FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Eheridax Otrr Shooting.— The following 

 compliments were paid to Sheridan in Norfolk 

 by an Irish servant belonging to Mr. Coke, 

 ■who attended him on hia shoeting excursion, 

 and which Sheridan re-told with great glee' 

 Shot the first (the birds all getting away)— 

 "More power to your honor! Did you see 

 one little fellow drop his leg as he went off ? 

 He 11 1 ever stand on his tin toes again." Shot 

 second (ditto)— " Tare aa'agers, there they 

 go ! But didn't your honor hear the shot rat- 

 tle among them like paso agin a windey? 

 They'll pra3' never to see your honor agin on 

 this side of the country." Shot third (birds 

 all offagain) — " Thunder an 'tuns, but they've 

 cotcbed it !" After watching them a while — 

 "There's three wounded anyhow, for they 

 had hardly strength to fly over yonder hedge ; 

 the divil a wink of sleep they'll get this blessed 

 night!" Shot fourth (a pheasant gets away) 

 — "Well, I never seen a poor gentleman 

 taken like him ; he'll remember your honor 

 many a long day for that. The spalpeen is 

 carrying away more shot than would sit up an 

 ironmonger at Skibberecn." Shot fifth (a 

 snipe gets off) — "Bother! You may cry 

 crake, my fine fellow — you may take your 

 long bill to the other world. You'll wake to- 

 morrow morning with a lumbago in your soft 

 head." Poor Sheridan could stand this no 

 longer, but gave his countryman a fee for his 

 ingenuity and proceeded on his beat alone. 



The Derivation of Manitoba.— Manitoba 

 Lake, which lies northwest of Fort Garry, 

 and has given a title to the province formed 

 out of the Red River regiOD, derives its name 

 from a small island, from which in the still- 

 ness of night issues a mysterious noise. On 

 no account will the Ojibway approach or land 

 on this island, supposing it to be the home of 

 the Manitoba, the "Speaking God." The 

 cause of this curi jus sound is the beating of 

 the waves against the " shingle" or large peb- 

 bles lining the shores. Along the northern 

 coast of the island is a long, low cliff of fine, 

 grained, compact limestone, which under the 

 stroke of the hammer clinks like steel. The 

 ■waves beating on the shore at the foot of the 

 cliff cause the fallen fragments to rub against 

 each other and to give out a sound resembling 

 the chimes of distant church bells. The 

 phenomenon occurs when the gales blow 

 from the north, and then as the winds sub- 

 side, low, wailing sounds, like whispering 

 voices, are heard in the air. Travelers assert 

 that the effect is impressive, and that they 

 have been awakened at night under impres- 

 sion that they were li.tjning to church bells. — 

 Helena {Mont) Independent. 



A Burglar Alarm. — To those, either in 

 town or country, who are timid, the follow- 

 ing instrument, described by an exchange, 

 ■will be hailed with joy. It is simply a little 

 brass wedge, with a small piece of the same 

 metal attached to its sloping side. The 

 wedge has only to be pushed from the inside, 

 between the closed door and the door sill! 

 No other fastening is necessary, as any at- 

 tempt to open the door only tightens the 



Admirers of Artistic 

 Potter v and Glass are 

 invited to inspect some 

 choice examples select- 

 ed bv Messrs. TIFFANY 

 & CO. during the Paris 

 Exposition, including : 



New Plaques by Minton, decorated by Mus- 

 flSll with novel marine designs. 



Salviati's latest reproductions of the Vene- 

 tian Glass of the Sixteenth century. 



Fac-eiiniles of the Trojan iridescent bronze 

 glass exhumed by Dr. Schliemann. 



New Plaques by Copeland, decorated with 

 strongly drawn heads by Hewitt. 



Reproductions, by Doulton, of old Flemish 

 Etone ware. 



Reproductions of the Scindo 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 L'moges 

 Faience of new colors. 



UNION SQUARE. 



wedge. An ordina^ torpedo may be inser'- 

 ed between the wedge and the piece of metal 

 riveted upon it. The slightest attempt to 

 force the door will explode the torpedo and 

 CTeate an alarm. This style of wedge may be 

 made of hard wood, with a little piece of tin 

 riveted on, under which to place the torpedo. 

 In this case the tin should begin low down at 

 the sharp end of the wedge to protect it. It 

 U sometimes a good plan to have a hole 

 bored in the wedge so that it may be tempor- 

 arily secured to the floor (with a nail or 

 pocket gimlet) about three inches in front of 

 the door. In this way any attempt to open 

 the door is sure to meet with failure and 

 detection the same instant. 



Nicotine in Hbh Smack. — I wonder how 

 any women who has ever kissed a clean man 

 can go through the pretense even of kissing a 

 tobacco chewer. Did you ever see one suffer 

 the penalty ? This is how she does it. 

