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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dbg. 6, 1896. 
On Lons Island. 
hbuj gate gun club. 
Nov. S4.— The Hell Gate Gun Club's regular tnontljly shoot at live 
birds were well attended, 26 members of the club putting In an ap- 
pearance this afternoon at Dexter Park. WUliam Sands was tbe only- 
one of the S6 to score all his birds. Scores in the club shoot were: 
A Schraitt ISlOSnsoOl— 6 
H Alzheimer 0100122211— 6 
L 0 Muench 1211020001— 6 
0 Schaefer 1122000101- 6 
CRieper 1100120321— 6 
E Metz 1.20010212- 6 
E Peterson 0210021110- 
A Knodel .. 1020020120— 
J Krut ,.,.0010012011— 
O Weber 0200002122- 
E A Marquardt 0110001021— 
L'Stetzle 0000001121— 
MA Stern 0001200202— 
Wm Sands 2222222222—10 
E Doeinck 1111021211— 9 
P Woelfel .^..1110121111— 9 
E Steffens 12»2121111— 9 
FFroBtel 1101112202— 8 
J H VoBB 0022111121— 8 
E Paynter 1222212002— 8 
HForster 2212220202— 8 
G Nowak 22221 00«!3— 8 
Dr Bauer I»0212«a22— 7 
J Schlicht l.lllOOlll— 7 
J Newman 2102222010- 7 
CLang...,. 2100222110— 7 
THANKSGIVING DAT AT DESTKB PARK. 
Nov. S6.— The main event at the Dexter Park grounds to-day was a 
match between 0. Steffens, the crack shot of the Jeannette Jagd Club, 
an organization that shoots live birds on the Quttenburg race track, 
and G. E. Loeble, a member of the Emerald Gun Club of New York, 
The conditions were 50 live birds per man, ,125 a side, loser to pay for 
the birds, Steffens itanding at 30yd8. and Loeble at 28rds. Chris 
Meyer looked after Steffens and C. W. Dudley acted in a like capacity 
for Loeble. Steffens shot a 7lb. 14oz. Parker gun, with Slgrs. of 
WalsrOde, loaded by V, L. & D. in an imported Walsrode shell; 
Loeble shot a Greener gun that weighed 7;^lbs., with 4Ggrs. of 
Schultze. 
The match birds were expected to be a specially selected lot, and 
were lirovided by Cord. Busch, of New Jersey. As a matter of fact, 
the birds trapped in the sweepstakes shot both before and after the 
matcn were superior in quality to those trapped during the match. 
The day was of course all against good birds, the air being damp and 
perfec'ly still. Steffens beat his man with ease, winning by 4 birds, 
with 45 to 41. Score of the match, showing trap, flight of the bird and 
result of each shot, Is given below: 
Trap Kcore type— Copyright iS96 by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
3 4 5 14 114 2 5 3 5 5 3 5 5 5 2 3 14 4 3 4 4 
C Steffens (30). 1 211s!lllil2ll021111110010 3—21 
5544523423315344212414121 
212212118111122213108111 1—24—45 
525188244153833 5 434452134 
G E Loeble (28J.1 3all«12a20022a221 100a»ll-19 
823413 3 522355313122814824 
ai20«2l21121i222»2ia2;#<01 a— 22-41 
The following sweeps, all at 5 birds, were shot during the day. The 
No. 1. 
H P Fessenden. ,22103-4 
n Steffens ..11 •01-3 
Job Lott 01200-2 
Thompson 11023—4 
Packard 81011—4 
HOtten 11320-4 
0 W Dudley,.,. 
G E Loeble.,,.. 
Benedict........ ..... 
Soott 
FW Place 
J H Moore 
Meyer 
T Short 
Craft 
Lederling 
No. 8. 
No. 3. 
No. 4. 
20022—8 
22222—5 
11012—4 
12322—5 
ioiai- 
-4 
01222—4 
12101—4 
01212—4 
13010-3 
10022-3 
OlllO- 
-3 
11101—4 
12222—5 
12211- 
-5 
22022 -4 
■ •?310— 3 
12312- 
-4 
ll»-32— 4 
032«2-3 
, . • 
21111-5 
■ ■ 1 i . 
