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P'ORESlT AMD ' STREAM. 



[Nov, 1896. 



In New Jersey. 



ENDEAVOR GUN CLUB. 



Jersey City, N. J., Nov. 9.— This was a day set for a practice shoot 

 of the Endeavor Gun Club, at Marion, N. J. This afternoon was a per- 

 fect one, but the members of the club turned out very poorly. Event 

 No. 1 was at 15 targets, Corson scoring 13 to Edwards's 10. No. 3 was 

 a 10-target event, the following scores being made: Corson 10, Ed- 

 wards 8, G. Piercy, Piercy, Jr., and Pry 7. This was followed by two 

 25-target events, some of the scores in which counted in the cluh 

 shoots, as several members had back scores to shoot up: 

 No. 3. No. 4. 



Edwards , . . .0111111011111010101101111-19 



Corson 1101101111111011101101111—20 1101111111001110111101111—20 



Piercy 1101111111111001111111111—22 1111111111011111111111111—24 



Fry 0101111101110101000010010-14 1001011011100101101001110—14 



Piercy, Jr. . .0111101110011101000110111—16 1110111111100111101101111—20 

 Duff 01 1011 1 1 11 011 1 101 10001101—17 



No. S was a 15-target event, resulting as follows: Corson 15, Piercy 

 and Piercy, Jr., 10, Duff 8. 



The four above named then shot at 5 live birds each, scoring as fol- 

 lows: Corson 4, Piercy, Piercy, Jr., and Duff 3. 



J. A. Creveling, Sec'y. 



CENTRAL GUN CLUB. 



Nov. 9.— The Central Gun Club, of Perth Amboy, held its monthly 

 shoot this afternoon, six members taking part in the club event. This 

 event is at 10 live birds per man, A. S. A. rules governing. A sweep 

 of $3 was shot in connection with the event, the first money being 

 won by Spencer Dayton with a score of 8 out of 10. The scores were: 



S Dayton 1212102021—8 Wm Dayton 0021000120 -4 



H Jones 1110001122—7 Jas Glenn 03003021. 



H Dayton , . .0201012120— 6 8 Hornsby 0000221002-4 



H. J. Mason, Sec'y. 



NEW JERSEY TRAP-SHOOTERS' LEAGUE. 



Nov. n.— This was a gala day at the grounds of the South Side Gun 

 Club, of Newark, N. J. The occasion was the shoot-off for the gun 

 donated as a prize for the league members by the Winchester Repeat- 

 ing Arms Company. It had been decided during the last shoot of the 

 league, which was held at Red Bank, N. J., in the month of October, 

 that the gun should be shot for by any member of the league who 

 wanted to try for it. The event was to be a 50-target handicap race, 

 the handicaps of the members of the league being computed from the 

 records made by them in the various league contests held during the 

 year. Lots were drawn for the privilege of holding the shoot and the 

 lot fell to the South Side Club. 



The day was a lovely one, but there was a trifle more wind than tar- 

 get-shooters like to have playing with the targets when they want to 

 make good scores. The attendance was satisfactory, thirty-eight 

 shooters taking part in the handicap. The conditions were: 50 targets 

 per man with a handicap allowance of extra targets to shoot at; the 

 first 25 at known angles, the second 25 and the allowance at unknown 

 angles; no man to score more than 50, all scores of 50 or more being 

 counted as 50; ties shot off at a like number of targets with same 

 allowance and under same conditions. 



The men shot in squads of six as usual, shooting their 25 known 

 angles first; they shot their remaining targets whenever it was con- 

 venient for the management to get them to the score with a view to 

 saving time. There was no regularity about it, as the shooters did 

 not show up at the start, straggling in up to a late hour, although the 

 shoot was set to commence at 11 A. M. 



