hree kittens, and a dog. Two of the kittens are gray, the other
one is Maltese. My dog meets me every night when I come home from
school, and always accompanies me when I go after wild flowers. I
live in the country, and I think it is a very pretty place to
live. I have no canary, but the birds sing very sweetly
out-of-doors, and I like that much better than having one in a
cage. I think Misfits are very amusing. I have no sister, and only
one brother.

JOSIE M. J.

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HOKENDAUGAU, PENNSYLVANIA.

I tried the recipe for kisses sent by C. H. S., and printed in
YOUNG PEOPLE No. 35, and the kisses were splendid.

B. H. T.

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EXCELSIOR FARM, KANSAS.

A pair of mocking-birds are rearing a nest of young birds in our
front yard, and I would like to tame two of them. Can you tell me
how to feed them and care for them?

SIDNEY B. P.

Directions for feeding mocking-birds were given in Post-office Box No.
13, but no doubt some of our young correspondents in the South can give
farther particulars respecting the care of young birds. We will gladly
print any information they will kindly send.

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WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

In the summer we go to the sea-shore, about eight miles from where
we live. We ride there in carriages, and see many pretty flowers
along the road. There is a very curious one among them. It is
called Venus's-flytrap. If you put a fly in it, it will kill it
and eat it.

I think YOUNG PEOPLE is the best paper I ever read. I am ten years
old, and my name is

LOTTIE MAY W.

The Venus's-fly trap does not eat the fly, but at the end of each leaf,
which springs from the root, it has a kind of appendage, armed on the
edge by glands resembling hairs, which contain a sweet liquid attractive
to insects. No sooner does a fly alight upon this sensitive leaf, than,
with a sudden spring, it closes, and crushes its victim to death. When
the fly is dead, the leaf again unfolds. This singular plant is a native
of North Carolina.

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Papa and I took a ride early this morning, before six o'clock. We
saw three little squirrels, and we passed many chestnut-trees in
full bloom (June 28), and saw wild raspberry bushes covered with