NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



PUBLISHERS'S DEPARTM'T 



Going West. 



The advice given by Horace 

 Greeley so many years ago, to go 

 west, is being followed every day 

 by an increasingly large number of 

 men and women. Some go to 

 stay, to build new homes, others 

 for pleasure, still others go to look 

 after great business interests, but 

 they go, and they one and all wish 

 to go by a route which combines 

 safety, speed and convenience in 

 traveling. This is the reason why 

 so many choose the Nickel Plate 

 Road. From Buffalo to Chicago 

 its line lies almost as straight as 

 an arrow, and intersected at such 

 frequent intervals by connecting 

 roads that the map looks as if the 

 road should be named "Through 

 line to everywhere." More than 

 thirty connections are given, reach- 

 ing out in every direction. Then 

 too, many travelers demand a cer- 

 tain amount of luxury when travel- 

 ing, and Wagner cars between New 

 York, Boston, Buffalo, and Chica- 

 go. The uniformed colored por- 

 ters in charge of day coaches, and 

 the unsurpassed dining car service, 

 supply this. Accommodations may 

 be secured in advance by address- 

 ing Mr. F. J. Moore, 23 Exchange 

 St., Buffalo, N. Y. He can give 

 details as to rates, connections, 

 and all necessary arrangements, 

 both east and west of Chicago. — 

 From Elmira Journal. 



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 



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Best books with fine illustrations on Insect 

 Lite 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, 

 Worcester, Mass. 



262 Main st. 



When answering advertisements always men* 

 tion the NATURALSCIENCE NEWS. 



Send $i (stamps or P. O. Order) 

 return all the following specimens, 

 and labelled with full data: 



and receive in 

 nicely packed 



My 

 price. 



Beg. 

 price. 



Sea Pen $ 25" $ 35 



Key Hole Urchin 10 20 



6 Hole Urchin 10 25 



Sea Biscuit 1 Ill 35 



Sand Dollar 05 10 



Starfish 05 10 



Serpent Starfish _ 05 25 



Deep Sea Starfish 2D 50 



Rare Cup Coral. 35 



Fossil Shell 05 15 



Cornucopia Coral 10 20 



" Fern 10 20 



10 handsome foreign shells 50 



Red Chiton 10 



Brachiopod 10 



King Crab 10 



Hermit Crab (in shell).. 



Fiddler Crab 



2 Perfect Indian Arrowheads. 



Piece of Indian Pottery 



Beautiful Indian Bird Point - 

 Piece of Indian WampuTi 



10 

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 20 

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1 50 

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20 

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$3 00 



It will be seen by above that at my prices the collection amount s to ¥3 and at regular list 

 prices to over S6. For the next 30 days you can get them all for $ 1 . Don't miss this chance. 

 All goods guaranteed perfect and as represented. Money refunded if unsatisfactory. 



A. H. VERRILL, Box 1649, New Haven, Ct. 



"Catch on" While You Can, 



RARE 



American Bird Skins a specialty, also tine 

 with Skulls, etc. Over 10,000 fine Bird and 



SPECIES of North 

 Mammal Skins, 



Mammal Skins in stock. Secure some of these rare ones while 

 you have the chance. I will mention a few only: Franklin's 

 and Richardson's Grouse, Ashy and Fork-tailed Petrels, Xantus, 

 Marbled and Ancient Murrelets, Farallone Cormorants. Pacific 

 Fulmars, Black-vented Shearwaters, Least, Crested aud Parrot 

 Auks, Aleutian and Prybilof Sandpipers, Rio Grande Turkeys, 

 Aplomaudo Falcons, Arctic Horned Owls, Copper-tailed Tro- 

 gons, Ivory-billed Woodpeckers, Carolina Paroquets, Great 

 Black Swift, St. Lucus, Coues' and Sulphur-bellied Flycatchers, 

 Swainson's, Bachman's, Red-faced, Graces, Hermit, Golden- 

 cheeked, Lucy's, Virginia's, Olive aud Brasher's Warblers, 

 Mirador Yellowthroat, Townsend's Juncos, White uaped Nut- 

 hatch, Anebel's Bluebirds, and thousands of others. Also many 

 beautiful Tropical species. Finely mounted heads of Deer, Elk, 

 Caribou, Rocky Mountain Sheep and Goats, etc. Fine Oeodes 

 of many varieties — order a few beauties for your cabinet. I also 

 have a few sets of Illinois 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. WORTHEN, 



NATURALIST, TAXIDERMIST AND DEALER, 



Warsaw, 111., U, S. A. 



Established in 1873. 



ERNEST H. SHORT, 



ALBION, N. Y. 



Successor to the Retail Mail and Catalogue 

 Business of Frank H. Lattin. 



Catalogues of Birds Eggs, Shells, (both 

 showy and scientific) Minerals, Relics, Curios. 

 Bird and Mammal Skins, and Mounted Speci- 

 mens and Supplies of all kinds for Entomolo- 

 gists, Oologists, Taxidermists, etc. Full stock 

 of Glass Eyes always on hand. Send stamp 

 and mention your specialty. 



UTS FOR NATURALISTS 



' Large stock of 

 Illustrations to select from.^^ J 

 Send for sheet of specimens 

 and prices of JOB PRINTING. 

 Prices a little lower and work a 

 little better than elsewhere. Write us what 

 you want, A. M. EDDY, ALBION, N.Y. 



MINERALS and Indian Relics. List 

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



