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diff --git a/44927-8.txt b/44927-8.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 14f711e..0000000 --- a/44927-8.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2764 +0,0 @@ -Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, February 22, 1881, 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, February 22, 1881 - An Illustrated Weekly - -Author: Various - -Release Date: February 16, 2014 [EBook #44927] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, FEB 22, 1881 *** - - - - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE -AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.] - - * * * * * - -VOL. II.--NO. 69. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. PRICE FOUR -CENTS. - -Tuesday, February 22, 1881. Copyright, 1881, by HARPER & BROTHERS. $1.50 -per Year, in Advance. - - * * * * * - - - - -[Illustration: THE RACE ON THE TAPPAN ZEE.] - -HOW THE PENNANT WAS WON. - -AN ICE-BOAT STORY. - -BY J. O. DAVIDSON. - - -Bump, bang, clatter, clatter. - -"Eh! hello, who's there?" and Arthur jumps from his warm bed, and -starts, shivering, to open the window-shutter; but ere he can reach it, -another thump from without, and the rattle of a broken snow-ball on the -tin roof of the veranda greets his ears. - -He gets the shutter open just as Joe Henderson is about to throw another -snow-ball, to knock at his door, as it were. - -"Hello, Joe! what's up? Phew! ain't it cold!" - -"Oh, Art, hurry up and dress, and come down," cries Joe. "I've splendid -news for you. The river is frozen clear to Tarrytown, and the ice-boats -from there are coming over to race with the Nyack boats to-day, and -Uncle Nye is going to enter his new yacht, the _Jack Frost_, in the -regatta, and says you and I may go along to help make up the crew. Won't -it be fun, though? There's an elegant breeze." - -"I should say so," chattered Arthur, as he shivered before the window. -"But I'm afraid I can't go. I don't dare miss school, it's so near -examination-day." - -"Oh, that's all right," cried Joe. "I stopped with a letter at Dominie -Switchell's on my way up, and he's laid up with another attack of -rheumatism, and can't teach school to-day. Ain't it glorious?" - -"Elegant! Hooray! I'm with you!" shouted Arthur, as he disappeared from -the window. Hurrying on his clothes, and scarcely dipping his face in -the icy water, he completed a hasty toilet, bounded down stairs two -steps at a time, and tumbled over a chair that grandma had placed before -her door to trip up burglars. - -"Oh dear, what's the matter?" cried a voice from the room, as grandma -opened the door and peeped into the hall. - -"Why, Artie dear, how you frightened me! What is the cause of--" - -"Ice-boat regatta to-day," shouted Artie, rubbing his ankle; "and -there's no school, and I'm going on the _Jack Frost_. Won't be back till -afternoon; keep my dinner hot, and--" The rest of the sentence was -inaudible to grandma, for the boy was down the back stairs and in the -kitchen, where, joined by Joe, he hurriedly ate the breakfast which -good-natured Julia quickly set before them, for she knew just how to -treat boys, having been a romping country girl herself. - -In a few minutes the back door banged to, and our lads ran down the -slippery pathway toward the river, where the bright sails of the -Tarrytown fleet were already gliding toward the hither shore, as if in -challenge to a contest. A minute's steady trot brought the boys to the -steamboat dock where the ferry-boat lay frozen in. A number of graceful -ice-yachts were gliding hither and thither over the glassy surface, -while several near the wharf stood with sails flapping in the crisp, -freshening breeze, as numbers of men and boys hurried about making the -last preparations for the race, while shouts and halloos resounded on -all sides. An animated group was gathered about one large and very -stanch-looking boat. - -"Oh, ain't she a beauty?" exclaimed Artie, as they ran and slid over the -ice toward her. - -"Why, it's the _Jack Frost_!" replied Joe. "Look at her flag; and here -comes Uncle Nye, and Marc, and Charlie Haines, who built the boat." - -"Good-morning, boys; just in time," called Mr. Nye. "It's a fine day for -our sport. Jump aboard now, and let's be off. Haines, you take the -windward runner; Joe, you stand by the peak halyards; Marc, you take the -jib sheets; while Artie minds the main, and I'll tend the helm. Now tuck -in the buffalo-robes. Are you all ready there forward?" - -"Ay, ay, sir." - -"Let go; steady now; there she fills;" and as the beautiful craft -gathered headway, and glided over the smooth ice, a cheer went up for -the new yacht. As they gained the open ice, several other racers ranged -alongside to test the speed of the new-comer. - -"What boat is that, Charlie?" called Mr. Nye, pointing to a fine boat -close to. - -"That's Mr. Snow's boat, the _Icicle_, sir; and here comes Mr. -Voorhees's flyer, the _Avalanche_. There's Mr. Smith's _Snow Squall_, -from Tarrytown. Look out, sir; here comes Mr. Hoff's boat, the _Marie_, -trying to cross our bows. But she can't do it." - -In a few minutes the _Jack Frost_ had drawn away slightly from her -rivals; and putting about, Mr. Nye ran back, and brought the boat to a -stand-still near the dock. - -"Oh, uncle, do you think we'll win the race?" - -"I can not tell, of course, Joe, but Haines says she handles -beautifully, and we stand a good chance if nothing breaks." - -"Is Artie there?" called a voice from the dock to Joe. - -"Yes, Ed, he's here." - -"Tell him that grandma sent him this muffler, and wants him to wrap well -up, and not catch--" - -"There goes the signal to get ready!" exclaimed Charlie, as he jumped on -the windward runner; and they ran rapidly down to the starting-point, -where a long line of boats was drawn up like white-winged birds, their -sails trembling in the breeze. - -"What is the course, sir?" asked Artie. - -"From Hook Mountain to Piermont Dock, two miles out in mid-river, then -back to the Hook, three times--about thirty miles." - -"There, Artie, there's the new pennant the young ladies offered as a -prize last year, and Tom Hackett and Jim Burger, from Tarrytown, won it -on the _Eagle_; but the boys say they didn't win it fairly, for they -started ahead of the rest, and crowded one of our boats into an ice -crack, and broke her runner." - -"Now, boys, attention," ordered Mr. Nye, sharply. "Let her come into the -wind." - -"Are you ready?" came a clear voice down the wind; and a pistol report -cracked on the air. - -"Jib sheet--quick, Marc; more main sheet, Art; now sway down on the peak -halyards, Joe; lie close, Haines. That's it--all snug;" and they were -off on the race. - -After our boys had attended to their duties, they had time to look about -at the rest of the fleet. - -Away on either side stretched a line of swiftly moving yachts, white -sails flat as boards, flags fluttering, the wind humming through the -rigging, while their glittering runners cut feathery flakes of -glistening ice in their tracks. - -"Oh, ain't it too bad!" cried Joe. "The _Eagle_ and _Icicle_ are both -ahead of us." - -"Never mind, boys; it's early in the race yet. Wait till we get on a -wind," replied Haines. "Now watch the turning-point, sir; don't let the -_Snow Squall_ get inside of us; ready, about," and the three leading -boats turned the stake together. - -"Phew! how we fly!" cried Art. "Isn't she a hummer?" - -"I wonder why they call a boat _Jack_, and then call it 'she,' as if it -were a girl?" queried Joe. - -"Give it up," replied Marc. - -"Because they require so much rigging," promptly responded Mr. Nye. - -"Oh, uncle, that's not fair," cried Joe; "you knew the answer before." - -"Well, I've two daughters, and ought to," replied Mr. Nye; and they all -joined in his jolly laugh. - -"Look out for the crack ahead!" shouted Charlie, as they rushed by a -split in the ice. "Ready, about!" away they went on the other tack; and -so the exciting race went on. Now one boat would be ahead, again another -would dart by and take the lead, but some had fallen so hopelessly in -the rear, that only a half-dozen remained in the race, and of these it -was hard to tell which was the swiftest. - -"I'm afraid we're going to have a snow-squall, sir," shouted Charlie. -"There's a black cloud coming over the Hook Mountain." - -"Let it come; I think the heavier it blows, the better for us," replied -Mr. Nye. - -The race was now three-quarters run, and everything must be decided in a -few minutes. The squall had come over the Hook, darkening the heavens, -and the gale made the boats dart along with lightning speed. - -"The _Marie_ is ahead of us," exclaimed Charlie Haines, peering into the -flying snow. "Hello, something's the matter with her! Boat ahoy! Sheer -off, or you'll run into us. Steady, boys," and a phantom shape rushed -out of the mist and darted across their wake with peak halyard parted -and the mainsail thundering in the wind. - -The snow now hid everything in a wild whirl of mist. - -"Here comes the _Eagle_, sir," as another yacht appeared close aboard in -the gloom, with her flag streaming wildly on the gale. - -"Keep off! keep off!" roared Charlie Haines to Tom Hackett, who was -steering the rival yacht. - -"Clear the track!" came back the answer, in angry tones. - -"Keep on your course, Mr. Nye!" yelled Charlie. "You have the right of -way, and he dare not run us down." - -Scarcely had he spoken when Hackett altered his boat's course. - -"Luff, sir, luff!" shouted Charlie Haines, and with a light touch of the -helm, Mr. Nye avoided the collision. Not entirely, though, for the -_Eagle_ caught her jib-stay under her rival's main-boom; a sharp snap -followed, a heavy lurch, and the _Eagle_, devoid of her jib, whirled -about and upset, throwing her crew along the ice. - -"Served them right!" exclaimed Haines. "They tried to crowd us out of -our course, but got upset themselves. Now, boys, hold on tight." - -A terrific gust of wind and snow drove them swiftly on; it blew so hard, -that the windward runner, with Charlie clinging to it, was lifted high -in the air, and it seemed as though the boat must capsize. - -"Shall we drop the peak?" called Mr. Nye. "I hardly think she'll stand -it." - -"Yes, she will, sir," answered Charlie. "Hold hard, _every one_!" and a -moment later he added, "Hurrah! I see the stake ahead," and a burst of -sunshine through the clouds revealed the flag close by. - -Several other boats now emerged from the squall, but much of their -canvas was shivering, and most of their peaks had been dropped before -the fury of the gale. - -It was no use trying to recover their lost ground, and our friends on -the _Jack Frost_ darted by the flag, winners of the race by several -seconds, and also of the champion pennant of the Tappan Zee. - - - - -BITS OF ADVICE. - -BY AUNT MARJORIE PRECEPT. - -GOING TO A PARTY. - - -I remember that when I was quite young going to a party was nearly as -much a trial to me as a pleasure. Being diffident, I dreaded entering -the room, and encountering the eyes of the people already assembled -there; and once fairly in, I was overshadowed all the evening by the -dreadful necessity of, by-and-by, retiring. Besides, I felt a sense of -responsibility which was very oppressive, and was so afraid of not doing -or saying what was expected of me, that I moved and acted awkwardly, and -no doubt looked perfectly miserable. - -Perhaps some of you may have had experiences similar to mine. Now let me -tell you that I have lived to laugh at my foolish shyness, and to be -very sorry for boys and girls who suffer from the same thing. When you -are invited to a company, the first thing in order is to reply to the -invitation. This is _polite_, whether you accept or decline, and it is -_imperative_ if you decline. Send your answer as soon as possible, in -some such simple phrase as this: "Harold," or "Florence, thanks