three-quarters of a cup of water; one table-spoonful of cream of
tartar. Boil quickly, trying a little in water occasionally until
it crisps. Then add half a tea-spoonful of soda. Pour it in a
buttered pan until it is cool enough to pull. I am ten years old.
MAY J.
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I love YOUNG PEOPLE very much. Soon as papa brings it home I read
it to my two little sisters. We are very much interested in "The
Moral Pirates." I am ten years old, and I go to school every day.
Can any one tell me if the flamingo is of any use?
Here is a recipe for the cooking club. Marble cake--light part:
One and a half cups of white sugar; half a cup of butter; half a
cup of sweet milk; the whites of four eggs; two and a half cups of
flour; half a tea-spoonful of soda; one tea-spoonful of cream of
tartar or one tea-spoonful of baking powder; beat the eggs and
sugar together, mix the cream of tartar with the flour, and
dissolve the soda in the milk. Dark part: One cup of brown sugar;
half a cup of molasses; half a cup of sour milk; the yolks of four
eggs; two and a half cups of flour; half a tea-spoonful of soda;
half a tea-spoonful of clove and of cinnamon. Put a layer of the
dark batter in the pan, then a layer of light, until the pan is
full.
I should like to exchange pressed flowers with any little girl in
California.
MYRTA GATES,
Clarion, Wright County, Iowa.
Everything has its uses in the great economy of nature, and although we
can not always see why it is necessary for certain things to exist, we
may be sure that they were all created for some purpose. The flamingo,
however, is useful as an article of food. In certain parts of Egypt and
the East roast flamingo is considered very delicate eating, and in
ancient times a stew of flamingo tongues was a royal dish. It is also a
very beautiful bird. Travellers say there is no sight more magnificent
than a flock of scarlet flamingos wading in the green waving water
grasses, hunting for their breakfast in the morning sunlight. The
flamingo, if it could speak, might answer your question in the words of
Mr. Emerson, the poet:
"Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,
Then beauty is its own excuse for being."
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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
I am nine years old, and I wish to send the cooking club a recipe
for "one-two-three-four cake": One cup of butter; two cups of
sugar; three cups of flour; four eggs; half a cup of milk; the
grated rind of one lemon; a pinch of salt; one tea-spoonful of
royal baking powder.
CLARA S. A.
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NEW YORK CITY.
I have taken YOUNG PEOPLE from the first number, and I think it is
a very nice paper. I like to read about the pets of the other
children, and I will tell them about a pet cat I had when we lived
in Chicago. Her name was Daisy, and as she was black and white, we
thought it a pretty name for her. My little brother Jack had a
pair of bantam chickens. One day when Daisy was asleep in the yard
the rooster flew on her back and picked her left eye out. Grandma,
who was in the yard at the time, told the cook to bring Daisy in,
while she went for her feather and goose-grease, and put some on
the wounded eye. The next day it was healed, but the sight was
gone. Once when Daisy had some little kittens she put them in a
hen's nest. When the hen came into the nest she would keep the
little things quiet by pecking them on the head if they cried. The
kittens and chickens grew to be great friends. They would eat out
of the same dish, and when night came they would all go to the
chicken-coop together. The kittens slept in the nest, and the
chickens on the roost. Were they not a happy family?
BESSIE G.
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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
I am very sorry I forgot the flour in my recipe for apple-cake in
Post-office Box, No. 37. There should be enough prepared flour
added to make a stiff batter. It is better to bake it in a shallow
pan.
L. GRACE P.
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KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
I think "Across the Ocean" was a splendid story. I read it all.
But now I like "The Moral Pirates'" the best.
I have forty-six pet rabbits. They all have black eyes and black
ears. And I have two kittens which are very pretty. Their names
are Tiger and Malt.
WALTER H. P.
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My sister and I have just tried Kitty G.'s recipe for
butter-scotch, and found it very nice indeed.
We are making a collection of postage stamps, and would like to
exchange with any correspondents of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.
ALFRED HUSSEY,
23 Hawthorn Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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I would like to exchange birds' eggs with any one living in the
South or West.
F. NOBLE,
Milldale, Connecticut.
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Lula Barlow can preserve eggs by piercing a small hole at each end
of the egg, and blowing out the inside. Eggs can be sent safely by
mail in a box filled with cotton.
I would like to exchange postage stamps of different nations with
any of those correspondents asking exchange, or with any other
readers of YOUNG PEOPLE.
