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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Harper's Round Table, January 21, 1896 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: July 18, 2016 [EBook #52604] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, JAN 21, 1896 *** - - - - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: HARPER'S ROUND TABLE] - -Copyright, 1896, by HARPER & BROTHERS. All Rights Reserved. - - * * * * * - -PUBLISHED WEEKLY. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1896. FIVE CENTS A -COPY. - -VOL. XVII.--NO. 847. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. - - * * * * * - - - - -[Illustration] - -THE WRECK OF THE "MARIA HELENA." - -BY REAR-ADMIRAL T. H. STEVENS, U.S.N. - - -On the 20th of December, 1848, I sailed from Honolulu, where I had been -naval-store-keeper for many years. My vessel was the Chilean -merchant-ship _Maria Helena_, and she carried as passengers several -others who had long resided in the Hawaiian Islands, and who were now -returning for a definite stay at home; among those were my wife, another -lady, and two small children. - -It was somewhat melancholy to bid farewell to the friends among whom we -had lived so long, and whom we never expected to meet again, but never -did a ship leave port under more favorable auspices. Wind and weather -combined their happiest influences, and over the smooth water we sailed, -until the island of Oahu, with its pleasant valleys and bold, romantic -scenery, was lost to view. The next morning we saw Hawaii, with Kilauea -breathing fire and smoke from its lofty crest, and Maui a cloudy speck -in the distance. They also were soon lost to view, and nothing remained -for the eye to rest on but the heaving ocean and here and there a -solitary sea-bird. After losing sight of the islands, nothing of -interest occurred until the 3d of January, when a large fish was -harpooned, the liver of which was to have afforded a fine breakfast for -the inmates of the cabin the next morning. - -At one o'clock that night the Captain, supposing that we would pass -Christmas Island about that time, took two observations of the stars for -the latitude. These put us in the latitude of the island, but, as there -was no indication of land, and as the chronometer put us forty miles to -the eastward, the skipper felt secure, and turned in for the night. The -cabin lights were put out and all was quiet; nothing disturbed the -stillness of repose save the deep breathing of the tired sleeper, -dreaming, perhaps, of the native land that he hoped to see so soon -again. Suddenly a startling and alarmed voice was heard from the -look-out on the fo'c's'le, "Breakers ahead! Hard alee! Hard alee!" - -Like an electric shock that sound passed through the souls of the -sleepers, spreading consternation, and rousing them to a sense of -dreadfully imminent danger. With one impulse all rushed on deck, to -behold through the darkness of the night a long uninterrupted line of -breakers, and to hear, above the stern words of command and the tread of -hurrying feet, the wild angry roar of the surf. But even in that time of -dread, hope was with us, and as the ship, still obedient to the will of -her master, came slowly to the wind, there yet remained a chance of -escape. The awed stillness of all on deck proclaimed how deep was the -suspense. One brief moment more and the ship will be headed to sea; but -suddenly she strikes; she trembles through all her strong timbers, and -then resigns herself to her fate, and the breakers wash around her -decks. - -All hope of saving her was now at an end, and preparations were -immediately begun to get the gig and whale-boat alongside in readiness -to receive the women and children. Some delay occurred before this could -be accomplished, and it was fully an hour before the boats were ready. -During this time no expression of fear escaped from either of the -ladies. - -Notwithstanding the violent shocks that the ship received as she rose -and fell upon the rocks with the heave of the sea, the children slept -soundly, and when the boats were reported ready, with a small quantity -of provisions, water, and clothing, they and their mothers were passed -into them without the smallest accident, although the exploit was -attended with much danger, as the ship had by this time been driven -close on to the roughest water about the reef. - -As soon as the whale-boat had her full complement of passengers, I among -them, she was hauled astern of the ship, which was lying parallel to the -shore, and pulled seaward. When about a hundred yards away, the men lay -on their oars, and all waited anxiously for the dawn to reveal the full -extent of the danger. - -Half an hour after we left the ship we heard an awful cracking of -timbers above the roar of the breakers, and could just make out through -the gloom of night the falling masts as they tottered one by one, and -fell over to leeward. We immediately pulled toward the ship, and hailed -her to inquire if any one was injured and how they were getting on. Some -one replied that all was well, and that the vessel was lying much -easier. - -About half past four the waning moon rose, and we supposed that day was -about to break, and that the sun would soon appear to show all the -circumstances of our perilous position; but although we were in a -condition of the most trying nature--our ship ashore on a frightful -coast, and ourselves tossed about on the open sea in a leaky boat, -totally ignorant of the character of the island and its extent--no one -despaired. - -At last, the day dawned, and revealed to our anxious eyes a line of low -coast twenty or twenty-five miles in extent, making out in a -considerable point to the north and west, the shore bounded, as far as -the eye could reach, by a line of sullen breakers. In the indistinctness -of the twilight some imagined that they could see houses, but these -proved afterward to be clumps of low bushes scattered here and there -upon a sandy and uninhabited island. - -Soon after sunrise the Captain joined us in the gig, and, upon -consulting together, we concluded to pull around the point referred to, -and seek a landing under the lee side of the island. Had this plan been -carried out we must all have suffered very much before we could have -procured relief, as we had but a small breaker of water and a few -biscuits in the boat, and would have had to pull a long distance before -finding a suitable landing-place. After pulling about a mile to the -westward we reflected on this want of provisions, and decided to return -and try to land under the lee of the ship. - -Preparatory to making the attempt, the gig was sent alongside to get a -full crew, and then to land before us; but in attempting to board the -ship she got into the rollers, and was capsized before she could be -pulled clear. Some of the men were injured, but they finally reached the -shore, although with a badly stove boat. - -This was poor encouragement for us, but having come to the conclusion -that there was only one course for us to take, we made all necessary -preparations, and confiding the steering-oar to an experienced hand, -waited for a smooth time to make our effort. - -After waiting a few moments a favorable time came, and the boat was -headed for the seething breakers. As we approached them all conversation -ceased, and the compressed lip and rigid features showed our painful -appreciation of the approaching crisis. Soon a huge roller lifted the -little boat far above the surrounding water, and she sped on like an -arrow. Scarcely had we begun to feel the swiftness of our flight before -we struck the beach, and the ladies and children were landed and out of -present danger. During the whole of the day they remained on the beach, -with nothing but two small umbrellas to shelter them from the rays of a -tropical sun, while the gentlemen, Captain, and crew were engaged in -saving provisions and baggage from the wreck. This work continued until -four in the afternoon, when the sea became so high and the surf so -violent as to render further efforts impracticable. - -We also saved some sails and spars, by means of which we erected a -commodious tent for the ladies and passengers, and another for the men. - -Shortly after being installed in our new quarters dinner was served, and -was enjoyed by every one, as it was the first food we had had for -twenty-four hours. - -Before this, Mr. Christie, one of the passengers, had come in and -announced that he had seen two sails in the offing, and without rest or -refreshment he, the Captain, and a couple of sailors started off to make -an effort to communicate with the welcome strangers. The rest of us -retired to rest upon rude couches made from the wreckage, and after the -fatigue and excitement of the day our sleep was sound. - -About eight in the morning the exploring party returned with the news -that they had found the wreck of the ship _Mozart_ upon the eastern end -of the island, that from a slip of paper they had found that she had -gone ashore on the 7th of the previous December, and that the supposed -sails in the offing were a couple of tents erected for shelter by her -crew. Although our disappointment regarding the supposed ships was -great, we were glad to learn from the note left that the crew of the -_Mozart_ had been taken from the island by a passing vessel within a -week of her misfortune, and that therefore there seemed a reasonable -prospect of our own early rescue. - -Meanwhile we had to consider the necessities of a food and water supply. -The water of the island was brackish and almost undrinkable, and food -was scarce in the extreme, consisting mainly of the scanty stores taken -from the _Maria Helena_, and some biscuits found aboard the _Mozart_. -Sea-birds were plentiful, but difficult to capture. - -The Captain and I soon overcame the water famine, however, by -constructing a distiller from a rusty musket barrel and the remains of -an old copper boiler. - -About a week after the wreck the _Maria Helena_ went to pieces during a -storm, and in a short time her broken and ragged timbers strewed the -shore. Soon after this the whale-boat, with Mr. Christie, the second -mate, and four sailors started off to a low promontory about fifty miles -away, to erect a signal for the attention of any passing ship, and to -learn something of the character of the island. - -In three days one of the men returned with the news that the boat had -been upset in the breakers about forty miles away, and two seamen so -badly injured that the rest of the party had been compelled to leave -them behind with all the water that had been saved. The uninjured ones -then started to return to the ship, which they reached after incredible -difficulty and hardship, and a few days afterwards the wounded men were -found and brought back. - -In the mean time the long-boat of the _Mozart_ had been found and decked -over for sea-service. We intended to send her to Honolulu to give -intelligence of our precarious situation, and to beg for relief. During -the time occupied in her refitting we passed many long hours in writing -to our friends. At last the letters were finished, the boat ready, and -we only awaited a smooth time for her launch. This came on a Sunday, but -we all felt that our situation justified a seeming violation of the day. - -The word was given to shove off, and with lusty strokes the little boat -was impelled forward. Breaker after breaker followed each other in quick -succession, like the sturdy blows of the smith; yet she rode safely. But -like a stealthy thief in the night was the insidious wave that began to -form beyond the breaking waiters. At first but a barely perceptible -undulation, it acquired volume and power as it approached the reef, and -came thundering on as though conscious of its fearful majesty and might. -Nearer and nearer came that dreaded enemy, rearing its horrid form -aloft, until it struck the boat, and its work was accomplished. We -watched the receding wave with straining eyes, and were right joyous to -see all the crew clinging to the capsized boat or striking out manfully -for the shore. All but one landed safely, and four or five of the -watchers dashed in to his rescue. At last the Captain succeeded in -hauling him ashore, but although for two hours we made every effort to -restore him to consciousness, all our exertions failed. - -After this fruitless attempt we were obliged to wait a fortnight until -the surf was moderate enough to warrant another trial. On the 7th of -February the boat was launched again, placed in charge of her crew, -which consisted of the first mate and four men, and anchored outside the -reef in safety. The rest of the day was passed in provisioning her for -her cruise, and on the morning of the next day the little vessel weighed -anchor, made sail to the northward and eastward, and went gallantly on -her way amid our cheers and blessings. - -A long period of suspense was now passed, but on the morning of the 16th -of March a sail hove in sight, and soon proved to be the French frigate -_Sarcelle_, which had been despatched to our assistance by the French -consul at Honolulu as soon as he heard of our disaster from the first -mate. The long-boat had made her perilous journey in twenty-two days. - -The surf was too rough to attempt embarkation the morning after the -_Sarcelle_ arrived, and we sent a message off to her by a Kanaka, who -was the only one of the party that could be trusted in the heavy -sea--which no boat could have lived through. He was furnished with a -small surf-board, and the note was hung in a bottle, which he tied -around his neck. He then walked out to the edge of the breakers, and -waited for a favorable opportunity before he attempted to breast them. - -The enterprise that he was about to undertake was hazardous in the -extreme, and his every movement was watched intently by all hands -standing on the beach. The quick succession in which the rollers -followed each other, their irregularity, and the sharp coral rocks just -below the surface made the surf here particularly dangerous. Skill and -courage were necessary to pass safely through the boiling waters. - -For ten or fifteen minutes after the boy was ready he stood silently -watching the breakers, waiting for a lull, and then sprang forward, -keeping his surf-board extended before him. The skill and ease with -which he ascended the perpendicular rollers as they came towering on, -and the courage which he displayed throughout, were the admiration of -all. As some huge breaker, more formidable than any that had preceded -it, formed outside and came thundering on, all expected to see him -thrown back before its tremendous power; but with his board raised -perpendicularly before him, he climbed to the lofty crest, and was lost -to view behind the conquered wave that came rushing on to break sullenly -on the shore. Again and again he encountered his enemy, again and again -to succeed. - -In returning, the surf-board was thrown away, and awaiting a good -opportunity as before, he swam boldly into the rollers, keeping his face -toward them, and diving whenever they threatened to break. In this way -he reached the shore without a single bruise, bringing an answer that -the _Sarcelle_ would go around to the lee side of the island, where we -could embark in safety. - -The next morning our caravan started, and after much suffering from -fatigue and thirst, we reached the French camp at 11 P.M. of the second -day. - -We were treated with the utmost kindness and courtesy, and on the 26th -of March got under way for Honolulu. By ten o'clock Christmas Island, -the resting-place of so many weeks, sunk below the horizon, and in -sixteen days we stood once more on the wharf at Honolulu, surrounded -again by our welcoming friends. - - - - -SAN JACINTO CORN.[1] - -[1] The writer had this incident from one who was present on the -occasion. - -BY LILLIE E. BARR. - - - There are thousands who remember the shout of sympathy - That rolled from the New England hills down to the Mexic sea - When the brave and gallant Houston, with his desperate little band, - On San Jacinto's flowery plain won freedom for the land. - - They brought before him Santa Anna, the crafty and the bold, - The wretch who wrote the cruel words: "Slay both the young and old. - Spare no American you see; set all their homes ablaze; - For they are heretics in faith, foreign in speech and ways." - - A fugitive, a captive bound, he stood that bright May day - Among the stern and angry men that he had vowed to slay, - And bowed with all his Spanish grace, and said, in accents bland: - "General, you are most fortunate to lead so brave a band! - - "Are they Americans? If so, I do not understand - The men whom Mexico permits to settle in this land. - I am a soldier, but ne'er saw such men since I was born." - Then Houston took out of his pouch part of an ear of corn. - - "No, sir, you do not understand," he, smiling proudly, said. - "For four days we have lived on corn, tasted not meat or bread. - How could you hope to e'er enslave men that were free men born? - And who can watch and march and fight upon an ear of corn?" - - Young Zavala made answer swift: "The hope indeed is vain. - General, from off that ear of corn give me, I pray, one grain; - And I will plant the precious seed, and hoard whate'er it yields, - Till I can freely scatter it o'er all my pleasant fields!" - - "And I a grain!" "And I a grain!" cried all the eager band. - Till Santa Anna surely felt he could not understand - The men who prized a grain of corn because in memory - It linked itself with a Texan fight for faith and liberty. - - But in a few short years each grain increased a million-fold, - And over many a lovely mile the pleasant story told. - I heard it rustling in their leaves one sunny July morn - Camping among the tasselled ears of the San Jacinto corn. - - - - -[Illustration] - -THE BUFFALO DOLL SHOW. - -BY ELIZABETH FLINT WADE. - - -All the Jenny Wrens of Buffalo were busy for weeks beforehand, preparing -for the event of the season--the _News_ Doll Show at Music Hall--and -when the opening day arrived the result of their labor must have -surprised even these industrious little workers. The first impression as -one entered the great hall was that not only all the dolls in Buffalo, -but in all the towns in the vicinity, had accepted the invitation to be -present. There were dolls everywhere. They hung from the balcony, and -clung to the fronts of the boxes; they clustered in pyramids against the -walls, and crowded the boughs of huge Christmas trees; they stood on -tables, and filled the evergreen arches; and each one seemed to be doing -her "sawdust best" to make this the finest doll show ever given. - -A more democratic gathering of dolls could hardly be imagined. They came -in silks and velvets, in calicoes and muslins, in wools and in laces; -they wore gorgeous Worth costumes, tailor-made gowns, and party, -walking, and working gowns. Two came in bloomers, but seemed rather -ashamed of themselves, and tried to hide behind a group of demure-faced -nuns. There were newsboys, college-boys, Indian warriors, boy -choristers, brave knights in shining armor, and solemn priests with gown -and book. There were nurses in caps and aprons, milkmaids with milking -stools and pails, Salvation-Army lasses, royal queens of England, and -Quakers in soft gray gowns, with looks of mild astonishment at finding -themselves in such a mixed company. - -The doll show was planned for the purpose of giving to every little girl -in Buffalo, between the ages of two and ten years, whom Santa Claus -seldom if ever visits, a doll at Christmas. All the dolls were to be -given away, except some of the groups, and those which were to compete -for prizes, and be afterward sold. The money taken for admission and -from the sale of dolls was to be divided between the Buffalo Fitch -Crèche and free kindergartens, so it was no wonder that every one was -interested. - -Dolls were arranged to illustrate scenes from stories and from real -life, and, of course, the two charities which were to have the benefit -of the show were represented. A perfect fac-simile of the interior of -the crèche nursery, even to the wall-paper, was shown in miniature. The -nurses and babies were dolls. Baby dolls were sleeping in cradles; -others were playing in the fenced and cushioned "pond," where the little -one learns to creep; and others were sitting in the laps of doll nurses, -taking real milk out of tiny bottles. This group was made and donated by -the pupils of St. Margaret's School, and over the nursery was suspended -a beautiful doll representing St. Margaret, made after the figure of St. -Margaret in the famous painting in Glasgow. - -The representation of the other charity--the free kindergarten--was so -perfect in every detail that it seemed as if a fairy must have touched a -real kindergarten with her magic wand, causing both room and pupils to -shrink to Lilliputian size. So natural were the attitudes of the dolls -at their work, play, and study, that one almost expected them to move -about like real kindergartners. - -[Illustration: THE MAYPOLE DANCE.] - -One of the gayest groups was arranged on a raised platform in the centre -of the hall. This was the Maypole dance, where, holding the ends of -bright ribbons, merry-faced dolls danced about two Maypoles, which were -festooned with flowers. "How natural!" was the exclamation of each -spectator, while the dolls in the balcony looked down on this group as -if envying them their good time, and wishing themselves in their places. - -Two groups of special interest to the boys--for even boys condescended -to visit the doll show--were the football game and the bowling-alley. -For the football a ground had been marked off on green baize, and here a -lively scrimmage was going on; the make-up of the players was exact, -even to the long hair. One poor fellow, who had doubtless been in the -thickest of the "rush," was limping off the ground, his clothes torn and -muddy, his face stained with blood, and his football hair standing out -in every direction. In direct contrast to this scrambling group were the -tenpin-players in the bowling-alley. Two were playing--for it was a -double alley--while the others stood in order, watching the game and -waiting their turn at the bowls, each of them as silent and as grave as -the famous tenpin-players of the Kaatskills. - -[Illustration: THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS.] - -Whoever had read Chaucer's enchanting _Canterbury Tales_ could not fail -to recognize in one quaintly attired group the pilgrims on their way to -Canterbury, with Chancer riding in their midst. The stately knight was -at the head; following him was the "younge squire," and "short was his -gown with sleeves long and wide"; and bringing up the rear was the fat -and jolly priest. Having seen this merry company, one longed to hear -again the charming tales they told at the old Tabard Inn in Canterbury. -Next to this Old-World group was what might be called nineteenth-century -pilgrims--a band of Salvation-Army lasses marching to the sound of drum, -waving their banners, and shouting their "War-Cry." - -[Illustration: THE SALVATION ARMY.] - -The most elaborate group exhibited was called "A Hunt Breakfast" -(reproduced at the beginning of this article), representing the annual -"meet," when the Duke of Beaufort and the Earl of Bathurst join in a -fox-hunt, an event of great importance among English sportsmen. The -group surround a breakfast-table spread with every eatable found on an -English breakfast-table on a "meet" morning, the food, both in form and -color, being an exact imitation. The men were dressed in hunting -costumes, the Duke of Beaufort and his huntsmen wearing blue broadcloth -coats with buff facings, while the Earl of Bathurst and the "Vale of -White Horse" men wore pink broadcloth, the cloth being imported from -England expressly for these tiny huntsmen. Both parties wore white twill -hunting-breeches and high top hunting-boots, and the latter would have -taxed the skill of a fairy's boot-maker. At a side table one of the -hostesses was pouring tea, the tea-set being of Dresden china, decorated -in pink and blue, the sportsmen's colors. The whole scene was duplicated -in a three-panelled mirror at the back, which was twined with holly and -evergreens. At either side of the room was arranged an English park -scene. Pink water-lilies floated on tiny ponds, statues showed amid the -shrubbery, and a background of evergreen gave the appearance of a real -wood. This peep at the way English aristocracy amuses itself was -originated and arranged by Mrs. Harry Hamlin, of Buffalo, whose husband -takes an active part in the well-known Genesee Valley hunts, which were -described a short time ago in HARPER'S MAGAZINE. - -The doll which attracted the most attention was one which had come all -the way from Paris--where she had just taken a prize at a doll show -there--to attend the Buffalo doll show, and see how such things were -done in America. From the tip of her fluffy parasol to the toe of her -slender boot she was a true Parisian. Her gown was of pink brocaded -satin, her coat and high poke bonnet were of moss-green velvet. In one -hand she held a lace fan, and in the other a ruffled chiffon parasol, -and a point-lace handkerchief peeped from a jewelled shopping-bag which -she carried on her arm. Her clothing was not her chief attraction, for -Mademoiselle could do wonderful things--for a doll. She turned her head, -fanned herself, twirled her parasol, bowed gracefully, winked in a most -coquettish manner, and shrugged her shoulders now and then as if the -great doll show was all very well for America, but couldn't compare with -Paris. - -[Illustration: "THE LAST ONE!"] - -One group that attracted a great deal of attention represented a little -newsboy, who is a well-known figure in Buffalo, selling his "last one" -to a lady. The doll which won first prize was a copy of Bartholdi's -Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, and was of perfect proportion, -even to the base on which it stood. Instead of a torch, she held in her -hand an incandescent light. - -Saturday was children's day, and all of that day the hall was filled -with them. All the children's institutions had been given tickets of -admission, and not one child missed the show. To them it must have been -a glimpse into fairy-land. An East-Side free kindergarten teacher took -the precaution of tying the children under her charge all together with -a rope, after the fashion of a Swiss mother who passed through Buffalo a -few years ago on her way to the far West, with her ten children tied -together with a clothes-line. The children exclaimed over and admired -the grown-up dolls, but not one was heard to wish for one for her _very -own_. - -"Wouldn't you like that nice doll for yours?" said an older sister to -the little maid in her charge, pointing to a doll in a wonderful Worth -gown. - -"No, I would not," came the quick reply. "She's far too old. Do you -think I want to be a grandmother?" - -"They're just lovely," said one little girl, as she walked round the -stage looking at the prize dolls; "but they're not nice to play with. I -want a doll that will wash." - -"Here is the doll I like best of all," said a brown-eyed maid, stopping -before a two-year-old baby doll with curly hair and laughing black eyes. - -"And I! And I too!" said half a dozen others, crowding closer. "She's -just the doll you could cuddle and take comfort with." - -An agent of Santa Claus was at the show on children's day. A poorly clad -child was gazing wistfully at a table loaded with "every-day" dolls. -"Which of those would you like best?" said a voice at her elbow, and -there stood a stout gentleman looking down at her in the most friendly -manner. "This, sir, if you please, sir," pointing to a doll in pink -gingham. In a moment it was in her arms, and the gentleman was gone; but -he was heard from at various tables, though no one could keep track of -him very long; and owing to his kindness many children who never had a -"boughten" doll before carried one home then. No one found out who he -was, but one five-year-old, who hugged a flaxen-haired doll to her -heart, said she "guessed he was Santa Claus's brother." - -There were ten thousand dolls at the doll show, and the day before -Christmas the police force and the members of the charity organizations -distributed them, and on Christmas morning there were many happy doll -mothers in Buffalo who, for the first time in their little lives, tended -doll babies--thanks to the _News_ Doll Show at Music Hall. - - - - -A PATIENT TUSSLE. - - - If I were you I wouldn't mind - A tussle with my Latin verb; - I'd rule myself in study hours - As if with steady rein and curb. - One day you'll find that Latin text, - If you'll have patience, just superb. - - - - -AMATEUR COOKING FOR LITTLE GIRLS. - - -The amount of pleasure that a little girl can have with a cooking-stove -that will really and truly cook is difficult for any one who has not -tried it to realize. In these days toy cooking-stoves are so made that a -real true fire can be made in them, and very good meals can be cooked, -even if the stove is a small one. - -Two little children, a boy and girl aged respectively six and eight, -think there is no fun in the world like that of cooking their supper on -their stove, which stands on the hearth in their nursery. Their mamma is -a good housekeeper, and has a wonderful old-fashioned receipt-book, in -which she has written receipts for grown-up people's food, but which she -finds can be used by the children if only a third of the materials are -taken. Last week these two children--we will call them Howard and -Marion, although these are not their real names--were allowed to invite -their cousin Ruth to take supper with them, and to cook the supper -themselves. Howard made the fire very carefully, with only just enough -paper to start the shavings of wood. Then when it blazed up and the -draught was good he put in some more wood and some very fine coal. -Marion in the mean time was busy preparing the materials for cooking; -she had to get ready creamed chicken, creamed potatoes, and cup-cake. -The chicken had already been roasted and the potatoes boiled, but she -had to cut up both the meat and vegetable into small pieces. - -The cream sauce had to be made by adding two teaspoonfuls of flour to a -half-cup of cream, and stirring it well before putting on to warm. When -the sauce was ready to heat, two saucepans were filled, one with the -chicken and the other with the potatoes, and the sauce was poured over -them. A pinch of salt was added, and they were left on the fire until -thoroughly cooked. As the fire was burning well, this was about five -minutes. Served hot, these were two delicious dishes, I can assure you. - -The cake both children helped to make from the following receipt, called -cup-cake: 1 cup of butter, 2 cups of sugar, 3 cups of flour, 1 cup of -milk, 4 eggs, 1 teaspoonful of soda. This receipt is for grown-up -people, so the children only used a third of it; but it was quite as -good. Marion beat the sugar and butter together until it looked like -thick cream, while Howard was beating the eggs. Then the flour and -beaten eggs were stirred up with the sugar and butter, and the soda -(dissolved in milk) was added as a finishing touch. Then it was poured -into the cunningest little patty-pan imaginable, all buttered so it -would not stick to the bottom, and was put in the oven, where it only -had to stay fifteen minutes, as the fire was burning just right. - -There are many other things these children have learned to cook, but -these three are their favorites, and they say they really can't tell -which they enjoy most, the cooking or the eating. - - - - -THE MIDDLE DAUGHTER. - -BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER. - -CHAPTER III. - -GRACE TAKES A HAND. - - -"Mother darling, may I have a good long talk with you to-day, a -confidential talk, we two by ourselves?" - -"Yes, Grace, I shall be delighted." - -"And when can it be? You always have so many around you, dear: and no -wonder, this is the centre of the house, this chair, which is your -throne." - -"Well, let me see," said Mrs. Wainwright, considering. "After dinner the -children go to Sunday-school, and papa has always a few Sunday patients -whom he must visit. Between two and four I am always alone on Sunday, -and we can have a chat then. Mildred and Frances will probably walk home -with Miriam, and want to carry you off to the Manse to tea." - -"Not on my first home Sunday, mamma," said Grace. "I must have every -littlest bit of that here, though I do expect to have good times with -the Manse girls. Is Mrs. Raeburn as sweet as ever? I remember her -standing at the station and waving me good-by when I went away with -auntie, and Amy, the dearest wee fairy, was by her side." - -"Amy is full of plans," said Mrs. Wainwright. "She is going to the -League to study art if her mother can spare her. Mildred and Frances -want to go on with their French, and one of the little boys, I forget -which, has musical talent; but there is no one in Highland who can teach -the piano. The Raeburn children are all clever and bright." - -"They could hardly help being that, mamma, with such a father and -mother, and the atmosphere of such a home." - -All this time there was the hurry and bustle of Sunday morning in a -large family where every one goes to church, and the time between -breakfast and half past ten is a scramble. Grace kept quietly on with -the work she had that morning assumed, straightening the quilts on the -invalid's chair, bringing her a new book, and setting a little vase with -a few late flowers on the table by her side. Out of Grace's trunks there -had been produced gifts for the whole household, and many pretty things, -pictures and curios, which lent attractiveness to the parlor, grown -shabby and faded with use and poverty, but still a pretty and homelike -parlor, as a room which is lived in by well-bred people must always be. - -"Well, when the rest have gone to Sunday-school and papa has started on -his afternoon rounds, I'll come here and take my seat, where I used to -when I was a wee tot, and we'll have an old-fashioned confab. Now if the -girls have finished dressing, I'll run and get ready for church. I'm so -glad all through that I can again hear one of Dr. Raeburn's helpful -sermons." - -Mrs. Wainwright smiled. - -"To hear Frances's and Amy's chatter, one would not think that so great -a privilege, Grace." - -"Oh, that amounts to nothing, mamma! Let somebody else criticise their -father, and you'd hear another story. Ministers' families are apt to be -a little less appreciative than outsiders, they are so used to the -minister in all his moods. But Dr. Raeburn's _Every Morning_ has been -my companion book to the Bible ever since I was old enough to like and -need such books, and though I was so small when I went that I remember -only the music of his voice, I want to hear him preach again." - -"Grace," came a call from the floor above, "you can have your turn at -the basin and the looking-glass if you'll come this minute. Hurry, dear, -I'm keeping Eva off by strategy. You have your hair to do, and I want -you to hook my collar. You must have finished in mother's room, and it's -my belief you two are just chattering. Harry, please, dear!" - -"Yes, Miriam, I'm coming. But let Eva go on. It takes only a second for -me to slip into my jacket. I never dress for church," she explained to -her mother. "This little black gown is what I always wear on Sundays." - -"I wish you could have a room of your own, daughter. It's hard after -you've had independence so long to be sandwiched in between Miriam and -Eva. But we could not manage another room just now." The mother looked -wistful. - -"I'm doing very well, mamma. Never give it a thought. Why, it's fun -being with my sisters as I always used to be. Miriam is the one entitled -to a separate room, if anybody could have it." - -Yet she stifled a sigh as she ran up to the large ill-appointed chamber -which the three sisters used in common. - -When you have had your own separate individual room for years, with -every dainty belonging that is possible for a luxurious taste to -provide, it is a bit of a trial to give it up and be satisfied with a -cot at one end of a long barnlike place, with no chance for solitude, -and only one mirror and one pitcher and basin to serve the needs of -three persons. It can be borne, however, as every small trial in this -world may, if there is a cheerful spirit and a strong loving heart to -fall back on. Besides, most things may be improved if you know how to go -about the task. The chief thing is first to accept the situation, and -then bravely to undertake the changing it for the better. - -"Doctor," said the mother, as her husband brushed his thin gray hair in -front of his chiffonier, while the merry sound of their children's -voices came floating down to them through open doors--"Doctor, thank the -dear Lord for me in my stead when you sit in the pew to-day. I'll be -with you in my thoughts. It's such a blessed thing that our little -middle girl is at home with us." - -The Doctor sighed. That bill in his pocket was burning like fire in his -soul. He was not a cent nearer meeting it than he had been on Friday, -and to-morrow was but twenty-four hours off. Yesterday he had tried to -borrow from a cousin, but in vain. - -"I fail to see a blessing anywhere, Charlotte," he said. "Things couldn't -well be worse. This is a dark bit of the road." He checked himself. Why -had he saddened her? It was not his custom. - -"When things are at the very worst, Jack, I've always noticed that they -take a turn for the better. It may not be my way; it may not be thy way; -but yet in His own way the Lord will provide." Mrs. Wainwright spoke -steadily and cheerfully. Her thin cheeks flushed with feeling. Her tones -were strong. Her smile was like a sun-beam. Doctor Wainwright's courage -rose. - -"Anyway, darling wife, you are the best blessing a man ever had." He -stooped and kissed her like a lover. - -Presently the whole family, Grace walking proudly at her father's side, -took their way across the fields to church. - -Perhaps you may have seen lovely Sunday mornings, but I don't think -there is a place in the whole world where Sunday sunshine is as clear, -Sunday stillness as full of rest, Sunday flowers as fragrant, as in our -hamlet among the hills, our own dear Highland. Far and near the roads -wind past farms and fields, with simple happy homes nestling under the -shadow of the mountains. You hear the church-bells, and their sound is -soft and clear as they break the golden silence. Groups of people, -rosy-cheeked children, and sturdy boys and pleasant-looking men and -women pass you walking to church, exchanging greetings. Carriage-loads -of old and young drive on, all going the same way. It makes me think of -a verse in the Psalm which my old Scottish mother loved: - - "I joyed when to the house of God - 'Go up,' they said to me, - 'Jerusalem, within thy gates - Our feet shall standing be.'" - -"Oh, Paradise! oh, Paradise!" hummed Amy Raeburn that same Sunday -morning as, the last to leave the Manse, she ran after her mother and -sisters. The storm of the two previous days had newly brightened the -landscape. Every twig and branch shone, and the red and yellow maple -leaves, the wine-color of the oak, the burnished copper of the beech, -were like jewels in the sun. - -"If it were not Sunday I would dance," said Amy, subduing her steps to a -sober walk as she saw approaching the majestic figure of Mrs. Cyril -Bannington Barnes. - -[Illustration: "THIS BEING BEHIND TIME IS VERY REPREHENSIBLE, MY LOVE."] - -"You are late, Amy Raeburn," said