248 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretariat are invited to send their scores for publication in 
these cotomm?also any news notes they may care to have printed. 
T^inall^wntsare considered as divided unless otherwise reported. 
Sail such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 318 
Broadway, New York. 
What a year of big tournaments this is going to be! April has her 
share with the three weeks in the Southwest-Mchison Kan.; Hou- 
ston Tex ; Omaha, Neb. : and Joplin, Mo. Then comes May with the 
f ofioVing list of important fixtures: May 5 8, E . C. tournament at 
New York, $2,000 added money; May 12-15, Memphis, Tenn., tourna- . 
mint, »2,000 added money; May 19-22, Hazard Powder Company's 
tournament at Cincinnati, added money not yet announced; May 19- 
23 Missouri State shoot at Kansas city. From the 22d of May until 
the end of the month, the following additional tournaments are 
scheduled: Montana State Sportsmen's Association at Missoula, 
Mont; Kansas State Sportsmen's Association at Frankfort, Kan., 
Limited Gun Club's tournament at Indianapolis, Ind., and the Bing- 
hamton, N. Y, tournament on May 26-28. May 30 to June 1 are the 
dates for the South Side Gun Club's tournament at Milwaukee, Wis. 
A glance at our fixtures column will show a list of most important 
fixtures for the month of June. Chief among theni are: Illinois State 
Sportsmen's Association at Chicago: New York's State shoot at Buf- 
falo, where the Audubon boys will do their best to make things hum; 
Iowa State shoot at Davenport, la.; Ohio Trap-Shooters' League at 
Davtou. OA North Dakota State Sportsmen's Association at Fargo, N. 
D ($500 added money) ; Crystal Lake Gun Club at Urbana, IHs.; the 
third annual tournament of the Ciambsrlia Cartridge and Target 
Company at Cleveland, O., with $770 added money and targets thrown 
free of cost; Pittsbure Gun Club, $500 added money, and the tour- 
nament of the Altoona Rod and Gun Club. In August Mr. E. S. Rice, 
Western agent for the Du Pont Powder Company, claims Aug. 4-8 as 
dates for that company's tournament. While mentioning all the 
above tournaments, it must not be forgotten that the Interstate 
Association has tournaments arranged as follows: April 14-16, 
Charleston^. C: April 29-30, Birmingham, Ala. ; June 3-4, Natchez, 
Miss. ; July 22-23, Portland, Me. ; and Aug. 26-27, Burlington, Vt. 
The Guelph Trap and Game Club, of Guelph, Ontario, Can., held its 
annual meeting on the evening of March 2. It elected the following 
officers for 1896: Pres , Frank Hall; Vice-Pres., Wm. Sleeman; Sec'y, 
Harrv Cull; Executive Committee— G. Porteous, J. Thatcher and L, 
Singular; Auditors-R.S Cull and J. Johnson. Messrs. F. Hall and 
R S Cull were appointed delegates to attend the meeting held m 
Gait' on March 5, at which an organization known as the Ontario Trap 
and Game League was formed. The organization is composed of the 
gun clubs of Hamilton, H«speler, Guelph, Waterloo, Gait and Brant- 
ford The objects of the league are: Tne propagation and protection 
of game and fish and the encouragement of live-bird and inanimate 
target shooting, and all sports pertaining to the use of the rod and 
gun The league will purchase suitable trophies for yearly competi- 
tions in inter-club team races, the teams to consist of 8 men, each man 
shooting at 20 blue rocks. The first shoot of the league takes place on 
April 3, the clubs being scheduled as follows: Hespeler at Guelph, 
Gait at Hamilton, and Brantford at Waterloo. 
