"I noticed it," said Margaret. "I thought it would turn out to be for

something which we wanted."

"It is for gravy. You see it is a rich deep brown colour, gained from

the browned onion. We must strain this gravy, put a little salt with it,

let it boil, then unhook the joint, pour a couple of table-spoonfuls of

this gravy into the dish, put the rest into a gravy tureen, and serve at

once. There will be plenty of gravy altogether, if we use that which is

in the tureen and the dish as well. Besides, our joint has been well

basted, and is not dry, so gravy will run from the meat into the dish."

"Can't we make gravy from the dripping-tin?"

"We should have had to do so if there had been no stock," said Mrs.

Herbert. "In that case we should pour out the fat from the tin very

gently and carefully till we come to the brown sediment at the bottom.

We should mix with the sediment a breakfast-cupful of boiling water, and

scrape, with the spoon, any little brown dried specks of gravy there

might be. When we had obtained as much gravy as possible we should

strain it into a saucepan and keep it hot till the meat was quite

ready."

"I am sure father will enjoy this roast beef," said Margaret.

"I hope and think he will," said Mrs. Herbert. "Beef roasted in this way

before the fire is most excellent. It is, however, not nearly so common

as it once was, for with the stoves and kitcheners now in use, it is

easier to bake, or, as it is called, to roast meat in the oven. I

therefore wanted you to understand the best way of roasting meat, and

you shall next learn how to roast it in the oven."

(_To be continued._)

HOW PAULINA WON BACK PETER.

A FAIRY STORY.

"Bravo! bravo! bravo!"

It was a tiny voice that spoke, sweet and clear as a nightingale's; but

it was not a nightingale. It was a large brown and scarlet butterfly,

with a dash of purple in its wings.

The mannikins paused in their gambols, and one made a bow, whilst

another skipped up the scarlet runner that had suddenly shot up out of

the ground, and twined in and out in fantastic knots, and brought

himself to a level with the butterfly.

"If you had but wings!" added the butterfly.

[Illustration: "PETER WAS SITTING UP IN BED."]

"Wings, ah yes! how we should like them!

Then we'd fly so high, so high,

Turning somersaults, and fluttering

Like----a graceful butterfly."

"Now," continued the mannikin, "as you are an emperor, I really think

that you might order some wings for us. What do you say?"

"A Red Emperor," observed the butterfly; "but after all there's not much

in it. It is, you see, all in the name. And I haven't really any power

whatever to give wings or anything else. For you must know that I am

under orders myself."

The mannikin looked at the Red Emperor in surprise.

"And you an Emperor?" said he. "Hasn't this scarlet runner sprung up so

that we might run up it to speak to you?"

"That may or may not be," began the Emperor. "But----"

II.

"But what?"

No, the Red Emperor was not speaking now. Somehow the butterfly and the

mannikins had got into the book that Paulina was reading to Peter.

Peter was sitting up in bed; he had also a book in his hand, and he

threw it down and sprang out of bed, crying out--

"But what a splendid butterfly!"

"Oh, your sprained ankle, Peter!" cried Paulina.

But Peter was at the window, in fact, half out of it; and his left

ankle, which was bound up with bandages, suddenly appeared to be quite

as free from pain as his right ankle, which had nothing whatever the

matter with it, and he leaned over the window-sill, murmuring--

"Dancing, prancing.

Flitting, glancing,

Now retreating, now advancing,

Wait, and I will come to you,

Through the window, through, through, through."

"Oh, Peter! how can you?" said Paulina.

But Peter was gone, and when Paulina looked out of the window, she could

see neither him, nor the mannikins, nor the scarlet runner.

Of course she could not, for they were not there. Where had they gone?

oh where? oh where?

[Illustration: "PAULINA HAD A STICK ... IN HER HAND."]

III.

"Never mind, Paulina; it is a warm summer day."

Was it the great butterfly who spoke? No one else was near, and he was

sunning himself among the elder blossoms.

"Ho, ho, ho! away they go,

High and low, swift and slow,

Over and over, heels over head,

Peter and all the mannikins red."

Paulina now listened breathlessly.

"That is to say, the mannikins have red jackets and caps, and they are

rolling along so fast, with Peter in the midst of them, that you will

find it quite impossible to overtake them."

"Are you speaking to me?" said Paulina.

"Of course I am. Can't you hear what I am saying? I am the Red Emperor."

"Then please, good Mr. Red Emperor, fly away, and tell Peter to come

home again."

"I am an Emperor," replied the butterfly, "and I cannot be ordered by a

little girl. You must get back Peter yourself."

"But I can't see Peter. Where is he?"

"He's out of sight, oh quite! oh quite!

And up in cloudland such a height!

He's in a state of much delight,

But you must get him home ere night."

"But I can't get to cloudland."

"Of course not, you're much too heavy."

Paulina began to cry.

"If you make such a dreadful noise I shall fly away. Otherwise I shall

stay, and tell you what to do in order to get Peter back."

"I will do anything in the world," said Paulina; "whatever you tell me

to do I will at once do."

"There is but one thing to do--you must become an artist."

"That is impossible," sobbed Paulina. "What shall I do? What shall I

do?"

"Take off that prim little cap. Tie up your hair with black ribbon, and

put on a blouse. Then you will be an artist."

"But I've never learned to draw."

"Pooh!" said the Red Emperor.

IV.

Paulina did not know where she was or how she came there, but she found

herself before a wall on which hung a scroll with a face roughly

sketched upon it. Paulina had a stick with a bit of chalk at the end of

it in her hand, and she did not know whether she had drawn the face or

not.

"Perhaps I did," said she. "I think it is a likeness of the moon."

"Pooh!" answered a voice.

Paulina knew that it was not the Red Emperor, for he had flown away. She

looked round, but there was no one to be seen. Still the voice went on

speaking--

"It's the sun but just begun;

When it's done there will be fun.

Mannikins in red and blue,

Will bring something good for you."

"Who are you? where are you?" asked Paulina. "And do you know anything

of Peter? He went with the mannikins."

[Illustration: "PAULINA ... BEGAN TO PUT ON THE COLOUR."]

"Yes, up in the clouds with them. I saw him. The clouds were drifting

hither and thither, and he could not keep steady upon them, so he

tumbled down to the earth again."

"Oh dear! Oh dear! What a fall he must have had!"

Paulina heard a curious whistling, crackling laugh that seemed to go off

in gusts: puff, puff! blow, blow, blow! phew, phew! And then it subsided

into a gentle whistle.

"It's nothing to laugh at," said Paulina. "He'll catch cold, and he must

be very much hurt."

"No he isn't; he has hurt some one else instead. I saw him standing over

the boy that he had knocked down."

"He was always fighting," murmured Paulina.

"And he had on a full suit of blue clothes," said the voice, "and

striped stockings and a white collar."

"Blue! That's his best suit. How did he get it?"

"I don't know everything," replied the Wind, for it was the Wind who was

speaking to Paulina; "but

I boxed his ears, and ruffled his hair,

And left him standing astonished there."

"Oh!" ejaculated Paulina. "How can I get him home again?"

The Wind whistled for a short time, and then answered--

"By getting a palette, and brushes, and paint, and canvas, and becoming

an artist. What is the use of wearing a blouse and long stockings, and

having your hair tied with black ribbon, if you are not going to be an

artist?"

V.

The Wind had gone away, the scroll with the sun's face drawn upon it

had vanished, and Paulina was not where she had been a few moments

before. She did not know where she was, and everything seemed to be

going the wrong way; but she saw the Red Emperor resting upon a

rosebush, so she felt that she was not without a friend.

"I've been waiting for hours," said the Red Emperor testily, "and so has

the easel, also the paints and palette; and the canvas is stretched and

the sketch made. You have nothing to do but to mount up to your seat,

and fill in with colours. Shade away, beginning at the left corner, and

make haste."

Paulina looked at the canvas, upon which was the outline of a figure

reclining upon a rock. She was going to say she could not shade it, when

the Red Emperor said sternly--

"No nonsense! Mount to the seat and paint as fast as you can, for if the

painting is not finished before the stars come out, Peter will never

come home again."

Paulina scrambled up; she took the palette in one hand, the brush in the

other, and began to put on the colour as fast as she could. She did not

take any pains, but dabbed away, beginning in the left-hand corner. She

scarcely looked at what she was doing; but somehow or other it answered,

and the picture progressed rapidly. Paulina herself was surprised, but

she knew that she must lose no time, for the stars were only waiting for

the twilight.

"The evening star, oh! don't let it come," said a very tiny little

voice, that sounded like Peter's, a long way off; and it went on

saying--

"Oh, Paulina! I have been a

Naughty boy, I know.

Don't look up and don't look down, dear,

On with the painting go."

[Illustration: "STANDING OVER THE BOY" (_p. 49_).]

"I should be dizzy if I looked down: I'm so very high up," answered

Paulina; "but I should like to know where you are, Peter."

"Never mind where he is," said the Red Emperor, "so that he is

somewhere; that is enough for you. He is not far off. You will descend

as the picture draws near completion, and at the last stroke of your

brush you will see him. Obey me, or Peter will vanish away, and you will

never see him again."

Again Peter's voice was heard--

"Yes, I'm near you, but I've grown very small; the Wind shook me about

till I was only half the size I ought to be, just for knocking down a

boy who came in my way. Go on, Paulina; paint away, make no delay, or I

shall have to go away."

And the Red Emperor also said, "Go on."

VI.

And Paulina went on with her work. Her palette was almost clean, so

thoroughly had she used up all the colours upon it, and the painting

only wanted a few more touches, which she added carefully. Then she drew

a little backward to take a view of her picture. She closed her eyes for

a moment, the better to consider the subject, and when she opened them,

the picture, the easel, the palette, and brushes had disappeared, and

she was standing in a garden where roses and lilies and red carnations

were growing, and fountains were sending up cool white spray. The Red

Emperor was there also.

And beside Paulina there stood Peter himself.

"I am my proper size again," said he. "It's been all a very wonderful

journey, and I've seen wonderful sights."

Paulina kissed him, saying--

"Peter, let us happy be

With one another;

Henceforth be content with me,

Little brother."

"Of course he must be content," said the Red Emperor severely.

"Of course he must," echoed the Wind, "if not, I shall whirl him away to

the top of a mountain."

[Illustration: "ONE OF THE MANNIKINS TUMBLED."]

"Of course he must," said two mannikins who suddenly appeared in sight,

rolling and pushing along what seemed to Paulina to be the half of a

large orange.

Not that it was anything of the sort.

"It's a casket of gold

From the caverns old,

Where the dwarfs are working for ever.

All that it doth hold,

If you should be told,

Oh! would you believe it? no, never!"

And one of the mannikins tumbled over it, and turned somersaults, and

rolled it up to Paulina.

And then the Wind whispered very softly to her--

"Little maid, I told you true,

Mannikins in red and blue

Would bring something good for you

If the painting well were done

Ere the setting of the sun."

"Yes, yes," said Paulina; "it's all true; but the painting's gone, and

it all seems like a dream; and I've got Peter back, and his ankle's

well. But how did he get his blue suit?"

But that neither the Red Emperor nor the Wind told her; neither did

Peter, for when she asked him the question he only said--

"I don't know!"

JULIA GODDARD.

[Illustration: THE EDITOR'S POCKET-BOOK.

JOTTINGS AND PENCILLINGS, HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE]

The Natural Bridge, Virginia.

The two greatest natural curiosities--if one may use the phrase in this

connection--in North America are the Falls of Niagara and the Natural

Bridge in Virginia. A picture of the latter will be seen in our new

heading. It is an arch cut, so to speak, out of the rock, and stands

upwards of two hundred feet above the ground below. How it originated

has been a kind of puzzle, some urging that the rock was hollowed by an

earthquake, others that the bridge is the result of the action of water.

Unfortunately for these conjectures no ruins are to be seen beneath. The

bridge has formed the scene of several hair-breadth escapes.

The Colossus of Rhodes.

The city of Rhodes is situated on the island of that name, which lies

some twelve miles from the coast of Asia Minor. It was founded four

hundred years before the birth of Christ, and, among other things, was

noted for its Colossus--pictured in our heading--which was reckoned to

be one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. The Colossus was a

gigantic statue in brass of Helios, or the Sun, and stood at the

entrance of one of the ports. It was 105 feet high. According to one

belief--which, however, is now abandoned--the Colossus bestrode the

harbour, one foot resting upon a pier at one side, the other upon a pier

at the other, while the figure itself was so lofty that ships in full

sail could pass underneath the outstretched legs. Sixty years after it

was built it was thrown down by an earthquake.

Chinese Palanquins.

A favourite mode of travelling in China and other countries of the East

is by palanquin, which is a kind of wooden box, about twice as long as

it is high, with shutters and other appliances to make it comfortable.

The palanquin is carried by porters--just as in the drawing given above.

The vehicle is furnished inside with a mattress--on which the traveller

reclines--and cushions, and is also fitted with shelves and drawers.

Travelling is continued day and night. There are different kinds of

palanquins, some resembling the sedan chairs that used to be fashionable

in England.

The Flamingo.

