Chapter III: Part 3

On the kick-off in the first half, by Andover, Lawrenceville returned the ball, which was fumbled by Elliott of Andover. Of the two teams I had expected to see Lawrenceville do most of the fumbling, but it was Andover that proved the weaker of the two in this matter. I had expected likewise to see Andover kick a great deal, but she did not adopt these tactics, her line being unable to protect her backs. The Andover full-back kicked but four times in his regular position; the rest of the time he kicked from the half-back's position, and consequently his kicks were high and short. The best feature of Andover's work was the interference. This was formed quickly, and was very effective. On four occasions runs were made around the Lawrenceville ends, which almost proved disastrous. Andover's ends were superior to the Lawrenceville players, and Captain Richards, of Lawrenceville, was fairly outplayed by his opponent in the first half. In the second half, however, Richards held his own.

As to generalship Andover was inferior to Lawrenceville. This may have been due somewhat to the absence of Captain Barker in the first half, although matters did not improve materially when he entered the play in the second half. The Lawrenceville full-back made long and sure punts, and on several occasions her quarter-back kicked effectively for a gain of several yards. With the exception therefore of the ends and Captain Richards, in the first half Lawrenceville may fairly be said to have outplayed Andover. I think, however, that to these exceptions should be included Elliott of Andover; he is really better than either of the Lawrenceville half-backs.

As to the game itself: After Andover's kick-off and Lawrenceville's return, the Jerseymen got the ball on a fumble, and by an attack on the centre and tackles worked down to the twenty-yard line. A quarter-back kick brought the ball to the five-yard line, where Andover secured it on downs. Andover kicked to the twenty-yard line only, and after being rushed back to the fifteen-yard line, the full-back missed a goal from the field by a few inches. On the kick-off from the twenty-yard line Lawrenceville advanced the ball surely down the field by short plunges through the line, and the first touch-down was made by Cadwalader, who also kicked the goal. On the kick-off Lawrenceville was successively penalized for off-side play until the ball was on her twenty-yard line. By the criss-cross trick White ran for Andover's only touch-down around Lawrenceville's right end. The ball was punted, but the goal failed. On the next kick-off Lawrenceville braced up considerably, both as to playing and keeping on-side. By short rushes around the ends and through the line she had the ball on Andover's one-yard line, on the first down, when the first half was called.

The second half began by Andover playing very fiercely, but Lawrenceville played better than ever. After ten minutes' play Lawrenceville punted to the one-yard line, and when the ball was punted out by Andover, Lay heeled it on the twenty-five-yard line. Cadwalader failed on the place kick. On the kick-off again, Andover by short plunges through the line, and two runs around the end for fifteen and twenty yards respectively, had the ball on Lawrenceville's five-yard line. Lawrenceville here made a strong stand. On the second down Andover surged to within three feet of the goal-line; on the third down Andover was pushed back five yards, and the ball changed hands. Here Cleveland made a fumble, and the ball was Andover's again on the four-yard line. Lawrenceville held Andover again for the four downs, and Mattis dropped back of the goal-line for a punt. The ball struck an Andover man in its upward course, but was not retarded sufficiently to be caught. Dudley, Lawrenceville's end, who had started down the field to tackle Andover's full-back, got the ball, as it failed to go within twenty yards of the Andover full-back. Dodging White and Barker, who were playing back, Dudley made the play of the day, running eighty yards for a touch-down. Cadwalader again kicked the goal in the gathering gloom. On the kick-off Lawrenceville held the ball for some minutes, and it was not until this time that she was able to make any ground around Andover's ends. The ball was on Andover's twenty-yard line when time was called, on account of darkness, with a few minutes yet remaining to play.

Although the final game in the championship series of the Philadelphia Inter-Academic League was not played until a week ago to-day, that game being between Penn Charter and Germantown, Cheltenham Military Academy won the pennant by defeating Germantown on November 13th (16-10). The game was a hotly contested one, and the feature of the play was Cheltenham's team-work. The soldiers' superiority in this matter won them the game.

