Dick and Gerty slunk into a corner, but the old squaw drew them forward to the centre of the tent, where the little Indian children had begun to gather eagerly around a dish of hot fried pork, which one of the women had just brought from a fire that burned just outside the door. The little Indians were divided between hunger and a desire to see the new-comers. They put their fingers into the pan-one less courageous than the others screaming now and then that he had burned his fingersand then they came and pulled Gerty's dress and sash with their greasy hands.

The woman kept motioning to the children to eat, but Gerty shook her head decidedly, Dick more faintly. They were both very hungry, poor children, but it was impossible to eat that. Besides, Gerty had a lump in her throat that would have rendered eating difficult, and Dick was homesick and half terrified at the strange scene.

The woman seemed friendly and pleasant enough, but Dick did not at all like the looks of the man. There was something in his face that reminded him of the picture in his Christmas book of the giant who ate roasted boy every day for his dinner. He wondered if Gerty noticed the resemblance.

Suddenly the man arose and came towards the children. He staggered in walking-Dick thought he must be ill, but I think a bottle that lay on the ground beside him may have had something to do with it-and he did not see the dish of pork, and plump went one of his bare feet into the hot fat!

He uttered a howl of pain and rage, he knocked the little Indians right and left,

and kicked the dish across the tent. Dick caught Gerty's hand, and dragged her to the door-poor little Gerty, who shook with terror! Once outside the tent, they ran as fast as their small legs would carry them, they hardly thought or cared where, if it was only away from that dreadful man! They could hear him still screaming and uttering fearful oaths.

"O, if he doesn't get us-if we ever get home, we'll never be Indians again, will we?" said Gerty.

They ran towards the shore, and there was a canoe drawn up on the beach, plainly visible in the moonlight.

"We'll get into that, and go off on the water, and he can't get us!" said Dick.

"O, but we shall be drowned!" said Gerty. Still drowning was better than being caught by that man, and she got into the canoe without another word.

What would have become of the poor children then, I do not know, if they had not suddenly, just as Dick was pushing the canoe off, heard a shout—a familiar voice, that made Gerty's heart leap.

"Children! children! Dick! Gerty!" it

said.

"O papa! papa! here we are!" they both cried in a breath; and poor little Gerty sobbed as if her heart would break with the great relief and joy.

I need not tell you how thankful they were to get home, nor how it rejoiced their mother's heart to see them, nor how their father had traced them, after a long search, to the Indian camps; you can imagine all that. But I will tell you that they never inade the slightest attempt to be "Indians" again.

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Cross-Word Enigma.

The 1st is in small, but not in great;
The 2d is in town, but not in State;
The 3d is in vine, but not in fruit;
The 4th is in please, but not in suit;
The 5th is in note, but not in deed;
The 6th is in grain, but not in seed;
The 7th is in lend, but not in borrow;
The 8th is in pain, but not in sorrow;
The 9th is in neat, but not in tidy;
The 10th is in Monday, not in Friday;
The 11th is in terror, but not in fear;
The 12th is in hare, but not in deer;
The 13th is in silver, but not in gold;
The 14th is in grasp, but not in hold;
This much I will confide to you,
The whole is what we all should do.
JAMES WESLEY FIELD.

Diamond Puzzle.

70.

Enigma.

The answer contains 17 letters.
The 15, 16, 5, 14, 11, little girls like.
The 3, 10, 17, 9, 6, 1, is to touch.
The 11, 12, 4, 13, 2, is a piece of paper.
The 12, 7, 8, is a Jewish measure.
The whole is the name of a little girl.
EMMA F. BRYANT.

Transpositions.

64. Change a nail into a color. 65. A state of equality into a blow. 66. A ditch into a small particle. 67. To elevate into to fly. 68. Intimation into spare. 69. To seize into to bluster.

CYRIL DEANE.

Square Remainders.

Behead three words having the following significations, and the remaining letters will form a square: 1. To obstruct; 2. To contend; 3. To explain.

Enigma.

The answer contains 10 letters.
The 9, 3, 4, 10, is used by farmers.
The 1, 2, 8, 6, 7, 5, is appearances.
The whole was a poet.

ELLA A. BRIGGS.

Answers in Two Months.

