NATUEAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



NOVELTIES. 



Double Pendant Satin Spar Stick Pin $ 



Quartz Crystal Stick Pins 



Brazilian Beetle Stick Pins 



Agate Brooch 



Crocidolite Brooch 



Agate Shoe Buttoner 



Agate Glove Buttoner 



Agate, Moss Agate, Tiger Eye, etc., Watch 



Charms ..' 



Agate Stamp Box 1 



Pearl Penholders 35, 



Pearl Letter Openers 



Pearl Shell Spoon 



Pocket Magnifier 



Shell Napkin Ring 



" Purse 



■'_ " fine 



" Ship, thimble holder with thimble 



Shell Match Safe 



" Brooch 



Souvenir Spoons, King Crab Tail handles 



Pecten and Cardium valve bowls.. 25, 35, 



C'arnelian Marbles, genuine 



Bone Penholders 



Bone Penholders, combination 



Olive Wood Penholders 



King Crab Tail Penholders, new and uni- 

 que , 



Florida Fancy Palmetto Fans 



New Subscribers 



New subscribers to my publications, 

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 premiums must be selected from the 

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 the new subscriber can accept the $1 

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Natural Science News, 



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MINERALS, 



Ancient Indian Relics, Stamps and 

 Curiosities. 

 Price List, Postage Free. 

 W Perry Arnold, Stonnington, Ct. 



Not a Fire or Removal Sale ! 



I need space and am going to sell at a sacrifice to reduce my stock and make room. All these 

 goods are first class in every respect. 



Send riioney in most convenient way. All items marked ••mail" go prepaid at prices 

 quoted if your order amounts to 50 cents or over. Under 50 cents, fi cents extra. Those marked 

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ERNEST H. SHORT, Albion, N. Y. 



INSTRUMENTS and SUPPLIES. 



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Eye instrument for taxidermists, 

 very handy in inserting glass 

 eyes, by mail i 



12 in. scissor-handled stutter, by mail 



Quart jar arsenical soap, ready to 

 apply, express 



Large cake arsenical soap, dry, ex- 

 press 



Box of bird lime, best imported, by 

 mail 



Artificial fern leaves, lar.e. by mail 

 per doz 



Artificial lpaves medium sizes as- 

 sorted, by mail per doz 



Lichens, per package by mail ..- 15 



Grasses, per bunch, by mail 



Cherry stands (Hawk size), express 

 (by mail iOe ext r a) 



Flat decorated stands for game and 

 shorebirds, my mail 



4 in. nickle plated caliper, marked 

 in mm. and 20ths, without screw, 

 by mail 



6 in. steel rule, marked in mm., and 

 lOOths, by mail 



Catapult gun with rubber, for killing 

 small birds, by mail 



10 in. brass blowpipe, state whether 

 you wish it for eggs or minerals. 



by mail 



Same, 12 in 



Hand blower complete.for oologists, 

 saves your wind, by mail 



Box insect powder, for destroying 

 dermestes, by mail 



Folding butterfly net. the handiest 

 ever made, by mail 



Cyanide cans, for killing insects, ex- 

 press 



Geologists hammer, express. 

 Best steel, 1 lb, by mail 20; extra. 



" m ' 28c " ... 



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14 in. telescope with brass trimmings 



and leather case, by mail 2 75 



Quart bottle of tanning liquor, by 



express . 



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SHOWY SHELLS. 



All by mail postpaid. 



Spondylus, thorny oyster J2 50 $1 45 



Giant white murex, 8^x614 in l 25 72 



tiger cowry 45 27 



cockle 35 16 



Crown shell, large 50 21 



small 25 11 



Cask shell, large 75 33 



Black helmet 1 00 58 



Milk strombus 35 li 



Pearl snails, large 50 27 



Green snails, tine 35 2 J 



Gold-mouth 25 8 



Magpie 20 li 



Black-mouth strombus 15 6 



Bicolored murex 15 6 



Japanese eburna 25 8 



Spiney venus. both valves 25 9 



Quoit shells, both valves 15 0 



MINERALS. 



By mail postpaid. 

