Chapter XIV: High Living (2)

In the lull following upon the activity of football, and preceding track athletics and baseball, I shall devote as much space as possible in this Department to comment on seasonable sports, and on the methods for training and preparation for spring work. So many letters come each week asking for suggestions about training, especially for the running events, and requesting information on the various outdoor sports for ice and snow, that it seems advisable to award to these subjects the preference, for the next few weeks at least. Concerning training for field sports, I shall endeavor to treat of putting the shot in an early number of the ROUND TABLE, and soon afterward we shall have hints and advice on training for the sprints and the middle distances. This week I want to devote almost all available space to the prime winter sport of curling, about which I have been asked for a description by a number of correspondents in the Northern and Western States and Canada.

Curling is essentially a Scottish game, and one over which the stolid Scotsmen manage to work up considerable enthusiasm and excitement. It has been imported into this country, and especially in Canada have American curlers become almost as proficient as any in the world. Few games afford better sport and exercise, and a certain amount of muscular strength is demanded of the players. The game is played on ice, of course, and the space marked out for playing is called a "rink." This is usually a strip of ice on a pond or a stream, forty-two yards long and eight or nine yards wide, swept clear of snow. A "tee," or goal, is set down at each end of the rink. The tees are 39-1/2 yards apart. Seven feet behind each tee is a small circle called a "foot-circle," from which the curlers launch their stones. From each tee as a centre a circle must be drawn, with a radius of seven feet, and every stone which is not outside of this circle when it has stopped moving counts as one point in the reckoning. Outside and beyond the tee circle a line is drawn across to the rink, and the stones which pass this boundary are called dead--that is, they do not count. Seven or eight yards inside of each tee another line is drawn across the rink, and every stone that does not pass this "hog-score," as this line is called, is removed from the ice, out of the way of coming stones. The "middle line" is drawn half-way between the tees across the rink. Perhaps a better idea of this complicated delineation of a curling-rink may be gathered from the diagram at the top of the next page.

There are usually four players on a side, and each player is armed with two stones. These stones are of circular shape, with flattened sides, and must not weigh more than fifty pounds nor less than thirty pounds. Neither must they be more than thirty-six inches around, nor less in height than one-eighth of the greatest circumference. Curling enthusiasts attach great importance to their stones. They have them of various weights to suit their own fancy, and of every possible variation of form. Some players prefer flat stones, while others have a liking for high ones. As a rule, however, the favorite is that which is neither very flat nor very high, the reason for this being that such a stone is well "centred," having the centre of gravity about in the middle, and being therefore more easily handled. These stones are usually cut out of granite; they are then highly polished, and frequently fitted with very ornamental and highly expensive handles.

The players are also provided with brooms, with which they sweep off the snow and other obstacles from the rink. One point of judgment in curling is to know when to sweep the way clear for a coming stone and when not to, the sweeper knowing about how fast the stone will go for its weight, and about where it will land if allowed to travel over a rough or a smooth surface. The number of points ordinarily appointed as decisive of a curling-match is thirty-one, and the side which first scores that total is the winner. The chief aim in the game is to hurl the stone with the proper amount of strength, so that it will take its place close to the tee. Then a certain amount of generalship must be used by one side to so distribute its stones that the opponents may not be able to dislodge those nearest to the centre of the tee circle. It will be seen that curling is a sort of giant game of shuffle-board, but much more susceptible to scientific work than the latter. A close finish in curling frequently arouses both parties to the highest excitement, and many funny stories have been written about staid Scottish squires and dignified dominies who have found themselves hotly disputing with one another on a curling-rink. For those who may be interested in the sport, and who care to become more familiar with it or to learn the many rules which experience and practice have shown to be necessary, I recommend an article on curling in the volume on skating in the Badminton Library.

The many protests in the recent contests held by the New York I. S. A. A. have led the officers of that organization to formulate and adopt some new rules which will now make the conditions of contests perfectly clear. The changes in the constitution recently adopted are good ones, and have all been framed with a view to purifying sport, and with the intention of holding all New York school-boy athletes to the closest interpretation of the spirit of amateurism.

A very vague idea of the rules and regulations which govern amateur sport has been held by the majority of school athletes in this city until recently. I think this must have been because they were not as familiar as they might have been with the laws enacted by their own association. These laws were perhaps not as strict as they should have been, and I am now glad to see that the managers are tightening the reins. Every boy who goes into athletics here or anywhere else should know exactly what his rights and his duties are in matters of sport, and especially in the matter of eligibility in these days, when professionalism is so steadily trying to steal into the camp. I cannot but believe that if every scholar in this town had known by heart the N. Y. I. S. A. A. rules of eligibility last year, the errors of some misguided athletes would never have been made.

