Chapter II: At Wishing-Brae (2)

The seventh picture shows the moment just previous to the final heave when the hammer is to be let go. This should not be done with a jerk, but the stick should be allowed to slip from the hands at the proper moment, otherwise any jerking will destroy the momentum obtained. The last picture shows the attitude of the thrower after the hammer has left his hands, the weight of his body being thrown backward so as to prevent him from stepping out of the circle.

The hammer is thrown from a restricted circle in the United States in order to make the event more scientific. A strong man with very poor form might make an excellent throw some time if he were allowed to follow it and go where he liked in his efforts. The circle prevents this go-as-you-please method, and makes it necessary for athletes to acquire form; it also gives a definite place to measure from, so that there can be no dispute as to the exact distance for the measurer to lay off. In England amateur athletes use a thirty-foot circle; this gives them a great advantage, for the more turns you can take before throwing, the greater momentum you can get into your throw. The Englishmen use a 3-foot-6-inch handle, which is a disadvantage to them, since the centrifugal force is lessened as the square of the distance from the centre. If athletes used a longer handle than the one accepted in America, which is 4 feet long, they could not throw the hammer so well as they do now, unless the performer were of unusual stature, because the head of the hammer would touch the ground in the first few turns and at the final lift.

Mr. Hickok throws better in games than he does in practice, although he practises hard and continuously when training for an important match. His record for throwing the hammer is 135 feet 7-1/2 inches. At an early date we shall devote some space to comment and illustration on putting the shot.

The Constitution of the National Interscholastic Athletic Association as printed in these columns last week is incomplete in many minor details, as I stated at the time, for the copy sent to the ROUND TABLE immediately after the convention of December 28th was merely a rough draft. The Executive Committee are now copying and revising this first draft, and as soon as their work has been finished we shall try to offer it in its completed form to the readers of this Department.

It is very probable that a great many flaws will be found in the constitution, even when it has been completed and revised by the committee. It should be kept in mind, however, that when the delegates gathered last month at the first convention, they had no material to work on; yet they succeeded in establishing themselves. Now, we have an organization and a constitution. We have something to go by, and a goal in view. Wherever experience shows that the makers of the constitution have been at fault, let us make a little mark, and at the next meeting let us suggest remedies. A year from now the association ought to be on such a firm basis that nothing can interfere with the success of its aim. It is very gratifying to feel that so very much indeed has been accomplished.

While speaking of suggestions, it may not be out of place for this Department to make one at once. At first thought, it seems as if the date for the field meeting--the last Saturday in June--has been placed a little too late in the season for the general convenience. This may not be so; the makers of the constitution may have discussed this question thoroughly, and may have concluded that the last Saturday in June is best suited for the occasion. The schools of this city close late in May or early in June. That is one objection for New York and Long Island. A second and more important objection is that the college examinations are usually held the last week in June, and unless I am greatly mistaken, the final ones come on that very Saturday. This is at least a matter for the executive committee to investigate. It is fortunately, too, a matter that can be very easily remedied.

It is deeply to be regretted, just as we are congratulating ourselves over the formation of a National I. S. A. A., that we must also announce the failure of the plans made for an Eastern trip by the Oakland High-School, of California. One of the officers of the California Association writes to me as follows concerning it:

"We have had a lot of trouble with the faculty in regard to that
trip, and as they are opposed to it for several reasons, we have
reluctantly desisted from raising money, and, I am sorry to say, we
will not come East next summer. We should have had in the bank
about a thousand dollars by Christmas if we had been allowed to
proceed with our plans. As it is, we have several hundred dollars,
which we will doubtless find some use for."

And so end, for this year at least, the hopes and ambitions of our California fellow-sportsmen. We all regret that this must be so, and knowing how great the interest of Eastern scholastic athletes has been in this proposed visit, I feel warranted in devoting space to the letter from the O.-H.-S. faculty to the Oakland Board of Education which put an end to the trip. It fully explains the situation:

"In view of the fact that quite recently a new phase of athletics
in the High-School has made its appearance, and as the results are
already proving detrimental to the interests of our pupils, we
consider it to be our duty to express to you our views upon this
subject.

