keep her in a box in the kitchen. My chickens were hatched on March
28. I would like to know if any readers of YOUNG PEOPLE had any
little chickens this spring hatched earlier than mine.
I sympathize with Percy McDermott. I had so many letters, after my
offer of exchange was printed, that it kept me awake nights
thinking where I could get arrow-heads enough to supply all the
boys in the Eastern States.
If Percy McDermott and Jimmy Brown would come along, I will go
with them and get Toby Tyler and his monkey, and we will all go to
the Rocky Mountains.
EMMER E.
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I wish to notify correspondents that I have no more coins to
exchange, but I will exchange ores and minerals of different kinds,
petrified wood, curiosities from the Mammoth Cave and from
Colorado, Indian arrow-heads, shells, and foreign postage stamps,
for all kinds of American coins.
WILL B. SHOBER,
Cumberland, Md.
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We have many ancient artificial mounds in this part of Illinois,
which contain pottery, stone pipes, axes, and other things, and the
Indians while here used them for burial-places, but always would
say they did not know who built them, but that it was not any of
their race, but another people. There are persons yet living here
who talked with the Indians about the mounds before they went away,
fifty years ago. These mounds appear to have been burial-places for
both the people who built them and for the Indians. They certainly
contain Indian relics, and they also contain many other things,
such as stone axes, and oval, concave, convex, and curiously formed
stones, which the Indians declare they never used. Most of the
bluffs along the Illinois River contain relics, and not long since
I saw a skeleton on one of the highest ones, which had become
partly exposed. It was of gigantic size.
I will exchange pieces of Indian or Mound-Builders' pottery, and
arrow-heads, for sea-shells and ocean curiosities.
A. W. TAYLOR,
Mount Sterling, Brown Co., Ill.
* * * * *
I would like to exchange a portion of a genuine Sioux scalp-lock,
with a piece of ermine attached, given me by a Crow chief from
Montana, for foreign postage stamps, especially those of Ceylon,
Africa, and Brazil.
W. S. CANFIELD,
1224 Fourteenth St. N. W., Washington, D. C.
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DETROIT, MINNESOTA.
I have received over thirty applications for Swedish coins, and
could only answer four. Those who have received no answer will
please wait until I secure more coins.
JAY H. MALTBY.
* * * * *
I am going away, and can not exchange any longer with the readers
of YOUNG PEOPLE. I would request those correspondents who are still
owing me a return exchange to send to me as soon as possible.
ALICE E. THORP,
P. O. Box 618, Newport, R. I.
* * * * *
Annie Wheeler, Danville, Virginia, notifies her correspondents that she
has no more foreign stamps to exchange.
* * * * *
I feel very sorry for Eddie S., and some of the other little boys
and girls, because they are sick, and can not run about. I wish I
could send them something. I am glad they can take YOUNG PEOPLE,
for it is such a beautiful paper to read.
I will exchange stamps, postmarks, pressed ferns, sand in bottles,
and pretty stones and fossils, for specimens of ore, ocean
curiosities, stamps, any interesting curiosity, or pieces of silk
for a quilt.
NELLIE RITZ BURNS,
Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Penn.
* * * * *
I am in the same fix as Percy L. McD. I did not have many stamps to
start with, and in less than a week they were all gone, and still
the letters come faster than I can answer them. I have no more
stamps for exchange, but I would like to exchange specimens of wood
from Kansas, for wood from the Eastern States or California, or for
stamps.
I have three brothers. We have lived in Kansas several years, and
we like it very much here. We are surrounded by Indians, but they
are peaceful and somewhat civilized. They dress much like white
men. Some of them have fields, and hire white men and negroes to
work for them. One family has a good piano, and the daughter is
well educated, and plays nicely. They have ponies which they
trade, or sell very cheap. The ponies are quite small, and very
gentle.
The Indian children play ball, and shoot arrows, and race with
their ponies. The bats which they play ball with are very curious.
