Oct. 6, 1887.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



217 



F. B. C. Emerson, Mich.— Of two rifles using the same weights 

 of powder and bullets, which will have the flattest trajectory and 

 the greatest range, a .82tal. or .40cal., which will be the most ac- 

 curate? Ans. Each caliber of rifle to secure the best work carries 

 its own weight of bullet and proportionate amount of powder. 

 The .40.:al. in the above case, provided with additional powder, 

 would have the flatter trajectory and greater velocity. 



R. H., Denver, Colo.— 1. Are any express bullets made for a 

 .44cal. L). A. Smith & Wesson revolver. If not, where could 1 get 

 a mould to cast them myself? 2. Have you heard anything more 

 about the Lebel rifle which you wrote about latelv? Ans. 1. Write 

 to Ideal Manufacturing Co., New Haven, Conn. 2. No experi- 

 ments with the arm have been made on this side and the results 

 of the French tests are carefully guarded. 



W. P., Newark, N. J.— At a target excursion A plants two shots 

 in the bullseye. each lin. frcm the exact center, his third shot is 

 a clean miss. B gets his three shots all in the target, one Sin. and 

 the others 9iu. each from the exact center. The target is 20iu. in 

 diameter with a 4in. bullseye. A claims to have beaten B, claim- 

 ing a count on his miss of the distance from center to edge of tar- 

 get— 10in.— which, with his two bullseyes make a measurement of 

 13in., while B asserts that ins three shots in the target are better, 

 regardless of the measurement, than those made by A. Ans. 

 Under Creedmoor rules B. wins. 



lew t§nblicntion$. 



"The Hidden Wat Across the Threshold," by J. C. Street, 

 is the work of a modern transeeudentalist, one of those books 

 that the great majority of men in this busy material age would 

 characterize as spiritualistic humbug and throw aside without 

 reading. It is nevertheless a work which any thoughtful man 

 may read with profit, for apart from its spiritualistic claims, it 

 teaches the profouuaest and simplest of all lessons for humanity, 

 a lesson which like a bright silver vein has ramified through all 

 the ages, teaching that man's redemption can only come through 



self renunciation, and the development of the Divine spark of love 

 within him. 



On the metaphysical side it agrees with Spinoza's teaching of 

 an universal world spirit of which man and matter are but visible 

 representations; but on the spiritualistic side the writer claims to 

 teach the existence of a future state, not as a metaphysical soecu- 

 lation not of faith, but according to knowledge acquired by the 

 exercise of spiritual senses, which he claims lie dormant in all 

 men, and capable of being roused into activity. 



It would be presumptuous in the inexperienced to deny the exist- 

 ence of spiritual senses, capable under culture and development 

 of apprehending spiritual phenomena, but when we find the writer 

 accepting the phenomena of spirit rapping and table turning as 

 the work of a lower order of disembodied spirits, who avail them- 

 selves of material means for establishing communication with 

 mediums, his claims are brought within the sphere of ordinary 

 scientific criticism. 



There is a chapter on mind cure which is professedly specula- 

 tive, but this is a problem which, while it lies veiw close to "the 

 threshold," is a legitimate and h, peful field of research for the 

 material scientist. 



For the rest the volume, which reaches to f)86pp., abounds in ex- 

 tracts from the wisdom of Egyptians, Brahmins, Buddhists, Jews 

 and early Christians, indicating that the belief in a Supreme 

 Creative Spirit of light, of which the human soul is a ray, origin- 

 ated with the earliest Aryans, and has been preserved by every 

 great section of the Aryan race. The writer claims that in all 

 ages there have been spiritualistic mediums. It is not a book to 

 interest the multitude; it will be found interesting and instructive 

 to the man who desires to keep himself well informed as to the 

 various phases and direction of current thought; and for the 

 humantarian and reformer it teaches the great lesson that no re- 

 forms in social conditions can come from without, that they must 

 proceed from within outwardly, and can have no other basis than 

 the active sentiment of mutual good will. (Boston: Lee & Shepard). 



AN AGED TRAVELER AND HIS DOG.— Yesterday 

 afternoon the Courant had the honor and pleasure of a call 

 from Capt. Robert W. Andrews, of South Carolina. Fido 



accompanied him, The Captain was ninety-seven years old 

 on the Fourth of July, this year. Fido will be five years old 

 on his next birthday. They walked up from South Carolina 

 early in the season, and now they are walking back again, 

 talking things comfortably, not hurrying themselves unduly, 

 and seeing the sights as they go along. It is the Captain's 

 seventh visit (on foot) to the North, and Fido's second. It 

 is only justice to Fido to mention that he has also accom- 

 panied his master on a Southern pedestrian tour which 

 took him as far as Texas, a long journey for a small dog. 

