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THE NATURALISTS’ COMPANION. 
PREMIUMS and PRIZES 
FOR OCTOBER, 
We will send the Companion one 
year to those who subscribe before 
Oct. 5th for 35 cents. All subscrip¬ 
tions after that date must contain 
50 cents (no stamps), lor which they 
will receive the Companion for one 
year, and as a premium, a portrait 
of any one of the following eminent 
scientists: 
Prof. Louis Agassiz, Duke of Ar¬ 
gyll, Arago, S, F. Baird, Pres. F. 
A. P. Barnard, Sir David Brewster, 
Dr. W. B. Carpenter, Columbus, 
Prof. J. D. Dana, Charles Darwin, 
Dr. John W. Draper, Michael Fara¬ 
day ,Benj. Franklin,Sir John Frank¬ 
lin, Galileo, Prof. Asa Gray, Prof. 
H. L. F.Helmholtz, Prof. Jos. Hen¬ 
ry, Sir John Herschel, Alex. Hum¬ 
boldt, Prof. T*. H. Huxley, Thos. 
Jefferson, Dr. E, K. Kane, Baron 
Liebig, Sir John Lubbock, Sir Chas. 
Lyell^Prof. 0. C. Marsh, Commo¬ 
dore Maury, J. S. Mill, Sir Roder¬ 
ick Murchison, Prof. Simon Kew- 
comb. Prof. Richard Owen, Herbert 
Spencer, Prof. John Tyndall. 
These portraits are first-class 
steel engravings 9Jxl2 inches. 
Persons whose subscription is re¬ 
ceived on the 10th ol the month will 
get an additional portrait. No club 
rates can be allowed on the above. 
PRIZES. 
Open to subscribers only. Sub¬ 
scriptions may be sent in with the 
answers. 
For the best article on any sub¬ 
ject pertaining to Natural History, 
a good book on Taxidermy. 
For the first correct answer to the 
following puzzle, a $1.00 collection 
of curiosities. List for selection 
sent to solver. 
stand take to taking. 
I you throw my 
For the largest number of sub¬ 
scriptions sent us before Nov. Ist, to 
be not less than five, a book entitled 
Birds’ Nesting, value, $1,25. 
For the first correct answer to the 
following puzzle, two portraits of 
the above scientists. 
Behead a mineral and leave soft 
scrapings of cloth. 
Behead a mineral and leave a way 
of passage. 
Behead a mineral twice and leave 
to cheat. 
Behead a mineral and leave the op¬ 
posite of young. 
Behead a mineral and leave to cor¬ 
rode. 
Behead a mineral twice and leave 
a quadruped. 
Behead a mineral twice, tlien pre¬ 
fix a letter and leave it angry. 
We will give one dollar in cash 
to the person sending us the first 
correct list ot answers to the follow¬ 
ing questions. 
When was the telescope invented, 
and by whom ? 
In what position does the night- 
hawk rest, when on a limb of a tree? 
Who invented the diving bell ? 
When was the Chinese wall built? 
* Can a bee sting twice ? 
If a pail containing water is re¬ 
volved, does the w^ater revolve also ? 
To what class of animals does the 
whale properly belong ? 
OPEN TO ALL, whether sub¬ 
scribers or not. We will send the 
Companion one year and two of the 
above portraits to the one who will 
make the greatest number of words 
out of the letters in the name 
‘‘Naturalists’ Companion.” 
