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diff --git a/43357-8.txt b/43357-8.txt deleted file mode 100644 index ea113bc..0000000 --- a/43357-8.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2597 +0,0 @@ -Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, November 9, 1880, by Various - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Harper's Young People, November 9, 1880 - An Illustrated Monthly - -Author: Various - -Release Date: July 30, 2013 [EBook #43357] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE *** - - - - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE - -AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.] - - * * * * * - -VOL. II.--NO. 54. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. PRICE FOUR -CENTS. - -Tuesday, November 9, 1880. Copyright, 1880, by HARPER & BROTHERS. $1.50 -per Year, in Advance. - - * * * * * - - - -[Illustration: A WORK OF ART.--DRAWN BY JESSIE CURTIS.] - - - - -JACK-O'-LANTERN. - -BY MARY E. FOLSOM. - - - Who is this nabob come to town, - After a long vacation? - He seems to have a host of friends, - And makes a great sensation. - He stalks about these frosty nights, - While troops of boys run after - To welcome him with merry jests - And ringing shouts of laughter. - 'Tis Mr. Jack-o'-Lantern. - - He towers above the noisy group - As though he were a grandee, - And struts about upon his stilts - As agile as a dandy. - You might think him an Eastern prince, - Because his skin's so yellow; - But spite of all his airs, he is - A common sort of fellow, - This Mr. Jack-o'-Lantern. - - All summer long upon the ground - He lay forlorn, dejected; - No one in all the country round - Was quite so much neglected. - But see him now! with head aloft, - He shines with regal splendor, - And loyal subjects by the score - Admiring homage render. - How proud is Jack-o'-Lantern! - - Now give three cheers for Jack, my lads-- - Three rousing cheers, and hearty; - For is he not the brightest one - In all your jolly party? - And though his is an empty head, - He can with satisfaction - Amuse a crowd, and make himself - The centre of attraction. - Hurrah for Jack-o'-Lantern! - - - - -[Begun in HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE No. 53, November 2.] - -THE BOY-GENERAL. - -BY EDWARD CARY. - -CHAPTER II. - - -It was shortly after his reaching Philadelphia that Lafayette met -Washington for the first time. "Though surrounded by officers and -citizens," writes the young Frenchman, "his majestic face and form could -not be mistaken, while his kind and noble manners were not less -unmistakable." The veteran commander and the boyish lover of liberty and -adventure were instantly drawn to each other. Washington invited -Lafayette to join him at a review of the American army--"eleven thousand -men, only fairly armed, and worse clothed, their best clothing the gray -hunting shirts of the Carolinas." "We can not but feel a little -abashed," remarked Washington, "in the presence of an officer who comes -to us from the army of France." - -"It is to learn, not to teach, that I am here," was the modest reply. -"This way of talking," adds Lafayette, "made a good impression, for it -was not common among the Europeans." - -On the 11th of September, 1777, Lafayette saw his first battle. The -English had landed at the Capes of the Delaware, and marched on -Philadelphia. Washington was deceived by bad scouts, and before he knew -it the British had got past his army; and though the Americans fought -bravely, they were obliged to give way. In trying to rally them, -Lafayette was badly wounded by a musket-ball in the leg. For some time, -in his zeal, he did not notice the wound, until an aide-de-camp saw the -blood, which had filled his boot, and was running over the top. Hastily -dismounting to have the wound bandaged, Lafayette instantly took to his -saddle again; and it was only at midnight, a dozen miles from the -battle-field, and when a stand had at last been made, that he consented -to give up and be properly cared for. For six weeks he was kept in bed; -and it was not until the latter part of November that he again entered -active service, which he did before his wound was fully healed. On the -25th of that month, at the head of three hundred and fifty men, he was -making a "reconnoissance," _i. e._, trying to find where the enemy were, -and how many there were of them, when he suddenly came upon the British -advance guard, strongly placed, with cannon. With a daring joined with -prudence which was very rare in one so young, he attacked the enemy with -such spirit that they thought he must have a large force with him, and -retreated. Lafayette, who knew he might soon be surrounded with his -little band, withdrew rapidly to a place of safety. "My experiment would -have cost me dear," he writes, "if those who might have destroyed me had -not counted too much on those who ought to have captured me." The -British General was Lord Cornwallis, who then took the first of many -lessons which Lafayette, "the boy," as he called him, was to teach him -in the art of war. - -This little fight had quite important results. It gave Washington time -to get his army safely back into the country, and to take up quarters -for the winter at Valley Forge. Congress was greatly pleased, and passed -a vote asking Washington to give Lafayette command of a division, which -was done. Scarcely turned twenty, the young soldier found himself at the -head of a body of picked men, mostly Virginians, whom he tried hard to -make the flower of the army in activity, discipline, and courage. He -shared all the hardships and miseries of the terrible winter at Valley -Forge, where the army underwent untold sufferings. From 18,000 men it -was reduced to 5000. - -The British lay well housed and idle in Philadelphia. There was no -fighting going on, and the country simply forgot and neglected its -gallant soldiers. These were camped in a wooded hollow among the hills, -and during that winter deeper snow than had been seen for many years -buried the country. - -Lafayette writes that "in his night visits about the camp" he found the -sentinels with bare feet frozen at their posts, and men without coats, -often without shirts, huddled on beds of branches about the camp fires, -unable, from hunger and cold, to sleep. For days together one scant meal -a man was all that could be had. In the midst of such suffering the -noble boy lived as his men did, fasting as they fasted, and denying -himself everything. "Ill at ease" as he had been "among the pleasures of -a Paris festival," he was at home on that cold hill-side, and attracted -universal admiration by his simple self-denial, his cheerful and -constant devotion. - -Meanwhile Congress was divided into two quarrelsome parties; and while -it had not time to attend to Washington's earnest prayers for relief for -his starving army, it found plenty of time to plan to put another -General over his head, and to try to carry on the war without him. To -aid in this mad scheme they sought to win Lafayette by offering him a -separate command of an army that was to march into Canada. - -Faithful in his duty to his commander and his friends, Lafayette refused -to take the place unless he could receive all his orders direct from -Washington. This could not be refused, but it cooled the zeal of -Congress, and when Lafayette arrived at Albany, where he was to have -found men and means for the invasion of Canada, he found neither one nor -the other. Seeing that it was too late to wait long for them, he -promptly gave up the plan. He took a long journey northward to try to -make friends with the Indians, whom he managed with great skill, and -then came back to camp with Washington. He was very glad to rejoin his -beloved General, who immediately gave him command of his old division, -and sent him out, as he had done in the fall, to get news of the enemy. - -Clinton, the English commander, learned of the movement, and resolved to -capture the daring "youngster." Lafayette had only 2000 men and no -cannon; Clinton sent out 7000 with fourteen cannon after him. Some -militia placed to guard a road that led around Lafayette's little army -fled when the enemy came up, and before he knew it Lafayette was -surrounded. Clinton, delighted with the prospect, sent an invitation to -his lady friends in Philadelphia to meet Lafayette at supper that -evening, so sure was he of capturing him; and the Admiral of the fleet -was directed to set apart a vessel to take the prisoner to England. But -they were reckoning without their host. Lafayette never lost his cool -head for a moment. Arranging his men in the woods so as to make them -seem many more than they were, he marched with such order that the -English were deceived, and feared to attack him, and while they -hesitated he got his men out of the trap into which they had fallen, and -returned to the main camp. - -Before the winter-quarters were broken up, and the fighting for the -summer of 1778 began, Lafayette had the great joy of announcing to the -American army that the King of France was going to send a fleet and an -army to aid the United States. Then, for the first time, he felt sure of -final victory. He was immensely pleased to think that he was going to be -able to fight side by side with his own countrymen on American soil for -American liberty. It was largely his own wisdom and zeal that had -brought about this result, for young as he was, he already showed -himself a far-sighted statesman, as well as a brave, skillful, and -prudent soldier. - -Although he had been less than a year in the country, he had endeared -himself to all hearts, and had especially won the entire confidence of -General Washington. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -STAMP COLLECTING. - -BY J. J. CASEY. - - -I have no doubt that many of the readers of YOUNG PEOPLE are stamp -collectors, and that many more are ready to become stamp collectors if -they are started properly. Little difficulty is experienced at the -present day in getting a good assortment of stamps, because the great -spread of the postal system, and the resulting increase of -correspondence, bring the stamps of every foreign country into the -business houses of New York. But the main difficulty is so to manage -with the stamps as to make them more than a plaything for a few -weeks--to make them really instructive, and their possessors real -Philatelists. - -The materials requisite for the beginner are very few--a blank book, -some sheets of very thin writing-paper, and a small bottle of pure -gum-arabic dissolved in water and made thin. Of course, when the -collection increases and begins to assume form, this blank book must -give way to a special album; but in the beginning a small book, worth, -say, four or five cents, will suffice. Thus provided, you are ready to -begin your collection. - -[Illustration: FIG. 1.] - -[Illustration: FIG. 2.] - -Every reader of YOUNG PEOPLE has friends who have a correspondence more -or less extensive, and whose desks are, therefore, store-houses of -postage stamps. Requests for these stamps will seldom be denied, and in -a very little while the beginner will have enough to make a start. Look -over the specimens, pick out those that are the cleanest, and put aside -as useless those that are torn or much defaced. Remove any superfluous -paper from the back of the stamps selected for use by carefully touching -the backs with warm water, when the adhering paper can easily be peeled -off. Then cut the sheets of thin writing-paper into strips half an inch -wide, gum along one edge of the strips, and