FOREST AND STREAM 
river trout;, or any black bass of other game fish at any 
time within this State, without complying with the by¬ 
laws of this game protective society, then the person or 
persons so offendiug shall forfeit and pay the sum of §50 
each for each and every offence, and may be prooeeded 
against in any county of the State wherein aucb person 
or persons may be arrested, or wherein such offence shall 
have been committed, and in default of payment of the 
forfeit money, with costs Of prosecution, any person or 
persons shall lie in the common jail until the same shall 
be paid ; oue-half of the forfeit money shall ba for the 
benefit of the person prosecuting for the same, and the 
remainder paid to this game protective association, and 
all acts ami parts of acts inconsistent with this act are 
hereby repealed Provided, That nothing in this act shall 
prevent residents of this State from taking game or ffsb 
subject to the existing laws of this State, Justices of the 
peace in and for this State shall have jurisdiction to hear 
and determine offences against the provisions of this act. 
“ Sac. 7. The fee for membership m this society for iron- 
residents shall be §5 for the first year, and for each suc¬ 
ceeding year $'3. For residents of this State, the mem¬ 
bership fee shall be §3 for each and every year ; and no 
resident of this State shall have a vote or voice in the 
deliberations of this society who shall not have paid to 
the Secretary or Treasurer his membership fee. Any 
member of the society who permits his indebtedness to 
the society to accumulate for more than one year, shall 
be dropped from the roll of membership ; Provided, He 
shall have received notice in writing of sucli indebted¬ 
ness from the Secretary or Treasurer, and ten days' writ¬ 
ten notice of the Intention of the Secretary or Treasurer 
to offer a motion for such action at the next meeting. 
No member so dropped shall be re-instated except by a 
vote of two-thirds ot the members present at any meet¬ 
ing and on the payment of dues. All officers of this so¬ 
ciety may be removed from office upon a vote of a major¬ 
ity of the members present for any improper conduct or 
for violation of the constitution or by-laws of this soci¬ 
ety. 
“ Sue. 8. That the Secretary may admit persons to mem¬ 
bership by letter or ortherwise upon payment of the 
membership fee, and shall issue to the person becoming 
a member of this society a certificate of membership, 
which shall hold good for one year from the dato of the 
certificate. 
“ Sec. 9. That every member of this society shall he em¬ 
powered to make arrests without warrant of any person 
or persons who may be found violating any of the pro¬ 
visions of this act or infringing upon any laws made for 
the protection of game and fish in this State, and bring 
him or them before a magistrate for examination.” 
If this is not strong enough, just read one of the cards 
or notices of this Association, found hanging up in the 
gun stores, and you will wonder if you live in the repub¬ 
lic of the United States. 
The people of some of our States are so full of the mis¬ 
erable doctrine of “State rights” that they Bee nothing 
else. The Delaware people are probably foremost in this. 
The Jerseymen are still afflicted with the same disease, 
but not to so great an extent. 
When these “ State Rights’ ’’ people get on the subject 
of game laws, they imagine they are to he completely 
“cleaned out” of their game by the residents of their 
neighboring States, whom they seem to regard as a na¬ 
tion of pot hunters and game exterminators, forgetting 
the fact, that the exterminator of game lives in then- 
very midst. 
Tins is the root of the whole matter : it is the pot 
hunter in the country who destroys the game. It is not 
the resident of another State, who comes for a few days’ 
recreation and shooting ; but the fellow who lives in their 
own neighborhood, who shoots the covey on the ground, 
and kills all he can, and in any way, As he ships them to 
market, the more he kills the more money he gets ; and 
he would be a big fool if he did not kill all he could. 
He is the fellow to look after, not the visitor from another 
State, who is, most probably, a stranger to the ground, 
and cannot find halt' the game thereon. The pot hunter 
can ; he knows the ground well. You are used to seeing 
the pot hunter around, for he is a neighbor and an ac¬ 
quaintance. You know him, and say nothing to him ; 
while, perhaps, you drive off some well-behaved stranger, 
simply because he is such, imagining that he will kill 
everything in the neighborhood ; while the pot hunter 
unmolested keeps at it all the time and every day, kill¬ 
ing until there is nothing left. He is the fellow that does 
the mischief. Large cities, like Philadelphia or New York, 
send out many gunners, but there are few pot hunters 
amongst them. The pot hunter lives in the neighbor¬ 
hood where the game is. There are more pot hunters in 
the State of Delaware, from Wilmington down, by ten¬ 
fold, than ever go to the State from the neighboring ones. 
