Elsie G.—Your cat is really a gifted creature, but if I were papa, I would not like him to be quite so familiar. Did you ever dress him up with a paper cap, and a ruff around his neck?


Gertie and Lottie B.—Such a century plant as yours is a treasure worth owning.


Bessie H. B.—I am glad that you find it a pleasant occupation to help mamma in her garden. You forgot to tell me what you are raising besides strawberries. Did they turn out well, and repay you for your labor?


Count Rumford.—The ball of the foot must be on the pedal of the bicycle.


Max L.—The story of "Mr. Stubbs's Brother" began in Harper's Young People, Vol. III., No. 127, published April 4, 1882.