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-<div class="center">
-<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="">
-<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_BIG_BLAST_AT_THE_STONE_QUARRY">THE BIG BLAST AT THE STONE QUARRY.</a></td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left"><a href="#HANDEL_AND_THE_MESSIAH">HANDEL AND "THE MESSIAH."</a></td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left"><a href="#MR_STUBBSS_BROTHER">MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER.</a></td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_LITTLE_GREEN_BEDS">THE LITTLE GREEN BEDS.</a></td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left"><a href="#MY_FIRST_KANGAROO_HUNT">MY FIRST KANGAROO HUNT.</a></td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left"><a href="#JUST_ONE_LOCK_OF_HAIR">JUST ONE LOCK OF HAIR.</a></td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left"><a href="#OILING_THE_WAVES">OILING THE WAVES.</a></td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left"><a href="#PHOTOGRAPHY_AND_WORK">PHOTOGRAPHY AND WORK.</a></td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left"><a href="#WHAT_A_GEORGIA_BOY_FOUND_WHILE_FISHING">WHAT A GEORGIA BOY FOUND WHILE FISHING.</a></td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left"><a href="#POPSEY">"POPSEY."</a></td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left"><a href="#OUR_POST_OFFICE_BOX">OUR POST_OFFICE BOX.</a></td></tr>
-</table></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_481" id="Page_481">[Pg 481]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 800px;">
-<img src="images/ill_001.jpg" width="800" height="307" alt="HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE" />
-</div>
-
-<hr class="full" />
-
-<div class="center">
-<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary="">
-<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">vol. iii.&mdash;no</span>. 135.</td><td align="center"><span class="smcap">Published by HARPER &amp; BROTHERS, New York</span>.</td><td align="right"><span class="smcap">price four cents</span>.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">Tuesday, May 30, 1882.</td><td align="center">Copyright, 1882, by <span class="smcap">Harper &amp; Brothers</span>.</td><td align="right">$1.50 per Year, in Advance.</td></tr>
-</table></div>
-
-<hr class="full" />
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 633px;">
-<img src="images/ill_002.jpg" width="633" height="700" alt="" />
-<span class="caption">"BOW-WOW!"</span>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_482" id="Page_482">[Pg 482]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-<h2><a name="THE_BIG_BLAST_AT_THE_STONE_QUARRY" id="THE_BIG_BLAST_AT_THE_STONE_QUARRY">THE BIG BLAST AT THE STONE QUARRY.</a></h2>
-
-<h3>BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD.</h3>
-
-<p>It was Friday afternoon, right in the middle of May, and it seemed as if
-the wide front door of Prome Centre Academy would never get through
-letting out just one more squad of boys or girls. It was quite the
-customary thing for Felix McCue to have to wait a little later than the
-rest.</p>
-
-<p>Miss Eccles was a faithful teacher, and she had often told Felix what an
-interest she took in him; but he could have heard it a great deal more
-thankfully at any other time than just after school, and when he knew
-the other boys were waiting for him. He knew they were, because he had
-showed them his slate in the arithmetic class, and they had read on it,
-in big letters, "Got something to tell you. Big."</p>
-
-<p>He had printed every word of it, and he was glad he had done so now, for
-if he had not he would have been all alone when he at last got outside
-of the great door. He did not do that, either, until Miss Eccles had
-looked him in the face for ten of the longest minutes, and talked to
-him, with a ruler in one hand and a book in the other.</p>
-
-<p>Felix had listened, and he had said "yessum," very respectfully, every
-time she mentioned George Washington or Benjamin Franklin, but for all
-that he was only three seconds in reaching the open air, after she said:</p>
-
-<p>"You may go now, Felix, but I hope you will bring no more bumble-bees
-into this school-room."</p>
-
-<p>"Yessum," and he was off so quickly that he did not hear Miss Eccles,
-who was trying hard not to laugh right out, and saying to herself:</p>
-
-<p>"The queer little rogue! To think of his telling me, 'Plaze, mum, thim
-bees knew just the wans to go for; ye cudn't have picked out betther
-b'ys to have 'em light on.' And what I'm to do with him puzzles me. He's
-one of the brightest boys in the whole school."</p>
-
-<p>At that moment Felix was walking away from the academy with a boy of
-about his own size on either side of him.</p>
-
-<p>"B'ys," he was saying, "did yez know me uncle Mike was boss at the
-shtone quarry?"</p>
-
-<p>"I did," said Bun Gates, on his left; and Rube Hollenhouser, on the
-right, inquired, almost anxiously, "Was that the big news you kept us
-waiting for?"</p>
-
-<p>"Was it that, indade? No; but he was along the green this very noon,
-while I was hidin' Pete Mather's hat in the big maple-tree, and he towld
-me if I wanted to see the biggest blast of rock that iver was touched
-off at wan firing, I'd betther be where I could see the shtone quarry a
-little before noon to-morrow."</p>
-
-<p>That was big enough news to satisfy anybody. The quarry was only a mile
-or so down the creek, and not a long distance from the bank. It had not
-been worked for some years, but Mr. Mike McCue was known to be a
-contractor for the new railroad, and Felix was his nephew. There was
-perfect confidence to be put, therefore, in the tidings; but Felix
-added:</p>
-
-<p>"He bid me not tell everybody, for they don't want a crowd around. I
-asked him wud it be safe on the wather, and he said, 'Yes, it wud, or in
-it, or undher it, or on the far side of it.' So that's the way we'd
-betther go."</p>
-
-<p>It was a trifle doubtful which of the ways suggested by his uncle was
-the one Felix recommended adopting, but Bun instantly exclaimed:</p>
-
-<p>"We can get old Harms's boat. He'll lend it to me any day. It'll hold
-half a dozen."</p>
-
-<p>"Kape shtill about it, thin. Mebbe Uncle Mike doesn't want to scare the
-village. He said they'd all hear it whin it kem."</p>
-
-<p>"Loud as that?" said Rube. "Are they going to blast the whole quarry at
-once?"</p>
-
-<p>"That's what I asked him, and he said, 'No; ownly the wist half of it.'
-It's the new powdher they're putting in. None of your common shooting
-powdher at all. It's a kind that bursts fifty times at wance."</p>
-
-<p>There was a touch of silence after that utterance, for there were
-strange stories in circulation as to the explosive power of the new
-invention the railroad men were using. Rube Hollenhouser had heard old
-Squire Cudworth say that a "hatful of it would blow up the Constitution
-of the United States"; and if that were true, what would not be the
-effects of a wagon-load or so touched off all at once upon the stone
-quarry?</p>
-
-<p>Bun and Rube were no sooner back from driving their cows that night than
-they both went over to the blacksmith's house, and secured the loan of
-his boat. Of course they told him what they wanted it for, and he said,
-instantly:</p>
-
-<p>"Is that so, boys? Tell you what I'll do. I'd like to see that blast.
-I'll go myself. Plenty of room in the boat."</p>
-
-<p>"What shall we do when we get to the mill-dam?" asked Bun. "The quarry's
-away below the pond."</p>
-
-<p>"We can get another boat below the dam. If we can't, we can haul mine
-around it in five minutes."</p>
-
-<p>The boys had been considering this problem at that very moment, but one
-look at Harms the blacksmith was enough to convince any one of his
-bodily ability to drag any boat on that creek around anything. He was
-tremendously large and strong, and curly-headed and good-natured.
-Everybody liked him, and he had more gray beard and mustache than any
-other man in Prome Centre.</p>
-
-<p>"It's all fixed, then," said Rube.</p>
-
-<p>"I told Deacon Chittenden about it when I drove his cows in for him, and
-he said right away that Katy and Bill could go. They won't take up any
-room."</p>
-
-<p>"Plenty of room. Let 'em come. I'd just like to see how far that new
-powder can blow a rock. Glad you told me. We'll start in good season to
-be there."</p>
-
-<p>So far everything had worked to a charm; but while Bun Gates told his
-mother at the supper table what was going to happen, his brother Jeff
-spoke right out, "Mother, may I go?"</p>
-
-<p>"Yes," said his mother.</p>
-
-<p>And Aunt Dorcas added at once, "Certainly, and Lois too. But, Almira,
-you or I, or both of us, had better go along to take care of them."</p>
-
-<p>Bun said something about the size of Harms's boat, but Aunt Dorcas
-silenced him with: "Don't I know how many she can carry? Besides, I'm
-bound to see that quarry blown up, just for this once."</p>
-
-<p>So Bun was put down; but when they all got out in front of the gate an
-hour or so after breakfast next morning, there was Rube Hollenhouser in
-front of his gate, and Felix McCue and little Biddy McCue were with him,
-and right across the street were Mrs. Chittenden and Katy Chittenden and
-Bill, and Bun said to himself, "If we had my speckled pig and
-Chittenden's brindled cow, and if Harms took his dog, the boat'd be
-'most full."</p>
-
-<p>Aunt Dorcas and Mrs. Chittenden began to think the party was growing
-pretty large, but there was no need of it; for when they reached the
-creek, near the bridge, there stood old Harms, and the first word he
-spoke was:</p>
-
-<p>"I kind o' guessed how it'd be. Mornin', ladies. Glad we've got a good
-load for both boats. You get in with me, and the boys can handle t'other
-one."</p>
-
-<p>It was just like Harms. In another minute he remarked: "Git in now, and
-we'll shove off."</p>
-
-<p>Aunt Dorcas was already in the very front seat of that boat, and Mrs.
-Chittenden was in the middle, trying to balance herself. She made
-William sit beside her, and they two made the boat look wider, there was
-so much extra room on that seat.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_483" id="Page_483">[Pg 483]</a></span></p>
-
-<p>The other boat, the one Harms had borrowed, was almost half a size
-larger, and it had a cargo this time; for Lois Gates and Katy Chittenden
-were on the front seat, and behind them were Felix and Biddy. Rube was
-on the rowing seat, and Bun and Jeff were in the stern.</p>
-
-<p>It was a grand ride down the creek, but when they came out on the
-mill-pond, Mrs. Chittenden exclaimed:</p>
-
-<p>"I'd no idea it was so wide. Dear me! If I had dreamed of any such risk
-as this, I'd never have come."</p>
-
-<p>"Nonsense!" said Aunt Dorcas. "If Mr. Harms's end of the boat keeps
-above water, all the rest will."</p>
-
-<p>"He's a very heavy man," sighed Mrs. Chittenden.</p>
-
-<p>So he was, and when they reached the drag way, around the mill-dam, and
-saw him put a roller on the grass and gravel, and drag those boats
-around, one after the other, on the roller, and put them in the water
-below, they understood that his weight counted for something.</p>
-
-<p>Three-quarters of a mile further down the creek; and now it grew wide
-and ran slowly, and seemed to have formed a habit of being generally
-deeper. The easterly bank sloped away from the water's edge, becoming
-higher and steeper the further they drifted down. It was Biddy McCue who
-first shouted:</p>
-
-<p>"Yon's the quarry. See the min on the ridge above? Uncle Mike said there
-might be less than a hundred of thim."</p>
-
-<p>It looked as if there were at least a score or two, and the bald,
-perpendicular front of the great limestone ledge was worth looking at
-for a moment.</p>
-
-<p>"Katy," said Lois, eagerly, "do you see the quarry? That's what they're
-going to blow away."</p>
-
-<p>"Dear me!" exclaimed Mrs. Chittenden. "Mr. Harms, is there any danger?"</p>
-
-<p>"Not unless there's an awful pile of that new powder behind those rocks.
-What they want to do is to tumble the upper front of the ledge over, so
-it'll fall into the quarry and they can get at it. I'd just like to see
-a rock like that come down, pretty nigh a hundred feet."</p>
-
-<p>"Uncle Mike," said Felix, "told us he'd blown up hapes of stone in his
-day, but he'd niver fired a blast like this wan."</p>
-
-<p>"Misther Harms, what wud become of us all if the powdher worruked the
-wrong way?"</p>
-
-<p>"What way would that be?" said Mr. Harms.</p>
-
-<p>"The other way. I mean, if instead of blowing out the front of the rock,
-it lift that all shtanding where it is, and blew out the country to the
-back of it?"</p>
-
-<p>Before the big blacksmith could answer this question, Aunt Dorcas, who
-had been looking at her watch, remarked:</p>
-
-<p>"Half-past eleven o'clock. If that thing's going to go off before
-dinner-time, it's got to go pretty soon."</p>
-
-<p>"Boys," shouted Rube, "see 'em run! There's only one left on the ridge."</p>
-
-<p>"That's me uncle Mike," said Felix, proudly. "He always touches off the
-big blasts himself, and thin there's no powdher wasted."</p>
-
-<p>"He's running too," said Bun. "He's afraid the new powder might get
-ahead of him."</p>
-
-<p>"Look now, all of you!" shouted Mr. Harms. "Biggest blast ever heard of
-around these parts."</p>
-
-<p>They hardly breathed for the next few seconds, but Aunt Dorcas had her
-watch in her hand, and she was just saying, "Half a minute," when a
-little puff of smoke and dust shot up at the top of the limestone ridge.
-It was followed by other little puffs&mdash;nobody could tell how many, for
-they were all smothered in a sudden cloud that arose for many feet. The
-broad front of stone leaned suddenly out, as if it wished to look down
-and see what was going on in the old quarry below. Then it lost its
-balance at the same instant, and toppled swiftly over. A huge, dull,
-booming report went out from the cloud of smoke and dust on the summit,
-and that was followed by another great burst of thunderous, crashing
-sound, as the masses of solid stone came down upon the rocky level
-below.</p>
-
-<p>It all went by before Aunt Dorcas could look at her watch, and she was
-just about to do so, when everybody else shouted "Oh!" and there was a
-loud splattering splash in the water between the two boats. The only
-"flying rock" sent out by the great blast had narrowly missed doing
-serious mischief. It had not been a very large one, but only one human
-being in either of those boats failed to dodge and lean the other way.
-That Mr. Harms did not dodge or lean accounted for the fact that his
-boat was only rocked to and fro a little, but for five minutes afterward
-Aunt Dorcas was compelled to scold those seven children for tipping
-their boat over, "without any kind of reason for it. The stone never
-came nigh you."</p>
-
-<p>Still it was a good thing that the water was only two feet deep, and
-that the weather was nice and warm.</p>
-
-<p>"B'ys," said Felix McCue, the moment he got his feet on the bottom, and
-stood up, dripping, and holding up Biddy, "did yez iver see a blast like
-that?"</p>
-
-<p>"Oh, Bun!" screamed Lois, "are there any more stones coming? Was it the
-blast that upset us?"</p>
-
-<p>"Mother! mother!" sputtered poor Katy Chittenden, "did it blow you over
-too?"</p>
-
-<p>"Rube," said Bun, "Jeff isn't scared a mite. Are you? I ain't."</p>
-
-<p>"Scared?&mdash;no," said Rube. "I wouldn't have missed it for anything, and
-all we've got's a ducking."</p>
-
-<p>The big blacksmith did a good deal toward restoring a comfortable state
-of mind all around; but he could not make out that the other boat-load
-were in a comfortable state of body; and so they set out for home. Long
-before they got there, however, Katy said to Lois,</p>
-
-<p>"If it wasn't for my new bonnet strings, I wouldn't care," and Lois
-replied:</p>
-
-<p>"Yes; but think how that rock looked when it let go and tumbled over. It
-was awful! I'm satisfied."</p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-<h2><a name="HANDEL_AND_THE_MESSIAH" id="HANDEL_AND_THE_MESSIAH">HANDEL AND "THE MESSIAH."</a></h2>
-
-<h3>BY MRS. JOHN LILLIE.</h3>
-
-<p>On February 23, 1685, there was born in Halle, Saxony, to an honest
-surgeon named Handel, a son, whom he christened George Frederick, and
-who was destined half a century later to become the first musician in
-the world.</p>
-
-<p>Little Handel's father abhorred music. As soon as the boy began to show
-an aptitude for it, his father took him away from school, for fear that
-some one would teach him his notes. Whether among teachers or scholars I
-don't know, but the boy found a friend who contrived to procure for him
-a little dumb spinet, and this he secreted in an attic, and learned not
-only his notes from it, but how to use his fingers in practicing. Still
-his father opposed him, and but for a certain visit he paid, his genius
-might have been long hidden in the dull house at Halle.</p>
-
-<p>The elder Handel was invited to visit his son who was in the service of
-the great Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and young George, knowing music was
-to be heard, if not easily learned, in that place, determined to go too.
-So he ran after his father's carriage so far that the parent's stern
-heart relented, and he was taken in.</p>
-
-<div class="figright" style="width: 314px;">
-<img src="images/ill_003.jpg" width="314" height="400" alt="" />
-<span class="caption">GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL.</span>
-</div>
-
-<p>In the old castle at Weissenfels he quickly found out which of the
-inmates were musical, and soon made friends with them. One day, after
-the chapel service, he jumped on to the organ stool, and played in such
-an astonishing manner that the Duke, who was still lingering in the
-chapel, sent up to inquire who was playing. The boy and his indignant
-father were summoned: but the Duke's evident delight in the child's
-music softened old Handel's heart. He gave his consent to his son's
-musical education, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_484" id="Page_484">[Pg 484]</a></span> almost from that moment George Frederick Handel
-became known as a musician.</p>
-
-<p>I can not tell you anything more of his childhood or youth but that he
-studied very hard, and that, like every true genius, he was humble while
-he was learning. We must skip over many years to the time when he went
-to England; for there he produced his greatest works, and to this day
-the English reverence him as their own.</p>
-
-<p>George I., King of England, you know, had been Elector of Hanover, and
-so he as well as his successor felt a strong interest in Handel. The
-latter went to England in 1710, and there he found that much attention
-was paid to Italian music. Operas were very fashionable. They were quite
-a novelty then. Fine ladies and gentlemen filled the opera-house. They
-crowded the greenrooms behind the scenes, and chatted and talked at the
-"wings," as if they were in a drawing-room. Fashion governed nearly
-everything, and so Handel, realizing this, set to work upon an opera. He
-wrote <i>Rinaldo</i> in fourteen days, and it was produced at Drury Lane with
-a splendor that created great excitement throughout London. We never
-hear <i>Rinaldo</i> now, but its airs are beautiful, and one of these,
-"Lascia ch'io Pianga," lingers in the heart of every one who hears it.</p>
-
-<p>Well, Handel began to teach the Prince of Wales's daughters, to write a
-great deal of music, and to be very much the fashion, and very famous.
-So he roused the jealousy of petty people, and, strange as it may seem,
-opinions differed to such an extent, and such a fuss was made, that
-society was divided into two factions. One party favored a distinguished
-musician named Buononcini, and the other Handel. The war raged, and
-during it a wit and poet named John Byrom wrote the following verse,
-which has since been famous:</p>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"Some say, as compared to Buononcini,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny;</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Others aver that he to Handel</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Strange all this difference should be</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">'Twixt tweedledum and tweedledee."</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<p>Handel's genius, however, was not to be suppressed by any such foolish
-contentions. He worked on as usual, and in 1749 produced the work with
-which his name is most associated, the oratorio of <i>The Messiah</i>.</p>
-
-<p>I do not think you can go into any part of England without finding
-people who love <i>The Messiah</i>. It used to seem to me it was the one work
-every one knew about. And it is well worthy of such general knowledge.
-In it are airs that must move every Christian heart. It seems to teach
-so many things&mdash;reverence, love, hope, and a glimpse of a heaven that
-has in it God's many mansions. When I hear it sung it always seems to me
-that the voices are those of the angels who sang on Bethlehem's plains,
-"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men."</p>
-
-<p>I want to tell you something about oratorios in general; that is, how
-they originated, and what they are as musical works. Oratorios, strictly
-speaking, are dramatic and musical compositions where the parts are sung
-without scenery or special costume, and they are on sacred subjects.</p>
-
-<p>Dramatic representations of sacred stories are as old as Christianity.
-In the Middle Ages they were very common. At times of public rejoicing
-they were given, or during any special season, like Advent or Lent, and
-so far were they recognized as part of public life that the government
-or special societies paid their expenses.</p>
-
-<p>These old performances were very roughly put on the stage, but gradually
-from them grew an idea of a distinctly musical and dramatic sacred work.
-In Germany, "Passion Music" was written. In Italy, it had long been
-thought of and given; finally, the oratorio as we have it now was
-developed by various great composers.</p>
-
-<p>Let us consider the oratorio for a moment as represented by Handel's
-<i>Messiah</i>. The most famous part perhaps is the "Hallelujah Chorus." Hear
-this sung by thousands: do you not thrill with joy and praise? As the
-music swells on, with its bursts of melodious exultation, we feel
-ourselves lifted away from everything common and base. Then take the
-sweeter and softer airs: "Behold the Lamb of God," "With His stripes we
-are healed," and then the great chorus, "For unto us a Child is born,"
-with the rush and sweep of the "Wonderful." Where do we seem to be? With
-the shepherds watching on that star-lit plain; with Mary at the cradle
-of her Divine Child; with the Wise Men offering up their gifts of
-frankincense and myrrh in that illumined stable. The light of God's
-glory dazzles us as we listen, and we can only echo in our humble
-hearts, with our heads bowed, that repeated joyous "Wonderful!"</p>
-
-<p>Now do you not think a musician who could make any Christian heart full
-of such reverence and love ought always to be honored? I like to think
-of Handel revered as he is now. His life was not happy in many ways.
-Many things troubled him. He used to sit hours playing on his organ, and
-I have no doubt trying to reconcile himself to the blindness which fast
-came upon him. He had many friends, but no family ties of his own. He
-wrote on unceasingly, and some other time I may tell you more of his
-work. Just now I have had space only to speak of his greatest oratorio.</p>
-
-<p>It was on April 6 that <i>The Messiah</i> was given at Covent Garden, and
-Handel attended the performance. He came home to his house in Brook
-Street very weary, and there, eight days later, he died, April 14, 1759.
-His grave is in Westminster Abbey.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_485" id="Page_485">[Pg 485]</a></span></p>
-
-<h2><a name="MR_STUBBSS_BROTHER" id="MR_STUBBSS_BROTHER"></a>MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER.<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a></h2>
-
-<h3>BY JAMES OTIS,</h3>
-
-<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Author or "Toby Tyler," "Tim and Tip," etc</span>.</p>
-
-<h3><span class="smcap">Chapter IX</span>.</h3>
-
-<h3>MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER.</h3>
-
-<p>It was so near the time for the circus to begin that Toby was obliged to
-hurry considerably in order to distribute among his friends the tickets
-the skeleton had given him, and he advised Abner to remain with Mrs.
-Treat while he did so, in order to escape the crowd, among which he
-might get injured.</p>
-
-<p>Then he gave his tickets to those boys who he knew had no money with
-which to buy any, and so generous was he that when he had finished he
-had none for himself and Abner.</p>
-
-<p>That he might not be able to witness the performance did not trouble him
-very greatly, although it would have been a disappointment not to see
-Ella ride; but he blamed himself very much because he had not saved a
-ticket for Abner, and he hurried to find Ben that he might arrange
-matters for him.</p>
-
-<p>The old driver was easily found, and still more easily persuaded to
-grant the favor which permitted Abner to view the wonderful sights
-beneath the almost enchanted canvas.</p>
-
-<p>From one menagerie wagon to another Toby led his friend as quickly as
-possible, until they stood in front of the monkeys' cage, where Mr.
-Stubbs's supposed brother was perched as high as possible, away from the
-common herd of monkeys, which chatted familiarly with every one who
-bribed them.</p>
-
-<p>Toby was in the highest degree excited; it seemed as if his pet that had
-been killed was again before him, and he crowded his way up to the bars
-of the cage, dragging Abner with him, until he was where he could have a
-full view of the noisy prisoners.</p>
-
-<p>Toby called to the monkey as he had been in the habit of calling to Mr.
-Stubbs, but now the fellow paid no attention to him whatever. There were
-so many spectators that he could not spend his time upon one unless he
-were to derive some benefit in return.</p>
-
-<p>Fortunately, so far as his happiness was concerned, Toby had the means
-of inducing the monkey to visit him, for in his pocket yet remained two
-of the doughnuts Mrs. Treat had almost forced upon him; and remembering
-how fond Mr. Stubbs had been of such sweet food, he held a piece out to
-the supposed brother.</p>
-
-<p>Almost instantly that monkey made up his mind that the freckle-faced boy
-with the doughnut was the one particular person whom he should be
-acquainted with, and he came down from his perch at a rapid rate. So
-long as Toby was willing to feed him with doughnuts he was willing to
-remain; but when his companions gathered around in such numbers that the
-supply of food was quickly exhausted, he went back to his lofty perch,
-much to the boy's regret.</p>
-
-<p>"He looks like Mr. Stubbs, an' he acts like him, an' it must be his
-brother sure," said Toby to himself as Abner hurried him away to look at
-the other curiosities. When he was at some distance from the cage he
-turned and said, "Good-by," as if he were speaking to his old pet.</p>
-
-<p>During the performance that afternoon Abner was in a delightful whirl of
-wonder and amazement; but Toby's attention was divided between what was
-going on in the ring and the thought of having Mr. Stubbs's brother all
-to himself as soon as the performance should be over.</p>
-
-<p>He did, however, watch the boy who sold pea-nuts and lemonade, but this
-one was much larger than himself, and looked rough enough to endure the
-hardships of such a life.</p>
-
-<p>Toby was also attentive when Ella was in the ring, and he was envied by
-all his acquaintances when she smiled as she passed the place where he
-was sitting.</p>
-
-<p>Abner would have been glad if the performance had been prolonged until
-midnight; but Toby, still thinking of Mr. Stubbs's brother, was pleased
-when it ended.</p>
-
-<p>He and Abner waited by the animals' cages until the crowd had again
-satisfied their curiosity; and as the last visitor was leaving the tent,
-old Ben came in, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Treat, both in exhibition
-costume.</p>
-
-<p>Toby was somewhat surprised at seeing them, for he knew their busiest
-time was just at the close of the circus, and while he was yet wondering
-at their coming, he saw Ella approaching from the direction of the
-dressing tent.</p>
-
-<p>He had not much time to spend in speculation, however, for Ben said, as
-he came up:</p>
-
-<p>"Now, Toby, you shall see Mr. Stubbs's brother, and talk to him just as
-long as you want to."</p>
-
-<p>The skeleton and his wife and Ella looked at each other and smiled in a
-queer way as Ben said this; but Toby was too much excited at the idea of
-having the monkey in his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_486" id="Page_486">[Pg 486]</a></span> arms to pay any attention to what was going on
-around him.</p>
-
-<p>Ben, unlocking the door of the cage, succeeded after considerable
-trouble in catching the particular inmate he wanted, and handing him to
-Toby, said:</p>
-
-<p>"Now let's see if he knows you as well as Stubbs did."</p>
-
-<p>Toby took the monkey in his arms with a glad cry of delight, and fondled
-him as if he really were the pet he had lost.</p>
-
-<p>Whether it was because the animal knew that the boy was petting him, or
-because he had been treated harshly, and was willing to make friends
-with the first one who was kind to him, it is difficult to say. It is
-certain that as soon as he found himself in Toby's arms he nestled down
-with his face by the boy's neck, remaining there as contentedly as if
-the two had been friends for years.</p>
-
-<p>"There! don't you see he knows me?" cried the boy, in delight, and then
-he sat down upon the ground, caressing the animal, and whispering all
-sorts of loving words in his ear.</p>
-
-<p>"He does seem to act as if he had been introduced to you," said old Ben,
-with a chuckle. "It would be kinder nice if you could keep him, wouldn't
-it?"</p>
-
-<p>"'Deed it would," replied Toby, earnestly. "I'd give everything I've got
-if I could have him, for he does act so much like Mr. Stubbs, it seems
-as if it must be him."</p>
-
-<p>Then Ella whispered something to the old driver, the skeleton bestowed a
-very mysterious wink upon him, the fat woman nodded her head until her
-cheeks shook like two balls of very soft butter, and Abner looked
-curiously on, wondering what was the matter with Toby's friends.</p>
-
-<p>He soon found out what it was, however, for Ben, after indulging in one
-of his laughing spasms, asked:</p>
-
-<p>"Whose monkey is that you've got in your arms, Toby?"</p>
-
-<p>"Why, it belongs to the circus, don't it?" And the boy looked up in
-surprise.</p>
-
-<p>"No, it don't belong to the circus; it belongs to you&mdash;that's who owns
-it."</p>
-
-<p>"Me? Mine? Why, Ben&mdash;"</p>
-
-<p>Toby was so completely bewildered as to be unable to say a word, and
-just as he was beginning to think it some joke, Ben said:</p>
-
-<p>"The skeleton an' his wife, an' Ella an' I, bought that monkey this
-forenoon, an' we give him to you, so's you'll still be able to have a
-Mr. Stubbs in the family."</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
-<img src="images/ill_004.jpg" width="500" height="380" alt="" />
-<span class="caption">"'OH, BEN!' WAS ALL TOBY COULD SAY."</span>
-</div>
-
-<p>"Oh, Ben!" was all Toby could say. With the monkey tightly clasped in
-his arms, he took the old driver by the hand; but just then the skeleton
-stepped forward, holding something which glistened.</p>
-
-<p>"Mr. Tyler," he said, in his usual speech-making style, "when our friend
-Ben told us this morning about your having discovered Mr. Stubbs's
-brother, we sent out and got this collar for the monkey, and we take the
-greatest possible pride in presenting it to you; although, if it had
-been something that my Lilly could have made with her own fair fingers,
-I should have liked it better."</p>
-
-<p>As he ceased speaking, he handed Toby a very pretty little dog-collar,
-on the silver plate of which was inscribed:</p>
-
-<h4>MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER,</h4>
-
-<h4>PRESENTED TO</h4>
-
-<h4>TOBY TYLER</h4>
-
-<h4>BY</h4>
-
-<h4>THE SKELETON, THE FAT WOMAN,</h4>
-
-<h4>OLD BEN, LITTLE ELLA.</h4>
-
-<p>Toby took the collar, and as he fastened it on the monkey's neck, he
-said, in a voice that trembled considerably with emotion:</p>
-
-<p>"You've all of you been awful good to me, an' I don't know what to say
-so's you'll know how much I thank you. It seems as if ever since I
-started with the circus you've all tried to see how good you could be;
-an' now you've given me this monkey that I wanted so much. Some time,
-when I'm a man, I'll show you how much I think of all you've done for
-me."</p>
-
-<p>The tears of gratitude that were gathering in Toby's eyes prevented him
-from saying anything more, and then Mrs. Treat and Ella both kissed,
-him, while Ben said, in a gruff tone:</p>
-
-<p>"Now carry the monkey home, an' get your supper, for you'll want to come
-down here this evening, an' you won't have time if you don't go now."</p>
-
-<p>Ella, after making Toby promise that he would see her again that night,
-went with Mr. and Mrs. Treat, while old Ben, as if afraid he might
-receive more thanks, walked quickly away toward the dressing-rooms, and
-there was nothing else for Toby and Abner to do but go home.</p>
-
-<p>It surely seemed as if every boy in the village knew that Toby Tyler had
-remained in the tent after the circus was over, and almost all of them
-were waiting around the entrance when the two boys came out with the
-monkey.</p>
-
-<p>If Toby had staid there until each one of his friends had looked at and
-handled the monkey as much as he wanted to, he and Abner would have
-remained until morning, and Mr. Stubbs's brother would have been made
-very ill-natured.</p>
-
-<p>He waited until his friends had each looked at the monkey, and then he
-and Abner started home, escorted by nearly all the boys in town.</p>
-
-<p>The partners in the amateur circus scheme were nearly as wild with joy
-as Toby was, for now their enterprise seemed an assured success, since
-they had two real ponies and a live monkey to begin with. They seemed to
-consider it their right to go to Uncle Daniel's with Toby; and when the
-party reached the corner that marked the centre of the village, they
-decided that the others of the escort should go no farther&mdash;a decision
-which relieved Toby of an inconvenient number of friends.</p>
-
-<p>As it was, the party was quite large enough to give Aunt Olive some
-uneasiness lest they should track dirt in upon her clean kitchen floor,
-and she insisted that both the boys and the monkey should remain in the
-yard.</p>
-
-<p>Toby had an idea that Mr. Stubbs's brother would be treated as one of
-the family; and had any one hinted that the monkey would not be allowed
-to share his bed and eat at the same table with him, he would have
-resented it strongly.</p>
-
-<p>But Uncle Daniel soon convinced him that the proper place for his pet
-was in the wood-shed, where he could be chained to keep him out of
-mischief, and Mr. Stubbs's brother was soon safely secured in as snug a
-place as a monkey could ask for.</p>
-
-<p>Not until this was done did the partners return to their homes, or the
-centre of attraction, the tenting grounds, nor did Toby find time to get
-his supper and go for the cows.</p>
-
-<p>Not once during the afternoon had Toby said anything to Abner of the
-good fortune that might come to him through old Ben; but when he got
-back from the pasture and met Uncle Daniel in the barn, he told him what
-the old driver had said about Abner.</p>
-
-<p>"Are you sure you heard him rightly, Toby, boy?" asked the old
-gentleman, pushing his glasses up on his forehead, as he always did when
-he was surprised or perplexed.</p>
-
-<p>"I know he said that; but it seems as if it was too good to be true,
-don't it?"</p>
-
-<p>"The Lord's ways are not our ways, my boy, and if He sees fit to work
-some good to the poor cripple, He can do it as well through a circus
-driver as through one of His elect," said Uncle Daniel, reverentially,
-and then he set about milking the cows in such an absent-minded way that
-he worried old Short-horn until she kicked the pail over when it was
-nearly half full.</p>
-
-<h4>[<span class="smcap">to be continued</span>.]</h4>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_487" id="Page_487">[Pg 487]</a></span></p>
-
-<h2><a name="THE_LITTLE_GREEN_BEDS" id="THE_LITTLE_GREEN_BEDS">THE LITTLE GREEN BEDS.</a></h2>
-
-<h3>BY MRS. M.&nbsp;E. SANGSTER.</h3>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">There are little green beds in many a row</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">On our hill-sides fair and our valleys low,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And lying still in their hollows deep,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">The gallant soldiers are fast asleep.</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Oh, gently we tread when we pass a mound</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Which under the flag is holy ground.</span><br />
-<br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And over our country here and there</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Those little green beds grow bright and fair</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">When the May flowers drop in the lap of June,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And sweet in the pastures the wild bees croon.</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">With banner and bugle and beat of drum,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">To honor the brave, then the people come.</span><br />
-<br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">They come with the roses red and white,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And the starry lilies as pure as light;</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">They scatter the blossoms everywhere,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And the perfume thrills on the sighing air</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">As they wreathe with beauty each lowly mound</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">That under the flag is holy ground.</span><br />
-<br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">O children, glad as the summer skies,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">With your dancing dimples and laughing eyes,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Little you dream of the wild work done</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Ere the soldiers' rest in these beds was won;</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And you only know that here brave ones lie</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Sleeping so soundly as years go by.</span><br />
-<br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Nothing they heed of the work or play</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Of the busy world in the merry May.</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Though life was sweet to the hero band,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">They died for love of our native land;</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And so we garland each lowly mound</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">That under the flag is holy ground.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<h2><a name="MY_FIRST_KANGAROO_HUNT" id="MY_FIRST_KANGAROO_HUNT">MY FIRST KANGAROO HUNT.</a></h2>
-
-<h3>BY MRS. J.&nbsp;C. GIFFORD.</h3>
-
-<p>My husband and I were staying at a country house sixteen miles from
-Champion Bay, quite in the "bush," and miles away from any one. Our host
-was an influential person, and the owner of one of the largest stock
-farms on the great continent of Australia.</p>
-
-<p>Everything was arranged for the hunt the day before, Mr. B&mdash;&mdash; having
-selected and had brought in from the bush those horses which he thought
-most suitable. The luncheon was all packed up overnight, and sent to the
-hunting ground at four o'clock in the morning, accompanied by a barrel
-of water, a luxury unattainable in the country we were bound for.</p>
-
-<p>When we rose in the morning we saw from our windows some of the
-gentlemen already starting, and about an hour afterward the carriage
-which was to convey our party of five to the meet was brought round to
-the door.</p>
-
-<p>After we had driven about nine miles we came to a hollow, where we found
-our horses waiting. Mine was a very neat gray, full of spirit, but very
-good-tempered, while my husband's mount was a pretty bay mare, very
-fast, which pulled considerably. We set off, each of us armed with
-boomerangs, or heavy curved sticks from eighteen inches to two feet in
-length. Our horses were excited, but we had to ride along as quietly as
-possible, for fear we should start a kangaroo and let it get away too
-far ahead.</p>
-
-<p>We had not long to wait before a beautiful "flying doe" got up about
-three-quarters of a mile in front of us, when every one let his horse go
-as hard as he could, until the pace became tremendous, the horses having
-to jump all the bushes they came to.</p>
-
-<p>After we had galloped for several miles, the country became rough and
-thickly grown with black-boys&mdash;a species of palm-tree, so called from
-its black stem. Unfortunately, my husband, in avoiding a collision with
-a lady, managed to come up against one of them, and it being strong, did
-not give with the weight of the horse, and knocked him out of the
-saddle. For a moment I was rather frightened, but as he called to me
-that he was all right, and told me to go on, I did so. He soon got his
-horse back, and came after us as quickly as possible.</p>
-
-<p>Of course this little episode rather threw me out of the hunt, and in
-the distance I saw Miss L&mdash;&mdash; going a good pace with the kangaroo close
-ahead of her. She rode very well, and never once left it. After a while
-I found myself pretty close to it, and by this time our horses were
-getting a little bit used up. It seemed a long time before the kangaroo
-was knocked over. As soon as one of us got alongside of it, it doubled,
-and then the work of getting sufficiently near to upset it had to begin
-again. The pace they go is almost incredible, especially that of a
-"flying doe," and before one is accustomed to it their hopping has a
-peculiar effect. Each spring they give, their tails beat the ground as
-if worked by machinery. Mr. B&mdash;&mdash; eventually knocked over the "flying
-doe" at Miss L&mdash;&mdash;'s request, she being uncertain how it ought to be
-done. I am glad to say it was not killed, but "ear-marked," and let go.</p>
-
-<p>We gave our horses a little rest, and then started off again. Luckily
-the day was cloudy, or the heat on the sand plains would have been
-unbearable. This time again we were most fortunate, and soon saw a very
-big kangaroo going away ahead of us. After a short time we came to a bit
-of thick bush which the kangaroo made for. If not excited, one would
-think twice about going straight into it. However, I saw two bush-riders
-go at it, so thought I would try too, much to their amusement, and I was
-rewarded. Just in the middle the kangaroo doubled, and being then quite
-close to him, I had all the fun to myself, and Bismarck&mdash;my
-horse&mdash;entered into it perfectly.</p>
-
-<p>Crash we went through the bush regardless of the possibility of eyes
-being poked out by boughs, and our faces being scratched all over. In
-fact, I found the only thing to do was to sit tight, keep my head down,
-and let the horse go. He followed the kangaroo until we found ourselves
-in the open again. Then we came alongside of him in a canter, as he was
-getting tired, so I got Bismarck very close, and knocked him down. I
-then thought he would give us no more trouble, but much to my surprise,
-when pulling up the horse, I saw him get up and begin to go off. I was
-determined he should not get away, so our chase began again. We soon
-were together, and I made Bismarck keep a little bit ahead of him,
-waiting for our opportunity to upset him. He was actually hopping along
-under my feet, and I knocked his head with my foot. He tore my habit by
-putting one of his paws through it, and scratched one of Bismarck's
-fore-legs in trying to cross him. This he was not quick enough in doing,
-and was soon down on the ground. The actual run was, I believe, only two
-miles. The kangaroo was afterward killed, and his paws cut off for me as
-a remembrance of my first hunt, but in drying they were spoiled, and I
-never got them. His tail was taken home to be made into soup, which is
-most excellent.</p>
-
-<p>After luncheon the gentlemen went off to find another kangaroo if
-possible. They were all on foot, except my husband and Mr. B&mdash;&mdash;'s
-nephew. However, they soon found a fine one, and four of them carried it
-in to us alive. They tied a rope round it, and fastened it to a tree. At
-first the animal tried hard to get away, but finding it useless,
-remained very still. We had a few dogs out with us, but they are not
-required if there are a good many people mounted. Of course, to any one
-hunting by himself, they would be a necessity. Just before our start
-homeward it was proposed to let the kangaroo go, and with some
-difficulty they managed to untie the rope. The kangaroo being at bay, it
-stood upon its hind-legs, with its back to a tree, and kept striking out
-with its paws. It really was a piteous sight, standing there with its
-big brown eyes, and it did not seem to realize it was free, although the
-dogs barked and people shouted to make it move.</p>
-
-<p>At last it went off, and I longed for it to get away; but before going
-any distance it stood up again, with the dogs round it, and the poor
-brave kangaroo was soon dragged by them to the ground. It seemed quite a
-melancholy ending to our day.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_488" id="Page_488">[Pg 488]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a name="JUST_ONE_LOCK_OF_HAIR" id="JUST_ONE_LOCK_OF_HAIR"></a>
-<img src="images/ill_005.jpg" width="500" height="380" alt="" />
-<span class="caption">"JUST ONE LOCK OF HAIR."</span>
-</div>
-
-<h2>JUST ONE LOCK OF HAIR.</h2>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"You see, mamma dear, Charley asked</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 20em;">For just one lock of hair;</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">I thought I'd cut it off myself,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 20em;">I knew you would not care.</span><br />
-<br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"Please now, mamma, don't look so grave,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 20em;">The piece is very small;</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And, see&mdash;I cut it off just where</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 20em;">It doesn't show at all."</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<h2><a name="OILING_THE_WAVES" id="OILING_THE_WAVES">OILING THE WAVES.</a></h2>
-
-<p>We have all heard of pouring oil on the waters, but most of us have
-supposed that the phrase meant only the soothing of angry people by
-gentle words, and that it was what the grammars call a figurative
-expression.</p>
-
-<p>But sailors and fishermen have often tried the experiment of sprinkling
-oil upon stormy waves with great success. The oil when dropped upon the
-billows spreads over their surfaces, forming a fine film, and smoothing
-a safe path for ships that would otherwise be in danger.</p>
-
-<p>Many curious instances of this are given by the captains of whalers and
-merchant ships. The master of the <i>Gem</i>, a British brigantine, bound
-from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Bristol, encountered a hurricane,
-which blew frightfully for thirty-six hours. The vessel was in the
-utmost peril, when the captain remembered to have read an article on the
-use of oil at sea. He at once poured a quantity into a canvas bag, and
-fastened it to a rope six fathoms long, trailed it to windward of the
-ship, and the oil leaked out, and made smooth water around the vessel.</p>
-
-<p>In September, 1846, a terrific gale of wind lashed the Atlantic to fury,
-and a little fishing-boat was seen tearing her way through the white
-waves to the coast of Sable Island. Watchers on the shore saw two men on
-board throwing something at intervals into the air.</p>
-
-<p>When the boat arrived on shore, as she did in safety, with all her crew,
-it was found that the captain had stationed two men near the
-fore-shrouds, where he had lashed two casks of oil. Each man was armed
-with a wooden ladle two feet long, with which he dipped up the blubber
-and oil, and threw it as high as he could into the sea. The wind carried
-it to leeward, and as it spread far over the water, though the waves
-rose very high, they did not break. The little <i>Arno</i> rode into Sable
-Island, leaving a shining path in her wake.</p>
-
-<p>The way in which the oil is used by those who wish to preserve their
-boats from wreck is very simple.</p>
-
-<p>The <i>King Cenric</i>, for instance, a sailing ship bound from Bombay to
-Liverpool, with coal, was caught in a heavy gale, which lasted five
-days. Her officers filled two canvas clothes-bags with oil, and made two
-or three small holes in each. The bags were then towed along by the
-ship.</p>
-
-<p>Our own Dr. Franklin, who always used his eyes, tried the experiment of
-calming rough water by oil in the harbors of Newport and Portsmouth. He
-had observed the serenity of the waves around the whaling ships, and he
-said that even a tea-spoonful of oil produced a wonderful effect.</p>
-
-<p>Mr. John Shields, of Perth, Scotland, has been trying the experiment on
-a grand scale in Peterhead North Harbor. His apparatus carries twelve
-hundred feet of piping into deep water two hundred yards seaward of the
-bar. There are three conical valves, fixed seventy-five feet apart, at
-the sea end of the pipe, and when the pipes are charged with oil, by
-means of a force-pump in a hut on shore, the oil escapes so rapidly that
-the wildest waves become gentle ripples.</p>
-
-<p>Mr. Shields has been improving and testing his invention for two years,
-and expects by means of it to make the dangerous harbor of Peterhead
-entirely safe, however furious the weather.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_489" id="Page_489">[Pg 489]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 493px;">
-<img src="images/ill_006.jpg" width="493" height="700" alt="" />
-<span class="caption">IN THE HALLS OF HIS ANCESTORS.</span>
-</div>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_490" id="Page_490">[Pg 490]</a></span></p>
-
-<h2><a name="PHOTOGRAPHY_AND_WORK" id="PHOTOGRAPHY_AND_WORK">PHOTOGRAPHY AND WORK.</a></h2>
-
-<h3>BY ALLAN FORMAN.</h3>
-
-<p>Amateur photography is getting to be exceedingly popular. The price of
-outfits is so low that they are within reach of all, and from what we
-hear it would seem that a goodly number of the readers of <span class="smcap">Young People</span>
-are engaging in it. A few words therefore on the subject from one who
-has been through the first few months of enthusiasm and disappointment
-which succeed the purchase of an instrument may be of service to those
-who have embarked on the ocean of amateur photography.</p>
-
-<p>Of course you will use the dry plates. I say of course, because for the
-amateur they are cheaper, more convenient, produce better results, and
-afford a wider latitude of subject than the wet plates. We will suppose,
-then, that you have provided yourself with a good camera and lens,
-chemicals, plates, baths, and all that go to make a complete outfit.</p>
-
-<p>Your first trouble will be with your dark room. It must be <i>absolutely</i>
-dark; the faintest ray of white light will destroy the most perfectly
-timed picture. Any closet will do, so long as you can have perfect
-darkness and room to work. The most luxurious dark room I ever saw was
-ten feet square, provided with hot and cold water, and lighted by two
-large windows with panes of ruby glass. The gold-colored glass looks the
-same, but is worthless for photographic purposes. On the other hand, I
-have worked in a closet two feet deep, by the dim light of a single ruby
-lamp. But in photography as in everything else the "golden mean" is
-preferable.</p>
-
-<p>If kept in a perfectly dark box, the dry plates need not be developed
-for months. Travellers often change plates, and even develop and fix
-them, at night, in their rooms, by the aid of a ruby lantern. As the
-changing of plates is an operation which consumes but little time, this
-may be done with safety, but we would recommend the young photographer
-to make use of his dark room for the process of developing.</p>
-
-<p>Besides the pans, or baths as they are called, for the chemicals, you
-must have in the dark room a supply of clear water, and a vessel in
-which to throw it after it has been used. Dry plates require frequent
-washing, as we shall see further on. Your dark room must be, then, of
-moderate size, free from white light, provided with clean water, and
-free from dust. If it is dusty, you will have minute specks on the
-picture. The plates must be kept in this room, and must be transferred
-to and from the plate-holders here.</p>
-
-<p>Next comes the business of mixing the chemicals. There are several
-different formulas for the development of dry plates, but I have found
-the ferrous-oxalate developer to be the simplest and best. The most
-convenient way to prepare the solutions is to take two common glass
-preserve jars, put in about a quarter of a pound of neutral oxalate of
-potash in one, and about the same amount of protosulphate of iron in the
-other; then pour on warm water, and let the crystals dissolve.</p>
-
-<p>It makes no difference how much water you put in; the object is to get a
-"saturated" solution; that is, a solution in which the water has
-absorbed all the chemical matter it can take up. After the chemicals
-have had time to dissolve&mdash;say fifteen or twenty minutes&mdash;filter the
-solutions into separate bottles, and cork them tightly, to keep out the
-dust. Always filter all your solutions before using them; even filter
-the water if it is not perfectly clear. Cleanliness is a prime necessity
-in photography, and the amateur can not be too careful.</p>
-
-<p>Now comes the "fixing" solution, which is made by dissolving four ounces
-of hyposulphite of soda in twenty ounces of water. Filter into a bottle,
-and cork it until used. Make at the same time a saturated solution of
-common alum, and use it for washing the plates after taking them out of
-the developer, and before fixing. Directions are given by many involving
-the use of cyanide of potassium, tartaric acid, bromide of ammonia, and
-the like; but it is better for the beginner to use as few chemicals as
-possible. More pictures are spoiled than saved by inexperienced
-doctoring.</p>
-
-<p>After your chemicals are all prepared, put a plate in your holder, or
-wooden box with slides, one or more of which accompany every outfit.
