heart was worth more than all the poems in the world, and they gave a
new name to Lucius Valerius in memory of that day.
So Lucius was always called Pudens, which means Modest, and you may be
sure he valued his new title as much as he deserved it, for "Kind hearts
are more than coronets."
E. M. W.
THE CHILDREN'S OWN GARDEN IN OCTOBER.
The Flower Garden will now be fast losing its beauty, and the cold winds
and frosty nights will be everywhere heralding the coming of winter,
when, more through force of circumstances than choice, our Gardening
proclivities become considerably abated. Throughout the present month,
however, the remaining floral vestiges of summer are often numerous, but
especially so when the weather of early autumnal months happens to be of
a mild and congenial nature. By this season the greater number of plants
will have performed those functions, and have passed through the various
stages, which each and every year exacts. In the case of plants known as
annuals, an entire life is projected and perfected within the short
space of a few months. Various trees and shrubs will now be assuming
the rich autumnal tints, and the leaves rapidly drop at the approach of
winter, and vital energy is being stored up until the following spring,
when new leaves are produced.
* * * * *
The month of October is, notwithstanding its lack of floral ornaments,
one in which the amount of work to be done is by no means
inconsiderable, and the pretty little girl, with her hoe and water-can,
drawn on p. 241, evidently thinks as much. We must plant now in order to
secure a spring display of flowers, and for this purpose nothing can be
more satisfactory than bulbous subjects, such as hyacinths, tulips,
crocuses, and narcissuses. The hyacinth thrives best in a compost of
light loam, leaf-mould, and sand; plenty of the latter may be included
in order to secure perfect drainage, which is a very important item in
the culture of bulbous plants generally. Perhaps no other spring
flowering bulb looks so well when grown in neat patches as the hyacinth;
the bulbs should not be less than six inches apart, and at least two and
a half inches beneath the surface. They should be purchased in the
autumn, selecting firm heavy roots; and "first come, first served" must
be borne in mind, as by buying early in the season the best may be
secured, and finer spikes of bloom will follow as a natural consequence.
* * * * *
Tulips have been for many years great favourites with gardeners, both
amateur and professional. About two hundred years ago the mania for
these plants amounted almost to a national calamity in Holland, and
scores of acres are now entirely devoted to their culture. For our own
part, we scarcely consider the tulip as in any way justifying the praise
which is lavished upon it even in the present day, because its beauty
is, to say the least, ephemeral, whilst its showiness is far from being
either chaste or delicate. It will be, however desirable to have six or
even a dozen bulbs, which only cost about a penny apiece. They can be
planted any time during the present month, from two to three inches
below the surface, in a compost of loam, leaf-mould, sand, and
well-rotted manure. When purchasing, see that every bulb is perfectly
solid, and select as many different sorts as possible, thereby securing
a variety, which is very desirable in a garden of limited extent. In
cold northern situations tulip-beds should always be covered over with a
little straw or litter during very frosty weather.
* * * * *
Few Spring flowers are more welcome or appear so very early in the year
as crocuses. No matter how cold, foggy, or dirty the weather may chance
to be in this most erratic climate, the regiments of yellow, golden,
blue, flaked, white, and versi-coloured crocus flowers will never fail
to put in an appearance. The common sorts thrive almost anywhere, and in
almost any ordinary garden soil. They should be planted during the
present month, about two inches under the surface. As the roots only
cost about threepence per dozen hardly any spot ought to be bare of
flowers from the middle of January to early in March. A
universally-grown plant, even earlier than the crocus, is the well-known
snowdrop. This also, like the crocus, can be grown almost anywhere, and
may remain in one spot undisturbed for years; both are most effective
when grown in clumps. The French name of _Perceneige_, or Pierce-snow,
is singularly applicable to the snowdrop. Place the tiny roots from one
to two inches deep, and grow the single-flowered form only.
* * * * *
The narcissus or daffodil is another of the many spring-flowering plants
which are invariably greeted with enthusiasm. The varieties are endless,
but the greater number are almost unexcelled for growing in such
situations as the tops and sides of hedges, banks, &c. They can scarcely
be grown too extensively. Of the various sorts, and exclusive of the
ordinary double form, few are more beautiful or more desirable than that
known as the Poet's Narcissus (_N. poeticus_). The pure white of the
segments and the delicate bright scarlet centre are best when the plant
is grown sheltered from strong winds. Another favourite narcissus of
ours, and which we can confidently recommend to our readers, is that
known as "Orange Phoenix;" it is a singularly beautiful plant, and
produces large double and well-formed flowers; it thrives best in a
light sandy soil. Several colours may be secured by purchasing a dozen
roots of mixed sorts, costing from two to three shillings per dozen.
They may be planted any time throughout October and up to the middle of
November.
* * * * *
The Kitchen Garden of our young folk will need but very little looking
after during the present and next two months; but in stating this we
must not be understood to imply that it should be wholly neglected. On
the contrary, it must be kept quite free from weeds of all sorts; and
everything should be in perfect order. To this end paths should be swept
and weeded every week, when the state of the weather will admit of this
being done. The Kitchen Garden is much too frequently seen in a
disreputable state, even in pretentious places, and where
flower-gardening _is_ done very well. But well-executed work in one
department by no means justifies slovenliness in another. Vacant spaces
of ground will need digging, but this operation should, if possible, be
left to a labourer, who, for the sake of a small remuneration, would
probably be very glad to do it after his ordinary working hours. Even an
enthusiast cannot but consider digging as the most laborious of all
gardening work, and will take especial care to shirk it whenever
possible. In fact, real garden drudgery of all kinds is better done by a
labourer, no matter how simple and easy such work may superficially
appear to our young folk. Good work, as we all know, can only be done by
an accustomed hand.
[Illustration: OFF TO HER GARDEN. (_See p. 239._)]
THE DISCONTENTED BOAT.
A boat came back from a journey. It had been to a far-off land. All the
sailors jumped ashore, only too glad to run about again, but they tied
up the boat to a long arm of rock, and left it there while they were
gone.
The tide was very low and the sky was dull; there was just enough water
to lap against the sides of the boat, and make it rock up and down. The
boat fretted like a petulant child, and pulled at the rope as a dog
pulls against its chain, but it could not get away, for all that.
"How dull it is here!" cried the little white boat; "they have all gone
on shore and are merry. They don't consider my feelings, left here for
the day all alone. And oh, what an ugly place this is!" and it looked
right and left.
The sky was grey, the tide was very low; the boat was lashed to a long
piece of rock that ran out like an arm into the sea. At each side of the
rock a mass of seaweed clung--limp and brown.
"Of all the ugly things I ever saw," exclaimed the boat, "that seaweed
is the worst. Think of the places I have been anchored in before--of the
lovely tropical flowers that grew at the water's edge."
"You do not know who we are," cried the seaweeds; "we are young fairy
sisters, who dance every night. This beach is the floor of our
ball-room, and we dance, and are decked with jewels. We dance and are
gay in the evening; in the daytime we lie still and rest."
"I do not believe you," said the boat; "you are ugly, and brown, and
old. And this place is the dullest I have seen all my life."
So the boat sulked, and was unhappy all day. But when the evening
arrived the sailors came down to the shore, and undid the boat, and
rowed away.
And the boat looked back, and it was sunset, and a change had passed
over the place. The sky was pink and golden, the waves were bathed in
light; the sea was as transparent as a sapphire, and you looked through
the sapphire roof and saw a golden floor.
Sure enough that was the floor of the dancing-room, and the tide had
crept up the sides of the rock, and all the little seaweeds looked
yellow and golden, and danced up and down in the arms of the waves.
The boat looked over its shoulder, and saw them: it would willingly have
gone back to the scene and danced up and down with the rest, but it
never saw them again, for it was bound to a far-off land, never to
return.
LUCIE COBBE.
HARRY'S RABBIT.
[Illustration]
Harry Pearson was rather a good sort of boy, but he had one very bad
habit. He was the greatest stone-thrower in all Tolhurst Village.
It was Harry who had broken the draper's window and the glass of Squire
Stopford's greenhouse. He had not been found out; but he knew well
enough who had done the mischief, so when one afternoon, as he was
running home from school, he saw a man putting up a great placard
announcing that stone-throwers would be prosecuted, he felt very much
frightened.
He was just slinking home when out came his father, the Squire's
gardener.
Harry thought that his father had found out about the stone-throwing,
and hung down his head.
But, instead of scolding him as, he had expected, his father said, as if
he were pleased--
"Harry, Master Edgar is better to-day, and he wants you to come in now
and wheel his chair for him."
Harry's face brightened at once; for there were few things he liked
better than to be allowed to go into the Squire's beautiful garden when
Master Edgar, the Squire's only son, was well enough to come out in his
wheeled-chair.
Edgar Stopford was about the same age as Harry; but he had never been
strong, and for more than a year he had been lame.
"All right, father!" exclaimed Harry gleefully. "Is he in the garden?"
And without waiting for an answer he ran in and found Edgar Stopford
waiting for him.
"Harry," said Edgar, "I want you to take me in the chair round to the
stable, for I want to see the young rabbits. How old are they now,
Harry? I've been so ill that I can't quite remember."
"Seven weeks old to-day," said Harry. "I want to see them again very
much, Master Edgar. They're such beauties; I can't help thinking of them
every day."
"You haven't any rabbits, have you?" asked Edgar.
"No," said Harry. "Don't I wish I had!"
"Mine are prize rabbits, you know," said Edgar, "The old tortoise-shell
one took the prize both this year and last year at the County show. Oh!
And what do you think? A boy I know has been over here ever so many
times trying to get that young lop-eared tortoise-shell doe! You
remember which one, don't you?"
"Oh yes! oh yes! That was the one I liked best of all! It had such good
broad ears!" cried Harry with enthusiasm. "You didn't let him have it
though, did you, Master Edgar?"
"Oh no? He offered me a pair of his best Antwerp pigeons for her. And I
wanted the pigeons; but I wouldn't let him have that young doe!"
exclaimed Edgar, with a smile on his white face.
"You wouldn't? Oh, I'm so glad!" exclaimed Harry.
"I thought you would be," returned Edgar with another bright smile. "I
told him I wanted her for somebody else. Push on, Harry. Let's get round
to the stable."
Harry pushed with all his might, while his face flushed up to the roots
of his hair; for he could not help thinking--
"I wonder if Master Edgar is going to give that doe to me! But no,
that's all nonsense! I won't think of such a thing; of course he is
saving it for one of his friends! Shouldn't I like her, though!"
It seemed to Harry quite a long way to the stable, so anxious was he to
get there. At last he wheeled the chair into the yard.
"Fetch out the young ones, and let me have a good look at them," said
Edgar. "Bring them out one by one; but bring the young doe last."
"All right!" said Harry. And leaving the chair, away he rushed, opened
the door of the stable, where, to his delight, he saw the great prize
buck in a hutch, and the doe and four young ones all hopping about among
a quantity of fragrant hay.
Harry shouted with joy--
"Oh, Master Edgar! Oh, how they've grown! You won't know them! They're
lovely!"
He caught up his favourite first of all, and examined her thoroughly
with breathless delight.
She had grown into the most beautifully-marked rabbit that he could
imagine.
Even to handle such a rabbit seemed to Harry a very great happiness.
What could it be like really to be the owner of that young prize
rabbit?
With something like a sigh Harry put her down, and caught one of the
others.
"I've seen the young doe, and I've measured her ears!" he exclaimed, as
he took the other rabbit to Edgar Stopford.
"Well! He _has_ grown!" cried Edgar. "Try if you can push the chair to
the stable-door! I should so much like to see them all running about!"
Harry managed to do as Edgar wished, although it gave him a good deal of
trouble; but he did not mind that a bit.
"Oh, Master Edgar! Did you ever see such a beauty as that young doe? Do
look at her!" said Harry, eagerly, opening the stable-door, and making a
dive after the lop-eared tortoise-shell.
The two boys played with the rabbits for a good half-hour. How much they
found to say about them, any boy who is fond of animals can imagine.
Poor Edgar had not been out for some weeks, and all that time Harry
Pearson had not seen those rabbits. Harry was very happy, but still he
could not help saying to himself now and then, as he looked at his
favourite--
"I wonder who is going to have her?"
"You seem very fond of that tortoise-shell young one, Harry!" said Edgar
presently with a smile.
"Ee--yes!" said Harry, his eyes brightening as he looked down tenderly
at her.
"But how could you keep her?" asked Edgar.
"Oh, I'd keep her fast enough!" cried Harry, turning quite scarlet,
while his heart gave half a dozen tremendous thumps. "I'd keep her! Why
I'd make the neatest little hutch that ever was. And I'd give her the
best of oats and pollard. Ah, as much as ever she'd eat!"
"Well, then, I shall give her to you," said Edgar. "I made up my mind
when I was ill I'd give her to you, for I was sure you would take care
of her. That's why I wouldn't let that other boy have her. He is rich,
and can buy prize rabbits if he wants them. I'd rather give her to you."
Harry Pearson could not speak a word for a minute or two. He could only
look down on the beautiful gift. To think that such a rabbit was his own
was too much for him at first.
