natural curiosities, for foreign postage stamps, woods, Indian
arrow-heads, and all kinds of minerals.
J. S. and WILLIE G. DAVIS,
Care of J. T. Davis, P. O. Box 122,
Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas.
* * * * *
Postmarks, for stamps, curiosities, or minerals. Ten postmarks, for
one rare stamp; or twenty, for a good curiosity.
CHARLIE NICHOLS,
288 Lafayette Street, Bridgeport, Conn.
* * * * *
Postage stamps, for stamps, minerals or coins.
RALPH L. EMERSON,
P. O. Box 105, Brookline, Mass.
* * * * *
Postage stamps, for the same, or pressed wild flowers.
FRED CHENEY,
41 Fort Avenue, Boston, Mass.
* * * * *
Foreign postage stamps.
HENRY PAYNE,
Mankato, Minn.
* * * * *
Stamps, for coins.
A SUBSCRIBER OF "YOUNG PEOPLE,"
First National Bank, Bay City, Mich.
* * * * *
A small piece of sulphate of iron, for foreign postage stamps.
HARRY W. TOWNLEY,
Sayreville, N. J.
* * * * *
Stamps, for coins.
W. T. CRANE,
124 Washington Street, Hoboken, N. J.
* * * * *
Stamps, for anything suitable for a museum.
D. G. BARNETT,
406 Grand Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
* * * * *
German postage stamps, for other foreign stamps.
ARTHUR E. CAMPBELL,
222 Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Five postmarks, for one foreign stamp.
GUY F. BARKER,
St Albans, Franklin County, Vt.
* * * * *
Rare postmarks (Illinois especially) and postage stamps, for
foreign and old issues of United States stamps.
MANNING A. LOGAN,
812 Twelfth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
* * * * *
Three varieties of internal revenue stamps, for foreign stamps,
minerals, or curiosities.
EDWIN E. SLOSSON,
Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas.
* * * * *
United States and foreign postage stamps, for stamps from Hamburg,
Mexico, and Japan.
HARRY C. BREARLEY,
180 Charlotte Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
* * * * *
Postage stamps, for specimens of gold, silver, copper, or tin ore.
ALLY B. HALLIDAY,
406 West Forty-third Street, New York City.
* * * * *
Minerals, fossils, shells, and Indian relics (a large collection of
the latter), for minerals, shells, and seaweed. Only good specimens
desired.
ED GOHL, 7 South Third Street, Harrisburg, Penn.
* * * * *
Stones from Connecticut, Texas, and Mississippi, also cotton as it
comes from the field, for foreign postage stamps.
JAMES MCKENNA,
4 West Street, Bridgeport, Conn.
* * * * *
A Norwegian halfpenny, date 1867, two Cape of Good Hope stamps,
and a flint an inch long, for Indian arrow-heads and petrified
wood.
GEORGE E. PRINGLE, Hastings, Minn.
* * * * *
Shells from the Indian and Pacific oceans, for fossils of animals
or plants.
HENRY W. HAND,
Green Creek, Cape May County, N. J.
* * * * *
Foreign postage stamps, for Indian relics and curiosities.
FLAVEL S. MINES, Kirkwood Hotel,
Kirkwood, St. Louis County, Mo.
* * * * *
Postmarks, postage and revenue stamps, and monograms, for postage
and revenue stamps.
K. G. EASTON, West Berkeley, Cal.
* * * * *
Thirty foreign stamps, for five stamps of the following countries:
Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Cape of Good Hope, Hong-Kong.
H. L. J.,
Lock Box 721, Granville, Licking County, Ohio.
* * * * *
Postmarks, for stamps.
JAMES G. BARBOUR,
25 Fulton Street, Pittsburgh, Penn.
* * * * *
Twenty-eight old coins, for any curiosity or Indian relics. A good
Indian bow and a few arrows especially desired.
A SUBSCRIBER OF "YOUNG PEOPLE,"
P. O. Box 930, Rushford, Fillmore Co., Minn.
* * * * *
A few shells from Calcutta, India, for ocean curiosities, or any
pretty thing for a collection. Mosses and pressed ferns especially
desired. Flower seeds also exchanged.
ELLA STULL,
Greenville, Darke County, Ohio.
