chance as _we_ rich
fellows," replied Dick, clinking some silver in his pocket, with the air
of a banker.

"Then it keeps them from the sharks," remarked Poddie, thoughtfully.

"And makes them clean and healthy, besides giving them any amount of
innocent pleasure," added their uncle.

ROSE AND CATERPILLAR.

"Oh, caterpillar," said a rose
One lovely summer day,
"Your constant eating drives me wild;
I wish you'd go away.
I really can not see what use
You and your kind can be;
You naught but mischief do, and are
Unpleasant things to see."

A moment after that same rose
Smiled on a butterfly
That stopped to show his rainbowed wings
As he was passing by.
Oh, if she only could have known--
The pretty, dainty rose--
_He_ was a caterpillar too,
Arrayed in splendid clothes!

VISITING A TEA PLANTATION.--PREPARATION OF TEA.

FROM ADVANCE SHEETS OF "THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE FAR EAST." PART
SECOND.

BY THOMAS W. KNOX.

Frank and Fred had long wished to visit a tea plantation, and while they
were in Java this wish was gratified. The following extract from their
journal describes what they saw and learned during their visit:

"The first thing the tea-planter has to do after getting possession of
his lease is to clear the land and get ready for planting. The outlay
for this is considerable, and not much unlike clearing up a farm in New
England, or in the backwoods of Canada. Then the young plants are set
out; after this has been done, the ground must be kept clear of weeds,
just as in raising corn or potatoes. It must be frequently stirred, so
that the plant can get as much nourishment as possible from the earth;
and when this is done, the planter has the satisfaction of seeing the
bushes grow with considerable rapidity.

"We walked through the fields where the plants were growing, and found
them of different ages and sizes. If we had not known where we were, we
might have thought we were in a field of English myrtle bushes, as the
tea-plant is much like the myrtle in general appearance. It grows from
two to six feet high, and has white blossoms that resemble small
dogroses.

"One of us asked which were the plants that produced green tea, and
which the black. The owner of the plantation smiled, and said there was
no difference.

"We laughed at our own ignorance, as he explained that the difference of
the teas was entirely owing to the manipulation