Here is one: For a small baking of bread take one medium-sized
potato, boil it, and mash it fine; add a heaping table-spoonful of
flour, and pour over it a tea-cupful of boiling water; let it
stand until it is lukewarm, then stir in two table-spoonfuls of
yeast--my mamma uses home-made--and set it in a warm place (not
too warm) to rise. When it comes up light, add a cup of lukewarm
water, a tea-spoonful of salt, and flour enough to make a batter.
Let this rise, and then mix in flour until it is stiff: your mamma
will tell you when it is right. You must let this rise again, and
then make it into loaves, using as little dry flour as possible in
this last process. If you wish to make biscuit, a little butter or
lard improves it After the mixture is in the pan, you must let it
rise again before putting it into the oven.
I was ten years old last Decoration-day. I have never made any
bread yet, but mamma is going to let me try soon.
FANNIE H.
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I tried Nellie H.'s recipe for candy, and I think it is real nice.
We have a large Newfoundland dog. He will carry a basket, and will
catch a ball, and he will give you his paw. His name is Spot.
I will exchange pressed ferns with Emma Foltz in the fall.
MINTA HOLMAN,
Leavenworth, Kansas.
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I am making a collection of bugs, and would like to exchange with
little boys and girls in the West who take YOUNG PEOPLE. I have
only collected a few bugs yet.
G. FRED KIMBERLY,
Auburn, New York.
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CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Here is a recipe for very nice Graham bread for Puss Hunter. I
make it very often for my papa, and he likes it better than any
other bread. I am fourteen years old. Take one quart of lukewarm
water, half a coffee-cup of yeast, two table-spoonfuls of lard,
two table-spoonfuls of white sugar, one tea-spoonful of salt, one
tea-spoonful of soda; melt the sugar and lard in the warm water;
stir in very smoothly three pints of flour; then pour in the yeast
and the soda. Beat it hard for a few minutes, and then put it in a
warm place to rise. This is the sponge, and will take about eight
hours, or all day, to rise. Then at night add two quarts of Graham
meal and one cup of sugar, and, if it is too stiff, a little more
warm water. Let this mixture rise overnight. In the morning stir
it down with a spoon to get the air out, and put it in the pans.
I let it rise in the pans about two hours before I put it in the
oven. This recipe will make two good-sized loaves. Do all the
mixing with a spoon, as it makes it sticky if you touch your hands
to it. I wish Puss Hunter, if she tries it, would tell me if she
has success.
ROSIE W. R.
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I am eleven years old. I like YOUNG PEOPLE very much. I have a
flower garden of my own, and two pets--a canary named Phil, and a
cat. My bird will not sing. Can any correspondent tell me what to
do for it? My papa has a pet crow. It is very funny.
I would like to exchange pressed flowers with any little girl in
the West.
DOTTY SEAMAN,
Richmond, Staten Island, New York.
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I have been taking YOUNG PEOPLE from the first number, and I like
it ever so much.
I have a little brother named Charlie, and he is a great favorite
with everybody. He is very sharp for a little boy three years old.
Last year we spent the summer in Cincinnati, and mamma took
Charlie to the circus. When the procession came out he said, "Oh,
mamma, look at the elephant, and the camel behind him!" Mamma
thought he did not know what a camel was, so when they came around
again mamma said, "There is the elephant, Charlie; and what is
behind him now?" Charlie did not answer, so mamma asked him again.
Then he looked up at her, and said, in a very droll tone, "His
tail."
I am collecting stamps, and would gladly exchange with any readers
of YOUNG PEOPLE. I am twelve years old.
HARRY STARR KEALHOFER,
Memphis, Tennessee.
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If any birds' egg collector of California or the Western States
will exchange eggs with me, I will be much pleased. I will send
one dozen different kinds for as many of his. They are as follows:
Chaffinch, quail, kingbird, crested jay, brown thrush,
mocking-bird, sparrow, cat-bird, bluebird, peewee, swamp
blackbird, wren. I will be obliged if any boy will send me his
address, and a list of the varieties he is willing to exchange for
mine.
