NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



PUBLISHERS'S DEPARTM'T 



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 rest assured that there is either 

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 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 

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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 and 

 through Erie, Cleveland, Fostoria 

 and Fort Wayne. 



The Nickel Plate Road is the 

 shortest line between Buffalo and 

 Chicago. 



There is no change of cars of 

 any class between New York and 

 Chicago via West Shore and Nick- 

 el Plate Roads. 



RARE SPECIES 



Of North American Bird Skins a specialty, 

 also fine Mammal Skins, with Skulls, etc. Over 

 10,000 fine Bird and Mammal SkiDs 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. I also have a few sets of Illi- 

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

 and elegantly illustrated. This magnificent 

 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. WORTH- 

 EN, Naturalist, Taxidermist and Dealer, War- 

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



Our Premium List Supplement, 

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The Nickel Plate Road is the 

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The Nickel Plate Road is the 

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INSECTS. 



Best books with fine illustrations on Insect 

 Life published for the price. 



Eberhart's Elements of Entomology. 40 full 

 page plates, more than 300 figures. 45c post- 

 paid. 



Eberhart's Economic Entomology, finely 

 illustrated, 35c postpaid' 



Eberhart's Key to the Families of Insects, 

 illustrated, 15c postpaid. 



Knobel's Guide to Trees and Shrubs of N. E., 

 illustrated, 50c postpaid. 



Knobel's Ferns and Evergreens of N. E., 

 illustrated, 50c postpaid. 



Knobel's Butterflies and Dusk Flyers, illus- 

 trated. 50c postpaid. 



Knobel's Beetles of N. E.. finely illustrated. 

 50c postpaid. 



Mantou's Insects ; How to ' Catch and Pre- 

 serve. 50c postpaid. 



Send 4c stamps for large illustrated cata- 

 logue. 



CHAS. K. REED, 



Taxidermist, 

 262 Main St., Worcester, Mass. 



For a short time only, we will 



sell Buffalo Horns nicely polished and 

 mounted at from $1.50 to $3.00 per pair. 

 Address, GILLBERT BROS. & GRIF- 

 FEN, Taxidermists, 1519 Leavenworth 

 St., Omaha, Neb. 24-13t. 



CHAS. K. WORTHEN, 



Naturalist and Taxidermist, 



And Dealer in 



Bird and Mammal Skins, Mounted Animal 

 Heads, Handsome Geodes, etc. 



Schools, Colleges and Museums furnished 

 with Fine Collections. 



WARSAW, ILL., U.S. A. 



SEE THAT ^fgC 

 ARROW? ^if 



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 

 Lauds, 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 

 amethvstine 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 never had any Geidcs in xour 

 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, 



Dead wood, S- D 



Mica Crystals. 



A new thing of great interest to min- 

 er;:! 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 



Better Than a Shot Gun ! 



A Rare Chance 



i j.4% v r~if) to obtain a high-grade Op- 



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at great reductions, including some special 

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Send for circular No. 481 giving full descrip- 

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J. G. GRAY, Assignee for 



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ioio Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA. 



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MINERALS and Indian Relics. List 

 for 2c stamp. Isaac S. Kirk. Fremont, Pa. 



