VOL. I. No. 34. ALBION, N. Y., SEPTEMBER 21, 1895. Weekly, $1.00 a Year 



Wants, .Exchanges, and. For 

 Sales. 



Brief special announcements, "Wants," "Ex- 

 changes," "For Sales," inserted In tins depart- 

 ment for 25c per 35 words. Notices over 33 words 

 charged at the rate of one-half cent per each ad- 

 ditional word. No notice inserted for less than 

 85c. Terms, cash with order. 



All copy must reach us at least three days 

 prior to date of Issue in order to insure inser- 

 tion In any given number. 



TO EXCHANGE :— 83 rifle, cost $3.75. hunting 

 knife $1.50; fine minerals valued at $25; books, 

 bird skins and first-class singles all in fine con- 

 dition for first-class sets or singles with data. 

 RICHARD McMURTRIE, East Coulter St., 

 Germantown, Phila, Pa. 



EXCHANGE : -Will exchange pair of climb- 

 ers for $1.50 worth of first-class eggs in singles. 

 Will send climbers on receipt of eggs. JOHN 

 QUINN, Ashbourne, Pa. 



A 5-LEGGED PIG in alcohol, sea shells, re- 

 volver. Indian relics, etc., to exbhange for good 

 Bicycle or Repeating Shot Gun. WM. T. 

 BUSH, Hyram, Russell Co., Ala. 



SAW-FILING or Carriage Painting practi- 

 cally, cheaply and successfully taught by mail, 

 for curiosities or cash. Learu and make 

 money odd times. Liberal commissions rfor 

 students. Details for stamp. NOVELTY 

 SHOP, Moberly, Mo. 



WANTED:- Grey's Anatomy, Esentials of 

 Chemistry, Witthans; Origin of the Art of 

 Healing, Habneman ; will give good exchange 

 in eggs in sets or singles, shells or other speci- 

 mens. State condition and price. To ex- 

 change Helix tidilis, Gomibasis plioifer, Aci'o- 

 hnus Nuttalli and Paludina arbustorum in 

 hundred lots. Make offers. FRED H. AN- 

 DRUS, Elkton. Oregon. 



COTJES' KEY wanted, 2d or 3rd edition. 

 Write stating lowest cash price. W. S. COL- 

 VIN, Osawatomil. Kans. 



FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE : — Black and 

 white Beagle bitch, six weeks old, thorough- 

 bred. Will exchange for $10.09 worth of Birds 

 Eggs, Indian Relics and books on Birds and 

 Eggs, or will sell for $5.00 cash. W. J. WIRT, 

 224 18th Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 



BRITISH COLUMBIAN plants and Pacific 

 Coast shells to exchange for shells, fossils or 

 minerals from othor localities. A. J. PINEO, 

 Victoria, B.i C. 



ALUMINUM SOUVENIRS !-Send 25cts. for 

 a beautifully finished Aluminum Pocket Comb 

 In handsome leather case. Also for list of 

 Aluminum Novelties with prices in quantities. 

 A. H. LOHMAN, Two Rivers, Wis. 



TO EXCHANGE : — Flute, nickel-plated, rais- 

 ed finger board and mouth piece, cost $1.25; for 

 offer in first-class single eggs with data. 

 STORRS LYMAN, Dayton, Wash. 



TO EXCHANGE: — 1 packet 100 stamps at 50 

 cts. each or 5 for $2.00 for eggs, sets and singles, 

 not in my collection. WALTER E. McLAIN, 

 Philatelist and Oologtst, New Vineyard, Me. 



FOR SALE : —A newl'94 Eagle Bicycle witn 

 new Wizard tires, bell and toe-clips, for best 

 offer over $40 or will exchange for first-class 

 sets. Make offers. CLARENCE H. WAT- 

 ROUS, Chester, Conn. 



BOOKS. I want good clean second-hand 

 copies of any Book which I offer for sale in my 

 new (May issue) Naturalist's Bulletin. 

 Look over your old Books and send me a list of 

 the ones you will "swap." stating lowest ex- 

 change price and what you can use for the 

 same. FRANK H, LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



HAVE FOR SALE the following: Ladies' 

 Palmetto Hats, $1.00 each; Palmetto Baskets, 

 50c. to $1.00 each; Shell Baskets 50c. to $1.00 

 each; Shell Pin cushions 25c. to $1.00 each are 

 sent postpaid. Write and see. MISS IDA B. 

 KIMBALL, New Cadiz P. O., Hilboro Co., Fla. 



FOR SALE:— Vol. I-XI of The Oologist for 

 best cash offer or for anv fine, rrough gem ma- 

 terial. B. O. LONGYEAR, Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Mich. 



A GENUINE African Ostrich Egg. dimen- 

 sions six by five inches, eudblowu. for best ex- 

 change of rare singles not in my collection of 

 250. Satisfaction guaranteed or'specimens re- 

 turned at mv expense. HARRY TRIPPELT. 

 P. O. Box 802. Montclair. N. J. 



FOR PALE OR EXCHANGE.— Malachite. 

 Crysocolla. Chalcedony. Quartz. Azurite. Mon- 

 azite and Frankline, Microscopic slides, Infu- 

 sorial earth 100 localities. Trap-tufa and 

 rocks for sale or exchance for other minerals 

 or Microscope slides or Infusoral earths. 

 PROF. ARTHUR M. EDWARDS, Newark. N. 

 J. O. & N. tf. 



STAR FISH. Echinoderms, Holothurians 

 and other marine invertebrate, in any quanti- 

 ties, for laboratory work. Scientific books or 

 lantern slides accepted in exchange. A. J. 

 PINEO, Victoria, B. C. 



TO EXCHANGE. — An International Type- 

 Writer, almost new. cost $100, for best offer. 

