his last soft'notc. of love,
Arid fondly nestles: by his dove, •
To guard their downy young from
an inclement sky. • .
Haste, bird, and nurse. thyl callow, brood,
Tli ey. call on heaven a rid tJ»ee" for : food,
' Bleak -on', some cliff's; neglected tree;
Haste, -weary bird, thy :.iaggi.ng flight-
It is the chilling hour of night,
Fit hour of rest for/ thee. ; ;
Moral hrom a load
One day a gardener -was digging up
tlie dying -geraniums in order- to.- plant
the tulip bulbs before the frost set in*
when. -^his shovel hit . on \: something
harder thqri" the moistearth, and to his
surprise -he saw two huge toads: at his
feet. .One. of ; the toads .- had; evidently
been . hurt /by his shovel, for {he ha.rl
difficulty, .in . moving, while the other
hopped along, at a lively.rate.: , '"..; '. N 1
>The gardener'jbad time to spare, so he
reanedfon-Wsfgh'OveF arid" watchetl "the
1 i ttle -' cr,Sat uVes. » ? Back \u25a0 ca me ;.tfie \u25a0 >wel 1
toad! lo .where t the; other 'sat, : and ; with
a painful 'hop the ' hurt toad was on the
back of the: well one and: was taken to
aL place •, of - safety »by him. /The;; man
continued his "work,, out every .V now
and then he' thought of the kindness of
one toad * toward , th^. other, and) ho
wondered how tliejittle '.disabled; "one
was. The next day ; his wonderirigs
ceased, fork he found tlie little toad
lying dead in J,t he path. The other one
had disappeared; mysteriously, and tlie
gardener never -saw;:it again, but he
remembered his. humane feeling 1 toward
an unfortunate f ell owi creature. '
No, Thank You, Tom
They met, whenthey were girl and. boy,
Going to school one day, ,
A.nd. "Won't you take my. pegtop, dear?"'
Was; alj; that he could say.
She bit her little pinafore.
Close tO'hiS'Slde she came;
She v.'hlspered, : "Xo, no, thank you;
But she took it all the same. *
They met one day, the selfsame •way,
.When' ten swift years: had flown;., .
He 'said, "I've nothing but my heart.
But that is yours alone.
And . won't you.take my heart?" he
said, ' ; .• '
\u25a0' And called her by her;name; -
She blushed, and said, "No, thank you,
.. Tom,"; \u0084 ' '- 2~ -3w \u25a0
But took it all* the same. , . ,
Arid twenty,- thirty, -^forty years
Have broußhtHhemjcare and joy; '\ ;
Sim has the little- pegtop s till , ,
lie \u25a0 gavo her ; iwhen:a- boy.
"I've had no \u25a0 wealth, '\u25a0 sweet wife,", said
;" :..he;;- ','."- / \u25a0 -, /' ; .' - r
'"\u25a0:. "I've never brought you fame" ;
She whispers, "No, no, thank you, Tom,
\u25a0 You'v'e .loved me-allthe same." ';\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-.
,' ..:\u25a0\u25a0. \u25a0-: , — Fred E: Weatherly.; -
Trick With Dominos
Many seemingly wonderful tricks are
founded ..on/ certain principles, of mathe
matics Vwhich tlie most per
son can take advantage* .'of Jin- a - way
to : con vi nce others V that he is , gifted
with; strange "occult- powers.'*; For.fin
stance, »• you '\u25a0 \u25a0 have ~^ your friend i', select
any. domino^ lie-desires: out .of.. a.'heap,
not letting- you see it. You" then tell
him- to multiply 'either of the numbers
of .spots: on it by. 5," then '\u25a0 add 7, "then
double* this rresultt t and' finally . add the
second number of spots.; You ask: him
to tell youwhatthe sum is^ "; You -then
subtract in your own mind 14. from this
sum,' | and; the remaining" digits will
show .the number of spots on the dom
inohe selected.- ?• \u25a0 - . '\u25a0
Supposing- ] he selects the . domino with
the 3 and 6 on- i t. Following your di
rections, he multiplies the 3 by 5. mak
ing-, 15; adds 7. making. 22;* doubles the
result, 'making 44; adds the other-num
ber (6). and tells you; that the sum is
»0. ; You; then subtract- 1 4 from the 50,
leaving- 36,'. and the two digits, 3 and 6,
show.'"; the spots on; the domino.- .-Learn
tlifs formula' and you will-have some
thing good to mystify your -friends
with. ' %\u25a0. v - : \u25a0 . - ,; "r:-.
