nnesota.

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Yesterday morning I went to the Soldiers' Home, in Dayton, to
spend the day. It is the largest and handsomest institution of its
kind in the United States. I went with a friend of mine, and we
had a splendid time. What we enjoyed most were the flowers. We
each bought a great number, and among others we got a quantity of
pansies, which are my favorite flowers. I would like to exchange
some pressed pansies for some of the floral beauties of
California. I have a great many varieties, and some are very rare.

RALPH M. FAY,
Xenia, Ohio.

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If any boy living at the sea-side or in the South will exchange
birds' eggs with me, I will be very much obliged, and will, as
quick as I receive any, send eggs in return.

I would like all eggs sent to me to be plainly marked, that I may
know what kind they are.

FRED R. BENEDICT,
Norwalk. Huron County, Ohio.

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If "Dot," of Washington, D. C., will send me her address, I would
like to write to her. I am an invalid myself, and can sympathize
with everybody that is sick in any way. I am eleven years old.

CLARA L. KELLOGG,
Fulton, Oswego County, New York.

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NEW ALBANY, INDIANA.

I should like to tell the little girl named "Dot" all I know about
taming birds. I had two canaries, and they both died, but my
sister had one, and every day I would take it out of the cage and
pet it. It became so tame that it would eat out of my hand, and
when I let it out of its cage, it would fly upon the tops of the
picture-frames, and sometimes come and perch upon my shoulder.
When school began I did not have time to pet it any more, and it
became wild again.

N. L. V.

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I am twelve years old. My mamma raises canary-birds. We are
raising some mocking-birds, and if any of the correspondents of
YOUNG PEOPLE could arrange to exchange a pair of pure Maltese
kittens for a singing mocking-bird, I would be very much pleased.

CORNELIA FITTS,
West Point, Clay County, Mississippi.

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I am making a collection of birds' eggs and minerals, and would
like to exchange specimens wi