this lady. "Your father went to church -a half-hour ago, and the bell is tolling. Young people should cultivate -a habit of being punctual. This being a few minutes behind time is very -reprehensible--very rep-re-hen-sible indeed, my love." - -"Yes, ma'am," replied Amy, meekly, walking slowly beside the also tardy -Mrs. Barnes. - -"I dare say," continued Mrs. Barnes, "that you are thinking to yourself -that I also am late. But, Amy, I have no duty to the parish. I am an -independent woman. You are a girl, and the minister's daughter at that. -You are in a very different position. I do hope, Amy Raeburn, that you -will not be late another Sunday morning. Your mother is not so good a -disciplinarian as I could wish." - -"No, Mrs. Barnes?" said Amy, with a gentle questioning manner, which -would have irritated the matron still more had their progress not now -ceased on the church steps. Amy, both resentful and amused, fluttered, -like an alarmed chick to the brooding mother-wing, straight to the -minister's pew. Mrs. Barnes, smoothing ruffled plumes, proceeded with -stately and impressive tread to her place in front of the pulpit. - -Doctor Raeburn was rising to pronounce the invocation. The church was -full. Amy glanced over to the Wainwright pew, and saw Grace, and smiled. -Into Amy's mind stole a text she was fond of, quite as if an angel had -spoken it, and she forgot that she had been ruffled the wrong way by -Mrs. Cyril Bannington Barnes. This was the text: - -"Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." - -"You are a hateful, wicked girl, Amy," said Amy to herself. "Why, when -you have so much to make you happy, are you so easily upset by a fretful -old lady, who is, after all, your friend, and would stand by you if -there were need?" - -Amy did not know it, but it was Grace's sweet and tranquil look that had -brought the text to her mind. One of the dearest things in life is that -we may do good and not know that we are doing it. - -When the Sunday hush fell on the house of which Mrs. Wainwright had -spoken Grace came softly tapping at the door. - -"Yes, dear," called her mother; "come right in." - -"Mamma," said Grace, after a few minutes, "will you tell me plainly, if -you don't mind, what is worrying papa? I don't mean generally, but what -special trouble is on his mind to-day?" - -"Potter's bill, I have no doubt," said the mother, quietly. "Other -troubles come and go, but there is always Potter's bill in the -background. And every little while it crops up and gets into the front." - -"What is Potter's bill, dear mamma, and how do we come to owe it?" - -"I can't fully explain to you, my child, how it comes to be so large. -When Mr. Potter's father was living and carrying on the business, he -used to say to your father: 'Just get all you want here, doctor; never -give yourself a thought; pay when you can and what you can. We come to -you for medical advice and remedies, and we'll strike a balance -somehow.' The Potters have during years had very little occasion for a -doctor's services, and we, with this great family, have had to have -groceries, shoes, and every other thing, and Potter's bill has kept -rolling up like a great snowball, bit by bit. We pay something now and -then. I sold my old sideboard that came to me from my grandparents, and -paid a hundred dollars on it six months ago. Old Mr. Potter died. Rufus -reigns in his stead, as the Bible says, and he wants to collect his -money. I do not blame him, Grace, but he torments poor papa. There are -two hundred dollars due now, and papa has been trying to get money due -him, and to pay Rufus fifty dollars, but he's afraid he can't raise the -money." - -Grace reflected. Then she asked a question. "Dear mamma, don't think me -prying, but is Potter's the only pressing obligation on papa just now?" - -Mrs. Wainwright hesitated. Then she answered, a little slowly, "No, -Grace, there are other accounts; but Potter's is the largest." - -"I ask, because I can help my father," said Grace, modestly. "Uncle -Ralph deposited five hundred dollars to my credit in a New York bank on -my birthday. The money is mine, to do with absolutely as I please. I -have nearly fifty dollars in my trunk. Uncle and auntie have always -given me money lavishly. Papa can settle Potter's account to-morrow. I'm -only too thankful I have the money. To think that money can do so much -towards making people happy or making them miserable! Then, mother dear, -we'll go into papa's accounts, and see how near I can come to relieving -the present state of affairs; and if papa will consent, we'll collect -his bills, and then later, I've another scheme--that is a fine, -sweet-toned piano in the parlor. I mean to give lessons." - -"Grace, it was an extravagance in our circumstances to get that piano, -but the girls were so tired of the old one; it was worn out, a tin pan, -and this is to be paid for on easy terms, so much a month." - -Grace hated to have her mother apologize in this way. She hastened to -say, "I'm glad it's here, and don't think me conceited, but I've had the -best instruction uncle could secure for me here, and a short course in -Berlin, and now I mean to make it of some use. I believe I can get -pupils." - -"Not many in Highland, I fear, Grace." - -"If not in Highland, in New York. Leave that to me." - -Mrs. Wainwright felt as if she had been taking a tonic. To the lady -living her days out in her own chamber, and unaccustomed to excitement, -there was something very surprising and very stimulating too in the -swift way of settling things and the fearlessness of this young girl. -Though she had yielded very reluctantly to her brother's wish to keep -Grace apart from her family and wholly his own for so many years, she -now saw that there was good in it. Her little girl had developed into a -resolute, capable, and strong sort of young woman, who could make use of -whatever tools her education had put into her hands. - -"This hasn't been quite the right kind of Sunday talk, mother," said -Grace, "but I haven't been here three days without seeing there's a -cloud, and I don't like to give up to clouds. I'm like the old woman who -must take her broom and sweep the cobwebs out of the sky." - -"God helping you, dear, you will succeed. You have swept some cobwebs -out of my sky already." - -"God helping me, yes, dear. Thank you for saying that. Now don't you -want me to sing to you? I'll darken your room and set the door ajar, and -then I'll go to the parlor and play soft, rippling, silvery things, and -sing to you, and you will fall asleep while I'm singing, and have a -lovely nap before they all come home." - -As Grace went down the stairs, she paused a moment at the door of the -big dining-room, "large as a town-hall," her father sometimes said. -Everything at Wishing-Brae was of ample size--great rooms, lofty -ceilings, big fire-places, broad windows. - -"I missed the sideboard, the splendid old mahogany piece with its deep -winy lustre, and the curious carved work. Mother must have grieved to -part with it. Surely uncle and aunt couldn't have known of these -straits. Well, I'm at home now, and they need somebody to manage for -them. Uncle always said I had a business head. God helping me, I'll pull -my people out of the slough of despond." - -The young girl went into the parlor, where the amber light from the west -was beginning to fall upon the old Wainwright portraits, the candelabra -with their prisms pendent, and the faded cushions and rugs. Playing -softly, as she had said, singing sweetly "Abide with me" and "Sun of my -soul," the mother was soothed into a peaceful little half-hour of sleep, -in which she dreamed that God had sent her an angel guest, whose name -was Grace. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -FOR KING OR COUNTRY. - -A Story of the Revolution. - -BY JAMES BARNES. - -CHAPTER XIV. - -HIGH LIVING. - - -The gift of mimicry had now served the young spy in good stead. He lay -hidden for some time, chuckling over having barked to such good purpose. -Then he retraced his steps, and at last he found the tree. No doubt the -man he had seen there had been one of the mysterious people he was -expected soon to meet. - -By leaning far out from one branch to the other, George could insert his -hand in the hole of the projecting limb. It was empty, and he dropped -his letter into the hollow. Then he returned carefully through the town -to the inn, and without much difficulty gained the top of the wall, the -projecting roof, and once more his chamber window. The falling snow, he -knew, would hide his footprints. - -He was awakened the next morning by a loud knocking. He had slept late, -and the glaring sunlight, reflected from the white expanse outside, was -pouring into the room. He arose hastily and unlocked the door. One of -the inn servants was standing there. He touched his finger to his -forehead respectfully. - -"The landlord's compliments, sir, and your box is here. Shall I bring it -up?" he inquired. - -George had made up his mind to be surprised at nothing. "By all means," -he answered. "Glad it has arrived." - -"Oh, it has been here this fortnight," returned the man. - -"Of course," George laughed; "and longer, mayhap, eh?" - -"I don't know, sir. Have you the key?" - -The fictitious Mr. Blount did not know what to reply. "Mr. Gerry has -it," he answered at last, mentioning the landlord's name at a venture. - -"I will ask him, sir," said the servant, "and bring up the box at once." - -He disappeared. - -"What did it all mean?" thought George to himself. - -In a few minutes the servant reappeared with a large leather-covered, -nail-studded trunk. "And here's the key," he puffed. "Mr. Gerry had it, -as you said, sir." - -George raised the lid. Silk stockings, plush and velvet coats, satin -waistcoats, and frilled shirts!--the wardrobe of a dandy--was exposed -before his eyes. But instead of showing his astonishment, he merely -closed the top and said: - -"Is there naught else?" - -"I think not, sir," said the servant, pocketing his tip. - -When he had gone, "Mr. Richard Blount" took out the articles one by one. - -"This may be part of the scheme," he said. "I suppose that I shall have -to wear them. What's next to do?" He tried on the clothes. They fitted -him as if made for him. He looked at himself in the greenish-yellow -glass. "Whoever I look like," he said, "I do not resemble George -Frothingham of the Twelfth New Jersey Infantry, that's one thing -certain." Looking for a closet or a place to hang up his finery, he -espied a small door at the farther side of the room. It opened upon a -narrow stairway, and the odor of cooking showed that it led probably to -the kitchen. - -The only thing the trunk contained that George did not make use of was a -white wig. The strong dye he had used had taken the curl out of his -hair, and he drew it back from his forehead straight and glossy as an -Indian's. - -He chose a rather quiet wine-colored coat, crimson waistcoat, and pearl -breeches, and setting the lace-trimmed hat jauntily on his head, went -down into the coffee-room. - -"Ah, good-morning, Mr. Blount!" said the landlord. "There was an officer -of his Majesty's horse here this morning asking for you. But he -requested that you should not be disturbed." George bowed his thanks, -and asked the landlord to hurry with his breakfast. - -As he turned about he could have fallen, for there, quite close to him, -was standing Schoolmaster Anderson. He was not blind at all! His keen -ferretlike eyes had the same quick glance, and his thin lips that same -Sphinx-like expression. But the beauty of George's disguise was proved -in an instant to his satisfaction, for Mr. Anderson looked at him -curiously, and asked Mr. Gerry his name in a voice that was quite -audible. - -"Richard Blount," the latter replied. - -"Ah, indeed!" answered the ex-schoolmaster. "The nephew of our -friend--eh?" - -"The same," the landlord replied, as his young guest seated himself at -the table. - -George's hands were shaking so with excitement that he could hardly hold -his knife and fork at first, but he quickly got over it, and a feeling -of exultation came into his mind. If Mr. Anderson had not recognized -him, no one else would, surely. If no one who actually knew the real -Richard Blount turned up, he was safe enough. - -At this moment a loud blustering voice was heard, and a great figure -came from the hallway into the coffee-room. - -It was Rivington, the King's printer, the man the early patriots had -wished to tar and feather for his utterances. He scarcely acknowledged -Mr. Anderson's nod, but turned to an officer who was following him. - -"How that little schoolmaster does put on airs!" he said. "Why he -receives toleration I do not see." - -"He is rather clever, I fancy," replied the officer. "His imitation of -General Washington is most amusing." - -"Yes, he is amusing," responded Rivington. - -George looked at Mr. Anderson once more. His small head seemed to -retreat into the folds of his neck-cloth, and the lace at his wristband -hung below his finger-tips. His clothes were as gorgeous as the plumage -of a peacock, and he had a way of bringing his heels together with a -click like a dancing-master. But the keen eyes and that protruding chin -would have told an accurate observer that a brain of no mean quality was -hidden underneath the curled white wig. But Rivington and the officer -were approaching. - -"Ah, here's my friend of the other morning!" exclaimed the -officer--"young Blount of Albany." The speaker was the young cavalry -Captain who had met George on the hill-side two days before. "I see you -have found your tailor," he went on. - -"No; better luck, my wardrobe," answered George. "I feared me I had lost -it." - -"Good! Allow me to present our loyal friend, Mr. Rivington, long-time -printer to his Majesty," replied the officer. - -"Your service, sir," replied Mr. Rivington, looking at George -thoughtfully. "You have not changed since I saw you last at Albany." - -Imagine the surprise of the fictitious Richard Blount! Everything was -certainly playing into his hands. But he merely bowed, and asked the two -gentlemen to breakfast with him. They accepted, and seated themselves. - -George once more had to recount the story of his supposed adventures on -the way from the city up the river. - -Occasionally Rivington would interrupt with leading questions. "Ah, from -there you turned to the left and took the Lime Kiln Road beyond -Hudson--eh? Then down into the valley by Cloverburgh?" - -A fear welled into George's heart. Was this man trying to trip him? So -to all questions he replied in the negative, and told of another way; to -which Rivington agreed, generally speaking, thus: - -"Yes, 'tis the better route, I understand. A very clever ruse, indeed. -Think you not so, Captain?" - -"Quite wonderful," the other replied. "Mr. Blount should tell it to -General Howe. The Yankees are not so clever as he thinks." - -"Oh, by no odds!" Rivington had responded. - -"You mentioned having despatches to his Lordship and his brother," said -the younger officer. "Do you not think it would be well to deliver them -as soon as possible? Pardon my suggestion." - -"'Tis my intention to deliver them to-day. Can you secure an interview?" -inquired George, eagerly. - -"Beyond all doubt I can," said Rivington, interrupting. "They will be -glad to see you." - -An hour or so later George was waiting, with the florid printer, in the -little anteroom of the polished hallway of one of the large private -houses that belonged to New York's most wealthy family. It was here that -General Howe and his brother, the noble Lord, lived when on shore. They -both had quarters also on board the flag-ship in the bay. - -Something was going on, for aides and orderlies streamed in and out of -the big house, and despatches were being taken to the various commands; -secretaries, with their arms full of papers and with pens behind their -ears came out occasionally, filled with importance. - -At last an orderly stepped up to where our hero and Rivington were -pleasantly chatting. "General Howe will see you, gentlemen," he said, -saluting. - -George caught himself in the act of replying to the salute. That would -never do at all. He was supposed to be ignorant of military tactics, and -he trembled at his narrow escape. - -General Howe glanced over the despatches lazily. He appeared to be an -easy-going man of indolent habits, for he lounged in his chair. He had a -good-natured face. - -"So the American General Schuyler is disgruntled, eh?" he said. "'Tis -quite like opera-bouffe. And they say that Farmer Gates from -Massachusetts may supersede him. Well, well, the plot thickens. -Burgoyne's army is obstructed by broken roads and felled trees. Let them -take their time. They will encounter nothing worse. 'Tis my opinion that -we forced things too hard in Now Jersey. I thank you for the news these -despatches contain, my dear young sir," he said, "and it is good news to -hear of our friends up the river. Can I do anything for you? You can -most certainly command me. I trust I shall see you again." - -A splendid hound was sprawled out on the rug before the fireplace. -George looked at him carefully. He knew the dog in an instant. It was -one that had been raised by Mr. Wyeth. General Howe followed the lad's -glance. - -"I see you know a good dog when you see him," he said. "'Twas a present -to me from a soldier. He seems to have an antipathy for Yankees, but -likes a scarlet coat." - -The dog turned over on his back and lazily tapped the floor with his -tail. Seeing George, he arose and stretched himself; but as he -approached closer he suddenly grew excited, and jumped up on the young -man's breast, trying his best to lick his hands and face. - -"How strange!" said General Howe. "I have never seen him pay aught of -attention to a stranger here before. Down, down! you devil!" The dog -slunk beneath the table, and at last Rivington and "Richard Blount" -stepped out in the hallway. - -"'Tis strange about dogs," the older man was saying. "They are both -faithful and capricious." - -George went back to his hotel. On his way he had another proof that his -disguise was quite impenetrable, for whom should he pass walking along -the street but Abel Norton, the chief clerk. George held his breath. The -old man, however, looked him in the face and passed on. - -All this lack of recognition gave George the necessary assurance to -carry on his fictitious position. He listened to the talk of the -soldiers in the grill-room at the City Arms, but gained little knowledge -of the plans even from the conversation of the officers. It was evident -that the leaders of the British feared their divulgence. It was not Lord -Howe's intention to let Washington know the destination of the fleet, -which he could turn either northward to the assistance of Burgoyne, or -southward into the Chesapeake and the Delaware. While this uncertainty -remained, both forces were at a standstill. - -It had thawed during the day, and a drizzling rain had set in. Late at -night George opened the window, and once more stood upon the roof. Then -he dropped over the wall to the ground. He had once more donned the old -suit which he had worn as his first disguise, and with his collar drawn -up to his ears he strode northward. He had not gone far when, as he -turned about the corner of a lane, he thought he heard the sound of some -one screaming. Then a doorway burst open, throwing a flood of light out -into the darkness, and a female voice was heard screaming shrilly: - -"Thieves! robbers! help!" - -A man's figure was seen struggling at the doorway with a woman, who had -grasped him firmly by the throat. - -George, animated by an impulse, jumped the fence and ran to the house. -But before he reached there, a man turned the corner at top speed and -disappeared. - -George knew the little house well; it was in a room in the second story -that he had passed many a night thinking of the past and planning for -the future. It was Mrs. Mack's. - -"For the love of Heaven, Mr. Frothingham!" exclaimed a voice. - -George had come within the ray of light, and it was none other than the -good washer-woman who was standing there. - -"The blackguard tried to rob me," she said. "He stole in the back way, -and I found him in the pantry; but he didn't get a thing," she added, -"He might have murthered me intirely if you hadn't come up, sir." - -George stepped inside the house and closed the door. "Would you have -known me, Mrs. Mack?" he asked. - -"Indade in a minute, sir," she said, "I think. No, but you have changed. -Perhaps it was the way you leaped the fince. Your hair, sir--what has -happened it?" - -"Mrs. Mack," said George, "I must speak quickly. I am here on dangerous -business. If you see me anywhere you must not recognize me--until you -see me in my uniform. Do you understand?" - -"Shure," said the good woman. "Now I recall your face, you're a perfect -stranger, sir." - -George smiled. "Have you seen the deaf-and-dumb man who brought the -money to me?" - -"I do now and then. And shure he often asks fer ye." - -"And what do you tell him?" asked George. - -"That I hope ye're well," she responded. - -"Now, Mrs. Mack, how can you do it?" - -"And indade and with signs, and why not?" she asked, giving the same -answer that she had once before. "P'r'aps I have promised not to tell." - -"Well," was the response, "remember, would you know me now? I have to -hasten." - -"I would not," replied the widow. "Good-by, and may the Lord bless ye!" - -"It was strange that she recognized me and the others did not," George -was thinking to himself, as he approached the lonely orchard, whose path -was rarely used except by the occupants of the two farms that bordered -it. "It may have been the walk," he added. - -The snow had melted so that he could find no trace of any one having -been there before him on this day, but when he reached his hand back -into the limb of the tree, he touched a paper. How it thrilled him! Now -he would find out what things meant. There was something else there -also, and stretching out his fingers, he grasped a leather bag, which -clinked musically as he drew it forth. It was more gold! He hurried back -to the inn, and climbed to the top of the wall. But what was his dismay -and horror when he saw a figure on the roof bending on its knees trying -to look into the window of his room! A light was burning brightly -within. - -George lowered himself cautiously and turned about the corner. What was -he to do? How was he to regain the second story? The papers must be read -at once. - -George did not know that the man on the roof had caught sight of his -head as he had drawn himself up to the top of the wall, and had called: -"Hist! Blount! Oh, Blount!" in a low tone. - -Then the stranger had crawled to the edge of the roof, and whispered -again: "Hist! Number Four! I am Number Two." - -But he looked and listened in vain for an answer, for at this moment -George had disappeared in the darkness. He had not heard the hail. - -With the agility of a sailor the small figure slid to the ground and -walked away quickly. If the young spy had heard the footsteps he would -have known that it was his old friend the schoolmaster. - -When George reached the corner he leaned back against a buttress, -puzzling what to do. - -Then he remembered with a start the door in his room that he had opened -thinking it would be a closet, but had discovered it to be a narrow -stairway that led down into a sort of servants' hall off the kitchen. If -he could gain it now he might be able to see within his apartment and -find out what was going on. The man on the roof prevented him, of -course, from getting back the way he left. - -The tap-room opened upon the alley. It was thick with the clouds of -tobacco smoke, and noisy with the conversation of the crowd. He knew -that if he could once get beyond it to the kitchen he might be able to -find the door that led to the stairway. And now an idea struck him. The -walls were covered with rough cartoons and sheets of somewhat vulgar -songs, which most of the crowd had learned by heart. He had seen the men -often edging along, with their faces close to the wall, as if they had -been bookworms searching in a case for a mislaid volume. He stepped -inside the room, and followed the same tactics. No one paid the least -attention to him, and with his back to those seated about the tables, he -made his way to the kitchen. Here good luck also favored him, for a fat -man in a greasy apron snored in the corner. He was the only occupant, -and a door partly ajar disclosed to him the servants' stairway. - -George stole softly up, and reached a little landing, which he knew at -once was the one he had looked at from his own room. He could hear the -sound of voices from within. One was loud and hearty, and the other he -knew at once as Landlord Gerry's. - -"He is out on some escapade with the young officers, I promise you," -said the landlord, "or mayhap he has gone over to the fleet, though all -below-stairs say that they did not see him go out. Why don't you wait -until the morning, sir? He appears a popular young gentleman, and may -possibly stay out late." - -"No, he is a sleepy-head, my nephew," responded the other. "And he will -return soon if summat has not befallen him." - -"He is a handsome lad," put in the landlord. - -The other laughed. "Well, that depends where you look for beauty," he -responded. "I never reckoned him as such." - -George saw it all now. It was the uncle from Connecticut, who had -returned, and, to use the expression, "the jig was up." - -But what meant the man on the roof? - -Seating himself on the stairway, his courage almost left him. What was -he to do? A hiding-place must be found before morning. - -He thought at once of Mrs. Mack's. There lay his only hope. But there -was now some movement in the kitchen. The fat man, who had been -sleeping, was stirring a rasher of bacon over the fire. The talking had -ceased in his room, and suddenly he remembered with a start of fright -that the cipher and locket he had left under the pillow of the bed. It -almost made him sick with fear. He moved from his hiding-place, and -putting his eye to the key-hole, looked within. - -The candle was guttering, and a huge shadow wavered across the opposite -wall. As his eye became accustomed to the light and the draught of air -blowing through the key-hole, he made out the figure of the large man -sitting in an easy-chair. His breast was rising and falling. He was -asleep. - -[Illustration: IN TWO STEPS HE WOULD BE IN FULL VIEW.] - -George tried the door. It moved, and in a moment he was standing in the -room. Here he paused. In two steps more he would be in full view of the -person looking through the window. He carefully measured the distance -and the direction of objects about him; and drawing a long breath he -blew with all his might at the candle on the dressing-case. It flickered -and went out. Then he stepped across in the darkness and placed his hand -beneath the pillow. - -The heavy man drew a long breath and moved his head. "Confound that -light!" he said, and George heard him arise to his feet and fumble along -the wall. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -RIDDLES IN FLOWERS. - -BY WILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSON, - -AUTHOR OF "HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS," "SHARP EYES," ETC. - - -Indeed, are they not all riddles? Where is the flower which even to the -most devoted of us has yet confided all its mysteries? In comparison -with the insight of the earlier botanists, we have surely come much -closer to the flowers, and they have imparted many of their secrets to -us. Through the inspired vision of Sprengel, Darwin, and their -followers, we have learned something of their meaning, in addition to -the knowledge of their structure, which comprised the end and aim of the -study of those early scholars, Linnæus, Lindley, Jassieu, and De -Candolle. To these and other eminent worthies in botany we owe much of -our knowledge of _how_ the flowers are made, and of the classification -based upon this structure, but if these great savants had been asked, -"You have shown us that it _is so_, but _why_ is it thus?" they could -only have replied, "We know not; we only know that an all-wise -Providence has so ordained and created it." - -Take this little collection, which I have here presented, of stamens and -petals selected at random from common blossoms. What inexplicable -riddles to the botanist of a hundred years ago, even of sixty years ago! -For not until that time was their significance fully understood; and yet -each of these presents but one of several equally puzzling features in -the same flowers from which they were taken. - -[Illustration: PUZZLING FORMS AND FACES.] - -In that first anther, for example, why those pores at the tip of the -cells, instead of the usual slits at the sides, and why that pair of -horns at the back? And the next one, with longer tubes, and the same two -horns besides! Then there is that queer specimen with flapping ears--one -of six from the barberry blossom; and the pointed, arrow-headed -individual with a long plume from its apex; and the curved C-shaped -specimen--one of a pair of twins which hide beneath the hood of the sage -blossom. The lily anther, which comes last, is poised in the centre. -Why? What puzzles to the mere botanist! for it is because these eminent -scholars _were mere_ botanists--students and chroniclers of the -structural facts of flowers--that this revelation of the truth about -these blossom features was withheld from them. It was not until they had -become philosophers and true seers, not until they sought the divine -significance, the reason, which lay behind or beneath these facts, that -the flowers disclosed their mysteries to them. - -Look at that random row of petals too!--one with a peacock's eye, two -others with dark spots, and next the queer-fingered petal of the -mignonette, followed by one of that queer couple of the monk's-hood -blossom which no one ever sees unless he tears the flower hood to -pieces. We all know the nasturtium, but have we thought to ask it why -these petals have such a deep crimson or orange colored spot, and why -each one is so beautifully fringed at the edge of its stalk? - -These are but a dozen of the millions of similar challenges, riddles, -puzzles, which the commonest flowers of field and garden present to us; -and yet we claim to "know" our nasturtium, our pink, our monk's-hood -larkspur, our daisy, and violet! - -No; we must be _more_ than "botanists" before we can hope to understand -the flowers, with their endless, infinite variety of form, color, and -fragrance. - -It was not until the flowers were studied in connection with the insects -which visit them that the true secret of these puzzling features became -suspected. - -[Illustration: FERTILIZATION OF A FLOWER AS BELIEVED BY GREW AND -LINNÆUS.] - -We all know, or should know, that the anther in flowers secretes and -releases the pollen. For years even the utility of this pollen was a -mystery. Not until the year 1682 was its purpose guessed, when Nehemias -Grew, an English botanist, discovered that unless its grains reached the -stigma in the flower no seed would be produced. But the people refused -to believe this, and it was not until fifty years later that Crew's -statement was fully accepted, and then only because the great Linnæus -assured the world that it _was_ true. But about fifty years later -another botanist in Germany, Sprengel, made the discovery that the -flower could not be fertilized as these botanists had claimed, that in -many blossoms the pollen could not fall on the stigma. - -[Illustration: LINNÆSUS'S IDEA WAS WRONG.] - -Sprengel knew that this pollen must reach the stigma, but showed that in -most flowers it could not do so by _itself_. He saw that insects were -always working in the flowers, and that their hairy bodies were -generally covered with pollen, and in this way pollen grains were -continually carried to the stigma, as they could easily be in these two -blossoms shown at B. Sprengel then announced to the world his -theory--the dawn of discovery, the beginning of the solution of all -these floral riddles. The _insect_ explained it all. The bright colors -and fragrance were intended to attract him, and the nectar to reward -him, and while thus sipping he conveyed the pollen to the stigma, and -fertilized the flower. - -[Illustration: WHAT SPRENGEL DID NOT EXPLAIN.] - -But now Sprengel himself was met with most discouraging opposition to -his theory, showing that he had guessed but half the secret after all. -Flowers by the hundreds were brought to his notice, like those two shown -in Diagram C, in which the insect could not transfer the pollen from -anther to stigma, as the stigma is closed when the pollen is ripe, and -does not open until the pollen is shed. For seventy years this -astonishing fact puzzled the world, and was at last solved by the great -Darwin, who showed that nearly all flowers shun their own pollen, and -are so constructed, by thousands of singular devices, that the _insect_ -shall bring to each the _pollen of another flower_ of the same species, -and thus effect what is known as _cross-fertilisation_. - -We must then look at all flowers as expressions of welcome to some -insect--day-flowering blossoms mostly to bees and butterflies, and -night-bloomers to moths. And not only expressions of welcome, but each -with some perfect little plan of its own to make this insect guest the -bearer of its pollen to the stigma of another flower of the same -species. And how endless are the plans and devices to insure this -beautiful scheme! Some flowers make it certain by keeping the stigma -closed tight until all its pollen is shed; others place the anther so -far away from the stigma as to make pollen contact impossible; others -actually imprison these pollen-bringing insects until they can send them -away with fresh pollen all over their bodies. - -Take almost any flower we chance to meet, and it will show us a mystery -of form which the insect alone can explain. - -[Illustration: THE TWO-FORMED FLOWERS.] - -Here is one, growing just outside my door--a blossom "known" even to -every child, and certainly to every reader of the ROUND TABLE--the -pretty bluets, or Houstonia, whose galaxy of white or blue stars tints -whole spring meadows like a light snowfall. We have "known" it all our -lives. Perhaps we may have chanced to observe that the flowers are not -all constructed alike, but the chances are that we have _seen_ them _all -our lives_ without discovering this fact. If we pluck a few from this -dense cluster beside the path, we observe that the throat of each is -swollen larger than the tube beneath, and is almost closed by four tiny -yellow anthers (Fig. 1). The next and the next clump may show us similar -flowers; but after a little search we are sure of finding a cluster in -which a new form appears, as shown in Fig. 3, in which the anthers at -the opening are missing, and their place supplied with a little forked -stigma! The tube below is larger than the first flower for about -two-thirds its length, when it suddenly contracts, and if we cut it open -we find the four anthers secreted near the wide base of the tube. What -does it mean, this riddle of the bluets? For hundreds of years it -puzzled the early botanists, only finally to be solved by Darwin. This -is simply the little plan which the Houstonia has perfected to insure -its cross-fertilization by an insect, to compel an insect to carry its -pollen from one flower and deposit it upon the stigma of another. Once -realizing this as the secret, we can readily see how perfectly the -intention is fulfilled. - -[Illustration: 1st Clump.--Flower enlarged. Insect's Tongue inserted.] - -[Illustration: Pollen high on Insect's Tongue after withdrawal from -Blossom.] - -[Illustration: 2d Clump.--Flower enlarged. Pollen thrust against high -Stigma at top and touching Pollen below.] - -[Illustration: Pollen at Base of Insect's Tongue after withdrawal from -Blossom.] - -[Illustration: 3d Clump.