HARRY ROBERTSON,
P. O. Box 89, Danville, Virginia.
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WILLIE ATKINSON.--There are about 225 islands in the Feejee group, of
which 140 are inhabited. Viti Levu is the largest and most populous,
being 97 miles from east to west, and 64 from north to south. Next to
this is Vanua Levu, which is 115 miles long, and about 25 miles wide.
The whole group contains, exclusive of coral islets, an area of about
5500 square miles of dry land.
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GEORGE B.--The stamps you require are somewhat rare, but you may be able
to obtain them by means of the exchanges offered by our young
correspondents.
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LILY B., MABEL C. L., AND OTHERS.--Your puzzles are very skillfully
made, but are rendered unavailable by their solutions, which are
precisely the same as those of puzzles published in former numbers of
the YOUNG PEOPLE. Correspondents by taking special notice of the fact,
which we have already stated, that we can not repeat solutions, will
save themselves from many disappointments.
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Favors are acknowledged from Penn W., D. Kopp, Charlie Heyl, Laura
Bingham, Walter Willard, Lizzie Brewster, George B. McLaughlin, Louis D.
Seaman.
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Correct answers to puzzles are received from Minnie Helen Ingham, "North
Star," Caroline and Cornelia Frost, N. N., Leon C. Bogart, John B.
Whitlock, "Dominus," George Volckhausen, N. L. Upham, James C. Smith,
William A. Lewis, "Buttercup and Daisy," Mary C. Spaulding, Edward L.
Hunt, Dorsey Coate, Herta and Arthur Paul, George W. Rothe, Leon M.
Fobes, Alfred M. Cook, Willie and Georgie Francis, J. Bauer.
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PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
WORD CHANGES.
1. Black to white. 2. Rose to lily. 3. Beef to veal. 4. Lamb to wolf. 5.
Sick to well. 6. Moon to star. 7. Town to city. 8. Hawk to bird. 9. Sew
to rip. 10. Page to book.
ALLEN.
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No. 2.
ENIGMA.
My first is in shake, but not in shiver.
My second is in lake, but not in river.
My third is in sand, but not in dirt.
My fourth is in band, but not in girt.
My fifth is in ark, but not in ship.
My sixth is in mud, but not in drip.
My seventh is in arrow, but not in quiver.
My whole is the name of a State and a river.
L. B. D.
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No. 3.
DIAMOND.
In farming. To place. A fruit. A boy's toy. In farming.
EDITH.
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No. 4.
NUMERICAL CHARADE.
I am a familiar proverb composed of 26 letters.
My 9, 16, 22, 2, 6, 18, 20 is what most children like.
My 13, 4, 5 is a measure.
My 12, 24, 11, 21 is a certain time of day.
My 26, 10, 1, 8 lives in wild forests.
My 17, 3, 19, 25, 13 is a useful animal.
My 23, 15, 7, 14, 22 is a Southern fruit.
JOSIE AND AUSTIN.
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No. 5.
WORD SQUARE.
My first on days of festival
Clear, gay, and loud is heard;
My second grudges others' good;
To state a truth my third;
And of my tuneful fourth of old
A wild and wondrous tale was told.
INEZ.
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No. 6.
ENIGMA.
My first is in spider, not in fly.
My second is in cloud, but not in sky.
My third is in donkey, not in mule.
My fourth is in guide, but not in rule.
My fifth is in idle, not in busy.
My sixth is in fainting, not in dizzy.
My seventh is in ugly, not in sinner.
My whole is part of a good dinner.
AGNES.
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NO. 33.
No. 1.
L
B E T
B L O O M
L E O P A R D
T O A D S
M R S
D
No. 2.
C R A M
R O M E
A M O S
M E S H
No. 3.
A watch.
