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FOREST AND STREAM. 



ORANGE SPORTING 



POWDER. 



Orange Lightning. 

 Orange Ducking. 

 Orange Rifle. 

 Creedmoor, 



ELECTRIC BLASTIH6 APPARATO. 



Send postal card for Illustrated Pamphlet, showing 

 sizes of grains of powder. Furnished free. 



Laflin & Eand Powder Co., 



29 MUBRAY ST., N. Y. 



GUNPOWDER ! 



Dupont's Rifle, Sporting and 

 Blasting Powder. 



THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USE ! 



Dtxpont's CtTJNPowoeb MiLiiS. estahUshed in 

 1802, have maintained their great reputation for 

 eighty-four years. Manufacture the following 

 celehrated brands of powder: 



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

 (fine) unequalled in strength, quickness and clean- 

 liness; adapted for glass hall 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 for 

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

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

 and 5 lb. canisters and 6M and ISJ^ lb. kegs. 



Dupont's Choke Bore.— 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 patteru; 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 6^ lb. kegs 

 and 1 lb. canisters. 



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

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

 ing. Packed in 1 lb. canisters and 654 lb. kegs. 



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

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

 the FFg. and FFPg. for general use, burning 

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

 canisters, % 22% 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 Pellet Pow^der U. S. Govt. Standard. 



Powder manufactured to order of any reqxiired 

 grain or proof. 



Agencies in all the cities and pi-iacipal 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, MABS. 

 Western Sporting, 



WUd Fowl Shooting, 



Falcon Ducking, 



ALSO THE NEW 



WTNQ SHOT 



SPORTING POWDER. 



©SN0IE8 AT ALL PRINCIPAL POINTS 

 IN THE WEST. 

 Send for illustrated and descriptive pamphlet. 



FERGUSON'S PATENT ADJUSTABLE 



With. Silrer Plated IjOco- 

 motive Reflectors. 



For Night Hunting and 

 Fishing, Camping, Boating, 

 Driving at Night, etc. 



Excelsior Dash Lamp, 



Superior to all othei-s. 



Send stamp for 

 Illustrated Catalogue. 



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



Hnntliig Boots or Slioes, Wholesale 

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

 Sportsmen's Goods, 134 Ohambers st., N.Y. 

 Send for Prices. No Postal Cards. 



Eaton's Rust Preventor. 



For GUNS, CUTLER-Y and SURGICAL INSTRU 

 %[ENT8. Specially adapted for salt water shooting. 



For sale at all principal gun stores. Western 

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

 Shlcago, Ul. Cannot be seat by mail. 



Manufactured solely by 

 amo. B. HATOK. S70 PsTonta Avran*. 

 Jersey City. N. J. 



FIIiE BINDERS, 



gi2«i to suit FoBssT Am Stbbam, 

 f OE BAtM AT THia OFFICE 

 reieai 91.99, 



WILLIAM MILLS <t SON, 



Fine Fishing Tackle, 



No. 7 Warren Street, N. Y. 



SOLE AGENTS FOR 



H. L. Leonard'sSplit Bamtoo Rods. 



8 John St., Rear Broadway, N. Y. r 



Medals and Badges 



tL SFBCIALTY. 



Special designs famished on applica- 

 tion free ol oharg;e. 



W. BARTLEET & SONS 



(Established 1750.) 



Abbey Mills, Redditch, England. 



MANUFACTURERS OF THE 



Fish Hooks, Enamel Silk Lines, 

 Trout & Salmon Flies, etc. 



FRED. MAIiLESOX, 



Sole Agent for U. S. and Canada. 



BROOKLYN, E. D., N. Y. 



THE NEW L C. SMITH 



HAMMERLESS GUN. 



Tlii!3 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. . i, t 



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

 Cartridge Tournament prizes, five of them used the "L. C. Smith" gun. The f ollo\\nng are the gen- 

 tlemen: D. 0. Powers, Cleveland, O.; Andy Headers, NashviUe, Tenn.; H. McMurchy, Syracuse, 



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



SEND FOB DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST. 



Ij, 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 cania 

 ters of one pound only. 



Hasard'B "American Sporting." 



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

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

 land prairie shooting. Well adapted to short guns. 

 Hazard's "Duck Shooting." 



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

 and and ISJ^ lb. kegs. Bums slmaly, and very 

 clean, shooting remarkably close and with great 

 penetration. For field, forest or water shootmg It 

 ranks any other brand and is equally serviceable for 

 muzzle or breechloaders. 



Hazard's "Kentucky Blfle." 



FFFG, FFO and "Sea Shooting" FG in kegs of 26, 

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

 packed la 1 and 34 lb. canisters. Bums strong and 

 moist. 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 

 ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MANUFAC- 

 TURED TO ORDER. 



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

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

 sale at our oflBce. 



63 PINE STREET, NEW TORK. 



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 it. Economically Con- 

 sidered. An Interior View. Home of 

 the Siwash. Good Indians. Medicine 

 and Mythology. Alaska's Mineral Wealth. 

 Commercial Fisheries. Ea,mbles Along 

 Shore. The GHacier 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 Park Row, New York. 

 London: Davies&Co., 1 Finch Lane. 



JOSEPH CI LLOm 



STEEL PENS 



Sato Bv^ ALL DEALERSlHRouoHoin-THc WO R LD 

 GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXP0SITION-I87B. 



MARTIN'S "Busi- 

 ness" Braided Silk 

 Lines are made of the 

 vei"5' 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. 



Schwatka's Search. 



Sledging In the Arctic In quest of the 

 FRANKLIN RECORDS, 

 — BT— 



WILLIAM H. GUILDER 



Second in Conunand. 

 1 Volume, 8vo., with Maps and lUustrattong. 

 Price, S.OO. 

 For sale by the 

 FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHINQ CO 

 39 Park Bow. N, Y. 



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 ol 

 sight when coched. 



Extra Heavy Broad Breech Ducking Guns a Specialty. 



Send for Illustrated Cfttalogue contslnlng full description, 



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



WEIGHTS: 

 Ho. lO eauge, 8^ to 11 lbs. 

 No. l»-a«T«9, 7H %o 0^ lbs< 