-Focus your camera on some object; a row of buildings, the side of a
-house, or a board fence is preferable for this experiment. Take off the
-cap, and pull the slide about half of the way out. Expose about six
-seconds, and pull out the slide the rest of the way. Expose this six
-seconds again, and replace the slide. You now have two exposures, of six
-and twelve seconds respectively, on the same plate. This is for timing
-the lens. It is impossible to give any definite rules for the time of an
-exposure; experience must teach this.</p>
-
-<p>In a gallery where the surroundings are the same and the light varies
-but little, it is comparatively easy to determine how long a plate
-should be exposed in the camera. But in out-of-door work the amateur
-must take into consideration the state of the weather and the
-atmosphere, the presence or absence of reflecting surfaces, such as a
-stretch of sand-beach, a sheet of water, or the proximity of a
-light-colored building, and time the plate accordingly.</p>
-
-<p>After you have taken the test-plate, return to your dark room, and pour
-into the bath four ounces of neutral oxalate, and mix with it one ounce
-of iron solution. Take the plate from the holder, wash it in cold water,
-and drop it into the mixture. The image will begin to appear in from
-three to five minutes. After it has become clearly defined, wash it
-again in cold water, and put it in the alum solution for a few minutes.
-Another washing, and it is ready for the fixing solution, which will
-keep the picture from turning black, as it would otherwise do, if
-exposed to the light.</p>
-
-<p>Let it remain in the fixing solution until the white film has
-disappeared. Then wash it in water, and you have your negative. Now
-examine this carefully, and see whether the six-second or the
-twelve-second exposure is the best. After a few experiments you will be
-able to judge pretty accurately how long to expose a plate.</p>
-
-<p>It would be impossible to enumerate the mistakes which a young
-photographer will make. The only way is to profit by them, and not make
-the same one a second time. Many boys who get a photographic outfit are
-disgusted with it, after one or two trials, because they can not make as
-good a picture as a professional photographer. The principal causes of
-failure can, however, be enumerated as follows:</p>
-
-<p>1. Imperfectly darkened operating-room, which will make the picture dim
-or "foggy."</p>
-
-<p>2. Dust in the dark room, unfiltered chemicals or washing water, which
-will make pinholes in the negative.</p>
-
-<p>3. Over or under exposure, which will either make the negative too black
-or too thin to print successfully. This last, however, is excusable in
-the young beginner.</p>
-
-<p>Finally, boys are apt to be careless. A crack in the door of the
-operating-room, a bottle left uncorked to collect the dust, dirt or dust
-on the hands, a little more of this solution or a little less of that,
-they think would make no difference. Photography requires accuracy and
-cleanliness, and no one can hope to take a satisfactory picture unless
-he will cultivate these qualities.</p>
-
-<p>If any boy or girl&mdash;and girls, as a general rule, make better amateur
-photographers than boys&mdash;thinks to learn amateur photography for "fun,"
-I should say to him or her, emphatically, Don't. But to any one who has
-a sincere love for the beautiful in nature, and who is willing to <i>work</i>
-to obtain lasting mementos of the scenes which are dear to him, a
-photographic outfit may become a source of never-ending pleasure.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_491" id="Page_491">[Pg 491]</a></span></p>
-
-<h2><a name="WHAT_A_GEORGIA_BOY_FOUND_WHILE_FISHING" id="WHAT_A_GEORGIA_BOY_FOUND_WHILE_FISHING">WHAT A GEORGIA BOY FOUND WHILE FISHING.</a></h2>
-
-<p>One day several years ago a Georgia boy went fishing. He started for a
-creek that ran not far from his home; but as he knew there were few fish
-in it except small cat-fish, he probably did not expect to return with a
-very well-filled basket. Most boys, however, know how to get a good deal
-of pleasure out of a day's fishing, even if the fish are small and bite
-slowly.</p>
-
-<p>Taking his lines and hooks, this Georgia boy went to the creek, and
-there sat down to dig for bait with his pocket-knife. In digging, he
-turned up a curious and pretty pebble which attracted his attention.
-Wiping the earth from it, he found it to be semi-transparent, and about
-the color of the flame of a wood fire. As he turned it around, it
-reflected the light in a peculiar way which interested the boy, and so,
-instead of throwing the pebble away, he put it into his pocket.</p>
-
-<p>As he had never seen a stone of the kind, he showed it to a good many
-persons as a curiosity in a small way, and after a while he came to
-value it about as a boy values a marble of the kind called real agate.</p>
-
-<p>On one occasion he showed his pretty stone to a visitor from Cincinnati,
-who seemed even more interested in it than others had been. This
-gentleman examined the pebble again and again, and finally asked
-permission to take it to Cincinnati with him to show to some one there.
-Not long afterward the gentleman returned, and told the lad that his
-"pretty stone" was worth a good many thousands of dollars. It was, in
-fact, what is called a fire opal, a very precious stone, specimens of
-which are so very scarce and costly that jewellers can not afford to
-make use of them. The few that have been found since Humboldt carried
-specimens to Europe have been eagerly bought at enormous prices for the
-great museums.</p>
-
-<p>When the parents of the Georgia boy learned the nature and value of his
-discovery they had the stone sent to Europe, and sold to advantage. The
-sum received for it was quite a little fortune.</p>
-
-<p>I have never heard how many fish the boy caught, but I am very sure that
-he can not complain of his luck on that day.</p>
-
-<p>Since that time a good many opals have been found in the region in which
-the boy dug for bait, and among them one or two small fire opals, but
-none equal in value to his. Some efforts have been made to search the
-region thoroughly, and to work it as an opal mine. There is a great
-difference in opals, but when they are really beautiful their value is
-very large. For an opal in the museum at Venice $250,000 was offered
-without success. Marc Antony is said to have sent a Roman Senator into
-exile because he would not sell him an opal ring for which he had paid
-nearly a million of dollars.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-<h2><a name="POPSEY" id="POPSEY">"POPSEY."</a></h2>
-
-<h3>BY MATTHEW WHITE, JUN.</h3>
-
-<p>This was the name Walter Radlow's father had requested should be given
-the gray donkey which he presented to his son on the latter's thirteenth
-birthday.</p>
-
-<p>"You see, I was at my wits' end what to buy," he afterward explained;
-"for a dozen birthdays, to say nothing of as many Christmases, had about
-exhausted my genius for discovering something new, and I was beginning
-to think I'd have to start all over again with a rattle, when the idea
-of a donkey and cart popped into my head."</p>
-
-<p>So Popsey was the donkey, and the donkey was Walter's, and&mdash;such a
-donkey! Not one of your meek, spiritless animals, "warranted gentle with
-ladies and children," that you must beat to make go, and simply cease
-beating to stop.</p>
-
-<p>Ah, no; Popsey, though not wild or vicious, was full of life, which was
-just what Walter delighted in; and as Mrs. Radlow had satisfied herself
-that the beast was really too small to do any serious damage, she ceased
-to worry about his "playfulness."</p>
-
-<p>But it was not long before Popsey became so attached to his young master
-that it was thought perfectly safe to allow two-year-old Amy the
-privilege of a ride now and then, from which she returned in a very
-mixed state of mind as to whether she wanted to tell papa about Popsey,
-or Popsey about papa.</p>
-
-<p>One Saturday, about three months after Popsey's advent, Walter's cousins
-came over from Wallingville to make him a visit. They were the children
-of Mr. Radlow's only brother, and Helen was fourteen, May twelve, and
-Jack ten.</p>
-
-<p>They arrived about nine in the morning, to find Walter just recovering
-from an attack of rheumatism, and suffering from such a raging toothache
-that he could scarcely bear to speak.</p>
-
-<p>"But don't mind me," he said, as they all gathered about him to condole
-and bemoan. "When you come from town to the country for the first time
-in years, and for such a short stay, too, you mustn't stick in the house
-just because a chap can't go round with you to&mdash; Oh!" and poor Walter
-suddenly dashed his head down against the hop pillow on the lounge,
-while the girls sympathetically exclaimed, "Too bad!" and Jack looked as
-if he was afraid it might be "catching."</p>
-
-<p>But in a moment or two Walter bobbed up again to say, "There's the
-croquet set and archery, tennis and&mdash;Popsey."</p>
-
-<p>"Oh yes; that's the donkey, you know," eagerly interrupted Jack. "And,
-oh, Walter, did you say we might drive him?"</p>
-
-<p>"Of course. I guess Helen can manage the fellow. And, by-the-way, you
-might take the cart and drive over to the Hillwins'. Fred's got a prime
-book about middies I've wanted to read ever since Christmas, and if
-you'll borrow it for me, I think it'll make me forget this&mdash;" And the
-boy expressively ended his sentence by another plunge into the depths of
-his hop pillow.</p>
-
-<p>When the plan was first mentioned to her, Mrs. Radlow was inclined to
-doubt Helen's ability to deal with Popsey's peculiarities. Though docile
-enough with Walter, he might prove troublesome to a stranger.</p>
-
-<p>"But, Aunt Jennie, don't you remember how I drove when we were all up in
-the mountains one summer? And, besides, you know you wrote to mamma that
-Popsey was so small that you never worried about the children being out
-with him."</p>
-
-<p>As this last argument of Helen's could not very well be answered, the
-coachman was ordered to harness up.</p>
-
-<p>When the cart was brought to the door, and the three visitors prepared
-to crowd themselves into it, a great outcry was made by Amy, who
-shouted, "Me too! me too!" so often and so shrilly that, for the sake of
-securing quiet in the house for Walter, Mrs. Radlow at last consented to
-let her go.</p>
-
-<p>"I'll hold her on my lap just as tight," pleaded May, "and Jack can
-stand up behind."</p>
-
-<p>And so it was arranged, and Amy's face, which had been all drawn down
-for a good cry, wrinkled up into a laugh instead.</p>
-
-<p>Then Popsey was petted and patted, endearingly addressed as "Good
-donkey," and called upon times innumerable to "whoa" when he had not
-thought of stirring, after which preliminaries the girls got in, Amy was
-handed over to them, and Jack climbed up behind.</p>
-
-<p>"Drive around to the front lawn, so Walter can see you," said Mrs.
-Radlow, when all was ready for a start, whereupon Helen chirped to her
-steed, and guided him over the grass opposite the second-story window,
-at which appeared a black head and white pillow, one of which was nodded
-gayly, and the other waved on high, the two to be<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_492" id="Page_492">[Pg 492]</a></span> suddenly clapped
-together again in a fashion, that caused Helen to give Popsey a touch of
-the whip, and speed off after the "prime book about middies."</p>
-
-<div class="figleft" style="width: 400px;">
-<img src="images/ill_007.jpg" width="400" height="284" alt="" />
-<span class="caption">"'ISN'T HE JUST TOO CUNNING!'"</span>
-</div>
-
-<p>"Oh, isn't he just too cunning!" exclaimed May, as the little donkey
-trotted along, with his big load, as steadily as a family horse.</p>
-
-<p>Amy crowed with delight; Helen made a great show of flourishing her whip
-(taking good care, however, to keep it out of range of Popsey's long
-ears), while Jack pranced about behind in genuine boyish joy. The road
-was easy enough to follow, and inside of three-quarters of an hour Helen
-drew up before the Hillwins' gate. Their house was the only one within
-sight, and just beyond it two or three roads crossed one another in
-quite a confusing manner.</p>
-
-<p>"It's lucky we haven't any further to go, Helen," remarked May, as she
-noted the latter fact, "for we'd surely become mixed, and&mdash; But I
-declare, if Amy isn't fast asleep in my arms! Poor dear, the ride's been
-too long for her, I guess. You go in, Helen, and I'll sit perfectly
-still so as not to wake her. Don't be long, though."</p>
-
-<p>Jack was already out and standing at Popsey's head, but no sooner had
-her elder sister vanished from sight under the long grape arbor that led
-to the house, than May suddenly discovered that she was terribly
-thirsty.</p>
-
-<p>"Oh, Jack," she cried, "I must go in and get a drink; but I don't want
-to wake baby, and make her cross, perhaps; so I'll just put her down
-here in the bottom of the cart on the seat cushion. I'll be back in a
-minute or two; but mind, keep a tight hold on the donkey, and if Amy
-wakes up, talk to her till I come."</p>
-
-<p>Jack answered "All right," May jumped down to hurry off after Helen, and
-then there was no sound to break the country stillness but the autumn
-wind, as it whirled the dead leaves to the ground, and the rumble of a
-train as it rushed along the track down by the river.</p>
-
-<p>As it happened, Fred Hillwin was not at home, or he most certainly would
-have come out to inspect Popsey and keep Jack company. As for Fanny, she
-was so overjoyed at the unexpected call from her old school friends,
-that for about five minutes she could do nothing but give expression to
-her delight. Then the book Walter wanted had to be hunted up, all of
-which together consumed a good deal of time, the delay seeming
-especially prolonged to Jack, who soon grew tired of gazing at the top
-of baby's cap between Popsey's ears, and longed for some more exciting
-occupation. The donkey stood as if glued to the spot, and Amy slept on
-as peacefully as if in her little crib at home.</p>
-
-<p>Suddenly the noon-day quiet was broken in upon by the blast of a horn,
-accompanied by the quick trot of horses' feet.</p>
-
-<p>"A circus, perhaps!" exclaimed Jack; but, alas! whatever it was, nothing
-could be seen from where he stood, for the sound came from the turnpike
-just beyond the cross-roads before mentioned.</p>
-
-<p>"Oh, how I would like to see what it is!" sighed the boy. Then he
-quickly measured with his eye the distance he would have to run, saw
-that Popsey seemed perfectly stationary, and with a sudden impulse
-dashed off to the corner, arriving just in time to behold a four-in-hand
-coach rush by like the wind.</p>
-
-<p>It had scarcely passed him, however, when it stopped with an abruptness
-that threatened to pitch the passengers on ahead of it.</p>
-
-<p>"What can be the matter?" thought Jack, and with all a boy's curiosity
-he ran on down the road to find out.</p>
-
-<p>It seemed that one of the "leaders" had stumbled and fallen, and
-consequently been stepped on by the "wheelers," which resulted in such
-an entanglement of horses and harness as Jack had never seen before.</p>
-
-<p>With wide-open eyes he looked on at the efforts of the gentlemen to
-straighten things out, and was about to ask if he could help them, when
-suddenly, with a cry of "Oh, Popsey&mdash;and the baby!" he tore back to the
-Hillwins' gate, and found the donkey-cart&mdash;gone.</p>
-
-<p>With a terrible fear in his heart, the thoughtless boy gave one
-despairing look around him, and then started off on a run, in the
-direction in which Popsey had been headed, after a black speck just
-visible in the distance.</p>
-
-<p>Two minutes later Helen and May came hurrying down the long walk through
-the garden, provoked with themselves at having staid so long.</p>
-
-<p>"I do hope Amy hasn't waked up," said May; "but I told Jack in case she
-should&mdash; Why, where are they?"</p>
-
-<p>"Perhaps Jack's driven down the road a little," suggested Helen.</p>
-
-<p>But a hurried glance in both directions soon convinced the girls that
-the donkey-cart was nowhere near, and they were both beginning to feel a
-dread of they knew not what, when all at once May exclaimed, "Oh, Helen,
-look! here comes Jack now, and <i>without Popsey</i>!"</p>
-
-<p>In great excitement the sisters ran to meet him, and imagine their
-horror when, with a voice all broken with sobs, he cried: "Oh! oh! it
-was only a&mdash;a peddler's wagon, and I ran nearly a mile to catch it,
-and&mdash;and now I don't know where to look, because Popsey's run off with
-the baby!"</p>
-
-<p>Terrified beyond description at the thought of the danger that
-threatened their aunt's pet, who had been so reluctantly committed to
-their charge, the girls commanded Jack to tell them instantly just how
-it had all happened,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_493" id="Page_493">[Pg 493]</a></span> which he did with teeth-chattering from fright,
-and repeated assertions that he had believed Popsey was asleep.</p>
-
-<p>"But didn't I tell you not to stir?&mdash;and oh, Helen, it's partly my fault
-too, for if I hadn't been so foolish as to leave Amy, she&mdash;" Here May
-broke down completely, and leaving her and Jack in tears together, Helen
-flew back to the house, and soon returned with Mrs. Hillwin, Fanny, the
-maid, and the cook. Then she pointed out the three roads it was possible
-the donkey had taken, and burst out crying herself.</p>
-
-<p>"An' shure, miss, don't give way so," said the cook, cheeringly, "but
-jist take yer stand at the cross-roads beyant, an' ask ivery person that
-comes along&mdash;an' precious few do it be in this wild region, bad luck to
-it!&mdash;ef they're afther seein' a donkey runnin' off wid a baby."</p>
-
-<p>This sensible suggestion was at once acted upon, and while the rest all
-hurried off in the direction of a turnip-field, which the maid declared
-Popsey must have sniffed, Helen stood at the junction of the three roads
-until a pleasant-faced old gentleman in a buggy approached her.</p>
-
-<p>"Oh, sir," she cried, rushing up dangerously close to the wheels, "did
-you meet a runaway donkey-cart?"</p>
-
-<p>"No, not I," was the answer; and the gentleman repressed a smile, but
-suddenly grew quite grave as he drew rein and asked if the donkey's name
-was Popsey.</p>
-
-<p>"Oh, yes, yes," exclaimed Helen. "And have you seen him?"</p>
-
-<p>"No, but I am going to see his owner now, and if you will get in, I will
-take you along with me. I am the family doctor, and am quite well
-acquainted with Popsey."</p>
-
-<p>Hardly knowing what she did, but feeling that any sort of motion or
-action was better than waiting in suspense, Helen accepted the
-invitation, and began at once to pour forth her tale of grief to the
-kindly old physician, upon hearing which he whipped up his horse, saying
-that he was sure no harm had come to Amy.</p>
-
-<p>Then Helen suddenly recollected how she had deserted her post, and was
-filled with a foreboding lest some one should pass the cross-roads who
-might know something about the donkey-cart, and there would be no one
-there to question him.</p>
-
-<p>"Here comes Mr. Radlow's coachman now," exclaimed the doctor, when they
-had nearly reached their destination, "and driving at a furious rate. I
-warrant it's turned out just as I expected;" and with the words he
-signaled to the man to stop.</p>
-
-<p>"Yes, yes, exactly as I imagined," said the physician, when the coachman
-had hurriedly and excitedly explained that Popsey had come trotting back
-to the stable with the lines about his heels, and baby Amy crowing
-joyously in the bottom of the cart, and that in consequence Mrs. Radlow
-was in a great state of fright concerning the fate of the cousins.</p>
-
-<p>"Well, I'll soon relieve her fears on that score; and do you, Dennis,
-drive on toward the cross-roads with your carriage as fast as ever you
-can, and bring the other two children back."</p>
-
-<p>As for Helen, she had not yet recovered from her joyful surprise.</p>
-
-<p>"To think," she exclaimed, "that that donkey should have turned
-deliberately around and walked off home, nearly four miles, without
-upsetting anything, while we were looking for him in every other
-direction! There certainly never was such a dear little animal. But that
-doesn't excuse Jack's thoughtlessness, and I'm going to give Aunt Jennie
-leave to punish him <i>very severely</i>."</p>
-
-<p>However, when the case was laid before the doctor, he declared that as
-the fault lay really with so many persons, and that as the three cousins
-had suffered sufficiently already from anxiety and suspense, the blame
-should be changed to praise, and that given to Popsey, who had displayed
-a disposition to execute the errand upon which he had been sent as
-speedily as possible.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 408px;">
-<img src="images/ill_008.jpg" width="408" height="600" alt="" />
-<span class="caption">WHAT HAPPENED WHEN DINAH WENT OUT AND LEFT TOPSY ALL
-ALONE.</span>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_494" id="Page_494">[Pg 494]</a></span></p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 292px;">
-<img src="images/ill_009.jpg" width="292" height="400" alt="" />
-</div>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Good-morning, little bird;</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 22em;">I wish you'd sing for me;</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 21em;">You look as if 'twere fun to live</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Out-doors so wild and free.</span><br />
-<br />
-<span style="margin-left: 21em;">I've brought Matilda Jane</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Because she needs the air;</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 21em;">She is a very pretty child,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 22em;">With lovely curling hair.</span><br />
-<br />
-<span style="margin-left: 21em;">How many little birds</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Are flying round to-day!</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Now surely you will stay with me</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 22em;">When I've come here to play?</span><br />
-<br />
-<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Oh, you have children three,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 22em;">And they, perhaps, have stirred;</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Well, if they need you, hurry home.</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Good-morning, little bird.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-<h2><a name="OUR_POST_OFFICE_BOX" id="OUR_POST_OFFICE_BOX">OUR POST-OFFICE BOX.</a></h2>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">New York City</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<blockquote>
-
-<p>I thought I would write to you about my little bird Billie. He is a
-canary of the German breed, and is rather long and slim, but he
-sings very sweetly. I think he is the smartest and most intelligent
-bird I ever saw outside of a show. I taught him myself to stand on
-my finger whenever I put my hand in his cage; and he knows when I
-speak to him, for when I call to him, he will turn his head toward
-me, as if to say, "What?" I used to make him seesaw on a little
-stick with his little companion John, who was blind nearly all his
-life, which was very short; and then I would make him hold a little
-gun, and balance himself on a ball which I would keep in motion. He
-would stand on a little cart, and hold the reins with one claw,
-while I drew him around the room, with John, held in a
-market-basket, sitting on behind. He seldom tries to fly away, and
-I have frequently taken him out-doors in my hands, without fear of
-his escaping. Sometimes, for a change, I used to let him swing like
-a paroquet in one of my bangles. This I do not think he liked much,
-for his tail was so long it was hard for him to keep his balance.
-But the most difficult thing that I taught him to do was to lie on
-his back and pretend he was asleep. I would lay him down gently,
-and after kicking his feet, and trying to grasp my fingers, he
-would lie perfectly still until I touched him, when he would jump
-up; and then I would have him kiss me, which he can do nicely,
-moving his bill all the time. I should like to tell you about John,
-who died, we think, on account of his eyes, which, after we had had
-him a little time, became covered with white mists, which we think
-were cataracts.</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">A Strong Friend of</span></span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;">"<span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span>".</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<p>It would be interesting to hear of your method in teaching your pet so
-many pretty tricks. I suppose you were very gentle and patient, and that
-you taught him one thing perfectly before letting him begin upon
-another.</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Washington, D.&nbsp;C</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<blockquote>
-
-<p>I, like Virginie C.&nbsp;B., am practicing a few of the gymnastics
-mentioned in No. 118. We have a bar across one of our doorways a
-foot from the top, which I catch hold of and swing by. I can not
-draw my chin up to it yet, but can come very near it. After the
-Postmistress has assured us she has seen Jimmy Brown, his stories
-are much more interesting to me, for they must be the experiences
-of a real boy. We always laugh at them, they are so funny.</p>
-
-<p>My sister has been all over the establishment of Harper &amp; Brothers,
-and saw them printing <span class="smcap">Young People</span>. I should like to see that, and
-hope to some time. I think it was Augusta C. who did not like cats.
-She would not change her mind if she saw our cat, for that lazy
-animal is awake all night and asleep all day. We have had no less
-than six cats during the past year. "The Talking Leaves" excited us
-very much, and I think it was splendid. Toby Tyler is a very nice
-little boy, I think, and when I first glanced at the picture of the
-circus coming in, I thought they were taking him away again.</p>
-
-<p>We have some flowers in our back yard, and we like them very much.
-The seeds are just coming up, and I take great interest in watching
-them. We have some very pretty pansies, roses, and bridal-wreaths.
-They are blooming now. I brought some wild flowers from the woods,
-and my sister brought some violets; they are growing very nicely.
-We have but one geranium, and its blooms are shrivelled. I do not
-know what to do to it.</p>
-
-<p>I like to write stories very much, and I love dearly to draw
-pictures. Last Tuesday was very warm, and you would have thought it
-was summer if you had suddenly been transported to Washington.</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Emily N</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<p>Perhaps your geranium needs rest. Try the plan of pinching off every bud
-for the next few weeks. The soil may need enriching, or you may have
-watered it too freely.</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Brooklyn, New York</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<blockquote>
-
-<p>I have written to <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span> three times, and none of my
-letters have been printed; but I believe in perseverance, so I am
-going to try again. I have never read any paper I liked half as
-well as <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span>. Papa gets it for me, and I read it
-to my little brother. One night I was reading "Tim and Tip" to him,
-and I happened to look up, and he was crying. He didn't want me to
-think he was crying, so he said, "It's only the water that comes
-out of my eyes." I like Jimmy Brown's stories very much. I think
-all of the stories in the paper are very interesting. Jimmy Brown
-and Georgie Hackett seem to possess about the same qualities. My
-favorite study in school is history.</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Emma</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<p>I do not know Georgie Hackett, but poor Jimmy is certainly an
-interesting boy, though I would not care to have him living at my house,
-unless he could behave better than he now does. Perseverance is an
-excellent quality. You could not have a better motto than</p>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 22em;">"If at first you don't succeed,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Try, try again."</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Sanborn, Dakota Territory</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<blockquote>
-
-<p>I am a little English girl eight years old, and hope to see this
-letter printed, to please dear papa, as he does not know I am going
-to write. I have taken <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span> two years (ever since
-we left England), and have never written before. I have an Indian
-pony, on which I ride about; her name is Frances. My brother Jack
-has one called Charlie. I have a little sister Mabel; she is six,
-and so fat that mamma calls her Pumpkin. She calls me her fairy
-lily. I have seen Jumbo in England, and am glad he has come to
-America. Papa says some time I may see him again. I am very fond of
-reading. I have lots of books, and my grandma sends me <i>Little
-Folks</i> every month. I have been learning music for a year, and am
-getting on nicely. We find lovely flowers about here, and I gather
-mamma lovely bunches for the table every day. Good-by.</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Katie S</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Junction, Idaho</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<blockquote>
-
-<p>I am a little boy seven years old. I take <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span>,
-and I like it very much. I think "Toby Tyler" and "Mr. Stubbs's
-Brother" are the best of all. Blue Ribbon has a little kitten; she
-is teaching it to walk. I have a horse; his name is Old Indian. The
-reason I call him Old Indian is because we bought him of the
-Indians. I have some nice rides on him. We live on a ranch, and
-have lots of little calves and little chickens. I do not go to
-school, but study my lessons at home. I send one dollar for Young
-People's Cot.</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Oliver T.&nbsp;C</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<p>Your contribution has been sent to the lady who receives and takes care
-of the money for Young People's Cot. Is Blue Ribbon the little kitten's
-mother? I hope Old Indian is a gentle pony. From his name I should think
-he might be quite fiery.</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<h4>"PAPA, WHAT MAKES THE RAIN COME?"</h4>
-
-<blockquote>
-
-<p>Mabel and Ethel can't write for themselves, and they do not know
-that I am writing to the Post-office Box to tell other little girls
-about them. What here follows is not a made-up story; it is set
-down almost word for word as it was spoken. The girls were in their
-little beds, talking about different things, and papa was sitting
-at the table reading a book by the light of the lamp. Thunder was
-heard in the distance, and Ethel remarked that the rain was coming.
-This led Mabel to ask the question which forms the title of this
-letter, "Papa, what makes the rain come?"</p>
-
-<p>While thinking about the best way to make her understand the
-wonderful and beautiful natural process&mdash;how the sun draws up
-vapors from land and sea, and stores the treasures of rain in the
-clouds, returning them in showers of blessings upon the
-earth&mdash;Ethel broke in with her views, thus relieving me of a
-difficulty. So I kept quiet as a mouse, and listened while
-pretending to read. Ethel, half raising herself in bed, thus
-explained:</p>
-
-<p>"Why, Mabel, I will tell you what makes the rain come. You see, God
-is up there above the clouds, and He has wings, and flies from
-place to place, all over. Then, you know, He has a pump, with a big
-deep well, with lots, oh! lots of water in it, and on the pump
-there is a rubber tube, with a sprinkler fastened to it. And then
-He pumps, and pumps, and pumps, and the angels they pump, and the
-water comes, and spurtles, and spurtles, and spurtles, and
-spurtles, and spurtles, and spurtles; and that's what makes the
-rain come."</p>
-
-<p>These were the child's thoughts and expressions on the beautiful
-phenomena of the rain. The explanation seemed sufficient and
-satisfactory, as both little thinkers forthwith resigned themselves
-into the loving arms of "tired nature's sweet restorer," and were
-carried far away into the happy land of dreams.</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;">F.&nbsp;J.&nbsp;T.</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Farmington, Minnesota</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Churchville, Maryland</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<blockquote>
-
-<p>As the day is rainy, we have been looking over <span class="smcap">Harper's Young
-People</span>, and seeing so many nice letters in Our Post-office Box. I
-thought, by way of variety, I would send one from Harford County. I
-have two sisters. One is a teacher, and she is going to read some
-pieces out of your paper to the children in her school.</p>
-
-<p>We have a colt named Pinafore. The other day I turned another
-horse, with a halter on, into the same field with him. Pin caught
-the halter in his mouth, and led him about as he had seen us do. I
-have a Scotch terrier dog named Jack. I hitch him to a little
-wagon, and he is better trained than the speckled pig in No. 132.</p>
-
-<p>I think your paper is just splendid, but like to read "Mr. Stubbs's
-Brother" the best of all. I went to see Jumbo in Baltimore.</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Frank B</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<h4>OUR BABY BOY.</h4>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 24em;">Oh, he's so sweet,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 25em;">The darling thing!</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 24em;">On his small feet</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 25em;">We kisses fling.</span><br />
-<br />
-<span style="margin-left: 24em;">He plays, he crows,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 25em;">Can laugh and sing,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 24em;">And thinks he knows</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 25em;">'Most everything.</span><br />
-<br />
-<span style="margin-left: 24em;">He goes to bed</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 25em;">So sweet at night;</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 24em;">You'll hear his tread</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 25em;">Soon as 'tis light.</span><br />
-<br />
-<span style="margin-left: 24em;">He plays, you know.</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 25em;">The whole day through,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 24em;">And he can blow</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 25em;">His trumpet new.</span><br />
-<br />
-<span style="margin-left: 24em;">All places round,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 25em;">No sweeter toy</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 24em;">Than this is found&mdash;</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 25em;">Our baby boy.</span><br />
-<br />
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Daisy M</span>. (aged 9.)</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Davenport, Iowa</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Bayfield, Wisconsin</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<blockquote>
-
-<p>I am thirteen years old, and have a little adopted sister, whose
-name is Elsie, and whom I love just as much as if she were my own
-sister. She is seven years old. I wish the readers of <span class="smcap">Young People</span>
-could see my canary-bird. His name is Jim. I often let him out of
-his cage, and sometimes he comes hopping up to me, and then he will
-chirp until I give him a piece of apple or orange.</p>
-
-<p>I am very fond of reading. I have just finished a book called
-<i>Zigzag Journeys in Europe</i>, and I enjoyed it very much. Our house
-is a square from Lake Superior. We can stand at any window and look
-right out on the lake. Bayfield is a great summer resort for
-invalids and pleasure-seekers. Very nearly all the large steamboats
-come here. From Bayfield we can also see five of the Apostle
-Islands.</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Susie P</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<p>Would it not be nice if we could have all the cunning and beautiful pets
-our little friends write about arranged together in a great exhibition?
-As this is impossible, we must try to see each of them from the pretty
-pen pictures their little owners send.</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<blockquote>
-
-<p>I am nine years old. Last Easter mamma gave me <span class="smcap">Harper's Young
-People</span> as a present. I am delighted with it, and reading those
-letters written by the young folks has put me in the notion of
-telling you something of myself. I go to school in West
-Philadelphia. Mamma thought the ride out there would be good for my
-health. I am obliged to start at eight o'clock, and I get home at
-two. I eat my dinner, learn my lessons, and then I am ready for
-play, which I enjoy greatly. I have neither brother nor sister, but
-I have several little friends. I have two velocipedes.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_495" id="Page_495">[Pg 495]</a></span> Mamma gave
-me one when I was only four years old; it has three wheels; I call
-it my little clipper. The other has four wheels; I call it my
-propeller. I have a set of garden tools. I tell you I play hard
-until tea-time; then I get ready for tea. By eight o'clock I am
-quite ready for bed, as I have to get up at six. Sometimes I take a
-little ride before breakfast on my velocipede, or play with my pet
-cat, which I call Charlie, after papa. Mamma says she intends to
-turn over a new leaf, and have me black my own boots in the
-morning, and promises if I do it for two weeks she will make me a
-present of a nice blacking-box like papa's.</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;">G.&nbsp;W.&nbsp;H.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">St. Louis, Missouri</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<blockquote>
-
-<p>I am seven years old. I have a little brother five and a dear
-little sister two years old. I go to school, and my brother goes to
-the kindergarten. I will tell you how my little sister said her
-prayers last night. She said, "God bless mamma and papa, and our
-dear, dear kittie cat. Amen." We thought it was so cute. I envy the
-little boys who live in the country. I have never been out of the
-city, but hope to go for all the summer. This is the first letter I
-have ever written.</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Lucas N</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">New York City</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<blockquote>
-
-<p>I want to tell you of my pets. I have a little pug dog; his name is
-Punch. I have such fun with him, he is so playful. Then I have two
-canary-birds, and their names are Sweet and Top-knot. And I have a
-little kitten; her name is Betty; mamma named her.</p>
-
-<p>I take music lessons, and go to school, and also attend a riding
-school twice a week. I like <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span> very much. I
-think "Toby Tyler," "The Little Dolls' Dressmaker," and "Mr.
-Stubbs's Brother" are tiptop. Good-night.</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Bertha E.&nbsp;F</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>The Postmistress has pleasure in inviting the attention of boys to the
-following request:</p>
-
-<blockquote>
-
-<p>The boys at this place having organized a social club, desire to
-have their secretary open a correspondence with the secretaries of
-other and similar clubs of boys. Persons interested will please
-address for further information,</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">W.&nbsp;T. Franklin</span>,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;">82 East Jersey St., Elizabeth, N.&nbsp;J.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Mott Haven, New York</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<blockquote>
-
-<p>I am a little girl nine years old. I have five dollies; their names
-are Katie, Jessie, Jemima, Daisy, and Ella. I have had Jemima eight
-years. I have a bedstead, and a carriage in which, on fine days, I
-take them out riding. I also have a trunk, and lots of other
-things. I have never been to school, and only began to write one
-year ago last February, and I hope you will be able to read this
-letter.</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Aggie L.&nbsp;S.&nbsp;S</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<p>I suppose Jemima is the favorite of the five dollies, as you have had
-her almost all your life. You write very well indeed.</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Southampton, England</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<blockquote>
-
-<p>Our grandma sends us <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span>, which we find very
-interesting. We are Americans. We came here partly for our
-education, but mostly for our health. I am almost fourteen. I
-thought I would write to the Post-office Box, and tell you what I
-have seen. We have been to Netley Abbey, which is a very ancient
-ruin; it is over eleven centuries old. We have visited Netley
-Hospital. While we were there we saw a number of soldiers come in
-from the Zulu war. The hospital is a very fine building. We have
-also been to Romsey Abbey, and we saw there a plait of hair which
-is supposed to be a thousand years old. We have been to Winchester
-Cathedral, and saw many ancient tombs. We went to the New Forest,
-and saw the place where William Rufus was killed.</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;">F.&nbsp;B.&nbsp;M.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<p>You have a very pleasant opportunity to study English history, and you
-must write to the Post-office Box again, and tell us more about the
-places you visit.</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<blockquote>
-
-<p>I read the letters in the Post-office Box every week. I study
-geography, spelling, arithmetic, writing, and Latin. I have gone to
-school here for almost ten months. I have had a nice black and
-white rabbit for almost a year. I will try to get some wild ones
-this spring, and tame them. Some of us boys take our dinners out in
-the woods on Saturdays, and have a splendid time. In cold weather
-we build a fire.</p>
-
-<p>I will give a book entitled <i>Tel Tyler at School</i>, 750 mixed
-foreign stamps, several foreign postal cards, a piece of petrified
-honey-comb, two shells from St. Augustine, Florida, and a pebble
-from Amsterdam, New York, for sixty stamps from Alsace-Lorraine,
-Angola, Antigua, Azores, Bolivia, Bermuda, British Honduras,
-Ceylon, Chili, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras,
-Ionian Isles, Labuan, Lagos, Liberia, Malta, Nevis, Nicaragua,
-Orange States, Paraguay, Persia, Salvador, San Marino, Shanghai,
-St. Lucia, Trinidad, and Virgin Isles. Stamps must be in good
-condition.</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Charles L. Hollingshead</span>,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;">Care Rev. R.&nbsp;K. Todd, Woodstock, Ill.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<h4>C.&nbsp;Y.&nbsp;P.&nbsp;R.&nbsp;U.</h4>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">An Indian Elephant</span>.&mdash;Some of you have been very much interested in Jumbo
-and his enormous appetite. A traveller who engaged an elephant to carry
-him over a part of India during a journey which occupied some weeks,
-gives this account of the elephant's food, and of the care which he
-received while on the march: Every day he was fed with cakes composed of
-flour, ghee (which is clarified butter), and coarse salt. Twenty-five
-pounds of flour were mixed and baked, and one-half the quantity was
-given to the elephant in the morning, and the other in the evening.
-Besides these cakes, he ate freely of the leaves and branches of trees.
-Each morning he would go with his mahout, or driver, into the jungle,
-and there he would choose and pick the branches he liked best, loading
-them on his back, and taking the supply home to the camp. There was a
-kind of marshy grass which he considered a very choice dessert. When a
-person engages an elephant, he of course engages the mahout as well. The
-mahout usually takes his wife and children with him, as it takes several
-people to keep an elephant comfortable. Every morning and evening he
-must have his bath, and before beginning the day's march his forehead,
-ears, paws, and every part of his body likely to be cracked with the sun
-must be greased. When the party comes to a halt, the elephant's heavy
-trappings are always taken off, and he is allowed to rest under a
-spreading tree. When an elephant does not feel well, he makes a pill for
-himself without saying a word to the doctor. With his trunk he rolls up
-a ball or two of red earth, and swallows it, just as naturally as pussy,
-when her head aches, scampers off to the catnip bed, and takes a dose of
-her favorite herb.</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Myrtle</span>.&mdash;I think a Shakspeare club such as you and your girl friends
-have organized must be both pleasant and instructive. Instead of so many
-stories, dear, let me persuade you to read books of travel which will
-give you an idea of the world we live in; and when you tire of them, and
-want a change, try history. The books you mention are too exciting and
-highly wrought to be good reading for you at present. I think you would
-find Sir Walter Scott's "Lady of the Lake" and "Marmion" very
-fascinating, and Miss Strickland's <i>Queens of England</i> would keep you
-delightfully occupied all summer.</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Tom H</span>.&mdash;Sir Richard Whittington, the hero of the tale of <i>Whittington
-and His Cat</i>, was born about 1354, in Gloucestershire, England. He was
-not a beggar boy, but belonged to a good family. When less than ten
-years old he was sent to London to be a little apprentice. From step to
-step he rose, until he became a great merchant, and finally Lord Mayor
-of London. Very likely he did send his cat away on one of his employer's
-ships to clear the vessel of rats and mice, and it would not be at all
-strange if he sometimes fancied he heard the sweet tones of the
-Bow-Bells calling to him</p>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 22em;">"Turn again, Whittington,</span><br />
-<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Lord Mayor of London."</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<p>Few boys become successful men without ambition. It is a good thing to
-mean to be somebody one of these days. But doing well is better than
-dreaming. The lad who works with all his might at whatever he begins,
-never slighting any duty until it is done, will be sure to make a useful
-and honored man. Now, as I have preached my little sermon, let me tell
-you some of the noble things Dick Whittington did. He caused a conduit,
-or pipe, of water to be put on tap in the wall of St. Giles's church,
-thus making a drinking fountain five hundred years ago very much like
-those we have now. He built the Guildhall Library in 1419. He repaired
-hospitals, and did a great deal of good among the poor and the sick, and
-was very kind to children. He died in 1423.</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>We would call the attention of the C.&nbsp;Y.&nbsp;P.&nbsp;R.&nbsp;U. this week to the
-article entitled "Handel and 'The Messiah,'" by Mrs. John Lillie, to
-"Oiling the Waves," and to "Photography and Work." In the latter Mr.