--Flower enlarged. Pollen thrust against low -Stigma.] - -In order to make it clear I have drawn a progressive series of pictures -which hardly require description. The flowers are visited by small bees, -butterflies, and other insects. At the left is an insect just alighting -on a clump of the blossoms of the high-anther form indicated below it. -The black probe represents the insect's tongue, which, as it seeks the -nectar at the bottom of the tube, gets dusted at its thickened top with -the pollen from the anthers. We next see the insect flying away, the -probe beneath indicating the condition of its tongue. It next alights on -clump No. 2, in which the flowers happen to be of the high-stigma form, -as shown below. The tongue now being inserted, brings the pollen against -the high stigma, and fertilizes the flower, while at the same time its -tip comes in contact with the low anthers, and gets pollen from them. We -next see the insect flying to clump No. 3, the condition of its tongue -being shown below. Clump No. 3 happens to be of the first low-stigma -form of flowers, and as the tongue is inserted the pollen at its tip is -carried directly to the low stigma, and _this_ flower is fertilized from -the pollen from the anthers on the same level in the previous flower. -And thus the riddle is solved by the insect. From clump to clump he -flies, and through his help each one of the pale blue blooms is sure to -get its food, each flower fertilized by the pollen of another. - -Another beautiful provision is seen in the difference in size of the -pollen grain of the two flowers, those of the high anthers being much -larger than those from the lower anthers. These larger grains are -intended for the high stigma, which they are sure of reaching, while -those of smaller size, on the top of the tongue, which should happen to -be wiped off on the high stigma, are too small to be effective for -fertilization. - - - - -HOW RUFUS TRAPPED THE BURGLARS. - -BY WILLIAM HEMMINGWAY. - - -The squealing of dry snow under horses' hoofs awakened Rufus Walker. His -room was the nearest to the turnpike crossing. Perhaps that was why he -was the only sleeper in the railroad station at Winona to be aroused by -the approaching sleigh. It was a sleigh, that was certain; for now Rufus -could hear the smooth, easy, half-shuffling sound of the runners on the -well-packed snow. Who could it be travelling at that time of night? The -horses were going at a walk. Neither of them wore a bell. "Maybe some -one has come to wake up father and send a telegram," thought Rufus, -sleepily. But no, the sleigh bumped over the railroad tracks and passed -on. The boy heard the shrill crunching of the snow a few times more, and -then he fell asleep again. If he had only felt enough curiosity to get -up and look out of the window he would have seen something to make his -heart beat very fast indeed; but the cold air nipped the tip of his nose -and made it numb, and he buried his face in the blankets and slept. - -Rufus Walker's father was the station agent and telegraph operator at -Winona, in the heart of a vast wheat-raising section of Dakota. For -miles the country stretched away in gentle undulations. In the spring -you looked out on a sea of waving, tossing green, crinkled and fretted -by every passing breeze. In the fall the green sea had turned to gold, -and those noisy ships, the mowing-machines, went clattering through it. -Now the vast expanse lay white and still under its frosty blanket. The -wheat harvest had been gathered into the barns, and for weeks little -Rufus had heard the farmers talking about "number one hard," and "number -one," and all the other varieties of the grain. Right opposite the -station and across the railroad track stood a grain elevator. Its -gigantic shape rose over the little station like a castle towering above -a tiny cottage. The farmers for miles around would begin to haul wheat -to the elevator to-morrow, for Mr. Price, Pillsbury's elevator -superintendent, had arrived that day. He had brought a satchel full of -packages of new crisp bank-notes, and fat little rolls of gold eagles -and double-eagles. He always paid cash for the wheat as he bought it. -That is the custom all through the wheat country. - -The thick black bag of alligator-skin that held more than five thousand -dollars was locked in the safe that stood in the office of the grain -elevator. The money was the attraction that had brought the three men, -who silently got out of the sleigh in the shadow of the tall building. -They tied their horses to a ring near the office door, then stealthily -crept through the snow to the railroad station. - -Little Rufus Walker woke up with a start. A big man with a handkerchief -tied across the lower part of his face was shaking him by the shoulder. - -"How old are you, sonny?" asked the stranger. - -"Ten years last August," Rufus answered, huskily. - -"Well, you're old enough to have sense," said the man. "All you've got -to do is to keep still. We're just goin' to relieve Mr. Price of that -bag o' money. You keep still, d'ye hear?" - -The big man strode out of Rufus's room and joined his two companions at -the further end of the hallway. They had gathered Mr. Price, Rufus's -father, Mrs. Walker, and big Tom Walker in one of the rooms. Evidently -the strangers had awakened Rufus last of all. He sat up, shivering, with -the blankets wrapped around him. His hair was standing up so straight -that it seemed to bend backward. His teeth chattered. - -"Where's the boy?" he heard a strange voice ask. - -"Oh, I left him in his bed!" replied the voice of the big man. "He's no -bigger than your thumb, and he--" - -"Better bring him in here with the rest," said the strange voice. - -"No; let him stay in his bed," said the big man's voice. "He ain't -sizable enough to make trouble. He couldn't live to go two miles to the -nearest house for help." - -"All right," said the strange voice. "Now, Mr. Price, we don't aim to -bust your safe. If you was a polite gentleman you'd just skip over and -open her for us. However, we've got the little implements here, and -we'll have her open in less than an hour fair an' easy. Bill, you keep -these folks quiet till we whistle for you." - -Rufus heard two men go down stairs. Then he heard them stamping through -the snow toward the grain-elevator. There was silence for five minutes -or so, and then he heard the "bink! bink! bink!" of hammers falling on -steel wedges. Rufus suddenly wondered if he couldn't call help in a way -the robbers hadn't thought of. He stealthily got out of bed and put on -his coat, trousers, and thick woollen stockings. His heart fluttered and -jumped so hard that he was afraid he'd lose it as he crept inch by inch -to the stairs that led down to the ticket and telegraph office. How glad -he was when at last he stole in there as silently as a ghost! How glad -he was that his father had encouraged him to learn how to telegraph! He -wasn't a fine operator yet, but he thought he could manage to telegraph -something useful. Very slowly he pulled out the plug in the switchboard -that cut in the instrument on the telegraph line. He threw over a little -brass lever so that the noisy "sounder" was cut off from the "relay" -instrument. He screwed the points of the relay down so fine that the -instrument ticked no louder than a watch. He tightened up the key, too. -From upstairs he could hear the gruff voice of the big robber as he made -jokes at the expense of his victims. Rufus knew that the night -train-despatcher at Springfield was always at the wire, so he -telegraphed, - -"Sg--Sg--Wn!" - -That meant, "Springfield, Winona is calling you!" - -In a moment the relay ticked out, "Ay--ay--Sg." That meant that the -despatcher heard the call. Then Rufus, his fingers stiff from the cold -and clumsy with fright, bravely ticked this message: - - "3 robrs hv held us up. 2 are brkg opn safe in elevator, and 1 is - guardg our ppl. Pls send help qk. Do you 13?" - -This meant: "Three robbers have held us up. Two are breaking open the -safe in the elevator, and one is guarding our people. Please send help -quickly. Do you understand!" - -The despatcher gave a quick "Ay, ay!" closed his key, and rushed out -into the railroad yard. Within two minutes a locomotive was running -westward toward Winona, eighteen miles away. Besides the engineer and -fireman, there were four freight brakemen in the cab. Each one had a -rifle. The engineer kept the throttle wide open until he was within a -mile of Winona. Then he shut off steam. - -"Her headway'll carry her a long way," he remarked to his companions, -"and it's all down grade from here." - -Within a quarter of a mile of Winona the fireman put all his strength on -the brake-wheel and brought the engine to a stop. The four brakemen -cautiously plodded up the track. - -Little Rufus sat in the dark office, numb with cold and fear. Every -sense was on the alert. He thought the glare of the moonlight in the -snow would blind him as he gazed down the track, minute after minute, -through a knothole in the shutter. At last he saw a black dot away down -the track. The dot turned into four dots as it swung around the curve. -They came nearer, and he could make out the burly figure of Tim Ryan and -the other three brakemen, each with a gun resting across the hollow of -his left arm. The four figures silently passed by the office window, -and crossed over to the grain elevator. Rufus could still hear the -"bink! bink! bink!" of the hammers on the steel wedges. If he had dared -to follow, he would have enjoyed what happened. The door of the safe was -almost off when the robbers heard Tim Ryan's soft voice bidding them "Be -aisy, now, an' lift yere hands above yere heads!" The two thieves almost -fell over in their surprise. - -The fourth brakeman easily captured the lone robber upstairs. Little -Rufus went up stairs as soon as the excited men stopped talking. When -the three thieves had been tied hand and foot, and Rufus had explained -to his father and mother how he had summoned help, everybody looked at -him in surprise. - -"Weren't you scared?" asked his father. - -"So scared I could hardly hold on to the key," said Rufus. "But I was -too scared to let go of it, too." - - - - -THE JOYS OF WINTER. - - - Hurrah for the joys of winter! - For the jolly sparkling weather, - For the lake like glass where the skaters pass, - For the flying flake and feather! - Hurrah for the fun of rushing - Down the long toboggan slide, - For the dash ahead of the winning sled - Round the curve of the steep hill-side! - - Hurrah for the joys of winter! - Jack Frost and the boys are friends; - To the girl's bright face what a witching grace - The touch of his pencil lends! - Hurrah for the wild northwester, - And the crisp cold wintry night - When the rough wind blows and we toast our toes - In the glow of the hearth-fire's light! - - - - -THAT BIT OF LOOSE FLAGGING. - -BY GEORGE GRANTHAM BAIN. - - -That piece of loose flagging should have been fixed long before. It was -one of those wicked, insidious suggesters of temptation which are quite -as bad in their moral effect as the temptation itself. Probably not a -man or woman stepped on that wobbling piece of stone but thought of the -possibilities that lay below it. Directly beneath were the vaults in -which were kept the millions on millions of silver and gold dollars -belonging to the government Treasury. The first thought that the loose -flagging suggested to the mind was always: Suppose it should turn over -and drop me into the vault where the gold is kept; and suppose it was as -easy to get out as to get in; and suppose--for I do not believe there -was any one wicked enough to want to steal the coin--suppose there was -no objection on the part of any one to carrying away as much gold as the -pockets would hold. What a jolly time one could have with it! - -That is what Harry Holt thought every night when he left the Western -Union Telegraph Building and started home. He always crossed over to the -Treasury Department sidewalk and walked on the loose piece of stone. -There was no harm, he thought, in imagining all of the delightful things -that he could do with a pocketful of the gold. For he was quite sure -that even if the flagging was as loose as it seemed to the pressure of -his foot, and even if he could move it--and he was tempted often to -stoop and see--the top of the vault below was of heavy steel, and the -only thing he would get if the flagging gave way was a good bumping, if -not a broken leg. So the loose flagging was only a touchstone to a -little world in which Harry lived on his way home each night from his -telegraph desk--a world where all the hot summer days were made of trips -to Nova Scotia, and the winter of sunny sojourns in the everglades of -Florida. - -"My wire's clear at both ends; I think I'll go home," said Harry to the -chief operator one hot night. It was five minutes before his time for -leaving the operating-room, and Western Union orders are strict. The -chief operator shook his head and went on. Harry turned sulkily back to -his desk and picked up a fan. On a night like this, when every one in -the room was steaming with the heat of the overcrowded room, the click -of the instrument before him and the hum of the other instruments all -about jarred on his nerves. He wanted to get to his little room uptown, -where at least he could take a plunge in the bath-tub if his blood was -overheated. He hated the slavery of the operating-room, and the set -rules that made him only a part of the machine to earn dividends for a -lot of New York people in whom he had no interest. Harry was not a -philosopher, or he would have said to himself that the surest way of -heating his blood still more, and increasing his discomfort on this -trying night, was to worry about something, to fret, to be discontented. - -Well, five minutes is not a very long time. Harry took his coat on his -arm and his hat in his hand; for it was long past the hour when every -one but a few night-workers and an occasional policeman had gone to bed. -The electric lights sputtered and spit as he came out of the building, -and the hot white light dazzled him a little. Then the steam from the -overheated asphalt came up into his face as he cut across diagonally -toward the Treasury building. It looked cool and comfortable in its -dress of white marble, and Harry thought how pleasant the air must be -down in the sub-basement, far below the heat of the street. Then he -stepped on the loose flagging, his steps turning to it as naturally as -though there had been no other path, and the flagging gave way. It was -so sudden that he had no chance to struggle or to try to regain the -solid ground. Before he could even spread his arms to catch the edges of -the stones about the opening, he had fallen below the surface of the -sidewalk. - -He had an awful consciousness that he was doing something wrong--as -though his dreams about that loose flagging had exercised some weird -influence on it, and so far loosened it as to make it give way under the -weight of his body. And he suddenly remembered that he had read -somewhere of a little army of watchmen who guarded the treasure vaults -with weapons in hand, and who had been known to shoot first and make -inquiries afterward. That would be very awkward, thought Harry; and all -of this passed through his mind in the little space of time which it -took for a fall of--well, he thought it was one hundred yards, but every -one knows that the Treasury vaults have ceilings no higher than the -ceiling of your room. - -"Hello!" said a voice at his elbow. Harry had alighted somewhere. Just -how he had managed to do it after that tremendous fall without breaking -a leg he could not understand; but here he was on his feet, with no -evidence of any damage done, and opposite him was a pleasant-faced old -gentleman with a white beard, wearing a pair of steel-bowed spectacles -which gave his face a benevolent aspect. Just behind the old gentleman -was a stack of wooden boxes as high as the ceiling--and Harry saw now -that the ceiling was not so very high after all--and lying around the -room were white canvas bags with figures stencilled on them. There was a -table not far away, with a delightful-looking cold luncheon spread on -it, and there was a bowl of lemonade or something that looked like -lemonade with a big square piece of ice floating on its surface. Harry's -tongue had been parched all evening in the hot operating-room. He longed -for a little of that lemonade, but he hesitated to ask the stranger for -it. - -"You came by the balloon route," said the old gentleman, not -inquiringly, but as though he stated a recognized fact. - -"I really don't know how I came, sir," said Harry, finding his tongue. -"I didn't know I was coming." - -"I fancied you came in a hurry. I see you haven't had time to put on -your coat," said the old gentleman. - -Harry felt very much ashamed of his shirt sleeves, and he tried very -hard to put his coat on. But, curiously enough, whether it was from -embarrassment or some other reason which he could not understand, he -could not get his arms into the sleeves. Moreover, the more he tried, -the more the sleeves of his shirt showed a disposition to come off his -arms and leave him in a more embarrassing condition. In fact, all of his -clothing felt loose and unstable, and Harry was much worried for fear -that he would find himself in the presence of this critical old -gentleman without a stitch of clothing on. The old gentleman came to his -rescue. - -"Never mind," he said; "we must make some allowance for the Czar's -messenger. I suppose it is hot in America for one so recently in -Russia." - -Harry thought that the best way to do with his strange new acquaintance -was to agree with him. He seemed kindly disposed, if he was a little -eccentric. So Harry ventured to stammer out: "It is a little colder in -St. Petersburg." - -"Of course it is," said the old gentleman, sitting down on a pile of the -canvas bags and rubbing his hands together. "The last messenger was -actually sunstruck. But he came in his fur-lined robes of office. You -were sensible to leave yours behind." - -Harry accepted the tribute with a vague smile. He was a little puzzled, -but even in his uncertain mental condition he felt reasonably sure that -he had never owned any fur-lined robes. Still he was certain that any -one who left fur-lined robes behind on a day like this, whether they -were his own robes or those of some one else, was a very sensible person -and deserving of commendation. - -"I suppose you have come after the fifteen millions for the Grand Duke!" -said the old gentleman. - -"Not at all," said Harry, for he was seized with a fear that the old -gentleman might deliver to him some other man's property, and then have -him arrested for theft when the mistake was discovered. - -"That's all right," said the old gentleman, reclining on the canvas -bags, and nodding his head encouragingly. "You can trust me." - -"But I have not come from the Grand Duke," said Harry. - -"What's that?" said the old gentleman, jumping up and speaking very -fiercely. Then he sat down again. "Of course you have," he said, calmly. -"Otherwise how would you be here, and how would you be able to carry it -away?" And Harry thought it best not to contradict him again. - -"There is the lot over there," said the old gentleman, indicating -another pile of canvas bags just beyond, and to Harry's left. "It isn't -much of a load when you know how to carry it." - -"Am I to carry all that?" asked Harry; for the bags looked as though -they might weigh a ton. - -"And a very light load," said the old gentleman, nodding and smiling. -"Sit down." He pointed at the bags. - -Harry was glad of the invitation, though an invitation to supper or to a -drop of that cooling lemonade would have pleased him more. The old -gentleman seemed to divine his thoughts, for he pointed at the lemonade -bowl, and said, with a smack of his lips, "A little later." Then he -motioned again to the pile of coin-bags. Harry threw himself down on -them. Then a dreadful feeling went through him. He felt as though he -were afire. The bags were hot--as hot as boiling water--so hot that he -sprang from them with a scream. - -[Illustration: "YOU ARE AN IMPOSTOR. YOU ARE A THIEF."] - -"What's that?" said the old gentleman, springing up. "Then you're not -the Czar's messenger. You haven't the key. You are an impostor. You are -a thief." - -He caught up one of the canvas bags on which he had been sitting. It -burst, and the yellow gold pieces flew out in a shower on Harry's head. -Each of them seemed to burn a hole where it struck. Harry fell to the -floor. The old gentleman caught up another bag and poured its contents -over Harry. His face had the expression of a fiend now. More and more -gold he poured on Harry's prostrate form, until all but his head was -quite hidden from view. Each gold piece burned, and burned, and burned. -The heat was intolerable. Harry screamed with the pain of it. - -"What's the matter with you, Holt?" said a voice in his ear. The -chinking of the gold pieces as they fell seemed like some old familiar -sound. Some one took hold of his shoulder, and the voice said again, -"Here, what's the matter with you!" The chinking now was like the -clicking of the telegraph instruments in the operating-room. Harry -opened his eyes and looked about him. The old gentleman was gone; the -bags of gold were gone. The old desk was under his arm, and the chief -operator was bending over him. - -"Your time's up, Harry," he said. "I thought you were in a hurry to get -home. This isn't a very good place to sleep on a hot night, anyhow." - -The clock on the wall opposite said half past two; it was twenty-five -minutes past when Harry had told the chief operator that he wanted to -go. He had been asleep perhaps three minutes, and every garment on him -was wet with perspiration. His hat and coat were not in his hands. He -looked for them, and then he remembered. They were still in the closet. -He got them, and walked slowly down the four flights of stairs. When he -came out on Fifteenth Street his footsteps turned instinctively in the -direction of the Treasury building. But Harry resolutely turned them the -other way. - -"I don't want any more dreamland riches," he said, as he thought of the -old gentleman and his red-hot coin. - - - - -[Illustration: INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT] - - -In the lull following upon the activity of football, and preceding track -athletics and baseball, I shall devote as much space as possible in this -Department to comment on seasonable sports, and on the methods for -training and preparation for spring work. So many letters come each week -asking for suggestions about training, especially for the running -events, and requesting information on the various outdoor sports for ice -and snow, that it seems advisable to award to these subjects the -preference, for the next few weeks at least. Concerning training for -field sports, I shall endeavor to treat of putting the shot in an early -number of the ROUND TABLE, and soon afterward we shall have hints and -advice on training for the sprints and the middle distances. This week I -want to devote almost all available space to the prime winter sport of -curling, about which I have been asked for a description by a number of -correspondents in the Northern and Western States and Canada. - -[Illustration: A CURLING-MATCH.] - -Curling is essentially a Scottish game, and one over which the stolid -Scotsmen manage to work up considerable enthusiasm and excitement. It -has been imported into this country, and especially in Canada have -American curlers become almost as proficient as any in the world. Few -games afford better sport and exercise, and a certain amount of muscular -strength is demanded of the players. The game is played on ice, of -course, and the space marked out for playing is called a "rink." This is -usually a strip of ice on a pond or a stream, forty-two yards long and -eight or nine yards wide, swept clear of snow. A "tee," or goal, is set -down at each end of the rink. The tees are 39-1/2 yards apart. Seven -feet behind each tee is a small circle called a "foot-circle," from -which the curlers launch their stones. From each tee as a centre a -circle must be drawn, with a radius of seven feet, and every stone which -is not outside of this circle when it has stopped moving counts as one -point in the reckoning. Outside and beyond the tee circle a line is -drawn across to the rink, and the stones which pass this boundary are -called dead--that is, they do not count. Seven or eight yards inside of -each tee another line is drawn across the rink, and every stone that -does not pass this "hog-score," as this line is called, is removed from -the ice, out of the way of coming stones. The "middle line" is drawn -half-way between the tees across the rink. Perhaps a better idea of this -complicated delineation of a curling-rink may be gathered from the -diagram at the top of the next page. - -[Illustration: DIAGRAM OF A CURLING-RINK.] - -There are usually four players on a side, and each player is armed with -two stones. These stones are of circular shape, with flattened sides, -and must not weigh more than fifty pounds nor less than thirty pounds. -Neither must they be more than thirty-six inches around, nor less in -height than one-eighth of the greatest circumference. Curling -enthusiasts attach great importance to their stones. They have them of -various weights to suit their own fancy, and of every possible variation -of form. Some players prefer flat stones, while others have a liking for -high ones. As a rule, however, the favorite is that which is neither -very flat nor very high, the reason for this being that such a stone is -well "centred," having the centre of gravity about in the middle, and -being therefore more easily handled. These stones are usually cut out of -granite; they are then highly polished, and frequently fitted with very -ornamental and highly expensive handles. - -The players are also provided with brooms, with which they sweep off the -snow and other obstacles from the rink. One point of judgment in curling -is to know when to sweep the way clear for a coming stone and when not -to, the sweeper knowing about how fast the stone will go for its weight, -and about where it will land if allowed to travel over a rough or a -smooth surface. The number of points ordinarily appointed as decisive of -a curling-match is thirty-one, and the side which first scores that -total is the winner. The chief aim in the game is to hurl the stone with -the proper amount of strength, so that it will take its place close to -the tee. Then a certain amount of generalship must be used by one side -to so distribute its stones that the opponents may not be able to -dislodge those nearest to the centre of the tee circle. It will be seen -that curling is a sort of giant game of shuffle-board, but much more -susceptible to scientific work than the latter. A close finish in -curling frequently arouses both parties to the highest excitement, and -many funny stories have been written about staid Scottish squires and -dignified dominies who have found themselves hotly disputing with one -another on a curling-rink. For those who may be interested in the sport, -and who care to become more familiar with it or to learn the many rules -which experience and practice have shown to be necessary, I recommend an -article on curling in the volume on skating in the Badminton Library. - -The many protests in the recent contests held by the New York -I. S. A. A. have led the officers of that organization to formulate and -adopt some new rules which will now make the conditions of contests -perfectly clear. The changes in the constitution recently adopted are -good ones, and have all been framed with a view to purifying sport, and -with the intention of holding all New York school-boy athletes to the -closest interpretation of the spirit of amateurism. - -A very vague idea of the rules and regulations which govern amateur -sport has been held by the majority of school athletes in this city -until recently. I think this must have been because they were not as -familiar as they might have been with the laws enacted by their own -association. These laws were perhaps not as strict as they should have -been, and I am now glad to see that the managers are tightening the -reins. Every boy who goes into athletics here or anywhere else should -know exactly what his rights and his duties are in matters of sport, and -especially in the matter of eligibility in these days, when -professionalism is so steadily trying to steal into the camp. I cannot -but believe that if every scholar in this town had known by heart the -N. Y. I. S. A. A. rules of eligibility last year, the errors of some -misguided athletes would never have been made. - -The new rules governing eligibility are clear and unequivocal, and it is -hard to see how even the most professionally inclined can now beat about -the stump. The first section of the new Article XI. states that "no one -shall represent any school as a competitor in any athletic contest who -has not been a member of that school from the first of January of the -school year in which the contest is held, or who has actually been paid -wages for services during the school year, or who has been enrolled as a -member of any college, or who has attained the age of twenty years, or -who is not in good standing with the Amateur Athletic Union of the -United States." - -The article proceeds to explain that having been a member of the -sub-Freshman class of the College of the City of New York does not debar -a scholar from competing, and this is eminently just. A most important -provision follows, and I cannot urge too strongly upon the I.S.A.A. -committee to enforce this rule to the letter if it results in having -only one contest a year. It is to the effect that any school wishing to -enter a team for the baseball, football, tennis, or track-athletic -championship must file a list of all players or competitors with the -chairman of the committee governing that special branch before such team -can enter any contest. The next two sections specify that in such list -the ages of all players or competitors shall be given, and the list must -be signed by the principal of the school, to certify that all the -intended players or competitors are eligible. - -In view of recent events, the revision of Article XIV. also cannot be -too gladly welcomed: "Section 1. No school shall, through any of its -officers or by any other means, directly or indirectly, by offering any -inducements, influence or try to influence a pupil of any other school -to sever his connection with said school. Section 2. The offering of a -regularly established or other scholarship by any school or officer -thereof, as an inducement to change from one school to another, shall be -considered an inducement." Much annoyance would have been saved if these -paragraphs had been in the constitution when it was first formulated, -and I think that this revision might be even further fortified by -inserting the words "directly or indirectly" in the second section as -well as in the first. - -It is a wise provision also that any school entering a team for the -baseball or football championship must play all games for which they are -scheduled under penalty of $5 fine for each game forfeited. My only -criticism is that the penalty might be doubled or trebled. The -championship series of football games last fall, in Brooklyn, was -greatly interfered with by the continual forfeiting of games by the -weaker teams. This Department spoke of the evil at the time, and I would -now urge the Long Island League legislators to insert some such by-law -in their code as the New Yorkers have just established. - -Athletics are progressing so vigorously in Philadelphia that a new -interscholastic league, in addition to the Inter-Academic A. A. of some -years standing, has been organized. Tho new association held a meeting a -few weeks ago, at which delegates from the Central High-school, -Wilmington High-school, and the Central and Northeast Manual Training -schools were present. A committee was appointed to see the Friends' -Central, Catholic High and Swarthmore College Grammar Schools, and -invite them to join the association. The meeting then adjourned to meet -at the call of the chair to receive the report of this committee. This -committee should at once communicate with the officers of the National -I. S. A. A., and apply for membership. The new league has some strong -schools in it, as readers of this Department may see by glancing over -the list. The Central High-school of Philadelphia is probably the -largest school in that city, and both the Wilmington and Swarthmore -Grammar schools have already acquired enviable records in sport. - -An Interscholastic Polo League has been formed in Boston, under the -auspices of the B.A.A., with the following schools as members: Melrose -High, Cambridge High and Latin, Roxbury Latin, and English High. A -provisional schedule has been arranged, but as the weather is an -important factor in polo, it may be necessary to postpone several of the -contests. The dates chosen are: - -CAMBRIDGE H. AND L. - - Dec. 31.--E. H. S. on Spy Pond. - Jan. 17.--Roxbury Latin on Spy Pond. - Jan. 25.--Melrose on Spy Pond. - -ENGLISH HIGH. - - Dec. 31.--Cambridge on Spy Pond. - Jan. 14.--Roxbury Latin (undecided). - Jan. 17.--Melrose at Melrose. - -ROXBURY LATIN. - - Jan. 14.--English High (undecided). - Jan. 17.--Cambridge on Spy Pond. - Jan. 21.--Melrose at Melrose. - -MELROSE HIGH. - - Jan. 17.--English High at Melrose. - Jan. 21.--Roxbury Latin at Melrose. - Jan. 25.--Cambridge at Spy Pond. - -It is to be hoped, if the season proves a successful one and the cold -weather holds out, that the winner in this Boston League will arrange -for a championship game with the winner in the Connecticut League. - -[Illustration: H. D. CAREY, JUN., - -Hamilton Institute.] - -[Illustration: THEODORE LUTKINS, - -Brooklyn Latin School.] - -On account of this delay in receiving the portraits of Messrs. Carey and -Lutkins, who were selected for members of the All-New-York football -team, the pictures could not be reproduced until this week. Carey of the -Hamilton Institute would play right half-back, and Lutkins would rank as -first substitute on the All-New-York eleven, the full details of which -were given in the ROUND TABLE of January 7th. - -The game of basket-ball promises to become popular among the colleges -and the larger schools of the country this winter. This Department will -devote some space to the game at an early date, which is taking up the -attention of scholastic sportsmen in Connecticut. - - J. A. BAKER, B. BAY, MASSACHUSETTS.--There is no rule prohibiting - tackling above the shoulders, unless Section B of Rule 27 of the - Football Rules of 1895 can be construed as such. It is a matter for - the umpire to decide in every case. - - H. C. MORRIS, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.--There will be an article on - running in this Department some time during the winter. 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W., the - Editor will be pleased to furnish subscribers with membership - blanks and information as far as possible. - - -[Illustration: Copyright, 1895, by Harper & Brothers.] - -Continuing our trip from New York to Washington, we take up the journey -at Westminster for the run thence in Baltimore. The road is a turnpike -of limestone, as are most of the important roads in that part of the -country. It is moderately level nearly all the way, and there is little -difficulty in keeping to it on this particular stretch of the trip. -Leaving Westminster you pass out of town under the railroad, and start -out at once on the turnpike for Carrolton, taking care to take the left -fork a little less than a mile out. From Carrolton through Sandyville to -Finksburg, and thence to Reisterstown the way is direct and -unmistakable, there being almost no road of an equal importance to the -main pike, and therefore little opportunity for any one to get off the -route. This makes up a run of about fourteen miles over an easy road, -and you are strongly advised, therefore, not to make much of a stop -here, but to run on to Pikesville at least, unless the company happens -to be made up partly of women, when a stop may to advantage be made -here, and another at Pikesville or Howardsville. - -From Reisterstown the pike runs almost due southeast five miles to -Greenspring Junction, and then two miles further on to Pikesville. -Keeping straight on over a remarkably good road in pleasant weather, you -pass through Howardsville less than two miles further, and finally bring -up in Arlington, twenty-four or twenty-five miles from Westminster. If -no stop is to be made at Baltimore, and the rider determines to include -this run and the next day's run in one twenty-four hours, he should take -the right fork here, and follow the road marked like a barber's pole on -the map. For many reasons, however, it is better to go on, because -Baltimore is a good and comfortable place to put up at, especially if -you go to the Carrolton; and should you be making the trip in quicker or -longer stages than we have been doing, you should make it a point to -reach Baltimore at night, instead of putting up at Westminster. - -Proceeding then from Arlington along the railroad, the rider soon comes -in to Druid Hill Park, and through or along the edge of this enters the -city, where it is easy to make his way to the centre of the town and -reach the Carrolton. - - NOTE.--Map of New York city asphalted streets in No. 809. Map of - route from New York to Tarrytown in No. 810. New York to Stamford, - Connecticut in No. 811. New York to Staten Island in No. 812. New - Jersey from Hoboken to Pine Brook in No. 813. Brooklyn in No. 814. - Brooklyn to Babylon in No. 815. Brooklyn to Northport in No. 816. - Tarrytown to Poughkeepsie in No. 817. Poughkeepsie to Hudson to No. - 818. Hudson to Albany in No. 819. Tottenville to Trenton in No. - 820. Trenton to Philadelphia in No. 821. Philadelphia in No. 822. - Philadelphia-Wissahickon Route in No. 823. Philadelphia to West - Chester in No. 824. Philadelphia to Atlantic City--First Stage in - No. 825; Second Stage in No. 826. Philadelphia to Vineland--First - Stage in No. 827; Second Stage in No. 828. New York to - Boston--Second Stage in No. 829; Third Stage in No. 830; Fourth - Stage in No. 831; Fifth Stage in No. 832; Sixth Stage in No. 833. - Boston to Concord in No. 834. Boston in No. 835. Boston to - Gloucester in No. 836. Boston to Newburyport in No. 837. Boston to - New Bedford in No. 838. Boston to South Framingham in No. 839. - Boston to Nahant in No. 840. Boston to Lowell in No. 841. Boston to - Nantucket Beach in No. 842. Boston Circuit Ride in No. 843. - Philadelphia to Washington--First Stage in No. 844; Second Stage in - No. 845; Third Stage in No. 846. - - * * * * * - -About New Zealand. - - Auckland is a city of 60,000 inhabitants, situated on the southern - bank of the Waitamata Harbor. It has a fine library and art - gallery. To the former Sir George Grey gave a very valuable - collection of books, and to the latter the late Mr. McKelvie left - his entire collection of works of art. Not very far from the city - is Mount Eden, an extinct volcano, from the top of which one has - some of the most beautiful views in the world. - - We live about six miles from town, and at the back of our place are - the Three Kings, so called because it is supposed that three Maori - kings were buried there--one on each peak. At the side of the - mountain is the entrance to some caves. There is a tradition that - before New Zealand was inhabited by white people there was a tribal - war; the defeated tribe was driven into the cave, the successful - one hoping to starve it into submission. The tribe in the cave, - however, knew of an opening near the harbor by which it escaped to - its canoes. The distance they had to traverse was several miles. - There is a very beautiful tree here called Pohutukawa (Metrosideros - tomentosa). The nearest approach to pronouncing it is, for the - beginner, "poetry-cow." The tree grows to a great height, and at - Christmas-time is covered with bright scarlet flowers. So it is - generally called Christmas-tree. - - - ESTELLA ULRICH. - AUCKLAND, N. Z. - - - - -[Illustration: THE PUDDING STICK] - - This Department is conducted in the interest of Girls and Young - Women, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the - subject so far as possible. Correspondents should address Editor. - - -A girl's luncheon? You mean the school luncheon? Let it be as nice as -possible, and take pains to pack it very neatly for her, so that when -the recess hour comes she may take an interest in what she eats. - -Of course the ideal luncheon for Gertrude and Caroline is something hot, -a nice hash or scrambled eggs, or else a chop and a baked potato, with -some gingerbread, stewed fruit, oranges, or a cup-custard after it. A -cup of chocolate or cocoa is good for growing girls at luncheon, and a -glass of milk is a very nice addition to their bill of fare. - -But these beautiful hot luncheons cannot always be managed at school. -Often the girls must carry their noonday meal from home, and as a -general thing they take very little care about the matter themselves. -Mamma or sister Mary must think for them. - -A dainty box or little basket, a fine soft napkin, and some paraffin -paper are indispensable to the preparation of lunches. Sandwiches must -be made of _thin_ bread and butter, with potted meat, cream cheese, or -jam spread between the slices. Rough edges and crusts must be cut off, -and the bread and butter be of the very best. There are many delicious -crackers, some salted, some sprinkled with cheese-flakes, some sweet and -crisp like cookies, which are appetizing with one's luncheon. And fruit -is always in order. - -If it is possible, and it usually is, to get a little boiling water, let -the school-girl make for herself a cup of bouillon at luncheon. There -are several excellent kinds of bouillon which come in small jars and -bottles, and of which a spoonful added to a glass or cup of either hot -or cold water makes a very refreshing drink. I prefer hot bouillon -myself, but cold bouillon is very refreshing too, and much better with -bread and butter than cold water, if the luncheon is a simple affair of -that. - -A girl who eats her luncheon regularly, and avoids sweets, pastry, and -candy between meals, will have bright eyes and a good complexion. She -will not look sallow and pasty, nor have pimples and other signs of -indigestion on her face. - -Suppose a young girl wishes to give a luncheon to a few friends, what -would be a nice menu? Well, she might begin with oranges or grape-fruit, -cut in two and sprinkled with sugar; these are eaten with a rather -sharp-pointed spoon. This might be followed by oysters on the -half-shell, in a little bed of crushed ice, if the luncheon is to be -elaborate. Then comes bouillon, served in pretty cups; there are covered -cups for bouillon which are simply fascinating to the heart of the -china-loving girl. After this course comes minced fish or scolloped -oysters, in little china or silver shells. Follow this with dainty -chops, Saratoga chips, and green pease. Then have a salad, with thin -wafers or salted crackers, cream cheese, and guava jelly or gooseberry -jam. After this may appear dessert, of charlotte-russe or ice-cream, or -frozen pudding, or, if you please, a hot pudding with cold sauce. Have -salted almonds and olives on the table, to pass between the courses, and -finish everything up with bonbons, cream peppermints, or any pretty -candies or confections which you like. - -Of course this is the way to have a formal luncheon. I know a little -girl; her name is Delsie, and she isn't very tall, but I wouldn't ask a -better luncheon than she gave me one day, and she did everything about -it herself. She had beautiful wheat cakes with maple syrup, and she -baked them brown on the griddle like a fairy, and then she gave me the -most beautiful heaping saucerful of popped corn, white and salted and -buttered. I wish I had some of it now. - -[Illustration: Signature] - - * * * * * - -A Suggestion for the Founders. - - Would you not like a temperance club or something of the sort in - the Table? I think a society that wishes to be one of the noblest - should have a place for one of the greatest questions in the world. - I would like to correspond with some one interested in temperance. - Winter set in some time ago, but last week it thawed nearly all the - time, and as it has turned cold again the ground is covered with - ice. All the horses that are not needed on the farm are turned - loose in the winter, and as there are almost no fences they have a - good time. - - BRENDA E. NEVILLE. - PROSPECT HALL, COTTONWOOD, ASSA, CANADA. - - - - -ADVERTISEMENTS. - - - - -The - -Columbia - -Bicycle - -Pad Calendar - -For 1896 - -[Illustration] - -YOU NEED IT. - -A Desk Calendar is a necessity--most convenient kind of storehouse for -memoranda. The Columbia Desk Calendar is brightest and handsomest of -all--full of dainty pen sketches and entertaining thoughts on outdoor -exercise and sport. Occasionally reminds you of the superb quality of -Columbia Bicycles and of your need of one. You won't object to that, of -course. The Calendar will be mailed for five 2-cent stamps. - -Address Calendar Department, - -POPE MANUFACTURING CO., - -HARTFORD, CONN. - - - - -WALTER BAKER & CO., LIMITED. - -Established Dorchester, Mass., 1780. - -Breakfast Cocoa - -[Illustration] - -Always ask for Walter Baker & Co.'s - -Breakfast Cocoa - -Made at - -DORCHESTER, MASS. - -It bears their Trade Mark - -"La Belle Chocolatiere" on every can. - -Beware of Imitations. - - - - -Postage Stamps, &c. - - - - -I SEND OUT - -approval sheets of U. S. adhesive, envelopes, revenues, at from 10% to -25% discount; Foreign at 25%. No trash, no 50% sheets, and no stamps -marked over catalogue so as to give big discounts. If you want to =BUY=, -write me; must have reference. New catalogue, just issued, 50c. - -FRANK P. BROWN, - -235 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. - - - - -JAPANESE POSTAGE STAMPS. - - * * * * * - -Every one who sends me 100 good stamps of his land will receive 100 -stamps, in 20 varieties, from Japan. - -K. TODA, - -BINGO MITSUNOSHO -- JAPAN. - - - - -[Illustration] - -STAMPS! =800= fine mixed Victoria, Cape of G. H., India, Japan, etc., with -fine Stamp Album, only =10c.