The first squad to shoot was: W. Sigler C52), F. Van Dyke (scratch), 

 Dutchy Smith (55), M. Herrington (58), Gus Greiff (55) and Johnny 

 Hoffman (54). Of this squad there were no survivors, although Her- 

 rington, who scored 49, and Sigler, who ran up 48 out of 53, came 

 very near the mark. Sigler scored 22 out of his 25 known angles and 

 then broke 26 out of 27 at unknown angles. Dutchy's shells went 

 back on him, as any one can see who looks at the scores made by this 

 usually reliable shot. The second squad consisted of Maj Taylor (59), 

 George McAlpin (51), H. Folsom (60), Capt. Money (52), L. Thomas 



(56) and J. H. Richmond (58). McAlpin and Thomas did not shoot 

 anything like their usual gait and were left out in the cold, being 

 joined by Harry Folsom and Capt. Money, the latter breaking 25 out 

 of his 27 unknown angles. Maj. Taylor and Richmond both survived 

 the ordeal and went away to prepare for another bout; the Major 

 scored 21 out of 25, known angles, and 31 out of 34, unknown angles— 

 52; Richmond led him with 54—24 out of 25 known angles, and 30 out 

 of 33 at unknown angles. 



The third squad was made up as follows: E, Sickley (54), W. N. 

 Drake (52), Asa Whitehead (54), Dr. T. J. Jackson (59), G. Piercy (60) 

 and R. Heber Breintnall (55). Of this number Sickley and Dr. Jackson 

 landed in the first division.the former scoring 24 out of 25 known angles, 

 and 26 out of 29 unknown angles; the latter also broke 24 out of 25 known' 

 angles, and 28 out of 34 unknown angles. Billy Drake shot well, but 

 could not total more than 47 out of his 52; Breintnall and Asa Whitehead 

 made 46 and 45 respectively. The fourth squad then toed the mark: 

 Neaf Apgar (51), C. F. Lenone (57), R. Manning (57), E. Edwards (59), 

 Tom Keller (55) and Louis Schortemeier (55). Schorty was the. fifth 

 man to join the A class, breaking 33 out of his 25 known angles and 28 

 out of his 30 unknown angles— 51. Manning came within a single 

 break of getting in among the upper ten, while Lenone only fell 3 

 short of the requisite number. Keller blames the rheumatism and 

 Edwards's "chinning" for his defeat. 



Squad No. 5 did not send a single man Into the second round, 

 although Charlie Hebbard (56) and E. A. Geoffroy (55) came within 2 

 breaks of the necessary 50. Charlie Heddon (58) and Aaron Woodruff 



(57) each made 45; Astfalk (58) scored 41. Bartlett, the other member 

 of this squad, shot from scratch as a guest of the club, scoring 23 in 

 each series of 25 targets. The sixth squad added 3 new members to 

 class A: F. Walters (56), Tom Brantingham (58) and J. Shaw (60) belog 

 the lucky men. Of the remainder Dan Terry (57) broke 47, Van Ider- 

 Btlne (60) scored 45 and A. Sickley (53) 43. Eddie Collins started well 

 by breaking 24 out of his known angles, missing his 25th target; by 

 losing 4 out of his first 25 at unknown angles he retired, as with a score 

 of 45 out of 50 he could only total 49 if he broke his allowance of 4 tar- 

 gets. Batsch (60) was never dangerous and did not shoot up his 

 allowance, as the day was drawing to a close. 



The first series of ties was then started with only eight left in, Tay- 

 lor, Richmond, E. Sickley, Jackson, Schortemeier, Brantingham, 

 Walters and Shaw. Of this number Dr. Jacksou, Brantingham, 

 Walters and Shaw failed to reach the maximum, although Shaw only 

 lost his chance by dropping his last target, scoring one less than the 

 number required. As time was getting very short and the sun was 

 getting down to the horizon very fast, no unnecessary targets were 

 shot at, each man dropping out as fast as he reached the maximum 

 or when he could not reach the 50 mark. 



The second series commenced with four men, Taylor, Richmond, E. 