00332- 
3 
No. 6. 
12222-5 
20211-4 
21000 -2 
12123-5 
20110-3 
12210-4 
11322-5 
11311-5 
01001-2 
011«0— 2 
01110-3 
FREBPORT GUN CLUB. 
Nov. 26.— The Freeport, L. I., Gun Club held a target shoot to day, 
the main event on the programme belog a merchandise shoot st 16 
targets per man. Fred Glldersleeve won first prize with a score of 14 
breaks. The scores were: 
Fletcher Willis..0000n001111111— 9 
C T Sprague. . . .111111001111101—12 
Theo Bedell.,,, 100110101110101— 9 
J W Cotter 000011000011110 - 6 
James TCotter.lOOlllllOlOlOOl— 9 
Edwin C Soper. 010001011000101— 6 
George Bider. . .011011111101011-11 
ET Cooke OOOlOOOOlOllOOl— 5 
C E Dickinson ..OOOOlllOOOlllOO— 6 
In New Jersey. 
ENDEAVOR GUN CLUB. 
Nov. 26.— The Endeavor Gim Club held an all-day shoot to-day at 
its grounds, Marion, N. J. The day was stormy and dark, conse- 
quently the shooting was very hard ; still some good scores were 
made. The Attendance was light, owing to the bad weather, open 
season on game and family ties, but those present had an enjoyable 
time. Fourteen events at unknown angles were shot, the scores made 
being as follows: 
Events: 1 S 3 4 5 6 7 8.9 10 11 13 13 14 
Targets: IB 15 S5 15 15 S5 10 10 SB 15 15 25 10 15 
G Piercy 13 14 21 11 12 18 10 9 18 14 14 21 9 12 
O von Lengerke 11 i::J 20 ., 14 16 .. 81 .... 
A R Strader 11 11 18 .. 12 18 7 ., 19 6 11 19 6 18 
Mulvaney 10 12 16 8 10 17 .. 
L Piercy... , 11 .. 22 12 12 19 
WCBerg 6 11 12 .. .. 13 6 .. 13 , , 
Proctor 12 7 18 9 9 18 7 .. 
Dr Fletcher 8 16 8 7 15 . , 11 13 10 
Metz 9 .. 10 9 .. 
Ed Taylor..,,.,...... ,„,>... If 7 .. 13 14 ., 9 11 
R Strader 1 7 7 .. 11 13 .. 6 13 
Seeley 4 8 4 8 
A. R. Strader, Acting Sec'y. 
JPOBBBTER GUN OL^B OF NEWARK. 
Nov. 26'.— The Forester Gun Club, of Newark, had a fairly good shoot 
to-day in spite of the unfavorable weather. The most interesting con- 
test was that which decided the ownership of a turkey and some 
chickens. John Fleming took the turkey, George Backus two of the 
Chickens, while Mr. Isaac Terrill took care of the other chicken. 
This club shoots the second Saturday in each month. Visiting 
8^ooter8 are always welcome. 
Scor«8 in to-day's events were: 
Evenis: 1 S S U S 6 7 8 9 10 11 IS IS lU 15 16 17 IS 
Targets: 10 10 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 10 10 15 15 10 15 10 
D Fleming 6 6 12 12 9 9 6 7 7 5 18 2 5 9 9 4 12 8 
J James 7879689895 18 79 12 11 6 14,. 
Strope 2 2 2 4 2 3 
SwindeU,.., 5 6 5 11 4 5 11 10 7 12,, 
Ring.... 1 3 
Jewell..... 8 7 6,, 
Dawson 8 7 9 7 
Backus 11 4 7 ,, 
Johnson 0 .. ,, 
Dr Cummings ., 11 8 
BERGEN OOtJNTY QtTN CLUB. 
Nov. St;.— The following scores were made to-day on the grounds of 
the Bergen County Gun club: 
No, 1, 10 live birds: Bell 8. Warner 7, 
No. 2, 25 targets: Warner 21, Bell 18, 
O. Gardner, Jr., 13, C O. Gardner 12. 
No. 3. 
