know some games how we play out here in Kentucky. We have great fun
hiding the switch, and the one who finds it chases the rest till we
touch base, which is a big tree. We go wading in the creek, and
Paul has a ferry-boat, like those which ply between New York and
Jersey City, only ever so much smaller. It holds nothing but our
wee dolls for passengers, and the animals in Noah's ark. We play
hide-and-seek with our dolls, and Nina and I take them out riding
in their carriages. Nurse walks along with baby Lucy in her
carriage, and Paul on his velocipede goes in front, and so we have
a grand procession. We have our own little gardens, and raise
vegetables, which we sell to mamma.
When I read Fairley C.'s letter it seemed as if she were talking
about me, for I have two little sisters and one brother, and I too
am nine years old. We love our home in the country, and if I were
not so tired, I could tell you of more things we do.
CICELY DE G. MCC.
* * * * *
WILLOW CREEK, CLAY COUNTY, IOWA.
I am thirteen years of age, and live in the north-western part of
Iowa, on the big prairies. I live on a farm, and we have eleven
head of horses and thirty-three head of cattle. We milk six cows
this summer. I have taken YOUNG PEOPLE since March 22, 1881, and it
is the best paper for young readers I ever saw. I liked all I read
of "Toby Tyler" very much, but I did not take the paper at the time
the story began, and so I had to imagine that part. The Post-office
Box is splendid. It gives us a chance to hear from young people all
over the world.
L. A. U.
* * * * *
OSBORN, GREEN COUNTY, OHIO.
I am ten years old, and this is my first attempt at writing a
letter to YOUNG PEOPLE. I am at home during vacation, and I
scarcely know how to amuse myself. I read YOUNG PEOPLE with much
pleasure, and when through with that I enjoy magnifying flowers. I
have a small microscope. If you never looked through one, you have
no idea how beautiful some of the flowers are. I love to hear from
the little letter-writers in our Post-office Box.
LORA L. L.
* * * * *
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
I live with my cousin, and I go to school. We have a dog named
Fergus. He likes to play with a ball, and if any one tries to take
it from him, he growls. I like "The Cruise of the 'Ghost'" very
much. I think it was a shame to kill Toby Tyler's Mr. Stubbs. We
have a little garden at the end of our yard, and have had ripe
strawberries and peas. I like the Post-office Box better than any
other part of the paper.
CHARLES FRANCIS N.
* * * * *
Please, Mr. Editor, would you mind publishing another letter from
me? I have received so many letters and leaves that I am afraid I
have not replied to every correspondent, for _several forgot to
send their address_. Sadie H. was one of these. I hope I sent every
one stamps enough; but having so many requests, I had to divide
them as equally as I could.
GERTIE ROLIN, Redmyre, Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia.
* * * * *
ELK CITY, KANSAS.
I was thirteen on the 5th of June. I have every number of the
second volume of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. The river has been rising
here. Yesterday some people had hard work to get out of their
houses, the flood rose so rapidly. I often wish that I lived on the
sea-shore, so that I might get shells. We have none here.
MARY W.
* * * * *
NEW YORK CITY.
About two weeks ago the other boy wrote you a letter saying that we
were about to start a club named N. Y. S. and M. E. As you have not
yet printed it, I wish you would not print it, for I did not know
anything about it. He told me to sign my name on a piece of paper.
That's how I came to sign it.
H. G.
Your postal card was something of a puzzle, as we have not received a
letter from "the other boy." But we want to tell you, and every young
reader, never to sign your name to any piece of writing that you have
not read, and which you do not fully understand. A boy's name stands for
himself, and signing it to any document pledges him to do what the
document requires. A great many foolish and thoughtless grown persons
get into trouble by doing this very thing. We wish the little girls
would make a special note of this, and in fact it would be a good plan
for you all to write out a resolution in this way, "I will never sign my
name to a paper that I have not read," and then pin it fast to the
pincushion, or tack it up over the mantel. It is very important to form
the habit of being particular about this.
