634 Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Four stones from the "Blue Juniata," for stones from any other
river, and crystallized salt.
S. FRED BLYMYER, Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Pa.
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A stone from Massachusetts, for one from any other State.
L. BROOKS,
Care of Mr. P. C. Brooks, West Medford, Mass.
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Pressed flowers and United States stamps, for curiosities.
Correspondents will please write before sending any specimens.
IDY and JENNIE BATES,
Peoria, Franklin Co., Kan.
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Fifteen Indiana postmarks, for the same from any other State.
CHARLES BEEMER,
Lock Box 398, Muncie, Delaware Co., Ind.
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Five postmarks, for one stamp. Foreign stamps, for United States
internal revenue stamps.
C. S. BROWN,
Lock Box 406, Muncie, Delaware Co., Ind.
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Postmarks.
HENRY M. DALAND,
440 Jefferson Avenue, Elizabeth, N. J.
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A good ten-key accordion, for a good foot-power scroll-saw.
H. DAMM,
Lancaster, Grant Co., Wis.
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Butterflies, and other insects.
A. R. EVERETT, Sweetland, Nevada Co., Cal.
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A piece of crystallized quartz, for a piece of copper, lead, or
iron ore. A foreign stamp, for every five postmarks (no
duplicates). Fifteen different foreign stamps, for any good
curiosity.
EDWARD D. FOWLER,
P. O. Box 51, Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y.
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Curiosities and foreign coins to exchange for old American coins.
G. H. HETZEL,
Cumberland, Alleghany Co., Md.
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Stamps, for ocean curiosities. A good collection of two hundred
stamps (no duplicates), for a genuine Indian bow and arrow.
C. D. HAINES,
565 Seventeenth Street, Oakland, Cal.
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Stamps, postmarks, and monograms, for curiosities.
FRANK HAINES,
54 West Fifty-seventh Street, New York City.
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United States internal revenue stamps, for stamps from Cuba,
Brazil, Mexico, China, Australia, or Cape of Good Hope.
M. MASSIE,
101 East Eighth Street, Covington, Ky.
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An ounce of soil from Cook County, Illinois, for the same from any
other State.
T. E. MORFORD,
P. O. Box 32, Riverside, Cook Co., Ill.
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Foreign postage stamps, for Indian arrow-heads.
FRANK C. MOTHERWELL,
247 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Penn.
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Minerals, for silk scraps for a quilt.
FLAVEL MINES,
P. O. Box 41, Kirkwood, St. Louis Co., Mo.
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Iron ore from Missouri, coral, stones from the Atlantic coast, and
a few petrified sharks' teeth, for stamps; Nova Scotia, Baden,
Newfoundland, and United States department stamps especially
desired.
L. W. MULLIKIN,
Room 37, Hackettstown Ins., Hackettstown, N. J.
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Florida shells, sulphur as it is dug, and stones and shells from
Lake Ontario, for ocean curiosities, Indian relics, and ores.
ALBERT PFANS, care of William Schenck,
290 Washington Street, Newark, N. J.
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Foreign stamps. Australian and Asiatic stamps especially desired.
Correspondents will please send list of stamps before sending
specimens.
HELEN POTTER,
1519 North Twenty-second St., Philadelphia, Penn.
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Pine, birch, maple, and oak of different kinds, poplar, ash, wild
cherry, and alder, for ocean shells and curiosities, postmarks, or
other kinds of woods. New Hampshire granite or cobble-stones, for
stones from any other State.
SCOTT E. SANBORN,
54 Pennacook Street, Manchester, N. H.
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A very good stamp album, for a genuine Indian bow and arrow in good
condition.
WALTER S. RUSSELL,
Cooperstown, Otsego Co., N. Y.
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A British stamp, for a Cape of Good Hope stamp.
ATTIE SUTTON, Bradford, Penn.
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Five postmarks, for every ordinary foreign postage stamp; and ten
postmarks, for every rare foreign stamp.
S. G. SMITH,
Heckatoo, Lincoln Co., Ark.
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Iron ore and sea-shells, for minerals.
G. W. STEVENS,
10 Broadway Street, Utica, N. Y.
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A Russian stamp, for a three-cornered Cape of Good Hope. Five
postmarks, for a Newfoundland or Turkish stamp.
ROBERT SHIELL, JUN.,
39 Sibley Street, Detroit, Mich.
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A piece of coral eleven inches high, for a stamp from Japan,
Russia, or Liberia.