"We deem it to be not only unwise but positively injurious to the
proper prosecution of the studies of our pupils that they should
give repeated entertainments for the purpose of raising a fund to
defray the expenses of some of their number to visit Eastern cities
to engage in competing athletic games. As we are informed, at least
two entertainments have been given already, and others are in
contemplation. All this requires considerable time and thought, and
if an argument were necessary to convince you that this means a
serious interference with the school duties of all who engage in
these entertainments, either in taking an active part in their
public performances or in selling tickets for them, we have in
evidence the statement of some of our number that already several
of the pupils thus actively engaged have materially deteriorated
within the last three weeks.

"We fully realize that the relation we sustain toward the citizens
of Oakland who so generously support the High-School, and toward
the pupils we are required to instruct, demands that we zealously
guard the interests of those placed under our care. Deeply
impressed with this fact, we cannot see anything, however important
it may be in itself, precede that for which the High-School is
organized and supported.

"The High-School is part of the educational department of our city,
and is under the supervision of the Board of Education. We believe
it should be fully recognized that neither the name of the
High-School nor any of its interests should be used for any purpose
whatever without the sanction of the supervising board.

"We furthermore wish to express our entire disapproval of having
any one visit the East, for the purpose contemplated, in the name
of the Oakland High-School.

"We do not wish it to be understood that we are in any degree
opposed to athletic sports when kept within reasonable bounds; on
the contrary, we encourage them, and are pleased to see our pupils
interested in them. We believe, however, that their place in our
school should be secondary. When they aspire to a first place and
seriously interfere with the proper work of the school, we consider
it to be our duty to enter an earnest protest."

Our nearer neighbors in Iowa, however, have as yet met with no obstacle to their joining the N. I. S. A. A., and the president of the association writes to me from Clinton that "the people of Clinton are awake more than ever since the article in HARPER'S ROUND TABLE of December 24th. It came just at the right time. Our first entertainment will come off about the last of the month, and we expect to clear $400. The State Delegates' meeting is to be held at Muscatine, Iowa, Friday, January 3d, and at that meeting our interests in the National Association will be talked of. I was greatly disappointed in not being able to have a delegate at the National Interscholastic meeting, but the notices came too late to hear from all the schools of the Association. You may depend upon it, however, that if everything goes on as smoothly as it does now, Iowa will have a team at the National Meet." It cannot be urged too strongly upon the officers and the Executive Committee of the National Association to enter into communication at once with all the associations that they can reach.

The standing of the Junior League of the New England Interscholastic Football Association, as given in these columns on December 31st, shows the relative positions of the teams before Dedham High played off the tie with Hyde Park High. To make the record complete, the final standing of the teams is here added:

Games Games Points Points
won. lost. Tied. won. lost.

Somerville High. 5 0 1 106 10
Newton " 4 1 1 69 32
Chelsea " 3 2 0 66 74
Dedham " 3 2 0 24 42
Roxbury Latin 3 3 0 82 41
Hyde Park High. 1 5 0 22 92
Roxbury High. 0 6 0 6 70

The formation of an Interscholastic Polo Association in Connecticut puts an additional event on the list of competitive sports for the winter, and for that reason it should be welcomed. It is a healthy exercise out-of-doors, and is the best kind of sport to develop good skaters. The schools that have thus far joined the League are the Hill-house High, Bridgeport High, New Britain High, Hartford High, and Meriden High schools, and it is probable that the New London schools will come in too.

The game of ice polo is a simple one, and ought to find favor wherever there is a frozen pond or river. The rules of the sport may be found in almost any book of sporting regulations, but, briefly, the principle of the game is as follows: There are two teams, of five men each, playing against each other. The players are called first and second rushes, centre, half-back, and goal. There is usually no limit placed upon the size of the field (ice-field, of course), although commonly it is marked off from fifty to seventy-five feet in length, and about half as wide as it is long.