The new rules governing eligibility are clear and unequivocal, and it is hard to see how even the most professionally inclined can now beat about the stump. The first section of the new Article XI. states that "no one shall represent any school as a competitor in any athletic contest who has not been a member of that school from the first of January of the school year in which the contest is held, or who has actually been paid wages for services during the school year, or who has been enrolled as a member of any college, or who has attained the age of twenty years, or who is not in good standing with the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States."

The article proceeds to explain that having been a member of the sub-Freshman class of the College of the City of New York does not debar a scholar from competing, and this is eminently just. A most important provision follows, and I cannot urge too strongly upon the I.S.A.A. committee to enforce this rule to the letter if it results in having only one contest a year. It is to the effect that any school wishing to enter a team for the baseball, football, tennis, or track-athletic championship must file a list of all players or competitors with the chairman of the committee governing that special branch before such team can enter any contest. The next two sections specify that in such list the ages of all players or competitors shall be given, and the list must be signed by the principal of the school, to certify that all the intended players or competitors are eligible.

In view of recent events, the revision of Article XIV. also cannot be too gladly welcomed: "Section 1. No school shall, through any of its officers or by any other means, directly or indirectly, by offering any inducements, influence or try to influence a pupil of any other school to sever his connection with said school. Section 2. The offering of a regularly established or other scholarship by any school or officer thereof, as an inducement to change from one school to another, shall be considered an inducement." Much annoyance would have been saved if these paragraphs had been in the constitution when it was first formulated, and I think that this revision might be even further fortified by inserting the words "directly or indirectly" in the second section as well as in the first.

It is a wise provision also that any school entering a team for the baseball or football championship must play all games for which they are scheduled under penalty of $5 fine for each game forfeited. My only criticism is that the penalty might be doubled or trebled. The championship series of football games last fall, in Brooklyn, was greatly interfered with by the continual forfeiting of games by the weaker teams. This Department spoke of the evil at the time, and I would now urge the Long Island League legislators to insert some such by-law in their code as the New Yorkers have just established.

Athletics are progressing so vigorously in Philadelphia that a new interscholastic league, in addition to the Inter-Academic A. A. of some years standing, has been organized. Tho new association held a meeting a few weeks ago, at which delegates from the Central High-school, Wilmington High-school, and the Central and Northeast Manual Training schools were present. A committee was appointed to see the Friends' Central, Catholic High and Swarthmore College Grammar Schools, and invite them to join the association. The meeting then adjourned to meet at the call of the chair to receive the report of this committee. This committee should at once communicate with the officers of the National I. S. A. A., and apply for membership. The new league has some strong schools in it, as readers of this Department may see by glancing over the list. The Central High-school of Philadelphia is probably the largest school in that city, and both the Wilmington and Swarthmore Grammar schools have already acquired enviable records in sport.

An Interscholastic Polo League has been formed in Boston, under the auspices of the B.A.A., with the following schools as members: Melrose High, Cambridge High and Latin, Roxbury Latin, and English High. A provisional schedule has been arranged, but as the weather is an important factor in polo, it may be necessary to postpone several of the contests. The dates chosen are:

CAMBRIDGE H. AND L.

Dec. 31.--E. H. S. on Spy Pond.
Jan. 17.--Roxbury Latin on Spy Pond.
Jan. 25.--Melrose on Spy Pond.

ENGLISH HIGH.

Dec. 31.--Cambridge on Spy Pond.
Jan. 14.--Roxbury Latin (undecided).
Jan. 17.--Melrose at Melrose.

ROXBURY LATIN.

Jan. 14.--English High (undecided).
Jan. 17.--Cambridge on Spy Pond.
Jan. 21.--Melrose at Melrose.

MELROSE HIGH.

Jan. 17.--English High at Melrose.
Jan. 21.--Roxbury Latin at Melrose.
Jan. 25.--Cambridge at Spy Pond.

It is to be hoped, if the season proves a successful one and the cold weather holds out, that the winner in this Boston League will arrange for a championship game with the winner in the Connecticut League.

Hamilton Institute.]

Brooklyn Latin School.]