F. R. SATTERLEE,
56 West Seventeenth Street, New York City.
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Ten postmarks, for one foreign stamp. Sand from Ohio, for the same
from any other State or Territory.
E. STANDISH,
44 West University Street, Columbus, Ohio.
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Mexican and State Department stamps, for stamps from Liberia,
Prince Edward Island, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Feejee Islands, and Costa
Rica.
M. U., P. O. Box 63, San Antonio, Texas.
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Fifteen postmarks of any one State of the Union, for good
curiosities.
J. M. VALERINOS,
388 Clifton Place, Brooklyn, E. D., N. Y.
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A stone from Massachusetts, for one from any other State.
JOSEPH WELCH,
607 Broadway, South Boston, Mass.
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A one-shilling English stamp, 5 and 25 centime French stamps, and
25-centime Swiss stamp, for other foreign stamps.
C. WILKINS,
228 South Fourth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Rare seeds or bulbs, for postage stamps.
FRED A. WILSON, care of "American Grocer,"
28 West Broadway, New York City.
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Two sea-watches and four English stamps, for any foreign stamps
except English.
JENNIE VOTER, Biddeford, Me.
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Stamps and American and foreign coins.
CARL WHEELOCK,
P. O. Box 421, Woonsocket, R. I.
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Foreign stamps, or old issues of United States stamps, for the
same, or for anything suitable for a museum.
R. WILSON,
Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio.
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Twelve varieties of foreign stamps, for ten stamps from Japan,
Ionian Isles, Liberia, Natal, Orange States, Parma, Paraguay,
Poland, West Australia, or Bolivia.
GEORGIE C. WEISSERT,
193 Twelfth Street, Milwaukee, Wis.
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English telegraph, old United States, and rare European stamps, for
Mexican and South American stamps--a stamp for a stamp; also,
relics from Niagara Falls, for relics from other places.
ROUNSVILLE WILDMAN, Niagara Falls, N. Y.
* * * * *
Rare old issues of United States stamps, for rare foreign stamps.
M. WILLIS,
P. O. Box 208, Flushing, N. Y.
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Pressed leaves and stones, for insects. Please pack specimens
carefully in cotton.
KITTIE WEAVER, Mankato, Minn.
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Sections of a shark's backbone, for fossils or petrifactions of any
kind.
D. ALLEN WEBBER,
Searsport, Waldo Co., Me.
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Silver ore, for foreign postage stamps and postal cards.
J. E. WILLIAMS,
4 Harrison Street, New York City.
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Two cancelled three and ten cent Treasury stamps, for any Asiatic,
African, Australian, or South American stamp.
CARL WAGNER,
200 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga.
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Ten foreign stamps, for one copper coin of any foreign country.
H. F. WELCH,
St. Nicholas Hotel, New York City.
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Postmarks, for curiosities of any kind. Soil of New York, for the
same of any other State. White and red cedar, for other woods.
R. E. SUMNER,
468 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Trap-rock with mica in it, for an Indian arrow-head.
R. B. W.,
P. O. Box 51, Ridgewood, Bergen Co., N. J.
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Foreign stamps, for Indian relics.
HARRY SULLIVAN, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Postmarks, for insects.
WALTER S. STILLMAN,
P. O. Box 966, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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Foreign stamps, for minerals, coins, Indian relics, or any kind of
curiosities.
JOHN T.,
14 Carver Street, Boston, Mass.
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Stamps and sea-shells from Florida, for South American or Asiatic
coins.
F. P. T.,
Okawville, Washington Co., Ill.
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JOSEPH W.--There is an old tradition that the loadstone was discovered
by a Greek shepherd on Mount Ida. His crook was tipped with iron, and on
touching a large mass of rock with it, he was amazed and terrified to
find it held fast, as if by invisible hands. The name of this shepherd
was Magnes, and the word magnet is said by some to be derived from it.
Others, with more probability, think that the word comes from a region
of Lydia called Magnesia, where the loadstone was found in large
quantities. This stone has the remarkable power of imparting its own
property of attraction to hard iron or steel, without losing any of its
power.
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C. H. C.--Whistles may be made of willow, bass-wood (linden), or elder.