= New 80-p. Price-list =free=. _Agents wanted_ -at =50%= commission. STANDARD STAMP CO., 4 Nicholson Place, St. Louis, Mo. -Old U. S. and Confederate Stamps bought. - - - - -STAMP COLLECTORS! - -12 South America, 9c.; 15 Mexico and Central America, 10c.; 18 West -Indian, 10c.; 15 Australia, 11c.; 16 Asia, 10c. Large monthly price-list -free. Approval Sheet agents wanted; 50% com. and prizes given. C. W. -GREVNING, Morristown, N. J. - - - - -[Illustration] - -100 all dif. Venezuela, Bolivia, etc., only 10c.; 200 all dif. Hayti, -Hawaii, etc., only 50c. Ag'ts w't'd at 50% com. List FREE! C. A. -STEGMANN, 5941 Cote Brilliante Ave., St. Louis, Mo - - - - -FOREIGN STAMPS ON APPROVAL. - -Agents wanted at 50% com. Lists free. CHAS. B. RAUB, New London, Conn. - - - - -500 - -Mixed Australian, etc., 10c.; =105 varieties=, and nice album, 10c.; 15 -unused, 10c.; 10 Africa, 10c.; 15 Asia, 10c. F. P. Vincent, Chatham, -N.Y. - - - - -=FINE PACKETS= in large variety. Stamps at 50% com. Col's bought. -Northwestern Stamp Co., Freeport, Ill. - - - - -STAMPS! 100 all dif. Barbados, etc. Only 10c. Ag'ts w't'd at 50% com. -List free. L. DOVER & CO., 1469 Hodiamont, St. Louis, Mo. - - - - -[Illustration: Thompson's Eye Water] - - - - -[Illustration: THE CAMERA CLUB] - - Any questions in regard to photograph matters will be willingly - answered by the Editor of this column, and we should be glad to - hear from any of our club who can make helpful suggestions. - - -CAMERA CLUB COMPETITION. - - -JUNIOR PRIZE-WINNERS. - - -MARINES. - -FIRST PRIZE, $15; Sir Knight Joseph Lovering, 1 Larch Street, Cambridge, -Mass. - -SECOND PRIZE, $10; Lady Bessie Turner, 16 Sunnyside Avenue, Weehawken -Heights, N. J. - - -LANDSCAPES. - -FIRST PRIZE, $15; Sir Knight Frank Smith, Cumberland, Md. - -SECOND PRIZE, $10; Sir Knight Samuel J. Castner, 3729 Chestnut Street, -Philadelphia, Pa. - - -FIGURE STUDIES. - -FIRST PRIZE, $25; Sir Knight Andrew M. Phillips, Nunda, N. Y. - -SECOND PRIZE, $10; Sir Knight Luke S. Murdock, Point View, Pine Hill, -Cincinnati, O. - - -COMPETITION OPEN TO ALL AMATEURS. - - -LANDSCAPES. - -FIRST PRIZE, $15; R. Hamilton Craig, Patron, Newburgh, N. Y. - -SECOND PRIZE, $10; Herbert B. Shallenberger, Patron, Rochester, Pa. - - -FIGURE STUDIES. - -FIRST PRIZE, $25; H. E. Murdock, Patron, 204 Bank of Commerce Building, -Minneapolis, Minn. - -SECOND PRIZE, $10; Mrs. Nils Holm, Patron, 710 S. Farwell Street, Eau -Claire, Wis. - - -HONORABLE MENTION--JUNIORS. - - -MARINES. - -W. C. Davids, Rutherford, N. J., Frederick Clapp, Boston, Mass., Octave -de Maurice, Middletown, Conn., Kenneth M. Towner, Asbury Park, N. J., -Albert B. Russell, Ilion, N. Y., Andrew Phillips, Nunda, N. Y., Paul -Warren, Wauwautosa, Wis., Mary P. Kelsey, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, -Pa., Susy Brown, Keyport, N. J., John W. Horr, Worcester, Mass., Samuel -J. Castner, Philadelphia, Pa. - - -LANDSCAPES. - -Emory J. Wendell, Albany, N. Y., Edmund C. Stone, Baird, Cal., W. H. -Tobey, Washington, Kan., Ike Baum, Uniontown, Pa., Valverd Toof, St. -Paul, Minn., May F. Barrett, Bloomfield, N. J., Stanley M. Dolan, -Portland, Ore., Robert Woodward, Montclair, N. J., Albert Russell, -Ilion, N. Y., J. A. Sinclair, Beamsville, Ont., Walter C. Bradley, -Philadelphia, Penn., Roland C. Meisenbach, St. Louis, Mo., James G. -Zimmerman, Milwaukee, Wis., Homer E. Bartlett, North Adams, Mass., Harry -Bender, Allegheny, Pa., Edith Van Allen, Worcester, Mass., Fleurette -Raplan, Cincinnati, O., H. P. Randall, Pasadena, Cal., Douglas Vandyke, -Milwaukee, Wis., Paul G. Warren, Wauwautosa, Wis. - - -FIGURE STUDIES. - -Roland Meisenbach, St. Louis, Mo., S. J. Castner, Philadelphia, Pa., -Andrew Phillips, Nunda, N. Y., Edmund C. Stone, Baird, Cal., Constance -F. Wheeler, New York City, James A. Sinclair, Beamsville, Ont., Luke -Murdock, Cincinnati, O. - - -HONORABLE MENTION--SENIORS. - - -LANDSCAPES. - -Norman J. Smith, Bellville, N. J., Virginia Wells, Parkersburg, W. Va., -Wilbur F. Powers, Evanston, Ill., Harriet L. George, Thomaston, Me., -Mrs. Ellen E. Stevenson, Chicago, Ill., M. Alison Martin, Toledo, O., -Frank R. Gilbert, Chester, Pa., Norman J. Smith, New York City, Max H. -Miner, Ithaca, N. Y., G. L. Blodgett, Cooperstown, N.Y., Louis H. -Flanders, Chicago, Ill., Mary A. Dougall, Newark, N. J., Chester A. -Darling, New York City, Jane Farnham Miller, Washington, D.C., Cora -Blakeslee, Sparta, Wis., Harry Drinker, Scranton, Pa., William H. Brown, -Greenville, E. Tenn., Frances H. Badeau, Washington, D.C., A. E. -Pearson, Holyoke, Mass., Lee Stillman, Red Hook, N. Y., Mrs. Geo. Conn, -Black Diamond, Wash., Warfield T. Longcope, Baltimore, Md., F. Elton -Morse, Lyon, Mass., Newell W. Edson, Portland, Me., Frank Roe, -Batchelder, Worcester, Mass., Herbert B. Shallenberger, Rochester, Pa., -George H. Small, Everett, Mass., Arthur E. Mooney, St. Louis, Mo., Fred. -E. Turner, Willimantic, Conn., Mrs. Claud Gatch, Salem, Ore., Francis E. -Blake, Ithaca, N. Y., W. S. Thomas, Detroit, Mich., H. J. Sutton, -Philadelphia, Penn., E. D. Bull, Spartansburg, S. C., Mrs. A. O. Keplan, -Cincinnati, O., E. M. Bixby, San Francisco, Cal., Miss Hattie Howard, -Washington, D.C., H. L. Willoughby, Newport, R. I., Miss Annie E. -Hartwell, Framingham, Mass., William H. Frink, Greenfield, Mass., Howard -W. Page, Minneapolis, Minn. - - -FIGURE STUDIES. - -H. E. Murdock, Minneapolis, Minn.: A Daughter of the Nile, See the -Conquering Hero, Five I Cast Away, Day Dreams. Mrs. Nils Holm, Eau -Claire, Wis.: A Descendant of the Vikings, Give Me a Bite? A Careless -Boy, Mistress Mischief, Multiplication is Vexation, A Portrait. Mrs. -Helen E. Stevenson, Chicago, Ill.: A Little ROUND TABLE Artist, Sleep -with Fairy Fingers. C. J. McLain, Fort Wayne, Ind.: A Little Bather. -Miss Helen Owen, Okalona, Miss.: A Sliver. Horace William Dresser, -Brooklyn, N. Y.: In Fairyland. George B. Phillips, Milwaukee, Wis.: -Study of a Child. Miss Marian Otter, Doyleston, Pa.: Girl Reading. -Hubert E. Hoge, Brooklyn, N. Y.: The Freedman. Kate Matthews, Pewee -Valley, Ky.: Study of a Child, A Reverie. Jennie E. Smith, Iowa Falls, -Ia.: Story of Three Little Pigs, Modern Wood-Nymph. W. E. Dickinson, -Bradford, Ia.: How is That for High? Chas. H. Voorhees, New York City: -In a New England Lane. Arthur E. Mooney, St, Louis, Mo.: Want Me to Read -You a Story? Under the Old Apple-Tree. A. E. Pearson, Holyoke, Mass.: -Ironing Day. Bertha Lothrop, Riverton, N. J.: Three Scamps, Dolly and -Me. Capt. Berkeley Macaulay, U. S. A., Fort Apache, Ari.: Drop it, -Tenderfoot. Theodore H. Hugo, Bridgeport, Conn.: Chores. Willis F. Lee, -Brooklyn, Pa.: Tired Hands. W. J. Browning, Salt Lake City: Future -Defenders of the Cup. Dorothy Roys, New York City: Berkshire -Blackberries. W. C. Davis. Lieut. of Artillery, Fortress Monroe, Va.: A -Youthful Granger. S. Roy Baker: Figure Studies. - - -ANIMAL STUDIES. - -Louis H. Flanders, 512 Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, Ill.: Head of Jersey -Cow. Orville Bassett, New Bedford, Mass.: Good Friends. Hubert Hoge, -B.H.S., Brooklyn, N. Y.: Fallen Majesty. Louis Flanders, Chicago, Ill.: -Waiting for the Master. Bertha Lothrop, Riverton, N. J.: Playmates. -Franklin H. Conant, Providence, R. I.: Study of a Cat. W. Yost, -Cumberland, Md.: Study of a Cat. Lieut. W. C. Davis, U.S.A., Fortress -Monroe, Va.: A Fifteen-dollar Horse. Mrs. Claud Gatch, Salem, Ore.: A -Good Square Meal. - - -SPECIAL SUBJECTS. - -C. H. Voorhees, New York City: Lightning. Edward H. Murray, Watertown, -N. Y.: Cows at Water's Edge. Newell W. Edson, Portland, Me.: Sunset -Effect (Day is Dying in the West). Mrs. Geo. Conn, Black Diamond, Wash.: -Snow Scene. Warfield T. Longcope, Baltimore, Md.: Moonlight. Arthur E. -Mooney, St. Louis, Mo.: Above the House-tops (Cloud Effect). - -In the Camera Club column of No. 844 (December 31st), in "Answers to -Queries," a formula for a developing solution is given to Sir Knight -Milton Pease. There is a mistake in Solution No. 1. It reads, "Add -enough water to make the solution up to 8 oz." It should be, "Add enough -water to make the solution up to 16 oz." - - * * * * * - -A Picture in a Word. - -WHAT IS IT? - -A bold headland on the coast of Spain, the headquarters of a band of -Moorish robbers; fishermen's boats, merchants' vessels, ships of war -sailing stealthily by in the darkness with muffled oars, or crowding all -sail in a fair wind to escape, if possible, the extortions of the gang -of pirates who exacted tribute from every passing vessel. - -Answer.--Tariff, from Tarifa, a promontory on the Strait of Gibraltar. - - * * * * * - -That Virgil Query. - - The ancients _did_ have "some idea of the roundness of the earth." - In fact, they possessed much knowledge of it. The great Aristotle, - who lived about three centuries before Virgil, advanced - substantially the same theories to prove the rotundity of our - planet that are commonly taught to-day. But they were not - considered conclusive, which, in truth, they are not. Going even - further back than the time of Aristotle it is found that the - ancient Pythagoreans believed the earth to be round. It was one of - their philosophers who discovered this fact. - - SIMON THEODORE STERN. - NEW YORK CITY. - - * * * * * - - I think Virgil's line, _intonnere poli_, has reference to the north - pole of the heavens, which was part of the system of astronomy - invented by Hipparchus. Instead of saying, "the poles thunder," I - would use the derived meaning of _poli_, _heavens_. I would like to - ask some Knight or Lady interested in astronomy why planets do not - twinkle as the stars do. - - C. F. HUNTER, R.T.F. - MELLENVILLE, N. Y. - - * * * * * - -Prizes for Funny Verses. - -We offered five packets of fifty engraved visiting-cards bearing the -winners' names, with copper plate for future use, to the five who sent -us that number of ridiculous _funny_ verses--the funnier the better. -Here are the best five we received, with names of their authors: - - Yankee Doodle had a cat, - Its tail was double-jointed; - He took it to the dentist shop, - And had its molars pointed. - - SAMUEL BYERS. - PHILADELPHIA. - - He received a prospectus of the Round Table-- - Harper's, - And tried to read - The names of the Knights on the table of King - Arthur; - And now his need - Is the man who can fix his jaw--the Doctor. - - CHARLES FREDERIC HOFFMANN. - NEW YORK. - - A young man from old Honolulu - Met up with a terrible Zulu, - The Zulu's warm smile stretched forth nigh a mile, - And the young man was turned into tulu. - - NED A. HIGGINS. - GALENA, ILL. - - Said the Bishop to the Abbot, - I'd give a five-pound note - To see that ballet-dancer - Get the tip-top vote. - - When the dancer got the vote - And the five-pound note, - Then the Bishop to the Abbot said, - I'm sorry that I spoke. - - JOHN B. CAUTLEY. - WOBURN SANDS, BLETCHLEY, ENGLAND. - -JUVENILE LOGIC. - - "Pa, did Juno Juno?" - Asked curious little Ned. - "No, I didn't know Juno," - His startled father said. - "But, pa, Juno was No-ju, - That you surely know. - And then if Juno No-ju, - Why didn't Juno Juno?" - - UPTON E. SINCLAIR, JUN. - NEW YORK. - -The prizes have been ordered, and will be forwarded as soon as ready. - - * * * * * - -Questions and Answers. - -Frank Cope asks us to name an arithmetic well adapted to the needs of -one who is compelled to study without an instructor. Good ones, for -elementary study, are Fish's No. 1, 30 cents, and Fish's No. 2, 60 -cents, to be had from the American Book Company, Chicago; or, if an -advanced book is wanted, Harper's Advanced Arithmetic, $1.20, Harper & -Brothers, New York. Are you interested in plants and flowers? M. S. -Newman, 111 Avenue B, New York, wants to hear from you if you are. Wyatt -and Peyser, 82 Lexington Avenue, New York, publishers of _The Comet_, a -clever amateur paper, want literary contributions from amateurs. - - * * * * * - -The Whittier Library Chapter, A. L. Kuhn, 615 Ninth Street, Milwaukee, -Wis., seeks members, both those residing in and out of Milwaukee. -Address as above. It is a delightful Chapter to belong to. A Lady asks -how to get ready for a "Looking Backward" dance. Can anyone tell her? -Paul H. Knoelk, 627 Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis., wants to form a -literary Chapter, with corresponding members. He or any others may write -to Arthur J. Johnston, Box 136, Dartmouth, N. S. The latter wants to -join a corresponding Chapter, which, we may inform a third, a Lady who -asks, is an organization kept together by correspondence, its members -living in many States. The best combination is, we think, a Chapter -having both local and absent members. We shall be glad to hear of the -progress of the Lancelot Chapter, of Newtonville, Mass. Maximo Gomez is -commander-in-chief of the Cuban forces. He has no naval force, and a -land force variously estimated at from 25,000 to 50,000 men, the number -being constantly added to. Jno. Pohland, Ahnapee, Wis., will send -sketches to any amateur paper that applies to him for them. He wants -samples. - - - - -[Illustration: STAMPS] - - This Department is conducted in the interest of stamp and coin - collectors, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question - on these subjects so far as possible. Correspondents should address - Editor Stamp Department. - - -The letter issued by the American S. S. S. S., addressed to those -countries using "Seebeek" stamps, has already produced fruit. The -President of Ecuador has issued a decree cancelling the contract for the -supply of these stamps, on the ground "that it is unworthy of the -dignity of Ecuador" to continue such an arrangement. - -As enterprising firm in St. Louis has begun the issue of a daily stamp -paper, edited by "The Office Cat," price $3 per year, but the publishers -reserve the right of discontinuing the paper and refunding subscriptions -at any time the "Office Cat" gets tired. Although begun in fun, the -editor has issued several numbers, and it looks as if the paper would be -a success. Great is philately and many are its devotees. The time may -come when a daily stamp paper will be issued in all the philatelic -centres, both morning and evening editions. - -Stories of great "finds" are current. Ever since the Louisville -discovery of 137 St. Louis stamps, which the lucky finders (two porters) -sold for over $30,000, the attention of stamp-collectors all over the -Union has been directed to unearthing old correspondence. The South has -been a little backward so far, and yet there is no doubt that large -numbers of the rarer Confederate "locals" are still in existence. To aid -the ROUND TABLE readers to identify these stamps, I shall give reduced -illustrations next week of some or all of the stamps. A complete list of -the fourteen stamps issued by the general government of the Confederate -States, together with illustrations of the same, and their comparative -scarcity, will be found in the ROUND TABLE dated December 10, 1895. - - J. DENNETT.--As there are at least sixteen different Prince Edward - Island stamps, I cannot know to which you refer. - - A. T. D.--An embossed stamp is, strictly speaking, one in which all - or a portion of the stamp is in relief, but the word is frequently - used for a _grilled_ stamp--that is, one in which a series of - indentations has been made. See ROUND TABLE, July 16, 1895, for - illustrations of grills. Laid paper is one in which, held up to the - light, there appear white lines. Ribbed paper is a paper embossed - in lines very slightly raised above the surface. - - H. MARRIETTA.--For value of cents see ROUND TABLE, December 17, - 1895. For water-marks, ROUND TABLE, January 7, 1896. Zes is Dutch - for six. A medallion looks like but is not a coin. The stamps and - envelopes can be bought for double face. - - H. MARTIN.--Your half-dollar is not 1813, but a worn 1843. Dealers - ask 75c. for an unworn copy. - - M. B. GRIFFITHS, POST MASTER, M. PA., H. S. BERRY, W. SKATING, M. - ZIMMERMAN.--See ROUND TABLE for December 17, 1895, and January 7, - 1896, for prices _asked_ by dealers for the coins. - - J. A. W.--The stamps are current Mexican. The timbre stamp is a - Mexican revenue. - - L. A. S.--Foreign coins are not much collected in the U. S. For - values of U. S. coins from 25 cents to $1 see last number. The - other coins mentioned do not command a premium. - - A. A. MOSES.--See the ROUND TABLE dated January 7, 1896, for - methods of seeing water-marks. - - M. O. CONGER.--See ROUND TABLE dated December 17, 1895, for values - of U. S. coins from 1 cent to 20 cents. The Confederate stamp is - worth 5 cents. - - PHILATUS. - - - - -[Illustration: Ivory Soap] - -An experienced laundress will tell you that shirts never look as white -as when washed with Ivory Soap. - -THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO., CIN'TI. - - - - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - -Over the hills - -and far away - -The whizzing wheels speed on to-day. - -As they fly along the glad shouts ring-- - -"Ride MONARCH, the wheel that's best and king" - -MONARCH - -KING OF BICYCLES - -Beloved by his subjects because he does right by them. There's goodness -and merit in every inch of his kingly fame. - -4 models. $80 and $100, fully guaranteed. For children and adults who -want a lower price wheel the =Defiance= is made in 8 models, $40 to $75. - -Send for Monarch book. - -[Illustration] - -Monarch Cycle Mfg. 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CO., Cadiz, Ohio. - - - - -[Illustration: Thompson's Eye Water] - - - - -HAVE YOU THESE BOOKS? - - * * * * * - -"Harper's Round Table" for 1895 - -Volume XVI. With 1096 Pages, and about 750 Illustrations. 4to, Cloth, -Ornamental, $3.50. - - There is nothing, we imagine, that the young reader would be likely - to prize more.--_N. Y. Sun._ - - A fascinating book from cover to cover. It just meets the needs of - youth and young people generally. Indeed, no age could be so - advanced as to find nothing interesting in it.--_Living Church_, - Chicago. - - Full of delightful things for boys and girls. It is an excellent - periodical, well written, and well illustrated; and it contains - wholesome food enough to satisfy the most exacting young - appetite.--_Dial_, Chicago. - - A literal mine of instruction and entertainment.... The young - person who receives this beautiful book ... is an enviable person - indeed.--_Examiner_, N. Y. - - * * * * * - -By Kirk Munroe - -=Snow-Shoes and Sledges.= A Sequel to "The Fur-Seal's Tooth." Illustrated. -Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. - - It would be hard to find a more fascinating and at the same time - more instructive story for boys.--_Boston Beacon_. - -_BY THE SAME AUTHOR:_ - -THE FUR-SEAL'S TOOTH.--RAFTMATES.--CANOEMATES.--CAMPMATES.--DORYMATES. -Each one volume. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25 each. - -WAKULLA.--THE FLAMINGO FEATHER.--DERRICK STERLING.--CHRYSTAL, JACK & -CO., and DELTA BIXBY. Illustrated. Square 16mo. Cloth, $1.00 each. - - * * * * * - -HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York. - - - - -[Illustration] - -THE CHASE OF THE BONNET BIRD. - - - "Oh what is the use," said the Fays from the Moon, - "Of spending the whole of an afternoon - In fishing for fish, - To serve on a dish, - When you can go birding for birds like that, - With feathers upon it - Just right for a bonnet, - Or theatre hat? - - "All fishes are cheap-- - E'en those from the deep-- - But bonnets come high! - That's why - 'Stead of fishing for fish, - To serve on a dish, - We are birding instead - For that bird with the wonderful feathery head." - - * * * * * - -ALWAYS READY TO TELL. - -"When I grow up," observed Walter, "I'm going to be the editor of a -newspaper." - -"You'll make a good one," put in Sallie, scornfully, "you're such a -tattle-tale." - - * * * * * - -A POOR RULE THAT WON'T WORK BOTH WAYS. - -"Don't you know, Clement," said Clement's mother, "that candy is very -bad for your teeth?" - -"No, ma'am," replied Clement. "I know that my teeth were bad for the -candy, though." - - * * * * * - - I'm very fond of pa, - I dearly love my ma; - But when it comes to making pie, - The cook, I think, just takes my eye. - - * * * * * - -EARLY-MORNING PERSIFLAGE. - -"Johnny, get up!" called his father, the other morning. - -"Too cold," called Johnny, in return. - -"If you are not up in five minutes I'll come up after you," returned his -father. - -"All right," said Johnny. "Bring an ice-pick with you." - - * * * * * - -A LITTLE MIXED. - -"There she is," said Bobbie, pointing to the cruiser. - -"She?" retorted Hal. "She ain't a she--she's a he. 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McGuire - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_WRECK_OF_THE_MARIA_HELENA">THE WRECK OF THE "MARIA HELENA."</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#SAN_JACINTO_CORN">SAN JACINTO CORN.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_BUFFALO_DOLL_SHOW">THE BUFFALO DOLL SHOW.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#A_PATIENT_TUSSLE">A PATIENT TUSSLE.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#AMATEUR_COOKING_FOR_LITTLE_GIRLS">AMATEUR COOKING FOR LITTLE GIRLS.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_MIDDLE_DAUGHTER">THE MIDDLE DAUGHTER.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#FOR_KING_OR_COUNTRY">FOR KING OR COUNTRY.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#RIDDLES_IN_FLOWERS">RIDDLES IN FLOWERS.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#HOW_RUFUS_TRAPPED_THE_BURGLARS">HOW RUFUS TRAPPED THE BURGLARS.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_JOYS_OF_WINTER">THE JOYS OF WINTER.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THAT_BIT_OF_LOOSE_FLAGGING">THAT BIT OF LOOSE FLAGGING.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#INTERSCHOLASTIC_SPORT">INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#BICYCLING">BICYCLING.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_PUDDING_STICK">THE PUDDING STICK.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_CAMERA_CLUB">THE CAMERA CLUB.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#STAMPS">STAMPS.</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_277" id="Page_277">[Pg 277]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 800px;"> -<img src="images/ill_001.jpg" width="800" height="267" alt="HARPER'S ROUND TABLE" /> -</div> - -<p class="center">Copyright, 1896, by <span class="smcap">Harper & Brothers</span>. All Rights Reserved.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">published weekly</span>.</td><td align="center">NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1896.</td><td align="right"><span class="smcap">five cents a copy</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">vol. xvii.—no</span>. 847.</td><td align="center"></td><td align="right"><span class="smcap">two dollars a year</span>.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"><a name="THE_WRECK_OF_THE_MARIA_HELENA" id="THE_WRECK_OF_THE_MARIA_HELENA"></a> -<img src="images/ill_002.jpg" width="700" height="513" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h2>THE WRECK OF THE "MARIA HELENA."</h2> - -<h3>BY REAR-ADMIRAL T. H. STEVENS, U.S.N.</h3> - -<p>On the 20th of December, 1848, I sailed from Honolulu, where I had been -naval-store-keeper for many years. My vessel was the Chilean -merchant-ship <i>Maria Helena</i>, and she carried as passengers several -others who had long resided in the Hawaiian Islands, and who were now -returning for a definite stay at home; among those were my wife, another -lady, and two small children.</p> - -<p>It was somewhat melancholy to bid farewell to the friends among whom we -had lived so long, and whom we never expected to meet again, but never -did a ship leave port under more favorable auspices. Wind and weather -combined their happiest influences, and over the smooth water we sailed, -until the island of Oahu, with its pleasant valleys and bold, romantic -scenery, was lost to view. The next morning we saw Hawaii, with Kilauea -breathing fire and smoke from its lofty crest, and Maui a cloudy speck -in the distance. They also were soon lost to view, and nothing remained -for the eye to rest on but the heaving ocean and here and there a -solitary sea-bird. After losing sight of the islands, nothing of -interest occurred until the 3d of January, when a large fish was -harpooned, the liver of which was to have afforded a fine breakfast for -the inmates of the cabin the next morning.</p> - -<p>At one o'clock that night the Captain, supposing that we would pass -Christmas Island about that time, took two observations of the stars for -the latitude. These put us in the latitude of the island, but, as there -was no indication of land, and as the chronometer put us forty miles to -the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_278" id="Page_278">[Pg 278]</a></span> eastward, the skipper felt secure, and turned in for the night. The -cabin lights were put out and all was quiet; nothing disturbed the -stillness of repose save the deep breathing of the tired sleeper, -dreaming, perhaps, of the native land that he hoped to see so soon -again. Suddenly a startling and alarmed voice was heard from the -look-out on the fo'c's'le, "Breakers ahead! Hard alee! Hard alee!"</p> - -<p>Like an electric shock that sound passed through the souls of the -sleepers, spreading consternation, and rousing them to a sense of -dreadfully imminent danger. With one impulse all rushed on deck, to -behold through the darkness of the night a long uninterrupted line of -breakers, and to hear, above the stern words of command and the tread of -hurrying feet, the wild angry roar of the surf. But even in that time of -dread, hope was with us, and as the ship, still obedient to the will of -her master, came slowly to the wind, there yet remained a chance of -escape. The awed stillness of all on deck proclaimed how deep was the -suspense. One brief moment more and the ship will be headed to sea; but -suddenly she strikes; she trembles through all her strong timbers, and -then resigns herself to her fate, and the breakers wash around her -decks.</p> - -<p>All hope of saving her was now at an end, and preparations were -immediately begun to get the gig and whale-boat alongside in readiness -to receive the women and children. Some delay occurred before this could -be accomplished, and it was fully an hour before the boats were ready. -During this time no expression of fear escaped from either of the -ladies.</p> - -<p>Notwithstanding the violent shocks that the ship received as she rose -and fell upon the rocks with the heave of the sea, the children slept -soundly, and when the boats were reported ready, with a small quantity -of provisions, water, and clothing, they and their mothers were passed -into them without the smallest accident, although the exploit was -attended with much danger, as the ship had by this time been driven -close on to the roughest water about the reef.</p> - -<p>As soon as the whale-boat had her full complement of passengers, I among -them, she was hauled astern of the ship, which was lying parallel to the -shore, and pulled seaward. When about a hundred yards away, the men lay -on their oars, and all waited anxiously for the dawn to reveal the full -extent of the danger.</p> - -<p>Half an hour after we left the ship we heard an awful cracking of -timbers above the roar of the breakers, and could just make out through -the gloom of night the falling masts as they tottered one by one, and -fell over to leeward. We immediately pulled toward the ship, and hailed -her to inquire if any one was injured and how they were getting on. Some -one replied that all was well, and that the vessel was lying much -easier.</p> - -<p>About half past four the waning moon rose, and we supposed that day was -about to break, and that the sun would soon appear to show all the -circumstances of our perilous position; but although we were in a -condition of the most trying nature—our ship ashore on a frightful -coast, and ourselves tossed about on the open sea in a leaky boat, -totally ignorant of the character of the island and its extent—no one -despaired.</p> - -<p>At last, the day dawned, and revealed to our anxious eyes a line of low -coast twenty or twenty-five miles in extent, making out in a -considerable point to the north and west, the shore bounded, as far as -the eye could reach, by a line of sullen breakers. In the indistinctness -of the twilight some imagined that they could see houses, but these -proved afterward to be clumps of low bushes scattered here and there -upon a sandy and uninhabited island.</p> - -<p>Soon after sunrise the Captain joined us in the gig, and, upon -consulting together, we concluded to pull around the point referred to, -and seek a landing under the lee side of the island. Had this plan been -carried out we must all have suffered very much before we could have -procured relief, as we had but a small breaker of water and a few -biscuits in the boat, and would have had to pull a long distance before -finding a suitable landing-place. After pulling about a mile to the -westward we reflected on this want of provisions, and decided to return -and try to land under the lee of the ship.</p> - -<p>Preparatory to making the attempt, the gig was sent alongside to get a -full crew, and then to land before us; but in attempting to board the -ship she got into the rollers, and was capsized before she could be -pulled clear. Some of the men were injured, but they finally reached the -shore, although with a badly stove boat.</p> - -<p>This was poor encouragement for us, but having come to the conclusion -that there was only one course for us to take, we made all necessary -preparations, and confiding the steering-oar to an experienced hand, -waited for a smooth time to make our effort.</p> - -<p>After waiting a few moments a favorable time came, and the boat was -headed for the seething breakers. As we approached them all conversation -ceased, and the compressed lip and rigid features showed our painful -appreciation of the approaching crisis. Soon a huge roller lifted the -little boat far above the surrounding water, and she sped on like an -arrow. Scarcely had we begun to feel the swiftness of our flight before -we struck the beach, and the ladies and children were landed and out of -present danger. During the whole of the day they remained on the beach, -with nothing but two small umbrellas to shelter them from the rays of a -tropical sun, while the gentlemen, Captain, and crew were engaged in -saving provisions and baggage from the wreck. This work continued until -four in the afternoon, when the sea became so high and the surf so -violent as to render further efforts impracticable.</p> - -<p>We also saved some sails and spars, by means of which we erected a -commodious tent for the ladies and passengers, and another for the men.</p> - -<p>Shortly after being installed in our new quarters dinner was served, and -was enjoyed by every one, as it was the first food we had had for -twenty-four hours.</p> - -<p>Before this, Mr. Christie, one of the passengers, had come in and -announced that he had seen two sails in the offing, and without rest or -refreshment he, the Captain, and a couple of sailors started off to make -an effort to communicate with the welcome strangers. The rest of us -retired to rest upon rude couches made from the wreckage, and after the -fatigue and excitement of the day our sleep was sound.</p> - -<p>About eight in the morning the exploring party returned with the news -that they had found the wreck of the ship <i>Mozart</i> upon the eastern end -of the island, that from a slip of paper they had found that she had -gone ashore on the 7th of the previous December, and that the supposed -sails in the offing were a couple of tents erected for shelter by her -crew. Although our disappointment regarding the supposed ships was -great, we were glad to learn from the note left that the crew of the -<i>Mozart</i> had been taken from the island by a passing vessel within a -week of her misfortune, and that therefore there seemed a reasonable -prospect of our own early rescue.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile we had to consider the necessities of a food and water supply. -The water of the island was brackish and almost undrinkable, and food -was scarce in the extreme, consisting mainly of the scanty stores taken -from the <i>Maria Helena</i>, and some biscuits found aboard the <i>Mozart</i>. -Sea-birds were plentiful, but difficult to capture.</p> - -<p>The Captain and I soon overcame the water famine, however, by -constructing a distiller from a rusty musket barrel and the remains of -an old copper boiler.</p> - -<p>About a week after the wreck the <i>Maria Helena</i> went to pieces during a -storm, and in a short time her broken and ragged timbers strewed the -shore. Soon after this the whale-boat, with Mr. Christie, the second -mate, and four sailors started off to a low promontory about fifty miles -away, to erect a signal for the attention of any passing ship, and to -learn something of the character of the island.</p> - -<p>In three days one of the men returned with the news that the boat had -been upset in the breakers about forty miles away, and two seamen so -badly injured that the rest of the party had been compelled to leave -them behind with all the water that had been saved. The uninjured ones<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_279" id="Page_279">[Pg 279]</a></span> -then started to return to the ship, which they reached after incredible -difficulty and hardship, and a few days afterwards the wounded men were -found and brought back.</p> - -<p>In the mean time the long-boat of the <i>Mozart</i> had been found and decked -over for sea-service. We intended to send her to Honolulu to give -intelligence of our precarious situation, and to beg for relief. During -the time occupied in her refitting we passed many long hours in writing -to our friends. At last the letters were finished, the boat ready, and -we only awaited a smooth time for her launch. This came on a Sunday, but -we all felt that our situation justified a seeming violation of the day.</p> - -<p>The word was given to shove off, and with lusty strokes the little boat -was impelled forward. Breaker after breaker followed each other in quick -succession, like the sturdy blows of the smith; yet she rode safely. But -like a stealthy thief in the night was the insidious wave that began to -form beyond the breaking waiters. At first but a barely perceptible -undulation, it acquired volume and power as it approached the reef, and -came thundering on as though conscious of its fearful majesty and might. -Nearer and nearer came that dreaded enemy, rearing its horrid form -aloft, until it struck the boat, and its work was accomplished. We -watched the receding wave with straining eyes, and were right joyous to -see all the crew clinging to the capsized boat or striking out manfully -for the shore. All but one landed safely, and four or five of the -watchers dashed in to his rescue. At last the Captain succeeded in -hauling him ashore, but although for two hours we made every effort to -restore him to consciousness, all our exertions failed.</p> - -<p>After this fruitless attempt we were obliged to wait a fortnight until -the surf was moderate enough to warrant another trial. On the 7th of -February the boat was launched again, placed in charge of her crew, -which consisted of the first mate and four men, and anchored outside the -reef in safety. The rest of the day was passed in provisioning her for -her cruise, and on the morning of the next day the little vessel weighed -anchor, made sail to the northward and eastward, and went gallantly on -her way amid our cheers and blessings.</p> - -<p>A long period of suspense was now passed, but on the morning of the 16th -of March a sail hove in sight, and soon proved to be the French frigate -<i>Sarcelle</i>, which had been despatched to our assistance by the French -consul at Honolulu as soon as he heard of our disaster from the first -mate. The long-boat had made her perilous journey in twenty-two days.</p> - -<p>The surf was too rough to attempt embarkation the morning after the -<i>Sarcelle</i> arrived, and we sent a message off to her by a Kanaka, who -was the only one of the party that could be trusted in the heavy -sea—which no boat could have lived through. He was furnished with a -small surf-board, and the note was hung in a bottle, which he tied -around his neck. He then walked out to the edge of the breakers, and -waited for a favorable opportunity before he attempted to breast them.