Neuse. I have three cats, but they have no pretty tricks. I have a
goat too. Her name is Philadelphia, but I call her Phila. I have a
corn patch in mother's garden, and every two weeks I cut it and
give it to my goat to eat. I began to study French last winter,
and I finished the introductory course last night. I am ten years
old.
MATTIE P.
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NEW YORK CITY.
I thought perhaps the boys and girls would like to hear about my
Polly. It is just beginning to talk. Its only bad habit is that it
will learn slang words. The other day a lady came to see us, and
Polly cried out, "Bully for you, old fellow, come in!"
We use YOUNG PEOPLE for a reader in our school.
N. D.
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PLEASANT HILL, MISSOURI.
Two little birds have built their nest in a tree in front of our
porch. It sounds so much sweeter to hear them sing out of a cage
than in one, especially when they are wild birds. When the
raspberries get ripe, our missionary society will have a lawn
party in our yard, because it is very large. I am eleven years
old.
GRACE C.
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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.
I have a little bird. It is a beautiful singer and a great pet. It
is a very funny little fellow. It used to escape from its cage so
often that we had to tie the door. We call it Dick. The other day
mamma had given Dick a bath, and tied the cage door securely, as
she thought. She left it alone in a room with the windows all
open, and about an hour afterward she went to put seed in, and the
cage was empty, and Dick nowhere to be seen. She hunted about a
long while, until at last she found him sitting on the round of a
chair. She had only to put the cage down, and Dick hopped in.
FANNIE S. M.
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AUBURN, CALIFORNIA.
I have a pet cat named Dido, and our neighbor has a cat named
Jacko. Dido and Jacko are great friends, and play together a great
deal. Mamma is Dido's "meat man," and one night when she was
taking Dido to feed him, Jacko began to cry, as though he did not
want to be left. Then Dido ran back and put his nose up to
Jacko's, and it looked as if they were kissing each other
good-night. Then Dido turned and followed mamma.
RUSSIA L.
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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
I am in the Soldiers' Orphan Institute, and I like to read YOUNG
PEOPLE very much. My Sunday-school teacher made each boy in her
class a present of it. We are sorry that the story "Across the
Ocean" is ended. It was such an interesting story that we want
some more of it.
CHARLES V. F.
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HARMONY, NEW JERSEY.
I am a little girl nine years old. We moved here this spring from
La Fayette. My papa is a Methodist minister, so we have to move
once in a while. I have a brother and sister. We have a beautiful
Maltese cat, and twelve little chickens. We live three miles from
the Delaware River. My brother takes YOUNG PEOPLE, and we all like
it very much.
ANNIE JEAN H.
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PARKVILLE, LONG ISLAND.
I have a pet hen, but she does not lay any eggs. She is a very
cross hen, and she nips my fingers when I feed her. I had a little
goat, but it died. My papa is going to buy me another. We have a
little dog-cart, and a doll's house, and we play croquet, and
swing in a swing made of chains.
CHARLIE S. R.
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XENIA, OHIO.
I had YOUNG PEOPLE for a Christmas present, and I like it ever so
much. It comes every Wednesday, and I am almost always the first
boy at the book-store to get it. I liked the story of Frank Austin
very much. He was a very brave boy.
The only pet I have is my little sister, and I pity the fellow who
has not so nice a pet. She is the best one in the world. One day
at the dinner table, while she was eating a piece of pie, she
found a plum seed in it. All of a sudden she exclaimed, "I found a
pie seed!" and she rushed out and planted it, thinking it would
grow to be a tree with pies on it.
ROSCOE E. E.
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NORTH NEWFIELD, MAINE.
My little cousin sends me YOUNG PEOPLE. I had a dear little kitty,
but it died. Its name was Rose. Do you think it is a pretty name?
I am seven years old.
TEENIE J. B.
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PRINCETON, ARKANSAS.
