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THE OOLOGIST. 



Carload of 

 CURIOS! 



I have just completed an extensive purchase. 

 That of the the entire stock of curiosities car- 

 ried by the Falls Curio Companj' of Ctiyahoga 

 Falls, Ohio. This stock is now ready for the 

 collectors of the United States to buy, and buy 

 they will if cixtting the life out of prices will 

 accomplish it. 



I've been in this business a long time but 

 here are the biggest bargains I ever offered. I 

 haven't done so much lately, been to busy, 

 shant issiie another catalogue just yet but 

 paste this in your hat. By another year "Bart- 

 lett" will be more in evidence than ever before 

 in the 12 years I have been in the "curio" busi- 

 ness. 



Here Are a Few Astonishers. 



Chinese rice pictures were 10c. now 5c. 



Chinese poker chips Ec, now 3 for 5c. 



Chinese invitations to New Year,s banquet 20c. 



now 10c. 

 Chinese envelopes 5c, now 3 for 5c. 

 Chinese New Year's cards fc. now 2 for 5c. 

 Chinese cash, half cash coins, and mock money 



5c, now 2 for 5c, 5 for 10c. 

 Chinese lottery tickets 3c. now 10c per dozen. 

 Chinese chopsticks 25c, now 6c per pair. 

 Chinese hornuts 10c. now 5c, or 3 for 10c. 

 Liver beans, biggest on earth 25c. now 10c. 

 Satin spar scarf pins, appropriate for lady or 



gentleman 35c, now 25c. 

 Indian wampum 25c doz., now 15c doz. 

 Indian pottery, large 5 to 10c: small ICc per 



dozen. 

 Indian arrow heads, perfect 8c each. 4 for 25c. 

 6 for 35c, per doz. 65c, per hundred $5.50. 

 Perfect scrapers 10c each, 3 for 25c. 

 Perfect spearheads 15. 20, 25, 35. 40, .50 a.nd TOc. 

 Serrated or leaf-shaped points, fine. Inc. 

 Rotary points, fine. 1.5c. 

 Fossil shark teeth 5 to 10c. 

 Sacred lotus seeds from Egypt 5c. 3 for 10c. 

 East India soap berries 5c, 3 for 10c. 

 Brown banded sea beans 16c, now 5c. 

 Red, yellow or drab sea beans, assorted, 15c 



per dozen. 

 Large buffalo teeth 20c, now 10c. 

 Daily Minute, smallest paper on earth, 2 cop- 

 ies different dates 5c. 

 Hedge hog quills. 3c, now 10c dozen. 

 Terrapin scales lOe, now 5c. 3 for 10c. 

 Fine lot of Pentremites: heads 5 and 10c: stems 



10c per doz.. 6 stems and 1 head for 10c. 

 Alligator teeth Ic up to .50, 1 an d 25c^per doz. 

 Sawfish saws 50c, now 35c. i i i i 

 Fac simile of $100 confederatebill, Ic. 

 Agatized wood, fine specimens, 5c to $1. 

 Petrified wood, fine specimens, 5c to $1. 

 Receptaculites Owenii (sunflower coral) from 



this locality, very rare, 5c to 50c. 

 The Oologists penholder. 10 inches long, shape 



of a feather, only lUc, made of aluminum. 



Eclipse Cabinet Still Popular, 



Contains 

 Chinese poker 

 chip, Chinese 

 napkin, Chi- 

 nese lottery 

 ticket, star- 

 fish, giant tree 

 bark, red sea 

 bean, alliga- 

 tor's tooth, 3 

 yellow w a x 

 shells, marine 

 algai. gypsum crystal.bloodytoothshell. Chinese 

 coin, flexible coral. 3 boat shells, periwinkle egg. 



drab .sea bean, sunflower coral. 3 money cowry 

 shells and fossil crinoid. All labelled name 

 and locality and in partitioned box like cut. 

 Sent postpaid for 25 cents. 



No catalogues. Remit by stamps, silver or 

 money order. Watch this space. 

 R. E. BARTLETT, 

 99 State St., Rockford. Ills. 



THE NAUTILUS. 



A monthly devoted to the intesests of Con- 

 chologists. Edited and published by H. A. Pils- 

 bry. Academy of Natural Sciences and C. W. 

 Johnson, Wagner Free Institute, Philadelphia 

 Pa. Send for sample copy. 



FRANK B. ARMSTRONG, 

 TAXIDERMIST, 



and Collector and Dealer in 



Bird and Mammal Skins, 



Birds Eggs in fine sets. Mounted Birds 

 and Animals. 



BROWNSVILLE, 



TEXAS. 



The Iowa Ornithologist. 



The only illustraled quarterly magazine in the 

 Mississippi Valley, devoted to the study of birds. 

 The July issue. Vol. l. No. 4 contains a full page 

 illustration of the Blue-winged Teal. Subscrip- 

 tion 4f)c a year. Sample copy lOc. Jy 3t. 

 DAVID L. S.WAGE, Editor, ^alem, Iowa. 



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Revolvers, 

 J^ifles, 



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''SSind«(amr)"V«=;==^QreatWerter3' ^^ 

 for Prici List. GMiWork»,PittBl}urglv,pS^ 



^FINF^ NETS, TENTS, and 



<3t-<I*>l^-<Jj SPORTING GOODS. 



Every description Of Guns, Rsvolvers, Ammu- 

 nition and Sporting Goods at very lowest pric- 

 es. We have something of interest to yon. 



300 VOLUMES OF 



VALUABLE PAPERS! 



At less than the regular prices. 

 Vol. V The Oologist. Lattin's; TO vols, each $ .45 

 Vol. II The Hcosier Naturalist, Trouslot 

 & Co.. published at Valparaiso, Ind.; 140 



vols., each 50 



Vol. II Tidings From Nature. H. M. Downs 



Rutland. Vt: 30 vols., bound in cloth, ea. .30 

 12 successive Nos. ii2-43, The West-Am. Sci- 

 entist, c. K. Orcutt, San Diego, Oal., 70 



sets, each 75 



The regular price for the above Is ^about $3.00. 

 I will send the four vols, postpaid for only. $1.60. 

 Also about i.uoo single Nos. of the above, and a 

 few other Vols, of which I offer (my selection)— 



20 JNos. all different on receiptor $ .50 



40 " '• •' " 1.00 



R.KRIETE. 4'JG K. Twelfth St.,Kan3as,City Mo. 



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 always mention the "OOLOGIST." 



