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diff --git a/44943-8.txt b/44943-8.txt deleted file mode 100644 index fab477a..0000000 --- a/44943-8.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2653 +0,0 @@ -Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, March 1, 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, March 1, 1881 - An Illustrated Weekly - -Author: Various - -Release Date: February 17, 2014 [EBook #44943] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, MAR 1, 1881 *** - - - - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE - -AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.] - - * * * * * - -VOL. II.--NO. 70. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. PRICE FOUR -CENTS. - -Tuesday, March 1, 1881. Copyright, 1881, by HARPER & BROTHERS. $1.50 per -Year, in Advance. - - * * * * * - - - - -[Illustration: THE BOY TIMOTHY.--[SEE NEXT PAGE.]] - -TIMOTHY. - -BY BISHOP T. U. DUDLEY. - - -In a little town called Lystra, in Asia Minor, a multitude is gathered -in the market-place. Two strangers are the attraction, who have strange -tidings to tell. Their story is of one Jesus, a King, who, they say, was -born in Judea some fifty years before. They tell of marvellous deeds of -mercy which He wrought, and of words as marvellous and as merciful that -He spake. They tell that He died on a cross, but that, King of Death, He -came back from the grave at His own appointed time. They declare that He -did visibly ascend into heaven, and now sitteth there to pardon and to -bless all who will believe on Him. And even while the crowd is listening -to the words of the chief speaker, whose name is Paul, he looks fixedly -upon a poor lame man, a cripple from his birth, who is among his -auditors, and cries with a loud voice, "Stand upright on thy feet." -Instantly the command is obeyed, and the life-time cripple leaps and -walks. - -Respectful attention straightway became enthusiasm. The market-place -resounds with the shout, "The gods are come down to us in the likeness -of men," and the priest who serves in Jupiter's Temple hastens with oxen -and garlands to do sacrifice to the miracle-workers, despite their -earnest remonstrance that they are but sinful men, come to tell them of -the one living God. - -But quickly there is interruption as effective as sudden from other -strangers of the same distant nation, whose words persuade the fickle -populace, and in a little while Paul is being dragged out of the city to -all appearance dead. They have stoned the man to whom just now they -would do sacrifice! - -Among the listeners to the gospel Paul had preached, among the wondering -spectators of the lame man's healing, among the on-lookers at the deed -of violence, stands a boy, generous and warm-hearted, weeping manly -tears over that which is done. His name is Timothy, and of him, as he -sits there that day in his native town, his heart all aglow with the new -hopes whereof he has heard, and his spirit all aflame with admiration -for undaunted courage, and with pity for the innocent sufferer, our -artist has given us the portrait. The Sacred Scriptures, which he has -known from a child, have gained new meaning. He is reading the ancient -writings with the new light which Paul has thrown upon them--the light -from the open grave of Jesus. - -He is the child from a mixed marriage, his mother a Jewess, but his -father a Greek, and therefore he is but ill esteemed by the Hebrews who -dwell in his town. The records of his life make no mention of his -father, and from this fact it has been inferred that he died while -Timothy was yet an infant. And we are plainly told that his education -was all given by his mother, Eunice, and his grandmother, Lois, and that -"from a child he knew the Holy Scriptures." - -The face which the artist has drawn will represent to us what we should -expect to be the appearance of a boy thus brought up, and the character -which we judge him to have possessed, from the warnings and the advice -given to him by his master and teacher, Paul. His piety, while sincere -and intense, is yet of a feminine cast; his constitution is far from -robust; he shrinks from opposition and responsibility; his tears lie -close to their outlet, and are ready to flow and hide the suffering -object; he will subject his body to denial greater than its strength -will bear, and as the natural counterpart of these characteristics, he -is in danger of being carried away by "youthful lusts." Such is Timothy -when, after seven years have passed away, and the boy is grown to be a -man, Paul, returning to Lystra to confirm and comfort the Christians -there, will have him to be the companion of his journeyings and the -best-loved friend of his heart. - -There is not space in this article to recite the events of the career -that followed. Let each of our boy readers search them out for himself, -and learn of what doughty deeds a gentle spirit in a feeble frame is -capable under the impulse of an earnest faith. Let us learn, moreover, -from a life of noble devotion to high purpose so to devote our life, -not, it may be of necessity, to proclaim a Gospel, as Timothy did, but -surely to labor, not alone for self, but for our race. - -He died a confessor of that faith he learned from the preacher at Lystra -in his boyhood. "Out of weakness he was made strong." He, the timid, -girlish, tearful boy, waxed valiant in the great fight, and is known to -the Christian world as a saint of God and as the great Bishop of -Ephesus. - - - - -THE NEW DOLL. - -BY GEORGE COOPER. - - - You're a beautiful, beautiful dolly, - And dressed like a sweet little queen; - Not to care for you, dear, may seem folly, - When I've but a rag-doll so mean. - I know that its arms are the queerest, - Its head very funny and flat; - Its eyes anything but the clearest; - Yet old friends are best, for all that. - - Your hair falls in ringlets so flaxen, - Your eyes are delightfully blue; - Your cheeks they are rosy and waxen, - You're charming, I'll give you your due. - Yet shall I give up Betsy Baker, - Who hasn't a shoe nor a hat, - Because you've a splendid dressmaker? - No! old friends are best, for all that. - - You came Christmas morn, in my stocking; - I ought to be proud, I suppose; - And not to be pleased would be shocking: - Do, Betsy dear, turn out your toes. - Oh, you are my every-day dolly! - And this one in silk dress and hat - I'll put on the shelf: call it folly, - Yet old friends are best, for all that. - - - - -THE SNOW BEN. - -BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD. - - -"We can beat that," said Joe Larkin, contemptuously, as he drew back and -began to blow through his red fists. "That isn't any kind of a snow -man." - -"Like to know why," said Dan Madderley. "He's all right but his ears. We -can make them of the same size, easy." - -"Yes, but he ain't right anyhow. Everything's just stuck on outside. -When I was in the city once, I saw a sculptor chiselling a man out of -marble. 'Twasn't much like this thing." - -"Well, of course it wasn't. Stone's better'n snow. Everybody knows that, -I guess." - -"No, it isn't. Not exactly. When you knock off a chunk of marble, you -can't stick it on again." - -"You might glue it, but I guess it would show the crack." - -"Tell you what, boys," exclaimed Joe, with a new idea shining all over -his face, "let's make a big snow marble down on the ice, and then let's -dig it out into a man, just as the sculptors do." - -There was an instant hurrah all around, and not one opposing vote; the -half-finished snow man in Deacon Madderley's back yard was left to thaw -down all alone, and in ten minutes more the whole crowd of young -sculptors was down on the pond. - -It was a warm day for winter, and the water was pouring over the dam in -a hurry, but the ice was pretty firm up where the boys were, and the -soft snow was in just the condition to pack nicely. At it they went, as -if they had a whole marble quarry to make, and were afraid some of their -marble might get away from them. - -"I say, now, Joe," shouted Burr Whitcomb, as the great white pile came -up to his shoulders, "who're we going to sculp out? Anybody in -partikler?" - -"Julius Cĉsar." - -"No, we can't. You never saw him, nor we didn't either." - -"Yes, I did. I saw a picture of him once, with a brass helmet on his -head, and a sword in his hand." - -"That'd beat us, then," said Dan Madderley. "We'd better try George -Washington." - -"He's on horseback," said Joe, "and so is Andrew Jackson. No use for us -to try a horse. Snow legs won't hold up. He'd come down all in a heap." - -A dozen other great names followed, each bringing with it a chorus of -doubts as to how he looked, and whether anything like him could be found -in that heap of snow; but the shrill voice of little Billy McCoy settled -the matter. He had followed his big brothers down upon the ice, and now -he eagerly squeaked: - -"Boys, why don't you scoop out Ben Franklin? Make him sitting down." - -"Hurrah for you, Billy!" exclaimed Joe Larkin. "Guess we all know Ben. -He's just the man." - -"Guess he is," chirped Billy. "He's fat, too. You can make him real -big." - -On piled the snow, after that, until they had to reach up with their -shovels. When Joe Larkin began to play sculptor, he had to dig his toes -into the snow and climb. - -"We'll make his head first," he sagely remarked; "and we'll cut out the -rest of him to fit that." - -"Dig away, Joe," shouted Burr Whitcomb, from the other side of the -quarry. "Let's see which of us'll get in first to where old Ben is." - -"We'll set him up with his hands in his lap," said Joe; "and we'll part -his hair in the middle." - -Pieces of shingle, whittled to a sharp edge, did very well for chisels, -and no mallets were called for. It was easy to work that kind of marble, -and it was just as Joe Larkin had said about mending it. He had to carve -Ben's nose for him over and over again, and the last time he shaved it -smooth with his jackknife. - -"We'll make his hair long, Burr, and lots of it. That'll help hold his -head up stiff, and we won't have to cut out so much coat collar. I say, -you've made his arm on that side twice as big as this one." - -"I can scrape it down. What'll we do for buttons?" - -"Boys," said Joe, "pack a lot of round, hard snow-balls, and cut 'em in -two. They wore the biggest kind of buttons when Ben was alive; big as -dollars." - -"How about his hat?" - -"He'll look better bare-headed. You can't make a snow brim stay on--not -unless it's three or four inches thick, and that won't do." - -Joe was giving special attention just then to the parting of Benjamin -Franklin's hair, but in a moment more he sang out, "Look here, boys, he -never was as fat as all that." - -They had been digging away industriously at their part of the great -patriot, but they had carefully put on quite as much snow marble as they -had cut away. They had made Ben look more like Daniel Lambert than -anybody else; but Joe Larkin came down now, and he speedily effected a -wholesome change. - -"Looks as if he could lift himself and get up now." - -"Well, ye--es," said Burr, doubtfully; "but what about his legs? We -haven't left any room for 'em." - -"Yes we have. But you see we began at the top." - -"What's he a-sitting on, anyhow?" - -"On the ice. Tell you what, boys, we'll have to make him cross-legged." - -"He wasn't a tailor," squeaked Billy McCoy. "He was the lightning-rod -man." - -Billy had watched all that work with his round mouth half open, and had -seemed to regard the job as in a manner