ating those all the time.

I have a collection of stamps. I like the Post-office Box ever so
much.

ANN A. N.

Too much sugar is not good for your canary. You can vary his diet by
giving him a leaf of fresh lettuce about once a week, or a bit of hard
cracker to pick at. Whole oatmeal or grits, and a piece of apple or pear
occasionally, are healthy food. These tidbits must be given sparingly,
for if the bird eats them constantly it will grow so fat that it can not
sing. The staple food should be canary seed mixed with rape, and there
must always be a piece of cuttle-fish fastened in the cage.

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MATTAPOISETT, MASSACHUSETTS.

Here is a spelling game I invented, which may be played by two or
more persons. The first player, who may be chosen by lot, proposes
two letters, as, for example, c o. Then each player must in turn
call a word beginning with those letters, as come. A player is
beaten if he says a word beginning with any other than the letters
named, or calls a word already given, or a meaningless word, or,
when only two are playing, if his opponent makes two correct words
while he is thinking of his. The addition of s is not considered
to form a new word where it merely constitutes a plural.

I made a salt-water aquarium five days ago, and it is all right. I
have two eels, one minnow, and five other fish, some hermit-crabs,
scallops, and periwinkles. I had a pipe-fish, but it died soon
after I put it in. I use a small wash-tub for the aquarium, with
sand on the bottom. I had two minnows at first, but this morning I
found one on the floor, dead. What do you suppose made it jump
out? There is sea-lettuce in the water, so there must be enough
air. How long must the aquarium stand in the sun for the ulva to
work? And with what shall I feed the crabs?

W. A.

The directions in the paper on "A Salt-water Aquarium," in YOUNG PEOPLE
No 42, are as clear as it is possible to give them, but they must be
supplemented by experience, which, if you persevere, you will very soon
gain. The ulva will work in an hour's time when placed in the sun, as
you will see by the rising of the tiny air-bubbles, but it may be
necessary to renew the exposure to the sun for a short time each day,
always taking care that the temperature of the water is not too much
increased. If your crabs will