No. 4.
1. Hannibal. 2. A stitch in time saves nine. 3. Fine feathers do not
make fine birds.
No. 5.
Athens, Greece.
No. 6.
W arsa W
I de A
L ol L
L eve L
I ndi A
A rcti C
M an E
William Wallace.
Double Acrostic Charade on page 472:
P ontia C
O sceol A
M ain E
P ericle S
E velin A
Y ea R
Pompey, Caesar.
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[Illustration]
ANSWER TO THE STUMP PUZZLE.
Here is the answer to the Stump Puzzle offered in No. 33. With two
straight cuts of the scissors the old dead stump is transformed into a
mouse, alive and wide-awake.
MIRTHFUL MAGIC, OR HOW TO TURN A DULL PARTY INTO A MERRY ONE.
BY G. B. BARTLETT.
When young people, and often old ones also, first arrive at a party,
they are apt to feel a little stiff and awkward, and to stand about in
corners, as if oppressed with the responsibility of their best gloves
and clothes, and the giver of the entertainment seeks in vain to enliven
and stir them up. For her aid we propose to give a few simple recipes
which will answer the purpose, and give them a good laugh, after which
they will be ready for the harder games which will follow. First she may
ask them to join in the game of "Satisfaction." Every person in the room
is invited to stand up, and all join hands in a ring, in the centre of
which the leader stands, holding a cane in her hand, with which she
points to each one in turn, and asks this question, after requesting
silence and careful attention, "Are you satisfied?" Each replies in turn
as he or she pleases, many probably saying "No," and others "Yes." The
leader then says, "All who are satisfied may sit down, the others may
stand up until they are satisfied."
MESMERIC TRICK.
Offer to mesmerize any lady so that she can not get up alone; and when
one volunteers, place her in a chair in the centre of the room, and sit
facing her, requesting all the company to keep quiet, and unite their
wills with yours. Ask the lady to fold her arms and lean back
comfortably, and proceed to make a variety of passes and motions with
your hands with great solemnity. After a few moments say, "Get up," and
as she rises from her chair, you rise at the same moment, and say, "I
told you you could not get up alone." If she suspects a trick, and does
not rise, of course your reply is the same.
THE NEW FIFTEEN PUZZLE.
[Illustration]
Draw the squares on a sheet of paper, and say: "I wish to fill these
rows of squares, or stalls, full of animals, which you must watch
carefully, in order to arrange them according to a formula which I shall
give you. I will put down H for horses in the first row, C for cows in
the second, and D for donkeys in the third." Put the letters down
rapidly as you talk, leaving one square vacant in the third row, as if
by accident, and some looker-on will be sure to say words to this
effect, "There is one donkey missing," when you reply at once, "Then
jump in yourself."
THE MONDDIA PUZZLE.
[Illustration]
With one straight cut of the scissors transform this Monddia into a
precious stone.
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=Mosquitoes in China.=--Hotel charges in China are not too economical;
but the traveller must remember to pay his bill when he leaves any place
for a trip that he thinks may be short, but which may exceed his idea of
the time required. Happening to be away for four days, I found that the
charges for food and bed to a leather bag and a walking-stick which I
had left behind were the same as those charged to myself when present in
the house. Henceforth, when I went abroad, I took those little things
with me, and opened a fresh account on my return. One finds soap and
lamp duly charged as extras in all Eastern hotel accounts. The only
thing for which no charge is made is the mosquito. This blood-thirsty
little creature in China will take no denial. Worried by the heat of the
day--the moist heat that so enervates one--a tired traveller will seek
mid-day rest, but find it not. The mosquitoes are upon him by day as by
night. They care nothing for nettings, and fairly laugh at the efforts
of their victim to dislodge them with a long feather whisk. They form a
very serious drawback to the pleasures of Eastern travel.
[Illustration: LITTLE TOMMY'S FOURTH-OF-JULY NIGHTMARE.]
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