* * * * *
QUINCY, ILLINOIS.
I have taken YOUNG PEOPLE since the first number. I don't know how
I could do without it. I thought Toby Tyler was perfectly splendid.
I was real sorry for him. I am twelve years old, and attend school,
and am learning French and music. I take lessons in both of these
studies at home, but next year I shall study German at school. I
wrote once before, and my letter went into your waste-basket. I
_hope_ this will not be treated so. I have a little pet dog. He is
as cute as he can be. I will write some time and tell you some of
his funny tricks. I have tried many of the receipts for candy, and
they were splendid.
GRACIE.
* * * * *
POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.
I want to tell you about a parrot I have. He is a little more than
a year old, and can talk a great deal. I have a black cat and a
white one. The white puss is afraid of Polly, but the black one
puts his paw through the wires of the cage, and taps the parrot's
head. In return Polly gives him a bite, which makes him squeal. The
name of the black cat is Heliogabalus. We call him Heli for short.
ADÈLE I.
* * * * *
LA CRESCENT, HOUSTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA.
My aunt Abbie sent HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE to my brother Aaron for a
Christmas gift. I think "Toby Tyler" was real nice. I have written
twice before, and sent a charade, but I suppose that there were so
many other letters that mine could not find room. I have two
sisters, Abbie and Fannie, and two brothers, Aaron and Warren.
Warren is a baby. He had a twin brother, Willet, but he died when he
was only five months old. I send an anagram, and will tell how to
get the answer. First take a couplet or stanza of poetry, or some
great man's name, and mix the letters up every way, and then let
the reader arrange them so as to find out the verse or the name.
A. C. B.
Your little anagram is in the puzzle department.
* * * * *
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.
I like this paper so much that my little sister and I are always
impatient for Friday to come, for on that day our friend YOUNG
PEOPLE arrives. I don't think you ever saw the programme for a
concert printed in raised letters, did you? Well, I attended a
delightful concert where all who took part were pupils in our
Institution for the Blind, except the organist and the lady who
played the piano. The programmes were in raised letters, for the
blind read by the sense of touch. The building is very complete,
and quite large. The grounds are very spacious and beautiful. The
pupils make the chairs and mattresses which are used in the
institution. They print the books also, and the Superintendent
makes the maps. Mr. H---- is very nice. He knows how to make boys
happy. Kentucky is proud of this institution.
HENRY P.
* * * * *
HOT CREEK, NEVADA.
I am a little girl, too small to read our paper when it comes, but
grandma reads it to my brother Clayton and myself. She read "Toby
Tyler" to us, and even papa was interested in it. We live in
Belmont, Nevada, but are staying this summer at this place. It is a
long narrow cañon several miles in length, almost all over green
meadow, forming a strange contrast to the high rocky mountains. We
have some boiling springs here, and you can see the hot water
bubbling up to the surface from somewhere below--I often wonder
where. We have plenty of Indians here, and I have a little pappoose
to play with, who swings me in the hammock. I was born in San
Francisco, but have lived most of my life in Nevada, and know
nothing of the beautiful world beyond, except what mamma and
grandma tell me, and what I see in pictures. You may know that we
miss the papers terribly when they do not come, as sometimes
happens. Mamma takes the MAGAZINE and BAZAR as well as YOUNG
PEOPLE, which we all enjoy. I shall watch very anxiously to see
whether you will print my little letter.
MINNIE H. W.
Some of our little correspondents are troubled because they do not see
their letters in Our Post-office Box, and they express a fear lest they
are lost or thrown into the waste-basket. Now, dear boys and girls, set
your minds at rest. As we have already said, the editor does not own
such a thing as a waste-basket for the Post-office Box. All the little
letters are read, and those which can not be published are put away
carefully, and your names and homes and little messages are remembered.