On the kick-off Cheltenham got the ball, and by steady gains pushed it over for a touch-down, from which a goal was kicked. A little later on, Lincoln of Cheltenham secured the ball on a fumble by Germantown, and by a fine run placed it behind the posts. The goal was kicked. Up to this time Germantown had not been able to gain any ground worth speaking of. About five minutes before time was called Perkins took the ball on a criss-cross, and by a run of thirty yards around right end touched it down in Cheltenham's goal. Pearson kicked the goal. This ended the scoring in the first half, the game now standing 12 to 6 in Cheltenham's favor.

In the second half Germantown, by using the Pennsylvania style of guards-back play, scored another touch-down, but failed at goal. At this point Cheltenham braced up, and by steady plunges through the line and one end run scored a touch-down, but failed at goal. Time was called soon after, with the ball in Cheltenham's possession on her opponents' ten-yard line. Score--Cheltenham, 16; Germantown, 10. For Cheltenham, Potter and Boyd did good work, while Flavell, Perkins, and Newhall excelled for Germantown.

Cheltenham deserves credit for her fine showing this year. The school is by long odds the smallest in the Association, yet by hard practice they have developed team-work and interference that would do credit to a college. Vail, the Pennsylvania quarter-back of '93, coached the team, and by his untiring energy infused them with that snap and dash so essential to good playing.

A very strong team for a school of sixty boys has been developed at Taft's School, Middletown, Connecticut, this fall. At the time the accompanying picture was taken the team had played six games, all but one being against much heavier opponents than themselves, and had not been scored against. Their weight averages about 148 pounds, and the players are nearly all strong and heavy. Their success is due, not to brilliant plays of individual members, but to team-work, which they have brought up to a very high standard.

If any member of the team may be said to excel the others, perhaps Townsend, at full-back, does the best work. In the game against Cheshire Episcopal Academy he broke through the opposing line, dodged one half-back, threw off their full-back who tackled him, and after a run of sixty-five yards made a touch-down. In the line, Welch, right guard, probably offers the strongest and steadiest game. Merriman, at centre, Guthrie, left guard, and L. White and Bell, tackles, are all well skilled in blocking, making openings, breaking through, and hard tackling. Lloyd and Barnett, the ends, are sure tacklers and swift runners. O. White, at quarter, is quick and generally accurate. G. and J. Lear (the captain), the half-backs, are both heavy plungers and hard tacklers.

Shady Side Academy of Pittsburg was again defeated by Kiskiminetas on November 16th last--the score, 12-4. McColl, the Kiskiminetas right half-back, was the star player of the day; by his splendid running he scored two of the touch-downs credited to his side. The first touch-down was scored by the winners a few moments after play began, but S.S.A. took a brace immediately afterwards, and the ball was kept slowly travelling up and down the field. The S.S.A. line was very good, and at no time was Kiskiminetas able to make any very considerable gains through it. Brainard and Irwin stopped a number of plays through the centre. Aikens did a good deal of fumbling, but fortunately none of his fumbles proved very costly.

The interference of the Kiskiminetas team was considerably superior to that of Shady Side. Beeman's kicking was accurate and quick, and he frequently put his side out of danger by a timely punt. McConnel distinguished himself by his tackling, and especially at one time, when McColl was making for the goal-posts with no one in his way but Shady Side's quarter-back. In the second half, Kiskiminetas started off with another rush, and scored almost immediately. Thereupon the Shady Side players gathered themselves together again, and managed to keep the play in the enemy's country for the rest of the half. Toward the close of the half Beeman got around Montgomery and scored for Shady Side, but no goal resulted.

The best playing for Kiskiminetas was done by Montgomery, McColl, and Aikens. Montgomery at end was a good tackler and a speedy runner. McColl seemed indefatigable, and mostly ran with the ball. Captain Aiken interfered well, but was not as good a quarter-back as McConnel. For S.S.A., Captain Schildecker broke through and made several good tackles. Irwin played a better game than he has played yet. He is strong, bucks the line hard, but does not use his head enough. Neither of the ends put up their usual game. Arundel got into the play more than he has done before, and made some hard tackles. On the whole S.S.A. tackled better than Kiskiminetas, and they had plenty of opportunities for practice, as the ball was mostly in their opponents' possession.

