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R. E. K., Newark.— We cannot refer you to location of a heronry. 



E. B., New York.— The freeboard of a vessel is the sirle out of 

 water, from waterline to deck, rail not included. 



W. N. W., Baltimore.— Pilgrim's dimensions are: Length on 

 deck 34ft. 6in., 1. w. 1. 30ft. 10in., beam 7ft. 2in., draft 4ft. 9in. 



D. M., Scranton, Pa.— 1. What kind of a rifle does Dr. Carver 

 use in his glass ball shooting ? 3. Is the Lyman sight a good one ? 

 Ans. 1. A Winchester repeating rifle. 2. Yes. 



N. W. D., Mansfield.— An express bullet is one which is light in 

 proportion to charge of powder and so flies with groat velocity 

 and a low curve. An explosive bullet is one in which an explosive 

 is contained, to be exploded when the bullet strikes. 



E. E. V., Ai/BAisnr. — Where can I obtain carp for stocking a pond 

 without applying to the U. S. Fish Commissioner? Ana. No per- 

 son is advertising adult carp now. Sometimes they are offered to 

 Mr. E. G. Blackford, Fulton Market, New York, and he may know 

 ot a few, but the supply is intermittent. 



Crooked Tail.— I have a red Irish setter puppy now nine weeks 

 old. When I bought him he was but one week old, and I then 

 saw the parents. They are both well-bred dogs, line looking, and 

 eaid to be extra good hunters; but this puppy's tail curia' over his 

 hack and at times touches, forming almost a true circle. Now, I 

 am a kind of crank on the straight-tail question and would not 

 care for a dog that did not have one. Perhaps that this tail may 

 come out all right, and, not having had any experience with such 

 young dogs, would like your opinion. Do you think that the tail 

 will straighten out as he grows older and at maturity develop into 

 a straight tail? Ans. The malformation may be inherent or due 

 to accident. Possibly it may improve somewhat as the dog 

 matures, but it is not probable that it will ever come right. 



W. Y. P., Tuscarora, N. Y.— 1. Is it illegal to fish with set linea 

 in Silver Lake, Wyoming county, N. Y.? 2. Is it illegal to draw 

 seines in the creeks of this State to catch pickerel, bass and bull- 

 ,'lieads? 3. Is a silk line for trolling better than linen? 4. Will the 

 silk outwear the linen? B. Are owls, hawks and crows protected 

 now by law in New York? 6. When does the law allow squirrel 

 shooting? 7. Who is State Game Protector for Livingston county? 

 Ans. 1. Not unless inhabited by brook trout. 3. Yes. 3. Yes, if 

 used on a reel in fresh water; for hand trolling a larger line, of 

 cotton, is best, as it does not cut the fingers. 4. Yes, if properly 

 cared for and is waterproofed. 5. Chap. 641, laws of 1S87. declares 

 that English sparrows, crows, lien-hawks, owls and blackbirds 

 are not protected. 0. Aug. 1 to Feb. 1. 7. Geo. M. Schwartz, 

 Rochester. 



New York City, May 18, 18S7. 

 Tile U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass.: 



Gentlemen— I wish to thank you for the very excellent shell 

 you are putting on the market. I refer to the "Climax." I swear 

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 me unqualified satisfaction ever since I first began to use it, and 

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Mr. James Bailey relates the following to a reporter of the 

 News; On June 2, while passing through my field, I wit- 

 nessed a singular sight. Under an old fence, rail that had 

 fallen partly to the ground, a quail had made its nest. On 

 the eggs a large snake had coiled, and resting on the top of 

 the snake was the mother quail. The snake did not seem 

 disturbed in the least aud the quail was apparently equally 

 composed. When the bird saw Mr. Bailey it flew away and 

 the snake crawled off of the eggs and was killed by Mr, 

 Bailey. The next day Mr. Bailey passed the same spot and 

 the quail was on the nest. The eggs hatched in the latter 

 part of June.— Denison (Tex.) News. 



Col. H., of Virginia, had some negroes quarrying rock, 

 with old Uncle Ned as foreman. One morning the Colonel 

 rode over to the quarry, and after the usual good morning, 

 said: "Well, Ned, how are we getting along?" "Dar 'tis 

 ag'n. We!— how's we gittin' erlong? Marse Chawles, I's 

 er quarryin' dis here rock. You 'minds me uv er passel er 

 coons ez wenter huntin' deer in de swamp. Long Sam — you 

 'members him — Marse Torm's Sam? — well, he wuz boss er 

 de batch, an' arfter dey done set up deir pine-knot torches, 

 an' wuz er waitin' in de brush, Sam he spied sumpin' er- 

 niovin', an' he up wid's gun, an' bimb! sumpin' drapped, 

 an' one er de boys sez, TJmpI ain't we lucky? dar's one 

 a'ready; we's got one, shuah.' An' Sam he tu'ned round, 

 he did, an' sez, sez he, 'Not so ranch we, ef yer please — I kilt 

 dat ar deer. ' An' dey all went to holp skin it, an' lo an' 

 behold! it war Marse Torm's pet colt, out er der gray mar' 