"Oh!" he gasped, presently. "Oh! Master Edgar. Oh! Thank you! Thank
you!"
"Put her in that basket, and take her home," said Edgar.
Harry lost no time in obeying this delightful command. After which he
wheeled Edgar, who was getting tired, back to the house, and then ran
home with his rabbit, the proudest and happiest boy in Tolhurst.
All that evening there was an eager crowd of youngsters in front of the
cottage where Harry lived.
It was a long while since there had been such an excitement in the
village.
Nor did the boys' interest in that rabbit die out; boys were always
dropping in to see how she was getting on; and Mr. Blades, the butcher,
who was a great fancier, offered Harry three-and-sixpence for her.
Very often Harry went to wheel Edgar Stopford's chair, when the two boys
would have long talks about the rabbit; and Edgar's pale face would
quite glow with pleasure as he listened to Harry's praises of the
wonderful animal.
So things went on for some time until Edgar Stopford was taken away to
the sea-side.
Harry missed him very much, but he still had his rabbit to amuse himself
with; and so, although it was then the holidays, the days did not hang
on his hands until very nearly the date of the re-opening of school.
One afternoon, however, the time did seem very long indeed. Most of the
boys Harry liked had gone to a treat to which he had not been asked. He
was cross and dull. He had spent the whole morning in cleaning out the
rabbit-hutch; he wanted something else to do, when, happening to be
loitering about in a meadow by the side of the Squire's house, he saw a
squirrel in a tree.
In an instant Harry was cruelly stoning away as fast as he could pelt.
He had not done much stone-throwing since he had had the rabbit; now he
forgot for the moment everything except the pleasure of aiming the
stones.
Up went the stones one after another; a minute later, and--Crash! Crash!
Smash went a lot of glass--then there was a yell of pain and rage--a
side-door flying open--and Harry tearing, as if for his life, across the
field, while after him rushed his own father and his father's
master--the Squire!
They followed him--they drove him into a corner of the field; they
secured him.
"Walk him off to the police-station this minute!" exclaimed the Squire
in a voice of fury.
"Oh, sir! oh, please! please, sir! Oh! oh! Don't, sir! don't! I'll never
do it no more!" sobbed the trembling boy.
"Take him to the station-house! Indict him for manslaughter. He might
have killed me?" cried the enraged Squire.
"Beg pardon, sir," said Harry's father, touching his hat; "I've
cautioned that boy times without number; but leave him to me this once
more, sir."
Harry was marched home. His mother was told. She cried bitterly.
"How much money have you?" asked the father.
"Not a--a far--thing," sobbed Harry.
"Then how is the four shillings to be raised to pay for that broken
glass?" continued Mr. Pearson.
"I don't--boo-hoo! kn--now!"
"But I do!" exclaimed Harry's father, in a tone of dreadful meaning.
"_That rabbit must be sold!_"
"No! no!" shrieked Harry; "I'd rather be sold myself!"
"Take that rabbit to Mr. Blades, and bring back three-and-six," said
Harry's father, in a stern voice.
He felt as if to part with that rabbit would kill him; but he knew it
had to be done. I don't know how he managed to do it. What he suffered
was terrible, yet he was sure there was no escape; so he put his pet
rabbit into a basket and took it to Mr. Blades the butcher. There, in
the picture, you can see him.
[Illustration: "HE ... TOOK IT TO MR. BLADES."]
"You won't kill her, will you, Mr. Blades?" he faltered, for the sight
of the knives in the shop was too much for him.
Harry has learned a hard lesson. Don't you hope Edgar will buy that
rabbit for him again? I do.
L. A.
Our Music Page
"_Dignity and Impudence._"
_Words from_ "LITTLE FOLKS." _Music by_ BURNHAM W. HORNER.
_In moderate time._
_Music by_ BURNHAM W. HORNER.
[Illustration: music]
1. Said a wee little bird, with a pert little look,
To an adjutant stork by the river--"I suppose
that you think you're as wise as a book,
And in fact that you're wondrously clever! You're a
picture of dignity, that I'll admit,
But alas! that is all I'll allow, ... For indeed
you're not quarter as wise as a tit,
That hops to and fro on the bough."
2.
Said the adjutant-stork to the wee little bird,
With a dignified kind of a stare--
"Little creatures like you should be seen and not heard,
And your impudence well we can spare!
You had better by far go back to your nest,
And be pert where they'll heed what you do;
For you see that in height I'm six feet and the rest,
While you are just no feet two!"
3.
So it is with us all as we pass through the day:
For we each of us think we're most clever--
Whether impudent bird that chatters away,
Or "Dignity" stork by the river.
On our size or our form or our talents we pose,
And we hold ourselves up every hour:
If the Queen of the Garden be known as the Rose,
Then we are that wonderful flower!
THE EDITOR'S POCKET-BOOK.
JOTTINGS AND PENCILLINGS, HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE
[Illustration]
How a Dog saved its Blind Master.
Some time since, a blind gentleman, well known in the north of England,
went for a walk of several miles, accompanied by his dog. He knew the
road so well, that he did not strap up the dog, but let it run loose. He
had gone nearly five miles on his way, and was crossing some fields by a
footpath, when his dog gave a peculiar whine in front of him. He was
about to climb a stile, when another whine was heard. This startled him,
so he crossed the stile as carefully as he could, feeling every step.
Just as he got over the stile, the dog gave a louder whine of alarm,
placed its fore feet upon his breast, and held him fast against the
stile. He tried to push the dog aside, but it would not let him proceed.
The strap was therefore put around its neck, and the wise creature at
once led its master by a roundabout way quite out of the ordinary path.
It appeared that part of the footpath which led past a stream had been
entirely washed away by a flood, so that, had the gentleman continued
upon the old path, he must have met with a most serious accident. What
made the sagacity of the dog more conspicuous on this occasion was the
fact that it had not been with its master for eighteen months--he having
been laid up for the whole of that period, and the dog living with a
friend during the illness.
Abraham Men.
This was the name bestowed upon a class of vagabonds who wandered over
the country dressed in grotesque fashion, pretending to be mad and
working upon the fears or the charity of people for alms. They were
common in the time of Shakespeare, and were found even as late as the
Restoration. The slang phrase "to sham Abraham," is a survival of the
practice. There was a ward in Bethlehem (or Bedlam) Hospital, called the
Abraham Ward, and hence probably arose the name of these beggars.
Harmless lunatics who had been discharged were often to be seen roaming
about the country and were allowed a great deal of licence in
consequence of their weak-mindedness. Accordingly, the impostors above
mentioned, who used generally to eke out the gifts of the charitable by
stealing, when detected in their theft, would plead, as a rule, lunacy
as an excuse of their crime.
Famous Abdicators.
When a sovereign abdicates the throne, he does so either of his own free
will, or from compulsion. These acts have been sufficiently numerous as
to form quite an interesting history. Take a few of them by way of
example. Amadeus of Savoy abdicated in 1439, in order to become a
priest. The collapse of his great schemes induced the Emperor Charles V.
to give up his office in 1556. Wishing to retire into private life
Christina of Sweden laid down the crown in 1654, though she still
desired to exercise the rights of queen. Philip V. of Spain withdrew
from the throne in 1724 in a fit of melancholy, but ascended it again on
the death of his son. Victor Amadeus of Sardinia abdicated in 1730, and
afterwards wanted to recall the act, but was not permitted to do so.
Richard II. of England was compelled to abdicate in 1399, and in 1688,
James II. was forced to yield to the wishes of his subjects. Other
instances might be cited, but enough have been, quoted to stimulate the
research of industrious readers.
Memory in Cats.
An anecdote is told by a gentleman of a cat which will illustrate
pussy's affection for those who treat her kindly. He had her from her
birth, and brought her up as a friend and companion. After he had kept
her for five years circumstances required him to leave home for twelve
months, the cat of course having to remain behind. He returned one
Christmas morning about four o'clock, admitting himself by a key that
had been sent to him by post. He went upstairs to his old bed-room, and
in the morning found puss asleep in her wonted place at the foot of the
bed. She made a great fuss with him, and he ascertained that she had
never been upstairs from the time he left, a year before. She must, he
therefore concluded, have recollected his footstep, and at once have
fallen into her old ways.
Fugitives from Siberia.
Prince Krapotkine--a Russian noble who has experienced many of the
hardships of which he writes--in describing the life of exiles in
Siberia, says that its cruelty is so horrible that every spring, when
the snow has disappeared from the forests, and men may sleep in the
woods of a night without being frozen to death, thousands of the
convicts try to escape from the gold and salt mines. These poor folk
prefer to run the risk of capture and the brutal punishment it involves,
rather than remain longer in endless misery. Feeding on mushrooms and
berries they plod their weary way back, amid perils of every kind, to
their native homes, hundreds--it may be thousands--of miles distant.
They avoid towns and highways, of course, but they freely enter the
villages. The Siberian peasants, in silent pathetic fashion, show their
sympathy and good wishes for these unhappy people by leaving on the
windows of their houses bread and milk "for the poor runaways." Surely
we too may hope that the efforts of every unjustly-exiled person to flee
from the wretchedness and torture of the Siberian mines may be crowned
with success.
Tame Humming-Birds.
A young lady in California who had, through illness, to spend several
hours a day reclining on rugs spread on the garden-lawn, succeeded in
taming two humming-birds. At first the birds watched her with some
curiosity from a distance. To entice them to come nearer she fastened a
fuchsia, filled with sweetened water, to a branch of a tree above her
head. The tiny fellows soon thrust their bills into the flower. Thinking
they might like honey better, a fresh flower was filled with it every
day. This food was quite to their taste, and so eager were they to get
it that they would hardly wait for their mistress to leave the flower
before they began to rifle its sweets. They grew so familiar at length
that when she held a flower in one hand and filled it with drops from a
spoon, the birds caught the drops as they fell. Only two male birds
monopolised the honey flower, and they would not permit any bee or wasp
to come near it. Between themselves even squabbles continually arose
about possession. Change of weather compelling the young lady to keep
indoors, she tried to coax them to the parlour windows. For a time the
birds could not understand the altered position of affairs, but at last
one of them repeatedly went up to her and took honey from her hand.
Intelligent Dogs.
Some time ago I had occasion to speak of a wise cat of Colonel Stuart
Wortley's. Now I may mention the doings of two intelligent dogs of his.
One of them was able to tell whether or not it might go out with the
housekeeper, according as she wore a hat or bonnet. If she wore her hat
it knew that it might accompany her, and barked with joy as soon as she
appeared, but if she wore her bonnet it knew she was going to church or
on a visit, and that it could not go with her. It became so familiar
with these articles that if drawings of hat and bonnet were placed
before it, it could indicate which was which. The other dog was a Skye
terrier. When the Colonel went out it was enough to say "Yes" or "No" in
an ordinary tone for the dog to know whether it might accompany him or
not. The terrier was next taught to distinguish the words when printed
on cards--Yes and No--and in a few weeks it never mistook them.
Skating-Race in Lapland.
With a view to test the powers of the Lapps in the matter of
long-distance skating, Baron Nordenskjold, the celebrated Arctic
explorer, offered prizes for a contest during his stay in that country.
The highest prize was 14 pounds, and the distance was about 142 miles,
starting from Quickjock and returning to the same spot. The distance was
accomplished by the winner in 21 hours and 22 minutes, inclusive of rest
on the way. But so keen was the struggle that the second was only half a
minute later, while the third arrived 11 minutes later.
The Riddle of the Sphinx.
The sphinx was a strange creature that figured in different old-world
mythologies. Its form varied, but the monster which propounded the
famous riddle was supposed to have the body of a lion, the head of a
woman, bird's wings, and a serpent's tail. Well, this sphinx appeared
once upon a time, near Thebes, in ancient Greece, and asked a riddle
of every passer-by, whom it promptly slew if the correct answer were not
forthcoming. This scourge at length drove the poor Thebans to despair,
and they offered their kingdom and the hand of their Queen to whomsoever
would relieve them of the dreaded monster's presence. One Oedipus
essayed this task. The sphinx asked him, "What being has four feet, two
feet, and three feet; only one voice; but whose feet vary, and when it
has most, is weakest" Oedipus answered, "Man," and there and then the
sphinx threw itself into the sea. Man, you will notice, has four feet
(hands and feet) and, when compelled to use a staff, three feet.
The Wolf and the Bees.
Not long since a wolf, in a milk factory in Cheshire, was stung to death
by the bees of a hive that stood near its kennel. As the honey was being
taken from one of the hives the wolf happened to come out of his den,
and the bees swarmed upon him in large numbers. The poor brute at once
retired into his house, but it was evident he was in much agony, for he
rolled over and over, pulling the hair out of his coat in great
quantities. Steps were accordingly taken to draw off the bees, the
kennel being closed and smoked. These efforts, however, proved useless,
and within three hours the unfortunate wolf was dead. A horse and two
dogs were also seriously stung on the same occasion.
About Pages.
