Soon after her exciting chase the _Constitution_ sailed from Boston in
search of the British frigate _Guerriere_, whose Captain (Dacres) had
boastfully enjoined the Americans to remember that she was not the
_Little Belt_. On the 19th of August, 1812, the _Constitution_ fell in
with her, and Hull skillfully managed to lay his vessel alongside the
British frigate, to have a battle at close quarters. The _Guerriere_
opened fire at once; the _Constitution_ kept silent for a while. As the
shot from the English frigate began to make havoc on the _Constitution_,
Hull's second in command (Lieutenant Morris) asked permission to open
fire. "Not yet," quietly said Hull. The request was soon repeated. "Not
yet," was the calm reply. A moment afterward, Hull, filled with intense
excitement, shouted, "Now, boys, pour it into them!"
[Illustration: THE "CONSTITUTION" AND "GUERRIERE."--DRAWN BY J. O.
DAVIDSON.]
This command was obeyed with terrible effect. The guns of the
_Constitution_ were double-shotted and did fearful work. The frigates
were only half-pistol-shot distance from each other. The excitement on
both sides was intense. "Hull her! hull her!" shouted Lieutenant Morris.
"Hull her! hull her!" shouted the crew in response, for they instantly
comprehended the pun. Very soon the _Guerriere_ was a shivered, shorn,
and helpless wreck, rolling like a log in the trough of the sea. Hull
sent an officer on board to inquire of Dacres whether he had struck his
flag. Looking up and down, Dacres coolly replied, "Well, I don't know:
our mizzenmast is gone, our mainmast is gone, and, upon the whole, you
may say we _have_ struck our flag."
This victory greatly inspirited the Americans, and astonished the
English. Hull was highly honored by the citizens and Congress, from
which he received valuable tokens of regard. The London _Times_ said,
"The new enemy, unaccustomed to such triumphs, is likely to be rendered
insolent and confident by them."
At mid-autumn, 1812, Captain Jacob Jones, in the fast-sailing sloop of
war _Wasp_, achieved a notable victory over the British war schooner
_Frolic_, convoying six merchantmen, four of which were well armed. They
fought at close quarters, under very little sail, and soon became
entangled, when the crew of the _Wasp_ made their way to the deck of the
_Frolic_ just after it was swept by a raking broadside. They found no
one to oppose them. A few surviving officers stood on the quarter-deck,
most of them wounded. Lieutenant Biddle, who led the boarding party,
hauled down the British flag. When the vessels separated both masts of
the _Frolic_, with the tattered rigging, fell upon the deck, which was
covered with the dead. Two hours after the victory the British ship of
war _Poictiers_ appeared, and captured the crippled _Wasp_ with the more
crippled _Frolic_. Nevertheless, the news of the victory was received
with great joy in the United States, and Jones was the recipient of many
honors.
Precisely a month after this victory a more important one was achieved
by Decatur with the frigate _United States_. On October 26, near the
island of Madeira, he gave chase to a British vessel of war, and
overtook her. An action was immediately begun at long range, but soon
afterward they engaged at close quarters. When the battle had lasted
half an hour, the shot of the _United States_ carried away her
antagonist's mizzenmast. Then her main and foretop masts fell, and she
was dreadfully bruised in her hull. The _United States_ was yet unhurt.
Perceiving longer resistance to be vain, the British commander struck
his colors and surrendered.
"What is the name of your ship?" shouted Decatur.
"His Majesty's frigate _Macedonian_," replied her commander.
This victory produced a profound sensation in England and the United
States. In the former it created astonishment and gloomy forebodings,
for it appeared as if the Republic of the West was about to snatch the
sceptre from the acknowledged "Mistress of the Seas," and that they
might no longer sing, as they had for a century,
"Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves."
Hull generously retired from the _Constitution_, after his victory, to
give some brother officer a chance to win fame on the "lucky" vessel.
Bainbridge succeeded him in command, and was put in charge of a small
squadron. With the _Constitution_ and _Hornet_ he sailed from Boston
late in October, 1812, and at the close of December encountered the
British frigate _Java_ off the coast of South America, not far from
Bahia. They had a most desperate battle, which lasted about two hours,
when the _Java_, which had lost her three masts and her bowsprit in the
fight, and was leaking badly, was surrendered to Bainbridge. She was one
of the finest frigates in the Royal Navy, and was conveying the
Governor-General of Bombay and his staff, with more than a hundred
officers and soldiers, to the East Indies. Like Hull, Jones, and
Decatur, Bainbridge received unstinted honors from his countrymen.
