Chapter XIII (2)

It was in 1871 that the two rowing clubs were formed at St. Paul's, and the scholars divided about evenly in the membership of each. Since then the interest and enthusiasm in the sport have grown so steadily, that the annual race in June between the Halcyon and Shattuck crews is looked upon as the principal athletic event of the school year. Each club puts three crews on the water--a first crew of eight men and a cockswain, using a regular racing-shell; a second crew of six men and a cockswain, using a gig; and a third crew of four men and a cockswain, also using a gig. Captains are elected for every crew, and the captains of the first crews are the captains of their clubs. The rowing is done on Lake Penacook, which affords a very good mile-and-a-half course, and is within easy distance of the school buildings.

The first race between the rival clubs was held in 1871, the year of their organization. The crews rowed in four-oared barges over a two-mile course. The best time made was 8 minutes and 53 seconds. In 1874 the course was changed to 1-3/4 miles, and each club organized a second crew, owing to the increasing number of candidates for a seat in the boat. These crews also rowed in four-oared barges, as did the thirds, which were organized a few years later. In 1883 the first crews rowed in six-oared barges for the first time. The course was made two miles. This gave a new interest to the sport, and many fine oarsmen began to develop. The best time for the two miles was made in 12 minutes 32 seconds, which is a very good showing for a crew made up of novices. In 1891 the first crews of both clubs began to row in eights, and the course was made a mile and one-half without a turn. The fastest eight rowed over the course in 8 minutes 25 seconds, and although the crew of '94 claim 8 minutes and 8 seconds, the former figure stands as the record at the present time.

The routine of training is similar to that of the college crews. Soon after the Christmas recess all applicants are taken in charge by the trainer and the older men from former crews. The candidates are divided into squads and put to work at calisthenics, weight-pulling, and the first principles of rowing on the hydraulic rowing-machines. This goes on through the winter, and one by one the poorer material is dropped and the crews are chosen. As soon as the snow is off the ground the running begins; short distances at first, increasing to two or three miles. The gymnasium work meantime continues, and the mysteries of the stroke are gradually unfolded at the machines, and each member of the crew is coached, prodded, and scolded into proper form, until at Easter the men have learned the full stroke.

When the school reopens after the Easter recess the daily work continues, with practice in the water on a small pond by the gymnasium. A working boat of two or four oars, with the coach for a cockswain, is used for this purpose. As soon as the course at Lake Penacook is open the crews row there every afternoon, except Sundays, going and coming in four-horse barges. Here the drudgery stops, and the interesting though hard work begins. The coach shouts and gesticulates from a pair oar, men are changed about in the boats, cockswains are taught to use the seemingly simple rudder, and the captains exhort their crews in language which strangers might consider superexpressive. When hands are surer and muscles harder the full course is attempted, and the time is taken. This is generally represented to the oarsmen as rather poor, and the necessity for doing better is constantly impressed upon them.

On account of the Vice-Rector's views as to how athletics should be conducted in his school, the date for the final race in June is never set or definitely announced much before the day of the event. This is done so that the good people of Concord shall not know when the races are to be, and may thus not avail themselves of the opportunity to see some good rowing. This spring, in order to carry this principle to an extreme, the races, as was told in this Department of July 2d, were rowed in the morning instead of in the afternoon, as has been usual, and only the members of the school knew of this in time to reach the shores of Penacook. There is always a great deal of excitement and enthusiasm displayed on the occasion of the contests, and at the close of the day the colors of the winning club are hoisted on the school flag-pole.

THE SHATTUCK CREW.]

The crews this year were made up as follows:

SHATTUCK BOAT CLUB.

FIRST CREW.

Height. Weight. Age.

Walter K. Sturges, stroke 5 7-1/2 159 18 9
Allan S. Woodle, No. 7 5 10-1/2 164 17 2
George Small, No. 6 and Captain 5 11 170 17 7
Brainerd H. Whitbeck, No. 5 5 11 164 17 10
James K. Holly, No. 4 6 165 18 10
William F. Cochran, No. 3 5 8-3/4 134 19 4
John M. Glidden, No. 2 6 160 18
Henry M. Lockwood, bow 5 11-1/2 160 18 2
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Averages 5 10-1/2 159-1/2 18 3

Cockswain, Parker Whitney, weight 90 lbs.

SECOND CREW.

Height. Weight. Age.