-Allan Forman endeavors to point out to young amateur photographers the
-way to overcome some of the difficulties that are likely to attend their
-earlier efforts. We hope that no one who has procured an outfit will
-become discouraged or induced by a few failures in the beginning to
-abandon this delightful and improving pastime, which has recently become
-so popular.</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<h3>PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.</h3>
-
-<h3>No. 1.</h3>
-
-<h3>TWO ENIGMAS.</h3>
-
-<h3>1.</h3>
-
-<div class="center">
-<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="">
-<tr><td align="left">My first is in rope, but not in string.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My second is in throw, but not in fling.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My third is in rill, but not in brook.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My fourth is in glance, but not in look.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My fifth is in lance, but not in dart.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My sixth is in tremble, but not in start.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My seventh is in servant, but not in slave.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My eighth is in grotto, but not in cave.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My ninth is in manage, but not in wield.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My whole's an American battle-field.</td></tr>
-</table></div>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Empire City</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<h3>2.</h3>
-
-<div class="center">
-<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="">
-<tr><td align="left">First in fun, not in play.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">Second in green, not in gray.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">Third in idle, not in work.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">Fourth in tired, not in shirk.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">Fifth in eel, not in fish.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">Sixth in dream, not in wish.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">Seventh in sad, not in gay.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">Eighth in study, not in play.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">Ninth in tame, not in wild.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">Tenth in gentle, not in mild.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">Eleventh in learn, not in school.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">Twelfth in smart, not in fool.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My whole a country great and wide,</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">Whose flag is honored on every side.</td></tr>
-</table></div>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Edna M</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<h3>No. 2.</h3>
-
-<h3>TWO CHARADES.</h3>
-
-<h3>1.</h3>
-
-<div class="center">
-<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="">
-<tr><td align="left">I am composed of 8 letters.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My first and second is a verb.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My third and fourth is a preposition.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth is a kind of vegetable.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My whole is the name of a maiden.</td></tr>
-</table></div>
-
-<h3>2.</h3>
-
-<div class="center">
-<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="">
-<tr><td align="left">I am composed of 8 letters.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 is the name of an inventor.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My 6 and 7 is a preposition.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My 8 is an article.</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">My whole is a name noted in Arabian story.</td></tr>
-</table></div>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Milton W</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<h3>No. 3.</h3>
-
-<h3>ZIGZAGS&mdash;(<i>To Will A. Mette</i>).</h3>
-
-<p>1. A volcanic rock. 2. A musical term. 3. More. 4. A kind of beetle. 5.
-A tuft. 6. A Swiss coin. 7. Stead. 8. A pit. 9. An ancient Norse
-character. 10. A kind of tea. Zigzags&mdash;A mineral.</p>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Lodestar</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<h3>No. 4.</h3>
-
-<h3>ST. ANDREW'S CROSS OF DIAMONDS.</h3>
-
-<p>Central Diamond&mdash;1. A letter. 2. A genus of serpents. 3. Small vessels.
-4. The Goddess of Revenge. 5. A letter.</p>
-
-<p>Upper Right-hand Diamond&mdash;1. A letter. 2. An Anglo-Saxon money. 3. Small
-nails. 4. Coalesce. 5. A letter.</p>
-
-<p>Upper Left-hand Diamond&mdash;1. A letter. 2. A Roman deity. 3. A native of
-the West Indies. 4. Part of the body. 5. A letter.</p>
-
-<p>Lower Right-hand Diamond&mdash;1. A letter. 2. An animal. 3. A past
-participle. 4. A Chinese musical instrument. 5. A letter.</p>
-
-<p>Lower Left-hand Diamond&mdash;1. A letter. 2. A boy's name. 3. An alloy. 4. A
-tree. 5. A letter.</p>
-
-<p>
-<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Lodestar</span>.</span><br />
-</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<h3>ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 132.</h3>
-
-<h3>No. 1.</h3>
-
-<p class="center">Dub-lin.</p>
-
-<h3>No. 2.</h3>
-
-<p class="center">D-ur-a. P-aisle-y. V-eva-y. M-agent-a. S-ever-n. M-iser-y. L-adog-a.</p>
-
-<h3>No. 3.</h3>
-
-<p class="center">Diary.</p>
-
-<h3>No. 4.</h3>
-
-<p class="center">Helena. Charles. Red. Snake. Erie. Clinch. Charles Dickens.</p>
-
-<h3>No. 5.</h3>
-
-<div class="center">
-<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="">
-<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center">U</td><td align="center">B</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">S</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center">U</td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">S</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="center">T</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">R</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center">U</td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">U</td><td align="center">L</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">R</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">R</td><td align="center">M</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">L</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">M</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">S</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">S</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">M</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">R</td></tr>
-</table></div>
-
-<h3>No. 6.</h3>
-
-<p class="center">Lair&mdash;air. Clock&mdash;lock. Gas&mdash;as. Mill&mdash;ill. Man&mdash;an. Skate&mdash;Kate.
-Shot&mdash;hot. Sam&mdash;am. Sever&mdash;ever.</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p class="center">The answer to the Rebus on page 432 (No. 131) is "A bird in the hand is
-worth two in the bush."</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>Correct answers to puzzles have been received from Maud Mary Chambers,
-George P. Taggart, John J. Widrig, Mabel Shelton, Eda L. Baldwin, Clara
-Blank, Sammie Bronson, Lulu Kirtland, Alice and Richard Tindall, "I.
-Scycle," A. Gertie Childs, F.&nbsp;F. Tonn, Leo Marks, Clinton Roe, Elsie O.&nbsp;R.,
-Edgar Seeman, A.&nbsp;E. Cressingham, William A. Lewis, Mabel and Annie
-Knight, Lizzie Maxwell, J.&nbsp;R. Blake, Jessie S. Godine, Albert Feibel,
-"Red Riding Hood," Florence Raymond, John Walter Bangs, Smith Tangiers,
-Arthur Comstock, and Lulu Brown.</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p class="center">[<i>For Exchanges, see 2d and 3d pages of cover.</i>]</p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_496" id="Page_496">[Pg 496]</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 476px;">
-<img src="images/ill_010.jpg" width="476" height="700" alt="" />
-<span class="caption">SOME ANSWERS TO WIGGLE No. 26, OUR ARTIST'S IDEA, AND NEW WIGGLE, No. 27.</span>
-</div>
-
-<p style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</p>
-
-<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> Begun in No. 127, <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span>.</p></div></div>
-
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+<div class="center">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="">
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_BIG_BLAST_AT_THE_STONE_QUARRY">THE BIG BLAST AT THE STONE QUARRY.</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#HANDEL_AND_THE_MESSIAH">HANDEL AND "THE MESSIAH."</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#MR_STUBBSS_BROTHER">MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER.</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_LITTLE_GREEN_BEDS">THE LITTLE GREEN BEDS.</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#MY_FIRST_KANGAROO_HUNT">MY FIRST KANGAROO HUNT.</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#JUST_ONE_LOCK_OF_HAIR">JUST ONE LOCK OF HAIR.</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#OILING_THE_WAVES">OILING THE WAVES.</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#PHOTOGRAPHY_AND_WORK">PHOTOGRAPHY AND WORK.</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#WHAT_A_GEORGIA_BOY_FOUND_WHILE_FISHING">WHAT A GEORGIA BOY FOUND WHILE FISHING.</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#POPSEY">"POPSEY."</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left"><a href="#OUR_POST_OFFICE_BOX">OUR POST_OFFICE BOX.</a></td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_481" id="Page_481">[Pg 481]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 800px;">
+<img src="images/ill_001.jpg" width="800" height="307" alt="HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE" />
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+
+<hr class="full" />
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+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary="">
+<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">vol. iii.&mdash;no</span>. 135.</td><td align="center"><span class="smcap">Published by HARPER &amp; BROTHERS, New York</span>.</td><td align="right"><span class="smcap">price four cents</span>.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Tuesday, May 30, 1882.</td><td align="center">Copyright, 1882, by <span class="smcap">Harper &amp; Brothers</span>.</td><td align="right">$1.50 per Year, in Advance.</td></tr>
+</table></div>
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+<hr class="full" />
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 633px;">
+<img src="images/ill_002.jpg" width="633" height="700" alt="" />
+<span class="caption">"BOW-WOW!"</span>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_482" id="Page_482">[Pg 482]</a></span></p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<h2><a name="THE_BIG_BLAST_AT_THE_STONE_QUARRY" id="THE_BIG_BLAST_AT_THE_STONE_QUARRY">THE BIG BLAST AT THE STONE QUARRY.</a></h2>
+
+<h3>BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD.</h3>
+
+<p>It was Friday afternoon, right in the middle of May, and it seemed as if
+the wide front door of Prome Centre Academy would never get through
+letting out just one more squad of boys or girls. It was quite the
+customary thing for Felix McCue to have to wait a little later than the
+rest.</p>
+
+<p>Miss Eccles was a faithful teacher, and she had often told Felix what an
+interest she took in him; but he could have heard it a great deal more
+thankfully at any other time than just after school, and when he knew
+the other boys were waiting for him. He knew they were, because he had
+showed them his slate in the arithmetic class, and they had read on it,
+in big letters, "Got something to tell you. Big."</p>
+
+<p>He had printed every word of it, and he was glad he had done so now, for
+if he had not he would have been all alone when he at last got outside
+of the great door. He did not do that, either, until Miss Eccles had
+looked him in the face for ten of the longest minutes, and talked to
+him, with a ruler in one hand and a book in the other.</p>
+
+<p>Felix had listened, and he had said "yessum," very respectfully, every
+time she mentioned George Washington or Benjamin Franklin, but for all
+that he was only three seconds in reaching the open air, after she said:</p>
+
+<p>"You may go now, Felix, but I hope you will bring no more bumble-bees
+into this school-room."</p>
+
+<p>"Yessum," and he was off so quickly that he did not hear Miss Eccles,
+who was trying hard not to laugh right out, and saying to herself:</p>
+
+<p>"The queer little rogue! To think of his telling me, 'Plaze, mum, thim
+bees knew just the wans to go for; ye cudn't have picked out betther
+b'ys to have 'em light on.' And what I'm to do with him puzzles me. He's
+one of the brightest boys in the whole school."</p>
+
+<p>At that moment Felix was walking away from the academy with a boy of
+about his own size on either side of him.</p>
+
+<p>"B'ys," he was saying, "did yez know me uncle Mike was boss at the
+shtone quarry?"</p>
+
+<p>"I did," said Bun Gates, on his left; and Rube Hollenhouser, on the
+right, inquired, almost anxiously, "Was that the big news you kept us
+waiting for?"</p>
+
+<p>"Was it that, indade? No; but he was along the green this very noon,
+while I was hidin' Pete Mather's hat in the big maple-tree, and he towld
+me if I wanted to see the biggest blast of rock that iver was touched
+off at wan firing, I'd betther be where I could see the shtone quarry a
+little before noon to-morrow."</p>
+
+<p>That was big enough news to satisfy anybody. The quarry was only a mile
+or so down the creek, and not a long distance from the bank. It had not
+been worked for some years, but Mr. Mike McCue was known to be a
+contractor for the new railroad, and Felix was his nephew. There was
+perfect confidence to be put, therefore, in the tidings; but Felix
+added:</p>
+
+<p>"He bid me not tell everybody, for they don't want a crowd around. I
+asked him wud it be safe on the wather, and he said, 'Yes, it wud, or in
+it, or undher it, or on the far side of it.' So that's the way we'd
+betther go."</p>
+
+<p>It was a trifle doubtful which of the ways suggested by his uncle was
+the one Felix recommended adopting, but Bun instantly exclaimed:</p>
+
+<p>"We can get old Harms's boat. He'll lend it to me any day. It'll hold
+half a dozen."</p>
+
+<p>"Kape shtill about it, thin. Mebbe Uncle Mike doesn't want to scare the
+village. He said they'd all hear it whin it kem."</p>
+
+<p>"Loud as that?" said Rube. "Are they going to blast the whole quarry at
+once?"</p>
+
+<p>"That's what I asked him, and he said, 'No; ownly the wist half of it.'
+It's the new powdher they're putting in. None of your common shooting
+powdher at all. It's a kind that bursts fifty times at wance."</p>
+
+<p>There was a touch of silence after that utterance, for there were
+strange stories in circulation as to the explosive power of the new
+invention the railroad men were using. Rube Hollenhouser had heard old
+Squire Cudworth say that a "hatful of it would blow up the Constitution
+of the United States"; and if that were true, what would not be the
+effects of a wagon-load or so touched off all at once upon the stone
+quarry?</p>
+
+<p>Bun and Rube were no sooner back from driving their cows that night than
+they both went over to the blacksmith's house, and secured the loan of
+his boat. Of course they told him what they wanted it for, and he said,
+instantly:</p>
+
+<p>"Is that so, boys? Tell you what I'll do. I'd like to see that blast.
+I'll go myself. Plenty of room in the boat."</p>
+
+<p>"What shall we do when we get to the mill-dam?" asked Bun. "The quarry's
+away below the pond."</p>
+
+<p>"We can get another boat below the dam. If we can't, we can haul mine
+around it in five minutes."</p>
+
+<p>The boys had been considering this problem at that very moment, but one
+look at Harms the blacksmith was enough to convince any one of his
+bodily ability to drag any boat on that creek around anything. He was
+tremendously large and strong, and curly-headed and good-natured.
+Everybody liked him, and he had more gray beard and mustache than any
+other man in Prome Centre.</p>
+
+<p>"It's all fixed, then," said Rube.</p>
+
+<p>"I told Deacon Chittenden about it when I drove his cows in for him, and
+he said right away that Katy and Bill could go. They won't take up any
+room."</p>
+
+<p>"Plenty of room. Let 'em come. I'd just like to see how far that new
+powder can blow a rock. Glad you told me. We'll start in good season to
+be there."</p>
+
+<p>So far everything had worked to a charm; but while Bun Gates told his
+mother at the supper table what was going to happen, his brother Jeff
+spoke right out, "Mother, may I go?"</p>
+
+<p>"Yes," said his mother.</p>
+
+<p>And Aunt Dorcas added at once, "Certainly, and Lois too. But, Almira,
+you or I, or both of us, had better go along to take care of them."</p>
+
+<p>Bun said something about the size of Harms's boat, but Aunt Dorcas
+silenced him with: "Don't I know how many she can carry? Besides, I'm
+bound to see that quarry blown up, just for this once."</p>
+
+<p>So Bun was put down; but when they all got out in front of the gate an
+hour or so after breakfast next morning, there was Rube Hollenhouser in
+front of his gate, and Felix McCue and little Biddy McCue were with him,
+and right across the street were Mrs. Chittenden and Katy Chittenden and
+Bill, and Bun said to himself, "If we had my speckled pig and
+Chittenden's brindled cow, and if Harms took his dog, the boat'd be
+'most full."</p>
+
+<p>Aunt Dorcas and Mrs. Chittenden began to think the party was growing
+pretty large, but there was no need of it; for when they reached the
+creek, near the bridge, there stood old Harms, and the first word he
+spoke was:</p>
+
+<p>"I kind o' guessed how it'd be. Mornin', ladies. Glad we've got a good
+load for both boats. You get in with me, and the boys can handle t'other
+one."</p>
+
+<p>It was just like Harms. In another minute he remarked: "Git in now, and
+we'll shove off."</p>
+
+<p>Aunt Dorcas was already in the very front seat of that boat, and Mrs.
+Chittenden was in the middle, trying to balance herself. She made
+William sit beside her, and they two made the boat look wider, there was
+so much extra room on that seat.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_483" id="Page_483">[Pg 483]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>The other boat, the one Harms had borrowed, was almost half a size
+larger, and it had a cargo this time; for Lois Gates and Katy Chittenden
+were on the front seat, and behind them were Felix and Biddy. Rube was
+on the rowing seat, and Bun and Jeff were in the stern.</p>
+
+<p>It was a grand ride down the creek, but when they came out on the
+mill-pond, Mrs. Chittenden exclaimed:</p>
+
+<p>"I'd no idea it was so wide. Dear me! If I had dreamed of any such risk
+as this, I'd never have come."</p>
+
+<p>"Nonsense!" said Aunt Dorcas. "If Mr. Harms's end of the boat keeps
+above water, all the rest will."</p>
+
+<p>"He's a very heavy man," sighed Mrs. Chittenden.</p>
+
+<p>So he was, and when they reached the drag way, around the mill-dam, and
+saw him put a roller on the grass and gravel, and drag those boats
+around, one after the other, on the roller, and put them in the water
+below, they understood that his weight counted for something.</p>
+
+<p>Three-quarters of a mile further down the creek; and now it grew wide
+and ran slowly, and seemed to have formed a habit of being generally
+deeper. The easterly bank sloped away from the water's edge, becoming
+higher and steeper the further they drifted down. It was Biddy McCue who
+first shouted:</p>
+
+<p>"Yon's the quarry. See the min on the ridge above? Uncle Mike said there
+might be less than a hundred of thim."</p>
+
+<p>It looked as if there were at least a score or two, and the bald,
+perpendicular front of the great limestone ledge was worth looking at
+for a moment.</p>
+
+<p>"Katy," said Lois, eagerly, "do you see the quarry? That's what they're
+going to blow away."</p>
+
+<p>"Dear me!" exclaimed Mrs. Chittenden. "Mr. Harms, is there any danger?"</p>
+
+<p>"Not unless there's an awful pile of that new powder behind those rocks.
+What they want to do is to tumble the upper front of the ledge over, so
+it'll fall into the quarry and they can get at it. I'd just like to see
+a rock like that come down, pretty nigh a hundred feet."</p>
+
+<p>"Uncle Mike," said Felix, "told us he'd blown up hapes of stone in his
+day, but he'd niver fired a blast like this wan."</p>
+
+<p>"Misther Harms, what wud become of us all if the powdher worruked the
+wrong way?"</p>
+
+<p>"What way would that be?" said Mr. Harms.</p>
+
+<p>"The other way. I mean, if instead of blowing out the front of the rock,
+it lift that all shtanding where it is, and blew out the country to the
+back of it?"</p>
+
+<p>Before the big blacksmith could answer this question, Aunt Dorcas, who
+had been looking at her watch, remarked:</p>
+
+<p>"Half-past eleven o'clock. If that thing's going to go off before
+dinner-time, it's got to go pretty soon."</p>
+
+<p>"Boys," shouted Rube, "see 'em run! There's only one left on the ridge."</p>
+
+<p>"That's me uncle Mike," said Felix, proudly. "He always touches off the
+big blasts himself, and thin there's no powdher wasted."</p>
+
+<p>"He's running too," said Bun. "He's afraid the new powder might get
+ahead of him."</p>
+
+<p>"Look now, all of you!" shouted Mr. Harms. "Biggest blast ever heard of
+around these parts."</p>
+
+<p>They hardly breathed for the next few seconds, but Aunt Dorcas had her
+watch in her hand, and she was just saying, "Half a minute," when a
+little puff of smoke and dust shot up at the top of the limestone ridge.
+It was followed by other little puffs&mdash;nobody could tell how many, for
+they were all smothered in a sudden cloud that arose for many feet. The
+broad front of stone leaned suddenly out, as if it wished to look down
+and see what was going on in the old quarry below. Then it lost its
+balance at the same instant, and toppled swiftly over. A huge, dull,
+booming report went out from the cloud of smoke and dust on the summit,
+and that was followed by another great burst of thunderous, crashing
+sound, as the masses of solid stone came down upon the rocky level
+below.</p>
+
+<p>It all went by before Aunt Dorcas could look at her watch, and she was
+just about to do so, when everybody else shouted "Oh!" and there was a
+loud splattering splash in the water between the two boats. The only
+"flying rock" sent out by the great blast had narrowly missed doing
+serious mischief. It had not been a very large one, but only one human
+being in either of those boats failed to dodge and lean the other way.
+That Mr. Harms did not dodge or lean accounted for the fact that his
+boat was only rocked to and fro a little, but for five minutes afterward
+Aunt Dorcas was compelled to scold those seven children for tipping
+their boat over, "without any kind of reason for it. The stone never
+came nigh you."</p>
+
+<p>Still it was a good thing that the water was only two feet deep, and
+that the weather was nice and warm.</p>
+
+<p>"B'ys," said Felix McCue, the moment he got his feet on the bottom, and
+stood up, dripping, and holding up Biddy, "did yez iver see a blast like
+that?"</p>
+
+<p>"Oh, Bun!" screamed Lois, "are there any more stones coming? Was it the
+blast that upset us?"</p>
+
+<p>"Mother! mother!" sputtered poor Katy Chittenden, "did it blow you over
+too?"</p>
+
+<p>"Rube," said Bun, "Jeff isn't scared a mite. Are you? I ain't."</p>
+
+<p>"Scared?&mdash;no," said Rube. "I wouldn't have missed it for anything, and
+all we've got's a ducking."</p>
+
+<p>The big blacksmith did a good deal toward restoring a comfortable state
+of mind all around; but he could not make out that the other boat-load
+were in a comfortable state of body; and so they set out for home. Long
+before they got there, however, Katy said to Lois,</p>
+
+<p>"If it wasn't for my new bonnet strings, I wouldn't care," and Lois
+replied:</p>
+
+<p>"Yes; but think how that rock looked when it let go and tumbled over. It
+was awful! I'm satisfied."</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<h2><a name="HANDEL_AND_THE_MESSIAH" id="HANDEL_AND_THE_MESSIAH">HANDEL AND "THE MESSIAH."</a></h2>
+
+<h3>BY MRS. JOHN LILLIE.</h3>
+
+<p>On February 23, 1685, there was born in Halle, Saxony, to an honest
+surgeon named Handel, a son, whom he christened George Frederick, and
+who was destined half a century later to become the first musician in
+the world.</p>
+
+<p>Little Handel's father abhorred music. As soon as the boy began to show
+an aptitude for it, his father took him away from school, for fear that
+some one would teach him his notes. Whether among teachers or scholars I
+don't know, but the boy found a friend who contrived to procure for him
+a little dumb spinet, and this he secreted in an attic, and learned not
+only his notes from it, but how to use his fingers in practicing. Still
+his father opposed him, and but for a certain visit he paid, his genius
+might have been long hidden in the dull house at Halle.</p>
+
+<p>The elder Handel was invited to visit his son who was in the service of
+the great Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and young George, knowing music was
+to be heard, if not easily learned, in that place, determined to go too.
+So he ran after his father's carriage so far that the parent's stern
+heart relented, and he was taken in.</p>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 314px;">
+<img src="images/ill_003.jpg" width="314" height="400" alt="" />
+<span class="caption">GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>In the old castle at Weissenfels he quickly found out which of the
+inmates were musical, and soon made friends with them. One day, after
+the chapel service, he jumped on to the organ stool, and played in such
+an astonishing manner that the Duke, who was still lingering in the
+chapel, sent up to inquire who was playing. The boy and his indignant
+father were summoned: but the Duke's evident delight in the child's
+music softened old Handel's heart. He gave his consent to his son's
+musical education, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_484" id="Page_484">[Pg 484]</a></span> almost from that moment George Frederick Handel
+became known as a musician.</p>
+
+<p>I can not tell you anything more of his childhood or youth but that he
+studied very hard, and that, like every true genius, he was humble while
+he was learning. We must skip over many years to the time when he went
+to England; for there he produced his greatest works, and to this day
+the English reverence him as their own.</p>
+
+<p>George I., King of England, you know, had been Elector of Hanover, and
+so he as well as his successor felt a strong interest in Handel. The
+latter went to England in 1710, and there he found that much attention
+was paid to Italian music. Operas were very fashionable. They were quite
+a novelty then. Fine ladies and gentlemen filled the opera-house. They
+crowded the greenrooms behind the scenes, and chatted and talked at the
+"wings," as if they were in a drawing-room. Fashion governed nearly
+everything, and so Handel, realizing this, set to work upon an opera. He
+wrote <i>Rinaldo</i> in fourteen days, and it was produced at Drury Lane with
+a splendor that created great excitement throughout London. We never
+hear <i>Rinaldo</i> now, but its airs are beautiful, and one of these,
+"Lascia ch'io Pianga," lingers in the heart of every one who hears it.</p>
+
+<p>Well, Handel began to teach the Prince of Wales's daughters, to write a
+great deal of music, and to be very much the fashion, and very famous.
+So he roused the jealousy of petty people, and, strange as it may seem,
+opinions differed to such an extent, and such a fuss was made, that
+society was divided into two factions. One party favored a distinguished
+musician named Buononcini, and the other Handel. The war raged, and
+during it a wit and poet named John Byrom wrote the following verse,
+which has since been famous:</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"Some say, as compared to Buononcini,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Others aver that he to Handel</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Strange all this difference should be</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">'Twixt tweedledum and tweedledee."</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>Handel's genius, however, was not to be suppressed by any such foolish
+contentions. He worked on as usual, and in 1749 produced the work with
+which his name is most associated, the oratorio of <i>The Messiah</i>.</p>
+
+<p>I do not think you can go into any part of England without finding
+people who love <i>The Messiah</i>. It used to seem to me it was the one work
+every one knew about. And it is well worthy of such general knowledge.
+In it are airs that must move every Christian heart. It seems to teach
+so many things&mdash;reverence, love, hope, and a glimpse of a heaven that
+has in it God's many mansions. When I hear it sung it always seems to me
+that the voices are those of the angels who sang on Bethlehem's plains,
+"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men."</p>
+
+<p>I want to tell you something about oratorios in general; that is, how
+they originated, and what they are as musical works. Oratorios, strictly
+speaking, are dramatic and musical compositions where the parts are sung
+without scenery or special costume, and they are on sacred subjects.</p>
+
+<p>Dramatic representations of sacred stories are as old as Christianity.
+In the Middle Ages they were very common. At times of public rejoicing
+they were given, or during any special season, like Advent or Lent, and
+so far were they recognized as part of public life that the government
+or special societies paid their expenses.</p>
+
+<p>These old performances were very roughly put on the stage, but gradually
+from them grew an idea of a distinctly musical and dramatic sacred work.
+In Germany, "Passion Music" was written. In Italy, it had long been
+thought of and given; finally, the oratorio as we have it now was
+developed by various great composers.</p>
+
+<p>Let us consider the oratorio for a moment as represented by Handel's
+<i>Messiah</i>. The most famous part perhaps is the "Hallelujah Chorus." Hear
+this sung by thousands: do you not thrill with joy and praise? As the
+music swells on, with its bursts of melodious exultation, we feel
+ourselves lifted away from everything common and base. Then take the
+sweeter and softer airs: "Behold the Lamb of God," "With His stripes we
+are healed," and then the great chorus, "For unto us a Child is born,"
+with the rush and sweep of the "Wonderful." Where do we seem to be? With
+the shepherds watching on that star-lit plain; with Mary at the cradle
+of her Divine Child; with the Wise Men offering up their gifts of
+frankincense and myrrh in that illumined stable. The light of God's
+glory dazzles us as we listen, and we can only echo in our humble
+hearts, with our heads bowed, that repeated joyous "Wonderful!"</p>
+
+<p>Now do you not think a musician who could make any Christian heart full
+of such reverence and love ought always to be honored? I like to think
+of Handel revered as he is now. His life was not happy in many ways.
+Many things troubled him. He used to sit hours playing on his organ, and
+I have no doubt trying to reconcile himself to the blindness which fast
+came upon him. He had many friends, but no family ties of his own. He
+wrote on unceasingly, and some other time I may tell you more of his
+work. Just now I have had space only to speak of his greatest oratorio.</p>
+
+<p>It was on April 6 that <i>The Messiah</i> was given at Covent Garden, and
+Handel attended the performance. He came home to his house in Brook
+Street very weary, and there, eight days later, he died, April 14, 1759.
+His grave is in Westminster Abbey.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_485" id="Page_485">[Pg 485]</a></span></p>
+
+<h2><a name="MR_STUBBSS_BROTHER" id="MR_STUBBSS_BROTHER"></a>MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER.<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a></h2>
+
+<h3>BY JAMES OTIS,</h3>
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Author or "Toby Tyler," "Tim and Tip," etc</span>.</p>
+
+<h3><span class="smcap">Chapter IX</span>.</h3>
+
+<h3>MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER.</h3>
+
+<p>It was so near the time for the circus to begin that Toby was obliged to
+hurry considerably in order to distribute among his friends the tickets
+the skeleton had given him, and he advised Abner to remain with Mrs.
+Treat while he did so, in order to escape the crowd, among which he
+might get injured.</p>
+
+<p>Then he gave his tickets to those boys who he knew had no money with
+which to buy any, and so generous was he that when he had finished he
+had none for himself and Abner.</p>
+
+<p>That he might not be able to witness the performance did not trouble him
+very greatly, although it would have been a disappointment not to see
+Ella ride; but he blamed himself very much because he had not saved a
+ticket for Abner, and he hurried to find Ben that he might arrange
+matters for him.</p>
+
+<p>The old driver was easily found, and still more easily persuaded to
+grant the favor which permitted Abner to view the wonderful sights
+beneath the almost enchanted canvas.</p>
+
+<p>From one menagerie wagon to another Toby led his friend as quickly as
+possible, until they stood in front of the monkeys' cage, where Mr.
+Stubbs's supposed brother was perched as high as possible, away from the
+common herd of monkeys, which chatted familiarly with every one who
+bribed them.</p>
+
+<p>Toby was in the highest degree excited; it seemed as if his pet that had
+been killed was again before him, and he crowded his way up to the bars
+of the cage, dragging Abner with him, until he was where he could have a
+full view of the noisy prisoners.</p>
+
+<p>Toby called to the monkey as he had been in the habit of calling to Mr.
+Stubbs, but now the fellow paid no attention to him whatever. There were
+so many spectators that he could not spend his time upon one unless he
+were to derive some benefit in return.</p>
+
+<p>Fortunately, so far as his happiness was concerned, Toby had the means
+of inducing the monkey to visit him, for in his pocket yet remained two
+of the doughnuts Mrs. Treat had almost forced upon him; and remembering
+how fond Mr. Stubbs had been of such sweet food, he held a piece out to
+the supposed brother.</p>
+
+<p>Almost instantly that monkey made up his mind that the freckle-faced boy
+with the doughnut was the one particular person whom he should be
+acquainted with, and he came down from his perch at a rapid rate. So
+long as Toby was willing to feed him with doughnuts he was willing to
+remain; but when his companions gathered around in such numbers that the
+supply of food was quickly exhausted, he went back to his lofty perch,
+much to the boy's regret.</p>
+
+<p>"He looks like Mr. Stubbs, an' he acts like him, an' it must be his
+brother sure," said Toby to himself as Abner hurried him away to look at
+the other curiosities. When he was at some distance from the cage he
+turned and said, "Good-by," as if he were speaking to his old pet.</p>
+
+<p>During the performance that afternoon Abner was in a delightful whirl of
+wonder and amazement; but Toby's attention was divided between what was
+going on in the ring and the thought of having Mr. Stubbs's brother all
+to himself as soon as the performance should be over.</p>
+
+<p>He did, however, watch the boy who sold pea-nuts and lemonade, but this
+one was much larger than himself, and looked rough enough to endure the
+hardships of such a life.</p>
+
+<p>Toby was also attentive when Ella was in the ring, and he was envied by
+all his acquaintances when she smiled as she passed the place where he
+was sitting.</p>
+
+<p>Abner would have been glad if the performance had been prolonged until
+midnight; but Toby, still thinking of Mr. Stubbs's brother, was pleased
+when it ended.</p>
+
+<p>He and Abner waited by the animals' cages until the crowd had again
+satisfied their curiosity; and as the last visitor was leaving the tent,
+old Ben came in, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Treat, both in exhibition
+costume.</p>
+
+<p>Toby was somewhat surprised at seeing them, for he knew their busiest
+time was just at the close of the circus, and while he was yet wondering
+at their coming, he saw Ella approaching from the direction of the
+dressing tent.</p>
+
+<p>He had not much time to spend in speculation, however, for Ben said, as
+he came up:</p>
+
+<p>"Now, Toby, you shall see Mr. Stubbs's brother, and talk to him just as
+long as you want to."</p>
+
+<p>The skeleton and his wife and Ella looked at each other and smiled in a
+queer way as Ben said this; but Toby was too much excited at the idea of
+having the monkey in his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_486" id="Page_486">[Pg 486]</a></span> arms to pay any attention to what was going on
+around him.</p>
+
+<p>Ben, unlocking the door of the cage, succeeded after considerable
+trouble in catching the particular inmate he wanted, and handing him to
+Toby, said:</p>
+
+<p>"Now let's see if he knows you as well as Stubbs did."</p>
+
+<p>Toby took the monkey in his arms with a glad cry of delight, and fondled
+him as if he really were the pet he had lost.</p>
+
+<p>Whether it was because the animal knew that the boy was petting him, or
+because he had been treated harshly, and was willing to make friends
+with the first one who was kind to him, it is difficult to say. It is
+certain that as soon as he found himself in Toby's arms he nestled down
+with his face by the boy's neck, remaining there as contentedly as if
+the two had been friends for years.</p>
+
+<p>"There! don't you see he knows me?" cried the boy, in delight, and then
+he sat down upon the ground, caressing the animal, and whispering all
+sorts of loving words in his ear.</p>
+
+<p>"He does seem to act as if he had been introduced to you," said old Ben,
+with a chuckle. "It would be kinder nice if you could keep him, wouldn't
+it?"</p>
+
+<p>"'Deed it would," replied Toby, earnestly. "I'd give everything I've got
+if I could have him, for he does act so much like Mr. Stubbs, it seems
+as if it must be him."</p>
+
+<p>Then Ella whispered something to the old driver, the skeleton bestowed a
+very mysterious wink upon him, the fat woman nodded her head until her
+cheeks shook like two balls of very soft butter, and Abner looked
+curiously on, wondering what was the matter with Toby's friends.</p>
+
+<p>He soon found out what it was, however, for Ben, after indulging in one
+of his laughing spasms, asked:</p>
+
+<p>"Whose monkey is that you've got in your arms, Toby?"</p>
+
+<p>"Why, it belongs to the circus, don't it?" And the boy looked up in
+surprise.</p>
+
+<p>"No, it don't belong to the circus; it belongs to you&mdash;that's who owns
+it."</p>
+
+<p>"Me? Mine? Why, Ben&mdash;"</p>
+
+<p>Toby was so completely bewildered as to be unable to say a word, and
+just as he was beginning to think it some joke, Ben said:</p>
+
+<p>"The skeleton an' his wife, an' Ella an' I, bought that monkey this
+forenoon, an' we give him to you, so's you'll still be able to have a
+Mr. Stubbs in the family."</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/ill_004.jpg" width="500" height="380" alt="" />
+<span class="caption">"'OH, BEN!' WAS ALL TOBY COULD SAY."</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>"Oh, Ben!" was all Toby could say. With the monkey tightly clasped in
+his arms, he took the old driver by the hand; but just then the skeleton
+stepped forward, holding something which glistened.</p>
+
+<p>"Mr. Tyler," he said, in his usual speech-making style, "when our friend
+Ben told us this morning about your having discovered Mr. Stubbs's
+brother, we sent out and got this collar for the monkey, and we take the
+greatest possible pride in presenting it to you; although, if it had
+been something that my Lilly could have made with her own fair fingers,
+I should have liked it better."</p>
+
+<p>As he ceased speaking, he handed Toby a very pretty little dog-collar,
+on the silver plate of which was inscribed:</p>
+
+<h4>MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER,</h4>
+
+<h4>PRESENTED TO</h4>
+
+<h4>TOBY TYLER</h4>
+
+<h4>BY</h4>
+
+<h4>THE SKELETON, THE FAT WOMAN,</h4>
+
+<h4>OLD BEN, LITTLE ELLA.</h4>
+
+<p>Toby took the collar, and as he fastened it on the monkey's neck, he
+said, in a voice that trembled considerably with emotion:</p>
+
+<p>"You've all of you been awful good to me, an' I don't know what to say
+so's you'll know how much I thank you. It seems as if ever since I
+started with the circus you've all tried to see how good you could be;
+an' now you've given me this monkey that I wanted so much. Some time,
+when I'm a man, I'll show you how much I think of all you've done for
+me."</p>
+
+<p>The tears of gratitude that were gathering in Toby's eyes prevented him
+from saying anything more, and then Mrs. Treat and Ella both kissed,
+him, while Ben said, in a gruff tone:</p>
+
+<p>"Now carry the monkey home, an' get your supper, for you'll want to come
+down here this evening, an' you won't have time if you don't go now."</p>
+
+<p>Ella, after making Toby promise that he would see her again that night,
+went with Mr. and Mrs. Treat, while old Ben, as if afraid he might
+receive more thanks, walked quickly away toward the dressing-rooms, and
+there was nothing else for Toby and Abner to do but go home.</p>
+
+<p>It surely seemed as if every boy in the village knew that Toby Tyler had
+remained in the tent after the circus was over, and almost all of them
+were waiting around the entrance when the two boys came out with the
+monkey.</p>
+
+<p>If Toby had staid there until each one of his friends had looked at and
+handled the monkey as much as he wanted to, he and Abner would have
+remained until morning, and Mr. Stubbs's brother would have been made
+very ill-natured.</p>
+
+<p>He waited until his friends had each looked at the monkey, and then he
+and Abner started home, escorted by nearly all the boys in town.</p>
+
+<p>The partners in the amateur circus scheme were nearly as wild with joy
+as Toby was, for now their enterprise seemed an assured success, since
+they had two real ponies and a live monkey to begin with. They seemed to
+consider it their right to go to Uncle Daniel's with Toby; and when the
+party reached the corner that marked the centre of the village, they
+decided that the others of the escort should go no farther&mdash;a decision
+which relieved Toby of an inconvenient number of friends.</p>
+
+<p>As it was, the party was quite large enough to give Aunt Olive some
+uneasiness lest they should track dirt in upon her clean kitchen floor,
+and she insisted that both the boys and the monkey should remain in the
+yard.</p>
+
+<p>Toby had an idea that Mr. Stubbs's brother would be treated as one of
+the family; and had any one hinted that the monkey would not be allowed
+to share his bed and eat at the same table with him, he would have
+resented it strongly.</p>
+
+<p>But Uncle Daniel soon convinced him that the proper place for his pet
+was in the wood-shed, where he could be chained to keep him out of
+mischief, and Mr. Stubbs's brother was soon safely secured in as snug a
+place as a monkey could ask for.</p>
+
+<p>Not until this was done did the partners return to their homes, or the
+centre of attraction, the tenting grounds, nor did Toby find time to get
+his supper and go for the cows.</p>
+
+<p>Not once during the afternoon had Toby said anything to Abner of the
+good fortune that might come to him through old Ben; but when he got
+back from the pasture and met Uncle Daniel in the barn, he told him what
+the old driver had said about Abner.</p>
+
+<p>"Are you sure you heard him rightly, Toby, boy?" asked the old
+gentleman, pushing his glasses up on his forehead, as he always did when
+he was surprised or perplexed.</p>
+
+<p>"I know he said that; but it seems as if it was too good to be true,
+don't it?"</p>
+
+<p>"The Lord's ways are not our ways, my boy, and if He sees fit to work
+some good to the poor cripple, He can do it as well through a circus
+driver as through one of His elect," said Uncle Daniel, reverentially,
+and then he set about milking the cows in such an absent-minded way that
+he worried old Short-horn until she kicked the pail over when it was
+nearly half full.</p>
+
+<h4>[<span class="smcap">to be continued</span>.]</h4>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_487" id="Page_487">[Pg 487]</a></span></p>
+
+<h2><a name="THE_LITTLE_GREEN_BEDS" id="THE_LITTLE_GREEN_BEDS">THE LITTLE GREEN BEDS.</a></h2>
+
+<h3>BY MRS. M.&nbsp;E. SANGSTER.</h3>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">There are little green beds in many a row</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">On our hill-sides fair and our valleys low,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And lying still in their hollows deep,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">The gallant soldiers are fast asleep.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Oh, gently we tread when we pass a mound</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Which under the flag is holy ground.</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And over our country here and there</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Those little green beds grow bright and fair</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">When the May flowers drop in the lap of June,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And sweet in the pastures the wild bees croon.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">With banner and bugle and beat of drum,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">To honor the brave, then the people come.</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">They come with the roses red and white,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And the starry lilies as pure as light;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">They scatter the blossoms everywhere,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And the perfume thrills on the sighing air</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">As they wreathe with beauty each lowly mound</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">That under the flag is holy ground.</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">O children, glad as the summer skies,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">With your dancing dimples and laughing eyes,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Little you dream of the wild work done</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Ere the soldiers' rest in these beds was won;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And you only know that here brave ones lie</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Sleeping so soundly as years go by.</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Nothing they heed of the work or play</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Of the busy world in the merry May.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Though life was sweet to the hero band,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">They died for love of our native land;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And so we garland each lowly mound</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">That under the flag is holy ground.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h2><a name="MY_FIRST_KANGAROO_HUNT" id="MY_FIRST_KANGAROO_HUNT">MY FIRST KANGAROO HUNT.</a></h2>
+
+<h3>BY MRS. J.&nbsp;C. GIFFORD.</h3>
+
+<p>My husband and I were staying at a country house sixteen miles from
+Champion Bay, quite in the "bush," and miles away from any one. Our host
+was an influential person, and the owner of one of the largest stock
+farms on the great continent of Australia.</p>
+
+<p>Everything was arranged for the hunt the day before, Mr. B&mdash;&mdash; having
+selected and had brought in from the bush those horses which he thought
+most suitable. The luncheon was all packed up overnight, and sent to the
+hunting ground at four o'clock in the morning, accompanied by a barrel
+of water, a luxury unattainable in the country we were bound for.</p>
+
+<p>When we rose in the morning we saw from our windows some of the
+gentlemen already starting, and about an hour afterward the carriage
+which was to convey our party of five to the meet was brought round to
+the door.</p>
+
+<p>After we had driven about nine miles we came to a hollow, where we found
+our horses waiting. Mine was a very neat gray, full of spirit, but very
+good-tempered, while my husband's mount was a pretty bay mare, very
+fast, which pulled considerably. We set off, each of us armed with
+boomerangs, or heavy curved sticks from eighteen inches to two feet in
+length. Our horses were excited, but we had to ride along as quietly as
+possible, for fear we should start a kangaroo and let it get away too
+far ahead.</p>
+
+<p>We had not long to wait before a beautiful "flying doe" got up about
+three-quarters of a mile in front of us, when every one let his horse go
+as hard as he could, until the pace became tremendous, the horses having
+to jump all the bushes they came to.</p>
+
+<p>After we had galloped for several miles, the country became rough and
+thickly grown with black-boys&mdash;a species of palm-tree, so called from
+its black stem. Unfortunately, my husband, in avoiding a collision with
+a lady, managed to come up against one of them, and it being strong, did
+not give with the weight of the horse, and knocked him out of the
+saddle. For a moment I was rather frightened, but as he called to me
+that he was all right, and told me to go on, I did so. He soon got his
+horse back, and came after us as quickly as possible.</p>
+
+<p>Of course this little episode rather threw me out of the hunt, and in
+the distance I saw Miss L&mdash;&mdash; going a good pace with the kangaroo close
+ahead of her. She rode very well, and never once left it. After a while
+I found myself pretty close to it, and by this time our horses were
+getting a little bit used up. It seemed a long time before the kangaroo
+was knocked over. As soon as one of us got alongside of it, it doubled,
+and then the work of getting sufficiently near to upset it had to begin
+again. The pace they go is almost incredible, especially that of a
+"flying doe," and before one is accustomed to it their hopping has a
+peculiar effect. Each spring they give, their tails beat the ground as
+if worked by machinery. Mr. B&mdash;&mdash; eventually knocked over the "flying
+doe" at Miss L&mdash;&mdash;'s request, she being uncertain how it ought to be
+done. I am glad to say it was not killed, but "ear-marked," and let go.</p>
+
+<p>We gave our horses a little rest, and then started off again. Luckily
+the day was cloudy, or the heat on the sand plains would have been
+unbearable. This time again we were most fortunate, and soon saw a very
+big kangaroo going away ahead of us. After a short time we came to a bit
+of thick bush which the kangaroo made for. If not excited, one would
+think twice about going straight into it. However, I saw two bush-riders
+go at it, so thought I would try too, much to their amusement, and I was
+rewarded. Just in the middle the kangaroo doubled, and being then quite
+close to him, I had all the fun to myself, and Bismarck&mdash;my
+horse&mdash;entered into it perfectly.</p>
+
+<p>Crash we went through the bush regardless of the possibility of eyes
+being poked out by boughs, and our faces being scratched all over. In
+fact, I found the only thing to do was to sit tight, keep my head down,
+and let the horse go. He followed the kangaroo until we found ourselves
+in the open again. Then we came alongside of him in a canter, as he was
+getting tired, so I got Bismarck very close, and knocked him down. I
+then thought he would give us no more trouble, but much to my surprise,
+when pulling up the horse, I saw him get up and begin to go off. I was
+determined he should not get away, so our chase began again. We soon
+were together, and I made Bismarck keep a little bit ahead of him,
+waiting for our opportunity to upset him. He was actually hopping along
+under my feet, and I knocked his head with my foot. He tore my habit by
+putting one of his paws through it, and scratched one of Bismarck's
+fore-legs in trying to cross him. This he was not quick enough in doing,
+and was soon down on the ground. The actual run was, I believe, only two
+miles. The kangaroo was afterward killed, and his paws cut off for me as
+a remembrance of my first hunt, but in drying they were spoiled, and I
+never got them. His tail was taken home to be made into soup, which is
+most excellent.</p>
+
+<p>After luncheon the gentlemen went off to find another kangaroo if
+possible. They were all on foot, except my husband and Mr. B&mdash;&mdash;'s
+nephew. However, they soon found a fine one, and four of them carried it
+in to us alive. They tied a rope round it, and fastened it to a tree. At
+first the animal tried hard to get away, but finding it useless,
+remained very still. We had a few dogs out with us, but they are not
+required if there are a good many people mounted. Of course, to any one
+hunting by himself, they would be a necessity. Just before our start
+homeward it was proposed to let the kangaroo go, and with some
+difficulty they managed to untie the rope. The kangaroo being at bay, it
+stood upon its hind-legs, with its back to a tree, and kept striking out
+with its paws. It really was a piteous sight, standing there with its
+big brown eyes, and it did not seem to realize it was free, although the
+dogs barked and people shouted to make it move.</p>
+
+<p>At last it went off, and I longed for it to get away; but before going
+any distance it stood up again, with the dogs round it, and the poor
+brave kangaroo was soon dragged by them to the ground. It seemed quite a
+melancholy ending to our day.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_488" id="Page_488">[Pg 488]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"><a name="JUST_ONE_LOCK_OF_HAIR" id="JUST_ONE_LOCK_OF_HAIR"></a>
+<img src="images/ill_005.jpg" width="500" height="380" alt="" />
+<span class="caption">"JUST ONE LOCK OF HAIR."</span>
+</div>
+
+<h2>JUST ONE LOCK OF HAIR.</h2>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"You see, mamma dear, Charley asked</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 20em;">For just one lock of hair;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">I thought I'd cut it off myself,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 20em;">I knew you would not care.</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"Please now, mamma, don't look so grave,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 20em;">The piece is very small;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And, see&mdash;I cut it off just where</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 20em;">It doesn't show at all."</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h2><a name="OILING_THE_WAVES" id="OILING_THE_WAVES">OILING THE WAVES.</a></h2>
+
+<p>We have all heard of pouring oil on the waters, but most of us have
+supposed that the phrase meant only the soothing of angry people by
+gentle words, and that it was what the grammars call a figurative
+expression.</p>
+
+<p>But sailors and fishermen have often tried the experiment of sprinkling
+oil upon stormy waves with great success. The oil when dropped upon the
+billows spreads over their surfaces, forming a fine film, and smoothing
+a safe path for ships that would otherwise be in danger.</p>
+
+<p>Many curious instances of this are given by the captains of whalers and
+merchant ships. The master of the <i>Gem</i>, a British brigantine, bound
+from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Bristol, encountered a hurricane,
+which blew frightfully for thirty-six hours. The vessel was in the
+utmost peril, when the captain remembered to have read an article on the
+use of oil at sea. He at once poured a quantity into a canvas bag, and
+fastened it to a rope six fathoms long, trailed it to windward of the
+ship, and the oil leaked out, and made smooth water around the vessel.</p>
+
+<p>In September, 1846, a terrific gale of wind lashed the Atlantic to fury,
+and a little fishing-boat was seen tearing her way through the white
+waves to the coast of Sable Island. Watchers on the shore saw two men on
+board throwing something at intervals into the air.</p>
+
+<p>When the boat arrived on shore, as she did in safety, with all her crew,
+it was found that the captain had stationed two men near the
+fore-shrouds, where he had lashed two casks of oil. Each man was armed
+with a wooden ladle two feet long, with which he dipped up the blubber
+and oil, and threw it as high as he could into the sea. The wind carried
+it to leeward, and as it spread far over the water, though the waves
+rose very high, they did not break. The little <i>Arno</i> rode into Sable
+Island, leaving a shining path in her wake.</p>
+
+<p>The way in which the oil is used by those who wish to preserve their
+boats from wreck is very simple.</p>
+
+<p>The <i>King Cenric</i>, for instance, a sailing ship bound from Bombay to
+Liverpool, with coal, was caught in a heavy gale, which lasted five
+days. Her officers filled two canvas clothes-bags with oil, and made two
+or three small holes in each. The bags were then towed along by the
+ship.</p>
+
+<p>Our own Dr. Franklin, who always used his eyes, tried the experiment of
+calming rough water by oil in the harbors of Newport and Portsmouth. He
+had observed the serenity of the waves around the whaling ships, and he
+said that even a tea-spoonful of oil produced a wonderful effect.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. John Shields, of Perth, Scotland, has been trying the experiment on
+a grand scale in Peterhead North Harbor. His apparatus carries twelve
+hundred feet of piping into deep water two hundred yards seaward of the
+bar. There are three conical valves, fixed seventy-five feet apart, at
+the sea end of the pipe, and when the pipes are charged with oil, by
+means of a force-pump in a hut on shore, the oil escapes so rapidly that
+the wildest waves become gentle ripples.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Shields has been improving and testing his invention for two years,
+and expects by means of it to make the dangerous harbor of Peterhead
+entirely safe, however furious the weather.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_489" id="Page_489">[Pg 489]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 493px;">
+<img src="images/ill_006.jpg" width="493" height="700" alt="" />
+<span class="caption">IN THE HALLS OF HIS ANCESTORS.</span>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_490" id="Page_490">[Pg 490]</a></span></p>
+
+<h2><a name="PHOTOGRAPHY_AND_WORK" id="PHOTOGRAPHY_AND_WORK">PHOTOGRAPHY AND WORK.</a></h2>
+
+<h3>BY ALLAN FORMAN.</h3>
+
+<p>Amateur photography is getting to be exceedingly popular. The price of
+outfits is so low that they are within reach of all, and from what we
+hear it would seem that a goodly number of the readers of <span class="smcap">Young People</span>
+are engaging in it. A few words therefore on the subject from one who
+has been through the first few months of enthusiasm and disappointment
+which succeed the purchase of an instrument may be of service to those
+who have embarked on the ocean of amateur photography.</p>
+
+<p>Of course you will use the dry plates. I say of course, because for the
+amateur they are cheaper, more convenient, produce better results, and
+afford a wider latitude of subject than the wet plates. We will suppose,
+then, that you have provided yourself with a good camera and lens,
+chemicals, plates, baths, and all that go to make a complete outfit.</p>
+
+<p>Your first trouble will be with your dark room. It must be <i>absolutely</i>
+dark; the faintest ray of white light will destroy the most perfectly
+timed picture. Any closet will do, so long as you can have perfect
+darkness and room to work. The most luxurious dark room I ever saw was
+ten feet square, provided with hot and cold water, and lighted by two
+large windows with panes of ruby glass. The gold-colored glass looks the
+same, but is worthless for photographic purposes. On the other hand, I
+have worked in a closet two feet deep, by the dim light of a single ruby
+lamp. But in photography as in everything else the "golden mean" is
+preferable.</p>
+
+<p>If kept in a perfectly dark box, the dry plates need not be developed
+for months. Travellers often change plates, and even develop and fix
+them, at night, in their rooms, by the aid of a ruby lantern. As the
+changing of plates is an operation which consumes but little time, this
+may be done with safety, but we would recommend the young photographer
+to make use of his dark room for the process of developing.</p>
+
+<p>Besides the pans, or baths as they are called, for the chemicals, you
+must have in the dark room a supply of clear water, and a vessel in
+which to throw it after it has been used. Dry plates require frequent
+washing, as we shall see further on. Your dark room must be, then, of
+moderate size, free from white light, provided with clean water, and
+free from dust. If it is dusty, you will have minute specks on the
+picture. The plates must be kept in this room, and must be transferred
+to and from the plate-holders here.</p>
+
+<p>Next comes the business of mixing the chemicals. There are several
+different formulas for the development of dry plates, but I have found
+the ferrous-oxalate developer to be the simplest and best. The most
+convenient way to prepare the solutions is to take two common glass
+preserve jars, put in about a quarter of a pound of neutral oxalate of
+potash in one, and about the same amount of protosulphate of iron in the
+other; then pour on warm water, and let the crystals dissolve.</p>
+
+<p>It makes no difference how much water you put in; the object is to get a
+"saturated" solution; that is, a solution in which the water has
+absorbed all the chemical matter it can take up. After the chemicals
+have had time to dissolve&mdash;say fifteen or twenty minutes&mdash;filter the
+solutions into separate bottles, and cork them tightly, to keep out the
+dust. Always filter all your solutions before using them; even filter
+the water if it is not perfectly clear. Cleanliness is a prime necessity
+in photography, and the amateur can not be too careful.</p>
+
+<p>Now comes the "fixing" solution, which is made by dissolving four ounces
+of hyposulphite of soda in twenty ounces of water. Filter into a bottle,
+and cork it until used. Make at the same time a saturated solution of
+common alum, and use it for washing the plates after taking them out of
+the developer, and before fixing. Directions are given by many involving
+the use of cyanide of potassium, tartaric acid, bromide of ammonia, and
+the like; but it is better for the beginner to use as few chemicals as
+possible. More pictures are spoiled than saved by inexperienced
+doctoring.</p>
+
+<p>After your chemicals are all prepared, put a plate in your holder, or
+wooden box with slides, one or more of which accompany every outfit.
