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- December 17, 1881.
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JOUNNIE THINKS HE WILL JUMP BACK AGAIN,
_ Father, what fs & fication?’
“ yhere is no such word as‘ Heation,’ iny
o Well, what makes the papers say tha
the Government has been building fort
cation:
—When moss father thought that Lucy
was talkin Oo much, he said:
| ue oF ‘do Son let your tongue run all the
me
“°'Tause I've dot 80 many good fin,
, 8ay,” was the bright reply, ye ° Bs to
NOTICES OF exer ANGE. ah
Washington, D, C,, any quan
or foreign stam) pss
223 Lombard Street, Philadel)
G
row-heids and pet
Da ake Cent
Blac! mans wil esbarre, Pa,, im;
and coal and postage stamps for
Evansto! Tey
different, 170 reg stamps,
& Berry clu vs kates,
|, fora ass trolling-
‘OScope;
et, rtsmow
[AMLPS, searshels at pizeo
ne sling-shot,
rawhide, one old coi
colus, for bones of the human,
instruments;: Clare: be
Chica il, fac simile autsera
eld, v HW Thom aa
iy welve Of
Thiry- “third Ast
Ynted States and foreign sta:
‘aguay, State ai
War Department and other rare
ane rare stamps:
or ten cen
thirty or nluaty ee cei Pie
ninety cents: 1569, ten, fi
ngto amet
and department stamps or
Underhill, 198
compl
t
other ‘3, aN
geities: Percy G, Line
Brooklyn, New Y: Yor! ke ines
fo S| ‘ol. 1,
cards; Arthur . Hollen, Hox 3
Todiay Felles, foss lls, petrifacttor
rE, man, 40 ty elancy
panese newspa)
axes, bows and arrows, Tare mdne!
cepting iron—coy y le:
cotton, Indian spear-heads, an
: the geysers of California, fossil:
tles: Fred H. Bo “
microscope; Will
yy nerals: C.sinitl o..
foreign stamps tor tal
curio:
Nuif,. miner: rals, plec
plats im, plecesot Washingto
ongfellow’s restdence,, or ston
ren
es:
Monthly, or ‘Young Fojks’.
e, Vermont aud
ian stone hate! chets, one
iron, Ou ‘Indian lasso. thirty fi five foet ion, made of
,
ted. 3
forelgn sation apni Chas, C. Hall,313 W,
mops; J, W. ser,
West Third Street, ef Henna boifo, Bek
printin outfit, with two extra
Randall scare Otls Randall),
ure
2, Mi:
minerals, rare sbells and curtosities, for ni
tees . wma y it Cont
cago, papers and magazines for oth
ag sch, ook ers, gt fora
Baltimore, Md... fa
from the Rocky Moun anette
and other curiosities, for foreleg
stamps; Hoyt, 1618
Rid: u
stamps. foreign ani “yamestie for arena Pails,
Be
ot Abra| ara for minerals, gains. stamp:
OUR LETTER BOX,
W, F. Williams,
tity of postmarks, no
E
&
$
as fany “isu of
OLDEN’ Da ren
stamps for the same: Leannah Powell,
Schuyler County, il., feldspar, granite, angers!
lead-ore, agates, six Indian arrow-! ds, & piece
of Indi pottery, Awampume fossil, shells, pet-
rified fern, nd hickory-bauk, for Vol. 1,
3OLDEN Ys; W. Elbridge Price, Denver.
Col., two copies of different Col jo papers for
a Nke number from any other State; M.S. Hooli.
tts: Pa,, copper and iron-ore for old
auarte, ” petrifi led mbss and crystals, for Indian
trified wood; “Sterling Fisk,
Peotiesand from wells 18 feel et
deep, for foreign or United States stamps; E.
impressions on slate
cardss Geo, Bogan i
postin marks, a
of Now
ana the. Go
agic fanenn vor
or or a
treet, Cihehunat!,
e sugar-bowl,
Calumet Avenue, ~
‘bglish cent oo Kin ng George
‘eter Galogley,
ms fo1 ii
2 oH
ities, ulinerals,
ms soll {Yo Maine,
Massach husetts, for.
other
bea or aisecting
Ttisan Aven
ral pho of Jd. A. G
eorge Washi to
nen, for ten
Sas
a tw a Excelsior Drtutiug:
press, @ pair of rollers ates, and a lary had
jantern, for ge collection of foreign nd United
States stamps: Blackwell & Hu Is, 143 West 1:
Street, Ne rk iy of different specimens or
asbestos, stone from Hight ‘Falls, id bu
ae
of type, for
cards, coins,
oes
Se
em
Rooni
in 2 comet set of
Indian
Van Ant-
reign stamps, no
for
duplicates, for for Buy ‘one ‘ot (he following: 1847, five
twelve, twenty-four,
‘twenty-fou ur, thirty or
minerals for fossils, mn Inerals and shells and carl
ons and curiosities:
piree
jeune
for “ratlesae rattles dudian
OX
“rat coat} balls of
nd specimen:
js and other curiosi-
fal
etow n, Colorado,
and domestic
, Pitts ston. Pa,
ale, barryta, zulcite
gral pliite, azurite, indian, elles rae coins and
Wistuenth,
tarfrom Wm.Whip-
ns Elm. b ick from
e from ine Helghts
curi~
KUSta, Gay foreign
seams ar at kinds oF tn nited States Stamps,
gxce| the green three-cent sta 3
F ‘els, Wabella, De Witt County, an
Nireene” nate copies of Young’ Folks?