Bell OOOlllllOlllIlllOOllOlllO- 
Van Keuren 01001111 lOOOllOOUllOOllO 
Ackerman,.O0OO01O0OOllO10OlO10OO0Ol- 
Warner 1101100110011101011110101- 
Gardner, Jr.OOOOOOOlOlOOOllOOllOllllO 
C O GardnerOOOOOOOOOOlUlllOOlOlllOl 
Fleisch man . OOOOOOOOOO 1 1001 101011 1 101 
Jackson lllOOOllOOOllllOllllllOlO 
Brest 
T D Combes. . , .111010101111011— 11 
EADorlon 010111001010101- 8 
C D Aller 011010111011111—11 
Samuel Denton 100010111110111—10 
Dr Ed Carman. 111011100011111—11 
George BalfeneyOllOOllOniOOll— 9 
F Glldersleeve.. lllinilllOlUl— 14 
H Randall 010011001001010— 6 
A Hunt 100001001010010— 5 
ORESCENT ATHLETIC CLUB, OF BROOKLYN. 
Nov. 26.- The members of the Crescent Athletic Club did some 
shooting this afternoon at the club's grounds. Bay Ridge, L, I The 
chief event decided was a 26-'arget handicap race, won by Charles 
Bykes, the only scratch man, with a score of 20 out of 25. The scores 
were: 
C Sykes cO) lllOlllOOOllllllllllOlUl -20 
D G Qeddes (1)..,.. ^.......lOlOlllOllOllOOOllllllllll —19 
G Notman (3) .,.^„....i..,.. ,1100110011100111110110011111 —19 
AAHegeman(l) ...OllOlOllllllOllOOOOOlOllll —16 
G C White (3) .,,.,,...1011101100011110000111100101 —16 
M A Richards (10) IIIOIOOIIQOOOOIOOIOOIOOOIOIIOIOOOOO— 13 
FALCON GUN CLUB, OF BROOKLYN. 
Nov. 27.— Six members of the Falcon Gun Club, of Brooklyn, took 
part in the club's regular monthly live-bird shoot, held at Dexter Park 
this afternoon. The club event is shot under what are known in this 
club as Falcon Q. C. rules, which provide that 7 live birds shall be 
shot at by each man from H and T traps, and that a kill with the first 
barrel shall count one point, a kill with the second barrel half a point, 
the bird being on the wing when shot at with either barrel. Under 
these rules John Vagts was the winner with 7 straight one-barrel 
kills. Chris Meyer and John Bohling both scored all their birds, but 
each had to use his second barrel on one bird. In a team race shot 
after the dub shoot, Chris Meyer and John Bohling scored 5 birds 
each against J. N. Meyer with 4 and John Moller with 3, the gen- 
eral totals being la to 7. Scores in the club event were as below: 
J Vaets (35) 1111111—7 J N Meyer (27) 0111111-6 
C M Meyer (27) 1121111-7 J Moller (35) 1101111-6 
J Bohling (25),.... 2111111—7 H von Stadtn (85) 2002021-4 
NEW UTRECHT GUN CLUB. 
Nov. 98.— The New Utrecht Gun Club, of Brooklyn, held its first 
shoot at Dexter Park this afternoon. A poor attendance was the 
natural result of the extremely wretched weather. In the club shoot 
at 10 live birds Chris Meyer won in class A with 10 straight, and J. 
Gaughen won in class B with a similar total. In the handicap race 
for the Laflin & Rand W-A trophy J, N. Meyer was the winner with 
10 out of 11, Gaughen having tied with him with 9 out of tO and then 
missing bis extra bird. Scores: 
Club Shoot, 
C M Meyer (A, 30). . . . . . . 2112221122-10 
a Furgueson, Jr(A, 80).. .2122202223- 9 
J Gaughen (B, 88) 1222222231—10 
J N Meyer (B, 30) 1122012211— 9 
Conny Furgueson (B, 27). ,2232«22222— 9 
The following sweeps were also shot: 
No. 1, 5 birds: C Furgueson, Jr. (80) 5, Conny Furgueson (27) 4, 0. 
