nice little row-boat named _Broadbill_, with patent oars. I have a
Shetland pony named Fanny. She is about three feet high, and is
very kind and gentle, and I can ride or drive her. My guinea-pig
is also a pet. I feed it cabbage leaves, carrots, boiled potatoes,
and lettuce.
E. T. I.
* * * * *
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
My most cunning pet is a guinea-pig named Tip, who creeps under my
arm and goes to sleep. I put cabbage and celery in a train of cars
and run across the floor; Tip gallops after and steals the leaves,
stops to munch them, and then races for more.
ARTHUR A. CRANDELL.
* * * * *
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.
I have had experience with guinea-pigs, and I thought I would tell
Mark Francis what mine eat. They like all kinds of green
vegetables, such as lettuce and cabbage, but they like grass
better than anything else; I can not give them enough. The only
cooked food they like is Graham bread and oatmeal mush. Sometimes
they eat oats and apples. My auntie has kept them for fifteen
years, and she never gave them any water. She says if they want
water, they are sick. They are always very sensitive to the cold.
GRACE B. PETERSON.
* * * * *
NEW YORK CITY.
I have been reading all the letters from little girls and boys
about their pets, and I must tell them about mine. I have a little
kitten named "Buttercup," and she is just as sweet and pretty as
any buttercup that ever grew, and so good and so cunning. She will
jump upon the bureau and watch the canary, and he will peck at her
with his little bill, and she does not even look cross at him, and
we know she would not ruffle a feather for all the world. I wonder
if any other little girl can leave her kitten with her birds, and
know she will not hurt them? And you should see her go to the
mirror and look at herself--just like any lady--and she seems to
think herself so pretty, I am really afraid she is vain. There are
so many other things I could tell about her, but mamma says you
will not print my letter if I write any more.
ELLA SELWYN.
* * * * *
BRADLEY, MICHIGAN, _February 18_.
I found a willow bush covered with "pussies" yesterday. The
rabbits never run up to me when I whistle, like the one Laura B.
wrote about. They stop and turn around and look at me, and then
they just snap their eyes and scoot.
FRANK C. NOURSE.
* * * * *
I am only seven years old, and I live way out in Fort Klamath,
Oregon, and I can't write a very good letter, but I like the
stories in YOUNG PEOPLE, and the letters in the Post-office from
little children so much. It is nice to be out here where there is
so much snow to have fun with. I have a pair of snow-shoes, a
little brother, and a pet dog to play with, besides lots of other
things. I don't go to school, because there is no school here, but
I say my lessons to mamma every day.
SOPHIE L. W.
* * * * *
DAVENPORT, IOWA.
I am going to write this all myself. I have a pony. His name is
Dick. We all love him dearly. He shakes hands. We say, "Shake
hands, Dick," and he puts up his right foot. He is just as sweet
as honey. He is white. We used to live on a farm, and my sister
and I used to go after the cows on Dick. We carried a long whip.
Some cows would lag behind, and we would say, "Bite the cow,
Dick," and the dear little fellow would lay back his white ears
and just bite her awful hard. We are going to have a cabinet
picture taken of him.
GRACE H. (9 years).
* * * * *
SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK.
I am five years old. I have a blue terrier--Wax. He plays
hide-and-seek. Mamma covers his eyes with her hand, and I hide.
When I say, "Coop," mamma lets him go. Then he rushes all round,
standing on his hind-legs to look on tables, and peeping under the
couch, and looking upon chairs. When he finds me, he begins to
bark loud, and tries to bite my toes, but he has very few teeth.
He is old.
ROGER GRISWOLD PERKINS.
* * * * *
ALBANY, NEW YORK.
I am a boy who have recently come to the city from the country. I
have a young Skye-terrier, and he gives me much trouble by running
away every time the hall door is opened. Then I have to run after
him. As he can run the fastest, it is hard work for me, but fun
for him. People must think I have two dogs, for when he goes out
he is a blue dog, and when he comes back he is mud-color. When we
give him a good washing, he is blue again. He likes to play, and I
would be lonesome without him.
DWIGHT RUGGLES.
* * * * *
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
I saw in the Post-office letters one from a little boy who had two
Maltese cats, and one of them was very fond of pea-nuts. I had a
beautiful black and white kitty, in Centennial year, that would
follow me round whenever I came from the Exhibition, begging for
the sugared balls of pop-corn I always brought home with me. I had
another kitty afterward that was just as fond of candy. They are
both dead now, and I have no pets. I am nine years old.
FLORENCE OZIAS.
* * * * *
C. H. WILLIAMSON.--All of Jacob Abbott's books for the young are in
print. Valuable works on Long Island history have been published by the
Long Island Historical Society of Brooklyn. Hitchcock's _Geology_ and
Gray's _Lessons in Botany_ will be of service to you.
