Rising Sun Lane from Broad Street, will have a clear course out of
Philadelphia to the northeastward. By turning right into Lehigh Avenue,
and continuing over Belgian block pavement to Kensington Avenue, he will
run into Frankford, which is the way he has come from New York. The
roads out of Camden on the other side of the Delaware are clearly
marked. Crossing the Market Street ferry, you go south by Broadway or
north by Pea Shore road, and by studying the map the rider will see
where are the best roads for reaching Essington, Derby, Lansdown, and
Haverford on the southwest.
Note.--Map of New York city asphalted streets in No. 809. Map of
route from New York to Tarrytown in No. 810. New York to Stamford,
Connecticut, in No. 811. New York to Staten Island in No. 812. New
Jersey from Hoboken to Pine Brook in No. 813. Brooklyn in No. 814.
Brooklyn to Babylon in No. 815. Brooklyn to Northport in No. 816.
Tarrytown to Poughkeepsie in No. 817. Poughkeepsie to Hudson in
No. 818. Hudson to Albany in No. 819. Tottenville to Trenton in
820. Trenton to Philadelphia in 821.
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thousand miles a minute; sound, eleven hundred and forty-three; light,
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Vacation and moth-time come hand in hand the first week in July.
The boys of the neighborhood come yelling from school to eat
supper and go to bed to be up at six o'clock. At six o'clock
around comes a man with a leather pouch filled with carbon sticks.
One by one the boys, some on bicycles, some on foot, begin to
follow him. Let us suppose we have joined the procession. We come
to an electric light. As the light is let down the boys begin to
jump up and down, yell, push, etc., to get first pick.
The man takes a fine brush and quickly cleans the globe. As the
insects fall to the ground there is a general scramble. We are
lucky enough to get a fine specimen of a Luna, and start for home
to save us from getting mobbed. One of the most common of the
large moths found in the globes is the Luna (_Attacus luna_). The
spread of the wings is from three to four inches. The general
color is a beautiful tint of green. The edges of the fore wings
are brown, the streak crossing the body. There are four eye spots,
one on each wing. A white furry body and light golden antennae
complete the colors of this beautiful, delicate moth.
Another of the beautiful moths is the Cecropia (_Attacus
cecropia_). The general color is a beautiful brown, and the usual
eye spots are prevalent. The Io (_Saturnia Io_) is a rival of the
Luna in beauty. It is of a deep yellow with purplish-red markings
and the usual eye spots. The Attacus Prometheus and Polyphemous
moths are occasionally found in the globe. The most common victims
are the Sphinx moths, who have a very long name, _Macroscla
quinquemaculata_.
ALBERT W. ATWATER, R.T.K.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.
Facts About Alaskan Indians
Some time since, Sir Knight James F. Rodgers, of Tiffin, Ohio, wrote us:
"A man gave an illustrated lecture on Alaska at our school-house. He
said, 'That when a girl arrives at the age of fourteen she is taken to
the mountains and confined in a house for one year; when a girl arrives
at the age of eighteen her parents put a wooden button in her lower lip;
that the people worship the white crow.' Are these statements true?"
In reply, Mr. O. T. Mason, Curator of the Department of Ethnology in the
National Museum, Washington, very kindly says: "I take special pleasure
in answering the inquiries of James F. Rodgers, of Tiffin, Ohio. He may
have misunderstood the lecturer somewhat, and, therefore, without
characterizing it, say, first, that among all savage tribes in the world
there is a custom of separating young women when they come to be of
marriageable age. These customs differ from tribe to tribe, and the
length of time of their separation varies. There are no high mountains
in Alaska, and one year seems to be rather a long period, yet the
general fact remains; secondly, a button of wood, or ivory, or stone,
called a labret, is placed in the lower lip of girls, in some tribes of
boys, in other of both. Among the Eskimo and the Indians of Alaska, as
the child grows older and the orifice becomes enlarged, a stone or block
of wood of greater and greater size is inserted, until I have seen a
block at least 2-1/2 inches in diameter taken from the lip of an old
woman. The Botocudos of South America, on the Amazon, are especially
curious in this regard, for they not only insert enormous blocks in
their lips, but also in the lobe of the ear, until it falls upon the
shoulder; thirdly, as to the worship of the Alaskan natives, it should
be said that there are two kinds of natives in Alaska--Eskimo and
Indians. The Eskimo have one sort of primitive religion, the Indians
quite another sort. It does not convey exactly the right idea to us that
the natives worship anything, certainly it is very far from the truth to
say that anybody in Alaska worships the white crow.