M. Meyer (30) and J. N. Meyer (28) 3. 
No. 2, same conditions: Conny Furgueson 5, 0. Furgueson, Jr., and 
J. N. Meyer 4, C. M. Meyer 2. 
No. 3, same again: J. N, Meyer 5, C. M. Meyer and G. Furgueson, 
Jr., 4, Conny Furgueson 2. 
Chicago Trap. 
Chicago, HI., Nov. 28.— The annual meeting of the Cook County 
League will be held the evening of Monday, Dec. 7, at the Sherman 
House, this city. 
A directors' meeting of the Cook County League, to determine the 
long-delayed awarding of the Beason prizes, will be held Monday even- 
ing, Nov. 30. 
After a close finish with his friend Lamphere, Mr. A. C. Patterson 
wins the A Glass season medal of the Calumet Heights Club. 
The Thanksgiving shoot of the Calumet Heights Club was held in 
the most Inclement of weather, yet the club shot 165 live birds and 
threw 1,800 targets, besides holding some interesting rifle contests, as 
appears elsewhere. The club is one of the most active of the city, and 
la as renowned for its social good times as for its faithfulness at the 
traps. E. HoDGB. 
180S BoYOB BuiLDiNO, Cbloago. 
W-A Trophy, 
f A, 29).... 00 
(A A, 30).. 232100 
(B, 29). ...21222221100— 9 
(B, 29). . . .12232022222-10 
(B, 28).... 822022222 
Fleischman 7, Ryan 5 
Van Keuren 16, Jackson 15, 0. 
No. 4. 
-17 1110001111011000010101011-14 
-14 1011101111101100101111101—18 
- 7 0001111111100001001001001 -12 
-16 oooionioiiiiiniioooiooo-14 
-10 0000011101001011000100110 -10 
-10 0000011011111000110110101—13 
-10 
-16 1111011001110111111100101—18 
0111100100110011111011001-15 
O. O. Gardner, Sec'y. 
JEANNETTE JAGD CLUb'. 
Nov. 27.— Henry Winters was the winner of the Class A badge at the 
regular monthly shoot of the Jeannette Jagd Club, held at Gutten- 
burg race track; he did not secure the trophy without a struggle, as 
O. N. Bruny and G. E. Loeble tied him for it with 9 out of 10. On the 
shoot off, miss-and-out, Loeble dropped out in the third round, but 
Bruny did not lose a bird until the eleventh round; Winters killing 11 
straight won the badge. Captain Ehlen won the Class B badge with 9 
out of 10. Scores were: 
Class A— 28yds. 
Henry Winters 1022112221—9 WilUam Brinkerhofl..ll00220111— 7 
George E Loeble 2222212820—9 Charles Offerman. . . .0010811110- 6 
C N Bruny 1231021121—9 Charles Steffens 1111001010-6 
Herman Otten, 1222222100—8 
Class B— 25yds, 
Frank Karten 0110100111—6 
Robert Packard 210003U),'2 - 6 
Richard Owens 0210120010-5 
Fred Tietjan 0201001110-6 
Captain Ehlen 1222228110-9 
John Hainhorst 0111301110-7 
Charles Bohling 2211110200-7 
NiekCrusius, Jr 1102100120-6 
Henry Qerdes 2011002201—6 
A team race at 5 birds per man resulted in a win for Steffens's team 
by a single bird, as below: 
Steffens's team: Bruny 5, Greiff 5, Brinkerhofl 5, Winters 4, Pack- 
ard 3, Steffens 4, Bohling 4, Gerdes 2—33. 
Otten's team: Otten 5, Offerman 5, Lott 5, Hainhorst 4, Karten 4, 
Loeble 4, Ehlen 3, Urusius 2-33. 
BOILING SPRINGS GUN CLUB. 