under his supervision. But then -he had that way of looking at almost any work, no matter who might be -doing it, and he had never been known to make any charge for his advice. - -It was too late now for any discussion of the matter, however, and all -the boys were proud of the way they crossed Benjamin Franklin's legs for -him. - -"We'll hide one of his feet under him," said Burr. "Joe, can you cut out -the other one like a boot?" - -"Of course I can." - -He did, but if the hidden foot was as large as the one he fitted at the -end of Ben's right leg, he could not have needed a great deal more to -sit on. - -Billy McCoy himself remarked of it, doubtfully, "It's just the biggest -foot I ever saw." - -The pegs on the sole of that boot and the heel of it were the last -touches required, and the young sculptors stood back, and walked around -their great work, again and again, in almost silent admiration. Ben -fairly looked warm and comfortable in the flood of noon sunshine that -was pouring down upon him. - -"He'll thaw out," grumbled Dan Madderley; and just then there came a -great shout from the shore. - -The sun had been at work as well as the boys, and the thaw he was making -had had a day or two the start of them. - -The shout came from Billy McCoy's biggest brother, Bob, and they saw him -dance up and down with excitement, while he swung his hat and repeated -it: "Boys! boys! come in! The ice is breaking away!" - -So much trampling and running to and fro, and so much added weight of -boys and sculpture, had helped the sun above and the rising water below -the ice, and now they all had just about time to hurry ashore. Then the -great crack Bob McCoy had noticed grew rapidly wider, and they could -hear all the frozen surface of the pond crack and split in every -direction. - -There was some fun in watching the ice break up, but there was sorrow -among the sculptors, for all that. - -"It's an awful pity to lose such a snow man as that is." - -"He didn't even have time to thaw out." - -"We can make another." - -"There never was just such a Ben Franklin as that." - -Probably not, and now there he was floating out into the middle of the -pond on a wide cake of ice, and drifting down toward the dam. The water -was rising, for the snow was melting fast, and the cake of ice Ben was -on rocked now and then in a way which made him seem to bow to his -friends on shore. - -"Isn't he polite, though!" said Billy McCoy. "Pity he can't swim." - -"Swim!" exclaimed Joe Larkin; "I guess so. There he goes, boys. Just a -rod or two more." - -Most of them gave vent to their feelings in a volley of snow-balls which -fell about half way short of their mark. Then they all stood still, for -the swift water seemed to seize Ben's cake of ice with a sudden jerk, -and swept it to the edge of the dam. For one short minute the brittle -raft stuck on the edge, and then it broke right in two. With a great -slushy splash the snow Ben went to pieces, and was carried over the -slippery "apron," down among the foaming eddies below. - -Every boy that was looking on drew a long breath and held it for a -moment, and then there rose a chorus of shouts. - -Joe Larkin led off with, "Good-by, Ben!" - -And the rest followed with: "Hi! hi! hurrah! Good-by, Ben!" - -Burr Whitcomb remarked, a little soberly, as he turned away: "Well, I -don't care; he was the best snow man I ever saw. He looked a good deal -like Ben Franklin." - - - - -ARCHIE KIRK'S LEAP FOR LIFE. - -BY LILLIE E. BARR. - - -"Alice, may I? Say I may. I can do it, dear sister"; and as he spoke, -Archie Kirk bent eagerly over his sister's chair. - -Three weeks before, he and Alice had been rescued--the only -survivors--from a fine ship that had gone to pieces off the coast of the -island of St. Kilda, which is a little speck of land in the wide waters -of the Atlantic, forming a part of the Hebrides. - -They had been tenderly cared for by the good islanders, and the request -which Archie had made of his sister, and which she was very reluctant to -grant, was, that he might go with Hakon Bork--the son of the good woman -who had given them food and shelter--in search of the eggs and down of -puffins, a species of sea-bird upon which these simple people depend -mainly for their subsistence. - -[Illustration: THE PUFFIN-HUNTERS.] - -"You are so young, and it is such a terrible way to earn your bread," -replied Alice, who shudderingly remembered watching Hakon but the day -before fasten his rope to a stake, and then lower himself down the awful -precipice, with nothing but his firm grip to save him from falling into -the foaming, raging sea beneath. "You are too young, Archie." - -"Why, Alice, I am ten years old, and boys much younger than I go down -all alone. These people are very good to us, but they are also very -poor. I feel mean to accept their charity, and do nothing in return, -when Hakon says I can help him if I will." - -"It is so terrible, Archie, and if I should lose you too!" cried Alice, -whose heart was still full of sorrow for her lost parents. - -"God is good, my sister," said Hakon, "and I will watch thy brother -carefully." - -"You are right, Hakon; go, Archie, I will trust you to God's care." - -So Archie bravely pulled his bonnet over his brows, and set out with -Hakon and another man. After climbing to the summit of the great rocks, -Hakon and Archie stepped fearlessly into the basket, and were slowly -lowered over the side of the precipice, on whose edge a piece of wood -was made fast to prevent the jagged rocks from cutting the rope. Down, -down they went, the boiling sea below, the frightful precipices above, -but in all the little shelves and fissures the puffins had made their -nests. By a separate line they indicated to the man above when they were -to be lowered or raised, and thus they labored away cheerily for hours, -collecting many eggs and much down. - -Archie showed great skill and coolness, and won great praise from Hakon, -and after this he went with him on all such excursions, and as time went -on was readily trusted down in the basket alone. - -So the months slipped away, and Archie had, with Hakon's help, made -himself a rope, such as is used for the perilous work of -puffin-catching. The mode of making these ropes is as follows: A hide of -a sheep and one of a cow are cut into slips, the latter being the -broader; each slip of sheep's hide is then plaited to one of cow's, and -two of these compound slips are then twisted together, so as to form a -rope of about three inches in circumference. The length of these ropes -varies from ninety to two hundred feet, and they are so valuable that a -single one forms a girl's marriage portion in St. Kilda. Archie prized -his very highly, not only because it was in a measure his own making, -but because all his friends had denied themselves in some way or other -to procure it for him. - -Archie's life was very simple and very hard, but he enjoyed it, and for -many months he was very useful to Hakon. Then one day the neighbors -brought home a mangled body and laid it down on Dame Bork's -hearth-stone. No need to tell the wailing mother, or the sorrowful -Archie and Alice, poor Hakon's fate. The men went silently out, and the -neighbor women spoke such words of comfort as their own losses, or the -constant danger of their loved ones, prompted. Tenderly the dead was -buried, and then the little household awoke to the duties of the day. - -When their humble breakfast was over, Archie took his bonnet and rope, -and said to the old dame, as he had said with Hakon many a morning, - -"Give me your blessing, mother." - -"Oh, Archie," said Alice, "must you go--all alone must you go?" - -"I have a brave heart, Alice, which is good company." And then, glancing -at Hakon's old mother, he whispered: "For Hakon's sake, as well as for -her own kindness, we owe her every duty;" and then kissing Alice, he -went off to the rocks. - -As Archie had not Hakon now to help him, he had to leave his basket at -home, and adopt the much less common but much more dangerous practice of -reaching the birds' nests by fastening a simple rope to a strong stake -securely driven into the earth a short distance from the edge of the -precipice, and then gradually lower himself to some projecting cliff -likely to contain the eggs and down of which he was in search. - -So this morning, having reached the cloud-capped peaks, he secured his -rope carefully, and then cautiously lowered himself until he reached a -spot where the rocks overhung and sheltered a wide ledge. - -He was sure that he would be likely to reap here an ample harvest, and -he dexterously swung himself forward and gained a resting-place. As he -expected, he found a great number of nests, and was soon eagerly filling -the large pockets which are used for this purpose with the eggs and -down, the patient birds scarcely disturbing him by a flutter. - -But in his ardor he had forgotten to fasten the rope tightly around his -body; it slipped from his grasp, and after swinging backward and forward -for some time, but without coming within his reach, at length settled -many feet from the spot where he stood. For a moment he stood aghast. -The sudden blow almost deprived him of the power of thinking, but -gradually he recovered his senses, and began anxiously to look around -for some means of escape. - -Fearful was the prospect. The rock for hundreds of feet above was smooth -as if chiselled by the mason's hand; many hundred feet below, the raging -waters burst with terrific noise upon the pointed crags, while the depth -to which he had descended, the solitude of the spot, and the roar of the -waves, precluded all possibility of making himself heard. - -One desperate chance alone remained: _by a bold leap he might catch the -dangling rope_. It was an awful hazard, for if he failed, instant death -would be the result. Yet if he remained on the rock, death, though -slower, was no less sure. His resolution was taken. He lifted his eyes -to heaven with one short strong prayer for help, then like a winged -creature sprang forward, _and grasped the rope_. - -Many a year passed before Archie Kirk told his sister and adopted mother -of his leap for life on that day, when he, a lad twelve years old, had -determined to fill the place of Hakon. He became the most expert -bird-catcher and climber in the Hebrides, but he never again forgot to -secure his rope. Nor in telling the story did he ever take any credit to -himself. "God is good," he used to add, reverently; "the rope was in His -hands, or I had not caught it." - - - - -[Begun in No. 58 of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, December 7.] - -TOBY TYLER; - -OR, TEN WEEKS WITH A CIRCUS. - -BY JAMES OTIS. - -CHAPTER XII. - -TOBY'S GREAT MISFORTUNE. - - -The town in which the circus remained over Sunday was a small one, and a -brisk walk of ten minutes sufficed to take Toby into a secluded portion -of a very thickly grown wood, where he could lie upon the mossy ground, -and fairly revel in freedom. - -As he lay upon his back, his hands under his head, and his eyes directed -to the branches of the trees above, where the birds twittered and sang, -and the squirrels played in fearless sport, the monkey enjoyed himself, -in his way, by playing all the monkey antics he knew of. He scrambled -from tree to tree, swung himself from one branch to the other by the aid -of his tail, and amused both himself and his master, until, tired by his -exertions, he crept down by Toby's side, and lay there in quiet, restful -content. - -One of Toby's reasons for