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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, March 3, 1896, Vol. XVII., No. 853 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: April 9, 2017 [EBook #54520] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, MARCH *** - - - - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: HARPER'S ROUND TABLE] - -Copyright, 1896, by HARPER & BROTHERS. All Rights Reserved. - - * * * * * - -PUBLISHED WEEKLY. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1896. FIVE CENTS A COPY. - -VOL. XVII.--NO. 853. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. - - * * * * * - - - - -[Illustration] - -A STOLEN COURT-HOUSE. - -BY GEORGE MEASON WHICHER. - - -Father limped across the dirt floor of our sod house, and painfully sat -down on the edge of his bunk. "Boys," he said, with a little groan, "I -guess you'll have to go after that Durham bull. My rheumatism is so bad -I can't stir!" - -"To-night?" asked Barney, eagerly, giving his book a shove. - -"Who told you where he is?" I asked, hoping for time enough to look up -one more word. - -"They've sent word from Hermann's that he's been around there ever since -that last herd came in from the South. They're going to move on early -to-morrow, and I'm afraid we'll never see him if we don't get him -to-night. Those drovers don't frighten off cattle that insist on going -along." - -"Which Hermann's is it?" I asked again. "The ranch south of Alkali?" - -"You'd better not be caught calling their town Alkali," interrupted -Barney. "They're touchier than ever about it since we got the -county-seat away from them last election." - -"That's the place," answered father; "and I reckon it doesn't take much -of the potash out of their land to quit calling the town Alkali. No more -will they get their county-seat back again by calling the place -Fairlands." - -I thrust my Cæsar under the brush thatch of our house where it joined -the sod wall. Barney was rummaging in his bunk and preparing for the -trip with unmistakable pleasure. He had not mourned greatly when -father's health had compelled us to leave our home in far-off Illinois -and settle in western Nebraska. But I had disliked to fall out of my -class in the Pana High-school, and now, after working all summer on our -claim, I was spending the fall and winter evenings in making up some of -the neglected studies, with the secret hope that father would be well -enough to spare me the next year. - -"You can get Otto to lend you his ponies and go with you," went on -father. "Take the lower trail to the ranch, so's not to go through -Alkali. They've been feeling pretty ugly toward people from up here -anyway since election, and I hear there's been a row about it this week -and another of their men killed. And you be careful, Milton, and don't -let Barney get into any trouble with the cowboys at the ranch. They're a -dare-devil set; I wouldn't let you boys go if I could help it." - -We did not hear all of this speech, I am afraid, for Barney was trying -to get his revolver into his pocket without attracting father's -attention, and I was still struggling with a subjunctive in the speech -of Ariovistus. But we were soon ready for our short walk to Otto's claim -in the section adjoining ours, and slightly nearer the little town of -Garfield. Otto was our nearest neighbor, an honest, hard-working German, -who had given us much assistance in the difficult work of settling on -our claim, and had now promised father to go with us and recover our -precious but troublesome Durham bull. - -It must have been ten o'clock when we clattered across the long board -bridge over the Platte, and rode on through the short main street in -Garfield, the newly chosen capital of Black Ash County. We reached the -end of the street and were about to turn west into the wagon-trail -leading to Fairlands, or Alkali, as her triumphant rival persisted in -calling the town. - -"What's that new shanty?" asked Barney, pointing to a small building as -we rode past. It could not have been more than twelve feet wide and -twenty feet long, but the gable end facing the street was masked by the -hideous square front of pioneer architecture, and from the top of the -unpainted pine cornice fluttered three or four cheap flags. - -"T'at's t'e new court-house," explained Otto, proudly. "T'e sheriff is -alreaty yesterday mit his posse to Alkali gone, und pring t'e gounty -pooks pack." - -"Did he bring back his posse?" asked Barney. - -"Mostly," said Otto, with a grin; "some, t'ey ko on weiter." - -The county-seat feud was a serious matter to the settlers in the towns -concerned, but Otto, like ourselves, could see a ludicrous side to it. - -"I'll wager the Alkali gang burn it down," said Barney, as we left the -court-house behind us. "They're bound to do something to get even." - -Otto did not reply. On we cantered over the long swells of the prairie, -the night wind blowing fresh and cold in our faces, while the frost -sparkled on the russet and brown grasses along the hard trail. Far off -we caught the shimmer of the moonlight on a "blow-out," where the light -soil showed at the crumbling edge of a bluff, and nearer at hand, on the -lowlands, we could see the straggling line of telegraph poles that -marked the line of the railroad. - -We had ridden about half of our eight miles when Otto, who was leading, -suddenly halted. Before us lay a deep draw, as the dry hollows between -the ridges of the prairie are called. At the bottom of the slope, just -where the trail to Hermann's ranch joined the main road, stood a group -of men and horses. The latter were mostly harnessed to two elongated -lumber wagons, while their drivers and one or two horsemen were gathered -around a small fire of cattle chips and sage-brush. We could hear their -loud talk and laughter as we stood looking down upon them. Suddenly they -became silent. - -"T'ey see us alreaty," said Otto. "Kome on, poys." - -"Whar you'uns goin' this time o' day?" demanded one of the men, as we -rode up and saluted them. We recognized the speaker as Arkansaw Joe, a -saloon-keeper in Fairlands of no particular reputation. Most of his -companions evidently belonged to the same profession, though not so -eminent as their leader; but the horsemen, I felt sure, were cowboys -from the ranch to which we were going. Otto briefly explained our -errand. - -"It's only that Dutchman from beyond Garfield and the two tenderfoot -kids," spoke another of the group. "I reckon they're all right." - -Any foreigner is a Dutchman to a certain class of Americans. Otto had -long since grown tired of explaining that he came from Bavaria, and no -longer chafed against the classification. We were not so satisfied, but -it did not seem wise to argue about it just then. - -"You'll have a dandy time with that critter of yourn," remarked one of -the ranchmen. "Hermann's picketed him for you, and he's tearin' mad. -It'll be a regular circus to see you git him back." - -"Wat you t'ink, Milt?" said Otto. "We ko pack for t'e fat'er--nit?" - -"I 'low you'uns'll go straight on," interposed Arkansaw, meaningly. -"We'uns are usin' this here trail to the east to-night, and it's all -needed. 'Sides, the kids 'ud miss the fun with the Durham." - -There was no mistaking this hint, and we took the trail for the ranch, -Otto evidently worried, and Barney boiling over with indignation. - -"Kids!" he exclaimed, scornfully, as we rode up the other side of the -draw. "I'd like to show them--" - -The rest remained unsaid, for down the trail came a jingling crowd of -cowboys, and looking back as they rode past us, we saw them join the -group around the fire. - -"What on earth are they up to, Otto?" I asked. He shook his head -soberly. Mischief was brewing, and we longed to ride back and see what -was about to happen, but Otto and I at least recognized the danger of -such a plan after the warning we had received. - -Our thoughts were effectually diverted from this topic when we reached -the ranch. The bull was not an amiable beast on ordinary occasions, and -we found him in one of his wildest moods. His bellowings had attracted a -score of stray cattle from the outskirts of the ranch, and they were -standing beyond the reach of his horns as he strained on his picket -rope, and they were pawing the ground, pretending to gore one another, -until the bull was wild with rage. It took Otto a long time to get a -second rope around his horns, and meanwhile Barney and I, by the -vigorous use of our quirts, scattered the mavericks over the prairie. -The end of the picket rope was then fastened to my saddle, and we began -our struggle toward home. Again and again the bull would lower his horns -and make a desperate charge at one of his captors, only to be jerked to -his knees by the other. At times he would stand bellowing and snorting -until Barney rode up and plied the lash, when he would plunge ahead like -a runaway locomotive. Only the nimble-footed, long-suffering broncos -could or would have endured the wild work. To increase our trouble the -stray cattle kept close behind us. Many times they came so close that -Otto and I were compelled to halt and hold the bull, while Barney, with -hoarse shouts and language as abusive as he dared use, drove them back. - -It was nearly dawn when we halted for this purpose on the edge of the -large draw where we had seen the mysterious gathering. As I watched -Barney dispersing our troublesome followers, I heard Otto muttering to -himself some polysyllabic imprecation on cattle in general and the -Durham bull in particular, and then he stopped short with a gasp of -surprise. Over the ridge on the other side of the draw there struggled -into sight two parallel columns of puffing horses, and then there slowly -climbed against the ruddy eastern sky the outlines of a building. Even -in that imperfect light we recognized it at the first glance as the -court-house deprived of its flags. - -"Ach, du liebe Zeit!" gasped Otto. "T'ey shteal t'e gourt-house!" - -It had been an easy task to shift it from its flimsy under-pinning to -the lumber wagons, and the horses had dragged it with little difficulty -over the smooth prairie. When necessary, the cowboys had helped pull by -fastening their lariats to the sill, and the party had probably reached -the draw with less exertion than we. I heard the sharp clank of the -drag-chains as they prepared to descend the slope. - -"Where on earth are the Garfielders?" said I, and as I spoke we heard -the crack of a revolver from beyond the ridge. The cowboys unfastened -their ropes, and hurried back yelling like fiends and firing their -six-shooters into the air. Afar off the solitary church bell at Garfield -began to jingle wildly. - -"Sound the tocsin!" shouted Barney, abandoning his chase and riding back -to see the fun. "What ho! Garfield to the rescue!" - -But it was only too apparent that the town had been taken by surprise, -and had few champions in the field as yet. The shots grew fainter, and -in another minute the cowboys came over the ridge laughing and swearing -at the top of their voices, and rode down to help the teams up the -slope. - -"Good-by court-house, if they once get her past the draw!" I exclaimed. - -"Geewilikins!" said Barney, "I'd like to give 'm a shot," and he began -tugging at his pocket. - -"Shtop t'at!" shrieked Otto. "You fool poy, mint t'em shteers!" - -But it was too late. Down the trail behind us thundered the cattle. The -bull gave a bellow, and started down into the draw. Taken off our guard, -Otto and I were dragged helplessly after him, while Barney, giving an -Ogallalla war-whoop, fired his revolver as rapidly as he could. The air -fairly quivered with Otto's expostulations, addressed now to the bull -and now to the "verfluchte kid." On we swept in a mad race, and -yielding to a wild impulse, I gave forth my most blood-curdling yells. I -saw, rather than heard, the startled oaths of the teamsters. In the next -moment their horses were plunging and kicking as they heard the roar of -the angry Durham charging down upon them. There was a snapping of -harness and a breaking of axles as the teams swerved sharply apart, and -the new court-house rolled majestically over on its side with a crash of -broken windows. On we dashed, a tangle of horses and men, in the wake of -the bull, with a score of crazy cattle bringing up our rear. Before the -cowboys could recover from their surprise we were upon them. With a -snort of defiance the bull toppled over every horse he could reach, and -ploughed his way through the crowd of squealing broncos, dragging us -after him. As the horsemen scattered I saw Arkansaw Joe rolling out of a -cactus-bed, while his bronco fled in the direction of Alkali. - -"Too bad to spoil our circus!" yelled Barney, as he swept past with a -grin. We reached the top of the slope, leaving our cattle train to amuse -our dismounted adversaries. - -"Cut t'at lariat," shouted Otto, "and git home." - -We urged our ponies to their topmost speed, for we knew only too well -what to expect when the cowboys should have had an opportunity to load -their revolvers. Had they not been empty when we made our charge, we -should hardly have escaped so easily. Luckily we were well out of range -by the time they reached the top of the draw. They galloped after us -about a mile, shouting and firing, until they saw us join a group of -horsemen who had ridden out from Garfield. Others were hurrying up, and -we were soon surrounded by a crowd of indignant citizens. We quickly -told what had happened. In a short time the force was thought large -enough to proceed to the rescue of the court-house, and in spite of -Otto's remonstrance, Barney and I turned back with them. But long before -we reached the scene of our adventure a column of smoke told us the fate -of the stolen building. There was nothing left to do when we rode up to -the blazing pile but to vow vengeance on the thieves, and resolve to -keep a better watch hereafter. When we arrived at our home we found that -the bull had preceded us, much to father's surprise. While I got -breakfast for the family, Barney gleefully related our adventure, and -finished by declaring that the bull ought to be immortalized in history -together with the geese that saved the Capitol. Father looked grave, and -warned us not to go near Alkali. We did not go, except once; but that, -as Mr. Kipling says, is another story. - - - - -THE CARE OF A GUN. - -BY H. H. BENSON. - - -Aside from the pride and satisfaction which every sportsman should take -in keeping his favorite weapon bright and free from spots, inside and -out, it pays to keep a gun clean. The residue left in the barrel after -firing contains acids, which will soon eat "pits" or spots in the metal, -and when once started, it is almost impossible to prevent them -increasing in size and number. When badly pitted, the recoil is -increased by the roughness in the barrel. A gun can be cleaned by the -following directions. The cleaning-rod should have at least three -tools--a wool swab, a wire scratch-brush, and a wiper to run rags -through. Have plenty of water at hand--warm if you have it, if not cold -will do nicely. Put the swab on the rod, and some water in a tin basin -or wooden pail. By placing one end of the barrel in the water, you can -pump it up and down the barrel with the swab. When it is discolored take -fresh water, squeeze out the swab in it, and repeat the operation, until -the water comes from the barrel as clear as it went in. If the gun has -stood overnight, or longer, since using, it is best to put on the -scratch-brush after the first swabbing, and a few passes with this will -remove any hardened powder or leading. The next step is to fill the -wiper with woollen or cotton rags, and dry the barrel thoroughly. When -one set becomes wet take another, until they come from the barrel -perfectly dry. Then stand the barrel on end on a heated stove, changing -it from end to end, taking care that it does not become overheated. By -the time it is well warmed up, the hot air from the stove will have -dried out every particle of moisture left in the barrel. If no stove is -at hand, the last set of drying rags used must be plied vigorously up -and down the barrel until it becomes quite warm from the friction. -Drying is the most important part of cleaning, and if the least particle -of moisture is left in the barrel it will be a rust spot the next time -the gun is taken from its case. The gun may now be oiled, inside and -out, with sewing-machine oil or gun grease, which can be had in any -gun-store. The woollen rags used for greasing soak up a great deal of -oil, and should be dropped into the gun cover for future use. - -Cartridges can be bought ready loaded, by hand or machinery, but most -sportsmen prefer to load their own, for several reasons. They find it -much cheaper, and the shells can be loaded to suit each one's individual -notion. - -In regard to the safe handling of guns, almost all rules centre in that -of always carrying the gun in such a way that if it should be -accidentally discharged it would do no harm. If this rule is borne in -mind, and strictly obeyed in the beginning, it becomes a habit, and is -followed intuitively. The gun may be carried safely on either shoulder, -or in the hollow of either arm, with a sharp upward slant. When -momentarily expecting a bird to rise, and obliged to have the gun -cocked, it should be carried across the breast with a sharp upward slope -to the left. This is the only way the gun should be carried cocked. A -breech-loader is so easily unloaded that there is no excuse for getting -into a wagon or boat, or going around a house, without unloading. Never -hand a loaded gun to any one who asks to look at it. Whenever you pick -up any kind of a gun to examine it, always open it and see if it is -loaded, and the habit will grow so that you will do this almost without -knowing it. It seems needless to say never pull a gun toward you by the -muzzle through a fence or out of a boat or wagon, yet the violation of -this rule is the cause of more accidents than anything else. Never climb -a fence with your gun cocked. - -In learning the art of shooting on the wing--and this is the only way in -which a shot-gun should be used--the following suggestions may be of -some help, but no amount of printed directions can teach you to shoot. -Practice is the best teacher. Nine out of ten young sportsmen shoot too -quickly. A game bird rises with a startling whir of the wing (and -sometimes when least expected), which gives the idea that he is making -much greater speed than he really is. Beginners are apt to become -excited, and throw up the gun anywhere in that direction, and blaze away -with no definite aim. For this reason it is best to begin with -blackbirds, ricebirds, and rails. - -In almost every shot it is necessary to hold ahead of the bird, to allow -for the time it takes to explode the cartridge and throw the shot to the -bird. Even in this short space of time a cross-flying bird would be -safely out of the shot circle if you aimed right at him. If a bird flies -straight away from you, neither rising nor dropping, you should aim -right at it. If flying straight across, you should hold well ahead of -it. If quartering, still hold ahead, but less. - -Many will ask how far to hold ahead, and this is a difficult question to -answer accurately, as we have no means of knowing just how far ahead we -do hold. One might say six feet and another six inches. What might -appear to be an inch at the muzzle of the gun might really be a foot in -front of a bird forty yards away. It must be learned by experience, and -when accustomed to it the aim will be taken almost instantly, governed -by the direction of flight, the speed of the bird, and the distance from -the shooter. - -It is best to ask permission of the owner to shoot over his land. You -will seldom be refused, and will frequently be given permission to shoot -over land which is posted "No Shooting." The land-owners know that it is -the lawless hoodlums who do them damage. - -Every true sportsman strictly obeys the game laws, and it is to his -advantage to do so, although in many States the laws are practically a -dead letter. Shooting out of season has nearly killed the game in many -localities, when it would still be abundant if the game laws had been -observed. - - - - -THE AMERICAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS. - -THE KITE MASQUERADE. - -BY EMMA J. GRAY. - - -March had come in like a lion, but, contrary to the old prediction, was -going out in the same fashion. At least, so thought Dick Atwater as he -violently pulled his friend Joe Jacobs's door bell. Only a second or -two, and the door opened, when, rapidly passing through, he bounded up -two staircases, and in response to a hasty knock, was joyfully welcomed -in Joe's den, room, sanctum, or whatever the third-floor front might be -denominated. - -[Illustration] - -"Hello, old chap!" was the cheery, familiar greeting. "What's up now? -for that some scheme's afloat I know"; and immediately Joe commenced to -laugh, though, had any one inquired what at, he could not have told, -unless it was the merry twinkle in Dick's eyes--enough to make a judge -laugh, much less a rollicking, good-natured boy--the hale-fellow -sort--and Dick's boon companion and greatest friend. - -So, without further parley, the two boys sat down opposite to each -other, one face all expectancy, knowing he was to hear something awfully -jolly; the other all animation, for so sure he was that he was about to -unfold a really taking scheme. - -And this is what Joe heard: "You know April-fool's day will soon be -here, and as it's blowing great guns now, I don't imagine that all the -wind will die down by that time. So my plan is to give a kite masquerade -on the afternoon of that day." - -"Fine!" and Joe Jacobs immediately jumped up to get out his new -"sky-scraper," as he called it, though it was altogether perfect; kite, -tail, string, everything was there, and his friend Dick had seen it -possibly fifty times before. But the simple thought of anything novel in -the kite line seemed too much for Joe's excitable temperament; besides, -he was very proud of this kite; it was brand-new, and none of the -fellows, if we will except Dick, knew that he had it. - -So Joe, having gotten out his kite, again sat down, and with his -treasure in hand, holding it scrutinizingly up, looking at it most -attentively--indeed, surveying it backwards, forwards, every sort of a -way, even to an occasional unwinding and winding again of the string, -and unfastening of the tail--he yet was full of inquiry to discover -more. And as for Dick, he talked as excitedly, rapidly, and earnestly as -if Joe was as still as the Sphinx. He was not in the very least nervous -or ruffled, so entirely does one boy understand another. The scheme was -to give the exhibition in the lot in which they played baseball, and, as -Dick said, "Wear costumes, with masks, and we'll have lots of fun -fooling one another--just the sport for the 1st of April." And then he -added, "We'll tell the fellows to-morrow; I'm not afraid but what -they'll join us, and they can do as they like about their clothes, but -we'll dress each other up, Joe. What do you say to that for a fool -trick?" and a quick slap on the shoulder added emphasis to the boy's -enthusiasm. - -"It's immense, that's what I think, and our kites are boss too. I wonder -if they'll suspect who we are?" - -"Not if I can help it." - -"I say, what will we wear, though, Dick? I don't care how ridiculous I -make myself." - -"I know you don't; and I've thought you might go as an old soldier. -There is your father's cast-off suit--how would that do?" - -"But there's some difference in our size." - -"Well," laughed his friend, "about a hundred or so pounds. But that will -go for nothing when I get hold of the wadding. What fun I'll have -stuffing you! Fortunately your height's about right. I say, though, Joe, -you'd better wear a mask with a big gray beard, Santa Claus fashion, and -that will cover over any wrinkles there might be about the neck. And -don't forget the sabre. Go as a sure-enough soldier, or don't go as a -soldier at all. And for myself, there is always so much talk about my -leanness, gaunt, hungry-looking style, that I shall wear the costume of -a real down-East Yankee; and in order to make myself look taller than -ever I shall ask my sister to sew several red cloth stripes down my -trouser legs, long-tailed coat, and vest." - -"You'll be a sight for mortal eye," complimented Joe, laughing so -heartily that he lost his balance and rolled off his chair full length -onto the new kite, which, however, was not in the least hurt by this -fantastic antic. - -"I hope I will. I want to be a sight. And say, Joe, where do you suppose -I can borrow a tall gray beaver hat and a big"--and he held his hands at -arms'-length apart--"red cotton handkerchief?" - -"I can get you the bandanna right enough, but the hat's a poser." And -Joe screwed up his mouth thoughtfully awhile; then, with a triumphant -nod, said: "I've got it. Go to Dr. Worth; he always wears 'em, and keeps -'em, too, for centuries almost. I once saw a whole stock of them on the -top shelf in his store-room. He'll let us have one all right enough, -I'll wager." - -"That's good, and I'll get the dudest style of false face too, for I -mean to be a dandy; and our fun--well, it will beat a house afire." - -After a little more laughter, comment, and explanation, the boys began -to talk about a game that Joe had learned the year before while in -Germany, and that both the boys thought would be a good thing to follow -the masquerade. - -"What did you say it was called?" - -"Schlaglaufen." - -"My jaw is broken," and Dick rapidly raised his left hand, laying it -with a piteous cry across his lower jaw. - -[Illustration] - -At this action Joe gave him a sharp look; and then came the words. "You -needn't be so gay," and again the boys laughed merrily, Joe afterwards -adding, "Well, another name for the game, and a much more pronounceable -one, is 'Running for the Cap,' because a post is fixed in the ground, -and on it a cap is placed and run for. The boys must be equally divided; -one set is called catchers, the other runners, and these sets must stand -fifty yards apart. The catchers' position is thirty yards from the post, -and the runners' twenty. The call, one, two, three, is given, and on the -second three is spoken one boy from each party runs to the post. The -runner will naturally get there first, and he has to put the cap on his -head, and then replace it. He must do this with the utmost rapidity, as, -should the catcher overtake him on his way back to the position which he -held before starting to run, the boy becomes the catcher's prisoner, and -can no longer play." - -[Illustration] - -The rest of the time Dick spent in Joe's room was given to -marble-playing. Both boys were experts, and it was oftener than -otherwise a tie game rather than that either boy could honestly be -counted as being ahead of the other. Indeed, so evenly they played, it -was a great delight to play without other boys being in the game, and, -therefore, whenever there was opportunity, they, so to speak, challenged -each other. Joe's floor was carpeted in a square pattern measuring six -inches each way. Having selected a convenient square, an agate was -placed in each of three angles, counting the nearest one ten, the middle -twenty, and the other thirty. Two marbles were then rolled from the -fourth angle, the inside marble being on the angle, the other -immediately back of it, the object being to hit each agate with both -marbles. For this five shots were allowed. When done the numbers were -counted and the agates replaced for the next player. This amusement was -succeeded by the three following games: - -_The Bagatelle-board Count Game._--Chalk a floor or mark a space in -exact copy of a bagatelle board ten feet long by three wide. In the -enclosure, at correct distances, mark the numbers; this may be done with -chalk, or the numbers may be painted on thin wooden blocks and laid in -position. Each player must start his marble at the extreme left-hand -corner, and state before starting the number he wishes to roll to. -Should the marble go to that number, and not roll on so as to touch -another, the player counts the number selected, and can then state -another number and play for that, and can so continue for seven minutes, -provided his marble always hits the number selected, and though rolling -on, does not touch or stop at any other. When his time is up his count -is scored, and the next player follows, subject to the same rules. -Should the marble stop on the number selected, it is counted double in -favor of the player. Again, should the marble, having reached the -selected number, still roll on and touch another, no count is allowed, -and the player must stop until his turn comes again. - -_Five-arch Discount Game._--A strip of wood two inches thick, five -inches wide, and one yard long will be required. In this cut five -arches, making the centre one four inches in width, the others three -inches each; stand it up on the floor or on a table, and make the -starting-point six feet away. Four marbles may be rolled by each player. -When a marble goes through the centre arch it counts sixty, but if, -instead, it goes through either of the small arches, thirty is counted -off. If a marble fails to pass through either, it is counted out of the -game, and must be removed. The next turn around the player will use only -three instead of four marbles. The boy who has the highest tally has -won; should there be a tie they must roll again. - -This game requires practice, or some players will find that they have -lost more than they have made. - -_Circle Game._--Make a target of brown wrapping-paper, and put the -number 100 on the bull's eye. Outside of this mark five rings, making -the largest one two feet in diameter, the others proportionately -smaller. Inside of these rings put the numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, the -centre as stated, being 100. Mark out a space on the ground for a base -five feet away; place the target on the ground, blindfold a player, lead -him to the base, turn him around twice, and leave him facing the target. -He is now entitled to roll three marbles, and then remove the blindfold. -His count will be the added numbers in the rings at which his marbles -have stopped. Should any of them stop on a line, he is entitled to the -largest number adjoining. No marbles must be moved, and each boy has the -privilege of trying the ground once with each marble, before being -blindfolded. - - * * * * * - -At the Zoological Garden Railway Station, in Berlin, a restaurant has -been opened where rolls of bread and various kinds of eatables, etc., -are dispensed automatically. On depositing in the slots ten-pfennig -pieces or fifty-pfennig pieces--according to the kind of refreshment -required--the apparatus delivers either rolls of bread or glasses filled -with drinkables--cups of coffee, tea, cocoa, etc. The bread rolls are of -different kinds, each kind being in a separate glass machine. In front -of them is a marble counter, and before each machine is a plate. When a -ten-pfennig piece is dropped into the slot the plate sinks below the -surface of the counter, and a roll of bread glides into it. The -restaurant has lately been thronged with customers. On one single Sunday -20,000 glasses and cups were paid for and emptied by the public, and -8000 penny rolls were demanded, and for the most part eaten. - - - - -FOR KING OR COUNTRY. - -A Story of the Revolution. - -BY JAMES BARNES. - -CHAPTER XXI. - -WHAT LED TO IT. - - -When George had left Rivington seated in his chaise on the Paulus Hook -Turnpike, he walked on down the narrow lane to which the path had led -him. A number of small houses stood there close together. - -An old man was chopping wood in the back yard of the fifth house. -Although it was cold, he was in his shirt sleeves, and the blows of his -axe were sharp and lusty. - -George, coming along the fence, observed him for some time before he -spoke. Then he cleared the rails with a left-handed vault, and -approached closer. The old man had stopped his chopping, and George saw -that he had but one leg. - -"Good-morning!" George said, quietly. "God save our country!" - -"Amen!" was the answer. - -It was the patriot greeting. - -"Will you help me?" went on George. "I have escaped from prison in New -York." - -"You are blunt in the telling of it," said the kindly voice--there was a -twinkle in the sharp black eyes--"and I will be blunt in my answer. _I -will._ But come into the house. The door-yard is no place for the -discussion of state secrets." - -When the door had closed behind them, the old man had looked at George's -clothes with interest. - -"Were you in the hulks?" he asked. "I should judge not." - -"No," returned George; "I was in the sugar-house prison, on Vine Street, -and was treated fairly well." - -"Friends at court, eh?" suggested the old man, bobbing quickly over to a -window and letting the light into the room. - -"Ay," said George, "and they helped me to escape. I will talk bluntly -again. I am a Lieutenant in the Thirteenth New Jersey Infantry, and was -despatched to New York on special business. I was captured, held -prisoner, and would now return to my command at Morristown." - -"What's the news in town?" asked the old man. - -"You hear but little in prison, but there are rumors that General Howe -is lazy," George answered. - -"'Tis a frightful scandal," chuckled his host, who had now bobbed to the -other side of the room, and was taking down some cold meat and a loaf of -bread from the cupboard. - -A door opened, and a young girl came from an inner room. She gave a -little exclamation as she saw that her grandfather had some one with -him. - -"Another defender to assist," said the old man, briskly. - -"Oh!" said the girl, smiling. "And what can we do for him?" - -"Send him on his way rejoicing," was the answer. "Come, sir," he added; -"break bread with us, and I will drive you out of the Debatable District -and start you on your journey." - -George murmured his thanks. - -"No need of that," said the old man; "you are giving us a privilege. -Harness the old mare, Minnie, lass," he said. "No, don't move. She's as -handy as a whip about a stable," he added, as George had arisen. - -The young girl flushed, and patted her grandfather on the shoulder as -she passed. - -"It will be ready in a minute," she said, glancing at George out of the -corner of her eye. - -"Put her to the sledge, and toss some hay in the bottom of it," called -the old gaffer after her. "I am afraid I shall have to take you part of -the way as cargo," he said, turning, and at the same time filling a -pewter mug full of cool fresh milk. "There's the drink that keeps one -young," he added, pouring out another for himself. - -The sledge was waiting in the wood-shed, and George was soon covered -with the light load of hay. - -"We have some suspicious neighbors hereabouts," said the girl, as she -lightly tossed the cover so as to conceal the young officer's form. -"Good-by, and an easy journey to you." - -"Good-by, and a thousand thanks," came the answer from the depths of the -hay. - -"G'long, Molly," said the old man, and the sledge slipped over the -shavings into the snowy road. - -They jogged along for an hour or so, when it became evident to George -that they had left the beaten track and were going through deeper snow. - -"Whoa up, old sweetheart! Back! back! 'Sh! 'sh!" called the driver, -reining in. "Jump out," he said. "Here's where we change." - -They were drawn up alongside of an old log barn in the midst of a -clearing in the woods. - -George struggled from his hiding-place. - -Searching in the hay, his benefactor drew forth a saddle. - -"It is impossible for you to walk, and you must take old Molly and jog -along as best you can. You will have to accept a loan of her, Mr. -Lieutenant. Fifteen miles from here you will find Lyons Farms. Ask for -the house of Pastor Hinchley. You can be as blunt with him as you were -with me. Leave the old mare there. Mr. Hinchley will set you on your -way, and you can proceed on foot. If I am not mistaken, there are some -of our gallant lads not many miles to the westward of Short Hills." - -"To whom should I be thankful?" inquired George, quite overcome. - -"To the Lord Almighty and His humble servant Peter Wissinck, very much -at your service. My ancestor it was who settled the island of -Manhattan." - -The old man had said this proudly. - -"That is an honor indeed," replied George, lifting his hat. - -"Yes," said the old man, "I am as Dutch as blue china plate. Dutch -backbone and Yankee heart--that's a good combination for you!" - -"Good indeed," said George. "But pray tell me how you are going to -return?" he continued, loath at first to accept the kind offer of the -horse. - -"Dot and go one," was the answer. "Hop, skip, and a jump. There's no one -can beat me at it. Come, lad, into the saddle." - -As George settled himself and reached forward for the reins old Peter -struck the mare a slap on the flank. - -"G'long, Molly," he said. "Take good care of him." - -Then he turned and started back at a furious pace along the drifted -road. It would have taken a good walker to have caught up with him. - -If George had known the adventures that were soon to befall him his -heart might have failed him. He had ridden on for some hours, when he -thought he heard the sound of distant shots ahead. It was past noonday -when he came in sight of Lyons Farms. - - -CHAPTER XXII. - -A FORCED OPPORTUNITY. - -We left William standing in the hallway at Stanham Manor. When Cato had -gone with the heavy saddle-bags, he closed the door that led to the -north wing softly behind him. - -Lieutenant Frothingham was left alone. He sighed and rested his elbow on -the back of a tall chair, and gazed into the glowing embers on the -hearth. For a long time he remained motionless, and when he looked up -again and out of the window he saw that a black cloud had obscured the -moon. But there was a small circle of light moving down the lane. Long -black shadows wavered across the snow on the meadow. - -He stepped to the window sill, and at last could make out that it was a -lantern, and that the shadows were those of the man's legs who carried -it. There were dark objects behind him, and now the figures turned -about the corner and came straight toward the house. He heard the -slamming of a side door, and saw Cato step outside and start to meet the -new-comers. - -Suddenly Cato stopped, and turning, sped like a deer back to the -veranda, and dodged in through the side entrance. How noiselessly the -old man could move! William did not know that he had entered the hall -until there was a soft touch on the elbow that was in the sling. - -"Jasper Gates!" exclaimed the old man, whispering, with his face close -to William's ear. "Hide yo'self. Don't go outside. Some folks is -bringin' some one up here on a litter, and, 'fo' de Lawd, I do believe -it's yo' brudder Mas'r George. Come quick. Hide in de big garret at de -head ob de stairs. I'll help you git 'way 'fore mornin'. Don't stop to -talk now, chile, but come 'long." - -He led the way up the stairway two steps at a time. In a minute or so -there was great confusion through the house. - -Two men carrying a rough litter made of boughs came into the hall. They -were preceded by the slouching figure of Adam Bent Knee, the old Indian, -carrying a lantern. The men laid their burden on the floor before the -fire. - -Aunt Clarissa, in a quilted dressing-gown, came down the stairs. The -light from the candle showed red through her fingers. - -"Ugh! most froze," said the old Indian. - -"It's Master George, ma'am," said one of the men who had carried the -litter. "Old Adam found him in the snow a short way down the road. He's -got a bad touch, surely." - -The other man tapped his forehead significantly. - -It was evident that something serious was amiss, for the poor figure on -the litter murmured incoherently. - -Aunt Polly, scared almost gray, had been awakened at last. She had given -one look at the empty bed that William had left, and like a frightened, -squawking hen flew down the hall. "Lawd fo'gib me, I done fall 'sleep," -she said, "an' he must git 'way den. What's he don wiv dose close?" - -"His imprisonment was too much for him," said Aunt Clarissa. "We should -have watched him more closely." - -A delirious moan showed that some immediate action must be taken. - -"Here, you, lift him up and take him to his room--poor boy! How did he -get out?" said Aunt Clarissa, noticing that the right arm was still -supported in the black silk neckerchief. - -In a few minutes George, moaning feebly, was ensconced in the pillows -not long ago left vacant by his brother. It was evident that he was -suffering from exposure. He was in a raging fever. - -A man was despatched at once for the doctor, but it would be some hours -before he could return. - -"Now, all of you, off to bed," said Aunt Clarissa. "I will watch him." - -"Won't you let me stay, Mistis?" murmured Aunt Polly, tearfully. "I'll -promise not to go to sleep." - -"Out of my sight!" said Aunt Clarissa, sternly. "I would not trust you -to watch a boiling kettle. Out of my sight, you viper!" - -Mrs. Frothingham's solicitude for her nephew was something new and -strange, but, nevertheless, the servants slunk away. - -Aunt Clarissa, however, had not forgotten to thank Adam Bent Knee or the -men whom he had called from the foundry settlement to assist him in -carrying the litter. The old Indian had related none of the -circumstances, merely stating he had found George in the snow. - -When she was alone the stern nature broke down, and Aunt Clarissa -approached the bedside. She knelt down and hid her face in her hands. - -"I am punished for my stubborn pride," she said. Then in prayer she -poured forth all the contrition of her heart. - -Sleep is a curious phenomenon in many ways. Things that might be -expected to awaken seem to coincide with our dreaming thoughts and pass -us by, while soft noises or an unexpected presence awakens us as if a -cold hand had been laid upon the forehead. - -Grace had not been awakened by the trampling of the many feet or the -commotion caused by carrying George up the stairway. She had dreamed -that a body of troops had taken possession of the house, and that she -was endeavoring to hide, for a voice had seemed to say, "The British are -here!" - -Afterwards the dream had changed, as all dreams do, and she was again a -little girl playing on the bank of the brook with her two beloved -brothers--one now lying ill in the big room down the hall, and the -other, for aught she knew, far away in the distant city of London--for -William's letter to Aunt Clarissa announcing his arrival in America had -not reached Stanham Mills. - -As Grace dreamed once more of the old days, she had awakened. The moon -had come out again, and was about to sink behind the range of western -hills, but the cold light flooded the room. - -All at once Grace started and sat up. Yes! There was no doubt about it. -There were footsteps going down the hall. She stole to the door and -opened it cautiously, her heart beating fast. - -She was not mistaken, for there was the figure of her brother George, -dressed exactly as when he had arrived on horseback, stepping carefully -down the broad staircase. - -The girl hastened back into the room, and slipping her little white feet -into a pair of soft slippers, she threw a heavy cloak about her, and -picked up the candle that was burning brightly behind its paper shade. - -When she reached the hallway below she started. There was her brother -endeavoring with his left hand to open the heavy front door. "George!" -she called, "Is it you?" - -"Go back. Don't come near me," came the answer, "I pray you let me go." - -[Illustration: "WHERE ARE YOU GOING? STOP! STOP!" SHE SAID.] - -It seemed to Grace that she must yet be dreaming; but despite the -warning, she approached closer, holding the candle high above her head. -"Where are you going? Stop! Stop!" she said. - -"Good-by, good-by, dear sister," was the only answer. - -With an effort the door had been thrown open, and a gust of wind blowing -coldly in extinguished the candle she was holding. - -The door closed softly. Grace stumbled forward. The last thing that was -pictured in her mind was that strange left hand reaching and tugging at -the massive bolt. Across the back of it she had seen a scar! - -It was so black around her that her eyes at first could not find the -direction of familiar objects. At last, however, she made out the -stairway, and turned toward it, filled with fright at what she had seen. - -What did it mean? It was _William's hand!