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POOREST AND STREAM. 



ORANGE SPORTING 



POWDER. 



Orange Lightning. 

 Orange Ducking. 

 Orange Rifle. 

 Creedmoor. 



ELECTRIC BLASrae APPAEATOS. 



Send postal card for Illustrated Pamphlet, showing 

 sizes of grains of powder. Furnished free. 



Lafiin & Eand Powder Co., 



29 MURRAY ST., N. Y. 



GUNPOWDER I 



Dupont's Rifle, Sporting and 

 Blasting Powder. 



THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USE ! 



Dttpont's Gunpowder Mills, established in 

 1803, have maintained their great reputation for 

 eighty-four years. Manufacture the following 

 celebrated brands of powder: 



Dupont's Crystal Grain.— Nos. 1 (coarse) to 4 

 (fine) unequalled in strength, quickness and clean- 

 liness; adapted for glass ball and pigeon shooting. 

 Packed in 1 lb. canisters. 



Dupont's Eagle Ducking.— Nos. 1 (coarse) to 

 3 (fine); burns slowly, strong and very clean; great 

 penetration, with a close pattei'n; adapted for 

 glass-ban, pigeon, duck and other shooting, with 

 either muzzle or breech-loaders. Packed m 1 lb. 

 and 5 lb. canisters and 6J4 and 123^ lb. kegs. 



Dupont's Clioke Bore.— Specially adapted for 

 "Choke Bore" Guns, and particularly for prairie 

 and upland shooting. Burns slowly, strong and 

 moist; does not cake or burn on the barrels, gives 

 both a good penetration and a close pattern; will 

 be found well adapted for glass-ball and pigeon 

 shooting. Made of two sizes only, Nos. 7 and No. 

 5, No 7 being the coarsest. Packed in 6J4 lb. kegs 

 and 1 lb. canisters. 



Dupont's Eagle Rifle.— A quick, strong and 

 clean powder, of very fine grain, for pistol shoot- 

 ing. Packed in 1 lb. canisters and lb. kegs. 



Dupont's Klfle Eg. "Sea Shooting."— FFg. 

 and FFPg. The Fg. for long-range rifle shooting, 

 the FFg. and FFFg. for general use, burning 

 strong and moist. Packed in }4 Ih., 1 lb. and 5 lb. 

 canisters, 6}4, 12% and 35 lb. kegs. Fg. coarse, 

 FFFg. fine. 



Dupont's Sporting, Mining, Shipping and Blast- 

 ing Powders of all sizes and descriptions. Special 

 Grades for Export. Also Rifle, Cartridge, Mus- 

 ket, Cannon, Mortar, Mammoth, Hexagonal; Cub- 

 ical and PeUet Powder U. S. Govt. Standard. 



Powder manufactured to order of any required 

 grain or proof. 



Agencies in all the cities and principal towns 

 throughout- the United States. 



E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO., 

 87 Beaver street. New York. 



N.B.— Use none but DUPONT'S Fg. or FFg. for 

 long-range rifle shooting. 



Oriental Powder Mills, 



BOSTON, MASJS. 

 Western Sporting, 



WUd Fowl Shooting, 



Falcon Ducking, 



ALSO THE NEW 



WING SHOT 



SPORTING POWDBB. 



AQENCIB8 AT ALL PRINCIPAL POINTS 

 IN THE WEST. 

 Send for Ulustrated and descriptive pamphlet. 



FERGUSON'S PATENT ADJUSTABLE 



Reflecting Lamps, 



With Silver Plated I.oco- 

 motive Reflectors. 



For Night Hunting and 

 Fishing, Camping, Boating, 

 Driving at Night, etc. 



Excelsior Dash Lamp, 



Superior to all others. 



Send stamp for 

 Illustrated Catalogue. 



ALBERT FERGUSON, Office, 65 Fulton St., N.Y. 



Hunting Boots or Shoes, Wholesale 

 or Retail. JOHN D. BETHEL, Man'f 'r of 

 Sportsmen's Goods. 124 Chambers St., IS . Y. 

 Send for Prices. No Postal Cards. 



Eaton's Rust Preventor. 



For GUNS, CUTLERY and SURGICAL INSTBU 

 MENT8. Specially adapted for salt water shooting. 



For sale at aU principal gun stores. Western 

 trade supplied dy E. E. EATON, 53 SUte street, 

 Chicago, Dl. Cannot be sent bv mail. 



Manufactured solely by 

 OBO. B. BATON, 070 Fa^onl* Awnum, 

 Jersey City, N. J. 



The Open Shot Regulator.^ 



It improves the shooting by put-rW&VVi 

 ting more shot in the circle ^-ndl-^ 

 spreading it evenly. Circular free.liifAI, 



WINANS & WOODEN, 

 97 West Kinney St., Newark, N. J. 



WILLIAM MILLS L SON, 



Fine Fishing Tackle, 



No. 7 Warren Street, N. Y. 



SOLE AGENTS FOK 



H. L. Leonard's Split BamlDOO Rods. 



8 John St., near Broadway, N. Y. 

 lAMACTUBQi& JlfELE 



Medals and Badges 



4 SPECIALTY. 



Special designs famished on applica- 

 tion free of charge. 



TO THE TRADE.— Our Wholesale Catalogue for 1887 (sent to dealers only) will be ready for 

 mailing Nov. 1. Send for one and examine prices. 



CANOE HANDLING. 



By C. B. VAUX ("DOT"). 



A complete manual for the management of a canoe. The author begins at the very 

 beginmug, describes and explains the rudiments in the simplest and plainest way possible. 