The process is very simple: Take a smooth piece of willow or bass-wood
branch, of fresh growth, and full of sap, about half an inch in diameter
and three or four inches long. Trim the smaller end as shown in the
diagram, and cut a circle through the bark near the larger end, and then
loosen the bark between the cut and the smaller end by gently tapping it
with a stick or the back of your knife. If you break or bruise it, your
whistle will be spoiled. When the bark is thoroughly loosened, it will
slip off with a gentle pull. Cut away the wood as indicated by the
dotted lines of the diagram, and make a small incision in the bark just
above where the inside slope of the wood begins. Moisten the wood, slip
on the bark, and you have your whistle. To make a whistle out of elder,
punch out the pith, plug up one end tightly, and leave an air-space on
one side of the plug at the other end. Cut an air-hole, as in the willow
whistle.
[Illustration]
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R. V. C.--Horses are not used in crossing the great deserts of Africa,
as they can not go without water, like the camel, which can take into
its stomach at one time a supply for several days.
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O. W.--The phrase "passing-bell" originated in this way. In ancient
times, when people were more superstitious than they are now, it was
believed that bells which had been consecrated had the power to drive
away evil spirits; and so, when any one was supposed to be dying, the
church bell was rung to scare away the wicked demons which were supposed
to be waiting at the foot of the bed, ready to seize the "passing" soul.
Bells were also supposed to have the power of protecting buildings from
lightning and storms of wind, and some bells were inscribed with verses
describing their qualities. The following verses are found on some old
bells in England:
"Men's death I tell by doleful knell.
Lightning and thunder I break asunder.
On Sabbath all to church I call.
The sleepy head I raise from bed.
The winds so fierce I do disperse.
Man's cruel rage I do assuage."
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C. R. F.--You can obtain the numbers of YOUNG PEOPLE you specify.
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H. S.--Our word bead comes from the old Anglo-Saxon BEAD, or BEDE, which
means a prayer, strings of beads being used to number prayers. Beads are
made of many kinds of material--glass, amber, coral, wood, precious
stones, gold, and other metals. They are largely manufactured in China,
and every mandarin, when in full dress, wears a magnificent string of
them. The beads used for dolls' eyes are mostly made at Birmingham,
England.
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Correct answers to puzzles have been received from Jennie Bates, Gertie
Childs, Maggie J. Callahan, _L. M. Fobes_, Lottie, "_Lodestar_," Flavel
S. Mines, F. Nichols, "North Star," "Pepper," _Harry Phillips_, M.
Parkinson, C. A. Quinn, "_Queen Bess_," Charlie A. Smith, "Tel E.
Graph," "Wall and Thisbe."
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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
ENIGMA.
In canter, not in walk.
In chatter, not in talk.
In yarn, not in string.
In music, not in sing.
In winter, not in snow.
In water, not in row.
In muscle, not in might.
In quarrel, not in fight.
In church, not in people.
In altar, not in steeple.
My whole is a place of summer delight
Where children learn to do what is right.
HELEN.
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No. 2.
FOUR EASY SQUARES.
1.--1. A couple. 2. A plant. 3. A small quantity. 4. To cut down.
2.--1. A token. 2. An island. 3. Joy. 4. Necessity.
3.--1. To bend. 2. A surface. 3. To peruse. 4. Small cushions.
TEL E. GRAPH.
4.--1. To wither. 2. Old. 3. An exploit. 4. A whirlpool.
GOODY TWO-SHOES.
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No. 3.
TRIPLE ENIGMA.
In scholar, not in learn.
In mouse-ear, not in fern.
In ringing, not in toll.
In ladle, not in bowl.
In tyranny, but not in kings.
My whole comprises three sweet things.
DAME DURDEN.
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No. 4.
CHARADE--(_To Rip Van Winkle_).
In shady woods and sunny fields
My first is often found.
As lithe and fleet as any bird,
Yet never leaves the ground.
Of life and death my second tells,
Of sorrow and of mirth;
It dwells with stately pomp, and by
The simplest household hearth.
My whole, a graceful, modest flower,
By lonely way-sides grows,
And trembles on its slender stem
With every wind that blows.
OWLET.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 80.
No. 1.
A C C E S S O R Y
I N S U L A R
A N G E R
H A Y
R
A C T
C H A N T
C O R N I C E
B L A M E L E S S
No. 2.
Hepatica.
No. 3.
_S_ T E E _L_
S _A_ V _O_ R
L A _B_ _O_ R
M _O_ U _L_ D
_S_ T A V _E_
Sable, Lobos.
No. 4.
P R I S O N P R O F I T
R E S I N R A V E N
I S A R O V E N
S I R F E N
O N I N
N T
No. 5.
Wiggles.
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Charade, on page 448--Horse-chestnut.