The Madison High-School has again won the championship of the Wisconsin Interscholastic League by defeating, 42-0, the Milwaukee East-Side High-School on November 14. The game was played on a slippery field, and the Milwaukeeans apparently had an off day. Madison secured the ball on the kick-off, and scored three touch-downs before Milwaukee had really been able to find out what the ball felt like. When at last Milwaukee did secure possession of the leather her players managed to work it slowly up the field, but time was called before any decided advantage had been gained.

In the second half Milwaukee again had little chance for aggressive play, having the ball in her possession but once. Madison had things practically all her own way. The weakness displayed by the Milwaukee East-Side High-School team is probably due to the strict rules recently adopted by the faculties of the various High-Schools of Milwaukee. It is probable, for one or two seasons to come, that these rules will to a certain extent cripple teams that have hitherto had little to regulate their style of make-up, but in the end I feel sure that the regulations laid down by the faculties will prove of the greatest benefit to amateur sport in Wisconsin.

In the game between Madison High and the South Side High-School of Milwaukee, the Madisonians were again the victors, 14-4. The game was played on November 7, and was close all the way through. Madison scored first on a fluke, but after this she outplayed the Milwaukee team. The captain of the South Side High-School team did the best work for his side, while Curtis and Anderson did the best work for Madison.

The football season in Chicago is nearing its close. The most important of recent games were those played on November 18, between Lake View and North Division, and Northwest Division and West Division. Lake View won its match, 18-6. Everybody played hard, since the result of that game would put one of the teams into an assured position for fourth place in the League. In the first half the score was 6-6, but North Division could not keep up the pace, and Lake View had an easy time of it in the second half.

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THE EFFICACY OF A COUNTERSIGN.

While Colonel Gillam, with the Middle Tennessee regiment, was occupying Nashville during the late war, he stationed sentries and patrols in all the principal streets of the city. One day an Irishman who had not been long enlisted was put on duty at a prominent crossing, and he kept a sharp and faithful watch. Presently a citizen came along.

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This Department is conducted in the interest of Bicyclers, and the
Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the subject. Our
maps and tours contain many valuable data kindly supplied from the
official maps and road-books of the League of American Wheelmen.
Recognizing the value of the work being done by the L.A.W., the
Editor will be pleased to furnish subscribers with membership
blanks and information so far as possible.

The third stage on the general route from New York to Newburgh by the west bank of the Hudson is given in the map accompanying the Department this week. We spoke last week of the road running from Hackensack or Paterson to Sufferns. This road is perhaps the best route for Newburgh, as it runs through beautiful country, and, on the whole, the roads are the best.

On leaving Sufferns a short run brings the rider to Ramapo, thence a mile or more brings him into Sterlington, and following the railroad he can run direct to Tuxedo Park. The road is very attractive about there, and the road-bed good. From Tuxedo Park continue on to Southfield, keeping to the right here, and following the railroad track to Arden, there crossing the railroad, and running on to Central Valley, Highland Mills, Woodbury Falls, and so on. This is the direct route for Newburgh. A good run, however, is to turn westward at Southfield, leaving the railroad and running to Monroe, and thence through Oxford to Washingtonville, returning thence to Blooming Grove and Chester, through Dutch Hollow to Greenwood Lake, and down the west shore of the lake, turning eastward at this southern end, and running up to Sterlington and Ramapo again through Kingwood and Eagle Valley.

The roads from Tuxedo Park to Greenwood Iron-Works and Central Valley, westward, on the Hudson are not good riding, as there are many hills, and the road-bed is not well cared for. The wheelman is advised, therefore, if he is taking a series of runs through this country, to keep either to the bank of the Hudson, or to the country back from the river. The best way to get from Sufferns (supposing the wheelman to be there) to the Hudson is to run southward through Tallmans, Clarksville, and West Nyack to Nyack, then turning northward, through Upper Nyack, New City, Haverstraw, Dunderberg, to Fort Montgomery, which appears on the accompanying map. This road runs along close by the bank of the Hudson, and most of the time in sight of the river. It is an attractive road, but the road-bed is not in as good condition as the turnpikes in and around Greenwood Lake. At Nyack there is a good stretch of road close by the bank of the river running southward for several miles, which is in capital condition, and is one of the picturesque stretches in this part of the country. No one who rides up this side of the Hudson should fail to take this short run at some time during his trip.

