Chapter VIII: Cliff Castle and Its Occupants (2)

The half-mile walk was another English High event, as all three places went to that school. Mohan, who was credited with a point at the out-door games, set the stride, with Riley and Foley, his schoolmates, in close proximity. On the last lap Griffin of Worcester High challenged Mohan for the lead of the procession, and gained his end, but with disastrous results to his aspirations, for in spite of his coming home first by five yards, the judge of walking had given him his final caution, and Mohan got the prize, with Riley and Foley filling the other places.

The field events had a small following, and in only one case was a record shattered. Rotch of Hopkinson's cleared 5 feet 8-1/2 inches in the high jump, bettering the old figures of 5 feet 8 inches. Converse of English High and Howe of Worcester Academy were tied at 5 feet 7-3/4 inches, the latter getting the second prize on the toss of a coin, but the points being divided. A similar distribution of points was necessary in the pole vault. C. A. Shorey, the one entry from Cushing Academy, got this event with a vault of 9 feet 6 inches. Keene of Hopkinson's and Kendall of Worcester Academy tied for second at 9 feet.

W. W. Coe, of Noble's School, was prophesied to win the shot, and he pushed the 16-lb. weight 35 feet 7 inches; Eaton of English High was over a foot behind him, with 34 feet 1-1/2 inches; and D. F. Spear, of Worcester Academy, came third, his put being 31 feet 9-1/2 inches.

The six relay races aided in increasing the enthusiasm, and school feeling reached a high pitch of excitement. Dedham High defeated Hyde Park High; Worcester High defeated Noble's and Greenoughs; Newton High defeated Boston Latin; Cambridge High and Latin defeated Hopkinson's; Chauncy Hall defeated Exeter. The climax came when E.H.-S. ended a splendid afternoon by beating Worcester Academy in a race that will be remembered for many days.

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QUESTIONS FOR YOUNG MEN.

ON SELF-RESPECT.

If you beat a dog he puts his tail between his legs and either skulks off, or hangs around to receive a pardon later on. The beating, no doubt, frequently does the dog good. He cannot be reasoned with and told why certain things are to be done, hence he must be taught a reason which he can understand, and he can understand that pain will be inflicted on him if he repeats whatever he has just done. You in beating him realize this. If you beat a little girl with a stick, you have done something that was unnecessary in the first place, because she could be taught or reasoned with, but also, having done something you know to be unnecessary, you lose a certain faith, confidence, respect in yourself.

If you treat a friend in an unfair way, if you deceive him, if you tell him a lie for any reason or for no reason, the same feelings occur to you. You have not been found out; no one criticises you; but there is a certain consciousness in your mind which signifies that you have done something your real self disapproves of absolutely.

In a game of football, for instance, it is easy enough to hit a man under a crowd after a scrimmage. Some boys do hit and scratch and claw. They are seldom found out. Football is a good example, for there are more chances for chivalry and for meanness in the game than in most others or in most situations of young manhood. Yet not being found out does not seem to be of such great importance in the long-run. The fact that you have resorted to such means is known to you, and you cannot avoid the feeling that it has really done you rather more harm than it has the fellow you injured or tried to injure.

If you treat your mother without much thought, do what she asks as you feel inclined, and not if you do not feel so inclined, she is naturally grieved, and that may hurt you; but coming afterwards to think it over and realizing that she has perhaps in the last fifteen years done a good deal more for you than you have for her, there is a suggestion of disappointment, to say the least, in yourself that you should so far forget yourself as to act so to one whom you not only have the greatest affection for, but one whom you know should have the greatest attention and regard you can bestow.

If you scoff at some one's religious views, or make fun of the "old-fashioned ideas" of others, very likely you are in the right as to the idea in mind, but you cannot fail to realize afterwards that perhaps it was a bad piece of business when you failed to give the other person credit for a little sense, and the general result is a lack of pride in the incident.