This queer bird--also shown in the heading above--is found in the

tropical and temperate regions of the globe, and frequents marshes and

shallow lakes. In deep water flamingoes swim, but they prefer to wade,

for then they can bend down their necks and rake the bottom with their

peculiar-shaped bill in search of food. Flocks of these birds, with

their red plumage, when seen from a distance, have been likened by

observers to troops of soldiers.

"God's Providence House."

The house represented in the new heading, and bearing the above quaint

name, is situated in Chester, a city famed for its picturesque old

buildings. It is built of timber and brick, and upon the beam supporting

the second floor is carved "God's Providence is mine Inheritance, 1652."

It is supposed that Chester was visited with plague in that year, and

that this house was the only one which escaped the pestilence. Hence

arose the pious inscription of the grateful tenant.

An Ancient Monster.

Once upon a time, so long ago that I cannot tell when, strange creatures

lived on land and sea. They have all died out now, but their bones are

sometimes found in a fossil state, and by means of them scientific men

have been able to construct, or piece together, as it were, these

old-world monsters. You will see the picture of one of them in the new

Pocket-book heading. It is called by the long name "Ichthyosaurus"--a

Greek term meaning "fish-reptile." This animal was a huge creature

something like a crocodile, with four paddles and a tail, and its native

element was water. It had a large head with big eyes, and its jaws were

well filled with terrible teeth. It possessed features in common with

fishes as well as with reptiles, and hence its compound name.

Arabs of the Soudan.

Little folk who read their newspapers know something of the dauntless

courage of the Soudanese Arabs. The Soudan is a desert of vast extent,

partly bordering upon the boundaries of Upper Egypt. It is inhabited by

wandering Arabs and some other peoples. They are, most of them, quite

fearless, and even when opposed to British forces have shown a courage

worthy of their foes. Armed--like the one drawn in our heading--with

spear and shield--for but a few of them owned rifles and fired them

unskilfully--they rushed again and again right up to the serried ranks

of the British soldiers. These Arabs have several vices, but no one has

denied them the highest degree of bravery.

A Lesson in Charity.

It is related of the late Mr. Peter Cooper, an American benefactor, that

he was one day watching the pupils in the portrait class connected with

the Women's Art School of Cooper Institute. About thirty pupils were

engaged in drawing likenesses of the same model from various points of

view--some in profile, some full face, some nearer and others farther

from the light, and so forth. After studying the scene for a while Mr.

Cooper said, "Such a sight as this should be a lesson in charity, when

we perceive how the same person may be so different, according to the

way he is looked at by various people."

The Busy Bee.

Few little folk have any idea of the labour that bees have to expend in

the gathering of honey. Here is a calculation, which will show how

industrious the "busy" bee really is. Let us suppose the insects confine

their attentions to clover-fields. Each head of clover contains about

sixty separate flower-tubes, in each of which is a portion of sugar not

exceeding the five-hundredth part of a grain. Therefore, before one

grain of sugar can be got, the bee must insert its proboscis into 500

clover-tubes. Now there are 7,000 grains in a pound, so that it follows

that 3,500,000 clover-tubes must be sucked in order to obtain but one

pound of honey.

The Dwarf Trees of China.

In China, that land of curiosities, may be seen oaks, chestnuts, pines,

and cedars growing in flowerpots, and fifty years old, but not twelve

inches high! They take the young plant, cut off its tap-root, and place

it in a basin of good soil kept well watered. Should it grow too

rapidly, they dig down and shorten in several roots. Year by year the

leaves grow smaller, and in course of time the trees become little

dwarfs, and are made pets of like canaries and dogs.

What is the "Lake School"?

In reading about poets and poetry, you will sometimes find an allusion

to the "Lake School." This was the term applied by a writer in the

_Edinburgh Review_ to Wordsworth, Southey, and Coleridge, because they

resided in the lake district of Cumberland and Westmoreland, and

because--though their works differed in many respects from each

other--they sought for inspiration in the simplicity of Nature rather

than in the study of other poets, or of the prevailing fashion.

The Cuckoo's Fag.

Tom Brown, as readers will remember, was in deep trouble at Rugby about

the fagging system in vogue during his "school-days." Many things have

happened since then, and amongst others a marked improvement in fagging.

The cruelty and insolence and selfishness of it have disappeared, and

the system itself will one day die out. As regards boys, so far so good.

Among some feathered folk, however, fagging flourishes in full vigour;

and so long as there are cuckoos so long will there be fags. Many birds

are imposed upon, one of the commonest victims being the hedge-sparrow.

For days a sparrow has been watched while it fed a hungry complaining

intruder. It used to fly on the cuckoo's back and then, standing on its

head and leaning downwards, give it a caterpillar. The tit-bit having

been greedily snatched and devoured, the cuckoo would peck fiercely at

its tiny attendant--bidding it, as it were, fetch more food and not be

long about it. Wordsworth tells us in a famous line that "the child is

father of the man," and no apter illustration of this truth could be

found than the cuckoo. Let us trace his early life history, and to begin

with, peep into, say, a wagtail's nest. It contains a few eggs all

seemingly alike. In due time they are hatched, and you at once notice

that one of the baby birds is quite different from the rest. It is

blind, naked, yellowish, and ugly, and ere long will prove itself a

monster. How did it come to be born there? Well, you must know that it

is a young cuckoo.

[Illustration: THE CUCKOO'S FAG. (_See p. 52_.)]

Now, its mother has several bad habits. For instance, she does not make

a nest, but lays her egg on the ground, and then places it in a nest

where there are others like the one she has laid. She is cunning, you

see, as well as lazy and cruel; for she has, like a thief in the night,

introduced into an innocent home a real tyrant. The young cuckoo soon

reveals its true character. It begins by edging the wee wagtails to the

side of the nest and then turning them out one by one. Of course the

little things thus thrown over fall to the ground and die, but even if

some kind person were to restore them to their home, they would be again

bundled out in the same brutal fashion. Having got rid of the children

of the rightful owners of the nest the ruthless sneak speedily cries for

food; and the parents of the ejected birds actually tend this glutton

with the greatest diligence. The young cuckoo is ever gaping for food,

and for weeks the poor foster-parents are kept hard at work to supply

its hunger. Why do they do so? Probably because they regard it as one of

their own offspring, though they may have a sort of instinctive notion

that there's something wrong; and so the weary round of fagging goes on

until the cuckoo takes itself off to start life on its own account. So

greedy, lazy, and thoroughly selfish, however, is this bird that after

it has outgrown its nest, and is quite able to provide for itself, it

will still look to its industrious comrades for its meals.

The Greatest Whirlpool in the World.

Off the coast of Norway, close to the Lofoden Islands, the current runs

so strong north and south for six hours and then in the opposite

direction for a similar period, that the water is thrown into tremendous

whirls. This is the far-famed Maelström, or whirling-stream. The

whirlpool is most active at high and low tide, and when the winds are

contrary the disturbance of the sea is so great that few boats can live

in it. In ordinary circumstances, however, ships can sail right across

the Maelström without much danger, and the tales about the vessels and

whales which have been engulfed in the stream are more or less pure

fables.

The Dog and the Telephone.

An intelligent dog was recently discovered wandering about the streets

of an American city, by a gentleman who knew it. He at once asked its

master by means of the telephone whether he had lost his dog. The reply

came "Yes; have you seen it?" To which the further instruction was sent,

"Suppose you call him through the telephone." Accordingly the dog was

lifted up and the ear-piece placed at its ear. "Jack! Jack!" shouted its

owner, whereupon Jack, recognising the voice, began at once to yelp most

vigorously, and licked the telephone in a friendly way, evidently

thinking that its master was inside the machine.

A QUEEN OF THE BEACH.

(_See Coloured Frontispiece._)

We played together on the sands,

We roamed the moors for heather,

We climbed the cliffs with clasping hands

In the wild and windy weather;

And sweet were my little queen's commands

As we merrily played together.

Her eyes were blue as the limpid sea

When the morning sun is on it,

Her locks were bright as the corn might be

With the blaze of noon upon it,

And her scarlet cap was a charm to me,

But her laughing lips outshone it.

So fearless was the little maid,

Not a danger could astound her,

With her bucket and her busy spade,

On the sea-bound shore I found her,

Of the winds and the waves all unafraid

While the sea-gulls floated round her.

And many a house of sand we reared,

The walls with shells adorning,

While boats our happy playground neared,

And breakers gave us warning

That though we neither paused nor feared,

All would be gone next morning.

A. M.

[Illustration]

The "Little Folks" Humane Society.

SPECIAL NOTICE.

The Editor desires to inform his Readers that the names of Officers and

Members of The LITTLE FOLKS Humane Society will be printed in the

Magazine as usual during the next six months, but that after the present

Volume is completed, and when Fifty Thousand Names have appeared, the

publication of the Lists will be discontinued. As, however, the

operations of the Society will still be carried on, and some accounts of

its progress will from time to time be given in LITTLE FOLKS, the Editor

hopes to receive, as hitherto, the "promises" of all Children who are

willing to join; and, on receipt of these, their names will be inscribed

on the Register of the Society, and Certificates of Officership and

Membership also forwarded to them if stamped addressed envelopes be

enclosed. (The number of Officers and Members now on the Register is

about 49,500). The Editor is aware that in certain instances intending

Officers find that it takes many months to complete the list of fifty

names, which it is necessary to collect in order to become an Officer,

and he thinks it probable that the total of Fifty Thousand referred to

above will be reached before some of his Readers have been able to

obtain this number of "promises" from other children. To meet this

difficulty, and in order that the efforts on behalf of the Society of

such children may be rewarded just as they would have been had the

publication of names in LITTLE FOLKS been longer continued, the small

book and medal hitherto given to Officers will still be awarded; though

in all cases it will be necessary, in sending up the fifty "promises,"

to enclose a Certificate from a Parent, Teacher, or other responsible

person, stating that the list had been commenced previous to the

appearance of this notice in LITTLE FOLKS. The book and medal will not

in future be awarded to any readers other than those just referred

to--that is, those whose lists of fifty names are in actual progress at

the present time (July 1st, 1884).