* * * * *
Ten foreign postage stamps, for an Indian arrow-head, or two stamps
from the Cape of Good Hope.
FREEMAN WOODBRIDGE,
Care of Dr. J. Woodbridge,
New Brunswick. N. J.
* * * * *
Postmarks and Canadian postage stamps, for shells from the Pacific
and Southern coasts, or other curiosities. Correspondents will
please label specimens.
MISS M. FRANK LE COUNT,
South Norwalk, Conn.
* * * * *
Stones from the Arkansas River, cotton as it comes from the field,
cotton seed, postmarks, and scales of the alligator gar-fish, for
United States or foreign coins. Correspondents will please label
coins.
COLLECTOR, care of Postmaster,
Heckatoo, Lincoln County, Ark.
* * * * *
Old United States and foreign postage stamps, for coins and
minerals.
GUSTAVUS SCHAEMBER,
159 Prince Street, New York City.
* * * * *
Ten Pennsylvania postmarks, for the same number of any other State
or Territory, or Canada.
CLIFF C. GARRISON,
Brookville, Jefferson County, Penn.
* * * * *
Twenty-five postmarks, for five rare postage stamps.
R. C. WILLIAMS, JUN.,
240 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
* * * * *
A stone from Pennsylvania, for one from any other State; or
postmarks, for foreign stamps--Chinese especially desired.
WALTER J. WELLS,
Oswayo, Potter County, Penn.
* * * * *
An ounce of the soil of New York, for the same from any other
State. Western soil particularly desired.
ERNEST S. GREEN,
123 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
* * * * *
Sea-shells, for foreign postage stamps.
C. H. TUCKER,
63 Cass Avenue, Corner of Adams,
Detroit, Mich.
* * * * *
Fragments of figured pottery from sites of ancient Mohawk Indian
villages, for Indian relics from other localities.
R. C. HALL,
Canajoharie, Montgomery County, N. Y.
* * * * *
Stones from the shore of Lake Erie, for stones or ores from other
localities, or foreign postage stamps.
FRANK W. FULLKERSON,
78 Sawtell Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.
* * * * *
European, Chinese, and Japanese postage stamps, for minerals.
CLARENCE HENNE,
39 Frelinghuysen Avenue, Newark, N. J.
* * * * *
Latest issues of German, French, and Italian postage stamps, and
curiosities, for curiosities.
L. H. TROTTER,
22 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Penn.
* * * * *
Postmarks, for fossils and minerals.
FLETCHER M. NOE,
165 North Alabama Street, Indianapolis, Ind.
* * * * *
Foreign postage stamps, for foreign stamps, minerals, or fossils.
HARRY S. JEANES,
521 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penn.
* * * * *
Postage stamps, postmarks, minerals, shells, wood, feathers, or any
Texas curiosity, for copper or zinc ore, ocean curiosities, or
anything suitable for a museum.
FRANK D. DAVIS, Groesbeck, Texas.
* * * * *
United States War Department stamps, for foreign stamps.
MONTGOMERY M. TAYLOR,
Newport Barracks, Newport, Ky.
* * * * *
Coins, for an Indian tomahawk or pipe, shells, minerals, coins, or
other curiosities.
ALFRED W. KERR,
22 Crescent Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn.
* * * * *
G. H.--"The Story of George Washington" ran through ten numbers of
HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, Vol. I., beginning in No. 24, April 13, and
ending in No. 33, June 15.
* * * * *
CLEMENT L. AND VIRGINIA H. P.--In 1872, Captain Lawson, an Englishman,
accompanied by a band of natives, explored the island of Papua, or New
Guinea. In the published account of his travels mention is made of Mount
Hercules, which, according to his measurements, is 32,783 feet above the
sea-level, or over 3000 feet higher than Mount Everest. Captain Lawson's
statement has not yet been verified by farther scientific investigation,
and the latest geographies and encyclopædias continue to name Mount
Everest as the highest known peak on the earth's surface.
* * * * *
MINNIE G.--A Brazilian silver milreis, or one thousand reis, is worth
about fifty-one cents, United States currency. The face value of a
ten-reis postage stamp is about half a cent.--Cancelled stamps are
commonly used in exchange by our correspondents, as new ones are
difficult to obtain, especially those of foreign countries.