 Azurite and malachite, beautiful blue 



and green specimens. 1^x2 in. . 25 il 



Copper with calcite 1 > 8 



Catlinite. pipestone 15 « 



Carborundum. 2x2 in 23 11 



Calcite stalactites, fine greenish form 



from copper mines .... 15 8 



Dufrenite lxltf 15 9 



Emory. 2x2 in 15 fi 



Graphite, P/ 2 x2 in 20 9 



Geyserite, 1^x2 in 25 9 



Gold-bearing quartz, lxl % in 15 7 



Lodestone, magnetic, 1x1% in 15 6 



Magnesite, Greece, 1.&X2 in 2J 9 



Quartz crystals on rock, H4X2 25 11 



Rubellite, 2x2 in 35 IB 



Sulphur in native form, 2x2 in 20 10 



Sphalerite, fine, 1x1% in 15 7 



Native tin ore, 1 1 2x2 in 15 7 



Mazon creek fossil fern in kidney 



shaped rock split open to show 



the fossil, 2 to 4 in. in length 50, 75 23, 31 



Fossil leaves, like last, \% to 3 in . ..35. 75 17, 27 



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The ''Little Gem" collection of semi- 

 precious stones. It consists of 

 the following, all polished and 

 labelled, one of each: Sard, 

 bloodstone, cats-eye, tiger eye, 

 gold-stone, lapis-lazuli, sard -onyx, 

 coral-agate, dendriti c - a g a t e. 

 moss agate, niccoli, chalcedony, 

 2 var. each ; carnelian and wood 

 agates, 3 var. black onyx agate, 

 and one shell charm; 20 in all, 

 amounting at regular retail price 

 to $1 5 ). I_ will send you the whole 

 collection postpaid for 



CURIOS. 



Mexican iiridescent pottery, cups. 



saucers, plates, etc., by mail $ 15 $ li 



Same, V 2 doz., for only 50 



Mexican banks, shaped aud colored 



in imitation of various fruits, by 



mail ; 50 31 



Fragment of prehistoric pottery 



from Western New York. mail... 2) 11 



Horse-foot ci ab, by mail. 35 1(5 



Ressurection plant, large, by mail... 25 10 

 Piece of Tapa cloth made by natives 



of South Sea Isles, strong and 



curiously figured 15 0 



Sea pen, giant, by mail 2 50 70 



small, by mail 1 00 28 



Porcupine fish, by mail 50 24 



Small sand dollar, by mail 5 :i 



Giant brain coral, 16 m. diam.. tt in. 



high, very fine. express or freight 5 00 2 25 

 Large organ-pipe coral. 10x9 in., very 



fine, express 2 50 1 20 



Shark teeth, by mail 10 4 



fossil, by mail 5 2 



Sea beans. % doz.. assoited colors, 



by mail 20 7 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Horse shoe composed of minerals 

 and semi-precious stones, labell- 

 ed, very fine, by mail f 1 25 65 



Anchor like above, by mail 1 25 Z5 



Beaded Indian awl cases, by mail.. . 45 31 



Japanese book, very curious, mail I 00 52 



Chinese horn nut, by mail lo 3 



Foreign stamps, by mail 2 5'J 50 



Souvenir spoon, bowl of card.um. 



handle tail of king o ab, by mail 35 15 

 Penholder from tail of king crab, by 



mail 15 8 



MAGAZINES, PAMPHLETS, ETC. 



Xidiologist, Vol. I, No's 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 



11, each 12 



Vol. II, No's 2 and 7. each 10 



Vol. HI. No's 1. 3, 4-5 6, 7, each 8 



A. O. U. Check List, abridged edition, 



1889 75 35 



Government Reports, "The Prairie 

 Ground Squirrels of the Missis- 

 sippi Valley." Bailey, 1893. 67 

 pages 50 



"N. A. Fauna No. 5." Merriam and 



Stejneger. 1891. 125 pages Co 



■ The Pocket Gophers of the U. S," 



Bailey, 46 pages, 1895 40 



' The Common Crow of the U. S.." 



Barrows and Schwarz, 1895, 98pp 40 

 •Food and Tongues of Woodpeck- 

 ers," by Beal and Lucas, 1S95. 

 45 pages -10 



"The Crow Blackbirds and Their 



Food." Beal, 1895, 18 pages 20 



Smithsonian Reports. Directions 

 for Collecting Birds Eggs and 

 Nests," Bendire, 1891, 10 pages . 20 



"Directions For Collecting Plants," 



Knowlton. 1891, 46 pages 30 



"Directions For Collecting Reptiles 

 and Batrachians,"Stejneger,189l. 

 1 i pages 20 



"Instructions for Collecting Mol- 

 lusc's, etc.." Dall. 1892, 56 pages 35 



The An/,\ Vol 9 and 10 each 3 0J 2 SO 



•' " "11 and 12. each 3 00 2 CO 



"Directions for Collecting Minerals,'' 



Tassin »' 7 



"Birds of Western New York, "Short 



1893, 13 pages 10 7 



These prices are good until May 20th only. 

 If you order at once you will get .lust what you 

 want. 



