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FOREST AND STREAM- 



ORANGE SPORTING 



POWDER. 



Orange Lightning. 

 Orange Ducking. 

 Orange Rifle. 

 Creedmoor. 



ELECTRIC BLASMG APPARATDS. 



Send postal card for Illustrated Pamphlet, showing 

 sizes of grains of powder. Furnished free. 



Laflin & Rand Powder Co., 



29 MURRAY ST., N. Y. 



GUNPOWDER I 



Dupont's RijBle, Sporting and 

 Blasting Powder. 



THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USE I 



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 sti-ength, quickness and clean- 

 liness; adapted for glass ball and pigeon shooting. 

 Packed in 1 lb. canisters. 



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

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

 penetration, with 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 6M and 12^ lb. kegs. 



Dupont's Choke Boi-e.— Specially adapted for 

 "Choke Bore" Guns, and particularly for prairie 

 and upland shooting. Bums 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-baU and pigeon 

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

 5, No 7 being the coarsest. Packed in 6}4 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. canistars and G34 lb. kegs. 



Dnpont's Rifle Fg. "Sea Sliootmg."— FFg. 

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

 the FFg. and FFFg. for general use, burning 

 strong and moist. Packed in ]4 lb., 1 lb. and 5 lb. 

 canisters, 614, 123^ and S5 lb. kegs. Fg. coarse, 

 FFFg. fine. 



Dupont's Sporting, Mining, Shipplng 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 Pellet Powder U. S. Govt. Standard. 



Powder manufactured to order of any required 

 grain or proof. 



Agencies in all the cities and principal to'wns 

 throughout the United States. 



E. I. DtJPONT DE NEMOURS & CO., 

 87 Beaver street, New York. 



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

 long-range riile shooting. 



Oriental Powder Mills, 



BOSTON, MABS. 

 Western Sporting, 



Wild Fowl Shooting, 



Falcon Ducking, 



ALSO THE NEW 



WING SHOT 



SPORTING POWDER. 



AGENCIES AT ALL PEmOIPAL POINTS 

 IN THE WEST. 

 Bend for illustrated and descriptive pamphlet. 



FERGUSON'S PATENT ADJUSTABLE 



Beflecting Lamps, 



With Silver Plated lioco- 

 motive Reflectors. 



For Night Hunting and 

 PisMng, 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. 



Hnnting Boots or Shoes, Wholesale 

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

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

 Send for Prices. No Postal Cards. 



Eaton's Eust Preventor. 



For GUNS, CUTLERY and SUEGICAL INSTBU 

 MENTS. Specially adapted for salt water shooting. 



For sale at all principal gun stores. Western 

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

 Jhicago, 111. Cannot be seat by mail. 

 Manufactured solely by 

 OBO. B. BAXOK, S70 Favonla A.v»nn», 

 Jersey City. N. J. 



FILE BINDERS, 



Size to suit Forest and Stream, 

 B'OB SALE AT THIS OFFICE 

 Frioe, S1.60. 



WILLIAM MILLS L SON, 



Fine Fishing Tackle, 



No. 7 Warren Street, N. Y. 



SOLE AGENTS FOR 



H. L. Leonard'sSplit Bamboo Hods. 



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

 lAMACTMIMG JEWELB 



Medals and Badges 



k SPECIALTY. 



Special designs famished on applioa' 

 tion free ol charge. 



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Split Bamhoo, German Silver Trimmings, price |38; warranted. Chuhb's New Illus- 

 trated list for 1887, in which this rod is described, is now ready. Send for one. Address 



THOS. H. CHUBB, 



POST MII.I.S, ORANGE CO., VT. 



Ganoe and Gamp Gookery. 



By "SENECA." 



A practical cook book for canoeists, Corinthiam sailors and outers. Practical because 

 the author gives explicit and intelligible directions for preparing sucti dishes as he has him- 

 self actiuaUy tested in camp and on a cruise. This is just where the recipes difiEer from the 

 absurdly impracticable dishes given in some so-called camp cookery books. The cooking 

 outfit is described, and numerous hints on camp economy add to the value of the work 

 Cloth, 96 pages. Price fl.OO. 



NEW YORK: Forest and Stream PuBLisHma Co., 39 Park Row. 

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



THE NEW L. C. SMITH 



HAMMERLESS GUN. 



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

 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 Chamberlm 

 Cartridge Tournament prizes, five of them used the "L. C. Smith" gun. The follomng ax-e the gen- 

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

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



SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATAI.OGUE AND PRICE LIST. 



L. C. SMITH, Syracuse, l^iT. Y. 



The Hazard Powder Co. 



MANUFAOTHRERS OF 



Gunpowder 



Hazard's "Electric Powder." 



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

 of strength and cleanliness. Packed in square canls 

 ters of one pound only. 



Hazard's "American Sporting." 



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

 6J^ lb. kegs. A fine grala. quick and clean, for up- 

 land prairie shooting. Well adapted to short guns. 

 Hazard's "Duck Sliootlng." 



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

 and 6^4 and 12)^ 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 "Kentncky Blfle." 



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

 12)4 and 614 lbs. and cans of 51bs. FFFG is also 

 packed in 1 and % lb. canisters. Biu-ns strong and 

 moist. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brands for 

 ordinary sporting and the "Sea Shooting" FG is the 

 standard Eifie Powder of the Country. 



Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. 



GOVERNMENT CANNON and MUSKET POW- 

 DER; also, SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT OF 

 ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MAITOFAO- 

 TUBED TO ORDER. 



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

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

 sale at our office. 



63 PINE STREET, NEW YORK. 



When ordering shells insist that they be 

 loaded with Hazard Powder. 



OUR NEW ALASKA 



OR, 



The Seward Purchase Vindicated. 



By CHARLES HALLOCK. 



CONTENTS:— Itinerary of the Trip. As Ex- 

 cursionists see ifc. 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 $f.50. 



Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 



39 Park Row, New York. 

 London: Davies & Co., 1 Finch Lane. 



JOSEPH CI LLOTTS 



STEEL PENS 



Soj-dBy ALL DEALER SThrouohoutThc WO RLD 

 GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXP05ITION-IS7a. 



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. 

 Circulai-s and samples free. Made only by E. J. 

 MARTIN, RockviUe, Conn. 



I'O NOR- 

 WEGIAN 



FOR 

 General 



JOebility, ^ 

 Scrofula, 



Bheumatism 

 or Consnmption,^ 

 is superior to any in d 

 licacy of taste and smell," 

 medicinal virtues and purity. 



London, European and New 

 York physicians pronounce it th« 

 purest and beat. Sold by Drnggri sts. 



W.H.Scliieffelin & Ccl^i'ttd^t) NewYork 



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



BREECH-LOADING GUN! 



It lias our Patent Joint Check and our Patent 

 Automatic Joint Compensator. 



Mammers below tlie line of 

 sight wlien cocJked. 



Extra Heavy Broad Breecli Ducking Guns a Specialty. 



Send for Illustrated Catalogue containing full description. 



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



WEIGHTS : 

 No. lO-Sauge, 8^ to 11 lbs. 



Ho. 18.a«uge, 7^ to 8^ Ibac 