 what he fotch from Richmun, an' Sara he looked kinder 

 skeert, he did, an' sez, sez he, 'Boys, ain't we jes played 

 h — 1!' An' ebry one uv 'em answered, 'Not so much we, ef 

 yer please; you done kill dat colt.' An', Marse Chawles, I's 

 er-quarryin' dis here rock, an' we's gittin' er long only 

 middlin' . ' ' — Harper's, 



CHICAGO, III., June 23.— Giles Busby, a Toledo fishmouger, 

 was cleaning whitefish last Monday, and in the larger intes- 

 tines found a diamond ring. It was engraved upon the inner 

 surface "J. A. B.," Chicago, '09." Busby forwarded the 

 ring to the chief of police of this city. Yesterday Mrs. Julia 

 A. Lennox identified and recovered the ring. In 18(39, she, 

 then Miss Bennett, became engaged to marry Mr. Lennox. 

 He gave her the ring, for Avhich he had paid $450, upon their 

 bridal trip in 1871. Mrs. Lennox lost the ring while wash- 

 ing her hands in the toilet room of a Pullman car. The 

 ring slipped from her finger and dropped through the waste 

 pipe as the train happened to be crossing a bridge over the 

 St. Lawrence River near Montreal. There are no whitefish 

 in the St. Lawrence. The theory is that a small fish seized 

 upon the ring, and that at some later time this small fish, 

 while cruising about in the lakes, fell a prey to the white- 

 fish in which the long-lost ring was discovered. The Toledo 

 fishmonger received from Mr. Lennox a check for $100 as a 

 reward for his honesty. [The theory that the whitefish 

 swallowed a small fish that had the ring in it is too beauti- 

 ful to be spoiled by any skeptical fisherman who may know 

 that the whitefish ^feeds on crustaceans and does not eat fish.] 



A man was seized by a tiger. The victim's son took his 

 bow and pursued. "Hit him in the leg," cried the father, 

 "else you'll spoil the market value of the skin."— Chinese 

 Story. 



"I say. Gawge, what do you think of Mrs. (iustwilHam's 

 style ?" Hawwid style, Oscah. 'Pon me honnaw, the woman 

 awctually appeawed in society yestawday dwessed in a purple 

 dwess and a blue dawg. ' '— Whitehall TUn.es. 



Thieves and Pightees.— A red-breasted robin flew down 

 to the soft ground near one of the miniature lakes in Lake 

 View Park shortly after the rain storm, Tuesday. Selecting 

 a satisfactory spot, red-breast thrust his long bill into the 

 earth, and, after somewhat of a struggle and a display of 

 engineering ability, succeeded in pulling from its lair a 

 long, fat angleworm. Red-breast posed a moment and then 

 threw back his head as if to swallow the worm. He closed 

 his eyes in ecstacy as a preliminary to his luscious meal. 

 As lie did so a little English sparrow flew rapidly from a 

 neighboring branch and wrenched the worm from red- 

 breast's mouth. The latter opened his eyes and looked sur- 

 prised and disgusted. The sparrow swallowed the fish-bait 

 and chattered at its enjoyment. Red-breast recovered his 

 self-possession, burrowed for another worm, got it, and pre- 

 pared to swallow it. Again the sparrow flew rapidly down, 

 secured the worm, and soon placed it where it would do the 

 most good. Again red-breast tried to obtain a meal, and 

 again was he robbed by this sparrow. Several times was 

 this repeated, and finally red-breast flew away in disgust 

 and the sparrow waited for other victims. At noon Wednes- 

 day a flock of sparrows escorted a young fledgling from its 

 nest on Church street and attempted to teach it to fly. The 

 fledgling made poor work of it, and alighted exhausted on 

 the porch of a neigboring house. In the house was a hungry 

 cat. The cat saw the fledgling and determined to eat it. 

 The little bird saw the tabby approaching stealthily, and so 

 did the fathers, mothers, sisters, cousins and aunts of the 

 fledgling who were perched in a tree. Immediately there 

 was great chattering and considerable excitement on Church 

 street. Tabby was cool and walked deliberately toward her 

 prey. The fledgling attempted to fly, but failed and dropped 

 down between the lower blinds and the window, which 

 reached to the floor of the porch. Tabby congratulated her- 

 self on having the fledgling sure. She approached the blinds, 

 pTtshed open the slats, and put her ri^lit paw inside in an 

 effort to reach the frightened fledgling. The sparrows in 

 the trees chattered louder. Suddenly they flew rapidly from 

 the tree, in solid company front, and directly at the head of 

 tabby. Then the fur flew, and tabby pulled her paw from 

 the blind in order to defend herself from the vicious on- 

 slaught. The birds flew back to the tree, and chattered 

 again, while tabby tried to smooth her ruffled fur. Again 

 she reached for the fledgling and again did the sparrows de- 

 scend in a body. The commotion attracted the attention of 

 the lady of the house, and she opened the window. The 

 fledgling flew in and tabby ran away to hide her diminished 

 and almost hairless head. The sparrows are the Blinky 

 Morgans of the bird kingdom. They can fight or steal, as 

 the occasion seems to require.— Cleveland Telegram. 



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