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The American Caiiktkk CAT Corpora- 

 tion, Limited. — The idea was borrowed from 

 Belgium. The Bolt^iiina have turned their 

 attention to utilizing the feline instinct of di- 

 rection, and the good people of Liege, en- 

 couraged by the successful issue of recent ex- 

 periments, propose to establish, at an early 

 day, a regular system of cat communication 

 between that city and the neighboring vil- 

 lages. Having caught the idea the A. 0. 0. 

 0. L's. agents are now catching the cats and 

 training them to their work. The prospectus 

 of the company, now before us, shows that 

 the whole North American continent is to be 

 cobwebbed with ramifications of cat-carrier 

 lines, radiating from all the principal cities 

 and reaching from the everglades of Florida 

 to the snowy wa — wastes of Alaska. The 

 advantages claimed over the present mail ser- 

 vice arise principally from the increased 

 speed of communication. Every one knows 

 that a cat can outrun a railroad lightning ex- 

 press. By au application of the liu-pau-cau- 

 dal-attachment-patented it is estimated that 

 the natural feline speed will be quadrupled, 

 and thus letters may be forwarded at least five 

 times faster than under the present; system. 

 We cannot yet give full details of the enter- 

 prise, as they have not been perfected. Suf- 

 fice it to say that at each station of the A. C. 

 0. C. L. cats from all the neighboring stations 

 are kept in constant readiness to set out for 

 their homes, where cats from other stations 

 take the messages which are thus forwarded. 

 An important advaniage claimed by the origi- 

 nators of this scheme is increased safety in 

 the carrying of valuable messages. Express 

 trains may be robbed by road agents ; floods 

 and storms are elements with which Uncle 

 Sam cannot cope ; but a cat will carry the 

 mails through. Koad agents may pepper 

 away with then - rifles. Did any one ever 

 know of a cat being harmed by bullets ? The 

 elements may do their utmost. Did any one 

 ever hear of a cat struck by lightning, 

 drowned in a flood, or blocked up in a snow 

 storm ? The rolling stock of the A. C. 0. C, 

 L. is enormous. It is estimated by the New 

 York Superintendent that this city alone 

 will f urniBh at least 40,000,000 cats, male and 

 female, and a proportionate supply is to be 

 found in every city and town in the Union, 

 making the total number wholly incompre- 

 hensible. The well-trained "courier and scout- 

 cat" department is another branch of the same 

 service. The company have already taken a 

 Government contract to supply several hun- 

 dred extra-tough cats for use on the frontier. 

 Among the modes of employment is that of 

 transporting, by a circuitous route, the cat 

 which has become domesticated in the camp 

 to a point such that the Indian enemy shall be 

 between the cat and the United States forces. 

 When released the cat, with its message and 

 tin-pan attachment, makes a bee line— or, as 

 the technical term is, a feline — for headquar- 

 ters and dashes at quadruple-stneak-of -light- 

 ning speed through the camp of the Ked-Skin. 

 The R. S. is either too much amazed by 

 the supernatural vision of flying Tom to do 

 aught save grunt in open-eyed awe; or else he 

 lets fly his winged shaft and transfixes the 

 rapidly-disappearing apparition, and Tom, 

 nothing dismayed, appears in camp bringing 

 two or three arrows with him. The hero of a 

 thousand scalps as he draws forth each arrow, 

 can distinguish from its peculiar form just 

 what tribe it belongs to, and thus information 

 is obtained which is worth more than a fort- 

 night spent in beating about the bush. 



A Virginia Bibd Stout.— This is the story 

 told by the Petersburg Index-Appeal: 



Some time last week Mr. William H. Walton, 

 a farmer of Greenville county, was seated on 

 a fence near a stack of oats, watching the 

 operations of his field hands who were 

 at work. While seated on the fence a small 

 bird alighted on his shoulder and remained 

 there until frightened away by a blow aimed 

 at it by Mr. Walton. It flew off but a little 

 way and returned to bo treated as before, and 

 repeated this feat until the gentleman con- 

 cluded to allow it to remain on his shoulder 

 in order to ascertain, if possible, what in- 

 duced it to act as described. The bird 

 moved close up to Mr. Walton's face and de- 

 liberately commenced to pluck a mouthful of 

 gray hairs from his beard, after which it flew 

 away to the hay stack and disappeared in the 

 crevices between the sheaves of oats. Ex- 

 amination of the stack disclosed the fact that 

 the bird was building its nest and had used 

 the beard for the purpose of making a lining 

 for the same. The bird is said to have been 

 -f tha wren species. 



Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, 

 Jewellers, and Importers, have 

 always a large stock of silver 

 articles for prizes for shooting, 

 yachting, racing and other 

 sports, and on request they pre- 

 pare special designs for similar 

 purposes. Their TIMING 

 WATCHES are guaranteed 

 for accuracy, and are now very 

 generally used for sporting and 

 scientific requirements. TIF- 

 FANY & CO. are also the agents 

 in America for Messrs. PATEK, 

 PHILIPPE & CO., of Geneva, of 

 whose celebrated watches they 

 have a full line. Their stock of 

 Diamonds and other Precious 

 Stones, General Jewelry, Artis- 

 tic Bronzes and Pottery, Eleetro- 

 Plate and Sterling Silverware 

 for Household use, fine Station- 

 ery and Bric-a-brac, is ihe 

 largest in the world, and the 

 public are invited to visit their 

 establishment without feeling 

 the slightest obligation to pur- 

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 Texile* Fabrics, Indian Arms, Idols, etc, etc., 

 forming a complete museum of rare curiosi- 

 ties. The above comprise in part the stock of 

 the well-known old curiosity shop, 689 

 Broadway, the entire contents of which will 

 be sold at auction by BARKER & CO., com- 

 mencing on WEDNESDAY, Oct, 23, and con- 

 tinue daily till ALL js sold. 



BARKER & CO., 

 47 and 49 Liberty Street, N. Y. 



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Continuation or tho Popular Weekly Sales of 



Breech anil Of uxzIe-Lnndiiig Snot-Guns, 



Killed, etc. 



BARKER <fc CO., ,n arid. 49 Liberty street, sells this 

 TLurndav and Friday, Oct. IT aud 18. an ex- 

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 most noted European makes, aud oil 1 Uursdav and 

 Friday, Oct. 24 and 25, an entire new im- 

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W.IW.JJreener's Champion Treble JRTedge; Fast, 



Breech-Loader.l 



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, A' *5 e '"ternatlonal P ig e0 n shooting, Monaco, Feb., 

 1S<8, tho Grand Prix de Casino, an oWrt d'arl valued at 

 £IW, and a money prize of £705, this the greatest 

 prize ever shot for at Monaco, was competed for by 

 siiiy-sLt of thebestahotB of all nations, and km, i, 

 Mr. Cholmondley Pennell, with a full-choke bore 

 Wedge-Fast Gun by W. W. Greener, killing it birds 

 out of 12 at 28 yards and 1 foot and 20 !<f yards. He 

 also won the second event, killing s birds in Brio Bl lion 

 at 33 yards, making a total of ID birds out of 20. This 

 Is acknowledged to be the best Bhooting on record. 

 The winning gun at the choke-bore match, 1877, hew- 

 ing 17 guns by tho best London makers, and winning 

 the ellver enp, valued at so guineas, presented bv M r. 

 J. Pnrdey, the gunmaker. J 



The winning gun also at Philadelphia. 1ST6, in the plgoou shooting match between Cant. Bogardns and 

 Mr. South for S500 a side, South killing 86 birds out of loo, using one Rarrel only. V parous ana 



The winning gun also at the great .London Gun Trial, 111TB, homing 108 guns by all tho best make™ nt 

 Great Britain aud Ireland. THE PATENT TfiBBLE WEDGE PAST BKEEOII-LOADEK is the "wonee«t 

 and most durable ever invented, and the most successful gun of the period. Patented in tha rjnftnl 

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W. W. GREENER, St. Mary's ^Works, Birmingham, England. 



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webley'sTtreble wedce guns. 



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Messrs. P. WEBLEY & SONS, Birmingham aud London, at vastespense, have seenred the mostnerfect 

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 out guns, pes • i , ; , , . ..,■,■;!. .,,ce, and irfsnoh increased iiuantiti a; :/,,-,■■- iio cost Thpir 



specialties this year are their line Treble-Wedge Guns, Nos. 1 and 2, of Whi I. i I u ] will »ive s 



tolerably fair Idea. Every gun has line Damascus or luimr, i N, rebounding bar locks nistrii 



grip, extension rib, levf-r fur,.;,. , u „i ..,-, ■i llf; bolt, and is bored after Webley's system, which has produce, 



snch marveUo itesttfte,! d vet all this at a price so low as to place the gnnl 



anyone. This is what machinery can do. It is anew thing to be able to bny a line breech-loader with 

 every possible appliance which can contribute to its beauty, ooriyerii ncei Bueneo in shooiingat the 



price of ordinary gnns. In addition to the Treble Wedge Guns, we have on hand upwards of one hundred 

 of Webley's breeen-loaders, top and side lever, of various grades, v. I. , ter the nun 



waspver. These guns are being rapidlj Hissed oril u ; ojicei are all bored aftertne 



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