The officials consist of an umpire and a referee, or frequently of an umpire only. The referee has duties similar to the official of the same name in football--that is, looks after the ball, calls goals, brings the ball in when it is driven out of bounds, etc. The umpire looks after the men, calls fouls, etc. The ball is placed in the centre of the field, and at a signal the first rush of each team skates toward it, the second rush following immediately. As soon as one of the first rushes touches the ball it is in play, and every other man has the privilege of knocking it.

The object of each side is to get the ball into the opponents' goal. Each goal counts one for the side making it. As a general thing the aggressive work is done by the first and second rushes, and the defensive by the half-back and goal. The regulation ball is three inches in diameter; the polo sticks are about 3 feet 6 inches in length, or according to the taste of the players. Fouls consist of tripping, hitting, and pushing an opponent, kicking the ball with the foot by any player except goal-tender. The penalty for fouling is a goal added to the opponents' score. Space prevents giving a more detailed description of the game, but I shall cheerfully answer any questions that the readers of this Department may wish to ask.

In the All-New-York Football Team, published last week, I committed the error of mentioning Mr. Carey as a member of the Columbia Grammar School eleven. Mr. Carey played with the Hamilton Institute team.

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There are people with whom we never associate the thought of death, and whose bright, genial lives seem meant to go on and on to extreme old age. When they are taken away we hear the tidings with surprise and regret, and looking over the work they have done we realize how much we are in their debt for hours of pleasure and profit. Such a man was Colonel Knox, whose _Boy Travellers_ are in every village library, and whose name is a household word wherever bright young people meet. He was well known to the readers of the ROUND TABLE, to which he has often contributed. A cheery comrade, a genial friend, he possessed the rare art of telling a story and imparting information at the same time, so that his books of travel are not only entertaining, but of permanent value. He wrote a great many books, but among them there is not one which has not a claim on the attentive reader; and now that he is gone, we are glad that he will still live, and teach, and amuse, and charm a great audience in his pleasant volumes.

Colonel Knox was born in New Hampshire in 1835. His was a typical American life. Born of plain people, he learned the trade of a shoemaker, having previously gone to the district school and worked on a farm, as many a bright lad is doing to-day. Shoe-making was not to be his occupation, however, and when twenty-three years old he undertook the more congenial task of teaching, and presently was at the head of a school. Later his love of adventure took him to the gold-fields of the West. But for the breaking out of the civil war it is probable that young Knox might have gone on either as an explorer or a preceptor, but fate decreed otherwise. When the war rallied the young men of the country on one or the other side, the most promising in every avocation enlisted, and as a matter of course such a man as Knox entered the Union army. Here he served in two campaigns, was rapidly promoted, and finally received the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on the staff of the Governor of California. That he could write as well as fight was shown by the fact that he became a war correspondent, sending stirring letters from the front to the New York papers.

All this proves the pluck and versatility of the man. He was generally successful in his undertakings, bringing to bear on them the force of a clever and quick mind which could grasp a situation and did not neglect details.

There must have been a roving drop in the blood of the New Hampshire boy, for after the war he could not contentedly settle down and enjoy life at home, but started off on a journey with a scientific object. Organizing an expedition to establish a telegraph line through southern Asia, he entered on the life of a traveller, with all the hardships and the pleasures which combine to make such a life interesting and full of excitement. On sledges in Siberia, in palanquins in India, up and down rivers in China, wherever his fancy or business led him. Colonel Knox travelled, and wrote books about his experiences. The Emperor of Siam was so pleased with the story of _Boy Travellers_ in his country that he conferred on the author the "Order of the White Elephant," a great distinction, which Colonel Knox was the first American to receive.

Colonel Knox was very practical, not specially imaginative, a clear-sighted, straight-forward man, noted for common-sense and energy. As the boys whom he has so often entertained turn the pages of their favorite volumes, they cannot do better than remember that the man who wrote them was in every throb of the pulse an American, simple-hearted, patriotic, and sincere. He loved his country, he studied other countries, and he spent his life in doing honestly and manfully whatever his hand found to do. A good example for us all.

Some Interesting Questions.

