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FOREST AND STRE 
[Oct. 24, 1896. 
quires considerable executive ability, while the programme itself ad- 
mits of far more variatiotia than can be introduced into the pro- 
gramme for a craoterjacks' tournament pure and simple. 
The planning and preparing for a tournament at which it is not pro- 
posed to add much money or to give merchandise prizes is really quite 
anxious work. A tournament with a large sum of added money can 
bf» made a success bv carefully planning beforehand everything that 
will add to the comfort of the shooters or to the smooth running of 
the shoot. Add the money and the boys will be there; you can depend 
on that. But how are you going to figure on the attendance where 
there is little or no added money or merchandise prizes f You may be 
able to muster three squads if the weather is good; if it is bad and 
stormy, it's 10 to 1 that your shoot is a fizzle and the club out of 
pocket. There is, however, one thing to be said In favor of the s'"all 
local tournaments: In good weather there is far more sport, more 
good-fellowship and real genuine fun at shoots of this nature than at 
one of the big tournaments. 
WHY OHAKGE 2 CENTS FOR TAHOKTS? 
In connection with such tournaments we would point out that, in 
our opinion, the charge of 3 cents a target is excessive. What do you 
want to charge 2 cents for anyway? If you have grounds and a club 
house that will accommodate twenty-five or thirty shooters, the ex- 
penses of a tournament of this sort are very small. Five trappers, a 
cashier, referee and pul'er are all the help you will require. Say that 
your targets cost you 86 a 1,000 delivered on the grounds (many clubs 
are put to far less exDe^se than that): if you throw only 3,000 targets 
at 2 cents each there is S60 return for $18, a profit of ^i'i, out of which 
you have to pay less than $30 for your help. Club secretaries and 
members of tournament committees will bear us out in the statement 
that at 1 cent a target a tournament can be made to clear itself; 3,000 
tarcets for a day's shoot is a very small number indeed. Many clubs 
in New Jersey that we know of often throw more than that number 
in an afternoon's shoot. Examine the scores In each week's issue of 
Forest Stream and you will find that we have based all our cal- 
culations on the very lowest estimates. 
SOME Oir "FOREST AND STREAM'S" GOOD THINGS. 
The trap columns of Forest and Stream are "pen to all and any 
criticisms on the foregoing. We do not pretend to have discussed 
every point thorouphly, but we do claim to have done our best to 
cover each point and to meet every objpction. What we have written 
has been put on paper with the intention of giving trap-shooters a 
few new ideas on old matters We have trodden on no one's toes in- 
tentionally, and we have no axe to grind. Forest and Stream wss the 
first and only sporting pa tier to advocate the use and adoption ef the 
Rose system; the others fell in line when they had to do so. Forest 
and Stream was the first to adopt the tabulation of the seorfs— the 
onlv intelligible way of giving the news of the tournaments. Forest 
AND Stream gives reports of important live-bird events in a nutshell; 
the trap score type, showing the flight of each bird, photographs the 
man and the bird so accurately that a match can be followed bird by 
bird by a shooter who is sitting In his smoking room, with his feet on 
the mantel, a cigar In his mouth and a copy of Forest and Stream in 
his bands. 
The above is a partial list of some of the good things Forest and 
Stream has done for trap-shooting. Some of our stands have been 
sneered at when first taken, but succeeding events have vindicated us 
satisfactorily. And now we take another stand, one that will, per- 
haps, me«t with still less aporobation when first considered, but one 
that we feel perfectly satisfied to leave to the good sense of trap- 
shooters. The stand is this: No tournament should be given by any 
club with the idea of fiUing the club's coffers with the proceeds of 
that shoot. If you add money, raise it at home; don't go abroad for 
it. If you don't add any money, don't charge 2 cents a target, or you 
will lay yourselves open to the charge of being after the boodle. 
Now, gentlemen, we are ready for you to talk. Edward Banks. 
A Crack at the Shore Birds. 
Portland, Me.. Oct. 13. — Jack Is a member of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club and a royal good fellow. He struck Portland one day on board 
the vacht Susquehanna, and wandered out to the grounds of the 
Portland Gun Club and proceeded to wipe the boys' eyes in grand 
style. 
Jack and I struck up an acquaintance, and shot a little race at tar- 
gets, in consequence of which I was badly beaten. 
