Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 Part 13

M.D.O.

19 ORANGE STREET, WORCESTER, Ma.s.s.

We print this morsel because it is full of praiseworthy enthusiasm. We fear that our Order could not accomplish what an old fraternity is able to. But what say all of you?

Answers to Kinks.

No. 102.

1. O 2. O N 3. O W N 4. O M E N 5. O N I O N 6. O B T A I N 7. O P I N I O N 8. O B T U S I O N 9. O B J E C T I O N 10. O C C U P A T I O N 11. O S T E N T A T I O N 12. O B L I T E R A T I O N

No. 103.

Pulcheria--1. Peach. 2. Munch. 3. Calid. 4. Teach. 5. Porch. 6. Sleep.

7. Force. 8. Mitre. 9. Aster.

No. 104.

B A L =A= N C E T I =M= I D S =E= T =R= T =I= N P A =C= E R C R E =A= T E D

No. 105.--THE SUPPER TABLE.

1. Coffee. 2. Buckwheat cakes. 3. Mola.s.ses. 4. Oysters. 5. Tongue. 6.

Partridge. 7. Crackers. 8. b.u.t.ter. 9. Terrapin. 10 Radish. 11. Port. 12.

Champagne, 13. Madeira. 14. Spirits. 15. Potato. 16. Turkey. 17. Ham.

18. Jam. 19. Toast. 20. Fowl. 21. Sole. 22. Herring. 23. Steak. 24.

Croquette. 25. Quail. 26. Fig.

Questions and Answers.

It is not known, dear Sir Knight Latham, who was the wearer of the Iron Mask. There are many theories, but no positive knowledge. F.W.L.

Bunting, Abbott Street, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, is a Knight who is fond of letter-writing, and a stamp collector in for trading. He wants to hear from you. Charles E. Abbey, Chester, N. J., asks if James Dixon, a former prize-winner in one or two of our contests, will write him. He wants to trade minerals and stones with anybody.

Edith Cline, Lewisberry, Pa., waits to receive a ribbon with your name, address and date. She will send hers. Edith F. Morris is now secretary of the Durham Stamp Exchange. Her address is 213 Third Avenue, New York.

J. Crispia Bebb is informed that there has been no change in the Table's colors. We regret you can find no other Knights in Seattle. Ask for some blank Patents and give them to friends. Maybe when they read on the last page of the Patent the advantages of the Table they will consent to let you fill out a Patent for them.

Fred G. Patterson, Markleton, Pa., had a live rattlesnake which he was willing to sell to the highest bidder, the proceeds to go to the School Fund. His best bid at writing was $5. Wonder what he got, and how the snake is doing in captivity by this time? Sir John H. Campbell sends us the yells and colors of Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tenn.:

"Vanderbilt! 'Rah, 'Rah, 'Rah! Whiz, Boom! Zip, Boom! 'Rah, 'Rah, 'Rah!"

The colors are old-gold and black.

The Helping Hand.

I want to make a suggestion how the members in this city can raise some money for the Fund. It is to give a "trolley party." I suppose you know what a trolley party is. A party of young people charter a car for the evening, and ride all over the city and into the suburbs. The trolley party is a craze in this city at present.

It is very common to see strings of illuminated cars coming down the streets in twos, generally accompanied by a band of music. It was not long ago I saw a large trolley party of sixty-five cars one after each other; This party was for the benefit of the German Hospital, and was a great success.

Don't you think a trolley party could be gotten up in this city if all the members were in real sympathy with the Order's work? I think we could easily give a trolley party, say, some week in October. Mr. Patton has consented to help me, and we want at least three more members in this city aged about sixteen years. The cost of a party varies according to the distance and the electrical decorations.

There are several fine routes. Germantown, Chestnut Hill, Angora, Darby, and Willow Grove. The two last ones are preferable on account of the length of the lines. The cost is about $16 per car, decorated. We need at least three things for a success financially--united action on the part of the members, publicity, and a good night.

CHARLES C. CANFIELD.

FAIRMOUNT STATION, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

This is an admirable suggestion. Let us hear from all Quaker City members who will go.

Origin of Three Common Things.

Some of our most common symbols have interesting derivations. Take, for instance, the dollar sign ($), which every one knows and loves--to a more or less extent. Several explanations have been given of its origin.

The most probable is that it is a modification of the figure 8, denoting the famous "piece of eight" of pirate lore, a Spanish silver piece of the value of our dollar. Another theory is that it represents the scroll and pillars depicted on certain Spanish coins. Still another makes us question whether it is not a monogram of the letters "U.S." It has even been stated that this mark at one time appeared on the flag of Saragossa, a city famous for its two months' siege by the French in 1808.

The symbol Rx, standing for _recipe_--take--was originally the symbol for Jupiter, a sign placed at the head of a medical formula to propitiate Jove, that the compound might act favorably. The character & is a corruption of the Latin word _et_, the letters being written as one.

Hunting Deer in California.

I wish you could see the picturesque spot where we are spending the summer. We are in a deep canon, surrounded by the Santa Cruz Mountains, all of them over 2000 feet high. Llagas Creek, which abounds in cataracts, runs through the ravine. But the attractive feature of the place is that deer abounds on the hill-sides. The season opened on the 15th of July. At three o'clock on that morning thirteen hunters, dressed in leggings and corduroys, mounted their horses and started out, followed by a large pack of hounds, for the deer haunts.

The leader of the party in an hour's time had reached a convenient spot and divided his men into sets of two or three, stationing them in certain spots where the deer, scented by the dogs, would be likely to pa.s.s. Within three hours' time we heard the crack of rifles, and then the blowing of the horns brought us the joyful news that the hunters had been successful. By eight o'clock the party returned to the house, one of them leading on the back of a horse a fine buck weighing 100 pounds, exclusive of head and antlers. To-day we have been feasting from some choice bits, and feel that though we did not do the shooting ourselves, we were decidedly "in it."

GERALDINE SCUPHAM.

LLAGAS, CAL.