lay the stamps on the gummed -edge as in Fig. 1. Next cut the strips and trim the paper as in Fig. 2. -Now fold this little strip of paper backward, so as to make a hinge, and -fasten it to the blank page by a touch of gum. This is called mounting -the stamp. - -Now you may ask why all this labor, all this patience, with a lot of -common stamps. Simply this: this system has been adopted by all -Philatelists, but only after many trials, and the destruction of many -fine specimens; and it is well, therefore, to be guided by the -experience of others. Again, the collection will increase in interest, -which could not be the case if no pains were taken in the mounting, and -it will increase in size. You will, of course, desire to transfer the -stamps to a more pretentious and permanent album. A little moisture will -loosen the strip from the first book, when it can be placed in the new -book without damage. Even when here you may wish to replace it by a -better specimen without injury to the book. Another plan is to mount the -stamps on thin card-board a trifle larger than the stamp, gum a square -of paper to the back of the card, and a touch of gum to the centre will -fasten it to the page. - -But why hinge the stamp? Simply to enable you to write under it the date -of issue, its cost, and certain other matters connected with the stamp -itself, so that you may have at hand the few facts necessary to be -known--all of which is necessary if you wish to be a true Philatelist. - -[Illustration] - -Another point to which particular attention is directed: do not cut the -stamps close up to the printed designs; if perforated, do not cut off -the perforations. Aside from destroying the appearance of the stamps, -you also destroy their value for collectors. Not long since a very large -collection of stamps was sold by auction. Hundreds and hundreds of -dollars must have been spent in purchasing the specimens, among which -were numbers of all rarities. The owner had trimmed and trimmed his -specimens, cutting away everything up to the printed design. The -collection went for a mere song, in comparison to what it would have -brought if the scissors had been left alone. No true collector fancies a -mutilated specimen. - -[Illustration] - -Thus far I have told you how to select your specimens, and prepare them -for your blank book. At the outset it is likely you will receive nothing -but current stamps of the several countries. Take all you get, select -the best of each kind for yourself, and keep the others to make -exchanges with your companions. That you may have some idea of the value -of your specimens, it would be well to provide yourself with a catalogue -of stamps, in which you will find full lists of all stamps issued, and -in some many illustrations of the stamps. By exercising judgment in your -exchanges you will soon be enabled to get together quite a number of -good specimens from all quarters of the globe, and these without -spending a single penny. Of course there is a limit to this mode of -collecting, and you will soon find that you will require some loose -change in order to add to your album. But do not let this frighten you. -As interest in your collection increases--and it will increase if you -start out properly--ways and means will suggest themselves for getting -desired specimens, and you will be astonished how much you can do at a -little outlay. My collection, which numbers over fourteen thousand -specimens, and which at the very lowest estimate is worth $15,000, has -not cost me $1500 in money. And all this by making judicious use of the -knowledge I acquired gradually, and by following out the principles I -have laid down for your guidance. And my stamps are to-day as great a -source of pleasure to me, if not greater, as were the first specimens I -got eighteen or twenty years ago. - -[Illustration] - -What I have written thus far applies only to postage or revenue stamps. -Stamped envelopes and wrappers and postal cards must be managed -differently, but it will be well to leave the proper mounting of these -until you have advanced with your "adhesives." For the present, -therefore, it will suffice to say, Do not cut out the designs from the -envelope, wrapper, or card. Keep whole. However, the system of stamps -has increased so enormously that it is next to impossible to keep up -with the different classes. As a consequence, collectors are turning to -specialties. Some devote themselves to postal adhesives, others to -revenue stamps; some to stamped envelopes and wrappers, others to postal -cards; and some, again, collect nothing but the private die proprietary -stamps of the United States. Each of these is a field large enough in -itself to be covered properly, and the one who attempts to cover all, or -even several, will require a very long purse, and more time than can be -spared in this busy age. - -Make your choice, therefore, and stick to that alone. - - - - -FARM-HOUSE PETS IN JAPAN. - -BY ELLIOT GRIFFIS. - - -The Japanese people are very fond of pets. It is very rare to find a -house entirely destitute of some favorite animal, from the costly _chin_ -(King Charles spaniel) to the bob-tailed cat that purrs near the -tea-kettle on the _hibachi_, or fire-box. Canary-birds are quite common, -and in place of something more rare, tiny bantam fowls are caressed and -petted. Even a "rain-frog," or tree-toad, has been made a child's -darling, while the little water turtles with fringed tails are prized as -rare objects of delight. - -In the country the boys of the family catch by trap or pit the wild -animals on the hills, and tame them. Hares are the most common creatures -caught, and in a little box of pine wood, with an open front of bamboo -cane, the little pet finds a home. It soon learns to run about the -house, and stand on its hind-legs to nibble bits of radish or lumps of -boiled rice from the children's hands. - -Sometimes the farmers find bigger game in their snares, such as badgers -and foxes. If the badger is young, or if the boys can find an old mother -badger's nest, the little cubs can be easily tamed. If kindly treated, -kept from dogs, and not provoked, they are quite harmless. - -[Illustration] - -But the big badgers are very snappish, and their bites are dangerous. In -the picture we see the old lady of the farm-house, quite scared at the -big badger which one of her sons has caught and hung up by the legs. See -her girdle tied in front, as is the fashion with old ladies in Japan. -"_Naru hodo!_ what a nasty beast!" she is saying. By-and-by the boys -will kill the brute with arrows, and sell the skin to the drum-maker and -the hair to the brush-maker, and the dogs will have a fine feast. - -What is that little board at the top, with a rope on either side? - -That is the farmer's device to keep the birds away from his rice just -planted. The string makes the crows afraid, and the short bits of bamboo -clatter against the board, and scare off the little birds. The old -badger is tied up by the legs on one of these posts in the field. - - - - -[Begun in No. 46 of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, September 14.] - -WHO WAS PAUL GRAYSON? - -BY JOHN HABBERTON, - -AUTHOR OF "HELEN'S BABIES." - -CHAPTER IX. - -BENNY'S PARTY. - - -Mr. Morton's school closed on the last day of June, and the parents of -the pupils were so well pleased with the progress their sons had made -that they almost all thanked the teacher, besides paying him, and they -hoped that he would open it again in the autumn. Mr. Morton thanked the -gentlemen in return, and said he would think about it; he was not -certain that he could afford to begin a new term unless more pupils were -promised, although he did not believe the entire county could supply -better boys than those he had already taught at Laketon. - -The boys, when they heard this, determined that they would not be -outdone in the way of compliment, so they resolved, at a full meeting -held in Sam Wardwell's' father's barn, that Mr. Morton was a brick, and -the class would prove it by giving him as handsome a gold watch chain as -could be bought by a contribution of fifty cents from each of the -twenty-three boys. Every boy paid in his fifty cents, although some of -them had to part with special treasures in order to get the money: Benny -Mallow sacrificed his whole collection of birds' eggs, which included -forty-seven varieties, after having first vainly endeavored to raise the -money upon two mole-skins, his swimming tights, and a very large lion -that he had spent nearly a day in cutting from a menagerie poster. The -chain, suitably inscribed, was formally presented in a neat speech by -Joe Appleby; Paul Grayson absolutely refused to do it, insisting that -Joe was the real head of the school; indeed, Paul himself asked Joe to -make the speech, and from that time forth Joe himself pronounced Paul a -royal good fellow, and even introduced him to all girls of his -acquaintance who wore long dresses. - -For at least a month after school closed the boys were as busy at one -sort of play and another as if they had a great deal of lost time to -make up. Getting ready for the Fourth of July consumed nearly a week, -and getting over the accidents of the day took a week more. Some of the -boys went fishing every day; others tried boating; two or three made -long pedestrian tours--or started on them--and a few went with Mr. -Morton and Paul on short mineralogical and botanical excursions. - -Then, just as mere sport began to be wearisome, August came in, and the -larger fruits of all sorts began to ripen. Fruit was so plenty in and -about Laketon that no one attached special value to it; a respectable -boy needed only to ask in order to get all he could eat, so boys were -invited to each other's gardens to try early apples or plums or pears, -and as no boy was exactly sure which particular fruit or variety he most -liked, the visits were about as numerous as the varieties. Later in the -month the peaches ripened; and as the boy who could not eat a hatful at -a sitting was not considered very much of a fellow, several hours of -every clear day were consumed by attention to peach-trees. - -Besides all these delightful duties a great deal of talking had to be -done about the coming cold season. Boys who had spent unsatisfactory -autumns and winters in other years began in time to trade for such -skates, or sleds, or game bags, or other necessities as they might be -without, and the result was that some other boys who traded found -themselves in a very bad way when cold weather came. Between all the -occupations named, time flew so fast that September and the beginning of -another school term were very near at hand before any boy had half -finished all that he had meant to do during vacation. - -There were still some pleasant things to look forward to, though: court -would sit in the first week of September, and then the counterfeiter -would be tried, while on the very first day of September would come -Benny Mallow's birthday party--an affair that every year was looked -forward to with pleasure, for Benny's mother, although far from rich, -was very proud of her children, and always made their little companies -as pleasant as any ever given in Laketon for young people. When Benny's -birthday anniversary arrived every respectable boy who knew him was sure -to be invited, even if he had shamefully cheated Benny in a trade a week -before, and Benny generally was cheated when he traded at all, for -whatever thing he wanted seemed so immense beside what he had to offer -for it, that year by year he seemed to own less and less. - -At