Nov 2S.— To-day was the date set for the contest for the Shooting 
and Fishing trophy between the challengers (Climax Gun Club, of 
Plainfleid) and the holders (Boiling Springs Gun Club, of Ruther- 
ford). The day was a miserable one for target shooting, although 
the absence of wind almost made up for the poor light over the Ruth- 
erford meadows. There was no contest for the trophy after all, as 
through some misunderstanding the Climax team did not put in an 
appearance until shortly before 3 P. M , an hour far too late to shoot 
a team race at this time of the year, particularly when the race has 
to be shot under the conditions governing the trophy above men- 
tioned, which are as follows: 5- nen teams, 50 targets per man, 30 to 
be shot at expert rules, one man up, and 20 to be shoe in 10 pairs; a 
total of 500 targets at the slowest styles of shooting. So late was It 
when the balance of the Climax team arrived that Ferd Van Dyke, 
who was to have shot with the Climax, had actually packed up his gun, 
shot away his last shell and was on the point of leaving the grounds 
for ihe 3 o'clock train. Gus Greiff, the captain of the Boiling Springs 
team, seeing that there was not enough time to shoot off the match 
before it got too dark to see, refused to start the match at all. As a 
matter of fact, it was too dark to see targets properly at 4 o'clock, 
and the rain at that hour was pouring down for keeps. 
The result of this failure to come together will probably not be 
without benefit, as in all likelihood there will be a race for the trophy 
on New Year's Day, in which it is hoped that the Endeavor Gun 
Ciub may join, and thus make a good day's sport on the holiday men- 
tioned, besides helping to make the contest for the trophy an enjoy- 
able one. 
Instead, therefore, of the match, several small sweeps were shot at 
all styles of snooting. In the table given below all events were at un- 
known angles. It will be noticed that Ferd. Van Dyke's handling of a 
rifle has not affected his work on targets. Scores. 
Events: 1 8 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Targets: 15 10 10 15 10 25 25 15 10 25 25 Shot at, Broke. Av, 
F Van Dyke 15 .. 10 .. 9 24 25 13 100 96 96 
Edwards 15 9 31 24 15 10 23 35 150 142 94 0 
J A Paul 8 .. 10 10 23 23 15 8 ..., 110 98 87 3 
WHHuck 8 22,,,, 9 .... 45 39 86.6 
J G Lindzey...., 8 19 22 60 49 81,6 
CP Lonone 14 10 10 14 7 15 SI 8 125 99 79 2 
Piatt Adams 13 8 18 21 13 9 16 . . 125 98 78',4 
FHyde 9 18 19 13 9 18 .. 110 85 77 2 
A A Hegeman 18 16 8 60 42 70 
In addition to the above shooters Greiff scored 9 in No. 5 and 13 in 
No. 8. No. 9 had six other entries besides those shown in the above 
table: R. Manning 9, K. Frank and A. L. Ivlns 8, T, Brantingham 7, E, 
Oohlns and B. James 6. 
Three events at expert rules, one man up, were shot during the 
afternoon, Piatt Adams being the only on© to score 10 straight. An 
event at 5 pairs was tUso decided, the scores being given below in de- 
tail: 
No. 8. No. 3. Five Pairs. 
1100111111-8 1110111001- 7 11 11 10 01 11—8 
No. 1. 
Edwards. 1111011011-8 
Van Dyke 1110111111-9 
Adams.., 1101100101- 6 
Paul 1111101110-8 
Greifl' 1111101100—7 
Lenone... 1110001011-6 
Huck 0111111111—9 
Hall 0111111001-7 
Branting- 
ham 
Lindssey 
Ivins 
Manning,.,,,,...... 
IIIIOOIOOI- 
1111011101- 
1011111011- 
1111111111-10 10 11 10 01 01—6 
0011011110— 6 
Heavy Scoring at . Pittsburg. 
Pittsburg, Pa,, Nov, 18.— There was some heavy Scoring to-day on 
the Davis Island grounds of the Herron Hill Gun Club. All the local 
cracks put up big totals, while D. A. Upson, a visitor from Cleveland, 
made his record 43 out of 45 shot at. The King brothers, Messner, 
Born, etc., all figured in the results of the three events shot a,t, Will 
King continuing, his good work at the recent shoots by scoring 41 out 
of 45, and Alex King equaling Upson's score. Bessemer was the only 
one to make 25 straight in the main event, and scored -9 out of 10 in 
No. 8; he, however, dropped his first two birds in the third event and 
spoiled his chances of making a tie with Will King. 