The hulk of the _Java_ was not worth saving; and after transferring the
passengers and surviving crew to the _Constitution_, she was fired and
blown up. From that time the _Constitution_ was called "Old Ironsides."
This fourth brilliant naval victory in the course of a few months caused
much exultation in the United States. Meanwhile there had been minor
victories, and some defeats. Privateers were numerous, and very active.
During six months the American public and private cruisers had captured
about three hundred prizes from the British. These successes dispelled
the gloom occasioned by misfortunes to the land forces; the friends of
the navy were justified and strengthened, and thenceforward no one
ventured to speak in disparagement of it. Congress, perceiving the
necessity of an increase in the force of the navy, authorized the
President to have four 74-gun ships, six frigates, and six sloops of war
built.
Bainbridge had left the _Hornet_, Captain Lawrence, blockading the
harbor of Bahia, in which was sheltered a British treasure ship. A
British 74 came up from the Brazilian capital, and drove the _Hornet_
into the harbor. She escaped under cover of darkness, and on the 24th of
February, 1813, fell in with, fought, and vanquished the British brig of
war _Peacock_. The brig had borne down upon the _Hornet_, and as they
passed each other each delivered a broadside. Then, by a quick movement,
the _Hornet_ closed upon the _Peacock_, and poured round-shot into her
for about fifteen minutes. The _Peacock_ struck her colors, and at the
same time raised a signal of distress. Her mainmast soon fell overboard,
and she was in a sinking condition. The removal of the wounded to the
_Hornet_ was at once begun. At twilight she went down, carrying with her
thirteen of her own crew and several of those of the _Hornet_. Nine of
the former and three of the latter were drowned. The _Hornet_ had only
one man killed in the engagement; she lost more in trying to save her
enemies than in conquering them.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
[Illustration]
BY R. K. MUNKITTRICK.
A quagga stood under a palm
In evening's violet calm.
When a lion passed by,
With a hungerful eye,
The quagga ran off in alarm.
[Illustration]
ADRIFT.
BY MRS. M. E. SANGSTER.
Adrift upon a silver tide,
With banks of green on either side,
And, far above, a smiling sky,
A tiny craft goes floating by.
Queer little boat, this woven nest,
Where birdies three had tranquil rest
Until a rough wind shook the tree,
And sent them sailing off to sea.
Oh, father-bird and mother-bird,
In you what trouble will be stirred
When, home returned from weary flight,
You learn your babies' hapless plight!
HYGROMETERS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM
Do not let any one who sees this somewhat out-of-the-way name imagine it
is anything very dreadful. It is merely that of an instrument for
measuring the moisture in the atmosphere.
Nearly every boy and girl has seen the chalet-like "weather-house,"
where one might suppose the clerk of the unreliable elements to reside,
and which is certainly tenanted by a gay old lady, who comes out when
the sun shines, and a military gentleman, who, disregarding catarrh,
parades in front of the cottage whenever there is a rain-cloud in the
sky. In this case the figures are held on a kind of lever sustained by
catgut: this, being very sensitive to moisture, twists and shortens on
damp days, and untwists and lengthens as the air becomes dry and light.
A simple hygrometer can be made by a piece of catgut and a straw. The
catgut, twisted, is put through a hole in a dial, in which a straw is
also placed. In dry weather the catgut curls up; in damp, it relaxes;
and so the straw is turned either to the one side or the other. Straws
do something more than "show which way the wind blows," you see.
Another simple weather-gauge may be made by stretching whip-cord or
catgut over five pulleys. To the lower end of the string a small weight
is attached, and this rises and falls by the side of a graduated scale
as the moisture or dryness of the air shortens or lengthens the string.
Again, whip-cord, well-dried, may be hung against a wainscot, a small
plummet affixed to it, and a line drawn at the precise spot it falls to.
The plummet will be found to rise before rain, and fall when the
prospect brightens.
Another device is to take a clean, unpainted strip of pine--say, twenty
inches long, one wide, and a quarter of an inch thick--cut _across the
grain_; then have a piece of cedar of the same size, but cut _along the
grain_. Let these be glued together and set upright in a stand.