_ And now something was moving, -she was sure, over to the left against the wainscoting, and she could -hear it scrape: and then she felt as if she heard a breath. It was too -much for her tense nerves, and she shrieked aloud--the terrifying -woman's scream of fear and horror that starts the strongest nerves. - -"'S--'sh--, it's only Cato!" said a voice close to her. - -Grace controlled herself with an effort. But the one scream had rung -through the house, and lights and footsteps came hurrying along the -corridors. "Oh, Cato, I'm so frightened!" she said. "You don't know what -I have seen." - -"You's been walkin' in yo' sleep, missy," said the old negro. "Come, -here's Aunt Polly; jes go 'long wid her." - -"It's nuffin, it's nuffin at all," he shouted to the group that had -assembled at the head of the stairway, Aunt Clarissa and the guest, the -young officer, among them. The latter had wound, toga fashion, about him -a patchwork quilt, and carried his drawn sword in his hand, "Jes Miss -Grace been walkin' in her sleep, and got little skeered, I reckin," said -the old servant, with a throaty laugh. - -"No, Cato, I was not walking in my sleep. I saw--" - -"Now come, Miss Grace," interrupted Aunt Polly, "jes don' t'ink ob dat -no more. Come off to bed, an' let yo' ol' mammy tuck yo' in." - -Aunt Clarissa followed her niece into her bedroom, but would not let the -old negress follow. - -The young officer had disappeared as soon as he had seen there was no -use for his eager steel. - -"Grace," said Aunt Clarissa, "what was it?" - -"It was William," said the girl; "I saw him plainly. He said, 'Good-by.' -Oh, auntie, what does it mean? You remember the scar across his hand?" - -"It means that something has happened," said Aunt Clarissa, at first, -sententiously. Then, after a pause: "Come, come, now; it may only be a -dream, after all. Go to sleep. I must go back to your brother George." - -Aunt Clarissa was worried, nevertheless; and when she reached the -bedroom where George lay she once more sank down upon her knees. Oh, -Inconsistency! Aunt Clarissa was praying for the confusion of the forces -of the King! - -The figure on the bed moaned uneasily. - -"What is it, dear?" said Aunt Clarissa, lifting her head from the -counterpane. - -If George could have heard this term of endearment, it would have almost -convinced him that he must have lost his wits; but Aunt Clarissa had -undergone a great reconstruction. - -"Oh, it is you, Cloud, is it?" exclaimed George, distinctly. "You -black-hearted villain, you dare not harm me." Again he sank back and -mumbled incoherently. - -Aunt Clarissa had listened. "Cloud--Cloud--why, that's the name of our -old overseer! What could he have been doing around here?" she whispered. - -At this minute there was a clatter at the front door; the doctor had -arrived. - -"Where under the sun has this young man been?" he asked, as he stood at -the bedside. - -"In a few words I will tell you," said Aunt Clarissa, who never wasted -her breath at the best. "He has escaped from an English prison in New -York, where they treat men so horribly that it is enough to turn one's -hair to listen to it, let alone one's heart. He arrived yesterday -afternoon on horseback, looking tired and worn. He fainted, and I put -him to bed. I left that worthless colored wench Polly to keep her eye on -him, and she fell asleep. He got out somehow, and the Lord only knows -where he has been, for his clothes were torn and smothered in mud and -ooze when they found him up the road. He probably had been gone two -hours." - -"He's been through some great strain," said the doctor; "and see the -marks around his neck." - -There was a welt the breadth of one's finger showing plainly on the -white skin of George's throat. - -"Rest is what he needs. The trouble is with his brain. The wound in his -arm is old and healing." The doctor spoke slowly, and placed his ear on -George's chest. "He will recover," he said. - -After he had made this examination the surgeon had left a sleeping -potion, and had ridden home in the early morning light. He had arrived -at the Manor House by the Valley Road, but determined to make his way -back across the Ridge. - -But he had gone only a short distance along the road that led up the -hill when his horse stopped and began to blow, much in the manner of a -startled deer, his ears pricked forward, and his haunches lowered and -quivering. - -The doctor looked ahead, and saw something in the bushes. But not a step -nearer could he urge his steed. So he slipped from the saddle, and -dragging the reins over the trembling horse's head, took a stride to one -side of the road. - -There lay the body of a man with arms outstretched and the face turned -upwards. He had on a pair of fringed buckskin leggings and an old -soldier coat, green with red facings. He was dead. - -The doctor stooped closer to examine, and an exclamation broke from his -lips. The man had been scalped skilfully! It was years since such a -thing had occurred in that part of the country. - -There was something familiar in the drawn features, and the doctor, -twisting himself so as to obtain a better look, uttered something -beneath his breath. - -"By Homer's beard!" he said, "it's Cloud, the renegade!" - -There were signs of a struggle in the bushes and the prints of -moccasined feet in the snow. Further on it was evident from footprints -that a number of men and horses had crossed the road. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -RICK DALE. - -A Story of the Northwest Coast. - -BY KIRK MUNROE, - -AUTHOR OF "SNOW-SHOES AND SLEDGES," "THE FUR-SEAL'S TOOTH," "THE 'MATE' -SERIES," "FLAMINGO FEATHER," ETC. - -CHAPTER III. - -ALARIC TAKES A FIRST LESSON. - - -On the day following that of the runaway, Esther Dale resumed her -position as a personally conducted tourist, and departed from San -Francisco, leaving Alaric to feel that he had lost the first real friend -he had ever known. Her influence remained with him, however, and as he -thought of her words and example, his determination to enter upon some -different form of life became indelibly fixed. - -That very day he drove again to the park, this time with only his groom -for company, and went directly to the place where the game of baseball -had been in progress the afternoon before. As he hoped, another was -about to begin, though there were not quite enough players to make two -full nines. Hearing one of the boys say this, and discovering an -acquaintance among them, Alaric jumped from his cart, and going up to -him, asked to be allowed to fill one of the vacant positions. - -Reg Barker was freckle-faced and red-headed, clad in flannels, with -sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and was adjusting a catcher's mask to -his face when Alaric approached. As the latter made known his desire, -Reg Barker, who was extremely jealous of the other's wealth and fame as -a traveller, regarded him for a moment with amazement, and then burst -into a shout of laughter. - -"Hi, fellows!" he called, "here's a good one--best I ever heard! Here's -Allie Todd, kid gloves and all, wants to play first base. What do you -say--shall we give him a show?" - -"Yes," shouted one; "No," cried another, as the boys crowded about the -two, gazing at Alaric curiously as though he belonged to some different -species. - -"We might make him Captain of the nine," called out one boy, who had -just gone to the bat. - -"No, he'd do better as umpire," suggested Reg Barker. "Don't you see -he's dressed for it? I don't know, though; I'm afraid that would come -under the head of cruelty to children, and we'd have the society down on -us." - -As Alaric, with a crimson face and a choking in his throat, sought in -vain for some outlet of escape from the tormentors who surrounded him, -and at the same time longed with a bitter longing for the power to -annihilate them, a lad somewhat older than the others forced his way -through the throng and demanded to know what was the row. He was Dave -Carncross, the pitcher, and one of the best amateur players of his age -on the coast. - -"It's Miss Allie Todd," explained Reg Barker, "and her ladyship is -offering to show us how to play ball." - -"Shut up, Red Top," commanded the new-comer, threateningly. "When I want -any of your chaff I'll let you know." Then turning to Alaric, he said, -pleasantly, "Now, young un, tell me all about it yourself." - -"There isn't much to tell," replied the boy, in a low tone, and with an -instinctive warming of his heart toward the sturdy lad who had come to -his rescue. "I wanted to learn how to play ball, and knowing Reg Barker, -asked him to teach me; that's all." - -"And he insulted you, like the young brute he is. I see. Red Top, if you -won't learn manners any other way I shall have to thrash them into you. -So look out for yourself. Now, you new fellow, your name's Todd, isn't -it?" - -"Yes." - -"And your father is Amos Todd, the millionaire?" - -Alaric admitted that such was the case. - -"Well, I know you, or rather my father knows your father. In fact, I -think they have some business together, and after this whenever you -choose to come out here if I'm around I'll see that you are treated -decently. As for learning to play ball, the mere fact that you want to -shows that you are made of good stuff, and I don't mind giving you a -lesson right now. So let's see if you can catch." - -Thus saying, the stalwart young pitcher, who held a ball in his hand, -ran back a few rods, and with a seemingly careless swing of his arm, -threw the ball straight and swift as an arrow at Alaric, who -instinctively held out his hands. - -Had he undertaken to stop a spent cannon-ball the boy could hardly have -been more amazed at the result. As the ball dropped to the ground he -felt as though he had grasped a handful of red-hot coals. Both his kid -gloves were split right across the palms, and the smart of his hands was -so great that, in spite of his efforts to restrain them, unbidden tears -sprang to his eyes. - -A shout of laughter arose from the spectators of this practical lesson; -but Dave Carncross, running up to him and recovering the dropped ball, -said, cheerily: "Never mind those duffers, young un. They couldn't do -any better themselves once, and you'll do better than any of them some -time. First lessons in experience always come high, and have to be paid -for on the spot; but they are worth the price, and you'll know better -next time than to stop a hot hall with stiff arms. What you want to do -is to let 'em give with the ball. See, like this." - -Here Dave picked up a bat, struck the ball straight up in the air until -it seemed to be going out of sight, and running under it as it -descended, caught it as deftly and gently as though it had been a wad of -feathers. - -"There," said he, "you have learned by experience the wrong way of -catching a ball, and seen the right way. I can't stop to teach you any -more now, for our game is waiting. What you want to do, though, is to go -down town and get a ball--a 'regulation dead,' mind--take it home, and -practise catching until you have learned the trick and covered your -hands with blisters. Then come back here, and I will show you something -else. Good-by--so long!" - -With this the good-natured fellow ran off to take his place in the -pitcher's box, leaving Alaric filled with gratitude, and glowing with -the first thrill of real boyish life that he had ever known. For a while -he stood and watched the game, his still-tingling hands causing him to -appreciate as never before the beauty of every successful catch that was -made. He wondered if pitching a ball could be as difficult as catching -one, or even any harder than it looked. It certainly appeared easy -enough. He admired the reckless manner in which the players flung -themselves at the bases, sliding along the ground as though bent on -ploughing it with their noses; while the ability to hit one of those -red-hot balls with a regulation bat seemed to him little short of -marvellous. In fact, our lad was, for the first time in his life, -viewing a game of baseball through his newly discovered loop-hole of -experience, and finding it a vastly different affair from the same scene -shrouded by an unrent veil of ignorance. - -After he had driven away from the fascinating game, his mind was so full -of it that when, in passing the children's playground, he was invited by -Miss Sue Barker, sister of red-headed Reg, to join in a game of croquet, -he declined, politely enough, but with such an unwonted tone of contempt -in his voice as caused the girl to stare after him in amazement. - -He procured a regulation baseball before going home, and then practised -with it in the court-yard behind the Todd palace until his hands were -red and swollen. Their condition was so noticeable at dinner-time that -his father inquired into the cause. When the boy confessed that he had -been practising with a baseball, his brother John laughed loud and long, -and asked him if he intended to become a professional. - -His sister only said, "Oh, Allie! How can you care to do anything so -common? And where did you pick up the notion? I am sure you never saw -anything of the kind in France." - -"No," replied the boy; "I only wish I had." - -His father said, "It's all right, my son, so long as you play gently; -but you must be very careful not to over-exert yourself. Remember your -poor weak heart and the consequences of too violent exercise." - -"Oh, bother my weak heart!" cried the boy, impatiently. "I don't believe -my heart's any weaker than anybody else's heart, and the doctor who said -so was an old muff." - -At this unheard-of outbreak on the part of the long-suffering youngest -member of the family John and Margaret glanced significantly at each -other, as though they suspected his mind was becoming affected as well -as his body; while his father said, soothingly, as though to an ailing -child: - -"Well, well, Allie, let it go. I am sorry that you should forget your -manners; but if the subject is distasteful to you, we won't talk of it -any more." - -"But I want to talk of it, father. I am sorry that I spoke as I did just -now; but you can't know what an unhappy thing it is to be living on in -the way I am, without doing anything that amounts to anything, or will -ever lead to anything. Won't you let me go on to a ranch or somewhere -where I can learn to be a man?" - -"Of course, my boy," replied Amos Todd, still speaking as soothingly as -he knew how. "I will let you go anywhere you please, and do what you -please, just as quickly as I can find the right person to take care of -you, and see that you do nothing injurious. How would you like to go to -France with Margaret and me this summer? I am thinking of making the -trip." - -"I would rather go to China, or anywhere else in the world," replied the -boy, vehemently. "I am tired to death of France and Germany and -Switzerland and Italy, and all the other wretched European places, with -their _bads_ and _bains_ and _spas_ and Herr Doctors and _malades_. I -want to go into a world of live people, and strong people, and people -who don't know whether they have any hearts or not, and don't care." - -"Well, well, son, I will try and arrange something for you, only don't -get excited," said Amos Todd, at the same time burying himself in his -evening paper so as to put an end to the uncomfortable interview. - -In spite of the unsatisfactory ending of this conversation, Alaric felt -greatly encouraged by it, and during the week that followed he devoted -himself as assiduously to learning to catch a baseball as though that -were the one preparation needful for plunging into a world of live -people. Morning, noon, and evening he kept his groom so busy passing -ball with him that the exercising of the ponies was sadly neglected in -consequence. With all this practice, and in spite of bruised hands and -lamed fingers, he at length became so expert that he began to think of -hunting up his friend Dave Carncross, and presenting himself for an -examination in the art of ball-catching. - -Every now and then he asked his father if he had not thought of some -plan for him, and the invariable answer was: "It's all right, Allie; -I've got a scheme on foot that is working so that I can tell you about -it in a few days." - -In the mean time the date of Amos Todd's departure for Europe with his -daughter was fixed. Shortly before its arrival the former called Alaric -aside, and, with a beaming face, announced that he had at length -succeeded in making most satisfactory arrangements. "You said you wanted -to go to China, you know," he continued; "so I have laid out a fine trip -for you to China, and India, and Egypt, and all sorts of places, and -persuaded a most excellent couple, a gentleman and his wife, to go along -and take care of you. He is a professor and she is a doctor, so you will -be well looked after, and won't have the least bit of responsibility or -worry." - - -CHAPTER IV. - -THE "EMPRESS" LOSES A PASSENGER. - -Professor Maximus Sonntagg, a big man with a beard, and his wife, Mrs. -Dr. Ophelia Sonntagg, who was thin and mysterious, had come out of the -East to seek their fortunes in the Golden City about a year before, but -up to this time without any great amount of success. The former was a -professor of almost everything in the shape of ancient and modern art, -languages, history, and a lot of other things, concerning all of which -he wrote articles for the papers, always signing his name to them in -full. The Mrs. Doctor had learned the art of saying little, looking -wise, and shaking her head, as she felt the pulse of her patients. - -These people had managed to scrape an acquaintance with Amos Todd, whom -the Professor declared to be the only patron of art in San Francisco -worth knowing, and to whom he gave some really valuable advice -concerning the purchase of certain paintings. Thus it happened that when -the busy millionaire, in seeking to provide a safe and congenial -amusement for the son whom he firmly believed to be an invalid, -conceived the idea of sending him around the world by way of China, he -also thought of the Sonntaggs as most suitable travelling companions for -him. Where else could he find such a combination of tutor and -physician, a man of the world to take his place as father, and a -cultivated woman to act as mother to his motherless boy? - -When he proposed the plan to the Sonntaggs, they declared that they -could not think of giving up the prosperous business they had -established in San Francisco, even for the sake of obliging their dear -friend Mr. Amos Todd. With this the millionaire made them an offer of -such unheard-of munificence that, with pretended reluctance, they -finally accepted it, and he went on his way rejoicing. - -The next evening the Sonntaggs dined at Amos Todd's house for the -purpose of making Alaric's acquaintance. The Professor patted him on the -shoulder, and, in a patronizing manner, hoped they should learn much and -enjoy much together. The Mrs. Doctor surveyed him critically, and held -his hand until the boy wondered if she would never let it go. Finally -she shook her head, sighed deeply, and, turning to his father, said: - -"I understand the dear child's case thoroughly. What he needs is -intelligent treatment and motherly care. I can give him both, and -unhesitatingly promise to restore him to you at the end of a year, if -nothing occurs to prevent, strong, well, and an ornament to the name of -Todd." - -Alaric found no difficulty in forming an opinion of the Sonntaggs, and -wondered if going to France with his father and sister would not be -preferable to travelling in their company. So occupied was he with this -question that he hardly ate a mouthful of the sumptuous dinner served in -honor of the guests--a fact that was noted with significant glances by -all at the table. - -It was planned that very evening that the Pacific should be crossed in -one of the superb steamships sailing from Vancouver, in British -Columbia, and a despatch was sent off at once to engage staterooms. The -journey was to be begun, two days later, for that was the date on which -Amos Todd and his daughter were to start for France; and though the -_Empress_ would not sail from Vancouver for a week after that, the house -would be closed, and it was thought best for Alaric to travel up the -coast by easy stages. - -During those two days of grace the poor lad's mind was in a ferment. He -had no desire to go to China or anywhere else outside of his own -country. Having travelled nearly all his life, he was so tired of it -that travelling now seemed to him one of the most unpleasant things a -boy could be compelled to undertake. He did not want to go to France, of -course, and decided that even China in company with the Sonntaggs would -be better than Europe. - -Still, he tried to escape from going away at all, and asked his brother -John to let him stay with him and go to work in the bank; but John Todd -answered that he was too busy a man to have the care of an invalid, and -that their father's plan was by far the best. Then, as a last resort, -Alaric went to the park, hoping to meet Dave Carncross, and determined, -if he did, to lay the whole case before him, and ask his advice. Even -here fate seemed against him; for, from a strange boy of whom he made -inquiry, he learned that Carncross had left the city a day or two -before, though where he had gone the boy did not know. - -So preparations for the impending journey went busily forward, and -Alaric, who felt very much like a helpless victim of misfortune, could -find no excuse for delaying them. Even in the preparations being made -for his own comfort he was given no active part. Everything that he was -supposed to need and did not already possess was procured for him. His -father presented him with a superb travelling-bag, fitted with all -possible toilet accessories in silver and cut glass, but the boy would -infinitely have preferred a baseball bat, and a chance to use it. - -At length the day for starting arrived, and, with as great reluctance as -he had ever felt in his life, Alaric entered the carriage that was to -convey the Todds to the Oakland ferry. Crossing the bay, they found the -Sonntaggs awaiting them on the other side, where the whole party entered -Amos Todd's palatial private car that was attached to the Overland -Express. In this way they travelled together as far as Sacramento, where -Alaric bade his father and sister good-by. Then he and his newly -appointed guardians boarded the special car provided for them, and in -which they were to proceed by the famous Shasta route to the far North. - -Up to this point the Sonntaggs had proved very attentive, and had -striven by every means to make themselves agreeable to their -fellow-travellers. From here on, however, the Professor spent most of -his time in smoking and sleeping, while his wife devoted herself to -reading novels, a great stack of which had been provided for the -journey. Alaric, thus left to his own devices, gazed drearily from the -car window, rebelling inwardly at the lonely grandeur with which he was -surrounded, and wishing with all his heart that he were poor enough to -be allowed to travel in one of the ordinary coaches, in which were -several boys of his own age, who seemed to be having a tantalizingly -good time. They were clad in flannels, knickerbockers, and heavy walking -shoes, and Alaric noted with satisfaction that they all wore gray Tam o' -Shanter caps such as he had procured at Esther Dale's suggestion, and -was now wearing for the first time. - -They left the train at Sisson, and Alaric, standing on the platform of -his car, gathered from their conversation that they were about to climb -Mount Shasta, the superb rock-ribbed giant that lifted his snow-crowned -head more than 14,000 feet in the air a few miles from that point. What -wouldn't he give to be allowed to join the merry party and make the -adventurous trip with them? He had been familiar with mountains by sight -all his life, and had always longed to climb one, but had never been -given the opportunity. - -It was small consolation to notice one of the boys draw the attention of -the others to him, and overhear him say: "Look at that chap travelling -in a special car like a young millionaire. I say, fellows, that must be -great fun, and I'd like to try it just for once, wouldn't you?" - -The others agreed that they would, and then the group passed out of -hearing, while Alaric said to himself, "I only wish they could try -travelling all alone in a special car, just to find out how little fun -there is in it." - -The following morning Portland, Oregon, was reached, and here the car -was side-tracked that its occupants might spend a day or two in the -city. The Sonntaggs seemed to have many acquaintances here, and for -these they held a reception in the car, gave a dinner at the Hotel -Portland, and ordered carriages in which to drive about, all at Amos -Todd's expense. In these diversions Alaric was at liberty to join or -not, as he pleased, and he generally preferred to remain behind or to -wander about by himself. - -The same programme was repeated at Tacoma and Seattle in the State of -Washington, and at Vancouver in British Columbia. In the last-named -place Alaric's chief amusement lay in watching the lading of the great -white ship that was to bear him away, and the busy life of the port with -its queer medley of Yankees and Britishers, Indians and Chinamen, -tourists, sailors, and stevedores. The last named especially excited his -envious admiration--they were such big men, and so strong. - -At length the morning of sailing arrived, and as the mighty steamship -moved majestically out of the harbor, and, leaving the brown waters of -Burrard Inlet behind, swept on into the open blue of the Gulf of -Georgia, the boy was overwhelmed with a great wave of homesickness. -Standing alone at the extreme after end of the promenade deck, he -watched the fading land with strained eyes, and felt like an outcast and -a wanderer on the face of the earth. - -After a while the ship began to thread a bewildering maze of islands, in -which Professor Sonntagg made a slight effort to interest his moody -young charge; but finding this a difficult task, he quickly gave it up, -and joined some acquaintances in the smoking-room. - -Alaric had not known that the _Empress_ was to make one stop before -taking her final departure from the coast. So when she was made fast to -the outer wharf at Victoria on the island of Vancouver, the largest city -in British Columbia, and its capital, he felt like one who receives an -unexpected reprieve from an unpleasant fate. - -As it was announced that she would remain here two hours, the Sonntaggs, -according to their custom, at once engaged a carriage to take them to -the most interesting places in the city. This plan had been suggested by -Amos Todd himself, who had bidden them spare no expense or pains to show -his son all that was worth seeing in the various cities they might -visit; and that the boy generally declined to accompany them on these -excursions was surely not their fault--at least, they did not regard it -so. - -The truth was that Alaric had taken a dislike to these pretentious -people from the very first, and it had grown so much stronger on closer -acquaintance that now he was willing to do almost anything to avoid -their company. Thus on this occasion he allowed them to drive off -without him, while he strolled alone to the head of the wharf, tossing -his beloved baseball, which he had carefully brought with him on this -journey, from hand to hand as he walked. - -"Hello! Give us a catch," shouted a cheery voice. And, looking up, -Alaric saw a merry-faced squarely built lad of about his own age -standing in an expectant attitude a short distance from him. Although he -was roughly dressed, he had a bright, self-reliant look that was -particularly attractive to our young traveller, and without hesitation -he tossed him the ball. They passed it back and forth for a minute, and -then the stranger lad, saying, "Good-by; I must be getting along; wish I -could stop and get better acquainted, though," ran on, with a laugh, and -disappeared in the crowd. - -[Illustration: ALARIC MAKES HIS FIRST DECISION.] - -An hour later Alaric was nearly half a mile from the wharf, when the -steamer's hoarse whistle sounded a warning note that signified a speedy -departure. He turned and began to walk slowly in that direction, and a -few minutes later a carriage containing the Sonntaggs dashed by without -its occupants noticing him. At sight of them Alaric paused. A queer look -came into his face; it grew very pale, and then he deliberately sat down -on a log by the way-side. There came another blast of the ship's -whistle, and then the tall masts, which he could just see, began slowly -to move. The _Empress_, with the Sonntaggs on board, had started, and -one of her passengers was left behind. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - * * * * * - -BOBBY (_who heard his uncle say he lost his lawsuit_). "That's nothing: -why don't you ask papa for one of his old business suits?" - - - - -[Illustration: THE ARCTIC HARE.] - -THE COURAGE AND ENDURANCE OF ARCTIC ANIMALS. - -BY THE CHIEF OF THE GREELY EXPEDITION. - - -Among the many errors that enter into popular belief regarding the -arctic regions there are none more pronounced than some of those -relating to its animal life. In many of their ideas the general public -have been justified, for until the early part of this century even works -of scientific research were not wholly free from fables and fictions of -this character. Among these errors is one--_i.e._, that all arctic -animals migrate to the south with coming winter--which especially -pertains to the subject under consideration, for the fact that the -animals treated of in this article are permanent residents of the arctic -regions is one of the most convincing signs of their courage and -endurance. - -It was not unnatural for early travellers to believe that all arctic -animals were migratory, and one need not go back farther than the -narratives of Parry to find this opinion advanced. Instinct and a desire -for self-preservation, it was said, impelled animals to pass to the -southward, where the rigors incident to winter life would be less -severe, and when spring came, with a similar instinct, they fled their -coming foes from the south to seek safe breeding-places in the north. We -now know that these animals abide in the north through the winter, but -most people do not know how bitter their struggle for existence is. - -Consider for a moment the winter environment of arctic animals, so as to -fairly view the very adverse conditions under which, with a courage and -endurance scarcely equalled elsewhere, they manage to maintain life from -the passing of one summer to the coming of another. In order to speak -with truth and exactness, the writer dwells on the arctic regions best -known from personal observation--_i.e._, those portions of Greenland and -Grinnell Land beyond the 80th degree of north latitude. These countries -stretch not less than a thousand miles beyond the arctic circle, to -within four hundred miles of the North Pole, and are from two to three -hundred miles farther north than any human inhabitants. - -Here arctic animals live and thrive in large numbers, under the -disadvantages of darkness, cold, the inland ice, snow, and limited -food-fields. The sun is totally absent for a period ranging from four to -five months, during which time the darkness is such that even at mid-day -first-class stars are clearly visible. With the passing sun comes the -winter cold, so extreme that quicksilver becomes and remains solid for -weeks at a time, and so prolonged that for successive months the -temperature never rises above zero. Indeed, for only six scant weeks -following midsummer does water remain unfrozen. - -It should be borne in mind that the greater portion of these regions is -eternally covered with what is known as the inland ice or ice-cap, which -at irregular intervals covers and destroys the fertile meadows that -furnish vegetable food. So it is that in this age there remain -feeding-grounds for herbivorous animals only in such valleys as are yet -untouched by the advancing ice-sheet, or from which the changing -conditions of a thousand years have withdrawn the glaciers and restored -the hardy arctic plants. - -At first sight it would seem that no animal could live a single winter -under the physical conditions just enumerated, the disadvantages of -which are, if anything, understated. In truth, not only do these animals -flourish, but it may be even said that the very severity of the climate -and the difficulties of existence are the primal causes which populated -these lands with races of selected mammals of unusual endurance, -strength, and courage. Here stern nature extends no favor to the weak, -slothful, or improvident, and only the best, the strongest, and the most -cunning survive in person or by descendants. - -Of the smaller mammals the lemming and hare entered the very high -regions to escape their inveterate enemies, the ermine and the fox, who -in turn followed these--their main food supply. Wandering here and there -for pasturage, the musk-ox found the more northerly grounds less -infested with wolves, and not at all frequented by man, so that here, in -a measure unmolested, are now found the only known extensive herds of -musk cattle. The predatory wolf naturally followed the musk-ox, the fox, -and other smaller animals on which he subsists. - -Let us now turn to the means and methods by which these animals succeed -in maintaining life, which, it has been made evident, can only be done -by the highest order of intelligence, courage, and endurance. - -The smallest of these arctic animals is the lemming, which looks to one -not a naturalist like a thick, short-tailed mouse, some four inches -long, excluding his scant inch of tail. The lemming forms the principal -food of the ermine and fox, while in summer it is likewise pursued by -the robber gulls and the arctic owl. His color is not unlike that of the -mouse in the summer, but with advancing winter the tips of the -individual gray hairs gradually blanch and become pure white. Whenever -the wind blows, or the lemming's fur is rubbed, it presents in winter a -pepper-and-salt appearance, for the lower portion of the hairs always -retain the summer coloring. The little fellow feeds entirely on arctic -vegetation, but his principal and probably favorite food is the buds of -the purple (_oppositifolia_) saxifrage. - -This plant is possibly the hardiest of all arctic vegetation, and early -in February, after weeks of cold which kept the mercury solid, specimens -covered scarcely by an inch of snow were found to be sending forth their -tender green shoots. But how does the lemming reach the snow-covered -plant? Farther to the south, in the Parry archipelago, Dr. Sutherland -observed that the snow near the lemming's burrows in the shingle was -marked by his tracks, and here and there he had been scratching to reach -the vegetation beneath. In one place the snow surface was broken over a -tuft of purple saxifrage, which was covered by half an inch of snow. -"What instinct," he adds, "could have led the creature to single out the -exact spot on which to bestow its toil?" - -Farther north the problem changes with increasing darkness, and the -field-mouse meets it by building his house under the snow, in the centre -of a flourishing patch of saxifrage or dryas. The tiny animal shows -himself to be a nest-builder equal to some of our Southern birds. -Finding a valley favored with vegetation, whereon the drifting snow from -the adjacent hills has spread a protecting layer, the lemming proceeds -to sink a shaft to the ground. He drives tunnels hither and thither -until he has opened up a good pasture-ground, and then, gathering bits -of grass from the bare ground elsewhere, constructs in the most suitable -place a comfortable nest, which serves as his headquarters for the -winter and as a cozy birthplace for the babes. He knows well that he is -not safe from the ravenous ermine or the cunning fox, so be proceeds to -tunnel from his nest in an opposite direction to the entrance of the -burrow--a passage which ends in the open air at a considerable distance -from the original place of entrance. The dry arctic snow above the nest -packs with such closeness that any footfall thereon extends its -vibrations a long distance, so that unless the little lemming is asleep, -his acute senses give him warning of the stealthy coming of the ermine -or fox in his pursuit. - -[Illustration: THE LEMMING INSTANTLY BACKED UP AGAINST A ROCK.] - -In the open the lemming can easily escape if the friendly snow is at -hand, for his pure white fur makes it difficult for the eye to follow -the tiny animal on the surface of the new snow, while the rapidity with -which he burrows in it astonishes an observer, and usually discomforts a -pursuer. Now and then the mouse is caught napping, and doubtless he -meets often as sudden and untimely a fate as did one under my notice. -Hurrying along the ice-foot with one of the largest of our Eskimo dogs, -we started a lemming under our very feet. The animal instantly backed up -against a rock and uttered shrill cries of rage and defiance at the dog, -who jumped for the lemming, and I for the dog. As my hands were closing -around the dog's neck, he seized the unfortunate rodent, and actually -gulped him down without stopping to bite. As far as I could judge the -lemming must have gone into the dog's stomach in a living condition--a -process easy for the dog, who was daily accustomed to bolt pieces of -meat much larger than the animal he had swallowed. - -There is no doubt that the lemming's characteristic rashness is as -fertile a source of danger as is the activity of his pursuers. Often -when escape is certain, a delay to show his courage proves fatal. If he -is quite a distance from his burrow or a snow-bank, his chance of escape -by direct flight is hopeless. When this is the case, he always dies with -his face to the foe. Backing up against a stone or any inequality of the -frozen ground he shows no sign of fear, boldly making little rushes -towards the enemy, and as suddenly retreating to his coign of vantage as -they fail to stop. All the while the air is vocal with a series of sharp -little squeaks that are most surprising to the observer. The diminutive -size of the animal and the small volume of sound are so disproportionate -to the evident courage with which he utters his notes of defiance, as -to make the lemming at bay a most amusing were it not a pathetic sight -for an observer. One cannot fail to feel an admiration for his courage, -not unmixed with pity for the helplessness of so tiny an animal. - -It is probable that the arctic lemming shares with his Norwegian cousin -periodical frenzies of migration, so that the large number in Grinnell -Land in 1876 was followed by a great diminution in 1881-3 in the same -region. Whether the migration was towards Greenland is unknown, but it -is certain that in 1882 the lemming was found along the coast of -Greenland to the most northerly point ever reached by man. At this -extreme northern point two lemmings were caught, one being run down by -the ravenous, half-starved sledge dogs, the most fortunate dog -swallowing him whole to avoid having the lemming torn from his jaws. - -The lemmings that were held in captivity gradually yielded to kind -treatment, but they showed always an irritable, uncertain temper, and -even in mildest moods tried their teeth gently and playfully, but with a -certain air that promised aggressive action if Mr. Lemming's rights were -not fully respected. - -The naturalist in naming the common hare called it _timidus_ (timid), -which in popular opinion describes its most striking quality. If this -species lacks the elements of courage, it would be injustice to bring -this charge against his northern brother, for the polar hare is bold, -tenacious, and enduring to an astonishing degree. He thrives in the most -northern regions under apparently the most adverse conditions, for -within five hundred miles of the North Pole, at Lady Franklin Bay, a -hare, killed two weeks before the return of the sun, after a winter of -unparalleled severity, was in such excellent condition that it weighed -eleven pounds, against an average of nine pounds for his kind. - -He keeps the field throughout the year, and, like the hare of the south, -does not regularly burrow. For the greater part of the year he lives in -a "form," or a depression in his pasture among the saxifrages, willows, -or lichens; occasionally one seeks a sheltered crevice or overhanging -rock. - -Nature, indeed, provides him with a winter undergrowth of fur consisting -of the finest, fleeciest hair imaginable, resembling delicate down; but -even with this defence it seems astonishing that he can endure an almost -continuous exposure to temperatures that hold quicksilver as solid as -steel. In a manner the polar hare accommodates himself to the situation, -and if he does not, like the lemming, gather materials for a shelter, he -does at least learn to use snow as a protection against the worst of -weather. Possibly he would burrow like the rabbit if the frozen earth -was not like iron, for he does at times tunnel the snow, to which -uncheery quarters he resorts from