FOREST AND STREAM. 
A Sang-wmarsr Muse* 
Wk SBwd in the. Springfield Republican, where they are printed 
with editorial indorsement, some verses by John Paul, oj: Charles 
Henry Webb (for this was a bit of poesy too choice and too rare 
to give to the world without both of his names), inspired liiy yellow 
journal stories of vifhat did not happen the other day at t((ie Grand 
American Handicap. Mr. Webb tells us that the white-jpluroaged 
mates of the Interstate Park pigeon — 
Once the golden car drew 
Of the fair Queen of Love; 
and while they were heathens and cruel pagans who w^ote "the 
imythic sweet story of Venus of old," as for himself, Charles 
4Ienry Webb— 
sooner with them )_ 
I'd Eternity share I 
Than with Christians who reek \ 
Of powder and prayer — 
dt being expressly agreed by both parties to this contract that the 
■Christians who reek as aforesaid are trapshooters. The »declara- 
tion of a preference for a permanent domicile with the shades of 
Anacreon and Catullus in the Elysium beyond the Styx is x\ot to 
(be taken as evidence that our twentieth century pofrt is idly 
'dreaming in any remote and pagan Venus' dove stage of tho^ught 
..and sentiment. On the contrary, he is altogether modern and 
istrictly up to date" in virile and strenuous convictions and the 
forcible expression of them in verse. In ferociousness he o 'ut- 
IKipliags Kipling, and is more truculent than Alfred Austin wh» en 
(the Laureate concerns himself with the Boers; indeed we are 4*1- 
iclined to retire Kipling and Austin as celebrators of powder ai*'i 
iihat ito .a jilace in the ranks some distance in the rear of Webhk 
oFor hfaiT liini in his appeal to "the heavens above": 
Oh, let some high arm f 
For a match, 1 implore. 
Pigeon shooters "provide"— 
I Twenty thousand or more . 
; To further fair sport — . , . ^ 
: Or slaughter of these — ■ , , 
No Hurlingham rules, 
I But load as you please. 
1 And that none may escape, 
I By any mishap. 
Put Death at the score — 
And let me pull the trap! 
'iRhyme omitted and verse reduced to prose Mr. Webb here gives- 
ms to understand that he breathes a prayer to the Almighty to deliver 
into his hands twenty-thousand human beings for the slaughter; 
and he would have the killing of them made so certain that 
"none may escape by any mishap." There is nothing small about_ 
Mr. Webb when it comes to riot and revel of slaughter. He wants 
blood, and he wants lots of it. He is like the minister who in 
praying for rain stipulated that the people were not asking for a 
mere drizzle-drazzle drizzle, but for a good, hard freshet. 
As to the general proposition that heaven should give him a 
job of killing, there can of course be no quarrel with Mr. Webb; and 
if he wants blood it would manifestly be tar better for him to con- 
;fine himself to some one class of his fellow beings than to shoot 
iup the town — men, women and children, dogs, cats and cab horses 
)promiscuously. But, if we may venture to make a suggestion, in 
)praying for "twenty thousand" or more our poet asks too much. 
Could not Mr. Charles Webb be prevailed upon to restrain 
tfihe exuberance of his ambition for slaughter, restrict the ex- 
ipraaisiveness of his purpose to kill, and modify the magnitude of 
Ms demand upon the Almighty? To satisfy his bloodiness, would 
Ihe -cojisent to nothing less? Would he not fewer victims take, if 
Ikffi icould burn them ar the stake? Would not his thirst for shoot- 
are' sotff fee sated with but twenty score? Or must he all these 
t&ousaajis kill, to drink of human blood his fill? 
We will all cheerfully concede that if a person does not like 
trapshooting he should have license to kill trapshooters — -that is, 
within reasonable number — but Mr. Webb's aspiration to butcher 
hi^ fellow beings by the thousand goes beyond the limit which 
existing public sentiment would be likely to sanction, or the 
heavens above to grant. If Mr. Charles Henry Webb will only 
look at it in this way we are confident that when he calms down 
he will consent to compromise on fewer buckets of blood. 