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[Illustration: WEIGHING THE BABY.]
THE GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF CROQUET.
BY G. B. BARTLETT.
As summer dries up the moist paths and lawns, the boys are eager for new
out-of-door games, and we will hunt for them, where most good things
come from--in the distant past, the games of which are the new ones of
to-day.
The boys of 1881 are advised to reproduce one of the first games ever
played in merrie England, one in which kings and princes delighted to
join, and in honor of which a celebrated avenue still retains its
ancient name. Very little can be ascertained about this game and the
manner of playing it, as the only authentic record which we can find
consists of a picture of one of its balls and mallets in the Bodleian
manuscripts. A hint has also been discovered in another book, from which
we have gathered ideas enough to describe a game full of novelty and
interest to both boys and girls, in addition to its deep historical and
literary associations. From the form of the simple implements preserved
in the picture, Pall Mall may certainly be considered as the ancestor of
Croquet, for the idea of a ball driven by a mallet was doubtless derived
from it.
The best mall for this game is a hard concrete or gravel walk seven feet
in width and forty feet in length. Doubtless after this game becomes
widely known through the great circulation of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE,
malls for this purpose will be made on many pleasure-grounds; but it can
be played on any lawn by inclosing a space with small posts, to which a
line is fastened six inches from the ground, and ruling out all balls
that roll outside of the boundary or pass under the line. When played on
a path or avenue, the boundaries are marked by the grass or border on
each side. Any number of players can join, each one being provided with
one ball and mallet. The best ball for the purpose is the smallest size
of those used in bowling-alleys, made of hard heavy wood, four inches in
diameter. Each player must be able to identify his ball at once among a
crowd, for which purpose each should be marked with a spot of different
color. The mallet must be made of oak, with a head nine inches long and
four inches thick, through which a very strong handle is securely
fastened, projecting three feet at least. It is well to have the handles
of these mallets of various lengths, to accommodate tall or short
players, as the ball should be hit without stooping, and on the run.
Upon the mall lines are made with white lime, flour, or plaster; one for
the starting-point, one in the centre, one at the goal, and one six feet
from the starting-point. All these lines cross the mall, excepting the
one six feet from the start, which is a circle four feet across, made by
fastening a string to a post, and drawing a ring on the ground with
another stick tied to the post by a string two feet long, and marking
the circle thus made with plaster. The goal is a small board, with a peg
eighteen inches long at the middle of the lower edge, by which it is
driven into the ground. At equal distances from this peg arches are cut
in the goal six inches high and five inches wide, and just over the peg
a circle of the same size as the ball is made with white chalk.
As the first stroke is important, it is determined by placing all the
balls on the circle in front of the starting-place, and allowing each
player to knock his ball; and the one whose ball goes farthest along the
mall has the precedence, and the next one in order has the second
choice. These two players then choose sides in turn, and direct the
game. The object is to hit the white circle of the goal, with the fewest
strokes, without sending the ball outside of the mall. Any player who
sends his own ball or that of an adversary off the mall before it
reaches the centre line causes that ball to be out of the game. Any ball
knocked off the mall, after passing the centre line, may return once
only to the starting-point for a second trial. Any ball sent through
either of the arches in the goal, before hitting the white ring, is out
of the game. Players who have passed the centre line may knock either
way, but before reaching the centre must always play toward it.
When a player has hit the circle on the goal, without being hit, he can,
if he prefers, let his ball remain, and play against the others, or
remove his ball to count on his side; but if not taken off, his ball is
equally liable with the others to be knocked off the mall or through the
arch, in which case it is out of the game.
A player who clears the centre line at one knock can play again, and if
he hits the circle with one knock more, his side wins the game. Great
judgment is thus required in the force applied to each stroke,
especially when many balls are in the mall, as the player runs the risk
of knocking off friends and adversaries alike. To gain force for the
blow each has the choice of running along the mall from the
starting-point. The side wins which hits the centre ring first with the
most balls, as it seldom happens that more than three balls reach the
goal without going through it or being knocked off the mall. The contest
grows hot around the goal, as many players send their own balls off the
mall in their eager efforts to knock away those of their adversaries,
and the game is at an end only when every ball has hit the circle or is
out of the game either by going through the goal or off the mall, as
after passing the centre line one may play toward the goal or against
any ball in either direction.
[Illustration: "Hey, Johnny, come and get these purps quick--one of
'em's for you, anyhow--I's caught fast to somethin'!"]
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, May 31, 1881, by Various