On account of this delay in receiving the portraits of Messrs. Carey and Lutkins, who were selected for members of the All-New-York football team, the pictures could not be reproduced until this week. Carey of the Hamilton Institute would play right half-back, and Lutkins would rank as first substitute on the All-New-York eleven, the full details of which were given in the ROUND TABLE of January 7th.

The game of basket-ball promises to become popular among the colleges and the larger schools of the country this winter. This Department will devote some space to the game at an early date, which is taking up the attention of scholastic sportsmen in Connecticut.

J. A. BAKER, B. BAY, MASSACHUSETTS.--There is no rule prohibiting
tackling above the shoulders, unless Section B of Rule 27 of the
Football Rules of 1895 can be construed as such. It is a matter for
the umpire to decide in every case.

H. C. MORRIS, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.--There will be an article on
running in this Department some time during the winter. I should
advise you to use sprinting shoes without spikes to train in, but
wear spikes in a contest or when running for time.

W. H. B., MINNEAPOLIS.--You can find out what you want to know in
_Walter Camp's Book of College Sports_ (The Century Company, New
York), or in the _American Boy's Handy Book_ (Charles Scribner's
Sons, New York).

J. J. SMITH, RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY.--There is a very good chapter
on "Toy-boat Making and Sailing" in _Coventry Pastimes for Boys_
(Longmans, Green, & Company, New York).

H. C. D., MERIDEN.--The arrangement of players for the game of ice
polo, described briefly in HARPER'S ROUND TABLE for January 14th,
is as follows:

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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 much valuable data kindly supplied from the
official maps and road-books of the League of American Wheelmen.
Recognizing the value of the work being done by the L. A. W., the
Editor will be pleased to furnish subscribers with membership
blanks and information as far as possible.

Continuing our trip from New York to Washington, we take up the journey at Westminster for the run thence in Baltimore. The road is a turnpike of limestone, as are most of the important roads in that part of the country. It is moderately level nearly all the way, and there is little difficulty in keeping to it on this particular stretch of the trip. Leaving Westminster you pass out of town under the railroad, and start out at once on the turnpike for Carrolton, taking care to take the left fork a little less than a mile out. From Carrolton through Sandyville to Finksburg, and thence to Reisterstown the way is direct and unmistakable, there being almost no road of an equal importance to the main pike, and therefore little opportunity for any one to get off the route. This makes up a run of about fourteen miles over an easy road, and you are strongly advised, therefore, not to make much of a stop here, but to run on to Pikesville at least, unless the company happens to be made up partly of women, when a stop may to advantage be made here, and another at Pikesville or Howardsville.

From Reisterstown the pike runs almost due southeast five miles to Greenspring Junction, and then two miles further on to Pikesville. Keeping straight on over a remarkably good road in pleasant weather, you pass through Howardsville less than two miles further, and finally bring up in Arlington, twenty-four or twenty-five miles from Westminster. If no stop is to be made at Baltimore, and the rider determines to include this run and the next day's run in one twenty-four hours, he should take the right fork here, and follow the road marked like a barber's pole on the map. For many reasons, however, it is better to go on, because Baltimore is a good and comfortable place to put up at, especially if you go to the Carrolton; and should you be making the trip in quicker or longer stages than we have been doing, you should make it a point to reach Baltimore at night, instead of putting up at Westminster.

Proceeding then from Arlington along the railroad, the rider soon comes in to Druid Hill Park, and through or along the edge of this enters the city, where it is easy to make his way to the centre of the town and reach the Carrolton.

NOTE.--Map of New York city asphalted streets in No. 809. Map of
route from New York to Tarrytown in No. 810. New York to Stamford,
Connecticut in No. 811. New York to Staten Island in No. 812. New
Jersey from Hoboken to Pine Brook in No. 813. Brooklyn in No. 814.
Brooklyn to Babylon in No. 815. Brooklyn to Northport in No. 816.
Tarrytown to Poughkeepsie in No. 817. Poughkeepsie to Hudson to No.
818. Hudson to Albany in No. 819. Tottenville to Trenton in No.
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Philadelphia-Wissahickon Route in No. 823. Philadelphia to West
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Boston to Concord in No. 834. Boston in No. 835. Boston to
Gloucester in No. 836. Boston to Newburyport in No. 837. Boston to
New Bedford in No. 838. Boston to South Framingham in No. 839.
Boston to Nahant in No. 840. Boston to Lowell in No. 841. Boston to
Nantucket Beach in No. 842. Boston Circuit Ride in No. 843.
Philadelphia to Washington--First Stage in No. 844; Second Stage in
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About New Zealand.