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HIS DOG SNYDER.

He was a tattered, weary-looking beggar, and he had hardly commenced speaking before one knew that Germany was his native land. He was in quest of a dog, and Snyder was the canine's name.

"You don't know noddings mid him?" he asked. "Dot vos queer; eferybodies knowed him, 'cause vot mit only vone eye dat don't pother him, on accoundt of he knows noddings of the odder, seein' mit one shust as he seed mit two before, de beoples already don't fergot him. No, he don't answer ven you calls him soon, but come quick ven you shust asks him Snyder. He say pow-wow-wow, unt his tail dot vos lost mit vone-half by a vagon vheel he vag, und he don't vag the end vat he don't have on accoundt of he fergets vat he don't have now.

"Inshtinct, yah; he vos have vonderful inshtinct. You shust pat him mit your hand on his head, und he die for you on accoundt of he knows soon dot you like him, but you hit him mit your stick on de head, und den he suhspect right off dot you care mit nottings for him. His hair vos upon a time vonce peautiful, but und gonsquence of a tramp cat mit scraggy fur he loss some by te handful, und now he don't scratch himself no more; but de cat vat vos 'cause him trouble mit his hair, she don't valk on de fences neider.

"You could told Snyder vot vas so much like himself dot you vould dink he vos dwins. Und you see him you knows Snyder 'cause he vos mitout anoder dog de same as he vas, und now I goes to find my palt-headed doggie;" and the poor old man wandered down the street.

Any questions in regard to photograph matters will be willingly
answered by the Editor of this column, and we should be glad to
hear from any of our club who can make helpful suggestions.

Owing to the number of questions, we devote the entire Department to answers this week.

SIR KNIGHT ROBERT HUNTER asks if the Premo B Camera, with Rochester
Optical Company's single-view lens, is a good hand-camera for an
amateur. The Premo is an excellent camera, and the lens mentioned
is a good one. This camera is fitted either for films or glass
plates.

SIR KNIGHT FREDERICK CLAPP sends a photograph of some greenhouses
taken from a kite sent up with a camera attached to it, and
promises to send full directions of the manner of taking them. They
are quite interesting, and Sir Frederick wants to know if any of
the members of the club have ever tried the experiment.

SIR KNIGHT W. D. CAMPBELL asks how long prints made on solio paper
and toned in Eastman's combined bath will keep. Prints made on this
paper, if fixed and well washed, should keep indefinitely. If after
toning they are put for three minutes into a fixing-bath of 1 oz.
hypo, to 10 oz. water, it will tend to make them more permanent, as
the combined bath does not always fix them enough. Our
correspondent is the first member of the club to take advantage of
the photographic print exchange outlined in No. 885.

LOE OLDS asks if one can purchase a good camera for ten dollars,
and wishes the name of some reliable firm, and if one taking a
picture 3-1/2 by 4-1/2 would be large enough. A good camera may be
had for ten dollars, but would advise getting one which will take a
picture 4 by 5 in size. Write the Eastman Company, Rochester,
N. Y.; Rochester Optical Company, Rochester, N. Y.; Manhattan
Optical Company, or Scovill, Adams Company, New York city, for
catalogues.

M. FOSTER asks for a formula for platino paper; if platino and
platinum are the same; a formula for platinum toning-solution; if
Rives paper is salted; and if it is necessary to prepare blue-print
paper on salted paper. Do not try to make platino paper, as it is a
long process, and not always successful. It is cheaper in the end
to buy it. Try some of the simpler processes for sensitizing paper.
Will send the formula if you wish to try platinum. Platino is a
commercial term applied to paper sensitized with platinum. Rives
paper is raw photographic paper. Blue prints do not need to be made
on salted paper.

L. K. asks what is the matter with his negatives which show, after
a few months, spots on the film. From the description of the spots,
they are doubtless due to a poor fixing-bath. Will L. K. please
give his formula for fixing?

