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wings to support it, ought indeed to make a bird trust it- 

 self to the hands of any one, but none could be so base as 

 to refuse such a supplicant the rest and food it crav^es. 

 As we look at this dove, contentedly preening its feathers 

 in its cige, the imagination easily pictures it, a speck 

 amid the raging wind and waters of the mid- Atlantic. — 

 Neiv York Tribune. 



Conception of Birth-stones and Flowers. 



BY JOSEPH N. PROKES. 



January-Garnet : constanc}-. Snowdrop : friendship in 

 trouble. 



February — Ameth3'st : contentment. Primrose : believe 

 me. 



March — Bloodstone : courage. Violets : love, faithful- 

 ness. 



April — Diamond : innocence. Daisy : innocence. 



Ma}' — Emerald : success in love. Hawthorn : hope; 



June — Pearl : purit)-. Honeysuckle : generous and de- 

 voted love. 



July — Ruby : nobility. Water-lily : purity of heart. 



August — Moonstone : felicity. Poppy : consolation. 



September — Sapphire : brings success. Morning-glory: 

 affection. 



October — Opal : hope. Hops : injustice. 



November — Topaz : fidelity in friendship. Chrysanthe- 

 mum : loveliness and cheerfulness. 



December — Turquoise : prosperity'. Holly : domestic 

 happiness. 



No artificial substitute for cork has yet been invented 

 that will entirely take the place of the real article, but a 

 natural substitute has been found in the wood of a tree 

 that grows in Africa near lyake Tchad, which has a speci- 

 fic gravity less than cork itself, according to a German 

 consul. 