* * * * *
A. A. Y. C.--The cost of material for sail-boat described in YOUNG
PEOPLE No. 66 is about fifteen dollars. For the other information you
require, go to the foot of Court Street, Brooklyn, in which city you
live, and talk with the boatmen and boat-builders there.
* * * * *
J. M.--A new boat like the one you describe will cost from seventy-five
to one hundred dollars. You may be able to obtain one second-hand in
good condition for half that sum. The expense of starting a club would
depend entirely upon the outlay to which the members mutually agree. It
might be confined to the price of your boat and rowing suits, and the
rent of some place to store your boat.
* * * * *
JOHN T.--A note from Mr. Casey, containing his address and a kind offer
to reply to correspondents, was printed in the Post-office Box of
HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE No. 61.
* * * * *
WILLIE B. S.--When the Colonial Congress was in session in Philadelphia
in 1774 a motion was made to open the proceedings with prayer. It was
opposed on the ground that as the members belonged to different
denominations, they would be unable to join in the same act of worship.
But Mr. Samuel Adams, who was a strict Presbyterian, said he could
listen to a prayer from a gentleman of piety and virtue who was at the
same time a friend to his country, and named Mr. Jacob Duché, an
Episcopal clergyman of Philadelphia, as such a person. The motion was
then passed, and Mr. Duché appeared the next morning, and officiated
with great fervor. He subsequently became a traitor to his country, and
even attempted to persuade Washington to desert to the British.
* * * * *
WALTER S. D.--The two New York firms that carry and distribute mail
matter within the limits of the city of New York are Boyd's Dispatch and
Hussey's Dispatch. They claim this right in virtue of a special
privilege given them many years ago by the city government. Whatever
this right may be in theory, it certainly holds good in practice, for
the general government has tried time and time again to break up these
concerns, but without avail.
* * * * *
PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
ENIGMA.
My first in quill, not in pen.
My second in duck, not in hen.
My third in river, not in lake.
My fourth in biscuit, not in cake.
My fifth in soon, not in late.
The capital I of a foreign state,
Upon whose shore by night and day
The Pacific dashes in foam and spray.
DAME DURDEN.
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No. 2.
WORD CHANGES.
1. Rain to snow. 2. Rags to silk. 3. Mill to cent. 4. Sin to woe. 5.
Sold to lost. 6. Line to cord. 7. Nay to yea. 8. Glue to mend.
FRANK L. L.
* * * * *
No. 3.
EASY CONCEALMENTS.
Cities and Countries.--1. Here is a new portfolio for Carrie. 2. Ponto
led Oliver to the stream. 3. I shall see Charles to-night. 4. Helen and
Anna may go to the fair.
M. L. H.
5. He is no liar, men; I am the culprit. 6. Madam, as custodian of the
library, I must forbid you to remove books. 7. I gave orders that he be
set to work immediately. 8. Her picture was set in diamonds.
BELL.
Trees.--9. Did you know that Will owns a horse? 10. This pin equals an
iron bar in strength. 11. We heard the croak of a raven. 12.
Steam-engines propel many boats. 13. It appeared to me that he was
false. 14. Philip, each one of your sums is wrong. 15. The plumes of
Crécy round him waved.
ED.
Birds and Beasts.--16. His rib is broken. 17. How did that occur, Lewis?
18. He muttered words none could understand. 19. Jim and Caspar rowed us
over the river.
MARGARET.
20. I abhor seeing you in that dress. 21. Behind them came Lucy, all in
white. 22. Would you like to be a Russian? 23. Dover is the capital of
Delaware. 24. The medicine is more bitter now than it was at first. 25.
The fairy's wand is broken.
EMILY and CLARA.
26. Isaac, row faster! 27. The lobsters nip Essie's fingers. 28. Seth
rushed in and told them.
MILLIE.
* * * * *
No. 4.
CHARADE.
My first is a troublesome insect.
My second might be applied to every boy and girl during dinner-time.
My whole consumes my first.
NORMAN.
* * * * *
No. 5.
ENIGMA.
In cold, not in heat.
In shoe, not in feet.
In flutter, not in flaunt.
In wish, not in want.
In stone, not in brick.
