114 St. James Place, Brooklyn. N. Y.
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Nineteen foreign stamps and two due stamps, for an Indian bow and
arrow.
FRANK GOODALE,
633 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Thirty-six postmarks, nine stamps (no duplicates), a star-fish, a
Florida bean, and a small piece of flint, for Indian relics or
specimens from the Mammoth Cave. Correspondents will please send
postal before sending specimens, and if not answered, they will
know the stock is exhausted.
NELSON GARDNER,
213 Halsey Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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United States War Department stamps, and sea-beans, for curiosities
of all kinds, or anything suitable for a museum.
CAMPBELL T. HAMILTON,
McPherson Barracks, Atlanta, Ga.
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Stamps from the Eastern hemisphere, for stamps from the Western
hemisphere.
FLETA M. HOLMAN,
Corner Wells and Twenty-seventh Streets,
Milwaukee, Wis.
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A stone from Arkansas, for one from any other State except
Missouri.
L. W. HASKELL,
Pastoria, Jefferson Co., Ark.
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Newspaper stamps, and Canadian and some other foreign stamps, for
rare foreign, old United Slates, and department stamps. Please send
lists. Also postmarks from all parts of the Northwest, for stamps.
Ten postmarks, for any desirable stamp.
C. L. H. and T. C. H.,
72 Grant Place, Chicago, Ill.
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Foreign and United States postage stamps, some rare, for Indian
arrow-heads or other rare stamps.
F. HOWLAND,
52 West Nineteenth Street, New York City.
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Stamps.
HENRY H. JOHNSON,
131 East Seventieth Street, New York City.
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Ten foreign stamps, for twenty-five postmarks.
LAWRENCE B. JONES,
P. O. Box 1036, Wilkesbarre, Penn.
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Hamburg local stamps and postmarks, for stamps, postmarks, Indian
relics, and entomological specimens.
E. G. JOHNS,
Flemington, Hunterdon Co., N. J.
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Postmarks, for postmarks; or postmarks for stamps.
MABEL LANCASTER, care of C. B. Lancaster,
P. O. Box 339, Newton, Mass.
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Rare Indian pottery, for Chinese or Japanese stamps, or for silver
or gold ore.
CHARLES W. LANSING,
Plattsburg, Clinton Co., N. Y.
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Fossils and minerals, for sea-weeds and shells.
DOCIA LOWRY, Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., Ill.
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Twenty postmarks (no duplicates) of Pennsylvania, for twenty of any
other State except Iowa.
WILLIAM A. LEWIS,
P. O. Box 108, Lewisburg, Union Co., Penn.
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Five German and three other European stamps, for one Cashmere
stamp.
FRANK L. LONG,
720 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Penn.
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Shells from the Bahama Islands, for pressed flowers from
California.
E. LULU LESLIE,
434 Prospect Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Foreign postage and United States revenue stamps, for foreign
postage stamps.
EDWARD MAYO, P. O. Box 291, Bristol, R. I.
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Twenty postmarks, for five foreign stamps. A foot-power scroll-saw,
six saw blades, impression paper, designs, and directions, sent
carefully by express or freight, for eight hundred foreign and
United States stamps (no duplicates), or a self-inking
printing-press.
MAYNARD A. MURPHY,
179 Charlotte Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
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Postmarks, stamps, and minerals, for minerals.
ALICE G. ROOT, Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y.
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Ten foreign stamps, for one foreign coin.
HOWARD C. ROUZER,
Mechanicstown, Frederick Co., Md.
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Soil or newspapers of New York, for the same from any other State.
FRED I. SMITH,
144 Sands Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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A stone from Illinois, for one from any other State or Territory. A
piece of lead ore for five foreign stamps. A petrified shell or a
piece of mica for two foreign stamps. An Indian arrow-head, for
thirteen foreign stamps.
NED ROBINSON, Fairfield, Ill.
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Ten postmarks, for one foreign stamp.
ELLISON SNYDER, P. O. Box 564, Scranton, Penn.
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Stamps.
M. STIEFEL,
36 East Sixtieth Street, New York City.
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Canadian, English, United States, or West Indian postage stamps,
for foreign stamps. Six stamps from any of these countries, for an
Indian arrow-head, or any curiosity suitable for a museum.
ROBERT W. SHERDTON,
9 North Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Postmarks, for postmarks. Soil of New York, for the same from any
other State. Twenty foreign postage stamps, for sea-shells and
curiosities from the Pennsylvania coast.
HENRY F. STEELE,
Babylon, Long Island, N. Y.
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Stamps, ores, coins, and minerals, for ores, minerals, curiosities,
and fossils. Coal fossils especially desired.
E. K. SCHEFTEL,
18 East Fifty-seventh Street, New York City.
* * * * *
Foreign and United States stamps, United States department stamps,
and hand-painted shells, for postage stamps, coins, minerals,
Indian arrow-heads, and other relics, or any curiosity.
JOHN B. TYRRELL,
412 Second Street N. E., Washington, D. C.
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Stamps and postmarks. Or an ounce of sand from Michigan, for the
same from any other State.