Mr P.. I. Waddell, agent for the Hazard Smokeless Powder Com- 
pany who is located in Cincinnati, writes us in connection with that 
company's tournament next May as follows: " Have mailed you a 
programme of the Hazard Smokeless Powder tournament to be given 
at Cincinnati, May 19-22. Our company donates $2,000, in cash and 
prizes- more specifically, $1,900 cash, a solid gold case watch of latest 
design, value $75; a scarf pin, opal, set in circle of diamonds, value 
$45; a diamond watch charm, value $30. The three prizes are men- 
tioned on page 18 in Hazard prize events and are .given in addition to 
the cash donation of $45, $40 and $35 respectively. J udging by corre- 
spondence with sportsmen, and from information that has come to u 
from other sources, the attendance will be very large and we are 
making preparations to entertain all who come, affording them oppor- 
tunity for all the shooting they may desire. Our Du Pont tournament 
of last season was a pronounced success, but we hope to profit by the 
experience of that occasion and make this excel all others." 
Paul North looked in upon us on Saturday last, March 14. The 
dishevelled appearance of our office, incident to moving into new 
quarters did not phase Paul in the least. He sat down and opened on 
us with such details about "Our Magautrap" (what's in a name?) that 
he caused us to forget the flight of time and the urgency of the 
demands of the printer's devil. If there's anything wrong with our 
trap columns this week, and that's more than possible, blame Paul 
North and that awful name. 
The Massachusetts State Shooting Association will hold the sixth of 
the series of monthly shoots arranged by the Association. for the sea- 
son of 1S95-96 on Saturday, March 28, on the grounds of the Atlantic 
Trap-Shooting Association, Lynnhurst, Mass. Shooting commences 
at 10 A. M., the management of the home club having arranged a pro- 
gramme for an all-day shoot. The Massachusetts State Shooting As- 
sociation is in its sixteenth year, having been organized on June 17, 
1880. 
The death of Mr. John S. Hoey, referred to elsewhere, deprives the 
Interstate Association of the assistance of one of its most enthusiastic 
workers for the success of the Grand American Handicap meeting at 
Elkwood Park. Mr, Hoey was most deeply interested in making the 
meeting at Elkwood a record-breaker, and it may be said that the 
selection of that place as the scene for the great live-bird event of 
1896 was largely due to his work in its behalf. 
Harvey McMurchy appeared in New York on Saturday morning, 
March 14. McMurchy will be with us as long as the Sportsmen's Ex- 
position lasts, but will not be able to prolong his stay so as take in the 
Grand American Handicap; business calls in the far West demanding 
his presence there while his brother sportsmen are wrestling at Elk- 
wood for the "$1,000 guaranteed, all surplus added," at Elkwood 
Park. 
PaulR. Litzke, of Little Rock, Ark., says: "Since publishing the 
programme of the Joplin tournament, that club has decided to add 
one more event to it. The E. O. Powder Co. has donated a silver cup 
to be shot for. The conditions of the cup race will be 50 single 
targets per man, unknown angles. The club will also add $275 to this 
event, making the total amount of added money at this shoot $1,275." 
The first tournament of the Michigan State League and Trap-Stmot- 
ers' Association will be held at Zeeland, Ottawa county, on April 21-22, 
under the auspices of the Zeeland Rod and Gun Club. The home club 
has prepared a good programme for the two days, and all who attend 
are promised a good time by the Zeelanders, who are hustlers and 
who Will do all they can to make things pleasant for their guests. 
The next tournament of the New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League 
will be held next month on the grounds of the South Side Gun Cluo. 
Billy Hobart, secretary of the club, intends running the League shoot 
in connection with a two-days' tournament, the main event on the 
first day being a 100-target handicap race; the league team race will 
be scheduled for the afternoon of the second day. 
With the advent of the Sportsmen's Exposition, followed as it will 
be next week by the Grand American Handicap meeting at Elkwood 
Park, out-of-town Bportsmen have been arriving in this city in such 
quick succession that it has been absolutely impossible to keep track 
of them all, although they all find their way sooner or later to Forest 
and Stream's exhibit. 
The Pennsylvania and Ohio Border League, composed of the gun 
clubs of Warren and Youngstown, O., and of Meadville, Greenville 
and New Castle, Pa., has adopted the following schedule: Warren, 
May 21; New Castle, June 18; Greenville, July 23; Meadville, Aug. 20; 
Youngstown, Sept. 17. The Butler, Pa., Gun Club did not see Its way 
to joining the league. 
The last four days of this week (March 18-21) will find the Cobwebs 
busy entertaining their guests at their grounds at Baychester, N. Y. 