Still, the situation is not without its possible perils; for if we 
assume that Mr. Charles Henry Webb has spattered the blood and 
mangled remains of 20,000 trapshooters over the universe, men 
whose oflense consists in holding an opinion different from that 
of Mr. Charles Henry Webb, then we must concede that Monsieur 
Webb is subject to spectacular externiination for the delectation of 
some other fellow from whom Webb differs; and granting all 
this to Webb, he has arrived centuries back in the dark ag^s. 
Pettt Gttti Qttb, 
The Peru Gun Cliib, of Peru, Ind., has issued an announ^cement 
and programme. The first and second days, May 7 and 8, are 
devoted to targets, twelve events, at 10, 15 and 20 targrets, entrance 
based on 10 cents per target, a total of 185 targets the first day, 
$18.50 entrance, and 200 on the second day, with a toMil entrance ot 
120. 
Following is the announcement: 
"In announcing our fifth annual tournament to the amateurs of 
Indiana and the .surrounding States, we feel that it is liiardly neces- 
sary to say anything beyond the fact that we are to have a shoot- 
ing match on May 7, 8 and 9. There is hardly an amateur in the 
middle West that has not been with us at least once, and a number 
ihave been with us in all our tournaments. To those we will simply 
■say come again. The management will be the same as before, and 
■ could be in no better hands than Mr. Parker's. The division of 
■moneys and general arrangements will be the same as in the past, 
■and from the encouragement already received we look for a larger 
attendance than ever before. 
"To the amateur who has never been with us we will say, if you 
Want to attend the best amateur shoot in the country, come to 
•teru. The gentlemen comprising this club will guarantee the 
feirest of treatment. No shooter ever left the Peru Gun Club 
grotinds complaining of unfair treatment. Nor is that all. No 
sportsman will ever be treated unfairly on these grounds by either 
^micipant or spectator. We won't have it. There is no dropping 
for place, for the reason that the shoot is too big for any man, 
no matter how astute, to watch the place. There is no standing 
ground on the part of the home shooters until after the best shots 
have competed in an event that they may then enter and drop in 
to the unfilled places. Our boys are stayers, make their entries 
from the start and take what is coming to them. If you don't 
believe all this get your little gun, come along, and we will show 
you. 
"Five dollars will be paid to the two high guns shootmg- mrough. 
entire programme both days. 
"Five dollars will be paid to the two low guns shooting through 
the entire programme both days. One gun cannot win both higlx. 
and low average prize. 
"The programme on Thursday, May 9, live birds, open to all,. 
; handicaps 26 to 32yds., provides as follows: 
"Event No. 1, 7 live birds, $5 entrance, two moneys, 55 and 45' 
per cent. ; event No. 2, 10 live birds, $7 entrance, three moneys 40, . 
' 35 and 25 per cent. ; event No. 3, 10 live birds, $7 entrance, three 
, moneys, 40, 35 and 25 per cent. ; event No. 4, 15 live birds, $10 ' 
. entrance, four moneys, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Other events • 
-. to suit the shooters. Live birds 25 eents, which will be deducted 
Utom the purses in all events. We guarantee the best of country 
Ipigeons, and the boys who have shot live birds on our grounds 
lean assure you that you need have no fear of killing too many. 
'The retrieving will be done by Mr. Fred Erb's celebrated re- 
trievers, and handled by Mr. Erb in person. Don't forget our 
annual autumn tournament next October. All live birds, open 
to all. AH handicap, and all high guns. 
"Rules and conditions: Revised Interstate Association rules tO' 
govern. Magautrap and one set of Sergeant system traps. Ten- 
bird events, three moneys, 40, 35 and 25 per cent. ; 15-bird events, 
four moneys, 35, 30, 20 and 15 per cent.; 20-bird events, five moneys,, 
30 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent. Refreshments and substantial meals- 
will be served on the grounds. Plent)' of machine loaded shells 
for sale on the grounds. Plenty ef shelter for all shooters except - 
the Indians; these will be compelled to take all the weather and: 
water than can be forced upon them. (Chief Rio Grande ex- 
cepted.) This may seem like discrimination, but they deserve it. 