The feeling resulting from all these situations is much the same, and it goes by the name of loss of self-respect. It is a lack of pride in what you have done, and no one can be on the road to the formation of a bad character who has not begun by failing to call himself to account for such matters; no one can really go further on this road so long as he maintains this self-respect. When an occasion requires its use it should be ready at hand. When there is a chance to hit a man under the crowd, if this self-respect gets in its work quickly enough, you are safe; but there needs to be constant training to put it into such good condition that it can be used on any emergency no matter how sudden that may be. And this self-respect is just as easily trained as is your body for its coming trial in the hundred-yard race. Train it as you would anything else, and it will invariably carry you over difficult places. But it gets "out of condition" easily, and you will miss it at the most important time.

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GLASS TO KEEP HEAT OUT.

Glass of a peculiar quality--that is, non-conductive for heat rays--has been invented by Richard Szigmondy, of Vienna, the statement being that glass a quarter of an inch thick absorbs 87 to 100 per cent. of the heat striking it, in contrast to plate-glass, which absorbs only about 5 per cent.

This glass is designed to insure windows which will keep dwellings warm in winter and cool in summer, especially adapted, too, for skylights, etc., and also for blue-glass spectacles to be used by furnace men.

Remarking upon the invention in question, the _Scientific American_ calls attention to the peculiar conducting power of ordinary glass, which would seem to render Szigmondy's glass an impossibility, in some respects at least.

Thus, standing by a window on which the sun shines, the warmth of the sun is felt, but, on touching the window, it is found to be cold; then if a light of glass be placed between the person and an ordinary open fire, it will screen from the heat, but becomes rapidly heated itself--that is, in the first case it transmitted most of the heat, and in the latter it absorbed.

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A SMALL BOY'S NOTION.

The first of March was snowy.

"Humph!" said Jack. "It's going in like a lamb getting sheared. Just look at the wool fly!"

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A NOVEL BAROMETER.

It has taken a clever Frenchman to discover a kind of barometer, which may be safely called unique. An English journal says that it is nothing more nor less than the figure of a general made of gingerbread. He buys one every year, and takes it home and hangs it by a string on a nail.

Gingerbread, as every one knows, is easily affected by changes in the atmosphere. The slightest moisture renders it soft, while in dry weather it grows hard and tough.

Every morning, on going out, the Frenchman asks his servant, "What does the general say?" and the man applies his thumb to the gingerbread figure.

Perhaps he may reply, "The general feels soft. He would advise you taking an umbrella." On the other hand, if the gingerbread is hard and unyielding to the touch, it is safe to go forth in one's best attire, umbrellaless and confident.

The Frenchman declares that the general has never yet proved unworthy of the confidence placed in him, and would advise all whose purse will not allow them to purchase a barometer or aneroid, to see what the local baker can do for them in the gingerbread line.

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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.

The prize-winners in the annual photographic competitions are as follows:

SENIOR PRIZE-WINNERS.

FIGURE STUDIES.

First Prize, $20--Mrs. Claud Gatch, Salem, Ore. Second Prize,
$15--Mrs. Sara W. Holm, 710 Farwell St., Eau Claire, Wis.

By Mrs. Claud Gatch, Salem, Oregon.]

By Mrs. Sara W. Holm, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.]

LANDSCAPES.

First Prize, $15--Mr. Roy Pike, Lake City, Minn. Second Prize,
$10--Mrs. George E. Conn, Box 1, Green Lake, Washington.

JUNIOR PRIZE-WINNERS.

FIGURE STUDIES.

First Prize, $20--Samuel J. Castner, 3729 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa. Second Prize, $10--Edmund C. Stone, Baird, Shasta
Co., Cal. Third Prize, $5--Paul G. Warren, Wauwatosa, Wis.

LANDSCAPES.

First Prize, $12--Anton H. Schefer, 40 West Thirty-seventh St., New
York city, N. Y. Second Prize, $8--Lesley Ashburner, Media, Pa.
Third Prize, $5--Howard Cox, 531 Hemlock St., Helena, Mont.

MARINES.

First Prize, $12--William D. Bowers, 50 Pleasant St., Hartford,
Conn. Second Prize, $8--Harry Chase, 175 Summer St., Nahant, Mass.
Third Prize, $5--Susie Brown, Box 306, Keyport, N. J.