+Focus your camera on some object; a row of buildings, the side of a
+house, or a board fence is preferable for this experiment. Take off the
+cap, and pull the slide about half of the way out. Expose about six
+seconds, and pull out the slide the rest of the way. Expose this six
+seconds again, and replace the slide. You now have two exposures, of six
+and twelve seconds respectively, on the same plate. This is for timing
+the lens. It is impossible to give any definite rules for the time of an
+exposure; experience must teach this.</p>
+
+<p>In a gallery where the surroundings are the same and the light varies
+but little, it is comparatively easy to determine how long a plate
+should be exposed in the camera. But in out-of-door work the amateur
+must take into consideration the state of the weather and the
+atmosphere, the presence or absence of reflecting surfaces, such as a
+stretch of sand-beach, a sheet of water, or the proximity of a
+light-colored building, and time the plate accordingly.</p>
+
+<p>After you have taken the test-plate, return to your dark room, and pour
+into the bath four ounces of neutral oxalate, and mix with it one ounce
+of iron solution. Take the plate from the holder, wash it in cold water,
+and drop it into the mixture. The image will begin to appear in from
+three to five minutes. After it has become clearly defined, wash it
+again in cold water, and put it in the alum solution for a few minutes.
+Another washing, and it is ready for the fixing solution, which will
+keep the picture from turning black, as it would otherwise do, if
+exposed to the light.</p>
+
+<p>Let it remain in the fixing solution until the white film has
+disappeared. Then wash it in water, and you have your negative. Now
+examine this carefully, and see whether the six-second or the
+twelve-second exposure is the best. After a few experiments you will be
+able to judge pretty accurately how long to expose a plate.</p>
+
+<p>It would be impossible to enumerate the mistakes which a young
+photographer will make. The only way is to profit by them, and not make
+the same one a second time. Many boys who get a photographic outfit are
+disgusted with it, after one or two trials, because they can not make as
+good a picture as a professional photographer. The principal causes of
+failure can, however, be enumerated as follows:</p>
+
+<p>1. Imperfectly darkened operating-room, which will make the picture dim
+or "foggy."</p>
+
+<p>2. Dust in the dark room, unfiltered chemicals or washing water, which
+will make pinholes in the negative.</p>
+
+<p>3. Over or under exposure, which will either make the negative too black
+or too thin to print successfully. This last, however, is excusable in
+the young beginner.</p>
+
+<p>Finally, boys are apt to be careless. A crack in the door of the
+operating-room, a bottle left uncorked to collect the dust, dirt or dust
+on the hands, a little more of this solution or a little less of that,
+they think would make no difference. Photography requires accuracy and
+cleanliness, and no one can hope to take a satisfactory picture unless
+he will cultivate these qualities.</p>
+
+<p>If any boy or girl&mdash;and girls, as a general rule, make better amateur
+photographers than boys&mdash;thinks to learn amateur photography for "fun,"
+I should say to him or her, emphatically, Don't. But to any one who has
+a sincere love for the beautiful in nature, and who is willing to <i>work</i>
+to obtain lasting mementos of the scenes which are dear to him, a
+photographic outfit may become a source of never-ending pleasure.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_491" id="Page_491">[Pg 491]</a></span></p>
+
+<h2><a name="WHAT_A_GEORGIA_BOY_FOUND_WHILE_FISHING" id="WHAT_A_GEORGIA_BOY_FOUND_WHILE_FISHING">WHAT A GEORGIA BOY FOUND WHILE FISHING.</a></h2>
+
+<p>One day several years ago a Georgia boy went fishing. He started for a
+creek that ran not far from his home; but as he knew there were few fish
+in it except small cat-fish, he probably did not expect to return with a
+very well-filled basket. Most boys, however, know how to get a good deal
+of pleasure out of a day's fishing, even if the fish are small and bite
+slowly.</p>
+
+<p>Taking his lines and hooks, this Georgia boy went to the creek, and
+there sat down to dig for bait with his pocket-knife. In digging, he
+turned up a curious and pretty pebble which attracted his attention.
+Wiping the earth from it, he found it to be semi-transparent, and about
+the color of the flame of a wood fire. As he turned it around, it
+reflected the light in a peculiar way which interested the boy, and so,
+instead of throwing the pebble away, he put it into his pocket.</p>
+
+<p>As he had never seen a stone of the kind, he showed it to a good many
+persons as a curiosity in a small way, and after a while he came to
+value it about as a boy values a marble of the kind called real agate.</p>
+
+<p>On one occasion he showed his pretty stone to a visitor from Cincinnati,
+who seemed even more interested in it than others had been. This
+gentleman examined the pebble again and again, and finally asked
+permission to take it to Cincinnati with him to show to some one there.
+Not long afterward the gentleman returned, and told the lad that his
+"pretty stone" was worth a good many thousands of dollars. It was, in
+fact, what is called a fire opal, a very precious stone, specimens of
+which are so very scarce and costly that jewellers can not afford to
+make use of them. The few that have been found since Humboldt carried
+specimens to Europe have been eagerly bought at enormous prices for the
+great museums.</p>
+
+<p>When the parents of the Georgia boy learned the nature and value of his
+discovery they had the stone sent to Europe, and sold to advantage. The
+sum received for it was quite a little fortune.</p>
+
+<p>I have never heard how many fish the boy caught, but I am very sure that
+he can not complain of his luck on that day.</p>
+
+<p>Since that time a good many opals have been found in the region in which
+the boy dug for bait, and among them one or two small fire opals, but
+none equal in value to his. Some efforts have been made to search the
+region thoroughly, and to work it as an opal mine. There is a great
+difference in opals, but when they are really beautiful their value is
+very large. For an opal in the museum at Venice $250,000 was offered
+without success. Marc Antony is said to have sent a Roman Senator into
+exile because he would not sell him an opal ring for which he had paid
+nearly a million of dollars.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<h2><a name="POPSEY" id="POPSEY">"POPSEY."</a></h2>
+
+<h3>BY MATTHEW WHITE, JUN.</h3>
+
+<p>This was the name Walter Radlow's father had requested should be given
+the gray donkey which he presented to his son on the latter's thirteenth
+birthday.</p>
+
+<p>"You see, I was at my wits' end what to buy," he afterward explained;
+"for a dozen birthdays, to say nothing of as many Christmases, had about
+exhausted my genius for discovering something new, and I was beginning
+to think I'd have to start all over again with a rattle, when the idea
+of a donkey and cart popped into my head."</p>
+
+<p>So Popsey was the donkey, and the donkey was Walter's, and&mdash;such a
+donkey! Not one of your meek, spiritless animals, "warranted gentle with
+ladies and children," that you must beat to make go, and simply cease
+beating to stop.</p>
+
+<p>Ah, no; Popsey, though not wild or vicious, was full of life, which was
+just what Walter delighted in; and as Mrs. Radlow had satisfied herself
+that the beast was really too small to do any serious damage, she ceased
+to worry about his "playfulness."</p>
+
+<p>But it was not long before Popsey became so attached to his young master
+that it was thought perfectly safe to allow two-year-old Amy the
+privilege of a ride now and then, from which she returned in a very
+mixed state of mind as to whether she wanted to tell papa about Popsey,
+or Popsey about papa.</p>
+
+<p>One Saturday, about three months after Popsey's advent, Walter's cousins
+came over from Wallingville to make him a visit. They were the children
+of Mr. Radlow's only brother, and Helen was fourteen, May twelve, and
+Jack ten.</p>
+
+<p>They arrived about nine in the morning, to find Walter just recovering
+from an attack of rheumatism, and suffering from such a raging toothache
+that he could scarcely bear to speak.</p>
+
+<p>"But don't mind me," he said, as they all gathered about him to condole
+and bemoan. "When you come from town to the country for the first time
+in years, and for such a short stay, too, you mustn't stick in the house
+just because a chap can't go round with you to&mdash; Oh!" and poor Walter
+suddenly dashed his head down against the hop pillow on the lounge,
+while the girls sympathetically exclaimed, "Too bad!" and Jack looked as
+if he was afraid it might be "catching."</p>
+
+<p>But in a moment or two Walter bobbed up again to say, "There's the
+croquet set and archery, tennis and&mdash;Popsey."</p>
+
+<p>"Oh yes; that's the donkey, you know," eagerly interrupted Jack. "And,
+oh, Walter, did you say we might drive him?"</p>
+
+<p>"Of course. I guess Helen can manage the fellow. And, by-the-way, you
+might take the cart and drive over to the Hillwins'. Fred's got a prime
+book about middies I've wanted to read ever since Christmas, and if
+you'll borrow it for me, I think it'll make me forget this&mdash;" And the
+boy expressively ended his sentence by another plunge into the depths of
+his hop pillow.</p>
+
+<p>When the plan was first mentioned to her, Mrs. Radlow was inclined to
+doubt Helen's ability to deal with Popsey's peculiarities. Though docile
+enough with Walter, he might prove troublesome to a stranger.</p>
+
+<p>"But, Aunt Jennie, don't you remember how I drove when we were all up in
+the mountains one summer? And, besides, you know you wrote to mamma that
+Popsey was so small that you never worried about the children being out
+with him."</p>
+
+<p>As this last argument of Helen's could not very well be answered, the
+coachman was ordered to harness up.</p>
+
+<p>When the cart was brought to the door, and the three visitors prepared
+to crowd themselves into it, a great outcry was made by Amy, who
+shouted, "Me too! me too!" so often and so shrilly that, for the sake of
+securing quiet in the house for Walter, Mrs. Radlow at last consented to
+let her go.</p>
+
+<p>"I'll hold her on my lap just as tight," pleaded May, "and Jack can
+stand up behind."</p>
+
+<p>And so it was arranged, and Amy's face, which had been all drawn down
+for a good cry, wrinkled up into a laugh instead.</p>
+
+<p>Then Popsey was petted and patted, endearingly addressed as "Good
+donkey," and called upon times innumerable to "whoa" when he had not
+thought of stirring, after which preliminaries the girls got in, Amy was
+handed over to them, and Jack climbed up behind.</p>
+
+<p>"Drive around to the front lawn, so Walter can see you," said Mrs.
+Radlow, when all was ready for a start, whereupon Helen chirped to her
+steed, and guided him over the grass opposite the second-story window,
+at which appeared a black head and white pillow, one of which was nodded
+gayly, and the other waved on high, the two to be<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_492" id="Page_492">[Pg 492]</a></span> suddenly clapped
+together again in a fashion, that caused Helen to give Popsey a touch of
+the whip, and speed off after the "prime book about middies."</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 400px;">
+<img src="images/ill_007.jpg" width="400" height="284" alt="" />
+<span class="caption">"'ISN'T HE JUST TOO CUNNING!'"</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>"Oh, isn't he just too cunning!" exclaimed May, as the little donkey
+trotted along, with his big load, as steadily as a family horse.</p>
+
+<p>Amy crowed with delight; Helen made a great show of flourishing her whip
+(taking good care, however, to keep it out of range of Popsey's long
+ears), while Jack pranced about behind in genuine boyish joy. The road
+was easy enough to follow, and inside of three-quarters of an hour Helen
+drew up before the Hillwins' gate. Their house was the only one within
+sight, and just beyond it two or three roads crossed one another in
+quite a confusing manner.</p>
+
+<p>"It's lucky we haven't any further to go, Helen," remarked May, as she
+noted the latter fact, "for we'd surely become mixed, and&mdash; But I
+declare, if Amy isn't fast asleep in my arms! Poor dear, the ride's been
+too long for her, I guess. You go in, Helen, and I'll sit perfectly
+still so as not to wake her. Don't be long, though."</p>
+
+<p>Jack was already out and standing at Popsey's head, but no sooner had
+her elder sister vanished from sight under the long grape arbor that led
+to the house, than May suddenly discovered that she was terribly
+thirsty.</p>
+
+<p>"Oh, Jack," she cried, "I must go in and get a drink; but I don't want
+to wake baby, and make her cross, perhaps; so I'll just put her down
+here in the bottom of the cart on the seat cushion. I'll be back in a
+minute or two; but mind, keep a tight hold on the donkey, and if Amy
+wakes up, talk to her till I come."</p>
+
+<p>Jack answered "All right," May jumped down to hurry off after Helen, and
+then there was no sound to break the country stillness but the autumn
+wind, as it whirled the dead leaves to the ground, and the rumble of a
+train as it rushed along the track down by the river.</p>
+
+<p>As it happened, Fred Hillwin was not at home, or he most certainly would
+have come out to inspect Popsey and keep Jack company. As for Fanny, she
+was so overjoyed at the unexpected call from her old school friends,
+that for about five minutes she could do nothing but give expression to
+her delight. Then the book Walter wanted had to be hunted up, all of
+which together consumed a good deal of time, the delay seeming
+especially prolonged to Jack, who soon grew tired of gazing at the top
+of baby's cap between Popsey's ears, and longed for some more exciting
+occupation. The donkey stood as if glued to the spot, and Amy slept on
+as peacefully as if in her little crib at home.</p>
+
+<p>Suddenly the noon-day quiet was broken in upon by the blast of a horn,
+accompanied by the quick trot of horses' feet.</p>
+
+<p>"A circus, perhaps!" exclaimed Jack; but, alas! whatever it was, nothing
+could be seen from where he stood, for the sound came from the turnpike
+just beyond the cross-roads before mentioned.</p>
+
+<p>"Oh, how I would like to see what it is!" sighed the boy. Then he
+quickly measured with his eye the distance he would have to run, saw
+that Popsey seemed perfectly stationary, and with a sudden impulse
+dashed off to the corner, arriving just in time to behold a four-in-hand
+coach rush by like the wind.</p>
+
+<p>It had scarcely passed him, however, when it stopped with an abruptness
+that threatened to pitch the passengers on ahead of it.</p>
+
+<p>"What can be the matter?" thought Jack, and with all a boy's curiosity
+he ran on down the road to find out.</p>
+
+<p>It seemed that one of the "leaders" had stumbled and fallen, and
+consequently been stepped on by the "wheelers," which resulted in such
+an entanglement of horses and harness as Jack had never seen before.</p>
+
+<p>With wide-open eyes he looked on at the efforts of the gentlemen to
+straighten things out, and was about to ask if he could help them, when
+suddenly, with a cry of "Oh, Popsey&mdash;and the baby!" he tore back to the
+Hillwins' gate, and found the donkey-cart&mdash;gone.</p>
+
+<p>With a terrible fear in his heart, the thoughtless boy gave one
+despairing look around him, and then started off on a run, in the
+direction in which Popsey had been headed, after a black speck just
+visible in the distance.</p>
+
+<p>Two minutes later Helen and May came hurrying down the long walk through
+the garden, provoked with themselves at having staid so long.</p>
+
+<p>"I do hope Amy hasn't waked up," said May; "but I told Jack in case she
+should&mdash; Why, where are they?"</p>
+
+<p>"Perhaps Jack's driven down the road a little," suggested Helen.</p>
+
+<p>But a hurried glance in both directions soon convinced the girls that
+the donkey-cart was nowhere near, and they were both beginning to feel a
+dread of they knew not what, when all at once May exclaimed, "Oh, Helen,
+look! here comes Jack now, and <i>without Popsey</i>!"</p>
+
+<p>In great excitement the sisters ran to meet him, and imagine their
+horror when, with a voice all broken with sobs, he cried: "Oh! oh! it
+was only a&mdash;a peddler's wagon, and I ran nearly a mile to catch it,
+and&mdash;and now I don't know where to look, because Popsey's run off with
+the baby!"</p>
+
+<p>Terrified beyond description at the thought of the danger that
+threatened their aunt's pet, who had been so reluctantly committed to
+their charge, the girls commanded Jack to tell them instantly just how
+it had all happened,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_493" id="Page_493">[Pg 493]</a></span> which he did with teeth-chattering from fright,
+and repeated assertions that he had believed Popsey was asleep.</p>
+
+<p>"But didn't I tell you not to stir?&mdash;and oh, Helen, it's partly my fault
+too, for if I hadn't been so foolish as to leave Amy, she&mdash;" Here May
+broke down completely, and leaving her and Jack in tears together, Helen
+flew back to the house, and soon returned with Mrs. Hillwin, Fanny, the
+maid, and the cook. Then she pointed out the three roads it was possible
+the donkey had taken, and burst out crying herself.</p>
+
+<p>"An' shure, miss, don't give way so," said the cook, cheeringly, "but
+jist take yer stand at the cross-roads beyant, an' ask ivery person that
+comes along&mdash;an' precious few do it be in this wild region, bad luck to
+it!&mdash;ef they're afther seein' a donkey runnin' off wid a baby."</p>
+
+<p>This sensible suggestion was at once acted upon, and while the rest all
+hurried off in the direction of a turnip-field, which the maid declared
+Popsey must have sniffed, Helen stood at the junction of the three roads
+until a pleasant-faced old gentleman in a buggy approached her.</p>
+
+<p>"Oh, sir," she cried, rushing up dangerously close to the wheels, "did
+you meet a runaway donkey-cart?"</p>
+
+<p>"No, not I," was the answer; and the gentleman repressed a smile, but
+suddenly grew quite grave as he drew rein and asked if the donkey's name
+was Popsey.</p>
+
+<p>"Oh, yes, yes," exclaimed Helen. "And have you seen him?"</p>
+
+<p>"No, but I am going to see his owner now, and if you will get in, I will
+take you along with me. I am the family doctor, and am quite well
+acquainted with Popsey."</p>
+
+<p>Hardly knowing what she did, but feeling that any sort of motion or
+action was better than waiting in suspense, Helen accepted the
+invitation, and began at once to pour forth her tale of grief to the
+kindly old physician, upon hearing which he whipped up his horse, saying
+that he was sure no harm had come to Amy.</p>
+
+<p>Then Helen suddenly recollected how she had deserted her post, and was
+filled with a foreboding lest some one should pass the cross-roads who
+might know something about the donkey-cart, and there would be no one
+there to question him.</p>
+
+<p>"Here comes Mr. Radlow's coachman now," exclaimed the doctor, when they
+had nearly reached their destination, "and driving at a furious rate. I
+warrant it's turned out just as I expected;" and with the words he
+signaled to the man to stop.</p>
+
+<p>"Yes, yes, exactly as I imagined," said the physician, when the coachman
+had hurriedly and excitedly explained that Popsey had come trotting back
+to the stable with the lines about his heels, and baby Amy crowing
+joyously in the bottom of the cart, and that in consequence Mrs. Radlow
+was in a great state of fright concerning the fate of the cousins.</p>
+
+<p>"Well, I'll soon relieve her fears on that score; and do you, Dennis,
+drive on toward the cross-roads with your carriage as fast as ever you
+can, and bring the other two children back."</p>
+
+<p>As for Helen, she had not yet recovered from her joyful surprise.</p>
+
+<p>"To think," she exclaimed, "that that donkey should have turned
+deliberately around and walked off home, nearly four miles, without
+upsetting anything, while we were looking for him in every other
+direction! There certainly never was such a dear little animal. But that
+doesn't excuse Jack's thoughtlessness, and I'm going to give Aunt Jennie
+leave to punish him <i>very severely</i>."</p>
+
+<p>However, when the case was laid before the doctor, he declared that as
+the fault lay really with so many persons, and that as the three cousins
+had suffered sufficiently already from anxiety and suspense, the blame
+should be changed to praise, and that given to Popsey, who had displayed
+a disposition to execute the errand upon which he had been sent as
+speedily as possible.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 408px;">
+<img src="images/ill_008.jpg" width="408" height="600" alt="" />
+<span class="caption">WHAT HAPPENED WHEN DINAH WENT OUT AND LEFT TOPSY ALL
+ALONE.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_494" id="Page_494">[Pg 494]</a></span></p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 292px;">
+<img src="images/ill_009.jpg" width="292" height="400" alt="" />
+</div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Good-morning, little bird;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">I wish you'd sing for me;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 21em;">You look as if 'twere fun to live</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Out-doors so wild and free.</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 21em;">I've brought Matilda Jane</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Because she needs the air;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 21em;">She is a very pretty child,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">With lovely curling hair.</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 21em;">How many little birds</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Are flying round to-day!</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Now surely you will stay with me</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">When I've come here to play?</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Oh, you have children three,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">And they, perhaps, have stirred;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Well, if they need you, hurry home.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Good-morning, little bird.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<h2><a name="OUR_POST_OFFICE_BOX" id="OUR_POST_OFFICE_BOX">OUR POST-OFFICE BOX.</a></h2>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">New York City</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>I thought I would write to you about my little bird Billie. He is a
+canary of the German breed, and is rather long and slim, but he
+sings very sweetly. I think he is the smartest and most intelligent
+bird I ever saw outside of a show. I taught him myself to stand on
+my finger whenever I put my hand in his cage; and he knows when I
+speak to him, for when I call to him, he will turn his head toward
+me, as if to say, "What?" I used to make him seesaw on a little
+stick with his little companion John, who was blind nearly all his
+life, which was very short; and then I would make him hold a little
+gun, and balance himself on a ball which I would keep in motion. He
+would stand on a little cart, and hold the reins with one claw,
+while I drew him around the room, with John, held in a
+market-basket, sitting on behind. He seldom tries to fly away, and
+I have frequently taken him out-doors in my hands, without fear of
+his escaping. Sometimes, for a change, I used to let him swing like
+a paroquet in one of my bangles. This I do not think he liked much,
+for his tail was so long it was hard for him to keep his balance.
+But the most difficult thing that I taught him to do was to lie on
+his back and pretend he was asleep. I would lay him down gently,
+and after kicking his feet, and trying to grasp my fingers, he
+would lie perfectly still until I touched him, when he would jump
+up; and then I would have him kiss me, which he can do nicely,
+moving his bill all the time. I should like to tell you about John,
+who died, we think, on account of his eyes, which, after we had had
+him a little time, became covered with white mists, which we think
+were cataracts.</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">A Strong Friend of</span></span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;">"<span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span>".</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>It would be interesting to hear of your method in teaching your pet so
+many pretty tricks. I suppose you were very gentle and patient, and that
+you taught him one thing perfectly before letting him begin upon
+another.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Washington, D.&nbsp;C</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>I, like Virginie C.&nbsp;B., am practicing a few of the gymnastics
+mentioned in No. 118. We have a bar across one of our doorways a
+foot from the top, which I catch hold of and swing by. I can not
+draw my chin up to it yet, but can come very near it. After the
+Postmistress has assured us she has seen Jimmy Brown, his stories
+are much more interesting to me, for they must be the experiences
+of a real boy. We always laugh at them, they are so funny.</p>
+
+<p>My sister has been all over the establishment of Harper &amp; Brothers,
+and saw them printing <span class="smcap">Young People</span>. I should like to see that, and
+hope to some time. I think it was Augusta C. who did not like cats.
+She would not change her mind if she saw our cat, for that lazy
+animal is awake all night and asleep all day. We have had no less
+than six cats during the past year. "The Talking Leaves" excited us
+very much, and I think it was splendid. Toby Tyler is a very nice
+little boy, I think, and when I first glanced at the picture of the
+circus coming in, I thought they were taking him away again.</p>
+
+<p>We have some flowers in our back yard, and we like them very much.
+The seeds are just coming up, and I take great interest in watching
+them. We have some very pretty pansies, roses, and bridal-wreaths.
+They are blooming now. I brought some wild flowers from the woods,
+and my sister brought some violets; they are growing very nicely.
+We have but one geranium, and its blooms are shrivelled. I do not
+know what to do to it.</p>
+
+<p>I like to write stories very much, and I love dearly to draw
+pictures. Last Tuesday was very warm, and you would have thought it
+was summer if you had suddenly been transported to Washington.</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Emily N</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>Perhaps your geranium needs rest. Try the plan of pinching off every bud
+for the next few weeks. The soil may need enriching, or you may have
+watered it too freely.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Brooklyn, New York</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>I have written to <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span> three times, and none of my
+letters have been printed; but I believe in perseverance, so I am
+going to try again. I have never read any paper I liked half as
+well as <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span>. Papa gets it for me, and I read it
+to my little brother. One night I was reading "Tim and Tip" to him,
+and I happened to look up, and he was crying. He didn't want me to
+think he was crying, so he said, "It's only the water that comes
+out of my eyes." I like Jimmy Brown's stories very much. I think
+all of the stories in the paper are very interesting. Jimmy Brown
+and Georgie Hackett seem to possess about the same qualities. My
+favorite study in school is history.</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Emma</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>I do not know Georgie Hackett, but poor Jimmy is certainly an
+interesting boy, though I would not care to have him living at my house,
+unless he could behave better than he now does. Perseverance is an
+excellent quality. You could not have a better motto than</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">"If at first you don't succeed,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Try, try again."</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Sanborn, Dakota Territory</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>I am a little English girl eight years old, and hope to see this
+letter printed, to please dear papa, as he does not know I am going
+to write. I have taken <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span> two years (ever since
+we left England), and have never written before. I have an Indian
+pony, on which I ride about; her name is Frances. My brother Jack
+has one called Charlie. I have a little sister Mabel; she is six,
+and so fat that mamma calls her Pumpkin. She calls me her fairy
+lily. I have seen Jumbo in England, and am glad he has come to
+America. Papa says some time I may see him again. I am very fond of
+reading. I have lots of books, and my grandma sends me <i>Little
+Folks</i> every month. I have been learning music for a year, and am
+getting on nicely. We find lovely flowers about here, and I gather
+mamma lovely bunches for the table every day. Good-by.</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Katie S</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Junction, Idaho</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>I am a little boy seven years old. I take <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span>,
+and I like it very much. I think "Toby Tyler" and "Mr. Stubbs's
+Brother" are the best of all. Blue Ribbon has a little kitten; she
+is teaching it to walk. I have a horse; his name is Old Indian. The
+reason I call him Old Indian is because we bought him of the
+Indians. I have some nice rides on him. We live on a ranch, and
+have lots of little calves and little chickens. I do not go to
+school, but study my lessons at home. I send one dollar for Young
+People's Cot.</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Oliver T.&nbsp;C</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>Your contribution has been sent to the lady who receives and takes care
+of the money for Young People's Cot. Is Blue Ribbon the little kitten's
+mother? I hope Old Indian is a gentle pony. From his name I should think
+he might be quite fiery.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<h4>"PAPA, WHAT MAKES THE RAIN COME?"</h4>
+
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>Mabel and Ethel can't write for themselves, and they do not know
+that I am writing to the Post-office Box to tell other little girls
+about them. What here follows is not a made-up story; it is set
+down almost word for word as it was spoken. The girls were in their
+little beds, talking about different things, and papa was sitting
+at the table reading a book by the light of the lamp. Thunder was
+heard in the distance, and Ethel remarked that the rain was coming.
+This led Mabel to ask the question which forms the title of this
+letter, "Papa, what makes the rain come?"</p>
+
+<p>While thinking about the best way to make her understand the
+wonderful and beautiful natural process&mdash;how the sun draws up
+vapors from land and sea, and stores the treasures of rain in the
+clouds, returning them in showers of blessings upon the
+earth&mdash;Ethel broke in with her views, thus relieving me of a
+difficulty. So I kept quiet as a mouse, and listened while
+pretending to read. Ethel, half raising herself in bed, thus
+explained:</p>
+
+<p>"Why, Mabel, I will tell you what makes the rain come. You see, God
+is up there above the clouds, and He has wings, and flies from
+place to place, all over. Then, you know, He has a pump, with a big
+deep well, with lots, oh! lots of water in it, and on the pump
+there is a rubber tube, with a sprinkler fastened to it. And then
+He pumps, and pumps, and pumps, and the angels they pump, and the
+water comes, and spurtles, and spurtles, and spurtles, and
+spurtles, and spurtles, and spurtles; and that's what makes the
+rain come."</p>
+
+<p>These were the child's thoughts and expressions on the beautiful
+phenomena of the rain. The explanation seemed sufficient and
+satisfactory, as both little thinkers forthwith resigned themselves
+into the loving arms of "tired nature's sweet restorer," and were
+carried far away into the happy land of dreams.</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;">F.&nbsp;J.&nbsp;T.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Farmington, Minnesota</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Churchville, Maryland</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>As the day is rainy, we have been looking over <span class="smcap">Harper's Young
+People</span>, and seeing so many nice letters in Our Post-office Box. I
+thought, by way of variety, I would send one from Harford County. I
+have two sisters. One is a teacher, and she is going to read some
+pieces out of your paper to the children in her school.</p>
+
+<p>We have a colt named Pinafore. The other day I turned another
+horse, with a halter on, into the same field with him. Pin caught
+the halter in his mouth, and led him about as he had seen us do. I
+have a Scotch terrier dog named Jack. I hitch him to a little
+wagon, and he is better trained than the speckled pig in No. 132.</p>
+
+<p>I think your paper is just splendid, but like to read "Mr. Stubbs's
+Brother" the best of all. I went to see Jumbo in Baltimore.</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Frank B</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<h4>OUR BABY BOY.</h4>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 24em;">Oh, he's so sweet,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;">The darling thing!</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 24em;">On his small feet</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;">We kisses fling.</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 24em;">He plays, he crows,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;">Can laugh and sing,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 24em;">And thinks he knows</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;">'Most everything.</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 24em;">He goes to bed</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;">So sweet at night;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 24em;">You'll hear his tread</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;">Soon as 'tis light.</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 24em;">He plays, you know.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;">The whole day through,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 24em;">And he can blow</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;">His trumpet new.</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 24em;">All places round,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;">No sweeter toy</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 24em;">Than this is found&mdash;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;">Our baby boy.</span><br />
+<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Daisy M</span>. (aged 9.)</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Davenport, Iowa</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Bayfield, Wisconsin</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>I am thirteen years old, and have a little adopted sister, whose
+name is Elsie, and whom I love just as much as if she were my own
+sister. She is seven years old. I wish the readers of <span class="smcap">Young People</span>
+could see my canary-bird. His name is Jim. I often let him out of
+his cage, and sometimes he comes hopping up to me, and then he will
+chirp until I give him a piece of apple or orange.</p>
+
+<p>I am very fond of reading. I have just finished a book called
+<i>Zigzag Journeys in Europe</i>, and I enjoyed it very much. Our house
+is a square from Lake Superior. We can stand at any window and look
+right out on the lake. Bayfield is a great summer resort for
+invalids and pleasure-seekers. Very nearly all the large steamboats
+come here. From Bayfield we can also see five of the Apostle
+Islands.</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Susie P</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>Would it not be nice if we could have all the cunning and beautiful pets
+our little friends write about arranged together in a great exhibition?
+As this is impossible, we must try to see each of them from the pretty
+pen pictures their little owners send.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>I am nine years old. Last Easter mamma gave me <span class="smcap">Harper's Young
+People</span> as a present. I am delighted with it, and reading those
+letters written by the young folks has put me in the notion of
+telling you something of myself. I go to school in West
+Philadelphia. Mamma thought the ride out there would be good for my
+health. I am obliged to start at eight o'clock, and I get home at
+two. I eat my dinner, learn my lessons, and then I am ready for
+play, which I enjoy greatly. I have neither brother nor sister, but
+I have several little friends. I have two velocipedes.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_495" id="Page_495">[Pg 495]</a></span> Mamma gave
+me one when I was only four years old; it has three wheels; I call
+it my little clipper. The other has four wheels; I call it my
+propeller. I have a set of garden tools. I tell you I play hard
+until tea-time; then I get ready for tea. By eight o'clock I am
+quite ready for bed, as I have to get up at six. Sometimes I take a
+little ride before breakfast on my velocipede, or play with my pet
+cat, which I call Charlie, after papa. Mamma says she intends to
+turn over a new leaf, and have me black my own boots in the
+morning, and promises if I do it for two weeks she will make me a
+present of a nice blacking-box like papa's.</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;">G.&nbsp;W.&nbsp;H.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">St. Louis, Missouri</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>I am seven years old. I have a little brother five and a dear
+little sister two years old. I go to school, and my brother goes to
+the kindergarten. I will tell you how my little sister said her
+prayers last night. She said, "God bless mamma and papa, and our
+dear, dear kittie cat. Amen." We thought it was so cute. I envy the
+little boys who live in the country. I have never been out of the
+city, but hope to go for all the summer. This is the first letter I
+have ever written.</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Lucas N</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">New York City</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>I want to tell you of my pets. I have a little pug dog; his name is
+Punch. I have such fun with him, he is so playful. Then I have two
+canary-birds, and their names are Sweet and Top-knot. And I have a
+little kitten; her name is Betty; mamma named her.</p>
+
+<p>I take music lessons, and go to school, and also attend a riding
+school twice a week. I like <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span> very much. I
+think "Toby Tyler," "The Little Dolls' Dressmaker," and "Mr.
+Stubbs's Brother" are tiptop. Good-night.</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Bertha E.&nbsp;F</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>The Postmistress has pleasure in inviting the attention of boys to the
+following request:</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>The boys at this place having organized a social club, desire to
+have their secretary open a correspondence with the secretaries of
+other and similar clubs of boys. Persons interested will please
+address for further information,</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">W.&nbsp;T. Franklin</span>,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;">82 East Jersey St., Elizabeth, N.&nbsp;J.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Mott Haven, New York</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>I am a little girl nine years old. I have five dollies; their names
+are Katie, Jessie, Jemima, Daisy, and Ella. I have had Jemima eight
+years. I have a bedstead, and a carriage in which, on fine days, I
+take them out riding. I also have a trunk, and lots of other
+things. I have never been to school, and only began to write one
+year ago last February, and I hope you will be able to read this
+letter.</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Aggie L.&nbsp;S.&nbsp;S</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>I suppose Jemima is the favorite of the five dollies, as you have had
+her almost all your life. You write very well indeed.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Southampton, England</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>Our grandma sends us <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span>, which we find very
+interesting. We are Americans. We came here partly for our
+education, but mostly for our health. I am almost fourteen. I
+thought I would write to the Post-office Box, and tell you what I
+have seen. We have been to Netley Abbey, which is a very ancient
+ruin; it is over eleven centuries old. We have visited Netley
+Hospital. While we were there we saw a number of soldiers come in
+from the Zulu war. The hospital is a very fine building. We have
+also been to Romsey Abbey, and we saw there a plait of hair which
+is supposed to be a thousand years old. We have been to Winchester
+Cathedral, and saw many ancient tombs. We went to the New Forest,
+and saw the place where William Rufus was killed.</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;">F.&nbsp;B.&nbsp;M.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>You have a very pleasant opportunity to study English history, and you
+must write to the Post-office Box again, and tell us more about the
+places you visit.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>I read the letters in the Post-office Box every week. I study
+geography, spelling, arithmetic, writing, and Latin. I have gone to
+school here for almost ten months. I have had a nice black and
+white rabbit for almost a year. I will try to get some wild ones
+this spring, and tame them. Some of us boys take our dinners out in
+the woods on Saturdays, and have a splendid time. In cold weather
+we build a fire.</p>
+
+<p>I will give a book entitled <i>Tel Tyler at School</i>, 750 mixed
+foreign stamps, several foreign postal cards, a piece of petrified
+honey-comb, two shells from St. Augustine, Florida, and a pebble
+from Amsterdam, New York, for sixty stamps from Alsace-Lorraine,
+Angola, Antigua, Azores, Bolivia, Bermuda, British Honduras,
+Ceylon, Chili, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras,
+Ionian Isles, Labuan, Lagos, Liberia, Malta, Nevis, Nicaragua,
+Orange States, Paraguay, Persia, Salvador, San Marino, Shanghai,
+St. Lucia, Trinidad, and Virgin Isles. Stamps must be in good
+condition.</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Charles L. Hollingshead</span>,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;">Care Rev. R.&nbsp;K. Todd, Woodstock, Ill.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<h4>C.&nbsp;Y.&nbsp;P.&nbsp;R.&nbsp;U.</h4>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">An Indian Elephant</span>.&mdash;Some of you have been very much interested in Jumbo
+and his enormous appetite. A traveller who engaged an elephant to carry
+him over a part of India during a journey which occupied some weeks,
+gives this account of the elephant's food, and of the care which he
+received while on the march: Every day he was fed with cakes composed of
+flour, ghee (which is clarified butter), and coarse salt. Twenty-five
+pounds of flour were mixed and baked, and one-half the quantity was
+given to the elephant in the morning, and the other in the evening.
