FOREST AND STREAM. 



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GEOGRAPHICAL DERIVATIVES. 



"Now." in a Chili tone she said, 

 '• 1 will be Frank, 'tie true— 

 All ho' you Arab brilliant natch, 

 1 do cot (Jaffro yon i" 



" lady, Dane to hear mv suit— 



This heart is Scot by thee"— 

 " Nay. air, 1 can not heed your wordB 

 For you Arnaut to me !'' 



" 'Tis Weloh,'' she added freezingly, 

 "Since Siam pressed aa far, 

 To Hindoo you.no longer here. 

 And bo, good sir, Tartar!" 



" What Ottoman like me to do?" 

 Ei-wailed the stricken man ; 



' ' I'll Finnish up my mad career 

 And wed the Gallican '." 



— St. Louis Times. 



Secret of Snake Charming. — In India 

 the favorite snake for exhibition is the cobra, 

 partly because of its more striking appearance, 

 and partly because its deadly character being 

 so well known, any trifling with it appears to 

 the uninitiated public the more wonderful. 

 Nor, indeed, do the performances of the 

 Hindoo snake charmer lose, on better ac- 

 quaintance, all their marvelousness, for 

 courage of a high order, arising partly from 

 the confidence acquired by long practice, is 

 manifested in seizing and bagging the dread- 

 ful ophidian. 



In most cases the charmer renders the reptiles 

 harmless by drawing their poison fangs, and 

 the exhibition becomss then merely one which 

 exhibits the snake's highly trained condition. 

 On the other hand it often happens that the 

 basket contains the veritable death-dealer, 

 and a cobra with his fangs undrawn is nearly 

 always forth-coming if the temptation in 

 money be sufficiently strong. But in the 

 handling of the creature when once exposed 

 there is no hesitation, for hesitation means 

 death, and in the swift seizure and sudden re- 

 lease there is a daring of an exceptional kind. 



A cobra strikes, when it has really made up 

 its mind to strike, with lightning rapidity, 

 and to dodge lightning successfully requires 

 considerable agility. 



The snake charmers, however, when put on 

 their mettle will grasp the erect cobra with 

 impunity, owing solely to the superior speed 

 of their movements, for by a feint they pro- 

 voke the reptile to strike, and before it can re- 

 cover its attitude seize it below the jaws. In 

 the same way the ichneumon or mongoose se- 

 cures in contest with venomous snakes a com- 

 parative immunity. It was for a long time 

 an article of faith with writers of popular 

 works on natural history that this animal en- 

 joyed a complete immunity, but scientific ex- 

 periment has corrected this fallacy. A mon- 

 goose and cobra confined together fought free- 

 ly, and though the latter seemed to the eye to 

 strike his antagonist repeatedly, the mon- 

 goose, it, being examined after it had killed 

 the snake, was found to be untouched. 



Another cobra was then brought on to the 

 scene and, being made to close its fangs on 

 the mongoose's leg, the animal confessed its 

 susceptibility to the poison by dying in about 

 four minutes. It was, therefore, by its su- 

 perior activity alone that in fair fight with the 

 reptile it had escaped unhurt, and to the same 

 cause the snake charmer owes the immunity 

 that attends his exhibition. But as in the case 

 of the mongoose the snake charmer, when ac- 

 tually bitten, dies as rapidly as any other 

 creature, in spite of all the powers of his 

 charms, roots and snake stone. The Hindoo 

 spectator refuses to believe this, and enjoys, 

 therefore, by his credulity, a pleasure denied 

 to more intelligent audiences, for if we could 

 only accept as truth the charmer's statement 

 that he has really been bitten and the red 

 drops on the bitten spot were actually blood 

 exuding from the fatal puncture, and could 

 then believe that the root he smelt, the stone 

 be applied to the wound, and the charmB be 

 muttered were veritably counteracting the 

 magic of the cobra's poison, the spectacle 

 would be of surpassing interest, since it would 

 be a miracle. — Louden, Telegraph. 



Planting Telegraph Poles bi» the Aid 

 of as Explosive Powdeb.— The Titusville 

 (Pa.) Herald publishers the following: " A 

 new and improved mode of planting tele- 

 graph poles has recently been discovered and 

 tried with success in this city. The ground 

 being staked off at a distance of about 200 

 feet apart, a man starts off with a pocketful 

 of four-ounce cartridges containing the won- 

 derful new explosive known as ' electric pow- 

 der,'and with a crowbar in his hand. A hole is 

 punched from 4 to 5 feet with the bar in a few 

 minutes, and a cartridge dropped to the bot- 

 tom with a fuse and lighted with a match. 

