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—tw3iGOLDEN DAYS:e=>.
July 8, 1882.
m his earliest childhood jhe ‘dis-
|. Fro
played a a predilection for the brush.
Growing older, he read the well-known
anecdote of West and the cat, an.j thought
would emulate that er ratic’ ‘genius—wil th
- somewhat indifferent results.
3. Then there was \s that other anecdote of
es! dying
father heer i
successful. -
expression by making his
tere he was, it anything, too
4, One day he found the paintgrs had left
their materials behind them.
WOULD BE
AN ARTIST.
5, But his father could not be got to ap-
prtating. the beauties of amateur fresco
pain
6. Then he used to stand before pictures
‘at tire public galleries and sigh, the
Pome always most perversely tistook his
7. At last he really did paint a picture.
“What's this?” said the eritic. * al pocturne
in Stone blue and Keen’s mustard
8 Eventually he succeeded in 1 getting be-
fore the public, and his friends have coldly
turned their backs upon him ever since.
Monra.—It is not wise to copy either the faults or the eccentricities of even great men.
—Jobnny’s composition on the sea-lion:
hese a
full
never ask em to sin
wouldn't mi ake primer d
They
any more.
e lians
onners
nig sie want little change,” said a boy to
3
“Well,” was the heartless response, “just
pai for it; time brings change to every-
OUR LETTER BOX.
Youn: Boatinan— Buried Tre:
Snug -Box—An Adventure with
We Seek is Arou! —
deck and His.
Pray hain A Little F tlero—Copp
Sendin \—-A Day of erate cw tuners Ke-
G. e poems referred to have been
travelaied yy “coyoites of both this country and
urope. ongtellow' Ss poetry origi-
nal. 3. wi é have fall the
wise—that will be Medd Mor a
AMATEUR FLO! uchsias: should be kept
in an open situat to on, “and require regular water-
ing, the best time for doing th Ss Teing Beither early
in thet tornings or in cool of the eve! ning, In
re 2 Or ae there are many fit rte, in
your raity who will give you all the infor mation de-
sired,
QUESTIONER.—1. September 18, 1367, fell
Wednesday. 2 Nol tices eat atte |
Wy, re and sala le
ve cor datained a the list g!
ter Box, No. 5, Vol. ted Aug! ust
* Oscar on ricrseuack™ was Gublisned th thitteen
ae
ur in
n ted
‘he Marquis of Lorne is. the
; ral of Canada at the present time,
2 Gieeniand 1s_4 dependency of Denmark, and
consequently under the rulership of Christian ix
3. to all questions of ¢ eth uette, you are
e subject, to
BRT.
referred to some standare
be obtained 3 at any book st ores
Arlington Heights fs the name given to
arauge oof f hills in Palriax County, Virginia, over-
hanging the Potomac River, opposite to Washing-
fon. At one time Gen » Lee resided | there.
Tw national Dometerles are located
lace. We do not know from whom it Sorained
ts pame, tniess it be from Henry Bennet, Earl o!
au rere eee nd.
sanner « of bronzing t the Tlaster-
oft paris aires refer :
ures are first given a coat Croll rarnish,atd
when this, js nearly dry. ne romaine powders are
applied by means ora Ds cotton or a camel-hair
brush. Another. wa pplying the bronze
powder 1s by placing i in aide one, of muslin
and cineting Itover the mera race, att ry rd finish
ing off with a wad of lin face must be
varnished when ‘the “browning 1s
stance from Putney Aqueduct
tothe sii Oat Slertiake, on the TpAntes, ace
cording to the Or nance Survey, is 4 m
aut m
ards, ost of the ¢
been started fro m opr
in order to
steamers, thus seducing the seta
0 aly n 300 yards,
ntstan and South Alr i cost Pine Satish over Pons
and the aes
GnpERLY, pitee at Lee,
N. raduate a at Wi ent ‘Point th
Be Point fon
“white Strerintenlng the Pest
sat Ge id spring, N. ¥., bi d the gin
rel entered such ralnable
bean 0; name, Senteh
service ‘arin the clvit war, It was lighter than
other rifled cannon, and differed From a hein ‘in the
ordnance
modleof riftingan projectin
giv. Mien of the construction of
inventor died at Cold Spring,
1877,
_ For {information relative to
ngineer you are referred to
civ
the answer to We
e know of no. ‘wali cca this “pratestion
bee iversity,
rene, Behe
ment in whic! f
mining aud net are tau:
ing eation tO the pres'
tol e likely to obtain a catalogue con-
tuning ‘reer larson on the sub,
HUNTER : t me ins to be em-
ployed in catching butterflies jes and s with a
may be cotistructed of fine Dyosante iting,
usiig it, great caren @ exe!
the insect shalt not be injured iby rel ‘Ing to the
answer t 2 AL? 1 areertaln the Lest
mode of ett the as sect after itiseaught, 2.