The sooner we get the idea of resident and non-resident 
out of our minds, and look out for the fellowwho slaugh¬ 
ters game in any way, in and out of season, who prowls 
around and bunches the covies on the ground, the nearer 
perfection will be our game laws. 
We want to drop the idea that our neighbor in the next 
State is a scalawag and a rascal, and that every man in 
our own State is a saint. If things keep on in the way 
they seem to be going, the next State Protective Asso¬ 
ciation we will hear of, will have some such section as 
this: — 
“Amy non-resident of this State found entering upon 
the lands of this Commonwealth with dog, rifle, gun, or 
shooting or fishing implements, shall forfeit the same, 
together with all ammunition, tools, or implements of 
hunting or fishing, watch, jewelry, money, and clothing, 
to the first citizen of this State whom he slial 1 meet. And 
it shall be the duty of Baid citizen, of this Commonwealth, 
to make the demand upon said non-resident, and at once 
take possession of said weapons, implements of limiting 
or fishing, watch, jewelry, money, and clothing j pro¬ 
vided said non-resident may be allowed to retain, one 
shirt to cover his nakedness, in order that the feelings of 
the citizens of this Commonwealth may not be offended. 
And, furthermore, said non-resident may be allowed to 
retain his boots or shoes to walk in, but shall at once 
leave the State by tbe public roads or highways, and shall 
not trespass upon any path or laps over, through, or under 
the lands of any citizen of this Commonwealth.” 
In conclusion, let ns drop tho resident and non-resident 
part of the game laws, for the reason that they create an 
unkind feeling ; and for the still weightier reason that, in 
mo 
a,ny State, ten times more game, is killed by residents than 
by non-residents; therefore it is just to infer that more 
harm is done by the resident shooter. We must not for¬ 
get, too, that we sometimes go to other States for the 
purpose of Bhooting game that is scarce, or is nor found 
in our own; we then become a non-resident, and would 
naturally feel any discrimination on that account. 
When we insert tbe resident and non-resident clause, 
it is like knocking down the wrong man when attacked 
—we allow the rascal to go free, and punish the in¬ 
nocent. 
Both in Delaware and West Jersey the non-resident 
must pay for shooting. The resident does not pay 
for shooting, but only joins the Protective Association 
for the purpose of identifying himself as a member of tbe 
Association, and, because be is interested in its results. 
He may shoot all the time in season without paying one 
cent, RtTPEE, 
—Mr. Wm. L. Force, the editor of tho Plainfield, N. J., 
Constitutionalist, has always been, an active and intelli¬ 
gent advocate of game protection, and to his efforts the 
sportsmen of New Jersey are largely indebted for the 
present excellence of the game law system of the State, 
Sk S'h 
Smooth-Bore Cylindrical Bullets.— During the last 
twenty years we have examined a great many plans for 
effecting the rotation of a cylinder of lead in a smooth¬ 
bore by means of internal or external vi fling, but in every 
case without any good result. At length Dr. Macleod, a 
retired Indian medical officer, residing at Yockleton Hall, 
near Shrewsbury, has succeeded in effecting tills object 
by the simple expedient of making tfie rifled or twisted 
internal tubes conical, each of the four being reduced 
from 3-33 of an inch at its mouth, to about 1-64 at its exit 
on the breech end. The annexed engraving shows the 
form of his ball of the full size. It weighs 2}oz., and is 
at present cast of hardened lead ; but the inventor pro¬ 
poses ultimately to make it by pressure, so as to eliminate 
tbe chance of air bubbles in the casting, by which be 
thinks tbe centre of gravity is thrown on one side, and tbe 
ball does not maintain its line of flight, as now happens 
occasionally. Behind tbe ball he places a thick wad of 
india-rubber, which effectually prevents the gas escaping 
through the four tubes, and also from entering the coni¬ 
cal cavity at the base, which is intended to throw the 
centre of gravity forward. 
