I have five, two of which I raised by hand. The mother had six
little ones, and died when they were a few days old. A neighbor
told me to dip a small piece of washed muslin in warm milk. I
rolled one end of it into a small point so that they could suck it,
and I fed them every two hours for a week and a half, holding the
little mouse in one hand and the rag in the other, and squeezing
the rag so that the milk would run into the tiny mouth. I sometimes
leave my mice on the table to play. One day, when they had been out
of their box several hours, I wanted to shut them in it again, and
one was missing. I looked all over, but could not find it; so I set
a trap overnight, and in the morning there was little Sallie safely
caught. I have two pet dogs, Gyp and Tiny.
FRED K. M.
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George L. W. may be sure we are glad that the truant bird found its way
home again; and Bertha B. need not be afraid of the waste-basket: her
grandfather did well to give their town its pretty Indian name. Loula
and Bessie M. sent beautiful little letters; and don't we wish we could
see Beauty and Topsy, and go with the girls to watch Ponto swim? We have
a canary named Dick at our house. Yes, Roy S., your way of growing is
more comfortable for a boy than the slipping off your skin would be.
Thanks to Willie B. H. for letting us read the two pretty stanzas,
although we can not make room for them in Our Post-office Box. Thanks,
too, to Lilian E. W. H. for her verses. Joseph T. F., Jennie B., M. K.,
B. K., Percy P. E., and Ray B. have sent entertaining letters. Dear
little Blanche E. H. printed her letter beautifully. Did that best of
grandmas show her how? We could not have formed the characters more
plainly.
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L. G. B.--The best bicycle for your use is probably a "Youth's Mustang,"
with a front wheel of thirty-six inches in diameter. Go to 597
Washington Street, Boston, for it.
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FRANK B.--Apply to the nearest dealer in birds, gold-fish, etc., for
white mice. You would not have to pay expressage if you purchased them
in this way, but if you obtained them from a boy who had white mice to
spare, or from any private source, you would, of course, pay their
travelling expenses.
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BESSIE L.--In pressing flowers the most necessary thing is to select
perfect specimens, and then laying them carefully between smooth sheets
of paper, press them down with a heavy weight. Change the paper
frequently. There is a way of preserving flowers by placing them stems
upward in a dish, and pouring fine white sand upon them till they are
entirely covered. Leave them a few days, and then remove the sand. This
method is recommended for autumn flowers.
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Mary Anderson, owing to prolonged illness, withdraws from our exchange
list. Several correspondents complain of careless writers who forget to
sign their names or state where they live!
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C. Y.
DEAR EDITOR OF THE CHAUTAUQUA COLUMN,--It gives me pleasure to
learn that the Harpers have decided to publish a series of articles
in the YOUNG PEOPLE as Required Reading for the new Chautauqua
Reading Union, and that you are to open a correspondence through
your Post-office Department with our C. Y.'s in all parts of the
land.
Were we in the auditorium at Chautauqua, under the shadow of the
great trees, or in the amphitheatre, I should call for the
"Chautauqua Salute" in honor of the Harpers; and then in the
evening, the amphitheatre or auditorium all ablaze with the
splendors of the electric light, I would make "the white lilies
bloom" in another "Chautauqua Salute" to you.
As it is, I am delighted to recognize the honor thus conferred upon
our new Chautauqua movement in behalf of pure, elevating, refining
reading among young people.
Readers of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE who desire to become regular
members of the Chautauqua Union, to have their names recorded in
our huge book, and to receive the president's annual address,
memoranda, and other documents, should address me at Plainfield,
New Jersey, sending their names and post-office address, not
forgetting to inclose nine cents in postage stamps.
Yours truly,
J. H. VINCENT,
President C. Y.
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A WORD TO OUR READERS.
Enter Postmistress. You need not be surprised to see a meditative and
rather important look on her face. You have read the letter of the Rev.