This is the Cobweb Gun Club's maiden effort at tournament-giving, 
but, judging from the programme arranged, it is bound, to be a suc- 
cess if it meets with the attention it merits. 
The seventh bi-monthly tournament of „ the Elizabeth, N. J., Gun 
Club is Bet for April 28-29. 
March 17. Edward Banks. 
Lynchburg Gun Club. 
Lynchburg, Va., March 10 —The regular weekly shoot was held 
to-day. It was dark and windy, and everything went wrong. Every- 
body fell down, good hard bumps. The primers in a lot of Dornin's 
shells failed to work; Scott was trying a new gun and got hold of 
some o£ Dornin's bad primers, and he got in the dumps. The shoot 
was about as badly mixed as the Cuban and South American questions. 
A gun club has been organized at Roanoke. As soon as I can get all 
the particulars will write you. Scores in to-day's events were: 
Events: 1334:5678 
Targets: 10 15 10 IB 10 15 10 15 Shot at. Broke. 
Dornin 6 9 7 8 8 14 10 14 100 76 
Scott 8 12 6 11 6 10 7 9 100 69 
Moorman 6 10 6 13 6 14 7 9 100 71 
Stearns 6 10 7 11 8 11 8 12 100 75 
TunstaU 4 7 5 7 4 8 5 18 100 53 
Guthrie 8 10 3 
Glaytor 6 ., ,, 15 6 
F. M, D. 
The Daly-Sumpter Match. 
Hot Springs, Ark., March 5 — Phil Daly, Jr., of Long Branch, N. J., 
to-day defeated John J. Sumpter, Jr., of this city, in a 150-bird race 
for $500 a side, by the remarkably fine score of 142 to 138. No more 
unfavorable day could have been selected. It rained hard throughout 
the whole of the match. Yet while the weather was decidedly against 
the birds, it was by no means favorable for high scores, the light being 
very poor and the background very trying. The birds would have 
been a good lot but for the elements, which made them slow to start. 
One of. the conditions of the match was that it was to be shot rain or 
shine, so there was no alternative for the shooter but to take his med- 
icine. The match was the direct outcome of a little race between the 
same two parties which took place last Friday— a 50-bird match, in 
which Daly killed all of his birds, making 50 straight, Sumpter per- 
forming a like feat, but having the bad luck to lose 3 of his birds dead 
out of bounds. 
The match should have begun at 1 o'clock, but it was 10 minutes 
after 2 before Daly, who had won the toss, stepped to the score and 
killed the first birds of the match. Sumpter was not so fortunate, as 
his 1st bird got away apparently unhurt. The lead that Daly had thus 
secured did not last very long, as he lost his 6th bird dead out of 
bounds. Sumpter was the next to lose a bird, his 9th; through the 
carelessness of the boy who was handling the dog, this bird, although 
hard hit, was chased out of bounds; a careful man could have gath- 
ered it. Daly lost his 12th dead out of bounds, evening up matters; 
when he lost his 25tb, Sumpter went to the front. The score at the 
end of the first 25 was: Sumpter 23, Daly 22. This lead Sumpter had 
increased to 2 at the 50th round, the score then standing: Sumpter 45, 
Daly 43. In the next string of 25 Daly caught his opponent, the score 
then standing 67 each. After losing his 72d bird Daly began a remark- 
able piece of shooting, killing his last 78 straight, Sumpter in the 
mean time losing a bird now and then. When the match was finished 
he was just 4 birds behind, A. R. Smith, president of the Arkansas 
State Sportsmen's Association, was referee. Scores: 
Trap score type— Copyright, is»e, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
1332815153484133233244235 
-»-nv-»'WM — »s\\Hk'T-*TTh-T//4.T 
Daly 11212»32211«233122 3 1 2 312 »-32 
1158524123322333355133312 
1 2 2 2 2 1 • 2 2 0 3 3 1 1 2 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 »-21 
3345111153525251553125132 
\^HH<-/» T/<-TNT4. \PS> ISP 4/ T 
21121222231122all2111022 1—24 
4353348112141513511354143 
T \\4 T T \\"\4 4 4 N^T*^ H ^ ^4 
111221222 2 22111211121112 2—25 
4143115434141353153553481 
4N \\4/T 4 N/* 4->^ S/" 1 T I/ 1 4 \N4<-4 
112112112112211211111212 1-25 
5541345452413353314111154 
\^/UTWT4/'T4/ ,, 4.^\w , "UT^T<- . . „ 
12 1211211221111111211212 1-25-143 
4581113353322585351435223 
\Uit^->->^^-»(-'N-N > <-^\^/H-(-(-// 
..0 1312211«221112112212112 2—23 
1523451245244121313328425 
4 4*- 4- HT->\«-4 T<-<-^->T<— »\<-\\.<-v* 
221220221101211231211202 2-22 
Sumpter. 
