Parley's
"Universal History," as they are all very nice.--Your friend,
CORA EUGENIA ALWYN.

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DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: Inclosed you will find a short story which my little
brother wrote, as he said he wanted to write something for good
ST. NICHOLAS.--Yours truly, J. S. H.

THE FISHER.

Once there was a boy who did not obey his mother and went fishing and fell
into the water how frighten was the mother when she found out that her boy
was drowned and the father and mother began to cry and one day a man came
to comfort them. But he could not and they never found that boy.

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WE have received the following lines as an answer to the geographical
puzzle in the February number:

_Queen Charlotte_ the fair
To a ball did repair
In the city of _Aire_,
And met all the _Adams_ carousing there,
Sweet _Alexandria_, _Sydney_ the swell,
And noble young _Ellsworth_, who pleased her right well.
They praised her fine _Cashmere_, with _Brussels_ to trim it,
But found it _Toulon_(g) and _Toulouse_ the next minute.
Her shoulders were _Chili_, she thought she should freeze,
But a warm _Paisley_ shawl put her quite at her ease.
Her rich _Diamond_ jewelry sparkled and shone;
Her shoes were _Morocco_, of smallness unknown;
And her kerchief diffused a sweet smell of _Cologne_.
A _Superior_ dancer, she floated around,
With _Washington_ great or _Columbus_ was found.
With _Madison_ flirting or dancing a jig,
_Montgomery_, _Raleigh_, she cared not a fig
For them, or for _Jackson_, who stared in surprise
When she said she was _Hungary_, coolly did rise,
And was borne off by _Quincy_ from under his eyes.
At _Table_, _Elk_, _Sandwich_, and _Orange_ she ate,
Sat drinking _Moselle_ and _Madeira_ till late;
Then, after an evening quite _Pleasant_, she said
_Farewell_ to her hostess, and went home, they said,
With gallant _Prince Edward_, a gentleman bred.
LIZZIE E. T.

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DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: I saw in the January number a recipe for "chocolate
creams." I have a very good recipe for chocolate caramels. It is: Half a
pint of rich milk, a square and a half (or an ounce and a half) of Baker's
unsweetened chocolate, softened on the fire. Let