J. H. Vincent, D.D., so we have only to tell you that the Postmistress
has become much interested in the host of young people to whom
Chautauqua is a dear and honored name. She would like to gather them
around her. She has heard that they wish to know about the world they
live in, the history of the past, and the treasures of literature. This
column, which will hereafter be headed C. Y. P. R. U., is to be bright
and cheery. It will touch on many subjects, and vary from week to week
as may be necessary. The Editor will give her and you at least one
column every week in Our Post-office Box, and you may write to her on
any subject you please--etiquette, household ways, social duties, what
to do and how to act in company. Consult the Postmistress. Some may feel
dissatisfied with their present positions, and anxious to prepare for
wider usefulness; see what the Postmistress thinks of the situation.
Some of you may find charming, wise, and witty bits of verse and prose
in your reading: slip them, neatly copied, into an envelope, and send
them to her.
Address your letters for this column to
THE POSTMISTRESS,
Care of Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, N. Y.
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Contributions received for Young People's Cot in Holy Innocent's Ward,
St. Mary's Free Hospital for Children, 407 West Thirty-fourth Street,
New York. The next list will appear November 1:
F. D. W. $3.00
Clarence Cook, Flat Rock, Mich. .25
"One of the Sick Ones," Bryn Mawr 1.00
Emila and Stanley Mitchell, Miamiville, Ohio 2.00
Charlie, Clare, and Fred Ray, Wabash, Ind. .30
Russell Grinnell, Providence, R. I. .68
Helen E. Villard and brother, Dobbs Ferry 25.00
Ned Bishop, St. Louis .50
"In Memoriam," ---- Bishop, St. Louis 2.00
Monroe J. Rathbone, Parkersburg, W. Va. .27
Wilfred Hostetter, Alleghany City 2.00
Fletcher, A. H., Inland, Ohio 1.00
Gracie Blakeslee, ---- .25
Fred, Edith, and Robbie Caton, Fort Bennett, Dakota 1.00
Marian Wallace, Bennetville, S. C. .10
Charlie G. Halliday, ----, N. Y. 1.00
Willie C. Chipman, Spring Hill .25
Mary Appleton, Boonton, N. J. .50
"D.," Elmira, N. Y. .25
Nellie Littlehale, Stockton, Cal. 2.50
Mollie W. Franklin, Vicksburg, Mich. .25
Helena ----, Boonton, N. J. 5.00
Fannie T. Metzgar, Butternut, Wis. .25
Helen Savery, Fort Cameron, Utah .25
William Savery, Fort Cameron, Utah .75
M. D. L., Madison, N. J. 1.00
Percy and Guy Wilson, Fort Randall, Dakota 1.00
Maud Russell, New Haven, Conn. .25
----, Refugio, Texas 1.00
Annie Louise Huck, Dunning's Bridge, Tex. 1.00
Carrie and Helen Yardley, Lockhaven, Penn. .75
Lee Gray Wilson, Water Valley, Miss. .27
Edmond Genis, Terre Haute, Ind. 1.00
Bessie M. Morris, Lexington Avenue, N. Y. 1.00
May H. Wilson, Columbus, Ohio .55
Carlotta and Lulu R. Keep, Smith's Hill, Cal. 1.00
Allan Carpenter, Fort Dodge, Iowa .10
Ally J. Dent, Columbia, S. C. .10
Collected by Florence Woodcock, Morgan City, La.:
Louisa Davis $0.25
Arthur St. Clair .25
May Woodcock .25
Charles Woodcock .25
Willie Crawford .10
Joanna Luker .10
Anonymously contributed 2.05 3.25
Kate's "Little Kate," Brooklyn 5.00
Myrtle and Walter Wells, Oswayo, Penn. 1.00
Charles A. Lutz, Cane Spring Dépôt, Ky. 1.00
K. E. S., Philadelphia .10
Vena L. Haskin, Portland, Me. 1.00
Da Walker, Butte City, Montana 1.00
Mathilde Neil, Philadelphia .50
Nellie T. Willets, Westbury, L. I. .50
Samuel Willets, Westbury, L. I. .50
Alice W. Titus, Westbury, L. I. .50
Minnie W. Titus, Westbury, L. I. .50
Edna Pearl Lisk and Philip Clyde Lisk, Grahamville, Fla. .25
May Blakeslee, ----, Kan. .25
J. B. Senior, Niagara, Ont. .36
John R. Blake, Seabright, N. J. 1.00
Mabel and Harry Wheeler, Birmingham, Ala. 2.00
Perly D. Temple, Blue Earth, Minn. .15
From six readers of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE,
Convent Station, N. J. 2.00
"Elliot," Bangor, Me. 1.00
Virgie McLain, Nassau, Bahamas .30
Birdie Dorman, Carthage, Ohio .25
Alice Ward, Carthage, Ohio .25
Nellie Nelson, Cold Spring, N. Y. .25
Sadie Nichols, St. Joseph, La. .50
Abbie Louise Bendel, Greenville, N. Y. .25
L. D. C., Chicago .25
Mary and George Hamlin, Willimantic, Conn. 1.00