Nowadays, when we talk of pages, allusion is made as a rule to the "boy
in buttons," but long ago they were rather important folk. It was the
practice, hundreds of years since, to employ youths of noble birth to
wait upon the sovereign, and the custom flourished in the Middle Ages.
The young gentleman "served his time" at courts and castles as a page,
previous to taking the further degrees of esquire and knight. The habit
of educating the higher nobility as court pages declined after the
fifteenth century, and they are now a mere survival, on a very small
scale, of a once general practice. Four pages of honour still form part
of the state of the British court.
The Union Jack.
Everybody has seen the banner of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland. It is formed of a combination of the crosses of St. George
(England), St. Andrew (Scotland), and St. Patrick (Ireland). The first
Union Jack was introduced in 1606, three years after the union of
Scotland and England, and showed, of course, only the first two crosses.
A century later (July 28, 1707), this standard was made, by royal
proclamation, the national flag of Great Britain. On the union with
Ireland a new union banner was needed, and the present ensign was
accordingly devised.
Glendower's Oak.
[Illustration: GLENDOWER'S OAK.]
Owen Glendower was a noble Welshman, who led his countrymen in the long
and stout resistance which they offered to King Henry IV. Henry Percy,
surnamed Hotspur, son of the Earl of Northumberland, made common cause
with Glendower, and each at the head of a large force prepared to do
battle against the king, who was intent on crushing the rebellion in
Wales. Henry IV. reached Shrewsbury just before Percy, and it was of the
utmost importance to him that he should engage the latter before his
troops should be reinforced by Glendower's. The battle accordingly took
place on the 21st of July, 1403, and after a protracted struggle, in
which Hotspur lost his life, victory declared itself on the side of the
king. Though Glendower did not take part in the contest, tradition
points to an oak near Shrewsbury as the tree from whose boughs he
watched the fight.
The "Little Folks" Humane Society.