Three weeks later Jack sailed up the beautiful harbor of our city 
and immediately started for our grounds, and when I arrived there I 
found him waiting to take my scalp once more; but this time I suc- 
cended in getting his by the narrow margin of one bird in a 30-bird 
race. 
After we got throjigh shooting we arranged a Uttle trip to a neigh- 
boring marsh for a forenoon's shooting at snipe, rail and yellow- 
legs. 
We left Portland on the 7 A. M. train over the Grand Trunk, and 
reached our destination, Falmouth, about twenty minutes later, and 
struck down on to a promising bit of snipe meadow, which, however, 
was drawn blank. 
In the next strip of meadow we had better success, and Jack suc- 
ceeded in stopping two snipe to my one. 
"Keep down 1 keep down 1" and a bunch of teal that ventured too 
near our 12-borea paid toll to the extent of three nice, plump birds. 
Splashl— away goes a black duck out of a salt pond— crack: crack 1 
splash! Down he comes within 10ft. of where he started, stone dead, 
a beautiful drake resplendent in his fall plumage. But we did not 
Bpend much time in admiring him, as we had other worlds to conquer 
—or at least we thought we had— but the shooting dropped ofC now, 
and beyond stepping into occasional pond holes or ditches, for which 
the Dyke (as thi.s marsh is called) is noted, nothing served to vary 
the monotony except the pangs of hunger, which were soon appeased 
by lunch. 
As the forenoon was pretty well along now, we started to work back 
toward home, as .Tack had to be back by noon. The walk home was 
covered very quickly, so deeply interested were we in our discussion 
on guns and loads. (Jack swears by the Smith gun and E. C. powder, 
and I shoot a Francotte and Schultze powder.) And when I left him 
it seemed as though I bed known him for ten years. I have not seen 
him since that day, but I shall always treasure that short forenoon's 
work with the scatter gun among the marsh birds of the old Presump- 
scot River and Casco Bay. Verily "The freemasonry of sport is a 
peculiar thing." Medicub. 
The Atlanta Tournament. 
The Fulton Gun Club, of Atlanta, Ga., gave on Sept. 23-24 a most 
enjoyable tournament. ^. ^ 
Atlanta has not heretofore gone in for v<»ry much trap-shootmg for 
some reason or another, but now that a well organized gun club exists 
there you are pretty sure to hear of many events being brought off. 
From its geographical position, Atlanta possesses many advantages 
over other cities. , , , 
Theprincipalworkof the whole affair devolved on Mr. Hal Morn- 
son, who was untiring in his efforts, and who succeeded so admirably 
that at the close of the programme he was given three hearty cheers 
and a tiger from the shooting men present. 
The shooting of Mr. John Conner, of Knoxville, was splendid, with 
Judge Lindsay, his formidable running mate, not far behind. The 
Judge has a knack of accurately pointing the old Parker gun, with 
which Mr. Conner scored 88 out of 100 at New London, Conn., some 
years ago, that Is quite artistic, and shows conclusively what two 
full-sized heavy-weights can do when properly matched. In the Peters 
Cartridge Co. contest Mr. Clarence Everett shot beautifully, grinding 
out his 25 targets like- a veteran. 
Two sets of traps were used throughout, and so painstaking was 
Mr Morrison that but few balks occurred. The grounds were those 
occupied by Buffalo Bill's Wild West at Exposition Park, and although 
the background was none of the best, good shooting was done. 
The live-bird events on the second day drew forth a good entry list 
and many spectators. Several o' the latter no doubt went away fully 
convinced in their own minds that had they been shooting never a 
pigeon could have got away. Strange how one gets upset in such 
theories by actual experiment. . 
Mr. Alston made his debut at this shoot, as a representative of the 
Winchester Repeating Arms Co.. and shot splendidly, using their gun 
and ammunition. Atlanta being Mr. Alston's home, he naturally 
wished to make a good showing and in this he certainly succeeded 
most admirably, ■, . 
The shooting was all at known traps, unknown angles, for the 
targets, and from five King traps, 28yds. rise, for the pigeons. Owing 
to the supply of the latter giving out the 12-bird event was cut down 
to 7. 
THE DAILY AVERAGES 
On the first day John Connor was far and away ahead of all his 
competitors, breaking 129 out of 135 shot at. Holt was next to him 
with 120 breaks, Peterman being third with 118. The following table 
shows the number broken by each man who shot through the pro- 
gramme of 135 targets, and also gives his percentages: 
Broke. Av- 
Oonnor 129 95.5 
Holt 120 88.8 
Peterman US 87.4 
Lindsay 116 85,9 
Ford lie 86.1 
Bawson 113 83.7 
Etheridge 113 83.7 
Broke. Av. 