Howard L. O'Fallon, stroke and Captain 5 7-1/2 140 18 2
Albert L. Nickerson, No. 5 6 1 165 18
James D. Ireland, No. 4 5 11-3/4 143 16 8
Frederick H. Brooke, No. 3 6 150 18 7
Crispin Oglebay, No. 2 5 8-1/2 160 18
George C Beack, bow 5 9 140 17 5
-------- ------- -----
Averages 5 10-1/2 149-2/3 17 8

Cockswain, Harold C. Neal, weight 90 lbs.

THIRD CREW.

Height. Weight. Age.

John J. Knox, stroke and Captain 5 7 125 18 10
Constant D. Huntington, No. 3 6 165 18 7
James G. Averell, No. 2 6 1 150 17 5
Douglas Halliday, bow 5 7 130 18 6
-------- ------- -----
Averages 5 9-3/4 142-1/2 18 4

Cockswain, Sylvester Y. L'Hommedieu, weight 92 lbs.

THE HALCYON CREW.]

HALCYON BOAT CLUB.

FIRST CREW.

Height. Weight. Age.

John T. Stewart, 2d, stroke 5 8 159 18
Harry McDuffie, No. 7 6 165 18
Herbert Wheeler, No. 6 and Captain 6 169 17 5
William B. Whelen, No. 5 6 3 167 17 10
James H. Niedecken, No. 4 6 174 17 4
Richard N. Wilcox, No. 3 5 11 153 18
W. F. B. Berger, No. 2 5 11 159 18
Howard S. Kerner, bow 5 9 145 18 5
---- ------- -----
Averages 5 11 161-3/8 17 10

Cockswain, Henry G. Hart, weight 100 lbs.

SECOND CREW.

Height. Weight. Age.

Griswold Green, stroke and Captain 5 7 134 18 3
Livingston L. Biddle, No. 5 5 10 155 17 6
John Baird, No. 4 5 9 163 18 2
Nicholas Biddle, No. 3 6 156 16 2
Leonard M. Thomas, No. 2 5 8 146 17 2
Frederick C. Bingham, bow 5 6 135 18
------- ------- --------
Averages 5 8-2/3 148-1/3 17 6-1/2

Cockswain, James C. Cooley, weight 105 lbs.

THIRD CREW.

Height. Weight. Age.

Seaman D. Sinkler, stroke 5 7-1/2 143 16 8
Francis S. Goodwin, No. 3 5 10 150 16 5
Augustus B. Berger, No. 2 5 6 126 16 5
Joseph D. Forbes, bow 5 8-3/4 149 17 9
-------- --- --------
Averages 5 8-1/2 140 16 9-1/2

Cockswain, Ben-Ali H. Lounsbery, weight 75 lbs.

THE ST. PAUL'S CREWS IN THE WATER.]

It is apparent at once from these tables that both of the first crews were made up of exceptionally tall and heavy young men. Of the two eights, the Shattucks, however, proved themselves the better. Their time and blade-work were poor, but in spite of this they travelled through the water faster than their rivals. Holly and Whitbeck, Nos. 4 and 5, will certainly be heard from in college, as they are both good athletes and fine oars. The former goes to Yale and the latter to Harvard. The Halcyons excelled over the Shattucks in general form, but still their blade-work was hardly satisfactory. Of the Halcyons, Wheeler, who goes to Princeton, and Stewart, who goes to Yale, were the best oars. Both crews were made up of old men who had rowed before, and consequently a very close race was expected when they met on Lake Penacook. It was thought by the Halcyons that they would win on their even stroke and smooth finish. And the backers of the "Shads" maintained that the strength of their crew would pull them out ahead. The race was rowed on the morning of June 11th, the "Shads" winning by five lengths. They lost the second after a plucky race, and also the third. The Halcyons were rather out of it most of the time. They had not the lasting power to keep up their pace, and so while their form grew poorer, that of the Shattucks improved. The time, 9 minutes 30 seconds was very poor; but as the crews had never rowed in the morning before, this must be taken into account.

The great fault of the crews at St. Paul's is that they are very liable to lose their form in the excitement of a race, and each man gets to row his own stroke. This is not so noticeable in the first crews as in the seconds and thirds. Nevertheless the Concord School turns out the best oarsmen that go to the universities, some of the best known being Phil Allen, George Brewster, Stillman, Goetchius, Hickock, and Fenessy. But it is to be regretted that with such fine men, and such well-trained crews and football teams, and baseball nines, it should be the policy of the school to prohibit interscholastic contests. St. Paul's never meets any other school on field or water.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO INTERSCHOLASTIC LAWN-TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

SINGLES.