_THIRTY-SECOND 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
45774 Florence Bird 14
45775 Bessie G. Smith 12
45776 Ernest Johnson 9
45777 Ethel Rawson 13
45778 C. I. Rawson 15
45779 Ethel Wilson 13
45780 G. T. W. Osborne 8
45781 Godwin H. Powell 10
45782 Frank Simpson 10
45783 Ada Simpson 15
45784 Leila J. Simpson 16
45785 A. E. M. Haes 12
45786 F. A. M. Johnson 11
45787 E. M. Curling 9
45788 JESSIE L. FOSTER,
Nunhead 12
45789 Alice A. Davis 12
45790 Hilda L. Davis 10
45791 Alice Sawyer 13
45792 L. Sawyer 6
45793 Ada Neville 6
45794 Richard Farrow 14
45795 I. M. Restler 8
45796 Kate Odell 13
45797 Harry Edgell 12
45798 Amy Henry 8
45799 Mary Cattermole 11
45800 Louisa Hull 19
45801 Aubrey H. Carter 10
45802 Elzbth. F. Sharp 15
45803 Louisa Baker 20
45804 Lizzie Utton 12
45805 George Ayres 10
45806 Alice Cass 11
45807 Alice Cottrell 9
45808 Vincent Farrow 19
45809 Eliza A. Sharp 11
45810 Henry Neville 19
45811 Hester Neville 11
45812 Ella Foster 6
45813 Ernest Hawkins 10
45814 Elizabeth George 11
45815 Martha Chinnery 18
45816 Annie Morris 17
45817 Mary Watson 15
45818 Eleanor Frost 14
45819 Rosie Henry 6
45820 Mabel Carter 12
45821 E. Chamberlain 13
45822 A. Chamberlain 17
45823 Mary Oldfield 13
45824 Nellie Langley 10
45825 Daniel Riley 21
45826 Lizzie Grubb 10
45827 Elizabeth Hall 13
45828 Ada Foster 18
45829 Charles Farrow 17
45830 Maude Pasley 10
45831 Alfred Frost 18
45832 Alice Allen 8
45833 Lizzie Shorey 11
45834 Jenny Clifford 9
45835 Frank Foster 8
45836 Charles Stracy 15
45837 Frank Foster 13
45838 SARAH HAGUE,
Hollingwood 14
45839 Sarah Holme 20
45840 F. W. Ashford 12
45841 A. W. Holme 13
45842 Nancey Holme 18
45843 P. H. Hague 13
45844 F. S. Hague 20
45845 S. J. Hague 16
45846 B Holme 8
45847 M. Colvine 14
45848 M. A. Hulse 13
45849 Lizzie Lissett 13
45850 E. A. Faulkner 14
45851 Edith E. Taylor 15
45852 Sarah Halliwell 16
45353 Lucy Ashly 14
45854 Ruth Hulse 11
45855 M. Broadbent 15
45856 L. Stevenson 16
45857 Elizabeth Titter 12
45858 Hannah Booth 13
45859 Mary Marland 12
45860 Eliza Marland 12
45861 Agnes Spencer 14
45862 Eliza Ogden 11
45863 Emily Ashbury 10
45864 W. Hague 10
45865 G. Stott 12
45866 W. Lees 12
45867 A. Lees 17
45868 Polly Lees 9
45869 Dora Lees 19
45870 Maria Holt 10
45871 E. A. Ogden 10
45872 W. A. Hunt 16
45873 M. A. Jones 12
45874 E. Goodard 14
45875 M. Goodard 13
45876 E. A. Butterworth 13
45877 J. W. Ayre 12
45878 J. S. Taylor 15
45879 S. Broadbent 14
45880 Ada Booth 10
45881 W. C. Broome 11
45882 A. E. Broome 13
45883 Bessie Colvine 12
45884 Alice Colvine 16
45885 J. Colvine 14
45886 T. Holme 16
45887 Mary E. Kelly 17
45888 Harry Kelly 8
45889 Emma Kelly 12
45890 Jessie Hague 7
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45891 John H. Faull 10
45892 Marian B. Mills 10
45893 Lucy V. Barron 9
45894 Nellie M. Barron 11
45895 Leonard Barron 15
45896 M. S. H. Osborne 10
45897 Anna N. Pagan 8
45898 Amy Osborne 7
45899 M. Hollingworth 19
45900 Susie Winchester 13
45901 Blanch Mitchell 18
45902 Bertha Hollis 12
45903 A. E. Hollis 9
45904 T. J. MacDermott 16
45905 A. T. Chamier 12
45906 C. E. K. Godfrey 10
45907 Edith R. Carr 13
45908 Gertrude Paulet 12
45909 Nina M. Allen 13
45910 H. G. Abel 8
45911 Guy L. Joy 11
45912 William Carroll 11
45913 Emily Higgs 17
45914 Fanny M. Hall 15
45915 K. W. Pickford 14
45916 Evelyn Bloom 7
45917 K. E. Jameson 16
45918 Isabella Jameson 15
45919 Ernest M. Ellis 12
45920 George Slade 12
45921 Charles Northam 10
45922 Momtitue Cooper 13
45923 Fred Steinle 13
45924 Simmey Price 7
45925 Arthur Lambert 12
45926 Fredk. London 10
45927 F. Montgomery 12
45928 W. Kingston 13
45929 Will Elliston 14
45930 Bert Kingston 4
45931 Fredk. Wollven 8
45932 John Kingston 12
45933 Richd. Plumsted 13
45934 Will Scotcher 14
45935 James Barratt 11
45936 Frederick Lister 12
45937 Sidney H. Lewin 14
45938 George Durmford 13
45939 Jsph. Johnanson 14
45940 John Fraser 12
45941 Frederick Neal 9
45942 John Finbow 12
45943 George Downes 11
45944 Alice Goddard 9
45945 Sidney Hinton 13
45946 Harry Garnham 11
45947 Will Oxer 14
45948 Annie Giddins 11
45949 Edward Downes 12
45950 George Mayes 8
45951 Fredk. Woolley 14
45952 Charles Saxby 10
45953 Joseph Smith 12
45954 John Bligh 12
45955 Fredk. Lloyd 12
45956 Arthur Miller 13
45957 William Price 11
45958 Walter Smithson 8
45959 Arthur Stockings 11
45960 W. Hastings 14
45961 Louisa Thompson 9
45962 Richard Saxby 13
45963 Sidney Kingston 6
45964 Annie Mayes 10
45965 Louie Scotto 16
45966 Walter Withers 12
45967 Louise Giddins 8
45068 Harry Gainham 12
45969 HERBERT H.
MATRAVERS,
Lee 11
45970 E. T. Spackman 18
45971 R. E. Wetherell 11
45972 Bertie Gilling 10
45973 C. F. G. Low 12
45974 W. H. Sturton 11
45975 Robt. G. Reeves 11
45976 L. H. Matravers 7
45977 A. C. G. Dournel 10
45978 B. R. Bostock 11
45979 Charles H. Hoare 14
45980 Bruce Angier 11
45981 F. J. C. Helder 9
45982 Wm. J. Helder 12
45983 Mary J. Orr 17
45984 E. L. K. Pratt 11
45985 Isabella Cowie 7
45986 Lina Cowie 5
45987 Mabel Cowie 4
45988 Frederick Wilkes 11
45989 Jenny A. Wilkes 14
45990 Peter Wilkes 13
45991 Lucy C. Wilkes 8
45992 Elsie Wilkes 6
45993 Andrew Wilkes 3
45994 A. Whittington 16
45995 E. Whittington 9
45996 Flrnce. Smithers 12
45997 A. T. Smithers 11
45998 M. C. E. Wright 12
45999 L. Durling 15
46000 Caroline Ford 15
46001 E. H. Keeling 17
46002 A. M. H. Keeling 11
46003 Edward Loat 11
46004 Eva Wheatley 19
46005 Alice Coveney 16
46006 Ada Coveney 14
46007 Alfred Horton 9
46008 Bertie Horton 8
46009 Queenie Horton 7
46010 Martham Thorne 11
46011 James Thatcher 16
46012 George Brackley 17
49013 Jessie Farminer 18
46014 Charles Lindsey 11
46015 Margt. McLean 14
46016 Jessie McLean 12
46017 Emily Cole 11
46018 Gertrude Cole 10
46019 Albert Cave 10
46020 Ethel Cave 8
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46021 Edith A Brook 12
46022 Ulda Piza 12
46023 Ruth Piza 13
46024 Sissy Tuteur 9
46025 May Vinning 12
46026 LILLY M. WEEB,
Hythe 14
46027 Clarence J. Weeb 12
46028 Henry G. Weeb 15
46029 Effie M. Clarke 15
46030 G. E. Matthews 12
46031 M. Matthews 15
46032 Emily A. Rigden 13
46033 M. W. Lovegrove 9
46034 Ethel C. Lorden 7
46035 D. B. Machin 18
46036 E. V. Machin 9
46037 Annie E. Jones 15
46038 Mary V. Wethey 15
46039 Elsie Wethey 17
46040 E. E. Wethey 10
46041 Annie Wills 17
46042 Lily Spencer 17
46043 Alice M. Escott 15
46044 Jessie Rawlinson 19
46045 N. E. Lawson 12
46046 Helen Macnair 11
46047 J. A. Saunders 18
46048 Ada Bull 6
46049 Victoria Salter 6
46050 Bertha Leal 7
46051 A. Chiverton 10
46052 Williams Small 9
46053 Ellen Hiscock 9
46054 Elizabeth Rolf 13
46055 A. M. Lambert 11
46056 Kate Matthews 13
46057 Arthur Plumley 8
46058 Agnes Guttridge 13
46059 Augusta Cooper 13
46060 S. K. Lambert 17
46061 Walter Matthews 10
46062 Amy Wells 8
46063 Lydia Crump 15
46064 Maud M. Crump 11
46065 Chas. T. Crump 13
46066 Thomas Rolf 12
46067 George Duffey 10
46068 Benjamin Daish 12
46069 James Downer 12
46070 Edward Drake 11
46071 Alfred Hollis 11
46072 Louisa Holliday 12
46073 Francis E. Court 11
46074 Lily Blackwell 8
46075 Florce. Marshall 12
46076 Kate Wickens 10
46077 ELEANOR CHERITON,
Stroud 14
46078 Kate Cheriton 20
46079 Mary Cheriton 17
46080 Ella M. Trotman 16
46081 Caroline Trotman 13
46082 Nellie Trotman 12
46083 Katie Trotman 19
46084 B. M. Trotman 15
46085 A. Middleditch 14
46086 Frank Dix 11
46087 Herbert Williams 15
46088 Flory Barker 13
46089 Alice Bignold 10
46090 Charlotte Ellery 17
46091 Ada Hogg 6
46092 G. P. Steward 8
46093 Zoe Hawkins 7
46094 Florce. Stephens 12
46095 Emily Pockett 13
46096 H. M. Dauncey 20
46097 Charlie Pearce 8
46098 Rosa Pearce 10
46099 R. N. Milner 13
46100 Alice Milner 9
46101 Bessie Milner 6
46102 Tom Milner 11
46103 Frederick Seal 8
46104 Louie Seal 7
46105 Thirza Liddell 16
46106 Mary Cresswell 14
46107 Maude Bailey 15
46108 Adelaide Bailey 14
46109 Alfred Hill 14
46110 Florence Hill 10
46111 Harriett Hill 12
46112 Mildred Hill 7
46113 Emily Hill 16
46114 Caroline Hill 13
46115 J. W. Barge 15
46116 Frances Barge 20
46117 Edith Barge 19
46118 Lily Ricketts 12
46119 Edgar Ricketts 10
46120 E. E. Ricketts 14
46121 Fredk. Ricketts 21
46122 Minnie Ricketts 17
46123 Mary Early 15
46124 Walter Harrison 17
46125 George Harrison 12
46126 Eva Page 11
46127 Emma Field 12
46128 Alice Hawker 14
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46129 Blanche Moore 16
46130 Benjmn. Danzey 17
46131 H. Lansdown 15
46132 Albert Smith 14
46133 Agnes Clout 18
46134 Fanny Osborne 18
46135 Janet Rham 17
46136 M. Humphrey 18
46137 Bertha Geer 20
46138 Nellie Cheesman 18
46139 Marian Tompsett 16
46140 Edith Atkins 17
46141 F. Hutchinson 14
46142 Lilian Hawkes 16
46143 Minnie Gulliver 15
46144 James Page 16
46145 Amelia Baker 16
46146 Louisa Holmes 20
46147 Anney Evans 13
46148 Richard Reeve 9
46149 Sarah R. Reeve 13
46150 L. Underwood 20
46151 Walter Hawkes 14
46152 William South 20
46153 Kate Watson 17
46154 Alice Hawkes 9
46155 George Hawkes 18
46156 Emily Rose 19
46157 Emma Percivall 18
46158 Sarah Davis 17
46159 Charles Lightford 18
46160 Thomas Ebstob 18
46161 Ada Gadd 15
46162 M. Millward 17
46163 Elzbth. Paige 16
46164 Rosy Burke 20
46165 Isabella Glithero 18
46166 Elizabeth Carter 15
46167 Ada Nicholls 19
46168 Nellie Jawles 14
46169 Bessie Pervin 15
46170 Emily Roberts 16
46171 Fanny Gadd 18
46172 Laura Clarke 17
46173 Lizzie Wilkinson 12
46174 E. Weatherstone 16
46175 Florce. Wilkinson 9
46176 Mary Reeve 16
46177 Lizzie Garnham 14
46178 John A. Speers 14
46179 W. W. KIDSTON,
Glasgow 14
46180 Edith Prain 16
46181 Thomas Pearcey 11
46182 Peter Weir 14
46183 Gilbert Ritchie 12
46184 Ethel Prain 8
46185 Frank Prain 11
46186 R. Thomson 14
46187 R. A. Thomson 14
46188 James Campbell 12
46189 D. H. Duncan 12
46190 John B. Kidston 16
46191 Helen E. Kidston 17
46192 I. D. Kidston 18
46193 James Kerr 12
46194 D. Macdonald 12
46195 Alexandra Orr 13
46196 William Napier 13
46197 Adam Reid 12
46198 H. M. Lean 13
46199 Walter Guthrie 11
46200 John Turnbull 11
46201 G. Hannah 13
46202 James Maltman 11
46203 A. McLennan 10
46204 Willie Gilchrist 11
46205 John Chalmers 11
46206 Edwd. Campbell 11
46207 Willie Dewar 11
46208 John McGowan 11
46209 Hugh Tennant 11
46210 Geo. Lauchlan 11
46211 John A. Hunter 12
46212 James Thompson 13
46213 James Frame 13
46214 Geo. Anderson 11
46215 John Holliday 14
46216 William Smith 13
46217 James Nicol 13
46218 James H. Davie 11
46219 Wm. Torrance 10
46220 M. H. Fleming 13
46221 Charles Chalmers 13
46222 James Wilson 14
46223 David Gray 13
46224 John Dickie 14
46225 Wm. G. Christian 13
46226 O. Pattenhausen 13
46227 Wm. Jamieson 13
46228 J. D. Gellaitry 10
46229 Millie Prain 12
46230 CHARLES W.
COUCH, Devonport 18
46231 Bessie Hamley 11
46232 Chas. Mugridge 11
46233 Chas. Bowning 15
46234 Emily Poor 12
46235 Jessie Poor 8
46236 Kate Whitfield 13
46237 Jessie Whitfield 10
46238 B. J. Locke 16
46239 George Yandell 9
46240 Alfred Callaway 17
46241 Emily Morgan 13
46242 Charles E. Craig 17
46243 Blanch Couch 16
46244 Annie Hellyer 15
46245 Mary Dyer 12
46246 Emily Hellyer 17
46247 Wm. D. L. Roue 12
46248 Richard Harris 16
46249 H. Marshall 16
46250 William G. Hall 16
46251 Rose Couch 12
46252 Alfred Mugridge 7
46253 James Couch 20
46254 Eda Moxey 12
46255 Alfred Chapman 14
46256 Lucy Routcliffe 13
46257 Hy. J. Richards 15
46258 Polly Dolphin 10
46259 Lily Couch 10
46260 Wm R. Rees 9
46261 Ernest Yandell 10
46262 Edward J. Welsh 12
46263 Charles Evans 14
46264 Henry Chapman 17
46265 Walter Rees 11
46266 Willy Bickford 12
46267 Richard Warn 9
46268 Wm. C. Simmons 20
46269 William Andrews 16
46270 Stephn. H. Tozer 15
46271 Alfred Jenkins 15
46272 Alfred Winn 17
46273 R. Roseman 8
46274 Ada Rickford 10
46275 Geo. J. Budge 11
46276 Charles Mallett 12
46277 Frederick Giles 10
46278 W. Blofield 15
46279 Henry Freethy 18
46280 Jane Hellyer 11