_TWENTY-NINTH LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS._

_Officers' Names are printed in Small Capital Letters, and the Names of

their Members are printed beneath. Where a short line, thus "----," is

printed, the end of an Officer's List is indicated._

AGE

41266 Herbert Buxton 14

41267 C. M. Balfour 10

41268 J. L. Balfour 7

41269 C. W. Balfour 18

41270 R. H. Pimm 13

41271 P. H. Marquand 9

41272 Chas. H. Mitchell 9

41273 Thomas Halsall 11

41274 J. M. Marquand 13

41275 Joseph Reeves 12

41276 A. B. Marquand 11

41277 W. Hodgkinson 13

41278 Arthur Handley 11

41279 F. T. Freeland 10

41280 T. L. Allkins 14

41281 H. Felthouse 12

41282 F. Nugent 13

41283 Edgar B. Hulland 15

41284 Kate Hodgkinson 16

41285 George C. Britton 7

41286 Winnie Grayston 6

41287 Eddie C. Britton 4

41288 Mary Gillman 13

41289 Mathor Gilman 9

41290 Fanny Darlington 20

41291 Elsie Sanders 13

41292 Mary A. Boonham 11

41293 Elizbth. A. Benson 11

41294 H. L. Franklin 12

41295 Eliz. A. Wright 9

41296 L. F. Wileman 12

41297 Mary S. Harris 8

41298 Harry Smith 11

41299 Wm. A. Franklin 10

41300 K. A. Minton 9

41301 A. Henderson 16

41302 Mary Henderson 15

41303 Cecil Henderson 11

41304 Ethel Norton 6

41305 Mabel Norton 5

41306 Matilda Norton 4

41307 Herbert Hare 12

41308 Clara Norton 13

41309 EDITH E. MORRISON, Wakefield

41310 Kate Milsom 11

41311 Harriet Hardman 11

41312 Fredk. C. Brown 8

41313 Mary A. Dean 13

41314 Sarah Hirst 20

41315 Louisa Brunton 12

41316 Eliza Blackburn 17

41317 Cissy Scholes 17

41318 Annie Goodridge 18

41319 Polly Scholes 9

41320 Flornc. A. Scholey 15

41321 Charles Scholey 11

41322 John Scholey 19

41323 Charltt. Cartridge 15

41324 Annie Allcock 11

41325 Bertha Tingle 15

41326 Dora Brown 12

41327 Annie Poppleton 16

41328 Lizzie Poppleton 14

41329 H. Poppleton 7

41330 William Garnett 17

41331 Annie Garnett 14

41332 Eliza Garnett 12

41333 Thos. H. Garnett 10

41334 Florence Garnett 7

41335 Lizzie Priestley 17

41336 Annie Jaques 17

41337 Mary H. Copley 10

41338 E. Worthington 14

41339 Kate Bancroft 12

41340 Maud Gosnay 11

41341 Bennie Harris 9

41342 Ada Richardson 12

41343 Ada Mellor 19

41344 Amy Sadler 14

41345 Kate Sadler 8

41346 Beatrice Sadler 12

41347 Alice Sadler 13

41348 Mary W. Hein 8

41349 Lucy M. Hein 10

41350 Ellen L. Hein 12

41351 Victor Hartley 9

41352 Eleanor Brown 20

41353 Mabel Walton 12

41354 Mary Bostock 11

41355 Margaret Salkeld 16

41356 E. M. Morrison 8

41357 R. P. Morrison 11

41358 Gertrude E. Prest 9

41359 Archbld. W. Prest 7

41360 JAS. W. RILEY, Derby 16

41361 Wm. Wibberley 11

41362 Joseph Wibberley 13

41363 William Smee 8

41364 William Yeomans 11

41365 Harry Wibberley 9

41366 Albert E. Riley 10

41367 Arthur Copestick 10

41368 John Lovel 9

41369 John Warde 14

41370 Henry Castledine 13

41371 William Hatton 9

41372 W. H. Haynes 12

41373 William Matthews 10

41374 William Smith 9

41375 Christopher Shaw 12

41376 Walter Green 11

41377 William Garratt 8

41378 Arthur Wibberley 11

41379 Charles M. Smee 12

41380 Arthur Smee 9

41381 A. Carmicheal 12

41382 Alfred Bunting 12

41383 Harry Bunting 16

41384 Frank Bunting 14

41385 H. Wibberley 16

41386 Clara Wibberley 14

41387 Lizzie Wibberley 18

41388 Walter Lester 13

41389 Arthur Pearson 12

41390 Mary Wadkinson 14

41391 Albert Lester 11

41392 Walter Pearson 10

41393 Nelly Carmicheal 7

41394 Annie Green 12

41395 Lotty Green 7

41396 Edith Wagstaff 8

41397 Henry Mellor 11

41398 Frank Oliver 10

41399 Charles Yeomans 11

41400 Maria Street 12

41401 Thomas Bennett 11

41402 Elizabeth Hunt 14

41403 Annie Brailsford 12

41404 Edwd. Armytage 10

41405 John Wagstaff 9

41406 William Tarrey 9

41407 Bernard Riley 12

41408 William Foster 11

41409 James Dunmow 9

41410 Joseph Moorcroft 11

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41411 G. M. Buchanan 13

41412 Effie D. Ward 9

41413 Eleanor L. Ward 19

41414 Minnie Griffin 10

41415 MAGGIE GOMME, Peckham Rye 14

41416 Nellie Salmon 12

41417 Edwin Westall 15

41418 Alice Watts 12

41419 Mary Smith 11

41420 Mabel Cane 16

41421 Percy K. Lucke 9

41422 Lucy Gomme 18

41423 Annie Gomme 14

41424 Edith Perks 5

41425 Vivian W. Russell 9

41426 Fredk. G. Perks 7

41427 Frederick Cripps 13

41428 M. O. Bigg-Wither 14

41429 Louie Rogers 18

41430 Amy King 12

41431 M. F. Lankester 11

41432 Daniel Bott 12

41433 Edith Bott 14

41434 Arthur Hughes 11

41435 G. E. Hughes 4

41436 Keturah Hughes 7

41437 Mabel Hicks 14

41438 Emily M. Noad 15

41439 Annie Jewell 9

41440 John St. A. Jewell 8

41441 Richd. H. Vernon 12

41442 Alice Shrimpton 14

41443 Clara Shrimpton 16

41444 Ethel Davis 8

41445 Edgar S. Oakes 12

41446 Mary Cheetham 10

41447 Blanche Vernon 14

41448 Amy Ormston 19

41449 Kezia Saunders 17

41450 Clara Clements 17

41451 Rose F. Kempe 15

41452 Violet Jewell 6

41453 Alfred Harris 12

41454 Madeliene Oakes 10

41455 William Lane 8

41456 Nellie Lane 8

41457 Charlotte Westall 12

41458 Henry Johnson 10

41459 Robert R. Jewell 11

41460 Margt. M. Fane 13

41461 Elizabeth Westall 14

41462 Annie Cheetham 8

41463 Florrie Holford 10

41464 Arthur P. Kempe 12

41465 Queenie Keene 8

41466 John L. Perman 16

41467 Jessie Bott 10

41468 Annie Westall 18

41469 Frederick Clark 16

41470 Reginald Vernon 12

41471 Morris S. Kempe 17

41472 Ada B. Clements 7

41473 Jane Clements 19

41474 Emily Clements 18

41475 Fredk. B. Kempe 13

41476 V. H. C. Russell 7

41477 Mabel H. Tate 15

41478 Florence K. Oakes 14

41479 Florrie Rogers 17

41480 Herbert Elshib 14

41481 Mabel Vernon 16

41482 R. J. Paterson 13

41483 Nellie M. Beare 11

41484 H. W. Fortesquieu 7

41485 Beatrice Oakes 16

41486 K. Fortesquieu 9

41487 Castle Cane 14

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41488 Edgar T. Tuck 7

41489 Lucy M. Burd 11

41490 Miriam A. Graves 14

41491 Edith M. Lamb 10

41492 K. P. Gourley 14

41493 Sarah A. Burr 18

41494 W. E. Barker 14

41495 H. M. Jones 16

41496 Mary G. Crane 12

41497 Leina C. Leake 15

41498 Peter Hope 16

41499 George Whillians 8

41500 A. P. Whillians 11

41501 John Michie 16

41502 William Tinlin 12

41503 Frances Turner 11

41504 George Hall 14

41505 Robert Tinlin 15

41506 Maggie Tinlin 13

41507 Maggie Laing 14

41508 Lucy E. Fife 16

41509 Eleanor May 17

41510 Harriette Oliver 14

41511 George Phillips 12

41512 Gertrd. Deighton 14

41513 Edith Barrett 18

41514 Louie Man 14

41515 Jessie Rogers 14

41516 Ellen Jeffery 12

41517 Edith E. Phillips 14

41518 Edith E. Sole 5

41519 Ruth Burch 10

41520 Annie Gambrell 10

41521 Rose J. Burch 6

41522 Alice Burch 8

41523 Liddia Burch 5

41524 Charltte. Attwood 8

41525 William Sole 11

41526 Alfred Sole 8

41527 Edward J. Sole 8

41528 Thomas Griggs 9

41529 Ellen Gambrill 10

41530 Arthur Taylor 9

41531 Kate Sole 3

41532 Harry Hooker 10

41533 Sarah J. Sole 6

41534 Elizabeth Hooker 4

41535 Ella R. Sole 9

41536 ARTHUR CAMPBELL, Wigan 10

41537 Margaret Newell 15

41538 Amy H. Gerrard 17

41539 Laura Hill 10

41540 Minnie Woods 16

41541 Flora M. Dewar 17

41542 M. Henderson 13

41543 Mary R. Dewar 15

41544 Jennie Dewar 11

41545 Mary Polding 14

41546 Annie Hurst 8

41547 Lizzie Holmes 10

41548 M. A. Holmes 14

41549 Annie Aspinall 13

41550 M. A. F. Gerrard 14

41551 Annie Holmes 12

41552 W. L. Brown 7

41553 F. J. Simm 8

41554 I. D. P. Smith 7

41555 Egbert Green 14

41556 Robert Morris 13

41557 Wm. H. Ashton 10

41558 O. H. Platt 11

41559 Jas. H. T. Evans 11

41560 W H. Litherland 13

41561 Brice Dean 14

41562 T. H. Winstanley 12

41563 John A. Dewar 9

41564 Richard J. Owen 9

41565 Herbert Hill 16

41566 Pryce A. Owen 6

41567 Sydney Hill 12

41568 Kenyon Pierson 11

41569 Alice Swift 14

41570 Emma Ward 10

41571 Jemima Povey 10

41572 Eva Skepper 11

41573 Ada Skepper 6

41574 Annie Barton 9

41575 Mary Bycroft 10

41576 Henrietta Wray 10

41577 John Porters 9

41578 Geo. Richardson 9

41579 Wm. Middleton 9

41580 Mary Humberson 9

41581 Charles Gunnis 8

41582 Edith Smith 10

41583 Fanny Hudson 8

41584 Eliza Castledine 16

41585 Edith Campbell 10

41586 Fred Campbell 8

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41587 S. D. Collingwood 13

41588 ANNIE B. FARMER, Nottingham 14

41589 Percy Smith 7

41590 Emily Goodson 16

41591 Gerty Stevenson 8

41592 Sarah A. Goodson 14

41593 B. E. Baggaley 10

41594 Percy Creswell 7

41595 George Creswell 20

41596 Alick Pye 15

41597 Addison Pearson 16

41598 Louisa Wilson 17

41599 Maggie Creswell 16

41600 H. Hazzledine 7

41601 Gertrude Moore 12

41602 Percy Freeman 5

41603 Emily Brittle 9

41604 L. Waldegrave 16

41605 William Hunt 9

41606 Sydney Freeman 7

41607 William Tillson 16

41608 Hugh Smith 6

41609 Grace Packer 8

41610 Thos. A. Cooper 16

41611 John Sheavyn 13

41612 Essie Lawson 12

41613 A. Creswell 17

41614 Geo. H. B. Hay 15

41615 L. L. Bright 19

41616 William Pye 13

41617 Rosa W. Jones 20

41618 F. G. Bourne 10

41619 Isabella R. Brady 8

41620 Mary H. Brady 13

41621 Edith Creswell 12

41622 Alfred H. Brady 14

41623 John A. Pearson 18

41624 Stanley Bourne 7

41625 Alice Felkin 11

41626 Connie Smith 9

41627 Albert Dobson 17

41628 Lina M. Bourne 9

41629 Ada M. Lea 14

41630 Herbert Lea 6

41631 Edith M. Sellars 9

41632 Sarah L. Lea 14

41633 Mary Willby 17

41634 Bertha A. Goold 11

41635 Morton B. Paton 11

41636 Blanche Sellars 9

41637 Alfred P. Williams 9

41638 Lottie Lawson 11

41639 Amy Lawson 9

41640 Joseph Gregory 11

41641 GEORGINA M. CALLUM, Tadcaster 10

41642 Frances E. Callum 9

41643 Percy Thornton 12

41644 B. M. Hullay 12

41645 Annie M. Horn 17

41646 Edith R. Horn 11

41647 Nellie Carter 15

41648 William Howell 12

41649 Mary Howell 9

41650 S. A. Howell 3

41651 Annie Newlove 11

41652 Lucy Newlove 7

41653 I. Newlove 14

41654 Minnie Otterburn 9

41655 Gertrd. Otterburn 12

41656 Esther Wright 8

41657 Sabina Brook 8

41658 John Townsley 12

41659 Sarah J. Dodd 10

41660 Mary A. Morson 7

41661 Carrie Arch 8

41662 Emmeline Arch 9

41663 Nellie Halliday 7

41664 Unis Coates 7

41665 Alice Smith 8

41666 Emily Muff 7

41667 Harvie Hirst 13

41668 G. Hirst 15

41669 William Southey 15

41670 R. Haliday 5

41671 Emily Glover 13

41672 Florrie Bramham 8

41673 Fanny Nutter 7

41674 Elizabeth Lam 11

41675 Etty Atkinson 15

41676 Alice Colie 9

41677 M. A. Colie 7

41678 Mary A. Poulter 8

41679 M. A. Wilsh 11

41680 Louisa Clark 9

41681 Mary FitzPatrick 11

41682 M. J. Clark 10

41683 Albert Marrow 10

41684 T. Clarkson 12

41685 R. Brigges 11

41686 F. Stevenson 9

41687 Cundal Stevenson 12

41688 P. N. Hirst 9

41689 Lilian Harrison 10

41690 S. Harrison 7

41691 Herbert Cobb 14

41692 Louis Green 7

41693 Arthur Braine 8