 Everything is made intelligible for beginners : and besides this ABC teaching there are so 

 many hints and wrinkles that the oldest canoeist afloat wiU hnd pleasure and profit in the 

 study of these. The book is complete and concise— no useless duffle between its covers. The 

 subjects treated are the choice of a canoe, paddling, sailing, care of the canoe, recipes and 

 rules. The text is further elucidated by numerous practical drawings, and the beauty of the 

 book is enhanced by the many ornamental vignettes. Pages 168; imiform with "Canoe 

 Building." Price, postpaid, $1.00. 



NEW YORK: Fobest and Stbeam Publishing Co. 39 Park Row. 

 LOJSDON: Davies & Co., 1 Finch Lane, Comhill. 



THE NEW L. C. SWITH 



HAMMERLESS GUN. 



The Hazard Powder Co. 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Gunpowder 



Hazard's "Electric Powder." 



Nos. 1 (fine) to 7 (coarse). Unsurpassed in point 

 of strength and cleanliness. Packed in square canis 

 ters of one pound only. 



Hazard's "American Sporting." 



Nos: 1 (fine) to 2 (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters and 

 634 Ih. kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for up- 

 land prairie shooting. Weh adapted to short guns. 

 Hazard's "Duck Shooting." 



Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canisters 

 and and lb. kegs. Burns slowly, and very 

 clean, shooting remarkably close and "with great 

 penetration. For field, forest or water shooting it 

 ranks any other brand and is equally serviceable for 

 muzzle or breechloaders. 



Hazard's "Kentucky BIfl©." 



FFFG, FFG and "Sea Shooting" FG in kegs of 25, 

 121^ and 634 Ihs. and cans of 51bs. FFFG is also 

 packed in 1 and 3^ lb. canisters. Burns strong and 

 rtioist. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brands for 

 ordinary sporting and the "Sea Shooting" FG is the 

 standard Bifie Powder of the Coimtry. 



Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. 



GOVERNMENT CANNON and MUSKET POW- 

 DER; also. SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT OF 

 ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MANUFAC- 

 TURED TO ORDER. 



The above can be ha d of dealers, or of the Com- 

 pany's Agents, in evejy prominent city or whole- 

 sale at our oflQce. 



63 PINE STREET, NEW TORK. 



When ordering shells insist that they he 

 loaded with Hazard Powder. 



This new gun embodies all the essential features of our hammer gun, to 

 gether with a new oscillating cocking mechanism and automatic and inde- 

 pendent safety combined. Tliis gun is not equalled in ease of manipulation, 



symmetry, durability and shooting qualities by any hamraerless gun made. _ m. ^\ i:„ 



Of the eleven gentlemen who broke 100 straight inanimate targets f or a plucc m the ChamDerlin 

 Cartridge Tournament prizes, five of them used the "L. C. Smith" gun. The toUmving are the gen- 

 tlemen: D. C. Powers, Cleveland, O.; Andy Headers, Nashville, Tonn.; H. McMurchy, Syracuse, 

 N. Y.; Fred Erb, Jr., La Fayette, Ind.; J. O. Hondershot, Cleveland, (). 



SEND FOK DESCRIPTIVE CATALOOUK AKX) PKICE I.18T. 



li. C. SMITH, Syracuse, N. Y. 



OUR NEW ALASKA 



OR, 



J 



The Seward Purchase Vindi 



By CHARLES HALLOCK. 



CONTENTS: -Itinerary of the Trip. As Ex- 

 cursionists see it. Economically Con- 

 sidered. An Interior View. Home of 

 the Siwash. Good Indians. Medicine 

 and Mythology. Alaska's Mineral Wealth. 

 Commercial Fisheries. Rambles Along 

 Shore. The Glacier Fields. Russia in 

 America. Seals of the Pribylofs. 



The several chapters are devoted to ac- 

 counts of travel and adventure, descriptions 

 of the country and its inhabitants, a con- 

 sideration of its resources, and its history and 

 present condition. 



210 pp., Illustrated. Price $1.50. 



Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 



39 Pabk Row, New York. 

 London: Davies & Co., 1 Pinch Lane. 



JOSEPH CI LLOm 



STEEL PENS 



SoiD Br ALL DEALERSThroughoutThe WO RLD 

 GOLD N4EDAL PARIS EXP0SITION-IB7S. 



MARTIN'S "Busi- 

 ness" Braided Silk 

 Lines are made of the 

 very best silk, both 



raw and soft, and are all that can be desired. 

 Circulars and samples free. Made only by E. J. 

 MARTIN, Rockvillo, Conn. 



SHORE BIRDS. 



A pamphlet for those who "gun" 

 along he shore. 



TELLS OF 



I. Haunts and Habits— Where the bay birds live, and 



what they do at home, 

 tl. Range and Migration— Where they go to breed, 



and where to spend the wintei". 

 in. A Morning Without the Birds— An episode of 



shore shooting. 

 IV. Nomenclature— A Ust of our American species 



of LimicolcB, with a description of each 



species. 



7. Localitiea— Where to go to shoot them. 

 VI. Blinds and Decoys- flow to shoot them after 

 you have reached the grounds. 



44 pp., paper. Price, 16 Cents. 

 For Sale by the Forest and Stream Pub. Oo. 



The "LCSmilh" Top Action, Double Cross-Bolted 



BREECH-LOADING GUN! 



It has our Patent Joint Check and our Patent 

 Automatic Joint Coiuijeusator. 



Hammers below the line ot 

 sight when cocked. 



Extra Heavy Broad Breech Ducking Guns a Specialty 



Send for Illustrated Catalogue containing fuU description. 



L. C. SMITH, Maker, Syracuse, N.Y. 



THE 



WEIGHTS : 

 Wo, 10-Gauge, to 11 lbs. 

 No. IS^-CKuge, 7H to lb«. 