46281 ELLEN C. BUTTERS,
New
Cross 13
46282 Minnie Burney 7
46283 Rosa East 11
46284 Kate Townsend 12
46285 Nellie Grimston 9
46286 Maud A. King 12
46287 Ruth Cleathers 13
46288 Eleanor Clark 12
46289 H. Cannadine 12
46290 M. M. Armitage 12
46291 Emily Stanton 10
46292 Emma Rodnell 11
46293 Selina Osborn 12
46294 Catherine Mills 10
46295 Ethel O'Donnell 11
46296 Eliza Palgrave 11
46297 Lydia Millington 11
46298 A. M. B. Hubbard 12
46299 Ellen Langley 11
46300 Emma Harber 10
46301 Susan Stanton 12
46302 Isabel Murrell 12
46303 Phoebe E. Jones 13
46304 Florence Sims 12
46305 F. Cannadine 11
46306 Alice M. Pulling 10
46307 Ada F. Boness 10
46308 Alice E. Palmer 12
46309 Alice Raymond 11
46310 Laura Dodd 10
46311 Eva Vale 12
46312 Minnie Wallace 11
46313 M. A. Aldridge 11
46314 Louisa Greenner 7
46315 Amy Crowther 11
46316 Emma Osborn 10
46317 Theresa Porter 11
46318 A. M. Wakeling 11
46319 Isabel S. Sharp 11
46320 Margaret Bassam 12
46321 Mary Cannadine 10
46322 Ada Sewell 10
46323 Alice Binsted 11
46324 Hetty Kimber 13
46325 Bessie Tullett 12
46326 Ida C. Vale 10
46327 Lizzie Rowland 10
46328 Ada Young 14
46329 E. J. Millgate 11
46330 Lillian Taylor 12
46331 Emily Harner 11
46332 ALFRED CROWHURST,
Islington 12
46333 John Offer 14
46334 James Toynton 14
46335 Willie Morris 13
46336 C. W. Elborne 10
46337 Francis Frayer 11
46338 Walter Mansfield 13
46339 Jeanie Brown 15
46340 Nellie Brown 13
46341 Jamie Brown 8
46342 Maggie Brown 17
46343 F. Crossingham 8
46344 Edward Blower 11
46345 Harry Morton 12
46346 Robert Finlay 14
46347 Will Roberts 13
46348 Alfred Johnson 7
46349 Fredk. G. Gooch 12
46350 C. M. Stephens 11
46351 Edith Lance 13
46352 F. A. S. Harris 11
46353 Fanny Watt 16
46354 F. Crowhurst 18
46355 Arthur Chapman 11
46356 H. A. Kitchener 16
46357 Emily Boult 8
46358 Clara Kubler 13
46359 E. J. Baker 12
46360 Arthur Blake 12
46361 Frank Watt 9
46362 Sydney Sullens 11
46363 L. Crowhurst 19
46364 Robert J. Johnson 6
46365 Charles H. Pull 8
46366 Frank Warrell 9
46367 Fredk. J. Modell 13
46368 Frank Cross 13
46369 Edith Bulson 8
46370 Lillian Lance 7
46371 Lily Hunt 12
46372 Charlotte Bulson 11
46373 Charles Copeland 17
46374 Charles Walters 13
46375 Geo. Browhurst 10
46376 E. Irwin 12
46377 Victor Farley 12
46378 Charles Watt 11
46379 John Porter 12
46380 Sidney Jordan 11
46381 I. Cuthbertson 8
46382 Harry Westcott 14
46383 Mary Bryant 11
46384 M. McMillan 14
46385 H. L. OSBORNE,
Ashborne 11
46386 Clara Hood 11
46387 H. E. Hood 15
46388 Eva Eyre 11
46389 Ethel Slater 6
46390 C. T. Reeve 8
46391 Alice M. Smith 10
46392 Mary M. Kerry 11
46393 Margrt. Osborne 6
46394 Mary E. Osborne 8
46395 Ada Barnes 9
46396 Tom Barnes 8
46397 F. J. Howell 10
46398 L. A. Richardson 15
46399 J. G. Swinscoe 8
46400 Mary Buxton 14
46401 Emma Buxton 10
46402 Thos. E. Buxton 15
46403 Agnes Buxton 9
46404 Minnie Sowter 13
46405 F. E. Osborne 7
46406 F. J Osborne 10
46407 Antill Osborne 5
46408 Lillian Turner 11
46409 S. J. Middleton 20
46410 Sarah A. Burton 11
46411 John W. Twigge 14
46412 E. V. Higgins 14
46413 Jane Morley 18
46414 Adelaide Doxey 10
46415 John Doxey 9
46416 E. A. Davies 12
46417 J. T. Parker 7
46418 G. Twigge 10
46419 C. E. Smith 7
46420 Frank Smith 16
46421 Joseph Holmes 14
46422 Alice M. Clifford 12
46423 H. F. Clifford 10
46424 Thos. H. Clifford 7
46425 Marian Clifford 6
46426 Esther Barron 6
46427 Louise Wall 11
46428 Fredk. T. Lewis 7
46429 Mary Lewis 5
46430 F. M. Homer 14
46431 Gertrude Homer 19
46432 Florce. E. Homer 16
46433 Nellie Bannister 16
46434 F. E. Bannister 5
46435 E. H. Bannister 14
46436 Wm. Bannister 13
46437 Harry Bannister 11
46438 C. O. Bannister 7
46439 S. E. Bannister 18
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46440 Frank Grigg 10
46441 William Gall 7
46442 Maggie Martin 11
46443 John Martin 9
46444 L. H. Langlands 9
46445 Gretta Rahilly 11
46446 Ethel Hollis 17
46447 Alice M. Allen 15
46448 C. M. Allen 12
46449 Reginald Foster 7
46450 Mabel Foster 8
46451 ALICE WEBB,
Bow 14
46452 Minnie Cross 11
46453 Amy Pounds 14
46454 Ellen A. Kelly 10
46455 B. E. Learmond 9
46456 Mina L. Cole 12
46457 A. Whitehead 12
46458 Alfred E. Hicks 13
46459 Rose May 13
46460 Florce. E. Halls 13
46461 Edith Harmer 13
46462 Florce. M. Creed 13
46463 Alice M. Priddle 14
46464 Julia R. Kaines 14
46465 Jessie Steele 14
46466 M. A. Halcrow 19
46467 Florence Howard 14
46468 E. L. Halcrow 15
46469 Harry Wickett 15
46470 Eliza A. Tovey 16
46471 Archibald Webb 18
46472 Elzbth. J. Bazelt 9
46473 Alice L. Gibbs 12
46474 Matha Walter 13
46475 Alice Hallett 10
46476 A. G. Armstrong 16
46477 Annie C. Howard 7
46478 Catherine Webb 8
46479 Bertram Harmer 8
46480 E. A. Kingston 12
46481 George Lindsay 10
46482 E. A. Collyer 10
46483 D. G. Phillips 10
46484 Julia Suxworth 10
46485 D. E. F. Webb 16
46486 Alfred Tovey 7
46487 E. F. Kingston 9
46488 Florence M. Gill 10
46489 Wm. G. Harmer 11
46490 Edith H Webb 14
46491 E. B. Aldridge 9
46492 Albert Tovey 9
46493 J. Danzelmann 10
46494 Minnie J. Steele 12
46495 Emma L. West 11
46496 G. E. Wynne 12
46497 Mary Hammond 11
46498 A. C. L. Weller 11
46499 Louisa Scott 11
46500 Edith S. Potter 11
46501 Arthur Lester 11
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46502 Edith Harwood 14
46503 Lydia M. Britten 13
46504 Florence Hepper 9
46505 Ellen Buckley 18
46506 Isabella Ouless 12
46507 Heloise Pritchard 8
46508 Beatrice Preston 10
46509 Harry C. Nott 11
46510 Elsie Nott 6
46511 Maud Nott 8
46512 Marion Nott 10
46513 Nellie Peploe 11
46514 Wm. Jennings 12
46515 Rosy Jennings 7
46516 Isabella Jennings 10
46517 Elizabeth Adams 11
46518 Emily Adams 8
46519 Gertrude Beckett 12
46520 M. A. Carroll 15
46521 FLORENCE M.
BAYLIS, Victoria
Pk., Lndn. 11
46522 Jeanie McFee 10
46523 Alfred McFee 12
46524 Eliza Wilkinson 15
46525 Helen S. Pickford 13
46526 John Letch 17
46527 Ada Louger 15
46528 Walter Payne 13
46529 Maud Blane 14
46530 Stanley Baylis 4
46531 L. M. Godfrey 11
46532 Nellie Kniep 12
46533 Edith F. Clayton 11
46534 E. L. Willmott 11
46535 Mary E. Young 10
46536 E. C. A. Wegner 13
46537 Maud A. Heath 13
46538 Amy Tyler 13
46539 C. Wegner 16
46540 Wm. T. Rogers 19
46541 Florrie Rogers 12
46542 Edward Rogers 15
46543 Amy Rogers 17
46544 Eva Davis 14
46545 Agnes Davis 15
46546 Hilda M. Dott 11
46547 Elizabeth Dott 9
46548 B. Freeman 9
46549 Harold Freeman 13
46550 Florence Dabbs 16
46551 Alice Dabbs 14
46552 E. C. Boughen 12
46553 Alfred Davis 8
46554 Freddy Davis 10
46555 Ada Davis 6
46556 Florence Davis 13
46557 Emily Davis 12
46558 Edith Dyer 13
46559 Fredk. J. Dyer 18
46560 Lucy Blenman 17
46561 J. L. Blenman 12
46562 Ernest Blenman 8
46563 Harriet Cockrill 19
46564 Kate Cass 14
46565 Emily Collins 11
46566 Lina Cass 12
46567 Teresa Collins 13
46568 Daisy E. Willmott 9
46569 Margt. R. Hanna 16
46570 Alice Sanders 16
46571 J. Bartholomew 14
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46572 Helen M. Sharpe 8
46573 Mamie de Messing 10
46574 H. L. Thomas 8
46575 C. F. Mulliken 10
46576 T. S. Thomas 9
46577 C. E. Jobling 11
46578 Charles A. Wills 9
46579 John Wills 11
46580 EDITH SEWARD,
Poplar 13
46581 Katharine Jones 10
46582 M. G. Bundock 10
46583 Ellen E. LeGall 12
46584 Ada C. Finnis 12
46585 Julia Sutton 13
46586 Ellen Silvester 11
46587 Lily Bundock 6
46588 Aurelie Vaillant 11
46589 Lucy Styles 12
46590 Theresa Wells 10
46591 F. E. M. Dobson 10
46592 A. G. Elston 11
46593 E. A. Smith 11
46594 Violet A. Wheeler 12
46595 Jenny Gibb 11
46596 E. A. Wallworth 12
46597 Eleanor Nowell 8
46598 Mary J. Nowell 10
46599 Amy Terry 13
46600 Isabella Nowell 12
46601 Eliza Macland 12
46602 Mary Townsend 19
46603 Jane Catlin 19
46604 H. E. Jacobs 19
46605 Ellen Buckley 18
46606 Margt. Moore 17
46607 Clare E. Coombs 18
46608 Margaret Martin 18
46609 Ellen Christmas 18
46610 Nellie Toomey 19
46611 Ellen Chouchman 18
46612 John Craddock 12
46613 A. Steward 16
46614 A. P. McLean 4
46615 Wm. J. Smith 14
46616 Henry E. New 15
46617 W. le Gall 9
46618 Alfred Smith 9
46619 W. E. McLean 7
46620 Joseph Styles 8
46621 William Durling 9
46622 Sidney Rowe 7
46623 Herbert Rowe 12
46624 Wm. H. Seward 18
46625 Arthur Ellis 11
46626 Wm. Macland 10
46627 Sidney Macland 8
46628 William Norwell 17
46629 Louisa Macland 14
46630 P. A. Seward 8
46631 Hannah Warwick 13
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46632 Maggie Wiper 13
46633 H. Benington 10
46634 A. E. Hollis 9
46635 Bertha Hollis 12
46636 Ibrahim Naame 14
46637 E. M. Studdy 14
46638 A. G. E. Studdy 12
46639 A. T. Bonham 8
46640 E. A. Bonham 17
46641 CLARA H POOLE,
Cheltenham 13
46642 Annie M. Potter 11
46643 Lucy Tippetts 9
46644 E. C. Osborne 13
46645 Mary J. Slader 19
46646 Rosa E. Mason 10
46647 John Guy 8
46648 M. H. Letheren 7
46649 Sophie Baugham 11
46650 Maria Tippetts 11
46651 Thos. C. Guy 9
46652 Amy S. Slader 15
46653 Mary A. Shill 9
46654 L. K. Holliday 12
46655 E. H. Letheren 16
46656 Anne Tippetts 8
46657 M. M. Morland 6
46658 H. E. Giles 10
46659 Annie Whitfield 16
46660 Florce. Robinson 14
46661 Rose G. Tinker 13
46662 Charles W. Tyler 9
46663 Isabella E. Giles 10
46664 Freddy A. Pratt 9
46665 Laura E. Hunt 9
46666 Ellen Swinscoe 15
46667 Edwd. Swinscoe 11
46668 L. M. E. Mitchell 11
46669 A. L. Holliday 10
46670 A. E. Robins 11
46671 Amy Harboure 10
46672 Charles E. Slader 7
46673 Maggie Dix 9
46674 F. B. Slatter 10
46675 John R. Tyler 10
46676 Lizzie Weaver 12
46677 Ellen E. Tyler 12
46678 F. M. Freeman 11
46679 Stanley A. Hunt 10
46680 Harriett E. Hunt 8
46681 Sarah J. Guise 16
46682 Agnes E. Slader 10
46683 Dannie Kelliher 9
46684 Annie Smith 12
46685 John S. Letheren 10
46686 Caleb H. Slader 17
46687 George H. Hunt 12
46688 Annie L. Deane 14
46689 T. H. Giles 16
46690 E. G. F. Poole 7
46691 Fanny Minett 16
46692 Alice Reed 16
46693 R. H. Langstone 13
46694 Nellie Slade 12
46695 Kate E. Deane 12
46696 H. A. Pritchard 10
46697 ADA WOOLLEY,
Westminster 14
46698 Sarah Fielder 16
46699 Emily Smith 8
46700 Edith Guillim 14
46701 Beatrice Warren 13
46702 Florence Turner 12
46703 Lily Weeks 9
46704 L. E. Demone 9
46705 Mariam John 13
46706 Mary Lukins 11
46707 Mary Bowen 11
46708 Alice Smith 13
46709 Edmund Leech 6
46710 Rebecca Bolton 12
46711 B. L. Jones 13
46712 Honor Bolton 11
46713 Julia Douglas 19
46714 Charles Hill 10
46715 Miriam Cade 13
46716 Hannah Weeks 12
46717 Edith Russell 9
46718 Clara Russell 14
46719 Julia Weeks 14
46720 A. M. Banks 12
46721 John Weeks 16
46722 Sarah Topham 8
46723 Annie Button 8
46724 Ada Biffen 12
46725 Alice Wiffen 17
46726 Lizzie McCullock 10
46727 Lilly Wiffen 19
46728 Rosa Collins 14
46729 Louisa Austin 14
46730 Clara Banks 8
46731 Lula M. Wilson 8
46732 Alice Davis 7
46733 A. Norridge 12
46734 C. Carwood 16
46735 William Hill 8
46736 Ethel Russell 7
46737 A. Blofield 14
46738 James H. Wilson 9
46739 F. H. Woolley 14
46740 Frank Bedford 19
46741 Alice Lucas 12
46742 Edith Davis 12
46743 Alice Lohmann 15
46744 F. E. Picking 13
46745 Sarah Carwood 14
46746 A. Hockney 14
46747 Elzbth. Fielder 17
46748 F. L. Russell 12
46749 Clara Lillifant 13
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46750 Edith Baker 15
46751 Ada M. Leach 15
46752 M. J. Creagh 14
46753 Laura Gillatt 9
46754 Edwin P. Page 13
46755 Sarah Boughen 19
46756 Alice E. Boyton 14
46757 Louisa Hyde 12
46758 Hilda V. Bayly 11
46759 Charles J Brans 12
46760 Rosa Mitchell 16
46761 William Pruden 11
46762 Henry T. Mullord 11
46763 William Jennings 12
46764 Rosa Jennings 7
46765 F. STEINLE, Gt.
Chapel St., Ldn. 13
46766 Phillip Limback 16
46767 Henry Filgate 12
46768 Mary Maddick 10
46769 Ettie How 9
46770 Nellie Pierson 12
46771 Helen Scotcher 12
46772 Julia Robinson 11
46773 F. Nightingale 10
46774 Fredk. Limback 9
46775 Charles Green 11
46776 George Clements 11
46777 Phillip Raphael 12
46778 Fredk. Finbow 8
46779 Christian Steinle 16
46780 Frank Randall 13