Auckland is a city of 60,000 inhabitants, situated on the southern
bank of the Waitamata Harbor. It has a fine library and art
gallery. To the former Sir George Grey gave a very valuable
collection of books, and to the latter the late Mr. McKelvie left
his entire collection of works of art. Not very far from the city
is Mount Eden, an extinct volcano, from the top of which one has
some of the most beautiful views in the world.

We live about six miles from town, and at the back of our place are
the Three Kings, so called because it is supposed that three Maori
kings were buried there--one on each peak. At the side of the
mountain is the entrance to some caves. There is a tradition that
before New Zealand was inhabited by white people there was a tribal
war; the defeated tribe was driven into the cave, the successful
one hoping to starve it into submission. The tribe in the cave,
however, knew of an opening near the harbor by which it escaped to
its canoes. The distance they had to traverse was several miles.
There is a very beautiful tree here called Pohutukawa (Metrosideros
tomentosa). The nearest approach to pronouncing it is, for the
beginner, "poetry-cow." The tree grows to a great height, and at
Christmas-time is covered with bright scarlet flowers. So it is
generally called Christmas-tree.

ESTELLA ULRICH.
AUCKLAND, N. Z.

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

A girl's luncheon? You mean the school luncheon? Let it be as nice as possible, and take pains to pack it very neatly for her, so that when the recess hour comes she may take an interest in what she eats.

Of course the ideal luncheon for Gertrude and Caroline is something hot, a nice hash or scrambled eggs, or else a chop and a baked potato, with some gingerbread, stewed fruit, oranges, or a cup-custard after it. A cup of chocolate or cocoa is good for growing girls at luncheon, and a glass of milk is a very nice addition to their bill of fare.

But these beautiful hot luncheons cannot always be managed at school. Often the girls must carry their noonday meal from home, and as a general thing they take very little care about the matter themselves. Mamma or sister Mary must think for them.

A dainty box or little basket, a fine soft napkin, and some paraffin paper are indispensable to the preparation of lunches. Sandwiches must be made of _thin_ bread and butter, with potted meat, cream cheese, or jam spread between the slices. Rough edges and crusts must be cut off, and the bread and butter be of the very best. There are many delicious crackers, some salted, some sprinkled with cheese-flakes, some sweet and crisp like cookies, which are appetizing with one's luncheon. And fruit is always in order.

If it is possible, and it usually is, to get a little boiling water, let the school-girl make for herself a cup of bouillon at luncheon. There are several excellent kinds of bouillon which come in small jars and bottles, and of which a spoonful added to a glass or cup of either hot or cold water makes a very refreshing drink. I prefer hot bouillon myself, but cold bouillon is very refreshing too, and much better with bread and butter than cold water, if the luncheon is a simple affair of that.

A girl who eats her luncheon regularly, and avoids sweets, pastry, and candy between meals, will have bright eyes and a good complexion. She will not look sallow and pasty, nor have pimples and other signs of indigestion on her face.

Suppose a young girl wishes to give a luncheon to a few friends, what would be a nice menu? Well, she might begin with oranges or grape-fruit, cut in two and sprinkled with sugar; these are eaten with a rather sharp-pointed spoon. This might be followed by oysters on the half-shell, in a little bed of crushed ice, if the luncheon is to be elaborate. Then comes bouillon, served in pretty cups; there are covered cups for bouillon which are simply fascinating to the heart of the china-loving girl. After this course comes minced fish or scolloped oysters, in little china or silver shells. Follow this with dainty chops, Saratoga chips, and green pease. Then have a salad, with thin wafers or salted crackers, cream cheese, and guava jelly or gooseberry jam. After this may appear dessert, of charlotte-russe or ice-cream, or frozen pudding, or, if you please, a hot pudding with cold sauce. Have salted almonds and olives on the table, to pass between the courses, and finish everything up with bonbons, cream peppermints, or any pretty candies or confections which you like.

Of course this is the way to have a formal luncheon. I know a little girl; her name is Delsie, and she isn't very tall, but I wouldn't ask a better luncheon than she gave me one day, and she did everything about it herself. She had beautiful wheat cakes with maple syrup, and she baked them brown on the griddle like a fairy, and then she gave me the most beautiful heaping saucerful of popped corn, white and salted and buttered. I wish I had some of it now.

