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Embalming! Mounting! 



Artistic, Durable, Satisfactory! 



When answering advertisements always men- 

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Do you want to learn to mount 

 birds in a lifelike and satis- 

 factory manner? 



Do you want a reliable method, 

 and at a very reasonable fig- 

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Do you want a process of mount- 

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 one lesson? 



Then write for my process of Embalming, 

 which is sure to please you. 



The method, is embalming the body almost 

 entire, and the resulting adjustment of the 

 wings, head and legs is more satisfactory, and 

 gives better results than from any other pro- 

 cess in modern taxidermy, and is far superior 

 to all other methods in this respect, because so 

 easily understood. 



If you are a first-class taxidermist, you do 

 not need this method, for you have already 

 spent years in learning the trade: however, 

 you could learn a valuable lesson in the art of 

 posing a bird, for this method is superior to 

 all others in this respect. 



But it is to the beginners that my process 

 appeals. 



There are thousands of boys and girls, as 

 well as grown persons, who wish to mount 

 specimens, yet who have no means of learn- 

 ing. 



It costs from ten to fifty dollars to take 

 a course of instruction from a competent 

 teacher, in the art of taxidermy, and at those 

 figures, the best points are not learned. 



It takes from $5.00 to $) o.OO to buy a 

 good work on Taxidermy, and it is a well 

 known fact that without assistance, few, very 

 few, succeed. 



If you purchase, this process, it will cost you 

 7 5 Cents for one pound of the Compoiind, 

 and the printed instructions. 



One pound of the Embalming powder will 

 fully prepare and preserve 40 to 50 small birds, 

 and it is guaranteed to keep 20 birds the size of 

 a robin, forever. 



TESTIMONIALS. 



Testimonials from boys are to be expected 

 and I have hundreds of them; but I. also have 

 over (200) letters of commendation from lead- 

 ing professional men. doctors, ministers, pro- 

 fessors of first-class colleges, and even regular 

 taxidermists have advocated and extolled my 

 process; while parents, of children who were 

 too young to write, have told of the success of 

 this method, and which they have taught to 

 their children. 



A Few Testimonials. 



Have found your process a success. Birds 

 that 1 mounted look well. Am satisfied. 

 F. A. NORTON, Normal School, Ypsilanti.Mieh. 



Your process works well. I am thoroughlv 

 satisfied. 



L. B. HARTZELL, Crystal Springs, Kas. 



The instructions and embalming compound 

 received. My son is making rapid progress 

 for one so young. Is filling the house with 

 mounted birds. D. F. STUCK, M. D. 



Dear Sir: -The process is a great success and 

 gives me much pleasure. My little girl can 

 mount birds in a life like manner after two 

 weeks' practice, much to her delight. She is 

 eleven years old. My boy of fourteen succeed- 

 ed at the first attempt. Your method of shap- 

 ing the body and wings is superior to all oth- 

 ers. MRS. H. B. JOHNSON. 



Address all letters to 



Swindles! 



Counterfeits!! 



Imitations!!! 



There are many imitations of this process 

 and they are all advertised as just as good! 



The truth is, t hey are worthless productions : 

 the preparations being composed of inert in- 

 gredients put up by irresponsible persons, 

 while the directions are invariably merely gar- 

 bled copies of my instructions. 



The ingredients of my compound cost heav- 

 ily, even at wholesale, but by purchasing large- 

 ly, and by a superior process of mixing these 

 poisons, there is a small profit if many orders 

 are t aken. 



"$100.00 Reward!" 



Many are unbelievers as to the efficacy of 

 this compound, as they think it cannot pre- 

 serve flesh. 



One Hundred Dollars Re- 

 ward 



Will be paid to the person proving that one 

 ounce of the compound will not preserve one- 

 half pound of beefsteak, porksteak, mutton or 

 fowl, forever. The meat can be hung in the 

 sun immediately after it is prepared, and will 

 never be infested with fly blows. 



Will Meat Shrink? 



Certainly it will ! But by a method which is 

 fully explained in the instructions, •this shrink- 

 age is easily, and fully compensated for in a 

 simple manner, and the specimens require less 

 attention than specimens mounted in other 

 ways. 



Specimens which I mounted by this method 

 over twenty years ago, look well today and 

 hold their freshness and shape much better 

 than with birds mounted in traditional style 

 (stuffed). 



Questions answered fully if letters contain 

 stamps. 



Price of Instructions and one 

 pound of Compound, enough for 

 20 to 40 small birds, 75 cents. 



Fewer tools required than in any other 

 method. Only a knife, file and wire required. 

 The quickest method, and entirely satisfac- 

 tory. 



Mention Natural Science News. 



MORRIS GIBBS, M. D., 



KALAMAZOO, MICH. 



