Bartas W. Jay, Emporia, Kansas.
Postage stamps for birds' eggs, coins, or minerals.
Wennie Holmes, Bay City, Mich.
J. T. M.—See answer to Ida B. D., in Post-office Box of Young People No. 51.
Henry A. Blakesley, Harry F. Haines, E. A. De Lima, and many Others.—We are sorry not to print your requests for exchange, but that department of our Post-office Box is so very crowded that we can not give space to addresses which have been already published, unless the exchange offered is of some new article. Neither can we attend to irregularities between exchanges, which arise in almost every instance from carelessness, or failure to give a proper address. We know of no remedy for those who fail to receive answers to their letters except to continue sending reminders to the delinquent correspondent. A great many boys and girls write to us that they receive so many letters, they can not answer them all promptly, as they are going to school, and very busy with studies, but that they will surely answer them in time. We hope they will not forget this promise, as a letter should always be acknowledged.
P. I. G.—The rudder of the ice-boat is not fastened. The rudder-post runs up through the keelson, which rests on an iron pin driven through the post just above the rudder. The runner irons are sharp.