If the Post-office Box should crowd out the stories and poems and
beautiful pictures, and the doleful experiences of Jimmy Brown, you
would not enjoy YOUNG PEOPLE nearly so much, would you?
We have told exchangers again and again that their requests can not be
printed the next week after we receive them. They necessarily have to
wait several weeks before they can be published. It is hardly a month
since we said this the last time, yet some of you write as though you
were quite vexed at our delay. Please be patient. And if you send your
exchange a second or a third time before we can possibly print it, then
be sure to say in your letter that you have sent it before.
* * * * *
MARLBOROUGH, NEW YORK.
Some time ago, in your Post-office Box, I saw a letter from a
little girl offering to exchange fifty stamps for an Indian
arrow-head. I sent her a very nice one, and wrote at the same time;
but I waited two weeks, and no stamps came. Then I wrote again, and
asked her either to return the arrow-head or send the stamps. This
was about two weeks ago, and I have heard nothing from her. What
can I do in this case? It can not be because I have not sent my
address, for I was very careful to put it on both letters. I did
not think any child would be mean enough to keep anything without
sending an equivalent; but I can see no other reason for it.
MARGARET NEILSON ARMSTRONG.
The little girl may be ill, or there may be illness in her family, or
she may be absent from home. Nothing is more provoking than a delay of
this kind, but we still think you will hear from her. After waiting a
little longer, it will do no harm for you to write again.
* * * * *
There is a picture of a baby sitting in an arm-chair, and under it
is printed the word "Bashful," in YOUNG PEOPLE No. 86, page 532.
Now when I got my paper I saw this picture. I was so surprised that
I ran and showed it to mamma. Now I will tell you why. That picture
is the born image of our little baby Edna, and when we all looked
at it, mamma told me to write and tell you of it. She is two years
old, her hair is curly, and that picture is a perfect likeness of
her. She'll go through a dozen little tricks for a piece of "pu"
(pie). Please print this for her sake, and perhaps she'll have a
few kisses to spare when she goes to Franklin Square.
She often puts her hand on her eye when mamma brings her a bottle
of medicine.
"CURLY HEAD."
* * * * *
NORTHWOOD, IOWA.
I have a cousin who resides in Minneapolis, and she sailed on the
18th of June for Great Britain and the Continent. She takes the
eighty days' tour, and will be on the Rhine one day. Next fall,
when she returns, she will tell me about her trip; but if I had
been a little older I could have gone with her, which would have
been lovely. My monthly average at school last year was never below
94.
RUSH C. B.
* * * * *
Please take notice that A. and A. B. Green, Jun., are not the same
people; so when I send an exchange, and A. B. sends an exchange,
they are not from the same person.
ASHBEL GREEN, JUN.,
Englewood, N. J.
* * * * *
The following exchanges are offered by correspondents:
An old penny, for an Indian arrow-head or a Florida bean.
AMELIA BRINK, Marshall, Mich.
* * * * *
A collection of ninety-five stamps (all foreign, some duplicates)
in good condition, and a tiny piece of wood from the Mount of
Olives, in exchange for a nice, clean sketch-book. Correspondents
will please write and state size of book, etc.
EFFIE K. PRICE, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
* * * * *
Minerals, for foreign stamps.
P. H. MAYER,
214 East Fifty-seventh St., New York City.
* * * * *
French and English stamps, for flower seeds. Please send lists and
exchange letters before the seeds are mailed.
ANNIE D. FERREE,
3514 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Penn.
* * * * *
Petrified stones, and gypsum, for minerals, specimens of wood, and
stamps from any country except England, Canada, or the United
States.
HENRY HOLT, Lockport, N. Y.
* * * * *
Two German stamps, for ten postmarks; also two French stamps, for
ten postmarks.
B. L., Box 339, Newton, Mass.
* * * * *
Minerals, fossils, ferns, and soil, for coins, stamps, postmarks,
sand, ore, and ocean curiosities. Correspondents will please label
specimens.