+Besides these cakes, he ate freely of the leaves and branches of trees.
+Each morning he would go with his mahout, or driver, into the jungle,
+and there he would choose and pick the branches he liked best, loading
+them on his back, and taking the supply home to the camp. There was a
+kind of marshy grass which he considered a very choice dessert. When a
+person engages an elephant, he of course engages the mahout as well. The
+mahout usually takes his wife and children with him, as it takes several
+people to keep an elephant comfortable. Every morning and evening he
+must have his bath, and before beginning the day's march his forehead,
+ears, paws, and every part of his body likely to be cracked with the sun
+must be greased. When the party comes to a halt, the elephant's heavy
+trappings are always taken off, and he is allowed to rest under a
+spreading tree. When an elephant does not feel well, he makes a pill for
+himself without saying a word to the doctor. With his trunk he rolls up
+a ball or two of red earth, and swallows it, just as naturally as pussy,
+when her head aches, scampers off to the catnip bed, and takes a dose of
+her favorite herb.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Myrtle</span>.&mdash;I think a Shakspeare club such as you and your girl friends
+have organized must be both pleasant and instructive. Instead of so many
+stories, dear, let me persuade you to read books of travel which will
+give you an idea of the world we live in; and when you tire of them, and
+want a change, try history. The books you mention are too exciting and
+highly wrought to be good reading for you at present. I think you would
+find Sir Walter Scott's "Lady of the Lake" and "Marmion" very
+fascinating, and Miss Strickland's <i>Queens of England</i> would keep you
+delightfully occupied all summer.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Tom H</span>.&mdash;Sir Richard Whittington, the hero of the tale of <i>Whittington
+and His Cat</i>, was born about 1354, in Gloucestershire, England. He was
+not a beggar boy, but belonged to a good family. When less than ten
+years old he was sent to London to be a little apprentice. From step to
+step he rose, until he became a great merchant, and finally Lord Mayor
+of London. Very likely he did send his cat away on one of his employer's
+ships to clear the vessel of rats and mice, and it would not be at all
+strange if he sometimes fancied he heard the sweet tones of the
+Bow-Bells calling to him</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">"Turn again, Whittington,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Lord Mayor of London."</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>Few boys become successful men without ambition. It is a good thing to
+mean to be somebody one of these days. But doing well is better than
+dreaming. The lad who works with all his might at whatever he begins,
+never slighting any duty until it is done, will be sure to make a useful
+and honored man. Now, as I have preached my little sermon, let me tell
+you some of the noble things Dick Whittington did. He caused a conduit,
+or pipe, of water to be put on tap in the wall of St. Giles's church,
+thus making a drinking fountain five hundred years ago very much like
+those we have now. He built the Guildhall Library in 1419. He repaired
+hospitals, and did a great deal of good among the poor and the sick, and
+was very kind to children. He died in 1423.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>We would call the attention of the C.&nbsp;Y.&nbsp;P.&nbsp;R.&nbsp;U. this week to the
+article entitled "Handel and 'The Messiah,'" by Mrs. John Lillie, to
+"Oiling the Waves," and to "Photography and Work." In the latter Mr.
+Allan Forman endeavors to point out to young amateur photographers the
+way to overcome some of the difficulties that are likely to attend their
+earlier efforts. We hope that no one who has procured an outfit will
+become discouraged or induced by a few failures in the beginning to
+abandon this delightful and improving pastime, which has recently become
+so popular.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<h3>PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.</h3>
+
+<h3>No. 1.</h3>
+
+<h3>TWO ENIGMAS.</h3>
+
+<h3>1.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="">
+<tr><td align="left">My first is in rope, but not in string.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My second is in throw, but not in fling.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My third is in rill, but not in brook.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My fourth is in glance, but not in look.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My fifth is in lance, but not in dart.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My sixth is in tremble, but not in start.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My seventh is in servant, but not in slave.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My eighth is in grotto, but not in cave.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My ninth is in manage, but not in wield.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My whole's an American battle-field.</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Empire City</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<h3>2.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="">
+<tr><td align="left">First in fun, not in play.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Second in green, not in gray.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Third in idle, not in work.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Fourth in tired, not in shirk.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Fifth in eel, not in fish.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Sixth in dream, not in wish.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Seventh in sad, not in gay.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Eighth in study, not in play.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Ninth in tame, not in wild.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Tenth in gentle, not in mild.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Eleventh in learn, not in school.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Twelfth in smart, not in fool.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My whole a country great and wide,</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">Whose flag is honored on every side.</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Edna M</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<h3>No. 2.</h3>
+
+<h3>TWO CHARADES.</h3>
+
+<h3>1.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="">
+<tr><td align="left">I am composed of 8 letters.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My first and second is a verb.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My third and fourth is a preposition.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth is a kind of vegetable.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My whole is the name of a maiden.</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<h3>2.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="">
+<tr><td align="left">I am composed of 8 letters.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 is the name of an inventor.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My 6 and 7 is a preposition.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My 8 is an article.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">My whole is a name noted in Arabian story.</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Milton W</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<h3>No. 3.</h3>
+
+<h3>ZIGZAGS&mdash;(<i>To Will A. Mette</i>).</h3>
+
+<p>1. A volcanic rock. 2. A musical term. 3. More. 4. A kind of beetle. 5.
+A tuft. 6. A Swiss coin. 7. Stead. 8. A pit. 9. An ancient Norse
+character. 10. A kind of tea. Zigzags&mdash;A mineral.</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Lodestar</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<h3>No. 4.</h3>
+
+<h3>ST. ANDREW'S CROSS OF DIAMONDS.</h3>
+
+<p>Central Diamond&mdash;1. A letter. 2. A genus of serpents. 3. Small vessels.
+4. The Goddess of Revenge. 5. A letter.</p>
+
+<p>Upper Right-hand Diamond&mdash;1. A letter. 2. An Anglo-Saxon money. 3. Small
+nails. 4. Coalesce. 5. A letter.</p>
+
+<p>Upper Left-hand Diamond&mdash;1. A letter. 2. A Roman deity. 3. A native of
+the West Indies. 4. Part of the body. 5. A letter.</p>
+
+<p>Lower Right-hand Diamond&mdash;1. A letter. 2. An animal. 3. A past
+participle. 4. A Chinese musical instrument. 5. A letter.</p>
+
+<p>Lower Left-hand Diamond&mdash;1. A letter. 2. A boy's name. 3. An alloy. 4. A
+tree. 5. A letter.</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Lodestar</span>.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<h3>ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 132.</h3>
+
+<h3>No. 1.</h3>
+
+<p class="center">Dub-lin.</p>
+
+<h3>No. 2.</h3>
+
+<p class="center">D-ur-a. P-aisle-y. V-eva-y. M-agent-a. S-ever-n. M-iser-y. L-adog-a.</p>
+
+<h3>No. 3.</h3>
+
+<p class="center">Diary.</p>
+
+<h3>No. 4.</h3>
+
+<p class="center">Helena. Charles. Red. Snake. Erie. Clinch. Charles Dickens.</p>
+
+<h3>No. 5.</h3>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="">
+<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center">U</td><td align="center">B</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">S</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center">U</td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">S</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="center">T</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">R</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center">U</td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">U</td><td align="center">L</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">R</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">R</td><td align="center">M</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">L</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">M</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">S</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">S</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">M</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">R</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<h3>No. 6.</h3>
+
+<p class="center">Lair&mdash;air. Clock&mdash;lock. Gas&mdash;as. Mill&mdash;ill. Man&mdash;an. Skate&mdash;Kate.
+Shot&mdash;hot. Sam&mdash;am. Sever&mdash;ever.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p class="center">The answer to the Rebus on page 432 (No. 131) is "A bird in the hand is
+worth two in the bush."</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>Correct answers to puzzles have been received from Maud Mary Chambers,
+George P. Taggart, John J. Widrig, Mabel Shelton, Eda L. Baldwin, Clara
+Blank, Sammie Bronson, Lulu Kirtland, Alice and Richard Tindall, "I.
+Scycle," A. Gertie Childs, F.&nbsp;F. Tonn, Leo Marks, Clinton Roe, Elsie O.&nbsp;R.,
+Edgar Seeman, A.&nbsp;E. Cressingham, William A. Lewis, Mabel and Annie
+Knight, Lizzie Maxwell, J.&nbsp;R. Blake, Jessie S. Godine, Albert Feibel,
+"Red Riding Hood," Florence Raymond, John Walter Bangs, Smith Tangiers,
+Arthur Comstock, and Lulu Brown.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p class="center">[<i>For Exchanges, see 2d and 3d pages of cover.</i>]</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_496" id="Page_496">[Pg 496]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 476px;">
+<img src="images/ill_010.jpg" width="476" height="700" alt="" />
+<span class="caption">SOME ANSWERS TO WIGGLE No. 26, OUR ARTIST'S IDEA, AND NEW WIGGLE, No. 27.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</p>
+
+<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3>
+
+<div class="footnote">
+
+<p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> Begun in No. 127, <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span>.</p></div></div>
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-[Illustration: HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE]
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-VOL. III.--NO. 135. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. PRICE FOUR
-CENTS.
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-Tuesday, May 30, 1882. Copyright, 1882, by HARPER & BROTHERS. $1.50 per
-Year, in Advance.
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-[Illustration: "BOW-WOW!"]
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-THE BIG BLAST AT THE STONE QUARRY.
-
-BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD.
-
-
-It was Friday afternoon, right in the middle of May, and it seemed as if
-the wide front door of Prome Centre Academy would never get through
-letting out just one more squad of boys or girls. It was quite the
-customary thing for Felix McCue to have to wait a little later than the
-rest.
-
-Miss Eccles was a faithful teacher, and she had often told Felix what an
-interest she took in him; but he could have heard it a great deal more
-thankfully at any other time than just after school, and when he knew
-the other boys were waiting for him. He knew they were, because he had
-showed them his slate in the arithmetic class, and they had read on it,
-in big letters, "Got something to tell you. Big."
-
-He had printed every word of it, and he was glad he had done so now, for
-if he had not he would have been all alone when he at last got outside
-of the great door. He did not do that, either, until Miss Eccles had
-looked him in the face for ten of the longest minutes, and talked to
-him, with a ruler in one hand and a book in the other.
-
-Felix had listened, and he had said "yessum," very respectfully, every
-time she mentioned George Washington or Benjamin Franklin, but for all
-that he was only three seconds in reaching the open air, after she said:
-
-"You may go now, Felix, but I hope you will bring no more bumble-bees
-into this school-room."
-
-"Yessum," and he was off so quickly that he did not hear Miss Eccles,
-who was trying hard not to laugh right out, and saying to herself:
-
-"The queer little rogue! To think of his telling me, 'Plaze, mum, thim
-bees knew just the wans to go for; ye cudn't have picked out betther
-b'ys to have 'em light on.' And what I'm to do with him puzzles me. He's
-one of the brightest boys in the whole school."
-
-At that moment Felix was walking away from the academy with a boy of
-about his own size on either side of him.
-
-"B'ys," he was saying, "did yez know me uncle Mike was boss at the
-shtone quarry?"
-
-"I did," said Bun Gates, on his left; and Rube Hollenhouser, on the
-right, inquired, almost anxiously, "Was that the big news you kept us
-waiting for?"
-
-"Was it that, indade? No; but he was along the green this very noon,
-while I was hidin' Pete Mather's hat in the big maple-tree, and he towld
-me if I wanted to see the biggest blast of rock that iver was touched
-off at wan firing, I'd betther be where I could see the shtone quarry a
-little before noon to-morrow."
-
-That was big enough news to satisfy anybody. The quarry was only a mile
-or so down the creek, and not a long distance from the bank. It had not
-been worked for some years, but Mr. Mike McCue was known to be a
-contractor for the new railroad, and Felix was his nephew. There was
-perfect confidence to be put, therefore, in the tidings; but Felix
-added:
-
-"He bid me not tell everybody, for they don't want a crowd around. I
-asked him wud it be safe on the wather, and he said, 'Yes, it wud, or in
-it, or undher it, or on the far side of it.' So that's the way we'd
-betther go."
-
-It was a trifle doubtful which of the ways suggested by his uncle was
-the one Felix recommended adopting, but Bun instantly exclaimed:
-
-"We can get old Harms's boat. He'll lend it to me any day. It'll hold
-half a dozen."
-
-"Kape shtill about it, thin. Mebbe Uncle Mike doesn't want to scare the
-village. He said they'd all hear it whin it kem."
-
-"Loud as that?" said Rube. "Are they going to blast the whole quarry at
-once?"
-
-"That's what I asked him, and he said, 'No; ownly the wist half of it.'
-It's the new powdher they're putting in. None of your common shooting
-powdher at all. It's a kind that bursts fifty times at wance."
-
-There was a touch of silence after that utterance, for there were
-strange stories in circulation as to the explosive power of the new
-invention the railroad men were using. Rube Hollenhouser had heard old
-Squire Cudworth say that a "hatful of it would blow up the Constitution
-of the United States"; and if that were true, what would not be the
-effects of a wagon-load or so touched off all at once upon the stone
-quarry?
-
-Bun and Rube were no sooner back from driving their cows that night than
-they both went over to the blacksmith's house, and secured the loan of
-his boat. Of course they told him what they wanted it for, and he said,
-instantly:
-
-"Is that so, boys? Tell you what I'll do. I'd like to see that blast.
-I'll go myself. Plenty of room in the boat."
-
-"What shall we do when we get to the mill-dam?" asked Bun. "The quarry's
-away below the pond."
-
-"We can get another boat below the dam. If we can't, we can haul mine
-around it in five minutes."
-
-The boys had been considering this problem at that very moment, but one
-look at Harms the blacksmith was enough to convince any one of his
-bodily ability to drag any boat on that creek around anything. He was
-tremendously large and strong, and curly-headed and good-natured.
-Everybody liked him, and he had more gray beard and mustache than any
-other man in Prome Centre.
-
-"It's all fixed, then," said Rube.
-
-"I told Deacon Chittenden about it when I drove his cows in for him, and
-he said right away that Katy and Bill could go. They won't take up any
-room."
-
-"Plenty of room. Let 'em come. I'd just like to see how far that new
-powder can blow a rock. Glad you told me. We'll start in good season to
-be there."
-
-So far everything had worked to a charm; but while Bun Gates told his
-mother at the supper table what was going to happen, his brother Jeff
-spoke right out, "Mother, may I go?"
-
-"Yes," said his mother.
-
-And Aunt Dorcas added at once, "Certainly, and Lois too. But, Almira,
-you or I, or both of us, had better go along to take care of them."
-
-Bun said something about the size of Harms's boat, but Aunt Dorcas
-silenced him with: "Don't I know how many she can carry? Besides, I'm
-bound to see that quarry blown up, just for this once."
-
-So Bun was put down; but when they all got out in front of the gate an
-hour or so after breakfast next morning, there was Rube Hollenhouser in
-front of his gate, and Felix McCue and little Biddy McCue were with him,
-and right across the street were Mrs. Chittenden and Katy Chittenden and
-Bill, and Bun said to himself, "If we had my speckled pig and
-Chittenden's brindled cow, and if Harms took his dog, the boat'd be
-'most full."
-
-Aunt Dorcas and Mrs. Chittenden began to think the party was growing
-pretty large, but there was no need of it; for when they reached the
-creek, near the bridge, there stood old Harms, and the first word he
-spoke was:
-
-"I kind o' guessed how it'd be. Mornin', ladies. Glad we've got a good
-load for both boats. You get in with me, and the boys can handle t'other
-one."
-
-It was just like Harms. In another minute he remarked: "Git in now, and
-we'll shove off."
-
-Aunt Dorcas was already in the very front seat of that boat, and Mrs.
-Chittenden was in the middle, trying to balance herself. She made
-William sit beside her, and they two made the boat look wider, there was
-so much extra room on that seat.
-
-The other boat, the one Harms had borrowed, was almost half a size
-larger, and it had a cargo this time; for Lois Gates and Katy Chittenden
-were on the front seat, and behind them were Felix and Biddy. Rube was
-on the rowing seat, and Bun and Jeff were in the stern.
-
-It was a grand ride down the creek, but when they came out on the
-mill-pond, Mrs. Chittenden exclaimed:
-
-"I'd no idea it was so wide. Dear me! If I had dreamed of any such risk
-as this, I'd never have come."
-
-"Nonsense!" said Aunt Dorcas. "If Mr. Harms's end of the boat keeps
-above water, all the rest will."
-
-"He's a very heavy man," sighed Mrs. Chittenden.
-
-So he was, and when they reached the drag way, around the mill-dam, and
-saw him put a roller on the grass and gravel, and drag those boats
-around, one after the other, on the roller, and put them in the water
-below, they understood that his weight counted for something.
-
-Three-quarters of a mile further down the creek; and now it grew wide
-and ran slowly, and seemed to have formed a habit of being generally
-deeper. The easterly bank sloped away from the water's edge, becoming
-higher and steeper the further they drifted down. It was Biddy McCue who
-first shouted:
-
-"Yon's the quarry. See the min on the ridge above? Uncle Mike said there
-might be less than a hundred of thim."
-
-It looked as if there were at least a score or two, and the bald,
-perpendicular front of the great limestone ledge was worth looking at
-for a moment.
-
-"Katy," said Lois, eagerly, "do you see the quarry? That's what they're
-going to blow away."
-
-"Dear me!" exclaimed Mrs. Chittenden. "Mr. Harms, is there any danger?"
-
-"Not unless there's an awful pile of that new powder behind those rocks.
-What they want to do is to tumble the upper front of the ledge over, so
-it'll fall into the quarry and they can get at it. I'd just like to see
-a rock like that come down, pretty nigh a hundred feet."
-
-"Uncle Mike," said Felix, "told us he'd blown up hapes of stone in his
-day, but he'd niver fired a blast like this wan."
-
-"Misther Harms, what wud become of us all if the powdher worruked the
-wrong way?"
-
-"What way would that be?" said Mr. Harms.
-
-"The other way. I mean, if instead of blowing out the front of the rock,
-it lift that all shtanding where it is, and blew out the country to the
-back of it?"
-
-Before the big blacksmith could answer this question, Aunt Dorcas, who
-had been looking at her watch, remarked:
-
-"Half-past eleven o'clock. If that thing's going to go off before
-dinner-time, it's got to go pretty soon."
-
-"Boys," shouted Rube, "see 'em run! There's only one left on the ridge."
-
-"That's me uncle Mike," said Felix, proudly. "He always touches off the
-big blasts himself, and thin there's no powdher wasted."
-
-"He's running too," said Bun. "He's afraid the new powder might get
-ahead of him."
-
-"Look now, all of you!" shouted Mr. Harms. "Biggest blast ever heard of
-around these parts."
-
-They hardly breathed for the next few seconds, but Aunt Dorcas had her
-watch in her hand, and she was just saying, "Half a minute," when a
-little puff of smoke and dust shot up at the top of the limestone ridge.
-It was followed by other little puffs--nobody could tell how many, for
-they were all smothered in a sudden cloud that arose for many feet. The
-broad front of stone leaned suddenly out, as if it wished to look down
-and see what was going on in the old quarry below. Then it lost its
-balance at the same instant, and toppled swiftly over. A huge, dull,
-booming report went out from the cloud of smoke and dust on the summit,
-and that was followed by another great burst of thunderous, crashing
-sound, as the masses of solid stone came down upon the rocky level
-below.
-
-It all went by before Aunt Dorcas could look at her watch, and she was
-just about to do so, when everybody else shouted "Oh!" and there was a
-loud splattering splash in the water between the two boats. The only
-"flying rock" sent out by the great blast had narrowly missed doing
-serious mischief. It had not been a very large one, but only one human
-being in either of those boats failed to dodge and lean the other way.
-That Mr. Harms did not dodge or lean accounted for the fact that his
-boat was only rocked to and fro a little, but for five minutes afterward
-Aunt Dorcas was compelled to scold those seven children for tipping
-their boat over, "without any kind of reason for it. The stone never
-came nigh you."
-
-Still it was a good thing that the water was only two feet deep, and
-that the weather was nice and warm.
-
-"B'ys," said Felix McCue, the moment he got his feet on the bottom, and
-stood up, dripping, and holding up Biddy, "did yez iver see a blast like
-that?"
-
-"Oh, Bun!" screamed Lois, "are there any more stones coming? Was it the
-blast that upset us?"
-
-"Mother! mother!" sputtered poor Katy Chittenden, "did it blow you over
-too?"
-
-"Rube," said Bun, "Jeff isn't scared a mite. Are you? I ain't."
-
-"Scared?--no," said Rube. "I wouldn't have missed it for anything, and
-all we've got's a ducking."
-
-The big blacksmith did a good deal toward restoring a comfortable state
-of mind all around; but he could not make out that the other boat-load
-were in a comfortable state of body; and so they set out for home. Long
-before they got there, however, Katy said to Lois,
-
-"If it wasn't for my new bonnet strings, I wouldn't care," and Lois
-replied:
-
-"Yes; but think how that rock looked when it let go and tumbled over. It
-was awful! I'm satisfied."
-
-
-
-
-HANDEL AND "THE MESSIAH."
-
-BY MRS. JOHN LILLIE.
-
-
-On February 23, 1685, there was born in Halle, Saxony, to an honest
-surgeon named Handel, a son, whom he christened George Frederick, and
-who was destined half a century later to become the first musician in
-the world.
-
-Little Handel's father abhorred music. As soon as the boy began to show
-an aptitude for it, his father took him away from school, for fear that
-some one would teach him his notes. Whether among teachers or scholars I
-don't know, but the boy found a friend who contrived to procure for him
-a little dumb spinet, and this he secreted in an attic, and learned not
-only his notes from it, but how to use his fingers in practicing. Still
-his father opposed him, and but for a certain visit he paid, his genius
-might have been long hidden in the dull house at Halle.
-
-The elder Handel was invited to visit his son who was in the service of
-the great Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and young George, knowing music was
-to be heard, if not easily learned, in that place, determined to go too.
-So he ran after his father's carriage so far that the parent's stern
-heart relented, and he was taken in.
-
-In the old castle at Weissenfels he quickly found out which of the
-inmates were musical, and soon made friends with them. One day, after
-the chapel service, he jumped on to the organ stool, and played in such
-an astonishing manner that the Duke, who was still lingering in the
-chapel, sent up to inquire who was playing. The boy and his indignant
-father were summoned: but the Duke's evident delight in the child's
-music softened old Handel's heart. He gave his consent to his son's
-musical education, and almost from that moment George Frederick Handel
-became known as a musician.
-
-[Illustration: GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL.]
-
-I can not tell you anything more of his childhood or youth but that he
-studied very hard, and that, like every true genius, he was humble while
-he was learning. We must skip over many years to the time when he went
-to England; for there he produced his greatest works, and to this day
-the English reverence him as their own.
-
-George I., King of England, you know, had been Elector of Hanover, and
-so he as well as his successor felt a strong interest in Handel. The
-latter went to England in 1710, and there he found that much attention
-was paid to Italian music. Operas were very fashionable. They were quite
-a novelty then. Fine ladies and gentlemen filled the opera-house. They
-crowded the greenrooms behind the scenes, and chatted and talked at the
-"wings," as if they were in a drawing-room. Fashion governed nearly
-everything, and so Handel, realizing this, set to work upon an opera. He
-wrote _Rinaldo_ in fourteen days, and it was produced at Drury Lane with
-a splendor that created great excitement throughout London. We never
-hear _Rinaldo_ now, but its airs are beautiful, and one of these,
-"Lascia ch'io Pianga," lingers in the heart of every one who hears it.
-
-Well, Handel began to teach the Prince of Wales's daughters, to write a
-great deal of music, and to be very much the fashion, and very famous.
-So he roused the jealousy of petty people, and, strange as it may seem,
-opinions differed to such an extent, and such a fuss was made, that
-society was divided into two factions. One party favored a distinguished
-musician named Buononcini, and the other Handel. The war raged, and
-during it a wit and poet named John Byrom wrote the following verse,
-which has since been famous:
-
-  "Some say, as compared to Buononcini,
-  That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny;
-  Others aver that he to Handel
-  Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.
-  Strange all this difference should be
-  'Twixt tweedledum and tweedledee."
-
-Handel's genius, however, was not to be suppressed by any such foolish
-contentions. He worked on as usual, and in 1749 produced the work with
-which his name is most associated, the oratorio of _The Messiah_.
-
-I do not think you can go into any part of England without finding
-people who love _The Messiah_. It used to seem to me it was the one work
-every one knew about. And it is well worthy of such general knowledge.
-In it are airs that must move every Christian heart. It seems to teach
-so many things--reverence, love, hope, and a glimpse of a heaven that
-has in it God's many mansions. When I hear it sung it always seems to me
-that the voices are those of the angels who sang on Bethlehem's plains,
-"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men."
-
-I want to tell you something about oratorios in general; that is, how
-they originated, and what they are as musical works. Oratorios, strictly
-speaking, are dramatic and musical compositions where the parts are sung
-without scenery or special costume, and they are on sacred subjects.
-
-Dramatic representations of sacred stories are as old as Christianity.
-In the Middle Ages they were very common. At times of public rejoicing
-they were given, or during any special season, like Advent or Lent, and
-so far were they recognized as part of public life that the government
-or special societies paid their expenses.
-
-These old performances were very roughly put on the stage, but gradually
-from them grew an idea of a distinctly musical and dramatic sacred work.
-In Germany, "Passion Music" was written. In Italy, it had long been
-thought of and given; finally, the oratorio as we have it now was
-developed by various great composers.
-
-Let us consider the oratorio for a moment as represented by Handel's
-_Messiah_. The most famous part perhaps is the "Hallelujah Chorus." Hear
-this sung by thousands: do you not thrill with joy and praise? As the
-music swells on, with its bursts of melodious exultation, we feel
-ourselves lifted away from everything common and base. Then take the
-sweeter and softer airs: "Behold the Lamb of God," "With His stripes we
-are healed," and then the great chorus, "For unto us a Child is born,"
-with the rush and sweep of the "Wonderful." Where do we seem to be? With
-the shepherds watching on that star-lit plain; with Mary at the cradle
-of her Divine Child; with the Wise Men offering up their gifts of
-frankincense and myrrh in that illumined stable. The light of God's
-glory dazzles us as we listen, and we can only echo in our humble
-hearts, with our heads bowed, that repeated joyous "Wonderful!"
-
-Now do you not think a musician who could make any Christian heart full
-of such reverence and love ought always to be honored? I like to think
-of Handel revered as he is now. His life was not happy in many ways.
-Many things troubled him. He used to sit hours playing on his organ, and
-I have no doubt trying to reconcile himself to the blindness which fast
-came upon him. He had many friends, but no family ties of his own. He
-wrote on unceasingly, and some other time I may tell you more of his
-work. Just now I have had space only to speak of his greatest oratorio.
-
-It was on April 6 that _The Messiah_ was given at Covent Garden, and
-Handel attended the performance. He came home to his house in Brook
-Street very weary, and there, eight days later, he died, April 14, 1759.
-His grave is in Westminster Abbey.
-
-
-
-
-MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER.[1]
-
-[1] Begun in No. 127, HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.
-
-BY JAMES OTIS,
-
-AUTHOR OR "TOBY TYLER," "TIM AND TIP," ETC.
-
-CHAPTER IX.
-
-MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER.
-
-
-It was so near the time for the circus to begin that Toby was obliged to
-hurry considerably in order to distribute among his friends the tickets
-the skeleton had given him, and he advised Abner to remain with Mrs.
-Treat while he did so, in order to escape the crowd, among which he
-might get injured.
-
-Then he gave his tickets to those boys who he knew had no money with
-which to buy any, and so generous was he that when he had finished he
-had none for himself and Abner.
-
-That he might not be able to witness the performance did not trouble him
-very greatly, although it would have been a disappointment not to see
-Ella ride; but he blamed himself very much because he had not saved a
-ticket for Abner, and he hurried to find Ben that he might arrange
-matters for him.
-
-The old driver was easily found, and still more easily persuaded to
-grant the favor which permitted Abner to view the wonderful sights
-beneath the almost enchanted canvas.
-
-From one menagerie wagon to another Toby led his friend as quickly as
-possible, until they stood in front of the monkeys' cage, where Mr.
-Stubbs's supposed brother was perched as high as possible, away from the
-common herd of monkeys, which chatted familiarly with every one who
-bribed them.
-
-Toby was in the highest degree excited; it seemed as if his pet that had
-been killed was again before him, and he crowded his way up to the bars
-of the cage, dragging Abner with him, until he was where he could have a
-full view of the noisy prisoners.
-
-Toby called to the monkey as he had been in the habit of calling to Mr.
-Stubbs, but now the fellow paid no attention to him whatever. There were
-so many spectators that he could not spend his time upon one unless he
-were to derive some benefit in return.
-
-Fortunately, so far as his happiness was concerned, Toby had the means
-of inducing the monkey to visit him, for in his pocket yet remained two
-of the doughnuts Mrs. Treat had almost forced upon him; and remembering
-how fond Mr. Stubbs had been of such sweet food, he held a piece out to
-the supposed brother.
-
-Almost instantly that monkey made up his mind that the freckle-faced boy
-with the doughnut was the one particular person whom he should be
-acquainted with, and he came down from his perch at a rapid rate. So
-long as Toby was willing to feed him with doughnuts he was willing to
-remain; but when his companions gathered around in such numbers that the
-supply of food was quickly exhausted, he went back to his lofty perch,
-much to the boy's regret.
-
-"He looks like Mr. Stubbs, an' he acts like him, an' it must be his
-brother sure," said Toby to himself as Abner hurried him away to look at
-the other curiosities. When he was at some distance from the cage he
-turned and said, "Good-by," as if he were speaking to his old pet.
-
-During the performance that afternoon Abner was in a delightful whirl of
-wonder and amazement; but Toby's attention was divided between what was
-going on in the ring and the thought of having Mr. Stubbs's brother all
-to himself as soon as the performance should be over.
-
-He did, however, watch the boy who sold pea-nuts and lemonade, but this
-one was much larger than himself, and looked rough enough to endure the
-hardships of such a life.
-
-Toby was also attentive when Ella was in the ring, and he was envied by
-all his acquaintances when she smiled as she passed the place where he
-was sitting.
-
-Abner would have been glad if the performance had been prolonged until
-midnight; but Toby, still thinking of Mr. Stubbs's brother, was pleased
-when it ended.
-
-He and Abner waited by the animals' cages until the crowd had again
-satisfied their curiosity; and as the last visitor was leaving the tent,
-old Ben came in, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Treat, both in exhibition
-costume.
-
-Toby was somewhat surprised at seeing them, for he knew their busiest
-time was just at the close of the circus, and while he was yet wondering
-at their coming, he saw Ella approaching from the direction of the
-dressing tent.
-
-He had not much time to spend in speculation, however, for Ben said, as
-he came up:
-
-"Now, Toby, you shall see Mr. Stubbs's brother, and talk to him just as
-long as you want to."
-
-The skeleton and his wife and Ella looked at each other and smiled in a
-queer way as Ben said this; but Toby was too much excited at the idea of
-having the monkey in his arms to pay any attention to what was going on
-around him.
-
-Ben, unlocking the door of the cage, succeeded after considerable
-trouble in catching the particular inmate he wanted, and handing him to
-Toby, said:
-
-"Now let's see if he knows you as well as Stubbs did."
-
-Toby took the monkey in his arms with a glad cry of delight, and fondled
-him as if he really were the pet he had lost.
-
-Whether it was because the animal knew that the boy was petting him, or
-because he had been treated harshly, and was willing to make friends
-with the first one who was kind to him, it is difficult to say. It is
-certain that as soon as he found himself in Toby's arms he nestled down
-with his face by the boy's neck, remaining there as contentedly as if
-the two had been friends for years.
-
-"There! don't you see he knows me?" cried the boy, in delight, and then
-he sat down upon the ground, caressing the animal, and whispering all
-sorts of loving words in his ear.
-
-"He does seem to act as if he had been introduced to you," said old Ben,
-with a chuckle. "It would be kinder nice if you could keep him, wouldn't
-it?"
-
-"'Deed it would," replied Toby, earnestly. "I'd give everything I've got
-if I could have him, for he does act so much like Mr. Stubbs, it seems
-as if it must be him."
-
-Then Ella whispered something to the old driver, the skeleton bestowed a
-very mysterious wink upon him, the fat woman nodded her head until her
-cheeks shook like two balls of very soft butter, and Abner looked
-curiously on, wondering what was the matter with Toby's friends.
-
-He soon found out what it was, however, for Ben, after indulging in one
-of his laughing spasms, asked:
-
-"Whose monkey is that you've got in your arms, Toby?"
-
-"Why, it belongs to the circus, don't it?" And the boy looked up in
-surprise.
-
-"No, it don't belong to the circus; it belongs to you--that's who owns
-it."
-
-"Me? Mine? Why, Ben--"
-
-Toby was so completely bewildered as to be unable to say a word, and
-just as he was beginning to think it some joke, Ben said:
-
-"The skeleton an' his wife, an' Ella an' I, bought that monkey this
-forenoon, an' we give him to you, so's you'll still be able to have a
-Mr. Stubbs in the family."
-
-[Illustration: "'OH, BEN!' WAS ALL TOBY COULD SAY."]
-
-"Oh, Ben!" was all Toby could say. With the monkey tightly clasped in
-his arms, he took the old driver by the hand; but just then the skeleton
-stepped forward, holding something which glistened.
-
-"Mr. Tyler," he said, in his usual speech-making style, "when our friend
-Ben told us this morning about your having discovered Mr. Stubbs's
-brother, we sent out and got this collar for the monkey, and we take the
-greatest possible pride in presenting it to you; although, if it had
-been something that my Lilly could have made with her own fair fingers,
-I should have liked it better."
-
-As he ceased speaking, he handed Toby a very pretty little dog-collar,
-on the silver plate of which was inscribed:
-
-MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER,
-
-PRESENTED TO
-
-TOBY TYLER
-
-BY
-
-THE SKELETON, THE FAT WOMAN,
-
-OLD BEN, LITTLE ELLA.
-
-Toby took the collar, and as he fastened it on the monkey's neck, he
-said, in a voice that trembled considerably with emotion:
-
-"You've all of you been awful good to me, an' I don't know what to say
-so's you'll know how much I thank you. It seems as if ever since I
-started with the circus you've all tried to see how good you could be;
-an' now you've given me this monkey that I wanted so much. Some time,
-when I'm a man, I'll show you how much I think of all you've done for
-me."
-
-The tears of gratitude that were gathering in Toby's eyes prevented him
-from saying anything more, and then Mrs. Treat and Ella both kissed,
-him, while Ben said, in a gruff tone:
-
-"Now carry the monkey home, an' get your supper, for you'll want to come
-down here this evening, an' you won't have time if you don't go now."
-
-Ella, after making Toby promise that he would see her again that night,
-went with Mr. and Mrs. Treat, while old Ben, as if afraid he might
-receive more thanks, walked quickly away toward the dressing-rooms, and
-there was nothing else for Toby and Abner to do but go home.
-
-It surely seemed as if every boy in the village knew that Toby Tyler had
-remained in the tent after the circus was over, and almost all of them
-were waiting around the entrance when the two boys came out with the
-monkey.
-
-If Toby had staid there until each one of his friends had looked at and
-handled the monkey as much as he wanted to, he and Abner would have
-remained until morning, and Mr. Stubbs's brother would have been made
-very ill-natured.
-
-He waited until his friends had each looked at the monkey, and then he
-and Abner started home, escorted by nearly all the boys in town.
-
-The partners in the amateur circus scheme were nearly as wild with joy
-as Toby was, for now their enterprise seemed an assured success, since
-they had two real ponies and a live monkey to begin with. They seemed to
-consider it their right to go to Uncle Daniel's with Toby; and when the
-party reached the corner that marked the centre of the village, they
-decided that the others of the escort should go no farther--a decision
-which relieved Toby of an inconvenient number of friends.
-
-As it was, the party was quite large enough to give Aunt Olive some
-uneasiness lest they should track dirt in upon her clean kitchen floor,
-and she insisted that both the boys and the monkey should remain in the
-yard.
-
-Toby had an idea that Mr. Stubbs's brother would be treated as one of
-the family; and had any one hinted that the monkey would not be allowed
-to share his bed and eat at the same table with him, he would have
-resented it strongly.
-
-But Uncle Daniel soon convinced him that the proper place for his pet
-was in the wood-shed, where he could be chained to keep him out of
-mischief, and Mr. Stubbs's brother was soon safely secured in as snug a
-place as a monkey could ask for.
-
-Not until this was done did the partners return to their homes, or the
-centre of attraction, the tenting grounds, nor did Toby find time to get
-his supper and go for the cows.
-
-Not once during the afternoon had Toby said anything to Abner of the
-good fortune that might come to him through old Ben; but when he got
-back from the pasture and met Uncle Daniel in the barn, he told him what
-the old driver had said about Abner.
-
-"Are you sure you heard him rightly, Toby, boy?" asked the old
-gentleman, pushing his glasses up on his forehead, as he always did when
-he was surprised or perplexed.
-
-"I know he said that; but it seems as if it was too good to be true,
-don't it?"
-
-"The Lord's ways are not our ways, my boy, and if He sees fit to work
-some good to the poor cripple, He can do it as well through a circus
-driver as through one of His elect," said Uncle Daniel, reverentially,
-and then he set about milking the cows in such an absent-minded way that
-he worried old Short-horn until she kicked the pail over when it was
-nearly half full.
-
-[TO BE CONTINUED.]
-
-
-
-
-THE LITTLE GREEN BEDS.
-
-BY MRS. M. E. SANGSTER.
-
-
-  There are little green beds in many a row
-  On our hill-sides fair and our valleys low,
-  And lying still in their hollows deep,
-  The gallant soldiers are fast asleep.
-  Oh, gently we tread when we pass a mound
-  Which under the flag is holy ground.
-
-  And over our country here and there
-  Those little green beds grow bright and fair
-  When the May flowers drop in the lap of June,
-  And sweet in the pastures the wild bees croon.
-  With banner and bugle and beat of drum,
-  To honor the brave, then the people come.
-
-  They come with the roses red and white,
-  And the starry lilies as pure as light;
-  They scatter the blossoms everywhere,
-  And the perfume thrills on the sighing air
-  As they wreathe with beauty each lowly mound
-  That under the flag is holy ground.
-
-  O children, glad as the summer skies,
-  With your dancing dimples and laughing eyes,
-  Little you dream of the wild work done
-  Ere the soldiers' rest in these beds was won;
-  And you only know that here brave ones lie
-  Sleeping so soundly as years go by.
-
-  Nothing they heed of the work or play
-  Of the busy world in the merry May.
-  Though life was sweet to the hero band,
-  They died for love of our native land;
-  And so we garland each lowly mound
-  That under the flag is holy ground.
-
-
-
-
-MY FIRST KANGAROO HUNT.
-
-BY MRS. J. C. GIFFORD.
-
-
-My husband and I were staying at a country house sixteen miles from
-Champion Bay, quite in the "bush," and miles away from any one. Our host
-was an influential person, and the owner of one of the largest stock
-farms on the great continent of Australia.
-
-Everything was arranged for the hunt the day before, Mr. B---- having
-selected and had brought in from the bush those horses which he thought
-most suitable. The luncheon was all packed up overnight, and sent to the
-hunting ground at four o'clock in the morning, accompanied by a barrel
-of water, a luxury unattainable in the country we were bound for.
-
-When we rose in the morning we saw from our windows some of the
-gentlemen already starting, and about an hour afterward the carriage
-which was to convey our party of five to the meet was brought round to
-the door.
-
-After we had driven about nine miles we came to a hollow, where we found
-our horses waiting. Mine was a very neat gray, full of spirit, but very
-good-tempered, while my husband's mount was a pretty bay mare, very
-fast, which pulled considerably. We set off, each of us armed with
-boomerangs, or heavy curved sticks from eighteen inches to two feet in
-length. Our horses were excited, but we had to ride along as quietly as
-possible, for fear we should start a kangaroo and let it get away too
-far ahead.
-
-We had not long to wait before a beautiful "flying doe" got up about
-three-quarters of a mile in front of us, when every one let his horse go
-as hard as he could, until the pace became tremendous, the horses having
-to jump all the bushes they came to.
-
-After we had galloped for several miles, the country became rough and
-thickly grown with black-boys--a species of palm-tree, so called from
-its black stem. Unfortunately, my husband, in avoiding a collision with
-a lady, managed to come up against one of them, and it being strong, did
-not give with the weight of the horse, and knocked him out of the
-saddle. For a moment I was rather frightened, but as he called to me
-that he was all right, and told me to go on, I did so. He soon got his
-horse back, and came after us as quickly as possible.
-
-Of course this little episode rather threw me out of the hunt, and in
-the distance I saw Miss L---- going a good pace with the kangaroo close
-ahead of her. She rode very well, and never once left it. After a while
-I found myself pretty close to it, and by this time our horses were
-getting a little bit used up. It seemed a long time before the kangaroo
-was knocked over. As soon as one of us got alongside of it, it doubled,
-and then the work of getting sufficiently near to upset it had to begin
-again. The pace they go is almost incredible, especially that of a
-"flying doe," and before one is accustomed to it their hopping has a
-peculiar effect. Each spring they give, their tails beat the ground as
-if worked by machinery. Mr. B---- eventually knocked over the "flying
-doe" at Miss L----'s request, she being uncertain how it ought to be
-done. I am glad to say it was not killed, but "ear-marked," and let go.
-
-We gave our horses a little rest, and then started off again. Luckily
-the day was cloudy, or the heat on the sand plains would have been
-unbearable. This time again we were most fortunate, and soon saw a very
-big kangaroo going away ahead of us. After a short time we came to a bit
-of thick bush which the kangaroo made for. If not excited, one would
-think twice about going straight into it. However, I saw two bush-riders
-go at it, so thought I would try too, much to their amusement, and I was
-rewarded. Just in the middle the kangaroo doubled, and being then quite
-close to him, I had all the fun to myself, and Bismarck--my
-horse--entered into it perfectly.
-
-Crash we went through the bush regardless of the possibility of eyes
-being poked out by boughs, and our faces being scratched all over. In
-fact, I found the only thing to do was to sit tight, keep my head down,
-and let the horse go. He followed the kangaroo until we found ourselves
-in the open again. Then we came alongside of him in a canter, as he was
-getting tired, so I got Bismarck very close, and knocked him down. I
-then thought he would give us no more trouble, but much to my surprise,
-when pulling up the horse, I saw him get up and begin to go off. I was
-determined he should not get away, so our chase began again. We soon
-were together, and I made Bismarck keep a little bit ahead of him,
-waiting for our opportunity to upset him. He was actually hopping along
-under my feet, and I knocked his head with my foot. He tore my habit by
-putting one of his paws through it, and scratched one of Bismarck's
-fore-legs in trying to cross him. This he was not quick enough in doing,
-and was soon down on the ground. The actual run was, I believe, only two
-miles. The kangaroo was afterward killed, and his paws cut off for me as
-a remembrance of my first hunt, but in drying they were spoiled, and I
-never got them. His tail was taken home to be made into soup, which is
-most excellent.
-
-After luncheon the gentlemen went off to find another kangaroo if
-possible. They were all on foot, except my husband and Mr. B----'s
-nephew. However, they soon found a fine one, and four of them carried it
-in to us alive. They tied a rope round it, and fastened it to a tree. At
-first the animal tried hard to get away, but finding it useless,
-remained very still. We had a few dogs out with us, but they are not
-required if there are a good many people mounted. Of course, to any one
-hunting by himself, they would be a necessity. Just before our start
-homeward it was proposed to let the kangaroo go, and with some
-difficulty they managed to untie the rope. The kangaroo being at bay, it
-stood upon its hind-legs, with its back to a tree, and kept striking out
-with its paws. It really was a piteous sight, standing there with its
-big brown eyes, and it did not seem to realize it was free, although the
-dogs barked and people shouted to make it move.
