Harper's Young People, September 7, 1880 Part 8

I have a collection of postage stamps, and would gladly exchange with any readers of YOUNG PEOPLE. I was born in the West Indies, in the island of Curacao, and I can get a great many stamps from there. Correspondents will please send me a list of what stamps they require, and what kinds they have to exchange.

ELIAS A. DE LIMA, 162 East Sixtieth Street, New York city.

I am collecting birds' eggs, and would like to exchange with any of the correspondents of YOUNG PEOPLE. My sister takes the paper, and I like to read it as well as she does.

HENRY A. FERGUSON, P. O. Box 339, Rutland, Vermont

I have just written to some of the boys who offer exchange through Our Post-office Box, and I wish to say to any others that if they will send a list of stamps they have to spare, and also of those they would like to get, I will send them my lists in return, and try to effect a satisfactory exchange with them.

WALTER S. DODGE, 700 Ninth Street, Was.h.i.+ngton, D. C.

I have had YOUNG PEOPLE from the first number, and like it very much.

I have a very nice garden, and would like to exchange seeds with any readers of YOUNG PEOPLE. I have morning-glories, double lady's-slippers, and wax-plant.

I have been trying to learn how to cook, this vacation, and have succeeded in clam chowder, which all liked very much.

MAGGIE SIMONTON, 424 West Twenty-ninth Street, New York city.

B. W. T.--Fire-works were invented by the Chinese at a very early period, and the magnificence of their pyrotechnic exhibitions is still unsurpa.s.sed by the most beautiful displays of modern times. In Europe the Italians were the first to cultivate the pyrotechnic art.

Exhibitions of rockets and set pieces were given in Italy in the early part of the sixteenth century, and the annual display which takes place at Easter on the ramparts of the Castle of San Angelo at Rome is still famous for its magnificent beauty. Some noted displays took place in France during the seventeenth century, and those given in Paris at the present time are marvels of ingenuity of design and brilliancy and variety of coloring. Filings of copper, zinc, and other metals in combination with certain chemicals are used to produce the brilliant stars which are thrown out by rockets as they explode. Although there is great beauty in many of the combinations of wheels and stars arranged on frames, in the troops of fiery pigeons flying back and forth, and in the wonderful presentations of sea-fights, buildings, and other devices to be seen at every grand pyrotechnic display, there is nothing so majestic as the rockets and bombs which rush upward to the sky, and, bursting, fill the air with showers of golden serpents, floating stars of brilliant, changing hues, and cascades of silver and gold rain.

R. S. A.--The schooner yacht differs from the sloop only in rig, consequently an article on schooner yachts would be but little else than a repet.i.tion of that on sloops.

C. A. SAVAGE.--The reason given you as the cause of low water is no doubt correct. If you can take note of the back-water above the mills, you will probably find the increase sufficient to balance the decrease below. The low water is especially noticeable during the present summer, when the long-continued drought of the early part of the season has dried up many of the small streams and springs which usually contribute to the volume of water in the river.

ED.--A descriptive list of the publications of Messrs. Harper & Brothers will be sent, postage free, to any address in the United States, on the receipt of nine cents.

D. D. LEE.--You will find some useful suggestions concerning catamarans in _The Canoe and the Flying Proa_, by W. L. Alden, a volume of "Harper's Half-hour Series."

DAISY G.--No article on silk-worms has been published in HARPER'S BAZAR, but there was an interesting paper in HARPER'S MAGAZINE on that subject, to which reference was made in Post-office Box No. 44.

ALEXINA N., CARL S. H., HELEN R. F., AND OTHERS.--Write directly to the correspondents with whom you desire to make exchange.

Favors are acknowledged from Fannie W. B., Louie, Frank W., Winnie S.

Gibbs, Miriam Hill, G. Y. M., Mary B. Reed, Clyde Marsh, Howard Starrett, Edwin F. Edgett, S. Birdie D., P. T. C., Amelia M. Smith, Helen M. Shearer, Florry and Daisy, Maud Dale, Pearl Collins, Maud Zeamer, Rosa Mary D., May Harvey, George Thomas.

Correct answers to puzzles are received from George D. S., Edward, Maggie Horn, K. T. W., M. E. Norcross, Nena C., Karl Kinkel, Addie Giles, Frank Lomas, Mary E. Fortenbaugh, "Morning Star," Effie K.

Talboys, Myra M. Hendley, Charlie Rossmann, Florence E. Iffla, "Chiquot," G. Volckhausen, Ralph M. Fay, H. A. Bent, Daisy Violet Morris.

PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.

No. 1.

ENIGMA.

My first in white, but not in black.

My second in nail, but not in tack.

My third in love, but not in hate.

My fourth in luck, but not in fate.

My fifth in s.h.i.+p, but not in boat.

My sixth in atom, not in mote.

My seventh in man, but not in boy.

My eighth in trouble, not in joy.

My ninth in head, but not in tail.

My tenth in turtle, not in snail.

My eleventh in cake, but not in bread.

My twelfth in yellow, not in red.

My thirteenth in wrong, but not in right.

My fourteenth in squire, not in knight.

My fifteenth in run, but not in walk.

My sixteenth in chatter, not in talk.

My seventeenth in horse, but not in mule.

My eighteenth in govern, not in rule, My nineteenth in rain, but not in snow.

A warrior I, who long ago In a famous battle won kingdom and crown, And covered my name with high renown.

CARRIE.

No. 2.

DIAMONDS.