Preliminary Round. First Round. Second Round.

W. Beggs (C.M.). }
Anderson (P.Y.). } Beggs, 6-1, 7-5.

H. H. Lay (M.P.A.). } H. Poppen (H.P.H.). } Lay, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0. } } Lay, 6-1, 6-3. P. D. McQuiston (C.A.).} McQuiston, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1. } M. A. Warren (L.F.A.). }

W. C. Powell (L.V.H.). } C. M. Raymond (H.S.). } Powell, 6-4, 6-0. } } Staley, 6-1, 6-3. P. Staley (N.D.H.). } Staley, 6-1, 6-1. } R. White (E.H.). }

A. Vernon (E.H.M.). }
A. Johnston (W.D.). } A. Vernon, 6-1,8-6.

Second Round. Final Round. Winner.

Beggs, 6-1, 7-5. } Lay, 6-1, 6-3. } Beggs, 6-1, 6-3. } } Beggs, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, Staley, 6-1, 6-3. } Staley, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. } 3-6, 6-2. A. Vernon, 6-1, 8-6.}

DOUBLES.

Preliminary Round. First Round Second Round.

McQuiston Brothers (C.A.). } McQuiston Brothers,
Warren-Stearns (L.F.A.). } 6-1, 6-2.

Beggs-Goble (C.M.). } Beggs and Goble, Gore-Garnett (H.P.H.). } 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. } } Beggs and Goble, Boyce-Puillson (H.S.). } Boyce and Puillson, } 6-2, 6-2. Vernon-Clark (E.H.M.). } default. }

Staley-Keith (N.D.H.). } Staley and Keith, } Anderson-Halsey (P.Y.).} 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. } Staley and Keith, Powell and Fallon (L.V.H.). } 6-1, 9-7.

Drake and Blackwelder } Drake and
(M.P.A.). } Blackwelder,
Wallace and Johnston } 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
(W.D.H.).

Second Round. Final Round. Winners.

McQuiston Brothers, 6-1, 6-2. } Beggs and Goble, Beggs and Goble, 6-2, 6-2. } 6-2, 9-7. } } Staley and Keith, Staley and Keith, 6-1, 9-7. } Staley and Keith, } 8-6, 6-2, 6-4. Drake and Blackwelder, 2-6, } default 6-3, 6-3.

C.M.--Chicago Manual Training School
P.Y.--Princeton-Yale School.
M.P.A.--Morgan Park Academy.
H.P.H.--Hyde Park High-School.
C.A.--Chicago Academy.
L.F.A.--Lake Fort Academy.
L.V.H.--Lake View High-School.
H.S.--Harvard School.
N.D.H.--North Division High-School.
E.H.--Englewood High-School.
E.H.M.--English High and Manual Training School.
W.D.--West Division High-School.

The Interscholastic Tennis Tournament of the University of Chicago was held in that city last June, the results being shown in the accompanying table of scores. Points counted as follows: First in singles, 5; second in singles, 3; first in doubles, 7; second in doubles, 4. The North Division High-School took the championship by winning first place in the doubles, and second in the singles, earning thereby a total of 10 points. Second place went to the Chicago Manual Training School, whose representatives took first in the singles and second in the doubles, total, 9 points. The school winning the greatest number of points in three years will obtain permanent possession of the trophy. The tournament was a success, and the formation of the association is bound to stimulate the growth of the game in the schools in the neighborhood of Chicago. It is to be regretted that Beggs was not sent to Newport. The winner of next year's tournament should certainly come East.

THE GRADUATE.

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TEACHER (_to class in philosophy_). "What are the properties of heat, Willie?"

WILLIE. "The properties of heat are to bake, cook, roast--"

TEACHER. "Stop--next. What are the properties of heat?"

JOHNNY. "The properties of heat is that it expands bodies, while cold contracts them."

TEACHER. "Very good. Can you give me an example?"

JOHNNY. "Yes, sir. In summer, when it is very hot, the day is long; in winter, when it is cold, it gets to be very short."