Rural, postibarks,
-for a magle- lantern with views, or
stedin-engine in pies of
e paper named, nor postmarks for advertising
cards or ecards for otaers; Walter 8, Bri radley,
idge Avenue, Philadelphia, min-
size, tires: new * storyeb
drum-sticks, a dozen Taree Sianips) three foreign
coins and one **Life of Davy Jrockett,’? for
Model oes ‘press and type,
W. ©. (Media, Pa.)—The fe School of Desi gn, in
this aly, is free to those students who are unable
to pay, an he Academy of Fine Arts charges unly
asmall a
post a R, ¢ ark, N. veunhowder is com-
New: J.)
about 7 8 parts o of Stitpe of charcoal,
Bad tb vot sulphur, Apte. fh precise method of its
manufacture, a ea
8. R. (Shar + We cannot tell until
the story is furnished. is “2, We never hear
Harry Converse. 3. Titer expects to furnish
us with stories whet enever we want
CONSTANT READER (Sharon, Pa.)—In winter
the Ingredionty for tnaking a roller r for a printing-
z are: On f glue to one guart of m0=
lasses. In summer the glue should be just double.
)—The rank of assista
alfferent scale of pay, varying
ct ade in tl
After tree years’ service, assistant sure
e pay of captain — that is, not
ed, $1800: ‘mou et
a, M ie. mc Queen Victoria has
ed nearly forty stout years and 1a half, If rhse
is longer than any nglish
and 16 onger re any oeerts ish king, Quen he Sree
jor Gee who reigned 5s! ei
ss)! Henry Yi he reigned fifty-six years a 18.
and @ 111, who reigued fifty years
Cr
E. (Philadelphia, Pa.)—1. This corre-
spondent Wael and he is correct: vThe sent tence
which I saw in Letter-Box, ‘Such among us who
follow that business, showid abandon tf at ‘once, ’ 1s
incorrect. ‘Who? should be ‘as, th
gorresponding conta ction to ‘such
Ev Dave even hal Ve Hause tr ‘anslated sr sine Gon:
3 hi
sib bilities. and what joes it inean, and
is there really such a word
R. Y. & R. (New York city).—1. Your letter is
nothing to be very proud of in the way of com-
i ‘You ask whether it is ‘trespectable"?
fe 1d ¥. *trespectful,’? 2,
lady is residing at Cleveland, O, 3. ie prefer a
tel 2 so affectionate, 4, 1 ur not
yous ould begiu- ‘*excellency *? with’ a capital
ter ‘and use the interrogation point in asking &
anest ion.
STERS (St. Louis, Mo.)—I, About one-
turd ird of China’ Ss commence is with Great Britain;
silk and tea make up three-fourths of the exports,
ile opium and Cotton Boos constitute two-
thirds of the imports. 2, Oxalic
ised to remove nk-spots from Wor
¢
othing. 3. GOLDEN Days
0 be in your city every w ednesday morn-
8. (Phitadeiphia) —The weight of a
sands $a means the number of pounds F eauttod S
raw a 28-inch arrow to the by ead th pow
by. fhe, pilddle, a and attae hits to the string.
de previously braced wie until fore are
Chnenes ti
unds required to inerease that to
Inghes is the wel ight of the bow, which, in those
pale ule by Feputable. makers, is stamped upon
A. a: F. (Philadeiphia),—1, Roniface 1V, in
6il, tabtis hed the festival of Alt Hallow, for ‘the
coinmemoration ©
ven is the evening befoi oreo or last
night in October. 2, We have explained at Nength
in Letter-Box how glass is made. 3. We know of
no better remedy f for any, Phan, ‘someot those which
are advertised at the dru,
Cj -The Voss of life in India
ts and snakes, inste: a of hme ital
i es n
tigers
where, when “the hunter goe:
gout after tigers, he
often nds pselt hunted in tara by the
OW EBs W. Va.)—1. You an read ily
recognize eee br ight planet Mars by its flery, re
appearance, which is one of its distinguishing fea-
fures, 3 although when viewed through the telesco re
D. H, (Grafton, W. Va,)— We have no objection
to answering the eleven “questions you submit to
IS, Wi @ certain you are honestly seeking in-
formation | but it the wording shows that y:
‘ou pro~
ably know the answer to each, and that ou are
merat to puzzle us. Our wish isto give
be ish i
seful [pformation In Letter Box to those who
T
are Secking but itis not worth the sp: nD
er problems and puzzles which interest ovly
one person, an wh is not really desirous of in-
formation. One or two of your have
rea answered In this departinent, and iu-
formation respecting the others you can obtain
ware oe trouble.
peri ina cea farin capaci med to be
Inaster and co-owner of an Amerte: ster. In
he retired from sea life, and commenced bus}-
hess, on a small scale, as a Ur: . turn banker
in 1812, and realizing an immense fortune. 1
di ty bequeathing the balk of his fortune,
amounting ;,000, to public works aud
chai arieable, Institutions. ‘This correspondent t ins
forms us that the little railroad, o h we spoke
: oO 2 rae Bed fol at {North Hearicty
48S., Was two feet ay achat auge, wi
aud’ then stopped, be-
= Several cominunteations hare been recelved
) Which will be answered next week.
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