HONORABLE MENTION.

Myron Eames Davis, Worcester, Mass.; Frederick C. Kelly, Xenia, O.;
William R. Durgin, Chicago, Ill.; Kenneth Towner, Asbury Park,
N. J.; Manfred Goldschmidt, New York city; Frederick G. Clapp,
South Boston, Mass.; Doar Saunders, Indianapolis, Ind.; William
Selbie, Deadwood, S. D.; William C. Davids, Rutherford, N. J.;
Louise McLean, St Paul, Minn.; Earl Raiguel, Philadelphia, Pa.;
Clarence Pratt, 135 Hodge Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.; Willis H. Kerr,
Bellevue, Kan.; Bert A. Porter, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Homer C. Gaskins,
Baltimore, Md.; W. Brian Hooker, Farmington, Mass.; Walter
Raudebush, Lebanon, N. Y.; Foster Hartwell, Lansingburg, N. Y.;
Bert Atkinson, Tilton, N. H.; John W. Horr, Worcester, Mass.;
Lothair Kohnstam, New York city; Arthur S. Dudley, West Salem,
Wis.; Charles Taber, Auburn, N. Y.; M. W. Nourse, Chicago, Ill.;
William S. Thomas, Detroit, Mich.; William O. Wichman, Great
Barrington, Mass.; Harry R. Patty, Los Angeles, Cal.; Charles J.
Bates, Highwood, N. J.; Arthur Inkersley, San Francisco, Cal.;
Louisa Pearce, Moreno, Cal.

The pictures sent in for the annual competition show a decided advance both in subject and finish over the early efforts of our Camera Club, proving that the hints given from time to time in our club column on the making of artistic pictures are read and acted upon.

In the Junior competition the first prize for figure studies was awarded to a picture entitled "Two Little Neapolitans." Another picture of almost equal merit entitled, "A Tarantula Dancer of Sorrento, Italy," was sent by the same artist. "Setting Sail" was the title of the second-prize figure study, and was a picture of two children in an old punt which was lying half in and half out of the water, one small child tugging at the big oar, while the larger one stood in the bow of the boat hoisting a stick on which was tied a rag for a sail. The third prize was given to a picture of a small boy perched on a stump. This picture had no title.

Some of the entries of landscape studies were very good. The first prize was given to a picture entitled "In the Orchard"; the second to a picture called "Along Lobster Lane"; and the third prize to a picture called "Sunset in the Rockies." This title did not fit the picture, as there was no sunset effect, and when the picture is reproduced it will appear under the title "Now comes still Evening On."

"Surf at Rockaway" won the first prize in marine studies. The whole picture--the cloud effect, the breakers on the beach, and the point of view from which the picture was made--is very similar to the celebrated etching entitled "The Surf-Tormented Shore," by Amos Sangster. William D. Bowers, who sent this picture, sent also another marine called "On Long Island Sound," but which might more appropriately be called "Scudding for Home," for it is a picture of a yacht flying along with all sails set. The second prize was awarded to a picture of the sea and cliffs at Nahant, while the third was given to a picture of a yacht drifting along with the tide.

In the Senior competition the first prize for figure studies was a picture illustrating Eugene Field's poem entitled "Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks," the first verse of which is as follows:

Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks
Sit together building blocks.
Shuffle-Shoon is old and gray,
Amber-Locks a little child,
Yet, together at their play,
Youth and Age are reconciled.

The posing of the figures and the expression on the faces of "Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks" show that both artist and subjects have caught the very spirit of the poem. The second-prize picture is a genre study made out-of-doors just at sunset. A woman with two pails suspended from a yoke over her shoulders is crossing a rough bridge, while just behind her trudges a little tow-headed urchin tugging a pail. The lighting in this picture is excellent, and the whole picture most artistic.

The pictures which won prizes in the landscape competition for seniors were both of snow scenes, and were far above the average photographs of snow scenery, the snow looking like real snow and not like masses of white chalk.

