The Natuhalists' Companion. 
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LITERARY JVOTES. 
The Hoosier Naturalist comes as ev¬ 
er laden with good substantial reading 
Random Notes still holds its own as 
a lirst-class natural histoiy journal. 
What has become of the Standard 
Directory and A. E. Southworth & Co.? 
Prof. A. E. Foote, Philadelphia, has 
our thanks for a numbe]’ of his excel¬ 
lent Naturalists’ Leisure Hour. 
The Sunny South Oologist is anoth¬ 
er good paper which has recently made 
its appearance. 
The Young Naturalist, York, Eng¬ 
land, still continues to be one of the 
most Tvelcome of our exchanges. 
The Ornithologist, Twin Bluffs,Wis., 
and the Collector’s Monthly, Philadel¬ 
phia, have suspended publication. 
The “Briefmarken Zeitung,” Frank- 
furt-on-Main, Germany, to hand. It 
is a neat and tasty journal, devoted to 
stamps and stamp collectors. 
The most handsome and interesting 
natural histoiy paper yet received by 
us is the Ornithologist and Oologist, 
Frank B. Webster, publisher, Boston. 
The Naturalist’s World, Hkley, 
Eni2:land, comes to hand brim full of 
interesting and instructive reading. 
We wish it the very best of success. 
We are sorry to learn that Mr. 
Oliver Davie has met with a disaster 
in having the plates for his Egg Check 
List destro3md by fire. This will nec¬ 
essarily dela}^ the work for a couple of 
weeks at least. 
Geo. N. Beard. 1657 Mission St., 
San Francisco, Cal., has presented us 
with a neat little 10-page catalogue of 
the prices paid for birds’ eggs. Price 
live cents. Thanks ! 
Dawn of Daj^ has added a natural 
history department. Good ! 
On account of the serious illness of 
the editor. Youth’s Golden Hours was 
obliged to discontinue publication for 
a short time, but now that Mr. Burns 
has recovered, the publication will be 
resumed. 
Wh^" did Tidings from Nature loose 
its handsome cover? Well, Bro. Downs, 
though we regret the loss of that cover 
we cannot help but admire 3"our most 
excellent paper. Long may you live 
and prosper. 
S. Jacob, naturalist, Newport, R. I., 
has our thanks for a handsome 30 - 
page book entitled “The Student’s 
Aquarium.” Price, 25 cents. Send 
for one ; it is worth four times the 
price asked. 
The Collectors’ Science Monthly is a 
new paper just to hand. It has a fine 
illustration on the first page, but we 
doubt its success as a natural history 
journal so long as it devotes the great¬ 
er part of its pages to stamps, coins 
and advertisements. 
In the water of Salt Lake a bather 
can lie on the surface of the water with¬ 
out any exertion whatever, or by pass¬ 
ing a towel under his knees and hold¬ 
ing the two ends he can remain in an}^ 
depth of water kneeling, with the head 
and shoulders out of water, or by shift¬ 
ing it under the sole of the feet he can 
sit on the water. The one exertion, 
in fact, is to keep one’s balance; none 
whatever is required to keep afloat. 
The onl}' danger, therefore, arises from 
choaking by accidentally swallowing 
some of the water, for the strength of 
the brine is so intense that the muscles 
of the throat are convulsed, and stran¬ 
gulation ensues. 