last the night of the party came, and even Joe Appleby, whose own -birthday parties were quite choice affairs, was manly enough to declare -that it was the finest thing of the year. The house was tastefully -dressed with flowers, which always grew to perfection in Mrs. Mallow's -garden, and the lady of the house knew just how to use them to the best -advantage. Benny and his sister received the guests; and although Benny -was barely twelve years old that day, and rather small for his age, he -appeared quite graceful and manly in his new Sunday suit, which had not, -like the new suits of most of the Laketon boys, been cut with a view to -his growing within the year. His sister Bessie was only a month or two -beyond her tenth birthday, but in white muslin and blue ribbons, with -her flaxen hair in a long heavy braid on her back, and her bright blue -eyes and delicate pink cheeks, she was pretty enough to distract -attention from some girls who wore longer dresses, and, indeed, from -several girls in very long dresses, who had been invited out of respect -for the tastes of Joe Appleby, Will Palmer, and Paul Grayson. - -Mrs. Mallow was as successful at entertaining young people as she was in -dressing her children and ornamenting her little cottage. She had -prepared charades, and given Bessie a lot of new riddles to propose, and -she herself played on her rather old piano some airs that the boys -enjoyed far more than they did the "exercises" that their sisters were -continually drumming. Several of the boys were rather disappointed at -there being no kissing games, but they compromised on "choosing -partners"; and as there were some guessing tricks, in which the boys who -missed had each to select a girl, and retire to the hall with her until -a new "guess" was agreed upon, it is quite probable that most of the -boys enjoyed opportunities for kissing their particular lady friends -once or twice. - -As for the supper, a month passed before Sam Wardwell could think of it -without his mouth watering. There were chicken salad and three kinds of -cake, and ice-cream and water ices and lemonade, and oranges and bananas -that had come all the way from New York in a box by themselves, and -there were mottoes and mixed candies and figs and raisins and English -walnuts, while so many of the almonds had double kernels that every girl -in the room ate at least two philopenas, and therefore had enough to -busy her mind for a day in determining what presents she would claim. - -[Illustration: "DE COUNTERFEITER DONE BROKE OUT OB DE JAIL!"] - -But, in spite of a well-supplied table and forty or fifty appetites that -never had been known to fail, full justice was not done to that supper, -for while at least half of the company had not got through with the -cream and ices, and Sam Wardwell had only had time to taste one kind of -cake (having helped himself three times to chicken salad), a small -colored boy, who knew by experience that news-carrying levels all ranks, -if only the news is great enough, knocked at the door, and asked for -Benny. While the door stood ajar, and Mrs. Mallow went in search of her -boy, the spectacle of a number of other boys standing in the hall was -too much for the colored boy, so he gasped, "De counterfeiter done broke -out ob de jail!" - -Then there was a time. Two or three of the boys abandoned their partners -at once, and hurried to the door to ask questions, while one or two more -seized their hats, sneaked toward the back door, walked leisurely out, -as if they merely wished to cool off, and then started on a rapid run -for the jail. Benny wished to follow them--and not for the purpose of -bringing them back, either--and all of his mother's reasoning powers and -authority had to be exerted to keep her son from forsaking his guests. -Strangest of all, Paul Grayson, who had throughout the evening made -himself so agreeable to at least half a dozen of the young ladies that -he was pronounced just too splendid for anything, had been among the -first to run away! Benny said he never would have thought it of Paul, -and his mother said the very same thing, while the girls, who but a few -moments before had been loud in his praise, now clustered together, with -very red cheeks, and agreed that if a mean old counterfeiter was more -interesting than a lot of young ladies, why, they were sure that -_Mister_ Paul Grayson was entirely welcome to all he could see of the -horrid wretch. - -Still, the party went on, after a fashion, although some of the girls -were rather absent-minded for a few moments, until they had determined -what particularly cutting speeches they would make to their beaux when -next they met them. They did not have long to wait, for soon the boys -came straggling back, Sam Wardwell being the first to arrive, for, as on -reaching the jail Sam could learn nothing, and found nothing to look at -but the open door of the empty cell, he shrewdly determined that there -might yet be time to get some more ice-cream if he hurried back. Somehow -none of the girls abused him; on the contrary, they seemed so anxious to -know all about the escape that Sam was almost sorry that he had not -remained away longer and learned more. - -Then Ned Johnston returned. He had been lucky enough to meet a man who -had wanted to be Deputy-Sheriff and jail-keeper, but had failed; he told -Ned that the jailer had stupidly forgotten to bolt the great door, after -having examined the inside of the cell, as he did every night before -retiring, to see if the prisoner had been attempting to cut through the -walls. The prisoner had been smart enough to listen, and to notice that -the bolts were not shot nor the key turned, so he had quietly walked -out, and had not Mr. Wardwell met him on the street, and recognized him -in spite of the darkness, and hurried off to tell the Sheriff, no one -would have known of the escape until morning. There was not the -slightest chance of catching the prisoner again, the would-be deputy had -said to Ned; there wasn't brains enough in the Sheriff and all his staff -to get the better of a smart man; but things would be very different if -proper men were in office. - -When the party finally broke up, several boys were still missing; but as -their absence gave several other boys the chance to escort two girls -home instead of one, these faithful beaux determined that they had not -lost so very much by remaining, after all. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -COUNTRY ANECDOTES. - - -I once saw a life-and-death struggle between two apparently very unequal -opponents--a frog and a beetle. As I was standing near the cellar -window, which was below-ground, and protected by an iron grating, I -noticed in the area below it a large frog, which, at regular intervals -of one or two minutes, leaped from one side of the little inclosure to -the other. I looked more closely, and saw that it was each time followed -by a black beetle, that walked backward and forward, not seeming at all -discouraged when the frog, every time it reached it, jumped back over -its head, and so escaped. It was evidently a trial of strength and -perseverance between the two, and I was anxious to see which would first -give in. They went on, however, for such a long time that I grew tired -of watching them, and went away. The next morning, as I was again -passing, I looked down the area to see what had been the result of the -struggle, and, strange to say, it was still going on; the beetle -deliberately hunting its victim, which, whenever they were about to -meet, escaped by a great leap to the other side of its prison. Not until -that evening did it end: then the poor frog, tired out, and too much -exhausted to make any resistance, became the prey of its enemy, and no -doubt furnished its meals for many a day. - -As there were a good many rats about the out-houses and wood stacks, -professional rat-catchers used to come once or twice a year, with their -dogs and ferrets, and were paid according to the number they killed. -Once when our gardener was assisting at the work of destruction he -pulled one of the ferrets out of a hole, where it had been killing a -brood of young rats. The poor mother, who had probably just returned -from an expedition in search of food for her young ones, rushed out -after the ferret, ran up the man's leg, on to his shoulder, and down his -arm, quite blind to her own danger, and only desirous to reach the -object of her vengeance in his hand. - - - - -OUR BABY. - -BY JIMMY BROWN. - - -Mr. Martin has gone away. He's gone to Europe or Hartford or some such -place. Anyway I hope we'll never see him again. The expressman says that -part of him went in the stage and part of him was sent in a box by -express, but I don't know whether it is true or not. - -I never could see the use of babies. We have one at our house that -belongs to mother and she thinks everything of it. I can't see anything -wonderful about it. All it can do is to cry and pull hair and kick. It -hasn't half the sense of my dog, and it can't even chase a cat. Mother -and Sue wouldn't have a dog in the house, but they are always going on -about the baby and saying "ain't it perfectly sweet!" Why I wouldn't -change Sitting Bull for a dozen babies, or at least I wouldn't change -him if I had him. After the time he bit Mr. Martin's leg father said -"that brute sha'n't stay here another day." I don't know what became of -him, but the next morning he was gone and I have never seen him since. I -have had great sorrows though people think I'm only a boy. - -The worst thing about a baby is that you're expected to take care of him -and then you get scolded afterward. Folks say "Here, Jimmy! just hold -the baby a minute, that's a good boy," and then as soon as you have got -it they say "Don't do that my goodness gracious the boy will kill the -child hold it up straight you good-for-nothing little wretch." It is -pretty hard to do your best and then be scolded for it, but that's the -way boys are treated. Perhaps after I'm dead folks will wish they had -done differently. - -Last Saturday mother and Sue went out to make calls and told me to stay -home and take care of the baby. There was a base-ball match but what -did they care? They didn't want to go to it and so it made no difference -whether I went to it or not. They said they would be gone only a little -while and that if the baby waked up I was to play with it and keep it -from crying and be sure you don't let it swallow any pins. Of course I -had to do it. The baby was sound asleep when they went out, so I left it -just for a few minutes while I went to see if there was any pie in the -pantry. If I was a woman I wouldn't be so dreadfully suspicious as to -keep everything locked up. When I got back up stairs again the baby was -awake and was howling like he was full of pins. So I gave him the first -thing that came handy to keep him quiet. It happened to be a bottle of -French polish with a sponge in it on the end of a wire that Sue uses to -black her shoes, because girls are too lazy to use a regular -blacking-brush. - -The baby stopped crying as soon as I gave him the bottle and I sat down -to read the YOUNG PEOPLE. The next time I looked at him he'd got out the -sponge and about half his face was jet black. This was a nice fix, for I -knew nothing could get the black off his face, and when mother came home -she would say the baby was spoiled and I had done it. - -Now I think an all black baby is ever so much more stylish than an all -white baby, and when I saw the baby was part black I made up my mind -that if I blacked it all over it would be worth