HARRY DUBBS,
229 West Chestnut Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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I would like to exchange specimens of woods indigenous to this
climate for those of other climates, specimens to be about three
inches long by three-quarters of an inch thick, and to have a knot
in them if possible. I have cypress, magnolia, mimosa, Cottonwood,
althea, prickly ash, fig, crepe myrtle, sweet-gum, and black-gum.
Correspondents willing to exchange will please send me a list of
what woods they can obtain, and their full address.
BERY C. BROWN, Jun.,
P. O. Box 870, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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I am collecting postage stamps, and would be glad to exchange with
any of the readers of YOUNG PEOPLE. I also have a collection of
bugs.
VERNON L. KELLOGG, Emporia, Kansas.
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I have made the acquaintance of several boys who read YOUNG
PEOPLE, through the Post-office Box, as I am collecting postage
stamps. If others who have not yet written are doing the same, I
would like to exchange with them. I wrote to Sidney St. W., but he
has not yet answered me. I am eleven years old. My younger
brother, Charlie, is collecting postmarks, and has already eleven
hundred and seventy-five. He would like to exchange with any of
the boys.
LEWIS S. MUDGE,
Princeton, New Jersey.
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We have YOUNG PEOPLE, and like it very much. I would like to tell
some of the boys and girls who live far away something about my
home and pleasures. The name of my home is Baywood Lodge. It is
within a stone's-throw of a beautiful sheet of water known as
Hempstead Bay. We sail, row, swim, and fish, and we have horses,
and enjoy riding horseback too.
There is a camp very near us, in the woods. There are about thirty
people, and they have five tents, and their horses.
I would like to exchange foreign postage stamps with any boys who
read YOUNG PEOPLE.
ARTHUR LAWRENCE VALK,
Baywood Lodge, Port Washington, Long Island.
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I am making a collection of postage stamps, and I would like to
exchange with any of the readers of YOUNG PEOPLE in Canada. I will
exchange United States stamps for Canadian stamps.
J. M. WOLFE, P. O. Box 423,
Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania.
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H. P. C.--The quail builds its nest on the ground, among bushes or tall
grass. The nesting-time is early in June, and when you find ten or more
little white eggs, you may be sure the bird has commenced setting. The
eggs are about the size of a pigeon's egg, and pointed at one end like a
boy's wooden top. When the little birds are hatched they are as strong
as little chickens, and the mother bird takes them off to ramble about
the thicket in the same way as a hen leads her brood. The quail is a
plump grayish-brown bird, speckled with black and white. Its peculiar
whistle may be heard anywhere in the country all the long summer day.
Children often imitate the sound, and imagine that the quail is always
screaming "more wet"; and in truth the quail's note does resemble those
words, with a short, quick accent on the last sound, as if the bird was
constantly entreating nature for a refreshing summer shower.
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A. S. DAGGETT.--You do not need cards to play the geographical game. If
you wish, you can get blank cards, and write them yourself; but the game
is made more lively and instructive by leaving the answers to the
geographical knowledge and quick memory of the players.
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exchange with.
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ANNA M. R.--Many thanks for your description of the curious things
exhibited at the Nashville Centennial. We are sorry it is too long to
print.
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WAT H. T. M.--We acknowledge with thanks the account you send us of
Washington's birth-place, near which historical locality you live.
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Benny W. L., Ermie Garden, Allie Mason, Eddie A. Leet, Ernest G. Young,
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Hedges.
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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
ENIGMA.
One-third of sun, one-fourth of none,
One-fifth of weary, one-sixth of dreary,
One-third of oak, one-fifth of broke,
One-fourth of kite, if read aright,
And placed in line correct and true,
Will give a city's name to you.
A. B.
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No. 2.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
A beast. A chain of mountains in Asia. An eatable. To observe. Something
used in ancient warfare. Answer--Two wild beasts.
H. F. P.
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No. 3.
NUMERICAL CHARADE.
I am a large island lying far away toward the south pole, and am
composed of 14 letters.
My 9, 6, 4, 13, 3 is not small.
My 10, 8, 12, 7 is food for beasts.
My 1, 14, 11, 5 is a journey.
My 10, 2, 13 is a fruit.
KATIE.
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No. 4.
DIAMOND.
In leopard. Something all creatures do. A flexible substance. A number.
In tiger.
W. D. G.
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No. 5.
WORD SQUARE.