Manufacturers' agents may shoot for targets only, but will be; 
welcome to attend and show their products. Shells shipped to the: 
secretary will be delivered upon the grounds. One-half of all- 
moneys paid by manufacturers' agents and experts for targets in, 
this tournament will be subscribed by the Peru Gun Club toward 
defraying the expenses of the American team to England," 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
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Forester Gon Club. 
Newatk, N. J.— The two days' tournament of the Forester Gun 
Club had events and scores as follows: 
April 12, first day: 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
Mihlon 4 5 7 9 5 6 8 7 6 8 
Merrill 5 7 6 8 7 5.. .. 5 4 
D Fleming 6575566586 
T J Fleming 8 9 9 
White 
W Smith .,...,^...„... 7 9 3 10 9 1 10 
AprU 13, second day. 
Targets : 10 
Mihlon 8 
Merrill 8 
D Fleming 7 
T J Fleming 7 
W Smith 9 
Terrill 8 
Colquitt 9 
*Allowance, which follows the event to which it refers and 
precedes the total. 
Events ,Nos. 10 and 11, merchandise; event No, 8, big event on 
programme. 
Class shooting, 25 targets: 
S * T S * T S 
W Smith 21 6 25 10 2 10 Terrill 19 8 25 
D Fleming 13 9 22 T J Fleming.... 18 6 24 
Merrill 14 10 24 6 5 11 Lewis 17 9 25 
Mihlon 13 8 21 
S, score; allowance; T, total. 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 10 * T 10 * T 15 T 
Hayes 9 9 8 7 8 9 11 7 
8 6 9 14 9 
7 6 8 6 4 
7 10 5 12 6 ..... . 
8 6 5 12 8 4 10 9 
6 
8 0 
* T S 
7 
7 
5 
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3 10 
2 9 
4 9 
0 7 12 2 14 
1 10 7 1 8 12 0 12 
4 8 10 4 14 
2 10 11 4 15 
7 15 8 2 10 8 1 9 8 4 12 
5.. 6 3 9. 9 4 13 
. 12 7 3 10 5 1 6 12 4 15 
>t(Gardener 8 9 
jtJthouse 7 10 5 
»£tttern 8 .. 2 
'Afeller 6 7 
iKeller 5 
DSSmith ; 9 
LD .'Eieming . . . . : 
*Ariowance. " 
lEveats Nos. 3, i, 5, 6, 7, and 8 were merchandise events. 
J. J. Fleming, Secy. 
Trenton Shooting Association. 
'l^renton, Jj«;. J.— The last two shoots, April 10 and 13, were well 
.■attended. The scores made on the 10th suffered a drop in the 
:usual average .percentages, due to the high winds that prevailed, 
;and on the l3th cloudy weather, with the usual accompaniment 
'Of mixed lights, gauged s, number of miscues. 
All of .the .jv.oijc fif .the latter date was done on the Sergeant 
••system. 
Our Tinagautrap iha« been giving considerable trouble for some 
tiirre past, and it is now varying the monotony of breaking down in 
itoe middle or latter end of the programme by refusing to work 
alt all. 
The interest in the poultry sweep remains unabated. Some of 
Ihiie newly acquired members are improving steadily in their work, 
.-and are giving some trouble to the older hands and "past grands" 
imrthe art. 
vV'e send a team to Freehold on the 17th to contest in the third 
aiBld last race of the series of team matches. We expect to go 
learjy and stay all day, as the Freehold Club will run their annual 
it?prSi§.? tournament on the same date. 
TJae scores of April 10 follow: 
iEyeats: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 15 15 
7 8 10 
7 1111 
7 11 11 
6 8 7 
8 12 11 
7 9 9 
9 7 8 
7 8 6 
7 11 9 
6 7 
11100—3 
ooiii— 3 
Mloddaclc 6 
JLutes 7 
Miokel 7 
\Wilkes 5 
Ylhi©,p,p 8 
'ilfeaanas 9 
\V L C.olvfle 5 
B/okar-v ...» 4 
Vatiartdale ...-—j-., 8 
Aipplegate ........ ...i .j i 6 
(Hecman 7 10 10 
^Bol^4e^ < 9 3 
Siiiiitlh J^ , 6 
Jcncs .«•-.<<•<•<•.'. .. 