 There is a preliminary shudder, and then she 

 sets her teeth hard, holds her breath, makes a 

 little pigeon dip at the foul lips of the grin- 

 ning beast, and then, pale with horror, flies 

 to the kitchen, where, if you follow her, you 

 will find her disinfecting with soap and 

 water. Many of the blessed little hypocrites 

 pretend that they like the smell of a cigar, 

 but even hypocrisy is powerless to force from 

 a women the confession of a fondness for 

 hanging like the bee on the flower to a tobac- 

 co-worm's lips. — Mrs. Garrison. 



A Mm that Can CorNT.— There's a mule, 

 driven on one of the First South-street cars, 

 apparently a little more sensible than others. 

 It is generally on the morning shift, and has 

 to make five round trips before the team is 

 changed. Every day, as soon as the mule 

 comes on the fifth return trip from the upper 

 end of the line, it begins to whinny a half a 

 block before reaching Second East-street, and 

 if the change team does not happen to te 

 waiting, and the driver has to run to the bank 

 corner and return before changing, it will 

 stretch out its neck and whinny again, louder 

 than before, about the same distance ere it 

 reaches the place. How that mule keeps 

 track of the fifth trip is more than Gunn has 

 found out. 



To Coloe a Meerschaum in Five Mintjtbb. 

 — " Sympathetic pipes" are a recent novelty. 

 The bowl of a meerschaum may be colored in 

 five minutes by first tinting it with a solution 

 of nitrate of silver in ether and alcohol, to 

 which essence of roses and camphor are add- 

 ed. Figures of any pa! tern are produced by 

 the heat of tobacco, and when produced are 

 permanent. 



Mast Lives Saved.— Cock robin and 1,319 

 of his fellows were destroyed in one night by 

 a North Carolinian, "thus saving." as the 

 Louisville Courier- Journal remarks, " the 

 fives of many million worms." 



—It does not follow that a b laeksmith has 

 no virtues because he is always to be found 

 at his vice. 



Something For Motheks.— The baby- 

 carriage is condemned by the Berlin physi- 

 cians in cases where the little one sits facing 

 the nurse and is pushed backwards. The 

 natural desire of the eye is to draw nearer to 

 what it sees, and the practice of reversing 

 this normal order of things and causing sur- 

 rounding objects to recede is liable to affect 

 injuriously the development of both sight 

 and brain. 



E¥ Mmntf- 



Dr. Gordon Stables, R, N"., 



TW7F0RD, BERKS, ENGLAND, 



JUJTHOB OF THE 



"Practical Kennel Guide," &c. 



begs to^lnform Ladies and Gentlemen in America 



that be purchases and sends out dogs ol any desired 



breed, fit for the highest, competition. 



N. B.— A bad dog never left the Doctor's Fennels 



deel9 11 



COCKER SPANIEL 



Breeding Kennel 



OP 



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 beau tifnl and in- 

 telligent dogs cannot be beaten for ruffed groriBe 

 and woodcock shooting and retrieving. Correspond- 

 ents inclosing stamp will get printed pedigrees, cir- 

 cular, testimonials, etc. jlO tl 



BLUE BLOODS FOR SALE— Two dog pups, four 

 months old, very handsome, by Koybel (cbam- 

 pion Kol> Roy-Helle), out of Livy II. (champion 

 Prince-Livy). These puppies combine the best 

 winning blood in Anieri< a. 1". r [jree and part culars 

 address F. A. • DIFFENDEKFFEK, 15 Shippen 

 street, Lancaster, Pa. janS0 4t 



<3> k A AVILL BUT" a broken setter dug, by Laver- 

 nP"lV ack's Carlowitz: pedigree for 93 years. 

 $35, a broken red (no white) Irish bitch by" Bory 

 O'More. Address E. J. BOBBINS, Wether held, 

 Conn. febo eot 



FOR SALE— Two sitter stnd pups, six weeks old, 

 very line, )5api>w: fan pedigree given. Ad- 

 dress CHARLES VAN VECatElN. "Victor, Ontario 

 County, N. T. feb6 It 



FOB SALE— Four well-bred and well-broken set- 

 ters ; two out of John E. Devlin's imported 

 Ii'l h bitch Mova; sire, Plnnkett; one out of im- 

 ported Nell, by Blanket-, -he other by ODoherty's 

 Ponto. Address DAVID G. HARTT, Northporc, 

 Suffolk County, N. Y. febfi 3t 



L AVERAGE PUPS-JILT-CAKLOWITZ j full 

 pedigree; seven weeks old ; price $25 A. F. 

 HUSTON, Coatesville, Pa. feb6 at 



TO EXCHANGE— A fine looking dark red Irish 

 setkr dog pup (Mack nose), ten months old, 

 thoroughly yara-broken for a double-barrel shot- 

 gun, 10 or 12-bore. JOHN H. MEYER, 1 3C9 

 Broadway, New York city. jebG it 



FOR SALE— Well-bred English greyhound, ten 

 months old. Bus 537, Johnstown, N. Y. 



