it carefully, and with it I put a slip of paper, on which I write
the name of the leaf or flower, the date when picked, etc., so as
not to get my specimens mixed. Then when they are real dry, I put
them in my album.
Among the flowers in my album I have some potato blossoms, and
they are very handsome. They keep their bright colors when dry. I
think a great deal of my leaf album, and it is much admired by
every one.
I will exchange pressed leaves and flowers, for pressed flowers
from other States, and especially from foreign countries.
To go safely through the mails they should be placed between two
thicknesses of card or paste board. I also have some foreign
postage stamps, and I will give ten for ten department stamps; or
fifteen foreign stamps, or the same number of postmarks, for a
half-cent of 1849, or two of any other date.
A READER OF "YOUNG PEOPLE,"
P. O. Box 915, Emporia, Lyon Co., Kansas.
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William and Jennie Otterson, Bennet Creek, Idaho, wish to notify their
correspondents that they can not exchange any more Indian arrow-heads.
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Lucy Sharp, Bridgeton, New Jersey, gives notice to correspondents that
she has no more ferns to exchange.
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L. H. Nelson, Philadelphia, notifies his correspondents that he was
burned out, and is forced to withdraw from our exchange list.
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The following exchanges are offered by correspondents:
Postmarks, for Indian relics and other curiosities.
THOMAS PAGE,
P. O. Box 817, Williamsport, Penn.
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Oregon land-moss, barnacles from Puget Sound, and white coral from
the Pacific coast, for sea-moss, sea-weed, and shells.
MOLLIE C. VOORHEES,
Woodburn, Marion Co., Oregon.
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Old issues of United States stamps, for foreign stamps.
JOHN B. CHAMBERLINE,
69 Middle Street, Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass.
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Ivory nuts, for Indian arrow-heads.
WILLIE SHORT,
Woodlawn Heights, New York City.
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Stamps or postmarks, for minerals or cowries.
WALTER S. STILLMAN,
P. O. Box 966, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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West India shells, foreign stamps, and United States postmarks, for
Indian arrow-heads and other relics.
WILLIAM TODD,
2111 Spring Street, Philadelphia, Penn.
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Choice minerals, for Indian arrow-heads or other Indian relics.
C. F. TEED,
508 Roe Avenue, Elmira, N. Y.
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A printing-press, for a collection of stamps (no duplicates).
J. V. L. RANHARD,
P. O. Box 371, Brookline, Mass.
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Limestone, for Indian relics or curiosities; or a specimen of
silver ore, for one of copper or lead.
HARRY S. ROBINSON,
Care of Dr. O. F. Harvey, Wilkesbarre, Penn.
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Stamps or postmarks, for stamps.
E. R.,
P. O. Box 125, Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas.
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Foreign and United States stamps, for stamps from Egypt, Cape of
Good Hope, Cuba, and South America.
ALEX. SELKIRK, JUN.,
132 First Street, Albany, N. Y.
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Pieces of tamarack, red cedar, and hickory, for bird's-eye maple
and red or yellow birch.
LEON H. TAYLOR,
Manchester, Delaware Co., Iowa.
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Postage stamps and postmarks, for ocean curiosities and minerals.
WALTER S. RUSSELL,
Cooperstown, Otsego Co., N. Y.
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Stamps from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and other countries, for
stamps or coins.
W. G. LANGDON,
5 Stanhope Street, Boston, Mass.
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Indian arrow-heads, for minerals or sea-shells.
ARTHUR B. CARR, Henryville, Ind.
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Specimens of poplar, maple, oak, hickory, bass, cottonwood, walnut,
elm, box, and elder, for other woods, or for stamps or
curiosities. Please label specimen.
FRED L. PARCHER,
Marysville, Nodaway Co., Mo.
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Mica, silver ore, or stones from Keuka Lake, for an Indian
arrow-head, or minerals.
HARRIE D. WATSON,
P. O. Box 434, Penn Yan, Yates Co., N. Y.
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A few French stamps, and some old issues of United States stamps,
for United States Navy, War, Interior, or State departments, or for
foreign stamps.
R. G. W., P. O. Box 367, Norwalk, Conn.
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Postage stamps, for a stamp album. Correspondents will please state
how many stamps they would require for album.
