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known. Such an individual should have one of the 

 best of lawyers to plead his case. Several have 

 volunteered their services, and Mr. Nehrling's testi- 

 mony rests on special study. He says that the bird's 

 usefulness as an insect destroyer is so great that the 

 food it steals is of little importance, and that "for 

 every cherry it takes, it eats a thousand insects." 



TO A SKYLARK. 



Joyous as the morning, 

 Thou art laughing and scorning ; 

 Thou hast a nest for thy love and thy rest. 



Happy, happy liver, 

 With a soul as strong as a mountain river, 

 Pouring out praise to the Almighty Giver, 

 Joy and jollity be with us both ! 

 Alas ! my journey, rugged and uneven. 

 Through prickly moors or dusty ways must wind; 

 But hearing thee, or others of thy kind. 

 As full of gladness and as free of heaven, 

 I, with my fate contented, will plod on. 

 And hope for higher raptures, when life's day is done. 



C. ROSSETTI. 