The annexed engraving shows a section of the ball, and 
also a view of each end. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of 
the ball showing the four openings of the tubes in its fore 
end and their conical form, as indicated by the dotted 
lines. Fig 2 is a section of the same, showing also the 
conical cavity in the base. Fig 3 is a plan of tho fore end, 
a a, bb, c c, and d d, each indicating, by dotted lines, a 
rifled or twisted tube, and the amount of obliquity or 
twist in it. In Fig. 4, tbe four small openings of the 
tubes are shown at a, b, c, and d, together with the large 
conical cavity intended to lighten the base. 
About six weeks ago we ourselves tried a few of these 
bullets at 70 yards, with 2i drs. of powder, and inacle ex¬ 
cellent shooting with them; but the trial was notsuf- 
fioiently extended to induce us to report it. Last Mon¬ 
day, however. Dr. Macleod obtained the use of Messrs. 
Holland’s range at Kiiblirn, and also the assistance of 
his “ regulator,” whoseskill both with the shot gun and 
rifle is quite A 1, Messrs. Hollaud had in the interval re¬ 
bored the gun used chiefly by Dr. Maoleod, which is a 
heavy single barrelled 12-bore, weighing about 81b. ; but 
we also tried several shots from a double-barrelled 12-bore, 
witli nearly equally good results. From these guns a series 
of shots were taken with various charges of powder, tbe 
conclusion arrived at by all present being: that at 70 yards 
21drs. will suffice to give excellent shooting, but that 3drs. 
are required for 100 yards, and that beyond that charge 
the shooting is rendered wild and unreliable. Having 
settled these, points by sundry experiments, we deter¬ 
mined to fire the last remaining seven balls with Jell'S, of 
owder from the single barrel, at 100 yards, the result 
eing that six out of the seven shots pierced the wooden 
target screen, each with a perfectly round hole, and ail 
within a square of 4in, ; while one of them (the fourth) 
was 7in. from the centre of the square, and had turned 
over sideways, making a hole corresponding with its 
length in the wood. Here then, we have shooting from 
a smooth-bore equal to that of an Express rifle, with a 
ball nearly double the weight of the spherical ball which 
must be used in tho bore, whereby, of course, the shock 
given would be greatly encreased, but whether or no the 
velocity would be suficieut for an elephant’s skull we do 
not protend to say, as with a spherical ball in a 12-bore it 
is admitted that 3drs. of powder are insufficient. In any 
case. Dr. Macleod’s invention is of the highest interest, 
and opens out problems to be solved, not only with regard 
to sportsmen, but also for big guns in war, wherein the 
rifling seems now to be the main difficulty. The balls 
used fitted loosely but accurately in the gun, and the re¬ 
coil is about equal to that of an ordinary charge of powder 
and shot. One of these balls is now before us, and wo 
will leave it at our office for the inspection of our readerB. 
—London Field, Nov, 8th. 
The Sohdetzen Corn's Ball,— The twenty-third 
annual ball of the New York Schuetzen Corps, Captain 
D. G. Yuengling, was held Dec. 10th, at the Terrace Gar¬ 
den, the large hall being magnificently decorated with 
flags, ensigns and banners, among which that of the 
Corps was given a deservedly conspicuous place. 
The attendance was very large, the event call¬ 
ing out the wealthy and fashionable element of 
the German population of tho City. The Schuetzen- 
Corps are as gallant in the ball room as they are brave in 
the field, and the handsome uniforms were never more 
brilliant than when the epauletts reflected the brilliant 
light from the chandeliers, and the medals on the breasts 
of heroes flashed back the rays from the diamonds of the 
fair ones. The music was under the supervision of 
Prof. Wanncmaclier, the leader of the Seventy-first 
Regiment Band, and was most admirably conducted, 
German and American airs following each other in a 
patriotic succession. The impressive feature of the 
evening was the reception by Captain D. G, Yuengling’s 
Corps of A Company, Third Cavalry, N. Y. S. N. G., 
Capt. Fisher in command. Marching and counter-march¬ 
ing proceeded the Grand Schuetzen March, dedicated to 
Capt. D, G. Yuengling, to which one hundred and two 
couples responded. Then the ball was fairly opened with 
a waltz and the merriment began. Suffice it to say tha 
order of the programme was faithfully followed and 
gladness ruled the hour far into the morning. 