T. J. ANDREWS,
290 Clermont Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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A set of five German or Bavarian stamps, for two stamps from the
Cape of Good Hope, Mexico, or South America.
EVERETT S. TREAT,
Station M, New York City.
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Forty foreign stamps (no duplicates), for twelve United States
department stamps.
W. F. FRATCHER,
Union News Co. Stand, Dépôt, Utica, N. Y.
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Silver ore, for foreign postage stamps. Correspondents will please
write name and value on back of each stamp.
VERNON CHESLEIGH,
14 Carmine Street (in store), New York City.
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Three Mexican stamps, a five, ten, and twenty-five, for an Asiatic
stamp.
JAMES L. MILLER, P. O. Box 141,
Mamaroneck, Westchester Co., N. Y.
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Asbestos from Pelham, Massachusetts, or quartz crystals from
Diamond Mountain, Rhode Island, for shells, ocean curiosities,
malachite, or copper ore.
FRANK W. COOKE,
P. O. Box 54, Amherst, Mass.
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Indian arrow-heads and specimens of meteoric rock, for Indian
relics, ores, ocean curiosities, coins, or anything suitable for a
museum.
JOHN G. CLARK, Economy, Wayne Co., Ind.
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Foreign and United States stamps, coins, and autographs of noted
men; or stones from Kansas, and a few relics from the Chicago fire,
for a genuine Indian bow and arrows.
ELMER S. CUNNINGHAM,
Champaign, Champaign Co., Ill.
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Two Austrian stamps, for two Danish stamps.
E. A. CAMPBELL,
216 East Twenty-seventh Street, New York City.
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Twenty-five foreign postage stamps (no duplicates), for a
star-fish, sea-weeds, or Indian relics.
ALEX. STRONG,
Monticello, Sullivan Co., N. Y.
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Postmarks, buttons, or soil of Pennsylvania, for stamps, coins, or
curiosities.
EDGAR F. JORDAN,
2129 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penn.
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White and red coral and a piece of Fort Marco, St. Augustine,
Florida, for African, Asiatic, or European stamps.
HOWARD HOOKER, North Crescent Avenue,
Avondale, near Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Foreign postage stamps, for United States internal revenue stamps.
No duplicates.
O. H. BRUCE,
Piedmont, Mineral Co., W. Va.
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Twenty-five good foreign stamps, for a three-cornered Cape of Good
Hope stamp.
GEORGE S. SCHILLING,
104 South Third Street, Brooklyn, E. D., N. Y.
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Minerals, stamps, and postmarks, for minerals and stamps.
ELLISTON J. PEROT,
Morton Street, Germantown, Penn.
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Full sets of War, Interior, Navy, and Post-office department
stamps, for rare old United States envelopes. High values
especially desired.
H. W. PRATT,
1212 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C.
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New York State minerals, for specimens from any other State.
H. H. PIFFARD,
P. O. Box 136, Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, N. Y.
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Postmarks, for curiosities or Indian relics.
ALLIE MAXWELL,
68 Eighth Street, Hoboken, N. J.
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A set of fancy card type for amateur printers' use, for one hundred
and fifty foreign stamps (no duplicates).
ISAAC A. W. MORAN,
175 East 113th Street, New York City.
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Thirty-one postage stamps, a green-colored mineral, a specimen of
copper ore, and a piece of Pulpit Rock, for a copy of the rules and
regulations of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
H. MCKEAN, Jackson, Amador Co., Cal.
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An Indian arrow-head and two pieces of pottery, for twenty foreign
postage stamps.
EDDIE GORDON, Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., Wis.
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We are very sorry to say that one of our young correspondents has sent
us as an original composition for YOUNG PEOPLE a puzzle which was
published some time ago in another paper. By so doing he has forfeited
our confidence, and we shall be obliged to exclude his name from our
columns for the future.
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J. H.--Amati violins in perfect condition have brought a price as high
as $1500, while poor ones have been sold for $300. At a recent sale in
London some very good ones brought prices ranging from $800 to $900.
There are only a very few specimens of genuine Amati violins in this
country.
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We acknowledge, with thanks, a beautifully written "prize letter" from a
little girl, pupil in a public school in Howard City, Michigan; and also
a package of twelve letters from the boys and girls of a primary school
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We regret that we have no room to print
these favors. They are all neatly written and prettily expressed, and
even could we print the best one from our little friends in Pittsburgh,
we would not know which to choose. Our young readers will be pleased to
know that every one of these Pittsburgh school-children is deeply
interested in the adventures of Toby Tyler, and full of sympathy for his
misfortunes.
