Albany, Gentry County, Mo.
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A rock from Missouri, for one from any other State except Colorado.
HARRY LEE,
Warrensburg, Johnson County, Mo.
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Postmarks.
FRANK H. PAYNE,
P. O. Box C, Titusville, Penn.
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Rare birds' eggs, for others.
EDDY LOOMIS,
P. O. Box 191, Geneva, N. Y.
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Stamps, for Indian arrow-heads or other relics, old coins, ocean
curiosities, or South American stamps. Twenty foreign stamps, for a
good specimen of gold ore.
R. H. REDDISH,
98 Court Street, Brooklyn, L. I.
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Postmarks.
CHARLES H. DAILEY,
Dayton, Campbell County, Ky.
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Curious rocks from Indiana, for Indian arrow-heads or sea-shells.
CLARENCE MARSHALL,
Economy, Wayne County, Ind.
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Patterns for knitted lace.
HELEN A. SEARING,
Saugerties, Ulster County, N. Y.
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Postmarks.
ADOLPH VALOIS,
267 First Street, Jersey City, N. J.
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Rock from Italy, for European postage stamps.
A. J. DENT,
Care of J. E. Dent, Columbia, S. C.
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Calcite, dog-tooth-spar, amygdaloid, and Roxbury pudding-stone, for
other minerals. Specimens from Nova Scotia especially desired.
CHARLES GARRISON,
32 Linwood Street, Roxbury, Mass.
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Foreign postage stamps, for birds' eggs, Indian relics, ocean
curiosities, or minerals.
JENNIE DENISON,
Bay City, Mich.
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Stamps and monograms, for birds' eggs.
CHARLES G. CARTER,
P. O. Box 1167, Titusville, Penn.
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Postmarks, for United States and foreign postage stamps.
CHARLES J. LIVINGOOD,
P. O. Box 200, Reading, Penn.
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Postage stamps.
HARRY F. SINCLAIR,
109 East Seventy-ninth Street, New York city.
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C. N. C.--The specimen you send is a postmark. For purposes of exchange
it is better to cut the postmark square, as it is more easily pasted in
an album in the manner described in an article on "Stamp Collecting" in
YOUNG PEOPLE No. 54, which has been applied by many of our readers to
postmarks as well.
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We have been requested to bring to the notice of those correspondents
who may write to Judith Wolff, of Barranquilla, that they can not
receive answers to their letters sooner than six or eight weeks.
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"ELECTRICITY."--"The Brave Swiss Boy" has not been published in book
form. The entire story, however, is contained in the first nine numbers
of YOUNG PEOPLE, Vol. I.
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VIRGIE MCL.--We are very sorry to disappoint you, but our Post-office
Box is so crowded that we can not give up space to your poem. Neither
can we print your offer of exchange, for reasons which were given in the
introductory paragraph to the Post-office Box of YOUNG PEOPLE No. 45.
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Vol. I.
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OTIS S.--We can not give the description you desire.
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SCHOOL-BOY.--Ferdinand De Soto, who discovered the Mississippi River,
was born in Estremadura, Spain, about 1495. He came to America when very
young, and was one of the most daring companions of Pizarro in the
conquest of Peru. In 1538 he attempted the conquest of Florida,
believing that he should find heaps of gold there, instead of which he
and his men had a very sad time, and after many misfortunes, gave up
their fruitless search. De Soto died on the banks of the Mississippi in
1542, and his companions, wishing to conceal his death from the Indians,
sunk his body by night in the middle of the river.