Read the article in No. 13, preset et volumigy for in-
serving th ‘the ois
cimens ns a cabins
Win ancient times; the seven won rors
of tho wo oni ere reckoned tobe: The Mausoleum,
Ma » King of Carla,
SE
=
22
ks
3
watch-tower,
by eros. 2 Philadelphus,
Bypt
handy mode of Stupety ing. Insects is
Ane laurel. ‘The gest lea
hare
ete
2 best.
nd then placed in " wide
F.
by whe
ould be chosen! for this purpose, tho:
fast begining to show themselves Delny
ey
should be bruised au
nuched bottle or a ery powerful and
fragrant odor, like that’ of Kernels, wil
issue froin the brulsed 1 produced byt
resence of prussle
ruised te: @sinall p piece
wetting the specimens; with! booties tng preeantion
is unnecessary.
1. earitest clentifie school In thi
United States of whtel ge
was **The Agri
the University of North Carolina’? wh:
established for Instruction in civil engineering,
pining, and other kindred studies. The date
its opening was 1795 the sane year Gover-
nor Clinton, of New Y n bis message to the
Legislature, Feconsmenied the se inment ot
common schools throug! ‘A
tal
upon his Fecowmendatl en "$50. 000 was set aside toe
the pur eho cl fora estas the patter was care
i miueh earnestness, but in a few
it ipractenly fatled. years
Our @ black copying. pa
take Tamphic nixed ‘with col lard, red taper
Venetian red and |:
| green
he
And fard, and chrome green and lard,
These ingredients ner mixed to the consist
ency of a thick pastoral applied to the paper wi
‘ag. Then take a flar rag and rub until all
the Solor ceases to come off. These sheets, alter-
nated with writing paper and written on with a
ff peu, Will produce two or three copies of a let-
‘at once. 2. What {s known as grain-tin is
made from block-tin, ‘Che blocks are til
& conside: ‘able eight, by which they are. brok
into small gments, Which constitute grain-tin,
or tin a
Ini The first European tosailthrough
rR
the c! ‘anuel Nia the East river, known as Hell Gate
Fras Adriaen Block. The vessel in which he made
irip was constructed by bim iu 1614, at_ Mai
battan Island, and was the first built by th ie Bateh
in erica, . Lt was 4434 feet long by 11% eet wide,
tons burden,
Hamed tthe Unrest.*? It was afterwar
by Captain Htenarieksén ine: ney the Atlantic
Cease vA brigantine was batit by the Huguenots
at Fort Caroilbe, Florida, ay filty the
e date, and In 1607 a 3)-ton
structed by the Papham coronists in ala
are three prominent examples of larger bent build
Ing by Europeans upon the Atlanti
15 e Russlauexpedition, under a Cossack named
Semaen Des ine, sailed through Behring’sStraits
a tri the Colyma River, ¢ on the ‘northern
Anadir, just
siete fy realty discov-
apt
in
rds us
By
coast o|
south ef the sth
ered re etralts, “which Bob iT not see until
neart; re century afterw: nd Soya ‘then did net
sail through them. not made
ja i it since, until Schpshel iy Nordeusk-
B.—1, The piekel cent of 1859
th remium, ermaid is a
fabuions marine animal, represented | a8 having the
ead and a woman, Ra) the tail of a fish.
EB CLUB,
338
Egs
2S
dals
mca skeleton leaves 1s the
stic soda ts
boilin
previously sia for ten minutes; decan
the clear s0 wil: while
allowing them to ren
solution and bring it to a
a lonally adding
n hour. occas!
lac
fe put it into a Wessel
rnb it gently y between ti under
ter. If the skin and pulpy ¥ s separ
the rest of the leaves may b vel from
Shucion: it not, ‘bie Dolly ast te eontinued
‘or some time ven the
method of r gottentn fskins in answer “8G.
Ry in As} ae Refer to answer to
RG. wh Noe ast vol” Ith.
