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FOREST AND STREAM. 



on Now and Then, or the way little people used 

 to behave and the way they do nowadays. The 

 whole number is a rich Christmas treat, and 

 thoBe boys and girls who do not hare a look at 

 it hare our sincere commiseration. 



"Thom's Pbactioal Navigation," fifteenth edi- 

 tion. This work was prepared for the use of Navi- 

 gators, by Captain William Thorns, the founder of 

 the New York Nautical School, 92 Madison street, 

 from the numerous journals of his voyages to 

 all parts of the world. It has been so simplified, 

 the art of navigation, that the sailor is enabled 

 to become familiar with the practice in the 

 shortest space of time. The various problems in 

 navigation and nautical astronomy are explained 

 and illustrated by diagrams and charts, and all 

 the questions are worked out by inspection in 

 ' the simplest manner. Rules are given for the 

 guiding of the learner, who is led from simple 

 geography to the highest branches of the art 



— We like to see the College youths taking 

 kindly to Fobest asd Stbeam. A regular perusal 

 of this weekly record of nature will be of more 

 real benefit to them thanjiny number of readings 

 of the Illiad or the .ffineid. But the two will not 

 quarrel. Educate the body and the mind, and 

 thus produce a perfeot manhood.— Shenango 

 Valley Argus. 



San Fbanoisoo Cbiceet Club.— The old Cali- 

 fornia have reorganized their club, the new or- 

 ganization to be known as the San Francisco 

 Cricket Club. The officers for the ensuing year 

 are: President, David McGregor, Esq.; Yioe- 

 President, S Gr Eoulkea, Esq. ; Secretary, E 

 Blakeley, Esq. Managing Committee — Messrs. 

 H Ogilbe, A E Aitken and Henry Warren. 



A Whiskst-Loving Crow.— Joseph O'Con- 

 nors, a retired sea captain, of Fifteenth street, 



'Brooklyn, has a young crow which drinks whis- 

 key as freely as water. On Saturday afternoon 

 O'Connor* called "Jack" out of a back room. 

 The crow entered, swinging its glossy black 

 wings and looking inquiringly around. A South 

 Brooklyn politician ottered to pay for the drinks 

 for " Jack,"' and called for the best whiskey. 

 Some old rye was poured into a glass about half 

 filling it. The crow ran at once to it, dipped in 

 his bill aud drank all the whiskey with evident 

 relish. Then it staggered off a few steps and 

 dropped over on its side, uttering a caw of de- 

 light. It soon recovered itself and stalked off 

 Its owner said that it would get intoxicated 



' three or four times a day, and that it seemed to 

 thrive on whiskey. — New York Sun. 



Pbdestbianism that Pats.— For twenty-five 

 years Michael Hines, of Laokawaxen, Pa., has 

 served as patrolman in the employ of the 

 Hudson Canal Companv. His daily task has 

 been to walk a round of twenty miles, and dur- 

 ing all this time he has not missed a day. These, 

 daily, aggregate a total of 120,000 miles, and Mr. 

 Hines now returns to Ireland with the snug little 

 sum of $16,000 in his pocket. This is walking to 

 some purpose. 



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Dote ShootinqinLoctisiana.— This splen- 

 did sport is unknown to all Northern and to 

 many New Orleans sportsmen. As practiced 

 at Bay St. Louis and Mandeville, it is most ex- 

 citing and puts the skill of the most expert 

 ■wing shots to the highest test. The writer re- 

 cently enjoyed a morning's shoot at the far- 

 mer place. These doves are not the solitary 

 cooing turtle doves of the "West and North, 

 -which are emblems of innoc.ence. They are 

 the ground doves, peculiar to the South, and 

 are a magnificent game bird, as delicious upon 

 the table as swift upon the wing. It fre- 

 quently flies in small flocks of from five to a 

 dozen, but it often comes darting through the 

 pine tops siDgly or in pairs. They commence 

 their flight at daylight from east to west along, 

 over and through the tops of the tress that 

 akirt the lake shore in front of ' the town. At 

 the grayest dawn the " passee" opens and 

 the rattle begins from the breech-loaders of 

 sometimes twenty and sometimes fifty sports- 

 men stretched in a skirmish line along the 

 beach for a mile at least. 



