should have come a month ago. I suppose it was detained by the
great floods. Omaha was flooded by the Missouri River, and a great
many people had to leave their homes, but the water did not reach
as high as our house. Papa took me to the river when it was so very
high. It looked grand to see the river five miles wide, and great
logs floating down, looking like huge whales. The wharf-men caught
many things that came floating down. One man caught a keg of eggs,
another two tables, two bedsteads, and a cradle.
HELEN L. G.
* * * * *
REYNOLDSBURG, OHIO.
So many have written to me for postmarks that my supply is
exhausted. Correspondents will please take notice.
WILLIE JOHNSON.
* * * * *
HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.
I wish to inform correspondents that I have no more copper ore to
exchange.
WILLIE H. BIRTWHISTLE.
* * * * *
I have changed my address. I will now exchange old United States
stamps, for stamps from Africa, Liberia, or other foreign
countries.
MAUDE H. BUCKNER,
1412 Madison Street, Covington, Ky.
* * * * *
I have a fine lot of brown and Dominique Leghorn fowls, a quantity
of silver-laced pop-corn for planting (it is the best and most
productive and most profitable variety in cultivation), a fine
assortment of fresh vegetable and flower seeds; also strawberry
plants of all new and leading varieties. I would like to exchange
any of the above for a small printing-press and outfit, well-bound
books, minerals, woods, or relics, or for choice and rare seeds or
plants. Offers from correspondents solicited. Write what you wish
to exchange before sending.
FRANK H. LATTIN, Gaines, Orleans Co., N. Y.
* * * * *
I wish to inform those who have written to me and have not received
any answer that I have had a long fit of sickness, and could not
write, but I will answer as soon as possible.
I also wish to inform those who have sent for arrow-heads and have
not received them that my stock is exhausted. If they wish to
exchange for any other curiosities with me, I would like it, but if
not, I will return their property, if they will kindly write and
tell me what they prefer.
P. A. BUTTS,
Bemus Point, Chautauqua Co., N. Y.
* * * * *
JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY.
I wish to notify correspondents that my stock of Danish stamps is
exhausted.
C. H. JEWELL.
* * * * *
Mamie Morris, Oil City, Pennsylvania, wishes to notify correspondents
that her supply of stamps being exhausted, she withdraws from exchange.
* * * * *
Having received several coins dated earlier than 1820, I withdraw
that part of my exchange. I now offer fifteen foreign stamps for
the little cent with the eagle, date 1856.
MORISON C. MANCHESTER,
40 Lawrence Street, Lowell, Mass.
* * * * *
I have received over a hundred stamps to exchange for Bahama
stamps. As I had only a few Bahamas, I exchanged all I could, and
returned the other stamps. Correspondents will please not send for
any more Bahamas.
WILLIE S. CHILD,
Red Bank, N. J.
* * * * *
I will exchange postmarks for coins, or for foreign or old stamps.
I will also exchange minerals for stalagmites, and a trilobite for
a stalactite. I have only three trilobites, so I can not give every
boy one.
EDDIE M. WEYER,
Portsmouth, Sciota Co., Ohio.
* * * * *
I will exchange a painting outfit, for a scroll-saw or a good
printing-press; a piece of flint from Ohio, for the same from any
other State; or Indian arrow-heads, for old cents, half-cents, or
foreign coins.
FRANK RAWIE, Canton, Stark Co., Ohio.
* * * * *
Correspondents will please take notice that my stock of lead ore is
exhausted. I will try and get some more this summer if they will
wait.
I will exchange a collection of 252 stamps, for a printing-press.
NEWTON COMPTON,
Care of Rev. J. M. Compton, Rural Grove,
Montgomery Co., N. Y.
* * * * *
I wish to exchange a magic lantern, with twenty-two slides, all
packed in a strong box, for a number of good books. Correspondents
will please state how many and what books they are willing to give,
stating title and name of author. I will accept the best offer. I
am twelve years old.
JAMES BIDSWELL,
P. O. Box 183, Los Angeles, Cal.
* * * * *
I will give twenty-five specimens of minerals, twelve
different-sized Indian arrow-heads, twenty-two different coins,
with paper money, 300 postage stamps, a stuffed turtle, a
shark's-egg case, and many other things suitable for a cabinet, to
any person who will send me a good printing-press, with chase not
less than 5 by 7-1/2 inches, with type, etc. Please write before
sending. Press must be in working order.