RUTH SARAH COLLIN,
Mount Vernon, Linn Co., Iowa.
* * * * *
Twelve foreign stamps, all different, for the United States issue
of 1869, blue and brown, 15-cent; or twenty-five stamps, for the
24-cent, violet and green; and fifty stamps, for the same issue
90-cent, black and carmine. The stamps I offer are all different,
some very rare--Japan, Egypt, Cape of Good Hope, Philippine
Islands, etc.
HORACE F. HUTCHINSON,
55 Endicott St., Salem, Mass.
* * * * *
Shadow pictures and foreign stamps, for curiosities suitable for a
cabinet. Correspondents will please write before sending articles.
G. S. JENKS, 173 Lake St., Chicago, Ill.
* * * * *
I wish to exchange a large and perfect Indian axe for a bound
volume of HARPER'S WEEKLY, in good order, for 1872; a bound volume
of _Leslie's Popular Monthly_, in perfect condition, for the first
volume of _Uncivilized Races of the World_, sheep binding, and in
fair order. Also the bound volumes of the _National Repository_ for
1879, for HARPER'S WEEKLY, bound, and in good order, for 1876.
Please write me before sending books.
JASPER BLINES,
Alexandria, Clark Co., Mo.
* * * * *
My stock of star-fish is exhausted. Agates, sea-shells, and
postmarks, for beetles and insects.
D. C. WYMAN, Eureka, Humboldt Co., Cal.
* * * * *
Lead ore, for iron or gold ore, or white crystals. Crystals
especially desired.
SUSIE HUNTINGTON, Sedalia, Pettis Co., Mo.
* * * * *
The ears of the Jack or mule-eared rabbit, for second-hand boys'
books, small biographies or natural histories. Abbot's _Life of
Washington_ preferred.
C. R. LACY, Hutchins, Dallas Co., Texas.
* * * * *
Chinese copper and Japanese silver coins, for any other foreign
coins. I have three kinds of Japanese and five kinds of Chinese
coins.
GEORGE C. CODDING,
Petaluma, Sonoma Co., Cal.
* * * * *
Fifty foreign stamps, for a triangular Cape of Good Hope, Natal,
Cabool, Cashmere, Feejee, Philippine, Ceylon, Mauritius,
Mozambique, Free Town, or 96-cent Hong-Kong, Central American, or
Chinese or Japanese coins.
P. O. Box 138,
Mamaroneck, Westchester Co., N. Y.
* * * * *
The _Life of General Israel Putnam_ or _Sandford and Merton_, for
an international postage stamp album that has been but little used.
HARRY WADLEIGH,
Montoursville, Lycoming Co., Penn.
* * * * *
A stone from Ohio, for one from any other State or Territory.
LYON CAUGHEY,
Seville, Medina Co., Ohio.
* * * * *
Postmarks, for newspapers. Fifteen postmarks, all fine, no
duplicates, select list, for one newspaper. Common list, twenty
postmarks, for one newspaper.
W. E. DUNSETT,
Norwood, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
* * * * *
Foreign stamps and postmarks, for the same; and bluestone, used for
telegraph batteries, for a three-cornered Cape of Good Hope stamp
or petrified wood.
FRED H. W. SOUTHEIMER,
121 West Forty-first St., New York City.
[_For other exchanges, see third page of cover._]
* * * * *
N. K. C.--It is not a good plan to have too many irons in the fire at
once, and so we think it best to postpone your plan until cooler
weather.
* * * * *
C. H. B.--Your enigma is a good one, but it came too late for use this
year.
* * * * *
RALEIGH.--"Art is long, and time is fleeting." There are a great many
departments in art, and very many artists are known for conscientious
and beautiful work; but if we were to name a single one in either
hemisphere as the greatest, we would be unjust to a host of others.
* * * * *
EMILIE.--It is not a _nom de plume_.