Desmond 113 8S.7 
Swann...... 108 80 
Greene 108 80 
Hamilton ...106 78.5 
Oostello ..4 101 74.8 
Van Gilder............ 89 65.9 
with Etheridge for first honors with 68 breaks out of '75. Alston, who 
missed the first two events on the previous day. but who broke 102 
out of 110, again shot well to the front, and was in second place with 
67 breaks. Peterman was in the third hole with 66 breaks. The fol- 
lowing table gives the record of each man who shot in the five regular 
programme events: 
Broke. Av. 
Connor...... 68 90.6 
Etheridge .,,...68 90.6 
Alston..,,, ,,.,.67 89.6 
Peterman 66 88 
Lindsay. 65 86.6 
Bakpr ,.,65 86.6 
Byrd 65 86.6 
Desmond ........64 85.3 
Angler 63 84 
Broke. 
Bizzell 62 
Swann...,.,....,, 61 
Ruble 61 
RawBon 60 
Ross 60 
Hamilton 59 
Greene...,,,,.,,. 59 
Van Gilder 56 
Costello 62 
Ar, 
82.6 
81.3 
M.8 
80 
80 
78.6 
78.6 
74.6 
69.8 
THE GENERAL AVBiRAOES. 
Eleven shooters shot through the entire programme of 2<0 targets. 
Connor, of course, after the work he did on the first day, was well in 
the lead. Peterman's steady gait landed him in second place, Judge 
Lindsay taking third place with Etheridge, only three breaks behind 
Peterman. Below are the genwal averages: 
Broke. Av. 
rionnor 197 93.8 
Peterman 184 87.6 
Lindsav 181 86,2 
Etheridge 181 86.3 
Desmond ........177 84.2 
Kawson 173 82,3 
Broke. Av. 
Swann 169 80.4 
Greene....,,... 167 79.5 
Hamilton....... 165 78.5 
Costello \ 163 72.8 
Van Gilder 145 69 
Each day's scores are given below: 
First Day, Sept. 23 
Events: 1 8 
Targets: 10 16 
Connor 9 14 
Lindsay ,., 8 14 
Hamilton 4;....,..;.^;.... 8 13 
Van Gilder... 4 12 
Rawson,,, 8 10 
Peterman,.,. •,, ,, 9 12 
Etheridge 8 9 
Holt 8 13 
Greene i,..,i.i.ii.iin.., 8 13 
Desmond........... 6 12 
Ford 9 14 
Swann. 7 13 
Costello..... 7 13 
Hook. 
8 13 
Mynert , 9 11 
Black 6 11 
Du Bray 6 13 
Crabb.,,..,,, 6 13 
Setze 10 
15 10 SO 
15 
14 
18 
9 
12 
13 
12 
10 
13 
12 
12 
12 
10 
10 
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12 
6 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
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10 
IS 
15 
15 
10 
20 
10 
14 
15 
15 
8 
19 
8 
11 
14 
13 
6 
15 
7 
11 
10 
13 
9 
11 
7 
14 
10 
9 
5 
17 
9 
13 
14 
12 
9 
17 
10 
14 
13 
13 
7 
17 
9 
13 
14 
13 
10 
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9 
15 
14 
13 
9 
13 
9 
10 
14 
14 
8 
16 
10 
12 
15 
13 
9 
17 
8 
12 
12 
11 
10 
17 
8 
12 
11 
18 
9 
13 
9 
9 
12 
12 
8 
6 
12 
9 
10 
6 
10 
12 
10 
13 
12 
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8 
12 
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5 
Elliott 
10 
13 
13 
14 
9 
18 
10 
18 
12 
13 
14 
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8 
9 
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10 
13 
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4 
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9 
7 
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14 
10 
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Second Day, Sept. 24. 
13 3 4 5 6 Events: 
Events: 
Targets: 
Connor. 
Lindsay 7 14 
Hamilton., 7 15 
Van Gilder 7 14 
Rawson 8 15 
10 15 10 15 Z5 25 
9 14 9 13 23 
7 13 24 . . 
7 11 19 . . 
7 8 20 . . 