Brother Ben and I take YOUNG PEOPLE, and we enjoy it very much. It
is a splendid paper for little folks, and I find that older people
like to read it too. I am eleven years old, and I study music,
drawing, and other things. Ben is thirteen, and he studies
algebra, geometry, and Latin. I have a beautiful pet dog named
Prince. A showman gave him to me. He will not let strangers come
in the yard when he is loose. He is black, and very large.
ANNIE S. D.
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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
I am collecting stamps. I have some French, English, Swiss,
German, and American, and a lot of Treasury stamps. I have a
little brother named Charlie. He can not read, but I read YOUNG
PEOPLE to him, and sometimes mamma reads it to both of us. I
learned to write last winter, but I never went to school.
PAUL R. H.
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NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.
I am quite sick now, and I am going to write my first letter to
"Our Post-office Box." I have a large cat named Louis. At
meal-times he goes right to papa, and waits for something to eat.
If papa does not notice him, he jumps up on his knee and pats his
arm to remind him. Then papa always gives Louis something to eat.
I am nine years old.
GARDNER M.
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HAMILTON, CANADA.
Here is a simple recipe for a jelly-cake for Puss Hunter's Club:
Three eggs; a small tea-cup of sugar; one cup of flour. Beat the
yolks and whites of the eggs together. This quantity makes two
layers; and as it bakes in a very short time, it requires very
careful watching while in the oven. Any kind of flavoring may be
used.
"FATINITZA."
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DANVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Here is one of my own recipes for kisses: Beat the whites of four
eggs to a froth; then beat in slowly two cups of white sugar.
Spread greased paper on a baking-pan, and drop the mixture on it,
a spoonful at a time. Bake in an oven not too hot, until a little
brown.
C. H. S.
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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
I am ten years old. I have no pets but a dear little sister, who
is as nice as all the pets in the world. I tried the recipe for
sugar-candy, and found it very nice. I go to school every day.
M. H. S.
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I made two flower beds a few days ago, and the hens scratched them
very badly. I am eleven years old, and I go to school, and have
lots of fun. I have no pets now, but I did have a pet robin that I
was very fond of.
I tried Nellie H.'s recipe for making sugar-candy, and it was very
nice. Here is a recipe of my own for her to try: One pound of
white sugar; six table-spoonfuls of cream; one of vinegar; one of
corn starch; one of melted butter; the white of one egg. Boil
until it waxes when it is cold. It should boil about one hour.
I would like to exchange pressed flowers, both cultivated and
wild, with any little girl living in the Southern and far Western
United States.
ANNIE L. WOODS,
Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York.
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I would be very glad to gather birds' eggs to exchange with I.
Quackenboss and Samuel P. Higgins, if I knew how to preserve them
and send them by mail. Can some one tell me, please? I live where
there is much of the long gray moss so common in the South, and if
any one would like to have some, I would be glad to exchange it
for shells, birds' eggs, pretty minerals, or anything of the kind.
There are many pretty flowers that grow wild here. There are
blue-bonnets, _Phlox drummondi_, sweet-williams, lantana,
larkspur, verbena, and fox-glove; but they have nearly all
finished blooming for this year. I would like to know how to press
some of them.
LULA BARLOW,
Refugio, Refugio County, Texas.
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I am collecting postage stamps, and would like to exchange with
some of the readers of YOUNG PEOPLE. I have nine hundred and
seventy-six different kinds.
LEON M. FOBES,
No. 22 Cushman Street, Portland, Maine.
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I am thirteen years old, and I live on the right bank of the
Pecatonica River. If C. B. F. will look in a good encyclopedia, he
will find out a good deal about ants. I have a dog and a cat, and
a great many pigeons and chickens. I was out with my mamma the
other day, and we found ferns three feet high.
I have a collection of birds' eggs, and would like to exchange
with any of the readers of YOUNG PEOPLE.
CHARLES J. BURCHARD,
Freeport, Illinois.
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We have some of the handsomest white roses here that I ever saw.
When they first open, they are tinted cream-color. I live on the
Pecatonica River, and we have a boat. I think it is very nice to
ride in it.