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We have now finally to turn to the eastward of New York, and take up the route from New York to Boston. The trip from New York to Stamford (see map in No. 811) has already been given in the ROUND TABLE, and for an ordinary rider who is taking the trip easily this might serve as the first day's trip, being a distance of about twenty-eight miles. On leaving Stamford the next morning, proceed by the Post Road and turnpike direct to Darien. The road itself from Stamford to New Haven is along the shore, which, at the same time that it necessitates the crossing of several bridges during a day, also offers many beautiful views of the Sound, and, as a usual thing, is one of the coolest rides in summer. The road-bed, as a rule, is in reasonably good condition; but, where available between villages, the side path may be taken to advantage, except in one or two instances, which are especially mentioned. From Darien to South Norwalk, a distance of four miles, is one of these, where the rider should avoid side paths. Crossing the railroad at Darien, the road runs direct to South Norwalk. At South Norwalk again cross the railroad on the east of the station, and the road turning northward, to avoid an inlet, should be followed along the shore to Saugatuck Church, which is close by the railroad. Here the rider should take Riverside Avenue, and, following the horse-car tracks, proceed to Westport to the drawbridge, which he should cross, and thence, proceeding straight ahead, run into Southport, passing by Green's Farm, and always following the main road as laid down on the map.

By referring to this map, moreover, the rider will see that it is possible to turn to the left about one and a half miles out of Westport after crossing the drawbridge, and run up a more direct road to Southport. The road, however, is not as good, and the rider will do well to follow the bicycle route exactly as marked on the map. At Southport the railroad is again crossed at the station and the direct road for Fairfield taken, which continues without many turnings to Bridgeport. At Bridgeport more than half the journey to New Haven is done, a distance of twenty-two or twenty-three miles, and you can put up for dinner. After finishing dinner, cross the river at Bridgeport near the depot, and take the turnpike to Stratford, thence to Naugatuck to Milford, a distance of nine miles. Running out of Milford turn to the right and keep to the shore road always. About two and a half miles out of Woodmont you pass into the turnpike road direct to West Haven, and from here the run into New Haven is easily found and but a short distance, and here you may put up very comfortably at the New Haven House, and take the opportunity that afternoon, if you arrive in town early enough, or the next morning before you start on the next stage, to go over the grounds and through the buildings of Yale University.

This trip from New York to Boston is a capital one for any one to take during the fall, and we shall therefore follow it out by the following stages: 1. From New York to Stamford; 2. From Stamford to New Haven; 3. From New Haven to New London; 4. From New London to Shannuck; 5. From Shannuck to Providence; 6. From Providence to Boston.

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Philadelphia-Wissahickon Route in No. 823. Philadelphia to West
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No. 825; Second Stage in No. 826. Philadelphia to Vineland--First
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I am going to have a little chat with you, girls, on the obligations of good breeding, and first I will begin by relating an incident.

A friend of mine was in a Broadway cable-car the other day. You girls who live in New York know just how the big cable-cars swing along, how fast they go, and how many people they can accommodate. Most of you have taken rides in electric cars which to-day are to be found all over our country, scurrying along like mail in some of the rural places, where, once out of sight of the village, and on a level stretch of road, they fairly fly. I could tell you of one line where the cars rush along over a down grade at a furious rate of speed, while the smiling passengers cling to the seats or frantically hold on to their hats and parasols, and once safely out, everybody takes a long breath of relief. But this is diverging. I was going to tell you of my friend's adventure in the New York car, a sober-moving thing in comparison with its country cousin. And my tale has nothing in the world to do with the speed or slowness of the car, anyway.

My friend took his seat, and presently began to be very uncomfortable. For everybody seemed amused at him, glances were levelled in his direction, girls giggled, elderly ladies drew their faces into a pucker, and the atmosphere of the place was as electric as the fluid which sent the car through space. After a short interval the puzzled gentleman discovered that it was not he who was the object of mirth to his comrades on the road, but a poor, shy, blushing, tearful, trembling, frightened girl who was sitting by his side. She, poor child, was dressed in an outre fashion, which did not please the set of people in that conveyance, and, evidently, she had met with an accident, for her clothing was tumbled and torn, her face was bruised and cut, and one hand had been wrenched and seemed to be paining her very much. I can imagine nothing more brutally ill-bred and rudely ignorant and unfeeling than the behavior of those silly girls and boys, and still more silly grown-up people in that car. Can you? They were laughing at a child who had met with an accident on her wheel!

