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THE HATUllALISTS’ COMPANION. 
Wake Up, Collectors !! 
In order to increase onr subscrip¬ 
tion list, we make the following offer: 
To the person sending in the first 
correct answer to the following puz¬ 
zle, with 50 cents additional tor one 
year’s subscription to the ‘‘Natural¬ 
ists’ Comp ANION,w^e will send any of 
the following books free ot chargci: 
Dana’s Text-book of Geology ,Blow- 
pipe Analysis, Wood’s Natural His¬ 
tory, or both Accum’s Analysis of 
Minerals and Haney’s Taxidermist’s 
Manuel. 
By saying the first correct answ^er 
sent in, we do not mean the first 
one received by us; but thelirst cor¬ 
rect answer mailed to us, which we 
shall decide by the post-mark. In 
answering this puzzle the answer 
must be the name of the articles, 
before they were beheaded. 
1. Behead a bird and leave a sick 
deer. 
2. Behead a bird and leave 1-12 of 
a foot. 
3. Behead a bird and leave the 
means ot propelling a boat. 
4. Behead a mollusk and leave an 
article used by carpenters. 
5. Behead an animal and leave an 
article used in printing, 
6. Behead the truit of the oak and 
leave a kind of grain. 
7. Behead a fish and leave to listen 
or hear, 
8. Behead a fish and leave the one 
of cards or dice, 
9. Behead an insect and leave a dis- 
■' • ease of children. 
10. Behead an ore and leave it the 
opposite of young. 
11. Behead a fish and leave the nave 
of a wheel 
12. Behead a grain and leave frozen 
water. 
13. Behead a bird and leave a cov¬ 
ering tor the head. 
14. Behead a bird and leave a wor¬ 
shiper. 
15. Behead a bird and leave disorder. 
16. Behr^ad a fish and leave healthy. 
17. Behead a fish and leave an ani¬ 
mal of burden. 
18. Behead a rock and leave accent, 
19. Behead a bird and leave ex¬ 
travagant language 
20. Behead a bird and leave one of 
a pale and sickly hue. 
As some of our readers may not 
understand this beheading, we will 
state that to behead is to take away 
the first letter. For instance: be¬ 
head Bruin, and it wfill leave ruin. 
A Remarkable Block of Amber. 
Some fishermen have fished up, 
opposite Stralsund,apiece ot amber 
weighing more than eight pounds. 
It is 9J inches long, and 5J^ inches 
in circumference. It is a most re¬ 
markable piece of amber, having all 
the qualities which distinguish the 
rarest pieces—color dark yellow, 
shining like glass, and not transpar¬ 
ent. It is rare that a piece ot am¬ 
ber weighs a pound. The piece 
which is preserved in the museum 
at Berlin weight about fourteen 
pounds. 
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best story paper published,send for 
the GOLDEN DAYS, published by 
James Elverson, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Only $3.00 per year. 
