consists of glue and molasses, the proportions varying from about two
pounds of glue in summer to one pound in winter for one quart of
molasses. The glue should be soaked about half an hour. The water should
then be poured off, and the glue heated until it melts. Then pour in the
molasses, and stir it well. It should now be boiled slowly for about an
hour before it is poured into the mould, which should be well oiled. You
will find it much more difficult than at first appears to make a good
ink-roller, and it will be as cheap in the end for you to buy them. If
you take proper care of one, it will last a long time. Do not wash it
immediately after use, as that tends to make it harder. When it appears
clogged with ink, rub it with oil an hour before you wish to use it, and
scrape it clean with the back of a knife.
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OLAF T.--As we can not examine your telescope, it is difficult to tell
where the trouble lies. Possibly the diameter of your tube is too small
for the increased size of your glass.
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W. T. CHAFIN.--The authorship of the _Arabian Nights_ is unknown.
Antoine Galland, who was employed by Colbert to collect manuscripts in
the East, first made the work known in Europe about the end of the
seventeenth century. From internal evidence the middle of the fifteenth
century has been fixed upon as the probable period of the composition of
these wonderful tales.
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R. E. S. VANSANT.--There are about 38,000 distinct words in the English
language. About 23,000 of these are of Anglo-Saxon origin. The
vocabulary of the new edition of _Webster's Unabridged Dictionary_
contains about 118,600 words, including derivatives, compounds, etc.;
3000 or 4000, however, are all that are in common use for oral or
written communication. The Old Testament contains 5642 different words,
Milton uses about 8000, and Shakspeare about 15,000. Only about 300
words are in ordinary use for telegraphic business messages.
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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
ENIGMA.
My first is in lost, but not in found.
My second is in earth, but not in ground.
My third is in no, but not in yes.
My fourth is in doubt, but not in guess.
My fifth is in stir, but not in mix.
My sixth is in set, but not in fix.
My seventh is in ocean, but not in land.
My eighth is in rise, but not in stand.
My whole is a modern painter's name,
Emblazoned high on the roll of fame.
NORTH STAR.
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No. 2.
WORD SQUARE.
First, an adverb of time. Second, to possess. Third, without end.
Fourth, a Roman Emperor.
EDWIN.
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No. 3.
NUMERICAL CHARADE.
I am composed of 18 letters.
My 10, 2, 18, 17 is indisputable.
My 4, 3, 14, 8, 15 is a color.
My 1, 8, 7 is a boy's name.
My 13, 5, 9, 8 is a flower.
My 16, 12, 6 is arid.
My 6, 5, 11 is a pronoun.
My whole is a noted event of the Revolutionary war.
W. R. S.
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No. 4.
ENIGMA.
My first is in joy, but not in sorrow.
My second is in lend, but not in borrow.
My third is in fast, but not in slow.
My fourth is in whiff, but not in blow.
My fifth is in whole, but not in half.
My sixth is in heifer, but not in calf.
My seventh is in song, but not in hymn.
My eighth is in hoop, but not in rim.
My ninth is in fancy, but not in whim.
My hidden whole, when it is found,
Is the name of a statesman much renowned.
ARTHUR.
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No. 5.
DIAMOND PUZZLE.
In merit. A song. A boy's name. A part of the body. In merit.
M. E. N.
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No. 6.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
A promenade. A Swiss canton. A feast. Fidelity. To enlighten. To
compute. Answer--Primals form the first name and finals the second name
of a celebrated man of the sixteenth century.
W. F. B.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NO. 24.
No. 1.
Shakespeare.
No. 2.
Birds of a feather flock together.
No. 3.
Banana.
No. 4.
G arli C
E nigm A
O pa L
M imi C
E m U
T oi L
R oulea U
Y e S
Geometry, Calculus.
No. 5.
R U L E R
U N I T E
L I T H E
E T H E L
R E E L S
No. 6.
Montcalm.
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Decapitated Charade, on page 328--Prelate.
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A Personation, on page 328--Queen Charlotte Sophia, wife of George the
Third of England.
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Favors are acknowledged from Gracie Allen, John W. Gebhart, Grace
Whitney, Walter Vassar, Erne Werner, Edna Hamilton, Charles H. O., E. D.
Jennings, Adella B., S. A. S., Maud M., James A. S., J. M. Wolfe, Maggie
Taylor, Inez, Fred Lewis, J. B. La Rue, S. B. Pray, Nell B. MacD., Susie
Leavens, L. W.
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Correct answers to puzzles are received from Louise Goff, May Burt,
Vanderbilt Olmstead, Fannie and Florence M., G. W. Raymond, Lulu Pearce,
Susie Benedict, Camilla W. M., Birdie Randolph, Eva Castle, Elsina
Murphy, Cora M. Kay, Barrett Eastman, "North Star" and "Little Lizzie,"
Carrie March, J. MacClintock, Bertha Collom, G. C. Macintosh, Alice
Hammond, A. A. True, Percy MacGeorge, William D. G., Katie and Frankie
L., Edward C., Jennie H., Fred Brown, Willie MacInnes, H. K. Pryer,
Maude and Morton H., Lulu A. G., Alice B., Fred C., Nellie D.
WIGGLES.