Mrs. ----- for her kind invitation for Thursday evening, and accepts it with -pleasure," or "declines it with real regret," as the case may be. -Arrived at your friend's house, you will be directed to the proper place -for the removal of your wraps, and the arrangement of your toilet, and -then you have only to proceed to the parlor, where your hostess will -relieve you from embarrassment by meeting you at once. She is, of -course, the first person whom you are to greet. Having spoken to her, -you are at liberty to find other friends. Do not think that people are -looking at you, or noticing your dress or your looks. They are doing -nothing of the kind. Engage heartily in whatever amusement is provided -for the occasion, but do not put yourself needlessly forward. If spoken -to, reply modestly but intelligently, even though for the moment there -may be a hush in the room. If you really wish to enjoy yourself, seek -out somebody who seems to be more a stranger than yourself, and try to -do something for his or her pleasure. Forget that you are not acquainted -with everybody, and remember that it is your duty to help your hostess -in making her party a success. Should your greatest enemy be present, -you must of course be perfectly civil and agreeable in your manner to -him, for in your friend's house you are both under a flag of truce. - -When you say good-night to your entertainers, be sure to thank them for -the pleasure you have had. Do not stay too late, but avoid being the -first to go; or, if you must leave early, do it as quietly as possible, -lest your withdrawal should be the signal for others to leave, thus -breaking up the party too soon. - - - - -POPPING CORN. - -BY GEORGE COOPER. - - - This is the way we drop the corn-- - Drop the corn to pop the corn: - Shower the tiny lumps of gold, - All that our heaping hands can hold; - Listen awhile, and blithe and bold, - Pip! pop-corn! - - This is the way we shake the corn-- - Shake the corn to wake the corn: - Rattle the pan, and then behold! - What are the tiny lumps of gold? - Pretty wee white lambs in the fold! - Tip-top corn! - - - - -THE WEEPING-WILLOW. - -BY BENSON J. LOSSING. - - -You have seen and admired the weeping-willow tree--the _Salix -babylonica_--upon which the captive Hebrews hung their harps when they -sat down "by the rivers of Babylon" and "wept when they remembered -Zion." It is a native of the garden of Eden, and not of America, and I -will tell you how it emigrated to this country. - -More than a hundred and fifty years ago a London merchant lost his -fortune. He went to Smyrna, a sea-side city in Asia Minor, to recover -it. Alexander Pope, one of the great poets of England, was the -merchant's warm friend, and sympathized with him in his misfortunes. - -Soon after the merchant arrived in Smyrna, he sent to Pope, as a -present, a box of dried figs. At that time the poet had built a -beautiful villa at Twickenham, on the bank of the river Thames, and was -adorning it with trees, shrubbery, and flowering plants. - -On opening the box of figs Pope discovered in it a small twig of a tree. -It was a stranger to him. As it came from the East, he planted the twig -in the ground near the edge of the river, close by his villa. The spot -accidentally chosen for the planting was favorable to its growth, for -the twig was from a weeping-willow tree--possibly from the bank of one -of "the rivers of Babylon"--which flourishes best along the borders of -water-courses. - -This little twig grew vigorously, and in a few years it became a large -tree, spreading wide its branches and drooping, graceful sprays, and -winning the admiration of the poet's friends as well as of strangers. It -became the ancestor of all the weeping-willows in England. - -There was rebellion in the English-American colonies in 1775. British -troops were sent to Boston to put down the insurrection. Their leaders -expected to end it in a few weeks after their arrival. Some young -officers brought fishing-tackle with them, to enable them to enjoy sport -after the brief war. Others came to settle on the confiscated lands of -the "rebels." - -Among the latter was a young officer on the staff of General Howe. He -brought with him, wrapped in oiled silk, a twig from Pope's -weeping-willow at Twickenham, which he intended to plant on some stream -watering his American estate. - -Washington commanded an army before Boston, which kept the British -imprisoned in that city a long time against their will. On his staff was -his step-son, John Parke Custis, who frequently went to the British -head-quarters, under the protection of a flag, with dispatches for -General Howe. He became acquainted with the young officer who had the -willow twig, and they became friends. - -Instead of "crushing the rebellion in six weeks," the British army at -Boston, at the end of an imprisonment of nine months, were glad to fly, -by sea, for life and liberty, to Halifax. Long before that flight, the -British subaltern, satisfied that he should never have an estate in -America to adorn, gave his carefully preserved willow twig to young -Custis, who planted it at Abingdon, his estate in Virginia, where it -grew and flourished, and became the parent of all the weeping-willows in -the United States. - -Some time after the war, General Horatio Gates, of the Revolution, -settled on the "Rose Hill Farm," on New York Island, and at the entrance -to a lane which led from a country road to his house he planted a twig -from the vigorous willow at Abingdon, which he had brought with him. -That country road is now the Third Avenue, and the lane is Twenty-second -Street. Gates's mansion, built of wood, and two stories in height, stood -near the corner of Twenty-seventh Street and Second Avenue, where I saw -it consumed by fire in 1845. The tree which grew from the twig planted -at the entrance to Gates's lane remained until comparatively a few years -ago. It stood on the northeast corner of Third Avenue and Twenty-second -Street. It was a direct descendant, in the third generation, of Pope's -willow, planted at Twickenham about 1722. - - - - -[Illustration: INDIAN CHILDREN PLAYING "BUFFALO."--DRAWN BY W. M. CARY.] - -THE GAME OF "BUFFALO." - - -In inventing games, and playing them heartily too, the Indian children -of the western plains are fully as active as their little white brothers -and sisters of the east. - -One of the favorite games among the boys of the great Sioux nation is -that of "Buffalo," a game that may be played by any number; but while as -many as choose may act as hunters, only two, and they the largest and -strongest, can be buffaloes. These two procure a couple of buffalo-robes -as nearly perfect as possible, and, going a short distance from camp, -put them on, get down on their hands and knees, and pretend to be -feeding. Then the hunters, each armed with a bow and a quiver of -blunt-headed arrows, creep cautiously toward their game, taking pains to -keep on the leeward side of the feeding animals. - -Taking advantage of every hummock and tuft of grass to conceal their -approach, the hunters finally get within bow-shot of the make-believe -buffaloes. At a signal a flight of arrows is discharged at the hairy -monsters, and they in turn, apparently maddened by the pain of their -wounds, charge upon the hunters, bellowing with rage, and knocking down -with their heads any whom they happen to overtake. - -Finally the buffaloes are supposed to be killed; they roll over and lie -perfectly still, while the hunters, with loud rejoicings, remove their -skins, which they bear in triumph to camp. Then all, hunters and -buffaloes, unite in a wild dance in imitation of their fathers when they -return from a successful hunt, and the game is ended. - - - - -[Begun in No. 58 of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, December 7.] - -TOBY TYLER; - -OR, TEN WEEKS WITH A CIRCUS. - -BY JAMES OTIS. - -CHAPTER XI. - -A STORMY NIGHT. - - -When Toby awoke, it was nearly dark, and the bustle around him told very -plainly that the time for the departure was near at hand. He rubbed his -eyes just enough to make sure that he was thoroughly awake, and then -jumped down from his rather lofty bed, and ran around to the door of the -cage to assure himself that Mr. Stubbs was safe. This done, his -preparations for the journey were made. - -Now Toby noticed that each one of the drivers was clad in rubber -clothing, and, after listening for a moment, he learned the cause of -their water-proof garments. It was raining very hard, and Toby thought -with dismay of the long ride that he would have to take on the top of -the monkeys' cage, with no protection whatever save that afforded by his -ordinary clothing. - -While he was standing by the side of the wagon, wondering how he should -get along, old Ben came in. The water was pouring from his clothes in -little rivulets, and he afforded most unmistakable evidence of the damp -state of the weather. - -"It's a nasty night, my boy," said the old driver, in much the same -cheery tone that he would have used had he been informing Toby that it -was a beautiful moonlight evening. - -"I guess I'll get wet," said Toby, ruefully, as he looked up at the -lofty seat which he was to occupy. - -"Bless me!" said Ben, as if the thought had just come to him, "it won't -do for you to ride outside on a night like this. You wait here, an' I'll -see what I can do for you." - -The old man hurried off to the other end of the tent, and almost before -Toby thought he had time to go as far as the ring, he returned. - -"It's all right," he said, and this time in a gruff voice, as if he were -announcing some misfortune; "you're to ride in the women's wagon. Come -with me." - -Toby followed without a question, though he was wholly at a loss to -understand what the "women's wagon" was, for he had never seen anything -which looked like one. - -He soon learned, however, when old Ben stopped in front--or rather at -the end--of a long covered wagon that looked like an omnibus, except -that it was considerably longer, and the seats inside were divided by -arms, padded to make them comfortable to lean against. - -"Here's the boy," said Ben, as he lifted Toby up on the step, gave him a -gentle push to intimate that he was to get inside, and then left him. - -As Toby stepped inside he saw that the wagon was nearly full of women -and children, and fearing lest he should take a seat that belonged to -some one else, he stood in the middle of the wagon, not knowing what to -do. - -"Why don't you sit down, little boy?" asked one of the ladies, after -Toby had remained standing nearly five minutes, and the wagon was about -to start. - -"Well," said Toby, with some hesitation, as he looked around at the two -or three empty seats that remained, "I didn't want to get in anybody -else's place, an' I didn't know where to sit." - -"Come right here," said the lady, as she pointed to a seat by the side -of a little girl who did not look any older than Toby; "the lady who -usually occupies that seat will not be here to-night, and you can have -it." - -"Thank you, marm," said Toby, as he sat timidly down on the edge of the -seat, hardly daring to sit back comfortably, and feeling very awkward -meanwhile, but congratulating himself on being thus protected from the -pouring rain. - -The wagon started, and as each one talked with her neighbor, Toby felt a -most dismal sense of loneliness, and almost wished that he was riding on -the monkey cart with Ben, where he could have some one to talk with. He -gradually pushed himself back into a more comfortable position, and then -had an opportunity of seeing more plainly the young girl who rode by his -side. - -She was quite as young as Toby, and small of her age; but there was an -old look on her face, that made the boy think of her as quite an old -woman cut down to fit children's clothes. Toby had looked at her so long -and earnestly, that she observed him, and asked, "What is