 Sickley and Schortemeier. All but Sickley reached the 50 mark ; had 

 he broken his four extra targets he could not have made more than 

 49 as his total, for the 50 was only 45— good shooting, but not enough 

 for the purpose. The first 25 of this round produced soire remark- 

 able work, even if it was at known angles; Sickley broke the first 25 

 straight of the day, while the other three shooters each totaled 24-97 

 out of the 100 targets shot atl 



The third series, and the last for the day, again produced Rome very 

 good work, the light being very poor indeed. Maj. Taylor broke 25 

 Htraight in his known angles and 25 out of 31 at unknown angles 

 Richmond scored 23 out of 25 at known angles and 37 out of 33 un- 

 known angles; he had to break his last 10 at unknown angles to score 

 his 50. Schortemeier retired at the end of the eleventh round in ihe 

 unknown angles, as he could not make more than 49 if he broke 

 straight. That left only Maj. Taylor and Richmond to fight it out for 

 the gun. The light was now so poor that a target could hardly be 

 seen and Richmond claimed that the tie should be shot off some other 

 day, as it was too dark for shooting. As Maj. Taylor had to leave for 

 the South for a stay of three weeks while attending the field trials, 

 he naturally wanted to shoot it off anyhow and have done with it. 

 It was decided, however, that the tie should be shot off on some date 

 not yet fixed. 



It will be of interest to know just what percentages the four leading 

 men made at the different styles of shooting. Here are the figures: 

 Major Taylor. J. H. Richmond. 



Known. 

 21 

 24 

 34 

 35 



Unknown. 

 31 out of 34 

 26 out of 27 

 26 out of 28 

 25 out Of 31 



Known. 

 34 

 34 

 24 



23^ 



95 



Unknown. 

 30 out of 33 

 36 out of 29 

 36 out of 30 

 27 out of 33 



94 108 120 95 109 135 



Schortemeier. E, Sickley. 



33 28 out of 30 34 26 out of 29 



34 26 out of 38 22 28 out of 39 

 24 26 out of 29 25 20 out of 25 

 20 10 out of 11 — — — 

 — — - 71 74 83 

 91 90 98 



The actual percentages were: Known angles— Richmond 95, E. 

 Sickley 94.6, Taylor 94, and Schortemeier 91. Unknown angles— 

 Schortemeier 91.8, Taylor 90, Sickley 89.1 and Richmond 87.2. The 

 total number of targets thrown during the handicap was 2,887; this 

 was good work, as the sun sets about 4:45 P. M. at this time of the 

 year, and the handicap did not commence until the noon hour whistles 

 had got ready to blow the employees to dinner. 



As usual the South Side management did all they could to make the 

 boys happy, but barring the fortunate few who got into the upper 

 ten, there was very little shooting for some of the others. This was 



not altogether an unfortunate thing for a good many, ss they still 

 had some money to spend that would otherwise have found its way 

 into the pockets of a few. The full score follows: 

 W Sigler (52) ... .1111101111110111111110111 



111111111110111111111111111 -48 

 F Van Dyke (50) 1111101111.111111110111101 



1111011101111111110111111 —44 

 Dutchy (55) 0101111011101110010111011 



0000101 101 01 1 1001 0001 001 1 1 1011 -32 

 M Herrington (58) 0011111111111111111110111 



101110111101111111101101111111101 —49 

 G E Greiff (55) 1111101100111111111111011 



liiiiiiiiiooooioioiioiooimoi — 41 



J Haffman (54) 1011011111111111110111111 



01000110111111101111111111111 —45 

 Major J M Taylor (59) 1111110111110111101111101 



0111101111111111111111110111111111 —52 

 G S McAlpin (51) 0111111110111111011111111 



01010010110101111111110110 —39 

 H FolsOm (60) 1111111111110111011111111 



1011110101111 0010000111011110110101-45 

 Capt Money (52), 0011100110111110111111011 



111111111111111110110111111 —43 

 L Thomas (56) 1101011111110111011111110 



.1000101111111001101111100101011 —40 

 J H Richmond (58) .3111111111111011111111111 



oiiiiiiiioiiiiioiiiimimiiim —54 



E Sickley (54) 1011111111111111111111111 



11011111111111011111011111111 —50 

 W N Drake (52) 1111111101111111111111111 



111101111111101111011011111 -47 

 Asa Whitehead (54) 1111010111111101111111110 



01111111101111011111101110111 —45 

 Dr Jackson (59) 1011111111111111111111111 



1011111101110111101111110011111111 -52' 