more than it ever had -been and perhaps mother would be ever so much pleased. So I hurried up -and gave it a good coat of black. You should have seen how that baby -shined! The polish dried just as soon as it was put on, and I had just -time to get the baby dressed again when mother and Sue came in. - -I wouldn't lower myself to repeat their unkind language. When you've -been called a murdering little villain and an unnatural son it will -wrinkle in your heart for ages. After what they said to me I didn't even -seem to mind about father but went up stairs with him almost as if I was -going to church or something that wouldn't hurt much. - -The baby is beautiful and shiny, though the doctor says it will wear off -in a few years. Nobody shows any gratitude for all the trouble I took, -and I can tell you it isn't easy to black a baby without getting it into -his eyes and hair. I sometimes think that it is hardly worth while to -live in this cold and unfeeling world. - - - - -THE UNLUCKY SETTLERS. - -BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD. - - -Deacon Whitney's drug store fronted on the green, and Steve had just -come out, and his father was standing in the door. - -Just then Andy Yokum called out across the street, "Steve! Steve -Whitney! what are we boys going to do with this here Saturday, now we've -lost our ball?" - -"I know what I'd like to do. Come over here." - -"What is it, Steve?" - -"Well, you see, Andy, I was down to old Captain Hollowboy's after school -yesterday with a lot of all sorts of chemicals and things he'd been -buying, and I knocked and I knocked, and I couldn't get in; so I went -around to the back door, and there was Captain Hollowboy looking up at -the biggest hornets' nest you ever saw." - -"Hornets' nest? Wasn't he trying to break 'em up?" - -"No, sir! He was just looking at 'em. And he told me he'd been watching -that nest ever since the hornets began on it." - -"Haven't they stung him yet?" - -"Well, no; he said they hadn't. He's an old bachelor, you know, and he -said hornets were good enough neighbors as long as there weren't any -small boys around." - -"Couldn't we get him to let us go in on that nest?" - -"That's just what I asked him, and he said--" - -"Hold up, Steve--here he comes!" - -"Good-morning, Captain Hollowboy. Toothache, eh? I'll get you -something." - -"Toothache, Deacon! No, it isn't toothache. Is this the drug store? Have -I got here? Can't but just see." - -"Steve," shouted Andy, "just look at his face! It's all mud." - -Captain Hollowboy had taken away his great red bandana handkerchief to -look around him, and Deacon Whitney was holding up both his hands. - -"What is the matter, Captain?" - -"Hornets, Deacon, hornets. The most pernicious and ungrateful of all -insects. I have applied aqueously saturated alluvium, but I want some -ammonia." - -"Slapped on some mud first, and now you want to try some hartshorn? -That's right. I'll get you some quick." - -He was getting behind the counter very fast for so fat a man, but Steve -shouted, "Hurrah, Andy! let's go for the Captain's nest." - -"Do, my dear boys, do. I consent to their utter obliteration and -extermination; but I wish you would preserve their interesting domicile -intact." - -"He means, Andy, that we may kill the hornets, but we mustn't spoil the -nest. He's awful on big words." - -"How did it happen?" asked the Deacon, as he held out a big bottle and a -sponge. - -"Happen? It was no fault of mine. I did but attempt an unobtrusive -inspection of the marvellous ramifications of their intricate -habitation." - -"That's it," said Steve. "He stuck his nose into the nest, and they all -went for him. Come on, Andy." - -They were out of sight by the time half the mud had been sponged from -the Captain's long lean face, but before they reached his queer little -house, at the further corner of the village green, the hornets were in -trouble. - -Harman Strauss and Bill Ogden and Van Seaver had seen the Captain run, -and they all knew about that hornets' nest. - -"Fire's the thing," said Van. - -"Biggest smoke we can make," said Harm Strauss. - -"We must wrap our heads up," said Bill Ogden, "but it'll be the biggest -kind of a Saturday." - -Van had some matches in his pocket, and the heap of sticks and straw and -chips the boys gathered for him was a foot high by the time he got the -third match well a-going. - -The hornet's nest was a big one, and there was a wonderfully numerous -tribe of winged settlers in it. They had picked out a fine airy place to -hang their house--just under the eaves of the open shed, back of Captain -Hollowboy's one-story kitchen, at the corner. - -The right place for the fire was at the foot of the upright corner post, -but Harman Strauss told Van, "If we stick it there, Van, we'll set the -house afire." - -"That'd never do," said Bill Seaver. "It's jam-full of all sorts of -chemicals and things. There'd be an awful blow-up if that house got -afire." - -"Might spoil the village." - -"Oh, but wouldn't it blow those hornets good and high!" - -Just at that moment Steve Whitney and Andy Yokum came over the fence. -They did not even wait to put their handkerchiefs around their necks and -faces before they began to gather great bunches of weeds. - -It was time every boy of them had some kind of a brush in his hand, for -the angry insects had smelled the smoke, and were coming out to see -about it. - -Such a fire department as they turned themselves into! Or, rather, they -set out as a kind of police brigade to fight a crowd of young -incendiaries, and save Captain Hollowboy's house from being set on fire -and burned up. They were at least determined that not one of those boys -should get any nearer the house they had so carefully built for -themselves against the eaves. - -"Mud! mud!" shouted Steve, in half a minute. "Boys, where does the -Captain keep his mud?" - -"Have they stung you?" - -"Oh, my nose!" - -Steve had just started to run for some mud, when he gave another shrill -whoop, "Yow! he's in my neck!" and there was no such thing as any other -boy helping him, for each one of them was thrashing away at the nearest -hornet. That is, except Van, for he had been after some more sticks, and -was just putting them on the fire when he felt as if some one had -dropped a live coal right on his left ankle. - -"Wah!" yelled Van; "I've burned a hole in one of my stockings. Ou! it's -burned another! Oh, boys, it's two hornets lit right side by side. Oh -dear!" and there he was, rolling over in the grass, and striking with a -bunch of weeds at something he saw in the air above him. - -[Illustration: SMOKING THE HORNETS' NEST.--DRAWN BY S. G. MCCUTCHEON.] - -Harman Strauss had been the wisest of them all, for he had pulled a -couple of damp towels off the clothes-line, and had wrapped his head in -one, and given the other to Bill Ogden. - -Now he had found Captain Hollowboy's garden rake, and was shouting, -"Give it to 'em, boys! You kill the hornets, and I'll pull down the -nest. We must keep it for the Captain." - -"He wants it for a specimen," explained Steve Whitney. - -"Will he pickle it somehow?" asked Andy; but at that moment it seemed to -him as if he had leaned against a red-hot pin, and he clapped his hand -to his side. He had better not have dropped his bunch of weeds just -then, for in a second more he was calling out, "Van! Van! did you say -you knew where the mud was?" - -"Here it is, Andy, right by the cistern. The Captain must have stirred -it up for himself." - -"And they kept right on stinging him while he was putting it on." - -"Yah! That's just what they're doing now. They can sting right through a -shirt sleeve." - -"Sting? I guess they can; right through anything. Oh dear! I've got -another! Boys, we won't leave one of 'em!" - -"Boys! boys! I say, boys, what are you doing? I never indicated my -assent to the application of fire!" - -"I declare!" exclaimed Deacon Whitney, as he came through the gate -behind Captain Hollowboy, "the young rascals have set them all a-going." - -"Can you see, Deacon? I can not with any accuracy. Where have they -located the combustion?" - -"Stuck their bonfire right under the nest, Captain. Let 'em alone. The -upright's burnin' a leetle, but you can put it out easy." - -As he said that, Harm Strauss made a valiant pull with his rake, and -down came the nest right into the bonfire. - -"There!" exclaimed Steve, "you've spoiled it!" - -"Such an exceptionally well-developed specimen!" groaned the Captain. -"Pull it out, one of you." - -"Oh! oh!" roared the Deacon, clapping both hands on his ample stomach, -and doing his best to lean over; "I hope he has pulled it out. It must -have gone in half an inch." - -The fire had rapidly blazed high and hot, for straw and splinters and -chips kindle fast; and there were no hornets in that nest now, nor any -nest left to hold hornets. In fact, for that matter, Captain Hollowboy's -yard and garden, and the road in front, were too small to hold what was -left of them, and any men and boys at the same time. - -Old Mrs. Jones, who lived next door, put her head out of her window to -see what was going on, and then that window came down with a great slam; -and the next thing seen of Mrs. Jones, her silver spectacles were -dropping off into the water-pail as she stooped over it. - -There was no doubt but what that settlement of hornets was thoroughly -broken up; but Captain Hollowboy led the way back to the drug store, and -they were all ready to go with him. - -"I am sorry," he said to the Deacon, "that you or any of my young -friends are suffering physical inconvenience from the atrocious assaults -of those pernicious insects, but I regret the obliteration of so -remarkable a specimen of their ingenuity." - - - - -[Illustration: BUCKWHEAT CAKES.] - - - - -ANCIENT EGYPT. - - -Of all the curious works of the ancient Egyptians, the most strange and -dream-like are the sphinxes. They are innumerable along the Nile, half -man, half beast, carved in solid stone. But one--known as the -Sphinx--the largest and most wonderful, sits near the Pyramids, with -staring stone eyes that seem to have almost learned to see. It is half -buried in the sands. Its head rises more than sixty feet above its base. -Whole avenues of sphinxes lined the courts of the Egyptian temples. Then -there are the tombs, or catacombs, where the mummies are preserved--long -galleries cut in the rock, decorated with paintings, covered with the -dust of generations. Along the river these cemeteries are almost -numberless. On the walls are drawn all the various occupations of the -people. The fisherman is seen drawing his nets, the ploughman driving -his team, the soldier returning from the war. But the most curious of -the catacombs are those devoted to the preservation of the mummies of -cats, bulls, birds of all kinds, and crocodiles. The Egyptians -worshipped animals and birds, and when they died, preserved their bodies -by a singular process. The bull (Apis) was adored at Memphis, and his -death was a season of general woe. When a cat in a house at Thebes died, -all the family went in mourning, and shaved their eyebrows. - - - - -THE GRAND PROCESSION. - -BY MARY DENSEL. - - -Elsie Baker was sitting on a log in the wood-shed, gloomily listening to -her brother Joe, who was talking with much enthusiasm. - -"For I tell you, sir," said he to Elsie, "it isn't every boy who'll get -a chance to be in that percession to-night, sir. There'll be a thousand -torches, and speeches, and fire-works; and the train leaves Porter's -Corner at six o'clock; and Mr. Hill says to me, 'You be on hand, Joe, -you and Jack Stone, and you may go to Portland along of the -"Continentals," and march each side of the flag, and wear white rubber -capes, and carry a torch apiece if you like.' It's to be the biggest -show of the season, and--" - -"I can't go," burst in Elsie. "Just because I'm a girl I can never go -anywhere or see anything." - -"Of course not," assented Joe, cheerfully. "Girls never can. I go -because father's in Ohio, and I'm the man of the family. I declare I -shouldn't wonder if half the people in Portland should think Jack and I -could vote when they see us _percessing_. Three cheers for Hanfield!" - -Hanfield? Hanfield? That did not sound quite right. Joe meditated. -Hanfield? Well, never mind. There was no time to waste over names. If -Joe would help toward the election of a President of the United States, -he must be off and away for Jack Stone, or the two would miss the train. - -And Elsie? Poor little Elsie was left forlorn. She was quite alone, for -her mother had gone to visit a sick neighbor, and would not even be at -home for tea. - -"Oh, _why_ shouldn't a girl do just what her brother does, and have some -fun?" thought Elsie, bitterly. "Or else why wasn't I born a boy?" - -She sat close to the andirons in front of the wood fire, and more and -more dismal did she grow. She had nearly come to wondering whether it -was really worth while to live if one had to be only a girl, when the -front door burst open, and in bounced Master Joe. - -"Elsie," cried he, grasping her by the arm, "here's your chance. You can -go." - -"Go? go?" repeated Elsie, flushing crimson with excitement. - -Joe hurried on. "Jack Stone's sick. Earache--both ears--onions on' -em--here's his cap--who'll know you're not a boy?