Last year I bought three of the dancing or jumping beans, which
were then a great novelty. With them came a circular describing
them and their habits, which, unfortunately, I have thrown away.
However, it was to the effect that the beans were hollow shells
which were found on some tree or shrub in Mexico. Each shell
contained a small white worm, which would live, the circular said,
about six months.

If one of the beans was placed on the palm of the hand, or on a
slightly warmed surface, it would begin to move around in little
jerks or jumps which were caused by the worm inside. One theory was
that if the shell remains stationary in its native home something
will destroy it. The worm has no desire to leave the shell. If a
hole is bored in it he will straightway patch it up, and if removed
from the shell entirely he will try to cover himself up, but cannot
make a new shell.

My part of the story is different. Last spring, the beans being
still alive, I put them in a small box and packed them away for the
summer. When I unpacked them, what do you suppose I found? Three
shells, each with a hole in it, the dried skin of the worm, and
also a perfect specimen of a strange moth. I cut one of the shells
in half, and there were a number of eggs as yet unhatched. Will the
Editor please have these specimens conveyed to Mr. W. Hamilton
Gibson, who writes such interesting articles for young folks about
natural history, so that he may write on this subject if he thinks
it of sufficient interest.

Why did the moth or worm bore the hole and lay the eggs? Did the
moth die of hunger or suffocation; if so, why did not the worm die
in the shell? How could it be a cocoon if the worm did not make it?
Why did it lay _all_ the eggs in one shell? All are questions
which, when answered, will surely be interesting.

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NEW YORK.

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Writing One's Name.

Not a few persons fail to stick to one signature. Especially is this true of young persons. They sign their name in all sorts of ways--a practice that is most confusing to those of their correspondents who do not, through personal acquaintance, happen to know that "John A. Smith," "J. A. Smith," "J. Albert Smith," and "John Smith" are one and the same person.

Young persons coming into the world of affairs should select a form for their name and always use the same. It is a matter of fancy, probably, but we prefer the first name spelled out, since it tells something about the writer. A correspondent replying to a letter signed by initials only is often uncertain whether to begin his letter "Dear Sir," or "Dear Miss," or "Dear Madam."

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Competition in Raisin Growing.

California is a great raisin country. Immense quantities of raisins
from this valley are exported annually to all parts. The muscat is
the raisin grape generally grown, but there are several other
varieties. The Sultana and the Thompson seedless are small grapes
without seeds. During grape-picking-time the country presents a
lively aspect. Men, women, and children find employment during the
grape season, and a quick worker may earn good wages. One may often
see whole families having come from a distance to pick grapes on
some large vineyard, camping out in light tents either in the field
or beside the country road-side.

The grapes are picked in rows and placed upon trays. The bunches
are detached from the vines by a sharp knife, and any injured or
decayed grape is removed. A grape-picker is paid, generally, two
and a half cents a tray. A good picker sometimes fills seventy-five
trays in a day. But they will assure you it is no light work to
pick grapes in the hot sun, the thermometer over one hundred in the
shade. When the grapes are partially dried they are skilfully
turned over into an empty tray so that the under side will be
exposed to the sun.

As soon as the grapes are properly cured the trays are stacked, and
the raisins are put into sweat boxes ready to be taken to the
packing-house, where they are weighed. The loose raisins are set
apart from the choice clusters, and are placed in a stemmer, which
is worked by machinery, and which throws out the stems and any
refuse matter. The clusters and layer raisins are pressed in forms
and placed in the boxes, layer by layer. Paper is spread between
each layer. Ribbons and beautiful chromos serve to give the final
finish, and the dainty boxes of fruit are sent away by the car-load
all over the United States.

At one time raisins were a source of great profit, but now
vineyards have become more extensive, and as there is a greater
supply of raisins prices have been much lower.

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HANFORD, KINGS CO., CAL.

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.

Sir Knight Willis H. Kerr sends the following formula for fogged plates, which he thinks the Camera Club will appreciate: Bromine water, 50 cc.; tincture of iodine, 20 cc.; distilled water, 1 litre. After immersing the plates in this solution for two or three minutes they should be washed and dried. If the plate has been only partially exposed to light, it should be exposed to lamp-light in order to make the fog impression uniform. The plates must be immersed in the solution by red light and tried in a dark room.