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Mass.; DWIGHT N. FOSTER, 35 Pleasant St., Dorchester, Mass.; JOHN
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SIR KNIGHT JOHN NORTON ATKINS asks if the glycerine solution used
for keeping films from curling can be used more than once; if the
accelerator mentioned in No. 822 may be used with eiko-cum-hydro
developer; and if the piece of drawing-paper enclosed in his letter
could be used for sensitizing. The glycerine preparation may be
used as long as it is clear. The accelerator may be used with the
developer mentioned. The sample of drawing-paper did not reach the
editor, but if it is pure paper, free from chemicals, it may be
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A Stranger in New Orleans.

Changing one's home from Staten Island to New Orleans in the fall
of the year means a good deal of a change in climate and weather,
not to mention the change in one's surroundings noticeable at any
season. We like our new home much. Canal, the principal street, is
very wide, and there are seven trolley lines upon it. Yesterday we
took one of them and went six miles out to Jackson Barracks, where
the United States troops are.

The barracks face the Mississippi River, and are not casemates or
stone walls, as are barracks in most of the forts around New York.
They are houses, large and roomy. The soldiers seemed to know the
place little better than we did, for they said they had only
recently come here. They belong to the First United States
Artillery, batteries of which are now scattered along the Gulf
coast, some being at Pensacola, and others at St. Augustine. The
Mississippi River is here higher than the city, hence the
foundations for buildings are none of the best. So one of the
peculiarities one notices, in contrast with the tall buildings I
was long familiar with in New York, is the low structures.
Everything seems so flat. Since coming here we have had much
rain--tropical rain, it seems to me to be, for the water simply
tumbles down for hours at a time. The days are warm, but the nights
are not. I hope we shall like New Orleans, as we must live here for
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The Convent Puzzle.

This puzzle is a translation from the French, and is over two
hundred years old.

In a certain convent were nine cells, of which all but the central
one were occupied by nuns. An abbess resided in the middle room,
and visited the eight cells at regular intervals, to make sure that
the sisters were keeping their vows, and each time found three nuns
in each cell, which made nine in every row. Four nuns went out,
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possible? The answer to this puzzle will be published later on.

VINCENT V. M. BEEDE.

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A Day on an Island of the Sea.

I will try to tell the Table something about one of the islands of
our coast, namely, St. Helena. It is a large island, and on it is
grown that famous sea-island cotton valuable on account of its long
fibre. St. Helena is now almost wholly peopled by colored folk, not
a few of whom were once slaves. They are not equal to the raising
of island cotton of so long fibre as are the white growers; but in
almost every other respect they do exceedingly well at imitating
the successful methods of their former masters.

They have divided the island into small farms. These the more
prosperous have purchased, and, what is equally important, they are
paying for them. A few years ago they thought they had reached a
wonderful degree of progress because they were able to begin
putting glass into their house windows. Since then they have
adopted other improvements, such as lamps, and even modern ploughs
and other field implements. These negroes chiefly raise vegetables
for the Northern markets, and I doubt not that not a few vegetables
which you have bought early in the season, and paid a high price
for, were grown on this island of the sea.

The negroes of St. Helena have one quaint superstition, which some,
but not all cling to yet. It is that if a child be carried from a
house while asleep, its spirit remains behind beckoning the child
back. The negroes here, as in many other parts of the South, will
not work on Saturdays, and cannot by any inducement be made to do
so. This comes from an old custom of slavery times, when Saturdays
were devoted to clearing up the negro cabins, and then a holiday.

LUCY H. EMORY.
BEAUFORT, S. C.

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At Church in Wesley's Chapel.

A few days after our trip up the Thames and our visit to Teddington
and Hampton Court, we--there was nearly the same party--went into
East London to see what may be called "the Cradle of Methodism." It
is City Road Chapel, which both John and Charles Wesley preached
in. It has been several times restored, but is now almost exactly
as it was when the Wesleys lived. We went on a tram-car, which had
a double deck to it, and which went as slowly as do the few
remaining horse-cars in our own land. Our route lay out behind the
Bank of England, into a poor part of the city, but a part that
makes an attempt to brush itself up along the line of broad City
Road.