his adjacent pasturage. These snow -excavations or burrows are infrequent, for while they add to the bodily -comfort of the hare, they render him more liable to fall a victim to the -fox or wolf, always in search of this arctic dainty. - -One of these snow burrows is described by Colonel Feilden, the -naturalist of the Nares expedition in 1875, in 82° 27' N. Hunting the -hare, two weeks before the sun reappears at mid-day, February 24th, in a -temperature 56° below zero, Feilden continues: "I started a hare from -its burrow, a hole about four feet in length scratched horizontally in -the snow. I have no doubt but what the same burrow was regularly used, -as the snow was discolored by the feet of the animal and a quantity of -hair was sticking on the sides." All around the hole he had been -scratching up the snow and feeding on the saxifrage, nibbling off the -delicate green buds which were shooting out from the brown withered -plant of last year's growth. - -Dr. Sutherland, some three hundred miles further to the south, says: -"The hares burrow in the snow. One burrow which I measured was eight -feet in length, in a southern exposure, but it was never more than five -or six inches beneath the surface. From the appearance of the snow which -must have been removed in the process of excavation, it was my -impression that the burrow had been opened during the winter. The hares -were so wary, standing on their hind legs and spinning away in this -upright posture, with watchful eyes on all our movements, that all our -efforts to shoot them were useless." - -The skill, rapidity, and peculiar manner with which the hare travels -when closely pursued are worthy of attention. The first case noted was -by Sergeant Rice, one of my command, who shot and pursued a hare which -escaped him, although wounded. The animal would travel for a hundred -yards or more at a time on its hind legs alone, jumping a distance of -six to eight feet at each jump, when he would land upon his hind feet, -only to repeat the operation, never touching the ground with his fore -feet. Occasionally, for a change, he resorted to the usual method of -travel. Rice at first thought he was suffering from an optical delusion, -but as the actions were repeated he carefully examined the tracks, which -confirmed his eyesight, showing that only the hare's hind feet touched -the ground. Later the same method of travel fell under my own -observation, except that the hare did not follow it for any considerable -distance; probably it is resorted to only in dire distress. - -Other instances could be cited of the tenacity to life and desperation -with which a wounded hare struggles, but the following experience of -Lieutenant Kislingbury, of my party, was probably the most striking that -fell within our experience. - -Kislingbury first shot a hare through one of its hind legs, and knocked -him over, but he immediately straightened himself up and commenced to -hop away, leaving the snow marked with his blood. He travelled so -rapidly that the Lieutenant followed him for more than a mile before he -was able to get another shot, when a ball was put through the hare's -stomach; still it proceeded, losing here and there pieces of its -entrails. For two miles further the animal was followed, when a third -ball broke both fore paws just as the animal was in the act of jumping -to reach a high rock. The force of the blow carried the animal over a -cliff, where it rolled down a steep decline for nearly two hundred feet, -and when picked up it still showed signs of life. It seemed to us to be -a most astonishing example of tenacity on the part of any animal, much -more of one usually thought to be timid and weak. - - A. W. GREELY. - - - - -LITTLE SCARECROW. - -A SPANISH TRADITION. - - -Once upon a time there was a comely hen who lived comfortably in a -farm-yard, surrounded by her numerous family of chickens, noticeable -among which was a lame and deformed one. But this was precisely the one -which the mother loved most dearly; for that is always the way with -mothers. The lame chicken, that had been hatched from a very diminutive -egg, was, in fact, only half a chicken, and to look at him one might -have supposed that the sword of Solomon had executed on his person the -famous sentence pronounced on a certain occasion by that wise King. He -had only one eye, one wing, and one leg; yet for all that he put on more -airs than his father, who was the handsomest, the most valiant, and the -stateliest rooster in all the farm-yards for twenty leagues around. The -chicken thought himself the Phoenix of his race. If the other young -roosters made sport of him, he thought it was through envy, and if the -young hens did so, that it was because he took so little notice of them. - -One day he said to his mother: "Mother, I have something to say to you. -The country bores me. I have made up my mind to go to the court; I want -to see the King and the Queen." - -The poor mother trembled when she heard these words. "Son," she -exclaimed, "who can have put such nonsense in your head? Your father has -never left his native place, and he is the honor of his race. Where will -you find a yard like this? Where wholesomer or more abundant food, a -hen-house so sheltered and so near the station, or affection like that -of your family?" - -"_Nego_," said Little Scarecrow in Latin, for he prided himself upon -his learning, "my brothers and sisters and my cousins are nothing but a -set of ignoramuses." - -"But, my son," responded his mother, "have you never looked at yourself -in the glass? Don't you see that you have only one foot and one eye?" - -"Since you take that tone," replied Little Scarecrow, "let me tell you -that you ought to drop dead with shame to see me in such a condition. -Pray who is to blame for it but yourself? But perhaps I may meet with -some skilful surgeon," he added, with his comb as red as fire, "who will -supply the members that I lack. So say no more, for I am going away." - -When his mother saw that there was no way of dissuading him from his -purpose, she spoke as follows: - -"Hear at least, my son, the prudent counsels of an affectionate mother. -Try to avoid passing by any church where there is an image of St. Peter; -the saint has little liking for cocks, and much less for their crowing. -Shun also certain men whom there are in the world called cooks. They are -our mortal enemies, and they would wring the necks of us all, if they -could, in the twinkling of an eye. And now go and ask your father for -his blessing." - -Little Scarecrow approached his father, bent his head to kiss his -parent's foot, and asked him for his blessing. The venerable cock gave -it to him with more dignity than tenderness, for, owing to the bad -disposition of the chicken, his father had no love for him. His mother, -however, was so greatly affected that she was obliged to wipe her eyes -with a dry leaf. - -Little Scarecrow started off at a trot after he had flapped his wing and -crowed thrice by way of farewell. Presently he came to the edge of a -Brook that was almost dry--for it was summer--whose slender current had -been stopped on its way by some branches. The Brook, as soon as it saw -the traveller, said to him: - -"You see, friend, how weak I am. I can scarcely take a step, and I have -not strength enough to push aside those troublesome branches that -obstruct my way. Nor can I give a turn and avoid them, for that would -fatigue me too greatly. You can easily take me out of this difficulty by -removing them with your beak. In exchange, not only can you quench your -thirst in my current, but you may count upon my services when the waters -of heaven shall have restored my strength." - -"I could, but I will not," responded the chicken. "Do I by chance look -like the servant of a shallow and miserable Brook?" - -"One of these days, when you least expect it, you will remember me," -murmured the Brook in a fainting voice. - -"All that was wanting was that you should give yourself the air of a -great river," said Little Scarecrow, insolently. "Any one would suppose -that you had drawn a prize in the lottery or that you were counting to a -certainty on the waters of the deluge." - -A little further on he met the Wind, who was lying stretched on the -ground, almost lifeless. - -"Dear Little Scarecrow," said the Wind to him, "in this world we all -have need of one another. Approach and behold me. Do you see to what a -condition the heat of Summer has reduced me--me who am so strong and so -powerful; who raise up the waves, who lay low the fields, whose force -nothing can resist? This sultry day has killed me. I fell asleep, -intoxicated with the fragrance of the flowers that I was playing with, -and here I am now completely exhausted. If you would only raise me a -couple of inches from the ground and fan me with your wing, that would -give me strength enough to fly, and to go to my cavern where my mother -and my sisters, the Storms, are busy mending some old clouds which I -tore to pieces. There they will give me some soup, and I shall gather -new strength." - -"Cavalier," responded the perverse chicken, "many a time you have -diverted yourself with me, pushing me from behind, and spreading my tail -out like a fan, for every one who saw me to laugh at me. No, friend, to -every pig comes his St. Martin's day, and so good-by to you for the -present, Sir Harlequin." So saying, he crowed thrice in a clear voice -and strutted haughtily away. - -In the middle of a field covered with stubble, to which the harvesters -had set fire, a column of smoke was rising. Little Scarecrow drew near, -and saw a tiny spark which was fast dying out among the ashes. - -"Beloved Little Scarecrow," said the Spark, when it saw him, "you have -come just in time to save my life. For want of nourishment, I am at the -point of death. I don't know where my cousin, the Wind, who always helps -me in these straits, can have hidden himself. Bring me a few straws to -revive me." - -"What have I to do with your affairs?" answered the chicken. "Die if you -wish. For my part, I have no need of you." - -"Who knows but you may yet have need of me," responded the Spark. "No -one can tell what he may one day be brought to." - -"Hello!" said the perverse animal. "So you are still haranguing. Take -that, then." And so saying, he covered the Spark with ashes; after which -he began to crow, according to his custom, as if he had just performed -some great exploit. - -Little Scarecrow arrived at the capital, and passing by a church, which -he was told was St. Peter's, he stood still before the door, and there -crowed himself hoarse, solely for the purpose of enraging the saint, and -having the pleasure of disobeying his mother. - -As he approached the palace, which he desired to enter to see the King -and the Queen, the sentinel cried out to him, "Back!" He then went to -the rear of the palace, and entering by a back door, saw a very large -apartment where a great many people were coming in and going out. He -asked who they were, and was told that they were his Majesty's cooks. -Instead of running away, as his mother had warned him to do, he went in -with crest and tail erect; but one of the scullions caught him on the -instant and wrung his neck in the twinkling of an eye. - -"Bring some water here and let us pluck this scarecrow," said the -scullion. - -"Water, my dear Doña Cristalina," cried the chicken; "please don't scald -me! Mercy! Have compassion upon me!" - -"Had you compassion upon me when I asked your help, perverse bird?" -answered the Water, boiling with rage and flooding the chicken from head -to foot, while the scullions left him without so much as a feather. - -The cook then took Little Scarecrow and put him on the gridiron. - -"Fire! brilliant Fire!" cried the unhappy bird, "you who are so powerful -and so resplendent, take pity upon my situation, repress your ardor, -quench your flames, and do not burn me." - -"You impudent rogue!" responded the Fire, "how can you have the courage -to appeal to me, after having stifled me, because you thought, as you -said, that you would never need me? Come here and you shall see -something fine." - -And, in fact, not content with browning the chicken, the fire burned him -until he was as black as a coal. When the cook saw the chicken in this -condition he took him by the foot and threw him out of the window. Then -the Wind took possession of him. - -"Wind," cried Little Scarecrow, "my dear, my venerated Wind, you who -rule over everything, and who obey no one, powerful among the powerful, -have compassion upon me; leave me at rest on this heap." - -"Leave you!" roared the Wind, seizing him in a gust and whirling him -about in the air like a top. "Never!" - -The Wind deposited Little Scarecrow on the top of a belfry. St. Peter -extended his hand and fastened him firmly to it. From that time to this -he has remained there, black, thin, and bare, beaten by the rain and -pushed about by the Wind, whose sport he forever is. He is no longer -called Little Scarecrow, but Weather-Cock; but there he is, expiating -his errors and his sins, his disobedience, his pride, and his -perversity. - - * * * * * - -A MARINE SIMILE. - - The fish are ships that swim the sea - In sunshine and in gales; - Their tails the trusty rudders are, - Their fins the spreading sails. - - - - -[Illustration] - -FROM CHUM TO CHUM. - -BY GASTON V. DRAKE. - -V.--FROM JACK TO BOB. - - - OLD MAN OF THE OUT HOUSE. - -[Illustration] - - DEAR BOB,--Your two letters from the steamer got here yesterday. - Sandboys says your polite Pirate was stuffing you about that money - in Venezuela, and he thinks you'll get your money back when oysters - climb trees and not before, and I sort of agree with him. That - story about jumping overboard and getting washed back don't seem to - me ought to be told to people that love truth. Anyhow Sandboys - didn't like it, and he told me to tell you to tell your old Pirate - that he can do his own Grand Viziering when he gets to his Island - Kingdom and save his ten dollars a week--there's more money in - carrying ice-water up and down stairs here, Sandboys says, and he's - going to stick to it. - - I'm pretty lonesome for you this summer, though there's a half a - dozen pretty good fellows here; one of 'em's named Billie Tompkins - and he lives out in Chicago. He says there's no place like Chicago - in this world for fun. It's situated right out in the prairies and - he's got a sand-yacht that he goes sailing about in every spring. I - never heard of a sand-yacht before and neither did Sandboys, but - Billie Tompkins described it to us and I should think it would be a - pretty good thing to have. It has wheels, and is built just like a - cat-boat with a mast and a rudder, but no keel. He says that he's - sailed over pretty much all of Illinois with it and had lots of - adventures with Indians and kiyoots. Of course you know what - kiyoots are, they're prairie wolves and they're very dangerous to - people that need sleep because they howl all night. He's had lots - of trouble with them, but the Indians have bothered him worse than - anything, frequently chasing him for miles just to get his scalp. - One of 'em caught him once, when he was out sailing one day in - March. He had a little seal-skin cap on fortunately, and the Indian - ran away with that thinking sure he'd caught his head of hair. Ever - since that time he's worn seal-skin caps for sailing. The most - exciting time he ever had though was last spring. He'd gone out for - an afternoon's cruise and had got about forty miles out on the - prairie. He was sailing along beautifully before the wind when he - saw a black speck off on the horizon coming towards him like - lightning. He didn't know what it was at first but as it alarmed - him just a little he took a tack off to the East, and then he knew - that the object was bearing down for him for it changed its course - just as he had and came on in hot pursuit. In about five minutes he - saw that it was an Indian on horseback and he began to get sorry - that he'd disobeyed his father and come so far out. You see his - father isn't a millionaire and was rather put out about his losing - that seal-skin hat, and he'd told him to keep away from where the - Indians were. It's pretty tough to be placed where you're bound to - get hurt whatever happens, and Billie got pretty anxious - contemplating--how's that for a word?--getting scalped or spanked. - He steered his yacht right about, so's she'd fly before the wind, - which was his only chance, but it was too late. The Indian was - close enough to lasso him. Suddenly the pursuer's rope shot out, - but by some mistake in the aim didn't catch Billie, but got the - mast right in the noose. The horse stopped short, braced himself - and the Indian began to grin, expecting to see the boat capsize, - but he forgot that the boat had a speed of a hundred miles an hour - on and weighed three times as much as the horse in the bargain. He - found out in a minute though, for the rope snapped taut, yanked the - horse out from under the Indian, threw the Indian over on his own - neck and broke it, and went sailing over the prairie with the poor, - kicking horse in tow. Billie stopped the yacht as quick as he could - for the horse's sake, though it couldn't hurt him much towing him - through the soft sand. The horse got on his legs again, as meek as - you please. Billie fastened him to the rudder post and went back to - where the Indian was and found he was deader than a door-nail, and, - strangely enough, hanging from his girdle was the identical - seal-skin cap that had been scalped off Billie's head two years - before. - - [Illustration] - - He sailed home in triumph, having made a horse and recovered his - cap as well, and his father forgave him for not having minded, and - when the horse was sold later on for fifty dollars he gave Billie - five dollars of it all for himself. - - Sandboys says that was a wonderful adventure and I sort of feel - that way myself. He says if Billie keeps on having adventures like - that there's no reason why he shouldn't grow up to be as successful - a man as your Pirate, but he thinks Billie ought to stick by - Chicago and not go seeking his fortune anywhere else because there - isn't another city in the world where a thing like that could - happen, which I guess is true. It certainly couldn't happen - anywhere around Boston, because even if they had a prairie and - Indians you couldn't steer a yacht through the fearful crowds of - bicyclers they have there, without having a collision. - - Speaking of bicyclers there's a fellow here that's going to coast - down Mt. Washington next week and he's awfully proud of himself, - which he needn't be. It would be much harder work to go up Mt. - Washington on a bicycle, Sandboys says, and he ought to know, - because he's done both, and last year he came down all the way on - one roller skate without touching his other foot once. If you see - your Pirate ask him what he thinks of that. - - Barring Billie and Sandboys everything's pretty slow here. We've - only changed the boots in the hall once, and the new head waiter - has got eyes like a ferret so's no one can sneak an apple or a - banana out of the dining room without its getting in the bill. We - boys are going to hold a Mass Meeting this week to see what can be - done about this. It isn't any fun eating fruit at the table, and - what's the good of nuts and raisins if you can't carry 'em off in - your pockets? If you see any live Dukes tell me about 'em. - - Always yours, - JACK. - - - - -[Illustration: 3. The Finish. 2. The Stride. 1. The Start. - -From instantaneous Photographs of T. E. Burke, Champion Quarter-miler of -the World.] - -[Illustration: Boardman. Lakin. Crane. Kilpatrick. Hollister. Kingsley. - -Start of Half-mile Race at the Inter-collegiate Games, 1895. - -RUNNING THE MIDDLE DISTANCES.] - - - - -[Illustration: INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT] - - -The middle distances are the hardest events for an athlete to work at -without the assistance of a trainer; but this fact should not discourage -the beginner, because there is a vast amount of preliminary work that he -can do which will put him into such condition that when he does at last -come under the care of a coach he will be able to make rapid progress -toward proficiency. The term "middle distances" is usually applied to -the quarter and half mile races only, for these have become recognized -as the standards by amateur associations and clubs. The quarter-mile is -sometimes set down on the card as a 440-yard dash--for it is practically -a dash from start to finish, as run nowadays--and the half-mile is -frequently called the 880-yard run. It is becoming more usual, however, -to look upon these events as fractions of a mile. - -The preparatory work for the quarter should begin at the close of winter -with walks of from two to three miles across country, ending up with a -half-mile jog and a good rub-down. This sort of exercise should be taken -every day for three weeks, in order to harden the muscles and get the -body into regular habits of physical exercise. Let us presume that at -the end of this time the weather has moderated sufficiently to permit of -out-door work in light running costume. This should consist of running -at an easy gait distances longer and shorter than a quarter-mile on -alternate days. For instance, on Monday, run 220 and 300 yards a couple -of times, with a rest in between; on Tuesday run 600 yards or half a -mile; on Wednesday run the short distances again; and keep on doing this -for a month or more. Occasionally--say once a week--try a 100 yards for -speed, and about every tenth day take a trial quarter on time. - -The most important of all things in running the middle distances is that -the athlete should become a judge of pace. He must know just how fast he -is going. It takes time, of course, to acquire this knowledge, but the -good men in the events know just how rapidly they are travelling around -the track, and can tell to a fifth of a second what their gait has been -for any fraction of the course. That is why these events are the hardest -to run. The best way to acquire this knowledge of gait is to get some -one to hold a watch on you every time you run. When you have not a -trainer, however, this is not always possible. But there is no reason -why you should not hold the watch yourself. And it is well to keep a -record of your speed as it increases. - -Frequent runs of 150 and 300 yards on time will serve to show how your -speed is getting along, and the distances being short, this will enable -you to judge of pace so that you can tell very closely how you are -travelling over the various portions of your distance. As I have said, -the quarter as now run is a sprint from start to finish, and the best -thing to do in competition is to jump into the lead at once and head the -field all the way if you can. As in the 100 and 220, no heed should be -given to the other competitors, and, above all things, never look back. - -There is little more to be said in the way of instruction for this -event, for it is one that must be worked over according to the powers -and capabilities of each individual. The general training after the -first four or five months is about the same as for the sprints, which -was described in this Department last week. As for the start, it is -optional with the individual whether he shall stand or crouch. Burke, -the world's champion quarter-miler, who is represented in the series -above, uses the standing start, but many others get off from the -crouching position. The second picture of the series gives a good idea -of the pace and the general position of the body, both of which are -identical with sprinting form. The finish is somewhat different. There -is always plenty of space ahead after a quarter-mile race (which, of -course, has to be run on a curved track) for the runner to keep on going -as long as he wishes to, and thus he can pass the tape at top speed and -keep on as far as he likes. Many hundred-yard sprinters coming down a -short straight track lose a fraction of a second of their speed by -slowing up too soon. - -The half-mile run requires even a greater judgment of gait than does the -quarter, and it is a much harder race to run, having now been developed -into such a speedy contest that a man should never attempt to enter any -other event in games where he runs a half-mile. Moreover, the athlete -who adopts the half-mile as his specialty should give up every other -event and train continuously and solely for that distance. He must get -himself into such shape that he can tell to a fraction of a second just -how fast he is going. This is learned only by having a watch going all -the time, and while training there ought to be some one on the track to -shout the time every furlong or so. - -The preparatory work for this distance is similar to that of the -quarter--that is, there should be long and short work, over and under -the distance, on alternate days. A half-mile trial on time once in two -weeks is sufficient. The start and gait are the same as for the quarter. -In the illustration of the start of the half-mile race at the -Intercollegiates of 1895 it is plain to see that Kilpatrick is -determined to get the pole if he can, while Siebel and Kingsley, who -have inside positions, are determined to keep them even if they have to -take a sprinting start. Hollister, on the other hand, has apparently -made up his mind to let Kilpatrick set the pace, and then try to pass -him. This was wise of Hollister, because he knew Kilpatrick's habit is -to run a very fast first quarter, and he himself has been trained to -sprint hard at the finish. Thus he felt that if he could keep up with -Kilpatrick for the first three-eighths he could sprint past him at the -finish. Hollister won. - -I give this illustration of the tactics of half-mile racing to show how -very much strategy has to come in in this event. You must know how your -opponents run, and you must distribute your energies over the race so as -to counteract as far as possible those of the other competitors. It -would have been unwise for Hollister to fight with Kilpatrick for the -lead in this case, because the latter could have run him off his feet. -That is Kilpatrick's style. But by letting Kilpatrick set the pace, -Hollister had an easier time of it in the first quarter, because he did -not have to give any thought whatever to his gait. When it came to the -stretch, all he had to do was to sprint. Nevertheless, the best general -rule for a novice is to jump to the lead and hold it if he can. When he -gets to be a first-class man he can devote more thought to the -individual work of his opponents. One of the best things for any one -working at the half-mile is to attend every meeting he can and watch the -work of other half-milers. In fact, it is well for every athlete to -follow big games, and study his own event in the work of others. Big -championship games should never be missed if it is a possible thing to -witness them. - -In announcing the date of the New York I.S.A.A. spring games of May 9th, -some of the daily papers said that the events would be open to "all -preparatory schools of the United States." This was erroneous. The games -are open to members of the N.Y.I.S.A.A. only. It is evident that no team -could be chosen to represent the New York Association at the National -meeting if these games were open to outsiders who could come in, and, by -taking a number of firsts, make it necessary for the New-Yorkers to hold -another field meeting to find out who their own best men were. - -Baseball prospects in the Long Island League are bright. The St. Paul -team, which won the championship last year, is almost the same again -this spring. Starrs, Goldsborough, Baker, Hall, and Mortimer are back -again in school. Adelphi has excellent material in Brooks, Graff, -Crampton, Corbett, Forney, Langdon, and Baucher; while almost all of the -High-School team of last year are on hand to play again this season. -Poly. Prep. has as good a pitcher as any school in the League, and -plenty of athletic material to pick from, and the Latin-School players -promise to develop a strong nine. Baseball practice in New York has not -begun in earnest yet, but it is probable that the average of the teams -will be stronger than they were last spring, as there seems to be a -renewal of interest in the national game, which has led a pretty -precarious existence here for the last two seasons. - -The interscholastic contests that are being held from time to time in -the gymnasium of the New Manhattan Athletic Club are excellent things, -and will serve to develop a good many young athletes who would not -otherwise have a chance to show what there is in them. A strong -incentive to energetic effort is afforded in the way of a trophy for the -school that shall have earned the greatest number of points when the -series of games has ended. This prize will be of small intrinsic value, -but as a trophy it will be worth the having. These games will also -develop a better spirit among the lads who follow athletics, for they -are looked after by the N.M.A.C.'s new athletic manager, Mr. Cornish, -who is as strict an enforcer of the amateur laws and the amateur spirit -as can be found anywhere. Mr. Cornish can have a very strong influence -for good over this rising generation of athletes if he cares to. His -strongest hold upon the young men's confidence is that he knows his -business, and if he now compels them to walk the straightest of straight -lines, they will do so all the more cheerfully because they know that he -has the right of the question on his side, and intends to stand by his -principles. - -Readers of this Department will remember that I urged the New York -Athletic Club almost a year ago to show some interest in the sports of -the rising generation, to cultivate the young men, and to encourage -their efforts. I cited the Boston Athletic Association as an example, -and spoke of how that organization holds meetings for scholastic -contests, and helps the younger men with advice and suggestion. In fact, -the meetings of the Boston Inter-scholastic Association's committees are -held in the B.A.A. Club-house. The New York A.C., however, did nothing -as an organization to advance the interests and promote the welfare of -the boy athletes. Some of its members as individuals have done a great -deal for the young men, but most of their work has been in the nature -of acting as officials at meetings conducted by the schools. - -The New Manhattan Athletic Club, however, after having stagnated in a -mire of unclean sportsmanship, finally gets an injection of new and -healthy blood, and realizes that from the boys of to-day are to be drawn -the athletes of to-morrow. The Club thereupon sets out to do all it can -to promote and encourage scholastic sports. It offers the services of -its gymnasium and of its athletic instructors, it organizes a large -in-door meeting and shoulders the entire financial and executive -responsibility, and does everything, in fact, that a club can do under -the circumstances. - -Of course all this is done with the ultimate object of making the -N.M.A.C. a successful and prosperous organization. But with all this aim -there is a great deal more unselfishness about the movement than -selfishness. The Club is not by any means trying to secure control of -scholastic sports. I feel confident of this from what I know of the men -in control. What the club is trying to do is to help the young men -interested in sport by relieving them, as far as possible, from the -business part of athletics, and thus to make sport purer; and after this -has been successfully accomplished, the N.M.A.C. will be very glad to -see all these honest young sportsmen competing as members of its -organization--an organization which, I hope, will stand for cleanliness -in sport just as prominently as at one time it stood for the very -opposite. - -The gymnasium work of the Trinity School has developed a new game there. -The sport was originated and first played in New Orleans, I believe, and -is called "The Newcomb." The boys of Trinity School were perhaps the -first to play it in this section of the country, and they have found it -to be exceedingly interesting. The game is on the order of basket-ball, -which was spoken of in this Department last week. A line is drawn in the -centre of the gymnasium; then another line is drawn on either side of -this, and about eight feet from it. These are called the "base-lines." -The distance may vary, it depending on the size of the room. Two sides -are chosen by captains, the number playing depending upon the available -space and number of boys present. Twelve or fifteen on a side is a good -number. The teams then take their positions between the base-line and -wall, so that they face each other, and are separated by the distance -between the two base-lines. A basket-ball or football may be used. The -referee, standing out of the way, throws the ball to one of the sides. -The object of the boy who catches it is to throw it toward his opponent -so that it will touch the floor behind the base-line. If he succeeds in -doing this it counts as three points for his side. - -The player on the side to which the ball is thrown must try to keep it -from touching the floor, and if he succeeds in doing so he must -immediately throw it back to his opponent's side. This passing to and -fro is kept up until a touch-down is made. If the ball is thrown and -touches the floor between the base-lines, one point is scored against -the side making the throw. The principal rules are that the ball may be -thrown with one or both hands, but the person must not throw it while he -is down or on his knees. He must not run with the ball, and he must not -step over the base-lines. Breaking any of the above rules counts as a -foul, and one point is given in each case to the side not at fault. The -length of game is decided upon by the captains of the teams and the -referee before play is started, and the side having the most points at -the end of the allotted time is the winner. Two halves of twenty-five -minutes each, with a ten minutes' rest, are usually played. - -At the annual in-door games of the Hotchkiss School, at Lakeville, -Connecticut, four of the school records were broken--R. B. Hixon -established a new school record in the fence vault of 6 ft. 11 in.; -C. D. Noyes in the high kick of 9 ft. 1 in.; H. H. Wells in the standing -broad jump of 10 ft. 3-3/4 in., and J. P. Goodwin in the running high -jump of 5 ft. 5 in. The first two records are most creditable for -scholastic athletes, and are better, unless I am mistaken, than the Yale -records for the corresponding events. Hotchkiss School made such a -strong showing at the annual games of the Connecticut H.-S.A.A. at -Hartford last spring that they must be counted as dangerous opponents at -any future meeting. They are unfortunately at too great a distance from -New York to send representatives to the N.M.A.C. meet. - - THE GRADUATE. - - - - -ADVERTISEMENTS. - - - - -[Illustration: Royal Baking Powder] - -No other aid to the housewife so great, no other agent so potent in -relief for the dyspeptic, has ever been devised. ROYAL BAKING POWDER is -simply indispensable where the finest, purest, most wholesome and -economical foods are desired. - -ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., N. Y. - - - - -Monarch - -Mounted on this king of bicycles, you are Monarch of all you survey. All -nature is yours as you speed along on your ride of health and happiness. -You can depend on the MONARCH in any emergency. There's "Know How" in -the making. - -4 models. $80 to $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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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 so far as possible. - - -Before we take up the maps again a word should be said concerning the -purchase of a wheel for the ensuing year. Just at this time every -bicyclist is longing for a $100 '96 wheel, and looking with disgust on -his '95 or '94 machine, which has served him many a time, and carried -him over many a good mile. Of course the '96 is better than the same -make of '95. That is required of manufacturers if they wish to keep up -with the best things of the time. There are certain improvements this -year in bearings and tubes, in increasing the easy running of one, and -strengthening without adding to the weight of the other; but in spite of -those improvements, this year for the first time there have been no -great changes in wheels. If you have a '95 wheel, therefore, which has -run about a 1000 miles, two courses are open to you. You may be able to -get $50 for it, and by putting another $50 with that, buy a new one; or -you can spend ten or fifteen dollars on the '95 wheel and have a bicycle -practically as good as can be obtained for ordinary use. If you are -riding bicycle-races, or going in for long-distance records and -thousand-mile tours, it will unquestionably pay you to get what you can -for the old machine, and buy a new one of the highest price. On the -other hand, if you seldom do more than ten to twenty miles a day once or -twice a week, or if you use it for riding to and from the railroad -station each day, or for going to and returning from school, the one you -have already used a year, if it has been well cared for, will meet every -requirement as fully as the new bicycle could. Indeed, a '95 or '96 -bicycle of good make ought to keep in good condition with such use for -three or four years without requiring more than five or ten dollars a -year. There are cases to-day of '92 and '93 wheels which run as well as -many '95 bicycles, and which have had constant use for three or four -years. Naturally they are heavier, and the running gear is not as -perfect as in the later wheels, but this year the improvements are so -insignificant, compared with those of past years, that '96 and '95 -wheels are not different in important details. In a place like New York -city, or Chicago, or Philadelphia, or Boston, one can pick up a good -wheel for half price which will be sure to last him a year without -expense or annoyance. Somebody with a superfluity of money is willing to -let his wheel go at any price in order to have an excuse for buying a -new one; and such a man usually gives a bicycle a minimum amount of use. - -In purchasing such a second-hand bicycle several important points should -be noted. In the first place, and most important of all, take the -bearings of front, back, and sprocket wheels apart and see if the balls -are worn. Put them in place and note if they "rattle round" more than -they should. Here is the first place where a bicycle begins to lose its -usefulness. If the bearings are worn, either from use or lack of care in -keeping dirt out, the wheel will never again run easily. Next look -closely at the pedals, not only at the bearings in them, but at the -condition of them generally. They get a large amount of wear and tear, -and they strike obstacles which come in the way of the bicyclist more -often than any other part of the wheel. From this they are apt to be -imperceptibly bent in one place or another, which will account for an -otherwise inexplicable difficulty in sending the wheel ahead. Then look -at the tires carefully. If they have had several punctures you might as -well pay out the money at once to get new ones as to spend it in -piecemeal, at great inconvenience to your riding because of frequent -punctures. Sometimes, too, the rubber is not of the best grade, and in a -year will become dried and likely to crack. Sometimes the owner has not -been careful to keep the tires well filled with air, and the rim of the -wheel cuts partly through them, making them likely to burst at that -point. Aside from these three important points, with the addition of -sprocket chain and spokes, the faults of a wheel will show themselves. - - - - -[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. - - -The quality of one's voice in conversation has much to do with the -pleasure listeners find in their part of the exercise. "A low voice," -says Shakespeare, "is an excellent thing in woman." I agree with him, -adding on my part the adjective "clear." A low mumbling voice is not -agreeable, but when a voice has pleasant modulations, is low-toned, -sweet, and distinct, it is as delightful to hear it in speech as in -song. - -One sometimes meets a charming girl who has a beautiful complexion, -bright eyes, a pleasant manner, and a merry laugh. But, alas! her -shrill, screaming voice, or her nasal tones, or her harsh discordant way -of speaking, neutralizes her other advantages. With my eyes shut, simply -by hearing a girl's voice in another room, or in a public conveyance -where she sits at my back and I cannot even glance at her, I can tell -whether a young girl is well or ill bred; almost I can state positively -whether she belongs to the better-educated or the untaught classes in -our land. Her voice tells the whole story. It is a surer indication than -anything else about her of the people she has lived among, the care that -has been taken in her upbringing, and the sort of character, refined or -coarse, which she bears. - -There are little mannerisms of speech which belong to certain parts of -the country, and which are caught up unconsciously by young people, so -that when they go away from home those who meet them have little -difficulty in deciding from what point they started. For instance, if a -young girl drops her final g's, and says mornin', evenin', greetin', -meetin', comin', and goin', I know where _she_ comes from. I have -visited in a place or two where the sweet-voiced people nearly all cut -off their final g's. And if she rolls her r's, and says the words that -have r in them with a _burr_, I recall a journey I made one summer, and -I remember numbers of nice girls who all paid r the compliment of -twisting it lovingly around their tongues as they used it. A girl who -says daown for down and caow for cow labels herself as plainly as if she -labelled a trunk, and so does a girl whose vowel sounds are all matters -of conscience to that degree that she speaks as if she were mentally -spelling her words. - -We ought to try to pronounce correctly. There are changes in -pronunciation from time to time, but the dictionaries and the usage of -well-educated persons will guide us, if we care about the matter and -take pains to be right. But if we happen to hear some old-fashioned lady -or gentleman pronounce a word in a by-gone manner, we shall, of course, -be too polite to take notice, nor will we, as rude people have been -known to do, repeat the same word in our own turn, with a different -accent. I cannot too strongly urge my girls to be polite in all -circumstances. Politeness is merely consideration for others, real -unselfishness. - -Kathie asks me to give her my views about flirting. My dear child, I -haven't any. I cannot imagine school-girls flirting, if by this is meant -interchanging looks and smiles in a silly way with strangers. No