Shoot-off of tie in erent No. 6: 
Thropp lOm— 4 
Lutes 11100 — 3 
Mickel ./v— — ^^.'.ii.i-.llOll— 4 
Mickle won on tlhird tie. 
Shoot-off of tie in events Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, 
Thomas 3 4 4 4 Thropp .... 
Events Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 -were cash sweeps; 
contest, first 15 to qualify for gojd badge class 
11 capon sweeps. 
The scores of April 13 follow: 
Events: 12 3 
^Targets: 10 10 15 
fSaS^erthwaite 1 0 , . 
nVi&es :2 7 
;Sampson S . . 
.Duncan 7 7 
'Thropp J8 7 
Thomas 7 5 
IFarlie S 7 
Stanly 4 ... 
Banks 3 3 
Blitz 4 « 
James -4 
Maddock 
Widmann 3 3 5 
Borden 4 
Charco 4 4 
Harrison 
Kay •■ 
9 10 11 
5 
4 3 
11000—2 
ioiol— 3 
miss-and-out: 
3 4 4 3 
Nos 5 and 6, badge 
; Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 
8 81A 9 10 11 12 13 14 
5 5 10 10 10 10 10 25 
10 
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12 
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5 5 8 4 
4 .. 8 8 5 
4 .. 7 9 8 7 20 
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4 .. 7 4 .. 7 7 13 
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10 
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3 .. 6 9 7 
4 .. 8 6 .. 
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ON LONG ISLAND. 
Oceanic Rod and Gun Club. 
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Rockaway Park, L. I., April 15. — The weather was clear, but 
■very windy. There was a good attendance. The scores: 
Targets : 
Dr Bill 
\ A Schoverling 
L T Muench. 
J H Voss. 
Jos Selg .. 
T J Diffley 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
25 
11 
15 
16 
19 
17 
15 
18 
10 
13 
14 
15 
10 
15 
14 
11 
15 
12 
16 
17 
15 
20 
9 
• 7 
11 
10 
8 
8 
10 
12 
17 
12 
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7 
8 
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Duryea vs. Morfcy, 
Interstate Park, Queens, April 20. — There was much interest 
manifested in the match between Messrs. L. T. Duryea and T. W. 
Morfey, at 50 live birds each, 8-bores, 33yds., for $100 a side. Each 
shot an exceedingly heavy load, said to be 6drs. of powder and 
2oz. of shot. Early in the contest Morfey began to show the 
effects of piunishment on his face. It was noticeable that each 
was rather frugal with the second barrel. Mr. Duryea killed 15 
out of the 50 with one barrel; Mr. Morfey killed 18 in a similar 
manner. Mr. Duryea shot in much more regular and quicker time 
than JSlr. Morfey, the extra five or six pounds apparently being 
inappreciable as extra weight. 
On the other hand Mr. Morfey's time changed appreciably, and 
he shot behind several of his birds. Every one of the birds which 
he missed was a right-quarterer or right-incomer. The birds were 
a good lot. There was a driving downpour of rain in the faces of 
-the shooters, and the scores, under the circumstances, were eora- 
mendably excellent. In the first 25 Mr. Duryea missed 3 in a 
bunch, the 22d, 23d and 24th, owing to the heavy drive of rain in 
his face, all these birds going to the right as drivers" or incomers. 
His fifth bird in the second 25 was also a right incoming quarterer, 
which died out of bounds. The scores: 
L T Duryea, 33...... 221222122222221212221**01—22 
,^ 2111212102121222222221221—24-^6 
r W Morfey, 33 211120022112021111*121220—20 
1212*21212222122222012211—23—43 
Sheepshead Bay Rod and Gun Club. 