Anna and Levi Paxson, Reading, Penn. 1.00
Florence and Nellie Bates, Winchester, N. C. 1.00
Alice Perkins, Rising Sun, Ind. .25
May Lilian Bishop, New Haven 1.00
---- Wilkeson, Washington 1.00
Ina Giles, Rugby, Tenn. .25
Etta Giles, Rugby, Tenn. .25
Horace Giles, Rugby, Tenn. .05
L. D. C., Chicago 2.00
Oliver Meeker, Puyallup, Wash. Ter. .50
Edna Bean, Puyallup, Wash. Ter. .15
Harry Campbell, Puyallup, Wash. Ter. .25
Alida Spining, Puyallup, Wash. Ter. .10
Susy Wilson, Puyallup, Wash. Ter. .25
Alice Winkler, Puyallup, Wash. Ter. .10
A Friend, Puyallup, Wash. Ter. .50
Bertha Sherwood, Puyallup, Wash. Ter. .15
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Total $93.08
Amount previously acknowledged 45.53
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Total, September 14, 1881 $138.61
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E. A. FANSHAWE, Treasurer.
Contributions for the Cot should be sent to Miss E. A. Fanshawe, 43 New
Street, New York.
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We select for publication a few of the letters received during the last
month by the Treasurer of St. Mary's Free Hospital.
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
Here are fifty cents out of my bank for the Harper's Young People's
Cot, and mamma sends two dollars for my little sister who is dead.
I like my paper ever so much, and I hope all the little boys and
girls who read it will send some money for the cot.
NED BISHOP.
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NIAGARA, ONTARIO, CANADA.
I saw your letter about the Young People's Cot, and I thought I
would send a little, which I earned myself. I made some little
boats and sold them in the store, and I now send thirty-six cents,
and will send some more after a while.
J. B. SENIOR.
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CANE SPRING DÉPÔT, KENTUCKY.
I saw your letter in YOUNG PEOPLE about Young People's Cot, and
sold my chickens, and received $1, which I inclose.
CHARLES A. LUTZ.
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BLUE EARTH CITY, MINNESOTA.
I am a little girl eleven years old. I take HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE;
have taken it ever since the first number, and like it very much. I
picked up blocks for papa, and got fifteen cents, which I am going
to send to you for the Young People's Cot. I wish it were more.
PERLY D. TEMPLE.
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PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.
I send you the money that I have earned picking berries for my
mamma. It is for the Young People's Cot. I am six years old.
RUSSELL GRINNELL.
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NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.
Little May Lilian Bishop wishes to send $1 toward the Young
People's Cot, 50 cents being from her own small savings and 50
being the prize taken by her doll at a doll show last week.
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WINCHESTER, NORTH CAROLINA.
My sister Nellie and I wrote a letter some months ago for the
Post-office Box, but it was not published. I now write again to
send one dollar for the Hospital Cot. Nellie is North at school
now, but half of the money sent is hers. Mamma gives us all the
surplus eggs, and we sell these and have the money to do with as we
please. We have over one hundred chickens, young and old; they are
quite tame. One rooster was so large that we harnessed him to a
small cart. I have a little gold mine with a tunnel, pump,
windlass, and a small rubber doll to go down in the bucket. I am
nine years old.
FLORENCE JULIA BATES.
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I hope that you will succeed in getting a real nice cot. Here is
twenty-five cents that I have earned myself by helping my mamma, as
she has not been well.
MAY BLAKESLEE.
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Correct answers to puzzles have been received from "Castor and Pollux,"
George Sylvester, George McLaughlin, "Young America," Nellie Brainerd,
Emma Roehm, Agnes G. F., "Florence Nightingale," Willie B. H., Maggie J.