46781 Albert Steinle 8
46782 Herbert Puttock 12
46783 William Steinle 5
46784 George Steinle 14
46785 James Roe 13
46786 Walter Bull 11
46787 John Akers 8
46788 Ethel Budd 10
46789 Edith Williams 9
46790 Robert Harrison 13
46791 Frederick Fuller 12
46792 Kate Roe 9
46793 Charles Cameron 12
46794 Wm. Cameron 10
46795 Lillian Brown 9
46796 William Walker 11
46797 Abraham Harris 12
46798 Joseph Roe 13
46799 Rose Billett 9
46800 A. Steinle 6
46801 Lindsay Ash 12
46802 Louise Roe 11
46803 Mary Steinle 18
46804 Arthur G. Bull 12
46805 Willie Finbow 7
46806 Edward Moore 11
46807 Fray Blewer 8
46808 George Limback 12
46809 Emily Willomatt 10
46810 Chas. Kilminster 12
46811 Frank Collins 12
46812 Roley Harris 10
46813 William Dones 14
46814 Henry Green 12
46815 Rose Steinle 11
46816 Willie Randall 10
46817 CARRIE G. REES,
Oswestry 14
46818 Arthur Thomas 15
46819 Walter M. Shaw 5
46820 C. A. Humphreys 4
46821 M. H. Humphreys 7
46822 Isabel Turner 14
46823 Alice A. Evans 12
46824 Amy Scotcher 13
46825 M. E. Garner 13
46826 Lilian Turner 11
46827 Jessie F. Hughes 10
46828 Norrie Thomas 10
46829 John Thomas 13
46830 Mary A. Thomas 8
46831 M. J. Thomas 9
46832 C. Thomas 7
46833 E. H. Pryce 11
46834 Margrt. E. Pryce 9
46835 Thos. H. Pryce 15
46836 R. Williams 7
46837 Edith Williams 8
46838 Kate I. Pryce 6
46839 Samuel H. Pryce 10
46840 Mary E. Pryce 7
46841 Jessie M. Jones 10
46842 Nora Jones 7
46843 Annie Jenkins 15
46844 George Jenkins 12
46845 Kate Jenkins 7
46846 Jessie Jenkins 10
46847 Pollie Jones 11
46848 Emily Jones 8
46849 Annie Jones 12
46850 Annie E. Price 14
46851 Wm. H. Turner 7
46852 Dora Turner 16
46853 Hannah Evans 14
46854 Kate Thomas 18
46855 M. L. Tilsley 12
46856 Emma E. Tilsley 15
46857 May Davies 9
46858 Emily S. Davies 15
46859 Alfred P. Chivers 7
46860 A. O. Chivers 13
46861 Ethel A. Chivers 12
46862 Ernest C. Chivers 9
46863 H. B. Chivers 6
46864 Hilda Chivers 5
46865 Maud Griffiths 11
46866 Melville McKie 18
46867 Fanny McKie 14
46868 Mary E. Byron 15
46869 Sarah J. Byron 17
46870 J. R. Pomarede 15
46871 INA McNEILL,
Belfast 14
46872 Haidee Robb 13
46873 E. McDowell 16
46874 Annie Vance 14
46875 Lizzie Tipping 18
46876 Sara Corbitt 16
46877 H. D. Ruddell 17
46878 F. Thornton 17
46879 E. A. Corbitt 18
46880 J. A. Haslett 14
46881 Ethel Maxwell 17
46882 Annie Elliott 15
46883 Mary A. Ruddell 17
46884 Agnes Reid 18
46885 K. D. Blakely 18
46886 Lizzie Harput 11
46887 Mary Harrison 18
46888 A. L. D. Russell 15
46889 Sophie Robb 15
46890 Maude Black 16
46891 Annie R. Taylor 13
46892 Annie Shelton 15
46893 Maggie Hanna 15
46894 Maud Niven 15
46895 David Taylor 9
46896 Mary Stewart 15
46897 J. E. McAskie 14
46898 Lizzie Kelly 14
46899 R. McCracken. 13
46900 Sarah Harpur 15
46901 Edith Clarke 16
46902 G. Gimshaw 16
46903 Lizzie Burden 13
46904 Anna Morton 14
46905 E. L. Buchanan 14
46906 Mary M. Cromie 14
46907 Freda Martin 15
46908 M. B. Burden 15
46909 Maggie Fisher 15
46910 Kathleen Stewart 16
46911 Etta Thompson 16
46912 Georgina Purdon 15
46913 Lizzie Purdon 16
46914 Susan Byers 15
46915 Olga Loewenthal 13
46916 Fairie Morgan 16
46917 Carrie G. Ward 18
46918 Mary Heron 14
46919 Florence Gordon 14
46920 Frances Naylor 17
46921 Chattie Taylor 16
46922 A. CROSSMAN,
Bow 13
46923 M. A. Williams 13
46924 Eliza E. West 15
46925 Florce. Davidson 12
46926 Fredk. Drayson 9
46927 C. Chatterton 13
46928 Charles Drayson 7
46929 Alice A. Smith 11
46930 Emily Reid 13
46931 Lamisa J. Jones 15
46932 Ada R. Nevill 13
46933 George Nevill 9
46934 C. Newton 11
46935 C. Newman 17
46936 William Jones 13
46937 Emily J. Jones 11
46938 Mary Barnard 12
46939 Florce. Constable 8
46940 Edith Sortwell 8
46941 Mary A. Gillen 8
46942 A. W. Sydenham 9
46943 Kate Adams 12
46944 K. H. Wimshurst 12
46945 Charlotte Robbie 11
46946 M. L. Manchee 13
46947 Rose Cooper 14
46948 E. Danzelman 8
46949 Sarah Skuse 21
46950 Olive Philbrick 14
46951 Elizabeth Fay 14
46952 Annie Howlett 9
46953 Alice Hodges 14
46954 Caroline Green 14
46955 Alice Rushbrook 12
46956 Kate Finch 16
46957 Eleanor Harris 12
46958 Florence Harris 16
46959 Julia R. Kaines 12
46960 Alice Winhall 8
46961 Albert Lane 11
46962 Martha Watson 13
46963 Jane Smith 9
46964 F. Rudderham 13
46965 Anne Cearns 13
46966 F. McKindley 13
46967 James W. Cearns 7
46968 Louisa A. Cearns 9
46969 Emma Taylor 15
46970 Edith Cearns 15
46971 Matilda Ford 11
46972 Edith Green 15
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46973 C. F. Truman 19
46974 Ellen Ward 12
46975 C. E. Partington 15
46976 E. A. Partington 11
46977 Lucy Taylor 12
46978 Geo F. Taylor 9
46979 J. A. Truman 14
46980 Edith M. Truman 8
46981 Lizzie Truman 12
46982 E. M. Truman 14
46983 Jessie G. Truman 10
46984 Fredk. Guy 14
46985 Grace I. Truman 11
46986 Josph. W. Baxter 16
46987 E. M. Asquith 9
46988 Florrie Spencer 14
46989 Alice Spencer 12
46990 Edith Spencer 10
46991 E. W. Shakespear 12
46992 E. M. Shakespear 14
46993 E. W. Warman 12
46994 Harry Hawkins 10
46995 Herbert Hawkins 8
46996 ELIZABETH PERKINS,
Bow 13
46997 Albert Mackrow 12
46998 Rosa Felgate 8
46999 George Stannard 16
47000 John Rushbrook 9
47001 Annie Palmer 16
47002 Lillian Shelton 11
47003 Helen Roberts 14
47004 Henry Fullick 11
47005 Rebecca Fullick 10
47006 Sarah Stapleton 12
47007 F. C. Stedman 10
47008 John Morgan 14
47009 William Palmer 14
47010 Lillian Macland 9
47011 Harry Roberts 9
47012 Clara A. Gibbs 12
47013 William Roberts 11
47014 Helen Hyam 9
47015 David Dickerson 9
47016 Hannah Maskell 12
47017 Wm. Stapleton 10
47018 Minnie Valantine 6
47019 Francis Maskell 17
47020 Louisa Dennis 14
47021 Margaret Irven 13
47022 Elizabeth Silva 14
47023 Jane Sayers 11
47024 Emily Sexton 15
47025 Clara Dickerson 13
47026 Florence Sayers 13
47027 F. Dickerson 11
47028 Emily Stapleton 14
47029 Clara A. Brooks 8
47030 Mary A. Ellis 14
47031 Mary A. Jones 14
47032 Mary A. Forrow 12
47033 Maria E. Ray 11
47034 Alice L. Howard 12
47035 Ellen R. Adams 11
47036 Charlotte Brooks 12
47037 Elizabeth Hulme 10
47038 Minnie Mackland 12
47039 Mary Rushbrook 12
47040 Alice Stannard 14
47041 Lillie Palmer 12
47042 Ellen Barrett 14
47043 Annie Silva 15
47044 Annie Palmer 16
47045 George Roberts 15
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47046 E. H. Davey 14
47047 Gertrde. Waldron 17
47048 Eliz. A. Clements 17
47049 D. A. Harrison 15
47050 Ethel K. Swan 15
47051 Margt. A. Yates 15
47052 Amy F. Swan 16
47053 Mary J. Bold 11
47054 Elizabeth Crowe 9
47055 Matilda Crowe 12
47056 Grace G. Parry 14
47057 EDITH H. WEBB,
Bow 13
47058 Agnes L. Allum 19
47059 Louisa G. Winter 18
47060 Alice M. Davis 15
47061 E. S. Ashdown 15
47062 Annie Hearsey 14
47063 Sarah Broom 14
47064 Ada V. Jones 14
47065 Ada Ferguson 14
47066 Eliza Finnis 13
47067 W. H. Armstrong 14
47068 Mary M. Davis 12
47069 M. F. Ferguson 12
47070 E. S. Coomber 12
47071 Lydia A. Smith 12
47072 F. C. Ballard 12
47073 M. F. Creighton 12
47074 Isabella Tomling 12
47075 Ada Keable 12
47076 F. M. Davidson 12
47077 A. E. Browning 11
47078 M. L. Keable 11
47079 Ada Rohwetter 11
47080 H. E. Ashdown 11
47081 Jenny Anthony 11
47082 Elizbth. Cluney 10
47083 Mabel Miller 10
47084 Janet Munn 10
47085 Lilian E. Wood 10
47086 Elizbth. L. Woolf 10
47087 A. S. K. Dobson 10
47088 Harriett Odonko 10
47089 Ada Mayne 10
47090 Alice M. Lovett 10
47091 Alice Mackelcken 10
47092 A. L. Nigthingale 10
47093 R. M. Winter 10
47094 F. M. Hammond 10
47095 A. E. Denham 9
47096 F. L. Parnell 9
47097 E. M. Davis 10
47098 Minnie Ashdown 9
47099 R. M. Winter 9
47100 A. M. Wakeham 9
47101 Arthur Cross 9
47102 Arthur Blaker 9
47103 L. B. Wakeham 8
47104 M. Hammond 8
47105 Alice E. R. Burn 8
47106 L. M. Ferguson 7
47107 E. A. Kaines 7
47108 M. A. Kaines 6
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47109 Emily C. Allen 10
47110 Ada L. Freir 14
47111 Herbert J. Jeffery 9
47112 F. J. C. Jeffery 7
47113 Fredk. J. Symes 12
47114 JANE REID,
Rothesay 19
47115 McNeill Duncan 16
47116 Annie B. Cook 20
47117 Jeannie Gow 16
47118 James R. Gow 14
47119 Maggie Lowson 14
47120 Beatrice Lowson 7
47121 Lizzie Lowson 9
47122 Wm. McCullock 10
47123 A. Colville 11
47124 James Colville 4
47125 Jane Ludlow 8
47126 Elizbth. Ludlow 7
47127 Hy. H. Thomson 10
47128 Gordon Thomson 9
47129 A. C. Thomson 11
47130 Grace C. Thom 20
47131 Isabella Black 16
47132 Bella Macloy 11
47133 W. MacClilland 16
47134 E. R. Macdonald 19
47135 H. McDonald 20
47136 John G. Palmer 10
47137 Sarah B. Stewart 12
47138 Thomas Stewart 10
47139 Arthur Brash 5
47140 Harris Brash 7
47141 M. Brash 10
47142 Frank Brash 12
47143 Gregor T. Brash 14
47144 Sarah Lindsay 14
47145 M. B. Furguson 15
47146 Hannah Duncan 15
47147 Mary Worling 16
47148 Helen Murray 12
47149 A. M. Murray 10
47150 J. A. L. Murray 6
47151 A. Murray 6
47152 Andrew Murray 9
47153 E. C. Rankin 17
47154 C. M. Rankin 20
47155 Pryce Rankin 19
47156 Maud Porter 12
47157 A. M. Barrowman 7
47158 W. R. Barrowman 8
47159 T. Barrowman 12
47160 M. Barrowman 16
47161 M. Barrowman 10
47162 J. M. Barrowman 18
47163 Mary B. Blair 13
47164 Elizabeth Phillp 13
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47165 E. B. Watmouth 13
47166 W. Watmouth 11
47167 H. E. Warwick 13
47168 Alfred E. Curtis 7
47169 Kate M. Curtis 14
47170 Jessie Curtis 10
47171 Edgar H. Curtis 12
47172 G. H. ORLEBAR,
Clapton 12
47173 S. C. Akehurst 13
47174 Anne M. Bailey 19
47175 Thos. A. Baynes 13
47176 Elizabeth Bush 11
47177 Arthur E. Coates 12
47178 Fanny Cox 11
47179 Fredk. C. Dove 12
47180 James N. Dove: 10
47181 T. S. Edridge 11
47182 Chas. Emerson 16
47183 C. G. Fishlock 12
47184 A. J. Freshwater 11
47185 Henry Frost 12
47186 M. R. Griffith 11
47187 Alice Hall 10
47188 Fanny A. Hall 12
47189 E. H. Hillworth 16
47190 M. E. Hillworth 11
47191 Susan Hughes 13
47192 Emma Hull 17
47193 Fanny Hull 13
47194 Alfred J. Hunt 12
47195 A. T. Ireland 11
47196 A. J. Jamieson 14
47197 H. G. Jamieson 11
47198 Charles J. King 12
47199 John A. Law 13
47200 R. J. Messenger 15
47201 Ada E. Moore 13
47202 Chas. M. Morris 11
47203 Chas. M. Mynott 12
47204 E. P. Newberry 12
47205 Emily J. Orlebar 16
47206 Wm. G. H. Paull 12
47207 Arthur T. Pike 13
47208 Arthur G. Pipe 11
47209 Wm. C. Potter 12
47210 William Radley 13
47211 C. J. Rainbow 9
47212 Jessie Rainbow 7
47213 William J. Rous 12
47214 Wm. H. Sanders 10
47215 Richard T. Scott 12
47216 Arthur H. Sibley 14
47217 Joseph Sleap 12
47218 A. L. Stevenson 11
47219 Fredk. W. Upson 12
47220 George Wall 13
47221 Sarah Welsh 10
47222 Joseph Wright 11
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47223 Joseph Wilson 13
47224 Joseph Griffin 15
47225 Charles Griffin 12
47226 George Gregg 12
47227 Edgar Marshall 13
47228 Edward Harris 13
47229 G. F. Brewill 10
47230 B. SANDERS,
Shepherd's Bsh. 18
47231 Emma Janko 15
47232 Ellen Dowling 9
47233 Janet Cooke 11
47234 Francis Ward 9
47235 Katie Ward 14
47236 Marcia Cooke 14
47237 Fanny Stoyle 17
47238 Mary Pearce 18
47239 H. V. Pearson 12
47240 Daniel Holmans 10
47241 Emma Dowling 12
47242 Annie Angell 8
47243 William Kennedy 11
47244 A. B. Rugg 13
47245 Maggie Jones 9
47246 Levi Jenkins 10
47247 Fredk. Price 9
47248 Emily Williams 11
47249 Agnes Hughes 14
47250 Emily Jones 14
47251 Bessie Beigh 13
47252 Mary Welch 10
47253 Minnie Barnard 13
47254 Julia Cowlin 13
47255 Mabel Cock 11
47256 Rose Patmer 12
47257 Emma Welch 9
47258 Thomas Wilton 8
47259 William Smith 9
47260 Clara Cock 9
47261 Sarah Watson 12
47262 Oswald N. Roper 8
47263 Arthur Stacey 8
47264 Lizzie Kendrew 9
47265 Nellie Kenneth 11
47266 Elsie M. Kenneth 9
47267 Alice A. Kenneth 15
47268 E. M. Kenneth 17
47269 Clara Phillips 13
47270 Edward Phillips 18
47271 Edith Fetcher 14
47272 Florry Fetcher 12
47273 Clara Fetcher 7
47274 H. O. Kenneth 12
47275 George Maxwell 13
[_Officers and Members are referred to a Special Notice on page 55._]
TRUE STORIES ABOUT PETS, ANECDOTES, &c.
