^ g '!C ^vVEEKLY 

 OOLOGIST & PHILATELIST 



Publlshe'l Every Saturday. 



35 cts- Der Year. 



VOL. 11. 



LEBANON, OREG-0>^. -IAS 2. im± 



NO 1 



-Excliafige Noticas. 



Notices inserted in this foliimn at|the 

 rate of one half cent per word, without 

 regard to length of notice. Notices sol- 

 iciting cash purchasers 10 cts. per line. 

 The name and address is always counted 

 with the rest of the notice. Birds' Eggs 

 and Stamps received in payment at 1 ^.s 

 cts. per word. Terms strictly payment 

 in advance. 



WANTED.— Eggs in sets of Hawks 

 and owls, especially th ose of the Prairie 

 Falcon, or Laaner of the Western States, 

 fur which I will exchange other eggs, or 

 })av cash if cheap. VV. H. POUTER, 

 L'24 So. Oakley Ave., Chicago, 111.;^ ,., 



WANTED.— A Coues Key or Kidge- 

 ways Manuel. Will give eggs from this 

 list in exchange; Plumed Partridge 1-9, 

 1-17, Western Robin 1-3, 1-4, Steilar's 

 Jay 1-8, Western Flycatcher I-o and 

 Kingfisher 1-5; also a nice lot <>[ birds' 

 skins. iSend description of book and 

 take what vou want from tiie above list. 

 F. T.CORLESS, Lebanon Oregon. J 



NOTICE. — All persons wanting fine 

 Oregon birds' skins will do well to let 

 me fill their orders for them, this 

 spring. 1 can obtain almostany Oregon 

 bird, send a list of wliat you want, and 

 what you would l)e willing to pay, and 

 I will let you know by rL'tarn mail if 1 

 accept. iUds given on tlie collecting of 

 large lots of Oregon birds' skins. F. T. 

 C0RLE.S8, Lebanon Oregon. 



TO EXCHANGE.— Advertising spTice 

 in tiiis paper, f >f birds' eggs, stamps, 

 etc. See other i>age. F. T. COKLESS, 

 Lebanon, Oregon. 



sENr)iooTs.»,-';":LSt' 



ions for Embalming and Mountiiu/ birds 

 postpaid. R. G. ALEXANDER, 



STAMPS. 



Not long agoja letter reached the York 

 general post office seemingly addressed 

 to no one in particular. sJButonits face 

 was a ca])ital picture of a big rosy-cheek- 

 ed^apple, stem'and all. Underneath^ it 

 was " York City". It was, to use a 

 postal phrase ''iced" — that is, laid aside 

 among other missives <lestined for the 

 dead ^letter office. jNobody expected 

 that a claimant^wouhl turn up, but one 

 <Ud, and on tlie very day tlie letter 

 arrived too. . He asked if there was any- 

 tliing for Amlrew Ap])el. At first tlie 

 clerk said "No", l)ut upon 'reflection 

 concluded that perhaps he wasiii the ) >res 

 ence owner ot the missive. In resp(.inse to 

 enquiries, Mr. Appelsaid he was expect- 

 ing a letter from , his ^brother. Sure 

 enough the letter bore the postmark of 

 tlie city named, anii the clerk gave it to 

 the expectant man. "Yes that's ior 

 me," he remarked, " Tliatriookslike an 

 apple, don't it? Well, I'm_j'A.n.\\ppel. 

 x^n. l)eing short for Andrew;" and he 

 L'it l;i;ighing at his construction of his 

 brotli 's j.leasantry. — Mekeeh Stamp 

 News. 



The man whu^sells a count erfei t stamp^ 



E'en for a single c':^nt . ,^ 



Will never reach the Ijetter^laiifli'*'/^ 

 Where good |^lijah ^^'^^^.n^f^.^^ 



V. — --O--^, 



LOOOlEP^lpL ^^^^^ 

 Don't you know that fLtHI-wSpfrir of 

 stamps or eggs will get you this paper 

 for on3 vear? Trv it and see. 