The chapel is still the centre of Wesleyan activity, and we got to
it in time to hear a part of the morning service--a service which
was, by-the-way, an odd mixture of Church of England forms and
Methodist simplicity. After service we met the pastor, a charming
man of sixty, who, knowing us at once as Americans, showed us every
part of the chapel. I even read a verse from Wesley's Bible while
standing in the pulpit in which he preached. The grave of John
Wesley is a few feet without the rear chancel window of the chapel,
and within thirty or forty feet of the pulpit. It is a common grave
in the sense that it is in the ground and not in a building, and a
fence surrounds it. Charles Wesley is buried at the right of the
path, fifty feet farther back, and Susannah Wesley, the mother of
both men, is interred in Bunhill Fields, which is across the street
from City Road Chapel; and not very far from her, in the very
centre of the "Field," lies John Bunyan, author of _Pilgrim's
Progress_.

We enjoyed our Sunday exceedingly--so well that two of us went back
on Monday to see more of this old "Cradle of Methodism."

ANNA BURTON.
NEW YORK.

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Questions and Answers.

John B. Henry: Most emphatically does the Table approve the reading of daily newspapers by boys and young men. They should carefully select what newspapers they read, of course. A choice can be made by asking some man in whom you have confidence what newspaper of your city has the most character, stands for the best in civic and social life, is the best edited. When you get the answer, buy the newspaper named, and read it. Young men--you say you are fifteen--who do not rush through high-school and college, but who take their time for it, who do five or six years' studying in eight years, and read good literature and the newspapers meanwhile, will be farther along at twenty-five, other traits being equal, than those who do four years' studying in three, and confine themselves to classics and cloisters. Don't be in a hurry. Remember the saying, "The heavens are full of days, and all are coming this way."--"Royalty": We do not know the purpose the Czar of Russia has in view in visiting the other capitals of Europe, but it is often said that those whom royalties visit wish they had not them as guests, and often make grimaces over the cost.--"Sport": "Tom Tiddler's Ground" is one of those games with an "it" in it, similar to "wood-tag." Tom has a preserve--that is, a staked-off space. Others in play run on this space and shout. Tom tries to catch one while on his ground. If successful, the person caught becomes Tom.

"Does Mrs. Sangster approve of girls reading the daily newspapers?" asks a Pennsylvania reader. She does, because she thinks girls should make themselves informed on the topics of the day.--Frank H. King wants sample copies of amateur newspapers. He lives at 53 Convent Avenue, New York.--Beverly S. King, 1625 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., wants original jokes for the _Jester_.--"Science" asks if there is a real man by the name of "Keeley," or "is the Keeley motor a joke?" Mr. Keeley is the name of a real person. His full name is John W. Keeley, and he lives in Philadelphia. His workshop, where the famous "motor" is, is at Eighth and Master streets in that city. Mr. Keeley has been experimenting since 1872, seeking to invent or perfect a machine that will run itself practically without cost. He is not a searcher after perpetual motion, but claims to be working on scientific principles. Opinions differ whether the Keeley motor is or is not a joke.

"Ambitious" asks how he can obtain a position in a bank or trust company's counting-room. He is willing to begin at the bottom, of course. Go to the president or cashier of said institution and formally apply. Take with you, of course, a letter of introduction if you can do so. If you cannot, have some references ready. Apply at all the places you know of, so as to have the largest number of chances at a vacancy. Apply in person. Letters written to banks in distant places will do you little good. If you chance to have a relative or friend in a distant city, and can ask a favor of him, request him to apply for you if convenient for him to do so. Such positions pay little at first, and generally are to be had only by good endorsements and patient waiting.--C. Arnold Kruckman says it is desired to form, in St. Louis, an Amateur Press Club, to include amateur journalists of not only the city, but adjacent towns of Missouri and Illinois. He will be at Jones College, Fifth Street, between Locust and Olive streets, on Saturdays, and mail may be sent to him there. He hopes to hear from you.--Edgar Hill, 3612 Columbia Avenue, Cincinnati, wants to receive copies of amateur papers, and to join a literary Chapter or society desiring corresponding members.--"Inquirer": The pretty Year Book of the Kearsarge Round Table Chapter, recently described, may be had for twenty-nine cents. Address L. G. Price, 547 Union Street, Hudson, N. Y.--H. Lang: There is no binder for the ROUND TABLE such as you describe. The publishers sell the board covers at fifty cents. They are intended to be taken to a bookbinder, with the fifty-two numbers for the year, who makes a perfect library book.

