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Fits.— Fright often brings these on, and 
the bird may die in one. Hold the suf- 
ferer in the open air; blow on it and 
sprinkle it with water, but do not do this 
for about a minute after it falls down. 
The heart cannot recover suddenly. 
Hanging the bird in the sun or too near 
the lire may induce apoplectic fits. The^^ 
are highly dangerous. Take the bird to 
the cool fresh air, aud endeavor to get it 
to inhale the aroma from a smelling-salts 
bottle. It will come round gradually. 
Be careful with your feeding afterwards. 
Cramp.— Open the bowels with castor- 
oil, then put a few drops of paregoric in 
the daily drinking water. Change the 
diet ; it must not be too stimulating. 
Pip. — A name given to a small pimiDle 
on the rump. Open with a fine needle 
when matter is apparent, then dress with 
cold cream. 
Sore feet. — Clean and wash, and anoint 
with cold cream. Turn the bird into a 
clean dry cage, then thoroughly do out 
the old one. 
In all cases of illness examine the bird, 
holding it gently but firmly the w^hile 
all over. A change of diet is always 
necessary in sickness, and more warmth. 
Put the patient in a comfortable well- 
ventilated room, and see that it wants for 
nothing needful. 
Answers to Guesses. 
HE following answers have been 
handed us in reply to the 
calls for " guesses " made last 
month. The answers are cor- 
rect in each case. 
We should be pleased to have the 
readers of the Young Scientist take a 
part in this column, as we are sure they 
may make it both interesting and instruc- 
tive. 
Answer to No. 1.— Meal-worms, sold 
by all dealers in birds. Used as a special 
MEAL-WORM. 
food for all the so.ft-billed birds, mocking- 
birds, thrushes, sky-larks, etc., etc. 
Answer to No. 2,— Tree-toads, kept in 
glass jars as pets. When a storm is com- 
ing, they climb to the top of the ladder, 
and begin to trill. All Germans are 
very partial to them. The green variety, 
common to all Germany, is known as the 
barometer-frog, and is kept as a pet. 
Answer to No. 3.— Our common yellow 
bird. By depriving any wild bird of its 
flight feathers, and allowing it the free- 
dom of a room, in course of time it ceases 
all attempts to fly away ; but, when its 
flight feathers grow out again, off it goes. 
Answer to No. 4.— Gathering angle 
worms. The first man sold them for 
rum to liquor dealers, who had pet robins 
or mocking-birds. The second man who 
gathered them for his pet, had a pet 
thrush. The fourth man. to use as fish 
bait on one of the East-Eiver docks, 
where the lafayette fish were very abun- 
dant at the time. He was out of work 
and out of money, but took this means 
to provide a breakfast for his family. 
Plan for the Furnishing and Decorat- 
ing a Young Lady's Apartment. 
E will suppose the apartment of 
a young girl from thirteen to 
eighteen years of age, decor- 
ated wath mural hangings in 
the form of panels of white muslin 
plaited over a painted design, and en- 
framed in a puffed border of some light 
material, such as silk, and tufted with 
small buttons embroidered with braid. 
This style of decoration is quiet to the 
eye ; the lines are light, simple, and ele- 
gant, and the effect produced by the 
painted design being seen through the 
folds of the clear muslin, gives an effect 
suitably fresh and childlike. Bows of 
ribbon and such like ornaments should 
have no place here, appertaining, as they 
undoubtedly do, to a later stage of femi- 
nine coquetry, and, though every article 
in the apartment should display the 
most recherche taste, quietness and sim- 
plicity should be the most striking char- 
acteristics. 
The ceiling is to be hung in the same 
style as the walls, and composed of an 
oval and four corners, surrounded by a 
tuft ed bordering or frame like the walls. 
A separate flap of muslin over a painting 
replaces the cornice in this style of decor- 
ation, and at the bottom of this flap is a 
narrow band of gathered muslin falling 
over the top of the hanging. The chim- 
ney-glass, to be in keeping with the rest, 
is surmounted by a drapery of clear mus- 
lin, the folds of which, draped on either 
side, replace the tufted frame of the other 
sections. The dainty bedstead has flow- 
ing white double curtains, the interior 
ones covered with a light embroidery, 
and the outer ones edged with a narrow 
drapery forming insertion work. 
A plaiting of white muslin, radiating 