Coaxing Grandma
"There: never was* a grandma half so
"i";.: good!" v-:"' . >\u0084-\u25a0" \u25a0; '\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0•"/ '/''' \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0-'\u25a0> ~i-
He [whispered while .beside her chair 'He
: ' : 'Z '*': ;stood,' :.*. ; " . .'\u25a0_ '•' •;:•. :"\" ';"; '" "* "*',"' '--' ">.
1 "And "laid; his rosy cheek.
manner very meek, ' V
\u25a0Against v hnrj dear bld'faceV in loving
".. .; "mood, a ." ' \
tt'-.TiV...'.*; ! ,i,;.;j' \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0' '.-:-\u25a0''- "*\u25a0•" \u25a0 '-' "* \u25a0'\u25a0 \u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'-;
"There never was ;a nicer \u25a0 grandma
. • born;- . .•\u25a0\u25a0-.'. \u25a0 ;- •,' '
I -know some little boys must be for
: j ' lorn,
\u25a0I - Because they've none .like you. ;
I wonder what I'd do "V , r
Without a. grandma's kisses • night^ and
, morn?" " - : V=:' r '.;' "\u25a0.-* • '.:
"There never was " a dearer grandma,
' \u25a0'"".' there!",-. :' .. v\u25a0; - \u25a0 -. \u25a0 ' '\u25a0 . : . \u25a0' ; v *
He kissed' \u25a0 her and he smoothed her
. ' . ; snow white. hair; = .
'Then fixed her; ruffled cap,
"And nestled In her; lap. . r
Wliile grandma, smiling, rocked her
old, armchair.
"When. I'm a man Wiat things to. you
./ J V^ril^bring; :
A " horse and carriage and a watch
and ring. 7
All grandmas, are so . nice" —
(Just/here he kissed her twice),:
"And grandmas give a good boy every-;
thing.". v
Before his dear oid grandma could
- . :"..-reply- ._• --y.:; .'\u25a0;, . . . -, :- „- .
This boy looked up, and with a rouglsh
\u25a0• ; ;' ; eye . ;; V " -'".V " _ • \u25a0 .
'..,";Then.. .whispered- In.'her ear \u25a0:.
.That, nobody" might hear:
"Say, >grandma,V have you any /more
mince pie?" . " •; . r't'-'IJ
Turkeys •
Although the turkey is frequently
spoken of as . "the great "American
bird."-: the records show that: In • Eng
land lin .1541 the .turkey - was > enu
merated: among' the- dainties,; while in
1573 it* had become r the customary fare
of the farmers. ", .
Ruth
She stood breast high amid the.corn,
Clasp'd by the golden liprht of morn.
Like the sweetheart of the sun.
Who many a glowing kiss had. v/on.
On her cheek an autumn (lush.
Deeply; ripen'd; such a"; blush
In the midst lof brown .wan , born.
Like red poppies grown with corn.
Round her eyes her., tresses fell.
Which "were blackest-, none 'could' tell,
But long flashes'veil'd a light
That had;- else been all too bright. .
And ;her hat, ..with shady brim,
Made ; her tressy forehead dim;
Thus she stood amid the stooks.
Praising God, with sweetest looks.
"Sure,".! said, "Heav'n did not mean
Where I reap, thou shouldst but glean;
Lay thy sheaf ado wn and come.
Share . my harvest -and my home"
\u25a0 . : - '! —Thomas Hood.
Pushball on Horseback
• "Pushball .on horseback" "Is. a new
Srame •'which was In high favor at the
royal military^. tournaraentLhetd in."Eng
land'^recently.; I The -"game "was -'played -
"vvitli* an*" enormous "ball by '^troopers of
! the _t Roy al.s Horse "Guards --splendidly •
mountQd on ; blacki horses, three mount
ed men . on each .side^o t_,the . ball,. The
game ' Consists "in! the houses : pushing
the ,ball;.abqut '.with- chests and knees,
but tHe'ihtefestlng- feature of the game
\u25a0Is.the 'admirable ;. horsemanship of the
participants*, whlcri has. room, for fine*
play... .After a time the. horses enter
into- the' sport with' great zest and ap
pear to enjoy it as much as the men.
