Chapter 9
Section 9 of Harper's Young People, Volume 1, Issue 13, January 27, 1880. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Betty B. Harper's Young People, Volume 1, Issue 13, January 27, 1880. Our Post Office Box New York City
In a short paper entitled The Paradise of Insects in Young People No. 10, some interesting facts are told of small sandflies called zancudos, which abound on the upper Amazons and other swampy localities of South and Central America. Boys will like to know the origin of their name. Stilts are called zanchos in Spanish, and these flies, a species of mosquito, are called zancudos, more properly spelled zancudos, on account of their very long, slender legs and disproportionately small bodies, which remind one of a very small boy on very high
stilts. Flies on stilts is a funny idea, but not more funny than the appearance of these troublesome some little insects. Rodrigo. I am a little girl, 12 years old, and live at Fort Supply, Indian Territory. My father is a captain in the 23rd Infantry. We live in huts made of logs, and the cracks filled with mud to keep out the cold, and the inside lined with canvas. We have
frequent visits from the Indians. Not long ago, a party of about 50 Indians were here, some of whom were on the warpath last fall. We have a school and about 16 scholars. If it were not for school, I should be very lonesome, as I have only one playmate. There are plenty of children here, but they are all too small to play with. I take young people, and it is a great addition to my small fund of amusements. Grace W. Hinton, Putnam, Connecticut. Dear young people, I thought
when you made your first appearance that you were as pretty and interesting as possible, but when you arrived in your new dress, looking so fresh and bright, wishing us a Merry Christmas, I was still more delighted with you. I hope the number of your subscribers will grow as fast as you have. You are such a dear little paper. Anna C. B. The two following letters are from very young readers who wrote in big capitals with their own little hands. New York City. I am so glad you have
published young people. I am five years old, I have a little kitten, and my papa says it will soon be a cat. I wish it wouldn't. Jimmy B. Stockport, New York. I thought I would drop you a line or two about the young people and the Wiggles, and I will. I send you what I make of the last number of the Wiggles, and I like the new paper. So goodbye from Robbie Reynolds, six years. Here are two more little folks who employ an amanuensis. Belmont. I thought I would write you a letter to let you
know how I like young people. Grandpa takes it for me. I am only eight and a half years old. Grandpa is going to copy this, as I cannot write very well. Edgar E. Hyde. New York City. I am only five years old and cannot read or write yet, but my nurse reads me the stories in young people every week, and I like them very much, and the pictures and the letters, and Papa says I ought to send you a letter and tell you how much I like it. So does my little sister Lulu, and she is only
three years old, and I've got a little brother only three weeks old, but he hasn't any name yet. I told Papa I would send a letter, but I could not write it, and he said it would be fair if Nurse Bell would write, only I must tell her what to put in, I and nobody else, and so I did it. lizzie f lansing michigan a few days ago i was walking with a friend when we saw a rabbit in the road we ran to catch it but could not for it ran too suddenly it stopped my friend whistled and then it ran right up to her and we caught it i suppose that rabbits like music laura b newton new hampshire i am going to tell you about a butterfly my brother willie brought in from the woods this winter it flew about the rooms for a few days till one morning he seemed almost dead mamma took him to the door and he flew away up over our barn and some great tall pine trees
I am ten years old this winter. L. Mabel Marston. What color were the butterfly's wings, and how large was it? Hoboken, New Jersey. I once had a pet rabbit. He was gray and white, and I named him Mac, after Papa. Once I gave him a peach, and another rabbit ran away with it. Then he stood up on his hind legs and begged for another. Harry F. George D.B. and Cora B.E., both of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, also write of pet rabbits and spits and Newfoundland dogs. New York City. I have a
chicken that I hatched out by putting the egg in ashes. While I am writing this letter, it is sitting on my hand. When I call it, it comes to me. I have also four white mice, which are as tame as the chicken. I did have a squirrel, but it died. I wish you would tell me how to feed my mice. Joseph P. White mice will eat nuts of all kinds, canary seed, and various other grains. They will also nibble bread and cake. They must have plenty of water and like a little milk now and then.
They should be given a soft, warm nest of dry moss or of flannel. J. G. D. In all rooms where meal is kept, the worms generally breed much faster than they are wanted. The meal moth is very pretty. Its four wings are light brown, with a dark chocolate brown spot on the base and tip of each. It is often to be seen clinging to the ceiling of kitchen or storeroom, with its tail curved over its back. This moth deposits its eggs in the meal,
and in a short time the worm is hatched, which soon forms itself into a cocoon, from which the moth again comes forth. You may find this worm crawling in old flower barrels or some box in which meal has been kept. And if you keep a box of meal standing open in some warm place, the moth will be very likely to find it, especially in the summertime, and use it as a deposit for her eggs. Meanwhile, you can feed your mockingbirds on meal and milk, mixed now and then
with very fine chopped raw beef and with bits of fruit. You can also buy prepared food for them. Be sure to give them plenty of clean gravel in the bottom of the cage. Subscriber, Moline, Illinois. Hephaestos is the correct Greek spelling of Vulcan's name, but Hephaestos is the accepted English spelling of the word.
Either is correct. The translation of Don Quixote has become such a standard English work that the ordinary English pronunciation of the name is allowable. In Spanish, it is pronounced Quixote, with a slight accent on the second syllable. Favors are acknowledged from Bell R., Tennessee, Willie DV, Indiana, Robbie B.H., St. John, New Brunswick, Alpha T.E., Pennsylvania,
From Illinois, Mamie Ripley, Tommy C.H., Edith Patterson, Joseph K. From Massachusetts, Kenny Norwood, L. Tyler P., Stanley K.H., Henry B., F.U.T. From Ohio, Luli H., Oscar B., Willie Gordon, Ralph M.F., Hattie Mitchell. From Michigan, Nellie M.C., L.A. Waldron, Edward D.E. From New York, Fred L. Colwell, A. M. Tucker, D. C. Gilmore, Eddie R. Durwart, Toronto, Canada.
Correct answers to puzzles received from Walter S. Dodge, Washington, D.C., Merton L.T., Massachusetts, James A. S., Connecticut, Sally V. B., Nebraska, LAW, Canada, Harry Lewis, Kentucky, CMJ, Ohio. From Pennsylvania, R.O. Lowry, George N. Hayward, Walter Lowry, Chester B.F., Florence M. From New Jersey, K.H. Talbot, Otto M. Rau. From California, Violet A. Francis, F.T. Sweat.
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