wishing to be by himself that afternoon was -that he wanted to think over some plan of escape, for he believed that -he had nearly money enough to enable him to make a bold stroke for -freedom and Uncle Daniel's. Therefore, when the monkey nestled down by -his side, he was all ready to confide in him that which had been -occupying his busy little brain for the past three days. - -"Mr. Stubbs," he said to the monkey, in a solemn tone, "we're goin' to -run away in a day or two." - -Mr. Stubbs did not seem to be moved in the least at this very startling -piece of intelligence, but winked his bright eyes in unconcern, and -Toby, seeming to think that everything which he said had been understood -by the monkey, continued: "I've got a good deal of money now, an' I -guess there's enough for us to start out on. We'll get away some night, -an' stay in the woods till they get through hunting for us, an' then -we'll go back to Guilford, an' tell Uncle Dan'l if he'll only take us -back, we'll never go to sleep in meetin' any more, an' we'll be just as -good as we know how. Now let's see how much money we've got." - -Toby drew from a pocket, which he had been to a great deal of trouble to -make in his shirt, a small bag of silver, and spread it upon the ground -where he could count it at his leisure. - -The glittering coin instantly attracted the monkey's attention, and he -tried by every means to thrust his little black paw into the pile; but -Toby would allow nothing of that sort, and pushed him away quite -roughly. Then he grew excited, and danced and scolded around Toby's -treasure, until the boy had hard work to count it. - -He did succeed, however, and as he carefully replaced it in the bag, he -said to the monkey: "There's seven dollars an' thirty cents in that bag, -an' every cent of it is mine. That ought to take care of us for a good -while, Mr. Stubbs, an' by the time we get home we shall be rich men." - -The monkey showed his pleasure at this intelligence by putting his hand -inside Toby's clothes to find the bag of treasure that he had seen -secreted there, and two or three times, to the great delight of both -himself and the boy, he drew forth the bag, which was immediately taken -away from him. - -The shadows were beginning to lengthen in the woods, and, heeding this -warning of the coming night, Toby took the monkey on his arm and started -for home, or for the tent, which was the only place he could call home. - -As he walked along he tried to talk to his pet in a serious manner, but -the monkey, remembering where he had seen the bright coins secreted, -tried so hard to get at them, that finally Toby lost all patience, and -gave him quite a hard cuff on the ear, which had the effect of keeping -him quiet for a time. - -That night Toby took supper with the skeleton and his wife, and he -enjoyed the meal, even though it was made from what had been left of the -turkey that served as the noonday feast, more than he did the state -dinner, where he was obliged to pay for what he ate by the torture of -making a speech. - -There were no guests but Toby present, and Mr. and Mrs. Treat were not -only very kind, but so attentive that he was actually afraid he should -eat so much as to stand in need of some of the catnip tea which Mrs. -Treat had said she gave to her husband when he had been equally foolish. -The skeleton would pile his plate high with turkey bones from one side, -and the fat lady would heap it up, whenever she could find a chance, -with all sorts of food from the other, until Toby pushed back his chair, -his appetite completely satisfied if it never had been before. - -Toby had discussed the temper of his employer with his host and hostess, -and, after some considerable conversation, had confided in them his -determination to run away. - -"I'd hate awfully to have you go," said Mrs. Treat, reflectively; "but -it's a good deal better for you to get away from that Job Lord if you -can. It wouldn't do to let him know that you had any idea of goin', for -he'd watch you as a cat watches a mouse, an' never let you go so long as -he saw a chance to keep you. I heard him tellin' one of the drivers the -other day that you sold more goods than any other boy he ever had, an' -he was going to keep you with him all summer." - -"Be careful in what you do, my boy," said the skeleton, sagely, as he -arranged a large cushion in an arm-chair, and proceeded to make ready -for his after-dinner nap; "be sure that you're all ready before you -start, an' when you do go, get a good ways ahead of him; for if he -should ever catch you, the trouncin' you'd get would be awful." - -Toby assured his friends that he would use every endeavor to make his -escape successful when he did start, and Mrs. Treat, with an eye to the -boy's comfort, said, "Let me know the night you're goin', an' I'll fix -you up something to eat, so's you won't be hungry before you come to a -place where you can buy something." - -As these kind-hearted people talked with him, and were ready thus to aid -him in every way that lay in their power, Toby thought that he had been -very fortunate in thus having made so many kind friends in a place where -he was having so much trouble. - -It was not until he heard the sounds of preparation for departure that -he left the skeleton's tent, and then, with Mr. Stubbs clasped tightly -to his breast, he hurried over to the wagon where old Ben was nearly -ready to start. - -"All right, Toby," said the old driver, as the boy came in sight; "I was -afraid you was going to keep me waitin' for the first time. Jump right -up on the box, for there hain't no time to lose, an' I guess you'll have -to carry the monkey in your arms, for I don't want to stop to open the -cage now." - -"I'd just as soon carry him, an' a little rather," said Toby, as he -clambered up on the high seat, and arranged a comfortable place in his -lap for his pet to sit. - -In another moment the heavy team had started, and nearly the entire -circus was on the move. "Now tell me what you've been doin' since I left -you," said old Ben, after they were well clear of the town, and he could -trust his horses to follow the team ahead. "I s'pose you've been to see -the skeleton an' his mountain of a wife?" - -Toby gave a clear account of where he had been and what he had done, and -when he concluded, he told old Ben of his determination to run away, and -asked his advice on the matter. - -"My advice," said Ben, after he had waited some time to give due weight -to his words, "is that you clear out from this show just as soon as you -can. This hain't no fit place for a boy of your age to be in, an' the -sooner you get back where you started from, an' get to school, the -better. But Job Lord will do all he can to keep you from goin' if he -thinks you have any idea of leavin' him." - -Toby assured Ben, as he had assured the skeleton and his wife, that he -would be very careful in all he did, and lay his plans with the utmost -secrecy; and then he asked whether Ben thought the amount of money which -he had would be sufficient to carry him home. - -"Wa'al, that depends," said the driver, slowly; "if you go to spreadin' -yourself all over creation, as boys are very apt to do, your money won't -go very far; but if you look at your money two or three times afore you -spend it, you ought to get back and have a dollar or two left." - -The two talked, and old Ben offered advice, until Toby could hardly hold -his eyes open, and almost before the driver concluded his sage remarks, -the boy had stretched himself on the top of the wagon, where he had -learned to sleep without being shaken off, and was soon in dreamland. - -The monkey, nestled down snug in Toby's bosom, did not appear to be as -sleepy as was his master, but popped his head in and out from under the -coat, as if watching whether the boy was asleep or not. - -[Illustration: MR. STUBBS AND TOBY'S MONEY.] - -Toby was awakened by a scratching on his face, as if the monkey was -dancing a hornpipe on that portion of his body, and by a shrill, quick -chattering, which caused him to assume an upright position instantly. - -He was frightened, although he knew not at what, and looked around -quickly to discover the cause of the monkey's excitement. - -Old Ben was asleep on his box, while the horses jogged along behind the -other teams, and Toby failed to see anything whatever which should have -caused his pet to become so excited. - -"Lie down, an' behave yourself," said Toby, as sternly as possible, and -as he spoke he took his pet by the collar to oblige him to obey his -command. - -The moment that he did this, he saw the monkey throw something out into -the road, and the next instant he also saw that he held something -tightly clutched in his other paw. - -It required some little exertion and active movement on Toby's part to -enable him to get hold of that paw, in order to discover what it was -which Mr. Stubbs had captured; but the instant he did succeed, there -went up from his heart such a cry of sorrow as caused old Ben to start -up in alarm, and the monkey to cower and whimper like a whipped dog. - -"What is it, Toby? What's the matter?" asked the old driver, as he -peered out into the darkness ahead, as if he feared some danger -threatened them from that quarter. "I don't see anything. What is it?" - -"Mr. Stubbs has thrown all my money away," cried Toby, holding up the -almost empty bag, which a short time previous had been so well filled -with silver. - -"Stubbs--thrown--the--money--away?" repeated Ben, with a pause between -each word, as if he could not understand that which he himself was -saying. - -"Yes," sobbed Toby, as he shook out the remaining contents of the bag; -"there's only half a dollar, an' all the rest is gone." - -"The rest gone?" again repeated Ben. "But how come the monkey to have -the money?" - -"He tried to get at it out in the woods, an' I s'pose the moment I got -asleep he felt for it in my pockets. This is all there is left, an' he -threw away some just as I woke up." - -Again Toby held the bag up where Ben could see it, and again his grief -broke out anew. - -Ben could say nothing; he realized the whole situation: that the monkey -had got at the money bag while Toby was sleeping, that in his play he -had thrown it away piece by piece; and he knew that that small amount of -silver represented liberty in the boy's eyes. He felt that there was -nothing he could say which would assuage Toby's grief, and he remained -silent. - -"Don't you s'pose we could go back an' get it?" asked the boy, after the -intensity of his grief had somewhat subsided. - -"No, Toby, it's gone," replied Ben, sorrowfully. "You couldn't find it -if it was daylight, an' you don't stand a ghost of a chance now in the -dark. Don't take on so, my boy. I'll see if we can't make it up to you -in some way." - -Toby gave no heed to this last remark of Ben's. He hugged the monkey -convulsively to his breast, as if he would seek consolation from the -very one who had wrought the ruin, and rocking himself to and fro, he -said, in a voice full of tears and sorrow: - -"Oh, Mr. Stubbs, why did you do it?