C. B. FERNALD,
1123 Girard Street, Philadelphia, Penn.
* * * * *
I will exchange my entire collection of stamps, and a stamp album
brought from Dresden, Germany, for curiosities of any kind. My
collection is a valuable one. It consists of stamps from nearly
every country, including South Africa and South America. The United
States stamps alone are worth three dollars. There are complete
sets of War and Interior, and incomplete sets of Post-office and
Agriculture. The whole collection contains 250 stamps and two
foreign postal cards. Correspondents will please write on a postal
card what they wish to exchange before sending.
C. E. P., Box 304,
Winona, Winona Co., Minn.
* * * * *
I will exchange a 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 12, 15, 24, 30, and 90 cent War
Department stamp, for a 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, and 24 cent
Treasury Department. Also foreign stamps, for others, or for rare
butterflies or bugs. Twelve foreign stamps, for one rare butterfly
or one rare bug.
ELIJAH G. B.,
522 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.
* * * * *
A few of the boys of this place have organized a club. We call it
the American Mineral Exchange. Our club has been organized about
three months. We have a paper called _The Young Naturalist_, which
is published semi-monthly. We would like to correspond with any
similar clubs among the readers of YOUNG PEOPLE; and we will
exchange rare mineral specimens, shells from the South African
coast, curiosities, and foreign postage stamps, for other minerals,
curiosities, insects, or any kind of natural history specimens.
Correspondents will please write and decide upon an exchange before
sending specimens. Address
AMERICAN MINERAL EXCHANGE,
P. O. Box 368, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
* * * * *
I have only received arrow-heads in answer to my exchange. I have
plenty of stamps, which I will exchange for others. I have stamps
from the Sandwich Islands, Porto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, New South
Wales, and uncancelled Heligoland. I wish stamps from Liberia,
China, Japan, Ceylon, Africa, South and Central America, and other
countries. I will give eighteen different foreign stamps, for one
perfect arrow-head.
FRED M. CROSSETT,
52 West Nineteenth Street, New York City.
* * * * *
The following-exchanges are offered by correspondents:
Twenty postmarks or an old American copper coin, for every set of
ten shells. Or a small cannon barrel six inches long, mounted on
wheels, for a printing-press with chase not smaller than 3 by 4-1/2
inches, apparatus, and type.
S. D. COOPER, care of W. S. Cooper,
Evans' Mills, Jefferson Co., N. Y.
* * * * *
Monograms, autographs, stones from Madagascar, and postmarks, for
curiosities of any kind, especially from foreign countries.
ALBERT E. DWELLE,
McPherson, McPherson Co., Kan.
* * * * *
Ocean shells and star-fish, for foreign stamps of any kind.
JAMES L. DUDLEY,
P. O. Box 116, Atlantic City, N. J.
* * * * *
A steam-engine, for a single-barrel shot-gun in good order. The
engine was bought only six months ago, and cost over ten dollars.
It has been very little used, and is almost as good as new. It has
a horizontal boiler six inches long, safety-valve, and water-gauge.
It works well.
H. D.,
P. O. Box 54, Orange Valley, N. J.
* * * * *
Quinine bark, for foreign stamps.
E. W. A. DE LIMA,
36 East Fifty-seventh Street, New York City.
* * * * *
One hundred and ten stamps (all different) and a few duplicates,
for a pair of roller skates. Also stamps and postmarks. Offers
received for a scroll-saw.
EVERETT W. FRAZER,
P. O. Box 257, Orange, N. J.
* * * * *
A scroll-sawed easel, with three hand-painted shells to fit it, for
thirty-five stamps of St. Thomas, Mexico, Mauritius, San Marino,
Portuguese Indies, and Porto Rico.
PAUL L. FORD,
97 Clarke Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
* * * * *
Ten United States postmarks, for ten postmarks (no duplicates).
ANNIE T. JOHNSON,
319 University Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.
* * * * *
Foreign stamps, for curiosities. Fifty stamps (no duplicates), for
a genuine Indian arrow-head.
GRACIE KEELEN,
6 East Tenth Street, New York City.
* * * * *
Ten and twenty paras, and two-piaster Egyptian stamps, issue of
1879, stamps from Brazil, Mexico, and other countries, for equally
good stamps or Indian arrow-heads.