Before a rain-fall the pores of the pine will absorb moisture, and swell
until the whole forms a bow; this will gradually straighten on the
approach of fine weather.
There are two forms in which a balance is used that are interesting from
the natural laws that govern their motions. In one a dry sponge that has
been saturated in salt and water is nicely balanced against a small
weight at the opposite end. The sponge becomes heavier or lighter
according to the presence or absence of moisture, and any variation in
this respect may be noted on the gauge above, to which the index finger
on a dial points.
The simplest plan of all, and as good as any, is to place in an accurate
pair of scales on one side a one-pound weight; on the other, one pound
of well-dried salt. This swells and grows heavier on the approach of
rain; when brighter skies return, the one-pound weight asserts itself
once more.
[Illustration: VACATION DAYS--THE REASON WHY BOB COULD NOT GO
A-FISHING.]
[Illustration: OUR POST-OFFICE BOX.]
So many of our correspondents are collecting birds' eggs and nests that
we wish to call their attention to some important points. Never take all
the eggs in a nest, because if you do you will leave the poor mother
bird very desolate. You can always take some from each nest, and still
leave enough to make a pretty little brood of young birdlings. In some
nests you will find eight or ten eggs, and then you may take three or
four. But if there are but three eggs, you must take only one. Always be
sure to leave more than half. Be careful to gather them before the
mother bird begins to set, because when her brooding-time has begun she
is very jealous of her nest, and is easily frightened away; and then if
the eggs have begun to harden and form young birds, they are useless to
you, for you can not blow them, and they will soon change color and
become worthless.
Never take a nest until the mother has flown away with her little ones
and left it empty; for to disturb the pretty home the bird has built
with so much care for her babies is a wanton cruelty we trust no reader
of YOUNG PEOPLE would be guilty of.
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MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA.
I like YOUNG PEOPLE ever so much. I always read the letters in Our
Post-office Box the first thing--they seem so sociable, as if all
the children knew each other well. I enjoy "The Moral Pirates" and
the Information Cards. My home is in San Francisco, but at present
I am visiting in Monterey, a small town on the coast. Monterey is
the oldest town in California. It was first settled by the
Spanish, and the greater part of the inhabitants now are
Spaniards. On a little knoll near the beach, and within a
stone's-throw of the water's edge, there is a large wooden cross;
it is the spot where the Spanish fathers first landed, and the
date on the cross is June 3, 1770.
I think this is the queerest old town imaginable. Almost all the
houses are "adobe" houses, that is, made of a kind of black mud,
then whitewashed, and they have tiled roofs. And around the
gardens are high adobe walls. Nearly all of these adobe houses are
fifty years old, and some of them are said to have been built one
hundred years ago. I am gathering some abalone and other kinds of
shells, and some fine sea-mosses, and when I get home I expect to
make lots of pretty things. I love to play on the beach, and pick
up pretty little things, and run out after the waves, then turn
and let them chase me back; sometimes they catch me, and give my
feet a good soaking; but I don't care, for I like it, only I look
like a fright by the time I get back to the hotel.
I have been sailing on the Pacific Ocean, and was not a bit
seasick, but I was never on the Atlantic. I wish some of the
readers of YOUNG PEOPLE that live on the Atlantic coast would tell
me if they find pretty shells, and if they get abalone shells and
sea-moss on the Atlantic coast as we do here on this coast.
IDA B. D.
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RUSSELL, KANSAS.
When I read the good stories about little folks which come every
week in YOUNG PEOPLE, it makes me want to tell all the little
friends about something that happened last summer while we were
living in Denver, near the Rocky Mountains. One day mamma put some
lunch in a pail, and said brother Lolie and I could go up on the
bluffs along the Platte River to gather wild flowers and cactus
plants, and have a good day's sport. When the whistles at the
workshops in the city blew for noon, we sat down on the bluffs to
eat our dinner. We could see over to the big high mountains, which
reached almost up to the clouds. They looked as though they were
only a mile or two away, though papa told us afterward that they
were nearly fourteen miles off; but the air is so clear that it
made them look much nearer. It seemed as if we could go over to
them and back before night. We put our shoes and stockings under a
pile of railroad ties, and started up the track toward Morrison,
which is at the foot of the mountains. As often as we got tired we
stopped to rest and talk about what we could do when we were men.