--why did you do it? That money would -have got us away from this hateful place, an' we'd gone back to Uncle -Dan'l's, where we'd have been so happy, you an' me. An' now it's all -gone--all gone. What made you, Mr. Stubbs, what made you do such a bad, -cruel thing? Oh, what made you?" - -"Don't, Toby--don't take on so," said Ben, soothingly; "there wasn't so -very much money there, after all, an' you'll soon get as much more." - -"But it won't be for a good while, an' we could have been in the good -old home long before I can get so much again." - -"That's true, my boy; but you must kinder brace up, an' not give way so -about it. Perhaps I can fix it so the fellers will make it up to you. -Give Stubbs a good poundin', an perhaps that'll make you feel better." - -"That won't bring back my money, an' I don't want to whip him," cried -Toby, hugging his pet the closer because of this suggestion. "I know -what it is to get a whippin', an' I wouldn't whip a dog, much less Mr. -Stubbs, who didn't know any better." - -"Then you must try to take it like a man," said Ben, who could think of -no other plan by which the boy might soothe his feelings. "It hain't -half so bad as it might be, an' you must try to keep a stiff upper lip, -even if it does seem hard at first." - -This keeping a stiff upper lip in the face of all the trouble he was -having was all very well to talk about, but Toby could not reduce it to -practice, or, at least, not so soon after he knew of his loss, and he -continued to rock the monkey back and forth, to whisper in his ear now -and then, and to cry as if his heart was breaking, for nearly an hour. - -Ben tried, in his rough, honest way, to comfort him, but without -success, and it was not until the boy's grief had spent itself that he -would listen to any reasoning. - -All this time the monkey had remained perfectly quiet, submitting to -Toby's squeezing without making any effort to get away, and behaving as -if he knew he had done wrong, and was trying to atone for it. He looked -up into the boy's face every now and then with such a penitent -expression, that Toby finally assured him of forgiveness, and begged him -not to feel so badly. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -NIAGARA FALLS IN WINTER. - - -In the whole world there is probably no more beautiful ice scenery than -that surrounding our own Falls of Niagara during a severe winter such as -the one just passed. A few weeks ago one of our artists visited Niagara -in order to make sketches that might convey to the readers of YOUNG -PEOPLE some idea of this wonderful scenery, and on the next page you may -see the result of his labor. - -Many of you have been to Niagara in summer, and know what a mass of -boiling, seething foam the river is just below the Falls. Now it is all -quiet, covered many feet thick with great cakes of ice that have plunged -over the cataract, and become frozen into one vast solid mass which -forms the famous ice bridge of which so much is written. As these great -blocks of ice are of every conceivable shape, and are piled one on top -of another in every imaginable position, this ice bridge is by no means -an easy one to cross. - -One of the most remarkable features of this Niagara winter scenery is -the great ice mountain that rises grand and white in front of each fall -for two-thirds of its height. These ice mountains are formed by the -spray from the Falls, which freezes the instant it touches a solid body; -and thus, as long as the cold weather lasts, the ice mountains are -constantly growing higher and thicker. - -The boys living in the village of Niagara, or who visit the Falls in -winter, climb these ice mountains by means of foot-holes chopped in the -ice with hatchets, and upon reaching the top, sit down and slide to the -bottom. - -[Illustration: FIG. 1.] - -The spray of which the ice mountains is formed, and of which the air -near the Falls is filled, freezes so quickly whenever it touches -anything, that while our artist was making his sketches it covered his -pencil with a thick coating of ice until it looked like this (Fig. 1), -and after he had held his sketch-book closed in his hand for a minute, -it presented this appearance (Fig. 2). - -[Illustration: FIG. 2.] - -He himself was so incased in white ice that he looked like a Santa -Claus. Icicles hung from his beard, his mustache, his eyelashes, and -from every point of his clothing, until he found he could only stand -within reach of the spray for a few minutes at a time, or he would be -weighed down and rooted to the spot by the rapidly accumulating ice. - -The ice formed from the spray is not clear and glittering, but is of the -purest white, like the frosting on wedding cake, only much whiter, and -as it covers the branches and twigs of the trees in Prospect Park, and -on the islands near the Falls, the effect is wonderfully beautiful. -Glistening in the bright sunlight, these forests of ice are more like -beautiful dreams of fairy-land than anything ever seen; and under the -light of a full moon the scene is weird and ghostly, but beautiful -beyond description. - -On Luna Island, which divides the American Fall, every stone, stump, and -bush has been covered with ice until it forms a grotesque figure in -white. Some of these figures our artist has transferred to his paper, -and named "Ice Goblins." The branches of the trees, beneath which -visitors must walk, are so laden with these "Goblins" that they -frequently break beneath the weight, and great pieces of ice rattle down -about one's ears in the most unpleasant manner. - -[Illustration: ICE GOBLINS AND WINTER SCENERY AT NIAGARA.--DRAWN BY -W. H. GIBSON.--[SEE PAGE 279.]] - - - - -[Illustration: AN OTTER AND HER YOUNG.] - -THE OTTER. - - -The otter is the aquatic member of the great weasel family, and plays -the same part in lakes and rivers as his mischievous cousin in the -forests. It is found in all parts of the world--on tropical islands -throughout South America, and in the cold sea-coasts of Kamtchatka and -Alaska. Eleven different varieties are mentioned by naturalists. - -One of these, the sea-otter, haunts the rocky shores of the coasts and -islands of Behring Sea and the Northern Pacific. Its habits are like -those of the seal, and its soft, glossy black fur is very much prized, -especially in China, where a trimming of otter fur is worn by high -officials as a mark of rank. - -The sea-otter is a very fond mother, and will fight vigorously in -defense of its baby. If attacked when on shore, it will seize the baby -in its mouth as a cat would seize a kitten, and scurry into the water as -fast as possible, for once among the dashing waves it is safe, and will -gambol and frolic gleefully with its rescued offspring. The sea-otter -often sleeps on its back on the surface of the sea, and hunters mention -having seen the baby lying on the breast of its sleeping mother, closely -infolded by her fore-paws, while the waves formed a rocking, tossing -cradle. - -The sea-otter is the largest member of its family, but the prettiest and -most playful of the tribe is the fish-otter, which is pictured in the -accompanying engraving feeding its little ones with a fresh fish just -caught in the pool by this most skillful of fishers. This otter is from -two to three feet long, with a thick furry tail twelve to sixteen inches -in length. It has very short legs, and stands not more than a foot high. -Its paws are webbed for swimming, as its natural home is the water, but -on land it can travel over the ground with great rapidity. It has small, -prominent eyes, and little round ears, which are almost hidden in its -soft brown fur. - -The fish-otter is like a school-boy in its fondness for sliding down -hill. Wherever there are bands of otters, slides are found worn on the -slopes leading down to the shores of ponds and rivers, in the snow in -the winter, and in the soft mud in the summer. Troops of otters have -often been seen amusing themselves in this odd fashion. They slide lying -on the ground, with the fore-feet bent backward, and push themselves -forward with the hind-feet. When the slide is well worn and slippery, -these funny little beasts go down with great velocity, and seem to take -as much pleasure in their frolicsome antics as if they were a crowd of -boys and girls. - -The fish-otter lives around fresh-water lakes and rivers in Canada, in -certain localities of South America, and in many wild portions of the -United States and Europe. It is a famous fisherman. It can dive and stay -under water a long time, and it swims so swiftly and so silently that -even the quick-darting fish can rarely escape its sharp little teeth. If -its prey be small, the otter lifts its head above the surface of the -water, and easily bites off the choice morsels, but if the capture be a -salmon or a good-sized trout, the otter swims ashore with it, and makes -a leisurely repast on the grassy bank. Only the delicate parts of the -fish are eaten by this dainty fisherman. When fish are not plenty, it -will often attack ducks and other water-birds, like a weasel, sucking -only the blood. The keeper of a park near Stuttgart at one time missed -many beautiful ducks from a rare collection which had been domiciled on -the banks of a water-course. All efforts to discover the thief were in -vain. Night after night the keeper stood guard, gun in hand, and in -spite of constant cries of alarm from the nests along the shore, no foe -could be discovered. At length the keeper saw a dark object appear -suddenly above the water. He fired, but saw nothing more. Taking a -boat, he rowed over to the spot where the object had disappeared, and -with a boat-hook drew to the surface a soft mass, which proved to be a -large otter, mortally wounded. From that time the ducks were left -undisturbed. - -The nest of the fish-otter is a very snug hiding-place. The entrance is -through a hole in the bank about three feet under water. From this hole -an excavated passageway leads up four or five feet, and ends in a little -chamber warmly lined with moss and soft grasses. From this chamber a -small tunnel goes to the top of the ground above, thus securing -ventilation and plenty of fresh air. In this snug chamber the little -otters are born. For the first ten days they are blind, but when their -eyes are once open, they grow rapidly, and in about two months are -lively and strong enough to accompany their mother on her fishing -excursions. - -Young otters are sometimes taken from the nest and brought up on bread -and milk. They make the most affectionate pets imaginable. A story is -told of a lady who had a pet otter that was so attached to its mistress -as to follow her everywhere. It would frolic with her in the most -amusing fashion, climbing up on to her shoulder, and rubbing its soft -fur against her cheek. If it was sleepy, it would climb up her dress and -curl up in her lap like a pet cat; and although its mistress's clothing -always bore the marks of its sharp little teeth and claws, it remained -for a long time a favored pet in the household. - -Tame otters are often taught to catch fish for their masters, and many -instances are recorded where pet otters have been valued by hunters as -highly as their dogs, and have rendered quite as valuable service in -supplying the table with dainties. - -The Chinese make great use of the otter as a fisherman, and train it so -skillfully for this purpose that it will mind the commands of its master -as quickly as a well-trained dog. - -The fish-otter was well known to the ancient Greeks and Romans, and was -the subject of many wonderful fables and superstitions in olden times. - - - - -A WHOLE WEEK. - -BY HONOR MORE. - - -"Oh, mother! not for a whole week!" Patty's brown eyes were wide with -doubt and surprise. - -"Why, child, you just said _never_, and a week's a good deal short of -that," answered busy little Mrs. Keniston, tucking another stick into -the fire, with an odd little gleam, either from the fire-light or