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time, and as it has turned cold again the ground is covered with
ice. All the horses that are not needed on the farm are turned
loose in the winter, and as there are almost no fences they have a
good time.

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HONORABLE MENTION--SENIORS.

LANDSCAPES.

Norman J. Smith, Bellville, N. J., Virginia Wells, Parkersburg, W. Va., Wilbur F. Powers, Evanston, Ill., Harriet L. George, Thomaston, Me., Mrs. Ellen E. Stevenson, Chicago, Ill., M. Alison Martin, Toledo, O., Frank R. Gilbert, Chester, Pa., Norman J. Smith, New York City, Max H. Miner, Ithaca, N. Y., G. L. Blodgett, Cooperstown, N.Y., Louis H. Flanders, Chicago, Ill., Mary A. Dougall, Newark, N. J., Chester A. Darling, New York City, Jane Farnham Miller, Washington, D.C., Cora Blakeslee, Sparta, Wis., Harry Drinker, Scranton, Pa., William H. Brown, Greenville, E. Tenn., Frances H. Badeau, Washington, D.C., A. E. Pearson, Holyoke, Mass., Lee Stillman, Red Hook, N. Y., Mrs. Geo. Conn, Black Diamond, Wash., Warfield T. Longcope, Baltimore, Md., F. Elton Morse, Lyon, Mass., Newell W. Edson, Portland, Me., Frank Roe, Batchelder, Worcester, Mass., Herbert B. Shallenberger, Rochester, Pa., George H. Small, Everett, Mass., Arthur E. Mooney, St. Louis, Mo., Fred. E. Turner, Willimantic, Conn., Mrs. Claud Gatch, Salem, Ore., Francis E. Blake, Ithaca, N. Y., W. S. Thomas, Detroit, Mich., H. J. Sutton, Philadelphia, Penn., E. D. Bull, Spartansburg, S. C., Mrs. A. O. Keplan, Cincinnati, O., E. M. Bixby, San Francisco, Cal., Miss Hattie Howard, Washington, D.C., H. L. Willoughby, Newport, R. I., Miss Annie E. Hartwell, Framingham, Mass., William H. Frink, Greenfield, Mass., Howard W. Page, Minneapolis, Minn.

FIGURE STUDIES.

H. E. Murdock, Minneapolis, Minn.: A Daughter of the Nile, See the Conquering Hero, Five I Cast Away, Day Dreams. Mrs. Nils Holm, Eau Claire, Wis.: A Descendant of the Vikings, Give Me a Bite? A Careless Boy, Mistress Mischief, Multiplication is Vexation, A Portrait. Mrs. Helen E. Stevenson, Chicago, Ill.: A Little ROUND TABLE Artist, Sleep with Fairy Fingers. C. J. McLain, Fort Wayne, Ind.: A Little Bather. Miss Helen Owen, Okalona, Miss.: A Sliver. Horace William Dresser, Brooklyn, N. Y.: In Fairyland. George B. Phillips, Milwaukee, Wis.: Study of a Child. Miss Marian Otter, Doyleston, Pa.: Girl Reading. Hubert E. Hoge, Brooklyn, N. Y.: The Freedman. Kate Matthews, Pewee Valley, Ky.: Study of a Child, A Reverie. Jennie E. Smith, Iowa Falls, Ia.: Story of Three Little Pigs, Modern Wood-Nymph. W. E. Dickinson, Bradford, Ia.: How is That for High? Chas. H. Voorhees, New York City: In a New England Lane. Arthur E. Mooney, St, Louis, Mo.: Want Me to Read You a Story? Under the Old Apple-Tree. A. E. Pearson, Holyoke, Mass.: Ironing Day. Bertha Lothrop, Riverton, N. J.: Three Scamps, Dolly and Me. Capt. Berkeley Macaulay, U. S. A., Fort Apache, Ari.: Drop it, Tenderfoot. Theodore H. Hugo, Bridgeport, Conn.: Chores. Willis F. Lee, Brooklyn, Pa.: Tired Hands. W. J. Browning, Salt Lake City: Future Defenders of the Cup. Dorothy Roys, New York City: Berkshire Blackberries. W. C. Davis. Lieut. of Artillery, Fortress Monroe, Va.: A Youthful Granger. S. Roy Baker: Figure Studies.

ANIMAL STUDIES.