Now, for an opposite picture. One afternoon lately, at the terminus of a great railroad, in a crowded waiting-room, a foreign lady with her attendants attracted some observation, but was neither stared nor laughed at. Yet her costume was really extraordinary. Around her neck she wore a dozen chains of gold, linked together and sparkling with rare gems. The chains hung to her waist, and gleamed like a gorgeous breast-plate. Pendants of diamonds hung from her small brown ears. Her small dark hands were loaded with jewelled rings; her head was enveloped in many folds of white silken gauze. Open-worked silk stockings covered her little feet, and she wore high-heeled slippers with painted toes. Her travelling-gown was a rich shimmering brocade, ill fitting and with a long train. Her maids, one fair and white, the other black as ebony, were loaded with baskets and bundles, and her servitor held in leash two magnificent collies, while a green and yellow parrot chattered from his perch on the man's arm.

All this was a sight to arouse attention and excite curiosity, but _this_ was a well-bred throng of people gathered in the waiting-room, and the lady, probably a princess from some tropic island, was annoyed by no looks, laughter, or remarks.

One of the first rules to be adopted by a thoroughly polite person is this: Never show surprise, except of the genuinely gracious kind, the kind that expresses cordial interest and pleasure. Never laugh at an awkward predicament, at, for example, a fall, or a mistake made by another. Be careful never to pain any one, friend or stranger, by ridicule, or by thoughtlessly plain speaking.

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Jacques Ozanam, the famous French mathematician, invented this
startling illusion, which I will describe for the benefit of the
Round Table.

Make a box three feet square, or of any convenient size, and place
a board of the same dimensions in the bottom, slightly inclined,
with a serpentine groove in it, so that a ball of lead can roll in
it freely. Extend a plain mirror from the elevated end of the
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Cut a small hole in the end of the box facing the mirror, and in
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For Lovers of Figures.

Here are two ingenious problems, of French origin, which mathematically inclined members will enjoy:

1. Fifteen Christians and fifteen Turks were at sea in the same vessel when a dreadful storm came on which obliged them to throw all their merchandise overboard. This, however, not being sufficient to lighten the ship, the captain informed them there was no possibility of its being saved unless half the passengers were thrown overboard also. He therefore arranged the thirty in a row, and by counting from nine to nine, and throwing every ninth person into the sea, beginning again at the first of the row when it had been counted to the end, it was found that after fifteen persons had been thrown overboard, the fifteen Christians remained. How did the captain arrange these thirty persons so as to save the Christians?

KEY.--The method may be deduced from this Latin sentence:

_Populeam virgam mater regina ferebat._ Or from this French couplet:

_Mort, tu ne failliras pas,_
_En me livrant le trepas._

2. Three gentlemen and their valets desiring to cross a river find a boat without a boatman; the boat is so small that it can contain no more than two of them at once. None of the masters can endure the valets of the other two, and if any one of them were left with any of the other valets, he would infallibly cane them. How can these six persons cross the river, two and two, so that none of the valets shall be left in company with any of the masters except when his rightful master is present?

The answers to these problems will be given next week.

Amateur Journalism.

Many hundreds of young persons having literary taste write stories and verses for the amateur journals. A few hundred young persons more ambitious than the others publish these miniature newspapers. These publishers, editors, and contributors have long been organized into the National Amateur Press Association--the "N.A.P.A.," for short. Every year a national convention is held, at which a great deal of time is spent discussing methods and men, and a great deal of enthusiasm displayed in behalf of favorite candidates for president and other offices. Of course there is the social side, and scores of delightful acquaintances are formed that have been known to last a life-time.

The last national convention was held in Chicago, when Mr. Will Hancock, editor of the _Prairie Breezes_, which "blow monthly," was elected president. He lives at Fargo, N. D., and will send a copy of his paper to any member of our Order who asks him to do so. He wants to get acquainted with as many members as possible, in order to invite you to join the ranks of the N.A.P.A. The other officers are: First Vice-president, Arthur J. Robinson, _Bohemia_, Chicago, Ill.; Second Vice-president, Zelda R. Thurman, _Chicagoan_, Chicago, Ill.; Recording Secretary, Albert E. Barnard, _Writer_, Chicago, Ill.; Corresponding Secretary, Edward A. Hering, _Evergreen State_, Seattle, Wash.; Treasurer, George L. Colburn, _The Mirror_, Pekin, Ill.; Official Editor, Edith Missiter.

