StNicholas [serial] . flower, but a four-footed animal, abird, and an insect. Home favorites, such ashorse, dog, cat, canary, etc., are not to be in-cluded. The second and third choices, while notadopted as emblems, will have our especialattention and appreciation during the the best statements showing personal obser-vations and careful reading, and reasons for thepreferences, an appropriate prize is offered ineach of the four classes, as follows: Birds : One of the standard popular illustratedbird books. Four-footed animals : Illustrated book on com-mon wild animals. Flowers : A coll
StNicholas [serial] . flower, but a four-footed animal, abird, and an insect. Home favorites, such ashorse, dog, cat, canary, etc., are not to be in-cluded. The second and third choices, while notadopted as emblems, will have our especialattention and appreciation during the the best statements showing personal obser-vations and careful reading, and reasons for thepreferences, an appropriate prize is offered ineach of the four classes, as follows: Birds : One of the standard popular illustratedbird books. Four-footed animals : Illustrated book on com-mon wild animals. Flowers : A collecting-case, called a vasculum ;or a plant-press. Insects : A folding insect-net, with jointed bam-boo handle. All letters, stating the three favorites, andreasons, are subject to the same rules as in theLeague competitions. Write as soon as possi-ble. Letters that are received after April 25will not be considered in the voting or in theawarding of prizes. Announcements of the re-sults will be made in the July nee / X HOW MANY EYES HAVE YOU? Shut your eyes and count ten. Now openthem, and tell me what you saw. Nothing,you say. All right; let s try it another them wide open and hold your handtightly over them, counting as before. Whatnow ? Nothing again, is it? Now shut one and keep the other open. Oh,you can see fairly well now, but not so well aswith both. All right; open both. Now open thenext one. Have nt any more, you say. Oh,yes ! you just proved that the use of them addsmore to the sight than the opening of two. Twoeyes well used are better than even three or moreeyes would be if poorly used. Let good use beadded to our two eyes as a third eye, and some-times we may add to those a field-glass ormicroscope, as may be needed. Now, with all the eyes, we may see manythings we never before noticed. Some of us may not have so good eyes, or may not haveobtained that third eye, good use — so wontyou please write us what you have seen ? There is an old Roman pr
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