too, and thinks it is real
nice for little folks. I like the story of the "Brave Swiss Boy" very
much.

EFFIE T.

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WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

DEAR "YOUNG PEOPLE,"--I like you very much, especially the story of the
"Brave Swiss Boy." The way I came to take you was this: father saw an
advertisement in a paper, so he let me go up to a newsroom and get you.

ROBIE D. C.

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HENRY F. B.--Electric ornaments are not easily obtained in this country,
as but very few have been imported for sale.

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MONTAGUE L.--It would occupy too much space to describe the game you
require.

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A. H. A.--There is no such class of people as you refer to. Exceptional
cases may exist.

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KATE S. (nine years).--Your puzzles are very neat for such a little girl
to compose.

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MARTHA W. D.--Your puzzle is good, but we are afraid our young readers
would never make it out, as it requires an extraordinary amount of
geographical knowledge.

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"ENQUIRER," MADISON.--A phonograph must be obtained of Thomas A. Edison,
Menlo Park, New Jersey, from whom you can also obtain a price-list. You
will find interesting information in a book entitled _The Telephone, the
Microphone, and the Phonograph_, by Count Du Moncel, recently published
by Messrs. Harper and Brothers.

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Pleasant and welcome letters are acknowledged from Abraham L. M., Alie
M. B., and Julien S. U.

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F. B. H.--Thanks for your pretty operation in figures.

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The following explanation of the name irreverently applied to the Bank
of England is from Harry H. Bell, Louisville, Kentucky:

The Bank of England was founded in 1694. There is no bank equal to
it in the management of national finances. It is located in
Threadneedle Street. Cobbett called it "The Old Lady in
Threadneedle Street," because, said he, the governors of the bank
were, like old Mrs. Partington, an invented character of Sydney
Smith's, trying with their broom to keep back the Atlantic waves of
progress in national affairs.

[Illustration: NEW-YEAR'S CALLS.]

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