41694 Edith H. Cobb 9

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41695 Evaline H. Burkitt 7

41696 Ida L. Burkitt 11

41697 Laura C. Burkitt 8

41698 C. A. L. Burkitt 10

41699 Percy V. Haynes 12

41700 H. L. Osborne 11

41701 Claudine L. West 16

41702 Ellie Trimble 13

41703 Emily West 13

41704 William West 14

41705 Lucy Ardern 13

41706 Jessie Trimble 12

41707 George Upjohns 8

41708 Maryann Harris 8

41709 Frank Thornton 16

41710 ALBERT ABBOTT, Adlington (Lanc.) 12

41711 H. Hargreaves 12

41712 R. Halliwell 7

41713 E. V. Flitcroft 7

41714 Mary Loman 8

41715 M. Hargreaves 4

41716 M. A. Hargreaves 10

41717 James Thorne 13

41718 John H. Thorne 6

41719 Ada Thorne 5

41720 M. A. Atherton 8

41721 Harold Birch 6

41722 Betsy Aspinall 7

41723 Elizbth. Aspinall 11

41724 Maria Haign 9

41725 Mary Eddisford 10

41726 Walter Adamson 11

41727 Walter Jolly 11

41728 John Jolly 9

41729 Thos. Crawshaw 13

41730 Geo. Derbyshire 7

41731 Joseph H. Smith 10

41732 George Smith 9

41733 Jas. Nightingale 8

41734 W. Billington 12

41735 Chas. Billington 6

41736 Youth Crook 10

41737 Robert Brown 16

41738 Richard S. Bury 10

41739 Alice Marsh 8

41740 G. H. Nightingale 11

41741 William Pearson 10

42742 M. A. Makinson 12

41743 Mary Reynolds 12

41744 E. A. Kenyon 9

41745 John Kenyon 5

41746 Alice Sharples 10

41747 E. A. Harwood 11

41748 Joseph Taylor 13

41749 Violet Roberts 12

41750 James Yates 8

41751 Thomas Bridge 14

41752 E. A. Cowell 8

41753 M. E. Harrison 9

41754 W. Ormiston 11

41755 Emily Hardman 9

41756 Jane Forshaw 9

41757 Henry Parker 8

41758 Edward Ward 10

41759 Thomas Fielding 12

41760 Chas. Halliwell 10

41761 James Stewart 10

41762 Emma Stewart 7

41763 JAS. D. HAWORTH, Bolton 11

41764 William Dell 9

41765 Jas. Hodgkinson 11

41766 Annie Pearce 11

41767 Arthur Crompton 5

41768 Geo. Warburton 10

41769 Jane A. Lipkott 12

41770 Peter H. Lipkott 13

41771 M. A. Warburton 20

41772 H. Warburton 18

41773 M. H. Windsor 17

41774 E. Hodgkinson 16

41775 J. Entrohistle 11

41776 George Scholes 11

41777 John P. Brierly 9

41778 Frank S. Lomax 7

41779 James Lomax 6

41780 Emily Taylor 12

41781 William Taylor 10

41782 J. Greenhalgh 9

41783 R. Pendlebury 11

41784 J. Norris 10

41785 W. Wood 10

41786 T. Mather 6

41787 A. Pendlebury 7

41788 John Wood 11

41789 R. Pendlebury 9

41790 E. Bennett 16

41791 Arthur Walsh 13

41792 Arthur Gregory 12

41793 Harold Jackson 10

41794 Joseph Sutton 10

41795 Samuel Rostron 10

41796 George Blagg 12

41797 M. F. Graveson 11

41798 A. W. Mardsley 8

41799 James Pearson 10

41800 Fred Duxbury 11

41801 James Hurst 8

41802 John Kingley 14

41803 James Fairhurst 12

41804 Joseph Flitcraft 10

41805 Frederick Dell 5

41806 Bertie Scott 7

41807 F. Harper 8

41808 Albert Whittaker 12

41809 Bertha Murphy 13

41810 F. A. Murphy 12

41811 W. Whittaker 10

41812 Thos. H. Pilling 14

41813 A. H. Horrobin 10

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41814 Edith Hammett 11

41815 R. C. N. Bodily 14

41816 T. R. E. Kendall 14

41817 H. A. Ayton 12

41818 F. M. Stokes 13

41819 Edith Welsh 14

41820 Herbt. C. Welsh 11

41821 Percy E. Welsh 9

41822 Cecil A. Welsh 7

41823 Lilian M. Welsh 5

41824 Pierre David 10

41825 Alice M. A. Grum 9

41826 Violet Dumergue 8

41827 E. M. Dumergue 12

41828 Edith Hinchliffe 11

41829 JAS. C. CLEMENTS, Arnold (Notts) 10

41830 A. W. Clements 7

41831 H. M. Clements 4

41832 Samuel Surgey 10

41833 Arthur Pearson 14

41834 Arthur Greaves 10

41835 William Gretton 11

41836 John H. Casterton 10

41837 Sarah E. Lee 6

41838 A. Hopkinson 11

41839 Hedley Spray 8

41840 William Moore 9

41841 Annie E. Smith 7

41842 James Lee 11

41843 Ernest Spray 14

41844 Arthur Spray 12

41845 Herbert Spray 10

41846 Mary E. Spray 6

41847 William Baguley 8

41848 Samuel Castleton 9

41849 William Castleton 7

41850 Walter Swift 10

41851 Albert Greaves 8

41852 Edwd. Parkinson 3

41853 Arthur Smith 5

41854 Florence Beckett 8

41855 Sarah A. Wayte 7

41856 George Beckett 13

41857 Mary E. Kirk 5

41858 Emma Woodcock 17

41859 Elizbth. Durrant 13

41860 George A. Wayte 10

41861 Annie Parkinson 16

41862 John Parkinson 5

41863 Ada Gretton 9

41864 Parker Peck 9

41865 Arthur Peck 10

41866 Arthur Ward 12

41867 Edith Ward 11

41868 Isaac Morris 10

41869 Gertrude Ward 10

41870 B. Skellington 10

41871 John Skellington 8

41872 Geo. Skellington 5

41873 Arthr. Skellington 12

41874 Stephen Pinder 9

41875 Arthur Baguley 9

41876 Walter Wood 11

41877 Ellen Parkinson 14

41878 Elizab. Parkinson 7

41879 W. H. Ward 14

41880 GERTRUDE E. BALES, Norwich 12

41881 Wm. M. Wright 10

41882 Rose E. Bishop 13

41883 Percy W. Mitchell 7

41884 Laura G. Nudd 8

41885 A. S. Newhouse 9

41886 Charles Bishop 7

41887 Donald Shields 5

41888 Eleanor Bush 8

41889 Herbert G. Smith 10

41890 Henry Thompson 9

41891 James Sherly 7

41892 Edith M. Nudd 10

41893 Horace Browne 8

41894 Frederick Daines 10

41895 Sydney Betts 16

41896 Maud H. Sluman 7

41897 Frank Hines 10

41898 Gertrude S. Betts 8

41899 Ernest T. Hook 8

41900 May E. Hawes 8

41901 Edith M. Ayers 6

41902 Harry J. Parker 7

41903 Ellen Barber 13

41904 Maria Farrow 11

41905 Harriett Mildred 13

41906 Lenard J. Mobbs 6

41907 Anna Kidd 8

41908 Edith M. Betts 15

41909 E. C. Winearls 18

41910 L. A. Winearls 16

41911 Blanche Betts 13

41912 O. C. Hayward 8

41913 M. E. Waller 10

41914 Edith J. Downes 8

41915 A. M. McGowan 11

41916 Ellen Cartwright 15

41917 Maggie Porter 14

41918 Nellie Lewis 13

41919 Jessie Porter 16

41920 Eva M. Ward 12

41921 Julia Hunt 15

41922 Rosa M. Ward 14

41923 A. W. Loveless 11

41924 Alice M. Loveless 12

41925 F. A. Loveless 6

41926 Ellen H. Loveless 9

41927 Clara P. Dunnett 9

41928 Arthur F. Dunnett 10

41929 Annie G. Sayer 10

41930 Susanna A. Beech 20

41931 May G. Roy 15

41932 Harry R. Pearson 16

41933 Alfred E. Roy 10

41934 Catherine A. Roy 15

41935 C. A. M. Gregory 9

41936 F. G. Gregory 7

41937 L. M. Osborne 8

41938 Nellie Dawson 7

41939 Gertrude Dawson 9

41940 Harry L. Curl 10

41941 Percy Curl 8

41942 Kate Beatley 10

41943 Charles Beatley 8

41944 Annie H. Bone 11

41945 Laura Bone 13

41946 Mary A. Bales 15

41947 Mary Noverre 6

41948 Katie E. Cork 12

41949 Amelior G. Ayers 9

41950 R. H. Tunbridge 14

41951 Hugh C. Jagger 11

41952 F. F. C. Jagger 8

41953 F. J. Markham 13

41954 Arthur Corfield 8

41955 Arthur Corbett 10

41956 E. B. Hutton 11

41957 EDITH M. ELLIS, Shooter's Hill 14

41958 C. Dempsey 11

41959 Fredk. C. Ellis 6

41960 Charlie Tutt 11

41961 Eily Bedford 5

41962 Emmie Barnes 10

41963 Lizzie Tutt 17

41964 George King 15

41965 Nellie King 15

41966 Georgina Dixon 11

41967 Isabella Purvis 11

41968 Mary Martin 9

41969 Edith Tucker 11

41970 Mary A. Fish 20

41971 Alice Hendley 12

41972 Kathln. G. Latter 13

41973 Kathleen Turtle 7

41974 Lilly Tutt 14

41975 James Tutt 9

41976 Clara E. Fisk 17

41977 Madoline Latter 12

41978 Martha Fisk 13

41979 Tulip Tutt 12

41980 Marion Turtle 9

41981 Thomas Fisk 6

41982 Herbert Martin 8

41983 Harriett Clark 13

41984 Rose Clark 10

41985 Ada Barrett 13

41986 Ada E. Ellis 13

41987 Ada Fisk 9

41988 Emily Fisk 7

41989 Frederick Fisk 14

41990 Jane Davies 14

41991 Isabella Purvis 11

41992 Janie Monument 9

41993 Edith Groves 14

41994 Annie Stace 15

41995 Louisa Monument 14

41996 Florrie Groves 17

41997 Jessie Purvis 7

41998 Alice Furlong 9

41999 Hilda M. Ellis 12

42000 E. Whittingham 9

42001 Maud Godfrey 12

42002 Mary Tricker 12

42003 Kathleen M. Ellis 12

42004 Henrietta Clark 8

42005 Freddy Imors 7

42006 Ada Jessop 9

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42007 Amy Norgrove 14

42008 Harriet Selby 15

42009 Clara Lumley 14

42010 Emily Selby 15

42011 Margt. A. Keary 12

42012 Pauline Keary 18

42013 Ann R. Dawson 11

42014 Maud B. Deacon 13

42015 Edith I. Deacon 8

42016 Fredk. Deacon 10

42017 Edith K. Deacon 11

42018 Annie B. Colman 8

42019 Chas. Boardman 14

42020 Kate Boardman 12

42021 Florence Wood 14

42022 NELLIE BURDOCK, Wisbech 17

42023 Lottie Dann 10

42024 Florence Holland 15

42025 E. Farrow 11

42026 Alice Nichols 15

42027 F. A. Humphrey 15

42028 Ethel Ferguson 8

42029 Rose Dann 12

42030 Annie Burdock 19

42031 Alice Clarke 10

42032 A. Walpole 14

42033 May Stanley 15

42034 Alfred J. Dann 17

42035 S. Osborn 17

42036 Charlotte Kemp 16

42037 Carrie Peatling 11

42038 F. Stockdale 14

42039 Cissie Mantegani 10

42040 Emmie Atkins 13

42041 E. Winters 10

42042 Nellie Grant 12

42043 E. Budge 10

42044 Emma Cobb 11

42045 Walter F. Gamble 17

42046 J. Budge 9

42047 Agnes Holland 12

42048 M. Oldfield 17

42049 F. Shipley 11

42050 J. Slanford 10

42051 A. Way 10

42052 Hattie Cox 11

42053 L. Tumacliffe 13

42054 Grace Tansley 12

42055 Maud Oldfield 12

42056 H. Candler 19

42057 J. Donaldson 12

42058 Charles W. Dann 9

42059 E. Way 9

42060 Annie Smith 12

42061 Lizzie Bray 13

42062 H. Winters 14

42063 J. Shipley 14

42064 Bell Woods 15

42065 Katie Burdock 5

42066 Alice Johnson 18

42067 R. Shipley 9

42068 Clara Barker 13

42069 Cissie Cross 8

42070 J. Plumb 7

42071 Alice F. E. Rainey 11

42072 Evelyn Barker 13

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42073 Agnes Primrose 14

42074 EDITH LAWSON, Kensington, L. 14

42075 Kate E. Ridgeon 11

42076 Ada M. Bond 14

42077 Eva M. Bond 15

42078 Edith Lavender 11

42079 I. A. Kinninmont 18

42080 Ethel M. Bond 12

42081 Bessie Lowson 13

42082 Maggie Lowson 11

42083 Kate E. Chiles 10

42084 Jeanie P. Dunlop 10

42085 F. L. Kinninmont 13

42086 George Beale 7

42087 Kate M. Hooker 18

42088 Edith Rayner 15

42089 Emily Clark 9

42090 George E. Clark 16

42091 Alice Scott 14

42092 Eva Scott 8

42093 Harriett L. Block 16

42094 Alice Watson 10

42095 Amy N. Smith 12

42096 Emily Weatherley 20

42097 M. A. Weatherley 17

42098 Margt. P. Watson 8

42099 Caroline Roper 20

42100 Marian Rayner 18

42101 Charlotte Bird 8

42102 J. Holmes 13

42103 Rose Brown 8

42104 Florry Waters 7

42105 H. Collingwood 7

42106 M. Hamlyn 11

42107 Laura Hamlyn 10

42108 Herbt. E. Adams 13

42109 Percy Adams 11

42110 Daisy Adams 15

42111 Milly H. Smith 15

42112 Janie Watson 14

42113 Lilian M. Orchard 13

42114 Bessie Webster 11

42115 Beatrice Webster 8

42116 Rachel Webster 15

42117 K. Bennett 13

42118 Edith Watson 7

42119 Maggie Scott 17

42120 Agnes H. Jeffrey 14

42121 Maggie Beattie 12

42122 Bella Cable 14

42123 Ethel I. Boldéro 11

42124 M. M. Boldéro 14

42125 M. P. Lawson 12

42126 Mena G. Lawson 11

42127 ALICE M. A. GREEN, Hounslow 7

42128 Maude A. Green 9

42129 M. A. Williams 18

42130 R. M. Green 5

42131 W. C. Green 4

42132 Rose Ayres 8

42133 H. Ayers 6

