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Southerners are quite numerous at Cape 

 May this season. 



There is to be a grand four-ball American 

 game billiard tournament this fall. 



It is estimated that a volcano, long extinct, 

 has broken out afresh in Colorado. 



They are experimenting with female 

 horse car conductors in Savannah. 



There is no doubt that gold has been dis- 

 covered in Alaska in paying quantities. 



Wild horses are abundant in southern 

 Kansas, and several parties of hunters are 

 after them. 



A black drum-fish weighing fifty-six 

 pounds was caught off Robbins Reef, Staten 

 Island, last week. 



Ten thousand dollars in premiums will 

 be offered at the Friendship Driving Park, 

 Pittsburgh, August 27th. 



Teresa Carreno, the American pianist, has 

 just been married at London to the young 

 violinist, Emile Lauret. 



Antoine Ravel, of the famous "Ravel 

 family," so popular in America some twenty 

 years ago, died at Toukm.se recently. 



Dr. McGregor Jones, at Dexter, Me,, has 

 a trout in his well that is forty-six years old. 

 He was placed in the well he owns in 1827. 



The Boston Journal says that about twenty- 

 five thousand residents of that city are now 

 absent, of whom about a thousand are in 

 Europe. 



It is reported that Anna Dickinson is 

 going upon the stage, and that she will 

 make her debut in a dramatic version of the 

 Scarlet Letter. 



The game of pall-mall, now obsolete in 

 England, has been played in Montpellier, 

 (France) uninterruptedly for the last four 

 hundred years. 



The genuine tea plant is now grown pro- 

 fusely in all the gardens of Jacksonville, 

 Florida, and some residents use no other tea 

 in their families. 



An enterprising dog in Utiea secured sam- 

 ples from the clothing of eight lightning rod 

 agents within half an hour after a thunder 

 storm the other day. 



The best game in Persia is the argali or 

 wild sheep, a large animal, with a peculiar 

 mane, its horns measuring four feet, and 

 weighing alone fifteen pounds. 



The cattle disease ia raging in Misouri, and 

 several thousand head have been carried off 

 within the past three weeks. In one county 

 the loss amounts to over $50,000. 



A gardener in England claims to have dis- 

 covered a method of varying the colors of 

 flowers by means of chemical applications 

 to the earth in which they grow. 



An Indiana county fair oners prtzes- of 

 $5 for the two handsomest babies of each 

 sex, to be placed on exhibition, and prizes 

 of $10 for the fattest pigs and calves. 



The editor of an Illinois paper thinks 

 fishing, as a general rule, don't pay. "we 

 stood it all day in the river last week," he 

 says, "bnt caught nothing — until we got 

 home." 



Some one tells a story of a steamboat pas- 

 senger watching the revolving light of a 

 light house on the coast and exclaiming, 

 " Cosh ! the wind blows that light out as 

 fast as the man can strike it." 



Oregon appeals earnestly for laws to pro- 

 tect her valuable salmon fisheries. The 

 fish are much decreasing year by year, 

 through wanton distraction and sheer negli- 

 gence of proper protection. 



Hayseed in the hair and blue drilling over- 

 alls are to be the prevailing styles for West- 

 ern politicians this fall. It is said that the 

 accession to the ranks of farmers for the last 

 two months from gentlemen that never be- 

 fore scented clover, is something wonder- 

 ful. 



Mrs. Josephine Jameison, a native of Vir- 

 ginia, who died in. Brooklyn last week 

 weighed over five-hundred pounds, and after 

 death the body had swelled to such an 

 enormous size that the undertaker found it 

 impossible to remove it through the front 

 door. 



Thirty-nine short -horned cattle were sold 

 at auction on Tuesday last at the farm of 

 George M. Bedford, in Paris, Kentucky. 

 The average price of the herd was $857. 50 

 each. One bull brought $4500, and another 

 bull, the Eleventh Duke of Geneva, was 

 sold privately to Mr. Murray of Racine for 

 $7,000. 



The rush of American travel to Europe is 

 now over. Footings of the departures from 

 this port for what may be called the " seas- 

 on," are, for the present year, 18,533, and 

 those for (nearly) a corresponding period in 

 1872 are 18,033.' This does not exhibit the 

 increase in travel which has been expected, 

 considering the attraction of the Vienna Ex- 

 hibition, and the fact that three new lines 

 have gone into operation since last sum- 

 mer. 



^lathing M& ^minmhing <§ood$. 



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NORTH-EAST COB TWELFTH ST. 



NEW YORK 



We Make a Speciality of Boy's and Children s 



You are invited to call and examine our Stock, which will he cheerfully shown 

 by polite and attentive salesmen. 



Jambs Lacy, late with Devlin & Co. O. W. Dusenrerry. late of Franklin & Co. 



J. S. Devlin, late with Devlin >i- Co. 



CHAS. E. TEALE, \ BROOKLYN. 



wji. m. little, (Specal.) ) 



One Price. Goods Marked in Plain Figures. 



EXCURSIONS, 

 flG-NIOS, 



HOTELS, 



WILL ALWAYS FIND A CHOICE 

 STOCK OF 



244 Third Avenue, 



NEW YORK. 



All Goods of the best Quality, and sold at 1© per 

 ceut. below Broadway prices. 