Brother was almost ten years old, and I was eleven. The sun went
down out of sight behind the mountain-tops, which were covered
with ice and snow, and as it grew dark we walked faster, and when
it got so dark we could hardly see only to follow the track, we
were in the middle of a large prairie. We began to think of snakes
and wolves and bears, which we had heard were in such places, so
we did not stop any more to rest. We finally saw a light away off
in a field, and we went toward it as fast as ever we could. When
we got to the house, it was after eleven o'clock, and we were very
tired and hungry. Grandma says if I tell all about our journey the
next day--how we got to the mountains and home again, and how
frightened mamma and papa and little sister were about us--your
waste basket would not hold it all; so good-by.
From your little reader,
ARTIE R. H.
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VERGENNES, VERMONT.
My home is in Madison, Wisconsin, but I am visiting my grandmother
in Vermont, near Lake Champlain. Next week we are going to the
mountains for a ride, and to enjoy the grand view.
The Reform School is located here. It is for boys and girls. They
are well taken care of, but I'd rather be a good girl than a
reform girl.
My mamma and I are going back to Wisconsin in September. I shall
be very glad to see my little cousin Harry and my dog Gip.
I like YOUNG PEOPLE very much, and all the boys and girls that
write letters for Our Post-office Box. I am seven years old. My
name is Helen, but they call me
PUSSY K.
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NYACK, NEW YORK.
I am a little girl nine years old. I have read all the numbers of
YOUNG PEOPLE, and like them very much. I have two pet kittens and
a big Newfoundland dog. We call the dog Beppo. I have three
brothers, and one sister, whose name is Edna, but she is not the
one who sent an answer to Wiggle No. 12.
KATIE M. G.
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SEA GIRT, NEW JERSEY.
This is a splendid place to find land and water turtles. I have
several, which I feed on mushrooms, meat, and insects. Soft-shell
crabs are liked very much by water turtles, if they are very
fresh.
I would be very glad to send some pressed arbutus to Carrie
Harding, but it has done blooming for this year. I would like to
exchange other kinds of pressed flowers with her.
I tried the recipe for doll's cup-cake sent by Bessie L. S., and
liked it very much.
DAISY VIOLET M.
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I noticed Sidney B. P.'s question about feeding and caring for
young mocking-birds. Blackberries are good food for them when they
are about three weeks old. The yolk of an egg boiled hard and
mashed fine with a boiled Irish potato is also good. Feed the
birds about every hour, and after they are through eating give
them about a tea-spoonful of fresh water, which you will have to
pour down their throats.
When the birds are very young they must not be put in a wire cage,
as they will injure themselves fluttering against the bars. Put
them in a small box, with a piece of mosquito netting fastened
over the top. Do not take them from the nest too young--never
until they are eight or ten days old--as they will die.
I have already asked to exchange stamps with the readers of YOUNG
PEOPLE, and I would like the following stamp, if any one can send
it to me: United States War Department, ninety cents, red.
HARRY S. KEALHOFER,
121 Adams Street, Memphis, Tennessee.
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Fannie T. D., of Atlanta, Georgia, sends the following additional
directions for the care of full-grown mocking birds:
Fruits and minced raw beef are good food for them. The cage, which
should be large, must be thoroughly cleaned every day, and
supplied with fresh water and sand. A little bag of sulphur
fastened in the top of the cage tends to keep the birds healthy.
And they will always sing better if confined in separate cages.
Mocking-birds require much attention, especially when they are
moulting.
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Frank K., of Norfolk, Virginia, writes that mocking-birds are fond of
the yolk of a hard-boiled egg mixed with Indian meal, made fresh every
morning. They will like the food still better if it is moistened with a
little milk, and minced raw beef mixed with it now and then. The cage
should be hung in a dry, airy place.
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MERCED CITY, COLORADO.
When I read in YOUNG PEOPLE what T. H. said of his early
morning-glories, I thought I would tell about my vines. I have two
play houses covered with them. The first thing in the morning I
run to see if I have any new colors blossomed. The flower I like
best is white with blue spots. One side of my play house is
covered with dwarf vines. Mamma calls them convolvulus. I am seven
years old.
ELIZA A. A.
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So many of our young readers are studying French that we do not give a
translation of the following letter:
MILLDALE, KENTUCKY.