The incessant firing resembles the begin- 

 ning of a battle. Every passing dove has to 

 Tun this gauntlet, and so fleet is their flight 

 that a single bird often escapes fifty separate 

 aucceeding shots without the loss of a feather, 

 and sails on defiantly to the land of the set- 

 ting sun. This flight and firing lasts for sev- 

 eral hours, when the sport is over for the 

 day. Very expert shots will often make enor- 

 mous bags, but novitiates frequently Are sev- 

 enty or eighty shots without bringing down a 

 bird. It is moist perfect sport, on dry 

 ground, right iu town. There is no. fatigue, 

 no following a dog through brush and briars, 

 or getting wet in a blind or marsh. The 

 old Marigny plantation, near Mandeville— 

 now in the hands of Mr. Nott, of the board 

 of healtb, who is an ardent sportsman— is the 

 choicest spot in the country for this kind of 

 shooting. Two young men recently killed 

 twenty-five dozen doves there in one morning. 

 But this was exceptional.— j^ew G«-{ww 



MESSRS. TIFFANY & CO., 

 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK 

 City, have made extensive prep- 

 arations for the approaching 

 HOLIDAYS. 



Their Stock of Diamonds, 

 Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, 

 Bronzes, Pottery, Stationery 

 and Fancy Articles, is the larg- 

 est and most varied in this coun- 

 try, and includes novelties from 

 abroad and choice goods of their 

 own manufacture, not to be 

 found elsewhere. 



A special department has been 

 organized for sending goods to 

 persons at a distance from New 

 York, and any one known to the 

 house, or naming satisfactory 

 references, can have careful se- 

 lections sent for inspection. 



They have lately published a 

 little pamphlet containing a con- 

 densed account of each depart- 

 ment, and lists of articles appro- 

 priate for presents, which they 

 will send to any address on re- 

 quest. 



NEW YOUE SHOOTING COAT. 



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 and 

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 Octll GENERAL AGENTS. 



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Saves ttm« and labor In loading saells. Sixteen 

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Williamson & Co., 



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Kentucky State Single Number Lottery. 

 DRAWING NOVEMBER 30. 



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Tickets SIO. HnJves, $5. Quarters, 92 .SO 

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MANAGERS' EASTERN AGENCY— William- 

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 New York. NovlO., 



CAMP LOUNGE CO., TROY, K Y. 



Valise Lounge, $5 

 to $8. Trade dis- 

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 Pillow and Mosquito Bar Canopy with every Lounge 

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These guns have been winners In every trial during the last three years, competing with nil the first- 

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 other makers to be found In this city, including Scott, Webley, Remington, Parker and Pox. Marshall's 

 new Glass Ball Trap, $5; three traps, $12. English chilled shot, all sizes and in any quantities. Agent for 

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CaptlBogardus' Patent Glass Ball Trap 



and Rough Balls. 



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These Traps and Balls patented by Bogardua and msed by him many ^^ 

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K SPORTSMEN'S CLUBS AND AMATEURS.' 



The balls have a roughened surface, by means of which glancing of shot is 

 prevented. A ball once hid will surely break. Thoy are uniform in Bize and 

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Hart's Sportsman's Favorite Metallic Shells. 

 FOR BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUNS. 



Head solid and m^hStnal^^ 



It from driving through or springing away, thereby causing miss-fires. The Cone is made of nickel and fas- 



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RUBER & MERWIN'S CHAMPION BALL TRAP. 

 We call the attention of the fraternity 



^^^ to the above trap, claiming to be the n* 



plus ultra It combines compactness 

 with durability, and is arranged, by a 

 Swivel on the bed-plate, to throw c ball 

 In any direction or at any elevation un- 

 known to the shooter, a screen prevent- 

 ing his seeing tho direction in which the 

 trap is set. 



The spriDg, as the out will show, is 



made of a steel rod or wire, bent spirally 



at the point of attachment, thus receiving 



the concussion its entire length, and pre- 



g. venting breakage. 



PRICE $10. 



FOR SALE BY 



BARTON & CO., Sole Aecuta, 



33T BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 

 This eertlnes that I have used every trap In market, and And the CHAMPION GLASS BALL TRAP, 

 ««r durability and perfection of its operation, superior to them all, ao<' take pleasure In recommending 

 toe " Champion " to BportiiiBf eista » d my friends, (Signed) IKA A, Paine, 



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