LITERATURE AND MUSIC, Washington, D. C.

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See that

hump?

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& De Long Bros.,

Philadelphia.

HOOPING

COUGH

CROUP

Can be cured

by using

ROCHE'S HERBAL

EMBROCATION

The celebrated and effectual English cure, without internal medicine. W. EDWARD & SON, Props., London, Eng. Wholesale, E. FOUGERA & CO., New York

This Department is conducted in the interest of Bicyclers, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the subject. Our maps and tours contain much valuable data kindly supplied from the official maps and road-books of the League of American Wheelmen. Recognizing the value of the work being done by the L. A. W., the Editor will be pleased to furnish subscribers with membership blanks and information as far as possible.

Continuing our trip from New York to Washington, we take up the journey at Westminster for the run thence in Baltimore. The road is a turnpike of limestone, as are most of the important roads in that part of the country. It is moderately level nearly all the way, and there is little difficulty in keeping to it on this particular stretch of the trip. Leaving Westminster you pass out of town under the railroad, and start out at once on the turnpike for Carrolton, taking care to take the left fork a little less than a mile out. From Carrolton through Sandyville to Finksburg, and thence to Reisterstown the way is direct and unmistakable, there being almost no road of an equal importance to the main pike, and therefore little opportunity for any one to get off the route. This makes up a run of about fourteen miles over an easy road, and you are strongly advised, therefore, not to make much of a stop here, but to run on to Pikesville at least, unless the company happens to be made up partly of women, when a stop may to advantage be made here, and another at Pikesville or Howardsville.

From Reisterstown the pike runs almost due southeast five miles to Greenspring Junction, and then two miles further on to Pikesville. Keeping straight on over a remarkably good road in pleasant weather, you pass through Howardsville less than two miles further, and finally bring up in Arlington, twenty-four or twenty-five miles from Westminster. If no stop is to be made at Baltimore, and the rider determines to include this run and the next day's run in one twenty-four hours, he should take the right fork here, and follow the road marked like a barber's pole on the map. For many reasons, however, it is better to go on, because Baltimore is a good and comfortable place to put up at, especially if you go to the Carrolton; and should you be making the trip in quicker or longer stages than we have been doing, you should make it a point to reach Baltimore at night, instead of putting up at Westminster.

Proceeding then from Arlington along the railroad, the rider soon comes in to Druid Hill Park, and through or along the edge of this enters the city, where it is easy to make his way to the centre of the town and reach the Carrolton.

Note.—Map of New York city asphalted streets in No. 809. Map of route from New York to Tarrytown in No. 810. New York to Stamford, Connecticut in No. 811. New York to Staten Island in No. 812. New Jersey from Hoboken to Pine Brook in No. 813. Brooklyn in No. 814. Brooklyn to Babylon in No. 815. Brooklyn to Northport in No. 816. Tarrytown to Poughkeepsie in No. 817. Poughkeepsie to Hudson to No. 818. Hudson to Albany in No. 819. Tottenville to Trenton in No. 820. Trenton to Philadelphia in No. 821. Philadelphia in No. 822. Philadelphia-Wissahickon Route in No. 823. Philadelphia to West Chester in No. 824. Philadelphia to Atlantic City—First Stage in No. 825; Second Stage in No. 826. Philadelphia to Vineland—First Stage in No. 827; Second Stage in No. 828. New York to Boston—Second Stage in No. 829; Third Stage in No. 830; Fourth Stage in No. 831; Fifth Stage in No. 832; Sixth Stage in No. 833. Boston to Concord in No. 834. Boston in No. 835. Boston to Gloucester in No. 836. Boston to Newburyport in No. 837. Boston to New Bedford in No. 838. Boston to South Framingham in No. 839. Boston to Nahant in No. 840. Boston to Lowell in No. 841. Boston to Nantucket Beach in No. 842. Boston Circuit Ride in No. 843. Philadelphia to Washington—First Stage in No. 844; Second Stage in No. 845; Third Stage in No. 846.

About New Zealand.

Auckland is a city of 60,000 inhabitants, situated on the southern bank of the Waitamata Harbor. It has a fine library and art gallery. To the former Sir George Grey gave a very valuable collection of books, and to the latter the late Mr. McKelvie left his entire collection of works of art. Not very far from the city is Mount Eden, an extinct volcano, from the top of which one has some of the most beautiful views in the world.