CURIOSITIES OF COAL.-An average Atlantic steamer consumes fifty tons of coal in twenty-four hours. Therefore if five tons of coal are sufficient to feed an ordinary grate in our dwellings during the entire year, the coal consumed on board a steamer in one day would last a small family, burning one fire, ten years. If a load of coal is left out of doors, exposed to the weather, until it is burned up in one grate -say a month-it loses one-third of its heating quality. If a ton of coal is placed on the ground and left there, and another ton is placed under a shed, the latter loses about twenty-five per cent of its heating power, the former about forty-seven per cent. Hence it is a great saving of coal to have it in a dry place, covered over, and on all sides. The softer the coal the more it loses, because the most volatile and valuable constituents undergo a slow combustion.

CONDORS.-Three of these remarkable birds, brought to this country from Rio Negro, in Patagonia, measured from eleven to twelve feet across the wings. The two males were thought to be upwards of twenty years of age. The Chilians say that the Condor breeds once in two years, and makes no nest, but lays two large white eggs on the overhanging shelf of a bare rock. The young ones remain covered with a black down like a gosling, without the power of flight, for one entire year, roosting with the parent bird on the same inaccessible cliff.

A MAGIC BOX, IN WHICH A BALL APPEARS TO BE RUNNING UP AN INCLINED PLANE.-In a square box fix a board from a few inches above the bottom at the back to the lower edge of the front, with a serpentine groove on the surface, on which the ball will roll without leaving it. Make

a hole in the front side, so that an eye placed there can see inside, but not so low as the inclined board; from a point a few inches above the eye-hole to the place where the board meets the back of the box set a mirror. On looking into the box the reflection of the rolling ball will be seen as a reality, but of course apparently running up the inclined plane.

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.-An unusual occurrence for the Sandwich Island latitude was a snowstorm, which fell in December at Hawaii. The tops of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea were completely covered with snow early in the morning, which began to melt as soon as the sun rose and scattered the white mantles from the ridges, the snow which lay in the valleys remaining there for days. At the same time that these mountains were covered with snow, the fires of the two craters of Kilauea and Mokuaweoweo burned brightly, and the glare, as reflected on the overhanging clouds, afforded a brilliant sight.

PRESERVATIVE PROPERTY OF LIME.— Certain facts have been made known which show that lime is a good preserver of timber. Ships and barges used for the transport of lime last longer than others. A small coasting-schooner, laden with lime, was cast ashore and sunk. She was raised and set afloat once more, and remained sound for thirty years. Again, a platform of nine planks was used to mix mortar on during three generations, then, being no longer required, was neglected, and at length hidden by grass that grew over it. Sixty years afterwards, on clearing the ground, it was discovered sound and well preserved.

PANIC.-The word panic arose out of the battle of Marathon. In that immortal fight a mere handful of Greeks encountered an infinite host of Persians and put them to utter route. How did they do it? The Persians were smitten by the god Pan with a sudden causeless and extreme fright. They lost their wits; and that state of things took its name from the god who produced it.

A SINGULAR Wedding-was recently celebrated very quietly at a well-known West End church in London. Less than twelve months ago a lady obtained a decree for dissolution of marriage against her husband in the Divorce Court. The divorced husband, not being satisfied with his defeat, "went a wooing" a second time, and last week was re-married to the wife who had shown herself so earnest to get rid of him.

LEMON JELLY CAKE.-Two cups of sugar, one small cup of butter, one-half cup of sweet milk, two and one-half cups of flour, four eggs, one teaspoon of cream tartar, one-half teaspoon of soda. Bake in thin layers. For the jelly take the juice and rind of three lemons, or five if small, one pound of sugar, one-quarter pound of butter, six eggs; beat together and scald like custard. When cool spread between the cakes. Ice the top.

MINT CHOW-CHOW FOR ROAST LAMB.Take one-third onions to two third cucumbers; add spearmint, green pepper and mustard; chop all together, finely; put into a jar and add strong vinegar and salt; work it up, and in a few days it will be fit to use.

LOVE ROLLS.-Use paste as for pie or tart, roll thin, and cut in sheets, or roll so, the size of your hand; sprinkle with white sugar on thickly, and lastly strong ground cinnamon; roll up and bake in a quick oven. They are fine for tea, and given this name, as folks generally "love them."