--tuck up your -skirts--on with this big cape--come!" - -Elsie was beside herself. "Mother wouldn't let me," she half gasped. - -"Did she ever say you mustn't?" argued Joe. "Like as not we'll be back -before she is. Don't be a goose. There's no time to talk. Hurry! hurry! -You won't get such another chance." - -Her eyes flashing, her brain in a whirl, Elsie pulled the blue cap over -her short curls. Her little petticoats were quickly pinned up and -covered by the rubber cape. With her unlighted torch over her shoulder, -who would not have thought her a sturdy younger brother of the boy who -held her tightly by the hand, and exhorted her not to let the grass grow -under her feet. - -Down the road they flew, and reached the station just as the -"Continentals" came marching up with fife and drum. - -"Here we are, Mr. Hill," said Joe, presenting himself and his companion. - -"All right," said Mr. Hill, too busy to pay much attention. "Keep with -the rest of the men. How are you, Jack, my boy?" - -There was no time for the make-believe "Jack, my boy" to answer. The -engine was puffing and panting. Elsie was swung on the train, where Joe -and she tucked themselves away on a back seat. - -The "Continentals" were in the best of humor, so were the "Philbrick -Pioneers," who, gorgeous in their Zouave regimentals, came crowding into -the car at the next station, to crack jokes and talk politics. - -"Well done, little chaps," said their captain, spying out Joe and his -comrade. "You're beginning early, eh? Nothing like getting the boys on -the right side. Ha! ha!" - -Joe grinned, and was about to volunteer a "Hurrah for Hanfield!" but -thought better of it. - -One of the men frightened Elsie nearly out of her wits by chucking her -under the chin, and shouting, rudely, - -"You're a bright-eyed cove, you are. Does your mother know you're out?" - -A sharp nudge from Joe kept her from saying, "No, she doesn't," but she -shrunk close up to him, whispering, fearfully, - -"Me the only girl, Joe!" - -"Hush! Nobody'll think it, if you keep quiet," said Joe, hastily, -himself a little disturbed; the men were so rough, and made so much -noise. - -But while he was thinking what he should do if any one else insulted his -sister the train stopped with a jerk, and everybody was out in a -twinkling. - -There were shouts of command. The "Continentals" and "Pioneers" fell -into line. Torches were lit. A host of boys set up shrill yells. Joe and -Elsie were twitched into place by energetic Mr. Hill, and ordered to -hold up their heads and keep time to the music. - -"Isn't it fun?" thought Elsie, stepping briskly along, and grasping her -torch with both hands. - -If one hundred torches were "fun," what could be said when they reached -Market Square, where the grand procession was to form, and where there -was a blaze of light such as Elsie had never imagined! Bands were -playing, horses were prancing; some one set fire to a sort of powder, -and, lo! the whole street was rosy red. - -Now everything was ready, and the march began. Whole blocks on each side -were festooned with bunting and Chinese lanterns; candles twinkled in -every pane; all the gas-burners did their best; Roman candles shot out -colored stars; rockets went up with a fizz. - -"Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah!" The procession was pausing in front of a big -house. Somebody was making a speech. Nobody could understand half he -said. No matter. "Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah!" Elsie shouted with the rest, -and trotted gayly on. - -"No reason in the world I shouldn't have come, like any other boy! -Hurrah!" - -Up one street and down another, each more brilliant than the last, Elsie -marched on, till suddenly a small, then a larger, pain began to make -itself felt in one of her feet. - -"It's my new boots," said she to herself. "Why didn't I change them? -I'll stamp hard and then I shall be easy." - -But somehow she was not easy. Up one street, down another. It was not so -much a pain in one particular spot now as a general ache, not only in -her foot, but in her whole body. - -"I'm afraid I'm growing tired." - -She glanced at Joe. That worthy was in high spirits, and apparently as -fresh as ever. Elsie limped bravely on. Across an open space the -procession wheeled, and halted again to drink lemonade out of big tubs -on the sidewalk. Elsie ventured to complain to Joe. - -"Oh, cheer up!" was all the comfort he had for her. "We've marched 'most -half the distance now." - -"'Most half the distance!" Why, Elsie could never hold out if that were -the case. Once more she struggled on. It seemed as if she had been -marching for years and years--ever since she was a baby. She could not -drag herself another inch. In the midst of a cheer she crept up a flight -of steps, and sank down. - -"I'll wait a few minutes, and then run fast, and catch Joe again," -thought she. - -The next moment, as it seemed, she heard two voices near her. - -"The party must be hard up that has to take babies like this to help on -their cause," said one. - -"Poor little fellow!" answered the other--a lady. "He's dropped down, -torch and all, and gone to sleep." - -Elsie started and looked around her. Where was the procession? Where was -Joe? Too terrified to say a word, up the street she rushed, gazing -wildly on this side and on that. No Joe did she see; no procession -either. It would have been quite dark but for the street lamps. - -"I must stop somewhere. I must ask some one for Joe." - -At a house smaller than the others she paused, and rang the bell. There -was a confused sound of talking within. - -"Don't you open that door as you value your life, Phoebe Maria," said -some one in shrill tones. "Us all alone! This time of night! It's -tramps, sure!" - -Then Phoebe Maria called through the key-hole, "Go right away. I -sha'n't let you in if you stop there till midnight. De-part!" - -I think if the word "de-_part_" had not sounded so very ponderous, Elsie -would have called back that she was no tramp. As it was, she ran blindly -on. - -"Mother! mother!" she sobbed, wringing her little cold hands. But no one -answered. A clock near by tolled nine, ten, eleven. Two drops of rain -fell. The wind rustled drearily among the tree-tops. - -Steps sounded near. A tall man approached, and Elsie caught the gleam of -brass buttons. - -"What are you doing here, boy?" demanded the newcomer, in a great bass -voice. - -"I'm not a boy," cried Elsie. "I never was a boy in all my life. I'm -Elsie Baker. I want to go home." - -She quite broke down, and wept piteously. - -"Hoity-toity!" exclaimed the man, who was one of the police. "Where is -your home?" - -"Out at Porter's Corner. Joe brought me to the percession. I wish he -hadn't. I wish-- Oh dear, dear me!" - -"Now here's a pretty mess!" said the policeman. "There's nothing for it -but to take charge o' you to-night, and see how we can manage to-morrow. -You come along with me." - -Finding the child too exhausted to walk, he picked her up, and tramped -off down in town with his burden. Where did he carry her? - -To tell the truth, there seemed to be no other place, and he took her to -the public "lock-up." - -Elsie was too worn and spent to mind; too hungry was she not to devour -eagerly the bit of salt fish and hard cracker which her new friend gave -her; then forgetting her woes, she fell asleep once more, safely wrapped -in his warm overcoat. - -But, in the morning, waking in a strange place, all the terror of last -night came upon her once more. Through an open door she darted like a -startled hare, and when No. 11 came, an hour later, to find her, no -child was visible. All that was left was the small rubber cape with its -red collar. - -"I must find some cars," thought Elsie. "I can't get home unless I find -some cars." - -It must have been her guardian angel who led the little girl, for, as -she walked hastily along, right in front of her loomed up a big -building, in and out of which locomotives were running. - -"Would you please point out the train for Porter's Corner?" said Elsie, -tremblingly approaching a man who was pushing round some trunks. - -"Bless you! you're at the wrong station for that, sissy or bubby, -whichever you be," said the man, glancing from the girl's dress to the -boy's cap. "But there," added he, as the brown eyes filled with tears, -"a gravel train's just going across the city to the Eastern Dépôt. Come -with me, and I'll take you there." - -Down the track Elsie rode, perched on a heap of gravel. - -"I cal'late you've got a ticket for Porter's Corner?" said her -companion. - -Here was fresh trouble. No ticket had she, and, what was worse, not a -penny to buy one. - -"You don't mean to say you're going to _steal_ a ride!" exclaimed the -man. - -Very likely this was meant for a joke, but Elsie took it for sober -earnest. She had been called a "tramp" last night; now she was taken for -a thief. It was too dreadful. She looked here and there, if perchance -there might be some way of escape from all this misery, and -suddenly--why!--what?--that boy on the platform of the Eastern -Dépôt--could it be? - -"Joe! Joe!" shrieked Elsie. - -It was Joe: a very wretched Joe, a Joe who had not slept a wink all -night, though he had gone home in a vain hope he might find the missing -sister there. - -He saw Elsie. He sprang toward her. He clambered on the car almost -before it stopped. He hugged her, he kissed her. Boy though he was, he -wept great tears over her. Then he took her by both shoulders and shook -her. - -"Oh, you bad girl! Where have you been? You've frightened mother 'most -to death. Elsie, Elsie, what _made_ you come to Portland?" - -"You brought me, Joe," said Elsie, humbly. - -Home they went, those two. At the Porter's Corner station they found -every man and woman of the village, and to each severally must Elsie -tell her story. Her mother never said a word. She only clasped Elsie -tighter and tighter, while the tears streamed down her cheeks. - -But Joe!