The members of the club are to be congratulated on their fine pictures. During the next few weeks all of the prize pictures will be printed in the ROUND TABLE. All photographs save the prize ones have been mailed to their owners.

MURRAY MARBLE, 55 Pearl St., Worcester, Mass.; HICKOX UTLEY, 517
South Walnut St., Springfield, Ill.; BERTRAM R. WHITE, 616
Lexington Ave., New York city; WILLIAM S. JOHNSON, 263 School St.,
Athol, Mass.; FREDERIC LYTE HARDING, 5940 Overlook Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pa.; HERBERT H. PEASE, 28 Court St., New Britain,
Conn.; JAMES M. KIMBALL, 16 Montague St., Providence, R. I.--wish
to become members of the Camera Club.

E. L. DEDHAM asks why some negatives are so sticky that the
solio-paper sticks to them and ruins them; and if the glycerine
used for films must be one special kind. Any pure glycerine will
answer for soaking the films to prevent them from curling. One-half
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THE VOYAGE OF THE RATTLETRAP

By HAYDEN CARRUTH, Author of "The Adventures of Jones." Illustrated by H. M. WILDER. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

This is the story of three boy chums and of their cruise across the
Dakotas in a "prairie-schooner." Mr. Carruth has a genial humor in
the telling of ordinary happenings that is irresistible, and he
even manages to impart a great deal of useful information as he
goes along. The author tells us very pleasantly some things about
this big slice of Uncle Sam's territory.

THE LAST RECRUIT OF CLARE'S

Being Passages from the Memoirs of Anthony Dillon, Chevalier of St. Louis, and Late Colonel of Clare's Regiment in the Service of France. By S. R. KEIGHTLEY, Author of "The Crimson Sign," "The Cavaliers," etc. With 4 Illustrations. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.50.

This is a romance not of love, but of daring adventure, and so well
worked as to be profoundly interesting.--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._

Cleverly told, and enchain the reader's attention immediately,
holding him captive to the last page.--_Brooklyn Standard-Union._

A series of vivid pictures of the life of a soldier who was also a
gentleman.--_N. Y. Press._

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And Other Stories. By ELLEN DOUGLAS DELAND, Author of "Oakleigh." Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.50.

Made up of tales of girl life, very earnest, pure, and
interesting.--_Boston Traveller._

Delightful in their naturalness.... These amusing and simply-told
little stories.--_Philadelphia Bulletin._

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The Weight of those Four Weights.

The man who dropped a 40-pound article and broke it into 4 scale-weights excited the TABLE's curiosity. It was a singular fall. The 4 pieces weighed 1, 3, 9, and 27 pounds respectively. To get 2 pounds he puts the 3-pound weight on one side, and the 1-pound one on the other, and has a 2-pound balance on the 3-pound side. If he has occasion to weigh 35 pounds he puts the 27-pound weight and the 9-pound weight on one side, and the 1-pound weight on the other. We have tested these and a few other weights. Our correspondent says any number of pounds from 1 to 40 can be weighed with these weights.

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From a Bright British Lad.

In my last letter I told you about some of the sights of India,
where I lived till I was twelve; but now that I am in England, I
will tell you something about the town in which I live. Bedford has
over 40,000 inhabitants, and is a very clean town. There is a
beautifully laid out park containing forty acres, in which there is
a pretty lake with two shrub-covered islands on which swans and
ducks make their nests.

It is intersected with paths and carriage-drives, and is resorted
to by cyclists of both sexes. There are two very fine statues in
Bedford. One is that of John Bunyan, who was born not far from this
town, at a place called Elstow, where may be seen the moot-house or
church where he used to preach, and also the remains of his house.
In a church named after John Bunyan there is an arm-chair supposed
to have belonged to him.

