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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[APRIL 1,1880, 



Forest and Stream and Eod and Gun. 



AS WE do nob employ any authorized agents or canvassers, we ofier our friends m every locality who will give any time or attention to collecting and forwarding sub- 

 scriptions, the folio-wing inducements to obtain subscribers for the " FOREST AND STREAM " at the rates and commissions given below : 



Collect Subscription price, 3 months, $1.00 

 Commission to be retained, 3 " .25 



6 months, $2.00 

 .50 



1 year, $4.00 

 1 " l.OO 



2 years, $7.00 

 2 " 1.50 



3 years, $10.00 

 3 " 2.00 



Amount to remit us, 3 .75 6 " $1.50 1 '■ $3.00 2 " $5.50 



Condition to the alboye Commissions, we offer the following CASH PREMIUMS: 



$s.oo 



$100.00 

 75.00 

 50.00 

 25.00 



To the person sending us the largest amount of money obtained from new subscribers, whose names are not now on our books, at above net rates, between Jannary 

 1, 1880, and July 1, 1880, -----------__-____ J 



To the one sending the next largest amount, in accordance with the above conditions, --------___ 



To the third on the list, ------------_______ 



And to the fourth, -------------_______ 



Sample Copy, Subscription Blanks and a handsome Show Card (to be posted in a conspicuous place) sent free on application. 



Subscriptions may begin at any time during the year, and may run any length of time, but no subscription will be entered on oui books until the money for the same 

 has been received at this office. „_.,,,.,,, , - ^ ■ i_ **, 



No commission will be allowed on the first SINGLE subscription, but the commission due on the first two subscriptions may be deducted from the second, and there- 

 after the commission can be retained on each succeeding subscription. You are sure of the commission which you retain, and also have an equal chance to get from $35 

 to $100 of the cash premiums in six months, 



To any Person sending us before July 1, 1880, two new subscribers for one year, or four new subscribers for six 

 Months, and Eight Dollars Cash, we will send, in place of commission, any one of the following Articles : 



Jordan's Manual of Vertebrates. 

 A copy of Forest and Stream for one year. 

 A three-piece double-ferule, laneewood tip, full t 

 Ished Bass, Trout or Bait Eod. 



I Cones' Field Ornithology. 

 One Fishing Outfit, consisting of Rod, Reel, Lin 

 Hooks. 

 One Russia-leather Fly-boolr, and one dozen assorted Flies. 



One pair Clut/Skates. 



To any Person sending us, before July, 1880, Sixteen Dollars cash, and Four New Subscribers for One Year, or Eight new subscribers for six months, we will 



send, in place of commission, any of the following Articles: 



Two copies of Forest and Stream for one Year. 



A four-piece, double ferule, guides and reel-band, hollow, 



butt, extra tip, full mounted, Bait or Brass Rod. 

 One 3-piece do. Fly Bod. 



A good Fishing Outfit, consisting of rod, reel, line, hooks 



or flies and snells. 

 One full-length Fly Booh, and two dozen assorted Flies, 

 Coues' Key to North American Birds. 



One Genfs six-foot self-lanceivood Bow, made to weight, 



and one dozen half-notched polished Arrows. 

 One Set Parlor Archery, complete in box. 

 Onepair 7iiekled-plated Club Skates. 

 One Parlor Air-Gun. 



"Write your name and the name of the person to whom the paper is to be mailed, plainly, and do not forget POST OFFICE ADDRESS, TOWN AND STATE, 



Remit, if possible, by postal money order, chock, or draft on New York, payable to order of Forest and Stream Publishing Company, If neither money order nor draft 



can be obtained, inclose money in Registered Letter, Addresss 



FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., 



New York, January 1st, 1880. 



New York City, N. Y, 



mxt %mtl 



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IOR SALE— A Gordon bitch one year of age ; 

 extra tun markings, dark eyes, and mild dis- 

 position ; is now in breaker's hands, and Is all 

 ready for the Held. Su-cd by Doan s Tom out of 

 my Bess. For particulars address &. b. THOMP- 

 SON, Box M3, Foxboro', Mass. Marchffi.tf 



FOR SALE CHEAP— A few very fine 

 thoroughbred Irish setters, from five to 

 ten mos, old, containing blood of Elcho, Plunket 

 and Kory O'More. Address E. J. BOBBINS, 

 Wethersl'ield, Conn. Mar»,tf 



Dr. Gordon Stables, R. N. 



TWTFORD, BERKS, ENGLAND, 

 Author of the 



"PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE," &C. 



begs to inform Lathes and Gentlemen in America 

 that he purchases and sends out dogs of any de- 

 sired breed, fit for the highest competition. 



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

 nels. ' decl'Jtf. 