Judiciary Committee: Ex-president, John L. Tomlinson, editor _Commentator_, Spokane, Wash., Chairman: Miss Stella Truman, Opelousas, La., editor _The South_, ex-President Southern A.P.A., Secretary; and Charles R. Burger, Jersey City, N. J., editor _Progress_.

National Laureate Recorder, Mabel C. Lucas, editor _Searchlight_, Spokane, Wash.

Secretary of Credentials, Nathan Hill Ferguson, Level Plains, North Carolina, author.

Chairman Recruiting Committee, Harrie C. Morris, editor _Ocean Waves_, San Francisco, Cal.

Librarian, Ella Maud Frye, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The convention of 1896 is to meet in Washington, D. C. Dues in the N.A.P.A. are small. Address Recruiting Committee or Mr. Hancock. There is also a New England Press Association, of which Miss Susan D. Robbins, Abington, Mass., is president. She will give information concerning it to all who ask.

Celebrating the "Fourth" Abroad.

The other day we went in the cars to a little town on the Elbe's
bank, and there took a steamboat and went up the river. The view
was lovely, and looked like a mixture of the Rhine and the
palisades on the Hudson, with high cliffs on each side--some green
with trees, and others with the bare gray rocks worn by the wind
and rain into a thousand queer shapes. In some places there were
quarries for the soft buff sandstone of which these cliffs are
composed, lending another color (yellow) to the cliffs of gray and
green. You can well imagine how lovely it was.

As we neared the town the country changed, and now it resembled
the Thames, with villas here and there among the trees. The King
of Saxony has his summer palace here, with pleasure-boats moored
to the wharf. We reached the brightly lighted city on our return
just at twilight, wishing our journey was not over so soon.

We went to the Belvedere on the Fourth of July. It is a large
garden by the river. It is crowded every night, a good half of the
people being English and Americans. Of course the "Fourth" was a
great American night, the programme being printed in English. The
band played everything it knew of American music, with some of the
English composers for the English part of the audience. You should
have heard the clapping for "Hail Columbia." The musicians played
the beautiful "Largo" too, and the hush that fell over every one
was nice to see, even a lot of students who sat at the next table
stopped talking and laughing.

Last of all came a great mixture of all the American tunes.
Everybody, or at least a great number, sang; and you can well
imagine the noise when "Yankee Doodle" came. "Marching through
Georgia" was sung loudly, every one clapping in time. By everybody
I mean the Americans. "Old Black Joe" was most highly appreciated,
and when it came to "Way Down upon the Suwanee River," the voices,
it seemed to me, beat any opera chorus in the world. A great many
voices were "quavery" at "Home, Sweet Home," and my sister and I
indulged in rather a "watery" smile.

I never knew the pathos of that song till I was in a German
garden, with some of my countrymen around me, three thousand miles
from "home." I could just hear the waves beating on the beach at
dear old East Hampton, with the moonlight shining over all; the
light in the dear little "chalet," and our footsteps sounding on
the board walk, as we came in, in time for dinner, with the bright
table and father just in from town. And I could see the funny old
house with the willows in front, and the quiet old graveyard
bright in the still white light. Across the way Daisy's house with
the yellow lamplight shining through, and Daisy's black shadow
passing across the light through the window. John Howard Payne
must have seen the same "Home, Sweet Home" as I did that minute.

EDITH S. MILLS.
DRESDEN, GERMANY.

A South Carolina Plantation.

We live on a plantation. The clearing is about 400 acres in
extent. On the east is a salt-water river, and on the north,
south, and west is the forest. On the other side of the river is a
marsh. On this marsh there grows a kind of grass. In the winter
the marsh dries and breaks off, and in spring, when we have high
tides, the grass floats upon the beach, and people haul it away to
put in the stables for the horses and cows. There are many large
live-oaks scattered over the clearing, with lots of moss hanging
from them. The moss is lovely. Along the river-shore on our side
are palmettos, oak-trees, and bushes.

MILLIE MITTELL, R. T. L.
BLUFFTON, S. C.

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.

Corean money is made of copper or brass, each piece about as large as our old copper cents, with a square hole in the centre. It takes six hundred of these coins to equal in value one of our silver dollars. Ten dollars would be a good load for a man to carry about, and fifty dollars would be a good load for a horse.

