Little folks who love to play with the skipping-rope should not try to jump too long at a time. "Keeping up" to fifty, sixty, or a hundred without resting is violent exercise, and dangerous to health.
We would call the attention of the C. Y. P. R. U. this week to Part I. of Mr. James Payn's description of the terrible scenes that followed the wreck of the English ship Wager, told under the head of "Peril and Privation." The story of "A Little Duke," by Mrs. Elizabeth Abercrombie, gives an interesting picture of the life of a royal child in the seventeenth century. One of the most remarkable incidents that ever occurred in a sea-faring life is told under the head of "Saved by an Albatross." What Mr. Roberts has to say about "Preparing for Fourth of July" will, we know, set a great many busy fingers to work, the result being some very pleasant effects in the way of illumination on the evening of the great day.
PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
TWO WORD SQUARES.
1.—1. A desolate country. 2. To decorate. 3. Compact. 4. A moment. 5. One who finishes.
Empire City.
2.—1. A holy person. 2. A marksman. 3. An idea. 4. A drink. 5. A ringlet.