* * * * *
C. F. ALLEN.--Danger Island is in the Chagos Archipelago, on the west
end of the great Chagos Bank, Indian Ocean.
* * * * *
Here is a very pretty experiment, sent by F. V. G., Madison, Wisconsin:
"Take an ordinary water-pail. Lay across the top two pieces of stout
wire, about two inches apart. Then lay a lump of ice on the wires. In
about half an hour go and look at it, and you will find that the wires
pass through the middle of the lump of ice, but you can not see how they
came there."
* * * * *
The following tribute to the egg tombola is from Ella W.:
From an egg, shot, and tallow, with care,
A merry tombola I soon did prepare;
I brushed up his locks in a very fine way,
And dressed him in garments of nice sober gray;
And when he was ready all came to admire,
So portly was he that I called him the Squire.
I then laid him down to measure, and see
Whether standing or lying the tallest he'd be;
When he lifted himself with a nod and a bound,
Rocked backward and forward and balanced around.
The giddy tombola! he will not lie down;
It's useless to urge such a funny old clown.
* * * * *
MADISON COOPER.--The direction given to Charley D. M., in YOUNG PEOPLE
No. 18, will probably apply to your fish.
* * * * *
ELLA FULLER and HELEN THOMPSON.--We fear there is no remedy for your
unfortunate animals.
* * * * *
HENRY B. H.--Excellent directions for the construction of a cheap
telescope are given in YOUNG PEOPLE No. 1.
* * * * *
CHARLES CONNER.--We can not undertake any such commissions.
* * * * *
J. R. FOSTER.--Pages of advertisements are almost always given in weekly
papers. You will find them in every bound volume of HARPER'S WEEKLY, and
similar publications.
* * * * *
"NORTH STAR."--You understand the art of making puzzles, but you must be
more careful with your spelling. There is only one "e" in cathedral.
* * * * *
ALBERT MULLEN.--Box-wood only is used by engravers on wood, as it has a
fine grain and the requisite hardness. It can be got out in small pieces
only, and these are either glued or screwed together to form large
blocks. When a picture is to be engraved in haste, the block is taken
apart and the pieces are given to several engravers, in order to save
time. Sometimes thirty or more engravers are employed at once on a
single block.
* * * * *
LEONARD S. E.--If you send four cents in postage stamps to the
publishers the number you require will be forwarded to you.
* * * * *
A. H. ELLARD.--Your handwriting is very neat and distinct for a boy of
your age. In a Numerical Charade each figure represents a letter of the
solution. Supposing the answer to be "America," you could make "car"
from the sixth, seventh, and fourth letters, and proceed in this way
until you had used every letter of the solution.
* * * * *
JAMES W. C., H. W. G., and OTHERS.--Thanks for your kind letters, but we
have decided to use no more puzzles referring in any way to ourselves.
We also wish to remind some of you that enigmas must be in rhyme,
otherwise they can not be printed. Do not take your own name nor the
names of any of your friends to form a puzzle, because children to whom
you are entire strangers could never guess it. Be careful to use new
solutions in making puzzles; and when you see that we have already
published one on Washington, Bonaparte, or the name of any other
celebrated man, do not send us a repetition. We pay no attention to
puzzles not accompanied by full answers.
* * * * *
Willow "pussies" are to be found now in almost all localities, judging
from the many reports sent us by our youthful correspondents. Crocuses
have pushed upward to the spring sunshine, and rose bushes are
beginning to send out tender green shoots. "Pussies" have been reported
by C. H. W., Mary M. R., Joe Ward, and many others; and Louis C. Vogt
sends a twig of these pretty downy tokens of spring, which he
accompanies with a very neatly printed letter. It is now time to begin
to watch for violets and anemones, and other early flowers.
* * * * *
Answers to question by S. R. W. in Post-office Box, No. 17, are received
from "North Star," W. F. Bruns, Harry V. G., Florence B., E. L. M.,
Freddie H., Kittie A. R., "Mystic," and others. Eight words have been
sent. They are Scion, Suspicion, Coercion, Pernicion, Epinicion,
Internecion, Ostracion, Cestracion; these are all to be found in
Worcester's Dictionary. There is also Cion, which is synonymous with
Scion. There are, besides, several obsolete words with the same ending
not to be found in modern English dictionaries.
* * * * *
Favors are acknowledged from Charlie Markward, Willie H. McVean, Amy L.
Orr, Harry C. Peck, Edward L. Haines, Percy and George, Alma Hoffmann,
Rebecca Hedges, Willie C. S., Alice E. Stephenson, Lottie C. Underhill,
Bessie L. Stewart, Jennie Clark, Charlie A. Mather, H. H. Pitcairn,
Nellie G. Vaughn, J. D., Willie R. H., Frank Coniston, Mina L. C., Lyman
C., Willie B. A., Leonie Young, Mamie Brooke, James Walker, Katie Black,
Henry Koehler, G. Walter Burnham, Effie E. P., Geraldine Watson, Ray
Bennett, Anabel Turner, Freddie C., Arthur B., R. L. R.