some -inward amusement, dancing round the corners of her mouth. She was used -to Patty's _nevers_, and a little tired of them. - -Patty went to the window, and drummed on the pane, and stared rather -forlornly into the small yard, where red-haired Job Twitchett was -jumping up and down, jerking the handle of the old blue pump. He stuck -out his tongue at her and winked one eye, but she was too abstracted to -notice this customary beginning of hostilities. It was all very well to -quarrel with Matty Monroe, and vow never to speak to her again (Matty -was real mean to stay away from the spring, just because Kez King had -said she _might_ drop in that afternoon; she had no business to break -her promise, and she had _promised_ Patty, _certain sure_, that she -would come and bring Rosinella and the tea set with her), but to be -forbidden to speak to her for a week was quite another thing. Why, Sir -Leon was to have married Rosinella before the week was out! - -There was a great commotion in the yard. Job was setting Pug at Tabby. -"Hi! look at yer old cat!" he shouted, starting a war-dance on the -platform of the clothes-drier, and pointing derisively to poor pussy, -who stood on the wood-shed roof, with her tail the size of a -hearth-brush. But even this attack on her favorite could not dispel -Patty's melancholy. She just glanced out to see that Tabby was really -out of reach, and then went slowly up stairs to her little room in the -attic to find Sir Leon. - -Sir Leon was a doll. He was a very splendid doll, with brown eyes and -hair, a black velvet cap with a long white feather, a silken cloak, and -slashed trousers reaching only to the knee, like a knight of olden -times. He even had long gray stockings, and--crowning glory!--a pair of -top-boots made of chamois leather. Cousin Evelyn had dressed him for -Patty's birthday, and Cousin Evelyn came from New York, and could do -anything. - -Patty picked him up, and looked fiercely in his amiable waxen -countenance. - -"I don't care a snap for your whiskers!" she exclaimed, hotly, giving -him a vicious little shake. "I don't believe but what Cousin Evelyn just -stuck 'em on herself; and it's my opinion you were made for a girl, Sir -Leon de Montmorenci." - -And at the thought of that dreadful possibility, and Matty Monroe's -faithlessness, she sat down on the boot-box and cried. - -Next morning Mrs. Keniston was rolling out pie-crust in the kitchen, -when Patty entered slowly, with a kind of dubious brightness in her -face, and curled up in a big chair by the table, with her head on her -hand. A pencil and some paper projected from her apron pocket. - -"Well, Patty," said Mrs. Keniston, cheerily, "what kind of turn-overs -shall it be?" - -"Mamma," responded Patty, soberly, "did you ever have any love-letters?" - -Mrs. Keniston paused, with rolling-pin upraised in astonishment. - -"No. Yes. Of course. What ever put it into your head to ask such -questions, child? There, take that, and go and get your little pie -board, and roll it out smoothly, and I'll let you bake some dolly's -pies. Don't worry your silly head about love-letters yet awhile, my -dear." - -"But did you?" persisted Patty. "Because I want to write one--at least -Sir Leon does--and we don't know how to begin. How did yours begin?" - -"I think my first began, 'My dear Miss Holliwell,'" said Mrs. Keniston, -laughing. "Ask papa. He'll know." - -"Did it?" inquired Patty, rather doubtfully. "Why, when Mr. Cope wrote -to you to borrow that book, he began, 'My dear Mrs. Keniston,' and his -couldn't be a love-letter, you know, because you're married to papa, and -he's engaged to Miss Dover. I don't think that sounds lovery enough." - -However, she took out her pencil, and began to write, spelling over each -word noiselessly to herself as she put it down. - -"Who is your letter to, Patty?" asked her mother at last, as she folded -it up with a sigh of relief, and wrote an address on the back. - -"Why," said Patty, rather falteringly, "it's from Sir Leon to Rosinella. -That isn't the same as if I wrote to Matty, is it? Because, you know, -Sir Leon's a man, and I'm not, and Matty--well, Matty isn't Rosinella. -Matty never was Queen of Beauty at a tournament the way Rosinella was -when we had one in the orchard the day after Cousin Evelyn told us -_Ivanhoe_. And it isn't Matty's trousseau we're making; it's -Rosinella's. And Rosinella has golden hair, and Matty has auburn. And--I -may send it, mayn't I?" - -"Yes, indeed, you may," said Mrs. Keniston, laughing much more than was -necessary, Patty thought. "May I see it?" - -Patty handed it across the table, with a glance of mingled pride and -apprehension, and this is what Mrs. Keniston read: - - "MY DEAR MISS ROSINELLA, AINGLE OF MY LIFE,--I do miss you very - much indeed and o how I wish we could see each other before wensday - which is such a long way of but I supose we cant becourse Patty - Kenistons mother says she mussnt speak to Matty Monroe till then - becourse they quareled. I hope they will _never_ quarel again dont - you? - - "Patty Keniston says she wont. She has been very lonely without - Matty and wonders if she has finished your wedding dress which she - hopes she has becourse she wants us to be marryed wensday anyhow - in her dollshouse. She is going to have a reall frosted wedding - cake for us and hopes Matty will bring over some rasberry vinneger - for wine to drink helths with the way they allways used to do you - know. O how I do want to see you and be marryed. Anser this soon - and write a long letter for I am dying to hear from you my own - presious Rosinella. - - "Ever your loving knite - "SIR LEON DER MONTMORENSY." - -Mrs. Keniston laughed until she cried, and had to wipe her tears with -her apron; but all she said, when she gave back the letter, was, "Oh, -Patty! Patty! of all the children--" - -Of course the postman was late next morning; but when he came, he was in -remarkably good-humor, and wore a smile that creased his whole -countenance as Patty danced up to him, asking, excitedly, "A letter for -me? a letter for me?" - -But he only chuckled, and shook his head for answer, and then said, -slowly, "Wa'al, no, little gal; I'm sorry ter disapp'int yer, but ther' -ain't," adding, with a twinkle, "Does anybody by the name of Montmorenci -live hereabouts?" - -"Oh, it's my letter! it's my letter!" screamed Patty. "_Do_ give it to -me, Mr. Skinner." - -"Couldn't posserbly, little gal. 'Tain't yours, yer see. It's d'rected -ter 'Sir Leon de Montmorenci, Knight.' That ain't _your_ name, ye know," -said Mr. Skinner, producing a tiny envelope. - -"Oh yes, it is! I mean, it's my doll's!" shouted Patty; and seizing the -precious letter, she ran into the house with it, and left Mr. Skinner -still chuckling to himself with a hearty enjoyment of the little girl's -delight. - -Here is the letter: - - "MY DEAR SIR LEON,--Many thanks for your kind letter. I am quite - ready to be married. Matty made my wedding dress yesterday. It is - of white satin a piece left over from her Mothers and trimmed with - white lace. I have a lovely vail. Matty says she will bring the - raspberry vinegar" ("She's spelled it different from what I did," - thought Patty; "guess she asked Lida") "and some crullers. And now - I have an idear. Let us have a tellegraph. You ask Patty Keniston - to come to the gate post at nine to-morrow and Matty will meet her - with her end of the string. I think it is nice to live next door. - Tell Patty Matty won't speak to her so she needent be afraid to - come. I think your letter was lovely. I cannot make one half so - nice but then your the gentleman and Im the lady so anyway it - wouldent be propper. I love you. Tell Patty to be _sure_ and come. - Ever your faithfull ladilove, - - "ROSINELLA SAINT HILAIRE." - -"How splendid!" said Patty. "We can write all the time, then. I may, -mayn't I, mother?" - -Mrs. Keniston nodded. She was trying on a dress, and her mouth was full -of pins. - -And after that it wasn't hard at all. The telegraph was such a blessing! -But still, when the week came to an end, Patty and Matty flew into each -other's arms as if they had been separated for a year. - -"Oh, Matty!" said Patty, and "Oh, Patty!" said Matty, and "Hi!" said Job -Twitchett, bobbing his head over the fence, "yer'll fight agen in a -fortnit." - -"Go away, you bad boy," said Patty, facing him fiercely. "We shall NEVER -fight again!" - -And though Job repeated "Hi!" and snapped his fingers, they didn't--for -a whole month. - - - - -[Begun in HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE No. 66, February 1.] - -PHIL'S FAIRIES. - -BY MRS. W. J. HAYS, - -AUTHOR OF "PRINCESS IDLEWAYS," ETC. - -CHAPTER V. - -LISA VISITS MISS SCHUYLER. - - -"So you are Phil's good friend Lisa?" said Miss Rachel Schuyler, sitting -in her cool white wrapper in the dusk of this warm May evening. "I want -to hear more about Phil. The dear child has quite won my heart, he looks -so like a friend of mine whom I have not seen for many years. How are -you related to him, and who were his parents?" - -"I am not related to him at all, Miss Schuyler." - -"No?"--in some surprise. "Why, then, have you the care and charge of -him?" - -[Illustration: LISA RELATES PHIL'S HISTORY TO MISS SCHUYLER.] - -"I was brought up in his mother's family as seamstress, and went to live -with her when she married Mr. Randolph, and--" - -"Who did you say? What Mr. Randolph?" - -"Mr. Peyton Randolph." - -Miss Rachel seemed much overcome, but she controlled herself, and -hurriedly said, "Go on." - -"There was no intercourse between the families after the marriage, for -Mrs. Randolph was poor, and they all had been opposed to her. I suppose -you do not care to hear all the details--how they went abroad, and Mr. -Randolph died there; and while they were absent, their house was burned; -and there was no one to take care of Phil but me, for Phil had been too -sick to go with his father and mother; and Mrs. Randolph did not live -long after her return. I nursed them both, Phil and his mother; and when -she was gone, I came on to the city, thinking I could do better here, -but I have found it hard, very hard, with no friends. Still, I have -pretty steady work now as shop-woman, though I can not do all that I -would like to do for Phil." - -Miss Schuyler was crying. - -"Lisa, you good woman, how glad I am I have found you! Phil's father was -the dearest friend I ever had." - -"Phil's mother gave the child to me, Miss Schuyler." - -"Don't be alarmed; I do not wish to separate you. How can I ever thank -you enough for telling me all this? And what a noble, generous creature -you are, to be toiling and suffering for a child no way related to you, -and who must have friends fully able to care for him if they would!" - -"I love him as if he were my own. Sometimes I have thought I ought to -try and see if any of his relatives would help us, but I can not bear -to, and so we have just worried along as we could. But Phil needs a -doctor and medicine, and more than I can give him." - -"He shall have all he needs, and you too," said Miss Schuyler, warmly. - -At this Lisa broke down, the kind words were so welcome. And the two -women cried together; but not long, for Miss Schuyler rose and got Lisa -some refreshing drink, and made her take off her bonnet and quiet -herself, and then said: - -"Now we must plan a change for Phil, and see how soon it can be -accomplished. And you must leave that tiresome shop, and I will give you -plenty of work to do. See, here are some things I bought to-day that I -shall have to