A curious feature of the 25-bird race wag the ill luck that made 
itself evident in the thirteenth (the unlucky number) found; in this 
round seven of the eleven competitors lost their birds. The con- 
ditions of the event were 25 live birds per man, $20 entrance, birds 
included, handicap rise. Bessemer's straight paid him $60.50, King 
and Born dividing a fraction over $45. Messner, Alex King and Up- 
son tied for third money, $30 25, and agreed to shoot off the tie in the 
next event. In this they tied again, each man going straight, and 
accordingly divided. Jacques, with 20 birds to his credit, took fourth 
money, $15. Scores in this event, and in the one at 10 birds, $10 
entrance, were as follows' 
No. 1. 
Bessemer (29) .0232222222332332333222222-25 
W 8 King (30) , 3221121122221312012223212—24 
Born (28) ," 2212222212310112123223222—24 
A H King (30) 2223233222220022332322222-23 
J G Messner (80). 8223032222320232223222323-23 
D A Upson (30) 8222220222222322222202222—23 
Jacq aes (29) 2222202022203222222022022 -20 
Strong (30) , .0122123223220002202112012-19 
Hofmeister (27) ........... .001221212221022211 2012001— 19 
Anson (28) 21220022032201 20023222220—1 8 
Perchment (25) 2131022320320201000002110-15 
McPherson (29) 2202222033- 8 
J F B (86) , .8002002123— 6 
McWhorter (39) , 1131^22012— 9 
Cleveland (38) 2011333200- 7 
A miss-and-out, $2 entrance, re-CDtry in first round, had 11 entries. 
Darkness put an end to the event, with 6 men still a tie at the end of 
the 10th round, Bessemer missed his first bird, re-entered and missed 
again. Scores: 
W. S. King, A. fl, King, Upson, Anson, Jacques and McPherson 10, 
McWhorter 9, J. F. B. and Strong 2, Clevelana 1, Bessemer 0." 
0101110110-6 1111110111- 9 01 10 01 10 10-5 
1010111111-8 
0011111011—7 
0000111011-5 
1011101011—7 
1111111110- 
1101000111- 
6 
10 11 00 10 10-6 
10 10 10 11 11—7 
1101110111^ 8 n 10 10 10 10-6 
The Forest And Stream is put to press each week on 
Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publication 
should reach us at the latest by Monday, cmd cw much 
earlier aa proi Ploable. 
No, 3. 
222-2022238 - 9 
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2123231123—10 
2323332233-10 
2223322323—10 
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1222100203— 7 
0111111113— 9 
1031312001— 7 
The Sportsmen's Association. 
Pittsburg, Pa,, Nov. Editor Forest and Stream: Are the trap- 
shooters of America conversant with the aims and purposes of the 
Sportsmen's Association t Do tney fully realize the many advantages 
to be derived by becoming associate members thereof? Acting on the 
policy that you can never say too much of a good thing, in season or 
out of season, I feel that the present time is most appropriate for 
calling the attention of trap-shooters to the movement inaugurated 
for the betterment and advanceoaent of their interests. 
The movement, by the way, is not a local one. It is general, and, 
aiming as it does to carefully guard and protect its members through- 
out the United States and Canada, it unquestionably appeals to one 
and all. A circular letter explanatory of the aims ana purposes of 
the Association has been sent to trap-shooters far and near. A few 
moments' consideration of the aims and purposes will convince every 
trap-shooter of the great good that must needs follow the execution 
and carrying out of the policy upon which the Association stands 
committed lor. To my mind it is scarcely necessary to say here that 
the membership fee ot $3 per year is very low. Without any privileges 
save that of admission to the annual exposition of the Association 
in New York city the fee is most reasonable, but when we consider 
how the Association works for the sportsman's interests in the mat- 
ter of railroad transportation, hotel rates and accommodations; the 
Inauguration of an equitable system of classiflc8tion; the fair and 
clean conduct of all trap-shooting events; and many other matters 
that to the trap-shooter's mind need so much attention and consider- 
ation, the amount exacted for membership is a mere nothing. More- 
over, the Association strikes the proper keynote, and the loftiest one, 
when it sets out to have a new and thorough code of rules arranged 
which it hopes will be made general at all trap-shooting events in the 
United States. Candidly, I believe that every one of the aims of the 
Sportsmen's Association will be carried out, and at no distant date, 
provided the shooters themselves come to the front and lend their aid 
and their influence in attaining a condition of affairs that will pay 
them manifold for their labors. I would suggest that all trap-shoot- 
ers make it a point to carefully scrutinize the plans of the Association, 
J. A. H. Dressel, secretary-treasurer, P. O. Box 2325, New York, will 
send a pan»phlet containing detailed information to any one asking 
for same. Elmer E. Shankr. 
