or a basis, and get your arguments from the newspapers.
Learn the structure of our local, State, and national government.

Another topic is the study of men and women of the past and present.
Secure the exclusive use of a good biographical dictionary. Require each
member present, under penalty of a small fine, to give the name of some
famous man or woman, and tell why he or she is known to the world. This
exercise will broaden your mental horizon wonderfully. For instance,
Herbert Martin, when his turn comes, says he has found many interesting
things in the life of Cavour. How many members of the average Chapter
can tell who Cavour was? Yet he was a modern man of the first rank.

Plan something to do, and your Chapter is likely to be interested in it.
To find out what that something shall be, consult your members, and
follow their wishes. Then get outside help from older persons, not to
tell you what to do, but to aid you to do that which you yourselves have
chosen to do. Such a course will make a strong and profitable Chapter.
Thousands of men of affairs will tell you, if you ask them, that one of
the greatest sources of help to them in their later years was the
knowledge and enthusiasm that they acquired in these juvenile societies.

The Word Hunts.

Not the slightest injustice will be done to any competitor in the "Word
Hunts," because full rules were not published with the first
announcement. Judges will cut out of all lists obsolete or other
prohibited words, and the chances of success will not be lessened
because such words were inserted. Do _not_ roll your lists.

A Special Offer.

Teachers, students, superintendents of Sunday-schools, Ladies, members
of the Round Table, and others willing to distribute ten to seventy-five
Prospectuses and personally commend HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, will receive,
according to number of Prospectuses distributed, bound volumes of
HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE for 1893, gold badges of the Round Table Order,
packet of fifty engraved visiting-cards, bearing their name, with copper
plate for future use, rubber stamp bearing their name and address,
nickel pencil resembling a common nail, or silver badge of the Round
Table Order. This offer is restricted to one person in a town or
neighborhood. In applying, state how many circulars you can place in the
hands of those sure to be interested in them, what are your facilities
for distributing them, and what prize you seek. Apply ea