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LEWIS B. M.--The set consisting of seven stamps, including stamped
envelope, is worth about twelve cents if cancelled. A set of the same,
uncancelled, can be bought for sixty cents.
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EDMUND S. H.--Russian merchant vessels have the right to pass out of the
Black Sea through the Dardanelles, but ships of war are not allowed to
pass without a firman from the Porte.--Servia is an independent
principality. Roumania is also independent, and until very recently has
had the same form of government as Servia, but by a vote unanimously
passed by the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, Prince Charles of Roumania
has become King. Bulgaria is a vassal of the Porte.
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GUSSIE S.--Jimmy Brown is alive, and is not an old man.
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KARL C. W.--See answer to C. N. C. in the Post-office Box of YOUNG
PEOPLE No. 67.
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R., VIRGINIA.--Your stamp was issued at Memphis, Tennessee, in 1861,
and, if in good condition, is now worth about one dollar, as it is rare.
The letters you can not make out are _ay_.
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ALICE N. B.--The name given by the English to the Indian who caused the
death of King Philip was Alderman. His Indian name is not given in any
history. He was one of the followers of King Philip; but when Philip
killed his brother because he had advised the King to listen to
proposals for peace, he vowed revenge, and going to the English, offered
to show them where Philip was concealed. Captain Church immediately
started for the swamp near Mount Hope with a party of armed men, guided
by Alderman. Philip's wigwam was surrounded, and the chieftain himself
was shot as he was attempting to escape through the forest. It is a
matter of dispute whether the bullet which pierced the heart of Philip
was fired by Alderman, the Indian, or by Caleb Cook, the Plymouth
soldier who stood by his side, but the deed is generally attributed to
Alderman.
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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
ENIGMA.
In girl, not in boy.
In grief, not in joy.
In rags, not in silk.
In cream, not in milk.
In foot, not in toe.
In fast, not in slow.
In ramble, not in roam.
In Africa my home.
PERCY.
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No. 2.
EASY WORD SQUARES.
1.--1. Refreshing in summer. 2. A girl's name. 3. An ancient ruler. 4.
Adjacent.
EMILY.
2.--1. A metal. 2. A girl's name. 3. A mineral substance. 4. Moist.
GEORGE W.
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No. 3.
NUMERICAL CHARADES.
1. I am the classic name of a European peninsula composed of 11 letters.
My 1, 2, 3, 4 is to examine carefully.
My 5, 6, 7 is a loud sound.
My 9, 8, 7 is a kind of wagon.
My 5, 10, 11, 4, 3 is a character in mythology.
WILLIE P. C.
2. I am composed of 9 letters, and am a character well known to readers
of YOUNG PEOPLE.
My 3, 8, 7, 5 encircles.
My 9, 6, 8 is a kind of grain.
My 1, 2, 4 is a trifle.
OLIVER TWIST.
3. I am a wonderful natural curiosity in the United States composed of
11 letters.
My 10, 11, 6, 5 is to prohibit.
My 4, 9, 3, 1, 2 is a sweet word.
My 8, 7, 2, 6 is what school-girls like to do.
M. C. H.
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No. 4.
FRAME PUZZLE.
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Make this frame of four words of ten letters each. The intersecting
letter at each corner is A, and the words signify: foreign; to
institute; to scourge; a substance containing iron.
BOLUS.
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No. 5.
TRIPLE ENIGMA--(_To Starry Flag_).
In vindictive, not in spurn.
In incense, not in burn.
In grains, but not in rice.
In nutmeg, not in spice.
In savage, not in free.
Three goddesses were we
Worshipped in Greece and Rome,
And Olympus was our home.
DAME DURDEN.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 73.
No. 1.
Grosbeak, Bobolink.
No. 2.
A P P A L A C H I C O L A
T A L L A H A S S E E
A S T R A K H A N
M I L T Z I N
P A T O S
T A Y
H
B O N
S A O N E
C H I C A G O
N E U C H A T E L
K L A U S E N B U R G
R I V I E R E D U L O U P
No. 3.
