NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



Birds Eggs and Skins 



If you collect them, to have first-class speci- 

 mens, you must have first-class Tools. We have 

 that kind, and prices the lowest. Send 2 cent 

 stamp for our Illustrated Catalogue. 



"Starter" Mineral Collection. 



20 showy specimens (like cut, but larger). 

 35 cents postpaid. 





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"Our Pet" Mineral Collection. 



52 Specimens all named, such as usually sell 

 for 5 and 10 cents each, will send prepaid for 



Only $1.00. 



Mineral and Shell Catalogue for 2 cent stamp. 



CHAS. K. REED, 

 Naturalist and Taxidermist, 



AND DEALER IN 



Naturalists' Supplies and Books. 



Manufacturer of Oval Convex Glass Wall Shades 

 (Patented). 



A specialty made of fine work on Fish and 

 Game Heads or Large work of all kinds. 



Fur Rugs and Robes Tanned, Lined and Mount- 

 ed. 



No. 262 Main Street, Worcester, Mass. 



Just try these 



Series of Minerals. You will 

 be delighted with them. 



Scale of Hardness, 9 specimens $1 00 



Color Collection, 25 " 6 00 



Blowpipe " 25 " 1 00 



Scale of Fusibility, 6 •' 1 00 



28 Microscopic mounts 6 50 



12 different Cut Gems in Velvet Case 6 00 



Systematic Collections 



for Schools and Museums, mounted on blocks 

 and scientifically labeled and arranged 

 according to Dana, viz : 



250 large specimens _ $100 00 



150 " " 50 00 



115 •' " 25 00 



100 smaller, in trays 10 00 



65 do 5 00 



Gold and Silver Ores, 15 specimens 10 00 



Copper Ores, 15 specimens 2 50 



Ores of Common Metals. 25 specimens 5 00 



25 " smaller 2 50 



Ores of Rarer Metals, 15 specimens 3 5ti 



10 Miscellaneous Crystals 2 00 



Chalcedony Geode, new, and unique 25 



Polished specimens of all kinds, sizes and 

 prices. 



Ancient Stone Relics; Fossils; Agate, Pyrites 

 and Aluminum goods. 



Priced Catalogue for stamp. 



Black Hills 

 Natural History Establishment, 

 Deadwood, S. D. 



ESTABLISHED 1884. 



P. S.— Catalogue tells you how to get goods 

 on selection. You suit your taste by seeing 

 before buying. 



BIRDS EGGS CHEAP. 



FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER CO., 

 Hyde Park, Mass. 



GEM STONES. 



I have in stock nearly a "peck" of small cut and polished 

 semi-precious stones of almost every conceivable form, shape, 

 size, color and style, ranging in size from } inch in diameter to 

 size of illustration. In the lot I notice the following: Carne- 

 lian, Chrysophrase, Heliotrope or Bloodstone, Chalcedony, 

 Clouded Agate, Banded Agate, Fortification Agate, Ribbon Agate, Brown Agate, 

 Red Agate, Black Agate, Moss Agate, Agatized Wood, Nocha Stones, Dendritic 

 Agate, Brecciated Agate, Onyx (in great variety), Micolo, Sard, Sardonyx, Agate- 

 Jasper, Lapis Lazuli, Crocidolite (Tiger eye), Fossil Corals, Wood Agate, Labra- 

 dorite, Rock Crystal, Amethyst, Aventurine, etc., etc. Fully one-half of them 

 are suitable for jewel purposes, and if you wanted one mounted to replace a set- 

 ting in a pin, cuff button, watch charm, ring top, or in other jewelery, your 

 jeweler would charge you all the way from 25 cents to $1 for one of these identi- 

 cal stones (jewelers are buying these stones of me for this very purpose). 



While they last I will send you prepaid selected specimens at from 10 to 25 

 cents each, or I will send them prepaid, my selection at the following extraordi- 

 narily low rates: 



12 well assorted $ 75 



25 " 1 25 



100 " 4 00 



500 " 17 50 



1000 " 30 00 



By purchasing in quantity a handsome profit can be realized, after making 

 selections for your own collection, by retailing (cash or exchange) to others, they 

 ought to "swap" on an average at fully 25 cents each, and many of them I am in- 

 clined to think would quickly bring three or four times that amount. 



Altho' I've handled specimens for 15 years this is the first lot I have ever se- 

 cured in quantity — previous small lots have always cost me double the price at 

 which I am now willing to sell. Address quick and in full. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, Oileans Co., N. Y. 



CRYSTALS. 



E. H. HARN, Collector. 



If your cabinet is not represented by a suit 

 of those superbly crystalized North Carolina 

 Quartzes, it is lacking in one of its most beau- 

 tiful and attractive features. 



Quartzes in Crystals, with the following 

 inclusions: Large, movable water drops, as 

 large as peas: Kaolin; Clay, different colors; 

 Wad; Chlorite; Micas; &c. 



Rutilated Quartz in all varieties, clear 

 and amethyst. This is a true gem stone, odd 

 and beautiful. 



Zircons in large, modified and small bril- 

 liant Crystals. 



Occasionally, the following can be sent out 

 in extra specimens: Beryls, Columbite, 

 in piled groups of crystals; Gem Amethyst; 

 Rutile, blood-red. single Crystals; Hidden- 

 ite, the best to be had but none very large; 

 Kyanite, sky-blue Crystals; Octahedrite; 

 Chlorite Crystals; Samarskite; Gum- 

 mite; Tourmalines, tine black with ter- 

 minations, also in groups of doubly terminat- 

 ed Crystals, rare; Garnets, Crystals and fine 

 pieces for cutting, peculiar tint; IVIonazite, 

 and others. 



I wish to call attention to some magnificent 

 Crystals and groups of Quartzes, suitable for 

 Museums and College collections, one group 

 on hand weighing 40 pounds. 



Write for estimates on what you wish or 

 collections showing the entire Quartz range of 

 the State. 



Collections of any size sent on approval. 

 Address. 



J. H. RUGG, 

 Box 262. Blairsville, Pa. 



Southern Indian Relics. 



E. H. HAR.N, HENRY, N. C. 



MEDICAL. SURGICAL. 



In the past few years many letters have 

 reached me from the readers of the papers 

 requesting advice and medicine. 



Many of the readers of this paper are lo- 

 cated in positions far removed from cities, 

 and where direct association with city 

 physicians cannot be had. 



Advice and medicine are often desired, 

 and in most cases service may be satisfac- 

 torily rendered by mail. 



With the hope of being of assistance to 

 the public, my services are offered. 



All letters answered in the strictest con- 

 fidence. 



Respectfully yours, 

 MORRIS GIBBS, M. D., 



Kalamazoo, Mich. 



THE LITTLE MIDGET 



SELF-INKING RUBBER STAMP. 



Every Naturalist should have one. 

 Sent complete with your name and 

 address for only 50 CENTS. 



E. BREWSTER MYERS, 



Mfr of Rubber Stamps, 

 117 Clifton Street, Rochester, N. Y. 



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