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As I walked on the beach at sunset
A ship sailed over the bay;
And a little girl with a poodle
Was on the sands at play;
But when I came back an hour later
They all had gone away.
My beautiful ball has gone down in the hole,
And lies there in the cellar amongst the coal;
We shall never be able to fish it out,
And the rats and the mice they will roll it about.
Little Annie,
Little Fannie,
Dance a charming minuet,
Make a cunning little set,
While their little sister plays,
And the dolls' admiring gaze.
They go tripping to and fro,
Till their blood is in a glow,
Turning round and round about,
That is lots of fun no doubt
Both for Annie
And for Fannie.
Why, what has my pretty one found—
An old shoe lying there on the ground?
And what does she think she will do
With such an old castaway shoe?
It is in such a terrible plight,
The cobbler would laugh at the sight.
To drop it's the best one can do
With such an old castaway shoe.
What is the matter with greedy Jim,
That he should blubber and roar?
Because he has eaten a peck of plums.
And can not eat any more.
Helena, Arkansas.
My uncle takes Young People for me, and I am very much interested in it.
Last summer mamma and I went to Grand Isle, in the Gulf of Mexico, where we had fine sailing, fishing, and plenty of shrimps, oysters, and crabs. We sailed over to the place where it is said that Lafitte, the pirate, used to keep his treasures. It is a beautiful spot, with groves of oranges, beautiful oleanders, and quantities of grapes and melons. I like the bathing, and I gathered beautiful shells and gulls' eggs. I like Louisiana better than Arkansas, because there we have sea-bathing, and lots of sugar-cane and oranges.
My brother is breaking a pony for me to ride, and I have another brother in Europe. He is a midshipman, and he sends me beautiful things, and writes to me about the pictures and palaces and ruins. His last letter was from Rome.
I am ten years old, and until this spring mamma taught me at home. Now I go to school, and my sister gives me music lessons, and mamma teaches me French.
Olive H. O.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
I am twelve years old, and can not walk. I have been in bed for nine months with inflammatory rheumatism. A great many pleasures come to me, though, and one is Young People. Papa has bought us every number published; and through all my sickness I have read it, or had it read to me by mamma. I read all the letters carefully, with much interest, and sometimes I hear of a little boy or girl afflicted as I am. I assure you I know how to sympathize with them. Mamma is writing this for me, as I have very little use of my hands.
I have ten chickens. They are all named. A yellow one I call Coachie; she comes into my room every morning and lays an egg behind the coal-box. I can tell which hen lays every egg; then we write the name on the egg, and date it. Last week papa took an old rocking-chair and put wheels on it, and now every day I can be taken to the back door and see all my chickens fed. I enjoy it, after being in one room for so long. My papa used to be a doctor, and he says when I get stronger I will be able to walk again. I have two sisters older than I am, but no brothers.
A. Maude N.
Wakenby, Kansas.
I think I have the earliest chickens. We have twelve that were hatched on March 4. We call them our inaugural chickens.
My auntie, who lives near, has two beautiful tame antelopes. We have lots of fun playing with them.
We have been gathering wild flowers here ever since the middle of March, and to look out on the prairie now is just beautiful.
Jennie May M.
West Chester, New York.
Now that summer is near, I thought that some of the readers of Young People would like to know a way to dry plants. The plants to be preserved should be gathered when the weather is dry. The end of the stem only should be placed in water for a single day. Then arrange the plant between several leaves of stout blotting-paper, and pass gently over it a large flat-iron, slightly heated, until the moisture is gone. This will fix the color of the plant. Succulent thick-leaved plants require more heat than others.
These preserved specimens should always be kept in a dry place, as dampness destroys them at once. They should be neatly mounted on a card, or on the leaves of a herbarium.
W. E. B.
Mason Valley, Nevada.
I like Young People so much, and the little letters are so nice! I have not seen any from this place, and my sister says she does not believe they are real letters, but I think they are.
We live twenty-five miles from the Piute Indian Reservation at Walker Lake. There are a great many Indians here, and they work for the white people. I am nine years old.
Rosa Belle B.
Clyde, Iowa.
I felt so sorry for Phil, in the story of "Phil's Fairies," for I am a cripple too. I am not so bad as he was, because I can walk. I think he had a nice time when the fairies came to see him. I wish they would come to see me. Can anyone tell me how to make a harp like Phil's? My sister says it is called an Æolian harp.