</p> - -<p>The enterprise that he was about to undertake was hazardous in the -extreme, and his every movement was watched intently by all hands -standing on the beach. The quick succession in which the rollers -followed each other, their irregularity, and the sharp coral rocks just -below the surface made the surf here particularly dangerous. Skill and -courage were necessary to pass safely through the boiling waters.</p> - -<p>For ten or fifteen minutes after the boy was ready he stood silently -watching the breakers, waiting for a lull, and then sprang forward, -keeping his surf-board extended before him. The skill and ease with -which he ascended the perpendicular rollers as they came towering on, -and the courage which he displayed throughout, were the admiration of -all. As some huge breaker, more formidable than any that had preceded -it, formed outside and came thundering on, all expected to see him -thrown back before its tremendous power; but with his board raised -perpendicularly before him, he climbed to the lofty crest, and was lost -to view behind the conquered wave that came rushing on to break sullenly -on the shore. Again and again he encountered his enemy, again and again -to succeed.</p> - -<p>In returning, the surf-board was thrown away, and awaiting a good -opportunity as before, he swam boldly into the rollers, keeping his face -toward them, and diving whenever they threatened to break. In this way -he reached the shore without a single bruise, bringing an answer that -the <i>Sarcelle</i> would go around to the lee side of the island, where we -could embark in safety.</p> - -<p>The next morning our caravan started, and after much suffering from -fatigue and thirst, we reached the French camp at 11 <span class="smcap">p.m</span>. of the second -day.</p> - -<p>We were treated with the utmost kindness and courtesy, and on the 26th -of March got under way for Honolulu. By ten o'clock Christmas Island, -the resting-place of so many weeks, sunk below the horizon, and in -sixteen days we stood once more on the wharf at Honolulu, surrounded -again by our welcoming friends.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="SAN_JACINTO_CORN" id="SAN_JACINTO_CORN"></a>SAN JACINTO CORN.<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a></h2> - -<h3>BY LILLIE E. BARR.</h3> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">There are thousands who remember the shout of sympathy</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">That rolled from the New England hills down to the Mexic sea</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">When the brave and gallant Houston, with his desperate little band,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">On San Jacinto's flowery plain won freedom for the land.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">They brought before him Santa Anna, the crafty and the bold,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">The wretch who wrote the cruel words: "Slay both the young and old.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">Spare no American you see; set all their homes ablaze;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">For they are heretics in faith, foreign in speech and ways."</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">A fugitive, a captive bound, he stood that bright May day</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">Among the stern and angry men that he had vowed to slay,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">And bowed with all his Spanish grace, and said, in accents bland:</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">"General, you are most fortunate to lead so brave a band!</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">"Are they Americans? If so, I do not understand</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">The men whom Mexico permits to settle in this land.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">I am a soldier, but ne'er saw such men since I was born."</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">Then Houston took out of his pouch part of an ear of corn.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">"No, sir, you do not understand," he, smiling proudly, said.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">"For four days we have lived on corn, tasted not meat or bread.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">How could you hope to e'er enslave men that were free men born?</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">And who can watch and march and fight upon an ear of corn?"</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">Young Zavala made answer swift: "The hope indeed is vain.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">General, from off that ear of corn give me, I pray, one grain;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">And I will plant the precious seed, and hoard whate'er it yields,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">Till I can freely scatter it o'er all my pleasant fields!"</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">"And I a grain!" "And I a grain!" cried all the eager band.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">Till Santa Anna surely felt he could not understand</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">The men who prized a grain of corn because in memory</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">It linked itself with a Texan fight for faith and liberty.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">But in a few short years each grain increased a million-fold,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">And over many a lovely mile the pleasant story told.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">I heard it rustling in their leaves one sunny July morn</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 13em;">Camping among the tasselled ears of the San Jacinto corn.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_280" id="Page_280">[Pg 280]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"><a name="THE_BUFFALO_DOLL_SHOW" id="THE_BUFFALO_DOLL_SHOW"></a> -<img src="images/ill_003.jpg" width="700" height="200" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h2>THE BUFFALO DOLL SHOW.</h2> - -<h3>BY ELIZABETH FLINT WADE.</h3> - -<p>All the Jenny Wrens of Buffalo were busy for weeks beforehand, preparing -for the event of the season—the <i>News</i> Doll Show at Music Hall—and -when the opening day arrived the result of their labor must have -surprised even these industrious little workers. The first impression as -one entered the great hall was that not only all the dolls in Buffalo, -but in all the towns in the vicinity, had accepted the invitation to be -present. There were dolls everywhere. They hung from the balcony, and -clung to the fronts of the boxes; they clustered in pyramids against the -walls, and crowded the boughs of huge Christmas trees; they stood on -tables, and filled the evergreen arches; and each one seemed to be doing -her "sawdust best" to make this the finest doll show ever given.</p> - -<p>A more democratic gathering of dolls could hardly be imagined. They came -in silks and velvets, in calicoes and muslins, in wools and in laces; -they wore gorgeous Worth costumes, tailor-made gowns, and party, -walking, and working gowns. Two came in bloomers, but seemed rather -ashamed of themselves, and tried to hide behind a group of demure-faced -nuns. There were newsboys, college-boys, Indian warriors, boy -choristers, brave knights in shining armor, and solemn priests with gown -and book. There were nurses in caps and aprons, milkmaids with milking -stools and pails, Salvation-Army lasses, royal queens of England, and -Quakers in soft gray gowns, with looks of mild astonishment at finding -themselves in such a mixed company.</p> - -<p>The doll show was planned for the purpose of giving to every little girl -in Buffalo, between the ages of two and ten years, whom Santa Claus -seldom if ever visits, a doll at Christmas. All the dolls were to be -given away, except some of the groups, and those which were to compete -for prizes, and be afterward sold. The money taken for admission and -from the sale of dolls was to be divided between the Buffalo Fitch -Crèche and free kindergartens, so it was no wonder that every one was -interested.</p> - -<p>Dolls were arranged to illustrate scenes from stories and from real -life, and, of course, the two charities which were to have the benefit -of the show were represented. A perfect fac-simile of the interior of -the crèche nursery, even to the wall-paper, was shown in miniature. The -nurses and babies were dolls. Baby dolls were sleeping in cradles; -others were playing in the fenced and cushioned "pond," where the little -one learns to creep; and others were sitting in the laps of doll nurses, -taking real milk out of tiny bottles. This group was made and donated by -the pupils of St. Margaret's School, and over the nursery was suspended -a beautiful doll representing St. Margaret, made after the figure of St. -Margaret in the famous painting in Glasgow.</p> - -<p>The representation of the other charity—the free kindergarten—was so -perfect in every detail that it seemed as if a fairy must have touched a -real kindergarten with her magic wand, causing both room and pupils to -shrink to Lilliputian size. So natural were the attitudes of the dolls -at their work, play, and study, that one almost expected them to move -about like real kindergartners.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/ill_004.jpg" width="600" height="495" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE MAYPOLE DANCE.</span> -</div> - -<p>One of the gayest groups was arranged on a raised platform in the centre -of the hall. This was the Maypole dance, where, holding the ends of -bright ribbons, merry-faced dolls danced about two Maypoles, which were -festooned with flowers. "How natural!" was the exclamation of each -spectator, while the dolls in the balcony looked down on this group as -if envying them their good time, and wishing themselves in their places.</p> - -<p>Two groups of special interest to the boys—for even boys condescended -to visit the doll show—were the football game and the bowling-alley. -For the football a ground had been marked off on green baize, and here a -lively scrimmage was going on; the make-up of the players was exact, -even to the long hair. One poor fellow, who had doubtless been in the -thickest of the "rush," was limping off the ground, his clothes torn and -muddy, his face stained with blood, and his football hair standing out -in every direction. In direct contrast to this scrambling group were the -tenpin-players in the bowling-alley. Two were playing—for it was a -double alley—while the others stood in order, watching the game and -waiting their turn at the bowls, each of them as silent<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_281" id="Page_281">[Pg 281]</a></span> and as grave as -the famous tenpin-players of the Kaatskills.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/ill_005.jpg" width="500" height="164" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS.</span> -</div> - -<p>Whoever had read Chaucer's enchanting <i>Canterbury Tales</i> could not fail -to recognize in one quaintly attired group the pilgrims on their way to -Canterbury, with Chancer riding in their midst. The stately knight was -at the head; following him was the "younge squire," and "short was his -gown with sleeves long and wide"; and bringing up the rear was the fat -and jolly priest. Having seen this merry company, one longed to hear -again the charming tales they told at the old Tabard Inn in Canterbury. -Next to this Old-World group was what might be called nineteenth-century -pilgrims—a band of Salvation-Army lasses marching to the sound of drum, -waving their banners, and shouting their "War-Cry."</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 589px;"> -<img src="images/ill_006.jpg" width="589" height="259" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE SALVATION ARMY.</span> -</div> - -<p>The most elaborate group exhibited was called "A Hunt Breakfast" -(reproduced at the beginning of this article), representing the annual -"meet," when the Duke of Beaufort and the Earl of Bathurst join in a -fox-hunt, an event of great importance among English sportsmen. The -group surround a breakfast-table spread with every eatable found on an -English breakfast-table on a "meet" morning, the food, both in form and -color, being an exact imitation. The men were dressed in hunting -costumes, the Duke of Beaufort and his huntsmen wearing blue broadcloth -coats with buff facings, while the Earl of Bathurst and the "Vale of -White Horse" men wore pink broadcloth, the cloth being imported from -England expressly for these tiny huntsmen. Both parties wore white twill -hunting-breeches and high top hunting-boots, and the latter would have -taxed the skill of a fairy's boot-maker. At a side table one of the -hostesses was pouring tea, the tea-set being of Dresden china, decorated -in pink and blue, the sportsmen's colors. The whole scene was duplicated -in a three-panelled mirror at the back, which was twined with holly and -evergreens. At either side of the room was arranged an English park -scene. Pink water-lilies floated on tiny ponds, statues showed amid the -shrubbery, and a background of evergreen gave the appearance of a real -wood. This peep at the way English aristocracy amuses itself was -originated and arranged by Mrs. Harry Hamlin, of Buffalo, whose husband -takes an active part in the well-known Genesee Valley hunts, which were -described a short time ago in <span class="smcap">Harper's Magazine</span>.</p> - -<p>The doll which attracted the most attention was one which had come all -the way from Paris—where she had just taken a prize at a doll show -there—to attend the Buffalo doll show, and see how such things were -done in America. From the tip of her fluffy parasol to the toe of her -slender boot she was a true Parisian. Her gown was of pink brocaded -satin, her coat and high poke bonnet were of moss-green velvet. In one -hand she held a lace fan, and in the other a ruffled chiffon parasol, -and a point-lace handkerchief peeped from a jewelled shopping-bag which -she carried on her arm. Her clothing was not her chief attraction, for -Mademoiselle could do wonderful things—for a doll. She turned her head, -fanned herself, twirled her parasol, bowed gracefully, winked in a most -coquettish manner, and shrugged her shoulders now and then as if the -great doll show was all very well for America, but couldn't compare with -Paris.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/ill_007.jpg" width="500" height="497" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">"THE LAST ONE!"</span> -</div> - -<p>One group that attracted a great deal of attention represented a little -newsboy, who is a well-known figure in Buffalo, selling his "last one" -to a lady. The doll which won first prize was a copy of Bartholdi's -Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, and was of perfect proportion, -even to the base on which it stood. Instead of a torch, she held in her -hand an incandescent light.</p> - -<p>Saturday was children's day, and all of that day the hall was filled -with them. All the children's institutions had been given tickets of -admission, and not one child missed the show. To them it must have been -a glimpse into fairy-land. An East-Side free kindergarten teacher took -the precaution of tying the children under her charge all together with -a rope, after the fashion of a Swiss mother who passed through Buffalo a -few years ago on her way to the far West, with her ten children tied -together with a clothes-line. The children exclaimed over and admired -the grown-up dolls, but not one was heard to wish for one for her <i>very -own</i>.</p> - -<p>"Wouldn't you like that nice doll for yours?" said an older sister to -the little maid in her charge, pointing to a doll in a wonderful Worth -gown.</p> - -<p>"No, I would not," came the quick reply. "She's far too old. Do you -think I want to be a grandmother?"</p> - -<p>"They're just lovely," said one little girl, as she walked round the -stage looking at the prize dolls; "but they're not nice to play with. I -want a doll that will wash."</p> - -<p>"Here is the doll I like best of all," said a brown-eyed maid, stopping -before a two-year-old baby doll with curly hair and laughing black eyes.</p> - -<p>"And I! And I too!" said half a dozen others, crowding closer. "She's -just the doll you could cuddle and take comfort with."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_282" id="Page_282">[Pg 282]</a></span></p> - -<p>An agent of Santa Claus was at the show on children's day. A poorly clad -child was gazing wistfully at a table loaded with "every-day" dolls. -"Which of those would you like best?" said a voice at her elbow, and -there stood a stout gentleman looking down at her in the most friendly -manner. "This, sir, if you please, sir," pointing to a doll in pink -gingham. In a moment it was in her arms, and the gentleman was gone; but -he was heard from at various tables, though no one could keep track of -him very long; and owing to his kindness many children who never had a -"boughten" doll before carried one home then. No one found out who he -was, but one five-year-old, who hugged a flaxen-haired doll to her -heart, said she "guessed he was Santa Claus's brother."</p> - -<p>There were ten thousand dolls at the doll show, and the day before -Christmas the police force and the members of the charity organizations -distributed them, and on Christmas morning there were many happy doll -mothers in Buffalo who, for the first time in their little lives, tended -doll babies—thanks to the <i>News</i> Doll Show at Music Hall.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="A_PATIENT_TUSSLE" id="A_PATIENT_TUSSLE">A PATIENT TUSSLE.</a></h2> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">If I were you I wouldn't mind</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">A tussle with my Latin verb;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">I'd rule myself in study hours</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">As if with steady rein and curb.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">One day you'll find that Latin text,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">If you'll have patience, just superb.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="AMATEUR_COOKING_FOR_LITTLE_GIRLS" id="AMATEUR_COOKING_FOR_LITTLE_GIRLS">AMATEUR COOKING FOR LITTLE GIRLS.</a></h2> - -<p>The amount of pleasure that a little girl can have with a cooking-stove -that will really and truly cook is difficult for any one who has not -tried it to realize. In these days toy cooking-stoves are so made that a -real true fire can be made in them, and very good meals can be cooked, -even if the stove is a small one.</p> - -<p>Two little children, a boy and girl aged respectively six and eight, -think there is no fun in the world like that of cooking their supper on -their stove, which stands on the hearth in their nursery. Their mamma is -a good housekeeper, and has a wonderful old-fashioned receipt-book, in -which she has written receipts for grown-up people's food, but which she -finds can be used by the children if only a third of the materials are -taken. Last week these two children—we will call them Howard and -Marion, although these are not their real names—were allowed to invite -their cousin Ruth to take supper with them, and to cook the supper -themselves. Howard made the fire very carefully, with only just enough -paper to start the shavings of wood. Then when it blazed up and the -draught was good he put in some more wood and some very fine coal. -Marion in the mean time was busy preparing the materials for cooking; -she had to get ready creamed chicken, creamed potatoes, and cup-cake. -The chicken had already been roasted and the potatoes boiled, but she -had to cut up both the meat and vegetable into small pieces.</p> - -<p>The cream sauce had to be made by adding two teaspoonfuls of flour to a -half-cup of cream, and stirring it well before putting on to warm. When -the sauce was ready to heat, two saucepans were filled, one with the -chicken and the other with the potatoes, and the sauce was poured over -them. A pinch of salt was added, and they were left on the fire until -thoroughly cooked. As the fire was burning well, this was about five -minutes. Served hot, these were two delicious dishes, I can assure you.</p> - -<p>The cake both children helped to make from the following receipt, called -cup-cake: 1 cup of butter, 2 cups of sugar, 3 cups of flour, 1 cup of -milk, 4 eggs, 1 teaspoonful of soda. This receipt is for grown-up -people, so the children only used a third of it; but it was quite as -good. Marion beat the sugar and butter together until it looked like -thick cream, while Howard was beating the eggs. Then the flour and -beaten eggs were stirred up with the sugar and butter, and the soda -(dissolved in milk) was added as a finishing touch. Then it was poured -into the cunningest little patty-pan imaginable, all buttered so it -would not stick to the bottom, and was put in the oven, where it only -had to stay fifteen minutes, as the fire was burning just right.</p> - -<p>There are many other things these children have learned to cook, but -these three are their favorites, and they say they really can't tell -which they enjoy most, the cooking or the eating.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="THE_MIDDLE_DAUGHTER" id="THE_MIDDLE_DAUGHTER">THE MIDDLE DAUGHTER.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER.</h3> - -<h3>CHAPTER III.</h3> - -<h3>GRACE TAKES A HAND.</h3> - -<p>"Mother darling, may I have a good long talk with you to-day, a -confidential talk, we two by ourselves?"</p> - -<p>"Yes, Grace, I shall be delighted."</p> - -<p>"And when can it be? You always have so many around you, dear: and no -wonder, this is the centre of the house, this chair, which is your -throne."</p> - -<p>"Well, let me see," said Mrs. Wainwright, considering. "After dinner the -children go to Sunday-school, and papa has always a few Sunday patients -whom he must visit. Between two and four I am always alone on Sunday, -and we can have a chat then. Mildred and Frances will probably walk home -with Miriam, and want to carry you off to the Manse to tea."</p> - -<p>"Not on my first home Sunday, mamma," said Grace. "I must have every -littlest bit of that here, though I do expect to have good times with -the Manse girls. Is Mrs. Raeburn as sweet as ever? I remember her -standing at the station and waving me good-by when I went away with -auntie, and Amy, the dearest wee fairy, was by her side."</p> - -<p>"Amy is full of plans," said Mrs. Wainwright. "She is going to the -League to study art if her mother can spare her. Mildred and Frances -want to go on with their French, and one of the little boys, I forget -which, has musical talent; but there is no one in Highland who can teach -the piano. The Raeburn children are all clever and bright."</p> - -<p>"They could hardly help being that, mamma, with such a father and -mother, and the atmosphere of such a home."</p> - -<p>All this time there was the hurry and bustle of Sunday morning in a -large family where every one goes to church, and the time between -breakfast and half past ten is a scramble. Grace kept quietly on with -the work she had that morning assumed, straightening the quilts on the -invalid's chair, bringing her a new book, and setting a little vase with -a few late flowers on the table by her side. Out of Grace's trunks there -had been produced gifts for the whole household, and many pretty things, -pictures and curios, which lent attractiveness to the parlor, grown -shabby and faded with use and poverty, but still a pretty and homelike -parlor, as a room which is lived in by well-bred people must always be.</p> - -<p>"Well, when the rest have gone to Sunday-school and papa has started on -his afternoon rounds, I'll come here and take my seat, where I used to -when I was a wee tot, and we'll have an old-fashioned confab. Now if the -girls have finished dressing, I'll run and get ready for church. I'm so -glad all through that I can again hear one of Dr. Raeburn's helpful -sermons."</p> - -<p>Mrs. Wainwright smiled.</p> - -<p>"To hear Frances's and Amy's chatter, one would not think that so great -a privilege, Grace."</p> - -<p>"Oh, that amounts to nothing, mamma! Let somebody else criticise their -father, and you'd hear another story. Ministers' families are apt to be -a little less appreciative than outsiders, they are so used to the -minister in all his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_283" id="Page_283">[Pg 283]</a></span> moods. But Dr. Raeburn's <i>Every Morning</i> has been -my companion book to the Bible ever since I was old enough to like and -need such books, and though I was so small when I went that I remember -only the music of his voice, I want to hear him preach again."</p> - -<p>"Grace," came a call from the floor above, "you can have your turn at -the basin and the looking-glass if you'll come this minute. Hurry, dear, -I'm keeping Eva off by strategy. You have your hair to do, and I want -you to hook my collar. You must have finished in mother's room, and it's -my belief you two are just chattering. Harry, please, dear!"</p> - -<p>"Yes, Miriam, I'm coming. But let Eva go on. It takes only a second for -me to slip into my jacket. I never dress for church," she explained to -her mother. "This little black gown is what I always wear on Sundays."</p> - -<p>"I wish you could have a room of your own, daughter. It's hard after -you've had independence so long to be sandwiched in between Miriam and -Eva. But we could not manage another room just now." The mother looked -wistful.</p> - -<p>"I'm doing very well, mamma. Never give it a thought. Why, it's fun -being with my sisters as I always used to be. Miriam is the one entitled -to a separate room, if anybody could have it."</p> - -<p>Yet she stifled a sigh as she ran up to the large ill-appointed chamber -which the three sisters used in common.</p> - -<p>When you have had your own separate individual room for years, with -every dainty belonging that is possible for a luxurious taste to -provide, it is a bit of a trial to give it up and be satisfied with a -cot at one end of a long barnlike place, with no chance for solitude, -and only one mirror and one pitcher and basin to serve the needs of -three persons. It can be borne, however, as every small trial in this -world may, if there is a cheerful spirit and a strong loving heart to -fall back on. Besides, most things may be improved if you know how to go -about the task. The chief thing is first to accept the situation, and -then bravely to undertake the changing it for the better.</p> - -<p>"Doctor," said the mother, as her husband brushed his thin gray hair in -front of his chiffonier, while the merry sound of their children's -voices came floating down to them through open doors—"Doctor, thank the -dear Lord for me in my stead when you sit in the pew to-day. I'll be -with you in my thoughts. It's such a blessed thing that our little -middle girl is at home with us."</p> - -<p>The Doctor sighed. That bill in his pocket was burning like fire in his -soul. He was not a cent nearer meeting it than he had been on Friday, -and to-morrow was but twenty-four hours off. Yesterday he had tried to -borrow from a cousin, but in vain.</p> - -<p>"I fail to see a blessing anywhere, Charlotte," he said. "Things couldn't -well be worse. This is a dark bit of the road." He checked himself. Why -had he saddened her? It was not his custom.</p> - -<p>"When things are at the very worst, Jack, I've always noticed that they -take a turn for the better. It may not be my way; it may not be thy way; -but yet in His own way the Lord will provide." Mrs. Wainwright spoke -steadily and cheerfully. Her thin cheeks flushed with feeling. Her tones -were strong. Her smile was like a sun-beam. Doctor Wainwright's courage -rose.</p> - -<p>"Anyway, darling wife, you are the best blessing a man ever had." He -stooped and kissed her like a lover.</p> - -<p>Presently the whole family, Grace walking proudly at her father's side, -took their way across the fields to church.</p> - -<p>Perhaps you may have seen lovely Sunday mornings, but I don't think -there is a place in the whole world where Sunday sunshine is as clear, -Sunday stillness as full of rest, Sunday flowers as fragrant, as in our -hamlet among the hills, our own dear Highland. Far and near the roads -wind past farms and fields, with simple happy homes nestling under the -shadow of the mountains. You hear the church-bells, and their sound is -soft and clear as they break the golden silence. Groups of people, -rosy-cheeked children, and sturdy boys and pleasant-looking men and -women pass you walking to church, exchanging greetings. Carriage-loads -of old and young drive on, all going the same way. It makes me think of -a verse in the Psalm which my old Scottish mother loved:</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">"I joyed when to the house of God</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">'Go up,' they said to me,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">'Jerusalem, within thy gates</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Our feet shall standing be.'"</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>"Oh, Paradise! oh, Paradise!" hummed Amy Raeburn that same Sunday -morning as, the last to leave the Manse, she ran after her mother and -sisters. The storm of the two previous days had newly brightened the -landscape. Every twig and branch shone, and the red and yellow maple -leaves, the wine-color of the oak, the burnished copper of the beech, -were like jewels in the sun.</p> - -<p>"If it were not Sunday I would dance," said Amy, subduing her steps to a -sober walk as she saw approaching the majestic figure of Mrs. Cyril -Bannington Barnes.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/ill_008.jpg" width="500" height="496" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">"THIS BEING BEHIND TIME IS VERY REPREHENSIBLE, MY LOVE."</span> -</div> - -<p>"You are late, Amy Raeburn," said this lady. "Your father went to church -a half-hour ago, and the bell is tolling. Young people should cultivate -a habit of being punctual. This being a few minutes behind time is very -reprehensible—very rep-re-hen-sible indeed, my love."</p> - -<p>"Yes, ma'am," replied Amy, meekly, walking slowly beside the also tardy -Mrs. Barnes.</p> - -<p>"I dare say," continued Mrs. Barnes, "that you are thinking to yourself -that I also am late. But, Amy, I have no duty to the parish. I am an -independent woman. You are a girl, and the minister's daughter at that. -You are in a very different position. I do hope, Amy Raeburn, that you -will not be late another Sunday morning. Your mother is not so good a -disciplinarian as I could wish."</p> - -<p>"No, Mrs. Barnes?" said Amy, with a gentle questioning manner, which -would have irritated the matron still more had their progress not now -ceased on the church steps. Amy, both resentful and amused, fluttered, -like an alarmed chick to the brooding mother-wing, straight to the -minister's pew. Mrs. Barnes, smoothing ruffled plumes, proceeded with -stately and impressive tread to her place in front of the pulpit.</p> - -<p>Doctor Raeburn was rising to pronounce the invocation. The church was -full. Amy glanced over to the Wainwright pew, and saw Grace, and smiled. -Into Amy's mind stole a text she was fond of, quite as if an angel had -spoken it, and she forgot that she had been ruffled the wrong way by -Mrs. Cyril Bannington Barnes. This was the text:</p> - -<p>"Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good."</p> - -<p>"You are a hateful, wicked girl, Amy," said Amy to herself. "Why, when -you have so much to make you happy, are you so easily upset by a fretful -old lady, who is, after all, your friend, and would stand by you if -there were need?"</p> - -<p>Amy did not know it, but it was Grace's sweet and tranquil look that had -brought the text to her mind. One of the dearest things in life is that -we may do good and not know that we are doing it.</p> - -<p>When the Sunday hush fell on the house of which Mrs. Wainwright had -spoken Grace came softly tapping at the door.</p> - -<p>"Yes, dear," called her mother; "come right in."</p> - -<p>"Mamma," said Grace, after a few minutes, "will you tell me plainly, if -you don't mind, what is worrying papa? I don't mean generally, but what -special trouble is on his mind to-day?"</p> - -<p>"Potter's bill, I have no doubt," said the mother, quietly. "Other -troubles come and go, but there is always Potter's bill in the -background. And every little while it crops up and gets into the front."</p> - -<p>"What is Potter's bill, dear mamma, and how do we come to owe it?"</p> - -<p>"I can't fully explain to you, my child, how it comes to be so large. -When Mr. Potter's father was living and carrying on the business, he -used to say to your father: 'Just get all you want here, doctor; never -give yourself a thought; pay when you can and what you can. We come to -you for medical advice and remedies, and we'll strike a balance -somehow.' The Potters have during years had very little occasion for a -doctor's services, and we, with this great family, have had to have -groceries, shoes, and every<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_284" id="Page_284">[Pg 284]</a></span> other thing, and Potter's bill has kept -rolling up like a great snowball, bit by bit. We pay something now and -then. I sold my old sideboard that came to me from my grandparents, and -paid a hundred dollars on it six months ago. Old Mr. Potter died. Rufus -reigns in his stead, as the Bible says, and he wants to collect his -money. I do not blame him, Grace, but he torments poor papa. There are -two hundred dollars due now, and papa has been trying to get money due -him, and to pay Rufus fifty dollars, but he's afraid he can't raise the -money."</p> - -<p>Grace reflected. Then she asked a question. "Dear mamma, don't think me -prying, but is Potter's the only pressing obligation on papa just now?"</p> - -<p>Mrs. Wainwright hesitated. Then she answered, a little slowly, "No, -Grace, there are other accounts; but Potter's is the largest."</p> - -<p>"I ask, because I can help my father," said Grace, modestly. "Uncle -Ralph deposited five hundred dollars to my credit in a New York bank on -my birthday. The money is mine, to do with absolutely as I please. I -have nearly fifty dollars in my trunk. Uncle and auntie have always -given me money lavishly. Papa can settle Potter's account to-morrow. I'm -only too thankful I have the money. To think that money can do so much -towards making people happy or making them miserable! Then, mother dear, -we'll go into papa's accounts, and see how near I can come to relieving -the present state of affairs; and if papa will consent, we'll collect -his bills, and then later, I've another scheme—that is a fine, -sweet-toned piano in the parlor. I mean to give lessons."</p> - -<p>"Grace, it was an extravagance in our circumstances to get that piano, -but the girls were so tired of the old one; it was worn out, a tin pan, -and this is to be paid for on easy terms, so much a month."</p> - -<p>Grace hated to have her mother apologize in this way. She hastened to -say, "I'm glad it's here, and don't think me conceited, but I've had the -best instruction uncle could secure for me here, and a short course in -Berlin, and now I mean to make it of some use. I believe I can get -pupils."</p> - -<p>"Not many in Highland, I fear, Grace."</p> - -<p>"If not in Highland, in New York. Leave that to me."</p> - -<p>Mrs. Wainwright felt as if she had been taking a tonic. To the lady -living her days out in her own chamber, and unaccustomed to excitement, -there was something very surprising and very stimulating too in the -swift way of settling things and the fearlessness of this young girl. -Though she had yielded very reluctantly to her brother's wish to keep -Grace apart from her family and wholly his own for so many years, she -now saw that there was good in it. Her little girl had developed into a -resolute, capable, and strong sort of young woman, who could make use of -whatever tools her education had put into her hands.</p> - -<p>"This hasn't been quite the right kind of Sunday talk, mother," said -Grace, "but I haven't been here three days without seeing there's a -cloud, and I don't like to give up to clouds. I'm like the old woman who -must take her broom and sweep the cobwebs out of the sky."</p> - -<p>"God helping you, dear, you will succeed. You have swept some cobwebs -out of my sky already."</p> - -<p>"God helping me, yes, dear. Thank you for saying that. Now don't you -want me to sing to you? I'll darken your room and set the door ajar, and -then I'll go to the parlor and play soft, rippling, silvery things, and -sing to you, and you will fall asleep while I'm singing, and have a -lovely nap before they all come home."</p> - -<p>As Grace went down the stairs, she paused a moment at the door of the -big dining-room, "large as a town-hall," her father sometimes said. -Everything at Wishing-Brae was of ample size—great rooms, lofty -ceilings, big fire-places, broad windows.</p> - -<p>"I missed the sideboard, the splendid old mahogany piece with its deep -winy lustre, and the curious carved work. Mother must have grieved to -part with it. Surely uncle and aunt couldn't have known of these -straits. Well, I'm at home now, and they need somebody to manage for -them. Uncle always said I had a business head. God helping me, I'll pull -my people out of the slough of despond."</p> - -<p>The young girl went into the parlor, where the amber light from the west -was beginning to fall upon the old Wainwright portraits, the candelabra -with their prisms pendent, and the faded cushions and rugs. Playing -softly, as she had said, singing sweetly "Abide with me" and "Sun of my -soul," the mother was soothed into a peaceful little half-hour of sleep, -in which she dreamed that God had sent her an angel guest, whose name -was Grace.</p> - -<h4>[<span class="smcap">to be continued</span>.]</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_285" id="Page_285">[Pg 285]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="FOR_KING_OR_COUNTRY" id="FOR_KING_OR_COUNTRY">FOR KING OR COUNTRY.</a></h2> - -<h4>A Story of the Revolution.</h4> - -<h3>BY JAMES BARNES.</h3> - -<h3>CHAPTER XIV.</h3> - -<h3>HIGH LIVING.</h3> - -<p>The gift of mimicry had now served the young spy in good stead. He lay -hidden for some time, chuckling over having barked to such good purpose. -Then he retraced his steps, and at last he found the tree. No doubt the -man he had seen there had been one of the mysterious people he was -expected soon to meet.</p> - -<p>By leaning far out from one branch to the other, George could insert his -hand in the hole of the projecting limb. It was empty, and he dropped -his letter into the hollow. Then he returned carefully through the town -to the inn, and without much difficulty gained the top of the wall, the -projecting roof, and once more his chamber window. The falling snow, he -knew, would hide his footprints.</p> - -<p>He was awakened the next morning by a loud knocking. He had slept late, -and the glaring sunlight, reflected from the white expanse outside, was -pouring into the room. He arose hastily and unlocked the door. One of -the inn servants was standing there. He touched his finger to his -forehead respectfully.</p> - -<p>"The landlord's compliments, sir, and your box is here. Shall I bring it -up?" he inquired.</p> - -<p>George had made up his mind to be surprised at nothing. "By all means," -he answered. "Glad it has arrived."</p> - -<p>"Oh, it has been here this fortnight," returned the man.