"The Indians of Alaska, like the other Indians of America, are divided
up in their tribal relations into bands or clans called 'Totems,' and
these are generally named after some prominent animal of the region.
Great respect is paid to these animals, and frequently the clan refrains
from eating the whole or a portion of the totemic animal. It is a very
interesting study. I cannot find out that the Eskimos have any definite
names for the objects of which they stand in awe. They have among them a
class of men called 'Shammans,' who believe in spirits and practise
certain rules for the influencing and controlling these spirits. The
same worship is common all over Siberia and northern Europe. None of
these people have an organized form of worship. Such a thing would be
impossible in a country so forlorn and cold."
Kinks.
No. 90.--BEN BOLT. (_A NEW VERSION._)
THIRTY PROPER NAMES CONCEALED.
O don't you remember old Sally, Ben Bolt,
Old Sally whose hair was so red,
Her matutinal cry of "Buy any shad?"
Racked our ears till we wished we were dead.
In a small back yard off the alley, Ben Bolt,
The miserly fish-wife of yore
Sits nursing her hord, while she counts once again
The same sheckles she counted before.
O don't you remember the streamlet, Ben Bolt,
Where the boys that played hookey from school
Sat snug on the banks eating taffy and pie,
Or bathed in the clear crystal pool.
But next day, perhaps, you remember, Ben Bolt,
We would fain for a bed negotiate,
Our respective papas had the evening before
Plied the rod at so lively a rate.
O don't you remember our teacher, Ben Bolt,
The man so averse to all fun?
No ham bone or sparerib sent up to our rooms
But he sniffed it and took it away.
Near the church round the corner they've laid him at last,
Where the willows 'n sympathy wave,
And the mocking-bird, chorister meet for a Czar,
Gently warbles a dirge o'er his grave.
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No. 91.--PECULIAR WORD SQUARE.
1 10 11 2
4 * * 3
5 * * 6
8 9 12 7
1 to 2 is exalted reputation.
3 to 4 is one of the surfaces of a solid.
5 to 6 is a strain sung by a single voice.
7 to 8 is to repose or recline from labor.
1 to 8 is a snug abode.
9 to 10 is a summer drink extensively used.
11 to 12 is equivalent to 320 rods.
7 to 2 is a well-known and beautiful flower.
M. BEEMAN STOUT.
LYONS.
Answers to Kinks.
No. 89.
1. "Elm."--Holmes.
2. "Chestnut."--Holmes.
3. "Norway pines; larches."--Phebe Cary.
4. "Chestnuts."--Holmes.
5. "Spice-trees."--Holmes.
6. "Pine-tree."--Whittier.
7. "Pines."--Paul Hamilton Hayne.
8. "Pine-trees; oaks."--J. T. Trowbridge.
9. "Willow."--Holmes.
10. "Pine; elm."--Holmes.
11. "Hemlock."--Holmes.
12. "Hemlock-tree; hemlock-tree."--Longfellow.
Rabbits and Water
Victor Gage wanted to know the experience of others who have kept
rabbits. I have kept them for the last five years. I find that
they will not drink water if you feed them on clover, grass,
cabbage, lettuce, turnip tops, and other green plants. There is
always a little dew on this food. If there is much dew, they will
get enough water to last them all day, and often for three or four
days. On the other hand, if you feed them on dry food, such as
hay, oats, corn, stale bread, and other dry things, they will
generally drink water about two or three times a week, and
sometimes every day.