Those the big Indians use are about four feet long. They are made
of hickory, and at one end the wood is bent around and tied with
narrow strips of buck-skin. One throws the ball, and the others
all rush to catch it in the bat, and hit a long pole. Whoever hits
the pole wins the game. When they play ball they dress in Indian
costume, and paint their faces, and stick feathers in their hair.
GEORGE LINSCOTT,
Holton, Jackson Co., Kansas.
* * * * *
I would request correspondents to send me scraps at least two
inches wide, so that I can cut a diamond of that width.
I wish correspondents would write their name and address, or at
least put initials on the outside of packages, for so many
letters, postal cards, and packages all come together, that often
we can not tell who each particular package is from. We try to
compare the handwriting, but can not always succeed. If any one
who has sent me a package and received no return will let me know
by a postal card, I will answer at once.
NINON G. HARE,
Lynchburg, Harris Co., Texas.
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ROME, ITALY.
I am a subscriber of YOUNG PEOPLE, and I like it very much. I am a
Boston boy, and have been in Europe nearly two years. I am
collecting postage stamps, and would like to exchange a Greek,
French, or Italian stamp for an African one.
NATTIE L. FRANCIS,
Care of Brown, Shipley, & Co.,
London, E. C., England.
* * * * *
I have an Indian bow which I would like to exchange for a
collection of minerals. There are four arrows that go with it.
Three are common arrows, and the fourth is an arrow used for
shooting fish. The bow is wrapped with sinews, and is a very good
shooter. It shoots about one hundred yards.
FRANK REEL,
Hawk Farm, Baden P. O., St. Louis, Mo.
* * * * *
I will exchange eighteen "registered envelope" stamps, formerly
used on registered packages and rare, a Japanese "Five Sen" stamp,
and 1-cent, 2-cent, 3-cent, and 6-cent stamps of United States
Treasury and Post-office departments, for any curiosities except
stamps. Correspondents will please inform me by postal card what
they are willing to exchange.
HORACE N. HAWKINS,
P. O. Box 18, Huntingdon, Carroll Co., Tenn.
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Here is a very simple recipe for a beautiful yellow ink. Put a
handful of hickory bark into one pint of water, and boil for about
an hour. Then strain the liquid, of which there should be about a
third of a pint, and add a little alum.
I have sand from the Kansas River at Topeka--the capital of Kansas
and the centre of the United States--and some small shells from
the Pacific coast, that I will exchange for curiosities suitable
for a museum. Minerals and specimens of wood from other countries
especially desired.
I will also give fifteen foreign stamps for fifty old United
States stamps and envelopes. Correspondents will please mark all
specimens plainly.
G. GRIFFIN, JUN.,
Emporia, Lyon Co., Kansas.
* * * * *
I think YOUNG PEOPLE is just splendid. What a good lesson we boys
can learn from "Toby Tyler!" I would not like to go with a circus.
The skeleton of a huge mastodon was found here this winter by some
men digging a ditch. Its horns and tusks were nine feet in length.
One tooth weighed six pounds, and its lower-jaw measured three
feet to the point where it began to curve upward. Our geological
professor said the animal measured twenty-six feet in length with
the tusks.
I will exchange geological specimens of Illinois for curiosities
from any other State or Territory.
PERCY W. HALL,
East Lynn, Vermilion Co., Ill.
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INQUISITIVE JOE.--The railroad you inquire about is a narrow gauge. The
gauge of the Liverpool and Manchester Railroad was fixed by George
Stephenson at 4 feet 8-1/2 inches. Roads have been built 7 feet, 6 feet,
5 feet 5 inches, 5 feet, 4 feet 9 inches, 3 feet 6 inches, 3 feet 3-1/2
inches, 3 feet, and 2 feet, but the very broad and very narrow gauges
are losing favor, and 4 feet 9 inches is the standard, 6 feet being
generally known as broad gauge, and 3 feet 6 inches as narrow gauge,
though anything over 4 feet 9 inches is broad, and anything under is
narrow.
