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tirely satisfactory in every respect, and 

 equal the best European plates. It is 

 especially gratifying to find them so good, 

 as an egg is an exceedingly difficult sub- 

 ject to figure correctly. 



The water color drawings were made 

 from the eggs by Mr. John L. Ridgway, 

 and he deserves great credit for his suc- 

 cess. The chromolithographic plates are 

 produced by the Ketterlinus Printing 

 Company of Philadelphia, and Captain 

 Bendire tells us they faithfully portray 

 Mr. Ridgway's drawings. J.P.N. 



Editor of the O. d- O. : 



Dear Sir, — Your letter received and 

 noted. Much obliged for your informa- 

 tion. What you say in regard to " dead" 

 accounts is true, as I have found out long 

 ago. I think if dealers would stand to- 

 gether, and not send goods to parties with- 

 out cash with order, it would be better all 

 around. Still when a party who has been 

 buying goods and always paid promptly, 

 writes for goods on credit it is hard to re- 

 fuse him — and then you get stuck. Out 

 here several of us curio dealers have stopped 

 that business by keeping each other posted 

 each month as to who has failed to pay. 

 In that way we have headed off a great 

 many parties. Only this month I saved 

 a dealer a large amount by letting him 

 know promptly about a party who was N. 

 G. Another good way is to print a list 

 of every one who owes you and send a 

 copy of it to all of them and state that if it 

 is not paid by a certain date that you will 

 publish it in the O. & O. If they don't 

 come to time, publish it. You will find 

 that it will bring a good many of them to 



time. Did Dr. , , 111., 



ever get you for any goods .'' He is a rank 

 fraud and owes everybody he can get trusted 

 by. He and our friend, who is now in the 



employ of the State, , would 



make a good team. 



Such people ought to be published by 

 all means. 



Yours truly, 



A Dealer. 



We have been called upon many times 

 to publish the names of certain parties 

 who have succeeded in swindling dealers 

 and others, and who have practiced deceit 

 in their dealings in specimens, &c. The 

 question of small uncollectable accounts 

 has become so serious that we have prac- 

 tically discontinued giving credit, believing 

 it to be the only remedy. Losses through 

 misfortune can be overlooked, but the 

 systematic and deliberate swindler should 

 be shown up. 



We have a list of individuals who are 

 known to us and others as dead beats., 

 and invite any regular dealer in good 

 standing to unite with us in organizing 

 for mutual information. 



Brief Notes, Correspondence, and 

 Clippings. 



W. O. Emerson has returned from 

 abroad, as he writes, "to the land where 

 the eagle screams." 



Do not forget that Oliver Davie's new 

 work on " Taxidermy " is promised before 

 Christmas. Subscription price, five 

 dollars. After it is published the price 

 will be advanced to ten dollars. Now is 

 the time to send us in your subscription. 

 We have placed an order for one hundred 

 copies with Mr. Davie, and nearly all are 

 already subscribed for. 



Joseph M. Wade's paper, "Fibre and 

 Fabric," is the leading one of its nature 

 in the country. The " Factory Girl " 

 department is very interesting. 



There are two farmers of Milltown, 

 Pa., who have gone into the business of 

 extracting the poison from bees. They 

 catch the bees, and either immerse them 

 for eight days in a bottle of alcohol. 