Carrie M. K.
Directions for making an Æolian harp were given on page 310 of Harper's Young People, Vol. I.
Springfield, Massachusetts.
I am going to tell Young People about our parrot. She acts as though she knew as much as any one. She will whistle, and call the dog, and will sing and cry, and call all the children by their names. One time we lived near a lady who had a little boy named Georgie. He used to run away a good deal, and his mother would go out and call him. In a little while Polly would call Georgie, and it sounded just as if the lady was calling. Polly plays out in the grass with us when we play tag, and enjoys it as well as we do. She will run after us, and halloo and scream. If any one happens to cough, Polly will cough and cough as if she had a bad cold.
When I went away last summer, mamma said that Polly went up stairs and all around, calling and looking for me, and when I got home she followed me everywhere, out to the gate, and even on to the sidewalk. Every morning when I come down stairs she says, "Halloo." She came from Australia, and is about twenty-five years old. She is green, and has yellow on the top of her head. If anything should happen to her, I should feel as bad as Toby Tyler did when Mr. Stubbs was killed.
K. L. H.
Elizabeth, New Jersey.
I think I am right in guessing that the pet of Iris and Myrtle Brockway is a piano.
We, too, have a pet in our house. It is often quite musical, and always a great joy. It is our new little sister Maggie.
Nellie P. H.
Stanstead, Canada.
I was seven years old in April, and mamma gave me the bound volume of Young People for my birthday present. I like "Toby Tyler" very much, but I think it was real mean to make Mr. Stubbs die. I have named my new little kitty Toby. I live one hundred miles from Montreal. We make lots of maple sugar here.
Charlie W. H.
Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois.
I have had so many applications for my stamps that I know how to sympathize with Percy McDermott, I have received over sixty letters, and I only had stamps enough to exchange with eight or ten. I have increased my collection considerably by the exchange, but my stamps are exhausted now. Still the letters keep coming, but I beg correspondents not to write any more.
Clem Flagler.
Hampton County, South Carolina.
I want to tell Young People about our Newfoundland dog. Our aunt sent it to us from Columbia, 160 miles, by express. It is named Bruin, because it looks like a huge black bear. It is such a smart dog. When it hears a certain hymn sung, it comes in, lays its head on papa's shoulder, and howls. It won't howl for any other tune. One day mamma told the cook she wanted some eggs, and Bruin trotted off and brought one in its mouth from the nest without breaking it. It always brings us something, if only a pine burr, when we come home. I take Young People, and like it very much. We live near the coast in South Carolina, and we go fishing in a river near us called Coosawhatchie. A great many places here have Indian names. I have one sister, and no brothers. I am nearly ten years old.
James Tillinghast M.
Milks City, Montana Territory.
I thought I would write and let Young People know that somebody is living away out here. We are only two miles from Fort Keogh, which is a very pretty post. There are lots of Indians camping around. They are Sioux and Cheyennes. They come to town every day, painted up in all colors, to sell their bows and arrows. There are about five thousand in all.
We have twenty-eight cows, and almost all of them have calves. Two of the calves are great pets. One is a little spotted fellow, and we named it Tulip. Then we have two buffaloes and seventy-five chickens.
Flora C. B.
Omaha, Nebraska.
I have only just received a number of Harper's Young People which should have come a month ago. I suppose it was detained by the great floods. Omaha was flooded by the Missouri River, and a great many people had to leave their homes, but the water did not reach as high as our house. Papa took me to the river when it was so very high. It looked grand to see the river five miles wide, and great logs floating down, looking like huge whales. The wharf-men caught many things that came floating down. One man caught a keg of eggs, another two tables, two bedsteads, and a cradle.
Helen L. G.
Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
So many have written to me for postmarks that my supply is exhausted. Correspondents will please take notice.
Willie Johnson.
Hoboken, New Jersey.
I wish to inform correspondents that I have no more copper ore to exchange.
Willie H. Birtwhistle.
I have changed my address. I will now exchange old United States stamps, for stamps from Africa, Liberia, or other foreign countries.