 G Piercy (60) 0101000010110111101110010 



10101011111101111010101111011100011—37 

 RH Breintnall (55) 1011101111111111111110111 



011011111111110111101011011111 —46 

 N Apgar (51).... 1111111111100011111111111 



11110000111110111111111111 —43 

 C F Lenone (57) 111111 1010111111011101000 



11110111111111111111111111110101 —47 

 R Manning (57) llllOllOlllllllllllllim 



01111011101111011111110111110111 —49 

 E Edwards (59) 1101110111100110011111111 



110111111100111 101 1 100101 1 11011010 —43 

 T H Keller (55) 1111111110110010111111111 



100001101111000011100111111011 —39 

 L H Schortemeier (55) 1111111111111111111101011 



llllllllOlllllllHHllUlOllll —51 

 B A Bartlett* 1110101111111111111111110 



1110111011111111111111101 —44 

 CM Heddon (56) 0110111111011110011110011 



1011011111111100111111111111111 —45 

 C Hebbard (56) 1011110111111111111001111 



0011111111111111111111101011111 —48 

 E A Geoffroy(55) 0111111011111111011111111 



111111111110111111111111110001 -48 

 N Astfalk (58)...., 1011110001100111011111010 



110011110111111110101101110111011 —41 

 A Woodruff (57) 1011011111101111111110111 



11011011110011010111111011101111 —45- 

 T H Brantingham (58) 1111111111011111110111011 



111111110111111111110110001111111 —50 

 F Walters (56) 1111111111111111111111110 



1111111111110111111111111100011 —51 

 A Sickley (53)...., 1100111111110111000011111 



1110111111111111111101110111 —4.3 

 J Shaw (60) 1111001111110110111111111 



11000101111111111101111111111111111—51 

 Van Iderstine (60) 0111010111011110110101101 



10111011101111111110111111111110100-45 

 D Terry (57) 1110111111101101101111111 



11111111111111110001111110111100 —47 

 E Collins* (54) 1111111111111111111111110 



1111001111111101111111110 —45 

 F Batsch* (60) ', 1011100000111001111110110 



0101000101 11000110C000110 —35 



* Bartlett shot as a guest of the league. Collins and Batsch being 

 unable to score 50 with their handicap did not shoot their allowance 

 of extra targetB. 



The first series of ties resulted as follows: 

 Taylor (59) 1111111111111111111111101 



111111111111111111111101111 —50 

 Richmond (58) 1111101111111H1111111111 



1111-1111111111011111011101111 —50 

 E Sickley (51) 1010111111111111111110111 



11111111111111111101111111111 —50 

 Dr Jackson (59) — .1010111111110101111011000 



11011011111011101111110111111 —41 

 Schortemeier (55) 1111111111111111111110111 



1011111111111111111110111111 —50 

 Brantingham (58) 1111010110111111100011111 



1111111101111111101011111 —41 

 Walters * (56) 1111111101011111011110111 



1111111111111111001111 —41 

 Shaw (60) 0111011111111011110110110 



11011111111101111111011111111011110-49 



* Walters retired on his seventeenth target at known angles, being 

 unable to score 50 if he broke all his 8 last targets. 