Wine Merchant, 



553 Fulton Ave., thro' to DeKalb, j S 

 and 173 Myrtle Ave., cor. Prince, f \ 



IMPORTERS OP AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN 



ies, Gins, 



LONDON AND DUBLIN PORTERS, 



218 Centre Street, New York. 



$7.00 per gallon, or $1.50 for full sized bottle, 15 years 

 old, mellow, fragrant and reliable; entire invoica pur- 

 chased at half its value. 



Good sound Madeira, (Ave years old,) $3.50 per gal- 

 lon, or in bottles; selected Sherries from $4.00 to $12.00 

 per gallon; a natural Dry Sherry at $5.50, very choice; 

 Champagnes from $19.00 to $28.00. Very choice Teas 

 in origins! packages of 10 pounds each, from $1.10 to 

 $1.40 per pound. 'Fancy Groceries, Canned Goods and 

 table luxuries at very low rates for cash. 



II. B. KIRK & CO., 69 Fulton St., N. Y. 

 Established 1853. 



Celebrated Shirt Maker, 



328 FULTON ST., BROOKLYN 



FINE SHIRTS, 



Oollar^ and Ciiflfe, 



To Order, at Popular Trices. 



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I1V GREAT VARIETY. 



Live Moose for Sale ! 



Collectors of animals, will find a rare' opportunity of 

 purchasing, at a low rate, two very fine specimens. 

 The Calf, a cow, is two month's old; the Bull is about 

 one year old. Both are gentle and in fine condition. 

 Can be shipped to any part of the country. For price 

 and further particulars, address 



FOREST AND STREAM OFFICE. 



Yachts for Sale. 



A few new Yachts, 50 by 17 feet beam, about 20 tons 

 will be sold. Make an offer. \ 



Address, P. O. BOX 142, N. Y. 



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Road Stock. 



Three fin;? young horses, best stock, fast. Will be 

 sold hy the advertisar, for the cost of raising 



Address BOX* 142, P. O. 



^iseelhmoit*, j^cbertiscmenfa. 



T5alton7 



MANUFACTURER OF 



AND IMPORTER OF 



ion rrc 



HORSE CLOTHING A SPECIALTY. 



JOSEPH H. BATTEY, 



245 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, 



Naturalist, Taxidermist, 



DEALER IN OBJECTS OF NATURAL 

 HISTORY. Animals, Beer's Heads, Birds, Rep- 

 tiles, Fish, &c, &c, mounted in a superior manner. 

 N. B: Birds, (mounted or in skins,) and their Sggs, 

 for Collectors and Scientific Institutions, a specialty. 

 Artificial eyes by the pair or 100 pair. A liberal re- 

 duction to large orders and the trade. 

 Lessons given in Taxidermy. 



F. HORTON, 



Dealer in 



SILVEE WAKE, & PLATED GOODS? 



42 FULTON ST., N. Y. 

 watc: 



rCHES A 



IS AND CLOCKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION 

 REFULLY REPAIRED BY PRAC- 

 TICAL WORKMEN. 



JOHN MERRY & CO., 



Manufacturers of 



AMERICAN GALVANIZED 



SHEET IRON, 



(Lion and Puenix Brands.) 



Galvanizing' and Tinning to Order. 



4fJ CLIFF ST,> NEW YORK. 



ivess at allen, 



MONT RE A L, CANADA . 



MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWARE, 

 STOVES, IRON RAILINGS, WIRE WORK,&c. 



Also, a class of wrought iron work known as 



Mediaeval Iron Work, 



FOR CHURCHES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, 

 &C, &C. 



Entrance Gates for Parks and Residences 



A SPECIALTY. 



BENHAMS & STOUTENB0R0UGH, 



Manufacturers op Plain, Japanned, Planished 

 and Stamped 



TIN WARES, 



■Importers op and Dealers in 



Hollow Ware and and House Furnishing Goods, 



Tinner* s Tools, Machines and Supplies, 



Galvanized Coal Hods, Ash 



and Well Bnckets, 



270, 272'& 274 PEARL STREET, 



NEW YORK. 



Cures Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Neuralgia, 

 Pneumonia, Wl looping Cough, Rheu- 

 matism, Chilblains, Strains, &c. 



A SPECIFIC FOR BITES OF INSECTS. 



The Deobstruent allays Inflammation, removes the 

 obstructions, reopens and stimulates the circulation, 

 cleanses, soothes and heals more rapidly than any 

 other known preparation. For sale by all Druggists. 

 Samples Free ! Ask for it ! Test it ! 



Ward, TCussell <&> Co., 



28 and 30 Fulton St., N. Y. 



NOTT'S 



(established over 22 years,); 

 A MOST EFFECTUAL REMEDY FOR 



DIARRHOEA, CHOLERA MORBUS AND 



COLIC, &c. 

 .Manufactured and for Sale, Wholesale and Retail, by 



Successor to H. Nott, 

 28 & 30 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK. 



liner iCards 



A SPECIALTY. 



42 FULTON ST., MEW YORK. 



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MANUFACTURING- 



STATIONERS, 



Printers, Lithographers, 



40 FULTON STREET, 



NEW YORK. 



Corner of Pearl Street. 



ORDERS BY MAIL WILL RECEIVE PROMPT 

 ATTENTION. 



