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FOREST AND STREAM. 



ORANGE SPORTING 



POWDER. 



Orange Lightning. 

 Orange Ducking. 

 Orange Rifle. 

 Creedmoor. 



ELECTRIC BIASTIH6 APPARATUS. 



Send postal card for Illustrated Pamphlet, showing 

 sizes of gr^s of powder. Furnished free, 



Lafiin & land Powder Co., 



29 MURRAY ST., N. Y. 



GUNPOWDER I 



Dupont's Rifle, Sporting and 

 Blasting- Powder. 



THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USE I 



DxjPONT's Gunpowder Mills, established in 

 1803, have maintained their great reputation for 

 eighty-four years. Manufacture the following 

 celebrated brands of powder: 



Uupont's Ci-ystal i&rain.— 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. 



Diii»ont's Eagle Ducking.— Nos. 1 (coarse) to 

 3 (fine); burns slowly, strong and vei-y clean; great 

 penetration^ witb a close pattern; adapted for 

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

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

 and 5 lb. canisters and and 13^ lb. kegs. 



Duijont's Choke Bore.— Specially adapted for 

 "Choke Bore" Guns, and particularly for prairie 

 and upland shooting. Burns slowly, strong and 

 moist; does not cake or burn oa 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 634 It- 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. canist&ra and 6M lb. kegs. 



Diipont's Kifle Fg. "Sea Shooting."— FFg. 

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

 tlie FFg. and FFFg. for general use, burning 

 strong and moist. Packed in 34 lb., 1 lb. and 5 lb. 

 canisters, 123^ and 25 lb. kegs. Fg. coarse, 

 FFFg. fine. 



Dupont's Sportmg, Mining, Shipping and Blast- 

 ing Powders of all sizes and descriptions. Special 

 Grades for Export. Also Rifle, Cartridge, Mus- 

 ket, Cannon, INIortar, Mammoth, Hexagonal, Cub- 

 ical and Pellet 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, MA£4S. 

 Western Sporting, 



Wild Fowl Shooting, 



Falcon Dncking, 



ALSO THE NEW 



WING SHOT 



SPOBTrNG POWDER. 



AGENCIBS AT ALL PRINCIPAL POINTS 

 m THE WEST. 

 Bend for illnstrated and descriptive pamphlet. 



FERGUSON'S PATENT ADJUSTABLE 



With Silver Plated lioco- 

 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 Bootfl or Shoes, Wholesale 

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

 Sportsmen's Goods. 134 Chambers St., N.Y. 

 Sand for Prices. No Postal Cards. 



For GUNS, CUTLERY and SUEGICAL INSTRU 

 MENT8. Specially adapted for saltwater shooting. 



For sale at all principal gun stores. Western 

 trade supplied dy E. E. EATON, 58 State street, 

 Chicago, 111. Cannot be sent by mail. 



Manufactured solely by 

 OBO. B. BATON, B70 Pavonls Avmna, 

 Jersey City. N. J. 



The Open Shot Regnlator. 



It improves the shooting by put- 

 ting more shot in the circle and] 

 spreading it evenly. Circular free; 



WINANS & WOODEN, 

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



WILLIAM MILLS L SON, 



Fine Fishing Tackle, 



No. 7 Warren Street, N. Y. 



SOLE AGENTS FOR 



H. L. Leonard's Split Eamloo Rods. 



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

 IMPACTIlBIKg JEW W 



Medals and Badges 



A. SPECIALTY. 



Special designs famished on applica- 

 tion tree oi charge. 



W. BARTLEET & SONS 



(Established 1750.) 



Abbey Mills, Reddltch, England. 



MANUFACTURERS OF THE 



Fish Hooks, Enamel Silk Lines, 

 Trout & Salmon Flies, etc. 



FRED. MALLESON, 



Sole Agent for U. S. and Canada. 



BROOKLYN, E. D„ N. Y. 



THE NEW L. C. SMITH 



HAMMERLESS GUN. 



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. This gun is not equalled in ease of manipulation, 



symmetry, durability and shooting qualities by any hamraerless gun made. . ^, „, , , . 



Of the eleven gentlemen who broke 100 straight inanimate targets for a place m the Chamberlin 

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

 tlemen: D. C. Powers, Cleveland, O.; Andy Meaders, Nashville, Tenn.; H. McMurohy, Syracuse, 



tlemen: D. C. Powers, Cleveland, O.; Andy Meaders, JSasnviue, lenn 

 N. Y.; Fred Erb, Jr., La Fayette, Ind.; J. C. Hendershot, Cleveland, O. 



SEND rOK BESCKIPXIVE CATALOGUE AND V 



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



PRICE LIST. 



The Hazard Powder Co. 



MANUFACTUBERS 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 i>ound only. 



Hazard's "American Sporting." 



Nos. 1 (fine) to 8 (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters and 

 614 lb. kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for up- 

 land prairie shooting. Weh adapted co short gtms. 

 Hazard's "Dnck Shooting." 



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

 and 614 and 13J^ lb. kegs. Bums 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 Blfle." 



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

 12J^ and 614 lbs. and cans of 51bs. FFFG is also 

 packed in 1 and H lb. canisters. Burns strong and 

 meist. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brands for 

 ordinary sporting and the "Sea Shooting" FG is the 

 standard Rifle Powder of the Country. 



Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. 



GOVERNMENT CANNON and MUSKET POW- 

 DER; also. SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT OF 

 ANT REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MANUFAO- 

 TUBED TO ORDER. 



The above can be had of dealers, or of the Com- 

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

 sale at our offlce. 



63 PINS STREET, NEW TORK. 



When ordering shells insist that they be 

 loaded -with Hazard Powder. 



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 resovirces, and its history and 

 present condition. 



210 pp., Illostrated. Pries $1.50. 



Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 



39 Park Row, New York. 

 London: Davies & Co., 1 Pinoh Lane. 



JOSEPH CI LLOm 



STEEL PENS 



SoLB By ALL DEALERSTHRouoHoirrTHc WO R LD 

 GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXP0SITI0N-ia7a. 



MARTIN'S "Busi- 

 ness" Braided Silk 

 Lines are made of the 

 veiT best silk, both 

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

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

 MARTIN, RockviUe, Conn. 



SHORE Bums. 



A. pamphlet for those who "gun" 

 along he shore. 



TELLS OP 



L Haunts and Habits— Where the bay birds live, and 



what they do at home, 

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



and where to spend the winter, 

 in. A Morning Without the Birds— An episode of 



shore shooting. 

 tV. Nomenclature— A list of our American species 



of lAmicoloe, with a description of each 



species. 



V. Localities— Where to go to shoot them. 



VI. Blinds and Decoys— How to shoot them aftar 



you have reached the grounds. 



44 pp., paper. Price, IB Cents. 

 For Sale by the Forest and Stream Pufa. Oo. 



The "L.C. Smith" Top Action, Double Cross-Bolted 



BREECH-LOADING GUN! 



It has our Patent Joint Check and our Patent 

 Automatic Joint Compensator. 



Hammers below the line of 

 sight when cocked. 



imififflilifflGOOii 



Extra Heavy Broad Breech Ducking Guns a Specialty. 



Send for Illustrated Catalogue containing full description. 



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



WEIGHTS: 

 No. 10 Gau^, 8^ to 11 lbs. 

 Ko. 19-a«Tige, 7HI to 9^ Ibi. 



