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or 6 the remaiuder. Begiu now and 

 send in the names and subscriptions as 

 you get them and they will be credited 

 to you. Prizes will be awarded in 

 July. 



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 We wish to sell the margins on our 

 cover pages for the entire year at the 

 low rate of 



Single margin, front cover, '92 $10.00 

 " back cover, '9'2 9.00 

 " " inside either 



cover for 1892, 8.00 

 Remember we are now a semi-monthly. 



O WINING to some mistake the adver- 

 tisement of The Taxidermist of Akron, 

 Ohio was omitted last issue. We are 

 sorry this happened for The Taxidermist 

 is the best taxidermist monthly that 

 came to our exchange table. Please 

 notice it this issue. 



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Peekin Bros, publishers of The Em- 

 pire State, Exchange should have had a 

 two inch ad instead of one inch, in our 

 last issue. They have again continued 

 the B. S. E. much improved and en- 

 larged. It comes regularly to our ex- 

 change table. Success to you. 



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E. W. Martin, editor of The Taxi- 

 dermist is Taxidermist of Butchel Col- 

 lege of Akron, Ohio. We know his 

 friends are glad to hear of this. We 

 wish you the best of success Bro. Martin. 

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Of all our exchanges, none deserve 

 editorial mention more than Webster's 

 O. and O. of Boston, the Collector's 

 Monthly of Danielsonville, Conn., and 

 The Collector, of New Chester, Pennsyl- 



vania. Success to you, one and all. 



We had a vicious horse once, and I 

 tell you he was a villian. We tried him 

 in the barn by the head and he kicked 

 and kicked but all the damage he did 

 was to loosen some of the boards at the 

 bottom, which could easily be drawn 

 back into place, and cripple himself. 

 Mr. Lattin has pushed off a few ex- 

 changes from the people he has slander- 

 ed but they have all or soon will be 

 brawn back into place, and if he keeps 

 it up he will cripple himself, or some- 

 body will hamstring him to prevent the 



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If these rates are taken advantage of, it must 

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Budd-Eason Perfect Gun Cleaner. 



The most effective and safest cleaner made, adjustable 

 to 10 or 12 ga., fits standard rod. Removes lead instan- 

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