THE OOLOGIST. 



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WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. 



A solid cro]d brick, weigliiiio; 500 

 pounds andVorth $ir)0.000, will he ex- 

 hil)ited iu the Mines and Mining build- 

 ing at tlie World's Fair by a Helena, 

 Mou., mine owner. 



The high school of San Diego, Cal., 

 gave a grand Fourth of Julj' celel)ration 

 and will devote the proceeds toward 

 making a com])lete collection of San 

 Diego lish for exhiijition at the World's 

 Fair. The specimens will be preserved 

 iu alcohol aud properly labeled, etc. 



The ethnological exhibit at the 

 World's Fair will incluile many curios 

 from the Charlotte Islands. 



A schooner is uow being titled out at 

 Halifax to go to the arctic regions to 

 gel ten or twelve Esiinimo families, fif- 

 ty or sixty persohs in all, for exhibition 

 at the World's Fair. Dogs, fishing im- 

 plements, utensils; aud everylliing 

 necessary to show Esquimo life, will 

 also 1)6 procured. 



May OiiLOdiST announced that os- 

 trich eggs, artistically painted iu a prize 

 competition, were to be a feature iu the 

 exhil)it from Cape Colony, South Africa. 

 This eoiupetitiou has been held. Nine- 

 teen coutestauts, mostly young women, 

 participated, and furni.shed designs 

 which the Cape press ])raises highly, as 

 being very artistic and beautiful. Each 

 contestant submitted half a dozen beau- 

 tifnllj' decorated eggs, all of which will 

 be exhibited at the World's Fair. The 

 suljjectsof thei)aiutings include flowers, 

 liirds, animals, landscapes, public build- 

 ings, etc. The gem of the whole collec- 

 tion, painted by Miss Van Reenau, win- 

 ner of the first prize of £7 10s, is repoit- 

 e<l to be a fairy figure standing on a 

 vine leaf drawn bv a Ijutterfly, with un- 

 deruealh the words "To Chicago.'' 



Will You Join Us? 

 But a few tickt^ts left to complete the 

 club to attend the World's Fair on the 

 United World's Excursiou Co. i)lan. 

 Payments monthly or weekly; this is 

 the strongest company" iu America, ap- 

 pl3' to Local Agent or write United 

 VV Grid's Fair Exclusion Co., N. E. 

 Dep't, 4(M) f^xchauge B'ld'g, Boston, 

 Alas.s. 



Prizes for Best Articles. 



We have decided to give our patrons, 

 each mouth, five i)rizes. These prizes 

 are to l)e awarded to the five best arti- 

 cles appearing in theOoLOGlST in Avhich 

 the olfers are made. 



For the live artieles in t/iis (July)0()L- 

 OGI.ST which are the most instructive, 

 valual)le and interesting we shall give 

 as follows: 



1st prize — A Part of Maynard's Birds 

 of Eastern Nortii America, bouiul in 

 boards aud leather. 



2nd ])rize— Davie's Key to the Nests 

 and Eggs of N. A. Birdsin cloth. 



3d prize — Same as 2d prize, iu ])aper. 



4th prize— Vol. 1 ('84-'85) Young OoL- 

 OGisT, bound in cloth. 



.")th prize— Vol. HI and IV ('86-'87) 

 The OoLOGisT, bound iu cloth. 



For the August com petition we will 

 give a similiar .set of prizes. 



The ai'ticles entering into competition 

 must contain at least one hundred 

 words and we ])refer that they do not 

 exceed seven hundred words, unless 

 they fairly teem with very, very inter- 

 esting facts or happenings — Remember 

 that "fancies," "rehashes," "Sjjarrow 

 stories" and articles of similiar nature 

 are not .solicited and will rarely be 

 found "available." 



THE JUDGES: 1 om have been sel. 

 ected to act as one of the Judges in 

 these Prize article contests, and your 

 decision must be promptly and fairly 

 given. 



Your decision for this month's com- 

 j)etition must be mailed us not later 

 than August 10th. Write on back of a 

 postal card the articlas which you havci 

 decided to be the most valuable, instruc- 

 tive and interesting in this number of 

 ()oLO<JisT aud mail to us Number the 

 articles iu the oi-der which you think 

 the prizes should be awarded. 



We also give our Judges live prizes, 

 one to each of the live whose decisions 

 are nearest the linal award of i)rizes and 

 in this months competition the Judge 

 whose list of five articles is tlie nearest 

 the awarded list, we Avill give; a copy of 

 Davie's Key to the Nest and Eggs of N. 

 A. Birds, i)ai)er. 2d and 3d each a 

 Book relating to Natural History, ele- 

 gantly bound in cloth and gilt. 4th 

 aud .'"ith each a set of Noddy. In case 

 of a tie, the earlist uniiled list takes the 

 prize. Address 



. Fhank H. Lattin. 



Albion. N. Y. 



