drummer-boy. My little two-year-old cousin Gordon brought up the
rear of the procession, with a paper cap on, and as gay as any of
us.

BERTHA K.

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JERICHO, LONG ISLAND.

I am a little girl ten years old, and I have a sister one year
younger. We have very nice times together.

About a week ago my papa found a poor little bird with its wing
broken. We took it home and fed it, and we thought it was getting
better, but it died.

I have seen some letters from the children about little turtles.
Once we had one, and we used to dig worms for it to eat. It was in
a globe, and once when we did not dig worms enough it ate the tail
of one of the gold-fish.

We tried Sadie McB.'s recipe for candy, and it was a success.

M. J. L.

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LOCKPORT, NEW YORK.

I saw some letters in Our Post-office Box asking for remedies for
songless canaries. We have used "Sheppard's Canary Powder, or Song
Restorer," for our canary, and found it very beneficial.

ALICE.

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BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

My mamma raised four canaries this spring. The first one mamma had
to feed, and it is very tame. We are training it to do tricks.
When our birds are sick and do not sing, mamma gives them "Dr.
Gunning's Universal Bird Tonic," and it always restores their
song.

I have two gold-fish. I did have three, but one died, and I buried
it in the yard, under the Madeira vines.

BLANCHE T. S.

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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

I tried Louisa W.'s recipe for Everton taffy, only I added half a
tea-cupful of water. I like it very much.

Here is a recipe for white candy: Two cups of white crushed sugar;
three-quarters of a cup of water; one table-spoonful of cream of
tartar. Boil quickly, trying a little in water occasionally until
it crisps. Then add half a tea-spoonful of soda. Pour it in a
buttered pan until it is cool enough to pull. I am ten years old.

MAY J.

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I love YOUNG PEOPLE very much. Soon as papa brings it home I read
it to my two little sisters. We are very much interested in "The
Moral Pirates." I am ten years old, and I go to school every day.
Can an