ol, and in spring and summer I work on the farm, which I
like pretty well. There are several caves on our farm. In one of
them I have been in over a hundred yards. I like to read all of the
letters in YOUNG PEOPLE'S Post-office Department.

JOHN H. B.

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JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

I have been intending to write to the Post-office Box ever since I
began to take YOUNG PEOPLE, which papa gave me for a Christmas
present. I have a pet cat, which I call Fluff, after the kitty I
read about in the Christmas number. My Fluff is very much like
that kitty, only she never went to church in her owner's muff.

MATTIE J.

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PONTOTOC, MISSISSIPPI.

I see most of your little correspondents live in the far North and
West, and I thought you might like to hear from a little Southern
girl, who likes YOUNG PEOPLE very much. I am nine years old. I
have no sister, and but one brother. My papa is a doctor, and is
often from home; so when Buddie and I are at school, mamma is
alone. I love to go to school. I have two cats--Muldrow and
Dumpie. I will write about our beautiful birds next time.

D. R. H.

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RIDLEY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA.

I am trying to collect a cabinet of curiosities, and have quite a
lot of things already. I have pieces of celebrated foreign
buildings, English street-car tickets, Lake George diamonds, the
rattle of a rattle-snake, and other things.

I think the "Letter from a Land Turtle" is very interesting. I had
a young water turtle that I could cover with a two-cent piece. I
saw a very funny ants' bed the other day. It was an oyster shell,
with the edges all covered with sand, except on one place, where
the ants went in. I think it must have been a very cozy house.
Will you please tell me something about the habits of ants?

C. B. F.

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AUBURN, NEW YORK.

I have no pets, but we have a nice flower garden. One of the boy
correspondents of YOUNG PEOPLE asked if we had ever seen a
tarantula, or California spider. We have one five or six inches
long, preserved in alcohol. My uncle sent it to us from Nevada. He
says the webs are so strong that people use them for thread.

BERTIE S.