NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



SURPLUS. 



For the past two years I have been endeavoring to unload an enor- 

 mous stock of Specimens, Curios, &c. I have retailed, wholesaled and 

 jobbed "carloads" of them but of a tew items I had such an immense 

 siock left on hand that no single dealer cared to shoulder the entire lay- 

 out, and since my large sale of stock and retail business to Mr. Short, a 

 vear ago. I've been unloading this "surplus" at Chautauqua, Lakeside, 

 Fairs. Atlanta and through Premium Offers and Xmas Presents. I find, 

 however, that I still have a "surplus'' and that I'm apt to have one at 

 the end of this season's campaign, but in order to avoid its being a large 

 one 1 have concluded to offer the following during the months of April 

 and May, after which I shall be busily engaged with my Resort Trade. 



If you are "short" of cash I cxn use good endorsed bankable paper 

 or would even exchange for desirable sets of eggs, valuable U. S. and 

 Department stamps or for any thing in my" Wan t'ad. in Natural Science 

 Nkws of February 2Sth or for anything in my line suitable to retail from 

 my Chautauqua stores. 



Why don't you get a "starter" tow aros a Retail, Resort. Fair 

 or Exchange Stock? 



Small orders for single specimens will be filled at first column prices 

 only, at which they are sent by mail or express prepaid. All prices 

 given per 10 and per 103 are by express or freight at purchasers expense 



Five can be selected at 10 prices; 50 at 100. 

 T-^nr y you can select anything on the list, at single rates, to 

 r VJL Jl.UU ' the amount of $1.00 and I will send them to you pre- 

 paid and include a years subscription to either the Oologist or Natur- 

 al Science News 



On an order amounting to $5.00 or over you can select single 



SHELLS. 



Each. 



specimens of anything on the list at 10 rates. 



$ 5 .O0. 



$)IO.OO. any thing on the list at 100 rates, 



By sendiug a $5 or $10 or you can get specimens at about H usual 

 prices, and at prices, on many things at least, which cannot be dupl.cated 

 by purchasing in large quantities elsewhere. 



If there is anything on the list that you can use I want to sell it to 

 you even if ihat item amouuts to only a few cents. If you find that you 

 can use $i5, $50 or $100 worth send me your list for inspection and I may 

 be able to shade even these ridiculously low prices. The gist of the 

 whole matter amounts to this: If I can convert this "surplus" into 

 cash or stock which I can turn into cash during the next six months I'll 

 not let any reasoaaole proposition pass by even if at a coasiderable loss 

 to myself. 



The stock I offer liA N). 1. Stiple anl stla.tblj bat 1 11 overstock- 

 ed Let me hear from you. Address 



FRANK H. L ATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



MINERALS AND FOSSILS. 



Scax>hite 



Each 

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in 



nodosus, No. 1. small 



•' " 2. medium 23 



" 3, medium 50 



-4, largest 1 00 



Geodes, selected, 3 in 50 



chalcedony. Black Hills 25 



Fossil Polyp Coral, small 5 



" " •' medium 



large 



Flexible Sandstone, per lb 



Coquina, per lb 35 



Electric Stone, per lb 50 



Gypsum, per lb 30 



Fossil Shark Teeth 5 



" " " selects 10 



Students Mineral Collections 50 selected 1V4 in. spec'ns 1 50 

 101 Specimen Mineral Collections, extra fine, specimens 



In this collection have a retail value of 5 and 10c each 3 50 

 Gem Stones, small cut and polished semi-precious 



stones, many suitable for mounting *.. _ 



Sard Trilby he irt Intaglioes 15 



Opals. Mexican 15 



50 



Red Onyx _ 15 



Black Onyx 15 



Crocidolite. Tiger-ej e 10 



" " medium 15 



" select 25 



Lapis Lazuli 35 



Chalcedony, tinted 10 



" varigated 10 



showing an artificial tree 15 



Black Ribbon Agates _ 10 



Red Ribbon Agate 10 



Carnelian 10 



Assorted, all the above and many others n 



Ditto, selects 15 



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MEXICAN IRIDESCENT WARE. 



