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THE OOLOGIST 



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How I Obtained an Oriole's Nest. 



About May 2Tth, I chanced to find an 

 Oriole's nest in an oak tree some thirty 

 feet from tlic ground. Oriole's eggs 

 being somewhat scarce in this county I 

 Ihought of all possible means by which 

 the nest might be obtained, 



Finally I tlioiight of a plan that was 

 worked successlully with a Humming- 

 bird's nest. 



Taking a pole that would just suj)- 

 port the nest by resting it on the 

 ground, I <h(»ve two nails in the (^id 

 for the twigs to rest in which held the 

 hest. 



Then planting it firmly on the ground, 

 making suro the liml) was sui)j)ort(Ml l)y 

 the end of the ])ol(^ I took a 22-caL rille 

 and sliot the liml) off just al)ovc th(; 

 place resting on flic pole, and by some 



means the limb fastened itself around 

 the pole and came sliding down. I 

 caught it when it was "catchable," and 

 on inspection I found it to contain three 

 tinely marked fresh eggs, not one of 

 wliich liail l)cen Ijroken. 



Tiie nest was sensibly built contain- 

 ing chicken feathers with the sharp 

 ends stuck through to tlie out side.mak 

 ing a safe resting place for the Oriole's 

 Jr. 



Geo. Mims, 

 Edgetield, S. €. 



Shall We Hare a General Association of 

 Scientists ? 



Organization is the^rule to-day among 

 all vocations but that of the scientist. 



To-day there is not a single general 

 association of scientists, founded upon 

 sutHciently liberal principals to enable 

 it to do ettective work, for, our profes- 

 sion as an entity. 



We are scattered abroad far and wide 

 throughout the land, and have no facili- 

 ties for becoming acquainted and can- 

 not resist the attacks of our common 

 enemies, who are thoroughly organized. 

 Have scientists enemies? Certainly 

 they have. Take the scientitic profes- 

 sion as an entity, and you cannot find a 

 profession accomplishing more for the 

 general good of humanity, or one upon 

 which mankind in general, are more de- 

 pendent. And yet everywhere we meet 

 only blind bigotry and intolerance, u 

 relic of the barbarous age of the past, 

 when the scientist was considered a ma- 

 gician in league with devils, hence to be 

 persecuted, tortured and put to death. 

 To-day scientists are considered van- 

 dals, cranks, fools, fanatics, etc., butts 

 of i-idicule for the ignoramous. 



And this same spirit of intolerance 

 and persecution has pervaded all our 

 legislative halls, and left its imprint on 

 all our statute books. 



In Mieliigau this is esiiecially the case. 

 No scientist working in any deiiartincnt 