your name?" - -"Toby Tyler." - -"What do you do in the circus?" - -"Sell candy for Mr. Lord." - -"Oh, I thought you was a new member of the company." - -Toby knew by the tone of her voice that he had fallen considerably in -her estimation by not being one of the performers, and it was some -little time before he ventured to speak; then he asked, timidly, "What -do you do?" - -"I ride one of the horses with mother." - -"Are you the little girl that comes out with the lady an' four horses?" -asked Toby, in awe that he should be conversing with so famous a person. - -"Yes, I am. Don't I do it nicely?" - -"Why, you're a perfect little--little--fairy!" exclaimed Toby, after -hesitating a moment to find some word which would exactly express his -idea. - -This praise seemed to please the young lady, and in a short time the two -became very good friends, even if Toby did not occupy a more exalted -position than that of candy-seller. She had learned from him all about -the accident to the monkey cage, and Mr. Stubbs, and in return had told -him that her name was Ella Mason, though on the bills she was called -Mademoiselle Jeannette. - -[Illustration: TOBY IN THE "WOMEN'S WAGON."] - -For several hours the two children sat talking together, and then -Mademoiselle Jeannette curled herself up on the seat, with her head in -her mother's lap, and went to sleep. - -Toby had resolved to keep awake and watch her, for he was quite struck -with admiration at her face, but sleep got the better of him in less -than five minutes after he had made such a resolution, and he sat -bolt-upright, with his little round head nodding and bobbing, until it -seemed almost certain that he would shake it off. - -When Toby awoke, the wagon was drawn up by the side of the road, the sun -was shining brightly, preparations were being made for the entrée into -town, and the harsh voice of Mr. Job Lord was shouting his name in a -tone that boded no good for the owner of it when he should make his -appearance. - -Toby would have hesitated before meeting his angry employer, but that he -knew it would only make matters worse for him when he did show himself, -and he mentally braced himself for the trouble which he knew was coming. -The little girl whose acquaintance he had made the night previous was -still sleeping, and wishing to say good-by to her in some way without -awakening her, he stooped down and gently kissed the skirt of her dress. -Then he went out to meet his master. - -Mr. Lord was thoroughly in a rage when Toby left the wagon, and he saw -the boy just as he stepped to the ground. The angry man gave one quick -glance around, to make sure that none of Toby's friends were in sight, -and then he caught him by the coat collar, and commenced to whip him -severely with the small rubber cane that he usually carried. - -Mr. Job Lord lifted the poor boy entirely clear from the ground, and -each blow that he struck could be heard nearly the entire length of the -circus train. - -"You've been makin' so many acquaintances here that you hain't willin' -to do any work," he said, savagely, as he redoubled the force of his -blows. - -"Oh, please stop! please stop!" shrieked the poor boy in his agony. -"I'll do everything you tell me to, if you won't strike me again." - -This piteous appeal seemed to have no effect upon the cruel man, and he -continued to whip the boy, despite his cries and entreaties, until his -arm fairly ached from the exertion, and Toby's body was crossed and -recrossed with the livid marks of the cane. - -"Now let's see whether you'll 'tend to your work or not," said the man, -as he flung Toby from him with such force that the boy staggered, -reeled, and nearly fell into the little brook that flowed by the -road-side. "I'll make you understand that all the friends you've whined -around in this show can't save you from a lickin' when I get ready to -give you one. Now go an' do your work that ought to have been done an -hour ago." - -Mr. Lord walked away with the proud consciousness of a man who has -achieved some great victory, and Toby was limping painfully along toward -the cart that was used in conveying Mr. Lord's stock in trade, when he -felt a tiny hand slip into his, and heard a childish voice say: - -"Don't cry, Toby. Some time, when I get big enough, I'll make Mr. Lord -sorry that he whipped you as he did; and I'm big enough now to tell him -just what kind of a man I think he is." - -Looking around, Toby saw his little acquaintance of the evening -previous, and he tried to force back the big tears that were rolling -down his cheeks, as he said, in a voice choked with grief, "You're awful -good, an' I don't mind the lickin' when you say you're sorry for me. I -s'pose I deserve it for runnin' away from Uncle Dan'l." - -"Did it hurt you much?" she asked, feelingly. - -"It did when he was doin' it," replied Toby, manfully, "but it don't a -bit now that you've come." - -"Then I'll go and talk to that Mr. Lord, and I'll come and see you again -after we get into town," said the little miss, as she hurried away to -tell the candy vender what she thought of him. - -That day, as on all others since he had been with the circus, Toby went -to his work with a heavy heart, and time and time again did he count the -money which had been given him by kind-hearted strangers, to see whether -he had enough to warrant his attempting to run away. Three dollars and -twenty-five cents was the total amount of his treasure, and large as -that sum appeared to him, he could not satisfy himself that he had -sufficient to enable him to get back to the home which he had so -wickedly left. Whenever he thought of this home, of the Uncle Daniel who -had, in charity, cared for him--a motherless, fatherless boy--and of -returning to it, with not even as much right as the Prodigal Son, of -whom he had heard Uncle Daniel tell, his heart sank within him, and he -doubted whether he would be allowed to remain if he should be so -fortunate as ever to reach Guilford again. - -This day passed, so far as Toby was concerned, very much as had the -others; he could not satisfy either of his employers, try as hard as he -might, and, as usual, he met with two or three kindly disposed people, -who added to the fund that he was accumulating for his second venture of -running away, by little gifts of money, each one of which gladdened his -heart, and made his troubles a trifle less hard to bear. - -During that entire week one day was very much like another. Each day he -added something to his fund, and each night it seemed to him that he was -one day nearer the freedom for which he so ardently longed. - -The skeleton, the fat lady, old Ben, the Albino Children, little Ella, -and even the sword-swallower, each gave him a kindly word as they passed -him while he was at his work, or saw him as the preparations for the -grand entrée were being made. - -The time had passed slowly to Toby, and yet Sunday came again, as -Sundays always come; and on this day old Ben hunted him up, made him -wash his face and hands until they fairly shone from very cleanliness, -and then took him with him to church. Toby was surprised to find that it -was really a pleasant thing to be able to go to church after being -deprived of it, and he was more light-hearted than he had been since he -left Guilford when he returned to the tent at noon. - -The skeleton had invited him to another dinner party; but Toby had -declined the invitation, agreeing to present himself in time for supper -instead. He hardly cared to go through the ordeal of another state -dinner, and, besides, he wanted to go off to the woods with the old -monkey, where he could enjoy the silence of the forest, which ever -seemed like a friend to him, because it reminded him of home. - -Taking the monkey with him as usual, he inquired the nearest way to some -grove, and without waiting for dinner, started off for an afternoon's -quiet enjoyment. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -THE STORY OF THE DIGITS, AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT. - - - 1 is the lord of the manor, - 2 is his swan-like bride, - 3 is his gentle daughter, - And 4 is the pony to ride; - 5 is young Jack, so nimble, - 6 is the careful maid, - 7 the priest so humble, - And 8 is the church where he staid; - 9 is the palace castle, - And 10 the poor around-- - This is the story of Numbers, - While the whirl of Time goes round. - - - - -THE TALL PINE. - -A STORY FOR WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. - -BY KATE UPSON CLARK. - - -"The tall pine" grew upon the backbone of Bald Mountain, a mighty spur -of the Green Mountain range, and from nearly every point for miles -around the great tree could be seen standing out clear and distinct -against the sky, and towering, like Saul, head and shoulders above its -brethren. - -It happened that upon a certain Fourth of July, years ago, the eloquent -orator of the day, in dilating upon the grandeur of his country and her -great men, particularly that greatest of all, George Washington, turned, -in a sudden fit of inspiration, and pointed to the tall pine. - -"As yonder magnificent tree, fellow-citizens," said the grandiloquent -speaker, "uplifts itself above all the giants of the surrounding forest, -so, friends and fellow-citizens, does the character of George Washington -uplift itself above all others upon the page of history." - -These words were received with great applause, and the tall pine was -ever after known in the neighborhood as "George Washington." - -The land upon which "George Washington" stood was owned by a crabbed old -farmer named Hardaker. Mr. Hardaker had a contract for supplying the -Fitchburg Railroad with wood, and, winter by winter, was gradually -stripping his share of Bald Mountain of all its beautiful trees. This -made good places to go blackberrying, but hurt the appearance of the -hill-side very much. People wondered how Mr. Hardaker could be so "mean" -as to cut everything down so, all at once. He did not need the money -particularly, and his motive was just "clear greed"--or so the neighbors -said. - -At last he neared the vicinity of the tall pine; and as February -advanced he announced, with a loud laugh at his own wit, that he was -going to "celebrate Washington's Birthday by cutting down 'George -Washington' himself with his little hatchet." - -This created no little excitement throughout the town, and everybody -protested. - -"Oh, I wouldn't, Mr. Hardaker," said Mr. Prouty, the village minister; -"it has been a landmark here for many years, and it is really, as things -have come to be, an object lesson in history to all the children and -youth around." - -"Humph!" said the old farmer, crossly. "I ain't a-settin' up landmarks -for folks, or a-givin' objec' lessons. I pay taxes for all that sort of -thing to be did in the schools--awful big taxes, too. _I_ can't raise -the money to pay 'em without cuttin' timber pretty stiddy. I calc'late -there's--wa'al, a thousan' foot o' lumber in that ar pine, an' I can't -afford to leave it stan' no longer." - -The old farmer scowled and shook himself as he walked away. He was -evidently more "sot" than ever on cutting down "George Washington." - -There was a bright boy in town, the son of a Mr. Farnsworth, and named, -like so many other bright American boys, after the father of his -country. As might have been expected of a boy with such a name, Master -George Washington Farnsworth had been brought up to think very highly of -his namesake, and all of the Farnsworth family were justly indignant -when the news of Farmer Hardaker's intention reached them. - -"I declare," said his sister Grace, "it almost seems like killing a real -person." - -"Well," said her mother, thoughtfully, "you can't expect to find much -sentiment in a grasping, narrow-minded man like Mr. Hardaker. There -isn't any use in saying much about it, but it is too bad to do it--on -his birthday, too. I'm really ashamed to be so 'worked