wear this summer." - -She opened the packages--soft sheer lawn and delicate cambric that gave -Lisa a thrill of pleasure just to touch once more, for she loved her -work. "I shall be so glad to sew again, and I wish I had some of my work -to show you." - -"Oh, I know you will do it nicely. I am going out of town in a few -days, and I want you and Phil to go with me. Do you think you can?" - -"I am a little afraid," said Lisa, hesitating, "that we are not fit to; -and yet--" - -"I will see to all that. Now I suppose you can not leave Phil alone much -longer--besides, there is a shower coming. To-morrow I will bring a -doctor to visit the dear boy, and we will see what can be done;" and she -put a roll of money in Lisa's hand, assuring her that she should be as -independent as she pleased after a while, and repay her, but that now -she needed help, and should have it, and that henceforth Phil was to be -theirs in partnership. - -Lisa hurried away with a light heart. She had indeed toiled and -suffered, striven early and late, for the child of her affections, and -this timely assistance was a source of great joy. - -She was too happy to heed the dashing shower which was now falling. -Herself she had never thought of, and her dear Phil now was to be -helped, to be cheered, perhaps to be made strong and well, and able to -do all that his poor weak hands had tried to do so ineffectually. - -She opened the door softly when she reached her room. A little shiver of -sweet sad sounds came from the wind harp. She lighted a candle, and -looked into the pale face of the sleeping child as he lay in an attitude -of weariness and exhaustion, with hands falling apart, and a feverish -flush on his thin cheeks. - -"My poor Phil! I hope help has not come too late," she whispered, as she -began her preparations for his more comfortable repose. - -The next day Miss Schuyler came, as she had promised, and brought a -physician--a good, kind surgeon--who examined Phil, and pulled this -joint and that joint, and touched him here and there, and found out -where the pain was, and what caused it, and said nice funny little -things to make him laugh, and told him he hoped to make him a strong boy -yet. And then they whispered a little about him, and Joe was sent for, -and a carriage came, and Phil was wrapped in a blanket, and laid on -pillows, and taken out for a drive alone with Miss Schuyler, who chatted -with him, and got him more flowers; and when they came back there was a -nice dinner on a tray, and ice-cream for his dessert, and Joe was to -stay with him until Lisa came home; and before Lisa came, there was a -nice new trunk brought in, and several large parcels. And Phil thought -he had never seen such a day of happiness. After his dinner and a nap, -and while Joe sat and played on his violin, Phil sketched and made a -lovely little picture of flowers and fairies, in his own simple fashion, -to give to Miss Schuyler. And then Lisa came home, and the parcels were -opened; and there were nice new dresses for Lisa, and a pretty, thin -shawl, and a new bonnet; and for Phil there was a comfortable flannel -gown, and soft slippers, and fine handkerchiefs and stockings; and Phil -found a little parcel too for Joe with a bright bandana in it, and the -old man was very happy. - -"It seems like Christmas," said Joe. - -Phil thought he had never seen quite such a Christmas, and said, - -"It seems more like fairy-land, and I only hope it will not all fade -away and come to an end, like a bubble bursting." - -"To me," said Lisa, "it is God's own goodness that has done it all, for -it was He who gave Miss Schuyler her warm, kind heart." - -"And, Joe," said Phil, "we are to go in the country, and you are to go -with us; is not that nice?" - -"Very nice, Phil. I'm glad Miss Rachel's found out your father was her -friend." - -Then Joe took up his violin again, and played "Home, Sweet Home," and -"Auld Lang Syne"; and Phil fancied the violin was a bird, and sang of -its own free-will, and thinking this reminded him how soon he would hear -the dear wild birds in the woods, and he wondered if the fairies would -come to him there. - -Then Joe went home, and Lisa had errands to do, and again she put the -wind harp in the window, and left Phil alone, keeping very still in -expectation of another visit from his fairy friend. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -PINAFORE RHYMES.--(_Continued_.) - - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - Here comes the train; - We watch it from the bars; - Who will stop the engine - And put us in the cars? - -[Illustration] - - It fell of itself, - The lazy ball, - And you needn't tell me - I let it fall! - Perhaps it was tired, - Like me and you, - And wanted to rest - A minute or two. - -[Illustration] - - Little Miss Bessie - Has a new muff, - And fur gloves to keep her - Hands warm enough. - Mamma will let her - Run in the snow, - No matter how keenly - The wind may blow. - -[Illustration] - - Little Mary gave a feast, - And seven guests invited; - In the garden it was laid, - And every one delighted. - They had cups of milk for tea, - And lots of cake and candy; - The sparrows thought 'twas jolly fun - To have a feast so handy. - When the crumbs were cleared away, - They danced and cut up capers; - And not a word about the feast - Was printed in the papers. - - - - -[Illustration: OUR POST-OFFICE BOX] - - -We give notice that in future no more offers for exchange of birds' eggs -will be printed in the Post-office Box. During last summer we repeatedly -endeavored to impress upon the minds of our readers that only one egg -should be taken from each nest; but even this will, in many cases, cause -anxiety to the mother-bird, and as the nesting season again approaches, -we think best to request our boys and girls to leave the nests entirely -undisturbed. The robbery and destruction of birds' nests by boys, in -their eagerness to obtain eggs, have driven away thousands of song-birds -from many parts of the country, and the new game-laws of this State will -contain a very strict prohibition of this cruel practice, enforced by a -heavy penalty. - -We believe that our decision in this matter will meet with the hearty -approval of every one of our young readers, and the sweet warbling of -the birds on sunny summer mornings will amply repay them for the loss of -a few eggs from their collections. - - * * * * * - - ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. - - I am nine years old. I take YOUNG PEOPLE, and I am so pleased with - it! I am very much interested in "Toby Tyler." - - I am a good rider on a bicycle, and I can ride a horse well, too. - I have a beautiful pony. She is sorrel, with silver mane and tail. - Her name is Dolly, and when I call she always answers, and looks - at me with her big brown eyes. She can almost talk. Dolly is full - of mischief. She can untie her halter, take down a bar, open the - oat bin, and help herself. She is as plump as a seal. I sometimes - drive her in a little phaeton, and she is a good stepper on the - road. I do hope every little boy who has a pony gives it as good - care as I do mine. - - I save every copy of YOUNG PEOPLE, and by-and-by I will give them - to some poor child who can not take it. - - JOE W. L. G. - - * * * * * - -Perhaps some of our readers will remember a letter from Harry C. H., of -Lansingburg, New York, published in the Post-office Box of No. 66. It -described his black goat Dan, which he drives, harnessed, with a set of -silver-plated harness, to a wagon or sleigh. Thinking you might be -pleased to make the acquaintance of Harry and Dan, the Editor of YOUNG -PEOPLE sent for their photograph, and here they are, silver-plated -harness, bells, red box cutter, fur robe, and all--a very neat-looking -turn-out. Don't you think so? - -[Illustration] - - * * * * * - - JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. - - I live in an orange grove in Florida, the "Land of Flowers." - - Florida has a great many ponds and marshes, with lots of fish in - them, and it has a great deal of wire-grass and pine timber. - - I have been up the great Oklawaha River, but I did not care for - anything except the Silver Springs, which were very beautiful - indeed. The water was so clear I could see trout, pike, and other - large fish swimming about forty feet below the surface. - - I have just begun to take YOUNG PEOPLE. Mamma gave it to my - brother and myself for a Christmas present. - - I go to school, and I have the best teacher that anybody ever had. - - LEWIS. - - * * * * * - - MOUNT PLEASANT ACADEMY, SING SING, NEW YORK. - - I have taken YOUNG PEOPLE from the beginning, and I like it very - much. Some of the other boys in this school take it, and they all - think it is the best paper published. We all like "The Moral - Pirates" the best of all the stories, and "Toby Tyler" the next. We - have not had very good coasting nor skating lately, on account of - the weather, but if it grows cold, and snows some more, we will - have it. - - I am collecting stamps, but all my duplicates are easy ones, and I - have not enough to exchange yet. - - I think the editor must work pretty hard to make the paper so nice - for us to read. - - Now I must stop writing, and study my Bible lesson. - - LOUIS F. R. - - * * * * * - - WARRENSBURG, MISSOURI. - - One week ago I had a letter to the Post-office Box nearly finished, - and we were very happy, but just as night was coming on, mamma got - a telegram from Colorado, nine hundred and ninety miles away, - saying that our dear papa had died that morning. How dark the world - did look! I used to write to him in mamma's letters, and he would - write to me and my little brother about little tame bears and - antelopes, and the funny prairie-dogs, and how high the mountains - looked with their white caps of snow. He was so far across the - mountains that the rivers ran toward the Pacific. Papa was shot and - mortally wounded by some Mexicans. He was brought home to be - buried, which was a great comfort to mamma. - - Mamma likes the historical stories in YOUNG PEOPLE, and she hunts - up more about the principal characters mentioned, and tells me - about them. Was the "tiny tot" in the story of Prince Charlie the - Duke of York, after whom the State and city of New York was named? - - HARRY D. S. - -Yes, the "tiny tot" was the Duke of York, and on the death of his -brother became James II., King of England. The name of New York city was -changed from New Amsterdam to New York in 1664, Charles II. having, in -violation of all national courtesy, granted the colony of New -Netherlands to his brother James, then Duke of York. - - * * * * * - - BROOKLYN, E. D., LONG ISLAND. - - We have a very nice club, which is called the "Young Girls' Reading - Club." We meet every other week at the different girls' houses, and - we read the works of Longfellow, Tennyson, Whittier, and other - poets. There are six members in our club. I am the treasurer, for - we collect dues, just like "grown-up" clubs. We have to pay ten - cents initiation fee, and after that five cents a week. There is a - one-cent fine for violation of the rules, of which there are five. - We are sure to make money, for the girls often break the rules. - - ANNA G. H. - - * * * * * - - BROOKLYN, LONG ISLAND. - - I send the Young Chemists' Club the simplest way of making chlorine - gas, which is useful in many experiments: Mix one part oxide of - manganese and two parts hydrochloric acid in a retort; heat gently - over a spirit-lamp, when a greenish vapor will be seen