Sheepshead Bay, N. Y., April 18.— There were twenty-three 
shooters in the handicap club event of the Sheepshead Bay Rod 
and Gun Club to-day, and of these Dr. Wood and P. Suss killed 
straight. In the shoot-off, miss-and-out, for the medal Dr. Wood 
won in the first round. The scores: 
J Pillion 2*22020-4 J Dooley 102U0O-4 
McKane , 1012222-6 A Soeller 0021002—3 
M Rauscher 0020021—3 
T Von Fricken 001*002—2 
H Montanus 2*20222—6 
Dr O'Connell 2210222—6 
G Tappan 2001020—3 
G McKane 2222200—5 
D J Heffner 2212201—6 
R Smith 2222200—5 „ 
J B Voorhies ...1212100—5 S J Berry..., 0221111—6 
G Greiff .,..2122201—6 Dr Wood 1121212—7 
^ " - g^g^ 2211222—7 
S E Allen 2020022-4 
*Paul Suss 102U20— 5 
G Morris ...2200221—5 
H Kronika 1002021-4 
H Koch 2202221— 6 
J Lubeke 0121111—6 
* Guest. 
Shoot-off: Ph. Suss 0, Dr. Wood 1. 
I. McKane, Sec'y- 
lEmerald Gun Club. 
Dexter Park, Brooklyn, L. I., April 16.— There were thirty-seven 
participants in the shoot of the Emerald Gun Club to-day. Mr 
Gus E. Greiff and A. Duncort killed straight. Following are the 
scores: 
R Regan, 25 2222120101— 8 
Dr Miller, 30 122222*022— 8 
Dr O'Connell, 31.. 12022*2110— 7 
T Short, 28 *222112222— 9 
S Van Allen, 30....2222u222*2— 8 
Dr Hudson, 28 12H2ul*22— 8 
W Joeger, 28 1002021202— 6 
J C Henry, 28 2110112211— 9 
G Greiff, 30 1121122111—10 
A Schoverling, 28. .2222022222— 9 
O N T, 28 0222212201— 8 
G Hillers, 28 1000222002— 5 
H Quinn, 28 2000010200— 3 
Dr Stillman, 28. . ..0101222011— 7 
Dr Creamer, 28....2002:i02202— 6 
F Kali, 25....; 2202211211—9 
J Moore, 28 OOlllllOU— 7 
L Clarke, 30 2222220220— 8 
M Rogers, 28 20*2122112— 8 
F Sheriff, 28 2202222202— 8 
Dr O'Donohue, 28.0000222012— 5 
W Catton, 28 0122212222— 9 
J Kay, 2S.... .-.012Z122222— 9 
G Breit, 28...-. 212112U20— 9 
W Sands, -28 2222020222— 8 
A Duncort, 25. ... .1222221212— 10 
O Hilmer, 25 2011201200— 6 
Rathjen, 25 ,.2222112*20—8 
Mohrman, 28 1222022202— 8 
Werfield, 25 01002122*2— 6 
B Amend, 30....... 0222222*22— 8 
J Woelfel, 28 2210111100— 7 
Dr Grohl, 25 OOOlOOlOOl— 3 
Sheriff, 28 ,.2222222202—9 
W Amend, 25...... 11020202*1— 6 
Hansman, 25 1000022220— 5 
Roberts, 25 221222U222— 9 
New Utrecht Rod and Gun Club. 
Interstate Park, Queens, L. I., April 20.— There was a good 
attendance of shooters, considering the weather, which was of the 
wet, -wettest. The rain fell in a steady downpour, with a driving 
incoming wind, which v.'as most obstructive to good work. There 
were three who qualified in the club event tor April, Messrs. 
Creamer, "Ramapo" and Capt. Money. Dan Bradley, a visitor, 
also killed straight. 
