NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



PUBLISHERS'S DEPARTM'T 



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 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. 



There is an unsurpassed Dining 

 Car service on the Nickel Plate 

 Road. 



The Nickel Plate Road runs 

 from Buffalo to Chicago, via Cleve- 

 land and Fort Wayne. 



Uniformed Colored Porters are 

 in charge of the Day Coaches, to 

 show all attention to the passen- 

 gers on the Nickel Plate Road. 



The Nickel Plate Road controlls 

 the Dining Stations on its line and 

 they receive unstinted praise. 



The Nickel Plate Road, as the 

 Low Rate Line, in connection 

 with the best service, receives the 

 enthusiastic support and praise of 

 all Delegations, Conventions and 

 Assemblies. 



The Nickel Plate Road runs 

 along the shore of Lake Erie andj 

 through Erie, Cleveland, Fostoria I 

 and Fort Wayne. 



Fifty-two new islands have ap- 

 peared (by aid of volcanic action ) 

 during the present century, and 

 nineteen have disappeared — have 

 been submerged. This makes a 

 net gain to the earth of thirty- 

 three islands. — Boston Transcript. 



The Nickel Plate Road is the 

 shortest line between Buffalo and 

 Chicago. 



Wolves are not yet extinct in 

 France. Last year 384 were killed 

 in fifty-five out of the eighty-seven 

 departments, chiefly in the center 

 and the eastern part of the coun- 

 try. 



There is no change of cars of 

 any class between New York and 

 Chicago via West Shore and Nick- 

 el Plate Roads. 



Our Premium List Supplement, 

 mailed with last week's issue, 

 promises to be an unrivaled sub- 

 scription getter and renewer. We 

 wish, however, to state that in no 

 instance will we allow a part)' to 

 extend his subscription for more 

 than one year for either or both 

 publications — e. g. should a party 

 send in an order for #2.00 worth of 

 Premiums this order would entitle 

 him to a year's subscription to 

 both publications, the Oologist and 

 Natural Science News — a $10 or- 

 der would entitle him to the same 

 and no more — in other words we 

 can neither allow nor afford to ex- 

 tend a subscription in connection 

 with our offer beyond Feb. 1st, 

 1897 to the Natural Science News 

 or beyond Jan. '97 or one year 

 from expiration of present sub- 

 scription to the Oologist. 



The Nickel Plate Road is the 

 line for the masses. 



Mr. E. E. Howell of The Micro- 

 cosm has placed a series of his bys- 

 tematic School and College Col- 

 lections, also of his Relief Maps 

 on exhibition in the Minerals and 

 Forestry Building at the Atlanta 

 Exposition. Mr. H. has had his 

 large force of assistants on Expo- 

 sition work for the past few 

 monthc. One will find a large 

 amount of "Howell" work, of the 

 Relief and Sectional Maps and 

 Modeling nature in the exhibits of 

 the Government and those of 

 many of the states. The great ge- 

 ological sectional map of the Ap- 

 palachian System, the "crowning" 

 feature of the Minerals and For- 

 estery Building, was turned out at 

 The Microcosm. 



The Nickel Plate Road is the 

 Low Rate, Best Service, short 

 line between Buffalo and Chicago. 



Among the fossils recently dis- 

 covered in Wyoming by Prof. J. 

 L. Wortman of Columbia College 

 is the skeleton of a prehistoric 

 man found near the head of Bitter 

 Creek in southern Wyoming, near 

 the Colorado line, in the sediment 

 of the bed of an extinct lake in 

 which the man was probably 

 drowned. — Ex. 



RARE SPECIES 



Of North American Bird Skins a specialty, 

 also fine Mammal Skins, with Skulls, etc Over 

 10.000 fine Bird and Mammal Skins in stock. 

 Finely mounted heads of Deer, Elk, Caribou, 

 Rocky Mountain Sheep and Goats, etc. Fine 

 Geodes of many varieties— order a few beauties 

 for your cabinet. J also have a few sets of Illi- 

 nois Geological Reports, (Vols. 1 to 8) complete 

 and elegantly illustrated. This magniHcent 

 work is now becoming extremely rare, and will 

 soon be beyond reach. Send two stamps for 

 catalog, or with letters of inquiry. Refer- 

 ence, all prominent Scientists or Institutions 

 throughout the country. CHAS. K. WORTII- 

 EN, Naturalist. Taxidermist and Dealer, War- 

 saw, 111., U. S. A. Established in 1873. 



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 stales 



Give reference and you can gi t a few 

 on selection postpaid one way. 



Have 10,000 flint arrows and spears 

 from a dozen states. 



I have recently found some v\ hite 

 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 eggand lined with brilliant spark- 

 ling, frost-like white crystals; a few 

 amethystine tinted and a few with tran- 

 sparent selenite, and others like snow. 

 I will send them postpaid for 25, 35 and 

 50 cents. Small ones unopened 10 and 

 15 cents. 



You neve?- had any Ge des in i ou 1 

 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 



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Dead w ood, S- D 



Mica Crystals. 



A new thing of great interest to min- 

 er 1 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 

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Better Than a Shot Gun ! 



A Rare Chance 



to obtain a high-grade Op- 

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at a very low price. 



The entire stock of Queen 

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