up,' but it seems -as if a tree like that might be allowed to stand till it died a natural -death." - - "The bolt that strikes the towering cedar dead - Glides harmless o'er the hazel's lowly head.'" - -quoted Grace. - -"Cedars and hazels alike fall before Farmer Hardaker's rapacious axe," -said her mother, smiling. "I fancy that he doesn't skip anything, -judging from the looks of the poor, shorn mountain-side. It's too bad!" - -But, day by day, Farmer Hardaker's ox-sleds, unheeding the -expostulations of the entire population, climbed the steep, and came -back loaded with the carcasses of "George Washington's" sturdy -neighbors. He was getting very near to "George" himself. - -"I say, boys," said George Farnsworth to his school-mates, as they were -sliding at recess, a few days after he had overheard the conversation -between his mother and sister--"I say, ain't it pretty mean of old -Hardaker to cut down 'George Washington'?" - -"It is that," said several of the boys, heartily, and they turned and -looked up to the stately tree, which stood in silent grandeur, as ever -since they could remember, and appealed speechlessly to them all. - -"He says," continued George, "that he is going to celebrate Washington's -birthday by cutting it down with his little hatchet." - -The other boys laughed, but George kept sober. - -"It's rather funny," he said, slowly; "but can't we manage to save it -some way?" - -The general opinion seemed to be--borrowed from their friends at home, -probably--that it couldn't be done, until at last Tom Dermot said, -speculatively, - -"Maybe he'd sell it?" - -"Maybe he would," said George, brightening up. "You know my name's -George Washington, boys, and I'm bound to save the dear old gentleman if -I can." - -"I don't see why he couldn't sell it standing as well as cut up," -continued Tom--"only, if he would, it wouldn't do us any good. We -haven't got any money." - -"Maybe we could raise some," said George, bravely. "Wonder how he'd sell -it?" - -"Dear enough, I presume; but we might ask him." - -The upshot of this conversation was that, after school, George -Farnsworth persuaded his father to let him and Tom Dermot, feeling -pretty important, you may be sure, take his horse and sleigh to go over -and talk with Mr. Hardaker upon the subject of selling "George -Washington" standing. - -"Thirty dollars," said the gruff old fellow, who was very angry at the -remarks which had been made at his expense, and who had vowed that he -would cut the tree down now, whatever happened. - -"I won't leave the plaguey thing up for a cent less than thirty -dollars." - -"I'm afraid we can't raise a sum like that between now and day after -to-morrow," said George, looking at Tom in some dismay. - -"Then I'll cut it down," roared Mr. Hardaker; and seeing what a rage he -was in, the boys discreetly took their leave. They amused themselves on -the way home by singing, as loud as they possibly could, - - "Woodman, spare that tree, - Touch not a single bough." - -"Father," said George, when they reached home, "he says thirty -dollars--not a cent less." - -Mr. Farnsworth gave a long whistle. - -"Pretty dear," he said, smiling, "but I'm glad you have shown so much -interest. I'd almost give five dollars myself to save the old tree." - -"Would you, father--would you?" - -"But I don't want to encourage Hardaker in such extortion as that." - -"But you know he's mad, father--that's why he sets the price so high. He -thinks now that we can't raise the money, and so he can cut the tree -down." - -"Yes, I don't see any way to save it." - -But George would not give it up, and pleaded his cause so well that his -father finally told him that if he and Tom could raise the other -twenty-five dollars in time, he would really give him five dollars. - -The boys started out that evening in fine spirits to "solicit" for -"George Washington." The enthusiasm over the historical "Old South -Church" in Boston never ran higher. Mr. Prouty gave them one dollar, and -Mr. Steele, the school-master, another. Everybody gave them something. -It was astonishing to see how many friends the old tree had. - -When school was out the next day, George and Tom started again for -Farmer Hardaker's. They were feeling pretty well, for George had in his -pocket a deed of the tree, drawn up by the village lawyer, and needing -only the signatures of Farmer Hardaker and witnesses to make it valid, -and thirty dollars in good current money. - -They managed to catch their man just as he was starting for the station -with a load of chestnut wood for ties. - -"Mr. Hardaker," said George, politely, springing from the sleigh, and -approaching the old man, "would you mind stepping into the house a -minute, and signing a deed for me?" - -"Signing a deed?" said Farmer Hardaker, opening eyes and mouth very -wide. - -"Yes, sir," went on George, courteously. "You said that you would sell -us the tall pine for thirty dollars, and I have brought you the money, -and a deed of the purchase for you to sign." - -"The mischief you have!" said the old fellow, crossly, but with his eyes -twinkling a little at the sight of the money, which George judiciously -exposed just then. "Wa'al, I s'pose I'll have to give in." - -So the money was handed over, and the rest done in good shape, and the -boys went home feeling better than they had ever felt before in their -lives. - -One or two who hadn't had a chance to contribute to the "fund" went up -to the top of the mountain on the 22d of February with their mite. It -was a silver plate, on which were inscribed these words (you may have -seen them before): - - GEORGE WASHINGTON: - - First in War, first in Peace, and first in the Hearts of his Countrymen. - -And that very plate, only tarnished a little by wind and weather, may be -seen upon the mighty trunk of "George Washington" to this day. - - - - -[Illustration: COASTING SKETCHES.--DRAWN BY F. S. CHURCH.] - - - - -[Illustration: FEEDING THE LOVE-BIRDS.] - -"ROMEO AND JULIET." - -BY F. W. ROBINSON. - - -"When my good uncle Benjamin sent home his presents for the children I -am afraid there was less harmony in the family--that is, amongst my -brothers and sisters--than one might have expected. The presents were -many, the choice was embarrassing, and tastes did not agree. Tom was the -bother--Tom always has been the bother, I am sorry to add. Without Tom I -think we could have got along pretty well, and arranged our differences -by degrees, and with the help of mamma and the governess, and perhaps -papa to be called in if wanted very much. But Tom--though he is my own -brother, and I love him dearly, particularly when he is good, which -occurs on his birthday, and sometimes on half-holidays--was very -aggravating. I don't remember when Tom was more aggravating, except when -he was getting over the measles, and bit his nurse in the arm. Tom was -greatly excited over the presents, and said they were all for him--Uncle -Benjamin being his godfather--until papa explained the case, and read -aloud uncle's letter to us. - -"Let the dear children take it in turns to choose, according to their -respective ages," wrote uncle. - -Maggie was the eldest, and chose the "love-birds," two pretty little -dears like baby paroquets, green balls of wool with red noses--crimson -beaks, papa calls them. We were all anxious about the love-birds: they -were something alive, and to be petted and made much of. It was -discovered, however, that Tom wanted the love-birds; it was his second -choice, and he had set his heart upon them. And having set his heart -upon them, Tom sat down and howled when Maggie had made her selection. -There was no pacifying Tom--there never is, Bella says, and so does -Charlie--and Tom stamped and raved and sobbed, and would not have -anything else but the love-birds "if he died for it," he said. He was -quieter when papa came in, and withdrew his threat of poisoning the -birds if they became Maggie's property, and apologized behind the cuff -of his jacket to his sister, and with his mouth full of cloth. Tom's -apology having been graciously accepted, it remained to be seen if Tom's -grief could be in any way appeased; and after some whispering between -Maggie and mamma, in which I fancied I heard the words "pantomime next -Christmas," it was finally settled that Maggie should be consoled by a -box of paints, and Tom should have the birds. I don't think I could have -agreed to that myself, although I don't quite know what mamma might have -promised me; but I was content with my big doll, and I thought that when -Tom was at school we should all be able to see the love-birds and feed -them just as well as their owner. But we did not tell Tom this, or he -might have sold the birds, or taken them to school in his pocket; for -Tom was a very cross-grained brother when he liked, and was rather a -trouble to mamma and papa. I was never a trouble--I was a good girl, and -they called me "Pet." - -Tom did not get tired of his present so soon as we expected. He was the -whole day without getting tired, although a little shaken in the evening -by an offer of his friend Walker--who came from school with -five-and-twenty other friends to see the birds--to "swap" with him for -ten white mice and a Jew's-harp. He was very fond of the birds, and he -christened them Romeo and Juliet, because they were love-birds too, and -we should hear all about them when we were a little older. Well, I hoped -they loved each other better than Tom's birds, for presently Tom saw, -and we all saw, that considering our Romeo and Juliet _were_ love-birds, -their behavior was far from conveying that idea to any one who studied -them. They were quarrelsome in the extreme, which pleased Tom, who -"liked to see them fight," he said; and as they were always fighting, he -got a great deal of pleasure from Uncle Benjamin's present. - -No, Romeo and Juliet gave no impression of love and happiness to any of -us. Juliet was very spiteful, and even when huddled against Romeo for -warmth would suddenly jerk her head round and try to peck his eye out. -But Romeo was always on guard, having mistrusted Juliet from the first -hours of his introduction to her; he was a bird who had seen the world, -and thoroughly understood the character of his mate. Juliet was -untrustworthy and malicious, and Romeo always kept his eye on her--the -eye which she wanted to peck out especially. At feeding-time their -conduct was the worst. We took it in turns to feed the birds, Tom, who -loved them very much, having quite forgotten to feed them after the -first four-and-twenty hours, and sister Maggie, who was always -tender-hearted, took great pains over them, and tried hard to teach them -better manners, especially at meal-times. Alone, each bird was as good -as gold, but it was seldom that Juliet would allow Romeo to take any -food out of a spoon without seizing the advantage of his being off guard -to have a savage peck at him somewhere; and I am sorry to say that Romeo -was almost as bad, and there were times when so many feathers of Juliet -were found at the bottom of the cage, that we were afraid that in some -rash moment of revenge he would pluck her like a goose. - -This constant quarrelling and fighting, not to mention hours and days of -incessant screaming, was a source of much anxiety to Maggie, and Bella, -and Charlie, and Tottie, and me. Tom, as I have said before, liked it -all very much, which we were sorry to see; but then Tom is a big boy, -and fond of fighting. He is going to boarding-school next term, where -papa says they will take the nonsense out of him, he hopes. I wonder how -they will get it out, for there is a great deal in him, we all think. I -have asked Tom, but he doesn't know. We told papa and mamma about the -unhappy lives of Romeo and Juliet, and they were very much surprised. -They had always understood that love-birds were most engaging and -amiable creatures; and what unhappy difference of opinion could