Henry Jones: The Quarantine Station, New York Harbor, is maintained and supervised by the State of New York, and not by the United States Government. The United States leads in number of Sunday-school scholars. In 1893, the latest report at hand, there were about ten million young persons in the schools of all denominations. The country coming next this is, of course, England, which had, in the same year, six millions in round numbers.--John B. Condon: Silver is not mined wholly from silver-mines so-called. Indeed, the last report of the Director of the United States Mint shows that more than one-half of the annual silver product of this country is mined in copper and lead mines, as a by-product.

Satchell asks where a complete United States sailor's uniform can be had. Inquiry at the navy-yard in Brooklyn brings the information that none will be sold there, and the only way to obtain a uniform made by the government tailor is to buy it from some sailor at private purchase. Tailors near the yard say they cannot furnish uniforms. But a leading New York furnisher tells the Table, upon inquiry, that costumers have these uniforms, or that any tailor of your city can make them. The cost in summer-weight goods will be about $16; in winter-weight, $24. The shirt may be bought ready made; the trousers should be short-waisted, close-fitting, and lace in the back. The size at the knee for an average man of, say, five feet nine inches tall, should be seventeen inches; at bottom twenty-one inches.--_The Advocate_, an amateur paper published by M. J. Bowen, Station B, Boston, Mass., wants sketches, verses, and fun to fill its columns.--Fred B. Ely should apply to his member of Congress for information about entering the Naval Academy. Entrance cannot now be had till next year at best, and not then unless there be a vacancy from his district. The examinations are on the common branches only, but are very rigid on them. The physical test is also severe.

This Department is conducted in the interest of stamp and coin
collectors, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question
on these subjects so far as possible. Correspondents should address
Editor Stamp Department.

The Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing reports that the sale of stamps during the past year was as follows:

Postage-stamps 3,025,481,467
Special-delivery stamps 4,666,270
Postage-due stamps 19,348,714
Newspaper stamps 5,505,672

In addition, the bureau made the following stamps for internal-revenue purposes: 36,044,732 sheets of Tobacco, Liquor, and Playing-card stamps; 214,000 sheets Custom-house stamps, besides a vast quantity of United States bonds, bank-notes, certificates, etc.

Crime and philately were formerly strangers to each other, but the growing value of stamps is reflected by the criminal statistics of to-day. In one number of the _Stamp-Collectors' Fortnightly_, published in England, I find the following items (I omit details): 1. The trial of Aubert and Margaret Dubois for the murder of Delahaef, committed to obtain possession of Delahaef's stamp collection. The man was condemned to penal servitude for life, the woman to three years' imprisonment. 2. The trial of two young men in Liverpool for stealing stamps from dealers. 3. A similar case in Aberdeen. 4. A similar case at Bournemouth. 5. Two other cases at London.

In addition, a large part of the paper is taken up with the Sydney _Bulletin_'s article on the "unauthorised and scandalous" trading in postage-stamps by post-office officials; the sale of 5-peseta stamps at Gibraltar, which could not be obtained at the post-office, as practically the whole stock had been sold to one man; and to a review of the Nova Scotia remainder mystery. The author comes to the conclusion that the Nova Scotia stamps (cents issue) had best be left alone by all collectors. Then there is a review of the silly article which appeared in a New York paper a short time ago, in which the failure of a large mercantile house was ascribed to the neglect of business by the head of the house while he pottered over his collection of postage-stamps.

A. C. TARR.--Dealers ask $1.50 for early gold dollars, and $2 to
$2.50 for the later dates; half-dollars, silver, 1828, 75c.; 3c.
silver pieces, 10c. for early dates, 50c. to $1 for late dates; but
coins must be in "Fine" condition. Ordinary circulated U.S. coins
are worth face only.

W. T. HOWELL.--The 50c. blue and black U.S. Revenue are very
common, and can be bought at 2c.

G. G. MORSE.--The prices quoted were for unperforated stamps only.
Those with perforations are, as a rule, of little value. As there
are hundreds of varieties, it is impossible to give a list, but
would advise your purchasing a stamp-catalogue, which prices U.S.
Revenues of all descriptions. No idea as to value can be formed
without examination.