42134 Sarah Smith 15

42135 C. Smith 12

42136 Emily Smith 4

42137 Annie Ayers 9

42138 Mary H. Davis 11

42139 L. Smith 7

42140 Thomas Smith 8

42141 Anny Hulsy 8

42142 Harriett Harvy 11

42143 Mary Caunin 5

42144 Wm. J. Plunkett 7

42145 Annie Plunkett 9

42146 Elizbth. Plunkett 6

42147 Ellen Binnfy 5

42148 J. H. Jennings 6

42149 A. Jones 9

42150 B. Jones 6

42151 J. Jones 9

42152 A. Martin 9

42153 E. Martin 11

42154 W. Martin 14

42155 Emily Harvy 6

42156 William Harvy 9

42157 Florence Vickery 7

42158 Lizzie Azle 4

42159 Thomas May 13

42160 Stephen May 7

42161 Fanny May 16

42162 Eliza Azle 4

42163 Fredk. Azle 7

42164 Emily Benham 9

42165 Emily Ayres 8

42166 Mary A. Ansell 10

42167 Rose R. Lenton 11

42168 E. Paynter 7

42169 W. Ansell 6

42170 Hannah White 11

42171 Thomas White 7

42172 T. Fairchild 11

42173 W. Turner 8

42174 Rose H. Turner 6

42175 C. Turner 14

42176 M. Turner 11

42177 Annie Hutchings 8

42178 H. Hutchings 10

42179 E. Hutchings 6

42180 A. Hutchings 4

42181 A. E. McCready 9

42182 H. McCready 6

42183 Wm. McCready 4

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42184 Bessie Dawe 14

42185 Alice L. Loney 8

42186 Ralph E. Loney 10

42187 Annie L. Carver 13

42188 Edith M. Jones 13

42189 EMMA MAYNARD, Shepherd's Bh. 15

42190 M. A. Maynard 17

42191 Edith Sanders 19

42192 Bertha Sanders 18

42193 Evelyn Goode 15

42194 Eliza Joslin 16

42195 Florence Bailey 8

42196 Alice Bailey 16

42197 Mary Bailey 13

42198 Mary Jackson 17

42199 Lillian R. Taviner 13

42200 Ada H. Leeming 14

42201 Wm. W. Stoney 13

42202 Geo. H. Stoney 15

42203 Emily Hird 14

42204 Isaac Hird 12

42205 Eliza Hird 10

42206 Mary Hird 11

42207 Mary Dormain 11

42208 James White 14

42209 Alice White 9

42210 R. H. Wright 16

42211 M. A. Farrington 14

42212 Ada Shepherd 15

42213 Lydia Canacott 20

42214 Edgar R. Dunman 9

42215 G. M. E. Clarke 9

42216 Ada James 15

42217 Clara James 14

42218 Marianne Singer 15

42219 Millicent Holden 12

42220 Alice M. Fruin 14

42221 M. Carpenter 13

42222 Annie E. Fruin 16

42223 Edith A. Fruin 10

42224 H. Fruin 12

42225 F. E. Fordham 16

42226 Kate Fordham 14

42227 Kate Fordham 10

42228 Alice M. Smith 16

42229 Jeanie Johnstone 13

42230 Nellie Beeson 14

42231 Lavinia Richards 15

42232 Florence Levey 14

42233 Agatha Cock 13

42234 K. Buckus 13

42235 Sarah A. Clifton 16

42236 Annie C. Fairy 6

42237 Earl Pettit 11

42238 Emily Pettit 16

42239 John W. Pettit 14

42240 Susan M. Pettit 9

42241 Emma Gaunt 13

42242 William Reeve 14

42243 Fanny E. Hopkins 14

42244 Lottie Taviner 7

42245 R. E. Anderson 13

42246 Caroline Hobden 7

42247 Edith Dawson 11

42248 Blanche Dawson 9

----

42249 Samuel Pinder 10

42250 P. E. Gee 14

42251 Ellen Stace 12

42252 Alice E. Hallett 15

42253 Edwd. Willshere 8

42254 T. A. Minoprio 12

42255 RACHEL R. KINLOCH, Rothesay 12

42256 Joseph A. Murray 18

42257 Elizabeth Murray 11

42258 Chas. R. Kinloch 16

42259 Robt. S McKim 13

42260 Jessie B. McKim 10

42261 Agnes B. Cook 11

42262 L. K. Thomson 13

42263 M. A. J. Stribling 17

42264 Maggie Smith 14

42265 Rebecca Smith 12

42266 Bessie Ronald 12

42267 Agnes Ronald 13

42268 Annie Kerr 15

42269 S. McKellar 15

42270 C. M. Kinnon 19

32271 Jessie R. Wright 9

42272 Margaret Warren 20

42273 Jane S. Brown 14

42274 Agnes S. Brown 12

42275 John Brown 9

42276 Janet S. Black 12

42277 Jane Black 9

42278 Maggie Ferrier 13

42279 Susie Bell 14

42280 H. Montgomerie 13

42281 Maggie J. Duncan 13

42282 Isabella McIntyre 12

42283 Annie Wilson 13

42284 Janet Wilson 11

42285 Annie Duncan 12

42286 Lizzie Clunas 7

42287 Kate Sharp 12

42288 B. S. S. Morrison 11

42289 Christina Waugh 12

42290 Bella Mitchell 12

42291 Agnes A. Black 11

42292 Alexander Black 10

42293 K. D. Macdougall 11

42294 I. D. Macdougall 8

42295 Maggie E. Philip 8

42296 Gracie Gray 10

42297 Elizab. J. Heron 14

42298 Helen Heron 13

42299 Elizabth. L. Smith 10

42300 Lily McMillan 13

42301 Mary McKinnon 12

42302 Maggie Hunter 12

42303 Flora Hunter 14

42304 Louisa Donald 13

42305 M. Paterson 10

42306 Jane Clark 11

----

42307 Frank H. Barber 14

42308 K. Bennett 13

42309 GEO. A. GRAVESON, Bolton 12

42310 Ada A. Fletcher 9

42311 Jane Fenton 7

42312 Nellie Evans 13

42313 Lizzie Hall 12

42314 Annie Rosbottom 12

42315 Arabella Taylor 10

42316 Arthur M. Evans 7

42317 Robert Evans 6

42318 S. J. Graveson 16

42319 F. M. Fletcher 4

42320 Elizabeth F. Mee 10

42321 Mary Mee 8

42322 Jessie Harper 11

42323 Mabel Tibsey 7

42324 Albert Orrell 7

42325 Nancy Schooles 7

42326 George Rostron 6

43327 Bertha Schools 9

42328 E. Birtinshaw 14

42329 Chas. Birtinshaw 9

42330 Beatrice Rostron 11

42331 Edith Rostron 15

42332 Harry Rostron 14

42333 B. Birtinshaw 7

42334 F. M. Greenhalgh 6

42335 A. F. Greenhalgh 7

42336 C. E. Greenhalgh 11

42337 Ellen Colinson 15

42338 Jane Colinson 17

42339 Prudence Corner 12

42340 Lily Corner 11

42341 Tily Orrell 12

42342 Fred Orrell 12

42343 Willie Orrell 13

42344 Fred Davis 13

42345 Lenard Hesketh 13

42346 Harry Moors 13

42347 William Tomison 13

42348 Edwin Almond 13

42349 Harry Haworth 12

42350 Fredk. Wilcock 12

42351 James Horrocks 13

42352 Samuel Rigby 13

42353 William Batter 13

42354 George Moors 13

42355 Samuel Lomax 13

42356 Harry Gastle 13

42357 James Shaw 13

42358 Fred Shaw 14

42359 John Amer 13

42360 John Morden 13

----

42361 K. L. Mackenzie 11

42362 W. F. Mackenzie 9

42363 H. D. Mackenzie 7

42364 E. V. Hensley 10

42365 Percy W. Smith 7

42366 James H. Smith 7

42367 B. E. Harris 9

42368 Beryl Montague 17

42369 Coral Montague 14

42370 Bessie J. Ellis 11

42371 Ethel Freund 12

42372 George J. Freund 9

42373 H. M. Vaughan 11

42374 Bryan W. Bulman 13

42375 C. E. Bulman 10

42376 E. M. Mackenzie 10

42377 G. P. Bulman 6

42378 Arthur G. Foxon 9

42379 Annie L. Foxon 14

42380 John H. Foxon 17

42381 Wm. E. Foxon 12

42382 James Watson 6

42383 E. M. C. Standen 10

42384 CYRIL H. TODD, Skipton 9

42385 Margt. Bradley 14

42386 Edith W. Fox 11

42387 H. W. Hargrove 12

42388 Sissy Haycroft 10

42389 Charles E. Hirst 20

42390 Ben W. Clayton 17

42391 Thomas Pickles 20

42302 Daniel Verity 19

42393 Jany Hirst 19

42394 Geo. Thornton 7

42395 T. Whiteoak 9

42396 Sarah Lobley 13

42397 Hannah Swire 17

42398 Agnes Whiteoak 7

42399 Caroline Butter 8

42400 Syrenna Oldfield 16

42401 Ellen M. Wynn 12

42402 M. A. Thornton 14

42403 C. E. Whiteoak 11

42404 Ethel E. Williams 9

42405 Geo. R. Williams 13

42406 V. E. Wynn 14

42407 Ethel G. Wynn 10

42408 Cyril E. Wynn 16

42409 Julia Williams 19

42410 Mabel B. Wynn 8

42411 Smith Brown 7

42412 Adina Garnett 8

42413 Sarah E. Bradley 7

42414 D. Coulthard 13

42415 Thos. Mawson 15

42416 Eliza Fountain 12

42417 Arthur Garnett 10

42418 A. A. Hargrave 15

42419 Sarah J. Geldard 8

42420 Mary E. Maud 14

42421 Reena A. Hirst 12

42422 Sykes Hirst 17

42423 Fanny Haycroft 14

42424 Mary H. Fox 14

42425 Alice Shaw 10

42426 George Simpson 8

42427 Eva Bradley 6

42428 Willie Craven 12

42429 Edith Windle 7

42430 Lucy Fox 9

42431 Oscar Craven 7

42432 John E. Bradley 8

42433 Ainée Hargrave 10

42434 James Whiteoak 11

42435 Geo. Mainprize 12

----

42436 Mabel H. Plant 10

42437 Lucy J. Clarke 12

42438 Laura M. Lloyd 12

42439 ERNEST BREARLEY, Bedford 14

42440 George Gowing 15

42441 Arthur Swinton 15

42442 Sidney Mence 14

42443 Bertie Mannell 13

42444 A. Leadbeater 14

42445 Percy Talbot 13

42446 Hettie Henville 14

42447 Fred Ellis 15

42448 Edwd. G. Neame 14

42449 Alfred J. Mant 11

42450 Herbert Droive 12

42451 C. F. Waterman 15

42452 James Platts 12

42453 William Droive 13

42454 Edith Platts 10

42455 Charles Purcell 13

42456 John Wilson 13

42457 Hilda Bentham 15

42458 Willie Whitlock 10

42459 John Cawley 16

42460 Henry Heap 12

42461 William Dotchin 15

42462 Godfrey Droive 8

42463 Wm. H. Hare 11

42464 Annie Kelley 13

42465 Fred Rainsford 17

42466 Fanny Sheldon 7

42467 George Sheffield 15

42468 R. Locke 15

42469 J. Crook 17

42470 Herbert Russell 17

42471 L. Short 15

42472 Violet Sheffield 14

42473 William Mitchell 13

42474 J. Lloyd 16

42475 Cecil Mitchell 10

42476 W. Brien 11

42477 Thomas Sheffield 13

42478 John Everard 15

42479 Hugh Watson 11

42480 Willie Homes 9

42481 Hedley Brasier 14

42482 Ralph Sheldon 10

42483 Osborne Parr 13

42484 R. Matthews 9

42485 A. S. Soung 16

42486 George C. Brand 16

42487 Emma Bell 12

42488 Graham Gosling 13

42489 ELIZ. HARKER, Chesterfield 18

42490 C. M. Parker 18

42491 John Hawken 12

42492 Wm. H. Parker 14

42493 M. Z. Tomlinson 13

42494 Helena Hayman 14

42495 Edith Platt 14

42496 Joseph M. Benson 6

42497 Arthur J. Benson 7

42498 Edith A. King 13

42499 Serena Burdon 13

42500 Alfred J. Harker 8

42501 Frank Sampson 12

42502 B. Sampson 11

42503 Annie Stray 13

42504 J. M. Sampson 6

42505 M. J. Caparn 16

42506 Harold Caparn 18

42507 E. R. Caparn 11

42508 A. S. Caparn 13

42509 Annie B. Whiles 14

42510 Mabel A. Whiles 5

42511 Florrie A. Whiles 13

42512 Kate M. Whiles 15

42513 A. O. Harrison 8

42514 Rowland Smith 11

42515 Ethel Bright 12

42516 Arthur A. Smith 14

42517 Dora Greaves 14

42518 M. Hollingworth 18

42519 Amy Deeley 10

42520 D. R. Handley 12

42521 E. B. Brown 11

42522 C. E. Stevenson 13

42523 Elizabeth Oliver 13

42524 Sarah Ward 17

42525 Mary Smith 17

42526 C. E. Drabble 18

42527 E. Hollingworth 15

42528 Edith Walker 11

42529 E. P. Huggins 16

42530 F. J. Wheatcroft 13

42531 Ernest A. King 9

42532 Lizzie Davenport 18

42533 G. M. Drabble 15

42534 Edgar C. Benson 11

42535 Annie E. Fox 16

42536 E. M. Knowles 19

42537 L. Woodward 16

42538 A. M. Webster 6

42539 Mary Harker 16

42540 HERBT. R. HEYHOE, Swaffham 12

42541 Grace E. Heyh 14

42542 H. Heyhoe 12

42543 Harry Ward 8

42544 Sarah J. Wilson 13

42545 H. E. Warnes 7

42546 Gertrude Warnes 10

42547 H. Thurgood 11

42548 Bathsheba Scarf 15

42549 E. Spencer 9

42550 Horace Smith 10

42551 Stanley Smith 8

42552 Sydney Smith 9

42553 Robert Smith 13

42554 Ernest Rolfe 10

42555 William Rolfe 13

42556 John Rose 10

42557 Amy Pheasant 16

42558 Ethel Pheasant 14

42559 Ernest Pheasant 11

42560 Ernest Powley 14

42561 Ada Payne 12

42562 Guy Matthews 9

42563 Lilian Nuthall 9

42564 Ernest Nuthall 13

42565 Fredk. Johnson 13

42566 Edgar C. Johnson 11

42567 Willie Johnson 7

42568 Frances Kew 14

42569 Charles Kew 12

42570 Posseen Hill 16

42571 Edmund Green 12

42572 Chas. Durrant 10

42573 John Cross 13

42574 Herbert Cross 11

42575 Walter Clark 16

42576 Ernest Copland 13

42577 Emily Cooke 14

42578 Ernest Carter 12

42579 Edgar Carter 12

42580 Emma Burton 18

42581 T. Bunting 8

42582 Olive Blomfield 16