Sir Knight H. J. Maccoy asks how to print pictures from a negative where the glass is broken, but the film is not. If there is one clear break across the glass place the negative in the printing-frame, pushing the broken edges closely together, holding them firmly while adjusting the sensitive paper. Place the negative at such an angle with the light that the crack will not make a shadow on the paper, and print in the shade. If there are several cracks in the glass put the negative in the printing-frame, supporting it with a piece of plain glass; tie cords to the printing-frame so that it may be suspended by them, hang the frame from some projection where it will not hit anything, and keep it revolving during the printing. By keeping the plate moving all the time the cracks in the glass do not cast a shadow long enough in one place to leave any impression on the sensitive paper.

A correspondent sends us an envelope which he uses for storing purposes. The envelope is not as convenient as the commercial envelope made specially for negatives, for it has a flap and opens at the side, whereas the manila envelope opens at the end, has no flap, and there is a small crescent cut in the edge, which makes it convenient to remove the plate from the envelope. The open end of the envelope should be placed at the back of the pigeon-hole, both for preservation of the negative and to keep it free from dust.

This Department is conducted in the interest of Girls and Young
Women, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the
subject so far as possible. Correspondents should address Editor.

I am sorry, dear Mildred and Nancy, that you and I have so very different an opinion on the subject of punctuality. You say, scornfully, "What does it matter about five minutes, or three minutes, and our teacher makes just as much fuss when we are two or three minutes tardy as if we were an hour late?"

Suppose you were going to Montreal to visit Aunt Katharine and your cousins, and you were to meet Uncle Leo and Cousin Margaret at quarter to eight o'clock. Don't you think Uncle Leo would be annoyed if you should fail to keep the appointment to the very minute, and what about the rail-way train in the case? For a traveller going anywhere on a boat or in the cars must be punctual to an instant, or he will be left. We find that very unpunctual people can accommodate themselves to the ways of trains in this particular.

We have no right to waste our own time, girls, and certainly we have no right to waste that of other people. To do so is most thoughtless and unkind. If you are in a class, your unpunctuality may inconvenience and disturb all the others, and very much annoy your teacher. If you are on a committee, and come late to the place of meeting, you throw every one else out of her orbit. People have many engagements in a single day. They can keep none of them to advantage if they are hindered by the careless person who does not keep hers conscientiously.

This whole matter of keeping engagements is one in which you must establish good habits. Never promise to go anywhere, or do anything, to make a visit, or take a table at a fair, or help a friend who needs assistance, and then break your word. A girl's word is a sacred thing. If it is only to sit for an hour with an older friend, or to take luncheon and a walk with Jenny on Saturday, or to write a letter for the cook, who cannot write her letter for herself, keep your word and be on time. Nothing else is worthy such a girl as the one I have in my mind while I write, so clever and sensible, and, in the main, so satisfactory that I cannot bear her to have even one little flaw. I don't want to think of her as one of those people who come hustling into church and Sunday-school ten minutes late, and who disturb everybody else in places of amusement by the same habit. And I cannot imagine one of my girls as, by-and-by, going anywhere late to dinner, a most grievous social fault.

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On leaving York, to continue the journey to Washington by the route which we are going, the rider turns south and westward on what is known as the York and Gettysburg Turnpike. The road is direct to Thomasville, about six miles away, with the exception of three forks. These should be carefully watched, and the rider should in his inquiries always ask for the York and Gettysburg Turnpike. The first fork is something less than a mile out from York, a few minutes after crossing the railroad track. Here the rider should keep to the left. He again takes the left fork a short two miles further on, and about a mile or more before reaching Thomasville, at the junction of three roads, he keeps to the right on the turnpike. From Thomasville to Hockstown, a distance of about three miles, the turnpike is unmistakable. By referring to the map at Hockstown, the reader will see that the main route turns sharp to the right, running over to East Berlin, a distance of three or three and a half miles. It is possible to follow the turnpike to Gettysburg as indicated on the map by the fair bicycle road, but the route to East Berlin is much better. From East Berlin run on to Abbottstown. At this point the rider must make up his mind whether he will make a detour of some miles and take in the field of Gettysburg. If there is time enough, you are earnestly urged to make the extra run, since there is much at Gettysburg which is interesting to the student of American history. Leaving Abbottstown, run out to New Oxford on the York and Gettysburg Turnpike. The road is unmistakable, and from this point to Gettysburg, through Granite Hill, the turnpike is most of the time near the railroad, so that it is easy to follow it. Gettysburg will be a good place for dinner; it is more than half-way to Westminster, and an hour or two can be very profitably spent in the vicinity of the town in seeing what there is to be seen. From Gettysburg follow the route to Germantown, and thence to Littlestown. At Littlestown the rider again joins the main bicycle route from York to Westminster, and proceeds thence into Westminster.

