d, thus confining
the insect in a very small space. Then dose it carefully with a few
drops of ether, which should be poured on the head. This will probably
kill the insect at once; but should it a few moments later show any
signs of life, another drop will finish it. The advantage of ether is
that it evaporates quickly, and leaves the color and texture of the
insect uninjured. The best way to mount your specimens is to have thin
pieces of cork glued to the bottom of your case, to which the insect is
fastened by a long slender pin stuck through its body. If you have no
corks, soft pine wood will do. You must mount your specimen and arrange
its wings and feelers immediately, as it soon becomes stiff and brittle,
and will break if handled. The great enemies of a collection of insects
are mice and moths. Mice will ruin the result of a whole summer's work
in a single night if they can get at it. But a little care and
forethought will guard against the ravages of these mischievous
destroyers.

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KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.

I had a young wild rabbit that grew so tame I could let it out in
the yard to eat grass and clover. It would also eat bread and milk
out of a dish. I liked it very much. When I caught it I put it in
a wire cage, and fed it, and it soon got tame, and played around
the kitchen most of the time. I am sorry to say that my little
sister squeezed it to death. I am twelve years old, and I live on
a farm one mile west of Kenosha. I have three brothers and three
sisters, and I am the oldest of them all. Five of us go to school
in Kenosha.

E. B. C.

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HORACE C. W.--See YOUNG PEOPLE No. 18, page 232.

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MATTIE L.--There are so many good books of the kind you require, that it
is difficult to say which is "best."

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A. H. E., and OTHERS.--We receive a very large number of puzzles from
our youthful correspondents. If no answer accompanies them, they are not
examined. If the solution is one we have already published, it can not
be used again. Good puzzles are always welcome, but even after being
accepted, they may wait weeks before their turn comes to be printed.

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"SUBSCRIBER," CLEVELAND.--The composition for making ink-rollers
consists of glue and molasses, the pr