Second ties: 



Taylor (59) 1011111111111111111111111 



1111111101111101111111111111 -50' 

 Richmond (58) 1111111111111111011111111 



011111111111111110111011101111 —50' 

 E Sickley (54) 1111111111111111111111111 



1111100111111011111110011 —45' 

 Schortemeier (55) 1111111111111111111101111 



11101111111111111011111101111 — 50' 



Third ties: 



Taylor (53) lllllllllllllllllllllllll 



0111111111110101110101111101111 —50' 



Richmond (58) HlllllOllllllllOllllllll 



110011011111101111011101111111111 —50' 



Schortemeier (55) 1011011011111111101101111 



11111111110 —30' 

 Edward Banks. 



newark gun club. 

 Nov. Ik — Secretary Green didn't feel very well this afternoon, first, be- 

 cause his especial pet. the Newark Gun Club, didnt't turn out strong, 

 and second, because he himself had not recovered from a hard day 

 after ruffed grouse. Still, a few of the old stand-bys were in evidence:; 

 the rest of the crowd which usually attends the Newark's momhiy 

 maeting were prevented this time by the rain, which dripped and driz- 

 zled all tha afternoon. Erb, as usual, had a good lot of pigeons, which, 

 however, were, like the non-attendants, handicapped by the weather. 

 All the same, there were a lot of good ones among the birds, as sev- 

 eral of the contestants will vouch for. Scores: 



, _ No. 1. No. 2.- No. 3. 



CWnght 1211-4 1212-4 1120-3 



no -a mo-3 1121-4 



*W Hollis 1. _l 1111-4 2122-4 



JErb • 30 -1 20.2 -2 2210-3 



F Van Dyke 3112-4 1122-4 



I^ddy .... 2111-4 



No. 4. No. 5. 



F Van Dyke , 2212222211-10 222.211221— 9 



S Castle 1211111211—10 1012112121— 9 



JErb... 1221112111-10 2101122011- 8 



W Holhs 1001112212— 8 0111012010- 6 



C Wright 0221122201- 8 2112112122-10 



*In event No. 2 Wright, Hoi Us and Van Dyke shot off their tie for 

 first money; Van Dyke missing his first tie bird, the other two divided 

 having killed their birds. No. 1 was at 4 birds, $5, high gun; Nos. 2 

 and 3 were the same, with the exception that there were two moneys- 

 No. 4 was the club event, with a sweep of $2.50; No. 5 was S5 entrance' 

 two moneys. w. R. Hobart. 



ELKWOOD PARK. 



Nov. 1U-—A few well-known target and live-bird shots took part in a 

 shoot held at Elkwood Park, near Long Branch, N. J., to-day The 

 weather waB wretched, rain falling in torrents daring the day Among 

 those who were present was Edgar G. Murphy, of Long Branch who 

 a few weeks ago very nearly lost his trigger finger by monkeying 

 with the sprocket wheel of a bicycle while It was being cleaned The 

 scores were: 



No. 1, 25 targets: J. S. Shaw 21, L. B. Campbell 21, W. H. Conk- 

 hn 30, 



No. 3, 10 targets: Conklin 7, Henry White 6, Fred Hoey 5, Campbell 

 4, Shaw 3. 



No. 3, same: Shaw 8, Conklin 7, Edgar Murphy 6, Hoev 4 White 

 No. 4, same: Shaw 8, Conklin 7, Murphy 5, Hoey 1. 

 No. 6, miss-and-out: Shaw 6, Campbell 5, Conklin 3. 



SOUTH SIDE'B SATURDAY. 



Nov. 16.— The regular Saturday afternoon shoot of the South Side 

 Gun Club, of Newark, N. J., was held to-day in glorious weather. In 

 the team race Breintnall's team won easily, defeating Warren Smith's 

 team by the score of 84 to 73. Scores: 



Events: 123456789 10 



W Smith 8 8 9 7 9 8 6 



Couch 10 6677667.... 



Breintnall 956879. 6. 



Green 10 8 8 .. .. 8 .. 8 .. 