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JULIE J. B.--Juggernaut, the holy city of the Hindoos, is situated on
the Bay of Bengal. Its main street is composed of temples and other
religious edifices, and at the southern end is an immense structure,
said to have been built during the twelfth century, which is dedicated
to the idol Juggernaut--a word signifying "lord of the world." This idol
has an enormous chariot forty-five feet high, and mounted on sixteen
wheels, and during the great festival, which occurs in March, it is
taken from the temple, and being placed on the chariot, is dragged about
the streets by the thousands of pilgrims who come from all parts of
India to this yearly celebration. So terrible are the ignorance and
superstition of these idol-worshippers that, until prevented by the
British authorities, hundreds threw themselves beneath the wheels of
this enormous car during its passage through the city, and were crushed
to death. Even mothers would throw their infants to be killed in this
horrible manner, thinking in this way to secure for them eternal
happiness and favor in the eyes of the hideous idol. Although this
absurd worship is still carried on to a large extent, the sacrifice of
victims is no longer possible.
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WILLIE PARKHURST.--"How to Build an Ice-Boat" was published in YOUNG
PEOPLE No. 56.
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FRED B. AND FRED W.--A set of Dallemeyer lenses, even of the smallest
size, is somewhat expensive. You can get good portrait lenses from eight
dollars a set to a very high price. There are other and cheaper kinds
which would, no doubt, answer your purpose. The best thing for you to do
is to go to some large dealer in photographic instruments, and get a
list of styles and prices of lenses and materials.--"The Moral Pirates"
began in YOUNG PEOPLE No. 31, and was concluded in No. 45.
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Favors are acknowledged from Freddie L. Foster, Kirk Haddock, E. H.
Brown, Mary L. Shober, Maggie A. E., Ettie C. I., Lee M. Hopper, Maud P.
Abbott, John Demarest, Mamie Valentine, William G. Moore, B. F. Corey,
Minnie C. M., Bessie W., Maud C., Samuel K. B., B. T. H., L. Jay E.,
Martie W. H., Willie C. C., Lewis H., Pickey and Quinea Francis, Marion
Ellis, Irene McM., Willie Lloyd, "Starlight," Ned Beck, Ina H. Bartlett,
Josephine Beekman, Mertie W. L., Gertrude G., Jimmie Canfield, Stella L.
Paine, Aseneth Michener, Mary Lawrence, David Baker Rushmore, A. G. D.,
Willie C. Whetton, Mary L. McCullock.
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Correct answers to puzzles have been received from Roe Stewart, Howard
B. Lent, Eddie and Willie Kendel, Louise Smith, Bessie Winans, G. J.
Broome, Jun., Charles Gaylor, E. J. W., Carrie M. Pike, "Starry Flag,"
Isobel and Harry Jacobs, E. E. Harris, Daisy Mitchell, Allie Maxwell,
Andrew C. De Motte, Charlie Haight.
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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
ENIGMA.
In frequent, not in oft.
In liquid, not in soft.
In laugh, not in scream.
In vision, not in dream.
In channel, not in strait.
In door, not in gate.
In poach, not in plunder.
In stumble, not in blunder.
In pliant, not in tough.
In coarse, not in rough.
In cycle, not in year.
My whole a season drawing near.
DAME DURDEN.
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No. 2.
RHOMBOID.
Across.--A cut. A germ. To rip. To pull. In the body.
Down.--A letter from Washington. In the same manner. Regular. To notice.
To venture. A fish. A pronoun. Another letter from Washington.
WALTER.
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No. 3.
DIAMOND.
In ride. A character in music. Parts of the body. Suspended. To loose. A
Latin numeral. In ride.
MARK MARCY.
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No. 4.
EASY SQUARES.
1. First, a musical instrument. Second, a tree found in the East Indies.
Third, a bog. Fourth, a town in Upper Egypt.
JOHNNIE.
2. First, prospect. Second, inactive. Third, a girl's name. Fourth,
feeble.
T. K. P.
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No. 5.
ENIGMA.
In bold, not in shy.
In run, not in fly.
In tongue, not in head.
In white, not in red.
In shore, not in land.
In arm, not in hand.
In fire, not in water.
In lime, not in mortar.
In type, not in feature.
My whole a short-lived creature.
JOHN N. H.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 64.
No. 1.
P R
K E G J O T
P E N N Y - R O Y A L
G N U T A G
Y L
No. 2.