5 11 21 23 
Angier 8 13 10 11 21 21 
Etheridge 8 13 8 15 24 w 
Baker 7 14 9 14 21 23 
Greene 8 11 9 10 21 . . 
Desmond 7 14 8 10 25 21 
Peterman 9 13 7 15 22 . . 
Swann 7 18 8 12 21 .. 
Costello.......... 7 11 5 10 19 .. 
Hook 7 11 7 10 ., 14 
Byrd , 9 13 8 14 21 20 
Ruble 8 11 8 13 21 , , 
Crabb 4 18 8 12 . . 21 
Ross 7 13 8 12 20 . , 
McRae 8 .. 8 7 .. 20 
Williams 7 .. 7 .... 21 
13 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 10 IS lo 15 25 S5 
r-allender.. 6 9 6 11 .. .. 
Bizzell. . , . 10 14 6 13 19 23 
Alston 10 12 8 12 25 33 
Wilson..,......;., 9 5 .. 23 .. 
Woodruff 3 .... 11 
Da Bray 6 9 .. .. 
Richards .... 3 
Holland « 9 19 19 
Mitchell :.. ...... 13 21 18 
Haynes 12 21 . . 
MoCune 11 .. 
Orme. 10 11 
Polhill 21 
Styles 19 
Blanton 23 
Hall 20 
Arnold 10 
H N Hall 20 
Everett 25 
The programme closed with a couple of events at live birds. The re- 
sults given below show that targets are not the only things they can 
make good scores on down here: 
LIVE BIRD EVENTS. 
No. 1, 5 birds, $5, $15 added: 
Angier 28211—5 
Holland 21212 -5 
Connor, 23322—5 
Crabb 21211—5 
Lindsay 21321—5 
Etheridge. . .22222—5 
Bizzell 21111-5 
Desmond.. 12221-5 
Ruble .i. 22213—5 
Du Bray 11333-5 
Peterman. 22122-5 
Clayton 23313-5 
No, 2, 7 birds, $10, $30 added: 
Etheridge 2322223—7 
Angier 2221223-7 
Du Bray 2218223—7 
Holland , ......... .2221223—7 
Clayton 1112321-7 
Wilcox 2822381-7 
Ruble 2833211—7 
Peterman 1121212-7 
Connor , 1222021—6 
Haynes. , . . ,. 10232—4 
Alston 22203—4 
Callender 23202—4 
Williams 03211—4 
Van Gilder 01111—4 
Baker 21901—4 
Hamilton 1«»22— 3 
Wilcox 222«0— 3 
Swann 03230—3 
Grant 00101—2 
Rawson 000*1 —1 
Meyer. 0812231—6 
Crabb , 1110112-6 
Callender..,. •332820-5 
Lindsay, 0212202—5 
Baker, . . , „, , . , ..2320032—5 
Desmond . 103111*— 5 
Rawson 1S«0103— 4 
Van Gilder ....001«1»1— 3 
Alston , •32«100— 3 
Gaucho, 
On the aecoBd day Knoxville was agai»,.to the front, Connor tieing 
Team Race at Farmerstdlle, Tex. 
Little Rook, Ark,, Oct. 16 —One day last week K, M. Moore, of 
FarmersviUe, Tex., wrote F. M. Faurote, of Dallas, Tex., the 20-bore 
crank, to come over and bring his friend Worden, adding that he and 
his running mate, Hope, would shoot them a race at live birds. He 
further stated that he had a fine lot of birds on hand, and could guar- 
antee him a game that, would be plenty hard enough. 
Live birds are Faurote's forte, and naturally he could not resist so 
pressing an invitation, while Worden, too, said he felt that he could 
shoot the race of his life. 
As though to help Moore make his prediction good, the day that the 
match was shot was a cold, bleak, cloudy one, with plenty of wind 
blowing directly away from the shooter. This aided the birds ma- 
terially, but all of the contestants were in excellent form, and each 
put up a good score. In fact, so well did they shoot that only 3 of 
the 100 birds shot at escaped; the other birds scored lost were dead 
out of bounds. Faurote, with his little 20-gauge, topped the list with 
24; Moore was second with 28, his 2 lost birds falling dead out of 
bounds. Worden and Hope each scored 22. This gave the race to the 
Dallas team by a score of 46 to 45 The loss of Hope's last bird, dead 
out of bounds, prevented a tie. The conditions were 25 live birds per 
man, American Association rules: 
Trap score type— Copyright iS9S by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
Faurote 2 81123210211221222121222 1—24 
1^ N N/^ \ N.<- T "i- T 
Worden .2 1182iai21203l23»121821« 2—22—46 
Moore 1 1818221212«1211221«2211 2—83 
Hope 811?1212U»112123 0 1 2182 •-22-45 
PAPL R. LlTZKE. 
