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DANVILLE, ILLINOIS.

Some little girls--my cousins Nellie and Fannie, Clara Hessey,
Nellie Woods, and Kittie Short--are going to have a cooking club,
and I wish some other little girls would send some receipts. My
cousin Nellie sends you a letter too.

PUSS H.

Here is a receipt for sugar-candy that some little girl may like
to try: Two table-spoonfuls vinegar; four table-spoonfuls water;
six table-spoonfuls sugar (brown is best). Boil twenty minutes,
and pour into a buttered plate. I think the Spanish Dancer was
very pretty.

NELLIE H.

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FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS.

I am a reader of YOUNG PEOPLE. I live on the border of the Indian
country, and I see plenty of Indians when they come to town to
trade. I went to the United States jail not long ago, and I saw
about fifty prisoners. Some of them were white, some Indians, and
some negroes. They were all together. I felt so sorry for them. I
am ten years old, and I go to school.

CARL C. M.

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FORT PLAIN, NEW YORK.

My uncle has come home from India, and brought my brother and
myself a beautiful bow, quiver, and arrows. The bow and arrows are
made of black cocoa-nut wood, and have ivory tips. The arrows have
pointed ends, and colored feathers on the head. The target is
three feet high, and has an ivory heart in the middle. In the
centre of the heart there is a hole. We have a club of girls and
boys, and the one that shoots his arrow in the hole gets a prize.
The next prize to be given is an upright writing-case. We only
shoot once a week for the prize, but we can shoot other times as
much as we wish. Charlie Clark got the prize a month ago. It was a
pair of skates. We live in Chicago, and are going home in May. We
are visiting my grandma now.

PEARL F. S.

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FORT WARREN, BOSTON.

I have a pet Newfoundland dog about three months old. I am
teaching him to "fetch and carry." He is very intelligent, and
learns very quickly. Every morning he waits at the door of our
quarters for my papa, and when papa goes to his office he carries
his papers for him. He looks so much like a young bear that we
call him Oso, which is Spanish f