s what bitter was before.

Yours truly, KITTIE.

Talking about riddles, reminds me of one that was made by Richard
Whately, an archbishop of Dublin, as I've heard. This is it:

"When from the Ark's capacious round
The beasts came forth in pairs,
Who was the first to hear the sound
Of boots upon the stairs?"

I'm told that it never has been guessed right by anybody; yet the
archbishop said there was an answer, although he did not say what it
was. May be you can solve the riddle, my dears, if you brush up your
wits a bit? Let me know as soon as you think you have the right answer.

THE NEWEST FASHION.

The girls of the Red School-house often talk about new fashions,
especially when the Little Schoolma'am is about, for she is pretty sure
to drop some useful hints. Well, one day she told them, among other
things, about the "latest novelty" in ladies' ball-dresses at
Upernavik, in Greenland.

As nearly as I can remember, she said that the costume consists of a
little jacket, made of bright-colored calico or flannel; long
pantaloons of sealskin, trimmed like the jacket and sitting close to
the figure; and white, red or blue boots: the whole set off by gay
ribbons and all the beads the wearer can get.

A jaunty suit enough, no doubt; but, if she wore only that, the wearer
must have been obliged to dance, merely to keep herself warm.

By the way, I wonder what ever possessed them to call that frozen
country Green-land?

TO SURPRISE A DOG.

This is the way a man among the Himalaya Mountains once astonished a
stranger dog. He put on a pair of huge goggles and walked steadily and
quietly toward the dog, without speaking a word. The dog bristled up
and stared hard for a moment, and then, all at once, he seemed to wilt,
and away he slunk as if ashamed of himself.

I heard about this only the other day, my dears, and I tell it to you
merely to warn you not to try the little trick, unless you are sure
your dog will not get angry and jump for you.

It would not look well for you to slink off as if you were ashamed of
yourself.

THE KINDERGARTEN AT HOME.

DEAR JACK: Will you please tell your older boys and girls that in
good systems of Kindergarten teaching they will find a great many
means of amusing invalid brothers or sisters without wearying them,
and many games and much fun for the younger ones, who will learn at
the same time things that they ought to