d to by the spectators. He was asked whether
he believed that she recognized Jumbo, and he replied in all
seriousness, "Of course she did. She told me so." At another time he
said, "I can understand elephant talk, and Alice told me she
recognized Jumbo." Scott seemed very much affected by the meeting. He
was Jumbo's old keeper.--_Humane Journal._

[Illustration: JUMBO MAKING HIMSELF USEFUL.]

[Illustration: SCENE AT AN ELEPHANT MARKET.]

[Illustration: {FLORAL PATTERN.}]

THE TREES IN SILVER LAND.

O softly falling flakes of snow
That fill the wintry air,--
A thickening cloud on every side,
Each flake a wonder rare.

[Illustration: {A WOMAN AND CHILD LOOK OUT OF A WINDOW.}]

"Are they from trees in Silver Land?"
My child is asking me.
He claps his hands, he laughs, he begs,
"One leaf from silver tree."

Such questions as he asks in vain
About the leaf-like snow!
He might as well talk of the tides
That strangely come and go.

"Who plants those fairy trees?" he asks,
"With tops that reach so high?"
Oh, answer, Garden of Delight,
All in the cloudy sky!

"Who shakes those trees and sends their leaves
On field and wood and town?
Is it the Gardener living there,
Or winds that blow them down?"

O child, look up and see yourself,
The clouds are Silver Land.
Who made those flakes, He scatters them;
They fall at His command.

They fall, they melt, they come again.
And His the gardener's hand
That gently shakes the silver trees
Which grow in Silver Land.

REV. EDWARD A. RAND.

[Illustration: LINCOLN'S EARLY HOME.]

SMALL BEGINNINGS.

Did you ever think of how lowly was the start in life of many of our
great men? Read the pages of history and you will find that fully
seven out of ten of the great men were really poor. Bonaparte used to
be a book agent, Gould was a surveyor, Franklin was a printer,
Garfield worked on the tow path, Lincoln was a rail splitter, Grant
was a tanner, Poe was always in financial distress; Crome, the great
artist, used to pull hair from his cat's tail to make his brushes;
Astor came to New York with nothing as the foundation of his fortunes.
The list is almost endless.

To us, there is much encouragement in these facts. By looking into the
lives of such men we find the secret of success. Lincoln wa