Dec. 33, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



849 



Plenty of Sport at Rutherford. 



The members of the BoiUne Springs Griin Club, of Rutherford, 

 along with a delegation from the Passaic City Rod and Gun Club, 

 bad a pleasant outing at Rutbe'ford on Dec. 17. The day was a 

 fairly good one for trap work. The main feature was the sboot- 

 off of the tie for fifth place in the New Jersey Trap Sliooter's 

 League tournament. This was shot by teams of flvo men each, 

 at 35 targets per mau. The result follows: 

 Boiling Springs. 



Kie«i3 oimioinoumomniiiii— 19 



HoJliater...' 0111110111111110111101111-31 



Ed Oollina 1111111111111111111111101-24 



Post iomiiiiiiinoionoiiiio-20 



At water 1101110001010111111110000—15-99 



Passaic City. 



Wise oininiiiin loiiu 110100-20 



Shaw 100010000 lOlOOOOOlUOlOOl— 9 



Vermorel 1111110100111111111010111-30 



Kewitt 000001111 1110011010100011-13 



Abbott llOnillODUOOllOllllim-19-81 



Then followed the tliird of the series of 10-men team matches, 

 at 35 tareets per man. between the two clubs, each of which had 

 previously won one match. Tho race was closely contested, and 

 it was only after a struggle that the Passaic team finally won the 

 match and thus the series. The scores are appended: 

 Passaic Citv. 



Hail oiomoiooiinioiimoooo-15 



Connan 1111101111001001011111100-17 



Gaston 1 01 11 011111 1 0110110001010-1 6 



S haw 11101 1111 1101101 100 lllll 1-20 



Kewitt 110100101010001010imiOO-l;f 



.Tellame 1001011110001011 101101 lOl—l.f; 



Vermorel 1010101011101110010000101—13 



Wise 10111011111 1 1111111111101-33 



Hemion lilllolOlllOlllOilinOlOO-17 



Abbott .1010111101110011111010111-18-168 



Boiling SpriOBH. 



Kless 111111111111100H11011110-31 



Ruck' 1001111011110111001110110-17 



Lane " " 1111111010010110100101010-1.5 



Paul 1100101110111111000111111-18 



Peck'"' 1011001011001011110000011—13 



1 ames ' . - • ■ . 1111111110111111110100111—31 



Krebs ... 1101100001010100111101011—13 



Collins " ' ." 0111010100001011100111111—15 



Hollister' "' 1111110000101011110111100—17 



Coe 0100001001001101101000100- 9 



The rest of the day was devoted to sweenstake shootintr, tbe ten 

 target events being"$l entry ; 15 target, $1.50 entry. The results 

 follow : , , , 



No. 1, 10 singles t Hobart 8, jRa.nneret ^, Hedden 0, Lenone o. 



No. 3, the same : LsQOoe 6, Hobart and Hedden 5, Jeanneret 

 and Peck 3. , , r » 



No. 3, the same ; Hedden 10, Hobart 8, Peck and Lenone 7. 



No. 1. the same : Hobart 10, Hedden 9, Huok 8, Paul, Coe, 

 Lenom 4, Peek (i, Cnllias and Burgess 5. 



No. 5, as above : Hobart. Hedden and Huck 8, Coe and Collins 

 7, Leoooe 6, Burg ass 5, Peck 4, 



Nn. 6. like the last : Hobart 10, Hedden 8, Coe and Lenone 8, 



■Wiaa Hnf V n.Tifl Paul 7. Ppp.k and Hall 5. OoU'nS 4. 



No. 9. 



lien ore ... 



Hall 



Huok 



Conins.... 

 Hollister. . 

 Coe... 



No. 7. 





Tiep. 



No. 8. 



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8 



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1101110101- 7 



0111101111- 



8 



110 '1 



0011001111— 6 



lOlOllllll- 



8 



lllll 



lomouu— 8 



0111101110- 



7 







OllOOUOOlO- 



3 





1000011100- 4 



0101011111- 









1111111111- 



10 





liiioiiiio- 8 



1111011110- 



8 



ioioi 



1111111011- 9 



OUOOIOOOI- 



4 





1111111111—10 



moiioni— 



8 



oiooo 



1101000111- 9 



1110101110— 







00 1011 01 11— 6 



luiiiim- 



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0010010011- 4 



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8 



oiooi 



OOolOOlOOl- 3 



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11010 101 lo- 



6 





niiioiiii— 9 



om inioi— 



8 





ooon 01111— 6 



1011110001- 



6 





1111101110- 8 



1110101001— 



6 





0110011101- 6 



UllOllOll- 



8 



liiii 











riiQoioodo- 4 









OUlll 01100— 5 

 0001111010— 5 







101011111111010-11 



lomoi 11011110-13 

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OOlOllllOlOOClO- 7 



The Coney Island Rod and Gun Club. 