The other statue is that of John Howard, the great philanthropist.
It was erected two years ago. The River Ouse runs through this
town. In summer it is alive with boats and steam-launches. I am an
active collector of stamps, and would like to exchange some Indian
and other stamps for those of other countries, with any boy or girl
who has any to exchange. I will also exchange crests, coins, and
curios for stamps. If any boy or girl would care to correspond
about India or England, I would answer every letter, as I love
letter-writing. I go to the Bedford Modern School, in which are
over 600 boys. Your faithful reader,

ERNEST C. GROVES.
BELHAVEN, 33 FOSTER-HILL ROAD, BEDFORD.

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From Among Mississippi Pines.

I was interested in your article on "Working a Turpentine Orchard,"
because I live in the Long Leaf Yellow Pine region, with turpentine
orchards all about us. All summer we see wagons loaded with "crude"
passing. If the TABLE would like to hear more about the process of
manufacturing spirits of turpentine and resin, I will write again.

HERBERT SHEAR.
CHICORA, MISS.

Please tell us about the process.

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The World of Amateur Journals.

The _Jester_ of recent date has some clever pictures bringing an old joke up to the bicycle age. A man elopes with the daughter, the steed being not saddle-horses as of old, but a tandem bicycle. The father, from an upper window does not shoot or holler, or get down and ride after the fleeing couple on his fastest horse. Instead he fires some tacks out of his gun. The tires are punctured, and the daughter returns humiliated.

The Corresponding Chapter, of which Charles Turnbull, of Hartford, Conn., is president, Arthur F. Kraus is vice-president, and Edward F. Daas, 1717 Cherry Street, Milwaukee, Wis., is secretary and treasurer, expects soon to have an official newspaper organ. The Chapter is prospering. It wants members, especially in foreign countries.

F. E. Maynard, 420 Angell Street, Providence, R. I., wants to receive sample copies of amateur papers.

Homer C. Bright, treasurer of the Columbine Chapter of Denver, Col., sends word to the TABLE that the old Columbine is doing well after a reorganization, and has started the publication of the _Columbine Jester_, which is neat and bright. Its editor is Homer C. Bright, and his address is 314 West Fourth Avenue. He asks us some questions about copyright, and whether he may take anything out of other papers, provided he gives credit. In answer to the first: It is scarcely necessary to copyright an amateur paper. The cost is $1 each issue. Ask the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C., for printed instructions. In reply to the question about clipping items: Yes, take extracts from anything you find in any other publication, unless there is a notice accompanying the article expressly forbidding it. You would not, however, take the entire article without first getting consent from the publisher. This you can, in the case of an amateur paper, probably secure for the asking.

Charles P. Follansbee, 118 South Elliott Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., desires to receive sample copies of amateur papers. Henry Feldson asks if the TABLE thinks autograph-collecting or amateur journalism the better hobby. It is impossible to answer such a question in favor of one or the other. Both afford instruction, and few hobbies ought to be ridden that do not do that much for the rider. The only advice is, ride the one you take the most interest in. Frances Bragdon, 1709 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Ill., also desires sample copies of amateur papers.

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Who Can Enlighten Us?

I enclose a sketch of a button. Can you tell me what it is? The
star is blue, set in a little from the white enamelled background.
The belt is silver, raised up above the white background. I have
quite a large collection of buttons, and would like to hear from
other button collectors on the subject of exchanging specimens.

D. W. HARDIN.
1003 COURT STREET, SAGINAW, MICH.

The drawing sent shows a button 5/8 inch across, with a belt surrounding a star. The belt is fastened with a buckle.

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Do You Like a Good Problem?

Here is a good mathematical question, perhaps not wholly new, but handy to have when asked to tell, off hand, something to keep up the interest and occupy the attention of the company. Frank Smith, of Cumberland, Md., says he had a good time working it out, and he hopes others will enjoy it as much.

A, B, and C went to market to sell eggs. A took ten dozen, B thirty dozen, and C fifty dozen, B and C selling, according to agreement, at the same price that A sells his. Each sells all his eggs, and each brings home $2.75. What were the eggs sold at per dozen?

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A Fifteen Problem.