V I C E S S T A R T
I D E A L T U N E R
C E A S E A N I S E
E A S E D R E S I N
S L E D S T R E N T
K A T E I T E M
A C I D T I M E
T I D E E M I R
E D E N M E R E
No. 4.
1. Electric light. 2. Coal-scuttle. 3. King Arthur.
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Throwing Light, on page 336.--Furze, furs, firs.
* * * * *
Correct answers to puzzles have been received from Alice N. Blood, Ray
B., _Hugh Burns_, _Boys of Marcella Street Home_, Alice Cantine, Howard
Cleveland, R. O. Chester, "Dollars and Cents," "Ed. I. Torial," John C.
Gabel, Edward Gude, Henry Gottlieb, J. L. Hastie, Jun., Willie Hartwell,
Eddie S. Hequembourg, Frank Haines, Alice M. H., "L. U. Stral," "Lode
Star," "Milwaukee," _Percy L. McDermott_, May and Fannie, "Pepper,"
A. P., Harold N. Pleis, Edith Ross, "Starry Flag," _Howard J. Van
Doren_, Willie F. Woolard, "Young Solver."
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[Illustration]
THE STUCK-UP BOY.
A ravenous boy at Manassas
Once ate so much cake and molasses
That he (living in clover)
Grew sticky all over,
So that various things, from old letters to corks,
Spoons, bread-crumbs, and scissors, raised biscuits, and forks,
Stuck to him like brothers,
Burrs, beggars, or mothers,
Until every one yelled,
"He's the stuckupest boy that we ever beheld."
LEAD AND ITS USES.
The uses of lead are numerous: it is employed in making the fine kinds
of glass, enabling them to bear the sudden changes of heat and cold
better; also to give glass a proper degree of weight, and render it more
easy to be cut without breaking. Lead gives to glass a greater power of
refracting the rays of light, and confers upon it a higher polish.
A mixture of lead with tin forms _pewter_, and the same metals in
different proportions make that useful article to plumbers and others,
_soft solder_.
Lead, in the condition of sheets, has long been employed for the
preservation of the bodies of great personages, and is in common use for
coffins.
You have often seen the thin sheet-lead with which boxes of tea,
imported from China, are lined. The manufacture of this by the Chinese
is very simple. The lead plates are not rolled, as from their extreme
thinness might be supposed; nor even hammered, as the appearance of the
surface might indicate; but actually cast at once in the state in which
we see them. Two men are employed; one of them is seated on the floor,
with a large flat stone before him, and with a movable flat stone stand
at his side. His fellow-workman stands beside him with a crucible filled
with melted lead; and having poured a sufficient quantity on the slab,
the other lifts the movable stone, and placing it suddenly on the fluid
lead, presses it out into a flat and thin plate, which he instantly
removes from the stone. A second quantity of lead is poured on in a
similar manner, and a like plate formed, the process being carried on
with singular rapidity. The rough edges of the plates are then cut off,
and they are afterward soldered together for use.
Large quantities of lead are used for the manufacture of shot and
bullets. The smaller kinds of shot are made by pouring the metal from a
considerable height, in consequence of which it separates into globular
masses of different sizes, which cool during their descent, and in the
water into which they fall.
CHARADE.
My first is truly the first
Among persons of every degree;
My second composes my whole,
And without it my whole can not be.
Yet unless from my second my whole
Is separate wholly and free,
My whole can never exist.
Now read you this riddle to me.
LONDON BRIDGE.
"London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down--
London Bridge is falling down,
So farewell, my lady.
"You've broke the locks, and stole my gold,
Stole my gold, stole my gold--
You've broke the locks, and stole my gold,
So farewell, my lady.
"Then off to prison you'll have to go,
Have to go, have to go--
Then off to prison you'll have to go,
So farewell, my lady."
[Illustration: "LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN."]
DESCRIPTION OF THE GAME.
One may often see in our city streets a group of children, two standing
with uplifted hands while the others pass between, and chanting, in a
tune of their own, the foregoing words. At the conclusion the hands are
dropped around a comrade, and he is asked to choose between the two
leaders, who have decided upon names--as, "a gold church," and "a silver
castle"--and placed behind his choice. At last all are caught. Then
comes the "tug," often a very unequal and amusing contest.
[Illustration: THE "TUG."]
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, April 12, 1881, by Various