Maude H. Buckner,
1412 Madison Street, Covington, Ky.
I have a fine lot of brown and Dominique Leghorn fowls, a quantity of silver-laced pop-corn for planting (it is the best and most productive and most profitable variety in cultivation), a fine assortment of fresh vegetable and flower seeds; also strawberry plants of all new and leading varieties. I would like to exchange any of the above for a small printing-press and outfit, well-bound books, minerals, woods, or relics, or for choice and rare seeds or plants. Offers from correspondents solicited. Write what you wish to exchange before sending.
Frank H. Lattin, Gaines, Orleans Co., N. Y.
I wish to inform those who have written to me and have not received any answer that I have had a long fit of sickness, and could not write, but I will answer as soon as possible.
I also wish to inform those who have sent for arrow-heads and have not received them that my stock is exhausted. If they wish to exchange for any other curiosities with me, I would like it, but if not, I will return their property, if they will kindly write and tell me what they prefer.
P. A. Butts,
Bemus Point, Chautauqua Co., N. Y.
Jersey City Heights, New Jersey.
I wish to notify correspondents that my stock of Danish stamps is exhausted.
C. H. Jewell.
Mamie Morris, Oil City, Pennsylvania, wishes to notify correspondents that her supply of stamps being exhausted, she withdraws from exchange.
Having received several coins dated earlier than 1820, I withdraw that part of my exchange. I now offer fifteen foreign stamps for the little cent with the eagle, date 1856.
Morison C. Manchester,
40 Lawrence Street, Lowell, Mass.
I have received over a hundred stamps to exchange for Bahama stamps. As I had only a few Bahamas, I exchanged all I could, and returned the other stamps. Correspondents will please not send for any more Bahamas.
Willie S. Child,
Red Bank, N. J.
I will exchange postmarks for coins, or for foreign or old stamps. I will also exchange minerals for stalagmites, and a trilobite for a stalactite. I have only three trilobites, so I can not give every boy one.
Eddie M. Weyer,
Portsmouth, Sciota Co., Ohio.
I will exchange a painting outfit, for a scroll-saw or a good printing-press; a piece of flint from Ohio, for the same from any other State; or Indian arrow-heads, for old cents, half-cents, or foreign coins.
Frank Rawie, Canton, Stark Co., Ohio.
Correspondents will please take notice that my stock of lead ore is exhausted. I will try and get some more this summer if they will wait.
I will exchange a collection of 252 stamps, for a printing-press.
Newton Compton,
Care of Rev. J. M. Compton, Rural Grove,
Montgomery Co., N. Y.
I wish to exchange a magic lantern, with twenty-two slides, all packed in a strong box, for a number of good books. Correspondents will please state how many and what books they are willing to give, stating title and name of author. I will accept the best offer. I am twelve years old.
James Bidswell,
P. O. Box 183, Los Angeles, Cal.
I will give twenty-five specimens of minerals, twelve different-sized Indian arrow-heads, twenty-two different coins, with paper money, 300 postage stamps, a stuffed turtle, a shark's-egg case, and many other things suitable for a cabinet, to any person who will send me a good printing-press, with chase not less than 5 by 7½ inches, with type, etc. Please write before sending. Press must be in working order.
C. B. Fernald,
1123 Girard Street, Philadelphia, Penn.
I will exchange my entire collection of stamps, and a stamp album brought from Dresden, Germany, for curiosities of any kind. My collection is a valuable one. It consists of stamps from nearly every country, including South Africa and South America. The United States stamps alone are worth three dollars. There are complete sets of War and Interior, and incomplete sets of Post-office and Agriculture. The whole collection contains 250 stamps and two foreign postal cards. Correspondents will please write on a postal card what they wish to exchange before sending.
C. E. P., Box 304,
Winona, Winona Co., Minn.
I will exchange a 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 12, 15, 24, 30, and 90 cent War Department stamp, for a 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, and 24 cent Treasury Department. Also foreign stamps, for others, or for rare butterflies or bugs. Twelve foreign stamps, for one rare butterfly or one rare bug.
Elijah G. B.,
522 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.
