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I am a little girl nine years old. I have five dollies; their names are Katie, Jessie, Jemima, Daisy, and Ella. I have had Jemima eight years. I have a bedstead, and a carriage in which, on fine days, I take them out riding. I also have a trunk, and lots of other things. I have never been to school, and only began to write one year ago last February, and I hope you will be able to read this letter.
AGGIE L. S. S.
I suppose Jemima is the favorite of the five dollies, as you have had her almost all your life. You write very well indeed.
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND.
Our grandma sends us HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, which we find very interesting. We are Americans. We came here partly for our education, but mostly for our health. I am almost fourteen. I thought I would write to the Post-office Box, and tell you what I have seen. We have been to Netley Abbey, which is a very ancient ruin; it is over eleven centuries old. We have visited Netley Hospital. While we were there we saw a number of soldiers come in from the Zulu war. The hospital is a very fine building. We have also been to Romsey Abbey, and we saw there a plait of hair which is supposed to be a thousand years old. We have been to Winchester Cathedral, and saw many ancient tombs. We went to the New Forest, and saw the place where William Rufus was killed.
F. B. M.
You have a very pleasant opportunity to study English history, and you must write to the Post-office Box again, and tell us more about the places you visit.
I read the letters in the Post-office Box every week. I study geography, spelling, arithmetic, writing, and Latin. I have gone to school here for almost ten months. I have had a nice black and white rabbit for almost a year. I will try to get some wild ones this spring, and tame them. Some of us boys take our dinners out in the woods on Saturdays, and have a splendid time. In cold weather we build a fire.
CHARLES L. HOLLINGSHEAD, Care Rev. R. K. Todd, Woodstock, Ill.
C. Y. P. R. U.
AN INDIAN ELEPHANT.--Some of you have been very much interested in Jumbo and his enormous appetite. A traveller who engaged an elephant to carry him over a part of India during a journey which occupied some weeks, gives this account of the elephant's food, and of the care which he received while on the march: Every day he was fed with cakes composed of flour, ghee , and coarse salt. Twenty-five pounds of flour were mixed and baked, and one-half the quantity was given to the elephant in the morning, and the other in the evening. Besides these cakes, he ate freely of the leaves and branches of trees. Each morning he would go with his mahout, or driver, into the jungle, and there he would choose and pick the branches he liked best, loading them on his back, and taking the supply home to the camp. There was a kind of marshy grass which he considered a very choice dessert. When a person engages an elephant, he of course engages the mahout as well. The mahout usually takes his wife and children with him, as it takes several people to keep an elephant comfortable. Every morning and evening he must have his bath, and before beginning the day's march his forehead, ears, paws, and every part of his body likely to be cracked with the sun must be greased. When the party comes to a halt, the elephant's heavy trappings are always taken off, and he is allowed to rest under a spreading tree. When an elephant does not feel well, he makes a pill for himself without saying a word to the doctor. With his trunk he rolls up a ball or two of red earth, and swallows it, just as naturally as pussy, when her head aches, scampers off to the catnip bed, and takes a dose of her favorite herb.
"Turn again, Whittington, Lord Mayor of London."
Few boys become successful men without ambition. It is a good thing to mean to be somebody one of these days. But doing well is better than dreaming. The lad who works with all his might at whatever he begins, never slighting any duty until it is done, will be sure to make a useful and honored man. Now, as I have preached my little sermon, let me tell you some of the noble things Dick Whittington did. He caused a conduit, or pipe, of water to be put on tap in the wall of St. Giles's church, thus making a drinking fountain five hundred years ago very much like those we have now. He built the Guildhall Library in 1419. He repaired hospitals, and did a great deal of good among the poor and the sick, and was very kind to children. He died in 1423.
We would call the attention of the C. Y. P. R. U. this week to the article entitled "Handel and 'The Messiah,'" by Mrs. John Lillie, to "Oiling the Waves," and to "Photography and Work." In the latter Mr. Allan Forman endeavors to point out to young amateur photographers the way to overcome some of the difficulties that are likely to attend their earlier efforts. We hope that no one who has procured an outfit will become discouraged or induced by a few failures in the beginning to abandon this delightful and improving pastime, which has recently become so popular.
PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
TWO ENIGMAS.
My first is in rope, but not in string. My second is in throw, but not in fling. My third is in rill, but not in brook. My fourth is in glance, but not in look. My fifth is in lance, but not in dart. My sixth is in tremble, but not in start. My seventh is in servant, but not in slave. My eighth is in grotto, but not in cave. My ninth is in manage, but not in wield. My whole's an American battle-field.
EMPIRE CITY.
First in fun, not in play. Second in green, not in gray. Third in idle, not in work. Fourth in tired, not in shirk. Fifth in eel, not in fish. Sixth in dream, not in wish. Seventh in sad, not in gay. Eighth in study, not in play. Ninth in tame, not in wild. Tenth in gentle, not in mild. Eleventh in learn, not in school. Twelfth in smart, not in fool. My whole a country great and wide, Whose flag is honored on every side.
EDNA M.
No. 2.
TWO CHARADES.
I am composed of 8 letters. My first and second is a verb. My third and fourth is a preposition. My fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth is a kind of vegetable. My whole is the name of a maiden.
I am composed of 8 letters. My 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 is the name of an inventor. My 6 and 7 is a preposition. My 8 is an article. My whole is a name noted in Arabian story.
MILTON W.
No. 3.
ZIGZAGS--.
LODESTAR.
No. 4.
ST. ANDREW'S CROSS OF DIAMONDS.
Central Diamond--1. A letter. 2. A genus of serpents. 3. Small vessels. 4. The Goddess of Revenge. 5. A letter.
Upper Right-hand Diamond--1. A letter. 2. An Anglo-Saxon money. 3. Small nails. 4. Coalesce. 5. A letter.
Upper Left-hand Diamond--1. A letter. 2. A Roman deity. 3. A native of the West Indies. 4. Part of the body. 5. A letter.
Lower Right-hand Diamond--1. A letter. 2. An animal. 3. A past participle. 4. A Chinese musical instrument. 5. A letter.
Lower Left-hand Diamond--1. A letter. 2. A boy's name. 3. An alloy. 4. A tree. 5. A letter.
LODESTAR.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 132.
No. 1.
Dub-lin.
No. 2.
D-ur-a. P-aisle-y. V-eva-y. M-agent-a. S-ever-n. M-iser-y. L-adog-a.
No. 3.
Diary.
No. 4.
Helena. Charles. Red. Snake. Erie. Clinch. Charles Dickens.
No. 5.
T T T A B T U B T A B E S T U B E S T A B A R E T T U B U L A R B E R M E B E L A M S E E S A M T R
No. 6.
Lair--air. Clock--lock. Gas--as. Mill--ill. Man--an. Skate--Kate. Shot--hot. Sam--am. Sever--ever.
The answer to the Rebus on page 432 is "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
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