TEACHING A DOG TO READ.
DEAR MR. EDITOR,--My father knows a gentleman who is teaching his dog to
read. He prepared some thick pieces of cardboard and printed on each
card, in large letters, such words as _Bone_, _Food_, _Out_, &c. He
first gave the dog food in a saucer on the card _food_, and then he
placed an empty saucer on a blank card. Van is his name, and he is a
black poodle. The next thing he did was to teach Van to bring the cards
to him. He brings the card with _out_ on if he wishes to go out. One day
he brought the card with _food_ upon it nine times, the card being
placed in a different position each time among the other cards. The
gentleman hopes to teach him more, for Van quite understands what he has
learnt.
H. E. FOWLER.
(Aged 13.)
_Woodthorne, Wolverhampton._
TWO CLEVER HORSES.
DEAR MR. EDITOR,--We were once in the country. There was a gentleman
living near us, and he had two horses and a carriage. One night he was
driving home from dinner, when suddenly the horses stopped. The coachman
whipped them, but still they would not move a step farther, so the
footman got down and lit a lantern to see what was the matter. What was
his surprise to see a tree lying right across the road. Wasn't it clever
of the horses to know the tree was there when it was so dark? The
gentleman was very pleased with his horses, because if they had gone on
the carriage would have been upset.
ANTONY S. BYNG.
(Aged 7-1/4.)
_St. Peter's Parsonage, Cranley Gardens, London, S.W._
RUFFLE, THE SWIMMING CAT.
DEAR MR. EDITOR,--Not long ago I was given a little tabby Persian
kitten, about four months old, which I called "Ruffle." We soon became
great friends, and when I went out she would follow me like a dog. At
the bottom of our park there is a river, in which we have a
bathing-place. One morning when I was going to bathe I thought I would
take Ruffle with me, as it would be a nice run for her, and I could
leave her with my maid in the punt whilst I was in the water. She did
not seem in the least afraid until I was in the water, and then she
began to mew. She would not stay in the maid's lap, but ran to the side
of the punt mewing piteously. I came to the side of the punt and stroked
her and she began to purr at once. I thought she would be quite happy
now, and so I left her, but I had hardly turned my back before I heard a
little splash and turning round saw my maid vainly trying to rescue
Ruffle, who had jumped into the water! Instead of trying to reach the
bank she swam to me. Of course I picked her up, little drowned mite that
she was, and took her into the bathing-house and dried her as well as I
could. I need not say that this proof of her affection made us firmer
friends than ever.
MARIAN C. BRODRICK.
(Aged 14.)
_Peper Harow,
Godalming, Surrey._
A DOG'S TRICK.
DEAR MR. EDITOR,--I thought you would like to hear of a trick played by
a Newfoundland dog of whom its owner was very fond. One day my
grandpapa, whilst out walking with another gentleman, was boasting
rather of the cleverness of Victor, his dog, in finding things which he
had not seen. His friend asked if he would hide something now, and not
show the dog. My grandfather agreed, and while Victor was not looking
placed his stick in the gutter. The two gentlemen then walked on for
about a mile and a half; the dog was then called, and told to fetch the
stick. By-and-by he returned, but without the cane. Grandpapa was very
angry, especially as his friend remarked that he never really believed
it possible for any animal to find a thing at such a distance. The dog
was sent back again, but returned with the same result. The gentlemen
then determined to follow him, and see where he went. And what do you
think the sly fellow did?--why just went round the corner and lay down
till he thought it was time to go back! But when he found our that he
was discovered he went and brought the stick to grandpapa, who could not
help laughing at the trick he had been played.
EDITH PARNELL.
(Aged 13.)
13, _Windsor Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne._
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 WANTING WORDS" (_p. 128_).
FIRST PRIZE ANSWER.
The picture on page 128 of LITTLE FOLKS represents the ruins of the vast
Flavian Amphitheatre, or, as it is also called, Coliseum. After a period
of civil war and confusion, Vespasian began the Flavian dynasty, and
entered upon his reign by filling up the spaces made by the demolitions
of Nero, and by the fire, with large buildings, the most conspicuous and
massive of them being the Coliseum. It is not known whether this name
was given to it from its tremendous size or from the Colossus of Nero
which stood near.
Vespasian, however, did not complete it, but his son Titus, who
succeeded him, did so. The splendour of the interior, as gathered from
Roman poets, was said to be unequalled. Marble statues filled the
arcades, gilt and brazen network supported on ivory posts and wheels
protected the spectators from the wild beasts, fountains of fragrant
waters were scattered throughout the building, and marble tripods for
burning the incense upon. Speaking of the size of it, it covers five
acres of ground, and is capable of holding a hundred thousand persons.
An idea of the solidity of the building may be taken from the fact that
after two thousand years, during which time it has been used for a
quarry for materials for palaces and churches, nearly three-quarters
still remain. Now that a description of the building has been given, I
will say something about the uses of it.
The Coliseum was first of all built for gladiatorial shows, which were
the favourite amusement of the Romans. All of both sexes, from the
Emperor down to the meanest slave, used to flock to see them. Primitive
Christianity is associated in a great degree with this building; "The
Christians to the Lions" often being the cry throughout the city, and
hundreds of innocent persons were "butchered to make a Roman holiday."
The first Christian Emperor tried to put a stop to this butchery
(statistics say that the combats of this amphitheatre cost from twenty
to thirty thousand lives per month), but the custom was too deeply
rooted to be stopped all at once. In the reign of Honorius, however, it
was altogether abolished. It is very marvellous how this piece of
masonry should have stood through all these years with comparatively so
little decay.
H. D. HOPE.
(Aged 15).
11, _Greenfield Crescent, Edgbaston,
Birmingham._
Certified by HENRY HOPE (Father).
LIST OF HONOUR.
_First Prize (One-Guinea Book), with Officer's Medal of the "Little
Folks" Legion of Honour_;--H. D. HOPE (15), 11, Greenfield Crescent,
Edgbaston, Birmingham. _Second Prize (Seven-Shilling-and-Sixpenny Book),
with Officer's Medal_:--MARGARET T. S. BEATTIE (13), St. Michael's,
Torquay. _Honourable Mention, with Members Medal_:--M. AGNES HOWARD
(10-1/2), 15, Clarence Square, Gosport; G. G. CALLCOTT (15-1/2),
Hageldon, 27, Shepherd's Bush Road; KATE E. GREENHOW (12-1/2),
Highfield, Chelmsford, Essex; EDITH WINGATE (15), 2, Finlayson Place,
Relvinside, Glasgow; ADRIANA POLI (11), 24, Via Ricasoli, Livorno,
Italy; SYBIL COVENTRY (13-1/2), Severn Stoke Rectory, Worcester;
CLIFFORD CRAWFORD (11-3/4), 21, Windsor Street, Edinburgh; EDITH B.
JOWETT (15-3/4), Thackley Road, Idle, near Bradford; PERCY G. TRENDELL
(12), 10, Coburg Place, Bayswater Road, London, S.W.
THE "LITTLE FOLKS" ANNUAL FOR 1885.
The "LITTLE FOLKS" ANNUAL for 1885 (price Sixpence) will be published on
the 25th of October, 1884, under the title of
"A SHIPFUL OF CHILDREN, AND THEIR MERRY ADVENTURES."
In this ANNUAL will be related, in a number of bright and entertaining
Stories, the amusing adventures and incidents which befell several
Children during a wonderful "voyage" undertaken by them; and, in
addition to telling of all the doings of these Children, and of what
they saw and heard, the ANNUAL will contain a large number of laughable
Puzzles, Riddles, &c., a Song with Music, and a new Indoor or Outdoor
Entertainment by Geo. Manville Fenn, which has been specially written
with the view to its being easily performed at home by Boys and Girls.
All the Stories in "A SHIPFUL OF CHILDREN" are from the pens of Authors
with whose writings readers of "LITTLE FOLKS" are familiar, including
the Author of "Prince Pimpernel," Henry Frith, Julia Goddard (who
contributes a Fairy Story), Robert Richardson, the Author of "Claimed at
Last," and others; while the Illustrations--humorous and otherwise, and
about Forty in number--have been specially drawn by Harry Furniss, Hal
Ludlow, Lizzie Lawson, Gordon Browne, C. Gregory, W. Rainey, A. S. Fenn,
E. J. Walker, and others. The Editor would remind intending purchasers
that the "LITTLE FOLKS" ANNUAL last year was out of print a few days
after publication, and many were in consequence unable to obtain copies;
it is desirable, therefore, so as to avoid disappointment, that orders
for "A SHIPFUL OF CHILDREN" should be given to booksellers as early as
possible.
OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES.
[Illustration]
PICTORIAL NATURAL HISTORY PUZZLE.
My 2, 3, 4, 7, 6 = pungent.
My 1, 9, 16 = to taste.
My 12, 11, 14, 10 = mists.
My 8, 5, 15 = an Egyptian notable.
My 6, 7, 13, 17 = food.
My whole is a bird.
GEOGRAPHICAL ACROSTIC.
The initials form the name of an island at the entrance of the Baltic
Sea.
1. A lake in Switzerland.
2. A river in Spain.
3. A river in Italy.
4. The capital of a country in Europe.
5. Some mountains in Europe.
6. A river in Africa.
7. A river in Turkey.
M. A. WARD.
(Aged 10-1/2.)
54, _Southfield Square, Bradford, Yorks._
MISSING LETTER PUZZLE.
The following is a verse from one of Tom Hood's poems:--
'x w x s x n x h x p x i x e x f x u x m x r x i x e,
n x v x n x n x c x l x a x d x o x l,
n x f x u x a x d x w x n x y x a x p x b x y x
C x m x b x u x d x n x o x t x f x c x o x l:
x h x r x w x r x s x m x t x a x r x n x n x s x m x t x a x l x a
x t,
x i x e x r x u x l x t x i x a x o x l.
WINIFRED H. SHACKLOCK.
(Aged 11-3/4.)
_Meadow House, Mansfield,
Nottingham._
SQUARE WORDS.
A MARK.
2. An eatable.
3. Related.
4. A fissure.
1. A vehicle.
2. A tree.
3. Part of the verb _to ride_.
4. A river in England.
1. A partner.
2. A salt.
3. A melody.
4. A large bird.
BERTRAM G. THEOBALD.
(Aged 12-3/4.)
2, _Ashley Road,
Hornsey Rise, London, N._
BURIED NAMES OF RIVERS.
The building is erected near the town hall.
2. The king told us we served him well.
3. If they find us, we must run away.
4. Mary and Emma are going for a walk.
5. Feel how hot I am, Stella.
C. LILIAN DICKINS.
(Aged 11-1/2.)
1, _Priory Gardens,
Folkestone._
RIDDLE-ME-REE.
My first is in table, but not in chair.
My second is in orange, but not in pear.
My third is in come, but not in go.
My fourth is in fast, but not in slow.
My fifth is in tin, but not in lead.
My sixth is in cover, but not in bed.
My whole is a vegetable much liked by some,
And now my riddle-me-ree is done.
PERCY ELLISON.
(Aged 12.)
17, _Esplanade, Waterloo,
near Liverpool._
BURIED PROVERB.
A word of the proverb is contained in each line.
1. There were a great many people at the ball.
2. Who gave you that flower?
3. They live close by us.
4. She went in the train because it was raining.
5. The glass is not put in the frame yet.
6. All these houses belong to him.
7. You must not stay out so late again, Edith.
8. Are you not going for a walk?
9. You throw the ball too high, Louise.
10. We will flood the lawn when the stones have been swept away.
AMY FAGG.
(Aged 15.)
_Clarence Lodge, Canning Road, Croydon._
ANSWERS TO LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES (_p. 189_).
MISSING LETTER PUZZLE.
"With fingers weary and worn, with eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, plying her needle and thread:
Stitch! stitch! stitch! in poverty, hunger, and dirt;
And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, she sang the 'Song of
the Shirt.'"
DOUBLE MESOSTICH.--OBERON--PORTIA.
1. H OP e.
2. O BO e.
3. H ER d.
4. Ta RT an.
5. Qu OI ts.
6. Fi NA le.
RIDDLE-ME-REE.--TIGER.
SINGLE GEOGRAPHICAL ACROSTIC--CELEBES.
1. C hesterfield.
2. E rne.
3. L iffey.
4. E lba.
5. B lenheim.
6. E uphrates.
7. S hrewsbury.
HIDDEN PROVERBS.
1. "Strike while the iron is hot."
2. "Where there's a will, there's a way."
3. "Too many cooks spoil the broth."
BEHEADED WORDS.
1. Wheel, heel, eel.
2. Slate, late, ate.
3. Stale, tale, ale.
GEOGRAPHICAL PICTORIAL ACROSTIC.
ITALY--ASSAM.
