almost every day. The chief attractions are boating, fishing,
bathing, and the well of mineral water, which is said to be very
fine. The lake itself is about seven miles long, and where we live
it is about a quarter of a mile wide. It was named after my sister
Mona, who was named after Castle Mona, in the Isle of Man. Papa
has the American flag on a flag-staff on our house, and the Manx
flag, with the three legs, on a pole set in the ground.
Pickerel, bass, cat-fish, sunfish, and perch are caught here. Pa
caught a cat-fish that weighed fifteen pounds.
There are two camps here now. They are called "Kat-fish Kamp" and
"Camp Toodle La." The last one is named after a song they sing
here a good deal. It begins,
"Gentleman frog lived in the spring,
Toodle la! toodle la!"
EDDIE S. C. M.
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FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN.
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I am fourteen.
EMMA K. G.
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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
I have four dolls. Their names are Bertha, Fanny, Juliette, and
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was a beautiful singer. But one day my aunt left the door open
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found. I am ten years old, and I have been to England, France, and
Germany.
LOUISA D.
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ALICE P.--Turtles prefer bits of meat and insects to bread-crumbs. If
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YOUNG PEOPLE No. 26. There is an interesting paper entitled "The
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which will also give you much useful information.
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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
ENIGMA.
My first is in vein, but not in hand.
My second is in waist, but not in band.
My third is in queer, but not in funny.
My fourth is in sugar, but not in honey.
My fifth is in train, but not in car.
My sixth is in moon, but not in star.
My seventh is in wheat, but not in rye.
My eighth is in cunning, but not in sly.
A tribe am I whose home is found
Where snow lies deep on the frozen ground.
W. G.
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No. 2.
WORD SQUARE.
First, a stalk. Second, an ancient vestment. Third, a river in Bohemia.
Fourth, a sign.
GEORGE.
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No. 3.
GEOGRAPHICAL DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
A city in New York State. Mountains in Asia. A river in Asia. A city in
China. A lake in the United States. Answer--Two rivers in Europe.
LEON.
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No. 4.
DECAPITATION.
Entire I'm found in every home; but if you once behead,
I may be white, I may be black, I may be brown or red.
Behead again, and all at once invisible am I;
You can not grasp me, yet without me you would surely die.
JENNIE.
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No. 5.
DIAMOND.
In market. A fruit. An article useful in drawing. A number. In grapes.
H. AND W.
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No. 6.
NUMERICAL CHARADES.
1. A beautiful flower composed of 8 letters.
My 4, 8, 5, 6 is a part of the face.
My 2, 3, 4, 1, 7 is a vessel.
FANNIE.
2. A river in the Northern United States composed of 12 letters.
My 6, 8, 3, 1 is an alkali.
My 9, 11, 4, 3 is to encircle.
My 7, 5, 10 is a part of a certain kind of wheel.
My 1, 12, 2 is a cape in the Northern United States.
ARTHUR.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NO. 41.
No. 1.
Magpie, Parrot.
No. 2.
H a M
E l I
L on G
I chneumo N
O hi O
T i N
R hin E
O cciden T
P i T
E as E
Heliotrope, Mignonette.
No. 3.
Full fathom five thy father lies.
No. 4.
H
B O A
H O R S E
A S K
E
No. 5.
Miles Standish.
No. 6.
Aristotle.
HISTORICAL ANECDOTE.
If the blanks in the Historical Anecdote published in No. 41 of the
YOUNG PEOPLE are filled by the following words in the order in which
they are given, the story will be complete:
_Richard Coeur de Lion._
_Richard I._
_England._
_Henry II._
_Crusade._
_Palestine._
_1191._
_Philip Augustus._
_France._
_Holy Land._
_Philip Augustus._
_Richard._
_Leopold._
_Austria._
_St. Jean d'Acre._
_England._
_Richard._
_Leopold._
_Henry VI._
_Germany._
_Richard._
_Austria._
_Leopold's._
_Richard._
_Henry VI._
_John Lackland._
_England._
_Richard._
_Blondel._
_England._
_Henry VI._
_Eighteen._
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[Illustration: THE BIRD-EATING SPIDER.--[SEE PAGE 646.]]
[Illustration: Fig. 1.]
[Illustration: Fig. 2.]
SOLUTION OF RAJAH PUZZLE.
With the scissors cut from _A_ to _B_ in Fig. 1, and arrange the parts
as in Fig. 2.
[Illustration]
THE SQUARE PUZZLE.
Answer to the Square Puzzle given in No. 41 of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.
A MUSICAL ANECDOTE.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
[Illustration: ADELE (_who has seized a favorable opportunity of trying
Aunty's friz on Baby_). "There, now, keep still till I see how you'll
look when you're older."]
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