WILLIE J. TROTT, St. Charles, Saginaw Co., Mich.
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Twenty foreign postage stamps, for Indian relics or arrow-heads.
H. TUTTLE,
145 Ellison Street, Paterson, N. J.
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Stamps from Sweden, Germany, Italy, France, and the United States,
for Indian relics, shells, or minerals. Correspondents will please
write before sending package, stating what stamps they wish, and
what curiosity they have to exchange.
ALBERT WOOLLEY, care of Richard Woolley,
P. O. Box 1391, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Postmarks, United States revenue and foreign postage stamps, for
flower and garden seeds.
WILLIE M. WHITHELD,
235 West Thirty-fourth Street, New York City.
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A stamp from France, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Bavaria, and
Hungary, for five South American, African, or United States
Treasury or Interior Department stamps.
WILLIE F. WILLIAMS,
Plainfield, Union Co., N. J.
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About one thousand rare postage stamps in an Oppens stamp album, to
exchange entire or in sets, for rare coins.
F. A. WARE,
138 West Thirty-sixth Street, New York City.
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Stamps from Austria, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and other foreign
countries, for stamps, minerals, and curiosities.
L. E. WALKER,
Lock Box 316, Lansing, Mich.
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An ounce of soil or a stone from California, for a foreign postage
stamp and five postmarks, or an Indian relic.
CLEMENT C. YOUNG,
Biggs, Butte Co., Cal.
* * * * *
Foreign and United States stamps. Liberian and Asiatic stamps
especially desired.
C. A. VAN RENSSELAER, Orange, N. J.
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Soil from Pennsylvania and foreign postage stamps, for Indian
curiosities.
F. A. TIFFT,
326 South Sixteenth Street, Philadelphia, Penn.
[_For other exchanges, see third page of cover._]
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ETHEL B.--Your Wiggle is so pretty and so very neatly drawn that we
regret its late arrival.
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YOUNG GARDENER.--Asparagus is a native of Southern Europe and Africa,
and was brought to America by the Europeans. It was a favorite dish with
the ancient Romans, but was unknown in England until about the beginning
of the seventeenth century.
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ERNEST C.--The magot is a little tailless monkey not much larger than a
cat. Great numbers of magots live in the forests of Northern Africa.
This monkey is as nimble as a squirrel. It is easily tamed, and makes an
affectionate and amusing pet. It is also found on the Rock of Gibraltar.
* * * * *
JOHN N. W.--We can supply no more bound copies of the first volume of
YOUNG PEOPLE.
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G. E. P.--It is against the law to send either living or stuffed birds,
animals, or reptiles by mail.
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J. B. S. AND WILLIE S. S.--We do not know of any good elementary works;
but if you read carefully, you will be able to understand Hitchcock's
_Geology_ and Dana's _Mineralogy_, and will find them very useful books.
* * * * *
W. H. B.--Any old stamps are good for purposes of exchange.--A United
States cent of 1799 is always worth something, as it is the most rare
issue; but as its value depends entirely on condition, you would better
show your specimen to some collector or dealer, who will prize it for
you. The paragraph to S. S. in the Post-office Box of No. 69 will show
you the variation in the value of this coin.
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ARCHERY CLUB, KANSAS.--We shall be glad to have a report of your archery
meeting, a description of your bows and arrows, and a record of the best
shots.
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Correct answers to puzzles have been received from "_Ajax_," Jemima
Beeston, Ray B., Josie Chesley, C. H. Cole, De Forest W. Chase,
"_Dollars and Cents_," Harry E. Dixon, Horace F. Fuller, W. K. Grithens,
B. Goldenberg, Nellie P. Hazard, C. W. Hanner, Eddie Hequembourg,
William Hadley, Willie C. Jones, Lucy C. Kellerhouse, Bessie Linn,
"_Lodestar_," Fannie and Katie Metzgar, "_Pepper_," Carrie C. Pelham,
"Pickwick," Torrance Parker, _Augusta L. Parke_, "_Queen Bess_," Effie
R., "Sir Tinly," Robert G. Steel, S. Ware Sheppard, G. P. Salters, Bell
T. Smart, _Addie and Arthur S._, Marion I. Wright, "Will A. Mette,"
_Frank B. Westwood_, Frank S. Willock.
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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
ENIGMA--(_To Lodestar_).
In dancing, not in mirth.
In saddle, not in girth.
In crony, not in friend.
In borrow, not in lend.
In harrow, not in plough.
In salute, not in bow.
In cart, not in buggy.
In rainy, not in muggy.
In youth, not in age.
In servant, not in page.
In nod, not in sleep.
In gaze, not in peep.
In valley, not in glen.
My whole is in honor of brave men.
NORTH STAR.
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No. 2.
DIAMONDS.
1. A letter. A weight. A claw. A man's name. A wanderer. To incline. A
letter.
FRANK.
2. A letter. A vessel for holding water. A name. Steel instruments.
Obscure vision. To mistake. A letter.
