Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 Part 8

Can you tell me the longest word in the English language?

K. POST.

Valetudinarianism is a long word. Can any correspondent find a longer one?

BUFFALO PAPER-MILL, NORTH CAROLINA.

Would you kindly give a description of the animal called drill. I would like to know the country of its nativity, and any other information in regard to it. I have tried to find something about it, and have failed.

WILLIAM LIDDY.

The drill (_Papio leucophaeus_) is a large baboon, and one of the ugliest of its family. It has a heavy thick body covered with coa.r.s.e grayish-brown hair, a large head with a hideous black face, stout clumsy legs, and a short stubbed tail. It lives in the woods and rocky regions along the west coast of Africa. In Guinea it is so abundant as to be a terror to man and beast, as its ferocity and strength render it a dangerous foe. Great herds of the drill, when driven by hunger, sometimes attack the negro villages, and have been known to kill women and children. Specimens of this savage creature have been captured and placed in zoological gardens in France and England, but all efforts to tame it have been in vain.

REBECCA H.--Your puzzle was not noticed, because you failed to send the answer. Meanwhile, one with the same solution has been received, and has already been printed. It is, therefore, too late to make any use of yours, which was very pretty, and neatly constructed.

C. B. F.--Grinnell Land is within the arctic circle, and is not claimed by any nation.

S. H. M.--The letters in the corners of English postage stamps indicate the year when the stamp was printed.

J. M. T.--Full directions for boat-building would occupy too much s.p.a.ce in our Post-office Box, but if you go to any good boat-builder, he will no doubt give you the desired information.

F. S.--The custom of Easter eggs is very ancient, and it is not known when it first arose. There are many pretty legends in regard to it, but all are without foundation.

Favors are acknowledged from Allie B. W., Hermann H. Davis, Emily W.

Berry, Mamie W. Howe, Florence C., Minnie Shepard, Henry B. Teal, J. D.

Burroughs, Charles H. MacHenry, Fannie Wright, Ella Warren, George B.

Wendell, Lily Jones, Edith, Fannie C. Shuford, Stella and Fannie, W. K.

Grier, Mira K. Abbott, George Russell, J. A. P., Josie B., Eddie Hunter, Daisy Brainard, F. W. Fenner, Harry Robertson, Willie Hughes, "Silly,"

Vinie Summy, Herbert Meacham, Willie H. C., Willie Ellis, "Subscriber,"

Lizzie L., Arthur Brumbach, Arthur E. T., Arthur Walcott, "Little Agnes," Frankie Pratt, Louis C. S., G. R. A., Bessie Saunders.

Correct answers to puzzles are received from Eddie D. Raymond, Marion E.

Norcross, Birdie A. R., Robbie Reynolds, Harry Van A., S. G. Rosenbaum, Alfie Welden, R. W. Dawson, William and Mary L., H. K. P., Louise Nichols, A. H. Ellard, Angie Baldwin, Fannie Reeves, Alfred Opd.y.k.e, Alma, Stella B., Sarah Zelnicker, "North Star," Istalina Beach, Minnie Williams, Paul Beardsley, C. B. Howard, B. L. Townsend, Florence Stilwell, S. Birdie D., Daisy, Walter Crull, G. C. MacIntosh, G. Vasa Edwards, Ca.s.s Shelby, Alex and Lewis Mack, Mabel H. B., L. Fobes.

PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.

No. 1.

ENIGMA.

My first is in left, but not in came.

My second is in fire, but not in flame.

My third is in flour, but not in lard.

My fourth is in soft, but not in hard.

My fifth is in blue, but not in pink.

My sixth is in water, but not in ink.

My seventh is in wren, but not in bird.

My whole is a game of which you have heard.

MARGARET.

No. 2.

DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

To wither. A proper name. A house of entertainment. Something every city is full of. Annually. Answer--Two flowers.

M. L.

No. 3.

WORD SQUARE.

First, crystallized vapor. Second, an appellation. Third, a foreboding.

Fourth, a part of the verb to go.

STELLA.

No. 4.

NUMERICAL CHARADE.

I am composed of 13 letters.

My 10, 8, 4, 7 is a manner of walking.

My 3, 6, 5, 2, 1 is a fruit.