NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



PUBLISHERS'S DEPARTM'T 



Our Premium List Supplement 

 was issued for the purpose of in- 

 creasing the circulation of our 

 publications, but if you are already 

 a subscriber to either or both of 

 them we will cheerfully fill your 

 order for any article offered there- 

 in at prices quoted — should any of 

 these prices seem high you can 

 rest assured that there is either 

 quality or quantity, perhaps 

 both, back of them to fully satisfy 

 the most avaricious collector. 

 Try, and be convinced — remember 

 "Lattin" always "Guarantees 

 Satisfaction. " 



When you think of the Nickel 

 Plate Road it brings to mind that 

 delightful meal you had in the 

 Dining Car, and the fine service 

 and Low Rates and you wonder 

 why people will travel any other 

 way. 



From the collections at Chautau- 

 qua as advertised in an August is- 

 sue of the Natural Science News 

 we sold a $600 collection to Mr. 

 A. Hoeffer of Canton, O., and the 

 Mineral Collection we expect to 

 place in one of the large universi- 

 ties of the South. 



The Nickel Plate Road runs 

 from Buffalo to Chicago, via Cleve- 

 land and Fort Wayne. 



When we visit Atlauta we shall 

 be sadly disappointed if. we do not 

 find the handiwork of the Brimley 

 Brothers in the North Carolina ex- 

 hibit; it was through their labors 

 and personal supervision that the 

 exhibit of this state in the Fisher- 

 ies at the World's Columbian Ex- 

 position ranked as one of the best. 



The Nickel Plate Road controlls 

 the Dining Stations on its line and 

 they receive unstinted praise. 



At the time of sending in their 

 adv. for this week's issue, "The 

 Ebersold Family" make the fol- 

 lowing very satisfactory statement: 

 "Our business is growing all the 

 time and we find the Natural Sci- 

 ence News the best advertising 

 medium yet tried." 



The Nickel Plate Road runs 

 along the shore of Lake Erie and 

 through Erie, Cleveland, Fostoria 

 and Fort Wayne. 



Mr. Kirke B. Mathes has been 

 making exhibits at the State Fairs 

 of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and 

 Illinois during the past month, 

 Texas State this month, and we 

 are inclined to think that the close 

 of the present month will find him 

 snugly ensconsed in one of the 

 buildings of Atlanta's Great Expo- 

 sition. 



The Nickel Plate Road is the 

 shortest line between 'Buffalo and 

 Chicago. 



A subscriber writes: — "We no- 

 tice one of your contemporaries is 

 following closely in your steps * 



*****. In one sense you 

 might consider it a compliment to 

 your genius." — Ye Ed. blushes. 



There is no change of cars of 

 any class between New York and 

 Chicago via West Shore and Nick- 

 el Plate Roads. 



Under a conspicuous caption, 

 "Beware of Pirates," at top of first 

 inside cover page of their mam- 

 moth/catalogue for '95-'g6 Mont- 

 gomery Ward & Co., of Chicago, 

 who claim to do the largest mail 

 order business in the world, say: 

 "Make a few comparisons the next 

 time you see a catalogue sent out 

 by another house, and if you find 

 any of our quotations or ideas cop- 

 ied you may be sure that it is not 

 a safe house to deal with. No 

 honest or reputable house will de- 

 scend to such practices." It's a 

 question in our mind as to wheth- 

 er this is not "much ado about 

 nothing" — we have had much ex- 

 perience in the furnishing of 

 "ideas" and "schemes" to our ad- 

 mirers (?) but as yet have never 

 taken , M. W. & Co's dyspeptic 

 view of the matter. 



The Nickel Plate Road is the 

 line for the masses. 



The Nickel Plate Road is the 

 Low Rate, Best Service, short 

 line between Buffalo and Chicago. 



One of the busiest Curio Shops 

 in America is conducted by Mr. 

 Ernest H. Short. Collectors are 

 keeping him on the hustleQfrom 

 "early dawn till late at night" and 

 he attributes this aggravating (?) 

 state of affairs almost wholly to 

 advertising in the Oologist and 

 Natural Science News. 