Where does the capitalist keep his money? We have to build immense vaults in Washington to store away our silver bullion and silver dollars that no one cares to carry about as we prefer good gold or paper money. There are no banks or safe-deposit companies with fire-proof vaults in Corea, so the Corean capitalist is forced to devise a method, and has hit upon a very novel one. He lends out the money early in the spring at 50 per cent. or 60 per cent. per year, all loans to be repaid in full with interest late in the autumn. The money, therefore, comes back about the beginning of winter. The Corean digs a big hole in his yard the first freezing night and spreads out a layer of cash on the bottom. On top of this he throws some earth and wets it thoroughly. As soon as this is frozen hard, he spreads out another layer of cash and covers it with wet earth; this freezes in turn and another layer of cash is put away. When he gets through the whole is wet again and it naturally freezes solid. Thus each Corean capitalist has his own security vault, and the winter is such that there is no danger of any one trying to dig up the money until warm weather in the spring.

W. J. MCGARVEY.--Continental and Confederate bills have little
value, owing to the enormous quantity still in existence. A
collection of these would be of at least as much interest as a
collection of stamps, and the expense would not be very great.

H. H. LUTHER.--The Columbian half-dollar is in regular circulation
at face value. There is little prospect of its increasing in
value.

F. S. B.--The dealers sell the 1830 half-dollar for 75c.

R. STARKE.--Ten-cent stamp albums are not recommended to even a
beginner. A very good album can be bought for $1.

S. A. DYAR.--The coin described is Spanish, and is worth about
12c., face value. Dealers quote one-dollar gold pieces at $1.50,
quarter eagles at $3, 1828-32 half-cent 15c., 1858 copper cents
5c.

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"A SEEMINGLY EXTINCT VOLCANO."

TOMMY'S SUGGESTION.

MAMMA. "You should always take the smaller piece of anything offered. You just took the larger piece of cake, and left the smaller piece for your elder brother."

TOMMY. "But, mamma, as Willie is my elder, I think the plate should have been passed to him first."

HARD TO TELL.

"What on earth is that baby crying for?" asked the baby's father.

"He says he wants a wolly-bully-um," said mamma.

"Well, for goodness' sake give it to him."

"I will, if you'll tell me what it is," said mamma.

VERY LIKELY.

"I can't understand why it is that the baby keeps putting his hands in his mouth all the time," said Bob.

"I guess he's trying to hold his tongue," suggested Mabel.

A SPAT AT THE MUSEUM.

"You are a fraud," cried the Fat Man to the Living Skeleton. "I can see through you."

"Of course you can," retorted the Living Skeleton. "That merely proves what a living skeleton I am."

HE WAS WONDERING.

"Mamma," said little Willie the other day, "don't some people think that when folks die they turn into animals and birds?"

"I believe so, Willie," replied his mother; "but why do you ask that question?"

"Only," said Willie, "because I was wondering if all the negroes turn into chicken-hawks."

CHOP LOGIC.

TILLIE. "A man who keeps a bakery is a baker, isn't he?"

BILLY. "Of course. And a man who keeps cellery is a seller, but a man who keeps a buttery isn't a _butter_, is he?"

TOMMY'S NOSE.

TOMMY. "Papa, I wish you would buy me a set of boxing-gloves."

PAPA. "I'll do no such thing. Do you want to get your nose broken?"

TOMMY. "No; I only want to learn how to keep it from getting broken."

DREAMS.

MABEL. "Don't dreams always go by contraries?"

MAMMA. "I have heard so."

MABEL. "Well, last night I dreamed that I asked you for a piece of cake, and you wouldn't give it to me."

THE VENDER'S HORSE.

When little Rupert saw a vender's horse whose ribs were plainly visible the other day, he said to his nurse:

"Oh, Ellen, just look at the horse with corduroy skin!"

HIS OBJECTION.

"I simply wish we'd never had any American Revolution," sighed Tommy, after school the other day. "It's made my life miserable."

"How so?" asked his uncle.

"So many more history dates to remember," said Tom.

LIKE THE REST.

"Ah, Jack, I hear you go to kindergarten."

"Yes."

"What do you do there?"

"Oh--we make things."

"Indeed? And what do you make chiefly?"

"Noise," said Jack.

TEACHER. "NOW WHICH OF YOU BOYS CAN TELL ME WHAT SEA WATER CONTAINS BESIDES THE SODIUM CHLORIDE JUST MENTIONED?"

TOMMY TATTERS. "MCGINTY!"