17B 
THE NATUKALISTS’ COMPANION. 
CONCLUSION. 
We have, in the previous pages of 
this article, passed through all the grand 
stages of this world’s history. When 
we look back, we ask ourselves: “Did 
geology cease with the coming of man ? 
Will man yet vanish from the earth as 
did the mammoth and the mastodon, 
and will a superior being take his place ?” 
Many of our modern animals, such as 
the buffalo and the beaver, will soon be 
extinct. The mud of our day will be 
the rocks of another. Changes are con¬ 
tinually going on around us. But will 
man become extinct? We think not. 
I'he earth was made for man. The 
Creator had man in view when the first 
rock was f'ormed; the coal and metals 
were stored in the earth for him, and all 
the great changes of the earth were to 
prepare it for him. Man in his every 
movement shows forth the divine inner 
being. He can make a fire; he can 
produce his thoughts in words, or write 
them on paper; he brings the elements 
to his aid, heat light, electricity steam 
and water, all are used by him. 
THE END. 
EXCHANGES. 
THIS column Is open to all subscribers, who m ; j insert 
exchanges free of charge. NO advertisenieiits aUiiiitte<l to this 
column under any circumstances, and we shail reserve the 
right to insert no exchanges which are merely intended to se* 
cure cash purchasers.--Ed. 
Oscar Quear, Arcadia, Ind.—Indian 
relics, rare minearls, old coins, Vols. i 
and 2 Golden Days, for curiosities from 
other states. 
L. H. McNeill, Mobile, Ala.—Coins, 
stamps, birds’ eggs, etc., for U. S. cop¬ 
pers earlier than 1830. 
A. B. Roberts, Weymouth, Ohio.— 
A fine fossil clam for every two perl’ect 
arrowheads; ten numbers Young Oolog- 
ist for Indian relics. 
Collector, 305 French St., Wilming¬ 
ton, Del.—Stuffed birds and other curi¬ 
os in exchange for perfect arrowheads 
and other Indian relics. 
Glenn Stearns, Circleville, Tex.— 
Will exchange scorpions, two varieties 
quartz, petrified oak wood, and other 
minerals; also birds’ eggs, for Nos. i, 2, 
3 and 5 of this paper. 
Harry Daniels, St. Johnsbury, Vt. 
—A good starfish for every three sea 
beans; a Chinese coin for every good 
moss agate; a pair of Chinese chopsticks 
for a 3x3 piece of crystalized gypsum. 
D. M. Grosh, box 877, Shamokin, 
Penn.—Fossil ferns on slate, peacock 
coal, crystals, sulphur and water dia¬ 
monds, for minerals, relics,cmios, shells, 
and stamps. 
W. M. Sackett, Meadville, Penn.— 
My collection of unclassified hymenop- 
tera for lepidoptera and coleoptera, also 
lepidoptera and coleopter^ for same. 
Correspondence desired with Southern 
and Western collectors. 
R. M. Jester, Sheffield, la.—15 for¬ 
eign stamps for every good labeled min¬ 
eral, arrowhead, minnie ball, or ocean 
curiosity. Fine specimens of pressed 
flowers and ferns (mounted), for minei - 
als, shells, Indian relics, etc. 
Arthur Nevill, Breslau, N. Y.—23 
miscellaneous papers, 32 boys’ papers, 
36 naturalists’ papers, 40 stamp papers, 
3 fossil shells, pudding stone, 32 old U. 
S. post-cards, 2 Canada post-cards, 20 
numbers Harper’s Bazar, ii of Popular 
Science monthly, stuffed meadow lark, 
and “The Dog Crusoe,” for coins or 
offeis. ^ 
