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Holmes, Shaw, Brown & Co., Bordentown, N. J., 
BUILDERS OF 
Fast Iron Steam Yachts, Launches, and Torpedo Boats. 
Builders of tlie Famous Iron Steam Yachts 
CONTINENTA L (SO feetl. speed 17.94 miles per Pour; FIREFLY (BO feet), 17.94 miles per honr; MINNEHAHA, now building (55 feet), 18 to Ml miles an hour. 
KEEP THIS CHECK IN SIGHT 
A 3000 
DOLLARS 
General Accident 
TICKET, 
25 Coals 
ONE DAT. 
UNTIL YOU REACH 
252 
ACCIDENT 
POLICIES by the month __ 
lyeur for any amoont, from 
1 *1.000 to $5,000, with weekly 
indemnity in the ratio of $5 to 
1 -# 1 , 000 - 
Broadway, New York. 
Hartford Accident Ins. CQ.,R NCimAMp - 
OF HARTFORD, CONN. [ UloUnANLt. 
W. A. ARMSTRONG, Manager; 
ORIENTAL POWDER MILLS, 
MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOB TARGET AND SPORTING 
GUNPOWDER. 
BRANDS— Diamond Drain, Falcon Ducking, Western Sporting and Ducking. 
Also, Mining and Blasting Powders. 
OFFICES—18Broad st,, Boston; 19 Exchange at., Bnffilo; 9 State at., Chicago; 32? N. Second Bt., St. Louie 
Agencies in all the principal Cities in the Country. Dec2 
Tlxe Most Approved System 
-OF- 
Breech Loading, Sporting 
And 31ilitary I Rifles. 
bas 
For Simplicity of Construction 
accuracy, 
Penetration, Durability, Safety, Ease of Maui [dilation 
Materials and Vv orkmanship, they areUnsurpassed. 
REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES, 
DES1HA BLE IN ALL RESPECTS. 
Send i or Circulars. 
Whitney Arms Comp. 
Whitneyville, near New Haven, Conn., U. 8. A. 
Paper and Metallic Shells 
FOR 
Breech Loading Shot Guns, 
Manufactured by the 
UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO., 
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 
THE STITRTEVANT SHELLS are the easiest reloaded. 
Do not have to unscrew the head nor use au awl to remove 
the exploded caps. THE PATENT MOVABLE ANVILS, 
made of steel wire, will not bend or break 
THE BERDAN PATENT SHELLS, new model, with 
Hobbs’ patent waterproof primers, never miss fire, and are 
hitrhly prized by all that have used them. 
PAPER SHELLS,—By repeated experiments and great 
onllay for improved materials, and machinery made ex¬ 
pressly for the purpose, we can now warrant our BROWN 
PAPER SHELLS equal to any imported. They are sure 
fire, and will not buret in the gnu. 
inquire of any of the dealers in sporting materials for 
the U. M. C. Co.’s Shells. 
Not sold at retail by the manufacturers. dee23 tf 
Hart’s Sportsman’s Favorite Metallic Shells for 
Breech Loading- Shot Guns. 
These Shells are easily loaded, and the caps easily extracted from inside. Head solid, and much thicker 
han any shell new made, giving a solid seat for cone or anvil, which prevents it from driving through or 
pringmg away, thereby causing missflres. The cone is made of nickle and fastened solid in its place It 
•either rusts or corrodes fast like moveable anvil made of steel. The nickle cone also prevents missfire 
vhcn cap has been left on shell for a few days, which is liable to occur either in Bteul or iron These shells 
re finely finished, and made any length ordered, from 2J- to inches. 
Shells and Loaders, and description Price Lists, can be obtained frofn all the leading sportsmen’s houses 
hroughout the country, GEO. E. HART <fc CO., 363 and 365 Market st., Newark, N J ^ 
From Captain Bogardns, Champion Win? Shot of America* 
Jesses. George E. Hart & Co., 
Gentlemen--The fifty shells I received from yon to-day suit me better than any I have ever Used They 
2 stronger and better in every respect, and I shall nee them in all my shooting hereafter. Youre truly 
may!3-ly A. H.Boaduura, 
The undersigned are now manufacturing 
Ballard’s Patent liilies, vvill* Marlin’s Improvement. 
AND WILL SHORTLY PUT THEM IN THE MARKET AT LOW PRICES. 
Short anil Long Range Creedmoor, Hunting, and Gallery Rifles 
OF ANY CALIBRE, RIM AND CENTRE-FIRE. 
SCHOVERLINC & DALY, 
jan20 3m Nos. 84 and 8G CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK. 
Sharps New Long Range Rifle. 
I have now in stock a complete assortment of Rifles of all well known and reliable makers, and having 
made special arrangements with the manufacturers, am able to sell at their prices. Have jusi. received a stock 
of SHARPS NEW LINE OF LONG RANGE AND OFF HAND RIFLES. Riflemen are invited to 
call and examine. They will be cheerfully shown to all who take an interest in Rifle Shooting. REM1NG- 
10N, BALLARD, WESSON, AND STEVENS RIFLES, all lengths and calibre. Every Rifle puTchaBed 
can be tested m the 100 yard range on the premises. Liberal arrangements made with clubs and associa¬ 
tions. Send for illustrated circular. HOMER FISHER, 260 Broadway, cor. Warren St., NY. dec2S 3m 
H. L. DUNCKLEE’S 
PATENT 
CAMPING and MINING 
STOVE. 
PATENTED JUNE 23, 1875. 
Outside dimensions, piicked, 13x12x20 itches. 
Weighing only 25 pounds, very durable, will cook 
for ten persons, and is especially adapted for camping 
purposes. The ware consists of 8 qt. kuUIe, 8 qt. tea 
kettle, 2 qt. coffee put, fry pan, round tiu pair, 2 
square paus, dipper, gridiron, tent collar. 8 ft. funnel, 
uud an oven that will roast 15 pounds beef. 
The ware is so constructed that it nests and packs 
in the Oven, and the oven and-fnnnel pack inside the 
stove, as represented in cm 2, leavina room for pack¬ 
ing half a dozen mates, knives, forks, spoons, and 
drinking caps. Price, complete, #15. 
SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 
Hr L. DUNCKLFE, 
BOX ay 10, BOSTON. 
For sale at SPORTSMAN’S EMPORIUM, 17 Ann 
street. New York City, and R. U. KILBY, 316 St. 
Paul street, Montreal 
j£iP = *Agents wanted in every town. 
Stereoscopic Studies of 
Florida Scenery. 
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of the State. Scenery, vegetation peculiar to this semi- 
tropical peninsula, and of citieB, towns, and rivers 
having historic interest. 
Only views m existence of Lake Okeechobee and 
Indian River. 
Faithful studies of St. Augustine, the St. Johns, 
Ocklowaka, the North Coast and the Gulf. 
Sets of twelve selected views enclosed in an illus¬ 
trated envelope. 
For catalogue and prices, address 
OBER BROTHERS, 
deefiti Fernandlna, Florida, 
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