acing the remaining two, called
"marteaux," five mallet lengths from the ring. Let the player who
has first "heurt" drive his ball toward those in the ring and
endeavor to displace them. If he touches one or more of the balls
he is entitled to another turn, and now tries to drive one of the
balls outside the ring, naming his choice by color. If he succeeds
in knocking out a ball, he again tries, continuing to play until
he fails to touch a ball. The second player then drives his ball
toward the ring, having the further advantage of hitting his
opponent's marteau. Doing this, he may, (1) if the other's marteau
is _within_ the circle, knock the same outside, thereby gaining
_all_ his opponent's balls; (this play is called a "gagnant"), or
(2) he may make the usual croquet shots with the ball.

The game is played until all the balls have been knocked out, the
player winning the game who has the greatest number of balls in
his possession. The chief feature of the game is the gagnant play.
To avoid being played upon in this manner, it is a wise plan to
place the stake between the two marteaux.

VINCENT V. M. BEEDE.

A Visit to Baden-Baden.

The most beautiful summer resort I have seen while travelling in
Europe is Baden-Baden, situated in the Black Forest. Many people
go there, one-fourth of whom are Americans. The air of the pine
forest is very healthy. It is said that the climate in winter is
very cold, so there are not many foreigners; but in the summer it
is lovely. When you go walking in the woods you do not notice you
are climbing, as the roads are so well kept.

Most of the hotels are situated on the large "Lichtenthaler
Allee," which goes from the railway station along the little river
Oos to a village called Lichtenthal. Every hotel has a small
garden in front, which is connected with the allee by a small
bridge crossing the river, so that the whole place looks like one
large garden. There are quite a good many pretty villas on the
hills and in the town.

The forest deserves its name Black Forest, because the pine-trees
stand so close together that from a distance it looks as black as
coal. The prettiest walk near Baden is near a lake in the woods.
On the way there one passes the Russian church with its gilded
domes. It is