A few of the boys of this place have organized a club. We call it the American Mineral Exchange. Our club has been organized about three months. We have a paper called The Young Naturalist, which is published semi-monthly. We would like to correspond with any similar clubs among the readers of Young People; and we will exchange rare mineral specimens, shells from the South African coast, curiosities, and foreign postage stamps, for other minerals, curiosities, insects, or any kind of natural history specimens. Correspondents will please write and decide upon an exchange before sending specimens. Address
American Mineral Exchange,
P. O. Box 368, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
I have only received arrow-heads in answer to my exchange. I have plenty of stamps, which I will exchange for others. I have stamps from the Sandwich Islands, Porto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, New South Wales, and uncancelled Heligoland. I wish stamps from Liberia, China, Japan, Ceylon, Africa, South and Central America, and other countries. I will give eighteen different foreign stamps, for one perfect arrow-head.
Fred M. Crossett,
52 West Nineteenth Street, New York City.
The following-exchanges are offered by correspondents:
Twenty postmarks or an old American copper coin, for every set of ten shells. Or a small cannon barrel six inches long, mounted on wheels, for a printing-press with chase not smaller than 3 by 4½ inches, apparatus, and type.
S. D. Cooper, care of W. S. Cooper,
Evans' Mills, Jefferson Co., N. Y.
Monograms, autographs, stones from Madagascar, and postmarks, for curiosities of any kind, especially from foreign countries.
Albert E. Dwelle,
McPherson, McPherson Co., Kan.
Ocean shells and star-fish, for foreign stamps of any kind.
James L. Dudley,
P. O. Box 116, Atlantic City, N. J.
A steam-engine, for a single-barrel shot-gun in good order. The engine was bought only six months ago, and cost over ten dollars. It has been very little used, and is almost as good as new. It has a horizontal boiler six inches long, safety-valve, and water-gauge. It works well.
H. D.,
P. O. Box 54, Orange Valley, N. J.
Quinine bark, for foreign stamps.
E. W. A. De Lima,
36 East Fifty-seventh Street, New York City.
One hundred and ten stamps (all different) and a few duplicates, for a pair of roller skates. Also stamps and postmarks. Offers received for a scroll-saw.
Everett W. Frazer,
P. O. Box 257, Orange, N. J.
A scroll-sawed easel, with three hand-painted shells to fit it, for thirty-five stamps of St. Thomas, Mexico, Mauritius, San Marino, Portuguese Indies, and Porto Rico.
Paul L. Ford,
97 Clarke Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Ten United States postmarks, for ten postmarks (no duplicates).
Annie T. Johnson,
319 University Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.
Foreign stamps, for curiosities. Fifty stamps (no duplicates), for a genuine Indian arrow-head.
Gracie Keelen,
6 East Tenth Street, New York City.
Ten and twenty paras, and two-piaster Egyptian stamps, issue of 1879, stamps from Brazil, Mexico, and other countries, for equally good stamps or Indian arrow-heads.
Lock Box 42, Little Falls, Herkimer Co., N. Y.
Five United States stamps, for one foreign stamp. Sea-weed, for foreign stamps or petrifactions.
William Mitchell,
67 Fulton Street, Elizabethport, N. J.
Sixteen different numbers of Harper's Young People for No. 1 of the same if in good condition for binding. No. 1 is included in the sixteen, but is worn so badly at the fold that it can not be bound.
Willie F. Woolard, Fairfield, Wayne Co., Ill.
Danish, German, Austrian, French, and United States stamps, for others of different kinds.
C. Q. Gill,
1055 Wilson Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.
A collection of 150 minerals (about 75 different specimens), for a good second-hand magic lantern. Correspondents will please send a description of lantern, and they will receive in return a list of minerals, with a description.
Ben C. Graham,
203 West Goodale Street, Columbus, Ohio.
Foreign stamps, for old coins.
Neil Garrison,
Brookville, Jefferson Co., Penn.
Fifty postmarks, for a specimen of either gold, silver, copper, or iron ore, curiosities from the Mammoth Cave, or a piece of lava.
Elsie M. Smith,
P. O. Box 1101, Iowa City, Iowa.
Three foreign stamps, for an African, Asiatic, Turkish, South American, or United States department stamp.
W. E. M.,
16 North Carpenter Street, Chicago, Ill.
A Brazilian silk cocoon, or fossil or crystallized stone from Burlington, Iowa, for a perfect No. 8 of Harper's Young People.
Ivie D. Miller,
P. O. Box 272, Oak Park, Ill.
Seven postmarks, for a stamp from Asia or Africa. Twelve postmarks, for a Cape of Good Hope stamp.