I would be very much obliged if Harry H. M., of Windsor,
Connecticut, or some other correspondent, would send me a pressed
trailing arbutus, as I never saw any of that flower. I will
exchange some of our pressed flowers for it.
CARRIE HARDING,
Freeport, Illinois.
I am twelve years old, but people think I am older, because I am
so tall. We have a great many pets. We have a white horse, a black
and white coach dog, a Maltese cat, and two kittens; and mamma has
just raised a brood of four canaries, but the cat caught one of
them.
My sister and I tried Nellie H.'s recipe for candy.
I would like to exchange pressed flowers with Genevieve of
California. I have already pressed a few.
HATTIE D. CONDON,
P. O. Box 98, Ipswich, Massachusetts.
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E. G. KOCH.--The best thing for you to do is to go to Prospect Park
Lake, Brooklyn, any pleasant Saturday afternoon, where you can witness
the regatta, and learn full particulars concerning the yacht club.
* * * * *
W. B. A. S.--The loon is found in all the Northern States. It is a very
awkward bird on land, but a graceful and rapid swimmer. It is a
remarkable diver, and it is thought that no other feathered creature can
dive so far beneath the surface or remain so long a time under water. A
specimen was once found attached to the hook of a fisherman's set line
in Seneca Lake, it having dived nearly one hundred feet to reach the
bait. It feeds on lizards, fish, frogs, all kinds of aquatic insects,
and the roots of fresh-water plants, usually swallowing its food under
water. It is a very large bird, about three feet in length, and spreads
its wings fully five feet. It builds its nest in marshes, near water, of
rushes and grass, which it twists together in a huge heap on the ground,
usually among tall reeds. The eggs, usually three in number, are a
little over three inches long, and in color of a dull greenish ochre,
with indistinct spots of dark umber, most numerous toward the broad end.
During the winter this bird lives near the sea-shore, especially in the
salt-marshes on the Long Island coast, and along the shores of the
Chesapeake; but in the summer it goes as far north as Maine, and breeds
there in great quantities.
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EDITH H.--The peculiar spots often found on lemons and oranges are only
a natural appearance of the skin of certain varieties. Havana oranges
and the best Floridas are more marked in this way than other kinds.
* * * * *
A. R. A.--Your Wiggles are remarkably pretty, but they came too late to
be engraved.
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A. U. Y.--Japanese wine-flowers can be obtained in New York at nearly
every store where toys, novelties, and apparatus for parlor magic are
sold. They are also called Surprises, or Japanese Curiosos.
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Favors are acknowledged from Carrie E. Lucas, Julia T., Charles and Fred
W., Harry L. Chase, Bertha Frederick, Aggie M. Mason, Leon Munroe,
Edmund I. Sheppard, John J. A. F., Graham Hereford, Emmie L. Brazier, M.
Welchman, J. M. T., John H. Bartlett, W. Lloyd Clark, Rosa Hickman, Hugh
D.
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Correct answers to puzzles are received from Alexander Maxwell, Charles
E. Boehler, Charlie D. Cutter, Roscoe E. Elwell, Altia R. Austin,
J. F. S., William I. Coleman, Maud and Gertie, A. H. Ellard, Maud
Matthewson, "Fatinitza," Perry Von Olker, Cora R. Price, Cora Frost,
Fred Purdy.
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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
WORD SQUARE.
First, a native of a certain country. Second, not under. Third, a
flower. Fourth, the imperfect form of a verb.
EDDIE.
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No. 2.
DIAMOND.
A consonant. A title. A warlike tribe of Indians. An intoxicating
liquor. A consonant.
S. F. W.
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No. 3.
HOUR-GLASS PUZZLE.
To flourish. One universally shunned. A snare. In Daniel. A species of
tree. Actions. Deportment. Centrals read downward spell the name of an
early English poet.
"LONE STAR."
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No. 4.
ENIGMA.
My first is in up, but not in down.
My second is in smile, but not in frown.
My third is in eat, but not in drink.
