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FOREST AND STREAM. 



ORANGE SPORTING 



POWDER, 



Orange Lightning. 

 Orange Ducking. 

 Orange Rifle. 

 Creedmoor. 



ELECTRIC BLASrae APPARATDS. 



Send postal card for Illustrated Pamphlet, showing 

 sizes of grains of powder. Furnished free. 



Laflin & land Powder Co., 



29 MURRAY ST., N. Y. 



GUNPOWDER I 



Dupont's Rifle, Sporting and 

 Blasting- Powder. 



THE MOST POPULAR POWDER. IN USE ! 



Dupont'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, ciuickness 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); bums slowly, strong and very clean; great 

 penetration, with a close pattern; adapted or 

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

 either muzzle or breech-loaders. Packed in 1 lb, 

 and 5 lb, canisters and and 13^ 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 peneti'ation 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 6M lb. kegs 

 and 1 lb. canisters. 



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

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

 ing. Packed in 1 lb. canist&rs and 6)4 lb. kegs. 



Diipont's Kifle Eg. "Sea Sliooting."— FFg. 

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

 the FFg. and FFFg. for general iise, burning 

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

 canisters, 614, 12i^ and 35 lb. kegs. Fg. coarse, 

 FFFg. fine. 



Dupont's Sporting, Mining. Ship pits 4j and Blast- 

 ing Powders of all sizes and descriptions. Special 

 6rades for Export. Also Rifie, Cartridge, Mus- 

 ket, Cannon, Mortar, 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 NEMOUKS & CO., 

 87 Beaver street, New York. 



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

 loBLg-range rifle shooting. 



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BOSTON, MA£>S. 

 Western Sporting, 



Wild Fowl Shooting, 



Falco3£ Ducking, 



ALSO THE NEW 



WING SHOT 



SPORTING POWDER. 



AGENCIES AT ALL PBIHCIPAL POINTS 

 IN THE WEST. 

 Bend for iUtistrated and descriptive pamphlet. 



FERGUSON'S PATENT ADJUSTABLE 



With Silver Plated Xoco- 

 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. 



Hanttne Boots or Sboes, Wholesale 

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

 Sportsmen's Goods, 1S4 Ohambers st., N .Y. 

 Send for Prices. No Postal Cards. 



For GUNS, CUTLER'S and STIRGICAL INSTRU 

 MBNTS. SpeciaUy adapted for salt water shooting. 



For sale at all principal gun stores. Western 

 trade suppUed dy E. E. EATON, 53 State street, 

 ^Iblcago, ill. Cannot be sent by mail. 



Manufactured solely by 

 6BO. B. BATOK, 570 P»voai» Av»ttU«, 



PLLE BINDERS, 



Size to suit Forest abb Stkeam, 

 FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE 

 rriG«, 91.60. 



WILLIAM MILLS i SON, 



Fine Fishing Tackle, 



No. 7 Warren Street, N. Y. 



SOLE ACIEINTS FOR 



H, L, Leonardos Split EamTpoo Rods, 



8 Johsi St., sear Braidway, N. Y. 



Medals and Badges 



4 SPECIALTY. 



Special designs farcished on applica' 



M-1. 



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

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



Arrows, etc., etc. .Just the 

 "":'each the young idea 

 .00 pot-t paid. THE 



This new gun embodies all the essential features of our liammer gun, 

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

 pendent safety combined. This gun is not equalled in ease of manipmation, 

 symmetry, durability and shooting Qualities b\ any hammevless gun made. 



Of the eleven gentlemen who hroke 100 straighv irianimate targets tor a place 

 Cartridge Tournament prizes, five of them used the "L. C. Smith'- gim. the toi.- ■• - 

 tlemen: D. C. Powers. Cleveland, 0.; Andy Meaders, Nashville, Tonn.; H. McMur 

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



SEND FOK DESCKIPTIVE CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST. 



iu the 



following 

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Chamberliii 

 are the gen- 

 y, Syracuse, 



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



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 eanis 

 ters of one pound only. 



Hazard's "American Sporting." 



Nos. 1 (fine) to 3 (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters and 

 6J4 lb. kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for up- 

 land prairie shooting. Weh adapted t;o short guns. 

 Hazard's "Duck SUootlne." 



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

 and 654 and 12)4 lb. kegs. Bums slowly, and very 

 clean, shooting remarkably close and with irreat 

 penetration. For field, forest or water shootnig it 

 ranks any other brand and is equally serviceable for 

 muzzle or breechloaders. 



Hazard's "Kentucky Rifle." 



FFFG, FFG and "Sea Shooting" FO in kegs of SB, 

 121^ and o}4 lbs. and cans of 51bs. FFFG is also 

 packed ui 1 and lb. canisters. Burns strong and 

 moist. The B'FFG and FFG are favorite brands for 

 ordinary sporting and the "Sea Shoiiting" FG is the 

 standard Sijle Powder of the Country. 



Superior Mining and Blast iai^ Powder. 



GOVERNMENT CANNON and MU8KKT POW- 

 DER; also. SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT OF 

 ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MAJnjFAG- 

 TURED TO ORDER. 



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

 pany's Agents, in eve/y prominent city or whole- 

 sale at ovtr ofClce. 



63 PINE STREET, NEW YORK. 

 When orciering shells insist that they be 

 loaded -with liazard Powder. 



The Seward Purchase Vindicated. 



By CHA11LE8 HALLOCK. 



CONTENTS -.-Itinerary of the Trip. As£x- 

 ctirsionists see It. Economically Con- 

 sidered. An Interior Vievr. Home of 

 the Siwash. Good Indians. Medicine 

 and Mythologv. Alaska's Mineral Wealth. 

 Commercial fisheries. Rambles Along 

 Shore. The G-lacier Fields. Russia in 

 America. Seals of the Pribylots. 



The several chanters are devoted to ac- 

 counts of travel and adventure, descriptiona 

 of the country and its inhabitants, a con- 

 sideration of its resources, and its history and 

 present condition. 



210 pp., Illuslrated. Price 31.50. 



Forest and Stream PubIi^l^ing Co., 



?i9 Park Row, New York. 

 London: Davies & Co., 1 Much Lane. 



JOSEPH GiLLOm 



STEEL PENS 



Sold By ALL DEALERSThroughoutThe WO R LD 

 GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXP0SITION-ia7S. 



MARTIN'S "Busi- 

 ness" Braided Silk 

 Lines are made of the 

 — - very best silk, both 

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

 Circulars and samples free. Made only by E. .1 . 

 MARTIN. Rock-vnlle, Conn. 



M OLLER'S 



FOB 

 General 



Debility, ^ 

 Scrofula, 



Rheumatism 

 or Conattmptio 

 Is Buperior to any m de- 

 licacy of taste and smell," 

 medicinal virtues and purity. 



London, European and 3 

 York physioianB pronounce it the 

 purest and best. Sold by Druggista 



W.H.SchieffeIiii & Co.( ^T::^'ciZ:) NewYork 



Extra Heavy Broad Breecli Bucking Ovms a Specialty. 



Send for Illustrated Catalogue containing full description. 



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



It lias our Patent Joint Clieck and our Patent 

 Automatic Joint Compensator. 



Hammers below tlie line ol 

 sigbit wlieu cocMed. 



THE 



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WEIGHTS : 

 No. 10-&au^, 81^ to 11 lbs. 

 No. 18-i»«uge, 7^ to 9% Iba. 