well -brought up girl ever does this; and when a girl allows herself to -infringe on the code of behavior which holds her aloof from strangers, -she shows herself to be either very ignorant or very stupid. - -When you are travelling, or are in any place where a stranger performs a -kind and obliging act, acknowledge the courtesy by a simple bow and a -thank you. The man who rises and gives you a seat in a car is entitled -to this acknowledgment, and so is any one who, at any time, shows you -politeness. But you must not enter into conversation with strangers, nor -make new acquaintances in public. - -[Illustration: Signature] - - - - -[Illustration: THE CAMERA CLUB] - - Any question 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. - - -Owing to the number of questions received and replies given, we are -compelled to omit this Department this week. - - E. G., of Worthington, Ohio, asks what is the best kind of water to - use in photography, and what is done with the different solutions - after they have been used. The best kind of water is distilled - water, but as this cannot always be obtained, amateurs get along - without it. Water which has been filtered through blotting paper is - free enough from sediment to make it all right for ordinary - purposes such as developing, toning, etc. In washing pictures after - toning, or in washing negatives in running water, it is a good idea - to tie a flannel bag to the faucet, as this catches all sediment, - and prevents gritty particles settling in the soft film. - Photographers who use a great deal of material usually save their - solutions and separate the gold, but amateurs do not find it of - enough value to pay, as the quantity used is so small. Toning - solutions are usually thrown away after the gold is exhausted. - Developers can be used over several times if fresh is added to keep - up the strength. Hypo after being used for a batch of pictures - should be thrown away, for dirty hypo will stain negatives, and as - it costs but little it is better to have it fresh, and thus ensure - good results. - - SIR KNIGHT LOUIS A. DYAR, OF WINONA, MINN., asks why pictures taken - with a camera that makes a picture 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 are not allowed in - prize competitions; how to make platinotype prints; if sepia prints - are considered artistic; if it is possible for one to take a good - instantaneous out-of-door figure study; and if a camera is not - perfect, if the manufacturers would repair it. The reason why - pictures made with a camera smaller than a 4 x 5 are usually - excluded from prize competitions is because the small cameras do - not admit of so much scope in the pictures, and while many artistic - "bits" are taken with the small camera, they cannot really enter - into competition with pictures taken with a larger camera, which - requires more care and skill in making. Prints made in sepia tints - are considered quite artistic for some pictures. Sepia tints would - not be appropriate for snow pictures or for marines, but for some - landscapes sepia tones are better than black or gray. It is - possible to take a good instantaneous figure study out of doors, - but the contrast between the lights and shadows is apt to be too - strong if the picture is taken in the sunlight. With a quick plate - and lens one may make a good instantaneous with the subject placed - in the shadow of a building. If a camera is found to be defective - it should be taken to the dealer from whom it was purchased, who - will return it to the manufacturers and have the defect remedied. - - SIR KNIGHT LESLIE T. REDMAN, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, says that - the film from his negatives has a tendency to rise from the glass, - and wishes some remedy. This is what is called "frilling," and is - usually caused by the solutions being used at too high a - temperature. A little alum in the fixing bath will harden the film. - The following is a good formula: Hypo, 16 oz.; water, 64 oz.; - pulverized alum, 1 oz. Mix thoroughly till the hypo and alum are - dissolved. Let it stand for twenty-four hours till the precipitate - formed by the alum has settled at the bottom. Then either syphon - off the clear liquid or turn it off carefully, so as not to disturb - the sediment at the bottom. The negative should remain in the - fixing bath five minutes after the silver has been removed. - - F. P., MOK HILL, CALIFORNIA, asks for a good formula for an - intensifier. F. P. will find in No. 824 (August 13th) three - formulas for intensifying a plate, and one in No. 839 (November - 26th) in answer to Sir Knight John H. Curtis. If not successful in - their use, please write to the editor of the Camera Club. - - SIR KNIGHT ROBERT H. EWELL, sent, last May, directions for making - spirit photographs. The publication has been withheld until the - present time, as winter seems the best time for trying experiments, - there being little of out-door work for the camera. Drape a sheet - about a person, letting it fall below the feet. Take a picture of - this person standing near or behind a chair with the arm extended, - making a short exposure. Close the shutter, leaving the camera in - same position, pose some one in the chair--the ghost having, of - course, been removed--and take his picture. The first exposure for - the spirit should be quite short, while that for the real - photograph should be exposed as for any portrait. Develop the - plate, and the negative should show the dim outline of the "ghost" - standing by the person photographed. The editor has seen many - amusing photographs made in this way. - - SIR KNIGHT TEEBOR ROLYAT, NEWARK, N.J., asks if the Night Hawk is a - good camera for a beginner, and if it is suitable to take good - pictures; what is the simplest and best solution for a beginner to - use; and if it would spoil a plate when the sun is shining on the - camera from the front. The Night Hawk is considered an excellent - camera for beginners, and it will take good pictures if the owner - will use care and judgment. Some of the pictures which won prizes - in a recent contest were taken with an outfit costing less than - twenty dollars. One must use that camera as the painter advised his - pupils to mix paints--"With brains, sir!" A beginner would be more - successful if he used one of the ready-prepared developers when - first learning. They are prepared by expert chemists and accurately - mixed. After a little experience in developing, one can then mix - his own solutions. Many formulas have already been given, and - others are to follow soon. Two formulas for developers are given in - No. 844 (December 31). The sun shining into the camera and striking - the plate would fog the plate, but if the lens is shaded so that - the direct rays of the sun do not strike it, the camera may be - pointed directly toward the sun. - - * * * * * - -FALSE ECONOMY - -is practised by people who buy inferior articles of food. The Gail -Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk is the best infant food. _Infant -Health_ is the title of a valuable pamphlet for mothers. 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MILLER, 904 Olive St., St. -Louis, Mo. - - - - -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. - - - - -FINE APPROVAL SHEETS. Agents wanted at 50% com. P. S. Chapman, Box 151, -Bridgeport, Ct. - - - - -BOOKS OF STAMPS at 33-1/3% com. References required. =Model Stamp Co.=, W. -Superior, Wis. - - - - -=WANTED= Vol. I. HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, bound or unbound. H. WILLIAMS, 25 -East 10th Street, New York. - - - - -[Illustration: THOMPSON'S EYE WATER] - - - - -[Illustration] - -Harper's Catalogue, - -Thoroughly revised, classified, and indexed, will be sent by mail to any -address on receipt of ten cents. - - - - -From a Naval "Veteran." - - - On Wednesday, October 2d, I saw the new United States armored - cruiser _Brooklyn_ launched in Cramps' ship-yard. There was a large - crowd outside the gates when I arrived. The _Brooklyn_ rested on an - inclined platform, which was well greased with tallow. She looked - superb and gigantic as she rested there waiting for the time to - come for her to take her first plunge. When the time did come the - cheering of the spectators and the shrieks of the whistles were - deafening. The launch was entirely successful from every point of - view. - - The _Brooklyn_'s keel was laid in the summer of 1893, and she will - be finished next February, when she promises to be superior to any - cruiser afloat. After the launch I had a look at the United States - war-vessels _Indiana_, _Massachusetts_, and _Iowa_, and the - steamers _Curaçoa_ and _Comanche_. About two weeks later I again - visited Cramps' and went on board the _Brooklyn_. All over her were - men busy finishing her. I was also aboard the _Comanche_ and - _Paris_. The _Indiana_ and _Curaçoa_ were no longer in the yard, - and as the _Massachusetts_ was being repaired no one except the - employés were permitted on her. I expect to see the _Iowa_ - launched. On Saturday, October 5th, accompanied by a younger - brother and a friend, I visited the United States Navy-yard, which - is situated on League Island in the Delaware River. We saw the - monitors _Montauk_, _Canonicus_, _Mahopac_, _Manhattan_, _Lehigh_, - _Catskill_, _Jason_, and _Nahant_, which lay in the arm of the - Delaware that separates League Island from the mainland. For fully - an hour we clambered all over the monitors, which had but one - turret and two guns apiece, and we thought, as we left them, that - the _Catskill_ was the best. - - These monitors, as well as the ones we saw later, were in the civil - war, and since then, up to the middle of last August, when they - were ordered here, they have been lying in the James River, not far - from Richmond, Va. Crossing the island we went on board the - receiving-ship _Richmond_, where boys are "received" for the United - States Navy and then sent to Newport, R. I., to be instructed before - entering active service. We also saw the monitors _Miantonomoh_ and - _Ajax_. The former has two turrets, each containing two great guns. - Upon our giving him a "tip," a man showed us all over her, and - explained how her men and officers "bunked," how she was - ventilated, how her turrets were moved, how her guns were loaded - and fired, etc. After a jaunt of an hour or more over the island, - we wound up our visit with going on board the United States - dynamite cruiser _Vesuvius_, which we inspected in every part. - - I am much interested in naval matters, and am collecting, besides - stamps and autographs, pictures, scenes, etc, of the navies of the - world. I like Mr. W. J. Henderson's stories, especially "The Old - Sailor's Yarns," and _Afloat with the Flag_. Any one who is - interested in naval matters, and who would like to enter the Naval - Academy at Annapolis, I will give a sample of the style of entrance - examinations, and also a few hints. - - SIR JOHN H. CAMPBELL, JUN., K.R.T. - 413 SCHOOL LANE, GERMANTOWN, PHILA., PA. - - * * * * * - -Santa Barbara's Flower Festival. - - - I do not think that you have heard much of the yearly flower - carnival held in Santa Barbara. This city is noted for its large - and beautiful flowers and foliage, and also for semi-tropical - trees, such as palms, bananas, guavas, lemons, oranges, and - loquats. The festival lasts about three or four days, and comes - almost always in the middle of April. The one I am going to - describe is that of last April. Unfortunately about a week before - it the pavilion in which was to be the carnival ball was burned, - and with it all the flags, bunting, and other decorations. This - dampened the spirits of the people, but thanks to the help of some - of the prominent citizens, money was soon raised for the - decorations and a temporary pavilion was built. - - State Street, the main thoroughfare, was beautifully decorated, and - several arches spanned it. Tribunes were erected for a block and a - half, in which the people were to sit while the procession passed - by. The carnival opened on Monday. The first feature was the riding - at rings at the race-track. On Wednesday there was the flower show - at the pavilion, followed in the evening by a concert. On Thursday - the grand floral parade took place, and this was the gala day of - the carnival. Floats, spring wagons, surreys, phaetons, carts, and - horses were covered with flowers, and prizes were awarded to the - best-decorated vehicles. Friday night a grand flower ball took - place, opened by the French minuet in costume, and attended by a - number of United States naval officers of the United States cruiser - _Olympia_. - - SIR FREDRIC N. - CALIFORNIA. - - * * * * * - -A Bit about the Old Hall. - - - We visited Independence Hall one day while in Philadelphia. It was - most interesting. In one room were the portraits of all the men - that signed the Declaration. On the floor were the chairs that the - men sat in. In the hall there hung the great Liberty Bell "with - many a chip and crack." In the west room was the arch that - Washington walked under when in the house. - - In a case on the right of the door were a piece of Penn's elm, the - paper England tried to make us use before the Revolution, and some - old-fashioned money. On the left was the frame on which the Liberty - Bell used to hang. Right near it was a case with Lafayette's - epaulets In it, also a drum, a gun, a cannon-ball, and many other - things. We went out wishing we had more time to spend. Shall I - write again and tell you about our visit to Girard College? - - JULIAN BREITENSTEIN. - TIDIOUTE, PA. - -If you please. - - * * * * * - -The World and the Ancients Again. - - - Not long since the question was asked, "How the ancients knew there - were poles without having some idea of the roundness of the earth." - A phrase, _intonnere poli_, was quoted from Virgil which is - certainly translated "The poles resound with thunder." As I - interpret this it means the heavens thunder--the "heavens" being - symbolized by the "poles" upon which they were supposed to revolve. - According to the ancient idea the earth was a circular disk, above - which was the "starry vault of heaven," of solid metal, and below - which was the deep cave of Hades. - - Around the earth flowed the black waters of the River Ocean, and - beyond this the heavens met the lower world in much the same manner - as the one half of a hollow sphere joins the other. But the shape - was not spherical, it was elliptical, and this peculiar mass - whirled on an axis extending from the highest point of heaven down - through the centre of the earth to the lowest point of Hades. - Either extremity of this axis was a pole, hence the use of "poles" - for "heavens," but whether this axis was an imaginary one or - whether it is to be taken literally I have been unable to - ascertain. - - The earth was thus completely enveloped by the upper and lower - worlds, separated from them by strong horizontal pillars, and held - in its place by Atlas; but notwithstanding the fact that an axis - passed directly through it, the earth had no rotary motion; in - other words, the earth was in the interior of a spinning mass. - These are some of the most important facts, and I hope an answer to - the question. In looking over the Grecian and Roman mythology a - great many conflicting theories are noticed, and the ancient mind - appears to have been most unstable and unsatisfied in regard to the - idea of the construction and arrangement of the universe. - - PAUL A. SINSHEIMER. - SAN LUIS OBISPO, CAL. - - * * * * * - -Navajo Indians. - - - I am going to try and tell the readers a little about the Navajo - Indians, near whose reservation I live. The Navajos, as a rule, are - not a tall race, although there is one living about two miles from - town who is over six feet. His white friends call him "Lengthy." - The squaw who went to the World's Fair as being the best Navajo - blanket-maker of the tribe has two photographs, one of herself and - another squaw, and one of the Government Building which was at the - Fair, which she delights in showing to every one that goes to her - hut. She talks about "much people" whom she saw while there. - - Some of the Indians are quite old, but as active as when young. One - squaw has great-grandchildren who can do as much work in field or - house as a man. Three years ago la grippe came among them; but few - died, as they have a way of curing it which they will not reveal. - One man died who had curly black hair which came to his knees--the - only Indian ever known hereabouts to have curly hair. Between Fort - Defiance and here, about nine miles, there is a large hill which - was made by the Indians, who, as they went from one place to the - other, would throw, as they passed this spot, a stone, stick, or - handful of dirt on it, praying that they would accomplish their - journey in safety. - - It is seldom that those who have been to school for a year or two - live when they return to their tribe, because, after becoming used - to our food, they cannot live on their own, it being very poor and - insufficient. The Navajos live principally on corn, mutton, beans, - melons, and green pease, in their season, which they raise - themselves, besides tea, coffee, and sugar for those that can buy - or beg it. They have a bread made of a mixture of flour, meat, - water, and red pepper which has a very sharp taste. There are two - silversmiths in the tribe, who make buttons, belts, rings, bridles, - and bracelets out of silver money. One of them had his nose hurt on - the point, and he immediately filled it with clay and put plaster - over it, and now the skin has grown partly over it, giving him an - odd appearance indeed. - - The clothing of the men usually consists of one or more calico - shirts, cut and made by themselves, a pair of overalls, and - moccasins, with a blanket tied around the waist, which is worn at - all times, with a hat sometimes, and sometimes not. The squaw - usually has four or five calico dresses, either made by herself or - given to her by some white friend, with blanket and moccasins the - same as the men. They make no money except a few dollars or cents - now and then by doing small jobs, running errands, and selling - their beautiful blankets for half what they are worth. - - MARY D. TARR, R.T.L. - MANUELITO, N. M. - - * * * * * - -Geographical Hiding-places. - - -1, Find meat in an English river. 2, Find a mineral paint in American -mountains. 3, Find a small steamer in a European country. 4, Find a -floor-covering in a country of South America. 5, Find a destructive -animal in a New York watering-place. 6, Find a kind of clay in an -Atlantic sound. 7, Find a carriage in a lake. 8, Find a small carpet in -an Asiatic island. 9, Find small talk in an Asiatic sea. 10, Find a -discoverer in a continent. 11, Find a part of the foot in a Virginia -city. 12, Find a useful fowl in a city of New York. - -Answer.--1, T-_ham_-es. 2, C-_umber_-land. 3, Por-_tug_-al. 4, -U-_rug_-uay. 5, Sa-_rat_-oga. 6, Albe-_marl_-e. 7, Ni-_car_-agua. 8, -Su-_mat_-ra. 9, Kamt-_chat_-ka. 10, Am-_eric_-a. 11, W-_heel_-ing. 12, -Sc-_hen_-ectady. - - * * * * * - -Blue-fishing off Nantucket. - - - I have been to Nantucket two summers and have watched the fishing - that is carried on there at all times of the year. In the summer - the blue-fish are the ones most caught. They are taken in seines. - The men who fish with these seines are called seiners. The - blue-fish are caught at a place called Great Point, where the water - is very shoal. Great Point is about twelve miles from the town of - Nantucket, but it is a part of the island. - - A seiner starts from the town about 4 A.M. By law no net may be - used in the harbor or within a mile of the shore. When a seiner - sights a school of blue-fish he sends row boats out to surround the - school. As the nets are hauled into the sail-boat the blue-fish are - taken out and put in barrels. Sometimes one seiner gets as many as - a thousand blue-fish. The fish are then sent to New Bedford, where - they are loaded into "tank-ships." I have never seen a tank-ship in - Nantucket. - - F. A. JUDSON. - LANSINGBURG, N. Y. - - - - -[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. - - -Since "specialization" has become fashionable many stamps which have a -larger or smaller perforation, a different water-mark, or a decided -difference in shades of the same color, etc., have increased in value -enormously. For instance, the 4c. slate, Hong-Kong, perforated 14, is -worth 6c. used, or 8c. unused. The same stamp, perforated 12-1/2, is -worth $5 used, $50 unused, and hard to find even at those prices. The -cataloguing of all these minute varieties has resulted in lists which -simply bewilder the beginner, and in catalogues of 600 pages or more in -small type. These minute varieties are out of the reach of all except -the very rich collector. Some thirty-five dealers recognizing the needs -of the smaller collectors have united in issuing _The American Standard -Stamp-Catalogue_, which omits these "varieties," simply listing the -stamps in the regular colors, etc.; and I learn the demand for this -catalogue has been so great that the first edition was exhausted on the -day of publication. - - P. W. VARNEY.--This Department does not give dealers' names. The - gold dollar, 1849, is worth $1.50. - - F. BRENGLE.--The capped 2's of the 1890 issue are sold by dealers - at 10c. each. Immense quantities are on hand, as every one saved - them. - - G. W. SCHAICK--U.S. stamps issued previous to 1861 can _not_ be - used for postage. All others can. - - G. CARLISS.--The $1 and $2, present issue, can be bought cancelled - at half face. - - W. HILLES.--See the ROUND TABLE for December 17, 1895, and January - 14, 1896, for values of U.S. coins. Circulated coins of the last - seventy-five years have very little value beyond face. - - O. H. SAMPSON.--The coin is worth 5c., the "shin-plaster," 20c. - - W. G. WALDO.--The prices quoted are those asked by dealers. See - answer to W. Hilles. - - R. A. HAYES.--U. S. stamps cut in two and used on letters have no - postal value, and collectors do not care for them. - - F. C. SMALL.--There are literally millions of Roman coins in - existence. Every little while some one digs up a whole boxful. - Dealers sell many of these coins at 10c. each. - - L. HUBBARD.--The unused reprint of the 3c. 1869 U.S. is worth $15. - The reprint is on a different paper. It is worth about the same - used. - - E. C. WOOD.--A few of the 1875 reprints were used for postage, and - they can be used for postage to-day. No rule can be given, but as a - general thing, when the catalogue does not price a stamp in both - used and unused condition, the inference is that so few copies are - known that no definite market value has been established. Jefferson - and Perry. - - S. MANNING.--Defaced coins are worth metal value only; possibly - some such coins would be redeemed at face value at the Sub-Treasury - in New York. - - R. H. MARTIN.--I shall always be glad to examine any rare stamps, - but it is not worth the expense to send common or ordinary stamps. - - E. C. ALLEN.--Thank you for your courtesy, but I see all the new - stamps as soon as they reach New York. Re-engraved stamps have all - their lines deepened, and they lose the clear look of the - originals. - - ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBER.--Your coin is of private mintage. The initials - S.M.V. stand for "San Francisco Mint Value." The coin is worth - bullion only ($5). - - A. B. TAYLOR.--The 3c. 1869, unused, is worth 25c. The 1875 - reprint, unused, on a different paper, is worth $15. Many of the - 1869 issue were faintly grilled, or escaped grilling entirely. - - G. WILSON.--The foreign coins are worth metal value only. The - U. S. coin list was published in the ROUND TABLE for December 17, - 1895, and January 14, 1896. - - H. L. GRAND.--Scotland uses the stamps of Great Britain. The - Columbian 1c. to 15c. can be bought for 45c. used, $1 unused. - - R. SANDS.--The Massachusetts coin can be bought for $2. The 5c. - piece is worth face only, if it has been circulated. - - B. M.--The stamp you describe is one of the five or six varieties - of U.S. Revenues, of which hundreds of millions were used, hence no - value. - - PHILATUS. - - - - -[Illustration: IVORY SOAP] - - If art embroidery be soiled - And washed with common soap, 'tis spoiled; - But Ivory Soap preserves the hue - As brilliant and as fresh as new. - -Copyright, 1896, by The Procter & Gamble Co., Cin'ti. - - - - -PRINTING OUTFIT 10c. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration: G. A. R. 25c.] - -[Illustration: Brownies 10c.] - -For printing cards, marking linen, books, etc. Contains everything shown -in cut. Type, Tweezers, Holder, Indelible Ink, Ink Pad, etc. Thoroughly -practical for business or household use and a most instructive -amusement. Sent with catalogue illustrating over 1000 Tricks and -Novelties, for 10c. in stamps to pay postage and packing on outfit and -catalogue. Same outfit with figures 15c. Large outfit for printing two -lines 25c. - -=Brownie Rubber Stamps=--A set of 6 grotesque little people with ink pad; -price, postpaid, 10c. - -G. A. R. series Rubber Stamps, 12 characters. Makes all kinds of -Battles, Encampments and other military pictures, 25c. postpaid. Address - -ROBERT H. INGERSOLL & BRO. - -Dep't No. 62, - -65 Cortlandt St., New York. - - - - -BREAKFAST--SUPPER. - -EPPS'S - -GRATEFUL--COMFORTING. - -COCOA - -BOILING WATER OR MILK. - - - - -=A NEAT BOX=, containing 12 mineral specimens from Millard County, Utah, -including genuine gold and silver ore, copper, onyx, etc., postpaid to -any address for 25 cts. J. A. ROBINSON, Clear Lake, Utah. - - - - -PLAYS - -Dialogues, Speakers for School, Club and Parlor. Catalogue free. =T. S. -Denison=, Publisher, Chicago Ill. - - - - -[Illustration: THOMPSON'S EYE WATER] - - - - -HOOPING - -COUGH - -CROUP - -_Can be cured_ - -by using - -ROCHE'S HERBAL - -EMBROCATION - -The celebrated and effectual English cure, without internal medicine. W. -EDWARD & SON, Props., London, Eng. Wholesale, E. FOUGERA & CO., New York - - - - -DOLL CLOTHES - -Eleven Complete Patterns (all separate), for every article of Dolly's -clothing, with full directions for making, and one yard of fine lace, -all sent to any address for =only Ten Cents= (silver or stamps). Address - -DOLL SUPPLY HOUSE, East 51st St., Bayonne, N. J. - - - - -=MAKE MONEY= by writing stories. Our Literary Bureau is the Open Door. -Stamp for samples and particulars. CURRENT EVENTS, Cleveland, O. - - - - -CARDS - -FOR 1896. 50 Sample Styles AND LIST OF 400 PREMIUM ARTICLES FREE. -HAVERFIELD PUB. Co., Cadiz, Ohio. - - - - -POEMS BY MRS. SANGSTER - -Little Knights and Ladies - - Verses for Young People. By MARGARET E. SANGSTER. Illustrated. - 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. - -On the Road Home: - - Poems. By MARGARET E. SANGSTER. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, - Ornamental, $1.25. - -Home Fairies and Heart Flowers. - - Twenty Studies of Children's Heads. With Floral Embellishments, - Head and Tail Pieces, Initial Letters, etc., by FRANK FRENCH. With - Poems by MARGARET E. SANGSTER. 4to, Cloth, $6.00. (_In a Box._) - - * * * * * - -HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York - - - - -TOLD BY FLORENCE. - - -William J. Florence, the comedian, had a reputation for bright stories -and practical jokes. The following one is said to have been told by him -at a dinner one night, when the conversation turned on travelling -theatrical companies: - -"Years ago," said Florence, "I was in a small company skipping from town -to town. We had met with extremely bad luck up to our landing in the -town of D----. There we found the lowest ebb of all, for when the -curtain rolled up there were just two persons in the audience, a young -girl in an orchestra chair, and a young man in the front row of the -balcony. We went on with the performance, however, possibly to warm -ourselves more than anything else. According to my part, I was helping -the heroine to escape the clutches of the villain, and in one of my -lines I said, 'Have you noticed that even the bright moon is rising to -light us on our way.' Before she had time to reply, the young man in the -balcony called out, 'I am not so certain about the young lady -downstairs, but I can see it all right.'" - - * * * * * - -A LITTLE TOO ECONOMIC. - -A gentleman residing in New York recently hired a colored boy for a -valet. The boy proved a valuable acquisition in everything except one, -and that was his practice of economy. He was forever endeavoring to save -money for his employer. One day he was sent to get some letters stamped -and to post them. Upon his return the gentleman asked him if he had -attended to it all right. The boy replied, "I's found a lot of gemmen -getting stamps, and as they didn't charge them anything to put the -letters in the slot, I saved you twenty cents, 'cause I slipped yours in -without stamps." That colored boy was too economic, and he was dispensed -with. - - * * * * * - -An awkward man attempted to carve a turkey, and in so doing pushed it -from the platter to the floor. - -"There, now, we've lost our dinner," wailed his wife. - -"Oh no, we haven't; I've got my foot on it!" - - * * * * * - -BOBBY. "Boo! hoo! hoo!" (_fingering a big bump on his forehead._) "They -do give things the most 'diculous names. I don't see what they call that -bicycle a safety for." - - * * * * * - -CLASS IN NATURAL HISTORY. - -TEACHER. "Johnny, what do we call a creature with two legs?" - -JOHNNY. "A biped, ma'am." - -TEACHER. "Name one." - -JOHNNY. "A man, ma'am." - -TEACHER. "Are there any feathered bipeds?" - -JOHNNY. "Chickens and ostriches, ma'am." - -TEACHER. "That's right. Willie, what is a quadruped?" - -WILLIE. "A thing with four legs, ma'am." - -TEACHER. "Name one." - -WILLIE. "An elephant." - -TEACHER. "Are there any feathered quadrupeds?" - -WILLIE. "Yes, ma'am." - -TEACHER. "What?" - -WILLIE. "A feather-bed, ma'am." - - * * * * * - -A "PUPIL OF THE CELEBRATED MASCAGNI." - -Almost every boy and girl has heard of Pietro Mascagni, the composer of -_Cavalleria Rusticana_, made so famous in the world through its -beautiful intermezzo, and also through having the good fortune to be -sung by some of the most brilliant artists of the nineteenth century. -One day, when sitting in his study, an organ-grinder stopped below his -window, and began grinding out the intermezzo from the _Cavalleria_ so -rapidly that it could hardly be told from a jig. Mascagni jumped up in a -rage, and, rushing out, seized the handle of the organ, and played it -slowly, as it should be, explaining meanwhile that he was the author, -etc. This somewhat appeased the wrath of the organ-grinder, and before -Mascagni had finished, a broad smile illuminated his face. Shortly -afterwards Mascagni and some friends had the pleasure of passing the -same organ-grinder, and thereupon his organ was a large sign that read: -"Pupil of the Celebrated Mascagni." - - * * * * * - -RAILROAD REPARTEE. - -A very smart young man wishing to supply amusement for a group of young -ladies that accompanied him, accosted the conductor of a railroad train -as follows: - -"My dear conductor, what--er--do you call an up train!" - -"Why, a train that blows up, explodes, goes to smash--anything of that -sort." - -"Ah, yes, to be sure. And--er--what do you call a down train?" - -"Down train!--why, that's a train that goes down an embankment, or -through a trestle-work; has some sort of a fall, you know." - -The young ladies were laughing heartily at these answers, which -embarrassed the young man, and desperately pointing to the train they -were about to board, he asked, - -"And where might this train be going?" - -"Oh," replied the conductor, "we never agree to answer those questions -beforehand." - - * * * * * - -KIND-HEARTED PRESIDENT FAURE. - -Felix Faure, President of the French Republic, has made the hearts of -many of the little girls of his country beat with joy. It is one of his -practices to devote at least two mornings a week to visiting hospitals. -His visits are not of the hasty order, but much the other way, as he -spends time passing through the different wards, especially among the -sick children. One of his favorite questions is to ask the little -unfortunates what he can do for them, and in the case of little girls -the answer is invariably _une poupée_ (a doll). Then with a kind-hearted -smile President Faure takes out his pad and pencil and writes down the -child's desire. The next morning usually finds several boxes of dolls at -the hospital, all of them very handsome. It is said that his generosity -has already cost him over one thousand dolls since he has occupied the -Presidential chair. - - - - -THE TRICK BEAR AND THE PUNCHING-BAG. - -(_A Comedy in four Acts._) - -[Illustration: 1.] - -[Illustration: 2.] - -[Illustration: 3.] - -[Illustration: 4.] - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Harper's Round Table, March 3, 1896, -Vol. XVII., No. 853, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, MARCH *** - -***** This file should be named 54520-8.txt or 54520-8.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/4/5/2/54520/ - -Produced by Annie R. 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McGuire - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#A_STOLEN_COURT-HOUSE">A STOLEN COURT-HOUSE.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_CARE_OF_A_GUN">THE CARE OF A GUN.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_AMERICAN_NIGHTS_ENTERTAINMENTS">THE AMERICAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS.</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="#RICK_DALE">RICK DALE.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_COURAGE_AND_ENDURANCE_OF_ARCTIC_ANIMALS">THE COURAGE AND ENDURANCE OF ARCTIC ANIMALS.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#LITTLE_SCARECROW">LITTLE SCARECROW.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#FROM_CHUM_TO_CHUM">FROM CHUM TO CHUM.</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_421" id="Page_421">[Pg 421]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 800px;"> -<img src="images/ill_001.jpg" width="800" height="266" 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, MARCH 3, 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>. 853.</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: 800px;"><a name="A_STOLEN_COURT-HOUSE" id="A_STOLEN_COURT-HOUSE"></a> -<img src="images/ill_002.jpg" width="800" height="539" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h2>A STOLEN COURT-HOUSE.</h2> - -<h3>BY GEORGE MEASON WHICHER.</h3> - -<p>Father limped across the dirt floor of our sod house, and painfully sat -down on the edge of his bunk. "Boys," he said, with a little groan, "I -guess you'll have to go after that Durham bull. My rheumatism is so bad -I can't stir!"</p> - -<p>"To-night?" asked Barney, eagerly, giving his book a shove.</p> - -<p>"Who told you where he is?" I asked, hoping for time enough to look up -one more word.</p> - -<p>"They've sent word from Hermann's that he's been around there ever since -that last herd came in from the South. They're going to move on early -to-morrow, and I'm afraid we'll never see him if we don't get him -to-night. Those drovers don't frighten off cattle that insist on going -along."</p> - -<p>"Which Hermann's is it?" I asked again. "The ranch south of Alkali?"</p> - -<p>"You'd better not be caught calling their town Alkali," interrupted -Barney. "They're touchier than ever about it since we got the -county-seat away from them last election."</p> - -<p>"That's the place," answered father; "and I reckon it doesn't take much -of the potash out of their land to quit calling the town Alkali. No more -will they get their county-seat back again by calling the place -Fairlands."</p> - -<p>I thrust my Cæsar under the brush thatch of our house where it joined -the sod wall. Barney was rummaging in his bunk and preparing for the -trip with unmistakable pleasure. He had not mourned greatly when -father's health had compelled us to leave our home in far-off Illinois -and settle in western Nebraska. But I had disliked to fall out of my -class in the Pana High-school, and now, after working all summer on our -claim, I was spending the fall and winter evenings in making up some of -the neglected studies, with the secret hope that father would be well -enough to spare me the next year.</p> - -<p>"You can get Otto to lend you his ponies and go with you," went on -father. "Take the lower trail to the ranch, so's not to go through -Alkali. They've been feeling pretty ugly toward people from up here -anyway since election, and I hear there's been a row about it this week -and another of their men killed. And you be careful, Milton, and don't -let Barney get into any trouble with the cowboys at the ranch. They're a -dare-devil set; I wouldn't let you boys go if I could help it."</p> - -<p>We did not hear all of this speech, I am afraid, for Barney was trying -to get his revolver into his pocket without attracting father's -attention, and I was still struggling with a subjunctive in the speech -of Ariovistus. But we were soon ready for our short walk to Otto's claim -in the section adjoining ours, and slightly nearer the little town of -Garfield. Otto was our nearest neighbor, an honest, hard-working German, -who had given us much assistance in the difficult work of settling on -our claim, and had now promised father to go with us and recover our -precious but troublesome Durham bull.</p> - -<p>It must have been ten o'clock when we clattered across<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_422" id="Page_422">[Pg 422]</a></span> the long board -bridge over the Platte, and rode on through the short main street in -Garfield, the newly chosen capital of Black Ash County. We reached the -end of the street and were about to turn west into the wagon-trail -leading to Fairlands, or Alkali, as her triumphant rival persisted in -calling the town.</p> - -<p>"What's that new shanty?" asked Barney, pointing to a small building as -we rode past. It could not have been more than twelve feet wide and -twenty feet long, but the gable end facing the street was masked by the -hideous square front of pioneer architecture, and from the top of the -unpainted pine cornice fluttered three or four cheap flags.</p> - -<p>"T'at's t'e new court-house," explained Otto, proudly. "T'e sheriff is -alreaty yesterday mit his posse to Alkali gone, und pring t'e gounty -pooks pack."</p> - -<p>"Did he bring back his posse?" asked Barney.</p> - -<p>"Mostly," said Otto, with a grin; "some, t'ey ko on weiter."</p> - -<p>The county-seat feud was a serious matter to the settlers in the towns -concerned, but Otto, like ourselves, could see a ludicrous side to it.</p> - -<p>"I'll wager the Alkali gang burn it down," said Barney, as we left the -court-house behind us. "They're bound to do something to get even."</p> - -<p>Otto did not reply. On we cantered over the long swells of the prairie, -the night wind blowing fresh and cold in our faces, while the frost -sparkled on the russet and brown grasses along the hard trail. Far off -we caught the shimmer of the moonlight on a "blow-out," where the light -soil showed at the crumbling edge of a bluff, and nearer at hand, on the -lowlands, we could see the straggling line of telegraph poles that -marked the line of the railroad.</p> - -<p>We had ridden about half of our eight miles when Otto, who was leading, -suddenly halted. Before us lay a deep draw, as the dry hollows between -the ridges of the prairie are called. At the bottom of the slope, just -where the trail to Hermann's ranch joined the main road, stood a group -of men and horses. The latter were mostly harnessed to two elongated -lumber wagons, while their drivers and one or two horsemen were gathered -around a small fire of cattle chips and sage-brush. We could hear their -loud talk and laughter as we stood looking down upon them. Suddenly they -became silent.</p> - -<p>"T'ey see us alreaty," said Otto. "Kome on, poys."</p> - -<p>"Whar you'uns goin' this time o' day?" demanded one of the men, as we -rode up and saluted them. We recognized the speaker as Arkansaw Joe, a -saloon-keeper in Fairlands of no particular reputation. Most of his -companions evidently belonged to the same profession, though not so -eminent as their leader; but the horsemen, I felt sure, were cowboys -from the ranch to which we were going. Otto briefly explained our -errand.</p> - -<p>"It's only that Dutchman from beyond Garfield and the two tenderfoot -kids," spoke another of the group. "I reckon they're all right."</p> - -<p>Any foreigner is a Dutchman to a certain class of Americans. Otto had -long since grown tired of explaining that he came from Bavaria, and no -longer chafed against the classification. We were not so satisfied, but -it did not seem wise to argue about it just then.</p> - -<p>"You'll have a dandy time with that critter of yourn," remarked one of -the ranchmen. "Hermann's picketed him for you, and he's tearin' mad. -It'll be a regular circus to see you git him back."</p> - -<p>"Wat you t'ink, Milt?" said Otto. "We ko pack for t'e fat'er—nit?"</p> - -<p>"I 'low you'uns'll go straight on," interposed Arkansaw, meaningly. -"We'uns are usin' this here trail to the east to-night, and it's all -needed. 'Sides, the kids 'ud miss the fun with the Durham."</p> - -<p>There was no mistaking this hint, and we took the trail for the ranch, -Otto evidently worried, and Barney boiling over with indignation.</p> - -<p>"Kids!" he exclaimed, scornfully, as we rode up the other side of the -draw. "I'd like to show them—"</p> - -<p>The rest remained unsaid, for down the trail came a jingling crowd of -cowboys, and looking back as they rode past us, we saw them join the -group around the fire.</p> - -<p>"What on earth are they up to, Otto?" I asked. He shook his head -soberly. Mischief was brewing, and we longed to ride back and see what -was about to happen, but Otto and I at least recognized the danger of -such a plan after the warning we had received.</p> - -<p>Our thoughts were effectually diverted from this topic when we reached -the ranch. The bull was not an amiable beast on ordinary occasions, and -we found him in one of his wildest moods. His bellowings had attracted a -score of stray cattle from the outskirts of the ranch, and they were -standing beyond the reach of his horns as he strained on his picket -rope, and they were pawing the ground, pretending to gore one another, -until the bull was wild with rage. It took Otto a long time to get a -second rope around his horns, and meanwhile Barney and I, by the -vigorous use of our quirts, scattered the mavericks over the prairie. -The end of the picket rope was then fastened to my saddle, and we began -our struggle toward home. Again and again the bull would lower his horns -and make a desperate charge at one of his captors, only to be jerked to -his knees by the other. At times he would stand bellowing and snorting -until Barney rode up and plied the lash, when he would plunge ahead like -a runaway locomotive. Only the nimble-footed, long-suffering broncos -could or would have endured the wild work. To increase our trouble the -stray cattle kept close behind us. Many times they came so close that -Otto and I were compelled to halt and hold the bull, while Barney, with -hoarse shouts and language as abusive as he dared use, drove them back.