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BAJVDOM JYOTES. 
In the National Museum at AYasli- 
ington in a number of little trays are 
42,000 bii’ds’ eggs, varying in size from 
that of the humming bird to that of 
the giant dodo, whose remains are found 
xU Aladagasear. 
Who knows but some day many of 
our y^oung friends who write for this 
paper may’ become a second Agassiz, a 
Dana, a Wood or an Audubon. 
Has any one of our readers ever seen 
a hoop snakeV If they have they will 
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and stating how they knew it to be a 
hoop snake. 
It is stated that a plant has been 
discovered in South America which 
possesses strong electrical properties. 
On breaking a twig a shock is felt, and 
a compass is affected at a distance of 
some feet from the plant. 
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Those who fail to purchase of him now 
will loose a chance that occurs but 
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The birds of Louisiana, papers of 
that state say, will soon be extermina¬ 
ted. The colored people there not only 
make birds an article of food, but have 
begun to use their eggs for the same 
purpose. The eggs of the partridges, 
robins, wrens, mocking birds, and all 
others that they can get their hands 
on, are eaten. 
The second edition of Davie’s famous 
EGG CHECK LIST is now ready. 
The regular price of this most valuable 
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this paper one year Hee. The book 
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