Is there a school in the country in which scholars never play "tic, tac, toe"? If so, will not some one who attends it write the TABLE? It would be interesting to know if the simple game is not universal. Charles Kingenberg suggests the making of the double crossed lines as in the game named. Then place the figures one to nine, one in a place, and using all places and figures, so that horizontally, perpendicularly, and diagonally in both ways, the sum is fifteen.

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Tact of Disraeli.

A new book has just been published in which are some fresh stories about Disraeli the younger. This man was Prime Minister of England, and came later to be Earl of Beaconsfield. Beginning life under many adverse circumstances, and having racial prejudice against him, he was able not only to attain the highest honor in the kingdom open to a man not of royal blood, but to do for his sovereign services second to no Prime Minister who ever served a British queen or king.

To deal with a sovereign and a woman requires tact. Lord Beaconsfield possessed it. To a friend he said one day: "I never contradict. I never deny. But I sometimes forget." He had many enemies, and yet he triumphed over nearly all of them. "I never trouble to be avenged," he said. "When a man injures me I put his name on a slip of paper and lock it in a drawer. It is marvellous how men I have thus labelled have the knack of disappearing."

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.

New sets of stamps are now being issued with old-time frequency. The following are those of most interest:

SALVADOR.--The 1896 set has been reprinted in new colors for 1897.

1 centavo, vermilion.
2 centavos, green.
3 centavos, brown.
5 centavos, orange.
10 centavos, green.
12 centavos, blue.
15 centavos, black.
20 centavos, slate.
24 centavos, yellow.
30 centavos, rose.
50 centavos, violet.
100 centavos, brown.

Registration stamps.

10 centavos, blue.
10 centavos, brown.

New return receipt stamp.

5 centavos, dark green.

Unpaid letter stamps.

1 centavo, blue.
2 centavos, blue.
3 centavos, blue.
5 centavos, blue.
10 centavos, blue.
15 centavos, blue.
25 centavos, blue.
50 centavos, blue.

LIBERIA.--A new set of stamps has just been issued by this country. The types of all except the 50c., which has female head in centre, and is printed in red-brown and black, are same as the old series. The 1c. is similar to the old 6c.; the 2c. to the old $1; the 5c. to the old 4c.; the 10c. to the old 8c.; the 15c. to the old 12c.; the 20c. to the old 16c.; the 25c. to the old 24c., and the 30c. to the old 32c. No higher values than 50c. will be issued hereafter. Perforated 15. Water-marked.

1 cent, violet.
2 cents, olive-bistre and black.
5 cents, magenta and black.
10 cents, yellow and dark blue.
15 cents, slate.
20 cents, vermilion.
25 cents, yellow-green.
30 cents, steel-blue.
50 cents, red-brown and black.

ZANZIBAR.--The _Philatelic Journal of Great Britain_ chronicles a series of adhesives with portrait of the late Sultan, also a new provisional made by surcharging the current 1a. 6p. India "Zanzibar" in black and "2-1/2" in red, similar to the 2a. India. Water-mark a rose. Perforated 13-1/2 by 14.

1/2 anna, green, flags red.
1 anna, dark blue, flags red.
2 annas, brown-red, flags red.
2-1/2 annas, blue, flags red.
3 annas, olive-gray, flags red.
4 annas, green-black, flags red.
4-1/2 annas, orange, flags red.
5 annas, bistre, flags red.
7-1/2 annas, purple, flags red.
8 annas, olive-green, flags red.
1 rupee, ultramarine, flags red.
2 rupees, deep green, flags red.

CHINA.--The _Post-Office_ has received a set of provisional stamps issued on February 2, when China entered the Postal Union. All are surcharged, on the current Chinese postage-stamps, in Chinese, with value in English, except the $1, which is on the 3c. revenue. It is stated that the officials refuse to sell more than one set at a time, as but few were issued. All local post-offices closed on February 2.

Provisional stamps. Perforated.

1/2 cent on 3c., pale yellow, black surcharge.
1 cent on 1c., red, black surcharge.
2 cents on 2c., light green, black surcharge.
4 cents on 4c., rose, black surcharge.
5 cents on 5c., yellow, black surcharge.
8 cents on 6c., brown, black surcharge.
30 cents on 24c., carmine, black surcharge.
1 dollar on 3c. revenue, carmine, black surcharge.