In answer to Wiggle No. 10, given in HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE No. 21, more
than three hundred drawings have been sent in. Nearly one-third of these
were correct answers to the Wiggle. Of the remainder a variety have been
selected, and are published on page 376. With them is also given new
Wiggle No. 11. The following list is of those who furnished drawings to
the Wiggle, but who did not happen to catch our artist's idea:
Wildrake, P. Schmauss, Herbert A. Donalds, Virgil Cuming, Percival Kile,
H. E. S. or E. H. S., Miss Stoddard's Friend, Emma R. Bullock, P. A.,
Mark Manly, C. B. A., Sadie, F. Johnson, John Miller, Atkinson, Charley
Jacquemin, H. Starrett, Ned Burgess, Minnie K., Eva M. Prichard, Tom
Ascat, W. P. H., W. W. N., Leon M. Fobes, Mamie B. Luck, G. B. Wendell,
Jun., Mary Parker, W. G. Howard, H. H. Gottsleben, Harry Austin, Edith
Worden, James B. Curtis, L. D. Denison, L. N. B., W. E. Sutliff,
E. J. B., A. Hussey, Millie B. Suter, J. L. B., J. H. M., B. H. Smith,
Lottie A. Cheshire, Nannie Hays, C. H. S., Anna H. Wierum, J. R. Glen,
W. J. Baird, E. H. Baird, A. D. F., Charlie S. S., Minnie S. Moore,
Josie Vail, Bessie Swain, Frank Freeman, Frank Richards, J. A. C., Etta
Rice, B. W., S. W., Maggie Locke, J. F. S., B. P. W., Robert Hoyt,
Joseph A. Calley, G. F. Tilton, Myron Vorce, Walter I. Swanton, Nellie
Tompkins, Anna Morrison, Helen Hilder, Celetta M. G., W. Seymour,
Charles Conner, William Haskill Spiller, Winthrop, J. T. S., Charlie
Huntington, Harry B. Poinier, H. M., F. Johnson, G. B. A., H. L. B.,
S. W., B. W., Maggie Locke, May Sowans, Helen Wilder, Joseph H. Calley,
Robert Hoyt, B. P. W., J. F. S., Herbert C. Chievers, J. A. C., Minnie
S. Moore, Charlie S. S., Frank Richard, W. H. Baird, F. C. Roumage,
J. R., Fanny, Dick, Jennie, Sam, Joe, R. B., Racy Smelt, Daisy Wood,
William Winslow, Percy F. Jamison, F. G. R., Hobart Walker, Bessy F.,
B. E. S., Harold Strebeigh, Katrina Tancre, Willie Dibbler, Clara
Jaquith, Ernest Tompkins, J. S. Simmons, G. A. Page, Lucie J. Ruprecht,
Charlotte and Sophy McLean, Charley Robbins, Susie C. Hallock, Theo. F.
John, Fannie A. Hartwell, M. Trowbridge, Dorsey Coate, Ripley C.
Anthony, Carrie S. B., Bertie Valentine, Jack Guyton, Carl Parcells,
Harry Swanton, Sadie Cooke, Johnnie Cooke, Charlie Cooke, Arthur E.
Trainer, E. L. Burchard, Bessie C. Hull, Loren Boree, R. E. Stroud,
Bessie, Charles H. Luther, Bessie Longnecker, Arabella, C. J. A., Louise
D. Blake, Maud Hull, Morton Hull, Harry R. Bartlett, J. H. Bartlett,
Jun., Lora Scudamore, Fanny H., Julia D. Stryker, Johnny Truller, Mitty,
Harry, Arthur M. Morse, Nora S. H., Bessie McLachlin.
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[Illustration: SOME ANSWERS TO WIGGLE No. 10, OUR ARTIST'S IDEA, AND NEW
WIGGLE No. 11.]
All those in the following list have caught our artist's idea, and have
sent in Wiggles of chickens resembling his:
Millie B. Stiler, R. Starrett, Alfred Strenlie, Birdie Selden, G. Dudley
Kyte, C. B., Willie H. Spiller, Bertha A. Fahys, Gertie and Will, F. S.
March, George W. Beatty, Charlie Huntington, Edith Worden, C. F. Teed,
May Sowans, F. Victor Myers, J. L. B., C. Nick W., Annie Jones, Hobart
Nichols, A. H. S., Philip P. Gruger, Frank L. Brewer, F. B. Ham, B. H.
Smith, Jun., Harold Strebeigh, Sarah, Hugh C. Smyth, Hobart Walker,
Arthur Bingham, Jennie Graves, Harry Moore, Bessy Norton, Eddie Warren,
Frank M. Richards, S. P. Higgins, Vallie Moss, Howard Rathbone, Bertie
Shallenberger, Mannie E. Hartwell, Gardener H., B. C. Vrooman, Gertrude
M. F., A. L., John Swanton, A. L. Pearse, M. E. S. Kenyon, A. C.
Pearsons, A. H. C., John Moody, Maude Buckner, F. B., W. P. H., S. and
C. McL., Lawron Hooper, M. H. Winand, Bert C. Sale, Adde A., L. F.
Watson, O. Basquin, Gracie Allen, C. L. S., J. T. Hill, Metz. Hayes,
Edward Chamberlin, R. L. Jones, Marcel Ferrand, 'Ittle Freddie, Harry B.
McGraw, C. H. S., Three Groves, T. A. C., Jamie K. Pirkins, H. F. P.,
F. T. Johnson, Gerald Dillon, D. J. Reinhart, J. T. Ingrhram, Jun.,
Poor, G. Frank Jacquemin, Alice M. A., Frankie, Irving, A. V. H., T. F.
Reese, Mab, H. and B., Paul McKean, Annie E. Coombs, Frank H.
Richardson, T. T., Louis How, Arthur N. Thompson, Stuart P. Shears, J.
MacAllen.
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, May 4, 1880, by Various