Folsom 7 5 9 .. 6 .. 4 8 7 



Dawson 6 5 2.. 3,. .. ,, 



WM Smith 5 .. 7 4 .. 4 



Whitehead 9.. 8 7., 



Hedden 7 



Herrington 5 8 8 10 



Paul 6 .. .. 



Team race: 



Breintnall's team. 



Breintnall 11010111103011101 1010111 1—18 



Whitehead 1111110111111111101011101-21 



Herrington llOiimimimioilllOll— 22 



Hedden OllllllllUllllllllOlllll— 23— 84 



W. Smith's team. 



W Smith 1111110111111011101111111—22 



Green 1001111001101011101111001—16 ' 



Couch 0110110110011101011011101—16 *• 



Folsom 1011001111110011101111101—18—72 



Secretary. 



Trap around ^ Buffalo. 



Buffalo, N. V., Nov. 7.— B. F. Smith and Otto Besser, Jr., shot their 

 race to-day with the result that Besser won with ease, scoring 92 to 

 Smith's 85. Over 300 persons witnessed the match, which went off in 

 an orderly and quiet manner, there being no kicking at the referee's 

 decisions, etc. ; N. E. Story was referee, George MacArthur, official 

 scorer; Besser was handled by A. Downs, while Harry Kirkover looked 

 after Smith's interests. Both men used 12-gauge guns; Besser shot a 

 Burgess with 44grs. of E. C; Smith an L. C. Smith with 4drs. of Du 

 Pont smokeless. Smith did fairly well, but was undoubtedly outclassed, 

 his opponent shooting consistently well throughout the match, scor- 

 ing 45 out of his first 50 and 47 out of his last 50. Smith on the other 

 hand did not strike his gait until toward the end; he only killed 40 out 

 of bis first 50, but rolled up 45 out of his last half, scoring 38 out of his 

 last 40 birds, the other two dropping dead out of bounds. Besser made 

 the longest run, killing 37 straight, and 42 out of his last 44, one dead 

 out of bounds. Score: 



BFSmith 1221112.01211202211.12222—31 



21221.02122210222.2111.01— 19 

 1.22212.20.2121 2211121221— 21 

 3231 1 1 11 .-21 1 1 1 1 21 1 1 2131 22—24—85 



O Besser, Jr 12211211221.11111.1221122—23 



01212111111111121.1101211—22 

 121210111.121111121212111-23 

 1211111111111112311123011—24-93 

 After the match Besser issued a challenge to shoot any man In 

 Buffalo a match at 200 targets for $50 a side. His challenge was 

 promptly accepted by F. Alexander, B. F. Smith being made stake- 

 holder, and Dec. 11 fixed as the date for the match. The conditions 

 are: 300 targets per man, three unknown traps, one man up, to shoot 

 3 targets and retire. The match is exciting a lot of interest, as Besser 

 is no doubt an excellent target shot, but in Alexander (a nom de 

 plume x by the way) he will meet a foeman worthy of his steel, for the 

 latter is one of the best target shots in and around Buffalo. 



At Smith's grounds on Main street there is every facility for either 

 target or Jive-bird shooting, Mr. Smith having a set of new blue rock 

 traps with North's electric pull in position; in addition to this there 

 are the two sets of traps used by the Audubon Club at itsHclub shoots. 

 The Audubon Club holds a shoot every Saturday afternoon; the Idle 

 Hour Gun Club every Thurday, while there is an open shoot at targetB 

 and live birds every Wednesday during the season. 



PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 



Leaves from Our Letter File. 



■Straws indicate the way the wind blows. Here are a few selections 

 from our business mail the last month, showing the effect of adver- 

 tising in Forest and Stream. The letters are given just as received. 

 They are spontaneous expressions of approval, and represent the 

 ■opinion of many other advertisers who do not write, but who continue 

 ito advertise year after year because Forest and Stream pays. 



THIS IS FROM A YACHT AGENCY. 



New Bedford, Mass., Oct. 1.— Inclosed please find amount due on 

 'bill. Continue our ad. till further notice, and send rates for three 

 months, six months and one year. 