to rise, - which may be collected over warm water at the mouth of the retort. - Care should be taken, however, not to inhale it, as it is a - powerful poison, and a rag saturated with alcohol and ammonia - should frequently be waved about to purify the atmosphere. - - G. F. L. - -This correspondent and many others have requested us to give the address -of the president of the Young Chemists' Club, as they desire to -correspond on scientific subjects. This we can not do unless authorized -by the officers of the club. If Charles H. W., the president, desires to -communicate with these young chemical students, he will kindly send a -letter to that effect to the Post-office Box. - - * * * * * - - VEVAY, INDIANA. - - I am so anxious about Toby Tyler! I do hope he won't get killed or - die, but go back safe to his good uncle. I wanted to send him my - dollar to help him, but mamma said I had better not. I am so sorry - for him! - - I have commenced studying German since the holidays. My teacher - says I will soon overtake the class that began in September. I - like it the best of all my studies. - - BERTIE M. A. - - * * * * * - - BROOKLYN, LONG ISLAND. - - We used to have an alligator. We fed it on raw meat. We kept it in - a tub, and it used to jump out and run after grandpa when he had on - red slippers. One day it got out of the tub, and ran down the steps - into the kitchen, and jumped into my aunt's lap. Soon after that we - sent it away. - - M. ELLA S. - - * * * * * - - PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. - - I am sick, and can not go to school, so I thought I would write to - the Post-office Box. I have an orange-tree my father gave me about - three years ago, and now it has more than a hundred oranges on it. - - I had YOUNG PEOPLE as a birthday present from my mother. I think - it is a nice present, because it lasts all the year. - - CARLOS P. - - * * * * * - - We have a little Home Literary Society which entertains us one - evening every week, and I wish to inquire if Ida B. D. would kindly - write to me in reference to the play acted during the holidays by - the Silver Crescent Dramatic Club of San Francisco, California, of - which she is the secretary. - - CLARA A. HOOPER, - Rockport, Spencer County, Ind. - - * * * * * - - EMPORIA, KANSAS. - - On January 28 we celebrated Kansas Day, it being twenty years since - Kansas was admitted to the Union as a State. The celebration was at - the High School. The room was decorated with red, white, and blue, - and a picture of John Brown was hung under two flags. The Kansas - motto was over the door, and the coat of arms was drawn on the - blackboard. Each pupil studied about some county, and they all sung - "John Brown's Body," "Call to Kansas," and "The Star-spangled - Banner." Essays were read on the history, products, schools, etc., - of Kansas, and "The Kansas Emigrant" and other pieces were read by - the scholars. It is just splendid to have Kansas Day. - - MAUD B. - - * * * * * - - DETROIT, MICHIGAN, _February_ 8, 1881. - - I have received so many letters for exchange of postmarks that I - can not possibly answer them all right away. Correspondents will - please take notice. - - HARRY W. QUIMBY. - - * * * * * - - DULUTH, MINNESOTA. - - I have received many boxes of specimens and curiosities from - unknown persons. I receive the box, but there is no name on it, and - no postal card referring to it, and often when there is a postal, - there is no name even on that. Now those persons, no doubt, are - disappointed at receiving no acknowledgment, but it is entirely - their own fault, for whenever any one sends me specimens, - accompanied by the name and address, he is sure to receive a box in - return. - - If all who have sent things to me, and have received no answer, - will send me a postal describing the package or box they have - sent, I will send a box of specimens in return. - - HORACE H. MITCHELL. - -The above letter is only one among many of the same character which we -receive daily. We print it to impress, if possible, upon the minds of -careless boys and girls the great importance of giving their full name -and address, by the omission of which they cause trouble, not alone to -themselves and their correspondents, but also to the Post-office Box. - - * * * * * - - I think YOUNG PEOPLE gets better and better. I am very much - interested in the story of "Toby Tyler." I used to think it would - be great fun to travel with a circus, but now I don't think it - would be any fun at all. - - I would be glad to exchange Lake Superior agates for star-fishes. - I am nine years old. - - J. EDWARDS WOODBRIDGE, - Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn. - - * * * * * - - I am commencing a collection of stamps, and I will exchange a large - piece of lead ore for forty stamps. I am eleven years old. - - NEWTON COMPTON, - Care of Rev. J. M. Compton, - Rural Grove, Montgomery County, N. Y. - - * * * * * - -The following exchanges are also desired by correspondents: - - A Lester saw in running order, for a self-inking press. - - EDGAR GARNAN, - 10 Highland Street, Roxbury, Mass. - - * * * * * - - Postmarks, sea-shells, marble from Vermont and Nova Scotia, flint - from France, and other minerals, for postmarks, stamps, Indian - relics, Lake Superior agates, shells, or other curiosities. - - RAYMOND C. MOREY, - Swanton, Franklin County, Vt. - - * * * * * - - Choice varieties of flower seeds, for peacock coal, petrified wood, - shells, sea-mosses, coral, agates, or minerals. Correspondents - will please mark specimens. - - ANNA FAVRE, - Ontario, Story County, Iowa. - - * * * * * - - Postage stamps. - - SHELTON A. HIBBS, - 505 North Eighteenth Street, Philadelphia, Penn. - - * * * * * - - Choice sea-shells for Mexican garnets. - - EMMA K. CHATTLE, care of Dr. T. G. CHATTLE, - Long Branch, N. J. - - * * * * * - - Foreign postage stamps. - - ARTHUR T. SMITH, - Westminster, Carroll County, Md. - - * * * * * - - Ten postmarks, for five foreign stamps, except English or Canadian. - - M. F. COOPER, - Evans Mills, Jefferson County, N. Y. - - * * * * * - - Stones or earth from Ohio, for the same from any other State, or - for autographs of renowned persons. - - WALTER OLMSTED, - 104 Brownell Street, Cleveland, Ohio. - - * * * * * - - Postage and revenue stamps and postmarks, for postage stamps. - - CHARLES L. HOLLINGSHEAD, - 72 Grant Place, Chicago, Ill. - - * * * * * - - Amethyst from Grand Menan, New Brunswick, for foreign postage - stamps. - - HARLOW CLARK, - Hastings, Minn. - - * * * * * - - West Indian and other foreign stamps, for old Cuban (issues - previous to 1875) and old Spanish stamps. - - PERCIVAL G. BURGESS, - 55 Atlantic Street, Portland, Maine. - - * * * * * - - Minerals and stamps. - - WALTER S. BESSE, - P. O. Box 235, New Bedford, Mass. - - * * * * * - - Stones from Massachusetts, for stones or curiosities from other - States. - - ROBERT W. WALES, - South Framingham, Mass. - - * * * * * - - An Austrian coin of 1859 and a Canadian half-penny, for twenty-five - different kinds of stamps. - - WILLIAM KRUMMEL, - 167 Loth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. - - * * * * * - - A stone from New York State, for one from any other State or - Territory except Colorado. - - LOCKE STIMPSON, - Mineville, Essex County, N. Y. - - * * * * * - - Postmarks. - - WILL M. EDWARDS, - Noblesville, Hamilton County, Ind. - - * * * * * - - Ten postmarks, for one postage stamp. Stamps from South America, - Turkey, or Greece preferred. - - WILLIAM T. PLUMB, - Constableville, Lewis County, N. Y. - - * * * * * - - Foreign postage stamps and United States revenue stamps, for - others. - - A READER OF "YOUNG PEOPLE," - P. O. Box 8, Newton Centre, Mass. - - * * * * * - - Red shells from Buzzard's Bay, postage stamps, mostly from South - America, and American and foreign postmarks, for foreign postage - stamps. - - WALTER S. CRANE, - P. O. Box 474, Brookline, Mass. - - * * * * * - - Seven African stamps (no duplicates), for two Indian arrow-heads. - - WILLIAM G. FLANAGAN, - Johnstown, Cambria County, Penn. - - * * * * * - - Thirty postmarks, for five foreign postage stamps. - - CLIFTON B. GATES, - Ellington, Chautauqua County, N. Y. - - * * * * * - - Petrified wood, for Indian relics and foreign postage stamps. - - B. PEASE, - 279 East Fifth Street, St. Paul, Minn. - - * * * * * - - A stone from the Mammoth Cave, or stamps, for shells, ocean - curiosities, or minerals. - - DELLIE PORTER, - Russellville, Logan County, Ky. - - * * * * * - - Indian arrow-heads, for foreign postage stamps or shells. - - WILLIAM and JENNIE OTTERSON, - Bennet Creek (_viâ_ Mountain Home), Idaho Ter. - - * * * * * - - Postmarks, stamps, coins, and minerals, for stamps, coins, and - minerals. - - GEORGE F. BRECKENWOOD, - Bay City, Mich. - - * * * * * - - Stamps and sea-shells, for minerals, Indian relics, or coins. - - C. H. WHITLOCK, - P. O. Box 485, Ithaca, N. Y. - - * * * * * - -R. O. C.--The city of Santa Fe, in New Mexico, is the oldest in the -United States. - - * * * * * - -"INQUISITIVE JOE."--The first narrow-gauge railroad was that leading -from collieries either in Wales or the north of England, upon which -point authorities differ. The gauge of four feet eight and a half inches -is supposed to have been determined by the width of axle of the colliery -wagons, and, once adopted, to have been applied to new roads built in -other localities for passenger traffic.--It is supposed that the Chinese -were the first to mine coal, and also from time immemorial to collect -gas from it for purposes of illumination. Their method of working mines -was very primitive, and is but little improved up to the present time. -It is supposed that coal was used in Great Britain previous to the Roman -invasion, but was probably collected only at the outcrops of the coal -seams. In 1259 a charter was granted to the freemen of Newcastle to "dig -for cole," by the King, Henry III., and from this time coal mining was -an extensive industry. In France and Belgium, coal was also mined for -fuel at a very early period. The Greeks and Romans were evidently -acquainted with coal as fuel, but are supposed to have made little or no -use of it. - - * * * * * - -MICHAEL G. S.--There were two obelisks on the site of the ancient port -of Alexandria, known as Cleopatra's Needles, one erect, the other -fallen. The fallen one was taken to England in 1877, and the obelisk -formerly erect is now placed in the Central Park of New York city. - - * * * * * - -JOHN C.--Cockroaches, often called Croton-bugs in New York city, will -devour anything they can find in the domestic store-room. They will also -eat woollen cloth. They will exist a long time without food, as did the -specimen you imprisoned in a bottle. Had you fed your bug with crumbs of -bread or cake, he would have eaten greedily. The species of cockroaches -which is found in houses in all maritime towns is supposed to be an -emigrant from Asia, from which country it spread to Europe, and -afterward came to America, where it has made itself thoroughly at home, -to the great annoyance of many housewives, who battle in vain against -the ravaging hordes of these disgusting insects. - - * * * * * - -ROSE G.--Gold has been mined from time immemorial, as the most ancient -peoples used it for ornaments and for money. Before the introduction of -coinage, gold for purposes of trade was probably in the form of lumps of -different weights. Gold is mentioned in the Bible as early as the second -chapter of Genesis, where, in the eleventh and twelfth verses, Havilah -is spoken of as a land "where there is gold. And the gold of that land -is good."