The attendance of the members of the Coney Island Rod and 

 Gun (^IuId at Woo.dlawn P.ark, Gravesend, L. I., on Wednesday, 

 Dec. 14, was up to tb" usual average, twenty-two competing for 

 the Kppiff diamoQd badge and extra club prizes at seven birds 

 each, flub handicap, tnodifled Hurlingham rules. A good race 

 took place between C. Plate and C. Detl^fsen for the trophy. The 

 former won with twenty straight. S. W. Northridge won the sec- 

 ond prize, outshooting "Snapoer" Garrison. Dr. Van Ord won 

 the third and the fourth and fifth were divided. The scores: 



Regular monthly shoot for the Eppig diamond badge and club 

 prize; 



WLair 3102132-6 R Lambert 1010212—5 



DrVan Ord 1201012—5 .1 J Ennis 0131311-6 



H McNaughton 3132122—7 J B Lake 1003212-5 



F McLaughlin 2120312—6 C Plate 1211121—7 



W Green 0010022-3 C Detlefsen 1221322—7 



Dr Little O200123— 4 H W Blattmacher 2132023-6 



L Eppig 2102] 23-6 J B Voorhees 2013113-6 



.r Schlieman 1110211- 6 F Ibert 0101031-4 



W Lohman 0010021—3 J Cottier 1010120-4 



C Englebrecht 2121231-7 W Scheelje 1313213-7 



S W Nordlinger 2102131 -6 E H Garrison .0133232—6 



The birds were gooH but bad light. 



Sweepstake shoot, 35yds.. 3 birds; 



JSchlif-man 121—3 Dr Van Ord 113—3 



L Eppig 113—3 R Lambert 310—3 



C Eoglebrecht 100-1 W Lair 010-1 



Dr Little ■ 013—3 F Ibert .....000—0 



Atlantic Rod and Gun Club. 



As there is no regular prize put up for competition for this 

 month's shoot by the Atlantic Rod and Gun Clttb the members 

 present had a good afternoon's sport at sweepstake shooting at 

 the West End grouitds. Coney Island , on Thursday. Dec. 15. It 

 was more of a trial of skill between the novices of the club, the 

 older members and more experienced staying out. The birds 

 were a first class lot, C. E. Morris in practice killed 48 out of 50 

 picked birds. The score. No. 1, 5 birds, lowest score to, pay for 

 the birds: No. 3, 3 birds; Nos, S^ind 4, 5 birds each : 



No. 1. Tie. No. 3. 



R J Sutherland OllU-t 123 111-3 22111 



R Richards 10111-4 310 010—1 



J Gavin 01101-3 ... 111-3 31320 



DSturdevaut 01111—4 100 012—3 



GVandeveer 11111-5 ... 111-3 



No. 3. No. 4. 



R J Sutherland 12112—5 31221130 00101—3 



R Richards 21101-4 01101—3 



J Gavin mil-5 133211U 13001-3 



DSturdevaut 01310-3 21033-4 



Garrison Defeats Morris. 



The long talked of match between C. E. Morris, president of 

 tbe Atlantic Rod anri Gun Club, and E. H. Garrison, the well- 

 known .iockey, of the Fountain Gun Club, was shot off on Satur- 

 day, Dec. 17, at the Atlantic Rod and Gud Club's grounds. West 

 Eufi, Conev Island. Tbe conditions of the contest as arranged 

 were at 100 liv^ birds each under modified Hurlingham rule..=, gun 

 handicap. Morris used his E. C. Higham gun, 10-bore, 3'iyd8.. 

 G irrlaon a Scott gun, 13-bore, 28yds., the stakes being S300 a side. 

 The birds furnished by Bonden were a good lot; the weather was 

 cloudy and cool. Morris was well handled by Dick Monaees, and 

 Garrison liarl t^e services of O. W, Wingert in his last 50, wMch 

 materially aided him in winniog the matcD. 