42583 G. Blomfield 13

42584 Fredk. Alpe 11

42585 R. E. Alpe 13

42586 Ernest Alpe 9

42587 Horace Alpe 6

42588 Harry Alpe 12

42589 Alice M. Alpe 13

----

42590 Alice Grieve 10

42591 Janet Bell 10

42592 Cath. Redshaw 11

42593 Elizabeth Cook 9

42594 H. W. Turner 9

42595 Robert Ainslie 13

42596 Agnes Ainslie 17

42597 John Shiel 12

42598 Clara Peden 10

42599 John Elliot 9

42600 Janet Renwick 12

42601 Mary Renwick 10

42602 Agnes Elliot 11

42603 James Ridshaw 9

42604 Jane Wilson 12

42605 Jessie Hall 9

42606 A. M. MacLeod 19

42607 Elsie F. Boulton 12

42608 Henrietta L. May 14

42609 Marion Hill 13

42610 Ada Fish 14

42611 M. E. van Gelder 13

42612 Annie I. Boydell 10

42613 Isabel Hill 14

42614 Mary L. Jones 14

42615 A. E. B. Jones 13

42616 W. L. Darbyshire 7

42617 C. A. Darbyshire 13

42618 L. M. Darbyshire 12

42619 Henry C. Harris 6

42620 A. M. Twining 7

42621 EDITH SEALY, Weybridge 13

42622 Rachel E. Spyers 14

42623 Annie Wilson 13

42624 Tiny Garvice 8

42625 Edith Sherwood 19

42626 Wm. Gammon 12

42627 Nellie Atherstone 14

42628 Percy Rose 18

42629 Florie Armstrong 10

42630 G. Waters 13

42631 Alice Castle 14

42632 Montie Castle 9

42633 Maud Castle 11

42634 Bessie Era 16

42635 E. Thomas 16

42636 Henry Laity 4

42637 John Beckerleg 7

42638 E. A. Boase 16

42639 John Angove 10

42640 Abigail Jago 8

42641 H. Short 8

42642 Elizabeth Beare 9

42643 Bessie Botterill 17

42644 Adela Sealy 10

42645 Minnie Groves 20

42646 Janie Jeffery 13

42647 Amy Castle 17

42648 Susan Light 10

42649 Joseph Light 11

42650 George Smith 10

42651 W. H. Spyers 13

42652 Ellie Marks 9

42653 Maude Sealy 16

TRUE STORIES ABOUT PETS, ANECDOTES, &c.

QUEER DOINGS OF A HEN.

DEAR MR. EDITOR,--I am writing to tell you of a hen who had a good

memory. She had some ducks' eggs put under her, which she sat on and

hatched; she was very proud of her brood, and accordingly she took them

out into the yard. In the yard was a pond, which the young ducks

immediately ran to, and in they went. She was in a great fright, and

flew from the shore to an island there was in the middle of the pond

incessantly, and ran round and round, and called them, but in vain.

After a time they came out of the pond, and she brought them up quite

safely.

[Illustration]

Again she was set on duck's eggs, and again they went into the pond and

put her in a terrible fright. These she reared as before. After this she

was set upon hen's eggs, and she hatched them all. Then she took the

chickens into the yard, expecting them to go into the pond as the

ducklings had; but they would not go near. So she called to them, and

flew backwards and forwards from the island; and when they would not go

in she actually took each one and tipped it over into the water! Thus

she drowned all her brood--a very queer thing for a hen to do.

FLORENCE J. MEDDLYCOT.

(Aged 12¾.)

_Hill Vicarage, Falfield, R. S. O., Gloucestershire_.

A STRANGE NURSLING.

DEAR MR. EDITOR,--A friend of mine many years ago was walking with her

brothers and sisters, when she found a young rabbit which had been

slightly hurt. She picked it up and resolved to take it home and keep

it. But now the question arose, How was she to feed it? Suddenly a

bright idea seized her. The cat at home had lately had kittens, and some

of them being drowned, she (the girl) determined to put the rabbit with

the survivors. She did so, and to her delight the cat brought it up as

one of her own.

SIDNEY H. DUXBURY.

(Aged 13¾.)

_Locksley, Southborne-on-Sea, near Christchurch, Hants._

WHO HID THE BRUSHES?

DEAR MR. EDITOR,--My mother had a horse which she used to drive called

"Jacky," who disliked being groomed. The stable-men kept their brushes

in a little cupboard near his stall; but sometimes when they came to

groom him they could not find them. So one day they watched him, and saw

him slip his halter and go to the cupboard and knock with his nose until

he got it open. Then he took out the brushes and hid them under his

straw!

ADELAIDE BENTINCK.

(Aged 11.)

_Froyle House, Alton, Hants._

A CURIOUS FRIENDSHIP.

DEAR MR. EDITOR,--Last year, when we were staying at Amiens, I was very

much struck by a great friendship between a duck and a heron, both of

which were in the hotel garden. The heron looked very ill and weak, and

used to remain in the same spot for a long time, standing first on one

leg and then the other, the duck lying a little distance off. When the

heron wished to walk about it gave a feeble croak, and the duck would

immediately join it, and the two commenced walking round the garden.

When the heron was tired, it gave another croak, and the two companions

stopped their walk. The only time that the duck left the heron entirely

was for its meals, as the two birds were fed at different times. The

heron had a great aversion to rain, and at the least drop would shiver,

and shake its feathers. So, when it began to rain, the duck hurried its

companion on until they reached the little shed where they slept.

Sometimes the heron would begin walking without giving its croak for the

duck to accompany it. This annoyed the duck dreadfully, and it used to

waddle after the heron, quacking very angrily. If the heron appeared

more unwell than usual, the duck redoubled its attention. It was most

curious and interesting to watch them.

MURIEL NASH.

(Aged 14¼.)

_Tudor House, Belvedere Road, Upper Norwood, S. E._

NOTE.--Each Story, Anecdote, &c., when sent to the Editor, must be

certified by a Parent, Teacher, or other responsible person, as being

both _True and Original_.

OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN CORNER.

ANSWER TO "PICTURE STORY WANTING WORDS" (Vol. XIX., _p. 320_).

SECOND PRIZE ANSWER.

Little Freddie Mayton's father lived in America, but Freddie did not

live with him, for he was very delicate, and his father's home was among

the rice plantations, and it was not at all healthy; so Freddie went

away and lived with his mother, about seven miles from his father.

Not being very strong he was allowed to run about as he liked, and he

got fond of the negro servants who worked about his home, but one

especially, whom he called "Uncle Sam."

Uncle Sam was a powerful-looking old man, but he was now getting past

work, and he could not get his liberty, so he was obliged to work on.

He was as fond of Freddie as Freddie was of him, and he was always ready

to do anything for the little boy, from carrying him on his back (for

Freddie was only six years old) to picking oranges for him to eat as he

sat on the grass beneath the cool shade of a tree. Freddie's seventh

birthday had come round, and his father had sent him a kind little

letter saying that if he wanted almost anything he could get him he

should have it.

Freddie was delighted, and began to think what he should ask for. He had

everything a reasonable boy could wish for. At last he thought of

something. It was this he would ask for--Uncle Sam's freedom.

He sat down at once and wrote a note to his father saying the thing he

most wished for was Uncle Sam's freedom, and he should be very pleased

if his father would grant it to him. Then he sealed it up, and running

out told a servant to ride with it to his father.

He did not tell Uncle Sam anything about it, for fear his father would

not grant his request.

When his birthday came, he had a present from his mother and some little

things from nearly all the servants of the household (for they all liked

him), but there was no letter.

After breakfast, he wandered out into the garden, and walked towards

some high ground to see whether he could see anything of a messenger.

Yes! there sure enough was a horseman riding towards the house, and by

the time Freddie had got to the door the man had reached it. He handed

Freddie a letter, which he eagerly tore open.

When he had read it, he ran quickly to Uncle Sam's hut, for his father

had said that though it was rather a surprising request he would grant

it, for Uncle Sam had served him for more than forty years.

When Freddie reached the hut Uncle Sam was sitting on a stone outside

the cottage door, smoking his pipe. Freddie leaned against his knee and

read him the letter, and when Uncle Sam heard it he thanked his little

benefactor so much that Freddie declared he had never enjoyed a birthday

present so much.

EDITH E. LUCY.

(Aged 12.)

_Thornleigh, 50, Woodstock Road, Oxford._

Certified by ALICE LUCY (Mother).

LIST OF HONOUR.

_First Prize (Divided):--Half-Guinea Book, with Officer's Medal of the

"Little Folks" Legion of Honour, to_ C. MAUDE BATTERSBY (15), Cromlyn,

Rathowen, Co. West Meath, Ireland; _and Half-Guinea Book with Officer's

Medal to_ MARY JOHNSON (15¾), Boldmere Road, Chester Road, near

Birmingham. _Second Prize (Seven-Shilling-and-Sixpenny Book), with

Officer's Medal_:--EDITH E. LUCY (12), Thornleigh, 50, Woodstock Road,

Oxford. _Honourable Mention, with Member's Medal_:--KATE S. WILLIAMS

(15), 96, Oakfield Road, Penge; GERTRUDE E. BUTLER (12½), 34, Lorne

Street, Fairfield, Liverpool; LOUIE W. SMITH (15), 11, Woodstock

Terrace, Glasgow; MARGARET SIMPSON (12), Elmhurst, near Garstang, N.

Lancashire; MARY WELSH (14), 1, Barton Terrace, Dawlish; Winifred L.

Coventry (11¾), Severn Stoke Rectory, near Worcester; KATE CHANDLER

(14), 1, The Terrace, Champion Hill; WILLIAM R. BURNETT (15), Scotby

Vicarage, Carlisle.

ANSWERS TO OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES (_Vol. XIX., page 377_).

METAGRAMS.

1. Pin. Tin. Gin. Fin. Bin. Sin.

2. Red. Bed. Wed. Fed. Led.

MENTAL HISTORICAL SCENE.

Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, King of Argos, in Greece.

WHEEL PUZZLE.--LINCOLN.

1. L ion. 2. I ron. 3. N oon. 4. C hin. 5. O wen. 6. L ean. 7. N oun.

MISSING LETTER PUZZLE.

"Tell me not, in mournful numbers,

'Life is but an empty dream!'

For the soul is dead that slumbers,

And things are not what they seem."

LONGFELLOW, _A Psalm of Life_.

GEOGRAPHICAL DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

1. C ogna C. 2. O mag H. 3. T ripol I. 4. S unda L. 5. W illemstad T. 6.

O us E. 7. L eiceste R. 8. D evo N.

HIDDEN PROVERB.

"The least said, the soonest mended."

DIAMOND PUZZLE.--LIVERPOOL.

1. L. 2. T I n. 3. Da V id. 4. App E ars. 5. LIVERPOOL. 6. Tem P lar. 7.

Sc O ne. 8. D O g. 9. L.

DOUBLETS.

1. Book, boot, blot, plot, plat. 2. Fire, fare, care, cart, cast. 3.

Tub, tun, tan, pan. 4. Fare, fame, lame, lamp. 5. Bad, bid, bin, fin. 6.

Soap, soar, sour, four, foul, foal.

A BIRD VIGNETTE.

Head of a Rook.

Our Music Page.

_Three Little Squirrels._

_Humorously_. quarter note = 100. _Words and Music by_ CHARLES BASSETT.

