I will exchange a fac-simile of George Washington's signature, for twenty-three common or three rare stamps. It is a genuine fac-simile, for it is not engraved, but traced from his signature in a book given to my great-great-grandfather by General George Washington himself.
George C. Baker, Comstocks, N. Y.
My brother takes Young People, and we were very sorry when the story of "Toby Tyler" was ended.
We have five canaries, two old ones and three young ones. My sister's bird is as dark as any wild bird except a blackbird. His name is Bobby. One day mamma was passing through the hall, and heard him making a strange noise. She went to the cage, and found a chicken-snake twined in and out of the wires. She knocked the cage down, and killed the snake, but it had already pulled some feathers out of Bob's tail and neck.
I would like to exchange wild flowers, for sea-moss or shells—sea-moss preferred.
Jessie Sharp,
Madera, Fresno Co., Cal.
My stock of lava and fossilized fern is exhausted, but I have some cones and sea-shells that came from Wales, that I would like to exchange for a specimen of amethyst, iron pyrites, or other minerals. I would like to have correspondents write before sending specimens.
Harry C.,
Bergen Point, Hudson Co., N. J.