-
-At last it went off, and I longed for it to get away; but before going
-any distance it stood up again, with the dogs round it, and the poor
-brave kangaroo was soon dragged by them to the ground. It seemed quite a
-melancholy ending to our day.
-
-
-
-
-[Illustration: "JUST ONE LOCK OF HAIR."]
-
-JUST ONE LOCK OF HAIR.
-
-
-  "You see, mamma dear, Charley asked
-    For just one lock of hair;
-  I thought I'd cut it off myself,
-    I knew you would not care.
-
-  "Please now, mamma, don't look so grave,
-    The piece is very small;
-  And, see--I cut it off just where
-    It doesn't show at all."
-
-
-
-
-OILING THE WAVES.
-
-
-We have all heard of pouring oil on the waters, but most of us have
-supposed that the phrase meant only the soothing of angry people by
-gentle words, and that it was what the grammars call a figurative
-expression.
-
-But sailors and fishermen have often tried the experiment of sprinkling
-oil upon stormy waves with great success. The oil when dropped upon the
-billows spreads over their surfaces, forming a fine film, and smoothing
-a safe path for ships that would otherwise be in danger.
-
-Many curious instances of this are given by the captains of whalers and
-merchant ships. The master of the _Gem_, a British brigantine, bound
-from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Bristol, encountered a hurricane,
-which blew frightfully for thirty-six hours. The vessel was in the
-utmost peril, when the captain remembered to have read an article on the
-use of oil at sea. He at once poured a quantity into a canvas bag, and
-fastened it to a rope six fathoms long, trailed it to windward of the
-ship, and the oil leaked out, and made smooth water around the vessel.
-
-In September, 1846, a terrific gale of wind lashed the Atlantic to fury,
-and a little fishing-boat was seen tearing her way through the white
-waves to the coast of Sable Island. Watchers on the shore saw two men on
-board throwing something at intervals into the air.
-
-When the boat arrived on shore, as she did in safety, with all her crew,
-it was found that the captain had stationed two men near the
-fore-shrouds, where he had lashed two casks of oil. Each man was armed
-with a wooden ladle two feet long, with which he dipped up the blubber
-and oil, and threw it as high as he could into the sea. The wind carried
-it to leeward, and as it spread far over the water, though the waves
-rose very high, they did not break. The little _Arno_ rode into Sable
-Island, leaving a shining path in her wake.
-
-The way in which the oil is used by those who wish to preserve their
-boats from wreck is very simple.
-
-The _King Cenric_, for instance, a sailing ship bound from Bombay to
-Liverpool, with coal, was caught in a heavy gale, which lasted five
-days. Her officers filled two canvas clothes-bags with oil, and made two
-or three small holes in each. The bags were then towed along by the
-ship.
-
-Our own Dr. Franklin, who always used his eyes, tried the experiment of
-calming rough water by oil in the harbors of Newport and Portsmouth. He
-had observed the serenity of the waves around the whaling ships, and he
-said that even a tea-spoonful of oil produced a wonderful effect.
-
-Mr. John Shields, of Perth, Scotland, has been trying the experiment on
-a grand scale in Peterhead North Harbor. His apparatus carries twelve
-hundred feet of piping into deep water two hundred yards seaward of the
-bar. There are three conical valves, fixed seventy-five feet apart, at
-the sea end of the pipe, and when the pipes are charged with oil, by
-means of a force-pump in a hut on shore, the oil escapes so rapidly that
-the wildest waves become gentle ripples.
-
-Mr. Shields has been improving and testing his invention for two years,
-and expects by means of it to make the dangerous harbor of Peterhead
-entirely safe, however furious the weather.
-
-
-
-
-[Illustration: IN THE HALLS OF HIS ANCESTORS.]
-
-
-
-
-PHOTOGRAPHY AND WORK.
-
-BY ALLAN FORMAN.
-
-
-Amateur photography is getting to be exceedingly popular. The price of
-outfits is so low that they are within reach of all, and from what we
-hear it would seem that a goodly number of the readers of YOUNG PEOPLE
-are engaging in it. A few words therefore on the subject from one who
-has been through the first few months of enthusiasm and disappointment
-which succeed the purchase of an instrument may be of service to those
-who have embarked on the ocean of amateur photography.
-
-Of course you will use the dry plates. I say of course, because for the
-amateur they are cheaper, more convenient, produce better results, and
-afford a wider latitude of subject than the wet plates. We will suppose,
-then, that you have provided yourself with a good camera and lens,
-chemicals, plates, baths, and all that go to make a complete outfit.
-
-Your first trouble will be with your dark room. It must be _absolutely_
-dark; the faintest ray of white light will destroy the most perfectly
-timed picture. Any closet will do, so long as you can have perfect
-darkness and room to work. The most luxurious dark room I ever saw was
-ten feet square, provided with hot and cold water, and lighted by two
-large windows with panes of ruby glass. The gold-colored glass looks the
-same, but is worthless for photographic purposes. On the other hand, I
-have worked in a closet two feet deep, by the dim light of a single ruby
-lamp. But in photography as in everything else the "golden mean" is
-preferable.
-
-If kept in a perfectly dark box, the dry plates need not be developed
-for months. Travellers often change plates, and even develop and fix
-them, at night, in their rooms, by the aid of a ruby lantern. As the
-changing of plates is an operation which consumes but little time, this
-may be done with safety, but we would recommend the young photographer
-to make use of his dark room for the process of developing.
-
-Besides the pans, or baths as they are called, for the chemicals, you
-must have in the dark room a supply of clear water, and a vessel in
-which to throw it after it has been used. Dry plates require frequent
-washing, as we shall see further on. Your dark room must be, then, of
-moderate size, free from white light, provided with clean water, and
-free from dust. If it is dusty, you will have minute specks on the
-picture. The plates must be kept in this room, and must be transferred
-to and from the plate-holders here.
-
-Next comes the business of mixing the chemicals. There are several
-different formulas for the development of dry plates, but I have found
-the ferrous-oxalate developer to be the simplest and best. The most
-convenient way to prepare the solutions is to take two common glass
-preserve jars, put in about a quarter of a pound of neutral oxalate of
-potash in one, and about the same amount of protosulphate of iron in the
-other; then pour on warm water, and let the crystals dissolve.
-
-It makes no difference how much water you put in; the object is to get a
-"saturated" solution; that is, a solution in which the water has
-absorbed all the chemical matter it can take up. After the chemicals
-have had time to dissolve--say fifteen or twenty minutes--filter the
-solutions into separate bottles, and cork them tightly, to keep out the
-dust. Always filter all your solutions before using them; even filter
-the water if it is not perfectly clear. Cleanliness is a prime necessity
-in photography, and the amateur can not be too careful.
-
-Now comes the "fixing" solution, which is made by dissolving four ounces
-of hyposulphite of soda in twenty ounces of water. Filter into a bottle,
-and cork it until used. Make at the same time a saturated solution of
-common alum, and use it for washing the plates after taking them out of
-the developer, and before fixing. Directions are given by many involving
-the use of cyanide of potassium, tartaric acid, bromide of ammonia, and
-the like; but it is better for the beginner to use as few chemicals as
-possible. More pictures are spoiled than saved by inexperienced
-doctoring.
-
-After your chemicals are all prepared, put a plate in your holder, or
-wooden box with slides, one or more of which accompany every outfit.
-Focus your camera on some object; a row of buildings, the side of a
-house, or a board fence is preferable for this experiment. Take off the
-cap, and pull the slide about half of the way out. Expose about six
-seconds, and pull out the slide the rest of the way. Expose this six
-seconds again, and replace the slide. You now have two exposures, of six
-and twelve seconds respectively, on the same plate. This is for timing
-the lens. It is impossible to give any definite rules for the time of an
-exposure; experience must teach this.
-
-In a gallery where the surroundings are the same and the light varies
-but little, it is comparatively easy to determine how long a plate
-should be exposed in the camera. But in out-of-door work the amateur
-must take into consideration the state of the weather and the
-atmosphere, the presence or absence of reflecting surfaces, such as a
-stretch of sand-beach, a sheet of water, or the proximity of a
-light-colored building, and time the plate accordingly.
-
-After you have taken the test-plate, return to your dark room, and pour
-into the bath four ounces of neutral oxalate, and mix with it one ounce
-of iron solution. Take the plate from the holder, wash it in cold water,
-and drop it into the mixture. The image will begin to appear in from
-three to five minutes. After it has become clearly defined, wash it
-again in cold water, and put it in the alum solution for a few minutes.
-Another washing, and it is ready for the fixing solution, which will
-keep the picture from turning black, as it would otherwise do, if
-exposed to the light.
-
-Let it remain in the fixing solution until the white film has
-disappeared. Then wash it in water, and you have your negative. Now
-examine this carefully, and see whether the six-second or the
-twelve-second exposure is the best. After a few experiments you will be
-able to judge pretty accurately how long to expose a plate.
-
-It would be impossible to enumerate the mistakes which a young
-photographer will make. The only way is to profit by them, and not make
-the same one a second time. Many boys who get a photographic outfit are
-disgusted with it, after one or two trials, because they can not make as
-good a picture as a professional photographer. The principal causes of
-failure can, however, be enumerated as follows:
-
-1. Imperfectly darkened operating-room, which will make the picture dim
-or "foggy."
-
-2. Dust in the dark room, unfiltered chemicals or washing water, which
-will make pinholes in the negative.
-
-3. Over or under exposure, which will either make the negative too black
-or too thin to print successfully. This last, however, is excusable in
-the young beginner.
-
-Finally, boys are apt to be careless. A crack in the door of the
-operating-room, a bottle left uncorked to collect the dust, dirt or dust
-on the hands, a little more of this solution or a little less of that,
-they think would make no difference. Photography requires accuracy and
-cleanliness, and no one can hope to take a satisfactory picture unless
-he will cultivate these qualities.
-
-If any boy or girl--and girls, as a general rule, make better amateur
-photographers than boys--thinks to learn amateur photography for "fun,"
-I should say to him or her, emphatically, Don't. But to any one who has
-a sincere love for the beautiful in nature, and who is willing to _work_
-to obtain lasting mementos of the scenes which are dear to him, a
-photographic outfit may become a source of never-ending pleasure.
-
-
-
-
-WHAT A GEORGIA BOY FOUND WHILE FISHING.
-
-
-One day several years ago a Georgia boy went fishing. He started for a
-creek that ran not far from his home; but as he knew there were few fish
-in it except small cat-fish, he probably did not expect to return with a
-very well-filled basket. Most boys, however, know how to get a good deal
-of pleasure out of a day's fishing, even if the fish are small and bite
-slowly.
-
-Taking his lines and hooks, this Georgia boy went to the creek, and
-there sat down to dig for bait with his pocket-knife. In digging, he
-turned up a curious and pretty pebble which attracted his attention.
-Wiping the earth from it, he found it to be semi-transparent, and about
-the color of the flame of a wood fire. As he turned it around, it
-reflected the light in a peculiar way which interested the boy, and so,
-instead of throwing the pebble away, he put it into his pocket.
-
-As he had never seen a stone of the kind, he showed it to a good many
-persons as a curiosity in a small way, and after a while he came to
-value it about as a boy values a marble of the kind called real agate.
-
-On one occasion he showed his pretty stone to a visitor from Cincinnati,
-who seemed even more interested in it than others had been. This
-gentleman examined the pebble again and again, and finally asked
-permission to take it to Cincinnati with him to show to some one there.
-Not long afterward the gentleman returned, and told the lad that his
-"pretty stone" was worth a good many thousands of dollars. It was, in
-fact, what is called a fire opal, a very precious stone, specimens of
-which are so very scarce and costly that jewellers can not afford to
-make use of them. The few that have been found since Humboldt carried
-specimens to Europe have been eagerly bought at enormous prices for the
-great museums.
-
-When the parents of the Georgia boy learned the nature and value of his
-discovery they had the stone sent to Europe, and sold to advantage. The
-sum received for it was quite a little fortune.
-
-I have never heard how many fish the boy caught, but I am very sure that
-he can not complain of his luck on that day.
-
-Since that time a good many opals have been found in the region in which
-the boy dug for bait, and among them one or two small fire opals, but
-none equal in value to his. Some efforts have been made to search the
-region thoroughly, and to work it as an opal mine. There is a great
-difference in opals, but when they are really beautiful their value is
-very large. For an opal in the museum at Venice $250,000 was offered
-without success. Marc Antony is said to have sent a Roman Senator into
-exile because he would not sell him an opal ring for which he had paid
-nearly a million of dollars.
-
-
-
-
-"POPSEY."
-
-BY MATTHEW WHITE, JUN.
-
-
-This was the name Walter Radlow's father had requested should be given
-the gray donkey which he presented to his son on the latter's thirteenth
-birthday.
-
-"You see, I was at my wits' end what to buy," he afterward explained;
-"for a dozen birthdays, to say nothing of as many Christmases, had about
-exhausted my genius for discovering something new, and I was beginning
-to think I'd have to start all over again with a rattle, when the idea
-of a donkey and cart popped into my head."
-
-So Popsey was the donkey, and the donkey was Walter's, and--such a
-donkey! Not one of your meek, spiritless animals, "warranted gentle with
-ladies and children," that you must beat to make go, and simply cease
-beating to stop.
-
-Ah, no; Popsey, though not wild or vicious, was full of life, which was
-just what Walter delighted in; and as Mrs. Radlow had satisfied herself
-that the beast was really too small to do any serious damage, she ceased
-to worry about his "playfulness."
-
-But it was not long before Popsey became so attached to his young master
-that it was thought perfectly safe to allow two-year-old Amy the
-privilege of a ride now and then, from which she returned in a very
-mixed state of mind as to whether she wanted to tell papa about Popsey,
-or Popsey about papa.
-
-One Saturday, about three months after Popsey's advent, Walter's cousins
-came over from Wallingville to make him a visit. They were the children
-of Mr. Radlow's only brother, and Helen was fourteen, May twelve, and
-Jack ten.
-
-They arrived about nine in the morning, to find Walter just recovering
-from an attack of rheumatism, and suffering from such a raging toothache
-that he could scarcely bear to speak.
-
-"But don't mind me," he said, as they all gathered about him to condole
-and bemoan. "When you come from town to the country for the first time
-in years, and for such a short stay, too, you mustn't stick in the house
-just because a chap can't go round with you to-- Oh!" and poor Walter
-suddenly dashed his head down against the hop pillow on the lounge,
-while the girls sympathetically exclaimed, "Too bad!" and Jack looked as
-if he was afraid it might be "catching."
-
-But in a moment or two Walter bobbed up again to say, "There's the
-croquet set and archery, tennis and--Popsey."
-
-"Oh yes; that's the donkey, you know," eagerly interrupted Jack. "And,
-oh, Walter, did you say we might drive him?"
-
-"Of course. I guess Helen can manage the fellow. And, by-the-way, you
-might take the cart and drive over to the Hillwins'. Fred's got a prime
-book about middies I've wanted to read ever since Christmas, and if
-you'll borrow it for me, I think it'll make me forget this--" And the
-boy expressively ended his sentence by another plunge into the depths of
-his hop pillow.
-
-When the plan was first mentioned to her, Mrs. Radlow was inclined to
-doubt Helen's ability to deal with Popsey's peculiarities. Though docile
-enough with Walter, he might prove troublesome to a stranger.
-
-"But, Aunt Jennie, don't you remember how I drove when we were all up in
-the mountains one summer? And, besides, you know you wrote to mamma that
-Popsey was so small that you never worried about the children being out
-with him."
-
-As this last argument of Helen's could not very well be answered, the
-coachman was ordered to harness up.
-
-When the cart was brought to the door, and the three visitors prepared
-to crowd themselves into it, a great outcry was made by Amy, who
-shouted, "Me too! me too!" so often and so shrilly that, for the sake of
-securing quiet in the house for Walter, Mrs. Radlow at last consented to
-let her go.
-
-"I'll hold her on my lap just as tight," pleaded May, "and Jack can
-stand up behind."
-
-And so it was arranged, and Amy's face, which had been all drawn down
-for a good cry, wrinkled up into a laugh instead.
-
-Then Popsey was petted and patted, endearingly addressed as "Good
-donkey," and called upon times innumerable to "whoa" when he had not
-thought of stirring, after which preliminaries the girls got in, Amy was
-handed over to them, and Jack climbed up behind.
-
-"Drive around to the front lawn, so Walter can see you," said Mrs.
-Radlow, when all was ready for a start, whereupon Helen chirped to her
-steed, and guided him over the grass opposite the second-story window,
-at which appeared a black head and white pillow, one of which was nodded
-gayly, and the other waved on high, the two to be suddenly clapped
-together again in a fashion, that caused Helen to give Popsey a touch of
-the whip, and speed off after the "prime book about middies."
-
-[Illustration: "'ISN'T HE JUST TOO CUNNING!'"]
-
-"Oh, isn't he just too cunning!" exclaimed May, as the little donkey
-trotted along, with his big load, as steadily as a family horse.
-
-Amy crowed with delight; Helen made a great show of flourishing her whip
-(taking good care, however, to keep it out of range of Popsey's long
-ears), while Jack pranced about behind in genuine boyish joy. The road
-was easy enough to follow, and inside of three-quarters of an hour Helen
-drew up before the Hillwins' gate. Their house was the only one within
-sight, and just beyond it two or three roads crossed one another in
-quite a confusing manner.
-
-"It's lucky we haven't any further to go, Helen," remarked May, as she
-noted the latter fact, "for we'd surely become mixed, and-- But I
-declare, if Amy isn't fast asleep in my arms! Poor dear, the ride's been
-too long for her, I guess. You go in, Helen, and I'll sit perfectly
-still so as not to wake her. Don't be long, though."
-
-Jack was already out and standing at Popsey's head, but no sooner had
-her elder sister vanished from sight under the long grape arbor that led
-to the house, than May suddenly discovered that she was terribly
-thirsty.
-
-"Oh, Jack," she cried, "I must go in and get a drink; but I don't want
-to wake baby, and make her cross, perhaps; so I'll just put her down
-here in the bottom of the cart on the seat cushion. I'll be back in a
-minute or two; but mind, keep a tight hold on the donkey, and if Amy
-wakes up, talk to her till I come."
-
-Jack answered "All right," May jumped down to hurry off after Helen, and
-then there was no sound to break the country stillness but the autumn
-wind, as it whirled the dead leaves to the ground, and the rumble of a
-train as it rushed along the track down by the river.
-
-As it happened, Fred Hillwin was not at home, or he most certainly would
-have come out to inspect Popsey and keep Jack company. As for Fanny, she
-was so overjoyed at the unexpected call from her old school friends,
-that for about five minutes she could do nothing but give expression to
-her delight. Then the book Walter wanted had to be hunted up, all of
-which together consumed a good deal of time, the delay seeming
-especially prolonged to Jack, who soon grew tired of gazing at the top
-of baby's cap between Popsey's ears, and longed for some more exciting
-occupation. The donkey stood as if glued to the spot, and Amy slept on
-as peacefully as if in her little crib at home.
-
-Suddenly the noon-day quiet was broken in upon by the blast of a horn,
-accompanied by the quick trot of horses' feet.
-
-"A circus, perhaps!" exclaimed Jack; but, alas! whatever it was, nothing
-could be seen from where he stood, for the sound came from the turnpike
-just beyond the cross-roads before mentioned.
-
-"Oh, how I would like to see what it is!" sighed the boy. Then he
-quickly measured with his eye the distance he would have to run, saw
-that Popsey seemed perfectly stationary, and with a sudden impulse
-dashed off to the corner, arriving just in time to behold a four-in-hand
-coach rush by like the wind.
-
-It had scarcely passed him, however, when it stopped with an abruptness
-that threatened to pitch the passengers on ahead of it.
-
-"What can be the matter?" thought Jack, and with all a boy's curiosity
-he ran on down the road to find out.
-
-It seemed that one of the "leaders" had stumbled and fallen, and
-consequently been stepped on by the "wheelers," which resulted in such
-an entanglement of horses and harness as Jack had never seen before.
-
-With wide-open eyes he looked on at the efforts of the gentlemen to
-straighten things out, and was about to ask if he could help them, when
-suddenly, with a cry of "Oh, Popsey--and the baby!" he tore back to the
-Hillwins' gate, and found the donkey-cart--gone.
-
-With a terrible fear in his heart, the thoughtless boy gave one
-despairing look around him, and then started off on a run, in the
-direction in which Popsey had been headed, after a black speck just
-visible in the distance.
-
-Two minutes later Helen and May came hurrying down the long walk through
-the garden, provoked with themselves at having staid so long.
-
-"I do hope Amy hasn't waked up," said May; "but I told Jack in case she
-should-- Why, where are they?"
-
-"Perhaps Jack's driven down the road a little," suggested Helen.
-
-But a hurried glance in both directions soon convinced the girls that
-the donkey-cart was nowhere near, and they were both beginning to feel a
-dread of they knew not what, when all at once May exclaimed, "Oh, Helen,
-look! here comes Jack now, and _without Popsey_!"
-
-In great excitement the sisters ran to meet him, and imagine their
-horror when, with a voice all broken with sobs, he cried: "Oh! oh! it
-was only a--a peddler's wagon, and I ran nearly a mile to catch it,
-and--and now I don't know where to look, because Popsey's run off with
-the baby!"
-
-Terrified beyond description at the thought of the danger that
-threatened their aunt's pet, who had been so reluctantly committed to
-their charge, the girls commanded Jack to tell them instantly just how
-it had all happened, which he did with teeth-chattering from fright,
-and repeated assertions that he had believed Popsey was asleep.
-
-"But didn't I tell you not to stir?--and oh, Helen, it's partly my fault
-too, for if I hadn't been so foolish as to leave Amy, she--" Here May
-broke down completely, and leaving her and Jack in tears together, Helen
-flew back to the house, and soon returned with Mrs. Hillwin, Fanny, the
-maid, and the cook. Then she pointed out the three roads it was possible
-the donkey had taken, and burst out crying herself.
-
-"An' shure, miss, don't give way so," said the cook, cheeringly, "but
-jist take yer stand at the cross-roads beyant, an' ask ivery person that
-comes along--an' precious few do it be in this wild region, bad luck to
-it!--ef they're afther seein' a donkey runnin' off wid a baby."
-
-This sensible suggestion was at once acted upon, and while the rest all
-hurried off in the direction of a turnip-field, which the maid declared
-Popsey must have sniffed, Helen stood at the junction of the three roads
-until a pleasant-faced old gentleman in a buggy approached her.
-
-"Oh, sir," she cried, rushing up dangerously close to the wheels, "did
-you meet a runaway donkey-cart?"
-
-"No, not I," was the answer; and the gentleman repressed a smile, but
-suddenly grew quite grave as he drew rein and asked if the donkey's name
-was Popsey.
-
-"Oh, yes, yes," exclaimed Helen. "And have you seen him?"
-
-"No, but I am going to see his owner now, and if you will get in, I will
-take you along with me. I am the family doctor, and am quite well
-acquainted with Popsey."
-
-Hardly knowing what she did, but feeling that any sort of motion or
-action was better than waiting in suspense, Helen accepted the
-invitation, and began at once to pour forth her tale of grief to the
-kindly old physician, upon hearing which he whipped up his horse, saying
-that he was sure no harm had come to Amy.
-
-Then Helen suddenly recollected how she had deserted her post, and was
-filled with a foreboding lest some one should pass the cross-roads who
-might know something about the donkey-cart, and there would be no one
-there to question him.
-
-"Here comes Mr. Radlow's coachman now," exclaimed the doctor, when they
-had nearly reached their destination, "and driving at a furious rate. I
-warrant it's turned out just as I expected;" and with the words he
-signaled to the man to stop.
-
-"Yes, yes, exactly as I imagined," said the physician, when the coachman
-had hurriedly and excitedly explained that Popsey had come trotting back
-to the stable with the lines about his heels, and baby Amy crowing
-joyously in the bottom of the cart, and that in consequence Mrs. Radlow
-was in a great state of fright concerning the fate of the cousins.
-
-"Well, I'll soon relieve her fears on that score; and do you, Dennis,
-drive on toward the cross-roads with your carriage as fast as ever you
-can, and bring the other two children back."
-
-As for Helen, she had not yet recovered from her joyful surprise.
-
-"To think," she exclaimed, "that that donkey should have turned
-deliberately around and walked off home, nearly four miles, without
-upsetting anything, while we were looking for him in every other
-direction! There certainly never was such a dear little animal. But that
-doesn't excuse Jack's thoughtlessness, and I'm going to give Aunt Jennie
-leave to punish him _very severely_."
-
-However, when the case was laid before the doctor, he declared that as
-the fault lay really with so many persons, and that as the three cousins
-had suffered sufficiently already from anxiety and suspense, the blame
-should be changed to praise, and that given to Popsey, who had displayed
-a disposition to execute the errand upon which he had been sent as
-speedily as possible.
-
-
-
-
-[Illustration: WHAT HAPPENED WHEN DINAH WENT OUT AND LEFT TOPSY ALL
-ALONE.]
-
-
-
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-  Good-morning, little bird;
-    I wish you'd sing for me;
-  You look as if 'twere fun to live
-    Out-doors so wild and free.
-
-  I've brought Matilda Jane
-    Because she needs the air;
-  She is a very pretty child,
-    With lovely curling hair.
-
-  How many little birds
-    Are flying round to-day!
-  Now surely you will stay with me
-    When I've come here to play?
-
-  Oh, you have children three,
-    And they, perhaps, have stirred;
-  Well, if they need you, hurry home.
-    Good-morning, little bird.
-
-
-
-
-OUR POST-OFFICE BOX.
-
-
-  NEW YORK CITY.
-
-     I thought I would write to you about my little bird Billie. He is a
-     canary of the German breed, and is rather long and slim, but he
-     sings very sweetly. I think he is the smartest and most intelligent
-     bird I ever saw outside of a show. I taught him myself to stand on
-     my finger whenever I put my hand in his cage; and he knows when I
-     speak to him, for when I call to him, he will turn his head toward
-     me, as if to say, "What?" I used to make him seesaw on a little
-     stick with his little companion John, who was blind nearly all his
-     life, which was very short; and then I would make him hold a little
-     gun, and balance himself on a ball which I would keep in motion. He
-     would stand on a little cart, and hold the reins with one claw,
-     while I drew him around the room, with John, held in a
-     market-basket, sitting on behind. He seldom tries to fly away, and
-     I have frequently taken him out-doors in my hands, without fear of
-     his escaping. Sometimes, for a change, I used to let him swing like
-     a paroquet in one of my bangles. This I do not think he liked much,
-     for his tail was so long it was hard for him to keep his balance.
-     But the most difficult thing that I taught him to do was to lie on
-     his back and pretend he was asleep. I would lay him down gently,
-     and after kicking his feet, and trying to grasp my fingers, he
-     would lie perfectly still until I touched him, when he would jump
-     up; and then I would have him kiss me, which he can do nicely,
-     moving his bill all the time. I should like to tell you about John,
-     who died, we think, on account of his eyes, which, after we had had
-     him a little time, became covered with white mists, which we think
-     were cataracts.
-
-  A STRONG FRIEND OF
-  "HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE".
-
-It would be interesting to hear of your method in teaching your pet so
-many pretty tricks. I suppose you were very gentle and patient, and that
-you taught him one thing perfectly before letting him begin upon
-another.
-
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-
-  WASHINGTON, D. C.
-
-     I, like Virginie C. B., am practicing a few of the gymnastics
-     mentioned in No. 118. We have a bar across one of our doorways a
-     foot from the top, which I catch hold of and swing by. I can not
-     draw my chin up to it yet, but can come very near it. After the
-     Postmistress has assured us she has seen Jimmy Brown, his stories
-     are much more interesting to me, for they must be the experiences
-     of a real boy. We always laugh at them, they are so funny.
-
-     My sister has been all over the establishment of Harper & Brothers,
-     and saw them printing YOUNG PEOPLE. I should like to see that, and
-     hope to some time. I think it was Augusta C. who did not like cats.
-     She would not change her mind if she saw our cat, for that lazy
-     animal is awake all night and asleep all day. We have had no less
-     than six cats during the past year. "The Talking Leaves" excited us
-     very much, and I think it was splendid. Toby Tyler is a very nice
-     little boy, I think, and when I first glanced at the picture of the
-     circus coming in, I thought they were taking him away again.
-
-     We have some flowers in our back yard, and we like them very much.
-     The seeds are just coming up, and I take great interest in watching
-     them. We have some very pretty pansies, roses, and bridal-wreaths.
-     They are blooming now. I brought some wild flowers from the woods,
-     and my sister brought some violets; they are growing very nicely.
-     We have but one geranium, and its blooms are shrivelled. I do not
-     know what to do to it.
-
-     I like to write stories very much, and I love dearly to draw
-     pictures. Last Tuesday was very warm, and you would have thought it
-     was summer if you had suddenly been transported to Washington.
-
-  EMILY N.
-
-Perhaps your geranium needs rest. Try the plan of pinching off every bud
-for the next few weeks. The soil may need enriching, or you may have
-watered it too freely.
-
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-
-  BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
-
-     I have written to HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE three times, and none of my
-     letters have been printed; but I believe in perseverance, so I am
-     going to try again. I have never read any paper I liked half as
-     well as HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. Papa gets it for me, and I read it
-     to my little brother. One night I was reading "Tim and Tip" to him,
-     and I happened to look up, and he was crying. He didn't want me to
-     think he was crying, so he said, "It's only the water that comes
-     out of my eyes." I like Jimmy Brown's stories very much. I think
-     all of the stories in the paper are very interesting. Jimmy Brown
-     and Georgie Hackett seem to possess about the same qualities. My
-     favorite study in school is history.
-
-  EMMA.
-
-I do not know Georgie Hackett, but poor Jimmy is certainly an
-interesting boy, though I would not care to have him living at my house,
-unless he could behave better than he now does. Perseverance is an
-excellent quality. You could not have a better motto than
-
-  "If at first you don't succeed,
-  Try, try again."
-
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-
-  SANBORN, DAKOTA TERRITORY.
-
-     I am a little English girl eight years old, and hope to see this
-     letter printed, to please dear papa, as he does not know I am going
-     to write. I have taken HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE two years (ever since
-     we left England), and have never written before. I have an Indian
-     pony, on which I ride about; her name is Frances. My brother Jack
-     has one called Charlie. I have a little sister Mabel; she is six,
-     and so fat that mamma calls her Pumpkin. She calls me her fairy
-     lily. I have seen Jumbo in England, and am glad he has come to
-     America. Papa says some time I may see him again. I am very fond of
-     reading. I have lots of books, and my grandma sends me _Little
-     Folks_ every month. I have been learning music for a year, and am
-     getting on nicely. We find lovely flowers about here, and I gather
-     mamma lovely bunches for the table every day. Good-by.
-
-  KATIE S.
-
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-
-  JUNCTION, IDAHO.
-
-     I am a little boy seven years old. I take HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE,
-     and I like it very much. I think "Toby Tyler" and "Mr. Stubbs's
-     Brother" are the best of all. Blue Ribbon has a little kitten; she
-     is teaching it to walk. I have a horse; his name is Old Indian. The
-     reason I call him Old Indian is because we bought him of the
-     Indians. I have some nice rides on him. We live on a ranch, and
-     have lots of little calves and little chickens. I do not go to
-     school, but study my lessons at home. I send one dollar for Young
-     People's Cot.
-
-  OLIVER T. C.
-
-Your contribution has been sent to the lady who receives and takes care
-of the money for Young People's Cot. Is Blue Ribbon the little kitten's
-mother? I hope Old Indian is a gentle pony. From his name I should think
-he might be quite fiery.
-
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-
-"PAPA, WHAT MAKES THE RAIN COME?"
-
-     Mabel and Ethel can't write for themselves, and they do not know
-     that I am writing to the Post-office Box to tell other little girls
-     about them. What here follows is not a made-up story; it is set
-     down almost word for word as it was spoken. The girls were in their
-     little beds, talking about different things, and papa was sitting
-     at the table reading a book by the light of the lamp. Thunder was
-     heard in the distance, and Ethel remarked that the rain was coming.
-     This led Mabel to ask the question which forms the title of this
-     letter, "Papa, what makes the rain come?"
-
-     While thinking about the best way to make her understand the
-     wonderful and beautiful natural process--how the sun draws up
-     vapors from land and sea, and stores the treasures of rain in the
-     clouds, returning them in showers of blessings upon the
-     earth--Ethel broke in with her views, thus relieving me of a
-     difficulty. So I kept quiet as a mouse, and listened while
-     pretending to read. Ethel, half raising herself in bed, thus
-     explained:
-
-     "Why, Mabel, I will tell you what makes the rain come. You see, God
-     is up there above the clouds, and He has wings, and flies from
-     place to place, all over. Then, you know, He has a pump, with a big
-     deep well, with lots, oh! lots of water in it, and on the pump
-     there is a rubber tube, with a sprinkler fastened to it. And then
-     He pumps, and pumps, and pumps, and the angels they pump, and the
-     water comes, and spurtles, and spurtles, and spurtles, and
-     spurtles, and spurtles, and spurtles; and that's what makes the
-     rain come."
-
-     These were the child's thoughts and expressions on the beautiful
-     phenomena of the rain. The explanation seemed sufficient and
-     satisfactory, as both little thinkers forthwith resigned themselves
-     into the loving arms of "tired nature's sweet restorer," and were
-     carried far away into the happy land of dreams.
-
-  F. J. T.
-  FARMINGTON, MINNESOTA.
-
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-
-  CHURCHVILLE, MARYLAND.
-
-     As the day is rainy, we have been looking over HARPER'S YOUNG
-     PEOPLE, and seeing so many nice letters in Our Post-office Box. I
-     thought, by way of variety, I would send one from Harford County. I
-     have two sisters. One is a teacher, and she is going to read some
-     pieces out of your paper to the children in her school.
-
-     We have a colt named Pinafore. The other day I turned another
-     horse, with a halter on, into the same field with him. Pin caught
-     the halter in his mouth, and led him about as he had seen us do. I
-     have a Scotch terrier dog named Jack. I hitch him to a little
-     wagon, and he is better trained than the speckled pig in No. 132.
-
-     I think your paper is just splendid, but like to read "Mr. Stubbs's
-     Brother" the best of all. I went to see Jumbo in Baltimore.
-
-  FRANK B.
-
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-
-OUR BABY BOY.
-
-  Oh, he's so sweet,
-    The darling thing!
-  On his small feet
-    We kisses fling.
-
-  He plays, he crows,
-    Can laugh and sing,
-  And thinks he knows
-    'Most everything.
-
-  He goes to bed
-    So sweet at night;
-  You'll hear his tread
-    Soon as 'tis light.
-
-  He plays, you know.
-    The whole day through,
-  And he can blow
-    His trumpet new.
-
-  All places round,
-    No sweeter toy
-  Than this is found--
-    Our baby boy.
-
-  DAISY M. (aged 9.)
-  DAVENPORT, IOWA.
-
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-
-  BAYFIELD, WISCONSIN.
-
-     I am thirteen years old, and have a little adopted sister, whose
-     name is Elsie, and whom I love just as much as if she were my own
-     sister. She is seven years old. I wish the readers of YOUNG PEOPLE
-     could see my canary-bird. His name is Jim. I often let him out of
-     his cage, and sometimes he comes hopping up to me, and then he will
-     chirp until I give him a piece of apple or orange.
-
-     I am very fond of reading. I have just finished a book called
-     _Zigzag Journeys in Europe_, and I enjoyed it very much. Our house
-     is a square from Lake Superior. We can stand at any window and look
-     right out on the lake. Bayfield is a great summer resort for
-     invalids and pleasure-seekers. Very nearly all the large steamboats
-     come here. From Bayfield we can also see five of the Apostle
-     Islands.
-
-  SUSIE P.
-
-Would it not be nice if we could have all the cunning and beautiful pets
-our little friends write about arranged together in a great exhibition?
-As this is impossible, we must try to see each of them from the pretty
-pen pictures their little owners send.
-
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-
-  PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
-
-     I am nine years old. Last Easter mamma gave me HARPER'S YOUNG
-     PEOPLE as a present. I am delighted with it, and reading those
-     letters written by the young folks has put me in the notion of
-     telling you something of myself. I go to school in West
-     Philadelphia. Mamma thought the ride out there would be good for my
-     health. I am obliged to start at eight o'clock, and I get home at
-     two. I eat my dinner, learn my lessons, and then I am ready for
-     play, which I enjoy greatly. I have neither brother nor sister, but
-     I have several little friends. I have two velocipedes. Mamma gave
-     me one when I was only four years old; it has three wheels; I call
-     it my little clipper. The other has four wheels; I call it my
-     propeller. I have a set of garden tools. I tell you I play hard
-     until tea-time; then I get ready for tea. By eight o'clock I am
-     quite ready for bed, as I have to get up at six. Sometimes I take a
-     little ride before breakfast on my velocipede, or play with my pet
-     cat, which I call Charlie, after papa. Mamma says she intends to
-     turn over a new leaf, and have me black my own boots in the
-     morning, and promises if I do it for two weeks she will make me a
-     present of a nice blacking-box like papa's.
-
-  G. W. H.
-
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-
-  ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
-
-     I am seven years old. I have a little brother five and a dear
-     little sister two years old. I go to school, and my brother goes to
-     the kindergarten. I will tell you how my little sister said her
-     prayers last night. She said, "God bless mamma and papa, and our
-     dear, dear kittie cat. Amen." We thought it was so cute. I envy the
-     little boys who live in the country. I have never been out of the
-     city, but hope to go for all the summer. This is the first letter I
-     have ever written.
-
-  LUCAS N.
-
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-
-  NEW YORK CITY.
-
-     I want to tell you of my pets. I have a little pug dog; his name is
-     Punch. I have such fun with him, he is so playful. Then I have two
-     canary-birds, and their names are Sweet and Top-knot. And I have a
-     little kitten; her name is Betty; mamma named her.
-
-     I take music lessons, and go to school, and also attend a riding
-     school twice a week. I like HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE very much. I
-     think "Toby Tyler," "The Little Dolls' Dressmaker," and "Mr.
-     Stubbs's Brother" are tiptop. Good-night.
-
-  BERTHA E. F.
-
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-
-The Postmistress has pleasure in inviting the attention of boys to the
-following request:
-
-     The boys at this place having organized a social club, desire to
-     have their secretary open a correspondence with the secretaries of
-     other and similar clubs of boys. Persons interested will please
-     address for further information,
-
-  W. T. FRANKLIN,
-  82 East Jersey St., Elizabeth, N. J.
-
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-
-  MOTT HAVEN, NEW YORK.
-
-     I am a little girl nine years old. I have five dollies; their names
-     are Katie, Jessie, Jemima, Daisy, and Ella. I have had Jemima eight
-     years. I have a bedstead, and a carriage in which, on fine days, I
-     take them out riding. I also have a trunk, and lots of other
-     things. I have never been to school, and only began to write one
-     year ago last February, and I hope you will be able to read this
-     letter.
-
-  AGGIE L. S. S.
-
-I suppose Jemima is the favorite of the five dollies, as you have had
-her almost all your life. You write very well indeed.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-  SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND.
-
-     Our grandma sends us HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, which we find very
-     interesting. We are Americans. We came here partly for our
-     education, but mostly for our health. I am almost fourteen. I
-     thought I would write to the Post-office Box, and tell you what I
-     have seen. We have been to Netley Abbey, which is a very ancient
-     ruin; it is over eleven centuries old. We have visited Netley
-     Hospital. While we were there we saw a number of soldiers come in
-     from the Zulu war. The hospital is a very fine building. We have
-     also been to Romsey Abbey, and we saw there a plait of hair which
-     is supposed to be a thousand years old. We have been to Winchester
-     Cathedral, and saw many ancient tombs. We went to the New Forest,
-     and saw the place where William Rufus was killed.
-
-  F. B. M.
-
-You have a very pleasant opportunity to study English history, and you
-must write to the Post-office Box again, and tell us more about the
-places you visit.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-     I read the letters in the Post-office Box every week. I study
-     geography, spelling, arithmetic, writing, and Latin. I have gone to
-     school here for almost ten months. I have had a nice black and
-     white rabbit for almost a year. I will try to get some wild ones
-     this spring, and tame them. Some of us boys take our dinners out in
-     the woods on Saturdays, and have a splendid time. In cold weather
-     we build a fire.
-
-     I will give a book entitled _Tel Tyler at School_, 750 mixed
-     foreign stamps, several foreign postal cards, a piece of petrified
-     honey-comb, two shells from St. Augustine, Florida, and a pebble
-     from Amsterdam, New York, for sixty stamps from Alsace-Lorraine,
-     Angola, Antigua, Azores, Bolivia, Bermuda, British Honduras,
-     Ceylon, Chili, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras,
-     Ionian Isles, Labuan, Lagos, Liberia, Malta, Nevis, Nicaragua,
-     Orange States, Paraguay, Persia, Salvador, San Marino, Shanghai,
-     St. Lucia, Trinidad, and Virgin Isles. Stamps must be in good
-     condition.
-
-  CHARLES L. HOLLINGSHEAD,
-  Care Rev. R. K. Todd, Woodstock, Ill.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-C. Y. P. R. U.
-
-AN INDIAN ELEPHANT.--Some of you have been very much interested in Jumbo
-and his enormous appetite. A traveller who engaged an elephant to carry
-him over a part of India during a journey which occupied some weeks,
-gives this account of the elephant's food, and of the care which he
-received while on the march: Every day he was fed with cakes composed of
-flour, ghee (which is clarified butter), and coarse salt. Twenty-five
-pounds of flour were mixed and baked, and one-half the quantity was
-given to the elephant in the morning, and the other in the evening.
-Besides these cakes, he ate freely of the leaves and branches of trees.
-Each morning he would go with his mahout, or driver, into the jungle,
-and there he would choose and pick the branches he liked best, loading
-them on his back, and taking the supply home to the camp. There was a
-kind of marshy grass which he considered a very choice dessert. When a
-person engages an elephant, he of course engages the mahout as well. The
-mahout usually takes his wife and children with him, as it takes several
-people to keep an elephant comfortable. Every morning and evening he
-must have his bath, and before beginning the day's march his forehead,
-ears, paws, and every part of his body likely to be cracked with the sun
-must be greased. When the party comes to a halt, the elephant's heavy
-trappings are always taken off, and he is allowed to rest under a
-spreading tree. When an elephant does not feel well, he makes a pill for
-himself without saying a word to the doctor. With his trunk he rolls up
-a ball or two of red earth, and swallows it, just as naturally as pussy,
-when her head aches, scampers off to the catnip bed, and takes a dose of
-her favorite herb.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-MYRTLE.--I think a Shakspeare club such as you and your girl friends
-have organized must be both pleasant and instructive. Instead of so many
-stories, dear, let me persuade you to read books of travel which will
-give you an idea of the world we live in; and when you tire of them, and
-want a change, try history. The books you mention are too exciting and
-highly wrought to be good reading for you at present. I think you would
-find Sir Walter Scott's "Lady of the Lake" and "Marmion" very
-fascinating, and Miss Strickland's _Queens of England_ would keep you
-delightfully occupied all summer.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-TOM H.--Sir Richard Whittington, the hero of the tale of _Whittington
-and His Cat_, was born about 1354, in Gloucestershire, England. He was
-not a beggar boy, but belonged to a good family. When less than ten
-years old he was sent to London to be a little apprentice. From step to
-step he rose, until he became a great merchant, and finally Lord Mayor
-of London. Very likely he did send his cat away on one of his employer's
-ships to clear the vessel of rats and mice, and it would not be at all
-strange if he sometimes fancied he heard the sweet tones of the
-Bow-Bells calling to him
-
-  "Turn again, Whittington,
-  Lord Mayor of London."
-
-Few boys become successful men without ambition. It is a good thing to
-mean to be somebody one of these days. But doing well is better than
-dreaming. The lad who works with all his might at whatever he begins,
-never slighting any duty until it is done, will be sure to make a useful
-and honored man. Now, as I have preached my little sermon, let me tell
-you some of the noble things Dick Whittington did. He caused a conduit,
-or pipe, of water to be put on tap in the wall of St. Giles's church,
-thus making a drinking fountain five hundred years ago very much like
-those we have now. He built the Guildhall Library in 1419. He repaired
-hospitals, and did a great deal of good among the poor and the sick, and
-was very kind to children. He died in 1423.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-We would call the attention of the C. Y. P. R. U. this week to the
-article entitled "Handel and 'The Messiah,'" by Mrs. John Lillie, to
-"Oiling the Waves," and to "Photography and Work." In the latter Mr.
