in Chicago. Her name was Daisy, and as she was black and white, we
thought it a pretty name for her. My little brother Jack had a
pair of bantam chickens. One day when Daisy was asleep in the yard
the rooster flew on her back and picked her left eye out. Grandma,
who was in the yard at the time, told the cook to bring Daisy in,
while she went for her feather and goose-grease, and put some on
the wounded eye. The next day it was healed, but the sight was
gone. Once when Daisy had some little kittens she put them in a
hen's nest. When the hen came into the nest she would keep the
little things quiet by pecking them on the head if they cried. The
kittens and chickens grew to be great friends. They would eat out
of the same dish, and when night came they would all go to the
chicken-coop together. The kittens slept in the nest, and the
chickens on the roost. Were they not a happy family?

BESSIE G.

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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

I am very sorry I forgot the flour in my recipe for apple-cake in
Post-office Box, No. 37. There should be enough prepared flour
added to make a stiff batter. It is better to bake it in a shallow
pan.

L. GRACE P.

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KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

I think "Across the Ocean" was a splendid story. I read it all.
But now I like "The Moral Pirates'" the best.

I have forty-six pet rabbits. They all have black eyes and black
ears. And I have two kittens which are very pretty. Their names
are Tiger and Malt.

WALTER H. P.

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My sister and I have just tried Kitty G.'s recipe for
butter-scotch, and found it very nice indeed.

We are making a collection of postage stamps, and would like to
exchange with any correspondents of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.

ALFRED HUSSEY,
23 Hawthorn Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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I would like to exchange birds' eggs with any one living in the
South or West.

F. NOBLE,
Milldale, Connecticut.

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Lula Barlow can preserve eggs by piercing a small hole at each end
of the egg, and blowing out the inside. Eggs can be sent safely by
mail in a box filled with cotton.

I would like to exchange p