eeks ago, as I was passing a bookstore, I saw HARPER'S
YOUNG PEOPLE, and I went in and bought a copy. I am going to get
all the back numbers. I think "The Moral Pirates" was a splendid
story.

My brother has a row-boat, and I often go fishing and rowing in
Burlington Bay. One day papa and I went fishing, and we caught
four fish. Mamma laughed ever so much when we brought them home.

ANDERSON GIBSON S.

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WEST HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

I am very glad that I have commenced to take YOUNG PEOPLE, and
sorry I did not begin sooner. All my friends take it, and like it
very much, as it is both amusing and interesting. "Across the
Ocean" and "The Moral Pirates" were splendid stories. I wait
impatiently for Tuesday to come, so that I can read the stories
and the Post-office Box, which I like very much.

LOUIS H.

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NEW YORK CITY.

Here is a recipe for ink powder for the chemists' club: Four
ounces of powdered galls; one ounce of sulphate of iron; one ounce
of powdered gum-arabic; half an ounce of powdered white sugar.
This, mixed with water, will make a quart of ink. A few powdered
cloves stirred in will keep the ink from moulding.

MAUD C.

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PONTIAC, ILLINOIS.

I am twelve years old. I like YOUNG PEOPLE very much. My mamma has
three mocking-birds she raised herself. She feeds them on cooked
egg and bread, cooked potato and raw egg mixed, fruit of all
kinds, and Hungarian seed. She gives them a feast of spiders
occasionally, and always keeps plenty of clean sand in the cage.

I have two playful pet kittens, named Milly and Lillie, and a
little dog named Dickie. He will shake hands with me, and when I
make up a face at him he will frown terribly.

NETTIE D.

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FAIRVIEW, LONG ISLAND.

I am eleven years old, and I live in the country. I have a nice
little pony, which I ride almost every day for two or three miles.
I enjoy it very much.

We have a little bantam rooster that takes care of six little
chickens which their mother deserted; and I have three dogs, five
cats, and a bicycle.

WILLIE O.

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EAST WARSAW, INDIANA.

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