NICARAGUA.--The designs for 1897 are similar to the 1896 set with date and colors changed.

1 centavo, lilac.
2 centavos, green.
5 centavos, rose.
10 centavos, light blue.
20 centavos, light brown.
50 centavos, gray.
1 peso, slate.
2 pesos, dark carmine.
5 pesos, blue.

Unpaid letter stamps.

1 centavo, lilac.
2 centavos, lilac.
5 centavos, lilac.
10 centavos, lilac.
20 centavos, lilac.
30 centavos, lilac.
50 centavos, lilac.

J. M. CATTELL.--You can get a catalogue of all postage-stamps, with
illustrations of most of the types (except U.S.), for 50c. Anything
beyond this is a matter of careful study. Never paste any stamps in
the album. You can get one thousand of the best hinges, made of
onion-skin, for 15c., from any dealer. The current U.S. stamps from
low values are too common to pay for saving. The 50c., $1, $2, and
$5 stamps are worth from 25 per cent. to 50 per cent. of their face
value, even when used, but they must be without tear or other
material blemish.

F. SEVERN.--Part-perforated U.S. revenue stamps are not scarce, but
I advise paying any high price for single stamps in that condition.
Too many perforated stamps with large margins have been faked into
"part perforated." The advanced collectors, as a rule, pay extra
for part-perforated revenues when in unsevered pairs only. As to
the "ultramarine," they are in most cases quite scarce in this
shade.

MARIA C. SHATOLA.--I have no record of receiving any letter from
you.

R. F. BOWE.--All the English stamps are water-marked. Take an
unused one, or one lightly cancelled, dip it in water, and hold it
so that the light shines through, and you will see the water-mark.

E. BAGG, JUN.--The English government perforates initials, etc., in
stamps at the expense of the purchaser. This is done to prevent
theft.

D. MCLAUGHLIN.--In the days of Queen Anne of England (1712) all
English newspapers were taxed for revenue. The government put its
imprint or tax on each and every paper issued. This tax was
abolished June 15, 1855. Specimens are very common. They are
collected to a limited degree in England.

T. A. L.--Your U.S. coins are worth three or four times their face
value. The Carolus III. is a Spanish dollar no longer current, and
therefore worth bullion only, as it is very common.

PHILATUS.

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A QUEER AUDIENCE.

An India correspondent, in writing to the Boston _Golden Rule_, says: "The most singular audience that I ever saw gathered to listen to preaching was an audience of monkeys. I had noticed that in the back yards of the houses on the opposite side of the street there was a row of trees, the branches of which stretched out over the flat roofs. Many of these branches were beginning to bend downward toward the roofs, and the faces of some old jack monkeys peered out through the foliage. Soon some of them jumped down and came forward to see what their 'big brothers' in the street were about, as they stood gazing so intently at these white men standing around. Springing upon a parapet, they seated themselves, with their hind feet hanging over in front, and gazed with fixedness at the preacher, as they saw the people in the street doing.

"The audience in the street, standing with their backs toward that row of houses, did not notice the monkeys, and so their attention was not distracted by them.

"I had noticed that many mother monkeys had brought their babies to church with them. These little babe monkeys sat upon the knees of their mothers, while her hand was placed around them in a very human fashion; but the sermon was evidently too high for these little fellows to comprehend. Glancing up, I saw one of the little monkeys cautiously reach his hand around, and catching hold of another baby monkey's tail, give it a pull. The other little monkey struck back; but each mother monkey evidently disapproved of this levity in church, and each gave her own baby a box on the ears, as though saying: 'Sit still; don't you know how to behave in church?' The little monkeys thus reprimanded turned the most solemn faces toward the preacher, and seemed to listen intently to what he was saying. They sat demurely until the preacher finished his sermon and until he had distributed Gospels and tracts among the audience.