Tbe match was started p'-omptly on time, 1 P. M., Garrison wio- 

 niag the toss and sending Morris to the traps first, who downed 

 his first, a straight driver, in good style. Garrison followed witb 

 a fast left-quarteriug driver, which he neatly stopped; he missed 

 his 3d bird, a fast rigCit-quartering driver, Morris following suit 

 on a fast incomer; he again missed his 9th and 11th, both incom- 

 ere; 15th. a right-quartering driver; 19th, another incomer, and 

 23(1, another right-quartering driver, making a total of 6 out of 3.5. 



GaJTiBon^ after kilUBg^ 14 straight missed, his 17tb, an Incomer, 



18th, 31st. 33d and 35tb,all quartering drivers, and tieing the score. 



Morris then killed 15 straight and then missed his 39tb, 40th and 

 49th, the first another incomer and the two last drivers. 



Garrison missed bis 34th, 87th, 42d, 44th and 47th birds, nearly 

 all being drivers, leaving him 3 birds behind on the first half of 

 the match, the .score Htahding Morris 41, Garrison 39. 



After a recpsf of 10 minutes the at cond half was comrapuced. 

 Morris lost his ,56th bird, a fast straight driver from No. 3 trap, 

 which was hard hit, and dropped dead after alighting on the 

 fence. He also missed his 69th. an incomer; 71st and 74th, both 

 right-quartering drivers, although hard hit, got away. 



Garrison did some tall shooting witb a straight run nf 20. He 

 missed his 71st bird and finishing the third round 1 bird ahead. 



In the last round on bis 84i h bird Morris's gun got very stiff and 

 hard to pull and caused him to miss a fast left incomer, but he 

 kept on with it, although it caused him to miss his 87th, 90tb and 

 Ol'^t, all incomers, and his 99th, a fast right-quarterer. 



Garrison mi.=9fd his 78th, a hard straight driver, which dropped 

 dead over the fence. He then killed 17 straight, 16 with the first 

 barrel, but missing his 98th, a fast incomer, having killed 47 out 

 of his last 50, and winning tbe match by the score of 86 to 83. The 

 best runs were: Morris, 15, 9. 9, 8, 7, 6. Garrison, 33, 17, 14. 8. 



Both made some good kills, the mrB^ notable were Morris's 86th, 

 a fas^ lett-quariering driver; Garrison's 60th and 85th. Tbestore: 



C E MorrlR 

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Referee, E. H. Madison. Scorer, C. A. Dollar. 



CHICAGO TRAPS. 



[From a Staff Corrcspojidepit.l 



Chicago, 111., Dec. 17.— John Watson has invented a new word 

 for the trap shooters, and not a bad term either, though nobody 

 would think, just to look at .John Watson, that he was threatened 

 with philology.synonyms, or anything of an equally painful nature. 

 In the orogramme which he issues of his holiday tournament, 

 Dec. 37-80, Mr. Watson specifics certain shoots which are to be 

 shot uuder the "monotone system." A little figurine will enable 

 any one to see that by this M". Watson means the rapld-flre sys- 

 tem. There will also be, however, a large number of events at 

 unknown trans. Of course there will be plenty of live bird events, 

 among which is the very interesting one billed as follows: 

 "Twenty-eighth and last contest will be a straight freeze-out, 

 shot to a finish, at live birds specially and carefully selected, en- 

 trance $5." In short, Mr. Watson evidently aims to give a tour- 

 nament a little outside the fragile and worn out lines of the old 

 sort. Speed the day when we may have more shooting worthy of 

 this day in tbe development of sport. Shooters coming to this 

 tournament will probabiv see some good birdn and good shooting. 

 Singular comment on the present confuFed condition of shooting 

 rules in this section is to be found in the anaouncement of the 

 rules for this tournam'^nt — American Association, exiept l^oz. 

 of shot, except boundary, which is the Illinois horseshoe, except 

 distance, which is SOyds. for all guns. Truly bastard rules, and 

 in one particular, at least, of bastard vioidusness. 



CAPT. ANSON'S PARK. 



Oapt.Anse has bloomed out as a shooter of energy and resource' 

 Not content with tbe deplorably dilatory action of the Illinois 

 State Sportsmen's Association'.? inexecutive committee in the 

 matter of next season's tournament, he has concluded arrange- 

 ments for the leasing of the South Side baseball park at Thirty- 

 fifth street for a term of weeks next summer, and will hold a 

 World's Fair shoot, targets and birds, open to the world, on his 

 own hook. He will make money, and deserves to. Is there no 

 way in which Adrian can be made an annex to the inpxecutive 

 committet? In his enterprise he may associate others with him, 

 and has already offered John Watson a half interest in the pro- 

 ject. 



INCORPORATED. 