* * * * *
BICYCLING.
C. A. PERLEY AND ALVAH S. HUBBARD.--Your questions are answered by the
advertisements on the last page of the cover.
* * * * *
GUY H. WOOD.--A Horsman bicycle, No. 15, diameter of front wheel
thirty-six inches, and costing $25, will probably suit you.
FRANK RIGGS.--A _good_ bicycle for a boy of your size can not be bought
for the sum you name. A bicycle to fit you should have a front wheel of
forty-two inches in diameter. Read the advertisements on the cover of
YOUNG PEOPLE, send to the addresses given for circulars and for
addresses of Chicago agents, from whom you can gain all desired
information.
WILLIE CHAPMAN.--Go to 791 Fifth Avenue, New York city, and there you
will probably find the "excellent bicycle" for which you inquire.
FRANCES DUNHAM.--I do not know of a good tricycle for young girls. The
only one made in this country that would suit a girl of nine years is
advertised in YOUNG PEOPLE No. 87, and I fear that with this machine it
would be impossible to ride any distance over country roads, as it is
only intended for pavements or smooth walks. Very light and beautiful
tricycles are made in England for girls of fifteen years of age and
upward; but none are manufactured in this country.
Most of the inquiries received thus far have been for cheap bicycles,
and where to obtain them. To these the answer is, there are no _cheap_
bicycles. All good bicycles are expensive, and a poor bicycle is dear at
any price. Small bicycles, with wooden spokes and rims, are just as good
to learn to ride on as the best that are made, and on a smooth level
surface they can be made to work very nicely. As the rider grows older,
and gains experience, he naturally desires a better machine, and then he
finds that instead of from $10 to $20, the cost of a machine such as he
wants is from $50 to $100. This he regards as an imposition, and at once
begins a search for cheaper bicycles. But he will not find them at
present, nor for some time to come. For this there are several reasons.
One is that all existing bicycle patents in this country have been
acquired by one firm, which therefore enjoys a monopoly. Another reason
is that the bicycle is still something new, and the sale for it is
comparatively small, so that the manufacturer must make large profits to
balance small sales. Then, too, the machinery for making bicycles is
very expensive, the material used in making them must be the best, and
the workmanship upon them the most skilled. All these things combine to
make the bicycle an expensive luxury, and such it will always remain,
though in course of time prices will be much less than they are now.
"THE CAPTAIN."
* * * * *
Correct answers to puzzles have been received from _A. E. Cressingham_,
"School-Boy," _Bennie Stockwell_, Emilie Douglass, Willie D. Grier, Day
Z., Robert N. Fuller, and Jemima Beeston.
* * * * *
PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
DIAMONDS.
1. 1. A letter. 2. A household implement. 3. A heavenly body. 4. A
favorite. 5. A letter.
2. 1. A letter. 2. Not young. 3. A vessel. 4. An animal. 5. A letter.
H. E. D.
* * * * *
No. 2.
ENIGMA.
My first is in mouse, but is never in rat.
My second in dog, but never in cat.
My third is in animal, never in fish.
My fourth is in vessel, and never in dish.
My fifth is in monkey, and not in giraffe.
My whole is a thing 'tis convenient to have.
F. A. B.
* * * * *
No. 3.
ANAGRAM.
Yb mhraem dan nhda lal tras od tdsna.
A. C. B.
* * * * *
No. 4.
WORD SQUARES.
1. To approach. 2. Spoken. 3. Armor. 4. A girl's name.
1. A river in Spain. 2. A temptation. 3. A disorderly tumult. 4. A boy's
name.
R. R. F.
* * * * *
No. 5.
ZIGZAGS.
1 * * *
* 2 * *
* * 3 *
* * * 4
* * 5 *
* 6 * *
7 * * *
* 8 * *
* * 9 *
* * * 10
Across.--1. A string. 2. Without light. 3. A vehicle. 4. A snare. 5.