Lock Box 42, Little Falls, Herkimer Co., N. Y.
* * * * *
Five United States stamps, for one foreign stamp. Sea-weed, for
foreign stamps or petrifactions.
WILLIAM MITCHELL,
67 Fulton Street, Elizabethport, N. J.
* * * * *
Sixteen different numbers of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE for No. 1 of the
same if in good condition for binding. No. 1 is included in the
sixteen, but is worn so badly at the fold that it can not be bound.
WILLIE F. WOOLARD, Fairfield, Wayne Co., Ill.
* * * * *
Danish, German, Austrian, French, and United States stamps, for
others of different kinds.
C. Q. GILL,
1055 Wilson Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.
* * * * *
A collection of 150 minerals (about 75 different specimens), for a
good second-hand magic lantern. Correspondents will please send a
description of lantern, and they will receive in return a list of
minerals, with a description.
BEN C. GRAHAM,
203 West Goodale Street, Columbus, Ohio.
* * * * *
Foreign stamps, for old coins.
NEIL GARRISON,
Brookville, Jefferson Co., Penn.
* * * * *
Fifty postmarks, for a specimen of either gold, silver, copper, or
iron ore, curiosities from the Mammoth Cave, or a piece of lava.
ELSIE M. SMITH,
P. O. Box 1101, Iowa City, Iowa.
* * * * *
Three foreign stamps, for an African, Asiatic, Turkish, South
American, or United States department stamp.
W. E. M.,
16 North Carpenter Street, Chicago, Ill.
* * * * *
A Brazilian silk cocoon, or fossil or crystallized stone from
Burlington, Iowa, for a perfect No. 8 of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.
IVIE D. MILLER,
P. O. Box 272, Oak Park, Ill.
* * * * *
Seven postmarks, for a stamp from Asia or Africa. Twelve postmarks,
for a Cape of Good Hope stamp.
W. WILLARD,
2034 Diamond Street, Philadelphia, Penn.
* * * * *
American silk-worm eggs, for Indian relics or good fossils. An
Indian hoe or stone hatchet especially desired. Those wishing to
exchange will please send as soon as possible, and state how many
eggs they wish.
FLETCHER M. NOE,
130 East New York Street, Indianapolis, Ind.
* * * * *
Twenty-five foreign stamps (no duplicates), or old issues United
States stamps, for ten department stamps.
THOMAS NELSON,
1419 Taylor Street, San Francisco, Cal.
* * * * *
A New Testament in Italian (printed in 1808), in perfect condition.
Correspondents will please make offers for exchange.
NEMO,
P. O. Box 460, New York City.
* * * * *
Postmarks from nearly every part of the United States, also a
variety of Internal Revenue stamps, for curiosities.
ONY PURDY,
205 Prince Street, New York City.
* * * * *
A Queensland, Hungarian, and South Australian stamp, for a Shanghai
stamp.
E. PARCELLS,
162 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Ill.
* * * * *
Soil from the District of Columbia, for toy cannons or Indian
relics.
EDDIE J. PRINDLE,
Lock Box 73, Washington, D. C.
* * * * *
An Indian arrow-head, for a South American coin. A full set of
Department of Interior stamps and fifteen foreign stamps, for a
flying-eagle penny of 1856.
PRESSLY PATTERSON,
Cambridge, Guernsey Co., Ohio.
* * * * *
Birch bark from Michigan, for Indian arrow-heads, or foreign
stamps.
GEORGE RUSSELL,
P. O. Box 116, Lockland, Ohio.
* * * * *
A stamp from Egypt, Finland, Russia, Roumania, Denmark, or Spain,
for a stamp from Liberia, Central or South America, or United
States State, Justice, or Agricultural Department. A stamp for a
stamp.
B. A. RANDALL,
529 North Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Penn.
* * * * *
Ten foreign postage stamps (no duplicates), for a coin dated prior
to 1830.
WILLIAM KRUMMEL,
167 Loth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
* * * * *
A. A.--Zaleucus, about whose law or code you inquire, flourished in
Magna Græcia about the middle of the seventh century B.C. He was a very
celebrated lawgiver, and his code is believed to be the first collection
of written laws which the Greeks possessed. Nothing is known concerning
his private life or of his legislation except through very loose and
uncertain tradition, but from this it would appear that his laws must
have been more stringent than the famous "blue" laws of the Puritans.