</p> - -<p>It was nearly dawn when we halted for this purpose on the edge of the -large draw where we had seen the mysterious gathering. As I watched -Barney dispersing our troublesome followers, I heard Otto muttering to -himself some polysyllabic imprecation on cattle in general and the -Durham bull in particular, and then he stopped short with a gasp of -surprise. Over the ridge on the other side of the draw there struggled -into sight two parallel columns of puffing horses, and then there slowly -climbed against the ruddy eastern sky the outlines of a building. Even -in that imperfect light we recognized it at the first glance as the -court-house deprived of its flags.</p> - -<p>"Ach, du liebe Zeit!" gasped Otto. "T'ey shteal t'e gourt-house!"</p> - -<p>It had been an easy task to shift it from its flimsy under-pinning to -the lumber wagons, and the horses had dragged it with little difficulty -over the smooth prairie. When necessary, the cowboys had helped pull by -fastening their lariats to the sill, and the party had probably reached -the draw with less exertion than we. I heard the sharp clank of the -drag-chains as they prepared to descend the slope.</p> - -<p>"Where on earth are the Garfielders?" said I, and as I spoke we heard -the crack of a revolver from beyond the ridge. The cowboys unfastened -their ropes, and hurried back yelling like fiends and firing their -six-shooters into the air. Afar off the solitary church bell at Garfield -began to jingle wildly.</p> - -<p>"Sound the tocsin!" shouted Barney, abandoning his chase and riding back -to see the fun. "What ho! Garfield to the rescue!"</p> - -<p>But it was only too apparent that the town had been taken by surprise, -and had few champions in the field as yet. The shots grew fainter, and -in another minute the cowboys came over the ridge laughing and swearing -at the top of their voices, and rode down to help the teams up the -slope.</p> - -<p>"Good-by court-house, if they once get her past the draw!" I exclaimed.</p> - -<p>"Geewilikins!" said Barney, "I'd like to give 'm a shot," and he began -tugging at his pocket.</p> - -<p>"Shtop t'at!" shrieked Otto. "You fool poy, mint t'em shteers!"</p> - -<p>But it was too late. Down the trail behind us thundered the cattle. The -bull gave a bellow, and started down into the draw. Taken off our guard, -Otto and I were dragged helplessly after him, while Barney, giving an -Ogallalla war-whoop, fired his revolver as rapidly as he could. The air -fairly quivered with Otto's expostulations, addressed now to the bull -and now to the "verfluchte kid." On we swept<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_423" id="Page_423">[Pg 423]</a></span> in a mad race, and -yielding to a wild impulse, I gave forth my most blood-curdling yells. I -saw, rather than heard, the startled oaths of the teamsters. In the next -moment their horses were plunging and kicking as they heard the roar of -the angry Durham charging down upon them. There was a snapping of -harness and a breaking of axles as the teams swerved sharply apart, and -the new court-house rolled majestically over on its side with a crash of -broken windows. On we dashed, a tangle of horses and men, in the wake of -the bull, with a score of crazy cattle bringing up our rear. Before the -cowboys could recover from their surprise we were upon them. With a -snort of defiance the bull toppled over every horse he could reach, and -ploughed his way through the crowd of squealing broncos, dragging us -after him. As the horsemen scattered I saw Arkansaw Joe rolling out of a -cactus-bed, while his bronco fled in the direction of Alkali.</p> - -<p>"Too bad to spoil our circus!" yelled Barney, as he swept past with a -grin. We reached the top of the slope, leaving our cattle train to amuse -our dismounted adversaries.</p> - -<p>"Cut t'at lariat," shouted Otto, "and git home."</p> - -<p>We urged our ponies to their topmost speed, for we knew only too well -what to expect when the cowboys should have had an opportunity to load -their revolvers. Had they not been empty when we made our charge, we -should hardly have escaped so easily. Luckily we were well out of range -by the time they reached the top of the draw. They galloped after us -about a mile, shouting and firing, until they saw us join a group of -horsemen who had ridden out from Garfield. Others were hurrying up, and -we were soon surrounded by a crowd of indignant citizens. We quickly -told what had happened. In a short time the force was thought large -enough to proceed to the rescue of the court-house, and in spite of -Otto's remonstrance, Barney and I turned back with them. But long before -we reached the scene of our adventure a column of smoke told us the fate -of the stolen building. There was nothing left to do when we rode up to -the blazing pile but to vow vengeance on the thieves, and resolve to -keep a better watch hereafter. When we arrived at our home we found that -the bull had preceded us, much to father's surprise. While I got -breakfast for the family, Barney gleefully related our adventure, and -finished by declaring that the bull ought to be immortalized in history -together with the geese that saved the Capitol. Father looked grave, and -warned us not to go near Alkali. We did not go, except once; but that, -as Mr. Kipling says, is another story.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="THE_CARE_OF_A_GUN" id="THE_CARE_OF_A_GUN">THE CARE OF A GUN.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY H. H. BENSON.</h3> - -<p>Aside from the pride and satisfaction which every sportsman should take -in keeping his favorite weapon bright and free from spots, inside and -out, it pays to keep a gun clean. The residue left in the barrel after -firing contains acids, which will soon eat "pits" or spots in the metal, -and when once started, it is almost impossible to prevent them -increasing in size and number. When badly pitted, the recoil is -increased by the roughness in the barrel. A gun can be cleaned by the -following directions. The cleaning-rod should have at least three -tools—a wool swab, a wire scratch-brush, and a wiper to run rags -through. Have plenty of water at hand—warm if you have it, if not cold -will do nicely. Put the swab on the rod, and some water in a tin basin -or wooden pail. By placing one end of the barrel in the water, you can -pump it up and down the barrel with the swab. When it is discolored take -fresh water, squeeze out the swab in it, and repeat the operation, until -the water comes from the barrel as clear as it went in. If the gun has -stood overnight, or longer, since using, it is best to put on the -scratch-brush after the first swabbing, and a few passes with this will -remove any hardened powder or leading. The next step is to fill the -wiper with woollen or cotton rags, and dry the barrel thoroughly. When -one set becomes wet take another, until they come from the barrel -perfectly dry. Then stand the barrel on end on a heated stove, changing -it from end to end, taking care that it does not become overheated. By -the time it is well warmed up, the hot air from the stove will have -dried out every particle of moisture left in the barrel. If no stove is -at hand, the last set of drying rags used must be plied vigorously up -and down the barrel until it becomes quite warm from the friction. -Drying is the most important part of cleaning, and if the least particle -of moisture is left in the barrel it will be a rust spot the next time -the gun is taken from its case. The gun may now be oiled, inside and -out, with sewing-machine oil or gun grease, which can be had in any -gun-store. The woollen rags used for greasing soak up a great deal of -oil, and should be dropped into the gun cover for future use.</p> - -<p>Cartridges can be bought ready loaded, by hand or machinery, but most -sportsmen prefer to load their own, for several reasons. They find it -much cheaper, and the shells can be loaded to suit each one's individual -notion.</p> - -<p>In regard to the safe handling of guns, almost all rules centre in that -of always carrying the gun in such a way that if it should be -accidentally discharged it would do no harm. If this rule is borne in -mind, and strictly obeyed in the beginning, it becomes a habit, and is -followed intuitively. The gun may be carried safely on either shoulder, -or in the hollow of either arm, with a sharp upward slant. When -momentarily expecting a bird to rise, and obliged to have the gun -cocked, it should be carried across the breast with a sharp upward slope -to the left. This is the only way the gun should be carried cocked. A -breech-loader is so easily unloaded that there is no excuse for getting -into a wagon or boat, or going around a house, without unloading. Never -hand a loaded gun to any one who asks to look at it. Whenever you pick -up any kind of a gun to examine it, always open it and see if it is -loaded, and the habit will grow so that you will do this almost without -knowing it. It seems needless to say never pull a gun toward you by the -muzzle through a fence or out of a boat or wagon, yet the violation of -this rule is the cause of more accidents than anything else. Never climb -a fence with your gun cocked.</p> - -<p>In learning the art of shooting on the wing—and this is the only way in -which a shot-gun should be used—the following suggestions may be of -some help, but no amount of printed directions can teach you to shoot. -Practice is the best teacher. Nine out of ten young sportsmen shoot too -quickly. A game bird rises with a startling whir of the wing (and -sometimes when least expected), which gives the idea that he is making -much greater speed than he really is. Beginners are apt to become -excited, and throw up the gun anywhere in that direction, and blaze away -with no definite aim. For this reason it is best to begin with -blackbirds, ricebirds, and rails.</p> - -<p>In almost every shot it is necessary to hold ahead of the bird, to allow -for the time it takes to explode the cartridge and throw the shot to the -bird. Even in this short space of time a cross-flying bird would be -safely out of the shot circle if you aimed right at him. If a bird flies -straight away from you, neither rising nor dropping, you should aim -right at it. If flying straight across, you should hold well ahead of -it. If quartering, still hold ahead, but less.</p> - -<p>Many will ask how far to hold ahead, and this is a difficult question to -answer accurately, as we have no means of knowing just how far ahead we -do hold. One might say six feet and another six inches. What might -appear to be an inch at the muzzle of the gun might really be a foot in -front of a bird forty yards away. It must be learned by experience, and -when accustomed to it the aim will be taken almost instantly, governed -by the direction of flight, the speed of the bird, and the distance from -the shooter.</p> - -<p>It is best to ask permission of the owner to shoot over his land. You -will seldom be refused, and will frequently be given permission to shoot -over land which is posted "No Shooting." The land-owners know that it is -the lawless hoodlums who do them damage.</p> - -<p>Every true sportsman strictly obeys the game laws, and it is to his -advantage to do so, although in many States the laws are practically a -dead letter. Shooting out of season has nearly killed the game in many -localities, when it would still be abundant if the game laws had been -observed.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_424" id="Page_424">[Pg 424]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="THE_AMERICAN_NIGHTS_ENTERTAINMENTS" id="THE_AMERICAN_NIGHTS_ENTERTAINMENTS">THE AMERICAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS.</a></h2> - -<h3>THE KITE MASQUERADE.</h3> - -<h3>BY EMMA J. GRAY.</h3> - -<p>March had come in like a lion, but, contrary to the old prediction, was -going out in the same fashion. At least, so thought Dick Atwater as he -violently pulled his friend Joe Jacobs's door bell. Only a second or -two, and the door opened, when, rapidly passing through, he bounded up -two staircases, and in response to a hasty knock, was joyfully welcomed -in Joe's den, room, sanctum, or whatever the third-floor front might be -denominated.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 338px;"> -<img src="images/ill_003.jpg" width="338" height="600" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>"Hello, old chap!" was the cheery, familiar greeting. "What's up now? -for that some scheme's afloat I know"; and immediately Joe commenced to -laugh, though, had any one inquired what at, he could not have told, -unless it was the merry twinkle in Dick's eyes—enough to make a judge -laugh, much less a rollicking, good-natured boy—the hale-fellow -sort—and Dick's boon companion and greatest friend.</p> - -<p>So, without further parley, the two boys sat down opposite to each -other, one face all expectancy, knowing he was to hear something awfully -jolly; the other all animation, for so sure he was that he was about to -unfold a really taking scheme.</p> - -<p>And this is what Joe heard: "You know April-fool's day will soon be -here, and as it's blowing great guns now, I don't imagine that all the -wind will die down by that time. So my plan is to give a kite masquerade -on the afternoon of that day."</p> - -<p>"Fine!" and Joe Jacobs immediately jumped up to get out his new -"sky-scraper," as he called it, though it was altogether perfect; kite, -tail, string, everything was there, and his friend Dick had seen it -possibly fifty times before. But the simple thought of anything novel in -the kite line seemed too much for Joe's excitable temperament; besides, -he was very proud of this kite; it was brand-new, and none of the -fellows, if we will except Dick, knew that he had it.</p> - -<p>So Joe, having gotten out his kite, again sat down, and with his -treasure in hand, holding it scrutinizingly up, looking at it most -attentively—indeed, surveying it backwards, forwards, every sort of a -way, even to an occasional unwinding and winding again of the string, -and unfastening of the tail—he yet was full of inquiry to discover -more. And as for Dick, he talked as excitedly, rapidly, and earnestly as -if Joe was as still as the Sphinx. He was not in the very least nervous -or ruffled, so entirely does one boy understand another. The scheme was -to give the exhibition in the lot in which they played baseball, and, as -Dick said, "Wear costumes, with masks, and we'll have lots of fun -fooling one another—just the sport for the 1st of April." And then he -added, "We'll tell the fellows to-morrow; I'm not afraid but what -they'll join us, and they can do as they like about their clothes, but -we'll dress each other up, Joe. What do you say to that for a fool -trick?" and a quick slap on the shoulder added emphasis to the boy's -enthusiasm.</p> - -<p>"It's immense, that's what I think, and our kites are boss too. I wonder -if they'll suspect who we are?"</p> - -<p>"Not if I can help it."</p> - -<p>"I say, what will we wear, though, Dick? I don't care how ridiculous I -make myself."</p> - -<p>"I know you don't; and I've thought you might go as an old soldier. -There is your father's cast-off suit—how would that do?"</p> - -<p>"But there's some difference in our size."</p> - -<p>"Well," laughed his friend, "about a hundred or so pounds. But that will -go for nothing when I get hold of the wadding. What fun I'll have -stuffing you! Fortunately your height's about right. I say, though, Joe, -you'd better wear a mask with a big gray beard, Santa Claus fashion, and -that will cover over any wrinkles there might be about the neck. And -don't forget the sabre. Go as a sure-enough soldier, or don't go as a -soldier at all. And for myself, there is always so much talk about my -leanness, gaunt, hungry-looking style, that I shall wear the costume of -a real down-East Yankee; and in order to make myself look taller than -ever I shall ask my sister to sew several red cloth stripes down my -trouser legs, long-tailed coat, and vest."</p> - -<p>"You'll be a sight for mortal eye," complimented Joe, laughing so -heartily that he lost his balance and rolled off his chair full length -onto the new kite, which, however, was not in the least hurt by this -fantastic antic.</p> - -<p>"I hope I will. I want to be a sight. And say, Joe, where do you suppose -I can borrow a tall gray beaver hat and a big"—and he held his hands at -arms'-length apart—"red cotton handkerchief?"</p> - -<p>"I can get you the bandanna right enough, but the hat's a poser." And -Joe screwed up his mouth thoughtfully awhile; then, with a triumphant -nod, said: "I've got it. Go to Dr. Worth; he always wears 'em, and keeps -'em, too, for centuries almost. I once saw a whole stock of them on the -top shelf in his store-room. He'll let us have one all right enough, -I'll wager."</p> - -<p>"That's good, and I'll get the dudest style of false face too, for I -mean to be a dandy; and our fun—well, it will beat a house afire."</p> - -<p>After a little more laughter, comment, and explanation, the boys began -to talk about a game that Joe had learned the year before while in -Germany, and that both the boys thought would be a good thing to follow -the masquerade.</p> - -<p>"What did you say it was called?"</p> - -<p>"Schlaglaufen."</p> - -<p>"My jaw is broken," and Dick rapidly raised his left<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_425" id="Page_425">[Pg 425]</a></span> hand, laying it -with a piteous cry across his lower jaw.</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_004.jpg" width="400" height="260" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>At this action Joe gave him a sharp look; and then came the words. "You -needn't be so gay," and again the boys laughed merrily, Joe afterwards -adding, "Well, another name for the game, and a much more pronounceable -one, is 'Running for the Cap,' because a post is fixed in the ground, -and on it a cap is placed and run for. The boys must be equally divided; -one set is called catchers, the other runners, and these sets must stand -fifty yards apart. The catchers' position is thirty yards from the post, -and the runners' twenty. The call, one, two, three, is given, and on the -second three is spoken one boy from each party runs to the post. The -runner will naturally get there first, and he has to put the cap on his -head, and then replace it. He must do this with the utmost rapidity, as, -should the catcher overtake him on his way back to the position which he -held before starting to run, the boy becomes the catcher's prisoner, and -can no longer play."</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_005.jpg" width="400" height="343" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>The rest of the time Dick spent in Joe's room was given to -marble-playing. Both boys were experts, and it was oftener than -otherwise a tie game rather than that either boy could honestly be -counted as being ahead of the other. Indeed, so evenly they played, it -was a great delight to play without other boys being in the game, and, -therefore, whenever there was opportunity, they, so to speak, challenged -each other. Joe's floor was carpeted in a square pattern measuring six -inches each way. Having selected a convenient square, an agate was -placed in each of three angles, counting the nearest one ten, the middle -twenty, and the other thirty. Two marbles were then rolled from the -fourth angle, the inside marble being on the angle, the other -immediately back of it, the object being to hit each agate with both -marbles. For this five shots were allowed. When done the numbers were -counted and the agates replaced for the next player. This amusement was -succeeded by the three following games:</p> - -<p><i>The Bagatelle-board Count Game.</i>—Chalk a floor or mark a space in -exact copy of a bagatelle board ten feet long by three wide. In the -enclosure, at correct distances, mark the numbers; this may be done with -chalk, or the numbers may be painted on thin wooden blocks and laid in -position. Each player must start his marble at the extreme left-hand -corner, and state before starting the number he wishes to roll to. -Should the marble go to that number, and not roll on so as to touch -another, the player counts the number selected, and can then state -another number and play for that, and can so continue for seven minutes, -provided his marble always hits the number selected, and though rolling -on, does not touch or stop at any other. When his time is up his count -is scored, and the next player follows, subject to the same rules. -Should the marble stop on the number selected, it is counted double in -favor of the player. Again, should the marble, having reached the -selected number, still roll on and touch another, no count is allowed, -and the player must stop until his turn comes again.</p> - -<p><i>Five-arch Discount Game.</i>—A strip of wood two inches thick, five -inches wide, and one yard long will be required. In this cut five -arches, making the centre one four inches in width, the others three -inches each; stand it up on the floor or on a table, and make the -starting-point six feet away. Four marbles may be rolled by each player. -When a marble goes through the centre arch it counts sixty, but if, -instead, it goes through either of the small arches, thirty is counted -off. If a marble fails to pass through either, it is counted out of the -game, and must be removed. The next turn around the player will use only -three instead of four marbles. The boy who has the highest tally has -won; should there be a tie they must roll again.</p> - -<p>This game requires practice, or some players will find that they have -lost more than they have made.</p> - -<p><i>Circle Game.</i>—Make a target of brown wrapping-paper, and put the -number 100 on the bull's eye. Outside of this mark five rings, making -the largest one two feet in diameter, the others proportionately -smaller. Inside of these rings put the numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, the -centre as stated, being 100. Mark out a space on the ground for a base -five feet away; place the target on the ground, blindfold a player, lead -him to the base, turn him around twice, and leave him facing the target. -He is now entitled to roll three marbles, and then remove the blindfold. -His count will be the added numbers in the rings at which his marbles -have stopped. Should any of them stop on a line, he is entitled to the -largest number adjoining. No marbles must be moved, and each boy has the -privilege of trying the ground once with each marble, before being -blindfolded.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>At the Zoological Garden Railway Station, in Berlin, a restaurant has -been opened where rolls of bread and various kinds of eatables, etc., -are dispensed automatically. On depositing in the slots ten-pfennig -pieces or fifty-pfennig pieces—according to the kind of refreshment -required—the apparatus delivers either rolls of bread or glasses filled -with drinkables—cups of coffee, tea, cocoa, etc. The bread rolls are of -different kinds, each kind being in a separate glass machine. In front -of them is a marble counter, and before each machine is a plate. When a -ten-pfennig piece is dropped into the slot the plate sinks below the -surface of the counter, and a roll of bread glides into it. The -restaurant has lately been thronged with customers. On one single Sunday -20,000 glasses and cups were paid for and emptied by the public, and -8000 penny rolls were demanded, and for the most part eaten.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_426" id="Page_426">[Pg 426]</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 XXI.</h3> - -<h3>WHAT LED TO IT.</h3> - -<p>When George had left Rivington seated in his chaise on the Paulus Hook -Turnpike, he walked on down the narrow lane to which the path had led -him. A number of small houses stood there close together.</p> - -<p>An old man was chopping wood in the back yard of the fifth house. -Although it was cold, he was in his shirt sleeves, and the blows of his -axe were sharp and lusty.</p> - -<p>George, coming along the fence, observed him for some time before he -spoke. Then he cleared the rails with a left-handed vault, and -approached closer. The old man had stopped his chopping, and George saw -that he had but one leg.</p> - -<p>"Good-morning!" George said, quietly. "God save our country!"</p> - -<p>"Amen!" was the answer.</p> - -<p>It was the patriot greeting.</p> - -<p>"Will you help me?" went on George. "I have escaped from prison in New -York."</p> - -<p>"You are blunt in the telling of it," said the kindly voice—there was a -twinkle in the sharp black eyes—"and I will be blunt in my answer. <i>I -will.</i> But come into the house. The door-yard is no place for the -discussion of state secrets."</p> - -<p>When the door had closed behind them, the old man had looked at George's -clothes with interest.</p> - -<p>"Were you in the hulks?" he asked. "I should judge not."</p> - -<p>"No," returned George; "I was in the sugar-house prison, on Vine Street, -and was treated fairly well."</p> - -<p>"Friends at court, eh?" suggested the old man, bobbing quickly over to a -window and letting the light into the room.</p> - -<p>"Ay," said George, "and they helped me to escape. I will talk bluntly -again. I am a Lieutenant in the Thirteenth New Jersey Infantry, and was -despatched to New York on special business. I was captured, held -prisoner, and would now return to my command at Morristown."</p> - -<p>"What's the news in town?" asked the old man.</p> - -<p>"You hear but little in prison, but there are rumors that General Howe -is lazy," George answered.</p> - -<p>"'Tis a frightful scandal," chuckled his host, who had now bobbed to the -other side of the room, and was taking down some cold meat and a loaf of -bread from the cupboard.</p> - -<p>A door opened, and a young girl came from an inner room. She gave a -little exclamation as she saw that her grandfather had some one with -him.</p> - -<p>"Another defender to assist," said the old man, briskly.</p> - -<p>"Oh!" said the girl, smiling. "And what can we do for him?"</p> - -<p>"Send him on his way rejoicing," was the answer. "Come, sir," he added; -"break bread with us, and I will drive you out of the Debatable District -and start you on your journey."</p> - -<p>George murmured his thanks.</p> - -<p>"No need of that," said the old man; "you are giving us a privilege. -Harness the old mare, Minnie, lass," he said. "No, don't move. She's as -handy as a whip about a stable," he added, as George had arisen.</p> - -<p>The young girl flushed, and patted her grandfather on the shoulder as -she passed.</p> - -<p>"It will be ready in a minute," she said, glancing at George out of the -corner of her eye.</p> - -<p>"Put her to the sledge, and toss some hay in the bottom of it," called -the old gaffer after her. "I am afraid I shall have to take you part of -the way as cargo," he said, turning, and at the same time filling a -pewter mug full of cool fresh milk. "There's the drink that keeps one -young," he added, pouring out another for himself.</p> - -<p>The sledge was waiting in the wood-shed, and George was soon covered -with the light load of hay.</p> - -<p>"We have some suspicious neighbors hereabouts," said the girl, as she -lightly tossed the cover so as to conceal the young officer's form. -"Good-by, and an easy journey to you."</p> - -<p>"Good-by, and a thousand thanks," came the answer from the depths of the -hay.</p> - -<p>"G'long, Molly," said the old man, and the sledge slipped over the -shavings into the snowy road.</p> - -<p>They jogged along for an hour or so, when it became evident to George -that they had left the beaten track and were going through deeper snow.</p> - -<p>"Whoa up, old sweetheart! Back! back! 'Sh! 'sh!" called the driver, -reining in. "Jump out," he said. "Here's where we change."</p> - -<p>They were drawn up alongside of an old log barn in the midst of a -clearing in the woods.</p> - -<p>George struggled from his hiding-place.</p> - -<p>Searching in the hay, his benefactor drew forth a saddle.</p> - -<p>"It is impossible for you to walk, and you must take old Molly and jog -along as best you can. You will have to accept a loan of her, Mr. -Lieutenant. Fifteen miles from here you will find Lyons Farms. Ask for -the house of Pastor Hinchley. You can be as blunt with him as you were -with me. Leave the old mare there. Mr. Hinchley will set you on your -way, and you can proceed on foot. If I am not mistaken, there are some -of our gallant lads not many miles to the westward of Short Hills."</p> - -<p>"To whom should I be thankful?" inquired George, quite overcome.</p> - -<p>"To the Lord Almighty and His humble servant Peter Wissinck, very much -at your service. My ancestor it was who settled the island of -Manhattan."</p> - -<p>The old man had said this proudly.</p> - -<p>"That is an honor indeed," replied George, lifting his hat.</p> - -<p>"Yes," said the old man, "I am as Dutch as blue china plate. Dutch -backbone and Yankee heart—that's a good combination for you!"</p> - -<p>"Good indeed," said George. "But pray tell me how you are going to -return?" he continued, loath at first to accept the kind offer of the -horse.</p> - -<p>"Dot and go one," was the answer. "Hop, skip, and a jump. There's no one -can beat me at it. Come, lad, into the saddle."</p> - -<p>As George settled himself and reached forward for the reins old Peter -struck the mare a slap on the flank.</p> - -<p>"G'long, Molly," he said. "Take good care of him."</p> - -<p>Then he turned and started back at a furious pace along the drifted -road. It would have taken a good walker to have caught up with him.</p> - -<p>If George had known the adventures that were soon to befall him his -heart might have failed him. He had ridden on for some hours, when he -thought he heard the sound of distant shots ahead. It was past noonday -when he came in sight of Lyons Farms.</p> - -<h3>CHAPTER XXII.</h3> - -<h3>A FORCED OPPORTUNITY.</h3> - -<p>We left William standing in the hallway at Stanham Manor. When Cato had -gone with the heavy saddle-bags, he closed the door that led to the -north wing softly behind him.</p> - -<p>Lieutenant Frothingham was left alone. He sighed and rested his elbow on -the back of a tall chair, and gazed into the glowing embers on the -hearth. For a long time he remained motionless, and when he looked up -again and out of the window he saw that a black cloud had obscured the -moon. But there was a small circle of light moving down the lane. Long -black shadows wavered across the snow on the meadow.</p> - -<p>He stepped to the window sill, and at last could make out that it was a -lantern, and that the shadows were those of the man's legs who carried -it. There were dark objects<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_427" id="Page_427">[Pg 427]</a></span> behind him, and now the figures turned -about the corner and came straight toward the house. He heard the -slamming of a side door, and saw Cato step outside and start to meet the -new-comers.</p> - -<p>Suddenly Cato stopped, and turning, sped like a deer back to the -veranda, and dodged in through the side entrance. How noiselessly the -old man could move! William did not know that he had entered the hall -until there was a soft touch on the elbow that was in the sling.</p> - -<p>"Jasper Gates!" exclaimed the old man, whispering, with his face close -to William's ear. "Hide yo'self. Don't go outside. Some folks is -bringin' some one up here on a litter, and, 'fo' de Lawd, I do believe -it's yo' brudder Mas'r George. Come quick. Hide in de big garret at de -head ob de stairs. I'll help you git 'way 'fore mornin'. Don't stop to -talk now, chile, but come 'long."</p> - -<p>He led the way up the stairway two steps at a time. In a minute or so -there was great confusion through the house.</p> - -<p>Two men carrying a rough litter made of boughs came into the hall. They -were preceded by the slouching figure of Adam Bent Knee, the old Indian, -carrying a lantern. The men laid their burden on the floor before the -fire.</p> - -<p>Aunt Clarissa, in a quilted dressing-gown, came down the stairs. The -light from the candle showed red through her fingers.</p> - -<p>"Ugh! most froze," said the old Indian.</p> - -<p>"It's Master George, ma'am," said one of the men who had carried the -litter. "Old Adam found him in the snow a short way down the road. He's -got a bad touch, surely."</p> - -<p>The other man tapped his forehead significantly.</p> - -<p>It was evident that something serious was amiss, for the poor figure on -the litter murmured incoherently.</p> - -<p>Aunt Polly, scared almost gray, had been awakened at last. She had given -one look at the empty bed that William had left, and like a frightened, -squawking hen flew down the hall. "Lawd fo'gib me, I done fall 'sleep," -she said, "an' he must git 'way den. What's he don wiv dose close?"</p> - -<p>"His imprisonment was too much for him," said Aunt Clarissa. "We should -have watched him more closely."</p> - -<p>A delirious moan showed that some immediate action must be taken.</p> - -<p>"Here, you, lift him up and take him to his room—poor boy! How did he -get out?" said Aunt Clarissa, noticing that the right arm was still -supported in the black silk neckerchief.</p> - -<p>In a few minutes George, moaning feebly, was ensconced in the pillows -not long ago left vacant by his brother. It was evident that he was -suffering from exposure. He was in a raging fever.</p> - -<p>A man was despatched at once for the doctor, but it would be some hours -before he could return.</p> - -<p>"Now, all of you, off to bed," said Aunt Clarissa. "I will watch him."</p> - -<p>"Won't you let me stay, Mistis?" murmured Aunt Polly, tearfully. "I'll -promise not to go to sleep."</p> - -<p>"Out of my sight!" said Aunt Clarissa, sternly. "I would not trust you -to watch a boiling kettle. Out of my sight, you viper!"</p> - -<p>Mrs. Frothingham's solicitude for her nephew was something new and -strange, but, nevertheless, the servants slunk away.</p> - -<p>Aunt Clarissa, however, had not forgotten to thank Adam Bent Knee or the -men whom he had called from the foundry settlement to assist him in -carrying the litter. The old Indian had related none of the -circumstances, merely stating he had found George in the snow.</p> - -<p>When she was alone the stern nature broke down, and Aunt Clarissa -approached the bedside. She knelt down and hid her face in her hands.</p> - -<p>"I am punished for my stubborn pride," she said. Then in prayer she -poured forth all the contrition of her heart.</p> - -<p>Sleep is a curious phenomenon in many ways. Things that might be -expected to awaken seem to coincide with our dreaming thoughts and pass -us by, while soft noises or an unexpected presence awakens us as if a -cold hand had been laid upon the forehead.</p> - -<p>Grace had not been awakened by the trampling of the many feet or the -commotion caused by carrying George up the stairway. She had dreamed -that a body of troops had taken possession of the house, and that she -was endeavoring to hide, for a voice had seemed to say, "The British are -here!"</p> - -<p>Afterwards the dream had changed, as all dreams do, and she was again a -little girl playing on the bank of the brook with her two beloved -brothers—one now lying ill in the big room down the hall, and the -other, for aught she knew, far away in the distant city of London—for -William's letter to Aunt Clarissa announcing his arrival in America had -not reached Stanham Mills.</p> - -<p>As Grace dreamed once more of the old days, she had awakened. The moon -had come out again, and was about to sink behind the range of western -hills, but the cold light flooded the room.</p> - -<p>All at once Grace started and sat up. Yes! There was no doubt about it. -There were footsteps going down the hall. She stole to the door and -opened it cautiously, her heart beating fast.</p> - -<p>She was not mistaken, for there was the figure of her brother George, -dressed exactly as when he had arrived on horseback, stepping carefully -down the broad staircase.</p> - -<p>The girl hastened back into the room, and slipping her little white feet -into a pair of soft slippers, she threw a heavy cloak about her, and -picked up the candle that was burning brightly behind its paper shade.</p> - -<p>When she reached the hallway below she started. There was her brother -endeavoring with his left hand to open the heavy front door. "George!" -she called, "Is it you?"</p> - -<p>"Go back. Don't come near me," came the answer, "I pray you let me go."</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 319px;"> -<img src="images/ill_006.jpg" width="319" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">"WHERE ARE YOU GOING? STOP! STOP!" SHE SAID.</span> -</div> - -<p>It seemed to Grace that she must yet be dreaming; but despite the -warning, she approached closer, holding the candle high above her head. -"Where are you going? Stop! Stop!" she said.</p> - -<p>"Good-by, good-by, dear sister," was the only answer.</p> - -<p>With an effort the door had been thrown open, and a gust of wind blowing -coldly in extinguished the candle she was holding.</p> - -<p>The door closed softly. Grace stumbled forward. The last thing that was -pictured in her mind was that strange left hand reaching and tugging at -the massive bolt. Across the back of it she had seen a scar!</p> - -<p>It was so black around her that her eyes at first could not find the -direction of familiar objects. At last, however, she made out the -stairway, and turned toward it, filled with fright at what she had seen.</p> - -<p>What did it mean? It was <i>William's hand!</i> And now something was moving, -she was sure, over to the left against the wainscoting, and she could -hear it scrape: and then she felt as if she heard a breath. It was too -much for her tense nerves, and she shrieked aloud—the terrifying -woman's scream of fear and horror that starts the strongest nerves.</p> - -<p>"'S—'sh—, it's only Cato!" said a voice close to her.</p> - -<p>Grace controlled herself with an effort. But the one scream had rung -through the house, and lights and footsteps came hurrying along the -corridors. "Oh, Cato, I'm so frightened!" she said. "You don't know what -I have seen."</p> - -<p>"You's been walkin' in yo' sleep, missy," said the old negro. "Come, -here's Aunt Polly; jes go 'long wid her."</p> - -<p>"It's nuffin, it's nuffin at all," he shouted to the group that had -assembled at the head of the stairway, Aunt Clarissa and the guest, the -young officer, among them. The latter had wound, toga fashion, about him -a patchwork quilt, and carried his drawn sword in his hand, "Jes Miss -Grace been walkin' in her sleep, and got little skeered, I reckin," said -the old servant, with a throaty laugh.</p> - -<p>"No, Cato, I was not walking in my sleep. I saw—"</p> - -<p>"Now come, Miss Grace," interrupted Aunt Polly, "jes don' t'ink ob dat -no more. Come off to bed, an' let yo' ol' mammy tuck yo' in."</p> - -<p>Aunt Clarissa followed her niece into her bedroom, but would not let the -old negress follow.</p> - -<p>The young officer had disappeared as soon as he had seen there was no -use for his eager steel.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_428" id="Page_428">[Pg 428]</a></span></p> - -<p>"Grace," said Aunt Clarissa, "what was it?"</p> - -<p>"It was William," said the girl; "I saw him plainly. He said, 'Good-by.' -Oh, auntie, what does it mean? You remember the scar across his hand?"</p> - -<p>"It means that something has happened," said Aunt Clarissa, at first, -sententiously. Then, after a pause: "Come, come, now; it may only be a -dream, after all. Go to sleep. I must go back to your brother George."</p> - -<p>Aunt Clarissa was worried, nevertheless; and when she reached the -bedroom where George lay she once more sank down upon her knees. Oh, -Inconsistency! Aunt Clarissa was praying for the confusion of the forces -of the King!</p> - -<p>The figure on the bed moaned uneasily.</p> - -<p>"What is it, dear?" said Aunt Clarissa, lifting her head from the -counterpane.</p> - -<p>If George could have heard this term of endearment, it would have almost -convinced him that he must have lost his wits; but Aunt Clarissa had -undergone a great reconstruction.</p> - -<p>"Oh, it is you, Cloud, is it?" exclaimed George, distinctly. "You -black-hearted villain, you dare not harm me." Again he sank back and -mumbled incoherently.</p> - -<p>Aunt Clarissa had listened. "Cloud—Cloud—why, that's the name of our -old overseer! What could he have been doing around here?" she whispered.</p> - -<p>At this minute there was a clatter at the front door; the doctor had -arrived.</p> - -<p>"Where under the sun has this young man been?" he asked, as he stood at -the bedside.</p> - -<p>"In a few words I will tell you," said Aunt Clarissa, who never wasted -her breath at the best. "He has escaped from an English prison in New -York, where they treat men so horribly that it is enough to turn one's -hair to listen to it, let alone one's heart. He arrived yesterday -afternoon on horseback, looking tired and worn. He fainted, and I put -him to bed. I left that worthless colored wench Polly to keep her eye on -him, and she fell asleep. He got out somehow, and the Lord only knows -where he has been, for his clothes were torn and smothered in mud and -ooze when they found him up the road. He probably had been gone two -hours."</p> - -<p>"He's been through some great strain," said the doctor; "and see the -marks around his neck."</p> - -<p>There was a welt the breadth of one's finger showing plainly on the -white skin of George's throat.</p> - -<p>"Rest is what he needs. The trouble is with his brain. The wound in his -arm is old and healing." The doctor spoke slowly, and placed his ear on -George's chest. "He will recover," he said.</p> - -<p>After he had made this examination the surgeon had left a sleeping -potion, and had ridden home in the early morning light. He had arrived -at the Manor House by the Valley Road, but determined to make his way -back across the Ridge.</p> - -<p>But he had gone only a short distance along the road that led up the -hill when his horse stopped and began to blow, much in the manner of a -startled deer, his ears pricked forward, and his haunches lowered and -quivering.</p> - -<p>The doctor looked ahead, and saw something in the bushes. But not a step -nearer could he urge his steed. So he slipped from the saddle, and -dragging the reins over the trembling horse's head, took a stride to one -side of the road.