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"SUBSCRIBER," NEW YORK.--It is not easy to stop a canary from
moulting. The best way to treat it is to feed it with nothing but
rapeseed, and two or three times a week give it a slice of hard-boiled
egg. It should have plenty of fresh drinking water, in which you might
put every morning a few drops of "bird tonic," which can be purchased at
any bird store. Do not hang the cage in a very hot room.

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KATE WILLIAMSON.--Your letter was very gratifying. Tell your
little friend Madeleine we would be glad to receive a French letter from
her.

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Favors are received from Matthew Laflin, Clyde L. Kimball, Julia W.,
Florence D., Nettie Denniston, Emma Barnwell, Harry Moore, J. M.
Brennan, Della L. G., George W. Herbert, C. L. C., S. Engle, Edward G.,
A. H. Ellard, Mary Valentine, Julia Grace T., Katie C. Yorke, Franklin
J. Kaufman, Charles A. H., W. K. M., J. O. F., John L. Stillman, James
A. S., George L. Bannister, Elwyn A. S., Dannie C. Douglass, Hattie H.,
Robert A. A., Herbert D. Stafford, Clarkie W. Lockwood, Dwight Ruggles.

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Correct answers to puzzles are received from Anna and Charles O., Lulu
Pearce, S. G. Rosenbaum, L. Mahler, E. M. Devoe, C. W. Hanner, Harry
Austin, F. M. Richards, G. K. MacNaught, J. R. Glen, Addie Allen,
"Puss," James Smith, Peter Slane, John B. Whitlock, Gordon Shelby,
"Subscriber," Henry J. L., Mary, Sadie, E. Allen Cushing, Ernest B.
Allen, E., Jack Gladwin, Lena E. S., Harry L. A., Lillie V. S., Allen
N., Bertha A. F., G. C. Meyer, May Shepard, Clara B. C., Essie B.

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No. 1.

NUMERICAL CHARADE.

I am composed of 14 letters.
My 9, 10, 7 is a tavern.
My 12, 9, 13, 14 is a heap.
My 6, 7, 8 is an insect.
My 11, 10, 14 is a unit.
My 1, 6, 4, 5 is to throw.
My 4, 2, 10, 3, 14, 8 is a short poem.
My whole is a city in Europe.

CHESTER B. F.

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No. 2.

DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

A measure of quantity. A valediction. A public speaker. A Jewish
prophet. A well-known liquid. A nobleman. A town in Texas. Answer.--Two
famous painters.

CHARLES L. B.

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No. 3.

ENIGMA.

My first is in barn, but not in shed.
My second is in green, but not in red.
My third is in stone, but not