I keep my rabbits in a house somewhat like the one Mr. Chase
illustrated in the Round Table some weeks ago. When it rains and
the rabbits are thirsty, they will lick the drops of rain as they
run down the wire netting. I think that if Mr. Gage feeds his
rabbits on the dry food mentioned for four or five days and then
give them water, he will be convinced that rabbits do drink.
LION GARDINER.
CONCORD, N. H.
Questions and Answers.
Vincent V. M. Beede, East Orange, N. J., asks some members to describe
some less common games of dominoes, and tell the origin of the game
croquet. Let's have them in the form of morsels for printing. L. V.
Riddle, 13 Roanoke Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass., is interested
in botany, and wants to hear from Albert W. Atwater and all young
naturalists and botanists. Ralph Cain, 1041 Santa Fe Street, Atchison,
Kan., thinks it would be a capital idea to form an electrician Chapter
about the Table, and would like to have other members join him. He hopes
to become an electrical engineer--an excellent direction for one's
ambition just now, we think, for electricity is to be the motive power
of the future far more than it is now. Knights of to-day who reach their
threescore and ten in due time will see steam supplanted by it on our
railways. Sir Ralph will find Callaud cells, duplicated for strength,
the battery most used for sustained power. The arc light is the result
of frictional not chemical electricity.
W. D. S.: What is the simplest and cheapest form of electric battery
depends upon the use for which the battery is needed. Electricians use
the blue-stone for telegraph or closed-circuit work; sal-ammoniac or
Leclanche and other open-circuit batteries for electric bells and
burglar-alarms; acid batteries, such as Grenet, Bunsen, and others, for
electro-plating, and dry batteries for medical use. The cost is from
$1.50 to $5 per cell. Books on electricity are divided into subjects.
For instance, Ayrton's _Practical Electricity_ is a series of lectures
for students, $2.50, while Mayer's work, at $3.50, treats wholly of
telegraphy. Ask J. H. Bunnell & Co., 76 Cortlandt Street, N. Y., for
their catalogue, which they send free if you mention the Round Table.
Mary Newell Eaton, 197 South Lafayette Street, Grand Rapids. Mich.,
wants in-door games for persons of sixteen to twenty. She also wants to
hear from any member who has visited or who now lives in Italy or China.
She may send us the morsel she mentions.
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Joseph H. Durant hopes we will publish a story every other week that
young artists may illustrate. We could hardly find space for one so
often, but we intend to offer some prizes for illustrations. Conditions
will be announced soon. Sir Joseph must learn to use India ink or
water-colors (black only). Pencil cannot be reproduced at all, and
crayon but poorly. John H. Campbell, Jun., 413 School Lane, Germantown,
Philadelphia, Pa., wants to receive sample copies of amateur papers, to
join corresponding clubs, and to hear from members in Germantown with a
view of forming a local Chapter.
Smith Phillips sends us some odd epitaphs from tombstones in a cemetery
at Brownsville, Pa. Such oddities are in many similar yards. It is in
this cemetery, by-the-way, that the parents of James G. Blaine are
interred. Speaking of cemeteries, can any one tell us why we use single
slabs set up at the head of the grave, while in England and France,
countries from which we borrowed most of our customs, one sees quite
different marks of graves? Where did we get our idea? Who can tell the
Table?
Ronald Chipchase thinks we should add swimming to our list of all-around
sport events when we offer another medal. Lloyd Thomas asks how to make
a simple telescope for use in studying astronomy. Better not make it at
all. One that is of any real use can only be made by an expert, and is
expensive. G. D. Galloway, Oakwood Place, Eau Claire, Wis., publishes
the _Albermarle_, and wants to send you a sample. It is a neat
eight-page amateur paper. Will Fred Hawthorne tell us about the fruits
of Jamaica--what ones are ripe when he writes. Compare them, date for
date, with their appearance in Massachusetts, and carefully describe
those that we do not have. Sir Fred, we should explain, lives at "Mona
Great House," Kingston, British West Indies.
CAMERA CLUB.
PAPERS FOR BEGINNERS, NO. 9.