have led -Juliet to regard Romeo with such complete contempt, or to induce Romeo -to despise Juliet and try to hurt her--just as Juliet availed herself of -every chance to do some mortal injury to Romeo--was a mystery which even -our good, wise parents could not solve. - -There came a time when there was great grief to us all. Tom had left the -cage door open one day; the window was open, and Romeo, tired of his -cage, of Juliet's hen-pecking, and of us, took advantage of Tom's -carelessness and flew away to the outer world. We were all very sorry; -even Juliet was very sorry, and sat in one corner of the big cage and -moped, oh! so dreadfully, for the loss of her poor mate. Which mamma -told us was a moral to us little ones to be contented and happy in each -other's company; for no one could tell, not even Juliet, how painful it -was to miss somebody forever to whom one had been unkind, or said or -done harsh things, and what a bitter memory it would leave behind! - -We thought so too, and we pitied poor Juliet very much, and were -distressed that she lost her appetite, and that even lump-sugar was -hardly to her taste. Yes, she was fretting for Romeo. There was no one -to love now, or no one to peck; we were not quite certain which regret -was uppermost in Juliet's mind. But we were sure that Juliet took -Romeo's desertion of her very much to heart. And where was Romeo, who, -after all, was our favorite? What had become of him? Had he found -another home--another Juliet, perhaps? papa suggested, or was he -wandering about the world, and being badly treated by other birds? or -coming rapidly to ruin in the society of disreputable sparrows? - -We offered a reward for him. Even Tom was distressed at the loss of him. -"He was such a plucky little chap," Tom said; and Tom came home full of -grief that afternoon, because John Simmonds had told him that somebody -else had told him that he, the somebody else, had caught the bird and -made a pie of him, to try how he would taste. Which was a wicked story -of John Simmonds, for the very next day a gentleman in a corduroy suit -splashed with whitewash, and smelling very strongly of paint and putty, -called with Romeo in a little bag, and waited in the hall for the reward -that had been offered. We all ran out to welcome back the truant, and -papa was as glad as any of us, I am sure. - -How we kissed and fondled poor Romeo, and what a grand procession of the -family it was into the drawing-room to see the old companions reunited, -and watch the joy of Juliet at the return of the loved one! I remember -the man with the paper cap followed us, as papa had not paid him, in his -excitement, and stood looking over our shoulders, as interested as -ourselves. Juliet fluttered her wings and uttered what we took for a cry -of joyful welcome, and Romeo was sent fluttering into the cage to rejoin -his long-lost mate. - -Alas! the meeting was not an affectionate one after all, or some little -mistake had occurred, or Juliet was short-sighted and took Romeo for a -stranger; for Juliet went straight at Romeo, and once more made every -effort to peck his eye out, whilst Romeo, resenting the affront, or -bewildered by emerging from his paper bag to daylight, flew wildly about -the cage, and tried desperately to stretch Juliet a corpse at the bottom -of it. We were aroused and alarmed--we shed many tears. Tottie screamed. - -A husky voice behind us said at this juncture: "Ah, that's the worst of -putting two Romeos in one cage, sir. It never answers--one of 'em's sure -to kill the other." - -"Two Romeos!" exclaimed papa. "Do you mean to say that Juliet -isn't--isn't a female?" - -"Bless your heart, sir, no." - -"Good gracious! what a mistake of Uncle Benjamin's, to be sure!" - -We have separated Romeo from Juliet now, and there is peace in the house -at last. I am not quite certain there is a moral to this story, unless -it is, "Do not judge by appearances," or proves that people who can not -agree together are much better apart. - - - - -SEA-BREEZES. - -BESSIE MAYNARD TO HER DOLL. - - - BERLIN, _December_, 1880. - -Yes, we are really in Europe at last, my Clytie. So much has happened -since I wrote last, that I don't know where to begin; and I shouldn't -have a nidear what I had written about if I didn't keep a "mimete" of my -letters, as papa says, in a little memberandum-book he gave me. - -Everything I put down in it he calls an "entry." Funny to have a -book full of _entries_, isn't it? Well, this is the last one; -"Steamer--seasick--got over it--fun with R. and N.--dance on deck--will -write next about Captain's birthday, etsetterer." - -But now the birthday seems ages ago, and all that I can say about it is -that the Captain was forty-five years old and we had a neligant time, -with all sorts of things for dinner, and a birthday cake as big as a -flower bed, with forty-five colored tapers, and every single slice had -one or more presents in it, so we all got something. The Captain found -in his piece a gold ring and a china Cupid, and a donkey with great long -ears and his mouth wide open. Mamma had a stone cigar, and papa a -_thimble_; and in my slice was the teentiest tontiest china doll not -more than half an inch long. I keep her in a cradle made of a pecan-nut, -and she's the cunningest child you ever saw. I've named her "Wee Tot," -for the little girl who writes sometimes in my YOUNG PEOPLE's -Post-office Box. - -A week after the birthday we derived at Bremen, and I was awfully sorry -to leave the steamer, for it seemed almost like home. We had to say -good-by to everybody, and it was real sad. - -Papa, mamma, and I came away by ourselves, Cousin Frank and Cousin -Carrie (and oh, Clytie, she is just _perfeckly eligant_!) went some -other roundabout way from Bremen, and the Peytons are going to Paris -first; but by-and-by our party will come together again, and we shall -proberly live in the same house, or at least in the same place, for the -winter. - -_We_ are at Aunt Mary's now. She lives here in Berlin, and is mamma's -auntie as well as mine. She _used_ to live in Cambridge when she was a -little girl, and was dear great-grandma's truly baby once! I never saw -her before, but I love her already. Uncle Max has gray hair, and wears -speckertles, and carries a cane, and so I suppose he's _old_, but he -plays with us children, and you can't help laughing just to hear _him_ -laugh, and he sings funny songs to us, and he doesn't _seem_ any older -than Randolph. He keeps us having a good time from morning till night; -and guess how many children there are. But you never _could_ guess. -There's _eight_ right here in the house, and all of them belong to Uncle -Max and Aunt Mary. - -Gretchen and Wilhelm are quite grown up, but Ilsie wears short dresses, -and her hair in two long braids; Lisbet isn't any taller than I; Karl is -eight years old, Fritz is six, and cunning little Max and Marie are -three-year-old twins. - -The nursery is the jolliest room in the house. The floor is bare, and -polished like glass. The stove reaches almost to the ceiling, and is -made of white porcelain covered all over with the prettiest little baby -figures. They are raised 'way up, you know, and their arras are as round -and fat as a real doll's. Some of them are playing tag, some are in -swings or wading in brooks, and all round the top of the stove is a row -of little angels. Wouldn't you like to see a stove like that? In the -bay-window there are lots of plants, and three cages full of -canary-birds, besides another cage, 'most as big as a bureau, for the -parrot. He is gray, with red tips to his wings, and a green collar round -his neck, and he calls all the children's names, and says "Guten -Morgen," "Gute Nacht," "Schlafe wohl," "Wie geht's" (Good-morning, -Good-night, Sleep well, How do you do?), and he sings and whistles, and -is just as happy as the rest of the family. - -And now tell me, was Jack's nose really broken, or only cracked, as we -hoped when I came away, and did the glue-liniment do him any good? I -_long_ to know if poor little Mopsy can use her arm yet, or does she -still wear it in a sling? Do they all mind you, Clytie, and is Leonora -getting over her vain and silly ways? Don't fail to suppress upon her -that "handsome _is_ that handsome _does_," and of all things, don't -allow her to be imperent to the others. - -Give my love to George Washington and Lafayette, and tell them that of -all the soldier-dolls on parade in the shops here (and there are whole -regiments of them), I haven't seen one I would change for them. Papa -says, "In military bearing they are equal to any we find here," and I -agree with him. It is a great compliment, too, for Germany is full of -soldiers. - -Lisbet is calling me to go with her in the little goat-phaeton for a -drive in the park. The next time I write I will tell you about this -cunning little phaeton. - -Gute Nacht--träume süss, as they say here. It means just what I say to -you at home, Good-night and pleasant dreams. - - Your loving mamma, - BESSIE MAYNARD. - -P.S.--Please tell Cousin Fanny, who reads my letters to you, that I do -wish she would be your meanuensis, and write to me for you. If she looks -close in your eyes, she can see what you will want to say, even if you -do not speak, and a letter from you would be _such_ a comfort to your -anxious mamma. - - - - -A SAILOR'S WIFE. - - -There have been heroines as well as heroes on the sea, and of these Mrs. -Annie Wilson is certainly one. When she was fourteen years of age, she -married the captain of a vessel sailing from Boston, and for seven years -accompanied him on his voyages around the world, without accident. - -But in 1872 the ship encountered a terrible storm off the banks of -Newfoundland. The captain was knocked down and his shoulder was broken -by the fall of one of the masts. The first mate and several of the crew -were also disabled, and the second mate was so frightened that he could -not give any orders. The captain was carried down, lashed on a door, -into the cabin; and when his wife saw him rendered helpless in this way, -instead of yielding to useless lamentations, she only thought of what -she could do to supply his place. She rushed on deck, and called the men -around her. - -"Boys, our lives are in danger," she said; "but stick to me, and do what -I tell you. I'll take you into port all right." - -She set them to work to clear away the wreck; they manned the pumps; and -when the gale had subsided a little, they rigged up a jury-mast, under -their new captain's orders, set sail again, and in twenty-one days the -ship was safely anchored at St. Thomas. - -After the necessary repairs had been made there, and as her husband was -still quite helpless, the brave woman worked the ship to Liverpool, and -made the voyage in thirty days. After this, she settled down in New -York, and for seven years has supported her crippled husband and her -child by working as a clerk in a dry-goods store in this city. - -A few months ago her husband died, and Secretary Sherman has appointed -her to the post of inspectress in the New York Custom-house. - - - - -[Begun in Harper's YOUNG PEOPLE No. 66, February 1.] - -PHIL'S FAIRIES. - -BY MRS. W. J. HAYS, - -AUTHOR OF "PRINCESS IDLEWAYS," ETC. - -CHAPTER IV. - -A PROMISE OF BETTER TIMES. - - -When Phil was alone again, he waited impatiently for the long twilight -to end in darkness, and the stars to come out. It seemed a very long -time. Once in a while a faint murmur came from his harp, but it was a -mere breathing of sound, and he turned restlessly in his chair. Then he -closed his eyes and waited again, and his waiting was rewarded by a -small voice in his ear whispering, - -"Here we are, here we are." - -"Oh," said Phil, "I thought you never would come again." - -[Illustration: PHIL'S DREAM.] - -"Tut, tut, child, you must not be so doubtful," said the little voice -again, and the starry coronet gleamed in his eyes. - -"I have brought you some sweet odors of wild flowers, and spicy breath -of pine and hemlock, for I thought you needed a tonic." - -Phil smelled something exquisite as she spoke, but all he said was, - -"What is a tonic?" - -"Something the doctors give when children are pale and thin, and do not -have enough fresh air. I don't pretend to know what it means, but I -often go to see sick children in hospitals, and so I hear about such -things." - -"Hark! is that my wind harp?