* * * * *
LODESTAR.--The height of the Egyptian obelisk in Central Park, New York,
is 68 feet 11 inches from base to apex, its volume is 2678 cubic feet,
and it weighs about 186 tons. It is about eight feet square at the base,
and five feet where it assumes the shape of a little pyramid at the top.
The pedestal on which the obelisk stands is 6 feet 10 inches high and
about nine feet square.
* * * * *
E. L. H. AND L. L. M.--The United States coins about which you inquire
are not rare, as the coinage of the years you specify was very large. On
account of their age they are sold by dealers in coins at a small
advance on their face value, this advance being more or less, according
to the condition of the coin.
* * * * *
L. C. M. S.--Wood-lizards live upon flies, bugs, and small insects of
various kinds; they will also eat raw meat cut into very small pieces.
They are perfectly harmless, and are quite easily tamed. It would be
almost impossible to give any especial directions for taming them; like
any wild creature, they can only be domesticated by careful and
persistent kindness, gentle treatment, and the slow process of becoming
familiar with their owner's presence. They can be kept in a box made
with sides of glass or wire netting, and a piece of wire netting over
the top. The floor should be covered with dirt and dried grass and
leaves. It is well to put a little water in a shallow saucer into the
cage, for though the lizard does not drink a great deal, he sometimes
takes a bath. Lizards sometimes become very tame, and can be taught to
perform many amusing tricks, though of course this depends entirely upon
the patience and skill of the teacher.
* * * * *
PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
DOUBLE ENIGMA--(_To Zelotes_).
In sweet-potato, not in vine.
In cheap whiskey, not in wine.
In grinning monkey, not in fool.
In turner's lathe, but not in tool.
In pantry shelf, but not in pie.
In growing corn, but not in rye.
In knight's weapon, not in lance.
The whole two useful garden plants.
BOLUS.
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No. 2.
TWO HALF-SQUARES.
1. A fountain. A musical instrument. A characteristic of April. A river
in Europe. A denial. A letter from Washington.
GOODY TWO-SHOES.
2. A current. An entertainment. To raise. The head of a useful grain. A
preposition. A letter.
G. B.
* * * * *
No. 3.
HOUR-GLASS PUZZLE.
[Only one vowel is used in forming this puzzle. It occurs twelve times.]
A city in South America. A savory dish. Something often used by boys. A
letter from Cuba. An animal. Quadrupeds. Fruit. Centrals read
downward--one of the United States.
LEON.
* * * * *
No. 4.
EASY DECAPITATIONS.
1. Behead a tangle, and leave a horse. 2. Behead pleasing, and leave a
necessity of life. 3. Behead a fruit, and leave to exist. 4. Behead
closed, and leave a small dwelling. 5. Behead happy, and leave a boy.
NORTH STAR.
6. Behead a stream of water, and leave a bird. 7. Behead a country, and
leave another country. 8. Behead a country, and leave distress. 9.
Behead a river in South Africa, and leave a kind of stove. 10. Behead a
cape of North America, and leave a weapon. 11. Behead a gulf on the
coast of Africa, and leave a lair of wild beasts.
WARD A. P.
12. Behead a belt, and leave a number. 13. Behead a hard substance, and
leave a sound. 14. Behead not fresh, and leave a story. 15. Behead
elevation, and leave a number. 16. Behead a mineral, and leave tardy.
17. Behead an elevation, and leave not well.
LODESTAR.
* * * * *
No. 5.
ENIGMA.
My first in just, but not in right.
My second in strength, but not in might.
My third in streak, but not in line.
My fourth in yours, but not in mine.
My fifth in present, not in prize.
My sixth in peaches, not in pies.
My seventh in low, but not in high.
My eighth in grieve, but not in sigh.
My ninth in tomb, but not in shrine.
My whole is found in Palestine.
MAY E. T.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 74.
No. 1.
Cleopatra.
No. 2.
B A L T I C
A L O E S
L O A N
T E N
I S
C
No. 3.