Calumet Heights Gun Club. 
0hicaqo,'I11., Oct. 9.— The weekly trophy contest of the Calumet 
Heights Gun Club took place to day. The wind was blowing right in 
the shooters' teeth and made hard shooting Lamphere was the win- 
ner in class A, Metcalfe in class B and Black in class C. Scores: 
Paterson .'. . . .llOtOllOlOlOOllw 
Lamphere 1111111110111111111110101—^ 
Knowles 1 . . . . ^ 1111011111110111111011110-21, 
Class B 
Metcalfe '. . . .0111011111111110111111111—23 
Norcom 1010110110010111010111100—15 
Houston .1010110110010111011110101—16 
Greeley 1111111111100111111110011—21 
Ol&SB C 
Black ,.....',,..1110111011011001101111011—18 
Harlan . , . ! lOllOllllOlOlOOOOlOllOlOO— 13,_ 
nhnmberlaln 0001011011111111011010111—17 
Davis 1010010110000111000010100-10 
Two team races were shot during the afternoon. The conditions 
were five men to a team, 15 targets per man, vmknown angles, The 
scores in No. 1 were: 
Norcom's team: Metcalfe 14, Lamphere 13, Norcom 13, Black 8. Har- 
lan 8—55. 
Houston's team: Paterson 13, Knowles 13, Greeley 12, Houston 9, 
Chamberlain 8—54. 
The second race was just as close an affair as the first, Norcom's 
team winning again by a single break. Scores: 
Norcom's Team: Lamphere 14, Norcom 13, Mttcalfe 12, Black 9, 
Harlan 6-56. 
Houston's Team: Knowles 15, Patterson 13, Greeley 11, Chamberlain 
9, Houston 7—55. 
The results in the four other sweeps were: 
No. 1, 10 ta'-uets, unknown traps and angles: Lamphere 9, Paterson 
and Black 8, Knowles, Houston and Chamberlain 6, Metcalfe, Norcom 
and Greeley 5, Harlan 1. 
No. 2, same conditions: Lamphere 9, Metcalfe and Norcom 8, Pat- 
erson and Knowles 7, Greeley and Harlan 4, Houston and Chamberlain 
3, Blacks. 
No. 3, 15 targets, unknown angles: Norcom 14, Metcalfe 13, Greeley 
12. Houston 10, Harlan 6, 
No. 4, 15 targets, snipe shooting: Metcalfe 12, Houston and Greeley 
Pattt. 
Audubon Gun Club, of Buffalo. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 10 — The Audubon Gun Club, of Buffalo, held 
its annual merchandise shoot and field day at Audubon Park to-day. 
The attendance of members was all that could be asked. Forty-one 
entries in the EO.target events, and twenty-nine in the badge shoot, 
make a goodly showing for any club, even for the Audubons. 
In the 50-target race, the merchandise event. E. C. Burkhardt and 
Harry Kirkover tied for first place on 45 out of 50. In the club badge 
contest Johnson was the winner in CHass A, Ward in Class B, and 
Hankins in Class C. The scores in the two events were as below; 
EC Burkhardt 45 
HD Kirkover 45 
Norrls ........44 
Hawks 43 
FDKelsey 42 
Mc Arthur. 41 
McCarney 41 
Brandle 41 
Hammond 89 
Johnson 89 
WR Eaton 38 
Tom Tidier 38 
LW Bennett 38 
A Forrester 88 
CS Burkhardt 23 
L W Bennett 23 
F D Kelsey 23 
Forrester 23 
H D Kh-kover 28 
Johnson 33 
Hawks 28 
Hankhis ..23 
Brandle 21 
EC Burkhardt 20 
MKRCHANBISE SHOOT. 
Bird 37 
CS Burkhardt. 36 
Frieze ...36 
Ward .....36 
J P Fisher 35 
Krotz 35 
E Smith 34 
Jaeger.,.., 84 
Dingens , 34 
Dr S»uer .......33 
Rossiter . .,,,,.,..,.33 
J J Reid 33 
Oehmig 32 
Middaugh 33 
CLUB BADGE SHOOT. 