Louis H. Flanders, 512 Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, Ill.: Head of Jersey Cow. Orville Bassett, New Bedford, Mass.: Good Friends. Hubert Hoge, B.H.S., Brooklyn, N. Y.: Fallen Majesty. Louis Flanders, Chicago, Ill.: Waiting for the Master. Bertha Lothrop, Riverton, N. J.: Playmates. Franklin H. Conant, Providence, R. I.: Study of a Cat. W. Yost, Cumberland, Md.: Study of a Cat. Lieut. W. C. Davis, U.S.A., Fortress Monroe, Va.: A Fifteen-dollar Horse. Mrs. Claud Gatch, Salem, Ore.: A Good Square Meal.

SPECIAL SUBJECTS.

C. H. Voorhees, New York City: Lightning. Edward H. Murray, Watertown, N. Y.: Cows at Water's Edge. Newell W. Edson, Portland, Me.: Sunset Effect (Day is Dying in the West). Mrs. Geo. Conn, Black Diamond, Wash.: Snow Scene. Warfield T. Longcope, Baltimore, Md.: Moonlight. Arthur E. Mooney, St. Louis, Mo.: Above the House-tops (Cloud Effect).

In the Camera Club column of No. 844 (December 31st), in "Answers to Queries," a formula for a developing solution is given to Sir Knight Milton Pease. There is a mistake in Solution No. 1. It reads, "Add enough water to make the solution up to 8 oz." It should be, "Add enough water to make the solution up to 16 oz."

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A Picture in a Word.

WHAT IS IT?

A bold headland on the coast of Spain, the headquarters of a band of Moorish robbers; fishermen's boats, merchants' vessels, ships of war sailing stealthily by in the darkness with muffled oars, or crowding all sail in a fair wind to escape, if possible, the extortions of the gang of pirates who exacted tribute from every passing vessel.

Answer.--Tariff, from Tarifa, a promontory on the Strait of Gibraltar.

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That Virgil Query.

The ancients _did_ have "some idea of the roundness of the earth."
In fact, they possessed much knowledge of it. The great Aristotle,
who lived about three centuries before Virgil, advanced
substantially the same theories to prove the rotundity of our
planet that are commonly taught to-day. But they were not
considered conclusive, which, in truth, they are not. Going even
further back than the time of Aristotle it is found that the
ancient Pythagoreans believed the earth to be round. It was one of
their philosophers who discovered this fact.

SIMON THEODORE STERN.
NEW YORK CITY.

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I think Virgil's line, _intonnere poli_, has reference to the north
pole of the heavens, which was part of the system of astronomy
invented by Hipparchus. Instead of saying, "the poles thunder," I
would use the derived meaning of _poli_, _heavens_. I would like to
ask some Knight or Lady interested in astronomy why planets do not
twinkle as the stars do.

C. F. HUNTER, R.T.F.
MELLENVILLE, N. Y.

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Prizes for Funny Verses.

We offered five packets of fifty engraved visiting-cards bearing the winners' names, with copper plate for future use, to the five who sent us that number of ridiculous _funny_ verses--the funnier the better. Here are the best five we received, with names of their authors:

Yankee Doodle had a cat,
Its tail was double-jointed;
He took it to the dentist shop,
And had its molars pointed.

SAMUEL BYERS.
PHILADELPHIA.

He received a prospectus of the Round Table--
Harper's,
And tried to read
The names of the Knights on the table of King
Arthur;
And now his need
Is the man who can fix his jaw--the Doctor.

CHARLES FREDERIC HOFFMANN.
NEW YORK.

A young man from old Honolulu
Met up with a terrible Zulu,
The Zulu's warm smile stretched forth nigh a mile,
And the young man was turned into tulu.

NED A. HIGGINS.
GALENA, ILL.

Said the Bishop to the Abbot,
I'd give a five-pound note
To see that ballet-dancer
Get the tip-top vote.

When the dancer got the vote
And the five-pound note,
Then the Bishop to the Abbot said,
I'm sorry that I spoke.

JOHN B. CAUTLEY.
WOBURN SANDS, BLETCHLEY, ENGLAND.

JUVENILE LOGIC.

"Pa, did Juno Juno?"
Asked curious little Ned.
"No, I didn't know Juno,"
His startled father said.
"But, pa, Juno was No-ju,
That you surely know.
And then if Juno No-ju,
Why didn't Juno Juno?"

UPTON E. SINCLAIR, JUN.
NEW YORK.

The prizes have been ordered, and will be forwarded as soon as ready.

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Questions and Answers.

