very much, especially the story of "The Moral Pirates," and the
Post-office Box.
I have a little Shetland pony. I called her Bessy. She is less
than four feet high. She likes to eat corn.
What can I feed my turtles on?
I am collecting postage stamps, and would like to exchange.
MALCOLM STUART,
Rye, Westchester County, New York.
If you will read former numbers of the Post-office Box, you will find
full directions for feeding turtles.
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If all the readers of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE like to read it as
well as I do, they like it well enough to take it forever. Nearly
all of the correspondents write about their pets, but I have not
one, except my little baby brother, who is nicer to me than all
the pets in the world. We have a few roses in bloom, but they are
almost all faded now.
If John H. B., of Greensburg, Kentucky, can spare any of his flint
arrow-heads, I would be very thankful for one or two, because I
never saw but one in my life. I am fourteen years old.
WINIFRED J. YORK,
Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.
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I have been making a collection of birds' eggs for about two
months, and I have forty-seven different kinds. If any one living
in the far West or South would exchange eggs with me, I would be
much pleased.
WALLACE ROSS,
Lock Box 97, Rutland, Vermont.
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I am making a collection of birds' eggs, and if any correspondent
will send me some plainly marked, I will send some in return. I am
also collecting postmarks, and if any one is doing the same, I
would be happy to exchange.
JAMES A. SNEDEKER,
60 Asylum Street, New Haven, Connecticut.
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I would like to exchange postage stamps with Sidney St. W. if he
will send me his full name, and a list of what stamps he would
like. I live at No 26 West Nineteenth Street, New York city, but
during the summer my address is,
JOHN RICE BLAKE,
Old Cliff House, Newport, Rhode Island.
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I am making a collection of pens. I have seventy-seven different
kinds, and if any little boys or girls have any strange or rare
specimens of pens they do not wish to keep, I wish they would
kindly send them to me.
R. COMFORT, Franklin Avenue,
near 169th Street, New York City.
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I think YOUNG PEOPLE is a real nice paper for girls and boys.
Whenever it comes I always read all the letters in the Post-office
Box, and I thought I would write too, and tell you about our pet
colt. It follows papa all round, and once it went after him clear
up in town, and into a store. When it was born its mother died, so
papa has to raise it the best way he can. One time he let it run
round for a little exercise, and when he wanted to put it in the
stable, the colt put its fore-feet on the gate and tried to jump
over, but its hind-foot caught, and it turned a comical somersault
in the air.
I would like to exchange pressed leaves with any of the
correspondents of Our Post-office Box.
WILLIE HUGHES,
P. O. Box 301, Greenville, Ohio.
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ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.
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more about him. I am nine years old. From your affectionate little
reader,
BLANCHE T.
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H. SUTHERLAND.--The engraving of "A Little Miser," in YOUNG PEOPLE No.
33, is after an oil-painting by Adrien Marie, a French artist.
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I. O.--There is a very good swimming school at the Battery, New York
city.
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JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY.
I was interested in the article about the "New York Prison-Ships,"
and I think that many of the correspondents who live far away
would be interested to know what has been done in New York in
commemoration of the Old Sugar-house Revolutionary martyrs. Not
long ago I was walking past Trinity Church yard with my father,
when the largest and most beautiful monument attracted my
attention, and I asked papa to take me in the church-yard to see
it. When I got close to it I saw that it was a massive structure
with Gothic openings. It is fully sixty-feet high and twenty feet
square, with fine carvings, and of beautiful workmanship. On one
side is an inscription stating that the monument was erected in
memory of the patriots who suffered as prisoners and died in the
Old Sugar-House. It was paid for by private subscription. If any
correspondents from a distance visit New York, they will be
interested to see this monument in Trinity Church yard, for the
sake of the noble heroes to whose memory it was erected.
EDDIE A. L.
