OCTOBER. 



October's child is born for woe, 

 And life's vicissitudes must know ; 



But lay an opal on her breast, 

 And hope will lull those woes to rest. 



NOVEMBER. 



Who first comes to this world below 

 With drear November's fog and snow, 



Should prize the topaz' amber hue — 

 Emblem of friends and lovers true. 



DECEMBER. 



If cold December gave you birth, 

 The month of snow and ice and mirth, 



Place on your hand a turquois blue : 

 Success will bless whate'er you do. 



The sentiments further ascribed to the 

 above gems are, as given in a pamphlet 



by Mr. George F. Kunz and pubHshed 

 by Tiffany & Company, in 1892, the fol- 

 lowing : 



Garnet. — Insures Power, Grace and Victory 

 to the wearer. 



Amethyst. — Deep Love; prevents Intoxica- 

 tion. 



Bloodstone. — Courage and Wisdom. 



Diamond. — Purity; Preserves Peace, Pre- 

 vents Storms. 



Emerald. — Immortality, Conquers Sin and 

 Trial. 



Agate. — Health, Wealth and Longevity. 



Ruby. — Charity, Dignity and Divine 

 Power. 



Sardonyx. — Conjugal Felicity; Prevents 

 Misfortune. 



Sapphire. — Constancy, Truth and Virtue. 



Opal. — Hope, Innocence, Purity. 



Topaz. — Friendship and Fidelity. 



Turquois. — Prosperity, Soul-cheerer. 



Oliver Cummings Farrington. 



APPLE BLOSSOMS AND THE WARBLERS. 



It was a cold, rainy day toward the 

 last of May. The apple trees were a 

 mass of pink and white, but the fast 

 gathering petals on the green carpet told 

 the story; not for long would be wafted 

 in through each window a whiff of such 

 perfume as only Dame Nature, May and 

 Company can distill. Unfortunately, I 

 was in no mood to appreciate the beauties 

 of a spring rain, for it was a very evi- 

 dent fact that the bad weather would 

 prevent our anticipated bird walk. This 

 fact I was bewailing, looking forlornly 

 from the window out into the dripping 

 world, when lo, I found that, contrary 

 to expectations, the mountain does on 

 occasion appear unto Mahomet! 



On the lawn north of our house are 

 nearly a dozen apple trees, two of which 

 have branches overhanging the roof. I 

 noticed that the foliage was in livelier 

 motion than is usually caused by an easy 

 shower, and on closer examination dis- 

 covered that the trees were fairly alive 

 with flitting forms, birds — warblers in 

 all their glory. This was long before 



noon, and it was but the beginning of a 

 state bordering on ecstasy for me which 

 ended only when darkness fell, as it 

 gave me the opportunity for making the 

 acquaintance of a family, straggling 

 members of which, only, I had met since 

 my interest in feathered friends awak- 

 ened. 



To my delight I immediately brought 

 within range of my glass the little fel- 

 low which I had seen the year before in 

 the same tree, and had described in my 

 note-book as "wearing a sun burst of 

 black on a yellow vest." On this occa- 

 sion he was much in evidence, and the 

 details of his handsome coat could be 

 plainly detected. He is mostly black, and 

 you may distinguish him by the broad 

 white patch on his wings and th^ yellow 

 breast which is decorated by a black pen- 

 dant necklace. He is the magnolia warb- 

 ler. 



The chestnut-sided was well represent- 

 ed in the flock, and was an old friend. 

 With us here in New Hampshire, he 

 stays through the summer, but it is only 



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