1. Oh! three little squirrels lived in a big wood--Three naughty

young fellows, who called themselves good, And thought it not wrong to

play all day long, Instead of hunting for food. Their father and

mother worked hard ev'ry day, Providing for winter--while they were

at play--With care adding more each day to the store Of acorns and

nuts hid away.

2. One day they were merry as merry could be, No time then for work

had these idle young three; So, wanting a meal, they thought they

would steal The nuts stored up in the tree. When laden and weary at

setting of sun, Their father came home and saw what they had done, He

scolded them roundly, and whipp'd them all soundly, And soon put an end

to their fun.

3. The winter came quickly, and made them feel sad, For sometimes

there scarce was a meal to be had; Then vowed they no more to steal from

the store, But hard to work would be glad. So let me this piece of

advice give to you, "Don't steal from the cupboard or that you'll soon

rue; Waste not, for 'tis wrong, and want brings ere long: You can't

_eat_ and _have_ your cake too!"

[Illustration]

OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES.

RIDDLE-ME-REE.

My first is in vase, but not in glass.

My second is in iron, but not in brass.

My third is in goodness, but not in sin.

My fourth is in coal, but not in tin.

My fifth is in sleet, but not in snow.

My sixth is in hit, but not in blow.

My whole is a flower that most people know.

GERTIE HEAVER.

(Aged 13.)

_164, Dereham Road, Norwich._

SINGLE ACROSTIC.

The initials form the name of a man or boy.

1. A girl's name.

2. A lair.

3. That which fishes live in.

4. Part of the body.

5. A contest.

6. A water bird.

M. E. DANSEY.

(Aged 9¾.)

_Ampney Park, Cirencester._

[Illustration: POETICAL REBUS.

The Answer is a verse from a well-known Poem.]

TRANSPOSED LETTER PUZZLE.

Place these letters aright, and you will see three proverbs come to

view.

1. Aadegghiillllnoorssttttt.

2. Aaadeefhiillllprvw.

3. Aaadddeeehhhimmnnooosssstt.

MILSON R. RHODES.

(Aged 12¾.)

_Crefeld Villa, Withington, near Manchester._

HIDDEN PROVERB.

I have lost every one of my shells.

That cloud prophesies a storm.

He has just received your note.

George, let us go for a walk.

James has given me a silver pencil.

I have torn the lining of my coat.

EDWIN POTTER.

(Aged 10½)

_Price Street, York._

ARITHMOREM.

57 + EGNOSNT = an explorer.

150 + 50 + PAEA = a mathematician.

1051 + ONT = a poet.

1101 + AREA = a continent.

1100 + NAUNHUS = a composer.

550 + NOON = a city.

ALICE MOSSMAN.

(Aged 13.)

_Daisy Hilly Bradford, Yorks._

DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

The second letter of each word, and the last letter but one of each

word, read downwards form the names of two fishes.

1. Asserts.

2. An exclamation.

3. A vehicle.

4. Oxen.

5. Something that points.

6. To stick.

7. To handle.

8. One of the parts of speech.

BESSIE NICHOLSON.

(Aged 10¼.)

_202, Evering Road, U. Clapton._

MISSING LETTER PUZZLE.

A verse by Coleridge.

I × e × r × h × e × n × i × n × m × r × n × r!

× f × a × t × y × k × n × y × a × d!

× n × t × o × a × t × o × g × n × l × n × a × d × r × w ×,

a × i × t × e × i × b × d × e × s × n ×.

CHRISTABEL G. MARSHALL.

(Aged 12¼).

_10, Worcester Terrace, Clifton._

SQUARE WORD.

1. A girl's name.

2. An open space.

3. The back part.

4. Spun wool.

LILY WALPOLE.

(Aged 13½.)

_James Road, Stornoway, N.B._

PRIZE PUZZLE COMPETITION.

During the next six months we propose to make a variation in our Prize

Competitions which will, we think, prove an additional attraction to our

readers both at home and abroad. In the place of Two Quarterly

Competitions there will be Three Competitions, each extending over two

months, as below:--

I. THE SUMMER COMPETITION, consisting of Puzzles appearing in the

present (July) and the August Numbers.

II. THE HOME AND FOREIGN COMPETITION, specially introduced for the

purpose of giving readers residing abroad an opportunity of

competing on favourable terms. Particulars of this will appear in

the September Number.

III. THE WINTER COMPETITION, consisting of Puzzles appearing in the

November and December Parts.

PRIZES.

I. In the SUMMER COMPETITION there will be a First Prize of a

Guinea Volume; a Second Prize of a Half-Guinea Volume; a Third

Prize of a Five-Shilling Volume, awarded in EACH DIVISION, viz.,

the SENIOR DIVISION for girls and boys between the ages of 14 and

16 (_inclusive_), and the JUNIOR DIVISION for those _under_ 14

years of age. There will also be awards of Bronze Medals, of the

LITTLE FOLKS Legion of Honour to the three next highest of the

Competitors following the Prize-winners in _each_ Division.

II. In the HOME AND FOREIGN COMPETITION Special and Additional

Prizes will be offered, of which full particulars will be given in

the September Number.

III. A List of Prizes in the WINTER COMPETITION will appear in the

November and December Numbers.

REGULATIONS.

Solutions of the Puzzles published in this number must reach the Editor

not later than July 8th (July 12th for Competitors residing abroad),

addressed as under:--

_The Editor of "Little Folks,"

La Belle Sauvage Yard,

Ludgate Hill,

London, E. C._

_Answers to Puzzles.

Junior [or Senior] Division._

Solutions to Puzzles must be accompanied by certificates from a Parent,

Teacher, or other responsible person, stating that they _are the sole

and unaided work_ of the competitor. No assistance must be given by any

other person.

Competitors can be credited only under their own name.

The decision of the Editor of LITTLE FOLKS on all matters must be

considered final.

The names and addresses of Prize and Medal winners will be duly

published in LITTLE FOLKS.

GAME PUZZLE FOR JULY.

Our Game Puzzle for this month will be in the form of a little story.

Four children were one bright summer afternoon standing together in an

old-fashioned garden. There was Millicent, aged fourteen, upon whom sat

a weight of care, for it was her task to look after and amuse the other

three, viz., her two brothers Harry and Arthur, aged ten and eight

respectively, and little Beatrice, aged five. The children seemed

altogether out of sorts, they were cross, petulant, teasing, and would

settle to nothing. At last Milly thought of the toys indoors, and said,

"Now we will go and have a good game in the nursery."

"No," said Bee, stoutly, "me don't want to do and play wiz dolly to-day.

I 'ike ze darden best."

In this fashion answered the others.

Then, said Milly, an idea dawning on her, "shall we try a new game out

of doors?"

"A new game out of doors--just the thing," the boys chimed in.

"Let us all stand," said Milly, "together by this bower, and in turn

think of some flower. I will begin, and so show you the way. I think of

a polyanthus, and I say, 'Who will first touch a poly?' Then I count

three, and if any of you can guess the word during that time we shall

all start together for the nearest polyanthus, and when we reach it

call 'polyanthus.' Who reaches the flower first scores a mark. Do you

understand?"

Yes, they all thought that would do, and so they tried it quite

successfully. Such shouts of "Fuchsia," "Dahlia," "Geranium,"

"Snapdragon," &c. &c.; but when it came to Beatrice's turn they thought

she wasn't old enough to think of a flower on her own account, and so

suggested all kinds of words.

"No, me tell one myself," she said, and then grandly pronounced "Wo."

"What's that?" they all exclaimed, and whilst Bee counted three they all

puzzled to find it out.

Then little Bee ran a few yards and stopped at the nearest Rose-bush.

"Why, that's a _Rose_," said Harry.

"Tourse it is, silly boy, didn't I say 'Wo?' and isn't it a 'Wosy

Posy?'"

And so they all played on, and their little faces brightened into

smiles, and fretfulness was forgotten in a good game as it always is;

and by tea-time they were all thoroughly tired, and ready to go indoors

when mamma called them.

There's the game, now for the Puzzle. You will find below a quantity of

syllables in squares. Those syllables, if sorted out correctly, will

make a certain number of wild and garden flowers, briefly described

below, and all you have to do is to pick them out and place them in

their proper order.

SENIOR DIVISION.

+------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+

| tau | e | ach | clem | a | ber |

+------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+

| mim | be | y | im | a | ris |

+------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+

|eschs | ant | cen | u | ge | tis |

+------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+

| i | val | ir | an | rhi | pol |

+------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+

| zi | ra | cholt | ri | thus | num |

+------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+

| nes | tum | an | a | lus | ry |

+------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+

The following flowers can be made from the above syllables:--1. A small

pink wild flower, bitter to taste, found in dry pastures--June to

September. 2. Many flowers on one stem. 3. Its name is derived from a

Latin word meaning mimic or ape. 4. A small but important order,

including the poppy and many poisonous plants. 5. With open mouth behold

this favourite flower. 6. Erect flowering-stems, found in damp

hedgerows, moist woods, edges of streams--June to August. 7. Its name is

derived from a word meaning sensitive to cold. 8. A beautiful purple or

white flower, seen on the walls of many homes. 9. "A plant ever young."

10. Touch the stamens with the point of a pin, and they all spring

forward and touch the pistil.

JUNIOR DIVISION.

+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+

| cel | o | cor | pim | e | beg |

+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+

| a | sue | an | di | nem | el |

+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+

| di | cam | op | dine | an | y |

+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+

| ag | sis | per | pan | o | cory |

+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+

| jas | ne | ri | thus | u | mo |

+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+

|nel | nia | tra | la | ny | mine |

+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+

The following flowers can be made from the above syllables:--1. A pretty

yellow flower, found in damp fields, meadows, and brooks. 2. A white or

yellow flower found on houses. 3. A pretty little yellow flower, on high

flowering-stems, sweet in scent. 4. A "divine" flower. 5.

Bell-shaped--blue, purple, or white. 6. Purple, red, and yellow,

sometimes white. The fruit is a pod containing many seeds. 7. Sometimes

eaten as salads, the leaves and stems being flavoured with oxalic acid.

8. Named from the resemblance of its seed to a small beetle. 9. A

beautiful little crimson flower, covering the fields in summer. 10. A

beautiful white spring flower, found in copses and hedgerows. 11. A

beautiful pale blue flower, found especially on sand or chalk.

The flowers must be named in the order given in the two lists.

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 17.

SENIOR DIVISION.

1. Christopher Sly. 2. Carolina Skeggs, Wilhemina. 3. Shallow, 4. René

5. Prester John. 6. Nahum Tate. 7. St. Loy. 8. Petronel Flash.

CLASS I.--Consisting of those who have gained eight marks:--F. G.

Callcott.

CLASS II.--Consisting of those who have gained seven marks or

less:--M. Bradbury, N. Besley, C. Burne, H. Blunt, A. Bradbury, G.

Clayton, J. Cooper, M. Cooper, H. Coombes, Ellen Corke, A.

Chappell, G. Dundas, E. B. Forman. C. Gilbert, E. Griffiths, H.

Gill, A. Garnham, M. Heddle, C. Hart, D. von Hacht, E. Hobson, H.

Leake, B. Law, E. Lloyd, A. M. Lynch, H. Leah, J. Lewenz, C. Morin,

M. More, C. Mather, E. Maynard, E. McCaul, E. Prate, M.

Addison-Scott, K. Stanton, A. Solomon, M. Somerville. M. Trollope,

Una Tracy, B. Tomlinson, Harold Watson, W. Wilson, E. Woolf, E.

Wedgewood, K. Williams, A. Wilson.

JUNIOR DIVISION.

1. Sir Torre. 2. Pip. 3. Humphrey Clinker. 4. Zem. 5. Bore. 6. Cæsar. 7.

Troilus. 8. Duergar.

CLASS I.--Eight marks:--D. Blunt, M. McCalman Turpie.

CLASS II.--Consisting of those who have gained seven marks or

less:--A. Allsebrook, R. G. Bell, E. E. Borchard, L. Besley, C.

Burne, E. Blackbourne, E. Burdett, F. Boreham, E. Brake, F. Burne,

L. Biddle, F. Cooper, M. Cooper, A. Coombs, C. Crawford, E.

Coombes, M. Callcott, E. Carrington, F. Clayton, H. Chappell, J.

Chapman, S. Coventry, V. Coombes, C. D'Almeida, R. Dutton, E.

Elston, E. Evans, C. Fullford, M. Foreman, M. Frisby, L. Forrest,

A. Gilbert, L. Gill, G. Griffith, E. Gruning, A. Howard, F. Howard,

P. Hale, E. Hanlon, K. Hawkins, W. Hobson, W. Johnson, A. Kino, A.

King, A. McKelly, A. Leah, K. Lynch, J. Laneum, W. Lewenz, E.

Morgan, H. Mayer, J. Moore, M. Meredith, G. Morris, C. Moody, N.

Maxwell, F. Medlycott, E. Nicholson, G. Neame, E. Neame, F. Newman,

E. Quilter, S. Rolfe, M. Crompton-Roberts, E. Stanton, K. Simson,

L. Stibbs, E. Stanley, G. Stallybrass, H. M. Smith, M. Wood-Smith,

F. Todd, M. Wiper, K. Wedgwood, F. Woolf, L. Walpole, W. Wigram, J.

Williamson.