My fourth is in meditate, not in think.
My fifth is in seed, but not in germ.
My sixth is in snug, but not in firm.
My seventh is in short, but not in long.
My eighth is in multitude, not in throng.
My whole is sought by old and young,
By bards its praises oft are sung;
But while it promises to stay,
It fades and vanishes away.
M. L.
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No. 5.
BIOGRAPHICAL DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
The name of a royal house. A Danish dramatist. A celebrated Moorish
King. An early King of England. An early King of Spain. A modern English
poet. Answer--Primals form the first name and finals the second name of
a celebrated American inventor.
C. S. H.
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No. 6.
DOUBLE ENIGMA.
Our firsts in trouble, not in need.
Our seconds in guide, but not in lead.
Our thirds in tumble, not in fall.
Our fourths in height, but not in tall.
Our fifths in stanza, not in rhyme.
Our sixths in gymnast, not in climb.
Hid in these words two painters lie,
Whose names and works will never die.
PETER.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NO. 32.
No. 1.
Farragut.
No. 2.
Better late than never.
No. 3.
1. Love, l_a_ve, la_t_e, _h_ate.
2. Vest, _l_est, l_o_st, _c_ost, co_a_t.
3. Cent, _d_ent, d_i_nt, din_e_, di_m_e.
4. Head, _r_ead, r_o_ad, ro_o_d, roo_t_, _f_oot.
5. Bear, _s_ear, s_t_ar, sta_g_.
6. Hard, _c_ard, car_t_, ca_s_t, c_o_st, _l_ost, lo_f_t, _s_oft.
7. Storm, stor_k_, sto_c_k, st_i_ck, s_l_ick, slic_e_, sli_d_e,
_g_lide, g_u_ide, gui_l_e, guil_t_, _q_uilt, qui_e_t.
No. 4.
Narcissus.
No. 5.
Bab-el-Mandeb.
No. 6.
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[Illustration]
TOO MUCH BIRTHDAY.
See poor little Jamie in mamma's low chair,
With the roses all gone from his cheeks so fair.
Too languid to look
At the picture-book;
Too tired even, I think, to care
For the wonderful story kind nurse would tell
To the dear little boy who has not been well.
Why did the roses so suddenly go,
And leave those cheeks as white as the snow?
Ah, Jamie knows of a little boy
Who had far too much of frolic and joy
On a certain day,
So merry and gay;
A birthday party it was, they say.
But Jamie will soon be well again,
Free from weakness, and free from pain.
The dimples will gather in chin and cheek,
And mischief again in his eyes will speak;
No more he'll care
To sit in a chair,
But all over the house for fun will seek.
THE BOTTLED SHOWER-BATH.
[Illustration]
Procure a small vial of thin glass; such as homoeopathic medicines
come in are best. In the bottom of this file with a fine file four
holes, as represented in our cut; then fill it with water, and hand it
to a friend, requesting him to smell it. As soon as he removes the cork,
the water will pour out of the holes at the bottom.
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=Wuertemberg.=--The house of Wuertemberg, it is said, derives its name
from the following legend: A poor burgher fell in love with the daughter
of the Emperor of Austria, and as the two young people saw no prospect
of obtaining the Imperial consent to their union, they fled together
into Suabia, where they bought a small piece of land, and established an
inn. It stood at the foot of a mountain, and its possessor therefore
went by the name of the "Wirt am Berg," or the "Landlord at the
Mountain." One day the Emperor was travelling to Frankfort, and stopped
on his way at his daughter's house without recognizing her. She knew him
directly, and persuaded her husband to make himself known to the
Emperor, and to beg his forgiveness. Accordingly, taking their little
son, they all fell at his feet, entreating his pardon, which he
willingly granted. Moreover, the Emperor created his son-in-law a duke;
but in memory of this occurrence he was to keep his name of "Wirt am
Berg," which subsequently became Wuertemberg.
[Illustration: WAITING FOR THE CIRCUS.]
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880, by Various