Send 1 5c stampsand you will receive my 

 new Normal Catalogue of all European- 

 palsearctic bird eggs, in over 600 numbers, 

 with prices and number of sets for each 

 species. Send $5 bill by registered letter and 

 you will receive, by return steamer, a line col- 

 lection of European Birds Eggs, in- 

 cluding Falco tinnunculus, etc., etc. 



HERMANN ROLLE, 



INSTITUTION FOR NATURAL HISTORY 

 Emdener-Str. 4, Berlin, N. W., Germany. 



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NERALS andlndian Relics. List for 

 2c stamp. Isaac S. Kirk, Fremont, Pa.4yr 



SEE THAT 

 ARROW? 



That is the size of the beautiful Ore- 

 gon, New Mexico and Arizona points 

 of Chalcedony, Obsidian and Jasper 

 found in those states. 



Give reference and you can get a few 

 on selection postpaid one way. 



Have 10,000 flint arrows and spears 

 from a dozen states. 



I have recently found some white 

 Chalcedony Geodes in the Bad 

 Lands, South Dakota that are different 

 and more elegant than any I ever saw 

 from any part of the world. They are 

 rarities, in size from a hen's egg to a 

 goose egg and lined with brilliant spark- 

 ling, frost-like white crystals; a few 

 amethystine tinted and a few with tran- 

 sparent selenile, and others like snow. 

 I will send them postpaid for 25, 35 and 

 50 cents. Small ones unopened 10 and 

 15 cents. 



You never had any Oe:>des in your 

 collection as handsome. 



Minerals from all parts of the 

 world, especially the Black Hills and 

 the west. 



Cheyenne River Fossils. 



Indian Buckskin Relics and 

 Weapons from many nations. 



Shells, Indian Photos of a 

 hundred leading chiefs. 



Send stamp for priced catalogue. 



Natural History Establishment of 



L W. STILWELL, 



Deadwood, S- D 



Birds Eggs in Sets. 



Per set 



Red-tailed Hawk. 1-2 $ 75 



Red-shouldered Hawk 1-2 _ 50 



Turkey Vulture, 1-2, slightly cracked, does 



not show 80 



Florida Red-shouldered Hawk, 1-2, data 



not complete 75 



Swainson's Hawk 1-2 75 



Cooper's Hawk 1-5 85 



" " 1-4 65 



Wilson's Plover 1-3 60 



Chacalaca 1 4 1 60 



Audubon's Caracara, 1-2, data incomplete.. 1 f,0 



Virginia Rail 1-8 80 



Killdeer 1-3 30 



White-winged Dove 1-2 _ 30 



American Herring Gull 1-3 28 



Royal Tern 1-2 48 



Road-runner 1-5 80 



Arkansas Kingbird 1-3 12 



Chestnut-collared Longspur 1-4 1 00 



McCown's Longspur 1-4 3 CO 



Downy Woodpecker 1-4 60 



Belted Kingfisher 1-6 80 



American Crow 12 



Yellow-headed Blackbird 1-4 10 



Brown Thrasher 1-4 08 



Mockingbird 1-4 12 



Laughing Gull 1-3 40 



Little Blue Heron 1-4 35 



Snowy Heron 1-5 50 



Bell's Vireo 1-4 40 



White-breasted Nuthatch 1-6 1 25 



Russet-backed Thrush 1-4 42 



Hooded Warbler 1-3 90 



n-3 1 00 



American Redstart 1-4 40 



" '• n-5 45 



Texas Sparrow 1-4 1 00 



Lark Bunting 1-4 .". 60 



Grass Finch 1-3 09 



Phoebe 1-4 12 



" 1-3 09 



Rose-bi'easted Grosbeak 1-3 _ 20 



Hermit Thrush 1-4 1 20 



Ruby-throated Hummer, n-2, extra fine 1 00 



Black-chinned Hummer n-2 80 



Cala. Jay, 1-4, one egg slightly cracked 40 



All are strictly . first-class except where other- 

 wise stated and will be sent prepaid at prices 

 quoted. The few cracked ones are practically 

 as good as 1st class. 



ERNEST H. SHORT, 



ALBION, N. Y. 