Correspondents will also be interested to know that the ashes of the
prison-ship martyrs now rest in a handsome tomb built in the hill-side
of Fort Greene, Brooklyn--a pretty grassy spot, now known as Washington
Park. As these brave men died, they were taken ashore and buried in the
swampy land forming the shore of Wallabout Bay. There they lay until
1808, when they were removed to a vault near the Brooklyn Navy-yard. In
time this vault became very much dilapidated, and was almost forgotten,
until in 1855 the question of removing the remains to a more suitable
resting-place began to be agitated by the citizens of Brooklyn. Nothing,
however, was done for some years, when finally the Legislature of New
York appropriated a sum for the building of the tomb on Fort Greene, to
which place the coffins were removed in the spring of 1873.
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ISABELLA S. R.--In preparing ferns for skeleton-leaf bouquets it is not
necessary to place them in the macerating bowl before bleaching, as the
texture of the fern is so delicate as to be ruined by maceration. Before
bleaching, the fern should be pressed, and as it becomes dry and
brittle, more care is required in the bleaching process than for
skeleton leaves. Hang your sprays in the jar, and fill gently with warm
water. Then pour in the bleaching solution in the proportion of half a
tea-cupful to a pint of water. Allow the jar, which must be covered
tightly, to stand in a warm place about twenty-four hours. The liquid
should then be renewed. It will take several days for the ferns to begin
to whiten. They must then be watched carefully, and each spray removed
as soon as it attains the required whiteness. The spray must then be
washed carefully in a basin of clean warm water, and floated on to a
sheet of paper, after the manner followed in pressing sea-weeds. It
should then be kept under pressure away from the air until you are ready
to make your bouquet, as otherwise it has a tendency to curl. Do not be
discouraged if you fail in your first attempts, as much experience is
needed to render the bleaching of ferns a success.
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W. D. V.--In the outer wall of St. Mark's Church, Stuyvesant Street, New
York, is the original tablet from the tomb of Peter Stuyvesant, who was
buried in the family vault within the old church which formerly stood on
the site of the present edifice. On this tablet is inscribed the fact
that Petrus Stuyvesant died in August, 1682, aged eighty years.
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JASPER B.--The insect called the death-watch is a small beetle that
perforates the small round holes often seen in old furniture or in the
panelling of old houses. If one of these beetles be concealed in a
panel, it will reveal itself by ticking in answer to any gentle tapping
on the wood-work.
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Favors are acknowledged from F. K. Reasoner, Eva and Ella, Carter
Colquitt, Harry B. McGraw, Johnny R. Glen, Mabel Lowell, Julian Gresham,
Alma Hoffman, Claire B., Mantie Miller, Millie Etta Martin.
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Correct answers to puzzles are received from Cora Frost, Graham B.,
Beryl Abbott, Charles F. Crane, Harry Starr Kealhofer, George W.
Raymond, Marion E. Norcross, Eddie S. Hequembourg, Dora Williams, Albert
E. Seibert, George Volckhausen, Eddie A. Leet.
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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
DECAPITATION.
My whole is a fish, but if you behead
An exclamation will be left instead.
Behead again, and you will behold
A craft that was famous in days of old.
A. H. E.
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No. 2.
ENIGMA.
My first is in odor, but not in scent.
My second is in strike, but not in dent.
My third is in man, but not in boy.
My fourth is in modest, but not in coy.
My fifth is in cover, but not in lid.
My sixth is in done, but not in did.
My seventh is in sound, but not in ring.
My whole is a sparkling, beautiful thing.
C. H. C.
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No. 3.
WORD SQUARE.
First, to rush. Second, a surface. Third, to close. Fourth, a glory.
W. A.
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No. 4.
DIAMOND.
In crystal. An animal. To delay. To attempt. In crystal.
H. S. P.
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No. 5.
GEOGRAPHICAL DOUBLE ACROSTIC
An English town celebrated for its naval arsenal. An Italian maritime
city. A Spanish sea-port. A city of Prussia celebrated for its royal
gardens. A volcano in San Salvador. A Scottish sea-port. A South
American republic. Answer--Two seas lying east of Europe.