--why, it sounds like water dropping and -gurgling over stones." - -"It is the song of a mountain brook that my friends are singing as they -dance over your harp. Look!" - -Phil looked, and saw the flock of fairies like white butterflies -swarming again over his harp, and heard the soft sweet singing which -kept time to their steps. - -"Oh, how beautiful! how beautiful!" said Phil. - -"When you hear a brook singing, you must remember us," said the fairy. - -"Indeed I will; but I am afraid I shall never hear one: only the hoarse -cries of the street and the rumbling of wagons come to me here." - -"Ah, better times are coming; then you will not need us." - -Phil lay still in his chair, listening intently; the white figures -glanced in shadowy indistinctness across the window, only the starry ray -from each little brow lighting their dance. They swept up and down, and -swayed like flowers in a breeze, and still the little clear notes of -their song fell like dripping water in cool cascades. Now it flowed -smoothly and softly, again it seemed to dash and foam among pebbly -nooks. - -"Does it rest you? Are you better?" asked the one little fairy who did -all the talking. - -"Oh, so much!" said Phil. - -After a while the song stopped, and the fairies drew all together in a -cluster, and were quite still. - -"What does that mean?" asked Phil. - -"They are disturbed; there is a storm coming. We shall have to return." - -"I am so sorry! I wanted to know more about you, and to see what you -wear." - -"Mortals must not approach us too nearly. We may draw near to you. See, -I will stand before you." - -"You seem to be all moon-shine," said Phil. - -"Yes," said the fairy, laughing merrily; "these robes of ours are of -mountain mist, spangled with star-dust so fine that it makes us only -glisten. We have to wear the lightest sort of fabric, so that we are not -hindered in our long flights." - -"Do you know flower fairies?" - -"Yes; but we are of a very different race. I suppose you thought we -dressed in rose leaves and rode on bumble-bees; but we do not; we are -more--now for a long word--more ethereal." And again the fairy laughed. - -"Ether means air," said Phil, quite proudly. "Do you know any fairy -stories?" he asked. - -"Yes; shall I tell you one next time I come?" - -"Oh do, please. So you _will_ come again." - -"Yes, if I can. Now I must go. I thought I heard distant thunder. We -must fly so fast!--so fast! Good-by, good-by." - -There was a long rumbling of thunder far off in the distance, and a -cooler air in the hot, close room. Phil lay and dreamed, wondering how -long it took the wind fairies to reach their home. Then the sweet spicy -odors came to him again, and he lifted the languid flowers Miss Schuyler -had brought him, and put them in his glass of water. - -He dreamed of fair green fields and meadows, of silent lakes bordered -with rushes, out of which sprang wild fowl slowly flapping their broad -wings; of forests thick and dark, where on fallen trees the green moss -had grown in velvet softness; of mountains lifting their purple tops -into the fleecy clouds, and of long shady country roads winding in and -out and about the hills; of lanes bordered with blackberry bushes and -sumac, clematis and wild rose; of dewy nooks full of ferns; of the songs -of birds and the chirp of insects; and it seemed to him that he must put -some of all this beauty into some shape of his own creation--picture or -poem, song or speech; and then came a sudden sharp twinge of pain, and -the brightness faded, and the room was dark, and he was hungry, and only -poor little Phil, sick and sad and weary and poor. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -PINAFORE RHYMES. - - -[Illustration] - - Here is a chorus - Of boys and girls, - Wee little darlings, - Dear little pearls. - Hear their sweet voices, - Like tinkling chimes, - Merrily singing - Pinafore rhymes. - - Mothers and sisters, - Cousins and aunts, - Listen delighted - To their little chants. - Here they are printed, - So you may see - What they are singing - So merrily. - -[Illustration] - - Annie, Mary, and Kate, - Each busy with pencil and slate, - Three pretty pictures are making; - Just see the pains they are taking, - So eager, and still, and sedate! - - But now it is growing quite late, - They put away pencil and slate; - And because they've been good in their classes, - They get some nice bread and molasses, - And swing on the garden gate. - -[Illustration] - - Your servant, madam! I must say - The bathing's very bad to-day; - The water never was so wet, - And colder, too, than ever yet; - I'm sure 'tis down to five degrees, - And I'm afraid you'd surely freeze. - A shark and sword-fish, too, have come, - And made themselves too much at home; - And just now, on the bath-house stair, - A water-witch sat combing her hair. - You can try it, madam, if you please, - But if they don't eat you up, you'll freeze. - -[Illustration] - - Cuckoo! - Where are you? - I've been hunting all about, - And I wish you would come out! - Have you hid in the big fire-place, - Or the clock, or the porcelain vase, - Or flown to the top of the house, - Or crawled into his hole with the mouse? - It's awful mean to hide away, - When I want you to go out and play! - - Boo! here I am, my little sis; - Now give me the sweetest, nicest kiss! - -[Illustration] - - Oh, such a funny dream I had when I was fast asleep; - I saw a lot of baby tots out of their cradles leap; - They threw away their rattles and their little ivory rings, - And joined their little hands to dance, the darling little things! - - "Hurrah! hurrah!" they gayly sang; "we're on a jolly strike; - The nurse's rule is over now, and we do what we like; - We'll go to bed just when we please, and sit up at the table, - And eat whatever old folks do, as long as we are able. - - "And if the nurses fret and scold, we'll put them all to bed, - And tell them not to make a noise, as they have often said; - They'll be afraid of getting whipped, and will not dare to peep." - And that's the funny dream I had when I was fast asleep. - - - - -[Illustration: OUR POST-OFFICE BOX.] - - - EUREKA, NEVADA. - - There are lots of silver mines near here. One day we went into the - tunnel in Uncle Dick's mine. We all had candles--oh, it was so - dark!--and I got some pretty specimens my own self. We rode almost - fifty miles that same day, and had our dinner on the grass, near - some springs. I thought it was ever so nice. - - There are furnaces here where the silver, gold, and lead are - "cooked" out of the ore. Papa sometimes takes us there, and I - always want to stay longer, although the noise of the machinery - almost makes my head crazy. - - We used to have some periwinkles and some bugs in a glass jar, and - lovely water-cresses growing, too. Mamma put the jar under the - faucet every morning, and let the water run slowly to freshen it - without disturbing "the family." The periwinkles ate the cress, - and the bugs ate each other, until there was only one left; then - he began to dine on the periwinkles; so we planted them all out in - the ditch. - - I am a little boy five years old, and my mamma wrote this for me. - Brother and I take YOUNG PEOPLE. We save them all, and we think - everything of them. - - GEORGIE B. C. - - * * * * * - - CROSS VILLAGE, MICHIGAN. - - I love _Young People_ very much. We live near old Fort Mackinac, - where the Indians once played a game of ball to mislead the white - men, and then surprised and took the fort, killing nearly all the - troops. - - There are many Indians living here now. They are mostly of the - Ottawa tribe. We live in an old Indian "garden." I have found an - ancient tomahawk, a hoe, and a ladle. - - I am seven years old, and I can read in the Fourth Reader. - - E. CLAIR S. - - * * * * * - - DOUGLAS CITY, CALIFORNIA. - - I live up in the mountains of Northern California, in Trinity - County. Although this place is called a city, it is only a small - town. There are a great many Portuguese families living here, but - only a few Americans. - - I go to school eight months in the year. Last year I attended - school at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. I enjoyed my stay there very - much. I lived with my uncle. I was introduced to King Kalakaua and - Queen Kapiolani, and I had a good opportunity of seeing the - manners and customs of the people. - - SADIE T. - - * * * * * - - PORTLAND, OREGON. - - We think there is no paper that can excel YOUNG PEOPLE. There are - seven of us children. We have a few curiosities. We have two vases - made of lava from Herculaneum. - - There were two British barks lost on the coast here. - - I am nine years old, and am a constant reader of YOUNG PEOPLE. - - HENRY BISMARCK. T. - - * * * * * - - BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. - - We boys are having splendid coasting here. In the park near my home - great numbers of boys and girls coast on the hills, and in many of - the streets the boys coast four or five blocks without stopping. - - I am going to have two very small alligators, which I can handle - and play with, and I have a pet lizard, which I have kept in a - glass globe for a year. - - COLEMAN C. A. - - * * * * * - - NACOOCHEE, GEORGIA. - - I have read every story, letter, and advertisement in YOUNG PEOPLE - ever since it was published. I think it is the best paper printed - for young folks. The exchange department is the grandest of all. I - commenced with a few Indian arrow-heads, and now I have a good - collection of minerals, shells, and curiosities of various kinds, - and am constantly receiving letters from new exchanges. The - "wiggles," too, are very interesting. There is nothing that gives - me so much pleasure as making "wiggles" or packing boxes of - curiosities to send off. - - Many good wishes to YOUNG PEOPLE, and may it ever be as bright and - beautiful as now! - - JOHN R. G. - - * * * * * - - FACTORY POINT, VERMONT. - - I wrote a letter to YOUNG PEOPLE a little while ago, when I was at - grandpa's. My papa came after me, but I am very lonely now, for my - little playmate, my dear little sister Annie, died of diphtheria - while I was gone. I used to read the stories in YOUNG PEOPLE to - her. I have a little dog, and I used to play lots with him, but I - do not feel like playing any more. - - CHARLIE C. - - * * * * * - - CARROLL, OHIO. - - I read all the letters in the Post-office Box every week with so - much pleasure that I can hardly wait till my paper comes. Mamma - gave it to me for a Christmas present. - - My papa is agent at Crow Agency, Montana, and mamma and my brother - and sister are there with him. I live with my uncle, and I go to - school every day. Last spring papa was here, and he brought six - Indians with him. They were very large Indians. One of them - weighed two hundred and sixty-five pounds, and was over six feet - tall. - - DANIEL M. K. - - * * * * * - - GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. - - We have had sleighing here for a long time, and first-rate - coasting. All the hills around the town are crowded every night, - and we coast by torch-light. I have two good sleds of my own. - - DAVIE B. - - * * * * * - - NYACK-ON-THE-HUDSON, NEW YORK. - - I live in the country, and I have very nice times. There has been - skating on the Hudson River almost all winter. We have very fine - hills here. I have a pair of bobs. As many as seven boys can get on - it, and it goes very fast indeed. I hope it