I celand contains the volcano of Hecl A.
T unbridge Wells is remarkable for its spring S.
A thens, the capital of Morea, is famous on account of its Acropoli S.
L eghorn is situated 14 miles south of Pis A.
Y armouth is the chief seat of the herring fisheries in the kingdo M.
PRIZE PUZZLE COMPETITION.
SPECIAL HOME AND FOREIGN COMPETITION.
As announced last month, the Editor proposes to give those of his
Readers residing abroad an opportunity of competing for Prizes on
favourable terms with Subscribers in Great Britain. A list of the Prizes
is given below, and the Puzzles, together with additional particulars,
will be found in the September issue.
PRIZES.
Twenty prizes will be awarded for the best Solutions to the Puzzles
given _in the last number_ (_p. 190_); Ten to Competitors in the Senior
(for girls and boys between the ages of 14 and 16 _inclusive_), and Ten
to Competitors in the Junior Division (for those _under_ 14 years of
age).
The following will be the value of the Prizes, in books, given in _each_
Division:--
1. A First Prize of One Guinea.
2. A Second Prize of Half a Guinea.
3. A Third Prize of Seven Shillings and Sixpence.
4. Two Prizes of Five Shillings.
5. Five Prizes of Half a Crown.
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.
N.B.--The Solutions, together with the names and addresses of the Prize
and Medal winners, will be published in the January Number of LITTLE
FOLKS.
REGULATIONS.
Solutions to the Puzzles published in the last number (p. 190) must
reach the Editor not later than October 25th (November 1st 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.
SUMMER COMPETITION. (SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 2).
SENIOR DIVISION.
1. Anne.
2. Bonaparte.
3. Coxwell.
4. Dugdale.
5. Erasmus.
6. Fox.
7. Godoonoff.
8. Hyde.
9. Isaeus (or Isocrates).
10. Junius.
11. Klingenstierna.
12. Leveridge.
CLASS II.--Consisting of those who have gained eleven marks or less:--G.
Blenkin, R. Brook, Hon. M. Brodrick, H. Blunt, M. Bradbury, A. Bradbury,
N. Besley, H. Coombes, L. E. Curme, J. Cooper, M. Cooper, B. Coventry,
F. G. Callcott, C. Debenham, G. Dundas, H. Dyson, Rosita Eustace, L.
Fraser, M. Gollidge, E. Gollidge, E. D. Griffiths, B. Hudson, G. Horner,
A. Hartfield, E. Chapell-Hodge, L. Haydon, M. Jones-Henry, M. Heddle, A.
Jackson, E. Jowett, W. Johnson, M. Jakeman, A. Lynch, E. Lithgon, A.
Leah, E. Leake, E. Maynard, K. Mills, E. Morgan, K. F. Nix, J. Nix, M.
Nix, G. Pettman, A. Pellier, G. Russell, F. Roberts, C. Rees, C.
Stanier, A. Sifton, M. Addison-Scott, A. J. Sifton, Una Tracy, C.
Tindinger, B. Tomlinson, K. Williams, E. Wedgwood, B. Walton, M. Wilson,
H. Watson, A. Wilson, F. Burnet, A. Elliot, G. Burne, M. More, E.
Hanlon, M. Lloyd, B. Law, N. Ross, W. C. Wilson, N. Pybus.
JUNIOR DIVISION.
1. Marlborough.
2. Nares.
3. Oppian.
4. Perseus.
5. Quarles.
6. Rebolledo.
7. Sansovino.
8. Talma.
9. Ursinus.
10. Victor.
11. Washington.
12. Young.
CLASS II.--Consisting of those who have gained eleven marks or less:--D.
Blunt, M. Balfour, M. Buckler, Lolo Besley, M. Beallie, G. Barnes, E.
Brake, L. Coventry, M. Curme, M. Callcott, C. Crawford, M. Cooper, A.
Coombs, G. Debenham, P. Davidson, M. Frisby, S. Fullford, J. Gruning, E.
Gruning, L. Gill, L. Hudson, G. Chapell-Hodge, G. C. Jackson, A. King,
E. Lucy, K. Lynch, E. Leake, G. O'Morris, N. Maxwell, H. Mugliston, F.
Medlycott, E. Neame, E. Parks, E. Quilter, M. Somerville, J. Seager, S.
Sifton, F. Todd, M. M. Calman-Turpie, M. Wilson, G. L. Williams, G.
Williams, E. Yeo, C. Burne, F. Burne, V. Coombes, E. A. Coombes, E. L.
Metcalf, H. M. Smith, L. Weetman.
AWARD OF PRIZES (TENTH QUARTER).
SENIOR DIVISION.
The _First_, _Second_, and _Third Prizes_ are divided between the
following Competitors, each of whom gains an equal number of marks, and
is awarded Books to the value of 12s. 6d.:--MATILDA HEDDLE (15), St.
Leonards, St. Andrews; CAROLINE J. NIX (14-3/4), Tilgate, Crawley, Sussex;
RUTH H. BROOK (15), Helme Edge, Metham, near Huddersfield. F. G. CALCOTT
gains an equal number of marks, but having taken a Prize last Quarter is
not eligible to receive one on this occasion.
_Bronze Medals_ of the LITTLE FOLKS Legion of Honour are awarded
to:--ALICE BRADBURY (14), Oak Lodge, Nightingale Lane, S.W.; LILIAN
HAYDON (15), Cholmeley Park House, Archway Road, Highgate; CHRISTIANA
JANE DEBENHAM (15), Cheshunt Park, Herts.
JUNIOR DIVISION.
The _First_, _Second_, and _Third Prizes_ are divided amongst the
following Competitors, each of whom gains an equal number of marks, and
is awarded Books to the value of 12s. 6d.:--ELEANOR YEO (11), 30, Paul
Street, Exeter; EMMELINE A. NEAME (12-1/2), Church House, Llangadock, S.
Wales; NELLIE M. MAXWELL (9-1/2), Jenner Road, Guildford.
_Bronze Medals_ of the LITTLE FOLKS Legion of Honour are awarded to
AGNES F. COOMBS (13), Beaminster, Dorset; DOROTHY BLUNT (12), Manor
House, Dorchester, Wallingford; M. GWENDOLINE BUCKLER (12-1/2), Bedstone
Rectory, Birkenhead.
A NEW FORM OF AMUSEMENT.
PROVERBS IN SECTIONS.
As the autumn evenings are now at hand, I mention below a Proverb Game
which may be made amusing where there is a party of children who are
fond of intellectual diversions. Each player thinks of a proverb, writes
the syllables on a piece of paper in the manner indicated below, and
hands it on to his next neighbour, who writes on the back the proverb
itself, _if he can_, and keeps the paper. If he cannot solve the Puzzle,
he reads out the syllables _quickly_, and any player who guesses the
proverb receives the paper. At the end of the game see how many papers
each player has:
1. -dle fire great it kin- Lit- out ones put sticks -tle the.
2. By gets go- -ing mill the.
3. are all be not to Truths told.
4. A got is -ny pen- spared twice.
5. -ing no pays Talk- toll.
6. a- -eth fire -far not quench- -ter Wa-
7. be- -eth fox Geese the preach- -ware when.
8. A -ers gath- -ing moss no roll- stone.
9. A a -ant's -ders dwarf far- gi- on of shoul- sees the the -ther
two.
1. Little sticks kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
2. By going gets the mill.
3. Truths are not all to be told.
4. A penny got is twice spared.
5. Talking pays no toll.
6. Water afar quencheth not fire.
7. Geese beware when the fox preacheth.
8. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
9. A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the farther of the two.
It will be seen in the above examples that a certain clue is given by
writing the syllable with which the proverb commences in a capital
letter. This need not be done in playing the game where elder children
only take part, but it is an assistance for the younger ones. As to the
arrangement of syllables, it will be seen that the above are assorted in
alphabetical order, and this plan will be found most easy for reference,
but the sections may be placed in any order. In the case of number 2,
the above arrangement gives a clue to the proverb, and therefore in
writing out your "sections" it will be found that for _short_ proverbs
it will be desirable to place the syllables in such a manner as to give
the slightest indication of the sentence; whilst in longer proverbs the
alphabetical plan will be best.
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.
LOUIS VERRIER, T. S. J.--[I am glad to tell you that a new "LITTLE FOLKS
Painting Book" is in preparation. Particulars will be announced
shortly.--ED.]
LITERATURE.
LITTLE MAID OF ARCADIE would like to know if any one can tell her in
what poem the following lines occur--
"Evil is wrought by want of thought,
As well as want of heart."
and who the author is.
A NORTHERN MOLE would be much obliged if any reader of LITTLE FOLKS
would tell her who wrote the poems "Sintram" and "Lyra Innocentium."
ALICE IN WONDERLAND wishes to know the story of King Cophetua.
GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS.
PEROQUET writes, in answer to GREEN-EYED JOWLER, that the game of "Cross
Questions and Crooked Answers" is played by any number of persons--about
seven or eight are best. The players sit in a row, the first one asks
her right-hand neighbour a question and receives an answer, both in an
undertone. Then the player who was asked has to ask her next neighbour a
question, and so on all round, the last one asking the one who began.
Then in turn they all declare the question they were asked and the
answer they received; _not_ the question _they_ asked, or the answer
_they_ gave. The fun consists in the perfect nonsense of the proper
answers to the wrong questions, and from this it gets its name, "Cross
Questions and Crooked Answers." Answers also received from ONE OF THE
FAIR SEX, BRIDGET, AURANIA, FIVE MINUTES, T. C., and WM. SHEAR.
WORK.
ASTARTE would like to know how to make a baby's woollen jacket.
COOKERY.
CHUCKLES writes in answer to MAID OF ATHENS that the way to make
oat-cakes is:--Put two or three handfuls of meal into a bowl and moisten
it with water, merely sufficient to form it into a cake; knead it out
round and round with the hands upon the paste-board, strewing meal
under and over it, and put it on a girdle. Bake it till it is a little
brown on the under side, then take it off and toast that side before the
fire which was uppermost on the girdle. To make these cakes soft, merely
do them on both sides on the girdle.
F. W. BOREHAM writes in answer to SNOW-FLAKE that the way to make almond
rock is to cut in small slices three-quarters of a pound of sweet
almonds, half a pound of candied peel, and two ounces of citron; add one
pound and a half of sugar, a quarter of a pound of flour, and the whites
of six eggs. Roll the mixture into small-sized balls and lay them on
wafer paper about an inch apart. Bake them in a moderate oven until they
are of a pale brown colour.
PANSY asks how to make Queen's Cakes.
GENERAL.
W. E. IRELAND sends in answer to W. ROUTLEDGE'S inquiry the following
directions for making a graph for copying letters, &c.:--Six parts of
glycerine, four parts of water, two parts of barium sulphate, one part
of sugar. Mix the materials and let them soak for twenty-four hours,
then melt at a gentle heat and stir well. I have used this recipe and
have frequently taken twenty or twenty-five clear copies. Once I took
over thirty. A great deal depends on the stirring, also the melting.
NATURAL HISTORY.
VIOLA would like to know if sorrel is good for birds, and if so, in what
quantity should it be given.--[Probably some birds eat it, but with the
majority it is too acid. Groundsel or plantain is much better. Green
food may be given freely in summer--regularly; but alternate supply and
deprivation are bad.]
SEJANUS would like to know of a really good book on British birds' eggs,
and what the price of it would be?--[At the end of every volume of
"Familiar Wild Birds" (published by Cassell and Company), there are
plates and descriptions of the eggs of all the birds described.]
A. K. would be glad to know of a cure for her dog. The balls of his
eyes, which were brown, have turned light blue; he can hardly see at
all. He is just four years old.--[We fear it is doubtful if your dog can
be cured. It is possible that dropping into his eyes a solution of
atropine may restore his sight, but you should get advice from a
veterinary surgeon, who must in any case show you how to do it.]
"Picture Wanting Words" Competition.
Full particulars of the Special Home and Foreign "Picture Wanting Words"
Competition--open to all readers under the age of Sixteen, and in which
Six Prizes and Officers' Medals of the LITTLE FOLKS Legion of Honour, in
addition to some Members' Medals, are offered--were printed on page 192
of the last Number. This Competition is open until October 25th for
Competitors in Great Britain and Ireland, and until November 1st for
those who reside abroad. (Competitors are referred to a notice about the
Silver Medal on page 115 of the last Volume.)
THE BROWNIES TO THE RESCUE.
A widow lives across the creek
Who took in washing by the week
But aches and pains have crossed her way
And now she lies in want, they say,
Without a loaf of bread to eat,
A slice of cheese, or pound of meat.
So, while the owls around us sing,
This basket full of food we bring.
We made a raid on market stall,
And took the poultry, fish, and all--.
For Brownies are not slow, be sure,
To do their best to help the poor.
Across the window-sill with care
We'll slide it to her table bare,
And when she wakens up, no doubt,
She'll think her neighbours were about.
PALMER COX.
[Illustration: "SO, WHILE THE OWLS AROUND US SING, THIS BASKET FULL OF
FOOD WE BRING."]
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