. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ovilars. Chicago Scale Co., S. Jefferson St., Chicago,M A GENEROUS AND EXTENSIVE LOAN. An earnest Christian lady makes the followingoffer to our readers:—I will loan, free of postal andall charges to such of your readers as will promise acareful reading and to pay return postage after readingit, a book which in interesting style shows the Bibleto be a self-interpreter, and its teachings grandly har-monious, viewed in the light of sanctified reason andcommon sense. I want to put this book into the hands of all theskeptically inclin
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ovilars. Chicago Scale Co., S. Jefferson St., Chicago,M A GENEROUS AND EXTENSIVE LOAN. An earnest Christian lady makes the followingoffer to our readers:—I will loan, free of postal andall charges to such of your readers as will promise acareful reading and to pay return postage after readingit, a book which in interesting style shows the Bibleto be a self-interpreter, and its teachings grandly har-monious, viewed in the light of sanctified reason andcommon sense. I want to put this book into the hands of all theskeptically inclined, as an aid and guard against thegrowing scientific skepticism. It is not dry, mustyreading, but truly meat in due season to the truth-hungry. The light of this precious little volume hasmade the Bible a new book, a treasure, a mine ofwealth, to many as well as to myself. And I feel thatI cannot better use my means than in circulating thiswork by the thousand. Address Postal Card to MRS. C. B. LEMUELS, Allegheny, Pa. THE OOLOGIST. -THE- Resurrection Plant. ONE OF THE GREATEST CURIOSITIES OF THE AGE. This singular is really one of the worders ofcreation. Imagine a bunch of withered looking,■curled up shoots, brown, stiff, and apparently dead,resembling a birds nest. Place it in water, in half anhour what a transformation ! The withered lookingbunch has now opened and is transformed into alovely patch of green moss entire y covering an .ordinary plate. In its native habitat, when the dryseason sets in, the plant curls up into a round ball andis wafted away by winds from place to place, some-times for hundreds of miles, when at last it reaches amoist spot it gradually unfolds itself, new rootsand thrives in its new found home. IDirections—Place the dry plant in water entirelycovered for two hours, then take out put inshallow dish with only roots in water; after remainingin water for a few days, allow the plant to dry , then perform the operatio
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