. W. A. Charlton. Jun., $10. M. Le Roy Arnold, 25 cents.
Harry Harper Chapter, of Newtown, Conn., $10. A friend (K), $10. Mary
Barnes, $2. Total $33.45.

Note to Washington Members.

It is intended to have an entertainment in Washington, toward the end of
September, in aid of the School Fund, and all readers there are
cordially invited to attend. Due notice will be given of place and exact
date. Any who are willing to help at selling tickets are asked to send
word to Elizabeth W. Hyde, 1418 Euclid Place, N. W. The tickets will be
twenty-five cents, and the entertainment a most attractive one.

A Sparrow's Ride.

In this city, and not far from our house, my father owns a large
mill in which is a great deal of machinery. The other day a
workman, busy beside a pulley that has spokes in it and a hollow
cone for a rim, noticed an English sparrow fly rapidly toward him
as if chased by an enemy and fleeing for its life. There was a
flutter, and the sparrow suddenly disappeared. A workman near
declared the bird had gone into the pulley. The first workman
could not believe it, and so he did not stop the machinery.

Three hours afterward, when shutting down for the night, out flew
the sparrow. It was a bit uncertain with feet and wings, but
presently recovered itself and departed. An estimate was made, and
it was found that the sparrow had made nearly twenty thousand
revolutions, and was still unharmed.

JOHN B. KETCHAM.
LANSING.

Help Wanted.

The Little Women chapter, of Upper Nyack, N. Y. is to hold a fair in aid
of the School Fund, and asks for contributions of fancy-work and money.
It also wants kitchen aprons, for they always sell. Send articles,
postage prepaid, to Sophie Moeller, president, Upper Nyack, N. Y., at
any time within three weeks. We ask the Table to help this Chapter.

Kinks.

No. 95.--IN A GARDEN.

Supply blanks by names of plants.

A ---- -- ---- stood off apart,
Clad in her ----, she cried:
"How can I stanch my ---- -- ----
Since my ---- -- ---- died?"

Often she ---- at ---- -- ----
To go to feed her ----;
She also watered all the ----,
And put ---- in their ----.

She tried to keep a notions shop
For sale of fancy goods.
Like ---- -- ---- for a ----,
---- -- ---- too, and ---- -- ----.

But nothing brought ---- or ---- -- ----,
Till one --