Laurie, T. M. Armstrong, Maud Williams.
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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
HALF-SQUARE.
1. The Christian name of one of our most honored Presidents. 2.
Supports. 3. A runner. 4. Single spots. 5. A pronoun. 6. A consonant.
WORD SQUARE.
1. A bird. 2. To infer. 3. Nips. 4. Sluggish. 5. Homes without hands.
CLAUDE.
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No. 2.
ENIGMA.
My first is in fork, but not in knife.
My second is in guitar, but not in fife.
My third is in chain, but not in locket.
My fourth is in fire-works, and also in rocket.
My fifth is in early, and also in late.
My sixth is in pencil, and also in slate.
And when you have uttered my musical word,
You will find that my whole is a beautiful bird.
LULA.
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No. 3.
TWO DIAMONDS.
1.--1. A letter. 2. A verb. 3. A fruit. 4. An abbreviation of a boy's
name. 5. A letter.
2.--1. A letter. 2. A part of the body. 3. A retreat. 4. A wild flower.
5. A musical term. 6. A track. 7. A letter.
LULA.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 98.
No. 1.
Clothes-horse. Sun-shade.
No. 2.
Locust. Sirena.
No. 3.
S V
R U M T I N
S U G A R V I P E R
M A Y N E T
R R
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[_For exchanges, see third page of cover._]
CONVENTIONAL ART; OR, RAPHAEL JOHN AND THE MOON.
A sadder moon you never knew.
She was sailing away
(As poets would say)
O'er heaven's deep bay
Of invisible blue:
But of what avail
Was her silvery trail,
When the earth, rolling by
In the distant sky,
Brought a zealous young artist to view.
[Illustration]
For Raphael John was learning to draw;
He could "do" very fair
A table or chair,
And he thought he might dare
"Do" the moon; for what flaw
In the world could be found
If he made it look round,
And with nose, mouth, and eyes,
Like the one in the skies,
A likelier moon, why, who ever saw?
But Raphael John was an artist too free
And a boy far too smart
To mistake for true art
What is only a part
Of her sphere; so, thought he,
"Not to make it too real,
I will add my ideal
Of a face. Who need care
If I just--bang her hair?"
But a madder moon you never did see.
[Illustration]
A (LAKE IN CANADA) STORY.
BY C. E. M.
"(Lake in Switzerland)!" cried a voice beneath my window early one (cape
in New Jersey) morning, "do you want to go (lake in Canada) with me?"
Of course I accepted with alacrity, and having effectually protected
myself from sunburn by putting on my broad-brimmed (city in Italy) hat,
trimmed with (island off the coast of Scotland), ran quickly down
stairs, where I found my cousin (river in Virginia) (mountains in
Australia) waiting impatiently. Now we had lived but a short time in
this (river in Africa), and knew very few of the neighboring families,
so that (river in Virginia) and I were continually in each other's
(islands in the Pacific).
We walked briskly along the (one of the Bahama islands) path through the
(river in Australia), and finally reached our destination, a pretty
little brook, in the middle of which rose a small (city in Illinois).
This we contrived to reach by means of wading, though in scrambling up
the bank I ran a (town in Prussia) into my hand.
"One comfort is that we can't get much (island of Malaisia) than we are
already," (port in Africa) my cousin, "and it certainly does look as
though we should have a (lake in Canada) day. Come," he continued, "now
we'll try our (bay in Newfoundland) (cape in Canada), and don't make any
noise."
So we waited patiently, watching the insects skating over the (cape in
Madagascar)-colored water, until I suddenly felt a (head on the Shetland
Islands) jerk on my line, and after a slight struggle, succeeded in
landing an unusually small (lake in Canada).
"What a (river in Africa)!" cried my cousin, sarcastically. "Why, you
will need a (island off the coast of Australia) to carry it home."
Notwithstanding this unpromising beginning, we did have very good luck,
and bore home in triumph to the (strait in New Zealand) a mess of fine
(lake in Canada), off which we made a (lake in Canada) lunch.
[Illustration: A SHORT STOP.]
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, October 4, 1881, by Various