Messrs. Thorssen & Cassady, of this city, will on Jan. 1 merge 

 their firm name into that of Thorssen & Cassady Co.. articles of 

 incorporation having now been filed. It will please many frinds 

 over the country to hear that Mr. H. P, Jenney, of the late Jenney 

 & GrahHm Gun Co., will again come back into the sporting goods 

 trade, where he was so long and favorably known, and will be 

 henceforward at the sign of the new csmpany above mentioned. 



E. HOTJGH. 



175 Monroe Street, Chicago. 



Trap at Watson's Park. 



BuBNSiDE, lU., Dec. S.— Score made to-day by the Fort Dear- 

 born Club for the club medal; 15 live pigeons each, under new 

 Illinois State rules: 



Geo Kleinman.21202nilllll32-14 Abe Kleinman.031122322213213-14 

 F R Bissell . . .010013203330013- 9 J A Macomberllll010311in23-13 



The two Kleinmans will settle the tie next shoot. 



For target medal same day, 20 targets each from 3 unknown 

 traps; AbeKleinman 15, Geo. Kleinman9, Bissell 1.3, Macombeyll. 



Dec. i4.— Score made to-dav by the South Chicago Gun Club 

 for club medal; 30 live pigeons each, under new Illinois State 

 rules: 



L Wi Hard 31 Oil 113311131 232211-19 Ben Fogli.l0312113131111111S22-19 

 F Willard.S1213111''21122211333 -30 J Watson. 1013331023 1101111222— 17 

 Dr Larkin00313311 211120101002-14 P Miller . . 12011113311102101103-16 

 Sweep for birds: 



L C Willard 0211312111-9 Dr Larkin 21322-5 



Fogli 0311203013—7 Watson 12101- 4 



PE Willard 01131-4 



For target medal, .30 targets each from 3 unknown traps: Miller 

 15, L. C. Willard 14, F. E. Willard 13, Fogli 14. Ravelbigg. 



Massachusetts Shooting Association. 



Boston, Mass., Dec. 14.— The third tournament of the Massa- 

 chusetts Shooting Association was held at the grounds of the 

 Broctf>n Gun Club yesterdas^ It was an elegant day for trap- 

 shooting, but a small delegation were present to compete for the 

 St^te tropbies. This meet saw more of the eastern " cracks " 

 come together, but there was one fault, that the entire State was 

 not well represented. 



We saw no representatives from Springfield, Palmer and the 

 western section: not a soul from Fall River, New Bedford or 

 vicinity. It was about the same sporting crowd that assembled 

 at the first tournament at Clarendon Hills, but considering the 

 dreariness of this season of the year, the attendance though small 

 IS certainly worthy of notice. 



Competitors from Lynn, the " Angel City," were there in the 

 persons of Capt. Marlio, W. G. Wetberbee and Frledrich Forbes; 

 Coate, Gore, Bradbury, Gale and Snow, of Boston : C- E. Fore- 

 hand. E. Tolman, Chas. Colvin. and W. L. Davis, of Worcester, 

 aud last but not least, many enterprising members of the Brocton 

 Gun Club, 



Shouting began at an early hour and continued till dark. As 

 an average the scores were very uneven and several local cracks, 

 wbo are considered 90 per cent, men, made a poor showing in the 

 individual match. 



W. L. Davis won the race by one bird. Thus far three of the 

 best "cracks" in the State are tied on first position, namely 

 Mr. Bennett, of Boston, who won the badge at Clarendon Hills; 

 W. F. Brown, of Lynn, winnins at Worcester ; and W. L. Davis, 

 of Worcester, winning at Brocton. 



The team races were closely contested for, but tbe Brocton men 

 flying high and won both the amateur and professional team 

 badges. 



Following are the scores : 



No. 1, amatpur team contest. State badges: 



Worcester Team. Brockton 1st Team. 



Forehand 1111111111—10 Wilbur 1110111111— 9 



Tolman llOllliOll— 8 Kneel IHllllOll— 9 



Davis IIIOIOOIOI- 6-24 Leroy 1011111111— 9-27 



Boston Team. LynnTf-am. 



Choate ..IIIOIUOII— 8 Welch 1100100011— 5 



Gore lOniOilU— 8 Wetherbee ...llOO'llOOl- 6 



Bradbury IIOOIIOIOI— 6—33 Forbes 1010100101— 5-16 



Brockton No. 3 Team. 