Je suis une petite fille de douze ans. Je demeure a la campagne
dans une jolie petite maison sur une cote. En bas de la cote il y
a une riviere dans l'aquelle mon gros chien va se baigner. Il
s'appelle Moka. Je joue a la cache avec lui. Quand je lui met un
morceae du pain sur son nez, je compte un, deux, trois, alors il
le jette en l'air et le rattrape quand il redescend. II y a tant
de choses qu'il fait que je ne puis pas vous dire tout.
J'ai aussi une chatte que j'appelle Minette. Quand elle attrape
une souris, elle vient nous la montrer, et il faut que nous
l'applaudissions de ce qu'elle a fait.
J'ai lu beaucoup des journaux du petit monde. Une demoiselle me
les a donne, et je vous assure que je les trouve bien
interessants.
MADELAINE.
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GREENFIELD, ILLINOIS.
One day last week we found a strange-looking insect, which I
should like to know the name of. It is about three inches long. It
has four long legs near the middle of its body, very bright eyes,
and two horns. It is just the color of the branch of the tree
where we found it. I have a collection of shells, stones, and
insects, and am going to make a tree album.
JESS L. B.
This curious insect probably belongs to the _Ambulatoria_, or
walking-stick family, of which several varieties are found in America.
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SCOTTSVILLE, NEW YORK.
I send a recipe for cake to Puss Hunter's cooking club: One beaten
egg, one cup of sugar, one cup of sour cream, two cups of flour,
one tea-spoonful of soda, a little grated nutmeg; bake in little
tins.
MARY L. MCV.
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I will exchange a little of the soil of Iowa for a little soil
from any other State.
If the little correspondent in Denmark would send me a specimen of
Danish soil, I would be very much pleased.
CLARA SCOFIELD,
P. O. Box 59, Washington, Iowa.
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I would like to exchange postmarks with any boy or girl in the
United States or Canada. I have a very large assortment from
nearly all the States of the Union.
CHARLES J. LIVINGOOD,
Care of Dr. James C. Livingood, Womelsdorf, Pa.
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I am a reader of YOUNG PEOPLE, and like it very much. I am
thirteen years old. My father is Register of Deeds for Coos
County, and I help him. I can record ten deeds in a day. And I can
cook and do all kinds of housework.
I would like to exchange pressed ferns or flowers with any readers
of YOUNG PEOPLE. I also have about twenty-five plants, and would
like to exchange slips. I have a small collection of birds' eggs,
containing about twenty varieties, and would gladly increase my
collection by exchange.
FRANK B. FLANDERS,
P. O. Box 630, Lancaster, New Hampshire.
When our correspondents request an exchange of delicate and perishable
things, like slips of plants, it would be well for them to state a safe
way of forwarding them.
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I find YOUNG PEOPLE a very useful little paper.
I will exchange six specimens of Nantucket sea-weeds, mounted on
paper, for six pressed wild flowers from California or Florida. Or
I will exchange sea-weeds for birds' eggs or flower seeds. I am
ten years old.
ETHEL M. JOHNSON,
Nantucket, Massachusetts.
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I have a nice collection of beetles, and would like to exchange
with some correspondent in the Eastern States.
S. B.,
Office of _Journal of Commerce_,
414 Clay Street, San Francisco, California.
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ALBERT M.--We have not yet published any such description.
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BESSY.--Yes, you may send the history of your dolls. If it is
interesting, and not too long, we will try to print it in the
Post-office Box.
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G. W. D.--Any number of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE can be obtained by sending
full address, and amount in clean postage stamps, to Harper & Brothers.
* * * * *
NED B.--By referring to the advertisement of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE you
will see that one or more copies of the paper will be sent to any
address, on receipt of the price, _postage free_.
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C. FLAGLER.--Probably the correspondent to whom you wrote for exchange
has received so many letters that he has not yet had time to answer you.
We know this to be the trouble with some of our correspondents who have
asked for exchange. Alice I. Paine, of Georgia, has recently written to
us that she has received over fifty letters, and finds it impossible to
answer them all separately, or to make an exchange with every
correspondent, for as nearly all asked her for the same kind of eggs,
she can not procure enough to satisfy the demand. Those who have failed
to receive an answer from Miss Alice will please take notice of this
explanation, which we make at her request.
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Favors are acknowledged from E. E. Wolford, Bertha T. Thompson, L. C.,
Frank Graves, Sallie Whitaker, Charles N., George G. Seitz, Bessy M.