 The operator then walks to the next stake, be- 

 fore reaching which a low, dull thud is heard 

 behind, a hole about the diameter of a flour 

 barrel has been blown in the ground to the 

 depth of four or five feet, and the work is fol- 

 lowed up by a gang of men who plant the 

 poles in the holes thus made, fill in with 

 gravel and earth, and the job is complete. 

 It matters not what soil is perforated with 

 the bar, wet or dry, loam, clay, gravel, slate 

 or bowlders (provided the bar can be in- 

 serted), the effect is the same. A gang of 

 four men, with the poles delivered on the 

 ground— one man to blast and three to erect 

 the poles and tamp them— will put up from 

 100 to 150 poles a day of tea hours each. 

 The coi I t i his new and iroj 



process is about two-thirds less than the or- 

 dinary method of planting telegraph poles, as 

 now pra i 



Admirers of Artistic 

 Potter v and Glass are 

 invited to inspect some 

 choice examples select- 

 ed bv Messrs. TIFFANY 

 & CO. during the Paris 

 Exnosition, including : 



New Plaques by Minton, decorated by Mus- 

 sill with novel marine designs. 



Salviati's latest reproductions of the Vene- 

 tian Glass of the Sixteenth century. 



Fae-similes of the Trojan iridescent bronze 

 glass exhumed by Dr. Schliemann. 



New Plaques by Copeland, decorated with 

 strongly drawn heads by Hewitt. 



Reproductions, byDoulton, of old Flemish 

 stone ware. 



Reproductions of the Scinde Pottery made 

 by the Bombay Art Society. 



Recent examples of Ginori's reproductions 

 of old Italian majolica. 



Specimens of Capo di Monti ware, Austrian 

 iridescent and enameled Glass and Limoges 

 Faience of new colors. 



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jan23 2t 



he Bcnttcl. 



Fleas! Fleas! Worms! Worms! 



8TEADMAJTS FLEA POWDER for DOQ8 

 A Bime to Fleas— A Boon to Dogs. 



This Powder is guaranteed to kill fleas on dogs or 



any other animals, or money returned. It, is pnt np 



In patent boxes with sliding pepper box top, which 



gTeatly facilitates its use. Simple and efficacious. 



Price 50 cents by mall, Postpaid 



ARECA NTJT FOR WORMS IN DOGS 



A CERTAIN REMEDY. 



Put up In boxes containing a dozen powders, with 

 fall directions for use. 



Price 50 cents per Box by mall. 



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and FOKKST AND STBBAJt. 



CONROY. BISSETT & MALLESQN, 



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MEAT FIBRINE DOG CAKES. 



Twenty-one Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals 



awarded, Including Medal of Engltsh Kennel 



Club, and of Westminster Kennel 



Clnb, New York. 



None are genuine unless so stamped. 

 F. O. Be I.UZE, 



IS South William Street, N. Y., Sole Agent. 



BROWN & HILDBR, St. Louis, Western Agents. 



For sale in cases of 112 pounds. 



Dr. Gordon Stables, 3$, "N., 



TWYFORD, BERKS, ENGLAND, 



ACTIIOB OF THE 



"Practical Kennel Cuide,"&c. 



begs tolnform Ladles and Gentlemen in America 



that he purchases and sends out dogs of any desired 



breed, fit for the highest competition. 



N. R.— A bad dog never left the Doctor's Kennels 



decl9 tf 



Imperial Kennel. 



Setters and Pointers Boarded, 



Broken, etc. 

 Young Dogs handled with skill 

 and judgment. 

 Addres?, 



II. V. GI.OVEK, 



TOMS KlVEU, N. J. 



Splendid kennel accommodations j dogs have daily 

 access to salt water. octio tf 



COCKER SPANIEL 



Breeding: KenneS 



M. P. McKOON, Franklin, Del. Co., N Y. 



I keep only cockers of the finest strains. Sell only 

 young stock. I guarantee satisfaction ana safe de- 

 livery to every customer. These beautiful and in- 

 telligent dogs cannot be beaten for ruffed grouse 

 and woodeorf . • ■•irieving. Correspond- 



ents inclosing stamp will get printed pedigrees, cir- 

 cular, testimonials, etc. jlu tf 



BLUE BLOODS FOR SALE— Two dog pupa, four 

 monthB old, very haudEome, by Koybel (cham- 

 pion Rob Roy-Belle), out of Livy II. (champion 

 Prince-Livy). These puppies combine the best 

 winning bloud in An; a ml part culars 



address P. A. DIE ' IBJ \& Shipnen 



street, Lancaster, Pa. jan3CMt 



OULEOUT KENNELS. 