ALMOND CAKE.-One pound sifted sugar, one pound butter, one pound sifted flour, one quarter ounce cinnamon, two ounces almonds shred fine, one wine-glass of lemon syrup, six eggs well beaten, yolks and whites separately; beat the sugar and butter with the hand to a cream, add the rest gradually; it will need an hour's beating. Bake in a moderate oven as soon as made.

MINCE MEAT.-Six pounds of currants, three pounds of raisins stoned, three pounds of apples chopped fine, four pounds of suet, two pounds of sugar, two pounds of beef, the peel and juice of two lemons, a pint of sweet wine, a quarter of a pint of brandy, half an ounce of mixed spice. Press the whole into a deep pan when well mixed.

SPLIT PEAS.-They are generally used as thickening for soups, but they make a nutritious and palatable soup when cooked alone. Like beans, they must be cooked a long time. It is well to put them soaking

in warm water at night. In the morning drain off the water and cover them with a good deal of fresh water, as they absorb a great quantity while swelling and cooking. Cook them slowly the whole forenoon; and if the peas are good they will be entirely broken up when the soup is done. Season it with salt, also with cream or milk and butter.

A FRENCH SOUP.-A sheep's head ar pluck to a gallon of water, boil gently t reduced to half the quantity, with a sma teacupful of pearl barley, six large onion: one carrot and one turnip, a bunch of swe herbs, and a few cloves; season it to you taste, add a little catsup, thicken with flou and butter. The head must be cleaned an boiled the day before it is used; cut the meat off as you would for calf's head, ir small pieces; add egg and forcemeat balls and a little white wine.

At a country church a young minister, a great "swell," came to do duty one Sabbath. Entering the vestry, he doffed his coat and vest previous to donning the cassock and cloak, and looked round for the looking-glass which generally forms a part of the vestry furniture. He searched, however, in vain. At last, losing patience, he cried out," Church offisaw! church offisaw!" After calling out some time, the head of a gray-haired man peered in at the door, and a stentorian voice demanded, "What's yer wull ?" "Where's the mirraw ?" demanded the minister. "Sir?" said the other. "The mirraw—the looking-glass ?" said the minister impatiently. "O, the lookin'-glass. Ye see, oor minister's sic a handsum man naterally, that he doesna need a lookin'glass; but a'll bring ye a pail o' watter if ye like."

The pretty playfulness with which little children charm away the cares of their parents is illustrated by a touching occurrence in Indiana. A boy of six years, after watching the laundry proceedings, and especially the way in which the wrinkles in the linen disappeared before the flatiron retired to meditate in the room where his father was taking his after-dinner nap. There gazing upon the furrows which years of struggle had made upon the marble brow of his parent, he was seized by a beautiful idea. In less than a minute that devoted little boy was smoothing out those marks of time and sorrow with a very hot flatiron. Life doesn't seem so happy to his young heart now as it used to.

In a conversation with a racist he told how he won a race in New Haven. For four weeks he mixed soft rubber with the horse's oats, and every day he hitched that horse to a post and opened a blue cotton umbrella in his face, making him pull back, stretching his neck awfully. Then he'd shut his umbrella, the horse would stop pulling, and his neck would resume its original shape. He got the horse's neck very elastic, and on the day of the race, as his horse and the other horse were on the home stretch side by side, just at the finish the

driver struck this man's horse a bat behind the ears, and his neck shot out almost a rod, winning the race by a neck. It is said to be the biggest home stretch on record.

An English paper tells the following story of Rev. William Thorpe of Bristol, England: He was so large that in preaching an ordination sermon he had to be hoisted into the pulpit over the side, the door being too narrow to admit him. Curiously enough his sermon was on "The Importance of a Right Introduction into the Christian Ministry," and he founded his discourse on the parable in which it is declared that he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep, while he that climbeth up some other way the same is a thief and a robber."

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In a rather heated discussion, one evening lately, of an insanity case, the alleged lunatic having been placed in an asylum by his wife and friends, a gentleman said to a lady who did not believe that the unfortunate man was insane, "What do you say, madam, to his lying down on his back in the barnyard and allowing hens to feed off his body ?" "All you can make of that," responded the lady, "is that, like many other married men, he was henpecked."