Feb6 It 



Fleas! Fleas! Worms! Worms! 



STEADMAN'S FLEA POWDER for DOGS 

 A Baue to Fleas— A Boon te Dogs. 



This Powder 1b guaranteed to kill fleas on dogs or 



any other animals, or money returned. It is put up 



in patent boxes with sliding pepper box top, whtcn, 



greatly facilitates its use. Simple and efficacious. 



Price BO cents by mall, Postpaid 



ARECA NUT FOR WORMS IN DOGS' 



A CERTAIN REMEDY. 



Put up in boxes containing a dozen powders, wltli 



full directions for use. 



Both the above are recommended by Ron ahd Guw 

 and Forest and Sthbasc. 



CONROY. BISSETT & MALLESON, 

 OCt 13 65 FULTON ST., N. Y. 



SPRATT'S PATENT 



MEAT FIBRINE DOG CAKES. 



Twenty-one Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals 



awarded, Including Medal of English Kennel 



Club, and of Westminster Kennel 



Club, New York. 



None are genuine unless so stamped 



F, O. De MJZE, 



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



BROWN & HILDER, St. Louis, Western Agent*. 3 



For sale in cases of 112 pounds. 



Imperial Kannel. 



Setters and Pointers Boarded. 



Broken, etc. 

 Young Dogs handled with Bkill 

 and judgment. 

 Address, »^-»» 



H. <J. GI.OVEK, 

 Toms Biveb, N. J 1 . 

 Splendid kennel accommodations ; dogs have daily 

 access to salt water. octlu tf 



A FINE BLACK AND Ta« SETTER for sale^" 

 A winner of second prize in puppy class' 

 Sire, a first-class prize winner; grand 

 grand-dam, on dam 'aside, aie both prize winner* 



: 11. 11 i ■:!■' : ■:! " Oil. I en 



care of John A. Nic holB, Syracuse, New York. 



feb6 st ' 



CHARLES L. RITZMANWl 



Implements, Cartridges, Cases, Shooting Suite 

 Camping Outfits, Etc 



Bogardns' Glass Ball Traps, $6 and $6. 

 H and T Pigeon Traps, $7.50 per pair. 

 The " NEW RECOIL PAD," price $2. Pronounced 



by the "Forest Stream," Feb. 'a, 1878, the best con- 

 trivance .made for the purpose. Every sportsman 

 should have one. 



Also a cheaper quality rubber pad, stuffed with 

 hair, f 1. 



LOOK AT THIS!— A central-fire, English Double 

 Gun, side snap-action, twist barrels, warranted, $28. 



SPRATT'S DOG BISCUIT always on hand, and 

 gold in any quantity. 



GUNS taken in exchange, and Second-hand Guns 

 a specialty. 



CUTLERY.— Fine Sportsmen's Bowie and Hunt- 

 ing Knives; alBo, large assortment of finest Pocket 

 Cutlery, Razors, Clasp Knives, Spring-back Knives, 



IMPORTER OF 



Fine Beech-Loading 



RIFLES, PISTOLS AND FISHING 



Guns, 



TACKLE. 



943 BROADW/ 



Near Twenty third Street, 



NEW YORK. 



Six Strip SPLIT BAMBOO RODS, three-joint.witn 

 extra tip, in case, $18. 



REELS in German silver, rubber aDd brass, of tft 

 best makers, and with all the latest improvements^ 



ARTIFICIAL MINNOWS, Insect, and Spoon Ba 



of every description. 



„™ r ° ul rjL c .Ml special attention to my large varietv 



of fine TROUT, BASS and SALMON FLIES. 



snV R"^' l w 1 a T terpro ^ and fpeied, "i'ed, Braided 

 Silk, Braided Linen, Grass, llair ami Silk, Etc 

 Walking Cane Rods. 



The " NEW FLOAT SPOON." One of the most 



successful spoons in use. Try one, Sl 



Patent Adjustable Floats and Sinkers. 

 BLACK FLY REPELLANTS, So cents ner bottio 



and everything required by fishermen and angfers 

 OPTICAL GOODS.-Compasses. Field andMarinr- 



Glasses, Telescopes, Microscopes,' etc etc itarloc 



^Also EVERYTHING pertaining to the Sporting 



LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. 



ESTABLISHED 1820.- 



ABBEY & IMBRIE, 



Successors to ANDREW (SLEEK & CO., 



V 



NEW YORK : 



48 Maiden Lane, 35 Liberty St 



Fine &oods for Sportsmen 



A SPECIALTY, 

 SJE1W FOR DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST. 



Importers & Manufacturers of, & Wholesale & Retail Dealers £a 

 EVERY DESCRIPTION OF 



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