Journeys to foreign countries were strictly forbidden, as was also the
use of unmixed wine. There was also a very hard condition imposed on any
one who wanted to propose a new law, or to change or abolish an old one.
According to tradition, such a person was compelled to make his proposal
in the presence of an assembly called for the purpose of hearing him,
and he stood there with a rope around his neck. If the assembly
disapproved of his proposition, he was strangled on the spot. In this
way Zaleucus, who probably thought that his code was perfect, no doubt
believed that he could secure the permanence of his laws.
* * * * *
EDWARD H. P., AND OTHERS.--An advertisement of roller skates was printed
on the last page of the cover to YOUNG PEOPLE No. 79, which will tell
you where to address orders or send for catalogues. Roller skates can be
used with safety on smooth pavements only; and children who use them on
crowded streets must be very careful about running against people,
especially in turning corners, in order to avoid accidents.
* * * * *
WALTER B. H.--Letters to the Post-office Box of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE
are always welcome, and the privilege of sending them is not confined to
subscribers to the paper.
* * * * *
Correct answers to puzzles have been received from J. Minon, J. Reagan,
C. Mullen, J. Foran, C. Gill, R. Smith, D. Nolan and Riley, Marcella
Street Home, T. M. Armstrong, E. V. H. A., _Addie_ and _Arthur_, Jemima
Berston, _Ray B._, Jessie B. Brown, Jacob Bonds, Courtney Chambers,
A. E. Cressingham, G. W. C., Jun., and G. W. C., Sen., George F. C.,
Columbus, Georgia, E. A. Cartereau, "Cupid," Laura L. Deletombe, Ellis
Engleman, "Fish-Hawk," Henry Gottlieb, F. W. Gauss, Herbert G. Hopkins,
R. Hedges, Alice C. Hammond, William B. Hadley, Walter P. Hills, "_Lady
Betty_," "_Lodestar_," W. A. Lewis, Bessie and Edith Nesbitt,
"_Pepper_," Grace Palmer, "Quadrant," J. H. Rodgers, G. P. Salters, Alma
T. Stacey, "Tel E. Graph," Mabel Thompson, _Howard J. Van Doren_, Claude
Villier, Vesta and Annie, "Will A. Mette," L. and M. Williams, J. F.
Wright, Willie F. Woolard.
* * * * *
PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
TWO HALF-SQUARES.
1. A species of grain. A characteristic of the tropics. To corrode. A
preposition. In tray.
2. An animal. A metal. What every boy is. A preposition. In nail.
DAMON AND PYTHIAS.
* * * * *
No. 2.
GEOGRAPHICAL WINE-GLASS.
A river in South America. A city in Egypt. A river in Italy. A group of
islands in the Atlantic Ocean. A river in Austria. A city in Germany. A
letter. A river in Switzerland. A peninsula in Asia. Centrals.--The name
of a noted strait.
LADY BETTY.
* * * * *
No. 3.
ENIGMA.
First in coffee, not in tea.
Second in arm, but not in knee.
Third in city, not in town.
Fourth in coat, but not in gown.
Fifth in kettle, not in pot.
Sixth in house, but not in lot.
Seventh in different, not in same.
My whole a well-known out-door game.
G. P. S.
* * * * *
No. 4.
DROP-LETTER PUZZLE.--(_To Owlet_).
A verse from a celebrated poem by an American poet:
I--t--e--o--l--'s--r--a--f--e--d--f--a--t--e,
I--t--e--i--o--a--o--l--f--,
B--n--t--i--e--u--b--r--v--n--a--t--e:
B--a--e--o--n--h--s--r--f--.
QUADRANT.
* * * * *
No, 5.
EASY NUMERICAL CHARADES.
1. I am composed of 14 letters, and am an institution of learning.
My 8, 2, 3, 4, 12 is to cut.
My 1, 5, 6, 14 is a small animal.
My 8, 9, 10, 7 is never warm.
My 11, 5, 13 is to loiter.
FRANK T. H.
2. I am composed of 10 letters, and am the product of trees.
My 10, 5, 9, 4 is a Spanish coin.
My 8, 7, 1 is the product of certain trees.
My 6, 2, 3 is what my whole is made from.
PEPPER.
* * * * *
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 79.
No. 1.
Peacock.
No. 2.
1. Bookworm. 2. Conflagration.
No. 3.