"Our 'celestial audience,' seeing our 'terrestrial audience' dispersing, then, and not until then, left their seats, and demurely walked back and sprang upon the branches again. There were no 'monkey capers' as they went; they were as serious as a congregation leaving a church, and sat upon the branches in a meditative mood, as though thinking over what they had heard the preacher say."

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SOFERTERAMONIGO.

A gentleman stopped to listen to the tune, played on a hand-organ, which happened to strike his fancy. When the air was finished, he approached the Italian, and asked the name of the music.

"Soferteramonigo!" answered the Italian, showing all his teeth in a smile of appreciation at the compliment to his melodies.

The gentleman walked on, and endeavored for many months to obtain the piece of music with the unpronounceable name. But he never could find it. At last one day he heard it played by an American, and again asked the name of the air he admired.

"Oh, that," said the player, "is an old thing--'Silver Threads among the Gold!'"

* * * * *

IN THE POLO REGIONS.

"I wonder if the little Eskimo boys have any out-of-door games like ours?" said Polly.

"Oh, I guess so," replied Jennie. "They have polo-bears up there, you know."

* * * * *

THE TROUBLE.

"Who ever brought you up, Walter?" demanded his aunt, after some small bit of rudeness on his part.

"Never was brought up," said Walter. "I've been being taken down all my life."

* * * * *

THE FANCIFUL JAP.

"The mirror finds all the defects of my face,
And in it I'll look all the day
To see if it won't with its mystical grace
In a little while take them away."

* * * * *

A TEN-CENT QUEEN.

Imagine a queen travelling around the world on ten cents! It seems preposterous, and yet it is a fact. There is a certain man out West, according to the St. Louis _Republic_, who will do this for any one who will send him an order, whether it comes from England, China, or any other foreign country, and he says:

"I have frequent demands from all parts of the world. You see, I send these queens as follows: You will notice that there are two little circular compartments in this royal carriage," and he produced a little wooden box, "one in which the queen is kept, and the other for her suite; the little plug in the centre of the box is solidified, candied honey, which will furnish food to the regal party until they arrive at their destination.

"The compartments are covered with a fine wire gauze to prevent the escape of the insects.

"This large one in the first compartment, the one with the delicately shaped long body and beautiful markings, is an Italian queen bee, and she is valued at $10. I have queens valued all the way from $2 to $25.

"The others, in the second compartment, are the suite, or worker bees, that will accompany her on the trip not only for company, but also for the heat they will produce to keep her comfortable on the stormy voyage over the great cold seas.

"After we have the bees safely stowed away in their proper compartments, we switch the little lid around and fasten it with a tiny screw at the ends, and on its top surface the address of the consignee is written, the stamp is affixed, and away goes her majesty, a queen sold into slavery for the trifling sum of $10, and sent to her destination on a ten-cent stamp.

"Bee-culture has grown so rapidly in the United States that there are few farmers now who have not a substantial apiary and who do not net a handsome income each year from the honey the bees yield, and besides the farmer there are thousands of gentlemen and ladies who are apiarists purely from the fascination the hobby affords."

* * * * *

LIGHTS FOR THE FEET.

Genius has given fashionable folks a new plaything with which to amuse themselves. It is in literal obedience to the Biblical injunction regarding a lamp unto the feet, for that is exactly where the new light is to be worn. The Baltimore _Herald_ says:

"It consists of a tiny lantern with sides of very stout glass, mounted upon a stirrup which straddles the foot of the user, a tongue resting on the toe of the foot, and acting as part of the support.

"There are several means of furnishing light for this curious lamp. Electricity and oil are the most common. The former is likely to be the more popular method, as there is no danger of grease leaking out upon the shoe.

"A tiny storage battery has been constructed to furnish light. It is carried in the pocket, and a flexible wire passes from the battery and through the pocket down to the lamp."

* * * * *

"DO YOU KNOW THE LESSON?"

"I GUESS SO."

"WELL, WHAT'S UTOPIA? IS IT A NATION?"

"POSSIBLY; A SORT OF IMAGINARY NATION."

"OH, I SEE; IT'S A NOTION--EH?"

End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Round Table, March 16, 1897, by Various