Notable among the guests of the evening were Capt. J. 
H. Diehl, of the Independent New York Schuetzen, with 
a number of his company, the “Jersey Lyric” of the 
Jersey Schuetzen Corps, Mr. Henry Giaussen, Jr., 
President of the Plattdeutsche Volks Fest Verein, Capt. 
Busch of Union Hill, who usually weighs 520 pounds, but 
has fallen away to 480 pounds, and consequently could 
not wear bis uniform; Pres. A. Meyer, Ex-Pres,, C. 
Mattman, with a number of the Helvetia Rifle Club 
members, Mr. W. Milton Farrow, and Wm. Hays. The 
gathering was a notable one of both American and 
German sportsmen, riflemen and sterling good fellows, 
of both nationalities; and the ball was a most success¬ 
ful and happy affair. 
A Warning from Canada.— The following letter to 
the manager of the rifle department of the Remington 
Company speaks for itself : — 
Hamilton, Out., Dec, 20 th. —Mr. A. Alford : — Ny 
Dear Friend: I had a letter from Ferguson, of Inverness, 
Some time ago, and he has come to the conclusion that 
the Remington is the rifle of the day, with Hazard 
powder, some of which I took home for him. At their 
September meeting he cleaned everything right before 
him, winning £62 sterling altogether. I never see any of 
your shooting now. I get the Herald every week, but, 
strangely, there is no Creedmoor news—in fact, any rifle 
news at all in it. There are none of our club going to 
Wimbledon next season, sol am going to devote my time 
to getting up a good team for Creedmoor, so look to your 
laurels. I have been prospecting lately for new long- 
ranges, and have struck on favorable ones, where we 
can have 1,390 yards, if suitable arrangements can be 
made with the owners. James Adam. 
Centre and Riji Fire Rifles.— In reply to a late 
correspondent of the Forest and Stream, 1 would state 
that Frank Wesson makes rifles adapted to both rim and 
centre-fire shells, by simply changing the striker on the 
hammer. The Wesson rifles are very accurate, but too 
straight in the stock for a hunting rifle. The action is 
Simple and safe for ordinary charges, but not strong 
enough for large calibres and heavy powder charges. 
The “ neatest thing out ” in rifles, is the new Remington 
sliding block action, which is now first offered for sale. 
The hammer rebounds, and the breech isopened or closed 
by a lever on the side, without touching the hammer, 
which stands at half-cock. The hammer is low down in 
the grip, and projects hut very little above the plate, not 
enough to be in. danger of catching on brush or other 
objects when carefully carried, The stock is provided 
with a pistol grip, and is well modeled. As a whole, it is 
the “ handiest ” rifle I have ever seen, and for heathy, 
simplicity, safety and strength, is at the head of tbe list. 
For fear that this may be thought an interested “ puff,” 
I would state that I am not the happy owner of the new 
rifle, neither have I any acquaintance or interest with 
the Remingtons, bnt write for the benefit of brother 
sportsmen. Nautiods, 
I noticed in your “Answer to Correspondents” of 
Nov. 20th, that C, J. G. asks the question—“ Is there any 
riffle that uses both rim and centre-fire cartridges ?” and 
you answer, No; but I answer. Yes, for I have owned 
just such a rifle for the past three years, and like it very 
much ; it was made by F. Wesson, Worcester, Mass. It 
can be changed to shoot either rim or centre-fire car¬ 
tridges in about fifteen seconds, and with no more com¬ 
plicated tools than a common jack-knife. 
I have taken the Forest and.Stream for years, and 
am more than pleased witli it. F, J, Drake, 
Manchester, N, H., Nov, 28th, 
[Our correspondent asked for a rifle to shoot both rim. 
and centre-five cartridges. A rifle may be changed to 
shoot either, Bnt there is no rifle now made which can 
accommodate each class of ammunition without such 
changes. — E d.] 
“Bexar" Again on Shells.— Corpus Christie, Texas, 
Dec, 8th — Editor Forest and Stream: —Since my first 
complaint through your columns of the. worthlessness of 
the Everlasting shells, for the Ballard rifla (for which I 
was so severely rated by soma of your correspondents), 
I have been trying to find out what the trouble was. I 