B A L E F R E D
A R A L R A T E
L A M B E T N A
E L B E D E A R
P A L M H U G H
A W A Y U G L Y
L A S T G L U M
M Y T H H Y M N
No. 4.
Dynamite.
No. 5.
1. April showers bring May flowers. 2. Mr. Stubbs.
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[Illustration]
These jolly young people are Hessian,
Who say, "Let us have a procession;
And if 'Dress makes the man,'
Let us do what we can
To make a most pleasing impression."
THROWING A LIGHT.
BY E. M.
I am little, but powerful for both good and evil; in fact, I am one of
the moving powers of the earth. Thousands of me can be contained in a
small space, but I alone, of all my race, was famous and deserving of
remembrance in history. I need a great deal of space to make even one of
me; and as for history remembering me, I fulfill my purpose; my
boundaries are torn down, no one would know I had ever existed, and
indeed I am no loss. I can be replaced at the cost of a cent, some of me
are worth many dollars, yet I require the outlay of time and strength
rather than money. I was unique, a man both feared and loved, credited
with being a trifle thrifty, yet one who did noble work, and my name is
known wherever the English language is spoken. My master could not force
me to comply with his wishes. I am nothing but dull earth, metal, or
part of a bird; have no wishes, thoughts, or desires; yet a child or an
invalid even can through means of me exert tremendous power.
I make or mar men's lives; I can't make or mar anything; I am only used
as a sort of store-house; my precepts have weight to this day. I can be
made to express anything--precepts worth remembering, and sayings that
should never have had utterance. I am square or long, broad or narrow,
pointed or dull; the bigger I am, the better; the smaller I am, the
finer. I was of medium size, and used myself a great deal. I could not
possibly use myself; am only a means, not an instrument; am neither
means nor instrument--only exist. I died, and was regretted; yet can not
die, not being animate. I was generally praised, though a late brilliant
historian made very savage remarks about me; yet but for me that same
brilliant historian would not have been. He probably never saw any of me
in his life, yet I was his constant companion. Yellow, white, bronze,
made of gold, silver, metal, and earth, yet I was, after all, a famous
man, and the world's benefactor.
* * * * *
=The Barrel Trap.=--This most ingenious device possesses great advantages
in its capabilities of securing an almost unlimited number of rats in
quick succession. It also takes care of itself, requires no re-baiting
or setting after once put in working order, and is sure death to its
prisoners. A water-tight barrel is the first thing required. Into this
pour water to the depth of a foot. Next dampen a piece of very thick
paper, and stretch it over the top of the barrel, tying it securely
below the upper hoops. When the paper dries, it will become thoroughly
flat and tightened. Its surface should then be strewn with bits of
cheese, etc., and the barrel so placed that the rats may jump upon it
from some neighboring surface. As soon as the bait is gone, a fresh
supply should be spread on the paper, and the same operation repeated
for several days, until the rats get accustomed to visit the place for
their regular rations fearlessly and without suspicion. The bait should
again be spread as before, and a few pieces of the cheese should be
attached to the paper with gum. It is a good plan to smear parts of the
paper with gum-arabic, sprinkling the bait upon it. When dry, cut a
cross in the middle of the paper, and leave the barrel to take care of
itself and the rats. The first one comes along, spies the tempting
morsels, and with his accustomed confidence jumps upon the paper. He
suddenly finds himself in the water at the bottom of the barrel, and the
paper above has closed, and is ready to practice its deception on the
next comer. There is not long to wait. A second victim soon tumbles in
to keep company with the first. A third and a fourth soon follow, and a
dozen or more are sometimes thus entrapped in a very short space of
time. It is a most excellent and simple trap. By some it is considered
an improvement to place in the bottom of the barrel a large stone, which
shall project above the water sufficiently to offer a foot-hold for one
rat. The first victim, of course, takes possession of this retreat, and
on the precipitate arrival of the second, a contest ensues for its
occupancy. The hubbub which follows is said to attract all the rats in
the neighborhood to the spot, and many are thus captured.
CHARADE.
My first is as bad as my second,
My second's as bad as can be;
My whole is the most famous sailor
That ever sailed over the sea.
[Illustration: When Johnnie's father asked him how he liked the new
horse, he replied. "Oh, papa, he's real tame in front, but awful wild
behind!" (He didn't see the boys behind the fence.)]
[Illustration: VANITY.]
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, May 24, 1881, by Various