--oh, Joe did talking enough for all. The lofty sentiments that -flowed from the lips of that virtuous youth were truly refreshing. His -own share in last night's adventures had quite slipped his mind. He felt -called upon, as "the man of the family," to exhort his sister at length -in regard to her manners and morals. - -"And now, Elsie Baker," he ended, "I hope you see why girls can't do as -boys do. I could have marched for a week and not been tired. I hope -you'll remember this the next time you want to tag on when I'm going -anywhere." - -And Elsie was actually so tired that she hadn't the spirit to answer a -word. - - - - -[Illustration: SCANDAL.] - -SCANDAL. - - - "What do you think?" - "I'm sure I don't know!" - "Don't tell anybody!" - "Oh no! oh no!" - - "Somebody told me - That some one else said - That so and so told them - (You won't tell what I said?") - - "Oh no! I won't tell. - What is it? Oh dear! - The way that you tell it, - Is really so queer!" - - "Oh yes! But have patience, - I'll tell you in time; - But I have to make it - All fit into rhyme. - Now don't tell anybody, - Because, if you do, - My secrets, the next time, - I'll not tell to you." - - - - -[Illustration: GOING TO SCHOOL.] - -GOING TO SCHOOL. - - - Slowly to school, slowly they went-- - _His_ eyes on his book were downward bent; - _She_ looked on the ground as they went along, - But neither looked willing to sing a song. - _She_ was thinking of pudding and jam, - _He_ was spelling Seringapatam. - Oh for a kite, or a top, or a ball, - Battledore, shuttlecock, hoop, and all! - - - - -[Illustration: THE BIRD-CATCHER.] - -THE BIRD-CATCHER. - - - Laurence has set such a wonderful trap, - It has a long string, and goes to with a snap; - He has carefully scattered some grains of corn, - And see! there's a bird coming over the lawn; - Away it comes chirruping, chirping, and hopping; - Into the trap it will soon be popping! - Helen and Gisha take part in the sport, - It is so exciting to see a bird caught! - - - - -[Illustration: THE LITTLE WALK.] - -THE LITTLE WALK. - - - Oh, dear me! what a great big hat! - Suppose we were all to wear hats like that! - And see Mab's bonnet and peacock plume-- - I hope her head will find plenty of room! - But Mab is kind, and gives Baby a ride, - The Baby that wears the hat so wide. - They won't have to walk too far or too long, - Unless sister Mab is uncommonly strong, - For Baby looks heavy, and so does her hat-- - The Baby who's sucking her fingers so fat! - - - - -[Illustration: RIGHT OF WAY.] - -"RIGHT OF WAY." - - - "Baa, baa, there's no road this way!" - "Pretty sheep, do let me pass, I say, - It's too late to go back again to-day; - Nice little sheep, please do go away!" - - "Baa, baa, we won't let you by; - It's no use for you to begin to cry. - You can't come this road--no, not if you try, - And never mind asking the reason why." - - - - -[Illustration] - -THE NURSERY CHAIR. - - - Edith sits up in her chair so high; - How busy she looks with her down-bent eye! - What is she doing? Can you not guess? - With her little bare feet, and her little night-dress. - She is plucking the raisins so rich and so nice - From out of her cake that is flavored with spice. - - - - -[Illustration: AN UNINVITED VISITOR.] - -AN UNINVITED VISITOR. - - - Rosie was breakfasting out on the grass, - When two pigs on a walking tour happened to pass. - One pig with rude manners came boldly in front, - And first gave a stare, and then gave a grunt, - As much as to say, "What is that you have got? - Just let me have a taste out of your pot." - But Rosie said, "Go away, horrid old pig! - _I_ am so little, and _you_ are so big!" - - - - -[Illustration] - -SKIPPING. - - - Airily, airily, skip away: - Set to work, all of you, trip away! - Over your head, and under your toes, - That's the way the merry rope goes! - Aprons flap in the breezy air; - Fly away, lessons, this holiday fair! - - - - -[Illustration: OUR POST-OFFICE BOX.] - - - NEW YORK CITY. - - I have a little girl who has derived a great deal of pleasure from - YOUNG PEOPLE. She has had every number since the beginning, and - when through with them she sends them to children who are too poor - to buy papers. - - Perhaps some of the readers of this paper could amuse themselves - by trying to form a word--said to be the only one possible in the - English language--from the following combination of letters: - H E C S T Y. - - S. - - * * * * * - - DRESDEN, GERMANY. - - My dear companion-readers of YOUNG PEOPLE, let me tell you - something about Dresden, the capital of Saxony, in which city I now - live. Dresden is situated on the Elbe--a river of about one-seventh - the size of the Hudson. The city is sometimes called Elb-Florence, - as it contains picture-galleries, museums, nice architectural - buildings, squares, theatres, and handsomely built churches. The - Prager See and the Schloss Strasse are the most crowded streets, - and as I am living on the first one, I enjoy seeing all the - passers-by from my lofty stone balcony. Many good concerts are - given here, and in the summer season the open-air concerts are - visited by all the best people of Dresden. - - The city has many lovely promenades and parks. The Zoological - Garden is a gem, and wild and tame animals of all kinds may be - seen there. Very often queer people, such as Esquimaux, Indians, - Nubians, and Hindoos, come to Dresden, and have an exhibition, and - many strangers may be seen in the streets. To-day the Chevalier - Blondin, the celebrated tight-rope walker, created a great - sensation, and many people attended his daring performance, - rewarding his dangerous and difficult feats with enthusiastic - applause. - - I like YOUNG PEOPLE very much. The new serial, "Who was Paul - Grayson?" by Mr. Habberton, is excellent. Many of the incidents - remind me of some I myself have witnessed. I remember the - school-boy fights, and the teasing of new scholars. The other - stories are also very interesting, and the jokes are sometimes - capital. I like the cuts very much, and I hope both those and - YOUNG PEOPLE--may it flourish for a long time!--will always remain - as nice as now. - - LOUIS G. E. - - * * * * * - - BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. - - I wish to tell the boys and girls that take this beautiful little - paper about our sesquicentennial, or the one-hundred-and-fiftieth - anniversary of Baltimore. On Monday, October 11, the procession - illustrated the history of Baltimore. In one wagon was an Indian - scene, to represent Indian life. In another wagon was a large - vessel with men in it in early Spanish costume, to represent - Christopher Columbus and his crew. The Corn Exchange had several - wagons, two of which were very amusing--one had a large bull in it, - and the other a great ugly bear, which walked restlessly around the - pole to which it was chained. A florist was represented by a - beautiful garden, with trees, flowers, and grass, and right under - the tree a funny little monkey was tied. It jumped all about, and - looked very cunning, for it was very small. - - Among the tableaux was a representation of Neptune drawn in a - shell by two dragons in the water. Of course it was not real - water, but it looked exactly like waves. At the other end of this - wagon was a mermaid, half out of water. It was a very beautiful - scene. Every trade was on parade, and some were working in their - wagons. The butchers were making sausages, and throwing them to - the people, and the bakers threw cakes and biscuit. The procession - was ten miles long, and it was five hours passing a given point. - - On Tuesday all the different societies, and the public and private - school children, were on parade. All the houses and stores and - public buildings were decorated with black and orange--the colors - of Maryland--and with the American flag. The city looked very - bright and beautiful. I am very proud of being a Baltimore girl. I - am thirteen years old. - - JESSIE H. L. - - * * * * * - - COOPERSBURG, KANSAS. - - The first thing I read when my little paper comes is the - Post-office Box. I live on a big prairie. I have a pet kitty, and - lots of chickens and turkeys. - - ADELLA T. - - * * * * * - - BAY CITY, MICHIGAN. - - I wish some little girl would give me a good recipe for - johnny-cake. My father has offered a prize to my sister and myself - for the best johnny-cake. - - MARY G. - - * * * * * - - COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. - - I have taken YOUNG PEOPLE since my seventh birthday, which was the - 15th of March. I like it very much, and I want papa to take it - another year. I like the "Story of George Washington." - - I have two little brothers, Fred and Walter. Fred is four years - old, and goes to a Kindergarten. Walter and I go to the public - school. We have a velocipede and a rocking-horse, but no live - pets. - - LOUIS EDWIN E. - - * * * * * - - GRANVILLE, WISCONSIN. - - I take YOUNG PEOPLE, and I like it very much indeed. - - My brother Allie and I are raising two calves. Their names are - Rosa and Jim, and now when we call them they will come running. - - The other day I found some very pretty stones. I carried them in - the house and put them in a tumbler filled with water, and set - them in the sun. If any little girl wishes to do this, a - large-mouthed bottle will answer as well as a tumbler; and if the - stones have bright, pretty colors, and there are some arrow flints - scattered among them, the effect when the sun shines on them is - very beautiful. - - ROSE C. - - * * * * * - - NEW YORK CITY. - - Mamma, Georgie, and Frank went fishing down to the Point yesterday, - and Georgie caught two smelts and a crab. Frank also caught two - smelts, but while they were in the basket a crow came along, and - took them both off. - - JAKIE T. - - * * * * * - - LAKE VIEW, ILLINOIS. - - I am a little girl nine years old, and I enjoy YOUNG PEOPLE very - much. - - I have a great many dolls, and I have a pet parrot that is very - fond of me. He can not talk very much, but he will learn. I had a - pet cat, but it got lost. - - GRACE D. C. - - * * * * * - - COLLAMER, NEW YORK. - - I am taking YOUNG PEOPLE, and I am delighted with it. - - I have two pet cats, and I have some house plants. This summer - there were some small insects at work on their roots. I wish some - one could tell me what they were. - - I am taking music lessons, and like to practice very much. - - I have quite a large collection of birds' eggs. - - BERTHA G. M. - - * * * * * - - PREAKNESS, NEW JERSEY. - - I have three old rabbits and two young ones. I used to have - twenty-six, but I sold some and lost some. Rabbits have very - interesting habits. Sometimes they sit up on their hind-feet and - wash their faces with their fore-feet. - - I am trying to make a fresh-water aquarium. I had a fresh-water - lobster, two lizards, and some minnows, but they all died. Can you - tell me how to take better care of them? - - JUDSON S. T. - -We can not give you any fuller directions than are contained in the -papers on aquaria in YOUNG PEOPLE, Nos. 42 and 43. - - * * * * * - - MAYERSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI. - - I have never written to the Post-office before, but now I wish to - say how very much I like this valuable little paper. I only - commenced taking it myself with No. 41, but before that I borrowed - it from a friend. I can not tell you how much I enjoy it. I believe - I liked the story called "Moonshiners" best of all. - - I live on the Mississippi River in a very pretty