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THE NATURALISTS' COMPANION, 
EXCHAmrES. 
THIS column is open to all subscribers, who may insert 
exchanges free of charge. XO advertisements admitted to this 
column under any eireuinstances , and we shall reserve the 
right to insert no exchanges which are merely intended to se¬ 
cure cash purchasers.--Kd. 
\V. M. SACKKTT, Meadville, Pa.—Fine 
insects, birds’ eggs and sea shells for curi¬ 
osities or the same. 
C. J. WALKER, Summerville,S. C.—Cu¬ 
riosities for minerals and same. One piece 
marl for a V nickel of 1884. 
G. H. SELOVER, Lake City, Minn.— 
Good selsoi eggs. No. 275, 7 and 261, want¬ 
ed at once. Good exchange given in single 
eggs and sets with data. 
PHILIP SEIBEL, 735 O’Farrell St., San 
Francisco, Cal.—A specimen of black or 
green slag for other minerals. Previous 
correspondence not necessary. 
W. H. PLANK, Box 532, Wyandotte, 
Kan.—Argillvte, selenite, steatite,dolonite, 
etc., for good minerals. Indian pottery 
for stamps. Write first. Correspondence 
desired with boys and girls who are inter¬ 
ested in philately and mineralogy. 
WALDO WADE, New Bedford, Mass.— 
40 numbers of Harpers’ Young People for 
a calliope bicycle whistle. 120 numbers of 
Youth’s Companion, 20 numbers Golden 
Days and the Naturalists’ Companion to 
date, for a bicycle bundle carrier. 
ARTHUR NP:VILL, Breslau, N. Y.—20 
numbers Harpers’ Bazar, 11 numbers Popu¬ 
lar Science Monthly, 35 numbers of differ¬ 
ent magazines, a scroll saw, hand-power, 
steel frame, 29 patterns, sawblades, etc., in 
lots as shown for natural history specimens. 
Must be in good condition, as mine are. 
OSCAR H. SPRAY, La Hoyt, la.—Rare 
minerals, fossils,Indian relics, skate’s eggs, 
fossil shark teeth, key hole sea urchins, 
sand dollars, and all kinds of sea curiosities 
for .stamps of any kind, or for entire envel¬ 
opes, foreign post-cards and Confederate 
bills. 
* Try llainmoiid's Mucilage. It’« 
bo8s, especially for naturalists use. 
W. S. 8iiiitli, ofRicbinond, Kan., 
captures the prize for the greatest 
number of words made from tlie 
lettei’s in the \t'ord Oology. 
OUB AGEjYTS. 
The following persons are authorized to receive 
subscripiions aiid adveitisenients lor this paper We 
will give a very liheial eommissinn to persons who 
will act as our agents. Write lor circulars and lernis. 
J. M. Beers, 126 Fk Water St, Pllmira, 
N. Y,, C. J. Walker, Jr.,Sumnierville,N.C., 
R. W. F'ord, Bristol, Conn.,Arthur F. Clark, 
414 Orleans St, Keokuk, Iowa. 
The Belvidere Herald is A Xo.l. 
Be sure and write us for an esti¬ 
mate on job printing. 
E. J.Havis, Rochester, N.‘Y., has 
our thanks for a number of amateur 
papers. 
We have suspended our jiuzzle 
department; think we can put the 
space to better use. 
The Magnet is without doubt the 
brightest little paper in the ’dom, 
and we wish it all manner of success. 
Boys’ Weekly, Adrian, Mich., 
should be read by every youth in 
America. It is very well edited. 
We award the prize for the best 
article in the November number to 
Falcon, Plymouth, Conn., for his 
article on “Blue Prints.”' 
A nearly perfect skeleton of the 
mosasaurus was recently discovered 
ill a quaray near Mons, in the Prov¬ 
ince of Hainaut, Belgium. It has 
the extraordinary length of fifty-five 
feet nine inches. It is to be preserv¬ 
ed in the Natural History Museum, 
Brussels. 
The Sedalia Natural History So¬ 
ciety, of Sedalia, Mo.,has our thanks 
for a copy of their Bullentin No. 1, 
which is a very neat pamphlet of 
thirty pages, containing the annual 
report, donations, constitution, etc., 
and a thirteen-page article on shells. 
The society seems to be in a very 
flourishing condition. 