--The use of steam as a propelling agent was recognized some -time before a practical trial was made of its power. The first -application of it as a motive force for vessels appears to have been -made by Papin, a French mathematician and inventor, who, in 1707, made -the experiment of propelling a small paddle-wheel vessel by steam on the -Fulda River, at Cassel. The name of his vessel is unknown. Other -experiments were made from time to time, but until Robert Fulton -launched his little steamer on the Hudson River in 1807, nothing had -been a success. Fulton's vessel, which was called _Clermont_, attained a -speed of five miles an hour only, but from that time steam navigation -progressed with rapid strides.--It is impossible to obtain an accurate -census of large countries, but the following figures are taken from the -latest estimates, and are probably not far from being correct: Chinese -Empire, from 450,000,000 to 550,000,000; British Isles, 32,412,000; -Mexico, about 10,000,000; Central America, 2,671,000; South America, -25,675,000.--There are many books giving epochs of United States history -in story form. Some published within a short time by Messrs. Harper & -Brothers are The _Boys of '76_, and _Old Times in the Colonies_, by -Charles C. Coffin; _Stories of the Old Dominion_, by John Esten Cooke; -and _The Story of the United States Navy_, by Benson J. Lossing. - - * * * * * - -AGNES B. W.--In HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE No. 32, June 8, 1880, is a paper -entitled "A Chat About Philately," which gives a clear explanation of -the terms which puzzle you. - - * * * * * - -C. J. K., VERMONT.--We would gladly correct the error caused by the -omission of a word in your letter, but we can not print any more offers -to exchange birds' eggs. If you have any new exchange to offer, write it -very clearly to the Post-office Box, and we will give space to it as -soon as possible. - - * * * * * - -Correct answers to puzzles have been received from Hugh Burns, R. O. -Chester, George F. Crego, Bessie Comstock, James L. Frazer, Louise -Gambier, Albert H. Hopkins, Alice M. Hine, Isobel Jacob, Eddie Keeler, -"L. U. Stral," Freddy E. Lester, Allie Maxwell, W. Olfenbüttel, "Starry -Flag," Clara Spees, "The Dawley Boys," May Thornton, Walter J. Wells. - - * * * * * - -PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS. - -No. 1. - -ENIGMA. - - My first in eat, but not in drink. - My second in float, but not in sink. - My third in garment, not in dress. - My fourth in curl, but not in tress. - My fifth in race, but not in run. - I can gaze unhurt at the noonday sun. - - MAUD P. A. - - * * * * * - -No. 2. - -DOUBLE ACROSTIC--(TO NORTH STAR). - - -_Primals_. - - Without me, what is life? - To win me, shun no strife. - -_Finals_. - - Fair land of my primals, from sea to sea, - Swell the loud anthem of liberty! - -_Cross Words_. - - 1. A State where orange groves adorn the land. - 2. Shots thus directed prove an ill-trained hand. - 3. In me you name a railroad and a lake. - 4. Success without me ever is at stake. - 5. I am a royal town in Eastern clime. - 6. A festival was I in ancient time. - 7. Busy, laborious, and to care much given. - Her wiser sister raised her eyes to heaven. - - LONE STAR. - - * * * * * - -No. 3. - -GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEALMENTS. - -States.--1. I remember when Ohio was a wilderness. 2. Albany, Denver, -Montpelier, and Boston are capitals. 3. Can the painter color a door -green? 4. Was Handel aware that, he was a great musician? - -Rivers.--5. Everything was in order when I left. 6. Oh, Ned, you did not -tag us fair. 7. Do not let your anger rise. - -Cities.--8. He that ventures into the lions' den, verily he shall be -slain. 9. Will Dinah bring home the washing to-night? 10. I told Hal, if -axes were dear, not to buy any. 11. As we were getting over the stile, -Ed's hat blew off. - - EDWIN J. S. - - * * * * * - -No. 4. - -DOUBLE DIAMOND. - -Across.--A thousand. Something used by housekeepers. A boy's name. -Warlike. A thick board. Three-quarters of a cent. A vowel. - -Down.--A consonant. Chance. A blackbird. A Territory. To publish. An -animal of Tartary. Fifty. - - DOUBLE U. CAYENNE. - - * * * * * - -No. 5. - -ENIGMA. - - In ham, not in beef. - In coral, not in reef. - In slate, not in book. - In stork, not in rook. - In pan, not in pot. - In cold, not in hot. - In church, not in steeple. - In ruler, not in people. - In push, not in pull. - In empty, not in full. - In stop, not in go. - In fast, not in slow. - In speak, not in tell. - The name of what State do these letters spell? - - JOHN D. - - * * * * * - -ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 67. - -No. 1. - -Equinoctial. - -No. 2. - - G A S H - S E E D - T E A R - D R A W - E Y E S - -No. 3. - - D - B A R - B O N E S - D A N G L E D - R E L A X - S E X - D - -No. 4. - - L U T E V I E W - U P A S I D L E - T A R N E L L A - E S N E W E A K - -No. 5. - -Butterfly. - - * * * * * - -Charade, on page 240--Hammock. - - - - -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. - - - - -WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT IT. - - - The pigeon and the baby both - Were six months old to-day; - I told them so at breakfast-time, - To see what they would say. - The pigeon held his head one side, - And gently murmured "Coo"; - The baby clapped his dimpled hands, - And gayly shouted "Goo!" - And that is all they said, my dears-- - Upon my word, it's true. - - - - -PHANTOM FACES. - -BY FRANK BELLEW. - - -[Illustration: FIG. 1.] - -The other night I went to a little party, where a number of young people -were gathered together to amuse themselves and each other. Many games -were played, and many amusing tricks performed, and among others was one -so striking and ingenious that I resolved to record it for the benefit -of YOUNG PEOPLE. - -We were ushered into a long parlor, where a number of chairs were -arranged after the manner of a lecture hall. At the further end of the -room was a long table, draped in front, and having on it two screens -about thirty inches apart, making something like a window without any -top. But you can judge better of the appearance of the object by looking -at Fig. 1, which correctly represents it. Presently a young gentleman -appeared at this opening, and told us he was going to show us some -magical and mysterious transformations and character representations. -After he had made his little address through the opening, the lights in -the room were turned down, and all was darkness, save behind the -screens, whence a bright light shone on the face of the young man. - -"First," he said, "I will show you a Dandy." And putting a fashionable -hat rakishly on his head, he fixed himself in position. In an instant a -pair of stylish mustaches appeared on his upper lip, and he looked the -Dandy all over. He waited a few minutes, until we had taken a good look -at him, and then, slowly opening his mouth, the mustaches disappeared -down his throat. - -[Illustration: FIG. 2.] - -"Now," he said, "I will give you a representation of Bill Sykes." -Changing the dainty hat for a battered stove-pipe, he again fixed -himself in position, and instantly he had a black eye, a red nose, and -grimy, half-shaven-looking chin and jaws, as represented in Fig. 2. I -must confess that he made a rather mild and inoffensive Bill Sykes, but -still the transformation was marvellous. - -After a few minutes' waiting, as before, the black eye, red nose, and -half-grown beard vanished, the hat was removed, and he assumed other -characters, as follows: the Sick Man, the Red Indian, the Western Miner, -and the Darky. - -[Illustration: FIG. 3.] - -And now I will tell you how he did it, and how you can do it yourself. -In the first place, take a good look at Fig. 3, so that you may follow -my description. Behind the screens were placed two powerful lights, with -reflectors behind them made of tin bent into the shape of a gutter-pipe -split open, or a tomato can with the ends knocked out, and ripped down -the side--indeed, if you can get no better reflectors, tomato cans will -answer the purpose very well. Regular circular reflectors are, of -course, the best, if you can procure them, the object being to -concentrate as brilliant a light as possible on the face of the -performer. - -Well, behind the screens, as I said, he had two brilliant lights, which -shone directly on his face. The appearance of mustaches, board, and -black eye was produced by shadows thrown by pieces of card-board on the -desired spot. The grimy appearance of Bill Sykes's face was produced by -a half-shadow thrown from a piece of net in a frame. The color of the -Red Indian and of Bill Sykes's nose was produced by holding a piece of -red glass between the performer and the light. The Sick Man was made to -look pallid by using a piece of blue glass in the same way, and the -Darky's sable hue by a similar use of glass of the proper color. - -[Illustration: FIG. 4.] - -Now look at Fig. 4. The objects marked A represent the instruments used -to throw the shadows for the mustaches in the Dandy, B is the beard of -the Miner, C the black eye, and D the grimy jaws and red nose of Bill -Sykes. Remember that in each of these cases, except the black eye, you -require a pair of the instruments. The instruments A B, C are cut out of -card-board, and fastened to wires or thin sticks about two feet in -length. D is a frame of wire over which is stretched a piece of common -net, such as women use for caps; added to this is a piece of red glass, -as marked in the diagram, to throw the red light on the nose of Bill -Sykes. - -By looking at Fig. 3 you will see how the performer holds his -instruments. To the right is a mirror, in which his face is reflected, -so that he can see whether he has got the shadows in their proper -places. In bringing the shadow-throwing instruments into position they -should be held edgeways toward the light, so that they will throw little -or no shadow until they have come into their right position; then turn -them suddenly with the broad side to the light, and the mustaches or -beard will appear like a flash. - -When the performer seems to swallow his mustache, the effect is produced -in the same way, viz., by turning the shadow-throwers edgeways to the -light, and at the same time opening the mouth. - -Before exhibiting, the performer must make several experiments in order -to ascertain the right distance at which to hold the shadow-throwing -instruments from his face, and, indeed, to fix their exact position; -this being once determined, he can bore holes in his table, at a -suitable angle, into which he can stick the handles of his instruments, -so that he need not have the trouble of holding them. - -He must also fix the precise position for his head, for which purpose he -must have a rest, or a small pad fastened to the wall behind him, -against which he can securely lean without fear of _wobbling_. - -One last hint: do not let your audience sit too close to you, but keep -them at as great a distance as possible, and amuse them with such -small-talk as you can command. - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, March 1, 1881, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, MAR 1, 1881 *** - -***** This file should be named 44943-8.txt or 44943-8.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/4/9/4/44943/ - -Produced by Annie R. 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