Frieze SO 
E Smith 19 
Bu-d 19 
McArthur 18 
WR Eaton 18 
J P Fisher 18 
Tom Tidier 18 
Oehmig 18 
Norris 17 
J J Reid 17 
Schneider 30 
Squires.. ....80 
Downs 30 
UE Storey.. 88 
Scott 38 
Honkins 98 
Rider 23 
Dr Pierce 23 
Hovt 83 
A Coombs 28 
Swartz 19 
Ueblehoer 19 
Gebhard.-. 13 
McCarney , , . 17 
Dingens 16 
Dr Pierce 16 
Krotz 16 
A Coombs 15 
Rossiter 13 
Dr Sauer 11 
Swartz 9 
Schneider 9 
Imtvetf to ^amsficnd^nk^ 
No notice taken of anonymons communications 
H. V. H., Reading.— Try Barnegat. 
C. S.— See article in our Shot columns bearing on your inquiry about 
the Long Island ducking law. 
W. H. S., Philadelphia, Pa.— Address Price Bros, or D. M. Crane, 
Canadensis, Monroe county. Pa. 
W. R., Plainfleld, N. J.— We think that you could find such shooting 
as you desire near Cold Spring, L. I. Address John Walford, of that 
place, for information, 
C. E. L., N. Adams, Mass.— What will stop a young dog from hav- 
ing fits? He is very weak afterward, froths at the mouth and stiffens 
right out. Age eight months. Ans. Treat for worms. Give 5grs. of 
bromide of ammonium and 10 drops of the fluid extract of cannabis 
indlca twice a day. 
R. C B., British Columbia.— The animal you describe as being of 
"the size of a small rabbit, as fond of water as a muskrat, of an iron- 
gray color, fine, soft fur, with no tail, and caught on a small creek on 
top of a mountain in Dry Belt, and from description very much re- 
sembles a guinea pig," is probably a sewellel. 
J. S., Detroit, Mich — My dog was scratched by a squirrel in the 
white of the eye last week. The eye has been all swelled and sore for 
several days, and now there is a sort of white web over it. I have 
been washing it with cream and blowing sugar into it, but it does no 
good, it only relieving the eye so that the dog can keep it open for a 
while. Acs. Bathe the eye four or five times a day with hot water in 
which has been dissolved some crystal boracic acid, half a teaspoon- 
ful to two pints of hot water. Also put one or two drops of the fol- 
lowing in the eye twice a day: Atrophine sulph. 2£ra., water J^oz. 
Mix. . ' 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Towards the Setting Sun. 1 
'Tis said that every land has its season, a time when nature smiles 
in all her scenic beauty. Mexico and California have opened their 
doors for the winter travel that seeks a milder and more genial clime. 
The Southern Railway, "Piedmont Air Line," in connection with the 
Southern Pacific, via New Orleans, offers the most attractive route. 
Taking a southerly course, no snow or ice, where the winds are soft 
and mellow, and the very air coaxes one to revel among the thousand 
charms of nature. The Southern Pullman Vestibuled Limited, 
operated solid between New York and N^ew Orleans the year round, 
is one of the finest equipped vestibuled trains, carrying dining and 
sleeping cars, and, alter Nov. 9, the Sunset Limited will resume its 
schedules to connect, thus giving the most superb service between 
New York and the Pacific Coast. For further information call or 
address General Eastern Office Southern Railway, 271 Broadway.— 
Adv. 
Woven Wire Fencing. 
The Page Woven Wire Fence Co.. Adrian, Mich., publishes a month- 
ly illustrated paper called The Coiled Spring Hustler, which gives a 
lot of breezy information regarding the merits of their product. This 
will be sent free of charge to farmers or others interested in fencing. 
From various articles in the September issue it appears that neither 
buffalo, elk, cattle, horses, mules, fallen trees, fire, freshets nor bat- 
tering rams can get the better of this wonderful fence, which gives to 
the onslaught only to spring back into shape immediately afterward 
taut as a bow string. 
The Page people believe that the Iron Age has passed, and that only 
steel is good enough for progressive property owners nowadays. — 
Adv. 
Wild Bice. 
R. Valentine, JanesyiJle, Wis., has a good supply of wild rice seed 
his year.— 
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