Level. 6. A particle. 7. An animal. 8. Color. 9. A mineral. 10. A plant.
Zigzags.--A mountain range in Europe.
R. R. F.
* * * * *
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 87.
No. 1.
Guadalquivir.
No. 2.
1. Necessity is the mother of invention.
2. Nothing ventured, nothing won.
3. Come one, come all, this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I.
No. 3.
Be still, sad heart, and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
No. 4.
S A R D E T N A
A G U E T H E N
R U D E N E A T
D E E R A N T S
D I M E R O M P
I D O L O V E R
M O S S M E T E
E L S E P R E Y
* * * * *
OUR NEW SERIAL.
In No. 92 of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE issued August 2, will appear the
first chapter of a new serial story entitled
TIM AND TIP;
Or,
THE ADVENTURES OF A BOY AND A DOG.
By JAMES OTIS, author of "Toby Tyler."
The story of "Tim and Tip" is that of a homeless boy and his faithful
dog, who follows him in all his wanderings, and shares in all his
adventures. It is full of incident on land and water, and those readers
who followed with such kindly interest the fortunes of Toby Tyler and
Mr. Stubbs, the monkey, will, we feel sure, sympathize equally with our
new hero and his four-footed companion.
HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.
SINGLE COPIES, 4 cents; ONE SUBSCRIPTION, one year, $1.50; FIVE
SUBSCRIPTIONS, one year, $7.00--_payable in advance, postage free_.
The Volumes of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE commence with the first Number in
November of each year.
Subscriptions may begin with any Number. When no time is specified, it
will be understood that the subscriber desires to commence with the
Number issued after the receipt of the order.
Remittances should be made by POST-OFFICE MONEY-ORDER OR DRAFT, to avoid
risk of loss.
HARPER & BROTHERS,
Franklin Square, N. Y.
[Illustration]
THE WIDOW MACHREE.
In making the Widow Machree, first procure a daisy, and with a pair of
sharp scissors trim off the petals, except two, as in Fig. 1; then with
a pen and ink mark on the yellow centre the face of an old woman, as in
Fig. 2. Trace off Fig. 3 on a piece of stiff card-board, and finish it
as represented in the drawing; cut it out all around down to the dotted
line, and bend it from there so as to leave the figure standing upright
when finished. Then cut a hole in the neck as represented. Put the stem
of the daisy through this hole, and fasten it behind, as in Fig. 4, by
gumming a small strip of paper over it. Take a pin, cut it in two, and
on the pointed edge place the bowl of the pipe, cut from the end of a
match, as in Fig. 5. Then put it into the mouth of the figure, or daisy
face, and Widow Machree is complete, as in Fig. 6.
A SIMPLE CAMP-BED.
From _Camp Life in the Woods_. Harper & Brothers. Just out.
Sleeping on the ground, rolled in a blanket, is all very well if no
better plan offers; but when a good camp-bed can be made as easily as
the one we are about to describe, it is foolish to refuse the comfort
thus offered. Procure a large piece of canvas, sacking, or other strong,
coarse material six and a half feet square. If a single piece of this
size can not be found, several parts may be sewed together to the
required dimensions. After which two opposite sides should be firmly
stitched together, thus forming a bottomless bag. Two stout poles seven
or eight feet in length, and as large as the wrist, should now be cut.
Insert them through the bag, allowing the ends to project equally on
each side. These ends should now be rested on two logs, one placed at
the head and the other at the foot of the bed. In order to hold the
poles in place, notches should be cut in the logs at such distances as
will draw the bag to its full width. The interior of the canvas should
now be filled with dried grass, leaves, moss, or spruce boughs, after
which the bed is complete, and as comfortable as any mattress.
[Illustration: I WUNDER DUZ MY MUDDER WANT ME?]
[Illustration: I'S AFWAID SHE DUZ.]
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, July 19, 1881, by Various