little town. - - GERTRUDE P. - - * * * * * - - PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. - - I am so much obliged to YOUNG PEOPLE for all the stories and poems. - - I wish all the children could see my parrot. She is the wonder of - the age. Every one that comes to our house is convulsed with - laughter at her laughing, crying, singing, and talking. She is - very impudent; and after imitating any one, which she does - capitally, she will roar with laughter, and cry out, "Oh, Polly, - how funny!" Sometimes she swears. Then she laughs again, and - cries, "Oh, you bad Polly!" - - Will you tell me of some books of fairy tales for older children? - I think the story of "Photogen and Nycteris" was lovely. - - MAY. - -There are a great many books of fairy tales which even grown-up children -enjoy very much. _The Rose and the Ring_, by Thackeray, is delightful. -Miss Johnson's _Catskill Fairies_, relating how they amused a little boy -who was blocked in by a snow-storm, is a very fascinating book. Then -there are the fairy-books of Laboulaye and Macé, _Puss-Cat Mew_, _Queer -Folks_, _Tales at Tea-Time_, and other books by Knatchbull-Hugessen. -_Alice in Wonderland_ is also very entertaining; for although it is the -most absurd nonsense ever written, we pity the person too old to enjoy -it. _The Snow-Queen_, and other fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, -are charming books for readers of any age. - - * * * * * - - ACCORD, NEW YORK. - - The Post-office is a mile and a half away from where I live, but I - get YOUNG PEOPLE every Tuesday, and I can hardly wait for it. I - learn ever so much from it. - - I have a little brother Henry, four years old, and a little sister - Eleanor, who is ten months. She is a great pet. My papa has two - mills here, and he is very busy, but he devotes a great deal of - time to our comfort and enjoyment. - - MOLLY C. D. - - * * * * * - - NEW YORK CITY. - - I have seen so very many letters about pets in the Post-office Box - that I thought I would write the story of a poor, lone, forlorn - chicken a friend of mine had. - - This chicken was orphaned and thrown upon the tender mercies of - this world at the tender age of two days. Jet discovered it, and - brought it into the house. She fed it, and every night wrapped it - up in a flannel rag, and put it into a snug corner near the stove, - and took it out again in the morning. At last it grew so large Jet - considered it in the way, so one night she took it out to roost - with the other fowls on the grape-vine trellis. The next day Jet - found her Majesty waiting to be fed as usual, and every night she - had to lift her up on to the trellis. This continued about a - month, when Jet's patience gave way, and the poor chicken was - beheaded. - - I enjoy YOUNG PEOPLE very much indeed. The stories I have liked - the most are "Photogen and Nycteris," the series by "Jimmy Brown," - Bessie Maynard's long-worded letters to her doll, and "Who was - Paul Grayson?" - - BERSIA. - - * * * * * - - I have a collection of twelve hundred and fifty postage and revenue - stamps, and I would like to exchange with readers of YOUNG PEOPLE - residing in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, or in - any part of Canada. Correspondents will please give the number of - stamps in their collection. - - H. A. BLAKESLEY, - 54 West Eighth Street, Topeka, Kansas. - - * * * * * - - I have no pets, but I have the dearest little brother that ever - lived, and I am going to have a present of a kitty. I like "The - Moral Pirates" and "Who was Paul Grayson?" very much. - - I will gladly exchange flower seeds with Grace Denton, as I live - very far West. - - LAURA C. MARSHALL, Greeley, Colorado. - - * * * * * - - We have been pressing a great many autumn leaves and ferns, and - would be glad to exchange them for flower seeds with any of the - readers of YOUNG PEOPLE. Correspondents will please mark the name - plainly on each package of seed. - - BESSIE G. and ELIZA B. BARTLETT, - Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky. - - * * * * * - - I have a collection of postage stamps, and would like to exchange - with Harry Gustin, Eddie De Lima, Horace C. Foote, or with any - other readers of YOUNG PEOPLE. Correspondents will please send a - list of stamps they have to exchange, and of those they would like - in return. - - E. M. DEVOE, P. O. Box 159, Mount Vernon, - Westchester County, New York. - - * * * * * - - Will "Wee Tot," or some other subscriber to YOUNG PEOPLE, send me - some sea-shells in exchange for feathers of the white crane and of - some other wild birds? I have also a petrified buffalo's tooth - which I will exchange for shells or quartz. - - THEODORE PATCHEN, - Herman, Grant County, Minnesota. - - * * * * * - - I am collecting stamps, postmarks, and shells. I have to exchange a - good many Greek stamps and some shells. - - ANDREW GUNARI, - Care of P. Gunari, New Rochelle, New York. - - * * * * * - - I enjoy knitting lace very much, but I would like some new - patterns. I have two that are wide, the oak-leaf and Normandy, and - one that is narrow and very easy. I will be glad to exchange any of - these for something new. - - A class of the pupils in this school have just listened to "The - Moral Pirates," and enjoyed it very much. - - ALICE C. LITTLE, - Institution for the Blind, Janesville, Wisconsin. - - * * * * * - - I would like to exchange postage stamps with any of the readers of - this interesting paper. I have some very rare stamps to exchange. - - FRANK F. RICE, - 109 East Seventy-ninth Street, New York City. - - * * * * * - - I like to read the letters in HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. - - I have three kittens, and a canary which is very tame. I go to - school, and am taking drawing lessons. - - I will exchange postage stamps with any of the correspondents of - YOUNG PEOPLE. I am ten years old. - - ARLINE M. SKIFF, - 37 College Street, New Haven, Connecticut. - - * * * * * - - I would like to exchange eggs, copper ore, postmarks, and stamps - for coins or Indian relics. - - S. B. FOSTER, Knowlton, P. Q., Canada. - - * * * * * - -HENRY R. H.--Yale College was chartered in 1701, and in the autumn of -that same year the school was opened in Saybrook, Connecticut. It was -removed to New Haven in 1716. In the first years of its existence it was -known as "The Collegiate School of Connecticut," but in 1718 the name -was changed to Yale College, as a recognition of gifts of valuable books -and considerable sums of money from Elihu Yale, who was a native of New -Haven, but who left his birth-place when a boy, and resided all his life -in either London or India. He amassed great wealth, and was for some -time Governor of the East India Company. He died in London in 1721. - - * * * * * - -LEWIS D.--In early numbers of the Post-office Box, especially in No. 5, -are directions for the care of a pet tortoise. And in YOUNG PEOPLE No. -27, in the article entitled "A Letter from a Land Turtle," you will find -interesting facts about the habits of these creatures. - - * * * * * - -ROBERT G. S.--Rabbits, as a rule, obtain all the moisture they require -from the leaves of lettuce, cabbage, and other succulent plants upon -which they feed. They like bread or cracker soaked in milk, and we have -known rabbits that would drink water, but it is not supposed to be -required by the little beasts when they are in a healthy state. - - * * * * * - -MINNIE W.--Vancouver Island was named from Captain George Vancouver, a -British naval officer, who accompanied Captain Cook in his first and -second voyages round the world. In 1790 he was put in command of a small -squadron, and sent to take possession of the Nootka region, then in the -hands of the Spaniards. The island which now bears his name was -surrendered to him by the Spanish commandant Quadra in 1792. Vancouver -was instructed by the English government to institute a search for a -northern water connection between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans after -taking possession of Nootka, but he was unable to discover what many -navigators before and after him sought for in vain. It was not until -1850 that the Northwest Passage was finally discovered by Sir Robert -McClure. Captain Vancouver died in England in 1798. - - * * * * * - -JENNIE C. A.--The cover for YOUNG PEOPLE is strong, and very prettily -ornamented. It is not self-binding, but any book-binder will put it on -for you for a small charge. See answer to C. B. M. in Post-office Box of -YOUNG PEOPLE No. 53. - - * * * * * - -DUDLEY.--The standard value of the foreign coins about which you inquire -is subject to slight variation in the United States, but as used in the -computation of customs duties on January 1, 1880, it was as follows: -Chilian peso, or dollar, ninety-one cents; Peruvian dollar, eighty-three -cents; Norwegian crown, twenty-six cents; India rupee of sixteen annas, -thirty-nine cents; Brazilian milreis of one thousand reis, fifty-four -cents; Austrian florin, forty-one cents; German mark, twenty-three -cents; Turkish piaster, four cents; Italian lira, nineteen cents; -Russian ruble of one hundred copecks, sixty-six cents. We have not given -the fractions of a cent, which in business transactions are added to the -above amounts, for as you are simply a coin collector, we do not think -you will require them.--The Spanish silver "quarter," the "elevenpence," -worth twelve and a half cents, and the "fi'penny-bit," worth six and a -quarter cents, were in general circulation in the United States, -especially in the West, about forty years ago. These coins were marked -by the two pillars of the Spanish coat of arms, between them the two -castles and two lions rampant of Castile in a shield surmounted by a -crown. - - * * * * * - -"YOUNG SAILOR."--The first light-house of which there is any record in -history was built by Ptolemy Philadelphus about 300 B.C. It was a tower -on which wood fires were kept blazing at night. It was built on Pharos, -a small island in the bay of Alexandria, and was one of the Seven -Wonders of the World. It is an interesting fact that the modern French -and Spanish names for light-house--the one being _phare_, the other -_faro_--still preserve the memory of the island where the first attempt -at sea-coast illumination was located. The ruined tower in Dover Castle, -England, erected about A.D. 44, is claimed by some authorities to have -been built for a light-house, upon which an enormous wood fire was kept -burning. - -The light-house on the southern end of the island of Conanicut, at the -mouth of Narragansett Bay, is said to be the oldest in the United -States. The present structure is comparatively modern, but the first one -was erected in 1750, and for nearly one hundred years previous a -watch-tower with a beacon fire had existed at the same point. - -This light-house bears the odd name of Beaver Tail. The southern portion -of Conanicut Island is shaped something like a beaver, with its tail -pointing southward, and in early times it was known by that name, the -two extremities being called head and tail. - -Previous to 1789 the few light-houses existing in the United States were -maintained by the States in which they were situated, but from that date -the expense was assumed by the general government, and in 1791 the first -light-house under the new law was erected at Cape Henry. There are now -nearly six hundred and fifty light-houses, lighted beacons, and -light-ships on the coast and waters of the United States. - - * * * * * - -JACK NEMO.