</p> - -<p>"Of course," George laughed; "and longer, mayhap, eh?"</p> - -<p>"I don't know, sir. Have you the key?"</p> - -<p>The fictitious Mr. Blount did not know what to reply. "Mr. Gerry has -it," he answered at last, mentioning the landlord's name at a venture.</p> - -<p>"I will ask him, sir," said the servant, "and bring up the box at once."</p> - -<p>He disappeared.</p> - -<p>"What did it all mean?" thought George to himself.</p> - -<p>In a few minutes the servant reappeared with a large leather-covered, -nail-studded trunk. "And here's the key," he puffed. "Mr. Gerry had it, -as you said, sir."</p> - -<p>George raised the lid. Silk stockings, plush and velvet coats, satin -waistcoats, and frilled shirts!—the wardrobe of a dandy—was exposed -before his eyes. But instead of showing his astonishment, he merely -closed the top and said:</p> - -<p>"Is there naught else?"</p> - -<p>"I think not, sir," said the servant, pocketing his tip.</p> - -<p>When he had gone, "Mr. Richard Blount" took out the articles one by one.</p> - -<p>"This may be part of the scheme," he said. "I suppose that I shall have -to wear them. What's next to do?" He tried on the clothes. They fitted -him as if made for him. He looked at himself in the greenish-yellow -glass. "Whoever I look like," he said, "I do not resemble George -Frothingham of the Twelfth New Jersey Infantry, that's one thing -certain." Looking for a closet or a place to hang up his finery, he -espied a small door at the farther side of the room. It opened upon a -narrow stairway, and the odor of cooking showed that it led probably to -the kitchen.</p> - -<p>The only thing the trunk contained that George did not make use of was a -white wig. The strong dye he had used had taken the curl out of his -hair, and he drew it back from his forehead straight and glossy as an -Indian's.</p> - -<p>He chose a rather quiet wine-colored coat, crimson waistcoat, and pearl -breeches, and setting the lace-trimmed hat jauntily on his head, went -down into the coffee-room.</p> - -<p>"Ah, good-morning, Mr. Blount!" said the landlord. "There was an officer -of his Majesty's horse here this morning asking for you. But he -requested that you should not be disturbed." George bowed his thanks, -and asked the landlord to hurry with his breakfast.</p> - -<p>As he turned about he could have fallen, for there, quite<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_286" id="Page_286">[Pg 286]</a></span> close to him, -was standing Schoolmaster Anderson. He was not blind at all! His keen -ferretlike eyes had the same quick glance, and his thin lips that same -Sphinx-like expression. But the beauty of George's disguise was proved -in an instant to his satisfaction, for Mr. Anderson looked at him -curiously, and asked Mr. Gerry his name in a voice that was quite -audible.</p> - -<p>"Richard Blount," the latter replied.</p> - -<p>"Ah, indeed!" answered the ex-schoolmaster. "The nephew of our -friend—eh?"</p> - -<p>"The same," the landlord replied, as his young guest seated himself at -the table.</p> - -<p>George's hands were shaking so with excitement that he could hardly hold -his knife and fork at first, but he quickly got over it, and a feeling -of exultation came into his mind. If Mr. Anderson had not recognized -him, no one else would, surely. If no one who actually knew the real -Richard Blount turned up, he was safe enough.</p> - -<p>At this moment a loud blustering voice was heard, and a great figure -came from the hallway into the coffee-room.</p> - -<p>It was Rivington, the King's printer, the man the early patriots had -wished to tar and feather for his utterances. He scarcely acknowledged -Mr. Anderson's nod, but turned to an officer who was following him.</p> - -<p>"How that little schoolmaster does put on airs!" he said. "Why he -receives toleration I do not see."</p> - -<p>"He is rather clever, I fancy," replied the officer. "His imitation of -General Washington is most amusing."</p> - -<p>"Yes, he is amusing," responded Rivington.</p> - -<p>George looked at Mr. Anderson once more. His small head seemed to -retreat into the folds of his neck-cloth, and the lace at his wristband -hung below his finger-tips. His clothes were as gorgeous as the plumage -of a peacock, and he had a way of bringing his heels together with a -click like a dancing-master. But the keen eyes and that protruding chin -would have told an accurate observer that a brain of no mean quality was -hidden underneath the curled white wig. But Rivington and the officer -were approaching.</p> - -<p>"Ah, here's my friend of the other morning!" exclaimed the -officer—"young Blount of Albany." The speaker was the young cavalry -Captain who had met George on the hill-side two days before. "I see you -have found your tailor," he went on.</p> - -<p>"No; better luck, my wardrobe," answered George. "I feared me I had lost -it."</p> - -<p>"Good! Allow me to present our loyal friend, Mr. Rivington, long-time -printer to his Majesty," replied the officer.</p> - -<p>"Your service, sir," replied Mr. Rivington, looking at George -thoughtfully. "You have not changed since I saw you last at Albany."</p> - -<p>Imagine the surprise of the fictitious Richard Blount! Everything was -certainly playing into his hands. But he merely bowed, and asked the two -gentlemen to breakfast with him. They accepted, and seated themselves.</p> - -<p>George once more had to recount the story of his supposed adventures on -the way from the city up the river.</p> - -<p>Occasionally Rivington would interrupt with leading questions. "Ah, from -there you turned to the left and took the Lime Kiln Road beyond -Hudson—eh? Then down into the valley by Cloverburgh?"</p> - -<p>A fear welled into George's heart. Was this man trying to trip him? So -to all questions he replied in the negative, and told of another way; to -which Rivington agreed, generally speaking, thus:</p> - -<p>"Yes, 'tis the better route, I understand. A very clever ruse, indeed. -Think you not so, Captain?"</p> - -<p>"Quite wonderful," the other replied. "Mr. Blount should tell it to -General Howe. The Yankees are not so clever as he thinks."</p> - -<p>"Oh, by no odds!" Rivington had responded.</p> - -<p>"You mentioned having despatches to his Lordship and his brother," said -the younger officer. "Do you not think it would be well to deliver them -as soon as possible? Pardon my suggestion."</p> - -<p>"'Tis my intention to deliver them to-day. Can you secure an interview?" -inquired George, eagerly.</p> - -<p>"Beyond all doubt I can," said Rivington, interrupting. "They will be -glad to see you."</p> - -<p>An hour or so later George was waiting, with the florid printer, in the -little anteroom of the polished hallway of one of the large private -houses that belonged to New York's most wealthy family. It was here that -General Howe and his brother, the noble Lord, lived when on shore. They -both had quarters also on board the flag-ship in the bay.</p> - -<p>Something was going on, for aides and orderlies streamed in and out of -the big house, and despatches were being taken to the various commands; -secretaries, with their arms full of papers and with pens behind their -ears came out occasionally, filled with importance.</p> - -<p>At last an orderly stepped up to where our hero and Rivington were -pleasantly chatting. "General Howe will see you, gentlemen," he said, -saluting.</p> - -<p>George caught himself in the act of replying to the salute. That would -never do at all. He was supposed to be ignorant of military tactics, and -he trembled at his narrow escape.</p> - -<p>General Howe glanced over the despatches lazily. He appeared to be an -easy-going man of indolent habits, for he lounged in his chair. He had a -good-natured face.</p> - -<p>"So the American General Schuyler is disgruntled, eh?" he said. "'Tis -quite like opera-bouffe. And they say that Farmer Gates from -Massachusetts may supersede him. Well, well, the plot thickens. -Burgoyne's army is obstructed by broken roads and felled trees. Let them -take their time. They will encounter nothing worse. 'Tis my opinion that -we forced things too hard in Now Jersey. I thank you for the news these -despatches contain, my dear young sir," he said, "and it is good news to -hear of our friends up the river. Can I do anything for you? You can -most certainly command me. I trust I shall see you again."</p> - -<p>A splendid hound was sprawled out on the rug before the fireplace. -George looked at him carefully. He knew the dog in an instant. It was -one that had been raised by Mr. Wyeth. General Howe followed the lad's -glance.</p> - -<p>"I see you know a good dog when you see him," he said. "'Twas a present -to me from a soldier. He seems to have an antipathy for Yankees, but -likes a scarlet coat."</p> - -<p>The dog turned over on his back and lazily tapped the floor with his -tail. Seeing George, he arose and stretched himself; but as he -approached closer he suddenly grew excited, and jumped up on the young -man's breast, trying his best to lick his hands and face.</p> - -<p>"How strange!" said General Howe. "I have never seen him pay aught of -attention to a stranger here before. Down, down! you devil!" The dog -slunk beneath the table, and at last Rivington and "Richard Blount" -stepped out in the hallway.</p> - -<p>"'Tis strange about dogs," the older man was saying. "They are both -faithful and capricious."</p> - -<p>George went back to his hotel. On his way he had another proof that his -disguise was quite impenetrable, for whom should he pass walking along -the street but Abel Norton, the chief clerk. George held his breath. The -old man, however, looked him in the face and passed on.</p> - -<p>All this lack of recognition gave George the necessary assurance to -carry on his fictitious position. He listened to the talk of the -soldiers in the grill-room at the City Arms, but gained little knowledge -of the plans even from the conversation of the officers. It was evident -that the leaders of the British feared their divulgence. It was not Lord -Howe's intention to let Washington know the destination of the fleet, -which he could turn either northward to the assistance of Burgoyne, or -southward into the Chesapeake and the Delaware. While this uncertainty -remained, both forces were at a standstill.</p> - -<p>It had thawed during the day, and a drizzling rain had set in. Late at -night George opened the window, and once more stood upon the roof. Then -he dropped over the wall to the ground. He had once more donned the old -suit which he had worn as his first disguise, and with his collar drawn -up to his ears he strode northward. He had not gone far when, as he -turned about the corner of a lane, he thought he heard the sound of some -one screaming. Then a doorway burst open, throwing a flood of light out<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_287" id="Page_287">[Pg 287]</a></span> -into the darkness, and a female voice was heard screaming shrilly:</p> - -<p>"Thieves! robbers! help!"</p> - -<p>A man's figure was seen struggling at the doorway with a woman, who had -grasped him firmly by the throat.</p> - -<p>George, animated by an impulse, jumped the fence and ran to the house. -But before he reached there, a man turned the corner at top speed and -disappeared.</p> - -<p>George knew the little house well; it was in a room in the second story -that he had passed many a night thinking of the past and planning for -the future. It was Mrs. Mack's.</p> - -<p>"For the love of Heaven, Mr. Frothingham!" exclaimed a voice.</p> - -<p>George had come within the ray of light, and it was none other than the -good washer-woman who was standing there.</p> - -<p>"The blackguard tried to rob me," she said. "He stole in the back way, -and I found him in the pantry; but he didn't get a thing," she added, -"He might have murthered me intirely if you hadn't come up, sir."</p> - -<p>George stepped inside the house and closed the door. "Would you have -known me, Mrs. Mack?" he asked.</p> - -<p>"Indade in a minute, sir," she said, "I think. No, but you have changed. -Perhaps it was the way you leaped the fince. Your hair, sir—what has -happened it?"</p> - -<p>"Mrs. Mack," said George, "I must speak quickly. I am here on dangerous -business. If you see me anywhere you must not recognize me—until you -see me in my uniform. Do you understand?"</p> - -<p>"Shure," said the good woman. "Now I recall your face, you're a perfect -stranger, sir."</p> - -<p>George smiled. "Have you seen the deaf-and-dumb man who brought the -money to me?"</p> - -<p>"I do now and then. And shure he often asks fer ye."</p> - -<p>"And what do you tell him?" asked George.</p> - -<p>"That I hope ye're well," she responded.</p> - -<p>"Now, Mrs. Mack, how can you do it?"</p> - -<p>"And indade and with signs, and why not?" she asked, giving the same -answer that she had once before. "P'r'aps I have promised not to tell."</p> - -<p>"Well," was the response, "remember, would you know me now? I have to -hasten."</p> - -<p>"I would not," replied the widow. "Good-by, and may the Lord bless ye!"</p> - -<p>"It was strange that she recognized me and the others did not," George -was thinking to himself, as he approached the lonely orchard, whose path -was rarely used except by the occupants of the two farms that bordered -it. "It may have been the walk," he added.</p> - -<p>The snow had melted so that he could find no trace of any one having -been there before him on this day, but when he reached his hand back -into the limb of the tree, he touched a paper. How it thrilled him! Now -he would find out what things meant. There was something else there -also, and stretching out his fingers, he grasped a leather bag, which -clinked musically as he drew it forth. It was more gold! He hurried back -to the inn, and climbed to the top of the wall. But what was his dismay -and horror when he saw a figure on the roof bending on its knees trying -to look into the window of his room! A light was burning brightly -within.</p> - -<p>George lowered himself cautiously and turned about the corner. What was -he to do? How was he to regain the second story? The papers must be read -at once.</p> - -<p>George did not know that the man on the roof had caught sight of his -head as he had drawn himself up to the top of the wall, and had called: -"Hist! Blount! Oh, Blount!" in a low tone.</p> - -<p>Then the stranger had crawled to the edge of the roof, and whispered -again: "Hist! Number Four! I am Number Two."</p> - -<p>But he looked and listened in vain for an answer, for at this moment -George had disappeared in the darkness. He had not heard the hail.</p> - -<p>With the agility of a sailor the small figure slid to the ground and -walked away quickly. If the young spy had heard the footsteps he would -have known that it was his old friend the schoolmaster.</p> - -<p>When George reached the corner he leaned back against a buttress, -puzzling what to do.</p> - -<p>Then he remembered with a start the door in his room that he had opened -thinking it would be a closet, but had discovered it to be a narrow -stairway that led down into a sort of servants' hall off the kitchen. If -he could gain it now he might be able to see within his apartment and -find out what was going on. The man on the roof prevented him, of -course, from getting back the way he left.</p> - -<p>The tap-room opened upon the alley. It was thick with the clouds of -tobacco smoke, and noisy with the conversation of the crowd. He knew -that if he could once get beyond it to the kitchen he might be able to -find the door that led to the stairway. And now an idea struck him. The -walls were covered with rough cartoons and sheets of somewhat vulgar -songs, which most of the crowd had learned by heart. He had seen the men -often edging along, with their faces close to the wall, as if they had -been bookworms searching in a case for a mislaid volume. He stepped -inside the room, and followed the same tactics. No one paid the least -attention to him, and with his back to those seated about the tables, he -made his way to the kitchen. Here good luck also favored him, for a fat -man in a greasy apron snored in the corner. He was the only occupant, -and a door partly ajar disclosed to him the servants' stairway.</p> - -<p>George stole softly up, and reached a little landing, which he knew at -once was the one he had looked at from his own room. He could hear the -sound of voices from within. One was loud and hearty, and the other he -knew at once as Landlord Gerry's.</p> - -<p>"He is out on some escapade with the young officers, I promise you," -said the landlord, "or mayhap he has gone over to the fleet, though all -below-stairs say that they did not see him go out. Why don't you wait -until the morning, sir? He appears a popular young gentleman, and may -possibly stay out late."</p> - -<p>"No, he is a sleepy-head, my nephew," responded the other. "And he will -return soon if summat has not befallen him."</p> - -<p>"He is a handsome lad," put in the landlord.</p> - -<p>The other laughed. "Well, that depends where you look for beauty," he -responded. "I never reckoned him as such."</p> - -<p>George saw it all now. It was the uncle from Connecticut, who had -returned, and, to use the expression, "the jig was up."</p> - -<p>But what meant the man on the roof?</p> - -<p>Seating himself on the stairway, his courage almost left him. What was -he to do? A hiding-place must be found before morning.</p> - -<p>He thought at once of Mrs. Mack's. There lay his only hope. But there -was now some movement in the kitchen. The fat man, who had been -sleeping, was stirring a rasher of bacon over the fire. The talking had -ceased in his room, and suddenly he remembered with a start of fright -that the cipher and locket he had left under the pillow of the bed. It -almost made him sick with fear. He moved from his hiding-place, and -putting his eye to the key-hole, looked within.</p> - -<p>The candle was guttering, and a huge shadow wavered across the opposite -wall. As his eye became accustomed to the light and the draught of air -blowing through the key-hole, he made out the figure of the large man -sitting in an easy-chair. His breast was rising and falling. He was -asleep.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/ill_009.jpg" width="600" height="417" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">IN TWO STEPS HE WOULD BE IN FULL VIEW.</span> -</div> - -<p>George tried the door. It moved, and in a moment he was standing in the -room. Here he paused. In two steps more he would be in full view of the -person looking through the window. He carefully measured the distance -and the direction of objects about him; and drawing a long breath he -blew with all his might at the candle on the dressing-case. It flickered -and went out. Then he stepped across in the darkness and placed his hand -beneath the pillow.</p> - -<p>The heavy man drew a long breath and moved his head. "Confound that -light!" he said, and George heard him arise to his feet and fumble along -the wall.</p> - -<h4>[<span class="smcap">to be continued</span>.]</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_288" id="Page_288">[Pg 288]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="RIDDLES_IN_FLOWERS" id="RIDDLES_IN_FLOWERS">RIDDLES IN FLOWERS.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY WILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSON,</h3> - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Author of "Highways and Byways," "Sharp Eyes," etc</span>.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 364px;"> -<img src="images/ill_010.jpg" width="364" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">PUZZLING FORMS AND FACES.</span> -</div> - -<p>Indeed, are they not all riddles? Where is the flower which even to the -most devoted of us has yet confided all its mysteries? In comparison -with the insight of the earlier botanists, we have surely come much -closer to the flowers, and they have imparted many of their secrets to -us. Through the inspired vision of Sprengel, Darwin, and their -followers, we have learned something of their meaning, in addition to -the knowledge of their structure, which comprised the end and aim of the -study of those early scholars, Linnæus, Lindley, Jassieu, and De -Candolle. To these and other eminent worthies in botany we owe much of -our knowledge of <i>how</i> the flowers are made, and of the classification -based upon this structure, but if these great savants had been asked, -"You have shown us that it <i>is so</i>, but <i>why</i> is it thus?" they could -only have replied, "We know not; we only know that an all-wise -Providence has so ordained and created it."</p> - -<p>Take this little collection, which I have here presented, of stamens and -petals selected at random from common blossoms. What inexplicable -riddles to the botanist of a hundred years ago, even of sixty years ago! -For not until that time was their significance fully understood; and yet -each of these presents but one of several equally puzzling features in -the same flowers from which they were taken.</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 285px;"> -<img src="images/ill_011.jpg" width="285" height="300" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">FERTILIZATION OF A FLOWER AS BELIEVED BY GREW AND -LINNÆUS.</span> -</div> - -<p>In that first anther, for example, why those pores at the tip of the -cells, instead of the usual slits at the sides, and why that pair of -horns at the back? And the next one, with longer tubes, and the same two -horns besides! Then there is that queer specimen with flapping ears—one -of six from the barberry blossom; and the pointed, arrow-headed -individual with a long plume from its apex; and the curved C-shaped -specimen—one of a pair of twins which hide beneath the hood of the sage -blossom. The lily anther, which comes last, is poised in the centre. -Why? What puzzles to the mere botanist! for it is because these eminent -scholars <i>were mere</i> botanists—students and chroniclers of the -structural facts of flowers—that this revelation of the truth about -these blossom features was withheld from them. It was not until they had -become philosophers and true seers, not until they sought the divine -significance, the reason, which lay behind or beneath these facts, that -the flowers disclosed their mysteries to them.</p> - -<p>Look at that random row of petals too!—one with a peacock's eye, two -others with dark spots, and next the queer-fingered petal of the -mignonette, followed by one of that queer couple of the monk's-hood -blossom which no one ever sees unless he tears the flower hood to -pieces. We all know the nasturtium, but have we thought to ask it why -these petals have such a deep crimson or orange colored spot, and why -each one is so beautifully fringed at the edge of its stalk?</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> -<img src="images/ill_012.jpg" width="300" height="252" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">LINNÆSUS'S IDEA WAS WRONG.</span> -</div> - -<p>These are but a dozen of the millions of similar challenges, riddles, -puzzles, which the commonest flowers of field and garden present to us; -and yet we claim to "know" our nasturtium, our pink, our monk's-hood -larkspur, our daisy, and violet!</p> - -<p>No; we must be <i>more</i> than "botanists" before we can hope to understand -the flowers, with their endless, infinite variety of form, color, and -fragrance.</p> - -<p>It was not until the flowers were studied in connection with the insects -which visit them that the true secret of these puzzling features became -suspected.</p> - -<p>We all know, or should know, that the anther in flowers secretes and -releases the pollen. For years even the utility of this pollen was a -mystery. Not until the year 1682 was its purpose guessed, when Nehemias -Grew, an English botanist, discovered that unless its grains reached the -stigma in the flower no seed would be produced. But the people refused -to believe this, and it was not until fifty years later that Crew's -statement was fully accepted, and then only because the great Linnæus -assured the world that it <i>was</i> true. But about fifty years later -another botanist in Germany, Sprengel, made the discovery that the -flower could not be fertilized as these botanists had claimed, that in -many blossoms the pollen could not fall on the stigma.</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_013.jpg" width="400" height="301" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">WHAT SPRENGEL DID NOT EXPLAIN.</span> -</div> - -<p>Sprengel knew that this pollen must reach the stigma, but showed that in -most flowers it could not do so by <i>itself</i>. He saw that insects were -always working in the flowers, and that their hairy bodies were -generally covered with pollen, and in this way pollen grains were -continually carried to the stigma, as they could easily be in these two -blossoms shown at B. Sprengel then announced to the world his -theory—the dawn of discovery, the beginning of the solution of all -these floral riddles. The <i>insect</i> explained it all. The bright colors -and fragrance were intended to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_289" id="Page_289">[Pg 289]</a></span> attract him, and the nectar to reward -him, and while thus sipping he conveyed the pollen to the stigma, and -fertilized the flower.</p> - -<p>But now Sprengel himself was met with most discouraging opposition to -his theory, showing that he had guessed but half the secret after all. -Flowers by the hundreds were brought to his notice, like those two shown -in Diagram C, in which the insect could not transfer the pollen from -anther to stigma, as the stigma is closed when the pollen is ripe, and -does not open until the pollen is shed. For seventy years this -astonishing fact puzzled the world, and was at last solved by the great -Darwin, who showed that nearly all flowers shun their own pollen, and -are so constructed, by thousands of singular devices, that the <i>insect</i> -shall bring to each the <i>pollen of another flower</i> of the same species, -and thus effect what is known as <i>cross-fertilisation</i>.</p> - -<p>We must then look at all flowers as expressions of welcome to some -insect—day-flowering blossoms mostly to bees and butterflies, and -night-bloomers to moths. And not only expressions of welcome, but each -with some perfect little plan of its own to make this insect guest the -bearer of its pollen to the stigma of another flower of the same -species. And how endless are the plans and devices to insure this -beautiful scheme! Some flowers make it certain by keeping the stigma -closed tight until all its pollen is shed; others place the anther so -far away from the stigma as to make pollen contact impossible; others -actually imprison these pollen-bringing insects until they can send them -away with fresh pollen all over their bodies.</p> - -<p>Take almost any flower we chance to meet, and it will show us a mystery -of form which the insect alone can explain.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/ill_014.jpg" width="600" height="273" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE TWO-FORMED FLOWERS.</span> -</div> - -<p>Here is one, growing just outside my door—a blossom "known" even to -every child, and certainly to every reader of the <span class="smcap">Round Table</span>—the -pretty bluets, or Houstonia, whose galaxy of white or blue stars tints -whole spring meadows like a light snowfall. We have "known" it all our -lives. Perhaps we may have chanced to observe that the flowers are not -all constructed alike, but the chances are that we have <i>seen</i> them <i>all -our lives</i> without discovering this fact. If we pluck a few from this -dense cluster beside the path, we observe that the throat of each is -swollen larger than the tube beneath, and is almost closed by four tiny -yellow anthers (Fig. 1). The next and the next clump may show us similar -flowers; but after a little search we are sure of finding a cluster in -which a new form appears, as shown in Fig. 3, in which the anthers at -the opening are missing, and their place supplied with a little forked -stigma! The tube below is larger than the first flower for about -two-thirds its length, when it suddenly contracts, and if we cut it open -we find the four anthers secreted near the wide base of the tube. What -does it mean, this riddle of the bluets? For hundreds of years it -puzzled the early botanists, only finally to be solved by Darwin. This -is simply the little plan which the Houstonia has perfected to insure -its cross-fertilization by an insect, to compel an insect to carry its -pollen from one flower and deposit it upon the stigma of another. Once -realizing this as the secret, we can readily see how perfectly the -intention is fulfilled.</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 248px;"> -<img src="images/ill_015.jpg" width="248" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">1st Clump.—Flower enlarged. Insect's Tongue inserted.</span> -</div> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 72px;"> -<img src="images/ill_016.jpg" width="72" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">Pollen high on Insect's Tongue after withdrawal from -Blossom.</span> -</div> - -<p style="clear:both;"> </p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 277px;"> -<img src="images/ill_017.jpg" width="277" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">2d Clump.—Flower enlarged. Pollen thrust against high -Stigma at top and touching Pollen below.</span> -</div> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 65px;"> -<img src="images/ill_018.jpg" width="65" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">Pollen at Base of Insect's Tongue after withdrawal from -Blossom.</span> -</div> - -<p style="clear:both;"> </p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 293px;"> -<img src="images/ill_019.jpg" width="293" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">3d Clump.—Flower enlarged. Pollen thrust against low -Stigma.</span> -</div> - -<p>In order to make it clear I have drawn a progressive series of pictures -which hardly require description. The flowers are visited by small bees, -butterflies, and other insects. At the left is an insect just alighting -on a clump of the blossoms of the high-anther form indicated below it. -The black probe represents the insect's tongue, which, as it seeks the -nectar at the bottom of the tube, gets dusted at its thickened top with -the pollen from the anthers. We next see the insect flying away, the -probe beneath indicating the condition of its tongue. It next alights on -clump No. 2, in which the flowers happen to be of the high-stigma form, -as shown below. The tongue now being inserted, brings the pollen against -the high stigma, and fertilizes the flower, while at the same time its -tip comes in contact with the low anthers, and gets pollen from them. We -next see the insect flying to clump No. 3, the condition of its tongue -being shown below. Clump No. 3 happens to be of the first low-stigma -form of flowers, and as the tongue is inserted the pollen at its tip is -carried directly to the low stigma, and <i>this</i> flower is fertilized from -the pollen from the anthers on the same level in the previous<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_290" id="Page_290">[Pg 290]</a></span> flower. -And thus the riddle is solved by the insect. From clump to clump he -flies, and through his help each one of the pale blue blooms is sure to -get its food, each flower fertilized by the pollen of another.</p> - -<p>Another beautiful provision is seen in the difference in size of the -pollen grain of the two flowers, those of the high anthers being much -larger than those from the lower anthers. These larger grains are -intended for the high stigma, which they are sure of reaching, while -those of smaller size, on the top of the tongue, which should happen to -be wiped off on the high stigma, are too small to be effective for -fertilization.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="HOW_RUFUS_TRAPPED_THE_BURGLARS" id="HOW_RUFUS_TRAPPED_THE_BURGLARS">HOW RUFUS TRAPPED THE BURGLARS.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY WILLIAM HEMMINGWAY.</h3> - -<p>The squealing of dry snow under horses' hoofs awakened Rufus Walker. His -room was the nearest to the turnpike crossing. Perhaps that was why he -was the only sleeper in the railroad station at Winona to be aroused by -the approaching sleigh. It was a sleigh, that was certain; for now Rufus -could hear the smooth, easy, half-shuffling sound of the runners on the -well-packed snow. Who could it be travelling at that time of night? The -horses were going at a walk. Neither of them wore a bell. "Maybe some -one has come to wake up father and send a telegram," thought Rufus, -sleepily. But no, the sleigh bumped over the railroad tracks and passed -on. The boy heard the shrill crunching of the snow a few times more, and -then he fell asleep again. If he had only felt enough curiosity to get -up and look out of the window he would have seen something to make his -heart beat very fast indeed; but the cold air nipped the tip of his nose -and made it numb, and he buried his face in the blankets and slept.</p> - -<p>Rufus Walker's father was the station agent and telegraph operator at -Winona, in the heart of a vast wheat-raising section of Dakota. For -miles the country stretched away in gentle undulations. In the spring -you looked out on a sea of waving, tossing green, crinkled and fretted -by every passing breeze. In the fall the green sea had turned to gold, -and those noisy ships, the mowing-machines, went clattering through it. -Now the vast expanse lay white and still under its frosty blanket. The -wheat harvest had been gathered into the barns, and for weeks little -Rufus had heard the farmers talking about "number one hard," and "number -one," and all the other varieties of the grain. Right opposite the -station and across the railroad track stood a grain elevator. Its -gigantic shape rose over the little station like a castle towering above -a tiny cottage. The farmers for miles around would begin to haul wheat -to the elevator to-morrow, for Mr. Price, Pillsbury's elevator -superintendent, had arrived that day. He had brought a satchel full of -packages of new crisp bank-notes, and fat little rolls of gold eagles -and double-eagles. He always paid cash for the wheat as he bought it. -That is the custom all through the wheat country.</p> - -<p>The thick black bag of alligator-skin that held more than five thousand -dollars was locked in the safe that stood in the office of the grain -elevator. The money was the attraction that had brought the three men, -who silently got out of the sleigh in the shadow of the tall building. -They tied their horses to a ring near the office door, then stealthily -crept through the snow to the railroad station.</p> - -<p>Little Rufus Walker woke up with a start. A big man with a handkerchief -tied across the lower part of his face was shaking him by the shoulder.</p> - -<p>"How old are you, sonny?" asked the stranger.</p> - -<p>"Ten years last August," Rufus answered, huskily.</p> - -<p>"Well, you're old enough to have sense," said the man. "All you've got -to do is to keep still. We're just goin' to relieve Mr. Price of that -bag o' money. You keep still, d'ye hear?"</p> - -<p>The big man strode out of Rufus's room and joined his two companions at -the further end of the hallway. They had gathered Mr. Price, Rufus's -father, Mrs. Walker, and big Tom Walker in one of the rooms. Evidently -the strangers had awakened Rufus last of all. He sat up, shivering, with -the blankets wrapped around him. His hair was standing up so straight -that it seemed to bend backward. His teeth chattered.</p> - -<p>"Where's the boy?" he heard a strange voice ask.</p> - -<p>"Oh, I left him in his bed!" replied the voice of the big man. "He's no -bigger than your thumb, and he—"</p> - -<p>"Better bring him in here with the rest," said the strange voice.</p> - -<p>"No; let him stay in his bed," said the big man's voice. "He ain't -sizable enough to make trouble. He couldn't live to go two miles to the -nearest house for help."</p> - -<p>"All right," said the strange voice. "Now, Mr. Price, we don't aim to -bust your safe. If you was a polite gentleman you'd just skip over and -open her for us. However, we've got the little implements here, and -we'll have her open in less than an hour fair an' easy. Bill, you keep -these folks quiet till we whistle for you."</p> - -<p>Rufus heard two men go down stairs. Then he heard them stamping through -the snow toward the grain-elevator. There was silence for five minutes -or so, and then he heard the "bink! bink! bink!" of hammers falling on -steel wedges. Rufus suddenly wondered if he couldn't call help in a way -the robbers hadn't thought of. He stealthily got out of bed and put on -his coat, trousers, and thick woollen stockings. His heart fluttered and -jumped so hard that he was afraid he'd lose it as he crept inch by inch -to the stairs that led down to the ticket and telegraph office. How glad -he was when at last he stole in there as silently as a ghost! How glad -he was that his father had encouraged him to learn how to telegraph! He -wasn't a fine operator yet, but he thought he could manage to telegraph -something useful. Very slowly he pulled out the plug in the switchboard -that cut in the instrument on the telegraph line. He threw over a little -brass lever so that the noisy "sounder" was cut off from the "relay" -instrument. He screwed the points of the relay down so fine that the -instrument ticked no louder than a watch. He tightened up the key, too. -From upstairs he could hear the gruff voice of the big robber as he made -jokes at the expense of his victims. Rufus knew that the night -train-despatcher at Springfield was always at the wire, so he -telegraphed,</p> - -<p>"Sg—Sg—Wn!"</p> - -<p>That meant, "Springfield, Winona is calling you!"</p> - -<p>In a moment the relay ticked out, "Ay—ay—Sg." That meant that the -despatcher heard the call. Then Rufus, his fingers stiff from the cold -and clumsy with fright, bravely ticked this message:</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>"3 robrs hv held us up. 2 are brkg opn safe in elevator, and 1 is -guardg our ppl. Pls send help qk. Do you 13?"</p></blockquote> - -<p>This meant: "Three robbers have held us up. Two are breaking open the -safe in the elevator, and one is guarding our people. Please send help -quickly. Do you understand!"</p> - -<p>The despatcher gave a quick "Ay, ay!" closed his key, and rushed out -into the railroad yard. Within two minutes a locomotive was running -westward toward Winona, eighteen miles away. Besides the engineer and -fireman, there were four freight brakemen in the cab. Each one had a -rifle. The engineer kept the throttle wide open until he was within a -mile of Winona. Then he shut off steam.</p> - -<p>"Her headway'll carry her a long way," he remarked to his companions, -"and it's all down grade from here."</p> - -<p>Within a quarter of a mile of Winona the fireman put all his strength on -the brake-wheel and brought the engine to a stop. The four brakemen -cautiously plodded up the track.</p> - -<p>Little Rufus sat in the dark office, numb with cold and fear. Every -sense was on the alert. He thought the glare of the moonlight in the -snow would blind him as he gazed down the track, minute after minute, -through a knothole in the shutter. At last he saw a black dot away down -the track. The dot turned into four dots as it swung around the curve. -They came nearer, and he could make out the burly figure of Tim Ryan and -the other three brakemen, each with a gun resting across the hollow of -his left arm. The four figures silently passed by the office window, -and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_291" id="Page_291">[Pg 291]</a></span> crossed over to the grain elevator. Rufus could still hear the -"bink! bink! bink!" of the hammers on the steel wedges. If he had dared -to follow, he would have enjoyed what happened. The door of the safe was -almost off when the robbers heard Tim Ryan's soft voice bidding them "Be -aisy, now, an' lift yere hands above yere heads!" The two thieves almost -fell over in their surprise.