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CHARLIE AND DOT. 
Two little children, robed In white. 
Kneeling beside mamma to-night; 
Eyes are shaded by lids so fair. 
Hands are folded for evening prayer. 
Two little voices ascend above, 
Asking a blessing for those they love; 
Thanking "our Father" for dally bread, 
Fraying him safety to guard their bed. 
Two pairs of lies like cherries bright. 
A kiss for mamma—aoother, " Good-night" 
Dimpled feet patter along the floor, 
*• Who will be first to the nursery door?” 
Then snugly tucked up in their cosy cot, 
Charlie, the romp, and frail little Dot. 
Soft cheeks are nestled, arms entwined. 
Innocence, beauty and love combined. 
One Uttle form only koeellng tt-ulglit, 
One little face only shaded from light, 
Foorlittle Charlie is praying alone; 
Angels have.claimed sister Dot for the.tr own. 
They came to the cot at dawning of day, 
And fled with her spirit, leaving the clay. 
Charlte awoke when the snn was bright. 
But sweet little Dot lay still and white, 
And now sage Charlie wonders why, 
If God is so kind He made Dottle die. 
A LETTER FROM ANNIE L. JACK. 
Uncle Mark: —I should like more definite 
information regarding the game called “Lo¬ 
gomachy, ” mentioned by yon. I have a boy 
who is incurable as a bad speller and if it 
would help him, 1 would be glad to know it 
in our home just now it is a Winter evening 
20° bslow zero out of doors, but cheerful fire¬ 
light and bright lamps, good books (and the 
children add ‘plenty of apples’) make the time 
pass pleasantly. The eldest girl is making de¬ 
signs ready for painting some plates to-mor¬ 
row, the next practising “Clemente’s Etudes,” 
a third writing off the compositions of the 
rest in the form of a weekly paper called the 
“Home Circle.” One boy is busy cleaning 
shells found in a marl bed last Fall and study¬ 
ing his book on conchology, the next is pin¬ 
ning some beetles caught last 8u aimer and 
naming them from Harris’s “Insects,” while 
a third is reading Dr. Dawson’s Geology, and 
has a small rockery before him. The little 
ones are in bed, but on Friday evening they 
sit up, and recite or sing, each member taking 
part, the weekly paper being read (the chil¬ 
dren take turns at being editor) and a treat 
of cake or some other luxury being afterward 
given. In this way we try to make Winter 
evenings pleasant. 
[You must have a model family indeed, and 
I am only too glad to tell you a little some¬ 
thing about “Logomachy” or the “War of 
Words,” an instructive game which may be 
obtained, I think, of almost any dealer in 
such notions. There are numerous little 
pieces of card-board each containing a letter 
of the alphabet. Each player takes a certain 
number of these in his hand and when his turn 
to play comes, he tries to “spell” a word from 
his own “hand,” and if he succeeds he lays 
the word on the table before him. Another 
may draw that word from him by adding 
another letter and transposing the letters be¬ 
fore used. A few letters are left on the Cable 
from which each one may draw after he has 
found all the words he can from his hand and 
if he draws such a letter as will enable him to 
form another word he may do so. The “game’’ 
is to see, when the letters are all played, who 
has found the most words. For good spellers, 
words with less than four letters should not 
be allowed. Detailed directions are given 
■with each box. “A “Webster’s Unabridged” 
is quite necessary as it will need to be 
frequently consulted, u. m ] 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Uncle Mark:— First let parents Bhare 
encourage and sympathize with their boys in 
all their joys, sorrows and misgivings. Let 
parents learn to educate the boys’ feelings. 
Treat them like human beings and consider 
them as having feelings like unto your own, 
and when it lies within your power to make 
them happy, do so, and give them the full 
benefit of their labors, and do so in such a 
manner that they will realize to the fullest 
extent the pleasure derived from their hard 
work. Never allow yourselves to feel that 
you are doing too much for your boys. 
Sympathize with them and in turn learn 
them to sympathize with you, and then if 
misfortune should dash to atoms all those 
charms that years have gathered round your 
home, you will then find that your boys are 
firm upon the rock of adamantine love, and 
such boys will never leave nor forsake you 
nor the farm. Helen Lkikem. 
| i'ae above was left over from the Discus¬ 
sion.—U. M.j 
"Uncle Mark:—I did not Intend to write on 
this discussion this time, but 1 changed my 
mind as soon as I saw what Uncle Mark said 
in the paper. There are several reasons why 
boys leave the farm. One is that their pa¬ 
rents work them too hard wb«n young*, an¬ 
other is that they never have a holiday to en¬ 
joy. I believe that children worked hard 
when young get sick of the sight of a farm 
by the time they get to be 18 or 20 years old. 