1) Refer to articles on | taxidermy in
Nos. Bi tnd Vol I, and _ Nos, 3 and 3,
Vole Il, 2, Seé answer to * ie Pye t 6, Vol,
TLL be hore@tuin oF china is set cvitrined
earthenware of an Intermediate qnature between
eomnon, ware a ain
0 Ingredients,
hard stone Catle peunse which Isearen Iy
nd the other, catled
one 0
os
a white, orany Gubstance, which is ihdinately
mixed with the ground stone. i
variou: tries vary h 1 xtuire, vi
particular additions,
ciples ne witrifes
gum arabic,
This requires a
of heat te. vr rin ing it s
g lengthy to adnit “of description. 1
We tea nace 4 Platinum is found Inthe inetabie
Ss
state in neil and Pern, ai ntioquia Sou
finer: ica, and in vonsiderable quantities httetral
untain: wht, js combined with pallad! , rho-
diem Ut , iron, gol 0, oF other metals, The
particles are ygekdom larger than a pea, although,
n 1331,
am: ass of the patlve metal welch up
ed in Demi-
MES gold mines. it hus The wre per per-
sons to buy cots are established aes i tem.
‘We do not buy 0! sea articles ¢ that d erip-
Hons 6. Your oe
onsale = phy ~R.
vai. Il, eoiplete, will be rush ny © nie
. Whitth ert
ere M Ae
in he arse yohume. of GOL
sha peared repeatellly in
Huo exchanges offerin
15 Oey sed others
re referred to Letter lor No. 35, yor Teegacn.
K —C. 2 ditisles on
Hote big thay be ve found in No. 2 ve 03.
23% 1, 0, 2 B.S.
1. White pine or spr ree may be vee . pad the
iulcle, © How to Blake rin No, 21, Vol.
HESS Reaper. The Western News Cinna
Chicago, will procure the ae ticles you need.—D,
‘Te stamps referred fo can ol ye disposed
of py s ‘selling peyate | parties Grusingt teen your-
per plece descr ive 13 pro-
baby * parish pieces» orig j=
ually Drought: trom "Euginnd: It ma rls
a dealer tn s such a —B. Le «
a es at a smal prig ee
‘A., in this number, 2,
articles on the
We intend Tpublisning a series, ot
suiijec ct in ashort time. 3. En hau ofa bookseller
A.C. We do not know yeu ‘ould be able
& construct a ca lendar fr rom the year A.D.
wi eat amount of trouble, ‘Phe Jutian
za 1 Gregor in gplendars 4 ifer.— . 1. Refer
to answer to**F. A., te Eis number, 2. We
cannot Ine nddresees in th @ columns. — R- F.S.
No ol. oivued a this office for 6
3 contained
n be
rhe Vnformratton, dest)
Be “The Tin Tox? will cost you
F, Address a commun}-
School sup
tation ot he * M0 yada of tte
Baltimore, ds 7
Saratoga, . The teacher
is correct when he states pa ie wees hot atetribnte
Sts {hin it] fer rn iy Ivocal
ot
sich
Goubex | bars. tgnteen years iy the ieee
STANT R Be tt
ing,?? i °. EE I on — “ey
kuow, of ‘no means of redre: ore red
to,—CAPTAIN have rae mde a
your’ reckoning. anner of
Gonstrucdlig’ an = ian par Dp B33 given in Letter
D, e know oF one
otter vessel ‘vearin ag that thoes "2, iby writing t
Department, Washing! Rt you
tat ata we fhe nay ames of the mins es) 3.
ATURAL . The pig is ttl standing 2.
Read the wretches on eA subject in Nos, 21 and 32,
os. 2 6, 13 and 33, Voi LD
‘ALY e i numbers oeknlng
* Blown Out toSea’? will cost 72 gents. <1. M.
PIN. No oath Is required, —T, and M werer
to articles on boats in No. Nos, 23 and
43. Vol. 11. and No. 21, Vol. Li: ead ** The
C s.r in No, 23, Vol. ‘Il, Totton’ relat e
to Pat. ‘arnt cor is the best 8! stance
cmuployed. . M. wire of acoin dealer
YE, An article je on tnitenmaking will soon appear.
T AMATEUR. J. ‘See latter. part of answer to **T.
and M.,*? abov We do not kurw the number
of puzzle pares ublished.—D. J. cB. Pe
Mr. Ouls will write occasional ‘Seetenes. Lieuten=
ant Orton is a regular contributor,
ral communteations have been received
aa Si
which w silt be auswered next week,
—