</p> - -<p>The fourth brakeman easily captured the lone robber upstairs. Little -Rufus went up stairs as soon as the excited men stopped talking. When -the three thieves had been tied hand and foot, and Rufus had explained -to his father and mother how he had summoned help, everybody looked at -him in surprise.</p> - -<p>"Weren't you scared?" asked his father.</p> - -<p>"So scared I could hardly hold on to the key," said Rufus. "But I was -too scared to let go of it, too."</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="THE_JOYS_OF_WINTER" id="THE_JOYS_OF_WINTER">THE JOYS OF WINTER.</a></h2> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">Hurrah for the joys of winter!</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">For the jolly sparkling weather,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">For the lake like glass where the skaters pass,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">For the flying flake and feather!</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">Hurrah for the fun of rushing</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">Down the long toboggan slide,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">For the dash ahead of the winning sled</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">Round the curve of the steep hill-side!</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">Hurrah for the joys of winter!</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">Jack Frost and the boys are friends;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">To the girl's bright face what a witching grace</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">The touch of his pencil lends!</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">Hurrah for the wild northwester,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">And the crisp cold wintry night</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">When the rough wind blows and we toast our toes</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">In the glow of the hearth-fire's light!</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="THAT_BIT_OF_LOOSE_FLAGGING" id="THAT_BIT_OF_LOOSE_FLAGGING">THAT BIT OF LOOSE FLAGGING.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY GEORGE GRANTHAM BAIN.</h3> - -<p>That piece of loose flagging should have been fixed long before. It was -one of those wicked, insidious suggesters of temptation which are quite -as bad in their moral effect as the temptation itself. Probably not a -man or woman stepped on that wobbling piece of stone but thought of the -possibilities that lay below it. Directly beneath were the vaults in -which were kept the millions on millions of silver and gold dollars -belonging to the government Treasury. The first thought that the loose -flagging suggested to the mind was always: Suppose it should turn over -and drop me into the vault where the gold is kept; and suppose it was as -easy to get out as to get in; and suppose—for I do not believe there -was any one wicked enough to want to steal the coin—suppose there was -no objection on the part of any one to carrying away as much gold as the -pockets would hold. What a jolly time one could have with it!</p> - -<p>That is what Harry Holt thought every night when he left the Western -Union Telegraph Building and started home. He always crossed over to the -Treasury Department sidewalk and walked on the loose piece of stone. -There was no harm, he thought, in imagining all of the delightful things -that he could do with a pocketful of the gold. For he was quite sure -that even if the flagging was as loose as it seemed to the pressure of -his foot, and even if he could move it—and he was tempted often to -stoop and see—the top of the vault below was of heavy steel, and the -only thing he would get if the flagging gave way was a good bumping, if -not a broken leg. So the loose flagging was only a touchstone to a -little world in which Harry lived on his way home each night from his -telegraph desk—a world where all the hot summer days were made of trips -to Nova Scotia, and the winter of sunny sojourns in the everglades of -Florida.</p> - -<p>"My wire's clear at both ends; I think I'll go home," said Harry to the -chief operator one hot night. It was five minutes before his time for -leaving the operating-room, and Western Union orders are strict. The -chief operator shook his head and went on. Harry turned sulkily back to -his desk and picked up a fan. On a night like this, when every one in -the room was steaming with the heat of the overcrowded room, the click -of the instrument before him and the hum of the other instruments all -about jarred on his nerves. He wanted to get to his little room uptown, -where at least he could take a plunge in the bath-tub if his blood was -overheated. He hated the slavery of the operating-room, and the set -rules that made him only a part of the machine to earn dividends for a -lot of New York people in whom he had no interest. Harry was not a -philosopher, or he would have said to himself that the surest way of -heating his blood still more, and increasing his discomfort on this -trying night, was to worry about something, to fret, to be discontented.</p> - -<p>Well, five minutes is not a very long time. Harry took his coat on his -arm and his hat in his hand; for it was long past the hour when every -one but a few night-workers and an occasional policeman had gone to bed. -The electric lights sputtered and spit as he came out of the building, -and the hot white light dazzled him a little. Then the steam from the -overheated asphalt came up into his face as he cut across diagonally -toward the Treasury building. It looked cool and comfortable in its -dress of white marble, and Harry thought how pleasant the air must be -down in the sub-basement, far below the heat of the street. Then he -stepped on the loose flagging, his steps turning to it as naturally as -though there had been no other path, and the flagging gave way. It was -so sudden that he had no chance to struggle or to try to regain the -solid ground. Before he could even spread his arms to catch the edges of -the stones about the opening, he had fallen below the surface of the -sidewalk.</p> - -<p>He had an awful consciousness that he was doing something wrong—as -though his dreams about that loose flagging had exercised some weird -influence on it, and so far loosened it as to make it give way under the -weight of his body. And he suddenly remembered that he had read -somewhere of a little army of watchmen who guarded the treasure vaults -with weapons in hand, and who had been known to shoot first and make -inquiries afterward. That would be very awkward, thought Harry; and all -of this passed through his mind in the little space of time which it -took for a fall of—well, he thought it was one hundred yards, but every -one knows that the Treasury vaults have ceilings no higher than the -ceiling of your room.</p> - -<p>"Hello!" said a voice at his elbow. Harry had alighted somewhere. Just -how he had managed to do it after that tremendous fall without breaking -a leg he could not understand; but here he was on his feet, with no -evidence of any damage done, and opposite him was a pleasant-faced old -gentleman with a white beard, wearing a pair of steel-bowed spectacles -which gave his face a benevolent aspect. Just behind the old gentleman -was a stack of wooden boxes as high as the ceiling—-and Harry saw now -that the ceiling was not so very high after all—and lying around the -room were white canvas bags with figures stencilled on them. There was a -table not far away, with a delightful-looking cold luncheon spread on -it, and there was a bowl of lemonade or something that looked like -lemonade with a big square piece of ice floating on its surface. Harry's -tongue had been parched all evening in the hot operating-room. He longed -for a little of that lemonade, but he hesitated to ask the stranger for -it.</p> - -<p>"You came by the balloon route," said the old gentleman, not -inquiringly, but as though he stated a recognized fact.</p> - -<p>"I really don't know how I came, sir," said Harry, finding his tongue. -"I didn't know I was coming."</p> - -<p>"I fancied you came in a hurry. I see you haven't had time to put on -your coat," said the old gentleman.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_292" id="Page_292">[Pg 292]</a></span></p> - -<p>Harry felt very much ashamed of his shirt sleeves, and he tried very -hard to put his coat on. But, curiously enough, whether it was from -embarrassment or some other reason which he could not understand, he -could not get his arms into the sleeves. Moreover, the more he tried, -the more the sleeves of his shirt showed a disposition to come off his -arms and leave him in a more embarrassing condition. In fact, all of his -clothing felt loose and unstable, and Harry was much worried for fear -that he would find himself in the presence of this critical old -gentleman without a stitch of clothing on. The old gentleman came to his -rescue.</p> - -<p>"Never mind," he said; "we must make some allowance for the Czar's -messenger. I suppose it is hot in America for one so recently in -Russia."</p> - -<p>Harry thought that the best way to do with his strange new acquaintance -was to agree with him. He seemed kindly disposed, if he was a little -eccentric. So Harry ventured to stammer out: "It is a little colder in -St. Petersburg."</p> - -<p>"Of course it is," said the old gentleman, sitting down on a pile of the -canvas bags and rubbing his hands together. "The last messenger was -actually sunstruck. But he came in his fur-lined robes of office. You -were sensible to leave yours behind."</p> - -<p>Harry accepted the tribute with a vague smile. He was a little puzzled, -but even in his uncertain mental condition he felt reasonably sure that -he had never owned any fur-lined robes. Still he was certain that any -one who left fur-lined robes behind on a day like this, whether they -were his own robes or those of some one else, was a very sensible person -and deserving of commendation.</p> - -<p>"I suppose you have come after the fifteen millions for the Grand Duke!" -said the old gentleman.</p> - -<p>"Not at all," said Harry, for he was seized with a fear that the old -gentleman might deliver to him some other man's property, and then have -him arrested for theft when the mistake was discovered.</p> - -<p>"That's all right," said the old gentleman, reclining on the canvas -bags, and nodding his head encouragingly. "You can trust me."</p> - -<p>"But I have not come from the Grand Duke," said Harry.</p> - -<p>"What's that?" said the old gentleman, jumping up and speaking very -fiercely. Then he sat down again. "Of course you have," he said, calmly. -"Otherwise how would you be here, and how would you be able to carry it -away?" And Harry thought it best not to contradict him again.</p> - -<p>"There is the lot over there," said the old gentleman, indicating -another pile of canvas bags just beyond, and to Harry's left. "It isn't -much of a load when you know how to carry it."</p> - -<p>"Am I to carry all that?" asked Harry; for the bags looked as though -they might weigh a ton.</p> - -<p>"And a very light load," said the old gentleman, nodding and smiling. -"Sit down." He pointed at the bags.</p> - -<p>Harry was glad of the invitation, though an invitation to supper or to a -drop of that cooling lemonade would have pleased him more. The old -gentleman seemed to divine his thoughts, for he pointed at the lemonade -bowl, and said, with a smack of his lips, "A little later." Then he -motioned again to the pile of coin-bags. Harry threw himself down on -them. Then a dreadful feeling went through him. He felt as though he -were afire. The bags were hot—as hot as boiling water—so hot that he -sprang from them with a scream.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_020.jpg" width="400" height="318" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">"YOU ARE AN IMPOSTOR. YOU ARE A THIEF."</span> -</div> - -<p>"What's that?" said the old gentleman, springing up. "Then you're not -the Czar's messenger. You haven't the key. You are an impostor. You are -a thief."</p> - -<p>He caught up one of the canvas bags on which he had been sitting. It -burst, and the yellow gold pieces flew out in a shower on Harry's head. -Each of them seemed to burn a hole where it struck. Harry fell to the -floor. The old gentleman caught up another bag and poured its contents -over Harry. His face had the expression of a fiend now. More and more -gold he poured on Harry's prostrate form, until all but his head was -quite hidden from view. Each gold piece burned, and burned, and burned. -The heat was intolerable. Harry screamed with the pain of it.</p> - -<p>"What's the matter with you, Holt?" said a voice in his ear. The -chinking of the gold pieces as they fell seemed like some old familiar -sound. Some one took hold of his shoulder, and the voice said again, -"Here, what's the matter with you!" The chinking now was like the -clicking of the telegraph instruments in the operating-room. Harry -opened his eyes and looked about him. The old gentleman was gone; the -bags of gold were gone. The old desk was under his arm, and the chief -operator was bending over him.</p> - -<p>"Your time's up, Harry," he said. "I thought you were in a hurry to get -home. This isn't a very good place to sleep on a hot night, anyhow."</p> - -<p>The clock on the wall opposite said half past two; it was twenty-five -minutes past when Harry had told the chief operator that he wanted to -go. He had been asleep perhaps three minutes, and every garment on him -was wet with perspiration. His hat and coat were not in his hands. He -looked for them, and then he remembered. They were still in the closet. -He got them, and walked slowly down the four flights of stairs. When he -came out on Fifteenth Street his footsteps turned instinctively in the -direction of the Treasury building. But Harry resolutely turned them the -other way.</p> - -<p>"I don't want any more dreamland riches," he said, as he thought of the -old gentleman and his red-hot coin.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_293" id="Page_293">[Pg 293]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a name="INTERSCHOLASTIC_SPORT" id="INTERSCHOLASTIC_SPORT"></a> -<img src="images/ill_021.jpg" width="600" height="123" alt="INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT" /> -</div> - -<p>In the lull following upon the activity of football, and preceding track -athletics and baseball, I shall devote as much space as possible in this -Department to comment on seasonable sports, and on the methods for -training and preparation for spring work. So many letters come each week -asking for suggestions about training, especially for the running -events, and requesting information on the various outdoor sports for ice -and snow, that it seems advisable to award to these subjects the -preference, for the next few weeks at least. Concerning training for -field sports, I shall endeavor to treat of putting the shot in an early -number of the <span class="smcap">Round Table</span>, and soon afterward we shall have hints and -advice on training for the sprints and the middle distances. This week I -want to devote almost all available space to the prime winter sport of -curling, about which I have been asked for a description by a number of -correspondents in the Northern and Western States and Canada.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/ill_022.jpg" width="600" height="573" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">A CURLING-MATCH.</span> -</div> - -<p>Curling is essentially a Scottish game, and one over which the stolid -Scotsmen manage to work up considerable enthusiasm and excitement. It -has been imported into this country, and especially in Canada have -American curlers become almost as proficient as any in the world. Few -games afford better sport and exercise, and a certain amount of muscular -strength is demanded of the players. The game is played on ice, of -course, and the space marked out for playing is called a "rink." This is -usually a strip of ice on a pond or a stream, forty-two yards long and -eight or nine yards wide, swept clear of snow. A "tee," or goal, is set -down at each end of the rink. The tees are 39½ yards apart. Seven -feet behind each tee is a small circle called a "foot-circle," from -which the curlers launch their stones. From each tee as a centre a -circle must be drawn, with a radius of seven feet, and every stone which -is not outside of this circle when it has stopped moving counts as one -point in the reckoning. Outside and beyond the tee circle a line is -drawn across to the rink, and the stones which pass this boundary are -called dead—that is, they do not count. Seven or eight yards inside of -each tee another line is drawn across the rink, and every stone that -does not pass this "hog-score," as this line is called, is removed from -the ice, out of the way of coming stones. The "middle line" is drawn -half-way between the tees across the rink. Perhaps a better idea of this -complicated delineation of a curling-rink may be gathered from the -diagram at the top of the next page.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/ill_023.jpg" width="600" height="112" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">DIAGRAM OF A CURLING-RINK.</span> -</div> - -<p>There are usually four players on a side, and each player is armed with -two stones. These stones are of circular shape, with flattened sides, -and must not weigh more than fifty pounds nor less than thirty pounds. -Neither must they be more than thirty-six inches around, nor less in -height than one-eighth of the greatest circumference. Curling -enthusiasts attach great importance to their stones. They have them of -various weights to suit their own fancy, and of every possible variation -of form. Some players prefer flat stones, while others have a liking for -high ones. As a rule, however, the favorite is that which is neither -very flat nor very high, the reason for this being that such a stone is -well "centred," having the centre of gravity about in the middle, and -being therefore more easily handled. These stones are usually cut out of -granite; they are then highly polished, and frequently fitted with very -ornamental and highly expensive handles.</p> - -<p>The players are also provided with brooms, with which they sweep off the -snow and other obstacles from the rink. One point of judgment in curling -is to know when to sweep the way clear for a coming stone and when not -to, the sweeper knowing about how fast the stone will go for its weight, -and about where it will land if allowed to travel over a rough or a -smooth surface. The number of points ordinarily appointed as decisive of -a <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_294" id="Page_294">[Pg 294]</a></span>curling-match is thirty-one, and the side which first scores that -total is the winner. The chief aim in the game is to hurl the stone with -the proper amount of strength, so that it will take its place close to -the tee. Then a certain amount of generalship must be used by one side -to so distribute its stones that the opponents may not be able to -dislodge those nearest to the centre of the tee circle. It will be seen -that curling is a sort of giant game of shuffle-board, but much more -susceptible to scientific work than the latter. A close finish in -curling frequently arouses both parties to the highest excitement, and -many funny stories have been written about staid Scottish squires and -dignified dominies who have found themselves hotly disputing with one -another on a curling-rink. For those who may be interested in the sport, -and who care to become more familiar with it or to learn the many rules -which experience and practice have shown to be necessary, I recommend an -article on curling in the volume on skating in the Badminton Library.</p> - -<p>The many protests in the recent contests held by the New York I. S. A. A. -have led the officers of that organization to formulate and adopt -some new rules which will now make the conditions of contests perfectly -clear. The changes in the constitution recently adopted are good ones, -and have all been framed with a view to purifying sport, and with the -intention of holding all New York school-boy athletes to the closest -interpretation of the spirit of amateurism.</p> - -<p>A very vague idea of the rules and regulations which govern amateur -sport has been held by the majority of school athletes in this city -until recently. I think this must have been because they were not as -familiar as they might have been with the laws enacted by their own -association. These laws were perhaps not as strict as they should have -been, and I am now glad to see that the managers are tightening the -reins. Every boy who goes into athletics here or anywhere else should -know exactly what his rights and his duties are in matters of sport, and -especially in the matter of eligibility in these days, when -professionalism is so steadily trying to steal into the camp. I cannot -but believe that if every scholar in this town had known by heart the N. Y. I. S. A. A. -rules of eligibility last year, the errors of some -misguided athletes would never have been made.</p> - -<p>The new rules governing eligibility are clear and unequivocal, and it is -hard to see how even the most professionally inclined can now beat about -the stump. The first section of the new Article XI. states that "no one -shall represent any school as a competitor in any athletic contest who -has not been a member of that school from the first of January of the -school year in which the contest is held, or who has actually been paid -wages for services during the school year, or who has been enrolled as a -member of any college, or who has attained the age of twenty years, or -who is not in good standing with the Amateur Athletic Union of the -United States."</p> - -<p>The article proceeds to explain that having been a member of the -sub-Freshman class of the College of the City of New York does not debar -a scholar from competing, and this is eminently just. A most important -provision follows, and I cannot urge too strongly upon the I.S.A.A. -committee to enforce this rule to the letter if it results in having -only one contest a year. It is to the effect that any school wishing to -enter a team for the baseball, football, tennis, or track-athletic -championship must file a list of all players or competitors with the -chairman of the committee governing that special branch before such team -can enter any contest. The next two sections specify that in such list -the ages of all players or competitors shall be given, and the list must -be signed by the principal of the school, to certify that all the -intended players or competitors are eligible.</p> - -<p>In view of recent events, the revision of Article XIV. also cannot be -too gladly welcomed: "Section 1. No school shall, through any of its -officers or by any other means, directly or indirectly, by offering any -inducements, influence or try to influence a pupil of any other school -to sever his connection with said school. Section 2. The offering of a -regularly established or other scholarship by any school or officer -thereof, as an inducement to change from one school to another, shall be -considered an inducement." Much annoyance would have been saved if these -paragraphs had been in the constitution when it was first formulated, -and I think that this revision might be even further fortified by -inserting the words "directly or indirectly" in the second section as -well as in the first.</p> - -<p>It is a wise provision also that any school entering a team for the -baseball or football championship must play all games for which they are -scheduled under penalty of $5 fine for each game forfeited. My only -criticism is that the penalty might be doubled or trebled. The -championship series of football games last fall, in Brooklyn, was -greatly interfered with by the continual forfeiting of games by the -weaker teams. This Department spoke of the evil at the time, and I would -now urge the Long Island League legislators to insert some such by-law -in their code as the New Yorkers have just established.</p> - -<p>Athletics are progressing so vigorously in Philadelphia that a new -interscholastic league, in addition to the Inter-Academic A. A. of some -years standing, has been organized. Tho new association held a meeting a -few weeks ago, at which delegates from the Central High-school, -Wilmington High-school, and the Central and Northeast Manual Training -schools were present. A committee was appointed to see the Friends' -Central, Catholic High and Swarthmore College Grammar Schools, and -invite them to join the association. The meeting then adjourned to meet -at the call of the chair to receive the report of this committee. This -committee should at once communicate with the officers of the National -I. S. A. A., and apply for membership. The new league has some strong -schools in it, as readers of this Department may see by glancing over -the list. The Central High-school of Philadelphia is probably the -largest school in that city, and both the Wilmington and Swarthmore -Grammar schools have already acquired enviable records in sport.</p> - -<p>An Interscholastic Polo League has been formed in Boston, under the -auspices of the B.A.A., with the following schools as members: Melrose -High, Cambridge High and Latin, Roxbury Latin, and English High. A -provisional schedule has been arranged, but as the weather is an -important factor in polo, it may be necessary to postpone several of the -contests. The dates chosen are:</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_295" id="Page_295">[Pg 295]</a></span></p> - -<h4>CAMBRIDGE H. AND L.</h4> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left">Dec. 31.—E. H. S. on Spy Pond.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Jan. 17.—Roxbury Latin on Spy Pond.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Jan. 25.—Melrose on Spy Pond.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<h4>ENGLISH HIGH.</h4> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left">Dec. 31.—Cambridge on Spy Pond.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Jan. 14.—Roxbury Latin (undecided).</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Jan. 17.—Melrose at Melrose.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<h4>ROXBURY LATIN.</h4> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left">Jan. 14.—English High (undecided).</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Jan. 17.—Cambridge on Spy Pond.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Jan. 21.—Melrose at Melrose.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<h4>MELROSE HIGH.</h4> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left">Jan. 17.—English High at Melrose.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Jan. 21.—Roxbury Latin at Melrose.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Jan. 25.—Cambridge at Spy Pond.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>It is to be hoped, if the season proves a successful one and the cold -weather holds out, that the winner in this Boston League will arrange -for a championship game with the winner in the Connecticut League.</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 161px;"> -<img src="images/ill_024.jpg" width="161" height="300" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">H. D. CAREY, JUN.,<br /> -Hamilton Institute.</span> -</div> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 172px;"> -<img src="images/ill_025.jpg" width="172" height="300" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THEODORE LUTKINS,<br /> -Brooklyn Latin School.</span> -</div> - -<p style="clear:both;"> </p> - -<p>On account of this delay in receiving the portraits of Messrs. Carey and -Lutkins, who were selected for members of the All-New-York football -team, the pictures could not be reproduced until this week. Carey of the -Hamilton Institute would play right half-back, and Lutkins would rank as -first substitute on the All-New-York eleven, the full details of which -were given in the <span class="smcap">Round Table</span> of January 7th.</p> - -<p>The game of basket-ball promises to become popular among the colleges -and the larger schools of the country this winter. This Department will -devote some space to the game at an early date, which is taking up the -attention of scholastic sportsmen in Connecticut.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p><span class="smcap">J. A. Baker, B. Bay, Massachusetts</span>.—There is no rule prohibiting -tackling above the shoulders, unless Section B of Rule 27 of the -Football Rules of 1895 can be construed as such. It is a matter for -the umpire to decide in every case.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">H. C. Morris, Evanston, Illinois</span>.—There will be an article on -running in this Department some time during the winter. I should -advise you to use sprinting shoes without spikes to train in, but -wear spikes in a contest or when running for time.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">W. H. B., Minneapolis</span>.—You can find out what you want to know in -<i>Walter Camp's Book of College Sports</i> (The Century Company, New -York), or in the <i>American Boy's Handy Book</i> (Charles Scribner's -Sons, New York).</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">J. J. Smith, Ridgewood, New Jersey</span>.—There is a very good chapter -on "Toy-boat Making and Sailing" in <i>Coventry Pastimes for Boys</i> -(Longmans, Green, & Company, New York).</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">H. C. D., Meriden</span>.—The arrangement of players for the game of ice -polo, described briefly in <span class="smcap">Harper's Round Table</span> for January 14th, -is as follows:</p></blockquote> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 335px;"> -<img src="images/ill_026.jpg" width="335" height="400" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">The Graduate</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>A POUND OF FACTS</h4> - -<p>is worth oceans of theories. More infants are successfully raised on the -Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk than upon any other food. <i>Infant -Health</i> is a valuable pamphlet for mothers. Send your address to N. Y. -Condensed Milk Co., N. Y.—[<i>Adv.</i>]</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>ADVERTISEMENTS</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_027.jpg" width="400" height="277" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h3>Educational Athletic Figures</h3> - -<h4>Souvenirs of</h4> - -<h2>Twenty Years</h2> - -<h2>in Business.</h2> - -<p>A COMPLETE SET, Embracing the above five figures, will be sent to any -address in the United States or Canada on receipt of 10 cents, to pay -charges. These figures are perfect in every particular, and suitable -souvenirs of our twenty years as positive leaders in the manufacture of -everything that is essential for outdoor or indoor sports and pastimes.</p> - -<p class="center">Sent by mail upon receipt of 10 cents, to pay charges.</p> - -<p class="center"><i>Handsome Catalogue sent free.</i></p> - -<h2>A. G. 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All complete for organ or piano. Address</p> - -<h3>LITERATURE AND MUSIC, Washington, D. C.</h3> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h4><i>After the beady, sparkling draught, who wants the dregs?—The DELONG -Patent Hook and Eye is the original.</i></h4> - -<h4><i>See that</i></h4> - -<h3><i>hump?</i></h3> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 136px;"> -<img src="images/ill_029.jpg" width="136" height="200" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h3><i>Richardson</i></h3> - -<h3><i>& De Long Bros.,</i></h3> - -<h3><i>Philadelphia.</i></h3> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>HOOPING</h2> - -<h2>COUGH</h2> - -<h2>CROUP</h2> - -<h4><i>Can be cured</i></h4> - -<h4>by using</h4> - -<h3>ROCHE'S HERBAL</h3> - -<h3>EMBROCATION</h3> - -<p>The celebrated and effectual English cure, without internal medicine. W. -EDWARD & SON, Props., London, Eng. Wholesale, E. FOUGERA & CO., New York</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_030.jpg" width="400" height="59" alt="Thompson's Eye Water" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_296" id="Page_296">[Pg 296]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a name="BICYCLING" id="BICYCLING"></a> -<img src="images/ill_031.jpg" width="600" height="144" alt="BICYCLING" /> -</div> - -<blockquote> - -<p>This Department is conducted in the interest of Bicyclers, and the -Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the subject. Our -maps and tours contain much valuable data kindly supplied from the -official maps and road-books of the League of American Wheelmen. -Recognizing the value of the work being done by the L. A. W., the -Editor will be pleased to furnish subscribers with membership -blanks and information as far as possible.</p></blockquote> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 227px;"> -<img src="images/ill_032.jpg" width="227" height="700" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">Copyright, 1895, by Harper & Brothers.</span> -</div> - -<p>Continuing our trip from New York to Washington, we take up the journey -at Westminster for the run thence in Baltimore. The road is a turnpike -of limestone, as are most of the important roads in that part of the -country. It is moderately level nearly all the way, and there is little -difficulty in keeping to it on this particular stretch of the trip. -Leaving Westminster you pass out of town under the railroad, and start -out at once on the turnpike for Carrolton, taking care to take the left -fork a little less than a mile out. From Carrolton through Sandyville to -Finksburg, and thence to Reisterstown the way is direct and -unmistakable, there being almost no road of an equal importance to the -main pike, and therefore little opportunity for any one to get off the -route. This makes up a run of about fourteen miles over an easy road, -and you are strongly advised, therefore, not to make much of a stop -here, but to run on to Pikesville at least, unless the company happens -to be made up partly of women, when a stop may to advantage be made -here, and another at Pikesville or Howardsville.</p> - -<p>From Reisterstown the pike runs almost due southeast five miles to -Greenspring Junction, and then two miles further on to Pikesville. -Keeping straight on over a remarkably good road in pleasant weather, you -pass through Howardsville less than two miles further, and finally bring -up in Arlington, twenty-four or twenty-five miles from Westminster. If -no stop is to be made at Baltimore, and the rider determines to include -this run and the next day's run in one twenty-four hours, he should take -the right fork here, and follow the road marked like a barber's pole on -the map. For many reasons, however, it is better to go on, because -Baltimore is a good and comfortable place to put up at, especially if -you go to the Carrolton; and should you be making the trip in quicker or -longer stages than we have been doing, you should make it a point to -reach Baltimore at night, instead of putting up at Westminster.</p> - -<p>Proceeding then from Arlington along the railroad, the rider soon comes -in to Druid Hill Park, and through or along the edge of this enters the -city, where it is easy to make his way to the centre of the town and -reach the Carrolton.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p><span class="smcap">Note</span>.—Map of New York city asphalted streets in No. 809. Map of -route from New York to Tarrytown in No. 810. New York to Stamford, -Connecticut in No. 811. New York to Staten Island in No. 812. New -Jersey from Hoboken to Pine Brook in No. 813. Brooklyn in No. 814. -Brooklyn to Babylon in No. 815. Brooklyn to Northport in No. 816. -Tarrytown to Poughkeepsie in No. 817. Poughkeepsie to Hudson to No. -818. Hudson to Albany in No. 819. Tottenville to Trenton in No. -820. Trenton to Philadelphia in No. 821. Philadelphia in No. 822. -Philadelphia-Wissahickon Route in No. 823. Philadelphia to West -Chester in No. 824. Philadelphia to Atlantic City—First Stage in -No. 825; Second Stage in No. 826. Philadelphia to Vineland—First -Stage in No. 827; Second Stage in No. 828. New York to -Boston—Second Stage in No. 829; Third Stage in No. 830; Fourth -Stage in No. 831; Fifth Stage in No. 832; Sixth Stage in No. 833. -Boston to Concord in No. 834. Boston in No. 835. Boston to -Gloucester in No. 836. Boston to Newburyport in No. 837. Boston to -New Bedford in No. 838. Boston to South Framingham in No. 839. -Boston to Nahant in No. 840. Boston to Lowell in No. 841. Boston to -Nantucket Beach in No. 842. Boston Circuit Ride in No. 843. -Philadelphia to Washington—First Stage in No. 844; Second Stage in -No. 845; Third Stage in No. 846.</p></blockquote> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>About New Zealand.</h4> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Auckland is a city of 60,000 inhabitants, situated on the southern -bank of the Waitamata Harbor. It has a fine library and art -gallery. To the former Sir George Grey gave a very valuable -collection of books, and to the latter the late Mr. McKelvie left -his entire collection of works of art. Not very far from the city -is Mount Eden, an extinct volcano, from the top of which one has -some of the most beautiful views in the world.</p> - -<p>We live about six miles from town, and at the back of our place are -the Three Kings, so called because it is supposed that three Maori -kings were buried there—one on each peak. At the side of the -mountain is the entrance to some caves. There is a tradition that -before New Zealand was inhabited by white people there was a tribal -war; the defeated tribe was driven into the cave, the successful -one hoping to starve it into submission. The tribe in the cave, -however, knew of an opening near the harbor by which it escaped to -its canoes. The distance they had to traverse was several miles. -There is a very beautiful tree here called Pohutukawa (Metrosideros -tomentosa). The nearest approach to pronouncing it is, for the -beginner, "poetry-cow." The tree grows to a great height, and at -Christmas-time is covered with bright scarlet flowers. So it is -generally called Christmas-tree. -</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Estella Ulrich</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Auckland, N. Z</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_297" id="Page_297">[Pg 297]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="THE_PUDDING_STICK" id="THE_PUDDING_STICK"></a> -<img src="images/ill_033.jpg" width="400" height="111" alt="THE_PUDDING_STICK" /> -</div> - -<blockquote> - -<p>This Department is conducted in the interest of Girls and Young -Women, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the -subject so far as possible. Correspondents should address Editor.