--If you paid a year's subscription to YOUNG PEOPLE, you will -receive your paper until January, 1881. Subscriptions may begin with any -number, and the paper will be sent the length of time for which the -subscription is taken, without reference to the beginning or close of a -volume. - - * * * * * - -Favors are acknowledged from Frank L. L., Joseph Henry C., S. V. B., -A. R. Reeves, Lloyd Elliot, "Bo-Peep," Mary Burns, Hattie Venable, -Bertha M. Hubbard, Nellie M. S., Amy L. O. - - * * * * * - -Correct answers to puzzles are received from Nellie Brainard, Jennie C. -Ridgway, "Jupiter," G. Dudley Kyte, A. H. Ellard, Alfred C. P. Opdyke, -George M. Finckel, G. Volckhausen. - - * * * * * - -ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NO. 51. - -No. 1. - - C-hestnut. - E-lm. - D-ogwood. - A-sh. - R-ose-wood. - -No. 2. - - B H - F L Y D O E - B L O O D - H O U N D - Y O N E N D - D D - -No. 3. - - I R I S R A C E - R O S E A C I D - I S L E C I T E - S E E R E D E N - -No. 4. - -Lemon. - -No. 5. - - P A R T N E R - G O R G E - F E E - N - A T E - S T O I C - L E O N A R D - -PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS. - -No. 1. - -DIAMOND--(_To Bolus_). - -1. A letter. 2. To loiter. 3. A plant. 4. The kingfisher. 5. Merrily. 6. -Shy. 7. A letter. - - ZELOTES. - - * * * * * - -No. 2. - -EASY SQUARES. - -1. First, an easy seat. Second, to unfold. Third, measures. Fourth, -insects. - - S. F. W. - -2. First, a quantity of wood. Second, scent. Third, a girl's name. -Fourth, a cart. - - C. H. MCB. - - * * * * * - -No. 3. - -HOUR-GLASS PUZZLE--(_To Zelotes_). - -A city in Great Britain. A city in India. A city in Switzerland. A lake -in Scotland. A letter. A city in Germany. A city in France. A city in -Russia. A city in Asia. Centrals read downward spell the name of a port -on the Mediterranean Sea. - - OWLET. - - * * * * * - -No. 4. - -ENIGMA. - - My first is in Paris, but not in the Seine. - My second in simple, but not in fool. - My third is in Frankfort, but not in the Main. - My fourth is in labor, but not in tool. - My fifth is in trouble, but not in grief. - My sixth is in fortune, but not in fate. - My seventh is in robber, but not in thief. - My eighth is in malice, but not in hate. - My ninth is in gymnasium, furnished with ropes and bars. - The secret of my whole is hid in sun and moon and stars. - - TOM. - - * * * * * - -CHARACTER TREES. - - 1. What is the sociable tree? - 2. The tree where ships ride? - 3. The languishing tree? - 4. The chronologist's tree? - 5. The fisherman's tree? - 6. The tree warmest clad? - 7. The tree that fights? - 8. The housewife's tree? - 9. The lazy tree? - 10. The dandy's tree? - 11. The tree that supplies wants? - 12. The tree that invites to travel? - 13. The tree that forbids to die? - 14. The tree always near in billiards? - 15. The Egyptian plague tree? - 16. The tree in a bottle? - 17. The tree in a fog? - 18. The busiest tree? - 19. The most yielding tree? - 20. Tree neither up nor down hill? - 21. The tree nearest the sea? - 22. The tree that binds ladies' feet? - 23. The tree cockneys make into wine? - 24. Tree that warms cold meat? - 25. Tree offered to friends when we meet? - 26. The treacherous tree? - - - - -THROWING LIGHT. - -BY E. MASON. - - -I am white, I am black, I am all colors save blue, green, and purple, -and all lengths, yet when I am grown I am of uniform size. I run with -great swiftness, but have no motion of my own; am carried round by my -possessor, and worn according to the taste of my owner. I don't know how -I can be worn, though the outer covering of me is put to some use, I -believe. I am very hard to tame, though gentle and timid, yet I submit -to being pulled, tied, cut, dressed, burned, without rebelling; in fact, -I might be called inanimate, though I never cease growing; but the truth -is, in a year I attain my full growth. - -I am excellent eating, and esteemed a delicacy, yet should I make my -appearance in the food of a delicate person, or even of anybody, disgust -would certainly ensue. I can be dressed according to fancy, though there -is but one way of cooking me; still, I do not need cooking, except when -taken from my natural place: then I am baked to preserve me; but I am -only cooked to be eaten, not preserved; and as to dressing me, my -garment must be taken off before I can be made palatable, and that I -never am, for I can't be chewed or swallowed, though lovers of me -declare me to be a toothsome morsel. - -Men hunt and persecute me, yet they do not like to be without me, and -are very apt to feel when I leave them that it is a sign of age. I can -belong to people in two ways--either by inheritance or by purchase; when -in the latter manner, every one tries to conceal the fact, and pretend -that I am a gift of nature, though extravagant sums are paid for me, as -there are fashions in me in color, and I am often dyed, though that -process would render me worthless and unmarketable. - -Soft and silky, fine and coarse, harsh and wiry, of a sleek coat, -running on four legs, having no legs at all, capable of suffering and -being killed, a theme for poets, having no feeling of pain, yet dying, I -am a part of man, yet an animal. - - - - -HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. - - -SINGLE COPIES, 4 cents; ONE SUBSCRIPTION, one year, $1.50; FIVE -SUBSCRIPTIONS, one year, $7.00--_payable in advance, postage free_. - -The Volumes of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE commence with the first Number in -November of each year. - -Subscriptions may begin with any Number. When no time is specified, it -will be understood that the subscriber desires to commence with the -Number issued after the receipt of the order. - -Remittances should be made by POST-OFFICE MONEY-ORDER OR DRAFT, to avoid -risk of loss. - -Volume I., containing the first 52 Numbers, handsomely bound in -illuminated cloth, $3.00, postage prepaid: Cover for Volume I., 35 -cents; postage, 13 cents additional. - - HARPER & BROTHERS, - Franklin Square, N. Y. - - - - -[Illustration: TWO MOTHERS. - -NELLIE. "Annie, the season has commenced, and we must fix up our -children's party dresses."] - - - - -THE WONDERFUL DRAWING LESSON. - -BY G. B. BARTLETT. - - -Many years ago a very funny pantomime was performed by the Ravels, or -some other talented actors, that astonished every one who saw it, and no -one could guess how it was done. We propose first to give a sketch of -the action of the scene, and then to describe a very simple manner of -doing the trick upon which it depends. By careful attention to the -description any boy can prepare it in a few hours in such a way that it -can be often used for home and hall, and will give as much pleasure in -preparation as in performance. The pantomime requires an old man, an old -woman, and a stupid boy--the latter it is often easy to find in any -family. The old parts can be assumed by young people, as they can be -made venerable by powdering their hair with flour. They must borrow -their grandfather's and grandmother's clothes, if possible, but the boy -can wear an old dressing-gown, and the girl a long skirt trained over -her own dress, looped up at the sides with bows of ribbon; she should -have an old-fashioned bonnet, or a broad hat tied down to resemble one, -a kerchief, and a cane. The boy should borrow a suit of a smaller boy -that is too short and tight for him, and should brush his hair down over -his eyes, and wear a paper ruffle around his neck. The boy who wears the -dressing-gown or old dress-coat should also have a palette, brush, a -piece of chalk, and some other artistic implements with which to -decorate the room, which can be very prettily arranged if for a public -performance. The most conspicuous object is a large blackboard, standing -on the floor at the rear of the room, behind which another boy is -concealed, and upon which all the mystery depends. The artist is -discovered walking around the room in a nervous manner, as if expecting -a pupil. A knock is heard, and he admits the lady, who salutes him with -an old-fashioned bow in response to those with which he greets her. She -leads in the boy by the hand, who hangs back, as if very bashful. She -puts her hand behind the boy's head, and compels him to bow to the -artist, of whom he seems afraid. - -The mother consoles him, and persuades him to look at some pictures -which the artist shows him. The boy expresses great interest, and the -artist points to the blackboard, as if offering to teach him to draw. -The boy seems eager to begin, and seizes a piece of chalk from the -table. The artist takes the chalk from him, and pats the palm of his -left hand with three fingers of his right, to signify that he wants some -money. The mother pays very unwillingly, and the artist keeps demanding -more, until she shakes her head very forcibly, and points to the board, -as if refusing to pay any more money unless she is satisfied with her -son's progress in art. - -The boy is then furnished with chalk, and the artist holds up a pattern -before him, and points from it to the board. The boy slowly draws the -face of a man on the top of the board, near the centre. The mother seems -much pleased, and claps her hands, in delight. The boy goes on with his -work, and finishes the body, with the arms extended, and the artist then -demands, more money, which the mother refuses, when the arms which have -just been drawn move up and down with violent gestures, and the mother -becomes so much alarmed that she pays him, and the arms then remain -still. The boy goes on with his work, and draws the two legs of the -figure, which is supposed to be facing the audience. - -At the completion of the work the mother and boy contemplate it with -wonder and delight, and the artist renews his demand for more money, -which the old lady refuses. The right leg then kicks out violently, the -other does the same toward the left, the arms go up and down, and the -chalk man thus appears to be alive, and to be dancing a jig, as the -movements of the legs and arms increase in speed, although they can only -swing up and down on the board. The mother and son hold up their hands -as if struck with horror, and the former rushes out of the room, pulling -the boy by the arm. The artist follows, demanding more money, and the -curtain falls. - -The blackboard is made of any smooth board painted; the arms and legs of -the figure are cut out in outline of common pasteboard, and are fastened -to the blackboard by a peg, upon which their weight is balanced, and -upon which they move. The limbs are moved by means of bits of black -thread attached to them, and passing through small holes in the board to -the boy behind it. They are fastened on after the board has been -painted, and the whole is made of a uniform dull black with common -paint, so it does not show when the light is between it and the -spectators. - -The boy may make the figure of the man in any style, taking care only to -match it to the limbs, the outline of which he draws on the edges of the -pasteboard profiles. A little practice will enable the performers to -arrange animals and other figures on the same plan, to the delight of -themselves and their friends. - - - - -[Illustration: OPENING OF THE FALL HUNTING SEASON--LITTLE TOMMY'S -NIGHTMARE AFTER A BUSY DAY SETTING RABBIT SNARES.] - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, November 9, 1880, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE *** - -***** This file should be named 43357-8.txt or 43357-8.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/3/3/5/43357/ - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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