Harper's Young People, September 7, 1880 Part 7

GREENSBURG, KENTUCKY.

Here is a game for rainy evenings I made up myself. It takes two players to play it. Player No. 1 places a chair or table in the centre of the room, and while Player No. 2 is shut outside, he walks round the object as many times as he pleases. Then Player No. 2 is called in, and will tell how many times his companion has walked round the object.

The way to do it is this: When Player No. 2 is told to go outside, he must hesitate a little, and perhaps say something in a careless way to divert suspicion. Then Player No. 1 will tell him to go three or four times. It is understood between the two players that so many times as Player No. 2 is told to go, so many times will Player No. 1 walk round the object; and if the players are skillful, it is impossible for the spectators to detect in what way they understand each other.

If any one in the audience suspects signs of any kind, Player No.

2 may offer to be blindfolded by the suspicious person.

JOHN H. B.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

I live in the suburbs of Atlanta. We have had lots of birds' nests in our yard this summer--mocking-birds, bluebirds, and sparrows.

On moonlight nights the mocking-bird sings far into the night.

When Pluto, our black cat, goes under the trees where the little birds are, the old bird flies down, pecks him on the back, and looks very angry. Pluto looks as if he would like to eat her at one bite.

We have another cat, called Charity, because she came to us, and a little black kitten named Potts.

I wish YOUNG PEOPLE was just full of "The Moral Pirates," but mamma says that wouldn't be fair to the girls.

I have a little brother named Bayard, two years old. Thursday night, when my uncle brings YOUNG PEOPLE, he says, "Luncle Leddie, give me my YOUNG PEOPLE; show me my bootiful pictures and Wiggles." Then he sits still while mamma reads him a story. He can tell stories, too. He says: "A humble-bee stung a bluebird out in the flont yard. Can't find me. 'Long come a big turkey and eat me up. That's a big stoly for YOUNG PEOPLE."

STEWART H.

I live on a farm near the Great South Bay, and have great fun bathing and catching crabs. Will crabs shed their sh.e.l.ls in a car if they are fed?

I am collecting birds' eggs and postage stamps, and would like to exchange with any readers of YOUNG PEOPLE.

WILLIE R. WILBUR, Sayville, Suffolk County, Long Island.

LONG GROVE, IOWA.

I am eleven years old. I have taken HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE from the first number, and like it very much. I have a brother who is just thirteen years old, and he likes it as much as I do, and there is a great rush to see who gets it first when it comes from the office. Papa says we need two copies. Papa has taken HARPER'S WEEKLY more than twelve years, and intends to take it always.

We have a pet white calf with black nose and eyes. We call it Creamy. I feed it milk twice a day, and it eats apples from my hand.

I made a white cake for my brother on his birthday from the recipe sent by Altia Austin. It was very nice.

COSETTE M. M.

I have a pet dog named Topsy that will sit up, shake hands, kiss, and jump through my arms. My little sister Genie has a cat that tries to imitate my dog. I have the promise of a pair of pigeons, and I have a lot of little chickens.

I am trying to make a sc.r.a.p-book, and I am starting a collection of stamps. If Paul S., of Bridgeport, Connecticut, will send me a French postage stamp from one of his father's letters, I will send him a j.a.panese one in return.

WILLIE D. VATER, Care of S. Vater, Office of the _Daily Journal_, Lafayette, Indiana.

SHERBURNE FOUR CORNERS, NEW YORK.

I have just been reading YOUNG PEOPLE, and the last piece I read was "Easy Botany." I liked it very much. I think YOUNG PEOPLE is the best paper I ever saw.

I tried Nellie H.'s recipe for candy, and it was very nice. I would like to know if she pulls it. I did mine, and I burned my fingers.

I tumbled out of a cherry-tree the other day, and almost broke my back.

We had an old dog named Watch, that we liked so much, and two weeks ago he died.

I wish Puss Hunter would let me know if she ever tried my recipe for bread.

FANNIE A. H.

I am ten years old. I have a collection of about five hundred postage stamps, and would like to exchange with any readers of YOUNG PEOPLE.

J. E. A., 700 Court Street, Reading, Pennsylvania.

I am making a collection of stones, one from every State. I try to get them about the size of a hen's egg. If any other correspondent is making such a collection, I will be very glad to exchange a stone from Michigan for one from any other State.

JESSIE I. BEAL, Agricultural College, Lansing, Michigan.

I would like to exchange pressed flowers for birds' eggs with any of the correspondents of Our Post-office Box.

BELLE ROSS, Knoxville, Tennessee.

I would like to exchange postmarks of the United States or of foreign countries with any readers of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.

FRED L. B., 337 Belleville Avenue, Newark, New Jersey.