3533553345414341315444553 
Kanr;*-^^ t t \->>^->4 t i \/ \\t/* 4 
2210202»2112222 2 21313122 1- 
-22 
15143533342335214552 3 513 3 
44T^\H\^4 4TT\T4T/ , \4;''/'4^T , 
11222221112221222231»131 2-24. 
5853431155321313 4 2 4:1 33134 
^T/ , T^t444^/^/ ,, T^'^/ , ^-> ,, s4t/t/ , „„ 
102213111211-12112211222 1-23 
1331312531452155332533325 
4^\n^-»H<^^\\4/ , T4\\^TT;' , <- 
221131111121110 1 2 2 2 2 1 22 1 2-24—138 
Paul R. Litzke. 
Boston Gun Club. 
Boston, March 11.— We exhausted our descriptive faculties last week 
In reporting the current Boston Gun Club shoot, encompassed with 
all the frills and edges of a first-class blizzard. As the conditions were 
duplicated to-day we refrain from further anathematizing the weather, 
and simply inclose the scores, which tell a sad enough story: 
Events: 1 S 3 h 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 13 1U 15 16 17 IS 
Targets: 10 5 6 5 10 5 6 5 5 10 10 5 6 5 5 10 5 5 
Sewall(16) 8453842535433 2 4653 
Avery (16) 511153231873035842 
Gordon (17) 5433833515733 2 6851 
Sheffield (15) 534332031 4 630. 2 4624 
Miskay(17) 624,. 6245375383593,. 
Horace (16) 2 4 4 4 2 3 2 5 5 4 7 2 3 
Williams (15) 6 2 2 1 3 6 .. 2 .... 3 6 2 .. 
Event No. 10 was known angles reversed; Nos. 2, 6 and 18 unknown; 
Nos. 3, 7 and 13 pairs; Nos. 8 and 17 straightaways; balance of events 
known angles with No. 15 Hurlingham, use of both barrels. Events 
5, 6 and 7 composed ninth contest in prize series, 31 targets, 10 kDown, 
5 unknown and 3 pairs, and totals were: Gordon 14, Sewall 14, Miskay 
18, Avery 10, Williams 10, Horace 10, Sheffield 5. 
Worcester Sportsman's Club. 
Worcester, Mass., March 4.— The annual meeting of the Worcester 
Sportsman's Club was held this evening and was well attended, both 
by members of the club and their guests. The report of Secretary 
Charles E. Forehand showed that 46,636 targets had been consumed 
during the season at a cost of 2 cents e«ch. Treasurer F. M. Harris's 
report showed that a total of $1,088.77 had been received from all 
sources. The balance in the treasury, with all bills paid, is now 
$226.89. This is an excellent showing, as the balance of last year was 
but $35 on the right side of the ledger. 
W L. Davis gave notice of the following amendment to the by-laws, 
which he would move at the next regular meeting of the club: "That 
any member of the Worcester Sportsman's Club who shall resort to 
unsportsmanlike methods in connection with club shoots shall be 
liable to expulsion from the club, and any shooter contending in such 
shoots shall forfeit all entrance money and be debarred from shoot- 
ing and that such shall be left in the hands of the executive commit- 
tee,' with full power to act, after giving a member a chance to dis- 
prove such charges." 
The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Maynard P. 
