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Foreign and United States postage stamps for others.
W. C. V. CHADWICK,
44 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada.
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MABEL.--The recipes you wish are in YOUNG PEOPLE Nos. 24 and 28.--A good
method for varnishing leaves is described by Edith L. in Post-office Box
No. 38.
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W. DE VEAU.--The different species of the order _Chelonia_, to which
turtles and tortoises belong, are distinguished mainly by the limbs. The
common fresh-water turtles have distinct toes, which are webbed and
provided with long nails. They are easy and powerful swimmers, but are
very helpless on land. They feed upon all kinds of aquatic worms and
insects. The tortoises, or land turtles, have short clubbed feet adapted
for travelling on the ground, and stout, short claws. They feed upon
roots, vegetables, fruit, and small bugs and flies. Their upper shell is
more rounded than that of the water turtle. They are capable of
swimming, but seldom enter the water.
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W. S. B.--Alaric the Goth was proclaimed King of the Visigoths about
A.D. 400. He was a bold and artful warrior, and under his leadership the
Goths ravaged Greece, and entered Athens. He afterward determined to
invade Italy, and after numerous repulses and misfortunes his armies
succeeded in entering Rome in 410, eleven hundred and sixty-three years
after the foundation of the city, which for six hundred years previous
to the Gothic conquest had remained unviolated by the presence of any
foreign enemy. Alaric, who had already embraced Christianity, showed
much moderation in his treatment of the vanquished city, and after a
short occupation he retired his troops, and proceeded to ravage Southern
Italy. He was about to invade Sicily, and form an expedition to Africa,
when his death, after a short illness, put an end to his conquests. His
army, anxious to conceal his death, and even his burial-place, from the
enemy, employed a band of captives to divert the course of the Busento,
a small river which washes the walls of Cozenza, an ancient fortified
town, and secretly at night a grave was dug in the river-bed, and the
body of the dead chieftain was buried. The waters of the Busento were
then turned back, and underneath the peaceful river the grave of the
warlike Goth was securely concealed. His death occurred in 410, only a
few months after his triumphal entry into Rome.
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GERTRUDE C.--Your letter is very gratifying, and we are sorry we can not
accede to your request, but the article in question would occupy too
large a space in YOUNG PEOPLE.
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Correct answers to puzzles are received from Ida Belle Diserens, A. H.
Ellard, Mary R. De La Mater, Harvey B. Ridgway, Miss N. J. Tiddy, Nella
Coover, N. Bumpus, Clarence J. Washington, W. S. Ferguson, May Wells,
H. A. Bent.
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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
ACROSTIC.
Place the names of five trees in such order that their initials read
downward spell the name of another tree.
BOLUS.
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No. 2.
UNITED DIAMONDS.
1. In Nebraska. An insect. A fluid. At a distance. In Nevada.
2. In Idaho. A graceful animal. An animal often trained for a special
purpose. The limit. In Colorado. Centrals of diamonds read across spell
the name of a savage beast.
OWLET.
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No. 3.
WORD SQUARES.
1. First, a character in mythology. Second, ascended. Third, a body of
land. Fourth, a prophet.
S. F. W.
2. First, lineage. Second, sour. Third, to quote. Fourth, a garden.
KATIE.
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No. 4.
ENIGMA.
My first is in lily, but not in white.
My second in sleep, but not in night.
My third is in man, but not in beast.
My fourth is in sorrow, but not in feast.
My fifth is in no, but not in yes.
My whole is a fruit which you must guess.
MATTIE.
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No. 5.
HOUR-GLASS PUZZLE.
An associate. A ravine. A reward. In Lexington. Devoured. One of a
certain sect of philosophers. A boy's name. Centrals read downward spell
the name of a celebrated battle.
ZELOTES.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NO. 48.
No. 1.
P I S A Y A C H T
I S A R A B H O R
S A C O C H A S E
A R O N H O S T S
T R E S S
No. 2.
N S
D I S W H O
N I G H T-S H A D E
S H E O D D
T E
No. 3.
Cornwallis, Washington.
No. 4.
1. Ava, Orfah, Jiddah, Riad, Pekin, Surat, Omsk. 2. Exeter, Alabama,
Parana, Caracas, Panama.
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WIGGLES.
For the benefit of those who have not read the original article on
"Wiggles," we would say that the Wiggle is a line that may be turned
into a picture by having other lines added to it. For example, take the
new Wiggle, No. 15, given in this Number. Trace it carefully, so as to
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to it as much as you please, but do not change the original line. Send
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