</p> - -<p>There lay the body of a man with arms outstretched and the face turned -upwards. He had on a pair of fringed buckskin leggings and an old -soldier coat, green with red facings. He was dead.</p> - -<p>The doctor stooped closer to examine, and an exclamation broke from his -lips. The man had been scalped skilfully! It was years since such a -thing had occurred in that part of the country.</p> - -<p>There was something familiar in the drawn features, and the doctor, -twisting himself so as to obtain a better look, uttered something -beneath his breath.</p> - -<p>"By Homer's beard!" he said, "it's Cloud, the renegade!"</p> - -<p>There were signs of a struggle in the bushes and the prints of -moccasined feet in the snow. Further on it was evident from footprints -that a number of men and horses had crossed the road.</p> - -<h4>[<span class="smcap">to be continued</span>.]</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_429" id="Page_429">[Pg 429]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="RICK_DALE" id="RICK_DALE">RICK DALE.</a></h2> - -<h4>A Story of the Northwest Coast.</h4> - -<h3>BY KIRK MUNROE,</h3> - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Author of "Snow-shoes and Sledges," "The Fur-Seal's Tooth," "The 'Mate' -Series," "Flamingo Feather," etc.</span></p> - -<h3>CHAPTER III.</h3> - -<h3>ALARIC TAKES A FIRST LESSON.</h3> - -<p>On the day following that of the runaway, Esther Dale resumed her -position as a personally conducted tourist, and departed from San -Francisco, leaving Alaric to feel that he had lost the first real friend -he had ever known. Her influence remained with him, however, and as he -thought of her words and example, his determination to enter upon some -different form of life became indelibly fixed.</p> - -<p>That very day he drove again to the park, this time with only his groom -for company, and went directly to the place where the game of baseball -had been in progress the afternoon before. As he hoped, another was -about to begin, though there were not quite enough players to make two -full nines. Hearing one of the boys say this, and discovering an -acquaintance among them, Alaric jumped from his cart, and going up to -him, asked to be allowed to fill one of the vacant positions.</p> - -<p>Reg Barker was freckle-faced and red-headed, clad in flannels, with -sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and was adjusting a catcher's mask to -his face when Alaric approached. As the latter made known his desire, -Reg Barker, who was extremely jealous of the other's wealth and fame as -a traveller, regarded him for a moment with amazement, and then burst -into a shout of laughter.</p> - -<p>"Hi, fellows!" he called, "here's a good one—best I ever heard! Here's -Allie Todd, kid gloves and all, wants to play first base. What do you -say—shall we give him a show?"</p> - -<p>"Yes," shouted one; "No," cried another, as the boys crowded about the -two, gazing at Alaric curiously as though he belonged to some different -species.</p> - -<p>"We might make him Captain of the nine," called out one boy, who had -just gone to the bat.</p> - -<p>"No, he'd do better as umpire," suggested Reg Barker. "Don't you see -he's dressed for it? I don't know, though; I'm afraid that would come -under the head of cruelty to children, and we'd have the society down on -us."</p> - -<p>As Alaric, with a crimson face and a choking in his throat, sought in -vain for some outlet of escape from the tormentors who surrounded him, -and at the same time longed with a bitter longing for the power to -annihilate them, a lad somewhat older than the others forced his way -through the throng and demanded to know what was the row. He was Dave -Carncross, the pitcher, and one of the best amateur players of his age -on the coast.</p> - -<p>"It's Miss Allie Todd," explained Reg Barker, "and her ladyship is -offering to show us how to play ball."</p> - -<p>"Shut up, Red Top," commanded the new-comer, threateningly. "When I want -any of your chaff I'll let you know." Then turning to Alaric, he said, -pleasantly, "Now, young un, tell me all about it yourself."</p> - -<p>"There isn't much to tell," replied the boy, in a low tone, and with an -instinctive warming of his heart toward the sturdy lad who had come to -his rescue. "I wanted to learn how to play ball, and knowing Reg Barker, -asked him to teach me; that's all."</p> - -<p>"And he insulted you, like the young brute he is. I see. Red Top, if you -won't learn manners any other way I shall have to thrash them into you. -So look out for yourself. Now, you new fellow, your name's Todd, isn't -it?"</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_430" id="Page_430">[Pg 430]</a></span></p> - -<p>"Yes."</p> - -<p>"And your father is Amos Todd, the millionaire?"</p> - -<p>Alaric admitted that such was the case.</p> - -<p>"Well, I know you, or rather my father knows your father. In fact, I -think they have some business together, and after this whenever you -choose to come out here if I'm around I'll see that you are treated -decently. As for learning to play ball, the mere fact that you want to -shows that you are made of good stuff, and I don't mind giving you a -lesson right now. So let's see if you can catch."</p> - -<p>Thus saying, the stalwart young pitcher, who held a ball in his hand, -ran back a few rods, and with a seemingly careless swing of his arm, -threw the ball straight and swift as an arrow at Alaric, who -instinctively held out his hands.</p> - -<p>Had he undertaken to stop a spent cannon-ball the boy could hardly have -been more amazed at the result. As the ball dropped to the ground he -felt as though he had grasped a handful of red-hot coals. Both his kid -gloves were split right across the palms, and the smart of his hands was -so great that, in spite of his efforts to restrain them, unbidden tears -sprang to his eyes.</p> - -<p>A shout of laughter arose from the spectators of this practical lesson; -but Dave Carncross, running up to him and recovering the dropped ball, -said, cheerily: "Never mind those duffers, young un. They couldn't do -any better themselves once, and you'll do better than any of them some -time. First lessons in experience always come high, and have to be paid -for on the spot; but they are worth the price, and you'll know better -next time than to stop a hot hall with stiff arms. What you want to do -is to let 'em give with the ball. See, like this."</p> - -<p>Here Dave picked up a bat, struck the ball straight up in the air until -it seemed to be going out of sight, and running under it as it -descended, caught it as deftly and gently as though it had been a wad of -feathers.</p> - -<p>"There," said he, "you have learned by experience the wrong way of -catching a ball, and seen the right way. I can't stop to teach you any -more now, for our game is waiting. What you want to do, though, is to go -down town and get a ball—a 'regulation dead,' mind—take it home, and -practise catching until you have learned the trick and covered your -hands with blisters. Then come back here, and I will show you something -else. Good-by—so long!"</p> - -<p>With this the good-natured fellow ran off to take his place in the -pitcher's box, leaving Alaric filled with gratitude, and glowing with -the first thrill of real boyish life that he had ever known. For a while -he stood and watched the game, his still-tingling hands causing him to -appreciate as never before the beauty of every successful catch that was -made. He wondered if pitching a ball could be as difficult as catching -one, or even any harder than it looked. It certainly appeared easy -enough. He admired the reckless manner in which the players flung -themselves at the bases, sliding along the ground as though bent on -ploughing it with their noses; while the ability to hit one of those -red-hot balls with a regulation bat seemed to him little short of -marvellous. In fact, our lad was, for the first time in his life, -viewing a game of baseball through his newly discovered loop-hole of -experience, and finding it a vastly different affair from the same scene -shrouded by an unrent veil of ignorance.</p> - -<p>After he had driven away from the fascinating game, his mind was so full -of it that when, in passing the children's playground, he was invited by -Miss Sue Barker, sister of red-headed Reg, to join in a game of croquet, -he declined, politely enough, but with such an unwonted tone of contempt -in his voice as caused the girl to stare after him in amazement.</p> - -<p>He procured a regulation baseball before going home, and then practised -with it in the court-yard behind the Todd palace until his hands were -red and swollen. Their condition was so noticeable at dinner-time that -his father inquired into the cause. When the boy confessed that he had -been practising with a baseball, his brother John laughed loud and long, -and asked him if he intended to become a professional.</p> - -<p>His sister only said, "Oh, Allie! How can you care to do anything so -common? And where did you pick up the notion? I am sure you never saw -anything of the kind in France."</p> - -<p>"No," replied the boy; "I only wish I had."</p> - -<p>His father said, "It's all right, my son, so long as you play gently; -but you must be very careful not to over-exert yourself. Remember your -poor weak heart and the consequences of too violent exercise."</p> - -<p>"Oh, bother my weak heart!" cried the boy, impatiently. "I don't believe -my heart's any weaker than anybody else's heart, and the doctor who said -so was an old muff."</p> - -<p>At this unheard-of outbreak on the part of the long-suffering youngest -member of the family John and Margaret glanced significantly at each -other, as though they suspected his mind was becoming affected as well -as his body; while his father said, soothingly, as though to an ailing -child:</p> - -<p>"Well, well, Allie, let it go. I am sorry that you should forget your -manners; but if the subject is distasteful to you, we won't talk of it -any more."</p> - -<p>"But I want to talk of it, father. I am sorry that I spoke as I did just -now; but you can't know what an unhappy thing it is to be living on in -the way I am, without doing anything that amounts to anything, or will -ever lead to anything. Won't you let me go on to a ranch or somewhere -where I can learn to be a man?"</p> - -<p>"Of course, my boy," replied Amos Todd, still speaking as soothingly as -he knew how. "I will let you go anywhere you please, and do what you -please, just as quickly as I can find the right person to take care of -you, and see that you do nothing injurious. How would you like to go to -France with Margaret and me this summer? I am thinking of making the -trip."</p> - -<p>"I would rather go to China, or anywhere else in the world," replied the -boy, vehemently. "I am tired to death of France and Germany and -Switzerland and Italy, and all the other wretched European places, with -their <i>bads</i> and <i>bains</i> and <i>spas</i> and Herr Doctors and <i>malades</i>. I -want to go into a world of live people, and strong people, and people -who don't know whether they have any hearts or not, and don't care."</p> - -<p>"Well, well, son, I will try and arrange something for you, only don't -get excited," said Amos Todd, at the same time burying himself in his -evening paper so as to put an end to the uncomfortable interview.</p> - -<p>In spite of the unsatisfactory ending of this conversation, Alaric felt -greatly encouraged by it, and during the week that followed he devoted -himself as assiduously to learning to catch a baseball as though that -were the one preparation needful for plunging into a world of live -people. Morning, noon, and evening he kept his groom so busy passing -ball with him that the exercising of the ponies was sadly neglected in -consequence. With all this practice, and in spite of bruised hands and -lamed fingers, he at length became so expert that he began to think of -hunting up his friend Dave Carncross, and presenting himself for an -examination in the art of ball-catching.</p> - -<p>Every now and then he asked his father if he had not thought of some -plan for him, and the invariable answer was: "It's all right, Allie; -I've got a scheme on foot that is working so that I can tell you about -it in a few days."</p> - -<p>In the mean time the date of Amos Todd's departure for Europe with his -daughter was fixed. Shortly before its arrival the former called Alaric -aside, and, with a beaming face, announced that he had at length -succeeded in making most satisfactory arrangements. "You said you wanted -to go to China, you know," he continued; "so I have laid out a fine trip -for you to China, and India, and Egypt, and all sorts of places, and -persuaded a most excellent couple, a gentleman and his wife, to go along -and take care of you. He is a professor and she is a doctor, so you will -be well looked after, and won't have the least bit of responsibility or -worry."</p> - -<h3>CHAPTER IV.</h3> - -<h3>THE "EMPRESS" LOSES A PASSENGER.</h3> - -<p>Professor Maximus Sonntagg, a big man with a beard, and his wife, Mrs. -Dr. Ophelia Sonntagg, who was thin and mysterious, had come out of the -East to seek<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_431" id="Page_431">[Pg 431]</a></span> their fortunes in the Golden City about a year before, but -up to this time without any great amount of success. The former was a -professor of almost everything in the shape of ancient and modern art, -languages, history, and a lot of other things, concerning all of which -he wrote articles for the papers, always signing his name to them in -full. The Mrs. Doctor had learned the art of saying little, looking -wise, and shaking her head, as she felt the pulse of her patients.</p> - -<p>These people had managed to scrape an acquaintance with Amos Todd, whom -the Professor declared to be the only patron of art in San Francisco -worth knowing, and to whom he gave some really valuable advice -concerning the purchase of certain paintings. Thus it happened that when -the busy millionaire, in seeking to provide a safe and congenial -amusement for the son whom he firmly believed to be an invalid, -conceived the idea of sending him around the world by way of China, he -also thought of the Sonntaggs as most suitable travelling companions for -him. Where else could he find such a combination of tutor and -physician, a man of the world to take his place as father, and a -cultivated woman to act as mother to his motherless boy?</p> - -<p>When he proposed the plan to the Sonntaggs, they declared that they -could not think of giving up the prosperous business they had -established in San Francisco, even for the sake of obliging their dear -friend Mr. Amos Todd. With this the millionaire made them an offer of -such unheard-of munificence that, with pretended reluctance, they -finally accepted it, and he went on his way rejoicing.</p> - -<p>The next evening the Sonntaggs dined at Amos Todd's house for the -purpose of making Alaric's acquaintance. The Professor patted him on the -shoulder, and, in a patronizing manner, hoped they should learn much and -enjoy much together. The Mrs. Doctor surveyed him critically, and held -his hand until the boy wondered if she would never let it go. Finally -she shook her head, sighed deeply, and, turning to his father, said:</p> - -<p>"I understand the dear child's case thoroughly. What he needs is -intelligent treatment and motherly care. I can give him both, and -unhesitatingly promise to restore him to you at the end of a year, if -nothing occurs to prevent, strong, well, and an ornament to the name of -Todd."</p> - -<p>Alaric found no difficulty in forming an opinion of the Sonntaggs, and -wondered if going to France with his father and sister would not be -preferable to travelling in their company. So occupied was he with this -question that he hardly ate a mouthful of the sumptuous dinner served in -honor of the guests—a fact that was noted with significant glances by -all at the table.</p> - -<p>It was planned that very evening that the Pacific should be crossed in -one of the superb steamships sailing from Vancouver, in British -Columbia, and a despatch was sent off at once to engage staterooms. The -journey was to be begun, two days later, for that was the date on which -Amos Todd and his daughter were to start for France; and though the -<i>Empress</i> would not sail from Vancouver for a week after that, the house -would be closed, and it was thought best for Alaric to travel up the -coast by easy stages.</p> - -<p>During those two days of grace the poor lad's mind was in a ferment. He -had no desire to go to China or anywhere else outside of his own -country. Having travelled nearly all his life, he was so tired of it -that travelling now seemed to him one of the most unpleasant things a -boy could be compelled to undertake. He did not want to go to France, of -course, and decided that even China in company with the Sonntaggs would -be better than Europe.</p> - -<p>Still, he tried to escape from going away at all, and asked his brother -John to let him stay with him and go to work in the bank; but John Todd -answered that he was too busy a man to have the care of an invalid, and -that their father's plan was by far the best. Then, as a last resort, -Alaric went to the park, hoping to meet Dave Carncross, and determined, -if he did, to lay the whole case before him, and ask his advice. Even -here fate seemed against him; for, from a strange boy of whom he made -inquiry, he learned that Carncross had left the city a day or two -before, though where he had gone the boy did not know.</p> - -<p>So preparations for the impending journey went busily forward, and -Alaric, who felt very much like a helpless victim of misfortune, could -find no excuse for delaying them. Even in the preparations being made -for his own comfort he was given no active part. Everything that he was -supposed to need and did not already possess was procured for him. His -father presented him with a superb travelling-bag, fitted with all -possible toilet accessories in silver and cut glass, but the boy would -infinitely have preferred a baseball bat, and a chance to use it.</p> - -<p>At length the day for starting arrived, and, with as great reluctance as -he had ever felt in his life, Alaric entered the carriage that was to -convey the Todds to the Oakland ferry. Crossing the bay, they found the -Sonntaggs awaiting them on the other side, where the whole party entered -Amos Todd's palatial private car that was attached to the Overland -Express. In this way they travelled together as far as Sacramento, where -Alaric bade his father and sister good-by. Then he and his newly -appointed guardians boarded the special car provided for them, and in -which they were to proceed by the famous Shasta route to the far North.</p> - -<p>Up to this point the Sonntaggs had proved very attentive, and had -striven by every means to make themselves agreeable to their -fellow-travellers. From here on, however, the Professor spent most of -his time in smoking and sleeping, while his wife devoted herself to -reading novels, a great stack of which had been provided for the -journey. Alaric, thus left to his own devices, gazed drearily from the -car window, rebelling inwardly at the lonely grandeur with which he was -surrounded, and wishing with all his heart that he were poor enough to -be allowed to travel in one of the ordinary coaches, in which were -several boys of his own age, who seemed to be having a tantalizingly -good time. They were clad in flannels, knickerbockers, and heavy walking -shoes, and Alaric noted with satisfaction that they all wore gray Tam o' -Shanter caps such as he had procured at Esther Dale's suggestion, and -was now wearing for the first time.</p> - -<p>They left the train at Sisson, and Alaric, standing on the platform of -his car, gathered from their conversation that they were about to climb -Mount Shasta, the superb rock-ribbed giant that lifted his snow-crowned -head more than 14,000 feet in the air a few miles from that point. What -wouldn't he give to be allowed to join the merry party and make the -adventurous trip with them? He had been familiar with mountains by sight -all his life, and had always longed to climb one, but had never been -given the opportunity.</p> - -<p>It was small consolation to notice one of the boys draw the attention of -the others to him, and overhear him say: "Look at that chap travelling -in a special car like a young millionaire. I say, fellows, that must be -great fun, and I'd like to try it just for once, wouldn't you?"</p> - -<p>The others agreed that they would, and then the group passed out of -hearing, while Alaric said to himself, "I only wish they could try -travelling all alone in a special car, just to find out how little fun -there is in it."</p> - -<p>The following morning Portland, Oregon, was reached, and here the car -was side-tracked that its occupants might spend a day or two in the -city. The Sonntaggs seemed to have many acquaintances here, and for -these they held a reception in the car, gave a dinner at the Hotel -Portland, and ordered carriages in which to drive about, all at Amos -Todd's expense. In these diversions Alaric was at liberty to join or -not, as he pleased, and he generally preferred to remain behind or to -wander about by himself.</p> - -<p>The same programme was repeated at Tacoma and Seattle in the State of -Washington, and at Vancouver in British Columbia. In the last-named -place Alaric's chief amusement lay in watching the lading of the great -white ship that was to bear him away, and the busy life of the port with -its queer medley of Yankees and Britishers, Indians and Chinamen, -tourists, sailors, and stevedores. The last named especially excited his -envious admiration—they were such big men, and so strong.</p> - -<p>At length the morning of sailing arrived, and as the mighty steamship -moved majestically out of the harbor,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_432" id="Page_432">[Pg 432]</a></span> and, leaving the brown waters of -Burrard Inlet behind, swept on into the open blue of the Gulf of -Georgia, the boy was overwhelmed with a great wave of homesickness. -Standing alone at the extreme after end of the promenade deck, he -watched the fading land with strained eyes, and felt like an outcast and -a wanderer on the face of the earth.</p> - -<p>After a while the ship began to thread a bewildering maze of islands, in -which Professor Sonntagg made a slight effort to interest his moody -young charge; but finding this a difficult task, he quickly gave it up, -and joined some acquaintances in the smoking-room.</p> - -<p>Alaric had not known that the <i>Empress</i> was to make one stop before -taking her final departure from the coast. So when she was made fast to -the outer wharf at Victoria on the island of Vancouver, the largest city -in British Columbia, and its capital, he felt like one who receives an -unexpected reprieve from an unpleasant fate.</p> - -<p>As it was announced that she would remain here two hours, the Sonntaggs, -according to their custom, at once engaged a carriage to take them to -the most interesting places in the city. This plan had been suggested by -Amos Todd himself, who had bidden them spare no expense or pains to show -his son all that was worth seeing in the various cities they might -visit; and that the boy generally declined to accompany them on these -excursions was surely not their fault—at least, they did not regard it -so.</p> - -<p>The truth was that Alaric had taken a dislike to these pretentious -people from the very first, and it had grown so much stronger on closer -acquaintance that now he was willing to do almost anything to avoid -their company. Thus on this occasion he allowed them to drive off -without him, while he strolled alone to the head of the wharf, tossing -his beloved baseball, which he had carefully brought with him on this -journey, from hand to hand as he walked.</p> - -<p>"Hello! Give us a catch," shouted a cheery voice. And, looking up, -Alaric saw a merry-faced squarely built lad of about his own age -standing in an expectant attitude a short distance from him. Although he -was roughly dressed, he had a bright, self-reliant look that was -particularly attractive to our young traveller, and without hesitation -he tossed him the ball. They passed it back and forth for a minute, and -then the stranger lad, saying, "Good-by; I must be getting along; wish I -could stop and get better acquainted, though," ran on, with a laugh, and -disappeared in the crowd.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/ill_007.jpg" width="600" height="421" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">ALARIC MAKES HIS FIRST DECISION.</span> -</div> - -<p>An hour later Alaric was nearly half a mile from the wharf, when the -steamer's hoarse whistle sounded a warning note that signified a speedy -departure. He turned and began to walk slowly in that direction, and a -few minutes later a carriage containing the Sonntaggs dashed by without -its occupants noticing him. At sight of them Alaric paused. A queer look -came into his face; it grew very pale, and then he deliberately sat down -on a log by the way-side. There came another blast of the ship's -whistle, and then the tall masts, which he could just see, began slowly -to move. The <i>Empress</i>, with the Sonntaggs on board, had started, and -one of her passengers was left behind.</p> - -<h4>[<span class="smcap">to be continued</span>.]</h4> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bobby</span> (<i>who heard his uncle say he lost his lawsuit</i>). "That's nothing: -why don't you ask papa for one of his old business suits?"</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 297px;"><a name="THE_COURAGE_AND_ENDURANCE_OF_ARCTIC_ANIMALS" id="THE_COURAGE_AND_ENDURANCE_OF_ARCTIC_ANIMALS"></a> -<img src="images/ill_008.jpg" width="297" height="500" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE ARCTIC HARE.</span> -</div> - -<h2>THE COURAGE AND ENDURANCE OF ARCTIC ANIMALS.</h2> - -<h3>BY THE CHIEF OF THE GREELY EXPEDITION.</h3> - -<p>Among the many errors that enter into popular belief regarding the -arctic regions there are none more pronounced than some of those -relating to its animal life. In many of their ideas the general public -have been justified, for until the early part of this century even works -of scientific research were not wholly free from fables and fictions of -this character. Among these errors is one—<i>i.e.</i>, that all arctic -animals migrate to the south with coming winter—which especially -pertains to the subject under consideration, for the fact that the -animals treated of in this article are permanent residents of the arctic -regions is one of the most convincing signs of their courage and -endurance.</p> - -<p>It was not unnatural for early travellers to believe that all arctic -animals were migratory, and one need not go back farther than the -narratives of Parry to find this opinion advanced. Instinct and a desire -for self-preservation, it was said, impelled animals to pass to the -southward, where the rigors incident to winter life would be less -severe, and when spring came, with a similar instinct, they fled their -coming foes from the south to seek safe breeding-places in the north. We -now know that these animals abide in the north through the winter, but -most people do not know how bitter their struggle for existence is.</p> - -<p>Consider for a moment the winter environment of arctic animals, so as to -fairly view the very adverse conditions under which, with a courage and -endurance scarcely equalled elsewhere, they manage to maintain life from -the passing of one summer to the coming of another. In order to speak -with truth and exactness, the writer dwells on the arctic regions best -known from personal observation—<i>i.e.</i>, those portions of Greenland and -Grinnell Land beyond the 80th degree of north latitude. These countries -stretch not less than a thousand miles beyond the arctic circle, to -within four hundred miles of the North Pole, and are from two to three -hundred miles farther north than any human inhabitants.</p> - -<p>Here arctic animals live and thrive in large numbers, under the -disadvantages of darkness, cold, the inland ice, snow, and limited -food-fields. The sun is totally absent for a period ranging from four to -five months, during which time the darkness is such that even at mid-day -first-class stars are clearly visible. With the passing sun comes the -winter cold, so extreme that quicksilver becomes and remains solid for -weeks at a time, and so prolonged that for successive months the -temperature never rises above zero. Indeed, for only six scant weeks -following midsummer does water remain unfrozen.</p> - -<p>It should be borne in mind that the greater portion of these regions is -eternally covered with what is known as the inland ice or ice-cap, which -at irregular intervals covers and destroys the fertile meadows that -furnish vegetable food. So it is that in this age there remain -feeding-grounds for herbivorous animals only in such valleys as are yet -untouched by the advancing ice-sheet, or from which the changing -conditions of a thousand years have withdrawn the glaciers and restored -the hardy arctic plants.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_433" id="Page_433">[Pg 433]</a></span></p> - -<p>At first sight it would seem that no animal could live a single winter -under the physical conditions just enumerated, the disadvantages of -which are, if anything, understated. In truth, not only do these animals -flourish, but it may be even said that the very severity of the climate -and the difficulties of existence are the primal causes which populated -these lands with races of selected mammals of unusual endurance, -strength, and courage. Here stern nature extends no favor to the weak, -slothful, or improvident, and only the best, the strongest, and the most -cunning survive in person or by descendants.</p> - -<p>Of the smaller mammals the lemming and hare entered the very high -regions to escape their inveterate enemies, the ermine and the fox, who -in turn followed these—their main food supply. Wandering here and there -for pasturage, the musk-ox found the more northerly grounds less -infested with wolves, and not at all frequented by man, so that here, in -a measure unmolested, are now found the only known extensive herds of -musk cattle. The predatory wolf naturally followed the musk-ox, the fox, -and other smaller animals on which he subsists.</p> - -<p>Let us now turn to the means and methods by which these animals succeed -in maintaining life, which, it has been made evident, can only be done -by the highest order of intelligence, courage, and endurance.</p> - -<p>The smallest of these arctic animals is the lemming, which looks to one -not a naturalist like a thick, short-tailed mouse, some four inches -long, excluding his scant inch of tail. The lemming forms the principal -food of the ermine and fox, while in summer it is likewise pursued by -the robber gulls and the arctic owl. His color is not unlike that of the -mouse in the summer, but with advancing winter the tips of the -individual gray hairs gradually blanch and become pure white. Whenever -the wind blows, or the lemming's fur is rubbed, it presents in winter a -pepper-and-salt appearance, for the lower portion of the hairs always -retain the summer coloring. The little fellow feeds entirely on arctic -vegetation, but his principal and probably favorite food is the buds of -the purple (<i>oppositifolia</i>) saxifrage.</p> - -<p>This plant is possibly the hardiest of all arctic vegetation, and early -in February, after weeks of cold which kept the mercury solid, specimens -covered scarcely by an inch of snow were found to be sending forth their -tender green shoots. But how does the lemming reach the snow-covered -plant? Farther to the south, in the Parry archipelago, Dr. Sutherland -observed that the snow near the lemming's burrows in the shingle was -marked by his tracks, and here and there he had been scratching to reach -the vegetation beneath. In one place the snow surface was broken over a -tuft of purple saxifrage, which was covered by half an inch of snow. -"What instinct," he adds, "could have led the creature to single out the -exact spot on which to bestow its toil?"</p> - -<p>Farther north the problem changes with increasing darkness, and the -field-mouse meets it by building his house under the snow, in the centre -of a flourishing patch of saxifrage or dryas. The tiny animal shows -himself to be a nest-builder equal to some of our Southern birds. -Finding a valley favored with vegetation, whereon the drifting snow from -the adjacent hills has spread a protecting layer, the lemming proceeds -to sink a shaft to the ground. He drives tunnels hither and thither -until he has opened up a good pasture-ground, and then, gathering bits -of grass from the bare ground elsewhere, constructs in the most suitable -place a comfortable nest, which serves as his headquarters for the -winter and as a cozy birthplace for the babes. He knows well that he is -not safe from the ravenous ermine or the cunning fox, so be proceeds to -tunnel from his nest in an opposite direction to the entrance of the -burrow—a passage which ends in the open air at a considerable distance -from the original place of entrance. The dry arctic snow above the nest -packs with such closeness that any footfall thereon extends its -vibrations a long distance, so that unless the little lemming is asleep, -his acute senses give him warning of the stealthy coming of the ermine -or fox in his pursuit.</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_009.jpg" width="400" height="277" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE LEMMING INSTANTLY BACKED UP AGAINST A ROCK.</span> -</div> - -<p>In the open the lemming can easily escape if the friendly snow is at -hand, for his pure white fur makes it difficult for the eye to follow -the tiny animal on the surface of the new snow, while the rapidity with -which he burrows in it astonishes an observer, and usually discomforts a -pursuer. Now and then the mouse is caught napping, and doubtless he -meets often as sudden and untimely a fate as did one under my notice. -Hurrying along the ice-foot with one of the largest of our Eskimo dogs, -we started a lemming under our very feet. The animal instantly backed up -against a rock and uttered shrill cries of rage and defiance at the dog, -who jumped for the lemming, and I for the dog. As my hands were closing -around the dog's neck, he seized the unfortunate rodent, and actually -gulped him down without stopping to bite. As far as I could judge the -lemming must have gone into the dog's stomach in a living condition—a -process easy for the dog, who was daily accustomed to bolt pieces of -meat much larger than the animal he had swallowed.</p> - -<p>There is no doubt that the lemming's characteristic rashness is as -fertile a source of danger as is the activity of his pursuers. Often -when escape is certain, a delay to show his courage proves fatal. If he -is quite a distance from his burrow or a snow-bank, his chance of escape -by direct flight is hopeless. When this is the case, he always dies with -his face to the foe. Backing up against a stone or any inequality of the -frozen ground he shows no sign of fear, boldly making little rushes -towards the enemy, and as suddenly retreating to his coign of vantage as -they fail to stop. All the while the air is vocal with a series of sharp -little squeaks that are most surprising to the observer. The diminutive -size of the animal and the small volume of sound are so disproportionate -to the evident courage<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_434" id="Page_434">[Pg 434]</a></span> with which he utters his notes of defiance, as -to make the lemming at bay a most amusing were it not a pathetic sight -for an observer. One cannot fail to feel an admiration for his courage, -not unmixed with pity for the helplessness of so tiny an animal.</p> - -<p>It is probable that the arctic lemming shares with his Norwegian cousin -periodical frenzies of migration, so that the large number in Grinnell -Land in 1876 was followed by a great diminution in 1881-3 in the same -region. Whether the migration was towards Greenland is unknown, but it -is certain that in 1882 the lemming was found along the coast of -Greenland to the most northerly point ever reached by man. At this -extreme northern point two lemmings were caught, one being run down by -the ravenous, half-starved sledge dogs, the most fortunate dog -swallowing him whole to avoid having the lemming torn from his jaws.</p> - -<p>The lemmings that were held in captivity gradually yielded to kind -treatment, but they showed always an irritable, uncertain temper, and -even in mildest moods tried their teeth gently and playfully, but with a -certain air that promised aggressive action if Mr. Lemming's rights were -not fully respected.</p> - -<p>The naturalist in naming the common hare called it <i>timidus</i> (timid), -which in popular opinion describes its most striking quality. If this -species lacks the elements of courage, it would be injustice to bring -this charge against his northern brother, for the polar hare is bold, -tenacious, and enduring to an astonishing degree. He thrives in the most -northern regions under apparently the most adverse conditions, for -within five hundred miles of the North Pole, at Lady Franklin Bay, a -hare, killed two weeks before the return of the sun, after a winter of -unparalleled severity, was in such excellent condition that it weighed -eleven pounds, against an average of nine pounds for his kind.</p> - -<p>He keeps the field throughout the year, and, like the hare of the south, -does not regularly burrow. For the greater part of the year he lives in -a "form," or a depression in his pasture among the saxifrages, willows, -or lichens; occasionally one seeks a sheltered crevice or overhanging -rock.</p> - -<p>Nature, indeed, provides him with a winter undergrowth of fur consisting -of the finest, fleeciest hair imaginable, resembling delicate down; but -even with this defence it seems astonishing that he can endure an almost -continuous exposure to temperatures that hold quicksilver as solid as -steel. In a manner the polar hare accommodates himself to the situation, -and if he does not, like the lemming, gather materials for a shelter, he -does at least learn to use snow as a protection against the worst of -weather. Possibly he would burrow like the rabbit if the frozen earth -was not like iron, for he does at times tunnel the snow, to which -uncheery quarters he resorts from his adjacent pasturage. These snow -excavations or burrows are infrequent, for while they add to the bodily -comfort of the hare, they render him more liable to fall a victim to the -fox or wolf, always in search of this arctic dainty.</p> - -<p>One of these snow burrows is described by Colonel Feilden, the -naturalist of the Nares expedition in 1875, in 82° 27' N. Hunting the -hare, two weeks before the sun reappears at mid-day, February 24th, in a -temperature 56° below zero, Feilden continues: "I started a hare from -its burrow, a hole about four feet in length scratched horizontally in -the snow. I have no doubt but what the same burrow was regularly used, -as the snow was discolored by the feet of the animal and a quantity of -hair was sticking on the sides." All around the hole he had been -scratching up the snow and feeding on the saxifrage, nibbling off the -delicate green buds which were shooting out from the brown withered -plant of last year's growth.</p> - -<p>Dr. Sutherland, some three hundred miles further to the south, says: -"The hares burrow in the snow. One burrow which I measured was eight -feet in length, in a southern exposure, but it was never more than five -or six inches beneath the surface. From the appearance of the snow which -must have been removed in the process of excavation, it was my -impression that the burrow had been opened during the winter. The hares -were so wary, standing on their hind legs and spinning away in this -upright posture, with watchful eyes on all our movements, that all our -efforts to shoot them were useless."</p> - -<p>The skill, rapidity, and peculiar manner with which the hare travels -when closely pursued are worthy of attention. The first case noted was -by Sergeant Rice, one of my command, who shot and pursued a hare which -escaped him, although wounded. The animal would travel for a hundred -yards or more at a time on its hind legs alone, jumping a distance of -six to eight feet at each jump, when he would land upon his hind feet, -only to repeat the operation, never touching the ground with his fore -feet. Occasionally, for a change, he resorted to the usual method of -travel. Rice at first thought he was suffering from an optical delusion, -but as the actions were repeated he carefully examined the tracks, which -confirmed his eyesight, showing that only the hare's hind feet touched -the ground. Later the same method of travel fell under my own -observation, except that the hare did not follow it for any considerable -distance; probably it is resorted to only in dire distress.</p> - -<p>Other instances could be cited of the tenacity to life and desperation -with which a wounded hare struggles, but the following experience of -Lieutenant Kislingbury, of my party, was probably the most striking that -fell within our experience.</p> - -<p>Kislingbury first shot a hare through one of its hind legs, and knocked -him over, but he immediately straightened himself up and commenced to -hop away, leaving the snow marked with his blood. He travelled so -rapidly that the Lieutenant followed him for more than a mile before he -was able to get another shot, when a ball was put through the hare's -stomach; still it proceeded, losing here and there pieces of its -entrails. For two miles further the animal was followed, when a third -ball broke both fore paws just as the animal was in the act of jumping -to reach a high rock. The force of the blow carried the animal over a -cliff, where it rolled down a steep decline for nearly two hundred feet, -and when picked up it still showed signs of life. It seemed to us to be -a most astonishing example of tenacity on the part of any animal, much -more of one usually thought to be timid and weak.</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">A. W. Greely</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="LITTLE_SCARECROW" id="LITTLE_SCARECROW">LITTLE SCARECROW.</a></h2> - -<h3>A SPANISH TRADITION.</h3> - -<p>Once upon a time there was a comely hen who lived comfortably in a -farm-yard, surrounded by her numerous family of chickens, noticeable -among which was a lame and deformed one. But this was precisely the one -which the mother loved most dearly; for that is always the way with -mothers. The lame chicken, that had been hatched from a very diminutive -egg, was, in fact, only half a chicken, and to look at him one might -have supposed that the sword of Solomon had executed on his person the -famous sentence pronounced on a certain occasion by that wise King. He -had only one eye, one wing, and one leg; yet for all that he put on more -airs than his father, who was the handsomest, the most valiant, and the -stateliest rooster in all the farm-yards for twenty leagues around. The -chicken thought himself the Phœnix of his race. If the other young -roosters made sport of him, he thought it was through envy, and if the -young hens did so, that it was because he took so little notice of them.