-Allan Forman endeavors to point out to young amateur photographers the
-way to overcome some of the difficulties that are likely to attend their
-earlier efforts. We hope that no one who has procured an outfit will
-become discouraged or induced by a few failures in the beginning to
-abandon this delightful and improving pastime, which has recently become
-so popular.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
-
-No. 1.
-
-TWO ENIGMAS.
-
-1.
-
-  My first is in rope, but not in string.
-  My second is in throw, but not in fling.
-  My third is in rill, but not in brook.
-  My fourth is in glance, but not in look.
-  My fifth is in lance, but not in dart.
-  My sixth is in tremble, but not in start.
-  My seventh is in servant, but not in slave.
-  My eighth is in grotto, but not in cave.
-  My ninth is in manage, but not in wield.
-  My whole's an American battle-field.
-
-  EMPIRE CITY.
-
-2.
-
-  First in fun, not in play.
-  Second in green, not in gray.
-  Third in idle, not in work.
-  Fourth in tired, not in shirk.
-  Fifth in eel, not in fish.
-  Sixth in dream, not in wish.
-  Seventh in sad, not in gay.
-  Eighth in study, not in play.
-  Ninth in tame, not in wild.
-  Tenth in gentle, not in mild.
-  Eleventh in learn, not in school.
-  Twelfth in smart, not in fool.
-  My whole a country great and wide,
-  Whose flag is honored on every side.
-
-  EDNA M.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-No. 2.
-
-TWO CHARADES.
-
-1.
-
-  I am composed of 8 letters.
-  My first and second is a verb.
-  My third and fourth is a preposition.
-  My fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth is a kind of vegetable.
-  My whole is the name of a maiden.
-
-2.
-
-  I am composed of 8 letters.
-  My 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 is the name of an inventor.
-  My 6 and 7 is a preposition.
-  My 8 is an article.
-  My whole is a name noted in Arabian story.
-
-  MILTON W.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-No. 3.
-
-ZIGZAGS--(_To Will A. Mette_).
-
-1. A volcanic rock. 2. A musical term. 3. More. 4. A kind of beetle. 5.
-A tuft. 6. A Swiss coin. 7. Stead. 8. A pit. 9. An ancient Norse
-character. 10. A kind of tea. Zigzags--A mineral.
-
-  LODESTAR.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-No. 4.
-
-ST. ANDREW'S CROSS OF DIAMONDS.
-
-Central Diamond--1. A letter. 2. A genus of serpents. 3. Small vessels.
-4. The Goddess of Revenge. 5. A letter.
-
-Upper Right-hand Diamond--1. A letter. 2. An Anglo-Saxon money. 3. Small
-nails. 4. Coalesce. 5. A letter.
-
-Upper Left-hand Diamond--1. A letter. 2. A Roman deity. 3. A native of
-the West Indies. 4. Part of the body. 5. A letter.
-
-Lower Right-hand Diamond--1. A letter. 2. An animal. 3. A past
-participle. 4. A Chinese musical instrument. 5. A letter.
-
-Lower Left-hand Diamond--1. A letter. 2. A boy's name. 3. An alloy. 4. A
-tree. 5. A letter.
-
-  LODESTAR.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 132.
-
-No. 1.
-
-Dub-lin.
-
-No. 2.
-
-D-ur-a. P-aisle-y. V-eva-y. M-agent-a. S-ever-n. M-iser-y. L-adog-a.
-
-No. 3.
-
-Diary.
-
-No. 4.
-
-Helena. Charles. Red. Snake. Erie. Clinch. Charles Dickens.
-
-No. 5.
-
-        T                T
-      T A B            T U B
-    T A B E S        T U B E S
-  T A B A R E T    T U B U L A R
-    B E R M E        B E L A M
-      S E E            S A M
-        T                R
-
-No. 6.
-
-Lair--air. Clock--lock. Gas--as. Mill--ill. Man--an. Skate--Kate.
-Shot--hot. Sam--am. Sever--ever.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-The answer to the Rebus on page 432 (No. 131) is "A bird in the hand is
-worth two in the bush."
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-Correct answers to puzzles have been received from Maud Mary Chambers,
-George P. Taggart, John J. Widrig, Mabel Shelton, Eda L. Baldwin, Clara
-Blank, Sammie Bronson, Lulu Kirtland, Alice and Richard Tindall, "I.
-Scycle," A. Gertie Childs, F. F. Tonn, Leo Marks, Clinton Roe, Elsie
-O. R., Edgar Seeman, A. E. Cressingham, William A. Lewis, Mabel and
-Annie Knight, Lizzie Maxwell, J. R. Blake, Jessie S. Godine, Albert
-Feibel, "Red Riding Hood," Florence Raymond, John Walter Bangs, Smith
-Tangiers, Arthur Comstock, and Lulu Brown.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
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-WIGGLE, No. 27.]
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+Title: Harper's Young People, May 30, 1882
+       An Illustrated Weekly
+
+Author: Various
+
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, MAY 30, 1882 ***
+
+
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+Produced by Annie R. McGuire
+
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+[Illustration: HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+VOL. III.--NO. 135. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. PRICE FOUR
+CENTS.
+
+Tuesday, May 30, 1882. Copyright, 1882, by HARPER & BROTHERS. $1.50 per
+Year, in Advance.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: "BOW-WOW!"]
+
+
+
+
+THE BIG BLAST AT THE STONE QUARRY.
+
+BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD.
+
+
+It was Friday afternoon, right in the middle of May, and it seemed as if
+the wide front door of Prome Centre Academy would never get through
+letting out just one more squad of boys or girls. It was quite the
+customary thing for Felix McCue to have to wait a little later than the
+rest.
+
+Miss Eccles was a faithful teacher, and she had often told Felix what an
+interest she took in him; but he could have heard it a great deal more
+thankfully at any other time than just after school, and when he knew
+the other boys were waiting for him. He knew they were, because he had
+showed them his slate in the arithmetic class, and they had read on it,
+in big letters, "Got something to tell you. Big."
+
+He had printed every word of it, and he was glad he had done so now, for
+if he had not he would have been all alone when he at last got outside
+of the great door. He did not do that, either, until Miss Eccles had
+looked him in the face for ten of the longest minutes, and talked to
+him, with a ruler in one hand and a book in the other.
+
+Felix had listened, and he had said "yessum," very respectfully, every
+time she mentioned George Washington or Benjamin Franklin, but for all
+that he was only three seconds in reaching the open air, after she said:
+
+"You may go now, Felix, but I hope you will bring no more bumble-bees
+into this school-room."
+
+"Yessum," and he was off so quickly that he did not hear Miss Eccles,
+who was trying hard not to laugh right out, and saying to herself:
+
+"The queer little rogue! To think of his telling me, 'Plaze, mum, thim
+bees knew just the wans to go for; ye cudn't have picked out betther
+b'ys to have 'em light on.' And what I'm to do with him puzzles me. He's
+one of the brightest boys in the whole school."
+
+At that moment Felix was walking away from the academy with a boy of
+about his own size on either side of him.
+
+"B'ys," he was saying, "did yez know me uncle Mike was boss at the
+shtone quarry?"
+
+"I did," said Bun Gates, on his left; and Rube Hollenhouser, on the
+right, inquired, almost anxiously, "Was that the big news you kept us
+waiting for?"
+
+"Was it that, indade? No; but he was along the green this very noon,
+while I was hidin' Pete Mather's hat in the big maple-tree, and he towld
+me if I wanted to see the biggest blast of rock that iver was touched
+off at wan firing, I'd betther be where I could see the shtone quarry a
+little before noon to-morrow."
+
+That was big enough news to satisfy anybody. The quarry was only a mile
+or so down the creek, and not a long distance from the bank. It had not
+been worked for some years, but Mr. Mike McCue was known to be a
+contractor for the new railroad, and Felix was his nephew. There was
+perfect confidence to be put, therefore, in the tidings; but Felix
+added:
+
+"He bid me not tell everybody, for they don't want a crowd around. I
+asked him wud it be safe on the wather, and he said, 'Yes, it wud, or in
+it, or undher it, or on the far side of it.' So that's the way we'd
+betther go."
+
+It was a trifle doubtful which of the ways suggested by his uncle was
+the one Felix recommended adopting, but Bun instantly exclaimed:
+
+"We can get old Harms's boat. He'll lend it to me any day. It'll hold
+half a dozen."
+
+"Kape shtill about it, thin. Mebbe Uncle Mike doesn't want to scare the
+village. He said they'd all hear it whin it kem."
+
+"Loud as that?" said Rube. "Are they going to blast the whole quarry at
+once?"
+
+"That's what I asked him, and he said, 'No; ownly the wist half of it.'
+It's the new powdher they're putting in. None of your common shooting
+powdher at all. It's a kind that bursts fifty times at wance."
+
+There was a touch of silence after that utterance, for there were
+strange stories in circulation as to the explosive power of the new
+invention the railroad men were using. Rube Hollenhouser had heard old
+Squire Cudworth say that a "hatful of it would blow up the Constitution
+of the United States"; and if that were true, what would not be the
+effects of a wagon-load or so touched off all at once upon the stone
+quarry?
+
+Bun and Rube were no sooner back from driving their cows that night than
+they both went over to the blacksmith's house, and secured the loan of
+his boat. Of course they told him what they wanted it for, and he said,
+instantly:
+
+"Is that so, boys? Tell you what I'll do. I'd like to see that blast.
+I'll go myself. Plenty of room in the boat."
+
+"What shall we do when we get to the mill-dam?" asked Bun. "The quarry's
+away below the pond."
+
+"We can get another boat below the dam. If we can't, we can haul mine
+around it in five minutes."
+
+The boys had been considering this problem at that very moment, but one
+look at Harms the blacksmith was enough to convince any one of his
+bodily ability to drag any boat on that creek around anything. He was
+tremendously large and strong, and curly-headed and good-natured.
+Everybody liked him, and he had more gray beard and mustache than any
+other man in Prome Centre.
+
+"It's all fixed, then," said Rube.
+
+"I told Deacon Chittenden about it when I drove his cows in for him, and
+he said right away that Katy and Bill could go. They won't take up any
+room."
+
+"Plenty of room. Let 'em come. I'd just like to see how far that new
+powder can blow a rock. Glad you told me. We'll start in good season to
+be there."
+
+So far everything had worked to a charm; but while Bun Gates told his
+mother at the supper table what was going to happen, his brother Jeff
+spoke right out, "Mother, may I go?"
+
+"Yes," said his mother.
+
+And Aunt Dorcas added at once, "Certainly, and Lois too. But, Almira,
+you or I, or both of us, had better go along to take care of them."
+
+Bun said something about the size of Harms's boat, but Aunt Dorcas
+silenced him with: "Don't I know how many she can carry? Besides, I'm
+bound to see that quarry blown up, just for this once."
+
+So Bun was put down; but when they all got out in front of the gate an
+hour or so after breakfast next morning, there was Rube Hollenhouser in
+front of his gate, and Felix McCue and little Biddy McCue were with him,
+and right across the street were Mrs. Chittenden and Katy Chittenden and
+Bill, and Bun said to himself, "If we had my speckled pig and
+Chittenden's brindled cow, and if Harms took his dog, the boat'd be
+'most full."
+
+Aunt Dorcas and Mrs. Chittenden began to think the party was growing
+pretty large, but there was no need of it; for when they reached the
+creek, near the bridge, there stood old Harms, and the first word he
+spoke was:
+
+"I kind o' guessed how it'd be. Mornin', ladies. Glad we've got a good
+load for both boats. You get in with me, and the boys can handle t'other
+one."
+
+It was just like Harms. In another minute he remarked: "Git in now, and
+we'll shove off."
+
+Aunt Dorcas was already in the very front seat of that boat, and Mrs.
+Chittenden was in the middle, trying to balance herself. She made
+William sit beside her, and they two made the boat look wider, there was
+so much extra room on that seat.
+
+The other boat, the one Harms had borrowed, was almost half a size
+larger, and it had a cargo this time; for Lois Gates and Katy Chittenden
+were on the front seat, and behind them were Felix and Biddy. Rube was
+on the rowing seat, and Bun and Jeff were in the stern.
+
+It was a grand ride down the creek, but when they came out on the
+mill-pond, Mrs. Chittenden exclaimed:
+
+"I'd no idea it was so wide. Dear me! If I had dreamed of any such risk
+as this, I'd never have come."
+
+"Nonsense!" said Aunt Dorcas. "If Mr. Harms's end of the boat keeps
+above water, all the rest will."
+
+"He's a very heavy man," sighed Mrs. Chittenden.
+
+So he was, and when they reached the drag way, around the mill-dam, and
+saw him put a roller on the grass and gravel, and drag those boats
+around, one after the other, on the roller, and put them in the water
+below, they understood that his weight counted for something.
+
+Three-quarters of a mile further down the creek; and now it grew wide
+and ran slowly, and seemed to have formed a habit of being generally
+deeper. The easterly bank sloped away from the water's edge, becoming
+higher and steeper the further they drifted down. It was Biddy McCue who
+first shouted:
+
+"Yon's the quarry. See the min on the ridge above? Uncle Mike said there
+might be less than a hundred of thim."
+
+It looked as if there were at least a score or two, and the bald,
+perpendicular front of the great limestone ledge was worth looking at
+for a moment.
+
+"Katy," said Lois, eagerly, "do you see the quarry? That's what they're
+going to blow away."
+
+"Dear me!" exclaimed Mrs. Chittenden. "Mr. Harms, is there any danger?"
+
+"Not unless there's an awful pile of that new powder behind those rocks.
+What they want to do is to tumble the upper front of the ledge over, so
+it'll fall into the quarry and they can get at it. I'd just like to see
+a rock like that come down, pretty nigh a hundred feet."
+
+"Uncle Mike," said Felix, "told us he'd blown up hapes of stone in his
+day, but he'd niver fired a blast like this wan."
+
+"Misther Harms, what wud become of us all if the powdher worruked the
+wrong way?"
+
+"What way would that be?" said Mr. Harms.
+
+"The other way. I mean, if instead of blowing out the front of the rock,
+it lift that all shtanding where it is, and blew out the country to the
+back of it?"
+
+Before the big blacksmith could answer this question, Aunt Dorcas, who
+had been looking at her watch, remarked:
+
+"Half-past eleven o'clock. If that thing's going to go off before
+dinner-time, it's got to go pretty soon."
+
+"Boys," shouted Rube, "see 'em run! There's only one left on the ridge."
+
+"That's me uncle Mike," said Felix, proudly. "He always touches off the
+big blasts himself, and thin there's no powdher wasted."
+
+"He's running too," said Bun. "He's afraid the new powder might get
+ahead of him."
+
+"Look now, all of you!" shouted Mr. Harms. "Biggest blast ever heard of
+around these parts."
+
+They hardly breathed for the next few seconds, but Aunt Dorcas had her
+watch in her hand, and she was just saying, "Half a minute," when a
+little puff of smoke and dust shot up at the top of the limestone ridge.
+It was followed by other little puffs--nobody could tell how many, for
+they were all smothered in a sudden cloud that arose for many feet. The
+broad front of stone leaned suddenly out, as if it wished to look down
+and see what was going on in the old quarry below. Then it lost its
+balance at the same instant, and toppled swiftly over. A huge, dull,
+booming report went out from the cloud of smoke and dust on the summit,
+and that was followed by another great burst of thunderous, crashing
+sound, as the masses of solid stone came down upon the rocky level
+below.
+
+It all went by before Aunt Dorcas could look at her watch, and she was
+just about to do so, when everybody else shouted "Oh!" and there was a
+loud splattering splash in the water between the two boats. The only
+"flying rock" sent out by the great blast had narrowly missed doing
+serious mischief. It had not been a very large one, but only one human
+being in either of those boats failed to dodge and lean the other way.
+That Mr. Harms did not dodge or lean accounted for the fact that his
+boat was only rocked to and fro a little, but for five minutes afterward
+Aunt Dorcas was compelled to scold those seven children for tipping
+their boat over, "without any kind of reason for it. The stone never
+came nigh you."
+
+Still it was a good thing that the water was only two feet deep, and
+that the weather was nice and warm.
+
+"B'ys," said Felix McCue, the moment he got his feet on the bottom, and
+stood up, dripping, and holding up Biddy, "did yez iver see a blast like
+that?"
+
+"Oh, Bun!" screamed Lois, "are there any more stones coming? Was it the
+blast that upset us?"
+
+"Mother! mother!" sputtered poor Katy Chittenden, "did it blow you over
+too?"
+
+"Rube," said Bun, "Jeff isn't scared a mite. Are you? I ain't."
+
+"Scared?--no," said Rube. "I wouldn't have missed it for anything, and
+all we've got's a ducking."
+
+The big blacksmith did a good deal toward restoring a comfortable state
+of mind all around; but he could not make out that the other boat-load
+were in a comfortable state of body; and so they set out for home. Long
+before they got there, however, Katy said to Lois,
+
+"If it wasn't for my new bonnet strings, I wouldn't care," and Lois
+replied:
+
+"Yes; but think how that rock looked when it let go and tumbled over. It
+was awful! I'm satisfied."
+
+
+
+
+HANDEL AND "THE MESSIAH."
+
+BY MRS. JOHN LILLIE.
+
+
+On February 23, 1685, there was born in Halle, Saxony, to an honest
+surgeon named Handel, a son, whom he christened George Frederick, and
+who was destined half a century later to become the first musician in
+the world.
+
+Little Handel's father abhorred music. As soon as the boy began to show
+an aptitude for it, his father took him away from school, for fear that
+some one would teach him his notes. Whether among teachers or scholars I
+don't know, but the boy found a friend who contrived to procure for him
+a little dumb spinet, and this he secreted in an attic, and learned not
+only his notes from it, but how to use his fingers in practicing. Still
+his father opposed him, and but for a certain visit he paid, his genius
+might have been long hidden in the dull house at Halle.
+
+The elder Handel was invited to visit his son who was in the service of
+the great Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and young George, knowing music was
+to be heard, if not easily learned, in that place, determined to go too.
+So he ran after his father's carriage so far that the parent's stern
+heart relented, and he was taken in.
+
+In the old castle at Weissenfels he quickly found out which of the
+inmates were musical, and soon made friends with them. One day, after
+the chapel service, he jumped on to the organ stool, and played in such
+an astonishing manner that the Duke, who was still lingering in the
+chapel, sent up to inquire who was playing. The boy and his indignant
+father were summoned: but the Duke's evident delight in the child's
+music softened old Handel's heart. He gave his consent to his son's
+musical education, and almost from that moment George Frederick Handel
+became known as a musician.
+
+[Illustration: GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL.]
+
+I can not tell you anything more of his childhood or youth but that he
+studied very hard, and that, like every true genius, he was humble while
+he was learning. We must skip over many years to the time when he went
+to England; for there he produced his greatest works, and to this day
+the English reverence him as their own.
+
+George I., King of England, you know, had been Elector of Hanover, and
+so he as well as his successor felt a strong interest in Handel. The
+latter went to England in 1710, and there he found that much attention
+was paid to Italian music. Operas were very fashionable. They were quite
+a novelty then. Fine ladies and gentlemen filled the opera-house. They
+crowded the greenrooms behind the scenes, and chatted and talked at the
+"wings," as if they were in a drawing-room. Fashion governed nearly
+everything, and so Handel, realizing this, set to work upon an opera. He
+wrote _Rinaldo_ in fourteen days, and it was produced at Drury Lane with
+a splendor that created great excitement throughout London. We never
+hear _Rinaldo_ now, but its airs are beautiful, and one of these,
+"Lascia ch'io Pianga," lingers in the heart of every one who hears it.
+
+Well, Handel began to teach the Prince of Wales's daughters, to write a
+great deal of music, and to be very much the fashion, and very famous.
+So he roused the jealousy of petty people, and, strange as it may seem,
+opinions differed to such an extent, and such a fuss was made, that
+society was divided into two factions. One party favored a distinguished
+musician named Buononcini, and the other Handel. The war raged, and
+during it a wit and poet named John Byrom wrote the following verse,
+which has since been famous:
+
+  "Some say, as compared to Buononcini,
+  That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny;
+  Others aver that he to Handel
+  Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.
+  Strange all this difference should be
+  'Twixt tweedledum and tweedledee."
+
+Handel's genius, however, was not to be suppressed by any such foolish
+contentions. He worked on as usual, and in 1749 produced the work with
+which his name is most associated, the oratorio of _The Messiah_.
+
+I do not think you can go into any part of England without finding
+people who love _The Messiah_. It used to seem to me it was the one work
+every one knew about. And it is well worthy of such general knowledge.
+In it are airs that must move every Christian heart. It seems to teach
+so many things--reverence, love, hope, and a glimpse of a heaven that
+has in it God's many mansions. When I hear it sung it always seems to me
+that the voices are those of the angels who sang on Bethlehem's plains,
+"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men."
+
+I want to tell you something about oratorios in general; that is, how
+they originated, and what they are as musical works. Oratorios, strictly
+speaking, are dramatic and musical compositions where the parts are sung
+without scenery or special costume, and they are on sacred subjects.
+
+Dramatic representations of sacred stories are as old as Christianity.
+In the Middle Ages they were very common. At times of public rejoicing
+they were given, or during any special season, like Advent or Lent, and
+so far were they recognized as part of public life that the government
+or special societies paid their expenses.
+
+These old performances were very roughly put on the stage, but gradually
+from them grew an idea of a distinctly musical and dramatic sacred work.
+In Germany, "Passion Music" was written. In Italy, it had long been
+thought of and given; finally, the oratorio as we have it now was
+developed by various great composers.
+
+Let us consider the oratorio for a moment as represented by Handel's
+_Messiah_. The most famous part perhaps is the "Hallelujah Chorus." Hear
+this sung by thousands: do you not thrill with joy and praise? As the
+music swells on, with its bursts of melodious exultation, we feel
+ourselves lifted away from everything common and base. Then take the
+sweeter and softer airs: "Behold the Lamb of God," "With His stripes we
+are healed," and then the great chorus, "For unto us a Child is born,"
+with the rush and sweep of the "Wonderful." Where do we seem to be? With
+the shepherds watching on that star-lit plain; with Mary at the cradle
+of her Divine Child; with the Wise Men offering up their gifts of
+frankincense and myrrh in that illumined stable. The light of God's
+glory dazzles us as we listen, and we can only echo in our humble
+hearts, with our heads bowed, that repeated joyous "Wonderful!"
+
+Now do you not think a musician who could make any Christian heart full
+of such reverence and love ought always to be honored? I like to think
+of Handel revered as he is now. His life was not happy in many ways.
+Many things troubled him. He used to sit hours playing on his organ, and
+I have no doubt trying to reconcile himself to the blindness which fast
+came upon him. He had many friends, but no family ties of his own. He
+wrote on unceasingly, and some other time I may tell you more of his
+work. Just now I have had space only to speak of his greatest oratorio.
+
+It was on April 6 that _The Messiah_ was given at Covent Garden, and
+Handel attended the performance. He came home to his house in Brook
+Street very weary, and there, eight days later, he died, April 14, 1759.
+His grave is in Westminster Abbey.
+
+
+
+
+MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER.[1]
+
+[1] Begun in No. 127, HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.
+
+BY JAMES OTIS,
+
+AUTHOR OR "TOBY TYLER," "TIM AND TIP," ETC.
+
+CHAPTER IX.
+
+MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER.
+
+
+It was so near the time for the circus to begin that Toby was obliged to
+hurry considerably in order to distribute among his friends the tickets
+the skeleton had given him, and he advised Abner to remain with Mrs.
+Treat while he did so, in order to escape the crowd, among which he
+might get injured.
+
+Then he gave his tickets to those boys who he knew had no money with
+which to buy any, and so generous was he that when he had finished he
+had none for himself and Abner.
+
+That he might not be able to witness the performance did not trouble him
+very greatly, although it would have been a disappointment not to see
+Ella ride; but he blamed himself very much because he had not saved a
+ticket for Abner, and he hurried to find Ben that he might arrange
+matters for him.
+
+The old driver was easily found, and still more easily persuaded to
+grant the favor which permitted Abner to view the wonderful sights
+beneath the almost enchanted canvas.
+
+From one menagerie wagon to another Toby led his friend as quickly as
+possible, until they stood in front of the monkeys' cage, where Mr.
+Stubbs's supposed brother was perched as high as possible, away from the
+common herd of monkeys, which chatted familiarly with every one who
+bribed them.
+
+Toby was in the highest degree excited; it seemed as if his pet that had
+been killed was again before him, and he crowded his way up to the bars
+of the cage, dragging Abner with him, until he was where he could have a
+full view of the noisy prisoners.
+
+Toby called to the monkey as he had been in the habit of calling to Mr.
+Stubbs, but now the fellow paid no attention to him whatever. There were
+so many spectators that he could not spend his time upon one unless he
+were to derive some benefit in return.
+
+Fortunately, so far as his happiness was concerned, Toby had the means
+of inducing the monkey to visit him, for in his pocket yet remained two
+of the doughnuts Mrs. Treat had almost forced upon him; and remembering
+how fond Mr. Stubbs had been of such sweet food, he held a piece out to
+the supposed brother.
+
+Almost instantly that monkey made up his mind that the freckle-faced boy
+with the doughnut was the one particular person whom he should be
+acquainted with, and he came down from his perch at a rapid rate. So
+long as Toby was willing to feed him with doughnuts he was willing to
+remain; but when his companions gathered around in such numbers that the
+supply of food was quickly exhausted, he went back to his lofty perch,
+much to the boy's regret.
+
+"He looks like Mr. Stubbs, an' he acts like him, an' it must be his
+brother sure," said Toby to himself as Abner hurried him away to look at
+the other curiosities. When he was at some distance from the cage he
+turned and said, "Good-by," as if he were speaking to his old pet.
+
+During the performance that afternoon Abner was in a delightful whirl of
+wonder and amazement; but Toby's attention was divided between what was
+going on in the ring and the thought of having Mr. Stubbs's brother all
+to himself as soon as the performance should be over.
+
+He did, however, watch the boy who sold pea-nuts and lemonade, but this
+one was much larger than himself, and looked rough enough to endure the
+hardships of such a life.
+
+Toby was also attentive when Ella was in the ring, and he was envied by
+all his acquaintances when she smiled as she passed the place where he
+was sitting.
+
+Abner would have been glad if the performance had been prolonged until
+midnight; but Toby, still thinking of Mr. Stubbs's brother, was pleased
+when it ended.
+
+He and Abner waited by the animals' cages until the crowd had again
+satisfied their curiosity; and as the last visitor was leaving the tent,
+old Ben came in, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Treat, both in exhibition
+costume.
+
+Toby was somewhat surprised at seeing them, for he knew their busiest
+time was just at the close of the circus, and while he was yet wondering
+at their coming, he saw Ella approaching from the direction of the
+dressing tent.
+
+He had not much time to spend in speculation, however, for Ben said, as
+he came up:
+
+"Now, Toby, you shall see Mr. Stubbs's brother, and talk to him just as
+long as you want to."
+
+The skeleton and his wife and Ella looked at each other and smiled in a
+queer way as Ben said this; but Toby was too much excited at the idea of
+having the monkey in his arms to pay any attention to what was going on
+around him.
+
+Ben, unlocking the door of the cage, succeeded after considerable
+trouble in catching the particular inmate he wanted, and handing him to
+Toby, said:
+
+"Now let's see if he knows you as well as Stubbs did."
+
+Toby took the monkey in his arms with a glad cry of delight, and fondled
+him as if he really were the pet he had lost.
+
+Whether it was because the animal knew that the boy was petting him, or
+because he had been treated harshly, and was willing to make friends
+with the first one who was kind to him, it is difficult to say. It is
+certain that as soon as he found himself in Toby's arms he nestled down
+with his face by the boy's neck, remaining there as contentedly as if
+the two had been friends for years.
+
+"There! don't you see he knows me?" cried the boy, in delight, and then
+he sat down upon the ground, caressing the animal, and whispering all
+sorts of loving words in his ear.
+
+"He does seem to act as if he had been introduced to you," said old Ben,
+with a chuckle. "It would be kinder nice if you could keep him, wouldn't
+it?"
+
+"'Deed it would," replied Toby, earnestly. "I'd give everything I've got
+if I could have him, for he does act so much like Mr. Stubbs, it seems
+as if it must be him."
+
+Then Ella whispered something to the old driver, the skeleton bestowed a
+very mysterious wink upon him, the fat woman nodded her head until her
+cheeks shook like two balls of very soft butter, and Abner looked
+curiously on, wondering what was the matter with Toby's friends.
+
+He soon found out what it was, however, for Ben, after indulging in one
+of his laughing spasms, asked:
+
+"Whose monkey is that you've got in your arms, Toby?"
+
+"Why, it belongs to the circus, don't it?" And the boy looked up in
+surprise.
+
+"No, it don't belong to the circus; it belongs to you--that's who owns
+it."
+
+"Me? Mine? Why, Ben--"
+
+Toby was so completely bewildered as to be unable to say a word, and
+just as he was beginning to think it some joke, Ben said:
+
+"The skeleton an' his wife, an' Ella an' I, bought that monkey this
+forenoon, an' we give him to you, so's you'll still be able to have a
+Mr. Stubbs in the family."
+
+[Illustration: "'OH, BEN!' WAS ALL TOBY COULD SAY."]
+
+"Oh, Ben!" was all Toby could say. With the monkey tightly clasped in
+his arms, he took the old driver by the hand; but just then the skeleton
+stepped forward, holding something which glistened.
+
+"Mr. Tyler," he said, in his usual speech-making style, "when our friend
+Ben told us this morning about your having discovered Mr. Stubbs's
+brother, we sent out and got this collar for the monkey, and we take the
+greatest possible pride in presenting it to you; although, if it had
+been something that my Lilly could have made with her own fair fingers,
+I should have liked it better."
+
+As he ceased speaking, he handed Toby a very pretty little dog-collar,
+on the silver plate of which was inscribed:
+
+MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER,
+
+PRESENTED TO
+
+TOBY TYLER
+
+BY
+
+THE SKELETON, THE FAT WOMAN,
+
+OLD BEN, LITTLE ELLA.
+
+Toby took the collar, and as he fastened it on the monkey's neck, he
+said, in a voice that trembled considerably with emotion:
+
+"You've all of you been awful good to me, an' I don't know what to say
+so's you'll know how much I thank you. It seems as if ever since I
+started with the circus you've all tried to see how good you could be;
+an' now you've given me this monkey that I wanted so much. Some time,
+when I'm a man, I'll show you how much I think of all you've done for
+me."
+
+The tears of gratitude that were gathering in Toby's eyes prevented him
+from saying anything more, and then Mrs. Treat and Ella both kissed,
+him, while Ben said, in a gruff tone:
+
+"Now carry the monkey home, an' get your supper, for you'll want to come
+down here this evening, an' you won't have time if you don't go now."
+
+Ella, after making Toby promise that he would see her again that night,
+went with Mr. and Mrs. Treat, while old Ben, as if afraid he might
+receive more thanks, walked quickly away toward the dressing-rooms, and
+there was nothing else for Toby and Abner to do but go home.
+
+It surely seemed as if every boy in the village knew that Toby Tyler had
+remained in the tent after the circus was over, and almost all of them
+were waiting around the entrance when the two boys came out with the
+monkey.
+
+If Toby had staid there until each one of his friends had looked at and
+handled the monkey as much as he wanted to, he and Abner would have
+remained until morning, and Mr. Stubbs's brother would have been made
+very ill-natured.
+
+He waited until his friends had each looked at the monkey, and then he
+and Abner started home, escorted by nearly all the boys in town.
+
+The partners in the amateur circus scheme were nearly as wild with joy
+as Toby was, for now their enterprise seemed an assured success, since
+they had two real ponies and a live monkey to begin with. They seemed to
+consider it their right to go to Uncle Daniel's with Toby; and when the
+party reached the corner that marked the centre of the village, they
+decided that the others of the escort should go no farther--a decision
+which relieved Toby of an inconvenient number of friends.
+
+As it was, the party was quite large enough to give Aunt Olive some
+uneasiness lest they should track dirt in upon her clean kitchen floor,
+and she insisted that both the boys and the monkey should remain in the
+yard.
+
+Toby had an idea that Mr. Stubbs's brother would be treated as one of
+the family; and had any one hinted that the monkey would not be allowed
+to share his bed and eat at the same table with him, he would have
+resented it strongly.
+
+But Uncle Daniel soon convinced him that the proper place for his pet
+was in the wood-shed, where he could be chained to keep him out of
+mischief, and Mr. Stubbs's brother was soon safely secured in as snug a
+place as a monkey could ask for.
+
+Not until this was done did the partners return to their homes, or the
+centre of attraction, the tenting grounds, nor did Toby find time to get
+his supper and go for the cows.
+
+Not once during the afternoon had Toby said anything to Abner of the
+good fortune that might come to him through old Ben; but when he got
+back from the pasture and met Uncle Daniel in the barn, he told him what
+the old driver had said about Abner.
+
+"Are you sure you heard him rightly, Toby, boy?" asked the old
+gentleman, pushing his glasses up on his forehead, as he always did when
+he was surprised or perplexed.
+
+"I know he said that; but it seems as if it was too good to be true,
+don't it?"
+
+"The Lord's ways are not our ways, my boy, and if He sees fit to work
+some good to the poor cripple, He can do it as well through a circus
+driver as through one of His elect," said Uncle Daniel, reverentially,
+and then he set about milking the cows in such an absent-minded way that
+he worried old Short-horn until she kicked the pail over when it was
+nearly half full.
+
+[TO BE CONTINUED.]
+
+
+
+
+THE LITTLE GREEN BEDS.
+
+BY MRS. M. E. SANGSTER.
+
+
+  There are little green beds in many a row
+  On our hill-sides fair and our valleys low,
+  And lying still in their hollows deep,
+  The gallant soldiers are fast asleep.
+  Oh, gently we tread when we pass a mound
+  Which under the flag is holy ground.
+
+  And over our country here and there
+  Those little green beds grow bright and fair
+  When the May flowers drop in the lap of June,
+  And sweet in the pastures the wild bees croon.
+  With banner and bugle and beat of drum,
+  To honor the brave, then the people come.
+
+  They come with the roses red and white,
+  And the starry lilies as pure as light;
+  They scatter the blossoms everywhere,
+  And the perfume thrills on the sighing air
+  As they wreathe with beauty each lowly mound
+  That under the flag is holy ground.
+
+  O children, glad as the summer skies,
+  With your dancing dimples and laughing eyes,
+  Little you dream of the wild work done
+  Ere the soldiers' rest in these beds was won;
+  And you only know that here brave ones lie
+  Sleeping so soundly as years go by.
+
+  Nothing they heed of the work or play
+  Of the busy world in the merry May.
+  Though life was sweet to the hero band,
+  They died for love of our native land;
+  And so we garland each lowly mound
+  That under the flag is holy ground.
+
+
+
+
+MY FIRST KANGAROO HUNT.
+
+BY MRS. J. C. GIFFORD.
+
+
+My husband and I were staying at a country house sixteen miles from
+Champion Bay, quite in the "bush," and miles away from any one. Our host
+was an influential person, and the owner of one of the largest stock
+farms on the great continent of Australia.
+
+Everything was arranged for the hunt the day before, Mr. B---- having
+selected and had brought in from the bush those horses which he thought
+most suitable. The luncheon was all packed up overnight, and sent to the
+hunting ground at four o'clock in the morning, accompanied by a barrel
+of water, a luxury unattainable in the country we were bound for.
+
+When we rose in the morning we saw from our windows some of the
+gentlemen already starting, and about an hour afterward the carriage
+which was to convey our party of five to the meet was brought round to
+the door.
+
+After we had driven about nine miles we came to a hollow, where we found
+our horses waiting. Mine was a very neat gray, full of spirit, but very
+good-tempered, while my husband's mount was a pretty bay mare, very
+fast, which pulled considerably. We set off, each of us armed with
+boomerangs, or heavy curved sticks from eighteen inches to two feet in
+length. Our horses were excited, but we had to ride along as quietly as
+possible, for fear we should start a kangaroo and let it get away too
+far ahead.
+
+We had not long to wait before a beautiful "flying doe" got up about
+three-quarters of a mile in front of us, when every one let his horse go
+as hard as he could, until the pace became tremendous, the horses having
+to jump all the bushes they came to.
+
+After we had galloped for several miles, the country became rough and
+thickly grown with black-boys--a species of palm-tree, so called from
+its black stem. Unfortunately, my husband, in avoiding a collision with
+a lady, managed to come up against one of them, and it being strong, did
+not give with the weight of the horse, and knocked him out of the
+saddle. For a moment I was rather frightened, but as he called to me
+that he was all right, and told me to go on, I did so. He soon got his
+horse back, and came after us as quickly as possible.
+
+Of course this little episode rather threw me out of the hunt, and in
+the distance I saw Miss L---- going a good pace with the kangaroo close
+ahead of her. She rode very well, and never once left it. After a while
+I found myself pretty close to it, and by this time our horses were
+getting a little bit used up. It seemed a long time before the kangaroo
+was knocked over. As soon as one of us got alongside of it, it doubled,
+and then the work of getting sufficiently near to upset it had to begin
+again. The pace they go is almost incredible, especially that of a
+"flying doe," and before one is accustomed to it their hopping has a
+peculiar effect. Each spring they give, their tails beat the ground as
+if worked by machinery. Mr. B---- eventually knocked over the "flying
+doe" at Miss L----'s request, she being uncertain how it ought to be
+done. I am glad to say it was not killed, but "ear-marked," and let go.
+
+We gave our horses a little rest, and then started off again. Luckily
+the day was cloudy, or the heat on the sand plains would have been
+unbearable. This time again we were most fortunate, and soon saw a very
+big kangaroo going away ahead of us. After a short time we came to a bit
+of thick bush which the kangaroo made for. If not excited, one would
+think twice about going straight into it. However, I saw two bush-riders
+go at it, so thought I would try too, much to their amusement, and I was
+rewarded. Just in the middle the kangaroo doubled, and being then quite
+close to him, I had all the fun to myself, and Bismarck--my
+horse--entered into it perfectly.
+
+Crash we went through the bush regardless of the possibility of eyes
+being poked out by boughs, and our faces being scratched all over. In
+fact, I found the only thing to do was to sit tight, keep my head down,
+and let the horse go. He followed the kangaroo until we found ourselves
+in the open again. Then we came alongside of him in a canter, as he was
+getting tired, so I got Bismarck very close, and knocked him down. I
+then thought he would give us no more trouble, but much to my surprise,
+when pulling up the horse, I saw him get up and begin to go off. I was
+determined he should not get away, so our chase began again. We soon
+were together, and I made Bismarck keep a little bit ahead of him,
+waiting for our opportunity to upset him. He was actually hopping along
+under my feet, and I knocked his head with my foot. He tore my habit by
+putting one of his paws through it, and scratched one of Bismarck's
+fore-legs in trying to cross him. This he was not quick enough in doing,
+and was soon down on the ground. The actual run was, I believe, only two
+miles. The kangaroo was afterward killed, and his paws cut off for me as
+a remembrance of my first hunt, but in drying they were spoiled, and I
+never got them. His tail was taken home to be made into soup, which is
+most excellent.
+
+After luncheon the gentlemen went off to find another kangaroo if
+possible. They were all on foot, except my husband and Mr. B----'s
+nephew. However, they soon found a fine one, and four of them carried it
+in to us alive. They tied a rope round it, and fastened it to a tree. At
+first the animal tried hard to get away, but finding it useless,
+remained very still. We had a few dogs out with us, but they are not
+required if there are a good many people mounted. Of course, to any one
+hunting by himself, they would be a necessity. Just before our start
+homeward it was proposed to let the kangaroo go, and with some
+difficulty they managed to untie the rope. The kangaroo being at bay, it
+stood upon its hind-legs, with its back to a tree, and kept striking out
+with its paws. It really was a piteous sight, standing there with its
+big brown eyes, and it did not seem to realize it was free, although the
+dogs barked and people shouted to make it move.
+
+At last it went off, and I longed for it to get away; but before going
+any distance it stood up again, with the dogs round it, and the poor
+brave kangaroo was soon dragged by them to the ground. It seemed quite a
+melancholy ending to our day.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: "JUST ONE LOCK OF HAIR."]
+
+JUST ONE LOCK OF HAIR.
+
+
+  "You see, mamma dear, Charley asked
+    For just one lock of hair;
+  I thought I'd cut it off myself,
+    I knew you would not care.
+
+  "Please now, mamma, don't look so grave,
+    The piece is very small;
+  And, see--I cut it off just where
+    It doesn't show at all."
+
+
+
+
+OILING THE WAVES.
+
+
+We have all heard of pouring oil on the waters, but most of us have
+supposed that the phrase meant only the soothing of angry people by
+gentle words, and that it was what the grammars call a figurative
+expression.
+
+But sailors and fishermen have often tried the experiment of sprinkling
+oil upon stormy waves with great success. The oil when dropped upon the
+billows spreads over their surfaces, forming a fine film, and smoothing
+a safe path for ships that would otherwise be in danger.
+
+Many curious instances of this are given by the captains of whalers and
+merchant ships. The master of the _Gem_, a British brigantine, bound
+from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Bristol, encountered a hurricane,
+which blew frightfully for thirty-six hours. The vessel was in the
+utmost peril, when the captain remembered to have read an article on the
+use of oil at sea. He at once poured a quantity into a canvas bag, and
+fastened it to a rope six fathoms long, trailed it to windward of the
+ship, and the oil leaked out, and made smooth water around the vessel.
+
+In September, 1846, a terrific gale of wind lashed the Atlantic to fury,
+and a little fishing-boat was seen tearing her way through the white
+waves to the coast of Sable Island. Watchers on the shore saw two men on
+board throwing something at intervals into the air.
+
+When the boat arrived on shore, as she did in safety, with all her crew,
+it was found that the captain had stationed two men near the
+fore-shrouds, where he had lashed two casks of oil. Each man was armed
+with a wooden ladle two feet long, with which he dipped up the blubber
+and oil, and threw it as high as he could into the sea. The wind carried
+it to leeward, and as it spread far over the water, though the waves
+rose very high, they did not break. The little _Arno_ rode into Sable
+Island, leaving a shining path in her wake.
+
+The way in which the oil is used by those who wish to preserve their
+boats from wreck is very simple.
+
+The _King Cenric_, for instance, a sailing ship bound from Bombay to
+Liverpool, with coal, was caught in a heavy gale, which lasted five
+days. Her officers filled two canvas clothes-bags with oil, and made two
+or three small holes in each. The bags were then towed along by the
+ship.
+
+Our own Dr. Franklin, who always used his eyes, tried the experiment of
+calming rough water by oil in the harbors of Newport and Portsmouth. He
+had observed the serenity of the waves around the whaling ships, and he
+said that even a tea-spoonful of oil produced a wonderful effect.
+
+Mr. John Shields, of Perth, Scotland, has been trying the experiment on
+a grand scale in Peterhead North Harbor. His apparatus carries twelve
+hundred feet of piping into deep water two hundred yards seaward of the
+bar. There are three conical valves, fixed seventy-five feet apart, at
+the sea end of the pipe, and when the pipes are charged with oil, by
+means of a force-pump in a hut on shore, the oil escapes so rapidly that
+the wildest waves become gentle ripples.
+
+Mr. Shields has been improving and testing his invention for two years,
+and expects by means of it to make the dangerous harbor of Peterhead
+entirely safe, however furious the weather.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: IN THE HALLS OF HIS ANCESTORS.]
+
+
+
+
+PHOTOGRAPHY AND WORK.
+
+BY ALLAN FORMAN.
+
+
+Amateur photography is getting to be exceedingly popular. The price of
+outfits is so low that they are within reach of all, and from what we
+hear it would seem that a goodly number of the readers of YOUNG PEOPLE
+are engaging in it. A few words therefore on the subject from one who
+has been through the first few months of enthusiasm and disappointment
+which succeed the purchase of an instrument may be of service to those
+who have embarked on the ocean of amateur photography.
+
+Of course you will use the dry plates. I say of course, because for the
+amateur they are cheaper, more convenient, produce better results, and
+afford a wider latitude of subject than the wet plates. We will suppose,
+then, that you have provided yourself with a good camera and lens,
+chemicals, plates, baths, and all that go to make a complete outfit.