TREATMENT OF UNDER-EXPOSED PLATES
By an "under-exposed plate" is meant a plate which has not been exposed
long enough to the action of light for the objects to make a deep enough
impression in the silver salts, or to cause the chemical change to take
place which makes the perfect picture.
The normal development of an under-exposed plate results in a negative
in which the high or white lights are very strong, and have a chalky
appearance in the print, while the shadows have little or no detail; and
where a plate has been much under-exposed, only clear glass is the
result of the development. The reason why the high lights appear so
harsh and strong is due to the fact that to get detail in the shadows
the development is carried on till the high lights are very much
over-developed and the film has become dense.
The practised amateur usually knows whether his plate has been
under-exposed or not, and treats it accordingly. The beginner, not
having learned how to gauge exposures correctly, must learn how to
distinguish an under-exposed plate as soon as the developer begins to
act on it, so that he may get a good, or fairly good, negative.
If a plate which has been under-exposed is placed in a normal developer,
the high lights will be some time in coming out, and the shadows will
not appear at all, or, if they do, will be very dim. If the development
is continued in order to bring out detail, the plate is apt to fog, and
is then spoiled entirely.
If the rest of the image does not follow the high lights in a reasonable
length of time, take the plate from the developer and place it in clean
water. It will do no harm if it stands in water for a few minutes, for
water will bring out detail in an under-exposed plate.
Nothing has been said about the different kinds of developers, though
they will be fully treated in later papers. The beginner should stick to
one developer till he has learned just how to use it.
If one is using pyro, a fresh solution should be at once made up, using
half the quantity of pyro given in the formula, and the full amount of
the alkaline solution. The pyro is the developing agent, or that which
gives the required strength or density, while the alkaline solution,
containing the sulphite of soda, prevents the staining of the negative
and preserves the pyro. After the development of the plate is finished
turn off the solution, leave the plate in the tray, pour water over it,
and allow it to stand for fifteen or twenty minutes, being careful that
it is covered from the light.
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amateurs, dilute the developer and add from three to seven drops of
iodide solution. This solution is composed of 1 grain of iodine, 1 ounce
of water, 1 ounce of alcohol. Mark the bottle "Accelerator." This
solution hastens the development of the image and brings it up evenly,
and the contrasts between the lights and shadows are made soft and
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CARAWAY SEEDS.
I'm going to plant these little seeds,
And some fine day I'll wake
To find a pretty spreading stalk
All bending down with cake.
HARD WORK.
"Well," said Jack, "vacation has begun, and I'm just as busy as ever."
"Doing what?" asked his father.
"Finding something to do," said Jack. "And I tell you, Daddy, it's hard
work."
PROOF POSITIVE.
PERCY. "Don't two negatives make an affirmative?"
PAPA. "Yes, Percy."
PERCY. "Then I'm awful smart."
PAPA. "Why?"
PERCY. "Because the teacher says I'm a 'Know-nothing.'"
All great artists have queer experiences during their lives, which the
biographer loves to dwell upon in his books of anecdotes. Here is one
that occurred to the great pianist Paderewski in England. He received a
polite letter from an invalid lady, asking him if he would spare the
time to play her one piece during an afternoon, as her health would not
permit of her going to any crowded concert-room, the letter closing with
an offer of a half a guinea reward.
Paderewski replied with an invitation to call at his hotel, appointing
an hour when he would receive her. The lady called, and Paderewski,
after pleasantly greeting her, sat before his piano and played a
prelude, a nocturne of Chopin, and Songs without Words.
The little impromptu concert over, the lady rose, thanked the virtuoso
most graciously, and extended her hand to bid him adieu, slipping the
promised half-guinea into his palm.
"Ah, what is this?" Paderewski inquired.
"Why," she said, sweetly, "it's the half-guinea I promised you."
"Now, I really believe," he answered, with a smile, "that I shall be
able to get to the next town without it." And pleasantly returning the
coin, he bowed the lady out.
Napoleon's smooth face was a sure evidence of his dislike for a beard.
In some anecdotes of the Russian campaign there is a story told of the
great Emperor and a poor but witty barber, who had occasion to shave
him.