lnBwer§ to ^ams^and^nk. 
No notice taken of anonymous communications 
W. D. G., Boyce, Va.--Please let me know how and when to' plant 
wild rice. Ans. The sooner it is planted after it is harvested in the 
fall the better. After the seed has been gathered for some weeks the 
enamel on the outside of the kernel seems to crack, and this accounts 
for failure in spring planting. It should be planted on a mud bottom, 
where there is little, if any, current, and if possible where tnere is no 
other vegetation. As it grows -only in the water, it should hot be 
planted on ground that goes dry In midsummer. It will grow in 
water from a few inches to 4ft. in depth, but does best in shallow 
water. Before sowing soak the seed for an hour or so, in order that 
it will sink at once. It is better to sow thickly than to scatter a small 
amount of seed over a large space. 
C. F. McQ., Amsterdam, N. Y.— My English setter dog, ten yfears 
old, has the following symptoms: He first will commence to Walk 
around the room. His hindlegs give out and he will fall down, get up, 
fall again, crawl on his b61ly and breathe hard, and his mouth goes as 
if he was chewing something. His eyesight seems to leave him. He 
does not froth at tne mouth any, hut loses all control of himself . 
They last about twenty minutes at the longest; then he will go to 
sleep and sleep for four hours. He eats well and all right. When 
these spells come on he will have two and three a day. He makes a 
good deal of water and stays in the house most of the time, I have 
given wood charcoal, broi of potash, castor oil, castor pill, Ans. 
Treat for worms. Give ten grains of bromide of soda and fortjrdrops 
of fluid extract of cannabis indlca twice a day. See that ears are 
healthy and clean. 
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a regular and increasing demand for metal boacs, and feeling justified 
therefore in going to the expense of greatly, increasing our machinery 
and facilities for making boats, we are enabled to make prices: that 
will place our metal "Get There Duck Boats" within the financial 
reach of the sportsmen of thS country, aud have reduced the price of 
the boat from $30 to $20. We have in every way improved the quality 
of t he. boat, and the sportsmen who have used It are universal in its 
praise, claiming it is the finest boat that has ever been - placed on the 
market. We have received testimonials from the sportsmen using it, 
which we will be glad to forward to intending purchasers togethep 
with our c8talogue.—44dv, . 
Travel up to Date. 
The New York Central offers unequal advantages for through travel 
between the East and West. It is tne only Trunk Line entering the 
city of New York; its Grand Central station is in the very center of the 
metropolis, in the midst of the hotel, residence ahd theater district; 
it is the only line protected the entire length by block signals; it has 
the fastest trains in the world; the flnest equipment; scenery includ- 
ing the Hudson River, Mohawk Valley and Niagara Falls.— .ddw. 
The Theory of Success. 
The New York Central management evidently proceeds on the 
theory that the more care there is taken of a traveler, the more he 
win travel-rwitness its. "Limited" trains, block signals, free attend- 
ants, and the comfort and luxury surrounding one from beginning to 
end on "America's Greatest Railroad."— jldw. 
Map of the United States. 
A large, handsome map of the United States, mounted and suitable 
for office or home use, Is issued by the Burlington Route. Copies will 
be mailed to any address on rtc -ipt of 15 cents in postage by P. S. 
EuBtlB, Gen'l PasB. Agent, 0., B. & Q. R. R., Chicago, m.-Adv, 