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BEACON KENNEL— In stud, white im- 

 ported bulldog Puuch, imported white bull- 

 terrier Grab, i^cMtg^^^^H^ 

 Mar 25-tf 23 Myrtle street, Boston. 



FLEAS ! 



'SB DR. AL. WATTS' FLEA SOAP, 

 .> a safe and efficacious remedy and preven- 

 tive for fleas and all eruptions of the skiu pro- 

 duced by them. It cleanses the hair of all im- 

 purities,' purges it of all disagreeable odor, and 

 possesses the most thorough disinfecting prop- 

 erties, ft is impossible for fleas to live where It 

 Is used. Price, .35 c-en cs per cake. For sale by all 

 druggists. Wholesale depot, 101 Xineolu street, 

 Boston. Dr. Watt., oilers for sale the largest 

 assortment in America ,.,t dogs of all breeds. The 

 l'ul treatment ot canine diseases made a spec- 

 ialty. '-The lact that Dr - Watts nas f ° r four con- 

 secutive years held b.v pointmont the posvion 

 of Special Offloei of hi Dityol Boston to have 

 charge of unlicensed dogs is sufficient guarantee 

 of reliability. All oomnmnJoallpns ; and orders 

 will receive prompt attention. _A 



Mar 25-tf 



DR. AL. WATTS, 



164 Lincoln street, Boston, Mass. 



ASA L. SHERWOOD. 



Skaneateles, N. Y. 



GORDON ENGLISH, AND HELD TRIAL 



SETTERS 



Of Purest Strains. 



MANGE. 



SCEATiOHES. 



GLOVER'S IMPERIAL MANGE CURE is war- 

 ranted to cure all kinds and conditions of mange 

 or skin diseases of any nature on dogs or cattle 

 without iniur 1 / I" '.ne a.LMia'- ' die application 

 ^usually a' J- ^jefeHES 



in HORSl S it has . n H GLOVER, 



Role nron't'r Imperial Kennel, lorn s River, N.J. 



Agents- Conrov. i » ", 65 Pulton 



St., S. Y.i John P. Loved & Sous, Dock Square, 

 Boston; Jos. C. Grubb & Co., 718 Market st„ 

 Phlla ■ F.P Tn ',!•>■!', VJISast Mad ison St., Chicago; 

 Crookes, Hilder <fc Co., 601 North Fourth St., St. 

 fcouls. Price, 50 cents, j 



CHARLES L. RITZMANN, 

 Importer of FINE BREECH-LOADING GUNS, 



943 Broadway, n ear Twenty-tMrd St., New YorJc. 



Fine 

 FISHING TACKLE. 



CUTLERY 



of the 

 Finest Quality. 



Fire ^k.riMLS of Every X>escriptioiiL 9 



AND EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO SHOOTING AND FISHING OUT-FITS. ALSO 

 OPTICAL GOODS. 

 The " EED RUBBER RECOIL PAD," (RecmunieiKled by ill. FOREST AND STREAM), Sent postpaid for 82 



GUNS TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. SHKLLS^LOADED TO WJDEH SEND STAMP 1'OH LIST OF SECOND-HAND GDNS 



LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. 



THE BALLARD RIFLE STILL VICTORIOUS! 



SEE J. S. SUMNER'S FULL SCORE AT WALNUT HILL, 50 IN A POSSIBLE 50 ! FEB, 28, 1880. 

 Fifteen Bull's-eyes in Succession! 



SAME MATCH, 200 YARDS OFF-HAND, MADE WITH BALLARD RIFLE/NO. 6 1-2. 



The Ballard is the only Rifle that has made a Full Score at Creedmoor. 



Tlie Ballard is the only American Rifle that has won the Prince Albert Prize at Wimbledon 



THE BALLARD .A-L,"VV.A.Ye» FITS TH EQ SHOOrBR 



The Empire Rifle Cluh, in their trips to Boston, ALL used Ballards 



" A WORD TO THE WISE," FTC. 

 ALL DEALERS HAVE THEM. FOR CATALOGUE A.ND PRICE LISTS APPLY TO 



SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, 



84 Chambers street, NEW YORK. CITY. 



H. L. LEONARD'S 



o:ei*:e3b:r..a.t:e::d 



SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. 



With Patent Water-proof and Patent Split Ferules, the former protecting the wood from 

 making it IMPOSSIBLE FOft THESE RODS TO BREAK AT THE FERULE. 



and the latter making 



Trout and Bass Fly, 

 Bass Bait, - 



(With Reel Plate §5.00 additional). 



- $25 II Grilse, with Heel Plate, 



25 II Salmon, " " 



moisture 



50 



SOLE AGENTS 



WILLIAM MILLS & SON, 



7 Warren Street, New York. 



FINE FISHING TACKLE. 



Send for Price List. 





