day, where we arrived to
be well laughed at.

ED.

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

In HARPER'S MAGAZINE for June, 1873, page 181, it is stated that
Betsy Griscom, who was employed to make the first national
standard of the United States, suggested that a five-pointed star
be used, and showed how a paper could be folded so that the star
could be produced by a single cut of the scissors. Can you tell me
how it was done?

WILLIAM H. O.

Do any of our young readers know Betsy Griscom's secret? Let us see who
will send the neatest method for making a five-pointed star with one cut
of the scissors.

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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

I am a reader of YOUNG PEOPLE. It is a grand paper for boys. Can
any one tell me where I can get a few silk-worms? I am anxious to
make some silk, and see the worms work.

CLARENCE L.

In HARPER'S MAGAZINE for April, 1870, there is an interesting
illustrated paper on silk-worms, which will give you much information.
No doubt some of our young readers can tell you where you can obtain
worms. You will find it easy to take care of them, but a little
difficult to make the silk thread, unless you know how to spin, which is
not probable. An old lady in a New England country town once had a
desire for silk-worms. She procured a number, which she fed on the
leaves of a mulberry-tree which grew in her yard. As during her youth
she had been taught to spin, she unwound her cocoons, and made beautiful
silk thread, with which she knitted elegant silk stockings as gifts to
her friends. If you are successful in procuring worms, observe their
habits carefully, and write about them to the Post-office Box of YOUNG
PEOPLE.

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CUSSETA, ALABAMA.

I am a little Southern boy. I have three brothers younger than
myself. I am afraid we are not always as good as we should be.
Last fall Ben and I ran away, and went with some negroes to pick
cotton. When we came home at noon we found mamma crying because
she thought we had been stolen, and papa hunting for us. When
mamma got through with us we decided not to run away any more. We
hunt hickory-nuts and chestnuts in the fall.

Success to YOUNG PEOPLE!

GEORGE B.

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