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collectors, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question
on these subjects so far as possible. Correspondents should address
Editor Stamp Department.

In the ROUND TABLE, December 17, 1895, I gave a list of prices _asked by dealers_ for all United States coins of the following denominations: Half-cent, large cent, small cent, two cents, three cents (nickel), five cents (nickel), three cents (silver), five cents (silver), dimes, and twenty-cent pieces. The list is completed in this Number, and I hope readers of the ROUND TABLE will keep the list, as it will save many questions. The prices quoted are asked for fair copies of the older dates, and nearly perfect copies of the later dates. The later coins can usually be found in general circulation at face.

QUARTER-DOLLARS.--1796, $2.50; 1804, $2.50; 1805, 1806, 1807, 50c. each; 1815, $1; 1818 to 1822, 75c. each; 1823, $75; 1824, $2; 1825, $1.50; 1827, $50; 1828, 75c.; 1831 to 1851, 50c. each; 1852, 75c.; 1853 (without rays), $10; 1853 (rays on rev.), 35c.; 1854 to 1862, 50c. each; 1863, 1864, 1865, $1 each; 1866, $10; 1866 (in God We Trust), $1; 1867, $1; 1868, $1; 1869, 75c.; 1870 to 1893 (Liberty), 50c. each; 1893 (Isabella), $2; 1894, 50c.; 1895, 50c.

HALF-DOLLARS.--1794, $4; 1795, $1.25; 1795 (three leaves), $4; 1796, $75; 1797, $75; 1801, $3; 1802, $4; 1803, $1; 1805, $1; 1805 (over 1804), $2; 1806 to 1814, 75c. each; 1815, $4; 1817 to 1836, 75c. each; 1836 (milled edge), $4; new style, $2; 1837 to 1850, 75c. each; 1851, $1; 1852, $2.50; 1853 to 1861, 75c. each; 1861 (Confed. rev. restrike), $5; 1862 to 1865, $1 each; 1866, $1.50; 1866 (in God We Trust), $1.25; 1867, $1.25; 1868, 1869, $1 each; 1870, 1871, 1872, 75c. each; 1873 (no darts), $1.50; 1873 (with darts), 75c.; 1874 to 1878, 75c. each; 1879 to 1891, $1 each; 1892 to 1895, 75c. each. Columbian.--1892 (Columbus), 75c.; 1893, 75c.

DOLLARS.--1794, $100; 1795 (flowing hair), $3; 1795 (fillet head), $3.50; 1796, $4; 1797, $4; 1798 (13 stars, small eagle), $5; 1798 (15 stars, small eagle), $6; 1798 (13 stars, spread eagle), $2.50; 1799 (5-star facing), $4; 1799 (6-star facing), $2; 1799 (over 1798), $3; 1800, $2; 1801, $3.50; 1802 (over 1801),$2.75; 1802, $3; 1803, $3.50; 1803 (italic 3), $4; 1804, $500; 1836, $10; 1838, $50; 1839, $60; 1840 to 1850, $2 each; 1851, $50; 1852, $75; 1853, $2.50; 1854, $5; 1855, $3; 1856, $2.50; 1857, $2.75; 1858, $50; 1859 to 1869, $2.50 each; 1870, 1871, 1872, $2; 1873, $2.50; 1878 to 1894, $1.50 each. Trade dollars.--1873, $2; 1874 to 1883, $1.50 each.