Roach; Vice-President, John T. Mascroft; Secretary, V. D. Kenner- 
son- Treasurer, F. M. Harris; Executive Committee, the above 
officers and A. L. Oilman, E W- Ide, George McLellan, Fred Bucklin. 
Below are the scores made in the twelve monthly contests for the 
Forehand Arms Company's trophy. This trophy was presented by the 
above company for competition among the members of the club under 
the following conditions: 50-targets per man, 25 at known angles and 
25 at reversed order; the shooter winning it the greatest number of 
times out of the twelve shoots to become the absolute owner. As 
will be seen Charles E. Forehand has won the trophy with four wins 
to his credit. The further conditions were: All snootors of the club 
to be divided into two classes, A and B; Class A standing at 16yds., 
Class B at 14yds. Every time a shooter won a contest for the trophy 
he was handicapped an additional 2yds. The contest and the scores 
made, together with each shooter's handicap distance, follow: 
First shoot for the trophy: Chas. E, Forehand (16.) 44, Arthur W. 
Walls (16) 44, V. D. Kennerson (16) 41, John T. Mascroft (16) 39, Wm. 
L Davis (16) 37, R. C. Walls (16) 37, A. B. F. Ki nn ey (16) 82, Frank N. 
Hoyle (16) 36. Tie shot off at 15 known angles and 15 reversed: C. E. 
Forehand 27, A. W. Walls 26. 
Second shoot: Arthur W. Walls (16) 43, R. 0. Walls (16) 40, 0, H. 
Colvin (14) 40, V. D. Kennerson (16) 39, E T. Smith (16) 38, Wm. L. 
Davis (16) 38, John T. Mascroft (16) 37, A. B. F. Kinney (16) 36, Frank N. 
Hovle (16) 34, M. P. Roach (14) 33, W. H. Buck (16) 32, M. D. Gilman 
(16) 31, Earl W. Ide (14) 30, E. 8. Knowles (14) 26, C. W. Walls (14) 18. 
Third shoot: Wm. L. Davis (16) 46, V. D. Kennerson (16) 43, J. T. 
Mascroft (16) 40, E. H. Buck (16) 39. A. W. Walls (18) 39, Geo. McLellan 
(14) 37, C. H. Oolvln (14) 37, C. E. Forehand (18) 36, R. C. Walls (Id) 34, 
Earl W. Ide (14) 30 
Fourth shoot: V. D. Kennerson (16) 45, R. C. Walls (16) 44, Frank N. 
Hovle (16) 42, C. E. Forehand (18; 41, Wm. L. Davis (18) 39, J. T. Mas- 
croft (16) 39, W. H. Buck (16) 38, A. B. F. Kinney (16) 38, E. W. Ide 
(14) 35, C.W. Walls (14) 81, A. P. Cutting (14) 27, A. W. Walls (18) 20. 
' Fifth shoot: A. W. Walls (18) 45, O. E, Forehand (18) 43, V. D. Ken- 
nerson (18) 42, J. T. Mascroft (16) 43, W. H. Buck (16) 40, Wm. L. 
Davis (18) 40, M. Buck (14) 39, R. C. Walls (16) 38. Geo. McLellan (14) 
38, E. W. Ide (14) 35, Chas. A. Parker (14) 33, M. P, Roach (14) 31. 
Sixth shoot: Mascroft (16) 47, W. L. Davis (18) 41, V. D. Kennerson 
(18) 39, E. W. Ide 04) 38, R. C. Walls (16) 37, A. B. F. Kinney (16) 37, 
W. H. Buck (16) 33, F. N. Hoyle (16) 36, A. W. Walls (20) 36, O. E. 
Forehand (18j 18, withdrew. 
Seventh shoot: C. E. Forehand (18) 42, F. N. Hoyle (16) 41, V. D. 
Kennerson (18) 40, J. T. Mascroft (18) 40, E. W. Ide (14) 40, W. H. 
Buck (16) 39, R. C. Wails (16) 38, W. L. Davis (18) 36, A. W. Walls (20) 
23, withdrew. 
Eighth shoot: C. E. Forehand (20) 43, J. T. Mascroft (18) 41, W. L. 