Frank Cope asks us to name an arithmetic well adapted to the needs of one who is compelled to study without an instructor. Good ones, for elementary study, are Fish's No. 1, 30 cents, and Fish's No. 2, 60 cents, to be had from the American Book Company, Chicago; or, if an advanced book is wanted, Harper's Advanced Arithmetic, $1.20, Harper & Brothers, New York. Are you interested in plants and flowers? M. S. Newman, 111 Avenue B, New York, wants to hear from you if you are. Wyatt and Peyser, 82 Lexington Avenue, New York, publishers of _The Comet_, a clever amateur paper, want literary contributions from amateurs.

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The Whittier Library Chapter, A. L. Kuhn, 615 Ninth Street, Milwaukee, Wis., seeks members, both those residing in and out of Milwaukee. Address as above. It is a delightful Chapter to belong to. A Lady asks how to get ready for a "Looking Backward" dance. Can anyone tell her? Paul H. Knoelk, 627 Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis., wants to form a literary Chapter, with corresponding members. He or any others may write to Arthur J. Johnston, Box 136, Dartmouth, N. S. The latter wants to join a corresponding Chapter, which, we may inform a third, a Lady who asks, is an organization kept together by correspondence, its members living in many States. The best combination is, we think, a Chapter having both local and absent members. We shall be glad to hear of the progress of the Lancelot Chapter, of Newtonville, Mass. Maximo Gomez is commander-in-chief of the Cuban forces. He has no naval force, and a land force variously estimated at from 25,000 to 50,000 men, the number being constantly added to. Jno. Pohland, Ahnapee, Wis., will send sketches to any amateur paper that applies to him for them. He wants samples.

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

The letter issued by the American S. S. S. S., addressed to those countries using "Seebeek" stamps, has already produced fruit. The President of Ecuador has issued a decree cancelling the contract for the supply of these stamps, on the ground "that it is unworthy of the dignity of Ecuador" to continue such an arrangement.

As enterprising firm in St. Louis has begun the issue of a daily stamp paper, edited by "The Office Cat," price $3 per year, but the publishers reserve the right of discontinuing the paper and refunding subscriptions at any time the "Office Cat" gets tired. Although begun in fun, the editor has issued several numbers, and it looks as if the paper would be a success. Great is philately and many are its devotees. The time may come when a daily stamp paper will be issued in all the philatelic centres, both morning and evening editions.

Stories of great "finds" are current. Ever since the Louisville discovery of 137 St. Louis stamps, which the lucky finders (two porters) sold for over $30,000, the attention of stamp-collectors all over the Union has been directed to unearthing old correspondence. The South has been a little backward so far, and yet there is no doubt that large numbers of the rarer Confederate "locals" are still in existence. To aid the ROUND TABLE readers to identify these stamps, I shall give reduced illustrations next week of some or all of the stamps. A complete list of the fourteen stamps issued by the general government of the Confederate States, together with illustrations of the same, and their comparative scarcity, will be found in the ROUND TABLE dated December 10, 1895.

J. DENNETT.--As there are at least sixteen different Prince Edward
Island stamps, I cannot know to which you refer.

A. T. D.--An embossed stamp is, strictly speaking, one in which all
or a portion of the stamp is in relief, but the word is frequently
used for a _grilled_ stamp--that is, one in which a series of
indentations has been made. See ROUND TABLE, July 16, 1895, for
illustrations of grills. Laid paper is one in which, held up to the
light, there appear white lines. Ribbed paper is a paper embossed
in lines very slightly raised above the surface.

H. MARRIETTA.--For value of cents see ROUND TABLE, December 17,
1895. For water-marks, ROUND TABLE, January 7, 1896. Zes is Dutch
for six. A medallion looks like but is not a coin. The stamps and
envelopes can be bought for double face.

H. MARTIN.--Your half-dollar is not 1813, but a worn 1843. Dealers
ask 75c. for an unworn copy.

M. B. GRIFFITHS, POST MASTER, M. PA., H. S. BERRY, W. SKATING, M.
ZIMMERMAN.--See ROUND TABLE for December 17, 1895, and January 7,
1896, for prices _asked_ by dealers for the coins.

J. A. W.--The stamps are current Mexican. The timbre stamp is a
Mexican revenue.

L. A. S.--Foreign coins are not much collected in the U. S. For
values of U. S. coins from 25 cents to $1 see last number. The
other coins mentioned do not command a premium.