_Note._--The following Competitors were credited in our Register

with Solutions to Puzzle No. 16, but by an oversight their names

were omitted from the list published in the May Number:--SENIORS.

W. Besley, H. Cornfield, G. H. Dundas, E. M. G. Gill, C. G. Hill,

H. Leah, C. J. Mather, C. G. Rees, H. R. Stanton, M. C. Welland, B.

Wright, E. L. Wilkinson, E. H. Wilkinson. JUNIORS. E. Elston, L. L.

Gill, W. Goligher, M. A. Howard, F. S. Howard, M. Jenkins, A. Leah,

F. J. Medleycott, E. L. Metcalf, H. J. Nix, E. A. Neame, G. Price,

C. Roberts, E. Stanton, M. W. Smith, M. C. Tonge, M. Turpie (K.

Lynch should have been in Class I. instead of Class II.)

The "Little Folks" Special Prize Competitions for 1884.

The following is a Complete List of the SEVEN SPECIAL COMPETITIONS for

the present year in which--with the view of giving younger readers the

same opportunities of success as older ones--there are Senior Divisions

for those of the age of _Fourteen_ and _under Seventeen_, and Junior

Divisions for those _under Fourteen_:--

No. I.--PLAIN NEEDLEWORK, as shown in Night-dresses and Cotton and

Print Frocks for Children and Infants in Hospitals.

[N. B.--In this Competition machine sewing is not allowed, and no

article is to be washed.]

No. II.--ILLUMINATED TEXTS, suitable for hanging in the wards of

Children's Hospitals and kindred Institutions.

[N. B.--The Texts are to be limited to from three to nine words.

The _designs_ are not to be _necessarily_ original, but _printed

outlines_ will not be allowable.]

No. III.--SINGLE DOLLS IN COSTUME.--Historical, Military, Naval,

representing Nationalities, &c.

[N. B.--The clothes should be made to take off and put on.]

No. IV.--SCRAP-ALBUMS.

[In this Competition the Albums may include not only ordinary

Scraps and Coloured and Plain Pictures, but also Pressed Flowers,

Ferns, Seaweed, Christmas, New Year, Easter, and Birthday Cards,

&c. &c. The Albums themselves may either be bought or made by the

Competitors.]

No. V.--SINGLE DOLLS (including BABY DOLLS), in Ordinary Clothes.

[N. B.--The clothes should be made to take off and put on.]

No. VI.--TOYS, MADE OF ANY MATERIAL, AND WOOL PLAYTHINGS as shown

in Wool Balls, Knitted and Crocheted Reins, &c. &c.

In _each_ of these Six Competitions (I. to VI.) Two Prizes in Books of

the respective values of TWO GUINEAS and ONE GUINEA will be awarded in

the Senior Division, and Two Prizes of the respective values of ONE

GUINEA and HALF A GUINEA will also be awarded in the Junior Division;

making in all Four Prizes in _each_ Competition of the value of FOUR AND

A HALF GUINEAS.

No. VII.--THE "LITTLE FOLKS" SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED STORY COMPETITION

FOR 1884.

[In this Competition (No. VII.) Prizes in Books and Medals of

_exactly the same value and number_ are offered _in each Division_

to those who shall send in the BEST ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED STORIES,

account being also taken of the neatness of the writing and the

arrangement of the Pictures. The following is the list (_in each

Division_):--A FIRST PRIZE OF ONE GUINEA AND A HALF in Books for

the BEST STORY; a SECOND PRIZE OF ONE GUINEA in Books for the

SECOND BEST STORY; a THIRD PRIZE OF HALF A GUINEA in Books for the

THIRD BEST STORY; and TWELVE PRIZES OF HALF-CROWN BOOKS to the NEXT

TWELVE BEST of the Competitors following the winner of the Third

Prize; thus making in all, in the Two Divisions, THIRTY PRIZES.

Further particulars and the Regulations were given in the January,

1884, Number of LITTLE FOLKS.]

All Prize-winners in the SEVEN COMPETITIONS will receive Bronze Medals

constituting them Officers of the LITTLE FOLKS Legion of Honour; and in

addition to the Prizes and Medals offered, some of the most deserving

Competitors will be included in a Special List of Honour, and will be

awarded Members' Medals of the Legion. All readers of LITTLE FOLKS (if

within the stipulated ages), whether Girls or Boys, may compete in _any

or all_ of the above Competitions, and the Regulations (which were given

in full in the January Number) are, briefly, as follow:--

All work of every kind (including, of course, the Stories) to be

certified by a Parent, Magistrate, Minister of Religion, Teacher,

or other person in a responsible position, as the sender's _own

unaided_ work. In the case of the Stories (for Competition VII.) a

Certificate must be given that they are _original_; and the printed

conditions must be strictly observed. The age of _every_ Competitor

must also be attested.--All work to be carefully marked with the

Competitor's name, age, and full address, and to be sent,

accompanied by the Certificate, carefully packed and _carriage

paid_, addressed to "The Editor of LITTLE FOLKS, La Belle Sauvage

Yard, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C."--All the Competitions will

_finally close_ on SATURDAY, THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1884.

The whole of the work of every kind in the SEVEN COMPETITIONS will be

distributed among the little inmates of the principal CHILDREN'S

HOSPITALS and KINDRED INSTITUTIONS throughout the United Kingdom.

The foregoing are in addition to the regular "Picture Page" and Puzzle

Competitions, &c. (see pages 61 and 64).

[Illustration: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.]

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

[_The Editor requests that all inquiries and replies intended for

insertion in LITTLE FOLKS should have the words "Questions and Answers"

written on the left-hand top corners of the envelopes containing them.

Only those which the Editor considers suitable and of general interest

to his readers will be printed._]

PRIZE COMPETITIONS, &c.

A FOREIGN COMPETITOR.--[An announcement of a Prize Puzzle Competition,

in addition to a "Picture Page Wanting Words" Competition, in both of

which Extra Prizes will be given, and much longer time than usual

allowed for sending in Answers, will appear in the September number of

LITTLE FOLKS. These two Competitions have been arranged, in response to

repeated requests, in order that Competitors residing on the Continent,

and in the United States, Canada, &c., (in addition to those living in

Great Britain), may take part in them in much greater numbers than they

are generally able to do.--ED.]

LITERATURE.

A CROCODILE writes in answer to MARY HODGE, that the line--

"When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war,"

was written by Nathaniel Lee, and is to be found in his tragedy of

_Alexander the Great_, act iv., scene 2. Answers also received from

KITT, THISTLE, CHLOE, A YOUNG FIDDLER, and POP-A-TOP.

FLURUMPUS FLUMP asks in what poem

"A boy's will is the wind's will"

is to be found, and what is the first verse.

COOKERY.

ARIEL writes, in reply to PRINCESS IDA, that the way to make jumbles is

to rasp on some good sugar the rinds of two lemons; dry, reduce it to

powder, and sift it with as much more as will make up a pound in weight;

mix with it one pound of flour, four well-beaten eggs, and six ounces of

warm butter; drop the mixture on buttered tins, and bake the jumbles in

a very slow oven from twenty to thirty minutes. They should be pale, but

perfectly crisp. Answer also received from NORA F.

MAID OF ATHENS wishes to have a recipe for oat-cakes.

PEPPER AND BLOSSOM would like to know how to make cocoa-nut ice.

GENERAL.

WHITE ANEMONE writes, in answer to BLUEBELL, who wishes to know when and

by whom organs were invented: "Jubal is mentioned in Gen. iv. 21, as

'the father of all such as handle the harp and organ;' but neither the

century of its invention nor the name of the inventor can be given. Hero

and Vitruvius speak of a water-organ, invented or made by Ctesibius, of

Alexandria, about 180 or 200 B.C., so that it may be inferred that other

kinds of organs were then in existence. Aldhelm, an Anglo-Saxon writer,

mentions that organs were used in England at the end of the seventh and

the beginning of the eighth century. The Byzantine emperor, Constantine

VI., sent an organ to Pepin, the father of Charlemagne, about the year

757. In 812, Charlemagne had another one built in the same way. This is

related by Eginhard, who was Charlemagne's secretary. In 880, Pope John

VIII. had an organ from Germany, and an expert player was sent with it.

It is supposed that this organ was the first ever used in Rome. Of the

quality of these early organs little is known."--Answers also received

from F. CROPPER, GAMBA, CHERUB, and CLAUDIA.

THE DUKE OF OMNIUM writes, in answer to SISTER SNOUT, that a window-box

may be very prettily arranged with nasturtiums (climbing ones) at each

corner, and _Lobelia speciosa_. Mignonette would make a border, or

violets and sweet alyssum placed alternately. Red geraniums should be

placed behind the smaller plants, and thus a very pretty box may be made

with good, hardy plants.--Answers also received from IOLANTHE, CHERUB,

H. B. BODINGTON, DEAR DUMPS, and CUPID.

THE BLACK PRINCE wishes to have directions for making a cardboard model.

[An article on this subject appeared in LITTLE FOLKS, Vol. XVII., page

205.--ED.]

M. H. S. would be glad to know if maidenhair ferns need much water, and

how often they ought to be watered.

THE DUKE OF OMNIUM writes, in answer to QUEEN MAB, that if her myrtle

suffers from scale, the following is an excellent cure for it:--"Make

some size or jelly glue water of moderate thickness. Dip the head of the

plant in such water, or syringe it well all over. After this, the plant

should be placed in a shady place for about two days, and then, after

rubbing the dry head of the plant through your fingers so as to cause

the insects and glue to fall off, syringe heavily with clear water at

120°."

ELAINE.--[The meaning of "A E I" was given in LITTLE FOLKS, Vol. XVIII.,

page 63.--ED.]

NATURAL HISTORY.

A GENTLEMAN OF COLOUR would be glad to know if Indian meal is good for

rabbits. [It can be used in turn with other dry food, but is too

fattening to suit any animals kept in confinement for a permanency,

unless they are to be fattened up.]

SNOUT and M. S. R. wish to know what is the best food for goldfinches,

and whether hemp-seed is injurious to them.--[A very little hemp-seed

occasionally is good, and much is very bad, for nearly all birds. The

best food is a mixture of canary, millet, oat-grits, and rape or

maw-seed, putting about a dozen grains of hemp-seed on the top every

day. The bird soon learns the plan, and leaves off scattering the other

seed to get at the hemp, as he will otherwise do.]

QUEEN MAB wants to know how to tame her goldfinch. It is a last year's

bird, and she has not had it long. It is fed on canary-seed and a little

hemp.--[For food, see above, a little more variety being well. As to

taming, it will soon get tame if you spend time often by it and _keep

still_, and always feed it yourself. Some children are too impatient--to

be _quiet_ near birds and animals is the main thing.]

Picture Story Wanting Words.

[Illustration]

A GUINEA BOOK and an Officer's Medal of the LITTLE FOLKS Legion of

Honour will be given for the best Story having special reference to the

Picture below. A smaller Book and an Officer's Medal will be given, in

addition, for the best Story (on the same subject) _relatively to the

age of the Competitor_; so that no Competitor is too young to try for

this second Prize. The Story must not exceed 500 words in length, and

must be certified as the unaided work of the Competitor by a Minister,

Teacher, Parent, or some other responsible person. All the Competitors

must be under the age of Sixteen years. Stories from Competitors

residing in Great Britain and Ireland must reach the Editor on or before

the 10th of July next; in the case of Stories sent from the English

Colonies or from Foreign Countries an extension of time to the 15th of

July will be allowed. In addition to the Two Prizes and Officers'

Medals, some of the most deserving Competitors will be included in a

special List of Honour, and will be awarded Members' Medals of the

LITTLE FOLKS Legion of Honour. The Editor particularly requests that

each envelope which contains a Story having reference to this Picture

should have the words "Picture Story Wanting Words" plainly written on

the left-hand top corner of it. Competitors are referred to a notice

respecting the Silver Medal, which was printed on page 115 of the last

Volume.

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| Transcriber's Note: |

| |

| Page 1: "would give so much to see" has been changed to |

| "would give so much to see." |

| |

| Page 7: Quotation marks before: I don't think our father'd |

| have been removed |

| |

| Page 18: "his subjects loved and honoured Solohim" has been |

| changed to "his subjects loved and honoured Solomon" |

| |

| Page 31: closing quotation mark has been removed--leaving |

| the door open. |

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| Page 32: closing quotation mark has been removed--admire me |

| for my strength. |

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| Page 55: "The number of Officers" has been changed to |

| "(The number of Officers" |

| |

| Page 57: The name Florence J. Meddlycot is spelled F. J. |

| Medleycott on p. 62. |

| |

| Page 58: "he should have it" has been changed to "he should |

| have it." |

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| Page 61: opening quotation mark changed from single quote to |

| double quote--shall we try a new game out of doors? |

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| Page 62: the name M Turpie has been changed to M. Turpie |

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| Page 62: "January, 1884, Number of LITTLE FOLKS." has been |

| changed to "January, 1884, Number of LITTLE FOLKS.]" |

| |

| Page 63: "Canada, &c.), in addition to those" has been |

| changed to "Canada, &c., (in addition to those" |

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