We have had very satisfactory returns from the ad. already run- 

 ning. Respectfully yours, Buzzard's Bay Yacht Agency. 



A PROMINENT MANUFACTURER OF SPECIALTIES IN SHOES WRITES. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 34.— The ad. to remain until forbid. This is 

 probably as good a contract as you wish, is it not? You are doing us 

 good and we appreciate it. 



We are too well pleased with the results to take it out of your truly 

 valuable paper. Respectfully, M. A, Smith. 



A TRIAL OF FOREST AND STREAM RESULTS IN CONTINUOUS ADVERTISING. 



Providence, R I., Oct. 15.— In reply to your notice that our ad. ends 

 in your issue of the 19bh inst., we wish you to continue our ad. for 

 one year at present terms and conditions. Send us duplicate contract 

 blanks, to be signed by us and returned to you, and oblige 



Almv Water Tube Boiler Co. 

 Spence, Sec'y. 



CONTINUOUS ADVERTISERS FOR 30 YEARS INCREASE THEIR SPACE. 



New York, Oct. 22.— Kindly change the ad. of Schieffelin & Co. for 

 the next twenty-six insertions to double the space (4in. instead of 2in.), 

 and insert the ad. in the order the copies are marked. 



M. Volkmann. 



FROM THE PROPRIETOR OF MUCKROSS KENNELS. 



Spiungfield, Vt., Oct. 36.— Please change ad. in the next paper 

 sure. We have had a phenomenal demand for our stock, and have 

 sold everything in the way of a setter that we have got to sell. 



W. W. Brown. 



ANOTHER TESTIMONIAL. 



Montrose, Pa., Nov. 8.— Receipt and return bill for this check. Sold 

 dog already and got order for another. I never missed a sale when I 

 advertised with you. Truly, J.M.Kelly. 



New York Day. 



COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, ATLANTA, OA. 



Nov. 35 is New York day. The Southern Railway, "Piedmont Air 

 Line," will carry an immense crowd. Preparations have been made 

 for over 2,000 from the city of New York. Brooklyn will send several 

 special trains. Already a special train for Mayor Schieren and city 

 officials has been arranged. The Trunk Lines have announced low 

 rates for Nov. 19 and 21 from all points in the State of New York. The 

 Mayor of every city in the State has been invited. 



The round trip rate from New York to Atlanta will be $20.50 and 

 good to return within ten days. Special rates for military companies. 

 Everybody should go and visit the great Cotton States and Inter- 

 national Exposition. By taking the Southern Railway you pass 

 throi' -h the most interesting section of the South. 



*ains daily, New York to Atlanta, carrying vestibuled coaches, 

 urawing-room sleeping car and dining car service, 

 ther information call on or address Alex. S. Thweatt, Eastern 



Thn 

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Fo. 



Pass -it Agent, or R, D. Carpenter, General Agent, 271 Broadway, 

 New j. ark. — Adv. 



Blue Ribbon Smokeless. 



Mr. E. D. Hicks, who made the highest average during the Summer 

 Prize Contest of the Rochester Rod and Gun Club, used Blue Ribbon 

 smokeless. In expressing his approval of that powder he writes the 

 Hazard Powder Co. as follows: 



Roohesfer Rod and Gun Club. -Incorporated June 5, 1891.— 

 Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1895.— The Hazard Powder Co.: Gentlemen 

 —I have fully tested your nitro powder Blue Ribbon both in the field 

 and at the trap, and find that I can do better work with it than with 

 any other smokeless powder. I take pleasure in recommending your 

 Blue Ribbon smokeless powder to all brother sportsmen who are 

 looking for the best. Yours respectfully, 



(Signed) E. D. Hicks. 



Commencing on Monday next, 18th inst., the Fall River line steamers 

 ■will leave New York at 5 P.M. instead of 5:30 P.M, as at present.— Adv t 