+
+Your first trouble will be with your dark room. It must be _absolutely_
+dark; the faintest ray of white light will destroy the most perfectly
+timed picture. Any closet will do, so long as you can have perfect
+darkness and room to work. The most luxurious dark room I ever saw was
+ten feet square, provided with hot and cold water, and lighted by two
+large windows with panes of ruby glass. The gold-colored glass looks the
+same, but is worthless for photographic purposes. On the other hand, I
+have worked in a closet two feet deep, by the dim light of a single ruby
+lamp. But in photography as in everything else the "golden mean" is
+preferable.
+
+If kept in a perfectly dark box, the dry plates need not be developed
+for months. Travellers often change plates, and even develop and fix
+them, at night, in their rooms, by the aid of a ruby lantern. As the
+changing of plates is an operation which consumes but little time, this
+may be done with safety, but we would recommend the young photographer
+to make use of his dark room for the process of developing.
+
+Besides the pans, or baths as they are called, for the chemicals, you
+must have in the dark room a supply of clear water, and a vessel in
+which to throw it after it has been used. Dry plates require frequent
+washing, as we shall see further on. Your dark room must be, then, of
+moderate size, free from white light, provided with clean water, and
+free from dust. If it is dusty, you will have minute specks on the
+picture. The plates must be kept in this room, and must be transferred
+to and from the plate-holders here.
+
+Next comes the business of mixing the chemicals. There are several
+different formulas for the development of dry plates, but I have found
+the ferrous-oxalate developer to be the simplest and best. The most
+convenient way to prepare the solutions is to take two common glass
+preserve jars, put in about a quarter of a pound of neutral oxalate of
+potash in one, and about the same amount of protosulphate of iron in the
+other; then pour on warm water, and let the crystals dissolve.
+
+It makes no difference how much water you put in; the object is to get a
+"saturated" solution; that is, a solution in which the water has
+absorbed all the chemical matter it can take up. After the chemicals
+have had time to dissolve--say fifteen or twenty minutes--filter the
+solutions into separate bottles, and cork them tightly, to keep out the
+dust. Always filter all your solutions before using them; even filter
+the water if it is not perfectly clear. Cleanliness is a prime necessity
+in photography, and the amateur can not be too careful.
+
+Now comes the "fixing" solution, which is made by dissolving four ounces
+of hyposulphite of soda in twenty ounces of water. Filter into a bottle,
+and cork it until used. Make at the same time a saturated solution of
+common alum, and use it for washing the plates after taking them out of
+the developer, and before fixing. Directions are given by many involving
+the use of cyanide of potassium, tartaric acid, bromide of ammonia, and
+the like; but it is better for the beginner to use as few chemicals as
+possible. More pictures are spoiled than saved by inexperienced
+doctoring.
+
+After your chemicals are all prepared, put a plate in your holder, or
+wooden box with slides, one or more of which accompany every outfit.
+Focus your camera on some object; a row of buildings, the side of a
+house, or a board fence is preferable for this experiment. Take off the
+cap, and pull the slide about half of the way out. Expose about six
+seconds, and pull out the slide the rest of the way. Expose this six
+seconds again, and replace the slide. You now have two exposures, of six
+and twelve seconds respectively, on the same plate. This is for timing
+the lens. It is impossible to give any definite rules for the time of an
+exposure; experience must teach this.
+
+In a gallery where the surroundings are the same and the light varies
+but little, it is comparatively easy to determine how long a plate
+should be exposed in the camera. But in out-of-door work the amateur
+must take into consideration the state of the weather and the
+atmosphere, the presence or absence of reflecting surfaces, such as a
+stretch of sand-beach, a sheet of water, or the proximity of a
+light-colored building, and time the plate accordingly.
+
+After you have taken the test-plate, return to your dark room, and pour
+into the bath four ounces of neutral oxalate, and mix with it one ounce
+of iron solution. Take the plate from the holder, wash it in cold water,
+and drop it into the mixture. The image will begin to appear in from
+three to five minutes. After it has become clearly defined, wash it
+again in cold water, and put it in the alum solution for a few minutes.
+Another washing, and it is ready for the fixing solution, which will
+keep the picture from turning black, as it would otherwise do, if
+exposed to the light.
+
+Let it remain in the fixing solution until the white film has
+disappeared. Then wash it in water, and you have your negative. Now
+examine this carefully, and see whether the six-second or the
+twelve-second exposure is the best. After a few experiments you will be
+able to judge pretty accurately how long to expose a plate.
+
+It would be impossible to enumerate the mistakes which a young
+photographer will make. The only way is to profit by them, and not make
+the same one a second time. Many boys who get a photographic outfit are
+disgusted with it, after one or two trials, because they can not make as
+good a picture as a professional photographer. The principal causes of
+failure can, however, be enumerated as follows:
+
+1. Imperfectly darkened operating-room, which will make the picture dim
+or "foggy."
+
+2. Dust in the dark room, unfiltered chemicals or washing water, which
+will make pinholes in the negative.
+
+3. Over or under exposure, which will either make the negative too black
+or too thin to print successfully. This last, however, is excusable in
+the young beginner.
+
+Finally, boys are apt to be careless. A crack in the door of the
+operating-room, a bottle left uncorked to collect the dust, dirt or dust
+on the hands, a little more of this solution or a little less of that,
+they think would make no difference. Photography requires accuracy and
+cleanliness, and no one can hope to take a satisfactory picture unless
+he will cultivate these qualities.
+
+If any boy or girl--and girls, as a general rule, make better amateur
+photographers than boys--thinks to learn amateur photography for "fun,"
+I should say to him or her, emphatically, Don't. But to any one who has
+a sincere love for the beautiful in nature, and who is willing to _work_
+to obtain lasting mementos of the scenes which are dear to him, a
+photographic outfit may become a source of never-ending pleasure.
+
+
+
+
+WHAT A GEORGIA BOY FOUND WHILE FISHING.
+
+
+One day several years ago a Georgia boy went fishing. He started for a
+creek that ran not far from his home; but as he knew there were few fish
+in it except small cat-fish, he probably did not expect to return with a
+very well-filled basket. Most boys, however, know how to get a good deal
+of pleasure out of a day's fishing, even if the fish are small and bite
+slowly.
+
+Taking his lines and hooks, this Georgia boy went to the creek, and
+there sat down to dig for bait with his pocket-knife. In digging, he
+turned up a curious and pretty pebble which attracted his attention.
+Wiping the earth from it, he found it to be semi-transparent, and about
+the color of the flame of a wood fire. As he turned it around, it
+reflected the light in a peculiar way which interested the boy, and so,
+instead of throwing the pebble away, he put it into his pocket.
+
+As he had never seen a stone of the kind, he showed it to a good many
+persons as a curiosity in a small way, and after a while he came to
+value it about as a boy values a marble of the kind called real agate.
+
+On one occasion he showed his pretty stone to a visitor from Cincinnati,
+who seemed even more interested in it than others had been. This
+gentleman examined the pebble again and again, and finally asked
+permission to take it to Cincinnati with him to show to some one there.
+Not long afterward the gentleman returned, and told the lad that his
+"pretty stone" was worth a good many thousands of dollars. It was, in
+fact, what is called a fire opal, a very precious stone, specimens of
+which are so very scarce and costly that jewellers can not afford to
+make use of them. The few that have been found since Humboldt carried
+specimens to Europe have been eagerly bought at enormous prices for the
+great museums.
+
+When the parents of the Georgia boy learned the nature and value of his
+discovery they had the stone sent to Europe, and sold to advantage. The
+sum received for it was quite a little fortune.
+
+I have never heard how many fish the boy caught, but I am very sure that
+he can not complain of his luck on that day.
+
+Since that time a good many opals have been found in the region in which
+the boy dug for bait, and among them one or two small fire opals, but
+none equal in value to his. Some efforts have been made to search the
+region thoroughly, and to work it as an opal mine. There is a great
+difference in opals, but when they are really beautiful their value is
+very large. For an opal in the museum at Venice $250,000 was offered
+without success. Marc Antony is said to have sent a Roman Senator into
+exile because he would not sell him an opal ring for which he had paid
+nearly a million of dollars.
+
+
+
+
+"POPSEY."
+
+BY MATTHEW WHITE, JUN.
+
+
+This was the name Walter Radlow's father had requested should be given
+the gray donkey which he presented to his son on the latter's thirteenth
+birthday.
+
+"You see, I was at my wits' end what to buy," he afterward explained;
+"for a dozen birthdays, to say nothing of as many Christmases, had about
+exhausted my genius for discovering something new, and I was beginning
+to think I'd have to start all over again with a rattle, when the idea
+of a donkey and cart popped into my head."
+
+So Popsey was the donkey, and the donkey was Walter's, and--such a
+donkey! Not one of your meek, spiritless animals, "warranted gentle with
+ladies and children," that you must beat to make go, and simply cease
+beating to stop.
+
+Ah, no; Popsey, though not wild or vicious, was full of life, which was
+just what Walter delighted in; and as Mrs. Radlow had satisfied herself
+that the beast was really too small to do any serious damage, she ceased
+to worry about his "playfulness."
+
+But it was not long before Popsey became so attached to his young master
+that it was thought perfectly safe to allow two-year-old Amy the
+privilege of a ride now and then, from which she returned in a very
+mixed state of mind as to whether she wanted to tell papa about Popsey,
+or Popsey about papa.
+
+One Saturday, about three months after Popsey's advent, Walter's cousins
+came over from Wallingville to make him a visit. They were the children
+of Mr. Radlow's only brother, and Helen was fourteen, May twelve, and
+Jack ten.
+
+They arrived about nine in the morning, to find Walter just recovering
+from an attack of rheumatism, and suffering from such a raging toothache
+that he could scarcely bear to speak.
+
+"But don't mind me," he said, as they all gathered about him to condole
+and bemoan. "When you come from town to the country for the first time
+in years, and for such a short stay, too, you mustn't stick in the house
+just because a chap can't go round with you to-- Oh!" and poor Walter
+suddenly dashed his head down against the hop pillow on the lounge,
+while the girls sympathetically exclaimed, "Too bad!" and Jack looked as
+if he was afraid it might be "catching."
+
+But in a moment or two Walter bobbed up again to say, "There's the
+croquet set and archery, tennis and--Popsey."
+
+"Oh yes; that's the donkey, you know," eagerly interrupted Jack. "And,
+oh, Walter, did you say we might drive him?"
+
+"Of course. I guess Helen can manage the fellow. And, by-the-way, you
+might take the cart and drive over to the Hillwins'. Fred's got a prime
+book about middies I've wanted to read ever since Christmas, and if
+you'll borrow it for me, I think it'll make me forget this--" And the
+boy expressively ended his sentence by another plunge into the depths of
+his hop pillow.
+
+When the plan was first mentioned to her, Mrs. Radlow was inclined to
+doubt Helen's ability to deal with Popsey's peculiarities. Though docile
+enough with Walter, he might prove troublesome to a stranger.
+
+"But, Aunt Jennie, don't you remember how I drove when we were all up in
+the mountains one summer? And, besides, you know you wrote to mamma that
+Popsey was so small that you never worried about the children being out
+with him."
+
+As this last argument of Helen's could not very well be answered, the
+coachman was ordered to harness up.
+
+When the cart was brought to the door, and the three visitors prepared
+to crowd themselves into it, a great outcry was made by Amy, who
+shouted, "Me too! me too!" so often and so shrilly that, for the sake of
+securing quiet in the house for Walter, Mrs. Radlow at last consented to
+let her go.
+
+"I'll hold her on my lap just as tight," pleaded May, "and Jack can
+stand up behind."
+
+And so it was arranged, and Amy's face, which had been all drawn down
+for a good cry, wrinkled up into a laugh instead.
+
+Then Popsey was petted and patted, endearingly addressed as "Good
+donkey," and called upon times innumerable to "whoa" when he had not
+thought of stirring, after which preliminaries the girls got in, Amy was
+handed over to them, and Jack climbed up behind.
+
+"Drive around to the front lawn, so Walter can see you," said Mrs.
+Radlow, when all was ready for a start, whereupon Helen chirped to her
+steed, and guided him over the grass opposite the second-story window,
+at which appeared a black head and white pillow, one of which was nodded
+gayly, and the other waved on high, the two to be suddenly clapped
+together again in a fashion, that caused Helen to give Popsey a touch of
+the whip, and speed off after the "prime book about middies."
+
+[Illustration: "'ISN'T HE JUST TOO CUNNING!'"]
+
+"Oh, isn't he just too cunning!" exclaimed May, as the little donkey
+trotted along, with his big load, as steadily as a family horse.
+
+Amy crowed with delight; Helen made a great show of flourishing her whip
+(taking good care, however, to keep it out of range of Popsey's long
+ears), while Jack pranced about behind in genuine boyish joy. The road
+was easy enough to follow, and inside of three-quarters of an hour Helen
+drew up before the Hillwins' gate. Their house was the only one within
+sight, and just beyond it two or three roads crossed one another in
+quite a confusing manner.
+
+"It's lucky we haven't any further to go, Helen," remarked May, as she
+noted the latter fact, "for we'd surely become mixed, and-- But I
+declare, if Amy isn't fast asleep in my arms! Poor dear, the ride's been
+too long for her, I guess. You go in, Helen, and I'll sit perfectly
+still so as not to wake her. Don't be long, though."
+
+Jack was already out and standing at Popsey's head, but no sooner had
+her elder sister vanished from sight under the long grape arbor that led
+to the house, than May suddenly discovered that she was terribly
+thirsty.
+
+"Oh, Jack," she cried, "I must go in and get a drink; but I don't want
+to wake baby, and make her cross, perhaps; so I'll just put her down
+here in the bottom of the cart on the seat cushion. I'll be back in a
+minute or two; but mind, keep a tight hold on the donkey, and if Amy
+wakes up, talk to her till I come."
+
+Jack answered "All right," May jumped down to hurry off after Helen, and
+then there was no sound to break the country stillness but the autumn
+wind, as it whirled the dead leaves to the ground, and the rumble of a
+train as it rushed along the track down by the river.
+
+As it happened, Fred Hillwin was not at home, or he most certainly would
+have come out to inspect Popsey and keep Jack company. As for Fanny, she
+was so overjoyed at the unexpected call from her old school friends,
+that for about five minutes she could do nothing but give expression to
+her delight. Then the book Walter wanted had to be hunted up, all of
+which together consumed a good deal of time, the delay seeming
+especially prolonged to Jack, who soon grew tired of gazing at the top
+of baby's cap between Popsey's ears, and longed for some more exciting
+occupation. The donkey stood as if glued to the spot, and Amy slept on
+as peacefully as if in her little crib at home.
+
+Suddenly the noon-day quiet was broken in upon by the blast of a horn,
+accompanied by the quick trot of horses' feet.
+
+"A circus, perhaps!" exclaimed Jack; but, alas! whatever it was, nothing
+could be seen from where he stood, for the sound came from the turnpike
+just beyond the cross-roads before mentioned.
+
+"Oh, how I would like to see what it is!" sighed the boy. Then he
+quickly measured with his eye the distance he would have to run, saw
+that Popsey seemed perfectly stationary, and with a sudden impulse
+dashed off to the corner, arriving just in time to behold a four-in-hand
+coach rush by like the wind.
+
+It had scarcely passed him, however, when it stopped with an abruptness
+that threatened to pitch the passengers on ahead of it.
+
+"What can be the matter?" thought Jack, and with all a boy's curiosity
+he ran on down the road to find out.
+
+It seemed that one of the "leaders" had stumbled and fallen, and
+consequently been stepped on by the "wheelers," which resulted in such
+an entanglement of horses and harness as Jack had never seen before.
+
+With wide-open eyes he looked on at the efforts of the gentlemen to
+straighten things out, and was about to ask if he could help them, when
+suddenly, with a cry of "Oh, Popsey--and the baby!" he tore back to the
+Hillwins' gate, and found the donkey-cart--gone.
+
+With a terrible fear in his heart, the thoughtless boy gave one
+despairing look around him, and then started off on a run, in the
+direction in which Popsey had been headed, after a black speck just
+visible in the distance.
+
+Two minutes later Helen and May came hurrying down the long walk through
+the garden, provoked with themselves at having staid so long.
+
+"I do hope Amy hasn't waked up," said May; "but I told Jack in case she
+should-- Why, where are they?"
+
+"Perhaps Jack's driven down the road a little," suggested Helen.
+
+But a hurried glance in both directions soon convinced the girls that
+the donkey-cart was nowhere near, and they were both beginning to feel a
+dread of they knew not what, when all at once May exclaimed, "Oh, Helen,
+look! here comes Jack now, and _without Popsey_!"
+
+In great excitement the sisters ran to meet him, and imagine their
+horror when, with a voice all broken with sobs, he cried: "Oh! oh! it
+was only a--a peddler's wagon, and I ran nearly a mile to catch it,
+and--and now I don't know where to look, because Popsey's run off with
+the baby!"
+
+Terrified beyond description at the thought of the danger that
+threatened their aunt's pet, who had been so reluctantly committed to
+their charge, the girls commanded Jack to tell them instantly just how
+it had all happened, which he did with teeth-chattering from fright,
+and repeated assertions that he had believed Popsey was asleep.
+
+"But didn't I tell you not to stir?--and oh, Helen, it's partly my fault
+too, for if I hadn't been so foolish as to leave Amy, she--" Here May
+broke down completely, and leaving her and Jack in tears together, Helen
+flew back to the house, and soon returned with Mrs. Hillwin, Fanny, the
+maid, and the cook. Then she pointed out the three roads it was possible
+the donkey had taken, and burst out crying herself.
+
+"An' shure, miss, don't give way so," said the cook, cheeringly, "but
+jist take yer stand at the cross-roads beyant, an' ask ivery person that
+comes along--an' precious few do it be in this wild region, bad luck to
+it!--ef they're afther seein' a donkey runnin' off wid a baby."
+
+This sensible suggestion was at once acted upon, and while the rest all
+hurried off in the direction of a turnip-field, which the maid declared
+Popsey must have sniffed, Helen stood at the junction of the three roads
+until a pleasant-faced old gentleman in a buggy approached her.
+
+"Oh, sir," she cried, rushing up dangerously close to the wheels, "did
+you meet a runaway donkey-cart?"
+
+"No, not I," was the answer; and the gentleman repressed a smile, but
+suddenly grew quite grave as he drew rein and asked if the donkey's name
+was Popsey.
+
+"Oh, yes, yes," exclaimed Helen. "And have you seen him?"
+
+"No, but I am going to see his owner now, and if you will get in, I will
+take you along with me. I am the family doctor, and am quite well
+acquainted with Popsey."
+
+Hardly knowing what she did, but feeling that any sort of motion or
+action was better than waiting in suspense, Helen accepted the
+invitation, and began at once to pour forth her tale of grief to the
+kindly old physician, upon hearing which he whipped up his horse, saying
+that he was sure no harm had come to Amy.
+
+Then Helen suddenly recollected how she had deserted her post, and was
+filled with a foreboding lest some one should pass the cross-roads who
+might know something about the donkey-cart, and there would be no one
+there to question him.
+
+"Here comes Mr. Radlow's coachman now," exclaimed the doctor, when they
+had nearly reached their destination, "and driving at a furious rate. I
+warrant it's turned out just as I expected;" and with the words he
+signaled to the man to stop.
+
+"Yes, yes, exactly as I imagined," said the physician, when the coachman
+had hurriedly and excitedly explained that Popsey had come trotting back
+to the stable with the lines about his heels, and baby Amy crowing
+joyously in the bottom of the cart, and that in consequence Mrs. Radlow
+was in a great state of fright concerning the fate of the cousins.
+
+"Well, I'll soon relieve her fears on that score; and do you, Dennis,
+drive on toward the cross-roads with your carriage as fast as ever you
+can, and bring the other two children back."
+
+As for Helen, she had not yet recovered from her joyful surprise.
+
+"To think," she exclaimed, "that that donkey should have turned
+deliberately around and walked off home, nearly four miles, without
+upsetting anything, while we were looking for him in every other
+direction! There certainly never was such a dear little animal. But that
+doesn't excuse Jack's thoughtlessness, and I'm going to give Aunt Jennie
+leave to punish him _very severely_."
+
+However, when the case was laid before the doctor, he declared that as
+the fault lay really with so many persons, and that as the three cousins
+had suffered sufficiently already from anxiety and suspense, the blame
+should be changed to praise, and that given to Popsey, who had displayed
+a disposition to execute the errand upon which he had been sent as
+speedily as possible.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: WHAT HAPPENED WHEN DINAH WENT OUT AND LEFT TOPSY ALL
+ALONE.]
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+  Good-morning, little bird;
+    I wish you'd sing for me;
+  You look as if 'twere fun to live
+    Out-doors so wild and free.
+
+  I've brought Matilda Jane
+    Because she needs the air;
+  She is a very pretty child,
+    With lovely curling hair.
+
+  How many little birds
+    Are flying round to-day!
+  Now surely you will stay with me
+    When I've come here to play?
+
+  Oh, you have children three,
+    And they, perhaps, have stirred;
+  Well, if they need you, hurry home.
+    Good-morning, little bird.
+
+
+
+
+OUR POST-OFFICE BOX.
+
+
+  NEW YORK CITY.
+
+     I thought I would write to you about my little bird Billie. He is a
+     canary of the German breed, and is rather long and slim, but he
+     sings very sweetly. I think he is the smartest and most intelligent
+     bird I ever saw outside of a show. I taught him myself to stand on
+     my finger whenever I put my hand in his cage; and he knows when I
+     speak to him, for when I call to him, he will turn his head toward
+     me, as if to say, "What?" I used to make him seesaw on a little
+     stick with his little companion John, who was blind nearly all his
+     life, which was very short; and then I would make him hold a little
+     gun, and balance himself on a ball which I would keep in motion. He
+     would stand on a little cart, and hold the reins with one claw,
+     while I drew him around the room, with John, held in a
+     market-basket, sitting on behind. He seldom tries to fly away, and
+     I have frequently taken him out-doors in my hands, without fear of
+     his escaping. Sometimes, for a change, I used to let him swing like
+     a paroquet in one of my bangles. This I do not think he liked much,
+     for his tail was so long it was hard for him to keep his balance.
+     But the most difficult thing that I taught him to do was to lie on
+     his back and pretend he was asleep. I would lay him down gently,
+     and after kicking his feet, and trying to grasp my fingers, he
+     would lie perfectly still until I touched him, when he would jump
+     up; and then I would have him kiss me, which he can do nicely,
+     moving his bill all the time. I should like to tell you about John,
+     who died, we think, on account of his eyes, which, after we had had
+     him a little time, became covered with white mists, which we think
+     were cataracts.
+
+  A STRONG FRIEND OF
+  "HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE".
+
+It would be interesting to hear of your method in teaching your pet so
+many pretty tricks. I suppose you were very gentle and patient, and that
+you taught him one thing perfectly before letting him begin upon
+another.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  WASHINGTON, D. C.
+
+     I, like Virginie C. B., am practicing a few of the gymnastics
+     mentioned in No. 118. We have a bar across one of our doorways a
+     foot from the top, which I catch hold of and swing by. I can not
+     draw my chin up to it yet, but can come very near it. After the
+     Postmistress has assured us she has seen Jimmy Brown, his stories
+     are much more interesting to me, for they must be the experiences
+     of a real boy. We always laugh at them, they are so funny.
+
+     My sister has been all over the establishment of Harper & Brothers,
+     and saw them printing YOUNG PEOPLE. I should like to see that, and
+     hope to some time. I think it was Augusta C. who did not like cats.
+     She would not change her mind if she saw our cat, for that lazy
+     animal is awake all night and asleep all day. We have had no less
+     than six cats during the past year. "The Talking Leaves" excited us
+     very much, and I think it was splendid. Toby Tyler is a very nice
+     little boy, I think, and when I first glanced at the picture of the
+     circus coming in, I thought they were taking him away again.
+
+     We have some flowers in our back yard, and we like them very much.
+     The seeds are just coming up, and I take great interest in watching
+     them. We have some very pretty pansies, roses, and bridal-wreaths.
+     They are blooming now. I brought some wild flowers from the woods,
+     and my sister brought some violets; they are growing very nicely.
+     We have but one geranium, and its blooms are shrivelled. I do not
+     know what to do to it.
+
+     I like to write stories very much, and I love dearly to draw
+     pictures. Last Tuesday was very warm, and you would have thought it
+     was summer if you had suddenly been transported to Washington.
+
+  EMILY N.
+
+Perhaps your geranium needs rest. Try the plan of pinching off every bud
+for the next few weeks. The soil may need enriching, or you may have
+watered it too freely.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
+
+     I have written to HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE three times, and none of my
+     letters have been printed; but I believe in perseverance, so I am
+     going to try again. I have never read any paper I liked half as
+     well as HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. Papa gets it for me, and I read it
+     to my little brother. One night I was reading "Tim and Tip" to him,
+     and I happened to look up, and he was crying. He didn't want me to
+     think he was crying, so he said, "It's only the water that comes
+     out of my eyes." I like Jimmy Brown's stories very much. I think
+     all of the stories in the paper are very interesting. Jimmy Brown
+     and Georgie Hackett seem to possess about the same qualities. My
+     favorite study in school is history.
+
+  EMMA.
+
+I do not know Georgie Hackett, but poor Jimmy is certainly an
+interesting boy, though I would not care to have him living at my house,
+unless he could behave better than he now does. Perseverance is an
+excellent quality. You could not have a better motto than
+
+  "If at first you don't succeed,
+  Try, try again."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  SANBORN, DAKOTA TERRITORY.
+
+     I am a little English girl eight years old, and hope to see this
+     letter printed, to please dear papa, as he does not know I am going
+     to write. I have taken HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE two years (ever since
+     we left England), and have never written before. I have an Indian
+     pony, on which I ride about; her name is Frances. My brother Jack
+     has one called Charlie. I have a little sister Mabel; she is six,
+     and so fat that mamma calls her Pumpkin. She calls me her fairy
+     lily. I have seen Jumbo in England, and am glad he has come to
+     America. Papa says some time I may see him again. I am very fond of
+     reading. I have lots of books, and my grandma sends me _Little
+     Folks_ every month. I have been learning music for a year, and am
+     getting on nicely. We find lovely flowers about here, and I gather
+     mamma lovely bunches for the table every day. Good-by.
+
+  KATIE S.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  JUNCTION, IDAHO.
+
+     I am a little boy seven years old. I take HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE,
+     and I like it very much. I think "Toby Tyler" and "Mr. Stubbs's
+     Brother" are the best of all. Blue Ribbon has a little kitten; she
+     is teaching it to walk. I have a horse; his name is Old Indian. The
+     reason I call him Old Indian is because we bought him of the
+     Indians. I have some nice rides on him. We live on a ranch, and
+     have lots of little calves and little chickens. I do not go to
+     school, but study my lessons at home. I send one dollar for Young
+     People's Cot.
+
+  OLIVER T. C.
+
+Your contribution has been sent to the lady who receives and takes care
+of the money for Young People's Cot. Is Blue Ribbon the little kitten's
+mother? I hope Old Indian is a gentle pony. From his name I should think
+he might be quite fiery.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"PAPA, WHAT MAKES THE RAIN COME?"
+
+     Mabel and Ethel can't write for themselves, and they do not know
+     that I am writing to the Post-office Box to tell other little girls
+     about them. What here follows is not a made-up story; it is set
+     down almost word for word as it was spoken. The girls were in their
+     little beds, talking about different things, and papa was sitting
+     at the table reading a book by the light of the lamp. Thunder was
+     heard in the distance, and Ethel remarked that the rain was coming.
+     This led Mabel to ask the question which forms the title of this
+     letter, "Papa, what makes the rain come?"
+
+     While thinking about the best way to make her understand the
+     wonderful and beautiful natural process--how the sun draws up
+     vapors from land and sea, and stores the treasures of rain in the
+     clouds, returning them in showers of blessings upon the
+     earth--Ethel broke in with her views, thus relieving me of a
+     difficulty. So I kept quiet as a mouse, and listened while
+     pretending to read. Ethel, half raising herself in bed, thus
+     explained:
+
+     "Why, Mabel, I will tell you what makes the rain come. You see, God
+     is up there above the clouds, and He has wings, and flies from
+     place to place, all over. Then, you know, He has a pump, with a big
+     deep well, with lots, oh! lots of water in it, and on the pump
+     there is a rubber tube, with a sprinkler fastened to it. And then
+     He pumps, and pumps, and pumps, and the angels they pump, and the
+     water comes, and spurtles, and spurtles, and spurtles, and
+     spurtles, and spurtles, and spurtles; and that's what makes the
+     rain come."
+
+     These were the child's thoughts and expressions on the beautiful
+     phenomena of the rain. The explanation seemed sufficient and
+     satisfactory, as both little thinkers forthwith resigned themselves
+     into the loving arms of "tired nature's sweet restorer," and were
+     carried far away into the happy land of dreams.
+
+  F. J. T.
+  FARMINGTON, MINNESOTA.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  CHURCHVILLE, MARYLAND.
+
+     As the day is rainy, we have been looking over HARPER'S YOUNG
+     PEOPLE, and seeing so many nice letters in Our Post-office Box. I
+     thought, by way of variety, I would send one from Harford County. I
+     have two sisters. One is a teacher, and she is going to read some
+     pieces out of your paper to the children in her school.
+
+     We have a colt named Pinafore. The other day I turned another
+     horse, with a halter on, into the same field with him. Pin caught
+     the halter in his mouth, and led him about as he had seen us do. I
+     have a Scotch terrier dog named Jack. I hitch him to a little
+     wagon, and he is better trained than the speckled pig in No. 132.
+
+     I think your paper is just splendid, but like to read "Mr. Stubbs's
+     Brother" the best of all. I went to see Jumbo in Baltimore.
+
+  FRANK B.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+OUR BABY BOY.
+
+  Oh, he's so sweet,
+    The darling thing!
+  On his small feet
+    We kisses fling.
+
+  He plays, he crows,
+    Can laugh and sing,
+  And thinks he knows
+    'Most everything.
+
+  He goes to bed
+    So sweet at night;
+  You'll hear his tread
+    Soon as 'tis light.
+
+  He plays, you know.
+    The whole day through,
+  And he can blow
+    His trumpet new.
+
+  All places round,
+    No sweeter toy
+  Than this is found--
+    Our baby boy.
+
+  DAISY M. (aged 9.)
+  DAVENPORT, IOWA.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  BAYFIELD, WISCONSIN.
+
+     I am thirteen years old, and have a little adopted sister, whose
+     name is Elsie, and whom I love just as much as if she were my own
+     sister. She is seven years old. I wish the readers of YOUNG PEOPLE
+     could see my canary-bird. His name is Jim. I often let him out of
+     his cage, and sometimes he comes hopping up to me, and then he will
+     chirp until I give him a piece of apple or orange.
+
+     I am very fond of reading. I have just finished a book called
+     _Zigzag Journeys in Europe_, and I enjoyed it very much. Our house
+     is a square from Lake Superior. We can stand at any window and look
+     right out on the lake. Bayfield is a great summer resort for
+     invalids and pleasure-seekers. Very nearly all the large steamboats
+     come here. From Bayfield we can also see five of the Apostle
+     Islands.
+
+  SUSIE P.
+
+Would it not be nice if we could have all the cunning and beautiful pets
+our little friends write about arranged together in a great exhibition?
+As this is impossible, we must try to see each of them from the pretty
+pen pictures their little owners send.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
+
+     I am nine years old. Last Easter mamma gave me HARPER'S YOUNG
+     PEOPLE as a present. I am delighted with it, and reading those
+     letters written by the young folks has put me in the notion of
+     telling you something of myself. I go to school in West
+     Philadelphia. Mamma thought the ride out there would be good for my
+     health. I am obliged to start at eight o'clock, and I get home at
+     two. I eat my dinner, learn my lessons, and then I am ready for
+     play, which I enjoy greatly. I have neither brother nor sister, but
+     I have several little friends. I have two velocipedes. Mamma gave
+     me one when I was only four years old; it has three wheels; I call
+     it my little clipper. The other has four wheels; I call it my
+     propeller. I have a set of garden tools. I tell you I play hard
+     until tea-time; then I get ready for tea. By eight o'clock I am
+     quite ready for bed, as I have to get up at six. Sometimes I take a
+     little ride before breakfast on my velocipede, or play with my pet
+     cat, which I call Charlie, after papa. Mamma says she intends to
+     turn over a new leaf, and have me black my own boots in the
+     morning, and promises if I do it for two weeks she will make me a
+     present of a nice blacking-box like papa's.
+
+  G. W. H.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
+
+     I am seven years old. I have a little brother five and a dear
+     little sister two years old. I go to school, and my brother goes to
+     the kindergarten. I will tell you how my little sister said her
+     prayers last night. She said, "God bless mamma and papa, and our
+     dear, dear kittie cat. Amen." We thought it was so cute. I envy the
+     little boys who live in the country. I have never been out of the
+     city, but hope to go for all the summer. This is the first letter I
+     have ever written.
+
+  LUCAS N.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  NEW YORK CITY.
+
+     I want to tell you of my pets. I have a little pug dog; his name is
+     Punch. I have such fun with him, he is so playful. Then I have two
+     canary-birds, and their names are Sweet and Top-knot. And I have a
+     little kitten; her name is Betty; mamma named her.
+
+     I take music lessons, and go to school, and also attend a riding
+     school twice a week. I like HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE very much. I
+     think "Toby Tyler," "The Little Dolls' Dressmaker," and "Mr.
+     Stubbs's Brother" are tiptop. Good-night.
+
+  BERTHA E. F.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The Postmistress has pleasure in inviting the attention of boys to the
+following request:
+
+     The boys at this place having organized a social club, desire to
+     have their secretary open a correspondence with the secretaries of
+     other and similar clubs of boys. Persons interested will please
+     address for further information,
+
+  W. T. FRANKLIN,
+  82 East Jersey St., Elizabeth, N. J.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  MOTT HAVEN, NEW YORK.
+
+     I am a little girl nine years old. I have five dollies; their names
+     are Katie, Jessie, Jemima, Daisy, and Ella. I have had Jemima eight
+     years. I have a bedstead, and a carriage in which, on fine days, I
+     take them out riding. I also have a trunk, and lots of other
+     things. I have never been to school, and only began to write one
+     year ago last February, and I hope you will be able to read this
+     letter.
+
+  AGGIE L. S. S.
+
+I suppose Jemima is the favorite of the five dollies, as you have had
+her almost all your life. You write very well indeed.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+  SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND.
+
+     Our grandma sends us HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, which we find very
+     interesting. We are Americans. We came here partly for our
+     education, but mostly for our health. I am almost fourteen. I
+     thought I would write to the Post-office Box, and tell you what I
+     have seen. We have been to Netley Abbey, which is a very ancient
+     ruin; it is over eleven centuries old. We have visited Netley
+     Hospital. While we were there we saw a number of soldiers come in
+     from the Zulu war. The hospital is a very fine building. We have
+     also been to Romsey Abbey, and we saw there a plait of hair which
+     is supposed to be a thousand years old. We have been to Winchester
+     Cathedral, and saw many ancient tombs. We went to the New Forest,
+     and saw the place where William Rufus was killed.
+
+  F. B. M.
+
+You have a very pleasant opportunity to study English history, and you
+must write to the Post-office Box again, and tell us more about the
+places you visit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+     I read the letters in the Post-office Box every week. I study
+     geography, spelling, arithmetic, writing, and Latin. I have gone to
+     school here for almost ten months. I have had a nice black and
+     white rabbit for almost a year. I will try to get some wild ones
+     this spring, and tame them. Some of us boys take our dinners out in
+     the woods on Saturdays, and have a splendid time. In cold weather
+     we build a fire.
+
+     I will give a book entitled _Tel Tyler at School_, 750 mixed
+     foreign stamps, several foreign postal cards, a piece of petrified
+     honey-comb, two shells from St. Augustine, Florida, and a pebble
+     from Amsterdam, New York, for sixty stamps from Alsace-Lorraine,
+     Angola, Antigua, Azores, Bolivia, Bermuda, British Honduras,
+     Ceylon, Chili, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras,
+     Ionian Isles, Labuan, Lagos, Liberia, Malta, Nevis, Nicaragua,
+     Orange States, Paraguay, Persia, Salvador, San Marino, Shanghai,
+     St. Lucia, Trinidad, and Virgin Isles. Stamps must be in good
+     condition.
+
+  CHARLES L. HOLLINGSHEAD,
+  Care Rev. R. K. Todd, Woodstock, Ill.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+C. Y. P. R. U.
+
+AN INDIAN ELEPHANT.--Some of you have been very much interested in Jumbo
+and his enormous appetite. A traveller who engaged an elephant to carry
+him over a part of India during a journey which occupied some weeks,
+gives this account of the elephant's food, and of the care which he
+received while on the march: Every day he was fed with cakes composed of
+flour, ghee (which is clarified butter), and coarse salt. Twenty-five
+pounds of flour were mixed and baked, and one-half the quantity was
+given to the elephant in the morning, and the other in the evening.
+Besides these cakes, he ate freely of the leaves and branches of trees.
+Each morning he would go with his mahout, or driver, into the jungle,
+and there he would choose and pick the branches he liked best, loading
+them on his back, and taking the supply home to the camp. There was a
+kind of marshy grass which he considered a very choice dessert. When a
+person engages an elephant, he of course engages the mahout as well. The
+mahout usually takes his wife and children with him, as it takes several
+people to keep an elephant comfortable. Every morning and evening he
+must have his bath, and before beginning the day's march his forehead,
+ears, paws, and every part of his body likely to be cracked with the sun
+must be greased. When the party comes to a halt, the elephant's heavy
+trappings are always taken off, and he is allowed to rest under a
+spreading tree. When an elephant does not feel well, he makes a pill for
+himself without saying a word to the doctor. With his trunk he rolls up
+a ball or two of red earth, and swallows it, just as naturally as pussy,
+when her head aches, scampers off to the catnip bed, and takes a dose of
+her favorite herb.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MYRTLE.--I think a Shakspeare club such as you and your girl friends
+have organized must be both pleasant and instructive. Instead of so many
+stories, dear, let me persuade you to read books of travel which will
+give you an idea of the world we live in; and when you tire of them, and
+want a change, try history. The books you mention are too exciting and
+highly wrought to be good reading for you at present. I think you would
+find Sir Walter Scott's "Lady of the Lake" and "Marmion" very
+fascinating, and Miss Strickland's _Queens of England_ would keep you
+delightfully occupied all summer.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TOM H.--Sir Richard Whittington, the hero of the tale of _Whittington
+and His Cat_, was born about 1354, in Gloucestershire, England. He was
+not a beggar boy, but belonged to a good family. When less than ten
+years old he was sent to London to be a little apprentice. From step to
+step he rose, until he became a great merchant, and finally Lord Mayor
+of London. Very likely he did send his cat away on one of his employer's
+ships to clear the vessel of rats and mice, and it would not be at all
+strange if he sometimes fancied he heard the sweet tones of the
+Bow-Bells calling to him
+
+  "Turn again, Whittington,
+  Lord Mayor of London."
+
+Few boys become successful men without ambition. It is a good thing to
+mean to be somebody one of these days. But doing well is better than
+dreaming. The lad who works with all his might at whatever he begins,
+never slighting any duty until it is done, will be sure to make a useful
+and honored man. Now, as I have preached my little sermon, let me tell
+you some of the noble things Dick Whittington did. He caused a conduit,
+or pipe, of water to be put on tap in the wall of St. Giles's church,
+thus making a drinking fountain five hundred years ago very much like
+those we have now. He built the Guildhall Library in 1419. He repaired
+hospitals, and did a great deal of good among the poor and the sick, and
+was very kind to children. He died in 1423.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We would call the attention of the C. Y. P. R. U. this week to the
+article entitled "Handel and 'The Messiah,'" by Mrs. John Lillie, to
+"Oiling the Waves," and to "Photography and Work." In the latter Mr.
+Allan Forman endeavors to point out to young amateur photographers the
+way to overcome some of the difficulties that are likely to attend their
+earlier efforts. We hope that no one who has procured an outfit will
+become discouraged or induced by a few failures in the beginning to
+abandon this delightful and improving pastime, which has recently become
+so popular.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
+
+No. 1.
+
+TWO ENIGMAS.
+
+1.
+
+  My first is in rope, but not in string.
+  My second is in throw, but not in fling.
+  My third is in rill, but not in brook.
+  My fourth is in glance, but not in look.
+  My fifth is in lance, but not in dart.
+  My sixth is in tremble, but not in start.
+  My seventh is in servant, but not in slave.
+  My eighth is in grotto, but not in cave.
+  My ninth is in manage, but not in wield.
+  My whole's an American battle-field.
+
+  EMPIRE CITY.
+
+2.
+
+  First in fun, not in play.
+  Second in green, not in gray.
+  Third in idle, not in work.
+  Fourth in tired, not in shirk.
+  Fifth in eel, not in fish.
+  Sixth in dream, not in wish.
+  Seventh in sad, not in gay.
+  Eighth in study, not in play.
+  Ninth in tame, not in wild.
+  Tenth in gentle, not in mild.
+  Eleventh in learn, not in school.
+  Twelfth in smart, not in fool.
+  My whole a country great and wide,
+  Whose flag is honored on every side.
+
+  EDNA M.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+No. 2.
+
+TWO CHARADES.
+
+1.
+
+  I am composed of 8 letters.
+  My first and second is a verb.
+  My third and fourth is a preposition.
+  My fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth is a kind of vegetable.
+  My whole is the name of a maiden.
+
+2.
+
+  I am composed of 8 letters.
+  My 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 is the name of an inventor.
+  My 6 and 7 is a preposition.
+  My 8 is an article.
+  My whole is a name noted in Arabian story.
+
+  MILTON W.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+No. 3.
+
+ZIGZAGS--(_To Will A. Mette_).
+
+1. A volcanic rock. 2. A musical term. 3. More. 4. A kind of beetle. 5.
+A tuft. 6. A Swiss coin. 7. Stead. 8. A pit. 9. An ancient Norse
+character. 10. A kind of tea. Zigzags--A mineral.
+
+  LODESTAR.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+No. 4.
+
+ST. ANDREW'S CROSS OF DIAMONDS.
+
+Central Diamond--1. A letter. 2. A genus of serpents. 3. Small vessels.
+4. The Goddess of Revenge. 5. A letter.
+
+Upper Right-hand Diamond--1. A letter. 2. An Anglo-Saxon money. 3. Small
+nails. 4. Coalesce. 5. A letter.
+
+Upper Left-hand Diamond--1. A letter. 2. A Roman deity. 3. A native of
+the West Indies. 4. Part of the body. 5. A letter.
+
+Lower Right-hand Diamond--1. A letter. 2. An animal. 3. A past
+participle. 4. A Chinese musical instrument. 5. A letter.
+
+Lower Left-hand Diamond--1. A letter. 2. A boy's name. 3. An alloy. 4. A
+tree. 5. A letter.
+
+  LODESTAR.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 132.
+
+No. 1.
+
+Dub-lin.
+
+No. 2.
+
+D-ur-a. P-aisle-y. V-eva-y. M-agent-a. S-ever-n. M-iser-y. L-adog-a.
+
+No. 3.
+
+Diary.
+
+No. 4.
+
+Helena. Charles. Red. Snake. Erie. Clinch. Charles Dickens.
+
+No. 5.
+
+        T                T
+      T A B            T U B
+    T A B E S        T U B E S
+  T A B A R E T    T U B U L A R
+    B E R M E        B E L A M
+      S E E            S A M
+        T                R
+
+No. 6.
+
+Lair--air. Clock--lock. Gas--as. Mill--ill. Man--an. Skate--Kate.
+Shot--hot. Sam--am. Sever--ever.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The answer to the Rebus on page 432 (No. 131) is "A bird in the hand is
+worth two in the bush."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Correct answers to puzzles have been received from Maud Mary Chambers,
+George P. Taggart, John J. Widrig, Mabel Shelton, Eda L. Baldwin, Clara
+Blank, Sammie Bronson, Lulu Kirtland, Alice and Richard Tindall, "I.
+Scycle," A. Gertie Childs, F. F. Tonn, Leo Marks, Clinton Roe, Elsie
+O. R., Edgar Seeman, A. E. Cressingham, William A. Lewis, Mabel and
+Annie Knight, Lizzie Maxwell, J. R. Blake, Jessie S. Godine, Albert
+Feibel, "Red Riding Hood," Florence Raymond, John Walter Bangs, Smith
+Tangiers, Arthur Comstock, and Lulu Brown.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+[_For Exchanges, see 2d and 3d pages of cover._]
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: SOME ANSWERS TO WIGGLE No. 26, OUR ARTIST'S IDEA, AND NEW
+WIGGLE, No. 27.]
+
+
+
+
+
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