will snow more, and - make the coasting better. - - WILLIE G. - - * * * * * - - I have been taking YOUNG PEOPLE for a year, and I think it is the - best paper ever published. - - I have a pet monkey named Jacko. He is up to all sorts of tricks. - He will put wood on the fire, and put on the tea-kettle. - - I would like to exchange minerals, for ocean curiosities. - - The snow here is six feet deep. - - E. G. KELLY, - 816 East Eighth Street, Leadville, Colorado. - - * * * * * - - FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, _January_ 30, 1881. - - I wish to inform my correspondents that I have no more curiosities - to exchange at present. I have sent for some more, but it will be - some time before I get them. - - WILLIAM C. MCCONNELL. - - * * * * * - - I was born on the Island of Curaçao, in the Dutch West Indies, and - I can get many stamps from there and from the United States of - Colombia, which I would like to exchange for others with readers of - YOUNG PEOPLE in the United States or Canada. - - J. DESOLA, - 1051 Lexington Avenue, New York City. - - * * * * * - - WASHINGTON COURT-HOUSE, OHIO. - - I have had over twenty applications for my arrow-head, and could - only answer one. If I can get any more arrow-heads, I will send - word to my correspondents. - - EMMER EDWARDS. - - * * * * * - - I have just begun a collection of stones, and have only a very few. - I have three white flints, which I thought were petrified birds' - eggs at first, which I would like to exchange for ocean - curiosities. I expect to receive some better flints in a few weeks. - I am nine years old. - - BERTHA BOOTH, - Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa. - - * * * * * - - I want to tell YOUNG PEOPLE what a pleasant winter we are having in - the Sierra Nevada Mountains, three thousand feet above the sea. We - have no snow. I found willow "pussies" on the 18th of January, and - sister Bell found some spring flowers two days later. - - Our dog Rover went hunting, and came home with his nose full of - porcupine quills. Papa had a hard time pulling them out, it hurt - Rover so badly. - - I do not go to school in the winter. I study at home. I study - language lessons, arithmetic, botany, spelling, and geography. I - am eight years old. I want to take YOUNG PEOPLE always. - - I will exchange minerals from the mines, for shells or any other - curiosities, with any readers of the Post-office Box. - - LOU R. KEEP, Smiths Hill, - East Branch of Feather River, California. - - * * * * * - - I would like to exchange stamps of the United States Treasury and - State Departments, postmarks, and Canadian and foreign postage - stamps, for rare stamps and postmarks, or for specimens of ores, - minerals, or shells. Correspondents will please label specimens. - - I am ten years old. - - WILLIE M. BLOSS, - U. S. Consulate-General, Montreal, Canada. - - * * * * * - - I would like to exchange a pair of new nickle-plated club skates, - which I do not need, as I have another pair, for any other similar - article. - - W. J. H., - 343 Fifth Avenue, New York City. - - * * * * * - - LUCKNOW, _November_ 30, 1880. - - MY DEAR YOUNG PEOPLE,--When I last wrote to you, it was in the - midst of the hot season; now it is a little cooler, but not much, - and we have been through dreadful times since then. Though I don't - often write to the Post-office Box, I love dearly to read all the - letters the children send to it. - - Our baby wasn't very well in the dreadful hot weather, and so - mamma and I had to take him to the hills, where it is cool and - nice. Of course we took his nurse and the khansaman (housekeeper) - too; the rest of the help we get there, because we keep house just - the same as here. Papa couldn't go, because the paper has to be - printed, if it is hot, and they can't get it ready without him, so - we went alone to Naina Tal. Mamma says Tal means lake, and Naina - is the name of a goddess that people thought (in the old days, you - know, when they had goddesses) presided over the lake. - - All through the rainy season, which begins the last of July, it - had rained much more than usual; and one night the men around were - up all night, turning the course of a stream that had swollen so - they were afraid it would carry away some of the houses. So mamma - was a little afraid to stay, and we were going home, and had - engaged our dandies (a little like a kind of chair) and men to - carry them, and were going to start the next Tuesday. It began to - rain Thursday afternoon. It was the 16th of September, I remember, - because baby was a year old that very day, and he had a new dress - and lots of toys, and was just as cunning as he could be. But it - rained hard all night, and the next day it was so dark mamma had - to sit close to the window to see to write to papa. I never saw it - rain so hard right straight along in my life, and I asked mamma if - she didn't think it must look like the flood, and she said, - Perhaps. After a while I went to bed and to sleep; but some time - in the night mamma came and woke us all up, and said the room was - filling with water. She dressed me, and nurse dressed baby; then - the other people in the house came in, and mamma was so scared she - didn't know what she was doing, and rolled up all her clothes and - shoes and stockings in the bedding. The windows and doors were - burst in, and we had to try to get somewhere, but even mamma - didn't know where to go. But one of the men carried me, and nurse - took baby; and the stones hurt poor mamma's bare feet so that two - of the jhampanis carried her, and in the pouring rain we went to - find Mr. Buck's house. We finally reached there, and had hardly - dried ourselves before it was light, and the men thought that - house would go too; so we all made another trip, this time to the - chapel, and still it rained as hard as it could pour. I told - mother I really thought it was another flood, and we'd better try - to get up higher. But she said the higher we went, the worse it - would be; if we could only get off this dreadful hill, we might be - safe. Then I said again something about the flood, for I couldn't - get it out of my head, it all looked so like the picture in the - big Bible--people going about wringing their hands, and trying to - get somewhere safe, men carrying children, half-dressed women, and - all the while the rain pouring down as if it never would stop. - Mamma stood stock-still, and took hold of me. "I tell you, child," - she said, "God has promised--_promised_, do you hear?--never to - drown the world again." So I said no more, and really felt better; - for if everybody was not drowned, there might be a chance for us. - We stood on the chapel veranda watching Mr. Cheney and Mr. Fleming - trying to turn the course of one stream away from Mr. Cheney's - house, when a great mass of stones, sand, and water took them off - their feet quick as a flash. Mr. Cheney caught hold of the low - roof of his house, and Mr. Fleming caught him, and they were saved - from being carried over the side of the hill. We had hardly time - to catch our breath, and not time to say a word, when the trees - began to tremble, and loose rocks to shake, and in another minute - the whole hill-side rushed past us, and the hotel, assembly-rooms, - shops, and stores were carried right into Naina Tal. More than one - hundred and fifty people were carried with them--some that we - knew, and had laughed and talked with only yesterday--without time - for one word to anybody, rushed straight to death. Oh, it was - terrible! Our fence was taken, too, and we could not stop to - think, for we had to plan to go somewhere. I never cried one word. - I only opened my eyes wider, and looked at mamma. She was just as - pale as anything, and I heard her say, "I _can't_--I _can't_ die - this way!" I never thought; I only kept saying to myself, "God - won't let there be a flood. He won't let it." Then Mr. Cheney came - and said we must go. So we started down the Mall. Mamma took hold - of my hand, but finally one of the men snatched me up and carried - me; and when we came to a broad stream, I heard mamma say, "Jat - Ram" (he is one of our jhampanis that carry us about the hill), - "give me your hand." "Get on my back, Mem Sahib," he said; and - mamma was in too much of a hurry to think, and hung on to him any - way. I wanted to laugh, she looked so funny; but somehow there - wasn't any laugh in me. Finally we came to a house, and went in; - it was a Mr. Kelley's. We were dreadful tired--nothing to eat, and - up all night. The men thought we were as safe there as anywhere we - could get, so we dried ourselves. Pretty soon--about eight--we had - dinner. We were so faint we would have eaten, I think, if the rain - had carried us away the next minute. - - It did not stop raining till Sunday night, and the next Thursday - we started for home. Some of the bridges were gone, but we crossed - over in boats, and Saturday morning got to Lucknow. - - Wasn't papa glad to see us! The Lal Bagh mission girls had been in - and trimmed the house to welcome us, and we went over to the - boarding-school to breakfast. Papa said "that it just poured - sixty-six hours--almost three days--and in that time thirty-three - inches of rain fell--almost three feet." Then he showed me on the - wall how high that would be; and you just measure yourself, and - you'll see such a lot of water washing down a mountain-side must - do something. - - But I've been writing too long, so good-by. - - JENNIE ANDERSON. - - P.S.--Mamma says I ought to say, as nearly as they know now, forty - white people and one hundred and fifty natives were killed. - - * * * * * - - We would like to exchange beryl, mica crystals, and garnets from - Connecticut, or shells, coral, and sea-beans from Florida or - California, for fine specimens of minerals, particularly from Lake - Superior or Northern New York. Our collection is a good one, and - we would like good exchanges. We have also some curiosities, and - could arrange exchanges for several different things. - - WILLIE R. CORSON and CHARLES E. BRAINARD, - 137 Washington Street, Hartford, Conn. - - * * * * * - -The following exchanges are also desired by correspondents: - - Sea-beach pebbles from New Jersey, or stamps, for ocean - curiosities, minerals, foreign postage stamps, or anything suitable - for a museum; or a New Zealand stamp and five kinds of English - stamps, for an Indian arrow-head. - - CLARENCE R. WILLIAMS, 4811 Hancock Street, - Germantown, Philadelphia, Penn. - - * * * * * - - Postmarks or stamps, for birds' eggs, Indian arrow-heads, or - relics. Correspondents will please label all specimens distinctly. - - ERNEST OSBORNE, - 761 De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn, L. I. - - * * * * * - - Stamps. - - WINTHROP VAUGHAN, - P. O. Box 432, Brookline, Mass. - - * * * * * - - An ounce of sand or a stone from Ohio, for the same from any other - State. - - J. PUJOLS, - 16 New Street, Cleveland, Ohio. - - * * * * * - - Postmarks and stamps, for stamps. Fifteen postmarks, for one stamp. - - GEORGE N. PRENTISS, - Watertown, Wisconsin. - - * * * * * - - Birds' eggs. - - WINDSOR F. WHITE, - 1581 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. - - * * * * * - - Postage stamps. - - S. WEATHERBE, - Glass Lock Box 107, Charlottetown, - Prince Edward Island, Canada. - - * * * * * - - A United States copper cent of 1802, for any ocean curiosity. - - FRANK P. HUESTED, - 183 Madison Avenue, Albany, N. Y. - - * * * * * - - An opossum to exchange. - - JOE BISSELL, - P. O. Box 957, Pittsburgh, Penn. - - * * * * * - - Postage stamps. - - EDWIN S. KETCHUM, - Care of Ketchum Wagon Company, - Marshalltown, Iowa. - - * * * * * - - Mexican stamps and rare specimens of Mexican shells, for rare - stamps from Ecuador, Peru, Guatemala, Finland, Iceland, or - Philippine Islands. - - HARRY L. BRIGGS, - 48 Chester Park, Boston, Mass. - - * * * * * - - Postage