Jones 1111011101— 8 Wood llOGlOllll— 7— IS 



Atwood. 1001010000- 3 



No. 3, individual race. 20 singles, for tbe State challenge badge: 

 Choate. . ..11010111101101011111—15 Bradbury.linnil1101111110111-17 



BorbPS. . . .1100100010 001101010— 9 Smi tb 11110111011101111111- 16 



Fore.hand.mOllllOlllinOllH-17 Gore 01110111011101101101-14 



Wood llOllOllOlOinoilOill— 13 Jones 10011011101110111010-13 



Wilbur.. ..llOlllOlilOlinilOl 10-14 Snow 11010011101110110110-13 



Kneel ....11111011111011111111-18 Colvin. . 10100110101101010101-11 



Post 11110111111110111111-18 Martin... .101 10110110110101111— 14 



Leroy 11111111011111101111-18 We.th'bee.lOOOUOlOOlOUOOOOlOl- 7 



Gale 11110110111011101101—15 Welch. . . .101 11111011111101111-17 



Davis . . .11111111111011111111-19 



Davis won fir^t podtioD and swopp; Kneel, Post, Leroy. second; 

 Forehanrl, Bradbury and Welch, third. 



Professional team race for State bidges: 



Boatoii. Ljnn. 



Choate 1001101010-5 Welch 1101101100-6 



Gore nonilOll-8 Wetberbee llOOOHOlO-a 



Bradbury 1101110110 7-20 Forbes 1111011101-8-19 



Worcester. Brockton No. 2. 



Forehand 1010110101-6 Wood 1110101101—7 



Tolman 1111101111-9 Atwood 1110111010-7 



Davis 1011111101-8-23 Tisdale 1111101111-9-33 



Brockton Team No. 3 won this match, having shot out Worces- 

 ter on the tie. 



The next tournamf-nt of tbe Massachusetts State Trap Shooting 

 Association will ba held at Walout Hills, when we hope to see the 

 entire State well represe nted. A. J. Kelsby. 



Falcon Gun Club. 



Only three members competed for the Falcon Gun Club's gold 

 medal, at Dexter Park, on Thursday, Dec. 1.5, at 10 birdf. each 

 tinder Long Island rules, bird billed with the second barrel to 

 score as a half bird. J Vagts won r.bf, medal, Thescor^: 



J Vagts 1112121 131-81^ H Van Staden 1122001111—7 



J H Miller 3110101111 7^4 



Sweep at 10 targets, $1 entrance, 1 money: 

 Miller 1111111111-10 



Vagts 1110111111—9 VanStad.er 1111011011-8 



R ef eree, W. Miller. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



R,, Gray, Me,— The following question has caused considerable 

 discussion, and all parties are willing to leave it to you for flnal 

 settlement: A put out fox bait and sets trap to a light drpg. B, 

 passing by the following day, discovers fox and shoots bim about 

 10 rods from the bait. The fox was in the trap. B returns the 

 trap to A, claiming tbe fox. Now, will you decide to whom does 

 the fox belong? Ans. To A. 



D. B. 0., New York.— What rivers that flow into Lake St. John 

 have the host hunting? How far up can one go in a 21ft. naphtha 

 launch? Would you advise me going up any of those rivers in a 

 naptitha launch on a hunting trip? Ans. Tbe rivers are: Ashuap- 

 moucbouan, navigable for 15 mil"?: Mistassini, navigable for 20 

 miles: Ticouapee, navigable for 30 miles; Peribonco, navigable 

 for 30 miles. But for a small napbtha launch the ah ve distances 

 might be exceeded. Correspond with Mr. B. A. Scott, Ro^^erval, 

 Lake St. John, who will give all information referring to hunting 

 and guides, etc. 



Clevel.'i ricl as a Fisherman. 



Wm H. Craije, the comedian, is somewhat of a fisber- 

 man himself, but he yields the palm to G-rover Cleveland. 

 "I never .saw a man," said Mr. Crane, "who had the passion 

 for angling and the patience at it that Cleveland has. He 

 doesn't seem to care whether he catches any fish or not; he'll 

 sit for hottrs under a broiling sun, watching his bob go 

 dancing in the water, aud never utter a complaint if he 

 doesn't get a nibble. I went out several times with him 

 last summer— Joe Jetter.son took us out. .Joe isn't any sort 

 of a fisherman— he's a great actor and a great painter and 

 all that kind of thing, but he can't fish a little bit. Joe 

 can't bait a hook; seems to be afraid of the worms; so Cleve- 

 land and I took turns at ptttting bait on his hook. Joe got 

 restless before we had been out half an hour; he kept want- 

 ing to move around — was sure that it 'was better fishing on 

 the other side of the pond.' Perhaps you've been fishing 

 with that sort of a man. It worried Cleveland a good deal, 

 and by and by says he: 'Joe,' says he, 'when I was a small 

 boy I went fishing with my uncle Elihu, and 1 remember 

 that he told me that one of the .secrets of success in life was 

 to stick to the place where you'd throw'u your anchor out. 