We live about six miles from town, and at the back of our place are the Three Kings, so called because it is supposed that three Maori kings were buried there—one on each peak. At the side of the mountain is the entrance to some caves. There is a tradition that before New Zealand was inhabited by white people there was a tribal war; the defeated tribe was driven into the cave, the successful one hoping to starve it into submission. The tribe in the cave, however, knew of an opening near the harbor by which it escaped to its canoes. The distance they had to traverse was several miles. There is a very beautiful tree here called Pohutukawa (Metrosideros tomentosa). The nearest approach to pronouncing it is, for the beginner, "poetry-cow." The tree grows to a great height, and at Christmas-time is covered with bright scarlet flowers. So it is generally called Christmas-tree.

Estella Ulrich.
Auckland, N. Z.

This Department is conducted in the interest of Girls and Young Women, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the subject so far as possible. Correspondents should address Editor.

A girl's luncheon? You mean the school luncheon? Let it be as nice as possible, and take pains to pack it very neatly for her, so that when the recess hour comes she may take an interest in what she eats.

Of course the ideal luncheon for Gertrude and Caroline is something hot, a nice hash or scrambled eggs, or else a chop and a baked potato, with some gingerbread, stewed fruit, oranges, or a cup-custard after it. A cup of chocolate or cocoa is good for growing girls at luncheon, and a glass of milk is a very nice addition to their bill of fare.

But these beautiful hot luncheons cannot always be managed at school. Often the girls must carry their noonday meal from home, and as a general thing they take very little care about the matter themselves. Mamma or sister Mary must think for them.

A dainty box or little basket, a fine soft napkin, and some paraffin paper are indispensable to the preparation of lunches. Sandwiches must be made of thin bread and butter, with potted meat, cream cheese, or jam spread between the slices. Rough edges and crusts must be cut off, and the bread and butter be of the very best. There are many delicious crackers, some salted, some sprinkled with cheese-flakes, some sweet and crisp like cookies, which are appetizing with one's luncheon. And fruit is always in order.

If it is possible, and it usually is, to get a little boiling water, let the school-girl make for herself a cup of bouillon at luncheon. There are several excellent kinds of bouillon which come in small jars and bottles, and of which a spoonful added to a glass or cup of either hot or cold water makes a very refreshing drink. I prefer hot bouillon myself, but cold bouillon is very refreshing too, and much better with bread and butter than cold water, if the luncheon is a simple affair of that.

A girl who eats her luncheon regularly, and avoids sweets, pastry, and candy between meals, will have bright eyes and a good complexion. She will not look sallow and pasty, nor have pimples and other signs of indigestion on her face.

Suppose a young girl wishes to give a luncheon to a few friends, what would be a nice menu? Well, she might begin with oranges or grape-fruit, cut in two and sprinkled with sugar; these are eaten with a rather sharp-pointed spoon. This might be followed by oysters on the half-shell, in a little bed of crushed ice, if the luncheon is to be elaborate. Then comes bouillon, served in pretty cups; there are covered cups for bouillon which are simply fascinating to the heart of the china-loving girl. After this course comes minced fish or scolloped oysters, in little china or silver shells. Follow this with dainty chops, Saratoga chips, and green pease. Then have a salad, with thin wafers or salted crackers, cream cheese, and guava jelly or gooseberry jam. After this may appear dessert, of charlotte-russe or ice-cream, or frozen pudding, or, if you please, a hot pudding with cold sauce. Have salted almonds and olives on the table, to pass between the courses, and finish everything up with bonbons, cream peppermints, or any pretty candies or confections which you like.

Of course this is the way to have a formal luncheon. I know a little girl; her name is Delsie, and she isn't very tall, but I wouldn't ask a better luncheon than she gave me one day, and she did everything about it herself. She had beautiful wheat cakes with maple syrup, and she baked them brown on the griddle like a fairy, and then she gave me the most beautiful heaping saucerful of popped corn, white and salted and buttered. I wish I had some of it now.

A Suggestion for the Founders.

Would you not like a temperance club or something of the sort in the Table? I think a society that wishes to be one of the noblest should have a place for one of the greatest questions in the world. I would like to correspond with some one interested in temperance. Winter set in some time ago, but last week it thawed nearly all the time, and as it has turned cold again the ground is covered with ice. All the horses that are not needed on the farm are turned loose in the winter, and as there are almost no fences they have a good time.

Brenda E. Neville.
Prospect Hall, Cottonwood, Assa, Canada.