Davis (18) 41, A, W. Walls (20) 41, F. N. Hoyle (16) 40, R. C. Wails (16) 
35, A. W. Walls (30) 31. 
Ninth shoot: Geo. McLellan (14) 47, E. W. Ide (14) 40, R. C. Walls 
(16) 40, F. N. Hoyle (16) 38, C. W. Walls (14) 31, C. E. Forehand (22) 
20, V. D. Kennerson (18) 20, W. L. Davis (18) 20, J. T. Mascroft (18) 
20, A. W. Walls (30) 17. The last 5 shooters withdrew from the con- 
test, being shot out. 
Tenth shoot: V. D. Kennerson (18) 45, McLellan (16) 42. W. L. Davis 
(18) 40, R. C. Walls (16) 36, C. E. Forehand (33) 23, A. W. Walls (20) 30. 
Walls and Forehand withdrew. 
Eleventh shoot: Geo. McLellan (16) 43, C E. Forehand (23) 40, R. C. 
Walls Q6) 40, Bucklin (16) 39, Kennerson (20j 39, W. L. Davis (18) 37, 
A. W. WallB (20) 34. 
Twelfth shoot: C. E. Forehand (22) 44, V. D. Kennerson (30) 33, Geo, 
McLellan (18) 31, A. W. Walls (20) 28, 
Memphis Gun Club. 
Memphis, Tenn , Feb. 29.— Twelve shooters journeyed out to the 
club grounds to-day to take a shy at the inanimates. The weather 
was cloudy and there was a good stiff wind blowing. As will be shown 
by the appended scores, Neely set the pace for the boys, scoring just 
90 per cent.: 
Events: 1334567 89 
Targets: 15 15 15 16 15 15 15 10 10 Shot at. Broke. Av. 
Robinson...., 14 13 11 14 12 10 12 8 
Kellar 12 11 9 6 12 10 13 7 
Bryan 11 10 8 11 12 9 11 6 
Cockrell 13 12 14 13 10 12 13 7 
Neely 15 13 12 15 10 
Weaver... 9 8 6 8.,.. 
Viliepigue 8 11 .. 11 .. .. 
Plummer 13 .... 14 .. 
Porter .. .. 11 ., 9 ,. 
Deming 13 12 .... 11 10 
Schmidt 9 10 
Norton 12 . , , , . . 
8 
125 
92 
73.6 
185 
88 
70.4 
125 
86 
68.8 
125 
102 
80.1 
80 
73 
90 
60 
31 
51.1 
45 
30 
66". 6 
40 
35 
87.5 
30 
20 
66.6 
60 
46 
76.6 
30 
19 
63.3 
25 
80 
80 
Paul R. Litzke. 
Northside Gun Club of Pittsburg. 
Pittsburg, Pa., March 13.— The Northside Gun Club of this city had 
a successful shoot yesterday, To-day's Dispatch gives the following 
account of the shoot: 
"The first of the monthly shoots of the Northside Gun Club was held 
yesterday at Marshall avenue, Allegheny. The weather was very bad 
and the attendance poor. The hest shooting of the day was done by 
J. H. Shaffer, who broke 96 targets out of 100, and in a succeeding 50 
target contest broke 47, making a total of 143 out of 150. In his 100- 
target contest he broke the last 47 straight. His form yesterday was 
certainly great. The next highest in the 100-target race were Jesse 
Jones 00, A. H.King 89, and Marlowe 88; J. H Sims 83. Bessemer 81, 
Macpherson 78, Hackie, Cincinnati, 77, Ashton 71. The shoot of course 
was the first for the E. C. Powder Company's silver trophy. 
"In the extra 25 bird sweepstake Shaffer broke 23, Bessemer 22, Mac- 
kieand Sims each 21, King 19, Marlowe 18, Ashton 15. 
"In the second sweepstake Shaffer broke 24, Jones S3, Bessemer 81. 
Marlowe 18." 
No notice taken of anonymous communications 
W. H. F., Franklinville, N. Y. — Is bitch, owned and kept for breeding 
purposes only, subject to tax? Ans. Yes. 