GOLD COIN.--Dollars, $1.50 to $10; quarter-eagles, $3 to $10; three-dollar pieces, $3.50 to $5; half-eagles, 1795 to 1828, from $8 up, except 1815, $500, and 1824, $150; eagles, 1795 to 1804, from $12 up; later dates at a small advance over face; double eagle, 1849, $500.

W. SANDERS.--The 1838 cent is worth 5 cents. The 1839 cent, stamped
over the date 1836, is worth $6.

F. H. HARRIS.--The U. S. revenues mentioned are worth from 1 cent
to 5 cents each if perforated; if unperforated, they are worth from
5 cents to $1 each. The U. S. 12 cent 1861 is worth 25 cents.

MARY FITHIAN.--For value of dollars see above.

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Books by Thomas W. Knox

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THE YOUNG NIMRODS IN NORTH AMERICA.
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Mr. Knox's pictures of mountains and rivers, forests and plains, of people and their customs, modes of life and government, can be marked as accurate. They are not fancy sketches, but actual facts gathered from personal observation and from reliable data.--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._

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"ON, KINGFISHER, HOW FARES YOUR QUEEN?
THE QUEENFISHER, OF COURSE, I MEAN."

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THE MAIN DIFFERENCE.

"Jack the Giant-killer was a very different sort of a person from Jack of the Bean-stalk," said Wilbur. "One raised beans, but the other raised thunder."

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CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

"I'm goin' to tell my pa on you," said Johnny Smithers, as the blacksmith pared some of the bone away from the horse's hoof.

"Why? What have I done?" asked the blacksmith.

"You 'ain't got shoes to fit Dobbin, an' you're whittlin' off his feet to suit those you have got."

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I love to read of Indian fights--
Fights big and rough and bloody,
When they are told in story-books--
Not in the books I study.

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LIKED THE NEW WAY BEST.

"I don't see what's the use of my bothering my head learning to write," quoth Tom. "It's a great deal more fun using a typewriter, and you don't get your clothes all over ink."

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DIDN'T CARE FOR THAT KIND.

"How's the ice?" cried Jack.

"Like glass," said Willie.

"Then I'm going home," said Jack. "Glass isn't any good to skate on."

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PAPA. "Your teacher sent me word saying that you failed in your spelling lesson to-day. What was the cause of this?"

JACK. "I guess, papa, I was spell-bound."

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THE VERY BEST ZOO OF ALL.

When daddy's made our bread for us, and comes back home at night,
We often have a lot of fun at playing pillow fight;
And sometimes when he's not too tired, and isn't feeling blue,
He'll get down on the floor with me, and play that he's a zoo.

He'll roar and growl and shake his head as if he were a bear,
And do it so it really gives my nerves a little scare;
And then I climb in mamma's lap, where I'll be safe and sound,
And listen to his growling as he ambles all around.

Then on a sudden he will change into a tiger bold,
And make believe to bite my feet until my blood runs cold,
But when he turns himself into a great long-necked giraffe,
And nibbles at the chandelier, oh my, how I do laugh!

And then he takes his collar off and stretches out his throat,
And shoves a sofa pillow up his back beneath his coat,
And cries, "Come see the camel now, come watch him prance and jump!
And don't forget to fix your eye upon that massive hump!"

But best of all the game is when he gets down on all-fours,
And 'tends that he's an elephant, and walks out through the doors
In search of peanuts, peering round on each and every side,
For then I get aboard his back and have a jolly ride.

I've been to lots of circuses--I go 'most every year,
And see real zoos of every kind from lands both far and near;
But never did I see a zoo so really out of sight
As that that my dear daddy is, when he comes home at night.

GASTON V. DRAKE.

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Hibernating

Said the little Jap doll on the mantel,
Addressing an art-loving bear
Who was whittled from wood by a Swiss lad,
"You're bearish enough, I declare!"

"You keep your back turned ever toward me
Nor care if I laugh or I weep!"
The little wood bear never answered
--'Twas winter and he was asleep.

End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Round Table, January 14, 1896, by Various