The following is from an article on Mexico, by Charles Dudley Warner 

 in Harper's Magazine : "At PatzCuaro we found by chance, for it was not 

 displayed for sale, something that interested us more than anything else 

 made in Mexico. This was a true iridescent ware. The specimens we 

 obtained were small, round and rectangular plates. The lustre is the 

 true Saracenic, Alhambra. or Gubbio lustre, the real iridesceDce. shim- 

 mering, shifting colors in changing light, ruby, green, blue. Would it 

 not be strange if this lost art were preserved in Mexico? The ware is 

 rude. The makers have not the certainty of producing a particular col- 

 or in a picture which distinguishes a Gubbio work, and it lacks the ele- 

 gance and glaze, the solidity and fineness of the Alhambra tiles. But it 

 is a genuine iridescence. The plates are exceedingly thin and brittle. 

 The lustre seems to be metallic, of copper, and the effect produced by 

 subjecting the ware to an exceedingly high temperature, a firing so 

 tierce that the clay is apparently disintegrated, and has lost its ringing 

 quality." The ware is very difficult to procure and ours is one of the 

 first lots sent to the U. S. The small pieces are mostly in plaques and 

 round or oblong dishes, small vases, baskets, bowls, kettles, etc. Most 

 of the flat pieces have holes In one edge to hang up as plaques, but can 

 be used equally well for card receivers, cigar ash; receivers, jewel cases, 

 etc. 



Small pieces of Iridescent Ware, assorted 15 1 00 7 50 



Pulque Cuds of Iridescent Ware 35 200 15 00 



" •• " " large 75 4 00 30 00 



Sugar Bowls " " " 75 4 00 30 00 



Peanut or Rope Shells $ 03 



Blued Cowry SS 



Black Ear, small, rough 15 



medium, rough , 35 



Scallops. Pecten irradians. dark valves 03 



light valves 0.5 



Poached Egg Shells 25 



Scallops— small white valves for fancy work 03 



Snipe billed Murex 50 



Strombus alatus. selects 15 



'• " ordinary 10 



Goldmouths _ 15 



Spider Shells 35 



Ca^k Shells Malea ringens 75 



Lettered Olive or Key Shells, small 05 



medium 15 



large 15 



Japanese Eburnas 15 



Lord's Prayer Cowries 35 



Money Cowries 05 



Mammoth Japanese Unio Valves '50 



African Murex 75 



Milk Strombus 35 



Magpie J . small 05 



medium 10 



large 25 



Pearl Trochus 25 



Paper Shells, Sycotypus papyratia 20 



Marlin Spikes 25 



Pink Murex 35 



Rock Murex 25 



Cardium, valves 15 



African Murex, 2ds 25 



Fox heads, small 25 



•' 2.1s 15 



large 35 



White Murex, 2ds 15 



Fnlgur perversa. 10-12 in 75 



Giant Fasciolarias 12 18 in 1 00 



Kid Conchs 15 



Camel Shells, Ovulum gibbosum 10 



Angel wings, pairs, small as 



" large 75 



Cardium Isocardias 15 



Orthalicus melanochilus 25 



Liguus tasciata 15 



Ohama arcinella 20 



Bleeding Teeth, selects, small 05 



medium 05 



large 10 



Leaf backed Murex. small 0.5 



medium' 10 



large 15 



Thorny nosed " small 05 



btrge 10 



Bahama " 10 



Silver lips 15 



Dotted Cones 15 



Dove Shells. from Brit sh Guiana exhibit atWorld'sFair 03 



Wheel Shells, llotella 03 



Keyhole Limpets 10 



Helix fldeles, Oregon 25 



Wampum or Tusk Shells 05 



Little Agate Shells. AihalinelLi 10 



Partula gibba, Ladrones 10 



Pythea pyramidata 10 



Quoit Shells, 1 valve. Dosina 10 



Australian Jewel Shells 1 -valve, Trigonia 15 



LAND AND MARINE CURIOS. 



Each. 



Eggs of Hammerhead Shark, selects 15 



seconds 10 



Hermit Crab in shell 35 



Black Starfish. Echinasler senlus 35 



Per 

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Liver Beans 

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Red " ■' 



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Brown-banded Sea Beans 



Rose Coral 



Honey Comb Coral 25 



East Indian Branch 1 oral 03 



" ' " " " 05 



10 



Egg Cases of Periwinkle 25 



Tarpon Scales 05 



Acorn Barnacles 10 



Skate or Sand Shark Eggs 05 



Small Porcupine Fish : 85 



W. I. Spike Coral 



Organpipe 



Resurrection Plants 



Sea Fans, small 



Z medium 



large 



Sea Ferns, small 



" medium 



large 



Florida Gorgonias, assorted 25 



Tarantulas mounted in box 60 



Scorpions " " " " 40 



Trap-Door Spiders " " 50 



nests 30 



" '• " in boxes 60 



" Redwood pails 55 



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