H P
C A P T I E
H A V R E P I A N O
P R Y E N D
E O
N
H A L
N A T A L
L A R
L
No. 4.
Rabbit-skin (_Baby Bunting's_).
No. 5.
P yrami D
L yr E
A loo F
I mag E
N atha N
T oa D
I schi A
F alco N
F ores T
Plaintiff, Defendant.
* * * * *
A Personation, on page 352--Robert Bruce, King of Scotland.
* * * * *
Correct answers to puzzles have been received from J. H. Allen, Jun.,
Jemima Berston, Willie Brainard, C. F. Bishop, Clare B. Bird, Joshua
Crane, Jun., A. C. Chapin, A. E. Cressingham, E. A. C. S. Cassie
Ennsworth, Foran, Guylhope, Nolan, Mullen, Minon, and Smith, Marcella
Street Home, Lena Fox, Fannie Grimes, William Hadley, Banks Hudson,
Isabel, _Isobel L. Jacob_, C. L. Kellogg, "Lodestar," _J. McClintock_,
Percy McDermott, Minnetta and Rosalee, Phebe O'Reilly, H. H. Romer,
H. O. Resdue, Bella T. Smart, Grace Stone, "Stars and Stripes," "Starry
Flag," Willie T. Smith, Oliver C. Sheppard, G. P. Salters, F. Voorhees,
Charlie W., _Charles Westcott_, Willie F. Woolard.
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COMING TO TERMS.
BY W. T. PETERS.
"Oh, Confectionery Lady, what have you good to-day?"
"All sorts of cakes and candies, my gentle sir, I pray;
We have peppermints and bolivars and luscious jujube bars,
We have lollipops and ginger-nuts and chocolate cigars."
"Oh, Confectionery Lady, you are very, very high,
And you offer me so many goods, I don't know which to buy.
I've a penny and a jackknife and a pair of tangled strings,
And I'm sure I wish to purchase a variety of things."
THE GAME OF ADJECTIVES.
BY G. B. BARTLETT.
One person is sent out of the room, while the remainder of the players
select some adjective. Upon his return he asks in turn of each player
some question, in reply to which the person addressed must designate the
adjective chosen, without mentioning it. This reply must answer the
question definitely, and at the same time fully express the nature of
the adjective. The adjective chosen must, of course, be of a strongly
descriptive character, and the game gives an opportunity for much
ingenuity and skill in the answers, which are very amusing, especially
when the question happens to be in direct opposition to the usual tone
of the adjective. The person who gives the answer by which this
adjective is detected is obliged to go out of the room in his turn,
while the other players select another for him to guess. When ready,
they call him in, and he begins by asking first the player who sat next
the last guesser, and thus each one replies in turn, and all have an
equal chance.
* * * * *
Wolves in Europe.--There are two kinds of wolves in Europe, the common
wolf and the black wolf. The former is found in the wilder parts of
France, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Norway, and Italy, but becomes every
year more scarce. In almost every Department of France where wolves are
found there is a society which offers a reward for every animal killed,
varying in the amount according to the age and sex of the creature. Long
ago the common wolf infested Great Britain. In the times of the Saxon
Kings they were a terrible plague. King Edgar, about the year 972, used
to pardon criminals who had committed certain crimes, on condition of
their producing a specified number of wolves' tongues. Many of you have
read the story of the Welsh Prince Llewellyn and his faithful dog
Gelert. Prince Llewellyn had missed his child, and while looking for
him, found Gelert covered with blood. He imagined that Gelert had killed
the child, and in a moment of wild frenzy killed the dog. Afterward he
found the child safe asleep, and a gaunt wolf lying by his side, dead.
The faithful hound had killed it to save the child. The remorse of the
Prince lasted all his life, and the lovely spot in Wales where Gelert
was buried is still called Beddgelert, which means "the grave of
Gelert."
[Illustration: AN EASTER MEDLEY.]
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, April 19, 1881, by Various