•26. Abaloiie or Ear Shells. 6 Abalones, liav- 
iiig pearl interiordecorated with a spray of 
flowers; extei'ior, jet hlnok. 5 inches long. 
Postage, patking, etc. 15 cts. 
27. Magnifying Glass, double lense loiiiie, 
adjustable screw. Postage, packing, etc. ^5o. 
All first class; all marked with Ridgwaj 's 
Nos., and guaranteed true to name. 
28. An assortment of liEuropean eggs. Post- 
age, etc. 15 cts. 
29 Is a set of one egg, with data, of the 
American Flanjingo. Postage, etc., 35 els. 
30 Is an egg of the Red-Shouldered Hawk. 
Post, etc., 5 cts. 
31 Is one egg each of the Americ:\i)Coot,?^u- 
ropean Coot, J' lorida Gallinule and Clapper 
Kail. Post, etc., 7 cts. 
* • 
32 Is an egg of the Purf)le Gallinulr. 
Post, etc., 35 cts. 
33 Is one egg of Maux Shar water. Post- 
age, etc., 50 cts. 
.34 Has one egg each of the Hnblu, 
Catbird, IJrown 'Iliru-h, lUuebird, 
Long-billed Marsh Wumi, Song and 
English SpM.rrt)\v, Cowliird, Ited-sliouldcic 1 
Blackbir<l. Purple (.r,;(kle, J'.lucjii.w Kin;i- 
bird, Flii-kcrand Mourning Dove. Postage 
etc.,5cts. 
35 Contains one egg each of the Wood 
Thrush, Mocking-bird, Caidimd (iros- 
beak, Yellow-h.iaded lUaikbird, Orcli.ird 
Oriole andCommonCrow. Postage, etc., 6 ct.s. 
36 Is one eg 
age etc., '2c. 
; of Great-tailed Grackle. Post 
37 Is one egg each oftb.^ Painted Hunt- 
ing, Lark Finch and Least Til. Post, etc., 5f. 
38 Is one egg each of P.arii .'^wmUow, Cactu^ 
Wren, Western Laik fiuvh a nd scissor-tail" 
ed Flycatcher. Post, etc., 6 cts. 
39 Is an egg each of Carolina Wren, Riizoi-. 
billed Auk and Crimson House Finch. Post, 
etc., 5 cts. 
40 Isan egg eiich of the California P.iown 
Towhee, Logg(!i h(^ad .Shrike, and Clilt' .Sw al- 
low. Post, etc., 4 cts. 
41 Is an egg of Dwai f Cowliinl, po-it pii<l. 
42 Is an egg of Texan Niglit Hawk. Post 
etc. 15 cts. 
43 1sanegg each of Red-sha'ted Flicker, 
Great Crested H\-catcher, Itnsc- breasted 
Grosbeiik and Towhee. Post. etc. lo cts 
44 Is an egg each ofBlack-billedMagpie and 
Bi-colored Blackbird. Post, etc. 3 cts. 
•15 Is an egg of White- rumped Shiiko, Red- 
bellied Woodpecker and Vcllow-biUed Cuck- 
oo. Post, etc. 8 cts. 
46 Is an egg of Wild Turkey. Post, etc.3nc. 
47 Is an egg of Gambel's Quail and Bob 
White. Post, etc. 5 cts. 
48 Is an egg of SnowyHeron, Black-crowned 
Night Heron, Louisiana Heron and Meadow 
Lark. Post , etc. 5 cts. 
49 Is an egg ca< h ot r.l:ick-t In oatedBunt ing. 
Thick-billed (irebe and Alligator. Post- 
etc. 5 ct.s. 
50 Is an egg of Laughing Gull, Black Skim- 
mer. Arctic Tern and Gieen Heron. Post, 
etc. 8 cts. 
No. 51. .SAW OF THE 
.S A W - F I S H . 
An interesting specimen, 
being an extension of tlie na- 
sal bones of Pristis antiquo- 
rtim. Those offered by us are 
fine; from 6 to 8)-^ inches long. 
Postage etc, 4cts. 