A. A. MOSES.--See the ROUND TABLE dated January 7, 1896, for
methods of seeing water-marks.

M. O. CONGER.--See ROUND TABLE dated December 17, 1895, for values
of U. S. coins from 1 cent to 20 cents. The Confederate stamp is
worth 5 cents.

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"Harper's Round Table" for 1895

Volume XVI. With 1096 Pages, and about 750 Illustrations. 4to, Cloth, Ornamental, $3.50.

There is nothing, we imagine, that the young reader would be likely
to prize more.--_N. Y. Sun._

A fascinating book from cover to cover. It just meets the needs of
youth and young people generally. Indeed, no age could be so
advanced as to find nothing interesting in it.--_Living Church_,
Chicago.

Full of delightful things for boys and girls. It is an excellent
periodical, well written, and well illustrated; and it contains
wholesome food enough to satisfy the most exacting young
appetite.--_Dial_, Chicago.

A literal mine of instruction and entertainment.... The young
person who receives this beautiful book ... is an enviable person
indeed.--_Examiner_, N. Y.

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By Kirk Munroe

=Snow-Shoes and Sledges.= A Sequel to "The Fur-Seal's Tooth." Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

It would be hard to find a more fascinating and at the same time
more instructive story for boys.--_Boston Beacon_.

_BY THE SAME AUTHOR:_

THE FUR-SEAL'S TOOTH.--RAFTMATES.--CANOEMATES.--CAMPMATES.--DORYMATES. Each one volume. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25 each.

WAKULLA.--THE FLAMINGO FEATHER.--DERRICK STERLING.--CHRYSTAL, JACK & CO., and DELTA BIXBY. Illustrated. Square 16mo. Cloth, $1.00 each.

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HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York.

THE CHASE OF THE BONNET BIRD.

"Oh what is the use," said the Fays from the Moon,
"Of spending the whole of an afternoon
In fishing for fish,
To serve on a dish,
When you can go birding for birds like that,
With feathers upon it
Just right for a bonnet,
Or theatre hat?

"All fishes are cheap--
E'en those from the deep--
But bonnets come high!
That's why
'Stead of fishing for fish,
To serve on a dish,
We are birding instead
For that bird with the wonderful feathery head."

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ALWAYS READY TO TELL.

"When I grow up," observed Walter, "I'm going to be the editor of a newspaper."

"You'll make a good one," put in Sallie, scornfully, "you're such a tattle-tale."

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A POOR RULE THAT WON'T WORK BOTH WAYS.

"Don't you know, Clement," said Clement's mother, "that candy is very bad for your teeth?"

"No, ma'am," replied Clement. "I know that my teeth were bad for the candy, though."

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I'm very fond of pa,
I dearly love my ma;
But when it comes to making pie,
The cook, I think, just takes my eye.

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EARLY-MORNING PERSIFLAGE.

"Johnny, get up!" called his father, the other morning.

"Too cold," called Johnny, in return.

"If you are not up in five minutes I'll come up after you," returned his father.

"All right," said Johnny. "Bring an ice-pick with you."

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A LITTLE MIXED.

"There she is," said Bobbie, pointing to the cruiser.

"She?" retorted Hal. "She ain't a she--she's a he. That boat's a _man_-of-war."

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A COASTER'S CONCLUSION.

The down-hill glide takes my breath away,
As over the snow I pop;
And that is why, I suppose, I pant
When plodding up to the top.

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A REASONABLE DEMAND.

"See here, papa," said Willie, "do you remember how badly you felt because I sent you a comic valentine last year?"

"Yes. What of it?"

"Well, if you want a nice one this year you'll have to double my allowance. I can't afford more 'n a cent on five cents a week."

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NOT WHAT IT WAS CRACKED UP TO BE.

The tumblerful of cracked ice had melted, and little Mabel was peering curiously into the water that was left.

"Zat's verwy funny," she said. "Zat ice was all cwacked, an', now it's melted, ze cwacks is all gone."

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THE SNOW MAN CRACKS A JOKE.

"You look very warm," said the Sun to the Snow-man.

"Why shouldn't I?" retorted the Snow-man. "I've got on my meltin' overcoat."

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JOEY'S PLAN.

This poor little darky he wished to be white.
That was all that he wished for--heigho!
And he washed his brown face both day and night
With snow--
Poor Joe!
"Yo' face gits all soapy 'f yo' wash it wiv soap,
And dat is de reason, kind sir, dat I hope
In usin' dis snow 'twill git snowy,"
Said Joey.
Heigho!

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End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Round Table, January 21, 1896, by Various