I lived in a village until about one year ago; 
then we moved to a farm. I would not go 
to the village if I could. I think there are 
more people that leave the village or city and 
go on a farm than there are that are brought 
up on a farm and make farming their busi¬ 
ness. Tbe remedy is for fanners to let both 
boys and girls have a small garden to take 
care of, which would be much like farming. I 
remember the first garden I had; it was about 
15 feet square, and ever since I have had a 
garden and raised vegetables for the fair 1 
have got a premium every year I have car¬ 
ried anything. If farmers would let their 
children do that I think they would like farm¬ 
ing better; it would encourage them. An¬ 
other remedy is that parents should let their 
children have a holiday once in a while. 
O. F. Fuller. 
[The above was received too late for the 
Discussion. Thanks for your kind invita¬ 
tion. U. M.] 
Dear Uncle Mark:— My melons were a 
dead failure. I had five plants and they grew 
very nicely for a while but there was a cold 
spell soon after and they were stuDted; they 
did manage to grow two melons each about 
two inches in diameter, but they never rip¬ 
ened. 1 was sorry they did not do better. 
The rest of my garden could not have been 
much better. I had 500 head of cabbages 
which sold for two cents each. 1 bad to sell 
them too early because they were bursting: 
would have got five cents later. Had 30 
bushels of potatoes, but have not sold them 
yet; will keep them till Spring. I have 10 
bushels of the nicest pop-corn 1 ever saw. I 
planted but six ears. These three crops were 
grown on one-sixth of an acre each. I did 
but little work with the hoe; most all with 
the cultivator. I had some of the Rural 
Cbater Hollyhocks to flower for the first time 
this year; they were very beautiful. I am 
sorry now* I did not write on the topic of 
melon culture, but I thought there would very 
likely be enough to write without me, as I 
had very little to say. What I would have 
said was that we never have any trouble with 
tbe striped bugs as we always plant a few 
radish seeds in the hills. When the next sub¬ 
ject is announced I will try to do better. 
Your nephew, Wm. .T. Mason. 
[I hope a good many others are sorry they 
did not take a part in the discussion. Shall 
we hear from them next time ?—U. M.j 
Uncle Mark:— It is some time since I last 
wrote you. The melon seed you sent all grew* 
and I thought were doing finely, but dry 
weather and insects were too much for them. 
One melon ripened, so I have seed. 1 think it 
is real nice to have some one to write to, and 
think of as children and send us seed, but how 
does Uncle Mark get his pay for all his 
trouble! It is also very nice to exchange let¬ 
ters with the Cousins all over the States. I 
attend to my studies at home (family school) 
and have commenced the study of botany. 
We have a nice lemon tree, with a number of 
lemons on it, and a very pretty rose-bush (Perle 
des Jardins), that has bad three seasons of 
blooming since last Spring, a present from the 
late James Vick, with a package of seed, last 
Spring. Do any of the Cousins have a pret¬ 
tier rose? Let ns have another word contest, 
Uncle Mark. Y our niece, 
Dutchess Co., N. Y. E. May Cornelius. 
Dear Uncle Mark:—I thought 1 frould 
write you a letter to let you know how I am 
getting along. We had about 50 bushels of 
apples this year. We have been living on this 
place only about &ix years, and we have set 
out the orchard since. I have got a pair of 
“banties;” they are the smallest ones I ever 
saw. They are about as large as pigeons, and 
are called tbe California Golden-tinged. It is 
said that they will fly 100 feet in the air after 
a hawk. My sister has another pair of bau- 
tams, but they are not like miue; they are 
called the Hamburgs. They are a little bit 
jarger than mine. I call mine Sambo and 
Dinah. I hare four chickens besides my ban¬ 
tams, two little ones and two large ones. 
Your niece, Minnie Palmer. 
Miami Co., Kans. 
Dear Uncle Mark: —I have long warned 
to join the Horticultural Club, and if you will 
accept me 1 will doso now. I like to read the 
letters from the cousins. My brother takes 
the Rural. 1 like to raise flowers and vege¬ 
tables. We have two beds of pinks that pro¬ 
duced thirty different shades this year. I 
have a strawberry patch of my own. We 
have one flg tree. I tried to raise some pan¬ 
sies this year, but the seed did not come up. 
Gibson Co., Teiiu. George Fishk, 
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