 The Captain's host of friends in Connecticut will be glad to 

 hear that he is looking well and feeling well— his eyes as 

 bright, his cheeks as ruddy, his laugh as cheery as ever. He 

 has enjoyed his summer North very much, he says. Besides 

 seeing his son in Boston, he has taken a ramble through 

 Vermont and New Hampshire, and has revisited the village 

 up in Maine where he learned the shipwright's trade in 1817 

 —before he went to sea a-sailoring and learned that trade. 

 (Perhaps this is as good a place as any to say that the Cap- 

 tain is also a practical farmer and a horse doctor of 74 years' 

 standing, with army experience as a veterinary surgeon under 

 his good friend, Gen. Wade Hampton.) The mention of his 

 five years before the mast reminded him of a story. When he 

 got home from sea his own mother didn't know him, and 

 liked his looks so little that she was unwilling to harbor 

 him over night. As he was turning away she asked him 

 where he lived when he was at home. 'T was raised about 

 heah " he meekly replied. At that his brother shouted, "It's 

 Bob!" and the fatted calf was sacrificed in due form. Unless 

 unexpectedly detained on the way, he and Fido will reach 

 South Carolina about Nov. 1— perhaps sooner if he makes a 

 contemplated purchase of a horse and buggy for the more 

 convenient carrying of his books, etc. Once home, they will 

 take a months or six weeks' rest, and then start on a walk 

 across the continent to San Francisco. "I think now we 

 shall come back around the Horn," said the Captain. Good 

 luck go with them!— Hartford Courant, Sept. 16. ' 



HUMPHREYS' 

 HOMEOPATHIC VETERINARY SPECIFICS 

 For Horses, Cattle, Sheep, \ 



Dogs, Hogs, Poultry. 

 500 PAGE BOOK on Treat- 

 ment of Animals and 

 Chart Sent Free. 

 cures— Fevers, Congestions, Inflammation, 



A. A.-Spinai Meningitis, Milk Fever. 



B. B.— Strains, iameness, Rheumatism. 



S. C— Distemper, Nasal Discharges. 

 . D.— Bots or Grubs, Worms. 



E. E.— Coughs, Heaves, Pneumonia. 



F. F.— Colic or Gripes, Bellyache. 



G. G.— Miscarriage, Hemorrhages. 



H. H.— Urinary and Kidney Diseases. 



I. I. — Eruptive Diseases, Mange. 

 J. It.— Diseases of Digestion. 

 Stable Case, with Specifics, Manual, 



Witch Hazel Oil and Medlcator, $7.00 

 Price, Single Bottle (over 50 dosesX . .60 

 Sold by Druggists; or 

 Sent Prepaid on Receipt of Price. 

 Humphreys' Med. Co., 109 Fulton St., N. Y. 



IF YOU WANT TO 11311 



thing (carious, useful, scientific, sporting, etc.) 

 "American Exchange and Mart," the only illus- 

 trated bargain paper in America, contains hun- 

 dreds of good trades every week. Send 5 cts. for 

 copy. Vt (A.) Congress street, Boston. Mass. 



MINNOW. 



Tliis Minnow is practically inclestiruLotiTole* 



Mounted in the most substantial manner on hooks particularly adapted to AMERICAN WATERS. This cut shows the exact size of 

 a No. 7. We keep the following sizes in stock: N<is. 4 5 6 7 8 9 



Inches long 2 2\ 3 3£ 4 4£ 

 If your dealer does not keep our goods in stock, or will not order them for you, send 50 cents for our 120-page illustrated catalogue. 



ABBEY & IMBRIE, Manufacturers of Fine Fishing Tackle, 



18 Vesey Street (Fourth door from the Aster House), New York. 



12-aAUGE 

 G-SHOT. 



A NEW REPEATING 



SHOTG 



The Best Made, 



A. gun with 30- 

 Rn. Rolled Steel 

 Barrel. 



lain Pistol Grip Stock, only $25,00. 



ASK YOUR DEALER TO SHOW ONE. 



MANUFACTURED BY THE 



WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., 



Stores: 312 Broadway, New York, and 418 Market St., San Francisco. 



Safe, 

 Quick, 

 Well-Made, 

 CHEAP. 



SEND FOR 



Mmlin Circular, 



Haven, Conn. 



UPTHEGROVE & McLELLAN, 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



SZh-Ootiz^ and IFIsl^-ir^ 



A3ST3D CLOTHING FOR 



CIVIL ENGINEERS, RANCHMEN, LUMRERMEN, EINERS, ETC. 



Write for our new combined Catalogue witb samples of Imported 



-^^^^Cordiaroys, Moleskin, Mackintosh, Canvas and Flannels 

 SEE. OUH HEW SHADES OF ENGLISH CDRDUBDY. Address TJF- <5c JVICL T Valparaiso, Indiana. 