The game originated* with ,'a circus In
Germany. The ball, which is four feet
in diameter/ Is "covered; with leather
\u25a0 and inflated like a football.
To Diana
Queen amThuritress. chaste and fair,
. Now ; the 'sun is laid to sleep, •
Seated in thy silver chair, .-'\u25a0'[,
State In wonted manner keep.
Hesperus entreats thy light,
Goddess, excellently bright.
Earth/ let not thy envious shade
\u25a0„ Dare itself to interpose;
Cynthia's shining, orb was made
• Heaven to clear, when day did close;
Bless us then with wished sight,
Goddess; excellently bright.
" \u25a0 \u25a0 - ...
Lay thy bow of pearl apart,
And thy- crystal-shining quiver; '
Give unto the, flying hart
Space to breathe, how short soever;
Thou; that mak'st a day of night,
Goddess, excellently bright.
; — Ben Jonson.
Romans Invented Horsepower
The . Romans, among whom agricul
ture was. a highly favored occupation,
were; an inventive^ race, in
the -matter of labor ..saving- machines.
Recognizing- • the - drudgery of hand
mills, they, invented those whose motive
power was ; imparted by asses, mules
and oxen and introduced them into all
the . conquered by, their - vic
torious armies. Thqre lis no /positive
record of thej name] of the originator
of this Improvement In milling.
The Tenoennv Games
Place two rows of chairs, facing eat-h
other, down the middle of the room,
five on tach side. At each end of the
chairs place a small table, and on the
table at the top of the rows put i ( >
pennies. Kach chair should bo occu
pied by a. child, making 10 in all. ami
each side" takes five pennies, keeplnjr
them on their side of the tuble; every
alternate child must hold, out his hands
close, together ready for. the penny to
be dropped into; then those sitting 1 at
the top of the table at each . side
start sending. their pennies to the other
end. They are .picked up one at h
time, and put first into the hands of
the person next to the one at the end
of the row. from whose hands It. is
picked, out by the third. person. They
then drop it. Into the next hand, and
so- 'on until It reaches the* end of the
row. and it Is then put on the on«l
table. . The rest of the pennies shotitcl
have been sent down meanwhile,' one
after the other, as quickly as possible.
As soon as the fifth penny reaches tli->
bottom table it is sent back in " the
same" way as It went down, -with the
other four pennies after it; the object
of the game Is to do this as quickly as
possible, for the side which gets all
their" pennies" back to the top table first
win 3 the game." The couples facing
each; other should take, it in turns to
sit at the top of the table.
Annie Laurie
Jlaxwelton braes are bonnie
\u25a0Where early fa's the dew:
And it's there that Annie Laurie
Gle'd me her promise true —
Gie'd me her promise true.
Which ne'er forgot will be:
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd, lay me doune and dee.
Her; brow is like the snawdrift.
Her -throat Is like the swan. "
Her face it is the fairest
That e'er the sun shone on:
And dark blue is her e'e; .
And for. bonnie Annie Laurie ,
I'd Jay me doune and dee.
Like dew on tlie gorran lying
Js the fa* o.her fairy feet;
Like the winds in summer sighing,
Her voice, is low and sweet —
Her voice !s low and sweet;
And she's a* the world to me:
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay me doune and dee.
Rooster
Booster Is an old fashioned . catch
game that may be new to children of
this generation. "When all are seated
In; a ring an older person announces
that they are going to play menagerie.
The master of ceremonies then goes
from one guest to another, presumably
whispering the name of the animal
each is to represent. Instead, he whis
pers'- confidentially to all but one to
"keep quiet." To the one selected to
be 'the victim he whispers "Rooster"
and tells him that when the signal is
given he must crow long and loud.
Then the leader announces that when
he counts three every one must Rive
the imitation as directed. _ "One! two!
three!" and chanticleer alone gives his
clarion crow. In allotting this charac
ter one should be careful not to give it
to" a" very timid child or one who can
not take a joke.