trouble is very slight, the fun great,
and the satisfaction not to be measured. We urge this subject upon the
attention of all Chapters, and upon all members of the Order.

Do you belong to a Sunday-school class? Ask it about undertaking it. If
you are just the least bit interested, write us for particulars, with
full and easily planned programme. We will give them promptly. You can
carry out the details. All that is needed is a small company of half a
dozen persons, old or young.

This school is for some boys who need a school-house--and have none. The
Table is earning the Fund. Won't you help?

A Close View of the Shah.

I was in Paris during the great exhibition of 1889. While I was there
the Shah of Persia came to France to see the World's Fair. I was at an
outdoor show one day, which the Shah attended, and I happened to be very
close to his box and had a good view of him and all his suite. He was a
very dark man of Jewish type. He was attired in a long black cloak of
soft cashmere which came to his knees. It was devoid of any ornament
except heavy black silk frogs which fastened it. He wore a tall brimless
Astrakhan hat, with a single precious stone on the front. It looked like
a moonstone and was quite large. He wore a beautiful, curved sword, the
only elaborate ornament that he had on. It was a magnificent weapon,
containing many gems set in the hilt and scabbard. He also had on black
boots of soft leather reaching to the knee. His staff had a great many
more ornaments than he had, but were all attired in the same black coats
and fur caps.

JACK RANDALL CRAWFORD.

The Gum on Stamps.

The gum on the back of the postage-stamps of the United States is made
from alcohol one part, acetic acid one part, dextrine two parts, and
water five parts.

A. S. H.
PEABODY, MASS.

Answers to Kinks.

No. 83.

G or E
E ve N
R in G
M il L
A re A
N oo N
Y ar D

No. 84.

B
A R E
B R E A K
E A T
K

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No. 85--A kiss.

No. 86.--Holmes.

AN UNPLEASANT MISTAKE.

It is well always for boys to learn how to spell, as the experience of a
little lad in England recently proved. He tried to write a verse to his
teacher, and in using the word "bonny" to describe her face he wrote,
"and oh your _bony_ face."

The teacher did not like having her face referred to as bony, and the
poor little fellow