THE OOLOGIST 



Hotels and Summer Boarding Houses- 



The West Shore Railroad list of Hotels 

 and Summer Boarding Houses for the 

 season of 1897 is in course of prepara- 

 tion. This list will embrace all the ho- 

 tels and summer boarding houses on the 

 lines of the West Shore, Wallkill Val- 

 ley, Ulster & Delaware, Stony Clove & 

 Catskill Mountain, Kaaterskill, Catskill 

 Mountain & Cairo andDelaware& Hud- 

 son Railroads. 



In order that the list may be made as 

 complete as possible, and that correct 

 information may be given to those seek- 

 ing summer homes; hotels, summer 

 boarding and farm houses desiring sum- 

 mer boarders are requested to address 

 C. E Lambert, General Passenger Agt., 

 West Shore Railroad, 5 Vanderbilt 

 Avenue, New York, for blank form on 

 which to give the desired information. 

 No charge is made for representation 

 in this list. 



The West Shore's book for 1897. en- 

 titled "Summer Homes and Tours," 

 will be the handsomest ever issued. 

 The size of the book has been increased 

 and elegant new half-tone cuts are now 

 being engraved. It will be entirely re- 

 newed thi-oughout. 



Rapid Taxidermy 

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After many years of unvarying success, and a 

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 plified Method of Taxidermy, from boys, girls, 

 parents, doctors, ministers, lawyers, school 

 teachers, merchants, farmers, mechanics, hun- 

 ters, outers and sportsmen, as well as from 

 curators of leading university museums, and 

 professional taxidermists; I "feel that I can 

 safely make this offer. Send me 



TS CENTS 



Cash or Stamps and receive complete instruct- 

 ions for mounting birds in cases, plaques, hang- 

 ing game, deer heads, etc. etc., with package 

 of prepared compound ready for use, enough to 

 mount bO small birds, or 20 large ones; together 

 with full directions for dressing skins with the 

 hair on for rugs, robes and hangings. 



If you are not fully satisfied, your money 

 will be cheerfully refunded. 



Beware of imitations. Mention The Oolo- 

 GiST and address 



MORRIS GIBBS, M. D., 



KALAMAZOO, MICH. 



Ripans Tabules: at druggists. 

 Ripans Tabules assist digestion. 



Ornithology. 



In all parts of America no other pub- 

 lication devoted to oology and ornith- 

 ology has credit for so large a circulation 

 as is accorded to the Oologtst, publish- 

 ed mothly at Albion, N. Y., and the 

 publishers of the "American Newspaper 

 Directory" will guarantee the accuracy 

 of the circulation rating accorded to 

 this paper bv a reward of one hundred 

 dollars, payable to the first person who 

 successfully assails it, — Froni Printers' 

 Ink, issue of May Oth, 1896. 



Many Subscriptions to 



THE OOLOGIST 



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 quires CASH IN ADVANCE. Hence, 

 if you are one of the delinquent sub- 

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 March issue will go to press prompt- 

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Come to Florida. 



A fortune can be made in a few years 

 in pineapples and tomatoes; vegetables 

 raised the whole j^ear. An ideal home. 

 For particulars write R. P. Osier, 

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Quain's Anatomy. 



I want 10th edition camplete or any one or all 

 of the following parts, viz: 



Vol. 1, Part I. Embryology. 

 D Vol. 3. Part 2. Nerves and Sense Organs. 



Vol. 3, Part .3. Viscera. 



Will give good exchange or cash. 



PRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



Minerals and Indian Relics. 



2.5 spec 2.5c 60 spec 50c 



5 spec, Ixl'i in Xf-c 10 spec, 1x1'/^ in a5c 



15 spec, 1x1^ in 3.5e 6 spec, 2xl>i in 25c 



10 spec, 2x1'/" in 35c 12 arrowheads 30c 



Sent by mail prepaid. Labeled with name & 

 locality. List free. ISAAC S. KIRK, Fremont, 

 Chester Co. , Pa. 



GREATNOVELTY IN PIN CUSHIONS. 



j Made from the seed stalk of the Yucca Palm or Spanisli 

 iBayonet, whose beautiful white blossoms adora the 

 'canyons aiid mouutain sides of Cal. 1150 Yucca Cush- 

 ions were retailed by one hotel to its guests iu less than 5 months. 

 The outside of the stalk is hard and the inside soft, and when nicely- 

 turned on a lathe they make a most beautiful white Pincushion. 

 Price 10 cents, silver. O. W. TCTTLE, Paiiadcna, CaL 