 Too many folks,' said uncle Elihu, 'spend all their time 

 pulling up anchors aud rowing around; they don't eatch the 

 fish.' 'As for me,' says he, 'when I start to fish I sit right 

 there and fish until 'either the pond runs dry or the horn 

 blows for supper.' " 



The strangest couple in the menagerie Ia Central Park are 

 the raven and the common crow, who share a cage in the 

 aviary. The latter imposes on his giant cousin in the most 

 barefaced manner. The crow never deigns to descend to the 

 ground to get his food, which is raw meat. The raven hum- 

 bly flops to the floor and, selecting the largest piece of meat, 

 puts it in its beak and proceeds to masticate it and then re- 

 turn to his perch. When it is sufficiently tender, bit by bit 

 is exposed, the remainder held firmly with the powerful 

 beak. The crow then deigns to peck at the now tender mor- 

 sel, and it is not until he is thoroughly satisfied that the 

 raven dares to begin eating his own meal. It may be that 

 the raven thinks the crow is a yottng bird of his own clan, 

 and only wants feeding up to grow. Whatever, however, 

 may be his delusion, it is a fact that this curious comedy 

 may be witnessed every day in the aviary about 2 o'clock.— 

 New York Evening Post. 



An interesting case of a wild rabbit living in an almost 

 tame condition is recorded by Helen J. Murray in the current 

 number of jVatU7"e iS^ofcs, the Selborne Society's magazine. 

 Mrs. Paul, a fisherman's wife, living in a hut between Ard- 

 naheia Farm and the mouth of Loch Goil, deserves the 

 credit of having achieved this result. The rabbit was 

 brought in when very young by a cat, and reared by Mrs. 

 Paul, from whose hand it still feeds. It now spends part of 

 its time in the woods and part on the low sloping roof of the 

 htit among the pigeons, or at the door among the fowls. It 

 is shy in the presence of strangers, but quite friendly to the 

 fisherman's wife.— ^VoMrc. 



According to a writer in the Pioneer Mail of Allahabad, 

 the thatch on Burmese houses gives a tempting shelter to 

 snakes, especially during the rains, and many of the occu- 

 pants of the houses would be surprised if they knew the 

 number of snakes that share the shelter of their roof on a 

 rainy night. Que night on oiHcer was wakened tip by a 

 noise in his room; and by the light of alighted wick, floating 

 in a ttimbler of oil, he made out that two combatants were 

 disputing the po.ssession of the small space in the centre of 

 the bedroom. The belligerents turned out to be a snake and 

 a rat, that somehow had jostled against each other in the 

 tiny tenement.— iVatttre, Dec. i, ISOS. 



On and after Sun dav, D, c. 18, important changos will be made 

 in through trains via Pennsylvania Railroad, leaving New York 

 as follow':: 



Columbian Express at 9 A.M. daily instead of 3 P. M., arriving 

 at Pittsburgh 9 P. M., Chicago 10 A. M., Oincinna'i 6:35 A. M. aud 

 Indianapolis 7:55 A. M., wiiU sleeping and dining cars through to 

 those points. At Philadelphia connection will be made with Past 

 Line for all points in central and western Pennsylvania, Cleve- 

 land and Toledo. 



Pennsylvani'i. Limited at 13 noon dailv, instead of 10 A.M.. ar- 

 rive Chicago 13 noon. Sleeping car to Cincinnati discontinued on 

 this train. 



St, Louis and Cincinnati Express at 13 noon instead of 3 P. M.. 

 witb throueb sleeping and dining cirs, arriving in St. Louis 5:30 

 P, M. and Cincinnati 8:15 A. M. 



Souther pstern Express will leave at 7:50 P.M., Sundays 7:45 P.M., 

 forty minutes earlier than pressnt schedule; no change in tnrough 

 connections; sleeping and aining cars. 



There will be no change in Western Express and Pacific Ex- 

 press. 



New York and Washington Limited will leave aA 10 A. Mi in- 

 stead of 10:10 A. M. 



The 2:10 P. M. train for WasMngtou and the South will be 

 changed to leave at 3 P. M,~-Ad,v. 



