. The poor little thing was put
in a card-board box, where it cried all the way home. I kept it in
a cage made of an old box for several weeks, fearing the cat would
take it for a bird, and eat it up. I call it Cocotte. It is very
tame, and follows me everywhere, but its favorite place is in the
kitchen closet, keeping guard over the oatmeal bag, which contains
its principal food, although it will eat any kind of meat with the
cats, and drinks milk with them.

Cocotte, which is now two months old, is a Spanish Leghorn. She
sends her best love to YOUNG PEOPLE, and begs me to say that she
is a very happy orphan.

A. D.

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CLIFTON SPRINGS, NEW YORK.

I have some very queer pets. They are craw-fish, which I caught in
a little creek. There were thirteen, but there are only twelve
now, for one fell out of the window. We keep them in a pan, and
they fight each other a great deal. A good many have some of their
claws bitten off, and in the morning I find a stray claw floating
on the top of the water. The two smallest are named Budge and
Toddy. I would like to know how to take care of them.

BESSY F.

You must put dirt and small stones on the bottom of your pan, for
craw-fish like to burrow and hide themselves in the mud. Feed them with
worms and bits of meat. If they live, and you watch them carefully, you
will find that the claws they lose will soon grow out again.

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CINCINNATI, OHIO.

As all the children write of their pets, I would like to tell
about mine. They are ten little silver minnows. They are so tame
they will come up to me when I go near them. They are very fond of
moss, which I put in the water for them, and they like to run
under it.

In cold weather the water freezes, and I put the glass globe near
the fire to thaw. The minnows seem so happy when the water is
thawed.

M. LILIAN K.

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DUBLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

I send a very simple experiment to the chemists' club. Take equal
parts of oil and water, and even when shaken violently they will
not unite. Add a small quantity of ammonia, and they will take the
form of liquid soap.

GEORGE L. O.

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LYNCHBURGH, TEXAS.

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