PUBLISHER’S NOTES. 
NEW STYLES OF MARBLE KNIVES. 
The illustrations herewith show Marble’s 
6-inch Ideal hunting knife in 3 styles, blade 
Nos. I, 2 and 3. The blade as at present 
made is a modification of the 2 shapes of 
blades formerly made, known as sticking 
and skinning points, and is claimed by many 
expert hunters and woodsmen to combine 
more of the essential qualities for all- 
around use than are usually found in one 
style knife. 
The new blades are slightly thinner than 
the old pattern, and carry a more gradual 
bevel back of the edge. The bone chopper 
at back of point is a valuable feature for 
rough work. 
The solid hard rubber handle, No. 3, is 
considered by some superior to any other 
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material for the purpose. The heavy tang, 
threaded at the end, just fits the mortise in 
handle, and a half inch brass nut counter- 
sunk in end of handle, engaging with 
threaded tang, makes the strongest fasten- 
ing it is possible to produce. 
The stripes or trimmings at each end of 
the No. 1 and No. 2 handles are made of 
alternate washers of colored hard fiber and 
brass or German silver, that are a driving 
fit on the tang. The center of the No. 1 
handle is composed of leather washers put 
on under heavy pressure and held in place 
by the nut countersunk into the end of 
stag tip. The No. 2 is the same construc- 
tion except that the center is composed of 
316 
2 grooved slabs of selected stag riveted to- 
gether and driven on the tang the same as 
the washers. 
The popularity of the Marble knives is 
proven by the fact that the sales are con- 
siderably more than doubling each year. 

NEW GOODS FOR SPORTSMEN. 
Three patents have been issued within the 
last month on fishing reels. One of these is 
742,680, to H. E. Vanalstyne, Ilion, N. Y., 
and 2 others, Nos. 442,568 and 742,587 to 
H. B. Carleton, Rochester, N. Y. Two of 
these reels are built on the automatic plan, 
and the other is on the crank plan with 
some improvements, which are fully de- 
scribed in the specifications filed with the 
application. Copies of these patents can be 
had by writing the Commissioner of Pat- 
ents, Washington, D. C. 

Patent No. 743,856, for a fishing reel has 
been issued to E.’ M. Funk, Wytheville, 
Va. This reel is so constructed that it 
will work either automatically or by a hand 
crank. Description of this patent may be 
had by writing the Commissioner of Pat- 
ents, Washington, D. C. 

E. C. Boren, of Sandwich, Mass., has in- 
vented a combination minnow pail and ship- 
ping can, on which Patent No. 724,539 has 
been issued. 
E. Sturgill, Eolia,.Ky., has secured Patent 
Na. 728,326 on a new locking device for 
fire arms. 
Patent No. 743,420 has been issued to 
Andrew Arnesen, of Des Moines, Iowa, for 
an animal trap constructed with an oscil- 
lating cylinder. Full description and copies 
of the patent can be obtained by writing 
“oe Pin cer seach of Patents, Washington, 


R. L. Hunter, of Minneapolis, Minn,, has 
been granted Patent No. 728,717. on a fishing 
reel, for which some important improve- 
ments over other reels are claimed. 

ENDORSES COLLAN OIL. 
New York Zoological Park, 
New York. 
Mr. J. R. Buckelew, 
No. 111 Chambers street, 
New York City. 
Dear Sir :— 
We have made~-a careful test of your 
Collan oil in comparison with another oil 
which we have been using for softening 
and waterproofing the shoes of some of our 
men. For 6 weeks we had one of our men 
grease one shoe with Collan oil and the 