No. 1, 7 birds: 
Dr Martin, 28 2120020—4 *F J Nevens.. 1220120—5 
G Stephenson, 28 1212122—7 J Gaughen, 29 0122122—6 
G B Ritchie, 28 2220222—6 E W Reynolds, 28 22021*1—5 
F D Creamer, 28 2222222—7 
*Guest. ' ' ■ ~ 
No. 2, 7 birds: 
Dr Martin, 28 2212222—7 
G Stephenson, 28 112-2222—7 
G B Ritchie, 28........ 2222202— 6 
Shoot-off No. 2: 
Martin 
Stephenson 
Gaughen 
Ten birds. Club event: 
Welsh, 29 022* w 
■^T J Nevens 0220000001— 3 
Creamer, 28 2222222222—10 
B Waters, 28 1112110210— 8 
Capt Money, 30.... 2122221222— 10 
Ramapo, 28 2122222221—10 
*Guest 
T Gaughen, 29 2221222—7 
E W Reynolds, 28 10212*0—1 
. 122222121111222212*— 18 
. 2112222221212121222—19 
. 222122222222212221*— 18 
G B Ritchie 2122022200— 7 
♦Bradley 2222122222—10 
E W Reynolds, 28.2122212*22— 9 
L Hopkins, 27 2122212022— 9 
Losee 0*2220*0 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
Hdcp. TotaL 
Chicago Gun Club. 
Chicago, April 13.— The scores of the second weekly shoot of the 
Chicago Gun Club are appended. The weather was fine, and 
those who came out had all the shooting they wanted. In the 
weekly trophy handicap, dead birds, Dr. C. W. Carson won high 
gun, with R. B. Mack winner of the handicap trophy after a lively 
shoot-off with Turck and Borroff: 
r, T> ,r , Hdcp. Total. 
RBMack 1111111101111011111111110-22 4 25 
Mrs Carson 1011110011111110111110111—20 6 25 
C P Richards 1111111011101011111110111—21 0 21 
R Balmer 1101110111100101110000111—17 7 24 
De Wollf 1011100011111011010010101—15 7 22 
Dr Shaw 1111101100011100110101111—17 0 17 
Dr Turck 1101111101111111011100011—19 6 25 
Mrs Shaw OOlllOlOlOlUOlOOmoiQOl- 14 0 14 
R Kuss 1101111111111111110111111—23 0 23 
Dr Carson 1111111111111111111111111—25 2 25 
Pollard 0111011111111111111111101—22 0 22 
P Medley 1110011101111111111111111—22 0 22 
Stannard 1001111111111111111011111—22 2 24 
Artheston 1111110011110111111111101—21 0 21 
Dr Morton 1100111011111001111001111—18 5 23 
Borroff 1111101111111 1111 11111110—23 5 25 
First, second and third ties, R. B. Mack won: 
Mack llllUOm— 9 1' 10 
Turck 1111011101— 8 2 10 
Borroff 0111110011— 7 2 9 
Mack 1111001011— 718 
Dr Turck rOllOHlOOl- 6 2 8 
Mack 1111111111—10 1 10 
Turck 1100111100— 6 2 8 
Fifteen targets, handicap rise; 
R B Mack, 16 111110111111111—14 
Mrs Carson, 16 101100011010100—8 
Balmer, 16 100111111111011—12 
De Wollf, 16 10010110 '11101— 8 
Dr Turck, 16 1101111 iWiiiiOll— 10 
Borroff, 16 111111111111111—15 
Dr Morton, 18 101101110011110—10 
Richards, 18 ..111111111111111— 15 
Dr Shaw, 18 111010010011111—10 
Kuss, 18 111111001101110—11 
Atherton, 18 110111111110110—12 
Dr Carson, 20 lUlOOlOOllOUO— 9 
Stannard, 20 111111111111110—14 
Pollard, 20 111101110101111—12 
Kuss, 20 110011101011101—10 
Dr Shaw, 20 110111111011110—12 
Borroff went straight in the monthly handicap in rise, with W. 
D. Stannard close second at the 20yd. rise. Mr. Stannard lost his 
last target, which was badly dusted, but not broken. Mr. 
Richards, who was a visitor, broke straight. The shooters are 
getting, in form for State shoot in May. 
Blub Jeans. 
The Forest and Stream is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Mosdajr and «• much earlier as practicable 