First, congealed vapor. Second, a number. Third, formerly. Fourth, a
division of time.
M. E. N.
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No. 6.
ENIGMA.
My first is in laugh, but not in cry.
My second is in tall, but not in high.
My third is in fig, but not in plum.
My fourth is in speak, but not in dumb.
My fifth is in yours, but not in his.
My sixth is in been, but not in is.
My seventh is in tame, but not in wild.
My eighth is in infant, not in child.
My ninth is in village, not in town.
My whole was a general of renown.
ADA.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NO. 37.
No. 1.
Shark, hark, ark.
No. 2.
Diamond.
No. 3.
D A S H
A R E A
S E A L
H A L O
No. 4.
T
R A T
T A R R Y
T R Y
Y
No. 5.
C hatha M
A ncon A
S antande R
P otsda M
I salc O
A y R
N icaragu A
Caspian, Marmora.
No. 6.
Oliver Goldsmith.
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[Illustration: PLEASANT FOR JIM.
SMALL BOY. "Oh-ow-ow! Look out, Jim--here is a great b-b-b-big Bull-dog
coming at us!"]
MORE MIRTHFUL MAGIC.
BY W. B. BARTLETT.
THE BOOK PUZZLE.
The player agrees to let any person in the room turn over as many books,
one at a time, as desired, while he is out of the room, and promises to
tell you, upon his return, which book was turned over last. He goes out,
and comes back when the person who turned the books says, "Come in."
When he opens the door, he says, "You must stay outside while I find
out, so no one will suspect us of being in league with each other." The
one who turned the books is then shut out, and the other selects any
thin book, and leans it against the door, and says, "Come in." As the
door is opened, of course the book is turned over on the floor, and the
victim is told, "That is the last book you turned over."
THE NEWSPAPER TRICK.
Take a common newspaper or handkerchief, and request any one of the
company to place it on the floor so that two persons can stand upon it
at the same time, and neither be able to see or touch the other.
_Answer._--Place it across the door-sill, and let one stand upon it in
the entry. Then close the door, and ask the other to step upon the other
end in the room, and neither can see nor touch the other, for the door
prevents.
THE COW PUZZLE.
Tell the company that seven cows were walking in a straight line into a
narrow door, and say to them, "If you should ask the last cow, 'How many
pairs of horns are before you?' what would she reply?"
Some will answer, "One pair," and some, "Seven pairs," but after
puzzling them for a while, you can reply, "In the opinion of most
scientists, she would not say anything, for she could not speak, poor
thing!"
ANOTHER COW PUZZLE.
[Illustration]
Draw a square with a lead-pencil, and say, "Suppose this field was
inclosed with walls fifty feet high, without opening or possibility of
digging under, and a cow was in there, how could you get it out?"
_Answer._--Rub it out.
CHARADE.
As by the fire the lovers sit,
On rosy wings the moments flit;
One little word confirms their bliss,
And seals it with a loving kiss.
That bliss they never could sustain
Without my second's golden grain;
Yet if it does attend their feet,
Their daily walk is incomplete.
My whole leaps forth from out the flame,
Airy and light, but still the same;
Showing a hard and common thing
Made pure and white through suffering.
THE USEFUL SUNFLOWER.
In Southwestern Russia, between the Baltic and the Black seas, the
sunflower is universally cultivated in fields, gardens, and borders, and
every part of the plant is turned to practical account. A hundred pounds
of the seeds yield forty pounds of oil, and the pressed residue forms a
wholesome food for cattle, as also do the leaves and the green stalks,
cut up small, all being eagerly eaten. The fresh flowers, when a little
short of full bloom, furnish a dish for the table which bears favorable
comparison with the artichoke. They contain a large quantity of honey,
and so prove an attraction to bees. The seeds are a valuable food for
poultry; ground into flour, pastry and cakes can be made from them; and
boiled in alum and water, they yield a blue coloring matter. The
carefully dried leaf is used as tobacco. The seed receptacles are made
into blotting-paper, and the inner part of the stalk into a fine
writing-paper; the woody portions are consumed as fuel, and from the
resulting ash valuable potash is obtained. Large plantations of them in
swampy places are a protection against intermittent fever.
[Illustration: A NAUGHTY LITTLE DOG.
"You bad dog, you's done gone tore my bes' bunnit mos' to pieces. I's a
big min' to gib you a whippin' that you'll 'member. Yes, I has."]
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880, by Various