In hen, not in chick.
In rough, not in kind.
In thought, not in mind.
To gather my whole on an autumn day
For country boys is sport and play.
LENA S. F.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 69.
No. 1.
S P A I N
P A R T
A R T
I T
N
No. 2.
Tiger.
No. 3.
Across.--1. Stork. 2. Sport. 3. Heron. 4. Civil. 5. Drain. 6. Dregs. 7.
Refer. 8. Flint. 9. Oasis. 10. Sword. 11. Freak. 12. Spare. 13. Dross.
Zigzags--Spring flowers.
No. 4.
M
P A R
F A C E T
P A N A C E A
M A C A R O N I C
R E C O V E R
T E N E T
A I R
C
No. 5.
Lifetime.
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Correct answers to puzzles have been received from Jessie A. Allen,
H. V. B., Bessie Bolton, Laura Brick, Charles H. Cole, Alice Cantine,
Lulu C., W. Chase, R. O. Chester, "Dawley Boys," Harry H. Dickinson, L.
Jay E., Lena S. Fox, "L. U. Stral," William A. Lewis, Howard B. Lent,
Adella R. Lippincott, C. H. McBride, "Philo S. Opher," Willy Rochester,
D. J. Reinhart, Frank W. Smith, Gilbert P. Salters, "Starry Flag," Dora
N. Taylor, W. I. Trotter, "Ed. I. Torial," Willie F. Woolard, Edith M.
Wetmore, Annie Wheeler, "Young Solver."
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STRING TRICKS.
BY HELEN P. STRONG.
Every boy and girl knows the mysteries of the "cat's-cradle"--of course
you do, as well as you know your "Aina, maina, mona, mite"--but do you
know that the "cat's-cradle" does not begin to exhaust the possibilities
of a piece of string? "Indian-box" mysteries and "inexhaustible hats"
are not to be compared with it for simplicity of contrivance. Given a
piece of string a yard long, and ten nimble fingers (counting thumbs),
and you have all the apparatus needed to astonish your friends for a
whole evening. I hope the accompanying illustrations and description
will be sufficient to give you the secret of one of these wonderful
string tricks. And now you shall be enlightened as to the
BUTTON-HOLE MYSTERY.
[Illustration: FIG. 1.]
Secure a piece of strong cord a yard in length, and having tied the ends
firmly together, pass the double end through your button-hole, and a
thumb through each loop, as in Fig. 1. Now slip the little finger of
your _left_ hand under the lower string of the loop which passes over
the _right_ thumb, and the little finger of the _right_ hand under the
lower string of the loop which passes over the _left_ thumb, separating
the hands as in Fig. 2. Now comes the mystery. A quick movement of both
hands, without releasing the string from either thumbs or little
fingers, will give the effect of a tangle which can only be extricated
by cutting the string or the button-hole. You add to the illusion by
sawing a little on the button-hole to direct the attention to the
impossibility of loosening the string at that point; then suddenly,
without letting go either hand, you present the string-free from the
button-hole though still securely tied.
[Illustration: FIG. 2.]
The secret lies in this: if you look carefully at Fig. 2, you will
discover that the little finger of one hand and the thumb of the other
are really holding the same loop; so you have only to retain your hold
at these points, letting the rest go, to draw the string out of the
button-hole with freedom.
But you may find it rather difficult at first to make the proper thumb
and finger act quickly and in unison, apart from the twin brother of
each; for thumbs, and also little fingers, are like twin children, and,
unless well trained, one always wants to do what the other does. But you
will succeed if you think very hard for a moment, for that is the way
the mind makes naughty hands and feet obey her commands.
THE LOSING BAG.
Little Harry Careless
Was always losing things--
Shoes and hats, and slates and books,
Pencils, marbles, strings--
Till at last his mother
Took a faded flag
(A great, enormous one it was)
And made of it a bag.
"Now, my careless Harry,"
Said she, with a kiss,
"When you feel like losing things,
Pop them into this."
"That I will," cried Harry,
Happy as a king;
And since he's had the losing bag
He's never lost a thing.
[Illustration: "HOLD YOUR GIRAFFE, SIR?"]
[Illustration: THE GIRAFFE IS HELD.]
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, March 15, 1881, by Various