J. D. DUFF.--As the button fad is rapidly dying out, this
Department can not advise regarding them.

W. E. SHREVE, Ridley Park, Pa., wishes to exchange stamps.

B. B. MEGGS.--The 1897 catalogues will probably all be published
during the month of December or early in January. The prices vary
from 10c. to $1.50; but 50c. will be the price of probably the best
one.

AMATEUR.--Addresses can not be given in this column, with the
exception of readers of the ROUND TABLE who wish to exchange
stamps.

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Upon a giant lily-pad the Bull-frog sits at night
To have his portrait painted by a cunning little sprite;
The artist begs him take a pose that gives him greatest ease,
And every now and then he says, "Look pleasant, if you please."

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Some years ago there lived in England a certain bishop who was extremely pompous, and very fond of impressing upon the minds of the poorer people the evil of doing wrong. As they never seemed to do aught but wrong in the worthy man's opinion, it sometimes became irksome to these people to hear him constantly admonishing them to do right. One of the bishop's habits was to visit the miners a short distance from his city, and his presence grew familiar to these toilers. During one of his calls he found a group of them talking together, and after a few preliminary words on his customary subject of doing right, he asked them what they were talking of.

"You see," said one of the men, "we found a kettle, and us has been er-trying who can tell the biggest loi to own the kettle."

The bishop was duly surprised, and read the men a lecture in which he spoke of how strongly the offence of lying had been impressed upon him when he was young, and how he had never told a lie in the whole course of his life. He had hardly finished when one of the men cried out,

"Gi'e him the kettle, Jim! Gi'e him the kettle."

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TIT FOR TAT.

A British sailor being a witness in a murder case, was called to the stand, and was asked by the counsel for the Crown whether he was for the plaintiff or defendant.

"Plaintiff or defendant?" said the sailor, scratching his head. "Why, I don't know what you mean by plaintiff or defendant. I come to speak for me friend," pointing to the prisoner.

"You're a pretty fellow for a witness," said the counsel, "not to know what plaintiff or defendant means."

Later in the trial the counsel asked the sailor what part of the ship he was in at the time of the murder.

"Abaft the binnacle, me lord," said the sailor.

"Abaft the binnacle?" replied the barrister. "What part of the ship is that?"

"Ain't you a pretty feller for a counsellor," said the sailor, grinning at the counsel, "not to know what abaft the binnacle is!"

The court laughed.

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EASILY SATISFIED.

There was once a mandarin who was excessively fond of jewels, and always walked abroad with his robe covered with the sparkling gems. One day he was accosted by an old bonze, who, following him through the street, bowed himself often to the ground and thanked the mandarin for his jewels.

"What does the man mean?" cried the mandarin, in great alarm. Then addressing the bonze, he said, "I never gave you any jewels, man!"

"No," replied the bonze, "but you have let me look at them, and that is all the use you can make of them yourself, so there is no difference between us, except that you have the trouble of guarding them, a task I should not care for."

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In a book of travels written by a Mr. Barrow we find this interesting bit of information. A Hottentot was seen to apply the short end of his wooden tobacco-pipe to the mouth of a snake when the reptile was darting out its tongue. Death was instantaneous, the effect almost like an electric shock; with a convulsive motion that lasted only for a moment the snake half untwisted itself, and then became still. And upon examination the muscles were found to be so contracted that the snake felt as hard as if it had been dried in the sun.

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Frederick the Great of Prussia used to tell a laughable story of an experience of his own. During one of his campaigns in Silesia, he made it his habit to stroll through his camp in disguise at night, to come more in touch with his soldiers. One night he was stopped by a sentry, but, giving the proper password, was permitted to proceed. Instead of doing so, however, he endeavored to tempt the sentry into accepting a cigar, saying that a smoke would solace his long watch.

"It is against the rules," said the soldier.

"But you have my permission," said Frederick.

"Your permission!" cried the soldier. "And who are you?"

"I am the King."

"The King be hanged!" said the incorruptible sentry. "What would my Captain say?"

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AN EMBARRASSING REQUEST.

End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Round Table, December 1, 1896, by Various