</p> - -<p>One day he said to his mother: "Mother, I have something to say to you. -The country bores me. I have made up my mind to go to the court; I want -to see the King and the Queen."</p> - -<p>The poor mother trembled when she heard these words. "Son," she -exclaimed, "who can have put such nonsense in your head? Your father has -never left his native place, and he is the honor of his race. Where will -you find a yard like this? Where wholesomer or more abundant food, a -hen-house so sheltered and so near the station, or affection like that -of your family?"</p> - -<p>"<i>Nego</i>," said Little Scarecrow in Latin, for he prided himself<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_435" id="Page_435">[Pg 435]</a></span> upon -his learning, "my brothers and sisters and my cousins are nothing but a -set of ignoramuses."</p> - -<p>"But, my son," responded his mother, "have you never looked at yourself -in the glass? Don't you see that you have only one foot and one eye?"</p> - -<p>"Since you take that tone," replied Little Scarecrow, "let me tell you -that you ought to drop dead with shame to see me in such a condition. -Pray who is to blame for it but yourself? But perhaps I may meet with -some skilful surgeon," he added, with his comb as red as fire, "who will -supply the members that I lack. So say no more, for I am going away."</p> - -<p>When his mother saw that there was no way of dissuading him from his -purpose, she spoke as follows:</p> - -<p>"Hear at least, my son, the prudent counsels of an affectionate mother. -Try to avoid passing by any church where there is an image of St. Peter; -the saint has little liking for cocks, and much less for their crowing. -Shun also certain men whom there are in the world called cooks. They are -our mortal enemies, and they would wring the necks of us all, if they -could, in the twinkling of an eye. And now go and ask your father for -his blessing."</p> - -<p>Little Scarecrow approached his father, bent his head to kiss his -parent's foot, and asked him for his blessing. The venerable cock gave -it to him with more dignity than tenderness, for, owing to the bad -disposition of the chicken, his father had no love for him. His mother, -however, was so greatly affected that she was obliged to wipe her eyes -with a dry leaf.</p> - -<p>Little Scarecrow started off at a trot after he had flapped his wing and -crowed thrice by way of farewell. Presently he came to the edge of a -Brook that was almost dry—for it was summer—whose slender current had -been stopped on its way by some branches. The Brook, as soon as it saw -the traveller, said to him:</p> - -<p>"You see, friend, how weak I am. I can scarcely take a step, and I have -not strength enough to push aside those troublesome branches that -obstruct my way. Nor can I give a turn and avoid them, for that would -fatigue me too greatly. You can easily take me out of this difficulty by -removing them with your beak. In exchange, not only can you quench your -thirst in my current, but you may count upon my services when the waters -of heaven shall have restored my strength."</p> - -<p>"I could, but I will not," responded the chicken. "Do I by chance look -like the servant of a shallow and miserable Brook?"</p> - -<p>"One of these days, when you least expect it, you will remember me," -murmured the Brook in a fainting voice.</p> - -<p>"All that was wanting was that you should give yourself the air of a -great river," said Little Scarecrow, insolently. "Any one would suppose -that you had drawn a prize in the lottery or that you were counting to a -certainty on the waters of the deluge."</p> - -<p>A little further on he met the Wind, who was lying stretched on the -ground, almost lifeless.</p> - -<p>"Dear Little Scarecrow," said the Wind to him, "in this world we all -have need of one another. Approach and behold me. Do you see to what a -condition the heat of Summer has reduced me—me who am so strong and so -powerful; who raise up the waves, who lay low the fields, whose force -nothing can resist? This sultry day has killed me. I fell asleep, -intoxicated with the fragrance of the flowers that I was playing with, -and here I am now completely exhausted. If you would only raise me a -couple of inches from the ground and fan me with your wing, that would -give me strength enough to fly, and to go to my cavern where my mother -and my sisters, the Storms, are busy mending some old clouds which I -tore to pieces. There they will give me some soup, and I shall gather -new strength."</p> - -<p>"Cavalier," responded the perverse chicken, "many a time you have -diverted yourself with me, pushing me from behind, and spreading my tail -out like a fan, for every one who saw me to laugh at me. No, friend, to -every pig comes his St. Martin's day, and so good-by to you for the -present, Sir Harlequin." So saying, he crowed thrice in a clear voice -and strutted haughtily away.</p> - -<p>In the middle of a field covered with stubble, to which the harvesters -had set fire, a column of smoke was rising. Little Scarecrow drew near, -and saw a tiny spark which was fast dying out among the ashes.</p> - -<p>"Beloved Little Scarecrow," said the Spark, when it saw him, "you have -come just in time to save my life. For want of nourishment, I am at the -point of death. I don't know where my cousin, the Wind, who always helps -me in these straits, can have hidden himself. Bring me a few straws to -revive me."</p> - -<p>"What have I to do with your affairs?" answered the chicken. "Die if you -wish. For my part, I have no need of you."</p> - -<p>"Who knows but you may yet have need of me," responded the Spark. "No -one can tell what he may one day be brought to."</p> - -<p>"Hello!" said the perverse animal. "So you are still haranguing. Take -that, then." And so saying, he covered the Spark with ashes; after which -he began to crow, according to his custom, as if he had just performed -some great exploit.</p> - -<p>Little Scarecrow arrived at the capital, and passing by a church, which -he was told was St. Peter's, he stood still before the door, and there -crowed himself hoarse, solely for the purpose of enraging the saint, and -having the pleasure of disobeying his mother.</p> - -<p>As he approached the palace, which he desired to enter to see the King -and the Queen, the sentinel cried out to him, "Back!" He then went to -the rear of the palace, and entering by a back door, saw a very large -apartment where a great many people were coming in and going out. He -asked who they were, and was told that they were his Majesty's cooks. -Instead of running away, as his mother had warned him to do, he went in -with crest and tail erect; but one of the scullions caught him on the -instant and wrung his neck in the twinkling of an eye.</p> - -<p>"Bring some water here and let us pluck this scarecrow," said the -scullion.</p> - -<p>"Water, my dear Doña Cristalina," cried the chicken; "please don't scald -me! Mercy! Have compassion upon me!"</p> - -<p>"Had you compassion upon me when I asked your help, perverse bird?" -answered the Water, boiling with rage and flooding the chicken from head -to foot, while the scullions left him without so much as a feather.</p> - -<p>The cook then took Little Scarecrow and put him on the gridiron.</p> - -<p>"Fire! brilliant Fire!" cried the unhappy bird, "you who are so powerful -and so resplendent, take pity upon my situation, repress your ardor, -quench your flames, and do not burn me."</p> - -<p>"You impudent rogue!" responded the Fire, "how can you have the courage -to appeal to me, after having stifled me, because you thought, as you -said, that you would never need me? Come here and you shall see -something fine."</p> - -<p>And, in fact, not content with browning the chicken, the fire burned him -until he was as black as a coal. When the cook saw the chicken in this -condition he took him by the foot and threw him out of the window. Then -the Wind took possession of him.</p> - -<p>"Wind," cried Little Scarecrow, "my dear, my venerated Wind, you who -rule over everything, and who obey no one, powerful among the powerful, -have compassion upon me; leave me at rest on this heap."</p> - -<p>"Leave you!" roared the Wind, seizing him in a gust and whirling him -about in the air like a top. "Never!"</p> - -<p>The Wind deposited Little Scarecrow on the top of a belfry. St. Peter -extended his hand and fastened him firmly to it. From that time to this -he has remained there, black, thin, and bare, beaten by the rain and -pushed about by the Wind, whose sport he forever is. He is no longer -called Little Scarecrow, but Weather-Cock; but there he is, expiating -his errors and his sins, his disobedience, his pride, and his -perversity.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>A MARINE SIMILE.</h3> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">The fish are ships that swim the sea</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">In sunshine and in gales;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">Their tails the trusty rudders are,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">Their fins the spreading sails.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_436" id="Page_436">[Pg 436]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"><a name="FROM_CHUM_TO_CHUM" id="FROM_CHUM_TO_CHUM"></a> -<img src="images/ill_010.jpg" width="700" height="229" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h2>FROM CHUM TO CHUM.</h2> - -<h3>BY GASTON V. DRAKE.</h3> - -<h3>V.—FROM JACK TO BOB.</h3> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">Old Man of the Out House</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 169px;"> -<img src="images/ill_011.jpg" width="169" height="300" alt="" /> -</div> - -<blockquote> - -<p>DEAR BOB,—Your two letters from the steamer got here yesterday. -Sandboys says your polite Pirate was stuffing you about that money -in Venezuela, and he thinks you'll get your money back when oysters -climb trees and not before, and I sort of agree with him. That -story about jumping overboard and getting washed back don't seem to -me ought to be told to people that love truth. Anyhow Sandboys -didn't like it, and he told me to tell you to tell your old Pirate -that he can do his own Grand Viziering when he gets to his Island -Kingdom and save his ten dollars a week—there's more money in -carrying ice-water up and down stairs here, Sandboys says, and he's -going to stick to it.</p> - -<p>I'm pretty lonesome for you this summer, though there's a half a -dozen pretty good fellows here; one of 'em's named Billie Tompkins -and he lives out in Chicago. He says there's no place like Chicago -in this world for fun. It's situated right out in the prairies and -he's got a sand-yacht that he goes sailing about in every spring. I -never heard of a sand-yacht before and neither did Sandboys, but -Billie Tompkins described it to us and I should think it would be a -pretty good thing to have. It has wheels, and is built just like a -cat-boat with a mast and a rudder, but no keel. He says that he's -sailed over pretty much all of Illinois with it and had lots of -adventures with Indians and kiyoots. Of course you know what -kiyoots are, they're prairie wolves and they're very dangerous to -people that need sleep because they howl all night. He's had lots -of trouble with them, but the Indians have bothered him worse than -anything, frequently chasing him for miles just to get his scalp. -One of 'em caught him once, when he was out sailing one day in -March. He had a little seal-skin cap on fortunately, and the Indian -ran away with that thinking sure he'd caught his head of hair. Ever -since that time he's worn seal-skin caps for sailing. The most -exciting time he ever had though was last spring. He'd gone out for -an afternoon's cruise and had got about forty miles out on the -prairie. He was sailing along beautifully before the wind when he -saw a black speck off on the horizon coming towards him like -lightning. He didn't know what it was at first but as it alarmed -him just a little he took a tack off to the East, and then he knew -that the object was bearing down for him for it changed its course -just as he had and came on in hot pursuit. In about five minutes he -saw that it was an Indian on horseback and he began to get sorry -that he'd disobeyed his father and come so far out. You see his -father isn't a millionaire and was rather put out about his losing -that seal-skin hat, and he'd told him to keep away from where the -Indians were. It's pretty tough to be placed where you're bound to -get hurt whatever happens, and Billie got pretty anxious -contemplating—how's that for a word?—getting scalped or spanked. -He steered his yacht right about, so's she'd fly before the wind, -which was his only chance, but it was too late. The Indian was -close enough to lasso him. Suddenly the pursuer's rope shot out, -but by some mistake in the aim didn't catch Billie, but got the -mast right in the noose. The horse stopped short, braced himself -and the Indian began to grin, expecting to see the boat capsize, -but he forgot that the boat had a speed of a hundred miles an hour -on and weighed three times as much as the horse in the bargain. He -found out in a minute though, for the rope snapped taut, yanked the -horse out from under the Indian, threw the Indian over on his own -neck and broke it, and went sailing over the prairie with the poor, -kicking horse in tow. Billie stopped the yacht as quick as he could -for the horse's sake, though it couldn't hurt him much towing him -through the soft sand. The horse got on his legs again, as meek as -you please. Billie fastened him to the rudder post and went back to -where the Indian was and found he was deader than a door-nail, and, -strangely enough, hanging from his girdle was the identical -seal-skin cap that had been scalped off Billie's head two years -before.</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;"> -<img src="images/ill_012.jpg" width="300" height="248" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>He sailed home in triumph, having made a horse and recovered his -cap as well, and his father forgave him for not having minded, and -when the horse was sold later on for fifty dollars he gave Billie -five dollars of it all for himself.</p> - -<p>Sandboys says that was a wonderful adventure and I sort of feel -that way myself. He says if Billie keeps on having adventures like -that there's no reason why he shouldn't grow up to be as successful -a man as your Pirate, but he thinks Billie ought to stick by -Chicago and not go seeking his fortune anywhere else because there -isn't another city in the world where a thing like that could -happen, which I guess is true. It certainly couldn't happen -anywhere around Boston, because even if they had a prairie and -Indians you couldn't steer a yacht through the fearful crowds of -bicyclers they have there, without having a collision.</p> - -<p>Speaking of bicyclers there's a fellow here that's going to coast -down Mt. Washington next week and he's awfully proud of himself, -which he needn't be. It would be much harder work to go up Mt. -Washington on a bicycle, Sandboys says, and he ought to know, -because he's done both, and last year he came down all the way on -one roller skate without touching his other foot once. If you see -your Pirate ask him what he thinks of that.</p> - -<p>Barring Billie and Sandboys everything's pretty slow here. We've -only changed the boots in the hall once, and the new head waiter -has got eyes like a ferret so's no one can sneak an apple or a -banana out of the dining room without its getting in the bill. We -boys are going to hold a Mass Meeting this week to see what can be -done about this. It isn't any fun eating fruit at the table, and -what's the good of nuts and raisins if you can't carry 'em off in -your pockets? If you see any live Dukes tell me about 'em.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;">Always yours,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">Jack</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_437" id="Page_437">[Pg 437]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"> -<img src="images/ill_013.jpg" width="700" height="316" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">3. The Finish. 2. The Stride. 1. The Start.<br /><br /> -From instantaneous Photographs of T. E. Burke, Champion Quarter-miler of the World.</span> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"><a name="INTERSCHOLASTIC_SPORT" id="INTERSCHOLASTIC_SPORT"></a> -<img src="images/ill_014.jpg" width="700" height="332" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">Boardman. Lakin. Crane. Kilpatrick. Hollister. Kingsley.<br /><br /> -Start of Half-mile Race at the Inter-collegiate Games, 1895.<br /><br /> -RUNNING THE MIDDLE DISTANCES.</span> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/ill_015.jpg" width="600" height="130" alt="INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT" /> -</div> - -<p>The middle distances are the hardest events for an athlete to work at -without the assistance of a trainer; but this fact should not discourage -the beginner, because there is a vast amount of preliminary work that he -can do which will put him into such condition that when he does at last -come under the care of a coach he will be able to make rapid progress -toward proficiency. The term "middle distances" is usually applied to -the quarter and half mile races only, for these have become recognized -as the standards by amateur associations and clubs. The quarter-mile is -sometimes set down on the card as a 440-yard dash—for it is practically -a dash from start to finish, as run nowadays—and the half-mile is -frequently called the 880-yard run. It is becoming more usual, however, -to look upon these events as fractions of a mile.</p> - -<p>The preparatory work for the quarter should begin at the close of winter -with walks of from two to three miles across country, ending up with a -half-mile jog and a good rub-down. This sort of exercise should be taken -every day for three weeks, in order to harden the muscles and get the -body into regular habits of physical exercise. Let us presume that at -the end of this time the weather has moderated sufficiently to permit of -out-door work in light running costume. This should consist of running -at an easy gait distances longer and shorter than a quarter-mile on -alternate days. For instance, on Monday, run 220 and 300 yards a couple -of times, with a rest in between; on Tuesday run 600 yards or half a -mile; on Wednesday run the short distances again; and keep on doing this -for a month or more. Occasionally—say once a week—try a 100 yards for -speed, and about every tenth day take a trial quarter on time.</p> - -<p>The most important of all things in running the middle distances is that -the athlete should become a judge of pace. He must know just how fast he -is going. It takes time, of course, to acquire this knowledge, but the -good men in the events know just how rapidly they are travelling around -the track, and can tell to a fifth of a second what their gait has been -for any fraction of the course. That is why these events are the hardest -to run. The best<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_438" id="Page_438">[Pg 438]</a></span> way to acquire this knowledge of gait is to get some -one to hold a watch on you every time you run. When you have not a -trainer, however, this is not always possible. But there is no reason -why you should not hold the watch yourself. And it is well to keep a -record of your speed as it increases.</p> - -<p>Frequent runs of 150 and 300 yards on time will serve to show how your -speed is getting along, and the distances being short, this will enable -you to judge of pace so that you can tell very closely how you are -travelling over the various portions of your distance. As I have said, -the quarter as now run is a sprint from start to finish, and the best -thing to do in competition is to jump into the lead at once and head the -field all the way if you can. As in the 100 and 220, no heed should be -given to the other competitors, and, above all things, never look back.</p> - -<p>There is little more to be said in the way of instruction for this -event, for it is one that must be worked over according to the powers -and capabilities of each individual. The general training after the -first four or five months is about the same as for the sprints, which -was described in this Department last week. As for the start, it is -optional with the individual whether he shall stand or crouch. Burke, -the world's champion quarter-miler, who is represented in the series -above, uses the standing start, but many others get off from the -crouching position. The second picture of the series gives a good idea -of the pace and the general position of the body, both of which are -identical with sprinting form. The finish is somewhat different. There -is always plenty of space ahead after a quarter-mile race (which, of -course, has to be run on a curved track) for the runner to keep on going -as long as he wishes to, and thus he can pass the tape at top speed and -keep on as far as he likes. Many hundred-yard sprinters coming down a -short straight track lose a fraction of a second of their speed by -slowing up too soon.</p> - -<p>The half-mile run requires even a greater judgment of gait than does the -quarter, and it is a much harder race to run, having now been developed -into such a speedy contest that a man should never attempt to enter any -other event in games where he runs a half-mile. Moreover, the athlete -who adopts the half-mile as his specialty should give up every other -event and train continuously and solely for that distance. He must get -himself into such shape that he can tell to a fraction of a second just -how fast he is going. This is learned only by having a watch going all -the time, and while training there ought to be some one on the track to -shout the time every furlong or so.</p> - -<p>The preparatory work for this distance is similar to that of the -quarter—that is, there should be long and short work, over and under -the distance, on alternate days. A half-mile trial on time once in two -weeks is sufficient. The start and gait are the same as for the quarter. -In the illustration of the start of the half-mile race at the -Intercollegiates of 1895 it is plain to see that Kilpatrick is -determined to get the pole if he can, while Siebel and Kingsley, who -have inside positions, are determined to keep them even if they have to -take a sprinting start. Hollister, on the other hand, has apparently -made up his mind to let Kilpatrick set the pace, and then try to pass -him. This was wise of Hollister, because he knew Kilpatrick's habit is -to run a very fast first quarter, and he himself has been trained to -sprint hard at the finish. Thus he felt that if he could keep up with -Kilpatrick for the first three-eighths he could sprint past him at the -finish. Hollister won.</p> - -<p>I give this illustration of the tactics of half-mile racing to show how -very much strategy has to come in in this event. You must know how your -opponents run, and you must distribute your energies over the race so as -to counteract as far as possible those of the other competitors. It -would have been unwise for Hollister to fight with Kilpatrick for the -lead in this case, because the latter could have run him off his feet. -That is Kilpatrick's style. But by letting Kilpatrick set the pace, -Hollister had an easier time of it in the first quarter, because he did -not have to give any thought whatever to his gait. When it came to the -stretch, all he had to do was to sprint. Nevertheless, the best general -rule for a novice is to jump to the lead and hold it if he can. When he -gets to be a first-class man he can devote more thought to the -individual work of his opponents. One of the best things for any one -working at the half-mile is to attend every meeting he can and watch the -work of other half-milers. In fact, it is well for every athlete to -follow big games, and study his own event in the work of others. Big -championship games should never be missed if it is a possible thing to -witness them.</p> - -<p>In announcing the date of the New York I.S.A.A. spring games of May 9th, -some of the daily papers said that the events would be open to "all -preparatory schools of the United States." This was erroneous. The games -are open to members of the N.Y.I.S.A.A. only. It is evident that no team -could be chosen to represent the New York Association at the National -meeting if these games were open to outsiders who could come in, and, by -taking a number of firsts, make it necessary for the New-Yorkers to hold -another field meeting to find out who their own best men were.</p> - -<p>Baseball prospects in the Long Island League are bright. The St. Paul -team, which won the championship last year, is almost the same again -this spring. Starrs, Goldsborough, Baker, Hall, and Mortimer are back -again in school. Adelphi has excellent material in Brooks, Graff, -Crampton, Corbett, Forney, Langdon, and Baucher; while almost all of the -High-School team of last year are on hand to play again this season. -Poly. Prep. has as good a pitcher as any school in the League, and -plenty of athletic material to pick from, and the Latin-School players -promise to develop a strong nine. Baseball practice in New York has not -begun in earnest yet, but it is probable that the average of the teams -will be stronger than they were last spring, as there seems to be a -renewal of interest in the national game, which has led a pretty -precarious existence here for the last two seasons.</p> - -<p>The interscholastic contests that are being held from time to time in -the gymnasium of the New Manhattan Athletic Club are excellent things, -and will serve to develop a good many young athletes who would not -otherwise have a chance to show what there is in them. A strong -incentive to energetic effort is afforded in the way of a trophy for the -school that shall have earned the greatest number of points when the -series of games has ended. This prize will be of small intrinsic value, -but as a trophy it will be worth the having. These games will also -develop a better spirit among the lads who follow athletics, for they -are looked after by the N.M.A.C.'s new athletic manager, Mr. Cornish, -who is as strict an enforcer of the amateur laws and the amateur spirit -as can be found anywhere. Mr. Cornish can have a very strong influence -for good over this rising generation of athletes if he cares to. His -strongest hold upon the young men's confidence is that he knows his -business, and if he now compels them to walk the straightest of straight -lines, they will do so all the more cheerfully because they know that he -has the right of the question on his side, and intends to stand by his -principles.</p> - -<p>Readers of this Department will remember that I urged the New York -Athletic Club almost a year ago to show some interest in the sports of -the rising generation, to cultivate the young men, and to encourage -their efforts. I cited the Boston Athletic Association as an example, -and spoke of how that organization holds meetings for scholastic -contests, and helps the younger men with advice and suggestion. In fact, -the meetings of the Boston Inter-scholastic Association's committees are -held in the B.A.A. Club-house. The New York A.C., however, did nothing -as an organization to advance the interests and promote the welfare of -the boy athletes. Some of its members as individuals have done a great -deal for the young men, but<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_439" id="Page_439">[Pg 439]</a></span> most of their work has been in the nature -of acting as officials at meetings conducted by the schools.</p> - -<p>The New Manhattan Athletic Club, however, after having stagnated in a -mire of unclean sportsmanship, finally gets an injection of new and -healthy blood, and realizes that from the boys of to-day are to be drawn -the athletes of to-morrow. The Club thereupon sets out to do all it can -to promote and encourage scholastic sports. It offers the services of -its gymnasium and of its athletic instructors, it organizes a large -in-door meeting and shoulders the entire financial and executive -responsibility, and does everything, in fact, that a club can do under -the circumstances.</p> - -<p>Of course all this is done with the ultimate object of making the -N.M.A.C. a successful and prosperous organization. But with all this aim -there is a great deal more unselfishness about the movement than -selfishness. The Club is not by any means trying to secure control of -scholastic sports. I feel confident of this from what I know of the men -in control. What the club is trying to do is to help the young men -interested in sport by relieving them, as far as possible, from the -business part of athletics, and thus to make sport purer; and after this -has been successfully accomplished, the N.M.A.C. will be very glad to -see all these honest young sportsmen competing as members of its -organization—an organization which, I hope, will stand for cleanliness -in sport just as prominently as at one time it stood for the very -opposite.</p> - -<p>The gymnasium work of the Trinity School has developed a new game there. -The sport was originated and first played in New Orleans, I believe, and -is called "The Newcomb." The boys of Trinity School were perhaps the -first to play it in this section of the country, and they have found it -to be exceedingly interesting. The game is on the order of basket-ball, -which was spoken of in this Department last week. A line is drawn in the -centre of the gymnasium; then another line is drawn on either side of -this, and about eight feet from it. These are called the "base-lines." -The distance may vary, it depending on the size of the room. Two sides -are chosen by captains, the number playing depending upon the available -space and number of boys present. Twelve or fifteen on a side is a good -number. The teams then take their positions between the base-line and -wall, so that they face each other, and are separated by the distance -between the two base-lines. A basket-ball or football may be used. The -referee, standing out of the way, throws the ball to one of the sides. -The object of the boy who catches it is to throw it toward his opponent -so that it will touch the floor behind the base-line. If he succeeds in -doing this it counts as three points for his side.</p> - -<p>The player on the side to which the ball is thrown must try to keep it -from touching the floor, and if he succeeds in doing so he must -immediately throw it back to his opponent's side. This passing to and -fro is kept up until a touch-down is made. If the ball is thrown and -touches the floor between the base-lines, one point is scored against -the side making the throw. The principal rules are that the ball may be -thrown with one or both hands, but the person must not throw it while he -is down or on his knees. He must not run with the ball, and he must not -step over the base-lines. Breaking any of the above rules counts as a -foul, and one point is given in each case to the side not at fault. The -length of game is decided upon by the captains of the teams and the -referee before play is started, and the side having the most points at -the end of the allotted time is the winner. Two halves of twenty-five -minutes each, with a ten minutes' rest, are usually played.</p> - -<p>At the annual in-door games of the Hotchkiss School, at Lakeville, -Connecticut, four of the school records were broken—R. B. Hixon -established a new school record in the fence vault of 6 ft. 11 in.; C. D. -Noyes in the high kick of 9 ft. 1 in.; H. H. Wells in the standing -broad jump of 10 ft. 3¾ in., and J. P. Goodwin in the running high -jump of 5 ft. 5 in. The first two records are most creditable for -scholastic athletes, and are better, unless I am mistaken, than the Yale -records for the corresponding events. Hotchkiss School made such a -strong showing at the annual games of the Connecticut H.-S.A.A. at -Hartford last spring that they must be counted as dangerous opponents at -any future meeting. They are unfortunately at too great a distance from -New York to send representatives to the N.M.A.C. meet.</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">The Graduate</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>ADVERTISEMENTS.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 230px;"> -<img src="images/ill_016.jpg" width="230" height="400" alt="Royal Baking Powder" /> -</div> - -<p>No other aid to the housewife so great, no other agent so potent in -relief for the dyspeptic, has ever been devised. ROYAL <span class="smcap">Baking Powder</span> is -simply indispensable where the finest, purest, most wholesome and -economical foods are desired.</p> - -<h4>ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., N. Y.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>Monarch</h2> - -<p>Mounted on this king of bicycles, you are Monarch of all you survey. All -nature is yours as you speed along on your ride of health and happiness. -You can depend on the <span class="smcap">Monarch</span> in any emergency. There's "Know How" in -the making.</p> - -<p>4 models. $80 to $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_017.jpg" width="200" height="191" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h4>Monarch Cycle Mfg. Co</h4> - -<h4>Lake, Halstad and Fulton Sts., CHICAGO.</h4> - -<h4>83 Reade Street, NEW YORK.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>CARDS</h2> - -<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. UNION CARD CO., COLUMBUS, OHIO.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>Two</h2> - -<h2>Beauties.</h2> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 99px;"> -<img src="images/ill_018.jpg" width="99" height="200" alt="" /> -</div> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 54px;"> -<img src="images/ill_019.jpg" width="54" height="300" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p style="clear:both;"> </p> - -<p><span class="smcap">The DeLONG hook and eye and the CUPID hair pin</span>. The one will not unhook -of itself, the other will not slip out of the hair.</p> - -<h4>Both made by</h4> - -<h4>Richardson & DeLong Bros.,</h4> - -<h4>Philadelphia.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_020.jpg" width="400" height="63" alt="Thompson's Eye Water" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_440" id="Page_440">[Pg 440]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a name="BICYCLING" id="BICYCLING"></a> -<img src="images/ill_021.jpg" width="600" height="140" 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 so far as possible.</p></blockquote> - -<p>Before we take up the maps again a word should be said concerning the -purchase of a wheel for the ensuing year. Just at this time every -bicyclist is longing for a $100 '96 wheel, and looking with disgust on -his '95 or '94 machine, which has served him many a time, and carried -him over many a good mile. Of course the '96 is better than the same -make of '95. That is required of manufacturers if they wish to keep up -with the best things of the time. There are certain improvements this -year in bearings and tubes, in increasing the easy running of one, and -strengthening without adding to the weight of the other; but in spite of -those improvements, this year for the first time there have been no -great changes in wheels. If you have a '95 wheel, therefore, which has -run about a 1000 miles, two courses are open to you. You may be able to -get $50 for it, and by putting another $50 with that, buy a new one; or -you can spend ten or fifteen dollars on the '95 wheel and have a bicycle -practically as good as can be obtained for ordinary use. If you are -riding bicycle-races, or going in for long-distance records and -thousand-mile tours, it will unquestionably pay you to get what you can -for the old machine, and buy a new one of the highest price. On the -other hand, if you seldom do more than ten to twenty miles a day once or -twice a week, or if you use it for riding to and from the railroad -station each day, or for going to and returning from school, the one you -have already used a year, if it has been well cared for, will meet every -requirement as fully as the new bicycle could. Indeed, a '95 or '96 -bicycle of good make ought to keep in good condition with such use for -three or four years without requiring more than five or ten dollars a -year. There are cases to-day of '92 and '93 wheels which run as well as -many '95 bicycles, and which have had constant use for three or four -years. Naturally they are heavier, and the running gear is not as -perfect as in the later wheels, but this year the improvements are so -insignificant, compared with those of past years, that '96 and '95 -wheels are not different in important details. In a place like New York -city, or Chicago, or Philadelphia, or Boston, one can pick up a good -wheel for half price which will be sure to last him a year without -expense or annoyance. Somebody with a superfluity of money is willing to -let his wheel go at any price in order to have an excuse for buying a -new one; and such a man usually gives a bicycle a minimum amount of use.</p> - -<p>In purchasing such a second-hand bicycle several important points should -be noted. In the first place, and most important of all, take the -bearings of front, back, and sprocket wheels apart and see if the balls -are worn. Put them in place and note if they "rattle round" more than -they should. Here is the first place where a bicycle begins to lose its -usefulness. If the bearings are worn, either from use or lack of care in -keeping dirt out, the wheel will never again run easily. Next look -closely at the pedals, not only at the bearings in them, but at the -condition of them generally. They get a large amount of wear and tear, -and they strike obstacles which come in the way of the bicyclist more -often than any other part of the wheel. From this they are apt to be -imperceptibly bent in one place or another, which will account for an -otherwise inexplicable difficulty in sending the wheel ahead. Then look -at the tires carefully. If they have had several punctures you might as -well pay out the money at once to get new ones as to spend it in -piecemeal, at great inconvenience to your riding because of frequent -punctures. Sometimes, too, the rubber is not of the best grade, and in a -year will become dried and likely to crack. Sometimes the owner has not -been careful to keep the tires well filled with air, and the rim of the -wheel cuts partly through them, making them likely to burst at that -point. Aside from these three important points, with the addition of -sprocket chain and spokes, the faults of a wheel will show themselves.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a name="THE_PUDDING_STICK" id="THE_PUDDING_STICK"></a> -<img src="images/ill_022.jpg" width="600" height="173" 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>The quality of one's voice in conversation has much to do with the -pleasure listeners find in their part of the exercise. "A low voice," -says Shakespeare, "is an excellent thing in woman." I agree with him, -adding on my part the adjective "clear." A low mumbling voice is not -agreeable, but when a voice has pleasant modulations, is low-toned, -sweet, and distinct, it is as delightful to hear it in speech as in -song.</p> - -<p>One sometimes meets a charming girl who has a beautiful complexion, -bright eyes, a pleasant manner, and a merry laugh. But, alas! her -shrill, screaming voice, or her nasal tones, or her harsh discordant way -of speaking, neutralizes her other advantages. With my eyes shut, simply -by hearing a girl's voice in another room, or in a public conveyance -where she sits at my back and I cannot even glance at her, I can tell -whether a young girl is well or ill bred; almost I can state positively -whether she belongs to the better-educated or the untaught classes in -our land. Her voice tells the whole story. It is a surer indication than -anything else about her of the people she has lived among, the care that -has been taken in her upbringing, and the sort of character, refined or -coarse, which she bears.</p> - -<p>There are little mannerisms of speech which belong to certain parts of -the country, and which are caught up unconsciously by young people, so -that when they go away from home those who meet them have little -difficulty in deciding from what point they started. For instance, if a -young girl drops her final g's, and says mornin', evenin', greetin', -meetin', comin', and goin', I know where <i>she</i> comes from. I have -visited in a place or two where the sweet-voiced people nearly all cut -off their final g's. And if she rolls her r's, and says the words that -have r in them with a <i>burr</i>, I recall a journey I made one summer, and -I remember numbers of nice girls who all paid r the compliment of -twisting it lovingly around their tongues as they used it. A girl who -says daown for down and caow for cow labels herself as plainly as if she -labelled a trunk, and so does a girl whose vowel sounds are all matters -of conscience to that degree that she speaks as if she were mentally -spelling her words.</p> - -<p>We ought to try to pronounce correctly. There are changes in -pronunciation from time to time, but the dictionaries and the usage of -well-educated persons will guide us, if we care about the matter and -take pains to be right. But if we happen to hear some old-fashioned lady -or gentleman pronounce a word in a by-gone manner, we shall, of course, -be too polite to take notice, nor will we, as rude people have been -known to do, repeat the same word in our own turn, with a different -accent. I cannot too strongly urge my girls to be polite in all -circumstances. Politeness is merely consideration for others, real -unselfishness.</p> - -<p>Kathie asks me to give her my views about flirting. My dear child, I -haven't any. I cannot imagine school-girls flirting, if by this is meant -interchanging looks and smiles in a silly way with strangers. No well -brought up girl ever does this; and when a girl allows herself to -infringe on the code of behavior which holds her aloof from<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_441" id="Page_441">[Pg 441]</a></span> strangers, -she shows herself to be either very ignorant or very stupid.