 A. M. EDDY', Albion, N. Y. 



WANTED.— Those having fossils named cor- 

 rectly, with geological formation, and locality, 

 to send list with lowest cash price. W. A. 

 STEARNS. Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga. 



WANTED.— Meteorites. New and uncle- 

 scribed ones especially desired. Good prices 

 paid for complete "falls"or 'finds., "EDWIN E. 

 HOWELL, 612, 17th St, N. W . , Washington. D. C. 



TO EXCHANGE.— Marine, Land and Fresh- 

 water shells. for others, especially foreign land 

 shells. Send lists and receive mine. "CHAS. 

 S. HODGSON, Albion, Ills. 



WANTED.— Land and Freshwater Shells of 

 North America, by W. G. Binney and Thos. 

 Blard, in three parts. Offered shells or cash. 

 CHAS. S. HODGSON, Albion. Ills. 



T Perches for sale.— I have on hand 15.000 

 small T perches 3 inch base. I wish to dispose 

 of these at once and in order to do so have put 

 the price clear down to hard pan. Oak finished 

 5 cents each ; pine, painted white, 4 cents each ; 

 pine, not painted, 3 cents each. All sizes will 

 be turned to order. Sample sent prepaid for 10 

 cents in stamps. E. L. HALEY". Phillips, Me. 



MONEY! OLD PAPER MONEY! 



0 varieties of Broken Bank Bills only 25c. A 

 collection of 12 varieties from $1 to $10 only 50c. 

 A dealer's lot of 100 mixed, 10 kinds, only '$3.00. 

 These bills usually sell at 10c each. 6 varieties 

 of Confederate bills 25cts., 25 $100 Confederate 

 bills, 2 kinds, $1.10. 12 Indian Arrowheads from 

 N. O, only 50cts. All postpaid. Stamps, bills, 

 etc.. wholesale or retail. Your trade solicited. 

 Address J. E. HANDSHAW, 



095-34-4t Smithtown Branch, N. Y. 



Come to Florida. 



A fortune can be made in a few years 

 in pineapples and tomatoes: vegetables 

 raised the whole year. An ideal home. 

 For particulars write R. P. Osier, 

 Avon Park, Fla. 29&Otf | 



When answering advertisements always men- 

 tion the M A? URAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



FLORIDA SHELLS 



In reach of all. Cheaper than the 

 cheapest. Now is the time to start a 

 collection. 



1. Strombus alatus, 2 to 3X inches 4c 



2. Fulgur perversus, 3 to 8 inch 6 



3. Fasciolaria tulipa,2 to 0 inch 8 



4. ■' distans, 1 to 3 inches 4 



5. " fllamentosa, 1 to 3 inch 2 



0. Cardium magnum, 3U to 4 inches.. 6 



7. " muricatum.K iinch single valves 1 



8. " serratium,l to 2X inch 3 



9. Area ponderosa, 2 to 3 Inch 3 



10. " noaj, 1 tD 4 inch 3 



11. " floridanum, 2 to 2,' j inch 3 



12. Cytherea (callistu) gigantea, 3 to 5 inch .10 



13. " " inaculata. 1 to 2\i inch 0 



14 Natica duplicata, 1 to 3 inch 2 



15 Chama Arcinella. 1 to 2 inch 5 



10 Dosinla discus, 2 to 4 inch 5 



17 Pholas costatus.3 to 6 inch. double valve.. 15 

 IS Murex pomum, 1 to 3 inch _ 3 



19 " salleanus, 1 to 3 inch 5 



20 Pyrula papyratia, 3 to 5 inch 8 



21 Pecten exasperatus. y s to 3 inch, single 1 



22 Conus Floridanus, % to 1 inch 2 



23 " proteus, 1 to 3 inch 10 



24 Pinna muricata, 4 to 10 inch s 



25 Lucina edentula, UJ to 3 inch, single 2 



20 Cancellarla carolinensis, l to IV% inch 3 



27 Oliva litterata, 1 to W% 2 



28 Anomia ephippium, 1 to 2\i Inch 1 



29 Melongena subcoronata. 2 to 0 inch 8 



30 Cerithium eburnum. 1 to l'/i inch 3 



31 Turritella, 1 to 1% inch 2 



32 Tellina. % inch l 



3S Marginella, J4 inch 2 



34 Large liver sea bean. 3c : black banded sea 



bean, 2c; grey sea beans. l 



35 Sea beaver is 



36 Conch spawn ribbon, 18 inch to 2 feet 20 



37 Skate eggs 5 



38 Rose coral, shaped like a rose 10 



39 Florida &u plants 10 



40 Tarpon scales 2 



$2 15 



Retail price for the above 40 specimens is $2.15 

 by our price list. We will send any one of the 

 above numbered specimens upon receipt of 

 price quoted, or the entire collection, 40 speci- 

 mens, upon reciept of [only $1.50. We gather 

 our own shells and gather only first class shells. 

 By comparison our prices will be found a half 

 lower than other dealers, because we are right 

 on the coast and are put to no extra expense. 

 Give me an order and you will be convinced. 

 Send stamp for price list. 



J. C. Baker successor to Baker & Hanson, 



Myers, Lee Co., Florida. 



Mica Crystals. 



A new thing of great interest to min- 

 eral collectors. Groups of brilliant 

 Hexagonal Crystals, emerald green in 

 color and many of them transparent. 



This is the only deposit of this miner- 

 al we have ever found, and the supply 

 is limited. 



Prices for Groups, 1 0c to $ 1 . 

 Southern Mineral Co.< 



Henry, Lincoln Co., N. C. 

 Fine Quartzes and N. C. Minerals in 

 general. Indian Relics, &c. tf 