* * * * *
Numerous correspondents have sent new answers to our Puzzle Picture in
No. 14; and although many have given nine names, but two, Florence Ozias
and Mark Robbins, have found D-rill, the mischievous monkey concealed by
our artist.
* * * * *
Correct answers to puzzles received from E. T. Smith, George H.
Churchill, Mamie E. F., Herbert N. Twing, Fannie T., and Belle M.,
Leonard S. E., Effie K. Talboys, E. P. Walker, J. F. Sullivan, H. S. T.,
Gracie Flint, W. Robertson, Katie Wentz, Millie Benson, Ella W., Nellie
Bartlett, Goldie Williams, W. H. Kurtz, Henry Cullyford, J. H. Crosman,
Jun., Stella, Jay H. M., L. L. Lee, Marie Doyle, Gracie K. Richards.
* * * * *
Answer to Charade in No. 17, on page 216--Fishball.
* * * * *
PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
NUMERICAL CHARADE.
I am composed of 12 letters.
My 1, 3, 4 is a measure.
My 6, 2, 9, 12 is a girl's name.
My 11, 10, 4, 8, 3, 6, 5 is a young reptile.
My 1, 7, 11 is a small animal.
My whole is a South American river.
CHESLY B. H.
* * * * *
No. 2.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
A small rope. A scent. A question often asked. Variegated. To clasp.
Water. Answer--two English poets.
M. L.
* * * * *
No. 3.
ENIGMA.
My first is in loss, but not in gain.
My second is in France, but not in Spain.
My third is in sling, but not in stung.
My fourth is in old, and also in young.
My fifth is in Venus, but not in Mars.
My whole is composed of beautiful stars.
ALFRED W. S.
* * * * *
No. 4.
RHOMBOID.
Across--A descent; a bench; to clip; to hold. Down--In flap; a
preposition; to allow; a bird; a knot; a pronoun; in flap.
N. L. COLLAMER.
* * * * *
No. 5.
WORD SQUARE.
First, manner of walking. Second, a movement of the ocean. Third, to
manage a publication. Fourth, tame animals.
NELLIE B.
* * * * *
No. 6.
DIAMOND PUZZLE.
A vowel. An animal. A well-known fruit. A man's name. A vowel.
H. N. T.
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[Illustration]
THE TRAMP PUZZLE.
With one straight cut of the scissors get out of this tramp a handsome
Persian and a sea-cow.
A PERSONATION: WHO AM I?
My enemies declare I was alike faithless to friend or foe; my partisans,
that I was a martyr. In either case, I expiated my follies and
weaknesses with my life, as had my grandmother before me. I was born at
Dunfermline, November 19, 1600, and died January 30, 1649--not an old
man, as you see. I was heir to great possessions, and held a high
position, but I lost land, fortune, and honor. When young, my great
friend, also a favorite with my father, obtained a hold on me, and
induced me, as soon as I succeeded my father in my inheritance, to begin
my career by paying no heed to my people's wishes. I was very obstinate,
and as determined as my people to carry my point, and we soon fell out.
What I could not gain fairly, I tried to obtain by treachery, and the
result can be readily guessed. I introduced many measures; none of them
were liked, and the struggle as to who would conquer--the one or the
many--began. My habits were extravagant, but then I had fine tastes;
collected many beautiful pictures, which, alas! at my death, were
scattered, never again to be a collection. The painter Vandyck was a
favorite of mine, and when he lay dying I sent my own doctor to attend
him, but in vain. He painted several likenesses of me and my family. I
had very warm friends, who stood by me in all my troubles, but nothing
could save me; and at last, January 15, 1649, I was put on trial for my
life. My judges were prejudiced against me, and I was not allowed to
plead my own cause, so was adjudged worthy of death. All agree, friends
and foes, that I met my fate bravely, and when you find out who I am,
"remember" the last word I spoke. My family were scattered and poor.
Afterward my eldest son avenged my "murder," as he considered it, but
three of my judges escaped, and found shelter in America. There was,
however, a taint of falsehood in all of us, and my children's children
were at last dispossessed of what had been my inheritance.
What most grieved me was not my losses, but remembering how many friends
suffered with me; and, spite of all my faults, few have been more loved.
[Illustration: WILL IT BITE?]
[Illustration:
CHARLES. "What did you have for Dessert to-day, Lil? We had Omelet
Sho-Fly!"
LILLIE. "What is that?"
CHARLES. "Oh, papa says it's French for blowed."]
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880, by Various