C. P. T.
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No. 6.
NUMERICAL CHARADE.
I am composed of 15 letters.
My 4, 13, 9, 5 is contemptible.
My 10, 8, 7 is an animal.
My 15, 3, 14 is to strike.
My 12, 5, 9, 14 is what plumbers do to my 11, 1, 2, 10, 5, 6.
My whole was a distinguished author.
A. S. W. (10 years).
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NO. 34.
No. 1.
A
A S P
A S T E R
P E A
R
No. 2.
Madison.
No. 3.
G R A I N
R O N D O
A N G E R
I D E A S
N O R S E
No. 4.
1. Fashionable. 2. Machinator. 3. Eliminated. 4. Inheritance. 5.
Stenography. 6. Faithfulness.
No. 5.
W illia M
Y edd O
O nio N
M oun T
I ow A
N apki N
G il A
Wyoming, Montana.
No. 6.
Walter Scott.
A Latin Word Square, on page 488:
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[Illustration]
OUR LOUIE.
BY M. D. BRINE.
What in the world is our Louie about?
Studying her lessons, I haven't a doubt;
Filling her brain with useful lore,
Thinking and reading o'er and o'er
Ancient history--many a story
Of battle and conquest and warlike glory;
Or maybe 'tis only a difficult rule
Which has followed our student home from school.
Wise little maiden with golden hair,
Brown-eyed, winsome, loving, and fair!
Not even the sunbeams so merry and gay
Can tempt the young scholar from lessons away.
Not even _our_ presence she seems to heed--
An industrious girl is our Louie, indeed.
I'll venture to say such a wonderful lass
Is sure to be always "up head" in her class.
I'll frankly acknowledge I'd like to see
What a lesson so truly absorbing can be;
Over her shoulder I'll take one look,
And--dear me, children, what kind of a book
Do you think she is studying? History?--no.
Much as it grieves me to tell you so,
Little cares she for its ancient glory,
For Louie is deep in--a _fairy story_!
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[Illustration: SOLUTION OF THE MISSING-LINK PUZZLE IN _YOUNG PEOPLE_ No.
34.]
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=The Catacombs of Paris.=--The vast catacombs by which a large portion
of the city of Paris is undermined were only known by popular tradition
until the year 1774, when some alarming accidents aroused the attention
of the government. The old quarries were then surveyed, and plans of
them taken, and the result was the frightful discovery that the
churches, palaces, and most of the southern parts of Paris were
undermined, and in great danger of sinking into the pit below them. A
special commission was appointed, and on the very day it met, a house in
one of the streets sunk ninety-one feet below the level of its
court-yard. The pillars which had been left by the quarry-men, in their
blind operations, without any regularity, were in many places too weak
for the enormous weight above, and in most places had themselves been
undermined, or perhaps originally stood upon ground which had previously
been hollowed. The aqueduct of Arcueil passed over this treacherous
ground; it had already suffered some shocks, and if the quarries had
continued to be neglected, an accident must sooner or later have
happened to this water-course, which would have cut off its supply from
the fountains of Paris, and have filled the excavations with water.
Repairs were forthwith commenced, and promptly completed, and a portion
of the old quarries was devoted to receive the bones of the dead. This
took place in April, 1786; the remains of the dead were removed at night
in funeral cars, covered with a pall, and followed by priests chanting
the service for the dead. When they reached the catacombs, the bones
were shot down a well, and the rattling and echoing which they made in
their fall were as impressive as any sound ever heard by human ears.
Thus the limestone quarries that had supplied the materials for building
the superb monuments, palaces, and houses of Paris became huge
charnel-houses, which they now remain! Calculations differ as to the
number of bones collected in the catacombs, but it is certain that they
contain the remains of at least _three millions_ of human beings!
[Illustration: RETRIBUTION--A WARNING TO STONE-THROWING BOYS.]