W. Willard,
2034 Diamond Street, Philadelphia, Penn.
American silk-worm eggs, for Indian relics or good fossils. An Indian hoe or stone hatchet especially desired. Those wishing to exchange will please send as soon as possible, and state how many eggs they wish.
Fletcher M. Noe,
130 East New York Street, Indianapolis, Ind.
Twenty-five foreign stamps (no duplicates), or old issues United States stamps, for ten department stamps.
Thomas Nelson,
1419 Taylor Street, San Francisco, Cal.
A New Testament in Italian (printed in 1808), in perfect condition. Correspondents will please make offers for exchange.
Nemo,
P. O. Box 460, New York City.
Postmarks from nearly every part of the United States, also a variety of Internal Revenue stamps, for curiosities.
Ony Purdy,
205 Prince Street, New York City.
A Queensland, Hungarian, and South Australian stamp, for a Shanghai stamp.
E. Parcells,
162 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Ill.
Soil from the District of Columbia, for toy cannons or Indian relics.
Eddie J. Prindle,
Lock Box 73, Washington, D. C.
An Indian arrow-head, for a South American coin. A full set of Department of Interior stamps and fifteen foreign stamps, for a flying-eagle penny of 1856.
Pressly Patterson,
Cambridge, Guernsey Co., Ohio.
Birch bark from Michigan, for Indian arrow-heads, or foreign stamps.
George Russell,
P. O. Box 116, Lockland, Ohio.
A stamp from Egypt, Finland, Russia, Roumania, Denmark, or Spain, for a stamp from Liberia, Central or South America, or United States State, Justice, or Agricultural Department. A stamp for a stamp.
B. A. Randall,
529 North Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Penn.
Ten foreign postage stamps (no duplicates), for a coin dated prior to 1830.
William Krummel,
167 Loth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
A. A.—Zaleucus, about whose law or code you inquire, flourished in Magna Græcia about the middle of the seventh century b.c. He was a very celebrated lawgiver, and his code is believed to be the first collection of written laws which the Greeks possessed. Nothing is known concerning his private life or of his legislation except through very loose and uncertain tradition, but from this it would appear that his laws must have been more stringent than the famous "blue" laws of the Puritans. Journeys to foreign countries were strictly forbidden, as was also the use of unmixed wine. There was also a very hard condition imposed on any one who wanted to propose a new law, or to change or abolish an old one. According to tradition, such a person was compelled to make his proposal in the presence of an assembly called for the purpose of hearing him, and he stood there with a rope around his neck. If the assembly disapproved of his proposition, he was strangled on the spot. In this way Zaleucus, who probably thought that his code was perfect, no doubt believed that he could secure the permanence of his laws.
Edward H. P., and Others.—An advertisement of roller skates was printed on the last page of the cover to Young People No. 79, which will tell you where to address orders or send for catalogues. Roller skates can be used with safety on smooth pavements only; and children who use them on crowded streets must be very careful about running against people, especially in turning corners, in order to avoid accidents.
Walter B. H.—Letters to the Post-office Box of Harper's Young People are always welcome, and the privilege of sending them is not confined to subscribers to the paper.
Correct answers to puzzles have been received from J. Minon, J. Reagan, C. Mullen, J. Foran, C. Gill, R. Smith, D. Nolan and Riley, Marcella Street Home, T. M. Armstrong, E. V. H. A., Addie and Arthur, Jemima Berston, Ray B., Jessie B. Brown, Jacob Bonds, Courtney Chambers, A. E. Cressingham, G. W. C., Jun., and G. W. C., Sen., George F. C., Columbus, Georgia, E. A. Cartereau, "Cupid," Laura L. Deletombe, Ellis Engleman, "Fish-Hawk," Henry Gottlieb, F. W. Gauss, Herbert G. Hopkins, R. Hedges, Alice C. Hammond, William B. Hadley, Walter P. Hills, "Lady Betty," "Lodestar," W. A. Lewis, Bessie and Edith Nesbitt, "Pepper," Grace Palmer, "Quadrant," J. H. Rodgers, G. P. Salters, Alma T. Stacey, "Tel E. Graph," Mabel Thompson, Howard J. Van Doren, Claude Villier, Vesta and Annie, "Will A. Mette," L. and M. Williams, J. F. Wright, Willie F. Woolard.