PRINCESS.
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No. 3.
TWO EASY SQUARES.
1.--1. A courier. 2. Across. 3. Dry. 4. A vegetable growth.
PRINCESS.
2.--1. To cut. 2. Part of a wagon. 3. A kind of earth. 4. Something much
desired by a prisoner, but always guarded by the jailer.
DAMON AND PYTHIAS.
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No. 4.
ENIGMA.
In darkness, not in light.
In duty, not in right.
In answer, not in riddle.
In saucepan, not in griddle.
In half, not in quarter.
In fluid, not in water.
In lend, not in borrow.
In glee, not in sorrow.
I am only seen by day
When the clouds are far away.
L. H. C.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 79.
No. 1.
Alleghany.
No. 2.
L
B E T
F A V O R
M A R I N E R
No. 3.
1. A new broom sweeps clean. 2. Caractacus. 3. Hemlock. 4. Copenhagen.
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NEW GAMES.
"Mon," "Blind Pilgrims," and "Cash," three new games that can be played
on the same board, have been lately adapted from the Japanese by Mr.
Edward Greey, and published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York. They are
capital games, and will serve to while away many a pleasant hour of the
summer vacation.
HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS, one year, $7.00--_payable in advance, postage free_.
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November of each year.
Subscriptions may begin with any Number. When no time is specified, it
will be understood that the subscriber desires to commence with the
Number issued after the receipt of the order.
Remittances should be made by POST-OFFICE MONEY-ORDER OR DRAFT, to avoid
risk of loss.
HARPER & BROTHERS,
Franklin Square, N. Y.
[Illustration: "ARE YOU GOING TO THE BALL THIS EVENING?"]
A PERSONATION.
Though buried in an obscure little grave-yard in the heart of what might
be called "the metropolis of the world," nearly two hundred years ago,
even now travellers take pains to find my burying-place. Like all boys,
I was rather averse to work, fonder of dancing and playing, and when
only seventeen enlisted in the Parliamentary army (for I lived during
the great civil war in England), but never distinguished myself by my
prowess, and at the siege of Leicester, in 1645, escaped death by
allowing a fellow-soldier to take my post as sentinel.
After the campaign, having had enough of a soldier's life, I returned
home, married in 1647, and, owing to the influence of my wife, led a
more regular life. Years afterward, in one of my books, which I have
always thought more of than the public, I gave an account of my career
while in the army, but the work is not read now by any one. I became
deeply interested in religion, and so grieved at the wretched state of
the poor people around me that, although it was forbidden by law, I
could not refrain from preaching in the open air to such as would come
to hear me. I had done this for five years, when, Charles II. being
restored to his father's throne, all such practices were more
strenuously forbidden, and I was warned; but, continuing my efforts in
the cause of religion, I was thrown into jail.
Here I remained for twelve years, and though my liberty was often
offered me if I would swear never to preach, I invariably answered, "If
you let me go to-day, I will preach again to-morrow."
At last the misery of my family, and my steadfast persistence in what I
felt to be right, produced an effect, and I was allowed, under
conditions, to preach to the congregation who had chosen me for their
minister; and in 1672, through the influence of the Bishop of Lincoln, I
was released from jail.
I continued my preaching and writing, and in 1678 the first part of my
book was published, after much deliberation, for many of my friends had
tried to persuade me not to print it. As it was a religious allegory, it
attracted but little attention at first, but it soon grew in public
favor, and during my life it went through fifteen editions. In 1682 I
published my _Holy War_, and two years later the second part of my
"great work," which is, however, deemed inferior to the first part.
A few years before my death I went to London to live, in Snow Hill, near
Holborn. I was at the service of any one in distress who needed me; and
one day, coming home from a benevolent errand, was caught in a violent
rain-storm, took cold in consequence, and died after a brief illness,
having lived to see my name and book become famous. The editions of my
"great work" have been innumerable, and, save the Bible, no book has
been translated into so many languages, nor had so many readers, nor
such a hold on people. The famous critic Lord Macaulay said he made a
point of reading it through every year.
A ROUND GAME OF CARDS.
BY G. B. BARTLETT.
Among the many ways of waking up a dull company, willing to be amused if
any one knows how to do it, we recommend the following game, which never
fails to make plenty of fun: Take a pack of cards, and pass the top one
to the person next on the right, calling out, in a loud voice, "Take the
ten of diamonds," if that happens to be uppermost. The one who receives
the card passes it to the next, with the same words, and so on around
the room. The second card follows the first instantly, and all thus are
kept busy with hand and tongue without a moment's delay or rest, as the
name of each card follows its predecessor at once, and the confusion
that is made causes shouts of laughter as the game goes merrily on,
until the company feel well acquainted, and are ready to join with
spirit in some harder game. If this description fails to satisfy the
reader that there is plenty of amusement in this simple round game, we
advise him to try it the next time he has a dull company on his hands.
[Illustration: "DO 'LONG NOW."]
[Illustration: "LAWK!"]
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, May 17, 1881, by Various