Sportsmen in want of flrst-clnss Cocker Spaniels 

 can be su: pl'ed wlili either dog or bitch pups, w ith 

 stock and deliver; guarnnteed, for jlu eacfi. For 

 pedigree, etc., address CHAS. IS. HITCHCOCK, 

 Franklin, Del. Co., N. Y. )ni>9 tf 



Stud Spaniel. 



TRIMBUSH (pure Clumber), Imported direct from 

 the kennels of the fluke of Newcastle, For nose tha 

 clumbers are unrivalled, and Trimbush is a capital 

 dog to weed rockers or si as 1-sizefl setter bitches to. 

 Fee $20. Address H. O, GLOVER, Toms liver, 

 janlC tl 



N.J. 



RATTLBR— In the Stud.— Blue belton, Llewellin 

 setter, winner of three bench prizes, by cham- 

 pion Rob Koy, winner of five English held trUls, out 

 of the pure Laverack bitch. Pickles. Will serve 

 bitches at Pm. Utters warranted. Inquire of L. F. 

 WHITMAN, Dettoit, Mich. jan2 tf 



IN THE STUD— Champion imported pointer Snap- 

 shot; imported red ln-.li aett-r D.sh, first New 

 York, 1S78 ; imported English setter Frank II., first 

 Philadelphia, 1817. LINCOLN & If ELLYAR, Warren, 

 Mass. ianso tf 



I7<XCHANGK— A well bred promising setter dog, 

 -j seven months eld, for a cockei spaniel pup 

 dog, of eood stock. Address S. F., P. O. lock box 

 142, Hollklaysburg, Penn. 1an30 It 



CHAMPION DRAKE PUPS, out of subscriber's 

 Daisy, black ilia white, t n I n cl Deo. 16, isw. 

 $83 each. EDWARD J. i'uRSTKR. 2 Dexter Row, 

 Boston. jan23 it 



FOR SA I.E.— Two liver and white pointer bitch 

 '.■..., ,,n 

 FantivII. Full pedgree. Price, $16 each. CHAS. 

 N. QABB, Northampton, Mass. jan23 30 



WANTED.— A small pointer bitch, broken on 

 ruffed grouse and woodcock, not over three 

 years old, wi i Mao a beagle bitch. 



Price must be low. Slarno for reply. ROBERT 

 WALKER, Franklin, Del. Co., N. Y. jan23 3t 



FOR S4LE— Red Irish setter pups, out, of im- 

 ported R. I. setter bitch Moilie (inter sister of 



i- .,,, if.:-.! I ' ,;i, ' :; , 



York and Boston B«nch Shows), by Rattler, by 



Plunkett, AddressDAVID G. HARTT, i 



Kennel, North Port, L. I. junto' lit 



DOSS for still hunting and at 'acting and pulling 

 down big game. Dogs possessing immense 

 size, nose, courage and speed, bred especially for 

 the purpose; also very large bull-dogs can be ob- 

 tained from the breeder, FRANK ADCOCK, Shev- 

 lngtonHall, W. Wigan, England, janlSlt 



,gsr §sh, 



WANTED TO EXCHANGE, 



A fine W. A C. Scott & Son 12-gaoge MUZZLE- 

 LOADING SHOT-GUN, cost SIS, is in fine order, 

 and is a No. 1 shooter, for a brace of COCKER 

 SPANIELS; must b; over four months old. 

 Address 



W. H. HOLA.BIRD, 

 3an301t Valparaiso, Ind. 



MINNESOTA FARM— For sale, 1,660 acres im- 

 proved land in Rock County, Minnesota, with 

 farm house, three stables, corn house, hen house, 

 grain house, fences, trees, windbreaks, elevator, 

 windmills, well rinsoielear 

 water : directly on line of St. Paul and Sioux Clly 

 Railroad; price $18,000. Only one half mile by rai 

 from county seat. Sold only to increase farming 

 interest in immediate neighborhood. No such bar- 

 gain to be had in the entire West. Phi raplis 



shown and full specifications given on amplication 

 to CHAS. HALLOCK, oflice of Fokest and Stream. 

 Oct Bit! 



FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE at a bargain, for an 

 improved Winchettei or nuliard .sporting rifle, a 

 tlrst-clasa Reml I m ior rifle; perfect in 



every respect, with all accoutrements. AddreaB 

 B. E. B. KENNEDY, Omaha, Nebraska. 



janO tf 



FOR SALE— Single breech- loader, s fauge, 42 

 inches, 14 lbs., made by Holland, of London, 

 in case, with shells and implements. The load is 

 S drachms and 2>,i oz. shot. One of the finest guns 

 in country for polntthoofnm. li EisRi: C.fcQUIBES. 

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