stamps. - - G. M. WOODCOCK, - Care of William H. Lyon & Co., - 483 and 485 Broadway, New York City. - - * * * * * - - Postmarks. - - K. MCKENSIE, - 12 Garden Street, Cambridge, Mass. - - * * * * * - - Cocoons of the silk-worm, for birds' eggs. - - NELLIE BRAINARD, - 265 Broad Street, Newark, N. J. - - * * * * * - - Shells, alligators' teeth, ocean curiosities, and stamps, for rare - stamps, Indian relics, or minerals. - - GEORGE W. MCELHOSE, - 24 Brill Street, Newark, N. J. - - * * * * * - - Postmarks. - - W. H. CHAPMAN, - Lock Box 40, Penn Yan, N. Y. - - * * * * * - - Postage stamps. - - FRED L. CAMP, - 188 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, L. I. - - * * * * * - - Flints, for birds' eggs or postage stamps. - - ELIJAH G. B., - 522 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. - - * * * * * - - Stamps, for coins or eggs. Correspondents will please label the - eggs. - - CHARLES C. KALBFLEISCH, - 8 West Forty-ninth Street, New York City. - - * * * * * - - Five birds' eggs, for twenty-five foreign postage stamps. No - duplicates. - - TRUMAN LEWIS, - P. O. Box 197, Waterbury, Conn. - - * * * * * - - Postage stamps, for stamps or relics. - - EZRA C. HARWOOD, - 68 West Broadway, New York City. - - * * * * * - - Revenue stamps and postmarks, for stamps and minerals. - - E. H. SMITH, - Care of E. I. Smith, Corner of Woodward and - Jefferson Avenues, Detroit, Mich. - - * * * * * - - A stone from Illinois, for one from any other State. - - CHARLIE F. HAVEN, - New Lenox, Will County, Ill. - - * * * * * - - California sea-weeds, acorn barnacles from the sea, some curious - egg cases of a shell-fish, two flint arrow-heads, or some - interesting objects for a microscope, for postage stamps from Asia, - Africa, South and Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, or - United States twelve, fifteen, or thirty cent, or any department - stamps. - - HUMPHREY NOYES, - Community, Madison County, N. Y. - - * * * * * - - A three-cent Canadian stamp, for one from Cuba; or an Austrian - stamp, for one from Italy. - - JAMES P. HOLDRIDGE, - 69 South Hamilton Street, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. - - * * * * * - - A collection of California sea-weeds, for specimens of wood from - different States, or for United States minor coins. - - F. M. ELLIOT, - Evanston, Cook County, Ill. - - * * * * * - -A. P. J.--The Yellowstone River flows in a northerly direction out of -Yellowstone Lake, and after a course of about 1300 miles, during which -it descends about 7000 feet, it reaches the Missouri. The lake is one of -the most beautiful sheets of water in the world, twenty-two miles in -length, and from twelve to fifteen in breadth. Its elevation above the -level of the sea is 7788 feet, and its greatest depth is 300 feet. Only -four other lakes are known to have a greater elevation--lakes Titicaca -and Uros, in Peru and Bolivia, which are respectively 12,874 and 12,359 -feet above the level of the sea, and lakes Manasarowar and Rakas-Tal, in -Tibet, which lie at the great height of 15,000 feet. The Upper and Lower -Falls of the Yellowstone are wonderfully beautiful. They are not more -than a quarter of a mile apart. Before reaching the first fall the river -flows through a grassy valley with a calm, steady current, until it -plunges over a ledge 140 feet in height. The second fall is more than -350 feet high. Over this precipice the river plunges in snow-white foam -and spray. From the foot of the falls rises a dense and heavy mist, and -no one can approach within several hundred yards without being drenched -to the skin. On the west side the wall of rock is covered to the height -of about 300 feet with a dense carpet of mosses, grasses, and other -vegetation, of the most vivid green. There is nowhere in the world a -more beautiful scene than that which is presented by this remarkable -fall, although Niagara is more impressive on account of the volume of -water which pours over the precipice. - - * * * * * - -MARY B.--Among the most celebrated poems of Robert Burns are "Tam o' -Shanter" (about which an article was printed in the Post-office Box in -No. 56), "The Cotter's Saturday Night," "To a Mouse," "Highland Mary," -"John Anderson," "To a Mountain Daisy," "The Twa Dogs," "The Banks o' -Doon," "Mary Morison," "Bruce's Address," "John Barleycorn," and "For a' -That, and a' That." The best piece for speaking is "Bruce's Address," -which can be found in almost every collection of poetry. - - * * * * * - -MARGARETTA B.--The fifteen decisive battles of the world to which Mr. -Herbert Spencer referred are probably those which are described in a -volume bearing that title, written by Mr. E. S. Creasy, of England, and -published in this country by Harper & Brothers. They are the battle of -Marathon, the defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse (B.C. 413), the battle -of Arbela, the battle of the Metaurus, the victory of Arminius over the -Roman Legions under Varus, the battle of Châlons, the battle of Tours, -the battle of Hastings, Joan of Arc's victory over the English at -Orleans, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the battle of Blenheim, the -battle of Pultowa, victory of the Americans over Burgoyne at Saratoga, -the battle of Valmy, and Waterloo. These are called "decisive" battles -because, in the words of the historian Hallam, "a contrary event would -have essentially varied the drama of the world in all its subsequent -scenes." - - * * * * * - -FREDDIE L. F.--Directions for making an Æolian harp were given in the -Post-office Box of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE No. 23, Vol. I. - - * * * * * - -S. S.--The rare issues of United States cents are of 1799, 1793, 1804, -1809, 1811, 1795, 1796, 1808, 1805, and 1823. The above dates are rare -in the order given. - -Many others are scarce; in fact, all before 1816, if in good condition, -are worth much more than their face value. Collectors should remember -that the value of all rare coins depends upon condition. A much-rubbed -specimen of a cent of 1799 might be dear at one dollar, while an -uncirculated cent of that date would readily find a market at thirty -dollars. - - * * * * * - -READER OF "YOUNG PEOPLE."--The postage stamps exchanged by our young -correspondents are, as a rule, cancelled stamps cut from letters. - - * * * * * - -Correct answers to puzzles have been sent by Walter Atcheson, May F. B., -Bessie Comstock, Robson D. Caldwell, R. O. Chester, Mary E. DeWitt, -Carrie Edwards, Fannie Edwards, Jesse S. Godine, William and Isabel -Harris, Bessie R. Howell, Ralph B. Larkin, Thomas Lunham, Isobel L. -Jacob, "Little Goosey," H. P. Meikleham, O. A. Mueller, Percy McDermott, -Mary B. Nesmith, Maggie Osborne, William Olfenbuttel, Augusta Low Parke, -Will H. Rogers, Will Rochester, Carrie Sinnamon, James Shriver, "Starry -Flag," Nellie S., George Schilling, E. C. T., T. P. Tregnor, Woodville -Wrenshall, Chester Maxwell White, Willie F. Woolard, Lily, Charles, and -Fred W. - - * * * * * - -PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS. - -No. 1. - -HALF-SQUARE. - -A country in Europe. To separate. Practical skill. A pronoun. A letter. - - PERCY. - - * * * * * - -No. 2. - -ENIGMA. - - In little, not in grand. - In soil, not in land. - In going, not in come. - In water, not in rum. - In grain, not in hay. - The whole a beast of prey. - - MARTIE. - - * * * * * - -No. 3. - -ZIGZAGS--(TO BOLUS). - - 1 * * * * - * 2 * * * - * * 3 * * - * * * 4 * - * * * * 5 - * * * 6 * - * * 7 * * - * 8 * * * - 9 * * * * - * 10 * * * - * * 11 * * - * * * 12 * - * * * * 13 - -Across.--1. A bird. 2. Frolic. 3. A bird. 4. Polite. 5. To exhaust. 6. -Refuse. 7. To allude. 8. A hard stone. 9. A fertile spot. 10. A weapon. -11. Caprice. 12. Scanty. 13. Rust. - -Zigzags.--Something many readers of Young People will soon find. - - OWLET. - - * * * * * - -No. 4. - -DIAMOND--(_To our Young Contributors_). - -A letter. Equal value. A small surface. A universal remedy. A confused -medley. To regain. Doctrine. A fluid. A letter. - - BOLUS. - - * * * * * - -No. 5. - -Charade--(_To Zelotes_). - - As long as we retain our breath - My first is with us until death; - But none amongst us--no, not one-- - May keep it till to-morrow's sun. - - My second, ever speeding fast, - The same in future as in past; - Forever onward still it goes, - And with it brings both joys and woes. - - During my whole let's strive each day - Some worthy action to display; - And always deal with one another - As faithful friend and loving brother. - - RIP VAN WINKLE. - - * * * * * - -ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 66. - -No. 1. - - C H E T I M A C H E S - A M S T E R D A M - C O N C H O S - T O K I O - U L M - E - I N N - T I B E R - A U G U S T A - R I O G R A N D E - R E S T I G O U C H E - -No. 2. - -Mouse. - -No. 3. - -1. Hippopotamus. 2. Earwig. 3. Field-fare. 4. Vampire. - -No. 4. - - O P A L E T T A - P I N E T E A R - A N N A T A K E - L E A D A R E S - -No. 5. - -Charity. - - - - -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. - - HARPER & BROTHERS, - Franklin Square, N. Y. - - - - -[Illustration] - -THE GAME OF KANGAROO. - -BY FRANK BELLEW. - - -This is an entirely new game, invented and designed especially for -HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, and we hope our readers will enjoy playing it. -The game can be played by two or more persons; and if convenient, they -should have a marker, or umpire, whose decision is in all cases final. - -In the first place, each player should provide himself with a small -strip of India rubber of about one or two inches in length; those -elastic bands which are sold at every stationery store are the thing's -to use; one of these cut in two will make an excellent pair of -Kangaroos. Now if you twist one of these pieces of rubber up like a -cord, and roll it into a kind of ball, and then place it on the table, -it will immediately give a spring (that is to say, it will nine times -out of ten), and sometimes a second spring, and then it will begin to -squirm and roll over, until finally it stops. This piece of rubber is -called the Kangaroo. The players can make their Kangaroos of any length -they like, so that they be of the same thickness. Indeed, they may be of -any size or form the players see fit, provided they all agree on the -matter. - -The way the game is played is this. You roll up your Kangaroo, and when -you are ready, you place it on the black spot in the centre of the Pen, -and as you let go you cry "Tip!" Then your Kangaroo jumps. If he does -not jump out of the Pen, you lose 5. If he jumps into any of the spaces -marked with numbers, you score the number marked in that space. If he -hops on the line between two spaces, you count both numbers; but if he -hops on the line of the Pen and a number, you only count half the -number. If he hops or squirms into two or three numbers, you score for -each one he touches. If he gets in Grasshopper, you score 20; if into -Bullfrog, you score 30; and if into Kangaroo, 40. But if he gets into or -only touches Dumpling, you lose 50. If he jumps off the board, it counts -nothing. - -As soon as you put your Kangaroo down, and cry "Tip!" your adversary -commences marking crosses on a piece of paper or a slate--like this, X X -X X X X X X--as fast as he can until you cry "Dead!" when he must stop; -each of these crosses counts him 1. You, of course, watch your Kangaroo -to see if he is likely to take another jump and give you a fresh count, -and you only cry "Dead!" when you think he has no more life in him. If -he jumps after you have cried "Dead!" you can count nothing for whatever -he has made by the extra jump. - -The umpire keeps the score of both players, and after each has thrown -ten times, the score is added up, and whoever has the highest number -wins the game. - -Some attention must be paid to the making of the Kangaroo. 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