Flagler, Emily K. Jeffries, Florence V. M., Mamie B. Cozzens, Frank and
Ida Reveley, Duff Pancoast, Paul De Moll, Margaret Louise, Adolph C.
Hungarland, Jessie E. Turner, Federal E. Whittlesey, Mark Manley,
A. J. D., Nettie Hereford, Gussie M., Mary A. P., M. E. B., Porter
Stansell, Allie Lawson, Mina S. Chase, Willard R. Drake, Edward L. Todd,
Julia B. Smith.
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Correct answers to puzzles are received from W. H. W., Daisie Balch,
Altia R. Austin, Harry I. Furlong, Alward Tobey, Nena Crommelin, E. R.
Hall, Bessy Guyton, Effie K. Talboys, Lizzie J. B., Eddie A. Leet, Daisy
Violet, "North Star," Lulu A. Sacchi, Sarah R. D., George H. Kirchner,
Harry Phillips, G. W. Davis, Annie D. Jones, Ada Voute, Frank Lomas,
"Lone Star," Eddie S. Hequembourg, A. V., Edith Bidwell.
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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
WORD SQUARE.
First, what no one wishes to be. Second, a metal. Third, to approach.
Fourth, a part of the body.
BIRDIE.
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No. 2.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
At the present time. A girl's name. A guide. A lyric poem. A celebrated
English painter. A title. A Shakspearean character. A Roman Emperor.
Answer--Primals form the name of a celebrated general, and finals the
battle in which he was defeated.
S. F. W.
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No. 3.
ENIGMA.
My first is in good, but not in bad.
My second is in sane, but not in mad.
My third is in rooster, not in fowl.
My fourth is in hawk, but not in owl.
My fifth is in plant, but not in flower.
My sixth is in rain, but not in shower.
My seventh is in bluster, not in rant.
My eighth is in emmet, not in ant.
My whole is the name of a lovely plant.
HELEN E. H.
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No. 4.
EASY NUMERICAL CHARADES.
1. I am a Spanish city. My 1, 2, 3 is angry. My 4, 5, 6 is to drive
away.
2. I am a Russian city. My 1, 2, 3 is a combat. My 4, 5, 6 is a tool.
3. I am a city in Europe. My 1, 2 is a preposition. My 3, 4, 5, 6 are
fowls.
4. I am one of the United States. My 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7 is to join. My
8 is a pronoun. My 9, 10, 11 is to sever.
T. H. V. T.
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No. 5.
PREFIXES.
I am a part of the body. By prefixing different letters of the alphabet
I may be changed into a fruit, a period of time, an animal, a term of
affection, wearing apparel, a sign of emotion, anxiety, or verbs
signifying to approach, to attend, to raise up, to wither, and to waste
gradually. What am I? and what are my changes?
GEORGE E.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NO. 39.
No. 1.
Cloudesley Shovel.
No. 2.
H O U R
O L G A
U G L Y
R A Y S
No. 3.
1. Venice. 2. Siam. 3. Rome. 4. Salem. 5. Oxford. 6. London. 7. Denmark.
8. Persia. 9. Sweden. 10. Leith.
No. 4.
Orange.
No. 5.
O
O R E
O R G A N
E A T
N
No. 6.
M omen T
A cr E
I be X
N iagar A
E xpres S
Maine, Texas.
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approved advertisements will be inserted on two inside pages at 75 cents
per line.
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HARPER & BROTHERS,
Franklin Square, N. Y.
OUR CHILDREN'S SONGS.
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Our Children's Songs. Illustrated. 8vo, Ornamental Cover, $1.00.
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This is a large collection of songs for the nursery, for childhood, for
boys and for girls, and sacred songs for all. The range of subjects is a
wide one, and the book is handsomely illustrated.--_Philadelphia
Ledger._
Songs for the nursery, songs for childhood, for girlhood, boyhood,
and sacred songs--the whole melody of childhood and youth bound in
one cover. Full of lovely pictures; sweet mother and baby faces;
charming bits of scenery, and the dear old Bible story-telling
pictures.--_Churchman_, N. Y.
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Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.
HARPER & BROTHERS _will send the above work by mail, postage prepaid, to
any part of the United States, on receipt of the price_.
The Child's Book of Nature.
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The Child's Book of Nature, for the Use of Families and Schools:
intended to aid Mothers and Teachers in Training Children in the
Observation of Nature. In Three Parts. Part I. Plants. Part II. Animals.