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tected by the wad of blotting paper, there is prac- 

 tically no danger of any foolish persons injuring 

 themselves with it, and as the chloroform is all in 

 the cotton and also sealed by a wad of paper, there 

 is practically no danger from it. But poisons, like 

 fire-arms, are made to kill, and neither poison nor 

 fire-arms have any brains of their own; they have 

 but one duty to perform and that is to kill; you 

 must supply the brains for them in order that they 

 do no damage to valuable animals and human 

 beings. 



A boob who points a loaded or unloaded gun 

 at anyone should be soundly thrashed for the act, 

 and a boob who fools with poison and does not use 

 the proper precautions in handling it should be 

 treated in the same manner by any person who 

 detects him in his carelessness. 



HOW TO MAKE THE DRYING BOAED 



There are two ways of drying a butterfly: one 

 is with the wings perfectly horizontal, and the other 

 is with the wings tipped at a slight angle. The 

 position of the wings depends upon the slant of 

 the side-boards (Fig. 20). To make the wings 

 horizontal, that is, on a level with each other, the 