S. G. K , Toronto, Can.— 1. Will you let me know what distance Mr. 
W. WInans, the champion revolver shot, stands from the target in 
shooting matches, also (8) length of revolver barrel and (3) size of 
bullseye? Ans. 1. Most of his published scores have been made at a 
distance of 30yds. 2. Six inches if we are not mistaken. 3. Two 
inches in diameter. 
Bernard, Providence, R. I.— My dog is a St. Bernard, 7 months old. 
He has an offensive smell and his nose is always hot. He appears to 
be very nervous, never laying long in one place. I have only nad him 
a few weeks and keep him much indoors. Previous to my owning him 
he was brought up outside. He eats fairly goon and drinks a large 
amount of cold water. Ans. Treat for worms. Give 20grs. of pow- 
dered wood charcoal and lOgrs. sub. nit. of bismuth twice a day, 
mixed With the food. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
A Place where Human Health and Happiness 
are in Accord. 
In no part of the world has been brought into happier combination 
a greater variety of lovely scenery than in the glorious mountains of | 
western North Carolina. In the very heart of these mountainous 
regions, at an average altitude of nearly 2,500ft. above the sea, nature « 
has reserved her most charming sanatorium, her "Garden of the ' 
Gods," the Asheville plateau. This is "The Land of the Sky," the 
spot where human health and human happiness are in sweet accord, 
where the blue azure touches lightly the towering summits of lofty 
mountains, where the purest crystal water gushes forth from the , 
Bprings of untainted soil, where malaria is unknown. Here too 
nature has arrayed herself in her choicest and most beautiful vest- . 
ments, and by her smiles and softest touches inspires hope in the in- 
valid and ambition in the strong, Here, and nowhere else, are to be \ 
found, in greatest perfection, ideal climatic conditions, for neither In 1 
winter nor in summer are there extremes In temperature. The trip 
from the North to Asheville or Hot Springs is one not only of con- 
venience, but of positive luxury. The Southern Railway, that superb 
railway system whose mils extend throughall of the Southern States, 
is the direct line to these attractive resorts. You can leave New 
York in the afternoon after business hours, and be transported by 
their magnificent "Southwestern Limited" to Asheville by lunch next 
day.— Adv. __ 
These Raw March Winds. 
The 'penetrating winds of March are absolutely unknown in the 
region traversed by the incomparable solid vestibuled train from New 
Orleans to California— the "Sunset Limited." By this snowless route, ( 
those sensitive to severe March winds need have no fear of risk to 
health, while there is in truth no such transcontinental train on any 
road for ladies and men. Meals & la carte Fastest and most certain 
time, with the perils to person and health avoided, to which one is 
liable in crossing by the Northern routes during this month. Only 58 
hours to Los Angeles and 75 hours to San Francisco. Compartment 
and drawing room car and dining car New York to New Orleans. For 
full information apply to Edwin Hawley, A. G. T. M.; L. H. Nutting, 
E. P. A., No. 343 Broadway and No. 1 Battery place, New York city.— 
Adv. 
The Value of Money. 
$14 50 pays for a ticket to Washington, D. C, and return, including' 
meals en route and hotel accommodations at Washington's best hotels, 
Special train via Pennsylvania Railroad leaves New York 11 :00 A. M.,i 
March 19, April 2 and 23, and May 14, stopping at principal intermedin 
ate stations.— Adv. 
Kosmie Catalogue. 
The U. S. Net and Twine Co., 316 Broadway, New York, issue a com- 
plete little catalogue of Kosmic specialties, rods, lines, reels, etc., thai 
is worth sending for. A directory of the names of nearly 200 Main* 
guides is a feature. 
Mannocitin— the Rust Preventive. 
The John P. Lovell Arms Co., of Boston, Mass., has taken the sol*,' 
New England agency for Mannocitin in 2oz. cans. Dealers and ind 
vidual sportsmen will find this excellent article on sale at the stores ol 
this company. 
Silver is as Good as Gold 
When proffered in payment for ticket to Washington, D. O, and re 
turn for the Pennsylvania Railroad's personally conducted tour*. 
$14.50 covers all necessary expenses for a three days' trip. Detailet 
itinerary at 1196 Broadway.— Adv. 
