r et le rattrape quand il redescend. II y a tant
de choses qu'il fait que je ne puis pas vous dire tout.

J'ai aussi une chatte que j'appelle Minette. Quand elle attrape
une souris, elle vient nous la montrer, et il faut que nous
l'applaudissions de ce qu'elle a fait.

J'ai lu beaucoup des journaux du petit monde. Une demoiselle me
les a donne, et je vous assure que je les trouve bien
interessants.

MADELAINE.

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GREENFIELD, ILLINOIS.

One day last week we found a strange-looking insect, which I
should like to know the name of. It is about three inches long. It
has four long legs near the middle of its body, very bright eyes,
and two horns. It is just the color of the branch of the tree
where we found it. I have a collection of shells, stones, and
insects, and am going to make a tree album.

JESS L. B.

This curious insect probably belongs to the _Ambulatoria_, or
walking-stick family, of which several varieties are found in America.

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SCOTTSVILLE, NEW YORK.

I send a recipe for cake to Puss Hunter's cooking club: One beaten
egg, one cup of sugar, one cup of sour cream, two cups of flour,
one tea-spoonful of soda, a little grated nutmeg; bake in little
tins.

MARY L. MCV.

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I will exchange a little of the soil of Iowa for a little soil
from any other State.

If the little correspondent in Denmark would send me a specimen of
Danish soil, I would be very much pleased.

CLARA SCOFIELD,
P. O. Box 59, Washington, Iowa.

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I would like to exchange postmarks with any boy or girl in the
United States or Canada. I have a very large assortment from
nearly all the States of the Union.

CHARLES J. LIVINGOOD,
Care of Dr. James C. Livingood, Womelsdorf, Pa.

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I am a reader of YOUNG PEOPLE, and like it very much. I am
thirteen years old. My father is Register of Deeds for Coos
County, and I help him. I can record ten deeds in a day. And I can
cook and do all kinds of housework.

I would like to exchange pressed ferns or flowers with any readers
of YOUNG PEOPLE. I also have about twenty-five plants, and would
like to exchange slips. I