</p></blockquote> - -<p>A girl's luncheon? You mean the school luncheon? Let it be as nice as -possible, and take pains to pack it very neatly for her, so that when -the recess hour comes she may take an interest in what she eats.</p> - -<p>Of course the ideal luncheon for Gertrude and Caroline is something hot, -a nice hash or scrambled eggs, or else a chop and a baked potato, with -some gingerbread, stewed fruit, oranges, or a cup-custard after it. A -cup of chocolate or cocoa is good for growing girls at luncheon, and a -glass of milk is a very nice addition to their bill of fare.</p> - -<p>But these beautiful hot luncheons cannot always be managed at school. -Often the girls must carry their noonday meal from home, and as a -general thing they take very little care about the matter themselves. -Mamma or sister Mary must think for them.</p> - -<p>A dainty box or little basket, a fine soft napkin, and some paraffin -paper are indispensable to the preparation of lunches. Sandwiches must -be made of <i>thin</i> bread and butter, with potted meat, cream cheese, or -jam spread between the slices. Rough edges and crusts must be cut off, -and the bread and butter be of the very best. There are many delicious -crackers, some salted, some sprinkled with cheese-flakes, some sweet and -crisp like cookies, which are appetizing with one's luncheon. And fruit -is always in order.</p> - -<p>If it is possible, and it usually is, to get a little boiling water, let -the school-girl make for herself a cup of bouillon at luncheon. There -are several excellent kinds of bouillon which come in small jars and -bottles, and of which a spoonful added to a glass or cup of either hot -or cold water makes a very refreshing drink. I prefer hot bouillon -myself, but cold bouillon is very refreshing too, and much better with -bread and butter than cold water, if the luncheon is a simple affair of -that.</p> - -<p>A girl who eats her luncheon regularly, and avoids sweets, pastry, and -candy between meals, will have bright eyes and a good complexion. She -will not look sallow and pasty, nor have pimples and other signs of -indigestion on her face.</p> - -<p>Suppose a young girl wishes to give a luncheon to a few friends, what -would be a nice menu? Well, she might begin with oranges or grape-fruit, -cut in two and sprinkled with sugar; these are eaten with a rather -sharp-pointed spoon. This might be followed by oysters on the -half-shell, in a little bed of crushed ice, if the luncheon is to be -elaborate. Then comes bouillon, served in pretty cups; there are covered -cups for bouillon which are simply fascinating to the heart of the -china-loving girl. After this course comes minced fish or scolloped -oysters, in little china or silver shells. Follow this with dainty -chops, Saratoga chips, and green pease. Then have a salad, with thin -wafers or salted crackers, cream cheese, and guava jelly or gooseberry -jam. After this may appear dessert, of charlotte-russe or ice-cream, or -frozen pudding, or, if you please, a hot pudding with cold sauce. Have -salted almonds and olives on the table, to pass between the courses, and -finish everything up with bonbons, cream peppermints, or any pretty -candies or confections which you like.</p> - -<p>Of course this is the way to have a formal luncheon. I know a little -girl; her name is Delsie, and she isn't very tall, but I wouldn't ask a -better luncheon than she gave me one day, and she did everything about -it herself. She had beautiful wheat cakes with maple syrup, and she -baked them brown on the griddle like a fairy, and then she gave me the -most beautiful heaping saucerful of popped corn, white and salted and -buttered. I wish I had some of it now.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_034.jpg" width="400" height="106" alt="Signature" /> -</div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>A Suggestion for the Founders.</h4> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Would you not like a temperance club or something of the sort in -the Table? I think a society that wishes to be one of the noblest -should have a place for one of the greatest questions in the world. -I would like to correspond with some one interested in temperance. -Winter set in some time ago, but last week it thawed nearly all the -time, and as it has turned cold again the ground is covered with -ice. All the horses that are not needed on the farm are turned -loose in the winter, and as there are almost no fences they have a -good time.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Brenda E. Neville</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Prospect Hall, Cottonwood, Assa, Canada</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>ADVERTISEMENTS.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h4>The</h4> - -<h2>Columbia</h2> - -<h4>Bicycle</h4> - -<h2>Pad Calendar</h2> - -<h4>For 1896</h4> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 289px;"> -<img src="images/ill_035.jpg" width="289" height="300" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h3>YOU NEED IT.</h3> - -<p>A Desk Calendar is a necessity—most convenient kind of storehouse for -memoranda. The Columbia Desk Calendar is brightest and handsomest of -all—full of dainty pen sketches and entertaining thoughts on outdoor -exercise and sport. Occasionally reminds you of the superb quality of -Columbia Bicycles and of your need of one. You won't object to that, of -course. The Calendar will be mailed for five 2-cent stamps.</p> - -<h4>Address Calendar Department,</h4> - -<h3>POPE MANUFACTURING CO.,</h3> - -<h4>HARTFORD, CONN.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>WALTER BAKER & CO., <span class="smcap">limited</span>.</h2> - -<h4>Established Dorchester, Mass., 1780.</h4> - -<h2>Breakfast Cocoa</h2> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 356px;"> -<img src="images/ill_036.jpg" width="356" height="400" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h4>Always ask for Walter Baker & Co.'s</h4> - -<h3>Breakfast Cocoa</h3> - -<h4>Made at</h4> - -<h4>DORCHESTER, MASS.</h4> - -<p class="center">It bears their Trade Mark</p> - -<p class="center">"La Belle Chocolatiere" on every can.</p> - -<p class="center">Beware of Imitations.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>Postage Stamps, &c.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h3>I SEND OUT</h3> - -<p>approval sheets of U. S. adhesive, envelopes, revenues, at from 10% to -25% discount; Foreign at 25%. No trash, no 50% sheets, and no stamps -marked over catalogue so as to give big discounts. If you want to <b>BUY</b>, -write me; must have reference. New catalogue, just issued, 50c.</p> - -<h3>FRANK P. BROWN,</h3> - -<h4>235 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>JAPANESE POSTAGE STAMPS.</h2> - -<p>Every one who sends me 100 good stamps of his land will receive 100 -stamps, in 20 varieties, from Japan.</p> - -<h4>K. TODA,</h4> - -<h4>BINGO MITSUNOSHO — JAPAN.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 85px;"> -<img src="images/ill_037.jpg" width="85" height="100" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>STAMPS! <b>800</b> fine mixed Victoria, Cape of G. H., India, Japan, etc., with -fine Stamp Album, only <b>10c.</b> New 80-p. Price-list <b>free</b>. <i>Agents wanted</i> -at <b>50%</b> commission. STANDARD STAMP CO., 4 Nicholson Place, St. Louis, Mo. -Old U. S. and Confederate Stamps bought.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>STAMP COLLECTORS!</h2> - -<p>12 South America, 9c.; 15 Mexico and Central America, 10c.; 18 West -Indian, 10c.; 15 Australia, 11c.; 16 Asia, 10c. Large monthly price-list -free. Approval Sheet agents wanted; 50% com. and prizes given. <span class="smcap">C. W. -Grevning</span>, Morristown, N. J.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 98px;"> -<img src="images/ill_038.jpg" width="98" height="75" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>100 all dif. Venezuela, Bolivia, etc., only 10c.; 200 all dif. Hayti, -Hawaii, etc., only 50c. Ag'ts w't'd at 50% com. List FREE! <span class="smcap">C. A. -Stegmann</span>, 5941 Cote Brilliante Ave., St. Louis, Mo</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>FOREIGN STAMPS ON APPROVAL.</h2> - -<p class="center">Agents wanted at 50% com. Lists free. CHAS. B. RAUB, New London, Conn.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>500</h2> - -<p>Mixed Australian, etc., 10c.; <b>105 varieties</b>, and nice album, 10c.; 15 -unused, 10c.; 10 Africa, 10c.; 15 Asia, 10c. F. P. Vincent, Chatham, -N.Y.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p class="center"><b>FINE PACKETS</b> in large variety. Stamps at 50% com. Col's bought. -Northwestern Stamp Co., Freeport, Ill.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p class="center">STAMPS! 100 all dif. Barbados, etc. Only 10c. Ag'ts w't'd at 50% com. -List free. L. DOVER & CO., 1469 Hodiamont, St. Louis, Mo.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_039.jpg" width="400" height="59" alt="Thompson's Eye Water" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_298" id="Page_298">[Pg 298]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="THE_CAMERA_CLUB" id="THE_CAMERA_CLUB"></a> -<img src="images/ill_040.jpg" width="400" height="132" alt="THE CAMERA CLUB" /> -</div> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Any questions in regard to photograph matters will be willingly -answered by the Editor of this column, and we should be glad to -hear from any of our club who can make helpful suggestions.</p></blockquote> - -<h3>CAMERA CLUB COMPETITION.</h3> - -<h3>JUNIOR PRIZE-WINNERS.</h3> - -<h4>MARINES.</h4> - -<p><span class="smcap">First Prize</span>, $15; Sir Knight Joseph Lovering, 1 Larch Street, Cambridge, -Mass.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Second Prize</span>, $10; Lady Bessie Turner, 16 Sunnyside Avenue, Weehawken -Heights, N J.</p> - -<h4>LANDSCAPES.</h4> - -<p><span class="smcap">First Prize</span>, $15; Sir Knight Frank Smith, Cumberland, Md.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Second Prize</span>, $10; Sir Knight Samuel J. Castner, 3729 Chestnut Street, -Philadelphia, Pa.</p> - -<h4>FIGURE STUDIES.</h4> - -<p><span class="smcap">First Prize</span>, $25; Sir Knight Andrew M. Phillips, Nunda, N. Y.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Second Prize</span>, $10; Sir Knight Luke S. Murdock, Point View, Pine Hill, -Cincinnati, O.</p> - -<h3>COMPETITION OPEN TO ALL AMATEURS.</h3> - -<h4>LANDSCAPES.</h4> - -<p><span class="smcap">First Prize</span>, $15; R. Hamilton Craig, Patron, Newburgh, N. Y.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Second Prize</span>, $10; Herbert B. Shallenberger, Patron, Rochester, Pa.</p> - -<h4>FIGURE STUDIES.</h4> - -<p><span class="smcap">First Prize</span>, $25; H. E. Murdock, Patron, 204 Bank of Commerce Building, -Minneapolis, Minn.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Second Prize</span>, $10; Mrs. Nils Holm, Patron, 710 S. Farwell Street, Eau -Claire, Wis.</p> - -<h3>HONORABLE MENTION—JUNIORS.</h3> - -<h4>MARINES.</h4> - -<p>W. C. Davids, Rutherford, N. J., Frederick Clapp, Boston, Mass., Octave -de Maurice, Middletown, Conn., Kenneth M. Towner, Asbury Park, N. J., -Albert B. Russell, Ilion, N. Y., Andrew Phillips, Nunda, N. Y., Paul -Warren, Wauwautosa, Wis., Mary P. Kelsey, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, -Pa., Susy Brown, Keyport, N. J., John W. Horr, Worcester, Mass., Samuel -J. Castner, Philadelphia, Pa.</p> - -<h4>LANDSCAPES.</h4> - -<p>Emory J. Wendell, Albany, N. Y., Edmund C. Stone, Baird, Cal., W. H. -Tobey, Washington, Kan., Ike Baum, Uniontown, Pa., Valverd Toof, St. -Paul, Minn., May F. Barrett, Bloomfield, N. J., Stanley M. Dolan, -Portland, Ore., Robert Woodward, Montclair, N. J., Albert Russell, -Ilion, N. Y., J. A. Sinclair, Beamsville, Ont., Walter C. Bradley, -Philadelphia, Penn., Roland C. Meisenbach, St. Louis, Mo., James G. -Zimmerman, Milwaukee, Wis., Homer E. Bartlett, North Adams, Mass., Harry -Bender, Allegheny, Pa., Edith Van Allen, Worcester, Mass., Fleurette -Raplan, Cincinnati, O., H. P. Randall, Pasadena, Cal., Douglas Vandyke, -Milwaukee, Wis., Paul G. Warren, Wauwautosa, Wis.</p> - -<h4>FIGURE STUDIES.</h4> - -<p>Roland Meisenbach, St. Louis, Mo., S. J. Castner, Philadelphia, Pa., -Andrew Phillips, Nunda, N. Y., Edmund C. Stone, Baird, Cal., Constance -F. Wheeler, New York City, James A. Sinclair, Beamsville, Ont., Luke -Murdock, Cincinnati, O.</p> - -<h3>HONORABLE MENTION—SENIORS.</h3> - -<h4>LANDSCAPES.</h4> - -<p>Norman J. Smith, Bellville, N. J., Virginia Wells, Parkersburg, W. Va., -Wilbur F. Powers, Evanston, Ill., Harriet L. George, Thomaston, Me., -Mrs. Ellen E. Stevenson, Chicago, Ill., M. Alison Martin, Toledo, O., -Frank R. Gilbert, Chester, Pa., Norman J. Smith, New York City, Max H. -Miner, Ithaca, N. Y., G. L. Blodgett, Cooperstown, N.Y., Louis H. -Flanders, Chicago, Ill., Mary A. Dougall, Newark, N. J., Chester A. -Darling, New York City, Jane Farnham Miller, Washington, D.C., Cora -Blakeslee, Sparta, Wis., Harry Drinker, Scranton, Pa., William H. Brown, -Greenville, E. Tenn., Frances H. Badeau, Washington, D.C., A. E. -Pearson, Holyoke, Mass., Lee Stillman, Red Hook, N. Y., Mrs. Geo. Conn, -Black Diamond, Wash., Warfield T. Longcope, Baltimore, Md., F. Elton -Morse, Lyon, Mass., Newell W. Edson, Portland, Me., Frank Roe, -Batchelder, Worcester, Mass., Herbert B. Shallenberger, Rochester, Pa., -George H. Small, Everett, Mass., Arthur E. Mooney, St. Louis, Mo., Fred. -E. Turner, Willimantic, Conn., Mrs. Claud Gatch, Salem, Ore., Francis E. -Blake, Ithaca, N. Y., W. S. Thomas, Detroit, Mich., H. J. Sutton, -Philadelphia, Penn., E. D. Bull, Spartansburg, S. C., Mrs. A. O. Keplan, -Cincinnati, O., E. M. Bixby, San Francisco, Cal., Miss Hattie Howard, -Washington, D.C., H. L. Willoughby, Newport, R. I., Miss Annie E. -Hartwell, Framingham, Mass., William H. Frink, Greenfield, Mass., Howard -W. Page, Minneapolis, Minn.</p> - -<h4>FIGURE STUDIES.</h4> - -<p>H. E. Murdock, Minneapolis, Minn.: A Daughter of the Nile, See the -Conquering Hero, Five I Cast Away, Day Dreams. Mrs. Nils Holm, Eau -Claire, Wis.: A Descendant of the Vikings, Give Me a Bite? A Careless -Boy, Mistress Mischief, Multiplication is Vexation, A Portrait. Mrs. -Helen E. Stevenson, Chicago, Ill.: A Little <span class="smcap">Round Table</span> Artist, Sleep -with Fairy Fingers. C. J. McLain, Fort Wayne, Ind.: A Little Bather. -Miss Helen Owen, Okalona, Miss.: A Sliver. Horace William Dresser, -Brooklyn, N. Y.: In Fairyland. George B. Phillips, Milwaukee, Wis.: -Study of a Child. Miss Marian Otter, Doyleston, Pa.: Girl Reading. -Hubert E. Hoge, Brooklyn, N. Y.: The Freedman. Kate Matthews, Pewee -Valley, Ky.: Study of a Child, A Reverie. Jennie E. Smith, Iowa Falls, -Ia.: Story of Three Little Pigs, Modern Wood-Nymph. W. E. Dickinson, -Bradford, Ia.: How is That for High? Chas. H. Voorhees, New York City: -In a New England Lane. Arthur E. Mooney, St, Louis, Mo.: Want Me to Read -You a Story? Under the Old Apple-Tree. A. E. Pearson, Holyoke, Mass.: -Ironing Day. Bertha Lothrop, Riverton, N. J.: Three Scamps, Dolly and -Me. Capt. Berkeley Macaulay, U. S. A., Fort Apache, Ari.: Drop it, -Tenderfoot. Theodore H. Hugo, Bridgeport, Conn.: Chores. Willis F. Lee, -Brooklyn, Pa.: Tired Hands. W. J. Browning, Salt Lake City: Future -Defenders of the Cup. Dorothy Roys, New York City: Berkshire -Blackberries. W. C. Davis. Lieut. of Artillery, Fortress Monroe, Va.: A -Youthful Granger. S. Roy Baker: Figure Studies.</p> - -<h4>ANIMAL STUDIES.</h4> - -<p>Louis H. Flanders, 512 Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, Ill.: Head of Jersey -Cow. Orville Bassett, New Bedford, Mass.: Good Friends. Hubert Hoge, -B.H.S., Brooklyn, N. Y.: Fallen Majesty. Louis Flanders, Chicago, Ill.: -Waiting for the Master. Bertha Lothrop, Riverton, N. J.: Playmates. -Franklin H. Conant, Providence, R. I.: Study of a Cat. W. Yost, -Cumberland, Md.: Study of a Cat. Lieut. W. C. Davis, U.S.A., Fortress -Monroe, Va.: A Fifteen-dollar Horse. Mrs. Claud Gatch, Salem, Ore.: A -Good Square Meal.</p> - -<h4>SPECIAL SUBJECTS.</h4> - -<p>C. H. Voorhees, New York City: Lightning. Edward H. Murray, Watertown, -N. Y.: Cows at Water's Edge. Newell W. Edson, Portland, Me.: Sunset -Effect (Day is Dying in the West). Mrs. Geo. Conn, Black Diamond, Wash.: -Snow Scene. Warfield T. Longcope, Baltimore, Md.: Moonlight. Arthur E. -Mooney, St. Louis, Mo.: Above the House-tops (Cloud Effect).</p> - -<p>In the Camera Club column of No. 844 (December 31st), in "Answers to -Queries," a formula for a developing solution is given to Sir Knight -Milton Pease. There is a mistake in Solution No. 1. It reads, "Add -enough water to make the solution up to 8 oz." It should be, "Add enough -water to make the solution up to 16 oz."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>A Picture in a Word.</h3> - -<h3><span class="smcap">What is It?</span></h3> - -<p>A bold headland on the coast of Spain, the headquarters of a band of -Moorish robbers; fishermen's boats, merchants' vessels, ships of war -sailing stealthily by in the darkness with muffled oars, or crowding all -sail in a fair wind to escape, if possible, the extortions of the gang -of pirates who exacted tribute from every passing vessel.</p> - -<p>Answer.—Tariff, from Tarifa, a promontory on the Strait of Gibraltar.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>That Virgil Query.</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>The ancients <i>did</i> have "some idea of the roundness of the earth." -In fact, they possessed much knowledge of it. The great Aristotle, -who lived about three centuries before Virgil, advanced -substantially the same theories to prove the rotundity of our -planet that are commonly taught to-day. But they were not -considered conclusive, which, in truth, they are not. Going even -further back than the time of Aristotle it is found that the -ancient Pythagoreans believed the earth to be round. It was one of -their philosophers who discovered this fact.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Simon Theodore Stern</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">New York City</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I think Virgil's line, <i>intonnere poli</i>, has reference to the north -pole of the heavens, which was part of the system of astronomy -invented by Hipparchus. Instead of saying, "the poles thunder," I -would use the derived meaning of <i>poli</i>, <i>heavens</i>. I would like to -ask some Knight or Lady interested in astronomy why planets do not -twinkle as the stars do.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">C. F. Hunter</span>, R.T.F.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Mellenville, N. Y</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>Prizes for Funny Verses.</h3> - -<p>We offered five packets of fifty engraved visiting-cards bearing the -winners' names, with copper plate for future use, to the five who sent -us that number of ridiculous <i>funny</i> verses—the funnier the better. -Here are the best five we received, with names of their authors:</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">Yankee Doodle had a cat,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Its tail was double-jointed;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">He took it to the dentist shop,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And had its molars pointed.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Samuel Byers</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Philadelphia</span>.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">He received a prospectus of the Round Table—</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">Harper's,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">And tried to read</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">The names of the Knights on the table of King</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">Arthur;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">And now his need</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">Is the man who can fix his jaw—the Doctor.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Charles Frederic Hoffmann</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">New York</span>.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">A young man from old Honolulu</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">Met up with a terrible Zulu,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">The Zulu's warm smile stretched forth nigh a mile,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">And the young man was turned into tulu.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Ned A. Higgins</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Galena, Ill</span>.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">Said the Bishop to the Abbot,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">I'd give a five-pound note</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">To see that ballet-dancer</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Get the tip-top vote.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">When the dancer got the vote</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And the five-pound note,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">Then the Bishop to the Abbot said,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">I'm sorry that I spoke.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">John B. Cautley</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Woburn Sands, Bletchley, England</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<h4>JUVENILE LOGIC.</h4> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">"Pa, did Juno Juno?"</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Asked curious little Ned.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">"No, I didn't know Juno,"</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">His startled father said.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">"But, pa, Juno was No-ju,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">That you surely know.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">And then if Juno No-ju,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Why didn't Juno Juno?"</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Upton E. Sinclair, Jun</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">New York</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>The prizes have been ordered, and will be forwarded as soon as ready.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h2>Questions and Answers.</h2> - -<p>Frank Cope asks us to name an arithmetic well adapted to the needs of -one who is compelled to study without an instructor. Good ones, for -elementary study, are Fish's No. 1, 30 cents, and Fish's No. 2, 60 -cents, to be had from the American Book Company, Chicago; or, if an -advanced book is wanted, Harper's Advanced Arithmetic, $1.20, Harper & -Brothers, New York. Are you interested in plants and flowers? M. S. -Newman, 111 Avenue B, New York, wants to hear from you if you are. Wyatt -and Peyser, 82 Lexington Avenue, New York, publishers of <i>The Comet</i>, a -clever amateur paper, want literary contributions from amateurs.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The Whittier Library Chapter, A. L. Kuhn, 615 Ninth Street, Milwaukee, -Wis., seeks members, both those residing in and out of Milwaukee. -Address as above. It is a delightful Chapter to belong to. A Lady asks -how to get ready for a "Looking Backward" dance. Can anyone tell her? -Paul H. Knoelk, 627 Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis., wants to form a -literary Chapter, with corresponding members. He or any others may write -to Arthur J. Johnston, Box 136, Dartmouth, N. S. The latter wants to -join a corresponding Chapter, which, we may inform a third, a Lady who -asks, is an organization kept together by correspondence, its members -living in many States. The best combination is, we think, a Chapter -having both local and absent members. We shall be glad to hear of the -progress of the Lancelot Chapter, of Newtonville, Mass. Maximo Gomez is -commander-in-chief of the Cuban forces. He has no naval force, and a -land force variously estimated at from 25,000 to 50,000 men, the number -being constantly added to. Jno. Pohland, Ahnapee, Wis., will send -sketches to any amateur paper that applies to him for them. He wants -samples.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_299" id="Page_299">[Pg 299]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="STAMPS" id="STAMPS"></a> -<img src="images/ill_041.jpg" width="400" height="133" alt="STAMPS" /> -</div> - -<blockquote> - -<p>This Department is conducted in the interest of stamp and coin -collectors, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question -on these subjects so far as possible. Correspondents should address -Editor Stamp Department.</p></blockquote> - -<p>The letter issued by the American S. S. S. S., addressed to those -countries using "Seebeek" stamps, has already produced fruit. The -President of Ecuador has issued a decree cancelling the contract for the -supply of these stamps, on the ground "that it is unworthy of the -dignity of Ecuador" to continue such an arrangement.</p> - -<p>As enterprising firm in St. Louis has begun the issue of a daily stamp -paper, edited by "The Office Cat," price $3 per year, but the publishers -reserve the right of discontinuing the paper and refunding subscriptions -at any time the "Office Cat" gets tired. Although begun in fun, the -editor has issued several numbers, and it looks as if the paper would be -a success. Great is philately and many are its devotees. The time may -come when a daily stamp paper will be issued in all the philatelic -centres, both morning and evening editions.</p> - -<p>Stories of great "finds" are current. Ever since the Louisville -discovery of 137 St. Louis stamps, which the lucky finders (two porters) -sold for over $30,000, the attention of stamp-collectors all over the -Union has been directed to unearthing old correspondence. The South has -been a little backward so far, and yet there is no doubt that large -numbers of the rarer Confederate "locals" are still in existence. To aid -the <span class="smcap">Round Table</span> readers to identify these stamps, I shall give reduced -illustrations next week of some or all of the stamps. A complete list of -the fourteen stamps issued by the general government of the Confederate -States, together with illustrations of the same, and their comparative -scarcity, will be found in the <span class="smcap">Round Table</span> dated December 10, 1895.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p><span class="smcap">J. Dennett</span>.—As there are at least sixteen different Prince Edward -Island stamps, I cannot know to which you refer.</p> - -<p>A. T. D.—An embossed stamp is, strictly speaking, one in which all -or a portion of the stamp is in relief, but the word is frequently -used for a <i>grilled</i> stamp—that is, one in which a series of -indentations has been made. See <span class="smcap">Round Table</span>, July 16, 1895, for -illustrations of grills. Laid paper is one in which, held up to the -light, there appear white lines. Ribbed paper is a paper embossed -in lines very slightly raised above the surface.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">H. Marrietta</span>.—For value of cents see <span class="smcap">Round Table</span>, December 17, -1895. For water-marks, <span class="smcap">Round Table</span>, January 7, 1896. Zes is Dutch -for six. A medallion looks like but is not a coin. The stamps and -envelopes can be bought for double face.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">H. Martin</span>.—Your half-dollar is not 1813, but a worn 1843. Dealers -ask 75c. for an unworn copy.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">M. B. Griffiths, Post Master, M. Pa., H. S. Berry, W. Skating, M. -Zimmerman</span>.—See <span class="smcap">Round Table</span> for December 17, 1895, and January 7, -1896, for prices <i>asked</i> by dealers for the coins.</p> - -<p>J. A. W.—The stamps are current Mexican. The timbre stamp is a -Mexican revenue.</p> - -<p>L. A. S.—Foreign coins are not much collected in the U. S. For -values of U. S. coins from 25 cents to $1 see last number. The -other coins mentioned do not command a premium.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">A. A. Moses</span>.—See the <span class="smcap">Round Table</span> dated January 7, 1896, for -methods of seeing water-marks.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">M. O. Conger</span>.—See <span class="smcap">Round Table</span> dated December 17, 1895, for values -of U. S. coins from 1 cent to 20 cents. The Confederate stamp is -worth 5 cents.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Philatus</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"> -<img src="images/ill_042.jpg" width="700" height="195" alt="Ivory Soap" /> -</div> - -<p class="center">An experienced laundress will tell you that shirts never look as white -as when washed with Ivory Soap.</p> - -<h4><span class="smcap">The Procter & Gamble Co., Cin'ti</span>.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figleft" style="width: 163px;"> -<img src="images/ill_043.jpg" width="163" height="150" alt="" /> -</div> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 174px;"> -<img src="images/ill_044.jpg" width="174" height="150" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p class="center">Over the hills</p> - -<p class="center">and far away</p> - -<p class="center">The whizzing wheels speed on to-day.</p> - -<p class="center">As they fly along the glad shouts ring—</p> - -<p class="center">"Ride MONARCH, the wheel that's best and king"</p> - -<h2>MONARCH</h2> - -<h3>KING OF BICYCLES</h3> - -<p>Beloved by his subjects because he does right by them. There's goodness -and merit in every inch of his kingly fame.</p> - -<p>4 models. $80 and $100, fully guaranteed. For children and adults who -want a lower price wheel the <b>Defiance</b> is made in 8 models, $40 to $75.</p> - -<p>Send for Monarch book.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/ill_045.jpg" width="200" height="197" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h3>Monarch Cycle Mfg. Co.</h3> - -<h4>Lake, Halsted and Fulton Sts., CHICAGO.</h4> - -<h4>88 Reade St., NEW YORK.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h4>BREAKFAST—SUPPER.</h4> - -<h2>EPPS'S</h2> - -<h4>GRATEFUL—COMFORTING.</h4> - -<h2>COCOA</h2> - -<h4>BOILING WATER OR MILK.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 150px;"> -<img src="images/ill_046.jpg" width="150" height="132" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h3>PRINTING OUTFIT 10c.</h3> - -<p>Sets any name in one minute; prints 500 cards an hour. YOU can make -money with it. A font of pretty type, also Indelible Ink, Type, Holder, -Pads and Tweezers. Best Linen Market; worth $1.00. Sample mailed FREE -for 10c. stamps for postage on outfit and large catalogue of 1000 -Bargains. Same outfit with figures 15c. Larger outfit for printing two -lines 25c. post-paid. Ingersoll & Bro. 65 Cortlandt St., N. Y. City</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h3>CARDS</h3> - -<p>The FINEST SAMPLE BOOK of Gold Beveled Edge, Hidden Name, Silk Fringe, -Envelope and Calling Cards ever offered for a 2 cent Stamp. These are -GENUINE CARDS, NOT TRASH.</p> - -<h4>UNION CARD CO., COLUMBUS, OHIO</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h3>CARDS</h3> - -<p class="center"><b>FOR 1896. 50 Sample Styles</b> AND LIST OF 400 PREMIUM ARTICLES FREE. -HAVERFIELD PUB. CO., Cadiz, Ohio.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_047.jpg" width="400" height="59" alt="Thompson's Eye Water" /> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>HAVE YOU THESE BOOKS?</h2> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>"Harper's Round Table" for 1895</h3> - -<p>Volume XVI. With 1096 Pages, and about 750 Illustrations. 4to, Cloth, -Ornamental, $3.50.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>There is nothing, we imagine, that the young reader would be likely -to prize more.—<i>N. Y. Sun.</i></p> - -<p>A fascinating book from cover to cover. It just meets the needs of -youth and young people generally. Indeed, no age could be so -advanced as to find nothing interesting in it.—-<i>Living Church</i>, -Chicago.</p> - -<p>Full of delightful things for boys and girls. It is an excellent -periodical, well written, and well illustrated; and it contains -wholesome food enough to satisfy the most exacting young -appetite.—<i>Dial</i>, Chicago.</p> - -<p>A literal mine of instruction and entertainment.... The young -person who receives this beautiful book ... is an enviable person -indeed.—<i>Examiner</i>, N. Y.</p></blockquote> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>By Kirk Munroe</h3> - -<p><b>Snow-Shoes and Sledges.</b> A Sequel to "The Fur-Seal's Tooth." Illustrated. -Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>It would be hard to find a more fascinating and at the same time -more instructive story for boys.—<i>Boston Beacon</i>.</p></blockquote> - -<h4><i>BY THE SAME AUTHOR:</i></h4> - -<p><span class="smcap">The Fur-Seal's Tooth</span>.—<span class="smcap">Raftmates</span>.—<span class="smcap">Canoemates</span>.—<span class="smcap">Campmates</span>.—<span class="smcap">Dorymates</span>. -Each one volume. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25 each.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Wakulla</span>.—<span class="smcap">The Flamingo Feather</span>.—<span class="smcap">Derrick Sterling</span>.—<span class="smcap">Chrystal, Jack & -Co</span>., and <span class="smcap">Delta Bixby</span>. Illustrated. Square 16mo. Cloth, $1.00 each.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_300" id="Page_300">[Pg 300]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/ill_048.jpg" width="600" height="271" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h2>THE CHASE OF THE BONNET BIRD.</h2> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 14em;">"Oh what is the use," said the Fays from the Moon,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 14em;">"Of spending the whole of an afternoon</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">In fishing for fish,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">To serve on a dish,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 14em;">When you can go birding for birds like that,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">With feathers upon it</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Just right for a bonnet,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Or theatre hat?</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"All fishes are cheap—</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">E'en those from the deep—</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">But bonnets come high!</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">That's why</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">'Stead of fishing for fish,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">To serve on a dish,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">We are birding instead</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 14em;">For that bird with the wonderful feathery head."</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>ALWAYS READY TO TELL.</h3> - -<p>"When I grow up," observed Walter, "I'm going to be the editor of a -newspaper."</p> - -<p>"You'll make a good one," put in Sallie, scornfully, "you're such a -tattle-tale."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>A POOR RULE THAT WON'T WORK BOTH WAYS.</h3> - -<p>"Don't you know, Clement," said Clement's mother, "that candy is very -bad for your teeth?"</p> - -<p>"No, ma'am," replied Clement. "I know that my teeth were bad for the -candy, though."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">I'm very fond of pa,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">I dearly love my ma;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">But when it comes to making pie,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">The cook, I think, just takes my eye.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>EARLY-MORNING PERSIFLAGE.</h3> - -<p>"Johnny, get up!" called his father, the other morning.</p> - -<p>"Too cold," called Johnny, in return.</p> - -<p>"If you are not up in five minutes I'll come up after you," returned his -father.</p> - -<p>"All right," said Johnny. "Bring an ice-pick with you."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>A LITTLE MIXED.</h3> - -<p>"There she is," said Bobbie, pointing to the cruiser.</p> - -<p>"She?" retorted Hal. "She ain't a she—she's a he. That boat's a -<i>man</i>-of-war."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>A COASTER'S CONCLUSION.</h3> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">The down-hill glide takes my breath away,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">As over the snow I pop;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">And that is why, I suppose, I pant</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">When plodding up to the top.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>A REASONABLE DEMAND.</h3> - -<p>"See here, papa," said Willie, "do you remember how badly you felt -because I sent you a comic valentine last year?"</p> - -<p>"Yes. What of it?"</p> - -<p>"Well, if you want a nice one this year you'll have to double my -allowance. I can't afford more 'n a cent on five cents a week."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>NOT WHAT IT WAS CRACKED UP TO BE.</h3> - -<p>The tumblerful of cracked ice had melted, and little Mabel was peering -curiously into the water that was left.</p> - -<p>"Zat's verwy funny," she said. "Zat ice was all cwacked, an', now it's -melted, ze cwacks is all gone."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>THE SNOW MAN CRACKS A JOKE.</h3> - -<p>"You look very warm," said the Sun to the Snow-man.</p> - -<p>"Why shouldn't I?" retorted the Snow-man. "I've got on my meltin' -overcoat."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>JOEY'S PLAN.</h3> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">This poor little darky he wished to be white.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">That was all that he wished for—heigho!</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">And he washed his brown face both day and night</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 28em;">With snow—</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 28em;">Poor Joe!</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">"Yo' face gits all soapy 'f yo' wash it wiv soap,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">And dat is de reason, kind sir, dat I hope</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">In usin' dis snow 'twill git snowy,"</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 28em;">Said Joey.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 28em;">Heigho!</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 800px;"> -<img src="images/ill_049.jpg" width="800" height="385" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">A BIRD'S NESTING ADVENTURE, OR HOW A WICKED APE MET WITH HIS REWARD.</span> -</div> - -<p style="clear:both;"> </p> - -<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> The writer had this incident from one who was present on the occasion.</p></div></div> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Round Table, January 21, 1896, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, JAN 21, 1896 *** - -***** This file should be named 52604-h.htm or 52604-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/2/6/0/52604/ - -Produced by Annie R. 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