P R A T E H A B I T
R I P E N A B O D E
A P A R T B O H E A
T E R S E I D E A L
E N T E R T E A L S
H I G H C R A B
I D L E R O B E
G L E E A B E L
H E E D B E L T
No. 3.
Potash.
No. 4.
Kentucky.
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Charade, on page 192--Crowbar.
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SOLUTION TO TUMBLER TRICK.
[Illustration]
Interlock the prongs of two forks as represented in the engraving; then
firmly wedge the match between one of the lower prongs and the fork
above it, and you will find you can easily balance the match in the
desired position, and also drink the water.
PREDICAMENTS.
BY G. B. BARTLETT.
This funny game comes from our German cousins, who know how to have a
good time, in spite of their gravity. In the evening they like to join
with their children in merry games around the cheerful lamp and by the
flashing fire, and it is from them that the ideas, or turning points, of
many of our best games come. This one will be found easy enough for the
little ones, and amusing enough for their parents and older friends.
Any number of people can play. All sit around the room, and each one
whispers to his right-hand neighbor some situation in the form of a
question; for example, "What would you do if your manuscript was left at
your home, forty miles away, and you had not discovered the fact until
you had arisen to lecture?" Or any imaginary predicament may be
suggested; as, "What if you were driving a load of ashes over a steep
hill, and found that you had forgotten to put up the backboard of the
cart?" These questions may also touch upon sentiment; as follows, "If
you were talking sentimentally to a young lady in the woods, what if the
bank on which you were seated proved to be previously occupied by a red
ants' nest?"
These situations must be as quaint, funny, and varied as possible; and
when one has been whispered to each person, all communicate in the same
manner, to the one on the left, some remedy, which, as well as the
question, must be remembered. These may be of a healing nature, like
Russia salve, soothing syrup, poor man's plaster; or serious, like a
gunshot, a halter, or an elopement; and when recited, are prefixed with
the words, "I should try," or some appropriate beginning.
When all are provided with a situation and a remedy, the game is begun
by some one, who calls upon a lady or gentleman by name, and then asks,
"What would you do if--" and adds the predicament which has been given
to the speaker. The person addressed then replies, "I should try--" and
gives the remedy which has been whispered to him.
The combination seldom fails to prove very amusing, either from the
exceedingly apt or the eccentric nature of the dialogue. The player who
gave the remedy proceeds at once to call out another name, the gentlemen
usually naming a lady, and the ladies a gentleman, and thus the game
goes merrily on. In order to make it perfectly clear to the children, it
may be well to give a few connected questions and answers:
"Mr. Smith, what would you do if you were up in a balloon, and should
break your head against the tail of a comet?"
"I should buy a cabbage."--"Miss Johnson, if you were dancing the
heel-and-toe polka, and should fall in the middle of the ball-room, what
would you do?"
"I should preserve my equilibrium."--"Mr. Roberts, if your heart were
broken, what would you do?"
"Bind her over to keep the peace."--"Miss Lewis, what would you do if
you were compelled to use the same glass as a beggar?"
"I should say, 'Drink to me only with thine eyes.'"--"Mr. Brown, what if
you failed to make an impression?"
"I should try indelible ink."
A CHARADE.
BY H.
My first may grace the festive board
With rosy colors bright,
And from the pantry's spicy hoard
'Tis often brought to light.
But shared beside the mountain stream,
Or by old ocean's swell,
Where many happy lovers dream,
Its value who can tell?
My second is what you, I hope,
Will never do to me;
But lest you should, your Bible ope,
And there your fate you'll see.
But in my whole what happy hours,
What moments rare, are spent,
Kissed by the breeze to which the flowers
Their savors sweet have lent!
Through fairy-land, unknowing care,
The spirit wanders free,
While birds with music fill the air--
Oh, give my whole to me!
[Illustration: AN ACHIEVEMENT.
"Hi, Tom, look! I kin stand on one Foot an' keep both Eyes open!"]
[Illustration: "'DET UP!"]
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, February 8, 1881, by Various