52 Is a line specimen of Phosphorescent 
stone. Post. etc. 3cts- 
53 Is a small assortment of Kansas City 
Fossils. Post. etc. 5 cts. 
• 54 Is a good specimen of Chalcedony, from 
Florida. Post, etc 3 cts. 
55. A nickle plated Magnifier. Requires no 
adjusting. Post-paid. 
56. A Fine specimeu of Jasperized Wood 
from Arizona. Post. etc. 16 cts. 
57. A chunk of barjj from the Mammoth 
Red Wood Trees of California. Post. etc. 4 c. 
will be inserted fi ee for actual subscribers. 
Copy must be detached from letter and 
written on one side of paper only ; not to ex. 
ceed four lines, incl uding address, estimat- 
ing eight words to the line. 
FoK ExcHANGR. Fine Septoria, Solid 
Oere, White and Yellow Magnesia. For 
good Pyrite, Blend. orGalena, in quantities 
ofoneortwo hundred pounds. Geo. W. 
Chapman, M. I). Cawker City, Kansas. 
Clippings. 
It is a fact worth pondering that 
thongh the night falls around us, it 
never breaks; whereas the day breaks 
but never falls. 
One reason why an expert fisherman 
is so silent at his sport is because he 
is waiting for ;i catch with baited 
breath. 
People greatly ijrefer their grapes 
cold. Even soldiers do not like their 
grapeshot. 
That electricity was known in early 
biblical times is proven by the fact that 
Noah made ark light on -Mt. Ararat. 
All Eiitoiiioiogist Whipped Wealthy. 
Fifteen years ago John James Mago 
was a poor collector in Guetemala, and 
also acted as British vice-consul at San 
Jose. One day Commandant Gonzales 
ordered Mago to appear before him. 
Mago sent word he would come in a 
short time. This incensed the com- 
maiidant, who was ugly with drink, and 
he sent a file of soldiers after Mago, 
and when the bug collector appeared or- 
dered seventy-five lashes laid on his bare 
back. This was done thoroughly, antl 
when finished Gonzales shouted: 
•Kiive him twenty-five more for luck." 
When Mago recovered, which was 
only after careful nursing, as his back 
was badly cut up, he made formal cotn- 
l^laint to the British goverimient. The 
result was Guetemala was ordered to 
punish Gonzales and to pay Mago $500 
for every lash he received. In default 
of this, English cruisers would s^hell 
San Jose and other coast cities. Guete- 
mala readily punished Gonzales, but 
tried hard to evade paying $50,000 to 
Mago. The British, however, were in- 
exorable, and the Ipoor bug collector 
was made a rich man in one day. His 
fortune is estimated at $5,000,000, all due 
to 100 lashes on his back. Mago is a 
quiet, middle aged, well dressed man, 
and now lives nine months of the year 
in Paris. While sympathizing with 
his misery, we congratulate him in his 
wealth, and hope he has not entirely 
renounced the Entomologist's joys 
which, in a country so prolific in speci- 
mens as Guetemala, must have been 
many. 
A Clinton County Peunsylvanian as- 
serts that you won't find malaria where 
there are rattlesnakes. That these snakes 
live near the purest water, the freshest 
air and on the the dryest and highest 
land, and further that you can alway.s- 
find trount where there are rattle- 
snakes. 
Central Park, New York recently had 
donated to its menagerie a blackbird, 
taken on the steamer Moravia, on m 
trip from Hamburg, when nearly a 
thousand miles from the coast. 
Colonel B. C. Barkley. of Charleston,. 
S, C, Siiys that the Curlews and Sea- 
gulls on that coast eat more clams than 
the entire population of the city. They 
pick them up, carry them into the air,, 
drop them on the rocks, which breaks 
them open and then swooping down, 
feast on them. — Scientific Americati. 
Probably no Oologist was ever so for- 
tunate as an Akron painter, who while 
at work on a business block discovered 
a last year's birds nest, very likely of 
an Engli.sh Sparrow, in a nich in the 
ornamental work and on displacing it, 
thougtlessly began to tear it apart, 
when to his surprise he found among 
the lot of strings and hay and other 
odds and ends a $10 bill. 