</p> - -<p>When you are travelling, or are in any place where a stranger performs a -kind and obliging act, acknowledge the courtesy by a simple bow and a -thank you. The man who rises and gives you a seat in a car is entitled -to this acknowledgment, and so is any one who, at any time, shows you -politeness. But you must not enter into conversation with strangers, nor -make new acquaintances in public.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"> -<img src="images/ill_023.jpg" width="300" height="66" alt="Signature" /> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 450px;"><a name="THE_CAMERA_CLUB" id="THE_CAMERA_CLUB"></a> -<img src="images/ill_024.jpg" width="450" height="150" alt="THE CAMERA CLUB" /> -</div> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Any question 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> - -<p>Owing to the number of questions received and replies given, we are -compelled to omit this Department this week.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>E. G., of Worthington, Ohio, asks what is the best kind of water to -use in photography, and what is done with the different solutions -after they have been used. The best kind of water is distilled -water, but as this cannot always be obtained, amateurs get along -without it. Water which has been filtered through blotting paper is -free enough from sediment to make it all right for ordinary -purposes such as developing, toning, etc. In washing pictures after -toning, or in washing negatives in running water, it is a good idea -to tie a flannel bag to the faucet, as this catches all sediment, -and prevents gritty particles settling in the soft film. -Photographers who use a great deal of material usually save their -solutions and separate the gold, but amateurs do not find it of -enough value to pay, as the quantity used is so small. Toning -solutions are usually thrown away after the gold is exhausted. -Developers can be used over several times if fresh is added to keep -up the strength. Hypo after being used for a batch of pictures -should be thrown away, for dirty hypo will stain negatives, and as -it costs but little it is better to have it fresh, and thus ensure -good results.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sir Knight Louis A. Dyar, of Winona, Minn</span>., asks why pictures taken -with a camera that makes a picture 3½ x 3½ are not allowed in -prize competitions; how to make platinotype prints; if sepia prints -are considered artistic; if it is possible for one to take a good -instantaneous out-of-door figure study; and if a camera is not -perfect, if the manufacturers would repair it. The reason why -pictures made with a camera smaller than a 4 x 5 are usually -excluded from prize competitions is because the small cameras do -not admit of so much scope in the pictures, and while many artistic -"bits" are taken with the small camera, they cannot really enter -into competition with pictures taken with a larger camera, which -requires more care and skill in making. Prints made in sepia tints -are considered quite artistic for some pictures. Sepia tints would -not be appropriate for snow pictures or for marines, but for some -landscapes sepia tones are better than black or gray. It is -possible to take a good instantaneous figure study out of doors, -but the contrast between the lights and shadows is apt to be too -strong if the picture is taken in the sunlight. With a quick plate -and lens one may make a good instantaneous with the subject placed -in the shadow of a building. If a camera is found to be defective -it should be taken to the dealer from whom it was purchased, who -will return it to the manufacturers and have the defect remedied.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sir Knight Leslie T. Redman, Lexington, Massachusetts</span>, says that -the film from his negatives has a tendency to rise from the glass, -and wishes some remedy. This is what is called "frilling," and is -usually caused by the solutions being used at too high a -temperature. A little alum in the fixing bath will harden the film. -The following is a good formula: Hypo, 16 oz.; water, 64 oz.; -pulverized alum, 1 oz. Mix thoroughly till the hypo and alum are -dissolved. Let it stand for twenty-four hours till the precipitate -formed by the alum has settled at the bottom. Then either syphon -off the clear liquid or turn it off carefully, so as not to disturb -the sediment at the bottom. The negative should remain in the -fixing bath five minutes after the silver has been removed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">F. P., Mok Hill, California</span>, asks for a good formula for an -intensifier. F. P. will find in No. 824 (August 13th) three -formulas for intensifying a plate, and one in No. 839 (November -26th) in answer to Sir Knight John H. Curtis. If not successful in -their use, please write to the editor of the Camera Club.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sir Knight Robert H. Ewell</span>, sent, last May, directions for making -spirit photographs. The publication has been withheld until the -present time, as winter seems the best time for trying experiments, -there being little of out-door work for the camera. Drape a sheet -about a person, letting it fall below the feet. Take a picture of -this person standing near or behind a chair with the arm extended, -making a short exposure. Close the shutter, leaving the camera in -same position, pose some one in the chair—the ghost having, of -course, been removed—and take his picture. The first exposure for -the spirit should be quite short, while that for the real -photograph should be exposed as for any portrait. Develop the -plate, and the negative should show the dim outline of the "ghost" -standing by the person photographed. The editor has seen many -amusing photographs made in this way.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sir Knight Teebor Rolyat, Newark, N.J</span>., asks if the Night Hawk is a -good camera for a beginner, and if it is suitable to take good -pictures; what is the simplest and best solution for a beginner to -use; and if it would spoil a plate when the sun is shining on the -camera from the front. The Night Hawk is considered an excellent -camera for beginners, and it will take good pictures if the owner -will use care and judgment. Some of the pictures which won prizes -in a recent contest were taken with an outfit costing less than -twenty dollars. One must use that camera as the painter advised his -pupils to mix paints—"With brains, sir!" A beginner would be more -successful if he used one of the ready-prepared developers when -first learning. They are prepared by expert chemists and accurately -mixed. After a little experience in developing, one can then mix -his own solutions. Many formulas have already been given, and -others are to follow soon. Two formulas for developers are given in -No. 844 (December 31). The sun shining into the camera and striking -the plate would fog the plate, but if the lens is shaded so that -the direct rays of the sun do not strike it, the camera may be -pointed directly toward the sun.</p></blockquote> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>FALSE ECONOMY</h3> - -<p>is practised by people who buy inferior articles of food. The Gail -Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk is the best infant food. <i>Infant -Health</i> is the title of a valuable pamphlet for mothers. Sent free by -New York Condensed Milk Co., New York.—[<i>Adv.</i>]</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>ADVERTISEMENTS.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>Arnold</h2> - -<h2>Constable & Co</h2> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>SPRING IMPORTATIONS.</h4> - -<h2>PARIS LINGERIE.</h2> - -<p class="center"><i>Peignoirs, Matinées, Jupons, Chemises de Nuit.</i></p> - -<h4>Fancy Trimmed Waists,</h4> - -<p class="center"><i>Organdie, Batiste, and Linon.</i></p> - -<h3>Silk Petticoats,</h3> - -<p class="center"><i>Silk Waists.</i></p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p class="center">Children's Wear</p> - -<p class="center"><i>Hand-made Guimpes, School Frocks,</i></p> - -<p class="center"><i>Fancy Lawn Dresses,</i></p> - -<p class="center"><i>Piqué Coats, French Caps.</i></p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>Broadway & 19th st.</h4> - -<h4>NEW YORK.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>WALTER BAKER & CO., <span class="smcap">limited</span></h2> - -<p class="center">Established Dorchester, Mass., 1780.</p> - -<h2>Breakfast Cocoa</h2> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 347px;"> -<img src="images/ill_025.jpg" width="347" height="400" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p class="center">Always ask for Walter Baker & Co.'s</p> - -<h3>Breakfast Cocoa</h3> - -<p class="center">Made at</p> - -<p class="center">DORCHESTER, MASS.</p> - -<p class="center">It bears their Trade Mark</p> - -<p class="center">"La Belle Chocolatiere" on every can.</p> - -<h4>Beware of Imitations.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>Postage Stamps, &c.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 82px;"> -<img src="images/ill_026.jpg" width="82" height="100" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>STAMPS! 300 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" /> -<h3>$117.50 WORTH OF STAMPS FREE</h3> - -<p>to agents selling stamps from my 50% approval sheets. Send at once for -circular and price-list giving full information.</p> - -<h4>C. W. Grevning, Morristown, N. J.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 99px;"> -<img src="images/ill_027.jpg" width="99" height="76" 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! <b>C. A. -Stegmann</b>, 5941 Cote Brilliante Ave., St. Louis, Mo</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><b>500</b> Mixed Australian, etc., 10c.; <b>105 varieties</b>, and <b>nice</b> album, 10c.; -15 unused, 10c.; 10 Africa, 10c.; 15 Asia, 10c. F. P. Vincent, Chatham, -N.Y.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p>FOREIGN STAMPS ON APPROVAL. Agents wanted at 50% com. Lists free. CHAS. -B. RAUB, New London, Conn.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p>125 dif. Gold Coast, Costa Rica, etc., 25c.; 40 U. S., 25c. Liberal com. -to agents. Large bargain list free. <span class="smcap">F. W. Miller</span>, 904 Olive St., St. -Louis, Mo.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p>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" /> -<p class="center">FINE APPROVAL SHEETS. Agents wanted at 50% com. P. S. Chapman, Box 151, -Bridgeport, Ct.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p class="center">BOOKS OF STAMPS at 33-1/3% com. References required. <b>Model Stamp Co.</b>, W. -Superior, Wis.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p class="center"><b>WANTED</b> Vol. I. HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, bound or unbound. H. WILLIAMS, 25 -East 10th Street, New York.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_028.jpg" width="400" height="63" alt="THOMPSON'S EYE WATER" /> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_029.jpg" width="400" height="56" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h3>Harper's Catalogue,</h3> - -<p class="center">Thoroughly revised, classified, and indexed, will be sent by mail to any -address on receipt of ten cents.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_442" id="Page_442">[Pg 442]</a></span></p> - -<h3>From a Naval "Veteran."</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>On Wednesday, October 2d, I saw the new United States armored -cruiser <i>Brooklyn</i> launched in Cramps' ship-yard. There was a large -crowd outside the gates when I arrived. The <i>Brooklyn</i> rested on an -inclined platform, which was well greased with tallow. She looked -superb and gigantic as she rested there waiting for the time to -come for her to take her first plunge. When the time did come the -cheering of the spectators and the shrieks of the whistles were -deafening. The launch was entirely successful from every point of -view.</p> - -<p>The <i>Brooklyn</i>'s keel was laid in the summer of 1893, and she will -be finished next February, when she promises to be superior to any -cruiser afloat. After the launch I had a look at the United States -war-vessels <i>Indiana</i>, <i>Massachusetts</i>, and <i>Iowa</i>, and the -steamers <i>Curaçoa</i> and <i>Comanche</i>. About two weeks later I again -visited Cramps' and went on board the <i>Brooklyn</i>. All over her were -men busy finishing her. I was also aboard the <i>Comanche</i> and -<i>Paris</i>. The <i>Indiana</i> and <i>Curaçoa</i> were no longer in the yard, -and as the <i>Massachusetts</i> was being repaired no one except the -employés were permitted on her. I expect to see the <i>Iowa</i> -launched. On Saturday, October 5th, accompanied by a younger -brother and a friend, I visited the United States Navy-yard, which -is situated on League Island in the Delaware River. We saw the -monitors <i>Montauk</i>, <i>Canonicus</i>, <i>Mahopac</i>, <i>Manhattan</i>, <i>Lehigh</i>, -<i>Catskill</i>, <i>Jason</i>, and <i>Nahant</i>, which lay in the arm of the -Delaware that separates League Island from the mainland. For fully -an hour we clambered all over the monitors, which had but one -turret and two guns apiece, and we thought, as we left them, that -the <i>Catskill</i> was the best.</p> - -<p>These monitors, as well as the ones we saw later, were in the civil -war, and since then, up to the middle of last August, when they -were ordered here, they have been lying in the James River, not far -from Richmond, Va. Crossing the island we went on board the -receiving-ship <i>Richmond</i>, where boys are "received" for the United -States Navy and then sent to Newport, R. I., to be instructed before -entering active service. We also saw the monitors <i>Miantonomoh</i> and -<i>Ajax</i>. The former has two turrets, each containing two great guns. -Upon our giving him a "tip," a man showed us all over her, and -explained how her men and officers "bunked," how she was -ventilated, how her turrets were moved, how her guns were loaded -and fired, etc. After a jaunt of an hour or more over the island, -we wound up our visit with going on board the United States -dynamite cruiser <i>Vesuvius</i>, which we inspected in every part.</p> - -<p>I am much interested in naval matters, and am collecting, besides -stamps and autographs, pictures, scenes, etc, of the navies of the -world. I like Mr. W. J. Henderson's stories, especially "The Old -Sailor's Yarns," and <i>Afloat with the Flag</i>. Any one who is -interested in naval matters, and who would like to enter the Naval -Academy at Annapolis, I will give a sample of the style of entrance -examinations, and also a few hints.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">Sir John H. Campbell, Jun</span>., K.R.T.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">413 School Lane, Germantown, Phila., Pa</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>Santa Barbara's Flower Festival.</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I do not think that you have heard much of the yearly flower -carnival held in Santa Barbara. This city is noted for its large -and beautiful flowers and foliage, and also for semi-tropical -trees, such as palms, bananas, guavas, lemons, oranges, and -loquats. The festival lasts about three or four days, and comes -almost always in the middle of April. The one I am going to -describe is that of last April. Unfortunately about a week before -it the pavilion in which was to be the carnival ball was burned, -and with it all the flags, bunting, and other decorations. This -dampened the spirits of the people, but thanks to the help of some -of the prominent citizens, money was soon raised for the -decorations and a temporary pavilion was built.</p> - -<p>State Street, the main thoroughfare, was beautifully decorated, and -several arches spanned it. Tribunes were erected for a block and a -half, in which the people were to sit while the procession passed -by. The carnival opened on Monday. The first feature was the riding -at rings at the race-track. On Wednesday there was the flower show -at the pavilion, followed in the evening by a concert. On Thursday -the grand floral parade took place, and this was the gala day of -the carnival. Floats, spring wagons, surreys, phaetons, carts, and -horses were covered with flowers, and prizes were awarded to the -best-decorated vehicles. Friday night a grand flower ball took -place, opened by the French minuet in costume, and attended by a -number of United States naval officers of the United States cruiser -<i>Olympia</i>.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">Sir Fredric N</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">California</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>A Bit about the Old Hall.</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>We visited Independence Hall one day while in Philadelphia. It was -most interesting. In one room were the portraits of all the men -that signed the Declaration. On the floor were the chairs that the -men sat in. In the hall there hung the great Liberty Bell "with -many a chip and crack." In the west room was the arch that -Washington walked under when in the house.</p> - -<p>In a case on the right of the door were a piece of Penn's elm, the -paper England tried to make us use before the Revolution, and some -old-fashioned money. On the left was the frame on which the Liberty -Bell used to hang. Right near it was a case with Lafayette's -epaulets In it, also a drum, a gun, a cannon-ball, and many other -things. We went out wishing we had more time to spend. Shall I -write again and tell you about our visit to Girard College?</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">Julian Breitenstein</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">Tidioute, Pa</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>If you please.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>The World and the Ancients Again.</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Not long since the question was asked, "How the ancients knew there -were poles without having some idea of the roundness of the earth." -A phrase, <i>intonnere poli</i>, was quoted from Virgil which is -certainly translated "The poles resound with thunder." As I -interpret this it means the heavens thunder—the "heavens" being -symbolized by the "poles" upon which they were supposed to revolve. -According to the ancient idea the earth was a circular disk, above -which was the "starry vault of heaven," of solid metal, and below -which was the deep cave of Hades.</p> - -<p>Around the earth flowed the black waters of the River Ocean, and -beyond this the heavens met the lower world in much the same manner -as the one half of a hollow sphere joins the other. But the shape -was not spherical, it was elliptical, and this peculiar mass -whirled on an axis extending from the highest point of heaven down -through the centre of the earth to the lowest point of Hades. -Either extremity of this axis was a pole, hence the use of "poles" -for "heavens," but whether this axis was an imaginary one or -whether it is to be taken literally I have been unable to -ascertain.</p> - -<p>The earth was thus completely enveloped by the upper and lower -worlds, separated from them by strong horizontal pillars, and held -in its place by Atlas; but notwithstanding the fact that an axis -passed directly through it, the earth had no rotary motion; in -other words, the earth was in the interior of a spinning mass. -These are some of the most important facts, and I hope an answer to -the question. In looking over the Grecian and Roman mythology a -great many conflicting theories are noticed, and the ancient mind -appears to have been most unstable and unsatisfied in regard to the -idea of the construction and arrangement of the universe.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">Paul A. Sinsheimer</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">San Luis Obispo, Cal</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>Navajo Indians.</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I am going to try and tell the readers a little about the Navajo -Indians, near whose reservation I live. The Navajos, as a rule, are -not a tall race, although there is one living about two miles from -town who is over six feet. His white friends call him "Lengthy." -The squaw who went to the World's Fair as being the best Navajo -blanket-maker of the tribe has two photographs, one of herself and -another squaw, and one of the Government Building which was at the -Fair, which she delights in showing to every one that goes to her -hut. She talks about "much people" whom she saw while there.</p> - -<p>Some of the Indians are quite old, but as active as when young. One -squaw has great-grandchildren who can do as much work in field or -house as a man. Three years ago la grippe came among them; but few -died, as they have a way of curing it which they will not reveal. -One man died who had curly black hair which came to his knees—the -only Indian ever known hereabouts to have curly hair. Between Fort -Defiance and here, about nine miles, there is a large hill which -was made by the Indians, who, as they went from one place to the -other, would throw, as they passed this spot, a stone, stick, or -handful of dirt on it, praying that they would accomplish their -journey in safety.</p> - -<p>It is seldom that those who have been to school for a year or two -live when they return to their tribe, because, after becoming used -to our food, they cannot live on their own, it being very poor and -insufficient. The Navajos live principally on corn, mutton, beans, -melons, and green pease, in their season, which they raise -themselves, besides tea, coffee, and sugar for those that can buy -or beg it. They have a bread made of a mixture of flour, meat, -water, and red pepper which has a very sharp taste. There are two -silversmiths in the tribe, who make buttons, belts, rings, bridles, -and bracelets out of silver money. One of them had his nose hurt on -the point, and he immediately filled it with clay and put plaster -over it, and now the skin has grown partly over it, giving him an -odd appearance indeed.</p> - -<p>The clothing of the men usually consists of one or more calico -shirts, cut and made by themselves, a pair of overalls, and -moccasins, with a blanket tied around the waist, which is worn at -all times, with a hat sometimes, and sometimes not. The squaw -usually has four or five calico dresses, either made by herself or -given to her by some white friend, with blanket and moccasins the -same as the men. They make no money except a few dollars or cents -now and then by doing small jobs, running errands, and selling -their beautiful blankets for half what they are worth.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">Mary D. Tarr</span>, R.T.L.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">Manuelito, N. M</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>Geographical Hiding-places.</h3> - -<p>1, Find meat in an English river. 2, Find a mineral paint in American -mountains. 3, Find a small steamer in a European country. 4, Find a -floor-covering in a country of South America. 5, Find a destructive -animal in a New York watering-place. 6, Find a kind of clay in an -Atlantic sound. 7, Find a carriage in a lake. 8, Find a small carpet in -an Asiatic island. 9, Find small talk in an Asiatic sea. 10, Find a -discoverer in a continent. 11, Find a part of the foot in a Virginia -city. 12, Find a useful fowl in a city of New York.</p> - -<p>Answer.—1, T-<i>ham</i>-es. 2, C-<i>umber</i>-land. 3, Por-<i>tug</i>-al. 4, -U-<i>rug</i>-uay. 5, Sa-<i>rat</i>-oga. 6, Albe-<i>marl</i>-e. 7, Ni-<i>car</i>-agua. 8, -Su-<i>mat</i>-ra. 9, Kamt-<i>chat</i>-ka. 10, Am-<i>eric</i>-a. 11, W-<i>heel</i>-ing. 12, -Sc-<i>hen</i>-ectady.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>Blue-fishing off Nantucket.</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I have been to Nantucket two summers and have watched the fishing -that is carried on there at all times of the year. In the summer -the blue-fish are the ones most caught. They are taken in seines. -The men who fish with these seines are called seiners. The -blue-fish are caught at a place called Great Point, where the water -is very shoal. Great Point is about twelve miles from the town of -Nantucket, but it is a part of the island.</p> - -<p>A seiner starts from the town about 4 <span class="smcap">a.m</span>. By law no net may be -used in the harbor or within a mile of the shore. When a seiner -sights a school of blue-fish he sends row boats out to surround the -school. As the nets are hauled into the sail-boat the blue-fish are -taken out and put in barrels. Sometimes one seiner gets as many as -a thousand blue-fish. The fish are then sent to New Bedford, where -they are loaded into "tank-ships." I have never seen a tank-ship in -Nantucket.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">F. A. Judson</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">Lansingburg, N. Y</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_443" id="Page_443">[Pg 443]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="STAMPS" id="STAMPS"></a> -<img src="images/ill_030.jpg" width="400" height="134" 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>Since "specialization" has become fashionable many stamps which have a -larger or smaller perforation, a different water-mark, or a decided -difference in shades of the same color, etc., have increased in value -enormously. For instance, the 4c. slate, Hong-Kong, perforated 14, is -worth 6c. used, or 8c. unused. The same stamp, perforated 12½, is -worth $5 used, $50 unused, and hard to find even at those prices. The -cataloguing of all these minute varieties has resulted in lists which -simply bewilder the beginner, and in catalogues of 600 pages or more in -small type. These minute varieties are out of the reach of all except -the very rich collector. Some thirty-five dealers recognizing the needs -of the smaller collectors have united in issuing <i>The American Standard -Stamp-Catalogue</i>, which omits these "varieties," simply listing the -stamps in the regular colors, etc.; and I learn the demand for this -catalogue has been so great that the first edition was exhausted on the -day of publication.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p><span class="smcap">P. W. Varney</span>.—This Department does not give dealers' names. The -gold dollar, 1849, is worth $1.50.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">F. Brengle</span>.—The capped 2's of the 1890 issue are sold by dealers -at 10c. each. Immense quantities are on hand, as every one saved -them.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">G. W. Schaick</span>—U.S. stamps issued previous to 1861 can <i>not</i> be -used for postage. All others can.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">G. Carliss</span>.—The $1 and $2, present issue, can be bought cancelled -at half face.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">W. Hilles</span>.—See the <span class="smcap">Round Table</span> for December 17, 1895, and January -14, 1896, for values of U.S. coins. Circulated coins of the last -seventy-five years have very little value beyond face.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">O. H. Sampson</span>.—The coin is worth 5c., the "shin-plaster," 20c.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">W. G. Waldo</span>.—The prices quoted are those asked by dealers. See -answer to W. Hilles.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">R. A. Hayes</span>.—U. S. stamps cut in two and used on letters have no -postal value, and collectors do not care for them.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">F. C. Small</span>.—There are literally millions of Roman coins in -existence. Every little while some one digs up a whole boxful. -Dealers sell many of these coins at 10c. each.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">L. Hubbard</span>.—The unused reprint of the 3c. 1869 U.S. is worth $15. -The reprint is on a different paper. It is worth about the same -used.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">E. C. Wood</span>.—A few of the 1875 reprints were used for postage, and -they can be used for postage to-day. No rule can be given, but as a -general thing, when the catalogue does not price a stamp in both -used and unused condition, the inference is that so few copies are -known that no definite market value has been established. Jefferson -and Perry.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">S. Manning</span>.—Defaced coins are worth metal value only; possibly -some such coins would be redeemed at face value at the Sub-Treasury -in New York.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">R. H. Martin</span>.—I shall always be glad to examine any rare stamps, -but it is not worth the expense to send common or ordinary stamps.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">E. C. Allen</span>.—Thank you for your courtesy, but I see all the new -stamps as soon as they reach New York. Re-engraved stamps have all -their lines deepened, and they lose the clear look of the -originals.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Original Subscriber</span>.—Your coin is of private mintage. The initials -S.M.V. stand for "San Francisco Mint Value." The coin is worth -bullion only ($5).</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">A. B. Taylor</span>.—The 3c. 1869, unused, is worth 25c. The 1875 -reprint, unused, on a different paper, is worth $15. Many of the -1869 issue were faintly grilled, or escaped grilling entirely.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">G. Wilson</span>.—.The foreign coins are worth metal value only. The U. S. -coin list was published in the <span class="smcap">Round Table</span> for December 17, -1895, and January 14, 1896.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">H. L. Grand</span>.—Scotland uses the stamps of Great Britain. The -Columbian 1c. to 15c. can be bought for 45c. used, $1 unused.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">R. Sands</span>.—The Massachusetts coin can be bought for $2. The 5c. -piece is worth face only, if it has been circulated.</p> - -<p>B. M.—The stamp you describe is one of the five or six varieties -of U.S. Revenues, of which hundreds of millions were used, hence no -value.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 24em;"><span class="smcap">Philatus</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_031.jpg" width="400" height="213" alt="IVORY SOAP" /> -</div> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">If art embroidery be soiled</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">And washed with common soap, 'tis spoiled;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">But Ivory Soap preserves the hue</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">As brilliant and as fresh as new.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p class="center">Copyright, 1896, by The Procter & Gamble Co., Cin'ti.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>PRINTING OUTFIT 10c.</h2> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;"> -<img src="images/ill_032.jpg" width="300" height="264" alt="" /> -</div> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 100px;"> -<img src="images/ill_033.jpg" width="100" height="97" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">G. A. R. 25c.</span> -</div> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 100px;"> -<img src="images/ill_034.jpg" width="100" height="98" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">Brownies 10c.</span> -</div> - -<p>For printing cards, marking linen, books, etc. Contains everything shown -in cut. Type, Tweezers, Holder, Indelible Ink, Ink Pad, etc. Thoroughly -practical for business or household use and a most instructive -amusement. Sent with catalogue illustrating over 1000 Tricks and -Novelties, for 10c. in stamps to pay postage and packing on outfit and -catalogue. Same outfit with figures 15c. Large outfit for printing two -lines 25c.</p> - -<p><b>Brownie Rubber Stamps</b>—A set of 6 grotesque little people with ink pad; -price, postpaid, 10c.</p> - -<p>G. A. R. series Rubber Stamps, 12 characters. Makes all kinds of -Battles, Encampments and other military pictures, 25c. postpaid. Address</p> - -<h4>ROBERT H. INGERSOLL & BRO.</h4> - -<h4>Dep't No. 62,</h4> - -<h4>65 Cortlandt 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" /> -<p><b>A NEAT BOX</b>, containing 12 mineral specimens from Millard County, Utah, -including genuine gold and silver ore, copper, onyx, etc., postpaid to -any address for 25 cts. <span class="smcap">J. A. Robinson</span>, Clear Lake, Utah.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>PLAYS</h2> - -<p class="center">Dialogues, Speakers for School, Club and Parlor. Catalogue free. <b>T. S. -Denison</b>, Publisher, Chicago Ill.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_035.jpg" width="400" height="63" alt="THOMPSON'S EYE WATER" /> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>HOOPING</h2> - -<h2>COUGH</h2> - -<h2>CROUP</h2> - -<p class="center"><i>Can be cured</i></p> - -<p class="center">by using</p> - -<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" /> -<h2>DOLL CLOTHES</h2> - -<p>Eleven Complete Patterns (all separate), for every article of Dolly's -clothing, with full directions for making, and one yard of fine lace, -all sent to any address for <b>only Ten Cents</b> (silver or stamps). Address</p> - -<h4><span class="smcap">Doll Supply House</span>, East 51st St., Bayonne, N. J.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><b>MAKE MONEY</b> by writing stories. Our Literary Bureau is the Open Door. -Stamp for samples and particulars. <span class="smcap">Current Events</span>, Cleveland, O.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>CARDS</h2> - -<p class="center">FOR 1896. 50 Sample Styles AND LIST OF 400 PREMIUM ARTICLES FREE. -HAVERFIELD PUB. Co., Cadiz, Ohio.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>POEMS BY MRS. SANGSTER</h2> - -<h3>Little Knights and Ladies</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Verses for Young People. By <span class="smcap">Margaret E. Sangster</span>. Illustrated. -16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.</p></blockquote> - -<h3>On the Road Home:</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Poems. By <span class="smcap">Margaret E. Sangster</span>. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, -Ornamental, $1.25.</p></blockquote> - -<h3>Home Fairies and Heart Flowers.</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Twenty Studies of Children's Heads. With Floral Embellishments, -Head and Tail Pieces, Initial Letters, etc., by <span class="smcap">Frank French</span>. With -Poems by <span class="smcap">Margaret E. Sangster</span>. 4to, Cloth, $6.00. (<i>In a Box.</i>)</p></blockquote> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_444" id="Page_444">[Pg 444]</a></span></p> - -<h3>TOLD BY FLORENCE.</h3> - -<p>William J. Florence, the comedian, had a reputation for bright stories -and practical jokes. The following one is said to have been told by him -at a dinner one night, when the conversation turned on travelling -theatrical companies:</p> - -<p>"Years ago," said Florence, "I was in a small company skipping from town -to town. We had met with extremely bad luck up to our landing in the -town of D——. There we found the lowest ebb of all, for when the -curtain rolled up there were just two persons in the audience, a young -girl in an orchestra chair, and a young man in the front row of the -balcony. We went on with the performance, however, possibly to warm -ourselves more than anything else. According to my part, I was helping -the heroine to escape the clutches of the villain, and in one of my -lines I said, 'Have you noticed that even the bright moon is rising to -light us on our way.' Before she had time to reply, the young man in the -balcony called out, 'I am not so certain about the young lady -downstairs, but I can see it all right.'"</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>A LITTLE TOO ECONOMIC.</h3> - -<p>A gentleman residing in New York recently hired a colored boy for a -valet. The boy proved a valuable acquisition in everything except one, -and that was his practice of economy. He was forever endeavoring to save -money for his employer. One day he was sent to get some letters stamped -and to post them. Upon his return the gentleman asked him if he had -attended to it all right. The boy replied, "I's found a lot of gemmen -getting stamps, and as they didn't charge them anything to put the -letters in the slot, I saved you twenty cents, 'cause I slipped yours in -without stamps." That colored boy was too economic, and he was dispensed -with.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>An awkward man attempted to carve a turkey, and in so doing pushed it -from the platter to the floor.</p> - -<p>"There, now, we've lost our dinner," wailed his wife.</p> - -<p>"Oh no, we haven't; I've got my foot on it!"</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bobby</span>. "Boo! hoo! hoo!" (<i>fingering a big bump on his forehead.</i>) "They -do give things the most 'diculous names. I don't see what they call that -bicycle a safety for."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>CLASS IN NATURAL HISTORY.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teacher</span>. "Johnny, what do we call a creature with two legs?"</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Johnny</span>. "A biped, ma'am."</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teacher</span>. "Name one."</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Johnny</span>. "A man, ma'am."</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teacher</span>. "Are there any feathered bipeds?"</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Johnny</span>. "Chickens and ostriches, ma'am."</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teacher</span>. "That's right. Willie, what is a quadruped?"</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Willie</span>. "A thing with four legs, ma'am."</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teacher</span>. "Name one."</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Willie</span>. "An elephant."</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teacher</span>. "Are there any feathered quadrupeds?"</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Willie</span>. "Yes, ma'am."</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teacher</span>. "What?"</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Willie</span>. "A feather-bed, ma'am."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>A "PUPIL OF THE CELEBRATED MASCAGNI."</h3> - -<p>Almost every boy and girl has heard of Pietro Mascagni, the composer of -<i>Cavalleria Rusticana</i>, made so famous in the world through its -beautiful intermezzo, and also through having the good fortune to be -sung by some of the most brilliant artists of the nineteenth century. -One day, when sitting in his study, an organ-grinder stopped below his -window, and began grinding out the intermezzo from the <i>Cavalleria</i> so -rapidly that it could hardly be told from a jig. Mascagni jumped up in a -rage, and, rushing out, seized the handle of the organ, and played it -slowly, as it should be, explaining meanwhile that he was the author, -etc. This somewhat appeased the wrath of the organ-grinder, and before -Mascagni had finished, a broad smile illuminated his face. Shortly -afterwards Mascagni and some friends had the pleasure of passing the -same organ-grinder, and thereupon his organ was a large sign that read: -"Pupil of the Celebrated Mascagni."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>RAILROAD REPARTEE.</h3> - -<p>A very smart young man wishing to supply amusement for a group of young -ladies that accompanied him, accosted the conductor of a railroad train -as follows:</p> - -<p>"My dear conductor, what—er—do you call an up train!"</p> - -<p>"Why, a train that blows up, explodes, goes to smash—anything of that -sort."</p> - -<p>"Ah, yes, to be sure. And—er—what do you call a down train?"</p> - -<p>"Down train!—why, that's a train that goes down an embankment, or -through a trestle-work; has some sort of a fall, you know."</p> - -<p>The young ladies were laughing heartily at these answers, which -embarrassed the young man, and desperately pointing to the train they -were about to board, he asked,</p> - -<p>"And where might this train be going?"</p> - -<p>"Oh," replied the conductor, "we never agree to answer those questions -beforehand."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>KIND-HEARTED PRESIDENT FAURE.</h3> - -<p>Felix Faure, President of the French Republic, has made the hearts of -many of the little girls of his country beat with joy. It is one of his -practices to devote at least two mornings a week to visiting hospitals. -His visits are not of the hasty order, but much the other way, as he -spends time passing through the different wards, especially among the -sick children. One of his favorite questions is to ask the little -unfortunates what he can do for them, and in the case of little girls -the answer is invariably <i>une poupée</i> (a doll). Then with a kind-hearted -smile President Faure takes out his pad and pencil and writes down the -child's desire. The next morning usually finds several boxes of dolls at -the hospital, all of them very handsome. It is said that his generosity -has already cost him over one thousand dolls since he has occupied the -Presidential chair.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>THE TRICK BEAR AND THE PUNCHING-BAG.</h2> - -<h3>(<i>A Comedy in four Acts.</i>)</h3> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 234px;"> -<img src="images/ill_036.jpg" width="234" height="300" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">1.</span> -</div> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 193px;"> -<img src="images/ill_037.jpg" width="193" height="300" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">2.</span> -</div> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 218px;"> -<img src="images/ill_038.jpg" width="218" height="300" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">3.</span> -</div> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 234px;"> -<img src="images/ill_039.jpg" width="234" height="300" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">4.</span> -</div> - - -<br> -<hr> -<br> - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Harper's Round Table, March 3, 1896, -Vol. XVII., No. 853, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, MARCH *** - -***** This file should be named 54520-h.htm or 54520-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/4/5/2/54520/ - -Produced by Annie R. 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